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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
Argentine Anti-Fascist Leader In
Washington Warned ANONYMOUSLY
ToCease Attacks On Nazi Activities
Charges Military Assets of
3 Totalitarians in So.
America Powerful
By OTTO JANSEN
Copyright, 1888, United Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. II. (UP)
DR.. David Efron, noted Argen-
tine educator and one of the lead
ers of the conference on Fan
American democracy now meet
ing here, had been warned anony-
mously not to continue his at
tacks on nazi and fascist penetra-
ton in Latin America, ne dlscloS-
ed last night.
He said that since the confer
ence convened last week ne had
received numerous telephone calls
and letters advising" kim to
take it easy" He minimized the
threats and attributed them TO
cranks or people who "want to
have fun" with him. At the same
time he said that nothing would
deter hi mfrom continuing MS
anti-Fascist work.
Efron's organization convened
simultaneously with the eighth
PAN American conference at Ii
ma, Peru. At Saturday nights
session the educator charged that
Germany, Japan and Italy were
laying the groundwork for eco
nomic and cultural domination OF
Latin America and that Germany
ALREADY had SO ''marvelously
equipped" airports in South
America. He said he is prepared
to present documentary proof OF
his allegations.
Efron is now a member OF the
faculty of Sarah Lawrence col
lepe at Bronxville, N. Y. He
laughed at the warnings and was
convinced they are from crack
pots" "They strike me as fun
nv" he added. "None of them has
been followed up and by the ma
ture of them it is easy to tell that
thew are from people who appar-
emily are trying to have fun"
He would not say whether ne
had called in the police.
Last August Efron was APP
pointed a member of the Argen-
tine delegation to the World
Youth congress in New York at
which he organized national anti
fascist committees from each Lat
in American nation. The congress
appointed him chairman of a
centralizing group which coordi-
mates and directs the work of the
committees and works closely with
the conference now in session
here.
Asked why he had interested
Continued on page slx),
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
NEW CROP CONTROL
ROW IS LOOMING

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL. (UP)
Returns on the AAA referenda
among cotton, rice and tobacco
growers promised to precipitate a
congressional controversy over
the administrations crop control
program.
Returns showed cotton growers
voted to invoke marketing re-
strictions on the 1899 crop by a
smaller majority than last year
while flue-cured tobacco and rice
growers rejected quotas on their
crops. Administration officials
claimed that approval Of cotton
quotas indicated approval of the
administrations program.
Opponents contended the re-
lection of rice and tobacco quo
tas and decreased percentage ap-
proving cotton quotas showed
that farmers are losing faith in
the crop program.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
BALF0UR Man
.HURTINWRECK

Eugene Parkinson, of near
Balfour, was in Patton Memorial
hospital today as a result of in
iuries sustained early Sunday
morning when a Ford car he was
driving was in collision with
large truck, operated by The
Transportation, Inc, in front of
the Balfcur school on the Ashe-
Notwithstanding highway.
Parkinson's injuries were not
believed serious. He suffered
bruises and cuts about the head
and face. -
Officers who investigated the
wreck said that Parkinson had
left his home, turned into the
highway from his driveway, and
was proceeding toward Hender-
sonville. The truck was proceed
ing toward Asheville. Both cars
were badly damaged.
The name of the driver OF the
truck was not learned this morn
ing.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
AMERICAS TO
UNITEACAINST
ACCRESSIONS
Solemn Warning Will Be
Given World Attempts
To Be Resisted
LANDS, INSTITUTIONS
TO BE PROTECTED

LIMA, Peru, Dec. ~. (UP)-
The United States and Argentina
agreed on the outstanding objec-
tive of the Eighth Pan-American
conference. The agreement is for
a solemn and forceful warning to
the world by 81 American nations
to resist as one any attempt at
aggression or any outside attempt
to subvert American political in
situations.
Jose Maria Camilla, Argentine
foreign minister, will leave for
Buenos Aires tonight after in
structing the Argentine delegation
to the conference so as to permit
rapid translation into action Of the
agreement for a definition of the
common American defense front.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
ASTON MEANS
EPIRES TODAY
fch Crook Succumbs Aft
e. Operation; Serving
l6-Year Term

ll SIiT,RSlNGFIELD, Mo-, Dec. IL
SCIFl-GaSton B. Means, arch
[s1uler, master liar and gifted
3 sS''e, died early today.
!, %S was 4 federal prisoner serv-
T n Ior defrauding Mrs. Eva
walsh Mclean, wealthy Hope
TIOnd owner, of 100000.
'saiS, %. had been i'll for sew
'sarS. He was brought here
h. Leayenworth. Kas., peniten-
week ago for a gall blad-
IT. gltesatioH. He died of a heart
b. tie had shown improve
r.. alter being critically i'll of
b. - OF his operation, it was an
-, last night at the u. S.
H. was sentenced to IS
"a Prison for swindling Mrs.
IS5S sa IN an outgrowth of the
~eFgh kidnapping.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
LYDIA THREATENS
All TACTICS

ROME, Dec. y. (UP)-Vm.
10 Gayda, who often serves as
Enier Benito MuSsolini's mouth
b, intimated yesterday that
y may use the same methods
! Germany employed to obtain
! Czechoslavak Sudetenland un-
France agrees to recognize
b aspirations in the Mediter-
a.
ayia. writing in the "Voce
biz" assailed French intran-
sa,ce and door slamming."
|Ee said that if "obStinancy
bad" continued "the situation
4 be like October when Ger
Pr national honor was tainted
she rose determinedly against
TIE forces of intransigeance.
The results would not be diff
(e'. in the present case, "
Fla warned.
Foreign diplomats believed that
f,lSh pressure in the form of a
he admOnition from AmbasSa-
Lord Perth might have been
fge.y responsible for a sudden
tng-dOwu of anti-French dem
|ScatiOns in Italy.
Lord Perth. when he conferred
F Friday with Foreign Minister
mt Galeazzo Ciano, was under
Eot 70 have urged the "inadviSa-
rs Of any electrihcation of
atmosphere before the arrival
Rome, a month from today, of
EcSn Prime Minister Neville
fanberlain.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
FOUR-HCLUB
MEETING SET
Achievement Day Will Be
Observed at Court
house Wednesday

D. w. Bennett, assistant Hen
derson county agent, today called
attention to the Fourth Achieve
ment day program which has been
arranged for adj HENDERSON coun-
tv club members for the morning
of Wednesday, Dec. IA. at the
courthouse. ,
This meeting will be convened
at 9 80 a. m, Mr.. Bennett stated,
and all Fourth club members IN
the county are requested to be
present as awards for the out
standing accomplishments among
Fourth boys and girls in the coun-
ty for 1888 will be made at that
time
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
CAST OF CHARACTERS
SALLY BI,AIR-heroine She

had everything that popularity
could win her, except
DAN REYNOLDS-hero. He
might have had Sally but while
he was king on skis
COREY PORTER was king
of the social whirl. So :. But
go en- with the storys
CHAPTER l
There was really no doubt as
to who would be chosen Queen
of the Ice Carnival. All bets
were on Sally Blair. Sally was
the prettiest, the most popular
girl to be invited to the winter
festival. Sally, herself, would
have been more surprised if she
had not been chosen than she
was when the committee IN
formed her she had been.
As if anyone else could be
Queenw Corey Porter said with
SNUG qualification. For Sally
was Corey's girl. For the next
few days, anyhow.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
SPECIFIC PACT
HELP FRANCE

LONDON. Dec. 12.-(UP)-
|at Britain has no specific
eement TO assist France mill
|y if she is attacked, Prime
lister Chamberlain declared in
house of commons today.
chamberlain replied to a labor
kber's question whether any
\ existed under which Britain
|reOuired specifically to give
|rce military aid in the event
n snbarks on warlike opera
Is against France or her pos
ions.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
D, LILIENTHAL
SERIOUSLY ILL
May Be Unable to Testify
to Committee on Util-
ity Negotiations

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL. (UP)
J. A. Krug, chief of the IVA pow
er planning division today reveal
ed that IVA Director David Lii
ienthal is seriously i'll here.
krug said Lilienthal was brought
here from Knoxville for treatment
by specialists. Lilienthal, he add
ed, is suffering from undulant fe-
yer and will probably be unable to
testify before the congressional
committee regarding negotiations
with the Commonwealth & South
ern utilities for the purchase of
these private utility holdings.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
TIC. johnson Out
After Accident

T. C. Johnson, II, delivery
boy, was discharged from Patton
Memorial hospital yesterday after
being treated on Saturday night
for injuries sustained when hit
by an automobile driven by Mrs.
Velma Hall, in Druid Hills.
He was riding bicycle at the
time. Mrs. Hall carried the Lad
to the hospital.
He is the son of Mrs. ]. B.
Sherman.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
City Ministers 10
Elect On Tuesday

The City Ministerial union will
meet Tuesday morning at II
o'clock at the Methodist church,
Rev. Burt Atchison, secretary, an.
nounced today. This meeting will
be featured by the annual cleo
ton of officers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
EG0SLAVIA TURNS
ECK ON ENTENTE

Dec. ~. (UP)-
s's.ayia Sunday turned her
Z upon the French-dominated
F-e Entente and moved closer
cs Rome-Berlin axis when g.
NOntinued on page six)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
NLRB SUFFERS
new REBUFF IN
HIGHEST COURT
New Deal Deficit for An
other Year Seen as
Estimate Made
CROPS CONTROL
SUPPORT ON WANE

WASHINGTON, Dec. ~. (UP)
The NLRB was rebuffed by the
supreme court today for the sec
ond time within two weeks as the
court declined to consider a labor
board appeal from the Fifth Cir
cult Court of Appeals decision,
setting aside board order in the
maritime labor controversy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
h TO FRANCE.
|1AINST ITALY.
6T ASSURED.
smberlain Reveals no
EDecific Commitment
in Existence
|aNCE LOSES ONE
| ALLY IN ENTENTE

|OyDON. Dec. -. (UP)-The
[ss government experts are
[rrg trade reprisals against
E. for discriminating against
. trade in China. 1t was
[red today that the govern
ms not made any final de-
1, 70 apply such reprisals but
T. same time il was under
4 That il would do so if the
+ States takes similar mea-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
MRS. LINN'S MOTHER
IS TAKEN BY DEATH

Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Linn left
TODAY for Washington, ID. e.,
where they were called by the
death of Mrs. Linn's mother, Mrs.
Sarah Fesperman.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
EMERGENCY IS
DECLARED IN
MEMEL AREA
Step Taken After Nazi
Landslide in Vote to
Elect Diet

MEMEL, Dec. II. (UP)-Kau-
mas, capital of Lithuania, and
Kaunas province were put under
a state of emergency as German
Nazis celebrated landslide in
yesterdays diet election in Men,
ell territory.
The state of emergency was
imposed after a sudden surge of
demonstrations by students de-
handing return to power of ex-
lied Augustinas Waldemaras, who
for years urged close relationship
with Germany.
Memel territory was taken
from Germany after the World
war and handed to Lithuania. 1t
is now possible that it might be
demanded by Germany.
Germans swept the diet cleo
ton decisively.
KOVNO, Lithuania, Dec. 12.-
(UP)-The government last night
declared estate of emergency"
throughout Lithuania's capital pro-
vince and repeatedly arrested more
Continued on page SIX
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
I 4 Shopping Days
IL Till Christmas

Sih0H MA5 <EHikC 10 MEXICO
AsAMeA6sAooR oF COOP wiLL~
T o0KINd Rack 10 CHRIST
~ MAS II YEARS AGO
Indy was flying to Mexico as
ambassador Of good will.
Mayor big Bill" Thompson OF
Chicago was shaking his fist at
King George. Old-timers
In 1ports were mourning death
Of Young Critic. Music
lovers delighted over new child
prodigy, Yehudi Menuhin, 10.
Death Of 40 young men
when Submarine S-4 was
sunk IN Cape Cod Bay cast pail
on holiday season
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
WEATHER

Jy cloudy and unsettled to-
s0'' nJ Tuesday, possibly light
and colder
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-12
GOOD AFTERNOON

The fact the Chinese eat lots Of
spinach seems hardly worth pass.
ing along to Junior just now.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
D. C. TEAM OUT
IN BRIDGE CLASH

CLEVELAND, Nov. 90 Q.N.S0.
With a record attendance inei-
Gated the National Bridge Tourna-
ment started here today.
A record number of % teams is
entered in the first official event
Of the tourney, the women's
team-of-four competition for the
Charles E. Coffin trophy. The de-
Tending team, Mrs. James H.
Lemon, Mrs. A. P. Ste ;kviS and
Mrs. Martin West, all Of Washing
ton, D. c., and Mrs. R. C. Young,
Philadelphia, will not appear as a
quartet, but Mrs. Lemon and Mrs.
Young will be present.
Inability Of the champion team
to play makes the team Of Miss
Florence Stanford, Cleveland;
Miss L. G. Quigley, Chicago, and
Mrs. Helen Sobel and Mrs. Robert
B. Fuller, both of New York, favor
ties. Meeting for the first time in
Chicago in 1885, the foL,' took the
championship and successfully de-
Tended it in 1896.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
CIVIL SERVICE
BILL AMONG Is
DRAWN FOR D. C.

A bill to establish a District
civil service set-up to give Wash
ington residents preference for
District jobs was one Of is meas
ures ready today for submission
to the next session of Congress.
Approved by the District Com
missioners yesterday, the bills
were drawn by Corporation Coun-
sci Elwood Seal and, for the most
part, embody requests made to
previous Congressional sessions for
extension or Qualification Of au-
thority Of District officials.
The civil service bill, as drawn,
would require District department
chiefs to exhaust the District civil
service lists before seeking an en-
ploye from he United States Civil
Service Commission rolls.
A second bill would empower the
Public Utilities Commission to
regulate the numbOr of taxis oper-
ating here. In view of the ex-
pressed attitude @, the PUG and
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
this probably would result in q
reduction from almost 1000 to
about 1850 in the number Of cabs.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
FIREMEN
TO Burn Mortgage at
Arlington, Va.

ARLINGTON, Va, Nov. 90.
Cherrydale firemen will be enthu-
Siastic spectators at fire in their
fire hall tonight. They will watch
flames consume the 20-year-old
mortgage ON the hall.
r. Walton Moore, counselor Of
the State Department, who laid
the cornerstone of the building in
1919, has been invited to deliver
the principal address in connec-
ton with the MORTGAGE burning
ceremony.
Crandal Mackey, former Com
monwealth attorney, will act as
master of ceremonies, and Will
liam D. Topley, fire company
president, ill preside. The $780,
600 building, completed by volun-
teer labor, has been freed Of debt
by proceeds raised from carnivals.
card parties, Suppers and dona-
GionS,
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 20 G.N.S).
Claire windsor, screen actress, to-
day sought the man who sold her
$15,0O0 worth Of oil stock.
She went to the district attor-
neys' office yesterday and asked
for a criminal complaint against
a prominent Beverly Hills pro
moter who, she said, induced her
to invest $4,000 in an oil promo
ton scheme. Now, she believes
the stock to be worthless.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
GIFTS NEEDED
FOR CHILDREN
AT CHRISTMAS
Club Will Play Santa
To $4,000 in District

Just 26 days until Christmas
and 1t will not be a merry Christ
mas for many, unless the good
hearted people of Washington ar.
range to do their part in playing
Santa Claus.
But there are many who do
wish to make it real Christmas
for those Santa might otherwise
forget, and to assist them in this
good work, the Patterson News
papers, the Loew Theaters. the
Playground Department, the Pre-
mier Cab Company and Radio
Station VOL are coordinating
their activities.
GIFTS FOR $4,000
Sponsoring the Christmas Cheer
Club, they hope to obtain presents
for more than $4,000 children in
needy homes Of the city.
These toys may be left in boxes
In the Hobbies Of the Loew Thea
tiers, and special matineeS will be
held at which children will be
admitted for a toy instead Of a
ticket.
Jack Roger, of the Premier Cab
Company, has made special ar
rangementS to pick UP toys from
persons who cannot deliver them.
Merely call Metropolitan 4141 and
ask for "Toy Collection" and q
Premier cab will be sent to your
home to get the toys.
BROWN ON RADIO
Art Brown will broadcast news
Of the toy campaign in special
programs over VOL. Fire
houses will be utilized as collec-
ton points, and the firemen will
repair and paint toys that need
it.
Thursday, some 2,100 girls will
gather at the Playground Depart
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dolls to be delivered as Christ
mas gifts.
Tomorrow Miss Sybil Baker,
director Of the department. will
announce plans for opening her
Santa Claus Workshop, where
other toys will be repaired.
STORES TO AID
In many stores throughout the
city bottles will be placed, marked
Christmas Cheer Club, and money
deposited in them will be used to
purchase toys.
Heads of the club have deter
mined that not a single child in
the city shall be forgotten this
year. That means a tremendous
lot Of work, and will be possible
only by the utmost cooperation. So
won't you do your part, that all
may have a truly Merry Christ
mas?
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Little Change Made
In Beet Labor Scale

I.N.S.) The Agriculture De-
partment today announced wage
rates to be paid sugar beet labor
ers in California. The depart
ment said that with a small modi-
fication in the sliding scale Of
payment for harvesting in South
ern California, the rates estab-
lished for 1899 do not differ
greatly from those of 1888.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
BOOKS CLOSED!

All charge purchases made the ball
ance of November, will appear on
your December statement, payable in
January.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
lO9.955

The newest features are found in this hand
some 1889 console. An all-wave set with 3-tun-
ing bands .. the new keyboard touch tuning
-. new development to prevent station drift
and big 12-inch dynamic speaker. And best
of all the BEAM-A-SCOPE that permits you
to plug it in {. Z. . in any room in the house.
Main FIOOr-EIectricaI Arcade-The Hecht Co.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
Down
The Road
By CHARLES M. UpE1AM
Engineer-Drector
American Road Builders Assn
Washington, D. c.

nations over additions have been
registered. There are now 10000
grade crossings throughout the 48
states.
Oklahoma Congressman Wilburn
Cartwright has introduced bill in
the current session of the national
Congress to continue federal aid
for highways through the fiscal
years 1910 and 1941. His bill has
been unanimously reported out of
the House Roads Committee, of
which he is chairman, and will this
week be presented for considera-
tion on the floor of the United
States House of Representatives.
Mr.. Cartwright's bill calls for the
appropriation of $125, 100000 for
the fiscal year 1910 and the same
amount for the fiscal yeaar 1941
for the purpose of aiding the states
in the construction of much-needed
modern highway projects His bill
carries an all-important stipulation
concerning grade crossings. 1t sets
aside $5O,O0O,000 for the fiscal year
1910 and the same amount for the
fiscal year 1941 for the elimina-
tion of hazards to life at railroad
grade crossings on the federal-aid
highway system and elsewhere, in
cluding the separation or protec-
tion of grades at crossings, the re-
construction of existing railroad
grade crossing structures and the
relocation of highways to eliminate
grade crossings and necessary sur
veys and plans therefor.
With the number of highway
accidents increasing each year and
reaching an all-time high Of 10000
in 1887, there can be no more i'm
portant consideration on the part
of Congress at this time than pass
age of legislation continuing fed
eral aid for building more and bet
ter highways In this added con
struction there can be no more i'm
portant activity than the elimina-
ton of railroad grade crossings.
For, unless the American motoring
public obtains increased highway
expenditures for the elimination
and protection of grade crossings,
you may fill a new grave that, fig
uratively speaking, will be dug by
thousands of highway users by the
end of this year or next.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
GRADE CROSSINGS INCREASE
GRAVES

Horrible grade crossing acci-
dents in 1897 added 1875 graves to
the cemeteries throughout the ma
tion. OF this number, 1907 were
the result of automobile-train col
lisions. The remainder involved
pedestrians. What's worse, the
carnage hasn't diminished SO far
in 1888.
Hundreds of newspaper stories
concerning grade crossing acci-
dents come across my desk every
week. Death" inevitably finds its
way into the headlines of these
stories and the words that follow
in the paragraphs below always
describe a CORY scene. Take this
one, for example: Five Die AS
Passenger Train Crashes Into Car
One of the worst automobile
tragedies ever to happen in this
community was that of Monday
afternoon when five lives were
snuffed out instantly when passen-
ger train No. Is crashed into an
automobile about two miles south
Of here. The five, all members of
one family, except a small baby, a
grandson, were crushed to death" +"
Here's another, equally as bad,
concerning a truck: Train Hits
Truck, Driver Is Killed -Engulfed
in flames, the unidentified driver
of a truck was killed here today
when it was struck by a north
bound express train"
Until recent years the entire
burden of grade crossing elimina-
tion rested with the state govern
ments. They had difficulty in fin
ancing the elimination of the most
dangerous crossings and little pro-
gress was made. The federal gov
eminent has, therefore, found it
imperative to assume a large part
of the responsibility Of grade cross
ing elimination, reconstruction and
protection. On December 81, 1885
there were 234, ,231 grade crossings
on Glass l railroads in the United
States. During 1885, 2,071 cross
ings were eliminated and 887 were
added, making a net total of 1,184
eIiminations. Prior to 1885 the ad-
ditions Of grade crossings always
outnumbered the eiiminations.
Since 1875 the first gains 81 elm
Smyrna times., 1938-04-21
Poles Are Put in Place
by Charge Of Dynamite

Hatteras, N. c. Ingenuity is
bringing modernity to the lonely
outer banks Of North Carolina,
where a coastal national park is
planned. Builders Of cooperative
power line from Hatteras to Avon
were puzzled as to how to get poles
set up. A hole cannot be dug in
the loose sand.
So the engineers drive a hollow
pipe into the soft sand and send
down a small charge of dynamite.
After the fuse is fixed and the pipe
removed, the pole is set upright on
the ground over the dynamite and
held there by graphing hooks. The
charge is set off, splitting the sand,
and the pole drops into place before
the sand can fall back into the hole.
The main difficulty is making the
pole drop down straight. In case
it doesn't, the pole is pulled up and
another hole is dynamited.