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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-11
JAPS BATTLE
WAY ACROSS
YELLOW RIVER
Say Russian Crack FEers
Defeated; u Planes
Destroyed

SHANGHAI, Mar. II. tCPD.--
.Iapancy" regiments fought their
way across the yellow river into
ShcnSi province today and gained
4 nosition which will enable them
to atLack The capital Of the form
or Chinese Soviet government IN
Ncuan-Fu. simultaneously their
air force defeated SnvIct Russia $
crack filters in IT," Shcnsi capital,
Sian-Fu, and rcE0rtCdty destroyed
22 new Russian planes.
Tn" river croSSin% W;,& effect
cd in the face Of "dcspcratc Chi
ncsc resistance" the Japanese
reported, at points opposite NIo-
chu. in Northern ShanSi province.
The river forms The border
between Shansi and ShcnSi. The
Japanese were consolidating thcir
positions in the towns Of Ia
Char-Tsuu and Siao-Chan-TSun
preparatory to driving on Yen
nan-Fu, chief base Of the former
Chinese Communist army under
General Chu Tch which has cauS-
cd the Japanese heavy losses in
the North China campaign.
The Japanese air raids were in
retaliation for bombing On"ra-
tionS by the rCor%anizcd Chinese
air forcr which consists chiefly
of Soviet Russia, American, Brit
iSh and other occidental rlicrS.
The Chinese war office in Han
kow asserted that three Japanese
bombcrs were shot down at Sian
Flu and that Chinese bombing
plane; radcd Japanese conccntra-
lions throughout ShanSi province
successfully.
In Hankow the Chinese foreign
office rejected Gcrmany'S cXpla-
nation Of Chancellor Adolf Hit
ler's announcement that Germany
recognizes the independence Of the
JapancSc-SponSored state of Man
chukuo and instructed the Chi
neSc ambassador in Berlin, Chen
Ticn-Fang, to deliver new pro-
test to the German government.
In Tokyo Japanese officials
ridiculcd Chinese reports that
Chinese gucrrialEaS had killed
Mai. Gen. Kcnji Doihara, chief
political expert of the Japanese
army, in Honan province.
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determination
Demanded For
Alleged Plotters

MOSCOW, March IT. (UP)
determination" of 81 BolShcvik
leaders charged with murder and
high treason was demanded today
by Attorney General Andrew
NiShniskcy while movie cameras
ground out the climatic scores Of
Russia'S greatest mass political
trial.
"Thcsc gentlemen must be eX-
terminated" the prosecutor shout
ed to an audience in the Hall of
Mobiles, where powerful movie
floOdlightS had been installed. I'm
der the blush brilliarcc the de-
PENDANTS, one of whom for years
enjoyed almost unlimited power
over millions of people, sat shame
faced as camcramen swung their
lenses about the hall recording the
bizarre scene.
"Thc historic significance of this
band is that it established that
TrotskyiStS, NationaliStS and Zinc
vlVeiStS arc an interruptions band
of spies, murdcrerS and wreck
crs," Vishinsky declared.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-11
Adult Teachers
Are Told About
Use OF Medicine

The adult teachers held their
bi-monthly meeting with their
supervisor, Mrs. Allie G. Wilson,
Of Rrrvard. in the office OF Mrs.
Dorothy Mccoy, local Red Cross
nurse mt the high school.
The main feature of this meet
in" waa a lesson given by Mrs.
Mccoy on medicines. This is the
fifth Of Il series Of lessons on
home nursing.
2Ira. Mccoy emphasized the
fact that proper health habits
were substitutes for medicine,
and that unnecessary drugs or,cn
lead To habits that are hard To
correct. The teachers were told
20 have Il special place to store
the medicines, after they were
carefully labelled and with prop
co. directions for giving, in 4 cab
met away from the aged, the Ill,
and the children. The rule OF
three To- hc observed - checking
the label on the bottle, on rcmov-
in~ from cabinet, pouring into
receptacle and returning hottie t"
shelf, then giving TO patient, Ncv-
cr trust Il paticn; to administer
his own dose.
The prescriptions should be
bought in small amounts, because
dru..S dctcrioratc rapidly, should
he discarded after the patient Is
well and should never be given
to any other person except the
one for whom they arc prescribe
ed.
Explanation of the five types
of drugs were given as: laXatlvcS,
catharticS, tonic, narcotic, and
hypnotic.
Again she warned that any
drug should be administered only
by prescription; and that the best
tonic is correct living habits. As
a health measure she advised the
teachers to pass on to the adult
students the Importance of SELF
control in dealing with their fam
lies; she pointed out that anger,
jealousy and lovc-SickneSS cause
illness. Develop Il spirit Of opti-
niSm. she said, and there will be
less need Of drugs,
After the lesson the teachers
Gcld Il short business meeting at
which time literary work was
stressed. It. is the aim of the
teachers to find any adult i'll the
county who cannot sign his or
her name and enroll in classes be-
fore the 1910 census.
Plans were discussed for all OK
hibit to be held in Ashcvillc May
9. 10 and II, and each teacher
was assigned her part in getting
up the exhibit. Eighteen hundred
pieces of household linen and
garments will be completed by
these students by May, it was cS-
timatCd.
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Leon Blum Would
Put Communists
In Paris Cabinet

PARIS. March II. tUP)-Leon
Blum. Frances first Popular Front
premier, battled against despair
ing odds today in an effort to form
q new government chat would in
clude Communist cabinet ministers
for the first time in history.
The one-time millionaire, a So
cialist. picked to form cabinet
following the resignation of Pre-
mier Camille ChautempS early yes
tcrday, decided to insist upon com
munist representation even if his
cabinet lasts only an hour before
being voted down in parliament.
Political leaders said Blum $
chances of success were slight and
that President Albert Lebrun
might within a few hours, be
forced to turn to Minister of War
Edouard Daladier and then per-
haps back to Chautemps to find a
premier able to cabinetize.
Blum, fighting wide split in
the four-party ranks OF the Popu-
lar Front. sought to rally commu-
nists. radicals and union socialists
under his red banner of the Fourth
POPULAR Front to set up a cabinet
in "the exact image" of the Peo-
ple's Front and bring communists
into the cabinet.
His attempt to make haste was
blocked last night when the radi-
cal-socialsts under Chautemps de-
laved until today their decision
as to whether they are willing to
share power with the communists
who hold only 70 seats in the
chamber of deputies hut have the
support of 100000 unionized
workers.
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BLIND, SAVES 2 IN TANK

MILDRED, Victoria. tUP)--
Thomas Wilson, "a, who has been
blind from birth, rescued two
people from drowning here. He
heard cries for help from his sis
ter, Mrs. |. X. Magain, and her
Young son. who had fallen into
an underground tank. He CROPPED
his way to the edge of the tank,
knclt down and held out his hand
i'm the direction Of the cries.
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SALUDA

SALUUA. Mar. II. ,SpcciaD
Hcury T. Cornith. formcr resi-
.cur "rrr. and hi~ assistant, j."
Cox. of Ashcboro, are visiting
here.
Mrs. .. {. Suuncr and her son.
Fairchild. returned from Charles
ton yesterday. Miss Eunicp Son
ncr is quite i'll at the Patton Me
mortal hospital in UcndcrSonvil.c.
Miss Clifford Wilcox is also al
the Patton Memorial hospital; she
Is resting quietly.
Mrs. Ida Nomand Of Greer. S.
e.. is visiting Mrs. J. l.. Hart.
Miss Nellie Mac Rushing of
Tryou spent Sunday with Miss
Betty Thomas; they nad dinuer
at the Lucky Tavern.
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house PASSES
new TAX BILL

WASHINGTON, Mar. Il. (UP
The house passed and sent to the
senate today the administration
business Of it's present hardshlpS
tax bill designed chiefly. to relieve
without disturbing the ppproXl-
mate government income from its
existing levels.
Although estimates; Of what rev
cnue the bill will produce varies,
the best Informed sources expect
cd it to produce approximately
SIS. 800. 600, 900. The most mEor-
tant single item replaced the pres
ent dual system Of normal corpo-
ration taxes and undlStibutcd
profits surtaX with a single tax,
Adjustable to big and little corpo-
ratiOnS.
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GLENN MEHAFFEY
is FRATERNITY MAN

Glenn W, Mehaffey. of. Hender-
sonville. student at North Caro-
lima State college, Raleigh, has
been elected a member of Kappa
Phi Kappa, natiopal honary pro-
fessional education fraternity, ac-
cording to word received here.
Mr.. Mehaffey is also a member
of the Glee club; Forestry club,
and Hillbilly club at the college.
He is a charter member of the
Hillbilly club, social organization
that stages a dance in Asheville
each winter.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-11
FRIED CHICKEN COSTLY

TAFT, Cal. IUP).-It was al
most more than human nature
couldiStand for Leon A. Hoyst to
realize that someone was eating
chicken worth So pound and.
probably not approaching it more
than the common garden variety.
Someone robbed his chicken roost
of several birds including a prize
Rhode Island rooster valued at
$50 .....
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DOG AIDS NEWSBOY

ST. LOUIS. (UP). - NewSboy
Jack Schwartz owns fox terrier
which at heart is Il news hound.
Every morning when Jack calls
out his wares the dog sits besides
him and howIs to bring in custom
ORG
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JUDGE GLENN ILL

CHESTER, S. c., Mar. Ii
(UP). u. S. District Judge J.
Lyles Glenn of South Carolina
last night. was in serious condi-
ton, suffering with heart attacks
and a kidney ailment@ He suf-
fered the first attack several
days ago.
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Horace Walpolc'S brother. Lord
Oxford, once backed a drove Of
geese to an equal number Of tur-
keys in race from Norwich to
London.
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Rotten wood inside a hollow
tree has decayed and fallen to
the bottom of the trunk, where,
bit by bit, it becomes part of the
soil
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-11

In. 1872 Christopher Cowen
erected the first rolling mill in the
United States at Pittsburgh, Pa.
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.om-toms recently in extraordi.
nary salute to the Sultan of Fan.
zibar, celebrating Is years Of rule
For TO the native tribesmen
even of far inland Africa. the
sultan of the little island repre-
sents all power. And Zanzibar
city is their mecca. Khalifa bin
Harub is the present sultan.
He governs, in cooperation
with the British, from Zanzi-
oar city. Zanzibar, which is
shaped roughly like boat, is 20
niles off the coast of British East
Africa. Most of its inhabitants
are a mixed race of Negro stock
the Swahili, running the whole
3amut of the browns.
Fishing and the Glove are the
stands chief standbys. Great
groves of the Glove trees cover
almost half of the island. The
Glove tree grows 80 to 40 feet
high. Maize, ground nuts, yams
md many kinds of beans are also
exported. Aside from the extern
tive trade in shellfish and clans.
ocally manufactured rope Is a
iource of revenue.
British interests were recog-
,ized in 1890 by an agreement
between France, Germany and
England whereby the latter re-.
lounced all claims to Madagascar
n favor of France and coded
teiigoland to Germany. In 1895
he sultan leased strip Of the
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m a i II | an d to
G r e a t Britain,
now included in
Kenya colony.
The present sui
tan is S how n
here on a 1927
S t a m p Of the
protectorate.
NEA Service, Inc)
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Copyright, 1888. NEA Service '1ncl
Evening star., 1938-09-22

tions could not operate electric-driven
pumps. Three babies were born by
candle and lamp light in Somervllle,
Mass, hospitals.
Providence Is Isolated.
Providence, suffering heavy property
damage, was isolated, without electric
ity or communication. Scores walked
the streets through the night and
hotels slept customers In lobbies. Loot
ers had brief fling after the wind
blew out department store windows,
but Militiamen quickly took control.
The Providence Bulletin and the
Fall River (Mass) Herald News print
ed their afternoon editions in the
plant of the Boston Post.
In Pawtucket, r. l., the City Hall
was opened as q haven for the home
less.
Looters also plagued Woonsocket, r.
I. A storage shed was blown down at
the Herreshof1 Shipyard in Bristol, r.
l., birthplace OF Americas cup yachts.
Three ferry boats were wrecked at
Newport.
Mountain streams turned into raging
torrents in Vermont, isolating Rutland
where $50 families were carried from
their homes.
The wind demolished a building OF
the Boston g. Maine Railroad repair
shops at Concord, N. H., and caused
extensive damage to other structures
In Massachusetts, $4,000 worth OF
pleasure craft was wrecked by the tidal
wave at Gloucester. but the ports
hardy fishermen forgot their own city's
loss to prepare dories for use in other
stricken coastal cities. 1t was a repe-
tition Of the rescue work they did in
1896. when they manned dories as far
away as the Ohio River.
Gardner, Mass, estimated its damage
to buildings at half million dollars.
A neWsboy was electrocuted by live
wire at Easthampton, Mass; a Wor-
cester man was blown through a Win
dow and killed in a 5O-foot fall.
Nashua. N. H., called all municipal
workers to clear away debris to permit
restoration of power service.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
Relief
Continued From First Page }

London. Conn. in a Coast Guard am
phibian to establish headquarters
there for work in New England.
Fourteen disaster relief workers
went to the storm area between Long
Island and Maine and 20 to 80 more
were called in to follow them.
Various Government agencies were
quick to offer assistance. The Works
Progress Administration directed its
crews to stand by for special duty.
Aubrey Williams. acting administrator.
said several thousand men would start
cleanup work as soon as the storm
subsided Badly flooded areas in
Massac chusetts and Connecticut will be
manned first.
While Coast Guard boats We're trans
porting isolated families to safety in
dozens Of communities Red Cross Off
cials were trying to ascertain the ex-
tent OF the damage in order to COR
relate relief activities.
From meager messages sent by the
Coast Guards mobile radio stations,
they acquired the belief that greatest
damage had been done along Cape
Cod and in Rhode Island.
A typical message came from Robert
C. Rice. chairman Of the New London
(Conn) chapter Of the Red Cross. He
said about 900 families there needed
immediate assistance and added:
Homes, cl1thing and bedding
gone
Red Cross headquarters Immediately
Evening star., 1938-09-22
1926 Storm, Taking $40 Liues,
Worst IN u. S. u, Recent Years


nearly September killing
Alabama killing persons nung and leaving
l80 600 families
Two years later swept the West Indies
did $S5 900 900 Florida
which
killed IS cuba
but missed Florida ~
September g. l930Santo
o'
September IL, 193-Beliz British
March
lucky; killed, homees 90 ~ ~
September Rico
$4,000 damage ~ - '
December l6 1932-Cuba
September 16, l933-Mexico, killed
September l9, 1936-Northeaern
An
last ~ ~
March l6Tonadoes Alabama Tennessee
kansas, -
May 15-Gale in New York
July 15-Sorms over the Middle Atlantic
23-26-Cmax
New England hit hardest
floods in the
Evening star., 1938-09-22

villages was West Hampton, a summer
playground for New York society,
where at least 140 homes were wrecked.
A dozen bodies lay in the exclusive
West Hampton Country Club, many
unidentified.
New England Hart Hit.
OF the seven States hit by the
storm, Massachusetts had the largest
number of dead. with II.
More than 100 were known to be
dead in the States Of Rhode Island,
Vermont and New Hampshire alone
| with lO4 bodies already definitely
identified and the toll rising fast-as
rising flood threat added a new
danger.
Huge sections Of New England were
all but paralyzed amid wreckage
tossed up by the triple terror. Of last
nights fierce winds. huge tidal waves
on the coast and rising rivers inland
National Guardsmen moved into %
Massachusetts, towns to preserve order,
as looting Of storm m-smashed stores was
reported from various sectors.
The toll of death, which rose stead
l1y as cities and sections isolated since
last night dug out of the ruins. struck
heavily on Cape Cod and its adjacent
territory and in the nearby State Of
Rhode Island.
Near the base of the cape alone 2l
were known to be dead, and seven
missing.
Westerly, R. l., alone reported
20 dead, mostly from drowning, while
81 still We're missing.
Springfield Dixie Breaks.
Inland. a section OF a dixie in West
Springfield, Mass, gave way early to-
day, letting water from the swollen
Connecticut River into the thickly
populated lower section of the town
At Springfield, observers reported the
Connecticut was still rising. with the
crest expected within another "a hours.
Three National Guard companies aided
police in evacuating residents of the
south and north ends of the city. The
Red Cross set up emergency headquar-
ters in four high schools to prepare
for the increasing flood menace. The
level Of the river early today was re-
ported at 25.2; as compared with the
peak Of 28.6 in the disastrous 1895
flood.
On the opposite side OF the Bay
State, at Lowell, highways and low
lying residential areas were inundated
by the rising waters Of the Merrimack
Evening star., 1938-09-22
SUBMARINE BASE HIT
HARD AT NEW LONDON

The United States submarine base
at New London, Conn, was seriously
damaged during yesterdays storm, the
Navy Department was notified today
by Capt. r. S. Edwards, U. S. NJ, base
commanding officer. There were no
serious personnel injuries. Details of
the damage were not listed.
The Navy Department announced
that the commandantsg of the 1st and
Sd Naval Districts have been directed
to render all possible assistance in
the New England areas swept by the
storm. Local Navy posts and stations
have assisted in maintaining COM
mpnications and haye furnished res
cue and fire. fighting parties, the Navy
Department announced.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
Storm
Continued From First Page }

NSOutlllueu from F1TSC PaRe.)
London, Conn, where 10000 people
live, was among the old cities badly
hit. Damage there was put at $4,-
0C0,000, most Of it from fire.
In New England, where observers
in airplanes spotted piles OF splinterec
kindling wood which had been cottages
little while before, the discovery Of
the dead was running far ahead o1
efforts to identify them. In the early
afternoon, around 100 victims already
had been identified.
The dead included, as well, three
Coast Guardsmen who died at theil
posts of rescue at Woods Hole, Mass
The storm flooded hundreds of miles
of rich farm lands, ripped out bridges,
railroads and highways. demolished
buildings, sank boats, destroyed live
stock, tore down telephone and light
wires and left scores of communities
isolated in chaos and fear
Volunteer workers dropped worka-
day tasks to search debris for bodies
Of missing victims or rescue residents
marOoned by floods. Red Cross au-
thorities mobiliZed their forces to feed
and comfort hysterical refugees
Coast Guard headquarters in Wash
ington dispatched $500 men and scores
Of cutters to the storm scene. The
Coast Guard estimated between 500
and TOO small fishing and pleasure
craft had been sunk or driven ashore.
The hurricane, which spared the
Florida and the Southern coast as it
curved northward, by a similar f1uke
missed New York City in its haphazard
march Of destruction.
Sections of Manhattan and the
Bronx were plunged into darkness for
hours, and power failure stranded
several thousand subway patrons un-
derground for several hours, but the
rock-based skyscrapers of the city
weathered the winds easily. Torrential
rains forced hundreds of residents in
low-lying sections of the Bronx to flee
to safety.
Waves Batter Long Island.
Waves battered the entire l0O-mile
length Of Long Island, washing away
hundreds of small summer cottages
and beach buildings. Among them
was lighthouse that had withstood
the seas whims for rs years.
Most forlorn Of the Gold Coasts
Evening star., 1938-09-22
NEW LONDON HIT
BYF|RE; IN STORM
National Guardsmen Patrol
City-Loss Estimated
at 100000.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW LONDON, Conn, Sept. 22.-
National Guardsmen patrolled this
stricken city Of 10000 today as work
ers tackled the gigantic task Of mop
ping up after fire and gale that
caused five deaths and at least 81, ,0OO,-
900 loss.
The fire, starting late yesterday
afternoon along the waterfront, ate
its way three blocks inland wholly or
partly destroying between 80 and 40
buildings, some of them on Bank
street, the city's principal thorough
fare.
Fire Chief Thomas Shipman said the
loss would be at least $l,00O,0OO
Origin OF the blaze was undetermined
The bowling gale toppled trees and
LETT scarcely structure in the city un-
damaged to some extent.
Two Dead Identified.
Only two of the dead were identified,
Fred Washburn was found dead in
hk automobile, apparently victim of a
heart attack at the height of the
storm. and Alfred Stoll was injured
fatally when struck by a door blown
from his garage.
A young man who apparently over
exerted himself trying to chop his way
through a tree-blocked street was
found dead beside his automobile. Two
persons were drowned.
Few local telephones were operating
today and many streets still were i'm
pSssable.
gUnoflcial estimates placed the total
storm damage as at least $4,000, 900.
Ocean Beach, popular summer resort,
virtually was swept away as the gale,
roaring in from Long Island Sound.
tore at the more than 200 cottages and
boarding houses along the short front.
Hospitals treated SIS persons for in
jtries.
Shipping Seriously Manned.
Shipping suffered seriously as the
gale scattered small craft far and
wide. An Army boat, putting back to
Its dock here after an unsuccessful at
tempt to reach Fishers Island, NJ Y,
found waves sweeping so high it could
not tie up.
The captain maintained steerage way
while members of the crew tossed ap-
proximately so passengers to the wait
ing arms of bystanders on the dock.
Several were injured, one woman Suf-
fering broken hip The boat man.
aged to dock after the gale subsided.
Evening star., 1938-09-22

instructed its New York ONCE to rush
emergency medical supplies to New
London by Coast Guard plane.
The New London Submarine Base
informed the Navy Department last
night that piers and some repair
shops there were under 4 feet Of water.
Extensive damage to the piers and
some small craft was reported. Seven
submarines and the destroyer Ham
ilton were at the base, but there was
no mention Of damage to those vessels.
Many communities appealed Tor
, cots and anti-typhoid serum. Red
Cross officials held of sending any
supplies from here until equipment
nearer the scene has been exhausted
When the rescue work has been fin.
ished the Red Cross will take charge
OF feeding and housing the storm VIC
TINS. Later it will direct rehabilita-
tion Of those whose homes were de-
stroyed.
In the meantime Coast Guardsmen
not only carried scores Of persons
from flooded homes in motor lifeboats,
but their sturdy cutters braved the
| gale to aid ships at sea. Officers esti-
mated that from 500 to TOO small fish,
ing and pleasure craft were lost. sunk
or driven ashore.
Many Of the tiny Coast Guard sta
tions which dot the sandy shores of
Long Island were destroyed. and the
crews escaped in boats. One message
relayed to headquarters here last
night said:
"Guardsman at Ditch Plains, Long
Island, reports his radio receiver is out
OF commission, but he can work trans
mitter. His boathouse has been washed
away and he has one boat left, but it
is out Of commission"
There wasn't any more word from
the Ditch Plains station, but a head
quarters aide remarked:
"You can bet he's still on the Job,
all right"