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WEATHER |ncr »rii»L*r Sun rai» iday cloudiness and slight tonight, with rain, cloudy with occasional Stmrs - 2\rt?urjs largest Daily .Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population GOOD AFTERNOON The old expression "I'd give my right eye . . U a tricky saying these days, the market for corn eas being what it is. VOL. 57—No. 289 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., SAT URDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1938 jU. SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS 33,000 Involved In Strikes In Michigan I® UAW. MEN DLL MORE TO. pT MONDAY) Jeneral Motors Says U. A. W. Breaks Agreement by Strike Vote CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HELD UP DETROIT. Mich.. Dcc. 3. (l*P) I ■hrce strikes by United Automo jje Worker? today kept 20,000 sir. idU- and threatened jobs of | jfirtO more the first ot next j Officials of General Motors, j [r„;e Buick plant at Flint is in ; conferred with union lead r> in a nijjht conference which | r? imffeotual. The corporation j tinu-d the union violated its5! pot'iw'nt by striking. Officials of General Motors -4.nd | United Automobile Workers | »ion met '.ast niirht t^ seek set- j i-ment of a labor di.-putc which j ci to n strike of 6.400 workers at j i*' Fisher I!«>dy piar.t No. 1 at' lint and forced the Buick fac >ry there to close its f~nul asscm [y. line, beginning the contro »rsv. m A picket Ime of Hay shift stnk rsprevented the nisrht shift from Miring the Fisher plant, h-otj j»ere was no disorder. Approxi ratelv 2,500 night workers were tamd away from the factory, Latw. bringing the total rumbei*! of worker affected by the va'k-, 911' to 11,900. The walkout was voted bv thej 'AW in demands for st-aijrhtl imirfy pay for all workers ;n the My plant. Union leaders p>o te?ed against piece work wage stales for approximately a thou- , smd workers in the press and metal departments. "Due to problems of slow-down rack existed in the day-work part1 »f the shop, the lo^nl management * hesitated to K'*nnt the demand j Raout adequate protection | acx -i'ow-doAVTi.*' thv statement I' ,» strike, which was vo'eu hy 3e anion membership yesterday uming. is one of three being | wp-i in Michigan. At Jackson, flmrroately 1,200 employes of lie Reynolds Spriig company are Krikir.:: for a closed shop atrrec ■«, and at Kalamazoo a .'tnkc i 50ft members of the Building" toi Trades Council has tied up »ork ir $1,000,000 worth of con tortion projects. and Coroners to Hold Office Under Constitu tional Amendment ^ULEIIGH. Pec. 3.—Attorney • McMuIlen held yes ^•av " • - jiirT^ and coroners *•' : November dec- . "s: '..tied to serve four as in a ruling on " - a' amendment, pro * terms for these a"'! ratified h'* voters in -ion. • • will have been ■ ( j i the governor, • " n the office of the by next Monday ,1 'T.eers are sworn in aulette Goddard To Play Scarlett V- A vm!>k7^c. :i.— (UP)— | J", ' -i has been select-' nv.ieh publicized if1, ' • O'Hara in "Gone t 1." the New York, T- - said today. ^a d that Myron Selz- ; L the selection I f fARDNER TO SPEAK TO METHODIST MEN t s-'.7' Gardner, Hendersonville , tV'1'will be the speaker' . ion of the Men's | First Methodist | Gardner, a Presby (f inj'aV|,Uan' 13 a forceful speak i attendance of class j visitors is requested | -tf Nazi Spy Weeps At Conviction Convicted by a New York Fed oral jury, red-haired, German born Johanna Hofmann went when, she was imprisoned as a Nazi spy. FOUR IN NAZI SPY RING ARE GIVEN TERMS V Judge Tells Thc<a Sen tences Mild Compared to German Procedures NEW YORK. Dec. 3. (UP) — The first sentence? for espionage n this area since the World war a-ere meted out yesterday to four members of a German spy ring n federal court. The longest sentence, six years, A-as eriven to Otto Hermann Voss, i9-year-old German-born airplane nechanic. who was accused of stealing war secrets from an air :raft plant at Farmingdale, N. Y., ind peddling them to Nazi secret igents. Miss Johanna Hofmann, red laired beautician aboard the Ger man liner Europa, who acted as 'go-between" carrying messages From German agents in Europe to the members of the spy ring in the United States, was given a four-year sentence. Erich Glaser, former army pri vate at Mitchell Field, N. Y., and Suenther Gustave Rumrfch, ex irmy sergeant and deserter, who jleaded guilty and turned govern ment's evidence, got two years sach. The first three were convicted earlier this week after a jury de liberated 24 hours in the case vhich has drawn more attention, lue to its international implica tions. than any spy trial since the World war. The jury told Federal Judge lohn Knox that it had reached a ■Incision on Miss Hofmann and lross on the first ballot, but was jnable to reach a decision in the ;ase of Glaser, whose chief part in the spy plot appeared to be in :onnection with giving informa tion to Rumrich. After re-reading the evidence nvolving Glaser, the jury con victed him but recommended len (Continued on pagre three) GERMAN JEWS BARRED FROM BERLIN AREAS Italian Government Rules Nationals Can't Work for Foreign Press 3 MORE RUMANIANS SLAIN BY POLICE RERUN, Dec. 3. (UP)—-Police today announced that Jews arc barred permanently from certain streets and buildings in Berlin, including government quarters, i parts of Berlin's main thorough I fares, theatres, movies, museums, j athletic grounds, and public and private baths. The ban applies to ! all German Jews with or without I passports, but not to foreign Jews. The decrees was interpret I i'd as a preliminary step toward establishment of an actual Jewish | ghetto. Police cancelled driving li j censes of all Jews and forbade them to drive automobiles any where in Germany. ITALIAN PRESS DECREE SURPRISE ROME. Dec. 3.—(UP)—The Italian government issued a de cree today prohibiting Italian newspapermen from working for foreign news agencies or news paper*, effective January 1. The announcement came as complete surprise to both Italian and foreign news circles. IRON GUARD PURGE STILL IN PROGRESS | BUCHAREST, Dec. 3. (UP)— | Three more members of the Fas cist anti-Semitic Iron Guard were shot and killed today while alleg edly attempting to escape from ' police. The victims were Josef Faga-1 daru, Annie Ghica, and Andria Petru. Police said they had been ar- j rested in connection with the at tempt to assassinate Dr. Francis Stefenescu Goanga, rector of the (Continued on page three) MINISTER IS SLAIN BY SON First Degree Murder Form ally Charged in Ohio Homicide CHILLICOTHE, 0.. Dec. 3.— (UP)—A formal first degree mur der charge was filed today against Robert Bready, 29, wayward son 1 of a Methodist Episcopal clergy man who confessed to authorities that he killed his father while in a drunken stupor. Dr. Russell H. Bready, 65. was minister in the village of Brain bridge, 20 miles from' here. He was shot to death near the parson age. His son told ocicers last ' night he had pursued a career in J drinking, much to his father's dis i tress. Award Of Golden Eaglet Tuesday i Night Marks Rounding Out Fourth Anniversary Of Girl Scouting Here i • • 1 01 | A joint court of awards will be held by Oirl Scout troops 1 and 2 on Tuesday. Dcc. 6, at 7:30 p. m. at the high school auditorium. January 1 will mark the fourth year since Troop 1 was organized by Mrs. Robert S. Gibbs, Jr. She beiran with 16 jrirls and the troop has increased to 45. The Kiwar.is club has sponsored it from the be ginning. Of special significance at this court of awards is the award ing of the Golden Eagle to Ruth Johnson, the first Girl Scout in Hendersonville to receive this honor. She has never missed a meeting since joining the troop four years ago. To be eligible for this award a girl must be an ac tive member of a Girl Scout troop and registered at headquarters for three consecutive years. She must be 16 years old and must have been a first class Girl Scout for at least six months before making application for the Golden Eagle award. She must nave vamvu «-*i proficiency badges. Troop 2 joins Troop 1 in honor ing Hcndcrsonville's first Eagle Scout. The nroeram follows: Candle li/r^tinpr service, planned by Senior Girl Scouts, (a) Talk about laws, by Mrs. Robt. S. Gibbs.l •Tr.; (b) Recital of laws by Girl Scouts; (c) Invostiture of tender foot scouts by Mrs. G. P. H. Rog ers. I Awarding of 2nd class badges, by Mrs. Rogers. Awarding of 1st class badges, by Mrs. Rogers. Award of Golden Eaglet, by Mrs. Gibbs. I Scout skits, by junior girls of. Troops, 1 and 2. Awards of proficiency badges, by Mrs. Thos. H. Franks, chair man of Troop 1, and Mrs. 0. E. Latt. chairman of Troop 2. "Hail to the Scouts," sung by all Girl Scouts. i > T " ' Kidnapers' Victim Returns Home William Hrown, father of Mdiy, 18-year-old -girl, aDo\e, freed by kidnapers, said last night, apcording to United Press dispatches that his daughter was in a {§emi-conscious and precarious condition, as he kept newsmen ofT his property with a shotgun. Mary returned j to her Oxen Hill, Md., hom$ after a 30 hours absence in which her kidnapers were sought. Police still checked on the case today. She said the kidnapers freed her after they .were convinced it was impossible to get a ransom . .. - ^ LARGEST CROWD OF WINTER SEASON IN TOWN; CHRISTMAS BUYING STARTS EARLY HERE LEADING ELKS AHEND LODGE INSTITUTION 200 Present for Inaugura tion of Her.dersonville Unit Friday Night With a large crowd of visitors and local people attending:, Hen dersonville lodge, No. 1616, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was installed at the high school auditorium last night. The local lodge was instituted by David Sholtz, former governor of Florida and former grand ex alted ruler of Elks. Installation of the lodge and officers was conducted by the Asheville lodge, No. 1401, with Leo Finklestein, past exalted ruler, presiding. Forty-three mem bers of the local lodge were ini tiated last night. About 200 attended the cere monies. Visitors came here from Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham, Greenville, S. C., Atlan ta, Ga., Concord, Salisbury, and Knoxville, Tenn. The Asheville delegation was escorted by a po lice escort and the Charlotte dele gation came in a specially char tered bus. Among visiting dignitaries were Mr. Sholtz, Daniel Kelly, Knox ville, member of the Grand For um; George Mumford, Durham, member of the Grand Forum; Clayton Burke, secretary of the Atlanta lodge; and E. B. Grady, district deputy grand exalted ruler. Elective officers of the local lodge who were installed last night are: W. D. Lohman, exalt ed ruler; M. M. Redden, esteemed leading knight; A. E. Podesta, es teemed loyal knight; John T. Wil kins, Jr., esteemed lecturing knight; S. J. Fullwood, secretary; C. C. Oates, treasurer; A. D. Michalovc, tiler. Trustees are II. B. Kolly, three years; W. B. Hodges, two years, and L. B. Prince, one year. Appointive officers are Charles Hunter, inner guard; A. T. Mc Carson, esquire; and A. V. Ed wards, chaplain. The next regular meeting of the lodge will be held on Thurs day, December 8, at 7:30 p. m. at the Legion clubhouse. Santa Mingles With Thou sands of School Chil dren From County With Santa Claus as the chief) visitor, Hendedsonville was host today to its largest crowd of the, winter season as several thousand county school children mingled j with adult shoppers on the streets and in the stores. The occasion was county school day, and as early as 9:30 a. m.f i pupils from all parts of the county began registering in the basement of the city hall, facing King street,: in competition for three cash1 prizes of $25. $15 and $10 to be awarded by Hendersonville mer chants to the schools having the largest percentage of their enroll- i ments in town, the distances the | children had to travel being taken i into consideration also. Meanwhile, Santa Claus made his way un and down the streets greeting little tots and giving each a stick of candy, lollypop or other favor. In new attire from head to! foot, Santa had difficulty making, progress in his travels. At almost every step he was reouired to stop, greet a group of children, answer , numerous questions and pass out • the sweets, which were carried in a red mesh bag suspended from one of his broad shoulders. He was much pleased with the recep tion given him here, he said, and promised to return as soon as pos sible. At the city hall a continuous line of school pupils passed "before several registrars, gave their names and indicated the schools, in which they are enrolled. This, accomplished, they hastened back to Main street—many in search of Santa Claus. Sales staffs in the stores were: busy from early forenoon, and merchants said they anticipated a large volume of business through- • out the day. They especially ex pressed satisfaction that the pub-j lie apparently is beginning its Christmas shopping early—in Hen dersonville. ALL-STAR CAGERS BEAT SALES, READY FOR SPINDALE TILT Fresh from a 20 to 18 win I over the Sayles Bleachery team ; last .Thursday night, the Hender sonville All-Stars will tackle the ' powerful Spindale Athletic club on Monday night at 8 o'clock at the Flat Rock gymnasium. The locals opened the season ! with the win over Sayles in a close battle. The Spindale team is one of the j strongest in the state, but the lo- ' cals expect to put up a stiff bat tle next Monday. FRANCE REQUISITIONS SHIPS TO BREAK MARITIME STRIKE; SEEKING TO APPEASE LABOR " ' A ' All Penalties in Strike Set Aside Excepting in "Extreme Cases" PARIS, Dec. 3. (UP)—The Da ladicr government early today or dered all French steamships requi sitioned in a move to break a gen eral strike of all maritime work ers. The swift government move came after leaders of the Mari time Syndicate called a walkout for today. The secretary of the syndicate was ordered arrested. The trans-Atlantic liner Nor mandie, in the port of Le Havre, was amonjr the vessels requisi tioned. It was believed the l-equisition order was similar to that tifder which railways, bus and ^ther transport systems were kept Tun ning during the Wednesday strike. Workers on .these facilities Were in effect "called" to service under the government. The new strike crisis developed in the wake of a scries of sporadic stfikes and rioting in various sec tions of France in the aftermath of Wednesday's abortive general walkout. The maritime workers' call to leave work was issued as Premier Edouard Daladier sought to curb labor unrest over his irovernment'3 Itcw economic deerees. He ordered sweeping amnesty for about 700, 000 workers locked out of facto i ries for their part in Wednesday's l^trike. . ] At the Saint Nazairs shipyards < i !>,f>00 of 12,000 workers Friday | responded to a general strike call. jThe entire La Rochelle fishing ' jYleet was tied up as seamen and I fishermen protested arrest of la . bor delegates. * The conciliatory moves by the government Friday assured locked out workers that their contract ! and wage agreements would be re spected. The ministry of labor ordered the immediate reopening of all na tionalized arms and aviation plants and called upon private employers to cancel all lock-outs and resume normal production Saturday morn • _ * ing. i Only in "extreme cases" will I I i sanctions be carried out against i workers who obeyed the General I Labor Confederation's call for ] last Wednesday's 24-hoUr "folded arms" strike which Premier Dala- ] dier smashed with a show of arm- i cd force. 1 The premier's action, which the, i government expected to end quick-1 i , (Continued on page three) | I J. 6. JACKSON RITES SUNDAY Will Be From First Baptist Church, 2:30 P. M.; i Burial at Mills River Funeral services for Jerrnan; Beverley Jackson, 64, who died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Paul W. English, will be conducted on Sunday af ternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The services will be held at the First Baptist church with the pas tor, Rev. B. E. Wall, officiating. Burial will follow in the cemetery at Mills River Chapel. Pallbearers will be nephews as follows: Cecil, James and Ray mond Jackson, James and Sidney Ballard, and Cecil Abercrombie. Mr. Jackson was a native of Henderson county and a son of the late James Jackson of Ruther ford county, and Mrs. Harriett Carland Jackson of this county. He was a landscape gardener and was formerly connected with the Biltmore estate and E. W. Grove estate. He is survived by his widow, Mr3. Dora G. Jackson, one daugh ter, Mrs. English, and one grand son, Jack English. AUXILIARY WILL ATTEND IN BODY All members of the American Legion Auxiliary were called to day by Mrs. Frank Yarborough, the president, to meet at the Lewis house, rear of the First Baptist church, Sunday at 2:15 p. m., from whence they will move in a body to attend the funeral of J. B. Jackson, father of Mrs. Paul English, to be held at the First Baptist church. END NOVEMBER CM. SESSION Appeal Taken in Divorce Suit; Judgment Denied in Damage Case The November term of superior j court was completed yesterday af- J ternoon. The court has beon in . session for two weeks to hear civil 1 actions, with Judge J. Will Pleas, Jr., of Marion, presiding. An appeal was taken to the su preme court in the case of G. G. Hyder against Mary J. Hyder. in! which the jury decided the isnue \ in favor of the defendant and re fused the plaintiff a divorce. The court ordered the plaintiff to pay $100 attorney fees for the de- ' fendant. j In the case of Brownlow Jack- ! son against the Duke Power Co., ' in which the plavitiff sought dam ages for an automobile accident at Third avenue and Washington street, some time ago, the jury:, held both plaintiff and defendant J guilty of contributory negligence and denied damages. Brownlow Jackson, Jr., was the driver of the plaintiff's car and | Tom Lyda was driving a truck be- j longing to the defendant concern. METHODIST VESPER SERIES SCHEDULED ; Rev. Dr. D. E. Camak, pastor < of First Methodist church, an- < nounced today the seasonal < change in hours for the evening ' service in which the 5 p. m. ves- , pers will take the place of the 1 ' night hour of worship, beginning; with Sunday. Dr. Camak will be-1 gin a series of meditations drawn ' from the Sermon on the Mount at that hour. His first theme will be "Rich Poor People." Progress Made Toward Settlement ! Of Jewish Refugee Problem; Full Committee Will Discuss Steps Soon LONDON, Dec. 3. (UP)—My ron C. Taylor of the United States yesterday told the six-nation com mittee on refugees that President Roosevelt is anxious for a solution of the refugee problem, particu larly that of Germany's 700,000 Jews, as a means of bringing about general world appeasement. Taylor, who came here direct from consultations with President Roosevelt in Washington, hinted that a number of wealthy Ameri cans are prepared to contribute large sums toward the $150,000, 000 or $200,000,000 tentative plan for a mass migration of the German Jews. After asserting that President Roosevelt is meeting weeklv with an advisory committee studying possible places for Jewish coloni zation in the United States, Tay lor announced that as a prelimi nary contribution to the problem the United States would extend the temporary visas of 15,000 German refugees now there. The representatives of the six powers—United States, France., Britain. Brazil, Netherlands and Argentina—met at the British j Treasury under the call of Lord Winterton, president of the ex ecutive committee of the 32-Na tion Committee on Refugees cre ated at Evanglein8; France, last July under the initiative of Presi dent Roosevelt. Originally it was a five-nation executive group but at the outset of yesterday's meeting to deal with the anti-Jewish drive in Ger many, Thomas A. Lebreton of Ar gentine accepted a vice-presidency in the group. At its first session the commit tee failed to discover means af providing new homes immediately for Germany's hard-pressed Jewry but new prospects for settlement in French and Dutch colonies as well as South American countries (Continued on page three) 1 ANII - FRENCH ATTACKS MET BY 2 NATIONS England Asks Italy to Ex plain; May Block New Friendly Relations FRANCE NOTTO GIVE ITALY ITS COLONIES LONDON, Dec. 3. (IP > < I rout ftritan has asked Italy fur an ilanation of the anti-French d»m >nstration in the Italian chamber >f deputies on Wednesday, it wrs earned today from a reliable source. It was understood that Hi*iti«*i Embassador Lord Perth would m-j Count Ciano. Italian forign mini? :er, regarding the incident. Some quarters believed the imi tation might cause Prime Minuter Chamberlain to cancel his peac# mission to Rome unless the Itn''a;i government disavows tin* demou itration. Morning newspapers, warning ;hat there could be no real Anglo [talian friendship unless Premier Benito Mussolini "repudiates" tho var threats against Prance appea1 - ng in the Fascist press, predicted i possible cancellation of Cham >erlain's visit unless the Italian >ropacranda ceases. Conservatives and Laborites ii mrliament used the acute Italo •Yench tension to open a new at ack on Chamberlain's policy of ippeasement with the dictators tnd prepared to subject him to a )arrage of questions in the hou.se >f commons on Monday. He will be asked regarding th«i Italian and British pledges to ro ipect the status quo in the Medi ;erranean, as provided for in the lew Anglo-Italian pact of friend hip, put into effect only two weeks igo, and whether England would ro to France's aid In event of any talian move against Tunisia or >ther French Mediterranean pos sessions. France late Friday asked Dri ft in to support her in dentin? vith the Italian situation, point ng out that any Mediterranean -hreat is as much the concern of Britain as of France. The new rift in Italo-French re ations, brought on by shouted de nands in the Italian chamber of leputies for return of Frenrh leid Tunisia and other former talian territories, was admitted to >e a blow to Chamberlain's hopes ind the new Anglo-Italian pact of 'riendship put into effect only two veeks ago. The pact of friendship was based >n British and Italian promises to •espect the status quo in the Medi :erranean and, therefore, any Ita ian move against Tunisia, Nice or Corsica would upset the pact and nvolve Italy in trouble with Bri ;ain as well as France. FRANCE UNES UP BRITISH SUPPORT PARIS, Dec. 3. (UP).—France ast night sought to line up Brit sh support in dealing with Italy's lew and violent anti-French at .acks which included a warning in :he Giornale D'ltalia that the [talian nation is ready to go to var with France "if necessary." The French ambassador in Lon ion, Charles Andre Corbin, visit fd British Foreign Secretary Vis count Halifax, acquainted him vith the French attitude toward ttaly and pointed out that the sit aation is of vital concern to Hri ain. Corbin was said to have str SS-" ;d that France expects full B<it (Continued on page three) 1 Q Shopping Doys 10 Till Christmas I * V 1 LfAOlMO AlSt\-6Qrn€H NC^- • OSOPeAAT/OJ CAMPAIGN* f OOK1NG BACKTOCHPfST ^ MAS IS YEARS AGO— Prohibition was booming Cali fornia grape Industry. . . . Holiday cheer dampened by threat of immigration wave. . . . Hoover-headed "European Re lief Council" brought joyoui Christmas to millions of Euro pean war orphans. ... New York newspaper held: "We are being taxed to death." . . . A Mr. M. K. Gandhi was lead ing anti-British non-co-opera tion movement in. India
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