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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14
T Fl E N EW = E AL
IN WASHIN GTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER

rather. than u Hitler or Museum
pal
Traditionally, relations Of the
United States with Brazil have
been closer than with any South
American republic. These two
nations and Canada are the only
aon-SpaniSh speaking countries
in the western hemisphere BRA
zilianS speak PortugueSc).
Brazil, whose vast and loosely
controlled territory touches every
South American country except
Chile, always has feared attack
by some combination Of Spanish
speaking countries which might
result in detachment OF some OF
her outlying states. Hence has
arisen what amounts in effect 10
q Brazilian-American alliance.
Brazil is still anxious TO main
tain that alliance and so is the
United States. The Vargas gov
ernment is much more pro-WaSh-
ington than pro-Berlin or pro-
Rome. Just the same, Vargas can
hardly help but observe the sue
cess of MuSSolini and Hitler in re-
tanning their places.
In Brazil there are l,500,OoO
Italian citizens and 100000 Ger
man citizens, all under pressure
from homeland governments de-
string to establish new spheres
of influence. And Vargas, Ill his
foreign relations, is in a position
10 play both ends against the
middle.
The Vargas government pre-
viously has played with and used
the Fascist lntegraliSta party
which was in close league
money, policy and leadership
with Germany and Italy.
But the State Department was
delighted to note that Vargas
threw the IntegraliStaS overheard
after his last campaign and has
now made them take off their
green shirts by aboliShing all po-
Iitical parties. The IntegraliStas
are very sore. :,
Copyright. 1887. NEA Service lnc2
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14
DEATH BY HANGING
is PENALTY SOUGHT


CLEVELAND, Miss, Dee. il.
(UPD-pcath by hanging is the
penalty TO be asked by the state
for Claude Vance, Shaw druggist,
who went on trial today for the
Staying of Night Marshal r. G..
Harrington on June 8, District At
torncy Greek Rice said yesterday.
Vance was denied bail at n pre-
liminary hearing June 20 and has
been in Jail here.
Grace Vance. 10 year old
daughter of the defendant, and
Louisiana State university beauty.
will be n principal witness for the
defense. She witnessed the alter
cation which took place in her ia
theirs drug store and was wound
ed in the hip by stray bullet.
Vance will plead self defense
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14

VTASHlNGTON. -- Dapper IN
w dersecretary of State Sumner
WeleS has Just eSsayed the role
of a fellow who publicly defends
his girl friend against local criti-
ciSm. In this case the gal hap
pens TO be Brazil. But WelleS
really is whistling IN the dark.
In rebuking q large section OF
the American press for assuming
promptly that the new system OF
government established by Brazil's
President Getulio Vargas was cs-
sentially Fascist, WelleS was right
at least to the extent that he de-
MED, by implication, reports that
the new Vargas regime was in
timately or even loosely associated
with or promoted by the Italian
Fascist or German Nazi govern
mentS.
The motive was to say some
thing sweet and pretty which
would please Miss Brazil, who adj
mittedly has Hitler and MuSSolini
among her Suitors. Locally, how
ever, the effect was 10 please the
Predetermined group in the State
Department and to distress those
who dislike anything which APP
pears TO be an official encourage
ment Of FaScism.
The State Department. reallz-
ing that it has competition for
Brazilian affections, feels that ii
must overlook certain imperfec-
tons.
Totalitarian principles are in
herent in the new Brazilian set-up'
The new constitution carries pro-
visions wildly reminiscent OF
Mussolini and Hitler, especially as
they apply to supervision over in
dustry.
Mr.. Vargas, however, has been
actuated by a fondneSs for his job
and a desire to hang onto 1t IN
definitely, rather than by infiu-
ences Of Fascist and Nazl organ
izations in his own country,
In short. 1t appears that vargas
is a demagog in his own right
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14
BIBLE THOUGHT
HOW TO DETERMINE YOUR CITY's
ASSETS
tBv BRUCE CATION

tBy BRUCE CAIION)
\ group of researchers from Teachers
College of Columbia University put 300
American cities under the microscope re-
Gently to learn what it is that makes the
difference between good city and bad
city.
Cities have characters, Just like people
Their care busy, prosperous cities that no.
body likes because they are so obviously
on the make: there are down-at-the-heei
places which somehow manage to be APP
pealing and friendly; there are in-between
towns that don't look like much at first
glance but that turn out to be pretty nice
when you get TO know them.
What is that elusive something that sets
such cities apart? The Columbia savants
wanted to know; so they began compll-
Gated but eminently sensible examination
TO discover what it is that good city has
which a bad city has not.
When they got through they announced
that it is the character of a city's inhabi-
tants, rather than the city's economic adj
vantageS. that makes for civic goodness !;
and before you say that you knew that in
the first place. look at the way they used
10 figure it out.
In studying q given city, the university
investigators asked questions like these:
What are the general and infant death
rates? How much money, per capita, IS
spent on libraries, on education. on recrea-
ton? How common is extreme poverty?
What percentage of the people own their
own homes? What percentage own auto
mobiles? How many doctors, nurses and
teachers are there, in proportion to the
population? What are the per capita eX-
penditures for highways, for light, for san
itation. for police, fire and health depart
mentS? What is the homicide rate? How
much unemployment was there in the CEN
SuS year Of 1880? What is the average in
come of the citizens?
Answer all of those questions--and lot
more along similar lines-and you get
pretty fair picture of city. Furthermore,
you get picture which is rot necessarily
the same as the one you would get simply
by adding up the city's tangible, visible as
SetS-its transportation facilities, its indus
tries, its natural resources and so on.
Which leads one, then, to the conclusion
that there are civic assets and civic assets.
The man who insists on putting through a
program for decent municipal Fairgrounds,
for instance, may be doing more for his
town than the go-getter who brings in
new factory. A good public library may be
worth more than a new railroad terminal.
A frst-rate superintendent, or health COM
missioner, or police chief, can be It civic
asset of incalculabe value.
Those things are obvious, to be sure
so obvious we usually fail to think about
them. We try to assess city's advantages
in terms of dollars and cents, and it just
can't be done. For a city, after all, is a
place where people live; and this infinitely
complex network of things which deter
mine whether their lives shall be pleasant
or not is something that can't be expressed
in q financial statement.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14
EXPRESSIVE SLOGAN: Miss

Jennie Bowen, merchant, has
worked the popular Western Car
DINA slogan into Il description Of
hen. store products by using tn"
phrase. Land O. The Sky Fash
IONS" on beautiful white paper
boxes, deeply grained, with a
lcather-likc finish. The package
are i'm various sizes from neat
folding wrappers to Staplcd boxes,
which Miss Bowen feels Will civ"
her store and the community
good publicity in distant places to
which they mayc be- mailed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14
N NEUTRALITY:
ACT UNBR0KEN
New Orleans Men Cleared
by Grand Jury in Mu-
nitions Charge

NEW ORLEANS, Dec IL. -.
OUPJ--Fivc New Orleans men, m
Guiding socialiLc Walter Stauff-r.
JI'.. were cleared by FEEDER i
grand jury late yesterday OF
charges Of violating u neutrality
ac; by sending ammunition To
Honduras last month.
Freed OF criminal charges be-
sides Slauffcr were Israel SIobut.
zky. !. 5. West, United Fruit COM
pany cmpioyc stationed in Hon
dmas. l.. II. Hardic and James
Ferry. the latter lwo employees Of
SlaUfrcr Esh.cman Hardware
company.
G-mcn raidcd Siauifcl's and
SIobotzky'a establishments and
filed charges that 600 rounds of
.Ij-calibcr ammunition went To-
Honduras aboard the steamer
SiAaola on November but was
returned here intact. The grand
jury mcL four times b"rur" no.
billing the defendants.
L. ). District Attorney Rene \.
Niosca said civil penalties and
fines would be levied agaius,
parties responsible for failure 10
declare Crhr November - ship
mput and others
Sending arms and ammunition
% iIoudurH. i, Il violation e 81
1929 presidential decree.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14
MORE CHRISTMAS MONEY:

MORE CHRISTMAS MONEY:
Aren't We ncglccting Il local OPP
portunity i'm not making more
markets for our popular ever
greens! The Tryon Daily Bullc-
tin tells how Mrs. \. &. Mcrrick
has for years been shipping at
tiactivc boxes of Christmas
greens 10 many parts Of the cOun-
try, as Christmas gift boxes, con-
tanning a. asSortmcntS of mistlc-
toe. holly blue bcrricd cedar,
pine, lccotheoc, galaX, English
ivy, hcmlock and rhodOdcndron.
Hard work, initiative and public
ity, it seems. would succeed in
this line in any mountain com
munity.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14

viii someone
y lea sc explain
just howtit would
help the farmer
if he should get
for his stuff two
dollars which are
worth no more
than one dollar
he now receives?
If the price OF
your service s.
were d on b J q d
and the price Of
everything YOU
must buy were
Il 0 Z b led too
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14
CHRISTMAS APPLES: '
w

have valuable product in our
midst but are not making the
most Of it. Not word has been
said about shipping Christmas
packages Of apples to friends in
many sections Of the country
where this fruit does not grow
successfully. We believe peck and
half bushcl cartons Of our many
fine varieties would go over in Il
big way if the idea were adopted
by some grower working in con-
nection with an cntorprising mcr-
chant.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14

Out in the Middle West five girls in one family
have bought permanent waves with their relief
money. Some people believe in going to the poor
house in high style, the wave of prosperity,
whether it be permanent or not.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14

Indiana transportation men are protest
ing the validity of Trucking laws. All who
think the Big Apple also ought to be pared
will communicate.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14

Controversy over which way pigs tail
curls is nothing at all to Miss Young Amer
lea. What she wants to know is how to
make a pigtail curl anyway.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14

Paris must be losing its grip on the style
market. Those mask and hood models bal
lyhooed lately were popular in the United
States years ago.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14
DEFEATING THE BUCK

The senate agriculture commit
tee urges further devaluation Of
the dollar so the farmer can get
more money for his products.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14

Some men are so selfish that they are not salts
fed with ivs-day week, but want tive-day week
ends. That's where they show their weakness.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-14

old prices for ] can't replace them
at those figures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-12

Hot Tub Reader Dentists, particu-
larly the busy extractors, love to relax
in a hot tub with a good book for
company and forget all about bridge
work, temporary filings and impacted
teeth. This dental surgeon off duty is
halfway through thriller.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
U. s. COLD IS PURCHASED BY
 ENGLISH FUND
Shipment of Five Million Dollars Worth, Yellow
 Metal, Announced

WASHINGTON, Nov. II. The Treasury Department announced last night that five million dollars worth of gold will be shipped to England today.
 This shipment is the second gold export this week.
 Ten million and one quarter mill lion dollars in gold was shipped two days ago aboard the Normandie for France.
 The Treasury explained that the British Equalization Fund pur- chased the American gold to prevent the value of the pound rising too high in comparison to the dollar.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
MAN CHARGES
 THROUGH LINE,
 NAVAL GUARDS
Demonstrator Ere a ks Up Period of Two-Minute
 Silence Tn London
KILL HIM! KILL HIM! :" IS CRY OF THOUSANDS
Crowd Impressed by Com posture of Royalty at
 World War Cenotaph

LONDON, Nov. 11.-A man strug- gled through the Naval Guard sur rounding King George today at the World War cenotaph in Whitehall and broke the solemn two minutes of the Armistice Day silence with a shout:
 All this hypocrisyl You are de- liberately preparing for war"
 There was sudden chatter of hoofs and scurry of mounted po- lice and Naval Guards and the man was thrown to the ground, then quickly carried back through the crowd away from the Kings Guard.
 The King stood mo tionle S S throughout the brief disturbance.
 The demonsrator was identified at the Home Office as Stanley Storey, who escaped on September 21 from the Canehill Asylum at Surrey.
 Several subdued boos from the crowd added to the disturbance when the Horse Guards guns boomed at the end of the two minute silent period and there were cries of Kill Himl Kill Him!"
 The thousands massed at the cenotaph were impressed with the composure of the King and his brothers during the unprecedented outbreak
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
New Version of
 Cancellation of
 Dukes. US. Trip

LONDON, Nov. II. - The News Review Weekly, a news magazine, has published what is said to tele- phone conversation between the Duke of Windsor and the King of England.
 The story said the Duke had post poned his visit to the United States on the advice of the King before he announced the postponement.
 The Duke was said to have called his brother, the King, from Paris, complaining They know I'm not a Fascist I have been misled by friends and misunderstood by the public"
 The King replied that he was sor- ry and if he could do anything, would be only too glad to assist.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11

SHANGHAI. Nov. 11.-Japanese forces spread fire, death and de- struction along the southern border of the French concession today. hopping up the last Chinese de- lending the Shanghai area.
 From the Nantao quarter, watch ing the spectacular battle from the concession lines few yards away. Pembroke Stevens, correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph, was, killed by a hail of Japanese machine gun bullets.
 Two French tramway employees, A. L. Thurvansky and P. Aneltel, two French policemen and num- Der of Chinese were wounded by wild bullets and shrapnel.
 Tonight blazing fires dotted the Nantao and Pootung districts and boats across the Whangpoo River burned fiercely. Scores of houses, shops and small factories in the native city are in ruins.
 The Japanese attacked with tanks, artillery and shock troops and broke the Chinese resistance along zahwei Creek on the eastern boundary of the beleaguered area.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
HARRY STUHR,
 ALASKA UNION,
 HAS GOOD WORD
Believes State Dept. Sincere Acting, Invasion of
 Jap Fishermen

SEATTLE, Nov Hilary Stuhr, special representative of the Alaska Fishermens Union, arriving from Washington, D. C., said the State Department promised the utmost cooperation to drive and keep the Japanese from Alaska's salmon waters.
 We are confident the State De- partment is doing the best and acting in good faith in negotiations with Japan" said Stuhr. Our un- ion is fearful, however, that Japan will callously disregard any prom ise it may make"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
DICTATORSHIP REPORTED SET
 UP IN BRAZIL
resident Vargas An nounces New Constitu-
 ton, Unlimited Powers

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 1.-The first New World attempt for cor porate system of government has been effected in Brazil by promulga- ton of new constitution. censored adyices from Rio de Janerio indi- cate.
 It is claimed the measure was announced by President Vargas who has assumed powers unequalled in Latin America at the present time.
 Details of the new constitution are not immediately available here
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
Liquor VioIators Let Off Easy by
 JurieS in Texas

AUSTIN, Tex, Nov II. = Bert Ford, state liquor control admins trator, says he is convinced there is small possibility of obtaining a liquor law conviction anywhere in Texas.
 He was advised recently that a Galveston jury had found a per- son guilty on an "open saloon charge and fined $100.
 So far as we know" the official said, no other jury in Galveston had convicted a liquor law violator in the state court before, during or since prohibition"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
II 17PLOTTERS ARE EXECUTED,
 SOVIET UNION
Ten Terrorists Confess to Attempt to Assassinate
 Joseph Stalin

MOSCOW, Nov. 11.-Seventeen men are reported to have been exc cuted, including ten confessed Ter rorists. They were convicted of plotting to attempt assassination of Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
SOLVES CAUSE FOR BLAST IN ALASKA MINE
 
B. D. Stewart Says Man Struck a Match to
 Light Cigarette

ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Nov. H. B. D. Stewart. Territorial Com missioner of Mines, said miner, striking a match to light a cigar ette, caused the explosion which resulted in the death of IA men.
 Stewart said a package of cigar cites and box containing six matches were found in the pockets of one of the men killed
 It is indicated there was an ac- emulation of inflamable gas Tn the mine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
North Sea Out
 With Fish Load

Four carloads of frozen halibut and salmon are going south on the North Sea for Prince Rupert and Seattle, totalling 10000 pounds.
 Sebastian-Stuart sent, a carload to Prince Rupert and Alaska Coast Fisheries sent two cars to Prince Rupert and one to Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
FOUR HUNDRED MINERS BURIED
 BY LANDSLIDE
Catastrophe Is R eported d from Copper Section
 in Japan

TSUMAGOI, Japan, Nov. II. = Four hundred copper miners are be- lieved to have been buried alive in lal.dslide in the Komenashi noun tains.
 Communications from here to the scene have been severed and the extent of the catastrophe is not de- termined.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
Stamps Bring
 Profits

WINDHOEK, South Africa, Nov. LA profit of $560,000 has been made by the Southway Africa post office on the sale of coronation stamps. The sum has been credit ed to extraordinary revenue.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
KIDNAPER IS
 UNDER ARREST
Man Wanted in New York Taken in Custody in
 Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES. Cal. Nov. h. James Sanders has been arrested here. He is wanted on a Federal indictment for participation in the Kidnapping four years ago of John J. Mcconnell, Jr, in Albany. New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
NEW DOCTOR

pr. Robert E. Stone, graduate of the Harvard Medical School, ex- poets to locate in Cordoya early next summer. At present, Dr. Stone is on the staff of the Hillman Hos pital in Birmingham, Ala.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
Another Search Is Started
 For Paul Redfern

NEW YORK, Nov. ll,-Theodore Waldeck, explorer. and Frederick Fox, dermatologist. announced they will leave by plane today for Georgetown, British Guiana. to re- new the ten year search for Paul Redfern, missing American aviator.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
TREASURY IS
 STUDYING TAX,
 HIGH BRACKETS
Income Levy May Be Re- -Undistributed
 Profits Modified
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1l-With- out much talk about it, the Treasury is giving study to the problem of reducing income tax sales in the higher brackets, revising the capi- tai gains tax and modifying as well the tax schedule in the 1886 undis- tributed profits tax.
 A primary reason is the complaint reaching Treasury ears with in- creasing force that the man of large means cannot operate in the mar ket because he is fenced in so eff fectively by taxes that he prefers to sit tight. It has been called a capital strike.
 When the rich man stays out of the market, does little speculating to earn fat profits and otherwise pulls his neck under his shell, his outlay for taxes is less. And fur ther, his capital is idle, or partly so. The result is that the long chain of new business that fresh capital starts when invested in industry is absent. And that means more tax es the government doesn't get, and less recovery for the country. JUST SUPPOSE
 To one Treasury official we pos ed this proposition:
 Take rich man. His earnings already are so high that if he makes any more money it will fall in the 75 percent bracket of the income tax law. In other words, 75 percent of his next earnings will go to the Government.
 During the summer-before the recent market drop-there comes to that rich man an opportunity to invest in securities to expand a cer- tain business. If successful the ex- pansion promises in a few years to pay good dividends and the se- curities will increase in value. If 1t is flop, he loses his money.
 In order to raise capital to invest in these new securities. the rich man must sell some stocks he bought several months earlier. They have increased handsomely in value. If he sells them. 75 percent of this increase will go to the government
 (Continued on Page Six)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
1,500 CITY
 EMPLOYEES
 OUT IN PHIL,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. H. Mayor s. Davis Wilson said today that approximately 1.50O city em- ployees have been given dismissal orders because of lack of money for salaries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
FREEBURNs THROUGH

MT. and Mrs James L. Freeburn are passengers south on the steam CT North Sea for Seattle, leaving Juneau at 10 o'clock tonight.
 Mir. Freeburn is superintendent of Chichagof Mining Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11
INVADERS AGAIN SPREAD DEATH. SHAN C MAI AREA
London Correspondent Vic tim of Machine Gun Fire
 in French Concession OTHERS ARE WOUNDED IN NIPPONESE ATTACK
City in Flames as Tokyo Warriors Mop Up Last
 ofChinese Defenders

B UL l. ETIN - SHANGHAI, . Nov. 11.--Japanese occupation of Shanghai has been completed and the last of the Chinese de- lenders have left, joining the main body of the Chinese Army which retreated Tuesday morn ing under cover of darkness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-11

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-18
Tipperary-a Long Way.
Sis31 T. TsievaK inc
BY S. L. HUNTLEY

Tipperary, the famous and beautiful
inland county of old Ireland, Is really
not long, long way. 1t is no farther
from Cork in another direction than
Killarney. On the main line to Dub
lin it is only one-third of the trip.
1t possesses the wildly beautiful Galtee
Mountains, the famous Glen Of Aher-
low. Cromwell found his way there
and thousands of Americans have
taken the little journey to see Casgall
of the Kings, the fifth century ruins
aloft on an ice-age rock. to see Clamel,
the sporting center, and to visit the
famous caves of Mitchelstown, and all
the beauty OF Irish Landscape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-18
Brain Twizzlers.
BY PROF. J. d. FLINT.

THIS Is little story about q
farmers daughter. The farmers
daughter was espied along about sun
down one evening by two city slickers
who were driving along the highway
toward town. Being city slickers, they
Immediately saw the possibility of q
wager, so one bet that the bucket OF
milk which the girl was carrying away
from the COWS was more than half
full while the other bet that it was
less than half full. They stopped and
hailed the girl. She stopped and they
explained the wager to her and she
set the bucket down. Then the argyll
ment started because the level Of the