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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
REV. WALL DISCOUNTS RUMORS
OF MANY DEAD IN LOUISVILLE

INIT. Hundreds Of refugees were
fed by the unit and supplies were
distributed to large numbers OF
people from the contributions
from this area. He expressed the
opinion that no community in the
nation did more for flood suffer-
ers than Henderson county.
The local unit, he said, was
chartered with the Ashev'lle unit
in a railway train. located about
two blocks from the water and
about five miles from the Ohio
river. Quarters were comfortable,
he said.
The spirit of the Louisville peo-
ple was fine, he said, and he saw
tears in the eyes Of only one per.
SON. a woman, who with another
woman and man got on the train
when it reached Louisville. These
three people, driven from their
home by the water, had spent sew
eral days as refugees.
Rev. Wall told Of two rescues
CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04

GIBRALTAR. Feb. a. (UP).-
Spanish Nationalist began a full
front offensive on Malaga, the
great Loyalist port on the south
coast, at dawn today, after a bonn
bardmcnt by their fleet, according
to advices received here.
At the same time, the National
list wireless station at Seville as
serted that Nationalist troops. be-
ginning their new drive for the
key city, captured the village of
Ojcn. 2S miles southwest of Nal
aga and five miles in from the
cost.
Ojen is just in from Marbella,
the port which the Nationalist
claimed in their last drive for
Malaga.
One road runs direct along the
coast from Marbella to Malaga,
another runs from Marbella to
Malaga, via Ojen. Thus National
lists were driving on both roads in
addition to attacking from the sea-
General Gonzalo Queipo de
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04

Pumors of large numbers of
dead in the Louisville flood area
we're discredited yesterday by the
Rev. 3. f. Wall, pastor of the
First Baptist church, who was a
member of the medical relief unit
going from here to Louisville, in
q talk before the Hendersonville
Rotary club.
Rev. Wall said that just before
leaving Louisville he was inform
ed nv health authorities that the
dooth rate there during the flood
noriod would probably not exceed
the normal death rate bv more
than about seven deaths. He said
that the probability was that a
number Of dead would be found
in flooded areas as the water re.
coded. but that it was his belief
that there would be no large num-
her of deaths attributable to the
Rev. Wall was high in his praise
of the work of the HendersonViIle
and Asheville members OF the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
MANY ATTEND
RAIL MEETING
SIS Here Last Night for
Southern's Conference
on Safety

The Southern Railway is hold
ing a series of safety meetings at
different places on the Asheville
division, one Of which was con-
Quoted here last night in the local
freight office.
J. c. Morris, trainmaster of
Asheville presided. A number Of
those present were called on for
discussions of their work and its
problems, discussing what to do
end how to do it.
The departments represented
were transportation, roadway and
station forces, and Sc men from
these departments of the railroad,
engaged in work between Ashe-
vile and Spartanburg, were pres
ent.
With Mr.. Morris were Chief
Dispatcher ]. w. Greenwood and
two trick dispatchers, from Ashe-
vile. A number Of agents and OPP
orators, section foremen, track
foremen also made up the group,
many of them speaking. The sig
nal department was also repre-
sented.
Tom Deal. supervisor Of build
ings and bridges, Asheville, was
among those present.
The Southern Railway has a
system-wide safety council which
works continually for the avoid
ance of accidents. The program
reaches to the divisions, on which
meetings are held for the conven-
fence of men of all departments,
thus disseminating information
tending toward safer railway OPP
erations.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
JASON STEPP
UNDER ARREST
Solicitor Rulings Calls for
Action; Prisoner Parolled
Last November

The Henderson county SheriffS
department last night returned
Jason Stepp from Clinton, S. c.,
to the county Jail on the request
of Solicitor C. o. Rulings.
Stepp, wanted here since the
October, 1885, term Of the su-
perior court. was one of four per-
sons charged with the murder OF
]. NJ. Blythe, in February, 1888
The four were Everett Brock
Alb Cox, Minnie Cox, and Jason
Stepp. The case was called at the
October, 1885, term of the super
Tor court. Brock, tried in q sep
arate case, was convicted and SEN
fenced to serve from 5 to z years
in state prison. He was paroled by
Governor EhringhauS last NO.
vember.
Stepp failed to appear for trial
in October, 1886, and again in
March, 1886, and cases against
the other three were continued
At the October, 1886, term of the
court, cases against Alb and Min
ME Cox and Stepp were mol pross-
ed with leave by Solicitor Hidings.
Stepp was arrested in Clinton by
the police there. Solicitor Rulings
notified Sheriff w. +. Davis, VINO
returned Stepp here last night. :.
Solicitor Rulings did not indi-
cate what procedure he would fol,
low. The next term of crimlnaI
court will be held in March.
Blythe's body was found IN
Rainbow Lake, Laurel Park, on
February ID, 1885. He had been
missing from his home for two
days. He had been stabbed in the
throat and beaten over the head
and there was no water in his
lungs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
FIGHT SEEMS WON
AGAINST MISSISSIPPI

MEMPHIS, Tenn, FEB. "A
force of 10000 levee workers
asst night apparently had won in
their battle against the flood wa.
ters of the Mississippi river, and
Lieut. Col. Eugene Reybold, dis
trict engineer, expressed the opin-
ON that the billion-dollar dyke
svstem, erected for just such an
emergency, would carry the flood
Eaters safely to the Gulf OF
Mexico.
From Cairo, Ill.,, to New Or
cans workers strengthened the
'cvee system against the flood wa,
tors. Patrols were active on all
fronts and the force of workers
was estimated at 100000.
It was believed that the flood
crest had been reached at Cairo
md that the battle had been won
". the levee workers. The heirht
Of the river reached 1888 feet
and a further rise of one-tenth OF
a foot would not surprise observ-
ers.
At Hickman, Tenn, the river
g,,age remained stationary at
51.31 feet, a fall Of 0.3 feet since
noon yesterday. but this was be-
lieved due to the breaking of the
levee at Bessie Landing, Tenn.
Two small breaks at this point
are expected to relieve pressure
on New Madrid. Mo-, at the tip of
Horseshoe Bend. Engineers were
ready to dynamite a section of
The Tiptonville. Tenn.-Union Sity
highway should emergency arise.
The Red Cross continued to ad-
minister aid to 100000 refugees
in the valley sections.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
3-Day Air Safety
Conference Is
Begun This A. M.

WASHINGTON, Feb. a. CUP.
Representatives of the nations
airlines met today with the De-
partment of Commerce in an at
tempt to check air crashes which
have taken &c lives in the last two
months.
First topic of discussion at the
three-day session called by Secre-
tary of Commerce Daniel c. Roper
was scheduled to be radio equip
ment used by the 26 airlines rep
resented and the commerce de-
partment's bureau of air COM
merce.
Transport operators brought
along their radio experts to add
their views TO those presented by
the government technicians. The
discussion Of radio facilities was
to take two days with the final
session Saturday devoted to gem
eral air safety.
The radio conversations will IN
clude the problems of eliminating
rain and snow static, improving
airplane and ground direction
finding vices. simultaneous
transmission of voice and beam
signals, radio frequency complica-
tions, blind approach systems and
radio maps.
Scheduled for study Saturday
is an analysis Of every air crash
since August z, 1884. Particular
attention will be paid to the Sc
ries of December and January ac-
cidents, most of them in weather
which taxed radio facilities.
Roper indicated important new
regulations probably will result
from the conference, He termed
the session the "most important
ever called" by the department
with its first thought prevention
of loss of life"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
lEAS URGENT
|0R PROJECTS
E|lBINGFLOOD
I,rs,snen From Valley
|lr,s Favor Angle in
Conservation Plan
|ORCANIzATION UNIT
4 MEET SATURDAY

t,SgNGTON, Feb. {. tUP)
.-.,,,ral leaders today urg-
!, a,iona! unemployment CEN
- 10 frs, step toward de-
800 Of a national policy
"a % persons unable TO find
\ President Roosevelt was re-
r. a in favor Of 4 national
[sSS census.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
FIRST NEGOTIATIONS ARE
cOpDIAI. JUDICIOUS

DETROIT, Feb. labor lead
ers, executives of the GeneraI Mo
tors corporation, and government
officials were scheduled to con.
tinue conferences looking toward
a solution of the sit-down strike
in G. NJ. G.. plants today.
A four and half hour confer
ence last night between strike
leaders, motor officials, and Gov
ernor Frank Murphy, of Michigan,
was described as friendly, but
vague. Conferees refused to COM
ment after the conference, but
said the conference was cordial
CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
Okeh Purchase
For Park Lands

ASHEVILLE, Feb. 4.-Approv-
al of the purchase of 25,S82 acres
of land in Burke and HAYWOOD
counties for approximately $685.
938 ha sheen given by the nation
al forest reservation commission.
The land is to be included in the
Pisgah National Forest and con-
demnation proceedings will be in
stituted through the office of the
Y. S. district court clerk here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
bOUSAND HOMELESS,
(CE FLOOD ACTION

ASHlNGT0N, Feb. l. CUPD.
E,ngrsssmen from the flood
lien Ohio and Mississippi val
! lined Up today to speed ac-
| On President RooSevelt's wa
,On~ryatioU program.
krinnted by pleas of thou
4 driven from their homes by
! ar,amed rivers the legisla-
| ax in a six.year program an
kt1rity to prevent future dis
pus foods.
knl.o, Robert Bulkley, DEM,
Introduced 4 bill to create
Dir Valley Authority, similar
b IVA, with power to build
70 prevent future floods.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04

RALEIGH, Feb. A. - Ignoring
vitriolic protests made by dry
forces of the state, the house OF
representatives yesterday passed
bv a vote of 81 TO %, bill to
allow county option on the liquor
question in North Carolina.
The vote followed on the heels
of a two vote margin victory for
the vets, in which the house voted
down the previous day efforts to
get the Hutchins bill considered
The Hutchins bill was before the
house on a minority report. 1t
would have provided for a state
wide referendum to ban the manu-
facture and sale of intoxicants.
Presaging an early adjourn
ment. the senate passed the al
most equally controversial tobacco
compact bill, which will become
law today. ~ Loo
II was declared by veteran leg
islators that enactment OF the
county option bill within less than
"a hours after it had been draft
cd was unprecedented. Under
present legislation, hurried thru
during the final minutes OF the
1885 assembly, liquor sales are are
allowed in 10 of the states loo
counties. r
incorporating most features OF
he majority report Of the liquor
,tudy commission, the wet pro-
nosal would allow counties favor
mo the sale of spirits to operate
alcoholic beverage control stores
retaining all retail profits, with
,ho state levving a flat gross sales
FAX the amount of which would
no determined by the finance COM
mittee. The majority LIQUOR COM
mission report recommended coun-
~ referenda. but the state was TO
receive 20 per cent Of the profits
from retail sales.
A three-man state liquor COM
mission. appointed by the COVER
nor. would be named to estaDlish
uniform rules for county-operatedi
Iinuor stores. The chairman OF
the body would receive So'oVO q
wear and the other two members
would be paid on per diem OASIS
The house took up the wet pro-
posal with dramatic suddenness'
in totally unexpected move
Only yesterday, house judiciary
committee one authorized a sub
committee to draw up a county
option measure allowing counties
to retain retail liquor profits;
Whipped hurriedly into shape
the new bill was reported favor
ably, and the Hutchins prohibition
referendum measure reported uh-
favorably. ,,.....
Unsuccessfully prohibltionists
attempted to force the house 10
consider the dry proposal. mrs
Hutchins of Yancey, only woman
house member and sponsor OF the
bill hearing her name, pleaded iot
adoption on "behalf of churches
(Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
KEpRoN LODGE TO MEET

On Friday evening, February D
at 1880 o'clock, Kedron Lodge No.
3S7, A. F. & A. NJ, will meet IN
special communication in the Ma
sonic hall here for the purpose of
comforting the first degree. All
officers and members are urged to
be present. Visiting Masons will
be welcomed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
RALPH E. BALDWIN
in FLOOD SERVICE

Ralph +. Baldwin, son of Mr..
and Mrs. B. +. Baldwin of Hen
Jacksonville, and a member of the
civilian conservation corps, was
one of rs drivers selected from
the CCC for ambulance service IN
the Mississippi flood area. He has
been in the CCC for about three
years.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
To AidOn Income
Tax Statements

A member Of the internal rcvc-
nue. department will be at the
HeEdersonyille postotfice on
March . 20 assist local people in
making out federal income tax
returns. Postmaster 4. w. Ew-
bank announced today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
City, Asheville
Juniors To Meet

The Hendersonville Juniors bas-
ket ball team will meet the Ashe-
vile "Y" Juniors in game at tho
Flat Rock gymnasium on Satur-
dav night, Feb. 6, at 8 o'clock, ,rfi
In a previous game the Hender.
sonville team won by a score OF AZ
to II.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04

ASHlNGT0N, Feb. 4. (UP)
gas on New Deal spending
PES we're swept aside in both
s Of congress yesterday as
ppropriatiOn bills calling for
tl,ure Of more than $4,000
OO were rushed toward final
w.
2 senate. after lengthy de-
approved a S933,000,000 de-
81 oil carrying S7S9.OOO.00O
Sn relief and sent il TO con-
e Nth the house which al
lac approved il in modified
Rouse passed a S1,0i6,-
" appropriation to operate
97s;nment'S Independent: of
heading the Social Secur-
arc This measure now goes
senate.
SONS, present and future,
ne Of aged persons. physi-
handicapped, and war veter-
40 tner families were re-
Os .or more than three
OF the total of the indie
Offices measure. The bill
0i,600,000 for the So
saIl'y board and S585,S32,-
me Veterans administra-
~ TWO agencies engaged in
w Of work. "
'Oclal security appropria-
',,Ine e an increase of
soO;OOO,0O0 over last year
nearly 100000 was cut
- years veterans pay
- % amend the measure
before the administration
majority. The following 9TH
OPERATIONS were among
y Sgtye office Cincludinr sal.
p > resident Roosevelt and
c; syS'dent Garner). S494..
y S% Sa, Service commission,
''VuO; Federal Communica.
commission. Sl,525,OOO
\. Trade commission, ST..
a.; Interstate Commerce
o3' SI,939,0O0; Labor
y board, S7S5.OOO; Rural
4 T SS0 abdinistr alton
WV Securities and Ex,
commission, S3,S95,OOO
} 0S no Loan corporation
%vO; Public Works ad,
S aS,Gn, $4,000, 900; Fed,
pc'''oS administration. So,
s,as'' S action providing
DIS niS provoked demand.
\, "tsocratS as well as Re,
No ySr less waste and ex.
IN governmental
~ Sg", . vote came afte,
n q : proposal by Senate,
f. bailey, D., n. c., to re.
- 70 submit what would
i : "a, : pauper's oath" tina
,D ,SSnalGSted their own re
unds. needed fedora
, d; .uC senate nearly fv,
lem n,SpCSe Of the Bale,
ht;nr,.D Debate covered Tn;
on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
LINDBERGH VISITS
BALB0, MUSS0LlNl

ROME. Feb. 4. (UP)-Colonel
Chas. A. Lindbergh today visited
Air Marshal Italo BalbO at Ex-
celSior hotel. Later he had an au-
diencc with Premier Mussolinl.
Lindbcrgh intends TO leave Rome
tomorrow for Egypt.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
SEEK FORMULA
FOR RESUMINC
WORK IN FLINT
Farley Takes on Definite
Shape, Despite Defiance
of Strikers
ORDER TO EVACUATE
PLANTS IS IGNORED

DETROIT, Feb. 4. (UP)-
Representatives Of the General
Motors corporation and strikers
today advanced beyond the dead
lock on union recognition and be-
gan the discussion of q compre-
hensive formula calling for re-
sumption of production at all
plants.
Under the plan being discussed,
sit-down strikers would be called
off in three Flint plants and bar
gaining between union and Gen.
eral Motors on wages, hours and
working conditions would proceed.
1t was emphasized, however, that
no definite agreement had yet
been reached.
Sixty miles away, in the auto
motive city Of Flint, where $500
members Of Lewis United Auto
mobile Workers still occupied
three General Motors plants in
defiance of a court injunction, all
was calm. But City Manager John
VI. Parringer was mobilizing 1000
citizen volunteers into q special
police force "to protect homes and
property" The mobilization con.
t;nued though civil authorities had
signed truce with strike leaders
promising that the citizen-police
should not be called.
Here, the only openly optimis-
tic person was Governor Murphy,
huoved by his success in bringing
Willipm s. Knudsen, executive
vice president Of one, and John
l.. Lewis, chairman of the CLIO, to-
rether for actual negotiations.
FLINT, Mich, Feb. 4.-sit-
down strikers last nipht remained
in possession of General Motors
plants they have occupied since
December 80 in defiance of a
court injunction, ordering them
to leave the property by 8 p. m.
yesterday.
Circuit Judge Paul v. Gado'a,
who issued the injunction, said
Yesterday that the next move was
M to General Motors. Sheriff
Thomas w. Wolcott, on whom the
duty of enforcing the injunction
fell, said he would make no fur.
Their move except on orders Of
he court, and added that it vas
up to General Motors to ask for
he order.
A crowd of 1000 people, many
Of them women, carrying clubs
and wearing the berets and arm
bands of the United Automohilc
Workers emergency Brigade"
Engaged in mass picketing of the
Fisher Body plant No. !, end
shouted encouragement to the
strikers.
Major George Ely, executive
officer Of the national guard de-
tachment at Flint, said last night
that Sheriff Woicott had asked
for troops at plant No. /, but that
Governor Murphy had refused the
request for additional troops.
Wolcott said he asked for the
troops as a precautionary measure
after General Motors had asked
for protection for the plant.
The other plant involved in the
injunction, Fisher No. 2, is with,
in the area patrolled by the guard
after violence last Monday at the
Chevrolet plant. Guard lines held
spectators two blocks away from
the Fisher No. 2 plant.
Machine guns and one-pound-
crs were along Chevrolet avenue,
the street which separates Fisher
plant No. 2 and the Chevrolet
plants. Guardsmen patrolled the
area.
There are $500 troops on duty
in Flint, but only the 126th regi-
ment of 1900 men is on active
duty, and other units are in their
barracks.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
OFFICER IN HOSPITAL

City Policeman Everett Orr was
taken back to Patton Memorial
hospital for treatment today. Mr..
Orr, who has been i'll for some
time. entered the hospital Tues
day, but was taken home yester-
dov
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
COLD WAVE IN
FLOODED AREA
|. IS FORECAST
Tide Falls at Cairo: Missis-
sippi River Held
Within Levees
FLOOD STUDY UNIT
CONTINUES MISSION

WASHINGTON. Feb. A. (UP).
A cold wave which may carry
temperatures dcw:i 20 10 degrees
above zero in the Ohio valley was
forecast today by the weather bu-
reau.
CAIRO, Feb. A. (UP).-WPA
administrator Harry Hopkins to-
dav said that more than 10000
relief workers are engaged in the
fight to save levees and to relieve
distress along the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi valleys.
Hopkins and other members of
the food survey commission jour-
neycd into southern Illinois and
Indiana today, continuing their
frst-hand glimpse of the flood
situation. All expressed optimism
that the worst dangers are over
and believed that the levees would
hold out here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
WATEp FALLS At CA|PO;
THINK WORST is OVER

- CAIRO. Feb. 4. (UP).--FTood-
waters today receded two-tenths
of O foot, the first fall since the
rise started. Engineers expressed
the belief that the worst is over
and that the city is safe.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
CINCINNATI FACTORY BURNS

CINCINNATI, Feb. a. (uP).-
Flames so feet high today destroy,
ed one factory and endangered
six blocks of residences, causing
damage of 100000. Three fire
men were injured.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
TRAINMAN KILLED

BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 4. (UP)
Edgar Falkncd, SO. was killed
when a Southern freight train
crashed into the caboose Of an
other freight near here today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
UPPER House
NOT TO SPEED
LIQUOR Bill.
Measure Passed by Repre-
sentatives Goes to Com
mittee Today
PASSAGE in HOUSE Is
BY 81 TO 43 VOTE

RALEIGH, Feb. 1.-(UP).-
Senate action on the controversial
liquor issue today was delayed at
least a week when the liquor bill
passed in the lower house yester-
day was referred to the judiciary
group upon it's introduction in the
upper house.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
ORGANIZATION
|OUp CALLED

/ ASHlNGT0N. Feb. 4. (UP)
fr,y Leader Joseph Robinson
b called a meeting of the sem
reorganization committee for
)rtay a. the first move to-
action on President Roose-
proposed reorganization
ban.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
WEATHER

l., cloudy tonight and Fri
- colder Friday
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-04
GOOD AFTERNOON

Air pilots are complaining that
they sometimes lose their course
because the radio beams swing.
Still, the craze may soon die
down.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-16
400 ATTENDED
JEFFERSON DAY
DINNER HERE
[COnfinned from First Pagel

[COnfinned from First PaGe]
Charles l.. Terry. Secretary of State;
Ivan Culbertson, Wright G. Dizer,
and Randolph Hughes.
Others AT Speakers Table
Other persons at the speakers
table included: Harry j. Latchum.
former state senator; State Senator
Earl Sylvester, U. S. Marshal Austin
Smith, Mrs. Johanna Wolfe, state
committee member; Mrs. Leroy Ste
venson, state committee member;
Postmaster Mayhem. Harry Deputy,
former state senator; Benjamin A.
Ableman, chief clerk of the House of
Representatives; Ralph Baker, chair
man of the Sussex County Demo-
cratic Committee; Joseph Kirby, as
sistant clerk in the House of hepre-
sentatives; Walter Paskey, former
House of Representatives speaker;
e. F.. Burris, former clerk of the Or
phans' Court of Kent County; Frank
Legates, former chairman Sussex
County Democratic Committee.
Members of the Young Democrats
Club of Kent and Sussex Counties
were assisted in arranging for the
meeting by the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the club and the Young Ladies'
Branch of the club. Mrs. John M.
Love and Miss Margaret r. Davies
headed the committees from the two
affiliated groups.