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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-12
Tunic OF Christ
Be Shown When
Holy Year Ends
Believed to Have Been
Worn by Jesus on Way
to Calvary

ARGENTEUIL. France. Dec.
l2.-(UP).-The holy Tunic of
Christ" will be exhibited to the
public in the Church of Argen-
teuil as a fitting close to the Holy
Year concentrating the l9OOth
anniversary of the crucifixiOn,
and with the authority of Pope
Plus II. 1t will be on view from
Good Friday to Easter Sunday
March 80 to April l, 1934).
This is the garment supposedly
worn and colored by the Virgin
Mary herself, and is about 40
inches long. resembling shirt,
and spotted with blood and sweat.
1t is made of wool. is purple in
color. and Saint Mark (Chapter
is, Verse III refers to it as
follows: "And they clothed him
with purple" 1t is made without
a seaman and is probably the
seamless robe" referred to in
the Gospels.
According to ecclesiastical au-
thorities, this holy tunic was worn
! by Jesus on His way to Calvary
what is believed to be a definite
trace of the cross proceeds from
the right shoulder downward d.
agonally across the back. Experts
of the Gobelins Tapestry Works,
who examined the tunic in 1892,
estimate that it dates back to the
beginnings of the Christian era
and perhaps beyond.
There are very few authentic
relics of Jesus left. and the tunic
of Argenteuil is one of three
the other two being at Treves,
Germany, and Turin, Italy. They
have been exhibited to the faith
full during 1888, but as a climax
to Holy Year. the Argenteuil
relic will be exhibited. This is
the first time this has been per-
mitted since 1929.
Canon Louis Breston of the
Argenteuil church said: "This
holy tunic was discovered by En-
press (Saint) Helene in 800 A.
D., about the same time she
found the true cross. 1t remained
in Constantinople until the ninth
century when Empress Irene. who
needed soldiers to fight the
Caliph, presented it to Charlie,
magne. the great king. who, il
turn. made a gift of it to his
daughter Theodrada. benefactress
of the Pricry of Argenteuil. Con,
seQuently, it has been in Argen'
teuil more than a millennium"
1t was officially recognized as
authentic BY Hughes damien
! Archbishop of Rouen, in 1856
Thanks to careful treatment. the
tunic remained intact until 1891
when it became necessary to re
pair portions of it. Since 1927 il
has been kept in a reliquary il
the Argenteuil church.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-12
Auto License
Sales Are Slow
The Times-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, Dec. 12.-Automo"
bile owners in the state must
show more speed in buying their
new 1884 automobile license tags
, this week and next than they
have been showing if they expect
to. get their new plates before
January /. Director l.. S. Harris
of the Motor Vehicle Division of
the state department Of revenue
said Monday. For up until this
morning only about 22.0OO1 IL
cense plates had been sold ont
Of total registration of 49S,-
cars in the state, leaving
3S6,911' automobile owners who
have not yet purchased their new
licenses, with only Is business
days for them to do so.
$50 far we have been selling
only about 5000 new licenses a
day, this figure including the
sales at the so branch offices as
well as those here at the license
bureau" Director Harris SAID.
"But in order to issue 100000
new licenses by January |, we
should sell an average Of 5000
sets of license plates a day
and We have a staff capable of
handling that many.
"But if majority or the
automobile owners wait until the
last week or ten days to pur-
chase their new licenses, it will
mean that they simply will not
be able to get their license plates
by January /, since our staff
here in the Raleigh bureau and
in the branch offices over the
state is not large enough to issue
$4,000 license plates day. Our
appropriation is not large enough
to enable US to put on staff
large enough to handle demand
of that size. Besides. the auto
mobile owners will have mad
plenty of time to get their
plates without rushing"
So if the majority of the car
owners wait ntil the last minute
to get their new license plates
and then do not get them by
January l. they will have only
to blame, Harris said.
He also pointed out that they
had better not attempt to drive
their cars after January | unless
they have their new 1884 license
plates, since there Will be no eX-
tension of time whatever this
year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-12

writing verse and prose, or paint
ing landscapes.
What they needed. Thelma be-
lieves, was the aid of compe-
tent casting director, the individ-
ual who decides. in film studios,
who shall portray each role in a
picture.
She points to her current pic
ture. Hips Hips Horray," a
Wheeler and Woolsey opus,
wherein Helen Hayes and Ronald
Colman would be entirely out Of
their element.
"Of course such a comparison
is obvious to the point of ridicul-
ousness." she says, "but it is no
worse than making an incompet-
ent mechanic out of an altogeth-
err skillful decorator, as we often
see in daily life.
This is exactly what modern
educational systems tend to do,
as witness our lack of many
stars in the varied walks of life. I"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-12
HOLLYWOOD
FILM SHOP
By ALANSON EDWARDS
United Press Staff Correspondent

HOLLY WOOD, Dec. II. (UP).
Life, says Thelma Todd, needs
more casting directors.
There could and should be
more stars and fewer extras,
since life and success are mat
tiers of proper casting, she added.
81 don't mean just in Holly
wood, but everywhere-in school,
for example, from kindergarten
to college," the blonde coined
ienne AYERS. "And that would
mean fewer bit players in life
itself, with more Hepburns and
Barrymores and fewer Jane Does
and George Spelyins."
Nowadays all the world is not
a stage, and all the people play
ers, as Shakespeare claimed it
was in his day. 1t is, according
to Thelma, swift, devastating
affair, a true motion picture.
As former schoolma'am in
Lowell. Mass, Thelma taught La
tin and mathematics to innumer-
able youngsters whom she knew
would have been far happier ont
side the building leaping ,ver
/ fences. Too, there were Others
learning about machinery and ar.
,ehitecture who should have been
y g. - Il = A. q, -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-12
Ask Car Traders
Straighten Out
Titles Speedily
The Times-News Bureau
SIR Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, Dec. l2.-There
are some automobile owners with
the ''horse trading" instinct that
can't go through a year without
trading their cars three or tour
times-and sometimes attener-
and frequently without going to
the trouble to transfer their it'll
es along with the cars. The re-
suit is that when the new license
wear comes around, they do not
get the proper application cards
for the cars they have and that
several days are required, some
times a week or more, TO trace
the different cars through the
records of the license bureau, &C
cording to Director L. S. Harris
of the motor vehicle division OF
the department of revenue.
'Tf these horse-trading car
swappers want TO get their new
licenses in time 70 use the cars
they have after January l, they
had better get busy and start
getting them now" Harris said.
''For it is going TO take time to
trace the titles and licenses o.
the cars they have traded and
get them all Strengthened out so
that new licenses can be issued.
If they wait until the big rush
of the last two weeks starts, it
may be the middle of January or
later before they can get their
new licenses.
It was also pointed out by
Director Harris that all licenses
for taxicabS, buSSeS, contract
trucks and what is known as
''for hire" vehicles must be OBJ
tanned direct from the bureau
offices here and cannot be OBJ
tanned through the branch Of
fees. Consequently all owners
and operators of ''for hire"
motor vehicles should make ap-
plieation for their 1884 license
plates as soon as possible.
Harris also reiterated that be-
ginning at sunrise, January l.,
operators of motor vehicles that
do not have the new 1884 license
plates will be subject to arrest
without any further warning and
that as a result they had better
be sure to have their new plates
by that time.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-12
COMMANDER THOMAS
DAUGHTER is KILLED

NORFOLK. Va, Dec. II. CUP
Miss Lou Thomas, 20, daugh-
ter of Commander Raymond @.
Thomas of the L. S. navy, was
killed instantly and her three
companions injured serio $ y
when their automobile crashed on
a curve near here yesteday.
The injured:
Lieut.. John Shannon of the
L. S. s. Mississippi. Benjamin
Wood, Norfolk business man. and
Miss Ena Collier, Norfolk society
girl, they are expected to re-
cover.
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-12
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Dolls Indicate Civilization
Toy dolls exist only where there
il civilization and are unknown
among primitive people.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
MEXICO MAY OFFER
TO PAY u. S. CLAIMS
Global Settlement Suggested by
President Rodriguez on Eve
of Farley.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. April pa sug-
gestion that the Mexican government
is prepared to offer an immediate,
global settlement Of American claims
against Mexico has come from no less
an authority than President Abelardo
Rodriguez.
Speaking last night on Mexico's role
at the forthcoming economic discussions
at Washington, he said:
Although the primary object OF the
Washington conference is not the ar
rangement of private obligations, it is
possible that some reference will be
made to the claims of the United States
against Mexico, which have been sub
mitted to mixed commissions.
For this reason the Mexican chan
cellory will prepare the way and will
furnish necessary data at least to initi-
ate the approach to the problem, sug-
gesting perhaps the convenience Of an
immediate global settlement"
The President indicated the Mexican
commission will go to the preliminary
discussions at Washington prepared to
discuss silver in particular, for that
is of special interest to Mexico.
He said the Mexican commission
would be prepared to discuss ques-
tions of money, tariffs and interna-
tional banking.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
ACTIVITY SUBSIDIES
ON STOCK EXCHANGE
Shares Dip 81 to 50 at Opening,
but Recover, Several Issues
Showing Slight Gains.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 22.-Wall Street
excitement subsidized today and markets
quieted down to relatively narrow
trading ranges.
The furry incident to the suspen-
sion Of the gold standard appeared
to have passed and markets awaited
developments in Washington in the
direction of controlled imitation and
international steps to stabilize cur
rencies
The stock market dipped 81 to 81
share in spots at the opening, but
soon recovered, with several issues
showing slight gains.
Cotton lost nearly dollar bale
In the early dealings, but regatned much
Of its loss as trading continued. Silver
futures, after yesterdays sharp set
back, recovered moderately.
The bond market was somewhat
mixed, but was quieter and with gen.
orally firm tone.
Fluctuations in the dollar In relation
to other currencieS narrowed. 1t ap-
peared that foreigners had reduced
their supply Of dollars and had no
more to sell. and that it would be Diff
cult for the dollar to go sharply lower
unless Americans were permitted to sell.
American Telephone dropped nearly
81 at the start, then regained most Of
its loss, getting back above $92. Union
Pacific advanced q dollar to above $72.
Copper issues were up slightly by mid
morning. The share list as whole at
that time showed little change from
yesterdays final prices. Trading was
moderately active.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
RUSSIAN EMBARGO
PLACED ON BRITISH
Soviet Puts Complete Ban
on English Goods in
ReprisaI Move.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, U S. S. R., April a.
Soviet Russia, striking back today at
Great Britain, ordered a complete en-
barge on British goods and drastic
measures against the shipping of the
mistress of the seas.
Heralding the possible approach of
an economic war of historic proportions,
the Soviet governments DEGREES will be-
come effective Wednesday If Britain
goes through with its plan to invoke
an 80 per cent embargo on Russian
goods on that date.
The DEGREES will remain in effect. it
was announced, as long as the British
restrictive measures may continue.
Hope for Release.
Earlier, foreign circles here had ex-
pressed expectations that the two Brit
ish engineers, whose imprisonment on
charges of sabotage and espionage
started the trade war, would be released
and deported within week. A formal
petition asking that the prison SEN
tences be Cancelled or commuted to de-
portation, presented by their Russian
attorneys, was before the Soviet Gen.
tral Executive Committee today.
It was considered likely that II the
men, william L. Macdonald and L. c.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
HARLEY BOSS DENIES
HE STRUCK WOMAN
Member of Cleveland Base Ball
Team Says He Saw Accuser
Only Once.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, April 22.-Harley Boss,
the Cleveland Indians rookie first base
man named defendant in the praecipe
of a s5o,OOo damage suit filed in Chicago
by Miss Eloise Mitchell of that city,
asserted he had seen her only once.
Miss Mitchell charged Boss struck her
during a party here last Wednesday
and through her attorney, said she
suffered a discolored eye and broken
tooth
Boss before leaving for Chicago,
where the Indians open series with
the White Sox today, denied he had
molested Miss Mitchell.
"A friend of mine from Chicago" he
said, called me up Wednesday night
ard said she'd like to see me. She
came out and brought friend with
he.
Il guess it was this Eloise. They
we're here in my rooms for about an
hour, 1 guess. Odell Hale and Frank
Pytlak were there for while, too.
II only saw this Eloise that once"
Hale is a substitute third baseman
and Pytlak catcher for the Indians.
Cleveland obtained Boss, who played
for Chattanooga of the Southern Asso-
citation last year, in trade With the
Washington Nationals.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor.

PHILADELPHIA, April 22.-Discovery
Of high sky hurricanes, tremendous
winds blowing almost $50 miles an hour
in the stratosphere fully 40 miles above
the topmost point attained by Piccard's
balloon. was reported to the American
Philosophical Society today.
One of these winds was travelling up
ward at an angle of SIS degrees. and fast
enough to have sucked a balloon up
ward at twice express train speed in the
direction Of empty space Others showed
turbulance unexpected at SO to so
miles above earth's surface where
neither clouds nor dust ever betray any
agitation in the blue vault.
Measured With Aid Of "Trains."
These winds and speeds were observed
and measured with the aid of meteor
trains" described by DR.. Charles P.
Olivier. professor of astronomy of the
University Of Pennsylvania. They were
caught while IA stations strung be-
tween New York City and Fredericks-
burg. Va, were charting the flights OF
Leonid meteors last November.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
VETERAN WORKERS
ASSURED LEN|ENCY
"Very Material" Change to
Be Made in 30-Year Re-
tirement Ruling.
Definite assurance was given today by

Definite assurance was given today by
Chairman Buchanan and other men,
bers Of the Subcommittee on Deficien-
cies, considering the budget recon-
mendations for the independent office
appropriation bill, that there will be a
very material change in the provision
suggested by Budget Director Douglas,
which would have directed compulsory
retirement on July for more than 49,
600 Government employees who had
completed 80 years or more of service.
Chairman Buchanan, after confer
ences with the President and the
budget director, will sponsor substitute
language which will make the compul-
sorry retirement much more flexible,
and granting the President authority to
retire, where it is found desirable on ac-
count Of reorganization or for the good
Of the service, veteran workers where 1t
will not impair the efficiency of an
agency or do an injustice to the en-
ploye under the provisions Of the re-
tirement act.
During hearings yesterday on the
budget estimates, emphasis was placed
on the fact the proposed compulsory
retirement, instead of being an econ
omy, would result in a greatly increased
cost to the Government through pay
ment of annuities to workers who are
now at the peak Of their value to
the Government service.
Chairman Buchanan stressed his posi-
ton to promote the efficiency of the
civil service, but at the same time
not to do an injustice to Government
workers through ruthlessly cutting them
of from their expected compensation
under contract for employment with
the Government.
Hearings are to be concluded today
on the various items Of appropria-
ton and Monday a special executive
session is to be held on the legislative
provision for compulsory retirement,
with President Green Of the American
Federation Of Labor and Luther c.
Steward, president of the National Fed
Grafton Of Federal Employees, present.
ing the case Of the Government workers.
It IS expected the bill will be re-
ported to the House Wednesday and
probably taken up Thursday or Friday.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
SHIFT IN PARLEY
TOPICS EXPECTED
Tariffs Believed ReIegated
to Less important Role,
Due to Gold Ban.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

A new page in the history of the
world will be written in Washington
in the course of the next few days.
On the success or failure of the lex
ploratory' conversations between Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Ramsay Macdonald and
Edouard Herriot depends the stability
of the Western Hemisphere.
The hopes of speedy agreement "in
principle" between the three men have
been somewhat dimmed on account of
the dissatisfaction created in Great
Britain and France by America aban-
doning the gold standard.
But this feeling of dissatisfaction does
not preclude in any way the possibility
of an agreement.
Discussions Face Shift.
1t will be necessary henceforth, it
was stated this morning in Washington
the discussions of the various topics
and the breaking down of tariff bar
riers which was considered at one time
the paramount topic to be agreed upon
between the American, British and
French representatives, will have to be
relegated, temporarily, at least, to the
second plan.
Last night President Roosevelt and
Premier Macdonald had their first bust
ness talk, a general conversation, it
was stated, covering wide range of
political and economic topics.
These talks will be resumed in more
detail tomorrow, when the two mel
will have most of the day to talk at
their leisure on board the Sequoia. But
the real important conversations will
begin only on Monday, when Herriot
will take hand in the fateful par
leys.
In American official quarters it is
stated the economic questions are still
considered of paramount importance in
the following order: Tariff barriers, re-
turn to gold standard on a modified
basis, with less gold covering for the
issued paper currency, remonetization
of silver, probably debts and disarlna-
ment, with all the political questions
which this problem entails.
Europe Plays Down Tariff.
In diplomatic quarters it is believed
the order of Importance of the discus
sions has to be changed at the pres
ent time, since by the abandonment
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Evening star., 1933-04-22
HURRICANES AT ROOF OF SKY
ARE DISCOVERED BY SCIENTISTS
Stratosphere Winds Observed and Meas
ured While Charting Flights of
Leonid Meteors.

Eighty-seven of these Leonids and 10
meteors of a different kind were ac-
curately charted. but it was the linger-
ing trains" left behind by two un-
usually large Leonids which disclosed
the swirl of under atmosphere.
One Of these trains was watched for
several minutes while 1t foated between
so and 60 miles aloft Several stations
watching it from different angles were
able to survey" its motion quite accu-
rately. The wind drove it upward at an
angle of SIS degrees and a speed of 236
kilometers an hour. or 143 miles. Parts
OF this train were about miles in
diameter.
Not Just a Steady Blow.
The other train was about three
quarters Of mile wide. 1t was caught
in wind Of 80 miles an hour. which
blew 1t upward on a slant of IS degrees.
This 90-mile wind was not Just a
steady blow, for the movements Of the
meteor train showed that it increased
its velocity fully so per cent during one
Of the observations.
DR.. Olivier told also Of charting q
meteor over the Catskill Mountains in
1881, which showed winds moving in
different directions and with varying
velocities at so and 60 miles altitude
Evening star., 1933-04-22
HERRIOT MISSION READY.
Overcomes Initial Surprise at United
States Gold Action.

ABOARD LIE DE FRANCE AT SEA,
April % R.-Former Premier Herriot
has fully recovered a cheerful determl-
nation to pursue the Washington con-
versations with President Roosevelt with
the greatest energy and optimism.
He spent today, his last day aboard
ship. seeking to get firm grasp on the
essentials of the new situation arising
from abandonment of the gold stand
ard by the United States before landing
tomorrow in New York.
News dispatches from Washington
and Paris were read and confidential
messages exchanged as the experts in
the French party consulted in order to
inform themselves of the latest devel-
opments and the freshest ideas on
which to base constructive plans.
With amazing elasticity, Herriot and
his staff have adjusted themselves
quickly to the new realities. They were
surprised by the first announcement of
the American suspension of gold pay
ments and the experts exhibited some
resentment.
The basis of all their calculations for
the Washington talks and the world
economic conference has been upset,
but the portly, good-humored deputy
from Lyons declined to be dismayed
and Immediately began to instill fresh
morale in his staff.