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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01
KIDNAPPED OIL
MAN IS FREED
Family Refuses to Discuss
Ransom Paid for
Release

OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. i
(UP).-The family of Charles f.
Urschel. wealthy oil man today
refused to discuss any phase of
the ransom payments for his re-
lease, declaring owe consider that
private matter"
Urschel was released at mid
night.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01
SCHOOL IS ENTERED
BUT NOTHING TAKEN

A thief or thieves entered the
high school building sometime
within the past few days, accord
ing to a report to the police de-
partment yesterday afternoon.
Entrance was gained by picking
a lock with a knitting needle.
Nothing was found to be missing
this morning.
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To Mr.. j. T. Fain.
Editor. The Times-NGws.

10 Mr.. j. i. ram,
Editor, The Times-NGws.
For the information of the pub
lie to the end that all law-abidlng
citizens may give their further
support and operation i'll the
enforcement of the criminal laws
in Henderson county, am max
ing the following statement be-
lieving that it may be of general
interest.
The County Recorders court is
a criminal court of inferior JurIS-
diction. This court has juriSdic-
lion to try and punish, III case OF
conviction, all acts designated as
misdemeanors in Henderson coun-
". The court has no final juris-
Giction in the more serious viola
tions of the law known as felo-
MES. The main distinction be-
tween felony and misdemeanor IS:
a felon may be sent to the peni-
Tertiary for term of months or
years, or his life may be taken;
while in a misdemeanor the pun
ishment is fine. Jail imprisonment,
usually assigned work on the roads
for a period, largely in the dis
erection of the Recorder, not to
exceed two years. BY far the
CONTINUED on page four)
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WILL BE NORRIS DAM

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Aug. l.
(UP).-The Tennessee Valley au-
thority announced today that the
government dam to be built at
Cove Creek will be named the
Norris Dam, in honor of U. S.
Senator George w. Norris, of Ne
braska, sponsor of ten-year fight
for government development Of
the property.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01
REV. 0'MARA HOST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT

The Rev. Father Phillip O'Mara,
pastor of the Immaculate Con
ception Catholic church will be
host at a social event to be given
at the immaculate school Wednes-
day night at 8 o'clock. Music and
refreshments will be arranged Tor
the guests and parishioners and
visiting Catholics are cordially IN
vited to attend this affair which
promises TO be an enjoyable So
cial gathering.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01
SO Pct. Rise in
Tobacco Seen

ATLANTA. Aug. 1.-CUP).-
Upwards of 45,OOO,00O pounds Of
Georgia tobacco were offered for
sale at az warehouses in 16 cities
today as the 1888 season opened.
Prices are expected to be about
Is cents per pound, so per cent
increase from last year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01
new FEDERAL
KIDNAP Laws
TO Be DRAWN
Roosevelt Takes Steps to
End Type of Racket
eering

HYDE PARK. n. Y, Aug. l..
(UP).-President Roosevelt today
turned TO federal action for the
suppression of kidnapping.
1t was learned that Il recent
cabinet meeting discussed u gov
ernment drive against racketeers
and that Raymond Moley, assiS-
tant secretary of state, would
concentrate on the drawing up of
Il legislative program to be sub
mitted to the next congress.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01
TWO MEN SHOT WHEN
DEPUTIES FORCE LINE

UNIONTOWN, Pa, Aug. l.
(UP).-TwO men were shot and
slightly wounded today and two
others injured painfully when spe-
cial deputies attempting to force
their way through the picket lines
at the II. C. Frick Coke company's
Star Junction mine opened fire on
the pickets.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01
FORBID GANDHI TO
START CAMPAIGN

BOMBAY, Aug. 1.-(UPl.-
British Indian officials decided to-
day to release Mahatma Gandhi
after serving him with an order
restricting his movements and for
bidding him to embark on new
civil disobedience activities.
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CAPoNE HENCHMAN SLAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-CUP):I
Tony Marino, a lieutenant OF the
Capone gang, was riddled WIN d
burst of machine gun fire here TO-
day and instantly killed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01
KISS EFFORTS FATAL

EDWARDSVILLE. ILL.,, Aug. /.
(UP).-Stella Christoff, II. con-
fessed today that she shot and
killed Nelson Voss, substitute mail
carrier, because he tried to kiss
me-"
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FORMER EDITOR DIES

GARDEN CITY, N. Y, Aug. /.
iUPl.-Chester S. Lord, former
managing editor of the New York
Sun died at his home here today.
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70 HUE rlE les SOilS ~ Oll SUI =
8 Ms and factories, and employ
/ falling into line by the thou
1 B, 90 spread employment and
s xrkers higher wages.
|g1SHINGTON, Aug. l. CUP.
RI. Hugh =. Johnson. nation
S. rsg.ery administrator. last
!, ygned an order bl&GGeting
a Of the retail trade OF the
y rrr affecting more than 4
j 0OO clerks and shop girls N
j nation. m q temporary code
n hours ranging from 10 to
per week.
HE temporary code, which pro-
les wage ranging from SIS 20
/. week. became effective to-
!. and maugwaCeS the inst
l., 0,,-mp- 10 increase pmchaS-
power under the president ;
kuyr.y Program.
Ill.,, temporary code, formulat-
under Section Is Of the blanket
j. permitting substitution Of
R!@aayu, code provisions for
kua,. cua, provisions. will be-
H. imperative when a perma-
D. code for the retail trade Is
3 .rl Dg President Roosevelt.
ID H-aou. week is provided for
d ,gt ,yges, while Il 4O-hour
5, provided for other retail
X Including furniture, hard
mai. order houses. retail
s ,1g.>. dry goods and shoe
q Sgaa.or.ys TO the other section
y The code were National Furnl-
Re as,y,ia,.on; National Retail
) gtwase association; Mail Order
#oc.a,lan. National Association
4 Retail. C.Othiers and Furnish
. Natyaa. Retail Dry GOOGS
)t.a,lya aad National Shoe Re-
y ers.
S Dug stores are not included IN
y Ter group.
Y Is Ia the blanket code, store
service agency operation Is
81 a, q minimum of % hours
seek except where on July l,
+ The period of operation was
than - hours per week.
Employment Of persons under
4 wears Of age was prohibited ex'
for q period of three hours
>ll= u' school hours. as prOyld'
IN the presidents voluntary
'eemeU,. Both codes took over
r. provisions of the presidents
ln,ary agreement prohibiting
'pI0pOJe> and extraordinary IN,
taseS lu prices.
The code covering the 4O-houl
f. group provides for minimum
ses a. follows: $13 and $l4
r. iH cities of between 25OC
100000; $3.50 and $14.5I
a,le, between $4,000 and 800,
ant $I4 and SIS in cite
100000 in the South AM
'h respectively. The minimum
We scale Is fixed at 81 a wee
tor persons employed fewe
IA slN months.
State listed as constituting tn
pun are Virginia, West Virginia
'U'A Caroljna. South Carolina
0'Ela, Kentucky, Tennessee
iaolama, Mississippi, Arkansas
AStana. Oklahoma, Maryland
and the District of Co
Pm5.a.
he 'ood trades code provide
minimum wage scale as follows
"a week in cities between 2,
! and 100000; $3.50 70
6 between 100000 and 500,
and SlI for cities above 500,
FOR employees between Is an
/ Years of age the food trad
I5 likes a wage scale of 81
r. lower than for adult work
apprentices will get 81
r. less for a period of 81
anticipating in the food trade
'g ate the National AsSociatio
Retail Grocers, Inc; The NJ
DaI American Wholesale Gre
association; National Retail
/ ned Wholesale Grocers; n;
.a. Grocery Chain Store asst
zion and Food Chain Distribl
r. and voluntary groups.
N"s agreement provided la
continued on page 3s)
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WEATHER

.,.I local thunderstorm
..b. and Wednesday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01
[RVEY Shows
YER 10000
I'm Up CODE
IL,son Oyerrides Admin
I.,,,tion in Last Minute
/ ReViSionS
ErU A MILLION NEW
|ORS NOW AVAILABLE

kgV YORK. Aug. l.-(Ur).
|,r,v b. the United States
~ .-m,rU that more than no.
.r.Ir.rrs have signed The
~, code with others still com
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01

Fg3SHINGTON. Aug. |. Cup
IT:r.s big push" toward bet .
1 rr-s brought cheering vic
=. today. More than 4 million
.o5S we're opened in the
4 ,r, retail stores. Steady
[r-,, was reported in the CAM
2, bring the steel and oil
4 cr.rs under provisions Of the
1 Recovery Act.
h was the day set for bust
4, q. vu, into effect President
4 se.,', emergency re-emplOy-
u. aggeementS. From all sec
4 at the country came reports
Blue eagles going I'm on store
L. and factories, and employ
/ falling into line by the thou
4 90 spread employment and
4 xrkers higher wages.
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For correct answers to thesi
questions, please turn to page y
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GOOD AFTERNOON

Maybe the reason people say
race track bettors "follow the
ponies" is because the average
bettor never gets ahead of them.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11

hours. The prison guards sought
to quell the protest of the boys
by bringing to the day call about
2e white and Negro prisoner
armed with blackjacks and
threatened to beat them up. The
guards called for the boys to
come out but they refused, de-
claring we'll die first" and arm
ed themselves with whatever
they could find about the cell
for defense. The attack upon
them was called off but the boys
refused TO leave the cell for "a
hours. They were denied all food
during this time according to
Schwab and contrary to the
statement of the warden, were
not even given bread and water.
The boys surrendered, Schwab
said, when they were promised
better treatment. The warden
Is reported to have told the
boys, you nlggers are raising
too much rumpus, we'll give you
your mail If you keep quiet.
The spirit of the boys Is high.
Schwab said, and they feel con-
fident of ultimate release.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11
No Red Bombs

SAMUEL LEIBOWITZ, Scots
boro boys lawyer, escaped a
bomb sent through the mails and
postmarked Alabama. Vigilance
and quick thinking of assistants,
who doused the Internal machine
III pail of water, saved the
life of the lawyer and his office
force.
1t is remarkable that in all of
the Communist activity in the
Scottsboro boys, Fuel Lee, and
Herndon cases. the only violence
or threats of mob violence have
come from the other side.
Mass pressure and united pro-
test as interpreted by the Reds
has in these cases meant peace
able yet firm protest.
1t is a confession of error, an
acknowledgements of defeat. and
sign of moral and intellectual
deeadence when bombs are en-
ployed as an aid to the courts.
II necessary, we presume, the
Reds can use bombs too, but we
cannot see how it would help in
their case.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11
EDITORIAL
Mother

OF RECENT YEARS there has
been established the beautiful
custom of setting apart day
devoted to the purpose of doing
honor and paying tribute to the
one whom We all regard as our
greatest friend Mother.
1t is indeed appropriate that
a day be set aside for the open
expression of the love and af-
lection every man and woman
feels for mother, upon whose in
fluenee rests the future of the
world.
Next Sunday. May Il. is the
day especially designated as
Mothers Day If you are away
that day. write to your mother
II you are with her, gladden. her
heart by some unusual attention.
II your mother is beyond these
acts of devotion, and those sweet
privileges are denied you. resolve
to brighten the day for some
body's mother who has no sons
or daughters living to remember
her. Wouldn't that be a beauti-
full way to honor your mother?
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11
PAID $1,000 FOR
JIM CROW DANCE

LOUISVILLE, Ky-Leading CT
tizens of this city are disturbed
to the point of preventing big
orchestras from coming TO the
city since Cab Galloway carried
off $1,000 after Jim Crow
dance and concert here.
Eight thousand colored patrons
paid II cents each to hear Cab
at the armory, while whites were
admitted for 55 cents.
ut is also reported that col
ored people who paid n cents
but did not care to dance were
not allowed to sit in the balcony
where seats were, because white
people were there, but that when
white people wanted to come to
the main floor where Negroes
were dancing they were permitted
to do so. Not only patrons of ev-
cry class accepted the most flag
rant segregation at the Armory,
but a few of an element of wo-
men eased off in a corner to
dance with the white men who
came to the main floor and ask
ed these women for a dance"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11
DEMOCRATS SEEK
POSITIONS IN THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS

WASHINGTON - The Nation S
Negro Democrats have turned
Their attention toward the Viz
gin Islands as possibility of Sc
curing some of the patronage
that is virtually running wild
there, since the native popula-
ton petitioned Washington to
make a change.
While no definite announce
ment has come from either Pre-
sldent Roosevelt or Secretary of
the Interior Ickes, rumors have
been flying about that the Ad-
mlnistration would seriously con-
slider rewarding the faithful with
some of the 5S positions which
pay a total of $219,000 yearly
in salaries.
In making the plea for their
share of the Rooseveltian spoils'
N egro Democratic supporters
point out that the total popula-
ton of the islands is 22,012 and
Of these 20,002 are Negroes. The
less than two thousand whites
constitute the ruling class.
Davis, Daniels, Named
Most of the well known fig
ures in the campaign are push
ing their claims quietly. Two
men, however, have been prom
inently mentioned for the place.
First is Col. B. o. Davis, the
ranking Negro officer in the L.
S. Army, a man of fine training
who has had wide experience and
who is known as an authority
on international law.
The other and most prominent
candidate, who has many back
ers. is Victor II. Daniel of Mary
land, principal of the Cardinal
Gibbons Institute in that state
Mr. Daniels, who is a well-known
is also a native of the
Virgin Islands. Among those
who have given Mr.. Daniels as
surance of support are, he re-
port, Jesse o. Thomas. l.. Holl-
ingsworth Wood. David A. Hous-
ton, of Washington. close friend
of the president; Walter White,
Col. West A. Hamilton and Carl
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11
Breaking The Chains
THE MIGHTY WALLS nf th

THE MIGHTY WALLS of the
old Slave Empire are crumbline
falling down.
The Scottsboro case conferred
a terrific fire on the Southern
oligarchy and did more to free
the Negro than the guns of the
Union Army.
Real freedom is of the spirit.
Human beings are never free un-
til their souls are free. The
subsection of the mind is in
finitely worse than physical bon
dage. Liberty or death" COM
piehends more than chains and
prison bars.
The decision of the Supreme
Court in the case of Neal versus
Delaware wherein that court de-
cided that the trial of a Negro
by a jury from which all Ne
groes are excluded from the pain
Ell because of color is unconsti-
tutional, struck a death blow at
the vicious Southern jury sys-
lem.
The opinion of Federal Judge
Lowell of Massachusetts in re-
fusing to allow the return of
Crawford to Virginia exploded
and tore holes In the machinery
Of Southern courts. This learn
ed jurist based his opinion on
common sense and the spirit of
the law. He followed the opin-
ion of the Supreme Court in the
low famous Neal VS.. Delaware
case.
These decisions evidence the
fact that all white men are not
void of fairness and common de-
cency. They prove that both
God and Justice still live.
But the most important thing
is that Negroes have taken on
new hope and courage.
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general sat at his table and lean
ed back and whispered sottt
yoee, Gee, If his father, the Con
federate soldier, could see him
now pleading for this II
There you have the attitude to-
ward4 the Southern lawyer.
TEL me again what Southern
lawyer would have cared to
stand up in the courtroom and
say to the judge, Put this col
ored man in the jury box next
to a Southern neighbor.' What
Southern lawyer would have had
the temerity to do that?"
AN avalanche has started
down the mountainside, and no.
thing can stop it until every YES
tige of injustice towards the Ne
gro has been removed. The
Scottsboro case has marked the
turning point in the life of the
Negro in America. They'd like
to get this jew from New York
out of this case, but they'll new
er do it, he continued. 81 as
sure you that they will not get
this Jew from New York out of
this case until hell freezes over"
we have got them. We have
got them in corner and they
cannot squirm away from us no
matter how they try. We have
got them on the constitutional
question, and they know it.
1t was predicted by the coun-
sci for the youths that the Su-
preme Court of Alabama would
reverse the decision of the lower
court. He lauded the Interna-
tional Labor Defense for the fact
that it lived up to its promise to
keep out of the handling of the
case in the courts.
Mr.. Leibowitz's address was
made under the auspices of the
Civil Liberties League of the I'M
proved Benevolent and Protect
i've Order of Elks of the World.
Perry w Howard. grand legal
adviser, presided. Mr.. Leibowitz
was introduced by J. Finley Will
son, grand exalted ruler.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11

5000 March In
Scottsboro Parade

WASHINGTON, Dc. (Spe. }
About 5000 whites and Ne.
groes paraded down PennsyI-
Sania Avenue TO the White
Honse at noon Monday in a
''Seottsboo Protest" demon
stration. The parade arrang
ed by the National Scottsboro
Action Committee was DELAYED
in it's start by the police who
objected 10 the indiseriminate
mingiing of whites and Nr-
groes. The parade was head
ed by Mrs. Patt@ son, mother
of Haywood Patterson, recent
iy convicted and sentenced TO
die. and Ruby Bates, white
girl, who retracted her state
ment that she had been as
sauited by the Scottsboro boys
The two women marched arm
In arm.
The main objective of the
den1onstia ration is TO demand
thnt the "Scottsboro boys shall
not die" and banners. post
ers and shields proclaimed
this demand. The "Tsill of
civil Rights" that is to be
presented TO Congress and To
President Roosevelt. embodies
thirty sections and demands
that discrimination in the ex-
ercise of civil rights by reason
OF race, nationality or color.
be barred.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11
res The True Story OF
Muhny OF Scottsboro Boys

RM1NGHAM, Ala. What
happened last week when
warden of jefferson County
here sent out stories of
my on the part of the nine
Fboro boys, was told the As
ed Negro Press by Irving
|hb, international Labor De
attorney Friday when he
I the prison authorities to
| him to visit the boys con-
In their cells on the eighth
of the prison.
+ boys told Schwab that
had been receiving particu-
|buse at the hands of Depu-
|arden X. c. Dement,. This
en the boys said, constantly
p them, and called them
|ers" and black devils. /"
treatment eliminated In an
protest when the boys
ed that visitors had been
d and that their mail was
being turned over to them.
boys said they agreed to
In chorus 1--WE want our
and kept 1t up for several
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11
WR|TS SOUGHT To
FREE TWO Of THE:
ALABAMA YOUTHS

NEW YORK "A new plan to
obtain The immediate release
from jail of two Of the nine
Seottsboro boys was announced
Friday by George w. Chamlee.
one OF the defense attorneys, up
on his arrival here 10 confer
with officials of the Information
al Labor Defense which organi-
cation Is supporting The move to
save the lives OF the nine young
Negroes sentenced To die in the
electric chair.
Mr.. chamlee, former attorney
general Of Chattanooga. Tenn.
and The only Sontherner assueia-
ted with the defense at the re-
cent trial of Haywood Patterson
in Decatur, Ala, said he was
preparing petitions for wrlts Of
habeas corpus for Roy Wright
and Eugene Williams.
Wright and Williams. both ju-
yeniles, are in the Jefferson
County jail in Birmingham with
their seven co-defendants, for
whom the United States Supreme
Count ordered new trials. Tn
der the laws OF Alabama defen-
dants under 16 must be tried in
juvenile court The fact that
Wright and Williams were only
II years old when arrested rem
dered them incapable of commit
ting crime. according to Mr..
chamiee, because they were un-
der the age OF Accountability
IN Alabama.
Mr. Chamlee said that an am
ended motion for a new trial
for Haywood Patterson would
be filed soon. Patterson. the on
lS one OF the boys to be tried
since the United States Supreme
Court reversed the verdict Of The
jury in the original trial in
scottsboro. has been convicted
again and sentenced TO death.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11
PLACED in COFFIN.
MADE TO TALK

SALEM. N. J.rFiye state
troopers are held in bail rang
ing from $1,000 to $4,000 on
charges of practicing novel
third-degree method in placing
a man in "A coffin and clamping
the lid, To make him talk.
This method of forcing prison.
ers to talk was made known on
Tuesday when Richard Fisher.
held for questioning in a series
of robberies. protested his inno-
cence and said on the stand that
he was placed in a coffin in a
morgne by troopers.
Earl Giles. 80. and four 9TH
ers testified at the hearings that
they had been beaten. Mr.. Giles
said he had been so severely bea-
ten that he had to be taken to
i hospital and the other four
said they had been arrested at
their homes by state troopers
who entered and made the ar
rests without warrants.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-05-11
WARNED
BY COMMUNISTS
To WATCH STEP

NEW YORK Warning him
that snme of his public state
mt MS in which he apologized To
the South and eulogized Judge
Horton might be weakening to
the magnificent defense he made
in behalf of the Scottsboro boys,
William l.. Patterson. secretary
of the International Labor De-
Tense, has written Samuel Lei
bowitz a letter asking the trial
attorney not TO play into the
hands Of the enemy by such ut
terances.
There has been noted, said
Patterson. an attempt by politi-
cal groups and others whose pur-
pose II is to stem. the huge tide