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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, ASHEVILLE, N. SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1932 Page TWO NATIONAL POLL OF VOTERS BY CENTRAL PRESS STRAW VOTE FOR PRESIDENT OF U. S. A. (This is a SECRET BALLOT.

The names of the voters will not he divulged in any or at any time. Only the ballots of REGISTERED VOTERS counted.) favor for President of the United States. This vote is to be counted in the national poll by Central Press. I am a registered voter. In the 1928 presidential election I voted for If you did not vote in 1928 because you were not old enough then, indicate that by writing in words "NEW VOTER" here: My name is Male or Female Street Address City County Mall your vote to Straw Vote Editor.

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C. BY THE CITIZEN AND THE TIMES SENATE ORDERS EXCHANGE PROBE Gigantic Task Will Be Started Tuesday By Banking Committee -(Continued From Page One) tion banking and federal reserve sy8tems. At the other end of the capitol, A house judiciary sub-committee heard testimony defending the practice of short selling and received a statement from Frank P. Parish. president of the Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line company, charging raids have been engineered "with the express purpose of destroying competition by bankrupting A rival Claims Stock Raided The Parish statement, put into the record, by Representative Gregory (Democrat, committee member.

said a 100,000 share bid had failed to support his company's stock on June 16, 1930, "in the face of an attack by Standard Oil and Doherty." statement said this "bear raid" taken place after Parish had been advised by E. Fischer of the North American Light and Power company to abandon certain pipe line plans. Fischer was reported as telling ParIsh "that I was not capable of buckIng such powerful interesta as Standard Oil of New Jersey and (Henry L) Doherty." The statement continued: "The following day I proceeded to New York. Upon my arrival, however, I learned that our stock on the market had already been attacked and was under heavy pressure. All supporting bids, approximately 000 shares were filled before I could possibly withdraw them.

"I would not have allowed these large orders to remain in the ket in the face of an Attack by Standard Oil and Doherty, with quiet declaration giving China's interpretation of the resolution. He said: negotiations mentioned in paragraph three refer to armistice negotiations rather than to called Shanghai conference, which 1s to follow armistice negotiations. accept pt on that understanding and also on the understanding 50 splendidly emphasized by M. Motta and M. Benes that no conditions shall be imposed on the withdrawal of troops occupying a territory of an invaded country, "We consider that members of the league cannot be asked or expected to pay a price for enforcement of the right of being protected against foreign aggression, which is guaranteed to every member of the league by the covenant." TAKING NO CHANCES A Jew and a Scotsman decided to go into partnership and bought A bus.

The next morning both showed up as Tit-Bits. Call 5500 for WANT AD RESULTS, SALES TAX PLAN GIVEN APPROVAL House Committee Fixes Rate Of Levy At 2 1-4 Per Cent. WASHINGTON, March 4. -Opening new sources revenue to help balance the Federal budget, the House WAYS and means committee today formally approved A broad manufacturers sales tax. The group settled a controversy that has delayed several days the completion of the projected for, 000,000 bill, and fixed the rate at 2 1-4 per cent.

The overwhelming vote was bi-partisan but was not divulged. Revenue estimated at $625,000,000 is expected to be derived from this new levy, The decision to venture into this system of taxation was made by the committee after it became firmly convinced that revenue treasury's prospective $1,241,000,000 deficit for 1933 could in the usual way. The rate of 2 1-4 per cent was recommended by the sales tax subcommittee. It had made all exhaustive study of the Canadian sales levy with the co of Secretary Mills and treasury experts. The proposed flat two per cent rate was rejected when revised estimates, making allowances for exemptions, showed the prospective yield would reach only $517,000,000.

Taking the saleg tax 88 A basis for the remainder of the bill, the committee expects to complete its two months of labor probably by tomorrow night. Although it has not determined what specific articles exempted from the levy, it has generally agreed that plain and raw foodstuffs, school books, bibles and bare necessities of life would be excluded. "Acting Chairman Crisp said that 85 soon as the exemptions were determined, it could then be ascertained how much revenue would have to be obtained by levying excise taxes. Gasoline, imported petroleum, electricity, industrial alcohol and household gas have been suggested for excise levies. Automobiles are to bear the sales tax.

Recommendations from a subcommittee for modification of the capital gains and loss provision and for other administrative exchanges expected to about $100,000,000 in additional revenue were received 1 by the whole committee today. Crisp said, however, it had not approved them. Increases in corporative taxes from 12 to 13 per cent and higher rates on individual Income and estate are expected to yield about $200,000,000 on the basis of latest estimates. The committee expects about 000,000 to be shaved by Congress from President Hoover's budget estimates for next year and does not plan to make the bill yield the entire amount of the expected deficit. LEAGUE MAKES PEACE EFFORT Unanimously Calls On Warring Factions To Cease Hostilities -(Continued From Page One) AneSe are still advancing, their transports pouring fresh troops into the fighting, even to a point forty miles west of Shanghai, The defenders Woosung were killed to the last man." Obviously stirred by the Chinese patriot's description, the assembly leaders proceeded to draft and press through its resolution, which WAR designed to clarify the foggy situation as to the truth or falsity of an armistice report and to institute proceedings leading to the retirement of the Japanese forces, The assembly will meet again Saturday to consider the situation further.

American Spectators The American delegation to the world disarmament conference, sat AA close spectators to tonight's events, an act which was balled as a demonstration of the assembly's firmness in drafting a problem on which the league council had been working for five months without success. Paul Hymans, the Belgian chairman, whose country has known vasion, directed proceedings with great vigor. He denounced the Japanese attempt to modify the reROlution and insisted that "the time has come for the assembly to speak." M. Sato, substituting for Tsuneo Matsudaira, Japanese ambassador to Great Britain, had accepted paragraphs one two of the lution but had wished to amend the third. by making it read and regulate conditions and details concerning the withdrawal of Japanese forces 85 well as the future situation of Chinese forces." Hymans, Dr.

Gluseppe Motta, the Swiss delegate and Dr. Eduard Benes, the Czechoslovakian, immediately made it clear that the assembly had no mind to admit such a change. Sato smiled and withdrew his proposal. Dr. Yen closed tonight's sitting SIX DEMOCRATS FIGURE IN POLL Hoover Only Republican Represented In First Day's Vote sentiment on the Presidential question.

Ballots will be tabulated as to sex of voters. Because of the interest in the forthcoming political campaign. and the varied issues involved. a heavy poll is assured. Local ballots will be mailed to Central Press association aS rapidly as tabulated: other papers will follow the same policy, $0 speedy returns will be possible.

PRIMARY GALES From Page One) TO ACT AS TEST Mettle Of Candidates For Presidency To Be Tried Out By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, (P) Democrats may cause this year to follow the Shakespearenn Injunction to beware the ides of March- and other dates in it as well. Within that month will be fought out a series of primary battles, east, west and south, which may hold the key to who's who among Democratic aspiranta for the 1932 presidential nomination. Roosevelt In All Races Governor Roosevelt of New York. now supposed leader for the honor among all those mentioned, will be in all of the races. He will engage his old political ally, Alfred E.

Smith, in New Hampshire on March 8, "Alfalfa Bill" Murray of Oklahoma in North Dakota on March 15, and Speaker John N. Garner, somewhat indirectly in Georgia, March 23. In all three states the Roosevelt workers are first in the field, appear well organized, are supported by important state leaders and seem very confident of victory. Georgia Major Test The number of electoral votes involved 18 inconsequential. The possible psychological effect of a sweepIng Roosevelt victory 1s incalculable.

It could start a Roosevelt tidal wave insuring A first -ballot nomination. Should the New Yorker lose Georgia, the state that hails him by the voice of the Democratic organization as an adopted favorite son, the result could raise grave questions in the minds of democrats in other nonfavorite son territory as to his availability. The fundamental consideration of the Democratic 1932 presidential campaign to date 18 the widespread feeling among party workers that A victory at the polls in November 15 not only possible, but probable. House Reflects Harmony Move That feeling underlies the harmony program of the house, by a margin of Democratic majority too close to be workable otherwise. Speaker Garner, swept to new political heights, has become an enigma of the presidential nomination race Itself by virtue of that situation.

Roosevelt, with Washington state's delegation already pledged to him, was the first candidate to gain definite support of a more than strictly favorite son sort. The slogan of the Roosevelters has been "We can win with Roosevelt" and It is because of the natural strength credited in the populous eastern states to a man carry New York for the governorship by the unprecedented he piled up in 1930, that the slogan has great appeal in non-favorite 8011 territory. The odd thing about the Democratia nomination situation is that three major factors, Newton Baker of Cleveland, Al Smith of New York and Garner of Texas are personally Just onlookers. Besides Murray, Governor Ritchie of Maryland is Roosevelt's only open opponent, assuming that booms for men like Byrd of Virginia and Traylor of Illinois ate 111 fact only of the favorite son type. And what any of this trio or stlent candidates will ultimately do about the work of their friends in their behalf may be foreshadowed in what happens in those three farscattered Democratic primaries in March.

SINGAPORE BASE MAY BE BUILT Gateway Of Europe To Far East May Be Protected WASHINGTON -Sino-Japanese warfare at Shanghai holds the center-stage position, but one relatively obscure act in the Far East drama is commanding interest in the capitals of the world. It is the announced determination of the British admiralty to push -after reported conments under labor party construction of a great naval base at Singapore, gateway of Europe's commerce with the Far East. To Protect Trade Routes The purpose of Great Britain's tablishment of a strongly fortified base capable of supplying the needs of a large battle fleet, is the protection of her empire trade routes, the safeguarding of her interests in Asia and the defense of the dominions of Australia and New Zealand. While the Japanese government has not protested British strengthening of the Singapore naval station, some Japanese newspapers In the past have described the project 88 pistol pointed at the heart of Japan." Viewpoint Deeried Advocates of the project have said this viewpoint was far -fetched. for the Straits Settlement 1s 3,340 miles from Yokohama.

At the Washington conference, Japan proposed and it was agreed that naval bases in the Pacific west of the Hawaiian Islands be not further fortified, excepting, of course, those in Japan proper. It was recognized, however, that Singapore, situated on the straits which form the gateway between the Indian and Pacific oceans, WAS Today In Asheville 11 a. m. -City-county financial control board meets, courthouse, 11 6. Latin teachers elect officers, courthouse.

1 p. -Asheville Association of Life Underwriters meets, George Vanderbilt hotel. 3 p. of Women Citizens meets, courthouse. PLAZA THEATER: "Minstrel Moments," starring "Lasses" White, on stage; "Ladies of the Jury," Edna May Oliver and Rosco Ates, on screen.

IMPERIAL THEATER: "Business and Pleasure." Will Rogers and star cast. PARAMOUNT THEATER: "Local Good." Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee. PRINCESS THEATER: "Branded." Buck Jones. PALACE THEATER: "Freighters of Destiny." Tom Keene.

not to be included in the fortifications restrictions. Dominions Ask Protection Most insistent advocacy of a strong British naval base at Singapore has come from New Zealand and Australia motivated a desire to prevent possible Asiatic encroachment in Oceania, It was attitude of the dominIons at the imperial conference in 1920 which is believed to have nad much to do with the failure to renew the Anglo alliance. Dutch other commercial Interests in the Malay states have favored the Singapore project as making for stability in that region of the Far East. The big trade route between England and "open China 1s through the Mediterranean Sea, Suez canal, the. Indian Ocean and the straits of Singapore.

Great Britain has a naval base at Hong Kong, further fortification of which is prohibited by the Washington conference. It also has bases at Colombo, Ceylon and at Bombay but the nearest station to Singapore with Inrge fleet facilities Malta in the Mediterranean, 7,000 miles to the west. Japanese naval bases nearest to Hong Kong and to the Philippine Islands are at the islands of Formosa and Pescadores, west of Formosa. The largest naval base of the United States In the Pacific 15 at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian islands, DEATHS AND FUNERALS T. S.

ATKINS Funeral services for T. S. Atkins, 56, of 49 Newton street, who died Wednesday at his be conducted at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home. J. B.

Grice, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Green Hills cemetery, Mr. Atkins is survived by his widow; three sons, A. T. and 0.

J. Atkins, of Asheville; four daughters, Mrs. L. C. Keener, the Misses Nettle and Louise Atkins of Asheville, and Mrs.

A. P. Blackman, of Bluffton, Texas. Honorary pallbearers will be W. H.

Westall, Frank Austin, H. H. JohnR. L. Fitzpatrick, J.

Carter Robson, erta and I. M. Teague. Active pallbearers will be J. B.

Bogle, Carl Wright, R. L. Mull, 8. O. Bradley, Herbert Langford and Earl Smith.

MRS. RHODA C. RICE Final rites for Mrs. Rhoda C. Rice, who died Thursday afternoon at 78, her home at Oteen, were conducted at Bethel Methyesterday morning odist Episcopal church.

The Rev. Wayne W. Williams, chapOteen, and the Rev. J. C.

lain at Winslow officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Rice is survived by four sons, R. J.

and J. F. Rice, of Oteen. and A. R.

Rice, of Pahokee, and three daughters. Mrs. H. M. Reed, of and Oteen, Mrs.

Mrs. A. J. D. M.

Cordell, Clark, of Sanford, Biltmore. MRS, L. C. JONES Final rites for Mrs. L.

C. Jones, 88, who died Wednesday at the home of her son, J. E. Jones, 308 College street, were conducted yesterday morning at her son's home. Burial was in Haw Creek cemetery.

lowing children: Mrs. M. E. Davis, Mrs. Jones is survived by the folMrs.

C. H. Miller, Mrs. J. H.

Baker, Mrs. T. S. Herron, Mrs. J.

C. Cordell, D. A. Jones, H. T.

Jones and D. E. Jones. CHARLES SULLIVAN Funeral services for Charles H. Sullivan, 42, who died Wednesday at his home, 166 Virginia avenue, were conducted yesterday afternoon at the Brownell-Dunn chapel on Spruce street.

The Rev. J. S. Williams, of Good Samaritan Mission, and the Rev. J.

B. Grice, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, officiated. Surviving Mr. Sullivan are his widow: his mother, Mrs. S.

M. Sullione brother, Bob Sullivan, and one sister, Mra. Pearl Sullivan Bernard, all of Asheville. MRS. LOUIE KELLUM WELLS Mra.

Louie Kellum Wells died at 2:40 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of Miss Carrie E. Radeker, Victoria, after An Illness of several months. Mrs. Wells had lived here for the past 19 years. The body will be taken today by train to Profitsville, 111., here former home, for burial.

Mrs. Wells is survived by a slater and several nieces. MAJOR C. M. MONTGOMERY Major C.

M. Montgomery, of Philadelphia, died at Oteen hospital Thursday afternoon after an illness of several years. Major Montgomery was stationed at Oteen during the World War. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Brownell Dunn Funeral Service REYNOLDS FUNERAL HOME 38 Spruce St.

Phone 171 Asheville's Oldest Funeral Home NOLAND-BROWN FUNERAL HOME TWO LICENSED EMBALMERS LADY ASSISTANT -AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONES: 65 And 4727 FUNDS FOR PARK DEEMED LIKELY Adams Is Encouraged By Results Of Washington Trip $12,500,000 for highways, roads and trails in national parks, forests. Indian reservations a and public lands. This bill passed the House by a vote of 205 to 109 on February 27. Colonel Chapman, chairman of the Tennessee Park commission, nas estimated that provided the .000 emergency road construction bill, designed to relieve unemployment. becomes A law.

the Great Smoky Mountains National park will probably get $200,000 for road and trail construction. about the same distance as Singapore from Yokohama. Nearest naval base of the United States to China and Japan 1s Cavite In the Philippines. It 1s about 700 from and 2.000 miles from Cavite and HoRonationg the American baseR at Guam and Samoa are in the restricted fortifications class. -(Continued From Page One) A scientist contends that our last thought before going to bed influences our sleep.

The Weather WASHINGTON, D. March Official weather bureau records of temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. 11. the principal cotton areas and elsewhere: Lowest Station Highest Last Prec. Y't'day Night Asheville 58 48 10 Alpena 40 30 Atlanta 61 60 46 Atlantic City 42 38 14 Birmingham 56 56 02 Charlotte 73 49 01 Denver Chicago 26 40 8 .22 38 Detroit 48 36 El Paso 52 42 .01 Galveston 70 64 Jacksonville 74 64 .48 Key West 84 68 Little Rock 62 50 Los Angeles 68 48 Memphis 54 48 Meridian 62 58 Miami 84 64 Mobile 70 62 New Orleans 72 62 New York 40 32 02 San Antonio 68 58 .02 San Francisco 60 46 Tampa 80 68 Vicksburg 64 56 18 Wilmington 76 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS The principal disturbance on this morning's weather chart is centered over western Virginia with lowest pressure 29.58 inches Another disturbance is off the New England coast and a third disturbance 15 centered over New Mexico.

High pressure prevails from the Pacific coast to the upper Mississippi Valley. Rains are reported in the middle and South Atlantic and Gulf States, the Ohio Valley Arkansas. Tennessee. Missouri and on the north Pacific coast and rain or snow has occurred in the Rocky Mountain region and the Plains States. It is warmer in South Atlantic States and colder in the Plains States, Rocky Mountain region.

T. R. TAYLOR. Official in chargie. North Carolina by rain THE FORECAST.

Saturday afternoon or night. probably ending Sunday morning: colder Sunday and in southeast portion Saturday. South Carolina and Georgia- Cloudy, followed by rain Saturday afternoon or night. probably ending Sunday morning: colder Sunday, West Virginia--Cloudy, followed by rain Saturday afternoon and night: colder Saturday night; Sunday snow flurries and colder. Virginia- Cloudy with slowly beginning rising Sat- temurday perature, afternoon or night; Sunday cloudy followed by rain and colder.

probably rain in east and rain, changing to snow flurries in west Florida -Generally fair Saturday, folportion. lowed by showers Saturday night. probably ending Sunday morning: colder Sunday and Sunday night. Kentucky--Rain in east and rain. sibly changing to snow and colder in west portion.

Saturday: much colder Saturday Sunday generally fair and colder. Tennessee--Rain east and central and rain. possibly changing to snow flurries in extreme portion Saturday: colder in west portion Saturday: much colder Saturday night; Sunday generally fair and colder. LOCAL WEATHER DATA at 8 a m. Cloudy State of weather at 8 p.

m. Cloudy Relative humidity at 8 a. m. 91 p.c. Relative at noon 76 p.c.

Relative humidity at 8 p. m. 77 p.c. Wind direction at 8 a. m.

West Wind direction at 8 p. m. North Time of sunrise 6:56 Time of sunset 6:28 M. LOCAL TEMPERATURE DATA A. 49 p.

54 a. m. 52 p. m. 54 10 8.

55 5 p. m. 53 11 a. m. 57 6 p.

m. 52 21 a. noon m. 58 9 m. .51 57 m.

52 2 D. m. 53 Wet bulb temperature at 8 a. m. 48 Wet bulb temperature at noon .50 Wet bulb temperature at 8 p.

m. 50 Highest 58-One year ARO 27 Lowest 48-One year AgO 1910 Absolute Maximum .15 In in 1916 Absolute Minimum Average temperature today 53; normal 42. LOCAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION Normal 3.97 Inches Greatest amount 7.06 in 1903 Least amount 0.72 in 1910 For last 24 hours ending 8 p. m. .11 in.

The bear and raccoon come down 8 tree backwards. A squirrel and most other tree climbers run down and up alike. PE PENDER'S The Chain Stores Chain Stores Foods Sale MELVIN TRAYLOR NOT A CANDIDATE Chicago Banker Preaches Thrift And Economy To Solons FRANKFORT, March 4. Melvin A. Taylor who left the Kentucky mountains as a boy and made his fortune as a banker in Texas and Chicago, told the Kentucky General Assembly today he is not A candidate for president.

Referring to Traylor booms launched in Kentucky and Texas, he sald, "no normal American could be other than pleased that his friends should think of him in such terms," and then added: "I am grateful; but I have not been, am not now and do not expect to become a candidate for polltical office." Then he launched into the subject of taxes on which he had been invited to address the General Assembly now struggling to increase taxes and reduce expenses to make ends meet. Ho said "our government horse has thrown a shoe and gone exceedingly lame," after a 10-year "joy ride." Thrift and economy, he sald, "ahould be practiced first in the home, then progressively developed in our local and state affairs and finally in the Federal The question of taxation, he said, "la primarily one of reducing future expenditures" rather than to get more revenue, and added: "The tax dodger who declinca to assume his fair proportion of the cost of government and the tax striker who refused to pay taxes levied and assessed against him, constitute the greatest menace to American government today." The financier was applauded when he said the problem "of leadership is not alone one of economy but of 80 adjusting local, national and international relationships with other countries of the world so as to restore the purchasing of these commodities to where they were when the debts which now burden us were He termed an income tax "If properly drawn and fairly safeguarded the most just of all methods of taxation." After discussing the merits and disadvantages of A sale tax, he said. "personally, I belleve that a general sales tax, in conjunction with proper income tax offers an inviting field for exploration, and I am inclined to think possesses possibilities solution of many of our tax problems." He was applauded when he said an Income tax should be in place of other and not an additional one. Governor Ruby Laffoon held open house for Traylor in the state reception room of the capitol after the address. Later they lunched at the executive mansion and escorted by a motorcade of citizens from his native county, he went to his boyhood nome at Columbia where a celebration was scheduled in his honor tonight.

R.O.T.C. School Unit Is Sought At Marion MARION, March 4. (Special) forts for the establishment of school unit here for local members of the Reserve Officers Training Corps are being made by J. C. Bowman and other of the officers.

A letter from Major A. C. Tipton, of the U. 8. Infantry, authorizing the formation of such a unit has been received along with commendation of the spirit actuating the officers to seek higher efficiency 111 their duties, Tipton la executive officer of the 32nd Infantry, with headquarters at Greensboro.

R. O. T. C. officers here are: Lieutenant D.

H. Crawford. of the dental corps, Lieutenants J. C. Bowman.

H. D. Hoover, Lonon. R. G.

Wilson, William Treverton, of the infantry, and Lieutenants W. D. Lonon and J. G. Neal, of the field artillery.

VOTE OF THANKS PHILADELPHIA-Sclentists at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania deserve a vote of thanks if their are rangement of weights to prevent ships rolling and resulting seasickness 14 successul. This system uses shift. ing weights instead of gyroscopie action to reduce rolls of ships. Last Days. Don't Let This Great Money Saving Opportunity Pass By Libby's Choice Sliced or Halved PEACHES 3 Large cans 50c Libby's Center Slices PINEAPPLE 2 Large cans 35c Libby's Evaporated MILK Tall cans 25c Happyvale Pink SALMON 3 Tall cans 25c Libby's Cooked CORNED BEEF No.

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