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WEATHER fair tort:? St and Wednesday; little ck.n«* temperature. (£Iri* GOOD AFTERNOON There'* nothing to the rumor that the Piceard'i came ('own when they ran square into the price of steak. VOU o. 258 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1934 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS HOLD 2 IN CROWN POINT JAIL DELIVERY * * * * * * * * * #*# * * * * * * « U. S. May F ortify Pacific Holdings A ifG GIVEN IS IF PACT 5 DISCARDED ^land Negatively Sup ports American Arma ment Contentions [WNESE~RLADY TO ACT WITHOUT AID Bv FREDERICK KUH [utM Press Staff Correspondent ,:vr.h:. I'.'Jl. United Press) LONDON*. 0 t. 30.—(UP).— i-.creates to the prelim y; • vt'vsarions yester it xur:u :I " Japanese that if :r. .r •'••• Washington treaty. «'-'J States may be forced . • — ' sessions in the kifc. r- : Press obtained this --ia:::r in reliable United ... :a<: nieht. after a er-v conference between the States and Japanese dele 3; -- at which the latter re budge an inch on their Fil equality demands. was character is as "urpromising"' after yes kt - The Japanese i i in iicated they are ready to r:- : V. .h'rapping" the i922 li--rjton treaty and, presuni . - I. -ion treaty of 1930 cii- Britain and the United Sates are ready to concede her Ln&ty demands, at least "in Edpie.' ' In American quarters, it was friirH that the American dele pa? headed by Norman H. Da rs let the Japanese know forti Scation plans in the Pacific by ington were entirely possi kie. :rxiuding the Aleutian islands Mttk )f Japan's empire, off Asia, A#ald Tokyo insist on abrogating & Washington pact and altering <utenl arrangements relative 3 ^avai affairs and Pacific rela tcs& between Britain and the Tr^ed States on naval issues as to Japan's program was Mcphasized last night also af <•" i meeting between the Brit 1 ar.'i V. S. delegations. A tir>n'.ar. reaffirmed that there "no irreconcilable" differ s-;. although British sources re'uctar.ce to support the t position toward Japan with f irmness Washington evident 5 tesires. T& Americans suggested both • -Man and Britain that Japan's P«cj for a common total limit c- "aval tonnages inevitably provoke a naval race "be an* powers already built up to limit would be held rigid, others would evolve weap ^advantageous to their ri l'S. NAVY HAS PLANS ?0R 4 STRATEGIC BASES Washington. Oct. 30. (UP) officials have plans for for mation of at least four strategic in the Pacific which they in- | they intend to use if the ****1 disarmament treaties col as*. ^!ere was no official comment on reports from London I United States naval dele- | there hud warned the Jap *** that 'this courftry would such steps. But all indica J!ls *ere that the navy depart Jjttis prepared to undertake the ^cations if authorized, ^'raordir.ury naval activity re IContmueri on oaare three) i Scapes Death In Sus to Be Killed By Electric Wire 3CSYRUS. 0., Oct. 30. (UP)— Purvis. 17, was unhurt •jjn ^ crawled out o fschool fccident on the way home soon Sc^00' this yesterday aftre ^ • But a ffw minutes later M T-a< because she stumbl • j"r a !iw wire which the bus >'el "'I in her path. ?*ch»ne had struck a pole, *ir*s about. Thirty »k ' student sscreamed L V ua?.y vaw the girl's flight. Pttrvf a l-'a(-'her. pulled Miss sml lrom the 4600-volt line, ja_er* too late, to a hospital, log ^ P'-nkman, driver, said he H (,f the bus and believ Shfrjf.- -ee,'ing *rear had locked, in v Arthur Stuckert ordered ^f'^ion of the steering Jij^V I ^'veral students were Halts Lynching of Sceond Man I Governor Dave Shlotz (above) of Florida, under fire for failure to use the National Guard to pre vent the lynching of Claude Neal, rushed 120 soldiers to Marianna to disperse a crowd that threat ened to seize and kill Dud Gam mon. negro charged with striking a white man. SHOLTZ STILL UNDER FIRE College Man Scores Him for Not Calling Guard to Halt Lynchers WINTER PARK, Fla., Oct. 30. — (UP).—Professor Royal W.J France, head of Rollins College,, department of economics, today assailed Governor David Sholtz for asserted indecision in failing to send national guardsmen to Marianna iast week to prevent the lynching of Claude Neal, ne gro, attacker and slayer of a white girl. In an open letter, France termed the governor's announce ment that it would have been fu tile to send guardsmen as an "an nouncement to the lawless that Florida is impotent in the face of anarchy." 8 BANKS LIQUIDA 1 LD WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. (UP) —The comptroller of the currency last night announced voluntary liquidation of eight national banks with a camitalization of $2,300,- ( 000. It was the first announce ment of voluntary liquidation is sued in several weeks. The larg est bank listed was the Calcasieu National Bank of Lake Charles, 1.a., with a capitalization of $1, 200,000. ROB CHICAGO BANK CHICAGO, Oct. 30. (UP) — Seven machine gun bandits held up 11 employes an dl5 customers of the Aetna State bank here es caping today with about $20,000 in currency. PAGE CALLS FOR "SHOWDOWN" | ON TREATY INTERPRETATIONS INJURING U. S. FOREIGN TRADE By HARRY W. FRANTZ | United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. (UP) i —President Roosevelt's "Yankee trading" program met its firs4, hard test yesterday when the com mittee for reciprocity informatior. heard a strange medley of hopes, fears and threats inspired by pro jected negotiation of a reciprocity pact with Belgium. Karlier hearings have been de I voted to trade relations with Latin-American countries where commerce is relatively non-compe titive, and yesterday's session was the firts to afford a sounding board for opinion relative to reci procity with European manufac turing nations. Spokesmen for several indus tries and organized labor used the Belgian hearing to voice their in creasing fears of Japanese indus trial competition. The result was that a question of policy was pre cipitated which may require an i early decision by the state depart 1 ment. BRITONS NEAR DMTH ONCE IN PACIFIC FLIGHT Flying in Blackness, Error Causes Dive of 8000 Feet SAY TRANSPACIFIC SERVICE NOT NEAR By RICHARD C. WILSON United Prts» Staff Correspondent (Coiyright, 1934, United Press) HONOLULU, T. H., Oct. 30. — (UP). — Commander Charles Kingsford-Smith, first flier to conquer the west to east crossing: between Australia and Honolulu, predicted last night that five years of hard work will be needed to develop planes suited for trans Pacific service. Greeted as a hero when he landed his swift blue monoplane, the Lady Southern Cross, at Wheeler Field yesterday morning, 24 hours and 45 minutes after he took ofF from Naselai Beach, in the Fiji Islands, Kingsford Smith said trans-Pacific airplane plans for the present are "too op timistic.' ' "I am glad to see the interest j taken in this field, but I believe that it will take five years to de velop a plane which can carry adequate gasoline and sufficient freight to make trans-Pacific ser-j vice profitable," he declared. Honolulu prepared a rousing' welcome for the Australian ace| and his co-pilot and navigator, I Captain P. G. "Bill" Taylor. The i pair were expected to remain here two or three days, awaiting passage of a storm now moving down from the north. "This is not a race across the Pacific," said Kingsford-Smith, who flew from Oakland to Aus tralia. "We will stop here until we have good weather. Then we will take off for Los Angeles, which destination we should make in 18 to* 20 hours." Completing a 3,100 mile flight that carried them through threat ening storms and spells of un comfortably warm weather Kings ford-Smith and Taylor landed the Lady Southern Cross at Whec-ler Field at 1:55 p. m. EST. Once, when they were about 1,000 miles from Honolulu, speed ing through a black night, disas ter almost sent them plunging into the Pacific. "We got into a blinding rain and I tried to turn on the switch for the searchlights,*' explained Kingsford-Smith. I got the wing flap switch instead and the plane stalled. We dived and spun down ward from 14,000 to 6,000 before | we straightened out. I was scared) to death for a while." The remainder of their journey' was comparatively uneventful. The Lady Southern Cross aver aged 128 miles per hour for the flight. Starting with 612 gallons of gasolin eaboard, the plane had sufficient fuel left to have re mained aloft another one or two hours. The fliers' main concern after arrival was food, a bath and rest. "Gad," said KingsfordSmith, "I'm filthy. I need a bawth — I mean bath." The question presented was whether tariff cuts accorded to one country, as Belgium, necessar ily would extend also to the advan tage of other countries which have most-favored-nations treaties with the United States. Interpretation of the treaty clauses is at issue. Thomas Walker Page, presiding, held that the committee had no authoi'ity as to policy but observ ed that interpreations made by foreign countries have been uni formly to the disadvantage of the United States, and that these should be an early "showdown." His ruling was protested by M. J. Flynn of the American wage earners' protective conference, which is closely identified with the American Federation of La bor. He opposed consideration of trade treaties with any nations that might lead to unemployment for American industrial workers. Japanese competition was in jected into the hearing by C. B. Roe, vice president of the Amer ican Glassware Association, who (Continued on page three) HENDERSON COUNTY BALLOT FOR ELECTION TUES., NOV. 6TH DEMOCRATIC For Solicitor 18th Judicial District CLARENCE OSBORNE RIDINGS For Judge of Recorders Court I. CURTIS ARLEDGE For Solicitor of Recorders Court ARTHUR BYERS SHEPHERD For Clerk of Superior Court J. PRESTON FLETCHER For Sheriff W. A. GARREN For Register of Deeds J. C. COSTON For Tax Collector J. H. BALLENGER For Coroner J. F. BROOKS For Surveyor C. B. TURNER For County Commissioners (Vote for Three) T. L. DURHAM G. W. JUSTICE J. A. RUSHER For State Senator CARL S. THOMPSON J. D. BLANTON For House of Representatives W. M. SHERARD REPUBLICAN For Solicitor 18th Judicial District LEWIS P. HAMLIN For Judge of Recorders Court R. HILLIARD STATON For Solicitor of Recorders Court RICHARD ALBRITTON For Clerk of Superior Court MARTIN T. GARIiEN For Sheriff MORRIS N. ORR For Register of Deeds CLIFFORD FIELDS For Tax Collector JAMES J. PACE For Coroner ALBERT L. BECK For Surveyor J. H. MERRELL For County Commissioners (Vote for Three) T. BLAKE WARD J. R. CRYE KING LANNING For State Senator F. R. JONES For House of Representatives J. 0. HOUSTON Ballot for Sta^e Officers and Congressman DEMOCRATIC STATE OFFICERS For Chief Justice of Supreme Court WALTER P. STACY For Associate Justice of Supreme Court MICHAEL SCHENCK For Associate Justice of Supreme Court HERIOT CLARKSON For Treasurer CHARLES M. JOHNSON For Utilities Commissioner STANLEY WINBORNE For Judge Superior Court, 3rd District R. HUNT PARKER For Judge Superior Court, 4th District CLAWSON L. WILLIAMS For Judge Superior Court, 7th District W. C. HARRIS For Judge Superior Court, 11th District JOHN H. CLEMENT For Judge Superior Court, 13th District F. DONALD PHILLIPS For Judge Superior Court, 15th District JOHN M. ©GLESBY For Judge Superior Court, 17th District J. A. ROUSSEAU For Judge Superior Court, 18th District J. WILL PLESS, JR. For Judge Superior Court, 19th District pender a. Mcelroy For Judge Superior Court, 20th District FELIX E. ALLEY FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS Eleventh Congressional District ZEBULON WEAVER REPUBLICAN STATE OFFICERS For Chief Justice of Supreme Court A. A. WHITENER For Associate Justice of Supreme Court W. H. FISHER For Associate Justice of Supreme Court WILLIS G. BRIGGS For Treasurer CHARLES M. HOOVER For Utilities Commissioner CALVIN ZIMMERMAN For Judge Superior Court, 3rd District For Judge Superior Court, 4th District For Judge Superior Court, 7th District For Judge Superior Court, 11th 9 District For Judge Superior Court, 13th District For Judge Superior Court, 15th District For Judge Superior Court, 17th District W. C. BERRY For Judge Superior Court, 18th District J. LEE LAVENDER For Judge Superior Court, 19th District For Judge Superior Court, 20th District FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS Eleventh Congressional District HALSEY B. LEAVITT RETAIL GAS PRICE WAR NEARING END WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. (UP) —An early end of retail gasoline price wars was indicated today following an announcement from the oil administration that the il legal flow of hot oil from East j Texas fields had been halted. Hot oil, that produced in excess of quota allotments along has been a vexing problem of the adminis tration. It even drew the concern of President Roosevelt and led to the justice department coopera tion to punish violators. With hot oil no longer competing in inter state commerce with legally refin ed gasoline a st-- Uization of re tail markets was expected. ROOSEVELT TO VISIT HOMESTEAD PROJECT WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. (UP) —Formal itinerary of President Roosevelt's trip into Mississippi was announced today at the White House. The President and Mrs. Roose velt will visit the Muscle Shoals project on Saturday Nov. 17 and will arrive at Tupelo, Miss., the following- day at 8 a. m. While in Tupelo, the party will visit a new subsistence homestead proj ect and then continue on to Warm Springs Ga., after a short speech hy the prfjside-pt. A. & P. STRIKE ARBITRATION APPEARS NEAR Firm's Head Blames Offi cials of Cleveland for Lack of Protection NEW YORK SOCIALISTS PLANNING BOYCOTT WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. (UP) —Peaceful settlement of the Cleveland chair stora labor dis pute developed as a possibility to day as both sides prepared to meet with the National Labor Relations board. President William Green of the American Federation of La bor said that settlement was im minent, although President John Hartford of the A. and P. gave no sign of backing down. CLEVELAND, Oct. 30. (UP) —City officials today denied the charge that the police department had caused the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company to abandon business here by their failure to protect the company's property during labor troubles. John Hartford, A. and P. presi dent, had issued a statement say ing that the company was forced ; to close its stores rendering 2,000 | people jobless because municipal j authorities had stood by allowing i pickets to destroy food supplies. Mayor Harry I. Davis, who abandoned local efforts to bring an agreement between the A. and P. and local union labor officials said every possible protection had been afforded the company. Meantime, the A. and P. which preferred to withdraw from the area, in which its trade was esti mated at $20,000,000 gross, an nually, rather than submit to or ganized labor's demand for a "closed" shop, went steadily about the task of dismantling its organ ization here. NEW YORK SOCIALISTS TAKE HAND IN ROW NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (UP) — Socialist headquarters today an (Continued on page three) Republicans Plan j Two Extra Meets; Two more meetings have been scheduled for this week by the Republican leaders of the county, it was announced today. At Fletcher on Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock, Mark Brown, Jr., of Asheville, and Arthur Redden of this city will address a politi cal gathering to which all are in vited. Halsey B. Leavitt, Repub lican candidate for congress, will speak Friday night at 7:30 o'clock at East Flat Rock. Brookshire Brothers' string band will feature the entertain ment to be provided for these two meetings. The Republicans also announce a rally for Saturday night, to be held at Mountain Sanitarium. Mr. Leavitt will also speak at that time and the county candidates will also be present. This meeting was to have been held last night. FEDERAL JUDGE TAKES SLAP AT NRA'S COURT TACTICS AS RESTRAINT ORDER DISMISSED BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 30.— (UP).—Taking another vigorous slap at NRA for its court tactics, Federal Judge William C. Cole man yesterday dismissed an order restraining the recovery unit from enforcing a code at the plant of L .Brief and Brother, Inc., na tional clothing manufacturers. Judge Coleman issued the or der on July 19 when the NRA or dered the manufacturing firm to stop using Blue Eagle labels pend ing the outcome of a controversy in which the company was en gaged with the men's clothing code authority over minimum wages and piecework. In granting the restraining or der, the jurist criticized NRA for failing to properly present its case. Later, an agreement was reached among the company's representatives, the code authority and the NRA and the trio applied for dismissal of the order. The court refused and again rebuked the NRA for the attitude it had displayed toward the issue. In Fisticuff j Using his fists to settle a feud, Bert Henry, above, New Orleans attorney and head of the city's Honest Election League, adminis tered a beating to Senator John H. Overton, of Louisiana, politi-1 eal ally of Huey Long. The bat-j tie occurred in a New Orleans ho tel after, Overton says, he re fused an apology to Henry for charges the senator is said to have made against Henry after the in vestigation of Overton's election. SINCLAIR NOT TO QUIT RACE i Is Response to Rumor Far ley May Ask His With drawal LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30. (UP) —Appraised yesterday of a ru i mor that Postmaster General James A. Farley had drafted J. F. T. O'Connor, comptroller of the currency, to seek Upton Sinclair's withdrawal from the California gubernatorial race, Sinclair issued the following statement: "Panic strucken over the mounting strength of the Demo cratic party, the air is being filled with suggestions that I withdraw in favor of this and that candi date. "Let me say with all the em phasis at my command that I never have, do not now, nor ever will entertain any thought of with drawing from the guernatorial race. "To do so would be unthinkable treachery to the hundreds of thousands of Roosevelt new deal voters whose every hope is cen tered in the plans for putting Cali fornia's unemployed at useful labor and restoring economic secu rity." The Democratic nominee indi cated this was his answer to any and all future overtures to with draw. Raymond L. Haight, Progres sive-Commonwealth candidate, in whose favor it was reported Far ley sought Sinclair's withdrawal, said he "knew nothing about it." FARLEY SILENT AS TO SINCLAIR RACE SCRANTON, Pa., Cct. 30. (UP) —Postmaster General Farley re fused last night to discuss a re port that he had asked Luke O' Connor, controller of the cur rency, to go to California to ask Upton Sinclair to withdraw from the race for governor in favor of Raymond Haight. Yesterday, in dismissing the or der, Judge Coleman said: "Of the unprecedented attitude of evasion of a principle party in the case, nothing further need be said." Settlement of the greif dispute removes another of several trou ble spots that confronted the new governing board of the NRA when it replaced the blustery re tiring administrator, Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. With the retirement of Johnson passed also tactics used by his compliance forces which antagon ized industry and started the flood of "dead cats" which he said liter flooded his office. Instead, the new agency headed by S. Clay Williams, tobacco magnate, has adopted a more conciliatory but none-the-less firm attitude toward enforcement. 1 This is one phase of the board's policy to inspire new confidence in business by avoiding drastic changes in codes and other acts which might be construed as an tagonistic and disturbing. I OLD DILUNGER BREAK PROBE IS ADVANCING Half Breed Indian Wres tier Is Charged With Murder in Memphis MRS. STOLLHAS NOT TOLD KIDNAP STORY! CROWN POINT, nd., Oct .30. (UP)—State police today arrest ed Lew Baager, warden of tho Lake county jail and Ernest Blunk, county fingerprint expert for questioning in connection with John Dillinger's wooden pistol es cape from the jail last March 8. Governor Paul V. McNutt had announced last week that an ex pose of Dillinger's escape at that time was imminent that that sev eral arrests were expected. ARREST IS MADE IN MEMPHIS KILLING MEMPHIS, Oct. 30. (UP)—A murder charge was filed against big Jim Clingstock, halfbreed In dian wrestler today, in connection with the death of Leo Kahn, 44, furniture dealer, civic leader and radio announcer. Clinkstock attacked Kahn aSt urday night in an argument over a $39 bill. Kahn died last night of a concussion of the brain. The wrestler said that Kahn had curs ed Mrs. Clinkstock. MRS. STOLL'S STORY NOT YET REVEALED LOUISVILLE, Oct. 30. (UP)— The United Press today learned that the real story of Mrs. Alice i Speed Stoll's experience at the hands of her kidnaper, Thomas H. 4 Robinson, Jr., as yet have not ' been revealed to the familyr and » not even to her husband. Her brother-in-law, William A. Stoll, snid that the family had avoided questioning: her about her . treatment during the six days in which she had been held captive. I He indicated that the real story will be withheld until Mrs. Stoll appears against Mrs. Frances Rob inson, alleged accomplice when her trial is held. The trial was recently reset for December 3. STAlREUEF FIGURES FALL 3,090 Less in September Than in August, Mrs. O'Berry Says RALEIGH, Oct. 30.—(UP).— September relief cases in North Carolina were 3,1 «5 lower than } the August numbe) according to figures released here yesterday by Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, state relief administrator. September, which is ordinarily the month when relief rolls grow,, ji had 69,022 families, compared j|; with 72,187 for August. The de cline was attributed to Mrs. Ber ry's order discontinuing rural re lief during the harvesting and marketing season. Money spent for relief during September was $417,065.97 lower , than in August. Expenditures dur ing August were $1,472,590.36. In September they dropped to $1, 055,524.39. Persona receiving some form of relief during August numbered 346,759. In September they were 333,210. Six Persons Are Burned to Death j EAST LIVERPOOL, 0., Oct.' 30 'a (UP)—Six persons were burned y to death today when fire of unde- jj termined origin destroyed a two I room home in the squatter dis- i trict. i' The dead are Ralph Lane, 38, an unidentified woman of about * 40, and Lane's two girls and tw© boys, ranging in age from 8 to 10 I* years. , LEGION IS PLANNING HALLOWE'EN DANCE i Announcement was made today that the American Legion will ' have a Hallowe'en dance at the , American Legion club house on i Thursday evening. Those arrang- hi ing the dance made the request F ; that all attending be costumed. Refreshments will be served, • i prizes will be provided for the best costumes and round dancing i* will be provided between the sets ' of square dances. The usual ad- [■ mission will be charged for danc- K ing and for spectators. L