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WEATHER Increasing cloudiness tonight lDJ Saturday, followed by show, continued mild temperatures. Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population GOOD AFTERNOON "Actor's Presence Makes Her Faint," reads a headline. Maybe she was m little giddy to start with. 0L. 57—No. 264 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1938 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS ILASTTEARS IE IN SIDE IN HAND PORT pparently Came From Outside Ship; Craft Fills and Sinks 1 PASSENGERS AND CREW ENDANGERED OAKLAND. Calif.. Nov. 4.— i-p) The blast which tore a >!e :r. the stern of the German tamer. Vancouver, endangering te lives of 1" passengers and a of 60 apparently came from |e outside of the ship and may [•:t been the work of saboteurs. Lstigaturs hinted today. By ROBERT L. SPENCER mted Press Staff Correspondent OAKLAND. Cal.. Nov. 4. (UP) v Hat., u: u-Amerioan steamer incouvor. flying the Nazi flag, li -.v.., . ■ ■ n the Oakland estu y v:-'.' iav by an explosion i:ch Capt. W. Moessinger, com (ir. • '-he vessel, said might' ive been caused by a bomb. The story of an eye witness t; ; >: r to the possibility of, jjotugv ir. the explosion in which iur r: embers of the crew were The federal bureau of investi ;:on announced it would inves pi-.c . ircumstances of the ipj.'ion on the possibility a fed i. !aw had been violated. Ala-' Kia r •'. cv and the U. S. steam at inspection service also an Wnced investigations. A< -.he ?.2t>9-ton vessel, carrv p 17 pa>>engers and a crew of I slowly settled in the mud of e estuuvy, Capt. Moessinger cuted to vessels which drew Dr.g^ide: "It . k< vhunned suspicious, ie explosion appeared to have |r..e from outside the ship. It Iew a column of water as high the superstructure. "We can't be sure, though, un after an examination is made." A tug was loaded at San Fran :o with pumps and divers who ! survey the damage to the H. C. a railroad worker I" alons the shore hen the explosion occurred, told hearmj a blast like that of a >mb. 1 hear^p. vound like a bomb," • Then I saw a huge col r.n of water shoot into the air." It was believed the divers would f ab.t t > determine whether the rce of the explosion came from or inside the hull, ire Vancouver was on her way ^ trr Encinal terminal, Oak L'-the explosion occurred 1 narrow estuary sep<i"ating 6 c..ies of Oakland and Alame as -ne 477-foot combination 'ijhter and passenger carrier,! second German vessel to meet Q an accident within a week, I&ok with the force of the blast, e swung sharply toward the iilan<i .shore. Boatswain's Mate J. A. Hudson a passing: coast guard patrol U watched while the Vancouver i :fo her leeward anchors and y.vung around into the > feacL The stern settled about 10 feet mud. with the bow rising the water. "•oessing^r told Hudson to send ir coast guard and civic authori " but he refused to let any one 1 • aboard. Wihttsges said several persons} j n 'ho decks, appar ■<" - . down and stunned | ■ >n. The four who * "■ " • were in the engine *m- I~■ appeared to have Tnye were given • j) ' •. :it by the ship's (Continued >n page four.) teifem Will : Stage Recital! Faulty t0 Give Program Saturday Night »*^ibers of the faculty of the gfern School for Girls * will in recital at the school au on Saturday night at I V\rear:r-~* 0:1 the program will j,. ' Eleanor Ethridge. of the | £ -apartment, Miss Catherine ' ^ dunce instructor, Miss fStadelmans, of the dra Apartment, and Mr. Alva: v°ice instructor. v I SITUATION IN BALKANS HELD EXTREMELY GRAVE AS PEACE MOVES INFLAMING PEOPLE Striking Relief Men Resume Jobs * BESSEMER. Ala.. Xov.4^4.— (UP*—Relief clients who had struck ratncr than both load and push a wheelbarrow yesterday re turned to work on a Works Prog ress administration project in Roosevelt Park. * ^ John Donovan, district herftl of the Workers Alliance of America, a union of WPA employes,- said the strike was unauthorized, and ordered that it be ended. Previously to Wednesday, 'the WPA workers had been accustom ed to two men on a wheelbarrow —one to load and one to push. Husky Gridder Is Back in School HANOVER. X. H., Nov. 4.— (UP) — Harrington (Heavenly) Gates returned to Dartmouth col lege today as dramatically as he left Sunday to become a disciple of the "Holy Ghost and Us" soci ety. The husky football player motored 90 miles from Hilltop Turkey farm at Amherst, where for four days he had fed poultry chopped wood and mediated over his. future WEDNESDAY MUSIC CLUB INVITED TO ASHEVILLE SESSION Members of the Wednesday Music club have been invited to attend a meeting of the Saturday Music club of Asheville to be held at 3:30 p. m. Saturdav at the home of Mrs. Robert S. Carroll, "Homewood," 19 Zillicoa, Ashe ville. Mrs. Glen Marston of Hen dersonville will be one of the guest artists. Club members wishing to attend from here are requested to telephone the president, Mrs. F. A. Ewbank. 40-Hour Week To Face Legal Test COLUMBIA. S. C., Nov. 4.— (UP)—South Carolina Commis sioner of Labor John W. Nates last night prepared to defend con stitutionality of the state's law limiting the work week to 40 hours in cotton, rayon, silk and wool tex tile mills. Nates said a temporary injunc tion against the law had beeni served on him in Spartanburg. The injunction was issued by| Judge E. C. Dennis who will hold a hearing on it in Darlington Nov. 10. The restraining order was ob tained by Carson C. Rasberry, Hu bert Polston, Willy T. Jones, Dave McKenzie, Grover Lockey and Robert Lockey and "all employes of all mills coming under the act who are willing to join in this pro ceeding." Slovak Premier Warns of Control Given Hungary Over Nationals By CLIFFORD L. DAY (Copyright, 1938, United Press) LONDON, Nov. 4. (UP)—The dismemberment of Czechoslovakia, agreed to by Britain and France to preserve peace, actually has ag gravated and stimulated the war pregnant minorities problem in crowded southeastern Europe, de velopments today indicated. The seeds of eventual war were fertilized and multiplied instead of stamped out. neutral observers of the recent crisis agree after watching the month of rapid de velopments since Munich. In Ru mania, Yugoslavia and shrunken Czechoslovakia there were signif ican indications today that the situation in the Balkans is ex tremely dangerous. A straw in the wind was last night's radiocast by Josef Tiso, Slovak premier, commenting bit terly on the cession to Hungary of a large part of his country, on orders of Germany and Italy. He said: "After the latest border de limitations 20 per cent of the Slo vaks are obliged to live in Hun gary. Borders may divide us, but the nation nevertheless will re main united in thought and that is a guaranty that the Slovak na tion will endure." He said that the territory ceded to Hungary would.remain a "his torical part of Slovakia" and as serted, "we are the victims of in justice." King Carol of Rumania, now autocrat of a "100 per cent totali tarian" nation, is greatly worried by the precedent set in Czecho slovakia, especially by the arbi trary action of Germany and Italy at Vienna in granting most of Hungary's minority claims. He fears that Hungary now will seek revision of Transylvania's terri torial status on an ethnological basis, and in this region of Ru mania are 2,000,000 Hungarians —far more than lived in Slovakia. So Carol invited Prince Paul, regent of neighboring Yugoslavia, to a hunting party. Paul was en route to visit Carol today and in formed political quarters said Carol was certain to request Yugoslavia's help in obtaining for Rumania closer and more friend ly relations with Berlin and Rome —where resides the deciding in fluence in post-Munich southeast ern Europe. Yugoslavia, enjoying good rela tions with Berlin and Rome and possessing within her borders on ly an insignificant Hungarian mi nority, was expected to oppose further territorial changes as a matter of principle and to willing ly lend good offices to bring about rapprochement between Ru mania and the Romq-Berlin axis. Carol needs such an intercessor, for although Rumania now^ is to talitarian, it is far from Nazi or Fascist. The leader of Rumania's outlawed Fascist "iron guards," as a matter of fact, is serving a 10-year jail sentence. All power in Rumania now rests in Carol himself, who just a few years ago was regarded with reason as a mere playboy. And Rumania has (Continued on page four) Sloan Offers End Of Extravagant Spending As One Part Of Program To Bring Permanent Prosperity BOSTON, Nov. 4. — (UP) — Chairman Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., of the General Motors corporation yesterday recommended four ways of helping: America find perma nent prosperity. Addressing the Boston Cham ber of Commerce, Sloan said that such prosperity would be found only after the government: 1. Stops the "extravagant spending of public funds." 2. Puts taxation "on a basis that will encourage private enter prise." 3. Discontinues "political re prisal." 4. Relieves the national econ omy "of the things that are essen tially wrong, and substitutes the things that will stand scientific analysis." "With the most diversified and richest of national resources, with an unequalled manufacturing technique, a highly effective pro ducing plant, a people willing to work for things they want, and with all the other requirements of a sound prosperity, it seems con trary to common sense that mil lions remain unemployed year after year," Sloan said. "It seems contrary to common sense that under such circum stances a favorable business out look should depend upon the size of the government's deficit. It just can't be true that the Amer ican economy can be sustained only by consuming our national assets—government and industry must cooperate to find a solu tion." Sloan said the movement to •ward rigidity in both cost and price structures is "a most unec onomic trend." He pointed out that "prices are based on costs and profits. In time of subnormal activity costs must fall. Hence, prices, likewise. Expenses must be reduced. Labor should accept a lower hourly wage. Lower com modity prices mean reduced ma terial costs. The maximum flexi I bility is vital. Otherwise depres sions are accentuated in both ! time and severity. . . 5000 BATTLING FOREST FIRES IN 4 STATES Isolated Homes, Communi ties in Illinois Kentucky, Virginias Menaced filGH WINDS FAN ILLINOIS FLAMES (UNITED PRESS) Nearly 5,000 volunteers, WPA workers and CCC enrollees today were battling a series of forest fires in Illinois, Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, which al ready had destroyed thousands of dollars worth of timber and is en dangering isolated homes and com munities in their path. Fires are sweeping across sec tions of Wayne and Hamilton counties in southern Illinois and through a dozen counties of the Cumberland mountain region in southeastern Kentucky. Scores of small brush and tim ber fires are reported across the Kentucky border in Virginia and West Virginia. Foresters said the areas are ex tremely susceptible to fire due to the lack of rain during the past few weeks. Strong winds also fanned the flames, hampering firemen's ef forts in southern Illinois. Conditions are most serious in southern Illinois and southeastern, Kentucky, where fires are eating' up timber and threating the coal mines. MANY GOING TO CANTON GAME Bear Cat-Black Bear Con test Will Start There at 7:30 O'clock A large crowd of Henderson ville football fans is expected to pro to Canton tonight for the game between the Bearcats and Can ton's Black Bears. Coach John Stephens announc ed today that the game would start at 7:30 o'clock instead of at 8 o'clock. The game is expected to have an important bearing on the Blue Ridge Conference championship. To date the Cats have won five conference games and Canton four. The Cats have other hard games ahead in the conference, but a win tonight for Canton should virtually cinch the cham pionship. Coach Poindexter has practical ly the same team at Canton this year as last, and the Cats will take the field on the short end of the odds. Last year Canton won 7 to 6. Coach Stephens has been hold ing night practice sessions at the Chipman athletic field this week to accustom his men to night playing, and the team is in good shape. Only John Magness, tac kle. will be unable to play. Dick Chapin. hefty tackle last season, is back in harness and is being used in a halfback position. He is expected to see action to night. The probable line-up for the 1 Cats will be: Dorn and Drake, ends; Reese and Morris, tackles; I Sims and Coffey, guards; and Yar ! borough, center. The backfield | will probably be: Quarles at quar terback; Chandles and McCrary at the halves, and Miller at fullback. NAZIS WOULD RENEW ZEP FLIGHTS USING INFLAMMABLE GAS ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (UP). The civil aeronautics authority i disclosed yesterday that the I Deutsche Zeppelin Reederie, op erators of the ill-fated Zeppelin Hindenburg, have requested per mission to fly a recently complet ed airship to the United States with hydrogen. The CAA, revealing that appli cation for a certificate of neces sity and convenience was filed by the German company a few days ago, said that it will set adate for a hearing in the near future. German requests for helium i-e ! cently were rejected by the Uni j ted States. As result the company wil lhave to use the highly-inflam I mable hydrogen for inflation. TOKYO PLANS STATEMENT OF 'WORLD IMPORTANCE' WITH REPLY TO U. S. NOVEMBER 10 Disclosure Comes as U. S. Reveals Results of Year Old Brussels Parley ^ TOKYO, Nov. 4. (UP)— A for eign office spokesman today dis closed that Foreign Minister Ha thiro Arita intends to make a statement of world importance November 10 on the nine-power treaty which was supposed to guarantee China's political and territorial sovereignty. Coincidentally. Japan expected to reply to the United States' note protesting "arbitrary and il legal" Japanese tactics, affecting American interests in China. DENY DISCLOSURES LINKED WITH NOTE WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (UP) Former Ambassador-at-large Nor man H. Davis reported to the United States government a year ago that the Brussels conference on the Sino-Japanese war served notice that any settlement must conform to the nine-power treaty guaranteeing China's political and territorial integrity, the state de partment disclosed last night. Davis also reported that, the conference served notice that the settlement must be "satisfactory to the conference powers," de spite Japan's apparent defiance of the other powers in her deal ings with China. fi/st-losure was made in a publication of documents of the conference, including Davis' sum mation of achievements which were branded as nil when the as sembly adjourned November 24, 1927. State department officials in sisted there was no significance in publishing the documents at this time—immediately after Ja pan served notice of intentions to form an economic, political and cultural bloc of herself, Manchu kuo and China; and while the United States awaited an official Japanese reply to a note demand ing action to terminate discrimi nations against American trade in contravention of the open door policy in China. Japan and Germany did not participate in the Brussels meet ing. The third partner in the Rome - Berlin - Tokyo axis, Italy, voted against a resolution con demning the Japanese aggression. The nine-power treaty, signed in Washington February 1, 1922, pledged the nations to guarantee the political and territorial integ rity of China. Signatories were the United States, Belgium, Brit ain, China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Portugal. The Brussels conference was convok ed in pursuance of the terms of the treaty. Japan, contending the meeting was, in effect, fostered by a League of Nations resolution condemning her conflict with Chi na and not recognizing the merits of the Japanese case, refused to send delegates. Davis listed as the outstanding achievements of the conference: 1. "Exchanging of views among 19 governments, enabling the del egates of each—and through them their governments — to obtain knowledge of the attitude and position of the others." 2. "Demonstration of the un willingness of Japan to resort to methods of conciliation." 3. "Clarification of the fact (Continued on page four) 14 KILLED AS BRITISH PLANE CRACKS IN FOG Babe on Craft, Man Work ing in Field Among Victims LONDON, Nov. 4. (UP) —Fourteen persons were killed when a Jersey Air ways airplane crashed to day about 550 yards from the airport at St. Helier, Jersey, in Channel islands, while trying to land in a fog. The victims included 11 passengers, one of them a baby, the pilot, the wire less operator of the plane, and a man working in the field where the ship fell. FINAL PHASE OF DRIVES TO OPEN TONIGHT Democrats and Republic I ans of County Will Hear Candidates Democrats and Republicans of Henderson county will open a final drive for votes in next Tues day's election tonight. A large crowd is expected at the county court house to hear Congressman Zebulon Weaver, of Asheville. The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock. At the same time, Republicans will gather at the Fletcher school auditorium at 7:30 o'clock to hear an address by Jake F. Newell, chairman of the state executive committee. Interest has increased greatly in the campaign in the past sev eral days as both parties bring their 'big guns' here for a final drive for votes. Continuing his tour here, Mr. Newell will speak at the county court house on Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock at the organization night. Precinct chairmen will be special guests and will be intro duced. Democrats will conclude the drive on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock when Senator Robert R. Reynolds, of Asheville, comes here for an address. Plans were being made today for a motorcade of several hun dred automobiles to meet Senator Reynolds at the Buncombe-Hen derson county line and escort him to Hendersonville. Rotary Check Is First School Aid Loan This Year The Hendersonville Rotary club has sent a check to Grady Edney, Edneyville high school graduate of last year, now a student at Western Carolina Teachers col lege, as the first loan under the club's Student# Loan Fund which was set up'this year. Young Edney was an honor graduate of Edneyville high school and outstanding in extra-curricu lar activities, particularly in pub lic speaking and oratory. Under the club set-up funds will be loaned deserving college stu dents for the purpose of defray ing their college expenses, this money to be paid back by the stu dent after leaving college. Other applications for loans have been received by the club and efforts will be made to aid these students as soon as possible. - Rail Executives Meet Today To Act On Pay Cut CHICAGO. Nov. 4. (UP) — Executives of 139 railroads will meet here today to determine whether to withdraw or stand by their order for 15 per cent wajre reduction for 960.000 eni ploves. If they persist, they will face a national strike De cember 1. •BUSINESS IN I STATE BETTER Eure Reports to Governor on Large Increase in Incorporations RALEIGH. Nov. 4.—(UP)— Rusiness in North Carolina is on the increase, Thad Eure, secretary1 of state, informed Gov. Hoey in a report todav for two years through i June 30, 1938. He said fees in the office of the ; secretary of state, especially cor poration fees, are a barometer of 1 business conditions and that the lartfp percentage of increase in J these fees is a direct indication that business is on the increase. AIR MARKERS FOR PORT AT FLETCHER ARE WPA PROJECT; Air markers for the Hender-, sonville-Asheville airport and for; Meyer's Flying Service field were; placed on three buildings in Hen derson cojnty this week as part; of the state-wide WPA project; calling for all towns and counties having airport facilities to be pro perly marked. These signs, indicating by ar row the direction and distance to the two airports, were painted on the roofs of the Green River Mfg. Co., at Tuxedo, the Ednevville high school building, and Trfomas Motor Co. The letters in the sign; on the Thomas Motor Co. building are 12 feet high and extend the length of the building, 140 feet. VALLEY HILL CHURCH TO HOLD BUSINESS SESSION SUNDAY I Announcement was made yes-1 terday that all members of the Valley Hill Baptist church are asked to attend a meeting at that i church Sunday morning, Nov. 6,1,' at 11 o'clock. It was stated that( important business would be up 1 for transaction at that time. TOOMER TAKES PRO'S POST AT REIDSVILLE Jack Toomer, pro at the Waynes- I ville country club for the past sev-. i eral summers, has been named pro i at the Penrose Park country club,! at Reidsville, it was learned here i today. Mr. Toomer will take up' 1 his duties on January 1. British Lords Okeh Fascist Pact Plan Despite Duce's Avowal That Spain Must Have Insurgent Victory I LONDON, Nov. 4. (UP).—Vis count Halifax, British foreign secretary, admitted in the house of lords yesterday that the Anglo Italian pact of friendship will have no effect in swerving Pre j mier Benito Mussolini from his in sistance upon an insurgent victory. : in the Spanish civil war. The house of lords approved, by ! a vote of 55 to six, Lord Halifax's I motion "welcoming" a decision to J put the pact into operation with j out delay. The house of commons i approved a similar motion by a vote of 345 to 138 Wednesday night. Halifax said Mussolini, in ar ranging for conclusion of the April 16 pact, had "made it clear" j that he expects Generalissimo 1 Francisco Franco's insurgents to ! win the civil war. "Premier Mussolini has always! made it clear from the first that J he is not prepared to see Franco defeated." Halifax said the government in tended to put in operation the in ternational non-intervention plan for liquidating foreign volunteer units in Spain as soon as possible, including the withdrawal of for eign fighters. Italy has withdrawn some 10,-' 000 troops from Spain but the i loyalist government has charged j that large Italian and German aid! —particularly in aerial warfare— | still is being given the insurgents. < After explaining that the Brit ish navy thus far has removed 300,000 refugees from Spain, I Lord Holifax paid tribute to Mus solini for "making a large contri bution toward eliminating the Spanish question as a source of international friction." Lord Snell, laborite leader in the house of lords, attacked the Anglo-Italian pact with the state ment that "we are expected to agree to conditions over which our fathers would rather have died than accept" He asked whether the pact's terms would mean the end of "Italian provocation in Palestine and that the Mediterranean will j remain open and free for the pass- ■ age of world commerce without Italian intimidation?" CHARGE DEMS USING ffPA AS VOTE GEITER Senate Group Says It Is Made Political Agency in Keystone State NEW DEALlN~FIRST TEST IN TWO YEARS (By United Press) Nationwide campaigning for jlection which will reveal senti ment on national issues for the Irst time in two years reached a neacendo today, accompanied l>/ !ast-minute senate findings of co ercion of voters. The senate campaign investi gating committee in its last re port before balloting Tuesday icld that Pennsylvania Demo :rats have used WPA as political igency and that a Democratic fac tion in Illinois spent federal high way funds for political purpura. While local issues predominat ed in some states the New Deal was the fundamental underlying ssue. Democratic leaders conceded Republicans would gain some >eats in the now overwhelming Democratic congress. President Roosevelt will speak From Hyde Park over a country vide radio network tonight to lrge support at the polls for what le considers "forward looking nen," meaning candidates in sympathy with the New Deal. The president last night work >d on the address he will deliver ;his evening. President Roosevelt said today :hat he will review and defend lis entire legislative program of ;he past five years in his address x> the nation tonight to be broad est at 7:80 o'clock, EST. He in dicated that he would speak of abor relations, social security and i number of other subjects, as veil as politics. The president spent a quiet lay Thursday at his Hyde Park lome. Yesterday he conferred vith Norman Davis, head of the American Red Cross, afterwards Iriving with Davis to the home of lis uncle, Frederic Delano, for uncheon. On the return trip Mr. Roose velt inspected the reforestation irogram on his own estate and ilso looked over the new home he s building at nearby !Val Kill. SENATE GROUP ENDS WORK FOR PRESENT WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (UP) The senate campaign investigat ng committee ended its pre-elec tion study last night with further :riticism of Democratic and Re publican tactics in the heated Pennsylvania campaign. In its final report prior to the ?eneral elections next Tuesday, ;he committee sustained charges ;hat Works Progress Administra tion workers in Luzerne county, Pa., allegedly were ordered to :hange their registration from Republican to Democrat "with ;hrdats of the loss of their . . em iloyment" The committee also said that its nvestigators had found that a lumber of persons promising to rote Republican purportedly had )een given employment at the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock 2o., Inc., Chester, Pa. Publication of the findings came several hours after Secretary of ;he Interior Harold L. Ick®« :■ fl ounced that he would «ntcr < ic Pennsylvania election fight tonij-ht vith a radio address sponsored by ;he Philadelphia City Democratic :ommittee. Earlier the committee, headed sy Sen. Morris Sheppard, D., Tex., iriticized a Democratic rally call n Norristown, Pa., issued to fed eral, state and WPA workers, ui g ,ng them to attend and wurning (Continued on page three) F.A. Towles Loses Brother By Death F. A. Towles of Towles Tourist Court, was called to Walterboro, S. C., on Thursday by the sudden death of his brother, Fred T. Towles. Mr. Towles was accompanied to Walterboro by William Besseli< u, a brother-in-law of the deccasrd. rHURSDAY Maximum temperature—70 <!o. frees. Minimum — 29 depress, ile^n—49.5 degrees. Day's ran/e —41 degrees. Normal mean temperature for November—-46.4 degrees ,
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