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The Washington times., 1938-10-25
Little Bit of Ribbing

I CAME in for a nice little piece Of ribbing N.Y.
self today. friend Of mine has recently
broken his wrist. and told me that my attempt at
writing was so rotten that HE was going out for
a job and call HIS column Johns Wrist"
Broken bedraggled and bum.
To speak of something quite opposite from
bum do you know Mrs Marshall Finnan? (Mr.
Finnan is the Superintendent Of National Capital
Parks) Energetic, attractive and goodlooking;
she's interested in anything that does good; she
has two adored little children, she's afraid of
nothing and her house has always been my envy.
Way up on top of a hill in the heart of the Park
she lives lovely, useful, and almost charmed
life Don't forget that no OTHER person can
charm your life FOR you you must do it yourself.
So my toast today is to Mrs Marshall Fnnan.
The Washington times., 1938-10-25

No Sign of Recognition
TNHE towns two Abraham Lincolns of the sea-
= son, Raymond Massey and Stephen Court
leigh, pass each other, without salute. on Forty
sixth and Broadway. There Is blind fiddler
on Fifty.first Street. between Sixth and Seventh
Avenues, and his nightly concerts are delight
to the ear. He stood there Wednesday night
as Fritz Kreisler was passing merely tuning up
:. Too bad; should very much have liked Kreis-
Ter to have heard him. There is amusement in
the face of MISUNDERSTANDING gentleman in
striped trousers with razor crease. tightlyroled
umbrella crooked to an arm, who peers into the
window of the gadgetladen drug store on Madi-
son Avenue, near the Ritz-Carlton. Not medi-
cament in the entire window but razors mirrors.
cigarette holders, ETC.: giggle to an eminent
physician, Lord Dawson Of Penn, medicine man
to the King of England.
THE fellowship of man in America On Forty
seventh and Sixth there is Chinese hand
laundry on the ground floor; directly above
Japanese restaurant. Old-time songmen 74-year-
old Joe Howard, middle-aged Harry Carroll,
youngish Irving Conn. :" IT Wonder Who's Kiss
ing Her Now. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
YES. We Have No Bananas. East Side
women's accessory store called aye Success
Shoppe" now displaying sales sign: Going Out
Of Business" Few waiting stagedoor Johnnies
these nights; you will find them instead, usually
at rear tables or at the bars Of the Paradise the
International Casino and the Midnight Sun
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09
JAMES R. BECK
PASSES away
Funeral Held This Morning
at Shaws Creek Camp
Ground

Funeral services for James
Robert Beck, S3, who died at his
home here on Tuesday morning
at AIS o'clock, were conducted
this morning at 1880 o'clock at
Shaws Greek Camp Ground:
The Rev. George Pennell was
in charge of the services and bur-
ial followed in the cemetery at
Shaws Creek.
Mr.. Beck was a native of Swain
county. He was q member of the
Oeconia Lufty Baptist church, in
Swain county, but had held men,
berShip here for the past ii
years.
He is survived by eight chill
dren: Wiley Beck of Rutherford
county, Mrs. Ida Rhodis of Bal
four, Gordon Beck of Henderson
vile, Mrs. C. H. Happis of NAL
ion, Mrs. Clara C. Pittman. of
Hendersonville, w. II. j. Beck of
Virginia, DIR. G. Beck of Hender-
sonville, and Sylvanis H. Beck of
Hendersonville.
He is also survived by Al grand
children and six great-grandchil-
dren.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09

MANU. Fla, June 9. (UP)-G-Men found the body
of ve-yearod Jimmy Cash in cump Of palmettos early
today and recovered the $4,000 which had been
paid by the boys father. ~
They directed to the location of the body and
money by suspect in the case, Franklin Pierce
Mccall, 81 native of Princeton, Fla where the Cash
family lives -
Mccall is married, but has no children He has part
time employment He the of former pastor Of the
Princeton Nazarene church and brother of the present
pastor.
J. Edgar Hoover, who led party of Omen into the
desoate mangrove swamps at midnight to the
body of the baby and the money said early today that
Mccall had confessed to writing three notes and
collecting the ransom. l...y -. 49,
Hoover declared, however, that Mccall denied any
part the actual kidnapping murder He added that
others might be involved in the case
States Attorney g. A Woriey announced e VIII
call Ia special grand jury term Immediately. u cdsder
the evidence against Mccall. 4 ,.jsss...
Meanwhile, coroner's jury was enpanelled at near
by Homestead and Mccall was placed under q heavy
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international Sector OF
Canton Struck by
Invaders

SHANGHAI, June 9. (UP)-
Shrapnel fragments from Japan
csc airplane bombs struck IN
Shameen today, endangerlng
Americans and other foreigners
on the little foreign-quarter IS
land in the Canton river facing
the city waterfront.
Fragments struck perilously
close to the Victoria hotel, CEN
ter for foreign residents.
Four Japanese airplanes began
the daily bombardment of the city
at 10 a. m. They concentrated IN
the Wongsha suburb and other
outlying quarters. ;,
Casualties were unusually light
because of the continued evacua-
ton of townspeople from the
city.
Big incendiary bombs had
struck, thudding softly, in Can
ton streets 400 yards from Sha-
meen in a moonlight lombard,
ment last night. Flames flashed
up from many fires and great Dill
lows of black smoke moved over
the city as the fires spread from
house to house. Firemen and res
cuers worked openly by the light
of the fires and the flares Whicn,
the Japanese aviators parachuteu
down to aid them in their destruc-
ton.
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AMERICA ANS ON SHAMEEN ARE
ENDANGERED BY JAP BOMBS

today and were within cannon
range Of still another point on
the Peiping-Hankow railway As
miles south of the city.
The fall of China's provisional
capital in Hankow was conceded
to be only a matter of weeks and
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek's
police there were forcing civilians
to evacuate the city, following de-
termination to leave "only an
empty shell" for the conquerors.
A desperate effort was being
made to conciliate the quarrel be-
tween. Generalissimo Chang and
his chief subordinate, General Ii
Tsung-jen of Kwangsi province,
and it was indicated that an
agreement might be reached I'M
der terms of which Chang would
put at least one-half of his own
personal soldiers into the new de-
tense line in the mountains 1875
miles north of the capital.
1t was reported in diplomatic
dispatches that one of LIS chief
charges against the Generalissimo
was that Chang was refusing con-
sistently to give credit to Ii for
his able defense of Suchow-fu
where he sacrificed the bulk of
his own provincial armies and
those of his Cantonese allies.
Ii was said to believe the gen.
eralissimo is determined that no
other Chinese commander shall
achieve a prestige threatening to
his own leadership. AS proof of
this the fact was cited that Lis
name was left off the list of gen.
erals receiving high decorations
for the Chinese victory at Taierh-
chwang preceding their eventual
defeat there and at Suchow-fu.
Crux of the quarrel, howveer,
was LIS determination Chang
shall not emerge from the war
Continued on page four)
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House Votes Military Reenlistment
Funds: Senate Gets Deficiency Bill

many and other nations,
Stefan charged the fund was
the "first step toward entangling
Americ ain foreign affairs"
On another front the senate
passed the house-approved $S1,.
100000 rivers and harbors bill
after eliminating provisions grant
ing the war department sole jur-
isdiction over water DEVELOPMENTS.
The bill goes back to the house
for concurrence in the changes.
Representatives Of the Railway
Labor Executives association,
composed Of the heads of 81 rail-
wya labor unions, conferred with
Senator Robert F. Wagner, D.,
N. Y, and Representative Robert
Crosser, D., Ohio, on q resolution
to provide for government oper-
alton Of the railroads in the event
mediation fails in, the current
wage dispute with the carriers.
The roads have served notice
that It will force Q Is per cent
wage cut July /. The union hesds
said that If the. government does
not take over the railways in the
event that mediation fails. the
only alternative is a possible
strike involving 100000 work.
ers.
Other congressional develop
ments:
A group Of representatives,
headed BY Representative John e.
Rankin. D., Miss, announced they
will meet to166fro~ TO draft plans
. Continued On page fourl
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HOUSE VOTES
100000 FOR
KIDNAP HUNTS
Would Finance Intensive
Drive Against Child
Snatchers

WASHINGTON, June 9. (UP)
The house, acting on President
Roosevelt's request in connection
with the Cash kidnap case, yes.
terday added 100000 to the final
deficiency bill for an intensive
federal bureau of investigation
drive against kidnapers.
The action came shortly after
Mr.. Roosevelt asked that $4,000
be appropriated by congress to
permit the FBI to continue its
search for the kidnapers who abb
Quoted 5-year-old Jimmy Cash
from his Princeton, Fla, home
nearly IL days ago.
Representative Clifton A. Wood
rum, D., Va, who is plotting the
deficiency bill through the house,
introduced series of amend
ments, one of which would have
made $4,000 available imme-
diately for the Cash case.
Another $4,000 was set up in
a special reserve fund for the
1889 fiscal year, and could be re-
leased by the president upon rec
concentration of Attorney-General
Homer S. Cummings for use in
abduction cases under federal in
vestigation.
The amendment was approved
without dissept,..,sS..ss,r...s. So .s...s.,,rs
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09
STILL FOUND
IN OPERATION
Sheriff's Department De-
stroys 6O.Gallon Outfit
in County

A 6O-gallon steamer still, in
full operation, was discovered and
destroyed by three members OF
the sheriff's department in the
North Mills River section yester-
day afternoon about 3 o'clock.
A man, working at the still,
fled into the mountains on the
approach of officers and escaped
Members of the party were
DEPUTIES W. A. Garren and c. G.
Mccall, and R. V. Kuykendall.
The outfit was of 6O-gallon ca
pacity, made of sheet metal, and
was in operation. Five gallons OF
sugar" liquor and about 90 gal
Ions of beer mash were also de-
stroyed.
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nerican Jewish Congress Plans
Fund For Refugees Coming To U.S.,

Mobilization in the United States
of refugees from lands of oppres-
sion and to make them produc-
tive members of the American
community.
"The newest action of the Ger
man government and other acts
of oppression make more impera-
tive than ever a union of all Jew
ish agencies for the defense of
the rights of Jews. This the
American Jewish congress is en-
deavoring to bring about and it
is hopeful that its efforts will
prove successful"
A meeting of the administra-
tive committee of the congress
has been called for tonight in
New York to discuss the new Ger
man edict. DR.. Wise, returning
from a western trip, will arrive
here early tomorrow in order to
attend.
Formerly o Jew emigratlng
from Germany was forced to sac
rifice up to SO per cent OF his
fortune, and not less than rs per
cent, according to his wealth, a
congress spokesman said. Now ne
may retain nothing.
Since the beginning of the Nazi
regime, 10000 Jews had flea
Germany by the end OF 1881
About 100000 Jews remain ~
Germany proper; another 19O,-
900 still are in Austria All Jews
are free to leave Germany II they
have no criminal record, there
being no emigration RESTRICTION
1Continued on page four)
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WASHINGTON, June 9. (UPl
The house last night passed and
sent to the senate the $277,628,-
600 final deficiency bill after
overriding administration objec-
tons to an amendment providing
for $3,075,000 for military reen-
listments.
There was no record vote on
passage.
The bill, which provides $751;
SO2, 900 for launching the admin
istration's naval expansion pro-
gram, also carries $94,285, 404 to
restore the capital of the Com
modify Credit corporation to
$1OO, 100000. AS passed, the mea-
sure is $21,265,000 below budget
estimates.
In addition the bill calls for
$40,561, 1886 for Is states for un-
employment compensation pay.
ments and $50,000,000 to refund
processing taxes collected under
the invalidated agricultural ad-
justment act.
Passage came shortly after the
house retained by a vote Of 205
to 121 an amendment by Repre-
sentative Byron Scott, D., Calf,
adding $3,075,000 for compensa-
ton for military reenlistments.
The house rejected an amend
ment by Representative Karl Ste
fan, R., Nebr., to strike out the
$4,000 fund for the information
al committee set up by Mr.. Roose-
welt and the state department to
aid political refugees from &c
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09
By DAN ROGERS
Ssyrlght, 1888, United Press)


:" YORK, June 8. (UP)-
american Jewish congress, in
exclusive statement to the
ga Press last night, proposed
pan Of financial assistance
might make the United
SS5 a haven for part of the
~ Jews stil in Germany
ne German ministry of eco
y tuesday by decree for
Jewish emigrants taking any
~ from the Reich. The
( Sti Jewish congress, acting
|t'' last night proposed es-
saLnent of a fund for MAIN
|,aS Se and rehabilitation in the
81 States of these refugees.
/ Stephen s. Wise, president
E,U congress, in a telephone
"e American Jewish con-
\, y prepared to initiate such
H. ~ u the United States as will
me Ne adequate funds for the
r.ehanee of refugees from
I'm. aay and Austria and their
! 4 s;n in this country until
I.,n u,ne as they may become
ss extraordinary session of
H. american Jewish congress,
H. Will be elected by a Demo
H. vote on June 25-27, will,
a. q meets, have as one of
3as. S' items on its agenda, a
$50 Of the action to be Ia
" provide funds for the re-
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Girl Scout Troop
IOne Award Court
Friday, 2:@ P. M.
Patrol Members Must Be
Present if Chosen To Be
Sent to Camp

Mrs Robert Gibbs today called
attention to the Girl Scout court
Of awards, to be held for troop
one at the Girl Scout cabin FRI
dav afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Gibbs said that it was I'M
nerative that all members of the
troop be present, since on their
presence tomorrow afternoon de-
bends the final choice of which
patrol will be chosen to be sent
to camp by the troop. She said
that the attendance of all girls
was also necessary in view of the
fact that at this time arrange
ments for transportation to camp
next Tuesday will be made.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM
HERE AT MONTREAL
FOR CONFERENCE

Young people of the Presbyter-
ian church who are attending a
conference at Montreal this week
end include Betty Ann Drysdale'
Jean Flanagan, Jane Powers,
Mary Transue, Frank Bly, and
Murphy Wilds. Mrs. o. K: Whli-
den, director of Young Peoples
work of the church, is to be a
counsellor at the conference.
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light Boyd Park For Night Sports
FILIBUSTER ON
LABOR BILL IS
DIXIE DECREE

WASHINGTON, June 8. (UP)
Seventeen southern senators to-
day issued q filibuster ultimatum,
unless a flexible 40-cent wage
standard is placed in the wage
and hour bill.
The southern group charged
that the compromise provisions
agreed upon by senate and house
cOnfereeS did not provide suf-
ficient flexibility in reaching the
Accent standard to meet south
ern demands.
The ultimatum demanded no
flat wage standard of more than
25 cents an hour be included in
the bill.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09
GRAIN THRESHING
LISENSES ON HAND

Grain-threshing licenses for
1888 are now available at the Of
fee of the register Of deeds, ]. c.
Coston announced today.
All threshing machines must be
licensed before they can operate
in the county. License plates will
be placed on each machine after
it is registered at the register OF
deeds office.
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day had offered $1,000 for infor-
nation leading to the arrest of the
kidnapers and made a plea for
private subscriptions chat will
raise the price upon the heads of
the abductors to q sum in excess
of the $4,000 ransom" paid flu
tilely by Cash. Rewards offered
in the case now total $5005.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09
CAROLINA NSTALLS
IMPROVED SCREEN

The Carolina theater today
completed installation of a new
projection screen.
The new screen is made in one
piece, eliminating the seams which
married the old-type screens and
the pictures as they were thrown
on them. 1t is Is by Is feet and
will increase the light of the
screen by approximately 80 per
cent and make for much better
reception on the part of the
theater patrons
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09
HENRY l. PHIFER OF
GAINESVILLE DEAD

Word has been received here of
the death yesterday Of Henry
Lansdon Phifer, Of Gainesville,
Ga.
Mr.. Phifer had spent many
summers in Hendersonville, resid-
ing at the Hendersonville Inn and
in Druid Hills. He was one Of the
leading bankers Of Georgia.
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guard against possible mob vio-
lence as a result of his confession
to having part in the abduction.
Jimmy's body was found half a
mile off the road in the lush, tan
gled mangrove country.
BODY IDENTIFIED ONLY
BY PAJAMAS
1t was little more than a skele-
ton and was identifiable only by
the white and rose colored PAL
amas that chung to it.
So far decomposed was the body
that the manner of death could
not be established, even after an
autopsy.
DR.. Thomas o. Otto Miami
surgeon who performed the au-
topsy, said that there were no
fractures, or bruises indicated.
G-Men believed that the boy
had either been smothered or
choked to death.
DISCOVERY MADE 18TH
DAY, AFTER CRIME
The find followed a day of in.
tensive activities in the 12-day-old
crime in which four men were re-
ported to be detained at FBl
headquarters here while all day
yesterday G-Men left temporary
headquarters at Princeton from
time to time in small groups, pre-
sumably to make special searches.
Late last night dozen G-Men,
clad in kahki clothes and carrying
shovels left headquarters here in
three automobiles, headed for
Princeton. Hoover, FBI chief &C
companied them.
The Miami Daily News yester-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09
CITY POLICEMAN
EDNEY IMPROVING

City Policeman c. H. Edney,
who has been confined to his home
for the past two weeks, was re-
ported today to be improving
slowly.
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WINDsoRS TO VISIT U. S.

NEW YORK, June 9. (UP)-
The Duke and Duchess of Wind
sor will visit the United States
next March, the United Press
learned definitely today from an
unimpeachable source.
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CHIANG'S BEST MEN
TO DEFEND HANKOW

SHANGHAI, June 9. (oP)-
japanese troops fought their way
into the environs of ChengcnoW
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SUSPECT Said TO CONFESS
WRITING RANSOM NOTES and
COLLECTING; RECOVER MONEY
Neighbor of Princeton Family Denies
Having Any Part in Actual
kidnapping Of Child
IS UNDER HEAVY GUARD TO.
PROTECT HIM FROM VIOLENCE
BULLETIN

MIAMI, Fla, June g. (UP)-Director J. Edgar Hoover
of the FB today revealed that Omen have completed
the solution of the kdnap staying of Jimmy Cash. despite
the of and of the youngsters
body and ransom money.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09

LONDON, June 9. (UP)-The
British destroyer Vance has been
sent to- Alicante on the southeast
Spanish coast, it was revealed to-
day as the government considered
means of stopping Spanish ma
tionaliSt bombings of neutral
ships.
The admiralty announced that
the Vance had been ordered yes
terday to proceed to Alicante
from Palma, island of Majorca.
The duty commander at the ad-
miralty office said that it was
possible the destroyer already had
arrived at Alicante, scene of re-
peated bombing attacks on Brit
ish vessels. He would not elabor-
ate on the announcement.
The British government was
understood to be considering a
plan to call a meeting of interna-
tional naval powers, similar to
the Nyon "anti-piracy" confer
ence held a year ago in Switzer-
land to discuss means of curbing
the areial bombings of neutral
ships.
Reliable informants said that
Britain, angered by repeated sink
ings and bombings of her mer-
chant ships in Spanish waters,
considered a plan of counter-ac-
ton calling for the posting of lin
ternational warships" in Spanish
ports.
These warshipS, pooled by the
major naval powers, would fire on
air raiders molesting British or
any other neutral ships.
The plan, it was pointed out, IS
still in an embryonic stage but is
regarded by foreign office and
admiralty experts as the only fea-
sible means of "reprisal" con-
forming to international law and
in keeping with the Spanish non
Intervention pledges of ~ ma
tions.
The attacks on British shipping
and Generalissimo Franc o
CONTINUED on page three)
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\ LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR
YFFLEBOARD COURTS

p new system designed for
ehufflebOard courts is also the
modern available at this
and will replace the present
Eng system in use at the
|ans for the opening of the
on Monday were discussed
JOINT meeting of the Cham
Of Commerce park and enter
Fnent committees yesterday,
me arrangements for Home
y week were made at the sug-
|on Of Mr.. Boyd.
lG9ne Folks week will bring
local people together at the
/ IN order that they may en-
'Conunued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-09
SEND BRITISH
DESTROYER TO
SPANISH PORT
Britain Proposes Pool Of
Sea Forces to Protect
Neutral Ships
WOULD BE POSTED
IN SPANISH PORTS

HENDAYE, French-Spanish
Frontier, June 9. (UP).-Span-
ish nationalist airplanes sank a
British merchantmen and a
French merchantmen in raids
last night, with the loss of two
British and three French lives,
loyalist dispatches said today.
A Madrid dispatch reported
that a British officer of the in
ternational non-intervention pa
troll named Edward Jones,
British seaman named Bulloch
and three French seamen were
killed aboard French vessel at
Denia, on the Mediterranean
coast between Valencia and AL
ciante. The ship blazed furious
ly off the port, the dispatch
said, as the bombs set fire to it.
The British steamship lsadora
was reported bombed and sunk
by nationalist planes, but with
out casualties, at CASTILLO ne La
Plana, above Valencia.
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WEATHER

r,,Jv and warmer tonight
s.obable scattered thunder
hover, Friday
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GOOD AFTERNOON

About this time 10 when moth.
srs all over the nation start count.
ing the days till the rs.opening
of school.