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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-08
Closer Check on
Hurricanes ToBe
Kept in Future

WASHINGTON. June s (UP)
The weather bureau pian& TO
keep in closer touch With hurri-
canes.
L. b. Calvert, chief of the fore
cast division, announced !nst'tn-
tion of an increased warning scr
vice whereby information about
the course and intensity of hurri-
canes at sea vii be secured direct
ly from all ships.
Present service calls for reports
twice each day throughout the
hurricane season (June to NOvcnl-
ber) from certain ships regularly
traversing seas where those storms
originate. If none Of these ships
happens to be in a zone where
disturbances arc in progress. how
ever, advance information IS
missed. the bureau explained.
Under the new nlan the Bureau,
in cooperation with the Radio
marine Corporation and the South
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Burke, especially with Messers
Brummitt, Durham and other
elective officials.
Then came the vacancy in
Auditor Durham's office, where
upon he advanced four employees
in classification and salaries with
cut consulting Budgeteer Burke,
who is now also director of per-
sonnet, as required in section s,
chapter PIT of the public laws of
1881. known as the personnel
act. Burke said Durham had not
observed the law. Durham went
to Attorney General Brummitt
for a ruling. The attorney gen
eral ruled that Durham was
officer and acting
within his rights and that it was
none of Burke's business if Dur
ham wanted to change the CLASH
ficatiOn and raise the salaries of
some of his employees. But Burke
is not worried. He has been 60
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RED IMPORTS
SHOW BIG CUT
Union Maintains Favorable
Trade Balance by Dras-
tic Measures
By EUGENE LYONS
United Press Staff Correspondent

MOSCOW, June 8. (UP)-The
Soviet Union is cutting its imports
by more than half as compared
with last year and thus is main
tanning a favorable trade balance,
it appers from detailed figures
for the first quarter Of 1888.
The aggregate foreign trade for
the initial three months was only
slightly over 200,000.O00 rublcs,
as against 336,OO0,0OO rubles in
1882. The decline, however, was
larger on the import side than on
the export side, thus turning
1925 negative balance of 49,
100000 rubles in those three
months into a 24,000,00O rubles
favorable balance for 1881.
Exports for the quarter totaled
112,103,0O0 rubles and imports
S8,40l,OOO. The corresponding
figures in 1882 were 44,536,000
and 192,12O,OOO
The American share in Soviet
foreign trade fast is approaching
zero, although purchases in the
United States still exceed sales
there. For the three months So
Wet imports from the United
States amounted to 3,93S,000 ru-
bles, while exports thereto totaled
2,462,OOO rubles. The correspond
ing figures for the same months
last year were 9,337,000 Tubles
and 3,077000 rubles.
The record of Soviet trade with
Britain reveals a startling decline.
Exports to Britain also declined.
but no so sharply. AS compared
to the same quarter a year ago,
Soviet purchases iB ritain de-
clined nearly 80 per cent, whereas
sales declined only 43 per cent.
For Germany, the trade fig
ures were as follows: Exports to
Germany, 26,631,OOO rub!es, COM
pared with last years 26.851 900;
imports, 46, $4,000 rubles, against
last years 84,3S1,00O rublcs.
Exports to France tOtaled s.
968,OO0 rublcs and Imports 1,463,-
900, aga INST corresponding
amounts of 100000 and 100000
a year ago.
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Men aren't the only ones
who know Luckies are better

in still another way. My cigarette
is such a personal thing-when |
place it between my lips | want to
be sure not to offend my sense of
feminine daintincss. You men have
yoar reasons for saying "Luckies
Pleased" with me it's the wei
come bnnty as we'll as the flavor and
mildness that "Toasting" imparts.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-08
Bright Woman
Lost 20 Pounds
Feels Much Better

June 2Sth, 1892, started
taking Kruschen Salts. Have lost
20 pounds from June 2Sth TO
January 10th. Feel better than
have felt for four years. Was
under doctors care for several
months. He said had gall stones
and should have operation. Kru-
schen did all and more than |
expected" Mrs. Lutte Bright,
Walker, Mimi. Gan. 10, 1889.
To lose fat and at the same
time gain in physical attractive
ness and feel spirited and youth
full take one half teaspoonful Of
Kruschen in a glass Of hot water
before breakfast every morning.
A jar that lasts 4 weeks costs
but a trifle at Jackson Pharmacy
or any drug store in the world,
but be sure and get Kruschen
Salts, the SAFE way to reduce
wide hips. prominent front and
double chin and again feel the
Joy of living back if dis
satisfied after the first jar. (adv)
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We women know that there's al
ways good reason for everything
And when a cigarette. is so unusu-
ally mild, SO pure and hne-tasting
as Luckies are-what other reason
but "Toasting" could there be?
No man has to tell me that fine
tobaccos play an important part
but Luckies please me completely
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ing through this for eight years.
Nor is he worried at the newer
Brummitt charges that he with
held the pay of the school teach.
crs He knows, as do all of
those who are Informed about
the matter. that this was not the
case.
In the final analysis, the whole
thing boils down to nothing more
than resumption of the old
feud between the elective state
officers and the governor and
budget bureau, based on political
jealousy.
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By J. c. BASKERVILL
The Times-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

Sir Walter Hotel
RALEIGH, June 8.-The new
est attack made by Attorney
General Dennis G. Brummitt up.
on Henry Burke, assistant direc-
tor of the budget, in which ne
charges that Burke was response
bic for the delay in the payment
of the teachers, is being inter
preted here by some not only as
a direct attack upon Burke and
the budget bureau. but also as n
thinly yelled attack upon Gov
ernor J. c. B. Ehringhaus who IS
ex-officio director of the budget.
For Burke, as unofficial assist
ent director of the budget, has
absolutely no authority except
that given to him by the gov
ernor, who has tremendous au-
thOrity under the executive bud
get act. So any attack made
upon Burke is in reality an at
tack upon the governor and the
executive budget act.
The present rumpus between
Attorney General Brummitt, State
Auditor Baxter Durham and
Budgeteer Burke. however, is
merely a fresh eruption of an
old grievance, and is directed not
so much at Burke personally, as
against the entire state budget
system as represented in the eX-
cutive budget act of 1925, &C
cording to those who know the
inside history of the situation.
For ever since the budget act
was passed in 1925, under the
leadership of former Governor A.
w. Mclean. centering the finan-
cial control of the entire state in
the governor as director of the
budget, the various elected state
officials have ranked under their
vests and shirt collars. For this
act gave the budget bureau,
through the director of the bud
get, the power to shave down de-
partmental allOtments from APP.
preparations to actual needs, and
to make further reductions in APP
propriGcions and allotments in!
order to keep the budget as near,
ly as possible in balance.
This meant, of course, that
elected state officials, such as
Attorney General Brummitt, state
auditor Durham, the secretary of
state and others, who prior to
this time had virtually reigned
supreme in their own depart
ments, had hired and fired and
fixed salaries and spent their az
preparations as they saw fit, had
to begin taking orders from the
budget bureau, which in turn
meant the governor. This ranked
from the first. II is doubtful If
there has ever been a governor
more unpopular with the other
elected officials of the state han
former Governor Mclean, due al
most entirely to his advocacy OF
the executive budget act and his
efforts to put the brakes on the
states spending. \ majority Of
the elected officials at that time,
including Attorney General Brum-
mitt. State Auditor Durham,
Secretary of State Everett and
others opposed him at almost
every turn. They thought he was
usurping mowers given to them
by the people. 1t crumpled their
dignity as constitutional Off
GERS" and they resented it.
This same resentment towards
the budget bureau, Burke and
the governor extended through
out the administration Of former
Governor o. Max Gardner, espe-
cially when he found it necessary
to begin using the powers given
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BEST STRAWBERRY CROP

NONETT. VI .. - Favorable
weather has given Missouri's
Ozark mountain section the b"st
strawberry crop since 1908. The
berries arc Of high grade and are
growing in ample abundance,
,rvOwCrc cov
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SUNDAY FUNERALS BANNED

STEVENS POINT. Wis FH"-
erals on Sundays and holidays
have been banned mere DS '"e
city council at the request OF
overwohked clergymen.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08

Here's the latest giant British bombing rboa by
than million Brtishers including the Prince of Wales at the
recent air pageant at Hendon.
The British intend to rule the waves in the future in
the past and know that the important waves the
waves of air. not of water.
And ceaseess like other intelligent nations France Japan
Russia Italy, the British build up their air power
In this country leave all that less to luck to the
enterprise Of individuals who necessarily manufacturers
profit
The suggestion that engineers of the Army and Navy should
map out and to be constructed such air fleet the
country really needs would be looked upon something
This great British bombing arship built you to land
on water could survive, afloat in rough weather
The wing span this boat is 20 feet she three air
in front and three in the and her gigantic engine
gives her the greatest speed achieved by any nonracg
type yet built.
Some day there will be another day flying
the Atlantic the Pacific will be simple fly
across the English Channel that protected England from
Invasion"
When that day comes continue unprepared the air
and only partially prepared with submarine craft somebody
responsible for this Government will feel foolish the prop
ery and citizens of largest cities will feel infinitely
MORE FOOLISH until thanks to poison gas and explosives
they cease to feel anything.
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Wet Arkansas
Back to States Rights.

Mr.. Allan Wilson, attorney -atlaw, Fayetteville Ark,
writes
cit is generally agreed here that Arkansas uviN uote
for repeal and most people believe by majority of at
least tUUo to one, July IS.
"The people of Arkansas not nearly dry as
prohibition leaders woud haUe you belieUe, and in
spite Of the recent of fanacsm, the doctrine of
States rights still Ues in the hearts of the mass of the
people.
"A local newspaper published in this university
town today (June 29) made public the result of a
straO OOte held on the question of repeal.
"ThOse faUOring repeal, including both men and
UOOmen, UOn by majority of three to One"
Mr. Wilson's letter welcome the benighted Yanks
who have been brought up to regard Arkansas
the other Southern States congenitally dry.
The Eighteenth Amendment will be repealed matter how
The dry belt votes but Alabama and Arkansas 60
on the eighteenth the prospects of getting the job this
gear will be considerably brighter.
Mr. Wilson's references States rights interests the
North.
The theory Of that is that each State should be allowed
fun its own affairs it peases with minimum Of inter-
reference from outside.
It has been sound Southern doctrine since the days Cal
houn and before.
We glad to Dixie getting back to this doctrine
regards the liquor traffic
In that respect New York and New England have long
been unreconsruced than the land of cotton and
white mule
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Buried Offices

But five yards further
along a narrow passageway
is another door to the inner
chamber. This is a solid
block Of steel seven feet
high and seven feet thick.
And back Of this are the
clean, perfectly ventilated,
commodious rooms. Within
an hour, at desks all pre-
pared, with books and pa
pers rearranged, the staff
of the Bank Of France re-
sumes the routine inter-
rupted by the alarm.
Revolution may rage out
side; shells may smash down
the bank above; but moth
ing can touch the guardians
of the gold. Nothing but
famine. There are prOvi-
kiouA te tEa months and .
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The Wage Act
Strengthen Bacon-Davis Law

Corporation Counsel William w. Bride will have done the
working excellent turn if he succeeds in his efforts
nut teeth in the Bacon Davis act
That act designed protect the aborer mechanic from
unscpulous contractors Government jobs requiring
they pay the wage prevailing for similar the community
in which the contract is executed. ... ....
Ever since its the law has been the
subject Of controversy and dispute
Some contractors Jobs have systematically
avoided its provisions The result been that wages on
ernment jobs have been depressed.
With both the Federal and District governments planning
huge building programs in effort bring country out
of recently prevailing conditions the
of vital Importance.
If the Government to let contracts effort
purchasing and then contractors be allowed
wage scales much of the benefit of the large expenditures
will be lost
Mr. Bride has pointed out the difficulties of enforcement
he BaconDav act because of the lack of punitive provisions
He knows whereof he speaks for since its his
office has been receiving complaints about its operation.
j s to be hoped that the measure viii be NEenghaped
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Sea Treasures

A simple way was found
to pump the brine Of the
Dead Sea into great shallow
basins. The sun does the
rest through evaporation.
The dry salts are packed
into bags and shipped wher-
ever industry calls for
them. A shipload came into
Baltimore just the other
day.
Richer than all the gold
mines Of Africa, the richest
body Of water on the face
Of the globe-the inland sea
over which the old prophets
of Israel raised their voices
in lamentation-now helps
clothe farmers in Nebraska,
the little brown men of
Asia, Cape Cod fishermen.
Whenever we strike a
match we offer the tribute
Of fire to this mysterious
and ancient Palestine Lake.
Copyright, 1881, King EOa6urGe
HyndSeaesv 1nG.D
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dSk41B GA1cu. N
The whole world is asking them.
But you look in vain for an
answer. You cannot find it
in books or in creeds, or in
laws, or in people. Yet some
how you must find rest and
safety for your spirit-find an
abiding place"-or you feel
you will go mad.
Once a gentle soul was
racked by these same ques-
tions. The world was not then
in such dire trouble, but the
man himself was. tuberculosis
was sapping his strength; max
ing a mock of his struggle.
Was this, then, really the end
of human life? Were the soul
and brain of a man created
only to be wiped out, as one
wipes out a gnat? Was there
no plan behind it all? And no
proof Of a plan?
If only he could find proof.
Proof that God lived. That
His plan endured, and that
nothing could rob man Of his
lasting place in the plan. If
he could find such proof, then
he could stand anything. For,
no matter how pain might
shake him, he would be an
chored.
So. dying, Sidney Lanier
cried for help. CAS- you and
I are crying.) And perhaps
he expected some spectacular
miracle, some flaming sign Of
Jehovah'S might. But nothing
of the sort came. Instead,
there was only the wide light
shining over the marshes
and the sound Of the tapping
water-and the call of a wild
bird, circling above its nest.
Only that. The simple sights
which, every day, lay before his
eyes. But suddenly it came to
Sidney Lanier that that was
enough! That was all the
proof any man needed. Now,
no matter what came, he could
feel sure. His doubt and despair
dropped from him, and he
wrote these words:
"AS the marsh han secretly
. builds On tha Watery sod.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Inaccessible Vaults

Seven stories under ground
and protected, in its inner
stronghold, by a door Of
steel seven feet thick. No
Pharaoh of old Egypt ever
conceived a tomb within the
depths Of a pyramid so in
accessible as the vaults of
the Bank of France.
Never in the history of
the world did a country
take such pains to guard its
treasure. Every imaginable
precaution has been taken
against revolution and for
eign invaders. Suppose the
Reds seized Paris tomorrow
Within thirty minutes the
whole staff of the Bank Of
France would be under
ground with its gold, its
treasures from the Louvre
and the Luxemburg mu-
seums and the priceless
marbles of Rodin.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Dead Sea

But for thousands Of
years the River Jordan has
poured into that great pool,
Al miles long and 91a miles
across at its widest, a greater
treasure than is locked mp
in all the banks Of the
earth or in the gold reserves
of the great nations-im-
measurably greater.
The value Of the Dead
Sea today is four times the
wealth of the whole United
States. It's there in the
form Of magnssia, potash
and other mineral salts
without which glass, matches,
cotton goods and a thou
sand other necessaries could
hardly be manufactured at
all.
The Dead Sea, Natures
own mysterious laboratory,
lies 1900 feet below the sea
level, in one Of the deepest
chasms of the earth, a catch
basin for thousands and
millions Of years for the
chemical treasures of the
desert.
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LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

Behold I will build me a nest
on the greatness Of God;
I will fly in the greatness Of God
as the marsh-hen flies
In the freedom that fills all the
space 'twixt the marsh and
the skies.
"By so many roots as the marsh
grass sends in the sod,
I will heartily lay me a-hold Of
the greatness Of God;
Oh, like to the greatness of God
is the greatness within
The ranges of the marshes, the
liberal maShes of Glynn."
The "watery sod''-it was q
tricky thing. Danger lurked
within it, 'coiled around it. CAS-
danger turks and coils around
the commonest act todayD Yet,
stronger than fear sounded the
call of life in the marsh h-hen'S
heart; and deeper than dark
water ran Gods power and
Gods will-cupping the marshes,
and the stars, and little wild
birds nest in His mighty hand.
So there, though the sod was
watery, life took a chance,
built its home ION the great
ness Of God"
I'm the freedom that fills all
the space 'twixt the marsh and
the skies" That was a mystery,
also. Thunder roared, light
ming blazed, through that awful
space. Great winds came and
went, and the miracle of dawn
and night
Why was it all? Whence
came these wonders? The
marsh-hen could not know. It
had no road maps for its little
wings; no creedS to guide the
impuse of it's small, warm
heart. And yet, it flewl
Straight and sure, up and up,
SUSTAINED BY A STRENGTH
1T COULD NOT SEE, OBEDI-
ENT TO AN IMPULSE TT
COULD NOT UNDERSTAND,
THE MARSH-HEN FLEW.
And as blindly, yet as surely
as the marsh-hen built it's nest,
spread its wings, so the marsh
grass struck it's deep roots in
the sod.
What is God? We do not
know. Why are we here? We
do not know that either. Nor
do we know whence the won
der and terror, or where we
go when it all is over.
But all around us there is
GreatnesS-taller than the ter.
ror, broader than our bewilder-
ment, deeper than our distress.
And if we have not the wis
dom to understand, we have
the strange power to trust
and dare trust that power.
which has carried marsh-hens
and men through all adversity.
There is greatness around
us. There is courage and a
call within us.
We can build a nest. We
can sink our roots. WE CAN
FLY!
copyright, 1898, King Fsatuves
syndicate. Inca
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One Entrance

Every man and woman OF
the staff knows exactly
what to do, if ever an alarm
comes. By stair and elevators
the procession starts for the
subterranean fortress. There
is only one entrance, and
whether they walk or take
the elevator, it is a zigzag
journey, for the engineers
who constructed the great
gold vault took no chances
of a lucky bomb penetrating
to the level of the strong
rooms before exploding.
Only two officials have
the key to the great iron
door which leads to the
steel-walled room at the
lowest depth. That outer
door weighs eight tons and
is as thick as a man. The
refugees pass through in
single file. There is not room
for two abreast. When all
are in, the directors follow
The great door is swung to
and locked.
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Human Side of the News
How the Bank Of France Protects It's Gold-Sub-
terranean City-Treasures of the
Sea Become Available
.BH EdUiNa C.. Hill

Good-natured Uncle Sam
prodding France to pay
something on her war debt,
might very we'll say: "Don't
be so stingy. You've got
gold enough to fill a room, "
which is the fact.
Underneath the Bank Of
France, seven stories down,
three billion dollars worth
Of gold-more than a thou
sand tons-is stored in a
strong room which is one
Of the wonders of the world.
You can actually see it
rows Of gold bars stacked
behind compartments of wire
netting, and rising far over
head. Under the harsh glare
of electric lights, there, all
around you, is more than a
fourth of all the gold in
the world today; rich, warm
gold; red gold from the
Rand, yellow gold from
Alaska.
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ONCE OVERS

aspire to do, or the task to
which you are assigned.
In the first place, the great
est experts are not so "un.
taught" as they would have you
believe.
More than likely they are
particularly attentive and re-
ceptive.
They work understandingly
and carefully, step by step, fol-
lowing direction with a nicely
that takes in each detail in its
proper order.
You may have more ability,
a more original touch, a finer
perception of requirements than
others, but your inferiority COM
plex is spelling your chance Of
advancement.
Copyright, 1899, King GeatNr0a
SSndsSateS 1Do.A
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Stores Of Wealth

Some day, by simple
means, inspired men and
women will pluck gold
from the sea as we'll as
power from the tides. The
old earth and the waters
upon it are stores of bound
less untapped wealth, re-
serving their treasures un-
til mankind has progressed
a little farther along the
road to knowledge.
We ha6 a striking exam
pie Of that very fact only
a little while ago, and a
reminder Of it in the news
VI GOudy'
For thousands Of years,
in the Holy Land, the Dead
Sea lay bitter and unfriendly
to human beings. Until a
little while ago it was as
worthless as it was when,
in the days of Abraham,
caravans avoided it as they
would have passed by the
plague. Nothing lives in its
waters.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08

half. There is a wonderful
kitchen. There are dormi-
tories and wonderful beds,
a gymnasium, facilities for
sport. 1t is a little city,
deep down in the earth,
fully two acres in extent.
There France guards her
treasure. From that mighty
treasure, from that amaz-
ing underground fortress of
steel, must come the gold
to pay the war debt. But
will the great underground
treasure house disgorgei
Echo answers "No," strain
ing its ears toward the
French chamber of deputies.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

ment plan, instead Of dropping
her completely and instanta.
neously, as he would a hot
plate.
Many modern wife admires
her husband so much that she
would like to tell the world
how wonderful he is-but it Is
no longer considered smart to
be so enthusiastic about your
own husband.
A woman Is lucky, these
days, if she can get a new hat
home, take off the price-tag
and adjust her hair to it, before
the styles change.
A social climber Is like that
little green moss which pushes
itself up through the stones in
the rock-garden, and then
imagines that it looks as big
and important as the iris and
evergreens at the top.
The girl of the gay nineties
may have been kissed just as
often, but she was too wise to
go about looking as though she