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VOL. 57—No. 209
(Lirv (Dmtrs -2sciiUi
Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
GOOD AFTERNOON
Britain teems to have her hand*
full in Palestine. They're a pretty
Arab scare 'em hunch down there.
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
HENUEIF CARRIES PROBLEMS TO HITLER!
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Britain Wants Moral Support Of U. S.
THINK LONDON
WANTS AID IN
PEACE MOVES
Observers Look For Rnosc
" velt to Remain Silent
But Crisis Watched
ROPER THINKS PEACE
WILL BE ASSURED
LONDON. Sept. I. (IT)—In
tense interest by American diplo
mats in the Czechoslovak crisis
brought unconfirmed reports last
niirht that Great Britain would
likr to have the United States en
dorse the course of Hiitish efforts
to avert a general war.
Sources close to Viscount Mali
fax. foreign secretary, suggested
that ho is anxious for some sort
of an endorsement from Washing
ton that would psychologically
strengthen the settlement efforts
of the soealled democratic bloc in
Europe.
»» i • J I- 4 » d«;
It ««."» fl'IWl u, riwnviri, um« *«-. • I
tain feels that anv American move'
should come entirely from the in
itiative of President Roosevelt
and. although U. S. Ambassador
Joseph P. Kennedy visited Lord
Halifax yesterday, there was noth
ing to indicate that the foreign
secretary had brought up the sub
ject of an American endorsement.
In Paris, meanwhile. U. S. Am
bassador William C. Bullitt con
ferrpd with Foreign Minister
Georges Hon net.
Some diplomats suggested that
the reports that the United States
was being sounded out were in
the nature of a "trial balloon,"
designed to impress the smaller
"democratic" nations of Europe
and bring them into a united front
against any totalitarian aggres
sion.
Kennedy visited I.ord Halifax
at the foreign office yesterday
soon after Halifax had given final
instructions to Sir Neville Hender
son. British ambassador who re
turned to his Berlin post with a
cautionary message to Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler.
Significance of the diplomatic
contacts was heightened when
Kennedy, shortly after returning
to the embassy from his talk with
I.ord Halifax, received the Cze
choslovak minister to London, Jan
Ma^aryk, who informed him of
what was transpiring in Prague
and th« possible "international
repercussions" of those events.
ROOSEVELT RECEIVES
DIPLOMATIC ADVICES
WASHINGTON. Sc|>t I. (UD
Foreign observers last nitrht spec
ulated on the possibility that Pres
ident Roosevelt mitrht speak out
for peaceful settlement of the Su
deten-Czech crisis, hut it was be
lieved generally that he will re
main silent to avoid involving the
I'nited States in the tense Kuro
pean situation.
ttoth Mr. Roosevelt and Secre
tary of State Cordell Hull kept in
close touch with official reports
from various European capitals.
What course they feel should be
pursued—a strictly hands-off pol
icy or a forthright appeal to all
involved nations to avert war—
remained problematical.
In addition to diplomatic ad
vices Mr. Roosevelt had before
him the report of Secretary of
Commerce Daniel C. Roper on the
possible effect of a general Euro
' pean war on American business
and industry. Roper, who recent
ly returned from a vacation
abroad, emphasized that he does
not believe there is much likeli
hood of war at the present time.
Plan Carolina
Workers Meet
K«*v. \V. H. Davis, secretary of
ihr Carolina Association Workers
conference, today announced the
September meeting of this body
will be held at the First Baptist
church Monday, Sept. 5, at 10
a. m.
The subjects for discussion will
be:
1—"What are our objectives
for this associational year?" led
by Rev. Nathan Chapman.
2—"How will our conference
help us in reaching these objec
tives?" discussed by Rev. J. W.
Owenby.
BELIEVED KIDNAPED
SCOTTSBORO, Ala., Sept. 1.
(UP)—Authorities searched to
day for Arthur Bunch, 20-year
old Rosalee farmer, believed kid
naped by a moonshiner and used
as a "shield" to elude officers.
Testifies Hincs
Visited Schultz
One of four witnesses from
Hridixeport. Conn., whose testi
mony linked politician James J.
Mines with gangster Dutch
Schultz at Hincs' New York
trial on a policy racket charge
was Kdward Corbett, above,
t'orbett. squat, swarthy, cauli
ilou er-eared physical trainer,
declared he was callcd to the
Iiarnum hotel in Bridgeport to
massacre Schultz. There, he said,
he found Hines, taking his ease
in his undershirt, in company
with the racketeer
SMITH HOLDS
LEAD OF M
IN PRIMARY
Maybank's Plurality Over
Manning Is in Exccss
of 38,000 Votes
Ry JOSEPH S. WASNEY
Unilrfl Prrx* St*ff Corrrspondi-nt
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Sept. 1.
(IT) Sen. Kllison D. (Cotton
Kd > Smith was th<* undisputed
champion of old lino Democrats
in South Carolina last night after
Hpfcal inc tKo New Deal and (lov.
Olin I). Johnston for the Demo
cratic senatorial nomination.
Nearly complete election re
turns shiiwi-il Smith hail a ."{8,000
vote majority over Johnston, New
f)eal senate candidate who hail
the hacking of President Roose
velt.
Returns from 171 of 1,500 pre
cincts cave Smith 17(5,800 votes
to 138.243 for Johnston.
Meantime, South Carolinians
faced a run-off election two weeks
hence to select a governor. Bur
net R. Mayhank, mayor of Char
leston, led the gubernatorial Held
of iht candidates with 103,326
votes, according to returns from
1,-10(5 precincts. Wyndham Man
ning. scheduled to be Maybank's
run-off opponent, had (54,8X7.
Cole Blease, former South
Carolina governor and senator,
trailed third with 56,307, and ap
parently out of the run-off.
Celebrating his victory, the 72
year-old senator revived the spirit
of reconstruction days and carpet
baggers as he donned a red shirt
and spoke beneath the statue of
General Wade Hampton, civil war
hero who was elected in 187(5 and
drove carpet baggers and negro
office holders from the state.
"We fought with bullets then,
but today, thank God, with bal
lots." Smith roared to a crowd of
red-shirted men standing beneath
the statue in capitol square.
During the reconstruction era,
the Red Shirts were the South
(Continued on page six)
W.C.Banffs Heads
Boys' NYA Work
Being: Expanded; New
Projects Planned
In line with expansion policy
of the NYA in Henderson county
and an enlargement of the work
of this group, W. C. Bangs has
been appointed county supervisor
in charge of boy's work.
Mrs. Margaret Shieder is super
visor in charge of girls work. New
projects are being planned in or
der to give more training and
work to the boys and girls of the
county.
MURDER COUNT!
SAID LIKELY IN
RACKET PROSE
'Dixie' Davis Squirms in
Chair as Story of
Ring Told
DESCRIBES BLOODY
INDUSTRY OF SCHULTZ
XKW YORK. Sept. I. <IT>
j J. Richard (Dixie) Davis, Mpiniiii
! ing in the witness chair as do
! fendanl of the* accusation against
I .Janics J. Mines, was confronted
with the possibility of facing trial
! • • n murder charges in another
j case.
District Attorney Charles Ran
nev of Rensselaer county, was an
intent spectator as Davis was sub
jected to intense cross-examina
| tion intended to break down his
; story that Hines sold Tammany
| Hall influence to protect Dutch
J Schultz's lottery racket.
Ranney said he was interested
in the evidence which might war
rant trying Davies in connection '
w'th the slaying of .Jules Martin,
Schultz henchman, in 1935.
The inner workings of New I
Yolk's bloody but profitable pol
icy racket were described glibly
yesterday by J. Richard (Dixie) I
Davis, the "kid mouthpiece" for
Dutch Schlutz, who testified that
Jas. J. Hines "took care of judg-1
es" who might harrass the racket
and in return received bribes as 1
high as $2,000.
He tnld also of a frantic meet- j
inu called by the racketeers when
it became apparent that a young j
man named Thos. E. Dewey would .
be appointed special rackets pros- (
ecutor by Gov. Herbert H. Leh- !
man. Dewey now is the district
attorney prosecuting Tammany j
Boss Hines on charges of protect- I
ing Schlutz's racket.
The slick-haired young man, i
who was legal brain of a $20,000,
()00-a-year business, licked ner- '
vous lips as he admitted that in |
I9.tr> he was present at a gang'
murder in Cohocs, N. Y., where
Jules Martin, a Schultz hcnch-1
man, was "rubbed out" by the ,
Dutchman himself in an argument |
over Martin's thievery.
HIIL HYDER i
REUNION NEAR!
Singing Will Be Held Same
Date, Sept. 25, at
Dana School
Announcement was made yes
terday of the forthcoming 11th
annual Hill-Hyder reunion, which
will be held Sunday, Sept. 25, at
the Dana Hitrh school.
H. 1). Hyder is chairman of the ;
reunion committee. Mrs. Lula i
Shipinan is in charge of the pro- 1
gram.
Always one of the largest re- j
unions helds in the county each
year, one factor being that it is!
open to the general public as well
as members of the two family i
connections, it is intended to I
make this one of the best yet in '
the lony series.
Coincident with the reunion this |
year will be the East Side Singing |
Convention and for this, the pres-;
ident of that organization, Jim '
Gillam, will preside.
Either singers or speakers who
would like a place on the program '
are asked to communicate with I
Mrs. Shipman. I
SUSPENDED SENTENCE |
IMPOSED ON TWO
In city police court this morn- J
ing Mayor A. V. Edwards sen- '
tenced Lena Plemmons and Mar-1
garet Moore Johnson to serve 30 1
days each on charges of being
drunk and disorderly.
Sentences were later suspended '
on condition that the defendants ,
leave town immediately.
SIX EARS OF CORN
IN ONE DISPLAYED
Will Corn, of Balfour, today j
brought to The Times-News office
for display an ear of yellow corn
1 with a growth of five partial ears
around it. Originally, Mr. Corn,
states, there were seven ears al
' together in the cluster.
TO OPEN WORK
ON SIDE WALKS
HERE SEPT. 0
Mayor Sets Date For Be
ginning of New WPA
Project
GRADING, SANDING,
CONCRETING IN SIGHT
Work on Mr* W'f'A project for
improvement ami building of side
walks of HendersonviMe will begin
on Tuesday, Sept. J•'*, Mayor A.
V. Edwards announced this morn
ing.
Work on grading and sanding
sidewalks will begin a) that time
and County WPA Supervisor H.W
Harris said this morning that
from 50 to 75 men would be em
ployed on this project.
Only 10 per cent of the total
granted in the project will be
used for the purposes of sanding
;ind grading and the remaining 60
per cent will go toward laying
concrete sidewalks if the City's
plan for funding this part is car
ried out.
Several property owners have
already signified that they will
bear their share of the expense
for this work, approximately 40
to <>0 cents per square yard.
As Mr. Harris pointed out this
morning, not only will the city
rind the property owners not get
sidewalks if the paving job is not
parried out but from 50 to 75 men
•vi 11 not get the work which this
job will require.
Mayor Edwards has asked thai
property owners desirous of ob
taining concrete sidewalks in
front of their property get in
touch with him as soon as possible
<o as not to delay the work.
The WPA wili furnish the ce
inent and the labor, and the coat
nf the sand, stone and technical
>vork will amount to approximate
ly 10 to GO cents per square yard.
FELLOWSHIP CLUB TO
GATHER NEXT WEEK
The next meeting of the Young
I'eople's Followship club was an
nounced today for Thursday, Sep
tember H hI 8 o'clock at the home
if Mrs. Maynard, corner of Dale
ivenue and Rose street. Young
in embers of all churches are in
cited. One project of the club is
for an acquaintanceship of all
I'oung people who are interested
n furthering Christian activities.
TWO SHUFFLEBOARD
TEAMS WILL CLASH
Continuing the series of Shuf
Hehoard contests which has been
in progress at Boyd Park, it. was
announced that games will be
played, beginning at 7:.'{() o'clock
tonight in which the "Reds" will
lie pitted against the "Blacks."
FUNDS EARMARKED
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. I.
[UP)—Earmarking of $120,000
lo prevent Florida from losing
nillions of dollars in federal bene
fits was announced today by |
Comptroller J. M. Lee, who add-1
id, however, that it left the state
payroll due today from $7;"),000
.o $80,000 short. '
While l.rilisli ('al)incf MH. in War Crisis
—NEA Radiophoto.
A solemnly silent crowd (foreground) gathered in London's historic Downing1 street as the cabinet
met in a momentous session to determine Great Britain's attitude toward a threatened German ad
vance upon Czechoslovakia. Newspaper men are seen dirctly in front of the premier's residence j
(background), where the ministers were gathered.
QUEBEC LANDSLIDES KILL !
13 VICTIMS: 20 MORE HURT
M'ADOO LOSES,
SCORES VICTOR
Downey Pledges Support
to Roosevelt's 'Noble'
Objectives
SAN KKANCISCO, Sept. J. j
(IJD- Sheridan Downey, advo
cate of a $.'{() cvery-Thursday
pension plan and former Town- i
sendite, last nijrht won the Demo
cratic senatorial tmmination over1
Sen. William (Jibhs McAdoo, who
held the personal endorsement of
President Roosevelt.
Downey's first statement made
even before Sen. .McAdoo conced
ed, pledgde his support, to the
"noble objectives" of President
Roosevelt.
He thanked California voters!
for the nomination and reiterated
his belief that "adequate retire- !
ment life payments and pensions i
will give a great and permanent.:
increase to the national purchas
ing power which must be had."
The 74-year-old McAdoo blam
ed the pension issue for his defeat
in Tuesday's primary election.
"My defeat is evident from re
turns thuj» far received," he said
in a statment conceding to Down
ey. "And I cannot accept it with
good grace.
"The main issue in the primary
espoused and advocated by the
successful candidate is the $30-.
evcry-Thursday in state warrants
to persons over 50 years of age.
This undoubtedly determined the
result of the election.
"I cannot support a cruel de-1
lusion of old and deserving peo-1
(Continued on page four)
F. R. RELENTLESS IN PURGE;
FARLEY SUPPORT LACKING
Hamilton, G.O.P. Leader, Says 'Apparently People
Doing Purging,' in View of Severe Election
Jolts in Two States
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. (UP)
President Roosevelt yesterday
indicated that the New Deal cam
paign to banish conservative
Democrats from hi^h councils
would be carried on relentlessly
despite sharp jolts to his prestige
in Tuesday's South Carolina and
California primaries.
He passed off with a smile the
easy triumph in South Carolina of
Sen. Ellison D. _ (Cotton Ed)
Smith, whom he had described as
living in the past, over Gov. Olin
D. Johnston, a 100 per cent New
Dealer.
There was no White House
comment on the apparent defeat
n California of Sen. William
CJibbs McAdoo, whom the presi
dent endorsed for renomination
)y Sheridan Downey, middle aged
Liberal, who pledged partial sup
port to New Deal policies and
whole-heartedly endorsed a $30
a-week pension plan, which the
president inferential!)' criticized
as "Utopia." Mr. Roosevelt twice1
showed his favoritism for McAdoo |
although the New Deal was not,
an issue in the contest.
Chairman John I). M. Hamilton
of the Republican National Com-1
mittee said he was not surprised
by the South Carolina and Cali
fornia results, adding that "it
looks to me like the people are j
doing the purging."
"The results only confirm evi
dence available since last spring
that the people of this county, j
Democrats as wel las Republicans,
have become tired of Mr. Roose
velt telling them what they must j
do," Hamilton said.
The next major tests of the so
called presidential "purge" willj
come on Sept. 12 in Maryland,,
where New Deal knives have been
sharpened for the political scalp
of Sen. Millard E. Tydings, and
(Continued on page six) ;
Japanese Typhoon Fatal
to 34 in Tokyo, 11
Elsewhere
QUEBEC, Que.. Sept. 1. (UP)
\ landslide precipitated by storms
;iihI flood waters which fonk eight
lives elsewhere in the province
struck an eight-faniilv apartment!
house at St.. Gregoire, killing five
persons and injuring 20 today.
ST. GKKGOIRK, Quebec, Sept.
I. (UP)—A landslide buried an
eight-family apartment house here
today. Police at first reported 51
had been in the building. One
body was recovered immediately j
and In injured were removed. The
rest- In men. women and chil
dren—were missing and police
and firemen worked desperately at
the wreckage. They could hear <
cries through the piled up earth.
Several voices sounded like those
of children.
SCORES MISSING
IN EMPIRE VILLAGE
TOKYO, Sept. 1. (UP)—A <y-.
phoon, which lashed Japan with
winds and rain for 12 hours Jeft
the Tokyo area littered with
wreckage and brought a mounting
death toll as police and rescue
parties sent in casualty reports.
Deaths in the Tokyo area reach
ed !M. In addition, 1 1 were killrd
in Gumma prefecture hy land
slides and scores are missing at
the village of Tadagami, inundat
ed when a swollen river flooded (
its banks.
OLD FOLKS WILL
HAVE SERVICE AT
BALFOUR, SUNDAY
Rev. C. E. Blythe today an- j
fiouncrd a servicc for old people
al the Balfour Baptist church Sun
day nijrht at 7:J50 o'clock. All old
people are invited to be present.
The Balfour choir will render the
opening1 hymn, "Never Grow Old,"
and two hymns will be sung by
the old people.
The pastor will conclude the ser
vice with a short message on "The
City Four Square," using as the
scripture reading, Rev. 21:13.
MILL POND CHURCH
ARRANGES BENEFIT
A benefit for the Old Mill Pond
church in the form of an ice
cream supper will be held at the
Simmon Tree Killing station on
the Haywood road at 7:30 o'clock
Friday evening.
Members and friends of the:
church are urged to be present j
at this time.
TR00P~ 1 SCOUTS' TO
PLAN WEEK-END CAMP
A special call meeting of troop
1, Boy Scouts of America, has
been called for tonight at 7:30
o'clock.
At that time plans for a week
end camping trip will be made1
and all Scouts are urged to be
present, 1
POWDER BLAST
FATAL TO FIVE
IN BUNCOMBE
Quarry Accident There Is
Laid to Three Possi
ble Causes
ASHKVILLE, Sept. 1. (LT) —
Five men were blown to bits late
yesterday when a powder charge
exploded prematurely at Reed's,
quarry near the city limits.
The dead were Billie Bizzell,
17, son of Foreman A. H. Bizzell,
Harvey Webb, and three negroes, I
Gus Davis. Wesley Moore, powder
man, and Will Menry, 50.
Foreman Bizzell said cause of
the blast was undetermined.
It was believed the crew, work
ing 50 feet up on the 150-foot
quarry face, drilled into a charge
of powder, placed powder in a
hole "hot" from recent drilling,'
or detonated the powder in tamp
ing it.
A police guard was thrown
about the quarry after the explo
sion which shook the western part
of Ashevillp, and traffic on near
by highways was rerouted because
of possible danger of undetonated
drillings.
Searchers still were recovering
fragments of the bodies last night.
The five men were working within
eight feet of each other when the
blast went off. and nearly all of
them were dismembered.
The Asheville Paving company,
operator of the quarry, began an
immediate investigation.
FASSIFERN TO j
OPEN SEPT. 14
Teacher of Romance Lan-i
guages Is Added to
Faculty There
Fasifern School for Girls will |
begin its 32nd session on Septem- t
ber 14 with a large enrollment j
covering many states and several j
foreign countries. Students will;
come this year from Japan, Can- J
ada, Cuba, Costa Rica, and Haiti, i
The entire teaching staff of last
session will return with one ex- ;
ception. Miss Jean Holt of Dur
ham has been added to the fac- 1
ulty to teach Romance languages. I
French and Spanish are both pop- I
ular subjects at Fassifern and the
study of French begins in the j
grades.
Several families are moving to I
Hendersonville this fall in order j
to send their daughters to Fassi
fern as day-students.
SMITHANDLOVE
REUNION ON SUNDAY
The annual Smith-Love reunion
has been announced to be held
Sunday, September 4, at Brook
side camp.
BRITISH SAID i
INSPIRERS OF
CONFERENCE
Sudeten Executives Meet
to Discuss Czech Offer;
Deadlock Can Follow
REICHSTAG TO MEET
AS PARTY CONFERS
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Sept..
1. (UP)—Konrad Henlein, leader
of the Sudeten German minority
party, has gone to see Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler for a conference
which may mark a turning pom*
in the minorities crisis, il wa
learned today.
Henlein conferred at Marh-nl' ''
yesterday wtih Frank T. Ash ton
Gwatkin, chief of the economist
section of the British foreign of- I
fice and aide to Viscount Runci
nian, British adviser in the minor
ities dispute.
Immediately after the confer
ence, Henlin went to Aseh. hi,;
home near the German frontier,
and from there he proceeded
across the frontier intending to i
mountain retreat near Berchtes- f
den, Bavaria.
It was reported that the visit. I
was made at the request of Brit |
ish quarters, which believed thai \
Henlein and Hitler together !
should thrash out the minority 1
situation in light of the Czecho- I
Slovak government's new offer. In I
this connection, Runciman wa:; j
said to have visited President Ld- ?
ward Benes today.
Ashton-Gwatkin was said ♦«» I
have impressed on Henlein tht G
possibility of economic benefit* <n ^
the Sudetin area if the govin
ment offer was accepted.
Executives of hte Sudetin party 1
met today to discuess the enure J
ions, presented as the govern
ment's maximum offer. Summary
rejection of the concessions—anrl
summary rejection had been open
l.v threatened—would mean *
deadlock and the danger of .in
international clash over Czecho
slovakia.
The government kept the de
tails of its offer secret, but it wo*. I
asserted authoritatively that it, I
was based on five major conces- I
sions as follows:
1. Division of the country in
to '20-odd cantonal districts <j»ch
with a certain amount of lorai
self government.
2. Economic assistinre for in
d us tries in the German area.
.'I. Liberal language privelege*
for different national groups.
4. Immediate distribution of
civil service and other official
posts so that 30 and 38 per cent
of all new appointments would g»
to Sudeten Germans until the ra
tio of 23 per cent—the ration of
Sudetens to the total populaion -
had been reached.
5. Withdrawal of Czech polirt
from Sudeten territory until thi
total of Czech police had been re
duced to that of two years ago
NAZIS CLAIM CZECHS
SHOOT AT GERMANS
BERLIN, Sept. 1. (UP)—Fueli
rer Adolf Hitler nlans to summon
the Reichstag to meet next week
during the annual congress of th-»
Nazi party, it was reported today
in reliable quarters.
Before the congress meets Mon
dya, Hitler is expected to conf'i*
with Sir Neville Henderson, Brit
ish ambassador, and receive direct,
from him an outline of British
policy in the Czechoslovak minoi -
ity dispute.
Hitler arrived yesterday, after
a tour of the Rhineland fortifica
tions zone, at his mountain re
treat outside of Berchtesgaden, m
Bavaria—where, looking out froni
the mountaiside of his native Aus
tria, he had reached some of (In
most important decisions of his
dramatic career.
I twas repoted thai Sir Neville
Henderson might be invited to
Berchteseden to talk to Hitler.
Regardless of this possibility, it
was evident that the Nazis were
working up to a climatic pitch as
regards Czechoslovakia.
Newspapers tempered somewhat
their ferocious attacks on Czecho
slovakia, but they seized on an al
leged frontier incident as a n»*w
affront against Germany. The of
ficial news agency alleged that
two uniformed Czechs fired across
the frontier at two German cu.s
toms patrolmen near Oelsen in
Saxony yesterda" morning. It was
added that the Germans took
cover when a shot pass( d close to
them, but that one of them .saw
the two Czechs.
The newspapers gave all pos
sible prominence to their articles
on the alleged incident, and
though their comment was re
strained in comparison to their
recent Czechslovak editorials, it
was vigorous enough.