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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
THREAT OF WAR IS
SEEN BY EVERY ONE
If 1t Comes 1t Will Be Little
Surprise to World AS
in 1914
BY CHARLES II. STEWART
Central Press COIumniSt

Washington, March 16-The World
War threat undoubtedly is more OBJ
vious today than it was in 1914, until
it actually began.
That is to say, it is obvious to more
people.
The European populace was not OBJ
livious to the danger for several years
before the last general conflict broke
out, but the average individual, even
in Europe, had not much realization
of it. In fact, military and diplomatic
wiseacres themselves did not recog-
nize it for all it was worth. The con-
flagration started suddenly enough to
surprise them and spread far NOR ,
extensively than they had expected.
Indifference in 1914.
AS for the United States, probably
not to exceed one citizen in 100000
was aware that any such danger
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
Measles May
Cut Records
For Schools

Raleigh, March 16 (AP)-Lloyd
Griffin, secretary of the school COM
mission, said today it was too early
to tell whether the measles raging
over the State would reduce the aver
age attendance in schools enough to
cause reductions of teacher allot-
ments next year.
Some communities where measles
occurred in near epidemic proportions
causing schools to close, have ex-
pressed concern.
1--WE cannot tell about teacher al
lotments until we have the SVerage
attendance figures for the year." said
Griffin. eff measles cause a general
drop in attendance, the commission
might have to alter its regulations"
Through Saturday 1677O measles
cases had been listed since January
1, compared with 1888 in all of 1887.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
Pittn1ar1 Den0unces Ickes In
Opposing Reorganizing Bill
Gale Burgess To Succeed
DR.. Poteat As Dry Leader
Prohibition Forces of State Plan in Greensboro Fri
day for "Now Never Drive for State Referen-
dunn to Rid State of Legal Liquor

garding the Friday session; they are
made, rather, on what the dry lead
ers did not say and on the very appa-
rent logic of the situation.
Mr.. Burgess, in a conversation with
your correspondent, said that no fix
ed or definite program or agenda
has been worked out for the meeting
but that leaders are canvassing the
situation with a view to having some
concrete plan to present. Naturally
he would not admit that he will be-
come the titular head of the United
Drys, for whom he has done practi-
cally all the detail and arduous work
for many years.
1t seems almost certain, however,
that he will be elevated to the post
held by the beloved Wake Forest pres
ident-emeritus, whose death shocked
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
C0n1nonsHas
Bitter Talks
About Spain

London, March 16 (AP)-Opposi-
ton to Prime Minister Chamberlain
today won the opportunity for 1uil
debate on foreign affairs In the
House of Commons.
A surprise motion for adjournment
because of the governments lack OF
"policy to counter the grave menace
to British peace in Italian and Ger
man intervention in the Spanish civil
war was made by Opposition Leader
Clement Atlee. This was accepted by
the speaker and threw the House
open to an urgent review of foreign
policy.
The harassed prime minister whose
realistic" hope of dickering with
Reichfuehrer filter had faded with
the absorption of Austria, had just
entered the House after two-hour
cabinet meeting, in which the wisdom
of a sterner policy was discussed.
Chamberlain arose and said:
IT decline to be rushed into MAX
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
Paris and Moscow Exchange
Assurances of Mutual
Aid for Czechslo-
vakia People
BELIEVED, HOWEVER,
NEXT HITLER MOVE
Fighting and Bombing
Planes of France and So
Wet Russia To Be Rushed
into Fray if Der Fuehrer
Resorts to Force; Pledges
Made Czechs

Paris. March 16.-(AP)-France and
Russia agreed today that both would
fight to defend Czechoslovakia, if she
were attacked.
Jacob Suritz, Soviet ambassador 20
France, called on Foreign Minister
Paul-Boncourt and delivered assur-
ances similar to those delivered by
the Soviet ambassador to Praha-that
Russia would fight for the defense of
her Czech ally.
Paul-BoncOur replied to the assur
ances with the promises that France,
too, would fight in the same cause.
Adolf Hitler, fuehrer of a realm
expanded last week by his Austrian
coup, has proclaimed himself the pro
tector" of all Germanic peoples on
Germanys borders.
INCORPORATION of Czechoslovakia'
100000 Sudeten Germans IS believed
to be the next objective of Hitler's
Dan-Germanism.
Both France and the Soviet Union
planned to rush fighting and bomb
ing planes to Czechoslovakia if Hitler
resorted to force to achieve this Oh
iective, informed sources said.
Russia, it was said, Informed France
that Soviet railway lines recently had
been connected with Czechoslovakia's
transportation network through an
intervening Roumanian railway.
Both France and the Soviet Union
themselves bound by a mutual as
sistance pact-have treated directly
with Praha, pledging military aid. To-
davis re-affirmation of the pledge be-
tween them was considered by dip
lomatic circles to have reinforced the
Franco-Soviet pact.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16

Hendaye, France March 16-(AP)-
Stubborn resistance by government
forces brought General Francisco
Francois swift drive to the sea to an
abrupt halt today.
The insurgent general staff order
ed a heavy concentration of troops
east of Alcaniz to speed back 80 miles
to Caspe, fearing their offensive may
have over-reached itself and exposed
their left flank.
Although insurgent dispatches last
night announced their motorized for
ces had completed occupation of
Caspe with little or no resistance, to-
day they said a heavy Battle was be-
ing fought in the city's outskirts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
Government Forces Halt
Frances Push To Coast
Swift Drive Brought to Abr upt Standst by Desperate
Resistance; Heavy Battle Being Fought al Strategic
Highway Junction In East Spain

Dispatches indicated government
troops still controlled part of the
strategic city of 10000 population at
the junction of the most important
highways in northeastern Spain and
in the east central part.
The government said heavy rein
forcements from the north had cross
ed a river rushing to the defense Of
Caspe. Earlier the insurgents had
pushed beyond Alcaniz, to the south
almost to Valderrobres. The latter
city is only 35 miles from the Mediter
ranean coast, objective of the insur
gent thrust to sever government
SPANS capital of Barcelona from
Valencia and Madrid.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, March 16-United Dry
Forces of North Carolina, meeting at
Greensboro Friday will select Gale K.
Burgess of Raleigh to succeed their
dead leader, DR.. w. L. Poteat; will
call statewide referendum on state
wide prohibitions; and will do every
thing in their power to line up salts
factory candidates for the 1889 North
Carolina General Assembly.
The meeting will pointedly ignore
the race for the United States Senate
in which incumbent Robert r. Rey-
nolds and aspiring Congressman
Frank Hancock are the leading con-
tenders.
None of these forecasts is made on
the authority of any of the dry lead
ers, who so far have said little or
nothing definite for publication re-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
Nothing on Earth But
What Ickes Wants To
NEEDLE With It,"
Senator Says
REORGANIZATION TO
GIVE ICKES POWERS
Roosevelt Plans To Trans
fer Forestry Service To
Secretary, Nevadan AS
serts; Treasury Has Record
Income Tax Collections
First Half of Month
Senator Says

Washington, March 16.-(AP)-Sen,
ator Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, urg-
ing modification of the administra-
tons reorganization bill, told the
Senate today that "there is nothing
on earth but what Secretary Ic.les
wants 10 NEEDLE with it.
Pittman argued for adoption IF the
Wheeler amendment to he bill. say
ing he had received "eutroritative"
Information that, if tn bill passes,
President Roosevelt plann 3 to trans
fer some of the functions of the For
est Service to the Department OF In
terror, headed by Ickes.
IF the secretary of the interior had
such a character and disposition as
to listen to the advice of the forestry
experts who have directed this work
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
KNOX SAYS NAT|ON
MUST. DECIDE ROAD
UNDER ROOSEVELT
Impossible Under Present
System To Have Controls
Now Being Fasten-
ed on People
SPEAKS TO c.. o. P.
STATE CONVENTION
1886 Republican Vice-Presi-
dent Candidate Is Keynot-
er at Charlotte; Choice Is
Democracy and Free Com
petition or Planned Econ
ony in u. S.
SPEAKS TO c.. o. P.
STATE CONVENTION

Charlotte, March 16 (AP)-The
North Carolina Republican Con-
vention adopted a platform today
promising sweeping tax, election
ard financial reforms in the State
government, and criticizing in Sc
we're terms the State and national
Democratic administrations.
Declaring the New Deal had
"fostered socialism, communism
and dictatorship, and has made
free America into a land of ty-
ranny ard oppression" the plat
form called upon the citizens of
North Carolina to "join battle
with those who would destroy the
constitutional liberties of our
people,"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
Hitler Comes Home
Because OF Crisis
For Baltic States
Clash of Poland and Lithua MIA Reported To Have
Drawn Polish Ultmatum; Warsaw Denies Desire To
Annex Neighbor; Hit Ter Fears New Turn

The army sources said he original
ly had intended TO remain several
days longer in Vienna, where he con-
cluded his historic four-day Austrian
visit yesterday, but that the Polish
Lithuanian crisis called him back to
Berlin.
The Polish press has been attack
in Lithuania angrily over the bord-
er fight between frontier guards, in
which a Pole was shot and killed.
The newspapers declared the man
was deliberately ambushed.
There have been reports Poland
wants to annex Lithuania, but Off
cial circles in Warsaw emphasized
that Poland rejected any such idea.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16

Berlin, March 16 (AP)-A German
army source said today that Reich
fuehrer Hitler was returning hur-
rjedly to Berlin because he had re-
ceived word that Poland had pre-
expiring late tonight.
Details of the ultim alum were not
known, but it was believed based on
a frontier clash of March IL, for
which Poland was demanding salts
faction.
Hitler, returning from his trium-
plant annexation of Austria, left
Munich for Berlin at 2:45 p. m. (8:45
I. M, eastern standard time) today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
KnOWnDead
II In Storm
Over Valley
S ven Mississippi
Valley States Rak-
ed by Spring Tor
nado in Night
NV The Associated Press.)

(By The Associated PresS.J
With the bodies of IL known deao
recovered, authorities in seven MlsslS-
slppi valley states directed searcnerS
today for possible additional victims
of cyclone of tornado proportions.
The great storm hit portions OF
Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Ar
kansas. Illinois and Iowa yesterday
leaving an estimated 1,OOO persons
homeless.
From time to time, as the cycione
swept northward up the MISSISSIPPI
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
SEEK PUNISHMENT
OF N. G. ILLITERACY
Governor Hoey Sets That AS His
Goal by 1910, or at Least to
National Average

Raleigh, March 16 (AP)-Governor
Hoey today set as a goal for North
Carolina the practical Punishment of
illiteracy by 1910, or at least bring
ing North Carolina in line with the
national average.
He. spoke to the State Adult Edu-
cation Advisory Council here.
The conferences purpose, he said,
is to coordinate efforts to reduce il
1iteracy in North Carolina
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
COUPLE GROUPS OF
BANKERS TO MEET

Raleigh March JIG (AP)-Paul
Brown, secretary of the North caro-
lima Bankers Association, announced
today that bankers of group two
would meet March 26 at Wilson,
Group Z April % at Southern Pines.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16
FOR NORTH CAROLINA

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy, showers this afternoon
and in east and central portion
tonight; warmer in east and north
central portions tonight; Thurs
day partly cloudy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16

As EurOpes blood rises Hers making
Austria part of the German attention
the armed strength of the nations and the Berlin
The shows the comparative strength of the
although Germanys actual strength actually far
these official figures she has hree-fourth greater
than France Hitler approximately 1885,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16

Charlotte, March 16-(AP)- Colonel
Frank Knox, Chicago publisher and
Republican nominee for vice-presi-
dent in 1886, told North Carolina Re
publicans in an address prepared for
delivery here today that it was up 20
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16

900 to his German by annexng map
shows the Italian TyrO which, reports say given
back to Austria by Premier Musson of Italy Although
part of Italy, that section of the Tyro lying within
domain predomnanty German in language It was
allotted to Italy following the World War.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-16

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Evening star., 1938-09-09

ton army leaders, with Sl8 in his
pocket. He went to Europe, pondered
the Colosseum, among other things.
and was soon back in the rough-and-
tumble Of Chilean politics and soon
President again. He started as a lib
eral, but events have been showing
him farther to the right. This weeks
Nazi uprising, suppressed with 60 or
~ Killings, causes him to establish
new dictatorship, according to re-
ports.
Don Arturo was Of middle-class
farming family, the first of his class
to gain the presidency, usually held by
one OF the aristoi, commonly stuffed
shirt who did nothing but read ghost
written speeches. He assailed the rul-
ing oligarchy, soaked the foreigners.
the CoSach nitrate interests among
them, proclaimed Chile for Chileans
and invoked liberal principles. His
various ins and outs as Senator and
President convinced him that the only
means OF completing daring political
forward pass Is power-military or
financial. The last few years have
marked his steady shift to the right,
although he disclaims vehemently any
belief in authoritarian government.
He has a sardonic sense of humor, oc-
casionally making some wry reference
to his speech about stable govern
ment," the day before he jumped to
Argentina.
Evening star., 1938-09-09

ever that attitude Is. The American
diplomat in question reported pri-
vately to his chiefs in Washington
what he described as the wholly in
credible proposals Of the British envoy
at Berlin. Roundly. these were to the
effect that Britain, France and the
United States, in spirit Of realism,
and as the three great have" powers,
ought to close their eyes to German
plans for expansion in Central Eu-
rope-particularly at the expense of
Austria (whose fate was then still q
year distant) and Czechoslovakia.
Henderson's argument ran that 1t was
manifest destiny" that the Germans
should spread themselves eastward
across the Continent. He conveyed
the impression that If the Nazis were
unobstructed in this program, it would
be possible to bargain with them to
abandon their demands for restoration
OF Germany's war-loSt colonies and
politioo-economic penetration in Gen.
trail and South America. a phase Of
the Henderson thesis obviously de-
signed to interest the United States.
As his majesty'S Ambassador was
speaking of the record and on a social
occasion, he is probably in position to
deny that his proposition was Of ON
cial character. Nevertheless, there
could be no doubt that 1t represented
views entertained at the time In re-
sponsible British quarters. It was
only on Wednesday of this week that
the London Times. the traditionally
regarded mouthpiece Of the foreign
ofdce, startled every chancellory in
Europe with the suggestion that the
Czechoslovak government might do
we'll to consider handing Sudetenland
over to Hitler Both sides OF Downing
Street.-The foreign Office and the
prime minister's residence-hastened
to declare that the Times editorial had
not been inspired even indirectly" by
government quarters and insisted there
was no warrant for intimating that
the British cabinet favors the cession
of any Czechoslovak territory as a
substitute for Praha's present last
word peace offers-the now cele-
brated plan No. T." Geof1rey Daw-
son, editor of the Times. happens to
be shining light in the famous Give
den set. Of which Lady Astor is the
pivot and which long has been sus-
pected Of fomenting pro- Germanism In
the British government.
\ +
While British policy does a hesita-
ton waltz in the Czechoslovak situa-
Evening star., 1938-09-09

purge Republican party
defeated Republican candidate
the Democratic nominees and split the g. o.
Republican South Dakota
an attack the New attack the farm
social security the spending policy Dictatorship
(You
1ncucae public responsibility for political
The congressional candidates tariff
and captalng low price Of
tary Waaces wheaoan which
grain from below
program
On the New Deal Democratic ticket
Senator Oscar Fosheim
Theodore
Berry successful cattle rancher who
anti Roosevelt Democrat His friends that this
out that he
friend
Prior to that Herbert
Senate left
defeated Hitchcock
senatorial primary Fosheim and Iotks farmers
leaders In the Farmers Union Both have in the
State legislature Foshem slapped cent the
Homestake Nine that the
Bushfeld for Governor.
Indications that
Dakota,
Werner Is already conceded.
Therein nutshel-s the political situation whole
distressed
aid In beerng themselves and maintaining decent community
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Washington Observations
Henderson Reported to Have Proposed That Reich
Be Given Freedom to Expand Eastward

ton, hrst-hand observers find daily
increasing evidence Of its resemblance
to the weaving and wavering which
marked Britain's attitude in the pre-
Word War crisis in July, 1914. Now,
as then, pro- Germanism is at work in
London. Not forgotten is the revela-
ton made by Sir Edward Grey in the
British White Paper that the Kaiser's
governmentsought to buy British nom
Intervention in the impending con-
flict by offering not to ravish France,
but without any pledges to respect the
French colonies. Along with the in
vasion OF Belgium. this brazen at
tempt of the Germans to immobilize
the British fleet while they raided
the French colonial empire played q
major role in determining the Asquith
cabinet to enter the war alongside
France. On July 80, 1914, Sir Ed
ward Grey notified Berlin that the
proposed conditions for British neu-
trality were unacceptable, because 1T
would be disgrace for us to make
such bargain at the expense OF
France, disgrace from which the
good name Of this country would never
recover" The reported suggestion of
Sir Neville Henderson that 1t would
good business for John Bull, Franc
and America to let the Nazis make
themselves at home In Central
Europe at others expense bears
cousinly resemblance to the devious
events now occurring in Nurem-
berg and PrAha.
Unbeknown to the general public,
though in no respect a secret, is the
fact that Undersecretary Of State
Sumner Welles is on rest and vaca-
ton" trip in Europe. Secretary Hull's
chief adjutant. who Is also the init
mate adviser of President Roosevelt on
foreign affairs, sailed the middle Of
August. He is still "over there" and
not expected to return for another
week or so. Though the statuesque
squire Of Oxon Hill has been working
like q Trojan for the past year and
has holiday coming to him, it seems
strange he would absent himself from
Washington at this witching hour, un-
less there were an urgent reason for
his being in Europe. Surprise is felt,
too. that Welles should be away from
Maryland. his home State, in the thick
OF the TydingsLewis fracas, for he
rates as strong Lewis supporter,
especially in the checkbook realm. 1t
is said that the Undersecretary left
no itinerary" behind him at the State
Department. But, because Of his i'm
portance in the scheme of things just
now, 1t is a safe bet that Uncle Sans
diplomatic second in command is not
confining his meanderings to the lakes
Of Killarney, the Grotto Of Lourdes or
the fjords Of Norway.
Huey Long has come to life again,
and John Barrymore is his resurrector.
Through the medium of a Hollywood
political satire Of brutal authenticity
Hold That Co-ed!" to be screened
In Washington at world premiere
tonight, the Louisiana Kingfish and
all his political works and methods
are brought to public gaze as they
Evening star., 1938-09-09
R0ssi Mayor With Tact.

For about eight years now, Angelo
Rossi has been riding Roman stand
ing race, trying to keep capital and
labor teamed up peaceably in San
Francisco. He will make earnest peace
pleas in the strike Of 5000 employees
in 81 major department stores.
When I knew him years ago. his
mustache was blue-black and his hair
only slightly thinning Now he Is bald
and his mustache white, and no won =
der. He has genius for friendship, a
fine asset in this somewhat Latinized
city, and it no doubt has helped him
greatly in his full-time Job Of accom-
modating warning interests.
Evening star., 1938-09-09

men
its demand hardly
right to organize employees
AS 1t happens moreover, the labor
strongly left Thus situation
siVe Mexican forces OF
other provincial
enors military leaders, remaining landholders
nave underground strength And between the two sides
certain conflict
the central government crumbes.
The trouble displays intense
tty Mexican that
ooh economically and by the temptation the
once and thus If this country
thoroughly nasty theological its backdo
Besides the
and obvious consideration
external monument OF the New Deal 1t
OLD imperialism OF the Monroe
important when Fascist penetration difficulty
not only Mexico
whether right
cast doubt the all neighbor then
instead of German assistance capital
asked
United States Secretary
that this country people think
Then settlement
OF the claims of
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Town Hall Work to Start.

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Sept. 8 (Spe-
ciaD New Offices for the Mayor and
town clerk, a meeting room for the
town council and large room for the
Falls Church Library are planned in
tho remodeled Town Hall, work on
which will begin this week. The 1000
books which have heretofore been in
the rear Of the hall will be moved
during the remodeling of the building.
Evening star., 1938-09-09

after he h q d
held a m os t
amazing conver-
sation with Sir
Neville Hender-
son, the British
Ambassador to
Germany. It is
the sa m e Sir
Neville who is now
in Nuremberg for
the supposed pur-
pose of acquaint-
ing Hitler di-
rectly with Great
Britain's attitude
in the CzechoSlo-
,yoL ov-i u,knof
Evening star., 1938-09-09
(Copyright, 1889

never were in any mere written mar
rative Of the share-the-wealth
demagogue. As "Gabby Harrigan." !"
governor Of mythical state who
aspires to the United States Senate,
Barrymore's Huey looms before us
as the vivid. colorful. unscrupulous
personality the film Is intended to
depict. The script bristles with up
to-the-minute political barbs which
will make the country roar. One Of the
smash lines Is: The biggest mistake
I ever made was being born q Re-
Evening star., 1938-09-09

ney Lust at his new Boro Theater in
Bethesda at the theater's second anna
teur stage performance of the season
tonight.
Juveniles from Bethesda and
Washington will participate in the
program, during which a well-known
radio personality will act as master
Of ceremonies. The motion picture
THE Charge Of the Light Brigade
also will be shown.
Evening star., 1938-09-09

publican" Hold That Coed" gets
its title from the fact that action
revolves around the fierce football
rivalry between Louisiana State Col
lege, reminiscent of Huey's last love
and neighboring school, The sena.
torial nomination finally hangs on the
outcome OF game. State triumphs
over Yale with a coed player oi
amazing goal-kicking skill, enacted ir
side-splitting fashion by Dancer Joar
Davis.
(Copyright. 1881