WEATHER
F*ir toni«ht, cloudy and warm
Friday, with rain or »now.
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53—No. 307
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1934
GOOD AFTERNOON
Scientists tell us there will be
■even eclipse* in 1935, not count
ing those of a few political has
beens.
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
MOTIVE'S
iusr FATAL
MINING MEN
ibby H olman Reynolds
1 ccepts 56,000,000 Set
tlement fer Son
flRST CHiLDTO GET
$9,000,000 ESTATE
IfllTKI.l.TON. W. Va., Dec.
I—(UP The locomotive of a
r-" « >rk train owned and op
u;e.. t . -.e Elkhorn Piney Coal
f. t-x^o.Jed today, killing 13 and
K': r'k* *
, Live <ram poured through four
L'.- - the explosion.
The ieaa included the fireman
i. r-.*:-r and the others were
v. hich were making their
i r-n from .Montgomery thru
j*rai c mnuinities taking min
r : • >haft.
The it-ad ar.d injured were
i, - Montgomery, where of
t£> were hampered by throngs
fr.en. women and children seek
*: i .. :i the fate of their rel
IAIPTMANN COUNSEL
SATISFIED WITH THE
IIRY PANEL SET-UP
REMINGTON, N. J., Dec. 27.
-iUP' —Defense attorneys are
pjeascd with the selection of 21
romen n the -:r ;al panel of 48
!ro:r. tic Bruno Hauptmann
riai ;t:rr -rill be • n.
It thtf jury is chosen from the
j:>: :ar... a normal percentage
p:. ; ice five women and seven
ten :n the box.
Attorn** G. Lloyd Fisher said
ia; women are more understand
„ taan men. think more clearly
id are less easily swayed.
HOLMAN IS
■ACCEPTING $6,000,000
5 SON'S ESTATE
WLVSTON'-SALEM, Dec. 27.—
'P.—Libby Holman, singer,
r[bse marriage to Zachary Smith
pynoids, tobacco heir, was ended
ta Reynolds' mysterious death in
19 1. today accepted an of
: > 000,000 from the estate
[:t nt'ant son, Christopher
5b::". Reynolds.
The acceptance was announced
r"^. I.;- y agreed to a settlement
warding $^.000,000 to the in
•ttt's half sister. Anne Cannon
kyn(>:<i< II. Reynolds' daughter
J? his ti rst marriage to Anne
Cunon.
'Poll Shows F. R.
World Personality
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (UP) —
President Roosevelt was 1934's
3wtar<iingf world personality, a
terary Digest poll of 240 Amer
n^v. papers revealed.
. :r-^ v l: Roosevelt 234; Hit
ler 210; Mussolini 187; Upton
pnclair 173; Dionne quintuplet.*
^88; Donald R. Richberg 165;
PJrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt 137;
plelvin H. Purvis 121; Rear-Ad
l^rai Byrd l0i>; and Frances
Perkins 72.
Heavy Water One Year Old But No
Man Is Yet Found Who Will Drink It
" 1 J ~ Tl- VtOffAl*
By LEVlN(iS S. WILLIS
Pres. Staff Correspondent
Pittsburgh, Dec. 27. (UP)
—A In a year after discovery
htav; water, science is still
r(>r a man who will'drink
4 of it.
It nujrht kill him- It might
■ ai drunk. But probably it
*ou!ij age him 50 years in a few
hours.
A Cleveland, Ohio, concern is
, emon>ciating some samples of
*®vy water at the American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Convention opening to
>a-• The company advertises cut
y0u can jjUy a thimbleful
; * j<>0. The same water would
fla,e cost $2,500 a few months
•so.
'We fed some of the water to
* Pair of mice," the exhibitor
7^, Peking up a few hundred
°jjars worth of it gingerly.
they had the prettiest jag on
ever saw. First they ran
~°'^nd in circles. Then they
taf?» and finally they tried
'■ nK pieces out of the glass
ca*e."
scientists who have
:ed the water believe it may
Amelia to Dare Pacific Perils
New perils will be facu*i by Amelia Earhart, shown here in her plane
| in California, in an effort to add to her flying laurels. The noted
aviatrix, undaunted by the tragedy of Captain Charles Ulm's Pacific
i hop, plans to fly from Hawaii to California and now is on her way
i to the islands by boa . Sht» plans to broadcast during her long flight.
F. R. ARRANGES
CONFERENCES
WITH ADVISERS
Indications Are "Middle
Ground" Legislative Pro
gram Is Goal
By ARTHUR F. DEGREVE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (UP)
The best minds in the New Deal
and party leaders on Capitol Hill
will be called to aid President
Roosevelt in putting" the finishing
touches on the legislative program
I which the administration will send
1 to the coming congress.
The President disclosed yester
day that he had arranged for a
' series of informal conversations
with his chief aides before the
session opens on January 3. Al
though he has not had an oppor
tunity yet to study the sugges
tions made by a conference of
business leaders in White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va.. last week, Mr.
Roosevelt is expected to analyze
them before completing the ad
ministration program.
Despite the secrecy surround
ing details of the forthcoming
recommendations, there were indi
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be the cause of old age. It never
evaporates, but absorbs ordinary
water rapidly, and they believe it
possible that the heavy water
gradually accumulates in the
human body, causing the shrink
age and progressive waste charac
teristic of old age.
In any case, it raises the body
I temperature of animals, and
would probably have the same ef
■ feet on human beings. Tadpoles
, and other water creatures die a
I few minutes after they are re
leased it in.
So far the chief experiments on
humans have been in connection
with eaficer research. They have
shown it is not a cure for cancer,
but various cancer institutes are
buying large quantities for exper
imental work.
Amateur astronomers have a
| telescope maker building a tele
I scope, in another exhibit. Start
| ing with an ordinary disk of glass,
he will grind for days until the
lens is completed. The booth has
pictures of telescopes made by
amateurs in various parts of the
country from such odds and ends
as stove pipe, automobile trans
(Continued on page four)
loo PtTlllUN
FOR BUILDING
j OF DAM HERE
Sponsors Say Definite An
j nouncement Looked for
Early in Year
A petition said to bear the sig
natures of more than 4,000 citi
! zens of Henderson and Transyl
1 vania counties and asking that the
; Tennessee Valley Authority pro
, ceed at once with construction of
! a storage dam on the French
Broad river at Bent Creek were
exhibited here today. The peti
j tion, it was asserted, was ready
! for submission to a "high govern
ment authority," accompanied by
a statement signed by several lo
cal citizens affirming that the sig
! natures to the petition are highly
representative of the citizenship
of this county and section.
The petition was drafted by a
Hendersonville attorney and those
circulating: it said that only three
landowners approached in the
Mills River valley, which would
be most affected by the TVA proj
ect, refused to sign it.
Sponsors of the petition said
they expected a definite announce
ment early in the new year that
th* dam will be built. The text of
the petition follows:
"WHEREAS, it seems to be an
established fact that the Tennes
see Valley Authority has been au
thorized and empowered to de
velop the Tennessee Valley region
by the erection of seven dams on
, the several tributaries of the Ten
j nessee rivey, for the purpose of
(Continued on page four)
Says GOP Task to
Clean Own House
I MAMI BEACH, Fla., Dec. 27.
I (UP). — Raymond Benjamin of
Washington, friend and advisor
of former resident Hoover, said
i yesterday that the public is rap
I idly ridding the Republican party
i of "its outmoded reactionaries."
"We are getting a good object
lesson and it is to be hoped we
shall be able to profit by it," de
clared the past grand exalted rul
er of the Elks.
"I can't criticize Mr. Roosevelt
or his policies," he added, "be
cause he is eminently sincere and
may find his plans are satisfac
tory remedies.
"Let others judge when, the
time comes. We Republicans
oucrht to concern ourselves with
' getting our own house in shape—
[ not trying to find out where our
I competitor is erring."
BITTER COLD
WAVE SWEEPS
TO THIS AREA
Midwes'r Experiences Bit
ter Weather as "Freak
Low" Moves East
MODERATION BY
FRIDAY EXPECTEE
CHICAGO, Dec. 27. (UP)—.•>
brief respite from the coldwavc
which caused nationwide suffer
ing was promised by the weath
er bureau as relief agencies strug
gled to provide food, clothing ant
shelter for the needy. After £
brief period of comparative mild
nessa new cold wave from th*
Canadian Rockies is expected ti
send the mercury to zero again
By UNITED PRESS
A cold wave that brought be
low zero weather to a large north
ern portion of the United States
moved southeastward Wednesday
night.
The Atlanta weather bureai
said freezing temperatures wer<
expected over the northern hall
of Georgia and about half oJ
Alabama. Indications were th(
cold would grow more severe anc
extend farther southward anc
eastward by Friday morning.
The cold wave is not expecteci
to be quite so bitter nor so ex
tensive over the South as the
destructive blast of winter thai
damaged crops in semi-tropica
Florida two weeks ago, however
A 28-degree temperature wa>
predicted for Atlanta by Thurs
day morning, with a thermometei
reading of around 20 indicated bj
Friday. Weather observers ex
pected the cold to begin moderat
ing after Friday.
Indications were that freezing
temperatures would not extern
very far southward into Florida
A low pressure area bringing
the surprise cold wave to inlam
states and a promise of similai
weather for the eastern seaboarc
made an almost unprecedentet
speed flight from Denver to De
troit in less than 24 hours. I1
caught weather observers by sur
prise, capping a year of unusua
j weather with a new freak.
Temperatures in the wake o
the "low" fell precipitately. Or
the northern edge of the col(
'area it was 46 below zerot. Th<
chilling blasts were felt from th<
Pas, in northern Manitoba dowi
to Abilene, Texas.
Wednseday night the "low'
skipped up the St. Lawrence riv
| er. Behind it the cold wa
' drawn in over Michigan, Indiani
and Ohio. The frigid blasts wen
expected to sweep down over thi
1 Appalachians Thursday to th<
I Atlantic coast.
I In Chicago, Minneapolis, Mil
j waukee and other midwestern cit
ies cold down to 20 below sen
derelics to overflowing relie
shelters. Livestock en route ti
j market suffered. Frozen stean
' pipes delayed trains.
Automobile radiators w o r
steaming plumes and smoke fron
chimneys drove straight up. Then
was little precipitation in the col(
area.
At Duluth, Minn., where Lak
(Continued on pago four)
Coast Guardsmen
Are Charged With
Withholding Aid
Played "Hide and Seek"
With Suspected Rum
Runner During Storm
HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 27.—
(UP).—Capt. Freeman Anderson,
master of the motor vessel Mary
E. Kenney, on arrival yesterday
charged that the U. S. coast guard
had refused to come to his aid
when the suspected rum-running
ship's motors were disabled in a
storm and she was at the mercy of
the sea.
The ship was towed into port
after playing hide and seek with
U. S. coast guards preventing her
from entering United States ter
ritory.
"The guards violated every tra
dition of the sea," Anderson de
clared, "when they refused to take
us in tow. They did offer to take
us off and scuttle our ship, but
there wasn't a man aboard who
would agree to that. They all
stood by me, while the coast
guard stood by and demanded our
arrest, refusing to aid.
"My men suffered a week from
food shortage ana lack of water.
At the end, all we had was 40
pounds of flour and what water
we could collect from the rain
fall."
He said the coast guards saw
his men chopping up the ship's
•ice chest, water tanks, bulk heads
at»d a dory for fuel but still re
[ fused to take them in tow.
COL ANDREWS
HEADS FORCE
Is Commander of the New
G.H.Q. Air Force Re
cently Organized
By HOBART C. MONTEE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (UP)
—Lieut. Col. Frank M. Andrews,
air co^ps officer of 17 years ex
perience, yesterday was designat
ed by Secretary of War George
H. Dern as commander of the
new G. H. Q. air force, recently
organized by the army general
staff.
With Andrews' appointment,
the work of organizing a new air
force which will enable the Unit
ed States in time of emergency
to throw from 900 to 1,000 fight
ing planes into attack, was prac
tically completed. Andrews will
have the task of whipping this
new organization into fighting
trim, and of working out details.
"This force will be highly mo
bile and will have great striking
t power," the war department said.
I "It will be able to employ its mo
> bility in such a manner as to ex
ert the maximum influence upon
land defense, not in one restricted
region, but potentially in all thea
tres of operation, ready to meet a
threat from any direction."
The air force will operate di
rectly under the orders of the
chief of staff and the commander
(Continued on page four)
Abyssinian-Italian Controversy
' Brings More Tension In Near East
By IAN FRASER
United Pres* Staff Correspondent
GENEVA, Dec. 27.—(UP).—
Abyssinia yesterday appealed to
the League of Nations for assist
ance against alleged Italian ag
gression on the Somaliland fron
tier in Northern Africa "Further
attacks are expected," the Abys
sinian note declared.
"ICeconnaisance by a.tf Italian
' military airplane over Gerlogubi
, on December 21," the message
I continued, "seems to point a fur
ther attack in that locality, wi ich
already has been bombed. The
situation therefore is increasingly
serious, and we wish to reiterate
on- protest."
The dispatch confirmed reports
that Abyssinia is seriously con
sidering appealing formally to the
/January 11 session of the league
council, although article X of the
'covenant pledging members of
J the league to respect each other's
j territory has not yet been invok
ed.
! The telegram hinted that Abys
sinia fears Italy is preparing to
make an advance in considerable
force over the Somaliland border,
although so far the clashes have
been confined to comparatively
small frontier patrols on each
side The most serious fight oc
curred at Valual! with numerous
casualties on both sides. Italy has
refused to submit the conflict to
the league for settlement.
While Abyssinia maintains Ital
ian troops continually are invad
ing her territory from Italian co
lonial possessions, marching thru
the border land at will, the Ital
ian government issued counter
charges that Abyssinians have
been the aggressors.
The threat to peace in the Near
East increased last night when
Persia telegraphed the league,
protesting a charge lodged in Ge
neva last week that Persia had
violated the Iraq-Persia boundary.
The dispatch said the Persian
foreign minister was leaving for
Geneva at once, to attend the
January council session, which
will hear the dispute under ar
ticle XI of the covenant, adding:
"We ae convinced our legitimate
rights will have the full confi
dence of the council."
i ■
I ROME, Dec. 27.—(UP).—The
government issued a communique
last night answering Abyssinia's
(Continued on page four)
ARE HELD AT
CHARLOTTE
FOR ROBBERY
Ready Confession Made in
$18,000 Payroll Rob
bery at Lancaster
PART OF"LOOT IS
RECOVERED TODAY
CHARLOTTE, Dec. 27. (UP).
James and Manuel Miller, broth
ers, and LeRoy Holliday, taxi
driver, were arrested here today
and readily confessed to the roo
bery of the Spring's Textile mill*'
$18,000 payroll at Lancaster, S.
C., yesterday.
Deputy Sheriff Phil Thurman,
who drove the payroll car, was ar
rested at Lancaster and charged
with conspiracy. Part of the loot
was recovered near Charlotte.
PAYROLL CAR FORCED
INTO DITCH BY BANDITS
LANCASTER, S. C„ Dec. 27.
I (UP).—Three deputized guards
transferring an $18,000 payroll
of the Springs Cotton mills from
the main office here to mills at
Chester, S. C., were held up by
four bandits near here yesterday.
H. R. Rice, secretary of the
Springs mills, said the bandits at
gun point forced the guards to
drive their car into a ditch, se
cured the $18,080 and fled in an
automobile without license plates.
He said the payroll was insured.
Woman Wins Claim
Parrot Hers When
He Acts Chummy
Petshop Operator Fails to
Prove to Court Bird Is
His Property
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (UP).—
Courtroom scene:
A vr.rrot in its cage perched
upon the bench in tlvi courtroom
of Magistrate David Hirschefield.
Mrs. Rosa Gallo, 50, through an
interpreter insisting it wa- her
"Frankie" who flew away five
months ago. William Fritschler,
60, pet shop prprietor angrily pro
testing he bought the bird for $5.
"Its my Frankie," Mrs. Gallo
said tearfully.' "He called to me
'hello Rosa.' He only speaks Ital
ian, except he says 'hello' and
'goodbye' in English."
"Your honor," Fritschler inter
rupted, "that bird only speaks
American. I'll give this woman
$100 if it speaks Italian. It would
eat the hands off her."
The magistrate, perplexed, or
dered Mrs. Gallo to speak to the
pet in her native toague.
"Give mama a kiss," she said,
according to the interpreter.
"Rosa, Rosa," the parrot creak
ed, blinking its eyes and sort of
grinning.
"Shake hands with the parrot,"
the court ordered. Mrs. Gallo
thrust her hand through the cage.
It was gripped by a horny claw.
"Now you try it," Hirschfield
told Fritschler.
The parrott screamed as the
man approached. He took it from
the cage. Still screaming it top
pled to the floor. Mrs. Gallo
picked it up, smoothed its feath
ers. It nestled in her arm.
"Mama" Gallo and ."Frankie"
left the courtroom a moment lat
er. She talked earnestly to her
pet in Italian. The court intei
preter thought she said, "we'rt
going home now, Frankie."
Green River Co.
Host To Large
Christmas Party
Management of the Green River
Manufacturing companv was host
to between 260 and 275 children
of the community at a Christmas
party on Monday afternoon.
The affair was held at the com
munity house and R. W. Boys,
head of the mill, distributed
Christmas presents to the children
in the role of Santa Claus.
The children and grownups
present sang Christmas sOngs and
all children were given the oppor
tunity to meet Santa Claus in the
t person of Mr. Boys.
ra late ^
fNRKS
TWO KLLED, EIGHT ARE
HURT IN PENNSIE
WRECK TODAY
COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 27.—
(UP).—Engineer H. S. Beach
of the Columbus division and
Road Foreman A. B. Eckles of
Cleveland, were killed and 10
others injured when a Penn
sylvania railroad Cleveland-to
Cincinnati passenger train was
wrecked by a switch locked for
a spur sidetrack.
TENNESSEE PHONE
RATES REDUCED BY
$500,000 A YEAR
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 27.
(UP).—The Tennessee Rail
road and Public Utilities com
mission taday ordered reduc
tions in state-wide telephone
rates charged by the Southern
Bell Telephone & Telegraph
company. The reduction is ex
pected to save. subscribers
$500,000 annually. The new
rates will be effective after
the January billings.
SWITCH THROWN BY ERROR
CAUSED CRASH FATAL
TO 15 CANADIANS
TORONTO, Dec. 27.—(UP).
Canadian National Railway of
ficials today announced that
Brakeman E. Lynch of the
Christmas excursion train,
threw the switch which caused
the fast express to crash into
the excursion train, killing 15
persons near Dundas.
The statement said Lynch
thinking his train was on the
main track, threw the switch
shunting the flier to the other
rails and into the rear of the
excursion train.
Says Attacks On
Utilities Are Not
Trade Stabilizing
Ed. Benjamin Suggests
Washington Quit Scal
ing Business
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 27.—(UP).
—Governmental attacks ,;such as
that upon public utilities" is not
stabilizing American business, Ed
ward B. Benjamin, financier and
philanthropist of New Orleans,
La., and Greensboro, N. C., said
last night. .
"If Washington will quit scar
ing the business element of the
nation with such individual at
tacks as that upon the public utili
ties industry," he said, "national
confidence will be restored in short
order and prosperity will become
stabilized." »•
Benjamin, who is here for the
races at Tropical Park where he
has entered 12 of his thorough
breds, is president of the E. V
Benjamin Co., of New Orleans
vice-president of the Myles Salt
Co., and the Bay Chemical Co., ol
Louisiana, and a director ol
the Whitney National bank, the
South's largest banking institu
tion.
Benjamin is opposed to th<
wealth redistribution plan sug
gested by Senator Huey P. Long
"There will be no need for re
distribution of income," he said
"Its enormous productivity offer!
ample income for all, providing
the wheels of industry are allowec
to resume under a feeling of ful
confidence."
OPINION FILE!
BY FEDERAI
JUDGE MOTE
Roosevelt to Ask Corjress
Help in Power Rate
Cut Campaign
STUDIES EXTENSION
|. OF FARM AUTHORITI
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 27. (UP
—Federal Judge Merrill E. Oti
today filed an opinion ruling tha
congress has no authority to fij
prices even in Interstate Com
merce.
Judge Otis further held tha
the president has no power t<
apDrove NRA codes which include
price fixing, because price fixinj
destroys fair competition. Th«
ruling was made in the cas<
against Sutherland Lumber com
pany against which the govern
ment asked an injunctin prohibit
ing the violation of code provi
sions.
ROOSEVELT WILL ASK
AID OF CONGRESS IN
CHEAP POWER DRIVE
. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (CP)
—Authoritative sources today re
vealed that President Roosevelt
plans to enlist the aid of congress
in a campaign to reduce power
rates. The president's message
to congress next week is expect
ed to contain recommendation;
for a broad plan of national pow
er development. President Roose
velt is also studying a proposed
extension of the electric home
and farm authority which finan
ces the retail purchases of elec
trical . equipment in connection
with the TVA to a national scale.
RESERVE BOARD IS
DEFENDING POSITION
AS TO INTEREST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (UP)
—The federal reserve board, af
I ter two days of heated confer
!ence8 over theattack of Senatoi
Carter Glass, D., Va., on its re
duction of interest rates, las!
night issued a statement defend
ing its action. •
Governor Marriner S. Eccle?
said the board's reduction oi
maximum interest rates on tim<
and savings deposits from 3 t<
2 1-2 per cunt, made recently al
the same time the federal deposil
insurance corporation took simi
lar action, "was taken in accord
ance with the provisions of th»
banking act of 1933 requiring thi
federal reserve board from tim<
to time to 'limit by regulation th<
rate of interest which may bi
paid by member banks on tim
deposits.1"
"Its recent action," the state
ment added, "like similar actio)
taken Aug. 29, 1933, related onlj
to member banks. The federa
reserve board has never assume*
that it had authority to regulat
the rate of interest paid by non
| member banks. It clearly has n<
authority to do so." • * <•
Eccleg said the FDIC actio)
was taken separately from that o
the reserve board.
» Eccles did not mention Glass
attack, but said he was issuini
the statement because "a misap
! prehension has arisen with respec
' to the scope of and the authorit
I for the action recently taken."
GOULD KIN WEDS TEXAN
i HARRISON, N. Y., Dec. 27.
; (UP).—Anne Gould, great granc
1 daughter of the late Jay Goulc
I was married at 4 a. m. yesterda
to Frank A. Meador, a Texan.
American Girl Four Months Prisonei
Of Nazis,Happy On Home Soil Agaii
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (UP)—
Isobel Lillian Steele, Canadian
born American girl who spent
four months in a Nazi prison—
not knowing whether she would
ever get out—was back on Uni
ted States soil last night, appar
ently a fre ewoman bu tstill shiv
ery over her experiences.
Pecking nevrously at a hand
kerchief, the 23-year-old girl told
a halting story of her fears of
German persecution—sup/posedly
because she had engaged in spy
activities, but actually—she in
sisted—because she expressed
horror at the Nazi blood purge of
last June.
"I can't say much—until I
have a chance to think it over,"
she said.
"Are you still afraid of perse
cution?" she was asked.
The slender, dark-eyed girl,
-with straight black hair drawn
tightly over her pale forehead,
smiled nervously.
"I'm glad t obte home. Its
wonderful to see American faces
again—to know you ca ngo where
you like, do what you please and
say what you feel."
Miss Steele registered in a New
York hotel, and made plans I
stay a nindefinite time. H<
home is in Hollywood, CaL, wbei
her mother, Mrs. Clara Steel
no wlives.
Miss Steele's unwillingness 1
tell much of what happened i
Germany wag ascribed in part t
the report that she sold the a<
count of her exptriences to
newspaper.
She described phases of h<
life in the German prison, Moab
where she was jailed as spy, linl
ed with the notorious Bare
Jurek Sosnowski, now in jail i
Germany .
She said the "white cross <
death" was marked on her ce
door, and she was shunned b
other prisoner*
Miss Steele went to German
in 1931 to study music. SI
would not say whether she coi
sidered herself a Communist, a
though she insisted she wa sjai
ed for her belief, not for any sp;
ing activities.
"I did not believe in persee
tion of the Jews," she sai
"From that grew the whole mo;
strous affair."