WEATHER
Onerally fair tonight and Sun
with continued mild temper
»y
ture»
GOOD AFTERNOON
A movie actrtu boasts of even*
ing dippers she can tie in knot*.
Those are knot evening slipper*.
Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
-QL. 57—No. 265
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C.t SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
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Fvphus Breaks Among Jewish Deportees
USH MEDICAL
ID TO HORDE j
IN BARRACKS
DOO Other Deported Jews
fCIothed and Housed
in Poland
ANCE, BRITAIN TO
CONFER ON POLICIES
WARSAW. Poland. N'ov. 5.—
■pi —The Jewish relief commit
t today said the typhus had
oken out among: about five <
nusar.J Jews deported from
irmanv who are being: held in
i,Teener racks on the Polish
|e of the frontier at Sbaszyrn.
The number of cases has not
r v-ita: :.shcd yet. It was said
crti-c: . were dispatched
th' • -.vr with medical supplies
i: that • Polish Red Cross
ik extensive precautions against
i spread of the outbreak,
i : :u van ess and inadequate
k supplies among the refugees
• : a- partly responsible
• the outbreak.
Approximately seven thousand
ier deported Jews have been
; inland in Poland and
k hj.a adequate accommoda
» •esult of a national col
t n : clothes, food and mon-,
:y .Jewish communities.
(HUSH AND FRENCH
10W SOLIDARITY
y richard d. McMillan
ted Pre»» Staff Correspondent
OXDON, Nov. 5—(UP>—
Irne Minister Neville Chamber
r. and Foreign Secretary Vis
int Halifax announced last
[ht that they will pay a three- j
jr visit to Paris beginning No
nber 23 for consultations,
ich probably will lay the foun
t u : ..-power pact with
dictatorships.
):plon:r> that the vis
*as ?/. timed to impress
mcc" \ f Hitler of Ger
rv • - • > darity of the
go-F: • nch entente in hope of
. • ssible terms
•m Dc Fuehrer on his colonial
r.da'l' ur ; a scheme of general
I! pear appeasement.
Chamberlain was said to feel
it Hitler can be induced to of
r greater c- nccssions to four
*er collaboration if he realizes
it he must strikebargain with
itain and Fi ance together, in
ai of dealing separately with
ndon and Paris.
Chamberlain's and Halifax's
hvevsations in in Paris are ex-,
cted to involve:
1- The possibilities of Anglo
ench understanding with Ger
ir-" on such outstanding ques
as colonies, the limitation of j
laments, prohibition of the air
Koing of civilian pupulations
£ the use of gas warfare.
- A Franco-Italian pact to fol-1
r conclus-r," of the Anglo-Ital
1 Pact of friendship, initialled
* April 16.
* PossiNle mediation in the
civil war. j
*• Anulo.French economic pol- j
, f Germany's pow
® vc'jni-u-.ic drive in central
5 southeastern Europe.
I ^ lintish pressure to
■ France to renounce her
•*•7 a!.:ar:c" with Soviet Rus
.^pact bitterly assailed by
;'V' '.ier Benito Musso
>I Of Italy. I
• A ipv.ou of arrangements
- " • military staff
initiated last April
-or.con.
fa. Rector Will
Survive Severe
Auto Injuries
v.
. ," . who went to In
. v • call on his wife,
** • condition was
t.a'; * i "«overy.
I va<! run down on
r_Jaib sti • of Inman and suf
F™ a kr ki leg in two places,
PjiktB ribs, collar bone, loss
L*1'1 an i lacerations on the
I
Nnwill meet
I Tuesday evening
■ll *t«l*r monthly meeting
K* American Legion will be
W • p. n. Tuesday.
Where Hungary Slices a Piece of Czecho
3 •• Gi&m GAINS '
| POLISH GAINS
« HUNGARIAN GAINS
POLAND rutH£niA
For the third time this fall another nation has sliced off a big: chunk of Czechoslovakia. The bene
ficiary this time is Hungary. The above map shows the 4635 square miles of Czech territory along
Hungary's northern border that has been parceled out in this latest re-mapping of Central Europe.
Earlier German and Polish acquisitions also are shown. The indicated Hungarian territory is not
official, but is sketched on the basis of latest information as to Czech towns ordered ceded to Hun
gary by an Italo-German conference. Note that Hungary did not achieve the common boundary with
Poland she had hoped to gain. Important Bratislava still belongs to the Czechs.
NEWEL HEARD
AT FLETCHER:
HERE TONIGHT
G.O.P. Program Urged;
Includes Clarified
Election Laws
i
C—' Q trnwrl nf ahntlf
150 at a Republican rally at the
Fletcher school house last night,
Jake F. Newell, of Charlotte,
chairman of the North Carolina
Republican executive committee,
urged his audience to support the
Henderson county Republican
ticket.
Chauncev Roberts, chairman of
the Hoopers Creek precinct, pre- i
sided at the meeting and intro
duced James J. Pace, chairman of
the county executive committee.
Mr. Pace in turn introduced
Brownlow Jackson, candidate for
the general assembly on the Re
publican ticket, and Mr. Jackson
presented Mr. Newell to his audi
ence.
Messrs. Roberts, Pace and Jack
son all spoke briefly, urging the
support of the Republican ticke*,
and outlining campaign pledges of
the party. ,
Mr. Newell urged the audience
to support the Republican ticket,
particularly the candidates offer
ing for county commissioners. !
He stated that the Republicans
seeking county office were in fa-1
vor of the $1,000 homestead tax
exemption, increased pay for the
school bus drivers, increased old
(Continued on page six).
FRIDAY
Maximum temperature—74 de
grees.
Minimum—41 degrees.
Mean—57.5 degrees.
Normal • mean temperature for
November—46.4 degrees.
(Note)—Rainfall last night is
measured on Saturday's weather
day.
DECLARE ARABTHREATENS
VIOLENT REPRISALS IF U. S.
INTERVENES FAVORING JEWS
LONDON, Nov. 5. (UP)—The
News Chronicle, in a Jerusalem
dispatch, reported yesterday that
Abdul Razek, Arab leader, had
threatened to boycott American
goods, demolish American build
ings and seize American portable
property if the United States gov
ernment intervened in favor of
continued Jewish immigration to
Palestine.
Razek, the dispatch said, sent a
"vigorous if misspelled" letter to
President Roosevelt through the
American consulate.
According to the dispatch, the
letter was addressed to "Franklin
Rosefelt, Cordil Hole and Sinitor
Grant."
Razek, according to the dis
patch, suggested that if the Unit
ed States was interested in the
salvation of Jews it should open
its doors to immigration.
JAPS WARN AMERICANS IN
CHINESE AREA NOT SAFE AS
HULL SAYS PACT WILL STAND
Japanese Say Open 'Door'
Treaty Obsolete; To Be
Upheld Says Hull
By ROBERT BELLAIRE
United Press Staff Correspondent
SHANGHAI, Nov. 5.—(UP) —
The Japanese today extended their
military operations throughout all
China and warned Americans and
other occidentals that they were
not safe in any area still under
control of Chinese Generalissimo
Chiang: Kai-shek and his "All
China anti-Japanese front" gov
ernment.
Extension of the operations fol
lowed a new declaration in Tokyo ,
that Japan considered the Ameri
can-sponsored nine powers treatv,
designed to guarantee China's ter
ritorial integrity, "obsolete." It j
was in line with this week's state
ment of the Japanese government i
that a "new China" would be cre
ated and brought into the political
and economic orbit of Japan and
Manchukuo.
HULL FRANKLY SAYS
TREATY NOT SCRAPPED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. (UP)
The United States is opposed to
Japan's plans to create an eco
nomic, political and cultural bloc
in Asia and to other far eastern
realignments if they contravene
accepted principles of internation
al law or established treaties. Sec
retary of State Cordell Hull indi
cated yesterday.
He restated this government's
position in the Sino-Japanese con
flict at a press conference during
which he was asked to give Amer
ica's reaction to the proposed es
tablishment of the Asiatic bloc
composed of Japan, Manchukuo
and China.
From the outbreak of hostilities
between China and Japan, Hull
said, this country's relations withi
the warring powers had been
guided and governed by the gen-;
erally accepted principles of in
ternational law, by the provisions
of treaties to which the United
States is a party, and by princi
(Continued on page three)
JERUSALEM, Nov. 5. (UP)—I
A British military patrol of the
Royal West Kentish regiment, 1
ambushed yesterday near Haifa,
fought its way through the ranks
of armed Arab rebels. One soldier
and at least one Arab were killed.
One Arab was shot and killed
and another was wounded wjjen a
detachment of the fltst battalion
of the Royal Scots regiment
searched sections of Nablus, seiz
ing rebel documents. The Arabs
attempted to escape over the
roof-tops.
An Arab strike, which has par
alyzed business and traffic in
, many parts of the Holy Land for
I several days in protest against
British military operations, ap
peared to be abating. Railway
workers and laborers on public
works and utilities returned to
their jobs.
Many Arabs were arrested for
■ questioning throughout Palestine.
WILL UNVEIL
JOHN P. CORN
GRAVEMARKER
Commemoration Event for
Revolutionary Soldier at
Ebenezer Sunday
The Joseph McDowell chapter
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution will honor the memory
of John Peter Corn, Revolution
ary soldier, with the unveiling of
a marker at his grave at Ebenezer
church on Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
J. E. Ship man, Hendersonville
attorney, will be the principal
speaker on the occasion, and the
invocation will be by the Rev. J.
P. Corn, a descendant.
John Peter Corn was born in
Virginia in 1751 and died in this
county in 1843. He enlisted in
1776 in Albemarle with a brother,
Jesse, and served as a private in
Captain Matthew Dewitt's com
pany of Colonel Dangerfield's Vir
ginia regiment.
The official records show that
he was engaged in a battle with
the British near Philadelphia, and
that he was discharged at Valley
Forge after serving two years.
He married Miss Elizabeth
Parr in Virginia and later moved
to Western North Carolina. Of
ficial records make mention of
two brothers, George and Samuel,!
who served with him in addition to
Jesse.
His children were Adam, Wil
liam, Samuel, John, Lot and
Sarah Corn.
Hundreds of his descendants
live in Western North Carolina
and it has been said that the Corn
family furnished more pioneer
preachers than any family in this
section.
WIT AND LOYALTY
OF CLAN RECALLED
By WM. BALFOUR TROY, SR.
This writer knew many of the
Corn family, he having: establish
ed Balfour, two miles from Hen
dersonville, and employed quite a
number of them in his quarry and
on the farm.
I knew Mrs. Drury Corn very
well. One morning: in November,
(Continued on pape three)
RESERVE OFFICERS
OF TWO COUNTIES TO
HEAR OF MANEUVERS
Reserve officers of Henderson
and Transylvania counties will
meet cn next Wednesday night at
7:30 o'clock at the city hall.
Lieut. George Fain, Coast Ar
tillery Reserve, who attended the
recent joint maneuvers of air
corps and anti-aircraft artillery at
Fort Bragg, will be the instructor
in charge, and will give an ac
count of the findings of the op
erations around Fort Bragg.
In view of the interest in anti
aircraft defense and the opera
tions of air forces, the reserve of
ficers are inviting the general pub
lic to attend this class.
WEAVER HEARD
IN ADDRESS ON
FRIDAY NIGHT
Brings Congressional Cam
paign to People of
Henderson
INTRODUCEDHERE
BY R. LEE WH1TM1RE
Introduced by R. Loe Whit
mire, his former opponent in the
Democratic primary lor the nom
ination for congress from this
district, Congressman Zebulon
Weaver appeared at the court
house last night to address a gath
ering, which, despite the inclem
ent weather, virtually filled the
lower floor of the courtroom.
County Democratic Chairman
M. M. Redden opened the meet
ing with a review of the local his
tory of the move for pensions for
the aged and told of the petition
which had been signed here by
three thousand persons for Mr.
Weaver to use his influence in
that direction. He declared that a
Republican never sat in the White
House who made any effort to
get a pension for the aged but
that since this measure was pass
ed tho Republicans have climbed
on the pension bandwagon. He had
no doubt, he declared, that it was
with the aid of Mr. Weaver's in
fluence that every such measure
had been passed, in consequence
of the petition which he had car
lieu Co Mr." Weaver at Washing
ton.'
"I always find it a pleasure to
say something on behalf of the
Democratic party and the Demo
cratic leaders," Mr. Whitmire
stated at the outset of his cordial
remarks introducing Mr. Weaver.
"I shall always be a Democrat.
We are on the eve of an election
of which we have no doubt of the
outcome. We do not have to de
fend our administration, either at
Washington, or at Raleigh.
"It gives me pleasure to con
gratulate Congressman Weaver
on his brilliant victory in the pri
mary last June," Mr. Whitmire
continued, and, turning toward
Mr. Weaver, he added: "We
weren't against you in that pri
mary. We were simply pulling for
the home team, and in the elec
tion Tuesday we will give you all
the support we have. We will be
proud for you to go back to con
gress, well knowing that you re
turn without a blemish on your
record."
Congressman Weaver was deep
ly grateful, he said, for the "man
ly, courageous and straightfor
(Continued on page three)
TO HONOR WAR
DEAD SUNDAY
Full Program Given for
7:30 P. M. Service at
H. S. Auditorium
The annual American Legion
Memorial Service, honoring the
memory of World War dead, will
be held on Sunday evening at
7:30 o'clock at the high school
auditorium.
This service each year is a union
service in which all city churches
join.
The complete program for the
service was announced today as
I follows:
Prelude.
Doxology.
Invocation: Rev. L. T. Wilds,
D.D., pastor of the Presbyterian
church.
Hymn: "America," by the con
gregation.
Scripture reading: By the Rev.
D. E. Camak, pastor of the First
Methodist church.
Announcements: J. H. Flana
gan, commander of the Hubert M.
I Smith post of the Legion.
Special music.
Sermon: "The Value of Human
Personality," by the Rev. J. Ar
thur Linn, pastor of Grace Lu
theran church.
Hymn: "America the Beauti
ful," bv the congregation.
Observance of one minute of
silence in memory of deceased
veterans.
Benediction: By Rev. Philip
O'Mara, pastor of the Immaculate
Conception Catholic church.
Postlude.
The Rev. B. E. Wall, pastor of
the First Baptist church, and chap
lain of the Hubert M. Smith post,
I will preside at the service.
Two Rallies In
County T o End
Campaigning
a :
Newell Here Tonight and
Reynolds at 2:30
P. M. Monday
candidates"open
FINAL VOTE DRIVE
Rival candidates for county of
fices squared away today for a
finish fight scheduled to end when
the voting polls close Tuesday
evening, while the high commands
of both political parties drew up
big guns for speaking offensives
at the courthouse Saturday night
and Monday afternoon.
Jake Newell of Charlotte, chair
man of the state Republican ex
ecutive committee, spoke last
night at Fletcher and will again
address county voters at the
courthouse here at 7:30 o'clock
tonight. James J. Pace, county
chairman, will preside, and W. C.
Meekins, former state chairman,
will introduce Mr. Newell. Coun
ty candidates also will be present
ed.
Senator Robert R. Reynolds will
come to town Monday afternoon
for the last rally of Democrats.
He will be met at the Henderson
Buncombe county line by a mo
torcade of party officials and
workers, and. will be escorted to
the courthouse by the Henderson
ville high school band. There, at!
2:30 o'clock, he will be introduc-1
ed by F. M. Waters after M. M. I
Redden, county chairman, has
opened the meeting.
Democrats last night heard
Congressman Zebulon Weaver in
an address at the courthouse.
As election day drew near, lo
cal candidates accelerated their
activities, and indications were
that interest in the outcome of
Tuesday's voting, which has been ;
lagging, will approach that of (
former campaigns before the
polls open.
Henderson county voters will
name ten county officials and will
ballot for a district solicitor, state
senator, U. S. senator and con-:
gressman, and a number of state
officers. The tickets follow:
State representative:-L. L. Bur
gin (D), incumbent, and Brown
(Continued on page six).
A.F.L. Is Ready
To Negotiate For
Peace With C.I.O.
I
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. (UP)
The American Federation of La
bor today declared "there can be
no question but that the wage
earners throughout the country
and the nation as a whole want a
united labor movement" and add
ed that it is ready to negotiate an
"honorable" peace with the CIO.
An editorial in American Fed
erationist, of which William Green
is editor, said the AFL executive
council was "charged with respon
sibility of carrying out a policy of
conferences to reach a mutually
acceptable basis for lasting peace
but not surrendering our rights." |
Coming Monday
SENATOR R. R. REYNOLDS
CHECK PRIZE
CORN YIELDS
That Produced by W. H.
Lance Weighs Over 100
Bushels Per Acre
The first prize corn checked in j
the annual Henderson-Transyl
vania corn growing contest was
weighed at more than 100 bushels
per acre in spite of an unfavor-J
able growing season, G. D. White,!
county farm agent, reported to
day.
The corn was checked at the
farm of W. H. Lance, in the Mills
River section. Mr. Lance's corn
checked at 102 bushels and 40
pounds, while that of his grand- j
son, Reid Lance, vocational stu-,
dent at Mills River school, check
ed at 113 bushels per acre.
Mr. White reported that there
were many ears of corn on the
stalks, but that it lacked weight.
He attributed this to an unfavor
able growing season, the lack of
rain during the growing period,
and stormy weather during the
summer, which flattened much of
the corn to the ground.
The Henderson county commit
tee will go to Transylvania coun
ty this afternoon to check yields
there, and additional checking will
be done here next week. i;
RICE GROWER BALLOT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. (UP)
Rice growers were warned today
to reduce production next year or |
face continued low prices. Rice ■
growers will vote Dec. 10 on mar
keting quotas for 1939 production.
DUCE SHOUTS DEMANDS FOR
RESTORATION OF TERRITORIES
NOW FRENCH POSSESSIONS
I ROME, Nov. 5. (UP)—More,
than 100,000 Italian war veterans
packing Venice Square yesterday j
! responded to a rousing: speech by'
Premier Benito Mussolini with
shouted demands for restoration
i of former Italian territories now j
held by France.
Mussolini, speaking from the
balcony of his palace in observ
ance of Italy's Armistice day,
| warned the veterans against "ex
i aggerated and premature optim
i ism" and exhorted them to be
ready at all times to defend the
! empire.
"There are men who, defeated j
1 by the straight and truly peaceful
policy of the (Rome-Berlin) axis, |
still dream with open eyes of a1
Utopian and impossible revenge,",
II Duce said.
"For this, old fellow veterans,
it still is necessary to sleep with
! our heads on our knapsacks as we
j did in the trenches."
For the first time in a gather-'
ing of Italian war veterans. Mus-1
solini was interrupted frequently!
by shouts of "Nice! Savoy! Tuni-1
sia!"
Italy lost Savoy and the Nice
area to France in 1860 when Vic-!
tor Emmanuel of Sardina ruled,
as the first king of modern Italy.
France took control of Tunisia in
North Africa in 1881 after it had
been under British-French-Italian
control for 12 years.
Mussolini, in his warning of
those who dream of an "impossi
ble revenge," presumably referred:
to such men as Winston Churchill, <
Anthony Eden and Alfred Duff
Cooper of Great Britain, who had
criticized the British government
for its course in negotiating with;
the dictators.
Mussolini told the war veterans
that, 20 years after the Italo-Aus
trian armistics, "victory has been
consecrated by fascism and this
coincides with a true peace which
accords justice for alL"
SURVEYSSHOW
BIG SUPPORT
THERE WANING
Roosevelt's Speech Urges
Against Republican or
Communist Trend
REPUBUCANS~MAKE
PROSPERITY ISSUE
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. (UP)—•
The general election campaign to
day entered the stretch with the
New Deal making an aggressive
fight to hold its own in the grout
industrial states.
Polls and surveys foretell closo
contests in most states lying north
of the Ohio and east of the Mis
sippi rivers, in which the New
Deal found much popular support
to achieve its previous political
triumphs.
Republicans campaigned gener
ally on a prosperity issue, while
President Roosevelt countered
with the assertion that under the
New Deal the United States has
enjoyed more stable and less arti
ficial prosperity than any other
nation of the world.
F.R. URGES VOTERS
MAINTAIN 'GAINS'
HYDE PARK, Nov. 6. (UP)
President Roosevelt's general
election message, delivered from
his home here last night, called
upon the people for the continu
ous liberal government by the
New Deal and grouped Commun
ists and old line Republicans alike
among those with Fascist aims.
He did not mention the Demo
cratic party but warned that bath
Fascism and Communism would
thrive if liberalism failed.
' His speech wa* an appeal for
internal and national unity in the
face of dangers. He said, "We
learned that democracy, weaken
ed by internal dissension ard so
cial injustice, was not a match
for autocracies and called for a
democracy of tolerance and unity
at home."
The president declared that
"democracy in order to live must
become a positive force in the
daily lives of its people."
"I am not talking mere ideal
ism; I am pressing realistic neces
sity," he said. "I reject the mere
ly negative purposes proposed by
old line Republicans and Commun
ists alike—for they are people
whose only purpose is to survive
against any other Fascist threat
than their own."
Mr. Roosevelt called on the nu-»
tion to preserve the advances of
liberalism in next Tuesday's elec
tions and .throughout his speech
stressed the necessity for contin
uing policies in national govern
ment.
Speaking from the library of
his Hyde Park home, the chief ex
ecutive reminded American citi
zens of "terrorism and intoler
ance" in other lands and warned
that unless democracy "moves for
ward as a living force" Fascism
and Communism will grow in
strength. "Old-line Tory Republi
canism," he added, would aid "un
consciously perhaps" such a trend
away from democracy.
In his first fireside chat in many
months Mr. Roosevelt traced the
record of his administration,
fledged non-interference with pi i
/at« enterprise provided abuses
ire eliminated, and finally appeal
ed for the election of Governor
Herbert H. Lehman of New Yor1;.
(Continued on page six)
BEARCATS AND
HILLTOPPERS
ARE DEFEATED
Former Blanked at Canton;
Ridgians Lose, 12 to 7
to Davidson Frosh
It was a bad week-end for Hen
dersonville's football teams, the
Bearcats journeying to Canton to
take a 28 to 0 licking at the hands
of Canton's powerful Black Bean,
while the Blue Ridge Hilltoppsrs
went to Davidson to lose to Da
vidson frosh 12 to 7.
Canton, headed toward another
Blue Ridge Conference champion
ship, proved too powerful for the
Cats on a wet field in a downpour
of rain, and scored a touchdown
in each of the four periods.
The lighter Cats were unable to
stop the Canton backs, who w«:j
even more elusive due to tl.oir
wet clothes, while the more oncn
attack of the Cats was ham pert )
by the wet field and slippery hail.
Flynn, ace of the Bears, «corrd
two touchdowns, and Schenckand
Price accounted for the other two.
The Cats' passing attack clickcd
(Continued an page four.)