WEATHER
Fa ir tonight, probably Wrdne*
iv: slifbtly warmer tonight.
SLlji' -Melius
Largest Daily Circulation of Anv Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
GOOD AFTERNOON
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VOL. 57—No. 261
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
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5 000 European Jews Without Shelter
[LIGHT GROWS
m VICTIMS
(IF EJECTIONS
ome i e Some go Insane
as Problem Still
Not Adjusted
US PASSGUARDS
I IN SEARCH OF AID
WARSAW. Nov. i._(UP> —
: - ■ committee here
persons had
t: . v. had gone insane
: - I'ol.sh Jews held
iiu • .:>h-Ger:uan frontier.
I. ".a' said that the
. ., hold without shel
t
7 ..ken to the fron
li - ' ' ..an interior and
t d \ • z ieportation to Po
:: ' - dispute, regardless
Polan . - ew citizenship hv&
By ROBERT H. BEST
Lopyrijbt. 1938, United Press)
BRATISLAVA. Czechoslovakia,
v- i. «i;p)—A wretched band
62 Czechoslovak Jews, mostly
tier., ysterday described how
■man troops threw their men
; ;nto jail and drove them into
no-man's-land" between Czech
p G rn^an frontier posts where
r have established a crude
p.
^J,'t\vanteil bv either Czechs oij
sans, the^e refugees are ex
i from day to day under a
shelter, not knowing where
tarn or what their fate will be.
I visited the camp yesterday
i: Ludenburg:, a German-occu
d town of the Sudetenland 44
cs north of Vienna, and found
it all their hopes had been plac
in the efforts of relatives to
■suade the Czech government
*ome other country to give
im refuge.
The 62 Jews var..e from babes
arms to an 84-year-old blind
r.an and inci"de eictit children,
narriod couples and several
en past 50.
or tnrte weeks trey have been
jz in the no-man's-land and,
the 153 of them, many
e -uccevlevi in slipping past
Czech ir.tier posts at nifjht
e and entering Czechoslovakia
search of aid.
zech authorities, they said,
fitted or.o of them to be ta
to a hospital after she be
in.-ane and another after
gave birth to a child in a sec
no man's-land camp near
aoisburg, a few miles away.
^ : tint, about 500 feet
rc and stretching along an un
^ concrete highway outside
nburg, houses the 62 refu
lt was provided by friends
tented a motor truck and ob
«d official permission to bring
0 them.
"e stories of the Jews huddled
•? t.-.e highway were all the
Of 510 Jews living in Lu
lr? when the Germans occu
1 •' °nly one was permitted to
She was Rosa Winter,
of an American citizen,
pwrd Winter.
i -y" • _ hours, they said, ev
! Jew-sh man in Ludenburj?
ri/"-T a'"i"csted and imprison
t'homes were searched
. '"•* •' men were told that
i. -eave for Czechoslovak
ia 24 hours.
|IRB Examiner
Dismisses Case
I^TLAXT \ Giu Not. 1. (UP)
P'. exami ier of the National
V " P. Hoard regional
fo yesterday recommended dis
N of unfair labor
Xtir t th< Se-l'ng Hos
|i of Nashville, Tenn.
I Gordon Dodmon,
W had been dis
r-' -i acitvitv, were
p. ericas Federation
!■»»< • 1 trkers, a Committee
•fi; • (), ^anization affili
| '° - . : o days in which
v ' !-, "ldations.
>rah Endorses
Two-Price Plan
Nov. 1. (UP)
j-.• ; . R., today en
f?"' r i rMvt' of Secretary
L\ Wallace's two-pric<
sul sidized sale of farn
I ; of prolactin^
morale of the na
RADIO DRAMA'S 'WAR SCARE'
REVIVES CONTROVERSY OVER
FEDERAL CENSORSHIP PLAN
_
British Radio In
1926 Gave Public
Scare With Play
1
Germans Pleased Because
of Sunday Night's
Incident
Bv THEON WRIGHT
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW .YORK. Nov. 1. (UP)—
Orson Welles, 23-year-old theatri
cal prodi>jy who frightened hun
dreds of radio listeners Sunday
night with a dramatization of
"Men From Mai's," called in re
porters last night and promised
never to do it again.
"I'm really quite shocked," he
said. -j
He denied that he had any no-1
tion that people would accept his
highly dramatized version of H.
G. Welles' famous novel, "War
of the Worlds," as fact instead of
fiction. jy
"I should think, he said, "that
the motion pictures and comic
strips would have made people
realize that the 'Man From Mars'
was only a fantasy. It is almost a
synonym for fantasy."
The youthful director of the
Mercury theater personally super
vised. produced i»mi tvok part -in
(Continued on page six)
Nation's Ministers in Past
10 Days Protested to
"Terror" Programs
By MACK JOHNSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (UP)
—The Federal Communications
Commission began a preliminary
inquiry yesterday into the broad
cast, "The War of the Worlds,"
amid congressional demands for
stricter governmental supervision
cf radio.
FCC Chairman Frank R. Mc
Ninch telegraphed the Columbia
Broadcasting System for the script
and a transcription of the Sunday
night program, which depicted an
imaginary attack by monsters
from Mars on New Jersey and
brought a deluge of reports of
par.ic and mass hysteria from
many parts of the nation. He
premised to place the matter be
fore the commission at its next
session. q
"I withhold nnal judgment un
til later," McNinch said, "but any
broadcast that creates such gen
eral panic and fear as this one is;
reported to have done is, to say
the least, regrettable.
"The widespread public reac-l
tion to this broadcast as indicated
by the press is another demonstra
tion of the power and force of
radio, and points out again the
serious public responsibility of
th(>se who are licensed to operate
stations."
PwiktewA Neville- MiHer of the)
(Continued on page three)
YEAR'S RAIN IS 24 PtKLLN 1
DEFICIENT WHEN OCTOBER
ENDS AFTER 27 CLEAR DAYS
I
A
Month's Precipitation Is
.28 Inch; Temperatures
Range From 28 to 86
Somewhere there is a line about
October's bright blue weather.
However it reads, it is a perfect
i description of the weather during
the past 31 days.
The temperature was only .06
degrees below the normal for Oc
tober; rainfall was recorded on
only two days, amounting to .28
inch, and 27 of the 31 days were
recorded as clear.
The rainfall during the month
was 4.08 inches below the normal
of 4.36, bringing the total defi
ciency of the year to 11.98 inches.
The normal rainfall for the first
10 months is 51.32 inches, the fall
this year has been only 39.34, and
the percentage deficiency for the
first 10 months is 24 per cent.
The normal mean temperature
for the month was 56.34 degrees
! as compared to the normal mean
of 56.4 degrees.
Both summer time and early
winter temperatures were record
ed during the month. A maximum
of 86 degrees was attained on the
6th, 18th and 19th, and a mini
mum of 29 degrees, 3 degrees be
low freezing, was recorded on the
22nd.
Daily temperature ranges were
great, averaging 34.42 degrees
daily and the greatest daily range
was 46 degrees on the 18th, when
the mercury ranged from 40 to
86 degrees.
The deficiency in rainfall by
i months is shown in the following
I table:
Month Fall Normal
January 2.97 4.69
, February 1.87 4.87
March 5.86 5.50
April 2.54 4.28
;May 4.16 4.86
June 6.05 5.51
July 10.19 6.08
August 1.66 6.13
September 3.76 5.04
October .28 4.36
39.34 51.32
Figures yesterday were as fol-!
lows: Maximum temperature—75
degrees; minimum—32 degrees;
mean—53.5 degrees. Day's range
—43 degrees.
MONTHLY SUMMARY
Maximum—86 deg., on 6, 18,
and 19.
Minimum—29 deg. on 22nd.
Mean maximum—73.55 deg.
Mean minimum—39.13 deg.
Mean—56.34 deg.
Normal mean—56.40 deg.
Rainfall—.28 inch.
Normal rainfall—4.36 inches.
Greatest daily—.23 in. on 24th.
Clear day3—27.
Part cloudy—2.
Cloudy—2.
Mean daily range—34.42 deg.
Greatest daily—46 on 18th.
COLLINS DENNY, JR.,
IS UNFAVORABLE
TO CHURCH MERGER
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn.. Nov.
1. (UP)—Collins Denny, vJr., son
of the retired Methodist bishop,
spoke at a mass meeting of Meth
odists here Monday to predict
that a merger of the three
branches of the church would re
sult in destruction of effective
Methodism.
Denny, who lives at Richmond,
Va., said the northern church al
ways would be able to control the
general conference and thus have
complete control over religious,
economic and social rights of the
membership, bishops and minis
ters.
He advocated preservation of
three units separated despite the
almost unanimous vote last year
to merge.
Mexico Halts Seizure Of American
Owned Lands Pending Settlement
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 1. (UP)
A "gentleman's agreement" not
! to expropriate further Ameri
1 can-owned farm lands pending
| settlement of the current Unit
ed States-Mexican dispute over
i previous seizures, has been
made by President Lazaro Car
i denas, it was learned today.
While the president, in an of
: ficial note to Washington, re
i jected Secretary of State Cor
1 dell Hull's request that expro
priations be suspended, it was
understood he will not initiate
i1 any new seizures during the
• course of present negotiations
in the United States capital.
Expropriation decrees issued
since the start of negotiations,
it was pointed out, concern
lands seized months, and even
years, ago.
The president was reported
to be genuinely desirous of
reaching a solution of the land
expropriation controversy with
the United States, the amount
of indemnification to be based
on Mexico's capacity to pay.
Both sides were said to be still
i in disagreement on the amount,
but tha talks were understood
to be proceeding along friendly
lines and announcement of a
settlement is expected soon,
possibly within two weeks.
HENDERSON TO;
HAVE 3 COUNTY
WIDE BALLOTS
f
These To Be Voted in Ad-C'1
dition to Township
Tickets Nov. 8
4 YEAR SHERIFFS' ./
TERMS, ONE ISSUE
?
Henderson county voters, bal«
lotinp in the election on nex£i
Tuesday, November 8, will use
three ballots in addition to town-!
ship tickets.
The ballots, samples of which
were printed in The Times-News
Monday, are the county ticket, the
state ticket, and a constitutional
amendment ticket. Township tick
ets will be voted in some precincts
in addition.
The county ticket is as follows:
For solicitor. 18th judicial dis
trict, C. 0. Ridings (D) and Gar
rett D. Bailey (R).
For state senator, 27th district: •
Ralph W. Gardner and L. Bi
Prince (D) and Mack Saunders
(R). *
For representative: L. L. Bur-»
pin (D) and Brownlow Jackson
(R).
For county commissioners: i.
L. Durham, J. A. Rusher and D.
G. Wilkie (D), and Burt J. Sit
ton, L. L. Merchant and Earl T.!
Brown (R).
For sheriff: W. E. Davis (D>
aiid JMfn W. Drake (R). V- -4*.
For clerk superior court: Georgfc*
W. Fletcher (D) and M. N. Orr
(R).
For tax collector: J. M. Stew-1
art (D) and R. Hilliard Staton
(R). J
For coroner: J. F. Brooks (D)
and Benjamin F. Cliff (R).
For surveyor: Charles B. Tur-|
ner (D) and J. B. Patterson (R).|
For county board of education:,
J. W. Morgan (D), unopposed.
The state ticket is as follows: i
For associate justice, supreme
court: M. V. Barnhi?l (D) and
Herbert F. Seawell, Sr. (R). For
associate justice: J. Wallace Win-,
borne (D) and Irvin B. Tucker,
(R). For associate justice: A. A. ,
F. Seawell (D), unopposed.
The following on the state tick- j
et for judicial offices are unop-,
posed: Harry McMullan, attorney
general; Forrest H. Shuford, com
missioner of labor; Stanley Win
borne, utilities commissioner; C. i
Everett Thompson, judge superior
court, first district; Walter J.
Bone, judge, second district; J.
Paul Frizzelle, judge, fifth dis
trict; Henry L. Stevens, judge,
sixth district; John J. Burney,
judge eighth district; Q. K. Nim
ocks, Jr., judge, ninth district; Leo
Carr, judge, tenth district; H.
Hoyle Sink, judge, 12th district;
William H. Bobbitt, judge 14th
district; Wilson Warlick, judge
16th district; Zeb V. Nettles,
judtre, 19th district; Allen H.
Gwyn, judge 21st district. All are
Democrats.
For United States senator: Rob- j
ert R. Reynolds (D) and Charles
A. Jonas (R).
For congress, 11th district:
Zebulon Weaver (D) and Vonnoj
L. Gudger (R).
1 lie VVllOI/ItU vtvuvv .w .— .
two questions: an amendment
making the term of office of
sheriff and coroner four years,
and for or against the establish
ment of a department of justice. :
2 CZECH SOLDIERS
KILLED BY GERMANS
PRAGUE, Nov. 1. (UP). —A
commission of German and Cze
choslovak army officers last night
! was reported investigating a j
shooting affray between border
patrols of the two countries in
which two Czech soldiers were kill
ed and three wounded.
The incident reportedly occur
red when a German patrol crossed
i the Delineation line in the Sude
I ten area of Moravia Moravska
; Chrastova.
! According to authoritative
I sources the German patrol pene
: trated into Czech territory to the
| town of Chrosdova Lhota, where
one Czech soldier was wounded.
, The patrol then returned to Mor
avska Chrastova where a skirmish
occurred in which the two Czechs
! were killed.
VISIT ZIRCONIA
Rev. Arthur W. Lowe, Rev. Em
mett Molineaux and Rev. Paul G.
Biorklund visited at Zirconia on
last Sunday. They visited the
home of Riley Bane and also vis
ited at the old Staton home. Dur
ing the course of the day they
' met a number of people.
DIES FLAYS HIGH OFFICIALS
FAILING TO HELP INQUIRY
OF UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
CONFESSION IS 1
PLACED IN SPY
TRIAL RECORD
Voss Acted for "Love of
Fatherland;" Says Much
Armament Data Gotten
!
NEW YORK, Nov. 1. (UP) —
Over protests of defense counsel,
the federal government read into
the record of the Nazi espionage
trial yesterday a confession > by
Otto Hermann Voss that he be
came a German spy "for love of
the Fatherland."
According to the statement,
Voss did most of his espionage i
during two years employment as
a mechanic at the Seversky avia- 1
tion plant in Farmingdale, N. Y.
During this time, the statement
said, Voss was able to turn over
to Nazi agents specifications of 35
army training planes and 77 pur
suit planes and other armament <
data.
Charles W. Philipbar, Jr., coun
sel for Voss. charged the state
ment nvas obtained under duress
by Reed Vetterli, who resigned
recently as head of the New York
the Bureau of Investiga-I
tion.
Eleanor Boehme, pretty Hunter
college graduate, testified that
once when she visited Kate Moog,
a government witness who had ,
dealings with some of those in
dicted, Miss Moog pressed into her ,
hand a match box which she later
discovered contained a secret
code.
Miss Moog had testified that
Karl Schluter, escaped spy, had
given her a package of paper ,
matches with instructions to turn
one over to Miss Boehme, who
would understand the reason.
But Miss Boehme testified yes- ,
terday that she had no under
standing of the code and had
known Schluter only casually. ,
Martin Schade, former engineer M
for the Hamburg-American line, jj
testified that Johanna Hofmann,i(
girl defendant, had accompanied
Schluter on several visits to
Schade's apartment. i j
CATS TO PLAY f
FRIDAY NIGHT
Practice Under Lights to;
Meet Strong Canton
Team There
Hendei-sonville's Bearcats will,
journey to Canton on Friday night
for a game with the powerful
Black Bears of Coach Charlie
Poindexter.
Both teams are undefeated in |
the Blue Ridge conference race,
the Cats at present holding the
top position by virture of five con
ference wins and no defeats. The J
lone defeat suffered by the locals'
this year was at the hands of I
Marion, a non-conference team.
The Bears, rated one of the j
strongest teams in this section, j
hav» won four conference games.
The Cats will be decidedly the
underdog in the game, but a bat-,
tie is expected. Last season;
Poindexter brought a powerful,
team to Hendersonville, but man
aged to take the game by a close i
7 to G score.
The Cats have been working un-1
der the lights at the Chipman
Athletic field this week to get ac
customed to the night game. All
Canton games are played at night.
WOODMAN CIRCLE'S
TEAM DRILL IS SET
All members of the drill team
of the Woodman Circle and those
wishing to be in the drill team
are asked to meet at Woodman
Hall Tuesday evening promptly at
7:30 o'clock. This drill team is
under the leadership of T. V.
Lyda.
BURNS PROVE FATAL
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 1.—
(UP)—Miss Eulalie Sloan, 22
year-old school teacher, died yes
terday of burns received when
she was trapped in an apartment
fire.
Denounces Campaign of
Ridicule, Will Extend
Probe South, West
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (UP)
Chairman Dies of the house com
mittee investigating un-American
ictivities today indicated he would
:ontinue his inquiry into subver
sive activities after denouncing
lijrh administration officials for
their "campaign of ridicule" and
'torrent of abuse unloosed on us."
Dies said he expected to con
tinue the inquiry through sub
groups on the west coast in New
York, Washington, and in the
South about December 1.
Dies charged cabinet members
ieclined to comply with the terms
">f the house resolution creating a
committee, by failing to assign
lawyers and investigators to aid
the inquiry.
SAYS NEW DEALERS
5EEK TO BALK QUIZ
By CERRY ROBICHAUD
United Presi Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (UP)
Chairman Martin Dies, D., Tex.,
af the house committee investi
gating un - American activities
charged last night that top-flight
Me'v Deal officials had sought to
lamper the work of his group by
•efusing to cooperate and by heap
ng "abuse" and "ridicule" on its
learings.
In a nationally broadcast speech
(Mutual network) Dies psserted
;hat various government depart
nents had "refused to comply"
.vith the resolution creating the
:ommittee by failing to assign in
vestigators and attorneys to help
:onduct the hearings.
In a nationally broadcast speech
(Mutual network) Dies asserted
:hat various government depart
nents had "refused to comply"
nth the resolution creating the
;ommittee by failing to assign in
vestigators and attorneys to help
conduct the hearings.
The Texan's address preceded
mother by Paul Y. Anderson, St.
Louis newspaperman and former
Pulitzer prize winner, who dc
icribed the committee's procedure.
Charles Michelson, publicity di
rector of the Democratic national
committee, arranged for Ander
(Continued on n^sre three)
Robert Woolsey,
Comedian, Dies
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 1. (UP)—
Robert Woolsey, former partner
)f Bert Wheeler in one of Holly
wood's most famous film comedy
;eams, died at his home in Malibu
Beach late yesterday after an ill
ness of more than a year.
He was 49.
Dr. Ralph Tandowsky reported
the veteran actor was in a coma
for two days after the illness be
came critical. Woolsey's wife, the
former Mignone Reed, and her
mother, Mrs. Mary Reed, wpre at
the bedside.
The cigar-smoking comedian,
who earned $100,000 a picture in
his heyday, had been in retire
ment for nearly a year because of
his illness.
He was reported to have suf
fered a kidney ailment while still
under contract at RKO, where he
made his last picture last year.
The illness necessitated a rest. In
Hollywood it had been thought he
was recovering and his death came
as a shock.
Slight of stature, Woolsey was
the solemn member of the comedy
team, which enjoyed its greatest
success in the films between 1930
and 1936.
Runciman Made Council President
As British Cabinet Changes Ended
LONDON, Nov. 1. — (UP) —
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain completed the reshuffling of
his cabinet yesterday when Lord
Hailsham resigned as lord presi
dent of the council and was re
placed by Viscount Runciman,
Britain's "unofficial" mediator in
the early stages of the Czecho
slovak crisis.
Malcolm MacDonald, colonial
secretary, also was made domin
ions secretary, succeeding the
late Lord Stanley, thereby merg
ing at least temporarily the two
cabinet portfolios dealing with the
overseas units of the British em
pire.
Sir John Anderson, former gov
ernor of Bengal and at various
times attached to the home of
fice, ministry of health and colon
ial office, was made lord privy
seal, a sinecure post left vacant
Thursday when 38-year-old Earl
de La Warr was made minister of
education.
The resignation of Lord Hail
sham, who is 66 yearB old and has
been in the cabinet since 1935,
was attributed to ill health.
In public life for many years,
including two years of service as
attorney general to the Duke of
Windsor when he was Prince of
Wales, Lord Hailsham was a dele
gate to the Ottawa conference in
(Continued on page three)
Brazil Virtually
Banishing Six
Ranking Leaders
RIO DE JANEIRO. Nov. 1.—
(UP)—Virtual banishment from
Brazil of six ranking- political
leaders was revealed last night
with reports from Bahia of the
departure for Europe of former
Foreign Minister Octavio Manga
beira.
Mangabeira was the first to
leave the country after the six
were "invited" to depart before
Nov. 8.
The others include former Pres
ident Arthur Bernards, Armando
Salles, one-time governor of Sao
Paulo state and candidate for
president before elections, sched
uled for last January, were can
celled by President Getulio Var
gas; Lindolpho Collor, former la
bor minister in the Vargas gov
ernment; Mario Brant, former di
rector of the Bank of Brazil; and
Julio Mesquita, director of the
newspaper, 0 Estado Do Sao Pau
lo. which supported Salles in last
pear's campaign.
While the reason for the depar
tures originally was said to be va
cations, it was understood the six
were charged with opposition to
the present regime.
DEATHTAKES
MRS. EC KING
Rites and Interment Will
Be at St* John in Wil
derness Wednesday
Mrs. MacMillan C. King, 49,
of Greenville, S. C., and Flat
Rock, died at her Flat Rock home
last night at 10:15 o'clock.
The funeral services will be
conducted at St. John-in-the-Wil-|
derness Episcopal church on Wed-|
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
and burial will follow in the cem
etery there.
Services will be in charge of
the Rev. James P. Burke, pastor
of St. James Episcopal church,
Hendersonville. Pallbearers will
be Alester G. Furman, Jr., Rich
ard Riley, Allen Bedell, William
Perry, John Pellet and Steve
Nettles, all of Greenville.
Mrs. King was a native of Wa
terville, Maine. She is survived
by her husband, a Greenville bus
inessman, and one sister, who re
sides at Long Beach, Calif. She
had made her home at Flat Rock
in the summer for a number of
years.
RULES PRESS UNDER
WAGE AND HOUR LAW
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (UP)
—Wage-hour Administrator An
drews today ruled that daily news
papers are subject to the tefms of
the wage-hour law.
In a letter to Elisha Hanson,
attorney for ANPA, Andrews said,
"It is the opinion of the general!
counsel's office that newspapers1
are not service establishments
within the meaning of the new
law."
SUMNER RESUMING
LECTURES TONIGHT
Dr. F. W. Sumner of Mills River,
who gave 10 lectures in the spring
in connection with the vocational
school, at the request of various
members of the class, resumes this
work tonight at the city hall at
7:30, when the public is invited to
hear the first lesson of the course
in "religious psychology."
MARK'S FINAL
BLOW AGAINST
WORLD LEAGUE
Hitler Offers "Gentleman's
Agreement" for Long
Peace to France
BROAD SETTLEMENT
SEEN THIS MONTH
By UNITED PRESS
The Nazi-Fascist combination
today moved further to the front
in Europe's search for a solid
basis of international relation*.
At Vienna, delegations headed
by Nazi Foreign Minister Joacliiiri
Von Ribbentrop and Fascist For
eign Minister Ciane weru gather
ing to arbitrate tomorrow the mi
nority dispute between Hungary
and Czechoslovakia.
There appeared little doubt that
satisfactory compromise would bo
reached and some 11,000 square
miles of additional territory and
one million inhabitants would be
cut off from Czechoslovakia. Hun
gary, however, was believed un
likely to get a common frontier
with Poland.
HITLER VOLUNTEERS
PEACE WITH FRANCE
By CLIFFORD L. DAY
(Copyright, 1938, United Pr«»«)
LONDON, Nov. 1.—(UP)—A
four-power pact to replace the
moribund League of Nations r*
keeper of Europe's peace came
nearer today.
This long has been the desire
of Premier Benito Mussolini of
Italy and Chancellor Adolf Hitler
of Germany and it was iHtler who
actuated today's development.
Der Fuehrer yesterday offered
France a "gentlemen's agree
ment" to ftfrain from war, the
pact to be of 10 or 25 years' dura
tion, and French Foreign Minis
ter Georges oBnnet eagerly ac
cepted the opportunity to e*terV<J
the Munich agreement of the "big
four"—Germany, Italy, Britain
and France—towards general Eu
ropean appeasement.
Bonnet shuttled back and forth
between diplomatic representa
tives of the four nations, laying
the groundwork for solving a
half-dozen pressing European
problems, as a result of the en
couraging overture from Hitler.
Diplomats anticipated that this
month would bring a formal
Franco-German friendship or non
aggression pact, renunciaiton by
Germany of any territorial claims
in Europe against France, re-es
tablishment of normal friendly
diplomatic relations between
France and Italy, effectivation of
the Anglo-Italian friendship pact
of last April 16, final settlement
of the Czechoslovak-Hungarian
territorial dispute by Italo-Ger
man arbitration and the granting
of belligerent rights to both sides
in Spain by the London non-inter
vention committee.
This four-power program, turn
ing Britain and France complete
ly away fro mthe League of Na
tions system of collective security,
would bring the Democratic allies
into close collaboration with the
two great European dictatorships.
Diplomats said it definitely would
kill the small remaining effective
ness of the league in the field of
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ART WEEK IS
KEPT BY CITY
Many Local People Are
Exhibiting Art and
Crafts Productions
American Art Week is belrg
observed in Hendersonville, spon
sored by the Woman's club.
The exhibit o* local artists is
viewed by the sponsors as helping
the community by bring local ar
| tists directly before the public,
disseminating ideas to enrich the
| community, and emphasizing by
exhibitions the worth of local
crafts and fine arts.
It is also maintained that such
exhibits offer local and national
publicity to. the artist and the
J community, stressing local histori
cal and beauty spots and enhan«>
j ing art education.
i Mrs. Augustus Williams, chair
man of the art department of the
club has arranged an exhibit in
several of the windows of loc;tl
merchants. She was fortunate lo
procure the works of the follow
ing leading artists of Henderson
ville: Dr. William R. Kirk, Mr.
Cady Hayes, Mr. Lewis Kemper,
Major Thad Jowett, Mr. A. F.
Barber, Mesdames Harry Ewbank,
Margaret Beale, A. Ficker, J. Ben
ton, C- Few, Karl Snow, Misses
Lucy Jowett, Maude Robinson.
Anne Bowen, Nancy Allen, and
Fassifern School