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Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
VOL 57—No. 298
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
COMMONS TOLD
rONIS* STATUS
PART OF PACT
feddling There Covered in
Italian Accord as to
Mediterranean
J1LJTARY AND MORAL
AID PLEDGED FRANCE
LONDON. Dec. 14. )UP) —
Vime Minister Chamberlain ral
ed to the support of France
Italian demands on Tunis
nth the statement today in the
esse of commons that the Medi
rrraneun states mentioned in the
fritish-Italian accord applies to
uni?.
Chamberlain said that any ae
on contrary to the agreement
ouKi be a matter of grave con
;rn to the British government.
ask chamberlain
AS TO STATEMENT
PARIS. Dec. 14. (UP)—The
office spokesman last
r :'r.r announced that Great Brt
i.- pledged to give both raili
. •;■! moral support to France
if war should result from Italy's
•t'i! unofficial territorial demands
a the Mediterranean and North
Africa.
The foreign office announce
i-.r.i was made -ehortly after For
Minister bonnet
•if erred with the British ambas
kulor, Sir Eric Phipps regarding:
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain's statement in the British
louse of commons Monday.
Bonnet asked for an amplifica
tion of Chamberlain's statement
in commons that Britain has no
treaty obligatins to go to France's
aid ih event of an attack by Italy.
I'hipps was understood to have
insured Bonnet that although
•- hnically there is no military al
ance between London and Paris,
ry Italian attempt to upset the
vutus quo" n thr Mediterranean
acquriing Tunisia would slice
"" life-line of the British em
pire.
Therefore, he said. Britain is
.-.-t is determined as France to
-v>t any Mediterranean aggres
r. by Italy and this involves a
promise of military as well as
mora! support.
British sources said that Phipps
explained that Franco-British re
lations were so close and the in
terests of the two nations so in
ter-dependent that there was no
need of a formal agreement cov
enn? all eventualities.
In a move expected to alleviate
somewhat the Italo-French ten
don, the French-Controlled Suez
Canal company is preparing to re
duce its chanel toils by four and
one-sixth per cent effective on
Thursday, it was learned.
The tolls will be reduced from
5ix British shillings ($1.50) a ton
to five shilliings, nine pence
UU3).
It was explained that this re
action was a normal one, dec id
^ upon several months ago on
•iiv> >f the company's ability
to provide cheaper service and
^ ' nothing whatever to do"
*"•• Italian demands.
'he cost of Suez canal passage
(Continued on page four)
CHINESE COOL
10 JAP PLAN
10 HALT WAR
^ttlement Drafted But the
Chinese Are Making
Gains in South
-.SHANGHAI, Dec. 13. (UP) —
r'"u« political sources said to
thitt Japan's most famous
'•;:t«ry figu e, Gen. Kenji Doi
,a''a- was approaching Chinese
,s \vjth a p|an for settlement
th«f war in China.
{^oihaia brought instructions
J: th settlement, Chinese a$
but it was highly uncer
n v her national government
Naders would be interested.
Lhine.se claimed their troops
>< ,lrrow'ng Japanese back in
^thtrn areas and they expect
^capture Canton with the ar
-• now .swinging into action in
*** Oiina .
CITY ASKED TO TAKE STEPS
FOR WIDENING OF CASWELL
AND CRAB CREEK STREETS
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TWO ESPIONAGE
SUSPECTS ARE!
HELD IN WEST
L. f[L
Case of Russian And Nat
uralized Citizen May
Go to Grand Jury
LOS ANGELAS. Pic. 14. (UP)
The department of justive reveal
ed last night that it is holdine: the
manager of a local office of In
tourist Agency, of the Soviet Rus
sian government, and a natural
ized American on suspicion of es
pionage.
The Soviet citizen was Mikhail
Gorin and the American was Hafis
Salich.
Federal agents said Salich is ac
cused of supplying Gorin with con
fidential plans pertaining to the
national defense and with confi
dential navy department informa
tion concerning -Japanese espion
age in this country.
Salich is said to have been an
at:ent of the United States Naval
Intelligence unit. Doth men v*»re
arrested Monday.
Gorin and Salich were arrested
Monday night and questioned un
til mornintr. They were held-in
communicado at county jail under
bail of $25,000 each, after being
booked on charges of espionage.
Both Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation and Naval Intelligence
agents refused to elaborate on the
charges. Both suspects similarly
declined to talk, merely stating
i they had been instructed to re
main silent. However. Gorin con
versed three times bv telephone
with Constantine Oumansky, in
Washington. The last call origi
nated from the jail here and last
ed 15 minutes. The conversation
was carried on in Russian.
Shortly after it had been com
pleted. George Cantillon. a profes
sional bondsman, said he had re
ceived a call from New York in
quiring about premiums which
i would have to be paid to free the
suspects on bond. Cantillon ad
vised the caller, who did not iden
tify himself, that the premium is
normally 10 ner cent of the bond's
face value. The caller promised to
advise later if terms were satis
. factory.
U. S. Commissioner David B.
Head set date of a hearing for
Dec. 24. but it was believed grand
jury action probablv would super
sede the hearing. Benjamin Har
rison. U. S. attorney, refused all
comment on grounds the case was
a matter for the state department.
He said it "probably" would be
referred to the grand jury Dec.
21.
Relief Rolls In
New Sharp Drop
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (UP)
WPA Administrator Hopkins to
day announced that relief rolls
during the week ended December
10 decreased 45,514, one of the
sharpest declines in WPA history.
The relief rolls now hold 3,139,
' 045 clients' names.
Industrial And Tourist
Advertising Planned
by C. of C.
A resolution urging city offic
ials to take whatever steps may
be necessary to accomplish the
widening of Caswell and Crao
(•reek streets from Main street
to a point on Crab Creek street
where it widens into Kanuga road
was adopted last night by direc
tors of the Chamber of Commerce
after President II. E. Buchanan
had reported that officials of
Kanusa conferences had request
ed that st^ch improvement be
made.
Crab Creek and Casweil street
form the only "bottle neck" en
trance to Hendersonville, it was
pointed out, and the narrowness
of these streets constitutes a traf
fic hazard as Svell as serious in
convenience to pedestrians and
property owners. It was suggest
ed that a WPA or other project
be undertaken to widen the two
streets for a distrance of about
six blocks.
The board received a report,
from Thomas H. Franks, chair- j
man of the advertising commit-1
tee, who said a joint meeting had
been held with the industrial
committee, and that during: the i
comincr year the chamber's ad- i
vertisine will be written and
placed by a professional agency, j
To start Ibe propram, a half-pape i
advertisement will be published in '
The Manufacturers Record, and
this .rill ht followed with an in
dustrial booklet citing the advan
tages of Henderson county and
directed to a select list of manu
facturers. Tourist advertising in ,
Florida, it was agreed, should be i
placed in outstanding: newspapers
at the height of the winter sea- j
son, while other tourist advertis
ing will be limited largely to the
Chicago, Cincinnati and Detroit j
areas.
Mr. Franks reported also that
a WPA project for developing the
Jump Off rock area in a recrea
tional area probably will be fin
allv approved soon. The project
calls for the expenditure of $3,
700, of which the sponsor's share
would be about $300.
The Junior Welfare Club has
sold approximately 250 of 1,000 j
automobile tags bearing the name [
of Hendersonville, the board was;
informed. The tasrs are being: sold
at $1.10 each, of which ten cents
represents the cost while the
Junior Welfare club retains 25 •
cents for its charity work and 75 |
cents goes to the Chamber of j
Commerce. The tag:s were made j
in colors contrasting with the j
(Continued on page three) I
CLUB RESOLUTION
LIMITS NURSES TO
TWELVE-HOUR DUTY
Adoption of a resolution pro- i
viding that local nurses shall
serve on 12-hour duty only was
announced today.
The resolution was adopted at
a recent meeting of the Nurses
club, and the schedule of limited
working hours went into effect
immediately, it was said. The
meeting was held at the home of
Miss Joyce Alwrp.i and the reso
lution was adopted unanimously.
The 12 hour schedule will more
evenly distribute work among the
nurses residing here, it was ex
plained.
' PAN AMERICAN MEET SET KUK
! PLENARY SESSION AS DRAFT
! OF TARIFF PUN CIRCULATED
LIMA, Dec. 14. (UP)—The
United States delegates are circu
lating in the eighth Pan American
conference a draft of an agree
ment which would bind all Amer
ican republics to do all they can
to lower tariff barriers.
, It was intended, if the draft
I meets with support, to submit it
formally to the conference.
Reduction of world trade bar
; riers has long been advocated by
U. S. Secretary of State Cordell
Hull as a cure for the ills of the
universe. In his speech last Sat
urday before the first plenary ses
sion, Hull stressed the necessity
for improved trade facilities and
the easing of tariff bars to better
world conditions.
Meantime, it was said Hull was
i so impressed by the text of Ar
gentina's proposed draft of a con-1
tinental solidarity declaration for
hemispherical defense that he may
not present a separate draft.
The Argentine proposal, based
on Hull's own plan which he was
ready to offer the conference and
drafted after the United States
secretary of state and Foreign
Minister Jose Maria Cantilo of
Argentina agreed on the forir,
was said to go mirch farther than
even the most hopeful member of
the United States delegation had 1
anticipated. The project, reported'
virtually to parallel the original
United States defense plan, pro
vides for consultation among all
American nations in event the
sovereignty or political institu
tions of any one of them is threat
ened by an outside force.
Consultations would be called
(Continued on page three)
TREE, LIGHTED
HOMES AUGUR
FINE HOLIDAY
Community Service Will Be
Held at Christmas Treo
on Christmas Eve f
LIGHTING CONTE^s
DRAWING ENTF^S
Erection of a community ^,xr\st
mas tree at Fifth avenu«jf$nd
Church street and the assurance
that many homes will be
in an outdoor Christmas noting
contest today added much to t!ht
outlook for a successful holiday
period in Hendersonville.
Erected under the direction ot
a chamber of commerce commit
tee headed by Mayor A. V.- Ed
wards, the Christmas tree will be
the scene of a religious service^at
8 n. m. on Christmas eve. The
Hendersonville Ministerial associa
tion is arranging the
which will include the singing of
Christmas carols, other tnusic, end
a brief address. The tree is bein0
wired for electric lights by T. C. ■
Whisnant & Sons, without cost to
the chamber of commerce. ,
Outdoor displays m the home
lighting contest must be in opera
tion not later than next Monday
and must be operated nightly FrU
Mondav, Dec. 26. Names of the!
prize winners will be announced
Friday, Dec. 23. in time for |io-|
torists to drive past the homesind (
view the displays. The five^ PR;?*
of $25, $10, "M!
be naid jointly by the ehamof^TBx
commerce and the Duke Pl^e|
ludtrin0, will be done on the basis
of artistic effect rather than on.
elaborateness.
Among the homes so far en
tered a*e those of Mrs. George
M Peebles, 329 Taylor street;
Drs. Branstetter, 317 Fourth ave
nue weft; Mary
Oak Hill Court; Mrs. Glen Mars
ton, Rugby; W. C Banc* 634
Fifth avenue west; Mrs. T. 1 •
len. 230 Sixth avenue west. Dr.,
J. S. Brown, Jr., La"rel F® j*
Mrs T. R. Barrows,, 417 South ^
Main street; Patton MemonaUoa
Dital Highland avenue, and Mrs.
Otis V- Powers, ?43 Second ave
nUEntry'blanks clipped from The
Times-News must be filled in and
filed at the chamber of commerce
office by householders who wi?h to j
enter the contest. Homes in Hen
dersonville and vicinity aie elig
ble for entry. ___
CUYTOBURN
PAID UP BONDS
Hundreds Cancelled ^nd
Registered to Be Dis
posed of
The City of Hendersonville will
dispose of hundreds of cancelled
bonds tomorrow afternoona
t0Ay'register of these cancelled
bonds has been made thd
bonds may now be destroyed.
Members of the city commission
will attend as witnesseg and
number of disinterested wtiness
es will also be on hand. j„c_
The bonds represent a reduc ,
tion of almost a million dollars,
in the city's indebtedness.
3*
Low temperature last nignt—
28 degrees.
TUESDAY
Maximum temperature—51 de-I
grees. Minimum — 35 degrees.
Mean—-43 degrees. Day's range—
16 degreos. |
Normal mean temperature for
December—39.3 degrees. Rainfall
to date—.40 inch. Normal rain-j
fall—5.46 inches.
talk u. s.-china loan
SHANGHAI, Dec. 14. (UP)_
A Chinese press dispatch from
Chungking, provisional seat of j
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's
government, said today that it was
believed a $50,000,000 American
loan to China had been arranged
and that papers would be signed j
shortly in Washington.
Pomp and Ceremony as Peru Greets Foreign Conferees
Scnora Bcnevides, wife of Peru's president, givesa smiling welcome to U. S. Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull at a reception in the Torre-Tagle Palace, Lima, Peru, for delegates to the Pan-American
Conference. Left to ri^ht: U. S. Ambassador Lawrence Steinhardt, Secretary Hull, President Oscar
Bcnevides and Senora Benevides. ' !:
TEACHERS WILL
HOLD BANQUET
THURSDAY EVE
City and County Units to
Have Legislators-Elect,
Others as Guests
The social and program com
mittees of the Henderson county,
and Hendersonville schools an- j
nounce that plans have been com
pleted for a joint teachers' ban-!
quet at the Ames hotel, Thurs-1
day, Dec. 5, at 7 o'clock.
The guests who have been in
vited to give short talks and have
accepted the invitation are L. B. |
Prince, senator-elect from the
27th district; L. L. Burgin, repre
sentative from Henderson county;
H. C. Jarvis, representative from .
Buncombe county; W. A. Hart,
president of the Classroom Teach
ers association of the western:
district and M. M. Redden, Hen- j
dersonville attorney.
Other guests invited to meet
with the teachers are Mrs. Albert
Durham, president of the Hen-1
dersonville P.-T.A.; Oscar Meyer,
chairman of the board of trustees,
Hendersonville, and Floyd Os
borne,, chairman of the county j
board of education. .
The social committee is headed
by Miss Charlotte Turner of the;
county schools and Miss Syretha
Sossoman of the Hendersonville;
schools. I
Mi*s. Walter Allen is president,
of the county unit and Miss Lu-j
cile Sales is president of the city,
unit.
mrsTrector IS
RECUPERATING
Here After Weeks in Two
Hospitals, Following
Wreck Injuries
Mrs. Victor Rector, who a few |
weeks ago was seriously injured
in an automobile wreck at Inman, i
S. C., and has since , been in hos-1
pitals at Spartanburg and Char-j
lotte, is recuperating at the home j
of Mr. Rector's mother, Mrs. R.
M. Rector, 313 Grove street.
Among the many injuries sus
tained by Mrs. Rector was the un
usual one of being strangled with
a portion of a tooth which found
its way iflto a lung, which noted j
specialists have been unable to
remove.
While Mrs. Rector is apparent
ly recovering as well as could be
expected, Mr. Rector says she is I
not in physical condition to re
ceive company.
BLAST KILLS CHJLEANS
CONCEPCION, Chile, Dec. 14.
(UP)—Ten workers were killed
yesterday in an explosion which
wrecked the Grisu shaft of the
Schwager coal mine here. The
blast was caused by a miner who
lighted a cigarette.
PRINCIPALS IN
SHOOTING CASE
PLAN TO WED
Ruth Etting And MyrI Al
derman Fly to Los Vagas
to Obtain License
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Dec. 14.
(UP)—Ruth Etting, blues singer,
and MyrI Alderman, her boy
friend whom her disvorced hus
band recently shot, flew here to
day to be married. They entered
the courthouse and said they ir
tended to obtain a license to wed.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14. (UP)
Martin (The Gimp) Snyder, ex
husband of blues-singing Ruth Et
ting, was accused yesterday by h's
former wife and his daughter of
a cold-blooded attack on young
MyrI Alderman, Miss Ettiny's
piano-playing boy friend, whom he
shot in the abdomen last Octobcr.
Immediately after the testimony
of Miss Etting and 21;-year-old
Edith Snyder, the state called on
Alderman, 30-year-old composer,
to corroborate their stories.
Alderman, after detailing events
of the night of October 15 when
he said Snyder "kidnaped" him at
a broadcasting studio, forced him
to go to the "love cottage" where
Miss Etting and Miss Snyder were
preparing dinner for him, and
then shot him in a jealous ra^e,
was asked whether it was true
that he and Miss Etting had been
"living together as man and wife.'*
"No," he replied firmly.
He admitted that he ,was "in
love with Miss Etting," but said
that on all their junkets they stay
ed in separate rooms and never
lived "as man and wife" at any
time.
Snyder had indicated in his
statements to police that the
young musician had won the affec
(Continued on page four.)
COUNTY HOME
EC. EXHIBIT
HERE FRIDAY
City, County Students to
Show Wares, 10 A. M.
at Carolina . >
Miss Charlotte R. Turner, presi
dent of the Western District
Home Economics Teachers, today
announced a clothing exhibit of
the home economics department!
of the schools in Henderson coun
ty to be given Friday, Dec. 16, at
10 a. m.f at the Carolina theater.
The purpose of this exhibit is
stated as being to stimulate more
interest in the selection and con
struction of clothing problems
planned in the class work of the
home economics departments and
to demonstrate to the public
some of the accomplishments
along this line.
Entries in the exhibit will be in
four divisions: first: First, aprons;
second, smocks; third, wash dress
es, and fourth, woolen dresses.
Judges Will be home economics
teachers from adjoining counties
to be chosen by the county home
economics teachers.
The three rules for entry are:
1. The garment must be select
ed and constructed by student in
class. * • •
2. The garment must be model
ed by person for whom made..
3. Only one entry in exhibit
from each student.
The standards for judging and
the points which each factor will
count are:
1. Suitability for wearer, 60.
(a) Choice of design, 20; (b)
choice of color, 15; (c) choice of
material, 15.
2. Workmanship, 50. (a) Choice
of seams and finishing and
technique of construction, 25; (b)
Fit of garment, 25.
Seven of the city's leading
stores are cooperating by giving
(Continued on paee four)
212 MEMBERS AND LEADERS
PRESENT AS AWARDS MADE
FOR 4-H CLUB ACHIEVEMENTS
The annual Henderson county,
4-H Club Achievement Day pro
gram was held at the county court
house this morning with 212 club
members and local leaders attend
ing:.
The principal speaker was L. R.
Harrel, state 4-H club leader, who
spoke on 4-H Club Work in the
Community. G. D. White, county
farm agent, also spoke briefly.
Jean Lyda, of the Dana, club,
spoke on "What 4-H Club Work
Means to Me."
Club members were welcomed
to Hendersonville by Mayor A. V.
Edwards, and the response was by
Frances Burgin, of the Mills River
club.
A home beautification demon
stration was given by Frankie
FitzSimons and Ollie Ruth Green,
of the Dana club.
Awards for the most outstand
ing work done during the year in
club work were made as follows:
Jean Lyda, Dana, dairy calf proj
ect.
Grace Brown, Etowah, most
outstanding baby beef project.
Adger Jones, Dana, most out
standing poultry project.
Clarence Ward, East Flat Rock,
most outstanding brood sow proj
ect.
Frances Burgin, most outstand
ing all around club member.
Joyce Kerr, Edneyville, moat
outstanding home garden project
Prizes awarded to these contest
ants were given, by Patterson's,
Kalin's, Shelton Feed, J. C. Pen
ney, Lewis, and Railroad Savage.
Achievement certificates Were
awarded to all club members com
pleting projects during the year,
and Carolina theatre tickets were
awarded each member. _ '
VIEW BOYCOTT
OF SPEECH AS
ANAFFRONT
German Delegation Refuses
to Hear Addren by
Chamberlain
INCIDENTMAY END
ALL FRIENDLY MOVES
LONDON, Dec. 14. (UP)—A
strong police guard wai» placed to
day over the German embassy as
British and German relations took
a sharp turn for the worse be
cause Naaiv boycotted a banquet
at which Prime Minuter Cham
berlain spoke last night.
The guard protected the em
bassy from any hostile demonstra
tion! by people who saw scream
ing headlines in newspapers which
reported what they interpreted as
an affront to Britain.
Not only German newspaper
men but German Ambassador von
Dirlcsen and Special Envoy Asch
man boycotted the banquet be
cause Chamberlain criticised "vi
tuperation" of. German newspa
pers against British pnblic offi
cials.
INCIDENT DEVELOPS
PRESS SENSATION
Br WALLACE CARROLL
(Copyright, 1936, Uaitod Press)
LONDON, Dec. 14. (UP)—The
refusal of German Ambassador
Herbert von Dirksen to attend
last night's dinner at which Prime
Minister ■ Neville ■ Chamberlain
spoke on foreign affairs was play
ed sensationally by the London
press this morning and diplomatic
correspondents characterised the
boycott as an international inci
dent which made -.worse Anglo*
.Gentta* relations. -i ~
One paper; 4he tabloid Daily
Mirror, went m far *» te say ft
was almost certain Chancellor
Adolf Hitler would recall his am
bassador, that Chamberlain would
abandon his policy of appeasiu#
the dictators'and would cancel his
scheduled visit to Rome.
Von Dirlcsen, 15 German corre
spondents and Gottfried Aschman,
sent by Hitler especially to hear
Chamberlain's speech, all absent
ed themselves from the dinner
when they learned from an ad
vance copy that Chamberlain
would suggest that "history teach
es us that no fonn of government
ever remains the same."
The Daily Express said it was
reported fSrom Berlin that Hitler
personally ordefred his representa
tives in London to ' boycott the
dinner.
British political writers of all
shades of party affiliation deplor
ed the Nazi boycott of Chamber
lain's speech. Some regarded it
as merely a "fault in manners;"
others attributed it to a much
deeper cause. All realize that it
marks a further deterioration of
Anglo-German relations.
Some of the British writers
were mystified as to the particu
lar - passage of Chamberlain's
speech which caused the Nazi boy
cott Some say that the prime
minister's defense of former
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
offended the -Germans. However,
it was pointed out that Chamber
lain dealt with this topic in much
milder language than he used in
parliament several days ago. Oth
ers suggest thai: the sensibilities
of the Nazis were wounded by
Chamberlain's suggestion that
their present form of government
(Continued on page four)
9 Shopping Days
Till Christina*
So//1 rtrfCH you
**
Sl*«tA SAMM'HO- •
Otftmttj* oeeeavANGt.##
T OOKDCO SACK TO CHRIST*
MAS NHfS TVAKS AGO"
Admiral Byrd widely acclaimed
for hop to South Polo. . . .
Dancer Harold Kreutzberg elec
trifying lovers of terpeidiore.
. . . Group of Catholics, JewB,
Protestants met at Harvard to
war on religious intolerance....
Hollywood "pepping up" Shake
speare, with "Petruchio" Fair
banks and "Katherina" Pick
ford in "The Taming of the
8hrew.M . . . Russia was tag*
nine Chrjstsaas observance. <