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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-31
v. D. Whitfield
dies IN west
Local Man Left Here Al
Years Ago; Career
Successful

News of the death of VIM. D.
Whitfield, son Of the late DR.. W.
d. Whitfield, pioneer physician of
this city. has been received here
by friends. Mr.. Whitfield was III
his S1st year at the time of his
death. and had been absent from
Hendersonville for Al years. So
far as known, but a single CON-
munication had been received
from him back home, and that re-
Gently, in which he told of his
life since leaving HendersOnville.
His sister. Miss Lille Whitfield,
residing in Brooklyn. n. Y, writ
ing a friend here of his death
saws: "He was born April II,
1853. so was well advanced IN
wears. After his school days, upon
leaving Chapel Hill, he went to
Virginia where he spent many
happy years in Staunton and IN
Richmond, where he was clerk OF
the senate. After his staunch
friend. Judge Cocheran died. he
wandered to Colorado.
Mr.. Whitfield never married, but
leaves the following sisters: Flo
Use McMinn, now of Ashevllle (;
Anna Price. who is Mrs. Richard
Collin of Montrose. Col; Bessie
Farrow is residing with her; MISS
L. E. Whitfield. who has RESIDED
for many years in Chicago, out Is
now in Brooklyn. -, ;,
She writes that her brother
death resulted from heart trouble;
and that he had just returned
from a Colorado state reunion
picnic when ne was suddenly
stricken. ...5
In his recent letter to a friend
hack home, the former Hender-
sonyille resident wrote:
az have had lots of experiences
since | left old North Carolina
hut have always been well anu
fnn of fun and life. | have al
wavs been able to rattle a couple
of buffalo nickels in my pocket 10
keep the wolf away. IL mas oeeh
Al wears since | left North caro-
lima am now 80, but do not
feel any older than when you and
/ I nsed to run horse races. L can
still read the papers without the
use of glasses in daylight. =.
81 was a bookkeeper and man
aver of big coal mine IN WesS
Virginia for two years. Worked
in Pittsburgh, Pa. for a clothing
j bouse. Was in Cleveland, ONO,
for a time and then in Chicago:
From there / went to Texas and
got a job as cowboy. For years
II followed the cattle business ana
made long drives to the summer
ranges in Kansas, Colorado and
wyoming among the Indians and
the wild and woody tent towns
that sprung up and afterwards
became cities. -
ms ON a drive and we used to put
some life into the old sleepy
towns occasionally. but | car
truthfully say that I never saw q
dirty or dishonest act by the COW,
bows. They always tried to neiE
i the underdogs and always did IT,
! even if it did take lot OF gun
powder to fix things.
ain those days there were noth,
ing but saloons, gambling ane
dance halls, But no holdups, thleV'
] Continued on page vhree}
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By RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1888, United Press)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. (UP)
Uncertainty and bewilderment
have been the first reactions to
the latest administration money
plan, the purchase of gold in the
world market.
Markets failed to respond with
higher prices-the objective of
the administrations new depaT-
ture in arbitrarily pushing up the
gold price. Stocks were off, wheat
closed down almost 2 cents, corn
and oats were lower. Cotton lost
an early gain of 81 bale.
Yesterdays newly mined gold
price was set at S31.96. a rise of
IA cents an ounce above Satur-
days government price.
If the major purpose behind
the administration latest move
was to give a psychological up
ward push to prices, the results
of the first days business follow
ing the Sunday night announce
ment were Disappointing.
Indications that the administra-
ton was trying to avoid a god
battle with Great Britain were
seen in a two-hour conference
between Sir Frederick Leith-Ross.
British war debt negotiator, and
American treasury and federal
reserve officials. Some thought
they were considering a program
of monetary cooperation. But
the participants were uncommu-
NEGATIVE, as has been the case with
most persons involved in the pres
ent unprecedented activities.
The White House said there
was nothing to be added to the
Presidents brief statement last
night. So far as the gold sltua-
ton is concerned, the administra-
ton has almost entirely aoan-
doned it's earlier policy of operat.
ING in a goldfish bowl. The result
is that in Washington there Is
widespread uncertainty as to what
Mr.. Roosevelt is driving at. This
uncertainty exists in some other
wise well-informed quarters IN
the treasury, apparently.
Most mysterious of all is the
sudden rise of the new professor,
George F. Warren, professor OF
farm management at Cornell Uni
versity. He has become the chlet
White House adviser on money
problems. 1t appears to be his
plan that is being put into effect
step by step.
He is Washington's most mys-
terious power at the moment. AT
White House orders, he was gwen
small room in the department
of commerce building where ne
has been working on his plan ID
Continued on page four)
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LEGION AUXILIARY
TO MEET THIS WEEK

The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet on Thursday evening at
7:3O o'clock at the Legion club
house on North Main street, ac-
cording to an announcement to-
day. :,
The meeting has been moved
up from Thursday, Nov. Q, in
order to avoid a conflict with the
Legion carnival to be held next
week.
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AGREEMENTS
EACHED AS TO
IPTIVE Mines
! Men Deny Eastman
Isrge on Collision
in Rail Bids
h NRA DEFIANCE
r,SES FACING COURT
Arthur F. DEGREVE
y press Staff Correspondent

/. Arthur F. DEGREVE
". = Press STAFF Correspondent
| ,sgVGTON. Oct. 81. (UP)
Sr- Roosevelt reached two
49,. with steel magnateS
.gs- Which VIII send more
|. 51G60 men back to their
8, captive mines" at once
-, rravite work for thou
! =. mill employees throughout
g. -wo conferences during
"a lar with representatives OF
=. 40, industry the president
- q substantial agree
= designed TO end the labor
..~> O.. The captive mines,
Wire House announced.
.,..r +. also was announced
. compromise had been
.,I bs-ween the $50 figure
.,-iai bv rail coordinator
Ear and 1918 offered by
; -ss, companies. for rails t.
,--,,asef 5v the carriers with
!, ,l.a;1ed from the public
(, administration.
!, ~ interest of getting pec-
. work at once. President
.sl... proposed the figure OF
e. and it was accepted by
.ss' operatorS and Eastman.
~ [. ) Steel Corporation de-
]; Eas.manS charge Of last
!, IA. the steel companies had
,-r:i and reached an agree
Ir,..1ye submitting the S37.75
:. officials said. according to
fye House statement that
y-aciOn had notified the
h n Steel Institute, in con-
Is code, that it pro
H. reduce the price of steel
1; I'm $4,000 a ton to S37.G0.
!. u.:1r then became public
Z -.-lr manufacturers reduced
z .-ce 20 meet the U. 5. Steel
'1-,,.
r. agreement on the captive
e. dispute was interpreted
sT aere a a victory for or
M labor. Under its terms.
Sss, operators agree to nego-
Z With United Mine Worker
.:.s f the workers chose them
representatives. Heretofore,
17eyatorS Steadfastly have re-
!. 20 give this recognition to
G-.or.
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court HOLDS.
CHARGE FAILS
TO WARRANT IT
Will End Efforts of United
States to Bring Him
Back for Trial
NAME NOW LINKED
WITH ZARAHOFF'S

ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 81
(UP). The Greek appellate court
today declined to extradite SAM
uel insult to Chicago.
The court ruled that insult is
not subject to extradition on the
basis of charges against him. He
was released.
Backed by a staff of star law
yers, insult fought extradition for
months. He had been successful
in a previous hearing in winning
his freedom and permission to re-
main in Greece. but last summer
the United States brought new
charges against him and the court
of appeals reconsidered the case.
The new charge was of violation
of the federal bankruptcy laws in
connection with the aged multi
millionaire's vast New York utili-
ties companies.
In his last hearing before the
appeals court, the Greek prose-
cutor charged that insult had
caused reports of his companies
to be misleading and asserted that
he was as afraid Of meeting his
investors in the United States as
he was of meeting the federal
charges.
insults lawyers defended him as
an innocent victim of the depres-
sion. They said also that he de-
sired to remain in Greece. and to
try Comeback" at 74-his 74th
birthday is November II.
1t has been reported that insult
was seeking to organize new COM
panies with backing by Sir Basil
Zaharoff. Europe's mystery man,
who is .s3. -,
In the final court hearing, In
sull's lawyers maintained that
even if the court ruled against
him. the Greek government still
must confirm his extradition-and
might override the court if it de-
sired.
Between the time of his arrest
on the new United States charges
and his trial insult was under de-
tention in a hospital, suffering
from heart trouble and diabetes:
Previously he had mixed in Ath-
ems social life, often accompanied
by a. beautiful Turkish woman,
Nine. Vouyindjoglou, wife of an
explorer, who visits his family
every three months. Mrs. insult
was in Paris. Nine. Vouyindjoglou
was a frequent visitor at the hos
pital.
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FRANCE KEEPS
GOLD POLICY
American Purchases Not
Expected to Prove
Sensational

PARIS, Oct. 31.-(UP).-The
French government will refuse to
engage in any currency contest
with the United States, or stroke
at President Roosevelt's gold
buying program, the semi-officiai
newspaper, lie Temps, indicated
today. coincident with London adj
vices that England is eager to
avoid threats of a monetary war.
PARIS, Oct. 31.-(UP).-De-
spite the surprise created by
President Roosevelt's monetary
and gold policies, the government
of Premier Albert Sarraut will
inaugurate a bona fide program
to keep France on the gold stand
ard, the United Press learned
last night.
The government already has
strongly committed itself on this
policy with the other European
nations still on gold, it was
learned.
The premier believes that
France is amply able to maintain
the gold standard at least anti
currencies have been stabilized
1t is noteworthy that any pur-
chases of gold through the Bank
of France from the United States
means a corresponding purchase
of francs to prevent depreciation
of the franc. Financiers do not
expect the American gold pur-
chases will prove sensational. AT
present. the majority Of the press
unequivocally advocates main,
tainance of the gold standard
and depreciates any effort to set
mn q cold poharuO &c vet
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10 CASES OF OPEN
EElANCE DEVELOPED

|1A>HINGTON. Oct. 81. (UP)
F. defiance Of two phases of
/ recovery program developed
|,er.ay.
: Brooklyn construction firm
suit 90 test the right of the
|FsnmeD. 20 withhold contracts
- low bidders not operating
.-- codes or the presidents re-
E9gmerr agreement.
) spokesman for meat packers
k,et at an agricultural adjust
4. administration hearing that
EOntinUed on page four)
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By STEWART BROWN
United Press Staff Correspondent
/C:l. 1o22 United PresS)

GENEVA, Oct. 3l.-SUr),-
Norman H. Davis. United States
delegate to the preliminary dls1
armament conference, announced
last night that he would return to
the United States in a few days
TO report to President Roosevelt
on the international arms limita-
tion efforts which Germany's
withdrawal disrupted.
Davis communique said that
his visit to the White House would
he TO consult with the President
"on the whole situation relating
CONTINUED on page four)
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JUNIOR ORDER WILL
MEET THIS EVENING

The local camp of the Junior
Order will hold its regular meet
ing tonight at 1880 o'clock at It's
hall. All members are urged TO
attend this meeting.
Announcement was made, TO-DAY
that J. G. Coston. secretary OF
the local camp, although ne has
returned home from GreenViile'
S. c., where he was operated on
recently for sinus trouble, con-
tinues to improve at his home, out
is as yet unable to be out.
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DAVIS soon TO
QUIT GENEVA
Will Return to U. S. to Re-
view Situation With
Roosevelt

GENEVA. Oct. 31.-UP?.-
Norman H. Davis, chief American
delegate to the world arms con
ference, leaves for Paris tom0r-
row and expects to sail Saturday
for New York. Unable by oroer
of President Roosevelt to NIX IN
the present political discussions
with chief delegates, necesSl G
by Germany's withdrawal, DAVIS
intends to go to Washington 10
report.
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II. s. TO CEASE ACTION

CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-(UP):-
Federal authorities will abandon
efforts to extradite Samuel insult,
former head of the utilities en-
pire, it was learned authoritative
iy todya. insult. now in Greece,
was victorious in his fight against
extradition in Greek courts.
It was not because Dwight IL.
Green, district attorney. has given
up the fight but it was learned
from sources close to the investl-
cation into the utilities debacle
that the second attempt to return
insult to the United States under
a bankruptcy act violation charge
represented the governments last
legal stand. =,
The original Indictment charged
insult with mail fraud which IS
an unextraditable charge.
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BANK CALL ISSUED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. (UP)
of the Currency
O'Connor today issued a national
bank call for condition as of Oc-
tober 25. The last call is the first
since July 2, when one; as of June
80 was issued yeun.JrJOl
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GRAF NEARS SPAIN

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-(UPJ.
Graf Zeppelin today ap-
preached the Spanish coastline, 1t
advised the radio marine. DR.;
Hugo Eckener, commander, SAID
the trip was made in fine weather.
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LONDON, Oct. 31.-(UP).-
The British government is anxious
to avert a currency war with the
United States, it was stated au-
thoritative today soon after a
mysterious buyer had purchased
$l,426, 500 worth Of South Afri-
can gold.
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MYSTERY CLOAKING LATEST
ADMINISTRATION MOVEMENT
In PUSHING UP GOLD PRICE
Markets Fail to Respond
and Some Indications
Seen of Avoidance of
Gold War With England

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. (UP)
The government raised the price
of newly mined gold to $32.12 ali
ounce from the $31.96 level of
yesterdays price. The overnight
advance was Is cents an ounce.
Toeay's Washington price is 81
cents above the world price set
at London.
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WEATHER

l., cloudy tonight and We'd
Paru' not much change in tenn
pera'0re'
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GOOD AFTERNOON

ALondoner 10 making . so, 900.
mile business trip by air. His is
no Hy.by.nisht business, either.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-25
CLOSE WATCH
IN AG|TATORS

Victor Rivera was arrested in
Rrawley yesterday afternoon by
Ike Holmes, deputy sheriff. and
brought to the county Jail where he
is booked for investigation as an
"agitator." He was arraigned yes
terday and is held under $1,000
bond with his preliminary hearing
set for December /. c. E. Stephens,
j. E. Sanders, Claude Lee and j. D.
Sanders who were arrested in Cali
patria Wednesday morning while
engaged in picketing a field, are
held at the county Jail under bonds
of $500 each on charges of disturb
ing the peace.
Yesterday afternoon a telegram
was received at the office of the
district attorney which stated that
a number of radical agitators were
on their way to Imperial Valley to
cause more disturbance in the let
tuce and cantaloupe fields. 1t is un-
derstood that the district attorney
wired back this morning to receive
more definite information concern
ing this purported invasion, but no
answer to this wire had been OBJ
tained by press time.
Rumors heard on the street this
morning were to the effect that a
carload of such agitatorS had
reached Brawley and went into hid
ing there, but efforts to corrobor-
ate these rumors officially were UNI
ayailing.
Otherwise, according to word from
the sheriffs office, peace and quiet
arc reigning in the areas threat
ened by serious strikes earlier in the
week, with no further outbreaks
reported since the wage scale was
determined and 1.-THE workers re-
turned to the fields.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-25
FRANCE NAMES
NEW PREMIER

PARIS, Nov. 25. UR Camille
ChautempS accepted in principle
today the invitation of President
LeBrun to attempt to form a cab
met.
Minister of the interior in the
short lived Sarrau ministry, Chau-
temps was called to the Elysee Pal
ace to confer with President Albert
LeBrun Immediately after the de-
parture of Edouard Herriot, leader
of the radical Socialist party, who
declined the mission on the ground
of i'll health.
Chautemps and the president dis
cussed possible cabinet combina-
tions with LeBrun stressing the ne
cessity for placing majority har-
mony above party principlesi ne
gotiating the early passage OF the
controversial budget.
In announcing his acceptance in
principle Chautemps said he in
tended to confer as soon as possible
with Herriot, former Premiers Ed
Guard Daladier and Albert Sarraut
later attending a meeting of left
party chiefs. Following this meet
ing he said he would be ready to
consult with possible ministers with
a view to forming cabinet by
Monday to allow the new govern
ment to appear in the chamber
Thursday and present its finan-
cial program before Dec. 5.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-25
COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION
HOLDS MEETING

Granting of certificates and lite
diplomas and adoption of addition
al volumes to the approved list OF
books occupied members OF the
county board of education who met
yesterday afternoon in the county
superintendent of schools office at
the court house.
The following applications for
life diplomas were approved: Mrs.
Inez (. Sigman of Eucalyptus, Mrs.
Ebba Gillett of Ell Centre, Mary
Elizabeth Sprinkle of Seeley, Mrs.
SaLeal Howenstein of Westmorland
Mrs. Evalyn Differding Beeson OF
DiXieland.
New certificates were issued to
Alice Trout of Alamitos, Hazel Ull-
man, Ralph Kingsbury of Holtville
Gladys Gier of Eastside, Ruth Adail
of Mt Signal, Farrar Sandusky OF
Mesquite Lake, Lucille Wells OF
Meloland, Muriel Evans, Reynolds
Carlson of Calipatria, Florence
Montgomery, Harriet Raab of E.
Centro, Verna Mcconnell, Merrill
Goudie of Bard.
Members of the board present
were Mrs. John Kavanaugh o.
Holtville, George Harland of Cal
eXico, M. B. Hockenberry of Impe-
rial, Percie Palmer of Brawley and
c. B. Collins.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-25
NEW SET-UP0
STARTED ON
WORK RELIEF
County Civil Works Administra-
ton Organized To Provide
Jobs For Idle Men.

At a meeting held in the court
house last night of the county su-
pervisors and mayors from all the
valley cities, the County Civil
Works Administration" was formed
to administer the new relief set-up
ordered by the government. This
committee is transfer from the
old emergency relief committee and
will carry on the work Of this for
mer agency.
C. H. Edmison has been appoint
ed director of the c. w. A. for I'M
perial county with S. E. Shaw as
federal disbursing officer for the
county Shaw will supply the pay
roll for the work and will issue gov
ernment checks for this purpose.
Our immediate interest now,
Edmison said this morning, "is to
see that all men actually on the re-
lief rolls will be transferred to the
C. w. A. From now on these men
will wo/ for Uncle Sam"
1t is expected to put all these
men to work within the next week
and all will be on the government
payroll. After December l, these
men will be taken from the rolls OF
the national Unemployment service
office under the direction of Chan
Livingston. This office will supply
men for the relief work and in ali
probability branch offices of the
service will be set up in different
valley cities to make registration
and apportionment easier.
The new plan involves the sub
mission of projects Of public works
nature such as drainage, road work
and the like and the present pro-
gram is to extend to February l. 1t
is a part of the new $400,000,000
program from the PWA, and IS
uniform throughout the whole ma
ton. But it it is expected to put
approximately so per cent of the
men now out of work back on pay
rolls again.
Hailed as the biggest thing ever
to strike the valley or the country
for the average wage Garner, this
new set-up will be in active oper-
alton by next Wednesday at the la
test. The workers will put in 30
hour work week with pay checks
issued every Saturday. Further de-
tails of this new set-up for the
valley are being worked out and
will be issued from time to time.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-25
BY LYLE A. BROOKOVER
United Press Staff Correspondent

Copyright, 1895, by United Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. - The
government soon Will launch a land
management corporation to carry
out President Roosevelt's policy to
ret~ productive land to the
public domain, the United Press
learned today.
The new government agency Will
be incorporated in Delaware. From
SOS, 100000 to $5o,000,000 probably
will be sought from recovery funds
for its initial capital structure.
Lands the corporation will lease,
rent, or buy outright are so-called
marginal or sub marginal areas
which the President, announcing
his public land policy four months
ago, said would be taken out Of
cultivation as fast as good new land
was brought in by drainage or ir-
rigation projects.
The marginal lands lie along the
Rocky Mountain and Appalachian
ranges, on Atlantic coastal and
western plains, and in areas from
which timber has been removed.
The land economies division Of
the bureau of agricultural econom-
les has located thousands of acres
of low grade land which officials
believe would be given over gladly
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-25
MEa R1~~
e,s.s kaaAssht ayatsssts. ~
CRIME AMONG
JUVENILES IS
IN INCREASE

That juvenile crime in Imperial
Valley is in its aScendancy is the
statement made by E. A. Nance,
county probation officer, whose de-
partmtnt is working to capacity OH
the many cases coming before it.
Nance states that in practically
every town in the valley gangs of
boys, and IN some cases of girls
too, exist, membership including
those from grammar school to high
school ages.
These gangs are busy. not with
childish mischief, but with real
crime: robberies, holdups and in
several cases masked youths armed
with guns have held up and robbed
individuals
In many instances the children
are from broken homes, but tie
types of homes vary considerably,
the juveniles sometimes coming from
homes where inere is no want and
even from homes where many of
the luxuries OF life are found.
The probation office frequently
finds difficulty through lack of CO.
operation, for often the injured
person and the parents are un-
willing to either sign the complaints
or have the offenders punished. 1t
is the belief Of the office that while
each case should be handled with
sympathy and with kindness, yet
SOME punishment should be iiG-
posed to make the offender realize
the seriousness of what he has
done.
Nance feels that his office is Sc
curing results in many cases, his
aim being to find the cause of de-
linquency, straighten out the Of
fender and start him on the right
path again. He has found that
through sympathetic handling OF
TIE case he is able to gain the con-
fidence of the individual, determine
the cause OF delinquency and IN
many cases, right the trouble. One
of the frequent causes OF trouble
lies IN the fact that the youngsters
have seen movies or read stories ii
which the gangster is made hero
and which have developed the ganG
spirit in him. Only in those cases
of repeated offences are the juvc-
niles sent to institutions.