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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-09
SEVEN BRITONS
0USTED, MORE
LIKELY TO GO
Italian Action, With Charg.
es, Comes as Pacifica-
ton in Europe Fails
NEW BOLD STROKE BY
IL DUCE ANTICIPATED

ROME, April 9.-(UP)-Thc
Giornale D'Italia, mouthpiece OF
Premier Mussolini, today confirm
ed reports in London that Italy
has expelled seven British mission
aries from Ethiopia.
Virginia Gayda, editor, limited
that others might be expelled, in
Guiding three American women,
charging that as Protestant mis-
sionaries they operated as spies.
The three Americans suspect
ed were named as Ruth Shippey,
Bertha Domeruth and Helen
French.
The editor confirmed the Lon
don report that all Protestant
missionaries would be revealed a.
spies OF agents of shady business.
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MANY YOUNG
PEOPLE HEAR
ALEXANDER
Thursday Nights Presby'
terrain Service Largely
Attended

Continuing his weeks series Of
special services at the PrcSbytcr-
ian church. Rev. K. l.. Alexander,
pastor Of the Lumbcrton PrcSbEs
terrain church, last night spoke T."
large congregation in "A young
peoples night service.
The congregation last night
was the largest To- attend any OF
the week-night services. A ser
vice will be held this evening at
7:3O O'Clock. but no service will
be held Saturday night. The
meetings will continue through
Sunday night.
The subject last night was
"The Quest For the Best" and
the text from Matthew 6:33:
"Seek We first the kingdom of
God" Rev. Alexander said in
part:
"To the young people who arc
here tonight: Christian greetings,
and a cordial welcome. This is
YOUR service and we dedicate 1t
10 you, TO the enrichment of spir-
itual life, and the glory of God.
We trust that this service will not
be Just another routine service,
or the repetition of a fruitlesS
quest, but that God will use 1t to
speak to our hearts. We urge you
10 consider prayerfully and ear
nestly the call of Christ, and that
YOU respond. Regardless of your
success or achievements thus far,
or in the future, if you fail here,
YOU have failed in the highest and
best. and your success and
achievements will curdle your
soul. , =
"'Seek We first the kingdom OF
Cod This exhortation was adj
dressed not to young people alone
hut we believe that as the Master
uttered these words his eyes rest
ed on the young people in his au-
dience. He was familiar with THEN
problems and temptations. He
knew where the dangers were
He knew their splendid possibili'
ties.
"The aim and purpose of young
people may be defined as the de-
CONTINUED on page FOUR
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HOUSE BACKS
OFF FROM QUIZ
in DOWNS
Refuses Inquiry Into "Un-
American Activities" in
Stormy Session
IGNORES WARNING IT
MUST ACT SOMETIME

WASHINGTON. April .. CUP)
The house of representatives with
great roar of "noes." late yes
tcrday killed the Dies resolution
callin~ Cor a congressional inquiry
Of Sit-down strikes in wild SEES
sion runCtuatCd by iccrS, boots,
cat-callS and a challenge 20 "A fist
fight.
After tabIing the Dies propos-
al. the house blocked an attempt
by Representative Lindsay War
rem, D., n. c., to get an immCdi-
ate vote on the senate resolution
condcmning sit-down strikes and
employers who combat unioniza-
ton of their workers through the
use of labor spies and other cSpi-
Onage weapons.
Earlier the bOistcrOuS body re-
jcctcd, 1S4 TO So, a resolution by
Representative Samuel DiCkstCin,
D., n. y, authorizing an inyCSti-
CATION by n scvcn-man congress
sional committee of "un-Amcri-
can" organizations operating IN
this country.
Refusal of the house to approve
an inquiry of sit-down strikes and
the causes of other labor disputes
as provided by the Dies. rcsolu.
ton was a spanking defeat for
the Democratic leadership, de.
feat, however, which did not
touch President Roosevelt.
Unruly and out of control,
Democrats refused to submit To
the whip Of party leaders who
fought valiantly to support the
powerful rules committee which
earlier had given right-of-way to
the Dies proposal. A tight little
band of liberals led the revolt
which killed the Dies and Dick
stein proposed inquiries.
The usually hactable house
met at noon i'm an atmosphere of
tense anticipation. 1t subdued a
minor filibuster led by Represen-
tative Maury Mavrick, d.. Tex,
over the Dickstcin resolution and
was storming in full fury when
it turned to the Dies proposal.
Caught unaware by the rebel
lion, leaders scurried up and down
aisles vainly seeking to slip mem
bers into line. Small groups gath
cred to plan floor strategy. The
gavel of the presiding officer
whackcd and whacked to restore
order.
Above the hub-bub rose the
strident voice of Representative
Clare L. Hoffman, R., Mich, au-
thor of bill to force federal reg
ulation of labor unions. Shaking
his fist. glazing at milling Demo
Gratis and stamping about angrily,
Hoffman shouted:
Sooner or later this house Will
be called to pass on legislation
having to do with labor troubles!
Do we want the facts or not
There was burst of laughter.
A few boots. A few jeers. Hott-
man pointed at Representative
CONTINUED on page Uhree)
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MORE WITNESSES FLAY PLAN
TO CHANGE SUPREME COURT
Showdown Vote to Close
Hearings Fails to
Materialize

WASHINGTON, April .. (UP)
Majority Leader Joe T. Robinson
indicated Thursday that President
Rooscvclts supreme court rcor-
ganization bill may reach the sen
ate floor carly in May. He made
his prediction after a showdown
vote on closing public hearings
failed to matcrialize.
Chairman Henry F, Ashurst, d.,
Ariz.. of the senate judiciary COM
mittce announced he had referred
the Summers intervention bill
passed by the house Wednesday
TO a subcommittee. The measure
covers certain features Of Prcsi-
dent Roosevclts plan intended to
speed appeals to the supreme
court and to insure government
representation in cases involving
conStitutionality of federal laws,
The committee postponed until
an executive session next week a
vote on Senator Jas. II. Hughes
motion TO close the hearings.
I'm the house Rep. Raymond D.
Cannon. d.. Wis, author OF a
resolution calling for conclusion
of the senate hearings, offered an
other providing that the house, as
we'll as the senate, be required 70
confirm the nominations Of new
supreme court justices, ambaSsa'
doris, or other officials.
Three more witnesses appeared
at the senate's hearings yesterday
TO oppose the presidents bill. -,
Siegfried +. Hartman, New YORK
LAWYER, said that the dispute now
ccntering on the court bill is due
t. "defeatist lawyers" who draft
ed unconstitutional administrator
legislation rather than to the SUI
preme court. He borrowed the
quoted phrase from one of prcS''
dent Roosevelts radio addresSeS
attacking opponents of the court
plan. -,
an my opinion" Hartman said
"the possibilities of drafting pre-
gressive national legislation under
the constitution have by no means
been exhausted"
7 & Manning. q Raleigh, y. g..
lawyer who voted "with pleasure"
for Mr.. Roosevelt in 1882 and
1886, described the program as az
attempt to "pack" the court.
DR.. w. B. Harvey, pastor of
Trinity Baptist church, Oklahoma
City, Okla, described the presi-
dents bill as permitting one man
to rule the country" He said il
was the "most fundamental mis-
take" ever made by a president.
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WILL SPEED HEARING
ON FREIGHT RATES

WASHINGTON, April Q. (UP).
The interstate commerce commits
sion today decided to consider as
a separate case rate increases on
heavy commodities proposed by
class one railroads in petition
for general revision in basic
freight rates. The decision will
permit expeditions consideration
of testimony and arguments on
heavy commodities,
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GREEN RIVER
WILL HAVE 10
HON E GAMES
Industrial League Seized,
ule Announced; Ticket
Sales Under Way

W. T.. Bates, manager of the
Green River team of the Western
Carolina Industrial league, has
announced the home schedule for
the Green River team.
Ten home games will be played
by the team, and six of these will
be played on the Hcndersonville
high school athletic field. A cam
paign, sponsored by the Rotary
and Kiwanis clubs, for the sale
of season tickets is now under
way.
The two clubs have undcrwrit-
ten $500 to be used as expenses
by the Green River team, and the
balance of money raised by sea
son tickets and gate sales at
games will be donated to the high
school athletic association.
The schedule Is as follows:
April 24-Tryon at Green River
May 15-Brevard at Henderson
vile.
May 29--Waynesvillc at Green
River.
June 5-Beacon at Henderson,
vile.
June 19-Canton at Henderson
vile.
June 26-Saylcs at Henderson
vile.
July 17-Waynesville at Hender-
sonville.
July 24-Beacon at Green River.
Aug. 7-Sayles at Green River.
Aug. 14-Enka at Hendersonville.
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GOVERNOR ORDERS
PROBE AT HERSHEY

HERSHEY, Pa, April 9. (UP),
Gov. George II. Earle last night
ordered an investigation to "fix
responsibility" for the sit-down
strike at the Hershey Chocolate
Corporation which reached a eli
max Wednesday with battle be-
tween farmers and strikers.
Meanwhile, company officials
resumed purchasing milk from the
farmers and said the, plant would
be reoponed within a few days.
POSSIBLY Monday said one Off.
cial, as a cleanup crew of 25O
men were put to work.
Several thousand farmers, who
became aroused because the strike
had cut Off a market for $4,000
worth Of milk daily, marched on
the plant Wednesday afternoon,
Armed with bricks, clubs and
other weapons, they drove 300
strikers from the UNCOVERED
building and demanded that the
company resume buying their
product.
Governor Earle said:
"The bloodshed at the Hershey
plant was a disgrace to the com
monwealth."
twenty-five persons were IT
hospitals as result of the riot.
"The blame" Earle declared IN
formal statement, "lies direct!
on the sheriff Of the county, who
said he did not need the assistance
of the state police to maintain or,
der. Precedent DEGREES that locaI
authorities must ask the states
assistance before it intervenes.
"The state police will not be
used to suppress union labor
Neither are they interested in the
sit-down problem. They will pre-
vent mob rule"
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CITY OF 100000 TREES

CANBERRA. (UP)-Canberra,
the Australian capital, has tree
population of 100000, though
its human inhabitants number on
ly 5000. The trees are mostly
planted along the city's 80 miles
of streets. -.
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WIND UNROOFS
MIAMI HOUSES

MIAMI, April 9. (UP).-Two,
persons were injured and several
houses unroofed by a small tor
nado which roared through the
southwestern residential district
here today. There were no deaths
Damage was comparatively small
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Condemnation OF
Sit Down Strikers
Is Still Sought

WASHINGTON, April 8 (uP).
House leaders today agreed to
back the senate resolution con-
demning sitdown strikes as against
public policy and plan tentatively
to push for house action BY next
Thursday.
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MORE BRITISH RADIOS

LONDON. (UP)-The number
of British broadcasting licenses
has reached the new high record
of 3,071, asa. There was q net IN
crease Of 110,891 licenses during
january and the increase during
the past 10 months was 6eS,S4a
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OSHAWA, Ont. April .. tUP)
One hundred Royal Canadian
Mounted and 200 Ontario proVln-
cial policemen were concentrated
today in this area to assist the
General Motors Corporation OF
Canada, if it decides to try to re-
open its Oshawa plant, cloSed by
a strike since yesterday.
Premier Mitchell +. Hepburn
at whose request mounted officers
were stationed at Toronto armo-
ries, offered police aid to the cor
poration and declared the govern
ment would stamp out agitaIiou,
of the kind, which, he SAID mac
brought us almost into state Oh
anarchy. If necessary we VIII raise
an army to do So"
TORONTO, Ont, April 9. GUP)
Officials of General Motors corp;
of Canada today were reported
reliably to be considering Premier p
Hepburn's offer to order ponce 20 70
dispense picket lines around '"'
strike-bound Oshawa plant,
Hepburn has assured GENERA
Motors officials, it was Ieapneul
that provincial police ana Eoy I,
Canadian Mounted police Will DC
available should the company n u
eide I'd attempt to open the picKe'
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GOOD AFTERNOON

Moscow scientists find gold
mines 5000 years old" Gold
Diggers of 1868 B. c." 10 one VIC
missed.
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WEATHER

Partly cloudy, slightly cooler
tonight; Saturday fair.
Evening star., 1937-08-22

tses SHANGHAI. Pass F-23
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(ses HOSpkCITY. Page F-8.)
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him I was sorry his grave face never

him I was sorry his grave face never
changed.
"Mei-yo fatsu," he said. TT Is fate"
Is not literal translation Of that
phrase, but 1t expresses the meaning.
These refugees had no food. It is
always Z problem for the lower classes
in China to get enough to eat, and
now it was tragic. A wealthy Chinese,
who owned half-completed build
ing on Marking road, turned it over
as an emergency station. Chinese
and foreigner joined hands to feed
the poor, and every day groups Of
American and British women stood
In back of steaming pots of rice in
the mustiness Of an unfinished build
ing and filled the bowls held out by
eager hands. A slice Of pickle went
with each bowl Of rice, to prevent
scurvy.
These curfew bridge games were
generally women's parteS exclusively.
Almost III Of the husbS8ds wsrs "on
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duty" If they were not working for
newspaper organization, they be-
longed to the Shanghai Volunteer
Corps or the special police and were,
in a manner Of speaking, at the front
MOST Of the people don't under
stand that Shanghai has its own
defense force, regardless Of the Amer
ican Marines, the French battalion and
the British regiment always on duty
there. The commandant Of the Shang-
hal Volunteer Corps is = ranking Brit
ish onlcer, appointed in London. The
officers have all been in actual service.
The ranks, as the name implies, are
filled solely with volunteers. These
men drill at regular times, and AL
though this may sound q little helter-
skelter to the professional soldier, the
International Settlement can be de-
Tended by about 800 well-armed men
within one hour from the time state
of emergency is declared.
The procedure is simple. When a
state Of emergency is declared by the
Shanghai Municipal Council. the gov
erning body Of the International Set
tlement, all telephone service is sus-
pended. A list of the members of the
Volunteer Corps is always available at
the telephone company, and at these
times each operator Is given list Of
names with the home. ofice and club
telephone numbers and the hours each
man Is likely to be found 1T each place.
The operators do their work effectively,
aided, Of course, by the bamboo tele-
graph, . mysterious fashion in which
news travels at an alarming speed
throughout the entire East.
Regardless OF bushes deals. card
games or an excellent dinner, the men
go at once to the mobilization points,
where they are armed and sent to vari-
Gus sectors. It is not surprising that
In q community where, from . variety
of causes, peace is threatened as often
Is 1t is In Shanghai, the men who have
volunteered to defend their families,
their homes and their business learn
to get into action with incredible
rapidity.
THE International Settlement at
Shanghai was ceded to the foreign
powers as part OF the peace terms fol-
lowing the Boxer rebellion. Britain,
America and France wanted territory
where they could maintain troops to
potscst their ind PsS. What hap
Evening star., 1937-08-22

operations and note Of progress may
be kept track of through years.
And through the years" is meant
literally. for it is not at all unusual to
have worked upon some group for as
long as six years, sometimes, before
definite assurance OF visit is secured.
The process is an interesting one.
FIRsT of all, the group selected as
likely to be interested in spending
its convention period in Washington
is approached via the mail with the
suggestion. Prior even to this, liter
ature extolling the especial beauties
and benefits of Washington has been
sent to the president or secretary of
the organization. Then follows an
interlude wherein invitations are for
warded to the delegation. These in
vitations originate in various places
within the Capital. If the national
organization has local group men,
bership, the officials of that local group
forward invitations of their own. Be-
sides these invitations of local groups,
Evening star., 1937-08-22

and Z statement of available services
In connection with conventions.
The general invitation is often
handsomely bound in red. white and
blue, in book form, and the whole
maps and all-enclosed in an attrac-
tive cover. Within this bound book
are two pages in color showing beauti-
full scenes of Washington. A copy of
this book is sent to each member of
the board Of that organiza ton whose
presence is requested" in the Capital.
monials' very effectively .extol the
Capital, from the point of view of the
visitor. Then there is enclosed to the
organization a publicity map of the
city, showing advantages along these
lines, as well as a map of Washington
1t Is not always a simple matter to
bring affairs to this stage. however
Many factors enter into whether or
not the delegates can be induced to
choose Washington as their next con-
vention city. Often these factors are
30 trivial they are funny-but it isn't
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ants in China are proud Of their
work and have consciousness
Of their profession that Is com.
pletely lacking in the American serv-
ant. Woo earned the equivalent Of
about 81 month, and through the
years he had acquired clothes and
furniture Of which he was enormously
proud.
HIS house was In an alley across
= = from the Commercial Press, an or.
ganization that printed most of
China's better books. This for some
reason was Z target for the Japanese
air raids, and in the first day of
bombing Woo's house burned to the
ground. Fortunately, his entire FAM
lily had come into the settlement
earlier with hundreds OF other ref
ugees, but everything except the
clothes on their backs was gone.
When I tried, inadsqust b, 10 tan
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Evacuation Notices Mean
That Foreigners Must
Desert Property.

pened in Peking in 1900 was not to
occur again If the foreign powers could
prevent it.
The Chinese agreed to turn over
the land and the papers were signed
and sealed When the foreigners
claimed their settlement they found
that the settlement, as we'll as the
Chinese city of Shanghai. was com
posed entirely of mud fats. a good
bit OF which was below sea level
That Is what the word Shanghai
means when translated. 1t is taken
from shang-to. which means below
and hal, which means ocean. The
word Is pronounced. by those who are
scrupulously correct, "Shong hi"
From this grew the modern city that
Is called the Paris of the Orient. There
are modern apartments and hotels
the Cathay and the Palace now, the
papers say, separated by large bomb
hole; Hall and Holtz and Whiteaway,
Laidlaw, English-owned department
stores stated by Chinese and Russian
clerks, up the street. Wing On and
Sun Sun, Chinese e-owned-and -oper-
ated department stores: Kelly and
Walsh and the Chinese American
Book Store, where one can find any
stationary need, from a package of
pen points to the latest novel or a
subscription to The Washington Star:
up-to-date theaters, the list headed
by the Marking, the Grand and the
Capitol, where pictures are shown a
very few weeks after their release from
Hollywood. The Shanghai Symphony
Orchestra, which compares favorably
with many orchestras in this country,
gives weekly Sunday night concerts
throughout the Winter There are
three country clubs-the Country
Club, which is British: the Columbia,
which Is American. and Cercle Sportif
F'rancaise, known to one and all as
the French Club.
SHANGHAI has large and varied
police force, headed, as is the
volunteer corps, by a London ap-
pointee. A few of the official posi-
tions are also filled by Britishers. The
lieutenants are Russian and the con-
stables, whose duties coincide with
those Of . Washington patrolman, are
Chinese. Trafic IS directed by Sikh
policemen, those 6-foot East Indians,
whose blue uniforms and long black
boards are topped by gaudy turbans,
the color denoting the wearer's tribe
and caste.
The telephone, power and gas COM
panies, which serve the International
Settlement and French concession, are
foreign n-owned. These companies, how
ever, may not place any OF their equip
ment on l inch OF Chinese territory
without special permission from the
Chinese government and the Chinese
utility companies. This creates a
problem for the large number Of for
eigners who live In Chinese territory
Just outside Of the Settlement bound
ary. I have known these people to
live in their houses for months with
out lights or telephones, while cor
respondence and personal calls were
exchanged by all concerned during
negotiations for the extra few feet Of
wire on the Chinese side.
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Today. as I read the papers, I find
that these same diplomats. or others,
have had another difference OF
opinion. Another incident" Is oc-
curing in Shanghai.
Sometimes I wish I were back. It
seems rather dull sitting at . desk
In the Washington heat. But then
I remember that In Shanghai one
would find the heat Of = misplaced
bomb more annoying than the Wash
ington humidity.
When curfew was in effect we would
have dinner parties, with the guests
arriving at $50 After dinner We
would play bridge until 4 am, when
the guests were free to 60 home. They
were gay affairs and we laughed a
lot. At least we tried to be gay, ard
If we laughed loudly enough the
sound drowned out the droning of
the planes and that incessant drum
ming of machine guns.
WE WOULD get sleepy during
those bridge games, and then
we would call for Voc to bring
coffee and sandwiches. He would
climb over his relatives in the kitchen
and appear, smiling, at the door, has
tily buttoning the collar of his white
house coat
The sandwiches and coffee al
ways came, but 1t must have been
difncult for Woo to prepare them.
The kitchen wasn't very large, and
his wife and 2-month-old son, her
mother, his sister and his uncle
were all huddled there. Woo as
sured me that they slept In the
door, but every time I wanted to get
IN my kitchen At night the door
would stick. Woo would come and
make q great to-do about moving q
stool or 4 box that seemed to have
gotten In the way, and his ac-
tivities would almost cover the noise
Of large number Of people getting
to their feet and moving their mats
into the hall
Maybe it was insanitary but when
people are homeless and the weather
Is at the freezing point that doesn't
seem 70 important. Anyway the hall
was crowded with the relatives Of the
lit boys. the watchmen and the other
house boys and cooks In the building.
Woo was the sort of house boy
flovery essays about the land OF the
lotus. He waS 28 years old and
delighted With position q. No. I
boy Of the household. Hos1 serv-
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occur again If the foreign powers could
prevent it.
The Chinese agreed to turn over
the land and the papers were signed
and sealed. When the foreigners