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VOL. 57—No. 285
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
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Japan Refuses To Open Yangtse To Traffic
FOUR POWERS
ED DECISION
MUST BE FINAL
Will Kemain in Force as
Long as Chinese Main
tain Opposition
JAPAN LOOKS FOR
CLASH WITH SOVIET
SHANGHAI. Nov. 29. (TP) —
Japan today formally refused to
ivoprn the Yangtse river to com
dtercial navigation as demanded
kjthe I'nited States, France, Eng
ird and Italy.
Admiral Koshiro Oikawa, Japa
«se naval commander in China,
jelivered a memorandum to that
■•(Feet to the naval commanders of
the lour powers. The communique
<tid, "We shall be compelled to
■tick t<> our decision as long as
Chinese forces maintain their
present attitude."
A Japai:e>e army spokesman
<a>d today that mopping up op
erations in the 1'earl river delta
of Kwantung province had been
completed, freeing an estimated
IOO.UOU Japanese soldiers for a
northward drive along the I'anton
Hankow railway.
Simultaneously me «iap»nr>v
w-minister of war. Gen. Kiki
Tcjoh. told Japan 's munitions
nailers in a conference in Tokyo
that they must turn out weapons
and munitions in quantities suffi
cient to enable Japan to fight
China and Soviet Russia at the
same time. ,
A!! Japanese officials agreed
that tha war with China would be
continued until Chinese national
am is crushed and that when the
Japanese pursue Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek to the new de
fense areas he is building in the
«orth\ve>t. contiguous with Soviet
b$;a. there may be danger of
■-Japanese complications.
*.e Japanese are franklv wor
r.rd at the definitely pro-Soviet
Vcv which Generalissimo Chian?
ir.«i his associates have adopted
and it was believed that this policy
the Tokvo munitions con
ference at which General Seishiro
Itngak:. imperial war minister,
presided.
Itairaki told the munitions mak
ers they must produce to their
productive capacity at once since
'he armv "must merit the con
feree which the nation is giving:
it and v-t the imperial mind (Em
Per ' H rohitok at rest bv achiev
;air the mission which has been
mnnsed upon it."
This "mission" as announced by
• •'miet Prince Fumimaro Konoye,
'•<> make Japan the dominant
>v-er in Kast Asia, and the war
jnin:?ter meant that Japan must
prepared to fight anv power or
putic o: powers which attempts
•° thwart this program.
The vice-minister, Gen. Tojoh,
>wr explained that Russia al
£*dy i> giving military aid to
•".na yri<! may give more in the
•Mure. For this reason, he s-iid,
•It army must have munitions
ttough ti ■ fight Russia as well as
'ain*.
BREVARD ROAD
RESIDENT DIES
Miss Ollie Crawford, Age
70, Passes; Funeral
To Be Wednesday
Miw oiije Flora Crawford. TO,
this morninsr at 3:15 o'clock
if- her hon.e on the Brevard hifch
***. n*ar Etowah.
Funeral service* will be held
*«flftes(iav at 2:30 p. m., at Mills
;• "«r Methodist church, with in
gment in the cemetery there.
7*i*tine will be the R«'vs. Mr.
\S" Hutchison. and We*t.
Miss Crawford has been ill for
°«ut a week and death was at
to pneumonia, following
"uluenz*.
She th»* daughter of the
i " J&soer Hueh and Arminda
*fiand tvawford. She is survived
JV two s,sr4-rs. Miss R. E. Craw
\ • Horse Shoe, and Mrs.
ICe 'orJ. of Bessamer City.
wants japan to win
pWAsM.NT.TON, Nov. 2i>. (UP)
H ,Ce V'"*terday arrested a man
J^ntifitd as John T. Clarke,
]' '^akin* a window in the
•paries eir.hassv He explained
^ h" wanted the United States
ton sro to war—and Ja
Police held him for
j Namesake of
First Lady Deb
(From XEA: (c) Bachrach)
A post-Christinas debut party in
the White House, the first since
the days of Taft, will honor
Eleanor Roosevelt, above, Hos
ton rind New York debutante,
and niece and namesake of Mrs.
Franklin L>. Roosevelt.
DUKE ACCEPTS
BID TO PLAY;
AT ROSE BOWL
Will Battle Southern Cali
fornia in New Year's
Day Contest
DURHAM. Nov. 29.—(UP) —
Duke university announced last
night it had accepted an invita
tion to play Univers.ty of South
ern California in the Rose Bowl.
Duke, whose perfect season is
the first among major college
teams since Andy Kerr's Colgate
Red Raiders pulled the trick in
193-, defeated Pittsburgh 7-0 to
end the season unbeaten, untied
and unscored on.
It will be Duke university's
first trip to the Ruse Bowl—and
the fourth for Coach Wallace
Wade, who has never been defeat
ed in a Rose Bowl game. While
coach at Alabama, Wade brought
back two wins and a tie from Pas
adena.
Coach Wade was elated over
the invitation, but his sole com
ment was, "I think it's all right.
All right."
Southern conference rules pro
hibit a member from playing post
season games, but it has long been
understood that members would
vote to suspend the rules should
one of the teams in the confer
ence be invited to a post season
"bowl game."
"We had polled the other con
ference members," Wade said last
night, "and had received enough
replies to warrant our accepting
the invitation. Some members
haven't replied yet but we already
had enough to accept. The others
probably will 'phone in their
votes tonight."
Wade, who depends on the fun
damentals of football for his vic
tories — punting, blocking and
tackling — and lets the "razzle
(Continued on page four).
FRANCE READY
TO COPE WITH
GREAT STRIKE
Troops Pour Into Paris for
Expected Disorders
on Wednesday
government; union
AT GRIPS ON ISSUE
PARIS. Nov. 29. (UP)—The
government will attempt to smash
a general strike of 5,000,000
| French workers tomorrow by
1 strong handed methods. It was
I revealed that, while thousands of
; troops poured into Paris, several
persons were injured in a clash
with mobile guards in the first
strike rioting at Valenciennes.
The trouble started when pickets
tried to prevent metal workers
from resuming work.
It announced officially that all
banks, schools and the stock ex
change would open here and that
all utilities, including subway,
' bus, telephone, telegraph, gas and
electrical service would function
1 but that industry will shut down
entirely.
To keep the utilities operating
it was believed that the govern
ment would resort to forceful
mta.u •
The General Confederation of
Labor informed workers that
those who refuse to strike will
, lose their union cards.
Meanwhile, the government
warned civil servants or workers
in nationalized industries they
1 would lose their jobs if they
struck.
The embattled government of
Premier Edouard Daladier early
today began tnaving police and
military reinforcements into Par
is to try to crush the 24-hour gen
eral strike called for tomorrow by
labor leaders.
This action was taken after the
powerful general confederation
of labor last night rejected a I
compromise proposal that the
strike be called off pending an
emergency session of parliament
to vote life or death for Daladier's
government. I
The French Atlantic fleet was:
at Lorient, with leave permission
cancelled. All crews were ordered j
to remain near their ships and I
engineer officers were mobilized ;
and sent to Paris to assist in op-1
erating railways, subways and '
utilities taken over by the gov- j
ernment under a militarv order. ,
Reinforcements of police and j
soldiers were ordered into Paris j
after a conference last night be-1
tween nolice and army authori- i
ties. It was estimated officially I
that 40,000 police will be on
guard in Paris tomorrow, exclu
sive of troops already quartered
in Paris and the suburbs. Paris
forces will comprise 5,000 Repub
lican guards, 15,000 police and
20,000 mobile guards.
• it was significant that not too
many reinforcements were mov
ing into Paris, as the government
feels it might be necessary to
maintain order throughout France.
Troops were ordered to remain
in barracks, ready for instant or- j
ders tomorrow.
Judge Pless Will
Administer Oath
To Clerks Here!
I
All Superior Court Clerks j
of District Invited Here
Monday for This
Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., of Ma
rion, resident judge of the 18th j
judicial district, will administer
the oath of office to all clerks of j
the court in the district on next!
Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock
at the county court house.
Letters have been mailed to all;
clerks of the six counties of the
district by Geo. W. Fletcher, Hen-|
| derson county clerk, inviting them
to be present for the ceremony!
here.
' Clerks of the district are: Fred
Proffitt. Yancey; Spaulding Mcin
tosh, Transylvania; Robert F. Mc
Farland, Jr., Polk; Fred Moody,,
McDowell; Frank Hall, Ruther
ford; and Mr. Fletcher, Hender-!
son. j
HOME FROM FLORIDA
Dr. Oliver Dahl has returned
from a trip to Florida, where he j
i spent some days.
Tracking Down'
On Utilities To
Be Postponed
' (Copyright, 1938, United Pre»»)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. (U?)
Securities and Exchange commis
sion officials indicated today they
would refrain from "cracking
down" on public utility hold *ig
companies that fail to file tenta
tive integration plans by the De
cember I deadline.
They emphasized, however, that
firms not filing plans would be ex
pected to indicate intention -of
complying within a "reasonable
time."
The deadline was set by SKC
Chairman Douglas in a letter to
the heads of (50 utility holding
companies last August 3. He said
that he expected them to submit
suggestions, plans and programs
under the so-called "death sen
tence" clause of the public utility
holding company act by Decem
ber 1 oven though they may be
tentative.
To date, 48 hours before the
deadline, more than half of the
$14,000,000,000 industry has filed
either formal or tentative plans
for simplification of utility pyra
mids into single geographically
and economically integrated sys
tems.
1 Among the many systems indi
cating voluntary compliance was
the Electric Bond and Share Co.,
' one of the leading opponents of
'the publK' utility holding
act.
REWARD FUND
Contributions Swell Re
ward for Church Robber
to $65, Announced
Chief of Police Otis Powers unT
nounced today that voluntary con
tributions to a reward fund for
information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the party or
parties entering: St. James Episco
pal church had brought the total
reward to $65.
Chief Powers said that a num
ber of people had expressed inter-.
est in apprehension of the person
or persons who took the commun
ion service from the church.
Chief Powers started the reward
fund by offering $25 personally'
for information leading to an ar
rest and conviction. Numerous
other contributions have been re
ceived, he said.
23 Arabs, 2 British
Soldiers Killed
JERUSALEM, Nov. 29. (UP) —
Twenty-three Arabs and two Brit
ish soldiers were killed and six
Britishers wounded in an engage
ment at Mount Carmel. There was
hand to hand fighting with swords.
'F.R. MAY VOICE
PERSECUTION
VMS TODAY
Looked for at Press Con
ference After Survey
of Conditions
U. S. AMBASSADOR
TO RETURN TO ROME
WARM SPRINGS, Nov. 29.
(UP)—President Roosevelt's inti
mates today believed he migh
comment on affairs in German;
and Italy in a press conference
late today.
The occasion would be oppor
tune, it was said, since he ha
conferred twice in two days witl
Hugh Wilson, ambassador to Ger
manv, and William Phillips, am
bassadov to Italy.
White House attaches said th<
president exnlored broad phase:
of anti-Semitism in both countriei
as well as the plight of Catholic;
and Protestants in Germany.
Italy will be spared the stinginj
rebuke that President Roosevel
Kave Nazi Germany for its attacki
on racial, political and religiou;
groups, it was indicated at con
elusion of little White House con
ferences with the nation's ambas
sadors to the two dictatorships.
Roth Wilson and Phillips de
V-ined to dtouss the conference*
in the seclusion of Mr. Rooseveltr*
liVinjf room, but the fact that Phil
lips said he would return to hi?
post next month was taken by ob
servers to mean that the adminis
tration regarded the Rerlin gov
ernment in a class by itself. Roth
left by train for Washington yes
terday afternoon.
Wilson, who was technically re
called by the chief executive to
report on persecution of minori
ties by the Nazis, however, will
remain in this country for an in
definite period. He objected to the
use of the word "indefinite" when
queried by newspapermen here,
but admitted he "had a number of
(Continued on page three)
Canegie To Play
Texas Christian
^ PITTSBURGH, Nov. 29. (UP)
Carnegie Tech today accepted an
invitation to play in New Orleans'
Sugar Bowl, January 2, against
Texas Christian university.
APPRECIATE PUBLIC
RESPONSE IN RECENT
JEWISH FUND APPEAL
Appreciation of public response
last Saturday to the appeal for
funds for Jewish refugees was ex
pressed here today. The statement
read :
"On behalf of the Jewish Na
tional Fund, the local chairman
and committee wish to extend
thanks for the generous response
of the many contributors to the
recent Flag Day drive."
BERLIN DENIES REPORT AT
LONDON NAZIS MOBILIZING 3
ARMY CORPS WITH SECRECY
LONDON, Nov. 29. (UP).—The
News Chronicle, in an undated
dispatch which could not be con
finned, stated today it had learn
ed reliably that Germany was in
the process of mobilizing three
army corps of 110,000 men with
the greatest secrecy.
Six divisions already had been
mobilized and it was estimated
that the three remaining divisions
would be mobilized by next week
end, the dispatch said.
The News Chronicle said it was
believed the mobilization was in
connection with the situation in
the Carpathian-Ukraine, or Ruth
enia, autonomous Czechoslovak
province. There have been disor
ders in this region for many days
because of the demands of Poland
and Hungary to annex additional
teritory there, in defiance of the
German-Italian ruling fixing new
Czechoslovak frontiers on this
border.
The United Press in London
telephoned Berlin and was in
formed nothing was known there
of the reported mobilization.
The News Chronicle said that
the army corps affected include
the eighth (Silesian), s»tioned at
Breslau: the 17th (Austrian) sta
I tioned at Vienna and probably
' the 14th. .
The dispatch said that leaves of
all officers in these outfits were
cancelled and that the speed with
which the mobilization was car
ried out dislocated freight traffic
between Berlin and Vienna on
the direct line running through
prague.
The News Chronicle said it was
believed Germany was preparing
to reply to persistent polish and
Hungarian interest in the Carpa
thian-Ukraine, but that persona
wel Unformed suspected Chancel
lor Adolf Hitler wished to hold his
hand until some particularly flag
rant incident on Czechoslovakia's
eastern frontier should prompt
German elements in the Czech,
Slovak or Carpathian - Ukrainian
governments to request armed
support from Germany, giving
Germany a pretext .for overrun
ning the whole of Czechoslovakia
and occupying Prague.
The paper pointed out that as
German mobilization during the
Czechoslovak crisis put 1,350,000
men under arms, it was under
standable that the present com
paratively small activity hitherto
escaped outside attention.
SANTA AND STREET LIGHTS
FEATURE OPENING TONIGHT
FOR YULE SHOPPING SEASON
<»_
City High School Band Will
Play for Procession;
Contest Begins
Preparations neared completion
today for the opening of Hen
dersonville's Christmas season to
night. when window shonping
| night wiy be observed and a large
crowd is expected to be uptown to
greet Santa Claus (in person) and
to see the special decorations
" erccted under the direction of the
t merchants division of the chamber
' of commerce.
J Multi-colored lights suspended
over the streets of the business
- district, silver-toned pine trees at
i the edge of the sidewalks, and
i gayly lighted and decorated store
• windows \iill be among the attrac
■ tions, together with a window
shopping contest conducted by the
' Times-News and 17 business firms,
i To compete in the contest, the
> shopper is asked to find cards in
i the store windows bearing scram
bled words and to unscramble
: these words to form phrases or
; sentences. Prizes of $5, $3 and
i $'2 are offered by the Times-News,
i Participating firms are Kalin's
Dept. store, Lewis Dept. store, J.
•iC. Penney Co., Rose Pharmacy,
The Fashion Shop, Brunson Furni
ture Co., Economy Drug store,
O'Dell & Gossett Furniture Cq.,
i; I/oona AUen Young, Freeze Drug
i Co.. Kailroad Salvage Co., Patter
son's Dept. store, Jennie Bowerrs
I flhop, Houston Furniture Co., Re
liable Furniture Co., Duke Pouer
: Co., and The Leader.
At 7 :H0 o'clock tonight the col
ored street lights will be turned
I on, and at 8 o'clock Santa Claus
j will arrive in a specially con
structed and decorated conveyance
provided by the Shipman Motor
Co. Having detoured since he left
his home in the north, he will ar
rive over South Main street, ac
companied by the high school
band. The procession will move
I up Main street, stopping at each
street intersection for a selection
by the band, and at Seventh ave
nue will turn east and proceed to
the depot section.
On his brief visit tonight, Santa
will announce that he will be in
Hendersonville next Saturday to
participate in school day and to
hand out candy. To the county
school having the largest percent
age of its enrollment in town that
day, distance traveled also being
taken into consideration, the mer
chants division of the chamber of
commerce will award a cash prize!
of $25. Second and third prizes!
will be $15 and $10. Pupils from
each school will be required to!
| register at the city hall in order to
i compete in the contest.
BRITONS PLAN
TRIP TO ROME
Chamberlain and Halifax
Project Parley There
With II Duce
j LONDON, Nov. 29.— (UP)
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain and Foreign Secretary Vis
count Halifax will go to Rome
early in January to consult with
Premier Mussolini on means of
I furthreing Chamberlain's program
i of "peace within our time" result
ing from the four-power Munich
pact.
Official announcement of the
Rome visit was made last night as
Chamberlain, answering question
ers in the house of commons, de
| nied the British government had
undertaken any new military com
I mitments to France during the
three-day state visit whicn he and
: Halifax paid to Paris last week.
The announcement of the Rome
trip, which will bring Chamberlain
and II Duce together again for the
I first time since the Munich pact on
Sept. 29, said it was in "pursuance
of the policy of appeasement."
Anglo-Italian interests in the
' Mediterranean and North Africa,
entering a new stage of collabora
tion as result of the formal enact
ment of the Anglo-Italian pact of
friendship on Nov. 16 in Rome,
I will be discussed in detail as will
the still awkward problem of the
civil war in Spain.
The Rome trip probably will be
part of a Mediterranean holiday
which Chamberlain has been con
templating. It was believed that
Chamberlain had received a for
mal invitation from Mussolini.
Fred J. Ballenger, Laborite in
the house of commons, asked
(Continued on page three)
LIGHTS ON AT 7:30
Merchants whose store win
dows are not on the automatic
lighting circuit were requested
today by Miss Jennie Bowen,
vice-chairman of the merchants
division of the chamber of com
merce, to leave the windows
dark until 7 :.'J0 o'clock tonight.
At that time the automatic win
dow lights and the colored
street lights will come on, and
in the interest of uniformity it
is desired that all other lights
he turned on at the same time.
CALL DEFENSE
CONFERENCES
High Ranking Officers oi
Army, Navy, Marines
to Take Part
By MACK JOHNSON
(Copyright, 1938, United Prats)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. (UP)
[ More thjm 180 high-ranking army,
navy and marine corps officeri
had been summoned here for a
secret, two-day conference be
ginning Thursday to offer their
views on how to strengthen Presi
dent Roosevelt's industrial mobil
ization program, it was learned
last night.
The officers will include regi
mental commanders and procure
ment and technical experts who
will meet with the chiefs of the
war and navy departments and
reveal weaknesses, if any, that are
retarding the mobilization plan.
A war department official ad
mitted reluctantly that the con
ference is for "stock-taking" pur
poses — to determine which
branches of the three services are
weak in men, equipment and
sources of supply.
The mobilization plan is one of
the keystones of Mr. Roosevelt's
new national defense program
and the seriousness with which of
ficials regard it is emphasized by
the fact that the conference will
mark the first time that the three
services have discussed it on a
unified basis. Previously each
service had discussed procure
ment, production and related
problems simply as they were in
dividually affected.
Although the war department
is responsible for developing the
mobilization program, officials
explained that the plan logically
involves the navy and the marine
corps and in consequence repre
sentatives were summoned.
News of the conference was
disclosed only 12 hours after Sec
retary of War Harry H. Wood
ring issued hi sannual report
which stressed the need of "an
adequate protective mobilization
plan" which envisions increased
personnel, equipment and arma
ments and strengthening of forti
fications, especially at the Pan
ama canal.
Assistant Secretary of War
Louis Johnson is expected to
bring the conferees up to date
o nhis recent discussions with avi
ation, utility, motor car and other
(Continued on page three)
CAR TAG SALE
TO BE BENEFIT
Junior Welfare to Help
Promote C. of C. Pub
licity Fund
A campaign to sell 1,000 Hen
dersonville city automobile tags
for the benefit of the chamber of
commerce advertising fund will be
opened tomorrow by members of
the Junior Welfare club.
The welfare organization will
handle the sale of the tags, which
bear the name Hendersonville, ex
clusively, and will receive about
25 per cent from the sale for use
in the charity work of the organ
ization.
The remainder of the proceeds
from the tags, which sell for $1.10
each, will go directly into the
chamber of commerce advertising
fund and will be used in this man
ner during the spring.
PHOT AND ONE
PASSENGER ®
PLANESAVED
Pulled From Wreckage and
Up 500 Foot Wall,
Near 'Frisco
FLYING OFFBEAM;
PASSENGER UNHURT
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29. -
(UP)—The coast gunrd announc
ed that the pilot and one passon
I ger had survived the- crash of a
United Airlines transport plain*
. into the Pacific ocean near hero
1 today. .
Five others aboard were miss
ing.
I The announcement said the pi
lot, Charles Stead, and F. E. Ed
' elstein, a passenger, had been
pulled from the wrecked plane by
ropes up the wall of a 60U-foot
cliff.
Stead lost consciousness when
pulled over the edge of the cliff.
Edelstein apparently was not
injured.
SITE OF ACCIDENT
IS VERY ISOLATED
SAN FRANCISCO, Not. 29!—
(UP)—A United Airlines main
liner en route from Seattle to
San Francisco with seven persons
aboard and flying off it<j radio
beam, made a crash landing in the
ocean off a 500-foot cliff near
Point Reyes, California, today.
The plane was wrecked but the
fate of those aboard, four pas
sengers and three members of th«
crew, was not determined imme
diately.
The accident occurred in uno
of the most isolated spots aloiitf
the California coast and, although
the place is but 30 miles from
the Golden Gate coast, guardsmen
J and other rescuers estimated it
1 would take hours to reach the
| wreckage.
Ambulances were sent from
: San Francisco and San llafael.
i
FUSELAGE BROKEN,
BOTH MOTORS GONE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. (UP)
Civil aeronautics officials today
said that preliminary advices by
telephone on the crash of a Unit'
ed Airliner near San Francisco in
dicated that both motors were
jarred from the plane and its fu
I selage broken in two.
MR. AND MRS. HUNT
! TO MAKE HOME HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Hunt,
parents of Mrs. S. J. Fullwood,
have, arrived here, where they
plan to make their permanent
home. They are from Cromwell,
j Ind., and are stopping at the Full
i wood home in Laurel Park.
MAY BE PROMOTED
WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 29.
(UP)—President Roosevelt is con
templating naming Dr. Ross T.
Mclntyre, White House physician,
! to be surgeon-general of the nr. /y
| with rank of rear admiral, it \.as
I learned last night from unim
I peachable sources.
ii n anopping u.ys
mm Till Christmas
"Uhc wofttp i
looking s^epncAusr at
GB2MAN PE4C6 flf*>P0SAur..*
T OOKING BACK TO CHRIST
Aj MAS SI TEARS AGO—
The world was looking skepti
cally at German peace pro
posals. . . . Christmas pack*
ages for allied soldiers, and for
the American ambulance units
in France were solicited. . . .
Street shrines were being erect
ed in London to honor the ws?
dead. . . . The Virgin Islanc.n
spent their first Christmas un
der the American fleg. . . „
Woman wen wearing hi£i
waists and oaring, fussy skirts.