WEATHER Generally fair tonight; Thur» ■j.v scattered ihoweri and tome M< coMer. toL. 57—No. 250 Sin4 %Xmm Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1938 GOOD AFTERNOON The appearance of m new drag to milu criminal* tell the truth foreshadows a new racket—boot* legging antidotes. SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS 5RIT0NS ABANDON X X X X. X. X, v v v. v v v [Witness Links Girl With Ger man Spy Ring RICH COT Small check Occasionally It Grand Plots Always |"Flivvered" Witness I Tells Court Idnapingofficer I VETOED BY NAZIS NFW YORK, Oct. li>. (P).—A Lv(.ff man for the German _• network suggested the President Roosevelt's ":ut ;re on fake White House i: >nery as a means of obtain c ai> of the United States .. aircraft carriers. Guenther iv.ave Rumrich confessed spy, s:oil if. federal court today. . plan was broached to him by : ri Schlcuter, seaman on a Ger in finer who was one of 18 in fcted by a special federal grand ry on charges of stealing- de nse secrets of the United States. Rumrich, who failed at dish phing and took up espionage r Nazi Germany, related yester L the details of a beerilv gran bi.-e plot to kidnap Colonel H. W. , Elgin, Fort Totten commander, sd steal from him the L*. S. Try's coast defense mobilization ans. Star witness in the govern ler.t's espionage trial of two men l'i a girl. Rumrich spent a full lv oil the witness stand in fed ■t! court, telling- of fantastic o:> ;hat never quite came off (i piddling- successes that rought him an occasional small leek. ' ... c iU«. nMtf %•%*%*■«» Jn fUKHti-upJ v« "I".' "" ermanv threw cold water on trie Ian to" kidnap Colonel Eglin, hich had been worked out in •cat detail and wa sto have been anted on Communists, Rumi ich lid. It was suggested to him, he istified, by one Schmidt, first ime unknown, who asked where ■> coast defense mobilization ans could be obtained. Rumrich, rice un army deserter, said they ?re "behind lock and key in ashington but they may exist in i abridjfefi :'»rm in coast artil ry stations." the largest of hich was Fort Totten. "In view of my military exper nie," Rumrich continued. "I luld write out an order in mili iry correspondence style, ^scer lin the name of the commander : Fort Totten and write an order irectinsr him to appear at a mid iwn hotel at Manhattan. The rder was to come from a staff friier of the U. S. army. "The order was to suggest an troreency and the officer was to rinu orders of mobilization to ke hotel. I was to Ket the serv of someone else and Schmidt, f plans materialized, would be tere in the guise of a window rasher. |"Then someone was to take a >om where the officer would be ersuaded to give the information id if he was reluctant, Schmidt as jjoinir to have a fountain pen tear jas attachment which '"'ild put him temporarily out of | Emission and the plans would e,.ta.*v,n. ^'om bim. "Nothing was to be left behind i '.he • >m except planted evi nce that this was Communist ttnrity." Rumrich grave his first direct ^aence against a defendant yes u:d, had escaped from the ist Carolina Ti'aining school 6ar Rocky Mount, X. C., were Rested last night and held for orth Carolina authorities. They were Keith Garner, 17, ; Jff>ton; Claude Rose. 17, Nash n * Robinson, 17. Kerners BLe- and Ernest Willard, 18,; '"^nville. I Police said the boys, who had committed on charges of va !),Js grades of theft, walked *ay from the school Sunday stole an automobile, aban 3r;ea it for another at Baltimore •^continued toward New York.' J-"able to pay the Holland tun 1 toll charge, they turned back •Newark and were stopped for ?*tionine when they were seen aimlessly. Star Comforts Second Husband Arrested on suspicion of kidnap ing and attempting to'murdfer, Martin ("Moe") Snyder," right, divorced husband of Ruth Etting, famous songstress, was held by Los Angeles police following the shooting in her Hollywood home of Meryl Alderman, whom she married secretly two months ago. Above;, the one time queen of blues singers is shown in the hos pital at the bedside of her hus band. who was badly wounded in the abdomen. She said Snyder kidnaped her husband, and forc ed him to go to the Etting home, where they found Miss Etting and Snyder's daughter Edith. The singer said Snyder threat ened to kill them all, and, when she defied him, shot Alderman. An alienation suit against Miss Etting by Alderman's first wife is a late highlight in the triangle. STRIKERS AND OFFICERS FIGHT Packing Plant Workers Are Finally Quelled With Tear Gas SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Oct. 19.— (UP)—Sioux City plants operated by Armour and Cudahy Packing companies were closed temporari ly today after authorities used tear gas to quell a fight between strikers and law enforcement of ficers at the Swift plant. Notices declaring a one-day hol iday at the Armour and Cudahy plants were followed by pickct formations preventing anyone from entering or leaving the building?. TREATMENT OF RABIESDENIED Two Children, Bitten by Mad Dog; Parents Withhold Medicine MENLO PARK. Calif., Oct. 19. (UP) — Two children, Robert Stentiford, 14, and Ruth Hunnel, 14, bitten by a rabid dog, were refused Pasteur treatment today by their parents. Rabies, or hydrophobia, almost always develops from the bite of a mad dog. Six persons were bitten by the dog and four are undergoing Pas teur treatment. The parents of Robert and Ruth objected on the grounds that the children were not badly bitten and that Pasteur treatment is not in fallable. Hollywood's Gun Fight Re-staged In Investigation Wounded Musician Still Improves; Snyder Is Not Talking j HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 19. (UP) In the sparsely furnished home of Ruth Etting, two police lieuten ! ants and a photographer yester day reconstructed a gun battle in which the singer's first husband shot and seriously wounded her "secret bridegroom," Myrl Alder man. Like actors performing a mur der mystery for the cameras, Lieuts. J. R. Stephens and Harry Maxwell cast themselves in the roles of Alderman and Martin Snyder to portray the shooting. The reenactment was staged se | cretly, with Snyder's daughter, Edith, directing, and a police pho tographer recording the scene. Reporters obtained only a quick ! glanee inside the house. The mea ger furnishings included j a piano, bench, divan and a chair or two. When someone asked facetiously whether there was any bedroom ' furniture, Miss Snyder, who wit nessed the shooting, burst into tears. "Please sro away and leave us alone," she cried. The house, imposing enough from the outside, has been occu ! pied by Miss Etting and Alderman 1 since their secret elopement to lower California three or four months ago. Detectives explained that by re enacting the violent scene they were trying to clear up several "discrepancies" in the various stories told by Alderman, the singer, and Miss Snyder on the one hand, and Snyder on the other. They used tape measures to record the exact positions of (Continued on page six) GERMANS PLAN TO PAUPERIZE 500,003 HEBREWS Jewish Agency Says Nazi Decree to Forbid Earn ed Livings EMPLOYMENT BY ARYANS TO STOP NEW YORK, Oct. 10. (UP) — The Jewish Telegraphic agency reported last night from Berlin, on the basis of "authoritative" in formation, that the German gov ernment is drafting a decree vir tually forbidding Jews to earn a living and turning 500,000 of them into paupers. The Jewish agency's copyright dispatch said the decree was ready for promulgation, perhaps on Jan uary 1, and would "sweep away all Jewish manufacturing, banks and presumably wholesale hous es." "It is indicated," the agency said, ^that the only persons who ( will escape the edict are a few , hundred doctors, lawyers and wel- ; fare workers and only enough tradespeople to cater to Jewish needs." "No Jew will be permitted to work for an 'Aryan' in any ca- 1 pacity, and no 'Aryan' will be per mitted to work for a Jew. An in significant number of business men will escape the general ban because the Nazi party does ry>t wish to force 'Volksgenossen' (racial comrades) to deal with Jews. The retention of Jewish welfare workers is aimed at pre- j serving the machinery of emigra tion, which is the ultimate goal of | the drive. "Nazis do not fear that the vir tual stoppage of Jewish economic activity will have any serious ef fects on the Reich's economy since the cream of Jewish enterprises have already been 'Aryanized.' Two months remain to take over whatever remaining businesses are worthwhile, and the remain der will simply be closed down." P. N. HOOD OF LYNN PASSES Funeral There Thursday; Interment in Mud Creek Cemetery P. N. Hood, a^ about 56, son of Ripley Hood, died at 8 p. m. Tuesday following an illness at his home at Lynn, near Tryon. j Funeral services will be held at the Lynn Baptist church Thurs day, Oct. 20, at 2 p. m. Burial will follow at Mud Creek ceme tery in this county. TUESDAY Maximum temperature—86 de- j grees. Minimum—40 degrees. Mean—63 degrees. Day's range—46 degrees. Normal mean temperature for October—56.4 degrees. No rainfall to date. Normal i-ainfall—4.36 inches. 35.000 MEN TO BE BACK ON JOB FOR GENERAL MOTORS SOON 10 Percent Pay Increases for Many Scheduled in Mass Reemployment Program, Sloan Discloses DETROIT, Oct. 19. (UP) — General Motors Corporation, ex pressing recognition of a respon sibility to provide "as much work as possible," yesterday announced a far-flung: rehiring and salary in crease program that will boost its payroll more than a million dol lars a week. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., chairman of the board, disclosed that 35, 000 men will be put back to work in General Motors plants within two weeks. He also announced 10 per cent pay increases for sala ried employes receiving less than $300 a month. By its mass re-employment pro gram General Motors took the lead in an accelerating back-to work movement that had been turning faster and faster since production on 1939 automobiles bepan several weeks ago. Return of 35,000 men to its payroll will increase total General Motors employment to approxi mately 200,000. Last year the av erage weekly wage for auto fac tory workers was $32. If the men called back to work today receive the average wage, their total pay will approximate $1,120,000 a week in plants throughout the na tion. The corporation in 1937 em-| ployed approximately 260,000 workers on automobile production in 69 plants. The pay increases for white col-' lar workers will restore cuts which I went into effect last February. What amount will be added to the payroll by these increases could not be estimated, but the total (Continued on page six) RELIGIOUS STRIFE WITH GRAVE IMPLICATIONS IS WORYING WORLD'S LEADING DIPLOMATS Concession by Catholics of Old Austria May Quiet Situation There By CLIFFORD L. DAY (Copyright, 1938, United Pres«) LONDON, Oct. 19. (UP;— Re ligious strife, with attendant grave political implications, wor ried diplomats of the world today. The fighting in Palestine, basic ally an effort by Moslem Arabs to exclude Jews from lands they con sider their home, assumed the pro portions of a small war. The struggle in Ostmark, the former Austria, between Catho lics and their Nazi rulers took a new turn. A manifesto posted by the Catholic action indicated that a truce was imminent — a truce which seemed to imply sur render to German regulations. From his summer home at Cas tel Gandolfo, the Pope yesterday in an address broadcast to the Eucharist congress in New Or leans, La., said that the "majesty of God was outraged" and asked Catholics to be a "shining exam ple" in these troubled times when "many things cause fear and anx iety." . Italy warned, in a semi-official newspaper, that formation of anti-Fascist organizations abroad by Jews might result in reprisals against Jews living in Italy. British troops, aided by 4,000 Jewish supernumerary police and numerous Royal Air force planes, ■ lnid siege to the walled "old ci^y" oY Jerusalem, held by Arab reb-j els. Firing was almost constant. Reports on casualties were vague and meager. Arabs, who have set up a "provisional government" | were reported in control of all Arab regions of the Holy Land and despite the efforts of 25,000 British troops there, observers said the situation was "out of hand." A report on Palestine was made to King George here yesterday by Colonial Secretary Malcolm Mac Donald and the problem is caus ing much concern here. The manifesto, of the Vienna Catholic action advised Catholics (Continued on page three) EXPOsrnoNOF LIGHT IS SET Public Invited to Spectacu lar Event Friday at H. S. Auditorium One of the most striking scien- • tific and educational shows evei brought into the state will be pre- j sented in the high school auditor ium here Friday evening at 7 ;45 i o'clock for school students and the general public, according to Paul T. Tysinger, lighting supervisor, of the Duke Power company, who has just been in Hendersonville, to complete arrangements for the | the Exposition of Light. In a spectacular demonstration of the mysteries of light the au- j dience will witness genuine mag ic, without the usual tricks and concealment of the magicion, and enjoy the vivid and beautiful ef fects of the electric kaleidascope, the latest type flourescent lamp, and sodium and mercury vapor (Continued on page three) 14 SENTENCED OR FINED AS COURT ENDED One Term Imposed for Manslaughter; Witness Held in Contempt The October term of Henderson county superior court adjourned this morning. Cases disposed of this morning were as follows: Frank Mooney pleaded guilty to using profane language and was given a 30-day sentence, which was suspended on payment of costs. The court found that Jesse Al lison, convicted of forcible tres pass, has met conditions of judg ment and he was ordered dis charged. The State took a nolle prosse with leave of larceny charges against Harold Goss, alias Spunky Allen. Bill Gash, convicted of violat ing the prohibition law, was given a 12 months sentence, which was suspended on payment of a fine of $25 and costs. The couft directed the clerk to notify theSouth-Car olina that Clyde Bayne, wanted there for breaking and entering, was being held for an agent from South Carolina. In the court yesterday after noon Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., sen tenced Brisco Mooney, convicted of manslaughter in the death of Tom Goines, to serve from four to six years at hard labor. The State took a nolle prosse with leave of false pretense charges against F. H. Johnson. The court held conditions of sentence as to Oscar Fisher, con victed of giving a worthless check, had not been met and ordered the defendant to serve 30 days. Goldie McMahan was convicted of assault and sentenced to serve 30 days. On a charge of malicious injury to personal property he was sentenced to serve two years, sen tences to run concurrently. Henry Hooper, charged with larceny, pleaded guilty to receiv ing stolen goods and was sen tenced to serve 30 days. Vera Copeland Smith was con victed of larceny and sentenced to serve from 3 to 5 years. Golden Byrd, convicted of vio lating the prohibition law, was sentenced to serve 6 months. Florence Hawkins, convicted of violating the prohibition law, was sentenced to serve 6 months. Roscoe Grogan, convicted of breaking and entering was sen continued on page three) EL LANCE IS GIVEN BURIAL Former Magistrate Here Passes at Home Near Arden Funeral services for E. E. Lance, former Hendersonville magistrate, who died at his home near Arden on Monday, were being held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Fletcher Baptist church. He was 60 years old. Revs. VV. W. Worley, N. B. Phil lips and M. L. Lewis will officiate and burial will follow in Salem cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Har vey Lance, Charlie Lance, Forest Lance, Roy Lance, Paul Hudgins and Steadman Lance. Honorary pallbearers will be: Dr. T. W. Sumner, Dr. W. E. Ba ker, L. P. Russell, N. B. Baldwin, E. W. Ward, W. D. Goldean, C. G. Sales, Paul Rickman, W. D. Morgan, R. H. Youngblood. B. L. Shuford. R. R. Seals, C. M. Cog dill, H. M. Roberts. R. W. Fletch er, C. R. Cunningham, W. M. Hill, F. L. Case, G. C. Lyda, J. R. Rea gan, J. M. Rickman and W. M., Frady. Mr. Lance is survived by his; widow, Mrs. Mildred Lance; four children, Homer Lance, of Fletch-i er. Willard Lance of Henderson ville, Mrs. Harold Thompson of Hendersonville, and Mrs. George j Youngblood of Augusta, Ga.; one J brother, P. B. Lance, one sister,1 Mrs. M. H. Hudgins, and five. grandchildren. First Leg Is All Stepping down from his twin motored plane at Miami, Fla., after a seven-hour non-stop flight from New York, Captain Alexander Papana, above, is shown completing the first leg of hi3 projected flight from New York to Bucharest, via South America and Africa. A member of the Rumanian Royal Air Force, Captain Papana has been called home for army ser vice. Yesterday morning his plane ground looped on the Mi ami takeoff and wrecked but neither he nor his companion flier, Max Constant, was in jured. C. C. ANNUAL DINNER MEET THURSDAY EVE Proposed Change in by Laws To Be Voted on by Members Then Members of the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce will vote on a proposed change in the or ganization's by-laws at the annual membership meeting to be held Thursday evening at the Skyland hotel. Dinner will be served at 7 o'clock. Reservations must be made not later than tonight. At a meeting of the new board of directors last night, a budget for the coming year was adopted and approval given to the pro gram to be given Thursday night. The proposed change in the by laws as recommended by the new board provides that, beginning next year, ten directors be elected by the membership from a list of 30 nominees and that the remain ing five members of the board be elected by the ten members pre viously chosen. All members of the board have heretofore been elected by the membership. Clarence R. Walker, Asheville banker, will £ive the chief address Thursday night after officers of the Chamber of Commerce have made annual reports.- Another outstanding feature of the pro gram will be the showing of col ored motion pictures of scenes and events made in Hendersonville and vicinity by W. K. Lyerly. The pictures were made primarily for exhibition in Florida next winter. R. G. ANDERS TO SPEAK AT PRAYER SERVICE At 7:30 this evening regular prayer service will be held at the First Baptist church. In the ab sence of the pastor, R. G. Anders will deliver the message at this service. Members are urged to come and visitors are cordially welcome. JERUSALEM IN BRITISH HANDS AGADTTODAY Immediate Suppression of Arab Revolt Made Aim of Cabinet WILL SCRAPPLAN TO PARTITION HOLY LAND JERUSALEM, Oct. 19.— (UP)—British troops today marched into the walled old city of Jerusalem and began dislodging Arab rebels who had held the city for two days and terrorized the mot ley population of 27,000 per sons. LONDON, Oct. iy. (UP)- A lengthy cabinet meeting today rp proved a strong policy towards putting down disorders; in Pales tine. The cabinet also surveyed fu ture lines of Prime Minister Chamberlain's "appeasement with rearmament" program. Regarding Palestine, reliable sources said that the government's policy involves immediate mili tary suppression of the Arab re volt, to be followed by scrapping of the plan to partition the coun try between Arabs and Jews. Also reportedly it was planned to have the administration of the , whole of Palestine under British rule for some time. LONDON HEARS OLD JERUSALEM FALLEN LONDON, Oct. 19. (UP)—The London Star today reported that British troops entered the old city of JeroskUtn. The Star said ftat nine Arabs were killad in fighting, one British Coldstream guard, and one British policeman being in- * jured. FIRST SIEGEOF CITY IN OVER 8 CENTURIES JERUSALEM, Oct 19. (UP)— Royal Air force planes were add ed yesterday to the British troops which laid siege to the walled "old city" of Jerusalem in an ot fensive against the Arab rebel lion that has claimed nearly 2,000 casualties since early July. It was the first siege of the Biblical city since Saladin, the first Ayyublte Sultan of Egypt, stormed its walls 850 years ago and drove out crusaders under Richard the Lion Hearted. Saladin's victory over the "in fidels" delivered Jerusalem to Moslem rule until December 9, 1917, when British troops under General Allenby entered the city without firing a shot and seized it from the Turks. The Arabs entrenched behind the crumbling walls first built by Solomon were virtually encircled last night and were under the splattering machine-gun fire of 2,000 British troops and 4,000 Jewish supernumerary police. The British troops, under com mand of British High Commission er Sir Harold MacMichael, held positions atop the government of fices dominating the old city. Air planes swept low over the old city, spotting nests of the Arab rebels and reporting them to the military command. The tower of the government offices, highest point m the m-w city, whicn spreads beyond f ie old walls, became a lookout p< -it for direction of the siege. The tower overlooks the inosque area, stronghold of the Arabs, but the British authorities appeared determined not to desecrate it by shooting or occupation. Virtual martial law was in ef fect throughout Jerusalem and the Official Gazette announced that the Palestine police force had been brought under command of military authorities. More than 4,000 Jewish super numerary police, who had been recruited to protect Jewish settle ments from marauding Moslem bands, ware brought under mili tary control. Instead of passive duty in repulsing Arab attacks as hitherto, the Jewish police will participate in suppression of the Arab rebellion. The rebels, part of an estimat ed 15,000 organized in four fight ing units under what Moslem lead ers call the "Arab provisional gov ernment," drove holes in the wall surrounding the Mosque of Omar but British authorities hurriedly plugged them with concrete to keep the rebels entrapped. CITY CLERK OUSTED TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 18. (UP)—Florida'* supreme court, in a unanimous decision, yesterday ordered the removal of Miami city clerk A. D. F. Bloodworth, who took office last July after Fraok J. Kelly was ousted by the ma jority bloc of the city commission.