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WEATHER At last we know who the For gotten Man is—Charlie Curtis! (Eiutrs -Stents GOOD AFTERNOON Fair tonight, with increasing cloudiness and possible rains Friday afternoon and evening. VOL. 52—No. 106 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C-, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1933 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS MAY GIVE UP STOLEN GIRL AT TRYON ^ ^ ^ y f f Y ^ ^ ^ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * * ¥ # TVeitf A astro-German Union Plot Is Denied ss. FORCED ARMY TRAINING NEXT NAZI PROJECT Hitler Confidant to Urge Placing Conscripts in Labor Camps JEWS, COMMUNISTS STILL UNDER FIRE LONDON. May I.— (l/P).— The Austrian government has discovered a plot between the Austrian and German N.azis to overthrow the Austrian cabinet and enforce the Austrian-German union. LONDON. May 4.— (UP).— The Evening Standard's Vienna correspondent said today that the Vienna government ami Austrian Nazi organizations categorically denied London reports of a Nasi plot to overthrow the cabinet. BERLIN. May 4.—(UP).— Compulsory military training as an adjunct of the Nazi compul sory lahor program was advocat ed today by Coionel Konstantin Hierl, under-secretary of the min istry of labor and a confidant of Hitler. Hierl said he will urge that the cabinet connect military training with a plan to concentrate German youths in lahor camps. The labor leaders feared con scription would prove competi tively dangerous and ruinous in the end. However, this opposition was not confined solely to the union ranks, and even Franz Seldte. labor minister in the Reich cabinet, consistently Has refused to abandon a voluntary labor pol icy. He has been overridden, how ever, by Nazi subordinates in the labor ministry, who are preparing a compulsory labor bill, to be pre sented in the next two weeks. Its terms will be dictated by Hitler, and promulgated promptly. While it was emphasized orig inally that the anti-trade union move was purely a Nazi party measure, it is now declared offi cially to be in full keeping with Hitler's program for annihilating the Marxists, or those with com munist or socialist ideas. The Nazi campaign against th»^ Jews and communists continued, with the announcement that 21 Jewish or Left Wing professors and lecturers in the University of Berlin had been given compulsory leaves of absence as an effort to "purge'' the universities. Ten at the University of Cologne, in the south, were given similar fur loughs. Japan Threatens Another Advance Moves to Restore Port Ar thur Naval Base TOKIO. May 4. (UP).—Japan gave further warning that its im perial army would strike deeper into China today when the war department demanded cessation of Chinese military operations ease of the Luan river. MOVES FOR NAVAL BASE TOKIO. May 4.—(UP).—First steps toward re-es:ablishment of a Japanese naval base at Port Ar thur, Manchuria, were taken to day when a mission of 20 person.-, head hy Vice Admiral Taniguichi reached Port Arthur to make pre liminary preparations. U. S. Is Provided Trading Equality In Manchu State WASHINGTON. May 4. (UP*. The Japanese government yester day officially assured the United States that the "open door'* of equal trade opportunity for all nations would be maintained in Manchuokuo. This significant development assures American business men equal treatment with Japanese and other foreigners in dealing with the JaDanese sDonsored state erected in Manchuria. It was re^ srarded as a most important diplo matic move made in the far east ern dispute in many months. MOTHERS' DAY. MAY 14 WASHINGTON. May 4. (UP). President Roosevelt yesterday des ignated Sunday, May 14th, as Mothers* Hay* n* - 1 ' j Throngs Welcome Britons Expelled From Soviet \ ast crow(i< shouted a musing welcome to the three British engineers expelled from Soviet Russia on charges of espionage when they arrived in London, England, after their trial in Moscow. Here arc th» three -John Cushnv, Charles Nordwall and Alitn Monkhouse, with A. W. Gregory, fellow engineer who was acquitted—a.>~ relatives and Londoners crowded about them: (1) Cushny; (2) Miss Monkhouse; (.'{) Mrs. Monkhouse; (1) Nordwall; (5) Monkhous?, and ((5) Gregory. Bank Probe Head ROOSEVELT SENDS RAIL ! PROGRAM TO CONGRESS IN ANOTHER SPECIAL MESSAGE Chairman of the senate sub-con:- I mittee probing the delay in pro«- ' ecution of Joseph W. Harriman, j former h».'ad of the closed Harri , man National hank. New York, is Senator Hubert I). Stephens, of | Mississippi, shown here as the in quiry nroceeded. SWONNOTE" IS BEING HEARD _____ $5000 Judgment and Two Divorces Granted in ' Proceedings Here The superior court this morn ing was hearing1 an action entitled ! Federal Reserve Hank of Rich mond, Va., against Sam Kalin, i trading: as the Boston Store, in : which the plaintiff is seeking to collect a note for $1,000 given to the Citizens National Bank and j rediscounted at the Federal Re serve Bank. According to testimony intro duced this morning, the note was (Continued on page 4.) JUNIORS WILL MEET FRIDAY Local J. 0. U A. M. Coun cil's Officers See Inter esting District Session The Junior Order Cnited Amer ican Mechanics district organiza tion will convene for it.s semi-an niial meeting at 2:30 p. m., Fri day, at the Woodman hall on Main street, with District Deputy Geo. W. Wrenn presiding. An interesting meeting is ex pected by the loc;il officers of Sky la ml Council No. 2R6. as this is the first time the local council has been honored with the dis trict meeting. Committees have made all plans to make this meeting the best, since its organization. The Hev. Claude H. Moser will conduct the devotional exercises for the open meeting at 8 p. m. A feature of the night session will be the sing ing of the Junior Order quartet, which will render several num bers. together with music by the Hendersonville fire department string band. All members are asked to at tend the night session and bring their families and friends. 2 Tennesseans Escape Injuries Two Knoxville, Tenn., men nar rowly escaped injury yesterday afternoon about 7 o'clock when the Chrysler coupe in which they were riding struck the curb at the intersection of Patton avenue and the Ashtville highway. They were Tom Orsborne, driv er of the car, and Jim Freeman, both of Knoxville. The car struck the curh stone, turned completely over, and was badly damaged but both men es caped injury. De Valera Government Abolishes Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown; Act Is Signed at Midnight Ry GEORGE IV'acDONAGH United Press Correspondent I DUKHX, May 4.—(UP).—The government 6f President Kamon ; De Valera yesterday abolished the | traditional oath of allegiance to the English crown. The historic bill, bearing the i signature of a former rebel, Gov ! ernor-General Domnall Ua Kua challa (Donald Buckley), became a law at midnight. The governor-general of the I Irish Free State signs all bills in : the name of the king—a farcical I performance in this instance. President He Valera. lanky, professorial chief of the first [state, in a dramatic speech to the : dail, declared that "the people have a perfect right to he com ! oletelv free and determine for .themselves without interference what- form of 'rrovernment they, 1 shall "have." • ♦au':. r "They are entitled to work for the republic with all their might, hut arc not entitled to arm or dictate hy force to the major ity," he added. This was seen as a warning to the Republican White army not to cause trouble. In putting the motion abolish ing the oath to the British crown —a part of his campaign promises De Valera declared: "A new era has arrived in Ire land. now every section of the people has the right to elect rep resentatives to parliament." ; A tense moment occurred when he asserted: "The civil war was ■ caused by our opponents, who tried to insist that a certain sec tion of the people take the oath.' The dail by a vote of 76 to 56 passed the government motion de claring1 the oath bill in effect, in accordance with constitutional 1 (Continued on page 4.) I WASHINGTON, May 4. (UP). Speedy enactment of legislation which'would provide a three-point emergency program for rehabili tation of the nation's railroads, was a?ked by President Roosevelt in a special message to congi chs today. . . Roosevelt, saying he was vet ready to submit a plan for permanent improvement, recom mended the following emeigency steps: First, Repeal the recapture pro visions of the interstate com merce commission act. Second, Placing of railroads holding company definitely under regulation and control ol the in terstate commerce commission. Third, Creation of a federal co-ordinator of transportation. HORSE RACING AGAINUPHELD Senator Bell Fails in Ef fort to Secure Re consideration RALEIGH. May 4.—(UP).— An attempt to reconsider passage I of the Neal bill for legalized I horse racing and parimutuel bet ting in McDowell county was de feated in the senate today. Sera tor Pell of Henderson county, moved that the bill be reconsid iered. but the motion was defeat led 18 to 13. Pell read a tele I gram from J. Wallace Winborne | of Marion, state chairman of the ! Democratic party, who opposed 1 the bill and asked, Hell to seek to prevent final enactment. Since . the senate refused to reconsider, •the only thing the house can do lis to take up a repealer. Repre I sentative Neal of McDowell, said ;hc had no apologies. "There's been too much stifling the will of the people," Senator j Dunnagan of Rutherford, declar ed, adding that racing there would be a |'»>ijr thing in western North Carolina." Ann Harding in Thrilling Escape From Sea Death HAVANA, May 4.—(UP).—A thrilling escape from death in the shark-infested waters off Havana was recounted today by Ann Harding, stage and screen star, after she wa^ rescued with two companions after clintfintf fmj three and a half hours to the keel of their upturned sailboat. compahions were Alexander Kirk land actor, and Marie Lombard, her secretary. Their Cuban sailor was drowned in the accident. iRHODEHAVER COMING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT Announcement was made today that Homer Rhodehaver, for many years evangelistic singer with Billy Sunday. will appear in recital here next Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the Baptist church. 'No admission will be charged. CONTROL 0VE8INDUSIEV TO KEEP DOWN iiikmb mi to be mm Program Is Seen as Ob viating Necessity for the Black 30-Hour Week Measure Now Up By JOHN A. REICHMANN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. May <1. (UP). The control ovor industry to elim inate" the evils of unbridled com petition engatred the nation's busi ness and political leaders yester day as President Roosevelt was revealed to be studying legislation to make such action effective. The chief executive will talk on the subject tonight when he ad dresses the United States Cham ber of Commerce in convention here. He plans to lay before the business and industrial leaders concrete facts emphasizing the need of a thorough industrial house-cleaning by industry itself in co-operation with the govern ment. The willingness of outstanding leaders to support such a program was indicated to an extent in a frank speech by Gerard Swope, president of the General Electric Co., to the chamber of commerce delegates. ^ Swope insisted the day of in dustrial isolation is no longer pos sible for any individual company. Fich industry must construct a code of ethics to protect the pub lic. he said. The famous indus trialist warned his associates that unless they sar/ their opportunity and embraced it the government undoubtedly would take over the task itself. Swope's words were echoed to an extent by President Henry I. Harriman of the chamber who de veloped the theme with a concrete, proerram. \ While the industrial leaders .'were debating downtown, a group j met with Senator Robert F. Wag ner, Dem., N. Y.. sponsor of pro : gressive labor legislation, to draft ! a bill which would make industrial | control an actuality. President ! Roosevelt, it was learned, is keep ■ ing in intimate contact with this I work and has studied numerous i preliminary drafts. A source close to the president ; has indicated such legislation was i felt to be needed to pive industry l the confidence which will permit i an upward swing. Some political [ leaders have maintained a form of industrial control was necessary to assume the success of the admin istration's rehabilitation program. As outlined by Harriman any nrogram of control wotild seek to | cbviate the necessity of the Black 30-hour-week bill now before a congressional committee. This I would be done by legislation to permit trade associations to com bine and agree to fix minimum commodity prices, m i n i m u ni wages, provisions for the care of unemployed workers and the es tablishment of fair trade prac tices. BAR DEBTS AS PARLEY TOPIC France Wants 50 Per Cent Cut in War Debt; Higher Tariffs Loom PARIS, France, May 4. (UP). : France wants at least a 50 per cent cut in her war debt to the United States, it was revealed by Senator Henrv fterncnger today during a debate on the budget in the senate. j LONDON. May 4.—(UP).— I Discussion of war debts will be ' barred from the world economic iconference opening June 12, ! Prime Minister MacDonald told the house of commons today. EUROPEANS PLANNING TO INCREASE TARIFFS PARIS. May 4. (UP).—A con certed move among European na tions to erect higher tariff harri ers against American goods as a retaliation to threats of inflation of the dollar in the United States j caused anxiety among American i merchants here today. NOT TO SING TONIGHT ! J C. Coston, who sings on the | WWNC radio program each | Thursday night, will not be on the program this evening, due to the presentation of a special radio ; program tonight. He will resume , his regular hour next week, how 1 ever. ' " •" " MRS. D. B. MULL' PASSES AWAY Funeral To Be Held From BaDtist Church Here, Friday 11 A. M. Mrs. 1). R. Mull, 73, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Headrick. on Fifth avenue west, Thursday morning1 at 2:.'iO o'clock. She was taken suddenly ill last Sunday night and never regained consciousness. The funeral will he held at the First Bantist church Friday morn ing at 11 o'clock. The pastor, the Rev. W. H. Ford, will have charge of the services, assisted by Dr. W. R. Bradshaw, pastor of the First Rantist church of Morganton. For many years Mrs. Mull lived in Morganton. She was a leader lor many years in the religious and civic life of her community. She and her husband were in lien dersonville to spend the summer with their daughter. She was a member of the First. Baptist church of Hendersonville. She is survived bv her husband, I). R. Mull; three daughters, Mrs. , J. J. Headrick of Hendersonville, Mrs. H. G. Alexander of Galax, Va., and Mrs. W. Y. Frazier of ' Asheville. and one sister, Mrs. S. . Huffman of Morganton. She also I leaves ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Interment will be in Oakdale cemetery. 1 CUBANS TO PAUSE IN CITY Delegation To Be Enroute to Rotary Convention in June Approximately 100 Cuban Ro ! tarians are expect ed to visit the | Hendersonville Rotary club en ! route to Boston to the interna tional convention in June, accord ing to a letter received today by A. V. Edwards, president of the local club. The Cuban Rotarians will make the trip in their own cars, which ' will number about 25, and will j travel via Tampa, Jacksonville, j Augusta and Greenville. The trip | from here to Roston will be made | by way of Bristol, Washington, j Philadelphia, New York and thence to Boston. Some time ago the local club extended the Rotary clubs of Cuba an invitation to visit here on their tour to Boston. This invi tation was accompanied by an il lustrated map. drawn by Walter Allison and showing the route ! through Hendersonville, together [with points of scenic interest. | Replying to this invitation, j Pompilio Montero, secretary of J the club of Sagua Lo Grande, and i chairman of the transportation committee, declared that the invi tation would be accepted and told of the route to be followed. Dr. Ramon Lorenzo, district governor of the Cuban district, will head the Cuban delegation to tho Bos ton convention. . Coxey Hears 'No' to Capitol Speech The answer was "No!" when Gen eral Jacob Coxey, who years apo led an army of jobless to Wash ington, asked capitol police for permission to make a May Day speech from the «teps of the na tional capitol. Coxey's shown tele phoning his request from the of fice of Speaker Henry T. Rainey. SENATE VOTES SHOALS BILL House Members to Have Several Days to Study Draft, Next WASHINGTON, May 4. (UP). Speaker Rainey will delay send ing the Muscle Shoals bill to con fernce "for several days/' he said today, in order to give house members a chance to study the senate draft. WASHINGTON, May 4. (UP). The senate yesterday gave its final approval to President Roose velt's plan to turn Muscle Shoals into a gigantic power plant for the masses. In passing the Norris bill, the senate virtually completed con gressional action looking toward development of the Tennessee River valley. After a house con ference on minor points, the leg islation will be sent to the White House for Mr. Roosevelt's signa ture. The vote was 63 to 20. Only three Democrats voted against the bill. They were Sena (Continucd on page four) New Violent European Criticism Follows Roosevelt's Refusal to i Pay Off U. S. Securities in Goldj j LONDON, May 4.—(UP).— i Violent criticism was aroused yes. ! terday by Washington's announce j ment that no gold would be ex ported for payment of interest on Liberty bonds beld abroad. The decision was attacked in the press under large headlines, such as "Default, Scandal, Repu diation." Bondholders were advised to accept nayment of interest on the 1 bonds in paper dollars, but re serve their right to claim the dif ference. Financial circles claim the de cision will intensify confidence of British credit. The Financial News comment ed: "By comparison, our own ac tion in September, 1931 ((going off gold), which was bitterly de nounced as default pales in£o in significance." Tho Morning Post said: It would ho difficult to find a paral lel for so unblushing and callous a broach of contract, xxx "It is a sorry prelude to the forthcoming: world economic conference. Tho fact that much of the initiative for the conference seems to have been left in the hands of America seems very strange." WASHINGTON, May 4. (UP). President Roosevelt placed for eign holders of United States se curities on the same basis as American investors yesterday when ho extended his refusal to allow interest or principal pay-, ments in gold on federal paper held abroad as well as in this country. Since the United States aban doned the gold standard on March 6 the federal government has re fused to pay or allow others to (Continued on page 4.) GRANDMOTHER OF KIDNAPED CHILD HOPEFUL Detroit Woman Waits at Winter Home for Pos sible Development IMPORTANT" TURN IN M'MATH CASE SEEN HARWICH, Mass., May <1 — (UP).—A "very important" de velopment, perhaps an arrest, in the search for kidnapers of Peltry McMath was predicted today by a spokesman of her family. Wil liam Lee, business partner of Peg gy's father, said to newspaper men: "I have nothing for you now but if you'll wait a little lonerr I cxpect to have some'hinfc very im portant." TRYON, N. r„ May 4.— (UP). Mrs. William R. Kales, Detrojf, grandmother of Peggy McMath, waited at her winter home here today in hopes that the kidnaper might choose to give up ti e child here. TRYON, N. C., May 4.—Mr*. William R. Kales, grandmother of little Peggy McMath, kidnaped in the Cape Cod section of Massa chusetts on Tuesday, arrived here from her Detroit home for a brief stay, and first learned of tho kid naping through a telegram which she received from her husband, upon her arrival. Hope that the child might. In; delivered here wag maintained through the idea that there might be fewer obstacles to a safe sur render of the child than thr-r" would he in the thickly populated Massachusetts section. By SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE United Pre** Staff Correspondent HARWICH, Mass., May 4. (UP).—A lone negro—perhaps a jobless chauffeur—plotted and ex ecuted with arch cunning the ab duction of pretty little Peggv M - Math, according to a new theory advanced by investigators last night. More than 27 hours after the 10-year-old daughter of Neil Cook McMath, prosperous middle j<ged yacht builder, was kidnaped outside Harwich Center grammar school, there had been no word <>r her fate. And original clues indi cating that the negro had two white confederates had been vir tually disproved. Hope of the frantic patents that their shy, dark-eyed daughter was still alive was founded large ly on the craftiness with which the kidnaping was engineered— indicating a long thought out plan to tap the fortunes of Peggy s grandfathers. 1'rancis Cook Mc Math and William Robert Kales. Detroit industrialists and social registerites. Tortured by the passing hours that brought him no word, the father last night isued through the United Press the following di rect appeal to the kidnaper or kid napers: "To those who have my daugh ter, Peggy, I their possession— "Please be good to her. "Second, you may get in touch with mc in anv way you see fit. "Mrs. McMath and I pledge ourselves to deal faithfully and honestly with you, without any thoughts of prosecution or punish ment. "In other words, I guarantee, immunity to all of you if you will speedily get in touch with me and deliver my daughter bark to me unharmed. (Signed) "Neil C. McMath." It was the apprehension of Frank Rodick. 48, Harwich rail continued bn page four) MEN WAS THE" San Francisco EARTHQUAKE ? V I t NAME THE LAST STATE TO BE ADMITTED TO THE" UNITED STATES. W-i i ■? What ic the NAME Cf THIS INSTRUMENT? ( -U-iiiJ tttlfiiUF For correct answer* to" Hrtie questions, pleose turn to pap 5.
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