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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-11
S1IsT CIRCLE E
IrINCS HELD

/ Martha Sulhnger circle
T., reorganization meeting
u. |. B. Hughes as host
NJ NJ. Charles R. Whitaker
~, ~ and the devotional was
a' ~ Mrs. Roy c. Bennett.
p :: Of officers resulted
' %Sn.s Mrs. Whitaker was
.o ..o$ chairman; Mrs. R. D.
sts &T1l ro-chairman and mis-
f'aI n5,. combined; Mrs. A. D.
$.~' secretary; Mrs. G. c.
1'a''' .rrasurer; and the fol-
pes ..birmen. Mrs. ]. T. Hill,
:, service; Mesdames K, {.
fl' I. .rt J. II. Lampley, flow
n' NJ william Lott, htera-
w. u Hughes, enlistment. 1t
s,rifed 10 have the mission
y. .bc regular meetings.
q y, q, members. including one
s.' e Nrs. ]. W. McCrary,
: v .,,ssrt. During the social
: /, ,S,H. the hostess served de-
i,gs refreshments.
~ y, meeting of the Mamie Bo-
o' .;rrie was held at Mrs.
Trrphy's home and open
pt. ne nrayer by Mrs. Mary C.
o.. mo new ". VI. S. presi-
Pun rs,o spoke on the aims Of
-, ~" An appropriate de-
W wa, given for the New
.-s -. Miss Flora Cavenaugh,
/ y ,;siror. Ms. Murphy con-
~ me business session and
E, decided 20 have the mis-
| -,rtirs in connection with
.s ,-T meetings. Mrs. Muir
IT. on the work of the
/. Jnring the coming year,
/ -. women voted TO sponsor
IS v, A. They also planned
.i.rar, for the general meet.
:, Monday. The election OF
~'N' foIiowed: Mrs. Murphy
YES - .L,i,.mgn. Mrs. Al
| NIL assistant chairman;
v, 4. Bennett, secretary;
| Albert Beck, treasurer;
/ " p Whitmre. chairman
/ ,,isSion study; Mrs. W. K;
has. chairman Of personal
r., Mrs. 5. Maxwell, trans
Lion. Mrs. c. A. Hardy. lit
knre. Thirteen members and
= visitors enjoyed the sweet
4 s. and coffee.
H. C. ". Justices home was
Escpne of meeting Of the ram
! Heck circle which was called
brder by Mrs. Arthur Redeem
4 rave the devotional after
ter By Mrs. J. H. Johnson.
/ following officers were elect
! chairman. Mrs. E. T. Hender-
vice chairman. Mrs. J, Il.
Esop. secretary, Mrs. H. Z.
T.: treasurer, Mrs. VI. VI.
fep: chairman Of literature.
4 Redden; personal service,
4 Baldwin: mission study, Mrs.
Brooks. The hostess served
fwicheS. cookies and tea IN
luSiOR-
f.. v. F. Bowman, last years
man. was hostess at the
ling Of the Sarah Egerton cir
meeting. Mrs. ". c. Powell
/ the deyotionS. The election
| Ulcers was held with the fol-
h. results: Chairman, Mrs.
Cox. vice-chairman, Mrs. H.
iuss; secretary. Mrs. A. p.
assistant secretary and re-
L.. Mrs. }linguS Shipman;
&ugey, Mrs. Madge Stepp; the
wing chairmen: VI i S / o n
Mrs. Powell; personal SER
1 Ms. J. T. wilkins; htera-
/ Mrs.. 4. '. Reese; flowers,
B. 4. Egerton: transporta-
| Mrs. Bowman: distributor OF
i, Ms. r. c. Jowitt. 1t was
|ei 10 take up the mission
/ book at the meetings for
Months and then have an all
session and examinations.
nal service Tor this month IS
Sribute literature among the
ia people. A salad course
coffee were served to 10
l0erS and two visitors.
b LOttle Moon circle met
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SHL. uIS' CIeu OuuuuIn called the
meeting to order and the election
of officers followed. Mrs. Fred
Toms was made chairman; Mrs.
Howard Bennett, assistant chair
man; Mrs. Herbert West, secre-
tary and treasurer; the chairmen
elected were as follows: Personal
service, Mrs. w. E. Davis; mission
study, Mrs. r. K. Orr; literature,
Mrs. o. NJ. Brown; transporta-
ton, Mrs. Harley Shipman; dis
tributor of tracts, Mrs. Davis.
During the social hour an iced
course was served.
PRESBYTERIAN CIRCLES
MEET
Circle No. met at the home of
Miss Claudia Sample with Mrs. A.
c. Fowler as joint hostess. Mrs.
E. R, Sutherland presided and
Mrs. j. r. Sewer gave the Bible
lesson. Miss Sample presented
Fresh Facts from the Foreign
Mission Fields. Twelve members
and three guests were served
simple refreshments.
The meeting of Circle No. 2
was held with Mrs. G. n. Moland
as hostess, and fifteen were in at
tendance. The chairman, Mrs. H.
w. Fuller, read a New Years
greeting from a summer member,
Mrs. C. NJ. Wallace, of St. Peters
burg, Fla. Mrs. l.. R. Barnwell
conducted the program on the
subject for the month. Mrs. Full
Ter gave the devotional from He
brews and St. James, and during
the business session announced
that Mrs. Patterson, sister OF
Mrs. Frank Sanford, will speak
at the auxiliary meeting next
oMnday on her work in China.
Plans were made for an all-day
meeting on January 20 at the
home of the Misses Laing to re-
view the foreign mission book,
Glorious Living. Mrs. Fuller pre-
sided at the tea table from which
sandwiches and Russian tea were
dispensed to fifteen members.
Circle No. 3 held its meeting
at the home of Mrs. L. t. Wilds,
Jr.. who presided in the absence
of Mrs. R. C. Kuhn. Ten mem
bers were present. Mrs. A. G..
Randolph presented the Bible
study from Hebrews Mrs. Craw-
ford Smith was in charge OF the
program on Foreign Missions.
Dainty refreshments were served
during the social half hour.
The meeting of circle No. 4 was
with Mesdames Alva Lowe and
Florence Franklin as hostesses at
the home of the former. Mrs. T..
L. Grey was in the chair and made
the opening prayer. The Bible
study was in charge of Mrs. l..
K. Singley. The chairman con-
Quoted a short program on For
eign Missions, an enjoyable tea-
ture of which was a talk on her
work as a missionary to China by
Mrs. Patterson, sister of Mrs.
Frank Sanford. Mrs. Singley clos
ed with prayer. Simple refresh
ments were served to thirteen
members and one visitor.
Mrs. Frazier Blair was hostess
at the meeting of circle No: 3
conducted by the chairman, Mrs
Thomas II. Franks. Mrs. w: w.
Carpenter presented the devo-
tional. Mrs. L. A. Blair had the
program on The Far East, assist
ed by Mrs. Laurence Mckay.
Cookies and hot chocolate were
served to nine members. -.
An unusually large meeting OF
circle No. 7 was held last even
inc at the home of Miss Anne
Weeks with Miss Laurie Carson,
chairman, in charge of a short
nrogram. Mrs. L. T. Wilds, Jr.,
presented the devotional pro-
cram. Sandwiches and hot choco-
late were served to sixteen mem
hers
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MISSIONARY SOCIETY
IN SESSION

The Woman's Missionary soci-
ETY. of Grace Lutheran church
met last evening at the home of
Mrs. j. O.. Witt with about the
usual attendance. The president,
Mrs. G. C. HUT, called the meet
ing to order, after which Mrs.
Emma Sutton presented the devo-
tlonal on Our Highland Heritage.
By her invitation the Rev. Mil
Ter, who was president of the Iron
Mountain School for Boys, and
who is now supplying as pastor
of this church for awhile, made a
splendid talk in line with the sub
Ject. After adjournment salad
course was served.
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Y. w. A. REPORTS
MEETING

The Y. W. A. of the First Bap-
fist church met last evening with
the new president. Miss Claris
Russ, with Miss Almeria Russ as
Joint hostess. Following the bust
ness session Miss Juanita Hamilton
conducted the program. A salad
course was served during the So
cial hour to Is members and one
visitor.
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ST. LANES YOUNG
SIonEN,S cIIJR MEETS

Miss Marie Louise Nutting and
Mrs William Stokes were joint
bostesses last night at theform,,
er's home to the Young Womans
cInb of St. James Episcopal
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"' MRS. {. R. McMANAWAY, Editor
Telephone
Number
90

church.
Officers for the new year were
elected as follows:
Miss Winona Ewbank, presi.
dent; Miss Julia Atkin, secretary
treasurer; Mrs. John Melvin.
chairman of the social welfare
committee.
An article on the situation in
the Far East was read by Mrs.
John l.. Sewer.
Refreshments were served to
about ~ members.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-11

"GENTLE ON MY THROAT. Others
atthe RKO-Radio studios agree with
ne-Barbara Stanwyck and Herbert
Marshall, for instance" (Reason:the
"Toasting" process expels certain
throat irritants found in all tobacco
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-11

8 Auc1IoNEERs, BUYERS AND wAREHousEmtN
.,,',st he able to Judge tobacco at glance.
S,vorn records show that among independent
experts, Luckies have twice as many ex1l Wits
s,,sSl,ers as all other brands combined. With
~ know tobacco best. ..its Luckies z tol.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-11

a. "Now AS REGARDS TOBACCO.
Luckies' flavor has always appealed
to me very much. So I was interested
to read recently that Luckles are
the favorite cigarette among the
tobacco experts themselves"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-11

I. I'm SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING. my
new RKO-Radio picture" says Ann
Sothern, "there's scene where the
girl gets married on a jolting truck,
and it turned out to be knockout!
But for me, as an actress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27

New York, Dec. T.-(UP)-John Mulholland, prestidigitator and author said today that Bouncing Bertha" Sybert of St. Charles. Va, was hoodwinking anyone who be- heved spirits were shaking her bed.
 It was noteworthy, he said, that whenever such reports of super natural manifestations cropped out. the mediums were in nearly all cases young girls. The most note worthy such case was the Salem witchcraft delusion, of 1892, when ten young girls accused Tituba. West Indian slave of Rev. Samuel Paris, and two old women, with having bewitched them and set off panic that resulted in hundreds of trials and led 19 suspected witches to death on Gallows Hill.
 Another parallel, Mulholland said was that the spirits" usually worked at the girls bedsides.
 Every instance on record of children being bewitched or sur- rounded by ghosts has been discov- cred to be, upon scientific investiga- tion, the work of a child," he said. Enough instances of childish trick cry have been disclosed in the past several hundred years to diScredit all indications Of bedside ghosts"
 Two University of Tennessee pro- fessors, Alexa Brett and George Has- lerudD who observed the nine-yeaE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
Bouncing Bertha" Called Fake By Great Magician

old Virginia girls bed-shaking, re- ported last week that 1t was caused by the child's voluntary muscular action, and not by ghosts or witches.
 The child's parents and neighbors in the little coal mining town have gathered nightly since Nov. 6 trying to dispel the ghosts" with hymns, Hoe Doon" music and prayers, but the ghosts" ignored them and continued to shake Bertha's bed".
 ''In 1762," Mulholland said "the daughter of an Englishman, named Parsons, had all of Europe interest ed in her bedside spirits. The case was called the Cock Lane ghost Scientists finally discovered that all the manifestations were caused by the girl herself.
 Again in 1848, in the little town of Hydesville, N. Y, the young daughter of John and Margaret Fox also produced manifestations which the neighbors attributed to ghosts. These two little girls, Margaret and Katherine Fox are looked upon as the real founders of spiritualisn. Scientists later discovered that their work also accomplished by volln- tary muscular action and later In life both Margaret and Katherine admitted that this was SO"
 Mulholland is the author of the recently published book, Beware Familiar Spirits" !"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
Came Up Suddenly as If 1t Meant Business, But
 Floats Away
STREETS, HOWEVER, IN
 VERY SLUSHY SHAPE
But Cold Wave Out of Canada Is On Its Way
 Over All East

Waterbury's post Christ mas blizzard which caused a number of motor accidents, none serious, threatened to develop into the storm of the year early this morning, was gone without the wind today. But ankle-deep slush, rivers where gutters should be, and underfoot muck, flying slush from cratic automobile wheels, remained to poster the pedestrian throughout the morning.
 A large crew from the street de- partment started on the gutter clearing work at o'clock, later was augmented by the entire personnel of the department Only one conn., plaint of clogged catch basin had been received by the department at noon today, however.
 Cold Wave Coming
 Fore-runner of predicted freezing temperatures, with the lowest read- ing of the year promised for New York as a Canadian cold spell trav- els eastward, the weather this af- ternoon grew milder on the eve of the threatened frigidity. The max imum temperature for the past 24 hours was 40 degrees, the minimum % degrees, by Plumbing Inspector James R. Walkers official ther-. mometer. .s
 One of the heaviest snowfalls of the present winter cloaked Water bury with about three inches of snow late last night and early to- day. The wind howled over the Green and the few motorists who drove on downtown streets proceeded slowly, unable to see but few feet because of the density of the snow flurries.
 Snow Becomes SIush
 With morning, however, the snow became SluSh and children with
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
Radio Announcer, Two News Reporters Seize Bandits

Hello" May said. q came in to get warm" 'Howya," the man said. Are you a farm hand?" Yeah" "What's the name of this placer" T don't know" He raised himself up on his elbows and blurted: I'm the guy you're looking for" He said he was Roberts-a suspect in a Ne braska city holdup- p-and pulled up one leg of his overalls to show a bullet wound in his leg. He said the police had shot him. He had no weapon.
 q just crawled in here to get warm" he. said. May weighs only 135 pounds. He was not armed. He hurried outside, summoned his eri- gineers and set up the broadcasting equipment in the shed. He ques- toned Roberts on the radio before police were aware of the capture Later, as Roberts was being taken away to a hospital, May thanked him for the scoop"
 Thirty minutes later Sedlack and Jones were talking to . roomine house landlady at Q rear door. They heard c noise at q basement win dow, investigated, and found Brown near collapse from cold and hum ger. They summoned police. Thl other fugitives remained ct large but police predicted they would bs captured soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
PRESIDENT CALLS R. R. CONFERENCE

Washington, Dec. 2T - (uP) = President Roosevelt took personal charge today of legislative efforts to rehabilitate the railroad industry.
 He made arrangements to confer this week with Chairman Wheeler, D., Mont. of the Senate interstate commerce committee, and hCairman Lea, D., Calf, of the House inter- state commerce committee to dis cuss the recommendations made by a joint management-labor commit tee appointed by MT. Roosevelt to study the problem.
 Wheeler may call at the White House today. He is expected to ex- press opposition to some of the committees recommendations, es- pecially those calling for abandon ment and sale of the federal barge lines on the inland waterways and the repeal of the long-and-short haul clause of the present inter- state commerce act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
MAN GIVEN
 ROLE IN PICTURE

Hollywood, Dec. 27-(UP)-A taxi driver got movie job today as a Christmas gift from Rex OMalley, Broadway stage actor.
 OMalley, working with Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche in the mo- tion picture Midnight" drove from his hotel to the studio every day the past month behind the same cabbie, Hans McF'ayden.
 ''What would you like for Christ mas?" asked the actor.
 '"To be in your shoes," the cabbie replied. T used to be an actor until I found I could do better driving a cab. I've still got my screen actors guild card"
 ORalley obtained for the cabbie an interview with Mitchell Leisen, directing the picture. The director said McF'ayden was just the type for a role that is open.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
PHIL PLANT WEDS
 SHOW GIRL TODAY

New York. Dec. 27-CUP)-Phil Plant, playboy, sportsman and chick en farmer, was aboard the liner Nor mandie with his third bride today, bound for Africa and safely out of reach of the WilliamNE. Shorten de- tective agency which is trying to sue him for $18,500 for sleuthing it did on him for his second wife.
 Once at sea, he sent word back by radio telephone that he had not sailed to avoid the suit, but to col lect some wild animals for jungle exhibit he and Frank Buck planned to have at the worlds fair next year.
 His bride is the former Marjorie King, show girl. This marriage, he said, was "for keeps" He said the same thing in 1884 when he married Mrs. Edna Durham and retired with her to his chicken farm near New London, Conn. His first wife was Constance Bennett, the movie star, on whom he was reported to have settled $1,O00,000 after her Paris divorce. He paid the second Mrs. Plant $173,500.
 He is the adopted son of the late Commodore Morton M. Plant, rail- road and steamship operator, from whom he inherited $15,000,O00.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 27 = U.P9 = A radio announcer and two news paper reporters went out to a corn field last night to wait in safety while 50 policemen searched for four escaped prisoners. The police had no luck but the newsmen made their own news. They captured two of the fugitives.
 The fugitives, Marion Brown, S2, Phil Erwin, 30, Fred Roberts, S4, and Paul Romano, 38, escaped from the Douglas County jail Christmas night. Policemen sighted them in a stolen automobile last night and chased them to the G gorge Cock Till farm, 20 miles south of Omaha, The fugitives abandoned the auto mobile and escaped with policemen firing several shots at them. Two engineers, carrying portable broadcasting equipment, were at the scene with announcer Foster May and reporters George Sedlacek and Ernie Jones of the Omaha News Bee. They waited in zero weather for two hours while the police anc
 farmers beat through the under.
 brush and searched woodpiles anC
 shaclxs. May wandered oil to find place to get warm. He saw a hght
 in barn and went in. A man 1T tattered overalls, was stretched ou
 on a cot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
 SUITS STARTED
Claims for Damages of About $75,OOO Filed in
 Common Pleas Court

Post-holiday law suits represent ing claims for approximately $75,- 900 damages were filed today in the court of common pleas for return the first Tuesday of January, 1899.
 A variety of allegations are made as basis for the litigation, but the preponderance of cases are those filed by Bank Commissioner Walter Perry, receiver for the Merchants Trust company against delinquent note holders.
 Fatal Accident
 A fatal accident on East Main street, December 1897 at 12:15 a. m. is the basis of a $15,000 suit against Edward Mauzerol by Henrietta E. San Soucie, administrative of the estate of the late Mrs. Nellie Ryan. Mauzerol is alleged to be hit-and- run driver who caused the death of the 72-year-old domestic. He was sentenced to jail on charges which arose from the accident.
 Novel Accident
 Louis DuroScher, ST., sues Mrs. Eva Herbst, proprietor of property at 89 Dikeman stret for injuries, re- ceived in a novel accident.
 Duroscher, tenant in the build- ing, claims he almost bled to death from a hand injury sustained when 8 window was blown in by gust of wind. The glass struck his hand, and as a further result he has lost control of two fingers of his right hand, according to the complaint. (Continued on Page Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
$l,OOO PER SEAT
 AT CARROLL SHOW
Trick Stage Machinery Had Show of Their Own
 Not on Regular Bill

BY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN United Press Staff COrrespondentr
 Hollywood, Dec. 27-UPl-Earl Carroll placed an ice pack on his pallid brow today and hoped for the. best after such 6 super -super-super premiere as even his blase, sl,000-' per-seat cabaret customers never ex- pected.
 He promised that henceforth the prima donna wouldn't disappear through the floor while singing her aria in his new theater restaurants that no waiter would stumble with tray of ice cream in the midst Of classical dance; that the micro phones wouldn't go dead at the wrong moments, and that the cur tains wouldn't open any more by mistake.
 The trouble. as Carroll explained. seemed to be that there was too
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
FRANCE RUSHES
 ANNOUNCEMENTS
French Somaliland Called for Aid-Italy Sending
 Troops to Frontier
BY RALPH HEINZEN

United Press Staff COrreSpOndent)
 Paris, Dec. 27-UP)-The gov- ernor general of French Somaliland has urgently asked Paris for army and navy endorsements, it was re- ported today, and the requested aid has been sent.
 The Paris Soir reported from Djibouti that the governor general acted because of an Italian concen- tration of troops on the frontier and attempts by Italians to demonstrate in favor of Italian claims to French Somahland.
 Two other Paris papers also re- ported heavy Italian troops move mentS in East Africa.
 Italians Moved Up
 Pertinax, writing in L'Ordre, and Mime. Genevieve TabouiS, writing in L'Oeuvre, asserted that contingents of Ascaris, the native soldiers of Italian East Africa, had been moved up to support a force of between 500 and 700 Italians who six months ago occupied six frontier posts which France claims to be on its side of the border.
 Both writers, who enjoy interna- tional regulations as commentators on foreign affairs, said that recent reports indicated that the Italians had 91,000' Italian troops, 150,000 na- tive troops and 130,000 working sol. fiierS'' in East Africa against onlv a small force in French Somaliland.
 Wide asphalt military roads had been built from Italian Eritrea to the French Somaliland border, it was asserted.
 Envoys Asked to Stop
 As these reports were published Premier Edouard Daladier com pleted his diplomatic program, by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
TWO ESCAPED
 PRISONERS BACK

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 27-(UP)- Two of three prisoners who escaped from county jan carry Sunday were back in their cells today.
 James P. May, 28, was recaptured within six hours after he left the jail. Joseph Novak, g, was arrested while asking food at 8 city shelter.
 Howard R. Vrendenberg, 2, still was at large.
 T don't know why we did it," Novak told police.
 May and Novak were held in $2,- 500 bonds each for superior court where they will be charged with jail-breaking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-27
City Sheriff Nardona Made Supernumerary
Special Meeting of Police Board Was Held Saturday; Nardona Will Be in Charge of Program for
 City Tax Collections

City Sheriff Angelo J. Nardona was appointed a member of the po- lice department supernumerary force at a special meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners Saturday noon, it was learned to- day. The board made the appoint ment at the request of Mayor Frank Hayes.
 In a communication to the board, Mayor Hayes said that the sheriff would be in charge of a program of tax collections for the city, and that "any complications" would be avoid eo If the sheriff were made super numerary policeman.
 Called By Mayor Hayes
 The special meeting was called by Mayor Hayes, and each commis- sioner was officially notified of the session. The appointment of Sheriff Nardona as supernumerary was the only action taken by the board.
 Considerable surprise was ex- pressed several months ago when the city sheriff filed an application for appointment to the supernumer- ary force. It is understood that he will not seek renomination by the Democratic party in next years city election.
 May Become Regular
 Observers believe that sheriff Nardona will be appointed regu- lar patrolman before 1889 comes to close.
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