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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
Il DEAD, Il ARE
MISSING AFTER
STORM, FLOODS
CLEARING Promises Relief
But New Cold Wave
East of Rockies
Rv UNITED PRESS

A new cold wave moved out
of the far northwest today and
brought additional hardships to
most of the territory east Of the
Rocky mountains, already buffet
ed by icy winds, billiards. and
scattered floods.
Clearing skies promised some
relief in the north central states
from binding SHOWS that left COM
munications crippled. and whole
villages were isolated in drifts 80
feet high in their wake.
Road crews battled to reopen
trunk lines and highways in north
ern Michigan where there was 40
inches of snow.
Marquette, Mich, faced Il milk
shortage.
Niagara Falls ice moved down
the gorge, carving the torn steel
wreckage of Falls View bridge
which collapsed after 36-holr
battle with a 90-foot ice Jam. The
bridge linked the United States
and Canada and was known to
hundreds of thousands of honey
moonerS.
Lowering temperatures, ranging
from a few degrees above zero to
so below. extended from the Can
adian border to the Gulf of Mex
leo. Fruit growers in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and
Florida feared for their crons as
the mercury dipped below freez-
ing.
u. s. Weather Forecaster J. K.
Lloyd predicted no relief from the
intense cold wave for most of the
area east of the Rockies.
Slightly warmer temperatures
were predicted for the Lake Su-
perior region and in the lower Mis-
souri, and Mississippi valleys Sat
urday. Lloyd said there would be
little snow and no strong WindS.
The cold wave and the Illinois,
Wisconsin and Iowa floods which
preceded it, were blamed for loss
of at least II lives, four in Hi
nois, three in Indiana, three IN
Michigan and South Dakota.
Ten men were missing in north
ern Michigan and rescue crews
were seeking four youths who had
not been seen since leaving bas-
ketball game at Rexton, Mich,
Tuesday night.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
Vegetable Crops
In 2 Deep South
States Damaged
Mount Mitchell Has Rec
ord Temperature Of Eight
Below Zero
Rx UNITED PRESS

Frost and sub-freezlng tempera-
lures continued to blanket the
South Thursday night but weather
forecasters said the mercury would
begin a gradual rise some time
today.
The area of freezing weather
extended Thursday night from the
North Carolina mountains to the
north central truck farming and
citrus section of Florida.
Meantime. the low temperatures
which chilled southern farmlands
early today were reported to have
damaged early fruit and vegetable
crops in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Record low temperature for the
South was reported from atop Mt.
Mitchell. n. C.-highest point east
of the Rocky mountains. The tenn
perature there was 8 degrees be-
10 wzero.
The rain-Swollen Ouachita river
was expected to reach a record
level of az feet at Camden, Ark,
some time today.
Fl. Myers, Fla, sub-tropical win
ter resort, experienced the first
snowfall" in its history yester-
day, but it was unofficial.
Weatherman Al G. Colcord there
said he had no official record of
it. although a number Of reports
of snow were made. Flakes of
snow were reported falling in sew
eral sections Of Fl. Myers at $50
a. m. The temperature was A.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
Red Cross Nurse
Begins Rounds OF
Work In Schools
Mrs. Mccoy Announces Her
Schedule in the City
. and County

A schedule of instruction in the
city and county schools has been
arranged and was put into effect
this week by Mrs. Dorothy Nc
Coy, Red Cross nurse.
Various courses of instruction
are being given at the schools by
Mrs. Mccoy to both members OF
the faculties and students. Later
Red Cross officials hope to ex-
tend the work Of the nurse into
the homes of the county.
Today Mrs: Mccoy will be at
the Etowah school, the city col
ored school, and the Edneyville
school. At Etowah and Edney-
Vile the subject of her talks Is
Care of the Sick in the Home.
At the colored school she will be
engaged in weighing children LOT
the soup kitchen. ~,
The schedule calls for Mrs. Nc,
Gov to be at Mills River and
Hendersonville high schools on
Mondays. The subject will be
Home Hygiene. II
On Tuesday the schedule calls
for examination Of children IN
the lower grades at the Dana
school and a lecture on Home by
giene at the Fletcher school.
On Thursdays Mrs. Mccoy will
be at East Flat Rock and Flat
Rock for lectures TO faculty men,
beers on Care Of the Sick in the
Home.
The course of. instruction in the
schools will not be completed on
the present schedule, but will be
continued on future schedules to
be arranged.
In addition to the course Of in
struction in the schools, Mrs. Nc
Coy plans to attend Parent-Teach-
err meetings in the county and
lecture to these groups. :h
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
U.S. Questions Good Faith In Panay Settlement
REALTY TRANSACTIONS HERE
ARE ACTIVE; CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS ARE ANTICIPATED
Increased Home Buying
Seen; Talk New Bust
ness, Dwelling Houses

Several dwellings in Hendcr.
sonville and immediate suburbs
were sold this week and other
deals are certain to be conSum-
mated within the next few days,
it was learned today.
Realty dealers said the activity
was the most pronounced of the
winter season and predicted that
the number of transfers will in
crease with the approach of
spring. Several construction prof.
ects also are "on the fire" it was
said.
Announcement made today that
George Stephens of Asheville,
will erect large automotive
plant at Seventh avenue and
Main street for the Thomas Mo-
tor company and the Texas COM
pany followed by a few days the
completion Of a SIS, 200 plant by
the Pure Oil company for the
Shipman Motor company, and
may in turn be followed by an
nouncement Of the projected con-
struction of another large Main
street business building, a $40,-
600 country estate dwelling and
other buildings of smaller cost, it
was said. Among the deals def
nitely consummated this week
were the following:
DR.. and Mrs. J. G. Bennett sold
their seven-room brick dwelling in
Sylvan Heights to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph H. Martin, who now reside
in Druid Hills. Occupancy will
not be given until April, when
Dr.. and Mrs. Bennett and family
will move to the farm known as
the McCurdy place on the Hay
wood road which they purchased
some time ago. Mr.. Martin is
manager Of the A. & P. store at
305 North Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Few have
bought the dwelling in Mount
Royal owned and formerly &C.
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Lee.
The house is of brick construction
and has eight rooms. Mr.. and
Mrs. Few and family will occupy
the place within the next week or
50.
o. B. Crowell announced the
sale of a dwelling in Laurel Park
to Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Waters,
who have occupied the former
Gurley residence at 730 Bun.
combe street about five years.
The dwelling is situated in the
Rainbow Lake section of Laurel
Park, opposite the recently re-
modelled home Of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
S. Browning, Jr. Mr.. Crowell ac-
quired the property, which has
seven rooms and is of frame con-
struction, some time ago.
Harry Drake of Davis Station
bought two frame dwellings at
Sale and Spring street in Lenox
Park. One of the houses has five
rooms and the other six. They
were owned by the Hendersonville
Building and Loan association.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
Girl KIDNAPPED
IN Penn DEATH
TELLS STORY
Miss Hedges, Fassifern
Student Identifies
Payne as Abductor
SHERIFF SAYS PAYNE,
TURNER CONFESSED

Miss Lola LaVernC Hedges, &c,
of Fort Smith, Ark, a student at
Fassifern School for Girls, yester-
day told the Buncombe county
jury trying Bill Payne and Wash
Turner for the murder of Patrol
man George Penn how Payne kid
naped her and companion at
Asheville Recreation park last
summer and forced them to drive
him to Thomasville.
The alleged kidnapping occurred
a few days after Penn was slain
after running gun battle with
the officer.
Miss Hedges, who was visiting
at Swannanoa, testified that she
and a companion, Sam Wolfe, 18,
of Swannanoa, were leaving the
park about 8 p. NJ, when stran-
ger pointed gun at her and told
her to do as he instructed.
Covered by the gun, she said
they travelled through the night,
stopping at times for gas and food.
At Thomasville, she said, the man
gave her 25 one dollar bills and
Instructed her to go to hotel and
not spread the alarm for three
hours.
After communicating with .reiaS
tives, the boy and girl related the
story to Thomasville police. From
pictures, the two young people
were able to identify their abduc-
tor as Payne, and Miss Hedges
identified Payne from the witness
stand yesterday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
DEMOCRACIES
CONSIDERING
CHINESE AID
Britain, France and Russia
Set Session to Discuss
Arms Supplies
GENEVA CONFERENCE
is HELD IN SECRET

GENEVA, Jan. %. (UP)-Rep-
rcscntatives of France, Great Bril-
tain, China and Soviet Russia were
revealed last night to have ar
ranged a secret conference for TO-
day to consider China's appeal for
aid, including arms and munitions
shipments, to repulse the Japanese
armies.
The Chinese delegates to the
League of Nations council meet
ing, Ambassador V. X. Wellington
Koo to Paris and Ambassador to
London Quo Tai-Chi, hope to OBJ
tain assurances that France and
Britain will increase their arms
shipments to keep pace with Rus
sian supplies, reported to be pour
ing into China from the north.
The Chinese also want Britain
and France to keep open the chan
nels through the British crown
colony of Hong Kong and French
Indo-China, through. which Gener-
alissimo Chang Kai-Shek's armies
are obtaining some war materials
from Europe. -,
Attending the meeting with the
Chinese delegates will be British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden,
Fren Foreign Minister won Del
Dos and Russian Foreign Commits
ser Maxim Litvinoff. The Russ an
delegate was included, apparently
in hopes that he will support the
Chinese arguments.
Ostensibly, the meeting has been
called to discuss China's appeal
which was carried over to the pres
ent league council meeting from
last September's session.
China knows that she con OBJ
tain nothing from the league as
body but appears to believe that
her appeal has a nuisance value
as far as Britain and France are
concerned.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
Richard H. Nany,
AsheyiIlian, Slain
AT Morristown
Tennesseean Charged With
Murder; Tobacco Men
Had Argument

MORRISTOWN. Tenn, Jan.
28.-Richard H. Nally, 48, indie
pendent tobacco buyer, of Ashe-
Vile, was fatally shot on the
street here last night about o
o'clock, and c. L. Bobbltt, 49,
Morristown warehouse operator;
is being held under $15,OOO bona
on charge of murder.
The shooting occurred IN front
of a hotel, and witnesses told, OF
ficers that Bobbitt fired six shots
into the body of Nally at close
range. f.,
Officers said the shooting fol-
lowed an argument over tobacco
Yesterday afternoon. They quot
ed Bobbitt as saying he shot Nal
ly when the latter advanced on
him with knife. Bobbitt waited
at the scene and surrendered 10
officers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
.U.S.DEFENSE
INADEQUATE,
F.D.R. ADVISES
z New Dreadnoughts and
Cruisers Asked In
mediately
CONGRESS TOLD OF
LONGTIME PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. (UP)
President Roosevelt today warned
congress that Americas defense
is inadequate for national secur-
ity and called for an S800,000,-
900 longtime building program
with immediate construction of
two additional dreadnoughts with
two new naval cruisers.
He asked additions Of more
than S20,000,000 to the present
billion-dollar defense expendi-
lures called for in the 1889 fiscal
year and. urged that in view of
war alarms over the world, con-
gTess turn immediate attention to
the enactment of legislation de-
signed to eliminate profiteering
in any future war and equalize
the. burdens of any possible war
as far as possible. ,- o.
Meanwhile, Chairman Carl Vim
son, D., Ca, of the house naval
affairs committee. introduced a
bill authorizing a 20 per cent in
crease of the combat strength Of
the United States fleet to provide
the greatest navy the nation has
ever had. =. !! :, = ~
This bill asked congress to au-
tholizc President Rooseyelt's
$80G,000, 600 naval program and
would increase the naval strength
to make it comparable with any
other of the world powers in
their building programs.
Under construction in the ma
TONS shipyards at this time are
nine light cruisers, one heavy
cruiser, two aircraft carriers, II
submarines, five destroyers and
81 destroyers of $500 tons. The
1889 navy bill also provides for
four more light cruisers, four
submarines, six l860-ton destroy
ers and six auxiliary units.
War department heads are seek
ing between $20,000,000 and
$25, 100000 for immediate pur-
chase of equipment and materials
in which they claim there exists
at the present time a dangerous
shortage.
The items desired include anti
aircraft guns in sufficient mum.
Der to guard industrial centers II
those now on hand are withdrawn
for use by an army in the field.
Continued on page three.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
CITY AND WATER BOARD ARE
READY TO PAY &,47O DUE
IN REFUNDING TRANSACTION

was also ready to pay the inter-
est due.
Mr.. Arledge said that exact
figures were not available today,
but he estimated that interest
would amount to between $4,000
and $4,000 for the city. Mr..
Lampley said that the interest
due on the water departments
obligations was $10,470.
Mr.. Arledgc stated that he and
Mayor A. V. Edwards were await
ing a call to Chicago to sign the
rcfunding bonds which will be
exchanged for outstanding evil
dences of debt. The transfer of
the refunding bonds for the old
obligations will be handled by the
Harris Trust and Savings bank of
Chicago, he said.
Interest payments under the re-
funding plan are payable at the
Chemical Bank and Trust COM
pany of New York City.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
Temperature Is
Fraction Below 10
Dogs. This AM.

The temperature dropped to a
fraction of degree below 10 de-
grees above zero last night, a
fraction of q degree lower than
the previous night.
The maximum recorded yester-
day was &c degrees, 6 degrees be.
low freezing and was the second
consecutive day of sub-freezlng
weather. The recording at 6 p. m.
yesterday was 20 degrees. and at
noon today the mercury lacked a
fraction Of a degree of reaching
19 degrees.
The figures are as follows:
Maximum, &c degrees; mimi
mum, 10 degrees; mean, 10 de-
grees; days range, Is degrees;
low last night, 10 degrees; tenn
perature at noon today, 19 de-
grees.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
Protest Made
M LOOTINC OF
d S. PROPERTY
r,,,ot Reconcile Japanese
Imy's fragrant Disre-
GARD Of Promises
GATE DEPARTMENTS
irONCERN MORE CRAVE

V.CEINCTON. Jan. =. iUP)
=, s,a.e DEPARTMENT last night
, !, tina, me United States
I i.r,rrwer.. IN making a strong
g,,,,,''r % japan .yer the contin-
:.G'I io,.irg Of American property
=! - i.rarsse regular troops in
y 2.ir 49, had questioned the good
- a: JgparcSe assurances up
,T', which settlement of the Panay
N.Y. i, vas disclosed that the pro-
80. v,s lodged with Japanese
For Minister KoNi Hirota by
lmsTi,ar Ambassador Joseph c.
Grew Tb2 said that this govern
mar, found i; impossible to rec
oneiie he ;auan, disregard Of
America rii.a:s SHOWN by Japa-
nSse trcops' win the Japanese
note Of DeceMoe. -
He referred % me note Of for
NAL spolosy from the Japanese
govarrmsr. FOR the bombing and
Sinking O.: ne Z. :. gunboat Pan
az on December - by japanese
miIitayr -a-es. The note also
eoB,a.-si he Japanese govern
nents guarantee Of indemnitica-
non and assurance that positive
seus lad been taken 70 prevent
similar ccclganceS.
TIE note was accepted by the
United States rs sa;iSt wing its
demands gegar-iu- the Panay at
fair,
Crews protest over the looting
Of American property quoted one
Of the concluding paragraphs in
tie japanese Panay note which
sa;ei tia, rigid orders have
beel issued 10 the military, naval
and foreign office authorities to
pay greater attention hither-
% 70 the observance Of the in
grlC,iOns that have been repeat
edly given against infringement
Of, or unwarranted interference
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28

The city of Hendersonville and
the city water commission are
ready to pay approximately S24,-
470 interest due on the bonded
indebtedness of the two depart
ments as soon as the refundlng
bonds are transferred and the
coupons presented for payment,
it was reported by officials this
morning.
According to the terms of the
refunding plan for the city ana
water commission bonded indebt-
edness, which was placed in Ell
feet as of July l, 1887, the frst
interest payment date was Janu-
airy l of this year. -,
City Clerk R. R. Arledge said
this morning that the city was
ready to pay the interest due on
this date, and ]. H. Lampley'
manager for the water commits
sion, stated that his department
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
STATE MAY FINISH
ITS CASE TODAY

ASHEVILLE, Jan. 28.-Wash
Turner and Bill Payne, both OF
whom are on trial in superior
court here for the murder of Pa
trolman George Penn last August,
confessed their part of the killing
of the officer, Sheriff Laurence T.:
Brown, Of Buncombe county, told
the jury in the case yesterday.
Neither of the men were made
any promises, both were examined
at different times, warned of their
constitutional rights, and informed
that what they said might be used
against them, Sheriff Brown said;
According to Brown, Payne told
him he was firing a rifle at Penn,
while Turner admitted he was
shooting an automatic shotgun.
Turner confessed, Brown said, the
day after he and Turner were
brought here from Charlotte after
their arrests at Carthage by fed
eral agents.
According to the testimony Of
Sheriff Brown. the two men told
him that they turned around when
they saw the weighing station at
which Penn was stationed. The
patrolman fired at them and Payne
climbed in the back seat of his
car and fired at the officer. After
a chase Of several miles they went
into a dead end road to the Patton
farm. Stopping their car, they got
out on opposi tseides. The officer
fired once and they fired at him.
After the officers fire stopped,
they approached his car and found
that he had been killed.
Sheriff Brown quoted the men
as saying that their own car stuck
in ditch as they attempted to
pass the patrol car,~and that they
ICnptlnnaI IN Dofra tbrpp
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
c, OF {. BOARD
SESSION SSEI
To Discuss Plans for Com
pletion Of the Mem
bership Drive

Plans for the completion VI
tho Chamber of Commerce mem
bership drive will be discussed a.
the meeting of the board OF nl-
rnctors of the organization 10,
n;oSt at the office at the Skyiana
hotel. p,,ohoron stat
ad TO-DAY that the membership
gu eo0 begun some time ago
ua o,,id be Completed with drive
W. week At the present tiAle'
he said, more than 45O memp .Lo
ebins have been obtalneG III ~"
S Jr;vc and there are l6z GIh I
,usr rns members who Will DC
ploSpSS T the workers next week
seen com NJ of the drive sue !, C.,
oos 0Fnf will give the chamber
~ commerce sufficient members
Oh ;ncome to operate fer the
ana in Vear on the budget out
Gohl5"S - the fall dinner meeting,
Nv Buchanan said
WI Thn budget for the year, as out
-. IN ~ the meeting, calls for an
lllto CU,Jiture of $7,410 during the
exp in the various detectives Of
ihe organization. ,;,o
ING Advertising of HendersonvI!le
Il henderson county will be dis
anu losad at the meeting tonight,
c Wr buchanan said. A rough
J No, of a proposed booklet will
~ ~ c. submitted to the directors and
:; u expected to be approved. In
addition, a discussion of an out out,
Soor advertising campaign will
take place.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
new AUT0M0TlVE PLANT TO
BE BUILT HERE FOR THOMAS
MOTOR co. AND TEXAS co.
Structure at Main St. and
Seventh Avenue VIII
Be l50xl50 Fl.

Work of constructing a r.ew au-
tomobilc sales and service plant at
Seventh avenue and Main street
will be started as soon as the brick
and frame building now occupying
part of the site can De RACED, J. II.
Reaben, who will be the lessee Of
the new building, said to-day.
The plant will be l50X150 feet
in size and will be of brick, steel,
concrete and stone construction.
II will house an automobile show
room, repair shop, storage garage
and service station.
George Stephens of ASheville
owns the property and will erect
the new building. while Mr.. Rea-
ben, local distributor Of Texas
Company products, will have a 10
year lease on it.
The Thomas Motor Co., Buick
and Pontiac dealers, will occupy
the structure under suitcase. This
firm now occupies a plant at 12T
South Main street.
Razing of the old structure, with
the exception of the stone garage
building on the corner, is almost
completed, and the new plant IS
expected to be ready for occu-
pancy in two or three months. It
will be one story high, will be con-
structed along modernistic lines,
with a 1OO-foot drive under cam
Opy on Main street, and will be
one of the most attractive bust
ness buildings in Hendersonville,
Mr.. Reaben said. Until recently
the old building was occupied ny
the Shipman Motor Co.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
WIDOW AND LOVER
ELECTROCUTED FOR
INSURANCE DEATH

MENARD, ILL.,, Jan. %. CUP
Mrs. Marie Porter, widow, was
electrocuted today in Southern H.
linois penitentiary. She was the
first woman ever to be electrocuted
in this state for an insurance muir
der of her brother.
Her lover, Angelo Giancola, %.
the actual murderer, was executed
lust before Mrs. Porter.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
FORD AT HOME ON
COAST OF GEORGIA

WAYS, Ca, Jan. 28.-UP)-
Henry Ford abandoned snow-coV'
cred Michigan yesterday for the
warmer climate of his winter nome
near the Georgia coast. -
The automobile manufacturer
arrived here Wednesday, but his
presence was not made public I'M
til yesterday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
Senate Group To
Probe Protests
Against Milton

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90. tUP)
The senate privileges and election
committee today authorized Wal
ter F. George, D., Ga, chairman,
to appoint a subcommittee of
three to inquire into the protests
against seating of Senator John
Milton, D., N. J.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
Sentence Decker
In Peonage Case

CLARKSDALE, Miss, Jan. 90.
(UP)-Jos. S. Decker. 20, white
planter of Tallahatchie county,
Yesterday was found guilty Of Pc
onage charges by a federal court
Jury which heard evidence that he
whipped and beat two negroes and
chained them to their beds at
night. IN
The jury deliberated only 20
minutes. Federal Judge Allen Cox
Immediately sentenced Decker TO
serve three years In prison and
fined him $1,000.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-28
SHOLTZ QUALITIES

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Jan. 70.
(UP)-Former Gov. Dave Shoitz,
who announced his candidacy 10 10.
the U. S. senate last week, quar-
fled Thursday for the May 8 PIT PIT
mary by paying a $500 filing Zee .
and the 5000 assessment set DS
the state Democratic executive
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