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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
Mercury Drops
To 3 Below In
North Dakota
Cold Wave Is Losing Its
Force as 1t Moves
Eastward
BY UNITED PRESS

Winter dealt another severe blow
Thursday to midwestern states still
punch drunk" from the first on
slaught Of snow and sub-zero tenn
peratures.
Temperatures plummeted to a
minimum of 80 below zero at Min
oft, n. D., and Bemidji, Mimi,
center of a cold mass of Arctic
born air moving slowly eastward
from the Rockies. Forecaster j.
R. Lloyd said the winters second
cold wave would reach Michigan,
Illinois, Missouri and Indiana by
Friday, but would lose some of its
force before striking the eastern
states Saturday.
Wind and snow flurries turning
to rain below the Mason-Dixon
line accompanied the advancing
wave. ...
Temperatures fell to IA below
at Greenville, Me-, a above at AL
bany, N. Y, and IA above at Bos-
ton as the east received full effect
of the first cold wave which moved
across the middlewest four days
ago.
Readings rose slightly in mid
central states Thursday but the
advancing cold wave was expected
to drive temperatures downward
again by Friday. LLOYD predicted
readings ranging to rs below in
northern Iowa and to Is below in
southern portions of Iowa, next
state in the waves line of march.
Five persons were reported dead
and a sixth was missing as result
of the cold in Ontario, Can. Lou
isiana reported one death.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
Gotham Faces
New Years Eve
Sans Taxicabs

NEW YORK, Dec. 80. (UP)-
A New Years Eve without taxi
cab service impended today after
more than $500 night cab drivers,
members of the Transport Work
ers' union. voted to authorize a
strike against fleet owners refus-
al to renew contract negotiations.
After night drivers authorized a
strike early yesterday day drivers
met last night and voted to concur
in the authorization.
Present contracts with the union,
an affiliate of the Congress of In
dustrial Organization, expire at
midnight Saturday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
Justice Dealt
Atlanta Killer
Without Police

ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. 80. (UP)
County law officials today agreed
that, without their intervention,
Justice had been dealt a murderer.
Otis Williams, negro, beat to
death his wife with an iron pipe.
He fled his home. His body, the
head cut off and beside it, was
found on a railroad track.
Undoubtedly, Otis fled straight
to the railroad tracks to hobo out
of town." said Coroner Paul Done
hoo. "He must have slipped and
fallen as he tried to hop freight
train, and the wheels cut off his
head. II was a case of swift JUS
tice overtaking a murderer"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
l35 MILLIONS
APPORTIONED
FORHIGHWAYS
N. E. Will Get More Than
S3,1OO,OOO, Wallace
Announces

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80: CUP
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
TODAY apportioned S1S5,0oO,OOO to
tbe states for highway improve
ment and grade crossing elimina-
ton With the exception of grade
crossing elimination ALLEGATIONS
the states must match federal high
way North Carolina got $2,321,S57
for trunk highways, $34S,2O4 for
secondary roads. and $50O,977 Tor
Grade crossing Examinations.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
COUNTY SING AT
MUD CREEK SUNDAY

The Henderson County Singing
convention will meet at the Mud
Creek Baptist church on Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, it was an
nounced today. :.
The public is invited to attend,
and all singers are especially in
vited,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
WARDOCS OF
TWO NATIONS
STANDING BY
0ne.Sided Battle Wased
Beneath Heavy Guns
Of Fortress
INSURGENT SHELLS
FALL IN VILLAGE

Z, HENDAYE, Dec. S0.-(UP)--
Spanish .nationalists troops, fight
ing In. a temperature of 10 de-
grees above zero, today stormed
and. captured Collada Heights,
north of Montsech, to cut the i'm
portant Artesa- Benavent highway.
Five hundred loyalist prisoners
were captured. the communiques
asserted
A loyalist communique issued at
Barcelona asserted that republican
troops in a strong counter-attack
had recaptured Vertices Abatss in
the sector further south.
GIBRALTAR, Dec. 30. (UP)-
British and French warships
guarded Spanish loyalist destroy
er Jose Luis Eiez today as it lay
grounded at Gibraltar. Beside t
lay the nationalist destroyer ,Ju-
piter, which it, rammed when
crippled from gunfire from seven
ipsurgent .warships. Three British
subjects were wounded by ma
tionalists. shells which struck the
village Of Catalan Bay during the
fight. Guns Of the great rock, the
impregnable British fortress, fred
blank shots as warnings and full
gun crews stood by ready to fire
shells If necessary. -.
The battle occurred beneath
the heavy guns, Of Britain's fort
resss here, which fred several
blank shots> In warning when an
insurger,t warship. entered. British
territorial waters during the en-
gagement. The entire British gar
rison was called to posts.
Several insurgent shells fell in
the British village of Catalan Bay,
wounding three British citizens
and damaging the breakwater and
several cottages.
One insurgent shell struck the
forecastle. Of the Jose Luis Diez
killing four members Of the crew
and wounding IL. The Diez land
ed two men killed by splinters
and several Of her wounded.
Two British and one French
destroyers rushed to the scene of
the battle and when the Diez
grounded near. Catalan Bay, in
British territory. took U, positions
nearby and began rescue opera
tions by the light of searchlights.
The Diez did not appear to be
damaged seriously.
The British and French de-
stroyers did not allow the insur-
gent warships, watchfully cruis-
ing about four miles off shore,
to approach the Diez.
According to one Of the wound
ed landed from the Diez, most Of
his ships casualties were due to
explosion of q machine gun while
it was firing at an insurgent ship.
The Diez, which had been
awaiting an opportunity to re-
join other loyalist warships at
Almeria or Valencia. made her
dash at 1 q. m. in darkness but
was unable to escape the watch
ing insurgent warships which had
been CRUISING off the bay since
before Christmas.
All of Gibraltar reverberated
with the roar Of the guns and res
idents focked to vantage points
from which thew watched the
flashes.
The Jose Luis Diez, Of 2,087
tons displacement with full load,
was built 10 years ago at Car
Insurgent authorities re-
Gently protested without avail,
her refitting and repair in .
French port,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
Mrs. Stewart Is
Dead In Florida
Following Crash

News of the death earlier this
week of Mrs. E. C. Stewart, of
Barlow, Fla, has been received by
friends here.
Mrs. Stewart was injured in an
automobile accident several days
prior to her death.
She was the wife of E. c. Stew
art, president of Bonclarken, As
sociate Reformed Presbyterian AS
SSembly Grounds, and was widely
known here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
INSURGENTS CLAIM
CAPTURE OF cline"

HENDAYE, Franco Spanish
Frontier, Dec. 30. (UP)-Insur.
gent headquarters last night
claimed the complete capture Of
the governments "little Maginot
line" along the Segre river near
Balaguer, where Gen. Francisco
Frances crack mercenary forces
smashed through four lines Of
steel and concrete Notifications.
Francois Saragossa base an
nounced that the Bslsguer bridge
head on the Segre had collapsed,
that the enemy's system Of sun
ken forts had fallen and that the
insurgents were driving the 10y
alists in retreat toward the Med
iterranean coast.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
STEALS WATER; FINED

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Dec. 80,
(UP)-John Brown went to jail
Yesterday to work out $40 fine
and costs for stealing water from
a city fire hydrant. He told the
Judge that his family of five had
been without water for three
weeks and "we had to have II"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
Wife OF Rich Oil
Man Plunges IS
Floors ToDeath

NEW YORK, Dec. 80. (UP)-
Eluding the watchful eyes Of her
nurse for an instant, Mrs. Miriam
Marve Reiber, 55, wife of Torkild
Reiber, multi-millionaire chairman
of the boards of The Texas Co.,
and the. Texas Corp, plunged to
death today from a window of her
luxurious 35th floor apartment
overlooking Central Park.
Mrs. Reiber had been suffering
from a nervous ailment for two
months.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
FIVE ARE KILLED IN
MADRID BOMBING.

MADRID, Dec. 80. (UP)-In-
surgent siege guns in the snow
covered Guadarrama hills late
yesterday bombarded the south
western section Of Madrid with
heavy explosives which killed FIVE
persons and wounded others.
Loyalist guns opened up in an
swer to the siege and the city re-
sounded to the thunder Of the
Smelling for more than an hour.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
HARVARD MAN HONORED

RICHMOND, Dec. 80. (UPJ-
Professor Walter Bradford Can
non, 67, Harvard University ply
siologist, today was elected presi-
dent of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science,
which embraces 166 leading Amer
lean scientific societies.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
x'Naath@E

Low temperature last night
% degrees.
THURSDAY
Aaximum-35 degrees.
Mlnimum-l9 degrees.
Hean-27 degrees.
Days range-16 degrees.
Ralnfall-.04 inch.
n Normal mean temperature for
DeSSember-39.3 degrees.
rainfall to date-2.82 inches.
Normal rainfall-5.46 inches.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30

Slightly cloudy, with occasional
light rains.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-30
GOOD AFTERNOON

Telsvision probably means q lot
of the radio stars should b heard
bat not seen.
Evening star., 1938-08-15
MRS. HAWKESWORTH
FUNERAL RITES SET
Hyattsville Woman Was Found
Dead in Kitchen of Her Home
in Front of Gas Ranpe.

B, Staff Correspondent of The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md. Aug. Is
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie B.
Hawkesworth. 36, who was found
dead Saturday in the kitchen of her
home, BIS Forest avenue, will be held
tomorrow at 10 am. from the Saffell
Funeral Home, ATS H street NV.
Washington. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Prince Georges County police were
summoned by her estranged husband
Roger w. Hawkesworth of Silver
Spring, who went to the home on his
weekly visit to see their two children.
With a neighbor he broke into the
back door and found Mrs. Hawkes.
worth lying in front of a gas range
IN the kitchen. In an open Bible
beside her We're two notes, one ad-
dressed to her husband and the other
To whom it may concern" explain
Ing she couldn't go on any longer" :"
Mr.. Hawkesworth saiG she had been
in Ill health. She had sent the chill
dren to the home of a neighbor the
night before. Acting Coroner Fred
{. Lutz' issued a certificate of suicide.
Evening star., 1938-08-15
WOOD IS IN RACE
F0RSTATE SENATE
Chevy Chase Man Is Third
Candidate to File on
Tax CUT Ticket.
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. Aug. l5.-Sum.
ner Wood of Chevy Chase today flee
notice of his candidacy for State
Senator subject to the Democratic
primary next month. He is the third
candidate to file on "tax-reduction'
ticket.
Under the platform proposals OF
the ticket, owners of undeveloped
property held for speculative pur-
poses, would bear a greater share of
the county tax load than private
home owners, he declared.
IF elected. We will not be dorn-
mated by any political machine or
faction, but instead will be responsible
to the taxpayers and controlled by
the representative civic organizations
of Montgomery County," Mr.. Wood
said.
Mr.. Wood is a graduate of Harvard
and practices law in Washington
Other candidates on the ticket are
Dulaney Hunter of Kenwood, can
didate for the House of Delegates
and Stephen Fuller of Bethesda. can
didate for county commissioner.
The Democratic organization can
didate for the State Senate is Robert
B. Peter of Rockville, county chair
man Sepator SteGmap preccott is
candidate for Circuit Court judge.
Evening star., 1938-08-15
DR.. WALSH RITES
TO BE WEDNESDAY
Archbishop Of Dubuque, Iowa,
Will Pontifcate at Mass in
Immaculate Conception Shrine.

The Most Rev. Francis J. Beckman.
Archbishop Of Dubuque. Iowa. will
pontif1cate at mass for the Very Rev.
Francis A. Walsh O. S. B.. distin-
guished educator. at IL am.
Wednesday in the Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception at Catholic
University.
The Rev. DR.. Ignatius Smith O. p,
will preach the sermon and the Very
Rev. Michael Ducey. O. s. B.. will be
assistant priest. The Rev. Thomas
Moore, o. S. B.. will be deacon and
the Rev. William Kelly of Brooklyn
will be sub-deacon. The Christian
Brothers Choir will sing the mass.
Bishop Edwin v. OHara of Great
Falls. Mont. and Bishop John Nc
Namara of this city will be in the
sanctuary. Burial will be in Mocnt
Olivet Cemetery.
Tomorrow at a m q requiem mass
for Dr. Walsh will be celebrated in
St. Anselm's priory by the Very
Rev. Michael Ducey. prior
DR.. Walsh. professor of philosophy
at Catholic University, where he had
been member of the faculty since
1924. died Friday night in Providence
Hospital. He was widely known as
an educator and a writer of philo-
sophical treatises During the World
War he was an Army chaplain.
Evening star., 1938-08-15
so DIXIE FARMERS
TOURING CORN BELT

cotton Planters In Des m o1nes 10r
First Stop of Eight-Day
Visit in West.
BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Aug 15.-Fifty Dixie
cotton farmers rolled into the corn
belt on a good will tour today.
The visitors and their Des Moines
hosts were scheduled for bright
and early country breakfast" before
leaving on an automobile caravan tour
through at least three Iowa counties
The delegation arrived by rail late
last night for the first stop Of an
eight-day visit in Midwest and North
western States.
The Southerners will talk shop
with Iowans between corn rows and
in feed lots In Warron. Story and
Hamilton Counties today, with both
the noon and evening stops scheduled
for Ames.
The delegation left Alexandria, La,
Saturday and was joined by con-
tingent at st. Louis, Mo- Harry G..
Chalkley, jr. of Lake Charles. La,
president OF the Louisiana Farm
Bureau and State A. A. A. chairman,
heads the group.
The party will leave tonight for
Omaha, Nebr.
Evening star., 1938-08-15

Labor Department to deport this man,
Mr.. Sullivan added
He charged that Department OF
Labor officials had helped Mr.. Bridges
avoid deportation as an alien Com
munist.
He has had assurances from some
official source" Mr. Sullivan said
This source is often mentioned on
the West Coast but must be verified
by fearless investigating commit
tee"
In San Francisco Mr.. Bridges re-
piled:
My answer to all these charges is
that the La Toilette Civil Liberties
Committee make an investiga ton and
get both sides of the picture.
We are willing to open our books
ard records to any such inquiry. and
will cooperate in any way possible to
get to the bottom of the whole situa-
tion."
Evening star., 1938-08-15
POLICE ATTACkER
SLAIN At RITES
Madman Wounds Three at
Memorial Services and
Is Shot Down.
Pythe Associated Press.

Py The Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. l5.-Police
delved into obscure phases of simple
psychiatry today attempting to de-
termine what started Charles San
Filippo on the "cop-hating" career
that ended in his death as the climax
of a two-gun attack on $50 police
men at q Central Park memorial
service
Thousands Of Mortified sabbath
strollers saw the madman. about 40
precipitate brief pitched battle in
which five persons-two of them
policemen-were wounded.
Il was going to try to kill rs
many cops as l could" he muttered
as he lay dying with at least 20
police bullet wounds in the head.
Shots Shatter Solemnity.
He came upon the outdoor memorial
almost unnoticed yesterday afternoon
packing a rife and shotgun. and
wearing crude. bullet-proof breast
plates. A speaker had finished his
eulogy after a reading Of the roll
of the dead, answered by absent"
as each name was called: a light
f1ickered out, too, at the name Of
each dead policeman. Then-shots
from a double-barrel shotgun shat
tered the solemnity and in a wink
most OF the $50 policemen drew
service revolvers and poured volleys
at the retreating figure, who was
firing the rife as he raE
San Filippo slumped to the ground
and gasped his dying hatred Of cops,
hatred evidenced in two trafilc
summonses found in his possession.
and in clippings at the family apart
ment in the Bronx. Some Of the clip
pings told of the exploits of ''phan-
tom OF the Bronx" who killed two
patrolmen and has fired on others in
recent months. Others detailed the
deaths of other policemen. Pencil
marks encircled the officers names
and derogatory remarks about them
were written in the margins.
Father Died Saturday.
At his home police learned, too, that
the dead madmans father died Of a
stroke late Saturday. after II days of
illness, just a few hours before San
Filippo left home the guns unnoticed,
saying he was going TO mail letter
The shotgun belonged to the father,
who used it on hunting expeditions.
Police said San Filippo's relatives
told of his repeated wishes to die ever
since he was injured by a motor car
some IS years ago. He formerly had
been a cab driver
Beyond the clippings, police found
little evidence of why or when San
Felippo started hating cops
Police records carried no indication
that he ever had been arrested.
The wounded policemen, neither
critically injured. are 1t. James P.
Mcdonnell. called the most decorated
man on the force" for his IA citations
and five concentrations among other
honors and Pstrolman Francis Lynch.
Both are 38.
Louis Popernick, a bystander. was
the only one critically wounded A
bullet was removed from his abdomen
last night and his condition was re-
ported as fair"
Evening star., 1938-08-15
P.W.A. TO APPLY
QUOTA SYSTEM
Backward States Will Be
Given Opportunity to
Qualify for Funds.

BY the Associated Press.
The Public Works Administration
soon will slap State quota on loans
participation in its 1898 construction
program.
Officials said today this was decided
by Howard A. Gray, acting admins
traitor, when a recapitulation Friday
disclosed the program was Is days
ahead of schedule, its funds two-third:
gone, and relatively large number
of States still backward il qualifying
for projects.
The quota system. informants said
will be aimed chiefly at slowing dowr
allotments to States which have beer
exceptionally active. until the more
backward ones have had opportunity
to file fair share of applications
Ickes and Gray to Decide.
Mr. Gray and Administrator Ickes
they explained, will be sole judges of 6
States fair share of P. w. A. allot-
ments. Their decision will be basec
on the individual States population
taxes paid, and its nominal position
in Federal programs.
While authorities declined to indi.
cate which States may have reached
or are approaching their quota, 6
survey showed that numerous ane
large allotments have been made tt
New York, Ohio, California and othel
States of heavy population.
Officials said the quota would be in.
formal and flexible They added
however, that if the States which the
quota system is intended to benefit die
not respond by id-October-the dead
line for allotments-all remaining
funds would be pro-rated to those
with applications pending.
Some believed the quota necessarily
would slow down the speed kept ul
by P, w. A. since the program started
June %. P. w. A. had allotted by last
Friday $687, 100000 of $685. 900, ,00O
authorized for loans and grants. This
left only $248,000,000 to be allotted
before applications are closed Sep
tember 80.
'Ve'"h W toNt S1, Ul,VJo, lVI.
Including funds provided by cities
and States, the estimated construction
cost Of the P. w. A. program to date
to s1.20l ,098,l0l. The total author
tied cost is about ST 1867 100000.
officials estimated that from June
% to August II. P. w. A. authorized
construction at the rate of S28.597, 900
a day or S3,574000 an hour.
If the program were continued at
that pace, they said, the remaining
s665,000,000 of construction would be
> authorized by September l5-l5 DAYS
before the deadline on applications.
Since June l, P W. A. has received
1886 applications for about 81 1,70O.-
100000 Of construction.
Some forecasts indicated about
1000 applications might remain un-
filled, if the present rate is kept UP.
These probably would be filed away
and would become what Mr.. Ickes re-
peatedly has proposed--a backlog" of
public works to be called out in event
OF another business recession.
Evening star., 1938-08-15
Un-Anlerican
Continued From First Page.)

tCOIlLlDueQ from First Page
Northwest; Herbert Benjamin, ma
tional secretary of the Workers AL
lance of America. who specializes on
work among the unemployed " j
Jerome, editor of the party monthly
magazine, the Communist: Thomas
Nabried, colored, of Philadelphia now
employed as an organizer by the c.
/. O.; Ray HanSborough, former Chi
cago colored preacher: Rose WortiS.
a garment worker in charge of trade
union work in the New York district;
Steve Nelson. formerly section organ
izer in Wilkes-B Barre, Pa. and recently
returned from service with the Loy-
alist forces in Spain, John Sloan, Car
bondale. Ill, organizer among coal
miners; Harrison George, brother-in
law of Earl R. Browder and editor of
the Communist daily newspaper, the
Peoples World. of San Francisco.
The possibility arose that the COM
mittee might question motion picture
stars about charges that Hollywood
celebrities have financed Communist
organizations.
Chairman Dies of the House Com
mittee said a subcommittee and
possibly the entire committee would
go to the West Coast before January
for hearings Edward Sullivan.
committee investigator, has submitted
a report on conditions there.
Mr.. Dies said John L. Lewis, c. I.
o. Mad, had been invited to reply to
Mr.. Nrey's charges. He added chat
Fritz Kuhn. German American Bund
header, would be given opportunity to
reply to testimony that the bund is
directed from Germany.
Publicity on Names Asked.
In making his Hollywood report, In
vestigator Sullivan asked the commit
tee to make public names of persons
in the motion picture industry who, he
said. have played mo small part" in
helping finance Communist and radi-
cal groups.
Movie executives, Mr.. Sullivan as
serted. were anxious to keep from the
public knowledge that all phases
OI TdulCdl anu COIIlIluTlSllC \"JlVlUloS
are rampant among the studios of
Hollywood
Both native and foreign-b born in
diYduals in the motion picture in
dustry are helping to finance COM
munism, he reported, using the large
salaries paid them"
Il might say in passing" he added.
that a very large number of motion
picture stars are strongly opposed to
all this subversive activity, but as one
very prominent star told me. If he
spoke out loud about the situation. he
would soon be ditched by the studios
and a campaign of villification would
be started against him to ruin him
with his public
Harry Bridges Assailed.
Mr.. Sullivan named none of the
persons he accused in the film COL
ony, but declared the public should
be informed of their identities.
He described the Pacific Coast as an
area of terrorism ranging from crop
sabotage kidna ping, to murder"
Business and responsible West Coast
labor leaders, Mr. Sullivan reported
credited Harry Bridges, c. r. o. West
Coast labor leader, with responsibility
for more than so per cent of the
labor strife on the Coast. They felt
Very bitter toward the failure of the
Evening star., 1938-08-15
DULCAN FETE TODAY
Advertising Club Luncheon to
Honor Store Official.

Charles B. Dulcan, ST., vice presi-
dent and general manager Of the
Hecht Co., was to be the guest of the
Advertising Club of Washington today
at a luncheon at the Raleigh Hotel
in honor Of his 50th birthday anniver-
sary.
Scheduled to speak were Melvin C..
Hazen. president Of the Board of Dis
trict Commissioners; Edgar Morris,
past president of the Washington
Board of Trade; L. A. Carruthers,
president of the Federation of Citizens
Associations, and DR.. j. L. B. Murray,
president Of the Cosmopolitan Club.
Alvin O. Ehrlich, president of the club,
presided.