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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
Flames In Washington Postoffice
Building Laid To Spontaneous Cause

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA. CUP
Postmaster General James A.
Farley didn't 90 to his office yes
terday. He didn't have a row.
boat. from,
A flood of water coming from
Is hose lines which all the hre
engines in the city were turning :
on the sixth floor file rooms VI
the Washington postofflee' WheIe
the records started to blaze at
about the same time that tne
clock licked midnight and slghai-
ed arrival of Friday the 18TH.
1t wasn't much of a fire, out
the building was so ultra-modern
that the fire department couldn't
reach it. Before the enginemen
hap chopped through the hre-
proof floors and battered down
the fre-proof doors to put out the
conflagration, these things nap
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
License Plates
On Sale Today

Automobile license plates for
1886 went on sale here today at
the branch office of the Carolina
Motor club, of which George ..
Dixon, Jr., is manager.
A rather brisk sale was report
ed this morning and sales are ex-
pected to increase on Monday
which had previously been an
nounced as the first day for the
sale of plates here.
The tags, which have green r,u-
merals on a black background, are
uniformly lower in cost this year,
and are sold on the basis Of Az
cents per 100 pounds instead Of
IS cents per 100 as was the rule
last year. The minimum charge
this year is $500 as compared TO
$3.50 last year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
Only nine more shopping days

Only nine more shopping days
until Christmasi
Recognizing this fact early to-
day, folks from miles around Hen
Jacksonville flocked to town to
tackle in earnest the task of dis
posing of Christmas gift lists and,
more or less incidentally, buying
winter clothing for the family.
Every shopper in the large
crowd in town today apparently
was aware that $50 in cash, II
turkeys and 1886 Plymouth two
door sedan automobile are yet to
be awarded in Hendersonville's
Trade Expansion Jubilee. The de-
mand for Trade Jubilee tickets,
which are given with every 80
cent purchase or payment on &C
count, was the most insistent since
the Jubilee opened 10 weeks ago,
merchants said. The $50 in cash
will be distributed next Wednes-
day, and the automobile and tur-
KEYS will be given away on Fri
day. ,
Judges in the Shop Early contest
conducted by .22 business firms in
cooperation with The Times
News, announced the winners to-
dav after long deliberation. Sew
eral of the entries were works of
art" they said. Contestants were
required to go to the % stores,
note a special Shop Early item in
each window, and enter the items
in spaces provided on the contest
page published in The Times
News
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
MILL WORKERS
SEE new Home
Reception for Chapman La
Cross Employees Held
Last Night

All employees of the Chapman
Lacrosse Co., including those at
Flat Rock, were guests of the man.
agement at reception and dance
at the remodeled Wetmur building
last night.
The building has been remod-
eled for occupation by the mill
and is believed to have the most
modern lighting system in the ma
ton. The building will be occupied
beginning next week.
From 7 to 8 o'clock employees
were shown over the building and
short addresses were made by
heads of the various departments,
including Frank Blymhead of the
finishing room; U. G. Guice, head
of the dying department, and
President H. E. Katzenmoyer. r.
B. Cameron, treasurer, served as
master of ceremonies.
Refreshments in the form OF
cakes and sandwiches were served
and dancing on the second floor
followed until 11:30 p. m. Music
was furnished by local orchestra
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
PAYS
ON WAR DEBT
But, as Usual, Little Nation
Only One to Meet
Installment

WASHINGTON, Dec. ID. GUPl
Secretary of the Treasury henry
Morgenthau, Jr., today held 1 ous
his hand to receive S154,Szo'l 20
in war debts payments, but real real
lied that Finland, as usual Wouiu
be the only contributor on install
ments on postwar loans due To-
morrow.
Past due payments ana '4ose
due on December Is Of the p 1oT
eign nations are as follows: De- s
GUM, S2S,9S7,S16, due Nov s.sa w. :.
mad S4,642,454 due oonua ~
Czechoslovakia, $7,9O1,S@1 a." s,, U
Nov. Is and $1,6S2,S1S que 1,,o Gun On
day; Estonia, $2,167, $50 uue S, U
Nov. Is and $444,85O dIe eo S
day; Finland, none due ana S S599'-
453 due Sunday; France, %I-
Continued on page three'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
Colson Of Maine SeIassie' Key Man
In NEGOTIATIONS Ia End War In Africa

comment was lacking. Small hope
was held, however, that official
comment was lacking. Small hope
Ethiopia in return for peace
would be accepted by Halle Selas-
sic.
The British and French Ambas.
sailors in Adds Ababa presented
official copies of their govern
ments' plan to the Ethiopian Gov
eminent today. Colson secretly
left at once to transmit it to the
emperor. He arrivd here at 1880
a. m.
Originally an economic advisor
to the Ethiopian emperor, Colson
has become probably the most i'm
portant man in Halle Selassie's
government. He is believed re-
sponsible for Ethiopia's diplomacy
throughout the crisis. He has been
at the Emperior's elbow constantly
(Contiaued on page three).
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
(IPMAN NEW
Ord MOTOR
DEALER HERE
hey Owner Has Been in
locomotive Business
II Years

Ford Motor company TODAY
t1ces the appointment OF
fn!pman Motor company OF
EEsOaville as the Ford dealer
fis territory. This announce
following the recent discon-
Re- Of the Ford agency by
pines Motor company.
SnlDman Motor company,
by Nngus Shipman, oper-
aI Main street and Seventh
E. will sell Ford motor cars
ElVeIy. Several 1886 models
oeen placed on the floor and
botanical department has al
been adjusted to servicing
[o'ds in keeping with the
fementS of the Ford Motor
"iIpuldh mas been Operat-
garage for the past twelve
and IN the early stages of
IS'neSS was associated with
'her. He moved to the pres
ration about five years ago
period when there were
1 as to the ability of any
business in Hendersonville
the rental charges. The
+, prospered and when the
Motor company discontin-
leadership Mr.. ShiDman's
.on had bearing in his APP
aent as dealer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
GOV. JOHNSTON
IS IN DILEMMA
over TROOPS
Impeachment Threat Hangs
Over Him if He Holds
to Military Rule
LOWER HOUSE ACTION
IS LESS TIC
BY ERNEST MOORE
United Press Staff Correspondent

COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. IA.
(UP)-Gov. Ole D. Johnston of
South Carolina last night received
a mandate from the legislature
to evacuate the troops whose bay
onets have maintained him as
highway department dictator since
Oct. %.
Bitterly antagonistic Johnston
factions went home last night,
leaving the Governor to make his
decision with the threat of i'm
parchment hanging over his head.
The House of Representatives
Yesterday followed the lead of
the Senate by approving a resolu-
ton demanding instant relaxation
of his military grip on the de-
partment.
Unlike the Senate resolution,
however, the House measure was
not in the form of an ultimatum.
The Senate had demanded evacu-
alton under threat of absolute
stalemate in legislative action.
An ultimatum clause was with
drawn from the House measure
by a vote of 1O8 to 3-only rec
ord vote thus far in the lower
branch since it's convened this
week to untangle the militia
made snarl caused by Johnston's
seizure of power and defiance of
the Supreme Court. The resolu-
ton, itself, was adopted viva
voce.
It demanded that the millhand
Governor restore control of the
Highway Department ito civil
authority and that such civil auth
ority comply with the decisions
of the Supreme Court"
The curt mandate placed john
ston in a deliemna. If he COM
plies, his bitter political enemy,
Ben Sawyer, swept out of office
by Johnston Bayonet, probably
will reassume the post of chief OF
the Highway commission. Should
Johnston refuse and defy the
Legislature, he faces an almost
cerain fight for his political life In
impeachment proceedings.
The more conciliatory tone
is not expected to make johns
adopted in the house resolution
tons choice an easier one. The
resolution was worded strong
enough to make it explicit he
must remove his troops before he
can hope for action in the Legis-
lature.
Johnston seeks enactment OF
measures which will reduce the
Highway commission from its
Continued on page three)
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pened.
1. Forty fremen were over
2. 100000 damage was done.
8. The Government discover
ed that its most disastrous fire in
wears was it's own fault.
1t developed that the Govern
ment merely had neglected to
obey its own laws. Now it has to
nav for the damages, because the
Government doesn't carry fire in
surance.
The powers-that-be spent S10,-
100000 to make the structure
the finest building in all America,
absolutely fireproof, air-condi-
toned and magnifciently ap-
nointed. Then they built. filmsy
wooden shelves in the file rooms
TO hold the records of the comp
(Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
'UNMOVED AS
news BROKEN
TO HIM TODAY
Processes to Feel "Some-
thing Will Turn up"
to Save Him
DEFENSE TO EXHAUST
ALL ITS RESOURCES

TRENTON, Dec. IA. (UPl-
With ironfaced calmness, Bruno
Richard Hauptmann today receiv-
ed the new he has been resen-
fenced to die in the electric chair
the week of January thirteenth
| for the murder of the Lindbergh
baby. Col. Mark o. Kimberling,
principal keeper of the state pris-
on, said Hauptmann still professed
to feel that something will turn
up" to save him from the chair.
TRENTON, N. j., Dec. a.
(UP). - Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann will be electrocuted in the
week of January 13 for the MUIR
der of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.,
it was announced at the attorney
generals office last night.
The date was set by Justice
Thomas w. Trenchard, who pre-
sided at Hauptmann's trial, after
the records in the case had been
returned to the White courthouse
in Pennington, N. j., where for six
weeks evidence was heard in the
nations most notorious crime.
So, unless he gets a reprieve or
communication of sentence from the
New Jersey court of pardons,
Hauptmann will be led into a
brickwalled room and UP to the
electric chair almost precisely q
year after his trial.
Prisoners in New Jersey usually
are executed on Tuesday, around
s p. m. If that holds true in
Hauptmann's case-the exact day
will be fixed by Principal Keeper
Mark o. Kimberiing Of state pri-
son--he will die on January Ia.
The sentencing yesterday YVES a
strange contrast to the one Haupt-
mann received last February in a
smoke hoked courtroom, lighted
by bleary electric bulbs. This time
there was no babble of voices to
be quieted, no tall, pale prisoner
to stand up before the bar of ust-
ice. Instead, Trenchard signed a
new death warrant in his hushed,
book-lined office on the fourth
floor of the state house annex.
Hauptmann was not taken out of
cell No. 9 of the death house. and
he did not even know that the law
had measured his days.
If there is any superstition in
this mans mind, he will reflect
during the short span Of life left
! to him on the evil influence of the
number thirteen.
At the trial he sat directly in
front of seat No. Is, occupied by
the United Press correspondent:
On February 10 he was convicted
and sentenced; on this day-Fri-
day, the 13th-he was resentenc-
ed. He must die in the week be-
ginning January 13 and Trench
ard, the man who twice has con-
demned Hauptmann to the cleo
trio chair, was born on December
10, and marked his 72nd birthday
yesterday.
Today the laws of New Jersey
Continued on page SKI
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
AMERICA ADDS.
PROTEST AS TO
PEACE SCHEME
League Secretariat Delug-
ed With Messages of
Opposition
HALLE SELASSIE PUTS
MOVE ON THE SPOT
(UNITED PRESS)

General delegates of small
countries to the League of Ma
tions, prepared to fight against
the Franco-British proposal to
settle the Italian-Ethiopian crisis
while chief delegates of the spon-
sored nations, returned to their
capitals with Redeemed ears to
the small nations, the peace plan
have developed to be even more
unfavorable to Ethiopia than it
first appeared.
GENEVA, Dec. ID. (UP)-The
Geneva League of Secretaries was
deluged with kilograms today
from the American League of
Nations Associations protesting
the Franco-British peace plan.
Emperor Halle Selassie of Eth
iopia put the Franco-British peace
plan on the spot last night by in
sisting that every large and
small member of the League of
Nations pass on the project be-
fore Ethiopia accepts or rejects.
This shrewd move by the King
Of Kings would put the plan at
the mercy Of the preponderant
small nations. who already are
crying that France and Britain
have Betrayed" The League and
knitted collective security.
The Negus announced his stand
in a scathing letter to the Secre-
tariat referring to the Paris
proposals for settlement of the
Italio-Ethiopian conflict as "a
scheme to cede Ethiopia to Italy,"
He urged Eduard Benes of Cze-
choslovakia, president of the as
sembly, to summon this body i'm
mediately to bedate the peace
deal.
League General Secretary A.
C. Avenol replied in behalf of
Benes postponing assebly action
until the Council has acted. The
smaller and more powerful League
body meets next Wednesday and
it is doubtful the Hoare-Laval
plan will survive it's session.
Even if the League should &C
cept the plan it would be merely
basis for negotiation.
For the time being, however,
the emperor has won his strage-
tic point. If he had rejected the
plan outright and Italy had &C
cepted, Premier Pierre Laval
probably would have sought to
suspend sanctions against Italy.
By waiting on the Leagues ver-
dict as to the justice of the plan,
the Emperor remains in strong
position regardless of whether
Italy accepts or rejects.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
BY James Rohrbaugh
pyripht 1885 Bv United Press)

DESSYE, Ethiopia, Dec. a.
(UP)-Everett Andrews Colson,
pudgv partly bald Maine Yankee,
who became the power behind the
throne in Ethiopia, last night
supplanted silk-hatted European
diplomats as the key figure in
peace negotiations to end war IN
Africa. ~
Financial car of the Black
empire and described as Emero,r
Halle Selaisse's most-trusted ad-
wiser, Colson yesterday flew from
Adds Ababa with the Franco
British joint peace plan and i'm
mediateiy was closeted with the
emperor for its consideration.
Their deliberations were closely
guarder, but the belief grew that
the proposals were not entirely
unsatisfactory, although official
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
|REE Are IN
One
UNCONSCIOUS
Isr Given Treatment
[iter Balfour Car Col
| Hdes With Truck
| BAKER SUFFERING
(UAIN CONCLUSION

L. reople were in the Pat
Memorial hospital today and
| g-asrs were given emergen-
amen; last night as a result
r,Ts,on between a passenger
i ,ruck last night about IL
~ the Greenville highway
* miles south of Hender-
: - the hospital were: c.
IS. of Balfour, who
conclusion of the brain,
nose. and fracture of
r;aw in three places. He
unconscious about IL
us morning and his con-
rs considered serious. His
Ter. Miss Lizzett Baker. 10,
Ii a cut leg and broken
/ The third person was the
[year-old daughter of Mr..
Ers. R. L. Baker, also of Bal
The child suffered cuts
the face and arm and a
fracture and possible other
les and her conditions was
1erpi serious.
E three receiving treatment
night and not remaining in
hospital were R. L. Baker,
9. L. Baker and Miss Juan
aker. all of Balfour.
E. Williams. Of Bristol, Va,
! of the truck, and another
riding with him, whose name
not learned, were uninjured.
{ collision occurred at the
on the highway where the
crosses the ridge in a deep
The car, a Chevrolet coach,
= by c. L. Baker, and the
rOlet truck. driven by Will
cOllided head-on and both
les were badly damaged.
Baker car was travelling
and the truck north at the
Of the collision.
Investigation was conducted
e Sherif's department last
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
Heavy Rain Fails
To Bring Fall Of
Month Normal
Dec. Temperature Average
Slightly Above Nor
NAL to Date

The average temperature for
the first two weeks of December
is slightly above the normal for
the month, and precipitation for
the two weeks is almost two
inches, according to figures by T.
w. Valentine, cooperating U. S.
weather recorder.
More than 80 per cent of the
rainfall occurred in the "a hours
ending at 8 a. m. Friday, Mr.. Val
entine points out. The normal
rainfall for the month is SAG
inches.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
HOARE URGED PLANS
ACCEPTANCE BY AFRICANS

LONDON, Dec. "a. (UP)-
Sir Samuel Hoare, British For
eign secretary, made special eff
fort to "induce" Emperor Halle
Selassie to accept the astonishing
British-French peace plans, it
was revealed today in kilograms
to ministers at Adds Ababa and
Rome.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
GROVE ST. CHURCH
IS PLANNING FOR
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

The Christmas exercises of the
Grove Street Gospel church Sun
dav school will be held on Monday
evening, Dec. %, at 1880 o'clock.
An interesting program is being
arranged for that time, and a
hearty invitation is extended TO
the public.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
EXHIBIT SUNDAY
FE AT FASSITERN

'rt students of Fassifern
Is under the direction of
f.; 2Iu ! Sweets, will have
/ o IN the art department
aug after the carol service
H. e'enlng. The carol serv-
"ecuied for 7 o'clock.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
tnniiLED IN KILLING

FLiN, La, Dec. IA. (UP).
h. "senot, town marshal, was
(5o,;aoSH MURDER charges and Dep
b. Ii Daily Fuselier was
ms own reeognizance yes
\. III connection with the
r u Willie Chapman, 81.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
IL DUCE ASKING
PI. ANS RE CLARIFIED

ROME, Dec. IA. (UP)-Prem-
Ter Mussolini today countered the
French and British plan for set
tlement of the Italian-Ethiopian
war by asking Qualification of
certain of the provisions. Thus
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
NEW CHINESE CLASH

PEIPING. Dec. IA. (UP). =
Numerous casualties were report
ed today in a new clash between
invading Manchukuoan soldiers
and Chinese at Kuyuan, near Kali
gan.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
Shop Early
Contest Winners

First Prize, $1O-Lois M. Moss,
Herdersonville; second Prize,
$3-Clyde Davidson, Route
3; Third Prize (tie) So each
Mrs. C. w. Brooks, Hender-
sonville, and Miss Mary
Camp, Hendersonville.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-14
GOOD AFTERNOON

Prince Midivani wed brothers
ex.wife. The heiress supply can't
be as extensive as we thought.
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WEATHER

.,oudy tonight; Sunday
Par" rain and somewhat
rnsr'
Evening star., 1935-12-01
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Evening star., 1935-12-01
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