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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
DEATH TAKES
FEB Y.CORN, 46
Funeral for Late Clear
Creek Constable To Be
Held Wednesday

Zeb V. Corn, 46, widely known
Henderson county resident, and
constable of Clear Creek township,
died at his home in the Clear
Creek section last night at 1850
o'clock. He had been i'll since
March &c.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from Ebenezer Baptist church,
Of which he was a member, on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Officiating will be the Revs. S. F.
Huntley, Quay Corn and Pink
Corn. Burial will follow in the
cemetery there.
Mr.. Corn was a native of Hen
derson county and the son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Corn.
He served as a deputy sheriff in
this county for 10 years and had
been constable in his home town.
ship for more than five years.
He is survive by his widow, prior
to marriage Miss Beulah Holbert
of this county; nine children, Ray,
James, G. B., Erskine, Bruce, Au-
drey, Charles, Grady, and Beulah
Lee, all of this county; three
brothers, Tilden Corn of Spartan
burg, S. c., and Grover and Pei
ham Corn of Hendersonville; also
two sisters, Mrs. Will Clayton of
Fletcher. and Mrs. Ed Ward of
Brickton.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
Two Are Held
TO HIGH COURT
Charged With Breaking In
to House, Removing
Plumbing Fixtures

In city court this morning, May
or A. V. Edwards bound Mr.. and
Mrs. Willie Thomas to tie superior
court under bonds of $1,000 each
on charges of breaking into a va
cant house on Fifth avenue west
and taking away plumbing fixtures
last Sunday morning.
The house is the property OF
the Essex Investment Corporation,
of Richmond, Va, and E. R. Suth-
erland is agent for the concern
here.
Thomas was arrested yesterday
by city officers, with the assist
ance Of the Buncombe sheriff's de-
partment, in Buncombe county.
The arrest of Mrs. Thomas was
made in the court room this MORN
ing.
Thomas was traced through a
truck license number. On Sunday,
B. C. Washington, who resides IN
the neighborhood, saw a truck re-
moving the articles from the house.
Mr.. Washington wrote down the
license number and the truck was
traced to John Cox, of Buncombe
county. -, g,
Cox told officers, and testified
this morning, that Thomas asked
him to move some of his furnl-
ture and household articles from
two houses in this county.
Mrs. Thomas said that a year or
more ago she worked for a wo-
man living in the house, whose
name she did not remember, and
that the woman gave her two
small tables, which she left at the
house. -,
Thomas said that his wife told
him the woman had given her all
the articles taken for working for
her.
Other cases heard this morning
were as follows:
Wheeler Osteen, drunk and dis
orderly, 80 days.
John Dryman, drunk and disor-
derby, $40 and costs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
FOOD RIOTS AMONG MILLION
SHANGHAI REFUGEES LOOMING
Japanese Refuse Removal Of Food to City; Armed In
ternational Truck Escort Would Be Last Resort

through the chain Of japanese
"buck-passing," the council urged
the japanese member of the coun-
Gil, T. Urabe, to join the emerg-
ency food committee, but no reply
was received from him.
For weeks the council has ne
gotiated with japanese civil and
military authorities, but each de-
MED authority to remove the
stores and passed the request on
to other officials.
Meanwhile a representative was
sent to Changsha to find out why
shipments of rice to Shanghai had
been held up. 1t was believed Of,
ficials there may have withheld
shipments in the belief they were
destined for the japanese army. -.
1t was reported an international
detachment Of 500 troops might
be sent to Hongkew to escort
truckloads of food into the settle,
ment, although this probably will
not be tried until all other ways
fail, since there would be danger
of international entangelements II
the foreign troops were fired on.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
CITY OFFICER
RESTING WELL
Seth Edmundson Suffers
Broken Leg and Foot
in Collision

Seth f. Edmundson, Henderson
vile city traffic policeman, was re.
covering in Patton Memorial hos
pital today after suffering a bro
ken right leg and foot in COLI.
sion yesterday afternoon between
his motorcycle and an automobile,
driven by John Melvin, at the
corner of Sixth avenue east and
North Grove street.
officer Edmundson suffered q
compound fracture of his right
leg below the knee and a fracture
of his right foot across the arch.
At the time of the accident, the
officer was riding south on Grove
street between Seventh and Sixth
avenues. Mr.. Melvin was driving
east on Sixth avenue and turned
into Grove street.
This morning Edmundson said
that he turned to the left to try
to avoid the car, and that the
bumper on the machine struck his
right leg just below the knee.
Edmundson's leg was placed in
q cast and he was resting comfort
ably at the hospital today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
81 AMERICANS
STAY In NANKNG

(Copyright, 1887, United Press)
SHANGHAI, Sept. 81. (UP)-
Marking, China's great inland
capital, today tensely awaited the
shock Of a japanese air raid
which threatened to "blow it off
the map" while foreign nationals
and embassy officials, with the
exception Of the American embas-
sy, stuck grimly to their posts.
The American embassy staff
went aboard the gunboat Luzon
last night, but the vessel did not
leave its mornings in spite Of an
earlier official announcement
that it would move up the Yang
tie at midnight.
The decision of U. s. Ambas-
sador Nelson T. Johnson to re-
move his staff from the threaten
ed city followed four bombing
raids on the capital yesterday in
which scores of Chinese civilians
were killed.
Johnson said he was abandon
ing the embassy on instructions
from Washington.
As the zero hour neared-noon
Tuesday midnight Monday EDIT
the city became as quiet as
graveyard. Except for the hustle
of a few refugees leaving their
homes, there was little activity in
the normally busy streets.
Although Rear Admiral Kiyo-
shi Hasegawa, commander Of the
third Japanese battle fleet, had
set a deadline for evacuation,
few foreign observers believed
the powerful Japanese air arma-
da, estimated at more than zoo
warplanes, would Immediately
carry out its threat to destroy
the city.
1t was believed the Japanese
commanders wished to give for
eigners all possible time to eyacu-
ate to places Of safety, and
Continued on page six)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
u. S. SENDS OBSERVER
TO LEAGUE GROUP

WASHINGTON. Sept. Il. (UP)
The United States yesterday de-
cided to participate to a limited
extent in the meetings of the
League of Nations advisory COM
mittee on Far Eastern affairs.
The advisory committee has
been convened to consider China's
appeal for invocation of the
league covenant because of ia
pans alleged aggression. The Chi
nese appeal was filed with the
league council last week by DR..
V. X. Wellington Koo, Chinese
ambassador to France. The advis-
DRY committee is composed of %
nations.
The state department revealed
that Leland Harrison, American
minister to Switzerland has COM
municated this decision to the Sec
rotary general of the league.
Harrison was instructed to do
so by the state department.
The action was taken following
receipt of an invitation to this
government from the league to CO.
operate in the work of the COM
Continued on page Sky
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
By ARTHUR F. DeGREVE
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Sept. 81. (UP)
Rep. Samuel B. Pettingill, D., Ind,
foe of President Roosevelt's dras-
tic reform legislation, yesterday
forecast an attempt at the next
session of congress to impeach U.
S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo
L. Black and said he would sup
port the movement unless Black
diSclaims membership in the Ku
Klux Khan.
Pettengill will end his congress
Sional career at the close of the
18th congress. He recently an
nounced he would not seek re-
election and would return to pri-
vate law practice. The Indiana
congressman said he did not know
who would introduce the impeach-
ment resolution, which can be
passed in the house by majority
vote, but he said he "feels sure"
that such a measure will be Of
fered.
From what | know of the feel
ing among other members of con-
gress, | am sure that this feeling
will not be allowed to die out and
that congressman will have to face
it next session." Pettengill said.
Meantime, Black continued to
remain silent on the published
charges that he is a life member
of the hooded organization. 1t was
reported from London where the
newly-appointed justice spent hec-
tic hours playing hide-and-Seek
with newspaper reporters that he
would make no statement until ne
returns to the United States. Black
is due to sail from Cobb, Ireland,
on Sept. 25. Justice James c. Nc
Reynolds will return on the same
boat. Justice George Sutherland
returned yesterday from an Euro
pean vacation but declined to dis
cusS the Black case.
If this schedule is adhered to,
President Roosevelt, who has re-
fused to comment on the Klan dis
closure until after Black has had
an opportunity to read the charges
in their entirety, will be on his far
western tour when the former
Alabama senator returns to the
capital. Likewise Mr.. Roosevelt
will be away from Washington
when the court meets on October
4 when, unless he resigns, Black
is due to take his seat with the
other eight justices.
Chief Justice Hughes is due
back in the capital from his sum-
mer vacation today. 1t is custom
airy for the chief justice of the
court to return a week of 10 days
before the tribunal resumes Its
Continued on page three.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
THRONCS JAM.
SIDEWALKS FOR.
LEGION MARCH.
Secretary Hull Outlines U.
S. Policy of "Enlight-
ened Nationalism"
COLMERY CALLS FOR
INDEPENDENT COURTS

NEW YORK, Sept. 81. (UP)-
The American Legion marched up
Fifth avenue today before up
wards of 100000 persons who
jammed sidewalks against board
ed shop windows.
One hundred thousand march
ing men participated in the pa
rade as thousands of New York
police lined the curbs.
Great flags flew from famous
hotels along the avenue.
Most of the shops were closed.
Mounted police guarded the in
tersectionS.
1t was the climax of the Le-
gion's 10th convention which
started yesterday and closes
Thursday.
The parade was expected to
last until midnight. 1t started at
3 a. m.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21

SHANGHAI, Sept. 81. (UP)-
Threats of food riots among the
million half-starved refugees OF
Shanghai, which foreign observ-
ers predicted would be "worse
than war;" became imminent to-
day after a final Japanese refusal
to permit removal Of food stores
from Hongkew warehouses.
An appeal to the French, Brit.
ish and American governments
was expected to be made by the
Shanghai municipal council.
Officials of the Chinese govern
ment said the situation had been
made critical by fears that rice
shipments from the interior of
China to Shanghai had been in
tercepted by the japanese army.
Hungry and desperate refugees
have nearly exhausted the avail
able supplies of food in the city,
and council spokesman said the
only hope of averting serious dis
turbances is to release the vast
stores in Hongkew warehouses,
known as "Shanghai's breadbas-
ket."
In a desperate effort to break
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
Land Bank Men
Will Study Farm
Management Here

A number of officials of the
Federal Land Bank. of Columbia,
S. c., will visit three Henderson
county farms on Tuesday, Sept.
2S. for the purpose of studying
farm management programs.
The bank officials will come
here in the afternoon after an in
spection of South Carolina farms.
They are expected to arrive about
. o'clock in the afternoon, have
lunch at the Skyland hotel, and
visit the Henderson county farms
in the afternoon.
Farms to be visited in this coun-
ty are those of J. A. Maxwell, at
Horse Shoe; S. p. Williamson, at
Mills River, and L. II. Mckay,
near Dana.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
State Employment
Offices Here Will
Be Permanent.
Establishment Part of So.
cial Security Set Up,
Is Revealed

Hendersonville will be the loca-
ton of a permanent office of the
State Employment Service, in the
social security set-up, it has been
announced by p. Lane CASTOR,
district director, in charge of the
Asheville office. ,
In announcing new permanent
officse at Marion and Henderson
vile, Mr.. CASTOR also announced
the addition of ~ trained officials
to handle the increased work of
the office. =,
Hendersonville is located in the
Asheville district under the state
wide set-up, and this district in
cludes 16 Western North Carolina
counties.
Extension service from the per-
manent offices will be given to
counties not having permanent Of
fees. At present the Henderson
vile office gives such service in
Pennsylvania county.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
u. S. ENTERING HOME STRETCH
OF UNDERMINING ITS NAVY
Building z Super Battle.
ships To Be on Near
Emergency Schedule

WASHINGTON, Sept. FL. -
(UP)-Construction of the super.
battleships North Carolina and
Westinghouse be among the
most powerful war vessels ever
launched-will be pushed at top
speed for the earliest possible re-
enforcement Of the nations first
line defense, it was learned last
night.
KEELS WILL BE LAID
WITHIN THREE MONTHS
War in the far east and in
Spain, with threats of hostilities
spreading to other areas, has ex.
pedited Americas greatest naval
construction program since the
World war. The treaty navy
program will reach its climax in
two or three months with the lay
ing of keels for the new 35,O00-
ton dreadnaughts.
From that point on, construc-
ton of the huge, streamlined YES
sells will continue on almost an
emergency basis.
The keel-laying ceremonies also
will mark the beginning of a new
battleship era in the United
States navy. Construction Of 9TH
er types of vessels, including light
and heavy cruisers, aircraft car
riers, destroyers and submarines,
has been underway for several
years, with the result that this
part of the modernization pro-
gram is entering the "home
TWO STILL MORE POWERFUL
SHIPS WILL BE SOUGHT
1t is expected that in 1889 the
navy department will ask con-
gress for additional funds to con-
struct two more battleships SIM
liar but even more powerful than
the North Carolina and Washing
ton.
Admiral William D. Leahy,
chief of naval operations, inform
ed congress last session that the
navy department, in the interests
of better national defense, de-
sires to economic on moderniza-
ton of present battleships with a
view to using such funds for con-
struction Of new ones.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
|eur County All
llubbers Receive
National Honors

b +, Henderson county All
Ia,lo oGyS and girls have been
H. u gold and silver medals
%s,io,a national All dairy demon
&c contest was held for
~ y dairy calves. and gold
!, We're awarded to Miss
b. t'Ga Of Dana school. and
EoI Hedden of Mills River
Es.s sr 2 medals were awarded to
|,oI bgrgin Of the Mills River
r sc Jau Eada Lee LYDIA of the
H., henderson county prize
3d. We're coached bv d. w.
b. assistant county farm
D. ." charge of All club ac-
d.. purpose of the contest.
49, in cooperation with
RSor' os AGENTS, was to focus at
fto5,O VI dairymen on producing
Es,s which insure a profit
/ Or i "a a better. purer prod
the consumer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
Build Fund To
Aid Families OF
Slain Officers

Defendants convicted in crimi-
nal actions and assessed with costs
are now required to contribute to-
ward the support of the families OF
peace officers who die in line of
duty, Chief Otis Powers explained
this morning.
Included in all costs, except in
magistrates courts, is the sum of
one dollar which is collected and
used for this purpose by the state
of North Carolina.
This money is placed in a fund
to be used for relief of the widows
of officers killed in line of duty.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
; KENTUCKIANS
Held IN DEATH
OF DENHARDT
Brothers of His Slain
Fiancee Will Plead
mot Guilty"

SHELBYVILLE, KY, Sept. 81.
(UP)-Three brothers of slain
Verna Carr Taylor today waited
stoically in their Jail cells for any
penalty the law may mete out
for the Staying of Brigadier
General Henry Denhardt.
Two of the brothers shot and
killed Denhardt last night, IL
hours before he was scheduled to
60 on trial for the second time
for the murder of Mrs. Taylor.
J. Ballard Clarke, attorney for
the three men, said they would
plead self defense, claiming that
Denhardt attacked them.
Denhardt, scheduled to face a
second trial today on n charge of
Staying his beautiful fiancee, was
shot to death on q street here
last night.
His attorney, Rodes Myers,
Bowling Green, KY, with him at
the time, was not injured.
The soldier-politician had been
free on $4,000 bond since a jury
of farmers failed to reach ver-
dict in his case six months ago.
Denhardt fell before a fusillade
of shots.
DR.. A. c. Weakley said Den
hardt was struck seven times. AT
least one of the shots pierced his
heart. Another struck him in the
head.
Myers recognized the assailants
and pleaded with them not to
shoot, the sheriff's office report
ed.
Denhardt was carried to the
front steps of the Armstrong no.
tel where he died Immediately.
Myers. said the general attempt
ed to escape his assailants.
eve started diagonally across
the street." Myers said, when we
saw them coming from an auto
parked Just across the intersec-
ton to our left.
1.-THE shots were fired almost as
soon as we saw them. The general
started 10 run IO""N SN
and / ran to the right to try to
get behind a parked auto:
Several more shots hit the
general just as he reached the no.
tel steps.
"The men came over to me
then and the one with the gun
was going to shoot me. | threw
my hands up and called him by
name. :,
"'Don't shoot mep l pleaded
with him. Il haven't done any
thing The other two kept him
from shooting me-"
The sheriff's office announced
that three brothers of Mrs. Verna
Carr Taylor had been taken into
custody for questioning about the
Staying of Brig. Gen. Henry II.
Denhardt. n,
The brothers are Jack, Roy
and DR.. E. S. Carr, a La Grange
veterinary.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
u. S. GUNBOATS TO
FLEE ONLY If BOMBED

NANklNG, Sept. 2l.-(UP)-
The United States embassy staff
has been established on two Amer.
lean warships in the Yangtze river
and will not flee from Japanese
threats Of destructive bombing un.
less subjected to direct bombing.
Ambassador Nelson johnson said.
Meantime, Vice Admiral Sir
Charles Little, eommander.in.ehief
of the British fleet, warned the
Japanese high command that Brit
ish warships will remain here de-
spite bombing threats.
The deadline for evacuation
passed at midnight. The Japanese
planes have failed to arrive rs yet.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
Scores Efforts
ToImpeach Black

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. 81.
UJP1-Rep. Maury Maverick 3D.,
Texas today denounced the fight
against Supreme Court Justice
lingo Black as an underhanded
political move, designed to embar-
rass not only President Roosevelt
but the supreme court also.
Maverick is q staunch defender
of the president. He said he has
been asked to join in the move to
impeach Black and denounced the
attempt.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
COMMITTED SUICIDE
TO REFMANCE FIRM

EAST ORANGE, N. j.. Sept.
81. (UP).-Police revealed yes
terday that Emmett B. Faison,
president of the Orange Engray!-
ing company, who committed sui
eide July 20, died to save his COM
pany. The company which was
in the hands Of a receiver, was
reorganized with the money from
Faison's life insurance policies.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
AUSTRALIAN SUGGESTS
PACIFICATION STEPS

GENEVA, Sept. 21.-(UP)-
Australia today proposed that the
League Of Nations call a confer
ence of world nations, including
the United States, to try to settle
the Japanese-Chinese war. The
spokesman did not mention what
measures might be taken.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
Fletcher Airport Is Leased For Year
LEAGUES ADVISORY GROUP
TO INVITE JAPAN AND CHINA
TO JOIN in ITS DISCUSSIONS

GENEVA, Sept. 81 (UP)-The
advisory committee of 81 world
powers acting under the League
of Nations auspices met today and
considered China's appeal against
Japan with the United States rep
resented in the role of observer.
The committee decided to invite
Japan, China, Germany and Aus
tralia to participate in the COM
mittee's work.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
ASSAULT UPON
NANKINC SAID
LONG OVERDUE
Mainland Circles Think
Delay to Promote Safety
Of Foreigners
u. 5. GUNBOATS STAY
In DANGER ZONE

WASHINGTON, Sept. Fl.
of State
Cordell Hull announced to-
day that the United States
has made vigorous represen.
tations to Japan over the
proposed mass aerial bomb
ing of Marking. Representa-
tions were made to the To.
kyo government.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
RUSSIAN FLAYS
AGRESSOR NATIONS

GENEVA, Sept. 21.-(UP)-
Maxim Litvinov Of Russia today
denounced Italy, Germany and ia.
pan as aggressor nations and de-
manded that the League of Ma
tons aid loyalist Spain and China
effectively and Immediately.
He spoke contemptuously of the
three nations and said they are
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
IMPEACH MENT
OF BLACK GOAL
OF PETTENCILL
Says He Will Act Unless
Black Disclaims Khan
Membership
SAY BLACK SAILS FOR
HOME in SECRECY

LONDON, Sept. 21.-(UP)-
Associate Justice Hugo Black is
aboard the steamship City of Nor
folk, on his way to the United
States to face the storm aroused
by charges he was a member of
the Ku Klux Klan.
1t was learned from a reliable
source that Black sailed in the
greatest secrecy from Southamp-
ton yesterday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-21
Franco Threatens
To Expell Three
British Consuls

HENDAYE. Franco Spanish
Frontier, Sept. 21.-(UP)-Gen-
eral Francisco Franco, leader of
the Spanish Nationalists, last
night requested the British en-
bassy to withdraw it's consuls
from Bilbao, Santander and San
Sebastian. He threatened to ex.
pei the consuls if the requested
withdrawal was not Forthcoming.
The three cities are in territory
now held by the Rebels whom
Great Britain has failed to rec
opniZe.