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IDSSIA DEMANDS FOREIGN AID FOR SPAIN
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Parkers Arrested in Kidnap Inquiry
Indicted at Xewark. N. .1.. l»y a federal grand jury, KIlis H. Parker,
Sr. icxtreine left), nationally known Burlington County detective,'
and his son, KIlis. Jr. (extreme right), are shown above as they were
arraigned in .Mount Holly. X. J. Although the bench warrants which
iVputy I'. S. .Marshal W. It. Siiowden (center, standing) brought
from Trenton to 1". S. Commissioner Ralph W. Haines (seated) did
not -»*t forth specific charges, tho two Parkers were reported to have
been indicted undei tin* Lindhei-gh Law (maximum penalty: life im
piisonment) in connection with the alleged kidnaping of Paul II.
Weiidel in February. ll'.'Io. Wendel's story was that he was held in
a hoi!<e in Brooklyn and tortured into signing a "confession," which
he later repudiated, that he kidnaped Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
BEHRING BUYS
ST1LLS0N HOME
New Yorker Making Big
Improvements on Laurel
Park Residence
The KMw. R. Sutherland com
pany an no unco the consummation
of the sale of the Stillsyii prop
erty in Laurel Park to P. K. Heh
I ing ot' New York City, ami Sea
Hand, (ia. An extensive program
of improvement is under way with
K. G. Justus in charge, it is un
derstood that improvements 01;
the home and grounds will prob
ably cost $2000.
The sale of this house is under
stood to be the most important
single transfer of improved prop
erty in the park for several years.
The Stiilson place was one of
the early developments in that sec
tion of Laurel Park and was in
volved in the home building of
Messrs. Ives and Patterson several
years before the new highway
was constructed between the
homes built by these men. who
were seekinir altitudes and fine
scenic views.
Mr. Stiilson diet! in late years
but the property was retained by
his widow. Mrs. Healle Stiilson of
Hradentown, Fla., who sold it to
Mr. Hehring. the negotiations be
ing carried on through Mr. Suther
land.
Mr. Pehring is of the firm of
shipping agents doing extensive
business under the name of the P.
K. Hehring company of New York.
Mr. Hehring was impressed in
his first visit to Hendersonvillc!
this summer and this was the i
only piece of property shown by
Mr. Sutherland, who thinks Mr. j
Hehring's connections in business
and as a tourist on Sea Island.
Ga.. will be of material benefit to
this section.
Brevard Rally To
Hear Mrs. McKee
BRKV.ARD, Oct. 23. (Special).
Mrs. K. I.. McKee of Sylva, candi
date for the state senate, will
speak at a Democratic rally to
be held in the Krevard courthouse
on Satunluv evening, Oct. 24, at
7:30 o'clock.
On .Monday evening. Thad Kure.
candidate for secretary of state
will speak, and on Thursday eve
ninvr. Oct. 2!>, Congressman Zeb
Weaver is scheduled to make an
address. Each of the meeting
will start at 7:30, and each will
be held in the county court house.
house.
Republican Meet
Set At Fletcher
County Republican Chairman
Frank Waldron today called at
tention to the Republican meeting
scheduled for Saturdav niirht, Oc
tober 24 at 8 o'clock at the hiirh
school auditorium at Fletcher. Mr.
Waldrop sai<| that j?ood music will
provided as an entertainment
feature and that the county cam
paign issues would be discussed.
VI1SS BERTHA BREVARD,
MISSIONARY, TO BE AT
GROVE STREET SUNDAY
Miss Hi-it ha Itrevard, mission
ary to China who recently spoke
in the interest of missions at
iJroVf Street Gospel church, will
!»<• at tin- church on Sunday morn
ing at I I a. in. and will speak of
Iky experiences in China during
her 1"» years of labor in the mis
sion field. The public is cordially
invited to hear .Miss llrevard.
At o'clock Sunday evening
a congregational meeting; of the
members and those accustomed to
worshipping at Grove Street
church will be held. At this con
gregational meeting the matter of
t lecting a pastor will be discussed
and probably decided.
SMITH TALKS
U. S, FINANCES
Says Democrats Must Pay
for Turning Backs
Upon Platform
CIVIC OPERA HOUSK. CHI
CAGO. Oct. 2H. (UP).—The New
Deal's financial plans would make
a "good scenario for a comic
movie" if the people didn't have
to "pay that '54 billion dollars,"
Alfred K. Smith said last night.
The former Democratic presi
dential candidate wound up his ad
dress t«» JefFersonian Demo
crats with the declaration that in
November millions "who believed
in the Democratic platform
and want a sane, safe, orderly,
sensible government will go to the
polls and vote for Governor Alf
Landon of Kansas."
"I want to talk about n billion
dollars," Smith began.
"If you were to put away a dol
lar every minute since Christ died
on Calvary you'd only have a bil
lion dollars and I want to show
tonight how little the New Deal
thinks of a billion dollars.
"Suppose you wanted to know
how long it would take to pay the
debt of the administration. You
know how long it'd take to pay a
billion dollars. Well, the govern
ment debt now is .'14 billion. If
you were to pay it back at the
rate ei a dollar a minute, well,
it'd take 65,000 years."
"Well, who owes it? We do.
Who'* going to pay it? We are.
When I hear this talk about soak
ing the rich I know that if you
took everything from the rich,
including their undershirt, you
couldn't pay anv part of it."
Smith recalled that in a speech
at Pittsburgh President Roosevelt
spoke of "the crushing load" of
national finance.
"Here's how ho said it's jroinir
to !>»• paid," Smith continued.
"Out of the increased national in
come and individual income pro
duced by prosperity. I'll try to re
duce this to the simple language
of the sidewalk and it means this
—the more you make, the more
we take." • "*
"I wonder," he said, "if our
New Deal friends have any real
ization of the enormity of a bil
lion dollars. Sometimes I doubt
it because the President the other
day said a billion and a half of it
went to bonus payment now in
(Continued on page four)
ROOSEVELT TO
RENEW DRIVE
IN NEW YORK
Is Confident After Wild
Demonstrations Given
by New Englanders
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2:5. (IT)
President Roosevelt who returned
to Washington shortly alter mid
night this morning aboard his spe
cial train after a two-day whirl
wind campaign of New Kngland,
and was l»ack at his desk today
confident that his re-election was
assured, after the wildest demon
strations for him on his Massachu
setts, Rhode Island and Connecti
cut tour, linked with reports which
party leaders .submitted to him to
day that indicated that the race is
"in the baK."
The President plans to visit
New York for two speeches next
week.
VAST THRONGS CATHF.R
TO SEE HIM PASS
By FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press White House
Correspondent
A HO A 1(1) ROOSEVELT SPE
CIAL, Oct. 23.— (UP).—Senator
James Couzens of Michigan was a
man "whose courage was a match
for his idealism," President Roose
velt said last night.
News of the death of the Michi
gan Republican, who came out in
favor of Mr. Roosevelt's re-elec
tion. was received aboard the
president's train as bis party sped
toward Washington after an in
tensive New England campaign
tour.
"Senator i ouzens mil mn cuvn
public lifo because ho sought
either fame or power," Mr. Uoose
volt said, "but rather because of
a service he believed he could ren
tier to tin* cause of progressive
thought and political uprightness.
He was a party member. But his
prior obligation was to the well
being of the people he .served, lie
never hesitated in that service.
The death of Senator Couzens
to me is a great loss. But, more
than that, it is a great loss to the
multitudes of Americans whose
needs and problems were always
in the forefront of his thought
and action."
Crowds estimated at 350,000
turned out yesterday along the
route from Hartford to Stamford,
Conn., to see Mr. Roosevelt.
Police at times were powerless
to hold back tlu» surging, shouting
masses and finally stood by help
lessly as the streets were overrun.
Hysterical women and children
frequently were carried out; par
ents fought to protect their fam
ilies and even members of the
president's personal party had lit
erally to battle their way to auto
mobiles and finally to the train.
At the railroad station in Stam
ford. the crush of citizens was so
great that it required all the
brawn of a flying wedge of pow
erful state troopers to make u lane
wide enough to permit a few
members of the party to board
the train. That path 7f> feet long,
required a quarter of an hour to
negotiate.
At one time the milling mass of
packed, sweating humanity, push
ed and shoved its way right to the
side of the president's car parked
on the station platform and secret
service men, tired but determined,
cleared a path for him.
When the president reached
Hartford yesterday morning from
Worcester, Mass., 100.0OU cheer
ing persons stood in Bushnell
Park, facing the golden-domed
state capital. Some of them had
been there since 7 a. in. in order
to hear Mr. Roosevelt speak at 10.
As his car drove up a policeman
was carrying out a girl who had
fainted.
After a speech declaring that
"recovery was back to stay," the
President moved on to Middletown
(Continued on page four.)
Mrs. Simpson To
Get Divorce On
Tuesday, Belief
IPSWICH. England, Oct. 23.—
(UP)—Ipswich became the set
ting today for a divorce suit, list
ed plainly as "Simpson W. vs.
Simpson K. A." whose result will
he flashed throughout the world
within thf next few days.
Mrs. Wallis Simpson, the plain
tiff. close friend of King Edward,
was in seclusion to avoid public
ity; King Kdward had returned
to London from his all-male
shooting party at Sandringham,
<!0 miles from here; Simpson K.
A.," the husband, was in London.
Suffolk county assizes open
technically today, actually tomor
row. Today was commission day,
when court officials assembled
depositions and other details of
the crime and civil cases to be
heard. Mr. Justice llawke — Sir
Anthony llawke, who was attor
ney general to King Kdward when
th«- kinjc was Prince of Wales —
was expected late today.
It is expected that Justice
(Jawke will hear the crime cases
first, as is customary. He may ar
range the cases as he likes, but
the best information seems to be
that he will hear the case of Simp
son W„ vs. Simpson E. A., at
about 2:J.r> p. 111., Tuesday, to
grant Mrs. Simpson a decree nisi
from Ernest A. Simpson and make
it possible for her at the end of
six months if not sooner to have
the decree made absolute so that
she can remarry.
NAZI RECOGNITION OF
ITALIAN CONQUEST
IS EXPECTED SOON
BKRLIN. Oft. 21!.—(Ul>).—
Growing friendly relations be
tween Italy and Germany will, be
cemented further by German rec
ognition of Italy's i-ont|uest of
Kthiopia, it was learned here an
the Italian foreign minister, Gale
azzo Giano continued conversa
tions with Keich leaders.
Announcement of recognition
is expected Saturday after Giano
meets Chancellor Adolf Hitler at
his Bavarian retreat in Rechtes
gaden. An Italian spokesman said
it was "most likely that German
recognition of the Italian empire
will emerge from the Ciano visit,
although it is jumping to conclu
sions to say any country will re
ceive economic privileges in Kthi
opia."
Italy has been trying for a long
time to obtain recognition by t<onie
power of the Italian conquest and
it was suggested that Germany's
difficult trade and lack of raw ma
terials might be sufficient to ob
tain such recognition in return for
economic advantages. .
Ciano's visit also was expected
to cement the gentlemen's agree
ment between the two countries,
although few observers are look
ing for written guarantees or
treaties as a result of the current
talks.
CRAMER GIVES $5000
TO G.O.P. CAMPAIGN
CHAHI.OTTK, Oct. 23.—Stuart
W. Cramer, Sr., of Cramerton, has
contributed $5000 to the Republi
can party treasury since August
I, it was announced here yester
day by Hrowniow Jackson, secre
tary-treasurer of the Republican
party in North Carolina. Other
contributors totallecT less than
$786.
During the period the party has
spent $1,429.34 for salaries and
$1,055.0s for postage and express,
Mr. Jackson said. W. C. meekins,
state chairman, received $3X7.27
and C. A. .Jonas, national commit
teeman, $292.95 for traveling ex
penses. Thomas Dixon, a former
Democrat speaking for the Re
publican party, has been paid $100
expense money.
On October 20 a balance of
$1,500.10 was shown. The Demo
cratic campaign report has not yet
been filed with the secretary of
state, it is reported.
Navy Investigates Collision Of Planes
Killing Cadet Near Pensacola Base
PENS A COLA, Fla., Oct. 23.—
(UP).—The navy today was in
vestigating the midair collision of
two planes near the air base here
late yesterday that killed Cadet
Edward Hogenour, New York, and
injured Cadet M. L. Gowdy, Bir
mingham, Ala., while Cadets J. L.
Monroe, of Michigan, and C. C.
Gibbs, of California, parachuted
to safety.
Three planes were returning to
the air base just before dark last
night when the wings of the Mon
I roe and Gibbs planes brushed and
the planes fell, out of control.
Observer Hogenour was unable
to bail out soon enough. Cadet
Gowdy rode the wreckage to the
ground.
llogenour's body fell into
Hayou, about 10 miles from the
naval air base, when he bailed out
too late for his 'chute to open. His
body was recovered.
Injuries to Gowdy, who failed
to leave the plane in time, were
not determined but surgeons at
i the air base hospital said his con
dition was critical.
The planes had completed an
I intensive maneuver drill for a
demonstration planned for Navy
Day on Oct. 27.
Monroe was at the controls of
Hogenour's ship; Gibbs piloting
the plane in which Gowdy rode.
Both machines were badly dam
aged.
Officials at the air base said last
night they could give no explana
tion for the mid-air collision.
LANDON HOLDS
F.R. EVASIVE
IN CAMPAIGN
Republican Candidate Is
Nursing Throat for Big
Engagements
01. A HUM A CITY, Oct. 23.— j
(UP).—Governor l.umlon today J
summoned Democrats to join their |
anti-New Deal leaders and fight
-boulder to shoulder with Repumli
cans against tin* Roosevelt admin
istration.
He emphasized the bolt of
prominent Democrats and charged
the New Deal leaders had "for
feited all claims to allegiance";
from true followers of the Demo- i
cratic party.
l.andon pointed out that regular
Democrats hold the "balance of j
power" in many states. He ^jiarg
ed the New Deal has used VVI'A
funds to obtain votes. With selling
out regular Democrats in Min
nesota and Nebraska and failing j
to act toward solving the farm
tenant problem.
A HOARD LANDON SPECIAL,!
EN ROUTK OKLAHOMA CITY, i
Oct. 2a. (UP).—Gov. Alf M. Lan-1
don charged last night that Presi- I
dent Roosevelt believes a bureau
cratic government "can make I
1 greater progress" than a system |
' of free enterprise and that the j
chief executive is evading ques
tions and misrepresenting facts.
Mr. Roosevelt is violating the
principle of "truth in govern
ment" which is just as essential
as "truth in securities," the (J. O.
P. nominee charged in a formal
statement as his train sped toward
Oklahoma City for an important
hid for Democratic .support in the
campaign.
"Once more, I challenge him to
he candid with the American peo
ple," Landon said. "Let them
know just what he intends to do.
It is the only honest procedure
for a candidate for the presidency
of the United States."
Nursing a sore throat, the Re
publican candidate was forced to
forego speeches from the rear
platform of his train as it jour
neyed through New Mexico, Okla
homa and Texas. Governor Lan
don will make a major address in
Oklahoma tonight.
The governor worked on that
speech yesterday and also polished
up an address he will deliver in
Indianapolis Saturday. The sec
ond speech probably will deal with
foreign affairs.
The governor's throat trouble
was not giving him any real dis
tress but he was taking no chances
oil loss of his voice before the im
portant speeches he will make at
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New
York. A doctor boarded the train
at El Paso yesterday and swabbed
his throat. The doctor urged him
to give his threat at least 24 hours
of complete rest.
negroreprTeved 12
HOURS BEFORE TIME
FOR HIS EXECUTION
RAI.EIGH, Oct. 23. (UP).—
John Pressley, Bessemer City ne
gro, scheduled to be the last vic
tim of North Carolina's 26-year
old electric chair today, last night
was granted a reprieve by Parole
Commissioner Edwin M. Gill "be
cause of a development in the case
which have occurred within thu
past 24 hours."
Gill did not announce what the
"developments were." He an
announced the one-day reprieve,
which delays the electrocution for
three weeks under state law, after
a long-distance conversation with
Gov. J. C. H. Ehringhaus, who is
campaigning for the Democratic
party in Ohio.
WIVES OF OFFICERS
ARE ON VISIT HERE
Mrs. Russell R. Waesche, wife
of Rear Admiral Waesche, com
mandant of the U. S. coast guard,
and Mrs. Harvey F. Johnson, wife
of Captain Johnson, engineer-in
chief of the coast ggard of Wash
ington, D. C., H. A. Walker of
Baltimore, Md., are at the home
of Mrs. Sallie Johnson, Haywood
road, for a visit.
CLIPPER QUITS MANILA
FOR CHINA FLIGHT
ALAMEDA AIRPORT, Oct. 23.
— (UP).—The Philippine Clipper,
carrying Juan Trippe, president
of Pan American Airways and a
party of friends, left Manila for
Hongkong yesterday on the first
flight over the last leg of the air
ways trans-Pacific route.
The departure time was 3:45
a. m. Friday in Manila. 4:45 p. m. j
R. S T., Thursday. The report of j
the takeoff was received at the
Pan-American operations base. I
Ruler of Madrid
Clothed with the newly created
title of "General War Commis
sar," Foreign Minister Julio Al
varez Del Vayo (above) stands as
virtual ruler of beleaguered Ma
drid as the Spanish capital pre
pares for its "last ditch fi^ht"
against the approaching insurgent
armies.
U. S. SENATOR
(MENS DIES
Republican, Philanthropist
Had Urged Roosevelt's
Re-election
By DON PRYOR
United Pre»» Staff Corre»pondent
DETROIT, Oct. 2S.— (UP).—
Senator James Couzens, 04, who
left his sick bed a week ago last
night to dine with President Roose- J
velt, died yesterday in Harper hos
pital after an emergency opera
tion performed in a desperate ef
fort to save his life.
On the operating table for an
hour, the senior Michigan senator
never regained consciousness and
died while members of his family
stood at his side.
A former partner of Henry
Fo»d, Couzens* vast fortune came
from the success of the billionaire
motor car manufacturer's dream.
He was a philanthropist and re
garded as one of the ablest mem
bers of the senate. His bid for the
Republican nomination to seek a
third term in the upper house was
rejected in recent primaries when
he was defeated by Wilbur M.
Buckner, former Republican gov
ernor.
Couzens entered Harper hos
pital suffering from uremia, on
Oct. 14. His personal physician,
Dr. Hujro Freund, called in mem
bers of the senator's immediate
family last Sunday night when his
condition became serious. On Tues
day, however, Couzens rallied and
was believed headed for recovery.
Yesterday he grew worse. An
immediate operation was ordered.
Dr. Krund informed the senator
of this decision half an hour be
fore he was wheeled into the op
erating room.
Couzens roused himself from
the semi-stupor characteristic of
uremia sufferers.
"All right, that's okay," he re
plied weakly.
HP was placed on me operating
table shortly before 3 p. m. An
hour later he was wheeled back to
his room, Dr. Freund at his side.
In an adjoining suite sat Mrs.
Couzens and their four children—
Mayor Frank Couzens of Detroit
and three daughters. Seated un
easily in a chair was Homer Cou
zens, a brother of the senator.
Physicians labored to restore
Couzens to consciousness. They
were unsusccessful and 25 minutes
after he had left the operating
room, the senior Michigan senator
was dead.
Couzens entered poliitcal life in
Detroit inauspiciosly. In 1914 he
was appointed street railway com
missioner, in which post he fought
for municipal ownership of the
system.
During a subsequent period
when Detroit's police department
required a firm command, Couzens
succeeded to the post. He achieved
some measure of fame as mayor
when he worked long hours to
improve the city's financial condi
t (Gov. Alex Groesbeck appointed
Couzens to the senate to fill a va
cancy, in 1922. Two years later,
Couzens ran for the post and was
elected. In 1930 he was re-elect
ed for his second regular term.
Couzens, nominally a Republi- i
?an. was a liberal. Independently
wealthy, he cast his political for
tunes on important matters to <
ivhich ever party he felt he owed
illeciance at the moment. 1
In poor health much of his last
senatorial term, friends said he
(Continued on page four.)
SHOWDOWN ON
SPANISH ARMS
POLICY LOOMS
Fascists and Communists
Are Aligned for
Clash Today
REBELS FIGHTING TO
ISOLATE MADRID
LONDON, Oct. 23. (UP).—Rus
sia today informed the interna
tional committee on non-interven
tion in Spain that non-interven
tio afreemet ha* "eeased in prac
tice to exist."
Russia demanded that the left*
iat Madrid government be given
right and facilities to purchase
arms outside of Spain, while the
agreement's participants be au
thorized to sell r not to sell arms
to Spain, according to their dis
cretion.
Russia's note was delivered just
before the non-intervention com
mittee met for a showdown on
the clash between Communist Rus
sia and Fascist Germany, Italy ad
Portugal. Both sides accused one
another of furnishing aid to the
parties of the Spanish revolution.
LONDON, Oct. 23. (UP).—The
Madrid government today faced a
grave threat in the violent rebel
drive against the strategic railway
town of Aranjuez. Thin impor
tant railroad junction conned*
Madrid with the Mediterranean
coast.
Rebel forces were out to cut the
railroad. If they succeed the cap
ital will be in a bad position as
regards the transportation of food
and military supplies.
The few highways that the loy
alists hold are not likely to prove
adequate for the transportation of
these supplies.
The government was pouring
thousands of militia reinforce
ments southward toward Aranjuez
in its attempt to stem the rebel
tide.
Rebels bombed the city and the
cessation of wireless communica
tion with Madrid indicated that
the Aranjuez radio station may
have been hit.
Another rebel drive was in
progress on the highways leading
to Madrid from the southwest.
Three enemy plane* flew over
Madrid today but did not drop
bombs on the city. The planes
were at too great an altitude for
anti-aircraft fire to be effective.
Fierce fighting is continuing at
Oviedo, recently captured by the
rebels after a long siege.
European interest centered here
in the meeting set for today by
the International Non-interven
tion committee, for which Fascist
Italy, Germany and Portugal have
aligned against Communist Russiu
for a showdown on whether Mos
cow will attempt to save the Ma
drid government.
W. Hendersonville
Baptists Occupy
Church on Sunday
The West Hendersonville Bap
tist church congregation will oc
cupy the new church building, re
cently completed, on Sunday.
Services will be held during the
day and the public is invited to
attend. Sunday school will be at
10 a. m., B. Y. P. U. at 6:30 p. m.,
and preaching services at 7:30.
The Rev. Pipes, of Asheville,
will deliver the sermon at the eve
ning service and will be assisted
in conducting the service by Rev.
Phillips.
The church is located one block
off the Kanuga road near the in
tersection of Hebron and Kanuga
streets.
School To Stage
Art Exhibition
One hundred and fifty colored
reproductions of the work of old
and modern artists will b« on ex
hibition at the Hendersonville
high school during this week-end,
it was announced today.
This is the second year of this
art exhibit, and a small admission
will be charged, with the proceeds
seing used to buy pictures for the
school building. Last year this ex
libit attracted much attention.
Represented in this collection
>f old and modern masters are
Gainsborough, Titian, Da Vinci,
rerborch, Murillo, Van Dyck, Ben
Faster, Raphael, Brush, George De
Forest, Ernest Albert, and many
jthers.