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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17
Senate Votes FIR.
Blanket Control
OF Civil Aviation
Loud Protests of Broaden
ed Authority Fail to
Block Passage

WASHINGTON, May II. CUP
The senate yesterday checked a
bipartisan uprising and passed
the McCarran bill which gives the
President blanket powers over all
commercial aviation in the United
States. ....
Despite loud protests from the
same group which defeated the
chief executives supreme court
enlargement and government re-
organization bills, only a few fee
BILE NAYS were heard when the
senate accepted the measure. =,
The bill would coordinate all
aviation activities now exercised
bv the interstate commerce com.
mission and the commerce, post
Office and agriculture departments
in a five-man federal authority re,
sponsible only to the president. IL
now goes to the house where ac-
ton on a companion measure Is
expected this week. :,
The opposition was LED by Sill
ver-haired Senator Pat McCarran
ID. New author of the bill who
stoutly but unsuccesstully resist,
ed an administration sponsored
amendment vesting complete pow
err over the board in Mr.. Roose-
welt. .:,.o
McCarran threatened to strike
his name from the bill and SAID
he would urge recommittal but ne ne
failed to do either. He charged
the power delegated to the presl-
dent will make the agency, intehoe
ed to be quasi-judicial, a TOOL Oh
the White House"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17

FARMINGDALE, N. Y, May
17.-(UP)-This town last night
underwent a "war time" emer-
geney when a squadron of bomb
ing planes roared oyer Long Is
land supposedly attacking the Sc
versky and Gruman airplane fac
tories in a simulated night air
raid.
The entire town of approx
mately $500 people was "blacked
out" as defending aircraft and
anti-aircraft batteries went INTO
action to fight off the raiders
More than $4,000 persons, most
ly in automobiles, clogged the
highways to watch the spectacle.
The "blackout" was signalIed
by three blasts of the towns hre
whistle at 1880 p. m. (EDi}; a
few seconds later nine tiny pc
versky pursuit planes droned OH
Seversky field, a mile out OF town.
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DEDICATE
new S0FTBALL
ELD'T0NlGHT
Mayor Edwards Will Toss
First Ball; r. L. Whit.
mire Main Speaker

Mayor "A. ". Edwards will toss
out the first ball, and R. L. Whit
mire, Hendersonville attorney,
and candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the U. S. congress
in the eleventh district will be
the principal speaker tonight as
the new Chapman Lacrosse soft
ball field is dedicated and first
games in the Henderson County
Softball league are played.
The celebration will begin at
8 o'clock at the field, located just
off the new Spartanburg road at
East Flat Rock. In order to reach
the field, motorists should turn
right at the Baptist church at
East Flat Rock.
Games tonight will be played
between the Rotary and Kiwanis
clubs and Grey's Hosiery mill and
Chipman-La Crosse. League games
will be played each Tuesday and
Thursday night during the sum-
mer, and the Chipman-La Crosse
team will play an exhibition game
with an out-of-townt team each
Saturday night during the sea-
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Plane Factories Black Out For
NIGHT Raid AS War Games Conclude

their red and green lights form
ing a brilliant pattern against the
dead black sky. Within eight min
utes they had contacted" the
raiding squadron.
Meanwhile the powerful search
lights of the Sind coast artillery
Kicked up six attacking planes
FLYING at an altitude of 5000
feet. The planes unloaded their
e.bombs'-flares which lighted up
the entire countryside.
Two of the flares broke loose
from their parachutes and explod-
ed about half mile east of Farm
ingdale but apparently did no
damage. =,
The anti-aircraft batteries blaz-
ed away with dull chugging ex-
blossoms that gave a realistic
touch to the attack. :,
Within 10 minutes the defend
Continued on page four)
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WASHINGTON, May II. (UPl.
The fierce undercover strugg,ss
between President Roosevelt anu anu
southern conservatives for control,
of the Democratic party f fiame e
into the open yesterday as O = -, -,
johnson, liberal governor OF South
Carolina, announced he would 9P-
pose Senator Ellison u. SMITH
Democratic incumbent, in the
state primary. o,+
Reports have beep curren.
for weeks that Johnston, a former
cotton mill worker who holos
three college degrees, would en-
ter the, lists against Smith VINO o Is
aligned with the CONSERVATIVE
bloc fighting New Deal reforms
But the South Carolina chief ex-
ecutive withheld his announce
ment until he had discussed the
situation with the president at the
latter's request.
Standing on the White House
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17
COURT REVIEW OF IVA PUTS
WHOLEPROGRAM IN JEOPARDY
Decision Is Blow to Admin
istration Which Hoped
to Avoid Test

WASHINGTON, May II. (UP)
A ruling on constitutionality OF
the Tennessee Valley Authority
act, basic weapon in President
Roosevelt's campaign to force prl-
vate utilities to reduce power
rates, was assured yesterday
when the supreme court agreed to
review a test challenge brought
by Is power companies.
The decision was blow to the
administration which had hoped
the court would reject the chal-
lenge and thus tacitly approve the
recent ruling of three-man east
ern Tennessee federal court up,
holding validity of the act and all
IVA functions.
Immediate effect of the ruling
is to place the New Deals entire
CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17
White House Ends Neutrality In Elections
Beginners Day
Planned In City
Schools Friday

Beginners day has been set for
Friday in the Rosa Edwards
school and the grammar depart
ment at the city high school, it
was announced today, and at that
time first grade teachers will hold
a party for all children who are
to enter the first grades in Sep
TENDER.
In line with this plan, an invita-
ton was being sent to the homes
of children who will enter these
grades in the fall, and the chill
dren will be given a foretaste of
school life.
The P.-T.A. is cooperating in
this effort, it was stated, and the
several grade mothers are helping
to round up the starters for this
party. .........
Doctors will be at both the
schools, and when the mothers
wish an examination of the pre-
school children for any defects
which would handicap their school
work will be made.
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eastern HALF OF.
DEFENSE CRUMBLING

/ SHANGHAI, May II. (UP) -
eThe whole eastern half of China's
sgreat fortified Lung-hai railway
Nine, defending Generalissimo
sChiang Kai-shek's provisional ma
tional capitol in Hankow, was
tcollapsing today under terrific
BLOWS from four Japanese armies,
I All advices agreed the Chinese
swere losing the greatest battle OF
Hhe war and that the key city OF
sSnchow-fu would be fully occu-
pied BY che Japanese during this
week.
The Japanese Domei News
agency reported that japanese
artillery units had occupied posi-.
tons in hills a half mile west of
Suchow-fu and were bombarding
that junction city of the east-west
Lung-hai line and the north and
south Tientsin-Pukow (Nanking)
railway. Domei said that a large
number of japanese troops would
move into the suburbs of Suchow'
flu today. .... ....
Developments piling fast on one
another included:
Chinese feared the japanese
drive would be continued to Han
kow and an unconfrmed report
was circulated that Generalissimo
Chang had removed his headquar.
tiers from that city to Chungking,
far to the west in Szechuan prov
! ince.
Indicating that the japanese
would smash at the western END
of the Lung-hai line as soon as
they consolidate their positions ir
the east, it was reported that
Lieut.. Gen. Count Juichi Terau.
chi, commanding the japanese ar.
mics in North China, had moved
his headquarters from Peiping to
Changteh, on the Peiping-Han-
kow railway just north of the Vel
low river.
To prevent the South China
provinces from sending reinforce
ments into the Hankow-lung-ha
area japanese naval planes inten'
sified their raids on South China
cities including Canton and sta
tions on the Canton-Hankow rail
way north of that city, Foochow
in 'Fukien province, and call Chi
nese air fields in the entire South
China area"
! In Shanghai and elsewhere the
Japanese pushed their plan tt
amalgamate their provisional gov
ernments in Marking and Peiping
once the entire length of the
Tientsin-Pukow railway is clear
ed. A tentative effort was made
to gain control of Chinese courts
in Shanghai's. international areas
Neutral military dispatches re
ported that General Ii Tesungjen
Chinese commander on the Su
chow-fu front, had escaped will
about 10000 men. 1t was believed
that Lii, on the advice of his Ger
man military experts, began hi
flight westward the middle of las
week.
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Gov. Johnston Senatorial Hopes
Bring Southern Struggle 10 Fore

steps, Johnston told reporters ne
has backed 400 per cent" the re-
forms and policies of the presii-
dent and he added that these pol
icies ''have lost none OF their
popularity" in his state. He then
sought to make the New Deal the
main issue in the August 30 pri-
mary by saying:
"My campaign for the senate
will be passed on a record OF con-
slant, unshakeable loyalty to the
Democratic platform and the head
of our party, President Roosevelt;
/ believe in the principles and
ideals in government as laid down
by the president. | have support
ed them in the past and will con,
tinue my support in the future.
Johnston didn't say so, and po-
litical hopefuls often, use the
White House steps as a sounding
board to further their ambitions
Continued on page four).
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Are COMBINC
Ruins TOSEEK
MORE BODIES
Death Toll Remains at rs;
Fear More Are Still
Uncovered

ATLANTA, Ga, May II. (UP)
Firemen and sanitary department
workers today dug through the
ruins of the five-story Terminal
hotel where fire killed ut least 26
persons before dawn yesterday.
1t was feared still that several
bodies were beneath the heaps of
charred timbers, brick and NOR
tar. All bodies recovered have
been identified by. relatives and
friends.
Firemen, who had been clear
ing the smouldering debris since
Continued on page four)
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Match Play IS
BEGUN TODAY
l6 Shoemaker. Compete
for Kiwanis Handicap
Golf Trophies

Match play In the Kiwanis clubs
handicap golf. tournament opened
this afternoon with Is Henderson,
vile, shotu,akers competing for
three silver trophies end q conso-
lation prize.
.Pairines for the tourney, which
will continue until next Monday,
were drawn last night by Robert
Smith, professional Of the Hen
defsonville Golf & Country club.
While the entry list Is not large,
competition Ii expected to be spir-
.ited' and several close scores IN
the several matches are anticipat
ed.,. Eight golfers eliminated TO-
day will compete for the consola,
tiof, prize, while the others Will
continue in their efforts TO win 2
large silver cup as first prize ana
two smaller cups for runner-up
and low medal honors. Pairings
for the tourney, with the indi-
vidual hsndicaps, were as foll9ws'
Dr.J. q: Bennett (l0) and a.
L. Wright to-.
Robert Cameron (2o) and Q. b.
P. F. Sudduth t1s) and DR.. W.
E. Bracket az.
6. L. Grey t1s} and B. H. Colt
S. G. Jones (lO) and F. v.
rr.k1, f11l rF
Dr.. ]. I. Weddinston (ls) and
DR.. F. O.. Trotter IN.
E. A. Smyth Bird (13) end Dr..
r. C. Sample (12).
W. B. Hodges flS) and c.. n.
ogis ely,
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WIDE SEARCH
BEGUN; FEAR
|. DESERTCRASH
Plane With Women and
Children Was. on Trip
for Delivery
AIR LINE OFFICIAL
AMONG PASSENGERS

LOS ANGELES, May II. CUP
I've, searching planes, one piloted
by Milo Burcham, famed speed
flyer, today flew over mountains
where q new air transport plane
disappeared yesterday with three
men, four women and two chill
dren aboard.
On the ground $50 men and
CCC youths sought the missing
plane which was a twin-motored
ship, being flown to st. Paul,
Mimi, for delivery to the North
west airlines.
Fears increased as the hours
passed without word from the
missing plane.
All aboard were employees of
the Lockheed Aircraft corpora
ton or Northwest airlines, and
members of their families.
The plane took off from Bur-
bank, Calf, late yesterday.
+ Its first scheduled stop was Las
Vegas. New. 264 miles away, but
it never arrived there.
Every available plane was be-
ing, warmed up at, Union air ter
minal for a search beginning at
dawn. The planes Of the local de-
nartment Of the air commerce. bu.
reau. of the sheriff's aerial force,
and If the Western Air express,
nrobably 12 in ALI. will partici-
hate:
Meantime. a ground crew Of SO
man began 4 search Of the noun
famous. fog-enclosed country go
miles. north Of here.
The search was concentrated In
-sffnts sG.nyous M the 4nsslaassznias,
mountain district that separates
Southern California and. the Mo-
jave desert. !.
The crews were composed OF
deputy .sheriffs and Lockheed EN-:
ployes. The search was conducted
on foot and by motor:
The plane had been overdue
and unreported over seven hours
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17
Call Meeting OF
Civic Choral Club
Wednesday Night

A call business meeting for
the civic choral club was an
nounced today by Mrs. George
Wing for Wednesday night at
S:45 o'clock at the Presbyterian
church house. ,
Although it is planned to hold
the regular rehearsal. business
meeting of the club will be held to
decide on it's plans for the COM
ing summer season. Several alter
native plans regarding this will be
before the club for adoption, IN
view of which full attendance OF
membership was being asked.
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BLEACHERY TO PLAY
BALFOUR'S TEAM

The Sales Bleachery baseball
team, of Biltmore, member of the
w. N. C. Industrial league, will
meet the Balfour team of the
Blue Ridge Industrial league, at
the Balfour field on Wednesday
afternoon at A o'clock, it was an
nounced today.
A close game is expected, and
a small admission will be charged.
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|ONSTRUCT IN
ARE OF SICK
U.s. ; acCOy Issues Invita-.
u0n TOR Members in
Home Hygiene

81 Dorothy Mccoy, Hender-
H. vunly Red Cross nurse, yes
/ 49,. extended an invitation to
/, S;sI to meet her at the
b I V.i school building Wednes-
Ess %ay :, 10, or Friday, May 20,
y Ss .so the hours of 1870 D. M,
b. 80? y p m,, on either of these
pss i II Interested in taking a
b Of !. Il Home IN Hygiene and the
| H. VI !, ne Sick in the Home.
H. Mccoy explained that the
,oSa, %9en organized, will not
h g t;. at these hours, but
/ cS,r rme for them will be set.
S,Oction. '"''ec'ed with this
b t;o .aeCoy said, however, that
| osr rcse going to the high school
h. O. to register will be- ac-
'Or the classes.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17
RESTORE Rail
TRAFFIC HERE
Clear Wreckage on South
ern Line After Night
of Work

Traffic over the Southern rail
way between Hendersonville and
Spartanburg, disrupted by the
wreck of freight train about two
miles below East Flat Rock yes
terday morning. was restored
about 1880 o'clock this morning.
Crews from Asheville and Spar
tanburg worked most of yester-
day and all of last night in re-
storing service. Rail officials an
nounced this morning that sched-
ules were running as usual today,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17
JAPS WINNING
BIGGEST FIGHT
IN CHINA WAR
Observers Say 100000
Chinese Flee From
Suchow-Fu Front
100000 LOCKED in
FURIOUS BATTLE
(By United Press)

Japan's climactic offensive in
North China today spread into
.one of the biggest and most furi-
Sous battles of modern times.
More than 100000 fighting
men and all implements of war
mostly in hands of Japanese
were in action along a front
comparable to the main highway
between the American cities Of
Washington and Cleveland.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17
'NEMEN CALLED

al yss s department answered
'aa ssnitsy afternoon at the
''Qe and "T ia corner Third
soye Su Fleming street. An
iauspsO turned ~ but there was
Se to the building.
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WOODMAN CIRCLE
TEAM WILL DRILL

Officers of the 'Woodman circle
and members of the drill team are
requested to meet tonight at 1880
o'clock at the Woodman hall on
North Main street. -.~'-
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|gROVS FORCE.
||HIND {. |. 0.
N PRIMARY
I,,syelt Reported Back
mo Hess for Gov
ernOr in Oregon
kTI.NEW DEAL
| PURGE INDICATED
(By United Press)

p-r,I districts of Pennsylvania
,r,ed heaviest early voting to-
in PennsyIvania's primary
F,,ts in which President
tsyel.'s New Deal has allied
4 with the clio. in an eff
% win the Democratic guber-
DIa nomination for the CLIO.
G =,
A. al stake was the control
h Republican party whose
s.y believed the prospects of
[,rg back that state in No
fsr were heightened by the
ECcra,ic and labor division.
En- L. Lewis and the CLIO.
!. their greatest political ad-
.ue in undertaking, with the
kprt Of Chairman James A.
lev, of the Democratic nation
|commit.ce, TO nominate Thorn
Kennedy, of the CLIO high
knand. Democratic candidate
governor Of Pennsylvania.
|Eernedy'S nomination would
ka,e an opportunity in NOvem-
10 make Pennsylvania the
h for such political action as
no. leaders may contemplate,
/ defeat would jolt Lewis and
4 Earlay,S prestige,
Democrats have stolen the pri-
5ry show. A faetional battle di-
BED party leadership and split
] New Deal forces which took
.e control from the COP. in
h. 1t brought Farley'S last
butte Intervention to salvage
state machine and conserve
y strength for the election
tlgsgn 10 come.
apparent abandonment of the
GtOnI White House policy of
r+l:gtTenCe in local elections
n.si aday toward a finish fight
svssl President Roosevelt and
|nEatic party opponents of
New Deal.
Tie administrations interest in
acOmng primaries has been
one reflection Of what has
p reported as an attempt to
Fgs the Democratic party of
t'New Dealers in this falls
Ect0lS.
Tie best Indication that the
Interference policy has been
aFpet was demonstrated Satur-
Enen White House secretary,
p'en /, Early, diSclaimed in
,oTmaI statement remarks at
oaiet to Mr.. Roosevelt by Gov
af Charles Martin of Oregon,
candidate for reelection this
DR.
tarIy denied that Mr.. Roose-
had ever said to Martin last
inner that you and | make a
d pair"
nov comes the report that Mr..
SeVeit wants Henry E. Hess
-e = oregon gubernatorial NOM
ms was indicated after the
5aent spent Is minutes yes
a " with Secretary of the In
NOntlnued on page three)
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&C. BOARD TO
MEET TONIGHT

Directors of the Hendersonville
Chamber of Commerce will meet
tonight at 8 o'clock at the office
at the Skyland hotel.
A number Of important matters
are to be discussed, including any
possible cooperation Of Hender-
sonville in the Asheville Rhodo-
dendron festival this year: =,
A full attendance of directors
is urged by President Il. E. Bu-
chanan. .f
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SEVEN ARE KILLED

LONDON, May l7.-(UFJ--,
Seven. persons were killed and
MANY injured today in the crash
of two subway trains between
Charing Cross and Temple sta
tions. in the. London central dis
trict. The transport board an.
nounced that "great number
were injured,
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WEATHER

.,ish,: Wednesday most
far i iU"'I probably followed by
Ss.er''
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GOOD AFTERNOON

A concert ON 100 grand pianos
was played In Detroit recently. A
hundred grand seems like . lot Of
money for . piano. 49,
Evening star., 1938-09-14
London
Continued From First PAGE

followed after Mondays meeting and
the cabinet can be summoned quickly
II necessary.
The second emergency meeting fol-
lowed highly important ministerial
conferences last night at 10 Downing
street with the active chiefs of the
navy. war office and airforce to con-
slider precautionary defense measures.
Downing street was cleared of crowds
as the ministers went into Prime Min
lister Chamberlain ofiicial residence
to start the session
-, French Attaches Present.
: Naval and military attaches Of the
French Embassy in London were said
to have spent long hours with the
chiefs Of the war ONCE and admiralty
the past few days.
Through them the French high COM
mand kept in close touch with British
military chiefs.
The last time British King broke
a holiday in Scotland because of an
emergency situation was when the late
George v hurried to London in 1881
in the midst of an economic crisis.
King George VI planned to return
alone, leaving Queen Elizabeth and
the two princesses at Balmoral
Mr.. Chamberlain, and possibly other
ministers. were expected to have audi
ences with the monarch soon after his
arrival.
1t was believed that the cabinet had
considered comprehensive measures to
check and Nazi thrust into Southeast
Europe and to prepare for a possible
general European war.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
Former Gymnastic Instructor
Leads Sudeten German PARTY

frontier, then a part of the Austro-
Hungarian Empire. Henlein enlisted
when barely 16 years old as a volun-
teer in the World War armies Of
the Hapsburgs. He was promoted to
officers rank
He was wounded while on the Alpine
front and taken prisoner by the
Italians in 1918.
After the war he became a bank
clerk at Jablonec, but in 1925 took up
gymnastics. He soon acquired con-
troll Of all the German Turner clubs
OF the country and made the Czech
"sokols," or gymnastic organizations,
take notice.
His organizing talents turned his at
tention to politics, and on October /,
1888, he resigned as chief Of the Ger
man "Turnverbund" in Czechoslovakia
and in manifesto called upon all
Germans to unite in "Sudeten Ger
man Heimat front" The term
Sudeten he took from the Sudetic
Mountains, on Czechoslovakia's north
ern frontier.
Later his group was renamed the
Sudeten German party. Two years
later, in the elections of 1895, his party
polled l,249,947 votes and secured A
seats in the House of Deputies and %
in the Senate.
In communal elections early this
summer his party was supported by
more than 80 per cent OF the Germanic
minority
Henlein himself holds no seat in
Parliament, preferring to run his
party's affairs from his home at Asch.
He is married. but has no children.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
GIRL PLEADS GUILTY
TO KILLING FATHER
l2-Year.0ld Shows No Emotion
in Court-Held Without
Bail for Jury Action.
Fy The Associated Press.

Fy 'he Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Pa, Sept. 1.-THE
case of 12-year-ola Irene diricE. who
pleaded guilty to The murder Of her
father without visible flicker Of emo
ton, rested with the Washington
County Court today.
The girl was taken before Alderman
H. H. Stuart from the juvenile deten-
ton home yesterday for arraignment
on charge Of killing Steve Giricz. So
year-old coal miner from nearby Gen.
terville.
Alderman Stuart said he explained
the charge and the pleading to the
child. Then, he said. the seventh
grade school girl answered in q arm
voice:
I'm guilty"
The alderman held her for court
action without bail. Her mother. Mary.
SO, was not present at the brief hear
ing.
The girl was not represented by
counsel
District Attorney James G. Bane
said the child accused her father Of
violating her three years ago. He said
Mrs. Giricz learned Of the violation
when the child talked in her sleep and
that things were so unpleasant" In
the home that Irene finally decided TO
kill her father.