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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-04-07
The Town Election

Chapel Hills municipal cleo
ton will be held Tuesday. May
.. The officers whose terms
now expire and who are to be
reelected or replaced are the
(Zeb CounciD, three al
dermen On. F.. Hogan, Clyde
Eubanks, and J. T. Dobbins),
and the judge of the recorders
court C. =. Hinshaw). The al
dcrmen serve four years, the
mayor and the Judge two years.
Judge Hinshaw has announc-
ed that he will not stand for re-
election. l.. J. Phipps is thus
far the only candidate for this
position.
The filing Of the name of any
citizen at the Town Hall five
days before the election cOnsti-
tutes a nomination and puts him
on the official ballot. Anybody
who wants to be a candidate, but
whose name is not filed five days
in advance, may be voted on if
he provides his own ballots.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-04-07
Minstrel Show Tonight

The Junior Order Councils of
Carrboro and Chapel Hill will
give a Negro minstrel show at
8 o'clock this (Friday) evening
in the Chapel Hill high school
building. The admission prices
will be 10 cents and 25 cents,
and the proceeds will be divided
between the two councils. About
20 persons will participate in
the show. The program will in
clude songs and clog-dancing.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-04-07
PIayreaders Meet Tonight

The Playreaders will meet at
$3.50 this friday evening in
the basement auditorium of the
Baptist church. Mrs. LeaWitt
will direct the reading Of Rob
ertson's play, David Garrick."
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-04-07
Talk on Children's Diseases

At the meeting Of the Parent
Teachers Association this week
Dr. Charles S. Mangum deliv-
cred a talk on the preventable
diseases Of children.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-04-07
Payment on County Debts

Orange county met its debt
service obligation April !, pay
ing $1,000 on bonds matured and
$4,000 in interest.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-04-07

There will be a Brunswick
stew supper at $50 tomorrow
Saturday evening at the Coun-
try Club. 1t will be followed by
dancing.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
CROSS HONORS
Indy s WIFE
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
The Christmas stocking of Mrs.
Charles Lindbergh today will hold
a gift dear to the heart of all
aviators-the cross of. honor Of
the United States Flag Associa-
ton.
1t was awarded for Mrs. Lind
bergh's part in the extended sur
vey of transatlantic air routes
just completed with her husband,
the Lone Eagle.
The cross was given for the
first time to Colonel Lindbergh
after his nonstop flight to Paris.
The citation to Mrs. Lindbergh
reads in part:
Gas navigator and radio
operator, at times relieving the
pilot at the controls, she
showed unsurpassable skill, SUI
perior aerOnautical knowledge,
admirable courage, and tireless
endurance in the most COM
prehensive and complete sur
vey ever made of transatlantic
air routes"
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
SEWER BIAS 7
INJURIES 4

NEW YORK, Dec. Is G.N.SD,
Four persons were recovering to.
day from injuries and countless
others from shock caused by a
bomb scare" which swept the
midtown district when sewer
exploded, sending six manhole
covers and several square yards
of pavement into the air.
The blast, which brought fire
apparatus, police, gas and electric
emergency crews to the scene, was
caused by short circuit in high
tension wire.
The injured, all of whom we're
hit by bits of glass and flying
debris, received medical treatment
and were allowed to 60 home.
Scores of windows in the vicinity
were broken by the blast, which
was heard for more than a mile.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
Americans in Japan
Observe Xmas Services

TOKYO, Dec. IS Q.N.SO.
Christmas services in Tokyo and
Yokohama today were held by
American, British and German
pastors and were attended by dip
lomats and several hundred rep
resentative nationals.
American Ambassador Joseph
Clark Grew and his family, ac-
companied by the embassy coun-
sellor, Edwin L. Neville, and Mrs.
Neville, were at Holy Trinity
Church to hear the service of the
Rev. DR.. Herbert Gowen, here
from Seattle.
Five other Christian churches
held services in the Japanese and
English languages. They were
largely attended by the mission
airy and educational groups scat
tered throughout Tokyo and
nearby prefectures.
Little business will be trans
acted tomorrow, as the Japanese
begin their exodus for their ma
tive country homes and the noun
tains for a two-week holiday.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25

LONDON. Dec. IS G.N.s0.
King George and Queen Mary at
tended divins service this morn
ing at their private church on
their Sandringharn estate, and, in
traditional manner, all the ten
antry and their royal servants
joined them.
All of the British royal family
was at Sandringham with the ex-
ception of Princess Mary, only
daughter of the King and Queen,
who was at the Yorkshire home of
her husband, the Earl Of Hare
wood, with her two sons.
Christmas festivities at Sand
ringham centered around the two
little daughters of the Duke and
Duchess of York, the Princess
Elizabeth and Margaret Rose.
There was a special party for
them, with Christmas tree, nursery
games, and lots of sweets. The
King and Queen and the Prince
of Wales will join in on the fun.
The rest of Britain, which
eagerly awaited the Kings Christ
mas radio message this afternoon,
was gayer than it has been for
several Christmases past. The
extra holiday, fair weather, and
booming business all blended to
make it a joyous Yuletide.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
|NVENT|ONSEEN
NATION s NEED

Inventive genius of the order
which created the cotton gin,
steamboat, automobile, electric
lights and telegraph, will do more
to pull the country out of the
depression than any other thing,
according to Conway Coe, Com
missioner of Patents.
Pointing out that every great
invention preceded a new boom
in industry, Coe said there are
still great aids to mans progress
waiting the hand and mind of
preston era.
It was the modern reaper that
transformed the middle west
from a condition of slavery to
the great grain producing area
that it now is, Coe said, and the
cotton gin of Eli Whitney made
cotton the King of the South,
Another invention is required to
help the country now, Coe said,
and he believes it is on its way.
He added:
"And when it does, it will
be the driving power for an
other boom to prosperity"
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
z DEAD, 5 HURT
IN ACCIDENTS

Five Washingtonians were re-
cuperating today in Baltimore
hospitals from injuries suffered
over the weekend in Maryland
auto accidents.
James Smith, 1900 block
Twenty-ninth st. N. w., suffered
a fractured skull and his wife in
ternal injuries in collision near
Elkridge. A son, James, jrr was
killed.
William and Nick Raglan, 600
block Orleans Pl. N. w., and
George Pipin, 100 block Seventh
st. N. w., were injured when car
overturned in north Baltimore
They were riding with George
Dillon, 400 block N st. N. w., who
was killed.
In Washington, J. w. Corridor,
of Cheverly, Md, wah injured
when his parked auto was struck
by a fire engine on H Street be-
tween Eleventh and Twelfth
Streets N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
MOUQU|N
EXPIRES At 96
IN VIRGINIA
Death Comes Peacefully to
Noted Vintner, Happy
Because of Repeal

WILLIAMSBURG. Va, Dec. Is
GN.S0 while thousands drink
yuletide toasts in vintages made
famous by his name and hand,
Henri Mouquin, world famous
New York restaurateur and vint-
ner, lies dead today in the Vir-
ginia plantation home to which
he retired several years ago.
He died yesterday of the in
firmities of age, lacking but four
years of spanning a century. He
will be buried tomorrow in Cedar
Grove Cemetery here after
services in the home are con-
Quoted by the Rev. w. A. R.
Goodrich, rector of Burton Parish
Episcopal Church.
Started With $26
Born on the French side of
Switzerland in 1887, Henri Mon
quin arrived at Castle Garden at
the age of 16. With the $26 in
his poc'-e he opened restaurant
and prospered until a continent
came to his door seeking food
and drink.
His heydey was that Of Jubilee
Jim" Fish and Diamond Jim"
Brady. the hanSome carriage and
the Waldorf. He Stunned the
automobile as a threat to orderly
leisure, and when prohibition
came, he was bitter.
From his 1,200-acre estate here,
he fought the prohibition era
with the zeal Of a fanatic, and
recently, when the knell Of the
Eighteenth A en- d m ent was
sounded, none was more joyous
than Henri Mouquin. He drank
his own vintages too, and now
and then a drop Of brandy.
Wine Good for Spirits
He would say:
"Wine reviveS my spirits when
am feeling badly. A little
cOgnac is stimulating. I do
not need anyone to keep me
from OVERRIDING this"
After retiring to his Virginia
estate, Mouquin often told his
friends:
'T have all that / want ON
my estate. / have no doctor,
NO lawyer, and no preacher,
but plenty of leisure and time
to think.
"New York with its prohibit
ton and buildings too tall to
see the TOP no longer appeals
to me-"
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
White Xmas in Moscow,
% Below Zero

MOSCOW, Dec. Is G.N.s).
There was more evidence of
Christmas in Moscow this year
than at any time since the Sow
let revolution. with the Russian
merchants catering as efficiently
as possible to all the Christmas
needs of foreigners.
Christmas trees, ornaments,
and even replicas of Santa Claus
could be purchased in many
shops, and there was plenty Of
Christmas seals in evidence in the
foreign colonies.
An added touch which the Sow
let government had nothing to
do with was a brilliant snowfall,
covering everything several feet
deep, and giving a Dickens aspect
to the season. Typically Russian
was the temperature of 28 de-
grees bleow zero.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
H. W. Baker Named
To Rochester Post

Rochester, N. Y, has chosen as
its city manager Harold w. Baker,
now director of construction Of
the District of Columbia govern
ment, it has been announced.
Baker was formerly commits
sioner of public works at Roches-
ter and came here two years ago.
He will probably leave his home
here in the $500 block of Ordway
st. N. W., soon after the first of
the year to begin his new duties
in Rochester.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
STALLED TRAIN
|SREL|EVEDO Of
PASSENGERS
Roadbeds and Highways Are
Ruined BY TorrentiaI
Rains in Montana

MISSOULA, Mont. Dec. IS
G.N.S).-More than 100 passen-
gers who we're aboard the
marooned "Olympian, crack pas
senger train of the Milwaukee
railroad, today celebrated Christ
mas Day in comfortable coaches
rolling eastward.
They we're rescued from a train
that was forced by washouts and
unsafe tracks to stop in canyon
about 10 miles west of st. Regis,
Mont. The passengers walked to
a point where they could be taken
aboard a trouble shooter" gaso-
line driven car. Part of the trip
to Missoula was made in flat
car, the rest in bus.
Travel Halted
Travel over the Milwaukee road
was at a standstill. Power lines
carrying electricity used for power
on this division of the Milwaukee
road we're broken and damaged
in many places by land and rock
slides.
The first train through from
Spokane, Wash, arrived here
over the Northern Pacific line,
which parallels the Milwaukee,
late Saturday night. hours late
due to flood and washouts at
Evarro.
Forest rangers at Superior.
Mont, reported the Missoula
River slowly rising at that point,
in spite of rapidly dropping tenn
peratures.
Word reached here that Ma
tional Guard planes were being
sent from Spokane, Wash, to fly
over the flooded area with sup
plies for marooned persons.
Roads Blocked
With roads west of st. RegiS
impossible, approximately 25O
residents of that section we're esti.
mated to be isolated from all
contacts with the outside world.
Food supplies were reported low.
Homes were abandoned for higher
ground. Many persons were re-
ported suffering from exposure.
Highway crews were working
to get roads into the stricken area
open.
Sheriff j. A. Mayo of Mineral
County reported that he contacted
Charles Chase of De Borgia, Mont.
and learned that food shortage
threatened there and at Saltese,
Mont.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
It's Merry Christmas Around the World
~"
LndFogners Holiday Far0f Russia

To this end tons of foodstuffs,
clothing, and Christmas trees
were distributed ''to all, regardless
of politics"
This Christmas was the most
Solemnly observed in Germany in
many years. With political strife
ended, there now being only one
party, and with the church con-
troversy at least temporarily
settled, Germany flocked to the
churches in prayer.
Favorite gifts this year we're
toy soldiers, tanks, guns, airplanes
and forts, and pictures Of chan
cellor Hitler, Prussian Premier
Goring, and other Nazi leaders.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
Young Prince to See
Mother As YuIe Gift

BUCHAREST, Dec. 25 Q.N.S0.
Crown Prince Michael of Rumania
will leave Bucharest tomorrow for
Florence, Italy, to see his mother,
Princess Helen, for the first time
in many months. The trip is a
Christmas gift from his father,
King Carol.
When Carol asked his 12-year-
old son what he wanted for
Christmas, he replied:
81 want to see my mummy"
Carol and Helen are estranged.
On Michael's last trip abroad to
see his mother, in London, he was
hastily ordered to be returned to
Rumania when Carol became an
cry over remarks Helen was al
legged to have made in a news
paper interview.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
NOTED CATALAN
LEADER DIES

BARCELONA. Spain, Dec. 25
G.N.S0.-Col. Francesca Macia.
president Of the Catalan general.
idad and one of Spain's foremost
political figures, died today at the
age of "a.
Col. Macia underwent an emer.
gency appendicitis operation at a
local hospital a week ago today
and had been in a critical condi.
ton for the past several days.
His death leaves the Catalan
political situation confused. the
Esquerra, or left wing Catalan
Nationalists, being without a
leader.
The party is facing an election
on January IA, and the outlooE
was bad. It was considered de-
feat in this election would mean
the permanent end of its power.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25

headed a procession composed Of
clergy, the consuls of Catholic
countries, and other notables who
moved solemnly to the tiny grotto
in the Church of the Holy Nativity
bearing aloft the effigy.'
Reverently the infant was laid
on the spot where. according to
tradition, the infant Christ rested
in the manger.
Christmas Arabs of Bethlehem,
picturesquely garbed, and western
residents of Jerusalem in tuxedoes
mixed with the congregation.
Outside, in the Field of the
Shepherds, as Jews and Moslems
looked on, Christmas circled a
roaring fire, partaking of bred and
meat according to the age old
custom Of the shepherds.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
To DIRECT
RENT SURVEY

Every home in Washington, in
cluding apartments, houses and
furnished rooms, will be visited
during a rent survey of the city
scheduled to get under way TO-
morrow.
The survey, in which 518 men
and women hired by the Civil
Works Administration will be en-
ployed, is under the direction Of
James Ring, special rent investi-
gator for the Public Utilities Com
mission.
Results of the research, to be
compiled by the Bureau Of the
Census Of the Department OF Com
merce, will be turned over to the
Public Utilities Commission, which
will draw up a complete report
for presentation to the Senate
during next month.
The survey workers will deter
mine the number Of individuals in
each dwelling. a complete descrip'
ton OF the structure, the amount
of rent paid, the number Of fore.
closures in the past year. and
other facts bearing on the cost
and character of housing here.
OF the 518 persons employed,
about 400 will engage in a house
toulouse canvass. Directing the
canvassers will be 20 group SUI
pervisors," heading groups in each
of 20 districts into which the city
has been divided. Five people
will act as trouble shooters, u
checking up complaints. and the
rest will do clerical work.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
Rescued Passengers
Praise Train Crew

MISSOULA, Mont. Dec. Is
G.N.SO. THE worst situation I
ever saw" Mrs. w. J. Carlson, Of
Cascade Locks. Ore. said today
after being rescued from the ma
rooned Olympian near st. Regis,
Mont. Mrs. Carlson is EN- route to-
st. Paul, Mimi, with her young
son. She added:
1--WE are thankful to get out
alive. saw the water tapping
the small strip of ground on
which the train stood. The rear
coach was standing in the
water"
Praise for the train crew came
from another passenger, Mrs. T.
w. Black, wife of a Spokane,
Wash, fire department official.
en- route to Minneapolis. She said:
"It was wonderful how the
trainmen took care of the pas
sengers. The engineer used
every precaution. When he
started across a trestle and felt
1t sway, he backed the train off
"a few minutes before the
treStle was swept away"
The Washington times., 1933-12-25

NEW YORK. Dec. 25-While
Hugh Parker Pickering's mama
tried to spike reports that her
big sons marriage to "Chottie"
Milburn is not bliSsful union,
Charlotte today was lodging
her bridegroom of less than a
week.
At Charlotte's home, where
the 1881 debbie fled only few
hours after her elopement, there
was no Charlotte. She and ma
ma, Mrs. Hollingsworth Peabody,
had departed earlier with a suit
case. A few minutes thereafter,
the bridegroom appeared at the
door to be informed that his
pretty wife isn't at home"
Where Charlotte and her
mother went no one could find
out-not even Pickering.
Mrs. Pickering, former Chi
cago society matron, announced
to reporters that "there is no
trouble between Mr.. and Mrs.
Pickering" She said:
"She will soon be well enough
to be around again, and then
they will leave for Florida for
their honeymoon"
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
TOLL Of DEATH
ADDS WOMEN
AS VICTIMS
Two Drowned in House Swept
Away by Bursting Dam;
Situation Improves

PORTLAND. Ore, Dec. 25
r.N.SO.-Thousands of homeless
refugees from flooded farmland
districts of the Pacific Northwest
celebrated Christmas today in
country schoolhouses and other
temporary places of shelter.
Two more victims were added
to the death toll, which has
reached Is.
Two Women Drowned
In Maple Valley, Wash, a
farmhouse was uprooted from its
foundations by flood waters
which burst a natural dam.
Two women, Mrs. Marie Peter
son, So, and Mrs. Mary Antoine,
so, a visitor at the Peterson
home, were the victims.
Martin Peterson and his son,
James, were extricated from the
debris by passing motorists.
Two thousand were homeless in
Kelso, Wash, where hundreds of
homes are inundated by flood
waters of the Cowlitz River.
bikes of the river were re-
lieved of tremendous pressure last
night when the waters fell more
than two feet.
Flood conditions had improved
generally, although all main
highways south were still under
water and blocked in many
points by treacherous slides.
Highway crews were working
night and day to open the roads
for holiday traffic.
125 MarOOned on Train
Reports from Drexel, Mont,
where 125 passengers were ma
rooned aboard the Chicago, Mil
vaukee & st. Paul crack flyer
Olympian. said the passengers
had been brought to Missoula by
automobile. The east-bound
y::letide passengers were delayed
48 hours.
Transcontinental trains, bur-
dened with Christmas mail: were
tied up and delayed in all sec
tions of the Northwest due TO
heavy mud slides and WaShoutS
Of roadbeds.
water was reported five feet
deep in the main streets OF i've
north central Idaho towns-Mul-
Ian, Kellogg, Burke, Wardner,
and Wallace. Scores OF homes
were inundated in Wallace.
Whatcom and Skagit counties
in washington reported tn e
Nooksack and Skagit rivers were
dropping below the flood mark
and that clearing skies were
promised today. The sun came
out for the first time in Il days
yesterday.
Yakima Bridge In Peril
Bridges over the Yakima River
near Kennewick, Wash, were
again endangered by the raging
Yakima, which has inundated
several thousand acres OF rich
farming land in south central
Washington. Emergency or eW
had temporarily bolstered the
wooden bridges today, but auto
mobile traffic was closed.
Despite their tremendous loss
of crops and a CHEEKY fireplace
for Christmas Day, refugees
throughout the Northwest cele-
brated Mass on hilltops shortly
after dawn and temporarily for
got their troubles.
Homeless farmers donned
Santa Claus uniforms and pre-
sented children toys and other
gifts.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
Passenger Tells Narrowing
Experience In Flood

Regis. It was behind the last slide.
We rode from there into st. Regis
on the gasoline car, arriving at
800 p. m.
We had dinner in st. Regis and
started on to Superior.
Several times the men in the
party had to get off and push
rocks off the track. Two bad
washouts had been temporarily re,
paired.
Once the car stalled, but by
pushing we managed to get it go
ing again, just as five feet Of an
embankment crumbled into the
stream.
We arrived in Missoula at 8
o'clock,
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
Railroad Damaged
100000 BY Flood

MISSOULA. Mont, Dec. 25
0N.SD.-Flood damage to the
Milwaukee Railroad was estimated
today at more than a million
dollars by Hampton K. Smell. pro-
fessor of transportation at the
University of Montana here. who
returned from a partial survey
Of the st. Regis valley region
west of Missoula.
Professor Smell wired Joseph
B. Eastman, Federal Coordinator
OF Transportation, urging an en-
tire rebuilding of both the Mil
waukee and the Northern Pacific
lines between st. Regis and
SalteSe, Mont.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
Every German Family
Gets Christmas Tree

BERLIN, Dec. 25. G.N.SJ-
Charitable organizations and the
great national relief societies con-
tinued working today to make
reality out of two slogans OF
Chancellor Adolf Hitler:
''NO German shall GO hungry
this winter" and mo German
family without Christmas
tree"
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
C1Liente Feature
Won bV M1rceitd

Aqua CALIENTE, Mexico, Dec
Is. Ten thousand enthusiastic
race fans saw 2-year-old Marietta,
of the Meadow Brook Stables,
with M. Helm up, win the Inaugu-
raj Handicap here yesterday.
The Christmas Handicap, for a
mile and 70 yards, all ages, with
$1,000 added purse, was the head
liner on today's program, for
which a fast track and clear
weather was predicted.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
Smoking Ban Lifted
For Woman FeLOnS

BEDFORD. N. Y, Dec. 25.
G.N.S)- Cigarette smoke so
thick you could cut It with a
knife testified to the fact that
inmates of the Bedford reform
atory for women were enjoying
their Yuletide gift. For Superin-
tendent P. E. Battey' not only
made the 200 women inmates
happy by lifting a 30-year rule
against smoking, but followed it
up by presenting each of the
inmates a package of cigarettes
today.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
ARMY 7 turkeys
COST S181,750

If you think your Christmas
dinner is expensive. be consoled
by the cost of the turkeys which
Uncle Sam has provided for his
military forces and Civilian Con-
Servation Corps.
No less than $181,750 was laid
down on the counter by the Gov
ernment for over 10000 gobblers.
OF these, 1898 birds have
been allotted to the Army and
Navy at the fancy figure of $751;
$50. CCC workers. scattered
throughout the country in many
camps, will do their best to ar
range for a stomach ache with
their share of 43.700 fowl, worth
$4,000.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25

Pope Plus XII spent a day Of rest
today, one of the very few he has
taken since the beginning of the
holy year.
On Christmas Eve the Pontiff
observed the traditional privilege
of reciting three masses at mid
night in his private chapel in the
Vatican palace, surrounded by his
three nearest kin.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
Alexandria Lenient
To HOLidQu DrELI1kS

Alexendrians who imbide too
freely of the stuff that cheers will
be chased into their houses or be
brought to the station house to
sober up.
AS a result of this ruling by
Captain Arnold there were only
a few prisoners who spent Christ
mas in iail.
The Washington times., 1933-12-25
3 Performances Set
FOr'Other Wise Nan

Three performances Of 'The
Other Wise Man." Christmas
legend written by DR.. Henry Van
Dyke, will be presented for the
third consecutive year at the
Lutheran Church on Thomas
Circle beginning Wednesday even,
ing at $3.50 o'clock.
Members of several denomina-
tions here and in nearby Mary
land and Virginia will compose
the cast. Doors will be opened
ct 7:20.