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Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
DIPLOMATS RESENT
CRITICISM OF PLAN
England an dFrance Made
Offer To Avert Even
Greater European War
TOOK RESPONSIBILITY
They Assumed Burden of League In
Its Peace Mission, While United
States Held AlOof Through
The Years
TOOK RESPONSIBILITY
BY CHARLES T. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer

Washington, Dec. 21-DlpIomats
are too discreet to say much for pub
lication. Confidentially, however, the
staffs Of the British and French enl.
basSies III Washington are decidedly
rescntful Of widespread criticism Of
the joint plan Of their respective for
egn offices to end Italian-Ethiopian
hostilties by giving half or more. Of
Halle Selassie's realm to Mussolini.
OF course it is hard for them to
dispute the charge that the settle
ment proposed jointly, at London and
Paris, contemplated international ac-
quiescence in the FaScistS grab of
most of the territory they coveted
with D merely nominal concession to
Ethiopia.
Nevertheless, the emba&say staff
grumble, fault-finding with their So
called compromise comes with a par
ticularly poor grace from the United
States.
FEARFUL OF WAR
There is something to be said Oh
the Anglo-Franco side of the ques-
ton.
Neither the British nor the French
want a hand i'll another major war
any more than Uncle Sam does. Yet
they are fearful Of precipitating one
by trying to prevent it.
IN short, an attempt at prevention
tContinued on Page F'ive.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
HIGHWAY ACT FOR
So. CAR. RATIFIED
Floodgates Of Federal APP
preparations About to be
Opened Also.

Columbia, s. c., Dec. q (AP)--A
temporary highway control act was
ratified by the General Assembly and
signed by Governor Olin Johnston
today in concluding truce in South
Carolina's highway war.
The act sets up an ex-officio sup
crvisory board Of State officials to
direct the highway department
through it's chief engineer, since the
governor demobilized troops that had
held it for seven weeks.
Both branches of the legislature
then adopted a concurrent resolution
for sine die adjournment of the ses-
sion,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
Rebellion Feared
In Mexican State
By Labor Groups

Mexico City, Dec II (AP)-Mex-
iccan government announced to-
day that it had learned a rebel
lion was scheduled to start in
Orizaba, industrial center of the
State of Vera Cruz, where the
LabOrista party has its greatest
strength.
The movement already had been
frustrated, the Department of In-
terror stated, by seizure of arms
and ammunition and arrest of six
persons here in raid OH q house
of Louis MOrOneS, Labor leader,
and associate of General Elias
Gales.
The announcement of the pro-
posed rebellion followed denials
by both MarOnes and former Pres
ident Gales, who returned here
last week from Los Angeles, Cal.
that they planned any revolution
ary movement
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
Low for Night is Six Degrees
Above, Reported by The
Weather Bureau at
AshevilIe.
IA AT RALEIGH is
OFFICIAL READING
Rocky Mount Has 13, While
Greensboro and Salisbury
Report Mite Degrees; Sun
Shines Brightly N e arly
Everywhere in State Dur
ing Forenoon Hours.
ory Tho Associated Press

Mercury in official thermometers
over the CaroIinas got SO cold last
rtcNl that almost all of it ran down
into the bah ut the bottom Of the
.I4,. Upc to keep warm.
A,hovUc. over in the mountainous
wos'. led tho plunSin6 parade, with j
ow r'adng during the night at six
aboyr and three other reporting
communities tied for second place
win readings Of nine.
Greensboro and Salisbury had nine
do-r'" readings. as did Burlington.
Whcrc people got up shivcrinE at +
q. NJ 10 welcome n bright sun.
IIiGh Point followed closely with
70 degrees at s o'clock, but there the
GIy Wa a bit overcast.
Hickory registered IL degrees with
1,ic> clear and Il sun promising n bit
" warmth rs morning progressed.
while Gastonia had fair morning
aud q reading at daybrcak OF -.
Rocky Mount with reading Of 10
~ a. M. under cloudlesS skies.
ol%cd out Charlotte and Greenvillc.
= c.. which had Ii degree readings.
Raleigh also had n low Of II. the
coldcst OF the winter by 10. Clouds
,accd tho sky there during the early
but the sun began TO break
through and warm up bit. Gcner-
ally skies cleared over the State and
'hc sun began duty on time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
JOHNSON TALKS IN
M'DONALD'S TOWN
He Carries Gubernatorial
Facts" Fight Into
Enemy" Country.
STATE DEBT REDUCED
And With Its Reduction and Balanc-
ing Of Budget. State Securities
Crossed Par To StaVc off
Investment Disaster
Daily Dispatch HUreau.
In rhe Sir Walter Hotel,
n Z q IlNS1[ 1CHR1I11

HE y. &. UASk EltN Ill
Raleigh, Dec. 21.-Candid0tc Ralph
W. McDonald's wish TO have some Of
ficisl statement of North Carolina fl
nanccs by Governor J. g. b. Ehring-
hAus or by state Treasurer Charles
NJ. Johnson, has been gratificd by
Mr.. Johnson.
The state treasurer adopted some
what the policy Of DR.. Mcdonald, who
came to Raleigh several weeks ago,
assembled the newspaper men, took
them to Revenue Commissioner Allen
J. Maxwel's office and engaged in
debate with the commissioner. Dur
ing the controversy carried on over
Mr.. Maxwcll's table DR.. Mcdonald de-
clarcd that Mr.. Maxwell is honest,
but woefully ignorant Of taxation, "
Mr.. Johnson did not summon the For
Syth sCribea and lombard DR.. Nc
Donald III the candidates office. The
treasurer was invited by the Rotary
Club to speak before it, He did and
he used figures which DR.. Mcdonald
is ut liberty to attack. The candidate
has not yet made his assault, but he
Is due to do so. lie asked for state
ment from an official qualified by
position to speak. Mr. Johnson went
to what William Jennings Bryan call
ed enemy country"
Discussion State finances, Mr.. John
son told tho Rotarians that January
!, 1893, the State owed $135, ,139, 900
and had approximately $11OOOOOO in
the sinking fund invested in North
Carolina bonds. This left 3 net debt
Of $174, 1856, ,422.75 June 80 At the close
Of the first biennium Of the Ehring-
haus administration the State owed
CONTINUED on Page FOur)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
Expeditions Begin
Ellsworth Search

Washington. Dec. 21 (AP)-Thc
State Department announced two
rescue expeditions would start to-
day from opposite Antarctica to
aid Lincoln Ellsworth, missing OK
pIOrer, and his Canadian pilot,
Herbert HOllick-KenyOn.
Sir Hubert wilkins was expect
ed to sail from MagelIanes, Chile,
in his ship, the Wyatt carp, taking
an airplane flown last week from
Kansas city to MagelIanes by
Henry Merrill.
The American Embassy in Lon
don cabled the department the
British royal research ship, Dis
cOVery H., would sail on the other
side Of Antarctica from Melbourne
for the Bay of Wales.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
Farm Prices For
Carolinas Lower
In 1885 Than 1884

Washington, Dec, 21 (AP)-
Farm prices In the Carolinas were
lower this year than in 1884, but
continued to remain considerably
higher than in 1882.
The Agriculture Department, In
a preliminary report of 1885 aver
ages, said however, that most
crops had been increased to the
extent that the 1885 farm value
was greater than in 1884.
The average price of cotton was
estimated at 11.4O cents a pound
in North Carolina.
A 80 percent reduction I'm the
average price of tobacco was re-
ported for North Carolina, with
the 1875 average preliminary plac-
ed at 2O.9 cents pound, cOmpar-
cd to 28.5 cents in 1884.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
Italy Won't
EvenAnsWer
Peace Notes
Mussolini Shows His
Disdain For Efforts
To End Warfare In
Africa.

Rome, Dec. Iii (AP) Premier
Mussolini showed his disdain for the
discarded Franco-British proposals
for peace between Italy and Ethiopia
today by refusing even to reply to
them after ordering the East African
campaign to proceed.
An official spokesman said the de-
cision of the Fascist grand council,
issued after a session last night, con-
stituted Italy's only answer to the
peace plan.
This decision referred briefly to
British "repudiation" Of the proposals
and said Italy would go on "to the
goal" designated by II Duce as the
nations destiny.
In directing confidently that his
armies press on for conquest of Ethi-
opia, Mussolini posed his "unshake-
ably united" people against the dis
(CcntinueI On Peee y.yc.I
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
ACTION BY LEGISLATURE
TO START FEDERAL FUNDS

Washington, Dec. q (AP)-Belief
was expressed In an official quarter
here today that the South Carolina
legislature, in establishing a tempor-
ary board to administer the State
highway department, would pave the
way for renewal of Federal road fund
grants to the State.
L. f. Boykin, counsel for the Fed
eral Bureau Of Public Roads, was au-
thority for the belief.
Il can't say definitely in the alb
sence of a copy of the act ITSELF" said
Boykin when informed of develop
ments in South Carolina.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
Coolest Weather OF Winter
Here; Mercury AtL0w Of12

With IN official thermometer read
inS announced as IL degrees above
zero, Henderson and this section to-
day experienced the coldest wealth
er OF the winter. And it came on
December 81, the shortest day of the
year.
A high wind frCm the north blew
up during the day Fricay, and by
night had whskcd in the frigid tenn
pcratures that had come apparently
from the SHOWS and zero tcmpera-
lures Of the Middle West and North
west.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21

There WAL every warning Friday
that the community was in for the
worst OF the winter thus far-and
most people hope also for the entire
winter season. 1t is seldom this sec
ton has more than two or three Bit
ing days like this has been. The
weather man yesterday said there
would be a hard freeze last night, and
today reported the same warning
for tonight, but held out some slight
hope for bit Of moderation on
Sunday. but with cloudy skies.
All over the city frozen pipes were
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
ETHIOPIANS ROUTED
BY ITALIAN PLANES

Asmara, Eritrea, Dec. II (AP)-
Italian planes bombed and routed
an Ethiopian column of 5000 be-
tween Quoram and Lake Ashang1
today, said reports to italian head
quarters.
The Ethiopians were said to
have suffered many casualties and
to have T~Slied to the bombing
with strong anti-craft fire.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21

reported PlunlJcrs had their day.
Water pipes not properly protected
closed up under the driving force of
that wind, and today housewives
either had to call III help from the
plumber. use the hot water basin
themselves or do without water
The night was clear, with stars
shining, and friendly snu beamed
brightly all day today, and lent some
encouragement and in a small way
abated the bite Of the frigid weather.
1t was not so bad as if the skies hau
been overcast,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
JOE LOUIS AGAIN
DENIES HE'S DEAD

Chicago, Dec. 21 (AP)-For the
tenth time in three months, Joe
Lewis, sensational Negro heavy
weight bOxS Sr, today denied re-
ports that he had been killed in
III automobile accident.
No one was allowed to see the
'brOwn bomber" but giant Ne
gro policeman stationed outside
his door conferred with him. and
then came out to announce that
Joe had just eaten hearty break
fast,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Fair to partly cloudy and not
quite so cold, but hard freeze to-
night; Sunday increasing cloudi-
ness and warmer, possibly rain
Sunday night and in extreme west
portion in afternoon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21

(Continuel on Paoe J'ivc.I
Evening star., 1935-01-13
Election Announced.

Edward D. Shaw, executive secretary
Of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, announced the election
during the past week Of the follow
ing officers of the associations various
trade sections:
Coal division. Joseph B. Murphy,
chairman; R. S. Miller and C. F.
Dickey, vice chairmen: Samuel S.
Blick, treasurer, and william Hessick,
jr., vice treasurer. Ice manufacturers,
Harry Hammond, chairman, and Nor
ris w. Bennett, secretary. Ice cream
manufacturers, Ford Young. chairman,
and G. j. Young secretary. Awning,
William E. Russell chairman. Cater
ers and confectioners. Thomas Fitz-
gerald, chairman. Purifiers, Dewey
Zirkin, chairman. Limited price va
riety stores, H. D. Ormsby, chairman.
Jewellers, Arthur j. Sundlun, chair
man. Laundries. Louis Levay. chair
man. Paper and stationery. Franklin
W. Harper. chairman. Electrical sup
plies, Edwin M. Graham, chairman.
Express, Charles H. Frame, chairman.
Bus passenger transportation, e. D.
Merrill, chairman. Parcel delivery,
Charles B. Buck, chairman.
Other groups still to elect their off,
GERS are department stores, mems
wear and women's wear stores, fuel
oil, shoes and restaurants.
Evening star., 1935-01-13
ID. C. Is Tourist Center.

Figures for 1884 compiled by Curtis
Hodges, director of the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee, show that
Washington is making long strides
forward as tourist center.
Judging the increase and decrease
in the number of tourists who visit
Washington by the number of visitors
who go through the Smithsonian In
stitution, the annual number for last
year, 1861, 1872, exceeds the 1888 total
Of 1,404,636 by 256, ,546. The figures
also showed that the 1884 increase
over the 1882 figures was 1s7,857.
Although last month did not come
up to several preceding months in
the number Of people who visited the
Smithsonian Institution, it was far
better than the same month in 1888
and 1882. The 74,334 visitors at the
Smithsonian Institution in December,
1884, surpassed the visitors in Deem
Der. 1888, by more than 10000.
The tourist and convention figures
do not include that fairly recent
group which is making up o large
number Of visitors coming into WASH
lngton, Mr.. Hodges said.
Evening star., 1935-01-13
Exposition Of Progress
To Be Held In March.

"HE Federation Of Business
Mems Associations Is plan
ming to hold an exposition
of progress at the Washington
Auditorium the last week in March.
The purpose Of the exposition is
to acquaint the City of Washing
ton with the aims of its many
civic and business organizations.
This would seem to be a sort Of
successor to the annual industrial
expositionS which were held In
the same place for a number Of
years by the Washington Cham
Der Of Commerce. At these indus
extensive civic participation, as
well as by some Of the Government
activities.
During the latter part Of 1884,
at the instance of Arthur Orr,
president of the Arlington County
Civic Federation, the Interfedera-
ton Conference considered the
question Of holding a civic expo
sition for the benefit of the entire
National Capital metropolitan
area. Recently the conference
abandoned the idea for the reason
that 1t was felt that the civic
bodies we're not properly equipped
to manage such an enterprise.
Some Of the civic bodies have
already indorsed the coming ex-
position, which Is under the man
agement Of Albert l.. Stern, who
managed all of the industrial ex-
positions for the Chamber of Com
merce.
Evening star., 1935-01-13
GROUP TO DISCUSS
FISCAL RELATIONS
Objection Raised to "Contribu.
ton" as Applied to Federal =
Share in D. G. Budget.

This months meeting notices Of the
Stanton Park Citizens Association en-
phasize the extent to which District
Taxpayers ere supporting national In
stitutions.
James p. Farmer, president, prom
ises 0 discussion Of this matter tomor-
row night, - IN inducement for .
larger turnout. I'VE have heretofore
with all our power attempted to ap-
peal to your reason" Farmer says in
the letter. while these efforts have
not been without reGsalts," he adds.
"stin We feel that they do not quite
adequately repay % for the tremen-
dous effort, nor do they entirely salts
~ our ambitions"
He points out that the National
Geological Park is only one example
Of the support Of national institutions
forced on District residents.
At the meeting tomorrow night,
Farmer said, action viii be taken on
. proposed resolution objecting to the
term contribution" 70 often used In
connection with the Federal Govern
ment's share Of the District budget.
Considering all points, be said this
word should not b used, - It implies
q gift.
Action on other proposed resolutions
protesting the Districts expense in the
upkeep Of national units win be taken.
he said
Evening star., 1935-01-13

lain Of the Cheverly Post, No. 1oS,
American Legion; treasurer Of the
KeniIworth Aircraft Club, Junior
counselor of the Woodrow Wilson
Council, Junior Order Of United
American Mechanics, and delegate
to the Public School Association from
the Kenilworth Citizens Association.
Helped Get Center.
Partly through his efforts the new
Kenilworth Recreation Center was OBJ
tanned. John 8. Driggers, past presi-
dent Of the Kenilworth Citizens AZ
sociation, said that since Buker moved
to the community he has been q
leader.
During the World War he served In
the Infantry as private. He Is now
employed as q clerk in the Internal
Revenue Bureau.
Fletcher B. Shipley, whom Buker
succeeds as president, served two
terms as president of the association
and 16 terms as secretary. A letter Of
commentator was received by the
association praising Shipley for his
civic work in the community. The
letter was from John T. Barber, q past
president. It was entered into the
minutes Of the association.
Evening star., 1935-01-13
URGES ANTICIPATION
OF TRAFFIC DANGERS
Chevy Chase President Believes
Recent Fatal Accident Could
Have Been Prevented.

The time has come for the autaori-
ties to anticipate traf1c dangers rather
than await . serious accident before
acting, George z. Strong, president of
the Citizens Association Of Chevy
Chase. D. c., declared recently.
Illustrating his point, Mr.. Strong
pointed out Q recommendation made
by his association more than q year
ago that traf1c lights be installed at
Connecticut avenue and Military road.
This Recommendation went unheeded,
Mr.. Strong declared, and many people
believe the associations late secretary,
o. Won Ammon would not have been
killed there last month had these
lights been installed.
The opening Of Nebraska avenue
from Wisconsin avenue to Rock
Creek Park more than . year ago,
Mr.. Strong declared, Created dan
gerous intersections, notably Connect
cut avenue and Military road. Trafnc
lights should have been installed with
out delay, as their need was obvious,
but even though the Citizens Asso-
ciation Of Chevy Chase, d. c.. spe-
cifically called the attention Of the
authorities to the situation at Con-
necticut avenue, nothing was done
until December. Even now there are
no trafiic lights at the Connecticut
avenue intersection, although school
children must cross this intersection
four times each school day, and the
vehicular trafic b such that police
have been stationed there during the
most congested hours"
Evening star., 1935-01-13
PRESIDENT ASKED
TO TRADE BOARDS
FEBRUARY DINNER
Theme of Annual Affair to
Be "In the Land of the
Rising Sum-"

The President of the United States
again has been invited to be the
principal guest at the Washington
Board of Trades annual Midwinter
dinner, to be held February 2 in the
Mayfiower Hotel. During recent
years the Presidents usually have at
tended these functions.
The theme of this years dinner
Is TO be In the Land of the Rising
SUM-" Preston w. Perkinson, chair
man Of the Dinner Committee, and
Robert j. Cottren, executive secre-
tary of the board, have been arrang-
ing for the appearance of outstand-
ing performers for several weeks.
Also invited to the affair are most
Of the major Federal and District
officials in Washington. The list is
headed by the name Of Vice Presi-
dent Garner and includes Secretaries
Hull, Morgenthau, Dern, Cummings,
Farley, Swanson, Ickes and Wal
lace; Speaker of the House Byrns,
diplomatic representatives Of most of
the principal nations, Gen. John j.
Pershing, Donald Richberg, executive
director of the National Emergency
Council: Jesse Jones, head of the
r. F. c.; D. w. Bell, acting budget
director; the secretaries to the Presi-
dent, members of the Senate and
House District Committees, Senator
Glass, chairman of the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee; Representa-
tive Buchanan, chairman of the
House Appropriations Committee; a
number of other Senators and Rep
resentatives, the District Commis-
sloners, Frederic A. Delano, chair
man OF the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission; Federal
Housing Administrator Moffatt, Leslie
G. Garnett, United States district at
torney, and many other prominent
officials. organization heads and pri-
vate citizens Of the District,
Evening star., 1935-01-13
Sewage-Disp0sal Plant
A Dense Civic Fog.

r EADERS who worked so earn
estly last year for the au-
thorization for the 5000, 900
P. W. A. loan for q sewage disposal
plant for the District admit that
the fog which now enshrouds this
project, in its modified form, Is
more impenetrabIe than the fogs
recently prevailing in Washing
ton. The authorization was for a
loan to the District of $4,000, 900
and the Commissioners, after some
negotiations, requested and were
granted only $4,000, 900 with which
to build a plant which would only
do part of the work of the
larger plant, but of an extenSible
character which could be en-
hrged later and remove much
more Of the pollution from the
sewage before its discharge into
the river.
The Commissioners awarded a
contract for plans to an archi-
tectural firm which Is proceeding
with the work. Now comes the
Information that another con-
Germ with another system will put
IN a plant to do the complete job
Of the 100000 plant for the
$4,00O.000. It is understood that
the controller general, the P. W. A.
administrator and the District
Commissioners are all wrestling
with the knotty problem and the
p. W. A. administrator insists that
he viii see that the District gets
its moneys worth. Just what the
outcome will be no one seems to
know.
Evening star., 1935-01-13
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Snift fiction of Senate on District Legislation Is
Commended-Lack of Funds Hdndicaps
Public Utilities Commission.

town Gas Light Cos. were con-
cluded last June and briefs filed
In August. These have been an
alyzed and recently the commis-
sion began deliberations on the
valuation. Citizens grow impatient
at the slow progress Of the COM
mission in determining these VAL
uations upon which their rate de-
cisions must stand, but there is lit
tie understanding of the size of the
task In these gas company valua-
ton proceedings more than 5000
pages of record were taken, in ad-
dition to $4,000 pages Of exhibits.
One feature Of the local gas rates
against which there Is a growing
objection Is the so-called demand
charge for the privilege of using
gas for heating. This charge must
be paid each month, regardless Of
whether there Is any gas consumed
or not. DR.. Robert E. Layton Of
Georgetown has been advocating
relief from such excess charge. He
has had the matter up with the
Public Utilities Commission. From
him it Is learned that this demand
charge is determined by the size
of the furnace.
The doctor and other consumers
claim that through these demand
charges their rates for heating
run higher than for domestic
purposes. DR.. Layton claims that
all other American cities he has
looked up have straight rates.
Equitable gas rates have doubt
less been delayed through cur
failing the commissions personnel
by the unwarranted cut in its
appropriation. Other relief can
be speeded up, it is believed, if
the commission is given the funds
IL needs.