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SPARTA, NORTJ* CAROLINA,THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1935.
Number 32.
CUTS HOLIDAY SHORT
The Supreme Court will return
from its holiday recess January
6th instead of January 13, thus
enabling it to hand down decisions
on the AAA, TVA and Bankhead
Cotton Gontrol Act three days af
ter Congress assembles. The sur
prising change of program, cut
ting a week off the usual three
week recess, was noted in a re
cent order. It does not neces
sarily indicate anything as to the
conclusion of the Court, although
there is a general idea that a
decision in the Hoosac Mills case
and that of the Rice millers will
be handed down immediately af
ter the recess. Argument on the
TVA was completed last week,
thus clearing the way for a de
cision. If the Court should read
its opinion on January 6th, with
Congress in session, the Admin
istration would be in a position
to approach Congress for emer
gency legislation in case of an
adverse decision.
G. O. P. PICKS CLEVELAND
The Republican National Com
mittee meeting in Washington
with optimistic hopes of defeat
ing the New Deal decisively in
1936, set June 9th as the date
for the National Conventioh, and
selected Cleveland as the city for
its meeting. Chairman Fletcher
declared that “the New Deal is
slipping” and “we can win next
year.” A fight over the 1932 con
vention rule allotting a bonus of
three delegates at large to each
state that cast its last previous
electoral vote for the Republican
candidate, with certain other ad
ditions based on congr essional rep
resentation, failed. The conven
tion will have 997 delegates, a
reduction of 157 from the 1932
conclave. Nearly all states, ex
cept the six that cast their elec
toral votes for Hoover, will lose
delegates.
CANDIDATES UNCERTAIN
The Republicans have, so far,
not centered upon a candidate al
though many of them regard Gov
ernor Landon as the leading con
tender for the nomination at this
time. The attitude of Senator
Borah has some of them puzzled
and there can be no real crystal
ization of sentiment until he
indicates definitely his course.
The Landon supporters think they
will be greatly benefitted if the
Idahoan does not make the race.
The Kansas Governor has been
making some gains in the East,
although his support of Prohi
bition and the AAA are used
against him.
KNOX, BORAH. LANDON
Col. Frank Knox, the Chicago
publisher, considers himself on
equal footing at this time, al
though a recent declaration favor
ing immediate payment of the
bonus, thus reversing his previous
stand, has not helped him in the
East. Former President Hoover’s
activity is said to represent a sin
cere desire to secure the adoption
of a sane platform and the
nomination of a safe candidate
gather than promotion of his own
nomination.
lOOVER’S ATTACK
Herbert Hoover continues his
ampaign against the Administra
ion by turning his artillery on
he President’s recent assertions.
Jr. Hoover insists that the de
iression actually was turned back
hroughout the world in June and
iuly, 1932, but that the New
)eal caused this country to lag
wo years while other nations pro
passed. He blames the 1933
tank panic on hysteria, induced
tmong the depositors by the in
totaling administration, calling it
*the most political and most un
leeessary bank panic in all our
listory.”
I LAMES THE NEW DEAL
His idea is that fear of the
ding New Deal and realiza
that Democratic campaign
..nises were to be "violated”
I the currency “tampered with”
ised the panic. Mr. Hoover also
acked the relief situation, pro
ing to decentralize, control and
government allotments to the
as by more than half. He
lid stop "wasteful” projects
„ look to true relief from hon
productive jpbs, which “would
•n quickly” if the currency
“stabilized,” the “torrent of
ary expenditure” stopped
budget "balanced.”
i has been
big tax
been known for some
iV- Federal Govem
conducting a crim
ion into the affairs
Gas and Elec
one of the world’s
World Joins In
Celebration Of
Nazarenes Birth
Roosevelts Hear “Fear
Not” Sermon Delivered
In High-Domed Foundry
Methodist Church
LINDBERGHS AT SEA
Brilliant Electric
Star Shines On Spot
Believed To Be Place
Where Savior Was Born
After a day of reverence and
gaiety, the world bade adieu to
the Christmas of 1935 last night.
Summoned by bells of Bethle
hem, the faithful throughout
Christendom trudged to houses
of worship in .reverent adoration
of Christ.
In Bethlehem itself a brilliant
electric star cast its beams on the
spot believed to be the one where
the stable stood in which the Sav
ior was born.
Churches were packed to their
capacity. In Washington Presi
dent Roosevelt and members of
his family attended the annual
Christmas services of the Wash
ington federation of churches,
odd in the high-domed Foundry
Methodist church. Much of the
rest of the chief executive’s day
5?fts taken up by Sara Roosevelt,
four-year-old daughter of Mr.
ind Mrs. James Roosevelt. She
was up early to rush to the fire
place in the president’s own
room.
The weather man helped with
a Yuletide touch of snow, and
low temperatures throughout
much of the upper half of the
United States. Snow drifts were
piled high in some localities. In
Europe, for the most part, rains
washed away what little snow
there was.
The Dionne quintuplets, by
proxy, bought their mother and
dad gifts purchased with the in
fants’ earnings.
A sombre note intrduded on
Italy’s observance of the day
War’s rigors dampened the cele
bration. Afield in Ethiopia, the
Italian soldiers for the most part
attended masses.* Some, how
ever, had to keep on fighting.
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh and their 3-year-old son,
Jon, spent the day on the high
seas, en route to England to es
cape kidnap threats. Meanwhile,
in New Jersey state prison at
Trenton, Bruno. Richard Haupt
mann, convicted as the slayer of
the Lindbergh’s first born, spent
a lonely day in his cell.
Here and there was a touch of
humor. At Mattoon. 111., Maurice
Spurlin, 32, pondered what may
happen as a result of a Christ
mas eve lark. He was accused
of borrowing a locomotive to
speed over the rails until the en
gine -collided head-on with a
freight train.
A movie fan sent Jean Harlow
a decrepit motor car, telling her
it was the “only four-wheel
Christmas card your admirer-ever
knew.”
Friends of Representative
Church, Republican, of Illinois, an
opponent of the- new deal’s potato
amendment, received potatoes
from him as Christmas presents.
“Lobby League” Is
Name Given Shouse’s
Group By Harrison
Washington, Dec. 26.—TJie
American liberty League, which
has been sharply critical of the
administration, was attacked today
by Senator Harrison (D.), Miss.,
in a statement terming the group
“The American Lobby League”
and “Apostles of Greed.” *
The statement was distributed
by the Democratic National Com
mittee, stirring immediate specu
lation as to whether the adminis
tration is considering a counter
barrage against the league.
Harrison, who is close to the
administration, fired his denunci
ation the day after the league
came out with, a 12-point “con
stitutional recovery” program
calling for “the legislative branch
of the government to .reassert its
constitutional prerogatives.”
Among the league’s leaders
are Alfred E. Smith, John J.
Raskob, Jouett Shouse and Rep
resentative James Wadsworth (R)
N. Y. Harrison mentioned n<
Sales Tax Deplored
By Professors At
New York Meeting
New York, Dec. 26.—College
professors deplored the growth of
the sales tax as a vehicle of gov
ernment financing, terming it a
“regressive” tax at a meeting
today of the Tax Policy League.
Professor Denzel C. Cline, of
Princeton University, said that
“many of the sales taxes will
probably remain as a permanent
regressive tax under the guise of
affording relief to real estate.”
As an alternative to a sales tax,
now employed by 23 states and
New York city, professor Cline
urged a more inclusive income
tax with lowered exemptions.
Lindberghs Plan
To Make Future
Home In England
Depart Secretly From
New York Sat. Night.
Friends Say Fear For
Safety Of Son Is Felt
New York, Dec. 24.— Because,
friends said, of business and a
growing apprehension over the
safety of their three-jear old son,
Jon, Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh and his family were on
board an unpretentious freighter
Monday night, which was taking
them to a self-imposed exile
ibroad.
Close friends of Colonel Lind
bergh at Englewood, N. J., where
ie lived with his family, stated
unequivocally that the famous flier
tvas taking up residence in Eng
-and to escape increasingly omi
nous threats of kidnaping against
ittle Jon.
In London, however, respon
sible American sources expressed
the belief that Colonel Lindbergh’s
reasons had their basis in his
connection with the forthcoming
establishment of transatlantic air
service, in which he is vitally con
cerned as technical advisor to
Pan-American Airways.
It was also asserted by the
Englewood sources that the fam
ily’s decision to seek safety in
England was hastened by the re
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Rep. Fish Says
Borah Can Carry
North Carolina
Washington, Dec. 25.—The
Rorah-for-president campaign was
given added strength today by
announcement of Representative
Hamilton Fish (R.-N. Y-) that
he would lead a fight in New
York for the Idaho senator.
Fish announced he had called
a conference of twenty prominent
New York Republicans after a
meeting yesterday with William
E. Borah, in which plans for
instructed delegates 'to the Repub.
lican National Convention were
discussed.
Borah, who has not announced
his candidacy for the Republican
nomination, was given “encourag
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Doughton Back In U. S. After
Attending Inauguration Of
New Philippine Gov't Head
Says Dome Of Capitol Never Looked Better
To Him Than It Did On Morning Of Return
“NEVER AGAIN,” COMMENTS REP. WARREN
“Farmer Bo^V Does Not Believe Philippine
Independence Is Of A Lasting Nature
Congressman Robert L. Dough
ton, of Sparta, representative
from the Ninth district of North
Carolina in the national House
of Representatives, returned to
Washington last Thursday, with
a buffalo horn measuring more
than five feet from point to point
as his prize souvenir, after hav
ing witnessed the launching of
the new Philipjfirie^ government
as an independent state. Other
members of the congressional
delegation accompanied the North
Carolina congresshian back to the
capital.
After traveling half around
the world Doughton said he was
convinced there was no place like
the United States and during his
quarter of a century here the
Capital dome never looked better
than it did on the morning of
his return. He left Thursday
night for his home in Alleghany
county, admitting that he is home
sick for the mountains of West
ern North Carolina. Meeting
North Carolina newspaper cor
respondents at his office, the
House ways and means chairman
devoted an hour relating some
of the impressions which the var
ious countries he. visited made
upon him.
“The most interesting thing I
saw was the activity in Japan,”
He said. “There was no loafers;
and no idlers thebe. Everyone
was at work, and I think i sas?
more bicycles and babies than I
thought existed in the world. I
was astonished at the use of
bicycles for transportation pub
poses. Each has a rack on the
rear and I saw riders carrying
loads as heavy as 400 pounds.”
The North Carolinian said
Tokyo was the cleanest city in the j
world, and probably Honolulu j
was the most beautiful city he |
: saw on the trip. “I was so home- j
[ sick I doubt if I appreciated its i
j beauty,” he added. Representa
I tive Doughton doubts very ser
iously that the Philippine Islands
will be able to maintain their
independence.
“We have carried out our
promise and I hope the islands
succeed in maintaining their own
government, but they are con
fronted with many serious ob
stacles,” he asserted. He referred
to a lack of national patriotism
in the islands because of the
number of provinces with different
ideas and the pressure which will
come from business interests there
for the United States to maintain
control in order to enjoy duty
free the American market for
sugar, cocoanut oil, cordage and
other products.
The congressman does not look
for any armed invasion from
Japan, but believes that country
may try an “industrial con
quest.”
Doughton visited textile mills
while in Japan and marvelled at
the growth of the industry there.
He said the Japanese textile
industry was a threat to the in
dustry of any nation. “I stood
on a top of a building in tokyo
and the smokestacks made you
think you were in Pittsburgh,'"
he asserted. Asked about labor
conditions in the mills, he stated:
“The labor standards so far as
working conditions are concerned
are high. No children under 14
years are permitted to work in
the mills. Those between 14 and
18 are permitted to work eight
hours and no person works more
than nine. The wages are low,
but it does not take much for
the workers to live on. They live
in shacks and are not used to
eating as much as Americans."
Asked if he thought American
mills would suffer as a result of
the development of the textile
industry in Japan, Doughton
said:
“If we cease industrial strife
and have industrial peace I don’t
see why we should have anything
to fear from the Japanese textile
industry. We will of course, have
to maintain a reasonable, tariff
but not a prohibitory one. We
must not forget that Japan is
a large consumer of American
products, especially raw cotton
and automobiles. If we expect
this trade to continue we cannot
have tariffs so high as to shut
out Japanese exports to us.”
Doughton has been away from
the country so long he would
not comment on state or national
issues. He said his committee
would not meet until after
January 1.
It seems that “Farmer Bob’s”
ability as a close trader was
evident in the Philippines. When
the native came up selling the
caribou horns the largest set he
had attracted the veteran cattle
man’s eye. “How much?” he
^asked as he looked over the
beautiful finish with hand-carving
representing at least a week’s
work. “The best I can do is
$12,” came the reply. “I will
give you $4.” “Sold," said the
native.
Washington, Dec. 19.—"Never
again,” said Rep. Lindsay C
Warren, of Washington, N. C.,
upon his return from the Orient.
Warren, author of the potato
control law, said he “simply
couldn’t eat” the food in Japan,
one of the first nations visited
by the congressional delegation
that attended the inauguration of
the new Philippine government.
He enjoyed the trip, he said,
but didn’t think he would like
to make it again.
“I’m glad to be back where I
can eat good American food,”
he added.
20 KILLED IN MISHAP
Gross Heringen, Germany, Dec
24.—Twenty persons were killed
and 80 injured tonight when an
express train rammed a local.
Early Battle In
Congress On “Vets”
; Bonus Seems Certain
Washington, Dec. 26.—Early
and lively congressional battles
over neautrality and soldiers bon
us legislation became a certainty
today as President Roosevelt and
capitol spokesmen outlined plans
for the second session of the 74th
congress, opening a week from
tomorrow.
The president, closeting himself
ln ,the,,Wtlite House proper, spent
virtually the entire day on his
annual legislative and budget
messages. Both probably will be
submitted during the first three,
days of the session.
On capitol hill, announcement
came from a senatorial quarter
close to the administration that
«fforts would be made to work out
a compromise bonus bill with the
executive. It was added that no
general tax legislation would be
put forward at the session.
Violent Deaths
Come To Nearly
150 At Christmas
H^hwny Accidents And
Tragedies Of Various
Kinds Turn Holiday Into
Day Of Gloom For Many
Symbolic throughout the world
of a birth—that of the One who
came to give life and to give it
more abundantly — Christmas
brought violent death to nearly
150 persons in this and other
lands.
Highway accidents claimed the
heaviest toll but tragedy invaded
many a family gathering, too.
A Christmas Eve train collision
at Gross Heringen, Germany, kill
ed 36 persons and injured 72 in
the holiday’s worst catastrophe.
Fire and exposure killed others.
One woman was burned to
death, an undetermined number
were missing and five were in
jured in a theater fire at Hot
Springs, Ark. A woman and two
children were burned fatally in
residence fires in Oklahoma.
Missouri led the nation in
traffic fatalities, with 10, as sleet
made slippery death traps of
some highways. Nine died, on
Illinois roads. Los Angeles police
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Poll Continues
To Show Majority
Favoring New Deal
The Washington Merry-Go
Round Forum announced Monday
results covering 32,875 letter?
returned in the first three weeks
on the question “Should President
Roosevelt Be Re-Elected?” This
shows almost a 2 % to 1 vote ir
favor of President Roosevelt’s re
election.
In contrast to the Literarj
Digest poll sent to a selected list
of names which finds popular
sentiment running 53% against
New Deal “acts and policies,’
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Italy Preparing
For Action While
England Is Alert
Military Precautions
In Southeastern Nations
Are Speeded By Tenseness
Of Situation In Europe
ALLIANCES TIGHTENED
A Scouting Plane Of
Italy’s Fleet Is Shot
Down And Its Pilot Is
Beheaded By Ethiopians
London, Dec. 2fi.—In reliable
Rome quarters, Premier Musso
lini’s navy is reported to be pre
paring for action while Great
Britian’s army, navy and air
forces are on the alert from Gi
braltar in the we-tern Mediter
ranean to Aden in the Red Sea.
Approximately 13,000 naval
specialists, most of whom former
ly served in gun or powder rooms,
were .reported recalled for duty,
said dispatches from the Italian
capital. -
Informed sources there believed
the navy was preparing for pos
sible “events” in case Anthony
Eden, the new British foreign
secretary, persuades the. League
of Nations to impose oil sanc
tions on Italy
The tension in Europe caused
southeastern nations to speed up
military precautions of their own,
■to tighten their alliances and to
examine the possibilities of new
agreements.
General staffs of the little en
tente powers—Rumania, Yugo
slavia and Czechhoslovakia—
were understood to be ready for
any necessary action. At the
same time the increasing compli
cations of Italy’s foreign rela
tions were reported to be worry
ing Mussolini’s friends in the
Danubian basin.
Warfare in Africa went on.
One of Italy’s fleet scouting
planes was shot down and its
I pilot beheaded, the Ethiopian gov
I ernment announced.
The plane was reoonnoitermg
with another over Daggah Bur.
on the southern front. The pilot
was not immediately identied.
It was the boxing day holiday
here and the foreign office was
deserted, but many thousands of
British soldiers, sailors and air
men kept a sharp vigil along the
“empire route” thro :gh EgJVpt.
Italy pushed on with its Ethi
opian campaign, while Rome ex
pectantly awaited the, next move
on sanctions by Anthony Eden,
Britain’s new and young foreign
secretary.
Premier Laval, of Prance, was
threatened with a possible over
throw wh<Si the, chamber of depu
ties debates on foreign policy to
morrow. He was co-author of
the Anglo-French peace plan,
now dead, which forced the resig
nation of Sir Samuel Hoare as
Britain’s foreign secretary because
of widespread resentment to it.
French leftist parties demand
ed that Laval abandon his “easy
attitude” toward Mussolini so he
will make approval of his policies
the question of a vote of con
fidence.
In Addis Ababa, there were un
confirmed reports that the govern
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