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WEATHER
Partly cloudy and somewhat
I c0|aVr tonight. Saturday generally
fair, somowhat warmer.
Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
[vol. 57—No. 252
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1938
GOOD AFTERNOON
The un-cut version of "Ham*
let*' now playing in New York
lasts fire hours. That's no "Ham*
let," that's a metropolis.
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE IS SET
COMING WEEK
talker. Asheville Banker,
I Advises Advertising
I and Cooperation
Iatzenmoyer SEES
| PROSPERITY AHEAD
I dget of |7,387 for the fis
B year which began October 1
B- .. k pted last nigrht- hy mem
B - t the Hendersonville Cham
■ : Commerce at their semi
B dinner meeting at the
B nd hotel after H. E. Buchan
B. who is beginning his second
Kir as president, had reviewed
Be organization's accomplish
Bnts last year, including the
Blancins: of the budget approved
By ear a so.
BTne wv budget, Mr. Buchan
B said, is somewhat smaller than
ftt year's hut because of several
Becial donations which can not
B counted on this year, the roll
Bust be increased by 132 mem
Brships in a campaign beginning
B.\: Wednesday if financial re
Bfrements are met. The chamber
B-.v has 484 memberships, where
B 6 will be needed'. Mr. Bu
Bar.an said.
■ During the year just closed the
Kamber had an income of $7.
B0.26 and expenditures of $7,
The budget was $ 7,410.
CHANGE IN BY-LAWS
By-laws of the Chamber of
Corrmerce were changed last
nisht by vote of the member
ship to provide for the elec
tion of ten directors by mem
burs and five more by the ten
directors previously named.
Herotofore all of the 15 direc
tors have been elected each
jrear by the membership. The
shanjre was recommended, it
*as explained, to avoid the re
flection of practically the same
>oard from year to year, Mr.
Juchanan declaring that "there
ire fully 200 men and women
*ully capable and willing to
erve or the board, but few of
rhom have ever been given the
mportunitv." The new plan of
lection paves the way for the
(election of at least five new
lirectors each vear, it was
•ointed out.
■ The meeting was attended by
■ 1^0 numbers and a num
Br of visitors, and was addressed
B Clarence N*. Walker, vice pres
Bent and trust officer of the Wa
Bovia Rank and Trust company
B Asheville. Another highlight
Bis the showing of colored mo
B p ctures of scenes made in
Bd near Hendersonville by Worth
B Lye.'.y. These pictures will be
B^'-. Florida and other states
B^n^ the coming winter as part
B chamber's advertising pro
Bmi. The showing was enthusi
Btically received.
BDCAL payrolls grow,
Batzenmoyer states
ttj. E. Katzenmoyer, president of
^pipman-LaCrosse Hosiery Mills
B^ipany and a new director of
B* Chamber of Commerce, told
Be netting that "while local in
^»3tr:es were not very bu*y last
B (Continued on page three)
iommittees For
|C. Of C. Named
I For Coming Year
■resident Buchanan Desig
■ nates Standing Groups
and Chairmen
BStar'^njT committees of the
• 0f Commerce for the
B4*" were made public today by
BE- i'uehanan, president, the
Bj;r fflber named on each com
B^p° being chairman:
B ^njr—T. H. Franks, J.
B fer, F. A. Ewbank.
B ture and county fair—
i) Browning, G. D. White,
Porter.
B M. M. Redden, J. W.
B?f. T. L. Durham.
B°«aut fication—Xoah Hollowell,
BT " W. Carpenter, Geo. M.
B^Ran.
BCity park—B. L. Foster, 0. Y.
B^nlee. Jr., A. S. Truex.
■ Convention—H. H. Ewbank, S.
Bj.J°nes, H. B. Kelly. .
B "*nce and membership—J. H.
I 'Continued on plge three)
Quacksmen Sought in Jewel Robbery
'Twas a fine October day in New York, so Mrs. Marion Whitehead
Pierce, right, ex-wife to both a beverage millionaire and to an heir
of a woolens fortune, took a stroll in Central Park and fed peanuts
to the ducks. All of a sudden—even quicker than that—one ingrate
of a quacker snapped at her hand, and when she looked down a
$10,000 black pearl was gone from the ring, shown on her hand.
Mrs. Pierce pierced the air with her cries, which brought park
guards, police, finally reporters, to the scene. A number of duck
suspects, pictured at left, wefe arrested and held under observation
for some evidence of guijt, as it were. Incidentally—Mrs. Pierce is
opening on Broadway soon in both a night-club and a motion
picture.
COMMUNISTS
COERCE UNION
MEN. CHARGED
Detroit Police Chief Says
New Disorders to Soon
Be Promoted
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (UP)
Supt. Fred W. Frahm of the De
troit police yesterday charged be
fore the house committee inves
tigating un-American activities
that communists fomented 75 per
cent of the strikes in that area
and predicted that a "lot of peo
ple are going to get hurt" in
fresh labor clashes "within a short
time."
The serious, bespectacled offi
cial testified that he "got no help"
from state authorities in maintain
ing order during the sit-down
strikes, and forecast that the com
munists would shortly institute a
new wave of disorders as part of
a program to breed "mass discon
tent and hatred.' He was not asked I
whether he sought aid from Gov.
Frank Murphy, but volunteered
the "no help" criticism.
"In a short time there is going
to be more awful clashes and a lot
of people are going to get hurt,"
Frahm said. "I am satisfied the
manufacturers want to deal with
the working people but the union
heads cannot control the men be
cause of the communists."
He blamed the situation on ef
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PENMBODY
HAS SESSION
Higher Pensions for 9 Wid
ows of Civil War Men
To Be Asked
The Henderson County Confed
erate Pension board met in ses
sion at the office of the clerk of
the court this morning and rais
ed 9 of 13 class B widows to class
A.
I This action is in' the nature of
a recommendation to the state
pension board. Class A widows
are those incapacitated and draw
$300 annually. Class B widows
draw $100 annually.
Records of the clerk show four
surviving Confederate soldiers on
the pension record. They are P.
P. Johnson, H. K. Laughter, R.
B. Sitton, and R. H. Wall.
A fifth surviving Confederate
soldier living in Henderson coun
ty is Captain E. A. Smyth.
Members of the county board
are R. L. Whitmire, chairman, V.
! C. V. Shepherd, secretary, and R.
B. Sitton.
R. L. Watkins, 78,
Succumbs Here
At Witt Home
Reese Lee Watkins, age 78, of
East St. Louis, 111., died of a heart
attack at 9:45 p. m. Thursday at
the home of his brother-in-law,
Otis B. Witt, on Blythe street.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. Saturday at Thos Shep
herd's funeral home, followed by
burial in Oakdale cemetery.
Mr. Watkins, who had been
here for some time, was born in
Jefferson City, Tenn., the son of
Col. Albert G. and Louisa Wat
kins. He is survived by his widow,
Anna Mae Watkins; a sister, Mrs.
J. T. Cotner, of Wilcox, Ariz.,
and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Watkins was for 30 years
manager of the Bell Telephone
company in East St. Louis. He
was a Mason of hierh degree.
Pallbearers will be F. A. Witt,
J. O. Witt, R. L. Reams, J. T.
Reams, Carl S. Sunderland, and
Fred Hamby.
P. OO0DIS
LAID TO REST
Native Here Died at Lynn;
Burial Held at Mud
Creek Cemetery
Burial of Perry Newton Hood
took place yesterday afternoon at
Mud Creek Baptist cemetery af
ter last rites had been held at his
home in Lynn, near Tryon.
Mr. Hood died early Wednes
day morning after a lingering: ill
ness. He was born nearly 61 years
ago in Hendersonville, the son of
the late James Ripley Hood and
Mrs. Melissa Hood of this city. Up
to the age of 21 years he was a
resident of this city and had many
friends here, but had resided at
Lynn for the past 25 years.
Mr. Hood leaves a widow, Mrs.
Francis Hood; three children,
Mrs. Bertha Edwards, Mrs. Edna
Story, and a son, Earl, all of
Lynn; also his mother, Mrs. Me
lissa Hood; five sisters, Miss Em
ma Hood, Mrs. W. M. Jones, Mrs.
i H. S. Thomas, Mrs. O. M. Drake
and Mrs. R. A. Peace, all of Hen
dersonville.
MAN RESCUES CORPSE
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Oct. 21.
(UP)—Frank Aspinwall, 86, last
night carried William Kugelmann
out of his room when he found
him lying on his blazing bed.
When Aspinwall reached the street
he found that he had rescued a
corpse. Kugelmann had commit
ted suicide by shooting himself,
the flame from the revolver shot
' having set the bed afire.
WAGES, HOURS,
SUBSIDY CLOSE
TWO BIG MILLS
t
Charleston Payrolls Stop;
Like Action Expected
Elsewhere, Said
JUTE BUSINESS HIT
BY FEDERAL POLICY
CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 21. |
Government competition and the
wages and hour law, coupled with
a short cotton crop, have caused
the American Manufacturing com
pany to shut down its Charleston
bagging mill, it wac announced
yesterday.
More than 400 employes will be j
laid off for an indefinite period,
and the machinery will stand idle !
until conditions change.
In addition, it was learned yes
terday that the Hirsch company,
which reworks used bags and bag
ging in a plant in Upper Meeting
street, also will close down tomor
row, laying off 45 to 50 employes.
"We can't meet the wage and
hour law," Alexander Hirsch,
proprietor of the company, said.
He added that he would attempt
to continue business without la
bor, by purchasing goods, else
where as a broker. It is his first
shutdown since lyiu.
The big Charleston Bagging i
Manufacturing mill at John and <
Meeting streets will be evperienc*
ing its first general shutdown
within the memory of veteran em-j
ployes, certainly the first in 25 1
years, with the exception of' 11
weeks during the World war when
U-boats prevented importation of
jute.
Workers, mostly negroes, a
large percentage of them women,
were being paid off yesterday,
Clerks for the state reemploy
ment service yesterday afternoon
were signing up discharged em
ployes for unemployment com
pensation.
Samuel E. Stauffer, manager
of the mill, made the following
comment on the shutdown:
"Due to the uncertainty of the
future and the movement of the
government to displace jute bap
ging by cotton bagging made un
der subsidy in New Orleans, our
headquarters in Brooklyn has de
cided to close the Charleston plant
and await developments. We are i
faced also with mounting labor
costs due to the wages and hours,
law which goes into effect Octo
ber 24."
Mr. Stauffer's reference to
cotton bagging concerns a federal
subsidy, offered this year on j
enough material to cover 1,000,
000 bales of cotton. Through the
AAA, the government gives 28
cents a pattern (six yards, enough
to cover a bale) so that cotton
bagging may sell at 45 cents a
pattern, as compared to 72 cents
a pattern for jute bagging.
"If the government would re
move the subsidy on cotton bag
ging, and let it compete on its
own merits, I am sure cotton pro
ducers would prefer jute bag
giner," Mr. Stauffer said.
The bagging manufacturers fear 1
that the government, with an
enormous holdover supply of cot- j
ton, may seek so desperately for
an outlet for the material that it
may give away cotton bagging,
thus completely ruining the jute
(Continued on page four)
Local Contracts
Held In Cullowhee
Building Program
E. G. StHlwell, Architect;
Brick and Plumbing Con
tracts Awarded
Hendersonville firms will be
well represented in the new build
in# program at Cullowhee by the
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege.
Plans for the new college build
ing were drawn bv Architect E.
G. Stillwell.
The Moland-Drysdale corpora
tion was awarded the contract for
half a million face and common
brick.
The Pace Plumbing- and Heat
ing company was awarded the con
tract for the plumbing.
L. B. Gallamore, of Greenville,
S. C., is the general contractor.
H. E. Buchanan'of Henderson
ville has been a member of the
board of trustees of the college
for several years.
Construction work will begin
immediately.
Blue Ridge Will
Meet Brevard In j
City Tomorrow
Good Weather Forecast,
*$*Crowd Expectedfor
Game at 3 P. M.
With favorable football weather
the forecast, and with a larj?e
crowd of fans expected, the Blue
Ridge Hilltoppers will make their
first appearance before Hender
sonville fans at the high school
athletic field on Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock, meeting the
strong Brevard college team.
Coach Bob Morris of Blue
Ridge, and John Christenburg of
Brevard, will complete training
for the game this afternoon, and
the squads will come to Hender-1
sonville tomorrow a short time be-,
fore the game.
The Hilltoppers will be in their
third game of the season, having
tied Charlotte high 0 to 0 and de
feated the Erskine freshman 7 to
2. Brevard has had an indiffer
ent season against tough competi
tion, and is expected to give the
Hilltoppers an afternoon of trou
ble.
Pope Denounces
Persecutions
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 21. (UP)
Pope Pius strongly denounced the
current persecution of Catholics
in a speech made at Castel Gan
dolfo yesterday, the text of his
remarks released today disclosed.
The Pope apparently referred to
anti-Catholic disturbances in Vi
enna and made obvious references
to an attack on the palace of Car
dinal Innitzer, Viennt archbishop.
STORM KILLS 230 JAPS
TOKYO. Oct. 21. (UP)—A ty
phoon which passed through Kyu
shu, one of the larger Japanese
islands, killed an estimated 230
persons today and caused consid
erable suffering to more than 35,
000.
SAY ANGLO-AMERICAN TRADE
PARLEY HAS SERIOUS HITCH
Break Down of Negotiations Would Be Serious Blow to
Chamberlain's Government, Is Declared
Copyright, 1938, by United Pre«»
| LONDON, Oct 21. (UP)—Eco
nomic developments outweighed
strictly political happening's on
the world front today, but there
were important political implica
tions in the economic news.
London and Washington politi
cal and business experts talked
openly of a serious hitch in nego
tiation of an Anglo-American
i trade agreement, which has been
1 under discussion more than two
years. So serious were differences
that it was said the British cabi
net soon might have to decide if
the negotiations are to be broken
off.
This would be a serious blow to
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain's ambitious plan of general
world appeasement and would
likely cause strong popular reac
j tion with charges of government
1 "bungling." The prime minister
has counted heavily on this agree
ment benefitting Britain's nation
al economy at a time when Britain
is faced with staggering arms
costs.
Little has leaked out about do
tails of the negotiations, but it
was reported reliably that the
latest hitch occurred over Britain's
unwillingness to grant further tar
iff concessions for United States
automobiles, timber, pork products
and silk stockings.
Sir Archibald Sinclair, liberal
leader, at a political meeting last
night said: "The British govern
ment will have to face a sharp
reckoning from the public if it
bungles the new trade agreement
with the United States. There
must be no bungling of this latest
effort to establish a friendly un
derstanding with so powerful a
neighbor."
SPY RING MAIL
PUT IN RECORD
IN N. Y. TRIM
Seized Months Ago in Scot
land Where Woman
Was Jailed
GERMAN'HAIRDRESSER
IS LINKED WITH CASE
NEW YORK, Oct. 21. (UP)—
Letters seized by British police at
Dundee, Scotland, relating to a
plot to steal the plans for the
United States Aircraft Carriers
Yorktown and Enterprise, were
placed in evidence today at the
trial of three alleged spies.
Although federal authorities
made no mention of the co-opera
tion they had from Great Britain,
it was revealed that more than a
dozen letters intercepted at the
home of Mrs. Jessie Jordan in
Dundee, were in the hands of Dis
trict Attorney Lamar Hardy here.
Mrs. Jordan, who operated a
"postoffice" for Nazi spies, was
trapped by the British intelli
gence service and sentenced to
prison several months ago.
A supposed confession of red
haired Johanna Hofmann. a hair
dresser aboard the German liner
Europa, was read into the record
yesterday as the government
sought to establish a link between
Guenther Gustuve Rumrich, con
G«r
Rumrich had sworn, in his tes
timony in Judge John C. Knox's
federal court, that he had been
paid $70 by Miss Hofmann for
collecting American military se
crets to peddle to the German
espionage service, and that he was
with her when she confessed this
to Federal Agent Leon Turrou.
Miss Hofmann's attorneys have
insisted that the so-called confes
sion was obtained under duress.
The document said that Miss Hof
mann was present when the al
leged spies discussed military se
crets of the American defense
forces, and that she was empow
ered to pay $1,000 for the infor
mation.
The statement also linked Karl
Schlueter, alleged Nazi pay-off
man, to the espionage ring in
which Rumrich, twice a deserter
from the U. S. Army and fired as
a dishwasher because he was "too
slow," was supposed to be a key
figure.
Rumrich told how he had repre
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FLYING TROUPE
HERE SUNDAY
Capt. Davis, International
ly Known Fliers to Show
at Meyer's Port'
Captain Art Davis, internation
ally known stunt flier, and his
Ail-American performers will ap
pear in an air show at Oscar
Meyer's airport, located two and
a half miles south of the city, on
the Spartanburg road, on Suftday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Members of the famous troupe
are Captain Davis, George Starr,
and Leonard Witt, pilots, and
Charles Zmuda. bat wing para
chute performer.
Features of the performance
will be balloon bursting, in which
pilots break balloons at a height
of eight feet above the ground,
ribbon cutting £y fast planes 10
feet above the ground, formation
flying, stunting, smoke writing,
and an aerial dog-fight
The dog-fight is an exhibition
by Captain Davis and George
Starr, in which the planes attack
each other, stunting and passing
very close.
Smoke will be used to trace the
maneuvers of the planes, and also
in the formation flying to trace
the looping and rolling of planes.
The bat wing parachute is one
of the most spectacular feats ever
performed in the air. From a
height of about 14,000 feet,
Zmuda leaves the plane, using his
canvas wings as a glider, and soars
for a mile or more, finally open
ing his parachute for a safe land
ing at a height of about 4,000
feet.
Many ambitious airmen have
lost their lives in the bat wing
jumps. Zmuda is the originator
of the idea, probably the most
hazardous method of making a
living known to man, and he is
considered as the past master of
this performance, J
Hero Pilot
Discovering that the right wing
and motor of the passenger
plane he had just taken out of
Montgomery, Ala., were in
flames, John David . Hissonp,
above, Eastern Airlines pilot,
brought his burning ship down
in a field with only moonlight
to aid him. By this feat, His
song saved 14 lives, including
his own. Later he commented
that he hadn't done anything
"any other pilot wouldn't have
done." Five years ago he was
the hero of a similar mishap.
UNDER BOND
IN SHOOTING
2 Charges Brought After
Julian Fuller Suffers
Flesh Wound
Avery Jones, who lives in the
Laurel Park section, was bound
to county recorder's court by
Magistrate J. P. Brooks this
morning on charges of assault
with deadly weapon and carrying
a concealed weapon after shoot
ing Julian Fuller, real estate man,
last night about 6:30 o'clock at
the home or R. P. Blackwell, on
Jump Off mountain.
Bond was set at $100 on the
charge of carrying a concealed
weapon and at $250 on the as
sault charge.
Mr. Fuller was shot in the left
chest bv a small calibre pistol, but
the bullet inflicted only a minor
flesh wound and Mr. Fuller ap
peared in the hearing this morn
ing.
Mr. Jones walked to the county
jail and surrendered last night
after the shooting, according to
officers.
At the hearine this morning,
Mr. Fuller testified that he walk
ed up to Mr. Jones last night and
told him to "didn't like some of
the things he had been saying."
He said Jones pulled out a pistol
and shot him.
Mr. Blackwell said Fuller came
to his home to get him to haul
wood, and that Jones was in the
yard as he started to leave. He
said Fuller started to pull off his
coat and told Jones he didn't like
things he had been saying. He
said he then heard a pistol fire
and that Jones walked out of the
yard.
J. W. Jones said he saw Avery
Jones shoot Fuller. He said Ful
ler pulled off his coat and laid it
on a shelf and then walked toward
Jones.
Cooler Weather
Follows Showers
Showers yesterday afternoon,
the first durinpr the month of Oc
tober, were followed last night
and today by colder weather.
The rainfall yesterday was
measured at .05 inch, and was
the first during October. The
last rain prior to yesterday fell on
September 30.
Figures yesterday were as fol
lows:
Maximum, 78 degrees; mini
mum, 45 degrees; mean, 61.5 de
grees; day's range, 33 degrees;
rainfall, .05 inch.
Normal mean temperature for
October, 66.4 degrees; rainfall to
date, .05 inch; normal rainfall,
4.36 inches.
BRITO-GERMAN
MOVE STARTS;
CANTON FALLS
Chinese Resistance Suffers
Major Collapse on
National Scale
CZECHS OFFER MORE;
HUNGARY UNAPPEASED
SHANGHAI, Oct. 21.—(UP)—
Great Britain and Germany have
started a Joint effort to mediate
between China and Japan, it uai
asserted reliably here today.
The mediation move reportedly
started at Tokyo where German
and British diplomats approached
the Japanese government on the
mediation idea.
SOUTHERN CHINESE
GOVERNMENT FLEES
HONG KONG, Oct. 21. (I P) —
Japanese troops entered Cmiton
today after a nine-day drive which
had taken them 80 miles from
Bias bay, pirate lair on the coast
near Honor Kong.
Triumphant infantrymen of the
new South China army stormed
pillboxes which formed the ring
of outer Canton defenses after an
artillery bombardment which fore
told the city's fall.
As the rumble of artillery
reached the city, the last of the
high Chinese government officials
fled the city to establish new head
quarters at Yungyuen, 95 miles
north.
Retreating Chinese blew up fac
tories and public utilities as Japa
nese tanks noted cautiously into
Canton suburbs.
On the Hankow front the Japa
nese were storming Ocheng, Ia»t
fortified Yantsr rim port below
'41k* *frt&r1»ionapChf ne^e national
capital, and were reported within
36 miles of the strategic Wu-han
(Wuchang, HtVikow and Hanyang)
area as Chinese resistance on a
national scale appeared to suffer
a major collapse.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,
China's supreme commander, was
reported to have decided at his
southern field headquarters in
Henyang, South Hunan province,
to give up both hie provisional
capital and Canton and center
new lines of resistance in the wes
tern province of Szechuan and the
southwestern provinces of Yunnan
and Kwangsi.
The Japanese reported at mid
night that thev had -captured
Chankangshu, within 20 miles of
Canton and had fought their way
five miles farther along the high
way leading to the big southern
city.
RUTHENIAN BORDER
POLICY EXPLORED
BUDAPEST, Oct. 21.—(UP)—
The foreign office reportedly has
received a new territorial off or
from Czechoslovakia, more liberal
than any previous offer, but still
unsatisfactory to Hungary.
The Czechs are understood to
have made no provision as yet for
ceding two districts included in
Hungarians demands.
It was learned that Andrej
Brody, premier of the Ruthenian
autonomous government within
Czechoslovakia, has arrived and is
conferring with Hungarian lead
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Mrs. Hale, Said
Hopkins' Fiancee,
Plunges To Death
NEW YORK, Oct. 21. (UP)—
Mrs. Gardner Hale, widow of the
noted painter, who was reported
engaged last May to WPA Admin
istrator Hopkins, today plunged
to her death from her apartment
on the sixteenth floor of fashion
able Hampshire house.
Mrs. Hale was introduced to
Hopkins by James Roosevelt.
When they were seen together
in subsequent weeks, an engage
ment report circulated. It was
never officially confirmed.
A routine polica report listed
the death cause as "probably sui
cide," but because of her gaiety,
friends expressed the opinion and
also did one of the investigating
police, that she might have trip*
ped over a low windowsill.
NURSERY SCHOOL
BOARD WILL MEET
MONDAY MORNING
Mrs. Mary B. Brinson today an
nounced a meeting of the boail
of sponsors which all members
were asked to attend, for the
Nursery School for Underprivileg
ed Children, to be held at the
school, in the Brookp building,
146 Third avenue west, Monday,
October 24, at 10 a. m.