WEATHER
Shower# tonight, clear Tuesday,,
little change in temperature.
GOOD AFTERNOON ~
Chicago paaking house is try
ing to change the nam* of "hot
dogs" to "franks.** But i$ that
being frank about It?
VOL- 53—No. 163
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 9, 1934
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
BRITONS SEEK
EUROPEAN AIR
BASES, IS SAID
)yj|| Make Aviation First
Line of Defense, In
stead of Navy
(EE FRANCOlSRITISH
accord as near
Br FREDERICK KUH
Copvicht, 1934, United Pre»«)
LONDON. July 0.— (UP).—
for-v -tv ncrroo to establish
,... • •' p- *:>h air bases on the
cr- • combat any aeria!
it-a.-k >-v a European power in
c . «• v the United Press has
farrv^.
V: ac-'erriert between France
r.i V- „-'••• • on joint action of
hi* sort acainst the possible fu
ll--' •' Germany of Holland
r p. c " as air bases for at
i'.. these powers wis
pcarv -i hs ,jr ier negotiation
,■••••• i >f -he French naval
pi'£r.v - ♦ "n Paris last nifrht.
T-.- r. - exchange of visits
I I/t 1 md Pari- of the re
r - v- > *"s of ctenera! staff's
l" at< ' ' ans for technical mili
fc-v • peration between France
Kd Englan: which observers ex
Bcttd *o Id he continued.
■ R enlarging nor air
to l int where it will b»>
B re. and expects it in
B. • her fir^t line of de
htt, rather than the navy as in
Bv \ir raids bv German
-, >n London and Paris
urine the World war taught
o'h "a*:nns a lesion. and both
r- speedinc up construc
io- ' air strengths.
Moreover, belief prevails that
.^pending advanced median
s' r and increase of the Brit
i- expeditionary army is closely
pnected with schemes to defend
l?fc-:uin and Holland from future
pe Sy the Germans for air bases,
f Barthou arrived last night at
p* most favorable moment in
>c*t-war history for realization of
re*ich aims in Britain, if he can
iakf» certain concessions to the
Insrlish. The attitude of the do
union-: prevents conclusion of a
era! Franco-British alliance,
; -ospects of far-reaching po
tical and military collaboration
i rising
It was understood both govern
lent- are envisaging a project
jan- ng Belgian neutrality,
i th*> naval field. Britain expects
ror.c purport from France, ina*
uc: -he proposed expansion
British navy is welcomed
Pari*.
Furthermore, conclusion of a
Pw Franco - British commercial
eaty last month disposed of mi
>r trade difficulties and improved
lations.
One cf Barthou's main objects
known to be the securing of
ritain's neutrality toward the
tw Franco-Russian system of
ic^s of mutual assistance, includ
i? Germany.
MARKHAM
MEETS DEATH
'ormer Student Here Is
Drowned at Jackson
ville Sunday
Audrev Markham, son of Mr.
nd Mr>. George Markham, who
r«rp id:ntr in the Maxwell apart
wa> drowned yesterdav at
nvi according to word
f' ' a < r nisjht. Details of
^ accident were not learned.
tMr. Markham. who is a nephew
Mrs. Gordon Harvey, is well
own here, having spent much
us tim- in his earlier years
Fn 'ncm hero when he attend
| schfx>l m this city.
NDERS AND RECTOR
IN REALTY CONCERN
n. L. Andf: - ar.r W. Rector,
well-know". "• v estate deal
f tho city, have formed a
Itr-nprshin in tho real estate
i Th*y have an office in
)' v.'in-riran Hank building, un
• r, < r Anders & Rec
)R. R. e7 TAYLOR WILL
AnEND CONVENTION
#r>' R K. Taylor will leave this
f" for Spartanburg, S. C.,
0 ho will attend the joint
Hiept:nr of the North and South
' 1 na Yetinarv Medifal asso
ciations. He will be away on
TuPv,iav and Wednesday.
In his absence Dr. W. B. Hob
M"; of Asheville, will be at his
,:i ce on Seventh avenue east.
SALLY HUMS
LULLABIES
There's a vast to-do at the Harry
Joe Brown home in the Holly
wood film area just now, and
Sally Eilers, screen actress, above,
who's Mrs. Brown in private life,
is practicing her repertoire of
cradle songs. The reason is that
an heir—Sally is bidding for a
boy—is expected soon at the
Brown home.
REUNION HELD
BY OSBORNES
Many of Connection and
Visitors Gather Sunday
at Osborne Home
The annual reunion of the Os
borne family, one of the oldest
and most highly respected of
Henderson county's pioneer fam
ilies, was held Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Os
borne in Mills River township. A
large number of members of the
family, the family connections,
and visitors, were present.
During the morning hour3 an
address on "Home Life" was
made to the gathering by W. R.
Sheppard of Hendersonville. so
licitor of the county court. Talks
were also made by M. S. Ship
man of Raleigh, and R. K. and
Morris N. Orr of Hendersonville.
In the afternoon, following the
spreading of a bountiful picnic
dinner under the trees in the
yard of the Osborr.e homestead,
the Rev. W. S. Hutchison, pastor
of the Mills River Presbyterian
church, made a talk. This was
followed by brief talks by J. T.
Fain of Hendersonville; the Rev.
D. V. Howell, pastor of the Mills
River Methodist church: Prof. F.
B. Mann of Alexander, N. C., and
Silas Case of Horse Shoe.
T. E. Osborne, president of the
Osborne reunion association, pre
sided over the exercises. Mr. Os
borne has been serving as the
head of the association for sev
eral years and was re-elected.
Mrs. T. T. Carson was re-elected
secretary of the association.
Among the visitors from more
or less distant points attending
the reunion were the following
named persons: Zeb C. Lytle and
(Continued on page four)
ROOSEVELT IS
IN CARR1BEAN,
WEATHER BAD
Attends Services Sunday
Aboard Houston; Sees
Leper Colony
colombiaFport HIS
NEXT DESTINATION
A FOARD U. S. S. GILMER.
July 9. (UP).—President Roose
velt, aboard the cruiser Houston,
voyaged southwestward across the
Caribbean sea today, en route to
Cartagena, Colombia, where he
will land tomorrow in defiance of
tradition that a president should
not set foot on foreign soil. He
attended church services at sea
yesterday. Stormy weather pre
vailed during Sunday.
ABOARD U. S. S. GILMER,
AT SEA, July 9.—(UP).—Presi
dent Roosevelt was off toward
South America last night, with
Cartagena, Colombia, his next
stop on his leisurely vacation
cruise to Hawaii.
He sailed from the Virgin
Islands in the afternoon, follow
ing a visit to the Leper Colony
on St. Croix. The cruiser Hous
ton ploughed through tropical seas
last night, with the President ap
pearing more rested and carefree
than at any time during the last
year and more of his residence in
the White House.
His unusual procedure in visit
ing a foreign country while presi
dent was but one of the high
spots in this five-weeks' holiday
sea voyage to the Pacific and re
turn—a good-will gesture which
it was hoped would further ce
ment relations between the
Americas.
Arrange Visitors
Reception For
This Evening
C. of C., Civi7Clubs Will
Be Hosts at the Sky
land Hotel
The Chamber of Commerce and
civic organizations will be hosts
tonight at an informal reception
for local people and visitors at
the Skyland hotel at 8:30 o'clock.
The purpose of the reception is
for visitors to sret better ac
quainted with local people in an
informal way.
Refreshments will be served as
a courtesy of the hotel manage-1
ment, and music during the eve
ning will be furnished through
the courtesy of Jimmie Livingston
and his orchestra.
REV. O'MARA TO SPEAK
AT COLORED CHURCH
Rev. Father Phillip O'Mara,
pastor of the Immaculate Concep
tion Catholic church is announc
ed to speak at the Star Rethel
colored Baptist church Friday
night at 8:30 o'clock. The pastor
of Star Rethel church, Rev. G. H.'
Levant states that Rev. O'Mara
will speak on the fourth chapter
of a volume by William Cham
bers, and that the public is in
vited, a special invitation beinpr
extended to the white friends of
the church.
FINAL PREPARATIONS UNDER
WAY FOR AMERICAN 15-MILE
FLIGHT INTO STRATOSPHERE
I
RAPID CITY, S. D., July 9._ I
(UP).—The crew of the U. S.
Army-National Geographic strato
sphere balloon last night eagerly
scanned weather forecasts as final
preparations were rushed for the
flight thev hope will carry them
higher than man has ever ascend
ed.
They expected to Jbe ready to
take off any time after today if
1 auspicious weather conditions pre
vail.
Principal tests for the flight
have been completed. Capt. A. H.
Stevens, observer, and Maj. Wil
liam E. Kepner, pilot, and Capt.
Orvil A. Anderson, alternate pi
lot, expressed satisfaction with
the results.
Ground crews were busy in the
huge bowl in the Black Hills from
| which the ascension will start,
j making minor alterations.
I Major E. L. Hoffman of Wright
Field, designer of the eighty-foot
parachute which wil] be attached
to the gondola, supervised the j
changes in rigging of the appar-(
atus. J
The chancres were decided upon
after a practice inflation of a
miniature of the big- balloon Fri
day night. Major Hoffman's para
chute has seen previous service
in bringing airplanes safely to
the ground.
The second major test was
made Saturday, when Major Kep
ner and Captains Stevens and An
derson sealed themselves in the
gondola for more than six hours
and labored with their instru
ments under conditions duplicat
ing tliose expected to be encoun
tered on the flight.
All instruments were found in
satisfactory condition except a
few connected with vents for the
6,600 pounds of fine lead shot
ballast. Experts were engaged in
correcting this problem.
At the end of the six hours
sealed-in test, the three men
crawled from the gondola, mop
ping their brows and complaining
of the heat.
Mrs. Berry, wife of Governor
Tom Berry of South Dakota, this
(Continued on page four)
>_
German Leaders Weigh Reich Future
The destiny of a Republic resting on their shoulders, Germany's aged
President Paul von Hindenburg (left) and Chancellor Adolf Hitler
pose solemnly side by side after the Nazi dictator had flown to Hin
denburg's summer home at Neudeck to deliberate on the crisis pre
cipitated by the "Roehm revolution." This historic picture of their
meeting, the first since Hitler's blood purging, was flown to London
and thence radioed to the United Ste/es. '
GERMAN WARNS
OF 'MEDDLING'
Hess Defies French to At
tack and Learn Spirit
"of New Germany"
BERLIN, July 9. (IJP).—Ger
many today seemed back on a
normal Third Reich footing after
a week of crises and Sunday was
marked by a Nazi appeal for Eu
ropean peace and a pronounce
ment by the Roman Catholic
church that it would guard the
right of worship against Nazi at
tacks.
KOENINGSBURG, East Prus
sia, July 9.— (UP).—A belliger
ent warning to keep "hands off"
Germany and permit the Third
Reich to solve its problems in its
own way was sounded here yes
terday by Rudolph Hess, minister,
without portfolio in the Hitlerite
cabinet.
He declared that old and young
were ready to defend the nation
"to the last drop of their blood."
"The path is not open for a
stroll through our land," he as
serted. "Even as the French de
fended themselves with every
power, so would we today."
Hess issued his warning in an
address to the East Prussian dis
trict Nazi congress, in session
here. He appealed to former
front line veterans of other na
tions to bring: pressure in their
lands to promote peace, simul
taneously warning France and the
world in general aerainst any
thought of invading Germany.
"The French front soldier un
derstands us," Hess said, "if we
say, 'just dare to attack us—just
dare to try marching on the new
Germany, and learn to know the
spirit of that new Germany.'
"The French know how th?y
defended every inch of their own
land with the last drop of blood,
old and yountr, and even so would
the new Germany today. And if
an invasion should succeed, it
would be but a path of mourning
for the victors, because the new
Germany will defend herself with
comparable fanaticism.
"But we do not believe any
body wants to disturb Germany.
We especially do not believe the
French do, for they learned that
(Continued on page four.)
Juniors To Install
Tuesday Evening
The installation of the officers
of the Junior Order United Amer
ican Mechanics will be held Tues
day night, July 10, at the hall in
Main street, by the local district
deputy, Jno. T. Wilkins, and lead
ers urge that all members be
j present for that service, especial
J ly all the newly elected officers
are expected to be present.
MRS. F. ALLEN
PASSES AWAY
Was Mother of Mrs. Leona
Allen Young; Rites 2:30
P. M. Tuesday
Mrs. Fred Allen died at her
home on Fourth avenue west to
day shortly after 1 o'clock fol
lowing: an illness of about two
years. She had been in a serious
condition for about two weeks,
but had been an invalid for about j
two years.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
o'clock from the residence 'on
Fourth avenue.
Mrs. Allen is survived by the
following: children: Mrs. Leona
Allen Young:, Hendersonville; F.
F. Allen, Horse Shoe; W. W. Al
len, Ftowah; T. L. Allen, Bre
vard; Mrs. H. F. Newman, Hen
dersonville; Mrs. J. F. Anders,
Hendersonville, and Mrs. G. A.
Woodfin, Horse Shoe.
Truce Sullen In
Amsterdam Riots
AMSTFRDAM, Holland, July
0. (UP).—Sunday brought a sul
len truce to the battle-scarred
workers' sections in which six
have been killed and 50 seriously
wounded in riots atrainst reduc
tion of relief payments.
i The workers' apartments re
sembled a war front, with mili
tary units and heavily-armed po
lice patrolling: trouble zones where
a new outbreak was feared.
Order was maintained after a
dawn clash in which one man was
killed and another wounded. Th"
workers, cowed but resentful, re
treated into their apartments.
Jiioting: was reported spreading:
to other cities, and possibility of
sympathy violence in Rotterdam
was seen. Disturbances were re
ported increasing: in Hilversum
! and Groningfen.
No Re-Alignment
Is Seen For NRA
WASHINGTON, July 9. (UP).
Col. G. A. Lynch, executive of
ficer of the NRA, said last night
that he knows of no plans con
cerning- a possible re-alignment
of administrative powers in the
recovery administration during
the summer months.
"It is possible that General
Johnson may take a vacation,"
Lynch pointed out. "I haven't
the slightest idea who would take
charge if he does, however. I
have not discussed plans for the
summer with the general or any
other administration official."
MCCRACKEN'S
JAIL SENTENCE
IS SET ASIDE
Court Holds Senate With
out Power to Inflict
Such Punishment
BAAKERS~NOW UNDER
BLUE EAGLE CODE
WASHINGTON, July 9. (UP).
William P. MacCracken, former
assistant secretary of commerce,
won a victory today against the
ten-day jail sentence imposed by
the senate when the district court
of appeals held the senate lacked
jurisdiction to inflict such a pun
ishment.
The senate imposed the sen
tence after MacCracken failed to
produce certain documents in con
nection with its airmail investi
gation.
BAKING INDUSTRY
GOES ON CODE BASIS
WASHINGTON, July 9. (UP).
The billion dollar baking industry
of the nation today went under
the P.lue Eagle code, which the
NRA said would not increase
bread prices and might even low
er them. It was said the minimum
wage for bakers would be forty i
cents, with five cents less for!
southern workers, which would
have little eect on bakers' pay
rolls.
Maximum hours of forty per
week for mechanical bakeshops
and forty-eight for handshops are
expected to increase operating
costs.
Premium with bread are out
lawed. Bakers can refuse to ac
cept unsold bread from retailers.,
HAM AND EGGS
BILL BROUGHT
RIOT BY GOBS
NICE, France, July 9.—(UP).
—A bill equivalent in francs to
$3.74 for ham-and-eggs and cof
fee for three caused the Ameri
can sailors' riots along the Rivi
era last Friday night.
The proprietor of the cafe
where the trouble started made
this revelation yesterday when
owners of five cafes wrecked by
enlisted men from the U. S. bat
tleships Wyoming and Arkansas
filed claims with police for $400
damage.
The bill listed smashed china
ware, souvenirs and the bicycle of
one cafe owner. He said the last
he saw of it, a joyous gob was
riding off at full tilt.
The fighting begfen in one cafo
and spread to others when three
sailors thought $3.74 in any kind
of money was too much for ham
and-eggs. They backed up their
objections by punching the waiter
and when others came to his aid,
the gobs made it general.
One suffered a fractured skull
and scores were injured.
THEODORE HABICHT
ARRESTED IN MUNICH
VIENNA. Austria. July 9.—
(UP).—A Munich dispatch in the
Vicnr.a Reichspost yesterday .said
Theodore Habicht, leader of the
Austrian Nazi Legion there, had
been arrested.
Given Premier's
Post in Japan
A moderatist in his outlook on
domestic and foreign affairs, Ad
miral Keisuke Okada, above, is
the new premier of Japan. He
has been a naval officer for more
than 40 years and served as min
ister of the navy from 1927 to
1933.
CAR CRASH IN
FLA. FATAL TO
1, MANY HURT
9 Seriously Injured, Some
Probably Fatally in Col
lission Sunday
OCALA, Fla., July 9.—(UP).
One person was killed and nine
seriously injured, some of them
probably fatally, in a head-on au
tomobile collision on the Ocala
Daytona Beach highway 18 mil<?s
east of here last night.
George Thomson, 32, Ocala
business man, was instantly
killed. Dr. Ralph E. Resell, local
eye, ear, nose and throat special
ist, who was riding- in the auto
mobile with Thomson, and eight
in the other car suffered injuries.
Five of the eight suffered criti
cal to serious injuries. They were:
Miss Jeannette Davis, Daytona
Beach, severe scalp wounds and
bruises.
Jerome Davis, Daytona Beach,
broken leg and other injuries.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Curtis, of
Dutrie, Va. Curtis suffered bro
ken legs and * broken arm. Ex- j
tent of Mrs. Curtis' injuries was
not determined although believed
serious.
Mrs. Carlton Curtis, formerly
•f Daytona Beach and on her
honeymoon, broken arm and cuts
and bruises.
The others injured were Carl
ton Curtis, Dutrie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Curtis; Mrs. Dally
Davis, Daytona Beach, mother of!
Mrs. Carlton Curtis, Miss Jean-,
nette Davis and Jerome Davis;
and another daughter, Linnfe.
The honeymoon car, driven by
the bridegroom, was en route to
Daytona Beach from Silver
Springs when the accident oc
curred alongside the Ocala Na
tional Forest. What led to the
wreck was not determined. Both
cars were demolished.
RURAL REHABILITATION BEGUN
IN STATE TO CHANGE COUNTRY
LIFE IN AMERICA, HOPINS SAYS
WASHINGTON, July S. (UP).
The government's rural rehabili
tation program has brought new
Jife to the farmer and has begun
i»n enterprise that will "change
the rural life of America," Harry
L. Hopkins, federal emergency re
lief director, declared last night.
Hopkins made public a series
of reports? based on initial rural
rehabilitation work in North Car
olina, which state is serving as
the model for other states. Gist
of the reports was summed up by
Lignon S. Forbes, of the FERA
information division.
"The North Carolina program
is far enough along," he said, "to
reveal distinctly the beginning of
a new enterprise that will change
rural life. The results, I believe,
are typical of those being obtained
throughout the country.
"North Carolina families inva
riably felt they finally are getting
the kind of assistance that will
help them most to help them
selves. Also officials state that
there is a decided change in the
attitude of rural relief families
toward relief since inauguration
of the program."
Forbes cited the following as
samples of the North Carolina re
sults:
One thousand mules and horses
have been purchased and distrib
uted on a loan basis and are be
ing used for land tillage.
Land has been obtained for the
landless families.
Gardens are flourishing in Eas
tern North Carolina.
Canning has been changed
largely from canning centers to
the homes, since home gardens,
rather than community gardens,
have been stressed.
"About 75 per cent of the
North Carolina families are rural
and of these 40 per eent are dis
placed tenant families," Forbes
said. "With arrangements for
land, loans of workstock, seed,
equipment and fertilizer, with in
structions in raising subsistence
crops and in canning the garden
surplus, the families receiving re
lief are being restored to inde
pendence."
ACTION COMES
AS VIOLENCE
IS INTENSIFIED
Western Coast Strike Is
Costing Industry Million
Dollars Per Day
OPEN WARFARE SEEN
IN OHIO, NEW JERSEY
WASHINGTON, July 9. (UP)'.
President Roosevelt's triumvirate
of labor mediators formally or
ganized today as the new national
labor relations board, while the
gravity of a series of labor dis
putes throughout the country was
increasing steadily.
The board was sworn in and
plans to confer with Miss Perkins,
to be formally apprised of the
chaotic situation in the various
industries.
The new board is composed of
Lloyd Garrison, acting dean of
the Wisconsin Law School; Harry
A. Millis, chairman of the depart
ment of economics of the Uni
versity of Chicago, and Edwin 5,
Smith, of Boston, Mass., former
commissioner of labor and indus
tries of Massachusetts.
27 PICKETS UNDER
ARREST IN OHIO
McGUFFEY, 0., July 9.—(UP)
Open warfare broke out between
striking onion weeders and depu
ty sheriffs today at Scioto marsh
lands. Twenty-seven pickets were
arrested.
CLUBS, WATER AND GAS '
ARE USED IN ASSAULT
BRIDGETON, N. J., July 9.—
(UP).—Town police and farm
vigilantes used axe handles, tear
pas, clubs and fire hose today to
beat back an assault by men and
woman strikers on workers on the
huge Seabrook Farms. About 60
were overcome with gas or suf
fered cracked heads.
The governor promised to send
state troopers to restore peace.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.—
(UP). — Ominous threats of a
crippling general strike loomed
in San Francisco today as Presi
dent Roosevelt's mediation board
opened public hearings to deter
mine the true grievances in the
maritime workers' strike.
The hearings marked first in
novation of the new labor dis
putes act on the Pacific co*-«
and serve as a test of the act's
efficiency and will probbaly have
a strong bearing on labor trou
bles elsewhere.
Seven are now dead and about
300 have been injured in the Pa
cific coast port* as the million
dollar a day strige entered the
third month.
UNION LEADER GOES
BACK TO CONFERENCE
MINNEAPOLIS, July 9. (UP).
The threat of a general st-ike,
paralyzing industry and com
merce and cutting off food sup
plies overhung the twin cities of
Minneapolis and St. Paul today.
Leaders in the Minneapolis gen
eral drivers-helpers union claim
the backing of all organized la
bor in their determination to
stage a general walkout.
William Brown, president of
the drivers' union, said he would
return today to a conference of
the regional, board and employers
advisory group.
By UNITED PRESS
A survey of the labor unrest
situation in the nation Sunday
showed:
Unrest which culminated in
bloody rioting o nthe San Fran
cisco waterfront last week spread
ominously Sunday.
The powerful teamsters union
of San Francisco, with 2500 mem
bers, voted to walk out Thursday
morning. Tho» strike may be
averted when a confirmation vote
is taken Wednesday night. If
mediation of the marine workers'
strikes succeeds in the interval,
the teamsters will reverse their
decision which is a protest against
"existing conditions."
The San Francisco local of
butchers voted to abide bv the
recommendation of the majority
in joining a general strike agi
tated by the marine workers'
joint strike committee.
At leerst 18 other unions of the
229 in San Francisco were re
ported ready to join a general
strike in sufficient support is ob
tained.
At Bridgeport, N. J., 150 farm
ers were installed as special dep
uties to guard the Searook Farm
and Cannery where striking agri
cultural workers have threatened
to block work.
The threatened genera] strike
of 25,000 Minneapolis workers
lost some of its menace last night
when the general drivers and
helpers union decided against
bolting its peace conferences with
the employers' advisory commit
tee and the Minneapolis-St. Paul
rerional labor board, ilVI