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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
50 MEN ABOARD
ship BATTERED
BY BAD. STORM
Rescue Steamer, Standing
by, Oils Waters in Effort
to Save Crew
LIFE BOATS CRUSHED,
BRIDGE DESTROYED

NEW YORK, Dec. 10. (UP)--
The rescue steamer, Mobiloil, coat
ed rough seas today with oil as
seamen prepared to remove the
crew of 80 men from the sinking
Norwegian freighter, Sisto, in
mid-Atlantic.
Mobiloil wirelessed that she
would make the attempt to rescue
after hours of battling against tn"
storm which threatened to sink
the Sisto, any minute.
The Sisto's crew asked to, BE-
removed without delay, after
mountainous waves crushed life
boats and washed away a part of
the bridge. and steering apparatus.
Radiomarine Corporation las
night reported receipt of a relay
ed sos message from the Sisto a,
latitude 49:06 north, Longitude
1927 west.
"Need urgent assistance" thr
Sisto messaged through Valencia,
ireland, radio station.
The position given was abouI:
300 miles north Of the Azores in
the Northern Steamship lanes to
Europe. 81, -;
The Sisto is. listed in Lloyd
register as owned by Lars Fosten-
es of the Norway port of Haug-
esrd. It was built in. 19O7.i>
MacKay Radio a short time ist.
er heard the North German Lloyd
express liner Europa offering as
sistance to the Norwegian freight
err.
The Holland-America liner
StatsHdam also heard on .unidenti-
fled vessel offering aid. ."
MacKay's Rockland, Me-, sta
tion last night said the Europa
that the U. S. liner Man
haitian, the s. s. American Bank.
er and the Europa were endeav-
oring to aid the Sisto.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
IL DUCE URGES
WAR STRENGTH
UPON FASCISTS
Appeals to Military Spirit
in Inaugurating New
Province

LITTORIA, Italy, Dec. 49,
(UP)-Premier Benito Mussolini
in a speech inaugurating the new
province of Littoria today en-
phasized the necessity of military
strength and for a fighting fas-
cism. He said "the nation must
be kept strong from a military
viewpoint. 1t is true that the
pillow cuts deep into the soil but it
is the sword which defends the
pillow.
"Both pillow and sword are made
of sharpened steel, similar to the
faith which burns in our hearts.
"Now you understand that
which the lannon's voice thunder
ed in union with mine. Fighting
is more important to us Fascists
than victory itself, because when
fighting is crowned with strong
will-power, victory cannot fail"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18

SSHlNGTON, Dec. Is. (UP).
department of justice declar-
var .aSt night on shyster law
i'orneys who connive with
ss'ers to Illustrate the law
referred to by Attorney
ga Homer S. Cummings as
[!er-erlmjnals" and the de-
Deht IS determined to drive
out Of the courts.
spartment of justice officials
\ gratltied over the indict-
OF two lawyers-Ben &.
u and James C. Mathers-on
ssS Of receiving $4,000 of
Io r9 money for defending the
e. e. hdnapers of Charles B.
F roS Piquett, Chicago lawyer
| ESeu with aiding the late John
80 $el' also has been arrested.
an IS believes that physicians
, .Cl'er professional men who
- q are just as danger
- 'awyer-criminals." He has
|yto, Proceedings against DR.,
/ WI Nav Of St. Paul, charged
"ea'IRg Dillinger's gunshOt
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
NEGRO FINED
FOR ASSAULT
Follows Firing Shot Gun
Into Car Occupied by
Two City Officers

Jess Williams, colored, who was
charged with assault with dead,
ly weapon upon Policemen Seth
Edmundson and Will Davis, was
convicted of assault with a dead
ly weapon in county recorders
court yesterday afternoon.
The negro was sentenced TO
pay a fine of $50 and costs by
Judge R. H. Station.
Williams was arrested about a
week ago by the officers after he
allegedly lad fired shotgun into
the automobile in which they
were riding.
Other cases heard in the court
yesterday were as follows:
Mack Whitesides was acquitted
on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon.
Neal Baldwin was convicted of
assault with deadly weapon, and
prayer for judgment was con-
tinued to January 7.
The case of Babe Williams,
charged with assault with a dead
ly weapon, was continued to De-
cember "a.
A. H. Cash entered a plea Of
guilty to driving a car while
drunk and was given a sixty day
sentence.
The State took a nolle pros in
the case of Margaret Davis,
charged with violating the prohi-
bition law.
Annie Burgan was acquitted on
a charge of larceny.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18

FUNERAL Held
MONDAY ?. NJ.
Confederate Veteran il
Goth Year; Magistrate
for Is Years

G. w. Ledbetter, Confederate
veteran, native of this county and
resident of Edneyville township,
died in his Goth year, Saturday
night, following a brief illness.
He had been in failing health for
some time, but was taken seri-
ously ill only Saturday morning.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 2 p. M, from Mt. Moriah
Baptist church, of which he had
been member for 68 years. The
Rev. M. H. Drye officiated at the
services. The grandsons acted as
pallbearers and the granddaugh-
tiers served as flower girls.
George Washington Ledbetter
was 80 years, 8 months and 2
days old at the time of his death
at 8:15 p. M, on December Is,
having been born April 8, 1845.
On April a, 1867, he married
Miss Haseltine tanning Ledbet-
ter. She preceded him to the
grave by two years and four
months. To that union were born
four children: Mrs. Annie Creas-
man, and Elmer Ledbetter, of Ed
NEVILLE; Mrs. Addie Laughter, of
Forest City, and Mrs. Letha Da-
Wis, who died ten years ago. He
also leaves half brother, Dock
Ledbetter, of Asheville. The de-
ceased also had % grandchildren
and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was a faithful member of
the Mt. Moriah Baptist church for
GO years, and in that period he
had served as church clerk for a
CONTINUED on page six.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
RIOTINC Wild
IN BELGRADE
Bitterness Breaks Anew
Against League of Ma
tions, Italy, Hungary

BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Dec.
10. (UP). - Foreign Minister
Jeytic and Minister of Agricul-
ture Kojic offered their resigna-
tions after a riotous demonstra-
ton in the streets here against
the Observation-Disclosures settle
ment.
BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Dec.
Is. (UP).-The streets last night
were the scene of wild tumult as
bitterness of the pepole against
the League of Nations, Hungary
and Italy broke loose in a rlotouS
demonstration. All police reserves
hurriedly were called on duty.
Thousands fought police in an
effort to reach the Hungarian and
Italian legations and consulates.
The mobs, reused by speakers IN
the square in the front of the Ma
tionai Theater and War Museum,
rushed the legations and consul
lates, shouting:
down with the League OF Ma
tionsw
Long live Premier zivko-
vitch~ -
"Down with Hungary. Down
with Italy"
the throngs which repeatedly
threatened the cordons. The mob
was dispersed only after all avail,
able police reserves concentrated
at danger points, urging the peo-
pie to go quietly.
The demonstration was pre-ar-
ranged. The mob included stu
dents from Zagreb and Laloacn'
fron+inued on mage SKI
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
Seeks Cooperation Plan
REDS BRINGING
PRESSURE ON
ARMY MORALE
Use OF Good Looking Girls
to Influence Army and
Navy Charged

WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. (UP)
Brig. Gen. Alfred T. Smith, chief
of army intelligence, charged be-
fore the House investigating COM
mittee that Communists are at
tempting to break down the army
and navy morale. He said that
although the effect thus far is
negligible, attempts are still be-
ing made to penetrate the serv-
ice arms and cause civil warfare
in the event of another war.
Commander V. L. Kirkman said
that Communists enlisted good
looking girls to pick up sailors
and urge them to turn radical.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
YAWN VICTIM
GETS RELIEF
Illinois Woman Quits
Yawning Suddenly After
Nine Days of This

STERLING, ILL.,, Dec. 1s (UP)
Physicians today reported the
complete recovery of Mrs. Harold
Mckee, 27-year-old farm wife,
who had been a victim of con-
slant yawning for nine days at
the rate of IL or Is yawns per
minute. at.
DR.. H. L. Pettitt said that the
patient awoke this morning,
yawned a couple of times and
then stopped as suddenly as she
had started yawning on Dec. 9.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
TO
ASSIST Hole
Roosevelt Wants Support
ing Legislation Enacted
by IA States

WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. CUP
Roosevelt today dis
patched letters to governors OF
IA states, urging state legislation
be enacted that will help speed
recovery through the housing pro-
gram. The President suggested
amendments to existing state laws
which would make titles II and
~ of the National Housing Act
more effective.
These sections deal with mort
gage guarantees and with new
construction --.-------..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
INFERENCE IS
|EBATINC ON.
|UTURE POLICY
koUram Of Scheme to
Eork With Government
To Be Offered
INSTALLING OPINION
| MADE OBJECTIVE

|wHTTE SULPHUR SPRINGS
4 Va, Dec. 1S.-(UP).-Con'
EEiatjon of business thought
4 an effective mechanism for
4 orsrarlcn with the Roosevelt
Illustration through a perma-
|. fasOn in Washington was
4 saIed last night as one of the
ErripaI detectives of the joint
Srass conference for recovery.
f. plan was not brought into
! o,ar. but was an underlying
-or in the first days discus
4, Of 90 of Americas fore
men of industry, business
finance.
vas referred to publicly in
s-aI terms as a means of keep
he Washington administra-
informed of business thought
,hout the country. The con-
re is one of the most signifi-
gatherings of business lead
n modern American history.
h. drafting committee, head
Sr John J. Raskob, will meet
Ia, 10 consider the sub-com-
les reports and to begin
pving them into a conference
Eram.
tncipal differences over pol
arose from means to reduce
POyment, types of relief ex-
titures, Interpretation of col
Eve bargaining as guaranteed
Ter section IA of the MIRA
proposals. for permanent
A reorganization. As at the
b.. American Bankers Asso-
bon convention in Washing
the conferees generally were
krcled to an unbalanced bud
temporarily and some sort of
eIl-ental supervision over
irs&
We may not, in fact / trust
% not, attempt to produce a
y detailed blueprint of the
70 recovery" said the con-
Elce chairman, c. B. Ames of
York, chairman of the Texas
Vany board.
WA; We must do in the meet
IS 10 decide among ourselves
sound principles under which
business can collaborate in
Ing produce an era of good
1g and understanding in this
f:ry.'
/ said later that he believed
0: the reasons for business
Entity IN the past was the d.
ent views business men pre-
q in Washington when they
attempting to get something
mes said results of the con-
nee would be communicated
resident Roosevelt, and add
nat further conferences will
ecesSary, because the men at
ing the present meetings are
authorized to commit their
nilaaonS to any program.
9nthct already has developed
ne conference over the extent
Fnleh business and industry
10 cooperate with the New
lContinued on page ski
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TEST EVICTION LAW
MIAMI. Fla. Dec. 81

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 18,-(UP).
A test of Florida eviction law,
adopted in 1888, was started here
yesterday when attorneys for j.
D. Carver filed habeas corpus
to obtain his release from jail.
The law provides a tenant may
be jailed if he fails to move from
his residence after a Today no.
tice.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
JAILED IN SHOOTING

LAKE BUTLER, Fla, Dec. Is.
(UP)-Lack Moore, a FERA road
crew foreman, was jailed here
Monday after allegedly shooting
Leon ADDISON, a farmer, after an
argument over where ditch
should be cut near Adison's. prop
erty. ADDISON was in serious con-
dition.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
WEATHER

Snow or rain tonight and We'd
..J,v. not much change in tenn
psrature.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18

A Kansas farmer recently kill
ed a snake which, he said, had
two heads and signs of four legs.
Kansas still sticks to prohibition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13

The counselor of the Polish embassy
and Nine. Sokolowska are spending
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Lady Lindsay to Return
To Washington This Week

Continued From First Page.)
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Catholic Students Unit,
Plans Dance Next Week

A Tercentenary ball of the Veteran
Units of the Catholic Students Mis-
sion Crusade will be held at the
Congressional Country Club Tuesday
evening, May %.
Miss Agnes F'ealy, general chair
man, has appointed the following as
chairmen Of the various committees ::
Miss Mary Louise Colliiower, Tickets;
Albert Brown, Patrons and Patron
eSses; Irving Holbrook, Floor; Miss
Catherine Dargan, Publicity.
The following will assist: Miss
Geraldine Asmuth, Miss Catherine
Maloney, Miss Alice Postum, Martin
Quinn. Richard Roberts, William
Spates and Stanley Walters.
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made the first night across the At
lantic from east to west.
The Minister and Mrs. MacWhite
will 60 to New York Wednesday, and
the latter will sail aboard the Presi-
dent Harding for her home in ireland,
where she will undertake q number
Of new paintings.
The Minister will attend the ban
quet Wednesday evening which will
be given in the Plaza, in New York,
in honor of the County Zavan Gaelic
foot ball champions Of Ireland. The
Minister will return to Washington
at the end of the week.
The Minister of Canada and Mrs
Herridge entertained at luncheon yes
terday in the legation in honor Of Mr.
r. D. Pattullo, prime minister Of New
Brunswick. Friday the Minister was
host to a company Of gentlemen In
honor Of the visitor.
The Minister of Panama and
Sonora de Alfaro will entertain al
luncheon today in honor Of the re.
firing Ambassador of Brazil anc
Senhora de Lima Silva.
The Minister and Sonora de Alfarc
will be hosts at dinner Wednesday In
compliment to the retiring Ambas-
sador of Spain and Sonora de Car
denas.
The Minister of Bolivia and Sonora
de Ffnot will be hosts at luncheon
Tuesday in compliment to the retir-
ip1 A,oho ssador of Snain and Sonora
de Cardenas.
The Minister of Persia and Nine
Dalai will be hosts at luncheon to-
morrow when the ranking guests will
be the Ambassador Of Italy, Signol
Augusta Rosso, and the Ambassador
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Continued From First Page.)
fore taking up his duties in the
French capital.
The Ambassador Of Poland, Mr..
Stanislaw Patek, is again at the en-
bassy after spending some time In
Cuba.
The Ambassador Of Italy, Signor
Augusta Rosso, was host at dinner
last evening.
The Ambassador Of Mexico, Senior
DR.. Don Fernando Gonzalez Roa, will
be host at luncheon Saturday, enter
tanning In compliment to the Ambas-
sador Of Spain and Sonora de Car
denas.
The Ambassador Of France and
Nine. de Laboulaye will be hosts at
dinner, followed by dancing, Monday
evening, May Il entertaining for the
officers and naval cadets aboard the
Jeanne dare, who will come to Wash
ington that day. The French naval
training ship will arrive in Annapolis
at the end of the week and Sunday
there will be festivity aboard the ship,
to which many from Washington will
be invited.
The Minister Of Switzerland and
Nine. Peter will entertain at luncheon
tomorrow in compliment to the for
mer United States Minister to Switzer-
land and Mrs. Pleasant A. Stovell, who
are in Washington, for brief visit.
The Minister of Austria and Nine
Prochnik returned to the legation yes
terday morning, having arrived in
New York Friday from two-month
stay abroad.
The retiring Minister of Norway,
M. Harvard H. Bachke, will go to
New York tomorrow to meet Nine.
Bachke, who will leave this morning
by motor, and they will sail Wednes-
day for the formers new post as Nor
wegian Minister to Paris. The Min
lister and Nine. Bachke will be greatly
missed in Washington, where they
AAoNO AAACAAdo IA OAA4NAhA
and residential circles as well as in
the diplomatic corps. They came to
Washington in 1927, the Minister TAX
ing up his duties the latter part of
December of that year.
The first secretary Of the legation,
M. Lombard C. P. Offerdahl, will be
charge d'affaires until the arrival the
end of the month of the new Min
lister, M. Wilhelm Thorleif Won Munthe
at Morgenstierne. M. Won Munthe
at Morgenstierne has been Norwegian
consul general in New York for many
years and has many friends in Wash
ington as well as New York.
The Minister Of the Irish Free State,
Mr.. MacWhite, will be host at lunch
con tomorrow in honor of Col. James
Fitzmaurice, the Irish aviator, who
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Democratic Women to
Hear Robert Marshall

The Woman's National Democratic
Club will have Mr. Robert Marshall of
the Bureau Of Indian Affairs. as guest
Of honor at the forum luncheon to-
morrow. Mr.. Marshall, who will be
introduced by Miss Agnes VIM, will
talk on Our Vanishing Wilderness"
and large attendance is expected.
The annual garden party, which
takes place May % at Highwood, the
residence of the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Dern, will be an unusually sue
cessful affair judging from the many
reservations which have already been
made. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
and the ladies of the cabinet head the
list of many prominent people who are
planning to attend.
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R. F. c. Employees Second
Spring Dance Wednesday

The r. F. c. employees will hold
their second Spring dance Wednesday
evening in Meridian Mansions at 24OO
10th street. 1t is expected that the
directors of the corporation and sew
eral departmental heads will attend
the affair. 1t Is also expected that
Mr.. Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the
board of directors, whose presence at
the first dance added dignity and
color to the gala fete, will be present.
Tickets may be secured from Mr..
Eddie Fletcher, Mr.. Wally Bassford,
Mr.. Hodgson, Mr.. Jimmy Murtagh,
Baron" Higg n botham, "Micky''
Mouse, Mr.. George Remick, Mr.. Nell
son Lee, and Mr.. Oscar B. Click,
chairman of the dance.
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and Mime. Saito. May "a, the Minister
and Mime. Djalal will entertain at din
ner, when they will have among their
guests the Ambassador Of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics and Nine.
Troyanovsky and the Secretary Of War
and Mrs. George H. Dern.
The Minister Of Hungary and Nine.
Pelenyi will 60 to New York the end
Of the week to remain fortnight.
They will sail next month for Hungary
to spend the Summer, returning to
washington in the Autumn.
The charge d'affaires Of Chile.
Senior Don Emilio Edwards Bello, will
20 to New York the end Of the week
to meet Sonora de Edwards Bello on
her arrival aboard the Veendam from
Rotterdam, Monday, May 81. The
charge d'affaires and Sonora de Ed
wards Bello will come to washington
shortly after the latter's arrival.
The charge d'affaires Of Bulgaria
and Mime. Petroff will entertain a
small company Informally at dinner
Saturday evening.
The counselor Of the Polish embassy
and Nine, Sokolowska are spending
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meeting Miss Annie Raglan King of
Louisiana has died.


Louisiana has died.
again harping on my daughter"
Ambassador Jesse I. Strauss has
again protested to the Secretary of
State regarding the Governments de-
lay in paying exchange losses to its
foreign employees.
It's really pitiful picture the AM
baSSador has drawn of the suffering,
small-salaried clerks attached to en-
baSsies and consulates in foreign
countries. Some are reported as &C
tualiy hungry, without proper clothes,
and there are some who are even
being eVicted by their landlords.
The latest political-minded mem
Der of the Pinchot family has taken
to the hustings, and made his maiden
political speech recently in behalf of
his fathers candidacy for the United
States Senate.
Young Clifford Is only 18. but he
was able to hold his audience, and
got round of cheering when he
made a point of much-needed legis-
lation to stop stream pollution and
for the protection Of fish and game.
President Roosevelt's eldest son,
James, seems to be political minded
and has won some laurels as a public
speaker-usually on non-political sub
Jects. The young Republican and
Democratic clubs are doing much to
interest young men and women in
the policies Of the two parties and
educate them along the line of public
service.
While two out of three of the most
popular plays in London this season
are American plays with American
actors, Mr.. H. G. Wells, the British
author - and now FINEST - dropped
down in Washington the other day
from an airplane, en- route to Holly
wood to overlook the production OF
the film based on his book THE Shape
of Things to Come" He took time tc
tell the reporters who interviewed
him-or rather tried to-that he
probably had not read the book. II
is quite possible, too. that the reporter
had not read Outline of History
for many people with more leisure
have tried to and could not Mr.
Wells was a guest at the White House
during his visit.
Representative Sirovich. the Green
wich Village representative in Con-
gress, will round out two new plays
this year. One deals with what
may or is going to happen as a
result of the Roosevelt recovery pro-
gram. Like Mr.. Wells, it is founded
largely on things to come His other
play, which he calls a comedy
drama, has the thrilling and unique
title of Thieves Paradise"
Those who attend the White House
garden party tomorrow should be
careful not to step on the mint bed
which is to the left of the south en-
trance of the mansion and near the
Executive Office Building. 1t has not
been very prolific since the days of
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who had it,
however, more for the enjoyment of
his friends than for himself.
The recipe for mint julep of the
late Marse Henry Watterson should
be copyrighted, for it was a real Ken
lucky julep-minuS the fxings added
now, which Marse Henry would not
have recognized.
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the week end at Rehoboth Beach,
where they will take q cottage for the
Summer season.
The naval attache Of the British
embassy, A. r. Dewar. returned last
evening from O vacation abroad.
The secretary Of the Polish embassy
and Nine. Moscicka have returned to
Washington from a stay in Chicago.
La gaceta., 1934-08-10

no poder pagan los intereses de
81 cuantiosa deuda,, pretende.
impulSada por ciertos elemen-
tos, arrojar sobre nosotros una
nueva carga'.
"Pro'eXtando que es necesa-
rio y eXcusandose con que dara
empIeo a aIgupos hombres que
no 10 tlenen, Sc pretende solicit
tar UNI grestamo del gobierno
federal, que mOntara a variOs
milloneS de pesos, para inver-
trio en- alcantarillas y obras de
caracter general.
Para ]Oponernos sin mas
tardanza a tai abuse de poder Y
tomar las medidas del case,
conVocamos eSta junta."
"Esperamos que los propie-
tarios acudan a defender sus
intereSes."
La gaceta., 1934-08-10
Un paso para emancipar a la mujer espanoIa

Barcelona, Agosto 10 Ii
primer genuine paso para =
mancipar a la mujer espa6ola
ha sido dado por ell Parliament
to Catalan al aprobar una ley
que entrara en- vigor ell prime
no de enero de 1885.
Por esta ley, la mujer cata-
lana, en- adici6n al derecho de
sufragio que posee desde la re-
voluci6n tendra complete igual
dad de derechos civiles con
los hombres.
A diferencia de sus hernia :
mas en- ell resto de Espaha, la
mujer catalina desde esa fe :
cha podra tener una cuenta pro
.pia de banco, maneiar sus pro-