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Last Word In CH ATTA HOOCHES Valiev Events (Columbus 'Enquirer nm MIRABEAU LAWAI IN ISIS i Number 23 Of THE WORLD Printed irst OUNDED BY MIKA BE AU LAMA IN ISIS CXI Columbus Georgia Tuesday Morning April 25 1939 BRITAIN HURLS CONSCRIPTION PLAN AS THREAT TO HITLER rench Vessel Destroyed At Toulon rllkJu VvlUlULdU rnxr jirai jhut jubijotk PROCEDURE OVER SITUATION SPECULATION RIE Sawn to claim for acre to Robert' A rnty Enlisted Men Chief Executive Plan Test Powers Would Get Pay Hike Under Sheppard Bill the By Senator By OR DEALERS WEATHER rd States tn and the its I of the The rood neighbor policy Mr ft dramatir Ihsul Munro city scpenw tender! of schotof introduced Dr Braden who spoke in part as fcC propoicd la fdkrsr darfeiS hi? ad minisbratiou Lite so marjy of hru phratcs this at nce csught th' unaginaiton et the world anri his There has been and still Is Page Col 5) Negro Colony which was the third of a ser ies sponsored by the Rotary club In preeniiar the institute of la Ihe treasury modified it extra 23 per eent tariff on German products to exempt roods sold to Americans for cash without export subsidy Germany Believes She Holds Trump Cards In The United States It was disclosed already has begun negotiation with Great Brit ain Brlflnm and The Neth erlands for a gigantic swap of American wheat and cotton for rubber tin and other stra tegic war materials HENDERSON ARRIVES COTTON UTURES LIST SHOWS BIG ADVANCE IN MONDAY'S MARKET Hawk of the Wilder by William la Chester starts in the Enquirer today It a gripping tale of a white boy on a strange sav age coast who is forced to roam the wilderness There is plenty of action in this story Be sure to start it today and read II In the En quirer every wiek day morn ing and in the Ledger En quirer on Sunday relations with the nations of South America and those other lands that lie closest to us it wm Charles Braden member of the faculty of Northwestern uni versity Evanston and faeroer president of a college in Chile in a lecture tn the auditorium of ths Columbus High school A Ic'jc aryl interested audience heard his discussion of The God Leon Henderson former economist for WPA was nom inated by President Roosevelt to be a member of the securi ties commission POLICE MAKING CLOSE PROBE SABOTAGE Roosevelt plans io establish first of all a new works agen into which will be grouped the works progress administration the public works administration the housing authority the public buildings divi sion and the bureau of public roads The new agency It was said might become a part of the interior department under Secre tary Ickes Secondly Mr Roosevelt intend to create a agency to be independent of all present government departments and include the aortal security board the bureau of education the public health service and perhaps the national youth administration and the civilian conservation corps The third section of the plan was said to call for a consolidation of certain lending or loan insur ance agencies such as the Recon struction inance corporation the federal housing administration (RooeeveU rage 4 oreign Minister Joachim son Ribbentrop Tuesday Wednes day to make these pomts clear Some British source asserted ha also would seek an interview with Hitler before the reichstag speech A cabinet meeting tesufafct was said to have agreed in 'principle on the desirability of without reaching any decision on how it eould be put hi effect in view of opposition Aa authoritative source said Chamberlain had opened vital WASHINGTON ROUNDUP By The Associated Press General Hugh Johnson advised the nale foreign re lations committee that the neutrality act should be re pealed and an art substituted under which Americans en tering war tones would do so at their own risk ire Pushes Defense Plan A Tensity Increase Measure I Introduced Bilbo Mis sissippi AMERICAS MUST STICK TOGETHER STATES BRADEN RIVERS CITES LEGAL OPINION YEOMANS March Deliveries Jump C1 Anri I AStrl fugbTtar era! Activities Gun Money Loan To Ru mania Reported To Have Been Promised uehrer To Speak Before Reichstag At Noon On riday WASHINGTON April (AP) Higher pay for the army enlisted man was proposed today by Chairman Sheppard (D Tex) of the senate military affairs com mittee He introduced a bill to raise the base pay of some recruits from '21 to $10 a month and to increase the pay of some other lower grades While there was no word a to whether the bill had amninutra tion backing it is known that con sideration has been given to ways of making enlistment more at tractive Under Sheppard's bill the pay of enlisted army men would be in creased ten per cent after comple tion of four year service and an additional five per cent four years theafter until the total increase reached 25 per cent of the origin al salary He proposed that base pay be: irst grade enlisted men $12 monthly: second grade $85 third grade $72 fourth grade $60 fifth grade $54 sixth grade $36 and seventh grade $30 This would leave undisturbed the present base pay in the first second and third grades Pay in the other grades at present is: ourth $54 fifth $42 sixth $42 seventh $21 witness contended that Powder Depot And Gaso line Supplies Escape Destruction TYRONE TOWER young screen star and his bride Ann Carpen tier known professionally as Annabella presented this picture v( bliss just after their marriage at her Bel Air home near Holly wood Superior Judge William Rahner' of Loa Angeles per formed the ceremony which was witnessed by members of Pow er's family and a few friends Governor Say Late Attor ney General Prepared Document With the strong militaristic fas cist powers of Europe seeking to expand at whatever cost it i highly advisable and essential for the United Stoles that this country LONDON April 24 (API Britain wa re ported tn usually weH informed quarters tonight to have sent a warning to Adolf Hit ler that conscription would be in troduced in Britain if President Rooseve't'i ten year peace appeal were rejected by Germany The message was said to have been carried to Berlin by Sir Nevile Henderson dexpre repeated official statement that the am A letter from Mayor Knight was mailed yesterday to the treasury department asking that further consideration be given by the department to the desire of his city to buy the old postoffice building and site after sale bids are received on May 5 nr after a new valuation may be placed on the building The con tents of the communication were approved by the other members of the commission In the communication appeal is made that the building be left for public usage hero and attention is called to the fact that the site is the main value of the property for public purposes The last val uation of SI 06000 consider ably in excess of the value of the property particularly as the only true value for our future purposes is in the the communication recites ollowing is a copy of the let ter forwarded by the mayor copies of which were sent to Con gressman Stephen Pace of this district and to Senators Walter George and Rusnell Jr: have noted from the pub lic press as well as from a report by Commissioner Edward Murrah after his visit to Washington that it is your intention to open bids on the old postoffice building lo cated at Twelfth street and irst avenue in Columbus on May 5 1939 City of Columbus is very much Interested in the purchase of this property under the act of congress Public 330 but to date we have not felt that a satisfac tory valuation has been put on the property As far as the City of Columbus is Concerned the val uation today is governed by an appraisal made through your of fice several months ago and is approximately $106000 This fig ure we feel is considerably in excess of the value of the prop erty particularly as the only true value for our future purposes is in the site opening bids on May 5 we would greatly appreciate you considering that it would be of great public benefit to the people of Columbus to have this prop erty remain in public use If you can see fit to revalue the building on a basis somewhat lower than the present fixed fig ure we should like to further ne (City Page 8 CpL 6) Aggressive Expansion Of ascist Powers Impels Good Relation In West To See Ribbentrop Sir Nevile was expected to ENVOY to LEAVE PARIS April rance prepared tonight to send back her Coulondre ally Great Britain returned her envoy to Berlin to day Sir Nevihr Henderson like Ambassador Coulondre was with drawn last month in what was re garded as a diplomatic rebuke to Germany for her annexation of Bohemia and Moravia Germany in turn called home her ambassa dors from the two capitals oregn office sources said Cou 8 Col 7) ATLANT A April 24 kate Revenue Commissioner Gra ff Head today ordered Georgia tauor dealers to enter into a Lde agreement or agreements I thin 30 days The new regulation applying toery distiller rectifier importer Kiolesaler and retailer in business Georgia was designed Headd to the whisky bus SS" Trade agreements which must approved by the commissioner doming effective must be in ae dance with provisions of the trade Resigned to protect trade mark Riers producers distributors the general public "againstrious and uneconomic prac in IX distribution of com ive commodities bearing anguishing trade mark brand the fair trade act pro for voluntary contracts es Hshing minimum resale prices provision which would ap agreement between whoto liquor dealers says will not resell such com at less than the minimum stipulated by the said violation of an agree I he had approved would the violator subject to li 1 revocation ATLANTA April (AP) Opinions' bv the late Yeo mans that hl successor Attorney General Ellis Amall and Chief Justice Charles Reid of the state supreme court would not have to run for their posts in the June 6 general election were disclosed to day by Governor River The governor said Yeoman pre pared the requested opinion con cerning his own successor when he decided to resign to become at torney director of the State Hos pital authority Amall succeeded him by appointment Yeoman died several weeks after assuming the hospital authority post Al his press conference the gov ernor was told candidate for both posts were i eported ready to rc uucst their name be placed on the June 6 ballot Asked what he would do about placing their names on the ballot a decision up to he referred to Yeomans opinions without commenting Yeomans ruled that since the constitution specified the attorney general be elected by the people at the same time for the game term and in the same manner as the and since it said the governor should be clcited only in even numbered year it followed" that' the next attorney Page I CoL 2) IEAD ORDERS TRADE PACT iquor Wolesalers And Re 's tailer Must Reach Agreement New Action Story Will Begin Today In The Enquirer TITON Ga April 24 (AP) Com and tobacco prospect in south Georgia are looking good Kenneth Treanor farm manage ment economist at the Coastal Plains experiment station re ported after a trip through a num ber of counties had much change he said weath er has been too cold and the spotted heavy rains recently have kept farmers from getting good stands the plentiful moisture worked to the benefit of the to bavco men and their fields look pretty WASHINGTON April (AP) In a swift move that will test his newly acquired reorganisation powers for the first time Presi dent Roosevelt prepared tonight to send congress a four fold plan for revamping executive agencies in cluding the relief setup The proposal re slated to go to Capitol HUI tomorrow Unless both branches specifically disap prove within 60 days they will become effective Senator Byrnes (D SC) a pi evi dential advisor on the subject predicted that publication of the plan would send a warm of dis appointed and fearful office hold er to the capitol seeking to arouse opposition or so far as could be learned from congressional sources Mr DELEGATES and spectators from many parts of the world are flocking Kansas City to at tend the conference tot uniting the three branches of the Methodist orc hui Typical of the cos mopolitan assembly are these churchmen from widely separated parts uf' the earth Left to right: Bihop Raymond tVade of Stockholm Sweden: Bishop John Nueben Geneva Swiisrrland and Bishop Wallace Brown of Chattanooga Tenn lie today had special ifgnxE Thee quarters said Sgr Nerd would emphasize the foBowtng points to Hitler before bis riday speech replying to Mr Roosevelt 1 Britain stands four square with Mr Roosevelt ten year peace appeal to Germany and Italy 2 "Rejection of 'the plan and ab sence any peaceful ''signs frem Germany 'would fore? Britain to introduce ccnxmpucn 3 International xrnwton would be increased almost to the break ing point by failure to accept the appeal Senate Military Affair Chairman Make Proposal manian oreign Minister Grigcre Gafercu by offering to relieve the Bucharest government of the cessxty of bartering eway wealth for rsxi runs Oc osMMial showers Tuesday probably ending Wed nesday: mild temperatures Xl ABAMA: Cloudy showers Tuesday and Wednesday Gentle to fresh southerly winds on the coast NORTHWEST LORIDA: Cloudy shower Tuesday and probably Wednesday Gentle toeh southerly wind WASHINGTON April (AP) A bill to develop an American ne gro settlement in Africa al a cost of a biUlan dollars a year was in troduced today by Senator Bilbo (D Miss) He suggested that the United Stales acquire land adjacent to Liberia establish a military gov ernment pay the cost of trans portation for negroes' willing to go and subsidize their new start in life Bilbo in a four hour speech on the senate floor said he was isfied that 15 rer cent of the 12 000000 negroes in the United States favor the and added that there was one line of i compulsion in the whole Mississippian said the "day of the negro even on plantations in the south is The wage hour law he asserted would raise southern pay rate to a point where white mm could take job now held by negroes The bill would gsv th presi dent authority to negotiate for 400000 square miles of territory from rance and Great Britain in exchange for credits against their war debt Good and service needed for cotonizatton would be obtained in the same way The military government to be established at first would be re placed 'y a rtvn government in two years Refugee Measure Meets Opposition WASH (AP) Opponents of a bill to admit 20 000 German refugee children to this country argued before a sen ate house committee today that It was a proposal to down the Immigration and favor for eigners over needs American youngster The senate house group con duded hearings on lhe proposal sponsored by Senator Wagner (D NY) and Representative Rog ers (R Mass) after hearing to witnesses No date was set for a committee vote At the final hearings witness after begin at and that If the children were admitted a demand would follow to admit their parent William Griffin secretary of the Immigration League of New York averted are plenty of undernourished children of our and should firstysel our own houe in order" The refugee children he said "in a few year will become adults and oompetttoe foe mAh Department That Apprais al Is Excessive Sir Nevile was expected to see German oreign muter Joachim von Ribbentrop tomorrow (Tues day) or Wednesday lat assertions were made Germany that yrhat nazis charge are British "encirclement have been broken especially in Balkans whege Yugoslavia was I to have been sealed up for the Rome Berlin axis I signs indicated that the German ambassador to London I Herbert von Dirksen would not I return to his post until Chamber ji (Nazi Page 8 Col TC5ULON rance April 25 (Tuesday) (AP) ire of un detei mined origin destroyed the 98 17 ton steamship Anger near the La Seyne shipyard here short ly before midnight A military powder depot and gasoline docks nearby were not menaced by the blaze authorities of this rench naval base said An immediate investigation was ordered to see if sabotage had caused the fire Only yesterday on man was arrc led charged with inecniar ism in connection with burning of the liner Paris at Le Havre last Tuesday The Angers formerly called the Cap Acorna was built in 1937 at Hamburg and was being bro ken In when the fire broke ouL The loss was estimated at 200 000 franc ($5200) Tk u'bc hv Clin Idiary of Messagerie aiari mm 4 jArn snp vy miltOr CAV Authorities sUll are invest: gat ing the Paris fire on the theory that it was a possi bly committed by foreign agent ROOSEVELT REVISION PROPOSAL WILL BE SENT TO CONGRESS (TODAY AS ACTION IS SOUGHT BERLIN April? Ger man officialdom confident it holds i trump cards in European diplom a waited tonight to learnwhether British Prime Minister jpbamberlain had sent Ambassa dor Sir Henderson back to Berlin with conctliatory overtures Sir Nevile arrived today alter being absent from his embassy since March 17 immediately fol lowing Germany's absorption of Bohemia and Moravia when he was called to London "to President Roosevelt's non ag gression appeal was not forgotten i wfcule the nari press sang of a 'A sctrrtoixs offensive of Germany fa Mf against toe "war ogi maneuvers of London Paris trashingtou and Early Meeting Set i Reichsfuehrer Hitler has called a special session o' the reiclistag for next riday to hear his reply to President appeal snd informed nazi opinion is agreed that he will reject it An A official announcement tonight said toe reichstag would be convened at noon (6 a EST) instead of 8 as has been customary of late Tne significance of tor change of time it v'as said lies in toe fart that Iit wishes reacn large a part of toe world as pos sible ratoerrfthan just hi own people By convening the reiebstag in mid da? Hitler was said to have reasoned he would be able es pecially to reach the American reading public in evening editions of their newspapers "ihe extraordinary tension with which the world is awaiting the fuehrer's declaration on next ri day' said the remdenblatt of Hamburg be taken as a ign that President Roore velt with his message has not suc tecded in bringing toe initiative Hvn world decision of the near future over to the side Of the CITY REQUESTS CUT IN PRICE OR BUILDINC By CHARLES HARNER NEW YORK April The price of cotton once the mightiest factor in United States trade and now and so cial problem number boun ded upward today in toe futures market Under a wave of orders from abroad something of a phenom enon in recent the price of cotton to be delivered next March jumped $185 a bale soon after the opening gong to hit $3940 a hale Otner also advanced Later in the day prices receded somewhat as traders took profits but quotations ere relatively high at the end of the day's ses sion up 80 to 95 cent a bale The first burst of buying was inspired by the agreement reach ed last Saturday after world markets were between President Roosevelt and southern senators to subsidize export of American cotton by payments of about $10 a bale to the export ers Then st noon came word from London that Ambassador Kenne dy of the United States was work ing on a deal by which the Uni ted States would barter about 10 000000 bales of cotton and more than 100000000 bushels of wheat to Great Britain for a supply of rubber and tin The subsidy plan Would be In tended to speed the sale to for eign countries of the crop which even now in most localities is still in toe process of planting: the barter figure mentioned wquld almost wipe out the stock now held by toe government as secur ity for loans to cotton farmers Cotton market observers Said the immediate possible result of the two plans would be to re store cotton to high rank as an' export commodity Ten years ago United shipment of cot ton accounted for one fifth the nation's total export trade last year its value was only one tenth There has been and still Is a Prospects Are Reported Good Laax Conference Heid The prime rataater talked with Gafencu in the house of cwrmors for more than hour after mak ing a statement on the Door and after Ctafencu had conferred with oreign Secretary Viscount Hali fax Britoaa looked elso to her own guns Sir John Simon chancellor I of the exchequer was expected to introduce the house of com mon tomorrow (Tuesday) budget of about igiSowwj pounds (approximately $XMOCOO swollen by armaments ex (Cabfoet Pare 3 CoL 3 Jwa P'S wS aji'jye i ST JraSUr flf £1 fl if aiSl mm IB I I Bl.