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STORMY SCENES
EXCITING JAPAN
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tration In the true sense" Hamada
asserted, ut must above all achieve
strict military discipline and puri-
fication Of military circles, thus
removing undesirable pressure" Con
the government). Premier Hirota
hastened to answer Hamada' s
charges. He denied any Fascistic
trends and said the government
was interested only In doing every
thing in accordance with public
opinion. He refuted charges Of
army domination and said that the
government respected political par
ties.
Called Charges False
Gen. Count Hisaichi Terauchi,
war minister, also replied. He said
that Hamada's charges were false
and that the army was cooperating
with the people. He promised a de-
tailed answer later. Gen. Terauchi
was interrupted frequently by Sci
yukai party members. Hamada,
showing resentment Of the gener-
ais statement, demanded an ex-
PLANTATION of an assertion that he
had sighted the army. Then Te-
rauchi promised to reply later. Wis
count Chiyufu Watanabe, repre-
senting the Kenkyukai party, OPEN
ed the frontal attack on the cabi-
nets policies In behalf of powerful
opposition sentiment.
Policy With China
He described the governments
Chinese policy as lone sided" and
said it had failed. He demanded
that the government formulate def
mite principles. He criticised the
handling Of Japans new anti-Con-
munist agreement with Germany.
And, voicing a feeling that this
session may show whether Japan is
to incline toward the Fascist to-
talitarian states or retain real par
liamentary rule, he said 1t was re-
gretable that some people adyocat-
ed dictatorial policies. A Dictator
ship, he said, was unsuited to ia
pan because "a dictatorship Is de-
structive of parliamentary princi-
pies" Cabinet ministers decide To
reply to Viscount Watanabe's at
tack tomorrow. Premier Hirota and
Foreign Minister Arita, In their
speeches. said that relations with
the United States were improving
and promised that Japan would
not start a naval race. But they
emphasized the need for strong
army and navy.
Outline OF Program
Premier Hirota opened the speech
making with an outline Of seven
point legislative program as fol-
lows:
Il Strengthening the national de-
tense; (2) extension of the period
Of compulsory education; go tax
reform; a. sterilization OF national
life, including farm aid, health
measures and financial aid to small
business men; 90 industrial devel-
opment and commercial expansion,
including a plan for control Of cleo
trio power resources; 90 increased
emigration to Manchukuo, Japa-
nese-fostered state formed from
Chinese Manchuria; Cd admins
trative reforms in both central and
provincial governments.
The many problems to be faced
at home and abroad, the premier
said, indicated the difficulties
ahead. But refrigeration of the
national spirit, he said, should en-
able Japan to march forward sue
cessfully.
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prison bureau is in good hands.
Your action In establishing merit
system for promotion among the
custodial force. and likewise recon-
;:1ending the extension Of civil serv-
ice to all positions except the di-
rector, assistant directors and the
parole board has established the
work On a permanent career basis.
Eight Years in Office
1.-THE nearly eight years that ]
have been with the department Of
justice has been q period Of great
satisfaction to myself. not the least
Of which has been the opportunity
recently to work under your leader
ship. I am profoundly grateful for
your interest and support and deeply
thankful Of the fact that there
never was a more faithful and loyal
group Of people than have worked
with me In this bureau, through
whose cooperation whatever we have
done has been accomplished"
President Roosevelt sent to Bates
3 letter rendering best wishes and
expressing sincere regrets" that the
government was to be deprived Of
his fine public service"
Clashed With Hoover
During mis- regime as director Of
prisons Bates clashed repeatedly
with Hoover. Baces always held that
there was some good In any man, II
IL only could be brought 10 the SUR
face, and advocated humane parole
systems for all prisons. Hoover held
that too lenient parole boards were
responsible for putting many GRIM
inals ON the streets when they could
better have been retained behind
bars.
Bates, former commissioner Of the
Department Of correction Of Massa-
chusetts, was appointed superin-
tendent of federal prisons in 1929.
One year later he became director
b 7a. = as $500 -.
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Pastor

heavy rain hampered rescurers and
added to the distress Of the refugees
who are In barns, on roofs Of houses
and bits of high ground, awaiting
the boat crews. About 400 persons
remained to be rescued when the
boat crews left at Gavin, according
to army engineer headquarters here.
Five hundred were removed from
the flood area yesterday and last
night. They were taken to Senath
and here where Red Cross head
quarters have been established.
Among those waiting rescucrs were
a small group on Aliens Island,
strip of lowland six miles south OF
Senath, The island Is almost COW
cred by water and those on 1t are
in desperate circumstances, being
without food or fire.
Engineers, manning the IS gov
eminent boats, said none Of the
refugees were in danger of drown
ing but they feared an epidemic of
influenza and pneumonia, due to
exposure.
Levees still standing resemble, for
the most part, strips of mud. They
are almost entirely broken down.
The st. Francis here continued
to rise today, due to heavy rainfall
yesterday, through the night and
today.
The flood area probably will be
doubled before tonight, engineers
said. They predicted the flood
would spread to the Arkansas side.
flooding approximately half Of clay
and Greene Counties, Ark.
The rain poured and the wind
howled and against the flat shores
pounded the flood maddened river.
Up-rooted trees, wrecks Of small
buildings, and other debris piled up
dangerously. The marooned men
and women chung to the roofs Of
the islands crude buildings lest the
wind fling them into the swirling
current and destruction.
Guards With Shotguns
Along the raging tributaries Of
the Mississippi in southeast Missou-
ri and northeast Arkansas, guards
with shotguns patrolled the levees
today, under orders to shoot to kill
anyone tampering with the en-
bankments holding back sufficient
quantities of flood waters to mum
date the countryside for miles
around.
The situation was most critical
at Big Lake In northwest Arkansas
where scores Of emergency workers,
supervised by army engineers, were
sandbagging levees that merely
brimmed the flood. The lake was
expected to rise another two feet.
Engineers feared for the upper
Mississippi because of increased
rainfall In the valleys of the Ohio
and its tributaries. The Mississippi
at Cairo was expected to reach SO
feet today, less than two feet under
its maximum during the great flood
of 1927.
10000 People Fled
Evansville, Ind, Jan. 21.--(UP)--
Ten thousand, five hundred men,
women and children lived in box
cars. school houses and Red Cross
shelters today while the floods from
four Ohio Valley rivers and q score
of tributaries rolled over the farms
and villages which they had fed.
The num.cr of homeless mounted
hourly es the peak of food feared
The vnrct since 1913 swirled down
the Ono River valley bursting
lcvecs. sw,rling through village
streets, asolating farms and cities.
Estim"ted homeless: Indiana, 4,5o0;
Ohto-West V'rginia-Xentucky, 5000;
Illinois, 1000 Another 5000 were
homeless in Missouri, Arkansas and
Tennessee.
Eight Known Dead
Eight persons are known dead.
| Others may be missing in isolated
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$4,000 DAMAGE

3 Lowell, Mass. Jan. 2l-(UP)-
$ire and water caused 10000 dam
age today to q 2 IL story building
housing bowling alleys and five
3tores In the business section. Fire
Manage was confined to the Kit
s1gedge alleys on the second floor,
where IL alleys and six pool tables
were ruined. Water seeped through
HE floors to stores below and dam
sNked stock and fixtures
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BISHOP MICHAEL,
GALLAGHER DIES
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troit during his last campaign
Bishop Gallagher was invited to a
dinner party aboard the presidents
train. The bishop said he would
vote for Mr.. Roosevelt, despite his
support Of Father Coughlin, who
was backing the third party candi-
dacy Of Rep. William Lemke.
Father Coughlin announced after
the election that he would abandon
his radio broedcasts. Bishop Gal
lagher denied that he was respon-
5lble for the decision and voiced
hope that the priest would con-
tinue his activities.
Bishop Gallagher was born in
Auburn, Mich. He entered the priest
hood after four years as teacher
in the public schools. He was or
dained at Brizen, Austria, March 10,
1888, and returned to the United
States the following year. Promo
ton came rapidly, and he became
bishop OF the Grand Rapids, Mich,
diocese Sept. 26, 1915. Two years
later he was named bishop Of
Detroit.
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BODY OF DEAD
MAN IDENTIFIED

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 21.-(UP)
"A body found lying near Mount
Auburn cemetery yesterday has been
identified as that Of Arthur j. o.
Conner, 20, Brighton laundry
worker. Miss Evelyn O'Connor Of
Cambridge, a sister with whom he
lived made theh Identification. Medi-
cal-Examiner Donald z. Currier
said OCononr died from exposure.
He apparently fell into Charles river
while walking across a sand bar en-
route TO work. O'Connor's shoes
and trousers were ice-coated when
his body was discovered.
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classics at st Thomas Seminary.
Hartford. His immediate prepara-
ton for the priesthood was made at
st. Demands Seminary, Rochester,
N. Y. For some time before his
ordination he served as project at
Thomas Seminary. He was or
dained to the priesthood on May II,
1871, by the late Bishop Milan, at
st. JoSeph's Cathedral, Hartford.
Father Thompson's flrst assign
ment was to st. Patrick,S parish,
Bridgeport After seven years Of
service there he was transferred to
st. Joseph.s, Willimantic, in eeptem-
Der, 1923. In October. 1884, he was
as. igned to st. Lawences, West
Haven, where he remained until his
present well-deserved promotion.
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Of the bureau Of prisons and was
reappointed to the same position In
1888. He was president Of the board
Of directors Of Federal Prison In
dustries, Inc. and member Of the
board OF directors Of the National
Boys Training school, and the Asso-
citation ef Public Welfare OfIicials.
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SPILL OVER FRIDAY

Portsmouth, O., Jan. 2l-(UP) ~
The flooded Ohio and Scioto rivers
are expected to spill over Ports
mouths million dollar flood late
Friday, river men said today.
An overflow would force 5000
families to leave their homes.
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he constitution likewise granted
right to conduct anti-religious
bpaganda and the weight Of the
tss, Communist party and youth
tanizations Is cast strongly on the
re Of atheism.
1hruches throughout the Soviet
ZION are steadily being abandoned
rough lack Of sufficient congrega-
ns. Others have been destroyed
converted to other uses In re-
Hiding Of cities. As available
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Raw cotton has attained the
rank Of Argentina's seventh most
important export.
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Australia Is increasing the PEN
sions OF invalids and the aged.
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CHRISTIANITY DECLINES FURTHER
II SOVIET AFTER SUPREME Law
GUARANTEES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Churches Steadily Being Abandoned AS
Congregations Dwindle With Youth
Inclined To Atheism
BY NORMAN B. DEUEL.
United Press staff Correspondent

Moscow, JAM 2t-(UP)-Although granted charter of
in the Soviet constitution which separated church
state and guaranteed the right to worship Christianity
steadily declining in the Soviet Union survey shows
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PENN. RIVERS RISING

<ASAVs Iva v ASAU0 4SACA4N"
Pittsburg, Jan. 2l.-(UP)-Rivers
In western Pennsylvania today rose
to what is expected to be their
highest levels since the disastrous
floods Of last March.
After a heavy all night rain in
the Allegheny and Monongahela
watersheds and snow in some Sec
tons. streams started q new rise
fourth in two weeks-and the
weather bureau predicted for Pitts
burg a crest tomorrow of 30 feet,
five feet over flood stage.
At 8 a. M, the stage on the Ohio
at Pittsburg was 1877 feet point
Tuesday, the level was % feet.
The new rise. which commenced
early today as the district recovered
from high water early this week.
brought grave fears to families in
easily flooded sections.
Tragic st. Patrick's Flood
Those families recalled the tragic
st. Patrick's flood of last spring,
which resulted in millions of dollars
Of property damage and claimed
| many uVeS. Iney arranged Tor
evacuation and f1ood-relief agencies
speeded up preparations to care for
refugees.
Pittsburg business houses, which
erected flood barriers Monday and
Tuesday, repeated safety precau-
tons. A 30-foot flood stage would
cause damage In this city.
Ominous reports came from up
river points. The rainfall on the
Allegheny watershed during the
night was 1.40 inch, excessively
heavy, and along the Monongahela,
so Of an inch.
A four-coun.y area In the Johns
town district was covered by four
to six inch snow yesterday and
Stony Greek river in Johnstown,
scene Of two disastrous flood disas-
tiers, began to rise.
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PRESIDENT AIDS
LITTLE FELLOWS

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REV. MICHAEL ].
THOMPSON PASTOR

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SANFORD BATES
RESIGNS OFFICE

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Assistant
Flood Waters S1ueep
Over Ohio Valleys
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districts. A half million dollars in
bridges, highways and farm homes
have been destroyed. In Cincinnati,
u. 8. Meteorologist w. G. Devereaux
said the floods along the Ohio below
Louisville, KY, may last at least
three weeks. Five hundred men,
women and children, the entire
population, fed from Hazleton, Ind,
when a levee on the north edge Of
town burst last night. Water from
the White River, swollen by four
hours rain, rushed through the gap
with roar heard for miles away. It
flowed six feet deep through Halle
ton streets.
CCC and WPA Workers
Five hundred CCC and WPA
workers who had labored 48 hours
to hold back the White River,
warned those in the village before
they fled. 1t was believed all had
escaped. Rains which first sent the
rivers over their banks more than a
week ago continued today in the
center of the worst-stricken area
northern Kentucky, southwestern
Ohio, southern Illinois, southern In
diana and southeastern Missouri.
The Ohio valley flood area was a
great triangle with corners at Ports
mouth, O., Vincennes, Ind, and
Cairo, ILL.,, confluence Of the Ohio
and Mississippi. 1t embraced the
southwestern corner of Ohio, the en-
tire Ohio river boundary Of Ken
lucky, fully one-fourth of Indiana
and a slice Of southeastern Illinois.
Flood waters seeped into northwest
ern West Virginia, and were flowing
off the southeastern section of Penn
Sylvania. Hundreds of thousands Of
acres Of farm land lay under water.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-06
CIFNENTS GNES2
ROAD SENTENCES
r M Luther Convicted of
Drunken Driving; AS
sauIt Cases Heard

,..order r. E. Clements gave out
Cd terms in county court today
w. oI,o found a defendant guilty of
'i l~unken driving.
dlu'' n Luther was found guilty of
.,--n driving, operating a motor
'' ,;aIo with improper brakes and
F .r'oeing property. He was sentenced
O. .ho roads fer 90 days, commitment
y - ;ssue upon payment of fine
~ s5o and costs. paying SIS to j. G.
:, for damage done, and his
irht TO drive an Automobile in the
.7+n was revoked for one year.
no+o Bobbitt was given II months
tho roads for assault and damag-
inc property.
coorge Thompson and Marvin Ross
40 found not guilty of assault and
damaging property.
,uie Richardson, convicted of pos
-ossion of Illicit whisky, had prayer
=, udgment continued upon pay
roant of the costs.
pannie Howell, Negro, was convict
- Of reckless driving and with driv-
:no without operators license. Pray
~ for Judgment was continued upoa
s.,n,ent of a fine of SIS and costs.
H. Northington, Negro, possess
,;on Of Illicit whisky for the purpose
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-06
NEWSPAPER PRICES
ARE FORCED HIGHER
Mounting Costs of Produc-
ton Compel Advances
To Subscribers

Chattanooga, Tenn, Dec. 6-MOunt-
ing costs of production have forced
many Southern daily newspapers to
increase subscription rates, either
weekly or monthly or street sale prices
according to information gathered by
the Southern Newspaper Publishers
Association, which maintains head
quarters here. Drastic increases in
the price demanded by mills for news
print paper, marked advances in
wages and salaries, mounting taxes
and Social Security charges levied
against employers make the increases
necessary.
Following are some of the Southern
newspapers which have announced cir
culation rate increases.
The Chronicle, The Post and The
Press, the three newspapers in Hous-
ION, Texas, each 15c per month.
Kinston On. c. Free Press, sc per
week, and increases in mail rates.
Mail rates of Muskogee (Okla).
Phoenix, Csc per month.
Dallas (Tex). News, sc per week and
zoe per month.
Oklahoma City (OklaD Oklahoma
and Times SC per week, and Oklahoma
City News, sc per week.
Louisville (Ky) Courier-Journal and
Times, street sale and dealer prices to
SC per copy and increases in mail sub
scription rates.
(Roanoke Wa) Times, &c per week.
Longview (Tex). Journal morning
and News EVENING", carrier rate sc
weekly. Mail rates in Zones 1 and 2
were also increased.
Henderson Tex) News, carrier
monthly rate 15c.
Charles ton IS. c. News and Cour-
Ter, retail Sunday rate to 1Oc.
Shreveport Ga.) Times, monthly
rate by carrier and mail 10c daily and
Sunday. Yearly rate on daily and Sun
day, from SO to $1O.25 and on daily
only Sc to $3.50.
Nashville, (Tenn). Tennessean, car
rier rate in suburban and country for
combination morning, evening and
Sunday, SC per week.
Winston-Salem IN. c. Journal and
Sentinel, weekly carrier rate SC.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-06
RENEFICIARIES OF
65 APPEAR FEWER
Number of Workers Attaining That
Age Less Than Had Been
Expected for 1887

Raleigh. Dec. 6.-"The number of
workers who have reached IS or rela-
tives of workers who have died since
January 1, 1887, filing claims is much
smaller than the number anticipated. "
Stacey w. Wade. manager Of The 72a-
leigh field office IF the Socia! Security
Board, said today.
Title II of t. Social Security Act
provides that l;uro sum payment
Of 1-2 percent IF the total wages
earned since IA ia v 1, 1887. shall lie
paid to those workers reaching tie
age of IS after January 1 and to the
relatives of such workers who die.
"The number of claims filed m Re
gion Nv up to November rs was 1886
Of this number 2,376 have been GER
tilted TO the United States Treasury
for payment The balance are in the
process of being adjudicated," Mr.
Wade said. Region w comprises
North Carolina, the District of Column
Tia, Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia.
The Social Security Board now has
AZ field offices open to serve local
communities. One of the major pur-
noses of these field offices is to assist
prospective claimants in obtaining the
money that is rightfully due them