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The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Secret Session
Held on Ndzi
Crusade

vital decisions" affecting Cen
tral Europe were reached by
Reichsfuehrer Hitler and Chan
cellor Kurt Schuschnigg of Aus
tria in conversations at Berchtes-
gaden today, it was understood
here this afternoon.
No official indication Of the
nature of the decisions was forth
coming Immediately.
KRIEBEL REJECTED
General belief was Schuschnigg
would seek a compromise, dropping
all plans for a Hapsburg restora-
ton If Hitler abandons Nazi ter
rorism in Austria.
In this connection, it was re-
ported Schuschnigg refused to
accept Herr Kriebel as ambassador,
appointed after Won Papen was
recalled in the recent purge.
AS a result, Joachim Won Ribben-
trop, the new foreign minister,
restored Won Papen to the Vienna
post, but Nazi activity was imme-
diately intensified and the result
ant tension led to today'S meeting.
CZECH ANGLE VITAL
Should the two leaders fail to
reach q compromise, showdown
on control Of Austria may be ex-
pected next week.
One Of the most important
angles Of their conversations dealt
with Czechoslovakia, whose three
million Germans Hitler wants to
see under Nazi rule.
Fall of the anti-Semitic cabinet
Of DR.. Octavian Goga in Rumania
was one of the chief reasons for
the conference. With fears grow
ing that Nazi influence in central
Europe and the Balkans is waning,
there have been constant reports
of newly-rejuvenated Austrian le-
gions concentrated along the bor-
der, while Nazi activities have
increased.
SPEECH LOOKED TO
In Berlin, rumors were rife that
Hitler would supply the, answer to
the Austrian question in his speech
to the ReichStag next Sunday.
Little hope was held out that
onv reaI aornement would result
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

end beer shortage.
Alphonse fluffy" Lee m a n S,
former George washington foot
ball star now with the New York
Giants pro team, went out as a
strike breaker. "...
LeemanS, who has been en-
ployed by the DR.. Pepper Com
pany as a salesman, drove one OF
the company trucks into the
Northeast section. He was accom-
panied by a George Washington
student who was employed today
as q strike breaker.
RRTCKS HURLED
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

Cloudy tonight and Sunday: rising
temperature Sunday; temperature tonight
about 30. "Details on Page 13)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
Blum Averts
Fresh Crisis
By Yielding
Only One Of Finan-
cial Bills t O B e
Pre- S S e d; Strike
Menace Increasing

Paris, March 25.-(AP)-Tne cab
met, only twelve days in office, avert
ed fresh ministerial crisis today By
approving Premier Leon Blum's pr J.
posal to seek ratification by the Cham
Der of Deputies of only one of his
financial bills.
The measure provides for the adj
vancement of 5,0OO,OOO,OOO frances OF
($160,0O0,OOO) from the Bank of
France to the treasury to meet imme
diate bills. The measure had already
received Senate approval, with some
amendments from the form previous
ly passed by the chamber.
The cabinet decided not to insis
upon a second bill which the Sena4:
opposed, but to prepare instead more
complete" financial legislation which
will be submitted next week.
The second bill sought advancement
of 1914, 470,000 from the monetary
sterilization fund for defense needa
Increasing strikes were among the
immediate problems before the gov
eminent. Metal workers in the Lille
district occupied factories, raised red
flags at factory gates and sat along
the walls, lifting clenched fists in the
communist salute.
A movement which Fcegan with 90
900 workers in five Citroen automo-
bile plants in the Paris region sprea
during the night to 800 men in {,
suburban brake-lining factory and to
200 strikers who occupied the Lock-
heed brake factory there.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
DannageTo
Tobacco AS
Yet Little
Outbreaks OF Blue
mold and F | e a
Beetles Minor As
Yet, Experts Say

Raleigh, March 25.- (AP) Out
breaks of bluemold and flea beetles
in scattered sections of Nort.l Caro-
lna's tobacco producing areas wera
described as minor today by N. 9.
State College Extension specialists.
Though the blue mold attack has
not been general, DR.. Luther Shaw,
extension plant specialist, said, it has
been found in a large number of to
bacco plantbeds in Robson, Column
BUS, Greene and Pitt counties.
Neither has damage by flea beetles
been heavy, though several counties
have reported the presence of these
insects in plantbeds, said j. 0. Rowell
extension entomologist.
Last year tobacco growers were
hard hit by both bluemold and fle2-
beetles. The beetles did their greatest
damage in northwestern North Car
DINA.
State College plant pathologists and
United States Department of Agricul
ture scientists have developed three
blue mold control methods described
as fairly effective"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
Resolution for Probe Offer
ed by Senator Barley,
of Kentucky, Demo-
crat Leader
GREEN is WITNESS
ON WAGE HOUR BILL
Senate Finance Committee
Knocks Out House-Ap-
proved Estate and Gift Tax
Provisions of Revenue Bill;
To Provide Relief Work
ers' Activity

Washington, March 25.-(AP)-The
Senate today adopted a compromise
resolution calling for a joint Senate
House investigation of the IVA.
The resolution was proposed by
Senator Barkley, of Kentucky, the
Democratic leader.
1t included some requests for infor-
nation on the IVA advanced by Sen.
ators Bridges, Republican, New Ham
pshire, and King, Democrat, Utah, au-
thors of a separate investigation re-
solution.
Under the resolution, a committee
of five senators and five representa-
tives would ~ set up with $4,000 pro-
vided for expenses.
Earlier all Senate groups seeking
an investigation of the IVA agreed or
l resolution providing for congress
sional inquiry.
William Green told a House labor
subcommittee, meantime, the Amer
lean Federation of Labor would sup
port minimum wage of 30 cents an
hour if mandatory annual increases
were provided.
Green discussed wage-hour legisla-
ton with the subcommittee more
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
BY ROGER w. BABSON,
Copyright 1888, Publishers
Financial Bureau. Inc.

Babson Park, Fla, March 25-Busi
ness abroad is slow just as it is here
in North America. Britain, France,
Netherlands, and the United States
are the heaviest suffers. Declines in
other nations are merely echoes Of
the sharp slumps among these four
nations. Busiest areas now are South
Africa, Germany and Scandinavia.
Peace and prosperity without good
foreign trade is impossible either in
America or in Canada. Millions of job:
depend on sales of our goods abroad
The Saskatchewan wheat farmer, the
Texas cotton planter, the Michigan au-
tomobile worker, and the Massachu-
sets mill hand fail to realize this
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
Paul Grady
Is Opponent
OF Wnb0rne

Raleigh, March Is (AP)-Paul
Grady, of Kenly, announced today he
expected to file this afternoon for the
Democratic nomination for utilities
commissioner, in opposition to Stan
ley Winborne, present commission
err.
Grady two years ago led a three
sided first primary for the Demo-
cratic nomination for lieutenant gov
ernor w. P. Horton. Grady has serv-
ed five terms in the legislature.
Meantime, three more candidates
paid filing fees to the State Elections
Board to make 1O3 officially entered
for the June primary and November
general election. The State Elections
Board will meet tomorrow to name
county boards of elections, and also
to consider the case of Rev. A. A.
Johnson, of Buncombe county, who
says he mailed the board two 500
bills early this month as his filing
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
WILLIAM r. ODELL
DIES AT CONCORD
Prominent Manufacturer, Methodist
and Trustee of Duke Univer-
sity SO Years Old

Concord, March rs (AP)-William
Robert Odell, business man, church
leader and educator, died at his
home here this afternoon. He was
83.
Odell, was chairman of the Cabar-
rus County Board of Education, a
post he had held for rs years, and
was said to be the oldest member of
the board of trustees of Duke Uni
versity, Durham. He also was q long
time leader in the Southern Metho-
dist Church.
He was treasurer of the Kerr
Bleachery here.
Odell, native of Randolph county,
had made his home here more than
so years
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
Demands Inject New Factor
Into Chamberlain's Eff
forts for Arma-
ments Program
HE WARNED NATION
1T MAY FACE FIGHT
If War Were To Come. 1t
Would Be Unlikely To Be
Confined, Prime Minister
Told Parliament Thurs
day; Labor Makes Appeal
for League Action

London, March 25.-(AFO-Leader;
of British labor today assailed Prime
Minister Chamberlain's declaration oi
foreign policy and called for an i'm
mediate meeting of the League of Ma
tons to consider the "appeasement OF
Europe"
Men representing the trade unio:
congress and the labor party, includ
ing labor members of parliament, took
this action at an emergency joint
meeting. This was a direct outcome OF
the prime minister's historic state
ment in the House of Commons yes
terday and of his interview with labor
leaders Wednesday, when he sought
their support of plans to speed up re-
armament.
The leaders of labor demanded
special consideration by European
members of the league, particularly
France, Great Britain and Russia, Of
steps to be taken to bring aDpease-
ment to central Europe and Spain"
Labor's demands injected new
factor into Chamberlain's efforts to
back his policies by the arms pro-
gram he already has warned the ma
ton must cost more than the $780,
100000 originally intended for t
Chamberlain yesterday warned br;-
tain she might rave Il. fight. even
though in his long awaited ! "onour ce-
ment of policy IN Central Europe re
refused to binI The ra+irn n. advance
to a pledge tc malt a.ry German as
erosion in that quarter.
"Where peace and war are concern
ed, legal obligations are not alon'
involved, and if war were to brean it
would be unlikely to be confined to
those who have assumed such obliga-
tions," he said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
Germans Directing
Chinese Troops In
Drive On Japanese

Previously, the Chinese had attack
ed Japanese units slightly to the sout,
and in the neighborhood of Tsining
where the fighting has surged back
and forth for three months.
1t was from this point to the south
that the Japanese eleven days age
launched their costly drive down the
railway toward Suchow, only to stall
at the canal. Chinese said another fly
ing column had crossed a lake ives:
of the Tientsin, Puwok railway and
was strangling the Japanese supply
line.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
WHEELER MAY Be
1910 CANDIDATE
He Is Strong Defender of
Democracy Against At
tacks of New Deal
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

Washington, March 25.- Senator
Burton K. Wheeler of Montana is de-
veloping into something strongly sug-
gestive of possible presidential
nominee. I do not exactly know upon
what ticket, if any, he might most APP
propriately be nominated. Democrats
and Republicans are so jumbled now
that Democrat conceivably could be
nominated by a Republican conven-
ton or a Republican at a Democratic
convention.
Or any sort of a partisan could be
nominated by a coalition convention,
which is advocated by some statesmen
notably by Senator Arthur H. Van
denberg of Michigan, himself frequent
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
ADVANCE RECORDED
IN COTTON MARKET
Prices IL to IL Points Net Higher at
Midday on Extension of
Date for Loans

New York, March 25 (AP)-Cotton
futures opened four to nine points
advance on higher foreign markets
and the extension of the government
loan date. July sold up from 8.72 to
8.76, and shortly after the first half
hour was 8.75, when the list was sew
en- to eight points net higher. July
sold up to 8.79, and was within a
point of the best at midday, when
the market was II to IL points net
higher.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25

Shanghai, March 25.-(AP)-Chin-
csc declared today strong German
trained reinforcements, included. me-
chanized units, were 'bulwarking their
defenses as a new counter-offensive
stretched the battle along the Tient-
sin-Fukow railway for 100 miles.
They claimed a signal success in
the counter offensive in Shantung pre-
vince, with occupation of Ningyang,
100 miles north of where japanese
have been trying to cross the Grand
Canal Through a dense fog, the ad-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
Daily Dispatch Bureau.

Raleigh, March 25.--Without expen-
diture by the State of one penny ior
construction, farm ho1"s in North
Carolina are getti lg all lit up" fas
ter than in any other southern, west
ern or mid-western state as result
Of the States rucal Identification n o.
gram.
In the entire Ur; ii States only five
states electrified m).o farm homes
during the past relr than did Norm
Carolina, accord ng to the latest :'S-
ures.
During the fist ten months OF 'e:7
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
'l4An1ericans
.Get$l5O,OOO
.EachInRace
"Battleship," Ameri-
can Horse, Is First
inGrand National at
Aintree

Aintree, England, March 25.-(APl
-"Battleship," Mrs. Marion Scots
American-owned son of Man-o'-War
won the Tooth running of the Grand
National before a crowd of 100000 to-
day.
H. c.. McNalley's "Royal Danieli'
was second and Sir Alex Mccguira's
workman third in the field of &c.
In scoring the fourth American vic
tory in the history of the race. "Bas-
tleship" paid 40 to one. Royal
Daniel" was held at IS to one, and
workman" at % to one.
"Battleship," up with the leaders
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
Present Business Slump
Worldwide, Babson Finds
America Britain and Franc Hardest Hit and Recovery
Depends on Trends in I'm tied States; World Spirit
ual Revival Wo uld Bring Upturn

yet it is absolutely true. We must
"give and take if we want to have
good times" at home, and if we want
to relieve the economic pressure which
makes aggression possible abroad.
That's why 1 am 100 per cent behind
Secretary Hulls reciprocal trade pro
gram. It's also the reason why keep
a check on business overseas so that
l can occasionally give readers a
"words-eye' view of foreign condi-
tons.
GREAT BRITAIN: A delayed break
in business is in progress. Stocks have
been sliding downward since early
1887 and are now at the lowest point
in five years. If it were not for the
gigantic arms program, business
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
North Carolina Leading
In Rural Electric Work
Farm Homes Being Lighted Faster Than Any South
ern Western Mdweste I'm State Without Any Cost
to State Government; Stands Fifth in Nation

North Carolina electrified a total Of
1852 farm homes, wn::n is very high
percentage Of the to:al electrifie5 in
all of the 48 states dur:ns that period.
Figures for North Carolina show
that in the entire twelve months of
1887, total of 1916 miles Of rural
electric lines was built or authorized
to serve 11,783 rural customers, of
whom 1O,251 were farm home occu-
pants, at a cost of $2,498,215, accord
ing to the State REA. This is an av-
erage of more than 10 customers to
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
Says Levine
Boy Seen In
This State.

High Point, March 15.-(AP)-June
H. Johnson, local automobile salesman
today identified a photograph of
young Peter David Levine, missing
from his home New Rochelle, N. Y.
since February "a, and believed kid
naped, as that of g boy who solicited
a ride with him here last Tuesday
night.
II would swear that is the same
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
BURGESS TO RISE
# THE DRYS WIN
Raleigh Man May Be Candi'
date for Governor in
1910 if Vets Lose
Daily dispatch Bureau,
T., AI~A ST. XNnIfnR nAfn

Raleigh, March 25-Should the Dry
forces be successful in electing 1889
General Assembly, which will head
demands for a Statewide prohibition
referendum, Gale K. Burgess, head of
the ardently arid organization, will be
much in the limelight as candidate
for governor in 1910.
And, going a bit further with the
eff" clause, if the referendum should
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
High Point Again
Loses With Court

Raleigh, March 25.-(AP)- The
State Supreme Court announced to-
day it had denied the petition Of
the City of High Point for a re-
hearing of the case in which the
city was restrained from construct
ing a hydrO-electric power plant.
The refusal to re-hear the case
was signed by Chief Justice w. p.
Stacy and Associate Justice w. A.
Devin.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
u. S. Offers
Asylum For
Foreigners

Warm Springs, Ca, March 25.--
(AP)-President Roosevelt said today
the American proposal to give asylum
to political refugees in Germany and
Austria also applied to oppressed
minorities in Russia, Spain, and Italy.
and any other country abroad.
IIe added it was designed to help
all groups seeking to get out of trou-
bIed lands-Jews, Catholics and Pro-
testants-that no legislation was re-
ohired to accomplish the purpose, and
<NonAi..,,od Do Civ
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-25
S376,091,826P PAID
IN 1886 SOIL PLAN
100000 Farmers Share
AAA Fund; State $12,-
4O9, 1879; Vance
$116,286

Washington, March 25.-(Ar)-Tne
AAA said today it had paid $276,O9l,-
1876 to about 100000 farmers for CO.
operating with the 1886 soil conser-
walton program.
1t also reported $22, 1O8,5O7 had bee'
paid in administering the program.
Texas ranked first in farmer pay
mehts.
Payments were made to farmers
who diverted land from soil deple''
ing to soil conserving crops, and Wnc
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The Washington times., 1938-12-24
TO QUIT
AS PARTY WHIP

G.N.S.) Senator James Hamil-
ton Lewis, of Illinois, today re-
vealed he will offer his resigna-
tion as Democratic whip of the
Senate.
Pressure of other duties as a
Senator were assigned by Lewis
as his reason for desiring to re-
linquish the post of party leader
upon whom devolves the task Of
rounding up votes for AdminiStra'
ton measures.
Lewis indicated he will consult
Democratic Leader Barkley, OF
Kentucky, before the new Con-
gress gets under way January 3.
Should Democratic leaders fail
to persuade Lewis to remain as
whip, struggle over naming his
successor was believed certain in
view of the sharp division between
old-line Democrats and New Deal
erS.
That the Administration would
succeed in having Named a whip
in sympathy with the New Deal
was considered certain. Senators
privately explained their inde-
pendence in voting would not be
influenced by the political lean
ingS of the party whip.
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
Plane Crash
Kills 7
Continued on Page 2, Col. u

Continued on Page 2, Col. u
H. D. Mario, Los Angeles, and
S. S. Johnson, Worthwhile, N. Y.
PaSSengers-Capt. Fred Ruebe,
jr., San Francisco, and Lieut..
John H. Hyde, of Williston, N. D.
The ship was known as a Bib
type bomber, which, if adapted
to commercial use, was large
enough to accommodate % pas.
sengerS.
Frank Glass. an eyewitness to
the air tragedy, said "the ex-
ploSion was so great it lighted up
the entire southern sky despite
the hard rain"
United States Army officials
from Maxwell Field in Montgom-
cry, who assumed command of
the investigation into the disaster,
expressed belief the ship exploded
as it struck earth.
FALLS IN FLAMES
1t was in flames, however, be-
fore it hit the ground, eye
witnesses agreed.
Portions of human bodies were
being picked up today and taken
to Montgomery undertaking estab.
llShmentS. The undertakerS re
ported it was impossible to de-
termine at once how many bodies
were represented by the frag
ments, or to make any identifi-
tions.
Major w. A. Maxwell, opera,
tlonS officer at Maxwell Field, re-
ported that personal effects iden
tilted as belonging to Underhill
Hyde and Pollard had been found
at the scene of the Wreckage.
One body was found $50 feet
from the spot where the heavy
motors of the plane had buried
themselves.
The plane, Army officials said
had left March Field, Cal, Thurs
day and had been due at Mitchell
Field, N. Y, by Christmas, on q
| routine training flight.
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
'ArnniStiCe'
Decreed By Hitler

action Thursday in rejecting the
Reich's protest over remarks Of
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the
Interior, in his speech at Cleve-
land.
Word Of the protest and of the
vigorously-worde reply made by
Sumner WelleS, Acting American
Secretary OF State. have been kept
from the German public.
But the principal newspaper OF
the Nazi party, the VoelkiScher
Beobachter, Chancellor Hitler's
own mouthpiece, printed a re-
joined to Welles contention that
American criticism of Germany
must continue so long as the
Nazi-controlled press assailS high
officials in the United States.
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
Lima Ends
BiCkerinq

LIMA, Dec. "a U.N.s).-Ar-
mored again with unanimity,
after several days of uncertainty
and quibbling, the Pan-American
Congress today will hold two
plenary sessions and make public
the text Of its declaration of soil
darity against outside aggression.
A deadlock over Technology Of
the resolution was broken when
representatives of all 81 Pan
American powers accepted the Ar
gentine draft Of the declaration.
This draft closely paralleled the
principles set forth by Cordell
Hull, Secretary of State of the
United States. In the event of
any crisis, and on the call of any
country of the new world, the
draft said, the foreign ministers
of all the nations concerned will
meet. Meetings will be held in
rotation in various American CAPT.
tails.
DR.. Jose Maria Cantilo, Argen-
tine foreign minister, framed the
declaration as accepted. although
DR.. Cantilo had left Lima and
was en- route to BuenoS Aires
aboard the cruiser Almirante
Brown.
Signature Of the declaration
meant achievement of the major
objective of the conference, for
which Hull, Alfred M. Landon,
and the other American delegates
strove from the parley's begin
ming.
The Washington times., 1938-12-24
COSTER 'LEECH'
FACES ARREST

NEW YORK, Dec. "a QN.S0
A disbarred attorney described as
"chief blackmailer" of the late "F
Donald Coster" aided him in es.
tablishing and operating the $18,.
100000 fabrication of the crude
drug department Of McKesSon &.
Robbins in addition to bleeding
him Of huge sums of money, it
was revealed today.
At the same time, Federal 40
thorities disclosed that another
associate of Coster was a New Jer
Sey racketeer who once headed q
profitable bootlegging enterprise
The attorney, diSbarred a mum
ber Of years ago, was part of the
brains" of the MeKesson & Rob
bins Swindle. According to Fed
eral authorities, he advised Cos
ter, whose real name was Philip
Musica, on how he could collect
$3.50. 900 annually in commissions
on false sales.
According to indications today
the greater part of this sum went
for blackmail to the lawyer, the
New Jersey racketeer and six other
persons.
The identity of the lawyer, II
was disclosed, was traced through
one $25, 900 payment that was
taken out Of the general fund of
the drug firm.
There seemed little likelihood
today that CoSter'S three brothers
George, Arthur and Robert
MuSica-would be able to raise the
reduced bail that was set for them
by Federal Judge William Bondy
The three had been held in lieu
Of 100000 each.
For George and Arthur Musica
who masqueraded as George Diet
rich and George Vernard, Judge
Bondy set bail at $4,000 each
And for Robert MuSica, known as
Robert Dietrich, the bail was re
duced to $4,000.
A hearing will be held in Felony
Court today on a fugitive charge
against John M. Kantor, who
figured in the arms shipment
phase of the investigation. He il
wanted in Stratford, Conn.,, ir
connection with a $4,000 oil trans
action.
William j. Wardall, trustee fol
McKesSon and Robbins in its re
organization, declared today thai
the main organization of the com
pany is sound"