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tf THE WEATHER CIRCULATION The Greenville News Leads All South Carolina Newspapers In Total Circulation RAIN TODAY G-eenvllle Cotton 8.85 New Orleans Cotton .....8.64 THE LEADING NEWSPAPER OF SOUTH CAROLINA VOL LXV. NO. 18. GREENVILLE, S. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1939.

Fourteen I'ges PRICE 5c SUNDAY 10c POPULATION I I CENSUS GOVERNOR MAYBANK FOR PROGRESSIVE REGIME 0 0 0- France, Not Backed By Britain, To Stay Out Spanish War 1 Tl mm 1H Big Crowd As Thousands See Former Charleston Mayor Made Governor John Bull In Fear Of Great War 1 1 1 fll) is 1m ri ITi cV SlII Jj gift jJMUis JsLJ riv ji rN England To Take No Chance On Aiding Loyalist Side FRENCH DIVIDED Italian Paper Says 44,000,000 Spit In France's Face PARIS, Jan. 17 UP) France apparently decided today to stay clear of the Spanish war. The government said it would not give aid to the Spanish government unless Britain did, and Britain was determined not to intervene. Risk of a European war was considered too great. I Government leaders wrestled with the problem throughout the day and at one point considered the advisability of taking the bull by the horns and acting on their own, but the old bugaboo of a war in which Prance might find herself alone seemingly was too much.

NOT GOING IN ALONE Foreign Minister George Bonnet wound up the day by announcing that Fiance would revise her pol- icy of non-intervention in Spain only if Britain did. He was careful, however, not to close the door too tightly pn the hopes of a considerable portion of the French parliament, which was demanding help tf from Spain's government. France and Britain, he said, were conferring on a betwixt and between sol: inn might end Italian aid to the Spanish chout risking war. 'Trite crowd estimated by Columbia police -at from The nature the pUi was not disclosed. Word from Loudon was that the British government did not look at all favorably on idea of op-J Citizens from" all over the state were in attendance and Charleston particularly was well represented as citizenry of the seaport came to Columbia to see their favorite son elevated to the highest executive office within the gift of the people of the state.

Inset at upper left shows close-up Maybank speaking. Familiar Confederate monument" and Columbia's Main street stretch away in background. (Staff Photo by Simpson. Other pictures on Pages 6 and incoming chief magistrate and cheered him lustily when he proposed an administration of "sound fiscal policy," development of the state's natural resources, change of the pardon and parole system and other reforms. The inaugural rites lasted only 29 minutes.

Oath of office. was administered to Maybank by Chief Justice John G. Stabler of the state supreme court. The Bible used was one which has been in the Maybank family for a century and a half. 10,000 tp 15,000 persons yesterday at noon witnessed the ceremony on the north steps of the state house at which Burnet R.

Maybank, Charleston business! man, scion of of'' the state's first families and former mayor of the City. by The Sea, was inaugurated the 111th governor of South Carolina. He succeeds Olin D. Johnston, Spartanburg lawyer. The orderly throng listened attentively to enmg the French frontier, which had been closed to shipment of arms to government Spain since last (Continued on Page ft, Col 3) ITALIANS RETURN FRENCH MEDALS Sees Oath Given Him Pleads Development Of Industries In The State FOR COOPERATION Promises To Serve All The People Next Four Years have said beore and repeat now, that 1 have no desire to be governor except to be senuce to my state That is my purpose.

That is my aim. That is my ambition." Maybank. By STAFF CORRESPONH'T COLUMBIA, Jan. 17 Burnet Rhett Maybank, business man and former mayor of Charleston, became the 111th governor of South Carolina today. Taking the oath of office on the north steps of the ancient state house still bearing the mark of Sherman's shells, the 39-year-old chief magistrate in his inaugural address pledged an administration of progress for the state which he said "I love from the mountains to the sea." THOUSANDS ATTEND A throng estimated by police at from 10,000 to 15,000 heard him plead for cooperation between the executive and legislative branches of the state government, for fiscal reform, "a sound tax structure," development of the state's natural ret" sources, reform of -the 'pardon and parole system, creation of a stats police better educational opportunities ior the ehlldren in the common' schools 6i the state and for abolition of the last vestiges of sectional prejudice and partisanship among the people of the Palmetto commonwealth.

Maybank took the prescribed oath of the governorship from Chief Justice John G. Stabler of the state supreme court as J. B. Westbrook, clerk of the court, held the 150-year-old Maybank family Bible, Senator Taylor Stukes of Manning, president pro tempore of the senate, presided. The new governor at once launched into his address and just 29 minutes after the ceremony had been started it ended amid wild cheers from the citizenry crowded about the historic capitol building.

CONGRATULATES SUCCESSOR Olin D. Johnston, retiring governor, who had sat close by listening to the speech, was first to congratulate the man who was succeeding him in office. Maybank and Johnston rode In the lead car of a procession from the Jefferson hotel to the east first floor entrance of the state house, followed by other cars carrying Mrs. Maybank and Mrs. Johnston, the Maybank children, friends and officials.

Down the mile or so of Main street thousands lined the sidewalks or pushed out into the street to wiU (Continued on Page 6, Col. 6) MEXICO CHASES N. Y. TIMES MAN Reporter's Stories Also Rile U. S.

'Liberals' MEXICO CITY. Jan. 17. UP Frank L. Kluckhorn, the first news paper man to be expelled from Mexico In recent years, left by plane today for the United States under Mexican Interior department ordera to leave the country before night.

Mexico newspapers failed to men- tlon the matter. The government press department said it was displeased with his dispatches on various occasions. Kluckhorn was correspondent here for the New York Times. His mother and many friends told him goodbye at the airport, where he boarded a plane for Brownsville, at 1:20 p. m.

The New York Times printed page-one statement that in the past few months Kluckhorn had been siibiected to a barrage of criticism not only from Mexican sources but also from certain so-called liberal in this country." About four months ago. the newspaper said, the criticism Increased to such an extent that "the New York Times, in pursuance of a Dolicv of taking nothing for grant ed, sent an assistant managing edi tor to Mexico City to investigate Mr Klmkhorn's work on the spot. "The reoorts vindicated Mr. Kluckhorn in every respect. The Weather Br.

ili rmmlln' Intrrmtttrnl ralM tlHniU arirrnoon. rlearlnf tfl afternoon, wimewhat mirier Wedn-dav night: Thursday fair with eraie lemperatw. Jinrth larwma: iniernmirni mv Wednesday iowpwhat eldee Wed tMUv night: IhurMU? fair wit! moderate temperature. (Other Dal On Lenity Granted 29 As Johnston 'Exits' COLUMBIA, Jan. 17 Governor Olin Johnston granted clemency to 29 prisoners today, bringing to 301 the number of clemencies Issued before his four-year term closed at noon.

Roosevelt's Relief Estimates. Disputed WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (-P) President Roosevelt said today that WPA would have to lay off a million or more relief workers by June 1 if a proposed cut in appropriations is carried through, but his estimates were disputed immediately in influential congres Newspaper Attacks More Bitter Grow Canal And Quoddy To Cause Row WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (P)-Another row over spending appeared in prospect tonight after President Roosevelt asked Congress to revive the Florida ship canal and the tidal power development at Passama-quoddy Bay, two New Deal projects which have heen comatose because of the legislators' refusal to provide funds. PRESIDENT URGES PROJECTS Mr.

Roosevelt made hLs request In letters to Chairman Manslield D-Tcx) of the House Rivers and Harbors committee, and Chairman (Continued On Page Col. 8) Insurgent Offensive Slows Up HENDAYE, France, Jan. 17. W) Spanish government forces in mountain strongholds stiffened theif resistance to the steady insurgent advance toward Barcelona today amid general expectations that the two reinforced armies were preparing for a battle which might decide the outcome of the civil war. SMALL GAIN MADE The insurgent offensive against the government capital slowed down slightly.

Only in the center of the three-pronged drive into Catalonia did the insurgents report any real advance, this by capturing other position of the highway to Barcelona through Igualada. The posi-(Contlnued on Page 8, Col. 3) JAMES PLEDGES MAJOR ECONOMIES New Pennsylvarwa Governor To Cut Personnel HARRISBURO, Jan. 17. TT) Governor Arthur H.

James, quoting Benjamin Franklin in an attack on "overspending and taxation," pledged today that Pennsylvania's incoming republican administration would seek major economies, keep politics out of rebel and aid labor and industry alike. Calling in his inaugural address for cooperation of all groups, he said: "I hope to see employment grow steadily until every Idle man who wants a job can have one. To accomplish that, we need the aid and confidence and forebearance of business men throughout the state, xxx The vote last fall was an appeal for labor and Industry to clasp hands. The tyranny of either group can be tolerated no longer." ROME, Jan. 17.

WP) Italy began helping Germany line up the Balkan countries for the Rome-Berlin axis tonight while Fascists vented their hatred of France. Count Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister and son-in-law of Premier Mussolini, left tonight for Yugoslavia to visit Dr. Milan Stoyadino-vich, Yugoslav premier and foreign minister. Authoritative Italians said the trip was intended largely to complete the elimination of French influence from southeastern Europe, which they said was in "a ferment of revisionism." Italian bitterness against France was marked today by the surrender lf of French World war medals by Italian veterans at the suggestion of Brigadier General Silvio Lucco Mus-ino, retired, of Turin. He sent his own croix de guerre to a Rome newspaper along with a froposal that all French-decorated tallan veterans turn In their medals, the medals began to pour in with letters expressing disgust at having "defended swinish France." This and fresh anti-French invective in the Fascist press followed disparging remarks in the French press against Italian soldiers and fl sailors: Elliott Roosevelt Is Out For Garner fl FORT WORTH.

Texas, Jan. Roosevelt, son of the President, declared in favor of Vice President Garner as the next chief executive in a radio broadcast last night. Roosevelt cited the great strides Texas has made in recent years in population, agriculture, and Industry, and insisted this state should be given the recognition In political leadership and prestige which he laid has been denied her. BOMBINGS BLAMED ON IRISH 'ANTICS' Scotland Yard Says Blasts Caused By I. R.

A. LONDON, Jan. 17. (Pi Police guards were Intensified at public utility properties and homes of public officials, Including that of Prime Minister ChamberlRln, today while searches were conducted In three countries for perpetrators of a series of bombings. Scotland Yard attributed the explosions to the Illegal Irish Republican army.

Ten occurred yesterday In London, Manchester, Liverpool. Birmingham, Belfast and other cities, Another todav damaged a power line pylon in Birmingham. Public services were partly disrupted. Police said thev believed the blasts were Intended to signalize anger of the I. R.

A. which opposes both the Ireland iElre and Northern Ireland (Ulster) governments, with British control of Ireland. Police rounded up Irishmen living in England in the search for possible ringleaders. But despite the police activity In Ennhnri. Northern Ireland and Eire, no arrests were reported.

The 29 was the largest numocr during his administration. Many persons appeared at his ofHce this morning seeking to obtain favorable action for convicts, mingling with the others who came to tell the retiring governor goodbye. 102 THIS MONTH Seventy-three paroles, pardons and commutations had previously been Issued tins month, which, with the 29, raised the total to 102, or almost exactly a third of the total issued during the four years. Forty-nine were granted in December. 16 in November.

12 in October and 21 last September. Johnston, succeeded as governor by Burnet R. Maybank, of Charleston, said in his final message to the legislature last week: "Adherence by your governor to the strict policy of not granting indiscriminate pardons has resulted In a wholrsome and renewed respect (Continued on Page 8, Col. 7) SCHOOL CHILDREN BE TAUGHT FLYING Courses Of Theory Of Mechanics Planned ST. LOUIS, Jan.

17. Between 17.000.000 and 20.000.000 American school children will be taught the Omnrv nf mpphnnlpfil fliolit. pnrh year under a system roughly simi lar 10 tnose vogue in curope, aviation leaders decided In convention here today. The scheme for making the coun-trv vniith conscious of what Mai. Uen.

Frank M. Andrews, chirr of the Rcnrral headquarters air force, called the new role of air power in international auairs, win oe oove-tailed with the government's pto-Bi-nm for trarhlrr thousands of col lege students to fly. Fifty thousand persons the aged who gazed at thedr champion who promised t30 a month for and all over 65. infants, curious and a stage full of dignitaries made the stadium tremble with applause as ODanlel ended his inaugural address. The amazing man who mounted a sound truck only a few weeks before the July primary election and thundered his intention to drive out the "professional politicians," did not mention his plans for obtaining funds to pay the aged.

Solons Laud Speech Made By Maybank (Full Text On Page Sixt By HARRY ASHMORE (Staff Correspondent) COLUMBIA, Jan. 17. The sound of Charleston voices, dominant in Columbia since the inauguration celebration for the first lowcountry governor in 75 years began last night, was dying away tonight and favorable legislation reaction to Burnet R. Maybank's outlined program could be heard on every side. Upcountrv and lowcountry Joined in applauding the address, which keynoted peace and harmony and good will toward Industry.

(Continued on Page 6, t'ol. 5) 'Peck's Bad Bo Inspiration Dies MILWAUKEE. Jan. man who as a lad mnde April Fool day stunts an everyday occurrence and therein- furnished the Inspiration for "Peck's Bad Boy." died at his Milwaukee home today. He was Edward J.

Watson. 77, until his retirement in March. 1938. a paving Inspector for the street construction drpartment. He had been 111 two months.

Young Edward Watson, born In Adams county, Wisconsin, In 1861. came to Milwaukee as a boy and got a Job as a telegraph messenger. He thought up pranks simple little things, some of them, like putting salt in the sugar which kept his parents on edge, and George W. Peck put them down on paper. Tomorrow he will nresent his pro gram to a Joint session of the legislature.

He has given no Inkling of what to expect. Not even Billy Rose's "Casa Ma-nana" In Texas' centennial gay days of two years ago could outdo the O'Danlel show Texaa witnessed todav. The state, steeped in unique political history with Its Farmer Jim and Ma Ferguson background, had never seen anything like It. The crowd was record-smashing; the setting a football stadium unheard of. Texas did things the Daniel way" today.

sional quarters. F. D. R. Says Process Tax Depressant The Ncwi Burrau, 1054 Prm By Leased Wire, By WALTER BROWN WASHINGTON, Jan.

Roosevelt is believed to have sounded the death knell for Secretary of Agrieulture Wallace's proposal for reenactment of a processing tax to finance the farm program when at his press conference this afternoon he classified this from of taxation as an "economic depressant." Following on the heels of a statement by Secretary of Treasury Mor-(Cnntlnufd on Page Col. 6) Movie Fans Do Not Care About Credits HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 17. P) Motion picture audiences don't care who turned on the lights, dusted the sets, wrote the gags and cranked the cameras. This, in effect, was what Republic stuaio saia ion ay in announcing that nereaiter "credits' on its pic tures will be given at the end in.

stead of at the beginning, as is cus ternary in the movies. "The Mysterious Miss pre' viewed last night, started with the main title and gave the names of the principal players, then, without further ado, the story got under way. several years In which the demo cratic memoersnip voted as a solid bloc. The seven who opposed Murphy's confirmation, all republicans, were: Bridges and Tobey of New Hampshire, Gurney of South Dakota, Hol-man of Oregon, Taft of Ohio. Van-drnberg of Michigan and White of Maine.

Senators Norris. (Ind Bark, ley (D Logan (D Ky Mlnton (D Ind.) and Brown (D Mich.) came to Murpnv's defense. Senator tUMnv in voted for confirmation, asserted It was wiurpnys nuty to elect the t.rikr mimmHlv if ia Involved "bloodshed." Chairman Adams (D-Colo) of the Senate subcommittee in charge of the relief appropriation told reporters that the chief executive's figures "conveyed an inaccurate impression." As a matter of "simple mathematics," he said no more than 600.000 need be dropped from the work relief rolls. HOUSE CLIPS TOTAL The controversy arose from the fact that the House last week clipped $150,000,000 from the appropriation which the President had requested to keep WPA going from Feb. 7, when its present funds are scheduled for exhaustion, until the end of the fiscal year on June 30.

Adams, with obviously strong backing in the Senate, favors the cut. At the close of a dav of relief hearings, in which he had a run-in with David Lasscr, president of the Workers Alliance Adams explained (Continued on Page Col. 5) BLOOD FOR RARE MALADY SOUGHT First Case Of Kind In U. S. Shows In N.

J. NEWARK, N. Jan. 17. Doctors at St.

Barnabas hcv pilal worked against time tonight in search of a blood donor for a patient suffering a blood malady so rare that staff Physician J. J. Rommer said it was the first case recoidnd in the United States and the fourth In medical history. Dr. Rommer said Harry Batlrr-shall, 85, was suffering from aplastic anemia, acrrstlc type, and was doomed to die within a few hours unless given at least three pints of the proper blood.

His three sons and two of his friends, whose blood has kept him alive since he was stricken la-st May. pleaded with doctors to be allowed to give him more, but Dr. Rommer said they already had given him so much that they themselves were In danger of developing a common type of anemia if they continued. The patient was unable to pay for blood, the doctor said, but several persons volunteered in answer to an appeal for type 2 blood today. None appeared suitable, however, Dr.

Rommer said. The disease, he said, was caused by absence of marrow in the bones, and the tmlv other cases on record were three In London, England. A permanent cure is Impossible, the doctor declared, and If the patient lives It will have to be on bor rowed blood. Frankfurter Confirmed 0' Daniel Inaugural 'Touchdown' Show Murphy And WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.

D-Tht Senate confirmed the nomination of Frank Murphy to be attorney general today over the bitter protest of a tiny minority which insisted that ai governor of Michl- 8 an he had "condoned" the tit-own strike and "set aside the law" on behalf of sit-down striken. The vote was 78 to seven. Just previously, the Senate approved the appointment of Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme court. Ihli action, which placed an outstanding liberal and student of the law upon the nation's high tribunal. taken without discussion and Without lingle negative rote.

Meanwhile. It became evident that republican senators were almost a unit in opposing the confirmation of Harry L. Hopkins, former WPA administrator, to be secretary of commerce. Administration leaders were confident, however, that more than enough democrats were backing the Hopkins appointment to assure a favorable vote. The Senate Commerce committee, which last week questioned Hopkins severely on charges of politics in relief, planned to vote on the nomination tomorrow.

It was scheduled to reach the Senate Thursday, The Murphy appointment produced the first roll-rail vote of the tosion, and the first roll call in AUSTIN, Jan. Lee O'Danlel, flour salesman, poet, racUo singer and song writer, stood on a goal line in his state university's vast football bowl today and became Texas 34th governor. The 48-year-old mill executive, his goal attained by wooing votes with a fiddle band screeching "Please Pass the Biscuits Pappy," droned his oath and set a new course with: "I pray that glamor and color will be eliminated from our legislative session and that aerlousnoss and dignity will reign supreme.".