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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-14
MORE REPAIRS.
CALLED FOR ON
COURTHOUSE.
Grand Jury Ends Work;
Told Guardians Reports
in Better Shape

The Henderson county grand
jury, which was drawn at the
March term of superior court and
continued its work through the
present term, completed its work
yesterday afternoon.
The report of the jury was
made 20 Judge J. Will Pless, ,Jr.,
yesterday afternoon and the jury
discharged with the thanks Of the
court.
The report of the grand jury is
as follows:
North Carolina
Henderson County
October Term, 1888,
Superior Court
To The Honorable J. Will Pless,
Jr., Judge of Superior Court:
Your grand jury has given at
tention to all bills placed in their
hands by the Honorable Clarence
o. Rulings, solicitor for this dis
trict, and in addition. our body
has made notations of about half
a dozen medicines of violations
of the law and placed in his hands
for further consideration.
The committee visiting the jail
found that it was being painted
throughout. The jailer advised
that he needed sheets for cots, a
stronger disinfectant than he had
been using, several new pillows,
covers for cot mattresses so that
the old covers might be removed
and Numbered. Some of the
plumbing repairs recommended by
our body at the March term of
court were made and some were
left unrepaired and are needing
attention. We found some of the
! lavatories stopped up. A few leaks
| in the steam heating plant need
repairs. The furnace needs fur
Their attention to prevent smok-
ing.
The committee which inspected
the courthouse found that repairs
to the tile floor in the mems rest
room are needed. The toilet in the
women's restroom was stopped up
and out of use. New toilet equip
ment for the colored restroom is
recommended. More facilities are
recommended for the women's
restroom. The committee was adj
vised that men and women were
both using the mems toilet for
colored people.
Our last report recommended a
toilet for the use of colore6 wo-
men, since there is no public tot
| let available nearer than the city
hall.
The south entrance to the
courthouse needs slight repairs. A
number of chairs in the court
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C.. E.. Membership
Dinner Will Be
Held Thursday
Reservations Must b
Made by Wednesday
Evening

Reservation cards will be mailed
Monday for the annual member
ship meeting Of the Chamber Of
Commerce to be held next Thurs
day evening at the Skyland hotel,
Mrs. Cathryn Wiseman, secretary,
said today, and the cards must be
returned not later than Wednes-
day evening.
Clarence R. Walker, Asheville
banker and church and civic work,
err, will give the chief address and
reports will be made by officers
of the Chamber Of Commerce.
Dinner will precede the business
and entertainment program.
Through error, it was a1nouric-
ed previously by The Times-News
that the meeting was scheduled
for Wednesday night.
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CHURCHES and
COMMENTS AT
VIENNASTONED
Anti Catholic Reprisals Be.
gun After Prelate's
Manifesto

VIENNA, Oct. IA. (UP).-Sev
eral churches and converts here
were. stoned during the night By
unknown persons.
Damage was reported slight be-
cause protective guards had beer
posted outside all church build
IangS.
DR.. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Ger
man propaganda minister, has ar
rived here.
1t was rumored but without
confirmation that he came to
carry out Hitler's instructions to
make a thorough check of public
opinion in the tense church ques-
ton.
Expulsion from Vienna of all of
the Czechoslovak Jews was fore
east in some quarters as Nazis
began reprisal campaign against
Roman Catholics as the result OF
recent disorders.
Thousands of frenzied Nazis
late last night surged the palace
of Theodore Cardinal Innitzer,
carrying a gallows and shouting
chang the political priests", after
Reich Commissioner Josef Buerc-
KEEL publicly announced series of
sweeping reprisals against the Ro-
man Catholic church.
wildly screaming Nazis
marched upon the partially-wreck-
ed Archepiscopal palace from He
roes' square, where they had
heard Buerckel announce the Nazi
reprisals against what he called
the 62-year-old cardinals "politi-
cal demonstration against the
state"
He referred to the prelate's
statements last Friday night, be-
fore a meeting of Catholic youth,
condemning the Nazi regimes in
reference with the church.
Buerckel, standing before lOO,-
900 people in Heroes square,
whipped them to stat of frenzy
with the shout:
Gentlemen of the clergy, the
blood guilt of the Schuschnigg
regime weighs upon you!
The march upon the cardinals
palace facing on St. Stephens
square, where Saturday night a
yelling mob of 5000 wrought
havoc, injurd two priests and
caused heavy damage in an at
tempt to lynch innitzer, was or
ganized with BuerckePs approval.
When the demonstration was at
its height, before the crowds dis
banded shortly before midnight, 1t
was estimated that nearly 250,-
900 persons were massed in the
broad square and nearby streets;
The crowds roared approval
when the Nazis, carrying the gal
lows, labelled "here is where we
want to see Innitzer hanging"
moved up to the palace, which was
in darkness except for a light IN
ground floor room, used by
tourist information bureau.
The cardinal, VIII chad been
"advised" by Nazi authorities
against leaving his palace without
authorization, knelt in prayer IN
one of the smaller chapels of the
palace as the mob surged outside
demanding that he be hanged or
arrested.
The din of the disorders pene-
trated the chapel and the prelate
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MAJOR SURVEY
OF. DEFENSE
NEEDSLOOMS
Roosevelt Says New Action
Being Taken, Based on
Foreign Advices

WASHINGTON, Oct. ii.
(UP)-President Roosevelt
today revealed that foreign
developments have inspired
a major survey of American
national defense needs.
He intimated that budget
estimates to strengthen the
nation against war will be
considerably increased.
The president offered no
specific estimate of the prob
able cost of the expanded
arms program but empha-
sized that study is being
made on the broadcast posi-
BILE basis as the result of in
formation reaching the Unit
ed States from abroad.
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PLEADS GUILT
IN SPY CASE
One Of Four Facing Charg.
es in Alleged Nazi
Spy Ring

NEW YORK, Oct. ID. (UP)
Guenther Gustave Rumrich, ar
my deserter whose bungling at
tempt to obtain passport blanks
led to the discovery of an al
legged Maxi spy ring, pleaded
guilty to espionage charges in
federal court today.
Rumrich's plea came as coun-
sci prepared to pick a jury to
try him and three others accus-
ed as members of the great
est peacetime spy organization
ever uncovered in the United
States.
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Drowning Cases Are Dismissed By Court
WAICHOW IN FLAMES, 1000
DEAD, HURT BY RAIDERS; U.S..
SHIPS BLOCKED in WAR ZONE

100000 additional reservists to
the colors to "crush" Japan's
drive on the great South China
metropolis of Canton.
simultaneously the Japanese
landed fresh regiments at their
base in Hachung, on Bias bay,
and sfet it be known that Lieut..
Gen. Mixio Furusho, commanding
the Japanese invaders, expects to
be in Canton within q month.
1t was estimated that about 75,-
600 japanese had been landed up
to /, b. m. today and they were
described as among the finest reg
ulars Of the Japanese army-yet-
eran units of the Japanese For
mosan army Injured to campaign
ing in semi-tropical country such
as that in this Pearl river delta.
More than 400 planes were sup
porting the invaders and the Japa-
nese today had driven to within
rs miles Of the walled city Of
Waichow, chief key in the outer
defenses of Canton.
The Japanese promised a slight
ming" campaign.
British naval authorities last
night were informed that the Chi
nese had closed their barricades
across the Pearl river between
Hong Kong and Canton. trapping
the U. 8. gunboat Mindanao and
British warships lying of the Can
ton river front.
Four boat loads of Occidental
refugees, including IL American
women and children, reached here
last night from Canton just be-
fore the barricades-nsar the Chi
nese H6cca Tigris S'forts-were
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MONTGOMERY
Is WITNESS IN
own DEFENSE
Judge Pless Says He Could
Not Allow Conviction
to Stand
SOLICITOR CONCURS
IN COURTS VIEWS

Manslaughter charges against
Walter S. Montgomery. prominent
Suartanburg, S. c.. man, were
rop.suited in the superior court
this afternoon by Judge j. Will
PleSS, Jr.
Immediately after the noon re
cess the defense rested its case
and renewed its motion for judy
ment of non-Sult.
Judge PlesS declared that the
lends of Justice require that the
motion be allowed"
Technically, the judge added,
there IS sufficient evidence to go
10 a jury. out he added that ne
doubted if a conviction could be
obtained and stated that if q con-
yetion were obtained he could
not conseientiously allow one to
stand
He stated that he had been IN
consultation with Solicitor c. U.
Rulings and that Mr.. Rulings was
in accord with the ruling.
This action is taken, Judge Pless
said. with full consideration of the
dead persons, their friends and
relatives. Two wrongs viii not
make a right, he said, and a man.
slaughter conviction under these
would he going too
far. .
Walter S. Montgomery, Of
Spartanburg, on trial for man.
slaughter in the drowning deaths
of Fate Black, ST., Fate Black,
Jr.. and Thomas Martin. at Lake
Summit on September 6, 1886,
took the stand in his own defense
in superior court this morning.
Mr.. Montgomery was the sec
ond witness called this morning
and indications are that the re-
mainder of today will be occupied
with introduction of testimony.
Judge ]. viii Pless, Jr., indicated
Yesterday afternoon that a night
session will be held tonight if nee
eSSary.
The first witness to testify this
was George NJ. Owens,
of Greenville, who built the boat
in which the three were riding
prior to their deaths.
Mr.. Owens estimated that four
adults or about $50 pounds would
constitute a safe load for the
boat. On cross examination he
raised his estimate to about 500
pounds.
He gave the dimensions of the
boat and stated that it was sold to
A. L. Rikard in the spring of
1896.
Mr.. Montgomery testified that
his mother had a summer home
on Lake Summit and was the
owner of the boat in which he was
riding on September 6, 1886.
He said the passengers in the
boat in addition to himself were
George Eypper, Sr., George Eyp-
per, Jr., Leon Lohenstein, and
Archie Joslin.
With a map of Lake Summit,
lr. Montgomery traced the course
|Sf his boat trip on the occasion.
he said he drove east on the lake
70 the vicinity of the dam, turned
and proceeded west along the
northern shore.
The trip carried him past the
boat house of Paul Thomas up to
tne vicinity of the iron bridge on
the lake head, and he then turned
and Proceeded west back toward
Continued on page three)
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TROOP | GIRL SCOUT
PATROL HEADS NAMED

Troop l Girl Scouts were ex-
pected to elect assistant patrol
leaders at their meeting at the
Scout cabin, the following patrol
leaders having been chosen at the
last meeting: Betty Andrews, Sa-
rah Buchanan, Gertrude Osborne
and Ann Holford.
Peggy Lou Durham has been
elected treasurer and Ethelyn
Reaben, scribe.
The troop was happy to have
Mrs. Franks, Mrs. Brown and Mrs;
Roberts at its last meeting, and
welcome Mrs. Gibbs back.
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BUDAPEST, Oct. II. (UPl-
The government has informed big
European powers that Hungary in
tends to take whatever measures
are necessary for an "early solu-
ton" Of its minority quarrel with
Czechoslovakia, 1t was reported re-
liably today.
The council Of ministers Or
dered that military measures be
taken for the security Of the
state"
Hungarian troops have been
massed along the Czech frontier
area since the recent European
crisis.
The government Is understood
to have advised France, Germany,
Great Britain, Italy and Poland
that, due to Prague's refusal to
mestsHunRarian demands for ter
ritorial concesSens,c Hungary has
suspended negotiations md re-
serves the xight to take whatever
measures It considers necessary.
The Hungarian delegation meet
ing with the Czechs in the frontier
town Of Komarom accused the
Czechs Of "dilatory tactics" after
four days Of stalemated discus
sions. It had served q demand on
the Czechs giving them until 6 p.
m. (noon EST to come to terms.
Hungary Ii demanding further
dismemberment Of the Czech re-
public by the surrender Of about
5000 square miles Of Slovak ter
ritory populated by nearly 1,600,-
600 Magyars, Slovakians and Ger
mans, It was understood.
The gravity Of the situation was
increased by Czech police charges
that reign Of terror in the Czech
provinces Of Ruthenia and Slo-
vakia was being directed by Hun
garian reserve army officers, at
tempting to provide the Hunga-
rian army with an excuse to
march into the provinces.
Thousands of Hungarian troops
were poised along the frontier.
The negotiations collapsed when
the Hungarians announced that
Czechoslovakia's "final Offer" said
to involve the surrender Of an
area inhabited by about 100000
Hungarians, was absolutely unac-
ceptable.
The question will be placed be-
fore the "big four Of Munich" in
accordance with the agreement
drawn up by Great Britain, Italy,
France and Germany on the night
of Sept. 20 which turned over
about one-hfth of Czechoslovakia
to Germany in payment Of Chan.
cellor Adolf Hitler's price OF
peace.
The Munich accord, ut the in
CONTINUED on page three)
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Mrs. Donnahue Is
Taken By Death
AT E. Flat Rock

Mrs. Frances Donnahue, So, wife
of D. P. Donnahue, of East Flat
Rock, died at her home last night
at II o'clock.
Funeral services will be held at
8 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
the East Flat Rock Baptist church
with the Rev. N. B. Phillips Off
ciating. .
Mrs. Donnahue was native of
Polk county.
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ROYALTY AT BALL

BALMoRAL, Scotland, Oct. IL;
(UP) - King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth shuffled the
"Lamberth walk" and the "Palais
glide" new dance crazes, Tor two
hours at the annual Chile ball
last night and then turned to the
old Scottish country dances OF
which the queen is fond.
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DIVORCE GROUNDS

CLEVELAND, Oct. "A. (UP)-
Mrs. Edna Schroeder won a di-
vorce yesterday from John c..
Schroeder after charging that he
was "the most selfish man in the
world" She said that he removed
tubes from their radio and dis
connected the family automobiles
ignition so that when be was away
she could not enjoy these pleas
ures.
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FELLOWSHIP CLUB
TO CONDUCT SERVICE

The Young Peoples Fellowship
club of the city is requested to
gather at Calvary church, Sunday,
Oct. 16 at 1880 p. M, whence it
will leave at 1:45 for Mt. Zion for
q service. An interesting program
has been arranged.
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y 'M2ath@G!

THURSDAY
Maximum temperature-74 de-
prees. Minimum SO degrees.
Mean-55 degrees. Days range
-3S degrees.
Normal mean temperature for
October-56.4 degrees. No rain
fall to date. Normal rainfall
4.36 inches.
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VETERANS MEET

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. IA. CUP
A handful of Georgia Confeder-
ate veterans opened their 45th
annual reunion at the old soldiers
home Yesterday.
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500, 900 CHINESE
RESERVISTS CALLED

HONG KONG. Oct. Il. (UP)-
Cen. I'd Hanahaou, commanding
South China,s armies, today called
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ACTION COMES
ASHl)NCARY'S
ARMY MASSED
Impasse Reached in Nege.
tiations Regarding
Minorities
RUTHENIAN CHOAS
REPORTED GROWING

MUNICH, oct. 14.-(UP)--
Adolph Hitler today took u per.
sonal hand In the attempt to settle
the minoritiss dispute between
Hungary and Czeehoslovakia and
avert . threatened crisis.
Hitler conferred with Czech and
Hungarian diplomats who flew
here. from Budapest.
PRAGUE, Oct. IL. (UP)--Hun-
garian soldiers are reported by
Ruthenian police to have killed Z
Cxechoslovak frontier guard dur
ing an attack on a Czech railroad
station.
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WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and Sat-
.,day with probable showers.
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GOOD AFTERNOON

. The government l. now expert.
msntins with tinted potatoes.
Suggested WPA project: applying
eye.shadow.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10
Number of Papers
In Nation Drops

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10.-A de-
crease of 221 in the number of
newspapers published in the United
States in 1897 compared with the
preceding year is reported by the
1888 edition of N. w. Aver & Sons
Directory of Newspapers and Per-
iodicals, published today.
The directory, now in its seven
tieth year, lists 2,084 daily English
language newspapers, a decrease of
% under the year before: 10,629
Weeklies, a decrease of 176; and
359 semi-weeklies, a decrease of 18.
On the other hand there were Is
more daily papers with Sunday
editions, an increase of eleven in
the number of foreign language
daily papers, and three more tri-
weekly papers.
For the first time the annual
classifies daily papers according to
the morning and evening fields and
shows that of those published in
the United States, 1,605 are evening
papers, asa morning, and 25 all-day.
The editors estimate the aggre-
gate net paid circulation of the
dailies in the United States at Al
100000, of which 25,800,000 repre-
sents evening papers and 15,6O0,0O0
morning papers Estimated Sunday
paper circulation is 81 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10
WAR VETERAN
CONFESSES TO
OLD SLAYING

TIMMINS, Ont, Jan. 10. CUP)-
Police today held Andrew Moroz,
42-year-old Canadian World war
veteran, who confessed Friday to
a 12-year-old Staying in Sacrament
to, Cal, over the weekend Sacra-
mento police advised the local au-
thorities that Moroz' story was be-
ing checked.
Moroz confessed in a local news
paper office, in the presence OF
Police Chief Leo H. Gagnon. that
he had killed a man named Miller
iii Sacramento on Aug. 80, 1925,
after a long drinking bout.
Sacramento police advised their
records showed that Fred Miller,
30-year-old laborer, had been kill
ed there on that date. They said
they were attempting to locate
witnesses
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold, or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulsion.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take a chance
with, any remedy less potent than
Creomulsion, which goes right to
the seat Of the trouble and aids ma
ture to Soothe and heal the inflamed
mucous membranes and to loosen
and expel the germ-laden phlegri.
Even If other remedies have failed,
don't be discouraged, try Creomul-
sion. Your druggist is authorized to
refund your money if you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene-
fits obtained from the very first
bottle. Creomulsion is one word-not
two, and it has no hyphen in it.
Ask for it plainly, see that the name
on the bottle is Creomulsion, and
you'll get the genuine product and
the relief you want. (Adv)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10

GIVE DINNER
MCCABE NOTES


Mr. and Mrs. Fred w. Sunstroms
entertained group of friends
Friday evening at, dinner. Guests
included Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Hop
pin, Mr.. and Mrs. J, P. Wagner,
Mrs. Fred w. Paine, Russell Wago-
ner, Bill Sunstrom, and Misses
Evelyn Gustafson, Caroline Paine,
and Frances Sunstrom.
Mrs. A. A. Moline is spending
week in Los Angeles with her
daughter Majken.
Mrs. F.. w. Paine accompanied
her brother j. B. Lydick to San
Diego Saturday. They returned
the same day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Y. D. Hime are
entertaining their daughter and
her husband The arrived Thursday
from Arizona.
Mrs. George Bailey who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
w. H. Carr, returned to her home
in Phoenix Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10
WALKER CUP
TEAM NAMED

NEW YORK, Jan. 10. UP) -
Francis Ouimet of Boston, who has
been a member of every U. S.
Walker cup team and captained
the last three, will lead the Ameri-
can amateur golfing expedition
against Great Britain this year.
Ouimet was named as non-play-
ing captain by the U. S. Golfing
association Saturday. He will have
four veterans of the 1886 team and
four newcomers to the international
cup play
National Amateur Champion
John Goodman of Omaha; Johnny
Fischer, 1886 titlellolder of Gin
cinnati: Reynolds Smith of Dallas
and Charles Yates, jr, of Atlanta,
were the carryoverS. The new ad-
ditions were Ray Billows, Pough-
keepsie, N Y, runner-up to Good
man this year; Fred Haas, jr, in
tercollegiate champion from New
Orleans; Charles Koscis, Detroit;
and Marvin (Bud Ward, Tacoma,
Wash,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10


Hearst's name was not listed this
time among the thousands report
ed by the treasury as having re-
ceived salary, commissions, bon
uses or other compensation in ex-
cess of $4,000.
The blue bound volume showed
that 13 men received the 10 high
est amounts paid by U. s. corpor-
ations in 1898, including a three
way tie for 10th place, and that
nine of the 13 were General Mo-
tors executives.
High executives of the vast auto
mobile enterprise occupied the first
four positions on the list William
S. Knudsen, executive vice presi-
dent who became General Motors
president when Sloan was elevated
to board chairmanship in 1897,
placed second.
Movie stars presented galaxy
OF names in the highest bracket.
Mae West, who ranked second %
Hearst in 1885, was we'll down the
lioO Ill 10OO Will d JOIdl VI 1OLO,-
1893.
Gary Cooper was 1855 highest
paid movie star with $37O,214,
Ronald Colman, followed with
1862 500, and Claudette Colbert led
the feminine contingent with $780,
1888, just ahead of Miss West.
General Motors paid 1856 of it's
executives $4,000 or more, and
Sc of them got $4,000 or more. E.
I. Dupont de Memours and COM
pany, Wilmington, Del, paid II
officers more than $4,000 that
year and the F.. w. Woolworth
company had IL officers in that
class, including President c. W..
Dayo, at $216,444.
One of the country's wealthiest
men-Henry Ford-was not listed,
but his son, Edsel president of the
company, got $137,564. Ford Vice
President P. E. Martin, at $685.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10
Spanish Armies
Strengthen Their
Battle Formation

HENDAYE, FRENCH SPANISH
FRONTIER, Jan. 10. (UP)-Spanish
Nationalist and Loyalists strength
ened their lines today for new at
tacks and counter attacks in the
long battle for Teruel.
Communiques from both sides re-
ported all fronts relatively quiet.
The Nationalists, after days of vain
efforts to find a weak point in the
Loyalist lines, were preparing new
attacks. Loyalists were busy evacu-
ating and sorting out the 6,00O-odd
combatants, and women, children
and aged men who passed into their
lfands Friday and Saturday when
The defense of group of buildings
inside the city, which the Nation
alist garrison had held since De-
cember 81, suddenly collapsed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10
Funeral Rites
For Negro Held

Funeral services Tor Joseph R.
Spruell. SO, Negro, who died Satur-
day at his home at RositaS dam
near Holtville, will be held at the
Lemons chapel in Ell Centro at
2:30 o'clock Wednesday.
The Rev. Mr.. G.. Merritt will be
in charge of the services. He will
be buried at Evergreen cemetery
Spruell was born in North Caro-
lima and had lived in Imperial VAL
ley for 20 years. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs Elizabeth Spruell,
and other relatives.