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FAIR WEATHER tonight and tues ®aV SIti* ©mtes - GOOD AFTERNOON Finland hat paid in full again, on it* debt to tha United States. But it has Hope* of becoming a first-class nation, too, some day. |L 53—No. 151 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1934 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS [/. S. Asks England To Clarify Naval Views )ULD KNOW FINITELY OF HIDING PLAN J. Navy League Head ays Time Not Ripe for Parley ION SOON WILL BE SHIPS UNDER QUOTA >N?ON'. June 25.— (UP).— I'r./.ev! States? government to ; - i an unwritten inti . at Britain that clari i:: f the proposed big in r. t'-.e British navy alone: ■ - ate lines would be tx. ■ is understood. ■ CARROLL KENWORTHY ■d Press Staff Correspondent ftyright. 1934, United Press) ftSHINGTON, June 25. (UP) ftonement of the 1935 naval ft ■ e until world conditions ■: tblc for agreement was ftated yesterday by Xathaniol ■ tir ng president of ftr-v League. ft - Ta: anese demands R.-- - and foreshad ■ a: Soviet Russia ■ Germany be called to the ftwnce wer* cited by Hubbard ft _ ' he outlook dark for iti ft- substantial sacrifices ft of the United States ft lest ion. ■ rican naval mission ;s ■ -1 now holding prelimi ■ with Great Britain, ft Frti and Italy, the other ftr* r.aval powers, are in ft the scheduled parley ft Hpl its consider crucial ft balance between peace an I ft:, the next decade. ftether political nor economic ft: n at present favor holc! ftjf the 1935 conference," fta:<i told the United Press, fthe objectives of every naval ft except the United States ft ease rather than a fttse of their national naval ftjrv In the interest of both ftpea>t and future additional ft of naval armaments :t ftped that these preliminary ft--a* mj develop a situ ft that will induce the naval ft- 11 effect an adjournment B 5 conference to a more ft as time, meantime main ■ status quo under the B and London treaties, ft spoke as an authority ft.-'.: naval and diplomatic ft'- :i:ure than 40 years. 1 head of the Navy ft" nsidered the outstaHd I ff i navy organization, ftg a period roughly coinc: ■ sident Roosevelt's B I out the United ft ■ a.k 84 under-age ft? ships, mostly destroyers, ■ Washin|toa and Lon ■trsaties expire in December, ■ the construction ft >-:dent Roosevelt iCEPTION SET If BAPTISTS 1 Pastor and Wife To * Honored at Skyland Tuesday Night '■ - of the First Baptist will give a reception to tho : Mrs. Broadus E. Jones, n*w pastor and his wife, on r p'nt between the houra ' " !0 o'clock, at the ' f the Skyland hotel, K. E Osborne, member ->f ^urch, announced today oa ' r ' several committees irra-/. ments. number of committees are for various phases of reception and a program is Provided by Mrs. P. F. Sud ' ar-* 1 Miss Mary Brooks. ".ion is open to mem ! ,j' th»- church, members and "•■r churches, and to visitors in the city. All welcomed. '^RS. DALL FISHES J-'TCLIFFE, Nev., June 25.— J- Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall her first big fish in Pyra Sunday. The president's J Slighter, living at the near wich of Mr. and Mrs. William £h*r'l Dana, wealthy New *rs» pulled in a trout weigh * Pounds. Leading War for Film Cleanup With more than a million enrolled in the Legion of Decency, de manding wholesome movies, these four Roman Catholic .prelates met . in Cincinnati with film leaders and informed them that a nation wide boycott would be aimed at immoral pictures. Forming the com mittee planning a "relentless campaign," arc, left to right, the Rt. ! Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, bishop of Pittsburgh; the Rt. Rev. John J. Cantwell. bishop of Los Angeles; Archbishop John T. McNicholas of. Cincinnati, chairman; and the' Rt. Rev. John F. Noll, bishop of Fort I Wayne, Ind. POLK COUNTY] BOARD NAMED Successors to Ousted Elec tions Authorities Are Designated COLUMBUS. June 25.—A new I county board of elections for Polk county has been named by the state board of elections fol lowing the removal of the former board bv the state board after a hearing on last Friday. i The new board, which was sworn into office by L. P. Mc Lendon, chairman of the state board, is composed of Major Bernard Sharp of Tryon, chair man. D. H. Miller of Green's Creek, secretary, both Democrats, and N. G. Walker of Mill Spring, Republican. Removal of the former board followed charges of irregularities i in the June 2 primary. S. J. Feagan and W. M. Smith, mem bers of the board, were removed because of alleged failure to per form their duties in connection with the primary election, and H. G. Laughter was found ineligible to hold office because he is chief of police at Saluda. The state board also removed two registrars, F. M. Burgess, Democrat, of Columbus precinct, and Tom Steadman, Democrat, of Green's Creek precinct. Alleged irregularities in the primary election occurred, ac cording to charges, in the voting log absentee ballots in the two precincts. Child Welfare ! Survey In County | ! Is Nearing End Mrs. Carey Blythe is bringing1 to a close the child welfare sur vey, which she has been making in Henderson county for the past few weeks in the endeavor to as certain the names and addresses of physically handicapped chil dren, including such handicaps as lameness, deafness, blindness, as well as orphans, etc. Mr. Blythe reported 76 such cases as a result of her work dur ing: the past week and will be glad to have information concerning other cases that have not been re ported by neighbors, friends and relatives. There is a likelihood that some form of assistance will be extend ed these handicapped children but it will be necessary that they be I included in this survey. I JUNIOR ORDER MEET Regular meeting of the Junior Order, United American Mechan ics will be held Tuesday night, | June 25, at 8 o'clock, at the hail ion Main street. 9 Chinese Girls Drown In Suicide Pact Over Love SHANGHAI, June 25. (UP). Nine Chinese girls between the ages of 13 and 19 tied them selves together in a strange sui cide pact and leaped into the river outside Hewian, Fukien province. All were drowned. The Vernacular Press blamed their action on unrequited love. They took the second favor ite method of self-destruction in the Orient, the first being hanging. DEATH CALLS C. P. THOMAS Dead Statesman, Bi-Metal ism Crusader Waited Cheerfully for End DENVER, Colo., June 25.— (UP). Charles Spalding Thomas, native of Georgia, former United States senator and former gover nor of Colorado, died at his home Sunday. Ill for months, the 84-year-old attorney and crusader for the cause of bi-metallism had cast aside the desire to live thrae weeks ago and waited, calmly, cheerfully, for the end. To relatives and friends who remained near after he began sinking rapidly three weeks ago he apologized for "this uncon scionable delay." Physicians forced i him to eat. "What must I eat?" he asked. "We eat to prolong life and my desire now is to die. Why should I not be consistent even now?" Friday he lapsed into semi-con sciousness, from which he did not emerge. Occasionally his eyes opened and he appeared to recog nize persons near him but he was unable to speak. He sought and obtained from his widow and children a promise that he would be cremated and that no funeral services would be held. He requested of friends who "might want to send flowers" that they give a like amount of [money to charity. When death came he was in the midst of one of the great battles | of his career—a court fight to [free his daughter, Edith, of fed leral charges of violation of the (anti-gold hoarding order of Presi dent Roosevelt. He believed the order uncon stitutional, a violation of personal liberties. He admitted encourag ing Miss Thomas to hoard $3,000 in gold in violation of the order. He had hoped to lead the defense in her trial, pending in federal district court. Born in Darien, Ga., pn Dec. 6, (Continued on page three) WEDELL, NOTED SPEED PILOT. DIES IN CRASH Observers Think His Stu dent "Froze" to Stick, Causing Crash FLIER CUT-OFF GAS, SAVING COMPANION PATTERSON, La., June 25.— (UP). Grieving: friends of James Robert (Jimmy) Wedell, interna tionally famous speed pilot and plane designer, slammed the hang ar door today on a half completed speed plane. It will never be com pleted or flown. Wedell, 34, was killed yester day when the plane in which he was giving a novice a first flying lesson crashed from 200 feet. The student, Frank Sneeringer, not seriously hurt, could give only a vague account of the accident, but witnesses said he must have 'fro zen the stick." Wedell, his chest caved in against the dashboard in the front cock-pit of the small Gypsy-Moth plane, was a good pilot to the very end. He had turned off the ignition before the ship buried its nose deep into the mire of the watery rice field near the airport. This act kept the plane from bursting into flames and saved the life of the unconscious Sneer inger. Coroner C. M. Horton of St. Mary parish listed Wedell's inju ries as "compound fracture of the skull, injuries to the chest, a smashed knee and general con cussions." He died instantly, said Dr. Horton. Wedell was the holder of the world's record of 305.33 miles per hour for land planes. He also established records for the three capital flight from Ottawa, Can ada, to Washington, D. C., to Mexico City, and from Agua Cali ente, Mexico, to Vancouver, Brit ish Columbia. Harry Williams, millionaire lumberman who met Wedell years ago when the flier was forced down in his cow pasture, and who became his friend, backer andj partner in the building of air planes and operation of an air line, wept when he heard the news. "What that bov (Jimmy) does, doesn't need investigating," Wil liams told the United Press when asked if the accident would be probed. Williams was completely broken. Walter Wedell, brother of the dead speed king, told of the acci dent: "It was not a spin. The ship had just taken off across the air port, from the hanger. The plane suddenly went straight up into the air, and then plunged right to the ground. The student must, have grabbed the control stick in his fright. He must have "frozen to it,' pulling it back so hard that Jimmie could not fight it free in time." Funeral arrangements had not been completed today. ROOSEVELT'S MOTHER VISITING IN EUROPE LONDON, June 25.—(UP).— Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of President Roosevelt, was guest of honor at a luncheon given by Ramsay MacDonald and Miss Ish bel MacDonald at No. 10 Downing street today. Ambassador and Mrs. Robt. W. Bingham and prominent British cabinet officers, including Sir Neville Chamberlain, Sir John Si mon and their wives were among those present. SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., June 25.— (UP).—Mrs. James Roose velt, mother of the President, ar rived aboard the liner Europa yesterday for a visit abroad. She was met by U. S. Ambas sador Robert Bingham and pro ceeded to London to spend a few days, after which she plans to visit friends in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Mrs. Roosevelt will spend some time on the continent before returning to America. LUTHERAN ANNIVERSARY TEANECK, N. J., June 25.— (UP).—A memorial service com memorating 230th anniversary of the founding of the first Luther an church in New Jersey was held in the site of the First church Sunday. The service was identical with one held 113 years ago after burning of the original church erected in 1704. Plane Mows Down 21 Serbians, Kills Eight Spectators ZAGREB, Serbia, June 25.—■ (UP).—Eight spectators were billed and 13 injured when an airplane, out of control, nose dived into a great crowd watch ing an aerial circus in the town of Esseg. Pilot Bohumil Jaklic tried vainly to lift the plane over the "heads of spectators screaming in panic as they were mowed down. TWO DISTRICT REPUBLICAN MEETING SET Campaign Plans Will Be Discussed Here on Friday Republicans of the 10th and 11th congressional districts will meet in Hendersonville next Fri day for an all-day meeting, ac cording to an announcement made today by W. C. Meekins, chairman of the state executive committee. Sessions will be held in the morn iDg at 11 o'clock and in the aft ernoon at 2:30. Halsey B. Leavitt, of Asheville, Republican nominee for congress in the 11th district, and Calvin R. Edney, party nominee in the 10th district, will attend the meet ing. The purpose of the meeting is to study plans for the fall cam paign and to outline a program that will obtain the most effective results in the campaign. Counties in the two districts are Buncombe, Haywood, Chero kee, Clay, Graham, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Avery, Burke, Catawba, Gaston, Cleveland, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Madison, Mitchell and Yancey. YOUTHDIES IN CAR ACCIDENT Spartanburg Boy on Way Home From Camp Here Crushed Under Auto Arthur Henry Lineberger, 10 year-old sonf of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dobbins of Hillcrest, sur burb of Spartanburg, was killed in an automobile accident a mile south of Landrum yesterday aft ernoon. The boy had been attending a camp near Hendersonville, and was returning home when the car in which he was riding left the pavement, hurtled down an em bankment and trapped him under the automobile, crushing his chest. The lad was rushed to a Tryon hospital by a passing motorist, but died before medical attention could be secured. The other oc cupants of the car, Earle Line berger and Donald Dobbins, Jr., his brothers, received minor scratches and left the hospital after treatment. Funeral services will be held at a Spartanburg mortuary Tues day morning. Monroe To Head Lenoir-Rhyne CONCORD, June 25.—Resigna tion of Dr. P. E. Monroe as pas tor of St. James Lutheran church was accepted by the congregation here yesterday. Dr. Monroe will become president of Lenoir-Rhyne college at Hickory. Dr. Monroe will assume his new duties on July 1, when the term of Dr. H. Brent Schaeffer ends. He was formerly president of Summerland college in South Carolina until that college was merged with Newberry college. He is 58 years old and a native of Rowan county. He was edu cated at the old North CaroJina college at Mt. Pleasant and at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, , Louisville, Ky. k 'ROOSEVELT TAKING VIGOROUS STAND TO HALT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY ON HIGHWAYS Dispatches Much Business at Home on Sunday; in Capital Tuesday WASHINGTON, June 25. (UP) —President Roosevelt in a letter read at the opening of the Ameri can Automobile Association con vention today said he was "deep ly concerned" over the life and property toll of highway acci dents. "Those who use the highways must realize the responsibility they assume when they take the wheel," he wrote Thos. P. Henry of Detroit. "We cannot longer afford to temporize with this problem," the president said. By FREDERICK A. STORM HYDE PARK, N. Y., June 25. (UP).—President Roosevelt in a Sabbath devoted almost entirely to business signed an executive order that will pour $150,000,000 of government funds into drouth areas of• the west and middle west. The sum is part of the $525, 000,000 appropriated by the last congress for the parched states and will be allocated as follows: $12,500,000 for Civilian Con servation camps. $25,000,000 loans for seed, feed and freight. $56,000,000 for federal emerg ency relief grants to states. $12,500,000 purchase of lands. $43,000,000 to secretary of ag riculture for purchase, sale, gift or othe^ distribution of seed, feed and livestock transportation there of. The President also signed sev eral minor claim measures and these were dispatched to Wash ington during the afternoon. The President returned to busi ness shortly after returning from morning services at the St. James Episcopal church in Hyde Park village. He attended services there with Mrs. Roosevelt and El liott and Ruth Googins Roosevelt. The President dispatched to Denver a message of condolence to the widow of former U. S. Sen ator Charles S. Thomas, who died Sunday morning. Thomas was a friend of Mr. Roosevelt while both were serving in Washington dur ing war days. A blazing sun kept Mn Roose velt indoors except for the brief church trip and a short motor ride in the early evening to the cot tage, family rendezvous on the es tate about three miles from the main house. It was learned that in connec tion with the labor disputes situa tion he was keeping a close watch on developments in the Pacific coast dock workers strike and felt confident that the matter would be settled. The President will leave Hyde Park tonight aboard his special train, due to reach Washington Tuesday morning. H'ville Golfers Nip Waynesville In Matches Here! Hendersonville defeated Way nesville by a margin of four! points in an inter-city golf match here Sunday afternoon. A return engagement may be played at Waynesville next Saturday. Topping the tournament here yesterday was a match between John Drake, local pro, and Br. J. G. Bennett vs. Taylor, Waynes-1 ville pro. and J. A. Prevost, one of Waynesville's best. Drake and Bennett made a clean sweep of the three points at stake. Results of other matches were: Brackett and Arnold, Hender sonville, won three points from J. W. Ray and F. E. Alley, Jr., Waynesville. Bracken and Smyth, Hender sonville, won one point from Da | vis and Ferguson, Waynesville. Andrews and Hodges, Hender sonville, wop three points from Dunbar and R. L. Prevost, Way nesville. W. H. Pj-evost and Bullock, Waynesville, won three points from Dr. Griffith and Clayton Drake, Hendersonville. Weddington and Charlie Hunt er, Hendersonville, won two points from Calhoun and Owen, Waynesville. Smith and Colkitt, Waynesville, won two points from Ralph Buchanan and Hayes, Henderson ville. Korat, Waynesville, won one point from Blank, Henderson ville. ^ ; ^ Indicted in Film Morals Case Indictment on a morals charge was returned against Miss Gloria Marsh, actress (above), after wit nesses before Los Angeles grand jury had made sensational charges that girls seeking film careers are forced to have affairs with studio courtiers before they can get jobs. Indicted also was Dave Al len, casting bureau head. RING CARNIVAL ON WEDNESDAY One "Natural" Will Be Staged With Others Well Matched Plans were being completed to day for the second American Le gion boxing carnival, which will be staged in the city gymnasium on Wednesday evening, beginning at 8 o'clock. Topping the card will be the feature grudge match between Senator Robert Lee Whitmire and his perennial opponent in one form of sport or another, Dr. J. G. Bennett, the golfing dentist. Whitmire is confident that he will be able to avenge himself for past indignities at the hands of the dentist, while Bennett is lay ing plans to have Whitmire stuffed and placed with his wild game collection. A bout seen as a 'natural' is that between Jimmie Drake and Frank McGraw. Both boys arc top-notchers, old rivals, and capa ble of putting up a fine boxing exhibition. Eight preliminary bouts have been scheduled and all of them will feature well-matched fights, insuring the fans a maximum of action throughout the evening. Judges for the fights, all of which will be for three rounds, have not been selected. Jimmy Fain will serve as referee, but the announcement was made today that Norment Quarles, Hender sonville's sensational young light weight, would probably return to Hendersonville by Wednesday and will referee some of the fights. Four Prisoners Escape, Kidnap 2, One Banker LUBBOCK, Texas, June 25.— (UP).—Four prisoners, led by Ed (Perchmouth) Stanton, condemn ed murderer, escaped from the Lubbock county jail yesterday. They kidnaped two men, includ ing the vice president of a bank, as they fled, armed with rifles and a sub-machine gun taken from the sheriffs gun case. Fears were ex pressed last night for the lives of the two kidnaped men. NEW CHAPTER IS WRITTEN IN FAMOUS CASE Three-Year-Old Daughter Seeks Half of 25- Mil lion Estate ;r> COURT DECISION AWAITED TODAY BULLETIN WINSTON-SALEM, June 25.— (UP).—Judge Felix E. Alley to day continued indefinitely at th« request of attorneys for both sides the motion of the Cabarrus Bank & Trust Co., of Concord, to set aside a $500,000 trust fund for Anne Cannon Reynolds, 2nd, in order to permit her to sharo equally in the $25,000,000 estate of her late father, Smith Rey nolds. It was learned on reliable au thority that attorneys are work ing on an agreement to settle the case. Nothing was made public. WINSTON-SALEM, June 25.— (UPj.—Another chapter was to be written today in the "Stnith Reynolds case," a chain of events started on July 6, 1932, when tha youthful heir to tobacco millions was shot to death at the palatial family estate, Reynolda, near here. The question of whether hia three-year-old daughter, Anno Cannon Reynolds, 2nd, shall in herit one half of her father's $25, 000,000 estate or keep only a $500,000 trust fund established by her father, was to be decided by Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynesville, who today was to hear a motion to set aside the judgment signed in August 1931, creating the trust. Smith Reynolds' daughter was born to his first wife, the former Anne Cannon of Concord, who di vorced him in Reno, Nev., shortly before his second marriage to Libby Holman, former Broadway "torch singer." A verdict in favor of the plain tiff today will mean that the baby, girl may share equally in the es tate with Zachary Smith Rey nolds, Jr., 16-months-old son of Libbv Holman Reynolds. The late R. J. Reynolds, foun der of the Camel cigarette dynas ty, and his widow, Mrs. Katherine Reynolds Johnston, left wills pro viding for their children and their issue, but making no provision for the wives or husbands of their two sons and two daughters. Under the wills, grandchildren of the elder Reynolds may claim equal shares in the estate. The Safe Deposit and Trust Co., of Baltimore, trustees under R. J. Reynolds' will, is party to the suit to set aside the motion establishing the trust fund. In its answer to the complaint filed with the original motion the Baltimore concern held that the Cabarrus Bank & Trust Co. refused to ac cept payment of $200 each month under the trust fund since Sep tember, 1932. A $500,000 trust fund also was established for Reynolds' first wife who divorced him in Novem ber, 1931. ENLISTING NEW CCC CAMPERS Allotment of 23 Boys Has Been Assigned for Henderson County The local emergency relief ad ministration is enrolling white boys between 18 and 25 years of age to enter the camp of Civilian Conservation Corps on July 5. An allotment of 23 boys has been assigned to Henderson coun ty. These will be taken from fam ilies now on relief. The relief office stated that there was a heavy demand by those off relief for an opportun ity to go to camp for a six-month period. Officials said it would be useless for those other than on relief to make application because this rule would be rigidly followed in this enrollment. Those who go to camp are paid $30 a month, the major portion of which is sent to the parents for their upkeep. Food, clothing, shelter, medical attention and other necessities are provided the boys without cost while they are in camp. _ .1^ •a«h