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Gf"" thu tror ro WEATHER ,HV fair but for local j,r.lu>wer» today and to (£1tc Want$ i K GOOD AFTERNOON Anyway the question Un't who burned up those utilities tele grams, buj who would1 be burned up by tbeik. Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population N\ <s\W ^ - \ \0l 54.—No. 174 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 22, 1935 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS IR. TO PUSH TAXATION OF WEALTHY PANKER OF JjRLOTTE IS ED SUICIDE jsKhnetts Policemen parge Man With Wife Murder UlAC SUSPECTED IN FOUR ATTACKS OR' WHO. Fla.. July 22.— P The body of M. A. Turn f ' mer fharlotte, V (\. bank '.vas found hanging- in hi> rue here today. His death is ■ "no'.inc'i <»:ict< 1. IY INFATUATION OUGHT ON MURDER CRAFTOX. Ma s.. July 22.— IV < —Newe Paige Sherman, today was charged with mi«8 u> wife Alice, 23. mo • Ims two bftbin, because J • with a ir i: or' i I N "man t'i<»!< hi- «•;:'» X - < ' • "'i the canoe and l? -r,,r •;the water. S'a'- police, who filed the r«'- .'"*ted hint as saying ht up#"! hi* wife from a canoe feet from shore in Lake rietarr. and then gave her ? fi when -he tried to hold him ind the neck. ATCHET VICTIMS ILL UNCONSCIOUS ANVISTON. Ala.. July 22.— 1 '--<*dy Browjt. former rafo of the state insane asy r. was questioned todav con ■nms: brutal attacks on four Hren. The skulls nf three re fractured. Police *aid it - the work of a maniac with a tehet. The four persons, two of them ! unconscious, are :n a oriti conditiorj at Garner hospital. f victims of the mvsterious ltd are Willie Mae Roberts. 1 t. *-voar-old brother. Gladys ty. and James Hubbard. T'-p Roberts boy and Hub ii are borh unconscious. attacks occurred late Sat »v nitrht and in opposite sec >; •" town. Hubba'd and 5 '".rev, who were walking on ' • ir^her. wev a'tack ' .'h par' of town. F£4TH TAKES IRS. H'GRAW mra\ Services Will Be 2:30 P. M. Tuesday at Ebenezer P*ar! McGraw, 51. died at home on Fast Barnwell street ^"rninjr after an illness of »ut three months. F'sn^'al -r>-Yices will he held on '■ *:a- af*» rnoon at 2:30 o'clock 1 Kh«>nez»r Kaptist church and i"'* wiii fallow in the cemetery Iff. w'a> born in Henderson i^r' and ^p«>nt her entire life r Sh" is survived by five sons, r< " Tryon. and Alonzo, Hes •v- r»,rd'.n and Otis, all of this iLUDA GIRL WED fi CHARLESTON MAN [ -r of Miss Minnio P ; ■'! of Saluda, and Louis ^ 3 Vkrrman of 24 Mount ■*ar>f <. Charleston, has been 'ouncH. jho reremonv took Gr«onvillp, July 'L and i-i-f., hv Probate Judfcf L V Onllick. t \ k« ■ n-rtn is th'' ^nlv .,f v,„ w* f.; Powll an 1 tho lat.p Mr. I VrkfMman a *nn of Mr. 'Irs. T. \". Ackerman of ' "r,>n. S C. F"p rouj»l»' will reside in | I TWO PRIESTS HELD PERLIN. July 22—(UP).—Re L i 'i-Jewish activity today r'He.i with the Nazi drive f *tholics. Rowdies stoned [ smashed the windows of a -hop as government action awaited against two priests 1 the edict against anti '' reference from their pulpits. . KILLER executed JELLEFONTE, Pa.f July 22.— —Serman L. Strawser. 2V, > killed in order to buy hia ♦"Mart's weddmfr dress wa3 jtrocuted at the state prison Fy Florida Governor I Is Visitor Governor David Sholtz. of Florida, spent the week-end at his summer home here, leaving for Florida by rail yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Sholtz remained at their home , hero. GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA HERE ON BRIEF STAY Gov. and Mrs. Sholtz Both Admirers of Hender sonville Area Governor David Sholtz, of Flor ida. left yesterday afternoon for the Florida capital after spending *he week-end at his summer home a few miles from Hendersonville. Mrs. Sholtz remained at their | home here. The governor was accompanied I on the rail trip by H. M. Birtley, who was acting as secretary to the governor on this trip w-hich took , them to Columbus, Ohio, for the national convention of Elks. , The trovernor was seen on the streets here for a brief time Sun day morning. Driving his own car, which bears license No. 1, the Florida chief executive was ac companied by Mrs. Sholtz and Mr. Birtley. He chatted informally with a few friends while stopping: at the post office for his mail. Both Gov. and Mrs. Sholtz de I clared themselves delighted with Henderson county as a summer home and Mrs. Sholtz was espe cially high in her praise of Wes tern North Carolina. Mr Birtley said that he was likewise delight ed with this section and expressed 1 the wish that he might spend more ; time here. Mrs. Sholtz has been here since ealv June and the governor ha" ' spent a few days here on various occasions. Both have many friends here. On his short visits here Gov ernor Sholtz lives quietly at his home and rests. He prefers to be left alone on these occasions and few of his friends here atempt to see him during his short visits. Governor and Mrs. Sholtz have (maintained a summer home here [for about three or four years. Their place is located a few miles from the citv on the Crab Creek road. Mrs. Sholtz spends much of her time in the beautiful flower garden at their home and usually visits the city in a station wasron I rather than in the governor's of ficial sedan. Call Meeting Of Florida Club Mrs. D. E. Billman. president of the Florida club, has called a meetine of this organization for Tuesday at 8 o'clock at the high school auditorium. Rev. Broadus E. Jones, pastor of the First Bap tist church will conduct the open ing devotional period and O. Y. i Brownlee, of the entertainment committee of the Chamber of Commerce will give an address of welcome. Special music and read ; ings will constitute part of the prosrram and community singing will be held under the direction of J- H. Barker of St. Petersburg. Florida people are invited to at tend and to bring their friends ! with them. 11 GERMANS DROWN BERLIN. July 22 — (UP),— Eleven were drowned when att overloaded ferryboat carrying ' 21 persons capsized in an East Prus sian lake today. SOVIET FLIERS ARE POISED TO START FOR U. S. Inclement Weather Holds up Projected Flight Across North Pole NORWAY BOUND FLIERS LAND IN LABRADOR MOSCOW, July 22.—(UP).— Inclement weather today caused postponement of the projected j flight of the hip Russian airliner | across the North Pole to San Fran-1 cisco. Three Soviet aviators had tuned \ their single-motored plane last J night in readiness for departure at a moment's notice on a non- j stop flight across the North Pole I to San Francisco. The flight will start on favor-1 able weather reports from Soviet j Arctic weather stations. Weather across the roof of the j world was reporte'd as generally clear. Chief Pilot D. Levinsky had hoped the flight could start during i the night. He said Co-pilot Levchenko would take the controls from Mur mansk to Pear's Point, on the j other side of the Arctic ocean. Forty Soviet weather stations north of the Arctic Circle will as sist the pilots by radioing report* j of atmospheric conditions when I the flight is made. THOR SOLBERG'S FLIGHT LEISURELY ST. JOHN'S. NFD-, July 22.— (UP).—Thor Solberg, flying: the air yacht, "Leiv Eriksson" on a proposed flight by leisurely stages from New York to Bergen, Nor way, landed at Cartwright, Labra dor, Sunday at 4:45 p. m. The "Leiv Eriksson" passed over Battle Harbor Sunday at, 4:45 p. m. (EDT). It had been j last previously seen over the island of Havre St. Pierre, 150 miles east of Seven Islands, and ' was then hours overdue at Cart wright, Labrador. presITyterian MEN TO MEET Will Hear Dr. Cooper In July Gathering Tues day Night Dr. David L. Cooper of Los An geles will speak to the gathering of Men of the Presbyterian church at the monthly meeting of the or ! ganization, Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Cooper's address will fol low the supper to be served by ladies of the church. The supper will be served promptly at 7:30 ! o'clock, according to announce t ment by Dr. R. Hyatt Brown, president of the men's organiza tion, who urges the attendance of all men of the Presbyterian church and gives an invitation to visitors. Dr. Cooper, who is to speak to ; the gathering, is a nationally known Bible teacher and is en gaged as a conference speaker for two weeks at Bonclarken. ALONG THE STREET BREAKFAST HIKE IS POSTPONED The breakfast hike, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and scheduled for Tuesday morning, has been postponed until Thurs day morning, it was announced to day. Hikers will meet at the of fice of the Chamber of Commerce at 6 o'clock Thursday morning. AMATEUR Pj*OGRAJV. IS SCHEDULED An amateur 'program has been i announced by the Chamber of Commerce entertainment commit tee for Friday night, August 12, at the high school auditorium. All amateurs who wish to enter are requested to register with Miss Goodman, Chamber of Commerce hostess, at the office in the Sky land hotel, by July 27. Prizes will be awarded to the successful con testants in the program. $280,000 ROBBERY CHICAGO, July 22.—(UP);— . Burglars blasted the safe of An drew McAnsh, investment broker, on the 16th floor of a Loop build 1 ing and escaped with securities valued at $280,000, many of which 1 were negotiable. Norsemen Again Dare Atlantic Like the dauntless discoverer, Leif Ericsson, for whom their plane is named, Thor Solberg, pilot, and Paul Oscanyan, radio operator, are attempting a crossing of the North Atlantic between America and Norway. Solberg is shown at the controls as his ship (shown in panel below) took off from New York to Montreal on the first leg of the trans-ocean hop. 3 INJURED IN I CAR ACCIDENT Mr. and Mrs. Ball, Bride and Groom of Few Hours, Mrs. Osborne Hurt Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ball, bride and groom of a few hours, were taken to the Patton Memo rial hospital Saturday night at 6:45 o'clock as a result of an au tomobile collision on the Asheville road near Naples. Mr. Ball, a resident of Nash ville, Tenn., and Mrs. Ball, for merly Miss Anne Sinkler Fish-, burne, of Charleston, S. C., had bee- married at St. Johns-in-the Wildprness Episcopal church earli er in the afternoon. Mrs. C. K. Osborne, of Brevard, also in the accident, was ffiven I treatment at the hospital and dis charged. Mr. Ball sustained a lacerated chin and Mrs. Ball lacerations on the forehead and chin and con tusions of the hip and head. They spent the night at the hospital and | I went to the home of Dr. Fishhurne - j Sunday morning about 10 o'clock.1 | Mrs. Osborne sustained a bro ! ken left arm, but did not remain at the hospital. The collision occurred on the curve just beyond Naples. Mr. ! and Mrs. Ball were ridine in a j Ford car and Mrs. Osborne was I beintr driven by her son, whose I first name was not learned. The I Osborne car was also a ford. 2 NATIONS SEEK U. S. SYMPATHY IF WAR BEGUN Italy and Ethiopia Seek to Influence Popular Opinion AFRICANSllTNEED OF MEN AND MONEY (Editor's note:—Propagandists, like those efforts contributed to America's entrance into the World war, already have started heating their drums to sway American opinion in the impending Italo Ethiopian conflict. H, R. Ekins, veteran United Press foreign cor respondent, points to the begin nings of their campaigns in the following dispatch.) By H. R. EKINS (Copyright, 1935, United Pre**') NEW YORK, July 22.—(UP). Gathering war clouds in East Af rica threaten to deluge the United States with propaganda similar to that which contributed to this country's entrance into the World war, a United Press survey today showed. Both Italy and Ethiopia hope to "educate" Americans to sympathy for their causes. Their prepara tions, on a small scale so far, are increasing daily and are made easier by the existence of Pacifist organizations in this country. The committee for Ethiopia is one of the most active organiza tions seeking to make America side with Emperor Haile Selassie in his impending war with Italy. It an nounces 1,000 clergymen have promised they will use their pul pits on August 18 to pray against aggression against Ethiopia. It proposes recruiting volunteers for military service and various pub lic appeals for funds. I ne American League n.^aiu^i> War and Fascism has organized a provisional committee for the de fense of Ethiopia. It seeks Ethi opia's defense against "imperial ist attack" and aims to prevent war. It plans visits to Italian of- j ficials in the United States, the state department and the League of Nations to appeal under the Kellogg pact and the league cove nant. The league also hopes to per suade the International Loner shoremen's association to refuse bo load -war supplies for Italy. It is white and negro. Propaganda on the other side is more subtle. The Italian Union of America announces its organization. It makes no mention of Ethiopia but proclaims its intention of foster ing "already amicable relations between Italy and the United j States." An Italian representative who j found less trouble getting printed than the many pro and con com mittees and organizations was Luigi Pirandello, famous Italian playwright. He arrived for a pilprimage to! Hollywood and to press reporters i defended Premier Mussolini's poii-i cies. "You took your country from the Indians, didn't you?" he asked Americans. Then he lectured on Italy's civ ilizing mission to East Africa. All past propaganda efforts have shown Americans responsive to a lost cause or a little fellow trying to whip a big one. They cheered the little Japanese when they took on Imperial Russia in 1905. Their (Continued on page four) NEW POWERFUL RAY SHINES THROUGH 2-INCH LEAD PLATE PASADENA, Calif.. July 22.— Discovery of the moat powerful ray man has ever produced, which penetrates a two-inch lead plate as light Hoes tissue paper was revealed today at California Institute of Technology. The new product is a Gamma ray, six times as powerful as radium rays and is generated inside a vacuum tube with electricity, ranging from a half million to one mil lion volts. tidal pull may CHANGE LIGHT SPEED CHICAGO, July 22.—(UP). The speed of light may vary un der the tidal pull of the sun and moon, new expirements with a mile-long vacuum tube near Santa Ana, Cal., have indicated, it was announced here. Previously the velocity of lipht has been regarded as the prime cpnstbnt of the physical world. The late Professor A. A Michel son estimated it at 18«,2X4 mules peiv second in "182(5. At that time he measured aj beam flashed between stations 22 miles apart atop Mt. Wilson and Mt. San Antonio. Although sci entists accepted his figure as ac curate he was unwilling to be entirely certain himself and con ceived the idea of using a vacuum tube a mile long, equipped with multi-faced mirrors which gave an eijrht-mile effect. Shortly after the experiment was put in operation, with no significant results attained, he died May 9, 1931 died May 9, 1931. The experiments, completed after three years by Professor Michelson's laboratory assistant, Fred Pearson and Dr. F. G. Pease of the Mt. Wilson observa tory, now indicate the speed of light may be 13 miles per second slower, or 186,270.6 miles per second. - • Reason for the new figure has not been determined but the tiday influence of sun and moon was suggested in an article re- < counting results of the experi- ' ment published in the Astrophvsi cal Journal by University of Chi- I cago press. * DIPLOMATIC BREAK BETWEEN ITALY AND ETHIOPIA NEARS; ITALY T0 AQT, SAYS 1L DUCE •» Satisfaction Not Yet De manded of Emperor for "Insulting" Speech (By UNITED PRESS) Developments in the Ethiopian Italian dispute: Rome—Mussolini is to give the final word on war or peace this week as allied conversations ap proach their climax. Addis Ahaba—Emperor Haile Selassie is at first cold to the an gry Italian protest against his speech. London — The cabinet meets urgently on the impending war situation and is expected to de cide whether to permit arms ship ments to Ethiopia. Tokyo—Italy, anxious over hos tile news articles, seeks denials and instructions for similar action as reported to have been sent to other capitals. (Copyright, 1935, United Pre»«) ADDIS ABABA, July 22.— (UP).—Severed diplomatic rela tions, the traditional preliminary to war, neared between Italy and Ethiopia last night when Emperor Haile Selassie's Ethiopian govern ment declared itself "not impress ed" by Premier Benito Mussolini's protest against the King of Kings recent challenging speeches. Without waiting formal cabled instructions from Rome, G. Vinci, Italian minister, verbally protest ed the Emperor's speech to parlia ment as "provocative to Italy and insulting to II Duce." Pending Rome's instructions, satisfaction fc'ill not be demanded. But the Ethiopian government's statement it was "not impressed" bv Vinci's verbal protest caused observers to believe formal repre sentations would not bring satis faction and that Italy's next step would be to withdraw her diplo matic representative. Exclusive of missionaries, con sular officials and their families only 100 Italians remain in Ethi opia. MUSSOLINI AWARE OF DIFFICULTIES PARIS, July 22. (UP).—Italy's moment for decision has arrived, Premier Benito Mussolini said yes terday in an interview with Echo de Paris in which he discussed his relations with Ethiopia and the League of Nations. "I am aware of the difficulties involved in conquering Ethiopia," lie said. "I am not going ahead blindly. All I can say is that Italy is sure of imposing her will. "The question is whether Eu rope is still worthy of fulfilling the colonization mission which caused her greatness. If not, the hour of decadence has arrived. "Is it for that the League of Nations has been created? Is the league a tribunal before which negroes and backward people may bring the great nations who revo lutionized humanity? Will the league he a parliament where Eu rope succumbs under the law of numbers and sees decadence pro claimed?" CALENDAR MONDAY. JULY 22 Chorus practice, high 3chooI au ditorium, 8 p. m. Street dance, 8:30 p. m., Main street Girl hid dance, city gymnasium, 0 p. m. Music by Jimmie Living ston. Cabaret dance, Skyland hotel. Music by Russell Scholl. TUESDAY, JULY 23 Benefit bridge, sponsored by Junior Welfare club, American L\"rion clubhouse, 3:3n n. m. Florida Club meets, high school auditorium. 8 p. m. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 Dancing, Laurel Park Inn, 8:30 p. m. Rotary Club, Skyland hotel 1 p. m. THURSDAY. JULY 25 Rreakfast hike; party leaves the J Chamber of Commerce office at 5 a. m. Kiwanis club, Skyland hotel, 1 3. m. North Carolina Symphony or chestra, direction Lamar Strinfr leld, high school auditorium, 8:30 >. m. Dance, American Legion club louse, 9:30 p. m. . Dancing, city gymnasium; music >y Art Kassell and his Kassells :n he Air orchestra, 9:30 p. m. FRIDAY, JULY 26 Chamber of Commerce enter- ; ainm&nt; featuring pupils, of Alva jowe, high school auditorium, at 1:30 p. m. ■ , iATURDAY, JULY 27 Dancing, city gymnasium; music iy Jimmie Livingston and orches- < ra, 9 p. m. |< Emperor Drops Peace Hope "Your Emperor will be in your midst, not hesitating to spil] all his life's blood for Ethiopia." Thus Emperor Haile Selassie call ed on his countrymen to fight to the last man against Italy, in a speech delivered before parlia ment at Addis Ababa. This most recent portrait reveals him in full military uniform, grimly proud of the army that passes in review. DEFENDANTS IN TORTURE CASE AREACQUITTED Defense Claimed Negroes Caused Own Injury Binding Ankles CHARLOTTE. July 22. (UP). Three former convict camp of ficials charged with mistreating! prisoners were acquitted yester day by a Mecklenburg county su perior court jury. The case went to the jury late Saturday. The verdict of acquit tal was reported at 10:05 a. m. Sunday. The three former officials, H. C. Little, prison camp superin tendent. Dr. C. S. McLiughlin, camp physician, and R. C. Rape, a guard, wore indicted after two necrro prisoners lost their feet following incarceration in a "dark cell" at a Mecklenburg prison camp last winter. Woodrow Wilson Shropshire and Robert Barnes, negro con victs whose feet were amputated following solitary confinement, contended they were mistreated by prison officials. The defense countered the crip pled convicts caused their feet to become infected hv tying blanket! cords around their ankles, cut ting off blood circulation. EMERGENCYCASES ARE DISMISSED AT HOSPITAL SUNDAY Three people received emer ?ency treatment for minor inju ries as a result of automobile ac cidents at the Patton Memorial lospital yesterday. They were Joyce Lee, 3-year )ld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl L.ee, of Lawndale; Mrs. Yates ■lorn, of Lawndale, and Miss Catherine Barton, of Brevard. All vere discharged after treatment. Details of the two accidents vere not known this morning. One ►ccurred in the' city and the other I in the Brevard road. NEW MOVE BY BONUS BLOC IS NOW FORECAST Borah Sees no Adjourn ment by Congress Be fore Nov. 1 'DEATH' CLAUSE IS STILL EMBATTLED (Copyright, 1935, United Pre»») WASHINGTON, July 22 .(UP) —President Roosevelt has vetoed the plan to avoid a bitter fight with big business over his tax-the rich program. The house ways and means committee was informed that the President wants increased taxes on big corporations as it h^ gan its final draft of the measure. The president had received con gressional suggestions that the in creased corporation tax be elimi nated. FARM IMPORTS QUOTAS APPROVED WASHINGTON, July 22. (UP). The senate today approved a pro posal for the establishment of ag ricultural import quotas in con nection with AAA legislation in troduced by Senator LaFollette, Progressive, Wis., which would permit the president to fix import, quotas as a means of safeguard ing price gains achieved through American processing taxes. The vote was 60 to 17. The amend ment was fhe first acted upon a* the senate flowly pushed the AAA bill toward final action. WASHINGTON, July 12. (UP) Senator William E. Borah, Repn., Idaho, warned congress last night, that the present session will ex tend into November because of an impending fight between Presi dent Roosevelt and two insurgent groups determined on passing their own "must" legislation. Bonus bloc members, he said, would try to attach a new pro posal for payment of the adjusted service certificates, to one of Mr. Roosevelt's "must" bills, and pro ponents of the Frazier-Lemke Farm Refinancing Act would at tempt similar strategy to pass that bill. "I expect to see congress still in session November lj" Borah said. "Two 'must' programs seem to be colliding. "It is now quite certain that upon either the banking bill or the tax bill, probably the tax bill, the Frazier-Lemke refinancing hill and the bonus bill will be offered in the senate as amendments. "Two friends of these two meas ures have concluded to make them 'must' bills. This means that we'll be here likely until November 1." Borah's statement added to a generally pessimistic outlook on adjournment. The most hopeful expressions on quitting time do not foresee an end to the present session before mid-August, with leaders privately doubting that it can come that soon. ROOSEVELT STILL SEEKS DEATH CLAUSE By ARTHUR F. DEGREVE (Copyright, 1935, United Pre«») WASHINGTON, July 22. (UP) President Roosevelt has rejected suggestions that he carry the "death sentence" for "unneces sary" utilities holding companies to the country in the 1936 cam paign and has sent new instruc tions to Capitol Hill that th^» Whceler-Rayburn bill must not he permitted to die in conference. Conferees of the house and san ate were scheduled to hold the'r first meeting at 11 a. m. today. They planned to dispose of all other differences in the bill ns passed by the bouse and senate and leave the "death sentence" battle for the Inst. "I am confident we will be able to bring out a good bill," said Senator Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont., who will head the senate conferees. Wheeler's group stands four to one in favor of the "death sentence." The house conferees, headed by Rep. Sam Rayburn, D., Tex., stand three to two against it. Wheeler declined to comment sn possibilities of a compromi»« between the senate provision call ing for elimination by 1042 of all "unessential" utility holding com panies and the house section pro viding for strict regulation. Othet sources said such a plan already has been discussed by party lead jrs* r< i GAS-ELECTRIC CO. TO KEEP UP FIGHT NEW YORK, July 22.— (UP). The -Associated Ga$. and Electric system last night announced op position to the Wheeler-Rayburn utility bill "will continue to be as (Continued on page four)