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The Washington times., 1933-09-26
Rubber Epic

A book and a motion picture
call attention anew to the
great empire, far out in the
hot, eastern seas, which Is
ruled by one of the smallest
OF Western nations, little Hol-
land. The picture catches
savage old Krakatoa in q
threatening mood.
The book which finds its
color and it's action in the
great Dutch empire Of fifty
million souls, an empire which
has demonstrated a colonial
genius on the part Of the Dutch
people, is a fascinating volume
called white Money" and has
just been published. 1t tells
the vivid tale of the life OF the
rubber planters during the
phenomenal boom in the price
of rubber some years ago, when
the British and the Dutch hao
cornered the market and sent
prices sky high.
When the boom in rubber
reached Sumatra there followed
among the white planters rhe
same breakdown in common
sense and in character that the
rest Of the world knew during
the big stock market splurge OF
a few years ago. as rubber
prices scared and money floWeo
like water. chardcj'r It dislnte-
grated among all except the
very strong and level-heaced.
They had overcome hardshlps
and adversely, these eXiles from
Europe. They had fought and
tanned the wild tribes Of the
jungle. They had made the
desert bloom and subdued un-
friendly nature, but prosperity
was too much for many OF
them.
They believed, as most Of us
believed back in 1929, that
poverty was a thing Of the past
that high prices would continue
forever, and that the old vir-
tues Of thrift and hard work
and simple living could be dis
carded for all time. They gave
themselves up to love and liquor,
a dangerous combination at any
time, but fatal in the tropics.
And as the fibre of their char
acter decayed the crash fell
upon them, with the loss Of their
savings and their melancholy
retreat from the blazing.
treacherous, fascinating East
to begin a new life in Europe.
Copyright. 1898, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
Adverse Sentiment

AS a result Of this investiga-
tion Senator Black and Sena-
tor Mcclellan doubtless hope
to adduce testimony during the
coming week that will turn
public sentiment against CIV
ing further government aid to
American shipping and Ameri-
can air transport. If this can
be done, the public may expect
legislative proposals when Con-
gress reconvenes for the repeal
of the American merchant
marine and American air trans
port policies now in force.
The sincerity and good inten-
tions of those Senators who
have forced the present investi-
cation is of course taken for
granted by their colleagues.
But this fact does not blind
other Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress to the fact
that the chief opposition out.
side Congress to the revival Of
the American merchant marine
and the development of Ameri.
can air transport comes from
the owners of American rail-
roads and the dominating fac
tors in British shipping and
French air transport.
The Roosevelt administration
has just served notice that it
will not permit the British gov
ernment to interfere with the
Roosevelt program for the
building up of the American
Navy to treaty strength.
What attitude the Roosevelt
administration will take toward
British and French opposition
to the revival of the American
merchant marine and the de-
velopment of American air
transport has yet to be dis
closed.
Copyright, 1888. The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
British French

British shipping interests have
long opposed the revival Of an
American merchant marine be-
cause the British merchant
marine seeks to maintain its
supremacy in transportation on
the Seven Seas and objects to
any real American competition
in this service.
French air transport COM
panies, with the aid of the
French government, are Btriv-
ing to get control Of air trans
port in Latin America. This
would be much easier for the
French to do if the American
Congress could be induced to
reverse the American policy OF
building up American air trans
port by the same method OF
Government aid that Congress,
after the great war, began to
revive an American merchant
marine.
These three special interests
stand to gain tremendously if
the hearings just beginning be-
fore the Senate's special inves-
tigating committee can be so
conducted as to discredit the
operation of the various laws
enacted by Congress in the last
10 years. These laws have for
their common purpose the
emancipation Of the American
people from dependence on
American railroads for the
carrying of mail, passengers
and cargo at home, and upon
foreign shipping and foreign
The Washington times., 1933-09-26
Boy Leader

Interesting to recall that one
Of the worlds greatest conquer
ors, Babur, founder of the Mogul
Empire, was a soldier-leader at
the age of II, had conquered
half Asia by 16 and broke
through the Khyber to seize all
India before he was 80. Young
Ghulam Nabi cut something OF
a splash before his time comes.
The present "little war" is one
Of an incredibly long series OF
conflicts that have RACED
through Khyber Pass. For prob
ably SO centuries races from the
North have striven to smash
through the only cleft that
shows in the Himalayas. History
has seen a long parade Of con-
uuerors through the Khyber;
seen, too, the retreat of some
of them.
Alexandria the Great led his
Greeks and Mace edoni a ms
through the great pass, and
after him came the Mongols. the
Turks and the Moguls. And now
the British are defending it
once more, clinging to it as the
key to India and to her trade in
the Far East.
The ancient hill town Of
Peshawar is a little garden Of
Eden in a rocky desert, lying in
the heart of the pass. There are
flower -decked bungalows with
green lawns. It is a little bit Of
England transported to old
Asia.
But the bazaar Is all Asia
the teeming, colorful myste-
rious Asia Of Kipling. Fight
ing men slip down from the
The Washington times., 1933-09-26

Three Of those young hearts
shuddered, not with joy, but
with terror and agony-FOR
THREE OF THOSE LITTLE
GIRLS WE'RE ABOUT TO BE-
COME MOTHERS.
Terrible? Wait! That isn't
all.
Before July was over one Of
these children lay dead, killed
in her effort to escape shame.
A fourth girl still lies in a
shattered, moaning heap in a
hospital-the victim of a JOY
ride.
A fifth vanished. Ever since
last year she'd been. acting
sort of wild, though she came
of awful nice folks" Someone
saw her with a strange man.
Someone else thought she
passed them in a city a hun
dred miles away. Her mother
still sits waiting, with a dread
full smile that grows daily more
fixed, more vacant.
The mother of a sixth girl
envies the mother of the girl
who is dead. At least her
vigil is over. She knows that
her little girl is safe at last,
even though it be in a grave.
The seventh? She's crying
her eyes out, somewhere, with
a ring on her finger but hate
in her heart for the man her
father made her marry.
Seven little girls who might
have blossomed into lovely
womanhood-helpless, ignorant
children who didn't know what
it was all about-broken, de-
filed, debauched.
This is the story of only one
little town-and the same
awful story can be duplicated
in almost every little town in
America.
Who did this monstrous
thing?
YOU AND I DID TT.
Yes, 1 hear your indignant
denial; your cry that "kids are
going haywire nowadays"
You say "they think it's
smart to defy their parents;
carry hip flasks, go necking,
act like young savages gen.
erally."
They do.
You insist that "there were
probably a lot of speakeasies
and road house joints near that
place, to which nice girls
shouldn't have gone."
There were.
BUT WHO STARTED 60
ING HAYWIRE?"
WHO TAUGHT THOSE
YOUNGSTERS TO CARRY
HIP FLASKS AND ACT LIKE
YOUNG SAVAGES?
WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE
The Washington times., 1933-09-26

air transport for similar SER
vices abroad.
The appointment of this
committee at the last session
was forced by a few Senators
who have long opposed exist
ing American policies undsS
which our merchant MARINE
has been revived and our als
transport industry is rapidly
coming of age.
Two of the Senators who
have led the opposition to
these established policies are
Senator McKellar Of Tennessee
and Senator Black of Alabama.
The latter is the chairman Of
the subcommittee which is
conducting the investigation
during the recess Of Congress.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26

You will not
want to face
the facts in
it.
But if you
have a spark
of honesty or
d e c e ncy in
you, you will
read it. If
you have a
p a r t icle Of
patriotism in
you, you will
face t h e S e
facts.
FOR THEY
A n ~ TYY N
The Washington times., 1933-09-26

Khyber and squat in the
bazaar to plot murder and
loot, Mohammedan women
in Purdah-face veils-p e r
down from latticed screens.
But under the quiet and pretense
of English life is always the
dread of sudden alarm and the
implacable foe, waiting, always
waiting, behind the mountains
Of the north.
The Washington times., 1933-09-26

This is not going to be nice
article, but a sickening, shame
full article.
You will not like to read 1t.
The Washington times., 1933-07-06

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Evening star., 1933-11-23
Glass Frames, soc

10, with mirror backs: size SKI.
:. Folding Frames, leather. in rose
Tg[ Leather Frame. Was 81; Now 81. 50
Glass Frame. Was $3.50. AS Is 81
Metal Frame, Sxl0. Was -.
Rhodium Finish Metal Frames.
Were ST. AS Is...............5 sec
FRAMES, AISLE !, FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Rayon indies, 45c

RaYon Undies, 45c
Were Csc
IS pieces, including vests, panties,
and bloomers, in broken sizes and
styles.
IS Rayon Step-in Panties, lace
trimmed extra sizes. and 8. Were
81. Now ................:: .6Sc
8 Munsingwear Rayon Combinations
with brassiere top, in peach. Sizes 81,
"a 80. Were S1.50. Now. .... .95c
IL Rayon Brassieres in broken sizes
and STYLES. Were 15c. Now. .25c
KNIT UNDERWEAR, THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Silk Boudoir Pillows
SOC to $50
Were 81 tn S2.95

IA, in assorted styles and colors.
Group of Chinese Mats, Lace Vanity
Sets, Wool Holders, Cretonne Dresser
Sets. Metal Waste Baskets. Were soc
/. Needle-p point Pillows. round and OBJ
long. Were So Now $3.50
s Glazed Chintz Quilted Crib Quilts.
In yellow and blue. Were Sl.95.
4 Rayon Bedspreads; 1 double, green;
: single. orchid; L single. green.
13 Pairs Of Velvet Shoe TIPS, orchid
and pink. Soiled Were 25c.. Now.
15c pair
2 Stamped Linen Table Cloths. As and
50-inch square. Were S1.75. Now,
13 Balls Of Wool in assorted colors
Were 25c to 35c. Now. ....... .1Oc
IL Stamped Tally-Ho Scarfs. 45-inch
in assorted colors. Were SOC. Now.
25c
ART EMBROIDERY, SEVENTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Oarsman Rowing
Machines, $4.25
Were S6.05

2 Oarsman Rowing Machines.
Limited quantity Of Wal Golf Balls;
were 81 95 dozen. Now. dozen. &2.45
SPORTING GOODS, FOURTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Gloves, $50 .
Wpro S16S and f19S

25 Pairs Of Kid. with fared cuff pull
on style. Black stitched in whIte.
Sizes 524. and GA. Were 500:
20 pairs of Glace Kid. one-clasp STYLE
White with black trimming. Sizes 81
to = Were So 95. Now S1.5O
Is Pairs of Novelty Glace Kid. in dark
beige with eggsheu and brown trim
ming. Broken styles and sizss. Were
- 95 Now si-5J
GLOVES, AISLE II, FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Parchment Paper Shades

Greatly Reduced
.z Parchment zen Paper. 1s C and 3s Insh
IL Parchment Paper and Clair de Lune
Shades. assorted sizes. Were 81 to
Sl6.50. Now 81
Is Parchment Paper Shades. from
s. to 16 inch sizes Were S1-5o to
J. Is-inch PIeatette Shade with two
prints Was $3.50, Now ,.,., $3.50
| Decorated Parchment Paper Bridge
shade with metal gallery. Was So 30.
=. is-inch Peach Clair de Lune shades
We're $3.50, Now $3.50
yellow. one peach. Were $40.
~" %-''V
2. l6-inch Paper Shades with cut-out
design. in tan. Were SIS. Now. .x5
!. 19-inch Silk Shade. pleated cham
pagne and green Was $3.50 Now 81
Parchment Paper Shades. from
4-inch to 9-inch sizes. Were 81 and
S1.5O. Now .25c
LAMPS, SEVENTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-11-23

SO Boxes of Powder with Puff. dis
continued style.
36 Boxes st. Denis Bath Powder with
Puff. discontinued style. Special. DOC doE.
ToILETRIES, AIsLES 18 AND 20
FIRST FLOOR
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Mems Grained Oxfords, S4.85
Mems Lisle Socks Special 25c

Pairs Fancy Colored Mercerized Lise Socks;
double heels soles. Sizes 10, 1012, and H.
Madras Shirts, dem and peated
neckband with detached laundered collars
Coored Suspender NOV
plain Sizes 3d. -
and4 Now. 81
THE MEMS STORE SECOND FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Special Friday Oferine-
Marquisette Curtains, $40 pair
Damask Overdraperies Reduced

Now
hlue vaSS
* Now
Now
pair: green damask: ,,,,,,.,,..,,
Now
nar red chintz: was .,,.,..,,,.... S3.95
etaffet S6sj
Now
Now
So Orchid Spread Now .S3G5
DRAPERES, SEVENTH FLOOR
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Cha11is Pajamas, s1.s5

NJ ere Us
Z. one-piece style, sleeveless, of
printed challis.
2 Tailored AIbatross Robes in lavender
Were SS.95. Now. 81. .95
Silk Crepe Pajamas. smart onespiece
style; black and rose. Were $40:
3 Tailored Negligees. OF silk crepe
with cape collars. Were SO. Now SJ.9J
NEGLICEES, THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Lionel Electric Train Sets
Greatly Reduced

All in AL" mechanical condition.
I. $5.95 Train Set; number 292; %
!. SIS Train aG Set; number iis5; 80 90
gauge. Now $40
9, $11.95 Train Sets; number 1S0;
20" gauge Now .........$ 50
.. SIS Train Sets; number 347; stand
e. ara sias sHase rrsf" sGH Sets, number 56eE'
standard gauge Now .......... SIS
2. s2s75 Train Sets; number 362E;
standard gauge Now ...... SIG
2. s3e.5O Train Sets; number 3seE:
standard gauge Now ........ SIS
I. $40 Train Set; number s64E; stan
dard gauge. Now ......... SEQ
SS5. "2Oth Century i'm 4 { d."
NoW ,.,.,.......,..., BOD
g, $3.50 Standard Gauge Telegraph
j. SAB Train Tunnel. Now ..ses3
]. Sc Train Tunnel. Now ...... .S4
J. sI.;5s Locomotive; number ?s1TE;
I. $3.50 Locomotive and Tender:
number 39E; standard gauge. Now, xlo
2, $3.95 Burrowes' Pool Tables, with
full equipment. Now ...... $3.50
THE Toy STORE, FOURTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Necklaces, $3.50 Were $3.50

13, Small Imitation Pearl Neck
laceS, graduated
IL Three-strand Imitation Pearl
Necklaces Were 81 Now Sl.5O
ID Fine Grade Imitation Pearl Were
] Imported Imitation Pearl Necklaces,
II Florentine Necklaces. Were s..
! Imported Collar Bands, black Were
Rose Quartz Necklace. was $3.50.
IS Rings. gold plated on sterling
silver. sem!precious stones. Were
Real Rose Quartz Necklaces. Were
: Real Rock Crystal Necklaces. with
onyx rondells Were 81. Now, -, $3.50
Real Rock Crystal Necklace. with
ONYX rondells. was 81 so. Now S..5O
] Lapis Necklace with crystal rondells,
J Ac Collar Bands. ali black. Were So
I. ANTIQUE L.ockets. Were SIS. Now Sa
Pair Marcasite Earrings with crystal
drop. Were ST, so. Now 81
We're S15 Nov ,,;th, nsnd,$,t
locket, Were Sis, Now, w,.,,,,oSI0
NOVELTY JEwElRY, AISLE 9,
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Silk Crepe Step-ins, SIS

We're S2.95
9, in tearose, attractively trimmed
with lace.
Lace-trimmed Silk Crepe and Sheer
Crepe Chemises. Were S395.
Tailored silk Crepe Gowns. some
with net at neckline. Were S3:95
satin Gowns with pufreed sleeves
lace trimmed. Were SO. Now. .SI.9J
SILK UNDERWEAR, THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-11-23
Youths Two Trousers Suits
Reduced to SO

Youths All-Woo Blue Cheviot Suits, with two pairs
of long trousers Sizes 81, 80, 33, and a.
Youths Four-P Wool coat,
herringbone Sizes 81 81
20 Youths 81 and s5o Ties assorted patterns figures
ana stripes. NOW '"''
THE SHOP For YOUNGER MEN SECOND FLOOR.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-19
WANTS LIGHT ON REPEAL

To the Editor of The Observer:
Thousands of good citizens are joining Mr.. T. r.
Seehorn, of Lenoir, in wanting some things cleared
up before they can vote to repeal all our North
Carolina prohibition laws. If these people are
wrong then they are going wrong mighty fast. An
eyewitness told me that at one of the great meet
ings of Sunday, September 8, more than four thou
sand people-at least 80 per cent of the crowd
present-stood up to declare their determination
to go to the polls and vote against repeal
Like Mr. SeehOrn, a great many of us are I'M
willing to 90 into partnership with intoxicating
lquors-and we do not even make an exception IN
case it is handled by real Christians. That was
tried here in Raleigh about thirty years ago. A
steward of the Edenton Street Methodist church
and the chairman of the board of deacons of the
First Baptist church were persuaded to assume re-
sponsibe positions in the management of the Ra-
leigh dispensary. They were men eminent for their
Christian character and also for their qualifications
as business men. But the whiskey they sold made
it's drinkers just as drunk the wEiskey sold by
the old-style bar-keepers did.
can remember yet the sight of drunken negro
laborers Wilmington street late Saturday after
moons sitting on the curb with their feet in the
gutter, too besottedly drunk with what their scart
wages had bought from the egalized dispensary to
make their way home. And l feel now, as 1 fels
then, that if there other constraining rea-
son, we owe our colored people better deal than
to establish liquor shops to entice their unwary
feet and set whiskey-baited traps to catch their
earnings
And like Mr.. Seehorn again, many of us admire
the genial Charles W. Tiett; but when he becomes
so intellectually amphbious as to avow his devo-
ton to temperance and licensed whiskey both, we
have to let him do all the admiring by himself
W. F. Marshall in Charlotte Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-19
BLAMING THE LAWYERS

The writer to the Open Forum of The Observer
who blamed the lawyers for the fix we are in was
little too all-incusive in territory covered but
little toning down would have made his suggestion
worthy of more serious attentions.
Lawyers are too thick in the law-makng bodies,
not only here, but everywhere, even in the Con-
gress of the United States.
These assemblies ought to be composed of REP
resentative minds those of lawyers, preachers doc
tors, farmers, artisans, workers and school teach
ers too.
Laws ought to be moulded in the crucble of
public necessity, formulated by public opinion and
backed by public sentiment
When professional classism gets to playing too
cOnspicuousiy in the making of them they are like
ly to veer from the true course.-The Charlotte
Observer
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-19
BEHIND THE SCENES IN
AASHlNGION
WlIIl RODNEY DuICHER
Will ROQNEYQQlGHER

won natlonaI rame n Few years
ago in his fight against the Ku
Klux Khan.
After years of fighting graft
and hard-boiled officials. Dale
defeated his political enemies and
was elected mayor of Muncie.
But last year he was arrested
with other members of his admin
istration and sentenced in federal
court to Is months in prison on
a liquor law violation indictment.
He is on bond pending appeal.
Dale and his friends charge
frame-up by bootleggers. gam
blers and crooks whom the mayor
had put out Of business.
MRS. HUGH JOHNSON insists
-I that every time she wants to
get in touch with her husband or
her son during the day at NRA
headquarters, she has to send a
telegram.
Mrs. Johnson handles consumer
complaints for NRA. Her hus-
hand is the big boss and her son,
Kilbourne, also works there.
ALDO L. RAFFA, national field
"A co-ordinator % NRA, is not
yet Is years old. He tours around
as a substitute speaker for john
son and has had rousing ovations
in dozens Of cities. He developed
his oratorical ability on debating
teams at Harvard.
He is an economist, fresh from
! four years in the Bureau Gf For
! eign and Domestic Commerce,
where he specialized in the in
ternational aspects of his science
and in industrial control and eco
nomic planning. He has been di-
rector. Of public speaking and de-
bate at Georgetown University
here. He is full of enthusiasms,
strong for social progress and an
excellent tennis player.
! Copyright, 1888, NEA Service. Incl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-19
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
s SARGENT VISITS FORMER HOME

In spite of the arrival of the much needed rain,
Sunday morning and afternoon, large number
turned out to welcome Joseph S. Sargent, of Hen
Jacksonville, North Carolina, back to his old home
community.
With details for real homecoming worked out,
Mr. Sargent paid Cheska his first visit IN many
wears, He is now in the publishing business and
has slipped away for brief vacation.
Ho arrived here from Mortified with his party
Sunday morning and spoke few words IN the
Moravian Sunday school. Friends had made ar
rangements to have him speak both at that time
and also at the regular morning church service
During the latter ne sang solo and was joined IN
duet by his son-n-aw accompanied at the piano
by his daughter.
In his simple, yet well-phrased, particularized
words. he told his many friends and the members
of the congregation how he left Chaska 80 years
ago, becoming a travelling salesman for the Ma
tional Office Supply Co. AS layman he told how
he is accustomed to carrying small folding organ
with him when ne conducts evangelistic meetings,
especially in convict camps, jails, and prisons to
bring to the inmates the saving appeal of the Cos
pel of Christ offering them loving hand to lead
them back into Christian responsibility.
He touched upon the vote on the 18th Amend
nent Yesterday, pointing out the dreadful trail Of
liquor winding through penal institutions, blasting
the lives of hosts of men. He also laid bare his
ovn personal experience while living in Chask@,
bov, after attending meetings conducted by Evan
peIist Hunt he. with the help of God, broke the
enslaving beer habit and became free man IN
Christ. His closing words told of the story of
man whom he had helped rescue from strong drink
and the insane asylum.
After the service a bountiful dinner had been
nrepared by friends of the Sargent family. Close
to fifty people partoOk of this repast AT the re-
quest of friends Mr.. Sargent sang few gospel
HYMNS after the meal Old times were recalled anu
pleasant chats were enjoyed old friendships were
once more renewed.
The following near relatives from other places
were present: Mr. and Mrs J. Glen McAdams, OF
Burlington, North Carolina; Joseph S. Sargent Jr,
of Hendersonville North Carolina; Mr.. and Mrs
G A herman the latter Emily Sargent, Mr..
and Mrs Seiset, of Mortified, Minnesota; Mrs. ).
F. Spencer nee Clara Sargent DR.. and Mrs Lyle
s. Spencer, of Watertown, South Dakota-The
Chaska (Iinn.) Herald.