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* GOOD AFTERNOON Lawyers in Italy have had their feea cut 13 per cent by Mussolini. He'd better be careful. One of them's likely to sue him* WEDN ESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1934 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS Ingland May Mediate Naval Clash A fJUSTMENT N liJAPANESI BEACH HOPED Position Taken Following Conferences Conducted on Tuesday JAPANESE"STILL ASK EQUAL NAVY STRENGTH by FREDERICK KUH [laited Press Staff Correspondent LOXPON*. Oct. 31—(UP).— !g-3- Br:::;-: : niay stood in the y;;::on • a possible arbiter be tieer. the United States and Ja pr. respective position-; r -..-i. armament were so far i.-i: .:s have brought almost • rr.r : <: >ppa>re the wheels .... . .... r ...ai conference. •- ' ritative Japanese : United Press learned :•••■ '.ti power looks : • H • > • for the next step, pi- • .v..\ ,;r to dislodge both a*. f: \ their seemingly ir jondable positions. '■ ... tied also 'hat Prime fciiUr Ramsay MacDonald and man Davis. American negoti • ->~v agreed that after co |il n re between the Jafv v . Americans, *▼ er&i Jsgio-Japanese conferences wW be 'ic.-; '• efore the JBWtWl ' &od t ugflut. ,. i haa t»!d members t' r fitted Stated delegation. • .in ai#> is convinced -1 : 1 oil188 at TOttltese Pi O ra- io iofc pa v*Me the basis • ■ , .:on. It i> assumed pnf re that the British efforts jr.. : dt-voted to obtaining an rer-retation of Japan's demand ...•>• which will be suit |«i« for submission and discus 1" 7 the United States. »ther hand, the British ■ .rates appeared to have -*■- ■' ; a:n to the Americans :x noose Japan's demands pr "srfoba'" allotment of ton 3«. Under such an agreement, jfcch would limit only the max * ' "-a/e. a nation might de | . !d ships of what |*r sue or classification is de u The Japanese have hinted that - were granted equality, ~-V -v • : ' >' actually build be ?y. a •*) t' 4 ratio. The other nations would reject *"'J compromise. u me Japanese have let tne cai l*t f the bae, and now we're I to see the kittens," an linear, delegate said. I T-uineo I i aira visited Sir John Si ■®*. foreign secretary, at the of yestnrdfty aft l®#on a- wed the general ■"■tiopments of the naval par ■ | I ' ::a-ized the desire Br.tair: and the United States BUeebun Wuhiagtoa treaty 1^* »'■ : a r aval race. IWANSWILL JAY BREVARD l^dioss Ready to Face I College 'B' Team Here ■ at 3 P. M. Friday the Brevard College hiprh school I Friday af B:uj K:dpe will present Kr merchants seen I hool circles for E^' Ifoss, out for I niured shoultK ■ >n and ready ■ •V pearance in the B^rtinrfk •*" baekfield will add KJ"®ln r to the attack I.. onal thrills for °y their 19 to 0 tri ■Ste-.*®1, Rutherford college last I • y the return to I , . ■>. the Blue B^Tr a:" busily ensrasred in ?r the contest with Hltaeti ' drills mark the , 'his week and ltt«i e expected to account of them I Co^t K*me H^^aed v .• ^orr>s seems well ■ "..J \ the form his charges ■ oi- Butheford, point ■ Nit r co-ordination ■ ^ •va< tile ^est t^e se4 jl > '1(., r^turn of Sandfoss and ■ . hands are in B ' "r 'v»ll doubtless bring ,'M>ViM«Pnt in the pla> A NEW DEAL FOR THE WHITE HOUSE HjgT" ; • President Roosevelt soon will enjoy a new deal in office space. The enlargement and modernization flrthe Executive Offices building on the White House grounds in Washington, D. C., are now nearly completed. How nearly ready for his occupancy it is can be judged from exterior of the building in the foreground. The roof has been raised to provide an extra floor of offices and extensions *ave further enlarged the building. In the background is the White House. £ , ■...uA.jftj SAP LAYING JAP UNREST TO NAVAL STATUS Says Nationwide Feeling Exists; Brought Death of Inukai By CARROLL KENWORTHY United Pre«s Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. (UP) —The Japanese people will not tolerate longer the inferior place in the eyes of the world which they believe comes from the small end of the 5-5-3 navy ratio, Japa nese Ambassador Harosi Saito said yesterday upon return from Tokyo. Political disturbances including i the assassionation of the late Premier Iunkai have resulted from bitei ness of the whole range of Japanese people who feel their susceptibilities injured, he said. I This is the cause of Japan's de mand at London for equality with Great Britain and the United States in fleet sterngth. Japan will be satisfied to at tain equality "eventually." he said. He thought some program might be adopted for progressive achie vement of the goal. But the na tion will not be satisfied with any thing less than full parity in the fighting class of ships, he insisted. Saito has just spent three i months in Japan and Manchukuo i conferring with officials on rela-j tions with the United States and ! ' feeling the pulse of the people. ' He said workers, the middle class ! and leaders feel Hike on the navy j question. His report coincided with state- j ments by other Japanese that the i small end of the naval ratio has | caused the Chinese to sqorn the Japanese, heaping insults on them and causing unrest in the Far East. It also recalled to observ ers here the wave of patriotic chagrin which swept Japan when the United States passed the Japa nese exclusion act a decade ago. Saito said Japan was ready to scrap any amount of naval vessels down to more police strength pro vided Great Britain and America cut to her level. He contended Japan's proposal was a genuine disarmament scheme intended to | prevent attack on any power by another and to preserve peace. He claimed that the length of coastlines, which had been a fac tor in establishing for America and Great Britain a greater ratio than Japan, had nothing to do with the fighting strength of a fleet which would meet its oppon ent at sea. He admitted, how ever, that for police purposes the larger nations might require more vessels and said there might be. discussion of such an arrange- ^ ment at the current London naval talks. He indicated Japan would consider fighting craft anything larger than coast guard vessels. Mrs. Vanderbilt Faints In Court NEW YORK. Oct. 31. (UP) — Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt fainted today when she lei't ithe witness stand in the supreme court where she defended her moral fit ness to have the custodv of her daughter, Floria. aged 10. Her brother, Harry Hayes Mor gan, Jr., quickly carried her back td the court room from which newsmen were barred. It was re ported that she returned to the stand a few minutes later. All Saints Day Service Planned Dr. Hughes Celebrant at Thursday A.M. Event Announcement was made last night that the Rev. N. C. Hughes, D.D., will conduct the All Saints day service to be held at St. James Episcopal church Thursday morn ing, Nov. 1, at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. .Tames P. Burke, the rector, who is still in the east, following adjournment of the Episcopal gen eral convention, advised that he would not be able to reach the city in time to conduct this ser vice and invited Dr. Hughes to be the celebrant on ^hat occasion. OVER 2 MILLIONS IS WON IN AMERICA ON IRISH SWEEPSTAKE NEW MARKET, Ennland, Oct. 31.— (UP).—O. Watney's VVych wood Abbot today won the Cam bridgeshire handicap, showering $3,000,000 upon 20 holders of tickets on him in the rich Irish sweepstakes. A. B. Briscoe's Com mander Third ran second and Lord Derby's Highlander ran third. Fifteert tickets on the three horses held in the United States will bring each of its holders ap proximately $150,000. ADMITS DECEPTION AS TO PARENTAGE NEW LONDON, Conn., Oct. 31. (UP)—Mrs. Audrey Palmer ad mitted to the superior court today that she deceived an attending physician in the state of Arkansas and the Roman Catholic church re garding the parentage of Robert Byron Palmer, who she claims is her son and entitled to share in the $2,000,000 Palmer family es tate. URGE PROSECUTION NEW YORK", Oct. 31. (UP) — Federal action against those who lynched Claude Neal, negro, near Marianna, Fla., last Friday was urged yesterday by the American Civil Liberties union in a telegram to President Koosevelt, WEST REPORTS M. E. FINANCES $114,288 Paid by Ashe I ville District for AH Pur poses Past Year ASHEVILLE, Oct. 31.—Dr. W. B. West, presiding elder of the Asheville district of the Western North Carolina conference of the Southern Methodist church, yes terday said that 10,301 members in the 26 charges of the Asheville district paid a total of $114,288 for all church purposes during the past fiscal year. This and other figures included in Dr. West's report were given out yesterday, having been com piled for the conference and dis trict publication. The totals for all charges were announced as follows: Assessed for presiding elder, $4,155, and paid, $3,863; assessed for pastor charges, $38,914, and paid, $36,100; assessed for benev olences, $17,913, and paid, $12, 1144. 1 The charges paid last year as I follows for all church work: Ac ton, $3,570; Asbury Memorial, $2,711; Biltmore, $2,533; Central, $25,175; Haywood Street, $7,248; Hillside Street, $3,069; Oakley, $1,416; West Asheville, $24,615; Black Mountain, $3,489; Candler, $3,530; Emma-Elk Mountain, $2, 065; Fairview, $926; Flat Iiock, $2,148; Fletcher-Mills River, $2, 800; Hendersonville, $10,457; Hot Springs, $1,113; Laurel, $694; Leicester, $2,300; Marshall, $1, {Continued on page three) BALKAN CAPITALS SEETHE WITH RUMORS OF ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF TSAR BORIS III Report He Risks Life tc Save Locomotive Drivei After Bomb Sets Cloth ing Aflame LONDON, Oct. 31.—(UP).—A time bomb explosion, obviously an attempt on the life of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria, was cause of a fire in the tender of the I Tsar's train yesterday, according to a Daily Mail dispatch from Varna, Bulgaria, today. The Daily Mail said that many raihvaymen along the route be tween Varna and Sofia, were ar rested. The Tsar risked his life to save the locomotive driver, whose clothing caught fire. Bulgarian police suspect that the bomb was placed in the ten der before the train left Varna for Sofia. The Daily Mail's dispatch said that after the fire was extin guished, fragments of a bomo were found in the tender. It was considered remarkable that the explosion did not wreck the royal | train. The Tsar's role was described as heroic. As soon as he noticed the fire, he clambered along the i footboards of the carriages from his car to the locomotive in peril of his life as the train was still in motion. After aiding in saving the driv er's life and tending his wounds, hfc drove the locomotive to the nearest river and assisted in ex tinguishing the flames. He then piloted the train the remainder of | its journey. . [ I VIGOROUS CENSORSHIP IS CLAMPED ON SOFIA VIENNA-, Oct. 31.—(UP) — i Balkan capitals seethed today with rumors ol a plot against the life of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria but whether an attempt on the life of the Bulgar ruler really was made, newspaper correspondents, for the time, were unable to learn. A vigorous censorship was clamped on at Sofia, and served J only to strengthen rumors of a I plot against the Tsar similar to I that which cost the life of King I Alexander of Jugoslavia at Mar seilles, France, this month, j- The one thing that was certain was that there was a fire aboard a train on which Boris was trav eling from Sofia to Varna and that Boris played a heroic part in j extinguishing it and aiding the locomotive driver, who was in jured in fighting the flames. The Bulgarian censor at Sofia, after suppressing the entire story, finally issued a version minimiz ■ ing the fire and Boris' actions, where other sources described as heroic. The Tsar was said to have saved the life of the locomotive drived by stripping burning cloth ing from him and giving him first aid. The Daily Mail's correspon dent said he clambered along the footboards of the coaches from his own car to the tender while the train was in motion. HOT WATER FACILITIES WASHINGTON (UP)—A sur ; vey made by the Department of j Commerce shows that 75 per cent I of the homes in America have no ' running hot water facilities. SOUTHEASTERN STATES ARE MAINTAINING UPTREND IN RETAIL, WHOLESALE TRADE ATLANTA, Oct. 31. (UP) — Retail trade continued to pain in the southeast during September, the Atlanta Federal Reserve bank reported last night. Department store sales rose to a higher index number, after ad justment for usual seasonal in creases, than for any month in four years, the bank's report on business conditions for the sixth federal reserve district showed. Sales by reporting: department stores in the district increased 15.2 per cent from August to September and were 21.5 per cent greater than in September last year. Adjusted for the number of business days, the gain was 29.6 per cent over August and 26.5 per cent greater tha nin the same months a year ago. Wholesale trade also gained, in creasing 1.9 per cent from August to September and lit.2 per cent over September, 1933. It wa.« higher than for any other month since November. 1930. For the first nine months oi 1934, the bank reported, retail trade has been 29 per cent and wholesale traed of 27.3 per cent better than in the corresponding period of last year. The statistics gathered by the bank cover the states of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Miss issippi and part of Tennessee. Building permits issued at 20 reporting cities in the district de clined 8.3 per cent from August to September, but were 31.8 per cent greater than in September last year. Largely because of the textile strike, cotton consumption in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee declined 29.6 per cent in Septem ber from August and was 42.3 per cent less than a year ago. Em ployment aa reporting mills also decreased. Production of coal increased in Tennessee, but declined in Alaba ma. Pig iron productin in Alaba ma declined further and was 46.7 per cent less than in September last year, _ t ROTARY CLUE TOLD BUSINESS HERE IS BETTED Vocations And Professions Report Increases Are Ranging up 30 Pet. The Rotary Club at its meetinp at the Skyland Hotel today hearc reports on general business condi tions in Hendersonville and Hen derson county. In a round table discussion al the members present reported or conditions of business in theii various professions and vocations and all reports were optimistic some reporting increases ranging up to 25 and 30 percent over lasl year's business. The program was in charge of C. E. Livingston anc J. E. Mitchell. Two new members, Williair Shepherd and Isaac Stone were welcomed into the club the words of welcome being spoken by Mile W. Strong. Mr. Shepherd is a native of this city and is associ ated with his father, Thomas j Shepherd. Mr. Stone recently i came to Hendersonville in an ex ' ecutive capacitv with the Stand lard Oil company. A contest was held on names of the wives of Rotarians and a num ber of members came through with perfect papers on the test. T V A PURCHASI STILL HELD UF Tennessee Courts Will Re view State Utilities Action in Deal NASHVILLE, Oct. 31.— (UP). Circuit Court Judge E. J. Lang ford today granted an injunction restraining the Tennessee Vallej Authority from immediately pur chasing $6,000,000 worth of pow er properties in the Knoxville area from the Tennessee Public Service Power company. The injunction had been asked 'by 13 ice and coal companies which objected to the sale. Consummation of the transac | tion is thus blocked until the cir ! cuit court reviews the Tennessee Utilities commission's approval oi the sale. Legion Will Meet Friday Evening The November business meet ing of Hubert M. Smith, Americar Legion post is announced for Fri day night of this week at 7:3C o'clock. It was stated the plan: will be shaped for the celebratior of Armistic Day. Light refresh ments will be served. I STRIKE AT ALLEGED I DAMAGE SUIT RACKE1 ATLANTA, Ga„ Oct. 81. (UP) —The Fulton county grand jur> today struck a blow at the alleg ed damage suit racket by indict ing Thomas E. Scott, attorney, or four counts of cheating and swind ling and Robert F. Turnipseed or four counts of cheating- anc swindling and Dr. B. F. William: on one count of false swearing. The indictments alleged thai they defrauded several local firms of thou§|nds of dollars with un< truthful claims of persons injured BETTING ON MERRIAM TO DEFEAT SINCLAIR NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—(UP) —New York betting men regarc Governor Frank F. Merriam a 5 to 1 favorite to defeat Upton Sin clair in next Tuesday's guberna torial election in California. This quotation was given last night b] Robert Darnell Co., Wall Street betting commissioners, who re ported a fair amount of wager ing. . _ O'Neill Hinted Nobel Winner \ccording- to reports current in Stockholm, where the selection is .0 be announced, Eugene O'Neill (above), generally regarded as ;he foremost American dramatist, vould be named winner of the ^obel prize for literature, which :arries a $41,000 award. LANGLEY TO BE FREED TODAY I j Gov. Ehringhaus Believes Man Convicted in Ashe I ville is Innocent RALEIGH, Oct. 31.—(UP).— Gus Langley, who had his head shaved twice in preparation for electrocution, will walk forth from state prison here today a free man. Gov. J. C. B. Ehringhaus Mon day night signed a parole for the young red-headed interior decora , tor who has been in prison since II December, 1932, convicted of kill r!ing Lonnie G. Russell, a filling station operator, in the heart of Asheville, on Sept. 27, 1932, "There is not the slightest doubt in my mind of Langley's innocence of this crime," said Governor Ehringhaus. The pa role, which was ten pages long, was the longest ever issued in North Carolina. The governor based his parole on an alibi offered by Langley, substantiated by new evidence, which Ehringhaus said "positive ly placed the prisoner in or near Wilmington at the time of the murder." Wilmington is 300 miles from Asheville. "Gus Langley has not been a f model citizen,Ehringhaus con | tinued. "He has made many mis takes, but I do not believe he is a hardened criminal. I do not be lieve he would commit murder in the first degree. . "I am willing to give him a * I chance to make good and hope that all citizens who have the op portunity will aid this man in his efforts at rehabilitation.'' VENGEFUL SUITOR SLAIN BY OWN BOMB WARSAW, Oct. 31.—(UP).— A young farmer in the village of Hohensalza was angry at the par ents of his sweetheart, who frown ed on his courtship, and decided to teach them a lesson. He rigged up a dynamite bomb, walked in the house with it, and was blown up—with the house when it exploded prematurely. Neither the girl nor her parents were in the house. "We told you he wasn't the right kind of a man for you to marry." her parents said. CHRISTMAS PACKAGE DELIVERY PUNNED WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 .(UP) —NRA or no NRA, Santa Claus will work a full shift on Christ mas day. The post office department an nounced packages would be de livered on Christmas this year for the first time since 1928. Regular postal employees will have the day off, however, with substitutes replacing them. LEADERS HOPE TRUCE NOT TO BE DISRUPTED Body Moves With Unpreo edented Speed to Settle New Controversy rooseveltToresees STEADY PRICE RISE WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. (UP) Acting with unprecedented speed, the National Labor Relations board today submitted a plan for a peaceful end of the Cleveland Great Atlantic and Pacific stores strike and lockout of more than 2000 employes which threatened to disrupt President Roosevelt'* plans for a truce between capital and labor. The plan was drafted iti con ference with John Hartford, pres ident of the A.&P. chain stores corporation and officers of the Cleveland unions. Official hopes were hifrh on both sides for an acceptance of the plan which provides for re opening of the 300 stores in Cleveland and rehiring of 2,200 employes discharged when the A,&P. decided to withdraw from the Cleveland area where the stores have operated for a half century, rather than to submit to complete unionization. TO RESTORE ALL FEDERAL PAY CUTS WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. (UP) President Roosevelt today fore cast a steady increase in the co*t of living despite four consecutive weekly declines officially record ed for commodity prices. The President at the same time announced that pay of federal employes will be restored next July 1 to levels prevailing prior to the 15 per cent cut that was made during the worst part of the depression period. Ten per cent of this pay re duction has already been restored. Statistics gathered for the pres ident indicated that the yeneral level of real and presunmablv of security values is to rise with liv ing costs, it was said today. The president expects increas es in values to lessen the diffi culties of debtors in paying ob ligations. He emphasized that the new budget is in the study stage as he laughed away various re ports showing that he had as signed billions of dollars for va rious new recovery projects. SAY SINCLAIR i LOSING FIGHT Republicans Think Tide Swings As Political Fireworks Blaze WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. (VP) —Both coasts of the United States blazed last night with political fireworks with the biggest and loudest noise being made in Penn sylvania and California. Sen. David A. Reed, fighting for re-election in Pennsylvania against all the power and prestige of the New Deal, accused his op ponents of resorting to "gutter politics." Joseph F. Guffey, a staunch Roosevelt man, is run ning against Reed. Reed denied he had made ex cessive campaign expenditures and said "the Democratic campaign managers have reached into the political gutters for their wea pons." California Republicans claimed the tide had swung against Upton Sinclair, former Socialist, who turned Democrat, and that he would be badly defeated for gov ernor next Tuesday. Sinclair and his epic plan continued to deliver blow for blow and refused to con cede any setbacks. Reed told Chairman James F. Byrnes of the senate campaign expenditures committee, he was "doing everything humanly pos sible to guard against irregulari ties," and added: "It is clear to my own mind that charges laid before your com mittee are being made for two purposes: first, to becloud the is sues of the campaign in an at tempt to turn certain defeat into a chance for victory; and second, to cover up the large sums being spent in behalf of Mr. Guffey and Mr. Earle (Democratic candidate for governor.)" Reed said he would be glad to' testify before Byrnes' commitee, but said "I shall insist that your committee investigate the loser* as well as the winners."
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