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52—No. 29
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1933
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TO NAME~CABINET
BY 3RD OF MARCH I
warm SPRLVGS. Ga.. Feb. 3. !
_ Presidentelect Roose
wft. elate ! at expressions of ap
proral from a!l parts of the coun
try to his proposed plans to devel
op the Tennessee River valley, is i
jnx • M .ae definite congres
sional approval in order that the
rlan miirht started soon, and |
its feasibility established so that
:.'culc >e duplicated in other
parts of the country.
By FREDERICK A. STORM
1'iitfd Pre*.* Staff Correspondent
WARM SPRINGS. Ga., Feb. o. '
President-elect Roosevelt
T; tollow a precedent estab
jsstd by Woourow Wilson and an
jponce his cabinet 24 hours be
!tre he take? the oath of office.
He revealed his intentions la.-t
reht to the newspapermen who
ioo»ht from him an expression on
•je probable line-up of the official
tally.
-The names will be made pub
lit before I ?o to Washington
ei:aer :h-> evening of March 2 or
tke morning of .March 3," he said.
That means, it was explained,
thi I.*.™. Jncement will come from
teSwr York City home to which
to *11 return after a 10-day
cm* 'Arough tropic seas on
l icent Astor's yacht, the
.VMnuAal. He will leave tonight
for .~>.'Ma, where he will en-.bark
on tie cruise.
Awhile, the president-elect
prepared to meet with Judge Rob-1
hi W. Bingham. Louisville. Ky.. I
pafoher. who is coming to Warm
loprnfs tomorrow. Bingham is ex
pected to be invited to accept the
imoassadorship to France, a post
for which he has been prominent
ly mentioned in the past two and
i half months.
Another man whose name has
igured in the unofficial ambassa
dorial discussion, Robert Dunham
of Chicago, was here yesterday
and conferred with Mr. Roosevelt
a the seclusion of the "little
*a;te house." Although the latter
t :n? steadfastly to his policy of
swr.:e regarding appointments the
•pinion among his friends was
that tie visitor would be asked t:
trie i diplomatic post, probably
ia Germany.
Mr Roosevelt laughingly rc
fwi to be drawn into a discus
Roa concerning the purpose of
tae visit of Senator Cordell Hull
of Tennessee who concluded his
;'Jy yesterday after a second and
®r«f conference.
"Oh. we just talked economics/'
*■ Roosevelt remarked.
Nevertheless, the conviction is
P°*insr in sources close to the
Resident-elect that Hull will be
^ nert secretary of state. The
T^nejsean is a warm friend and I
« frequently been called upon
54 ffive advice in national affairs.
Once at sea. the president-elect
glared in connection with his
Florida trip he would settle back
to the work of studying a list of
^ames of persons recommended
™r appointments to various fed
fal commissions, and which must
^ade bv March 4th if those
*encie.-> are to continue to fune
without interruntion.
When I get on the boat I will
I1? to arrive at something and
«en, upon my return, I will pret
touch with the people I have
•tidtd upon," he explained.
'f- was indicated that the ap
Mntments would concern the
™me Loan bank, the Federal
•jade commission and the Recon
duction Finance corporation.
Swinging into other topics, the
ft^:dent-elect expressed gratifica
tion over the first reaction to his
Pf>posal for a gigantic develop
®<n- project in the Tennessee
m«r basin which rails for refor
estation, the harnessing of addi
onai water power facilities.
abandonment of unproductive
,r®s for richer bottom lands
"at would be made available, and
Dofd control
. I'nder this ambitious program,
*r- Roosevelt believas work could
J Provided for 60,000 to 75,000
immediately, and that even
pVed ^ would be eni
will ask congress for the
"orny to aro ahead in making
t»* e*P®ri®«nt which he charac
ter^" as "t^e greatest in his
, If this program of national
Jpnmg works in the five states
' Jennessee basin it can be
successful in other water
country/' he said.
m," .e «me time he expressed
a?n.op'n'°n that auch a develop
r,,..- WOulti not increase agricul
nrai surplus, . i
Leaves Second Wife and Daughter to Return Home After
Memory Lapse of 22 Years ;
Back to his home, wife and two
sons after 22 years of blankncss,
during which time he married, be
came a father and prospered,
came Edgar G. Allen. He left his
Ridgewood. N. J., home 22 years
ago. a victim of amnesia, and set
tled in Knoxville, Tenn., as Ted
Morris. He married and ha*' a
daughter, Dolores, now 13 years
old. His memory suddenly re
turned and he is now back in
Ridgewood with Mrs. Allen and
his two sons. Above, left, is the
Allen home at Ridgewood; at the
right. Allen; and, below, Doris
Morris and Mrs. "Ted Morris."
1
HOUSE VOTES SENATE BILL
TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF
N. C. DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL
MARINE ACCOSTED
BY A JAP SENTRY
PEIPIN'G, Feb. 3—(UP)—Col.
Ibra, commandant of Japanese
forces here, today investigated at
the request of American officials
the incident in which a Japanese
sentry blocked the passage of an
American Marine officer and
threatened him with a bayonet.
PEIPING. Feb. 3. (UP)—Col.
L. M. Gulick. of the United
States marine guard stationed
here, decided today to make in
formal representation to the com
mandant of the Japanese guard
concerning an incident involving
am American marine officer and
a Japanese sentry.
The incident occurred when
Lieut. Robert L. Skidmore, of
Indianapolis, Ind., was accosted
by the Japanese sentry when the
American was passing the Japa
nese barracks.
Colonel Gulick, after studying
Skidmore's report of the inci
dent, decided that it did not
warrant diplomatic correspond
ence and that no formal repre
sentation would be made. He
indicated, however, that he would
take it up with the Japanese
colonel in charge.
Skidmore reported that a Jap
anese sentry blocked his way as
he was proceeding along a public
sidewalk in front of the Jap
anese barracks and thrust a bay
onet close to his body, which he
knocked aside. ■
NAVY PILOT KILLED; -I
PARACHUTIST SAVED
HONOLULU, T. H.. Feb. 3.
(UP)—C. E. Walwork, navy
pilot, was killed yesterday when
the scout seaplane he was flying
dived into the ocean and was
demolished.
Junior Lieutenant Frank M.
Nichols escaped by leaping with
a parachute. He was picked up
by native sampans.
ARGENTINE FACES
STRIKE BY FARMERS
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Feb. 3—(UP)—Argentina was
threatened today with a nation
wide farmers strike demanding
lower rents, easier credits, and
other measures to relieve then
hardships.
AVOID INFLUENZA
LONDON. Feb. 3. (UP)—The
seriousness of the current influ
enza epidemic caused King
George and Queen Mary to post
pone their return to London
from Sandringham, scheduled for
Monday, it was learned last
night.
Both were in excellent health,
it was stated, but their physici
ans advised them to remain at
I Sandringham to avoid the risk
of infection,
(- V i *
'Senate Rescinds Action
To Kill Corporation
Commission
RALEIGH, Feb. 3.—(UP).—
The house today passed the senate
bill to abolish the office of the di
rector of personnel and transfer
the duties and functions of that
office of the personnel department
to the budget bureau, effective on
j April 1.
By acclamation, the state sen
ate in two votes decided today to
reconsider the bill it killed yester
day—to abolish the state corpora
, tion commission, and to re-refer
j it to the joint reorganization com
i mittee for further consideration.
Representing a cut of $2,072,
| 420 as compared to the estimated
expenses for the state supported
six months school term, the joint
appropriations committee of the
general assembly yesterday voted
| its approval of the budget com
mission's recommendation of $13,
375,000 yearly for this purpose
for the next biennium.
Under this appropriation, fur
ther salary slashes of 15 per cent
I for teachers. 25 per cent for su
! perintendents and 22 per cent for
j supervisors is anticipated by the
I joint committee.
CANADIANS DEPORT
DOUKHOBOR CHIEF
MONTREAL, Feb. 3. (UP)—
Peter Veregin, leader of the
Doukhobor sect in Canada, pass
ed through Montreal late yester
day bound for Halifax and de
portation to Soviet Russia,
where he claims he is under sen
tence of death.
Reporters saw Veregin brief
ly as he changed trains, but
there was little time to ask
questions.
"Do you want to go back to
Russia" he' was asked.
"Hell, no!" was his answer.
Veregin is being deported fol
lowing his conviction on charges
of perjury. He claims that he
has twice been sentenced to
death in Russia, but that he was
granted his frtedom provided he
left the Soviet Union forever.
RUMANIA ASKS FOR
! WAR DEBT REVISION
1 .
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. (UP)
—Rumania applied to the Uni
ted States yesteday for revision
of its $44,590,000 war debt. The
appeal will be referred to Presi
dent-elect Roosevelt.
Minister Charles A. Psvila
presented his government's ap
peal to Undersecretary of State
Castle. The department official
was not prepared to answer him,
as authority to invite debt mis
sions to Washington, recently
gl'en the state department by
Mr. Roosevelt applied only to
Great Britain, Czechoslovakia,
i Italy, Lithuania and Latvia,' '
Army's Advisory
Board to Meet
Visiting Salvationists Will
Be Here Tonight
A meeting of the Salvation
Army's Advisory Board will be
held this evening at 8 o'clock in
the sun parlor of thg Skyland
Hotel, it was anonunced this morn
ing. Adjutant W. W. Bouterse, of
Charlotte, and Captain W. P.
Gearing of Ashevil^ will be pres
ent, and as vital questions con
cerning the Salvation Army in
Hendersonvilie will be discussed,
1 it has been asked that all members
of the Advisory Board be present.
| This meeting was postponed from
I Monday night.
'
Escaped Convict
Rising to Honor
| Is Given Pardon
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 3
j (UP)—Glenn Smeeman, escaped
j convict who achieved success and
; honor only to be exposed after 15
years, yesterday received a Mis
souri pardon, wiping out the last
mark of his criminal past.
"I see no good purpose in put
! ting you back in prison", said
, Governor Guy B. Park, the new
i Democratic governor of Missburi,
jafter hearing the Cleveland music
dealer's case.
Governor Park pardoned Smee
man for his flight 17 years ago
while under appeal bond after be
ing sentenced to two years in pris
on on an automobile theft charge.
'Lame Ducks' Put
J
|By Farm Relief and
Beer For Session
Philippines Will
' Send. Mission to
Protest Measure
MANILO, P. I., Feb. 3.—(UP)
The Philippine legislature, in a
caucas today authorized Represen
tative Francisco Yarona, house
majority floor leader, to accomp
any Manuel Quezon, senate presi
dent, to the United . States on an
independence mission.
The two political leaders hoped
to confer with President-elect
'Franklin D. Roosevelt. Quezon,
disappointed in the independence
bill adopted by the United States
I Congress, intended to explore pos
sibilities of a proposal more favor
able to the islands.
NEW CRUISER
FAILS IN TEST
J . . . v *
Indianapolis Must Have i
Repairs and Adjust- 1
ments
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 3 (UP) —
The navy's new crusier Indianapo
lis, scheduled to leave immediate
ly.for Cuba, Chile and finally the
.battle fleet of the West Coast, in
of returning to Philadelphia
Yai'd today for repairs and
adjustments, it was learned to
! night.
The United Press was informed
J by authorative sources that the
crusier's firing practice in Hamp
Iton Roads has revealed misloca
i tion and misadjustment of its 8
i inch guns which must be replaced
I before the ship assumes its regular
i functions.
It was said that explosions of
the guns durin^ practice rocked
the crusfer so violently that a 1
I gigantic searchlight was broken j
[ and the entire vessel suffered |
from repercussions.
CHINESE REDS
CAPTURE CITY
Murder Of All Christians
Threatened; Missionar
ies Leave Posts
LONDON, Feb. 3.—(UP).—
An army of 60,000 Communists
captured the town of Paoning
in Sze Chwan province and
threatened to murder all Chris
tians. the Daily Express corre
spondent at Shanghai reported
today. Missionaries left their
posts and the government sent
troops to oust the Reds.
BUSHMAN WINS SUIT
LONDON; Ont., Feb. 3. (UP)
—A jury which deliberated nine
hours and 30 minutes last night
appraised Francis X. Bushman's
"rusty" neck at $3,000.
CALIFORNIA GETS 70 PCT.
OF RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS;
WILL HELP OTHER STATES
By RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (UP).
Despite threatening talk of fur
ther investigations in congress,
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration pressed forward yester
day in pursuance of the gigantic
government relief effort author
ized just one year ago.
California, the home state of
President Hoover, made its third
large^and successful tug at the
purse strings of the R. F. C. A
loan of 522,800,000. to Los Ange
les for construction of power lines
from Boulder Dam was announced
yesterday. This made California
the leading beneficiary of the
self-liquidating loans authorized,
$124,200,000 or more than 70 per
cent, has gone to California in
three large chunks. Los Angeles
| received $40,000,000 for its aque
I duct and San Francisco was grant
| ed $01,400,000 for its bay bridge,
j . Meantime, the appropriation of
$150,000,000 more for unemploy
i ment relief was recommended to
' a.senate committee by Charles A.
Miller, president of the R. F. C.
He intimated Illinois was within
six weeks of exhausting it? $45,
000 share of the earlier relief ap
propriation.
A warning note was sounded
before the house banking and cur
rency committee by Rep. Fish,
Repn., N. Y., who urged investi
gation of some companies which
have failed after receiving R. F.
C. money.
"There is some crookedness go
ing on," Fish told the committee.
Later he intimated he would seek
inquiry into a Louisiana case. He
also said he intended to urge re
moval of R. S. Hecht of New Or
leans, chairman of the advisory
committee of the R. F. C.
President Miller of the corpora
tion at the same time was busy at
the senate and on Capitol Hill de
fending .before to the senate
banking and currency committee !
the $90,000,000 loan to the bank
of Charles G. Dawes who had re
signed as president of the R. F. C.
just before the loan was made..
(Continued on page five)' 1 '
Private Relief From The
Insurance And Mortgage
Firms To Be Depended
On At This Time
By THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1933, by United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (UP).
Farm relief and beer, two car
dinal points in President-elect
Roosevelt's program, have been
definitely shelved by leaders of
this last "lame duck" congress de
spite the farmers mortgage revolt
in the middle west and the clamor
of their city brethren for nickel
brew.
An investigation yesterday by
the United Press revealed the
plea of farmers for special emer
gency legislation to ease the bur
.ien of pressing mortgage pay-1
ments is doomed to go unheeded !
at the present session which ends
March 4.
Senate leaders, however, plan
to put through the .Tweeping
bankruptcy act revision approved
by the house, which will afford (
some relief to farmers, as. well as
other individuals and corporations
by permitting agreements, subject
to court sanction, to scale down i
or extend debts.
This bill is orie point of the :
congressional program agreed
upon by leaders, which has these
other objectives:
1—A senate vote upon repeal :
of the 18th amendment, which I
failed in the house. , ■ . # j
2—Passage of appropriation !
bills—if possible.
.1 XLiJcii'iigiuu ui iru: 0111: ccui, a
gallon federal gasoline tax for
another year, already approved by
the house.
It is generally agreed that the
so-called domestic allotment farm
relief plan sponsored by Roosevelt
leaders will fail.
Leaders also privately have
shelved the beer bill.
Certain vetoes by President
Hoover face both beer i nd domes
tic allotment farm bills.
Leaders expressed serious doubt
yesterday that all appropriation
bills would be passed at this ses
sion.
Inflationary proposals of all
sorts, including remonotization of
silver, will get nowhere between
now and March 4.
Agitation for emergency legis
lation for a mortarium and a re
adjustment of farm debts con
tinued in congress today, reflect
ing the orderly, but effective re
volt of farmers which has induced
insurance companies to make ad
justments directly. ■
Banking committees of both
house and senate now are consid
ering numerous bills, but none is
slated for approval. The direct
action of insurance companies and
banks in extending relief has tem
pered somewhat the ardor of con-1
gressional champions of this form
of relief.
Speaker John N. Garner said
yesterday there are no plans for
house action at this session on
farm mortgage measures.
Assistant Senate Republican
Leader Charles L. McNary de
clared he plans to bring up the
18th amendment repeal resolution
after two pending appropriation
bills are disposed of. It will be
set aside as appropriation bills
are brought forward.
There is only the remotest pos
sibility that the present congress
will submit the 18th amendment
repealer to the states. Garner has
said emphatically he will enter
tain only an outright repeal reso
lution. such as that defeated by
only six votes in the house on the
opening day. The senate resolu
tion carries restrictions against
the saloon and protection for dry
states. It is by no means certain
the measure will get through the
senate at this session.
Both wets and drys are insist
ing that repeal precede beer in
the senate, the former because
they fear beer legalization will
hurt repeal, the latter because
thev do not want the law modified
and meanwhile can conduct their
campaign against repeal in the
states.
/ _ : .
Nine Women Are
Burned to Death
Insane Patients Had Been
Led to Safety
WICLIFFE,~Qhio, Feb. 3. (UP)
Nine women patients were burned
to death today when they ran
frenziedly into a burning cottage
at Ridejrcloff Sanatarium for in
sane, after attendants had led
them to safety, i
Forecloser Is
Found Slain
Luther D. Marr, above, retired
Kansas City, Mo., banker and real
estate man. is believed to be the
first murder victim in the mid
west's war on foreclosures. Marr
was' found in a highway ditch
near Fort Scott, Kan. A few hours
earlier he had visited a Kansas
farm to foreclose a mortgage.
F. PJlGE OF
BREVARD DEAD
Funeral For Well Known
Resident Will Be Satur
day Afternoon
. .
BREVARD, Feb. 3. (Special)
—Frank. P. .Sledge, 62, died at
home Thursday morning, at il #0
following an illness of two years,
death facing due to heart trou
ble. ...
Funeral services will l>e' held
Saturday afternoon, hour to be
announced lafor, at the Brevard
Methodist hurch, of which he
has been a leader for years, the
Rev. J. H. West, pastor and the
Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor
Presbyterian church, in change.
Interment will be in Oak Grove
Methodist cemctery, North Bre
vard.
A native of Alabama, Mr.
Sledge has been a resident of
Brevard for the past fifteen
years, being engaged in grocery
business here. Surviving are the
widow, Mrs. Mary Locke Sledge;
one daughter, Mrs. Roy Kanipe,
Thomasville; four sons, James
and Francis Sledge of Atlanta,
and Garland and John Reese
Sledge, of Brevard also survive.
BRITISH PREMIER
CHOSEN HEAD OF
DEBT COMMITTEE
LONDON, Feb. 3—(UP)—The
British cabinet today entrusted ne
gotiations with the United States
for war debt revision to a commit
tee of five cabinet members, head
ed by Prime Minister J. Ramsay
MacDonald.
Other members of the commit
tee are:
Neville Chamberlaine, chancel
![ lor of the exchequer. .
Stanley Baldwin, lord president
of the council who negiotated the
present debt funding agreement
, with America.
Sir John Simon, foreign secre
tary.
Walter Runciman, president of
the board of trade.
The committee was charged with
completing negotiations with the j
United States for discussion of war
debts and was made jointly respon
1 sible for advising the government
of the negotiatiqfis.
Baldwin's appointment caused
considerable surprise as the Bald
win settlement is still the subject
of severe criticism by political op
ponents.
It was announced MacDonald
would accept the chairman ship of
the world economic conference if
the conference is held in London.
The government approved the
conference program prepared by
experts in Geneva, but has no in
tention of calling the conference
until the war debts question is
settled. It was expected the con
ference would not meet before
mid-summer at the earliest.
WILL ACT UPON
LEA CASE MONDAY
NASHVILLE, Tenil., Feb. 3—
(UP)—Still in unexplained seclu
sion, Col. Luke Lea and son await
ed somewhere in Tennessee today
a decision from Governor McAlis
ter on North Carolina's demand
for their extradition. The decis
ion probably will be made Mon
day. The hearing yesterday lasted
jve hours, «j«
STORM CENTER
ML BE OVER
LEVY METHOD
Whole Tax Program As
Tentatively Agreed On
Is Scrapped
MAY BE EXTENDED
TO ALL INCOMES
By J. C. BASKERVILL
The Time»-Newa Bureau
Sir Walter Motel
RALEIGH, Feb. 3.—The ten
tative revenue bill recommended
by the Budget Commission has
been scrapped by the joint fi
nance committees and a new bill
will be drawn before a joint .sub
committee. It is expected that
the new bill will contain a pro
vision for a general sales tax of
3 per cent on all retail sales,
estimated to yield approximately
$12,500,000. The belief is also
growing that the general assem
bly will be here at least until
April 1 before it will be able to
agree upon and enact a revenue
bill.
to T»riJU?£0mmittee -ppoint'rf
chairman'°rf t?"X|<in" SC'!
°n<rtolf ,^lnti ,McUaD »f W«h
ington and Aiken of Hickorv
M of&r\h Do.u^hton. of Allegh'
• ?1 the house finance com
rwlv • tnn x- RePresertta ti v e s
Cherry , 0f Gaston, Moss of Nasli,
Coffey of Caldwell, Flanna™
All iW Snd uGatt1'8 of Ora^,
AH the members of this joint.
committee are regarded as beinr
belief Th-!"8 committed to thti
).elref that a general sales tajr
is the only way to provide enough
«vennUon 0.p®rate state
TuZr it r
SL^® ilherrjr' Mof* *nd Pianaa
gan, who were opposed to *nv
sales tax in 1931, have virtu.
thev are6will' the P,ace whe™
now. Wilhng t0 »ceePt one
assemhl^ ^ in ,the *ene'*l
shall h/i15 expected to center
sha k ? Per cent on Brosa re'
£5 «L per.cent on gress re
»£«»?• 88 18 expected to be
Proposed, or 2 per ' cent, or
shall ? 8 Stil1 smaUer sales tax
#fcrtL£. 8Pref^ 0Ut over ma™
facturers, retailers and to all
incomes of lawyers, doctors
*«aCi ♦!' preachers and farmers,'
as is the case with the Mississ
u But indicatio™
«fm,« j e ght eventually will.
simmer down to a contest be
!,T*en . e 3 per cent rate on
K oss retail sales and 2 per cent,
m.n?.# f* aily aPPa"nt that the
manufacturing. and ,*ndU8trial jn_
terestB are either too powerful
or presented such a good case
for themselves in their hearings
^f/„ore. the Joint finance commit
serious consid
eration 0f any form of a proriu.*
*,?J+1 *l°W- the Iines contain
ed in the bill introduced by Sen
ator Clement of Salisbury.
• i J5? ,aIso apparent that the
industrial sections are going to
favor the 3 per cent sales tax,
in the hope that if $12,600,000
ff?f °e °btained from this source
iqo, n h,gh brackets in the
1931 Revenue Act can be lower
ed and franchise, income and
other corporate taxes reduced by
to the levels of the 1929 Rev
enue Ret. This would give many
of the corporations large reduc
tions, since the 1931 Revenuo
™ ,"Freasfd the franchise,
corporation income and- other
corporate taxes all the way from
109Q -u 2 iper rent above, the
schedules. In other word:j
if it is found possible to get as
much as $12,500,000 from a 3
per cent general sales tax, tho
industrial interests are going to
try to get at least $5,500,000 of
this amount applied so as to re
neve them of that amount..
This procedure will be bitterly
(Continued on page five)
TUCEECUESSES
, Mat HAPPENED TO
I THE SHENANDOAH ?
HOWMAHYP^
MEM HAVE SERVED
AS PRESIDENT
BEFORE HIM ?
WHAf S1ATES
NEVER RWlFlED TH£
'18TH. AM0JDMtNr ?
For correct inwert to tbei^
estioiu, please turn to pafc 7,