WEATHER
cloudy tonight; much
p,rt
,j„ Tb»r.d.»
€ltr ®tilths
*
GOOD AFTERNOON
A Californian hat in Ten ted an
automobile that can jump 50 feet
—and get even the •prieat of pe
destrian*.
53 No. 306
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1934
TRAIN WRECKS FATAL TO 22 PERSONS
i f;
[I CAS RATE
Mi SECOND
I IN YEAR
I Taken Here With
Lval o. State and
£j|.. Commission
rnER REDUCTION
seen in future
vvviuction of
Hendersonv
.as announced
" . lina Centra
- . v the approval
"• • na utilities
, , , • ' mayor ,amJ
•v.issionets of
- •>
i: the January
• . . redaction will
-v "as user ex
l > ~ w n
; ■ atmjr. W • U
• . . , •• the company.
- - .... bill, with the.
u '| be reJ«c«l
' a month, net.
. .. , .0 cents net per t
[- ■ ir_as used over
.0 cubic i^et. j
O able to make
: .y.iu,tion* us our
business increases.
•v- u: ".ten by Ma>or A.
■ ■ .e api-'-ication for.
. . tion pend.nir
a:e ' i c *n t: " connec" ,
t :'oiii'\v«:
m - :a. 1 »as (. ••
r. r.'. i.e. N. C.
• ,■ r. ■g'-'-r- *° at"
r .• , ayor and city
•• Hendersonville
a: v :s a| -!V1 > in.tf to
"• of the state
\;ra with a petition,
rwlucti^. n the rates you ,
i/.v t -a for your gas
i i C •; of Henderson
L -.av ar.! city commis
« oir. jvu in set-king this i
ar.'i .-.ant to conjjratu
,• cr. •':••• :'tne service you
r:-:'," ' our city. A\e[
t -.-.at came into our |
£ a ■ t. .i: it was hard
>.... 1 or new, to
The Carolina
i nany deserves
: - the confidence
. s" :ri Henderson
7h» . V. fficia'.s of Hen
: .- >. -h •.,) every member,
.a- zati- i a Merry;
;-ai ar.d a Happy New:
Yours very truly,
•r City Commissioners.
iy A. V. ri iwards, Mayor.
IE TRADING
Wened Survey Shows
tot Extent of Years
fetmas Shopping
* 1934, United Press)]
rcawts from the Atlantic to j
ac:8c will take year-end in
r-e-s on stocks depleted by
latest ^ si ije of Christmas
I? <:nce 1929.
- site'! Pre>.< survey Tuesday
' sore than bore out the
trade vains of earlier
l" '^uyin?. In every city sur
: merchants reported better
'han in 1933 and in most
1 than in any vear since
ts nn>o-dive in 1929.
many 'arger cities—New
'a.-rone them—the last-min
poers was the
P sice p 'Impression days.
! ■■■% i»-Dart nent stores were
naonm^ hy the rush and
! it. In somp of the
^0T)<J in New York mer
^ ere ,.(.n stripping their
t, fin the resurgent
•• >n the last few hours of
!? ^-PPine.
•^atf*<i rrr. 'p gains including
? Ur' *'■> r'hvistmas Eve clos
n^fl frr.-n ] o to better than
er last year.
plan '-tPerts viewed the
sa!*v* not only in the
iroo(!< furned over, but
lek^13 reP'acemPn^ de
r,» f . ''v sa"' would prove
u »L° *:i<'tories in many lines
7 .he next few months.
• rf" n°ted that not only
,njr 'r general vast.lv im
>i foUt V°r<> was heavier de
^ ' raiiifm, bicvcles, electric
oth r "^P^nsive perfumes
»iC\mor* costlv articles.
biff r)orted hea\ y holi
an , terminals were jam
i0r.' **&re*se* ran jn several
w »l . an^ air transport
1 "urease,
ij^ many of which
lev verge of bank
et -1 ,r' ^en competition of
It h0,'n,"r'.participated in the
(CfihV"1' ^ornc stores report
"""'"1 on page three)
Opera Star Back
In Film Capital
duck ifi noiivwuuti aittri u uauun- i
wide tour that added to her fame,
Grace Moore, opera star, is shown
enjoying her morning coffee in i
Hollywood. Miss Moore visited 32
cities, appearing in concert, after
scoring a sensation in a recent
film.
B. I TOffNSEND
PASSES kM
Father of Mrs. Frank Bell
Called by Death at His
Red Springs Home
B. \\. Townsend, age 73, prom
inent lumberman of the Red
Springs section, and father of
Mrs. Frank Bell of Tuxedo, died
Sunday at his home following a
lingering illness.
Funeral services were held Mon
day from the home at Red Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell had
been called to Mr. Townsend's
home two weeks ago on account
of the illness of Mrs. Bell's fa
ther. Mr. Bell and the children
will return to Tuxedo Saturday
night. Mrs. Bell expects to remain i
at her former home for about two
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Bell and son,
J. O. Bell, Jr., who attended the
funeral, returned last night.
Mr. Townsend had long been a
business leader and lumberman of
the section of the state in which
he lived and was more or less ac
tive «p until the time he had been
taken critically ill. He had re
tired once from business, but re
entered again.
JAP TREATY NOTE IS
DUE ON SATURDAY |
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. (UP)
—Ambassador Hirosi Saito today
announced Japan's intention of
giving official notice of abrogation
of the Washington naval limita
tions treaty to the United States
department of state on Saturday
of his week. All other powers
bound by the pact will be notified
simultaneously that the treaty
*—minotos nn Dec. 31, 1936.
ZERO WEATHER
SWEEPS OVER
NORTH BORDER
Dakota, Minnesota, Wis
consin Temperature
in Big Drop
SOUTH HAS WARM,
BALMY CHRISTMAS
nipfSHTLNGTON' D«- 26~
\ *he weather bureau to
day issued cold wave and storm
warnings for the region from
the Ohio valley eastward to the
Atlantic seaboard.
Cold wave warnings covered
the Ohio Valley, Tennessee, the
lower Great Lakes region, the
Middle Atlantic states, Pennsyl
vania and New York.
Storm warnings were hoisted
along the coast from Eastport,
Maine, to Cape Hatteras, N. C.
Much colder weather is fore
cast for New England and the
extreme north portion of the
South Atlantic states.
^ hile most of the South expe
rienced balmy, spring-like weath
er, with warm sunshiny holding
thermometers well above 50 de
grees Christmas day, a cold wave
swept across the Canadian border
late Tuesday, bringing zero and
near-zero temperatures to most of
the Northwest and Midwest for
Christmas.
Havre, Mont., reported 20 de
grees below zero with the temper
ature sinking rapidly. Intermedi
ary points in North Dakota, Min
nesota 1 and Wisconsin recorded a
range from zero to 14 below.
The forecast was more cold for
an indefinite period.
Atlantic Seaboard cities report
ed gradually dropping readings
from temperatures of 30 and 35
degrees above recorded Tuesday
morning.
Over the agricultural Midwest,
the tinkling of sleigh bells herald
ed a typically white Christmas.
In contrast, residents of Miami,
Fla., and Fort Worth, Tex., played
golf under a sun with tempera
tures close to 75 above.
California was blanketed in the
north by a creeping ground fog
which hampered visibility.
For a few hours New York and
a large strip of the eastern Sea
board had a "white Christmas"
but the snow did not last long.
Forecast was for rain or snow
and continued low temperatures.
City crews and temperatures
slightly above freezing cleared
Detroit's streets of the first white
Christmas in five years. Zero tem
peratures were forecast for the
entire state Wednesday, however,
with occasional snows.
Boston and most of New Eng
land experienced cold, cloudy
weather. There were scattered
snow flurries, but in most places
children were able to try out their
new skates.
JOBLESS IN OUTBREAK
LILLE, France, Dec. 26. (UP).
Police drove jobless miners from
the town hall of the village, of
Iwuy Tuesday, after an overnight
outbreak protesting unemploy
ment. The aroused miners storm
ed and captured the town hall,
spending Christmas Eve singing
Revolutionary songs while their
wives and children stoned the
home of the mayor.
wv*
Tinkham Charges Madam Perkins
Has Pushed U. S. Into The League
A
Congressman Alleges "Trickery and Fraud" and "Base
Betrayal" in Joining Geneva Labor Organization
1 —■'"wppp held on thf
WASHINGTON, Dec. Zb. ^r,.
Secretary of Labor Frances Per
kins has pushed the United States
into the League of Nations thru
j "trickery and fraud" by joining
the international labor organiza
tion at Geneva. Representative
George H. Tinkham. R., Mass.,
j charged last night.
j A joint resolution providing
for American participation in the
labor organization was passed in
, the dying hours of the last con
; gress.
j "The time for this base betray
al of the independence and of the
'vital interests of the United
States was cunningly chosen,"
j Tinkham said. "This intrigue to
' entangle the United States in the
affairs of Europe was perpetrat
' ed at a time when the 73rd con
gress was bent on winding up the
session and going home—when a
legislative bedlam was at its
height."
The international labor organ
ization—a subsidiary of the Lea
gue of Nations—was formed to
study wages, hours and the con
Jdition of employment all over the
worid.
"W UV—...0
resolution by the senate anc
house committees reporting it,'
Tinkham said. "No witnesses ap
peared before the committees
This audacious intrigue to hav<
the United States enter the Lea
gue of Nations by way of one of
the organs of the league is to be
followed by an attempt to have
the United States enter anothei
of its organs, the permanent
court of international justice ol
the League of Nations, this sub
sequently4 to be followed by z
proposal of full membership ir
the League of Nations.
"Thus the independence of Lh<
United States will be destroyed
the wil lof the American peopli
thwarted and the United State
inevitably involved in the nex
European conflict."
VIENNA, Dec. 25.—(UP).
The Austrian League of Nation
union has prepared to dispatch <•
I letter to President Franklin D
Roosevelt, begging him to brinj
the United States into the Ge
neva institution "for the good o
the United States and worli
peace.*' ,
Norris Dam Bulk Grows Rapidly
| The mighty bulk of the barrier that will be the complete Norris Dam
I in 11)36 .s shown here, rapi'llv taking shape as construction crews
! keep ahead of schedule in tneir task. This view, taken rrom the
I foundation of the powerhouse, shows the downstream ends of the
I two penstock tubes that will carry the water to the turbines. These
I great pipes are 20 feet in diameter. The dam, being built in the
Clinch river, in northeastern Tennessee, part of the mammoth TVA
project, will stand 253 feet high and create a lake of 83 square miles.
IFRENCH WILL
FREE VASSAR
STUDENT SOON
One of Three Women to
Get Good News of Fate
on Christmas Day
By MARY KNIGHT
United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Dec. 26. —(UP).—
Three women, bright-eyed with
new hope, atended Christmas
mass in Petite Roquette, French
women's prison, last night.
One a condemned murderer—
19-year-old Violette Noziere,—
had just been told President Le
brun had granted a reprieve.
Another. Arlette Stavisky,
widow of the Havonne pawn
broker who failed for half a bil
lion francs precipitating a cabi
net crash, received word that her
release from prison might conic
any day.
The third, an American girl,
Marjorie Switz of Vassar, receiv
ed news the courts were prepar
ing an early trial of spy charges
against her.
Violette betrayed little interest
when first informed of the re
prieve which saved her from the
frallons but condemned her to a
life in prison. However, her hope?
i rose when lawyers explained that
! after 10 years she might go free
[ under a pardon.
Arlette, informed of the change
in the court's attitude toward hei
case, replied :
"I did nothing but love my hus
; band and my children. If ten
derness is a crime, I am guilty.'
To the American college girl
j Miss Switz, hope was strongest,
I She is almost certain to be free
by mid February. She will be de
! ported as soon as her trial i:
over.
j Liberation was expected as a
result of the lawyers' plea that
the Switz's be free for turning
state's evidence.
All three ate a meager Christ
mas dinner—a fruit tart added
as supplementary fare to roasl
II duck and potatoes—but it was ar
I improvement over the usual pri
> j son fare.
, I Thev had no chance to talk te
: | each othe.\ All three went bad
; to separate cells where they re
21 mam in solitary confinement.
AUSTRIAN PROTEST
VIENNA, Dec. 26.— (UPV—
? Austria has protested to Czecho
i Slovakia against the activities o:
. j "emigrant" socialist newspapers
jj operated by Austrian socialist:
-f who fled to Czechoslovakia las
?! February when the governmeni
11 began suppression of socialist:
' here. *
NEGROES HP
AFTER DEATH
OFS.CJTICER
State Highway Patrolman
i Slain; Sought to Quell
Disturbance
GREENVILLE, S. C., Deo. 26.
I (UP). — Three suspects in the
' slaying late yesterday of State
Highway Patrolman E. D. Milam
, were arrested last night.
Milam, 23-year-old officer whose
home is at Newberry, was shot
j and beaten to deatn when he
j sought to quell a disturbance
' among negroes at a school house
on the Laurens roadr six miles
south of Greenville.
Sheriff B. B. Smith and his
deputies were rounding up all ne
groes known to have attended the
! party where the trouble occur
! red. There was no evidence tc
I connect the first three suspects
! arrested with the shooting except
! that they were said to have beer
atthe scone.
Officers feared possible mol
violence from aroused citizens
should suspicion be fixed more
definitely.
Milam's body was found wit!
the head pierced by three bullet:
and battered by a blunt instru
ment. Three exploded .32 cali
ber pjstol shells were found neai
j the body. Milam's .45 calibei
I revolver was missing from it:
: holster.
DEATHlALLS
JOHN ANDRUS
i
——
Millionaire Head of Insur
ance Firm Has Brief
Illness
YONKERS, N. Y., Dec. 26.—
(UP). — John E. Andrus, 94
chairman of the executive com
mittee of the New York Life In
surance company, one of the na
tion's 10 wealthiest men died to
. day after a brief illness. His for
tune is estimated at $300,000,
000. He was called the million
aire strap-hanger because he rod
. > the subways, despite his wealth.
BAN OIL ROYALTIES
BERLIN, Dec. 26. (UP).—Thi
: Prussian government yesterda;
; enacted a law providing a stat<
: monopoly on oil prospecting. Own
i ers of sites where oil is found an
denied royalties.
THEATRE HAS
ITS PREMIER
CHRISTMAS EVE
State, Formerly Queen, Of- i
fers Features to Big
Audiences
MODERNIZED HOUSE
IS MOST ATTRACTIVE
The new State theatre, entirely
modernized and remodeled, went
into the third day of its business
today, having had its inaugural on
Christmas Eve, when the doors
were thrown open at 6:30 o'clock
to the public, with the show start
ing at 7:30 o'clock. The premier
and the Christmas performances
were given to capacity audiences,
indicating that the new institution
is in for a cordial patronage on
the part of film fans.
Marking the initial perform
ances were the presentation of
"Kentucky Kernels," featuring
Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolsey,
, with Mary Carlisle and Noah
! Beery in the leads, with selected
units, including "Funny Little
Bunnies," a Disney Technicolor
Symphony; a comedy, "Pugs and
Kisses," and a traveltalk on Flan
ders. This was also the program
for Christmas day.
The Christmas eve program was
marked by a prelude, opening ■
with "Jingle Bells" and other
Chrismas music, and concluding
with "Auld Lang Sync." At the
conclusion of this, the theatre was
dedicated by Harry Buchanan,
city manager for the North Caro
lina Theatres, Inc., controlling
both the Carolina and the State,
i Mr. Buchanan told the audience
J that the project was one more in
dication of the faith of the thea
I tre operating concern in Hender
j sonville, and declared that he
j hoped the patronage would war
j rant its all-year operation as one
of the entertainment institutions
of the city.
The interior of the auditorium
; has been re-decorated in ivory,
; buff and brown, while acoustical
celotex panels done in red and
j stenciled in silver decorative fig
ures of alternating designs which
have the color of gold under the
indirect amber lighting suspend
ed from the ceiling, while soft
carpeting and cushioned seats, to
gether with the installation of a
, modern heating and ventilating
j system give all desired comforts
! for patrons.
I The remodeling has been done
• entirely under the personal super
vision of Erie G. Stillwell, the
original architect of the theatre,
who was also in charge of all con
struction and directed details of
the improvements. With the ex
ception of the installation of "the
carpets, seat* and sound equip
ment, which was done by visiting
engineers, all of the work was
performed by labor engaged here
in the city, including the installa
tion of plumbing, heating, and
carpentery, painting and electri
cal work.
The total absence of harshness
or of echo of tone from the sound
production equipment has been
brought about by the introduction
of . the acoustical panels which
have been provided. These, as the
' name implies, are made, of celo
• tex, and are dotted with innumer
I al indentations, which results in
absorption, instead of reverbera
' tion of sound.
Foyer and lobby decorations j
(Continued on pare threM '
In Command
Saar Troops
The troops placed at the disposal
jf the League of Nations by the
neutral countries of Europe for
the policing of the Saar area dur
ing the plebiscite in January will
be commanded by Major General
J. E. S. Brind, above, of the Brit
sh army.
BETTY GOW IS
BACK TO TELL
KIDNAP STORY
Version Expected to Forge
Link in State's Case
Against Hauptmann
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—(UP).
Betty Gow, demure Scotch girl
who was the last person to see the
Lindbergh baby before he was ab
ducted and murdered, returned to
the United States last night under
a heavy cloak of secrecy, to tell
New Jersey courts what she knows
of the Lindbergh kidnaping.
Clad in tweed coat and brown
scarf, she paused on the deck of
the Cunard liner Acquitania just
long enough to say, "I can't say
anything," let news photographers
snap her picture and was whisked
away in a black limousine to the
Morrow estate at Englewood, N.
J.
Miss Gow was the last person to
leave the Aquitania. Police sur
rounded her, and it was only aft
er difficulty that reporters could
get close enough to shout ques
tions into her ear.
She declined to say whether she
would testify for or against Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, Bronx car
penter charged with murdering
the 20 months' old son of Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh.
And so she was swallowed in
th? same secrecy that surrounded
her departure from Scotland. She
had traveled incognito, but news
papermen recognized her.
Federal agents reportedly had
been assigned to guard her land
ing, because they feared an at
tempt would be made against hei
(Continued on page three)
: Koosevelt Lays Aside Presidential
: Cares Spends Christmas With Famil)
Returns to Duties Today and Must Prepare Message
Act on Relief Before Congress Gathers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. (UP)
I Franklin D. Roosevelt laid asid<
his cares as President of th<
United States yesterday and be
came the head of a family thai
gathered around a Christmas tret
in the White House.
From all over the world pack
ages and greeting cards arrived
but it was around a Christmas
tree on the second floor of th(
White House that the celebratior
! centered. There the Roosevel
family—the President; Mrs. Roose
' velt; Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt
mother of the Presic'ent; till of th<
. President's live children excep'
Elliott; and the grandchildren
Sistie and Buzzie Dall, gatheret
. for an old-time Christmas.
At the insistence of the Presi
» dent, such new fangled things a
electric lights were dispensed witl
and the fire-proofed tree bor<
candles. Gifts were distributed, i
» seven course Christmas dinnei
j was eaten and the Roosevelt fam
; ily spent the day far from th<
- cares of directing the destinies o
; a nation. *
1 During the morning, the Presi
dent and his family attended th<
i Christmas services at St. Thomas
Episcopal church.
Today Mr. Roosevelt shoulder!
the cares of state again.
He will take advantage of th<
holiday calm to study bulky re
■ ports from the executive depart
, ments preparatory to writing hii
i annual message to congress. Ir
i that message he will condense his
i views regarding the future cours<
; of the New Deal, but has indicat
. ed he will make it a general out
, line rather than a specific for
! mula.
; Between now and the time con
, gress convenes Mr. Roosevelt als<
I must decide what to do about th<
problem of relief. Big business—
. at its conference at White Sulphui
5 Springs—recommended the dol<
t as a cheaper substitute for re
s lief. The administration, however
i clings to the theory that work re
• lief is better, even if more expen
• sive, because it preserves the mo
■ rale of the jobless. Judging fron
' j the frequency with which relie!
| leaders have conferred with th<
• I (Continued on page three)
DEATH STALKS
OVER 260 MORE
ATYULEM
Accident, Murder, Suicide
and Fire Toll Grows
During Holiday
AIR ACCIDENTS ALSO
ACCOUNT FOR OTHERS
HAMILTON, Ont., Dec. 26.—
(UP).—Canadian National Rail
way officials today sought to de
termine whether a faulty switch
caused the crack Mapleleaf Flier
to crash into the rear of a Christ
mas day excursion train, killing 15
and injuring 32.
Officials pointed out that the
Flier might have approached so
fast that the electrically-operated
switch had not had time to close.
They also pointed out that the
switch possibly was faulty and re
mained partly open after the ex
cursion train passed. Many of the
injured are expected to die.
HARVEY, 111., Dec. 26. (UP).
J The International Limited, fast
Grand Trunk passenger train,
crashed into an automobile at a
grade crossing today, killing seven
I occupants. The victims were bad
ly mangled and included four wo
men. Three women were decapi
tated. None of them have as yet
been identified. The automobile
license was traced to John Burke.
Copyright, 1S'34, by U. P.
Death rode through the holi
days, leaving-a trail of more than
200 auto fatalities, murders,
shootings, airplane and train trag
edies, drownings and suicides," a
survey t>y the United Press re
vealed Christmas night.
Violence and tragedy marked
Christmas celebration in. at least
29 states. Californialed the black
parade with 25 deaths. Texas
had 24. Missour had 21, while a
dozen states marked up 10 or
more.
In some instances the greater
| part of families were wiped out.
A woman and two children, re
turning to Kansas City for Christ
mas with her husband, were killed
on a Nebraska highway.
In Perrysville, Pa., a grief-*
stricken woman shot four and
then killed herself. She had 'killed
her sister at Dunkirk, N. Y.
An airplane plunged into bleak
waters north of Elko, Nev., car
rying four to their death. An
other sank at sea off the lower
California* coast, two pilots, four
passengers and a child drowning.
California led the nation ih
auto fatalities. Deaths on high
ways from Los Angeles to the
northern part of the state totaled
17. Texas marked up 15 auto
deaths and there were 88 record
ed throughout the country.
Suicides paid the depression's
grim tribute to Christmas. More
than 25 were recorded, the larger
number attributed to despond
ency. California registered four,
New York five, Illinois three, all
at Chicago and Louisiana three.
Fire claimed its holiday toll, 22
deaths, including a half dozen
children burned in Christmas tree
blazes. Joplin, Mo., and Sedalia,
Mo., burned four each on Christ
mas.
I The death list includes in addi
I tion to auto deaths, suicides, fires
and other accidental deaths, two
train deaths, 14 air crash dis
asters, including seven by drown
ing. 10 shooting, 25 murders, one
poison liquor death, one stabbing,
eight miscellaneous deaths.
There were five killed in shoot
ings in Texas.
| Tenessee. Nevada and Missouri
I had air crash victims. Five
southern states—South Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee, Alabama
and Florida—compiled a list of a
dozen murders.
In New York Bedra Delcado, a
23-year-old woman, awoke amid
smoke from a burning Christmas
tree, rushed in panic to the win
dow and jumped from her fourth
• I story apartment. She was killed
instantly. Fourteen others were
i injured.
Fatalities were divided as fol
i lows:
Automobile fatalities 88, mur
ders 25, suicides 24, fire 22
i drownings 12, shootings 9, air
i crash deaths 7, miscellaneous 18.
Polk County Girl
Is Shot To Death
TRYON, Dec. 26.—Miss Pauline
Hodges, 16-year-old daughter of
Charlie Hodges, of the Pea Ridire
section, was killed about midnight
Sunday when the charge from a
sawed-off shotgun took effect in
her breast. Norman Ponder sur
rendered following the killing and
was jailed at Columbus.
Miss Hodges was holding a baby
' at the time she was shot The
charge entered her body, but the
baby was not inj'ured.