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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
VALLEY HILL
YEAR TO END
FRIDAY NIGHT
Program To Be Marked by
Promotion of sc From
Seventh Grade

Final exercises at the Valley
Hill school will be held on Friday
night when varied program will
be given. Thirty-siX members of
the seventh grade will receive
certificates at the close of the
program.
The program will begin at 8
o'clock at the school auditorium
and the Toy band and Glee club
will give a number of selections.
A play, entitled "The Old
Crab" will be given, and prescn-
tation of certificates will follow
the play. No admission will be
charged and the public is invited.
The cast for the play is as fol-
lows: The Old Crab, Haskell Les
lie: Henrietta, his wife, Annie
Jane Capps; Delicious Apple, An
toinette Anders; Early Apple,
Matte Lee Thompson; Jonathan
Apple, Jimmie Brookshire; Mrs.
Carlton Townsend, Matte Lee
Redden; Diane Townsend, Teddy
Justus; Paul Townsend, John
Hull; Sir Hubert Cathcart, Wayne
Drake; Lady Cathcart, EVELYN
Flicker; Hettie, the maid, Rcbccca
Drake.
The address of welcome at the
opening of the program will be
given by Charlie Hcffncr, and the
valedictory address will be by
Jimmie BrookShirc.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
Vanguards Of z
Asiatic Armies
In Big Battles

SHANGHAI, April 20. (UP)-
The vanguards Of Chinese and
Japanese armies. estimated by the
Chinese war office Spokesman in
Hankow to total 100000 men,
were locked in two major battles
in Central China today with both
sides claiming victories.
A Japanese spokesman said
lone of the fiercest battles of the
war was raging in South ShanSi
province" where the Japanese had
assumed the offensive following a
Chinese invasion Of the Japanese
conquered areas last weekend.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
SET FARM SECURITY
RADIO BROADCAST

Clifford Z. Craver, county FSA
supervisor, called attention to the
fact that DR.. Will w. Alexander,
administrator of the Farm Secur-
ity Administration, Washington
will take part in three-way dis
cussion of farm tenancy on Ma
tionaI Broadcasting company pro-
gram Thursday night, April II,
from $50 to 1890 o'clock.
Mr., Craver. who has charge of
the rural rehabilitation and tenant
purchase program in Henderson,
PENNSYLVANIA and Polk counties
said that DR.. Alexander will out
line the problem and tell what the
federal government is doing IN It's
new tenant purchase program over
stations WIZ and KDkA.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
CITY HIGH TEAM OF
DEBATERS GOING TO
CONTEST THURSDAY

Members of the Henderson
vile high school debating team,
accompanied by coaches, will
leave tomorrow morning for Chap
ell Hill to compete in the state
contest at the University of North
Carolina.
Members of the team are Billy
Reese and Joe MottSman, affirma-
tive. and Perry Gianakos and
BENJAMIN Patterson, negative.
They will be accompanied by Miss
Garnette Shipman and James
Barnes.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
4 FROM HERE WILL
HEAR FRED HOKE

Mayor A. V. Edwards and four
former residents of Indiana
Bert A. Boyd, F. NJ. Waters, f:
R. Dolbee and C. M. Ogle-will
90 to Asheville Thursday evening
to hear Fred Hoke, indianapolis
industrialist, address the annual
community chest meeting. Mr..
BOYD and Mr.. Hoke are. close per-
sonal friends. and the local party
is going at Mr.. Boyd's invitation.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
EDUCATORS FLOWN
TO SCHOOL SESSION

o. 4. Meyer. chairman of the
city school board; F. NJ. Waters,
city school superintendent, and
Oscar Meyer. Jr.. owner of the
HenderSonville airport. went to
Chapel Hill by airplane yesterday
where the local school officials
attended conference of school
authorities from throughout the
state. They will return this after
nom
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
HOLE HEAD COUNSEL
QUITS UNDER FIRE

Continued from page 0n")
months of the coming fiscal year.
He introduced a bill which would
REQUIRE states to contribute 25
cents of every dollar spent for
relief in their localities; would al
locate $1OO,OOO,OOO which the
president could apportion without
restrictions to meet relief emcrg-
encics, and would create three
man bipartisan federal relief
board.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
WAY is CLEARED
FOR IVA INQUIRY

WASHINGTON, Apr. 20. (UP)
Vice President John n. Garner
cleared the way yesterday for be-
ginning of the $4,000 joint con-
gressional inquiry into the turbu-
lent affairs of the Tennessee Val
ley Authority by appointing Sen
ator James J. Davis (R., Pa as
the final member of the commit
tee.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
BAPTISTS CONTINUE
STUDIES in BIBLE

At the First Baptist church to-
night, the pastor Rev. B. f. Wall,
will continue his lcaderShi" in the
study in the book of Philippians.
The subject tonight will be,
"The Stimulus of Christ" the
study being taken from Philip
plans 2: Ill.
Everyone is cordially invited to
ioin in this studv and the worship
and NraVer service.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
H. s. BEARCATS
| to 0 Shutout Said Best
Game Seen Here in
Years

HendersOnville highs BearcatS
won a pitchers battle from Salu-
da high yesterday afternoon on
the local athletic field by a score
of l to 0. The game was one of
the best seen here in many years.
Clarence Mobley was on the
mound for Hendersonville and al
lowed only two hits in seven in
ningS, while the Saluda pitcher
allowed only one hit.
The locals lone run came in the
third inning when McCrary was
walked and scored on errors.
In previous game, Saluda won
by a score of Is to 8.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20

Continued from rage one)
Gated they would spend their va
cations in this section"
COMBS DECLARES GOOD
CAMP SEASON AHEAD
Reese Combs, director of Chin
ncy Rock camp. was seen in Jack
sonville, and reported the outlook
was yer" fine for summer camps
III this section.
Mrs. Wiscman stated that the
largest interest on the part of
the touring public seemed to be
in the Great Smoky Mountains
National park, and it was her
opinion that this feature should
be largely stressed in advertising
OF this section. She stated that
a number of people, contacted in
Florida, had been sent routings
for tours in the national park
and Hendcrsonvilln since she re-
turned from Florida.
she reported that there SEEM
ed to be a better spirit Of coon
GRAFTON amonH Florida cities than
was manifested in this area. Flor
Ida secretaries. she said, now seem
to realize that pcoplc do not stay
long in one city, and their prin-
clpal objective is to keep them in
Florida as long as possible.
VALUE OF WINTER
ADVERTISING STRESSED
Mrs. WiScman stressed the val
uc Of doing ADVERTISING in Flor
ida during the winter months,
She reported that license plates
of automobiles from many states
were seen there, and declared that
many OF the people Henderson,
vile wishes to contact could be
reached in Florida during the win
ter.
She reports Il successful convcn
ton in Atlanta. and said that com
mcrcial contacts made there wcrt
very valuable in the Florida trip
A Southern Products dinner wa
held as a feature of the convcn
ton and hosiery from the Chm
man-LaCrOSSc company was dis
tributcd there.
Principal states represented OF
automobile nlatcs were Illinois
Indiana, Michigan, New York
Ohio, and Pennsylvania, she said
a housewife walks more thar
5000 miles in her home ever!
year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
TWO IN CITY COURT

Two cases were heard in city
court this morning before Mayor
A. V. Edwards. Severe Clark was
fined $40 and costs on charge
of being drunk and disorderly.
Babe Williams was fined SO and
costs on a charge of being drunk
and diSnrdcrlY.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends
for their kindness and sympathy
during the illness and death OF
orr beloved sister, Nan Ledbettef;
also for the beautiful flowers.
Ttn THE FAMILY.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
GETS BAD COINS

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UP)-
Thirteen dad" coins, including
lead slugs and an Alabama tax
token, have been dropped in the
collection plate at South Church
since September. The collection
included coins from Cuba, Cam
ada and Jamaica. One disc was
labelled alabama Tax Commas
SION"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
Ire GUESTS AT INN

l. and Mrs. E. NJ. Smith, Of
r. 4 Y. lcf, yesterday after
t5;ra TWO weeks at the Hen
tory;r'r Inn. where they stop
/, vrar IN route home from
ri5a-yIr and Mrs. 4. L. Put
| and hi, sister. Miss Putnam,
hi, morning for New York.
l. Were quests at the Inn after
inter IN Florida.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
brupAY CELEBRATED
kUTlFULLl

limit affair Of yesterday was
/ ... I by her children
,,.v.,S'nfrb,,drru of the birthday
f. z 4 Willis ~ her home
r ..,,. Attractive gifts were
O .,.i 70 her and later ice
F, Z, ,.., served with a lovely
En- cake topped with - light
t '.f.. present included Mes
&c |. Dalton. Lloyd Dalton
rs 1 lowe. Of BiItmore; Mrs
| r.rar, Of Skyland; and Mrs
4 Smith, who makes her home
/ Mrs Willis. Grandchildren
(Ddirc were Miss Nora Dalton
|pS,morr. Mrs. ". VI. Brock,
FJra Earl Smith. Nathaniel
h, and Edward Willis. and
= Observation-Disclosures. Billy
Frobbv Brock. AMI Lloyd Dali
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20

The head waiter in many Lon
don restaurants grcctS YOU in full
dress - whether it's breakfast,
lunch or dinner
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20

NEW YORK. April 20. (UP)-
Two more alleged chiselers in the
Levine kidnapping case have been
arrested, federal bureau of lnves-
tigation agents announced yester-
day.
With the arrest of Frank j..
Maltese. %, and Pasquale Parisl,
%, they said. a total of seven
have been taken in custody on
charges of trying to hoax Muir
raw Levine out of $4,000 ransom
with false promises that they
would return his l2-vear-old SON
peter, who disappeared last Feb
luarv "a.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
!: G? , C { ;.;l,,I;; J.. T'!!Y ;:::::
- II n Number
X. McUANAWAY
lLLmrIcT ANNOUNCED

If much interest IS
n', MA. Edith M&e Collins 81 10 Q
81 ". Thur Oates. Jr. Inc
R'2''' ...r,mony was perform.
ess'yr I Pew, Mad, Sinclair at
y me - BAPTIST parsonage on
EaH. s A.j.. is the attractive Re
b o, ,G Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll
1 a..'r The ...@'T : n q Oates [as SC OF
NI d, . a,1, The young couple.
! Na Va. comment members OF
got, .,r, class Of the Edney-
graz .,,,S ,,hoo. in 1886;
al-" .,r,., Of friends extend
" '., and congratulations.
n .Nst'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20

River traffic in YugoslaVla
showed Il marked increase last
year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
TWO MORE + LID AS
KIDNAP LHISELERS

CONTINUED from page onel
er in which he disappeared while
en- route home from school, Levine
announced the rewards.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20
SUMMER TOURIST
PROSPECTS GOOD

Continued from rage one)
Gated they would spend their va
cations in this section"
COMBS DECLARES GOOD
CAMP SEASON AHEAD
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-20

A housewife walks more than
5000 miles in her home every
year.
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
BRITISH TREATY.
TO FAVOR MANY.
U. S. PRODUCTS.
Autos, Fruits, Clothing
Among BenefiCiaries
BY K1NGSBURY SMITH
Copyright. 1880


LONDON, Aug. % QN.SO.
American motor car manufac-
turerS, fruit growers and wheat
producers will be among the chief
beneficiaries OF the AngloAmeri-
can trade agreement now nearing
completion.
Great Britain has tentatively
agreed to grant substantial con-
cessions to the United States on
automobiles, fresh and dried fruits,
wheat meal and flour, as well as
on lard, hams, women's shoes and
clothing and on certain types OF
electrical machinery.
Concession Tentative
International News Service Is
able to disclose exclusively the
nature of some of the chief con-
eessions Britain is offering g
America as part Of the agreement
which is designed to open a new
era Of economic unity between
the two great EngliSh-speaking ma
tionS.
These British concessions re-
main tentative and subject to
modification pending conclusion
Of the agreement, but they repre-
sent the offers now being con-
Sidered.
American automobile manufac-
turerS are being offered a 10 per
cent preferential over all other
foreign cars, excepting, of course,
British Empire manufactured
cars.
Parts and Accessories
The existing duty on foreign
ears is 80 1-3 per cent. If that
remains Unchanged, the preferen-
tial will bring the duty on Ameri-
can cars down to % 1-3 per cent.
This preferential will also apply
to automobile parts and acces.
SorieS, including tires.
Wide concessions will also be
made on American fresh fruits.
Raw apples, now subject to 4
shillingS E pence per cwt. duty
approximately $1.O8), will he
placed OF the free list. Oranges,
now 3 shillings 8 pence per cwt.,
grape fruit, now ShillingS per
cwt. and pears, now 4 ShillingS 6
pence per cwt., will also be allowed
to enter duty free from the United
States, if the present offers stand.
Other fresh fruits likely to be
placed on the free list include
melons pumpkins, lemons, lines,
grapes. peaches, plums. apricotS,
cherries, gooSeberries, strawberries
and pineapples.
Flour on Free List
The tariff on American dried
fruits also will be virtually wiped
out. The present offer is to re-
duce the tariff to cents per bar
rel as against the present duty
of approximately $3.50 per cwt.
Natural dried Sultana type seed
less raisins will be placed on the
free list.
One of the most important Brit
lSh concessions to American agri-
culture is the offer to place wheat
meal and wheat flour on the free
list. These items are now subject
to a 10 per cent ad valorem duty.
The tariff on salted beef in bar
rels is likely to be reduced to
$1.53 per barrel, Salted pork to
$1.55 per barrel hams and
tongues. dry, Salted or picked, to
three cents per pound.
American-made rubber boots,
now subject to a 81 per pair
tariff, are likely to be placed on
the free list.
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
2,483 LOYAL|STS
ARE CAPTURED
IN FRANCO DRIVE

HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Bor-
der, Aug. % G.N.SD.-Nationalist
Spanish troops pushed forward on
two fronts today, capturing 2,483
government soldiers and inflicting
heavy casualties, a Salamanca
communique announced.
The announcement said fight
ing on the Ebro River sector of the
Catalan front continued unabated,
with government forces suffering
heavy losses and giving UP i'm
portant positions.
More than 1900 militiamen were
captured, it was claimed. as ma
tionalist forces commanded by
General Saliquet advanced IL miles
along the 15-mile Estremadura
front southwest Of Talavera de Ia
Reina, the communique added.
An entire government regiment
was cut off by this advance. the
nationalistS stated, 1888 prisoners
were taken and a series of villages
were occupied.
At Barcelona a government COM
munique admitted the nationaliStS
had advanced on the EStremadura
front.
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
AFL IN D RIVE
TO WIN SEAMEN
into OWN union
Green Makes Direct
Thrust at Bridges

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. %
G.NS).-A campaign to drive
Harry Bridges and the CIO out Of
the maritime labor field was in
progress today as William Green,
president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, drafted plans for a
new national maritime department
for his association.
Green said that within a few
days he will issue a charter to q
new International Seamen's Union
which will unite maritime workers
on the coasts and the Great Lakes.
DIRECT THRUST AT CIO
The International, he said, will
be "a direct thrust at the CIO and
Harry Bridges" Once the Inter
national begins functioning,
Green will follow up with his
Maritime Department.
Bridges has been under fire for
weeks because of allegations that
he permits Communists to con-
troll his CIO unions on the West
Coast. Several organizations
withdrew delegates from his Gen.
tral organization.
The AFL summer conference is
expected to give formal approval
of the war on the CIO.
$4,000 NUCLEUS
The new International Seamen's
Union. the longShoremen, the
teamsters and the master msteS
and pilots, as well as radio oper-
atorS, tugboat men and marine
engineers, will be included in the
contemplated maritime depart
ment.
Upward of $4,000 workers pro
vide nucleus for the new inter
national. Once the maritime de-
partment starts functioning, it is
expected that half a million union
workers will be involved in the
battle with the CIO.
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
Brooklyn College
Professor Tells
Of Influence

CONTINUED from Page II
treasury, Prof. Edward I. Fenlon
told the committee. Other profes-
sors stand ready, he added, to
back his charge.
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
Stain
Forced
To Act
Continued from Page u

able new Notifications on the
Island of Heligoland, Horthy
threw in his lot with the Nazis.
and inspecting the Reich's formid-
He telephoned his representa-
tives at the Little Entente confer
ence, instructing them to turn
down the proposed non-aggression
pact on the grounds Czechoslo-
vakia refuses to recognize the
rights of the Hungarian minority.
He insisted upon Hungary's
right to rearm Notwithstanding,
however, and permission to do so
was granted. AS a result, by OBJ
tanning this sanction without con-
ceSSions in return, Hungary Virtu-
ally withdrew itself as working
and bargaining member of the
Little Entente and emerged as a
satellite of the Reich.
Horty automatically left the
door open for further negotia-
tions with CzechoSlovakia, but in
stead of the ironclad non-aggres-
sion pact the latter nation had
originally demanded, any future
agreement will be a mere treaty
of friendship along the lines of
the Kellogg pact.
The Washington times., 1938-08-23

and the American Student Union.
8 The teachers union which, he
d said, is "doing the work OF
communism"
DR.. Fenlon described the per
SiStent Communist propaganda at
the college in the form OF
pamphlets and leaflets. He said
eat times the stairways and
sidewalks are Uttered, in places
perhaps a half an inch thick.
Morning, noon and night, and
in between, do these leaflets ap-
pear. For this reason alone
Brooklyn College might fairly
be labeled an imposing center
Of propaganda.
"Pressure Group"
Responsible for a no incon-
siderable part of this propa-
ganda is the Teachers Union,
but having few, if any, problems
to do with labor. In the college
it is undoubtedly a pressure
group. Indeed, the faculty it
self was forced to condemn its
activities. It is difficult to
escape the impression"
The committee planned to eX'
pand its investigation into com.
munistic activity in other educa.
tional fields. In urging a special
investigation of this phase, Repre-.
sentative StarneS CD Of Ala
bama, expressed the belief that 1t
is the most fruitful field for pro
paganda for the Communists OF
other organizations.
Lack of Funds Handicap
The committee previously had
heard Prof. ]. B. Matthews, who
was a Communist front organ
The Washington times., 1938-08-23

ization" leader, say that Com
munists seek to infiltrate into all
educational institutions.
Hampered by lack of funds, sne
committee decided to split into
subcommittee to continue its in
vestigation after today. First sub
committee hearings probably will
be held in New York within a
week or 10 days, and will deal
with FaScism and Naziism.
Representative StarneS CD of
Alabama will head the Eastern
subcommittee, aided by Represent
atives Dempsey (DO of New Mex.
leo, Healey CD Of Massachusetts,
and Thomas (RD Of New Jersey.
Fascists, N0zis Next
A Far.WeStern subcommittee,
headed by Dempsey and includ-
ing Starnes and Representative
Mosier CD of Ohio, will hold
hearings in the fall in Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
A third subcommittee, headed
by MoSie1 and including Chairman
Dies ID, Of Texas, and Repre-
sentative Mason (R0 Of Illinois,
will conduct hearings in the Mid
die West. This subcommittee
probably will visit Pittsburgh,
Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and
st, Louis.
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
Dies Witness Hits Young Reds:
Dies Witness Hits Young Reds:
Roosevelt Rebuked Because
Of Greeting to Youth Congress
Witness Guarded
after NeIV Threat

BOSTON, Aug. % QN.S.).-Folowing receipt of
third teephoned death threat, Capt Alvin Halper, who
testified before the Dies committee investigating
American activities, under police guard at his
Brighton home today
Halpern wounded veteran Of the Spanish civil war,
testified concerning Communist recruiting on Boston
Common for Spanish loyalist volunteers.
You have got just two days to get out of town if you
know what's good for you," mans voice told Halpern
he reported to police.
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
BloW to Entente

Political circles made no secret
of the fact they felt Hitler had
personally dealt a death blow to
the Little Entente by forcing the
Czechs to permit breaking up of
its tri-partite scheme of operation
and allowing Rumania and Yugo-
slavia eventually to conclude BIZ
lateral pactS with Hungary.
One of the fundamental prin.
ciples of the Little Entente Sys-
tenn was a binding agreement
that no separate pacts with other
countries were to be effected.
In this regard, all of the activi-
ties of the Bled conference to
date were directed toward obtain
ing concessions from Hungary in
return for that nations right to
rearm.
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
Nazi Might on Parade
Adn1r. HOrthy Sees FOrtificatiOnS

BERLIN, Aug. 2S G.N.SO.
The naval, might of NaZi Ger
many was paraded before the
eyes Of Admiral Nicholas HOrthy
of Hungary today as ReichS-
fuehrer Adolf Hitler won over
his distinguished visitor as a
valued friend of the Reich.
Travelling aboard the Ger
man admiralty yacht AvisO
Grille, Hitler and HOrthy pro-
ceeded through the Kaiser Will
helm Canal from Kiel to Cux-
haven and thence to HeligOland,
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
Probation Is Denied
Burglary ConVicts

LISBON, Ohio, Aug. % QN.So i.
In an effort to curb crime, Com
mon Pleas Judge w. F. Lones and
Assistant Prosecutor Louis Tobin
have announced that probation
will be refused men convicted on
burglary or robbery charges.
Judge Lones said persons in
volved in burglaries or larcenies
were not entitled to clemency, be-
cause "Such pursuits ShCw the
men have criminal minds"
The Washington times., 1938-08-23

Germany's fortified island in
the North Sea.
Thousands of spectators lined
the banks of the canal as Hitler
and his guest reached Cux-
haven and transferred to the
gunbsat Patria for the trip to
HeligOland.
After a gala luncheon, Hitler
took HOrthy on a personally
conducted tour of the HeligO-
land Notifications and then
accompanied him back to Ham
burg.
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
Hitler Scores Coup,
Hungary Turns NaZi

gary on the nonaggression pact
and recognition of her right to re
arm.
The general atmosphere gives
rise to optimism the COM
munique said. 1.-The countries of
the Little Entente rejoice that
negotiations lasting a year with
Hungary have enabled an agree
ment to be reached, comprising
nonaggression and equality of
rights for Hungarian rearma-
ment."
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
Army Trials SpHf
Red High Command

WARSAW, Aug 90 IN.s).-A sharp clash between
Soviet War Commissar Klemen Voroshilov and Political
Commssar NJ Mechis of the Far Eastern Red army
Stain trial of Russian officers charged with
"cowardce in the face of the enemy was
Forced reported in advices here today.
Voroshiov said to have protested
10 ACT against numerous staff changes and ex-
tension of the political commssars powers following the
battle of Changkufeng with the Japanese.
The commissar insisted it reported that Mech
lis lacked military knowledge and thus lowered the armys
fighting spirit AS result Dictator Josef Stain said
to have been forced push Mechs into the background