WEATHER
Generally fair, slightly colder
|>(j|),eht Wednesday partly cloudy.
(Dir Sfoitps
GOOD AFTERNOON
Gallantry is disappearing. A
new muff has an electric hand
warmer inside.
Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
VOL
57—No. 291
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
FRANCO-GERMAN 'NO-WAR' PACT SIGNED
■" " V U u
U U U
•7 T T T T 1*1*1" "J* *J* 1* T T f •{<•{■ T T T
Anti-French Outbreaks Renewed In Rome
a" A /is <§> <ft '
DENTS. IN
ICER CALL
FOR COLONIES
ondon Cold to Demands
for War Lost Lands'
I Restoration
HTLER HOLDS MOVE
TO BE iLL TIMED'
(UNITED PRESS)
■ university students
• held angry anti
' . •:.< rations in the main
::v- . .r demands for Coi
rs Djibouti.
? : soldiers in impressive
u'uar icd all approaches
: F » :v.l>assy and closed
? :ht .-quure on which the em
is. :s situated.
a:: Ambassador Hans von
bttensen conferred last night
IUi'-.a:-. Fu-.visri: Minister Ga
uzo Ciano at Rome, be'ievedly
Karding c nesa existing: he
aven Italy and France.
| The London Daily Mail's Kome
prrespondent understood today
hat German Ambassador von
lackensen when he conferred un
ttFieially with Foreign Minister
hano commented most unfavor
ably on behalf of his government
tcianlintr Italy's anti-French cam
paign. The London paper's corre
►pomient said there was little
liouot among informed observers
flat the ambassador left a cleat
p: :-. Chancellor Hitler had
toterrened personally in the :nat
ler.
pvitne M><»i>t«r Neville Cham
berlain of England yesterday pub
U'lv warned Premier Benito Mus
soi:n: that 'Ireat Britain would
stara! at France's side in resisting
my Italian attempt to upset the
territorial "'status quo" in the
Mediterranean.
Chamberlain's statement, made
. : • : commons, coincid
ed w;:h three new developments
or. the C' ritinent bearing on the
teach brought about
s'/jilia: agitation for possession
«'.^ench Tunisia and the island
k:'_..-sica.
.*> developments were:
I Pier:: er Kdouard Daladier of
nr. • • 'vimed forma'ly that
Fnnce would tight to defend the
~>r:tv of all her colonial pos
•> i* necessary.
ISdZi 't'.iarters in Berlin indi
t»:sc -.r.a: C hancellor Adolf Hitler
• Italy's anti-French at
^ "ill timed." They fear
may embarrass the entire
^Tam »t European appease
ser.t. a warning also voiced by
'••"•i:an- in commons.
Mussolini's controlled press
angrily at French ac
••i' . - that Italy's partnership
Germany under the Rome
*"■ "■ > creaking under the
ot the Italian cries of
'iifiisia! Corsica!"
Robert Miller Is
Recovering From
Wreck Injuries
t !.*!«>n of Iiobert Miller,
^ actor, whose au
hit by a Southern
• strht train Sunday
v" - !) o'clock just be
L>- r • R.iek. was reported
f i * Pat ton Memorial
*^•*1 thi> morning.
• - •" r i several broken
' " v mils, cuts on the
^ • \ The automobile,
1 - was practically
■
,3e a r\ occurred at the
a milt? below East
- >\vn as Five Points.
' . :»il left his home in
^ ' -hurt time prior to
« *reck.
"UITLAND school
TO OFFER PROGRAM
o' " 1' ;i:■ ■ i public school
l • . tv program Fri
' December 9, at 7
l. Friutland Metho
« church.
; will include a
« V , i nation contest, a
• a demonstration
vork.
*i'id friends are cor
» N'o admission will
IrS* s IT DOWN STRIKE
£ lT- Dec. 6. (UP)—A
iv, " strike of 800 workers to
- production at the Nash
**** Plant,
NURSES' HOME
OPEN FRIDAY
FOR VISITORS
Friends of Hospital and
General Public Invited
to See New Plant
The Patton Memorial hospital
will keep open house at the new
nurses' home on Friday after
noon ami evening, and friends of
the institution and the general
public are invited to call and in
spect the new building, Mrs.
Thomas Shepherd, chairman of
the board, announced this morn
ing.
The new building, a brick
structure, which fills a long felt
need at the hospital, was erected
at a cost of several thousand dol
lars, and has been occupied for
some time.
It is a two-story structure and
is modern in every detail. The
public is invited to call between
the hours of 3 and 5 p. m. and
from 7 to 9 p. m. on Friday and
inspect the building.
GERMAN PLANE
SINKS AT SEA
Six Aboard Saved, Taken
to Manilla Aboard
Launch
MANILA,~I>7cT & (UP)—A
German goodwill monoplane
which flew to Tokyo in record
time today made a forced land- j
ins: at sea off the Philippine I
Islands on a Tokyo to Manila
flight. This leg was the first '
stage of the return to Berlin.
Fishermen rescued the crew
as the plane sank. Five aviators
and one passenger aboard were
brought to Manila by launch.
Rotary To Hear
Wm. A. Egerton
Wm. A. Egerton. of the Ameri
can Enka Corporation, will be the
speaker at the weekly luncheon
meeting of the Hendersonville Ro
tary club tomorrow.
Mr. Egerton will discuss the so
cial security and old age pension
system of the federal government.
GIRL SCOUT GOLDEN
EAGLE AWARD WILL
BE MADE TONIGHT
Girl Scout officials today ex
tended an invitation to the pub
lic to attend the court of awards
to be held jointly at 7:30 o'clock
tonight by troops two and four
at the high school auditorium
when Miss Ruth Lynn Johnson
will be recipient of the Golden
Eagle award. This is the first time
that such an award has been made
to a Hendersonville girl.
Miss Johnson is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Johnson, is
a member of the senior class and
student assistant librarian, among
other school activities.
A number of other girls will
be given awards in connection i
with the program.
F. R. RESTATES
ABIDING FAITH
IN DEMOCRACY
Touches Caustically at
Chapel Hill on Regimen
tation, Dictatorships
ENLARGES" UPON
HIS LIBERAL VIEWS
CHAPEL HILL. Dec. 6. (UP).
Liberalism in government is here
to stay and birth, wealth and po
li'ical position no longer carry the
indisputable right to govern,
President Roosevelt told the na
tion yesterday in an internation
ally broadcast address.
Speaking before the political
forum of North Carolina Univers
ity where he received an honorary
degree of doctor of laws, the
chief executive reaffirmed the
liberal philosophy of the New
Deal and said that his strongest
conviction is his abiding belief
that the security and well-being
of the people "can best be served
by the democratic processes which
have made this country strong
and great."
To some ooservers me speecu
carried a decided 1940 campaign
ring although the president at 110
point mentioned his possible can
didacy.
Air. Roosevelt stopped off here
enroute to Washington from
Warm Springs, Ga., where he
spent Thanksgiving. He had been
expected to talk on the intex-na
tional situation bat, exietfpt for a
few caustic remarks on regimen
tation and dictatorships, he con
fined his remarks to domestic is
sues and the future.
Of the international situation,
he said:
"There may be those in the
world who believe that a regi
mented people, whose every
thought and action is directed by
one man, may give some type of j
people a security which is pleas
ing to them. But whatever con
victions I have, none is stronger
than my abiding belief that the
security and w^ll-beinp: of the
American people can best be serv
ed by the democratic processes."
The president drew on the |
words of three men now dead,
Presidents Woodrow Wilson and
Theodore Roosevelt and Associate 1
Supreme Court Justice Benjamin!
Cardozo, to elaborate his liberal,
philosophy.
The tpitome of what these men :
believed in, he said, is first, that
the American people have, and
must have, a definite objective
for the improvement of govern
ment, for the improvement of so
cial and economic conditions;
second, that these objectives must
be carried out by definite action,
an dthiri, that in the attaining of
them, the president and the gov
eminent and the people as a1
whole must have two essential
qualities—first a sense of propor
tion and perspective, and second,
good-will and a good sense of hu
mor.
"Almost every crisis of our his- j
tory since 1879," he said, "has1
become a crisis because of a lack
on the part of leaders, or on the
part of the people themselves, or
both, of some of those essentials.
"The very birth of the Demo
cratic party * * * was due to the
simple fact that the government
itself was dominated by the great
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Rumanian King Moves To Thwart
Vengeance Murders By Fascists
BUCHAREST, Dec. 6. (UP)—'
King: Carol II moved rapidly last
night to thwart "vengeance" as
sassinations by the outlawed Fas
cist Iron Guard after two young
terrorists? shot and wounded the'
president of one of the king-dic
tator's military tribunals.
Al! high school students in
Rumania were ordered searched
for arms before entering school
buildings. Bucharest's largest cafe, j
a center for the exchange of po
litical information, was closed by
authorities.
The shooting early yesterday of
Col. Cristescu. head of the mili
tary tribunal at Cernauti where
Iron Guard terrorism against Jews
has occurred in recent days, was
believed to be in reprisal for the
slayings by police of the guardists'
"little fuehrer," Corneliu Zelea
Codreanu and 16 of his followers.:
The military tribunals, under
Carol's orders, have dealt sternly
with the wave of terrorism.
Authorities, including district
governors, throughout Rumania
have received death threats from
the Iron Guard "battalion of
death" and Carol himself has been
warned publicly that he has his j
"last choice to make peace with
the Rumanian people."
Cristescu was leaving court at
Cernauti when two youths fired
four shots at him. Only one took
effect, entering the left side of his
chest. The wound was not «erious.
One of the assailants was captured
and identified as Leonid Lututo
vici. a college student.
He told police he acted in con
formity with an order received
this morning from the "battalion
of death" and revealed that his
accomplice was a 19-year-old boy
named Kadistriuc who was dis
missed from high school last year
as a member of the Iron Guard.
Police discovered a secret Iron
Guard printing plant near here
and found on the premises quan
tities of illegal literature and a
lar^e store of arms.
Britons See U. S.
Friendship As
Still Advancing
Press Reaction to Chapel
Hill Speech is One
of Cordiality
LONDON, Dec. (5. (UP)—Pres
ident Roosevelt's speech Monday
at Chapel Hill, N. C., was head
lined in London morning newspa
pers, with stress placed on nis
statement that other democracies
look to the United States for leai
ership.
The Daily Mail, in an editorial,
said that "the president's words
were restrained but do show Brit
ish-American policy are in har
ness, however America's policy of
isolation stands . .
"Certainly the people of this
country can be no surer than the
people of America just how Roose
velt will move next, but we can be
suie of this—that in him Britain
has a warm friend and that
durintr his presidency America's
friendship toward Britain will
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FAVORS 4 YEAR
TERM FOR ALL
CO. OFFICERS
State Senator-Elect Prince
Holds View But Not^'
Committed as Yet
Although he has made no defi-l
nite commitment oil the matter,!
Senator-elect L. R Prince, who
next month will be sworn in as1
state senator from the 27th dis-j
trict, is inclined to favor four- j
year terms for all Henderson coun
ty officer?.
Since four-year terms for sher
iffs and coroners have been ap
proved by voters of the state, only
three county offices here are not
on a four-year basis. They are i
county commissioner, tax collee-1
tor, and surveyor, the last a minor
office.
The offices of register of deeds j
and clerk of the superior court I
have been previously placed on a;
four-year basis, and the sheriff;
and coroner were added by con
stitutional amendment in the No-|
vember election.
Mr. Prince stated that he had
been giving considerable thought
to the proposition since the pub-1
lication of an editorial in The J
Times-News on the subject. Ho
stated that he had held a number
of conversations with people with
reference to this.
He is inclined to the belief that
the terms of all county officers
should be the same.
Mr. Prince expresses the opin- j
ion that all officers should have.
the same terms, and that all coun
ty officers should be elected at the
off-year eiection, when there are
no gubernatorial or presidential
candidates to cloud the local is
sues. He is of the opinion that
better local officers can be elected
when local issues alone are the
subject of the campaign.
In his conversations on tne sud
ject, Mr. Prince says that he has
found few people opposed to four
year terms for the remainder of
the county offices.
While he is opposed to legislat
ing: longer terms for county of
fices as a matter of principle, Mr.
Prince pointed out that this could
be accomplished only by legisla
tive act.
County officials would give oet- j
ter service on a four-year basis in
the opinion of Mr. Prince, since
they would be able to thoroughly
familiarize themselves with their
duties in this longer period, and
the county would be saved the ex
pense of a local election every two
years.
In expressing his views in this
connection. Mr. Prince stated that
he had not conferred with L. L.
Burgin, county representative in
the general assembly, and that the
views expressed were his own and
not necessarily those of his col-:
league.
BUCHANAN NAMED
ON THEATRE BOARD
CHARLOTTE, Dec. 6.—L. M. I
Wilson, of Roanoke Rapids, was '
elected president of the North i
and South Carolina Theatre Own- j
ers association as the two-day
convention closed yesterday.
H. E. Buchanan, of Henderson
ville, was named as a director of ,
the organization.
CHIPMAN- LA C.
YULE SAVINGS
EXCEED $15,1
%
Employes' Christmas Shop
ping Funds Distributed
at Party
GYMNASIUM"30 AL
OF ATHLETIC ASSN.
More than $15,000 in Christ
mas savings was distributed to al
most .'{50 employes of the Chip
man LaCrosse company and
Chipman, Incorporated, at the
fourth annual Christmas party
for employes, held at the high
school gymnasium last night.
As the several hundred employ
es gathered for an evening of en
tertainment, good food, music
and dancing, the management an
nounced that 341 employes had
participated in the saving fund
during the past 12 months.
Checks totalling $15,713.98
were distributed to these em
ployes last night.
The saving funn distributed
last night showed an increase of
$2,987.78 over the previous year.
Purely a voluntary matter for
employes, the Christmas saving
fund was started three years ago
by the management.
in tne nrst year zzv employes
received $6,254. In the second
year 294 employes received $12,
72V.2-1, and thfs year 341 em
ployes received $15,713.98.
The program last night opened
at 7:30 with R. B. Cameron, com
pany official, acting as master of
ceremonies. Mr. Cameron intro
duced D. M. Sal ley, of the Amer
ican Enka company, who was the
principal speaker.
Robert Gordon, of Gastonia, re
gional manager of the Provident
Life Insurance company, spoke
briefly, the high light of his ad
dress being the presentation of a
check for $250 to the Chipman
Athletic association.
John McDaid, district represen
tative of the Provident company,
also spoke briefly.
After the presentation of the
Christmas checks, music for both
round and square dancing was
played by A1 Dunn and his or
chestra of Asheville.
Delightful refreshments were
served during the course of the
evening by McFarlan's Food shop.
The party last night was given
entirely by the Chipman Athletic
association. The three previous
Christmas parties were given by
the mill management.
The athletic association has
taken the lead in the develop
ment of recreational activity
among the employes. Manage
ment of the association is entire
ly in the hands of employes, and
Claude Kichline is president.
Through the activities of the
association, night soft bali was
first presented last summer on
the lighted Chipman Athletic
field. The association is now spon
soring bowling events and has
as its ultimate goal the erection
of a gymnasium for the use of
employes.
CHIEF JUSTICE
RUSSELL DIES
—-—
Georgia Jurist Passes at
Atlanta at an Ad
vanced Age
Hendersonville friends of Chief
Justice Richard B. Russell of the
Georgia supreme court and his
family regret to learn of his death,
which occurred in Atlanta last Sat- j
urday. Judge Russell was 77 years
old and death resulted from the
infirmities of age.
Judge Russell was the father of
United States Senator Richard B.
Russell, Jr., of Georgia, and a
large family of children well
known in Georgia and other south
ern states. Of the number is Wal
ter B. Russell, for several years a
resident of Hendersonville, and
now holding an important position
elsewhere with the A&P Tea com
pany.
Judge Russell had been promi
nent in public life in Georgia for
half a century and had filled many
important positions. For the past
15 or more years he had been
chief justice of the Georgia su
preme court. . '
GERMAN JEWS NOW STRIPPED
OF 95 PCT. OF WEALTH AND
FURTHER DECREES ISSUED
Liquidation of All Jewish
Business Places Is
Now Called for
By EDWARD W. BEATTIE, JR.
United Prets Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, Doc. 6. (UP)—Eco
nomics Minister Walther Funk
last night issued a decree author
izing the forced liquidation of all
Jewish business places, real estate
and other property in the Nazi
drive to eliminate 700,000 German
Jews from economic life.
The decrec came as informed
quarters revealed that many Jews
were being forced to make "vol
untary contributions" ranging: up
to $140,000 in some instances in
order to obtain passports for es
cape from the anti-Semitic cru
sade. I
Funk's decree permitting the
use of force to "Aryanize" Jewish
property becomes effective as of
Dec. 3 and before next Sunday all
Jews must surrender their securi
ties to the Reich Foreign Ex
change bank, after which no se
curity Fales will be permitted with
out Funk's special permission.
Jews refusing or failing to sub
mit to the liquidation of their hold
ings will suffer the appointment
of trustees, appointed by Reich |
authorities, who will take over the
property.
In order to sell property, all
Jews must obtain government ap
proval in order to "curb destruc
tive and irresponsible specula
tors."
Jews were said to nave oeen in
formed by Nazi authorities in sev
eral cases that they were under
"pass sperre" (passport ban) and
when they protested that their pa
pers were in order and that for
eign visas had been assured it was
suggested that a "voluntary con
tribution" might lift the ban.
Funk's new decree empowering
authorities to order Jews to liqui-,
date their businesses, real estate I
and other property was believed
to mark the approach of Chancel
lor Adolf Hitler's promised "final
solution" of the Jewish question.
It was expected, in its final ef
fect, to completely eliminate Jews
from economic life and prohibit
them from owning property.
The stringent decrees, including
forced sales of property, the!
new "voluntary contributions," the j
$400,000,000 fine and $200,000,-j
000 riot damages assessed against
them and conversion of their prop- j
erty at almost ruinous devisen1
(foreign exchange) rates, were es
timated to have stripped them of
about 95 per cent of their original
holdings. . /
This will have the effect of slow
ing down emigration to other
countries, whatever international
plan of mass migration may be
decided upon.
30 Killed, 20 Hurt
In Mine Wreck
SYDNEY MINES, N. S., Dec.
6. (UP)—Thirty men were re
ported killed and a score of
others injured in an under
ground train wreck at Princess
colliery today. First reports
said that a train carrying 50
men to work went out of con
trol and crashed into the mine
bottom.
INDUCT BROOKS
INTO OFFICE
Succeeds Cox to Coroner's
Post; Redden Again
County Attorney
Coroner J. F. Brooks, elected
in the November election, was
sworn in office bv Clerk of the
Superior Court George VV. Fletch
er this morning.
Mr. Fletcher announced that
he administered the oaths of of
fice to H. B. Davis, Green River
constable, and J. P. Wilkie and
D. M. Livingston, Hoopers Creek
magistrates, yesterday afternoon.
S. Robert Cathey, assistant
clerk of the court, and Mrs. Edith
R. Hesterly, deputy clerk, were
given the oaths of office by Mr.
Fletcher at noon yesterday.
Mr. Davis, who took the oath
as constable in Green River
township, was the only Republi
can candidate elected in Novem
ber.
The board of county commis
sioners, sworn in yesterday morn
ing, re-appointed M. M. Redden
as county attorney. Other ap
pointive officers are expected to
be named later, but no changes
in the present personnel are ex
pected.
LEGION PLANS
DR MEET
Annual Event Thursday
Night at Club Open to
All World War Men
The annual dinner and general
comradeship meeting of the Hu
bert M. Smith post of the Ameri
can Legion will be held Thursday
night at 7 o'clock at the Ameri
can Legion home on North Main
street, it was announced today.
Dinner will be prepared and
served by the ladies of the Legion'
Auxiliary.
The meeting is not confined to
members of the Legion, but all
World war veterans are cordially
invited to attend.
DR. ARCHER WILL
ADDRESS EPISCOPAL
CHURCH MEN'S CLUB
Dr. George B. Archer, medical
missionary to India for the past
thirty years, who is in Hender
sonville on a visit during a fur
lough, has accepted an invitation
to address the December meet
ing of the Men's club of St.
James Episcopal church.
The meeting will be held Wed- ,
nesday night at 8 o'clock at the
home of H. II. Ewbank, president
of the club, on Sixth avenue ,
west.
Dr. Archer is a member of the
evangelical branch of the Episco
pal church in Canada and will
speak on Iidia and his work in
that country.
U. S. Gunboat Moves From Hankow
To Shanghai Under Jap Convoy
SHANGHAI, Dec. 6. (UP)—
Chinese government spokesmen
in Chungking: said today that
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's
new northwest defense area, ad
jacent to Soviet Russia, is being
fortified rapidly and that the gen
eralissimo expects to open a coun
ter drive against the Japanese
from this region next spring.
High Chinese military authori
ties claimed that in addition to
modern mechanized army divi
sions already in the field the war
office is training its best officers
and men to command and oper
ate 12 new mechanized divisions
which will be ready to take the
field in June.
Where the Chinese are obtain
ing mechanical equipment for the
new divisions was not revealed
but it was assumed by military
attaches that much of the equip
ment is coming from Soviet Rus
sia.
The U. S. Gunboat Luzon and
the French warship Admiral Char
ner left Hankow at 8 a. m. yes-1
terday, escorted by three Japan-;
ese torpedo boats and an air-;
plane, en route to Shanghai.
Part of the group of 51 Amer- j
icans stranded since °.ast summer j
in the Ruling summer resort'
near Kiukiang had reached Kiu- j
kiang and were to be offered
transport to Shanghai on the U.
S. gunboat Monocacy, which will
join the Luzon and the Admiral
Charner at Kiukiang.
Dispatches from Tehchow,
Shantung province, reported that
Japanese soldiers entered the
American Board Mission hospital
there on Saturday and removed
five wounded Chinese. The Chi
nese were taken despite the pro
tests of American mission work
ers. It was believed the Japan
ese seizures were part of a gen
eral round-up of Chinese sus
pected of guerrilla activities.
The hospital superintendent, A.
S. Hausske of Chicago, and his
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GERMAN ENVOY
UNDER HEAVY
GUARDINPARIS
Give Protection After Last
Month's Assassination
of Embassy Aide
LONG CONFERENCE
MARKS CEREMONIES
PARIS, Dee. (UP)—The
foreign minister* of Germany and
France today signed a cream
colored sheet of sheepskin parch*
ment pledging the two historic
enemies to meet at the confer
ence table instead of resorting to
war for the settlement of their
future disputes.
PARIS, Dec. 0. (UP)—Guarded
by thousands of mobile guards,
German Foreign Minister von Kib
bentrop arrived here today to sij;n
a declaration binding France and
Germany to respect present fron
tiers and to negotiate peaceably
any existent dispute.
Signing of the declaration pre
ceded a long conference between
Ribbentrop and Premier Daladier
and French Foreign Minister Bon
net.
The important conference was
overshadowed by extraordinary
precautions taken to guard the
German ambassador.
It was evident the government
was mindful that a month ago a
German embassy secretary was as
sassinated in Paris, precipitating
the latest anti-Jewish campaign in
Germany.
FRANCE IS READY
TO ENFORCE RESPECT
PARIS, Dec. 6. (UP)—Premier
Edouard Daladier replied to Italy
yesterday with a statement that
France would "enforce respect
with a!! our means" for her co
lonial possessions and then turned
to arrangements for signing an
anti-war pact with Nazi Germany,
ally of Italy.
Daladier followed up his warr
ing that France would fight, if
necessary, to keep her empire in
tact bv summoning his permanent
defense committee into session to
study the new arms speed-up pro
gram.
general Jacques tiunrcr, cniei
of staff of the French Colonial
Forces, attended the defense ses
sion.
Minister of Navy Cesar Cani
pinchi ordered four hours of extra
work weekly in navy yards and
arsenals "in order to accelerate
the construction of warships."
The premier and war minister,
courting friendship at onefend of
the Rome-Berlin axis and warning
the other against designs on
French territories, summoned his
cabinet to meet at 10 a. m., almost
at the hour of German Foreign
Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop's
arrival in Paris.
At 3:3©*p. m. today in the
historic clock room of the Quai
D'Orsay Ribbentrop and French
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet
will sign a joint "no-more-war"
declaration patterned after the one
which Chancellor Adolf Hitler and
British Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain drew up at Munich
on Sept. 30.
Daladier decided to go ahead
without delay with the formal
jismlng of the anti-war agreement
after being assured through diplo
matic channels that Hitler was not
supporting Italy's territorial aspi
ations in the Mediterranean.
This diplomatic assurance coin.
:idea with dispatches from Berl n
ndicating that Germany, although
withholding all official and pre»s
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Shopping Days
Till Christmas
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T OOKINO BACK TO CHRIST
BIAS 16 YEARS AGO—
Italy wu rumored in control ot
Mussolini. . . . -Three inventors
were demonstrating novel "talk
ing movie" almost simultane
ously. . . . Announcement that
electric light current instead of
batteries might soon be used for
their receiving sets added tc
holiday cheer of radio fans.
... Administration concerned
^over bootleg boom. . . . New
York radio amateur picked up
program from Vancouver,