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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
DLXIE'SDEMOS
RENEW FIGHT
ON new DEAL
Would Give Important
Committee Posts To OPP
position Leaders
WOULD OFFSET FRS
POLITICAL PURGE
By GERRY RO3ICHAUD
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (UP)
A bloc of conservative southern
Democrats, led by Representatives
Martin Dies of Texas and E. Eu-
gene Cox of Georgia. are seeking
supporters in drive to deliver
important house committee posts
to anti-New Deal congressman, it
was learned last night.
Determined to play an lncreas-
ingly important role in the 18th
congress, Dies and Cox, who &C
lively opposed the wage-hour bill
last session, consider sweeping
Republican gains in the fall cleo
ton as a protest against Presi-
dent Roosevelt's policies, and feel
that the Democratic party must
steer a more conservative course
if it, is to retain majority support
throughout the nation. 49,
The two have been active in
contracting, fellow southerners,
who hold lis of the 262 house
Democratic seats, in an effort to
gain their united support in the
drive for committee control. At
the same time they have been
playing up to the conservative
element in northern Democratic
ranks in order to obtain the .ad-
ditional "a Democratic votes nee
essary to give their bloc a ma
jority vote in party strategy.
The struggle will come into
the open next Monday in pre-
session Democratic caucus in
which majority members of the
powerful 25-man ways and means
committee will be selected, as
we'll as the speaker and majority
leader. Membership in this key
committee will indicate, the future
set-up of other groups, since ways
and means members draft the
states of the. remaining commit
tee. These subsequently are rati-
fled at another caucus.
Reelection of Speaker William
B. Bankhead, D., Ala, and Ma
jority Leader Sam Rayburn, D.,
Tex, is foregone conclusion.
The struggle for control will GEN.
ter around the makeup of the
ways and means group, which this
year will consist of Is Democrats
and 10 Republicans. Last session
there were Is Democrats and sew
en- Republicans, but the latter
party's off-year gains will in
crease it's membership in the
group.
Under the circumstances, Dies
and Cox are said to feel that con-
sentative Democrats need but a
small membership to obtain their
objective, since they can work in
concert with Republicans to as
sure anti-administration action.
Outcome of the drive, however,
will depend almost entirely on
support from their northern col
leagues and unitv of the southern
delegation. Many veteran poll
ticians consider it improbable
that Dies and Cox can achieve
their objective, since there is
some New Deal strength within
iContinued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
FRANCE HEARS
DUCE TO MAKE
four DEMANDS
African Program Would
Not Affect Mediterran-
can Status
MUNICH CONFEREES
MAY CONFER AGAIN

ROME, Dec. 20. (UP)-French
diplomats last night reported that
Premier Renito Mussolini intends
to ask Prime Minister Chamber
lain of Great Britain to use his
"good offices" to obtain four prin-
cipal concessions from France as
means Of averting an Italo-
French conflict.
The four demands, which II
Duce is expected. to lay before
Chamberlain when the latter ar
rives in Rome on Jan. II, were
described by persons close to the
French embassy as follows:
Frances surrender of the
Port of Diibouti in French Soma
liland and sale of the Djibouti-
Adds Ababa railroad to Italy.
2-Large-scale autonomy for
thousands of Italians living in
Tunisia.
3-Permission for Italians to
freely settle in Tunisia and buy
and exploit land which now is un-
cultivated,
italian participation in con-
troll of the French-dominated Suez
Canal.P g..
If these concessions are made
by France, Mussolini was said to
contend, Italy's natural aspira-
Sims" in. the. Mediterranean snd
North Africa will be satisfied and
the possibility of an Italo-French
conflict will be averted.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
Highway Carnage Is Reduced For
18th Continuous Month; See Deaths
For Year Lowered AT Least I 900

ways, was expected to trim the
average slightly.
eff the rate Of reduction for
the first II months Of the year
could be maintained up to Jan. l,
the 1888 saving in lives would be
in the neighborhood Of 5000 and
the years toll would approximate
81 $780," the council said.
Definite figures for the year
will not be known until late jan
uary when all figures are COM
piled.
The November highway death
toll was 3,110, the council report
ed, GAO less than November q
year ago, or a saving of II per
cent. Total deaths for the IL
months was 28,3T0 as compared
to 35,770 in the same period a
year ago.
A total of $3.50 lives have been
saved in the last 10 months.
The council said it attributed
the saving to no one factor.
eve have had better enforce
ment of traffic laws, better traf-
fic engineering, safer automobiles
Continued on page three).
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CHICAGO, Dec. 29. (UP)-
The nation has applied the brakes
to the. annual carnage on streets
and highways and will round out
1888 with saving of at least
7,400 lives, the national safety
council said last night.
The council said November was
the 18th straight month to show
a comparative decline in traffic
deaths and said that unless
"America is on holiday spree of
carelessness" in the closing days
of 1888, the year cannot fail to
show a substantial saving.
The report estimated the 1888
highway death toll at approxima-
tely $4,000, lowest since 1888
and the greatest reduction for any
single year in. the nations his
tory.
The first II months of 1888
showed a decline of Fl per cent
in the number of lives lost as
compared to the same II months
of 1887.
December, a month fraught with
additional danger from binding
snow storms and slippery high
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
Japs Call Off South China Drive;
Secret Truce Talk Still Reported;
Would Not Include Forces OF Reds

tions, if any, were being conduct.
cd with the greatest secrecy and
there still was no confirmation OF
renorts that former Premier Wang
Ching-Wei had left Hanoi, French
Indi-China, for Hong Kong.
Wang, long known for his pro.
Japanese views, has been in Hanoi
for some days for medical treat
ment." He flew to French Indo-
China from Generalissimo
Chiang's capital in Chungklng
and later was joined by one of his
chief followers, Chen Kung-Po,
chief of the nationalist 'Kuomin-
tang party in Szechuan province
and also a trusted lieutenant of
the generalissimo.
One suggestion was that the
peace parley's were taking place
in Indo- China with the friendly
knowledge of French officials.
The French were represented as
anxious to see an end of the
Chinese-Japanese conflict before
it spreads farther in south China
and threatens their spheres of
influence in Yunnan and kwan-
gsi provinces.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
F. R. UNWILLING
TO SURRENDER
RELIEF REINS
Policing" Groups Would
Be Advisory Bodies
: Without Pay
REPUBLICANS TO
PUSH OWN PLAN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. CUP,
(UP)-The governments chief
economists today forecast pros
porous New Year for the nation.
In q year-end survey of bust
ness, the Bureau of Agriculture
Economics, which charts the trend
in industrial as well as agricuL
tural production and consunlp-
ton, said that prospects are good
for continued recovery.
The fall pickup in industrial
production and consumer demand
recovered more than half of the
ground lost in the 1898 recess
sion, the survey said.
The bureau reported a marked
pickup in building activity and
substantial increases in steel, au-
tomobile and textile production.
Factory payrolls increased and
unemployment decreased, accord
ing to the .WPA. and. American
Federation of Labor records.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
MESSAGE TO DEAL
MUCH WITH RELIEF

: WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. CUP
President Roosevelt last night
was represented by legislative
callers as being willing to COM
promise with coalition demands
for decentralization Of relief to
the extent of permitting "polic-
ing" Of Works Progress Admins
tration activities by army or nom
partisan county boards.
Legislators who say that the
chief executive has outlined such
a plan to them within the past
fortnight, insist that he is unwill-
ing, however, to surrender COM
pletely to the agitation for out
right return of relief administra-
tions to the states.
He is determined, they say,
that the federal government shall
keep a tight rein over relief
spending and administration as
long as it provides most Of the
money. -. !...s
The plan under white house
consideration would place the
policing" groups in the same
status as the draft boards which
operated during the World War.
Members would operate without
pay and serve in an advisory cap
acity TO the federal relief admin
istration. 80
Whether such a compromise
would placate relief critics among
conservative Democrats in con-
gress is. q matter of conjecture.
They were appeased to some ex-
tent when President Roosevelt
promoted WPA Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins to be secretary
of commerce and eased out Hop
kins' deputy, Aubrey Williams,
whose blunt appeals TO relief
workers to keep your friends in
office" made him q political La
bility.
Appointment Of Col. +. CHAR
rington, brilliant West Point
graduate and WPA chief engineer
to succeed Hopkins, also was well
received and Harrington's first
words that he would strive 70
keep the agency out Of politics
were cheered.
The situation probably will be
clarified in q few days when tie
senate compaign ,expenditu res
committee makes Its report on iil.
quiries conducted into this years
primary and elections campaigns.
Members say that no punches
will be pulled and from other
sources it Is understood that WPA
political activities in Kentucky,
Tennessee and Pennsylvania Will
be sharply criticized.
It was reported that the re-
port would fall Just short Of re-
buking Hopkins, VIII o. inisted
throughout that the WPA was not
engaging in political activities and
submitted general orders warning
agency officials against coercing
relief workers into supporting
either Republican or. Democratic
candidates. Likewise, there was
the general feeling that Napkins
CONTINUED on page threey
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
John R. Mathis
Passes AT Union


Jno. f. Mathis, 7s, Union, S. c.,
business man and one time editor
of The Union Times, died in a
hospital at his home last night.
Mr.. Mathis was favorably known
here, and had owned summer
home in the county over a consid-
cradle period.
He was found unconscious yes
terday morning in his garage af-
ter he had lain there all night.
Physicians attributed his death to
apoplexy.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. w. H. Brown, of Charleston,
S. c., and Mrs. Maitland Hender-
son of Blairs. S. c.; two sons,
Francis Mathis of Whitmire, S. c.,
and John Edgar Mathis of Wilson.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
6 BIG FOUR" MAY MEET
AGAIN in JANUARY

BERLIN, Dec. 29. (UP)-Nazi
political quarters last night dis
cussed possibility that the "big
four" of Munich might meet again
in January to seek peaceful set
Element of their outstanding prob
lens including the acute tension
between Italy and France.
There was no confirmation of
these rumors, but it was reported
simultaneously that German For
eign Minister Joachim Won Ribben-
trop soon might confer with Italy's
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
KiWaniis Club To
Install Officers
AtLadies' Party

Kiwanis club officers for 1889,
with George NJ. Flanagan succeed
ing DR.. j.. G.. Bennett as presi-
dent, will take place tonight at
the Skyland hotel.
Dinner will be served at 7
o'clock, with wives of club men,
bers as guests, and at the con-
clusion of the installation a pro-
gram of magic, will be presented
by the Selwyns, widely known en-
tertainers. About rs are expected
to attend.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
DEATHCLAIMS
JOE H. YOUNG
Chimney Rock Road Resi-
dent Succumbs To
Pneumonia

J. H. Young, SO, died at his
home on the Chimney Rock road
yesterday after an illness of a
week with pneumonia.
Mr.. Young is survived by his
wife; one married daughter, Mrs.
Ed Kuykendall, and Miss Inez
Young, another daughter.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow, Friday December 20, at
ii a. M, at Moore's Grove Meth
odist church. Officiating will be
the Reverends Warner, Huntley,
and DR.. Camak.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
Tenants Union
Will Seek Share
OF WPA's Relief

COTTON PLANT, Ark, Dec.
20. (UP)-Plans to organize $780,
900 southern tenants and share
troopers to get a square deal
from the New Deal were an
nounced today by Secretary H. D.
Mitchell at the annual convention
of the Southern Tenant Farmers
union.
Plans for organizing the drive
were revealed simultaneously with
criticism of the WPA for alleged
failure to give off-season en-
ployment to needy farm workers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
Christmas Seal
Returns Asked

Mrs. Geo. Wing, Jr., as chair
man of the Christmas seal sales
campaign here today issued a call
for all returns on the seal sales.
All members of the Woman's
club who have not reported are
asked to leave their seals and
money from sales in a sealed en-
velope. bearing their name, with
Mrs. Walter Fuller at her office
on Fourth avenue, next to the
Postoffice building. 1t is asked
that these returns be made as soon
as possible.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
ANNOUNCE WORKERS
CONFERENCE MONDAY

Rev. w. H. Davis, secretary of
the Carolina Association Workers
today announced the
next session of that body to be
held at the First Baptist church
Monday, January 2, at 10 a. m.
"0bjectives for 1882" he said,
will be the theme of the confer
ence and added that full attend
ance is desired.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
Valley Hill Will
HaveWatch Night

The Valley Hill Baptist church
will hold its annual New Years
watch service on Saturday night,
the meeting beginning at 9:3O.
Rev. E. A. Kilstrom, pastor, Will
he in charge of the service, which
will consist of short talks, singing
and testimonials.
Members of churches not hav-
mo such services are invited to
attend,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
Stock Exchange
Man Is Expelled

NEW YORK, Dec. 90. (UP)-
The new York stock exchange to-
day expelled ]. A.. Sisto, head of
the exchange firm Of ]. A. Sisto
and company, for allegedly i'm
proper dealings in the stock of
the Sisto Financial corporation of
which he also was president.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
JAMES MORRIS NOW ON
DURHAM SUN STAFF

James Morris of Durham was
up to spend the holidays with his
mother, Mrs. Charm Keeter.
Mr.. Morris, who was for sew
eral months, telegraph editor of
the High Point Enterprise, chang
ed positions during the holidays
and now holds a similar position
with the Durham Sun.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
GAMBLER SLAIN

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 29. (UP)
A man who was shot to death
and left in his car on Holly
wood street was identified by po-
lice last night as Weldon L. big
Bill Irwin, gambler and book
maker.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
CIRCLE WILL MEET

The regular business and social
meeting of Pine Grove No. Sc,
" GOODMAN circle, will be held on
friday night at 7:30 o'clock. All
members are asked to attend.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
is OPERATED ON

John Perry, Sr., underwent an
emergency appendix operation at
terdav.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
WEATHER

Rain tonight and Friday prob
ably mixed with snow. Colder
Friday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-29
GOOD AFTERNOON

Burmese students on strike
squat around government build.
ings at kangoon. "Sauat-down
strike, eh7
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-11-29
ARMY CONTROLS FRANCE AS BIG STRIKE LOOMS
Virtual Military Rule Pre- walls Over Nation
 Decrees Issued TROOPS ARE MISSED, ALL LABOR CENTERS Twenty-four Hour Paralysis in Industry Starts 4
 in Morning

PARIS. Nov. 29.-Premier Dala- dier, warning that the fate of the nation may be at stake" marched troops into vital centers and placed all public services under military control today in an effort to break the scheduled general strike to- morrow.
 Posters announce decreeS which have transferred public service workers from the civil to mili- tary control
 Army attachments rode into Paris by truck and rail to swell the ranks of 25,000 soldiers already garrisoned in the capital district.
 Thousands of mobile guards and gendarmes have been massed in labor centers throughout France ready for duty when the 24-hour strike is called by the powerful General Federation of Labor scred- uIed to start at o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-11-29
Successor to Dictator Is en;Precedent Broken;
 Dedth Doesn't End H AU
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29-Some- thing has happened these past few days that a great many people didn't believe could happen. A man has been peacefully chosen to succeed a dictator.
 That is the story of the death of President Renal Ataturk of Turkey and the selection of his right hand man, Gen Ismet Inonu.
 Turkey is so far away from the United States that the significance of this procedure was largely lost. But there are parallel situations closer at hand Upon these there has been speculation-strictly un- official. Officially there can be no speculation on what will happen when dictator comes to the end of his road.
 The speculation has tended all in one direction What will happen when a successor must be found to replace say, Stalin, Mussolini, or Hitler? Hitler is younger but Mus solini and Stalin are up in their fifties, although Mussolini tries to get his people and himself to for get that. Mussolini has been dic- tator as long as Renal. His official life has been almost as rugged and active as Kemal's. His private life has been far more circumspect and less of a drain on his physique.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-11-29
UNDERWRITERS REFUSE TO PAY
 JEWISH LOSSES
Havoc of Nazi Riots Unpaid Government Blam-
 ed for Connivance

BERLIN, Nov 29.-German in- surance companies have presented claims against foreign underwriters for damages done to Jewish prop erty during the anti-Semitic vio- lence of November 10.
 Thus the question of who will pay for the burned synagogues, smashed windows and footed stores became an international question.
 The Jews themselves were ordered to repair the damage, but the Nazi government seized all insurance claims which monies in turn would be applied to the payment of a S4OO 100000 punitive levy assessed on the Jews for the Jewish staying of Ernest Vomrath, Secretary of the German Embassy in Paris.
 Nearly all large German insur- ance companies carry foreign re- insurance so they therefor present. ed the Jewish claims to British and other foreign companies.
 It is reported the foreign com panies refused to pay on the grounds that the government connived the violence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-11-29
Another Effort
 TOFree Mooney
Petition Made to High Court Pardon Also Be
 Asked in Cal.

WASHINGTON, Nov 29-Coun- sel for Tom Mooney has filed an- other plea before the Supreme Court in an effort to obtain release of the convict.
 John Finnerty, Washington Attor- ney, said the newest petition and pardon application will be filed with newly elected Governor of Califor- mia Culbert Olson immediately he is inaugurated on January 3.
 Finnerty filed the original peti- tion seeking a writ of habeas cor pus. The original petition asked that the court take direct jurisdiction instead of passing on the appeal from the lower court decision.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-11-29
ARMED FORCES
 SERVE NOTICE
 ENTIRE WORLD
Transportation on Great Waterway Barred to
 All Nations
PROTESTS OF THREE
 COUNTRIES REJECTED
Nippon S Military to Annih- Hate Chian Kai Shek
 and Subdue China

SHANGHAI, Nov. 29-Japans armed forces have served notice on the world that the Yangtze River China main trade entry, will re- main closed to all but Japanese shipping until China has been con- quered and reconstructed under Japanese control
 The joint Army and Navy com munique in which this statement was given to the powers of the globe, indicated that protests of foreign powers, chiefly the United States, Great Britain and France, against the closing of the river, are unavailing.
 Ultimatum
 The communique of the two fighting services said this situation would be continued only until Chiang Kai Shek's government is destroyed and peace and order is restored in China in accordance with Japan's plans for a new order in the Far East.
 The Yangtze River has been closed to foreign shipping since the Japanese drive upstream be- gan more than a year ago.
 River Is Held
 Japanese forces now hold tho river to a point above Hankow some 500 miles from the sea
 Admiral Koshiro Oikawa, Com mander of Japan's China Squad ron, sent the official letter to American, British, French and Ital- ian Naval commanders.
 A Japanese spokesman said the statement was not issued on orders from Tokyo, but represented the convictions of Army and Navy of ficers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-11-29
CAMP AICN CRY OF REPUBLICANS
 SOUNDED TODAY
Gust Reactionary Influence of Past, Get Busy
 with Present Day
LIBERAL LEADER IS
 GIVING SAGE ADVICE
Get Rid of Hoover, Also So- Called Liberty League,
 Says Simpson

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29-Ken- meth Simpson, Liberal Republican leader of New York, declares the Republican Party must rid itself of the "reactionary influence of the past"
 Simpson made the statement as the Republican National Commit tee convened to make a canvass of the G. o. P election victories and formulate plans for party work during the next two years.
 Simpson has been accepted by the Republican onal.Committee as successor to Charles D. Hilles who resigned.
 William Knowland, of Oakland. California. has also been named a member of the committee.
 Simpson, regarded as one of the leaders of the Liberal Wing of the Republican Party, told reporters that the recent election returns showed the people had left the President but they will turn to the Republican Party leadership only if they are sure 1t will not be under the domination of Hooy- CT and the Liberty League
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-11-29
ROUNDUP OF JAPANESE IS
 BEING MADE
Filipino Officials Assaulted -Coron Island Au-
 thorities Act

MANILA, Nov. 29.-Three Jap anese have been arrested and 100 other Japanese may be incarcerated as the result of fight with Filipino authorities 10 days ago on Coron Island.
 Two Japanese have been killed.
 Officials said Capt. Alfred FaW- cett. Provisional Inspector, reports that three Japanese are charged with illegal possession of explosives and resisting officers. He said 35 other Japanese will be accused Of assaulting Filipino officer. One hundred Japanese may be arrested in connection with the case in which Japanese fishermen, residents of Coron Island, assertedly mobbed the Filipino authorities who were col lecting taxes
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-11-29
White SOx. Star
 Loses One Leg

DALLAS, Tex, Nov. %. = The right leg of the wounded Chicago White Sox star, Monty Stratton, was amputated last night after physicians decided it was the saf- est course. Thus the all Texans baseball career has ended. He shot himself accidentally while replac- ing an automatic pistol in his holster. He started to crawl half mile to a farm house for first aid. He did not make it and was found by his wife, Ethel, at the side of a road and rushed to a hospital here.