Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 1

THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN 'THE WEATHER FOR ASIIEY1LI.B AND VICIN1TV: I rlrioi, partly cloudy. its pu( i for full HMther report. CITY EDITION "DEDICATED TO THE UPBUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1870 ASI IKV1LL.E. N. C.

FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 3. lMf 20 PAGES Grand Jury Fails To Take Action Against Wendel SEEK AID OF 0. P. NAMES 21 Killed, Scores Injured G.

O. P. Nominee C. H. JARRETT As Destructive Tornado Strikes Greensboro Area PRESIDENT HO MM CONGRESS '1 1 dial Governor Orders Guards Out To Keep Order In Greensboro Storm Area Property Damage Placed At More Than Million Dollars CLAIMS EVIDENCE PLANTED IN ATTIC OF BRONX HOUSE i Bruno Hauptmann's Fate Becomes More Clouded Than Ever As Result PATH IS CLEARED FOR EXECUTION: eriuir I tn tn ho iim tuulilil ordered imiI aitllterv ami the medical Reynolds And M'Kellar To Confer With Kwisevelt ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL BE SOUGHT Smoky Mountain Matters i To He Discussed In A re Alt no (lets Nomination At Meet Here skssion picks two laminae, Chambers And Toms Are Chosen For Honors tnlloued 111 (reeiitiot.

to Mid 111 the IiiiiimiIh tilth enrli loiiliht. loninuinileil bv Mjir It I It I I of 1 hetol the iiir.llt al trtNipa. 1 he Inn nl iiiaiit 1 he number uf men UtU.H, piil mil I he ket thr coiciiior Mihl l.reeiiklioro t(jio. e. mil I he kct'oml htillallon of the itrliieliuieiil of Hint ik Ennlral hut mallMrtltiliiK older In tlml ilti Hlieie 1 tie artlllen milt liieeiiolinio while Captain Soiiuhii nulla, mi of the Nottlt i aiottna mil mt lint khiittli Borah Demands Senate Probe Politics In WPA WASIIINCTON.

April 2. (API A itI. Lone. PWA material expert, said toil ay he hart sent (itivernnr Hoffman, of New Jersey, Information which should convince him (lint evidence wan planted In thp attic of IV-nno Kirhard HHiiiitiUHnn'i hump. 'or cuiii-Hf." In epljlned.

lliormish technical report should be made of what I discovered In the atUr, hut relieve given him eniiiiKh to Justify new developments." l.ni.py visited the ntllc In Wi'ilne-iday with Huffman ulher officials, Coincident with hi slitiiMiien. the win ii ry no that the alcohol tux unit office phl'a-delphla hail given to Attorney tie nert.1 VYIIentt of New Jersey com -erning Paul Wenrtel. now lm charged with the l.lutl-berg nutty kUlnupliig. FURTHER SIM IS ANTICIPATED Bruno's Counsel Plans Another Appeal To Judge Trenchard TRENTON. N.

April 2. (A As Bruno Richard Hauptmann walled hopefully In a atate prison for some new development to postpone again hla execution 34 houra hence, an other man' accused of the same crime went before a grand Jury tonlKht to try to convince It he la innocent. The grand Jury worked Into the night to speed its eleventh-hour inquiry Into the Lindbergh crime to a conclusion. But despite, a night session like the one which brought the last-minute stay of Hauptmann'a execution Tues day night, beuei existed that its In vestigation would extend beyond the new death hour set tentatively for 8 o'clock tomorrow night. Wendel followed two handwriting experts and the Lindbergh ransom notes themselves Into the grand jury room.

A state trooper remained with the ransom notes even while the experts were testifying state police not relinquishing possession of them even to the grand Jury. Hauptmann Following Progress Meanwhile. Hauptmann's lawyer, C. Lloyd Fisher, said no one was following the progress of the new Inquiry more closely than the condemned man himself. His wife brought to him the latent reports on the grand Jury Its calling of the governor and the attorney general among other witnesses when she visited him lata today.

She returned to New York tonight to see her infant son. Manfred. Fisher declared he would again seek a stay of executionone denied from Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard or another reprieve of doubtful validity from tha governor In the event of a new murder indictment In the case. He would not aay what action he might take If no indictment was returned.

While Governor Hoffman was in the grand Jury room at the Trenton courthouse, where he went voluntarily after waving aside a subpoena, the Burlington county detective chief who brought about Wendel's arrest waited ouUtde for his second appearance before the group. He was Ellis Parker, whose sleuthing activities figured prominently in the Hall-Mills murder case and who believes Hauptmann did not kldiutp the Lindbergh baby. 'Induced' To Confess Wendel Saa Wendel charges that Parker hrld him at the New Lisbon colony for feeble-minded males and Induced him to "confess" that he kidnaped the baby, took It to his home in Trenton, and disposal of ita body after It died a a result of a fall out of bed. Parker has always con tend rd that the baby's body found-after the (Please Turn To Page Nine) I I Villi II. Mill KIT FIRES OPENING Candidate For (Jovernor; Calls For New Deal In North Carolina WINSTON-SALEM.

April 3 tAr Pledging loyalty and support to (hr New Deal polities of PrcMtlenl Roomc- I velt. Dr. Ralph W. MrnaUI called for a "new deal" in North Carolina! as he formnlly opened bin campHtKh for the Democrat 1c guhtu natoi la) nomination hre tonight. The young ex-collrge professor denounced the present state administration as "working hantl In hand with the major tobacco companies, the wealthy textile groups, and the major oil companies." and railed his opponents for the Democratic nomination "machine candidates i He called for repeal of the onles tax, reduction of automobile license fees to a minimum of "more adequate school support," enaction of social iHtfUrlty laws, "a new set of appointive ndlclals in high plares." cooperation with the New D'b1 farm program, and the guaiantee "by the state law" of the right of labor to organize, and submlNilon of the liquor question to a vote or the people, Pledges Milieu Tux lie peal In pledging repeal of the sales tax, McDonald said, "no part of the slate's lax burden will be placed on land." and added, "the necessary revenues will bo provided by reaching wealth which la now escaping taxation entirely or paying less than Its fair share" To replace revenue the sales tax now produces, McDonald proposed the following program: 1 Extenslon of the income tax "to Include dividends, Interest, and other sources of very large Individual Income now escaping taxation.

2 A change of tne corporation franchise lax so It will be based "on true value, including intangible nnd corporate excess. The present franchise tax, based prlncipnlly upon capital stock, falls from two to twenty tunes more heavily upon the avert hh upon the wealthier and more profitable corporations. 8 Increased taxation of power companies nnd other public utilities "without one cent of the added burden teing passed on in Increased rat." 4Incluslon of chstn filling sla lionft the chain tu tax a A "small mercantile llrene tex not greater than that, of Virginia Aaii iioe rim tor in McDonald a "platform address" during the last half hour waa broadcast over state-wide network of five siat Ions Besideg McDonald. Clyde Hoey of Shelby and Lieutenant Governor A. H- (Sandy) Orsham and John McRae, of Charlotte, have announced and are actively campaigning for the Democratic nomination.

The Republican nominee Is Oil-Ham Grlssom of GreenstKro and Raleigh. Graham mid Hoey, Mr Donald because of popular demand for the poUries he advocates, have been forrrd to slier their land and "pretend to follow me" by reflurihg the sslea tax, redurtng automobile (Please Turn To Psge Ninei Today and 37 KNOWN DEAD IS FIVE STATES Cordelc, Hardest Hit With Casualty List Of Sixteen GlUCKNeMIOivO. Aprtt 3 A tor nsdo whun awvpt a iih several hliHTks wide through south wen Giaensbt'ro early tonight left 1 1 known dead, more than KH) Injured, pio( tarty dainaga estimated in eras of UXHUHH) and the ptieaibillty many others hil heen killed or fatally hurt. Workers searching through the dob tts admitted they were principal lv seeking the lu)ureii. and war nol pndiing for persons klllexl storm stnii a here and then dltinaxl rtiivbii tl Hnuamav twn inilee eat nf the Raleigh road, Known dad werei I Mra uby Hal n.

of 411 Me Adoe) avmtie Mia Maude Viola Clendenln John son of 4 oil lor rail street Mr. and Mrs. jitttn Murphy of 404 (lorrell street. J. 11 Powell, negro berber.

of rVtd villa and ftohert Ward, a negro res taurant employe An uoltiriitifted white man electro cuted when he came tn contact wttfi a live wire. Mrs. ,1 Ayra and daughtsr, Gloria, fl, burnsd tn death when their home at 411 McAdnu avenue waa destroyed, Ned I artdreae unknown. Kllsahth lweti. eg ana, died of heart aiMuk when storm atruoh her'' home The wind cul a eweth ca destruction ttuiMigh a bueineea and reai-deniial eevtion only quarter ot mile rtom the heert of Urven4Koi buauteae dUlrtet, A.

tluttsou, Oullfnrit county teg supervlsckr. iiupeoted the area en set in ui let I damage at from tl.OOO.OoO lo Si ft JO is ur nure Elm street four Blocks rrntn the re ler ol low was ttiered un tlMirts, autMiitttiilee hail been blown over In the street, place glaae wilt dow. iHwnteee aid some ineiaivrae complete store frnnU tuuX been blow a out Many residence with of the buM news at real wore wrerwed and mnt ot tit one who had been (mum seriously Injured or killed eame ttvi that tpiarter. Firee luoha out following the wind. 'flie siruak by the tornado a as I hi own Into dark nee Inunadl ately siut the (hike Power etMn(Miif iUtckly eut off all power In the city, mi electric lighte burnt mf (or aevsral hours Indtisu lal plants ami tne newatmiiee were Idle fte four houra.

Mmhera nf Ituul national guard unite were nrdeted out with approval of Adjutant General Van 8. Mette and were petrolling the dam SKd are tntughl. 'Ilie Greensboro Hetl Grose swung Into aeilou shortly aftar the esteni of tha da mag was realised and established rUr station which, was aspects to operate through the night streets rilled Hllh Pel.rls Mlreeu ware ruled with debris, the railway tracks were blocked for linw by timber toed tm them by lha wind Tha storm eut a harrow swath fog a distance ot I I -J mlla. leveling numeriKta residem.es, damagtrtg nh srs and bettering Indiistrial plants lkWiV.swe -fcsi vv been bspped In the beaetnenta tf their hmitaa. bottght raruate fesiad until war still pinned be nsaih tha tlmher The haavteat damsga Was done In the ate) Item eotithwaetern and eastern parU rf fba elty, whteh ke hiae'led toy trie fWiutbern Nail way.

tlm part north ttt the Use set aped hann. hsie were many rumor of ae-ti ait lee, but It waa difficult to check thatn One smlMilaif firm aald It had taken II Injured (tt-roita to a hws-pHl and had hantllefl two rKMKa, i Four liieoiriefs of tha family of Mtka Psa list Wee lrt)orsd when thtr apartment uf a store wae i wret ked Thay wt Paschal sod I hla wtf. their son John, la. and their daughter. Mary, 1U AiutClier ((Mid was ssy from rVttne and ee e-apMl Pour rffianthefs snoiher family i wet in lha rtasnrnetil of he hotne John riharp was unhurt bul Please Turn To Cighr,) HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS OLe 'OMAN SAY SHE DOM' UK 'HOLLER At DAT EOlO I RECK'N DATS CA'SE HIT ClT IN PE LAS'j WUt ON 'ER TORNADO WRECKS hut mm SICK MAN UNHURT GOKHO.

Ala, ttr.l The tltk rnn Pitrr miii sll Gist remained IimIii n( hit hone In the Hitminh nMiiiuiliiltv Hhleh mm it ink hi a titiiMilo hit itlght. 1'he remalndri of the hnine was IiIum awn hv I he wind, hut Purler, ron fined to III bed Mlth eilmi lllnens, Mas unhiirl lit the alorin. tut an outer nil uf the mie re-inaliitng mom a hat still hung on a nail Hheie II a plated before the aiiiriii. Nazi Plan Is Opposed By France a) 1'Altltt April 3 iA' Fianre will reply Id Adilf Hltlel pra plan by HHsertliig lis acepiaiic wmild mean the desth of the leagu uf Nallona, officials said Uiilghl. Ihs gtivernment slsn prtihably will ask htr a hut ried conlnrenre wit Greet Uritaln, IIMglum and Haly, el which it will demand rejection of the Get man counter Official ssid a roNponse to Killer's oiler drafted by Premier Albeit Bar-rant and Foreign MlnUiej Plena-Ktlenne Hand In lomormw will iltj-nouiitte Der Helchaf uehrer'a declaia-tlun but will aay Fiance i nut closing the dtmr to negotiations.

The reply, which will take the fin tn of a speech or statement since Germany did not add tens the plsn to Prm i ee. will hntd the prnMisls uiiateptshle tie sumi Hitler offere! no cuiueftaltms 14) enable Frsixe tn "reestablish rrape lv Ititeetiatli'liAl law Uermany miml made resiise that her violation of the Waarno. herd on the heels of so many con dilatory advances, has killed all wii-(Idenre in her word. aald an official liesth of the league wooUt reittilt frmn adoption of the propositi, the' oflli lal said, twrauae It would "end. once and all, collective setuiliy by suhstltutihg Ill-lateral pat u.

"unevenly distributed i ti Europe A formal HritUh guarantee of Frsitre a frontier nvsliwt German sugreaalon was rmelved "with Hiht UKgn ullU and the Frenrh wete heered Alth'Jligh the ptomise hd tieen frireseen, It was feared Gist (lermtiyi might prevsii iiHn Foteinn Mmiair Anthony Edn to ptpone sending i It I The French handed a similar let- ttr to (itest lit 1 1 in tonight, pfumia. lug reclprof sl aMlatsli' If Britain rit tim of aKRteMloii he rshlnet will meet Monday with President Alltert Lorun to de lle upon court of aeiitm al a Isicanio ciitifafnce The Frenrh will t'mtsitd HMIrr "Alleiuptlng to dlt tale to In ths swine noiiiner that he 1 fiiiplnys Id his own roiinuy pieimer nsrisui wilt attend a meeting tfinutrrow between Ftaodiu nnd the Frenrh emnasaedors lyndofi. Iteilln. Itoms and tiiuwl I he foielgri nillilatei wss trjoft( In flrlal circle to have UUt tit flfltlh amoaMad'ir Utai Frsn'e ron-nlfleia Miller iniMl simiml entirely negative "77ia note lends twsfd denititr. tl'n frf th lesyue and ruin rfmt.

iisds slne JW1B lo uttmitltm (Plea, Turn To Pugs Ten Prison Warden Can Stay Death Sentence Until Sunday Night TI.BNTON. N. April 3. (Friday UP! The fate of Bruno Richard Hauptmann became more beclouded than ever early today when the Mercer county grand Jury suddenly voted, (ler more than 13 hours' deliberation, to discontinue Its Investigation Into charges that the Lindbergh baby murder waa committed by Paul Wendel. Tile Jury, whose consideration of the Wendel charges caused the i.ot-ponemen.

Tuesday of Hauptmann's execution, now set for tonight, did not vote "no-blU" which would have dismissed the formal murder charge on which Wendel now Is hel' In Jell, nor did It vote an- indictment, Leo Rogers, assistant prosecutor, said Prosecutor Krwtn Marshall said: "The grand Jury haa voted to discontinue further investigation of tne Wendel case, and I have no further Instructions to summon or subpoena fliarge Is Left Open The resiUt, therefore, of It Inquiry, which has Included the questioning of Governor Harold G. Hoffman, Attorney-General David T. Wl-lentz, Burlington County Detective Ellis Parker, and Wendel himself, among othera. la to leave the murder cnarge open ior iuihiw 'nu" the grand Jury, If It should desire, or vna Governor Hoffman's press aide, William S. Oonklln.

said the governor had "no comment," but Conklln added: "After all, the action waa negative." Richard Stockton, assistant attorney general, however, aald: "The Wendel case la finished so far as the grand Jury la concerned. Tha charge of murder died when the grand Jury failed to Indict." Asked If the grand Jury might not consider the case again when It meets Tuesday, he aald: "Yea, It might. But that would be contrary to corflanon practice and common sense." Sec Way To Execution Cleared A high legal authority aasoclated -with Hauptmann'a prosecution, Interpreting the grand Jury's action, "There la nothing standing In the way of Hauptmann'a execution tomorrow night." Foreman Allyne 8. Freeman of grand Jury aald Ita neat meeting would be Tueaday. Prosecutor Marshall, when asked If the grand Jury could take up the Wendel caae next week, aald: 1 can't apeak for the grand Jury-It can take up anything It want He explained that tha grand Jury had voted to discontinue further Investigation and "I have no further Instruction to summon or subpoena ESwItnessea In this caae." Even before the grand Jury took up the Wendel caae, Marshall, after questioning the priawner and announcing hie repudiation of the kidnaping confessions," aald ha did not believe the man had any connection with the LlndberRh kidnaping rune l'p In Air.

l-'Mier says Hauptmann'a attorney. C. Uoyd Fisher, aald It waa hla understanding that the failure of the grand Jury to take any action left the case "up In the air." "As a general proposition." Fisher aald, "a Jury Isn't finished with a rase until It returna an Indictment or no bill." Beyond that he would not comment. He aald he would aee Haupt-mann today. The Jury'i failure to take any action leaves the fate of Hauptmann, most authorities believe, up to governor Hoffman, but hla hande appeared to be tied by rulings of tne attorney general' ottlce that he lacks power for a further reprieve.

Col. Mark O. Klmberllng. prison warden, who postponed the execution from last Tuesday until tonight, can not delay It on his own authority longer than the end ol "the week of March 30." Wendel remained In Jail pending disposition of the original complaint charging murder. Parker nana No Further Action Wendel was turned over to the fflnercer county authorltlea late last 'liaturday and waa arraigned late that night on the murder complaint eluned by Chief of Detertlve James Klrkhan.

The arroet waa made by Burllnnton County Detective Chic! Ellis Parker, a friend of Oovernor Hoffman. Detective Parker, told of the grand Jury's action, said: "I've done all I can. I turned over the result of my work to the Mercer county official, and If they do not aee tit to act, there nothing I can do about It." AMted If he would take any further action, he aald: Ha" Positively no," The laat witness to be heard by the gTand Jury In aewion that began before 10 o'clock yesterday morn-In- and did not end until 1140 p. was the accused man. Wendel.

He in tha room three and a half houra and rame out cheerful Before Wendel was called, two handwriting expert had appeared before the Jury and the Lindbergh ran-aom note were taken In Earlier high state official had expressed a belief there would be an mdlctnvnt In the caae. On of the experts. Albert Os-born. who testified Bruno Richard Hauptmann wrote the ransom note. u.id the note were not in Wendel's handwriting Handwriting Compared The expert had made a eomperl-H fori of the writings before going Into 1 ire Jurv room.

Wendel had offered to waive Immunity In order to tell the grand Jury the "eonfeasirma" to the kidnaping arere obtained under duress. WeneM left the grand Jury room (flama Turn To Page Hin sill hot II les tilled him lo as for HopkiuH DenieH Needy Chosen I tern mho Of Affiliations WAfHINfVIN. April 3 A na-lloii-wlde inveatltiatltiii if charges of politics tn the PA wss tlriiiandml tonlKht bv Aenslor Bualt (It hla I etevt Hur Ileitis y)JJf he wiMild have been "a plain iianiu i fool" Ui apailnt stale admtntatralm not "fileiHlly" to the New (eal Hopkins, howwver, Indignantly de-nh'd that he tanned "implication" that the SHdhikHt needy on WI'A work relief rolls es ct mil sated with admtniatiators- weie chosen according Ui political affiliations, "I've yat to see the case I don't say theie Isn't any whsrg a fellow got hla Job on relief rolls because of politic," ha assarted. II mads his demand ailer tha senate audit nommltteetn a move labeled by some HuputilU an aa an of mi lo suts -track the IMvIs resolution fur sh inquiry Into YW'A by the senste aijiemUtutes committee a-lUn of indefinitely. "1 don see why anyone should be sfiaid of having such an investigation." Borah atild It should be an open inquiry and go into ell phases of the WPA.

I have received letters flom eltlaeus complaining aaiiiat the tallef organ-iMilon. as hava ulher senaUira linnet I. sills All Preeul tMiaiiman tlyrues I) aV V. ttt the seiials audit commllWe, to whU Hie solution, imiottured by Msitauar liavli (H Pa was referred, sld he did not know when the auinmil-lee would meet again hut that when It did he would make sure all ta moot alio members were present. a lUehman (U, and Towuaend lanl 1 weis present today when favls asked the audit tmi-fl i It tee to approve for the Inquiry At tils prees eon fere nee.

Hopkins sttrlhuted reporu that WI'A woiksrs H'll their Jolts IhliHigh oll Ileal III-fltietii'e lo "jtollliclana wlui "take pride In telling the wide world they ate th fellows who know how get tellef Jolts" )r lining to ('iHiimant on pin-poaals foT Invesllgatltiiis of WI'A by iMiiise or senate committees, Hopkins aaked seitastU'slly ttalsy whatha Gevls was a state or Uiilled lit a las senator He dikiniased as "Hippycock" an assertion by Hcnslof Htelwer (It Ois that the relief prng tarn had been "tainmaiiylved." Ha spoke with his tongue In hte cheek, 1 11 bet you a dollar, Hopkins said 1 he difference tteiween applnt-meui ut WPA admiiiuiistors and iholre uf needy for Jolts was piompl py the tiueitioit, is Uisie any po'-un-s WVN'' ha replied, "you know depend! nn what you mean he a a plain damn fool to appoint eotne-hody lo sdmlnisier ths WfA wn dldn beliee In it Un aplloi Htll Hepreeentallve fNmper (H Gtittti in a statement el-tacked the allotment uf eiuooou worn relief funds to Geoige Hetty, ol tlie CJooiietl for Indoetftal 'rotlas, for completing a hUloty '4 a lieiitaitlng thai Iterry had helpsd I Please I'M 'Id Pag en) Ma AMiNiir.ii inn, WAnillNfl ION April Ml After tU haling ths pp slot.s yanU hill fur tlua days. lh sens' l'lsy put for wan) a in'Mllfied S'itAtlluU and lnerl it within an hour and tiles nf poneiits that It partntu tfie e'lt laty uf sgrM ultiira to taud a mail to Jail by ofcsee It was ant lo the house, hy a vot 'rf ai to Ik, wher ion its sport pr0H et a t'Mtgh road for It thla UMintl 'fl hill Wtftild pla Sr' 'mitM tUxiftrrlt titt'1r lha 'iter-vtaiori of the sw.retsry ag'ieollUf tr rtytn tsld a new us hill mtufit 'rrsh tti Hou within f'ntl high' The tlHsy to isttlr.g the hill out nafd My i ns. I nd it ate a wil round i -d rftvrttoa mur wtd' kiioiiin 1 le sol to tret Gir-righ Ut H'ttisa withtrt a week after It la Uito-j iu i The t'-titnmua Is iri4tler i ti4 I Wl rsteii -d aOditi'rttal govern-in ot ir 'iOMi frotn orpora ll'i ta hed ri tit nmt irirrifn Wlt'i4lr ft dlsiriteiitl'M). gSl-ttt)i0i front a windall us oti pro-t wfio stl1 per me it nt AAA proreealtid tetes Sei oSt oifj from ronilruatin nf agrees pf'4tta and 'apital si'" Ussas. sid lia fijtnnx) from ui on ar-tsllon dividend to lortfgttara I Ami ttt prscipialeii a hesled hanif, tei.wtMin two eothoiitt'e mrn-beta whn he daehnad give ih Ma I the nsriie of two aoYOpsnit wnun be said fvtfd tit nw us pro-gi are Qiiaatpft't ky raeanlaUv Trsvlsf III.

Mass he assert! tfist he id not ft now a ngle ise -tf 'HT tf i National of tPlsae T' "tm Pag Two) Capital Today aitaliirlott Hureau The AthrtilU HY Al.TKIt mum WASHINGTON, April 3. President Roosevelt, upon his retain to Witsh-1'igion from his fishing trip In southern WHters. will he urged sign an executive order allocating sufficient funds to acquire the necei-aary land to complete the Great Smoky Mountain National park. Senator Robert R. Reynolds announced here today.

Senator Reynolds revealed that he and Senator Kenneth McKellar. of Tennessee, had a joint conference at the capltol laat week wit Arno Cam merer, director of the National Park service, at which a frank and thorough discussion was had to just what must be done to get the park completed, dedicated, and provisions made for tourists. Senator Reynolds said he and Sou- ator M-'Kellar would go to the White House to urge allocation or additional park funds just soon as the President returns from thp south, which Is expected to be the latter part of next week. Conference Slated The Junior North Carolina senator's statement regarding the efforts he and Senator McKellar are making to get the park opened came on the eve of a meeting tomorrow at the National Park Service offices between Director Cam merer and atnte park officials from North Carolina and Tennessee. T.

W. Raoul and W. w. npmI. members of the North Carolina Park commission, and A.

Hall Johnston, commissioner attorney, and Representative Zebulon Weaver will be present for the conference. A general discussion of "Oreat Smoky Mountain park matters'' will take place. Weaver said tonight the chief purpose waa to aee if there Is any way possible to get the park officially opened and dedicated this summer. In response to a request by Senator Reynolds and Senator McKellar. Director Cammerer has written a letter setting forth the status of the park.

There remain 36,014 acres to be acquired to bring the park to the total area of 436.01)4 acroa and the atlmated cost la $743 N. (. Acrenge Acquired In hla letter Cammerer dies not state In which state the desired acreage la located, but the records show that It la on the Tennessee side. North Carolina haa acquired and turned over to the Department of Interior a total of 239.460.01 acres of land. Deeds to every tract in this area, are entirely clear with three minor exceptions which relate to graveyards.

Obviously North enroll-n a la beyond her quota of land either on the basis of the 400.000 acres minimum as requited In the Weaver (Pier Turn To Piwc Eight) CASE AGAINST VERA STRETZ NEARING JVRY NEW YORK. April 2 state tonight charged that Vera Htretu killed her former lover. Dr. Fritz Oebhardt. because he refused to divorce hla wife and marry her.

but closed Its summation without pressing for the death penalty. Assistant District Attorney Miles M. O'Brien described her a "a tigress when provoked" aa he closed the caae against the 32-year-old stenographer charged with first degree murder for the fatal shooting of the German Industrialist In hla tower apartment last November 12. Miss Stretr. sat with her head bowed and wept softly several times as O'Brien defended the character of the man she admitted killing, ending their Illicit romance Her own attorney.

Samuel Lelbowltst. pleaded she was Justified tn slaying Oebhardt to defend herself from an aacault. and pJedM with the jury to acquit her and not to compromise Its verdict with a lesser finding of guilt. Once, when O'Brien shook hr blood-stained night gown before the Jury, she sobbed audibly. She was extremely pale.

flally Calloway, Martha Htnr Campbell, Martha Ceril, Theiia Marie Chakales, Margaret Pauline Chandler. Roberta Cole, Jessie lee Collins. Virginia Ruth Connor, Eve. lyn Mae Couch, fteatrloe EllKabeth Coulllon. flera Frances Creavman, Frances Louise Creech, Frieda Culberson.

Sara Carver mrrough, Northern (Nancyi rrVault, Helen Carver Devendorf. Btty Ann Devlin. Margaret Elirebeth Duckett, Barbara Er-line Duncan. France Loui Edwards. Mary Cruris Edwards.

Grace Elirabeth pelmet, Carolyn Patton F)hburne, Felice RliMbeth Flanery. Phyllis Clen Ga-iumbeck. Ruth Garland Bars Frsn-ees Oarren. Wyhe Gentry, Anna Elisabeth Oilmer, Helen lyulse Oooley, Geneva Helen Green. Sara Our ley, Mary Lucille Harte.

Eugenia Mildred Hart. Mary Ann Hawkins, Anna Myra Hereon. Reiner Hilda Hicks. Jessie Virginia Hill, Catherine Ruth Hill, fXrls eriewart H'dg. ieTfaa-dero Hoi com be.

iJiure Eliratieth Howell. Helen Osinee HowerUm. Hera Catherine Hughe. Elreo-th Brlttaln Htinnlcutt. Margaret Elirebetb Hyatt, Alice Reeca Hyatt.

(Plea Tutaj To Page Te 1 Eloquently presented to the ron-ven'tou bv hit father, a veteran of lull a ceniury of Republican cam-pitLgus In Wtmtetu Carolina Chile II. a) tell, young Andrews si-lornty, was nominated for Congi" in the O- P. eleventh dlstiU't con- veuiion at the our thorn yealeninv The father, H. Jarreit of Ja-'k-on county, declared tn pichenting his son to the convention, that Uic counties west of the Balsam range had given the Republican siamlaul warm support for veais without being hunoted by having a siaudmd bf ui er. Mr Jsrret won the nomination over Hnlsey lavltl, Aahevllle In-suinace tnsn.

Who wna the nominee Hi 1U.I4. by a vol of 107 delegates to 1M. and as soon as the vote as hi, Mt. Isviti i.ioved that the nomination be made unanimous. Named Delegates 1 1 che II lomin rc of Win' Hi iiu mid Walter Chambet of Mm ion were elected ilrlrgate to the national Republican convention In Clevelsml in June Mild Horace N.

He niello ot Canton Hiid 'Ted llaiurlck of ulher (old ion were chosen alternates. Chailes French Toms. of lieu-dersonvillr, wa nominated (or district presidential elector by acclamation. The vote for coiigi ehslnnsl nominee I by counties was. For For I Jsrrelt U'svitl Buncombe 4'1 Cherokee Ill Clay 7 Urn ham 7 littywood 10 HeiideiMiu 1 1 11 Juckson Macon 12 McDowell 7 Polk 2 a Swain 10 Rutherford 12 12 TrauKylVBiiia 3 fl Total IU7 Put In Nomination 8 Commissioner Von no L.

Gud ger of Aehavllle woe also placed tn nomination for Congrenaman, but withdrew, making a brief epeech utg-lug the Republican parly to make a declaration In favor of ao.txx) homestead exemptions from taxation. Former City Councilman Chailen P. Crowe, who had presented Mr. Gud-ger's name to the convention, refused to accept his wlthdiawsl. but be chairman, foi mer Cotigp-nMiinu James J.

Utltt. ruled Mr. Gudger could withdraw anyway In his Kpcech presenting hi son's name, the elder Mr. Jairell gave some remiscencea of great names In Republican history In Western North Carolina. Re recalled the name uf past successful Republican district standard bearers -11.

Kwsrt, Jeter C. Prltehard, Jaiuea M. Moody. Richmond Pearson, Juhn Grant, Mr. nrltt, Col.

Virgil s. Luak and George Prllchard. Mr. flavin was placed In nomination by J. Marvin Glsnos of Ashe-villa.

II Intra wa Name Mr. Rentelle wss also nominated for haitonal delegate, but withdrew leav ing the nomination of Mr. Laminae and Mr. Chambers to be by acrlsma- tion. On motion of Mr jeavltt.

Mr. Jar-ret was instructed to appoint tha near fitMirivl tliMlrmnn jiwwJ Brownlow Jsokson of Hendersonvllle The districts ten member of the stale executive commute were crimen as follows: DuricoDihe county. Marvin Glance. Clay. R.

Tiger tone-half vole); Grshstn. Jenkins (one-half vole); Macon, Sij.lt; IlavwofKl, iuy MipM: flwsin, McKlnley Kdwards: iiowell James; Jackson, John Rnalev, Cherokee, Hwan, Transytvanla. Mrs. TriMma Fiher and Iewis Hsmlln (one-half vote earhl. I he convention was dragged out until slnvwt ft O'flodt bcsuse the lPle Turn To Fight Tomorrow ble auceevful defisnre nf the pliO-lie Isw of r.oroiae Hier is g'd reason Ui think that Museolinl da-ftrd ths Iav'ie I a use felt tvuld rely on lv.

lo hold Mi TAn In check and that Hitler marrhed into the lUiinelsnd a or two hefrrre Ktigland end Franc were oti lha ptiint of reaching an airitement btth as Cthiofiia and the Hhinelsnd The mrrt'of the difficulty is thst the Frenrh cannot persuade them etvt to Uk a vital interest In in security of the HritUh empire in Isiypt and lndls while the Hrittah ran not twrausds thmselvee in vitally interetUd tn the Frnrh sill ancw In central Rurofi. Ineis is otily ot.s pini whet thir vital tntereats are the serne That Is Hei mm doth wot iii gn to war tn-suntly and as allie if wet invaded again For Belgium tn ba dretr to Frsriee and trie jnrnp-irjt off plae for an aturg rn Kr.g-Isod Hut outside the von, whera Ut I wt prwern are ar-soiuteiy united they 1 1 ther rofi wnkh they ae P'A united Hritain. ffr essmp, was genuinely alarmed not roerety as a mrotMr of tha Imu, hot i an empire, by the larger pretarieioo of Mueecgiil's Afi-tcan rarngisigji flritleb sew Mtmi If M'teaollnl rim-rjcfl ffthiopta he would thn hat In hSe se fHrwit in hnUi II All (Plesa Turn Pg To -By WALTER UPPMANN -The Pivot Of Europe Tax Program Unsound, Business Group Holds 262 In Senior Class At Lee Edwards High Eu0e may he said to have been s'ai of crmtinual crisis since iHeptemher, and while at one time the world has thought of It a turning on F.thlopia and then again on the fthlneland, in reality lb re has been one inaepsraole crisis Mora, over, tbrounhoul this period the renter of the whole affair hae not been in the relations of Italy wllh Bnt sin and the league fir In the relations of Germany with France and the Locarno powers It hss hwn in the reisuons betwsen Greet writ-aln and Prsnce. Fr "ee two powers are India-aolursly tied together. Vi they have been unable to act t-ether hi Is the principal key lo what has hap-pened.

end Is happening, and will happen in Europe P. ere I tin do tot that Uajethef RrltAin and France possess military economic and financial '(Kiwer whtrn no nation arid no comtrfnstii-m of nation could chaJlenge They era not only the at orgeat poaaibJa corn nine ion In Iturope ttday, hut their combined strength would atirart lias a mairitet the not imortsidersnia strrncih of Russia and the Utile Fntente All these nation Relieve In tl. existing bftihda)ee of Korope AH ptofetu) a daeire to maintain them through twirwm action Tet In rxrth pbaeea of tha rone eriW. ftrtuin and prsnce hs been at eroasojuTpoeee and in ivith Irwtanr) their lraYhlity to sree on a common policy baa mad possi More than 30 boys and glrla are prospective graduates of the senior class at Lee Kdwards high school and expect to receive their diplomas In final commencement exercises at the high arhoot May 20, It was learned yesterday. Of the 202 prospective graduate.

113 are boys and 149 are girls. Joe Justice Is president of the senior class. commencement activities of the 1936 graduates will include a senior play, the baccaluareate sermon, a junior-senior dsnce and lb ftnal graduation exercise. The Rev. Walter B.

West, presiding eldT of the Asheville district of the Methodist Episcopal church. South will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. Oirts in the 103 graduating class of Lee Edwards high school'sre: Virginia Ehrsbeth Adams, Bern Ice RHr-soeth Alberts. Margaret Pauline Alexander. Adele Dufour Allport, Sarah Elizabeth Anders.

Ruth Arthur. Katherlne Irme Bach. France Elizabeth Bailey, Mary Lorraine Band. Martha Jean Baumberger. Mary Martha Bennett.

Marguerite Ettrabeth Black. Virginia Elirabtth Black, Mar-jorte Luclle Bradley. Mary Eiiiabeth Brown, Ruth Virginia Bruce. Margaret Louise Bryaon. Lorraine Buck-Det, Emily ffugean frrsm.

WAlfINfU'ON April Anoi-ganired sartor of American btaiie tday ssHSlled tn Mouas end mail nommUte 47tMi Wt Us (rrrtfrsm as utovuitd. terWlng. promote rnonotol by daatr oviti "tn H-IPton, Sfid llfiy to pe ulsilon, ret'tgartlAallottc sud ins ruutrlne Noel ftargent. ui the H- Iior.al Manufacturer is m-u re It nw fir rt i ott tie m''er- hip IHt. prwteaten Ut ih lee Uil ths lew eofpoieliOM ta plsn but a new pfefveas in dlaWU Mi difrifuity aetd.

mat would US lha wealth of ive ttr nerd It Ui trilltl up new eft-trpfl" to typ trtat ha gin reir na'ion tn highest and (h higheet standard nf living in tne weld Inttesd of nayllng Wiist tailed a "roovltilr Miio'eind'' las prarifi fta('(il Uff'! to MP a spai cfititmueunt Ui r(Kft, bei the nest e-spm what ehatig, II stir ess litnled in estatiiig us p'il-le As the rotiuriilLe set lUelf tn "rk art) ass. If fteay, in so to ffiude hsenr.c oti ite nea'iy eiitht hutkdre4 million tVll pro rant by the uf tn a rips ig-y Wife i.