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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28
NEW ARRIVALS AT
THE WAVERLEY

Among the late arrivals at The
Waverley which has recently been
opened for guests is Mrs. Gladys
Hardwick. of Augusta, Ga, who
will attend the finals at Fassifern
where her daughter, Miss Betty
Hardwick, is student. Mrs.
Hardwick has been q guest here
on several occaSions.-Others COM
ing in recently include DR.. and
Mrs. w. r. Haynie of Bolton, S. c.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28
How CARDUl
Helps Women

Cardui is a purely vegetable
medicine, found by many
women to ease functional
pains Of menstruation. 1t also
helps to strengthen women
who have been weakened by
poor nourishment, by increaS-
ing their appetite and i'm
proving their digestion. Many
have reported lasting benefit
from the wholesome nutri.
tional assistance obtained by
taking Cardui. If you neec
help like this, get Cardui al
the nearest drug store, reat
khe directions and try It
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28
BEREA

BEREA, May pa special
invitation is out to members OF
Berea church to gather next Sun
day TO elect preacher.
Mrs. Jane Pee had as dinner
guests Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Jud-
son Capps and Mr.. and Mrs. l..
V. Sentell and daughter.
Mrs. Grace b. Haynes of Spar
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28
ASHEVILLE 'AG'
SCHOOL in CLOSING

Continued from page one)
The address to the graduates will
be delivered by w. C.. Meekins of
Hendersonville. Mrs. Hayward Of
Spartanburg, will be the soloist.
Mrs. A. A. Jasperson, principal of
the school, will present the di-
plomaS to the 10 members of the
class. Robert Jasperson is the
class president, Evelyn Gilliland,
vice-president; John Gilbert,
treasurer; Jeanette Trivett, sec
rotary; Archie Stanton, Adrian
Wright, Helen Barto, Loren Bar
to, Catholene McAlexander, Clay
ton Hodges, Lalah Ray, Winni-
fred Smith, Doris Wineland, Mary
Medford, Cleo Gray, Sarah Green.
Girl workers of London have
formed a club. open every Sunday
afternoon and evening. to which
they may invite their "boy
friends"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28
:; :: S0 :! , !! ;.;!,,!;; J.! ::
MRS. c. r. McMANAWAY, Edito

Covers were laid at this delight
full affair for Misses Miriam JUS
tice, Marcella Keith. Mary Scott
Wilds, Kay Keith, Louise Lazarus
and Annie Wilds, Crawford Tru-
ex. Marion Bracket, Jim Justice,
Teddy Miller, Alfred Lubow, and
the host.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28
FIDDLERS' PROGRAM
AT SALUDA TONIGHT

There will be an old-Time Fld-
dlers convention at the Library
Hall in Saluda tonight at 1880. =.
Harry Gilreath is in charge oil
the program and plenty of old
time mountain music is scheduled.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28
BILLY LAMPLEY
HOST AT DINNER

Billy Lampley was most on wed
neSday evening at an attractively
appointed dinner party at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. n. Lampley. The young host,
one of the seniors of the Hender-
sonville high school, used the
school colors. red and white, as
the color scheme.
Lovely red roses arranged IN a
silver bowl formed the artistic
centerpiece, thanked bv red taperS
in silver candlestickS. FavorS'
which marked the places, were IN
the form of miniature diplomas
with prophecies inside. Miss Emmy
Lou wilkins assisted Mrs. Lamp
ley. Later the young people at
tended the show at the Carolina
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28

Fear of a malaria epidemic has
caused health officials OF the
Transvaal in South Africa TO
gather quinine from every avail
able source.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28
BUILDING TWO SHIPS

WARSAW. (UP). Two new
ships carrying 1000 passengers
each are under construction for
the Gdynia American Line, Po-
lands government-owned steam
ship company. The ships, which
are being built in England and in
Denmark, will have a displace-
ment of 100000 tons and will be
geared to make II knots.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28

Ammonia is obtained on a COM
mercial scale as a by-product
when coal gas is made.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
Toxinon Captures Assoilont
At Pliers Point, Foils Robbery
SHrer Spring Drirer Says
Youth Hit Hin,
Orer Head.

Turning on youthful bandit who
attempted to hold him up after beat
ing him on the head with an iron
pipe, William T. Berry, %, driver for
the Silver Spring Taxi Co. captured
his assailant and drove him at the
point OF pair of pliers to the Silver
Spring police station early this morn
ing
Berry, who lives at GIT Philadelphia
avenue, Silver Spring, told police
the youth hailed him on Geor-
gia avenue at the District line
and asked to be driven to White
Oak. There he ordered Berry to drive
to Fairiand When Berry tried to
collect his fare at Fairland the youth
struck him on the head with a short.
thick section Of pipe, Berry said.
The blow was glancing one, but
Berry. fearing his aSsailant might have
revolver pretended to be "groggy"
while the youth dragged him out OF
the car and laid him on the pavement
beside the car. The youth then turned
back to the car and Berry seized the
opportunity to jump up and grab him
from behind
After brief struggle, Berry over
powered the youth and. reaching q
pair OF pliers on the front seat. ord
cred the vould-be hijacker back into
Evening star., 1937-08-07
TWO DIE, SIX HURT
IN HEAD-ON CRASH.
One of Surviving Victims Of
Collision Near Triangle
in Serious Condition,

Two colored Virginians were killed
and six other persons, including two
Washington sisters, were injured in a
head-on two-car automobile crash on
the Richmond highway miles north
Of Triangle, Va, early today.
Fatally hurt were Aubrey Trice, p.
and Keith Diggs, 25. both OF Buckner
Only one of the other victims, Will
liam Cosby. a. colored, also OF Buck
ner, was reported as seriously injured.
He suffered broken jaw. possible
fractured skull and extensive face
lacerations.
The sisters. the Misses Molly George.
10, and Mary George, 20. both Of 525
Irving street, were riding with two
Marine Corps privates, D. J. Alley, %,
and Edwin NJ. Walter, 20, attached to
the Washington Barracks Miss Molly
George received fractured right arm
and head and face cuts. while her sister
suffered head and leg lacerations. The
pair was treated at the Alexandria, Va,
Hospital
Taken to the hospital at the Guam
tico Marine Base, Alley and Walter re-
ceived treatment for extensive cuts.
Edward Waller, 25. colored. of Buck
ner, named as the driver of the south
bound machine, who was brought to
the Alexandria Hospital with Cosby
suffered possible fracture of the left
leg and face lacerations.
According to State Policeman H. L.
Robertson, the other car was operated
by Alley.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
Doctor Convicted of attack
On Girl, l3, Found Dead in Cell
Maryland Physician May
Hare Succumbed to
Shock of Verdict.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BEL AIR, Md, August 7.-Dr,
Armen Greenhut. Austrian born phv-
slclan, died in his cell early today,
less than IS hours after a Circuit
Court jury had convicted him of
criminally attacking a l3-year-old
school girl.
Sheriff Granville c. Boyle found the
prisoner dead in his bed when the
former called him for breakfast this
morning. After coroner's Jury
viewed the body Magistrate Stanley S.
Spencer adjourned the inquest until
Monday. The jury made no state
ment.
Sheriff Boyle and Frederick Lee Co.
bourn Of the defense counsel said
Greenhut probably died in his sleep.
The attorney added he thought "he
died from nervous excitement and
the strain of the trial" He did not
request an autopsy
Sheriff Boyle said he first went to
DR.. Greenhut's cell to awaken him at
7 o'clock. Thinking the prisoner was
sleeping soundly, the sheriff decided to
let him rest another hour He said he
thought the three days of trial prob
ably had exhausted Greenhut.
Boyle said when he returned at 8
O'Clock he entered the cell and found
the prisoner dead. He said there were
no marks of violence and the bed was
in order.
The sheriff said Dr. Greenhut had
Evening star., 1937-08-07
SHOWERS MAY RELIEVE
HEAT THIS AFTERNOON

Thundershowers may bring at least
temporary relief this afternoon to
Washingtonians sweltering under un-
usually humid conditions, according to
the Weather Bureau. Little change Is
anticipated, however. in the current
high temperatures and the prevailing
atmospheric conditions.
At 1918 am. today, with the mer-
curry at 86, the humidity reading was
81 per cent unusually high for that
temperature, the forecaster said. The
humidity reached its peak Of 95 per
cent at am, but began to drop
steadily as the mercury climbed.
The highest temperature yesterday
was 80 degrees, reached at pm, and
the low mark was "A, recorded at l
am. today.
The forecaster said there is pos
sibility Of local thundershowers to-
morrow also.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
AUNT MAY CLEAR
DANCER MYSTERY
Explanation of Disappear.
anCe of Jean de Koven
Is Forecast.
picture on Page A-3.)

By the Associated Press
PARIS, August THE worried aunt
OF 22-year-old Jean de Koven, missing
New York dancer, for whose return a
$500 ransom had been demanded. said
she might be able to explain every
thing" today.
Speaking from her Montparnasse
apartment, the relative, Miss Ida
Sackheim, SIS, declined to discuss the
case further until everything is
ready"
A series Of ransom demands. through
the mails or delivered by taxi drivers,
came after the girl walked away two
weeks ago from hotel where she and
her aunt were stopping.
The newspaper LIE Journal published
what it described as excerpts from the
extortion notes. They were written in
English. One said:
III you call the police we are going
to take you and Jean for a ride. You
know what that means in Chicago"
Detectives said preliminary INQUIRY
showed that Miss De Koven was
friendly with an unidentified young
man, presumably American because
she did not speak French, and suggest
ed she might be voluntarily absent.
A few days after the disappearance,
when the ransom notes began to ar
rive, one threatening death to the girl
unless $500 were paid, Miss Sackheim
reported the matter to the United
States Embassy, which asked police to
investigate
The aunt and niece arrived in Paris
last month. Onicials said they learned
Miss De Koven left the hotel hurriedly
three days after the arrival, asking the
hotel manager to inform Miss Sack
helm she was going away"
Advertisements have appeared daily
in the Paris edition of the New York
Herald Tribune since July Is, asking
information from Jean" and signed
81 Yesterdays notice said:
Must have letter today your hand
writing concerning us both. Toulouse. :"
Evening star., 1937-08-07
UNCONSCIOUS MAN
BELIEVED ROBBED
Cleaning Company Owner Found
Senseless in Front of Chevy
Chase Home.

Found unconscios on the sidewalk
three blocks from his home early this
morning, Joseph Andert, "a, 507 Taylor
street, Chevy Chase Md, was taken
to Georgetown Hospital in a critical
condition, suffering from a fractured
skull
Police were investigating a report
that he had been robbed of several
hundred dollars, but were unable to
get detailed information from the
victim. who was in semi
condition.
Andert, who is the proprietor Of
Astors cleaning establishment at 1922
L street, was found by Mr.. and Mrs.
William F. Grosskurth of sos Taylor
street, as they were returning home.
They notified Montgomery County
police and Andert was taken to the
hospital by the Bethesda Fire Depart
ment rescue squad.
Offlcers Leo Day and c. V. Jones
said Andert insisted he hadn't been
hit" but was unable to give any in
formation as to what had happened
to him. He had apparently been lying
where he was found for an hour or
more, as his clothing was wet and it
had stopped raining by the time the
Grosskurth's passed.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
JAPANESE FORCES AT $4,000.
$4,000 New Troops Arrive; Nankow
Pass Seen Battle Site

Pass Seen Battle Site.
PEIPING, August 7 jPj.-Japans
North China war machine, strength
ened by $4,000 new troops in the
Tientsln area, was estimated today by
Informed Asiatic observers 10 total
$4,000 men massed in the rich region
apparently destined to come under
full japanese sway.
Reliable reports said the 5000 new
troops arrived in Tientsin recently to
reinforce the japanese military forces
steadily spreading out northwest and
south through Hopei Province, center
OF the vast area Japan intends to
dominate.
Army reinforcements came as Japan
disarmed the Chinese police Of Peip-
ing ana japanese nationals were al
lowed to leave their embassy COM
pound, where they sought sanctuary
when the Sino-Japanese trouble arose.
Lieut.. Col. Takeo Imai, attache of
the japanese Embassy, declared, how
ever. that japanese would be required
to return to the compound at night
after transacting their customary
affairs during the day.
The Embassy attache told the Asso-
ciated Press that peace is impossible
in the Peiping area while Central
tNanking) Chinese troops are operat-
ing in the vicinity of Nankow Pass
near the Great Wall and maintain a
challenging attitude toward the jap
snese Army"
1t was believed Nankow Pass, about
30 miles northwest of Peiping, gate
way to Chahar Province, might be the
scene Of the next serious Sino-Jap-
anese clash, since forces of both con-
tending armies were moving in thai
direction. q
Evening star., 1937-08-07
PRESIDENT REACHES
HYDE PARK ESTATE
Has Arranged Trip Around His
56O-Acre Forest Preserve
Later Today.
By the Associated Press.

oy tHe hSSOClhbeu ITeSS
HYDE PARK. N. Y, August T.
President Roosevelt arrived here by
special train from Washington at 7:30,
Eastern standard time, today and
motored to his nearby estate over
looking the Hudson He had arranged
q trip around his 560-acre forest
preserve later in the day, the first Of
two or three he will spend here.
Ofhcials expected little business to
be transacted during the two or three
day stay at the Dutchess County
estate
A small office staff was taken along,
however. It included Marvin H. Nc
Intyre, a secretary, and two assistants
Henry Kannee and Miss Grace Tully.
The Presidents post-Congress vaca-
ton plans are still uncertain, although
some of his aides believe he will spend
most of his time at Hyde Park Mrs
Roosevelt has been here for several
weeks.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
COURT MEASURE
NEAR SENATE VOTE
Controversial Features OF
Restricted Bill Ordered
Studied Further.

BACKGROUND
Productive OF the greatest con-
trouerSy since the League OF No
fions issue, President Roosevelt. in
February, urged legislation to inject
young blood into the Supreme
Court and reuamp lo,Uer court ma
chinery. Shattering Democratic
ranks. the proposal in so far as con-
Germs the Supreme Court. dead
locked the Senate for months. until
the administration, tacino deteot,
abandoned 1t. The loUer court pro-
gram then was taken up.
By the Associated Press.
Ihe Senate sought to dispose of the
six-month-old judiciary dispute. a.
far as this session of Congress is con.
cerned, by passing today the new lower
court procedure bill.
In contrast with the months OF
oratory which Senators had stored ur
for the original Roosevelt bill q
month ago, no one indicated anv de-
sire to give an address about the sub
stitute
The Senate disposed late yesterday
OF the more controversial issues raised
by the original bill. ordering a COM
mittee to study them and make recon-
mendations
An appropriation Of $500 was
voted for the survey by q committee
OF seven Senators. as proposed by
Senators Hatch. Democrat. of New
Mexico, and Burke, Democrat, of Ne
braska.
Amendment Plan Predicted.
Hatch said the purpose OF the in
quiry was to place on the Judiciary
Committee responsibility to try to
get an agreement on some court re-
form program He forecast it at
least would agree on a constitutional
amendment for compulsory retire
ment of judges at rs years Of age.
The chief prospect for a fight over
the substitute bill was removed by
the decision OF Senator Minton Demo-
SIdb, VI 1lluldIld 70 OubT Ills
amendment to require two thirds de-
cisions by the Supreme Court in in
validating acts Of Congress.
Ma jor Points Covered.
Only four major points were covered
by the legislation presented to the
Senate:
l. Authority for direct appeals to
the Supreme Court in lower court
cases involving constitutionality OF
acts of Congress
2. Authority for the Attorney Cen
eral to intervene in lower court cases
involving constitutionality of acts of
Congress
3. Requirement that three judges
including one circuit judge, must sit
in cases where an injunction is sought
TO stay an act Of Congress
4. Permission for senior circuit
judges to reassign district judges with
in circuits to clean up congested
dockets.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
WOMAN, 81, AND NIECE
DIE IN BURNING HOME
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, August IA 81.
year-old woman and her niece died
today in fire which trapped them on
the second floor of their home.
They were Miss Nancy Boyce and
her niece, Mrs. Jennie Cole, 50.
Two other residents in the house
were rescued by firemen and neighbors
who reached across from adjoining
buildings and pulled them to safety
from bedroom windows.
Three firemen and policeman were
burned.
The bodies of the two victims were
found in hallway few feet from a
window toward which they had
crawled. Firemen said they were over
come by smoke. y
Evening star., 1937-08-07
TRIO ESCAPESF FIRE
ON MARKET BOAT
City of Baltimore BIazes Up
Again During Rescue
Nearby.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE. August Fire swept
the 53foot market boat Augusta c..
Quinn, early today near Seven Foot
Knoll in the Chesapeake Bay Three
persons aboard were taken off by q
motor boat.
The craft burned within a few
hundred yards Of where the bay
steamer City Of Baltimore was de-
stroyed by fire nine days ago with
the loss of three lives The charred,
still smouldering hull of the steamer
was still aground in shallow water
of Bayside Beach.
The Augusta c. Quinn, bound to
Baltimore with load of water
melons from Virginia points, was
operated by Randolph Thomas. 81,
OF st. Georges Island. His nephew,
Edward Thomas, jr., said the only
other person he knew aboard was
Bradley Rice, 10. He could not iden-
tify the third person aboard.
Origin of the fire was not i'm
naediately determined. Witnesses at
Bayside Beach said the flames spread
rapidly and the men aboard had no
chance to quell the fire. Walter Pull
ler, watchman on the hulk Of the
City of Baltimore, said a motor boat
took three men off the blazing vessel.
While spectators were watching the
flames on the small boat, f1re broke
out in the wreckage of the City Of
Baltimore. The latter has been
smouldering since it burned the night
OF July 20. The new flames we're seen
in the forward part Of the boat.
Many Of the residents of the beach,
who assisted in the rescue work from
the bay steamer, put out today to give
aid to the crew of the market boat.
The latter was surrounded by small
craft as 1t drifted about a mile OF
shore.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 7. Assistant
States Attorney Wibert F. Crowley
said today no criminal charge would
be filed against Fred Ewert, IS, An ex-
convict who admitted aiding in carry
ing 2-year-old Donald Horst away
from his foster parents.
1T was not kidnapping for ran
som, and EWert will be released" ="
Crowley said. We are convinced it
was not Ewert who telephoned a
demand for $4,000 ransom to Mrs.
Horst, if there was such a demand"
Ewert was seized by police for
questioning early today in the home
Of a brother after being missing
since the child was taken last Tues
day from the arms of Mrs Otto
Horst. He readily admitted, police
said. he drove the car in which
Donald was placed by Lydia Nelson
and John Regan, who claim to be the
real parents of the baby.
Ewert said he did it "as a favor"
to the couple and that he didn't
know why he ran away" afterward
because he did not consider their
action\ a law violation.
May Seek Adoption Rule.
The child remained in an orphanage
today while the Horsts and the Regain
Nelson couple continued adamant in
their respective claims to his custody.
Attorneys for both were reticent and
indications were no actual legal steps
would come until early next week.
Benedict j. Short, attorney COLI
suited by the Horsts, said they might
institute adoption proceedings. Under
Illinois law the Cook County Court
could. upon q showing of abandonment
or unfitness, award the boy perma-
nently to the Horsts, who reared him
since infancy.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Michael Rosinia, who yesterday sought
a warrant charging DR.. John A. Rose,
the physician attending at Donald's
birth, with falsifying the birth Ger
tificata purporting to assert the Horsts'
parentage, said today he expected Rose
to submit voluntarily to questioning
Monday
1t was through EWert that Regan
and Miss Nelson, his common law
wife. learned the whereabouts of their
child.
EWert had done odd Jobs for DR..
John A. Rose, who delivered the child
and arranged an informal adoption
by Otto and Martha Horst. Horst is
Well-to-do manufacturer and busi-
ness associate Of DR.. Rose.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
18 MORE DIE AS "SPIES"

MOSCOW, August 7 lP).-Word Of
the execution of l8 Russians convict
ed Of railroad sabotage and espionage
at Ordjonikidze, in the Caucasus, has
reached Moscow
The Ordjonikidze newspaper Pravda
published resolutions of factory workers
approving the verdict of the military
collegium of the Supreme Court. The
resolutions called the condemned per-
sons Japanese and German Trotzkyist
spies"
Evening star., 1937-08-07
Plane Crash Kills Six.

SARATZEL, Rumania, August 7 (P).
Two Czechoslovakian passengers and
four Russian crew members were killed
yesterday when Russian plane
crashed while flying from Praha,
Czechoslovakia, en- route to Moscow.
The plane burned. The cause of
the accident was not determined.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
B u LII E T | N

GREAT HARRINGTON, Mass,
August tPD Justice Joshua Alex
ander Van Orsdel, associate JUS
tice of the Federal Court OF Ap-
peals at Washington, d. c., died
today at the age of IS.
Evening star., 1937-08-07

complained some time ago of a stom-
ach ailment, but had not mentioned
1t recently The officer added the
prisoner did not take any evening meal
last night, quoting him as saying
when he retired at 9 o'clock last night
he expected to eat good breakfast.
DR.. Charles Richardson. who was
called by the sheriff, officially pro-
nounCed Greenhut dead.
DR.. Greenhut was calm as be was
,See DOCTOR, Page A-eD
Evening star., 1937-08-07
.EX-C0NV|CT FREED
IN ABDUCTION CASE
Ewert Did Not Telephone
Ransom Demand to HorstS,
Police Say.
BACKGROUND


Tuesday night Lydia Nelson and
John Reoan Went to the home OF
Otto and Martina Horst. forcibly
taking from Mrs Horst a 3I-
months old boy. Donald. Uhom,
they claimed. uds their oun child.
The Regdns, common ld1u man
and 1Dife. claim that because OF lack
OF money they turned the child orer
to DR.. John A. Rose shortly after
its birth for adoption No,U they
hare money. The doctor, it is
reported issued a birth certificate
naming the Horsts as the chud's
parents.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
$50 BANDITS SLAIN

Chinese on Sungari River Wiped
Out in Naval Battle.
HSINK1NG, Manchukuo. August 7
R.-Japanese naval forces wiped out
$50 Chinese bandits today on the
Sungari River, 40 miles east of Har-
bin, In the first naval battle on that
river since the Japanese protectorate
was established
Japanese marines landed on the
river bank under the protection of
heavy artillery fire from the warships.
Five Chinese bandit boats were said
to have been burned to the waters
edge. No japanese casualties were re-
ported.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
Children Picket Candy Store.

PHILADELPHIA, August 7 (P.-
Thirty-five South Philadelphia chill
dren picketed today a neighborhood
candy store whose owner complained
Of noise they made at play, They car-
ried signs: This sore unfair to kids"
Evening star., 1937-08-07
Polar Visibility 81 Miles.

SOVIET NORTH POLE CAMP (by
wireless to Moscow, August LP).-
The sky was overcast here today, but
visibility heightened to 81 miles. The
temperature wan 30.2 degrees.