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HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
•j* *r "4 i
ima Conferees Revise Defense Program
ICO WOULD
AR FORCIBLE
'EBT ACTIONS
eek to Eliminate All Dip
lomatic Action For
Americas
ioUTHERiTREPUBLIC I
STEP IS SIGNIFICANT
LIMA. Peru, Dec. 15. (UP)—
k nrutl draft of the United
- ->ct for a united Amer
ican defense front against for
.i^n political or military invasion
j • vised to meet Argentina ob
Ktiors today was submitted
rivateiy to 21 delegations at the
.•"'h Tan American conference.
Trx revised draft disclosed
ino original decoument
by United States Secre
• State Hull. The changes
: : itine's opposition to any
lc . that might be interpreted
i> a treaty or alliance and avoids
nr language that might be con
•wd a direct affront to any
European powers.
LIMA. Peru, Dec. 15. (UP)—
kxko last night proposed that
:e fijrht Pan American confer
ee* i»ar the use of force in the
Election of international debts,
hile Argentina accepted in prin
rie a United States project that
cu!d bind all 21 American re
adies to do everything possible
t >wer their tariff carriers.
The Mexical proposal, submit
i simultaneously with a report
n pecuniary claims by the com
mittee of experts for the eodiflca
tior. of international law, was re
garded as particularly significant
since the government of Presi
dent Lazaro Cardenas is involved
with the United States and other
foreign countries over its expira
tion polices.
some observers saw in cne pro
ject an attempt by Mexica to
:ne up continental support for its
*izure3 of oil properties and
uds as well as its failure for
ireral years to meet its interna
:onal financial obligations.
The experts committee recom
mended that the conference adopt
a project banning diplomatic ac
ton by a government in behalf
ff its nationals residents in anoth
er country unless there were a
•ienal of justice or a breach of
international law. The committee
•e ode a proposal by one of its
members to outlaw diplomatic in
tervention for any reason.
The Mexican project would ap
pear to aim at placing the confer- ]
•nee on record in favor of no
iplomatic action of any kind and
for any motive.
KLAN OUT TO
SMASH C.I.O,
SAYS WIZARD
^ age Educational Drive
Against "Lewis And
His Communists"
ATLANTA, Dec. 14. (UP) —
•Be Ku Klux Klan today threat
fi'-'i t<> smash the CIO unless the
abor organisation changes its
^arie! ship. Dr. Hiram Welsey
Evans, Imperial Klan Wizard,
saif' hi- followers enaged in war
jair.st *he CIO because of its al
Communistic leanings. The
Man's anti-CIO campaign is na
tion wide.
Sp men for the CIO and its
•wiiiate Textile Workers Organiz
^ committee, claimed the Klan
ported to violence, but Evans
'•enicf; this saying that the fight
or. ar educational basis against
**v• * and his stool pigeon Com
munists."
PUBLIC INVITED TO
FASS1FERN PAGEANT
Climaxing a series of interestf
■'< Christmas activiteis at Fassi
"• M ■ ol, the Christmas paeg
• *i!' be presented by* the phy
sical "Mutation department under
•J1'- direction of Miss Catherine
Howard at 8 o'clock tonight in
r- school auditorium. The pub
1K » invited.
Christmas Tree
Lights Will Be
On Here Tonight
The lights on Hendersonville's
community Christmas tree will be
turned on tonight and it will be
illuminated every night through
the holiday period.
The tree, situated on a vacant
lot at Church street and Fifth
avenue, will be the scene of a
Christmas program at 8 p. m. on
Saturday night, December 24,
with the Hendersonville Minister
ial association in charge. Singing
of carols will feature the pro
gram.
Kxpense of erecting the tree
and burning the lights will be I
borne by the chamber of com
merce. which also is co-sponsor
of a contest in which the exterior
of many homes in Hendersonville
and vicinity w'ill be decorated and
lighted. Prizes of $50 will be
awarded.
U. S. MAY FUND
SALE OF GOODS
TO CHINESE
Arrangement Would Be
"Purely Commercial,"
No War Measure
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (UP)
—The federal government is con
sidering financing sale of between
$25,000,000 and $50,000,000 of
American products to China, it
was learned last night.
The plan, which officials de
scribed as "very complicated," is
expected to be announced shortly.
It was emphasized meantime that
it will be "purely commercial,"
meaning it will not be a formal
loan which .Japan, in view of her
war on China, might construe as
an unfriendly gesture by a neu
tral power.
t ne program nas oecn laKinjf
shape for several weeks in discus
sions between treasury depart
ment officials and members of a
Chinese financial mission headed
by K. P. Chen, Shanghai banker.
The mission came here ostensibly
for the purpose of obtaining fin
ancial aid in the war with Japan.
A usually reliably official indi
cated that under the plan the
federal export-import bank would
establish commercial credits for
American exporters, reportedly
automobile and truck manufac
turers, and that these would be
underwritten by the reconstruc
tion finance corporation.
It remained conjectural how
China proposed to reimburse the
treasury but it was suggested that
Chinese silver shipments would
provide adequate surety.
The treasury has been buying
•Chinese silver by agreement since
May, 1936, at prices ranging
from 43 to 47 cents an ounce.
More than 300,000,000 ounces
have been thus acquired. It was
pointed, out that there is nothing
to prevent a corollary agreement
to Day for American exports.
The financial mission was re
ported to have attempted to reach
similar agreements with private
industralists, but to no avail.
MURDER AND SUICIDE
TALLULAH, La., Dec. 15.
(UP)—Coroner H. C. Sevier re
ported last night that J. T. Watts,
75-year-old filling station opera
tor, had murdered his wife and
then shot himself.
Move To Revoke U. S. Citizenship
And Deport Nazi, Kuhn Associate
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15. (UP)
Herman Schwinn, west coast
leader of the German-American
bund, and an associate of the
New York Nazi leader, Fritz
i Kuhn, has been threatened with
deportation proceedings, federal
authorities disclosed last night.
U. S. Attorney Benjamin Har
rison revealed that steps have
been taken to institute proceed
ings citing Schwinn to show
cause why his American citizen
ship should not be levoked.
The action would be based on
allegations that certain discrep
ancies existed in the application
the bund leader made out for cit
izenship papers years ago.
Schwinn already has been ques
k tioned in the case.
Although one source reported
the discrepancies had been detect
ed in testimony Schwinn gave to
the Dies congressional committee,
Schwinn said last night that he
had never appeared before the
committee.
"I telegraphed Dies (Represen
tative Martin Dies, D., Texas)
asking permission to appear and
present evidence I had in my pos
session but the telegram was not
acknowledged," Schwinn said.
He admitted having 1)een ques
tioned by immigration officials,
but insisted he knew nothing else
about the inquiry which he be
lieved was a "mistake," and one
which would "not have arisen if
it had not been for my opposi
. tion to Jews and communists."
NEW CHARGES MADE GERMANY
AND OTHER POWERS FOSTERING
U. S. ESPIONAGE; QUIZ TO END
ECUADOREANS
FACING LEFT
WING REVOLT
President Masses Guns and
Planes; Rebel Guns Are
Trained on Quito
QUITO, Ecuador, Dec. 15 (UP)
President Aurelio Narvaez mass
ed artillery and airplanes to sup
port his demands for the immed
iate surrender of dissident army
units, fortified on Ichimbia Hill,
and dominating the capital under
leadership of leftwing political
chieftains.
Orders for the attack was ex
pected at any hour. Police and
soldiers patroled capital streets
and the presidential palace is
heavily guarded.
Business was suspended and all
communications are under strict
censorship.
Disaffected troops refused;
all demands that iney surrender j
and in turn demanded the presi
dent to revoke his decree dissolv
ing parliament.
The government flatly refused
to free several left-wing assem
blymen who were arrested when
the assembly was dissolved and
its members "outlawed" by exe
cutive decree.
Larrea Alba, a stormy petrel in
Ecuadorean politics for several
months, who only a few months
ago returned from exile, was ar
rested by soldiers at San Juan,
near here. Speaker Arrizaga Li
que of the assembly also was
seized. The soldiers were compell
ed to use their rifles to subdue
the two men, who were locked up
in the local barracks.
When he dissolved the assem
bly, President Mosquera Narvaez
announced that he would rule by
decree and at the same time con
voked elections for the second
Sunday in May, 1935), when a
complete senate and chamber of
deputies will be chosen by popu
lar vote.
Although the rest of the coun
try was said to be quiet, travel
was limited to those in possession
of police passports.
NEW NOTE IS
SENT NAZIS ON
JEWS' STATUS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—
(UP) — Acting Secretary of
State Sumner Welles today re
vealed that the United States
has sent a new note to Germany
requesting immediate assurance
that American Jews will not be
discriminated against in the
Reich.
The note expressed 'disappint*
ment' oyer failure of the Ger
man government to give such
assurances which had been re
quested previously.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Kedron Lodge, No. 387, A. F.
& A. M., will meet in Regular
Communication tonight at 7:30
o'clock. All officers and members
urged to be in attendence. At this
meeting officers for the coming
year will be elected. Visiting Ma
sons will be welcomed.
Investigator Decares Situ
ation "Too Grave" to
Be "Overestimated"
By MACK JOHNSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Doc. 15. (UP)
—New charges that Germany and
other powers are fostering syjjfce
matie espionage in the Ut&ed
States were made today before
the house committee on un-Amer
ican activities which ends its work
today.
Chairman Martin Dies, D.,
Texas, said that the future of -£he
$25,000 inquiry into Fascist,
Communist and Nazi activities de
pends upon whether the next con
gress votes additional funds "as
we huve only scratched the sur
face with our limited money."
"We will have our report and
our legislative recommendations
ready for congress within two
weeks, he said. "The American
public is behind our efforts to un
mask subversive activites, and I
don't believe $1,000,000 would be
too much to ask to do a thorough
job."
His statement came after John
C. Mctcalf, committee investiga
tor, testified that he collaborated _
wtih federal agents, police and j
military intelligence officers, in
tracing down espipnage activities !
which have created a situation
"so grave" that it "cannot be
over-stated."
"Germany and other counteries i
are involved in the espionage ac
tivities," Metcalf said. jTaeJ
United States will be in a pre^'ar^
ious condition if it does not heed j
the espionage efforts of various!
foreign organizations."
He said that some of the "es
pionage machines" might cause i
the United States serious trouble
in event of war and that he felt i
the enitre situation should be the
subject of a much more exhaus-;
tive inquiry than he was able to i
(Continued on page three)
JEWS IN REICH
PAYING FIRST
PART OF FINE
Will Turn Over Hundred
Million Dollars in Kill
ing of Vom Rath
DERLIN, Dec. 15. (UP)—Jew-j
ish leaders said last night that
thousands of German Jews would
turn over $100,000,000 to the
German government within the
next 24 hours—perhaps without
a single default—to meet the first
instalment of a $400,000,000 col
lective "fine" imposed after the
assassination in Paris of Ernst
Vom Rath.
The prediction of 100 per cent
payment from every Jew whose
fortune exceeds $2,000 waff based
on the fact that, although the
original decree demanded pay
ment in cash, the government re
cently relaxed the conditions for
payment.
Under the original announce
ment of the "fine" it was explain
ed that as the only alternative to
cash payment government centers
would be opened where Jews
could liquidate jewelry and other
valuables to raise cash.,
This plan failed to work and it1
became apparent that many,
1 Jews would be forced into bank
ruptcy.
mereiore mu ecuuuiu».o •••••••»
try permitted the Jews to use se
curities, land titles and mine roy
alties in addition to cash to meet
i the first 25 per cent instalment
J of the crushing fine.
i The fine will strip the German
j Jews of at least 20 per cent of
their entire wealth, as it was
; computed at the time of Vom
Hath's slaying. In addition, the
Jews must uav about $200,000,
000 for destruction done by Nazis
j in the Nov. 11 wave of anti-Sem
itic disorders, in which Jewish
shops were the chief targets.
Jews who have reported losses
from the riot destruction will be
allowed to deduct these sums
from the estimates of their total
holdings, thus reducing the ulti
mate yield to the government.
The government reserved the
right to take other measures
against Jewish wealth if the levy
i on one-fifth of all Jewish wealth
fails to produce $400,000,000.
SOLONS MUST
ATTACK MANY
NX PROBLEMS
Face Greatest Financial
Needs; May Change
Absentee Ballot Law
REVAMPING~SCHOOL
SYSTEM IS LIKELY
By CHILES COLEMAN
United Press Staff Correspondent
RALEIGH. Dec. 15.—(UP) —
North Carolina's general assem
bly for 1939 convenes in three
weeks faced with a myriad of
problems ranging from the larg
est appropriation request in his
tory to a re-examination of the
state's policy in dealing with cap
ital offenders.
As always, one of the chief
legislative objectives will be rais
ing the money to pay for the
widespread activities of the state
and determining how much is to
be allotted for each specific pur
pose.
Much of the spade work of this
enormous task is being done by
the advisory budget commission.
This group's recommendations to
the assembly will not be revealed
until after January 4 when the
120 representatives and f>0 sena
tors convene in the century-old
chambers of the state capitol
here, but complete hearings al
ready have been' held at which
the various departments of gov
ernment outlined their financial
needs for the next two years.
They asked from the general
fund a total appropriation of
$95,861,809, more than ever be
fore has been requested. In ad
dition, the highway department
estimated its needs from the spe
cial highway fund at .969,203,
902.
Inseparably linked with the fi
nancial problems of the legisla
ture are a number of other ques
tions likely to result in long floor
debate and innumerable commit
tee and conference discussions.
These include revamping of the
state's educational system, social
security, modification of the sales
tax, homestead exemptions and
several others.
A special study commission has
recommended a sweeping reorgan
ization of the school system, in
cluding addition of a 12th grade,
salary increases and retirement
pay for teachers, and improve
ment of facilities for vocational
education.
Such a program would cost, the
commission estimated, approxi
mately $1,000,000. All of it could
not, of course, be put into effect
at once, but many persons believe
the 1939 assembly will take the
first steps.
The sales tax has been a con
troversial issue since it was
adopted, and while there are in
dications the fight over its pro
visions at the forthcoming as
(Continued on page three)
CONVICT NAZI
IN SPY CASE
3 Co-Defendants in Canal
Zone Turn Pale as
Verdict Rendered
CRISTOBAL, C. Z., Dec. 15.—
(UP)—Hans Heinrich Schackow,
one of four Gei'mans charged
with spying on Panama canal de
fenses, yesterday was found guil
ty by a jury in Cristobal district
court.
The jury, composed chiefly of
Canal Zone employes, deliberated
two hours before reaching a ver
dict.
Judge Bunk Gardner announc
ed he would not sentence Schac
kow until he had ruled on a mo
tion for a new trial, for which
the defense was given until De
cember 22 to apply.
Schackow, who was arrested
October 16 at Fort Randolph
while taking photographs with
three companions, Miss Ingebord
Gutmann, Gisbert Gross and Ed
ward Robert Kuhrig, turned pale
as the jury announced its ver
dict. Judge Gardner previously
had warned the courtroom against
any demonstration.
Shackow and Miss Gutmann
were employes of the Hapag
Lloyd line office in Cristobal.
Kuhrig will be the next de
fendant to be brought to trial,
some time in January.
FASCISTS BOOST ARMAMENTS
BUDGET ONE THIRD, FRANCE
WARNED OF TUNISIAN DRIVE
BRITAIN AND1
FRANCE READY
TO POOL ARMS
Warn Europe They Will
Stand Together in Un
. provoked Aggression
PARIS, Dec. 15. (UP)—For
eign Minister Georges Bonnet last
night warned Europe's totalitar
ian powers particularly Italy, that
Great Britain and France stand
ready "spontaneously" to pool
their fighting strength and go to
war in event of any unprovoked
aggression.
Bonnet's statement before the
foreign afFairs committee of the
ch.*im')er of deputies coincided
wich an announcement by Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain in
'the British .House of Commons
pointedly warning Italy against
any atatempt to upset the "status
quo" in the Mediterranean.
France has received assurances,
Bonnet said, of British collabora
! tion amounting virtually to "aut
omatic aid" if Italy or any other
powers attack Tunisia or at
temps to tamper with the Medi
, tenanean territorial balance.
"I declare in the name of the
1 French government that all our
Hand; sea and air forces would
I spontaneously and immediately
; be utilized for the defense of
Great Britain in case of unpro
! coked agrression," he added,
j Bonnet spoke openly of the!
: danger of war arising from!
j Italy's dangerous, although still j
unofficial demands against j
France.
"There cannot be the least |
doubt that France will never ccde j
an inch of here territory to Italy j
and any attempt to carry out i
such a pretension could only lead
to war," he said.
Simultaneously, it was rumored
that Chancellor Adolf Hitler's
personal adjutant, Capt. Fritz
Weidcmann, had arrived secretly
! in Paris with Der Fuehrer's ans-!
wer as to whether Germany
would go to Italy's aid in event J
of war between Italy and France.
The Germany embassy neither |
denied nor confirmed the report,1
merely stating that no such visit
had been arranged by the em
bassy.
MOUNT MORIAH WILL 1
HEAR REV. V. D. JONES
The Rev. Wade Worley, pastor
of Mount Moriah Baptist church, 1
has announced that the Rev. Ver- 1
gil D. Jones, of Balfour, will
preach at Mount Moriah at 11 a.
m. Sunday, December 18. The
general public is invited and peo
ple of the vicinity are urged by
the pastor to attend.
BALFOUR TO HAVE
SERMON IN SONG
Rev. C. E. Blythe, pastor, an
nounces that he will preach at
Balfour Baptist church Sunday
night at 7 o'clock when the ser
vice will feature a "sermon in
song." The theme will be, "Where
I Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?"
(Luke 15:11-24). The children of
' Rev. Mr. Blythe will furnish the
\ music. The public is invited.
Tunis And Corsica May
Become "French Sude
tenlands"
ROME, Dcc. 15. (UP)—Pre
mier Renito Mussolini's cabinet
yesterday ordered a 33 per cent
increase in the nation's armaments
budget as an "ureent necessity"
while Fascist leaders warned that
T «,nsia and Corsica may become
French Sudetenlands.
The cabinet's announcement of
a $130,308,750 or a one-third in
crease, in the arms budget during
the next fiscal year was made un
der provisions of an extraordinary
appropriation of $526,250,000
which Italy intends to <*pend on
armaments above the normal de-|
fense budgets under a four-year
program.
The cabinet explained that the
action was "an urgent necessity in;
view of the general situation."
The war ministi^ obtained $42,-;
909,750 more than its present bud
get, the navy got $40,014,000 more
and the air ministry received an j
increase of $47,385,000.
Military attaches of foreign em
bassies were particularly impress
ed with the increase for the air!
force, which would play a vital
and perhaps decisive role in any
war in the Mediterranean.
Experts calculated that the ap
propriations for the war, navy and
aviation ministries alone represent
35 per cent of the government's i
total estimated expenditures for
the 1939-1940 fiscal year.' This
figure does not include increases
o{about $26,325,000 for the min
istries of agriculture, public woritft
and corporations' which aid indi
rectly in improving Italy's nation
al defense.
Scout Review And
Honor Court Set
'The regular court of review for
Boy Scouts will be held Friday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the
high school building, it was an
nounced today.
On Monday night, the Decem
ber court of honor will be con
ducted at the city hall, beginning
at 7:30 o'clock. The public in gen
eral was invited to attend the
Monday night event and parents
of Boy Scouts are asked to at
tend.
NEW CONFEDERATE
PENSION CHECKS
RECEIVED HERE
A total of $3,562.50 in Con
federate pension checks is avail
able for veterans and widows of
veterans, Clerk of Superior Court
George W. Fletcher announced
today.
Five veterans of the war re
ceive checks for $182.50 each; 16
Class A widows receive $150 each
and five Class B widows receive
$50 each.
These are semi-annual pay
ments.
MRS. BANE IS HERE
FROM CINCINNATI
Mrs. F. L. Bane of Cincinnati
arrived Sunday to spend the week
with relatives and friends. Mrs.
Bane and Mrs. J. L. Albea are
spending today with a sister, Mrs.
F. L. Gilreath, in Asheville.
I
Eden Told U. S. Feels Franco Victory
In Spain Contrary To Best Interests
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (UP)
j —Regardless of the unofficial
i character of his visit, former
British Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden had received intima
tions that the Roosevelt adminis
tration believes victory for Gen
eralissimo Fjancisco Franco in
Spain would fte contrary to Unit
ed States interests, it was learn
ed last night on the eve of his de
parture from here for New York, j
He had also heard plain speak
ing, always friendly, it was
learned, concerning the prevail- i
ing American attitude toward the
British government's Spanish pol
icy. It is believed, on the eve of
his departure for New York, that
the most pressing message he will
carry home will be one of Ameri
can antagonism to a Franco tri-J
umph, with its implications re
garding a possible new, important
base for Germany and Italy.
Asked point-blank by one of
the small, highly-influential groups
assembled in his honor here,
whether Britain would grant bel
ligerent rights to Spain, Eden re
plied, "I hope not." ,
It had been made clear to him,
it was said, that British recogni
tion of Franco's status as a belli*
gerent, with its encouragement of
starvation-blockade of a Loyalist
Spain already coping with hun
ger, would hardly be conducive
to Anglo-American harmony that
presumably it is Eden's mission
to strengthen and which is no les*
desired here.
Officials of influence here, who
(Continued on page three).
CONGRESS TO
CONSIDER FEW
NEW MEASURES
Legislative Program Likely
to Call For Amend
ing Old 0n?9
ICKES NOTTO QUIT
POST FOR MAYORALTY
WASHINGTON, Dee. 15. (UP)
Th« Whit* Hotw this afternoon
announced the resignation of Sec
retary of Commerce Roper, effec
tive December 23.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (UP)
Secretary of Commerce Roper in
tends to resign from the cabinet
in the near future, possibly soon
after the first of the year, the
United Press was reliably inform
ed today.
For months Roper has denied
flatly hia resignation was impend
ing.
Today he continued to decline
comment but it was learned that
he had told close friends he con
templated resigning at the end of
President , Roosevelt's first term
but the president prevailed on
him to remain.
The death of Roper's son-in
law, David R. Coker, wealthy seed
grower, about two weeks ago is
believed to have made Roper un
willing to reconsider his decision
to quit, even if requested by
President Roosevelt.
Responsibilities of handling
Cokers numerous business enter
prises have fallen on Roper and
it .is reported that he believes it
imperative for him to leave the
government service.
ICKES TURNS DOWN
CHICAGO MAYORALTY
CHICAGO, Dec. 16. (UP)—
The tiwdquarten. of' UK* '-Drift
Ickes for Mayor Club" of Chica
go today announced that Secre
tary of the Interior Harold J..
Ickes declined to become a can
didate in the 1939 city election
in Washington. Ickes said he re
fused the plea to run for mayor
because President Roosevelt
wanted him to stay "in harness."
u. s. defIcit is
TWICE LAST YEAR'S
WASHINGTON, Dm. 16. (UP)
The treasury today announced
that government spending this
fiscal year has passed four billion
dollar mark.
The net deficit was more than
a billion and half, more than
twice the sum by which the treas
ury went into the red in the cor
responding period of the previous
fiscal year.
F.R'S. CONGRESSIONAL
PLANS NOT ELABORATE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (UP)
President Roosevelt will confine
his program for the 76th congress
largely to improving existing New
Deal laws and will not recom
mend a "lot of new stuff," senate
Majority Leader Alben W. Bark
ley, D., Ky., said Wednesday af
ter a White House conference.
He said that he discussed with
the president the subject of taxes,
proposed changes in the Wegner
Labor act, the farm program, na
tional defense and kindred prob*
lems. The conversation was gen
era!,, he said, and no final decis
ions were reached. The chief exe
cutive is to review the legislative
(Continued on page three)
Shopping Days
Till Christmas.
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lWutwrrv«*«N9rc<N uPQMnovsc
T OOKDTO BACK TO CHRIST
^ MAS EIGHT YEAB0 AGO—
Young Judge William Cl»rk ol
New Jersey startled oountry by
declaring adoption of the 19th
Amendment invalid. . . . Santa
was bringing Sinclair Lewis a
Nobel Prize. . . . Companionate
marriage topic of discussion.
. . . Christmas merriment
dampened by epidemic of bank
failures. . . . King Alfonso of
Spain preparing to / vacant
throne. . . . America was greet
ing Prof. Einstein uproariously.