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The Washington times., 1933-03-13
MOSCOW HOLDS
4ENGL|SHMEN 4

MOSCOW, March 13 IN.S.)
A wave of apprehension engulfed
foreign business men in Soviet
Russia today following the mys'
terious arrest of four British and
four Russian employees of the
Metropolitan-Vickers, Ltd, Brit
ish electrical manufacturing con-
Germ.
While Soviet officials stoutly
refused to divulge any details or
even to confirm that the arrests
had been made, representatives
of foreign firms in Moscow imme-
diately deposited their official
papers and documents with their
respective embassies.
American business men alone
remained calm over the incident.
Reports were current that the ar
rests resulted from Soviet fears
of an international sabotage plot.
The Soviet authorities main
tained their air of secrecy even to
the extent of refusing informa-
tion to Sir Esmond Ovey, British
ambassador, who again called at
the foreign office today.
LONDON, March 13 G.N.SO.
Sir Felix Pole, chairman Of
Metropolitan-Vickers, Ltd, Brit
ish electrical manufacturing con.
Germ, visited the foreign office
today and conferred with officials
over the arrest of four British
and four Russian employees in
Moscow and Leningrad.
The foreign office has received
a report from the British am.
bassador at Moscow but is await
ing further details before taking
any action.
The Washington times., 1933-03-13
Toll of Quake
In Life and
Property

LONG BEACH, Cal, March
13.-Rechecking the earthquake
damage of Friday revealed to-
day:
Long Beach-Fifty-one dead,
1000 injured, property damage
in excess of $20,000,000.
Compton - Seventeen dead,
300 injured, $6,Oo0,O0O damage.
Huntington Park-Ten dead,
$50 injured, 100000 damage.
Los Angeles-Three dead, 800
injured, $3,000,000 damage.
Watts-Three dead, IS in
jured, 100000 damage.
Santa Ana-Three dead, so in
jured, $750,000 damage.
Norwalk-Three dead, Is in
jured, $375,000 damage.
Other deaths, injuries. and dam
age scattered through: South
Gate, Bell Downey, Hawthorne
Redondo Beach, haywood, Gar
den City, Anaheim, Whittier, Her
mosa Beach, Santa Monica, Sar
Pedro, Wilmington, Manhattan
Beach, Lynwood, Inglewood.
The Washington times., 1933-03-13
FARM WA[KOU7
THREATENED.

DES MONIES, Iowa, March 13
G.N.S0.-Unless its national leg
islative program is carried out, a
national farm strike" will be de.
clared by the Farmers Holiday AS.
sociation to start early in May.
A resolution unanimously passed
at the opening of the national
convention late yesterday author.
lied the strike and it will be called
without further ado if, in the opin.
ion Of the executive council. it's
program for Legislative justice" to
farmers has not been fully met
by May 8. .---.-.A.
The Washington times., 1933-03-13
TEX WOULD LIKE
To RUN A BANK

CHICAGO. March 13 QN.S0
Texas Guinan, empress of the
rialto and author of the Hello
Sucker" plan for tired business
men has an idea to better con.
ditions.
She said:
"SomebOdy's got all this gold
they're crying about and it
amt me. Why not let some
of the gold diggers' dig it out
and put it back in circulation.
I've got some little girls work
ing for me who could put the
damper on some of this hoard
ing in no time. What the
country needs is more and bet
ter gold diggerS."
Tex is sure her plan would be
of a constructive nature. She
said:
'The bankers went busted
because they said hello sucker
and then took the customers
for all they had. Well always
give a guy carfare, so he can
get home to the wife ard kid
dies. When you treat them too
rough, they don't come back.
I'D like to take over a couple
Of these banks. I'd show them
something about making money.
You can't get guy to spend
his dough by greeting him with,
a sour pan. The trouble with
the tired business man is that
he is too tired"
The Washington times., 1933-03-13
Digs Self Out
Finds Family
Missing

LONG BEACH, CAL, March
13 G.N.SO.-Charles Dunn, Is,
rushed into the radio broad
casting station here today, and
appealed for help in searching
for his wife and seven-month
old baby.
Asked how he lost them he
replied:
II haven't seen them since
Friday night when / was buried
in the basement of our house.
I just dug myself out. I'm half
starved, but got enough water
from a broken pipe to keep my
strength. But heard the water
was bad. 1 am unharmed.
Please broadcast that Pm all
right. Our house is a wreck,
but my wife and baby don't
seem to be in it."
He then left hurriedly to con-
duct his own search.
The Washington times., 1933-03-13
HITLER DECREE
ENDS VIOLENCE

BERLIN, March 13 G.N.S0.-
With Chancellor Adolf Hitler in
Munich to consolidate his Nazi
forces in Bavaria. stronghold of
Catholic opposition, a strange
calm settled over Berlin today as
the old Imperial flag and the
Nazi swastika flew from govern
ment buildings.
Hitler's order to his Nazi fol
lowers to bring an immediate end
to all acts of violence, petty per-
secution and qualification of per-
sonal animositieS apparently bore
fruit. There we're no reports of
intimidation by Nazi storm troop
ers up to late hour this after
noon.
The Chancellor's plans to throw
the black, red, and gold flag of
the republic into the discard suf-
fered a minor setback when sun,
rise today saw the emblem hoisted
from the flagpole at the presi-
dental palace. displacing the i'm,
perial flag which flew yesterday
to honor Germany's war dead.
A spokesman for President Won
Hindenburg stated that the Re.
publican flag would remain pend
ing final solution of the flag
problem but other government
buildings obeyed Hitler's orders to
display the black. white, and red
Imperial flag as we'll as the
SwaStika emblem.
Meanwhile, count of the votes
in yesterdays municipal and com.
munal elections throughout Prus,
sia showed huge Nazi gains.
The Washington times., 1933-03-13
Educators Mourn
DR.. Coolidge Death

SBURG III, March 13
Il. N. ST. Pennsylvania educa-
tional circles today mourned the
passing of DR.. Cora Helen Cool
idge, president of the Pennsyl-
vania College for Women and sis
ter of Senator Marcus A. Coolidge
of Massachusetts,, who died here
after protracted illness. First
as dean and then as president,
she had been connected with the
college since 1906 and had taken
an active part in it's growth.
The Washington times., 1933-03-13
SPEYER SEIZED
BY H|TLER|TES

BERLIN, March 13 GN.S0
A delegation of leading National
Socialists was dispatched to
Speyer, capital of the Palatinate,
today to "entrench Nazi rule"
following seizure of the city by
Nazi storm troopers yesterday.
Officially confirming the Seiz-
ure, Gen. Franz Won Epp, federal
commissar for Bavaria, announced
that Speyer had been taken over
"upon the demand Of the popu-
1ation."
Some fears were felt of compli-
cations with France, owing to the
fact that Speyer is near the
French border and lies within a
zone demilitarized by the treaty
of Versailles.
LONDON, March 13 Q.N.Sl.
The British government is giving
official consideration to the seiZ-
ure of Speyer, Kehl and Cologne
by Nazi storm troopers to deter
mine whether any violation of the
Locarno pact is involved, Interna-
tional News Service was informed
today.
British officials admitted that
the situation was serious, mas
much as Nationalist feelings were
being sharpened by Incidents such
as the seizure of Speyer, capital Of
the lower Palatinate, which lies
within the zone demilitarized by
the treaty of Versailles.
The Washington times., 1933-03-13
Preacher" BLQn1es
Crisis on Greed

Greed as the power behind the
present financial crisis was cited
yesterday by the Rev. A. j. Wilder
in his sermon at st. Andrews
Church.
Asserting that "you can't cast
all the blame for our troubles on
the insults, the Mitchells, and
their like" the preacher said the
people in their greed for greater
wealth, without thought as to
what means were used in getting
it, have brought on the crisis.
The Washington times., 1933-03-13
VOTERS TO MEET

A meeting Of the full member
ship of the Arlington County
Democratic Club will be held in
Democratic headquarters, Claren.
don. March 81, at 8 p. m, it was
announced today by President
Robert N. Anderson.
The Washington times., 1933-03-13
EDUCATOR To SPEAK

Speaking on "The Progressive
Trend in College Entrance" Wal
ter Greenleaf, Washington edu-
Gator, will address the March
meeting of the Alice Deal Junior
High School Home and School
Association tonight at 8 o'clock
in the school auditorium.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
Catches Twelve
tPossun1s' With
One Rabbit Trap

ETOWAH, March 1.-"Pos-
sums" knocked Lloyd Garren, 9Th
grade student of the Etowah
school, out of attending the open
ing games of the basketball tour
nanent Monday night in the Hen
Jacksonville gymnasium.
When Lloyd, who has been very
successful this season in trapping
rabbits. got home Monday after
noon he found that one of his rab-
bit traps had caught total of IL
possums. 49,. >.
So instead of accompanying his
school mates to the basketball
tourney, he was forced to stay at
home and look after his dozen
possums. -
Iloyd has caught a single pos
sum in a gum on many former oc-
casions. But this is the first time
he has caught a dozen at time.
In order to keep his possum story,
from sounding too unreal, Lloyd
wishes it to be explained that his
host of possums consists of one
mother possum and eleven small
ones.
When asked today what he in
tended doing with his fur farm,
Lloyd explained that possums had
eaten so many Of his chickens ne
thought it would be fair to kill
the possums and let, the chickens
try their hand at eating them.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
THOUGHTS OF
A FISHERMAN
By Ike Walton, Redivivus

Mr.. Roosevelt's escape may
start the impression often enter
tanned by followers of the great;
that he is imam Of destiny"
The amazing way in which Ger"
tain historic figures dared the
lightning and lived is one of the
common-places of human annals:
At the battle with the NerVI
Caesar was in the thick of flying
spears and flashing swords and
lived 10 years after; Napoleon
at the head of his legions charg-
ing across the bridge at Arcoie
in a rain of shot and shell;
Grant at Nicksburg with the
grape-shot hurtling.. round his
head John Paul Jones ON the
sinking Bon Homme Richard;
they. all, seemed under some .di-
vine protection, Immortal till
their work was done" Such
men under such events get a
following from those who feel
that their stars are in the ascend
ancy.
Maybe we have now another
such figure among us. All that
is needed now is a leader who
can and will lead, and whom the
people feel. to be divinely COM
missioned.. Let that notion
sweep America, and We may get
results. There have been such
men in the past many times. OF
course one can never tell wheth-
er the next stroke may be. the
last, but few such incidents.
may start the belief that the
long-wished-for captain has come
forth, and, the mere belief. in it
is of enormous value. in. getting
support for. leadership. Napoleon
wanted "lucky generals" and
the. French wanted a" lucky"
leader, 49,. -. i ...i. ~
Already has e.. Mr.. Roosevelt
faced, imminent death twice.
once from most fatal disease
and, now. this attempted assassi-j
nation. Andrew Jackson faced
such dangers scores Of times
and was our oldest president,
and died in his bed. 7
No winged death can strike the
."' mark =. So '-.--1 : - --.
Save Gods decree allow;
No stormy. sea engulf the bark
With the pilot in the bow.
With soul aflame for task be-
gun
He bids his fears begone,
till his. work is done
Gods chosen marches on,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
Distorted View
OF u. s. in Press
Abroad Scored
Hiram Johnson Gets Crit
cal Article Written
Into Record

WASHINGTON. Mar. l.; (UP).
Alleged distribution by foreign
news agencies of reports detri-
mental to the best interests of the
United States was charged in an
article inserted in the Congress,
sional Record by Senator Hiram
Johnson, Repn.. Calf, yesterday
The article entitled "Why Eu'
ropeans get a distorted picture OF
the United States" appeared re
Gently in the Chicago Tribune. u
revealed the activities Of an al
legged propaganda chain" of of
fetal agencies through which new
prejudicial to the United. State
was distributed throughout Ep
rope.
On December %. 1882, accord
ing to The Tribune story, Frenci
newspapers carried a dispatch
credited to the official Hav8
agency under a Washington date.
line which stated 43 per cent o.
the United States budget for the
fiscal year 1884 was devoted to
military expenditures. ~
The Havas dispatch, it was
charged, carefully void d.
pointing out that the United
States. military expenditure in
cluded bonuses, pensions, veter.
ans disqualification and other
items.
The Tribune articles pointed
out the French dispatch was SINH
lar to a dispatch which appeared
simultaneously in British papers.
Late editions of the French pa
pers also carried editorial COM
ment on the dispatch from Eng
lish papers.
The Tribune story contended
the dispatch was written in Lon
don rather than in Washington as
the dateline indicated and was the
result of ''interlocking news trad
ing agreements between the Brit
ish naws agency, Reuters, and
the various official continental
agencies"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
Etowah Annual
Banquet Is Held

The annual iunior-senior BAN
quet of the Etowah high school
held on last Friday night at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Gar
rem on the Flat Rock road.
The living room and dining
room were decorated in purple
and white, the school colors.
Martin .Garren of, the faculty,
served as toast master.
Mr.. Garlen extended well
come to the students and con-
gratulations were extended the
seniors by Miss Marguerite AL
len, president of the Junior class.
George Drake. president of the
senior class, expressed apprecia-
ton for the banquet to the jun
Tors and faculty members. R. w.
Jones, principal, spoke of the
great opportunity in life open to
the graduates~if they would hold
to the policies of honesty, cour-
tesy and faith. ~. y
At the close-of. the dinner Miss
Rozzelle, head {, of the domestic
science department, entertained
with, enjoyable games. -. -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
Five Lives Lost in
|Greenville Fire

GREENVILLE, S. c., March I.
Lives Of five children were taken
when a two-story home in the Poe
Mill village was the scene of a
fire fought for several hours here
yesterday. The bodies were almost
'unrecognizable when it was posi-
BILE for the fremen to, reach them.
Those dead We're the four chill
-dren of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Evatt,
the former being himself burned,
and the latter being confined to
her home with shock and suffering
from smoke. together with the s.
year-old Imogene Bayne, who was
also at the home at the time the
fire started. The children of Mr..
and Mrs. Evatt who lost their
lives in the fire ranged from IL
to 20 years, in age. g.,
The fire. was believed ito have
caught in closet on the second
floor of the house.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
P[RUaL
PARAGRAPH

Mrs. Elite J. Carson has re-
turned home after a delightful
visit to her daughter, Mrs. Rob-
ert Francis, in Charleston, w. Va.
Mrs. George Wright has re-
turned from a trip to st. Peters
burg and other points in Florida.
Mr.. G.. w. Cole, of Del Rio,
Tenn, made a little visit to his
daughter. Mrs. Il. G. Anders.
Miss Lucille Flynn returned
home yesterday after spending
several days in Charlotte with
Miss Helen Brawley.
Mrs. Jean Williams is visiting
relatives in Charleston and Nor
canton, W. Va.
Miss Ethel Davis was operated
on at Patton Memorial hospital
Monday afternoon for appendi-
citis and is getting along nicely.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
SPEAKERSHIP VOTE
NEARING ACTION
CONTINUED from page one)

Continued from page one)
John F. Curry, Tammany chief
tain. and announced his own
candidacy for the post.
This was regarded in the lob
bies as a piece of Tammany
maneuvering to hold the q votes
intact and swing them into line
at a propitious time. Tammany
likes to get on winner in such
a race and get whatever farorS
there may be.
There must be a combination
of north and south for the speak
ership and the floor leadership.
The south now controls most of
the key committees. A host Of
new Democrats from the north
and west are demanding recog-
milton and are prepared to en-
force their demands.
A combination much discussed
was Rainey for speaker. and
Representative William Bank
head. Alabama, for floor leader.
Bankhead is pledged to McDuf-
fie for speaker and the youthful
Representative John W. McCor-
mack, Massachusetts, for the sec
ond post.
Control of the Democratic
forces in the new house is going
to be a real problem. There are
313 of them. the greatest ma
jority in many years. The new
members some of whom never
before sat in a legislative body,
browsed about the capitol yes
terday watching both houses OPP
crate.
Republicans. whose strength is
reduced to only 112, are merely
observers now. They met last
night formally to select their
! leader, Representative Bertrand
H. Smell. New York. as candidate
for speaker. When defeated a.
opening of the special session,
ne will automatically become M
nority leader again.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
ALL CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS SET ASIDE IN
E GERMAN RED WAR
Continued from page one5

| Continued from page one3
said the government would make
public a purported document from
the Third International headquar-
tiers in Moscow ordering the Com
munists in Berlin to overthrow
the German government, and add
ing that if the leaders failed to
make. the attempt they would be
called to Moscow and sentenced
to death. ,>l .'-.' ?. r.
Chancellor Hitler presided over
cabinet session which heard the
report on the Reichstag fire and
the police activities IN rounding
up Communists, read by Wilhelm
Goering. acting minister of in
terror, for Prussia in: charge of
police. Hitler decided to recon-
mend that the president sign the
decree curbing drastically all per-
sonal freedom. .'... -
Goering issued a communicate
declaring that instructions found
at the Communist headquarters
included plans for setting other
government buildings afire. as
we'll as museums, palaces, power
plants and other public buildings
! in the "reign of terror"
Won Hirdenburg then signed
the decree. A spokesman for Hit
Ter announced the restrictions
would Wast until Communism is
no longer danger in Germany"
The decree was entitled: "For the
protection of the state and the
people," . .a-.s...
Article / rescinds temporarily
the constitutional guarantees on
freedom. privacy'and inviolability
of private property against con-
fiscation. -
| Article 2 empowers the Reich
! to take over authority in the fed
eral states Which fail to safeguard
public safety AMI order.
The decree was announced dur
J ing a press conference at. which
the government spokesman COM
planned that the ,oreign press was
deriving it's information from a
Source malevoln Mt to the reg
ime." -. :; s..
awe will not tlerate that" he
added. There 3ll be no more
Communist press IN Germany. We
shall get all 'thost who cooperate
! with the COMMUNIST press" ,
| A communiqudissued with the
decree emphasize that the; gov.
t.ernment will priced with all
brutality" agains the Commun-
| lists and their suporters. The de-
cree provided ,fuiher for imprls-
onment and seyef fines for dis.
obedience to ORD rs re-establsh-
ling public safety. T.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
Short Measure
Jars and Bottles
May Be Banned

RALEIGH, March 1.-Short-
measure fruit jars and quart bot
ties have been making their APP
pearancei here lately and indfca'
tions are that bills will be intro
duced in the general assembly in
an effort to prohibit the use Of
these short measure containers. 1T
is understood that several MEM
bers OF the general assembly have
purchased a well known domestic
commodity usually put up in two
quart glass fruit jars or one quart
glass bottles and have found that
some of the two quart jars lacked
fully one pint of containing two
quarts and that the quart bottles
contained only "a ounces instead
of the 32 ounces supposed to b.
in a full quart.
They have not been able TO
lodge a formal complaint either to
the police or the weights and
measures division of the state de-
partment of agriculture. since the
fruit jars did not contain fruit
and the quart bottles did not con-
tain mineral water. Yet they are
convinced that something should
be done about the manner in
which some of the dealers in corn
and rye products here are de-
frauding their customers of from
half a pint to an entire pint on
every quart or half gallon they
sell. They don't think it is right
for these dealers in what is prob
ably the states biggest home in
dustry to take advantage of their
customers by using short measure
fruit jars and quart bottles.
They also think that the house
wives who might want to use fruit
jars for preserving fruit and veg
etables should also be protected,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
OXYGEN ROOM RUSHED
BY PLANE TO MIAMI

RALEIGH, n. c., March l.
(UP).-A special Eastern Air
Transport tri-motor plane left
here at $50 p. m. for Miami,
bearing an oxygen t therapeutic
room, eight feet, by seven feet by
seven feet for use of Mayor An
ton Cermak of Chicago.
The plane left New York at
lao p. m. and was expected to
reach Miami at about 2 a. m.
C. NJ. Carter, New York, oxy-
gen therapeutic specialist, who
accompanied the room. viii ad-
minister treatments to Mayor
Cermak under direction of DR..
Jirka, maintaining an even tenn
perature and fixed oxygen con-
centration which may save the
mayors life.
George Pomeroy of Eastern
Air Transport is the pilot.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
ROTARY HEARS
SCOUTING PLEA
Matter Of Revival Is Re.
ferred to Committee
for Recommendation

A proposal to establish the Boy
Scout organization in Henderson
county was heard at the meeting
of the Rotary club at the Skyland
hotel today. The club referred
the matter to the boys work conf
mittee for a recommendation,
Scout Executive A. w. Allen,
of ASheville. presented the propn.
sition to the club, and Earl Lam
caster, of Franklin, explained how
the organization had been estah-
l'shed in Franklin.
The plan proposed is the dis
trict plan. by which the movement
is backed by a group of men who
are willing to help boys, Mr.. Allen
said.
In addition the plan provides
for two local men on the district
council and part of the time of
the Scout executive.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-01
FIDELL. CAPPS
LAID TO REST
Died at Pleasant Hill
Home Last Friday
Evening

Fidill. Capps, 80, died at his
home in the Pleasant Hill section
on Friday night at 1890 o'clock.
Mr.. Capps had been in declining
health for some time and death
was due to a heart attack.
Funeral services were held at
the Pleasant Hill Baptist church
on Sunday afternoon, and burial
followed at the CappS cemetery.
Services were in charge of the
Rev. Phillips.
Pallbearers were gra"1sons as
follows: James, Charlie and Ro-
bert Levi, Elazar Hollingsworth,
Allen Corn and Oliver Capps.
Flower girls were granddaugh-
tiers and neices as follows: Gay
nell and Geneva Hollingsworth;
Fannie Levi, Wessie Corn, Iona
Capps and Valanta Jackson. -.
Mr.. Capps was born. in. this
county on October IL, 1850. He
Joined the, Mt. iOlivet Baptist
church at the age of 80 and was
a faithful member and attendant
of his church as long as his
health permitted. e.
He is survived by his widow,
formerly Miss Della Johnson, and
seven children, Mrs. r. H. Levi
of Green River, Mrs. r. t.. HOl-
lingsworth of HenderSonville,
Mrs. Una Douglass of New
Smyrna, Florida. Ernest Capps
and Misses Rose, Annie and
Carole Caps all Of Henderson"
vile.