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WEATHER Partly c?pudy tooijht followed k Thursday; not much temperature. ,ho»v.-r ch»n«e in (tin1 STtmes s GOOD AFTERNOON Reports are out that Shirley Temple ii really 7 instead of 5 jrears old. How tbesa film ac tresses do try to keep their youth! T HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1934 - * • ■' SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS mSS3K£SBSiSESSSS!S£BmSffSSKBSiS^ ifflOl J GROUP w ;o MOVE !» END Dl'ATHS Mayor Edwards Will Bring Matter Before Council Friday Night IMPROVEMENT SOUGHT FOR PAST TEN YEARS Mayor A. V. Kdwards had on fcj de>k today a communication tp the city from the Baptist Min sters' and Workers' conference, in which the city administration •; asked to use 'ts pood offices in in e!?">rt to have equipment for the atVeuardinjr of human life it the Seventh avtnue railway (pv^injr at the depot. Savor Edwards said that the gutter will be brought before the l(itt commissioners by him at ••;nc to be held Friday 7m communication to Mayor I\i •- - :i declares that the r-> -i- v.o *or drastic action ... r. reads as follows: Hendersonville. N. C.. "October 2, 1934. "To W Mayor and Board of Adermen, "Of :.»<? City of Hendersonville, "Hendersonville, X. C. "Ortiexen: ••We. 'he Baptist Ministers and Wirk-rs Conference of the Caro Fna Aviation, representing 46 (hmhe* and a membership of ^ TrtOfl. respectfully petition m to use vour good offices to the end that hars or electric lient* ari Wl* he olaced at the cross in? of the Southern railroad at the depot to p-otect the ,ives (^ our people against accident from motine trains. "We h»lieve the time has come f«r drastic action on this matter. We have only to remind you that it 'he past two vears there nave b*n seven killed at this erasing. About two years ago a Mr. Hiinfr m was struck here and k,lled I*t v°ar the eighty odd year old J.P. Hvder was fatally wounded hr?. Now onlv last week oc rcwi the awful tragedy which '•sil'ed in five fatalities. His not "»time come for speedy and wsedial action? With five wid "i? and a host of small children Vreft of their loved ones and bread winners, we feel that some fee must he done. Shall others have to pay the same costly toll •„ Hive these good men died in vain? believe that you will agree *ith us that the time has come 'or quick action. Believing y°u will agree with us and give the needed orders to the Southern ^iilwav. we are, "Yen- respectfully. "JAMES M. .TITSTICE, MAS. L. BROWN. "BROADUS E. JONES. "Committee.**, Mayor Edwards, in discussing proposed safety measure, said: 1 "Anything I can do to bring iMut some action as sought by ^ petition 1 will certainly do. I '•el that it Is time for the several ftobs of the citv and everybody interested in civic affairs to press lor some change in the matter >f *)!rp safetv measure at the Sev- 1 •nth avenue railroad crossing. I *r. Ward, who is the watchman ftert is a fine, gentlemanly man, »d rery careful when he is on •jjtjr. hut he cannot be there at 1 6®es. and the recent accident ; * another lesson that some «f "rt must he made to secure a* a measure nf safetv as is ■ - > t, <?ic at that point. • "i - a- 1 that the effort to 1,4 ° trrade crossing more "" • i| ha< been undcr ^ tf)r many years—that per il's for ten years or more, the j^P'e have been trying to g**t £'-"Ction for traffic at this point, . p, "etil to have some kind of' a *'• or there. 1 know some tnese systems are right ex^en but it would be better for " *ai!road to install some kind ( ;»fety device than for people . continue to get killed at this cro$sin^.'» tab Creek GOP Meeting Is Called ^airman L. M. Laughter, of I v"u Crab Creek precinct, lias j * M a Republican precinct meet nex^ Tuesday, October 9, . o'clock in the evening at the J!* !>f Dan McCrary. - „ p n^rman Laughter urges all •"Publicans, both men and worn °» to aUtud this, meeting.-. INTEREST GROWING IN BABY PAGEANT AND POPULARITY ELECTION OF COMING FAIR Wanted! Mary Brings, pretty brunet, called herself a hitch-hiker. Within 24 hours police were searching for her as the key witness in a sensational mys tery. Read her story in the ex citing new serial, "The Clew of I the Forgotten Murder." It be gins Thursday. ONE TEACHER IS ADDED TO! CITY SCHOOLS Hiss Winona Ewbank Is Elected to Sixth Grade j Teaching Position Election of Miss Winona Ew bank as sixth grade teacher in the Rosa Edwards school was an nounced today by R. P. Freeze, chairman of the city school board, after the state school commission had allotted an additional teacher to Hendersonville on the basis of the initial enrollment for the school term just beginning. Meeting last night, the board also authorized a Thanksgiving holiday of two days, beginning on Wednesday, and a Christmas holi day of two weeks, beginning on Friday, December 21. A short school session will be held on Fri day, October 19, to permit teach ers to attend the district teachers meeting in Asheville. Figures presented to the board last night showed that the local (Continued on page three) Merchants, Farmers May Begin Placing Exhibits at Gym on Friday ENTIRE PREMIUM LIST PUBLISHED About thirty-tive babies from six months of age to five years today had been entered in the Baby Pageant which is to be held on Wednesday, October 10, at 3 p. m.. as a feature of the Hender son County Fair, on the fair grounds. Preceding the pageant, there | will be a Tom Thumb parade. All ; mothers with babies entered in the ! pageant will decorate the vehicles ! of the babies such as go-carts, baby carriages, and others to com pete for the lovely prizes offered for this parade. The parade itself will be around the midway in the showgrounds, following which the prizes will be offered to the three winning babies with the best dec orated vehicles or floats. Next the babies obtaining the most votes in the Baby Pageant i will be awarded the prizes and the mothers of the three winning: ba bies will also receive the prizes ] [offered them. All baby prizes are ' now on display in the windows of | the Hawkins Jewelry company. | Much comment has been made relative to these lovely prizes. The prizes of the mothers will also ! be on display in the next day or I two, just as soon as they are re ceived at fair headquarters, i At the present time two of the ' thirty-five entries in the baby show are tied for first prize, name 1 ly Few Corn, Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. Few Corn of 141 Second ave nue. Hendersonville, and James Edsel Pace, son of Mr. and Mrs. ! E. M. Pace of Flat Rock. Each of these babies had forty-five hun dred (4500) votes to his credit at the close of fair headquarters Sat urday evening. September 29. The contest will continue until noon, Wednesday, October 10, and it is hoped some keen competition will be given the preseVit leaders by the remainder of the babies en tered. Amone the 17 entries in the Miss Hendersonville Popularity Election Contest the standing was as follows at noon Tuesday: Name: No. Votes Kitty Brownlee 14,008 Mildred Grant 13,799 Mary Mehaffey 12,500 Elsie Flanagan 8,000 Jeanette Jackson 7,000 Ella Pavne 5,000 Mrs. J. W. Bramitt 4,500 Mossy Lee Ward 4,500 Jerry Arledge 4,500 Marion Mitchell 4,500 Alice Louise Powers 4,500 Gussie Maxwell 2,000 Mrs. W. F. Finch 2,000 Nellie Hutchinson 2,000 Martha Kollock 2,000 , Sue Garren 2,000 Nell Osteen 2,000 The young ladies are working very hard to outdo each other in i the securing of these votes, and it is hoped that the public of Hen derson county will give each of their favorite candidates all the support possible to h^lp them cash in on the beautiful prizes offered, which are also on display at Haw kins Jewelry company's windows. First prize is a 5-Day All Expense Trip to the Chicago World's Fair or $50.00 in cash; second prize, a beautiful wrist watch, and third prize, a beautiful gold lavalier. A beauty show will take place on Wednesday evening, October 10, in which the entries in the Miss Hendersonville Popu larity Election will participate for the title of "Most Beautiful Girl (Continued on page six.) U. S, Building Greatest Air Force In Its History; 900 Combat Planes To Operate Under Chief Of Staff By HOBART C. MONTEE United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. (UP) Organization of the greatest fight ing air force ever marshalled by the United States was announced by the war department yesterday. As an integral part of the re organization of the U. S. army, now under way, it was announced that practically all serviceable combat planes in the air corps had been organized into an independ ent general headquarters air force to operate directly under the di rection of the chief of staff of the army. .< Announcement of the program I ca/ne as. ^Brigadier _ UeneraJL Wi^-l liam Mitchell charged that "boy scouts" in the war department had frustrated military aircraft devel opment. .He recommended to the federal aviation commission a fleet of 50 dirigibles, flanked by bombers able to cruise lone dis tances, and "capable of attacking Japan." "Japan," Mitchell said, "is our most dangerous enemy." The GHQ force, comprising at present 48 fighting units of ap proximately 450 bombardment, pursuit and attack planes, will be concentrated at eifrht army air fields from coast to coast. When the new planes now under con struction or soon to be purchased #-e completed, .the new air force (Cqftii^etf fou, pag© aix*,- > Great Head Rock to Be Shown On New U. S. Postage Stamp The historic Great Head near Bar Harbor, Me., pictured above, in beautiful Acadia National Park, \yill grace one of the new series of stamps bearing scenes of national parks being issued by the Post Office department. The imposing landmark, which has withstood many generations of tourists, served as a stepping stone in 1604 when Champlain landed in Bar Harbor with orders tq establish the French dominions in America between the 40th and 46th latitudes. Five From Here In Attendance On Municipal Parley Mayor Edwards Heads Delegation to Asheville Regional Conference Mayor A. V. Edwards and three city commissioners, W. M. Sherard, L. R. Geiger, and Harvey Riggan, and J. A. Woodward, ac countant were in the party from Hendersonville in attendance on the Western North Carolina mu nicipal officials conference being held at Asheville today, at the George Vanderbilt hotel. Morning and afternoon sessions of the con ference were being held and the delegations from the various Western North Carolina cities and towns were guests of the city of Asheville for a luncheon at the hotel. Two outstanding figures are on the program of the conference. Charles M. Johnson, state treas-! urer and director of the local gov ernment- commission spoke this morning on the theme of refinanc ing of municipal debts and the TV A program was also to be dis cussed. In the afternoon, John Sykes, director of public relations for North Carolina emergency re lief administration is to speak on the problem of relief employment | as it affects the municipalities of 1 this section. | 18 From Here Go i To CCC Camps Eighteen hoys were enrolled ! for Civilian Conservation Corps J camp and were taken to Asheville for examination Tuesday. The fol lowing boys between the ages of 18 and 2£ passed the examina tion and were distributed to vari ous camps: Paul Baldwin, Fletcher, route 1; Ralph Baldwin, Henderson ville; Laurence Duncan, Hender sonville; Sylvester Duncan, Hen derson ville; J. C. Gibbs, Jr., Hen dersonville; Avery Hensley, Hen dersonville, route 5; James Hol bort, Hendersonville, route 1; Jim Holcombe, Fletcher, route 1; Clarence Hyder, Hendersonville, I route 1; James Jason Justus,! Hendersonville; Amos Lanning, Fletcher, route 1; Otis D. Lyda, Hendersonville, route 2; Brown low Lyda, Hendersonville, route I 2; Julius Prince, Fletcher; Frank Riddle, Horse Shoe, route 2; Julian Steadman, Hendersonville, route 1; Ladd Stepp, Henderson ville y Howard Young, Henderson ville, * ; All PLANNING TRUCE PARLEY To Confer With Roosevelt on His Proposal for Industrial Truce SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3.— " (UP).—The American Federation of Labor will send its officers to Washington at conclusion of its convention here to confer with President Roosevelt on his pro posal for a period of industrial peace. President William Green of the federation made the announce ment last night as the second ses sion of the convention closed. Green and his officers will be prepared to offer complete co-op eration with the President in his plan for a truce but they will not relinquish in that period any ad vantages gained through the NRA, Green said. In his announcement, Green at tacked the National Association of Manufacturers, which chal lenged the A. F. of L. to accept the truce. "The American Federation of Labor has never deviated from the methods urged by President Roosevelt for settlement of in dustrial troubles," said Green. "There is no reason why we should now. Therefore, the offi cers of this organization will go to Washington at the end of this convention to stand by for con ferences with President Roosevelt and ready to co-operate to the fullest in his plan." It was expected the convention would take formal action on the truce proposal in a later session. Two hundred resolutions, cov ering a wide range of policies— unemployment insurance, indus trial unionism, the NRA and scores of other problems—went before the resolutions committee | of the A. F. of L. yesterday. Seat 8 Jurors In The Insull Case CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—(UP).— Four more jurors, making a total of eight, had been seated for the trial of Samuel Insull, Sr., and 16 associates, charged with using the mails to defraud stockholders of the Corporation Securities company of $143,000,000. LEAVING FOR FLORIDA Mrs. J. W. Miller, a summer resident of Laurel park, will leave tomorrow for Leesburg, Fla., where she will reside during the winter, NEW NRA UNITS HELD FOES OF BIG BUSINESS Two Factors at Odds on Many Points as Work Entered Upon MAJOR POLICIES WILL I BE BASIC, UNCHANGED I WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. (UP). [Unqualified opposition to legisla tion for a 30-hour labor work week is indicated as a part of the administration's progr&m for the reconstructed NRA. It is learned : on good authority by the United Press here today that President Roosevelt is determined to fight hard to make collective bargaining an unquestioned right of all American workers. Between now and June 16th the administration will draft and congress will pass legislation putting the NRA on a permanent basis, observers be lieve. By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. (UP). New deal recovery plans passed directly yesterday to the supervi sion—almost control—of an em ergency cabinet which stands for many things bitterly opposed by big business. President Roosevelt's industrial emergency committee got its hand on NRA as the new national industrial recovery board met for the first time. The board is responsible for moving the blue eagle to a permanent roost sunk in a permanent foundation. Donald R. Richberg, director of the powerful industrial emerg ency committee, sat with the board at its first meeting. The board will chart NRA's new pol icies. Richberg and his commit-' tee colleagues also are charged; by President Roosevelt to: First, Make recommendations regarding relief, public works, la bor disputes and agricultural re covery. * [ 2, Second and .co-ordinate the] handling of joint problems af fecting those activities. R.E. MILLER PASSES AWAY Rites Will Be Thursday A. M. at Catholic Church; Heart Illness Fatal Richard Elliott Miller, 65, died Tuesday morning at 8:45 o'clock at the Patton Memorial hospital, following an illness of some three and a half weeks, in which he had been at the hospital for treatment for heart trouble. Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Immaculata Conception Thursday morning1 at 10 o'clock. Interment will follow in Oakdale cemetery here. The body, following prepara tion for burial at Tom Shepherd's funeral home, was removed to the family apartment at 627 Fifth avenue west. Mr. Miller was in his 66th year. He was born in Columbus, "Miss. His business career was spent in New York City and five years ago there, he sold out his textile mills and retired from business. Three ye&rs ago, Mr. and Mrs. Miller made their home in Henderson ville, having come south to reside. Mr. Miller had been in declining health for a few months, but his heart ailment became serious only about three weeks ago. He is survived by his wife and his only living relative is a niece, Mrs. Norman, widow of the late Judge Norman, of Union Springs, Ala. The following will serve as pallbearers: R. H. Staton, Vivian Burrowes, Dr. Vincent Staton, R. B. Hammes, Sam Bryson, Camp bell King, Cyril Livingston, Mr. Harnett, Austin Podesta, and George O'Connor. WORLD SERIES FIRST St Louis Detroit Batteries: St. Louis, J. D Crowder and Cochrane. \S ■ ■ » ■ Princess Ruhie May Wed Pasha Mustapha Kemal Pasha, 57-year old dictator of Turkey, is report ed to be considering matrimony again. Viennese diplomatic cir cles say his bride will be Prin cess Huhie of Albania (above), most beautiful of / King . Zogs four daughters. PICKET LINES DISPERSED BY TROOPS IN GA. —"— I Action Comes as Officials Fear Strike Getting Oui of Hand ' . i ROME. Ga., Oct. 3. (U"P)— Picket lines surrounding: four strike-closed stove foundries were dispersed today by an expedition ary force of 500 national guards men sent here by Governor Eu gene Talmadge. The five hundred guardsmen commanded by Adjutant General Lindley W. Camp arrived at dawn to dominate this area where civil authorities reported a strike of 600 stove and foundry workers was "absolutely beyond control." The strike for higher wages had been effective at four foundries for eight weeks. Governor Eugene Talmadge or-1 dered the troops sent after Sher iff 0. L. Betts and Circuit Judge James Maddox reported the strik ers preventing foundries from loading stoves on freight cars. Troops were equipped with 16 machine guns, rifles, bayonets, tear pas bombs and ammunition. Camp said the guardsmen would patrol the zone until all signs of trouble have disappeared. Church Loyalty Event Marks H.S. Assembly Hour Lippard Tells of Thought as Developing Forces in Life ; ] A special program commemo rating Church Loyalty week was held at the high school this morn ing during the regular assembly hour. Rev. A. W. Lippard, of the Lu theran church was the speaker at this time. Mr. Lippard declared that the purpose of the school is to teach the pupils to think. The capacity for thinking is one of God's greatest gifts to man. All the good in the world is the re sult of thought, it is all developed in the mind. Likewise, all the evil in the world is the result of thought. All evil acts are first formulated in the mind. Thought is like a sculptor, it cuts the image of the person that is to be. Tiius young people (Continued on page three) . GAME 021 61 — 001 00 ean and Delancey; Detroit, SECOND STILL BATTLES WITH1 FIERCE STORM Her Bridge Washed Away She Is Unable to Steer Way no traceTfound OF BOAT SENDING S.O.S. NEW YORK, Oct. 3. (UP)— ' The British freighter Ainderby to- ' day battled desperately against an Atlantic storm in which the British freighter Millpool is miss ing and feared lost with 28 hands on board. The Ainderby wirelessed that . her bridge is partly washed away and that she is unable to heave to. I The Millpool sent an SOS ear i lier but two ships reaching her • j last known position were unable • i to find a trace of the steamer. The two British freighters were , in distress off Newfoundland last , night according to SOS messages intercepted by MacKay radio. The Ainderby, a 3,000-ton steel vessel which left Swansea, Wales. September 21 for Montreal, sent a call for help from a point about 500 miles off St. Johns. She is owned by the Ropner Shipping company of West Haartlepool, j England. ' , The other stricken ship, the Millpool, 2,700 tons, was bound from Danzig to Montreal. Her po sition was estimated at about 700 • miles off Newfoundland. The steamer Black Gull radioed ) that "neither the steamers Aula nia nor the Deaverhill, supnosod near the Millpool, had sighted that I vessel up to 7:20 p. m. Radio bearings placed the Millpool 70 • degrees on the port bow of the i Aulania at that hour." WARN BADlTORM BREWING IN GULF WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. (L'P). The weather bureau today issued an advisory hurricane warning, saying condition** are unsettled over the middle <*f the Gulf of j Mexico and adv 'ing the middle I and east gulf coast public to watch for developments and ob tain this evening's advices. HAUPTMANN'S TRIAL IS SET Will Face Bronx Court Oct. 11 on Extortion ' Count, Is Decision NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—(UP). County Judge James M. Barrett today announced that Bruno Richard Hauptmann will be tried in Bronx county October 11, charged with extorting $50,000 Lindbergh kidnap ransom. Hauptmann was taken from his cell, to the county courtroom shortly before District Attorney Samuel Foley appeared to ask for a special jury panel. The latter procedure, which is unusual was unexplained. Six alienists, two each for New York and New Jersey and two ffor the defense arranged to ex amine. Hauptmann later and de termine his sanity. New Jersey authorities ques tioned Ben Lupica, Princeton student, who said he saw Haupt mann driving a sedan with a ladder in the back along the lane leading to the Lindbergh Hope well h9me the day of the kidnap ing. Presbyterians Set Meeting At 7:30 ■ Preparations Under Way for ~Lo?aIty Day, Sunday \ Prayer meeting at the Presby terian church this evening- will begi nat 7:30 instead of 8 o'clock, the hour for evening services having been changed October 1. The prayer meeting will be in the church house, and the service will be- one of preparation fof the Sunday morning service, when the quarterly communion of the congregation will be ob served. This chnrch is making prepara tions, also, for the observance of loyalty day next Sunday. Special efforts are being matfe to secure 'I the attendance at the services of 1 all members of the church. There < will be a special program in the jj Sunday school, the celebration of ii the annual "Rally Day" of tftf f denomination,
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