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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-13
MRS. !. {. Willis
PASSES away
Widow of Clarence B. VIII
lis, Jacksonville, Well
Known Here

Mrs. Ida Edgcrtou Willis. wild
ow of the late Clarence L. Willis,
died ut her home, ST. Sixteenth
avenue north. late Wednesday af-
ternoon. following paralytlc
stroke earlier in the day. Mrs.
Willis was born in West Willing
ton. Conn. July ~, 1851. She
and her husband celebrated their
G6th wedding anniversary here on
Sept. L., 1896. Mr.. Willis died
June - of this yca' in his STth
year. They had made this city
their home for much of the past
IL years. Their daughter, Grace
l.. Willis. made her home with her
and made q home for her parents
during several years past.
Mrs. Willis was widely known
in \. VI. {. 4. circles Us the re
firing but ever cheering and in
spring influence in the back
ground OF her husbands activities
and success. While she had been
blind for many years. she was
quite as alert aS many people who
enjoy their sight. She was faith
full and dcvOut member of the
First Avenue VI. +. church.
Following her marriage, Mrs.
Willis lived in New Haven, Conn"
and in Milwaukee, Wis, where Mr..
Willis was general secretary Of
Y. NJ. G. As. In the latter city,
they lived for 35 years.
Survivors are her daughter,
Grace, this city. another daughter.
Mrs. j. Royce Brown, Lansing,
Mich, and her son, p. b. Willis,
Tampa. and eight grandchildren
and grcat-grandchildren.
The above item from the St.
Petersburg (FlaD Evening indie
pendent will be of interest here
aS Mrs. Willis made her summer
home here for many years and
both she. the late Mr.. Willis and
their daughter, Miss Grace Willis,
were well known TO people here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-13
No Time For Hot
Tempers,' Warns
Hamilton Fish
Position Taken U. S. Gun
boats in China Waters
Source of Trouble

WASHINGTON. Dec. -. (UP)
Navy and state department eff
cialS last night began an inquiry
into the sinking Of the |. :. gun
boat Panav by Il bomb in the
YangtSc river near WoOSung in
central China.
Admiral William ID. Lcahy. chief
Of naval operations. said that he
had been informed officially of the
incident but that he did not have
any list of casualties.
we Of course will get reports
just rs fast as the affair can BE-
untanglcd," he said. IL under
stand the Panay was moved up the
river from Marking Saturday to
get out Of the fighting zone"
Leahy said the navy and state
departments were working in.cloSc
touch on the matter.
I'VE will have a full report on
the incident probably tomorrow
morning for the press" Leahy
said.
Meanwhile Rep. Hamilton Fish,
\. Y, ranking Republican mem
Der Of the house foreign affairs
committee, demanded withdrawal
of American gunboats from Chi
ncSe waters immediately but warn
ed against "jingoiSm" and "hot
temperS" that might provoke war.
This is one of the episodes
that was bound to happen as long
as We adhered to the policy Of
maintaining 10 gunboatS in Chi
neSc waters" Fish said. "ThoSe
boats should have been withdrawn
years ago"
an view of the fact that Japan
controls the river from Shanghai
to Marking. it is best that we get
Continued on page four)
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BEST NATIONAL
INTEREST SAID
BASIS OF step
Roosevelt Asks Nation to
Back Whatever Steps
Are Taken
FULL DETAILS ARE
NOT YET REVEALED

WASHINGTON, Dee. -. CUP
The United States today demand
ed of Japan that fu,! satisfaction
and compensation for the Panay
bombing be given by the Japanese
government.
Secretary of State Cordcll Hull
presented the demand personally
to Japanese Ambassador Hmosl
SaitO and Informed Saito that
President Roosevelt is deeply
shocked and concerned by the
news Of indiScriminate bombing
of American and other nOn-Chi-
ncsc vessels i'm the langtSc river.
Hull conveyed the presidents
request that Japanese Emperor
HirOhito be- personally Informed
of the presidents feelings.
WASHINGTON, Dee. -. (UP)
The state department; today pre-
pared 10 lodge vigorous protest
with Japan over the bombing of
the United States gunbuat lamay,
and the White House coincidcntal~
" announced President Roosevelt
hopes for iul support by the press
and the American people in what
ever decision is made.
President Roosevelt summoned
Secretary Of State Cordcll Hull
for conference to discuss the
situation which is regarded AZ tn"
most serious since the inception
of Sino-JapancSc hoStiliticS.
Stephen 4. Early, the presi-
dents secretary, said Roosevelt Is
studying the situation only from
the viewpoint of national welfare
and Subordinating all other con.
SidorationS.
Hull arrived at the state depart.
ment early. His aides already
were assembling cablcd and radio
messages on the bombing from
the Far East.
Just how far the proposed rep
RESERVATIONS would 90 could not
be learned Immediately. 1t was
known. however, that officials con-
Sidcrcd the destruction of the
Panay the most serious incident
which has arisen in the Japanese
Chinese conflict.
II was believed that the Amcri-
can protest would call for some
sort of satisfaction" as well as
Preparations for the loss of life and
the destruction of the ship.
Demands for such satisfaction"
already were being voiced by
members of congress. The Panay
incident, it was believed, would
touch Off vigorous debate in con-
grcSs of the whole Far Eastern
situation. the neutrality law, the
administrations policy and attl-
tude toward the Far Eastern con
flict, and the maintenance of AM
erican military and naval forces
in China.
The attack was considered the
more serious because the Panay
repeatedly was marked plainly
with American flags printed on its
decks. Japanese naval and mill.
tary forces had been informed OF
the Panay's presence in the Yang
tse river between Shanghai and
Wuhu.
Administration leaders feared
that the desire of congressman to
state their views on the most re-
Continued from mage FOUR
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PRISONERS KILL CAPTAIN OF
sc. PENITENTIARY GUARD AS
GOVERNOR PLEADS FOR LIFE
Fatal Stabbing Comes Aft
er Attempted Break;
Tear Gas Thrown

COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 10
(UP)-A long-term robbery pris-
oner in the South Carolina peni-
Tertiary confessed last night that
he stabbed to death Captain Of
the Guards J. Olin Sanders yes
terday because he would not break
his long standing rule that guards
die rather than accompany con-
victS Oh escapes.
The prisoner, William B. Woods
of Biloxi, Miss, confessed he
stabbed the captain five times
with an improvised pointed instru-
ment while five other desperate
convicts held him and while Gov.
Olin D. Johnston and a score or
more other state and county Off
cials pleaded that they spare the
mans life.
Rich!and county (Columbia)
Sheriff T. Alex Heisc, one of five
officers questioning the convicts,
announced that Woods confessed
to the actual killing after four
hours of questioning.
Apparently only one instrument
was used in the stabbing, although
Sergt. C. w. Norman, of the
prison guard, said five improvised
pointed weapons, including three
half blades Of scissors, were found
in a search Of the captains quar-
tiers late yesterday.
An imitation automatic pistol,
cleverly carved. also was found IN
the quarters but officers had not
determined whether the convicts
actually used the ruse. -,
Woods, questioned along with
the others after they had recov-
Continued on page three.)
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Presbyterian
Men To Meet
Rev. Lippard Speaker for
Tuesday Night Session

The Men of the Church of the
Presbyterian church will meet to-
morrow night at the church house
for their regular monthly session.
The meeting was scheduled for the
2lst but has been changed to this
week because of the Christmas
season.
The Rev. A. w. Lippard, pastor
of the Lutheran church. will be
the speaker at this time.
The meeting time has been
changed from 7:15 to Z o'clock
in order TO allow members to get
away earlier at this time.
A turkey supper with all the
FILINGS has been prepared by the
circle in charge Of the supper for
this meeting and a large crowd is
expected to hear Mr.. Lippard.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-13
Two Inman Men
Hurt In Wreck
One Is Charged With Reck-
less Driving

Odell Andrews Of lnman. $. c.,
who suffered broken leg and
decorations and bruises as Il re-
suit of an automobile accident on
the Grcenvillc highway Saturday
afternoon, was taken To Spartan
burg for treatment yesterday
morning.
\. V. Robertson, also of Inman,
who was driving the car, was Civ
en- treatment at the hospital for
bruises suffered. He was arrested
on charge of reckless driving
and released on bond of $500.
The automobile was demoliSh-
ed. 4 third person in the car was
uniniurcd
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-13
By WELDON JAMES
1887, United PreSs)

NSoPSTiBHt, 1890 Shitcu tfSSsI
ABOARD U. S. S. PANAG,
NEAR NANKING, Dec. IL
$40 p. m. (Delayed-(UP)-
Americans aboard this United
States gunboat were under fire
for more than an hour today as
the Panay sped up the YangtSe
river to escape Il rain Of Japanese
shells falling on Marking and on
Chinese soldier srctrcating from
the doomed Central Chinese cap
ital.
The fate of Il dozen Americans
inside the Marking walled city
could not be learned. The gravest
fears were felt for their safety.
They had been warned that the
Panay would leave the water
front if she was endangered,
Capt. j. j. Hughes OF New York
City, commanding the Panay. left
his anchorage opposite the U. 5.
embassy only after. huge shells
had exploded all around his yes
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-13
Candle Lighting
Service Will Be
Held Wednesday
Annual Event Will Be at
Methodist Church With
Varied Program

The annual candle lighting SER
vice, beautiful prc-ChriStmas
event that has become traditional
to Hendcrsonville, will be held on
Wednesday of this week at $3.50
p. M. at the Methodist church,
under the direction of Mrs. J. &.
Morrow, Jr.. assisted by the teach
erS Of the high school and the glee
club, under the direction of Mr..
ThackSton.
This service is given primarily
by the children of the grammar
grades. with representatives of all
of these taking part. The program
arranged for this year includes:
!. Prelude.
0rgan-Miss Kate DotSon.
Violin-Cephus Station.
Clarinet-Billy Combs.
=. ProcesSional-Hark! the Her
aid Angels Sing (MendelsSohn)
3. Scripture and prayer-Dr. q,
K. Combs.
4. | Heard the Bells on Christmas
Day CaiKln
5. Luthcr'S Cradle Hymn
&. (a) o Come All Ye Thankful
(COpt;nuad on nopa fOm)
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FLETCHER GRANGE
WILL MEET TONIGHT

FLETCHER, Dec. Is. (SpeciaD
There will be a regular meeting
of the Fletcher Grange on Mon
day evening at 1880 o'clock in the
high school auditorium. The sub
ject for discussion will be "Soll
Conservation.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-13
GUNBOAT WAS In
u. S. RIVER PATROL
convrioht, 1887, BY United Press

Copyright, 1887, by United Press
SHANGHAI, Dec. Is. (CP).--
The United States gunboat Panay
was bombed and sunk in the
Yangtse river at a point about %
miles upstream from Marking
late Sunday, according TO Official
reports radioed to Shanghai.
One or more ships belonging To
CONTINUED on page four
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-13
Plane Falls 1000
Feet; Three Miss
Death; Are Hurt

CLARKVILLE. Tenn. Dee. H..
-(UP)-Three persons escaped
death yesterday when 1O-ycar-
old airplane in which they were
flying went into tailSpin and
crashed from 1000 feet.
The injured, all Of whom Suf-
fered broken legs. were the pilot,
Bowman Meriwethcr, Bill Jobe.
%, and Louise Miller, %.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-13
new deal GOLD
POLICY UPHELD
IN HIGH COURT
Floor Fight Will Begin on
Wages and Hours
Bill Today
LAST DITCH FIGHT
FOR DEFEAT AHEAD

WASHINGTON, Dec. l3. lUPD.
The New Deal won 4 new judicial
victory in It's gold naturalization
program when the supreme court
today ruled against three efforts
20 force payment OF interest IN
gold despite the Su-callcd gold
clause in government bonds.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-13
JAP REGRETS in
SINKING VOICED

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL. tUPI.
Japanese Ambassador HirOSi Sal.
20 called at the state department
this afternoon 20 express regrets
at the bombingS and sinking of
the GunbOat Pauay.
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LUTHERAN CHURCH
COUNCIL TO MEET

Announcement was made today
that the regular meeting of the
Lutheran church council, set for
Tuesday night at 1880 o'clock. will
be- held at 8 o'clock instead.
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WEATHER

Cloudy tonight and Tuesday
with occasional sleet or rain to-
night or tomorrow. Not much
change in temperature.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-13

&. (a o Come All Ye Thankful
Continued on page FOUR
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GOOD AFTERNOON

Every Man q King has flicker,
ed, but the nation is still cluttered
with clamoring pretenders.
Evening star., 1937-10-03
SAILS FOR GERMANY
Miss Savage Has Scholarship a
University of Heidelberg.

Miss Dorothy Savage of 1912 Mill
tary road is now aboard the S. S.
Europa en- route for Germany, where
she will study at the University of
Heidelberg on one-year scholarship
for graduate work. She took her senior
year at the University Of Maryland
following a years study in Munich,
also on a scholarship.
Evening star., 1937-10-03

and feel as bewitching as Du Barry
when you wear it.
If you are not as slim as you would
like to be, choose for your dress pat
tern l357-B. the corselet silhouette
that reveals soft curves and takes away
inches where need be- The long arm
holes slanted toward the collar-bone
and the girdle pointed under the bosom
are two details that are as effective
for the full figure as an exercise re-
gime in the morning. You're sure TO
look more slender in this trim frock.
Pattern 1873 depends for its
charm entirely on its good lines. Seams
twice stitched are the only trimming.
This is a dress to make up in one of
the luscious sheer woods for Fall, or in
gabardine, which has been revived as a
smart dress fabric, or in sturdy al
paca. You'll wear it as your smartest
run-around costume all Winter
through-and you'll find 1t smart
enough to hold its own as a dress for
luncheon or bridge.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. l4O6-B is
designed for sizes IL, IA, is. 1s and 20.
Corresponding bust measurements. 80,
80. 81, 36 and 38. Size IA 1927 requires
2's yards of 54-inch material
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1878 is
designed for sizes IL. IA, Is, l8 and 90
Corresponding bust measurements, 80,
80. "a, 36 and 38. Size IA 1922 re-
quires 2i2 yards of 54-inch material.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. l357-B is
designed for sizes IL. IA, l6. l8, 20 and
40. Corresponding bust measurements,
80, 80, "a. 36. SO and 49, Size IA 1927
REQUIRES 2i2 yards Of 54-inch material.
Evening star., 1937-10-03

FASHION deals very lucky hand to
you this season. and if you play
1t we'll you are bound to achieve new
high in chic. The feminine figure.
glorifed in the new nodded lines that
fashion sponsors, is trump. You may
play it to suit your type. The corselet
silhouette, the sheath silhouette and
the shirred silhouette, as pictured in
the illustration, are the three i'm
p1rtant new styles from which to
choose.
Equally interesting is the fact that
you can make these charming new
fashions for your own wardrobe at q
fraction OF what you would expect to
spend to be so smartly dressed. In the
pattern shown the designs are simpli-
ned for home sewing without losing
one detail of their essential fashion
lines.
Molyneux sponsored the sheath sill
houette shown in pattern 1406-B, a
sleek and skimpy silhouette for the
slim, young figure. Already this dress
is seen worn smartly with a fur scarf
and one OF the new skyscraper hats
creating costume dramatically new
This silhouette was the sensation of
Paris only yesterday and is today the
most outstanding fashion of the new
season. 1t fits like paper on a wall
and gives you the figure of a goddess.
Yes, in it you look inches taller and
simmer.
Make this dress for your own ward
robe in matelasse crepe or in one of
the new thin woods or velveteen. It's
simple but elegant lines are correctly
worn from luncheon to a don't-dress
dinner at 8. The dress is a two-piece
style. with slim, straight skirt, and
bodice that fits we'll over the hips in
a smooth, long line.
The shirred silhouette shown in
pattern 1878 combines figure fat
terry with smartness. Alix is the Paris
couturier responsible for this charm
ing fashion. Eliminating belt en-
tirely, this silhouette makes every
woman something of siren. waist
line is only suggested by the fold Just
at the bustline and the shirring be-
gins Immediately under the bosom.
making waists and hips look inches
smaller.
For this very charming dress you
Will choose wisely if you use the new
SILK jersey that Alix introduced. or
a pure silk crepe that takes to this
soft handling. If you would have one
OF the new bright-colored dresses in
your wardrobe to wear under your
Winter coat, this style is a fine choice
1t is simple enough in line to take to
such brilliant colors as pimento red,
darien green or Madonna blue. You'll
adore this frock the Winter through.
Evening star., 1937-10-03
EMBARCO'S EFFECT
ON APANOUTL|NED
Food Not as Serious a Prob.
lem as Iron, Oil and Other
Army Diets

The question of embargoes of ship
fore the League of Nations, is cause
for concern to Japan which depends
on foreign products for some food
and many of its strategic war mate
rials
The problem of food for men in
Japan is one of the more readily
solved in the present crisis because
the Nipponese are simple, almost stole,
in their needs, and patient in their
farming. The main items on a years
fooG bill for one person are five and
a half bushels of rice and 9512 pounds
Of f1sh." says National Geographic
Society bulletin. "A more luxurious
diet includes wheat and meat; . more
economical one substitutes barley for
some of the rice.
Although three -fourths of Japan's
area is tilted at angles of more than
Is degrees, in 1881 Nippon farmers
cultivated about seventh of the
country's total area. Fishermen scour
nearby waters for catch of sea-
Dream, mackerel, herring, funny and
sardines which makes Japan the fore
most fishing nation of the world.
"Foodstuffs mporte in 1894
amounted TO only a tenth of total
imports, and consisted mainly of rice
from India, wheat from Australia and
America, beans and salt from Man.
churia, and sugar from Cuba and
the Netherlands Indies.
Iron ore, essential diet OF an
army. was quite a different matter.
During the same period, 70 per cent
OF the ore used was imported. Chief
iron regions within Japan proper
Evening star., 1937-10-03

are the hills Of Kitakami near Sendai,
on the main island of Honshu, and
the southwestern mountains around
Muroran Of Hokkaido Island to the
north
Output of these areas is supple
mented by pig iron from Chosen
and Manchuria. For additional sup
plies of this basic metal, Japan looks
to foreign source. Scrap iron may
account for two-thirds of the iron fed
into Japan's steel mills, and, in 1885,
78 per cent Of the imported scrap
came from the United States.
Essential to steel making is coal.
Some imported coal is mixed with the
native variety for blast furnaces.
Only l per cent of the coal used is
imported, however. since Japan is
Asia's leading coal producer. Prin-
cipal coal fields are those on the two
islands adjacent to Honshu, Hok-
kaido on the north and Kyushu on
the south. This is Japan's most plen-
tiful mineral
Next in Importance to coal and
iron for steel production is manganese,
a grayish metal more precious than
gold in today's steel manufacture.
Near Kyoto, and on the island of
Hokkaido, manganese deposits are
worked but during the period 1885
Japan relied on imports for So per cent
of the ore used.
Nippon lacks an adequate supply
of those alloy metals, little of which
plays a great part in the modern
production Of special steel products.
OF vanadium, Japan produces none.
Imports of nickel for bullet jackets
may be decreased by . new industry
planned to work ores in Gumma
north Of Toxic. Molybdenum and
tungsten, which help steel keep q
cutting edge despite high tempera-
lures, can both be obtained at home
to some extent. Japan produces
about per cent of the worlds tung-
stem. With chromium the japanese
earth is more generous, yielding
enough to make the country in nor
NAL times independent of outside
sources Of this element so important
in stainless steel, armor plate, gun
carriages, projectiles, paints and tan
ming feathers.
"A very serious problem to me-
chanical Japan is oil, quite essential
to make the wheels of work and war
go around. In 1885 the country was
importing 90 per cent Of the petroleum
used.
Evening star., 1937-10-03

that most, II not all, of the dozen
chandeliers, each showing the in
fluence of a different country, would
be taken down.
Miss Carr, q native Of Dayton, Ohio,
arrived yesterday to take up her new
duties. She said:
I'm going to try to do the best
can. wouldn't presume to follow
in the footsteps Of Jane Addams. as
she pursued a path which no other
can follow, and pursued it we'll I'm
going to meet problems as they come
up. And = new day makes new
problems"
Miss Carr regards herself more as a
labor leader than social worker. Her
special interests, she said, lie in the
industrial fields, and in this realm she
has held outstanding positions
Miss Carr said she was especially
interested in the problems of factory
girls and girls in the low-wage groups
This dates from her experience with
the New York Probation and Protec-
tive Association, when as special
policewoman during the World War
she came into contact with women
factory workers in Brooklyn.
High spots in her career include
service with the New York State
Charities Aid Association, the position
of assistant employment manager OF
large industrial concern, and acting
director of bureau of women in in
dustry in the New York State Depart
ment Of Labor.
In 1925 she went to Pennsylvania
to organize a similar bureau in that
States Department of Labor Shortly
afterward she became Secretary of
Labor of Pennsylvania
Later she became member of Gov
Lehman's Commission of Unemploy-
ment Relief in New York, and in May
1885, she was appointed assistant di-
rector Of home relief. Two months
later she was made executive director
Of New York City's Relief Commission.
She resigned in August to come here.
Evening star., 1937-10-03

likes to drive and
drove across Eu-
rope three times.
he said. His at
tractive wife cor
rected this to
-four times"
T h ey arrived
on the United
States liner Man
haitian and Rod
zinski talked in
his cabin amidst
going ashore"
confusion, h S
luggage and a
Sealyhsm d og.
Tho doo hoe on
Evening star., 1937-10-03

unusual name, which was learned
only on promise not to repeat it. The
dog doesn't like to be petted on the
back Of the neck. Sometimes he
bites, Mrs. Rodzinski said.
Rodzinski was the first to play
American music at the Salzburg festi-
val. He played symphony in one
movement by the American composer,
Samuel Barber, at this years festival.
"A remarkable reception it re-
ceived," the conductor said, and the
critics praised the work
He was not ready to announce plans
for his Cleveland season, but Ameri-
can music will be included in all
mixed programs. He was enthusiastic
about new violin concerto written
by the Chicago composer, John Alden
Carpenter. who also was on board.
Carpenters new concerto will be
played for the first time November 10,
in Chicago.
Evening star., 1937-10-03

Ohio, orph q n
asylum to that Of
chief of New
York City's Emer-
gency Relief Com
mission, where
she handled up
to $9,000.00 a
month, was not
daunted.
She 81 m p i y
looked at the
v a u | I e d high
ceiling Of the
huge living room
in her apartment
in the Hull House
and announced