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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-28
INDUSTRIAL
EMPLOYMENT
STILL GAINS
February Increase First
Reported for That Month
Since Slump Began
PITTSBURGH REGION
STEEL WAGE RAISED

WASHINGTON, Mar. % (UP)
Industrial employment increased
in February and the first half of
March, but not rapidly enough to
absorb civil works employees be-
ing laid off under the administra-
TONS new relief program. Will
liam Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
reported last night.
The February report marks the
first employment increase in that
month since the depression be-
gan. Green said. But from the
income standpoint, the report is
less encouraging. Total gains in
workers buying power in dollars
increased one per cent, while the
cost of living rose 3 per cent.
The effective buying power de-
creased.
Average Individual wages i'll
creased, probably because of in
creased hours for part time work
ers but the rise was only 2 per
cent and thus did not compensate
for the 8 per cent rise in living
costs.
The number of persons unem-
ployed by industry was S11, $685.
600 in January and $11,374,0OO
in Fahruarv Green said. This
gain of over 100000 jobs was
more than Offset, however, when
the CWA dropped 100000 work.
ers. The gain in the first half of
March was at about the same rate
as in February.
Trade union weighted figures,
Green reported, show unemploy-
ment at 22.6 per cent of the MEM
bership in January. % per cent
in February and 21.4 per cent in
the first part of March.
The gain was almost entirely
in the manufacturing industries,
where 100000 went back to
work." Green said. "There were
slight gains also in wholesale
trade 100000 and hotels co.
OOO) and in some other indus
tries. but $4,000 were laid off in
building. In manufacturing the
heavy or producers-goods indus
tries showed considerable employ
ment gains.
"The fact that men are going
back to work in these industries,
where unemployment has been
particularly serious, is signlh-
cant: iron and steel, machinery,
lumber building materials. auto
mobiles. railroad car shops. Con-
sumner goods industries also re-
ported substantial employment
gains; cotton goods, clothing,
Shoes. rubber tires, cigars and
cigarettes"
PITTSBURGH. Fa.. March %.
CUP).-The Jones and Laughlln
Steel Corporation, in line with
the action of other Independent
steel corporations, yesterday an
nounced a wage increase of ap-
proximately 10 per cent, effec-
tive April 1. .zooo
The increase affects $1,000
workers, who still will work Az
hours a week as provided in the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-28
-four KILLED
IN ELECTION IN
KANSAS CITY
Democratic Machine Goes
Back in Office; Says
Election ''Quiet"

KANSAS CITY, March rs
(UP) The death toll in Kansas
City's bloody municipal election
Jumped to four today when P. W..
Oldham. bystander, succumbed to
a bullet wound suffered when he
happened to be within range OF
duelling gunner of the victorious
Democratic machine.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
By Elsie Robinson

am. I'm writing about millions
of particular persons. About
you, and you, and you-and
about me, myself. About the
whole human race - FOR
WE'RE ALL LIKE THAT!
The girl that you were once:
that I was once-the man that
was you 20 years ago-we think
they still live on, under the
alien flesh and habits which
time has laid upon us. We love
to think that. We cling pas
sionately to that belief in our
own unchanged young courage,
unaltered faith and generosity.
It's our one comforting escape
and excuse for all our blunders.
Couldn't we still stay young
as young at so as we were at
16"? Yes, we could. BUT WE
CAN'T DO TT BY LYING TO
OURSELVES. WE CAN ONLY
DO IT BY FACING OUR
SELVES AS WE REALLY ARE
AND GETTING BUSY ON
THE PEOPLE WE'VE Be
COME!
4CODyTaSAs lssL Kipg Features
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
OncessiOns SO1v Justice of Claims of Bank Deposition

the past has been utilized to thwar the expressed
wishes of Congress-
THE CONCESSIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN
MADE AND WHICH ARE OFFERED BY OPPO-
NENTs OF THE MCLEOD BILL SIGNALIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF COMPLETING THE PETITION
NOW ON THE SPEAKERS DESK TO FORCE
VOTE ON THAT BILL.
The petition is now within striking distance It must
be signed by 145 members within the next few days II
the House is to have opportunity to vote on the NC
Leod measure on May H.
IT SHOULD BE REALIZED BY MEMBERS OF
THE HOUSE WHO PROFESS TO BE FRIENDS OF
THE CLOSED BANK VICTIMS THAT UNLESS
THIS PETITION is SIGNED AT ONCE THERE
WILL BE NO VOTE ON THE MCLEOD BILL AND
THERE PROBABLY WILL BE LOSS OF MUCH
OF THE GROUND THAT HAS NOW BEEN WON.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WILL DO WE'LL TO
BEAR IN MIND THE FACT THAT VIXEN BAT
TIES ARE BEING WON IS NO TIME TO
ABANDON A FIGHT
The Washington times., 1934-04-30

The justice of the Of the ten million men and
women whose life savings tied up in closed banks
is amply demonstrated by the concessions which sup
porters of the Mcleod payof bill are wringing from
the Government.
Those concessions it is to be feared are being granted
in the hope that Representative Mcleod and his sup
porters will weaken in the fight to put the full pay
off bill
TANGIBLE AND IMPORTANT AS THESE
HARD WON CONCESSIONS ARE, THEY MUST
NOT DETRACT FROM THE SPIRIT AND AGGRES-
sIVENEss OF THE MCLEOD FORCES.
THESE CONCESSIONS DO NOT oBV1ATE THE
NECESSITY OF ENACTING THE MCLEOD BILL.
THEY DO ON THE OTHER HAND, DEMON
STRATE THAT ONLY BY ENACTMENT OF THAT
BILL CAN THE FULL MEASURE OF JUSTICE
BE DONE FOR THE PATRIOTIC CITIZENS WHO
WERE DECEIVED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS
TO THE CONDITION OF THEIR BANKS.
Two principal benefits have already been won for the
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
LISTEN, WORLD

dearest friends-her own huS'
band and children-won't try
to understand.
It's all so strange! Terrify-
ing! Often and oftener, now,
she has that queer sensation
as if she were lost-lost in a
dream-aS il she were shut off
from all the world, and nobody
knew her.
But why? Why should years
make this difference? Why
can't people see the True Her
as plainly as she sees herself?
There she is, just as she was
when a girl. The same little
girl. Not changed a particle.
Oh, why can't they all see that
she's Just the same?
Yes, maybe she has changed
a little outside. OF course, she
has grown more careful. Per
haps a little slower, more re-
served. She doesn't rush into
things the way she used to. She
doesn't work herself to q frazzle.
But that's all outside. Inside
she hasn't changed o bit Not O
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
Panama Canal ManeuverS
Reward Faith in Project
Bu lanes T. Williams, yr.

One writer on the canal gives
you some idea Of what a tre-
mendous task it's construction
was when he says: Enough
material had to be removed by
the Americans to make a tun-
mel through the earth at the
equator more than IL feet
square. The material removed
from the canal would fill q
string of cars, each holding
20 cubic yards Of dirt, reach
ing three and a half times
around the earth and it would
take a string Of Panama rail
road engines reaching almost
from New York to Honolulu to
move them
But the digging of the canal
was not the most difficult part
of the undertaking. The Sani.
tation which paved the way for
the builders Of the canal to 60
to the Isthmus and live there
without falling victims to vel
low fever or other tropical dis
eases captured the imagination
Of the world. It was a medical
and not a military mission
Japan sent to study the canal
soon after it was completed.
For this reason, in the history
Of the canal, the name Of
Gorgas is forever linked with
that Of Goethals. The one
was the Army medical officer
who with his aides solved the
health problem in the ISthmuS
as Goetha1S and his aides met
and overcame the engineering
obstacles.
Right To Fortify
What many Americans of the
present day forget is that it
was the military value of the
Panama Canal to the defense
Of the United States which was
the determining factor in its
construction. For this reason
Congress under the leadership
of the first President Roosevelt
insisted upon retaining for the
United States the right to for
tify the canal.
The advocates of unprepared-
ness Of that day opposed forti-
fication just as those Of this day
oppose building up the Army
and Navy to the strength re-
quired by the common defense.
But public sentiment, once it
was informed, prevailed and the
Panama Canal is today a great
defense asset to this country.
The fact that we have and con-
troll the canal makes it possible
for the American fleet to ma
neuver at will in either ocean.
This tremendously increases the
effectiveness of the fleet. And
its return to the Atlantic as a
unit under the pre- -idency Of
another Roosevelt is q reminder
that the policy of maneuvering
the fleet at will in either ocean
is stil an established American
policy. The nation that chal-
lenges this American policy does
so at its peril.
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times)
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bit. Why, she's just as friendly
and affectionate as she ever
was. Good-natured, too, and
generous. She'd do anything
for anybody. And she likes the
same simple things.
Standing before her bedroom
mirror, she looks and looks. A
few wrinkles and gray hairs, per-
haps. A little stouter. But out
side Of that, not the least diff
ference. There, looking back at
her, is that lost girls face-soft
lips half parted in eager won
der, eyes starry with their secret
delight.
Then, slowly, the eyes redden,
brim with difficult, angry tears.
the mouth droopS, hardens.
For it's all so cruel! Life's
so cruel! People are so cruel!
Nobody understands. Nobody
wants to understand. They
treat her as if she were a queer,
unkind Stranger-juSt another
mean old woman.
Am I writing about q partics
ular persona Yea strangsA .
The Washington times., 1934-04-30

When the American fleet
completed recently the transit
Of the Panama Canal the United
States gave to the world an OBJ
ject lesson in the value Of
craftsmanship when applied to
great enterprises.
It was the first time since
the canal was completed that
the American fleet at so nearly
its maximum strength has gone
through the canal as a unit.
the fact that ITO vessels Of
4ae fleet completed transit in
% hours demonstrates the ef-
3iciency Of the fleet and Of the
military operation Of the canal
which is q responsibility Of the
War Department.
In reporting to the Navy De-
pertment the success Of the
operation, Admiral David F'oote
sellers, commander.in-chief Of
the fleet, said:
SaThe continuous transit Of
Ehe canal by the fleet as q unit
has been O very valuable expe-
rience for all hands and it is
believed that much useful data
has been obtained. 1t is Sug-
.9ested that suitable aCknOwl-
edgment be made to the War
Department for the efficient
manner i'm which everything
connected with the transit Of
the fleet has been handled by
the canal authorities"
Canal Safeguarded
The American statesmen un.
der whose leadership the Pan
anna Canal was built were care
full to safeguard its construction
and its operation from the kind
Of pork barrel politics that has
wrecked the Federal air mail and
dealt q crippling blow to that
other wonder of the world-also
Of American origin-the splen-
did system of American air trans
port. Until last February when
the air mail contracts were can
Celed without a hearing, it has
drawn closer together every part
Of the Federal Union and made
oil the republics to the South
our next-door neighbors in
transportation and communica-
ton.
It was not an American but q
Br1tisher, the late Right Honor
able James Bryce, at the time
British Ambassador to the
United States, who declared be-
fore the National Geographic
Society that mot only is the
Panama Canal the greatest ur1-
dertaking Of the past or the
present but that even the future
seems destined never to offer
any land dividing. world uniting
project comparable to it in mag.
0ttude or consequence"
The Washington times., 1934-04-30

bank depositors since the public generally demon
strated to Congress that it is actively behind the Nc
Leod bill.
In the first place governmental agencies dealing with
closed banks ordered to reapprae the assets Of
those closed institutions with view increasing loans
secured by the assets.
In the second place we now have Administration
forces in Congress sponsoring legislation to provide the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation with increased
funds in order that it may purchase closed bank assets
or loan additional funds upon them
Important and welcome as these two activities are to
the Mcleod bill supporters, they do not meet the stua
tion in anything like comprehensive manner
They are, in fact, only reiteration of the attitude
previously taken by the Congress. Perhaps by this
reteration the Congress can induce the executive
branch to carry out it's wishes
It would however, be highly preferable that Congress
issue it's instructions without equivocaton that de-
prve the executive branch of the discretion which in
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
The Human Side of the News
Adventures Band to Recover Treasure ~
Bu EdUi1o C.. Hill

Not all the rumble and clatter
Of this machine age has over
whelmed the clear note of high
adventure. Scanning the pages
of the Sunday Chronicle Of Lon"
don, my gaze fastens upon an
advertisement Of fascinating
character. It is headed, in
large letters, Treasure Recov-
cry Limited" and it invites the
British public to contribute sew
enty-five thousand pounds, a
matter of some three hundred
and seventy-five thousand dol
lars, to the enterprise Of seeking
buried treasure on Cocos Island,
sixteen squares miles of for
est, mountain and valley, an
island dot in the Pacific Ocean
off the coast of Panama.
The roster of directors OF
Treasure Recovery Limited" is
glittering. It contains the names
of Rear Admiral Thomas John
Spence Lyme and Comdr. Frank
Arthur WorSley, who was with
Sir Ernest Shackleton at the
South Pole. It names also STRAIT
ford Dowker Aird Jolly, a vet
eran treasure hunter, who got
his hands on ancient Mayan
gold down in Guatemala some
It's bankers are Heilbut. sy-
mons g. Co.. Limited. 1t IS
legally advised by a firm OF
solicitors named Throp, saun'
ders g. Throp. And the purpose
of the enterprise-and the pub
lie is frankly reminded that it is
purely speculative-is clearly
set forth. It is to arrange for
the employment of the latest
modern scientific equipment IN
the search for and the recovery
of the numerous treasures winch
have in the past been secreted
in various parts of the world.
Vast Plunder
The immediate object of the
company is the recovery Of the
treasure from the Island OF
Cocos. And then the advertise"
ment goes on to say that the dl-
rectors have every reason to be-
lieve that enormous treasures OF
gold and jewels are buried on
Cocos. For authority they have
the historical section of no less
than the foreign office of Great
Britain. TWO handbooks, issued
by the foreign office in Downing
street. state that the existence
of treasure on Cocoa is we'll es-
tablished. And reference is
made to three distinct trea-
sures.
The first is a vast plunder
obtained by rifling certain
churches and cathedrals in
Peru. The second and third
are also pirate boards, Of eleven
and twelve million dollars in
gold coin and ingots. And
there are records, also, Of three
hundred thousand poun d S
weight of solid silver and sill
yer dollars, seven hundred and
thirty-three bars of gold and
seven kegs of gold coin buried
on Cocos by the famous pirate
Edward Davis.
Davis has been overshadoWed
in histories by such redhanded
rogues as Morgan, Hawkins,
Benito Benito, and even the
much misunderstood Kidd, but
he was, in fact, the essence Of
all that a schoolboy's pirate
should be, as he stood on the
afterdeck Of his rolling ship,
stocky, sturdy, a cutlasS at one
hip, and pistols through his
belt, muscular legs widespread,
as his weather and battle.
SCARED, mustached face looked
toward the horizon for new
cities, new ships to take.
Courageous, but never cruel;
daring, but never brutal. Davis
sailed around Cape Horn into
the South Seas in q ship which
he had taken in the Caribbean
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
Don't Be o BusybOdy

Do you frequently interrupt
the conversation Of others?
Whether the one speaking has
finished or not, or upon what
ever subject he may be talking,
you wrest attention from him.
You make no apologies for
your rudenesS.
What you have to present is
Of more Importance to you than
anything anyone else might say.
You would not put it in that
way, but your actions speak
louder than words,
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
ONCE OVERS

And your unsolicited advice
is always given.
You are most annoying when
you interrupt two persons who
are talking.
This sort Of individual is
most numerous in clubs.
Just before the meeting is
called to order is the time when
he insists upon visiting with
everybody.
Instead of becoming a lis
tener, he seeks to monopolize at
tention.
This sort Of an individual
shows decided lack Of culture
and good breeding.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30

when his own proved unsatis-
factory. Sweeping northWard
he took Spanish towns and
ships with intrepid assurance.
When Davis hold was filled
with Spanish gold from the
west coast Of South America,
he dropped anchor in the Gala
pagos, took on turtles and
water, and then headed north
again.
He put into a bay at Cocos,
beached his ship, cleaned her
bottom, re-rigged her, and
buried his misunderstanding
to a writing man, who sailed
with him. AS he accumulated
more and more wealth, he
buried it on Cocos. There Is
no record that he ever took
it off. But then, neither is
there any record that he did
not. More than a century has
passed since the steel Of Ed.
ward Davis has haunted the
uneasy dreams of the Spanish
Dons. Spain, in fact, was los
ing her grasp on the treasure
chest which was South Amer.
lea. Bolivar, sweeping through
the northern part Of the con-
tinent, had gathered q wor-
Shipping army about him and
was freeing the colonies from
the tyranny Of the "blood and
gold flag"
1ll-Fated Venture
Lima, capital Of Peru, and
fabulously rich seat of Spain's
power in the New world, trem-
bled as the conqueror drew
near. The bejeweled Spanish
viceroy snapped his fingers
and scoffed at the ragamuffins
who were advancing through
the jungles and over the noun.
tains. His well-trained troops,
the high nosed aristocrat
promised, would soon rout the
hungry hordes under Bolivar.
But the wealthy dons were
nervous and the people were
frightened. Some hid their
treasure in the massive Rey
Felipe Castle at the seaport
Of Lima. Thirty-five millions
are said to have rested inside
those strong walls-and some
is said to be there still.
Many loyal Spaniards turned
their backs forever on the rich
est city of the New World, and
with their treasure fled south
ward toward Cape Horn and the
Straits of Magellan. One Of
the ships in that great evaCua-
ton fleet was the bluff-howed,
broad-beamed Mary Dear, un-
der Captain Thompson. She
alone carried some $4,000, 900
in solid gold and the timorous
owners Of it. But the Spaniards
had put their trust in a slender
reed when they chose Thomp-
son. He looked on the gold
and fell. He slew his charges
and sailed Mary Dear to Cocos.
Many years later he turned
up in Newfoundland and, in
company with a man named
Keating, organized an expedi-
ton to Cocos to retrieve the
treasure he had buried a quar-
ter of a century before. But
before their ship put out,
Thompson died. so Keating and
the ships master, Captain
Bogue, with Thompson's charts
and maps, sailed on the ven
ture. Bad luck sailed with him.
They found the treasure, but
the crew mutined. Bogue was
drowned at Cocos and Keating
barely escaped with his life.
That was the first Of the many
attempts to lift the treasures Of
Cocos. How many have been
made since, no one knows. Nor,
it may be added, can any one
guess what day the pick Of
some optimistic seeker win
strike metal as he digs. ON that
far-off island.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30

side. Youths
just a word.
Y o u re a S
old as you
feel. So being
40 W o u ldn't
m a t ter If
people only
un d e 1'Stood
t h q t she
4V0S4y 44G~04A v
CHI q nged in
s | d ct h a t
she is actu.
ally as young
as she was at
10.
But there's
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the thing that hurts. People
don't understand. won't even
trg b0 understand Even her
The Washington times., 1934-04-30

He tells the West: "If you know what's best,
You'll listen to my advising;
And take your eyes off the Eastern skies
When the Rising Sun is RISING!
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
How Long Since You Changed
Your Picture Of Yourself?

She's 40. and, suddenly, very
bitter.
It isn't the years. She's sure
she wouldn't mind the years.
Everyone has to grow old-out-
La gaceta., 1934-07-03
La GACETA
negable el derecho del PaIla-
menf0 pafalan.

negable el derecho del PaIla-
mento catalan.
EN- cuanto al fCndo m;smo ;
la question, NADIA es mas conve-
miente nj mas it'll que X Parla
mento auton6mico eStatuya 50 :
bre los problemas agrario. l23
cuales, en- ell orden legal, So sn-
"ajan en- una f0rma especial de
contradiction.
"Yo situo ell conflicto en- ell or
den politico general, q. es dcl-
de puede medirse tcda su mag
nitud, ST ell g~obierno de la Repd
blica tenia dudas acerca de al
,gunos articulos de la ley, pudo
resolverlas en- Conversations
con la Generalidad, como eSta
,previsto. Lo inconcebible es Que
el gobierno Sc haya decidido a
'dlSparar a quemarropa I'm area
!! Z&Zo contra al aut0nomia. NJ
sotros, mientras Sc diScutia eli
eStatuto V despues, trCpez2moS
con problemas mucho mas diff
Giles que las dudas del go5ierno
actual. TODD Sc resolvi0 bien por
que por ambas parties habia ca
bal compression del regimen at
,ton6mico V resolution de Servir
lie con lealtqd,
Que los directories de la Lii
"a hayan %reconocido > recabado
ara 81 la responsibilities de la
conducta del gobierno, no nos
consuela de NADIA. GPor que ell
gobierno los ha escuchado? Ma
la voluntad contra la autono-
mia?
"Y c. anio veo a la Replolica
,en tales manos y con tales me-
todoS, ~necesito apelar a tcdas
mis- reServaS de gptimismo para
20 deiarme llevar de una SOM
bria desesperanza.
Hay que defender la autono
La gaceta., 1934-07-03
UN LOCO MATO A TRES
MUJERES

Steubenville, julio 3.-Den-
tro de una distancia de cinco
.millas de los talleres de la cor
poraci6n Wheeling Steel, Sc
,proyecta la sombra de un loco
que ha matado a tres mujeres,
>aterrorizando a los tres mil EN-
pleados de esa empresa.
Ell loco hizo aver su tercera
Vfctima, mientras la policia vi
,gilaba los patios y los alrededo-
res algunas personas que lie vie
ron dicen que ell individuo Sc
acurruca como 81 fuera un 60
rila.
mo sabemos, dijo ell fiscal
Arthur Cooper, 81 Sc trata de la
cbra de un maniatico o de al
guien que conspira contra los
intereses de la compania."
La gaceta., 1934-07-03
LOS ESTABLECIMIENTOS
DE 1B0R NO ADRIAN
MANANA

FL neg>.lato {, ccnerciantes
lie Y5~r City. perteneciente a
la Camara de Concrete de
I6or ,acord6 el lunes ror la
mahana que todos les estabieci-
mientoS permanezcan cerradss
manana microbes, dia 4 de iu-
Ito.
FL j~Ueyes de esta ssmana pa
ra compensar el cierre del miar
coles, los establecimientos no
cerraran al mediodia.
Algunoa eStablecimientos de
Ybor cierran los juevos, a las
- del dia, pero otros no respe-
tan ell acuerdo. y cerrarian a
las diez de la noche 81 ell gobier-
no les dejase.