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WEATHER Scattering thundershowers to night and Wedne»day little change in temperature. GOOD AFTERlfOOfl Senator H«tf Long ha« taken hold of til* government of Lou* iiiana, 10 the rest of the country will just hare to wait until ho get* around to it. VOL. 53—No- 164 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1934 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS Crucial Battle Is Raging IrilGran Chaco War OUTCOME FOR LONG, BLOODY WAR PENDING Bolivians Ordered to de fend Fort Ballivan to the Last Man 40,000 PARAGUAYAN TROOPS ATTACKING BUEXOS AIRES. July 10.— (UP).—Bolivian and Paraguayan forces were locked today in a ra.'or batt.e. which gave indica tor. of determining the victor in the bloody Gran Chaco war. Fortv thousand Paraguayan trnops wt-re attacking Fort Balli van. stronghold of the Bolivian force? near the Pilcomayo and key position to the whole Chaco region. The Bolivian defenders were the picked men of the army and had orier? to defend their posi tion to the last man. Fitting was fierce and bloody. The Paraguayans advanced one )(\ —five-eights of a mile— tbrvugh :he thick line of advance tmeks before the fort. This I made ;t possible for artillery to advance within range of the fort, according to Paraguayan official reports. Gen. Jose Estigarribia, French trained, graduate of the famous St. Cvr academy, pursued his fa Torite tactics by attacking from more than one front. While his main force beleaguered Ballivan, others were detailed to make sec ondary attacks on the El Carmen and Canada, strongest positions. Paraguayan official reports of this, the fifth major attack on Ballivan and the first to show progress, described the one kilo metre advance as having over whelmed the third line of the en emy trenches, and forcing a re treat by its defenders toward the Pilcomayo river which forms the frontier between the Chaco and Argentina. Capture of some munitions was claimed. Bolivians, the communique said, showed determination to defend the Bolivian key position at all cost. Bolivian prisoners were quoted as saying that their high command was concentrating all aval/able men at the fort. Paraguayan planes were co-op continued on page four) City Net Ranking Ladder Arranged; Ewbank Tops List Announcement was made this morning by the Chamber of Com merce tennis committee of the ranking ladder of the city's ten nis players. Due to the fact that manv who entered the ladder did not play in the citv tournament last year «ome difficulty was found in plac ing the players, those who did not compete were placed on the lad der and a few weeks playing will he necessary to determine their status. E. w. Ewbank, Jr., was placed in the Number 1 position with decree Fain, finalist in last year'3 tourney in second place. Other rankings include: No. 3, Johnny Jackson: No. 4, Ivan Smith; No. 5. Bob Anders; No. 6, Earl Brown: No. 8, Wemple Guer r*flt; No. 8, Guy Suber: No. 9, ^artin Oarren; No. 10, O. Y. "Town fee, jr>; No. 11, Bruce •raineer: No. 12, Leonard Lewis; * 13, Sam Bryson; No. 14, Bon ne? Brownlee. P'ayers in the first five are to challenge onlv from e olayer directly beneath them °n?ne ladder. Other players are •'abject to challenge from players 0 P'*<x* below them. In order ent^r the ladder any players "!ay ^ challenged and their P'aces won but if the entrant •"'Is to win he is placed at the bottom of the ladder. IS RUN OVER BY CAR, HEADACHE RESULTS DETROIT, July 10.—(UP).— j\atiuued, Eugene Houck pillowed head under the rear wheel of *n automobile parked in a back y**d and went to sleep. Through *°rk. Clerk William Stahl got nv° ^.e m*cbine and backed ou+ "hysicians stitched up Houck's **r, said his headache wouldn't last. When President Met President in Haiti That American marines would be promptly withdrawn from Haiti was the pledge made by President Roosevelt when he arrived in Cap Haitien, Haiti, for his first visit since leaving the United States on nis long cruise to Hawaii. The President and Haiti's President Stenio Vincent (left), who welcomed mm, stand bareheaded while a 21-gun salute is fired in honor of the visiting chief executive. RESURFACING 7TH AVE WILL BE COMPLETED Excavation in Advanced Stage; to Finish Main St. Project Soon Work of excavating Seventh avenue east was well underway today, preparatory to resurfacing the entire street from Main street to the Southern depot, while con tractors told Mayor A. V. Ed wards they were planning to re surface Main street at once. Mayor Edwards said he under stood the resurfacing of the cen ter of Main street from whiph old paving and the car track recently were removed and a new concrete base laid, would be started Wed nesday and that this work would require oniy a few days, with little inconvenience to traffic. The surface will be of three-inch asphalt and can be used as soon as it is rolled, it was said. Seventh avenue east will be re paved in its entirety within the east and west limits specified. The street will have a five-inch concrete base and a three-inch as phalt top. This work will require about eigrht weeks, it was estimat ed. Meanwhile, business firms on the street will be inconvenienced, it was estimated, although a ma jority have alley or side street outlets. Mayor Edwards said traf fic signs would be erected and that merchants on the street would be given every "break" possible. I While the city administration has had no control over the street work, the contracts having been let by the state highway commis sion with federal co-operation, Mayor Edwards has kept in close touch with the projects and is enthusiastic over the improve ments. Comparatively few com plants of business handicaps have been received, he said, although business firms manifestly would have preferred that the work be done at any other season of the year. TEAM MANAGERS IN COUNTY LEAGUE TO MEET HERE JULY 14 A meeting of managers of the teams in the Henderson County league will be held at the county courthouse on Saturday night at 8 o'clock, it was announced to day. . • Managers are requested to bring lists of their players to this meeting. > — Roosevelt Gets Salute Entering Cartagena Port CARTAGENA, Colombia, July 10.— (U?).—President Roosevelt and President Herrera of Colom bia exchanged warm greetings to day as Roosevelt visited the first foreign country on his vacation trip. A 21-gun salute was ex changed as two Colombian de stroyers escorted the cruiser into the harbor. ABOARD U.S.S. GILMER at sea, July 10.— (UP).—President Roosevelt kept in close touch yes terday with strike developments on the Pacific coast and other la bor fronts. Speeding rapidly toward Carta gena, Colombia, across the placid Caribbean sea, Mr. Roosevelt carefully studied messages relay ed to his vessel, the cruiser Hous ton, by radio. The president also reviewed economic and social surveys of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is lands, where he spent several days in the past week inspecting conditions among the people of these two possessions. During the afternoon, the presi dent went on deck for a sun bath. The weather was clear and hot as, the Houston and the convoy de stroyers moved southward. Mr. Roosevelt, defyiqg the tradition that no United States president touches foreign soil while in office plans to go ashore at Cartagena todav as a gesture of good will to Latin-American peoples, with whom he desires improved relations. Cummings Sees 'Dictatorship' As 'Ridiculous' Cry Radio Address Patently a Reply to Republican Attacks WASHINGTON, July 10. (UP) Replying tcf Republican cries of dictatorship and "unconstitOtion al seizure of power by the admin istration," Attorney General Ho mer S. Cummings last night branded the charges "fantastic and "ridiculous." The authors of the assertions, Cummings implied, are tories who would have opopsed the progres sive moves that have carried this nation forward since its birth. "To these reactionaries to whom every new step appears a ghastly peril," he said, "each de parture from the course to which they have been accustomed seems a fatal step. "Time has a way of dealing with such critics and life passes (Continued on page four). LONG MACHINE) IGNORES NEED OF DESTITUTE Relief Lost as Legislature Spends Time Passing "Spite" Bills BATON ROGUE, La., July 10. (UP).—Fifteen thousand desti-. tute citizens will be dropped from federal relief rolls because the Louisiana legislature neglected its own relief fund. The legisla ture is engrossed in a campaign of tax and "spite" bills against Senator Huey P. Long's enemies. Harry J., Early, state adminis trator of ERA, announced today that future federal appropriatons to this state would be cut $1, 000,000 and that after July 31, the unemployables would be thrown back on their own par ishes. "We have been carrying 15, 000 of them for seven months, contrary to advices from Wash ington," Early said. "The fed eral government is not interested in helping a state which appar ently is not interested in helping itself." ERA officials warned Gov ernor O. K. Allen last week that Louisiana must appropriate at (Continued on page four) SAY FRANCE READY TO YIELD IMPORTANT CONCESSIONS TO GERMANY AS TO REARMAMENT Four Unidentified Hoboes Burn to Death, 15 Cars of Merchandise Destroyed by Fire at Morrisville (Copyright, 1934, United Pre»«) LONDON, July 10.—(UP).— France has indicated readiness to grant important arms concessions to Germany and legalize reason able German rearmament, in formed observers said today at the conclusion of the two-day Anglo-French conversations held here on European problems. SPECTACULAR FIRE KILLS 4, INJURES 4 MORRISVILLE, July 10. (UP) Four uni'jsntified hoboes, includ ing *h?*e negroes and one white man, were burned to death and four negroes were injured seri ously and four tanks of gasoline and 15 cars of merchandise were burned when a west-bound South ern railway freight overturned and caught fire here this morning. , Damage was estimated at $500, 000. NO MARKETING PACT FOR COTTON GINNERS WASHINGTON, July 10. (UP) Attempts to bring the cotton gin ning industry under a marketing agreement were abandoned by the AAA today. Officials said the ginners refused to accept an agreement without a provision au thorizing rate fixing. KANSAS CITY POLITICIAN SHOT FROM AMBUSH KANSAS CITY, July 10. (UP) John Lazio, North Side political chieftain and power in the under world was shot down by gang sters as he stepped from an auto mobile in front of a hotel here today. Seriously wounded by eight machine-gun and shot-gun slugs, a blood transfusion was given. Lazia is under federal convic tion for facing to file income tax returns. His wife and two friends had stopped their car in front of the hotel when two gangsters arose from behind • shrubbery ambush, opening fire. J REICHSTAG CALLED TO GIVE APPROVAL TO HITLER'S ACTS; SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGE FELT ffAR VETERANS HOLIDAY WILL BE ENFORCED Nazi Troopers Flee to France; Others Refugees in Holland MULHOUSE, France, July 10. — (UP).—Sixty uniformed Nazi Storm Troopers crossed the bor der at Kembs last night, announc ing they preferred prison* sen tences for illegal entry into France to continued residence in Germany. The refugees, fleeing the purg ing of the Nazi party by Chancel lor Adolf Hitler, said numerous Storm Troopers were leaving Germany for Holland. By EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press Staff Correspondent BERLIN, July 10.—(UP).—A new move to take millions of Ger mans out of uniform and restore the reich to normal civil life gained impet us last night with an order for the Steel Helmets' war veterans organization to take en enforced holiday until August 18. During the vacation period, wearing of the uniform of the organization was strictly forbid den. The order followed a declara tion earlier of a month's holiday for the Nazi Storm Troops. They, likewise, are not to appear in uni form during July. The result was expected to lessen tension be tween the two semi - military bodies and permit the people to forget the bloody events of the past ten days. The Storm Troops' new com mander, Viktor Lutze, also grant ed members permission to leave the country for trips abroad, such as the Nazi welfare organizations have scheduled for workers this summer. The vexatious prooiern ui im mobilizing the Storm Troops will be Chancellor Adolf Hitler's first most important task of returning from a quiet week-end in Bavaria, where for the first time since ex ecutions began on June 30 he had a chance to review the troubled domestic situation calmly. After settling the Storm Troop issue Hitler plans to embark be fore the end of the month on the new cruiser Deutschland for a holiday voyage in Scandinavian waters, it was reported reliably. He will be accompanied by De fense Minister Werner von Blorn berg and a few other reichswehr (army) officers. Elimination of the clique head ed by the late Captain Ernst Roehm, one of those executed, removed the greatest single (Continued on page four.) People Put On Potato Rations By Government Concentration Camps Are Being Reorganized; Guards Changed BERLIN, July 10. (UP).—An all Nazi reichstag was summoned todav to meet Friday at 8 p. m. to give formal blessing to the acts of Hitler's government in suppressing the Roehm revolt. Ten minutes after announce ment of the summons, German newspapers were ordered not to mention it, explaining the time might be altered. It is certain that whatever Hitler says will be approved unanimously by cheers and, if necessary, by vote. (Copyright, 1934, United Pre«s) BERLIN, July 10.—(UP).— Menace of food shortage caused the newly "purged" Nazi regime to bring its dictatorial powers into play Monday. Economics Minister Schmitt, exercising the absolute authority granted by last Thursday's law making food dictator, issued a de cree raising the import quotas on potatoes to overcome a shortage throughout the reich. Authorities emphasized that the action was to overcome the "nor mal" early summer shortage, but admitted this was acutely accen tuated by heavy frosts in the spring. The people have been put on rations of potatoes in many sections. Three pounds to a per son was the rule in areas affected worst. German farmers also have been hard hit by the drouth this summer, and the crops will be short in many districts usually counted upon for food. The duty on potatoes also was reduced until the end of July, from six marks ($2.30) to two ■marks (76 cents) per double cent ner, or 220 pounds. Until the end of this week, when the German crops are ex pected to begin pouring in, Hol land has been granted a supple mentary quota of 35 carloads of 200 centners each, daily; Italy, 40 to 60 carloads, and Belgium, 50 carloads. The scarcity of potatoes led to closing of several grocery stores in the west end of Berlin, on charges of profiteering. In conformity with announced plans to restore the nation to nor mal following the executions of the last ten days, the authorities (Continued on page four) Dance Recital At Kanuga Tonight Dr. Yeouell Will Lecture There Wednesday Night recital by the dancing class wnl be the program for Tuesday evening at Kanuga lake, confer ence center of the Episcopal church, where the junior camps for boys and girls are now in ses sion. On Wednesday evening there will be an illustrated lecture by Dr. Herbert Yeuell, Washington, on "Oberammer^au and the Pas sion' Play." This lecture has been given to a large number of church organizations throughout the country and has proved to be a popular feature of educational entertainment. A silver offering will be taken to defray the ex pense of the lecture, to which the public is cordially invited. 5 Camps To Have Part in Pageant Announcement was made yes terday that the patrons of five camps had accepted invitations from the Chamber of Commerce to take part in the pageant, "The Fire God," when the carnival and pageant is staged at Laurel Park August 16. Camp members which it is al ready known will have part in this colorful event are those at Lake Lure Camp for Gir'is, Camp Ton a-Wandah, Chimney Rock Camp for Boys, Camp Mondamin, and Camp Carlyle, » Casey Jones' Widow Takes The Throttle It was Mrs. Casey Jones who "mounted to the cabin," as a fea ture of celebration of the 80th anniversary of railroading in west Kentucky and west Tennessee. The widow of the song-famed en gineer is shown here in the cab of the replica of the first locomo tive ttr nm iti that section, at the festival in Fulton, Ky. CITY'S GUESTS ENTERTAINED AT RECEPTION Event Sponsored by C. of C. and Civic Groups Draws Hundreds The Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations of the city extended the summer visitors a courtesy last evening by hav ing a reception at the Skyland hotel in order that the visitors and home people might become better acquainted. Quantities of colorful flowers, many of which were furnished by Harve" Rig gan, enhanced the charm of the 3pacious ballroom. Delightful music was furnished through the courtesy of Jimmy Livingston and his orchestra which added much pleasure for the guests. Milo W. Sfcrong. president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Strong extended greetings to all. They were assisted by 0. Y. Brownlee, chairman of the en tertainment committee for the season and president of the Ki wanis club, and representatives of other organizations. A group of attractive young girls, Miss Kitty Brownlee, Marion Mitchell, Lucile Arnold of Groveland, Fla., Kath erine Lake of Beaufort, S. C., Elsie Flanagan, Alice Louise Powers, Rosemary Schenck, El la Payne and Nancy Sutherland served punch to the several hun dred guests. A specialty act was presented bv little Miss Hewlitt of Jacksonville, Fla. Among those receiving with Mr. and Mrs. Strong and Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee, Were: Mrs. Fred Justus, director of entertainment of Chamber of Commerce; E. W. Ham, president of the Rotary club, and Mrs. Ham; Yates W. Little, secretary of the Rotary club, and Mrs. Little; Mrs. John Forrest, president of the Wo man's club, and Mr. Forrest, Mrs. H. Walter Fuller, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Dolbee, Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Weddington, Mrs. R. H. Staton, Mrs. Paul Peyton, Rev. N. C. Hughes. Rev. and Mrs. Jas. P. Burke, Mrs. L. J. Fluker, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Jones and a num ber of others. FOUR FLIERS KILLED ROME, July 10.—(UP).—Four fliers were killed today when their plane crashed at a military ex perimental airport at Montecelio, in the outskirts of Rome. The tail snapped off their machine, which svas a new type Caproli monoplane being tested, PRESIDENT IS KEPTINTOUCH m ACTIONS Hope to Keep Down Fur ther Violence Until He Ends Cruise secretarTperkins OFFERS ASSISTANCE WASHINGTON, July 10. (UP)'. Strikes in various parts of the country were regarded so serious ly here today that President Roosevelt was wirelessed reports on the situation. The newly swom-in national labor board plunged immediately into the task of preventing spread of violence and bloodshed from the Pacific coast and Bridgeton, N. J., scenes of serious rioting. The board, headed by Lloyd Garrison, 37-year-old grandson of the famous abolitionist, hoped to be able to avert additional viol ence at least until President Roosevelt returns from his holi day on the cruiser Houston. Major labor conflicts were re ported from New Jersey to San Francisco and from Minneapolis to Fort Worth. In almost every case federal mediators were busy, trying to end armed forays and an almost daily toll of dead and injured. New to its task, the board's first objective was to familiarize itself with reports of about 100 disputes which were turned over to it by the national labor board headed by Senator Robert F. Wagner (D.. N. Y.), which it re places. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and her staff offered the full resources of the labor depart ment to aid the mediators in speedily coming to grips with the cream of knotty problems with which it is faced. For the present, the board is retaining the facilities of the re gional labor boards organized un der the earlier set-up. These bords are the first lqie of de fense in maintaining industrial peace. Appeals are taken to the national board which is a court of last resort. Two of the most serious con flicts are in the hands of special presidential boards named bv Mr. Roosevelt. These are the Pacific coast longshoremen's strike and the steel industry fight. Tho longshoremen's strike presents the most immediate crisis with a general strike threatened and several dead in bitter rioting. Of equal portent is a threat of renewal of strife at Minnaepolis where two were killed in a trucks ers' strike in May . A mass meet j ing for Wednesday has been called to vote on a general strike. Other problems include a truck farm strike at Bridgeton, N. J., where several score persons wer injured in rioting, a strike of on ion weeders at McGuffy, 0., where a machine gun was called into play and a threat of a strike of steel car workers and bus driv ers at Fort Worth, Texas. CLUBMEN SET TO PHY BALL; Kiwanis and Rotary Now Ready for Friday After- j noon Game Plans were completed this morning for the baseball game on Friday afternoon at 4:30 p. m*S between the Hendersonville Ro«ij I tary and Kiwanis clubs. Manager J. H. Lampley an-* nounced his Kiwani*. line-up and the Rotary line-up was announc ed by Manager J. T. Fain, Jr., the necessary balls and 'bats were secured, umpires were named and the stage set for the game. A small admission will be char** ed and the proceeds will go to the Chamber of Commerce enter tainment fund. The two managers this morn ing agreed on "Turk" Ruben stein and Columbus Few, Jr., aa the umpires for the game. Um pire Rubenstein will open the eime calling balls and strikes and mpire Few on the bases, but the pair will alternate on duties dur-t ing the game. Rubenstein's se lection as umpire became unani--! mo us when the two managers; learned that he owned two gloves which he was willing to lend as well as a partially cracked bat.), Few's selection was made m minutes later, although it was un*' (Continued on page four)r-!t J 9 > *-,U .> r I
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