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The times-news., 1938-01-26
MORE PUMP PRIMING' MAY
FOLLOW If WAGES ARE CUT
F.D.R. Intimates Suicidal
Income Slash Would Have
To Be Offset

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (UP).
President Roosevelt yesterday op-
posed wage cuts by industry dur
ing the business recession as "sul-
cidal" and warned that if salaries
are slashed this winter and spring
the government will be forced to
consider "other means" of Great
ing purchasing power.
His views were embraced in a
formal statement read at a press
conference a few hours after
John l.. Lewis, chairman of the
CLIO, had announced that labor
would fight to the bitter end
against a reduction in wages and
prices to offset effects of the
trade slump.
Mr.. Roosevelt coupled his warn
ing with a suggestion that mass
production industries cut their
prices to meet reduced purchas-
ing power.
He brushed aside inquiries of
what the government would do II
salaries are pared further, but 1t
was believed he referred to pos
sible resumption of federal pump
printing"
The chief executive said his
statement was prompted by sta
tistics showing that some busi-
ness men in few sections of the
country already had reduced
wages and that similar action is
repeatedly contemplated by 9TH
ers.
He made it clear that wage re-
ductions thus far are not wide
spread.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that a group
of industrial and labor leaders
headed by Lewis, Thomas Labont'
New York banker, and Owen D.
Young, head of General Electric
company, assured him at their re-
cent White House conferdence
Continued on page three)
The times-news., 1938-01-26
MORE DEFENSE
MONEY FACING
HOUSE BATTLE
But Appropriation for Both
Army and Navy Ex-
pected to Pass

WASHINGTON, Jan. &c. (UPl
President Roosevelt will send con-
gress a special national defense
message on Thursday or Friday
urging additional appropriations
for all branches of the armed SER
vice, he said at his press confer
ence yesterday.
He did not reveal tire amount
to be asked but he is expected to
recommend nearly $20O,00O,OO0,
most of which would be expended
on the navy and naval air force,
bringing total national defense
appropriations for the 1889 fis-
cal year to more than O,OO0,-
Continued on page three.)
The times-news., 1938-01-26
DAVIS TO RUN
FOR SHERIFF
Will Be Candidate to Sue
ceed Self, Subject
to Party Action

Sheriff w. E. Davis will be a
candidate to succeed himself in
the elections this year, he stated
this morning.
Sheriff Davis stated that num-
bers of his friends had asked him
if he planned to be a candidate
to succeed himself. He stated that
his announcement today was not
in the nature of a formal an
nouncement, but that he would be
a candidate for the office of sher-
iff, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
His announcement was the first
commitment in the political field
here. The Democratic primary will
be held in June and the election
in November.
The times-news., 1938-01-26
Two-County Corn
Show, Banquet
Plans In Making
President Graham, Dean
Harrelson Expected To
Be Speakers

Plans for the annual banquet
and corn show of farmers of Hen
derson and Pennsylvania counties
are being perfected and DR.. Frank
P. Graham, president of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and j.
w. Harrelson, dean OF the uni
versity system, are expected to be
the principal speakers at the an
nual banquet.
The banquet and corn show will
be held on Saturday, February 10.
The corn show will be held at the
Hendersonville gymnasium during
the day and the banquet will be
held in the dining room of the
First Methodist church in the eve
ming.
All farmers of the two counties
who participated in the corn grow
ing contest will be eligible to place
exhibits in the corn show. Con-
testants and others interested in
agriculture will attend the annual
banjuet. This is the second year
Of the corn shown and banquet,
the event benig held in Brevard
last year.
At the banquet prizes will be
awarded to the winners of the
corn producing contest. Ten cash
prizes will be awarded, and a low
ing cup and $25 cash prize will
be awarded to J. D. Hooper. 15-
year-old Mills River vocational
student, whose yield of 176 BUSH
els and so pounds of corn on a
single acre won first prize in the
contest.
The times-news., 1938-01-26
REFUGE NAMES
EDNEY PASTOR
Unanimous Action Taken
in Choice Of Successor
to Rev. Phillips

The Rev. A. E. Edney, a ma
rive of this county, was elected
nastor of the Refuge Baptist
church at a meeting of the con-
gregation on last Sunday morn
ing. ~,
oendation of the board of
deacons, and Rev. Edney was
unanimously named pastor of the
church for the coming year.
Rev. Edney succeeds the Rev.
N. B. Phillips, who resigned as
pastor of the church. He has
been a minister in this county for
some time, and officers of the
church expressed themselves as
delighted that he had been OBJ
tanned as pastor of the church.
The times-news., 1938-01-26
TEMPERATURE
HERE l6 TODAY
Still Below Freezing This
Afternoon; Coolest
Since Dec. 10

The temperature dropped to 16
degrees last night, the coolest re-
corded here since December 10.
The mercury fell rapidly yes
terday afternoon from a maxi
mum temperature of 60 degrees
to % degrees at p. H., a drop
Of 32 degrees, during the after"
noon.
From the low Of 16 last night,
the mercury rose to 28.5 degrees
at noon today, a rise of l2.5 de-
grees.
The forecast for tonight and
tomorrow was continued cold,
and the temperature tonight is
expected to fall below the low Of
16 last night. Figures for yester-
day were as follows:
Maximum, 60 degrees; mini
mum, % degrees; mean, A de-
grees; days range, 32 degrees; |;
rainfall monday night), .OS inch.
The times-news., 1938-01-26
CLOTURE VOTE SET
FOR THURSDAY

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (UP)
Administration leaders in the sem
ate last night filed a motion to in
woke its most powerful weapon
cloture - in an attempt to end
the 22-day-old southern filibuster
against the anti-lynching bill which
has been obstructing the New Deal
legislative program.
The motion was filed by Chair
man Matthew w. Nicely, D., w.
Va, Of the senate rules committee
a few minutes before the senate
adjourned at 1920 p. m. The pc
tition bringing the motion to the
floor bore II signatures, one more
than was required.
The cloture motion will come
up for q vote automatically, un-
der the rules, one hour after the
senate. corvenes Thursday; with
out any debate. A two-thirds vote
is necessary before cloture be-
comes effective.
The petition, which began to cir
culate at 1885 p. M, was complet-
ed an hour later. Those signing
were Senators Nicely, La Toilette,
P, Wis; Minton, D., Ind; Van
Nuys, D., Ind; Wagner, D., N. Y;
Brown, D., N. H.; Clark, D., Mo-;
McGill, D., Kans.; schwellenbach,
D., Wash. Truman, D., Mo-; Bone,
D., Wash; Bulkley, D., o.; Hitch
cock, D., s. D.; Copeland, D., n.
Y; Thomas, D., Utah; Guffey, D.,
Pa, and McAdoo, D., Calf.
Minority Leader Charles l.. Nc.
Nary, R., Ore, later announced
that he would oppose the cloture
motion when it came to a vote.
Neeley filed the motion during
a filibuster speech by Sen. Richard
B, Russell, D., Ga. Southern foes
of the lynch measure asked that
the names of the signers be read
aloud.
Meanwhile, it was indicated that
there would be no session tonight,
since supporters and foes Of the
controversial bill planned to await
the outcome of the vote on clo-
ture. The senate met again at
noon today, when Russell resumed
his speech.
Cloture, or "gag rule" if adopt
ed, would permit each senator only
a one-hour speech on the bill, In
cluding any of its amendments. 1t
is rarely invoked.
Although the anti-lynching bill
was said to have 70 favorable
votes, it was doubted by the fill
busters that the administration
could obtain the necessary mum
ber to impose q cloture.
Meanwhile it was indicated that
the flibuster may be suspended
temporarily today while the SEN
ate, by consent agreement, takes
up the conference report on the
administration housing bill.
Sen. Tom Connally, D., Texas,
leader of the filibusters, said he
would confer with his colleagues
on a proposal by Majority Laeder
Alben W. Barkley, D., Ky., that
the housing bill, and possibly
sugar legislation, be considered.
Unless they agree, Connally said,
the filibuster will no the side
tracked.
The filibuster was carried for
ward into the second overtime
session last night by Senator Pat
Continued on page three.
The times-news., 1938-01-26
Labor Department. Silence Will
Bring Demand For Bridges Probe

mems union, and Pacific coast re-
gional director for the Commit
tee for, Industrial Organization.
He is an Australian by birth and
has not obtained final naturaliza-
tion papers.
The committee earlier heard
Father Edmund A. Walsh, of
Georgetown university, charge
that communists are fomenting
trouble in the merchant marine.
He demanded drastic suppression
of maritime sitdown strikes to
prevent anarchy on the high
seas"
Father Walsh, who is head of
the university's foreign service
school and an authority on inter-
national affairs, said that federal
efforts to improve the merchant
marine will be "futile" until
shocking" labor conditions are
corrected. .~-..'. f.
The times-news., 1938-01-26

WASHINGTON, Jan. &c. (UP)
The senate commerce and labor
committees agreed yesterday to
demand full and immediate re-
port from the labor department
on the citizenship and activities
of Harry Bridges, west coast Mar
itime union leader.
Bridges name has figured IN
testimony before the joint com
mittee which is investigating IA
Dor conditions and alleged lnsu-
bordination in the American mer-
chant marine in connection with
Pacific coast disturbances.
The request was made on
motion by Senator Arthur II.
Vandenberg, r., Mich, who COM
planned that he had written the
department personally for the
data but that he ha dnot recelV-
ed any answer. .
s Bridges is president of the
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
The times-news., 1938-01-26

TOKYO, Jan. 26. (UP)-A
declaration of war against Chi
ma is threatened by the Japanese
government as a means of bring
ing "third powers" under the in
ternational rules governing a
blockade, which permit search
and seizure of neutral vessels
carrying arms.
Foreign Minister Koki Hirota,
responding to questions from the
floor of the diet, charged that
arms shipments were filtering in
to China through the British port
of Hong Kong and other chan
nels and said that declaration
of war was possible" if other
powers continue to supply China
with war materials.
Great Britain was the target
The times-news., 1938-01-26

in his motor launch Wolf Cub as
soon as news of the Waldeck' s
plight reached here early this
month.
When De Souza arrived at the
island, after weeks of bucking
stiff river currents and overcom-
ing delays caused by supersti-
tious natives who baked contin-
ually at entering the jungle, he
found the Waldecks and their two
companions in extreme physical
pain from attacks by swarms OF
mosquitoes and ants. The Amer
leans had been practically with
out food except for bits of flesh
from animals they occasionally
succeeded in trapping. Their mea,
ger supplies had been depleted
Continued on page four)
The times-news., 1938-01-26
Pennsylvania To
Join Local Polio
Benefit Affair

Residents of Brevard and Tran
sylvania county will cooperate in
the annual Presidents Birthday
Ball to be held here on Monday,
Jan. 81, it was announced today.
Harry H. Patton is chairman of
the ball committee in Brevard, but
no observance of the presidents
birthday will be held there. In
stead, Pennsylvania will join with
Henderson county in the observ-
ance.
The Pennsylvania committee has
ordered 80 tickets for the event
to be held here, and the proceeds
from the tickets sold will go for
the infantile paralysis work in that
county.
The times-news., 1938-01-26
Tokyo War Declaration To Permit
Enforcement OF Blockade Debated

Yesterday of a sharp attack on
he floor of the diet by Baron
Takehiko Sonoda, who remarked:
"If Britain insults oriental
races and fails to respect Japan's
position in the far east, Japan
would be unable to guarantee the
existence Of Britain's rights and
interests in China"
Hirota, replying to the interpret
lation, said the government had
information concerning shipments
of arms through the British crown
colony of Hong Kong, but added
these were "only a small part"
of the total British shipments
He added: ~, g.glul
"In view of the fact the DAP
anese government had decided
- Continued on page four}f'
The times-news., 1938-01-26
American Explorers, Stranded
For Weeks Rescued In Guiana

;, GEORGETOWN. British Cni-
) i,.I, Jan. 26. (UP)-Weakened
nsS.oA A Of food and i'll from ex-
4sa,; and insect bites. four
ssSn"nIS explorers have been
aa,S from tiny Devils Hole
61ss 6' i3O miles up the Cuyuni
., 81 Where they were stranded
sr5srn 20 days, it was reported YES
/ ~, ~ party, including Theodore
l. CSatueck, his wife, and William
D.. tFSndIer. H. all of New York, and
Aa' frederick J. Fox, Boston,
aa5 were removed from the is.
a0aaa" !" the heart of the Guiana
qeS last Saturday. The res
aiipss. ais were headed by a local gold
Se named DE Souza who made
'''aous trip up the Cuyuni
The times-news., 1938-01-26
z SHIPS ARE
ASKING HELP
New England Trawler and
British Freighter Are
in Distress

BOSTON, Jan. 26. (UP)-Res-
cue vessels sped today to, aid two Q
ships in distress in a gale Whlch mt
lashed the north Atlantic: The ,,
steam trawler Ripple, adrift with
20 men aboard, sent an SOS last
night. Later it rescinded the mes
sage but sent another this morn,
ing. 1t gave its location as SO 30
miles east of Provincetown, Mass.
Coast guard cutter Cayuga
was ordered to proceed to the
Ripple to assist it.
Meanwhile, the British trelgnt,
er Pen Carrow was adrift llo
miles south of Halifax, Nova
Scotia, with a damaged propeller.
The seagoing tug Foundation is
enroute from Halifax to assist
her. s.. 70
The times-news., 1938-01-26
;iercest Storm OF Century Grips North
CHINESE ORDER GENERAL
GUERILLA DRIVE AGAINST
JAPS in FAR NORTHWEST
Invaders Quitting Some
Points to Strengthen
Hsuchow Attack

SHANGHAI, Jan. 26. (UP)-
The Chinese high command today
ordered general offensive against
japanese by guerilla fighters in
the far northwest.
The order was attributed to a
desire to take advantage of the
withdrawal of Japanese troops
from some points in the northwest
and at the same time prevent fur
ther Withdrawals Of japanese to
strengthen the armies driving on
Hsuchow.
The times-news., 1938-01-26
'(E AND SNOW
jaiEATHUPPER
HALF OF Land
Michigan Governor MODll' NJ
hes Every Possible
Form Of Relief
|rE JAM WRECKS
BRIDGE At NIAGARA
UNITED PRESS)

r.. b'as,s from Alaska today
,,1.5 across the United States to
=. Atlantic sea5oari and the Gulf
| si Mexico. shea;hin- the northern
.,t d. the nation with snow and
Snow. whipped ir.o a blizzard
bv a S0.mi,e gale buried upper
Nie6igan beneath drifts 20 feet
deep.
The errire northern half Of the
! nation cas-, Of the Rocky noun
tairs IS covered with snow and
ice Only 4 few New England
states, where temperatures re-
mained above normal. escaped the
full force Of northern olaSeS.
The South shirecei in sub-freez-
ing Temperatures with continued
cold and troS.S forecast for to-
night
At Niagara Falls. the Falls View
bridge spanning Niagara river be-
low the mighty cataract began
breaking Up under pressure of the
Eors. ice Jam in history. The ice
an carried the structure slowly
downstream.
The eentury's worst storm to-
tay whipped SOuthcastward across
hc1gan. leaving behind il death
and suffering, isolated cOmmuni-
ts miners and school children
Sra,ted in the drift-buried north
eir peninsula.
Gov Frank Murphy ordered re-
Iei officials to mobilize anything
rt egeyything' for the relief and
r%le Of sufferers.
/ blizzard howled out of the
noHhTest across upper Michigan
4! night and laid a crippling
2set Of ice and snow across many
Etas.
The biting northwestern winds,
Snetlmes reaching a velocity of
W niles an hour, piled 20 feet
flIS across highways of the Mich
gan peninsula and ISOLATED hun
Gets Of families in farmhouses
sneFe Tue. and food supplies were
's?Iet running low.
'ity children were marooned
4 a nigh school FIVE miles from
norwood, Mich. and near Mar
y '5F!Ie, Mich, others were report
y y AAing refuge in O farmhouse
1'sf ihelr school bus became ma
CG1ed in the drifts.
. ioar were known dead in three
.A'eS and at least three others
'ete missing.
~. =, }. Weather Forecaster J. R.
-oyG said the storm which CEN
'' e'su over northern Lake Huron
- ;a'l moving slowly eastward. Con-
80 ! ~ snow storms were predict
49,. ! W. , Wednesday in all northern
= @;es trom Illinois to the Atlantic
sa'oard. .. The heaviest snowfall
'ey York. Nus " all" anu
,,.S temperatures which dropped as
Al al as 40 degrees in "a hours,
.0O' 'a immediate threat of disas-
Ss S;'s mid|Inter floods in illinois,
/ SoaSin SoSi and Iowa, Lloyd said.
!, : p.I1edleted . a severe" cold wave
! 'Ge entire middlewest.
- = arkansas, rivers and streams
H. Ssau OUT Of their banks by days
Mn" NV rams were reported re.
as as skies cleared.
,nSo. sSo hundred families in the
! , N,, Ark, area forced to flee
,,S1a SS1aaen'ta river flood, still were
\ ssr 70 return 70 their home.
,s,ssI ssi'ei organizations were hare
M 49, W. 10 supply necessary fuel
! gosi G,5 storms ragged in the Texa,
ss,s,1 oAiShoma a panhandles anC
ico,.A; ~ Kansas, uprOoting winter
Nohtlnued on paoa tbraol
The times-news., 1938-01-26
REPUBLICANS
TO AID BLOC TO
BEAT CLOTURE
Hail Attempt to Invoke
"Gad Rule" as Victory
for South
RUSSELL OF GEORGIA
SPEAKS ON MEASURE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. CUP
The attempt to invoke cloture in
the senate and stifle the filibuster
now holding up legislation there
was doomed today when Minority
Leader Chas. l. McNary, R., Ore,
announced that he and virtually
every other Republican senator
would oppose it.
The attempt to invoke "gag
rule" was received by the southern
filibuster senator's as proof that
their fight against the anti-lynch-
ing measure was won.
The times-news., 1938-01-26
Aurora Borealis
Seen Last Night

The deep red glow of the North
ern Lights, or Aurora Borealis,
was clearly seen here last night
in the northern sky, and brought
comment from many Henderson
vile people.
The light was clearly seen here,
making its first appearance before
z p. M, and continuing for several
hours. Older residents recalled
having seen the light on previous
occasions, but the light is rarely
ever seen this far south.
The times-news., 1938-01-26
WEATHER

Generally fair tonight nigh and TO-
g. g.. slightly colder.
The times-news., 1938-01-26
GOOD AFTERNOON

Dispatches from Paris would in.
dicate that what the French nation
needs Is a good cabinst.maker.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-08
MURDER COUNT
is Returned
Grand Jury Indicts Lola
LYDIA in Death of
Brother, Rube

In superior court this morning
the grand jury indicted Lola LYDIA
for the murder o. his brother,
Rubc LYDIA. on December II,
1897.
The jury returned into the
court room in a body ut II 10
o'clock TO return the Indictment.
Solicitor c. O. Rulings stated ar
tcrward that no time for the trial
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-08
LEADING "RED" M. DIS
ADMIT CORKY MURDER

Continued from page 0ne)
sors and physicians, were sum-
moned for the purportcd purpose
Of hearing testimony linking five
of the 81 defendants with the al
legged murders of Maxim Gorky,
famous Russian writer, and three
others.
A bobbcd-haircd woman Of 81,
who sent thousands Of czallSt
Russians to their deaths 20 years
ago in the same ruthless way that
Dictator Stain is wiping out his
enemies, earlier yesterday nut the
bland of Fascist spy and killer on
the leader of q RolShcvikS stand
ing trial for treason.
Nine. Varvara Nik0lacvna va
kovlcva, brought from prison
cell where she too awaits a trail
tors death before the firing
squad, was brought into court to
describe how in 1918 Nikolai Iva
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-08
City High IF A.
Bows Win Seed
Judging t ests
Have EDGE On Boys in Two
Counties in Identify
iilg Seed
Ev LICE. PATTY
Eepcrter for r. +. a.

rho Henderson Iran!NlEah''
Federation of T. +. A. chapter
held their monthly meeting II
Etowah on February 20. All nlitc
school agricultural department
from the two counties were repre-
scented by both Officers and Icach-
rre The feature Of this meetln,>'
was = seed identification contest
Each school had taught hGld crop
seed identification ana mad SclcG'-
nI = team OF three boys for the
final contest in the Federation
ncotino. Fifty-four samples OF dll-
fercnt field crop seed were put III
. nlate and the boys were given
70 minutes to write the correct
name. A dozen Of these d sam
ulcs were seeds Of noXouS weeds
,.h;ch cost the farmers of the
United States millions of dollars
annually, yet less th@n l per cent
Of the best farmers could fecOG-
r,2c 10 per cent Of them. The
either seed i'm the contest were such
=. r2d clover, Sapling clover, alslke
clover. white clover, five varieties
or IcspcdcZa. some &c kinds OF
Grass seed used for pasture and
hay and forage, also Iegume Seed
etc.
The contestants were graded on
Of three boys representing a
an individual basis and as team
school. The winners we're as fol-
lows:
IIcndcrsonvillc, LIST, with a score
of l57 points out Of a possible
1862; Fletcher, End, 1875; Brevard,
3rd. IA; Dana, 4th, ll6; Etowah
9Th. l05.
The high scoring individual boys
were:
Ross Douglass, Hcndersonville,
JI-pcrfcct, first place.
Herman Mcconnell, Fletcher, 81
for second place. due to spelling.
Perry Jones, Hendersonville, 81
for third place.
John Harlick, Fletcher, 81 for
fourth place.
Russell Williams, Henderson,
vile. 81 for fifth place.
The following business concerns
donated the prizes for the contest:
Walker Hardware, Henderson
vile Hardware, Penney's Depart
mcnt store, The Leader. Bakers
Art Gallery, and the educational
bureau Of Chilean Nitrate Of Soda.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-08
REBELS WAGE
AIR REPRISALS
Loyalist Naval Base Four
Times Bombed After
Naval Victory

GlBRALIAR, Mar. y. (Cf).-
Gcneralissimo Francisco Franco,
enragcd by the torpedoing and
destruction in flames of the flag
ship Of his insurgent navy, sent
his warplanes against the loyaliSt
naval base Of Cartagcna yester-
day in four vicious lombard
ments.
The air raids, said by the loyal
lists to have been aimed at de-
stroying the governments fleet
which returned to Cartagena on
the Mediterranean east coast aft
CT sinking the rebel cruiser Bal
cares, were reported to have caus-
ed only slight damage.
The lOyalist government at
Barcelona announced that two
tl'i-motor bombers of the rebel air
raiders were shot down by anti
aircraft batteries protecting the
naval base.
1t was revealed meanwhile that
the BfltlSh deStiOyefS, the Bril-
liant and Blanche, were attacked
last night by five Spanish bomb
ing planes close by the spot
where the 10,000-ton Baleares, an
abandoned, burned out hulk was
slowly sinking. No effort was
made to return the fire.
Although the admiralty in Lon
don said the attacking planes
could not be identified it was as
serted by an official source at
Gibraltar that the aerial squa-
dron, attacking in formation, APP
peared to be loyalist craft.
1t was believed that they mis-
took the Brilliant and Blanche on
anti-piracy patrol duty for rebel
ships lowering near the blazing
Baleares.