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GOOD AFTERNOON
German troops hare just enter*
ed and occupied two nerve resort*.
More coal* to Newcastle.
VOL. 57—No. 243
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1938
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GESTURE MADE
AS PROMOTING I
LIBOR PEACE
Federation Condemns Fea
tures of New Wage
and Hour Law
LAYS GROUNDS FOR
LABOR BOARD FIGHT
WASHINGTON*. Oct. 11. (I'D
John L. Li"> - today said that he
n w.; •. to quit as chairman of!
;iu- CI° f W a n Green will re
tire a< head of the AFL. i
Lewis made the offer shortly1
atV ^ told the American
y. . . Labor convention
• •; • --.at peace between
: r F- :: ind CIO i< impos
;i< Lewi* remained
t > -.a.i the CIO.
In outiin;njr his proposal Lewis
-a:,: : ' and Green quit
r'r-c - '■ >: "v ■ m>sts "it then may
•>»• • 4.<si ; ■ the remaining lead
r- Federation and the re
a; -aders of the CIO to
conc'u it- a peace pact, in which
ovent the contribution made by
Mr. Grt-cn and myself would be
of some value."
SEES COMMITTEES
AS 'MERE PUPPETS'
HOUSTON, Oct. 11.—(UP)—
The American Federation of La
t.niay condemned features of
' the new wage ai:d hour law as
"unwise, disruptive and danger
ous." and said that the industry
committees to be set up under the
law will be mere "puppets."
The report by the resolutions
committee at the Federation con
vention had been recommended by
tho executive body convening in
January.
The committee attacked princi
pally tbe powers given the wage
and hour administrator by the
act.
HOUSTON. Texas. Oct. 11.—
i(CP)—The American Federation
[of Labor last night called for the
resignation or ouster of Commit
tee for Industrial Organization
chieftain John L. Lew's as the
price of labor peace, in a tumultu
ous session during which Daniel
|J. Tobin, head of the teamsters,
threatened to lead his 300.000
members out of the parent body.
Only one dissenting vote was
cast against adoption of the re
port of the resolutions committee
which said the AFL will not make
terms "with dictatorship or com
munistic leadership." and demand
ed that the next move for an ar
mistice come from the CIO. The
lone dissenter was R. M. Burr, of
\r.r. Avbor. Mich., de'egite of a
local central labor council.
T>bi!:'. union voted f"i 'he re
•houah he a-ked f»»r but
faled to receive assurance that
" v. p ni'e conferences would be
•;tut.-H with the CIO.
Earlier the convention had vot
^ unanimously for the commit
ropo't, demanding nine far
reaching chancres in the Wagner
I Cent r.ued on page four.)
»RS. EVERETT ORR
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
nT; !i;;„n f Mrs. Everett
i'., wife of Policeman Orr, was
v in. proving at Patton
; -u .ospital today. Mrs. Orr
. Hrent an operation several
<».vs aeo.
t » -
RED CROSS PLANS ANNUAL
ROLL CALL: WOULD BROADEN
PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM
_____
METHODISTS
LOOKING TO
CONFERENCE
Officers Elected at Last
Quarterly Meeting;
Reports Made
Election of trustees, stewards
and other officers of the First1
Methodist church, together with
reports of departmental heads,!
featured the fourth quarterly con-1
ferencv held la<t nisrht in Randall]
Hut with the Rev, M. T. Smatn-j
ers, presiding elder, in charge.
The annual session of the Wes
tern North Carolina conference
will be held next week in Char
lotte. and reports made last night
indicate that Dr. Gilbert R. Combs,
pastor, will go to conference with
alj financial claims paid in full
and with every department of
church activity in good condition.
It was revealed last night that
at a church conference held Sun
day r.igbt, the names of 103 mem
ber- of the church who have been
"lost sight of" for a year or more
were removed from the active list.
If any of these "reappear" within
a year they may have their active
membership restored, it was said.
No definite indication had been
rctewed here as to whether Dr.
Combs will be returned to the lo
cal pastorate. He is completing
his second year here, and in this
period the church has made steady
progress, officials said. Largely
through his efforts the church's
bonded indebtedness was reduced
from more than $60,000 to $20,
000. and one principal and inter
est pavmont has since been met
«>n this sum. The debt is to be
liquidated within eight years from
the dat.j of refinancing.
All trustees of the church were
re-elected last night, as follows:
Dr. Guv E. Dixon, Z. C. Byers,
C. Few. S. M. Garren, P. J. Gil
reath. L R. Geiger, A. L. Gurley.
A. H. Houston and Roy E. John
(Continued on page two)
PARAGUAYANS GET
TWO-THIRDS OF THE
GRAN CHACO AREA
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 11. (UP)
Representatives of President
Roosevelt and the chief execu
tives of five other Amei'ican re
publics yesterday submitted their
award fixing the Chaco' boundary
between Bolivia and Paraguay
and giving the latter nation ap
proximately two-thirds of the dis
puted area.
The award, made in accordance
with the tiveatv of friendship and
boundaries signed here by the
foreign ministers of Bolivia and
Paraguay last July 21, was an
nounced by the Chaco peace con
ference.
By the treaty, which was rati
fied by the two former belliger
ents August 10, both governments
pledged themselves to abide by
the award and to comply with its
terms within a three-month pe
riod.
VOLUNTEER CIVILIAN AIR RAID
WARNERS EFFICIENT IN TEST
(lPiRT C1IAf-;G, N. C.. Oct. 11.
Y ' A volunteer civilian
•inin- net" to detect invadinp
crml iu"' p'anes before thev can
^ 1 then- deadly loads, functions
••'^u-ntly at nijarht as in day
furtk arm-v officials said after
"fo stoday
W ! ;Ii-ht* of "enemy" planes
Wantrley Field. Va.. base of
°ns f°r the "invading black
syp ,..'n *^e army's most evten
4i" Maneuvers, were dicsov
4... w"lthin five minutes after
»LS'ere<l the war zone. Every
" I11?1 Prepared defense.
Idftip •* officials, scanning an il
map *n defense head
er,'.'"s 'lere. knew positions of
^ attju kinjf plane almost eon
V -000 civilian observers,
K finn at posts throughout
^rt^-v UU,e m^e area» ^asbed
^ e. V.U»rn'nx ne*» final phase of
v s test °f coast defense
Vlias. .Atlantic, was as success
ni?ht as it was in the first
test earlier yesterday and army
officials said it probably would be
incorporated in all of the U. S.
coast defense plans and that it
more than counter-balanced any
lack of defensive equipment.
The attacking black fleet had
found present offensive forma
tions were "not suitable" ajrainst
a prepared defense, officials said,
after the four flights—two B-18
Douglas Reconaissance planes;
nine Northrupp attack plnnes, six
"flying: fortresses" and six 1M8
Douglas bombers — theoretically
were blasted out of existence by
three anti-aircraft batteries.
The planes streamed from Fort
Brags: from diferent directions
and asembled about 40 miles to
the east in attack formation, but
defense headquarters were able to
plot their exact movements on the
illuminated map and pursuit
planes "brought down" some of
them while the anti-aircraft bat
teries accounted for most of the
(Continued on page four)
Special Commendation Is
Given Mrs. McCoy's
Work by Comun
ity Leaders
iM-nm for the annual Red C ross
membership drive.
„„ Armistice day. November
and continue througl' Thnnksg
intr dav were discussed at a m
Z meeting at the Hcnderson
VUThc,n,ac"tinnR'SwaS attended by
25 men and women reprosentmg
various organizations ot the city
"^EES'last night p,»ued the
work of the local Red Cross in
Henderson county, giving specm
commendation to the woikol . -
Dorothy McCoy, county Ked Ci^s
nUISP- ^t^To^Tone'dt
jTThe past year was . splendid,
tut all were of the opinion that
the vro-iam was handicapped bv
1-trk of additional workers.
UCJ. C. Coston. counts, Red Cros
chairman, set a goal of $-500 for
the drive this year, and pomit
out that, with increased itvenu, ,
a oreater effort in the field ot
public health could be made in the
COlMr ^Coston presided and recog
nized heads of guchan
an^ president H>f the Chamber of
Commerce and vice president
S Bniirv club- Mrs. Buchanan,
^K oiit j»n.«- Wet are
flhe P°TeA:'tTil
Ba"foVr mills;' Nathan Patla. rep
resenting the American '
r,;C.<l ITu Y Biguerstaff! of
Coca-Cola company; Mr. Cox, o
MlrMCos?on pointed .out that
usedToiaUy" He poinfed out ttat
S''above the dollar remain
here for local use. prescnt
He declared that 11 v
l!hfve»r0Uand he asked that those
present seek the '»n<*i«£pera'
tion from their organizations^
Declaring that (he
comfty? Thomas «• Frank*' for
E SSS £Ss? —
mpr a full job be .. in many
sical condition of PP ^ handi
cases. Pupils, he . could be
capped by faults r atten
corrected ^ *d CroJ cannot do a
tion. The ■Kea «o ^ capable
better jo guch cases.
PCS?n Franks declared Uiat more
workers were needed^ ^ ^
should be full t n hg dechu._
city alone, he sal , , by ^e
ltd'cU could create a demand
Red cioss coum enough
t0C th%C„XPdo the work properly
money to do in«
^^""o-^'Ue briefly.
declaring that 'he goa 0 tiv0
^l°SS( Continued on page five,
MISS BUDE IS
BADLY INJURED
Suffers Skull Fracture in
Charleston Wreck; Mrs.
Toms Also Hurt
The condition of Miss Sophie
Bude, of Hendersonville, injured
in an automobile collision at
Charleston on Sunday, was re
ported as serious today, while the
condition of her mother, Mrs. C.
F. Toms, injured in the same col
lision. was reported as improved.
Both are patients at the Baker
Sanitarium, Charleston, after the
collision, which occurred at the
corner of Ashley avenue and
Beaufain street.
Mrs. Toms suffered principally
from shock, but Miss Bude suf
fered lacerations, a fractured
skull, four fractured ribs, a bad
ly lacerated arm, and a fractured
shoulder.
'INDICT BROCK
ON ATTEMPTED
ARSON COUNT
Breaking and Entering
Cases Being Heard in
Superior Court
MANY CHARGES ARE
DISPOSED OF MONDAY
Zeb Brock was indicted by the
Henderson county grand jury in
superior court yesterday after
noon on a charge of setting fire
to a building.
Specifically, Brock is charged
with attempting to burn Straw
berry's Billiard Parlor, located on
Main street, and operated by his
brother, Monroe Brock, a short
time ago. Brock was arrested by
citv officers and bound to the su
perior court by Mayor A. V. Ed
wards in city court.
The court today was hearing
charges against Bonnie Richi,
Rochelle Richi, and Lewis Stew
art, all charged with breaking and
entering, and the case was expect
ed to go to the jury today.
A number of cases were dispos
ed of in the court yesterday. In
a number of cases defendants
were not present and were called
out under bonds. Cases disposed
of were as follows:
Jack Manning, disposing of
mortgaged property, pleaded guil
ty apd prayer for judgment w^&
continued to thsf March tfctim. -
The case of Helen G. Handle,
charged with false pretense, was
continued.
Will Collins, convicted of as
sault with deadly weapon at a
previous term, was given a 12
months' sentence, which was sus
pended on condition he pay $10
monthly until costs are paid.
Russell R. Mullins, chained
with embezzlement, pleaded guil
ty to forcible trespass. He was
sentenced to serve 60 days, capias
not to issue if costs are paid.
J. M. Seroggins, charged with
worthless check, was sentenced to
serve 30 days, capias not to issue
on condition he pay $5 monthly
on costs.
The state took a nolle prosse
with leave of false imprisonment,
conspiracy and extortion charges
against Homer L. Pace and Arth
ur Saltz.
The state took a nolle prosse
with leave of non-support charges
against Volney Tabor.
Cecil Lee Sumpter pleaded guil
ty to violating the prohibition law
and'was given a three-months sen
tence which was suspended on
payment of a fine of $50 and
costs.
Bills returned by the grand
jury yesterday were as follows:
Charles Fisher, breaking and
entering, a true bill.
Charles Fisher, breaking and
entering, a true bill. Homer Har
din, breaking and entering, not a
true bill.
P. W. Hardin, Homer Hardin
and Charles Fisher, breaking and
entering, a true bill as to Fisher,
not a true bill as to P. W. and
Homer Hardin.
Bonnie Richi, Rochelle Richi,
and Lewis Stewart, breaking and
entering, a true bill.
Charles (Chick) Fisher, lar
ceny, a true bill.
. v
Seven-story Fall is Laughing Matter
Still not quite able to believe the miracle is Mrs. Mary Babyak,
of New York, pictured holding her 14-months-old son, Michael,
j who will probably go through life dubbed "Lucky Mike." The baby
was playing on a bed in his home on the top floor of an apartment
house. He plunged through an open window level with the bed
and fell seven stories to the ground. Mrs. Babyak rushed down
stairs to pick up, as she feared, his crushed and bleeding body.
She got there in time to see him rise without a whimper and walk
over to her. "Lucky Mike" and his mother are shown after the
accident, whose total damage, thanks to the network of clotheslines
that broke the baby's fall, were abrasions on his head and wrist.
LADY ASTOR SAYS RUSSIAN
TALE ABOUT LINDBERGH
FALSE: NOT DINNER GUEST
Is Second Untrue Story
About Her in British
Labor Press
LONDON. Oct. 11. (UP)—Vis
countess Astor made a blanket de
nial today of allegations that Col.
Chas. A. Lindbergh, at a dinner
she gave in his honor, belittled
the Russian air force and thus in
fluenced the British-French "sur
render" to Germany in the Sude
tenland minority crisis.
First repudiating any sugges
tion that Lindbergh had any con
nection with the social circle in
which she moves, Lady Astor said:
"I never have had dinner with
Col. Lindbergh. This story ema-1
ARYAN LEAGUERSENDS NOTE
'INSULTING' TO TULANE MAN
|
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 11.—
(UP).—Joseph Harn-Korff, presi
; dent of the New Orleans Aryan
league, tartly refused comment
last night on an "insulting and
I discourteous" letter he sent to Dr.
T. P. Terhune of Tulane univers
ity.
The six-foot Hahn-Korff refus
ed to admit reporters into his
French quarter apartment. He
i said he considered them "all
liars "
He reportedly was fired from a
private patrol service for his pro
Nazi activities. A swastika in his
lapel, he walked into a Vieux
Carre art shop several weeks ago
and protested a caricature of Hit
ler in the window. Hahn-Korff
angrily stalked out when he was
' told "that's the way Hitler would
get drawn if he came in here."
Terhune said the message was
sent as a result of an interview
published in a New Orleans news
paper after he returned from a
German tour. The interview told
of German police taking a copv of
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf from
him.
I The letter, signed by the presi
dent of the league, told Terhune
I "I see you profess to having dif
ficulties in procuring a copy of
Hitler's Mein Kampf."
It said the league would be
"glad" to get Terhune a copy of
j the book if he "could qualify I
racially."
"I djon't think that I would have
any trouble qualifying raciali.v,"
Terhune said, "if it was worth the
trouble to get the book."
It is easy enough to get Eng
lish translations, he explained,
"but they bear little resemblance
to the original version."
Terhune said he had read the
original of Mein Ivampf "several
times."
In an address before a club yes
terday, Terhune predicted that "in ;
the long run democracies will win
over dictatorships and those who
think that peace will come as a re
sult of what happened to Czecho-1
slcvakia have another thought
coming."
He said he "did not believe that I
Chamberlain would last much
longer than the dictatorships."
Terhune reiterated a former
statement that he "hated the pol
icies of the German government"
but nevertheless thought the Ger
mans were justified in demands
(Continued on page five)
natea irom me same source—wie
Daily Worker which invented the
story of a 'Cliveden set.' There is
not a word of truth in it. On a
previous occasion it was alleged
that Viscount Astor and I had a
dinner for Lindbergh when we
were not even in England."
The Daily Worker is the Lon
don communist newspaper.
Lindbergh himself was silent re
garding the letter for denuncia-l
tion which 11 leading Russian avi
ators published in Moscow, alleg
ing that he, after being the guest I
of Russian fliers, made remarks'
whose purport was that the Soviet
political purge had so weakened
the air force it was ineffective,
and that the German air force was
superior to the Russian, British,
French and Czechoslovak air
forces combined.
Lindbergh flew from Paris to1
Rotterdam, Holland, Monday and
(Continued on page four) I
BANKWAY
LIST DIVIDEND
$100,000 To Be Distribut
ed Among Old Citizens
Bank Depositors
Approximately $100,000 will
be distributed to depositors of
the old Citizens National bank,
which closed on November 20,
1930, in the final dividend, Hil
liard B. Atkins, receiver, an
nounced today. .
This sum represents a divi
dend payment of 9.6 per cent
to depositors and is the second
dividend paid to depositors by
this bank. The previous divi
dend paid was six per cent,
making a total of 15.6 per cent
of the deposits paid to deposi
tors.
Depositors of the closed bank
may receive checks at the bank
building between the hours of
9 a. m. and 5 p. m., Mr. Atkins
said.
»
Many Religious Rioters
Seized as Hitler Or
ders Probe
VIENNA. Oct. 11. (UP).—
Cardinal Innitzer today struck
back in Austrian anti-Catholic
elements with a manifesto to call
ing on parents to see chat their
children are given religious edu
cation and laying down 10 com
mandments for parents to follow.
The manifesto was distributed
simultaneously with a big round
up of anti-Catholic rioters as
Fuehrer Hitler ordered an investi
gation of disorders at the Cardin
al's cathedral and the papal nun
cio to Berlin protested to the
German government against the
disorders.
Nazi authorities early today
carried out a series of swift ar
rests to suppres santi-Catholic
disorders after closing the St.
Stephen's cathedral of Theodore
Cardinal Innitzer, archbishop of
Vienna.
The roundup was directed by
Reich Commissioner Josef Buerck
el, supposedly under direct in
structions from Chancellor Adolf
Hitler, and several dozen persons
were seized in connection with
Saturday night's wild rioting in
St. Stephen's square.
It was reported on good au
thority that Cardinal innitzer was
preparing to confer personally
with Hitler in Berlin and lay be
fore him an account of the week
end "tow -of terrorism.
Hitler^ who sent Buerckel back
to Vienna from the Saar to direct
an investigation after learning of
the rioting, was said to be "great
ly annoyed" by the incidents.
The Cathedral was closed last
night by police and thousands of
Catholics .arriving for Bible
study, found it locked.
Police, under Buerckel's author
ity, made a number of arrests in
St. Stephen's square after anti
Catholic demonstrators -gathered
for the fourth consecutive night
shouting "to Dauchau!" referring
to the large Nazi concentration
camp.
Minor officials of the Nazi
party, mostly in civilian clothes,
were posted on guard around oth
er Vienna churches, monasteries
and cloisters.
The closing of the cathedral,
under an indefinite ban, wa3 re
vealed early last evening when
the devout began to assemble for
another of a series of Bible
hours started Sunday.
REV. NIEMOELLER,
BARON VON CRAMM
BOTH TO BE FREED
BERLIN. Oct. 11. (UP)—The
German government is preparing
to release two of its most famous
prisoners, Rev. Martin Niemoeller
and Baron Gottfried von Cramm,
within a short time, informed
Nazis said last night.
The releases will come as result
of Chancellor Adolf Hitler's deci
sion to grant amnesty to certain
offenders, it was said.
Baron von Cramm, famous Ger
man tennis player sentenced on a
morals charge, probably will be re
leased next Sunday.
Niemoeller, militant leader of
the Protestant Confessional (anti
Nazi) synod of the Lutheran
church, probablv will be released
later, it was indicated.
Von Cramm was sentenced May
14, 1938, to a one-year term.
REFUGEES IN
PRAGUE SEEK
U. S. ASYLUM
German Customs Union
Would End Last Trace
of Czech Republic
ALL ZONEIOCCFJPIED;
NO PLEBISCITES
BUDAPEST, Hungar . Oc t. ' I.
(UP)—Hungarian troo^
the Czechoslovak bord t at 11:15
a. m. today and occurred th»> to,/n
of Zatoraljauhely, while delega
tions from the two countries le
sumed their territorial confetn ce
at the border town of Komuron.
It was s "symbolic" occupatw n,
to which the Czechs consented in
a gesture of #ood -will.
A company of engineers, the
vanguard of troops, inspected ? he
international bridge for possibly
hidden bonjbs, found it safe, nnd
signalled for the miuchui- u pro
ceed.
Large crowds stood on both
j ends of the bridge, cheering. They
; waved Hungarian flairs and sang
the Hungarian national anthem.
The Czech side of the bridge was
decorated with flags and flowers.
The Czechoslovak government
| ordered civilians in nine border
districts, extending from Dunas
zerdahely on the west to Kiraly
i Helmecz on the east, to surrender
their arms, leading to the belie#
in Hungarian government circles
j that the Czechs intended to cede
the districts to Hungary.
The troops were proceeding at
I noon into the railroad station of
; Zatoraljauhely and the town qt
Ipolysag, which the Czechs surren
dered yesterday as a token of go« H
will.
£he Komarom conference, how
ever,''Was reported to have run
into difficulties because of dis
crepancies in the maps that the
two delegations were using. The
Hangarians had an ethnographic
map based on the 1910 census a nfl
the Czechs' map was based on a
I 1930 census.
1 MANY REFUGEES
ARE FEARING DEATH
PRAGUE, Oct. 11. (UP)—Aus
trian and German refugees, some
of whom fear death under Nazi
rule, today appealed for United
States aid in finding asylum in
America or other countries. Some
700 refugees asked help of the
United States legation
The appeal was handed to Sir
Neil Malcom, high commissioner
i of refugees for the League of Na
I tions. It said that many refugees
would be sent to concentration
campsand some faced execution
if they entered Germany or came
under German rule again in Ger
j man-occupied regions of Czecho
I Slovakia.
CZECHS SEE LAST
FREEDOM WANING
PRAGUE. Oct. 11.—(UP) —
Czechoslovak leaders last night
; said that Germany had proponed
a customs and currencv union
which, if accepted, would consti
tute a knockout blow to the rem
nants of the republic's economic
and financial independence.
The Czech cabinet, in a decree
last night, ordered release with.n
four weeks of all members of the
German race enrolled in the army.
The Germans, it was announced,
will be permitted to go to German
soil as private citizens,
j Germany was said to have ask d
that a commission of Czech e< >
nomic experts bG sent to Berlin to
discuss a Nazi-Czech customs
union. The German proposal also
was said to envision, at a later
! date, a common currency for the
1 (Continued on page four>
ARGENTINE RECALLS ENVOY TO
BERLIN; STEP UNEXPLAINED
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Oct. 11.— (UP)—Jose Joaquim
de Lima e Silva, Brazilian ambas
sador to Germany, last night was
instructed to return to Rio de
Janeiro, according to unimpeach
able sources.
There was no immediate ex
planation of the reason for the
instructions which were nearly si
multaneous with circulation of re
ports in the Brazilian capital that
German Ambassador Karl Ritter
would not be sent back to that
city. Ritter left Rio de Janeiro
several weeks ago ostensibly to
attend the Nazi party congress at
Nuremberg.
Although the Brazilian foreign
office refused to confirm or deny
the reports that this government
had requested Berlin not to re
turn Ritter to Rio de Janeiro,
well-informed sources said that
no formal demand had been made
in that direction. It was admitted,
however, that informal moves
might have been mftde.
Relations between the Brazilian
government and Ritter have br^n
strained for some time, dati ig
back to the anti-Nazi measures *a
ken by this country and affecting
German communities in southern
Brazil.
It was regarded as significant
that although the German asbcs
sador to Argentina, Edmund Frie
herr van Thermann, who also at
tended the Nuremberg congre-3,
already had returned to his post,
Ritter so far had failed even to
announce a possible date for bis
return.
Shortly after President Getul'o
Vargas' proclamation of his now
authoritarian state last Novel 1
ber, political activities of foreign
ers were curbed drastically :n
Brazil. Chief sufferers under the
decree were Nazi groups in t ie
states of Rio Grande do Sul, S; o
Paulo and Santa Catharina. Their
centers were closed as were Ger
man-language schools and German
(Continued on page five)