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Partly cloudy tonight and Fri
day. Cooler tomorrow.
emits
Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
GOOD AFTERNOON
A story arrives relating that
two football cheer leaders have
entered each other's colleges. It
looks like a 'raw deal.
VOL. 57—No. 139
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
IOUSE WARNED
SUBMISSION TO
NAZISM AHEAD
lembers Squirm as Speak
er Says There Will Never
Be German Friendship
;alls FORAIRFLEET
ASSURING FREEDOM
I.ONDON. Oct. 6. (UP)—The
(overnment today won an over
whelming vote of confidence, 366
, 144, on the declaration that its
olicy on the Czech crisis averted
Lar in Furope.
Chamberlain in a speech con
Iuding four day*' debate declar
J he, and not Adolf Hitler, drew
p the Munich agreement.
TOE POWERS REACH
AS1S FOR ACCORD
LONDON. Oct. 6. (UP)—Great j
Britain, France and Italy have j
cached a broad basis for a three- j
»wer agreement, aiming at set- [
.ement of the Spanish civil war
ind British and French recogni
ion of the Italian conquest of
Ethiopia, informed sources said
oday.
Considerable haggling over de
ails may delay formal announce
nent of the agreement, it was ad
aitted, however.
fcOMMONS SQUIRM AS
KNURCH1LL SPEAKS
I LONDON. Oct. 6. (UP) — An .
Bv,.. .Vv_- v :p of confidence j
Bi the house of commons on gov
B foreign policy was fore-'
■ 'he house
Hj". 313 the ^overn
Bient i adjourn after to
Bay until November I.
I Labor party leaders opposed ad
journment because cortinental
B remained ;n such eop
Hr'ly."
I Prime Minister rhaniberlain I
■ersisted in the government mo
Ion with the usual proviso that
h.rjs.« would' recalled be
Mbrehand if iKcesary.
■ J'a > dispose
Bf the government confidence mo
Bon and the labor party amend
Bu-nt asserting that the house
Mould not approve the policy which ;
led tn the "sacrifice" of Czecho-1
M'Vak a.
As debate started today, it was
'eported that new and sweeping '
lonce.'sion? were made to Ger-1
i:any bv the international com- I
nisvon supervising Czechoslo-|
1 T.tnt.
Winston Churchill, cherub-fac-1
f veteran of many of Britain's
f ^ :t.ca! battles, yester
day warned 'he British empire
t ' ■ only way it can avoid
f iihngr iefore the onrush of Fueh
rer Adolf Hitler's "power poli
(Cn * f'ui.'d the mightiest air
fleet in the world.
For a solid hour the chubby
I * "he opposition conserva
tives s' .od on the floor of com
a ".'I jjave the government of
j : Neville Chamber
P ' ■ "f the worst tongue lash
• • has ever received.
<••".!!! concluded his denun-,
!:a' 'if the "peace of Munich"
nous prophecy:
i "N'.ver will we have friendship'
te:wc n rhe British democracy1
(Continued on pasre four)
["alter F. George
Nominated By
Georgia Dems
Call Is Forced and
Vote Recorded as
242 to 168
r Ga., Oct. 6. (UP)—!
• '••mocrats yesterday for
,.u'' '"^nominated Walter F.
— the United States sen
' former Governor Eu
,r'n;, l^lmadge carried his fight
/ it.or 0f state conven
r'~. an,< forced a roll call.
vote was 242 to 168.
-ni' ar,ire left the hall after the
'' ' and said he had "no com
ment."
Gt-f,won renomination in
ocratic primary Septem
• 14 'a hen he received 242 coun-i
hV 1 votes to 148 for Tal
V^'' and 20 for U. S. District
_ -' itit-y Lawrence Camp, the
d President Roosevelt's choice
' 'tefeat George.
THOUSANDS UNREGISTERED
AS 'FOREIGN AGENTS' WILL
BE SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION
U. S. Officials Concerned
Over Failure of Propa
gandists to Act
By MACK JOHNSON
(Copyright, 1938, United Pre»»)
WASHINGTON, dct. 6. (UP)
Thousands of persons who have
failed to comply with a new law
requiring "agents tof foreign
principals," such as propagandists,
to register with the. state depart
ment bv October G, will automat
ically face federal prosecution af
ter today, it was learned last
night.
The law was enacted last June
8 and requires that such agents
register their connections with
foreign governments, foreign bus
inesses or foreign political parties
under penalty of a $1,000 tine or
two years imprisonment, or hoth.
l«ast night, as the deadline ap
proached, state department offi
cials were concerned over the fact
that only a handful had registered
although more than 2,000 "cau
tioning" letters were sent to "ob
vious cases."
The deadline can not be ex
tended. because of rigid provi
sions of the law, and violators im
mediately become subject to pros
ecution.
Although officials denied the
act is intended to curb espionage
activities, it was admitted last
night that once it is operating, it
will be an effective weapon
against spies or other alien under
cover agents who function to the
detriment of the United States.
State department sources cred
ited some registration failures to
a mistaken impression that the
law, which was passed as the out
growth of investigation of un
American activities, applies only
to aliens.
Actually, its scope is much more
comprehensive because it defines
"foreign principal" as "the gov
ernment of a foreign country, a
political party of a foreign coun
try, a person domiciled abroad, or
any foreign business, partnership,
association, corporation, or politi
cal organization."
In this connection it specifies
that public relations counsel, pub
licity agents, servants, represen
tatives or attorneys for any of
those groups are required to reg
ister, disclosing their names, ad
dresses, salaries, commissions, ac
tivitie, and similar data.
The 2,000 "cautioning" letters
were sent to persons known to be
in this category. In addition, of
ficials say there are "literally
thousands of others" to whom let
ters were not sent but whose ac
tivities are a matter of record.
The department declined to re
veal the names of those who have
registered. Officials said the list
will be made public later after
registrations have been photo
graphed for the records. They
said that recently there had been
(Continued on page three)
NEW DEAL STALWARTS ARE
AGITATED OVER MORE TAXES
HILLTOPPERS
FACE OPENER
Go to Charlotte Tomorrow
to Meet Powerful High
School Team
Coach Bob Morris' Blue Ridge
Hilltoppers will g'et their first ac
tion this season when they meet
the powerful Charlotte high team
at Charlotte on Friday. Last week
Coach Morris has not seen his
team in action against opposition,
but hopes to make a good show
ing on Friday. Charlotte is prob
ably the strongest team on the
Hilltopper 1938 schedule.
Coach Morris has a larger
squad numerically this season,
but has only a few letter men
from last season, and most of the
team's power will be generated
by newcomers to the squad.
Reserves will be more plenti
ful on the Hilltopper squad this
season and this is expected to
strengthen the team considerably.
ETOffAH FAIR
OPENS FRIDAY
Ail Exhibits Will Be Ready
for Judging Tomorrow
at Noon
The Etowah community fair,
sponsored by the Etowah Grange
chapter, will open on Friday and
continue throusrh Saturday at the 1
Etowah school building.
Exhibits will be placed and |
ready for judging by noon Friday
and a larsre number of displays
are expected. Animals to be en
tered in the fair must be on the
grounds by 9 o'clock Saturday
morning and all exhibits will be
released at 3 o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
As a special feature of the fair,
the Carlisle Brothers, musical en
tertainers, will play at the school
auditorium on Friday night at 8
o'clock. I
Officers of the fair are Robert
D. Bruce, president; G. W. Alli
son, vice-president, and G. O.
Morgan, secretary-treasurer.
Any person living in the boun
daries of the Etowah school dis
trict is eligible to enter exhibits.
Classes for exhibits include
school exhibits, cooking, sewing,
canned goods, garden crops, field
crops, apples, livestock, poultry,
individual farm displays and mis
cellaneous exhibits.
No-Quarter Battle Seen as
Increased Relief Fight
Inevitable
By HARRY WILSON SHARPE
United Presa Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. (UP).
The public debt hit an all-time
high of $38,426,367,934, yester
day along with growing indica
tions that President Roosevelt and
the next congress will come to
grips on spending, taxation and
economy.
The debt was pushed to the new
level by transfer of $33,500,000
of special treasury obligations to
the old age reserve and railroad
retirement accounts. The previ
ous high way $38,407,012,443 on
September 15 when $800,000,000
was borrowed to finance the new
recovery program.
The mounting total, coming as
it appears the administration is
heading toward a new fiscal year
spending record, is alarming con
servative Democrats and Republi
cans and even New Deal stal
warts are getting agitated.
Thus the 76th congress, which
will be elected next month, may
provide the president with the se
verest test of his leadership.
A no-quarter battle was fore
shadowed when one of the top
senate Democrats whose influence
is recognized, yesterday told the
United Press:
"I don't think congress will vote
the president another great sum
to be spent by his allocation or
by allocation of works progress or
public works administration au
(Continued on page four.)
CATS TO SEEK
THIRD VICTORY
In Good Shape to Meet
Swannanoa There in
Hard Contest
Seeking their third straight win,
the Hendersonville Bearcats will
journey to Swannanoa on Friday
afternoon for a game with the
hisrh school team there.
The Cats are not taking the
contest lightly as Swannanoa is
always a hard team to beat at
home, but the Cat squad will be
in good shape for the contest.
To date the Cats have shown a
good defensive team, but the run
ning and passing attack has failed
to function except in spots. The
Cats won the opening game from
Biltmore 6 to 0 and the second
srame last week from Mars Hill
6 to 0.
Coach John Stephens has not
announced a starting line-up for
the game Friday, and will prob
ably use substitutes freely.
DESPERADOES;
CAPTURED
NEAR HICKORY
Man Who "Sweet-Talked"
Girl Jailer Resists,
Is Wounded
! .
GODWIN LOCATED
IN SMALL BARN
—— yj
HICK OK Y, Oct. C. (UP).—-i
James Godwin, who made love to!
a blonde g.'rl jailer and persuaded
her to release him from his cell'
in Lexington, was captured here
today. ?
Godwin resisted officers who
found him in a small barn and he
was wounded in the face.
Bill Wilson, who escaped from
the Lexington jail with Godwin,
was captured nearby.
Godwin and Wilson escaped
when Godwin's soft words led Lula
Belle Ivimel, the jailer's daughter,
to give up the keys while her fa
I ther was away on business.
Lulu Belle faced a 60-day jail
sentence for freeing the desp
eradoes.
GIRL JAILeTgIVEN
SENTENCE, APPEALS
LEXINGTON, Oct. 6. (UP)—
Husky Lula Belle Kimel, who had
released two handsome prisoners
from the jail tended by her fath
er, wept last night when a false
rumor was flashed through the
courtroom that James Godwin, 1&
object of her love and pfty, ha®
beer, killed by a posse.
Lula Belle, 175-pound blonde,
was sentenced to serve 60 days in
the county jail for releasing God
win who turned killer soon after
he fled with Bill Wilson, 21. She
also was sentenced to serve four
months for releasing Wilson, but
sentence was suspended for three
years on this second charge and
the husky girl was placed under
probation. She was to have begun
her 60-day term immediately hut
was freed under a $250 appeal
bond.
Lula Belle did not testify after
she entered the court between her
sobb'ng father and mother. . She
entered a plea of guilty to the
charges — misdemeanors punish
able by not more than two years'
imprisonment under state law —
and the testimony took less than
five minutes.
Solicitor Paul G. Stroner was
closing his address of counsel
when the false report of Gold
win's shooting and Wilson's cap
ture arrived. He interrupted his
remarks and dramatically made
the announcement to the court.
State Senator L. A. Martin, at
torney for the country - bred
blonde, reopened his case.
Judge D. L. Pickard interrupt
i ed proceedings to declare "what
happened after these men were
released from jail should have
nothing to do with the judgment
of the court." Pickard had direct
ed that the charge of aiding and
abetting the prisoners to escape
; be divided into two charges, one
I for each man.
Lula Belle bowed her head and
never raised her eyes, shaded by
, a broad-brimmed hat as her attor
; neyg, W. Foil Brinkley and Mar
tin, pleaded for mercy.
, "This crime sprang neither
I (Continued on page four)
POLISH MARCH INTO TESCHEN
.' " , (NEA Radiophoto)
Having fled over the Czechoslovakia!! border into Poland before the Czechs finally capitulated to
Polish demands for the Teschen area, insurgent Poles, led by Dr. Leon Wolf, a former member of-the
Czech Parliament, paraded back to triumph when the territory was finally surrendered. In this photo,
first to show the occupation of Teschen, the armed Polish civilian legionnaires are pictured marching
into Teschen, where like the Polish troops who preceded them, they were cheered by the townspeople.
ASSERTSKLAN
AIDING BUND
Un-American Probers Told
^ AllegeiJFa&cists Work. j
Together
By ALLEN C. DIBBLE
United Press Staff Corespondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. T>. (UP). |
John C. Metcalfe, committee in
vestigator, charged yesterday be
fore the house inquiry into un
American activities that the Ger
man-American Bund is attempting
to combine 125 Fascist organiza-1
tions in this country into a power-1
ful third party.
Metcalfe, former newspaperman
who joined the Bund to obtain
"inside" information, made his al
legation as the committee plunged
into an intensive study of Fascist
activities in the United States aft
er receiving evidence that both
Nazi and Italian movements here
are being directed from abroad.
Metcalfe alleged that Newton!
Jenkins, a Chicago attorney,!
sought the merger for a new po-!
litical party, and related that Her
man Schwartzmann, Astoria, N. (
Y., Bund leader, told him that
"German-Americans will be at the
top of the merger."
To substantiate his testimony,
Metcalfe cited numerous instances'
of alleged "Chumminess" among |
Italian Blackshirt and Nazi
groups, and added that the Ivu
Klux Klan, Silver Shirts, Gold
Shirts of Mexico, and other al
legedly Fascistic groups are work
ing with them.
Metcalfe said that California
Bund members told him an align
ment behind Jenkins would "aid
them politically" and he quoted
Willie Kendzia, secretary-treas
urer of the Los Angeles group, as'
saying "there wouldn't be that
King Kong in New York—La
Guardia" if the consolidation were
effected.
"Blackshirts and groups of Ital-i
(Continued on page four).
GREEN AGAIN DEFYING C.I.O.,
CALLS FOR CANADIAN PURGE
HOUSTON, Oct. 6. (UP)—The
American Federation of Labor
convention today seated delegates
of the International Typographi
cal union on probation, mediating
another family quarrel in antici
pation of war to the death against
the CIO.
It has been feuding with the
Federation over assessment im
I posed at the last American Fed
eration of Labor convention for
"organization" purposes. The as
sessment was rejected last spring
on the grounds that the funds
raised thereby were to be used to
fight another union.
HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 6. (UP)
William Green, head of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, extend
ed the fight against the Committee
for Industrial Organization into
Canada last night, 24 hours after
President Roosevelt had appealed
to the battling factions to make
peace.
Green demanded at the federa
! tion convention that officials of
, the Canadian Trades and Labor
I Congress "purge" its local CIO
affiliates or face the financial
drain which would come from the
withdrawal of AFL international
union locals from their organiza
tion.
Green spoke after W. G. Rus
sell of Toronto, Canada, fraternal
delegate to the convention, said
he hoped that labor's internal
struggle soon would be settled
amicably. Bitterly attacking the
CIO as a "dual organization,"
Green reminded the Canadians
that the federation had cleaned
its house of the "rebels."
He bluntly demanded that the
Canadian congress do likewise,
saying:
"We are determined to have a
united labor within the American
Federation of Labor. The Cana
dian Trades and Labor Congress
must do likewise. They can not
be for the American Federation
of Labor and against it. Just as
Abraham Lincoln said that we can
not have two federal governments,
two state governments or two city
governments, neither can we have
two governments in the house of
(Continued on page four)
SAY POLES WARNED AGAINST
NEW CZECH DISMEMBERMENT
£
London Calls Halt on Se
verance of Ruthenia
From Prague
BULLETIN
WARSAW, Oct. 6. (UP)
Poland was understood to
have agreed today to sup
port Hungary's demand for
the cession of territory by
Czechoslovakia to provide
for a common Polish-Hunga
rian frontier.
LONDON, Oct. 6. (UP).—The
British government was reported
last night to have warned Poland
not to make any further attempts
to dismember Czechoslovakia.
The warning was understood to
have been conveyed to Fou'gn
Minister Josef Beck of Poland, by
the British ambassador at War
saw, Sir Howard Kennard, after
reports were received that Poland
was planning to demand sever
ance of Ruthenia from the Prague
government.
The proposed dismemberment
was understood to be an effort of I
the Polish government to create a
common boundary with Hungary,
and to have Hungary annex the
area, or perhaps have part ceded
to Hungary and part to Poland.
The British protest was believ
ed to have been based on the
theory that, while it would be
ready to consider any territorial
claims on racial grounds, it would
not consent to partition of'
Czechoslovak territory on political
grounds.
Poland already has taken over
the Teschen area, where a Polish
minority live, and it was reported
Poland is anxious to extend the
dismemberment to provide a bul
wark against Russian penetration
from the east.
UAW Lays Plans i
For 32-Hr. Week 1
To Get More Jobs'
WASHINGTON, Ocf.. 6. (UP)
The United Automobile Workers
Union executive board last night
decided to peek a temporary 32
hour week throughout the auto
mobile industry to provide jobs
for more of its unemployed mem
bers.
President Homer Martin an
nounced after a lengthy meeting
that it was the union's "sreneral
position" that "during days of un
employment the general work
week should be 32 hours, thus giv-'
ing emnloyment to more people in
the industry and generally spread
ing nurchasing power."
"It would increase employment
hv 20 per cent and would not cost
the cornorations anv more," he
said. "It also would reduce wel
fare expenditures in the nation, |
state and local covernments."
The board's decision, it was un
derstood. applied particularly to
the Chrysler Corporation and Kel
sey-Haves company plants in De
troit. Delegations from these cor
norations conferred with the
board yesterday.
Pet Lion Breaks
From Cage, Kills
Jersey Motorist
Whole Town in Uproar Un
til Animal Is Slain
by Police
WILDWOOD, N. J., Oct. 6.—
(UP)—A 250-pound pet lion
broke from his cage last night,
mauled and killed a motorist, and
was killed by police after a two-!
hour uproar during which pedes
trians were warned off the streets,
storekeepers barred their doors
and residents locked themselves'
in their homes.
The lion, a two-year-old named
Tuffy from an amusement con
cession known as "The Death
Wall," broke from his cage at
feeding time and slew Thomas
Saito, 37, a Japanese auctioneer
from 1333 Porter street, Phila
delphia, as Saito was about to en
ter his automobile.
The lion pounced upon Saito i
without warning but the Japanese !
managed to evade him momentar- 1
ily. Saito crawled under the board-1
walk, which lines the amusement
center, but the beast followed and
killed him.
Saito's clothing was town away :
and his neck broken.
Omie Oishi, 10-year-old son of
Saito's employer, was in the au
tomobile and screamed for help
during the attack but the lion
made no attempt to injure the
boy. Residents found him weep
ing and hysterical in the automo
bile and it then became known
that Tuffy was loose. Police said
he had been at large 15 minutes
before they learned of it.
They spread word rapidly thru
the town, to the consternation of
the populace of 5,000. Residents
hurried from the streets to their
homes, barricaded doors and win
dows and took refuge in their cel
(Continued on pace four)
T. H. Muilinax At
Sister's Funeral
Mrs. M. R. Falls Passes
at Clover, S. C.
T. H. Muilinax left this morn
ing for Clover, S. C., to attend
the funeral of his sister, Mrs. M.
R. Falls, 59, who died at her
home there yesterday afternoon
as the result of a heart attack. !
Mrs. Falls was a member of the
Baptist church there. Her funeral
was to be held at four o'clock this
afternoon.
In addition to her husband,
four daughters and three sorts,
Mr. Muilinax and the following
brothers and sisters survive:
R. C. Muilinax of Cherryville,
and H. F. Muilinax of Kingstree,
Miss Grizzie Muilinax of Kings
tree, Mrs. G. P. McSwain of
Kingstree, Mrs. W. I. Dixon of
Kingstree.
BERLIN SAYS
CZECH TROOPS
STRIP ZONE I
International Body Gives
Germans Benefit in Oc
cupation Decisions
HITLER ENROUTE TO
ACQUIRED TERRITORY
BERLIN, Oct. 6. (UP)—The
German official new$ agency al
leged today that conditions m
Zone 2 of the Czechoslovak Su<!e
tenland, allotted 1.o Germany, ia
"chaotic" and that Czech 11007a
are plundering the area.
The agency communique said
that the Czechoslovak governni -nt
apparently is no lonsrci- able to
maintain order in the Sudeten ter
ritory and that looting by C'/.< ch
troops endangered the entire pop
ulation.
It also revealed that Fuehrer
Hitler left Berlin for Zone 2 l>y
train.
I he official agency said man
German occupation of Zone 2 had
been delayed beyond schedule be
cause the Czechs were late in
evacuating several points.
The cities of Warnsdorf, Rum
burg and Friedland, near the fron
tier. were mentioned as points
which the Czechs were late in leav
ing.
Continuing, the agency asserted
that all roads leading back into
the interior in Czechoslovakia
from Reichenberg, the chief city
in Zone 2, were congested and
that Czech troops lacked gasoline,
and their armored cars and trurka
were immobilized.
Food also was lacking, the com
munique said, and it'continued to
allege that in consequence 1,000
Czech troops were reported to be
plundering Kuneradorf, where
conditions inrro "chaotic."
Then came the concluding state
ment that the Czechoslovak gov
ernment seemed no longer able to
maintain order in the Sudeten tor*
ritiry.
Zone No. 2 is at the north side
of Czechoslovak, north of Prague.
Under the Munich agreement Car
man troops were to have entered
it Sunday and completed their oc
cupation Monday.
The high command of the army
announced that German troops un
der Col.-Gen. Karl Rudolf Gerd
von Rundstedt began their occu
pation of the last zone, No. 4, this
morning, crossing "the former
Czech-German frontier" between
the frontier towns of Loebschuetz,
on the east, and Landeck, on the
west. Zone No. 4 is on the north
side of Czechoslovakia, east of
Zone No. 2.
The international commission
delegated to fix conditions for the
surrender of Sudetenland terri
tory materially extended at a
meeting last night the territory to
be occupied by the German army.
The coal area of Bruex and
Dux, the hop growing district of
Salz, the important district just
west of Pilsen and its great Skoda
muntions works, and the cities of
Neutischein, Troppau, Znaim, His
chofstein, Maehrisch-Kramau and
Auspitz were allotted to German
troop occupation.
Foreign quarters expressed be
lief that there was a strong ten
dency- among all members of the
international commission—natur
ally excluding the Czechoslovak
delegate—to use the 1913 census
as a basis tov defining boundanos
of Sudetenland Zone No. 5f wrv se
Btatus the commission is to de< r
mine. . ,
Germans have insisted from the
start that the 1913 census, ih«
last taken under Austrian rule,
should be used. They argue that
Czechs filtered into German dis
tricts after the World war.
Now the question has arisen re
garding cities where Czechs and
Germans live in about equal num
bers, and the international com
mission seems to be awarding
some of these sueh ag Troppau
and Znaim to Germany, fhe
Czechs also lose, under last nights
rulings, important industrial area3
between Bruex and Reichenberg.
Business Upturn
Reported By AFL
WASHINGTON, Oct. fi. (UP).
The American Federation of La
bor reported today that a strong"
upswing of the business cycle was
under way and predicted increas
ed activity for the remainder of
the autumn and next spring.
The Federation monthly survey
said removal of the European < ar
threat had eliminated the chief
brake on business.
Trade union reports for the fust
part of September show employ
ment gaining in nearly all indus
tries and the outlook is for con
tinuing gains the next two
months, the American Federation
of Labor said.