&SOCIETY Pel
MRS. C. R. McMANAWAY, Editor \ /
irch. Club. Lodge and Other Item, of Interval lo Ti^ TVme^NwT' W^nen,Reader.
tMSS-ROBERTSON
1ALS LOVELY
lt,.,;navrt' of Miss Margare;
i \V itkins. oi" Charleston, S.
|n«i F:at R»ck. to Mr. Reuben
Robertson. Jr., Grove
\sh«*vi!'e. and Flat Hock, is
M.via! interest here. The
vows were spoken on
r vetting at 8:o0 o'clock
. ip> Episcopal church,
and the brilliant wed
rvcei'tion was held at the
f Mr. and Mrs. Daniel El
jji:'_i-r. uncle and aunt of the
\vth whom she resides at
Charleston and Flat Rock
' bride, who was given in
R... -iv her uncle, Mr. Huger.
v, iv in her bridal gown of
with the old fashioned
: and veil <>f rose point
carried a bouquet of
.is and lilies of the val
(.» t re a number of attend
vr„ M-r*' beautifully gowned,
uise tv> Honohiha Mr.
|\r . Robertson will reside in
0.. where he hps head
Pv«; as assistant general man
: the Champion Paper and
company.
irarriage unites two of the
v minen? families of the
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson
•fvt- members of society in
i;v and have made many
::ds -iince buying a sum
hoive in Flat Rock. Tho Hu
„ .iniong the old families of
if-iVR who settled Flat Rock.
* ■» *
|ely birthday
bration
tie Miss P»t<y Fesperman
sted her fifth birthdav bean
, n Saturday at the home
r parents. Mr. and Mrs. W.
.spot man. A Christmas tree
,*her decorations added a fos
r.otv r«> the setting, and dur
at'temoon Mrs. Fesperman
•hvm the Clnistmas story im
tly.
de resistance was th.*
irthday cake forming the
t ce. and nandina ber'ies
t-,J n c vstal Scottie hold
rr •• briirht touch as well as
•ppermint earie favors. Ice
:ind holiday candies wer •
to a few clo^e friends of
t\ hostess.
♦ * *
HENDERSON
lORFD
- Viola Gilliam was hostess
Miehtful Sunday night sup
compliment to Miss \ irginia
--on who is in training at
|-ujy hospital in Atlanta. Ga .
ho left today after a short
[*'•> her mother. Mrs. A. J.
rson.
lovely Ch'i-tnias tree and
eons* were in effective ar
[merit in the living room and
.ners also added a bright
The guests at this attractive
for Miss Henderson includ
Francs von Cannon and
ildred Gilliam, and the fol
young srentlemen: Jack
Earl Merrell. Donald
llin and Arthur Stewart.
• TODAY •
1CHARD GREENE
NANCY KELLY
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LATEST NEWS
AROLINA
I since "The Hurricane" ha*
ill a tremendous spectacle
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Bickford-Preston Foster
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TODAY _ TUESDAY
|c STATE 20c
NURSES TO BE
ENTERTAINED
Miss Cora Fi.sher will be hostess
tomorrow evening: at 7:.*?0 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. I. C. Arledge,
White Pine Inn, on the Ashevillp
highway, to the members of the
Nurses Club at a Christmas party.
Miss Fisher is also extending an
invitation to other members of the
profession in this way to attend
the party.
I S * :;e
EASTERN STAR TO MEET
Hendersonville chapter No. 61.
0. F. S.. will have a meeting to
morrow. Tuesday, evening at 7:30
o'clock at the Masonic hall. Mem
hoi's are asked to take their con
tributions for the Christmas bas
kets.
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W. C. T. C. STUDENTS HERE
Among the students returning
from W. C. T. C. at Cullowhee are
Miss Margaret Lane; Teddy Miller,
Bill Crowder. Bob Brown, Philip
Thibodeau. and Mutt Johnson.
LAN DON BIDS
FOR SOLIDARITY
I —
(Continued from page one)
mon with these new tyrannies.
I We are horrified and shocked by
| their incredible brutality. We re
i ject the philosophy of these Fas
cist. Nazi and Communist powers
as alien to everything we prize
; and stand for—to our hopes and
ideals of justice and tolerance."
He raised the question of main
taining the Monroe Doctrine
above United States party poli
tics, and asserted that he spoke
for the Democrats as well as Re
publicans in pledging that the
"historic policy is not going to be
changed no matter what party is
; in power."
Landon's words were regarded
as an effort to allay any fears,
attributed in some circles to Ar
gentina. that the "good neighbor"
policy was a matter of the dura
tion of President Roosevelt's ad
ministration. .
Landon minced no words in his
indirect references to Japan and
the European totalitarian re
gimes as "growing harder and
more brutal every day."
FRENCH CHEER
DEFI TO ITALY
(Continued from page ore)
making any provocative state
ments regarding Italo-French ten
sion.
POLES FEAR LAND MAY
BE BATTLEGROUND
WARSAW, Poland. Dec. 19.—
t (UP)—Polish leaders last night
expressed fears the expanding
Ukrainian independence move
ment might eventually embroil
Germany and Soviet Russia in
war with Poland as their battle
ground.
Poland's foreign policy at the
[ moment is dominated by the
I Ukrainian issue, which appears
to be gaining strength through
the sympathy of Nazi Germany
with whom Warsaw has cooperat
! ed closely during the past five
! years despite her anti-Nazi alli
ances.
It is admitted here that Ger
many's support of the Ukrainian
independence movement is not
inspired by an anti-Polish pro
gram but appears to be directed
against Soviet Russia more than
any other single power.
Poland, it was admitted, would
find it difficult to counteract any
secession movement among her
7,000,000 Ukrainians — nearly
one-fourth of the entire Polish
population—if an independent
Ukrainia were established. But
the danger would be even greater
! if fighting broke out on the
Ukrainian issue between Ger
many and Russia.
ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE
A marriage of much interest to
their many friends was that of.
Miss Mary Bowers, daughter of(
Mr. .and Mrs. R. L. Bowers, to
Paul Shunian, son of Mrs. Eva!
Shunian, both of this city. The
marriage was solemnized in Spar
tanburg. S. C., Saturday, Decern-'
her 17. They will make their.
home in this city.
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PERSONAL I
PARAGRAPHS
Mr. and M(js. Robert L. Fran
cis. of New York City, are here
to spend the holidays with their
mothers, Mrs. Ettie J. Carson and
Mi*s. Margaret Francis.
Miss Ntll Dednion will arrive
on Wednesday for the holiday
season with Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Fesperman, the latter her sister.
Miss Dedmon is teaching at Odeil
school near Concord.
Edwin Hinsdale has returned
home from Carolina at Chapel
Hill to be with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Hinsdale.
Miss Barbara Zang returned
home yesterday from Simmons
colle.ee at Boston. Mass., to spend
the Christmas season with her
parents, Mr. and Mis. A. (J. Zang.
John Mallett! a ' student at
Princeton university, Princeton,
N. J., is hei'e for a visit to his
mother, Mrs. George H. Mallett.
Miss Margaret Jones left today
for Miami, Fla., to visit h»*r moth
er. Mrs. A. 0. Jones.
Misses Katherine and Ruby
Come have returned from Bob
Jones college at Cleveland, Tenn.,
for the holidays.
M rs. Win. Lott has as h»>r guest
at her home on th«> Flat Rock road.
Mary Dale Lott of Columb'a, S. C.,
for the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. H«*nry II. Hall and Mrs.
Lucy Gregory Arnold have-return
ed to Winchester, Ky., after a visit
to Mr. and Ms. James P. Gregory.
Jesse Reese has returned home
from the University at Chapel Hill
for the Yuletide.
Mr. fcnd Mrs. P. C. Crayton of
Anderson. S. C., nnd son, P. C.,
Jr., a student at Clemson college,
were guests yesterday of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Acker.
Mr. John R.. Begg of Spartan
burg, S. C., spent the week-end
with Mr. J. F. Brooks and Miss
Mary Brooks.
GAY BANKS BURYeD .
FOLLOWING ACCIDENT
(Continued from najre nne^
with bis father and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Jackson, sideswipped a
Chevrolet truck, driven by Baisell
King, son of O. O. King. Occu
pants of both trucks reside in (he
Upward section. .
The Jackson truck was pro
ceeding toward Upward and the
King truck toward f Henderson
ville. ' ;
Officers said King was under
$200 hond on a charge of reck
less driving for an appearance
before Magistrate Bruce A. Cox
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Officers today had not learn -
ed the names of parties involved
in the collision of two trucks on
the Asheville road Saturday night,
but said thev had learned none of
the occupants was injured.
FAIR TO POST NEWS
SAN FRANCISCO. (UP) —
From an 8x10 foot cinema screen
world-wide news bulletins will be
flashed hourly at. the Christian
Science Monitor building through
out the entire duration of the 1939
I Golden Gate International Expo
I sition.
HORSE FLY SINISTER
BERKELEY. Cal. (UP)—The
ordinary horsefly may be respon
sible for the spread of infantiie
paralysis, according to the latest
research work at Dr. L. L. Lums
den, director of the U. S. public
health service at New Orleans,
who is now lecturing on the
Berkeley campus.
. Cornell University is. in posses
sion of an author's copy of the
song "Dixie." The original son^;
copy was stolen from the compos
er and the presented copy made
later.
MUSICA HAD
OLD ARSENAL
i (Continued fmm i-au" on?'
rich's ability to speak fluent
I federal officials converged
on New York tn t:e together the
! loose ends of far-flung investiga
I tion the body of Phdip Musica,
notorious pro-war known
1 more recently as lh. K. I>on.»M
I Coster, conservative president of
| the world's third largest dnnrfirm,
i was brought with attempted
cu*y to a Brooklyn funeral home
! from his FairfirW. Conn.. "T
j dence, where he committed suicide
1 F'uwis believed tlmtfuMeral srr
fvices were held pnvatelv S"»<U.
afternoon in the chapel o .
I Fairfield funeral homo. althouM1
members of the Musica fami > ha<l
! said the services would be toda>.
Mrs. Coster, stricken wite of tin
\ drug magnate engaged a room
! the funeral home. • ' ' .
Automobiles bearing <
cut license plates arrived at u>
home throughout the early aftei
noon. About . 14 person? who ar
rived in three automobiles enttuu
the chaDel before « p. m.
* Pail child spokesmen said tney
' had been instructed to give out no
| information. TT o
I Bricn McMahon, assistant w. »»
I attorney general and ace
tor. meeting here today with f« d
I oral agents were making an effoit
! to coordinate the investigation ot
Coster's gun-running activities, i
; which acting U. S. Attorney
| ory Noonan said the government
had obtained conclusive proot.
I The smuggling of' arms and mu
nitions to belligerent nations, ac
cording to investigators, was a
natural outgrowth of. Costers pro
hibition days' activities, when he
onerated an illicit alcohol and
nim-running business under t.ie
<niise of a simple hair tonic estab
lishment. When he entered < the
wider drug field, it was Panted
lout, he had contacts, equipment
and other means to abandon one
type of smuggled Roods lor an
other, even more lucrative.
Despite their "conclusive proot
! federal authorities were convinced
that thev had but scratched the
! surface 'of Coster's munitions
; smuggling business, both as to its
i extent end personnel.
1 The state department represen
1 tative, it was explained, would at
i tend the session to study the ef
fect upon diplomatic, relations ot
this country with those nations
which could be shown to,,have re
ceived arms ind munitions in cases
marked 4imilk of magnesia.
' While lawyers for the other Mu
sica brothers—known as Geoigu
Dietrich. Robert D.etr;ch. and
Robert Vernard -- denied ,n^ [j
nantlv that .they would plead gui"
tv, there were persistent reports
that at least Georce -Dietrich, a. -
! sistant treasurer, of the drug firm,
i was 14'readV to telle.
It was believed that although a
• not- guilty" pleft might be entered
for Dietrich todav in New i oik,
an attempt- might -be made for
quick solution of the complex case
' by some .deal in which Dieti iclh
would tell what he knew of the
firpi and its presidents opera
t,0This would have its prebedent
in the 'previous, entanglements ot
Philip Musica with the law. He
twice pleaded guilty to charges,
obtaining a light sentence and
suspended sentence. His third
brush, a perjury case, resulted in
his disappearance; to turn up
again as F. Donald Costei.
""Reports that Coster, his empire
tumbling about him, was planning
to flee on his expensive >aeht.
Carolita. during the winter were
denied last night-by lts s^ipPh('':
Captain William Baker, *ho has
been employed by Colter suicethi
drug ' tveoon bought the \css»1
from John Hays Hammond, famed
inventor,' two years ago. • ■ -
"That's just a figment ot some
one's stupid imagination. Captain
Baker said. "I fcunprfse Mi. C ostu
planned to make his usual voyage
tov Florida waters around Chti&t
mas time.' .«
The report arose apparent!*
from the fact that Coster recently
discharged 10 of th<| i
crew members but told them t a
he expected to. hire them during
the" winter. .
Authorities were counting great
lv dn "Long John" Kantor, bushy
haired promoter, who was seized
after he appeared as a spectator
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Men's watches in bracelet or rest
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Pisgah Pottery
Bracelets
Ring*
Compacts
China
Crystal
Pockctbooks for Ladies
Belt Buckle Sets
Stationery
Men's Billfold*
Table and Floor Lamps
Fountain Pens
Pen and Pencil Set»
Toilet Sets for ladies and gents
Mirrors
Pictures
Cravat and Collar Sets
Clocks
Sewing Sets
Lovely Waste Paper Baskets
Imported Hand-made Linens
Palmer's Lavender and Gardenia Perfumes
We invite you to see our merchandise before
making purchases.
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BOND DENIED
MAN HELD IN
LARCENY CASE
V.J* i
' Ed Greer, young white man,'
was .hold without bond by Mayor
A, V.' Edwards in city court Ibis
morning on a charge of larceny
of a number of articles from his
father, P. Greer.
Mayor Edwards ordered him
held" withoutibond when officers
told him younjr Greer had made
threats against the. life of bis
mother and father when .arrested. I
He was charged with larceny1
of a pair of boots, necklace, pair
of pants, pound of butter, and
razor. The necklace had been
sold to a local jeweler and the
boots to a colored man.
Mary Coleman, a young color
ed gill, was bound to superior
court under $500 bond. She was
.charged, with cutting one negro
with a. knife and biting another
last night.
^-.Her sister. I.ucile Coleman, was
held under $o00 bond as an ac-1
cfisfcory before the fact.
(j.)ther cases were as follows: !
Minnie Mills Lee, disorderly con
duct, using profane language, and
interfering with officers, bound
to -superior court under $2,000
bpnd. * ' ' *
' George Jones, drunk and disor
derly, was assessed costs.
' II. B. Mason, drunk and disor
derly. was assessed costs.
Billie Marcarlone, drunk and
disorderly,' forfeited a cash bond.
at a state, hearing into McKesson
and Robbing affairs and was rec
ognized by Connecticut state
troopers as wanted in Stratford,
Conn., on a."phony stock deal."
> Kan tor, father of MacKinlay
Kantor, popular novelist, from
whom he has been estranged, said
in a police lineup that "McKes
son and Rohbins offered to sell
nie some guns." He added that
the attorney general and SEC of
ficials had asked him not to dis
cuss the matter and police did
not pursue that line.of question
ing.
What th<*y learned from Kan
tor was believed to. be the names
of others besides the Musicas in
the gun-smUggling ring, in line
with the assertion of Lester C.
Dunigan. assistant U. S. attorney,
that Philip Musica was not tbe
brains of the munitions gang and
that "somebody outside the Mu
sica brothers served as directing
genius." ; <
SWEEPING CHANGES
IN SECURITY LAW
ARE RECOMMENDED
(Continued f.r.:r. pnire one)
It urged also payments to farm
ers and domestic employes if "ad
ministratively possible" by .Jan
uary 1, 1!)40, and suggested a
stamp system to ke«-u track of
itinerant workers.
li. Initiation of studies to de
termine whether 1J,000.000 self
empl<»yed or government workers
should be included in the act.
3. Raising the present $10
monthly minimum old-age pension
during the early years of the pro
gram to "at least a minimum sub
sistence income."
4. Payment of a supplementary
allowance to wives reaching the
age of Of) equivalent to r>0 pdr
cent of the husband's benefit if
the marital status existed before
the husband reached HO. Wives
eligible for benefits on their own
account would not be included in
the supplementary program.
5. Widows of insured workers,
upon attaining C.~> years, if mar
ried before the husband reached
GO. and one year prior to his
death, would receive about tluce
fourths of the husband's annuity.
f>. Payments of benefits to or
phaned children. These would be
financed from savings arising
from limiting death payments to
heirs of insured workers dying be
fore 03 years of age. The settle
ment would be "three months av
erage wages but not in excess of
$200." The present system pro
vides from 3 1-2 per cent of cov
ered waees to be paid estates of
deceased persons.
7. Payments of in definite
amounts to insured persons be
coming permanently or totally
disabled by shifting costs now
borne in other portions of the
program.
8. An indefinite reduction of
old age payments to single per
sons, who are now eligible for
$8.") monthly. The council pointed
out that single persons benefit
directly or indirectly from'other
features of the program, and
henee the rut is justifiable.
9. Designation of the reduced
old age insurance fund as a
"trust" fund, with trustees em
powered to see that the elections
are credited automatically to an
old-age insurance account.
10. Provisions for 1 a r g e r
monthly benefit payments 'to in
dividuals wishing to work after
-•JUdf-t1,
QLAcnuuv\Sv '
.^Wu_ g
§> \ru-^s
reaching fi.r» years. Under the
present act, collection and compu
tation of pensions takes nlace on
ly at 65 years.
In submitting the report the
council said that suggested chang
es in tax schedules should In
postponed until after the 1 1-U
per cent rate each for employers
and employes jroes into effect in
1940. They now pay out* per cent
<»?wh
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Anti-Freeze gal. $1.00
Skid Chains $2.25
Winter Fronts 59c
Driving Light $5.50
Auto Heaters
We cai'ry a complete line of popu
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— ,
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