WEATHER
Fair, followed by showers to.
,ight or Friday.
(TIu> (Etmcs - £fetorjs *
GOOD AFTERNOON
Strang* (hat the present ad
ministration should be collecting
back taxes, while previous ones
hare firea taxes back,
VOL
53—No. 254
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1934
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS ,
LEGION VOTE DEMANDS BONUS PAYMENT
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Hauptmann Here 3 Weeks After Crime
|£NTED HOUSE
f WHITTED ST.
hiring period
Federal Agont Here For
Evidence Says He Is
Man Described
HERNANDEZ RECALLS
HIS CONVERSATION
The fact that Bruno Haupt
ainn. under indictment for extor
tion and murder in the Lindbergh
tdnappms: case, spent some time
in Hendersonville about a month
jfter the kidnapping was estab-.
Isiied yesterday when a federal
,pn: came here to check up on
gicgram? sent from the Western
[aion offic here.
Federal Agent Simpson was in
3wdersonville for some time yes
*day and will possibly return to
morrow. He was seeking the orig
.jjl 0f a telegram sent from the
u'fice here on April 12, 1932 and,
sued by the name Ackerman. 1
The copy of the telegram re
ared in New Jersey was in the
gent's possession, but he wished
to obtain the original in order to
cjieck the hand writing.
The original copy was not avail
»'»ie because the telegraph com
ptny does not keep copies dating
back more than 12 months.
Mr. S;mj>son was positive that
Hauptmann and another man and
ioman were in Hendersonville
about April 1932. Under the
same of Ackerman he rented a
house on Whitted street from S.
Mixwe!!. and remained here for
:wo or three weeks.
Harry Harnandez, local man
j«r of the Western Union, de
clared that he remembered the
aar. because of the name Acker
san. Mr. Hernandez said that a
friend of his by the same name
Eved in Jacksonville and that this
fact led to conversation between
'Jim and the man believed to be
Hauptmann.
When questioned by the agent
Twterday Mr. Hernandez gave a
description of the man Ackerman,
*fe:ch the agent declared tallied
*ith the appearance of Haupt
lann.
In talking to Mr. Hernandez,
Simpson expressed the opinion
'jat Hauptmann was the correct
in the kionapping case. He
Wared that the case of extor
•j® was practically perfect, but
aat evidence was still needed in
ae kidnapping and murder case.
M. CONDON SAYS
HAUPTMANN IS "JOHN"
FIEMISGTON, Oct. 25. (UP)
United Press learned reliably
•oday that Dr. John F. (Jafsie)
London has become convinced
that Bruno Richard Hauptmann
•J the mysterious "John" to whom
he passed the $50,000 Lindbergh
f*asom money over the Bronx
ceraetery wali.
Condon's decision came dra
®*ticallv at the conclusion of the
surprise visit with the murder sus
P*«tjn his cell here yesterday.
After
conversing with Haupt
®»nn more than an hour along
*he lines of his conversation in
inflection with the ransom nego
tiation more than two years ago
Condon became convinced
«*t Hauptmann and John are
^ and the same person.
>
Dutch Flyers
Land Safely
K. D. Parmentier
J. J. Moll
Even though forced to make an
emergency landing within a few
miles of their goal in the Mel
bourne air derby, J. J. Moll and
K. D. Parmentier, the Dutch fly
ers. seemed assured of winning
first prize in the handicap divis
S ion race. Their plane carried nine
! persons.
3 B. AND P. CLUBS T0|
MEET IN WAYNESVILLE
Members of Business and Pro
[ fessional Women's clubs from
Asheville, Canton and Henderson
| ville will meet Saturday evening
| at seven o'clock at the Masonic
Temple with the newly organized J
Waynesville club. These club3 :
comprise District No. 1, and this
1 meeting will take the place of the
regular district meeting, and all
members are urged to attend. Miss
Jane Truex of Hendersonville is
chairman of District No. 1.
SENATOR, POLITICIAN
STAGE FIST BATTLE
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 25.—
j (UP).—U. S. Senator John H.
Overton, supporter of Senator
Huey P. Long, staged a fist fight
, with Bert Henry, president of the
Anti-Long Honest Election League
in the lobby of Roosevelt hotel
until they were separated by by
standers today. The cause of the
battle was undetermined.
"ho High-Hatted Who?--Bostonians
bonder After Mrs. Roosevelt And
Mrs. Hoover Meet At Convention
... By FRANK MURPHY
Pre., Staff Corre»pondent
BOSTON, Oct. 25. (UP)—
^•ad "A" Boston wondered to
?*■' if the nation's prize snub
,a<i taken place right under its
°*n nose.
Kockribbed Republicans won
*e,re^ if Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
a h'^h-hatted Mrs. Herbert j
yesterday at the Girl I
*outs' convention.
In staunch Democratic homes,
T,names were reversed.
^hc first lady and her prede
issued statements which
Wt be interpreted as denials.
vjT w*re brief and rather
serving to heighten curi
of .v°Ver l^e seem'n^ aloofness
women on the speakers'
p*0rm at Hotel Statler.
thi°r two ,and a half hours at
Mr C0T,v*ntion's opening session,
<U. &°°seveit, honorary presi
• and Mrs. Hoover, member
'' and former chairman of
toard, sat almost side by
side. To the surprise of 1500 as
sembled Scouting1 leaders, there
was no handshake, no mutual
smiling bee, no greeting of any
description. They walked on and
off the platform separately.
In her address, Mrs. Roosevelt
lauded Mrs. Hoover's Girl Scout
service, although she did not re
fer to her by name. At the end
of Mrs. Hoover's one-minute
speech, Mrs. Roosevelt joined in
the applause.
After the session, the two wo
men went to a parlor to be pho
tographed with other Scouting
leaders. Mrs. Hoover, insisting
that she was merely "a simple
member" of the organization, had
declined to be snapped with Mrs.
Roosevelt alone. Mrs. Frederick
Edey, national president of the
Scouts, sat between them in the
group picture. Again, the present
and former first ladies arrived
and left without an interchange.
Next on the day's program was
(Contin .«d on page three)
COOPERATION
OF BANKERS IS
PLEDGED F. R.
Stand Paves Way For
Cooperative Recovery
Drive, After Appeal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. (UP)
—The American Bankers associa
tion today pledged its co-opera
tion with President Roosevelt's
recovery efforts in a significant
gesture of response to the presi
dent's reassuring address last
night, in which he urged shoulder
to shoulder action.
The convention unanimously
adopted resolutions embodying
the committee's recommendations
urging continued co-operation
with the administration and an
early bal^r^ing of the federal
budget.
This conciliatory spirit was in
sharp contrast with the anti-new
deal sentiment which was preva
lent during the 1933 convention.
The stand taken by the 4,000
delegates paved the way for a
co-operative recovery drive as
was suggested last night by the
president when he said "the time
is ripe for an alliance of all
forces."
HARD GRIDIRON
CONTEST NEAR
Speed And Deception to
Mark Hilltoppers' Game
With Rutherford Here
By J. E. S1NGLETARY
The Blue Ridge Hilltoppers,
meeting the powerful Rutherford
college team on the high school
athletic field here at 3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, are expected
to thrill the customers with a
wide-open brand of football.
The Blue Ridge squad is small
and boasts of no weight to write
ho'ne about. In previous games
this season the locals have been
heavily outweighed, and it is un
derstood that the Rutherfords
pack ample avoirdupois. In an
effort to offset this disadvantage
in the matter of power, the Blue
Ridgians are said to be perfect
ing an air attack abounding in j
speed and deception.
Reports indicate that Coach!
Bob Morris is devoting much
time in practice sessions this
week to the art of passing and
receiving that ball. Some plays
he has dragged from his bag
of tricks for his charges are said
to be honeys.
Bartlett, former Asheville high1
star, heads the list of backs vers
ed in the art of projecting: the
(Continued on page four)
CATS TO PLAY
H. S. ALUMNI
Former Stars Will Be in
Line-up of Friday's
Game in City
The Hendersonville High Bear
cats will meet a team organized
from the High School Alumni as
sociation at the athletic field on
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock .
Stars and players of former
years will be in the Alumni line
up in the first game played be
tween the Cats and Alumni since
1930.
Fans will have the opportunity
to see some of the stars of the
past several years in action. The
Alumni team line-up will prob
ably be Ed Thompson (31), left
end; Ranee Cantrell (31), left
tackle; Albright Brown (32), left
guard; Kenneth Arnette (31),
center; James Brown (32), right
guard; Harry Williams (32) right
tackle; and Ed Yelton (31), right
end.
In the backfield, Donald Hill
(31), will be at quarter; Ed White
(31) and Rick Orr (31) at {he
halfback positions, and Pat Flan
agan (33) at fullback.
Among the substitutes will be
Trask McCarson, Furman star, of
the class of '31; Pat Brown, '3~,
and C. M. Pace, '40.
Coach Jackson will start his
regular lineup against the Alumni
team, and the Cats are expected
to make up for Alumni advan
tages in training and teamwork.
WALL STREET IS FAVORABLY
IMPRESSED BY PRESIDENT'S
ADDRESS Bf FORE BANKERS
Attitude to Banking, Rather Than Content of Speech,
Helpful; Gives Further Evidence of
"Shift to The Right"
By ELMAR C. WALZER
United Pre»» Financial Editor
NEW YORK. Oct. 25. (UP)—
President Roosevelt's speech last
night before the American Bank
ers Association impressed Wall
Street favorably.
There was a feeling the. mar
kets would react bullish'.y to the
speech, although it was realized
the utterance did not present any
magic to dispel the unemployment
situation, the need for heavy ex
penditures for relief, or make for
a balanced budget or a stabilized
dollar.
Those conservatives who ex
press the true opinion in financial
circles were not disappointed ki
the omission of these moot points.
They held the president could not
honestly say at this time he would
balance the budget when the re
lief burden was so great. And it
would be equally difficult to ar
rive at a stabilized currency with
out world cooperation that seems
lacking at this time.
More stress was placed on t.fef
conciliatory tone of the message
to the bankers than to its content,
the financial community the first
It represented, in the opinion of
step in a complete reapprochment
between banking and the adminis
tration—an accord so necessary
to real recovery.
Two points stood out in relief,
namely the statement of the presi
dent indicating the government's
willingness to curtail federal lend
ing activities as soon as private
capital is able to meet demands
of business and industry; and the
reiteration of the capitalistic
theory of wealth as the reward for
labor of mind and hand.
It appeared to those who studi
ed the speech that the president
was seeking to dispel fears that
the government would continue to
make inroads into private business
and banking. Once those fears
are dispelled and there is indica
tion of a relatively stable dollar,
the capital market will be opened
wide, says the experts. When that
opening occurs, real activity on
recovery will commence.
Another point that was pleasing
to financiers was the reference to
steadiness of prices and values. In
-some former speeches, the em
phasis was laid on raising prices
and a few of them the inference
was drawn that all should be push
ed to 1926 levels. Such proce
dure, it was pointed out, would
work a hardship on workers gen
erally as well as on farmers.
,
There were some super-opti
mistics in the street who antici
pated the talk would set off a
rousng bull market that would
carry through the remainder of
the year. This was not by any
means a unanimous opinion. It
was realized that the course of
recovery would not suddenly be
come smoother despite removal of
some obstacles. The markets, it
was hinted, might reach favorably
for a time and then settle back
pending mor evigorous rallies in
business and industry.
The New York Journal of Com
merce found the speech "reflect
ed a loss of enthusiasm within the
administration for spending our
way to recovery by means of a
badly unbalanced budget.
"The president indicated more
than a willingness to curtail fed
eral outlays for relief and employ
continued on page four)
MRS. D. LYDA
LAID TO REST
Rites Held at First Baptist
Church Wednesday For
Late Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Dewey
Lyda, who died at her home on
North Main street in her sleep at
an early hour Tuesday morning,
were held yesterday afternoon
from the First Baptist church,
with the Rev. Broadus E. Jones,
pastor, officiating. Burial fol
lowed in Oakdale cemetery.
Pallbearers were N. W. Miller,
J .T. Wilkins, J. 0. Johnson, A.
M. Case, J. H. Lanning, and Gai
ther Nanny.
Mrs. Lyda was a native of
Asheville, and prior to her mar
riage was Miss Sallie Roberts
Ball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Ball. She had been a res
ident of Hendersonville for about
13 years.
She is survived by her hus
band, connected with the South
ern Public Utilities Co.; two chil
dren, Mrs. Carl Lee Gardner, and
Miss Mary Mehaffey, and the fol
lowing brothers and sisters: W.
B. Ball, J. A. Ball, Mrs. T. R.
Drake, Mrs. R. P. Cox, all of Hen
dersonville, and Mrs. Troy How
ard of Greenville, S. C.
: n
A PROCLAMATION
To the Citizens of Hendersonville.
Greetings:
The year 1934, now nearing its close, has been fraught with
many momentous changes for this community, in common with
every other community in the United States.
A new feeling of hopefulness is everywhere evident, follow
ing four years of uncertainty, apathy and fear.
While poverty still exists in our city and there is still far too
much economic distress, the hungry are being fed and the home
less sheltered.
The business life of the city has been revived; there is less
unemployment, less crime, less suffering among our residents.
Signs of business revival are present everywhere; confidence
in our national leadership and our financial institutions has
been restored; industrial strife is yielding to arbitration in d
spirit of co-operation. Our schools are open, our teachers and
our municipal employes are being paid.
Consequently I, as Mayor of the City of Hendersonville,
designate the week beginning Oct. 29, as "Happiness Week,"
and I ask the citizens of this community to join in a movement
that has for its purpose their own happiness and that of their
neighbors.
Merchants will offer special values to shoppers during that
time. Let it be a week of reconciliation among the unfriendly
—of reunion among friends.
There IS HAPPINESS AHEAD. Let Hendersonville lead the
way along the road to Happiness—let us consecrate a week to
cheerfulness, to mutual understanding and to burying deep the
memories of the bitterness, the strife, the discouragement that
have so long cast a shadow over all our homes.
In seeking happiness we realize that it lies within ourselves.
Given under my hand and seal this 25th day of October, 1934.
A. V. EDWARDS, Mayor.
Federal Lending
To Cease Soon
As Possible
Message Meets Hopes of
Bankers Excepting
As to Budget
By ARTHUR F. DEGREVE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. (UP)
—President Roosevelt promised
the nation's bankers last night
that he would curtail the activities
of federal lending: agencies as soon
as private capital displays its will
ingness and ability to meet the
credit demands of business and
industry.
Facing nearly 4,000 members
of the American Bankers' Asso
ciation, the chief executive reaf
firmed the faith of the people in
the profit system and in the the
ory that business generally should
be financed by private capital.
Until privately owned agencies
take up the slack in credit, how
ever, Mr. Roosevelt said govern
ment lending units would continue
to function.
I "I find almost general agree
ment among bankers that these
agencies must continue until such
time as the banks and other pri
vate credit agencies are them
selves able and ready to take over
these lending functions,"1 the pres
ident said.
"When that time comes, I shall
be only too glad to curtail the
activities of these public agencies
in proportion to the taking up of
the slack by privately owned agen
cies."
The address, looked upon as one
of the most important pronounce
ments of the chief executive since
he took office, was entirely con
ciliatory in tone. In contrasted
sharply with a portio nof his last
"fireside" talk which inferentially
criticised the bankers for their
alleged lack of cooperation with
the government in its recovery
drive.
The chief executive made no
mention of creating a central
bank. Earlier in the day at a
press conference he smiled away
queries as to whether he was con
sidering establishment of such an
institution. The possibility of
such action has worried bankers
for many months. i
Likewise, he did not give his
listeners any indication of his
budget balancing plans. Mr.
Roosevelt pointed out plainly that
large expenditures for the relief
of unemployment still were ne
cessary but added:
"I think we should all proceed
in the expectation that the revival
of business activiity will steadily
reduce this burden."
To those of his hearers who have
been hesitant about making busi
ness and industrial loans under
the "new deal," Mr. Roosevelt
said:
"The present steady and unmis
takable revival of public demand
for goods and services should pro
vide the assurance necessary for
the financing of industrial life."
To those who have criticized the
"new deal" as "socialistic" and
a threat to the profit system, he
said:
'It is in the spirit of American
institutions that wealth should
come as the reward of hard labor
of mind and hand. That is what
we call the profit system. Its
real fulfillment comes in the gen
eral recognition of the rights of
each factor of the community."
The time is ripe, the president
added, for an alliance of all forces
intent upon the business of re
covery.
" in sucn an auianwc *»m uc
found business and banking, agri
culture and industry, and labor
and capital," he said. "What an
all-American team that is! The
possibility of such a team kindle
the imagination—they encourage
our determination—they make
easier the tasks of those in your
government who are leading it."
The message touched lightly on
the subject of international rela
tionship and did not mention cur
rency stabilization as such.
"I have been glad to note the
growing appreciation in other na
tions of the desirability of arriv
ing, as quickly as possible, at a
point of steadiness of prices and
values," the president observed.
"This objective of a greater steed
ness we have constantly kept be
fore U3 as our national policy."
Mr. Roosevelt in opening his
address explained that he had been
(Continued on page four)
9
Shatter Record
In Air Race
——1pPMPttfc^M I ■ m\ . —
C. W. A. Scott, above, and T. C.
Black made the rr.ost astonishing
aviation speed flight in history
when they flew from England to
Australia in 52 hours 33 minutes
and 15 seconds, breaking the for
mer record by more than 100
[hours, in the London-Melbourne
air race.
Rotarians Meet
With Fletcher's
P.T.A. For Dinner
The Hendersonville Rotary club
met in joint session with the
Fletcher Parent-Teacher associa
tion at the Fletcher school last
night. Dinner was served to about
40 Rotarians, wives, and guests,
and 75 people from the Fletcher
community. The dinner was serv
ed by the home economics depart
ment of the Fletcher school.
E. W. Ham, president of the
Rotary club, presided and intro
duced the speakers and entertain
ers. Several readings by Mrs.
Fletcher were enjoyed. C. D.
Weeks sp^ke on the meaning of
Rotary, H. B. Kelly on the recent
Henderson County fair, and Milo
W. Strong on the activities of the
Chamber of Commerce in their
relation to the communities of
the county.
The Hendersonville people were
introduced by Mr. Ham and the
Fletcher residents by Mr. Sorrells.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25. (UP)
The Union Pacific's streamlined
Diesel engined train, M10001,
fastest train ever to cross the
United States, rolled into Grand
Central station with a new rec
ord of two days, eight hours and
55 minutes from Los Angeles to
New York today. The train cross
ed the continent at an average
speed of 57 miles per hour. At
times the train attained a speed
of 120 miles per hour.
The new record is . compared
to the former mark of 71 hours
and 27 minutes set by the late
E. H. Harriman, chairman of the
Union Pacific, in his dash from
the San Francisco earthquake
area in 1906.
Harriman's son, W. Averill
Harriman, present chairman, was
aboard the M10001 with other
officials on the new record mak
ing trip.
REACHES CHICAGO
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
CHICAGO, Oct. 25. (UP)—
The Union Pacific streamliner
yesterday had clipped six hours
TUMULT MARK!
US SffEEPINC
ACTION TODAY
Payment Proponents} Bo
Opposition in Hot
Controversy .
HAYES ISlORCED TO
VOTE BY ROLL CAD
MIAMI, Oct. 25.—(UP).—Th
American Legion voted 987 t
183 to request the 74th Congres
to pay the $3,000,000,000 soldier;
bonus due In 1945, in conventio
here this morning.
The action came at the 16t
national convention on the rest
lution presented by the legislate
committee. The vote was takej*
during a tumult in which advr'
cates of immediate bonus paj.
ment booed delegations which rc
fused to side with them on thil
controversial issue.
The vote was announced af^
clamoring delegates forced Con
mander Edward A. Hayes to oi
der a roll call, after he had a
ready declared the rcsolutio j
passed by viva vote vote..
The Legion also demande
elimination of all interest accrue
and to refund interest alrcad
paid on previous payments of ac
justed service certificates. "
The bonus request was mad
on the grounds that it is in lin
,with current governmental poiic
of spending vast sums to aid i
business recovery.
In passing the resolution fo
immediate payment demand th
convention ran counter to th
wishes of President Roosevel
who opposes immediate paymer
on the grounds that it would ut
balaice the nation's financii!
structure.
Chief opposition to the imm<:
diate payment of the bonus w«,
offered by the New York depar ;
ment of the Legion, whose conl
mander, John Dwight Sullivan d<
manded that disabled veterans fc
given relief before ablebodic
men.
The principal matter remainin;
before adjournment was take
was the election of a new nation:
commander.
It is expected that Frank Be;
grano, San Francisco, will be tK
choice of the convention for i'
highest office.
Young Republicai
Meeting Is Sej
\
| Mark Brown, Jr., young Ash
I ville attorney and Arthur Redd(
I will be the principal speakers at \
•meeting of the young Republics'
club, to be held at the city he.
Friday night, Oct. 26, at 7:< i
o'clock. H
Entertainmeat features, inclu»
ing music by the Brookshire Bro,s
string band will be provided f«jf,
the evening.
Young Republicans especial
are urged by the organization i j
attend this meeting but old< I
persons will be cordially
corned.
W. C. T. U. TO MEET
Announcement was made tod*'
that the W. C. T. U. will me-r
Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clot
jat the Lewis house of the Firj
Baptist church.
i'
Streamlined Pacific Coast Train
Reaches New York Ahead Of Time
InR ecord Transcontinental Tri!
- • VI
year-old record for the railroS
run between Los Angeles a
Chicago.
Twenty minutes ahead
schedule, the bullet-nosed tri
roared into La Salle street s
tion at 2:50 p. m.. Central Str
dard time, completing the r^
between Los Angeles and C •
cago in 38 hours, 50 minutes.'
The previous record of *
hours, 54 minutes was set
1905 by Walter (Death Vail.
Scotty) Scott, who chartered -
special train to bring him a
his dog here from the Caliofn
city.
After a half-hour stop for i
fueling its mighty Diesel engii!
the yellow, snake-like speeds?
began its run to New York ,
order to set a cross-country r-j
ord.
The streamliner pulled out g
Chicago at 4:29 p. m. (C.S.Di
to break the trans-continen'
record and make the run frti
coast to coast on its scheduii
speed of 57 hours, it had otf,
to equal the speed of the Tw«,
tieth Century Limited betw«t
land lour minutes from a 29-New York and CnKftgv.