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Evening star., 1934-03-31
@. Has Walter Johnson quit pitch

@. Has Walter johnson quit pitch
ing?-H. j.
A. johnson Is manager Of the Cleve-
land team in the American League
He puts on his uniform every day and
pitches to his players in practice His
daily workout is equivalent to four or
five innings work in regular game
The Old Master still has enough speed
and skill so that when he cuts loose
he frequently strikes out four or five
of the players in succession.
@. How much money is invested In
the motion picture industry?-L. D.
A. The Year Book of Motion Pic
lures says: After write-downs effect
ed in the past year, capital investment
in the United States film industry
totals about 81 ZOO, 0,OOO,O 900, Of which
@. Do the same people use your
Information Bureau repeatedly?-K.Y Y.
A. While thousands Of people are
new users of the bureau each year
some correspondents have been using
it since the year that it came into
existence. Queries from old and new
friends are equally welcome. Address
your letter to this newspapers In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin
Director, Washington, D. c., inclosing
coin or stamp for reply.
@. What is jet?-D. K.
A. 1t is fossilized coal which has
been formed in the course of many
thousands of years.
@. Has the N. R. A. financed any
hotels? Is financing of hotels includ-
ed in its programme. S.
A. 1t has not. This is not a part
of the N. R. A. program.
Q. Is ping-pong classified as q
Sport?-H. L.
A. 1t is well organized sport with
adherents numbering in the millions
The American PingPong Association
estimates that at least 2889 00C
families have tables. There are numer-
Gus tournaments, and the national
ping pong championships of the
United States will be held in April
at Cleveland.
@. How many Braille book depos-
itories are there in the United States:
r. N.
A. At present there are "a.
O. Why does the mercury rise ant
fall in thermometer?-E. o. V.
A. It is due to the fact that the
mercury expands with increase il
temperature and contracts with de-
crease in temperature
Q. Did the citizens of the Virgin
| Islands become American Cltlzrn'
when this country bought the islands:
j b A
A They acquired American citizen
ship when the United States took ovel
the islands All there automatically
became American citizens unless, with
in one year: they declared before the
court their intention to retain Danish
allegiance.
@. Is it necessary for a person to bt
member of the House of Representa-
tives in the National Congress in order
to be Speaker of the House?-T. P. w
A. 1t is not a requirement, but nc
! one not a member has ever beer
elected to the position by that body.
Q. How many cars comprise the new
Union Pacific train? How high is i
from the railS?-C. E. G.
A. There are three cars in the Unior
Pacific train, but through articulation
! they appear as one and because there
is no locomotive (the power being ir
enormous projectile that hugs the
rails. so free is the exterior from any.
thing that might impede its punctur'
| ing the air at speeds varying from
/ 80 to ll0 miles per hour. The body
Evening star., 1934-03-31

of its time, when the present rush
for licenses dwindles. to examination
OF these and other statistics. Their
systematic collection by disinterested
agents may have an important bear
ing on later liquor regulations.
Evening star., 1934-03-31

Repeal has favored simplicity Of
speech. Drug stores are authority for
the statement that "spiritus frumenti"
has almost passed out of usage. Head
ache medicines, however, preserve
their old titles.
Evening star., 1934-03-31

In spite Of their postgraduate at
tainments some of the brain trusters
are being accused Of style of eco
nomic discussion worthy Of sopho-
moronS.
Evening star., 1934-03-31

1t has been asked whether anybody
can earn as much as $4,000 a year
Any Hollywood star will join compe-
tent New York fnanciers in an en-
phatic affirmative.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Amateur gardeners are again tempted

Amateur gardenerSare again tempted
by beautifully illustrated seed cata-
logs. They have in advance the
knowledge that they will not produce
any abundance that might threaten
the profits of the flower market. The
weeds can be depended on to avert
any such problem.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Intellectual Refuge.

Intellectual Refuge.
Give me back my crossword puzzle
I've neglected it too long.
Arguments they now unmuzzle
That are going swift and strong
For my brain, though growing weary
Occupation must not lack,
So I'm saying Listen, dearie,
Bring my cross word puzzle back.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Spring Cleaning.

Spring Cleaning.
GAS rule you seem to favor speak
ing gently and carrying big stick?'
Il do" answered Senator Sorghum,
but I'm getting tired of speaking
gently. And the next time I pick up
a big stick, there won't be any white
wash brush on the end of it,
Evening star., 1934-03-31

1t is fortunate that there is still
enough work to be done to prevent
a unanimous stampede of readers for
books described by reviewers as pos
sessing pernicious fascination.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
perry DaY."

Today marks the eightieth anniver-
sary of an event that revolutionized
the relations between Orient and Oc-
cident and paved the way for eco
nomic and political intercourse
among the nations of the two hemi-
spheres. 1t is an anniversary of Spe-
cial interest to the peoples of Amer
lea and Japan, for it was on March
81, 1854 that Commodore Matthew
c. Perry Of the United States Navy
signed the first formal treaty Of peace
and amity made by the japanese with
= foreign power.
The negotiations leading to that
momentous pact had been initiated
nearly a year before, when, on July
IA, 1853, the representatives Of the
Shogun, who then ruled the island
empire, received at Commodore Per-
rvs hands letter from President
Millard Fillmore expressing the
United States cordial desire for po-
litiCal and commercial relations with
Japan.
The Nippon of that day, having
lived 4 hermltllkp national existence
until that time, except for minor con-
cessions to trade and residence in
favor of the Chinese and the Dutch,
entered reluctantly upon the aban-
donment OF traditional seclusion and
prohibition. Foreign entanglementS,
feared and avoided for centuries, still
cast their spell, but by the time Of
Commodore Perry's return visit in
1884 they were ready to conclude a
treaty which ranks in history as the
beginning of the end of old Japan and
the transfer OF the country to mod
ern basis, which has prevailed ever
since Following the treaty with
America, similar pactS were conclud-
ed with the British. the Russians and
the Dutch. Japan swung over to the
policy Of the open door.
Although the Perry-Shogun treaty
accomplished its purpose Of tearing
down ancient barriers, II fell to the
lot of another American emissary,
Townsend Harris. first United States
consul general to Japan, to negotiate
with Japan a genuine treaty of trade
and commerce. This was not signed
until July 90. 1859, roundly five years
after the ice-breaking Perry pact.
Thus 1884 marks the seventy-f1fth
anniversary. the diamond jubilee, Of
another Japanese-American bond of
friendship and practical relationship.
There have been in contemporary
times successive other steps in the
internationalization Of Japan, includ-
ing the wars she fought, primarily
those against China and Russia, from
which she was destined to emerge as
an acknowledged great power. But it
is in the arts Of peace and industry
that the Japanese people have most
greatly achieved and won the worlds
esteem. The citizens and Govern
ment Of the United States salute
Nippon on Perry day" and wish for
the two countries an unalloyed con-
tinuance OF the cordial and mutually
profitable relations that have sub
sisted between them from 1854 to
1894.
The anniversary should give i'm
petus both at Washington and Toxic
to current efforts for eradicating every
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Hopes of the Idle.

From the Boston Transcript.
There may be some Of the less in
dustrious who will get the idea that
unemployment insurance will protect
them from the danger Of having to
60 to work.
Evening star., 1934-03-31

Communism is not usually sus
pected of a definite design Its ordi-
nary practice is TO create as much
disorder as circumstances will permit
and then wait to see what happens.
Evening star., 1934-03-31

A brain trust drifts into ordinary
commerce when it invades literature
with a campaign to produce best
sellers.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Overproduction.

Overproduction.
At many books the seudent stares
In marvellous array.
They serve to add unto his cares,
Explaining none away.
Though lightly we assume to scof
We view them with alarm
And wish that they would kill 'em of
Like pigs down on the farm.
"Dont pretend to know too much, "
said Uncle Eben. dat frame O. mind
is almost sure to git you into de
dangerous habit of talkin' too much.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Remuneration.

Renunciation.
From the Wichita Eagle.
The significance of Mussolini's
statement that in sixty years Italy
will rule the world is that MuSsolini
himself does not want the job.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Hitler's Skepticism.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
Germany is offering loans to newly
weds. Evidently Hitler does not be-
lieve in the theory that two can live
as cheaply as one.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Ribs.

From the Boston Globe.
The reason the biologists Of Brown
University are trying to discover the
reason why some animals Of the same
species have more ribs than others
is that the discovery will enable
breeders to produce more chops from
hogs, sheep and steers. This would
seem an attempt to apply rs-7 p.1
duction in a new field.
Evening star., 1934-03-31

Jud Tunkins says he wishes 1t
wasn't so long till Christmas, when
folks can concentrate on Santa Claus
instead of depending on politicians.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Experts.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Every aviator who has used Q para
chute can give legislators pointers on
ths bael.torthe.land uoFemsuA
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHrLANDER JOHNSON.
ParlOr Socialist

Parlor Socialist.
The parlor socialist brings grief
Beyond relief.
His sense of humor is so bad
It makes us sad.
He lectures to simpler soul
And takes a toll.
And when his pupils wildly roam
Stays safe at home.
I do not criticize the way
He talks for pay
And safes an appetite immense
At my expense.
He will contrive some things to state
That irritate.
l wish he would be just bore
And nothing more.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Limited.

From the indianapolis News.
The Federal Job insurance scheme
does not 60 as far as to assure political
appointees Of a permanent place on
the pay roll.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Member of the Associated Prose

The Associated Press Is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication Of all
news dispatches credited to 1t or not other
local news published herein. All rights Of
publication Of special dispatches herein
are also reserved
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Sweetened.

From the Roanoke Times.
The kind of legislation that will
satisfy the Cubans must be sugar.
coated.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Priority of Local Needs.

The Commissioners correctly point
out, in reporting unfavorably on the
Gibson bill for development OF
Gravelly Point as an airport. that
other needs must be given priority
over a municipal airport, although
such an airport admittedly would be
highly desirable"
This bill provides for a payment by
the District of Columbia of S2,500 900
for the airport's development, the
payments to be spread over ten-year
period. Aside from the obvious in
equity of placing the entire burden OF
such a semi-national undertaking on
the shoulders of local taxpayers, the
significant point stressed by the Com
missioners at this time is that they
cannot predict what the financial
condition of the District might be
ten years in advance. They might
have added that it is difficult to pre-
dict what 1t will be ten months in
advance.
As for other local needs, the Com
missioners say:
1t is estimated that an annual ex-
penditure of at least S2,000000 for
many years to come will be required
for the erection of new schools, hos
pitals, fire and police stations, penal
institutions and the like, in addition
to which some $4,000, 900 will have
to be found for construction of the
first two units Of the Municipal Gen.
ter and of the proposed sewage dis
pOSA plant.
Any and all Of these projects sur
pass in local importance the con-
struction of municipal airport
Where the money to finance them is
coming from is a problem that has
already stumped the Commissioners
and which will continue to face the
community until Congress chooses to
adopt a workable system OF sharing
Capital City expenses between the
National Government and the local
community.
The Commissioners estimate of
necessary annual appropriations Of
$4,000, 900 for construction for many
years to come" is, of course, conserv-
atlve. More than 81 1000 900 a year fol
several years to come should be made
available for school construction
alone, for the need of another schoo
building program is rapidly manifest
ing itself.
The most important local need be-
fore Congress today is that for a
return to systematic basis of ap-
propriating for the local community
providing for an adequate and equit-
able Federal contribution to supple.
ment curtailed local revenues il
meeting the expensive program of de-
velopment that lies ahead.
Evening star., 1934-03-31
Peaceful Election.

do you ever have any election riots
in Crimson Gulch?"
mo" answered Cactus Joe. 1--WE
hold meetin' and tell the citizens
exactly how they are expected to vote
II there is any serious opposition we
see to it that the disorderly element
is on the way to the hospital before
the ballot starts"
Evening star., 1934-03-31
SOME RECENT BOOKS.

NON-FICTION.
THE TRAIL OF THE DEAD YEARS.
BY Earl Ellicott budding, founder
of the Prisoners Relief Society.
Edited by William Winfred Smith,
A. NJ, LII. B. Illustrated Hunt
ington, w. Va: Prisoners Relief
Society.
THE ENGLIS GALAXY OF
SHORTER POEMS. Chosen and
edited by Gerald Bullet. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
TIPS ON TABLES. Being Guide to
Dining and Winning in New York
at 365 Restaurants Suitable, to
Every Mood and Every Purse. BY
George Ross. New York: Covici-
Friede.
AMERICAN FARM POLICY. BY Will
son Gee. New York: w. w. Nor
ton & Co.
KIDNAPPING THE CONSTITUTION.
By Lucy w. Peabody. Marblehead,
Mass: N A. Lindsey & Co.
NAZI MEANS WAR. By Leland Stowe.
New York: Whittlesey House, Nc
Graw-Hill Book Co.
FICTION.
MASKED WOMEN. By Rex Beach.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart.
MARRIAGE FOR REVENUE. By
George Agnew Chamberlain. In
dianapolis: The Bobbs- Merrill Co.
THE LEANING TOWER. BY Fred
Rothermell. New York: The John
Day Co.
REVIVAL AND OTHER SHORT
STORIES. BY Roxylea Melas. San
Antonio, Tex: The Naylor Co.
THE YELLOW BRIAR. A Story OF
the Irish on the Canadian Coun-
tryside. BY Patrick Slater. New
York: Minton, Balch & Co.
HAVE TOUCHED THE EARTH. BY
Sylvia Chatfleld Bates. Indianap-
oils: The Bobbs- Merrill Co.
| THE BRIGHT LEXICON. By Donald
Culross Peattie. New York: G. P
Putnanl'S Sons.
THE CASE OF THE FIFTH KEY. BY
Gregory Dean. New York: Coyici-
Yftede
Evening star., 1934-03-31

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Chinatown, that we sometimes pun
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-30
ROOSEVELT TO
SEE SINCLAIR
But He Won't Talk Poll
tics With Him or Other
Campaigners
By FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press Staff Correspondent

HYDE PARK, n. Y. Aug. 30.
CUP - President roosevelt is
willing to meet Upton Sinclair, au-
thor and former socialist who won
the Democratic gubernatOrial
nomination in California, en- the
condition that political discussion
be taboo.
This position, explained as an
avowed policy of the chief eXecu-
tive and applying not only to Sim
clair but to all candidates for pub
lie office, was outlined in a tele-
gam last night to the Califor-
Man in response to one sent to
the summer white house request
ing an early appointment.
Col. Marvin II. Mcintyre. white
house secretary who handled the
exchange of messages, emphasized
that Mr.. Roosevelt would be de-
lighted to see Sinclair if he has
important business that did not
bear on the political situation Of
California or on his own cam
paign.
That goes for every candidate,
Mcintyre said.
Before disposing of the political
question. the president conferred
with Norman H. Davis, Americas
rowing ambassador and ordered
him to return to London by the
end of September to continue in
frmal naval conversations in his
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-30
ORCHESTRA TO
PLAY TONIGHT
Program at Auditorium to
Attract Many Visi-
tors to City

Mozart, Beethoven, Mendels-
sohn, Verdell, Donaldson, and ST.
belius-all masters in the world
of musical composition-will be
represented in the concert to be
given by the North Carolina SYM
phony orchestra, Lamar String
field, director, in the high school
auditorium tonight.
The orchestra, numbering 65
artists, selected for outstanding
ability from over the entire state,
will appear in two concerts in
Hendersonville, the second being
set for September &.
The orchestra played concert
here on August Z to 4 large and
enthusiastic audience. This was
the first time that a full SYM
phony organization has ever APP
peared in this city. The concert
evoked an enthusiastic reception,
and steps were Immediately taken
to arrange for return engage
ments. The orchestra is making
its headquarters here these two
weeks, marking the termination
of an engagement in Western
North Carolina which opened on
July 20. -, =,
The program will open with the
Impresario overture, by Mozart,
which will be followed by the
Symphony No. 5 in c minor, by
Ludwig van Beethoven. This SYM
phony, comprising the allegro con
brio, andante con motto, scherzo
and allegro movements, is prob
ably the best of all Beethoven,s
works, and is regarded by music
lovers as truly representative OF
symphonic composition The strug-
giles of the individual with fate,
the alteration of hope and de-
spair, the conflicting elements,
CONTINUED on page six.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-30
MILL VAR ON
MITIGATION
d PROGRESS
l,v, interests Opposing
Him on Silly Pretext
Regime Incorporate
kECUETARY URGES
HIM TO QUIT JOB

BETHANY BEACH. Del, Aug.
-tUPl.LAdministrator Hugh
! Johnson today said he is deter
lined 10 fight to a finish for poll
l., which he believed should
| ras the NRA in efforts to re-
Eore prosperity.
" said: I'm not willing that
N he progress that has been
| ,s5p thus far should be nullitied
E interests which are opposing
T. on the silly preteXt that my
llm;niStratiou has been irasclble
md Incorporate
He denied he is in a row with
donald Richberg. NRA counsel. or
knyOre else.
He said he will report to PreSi-
len, Roosevelt September 10 with
,econnendations for the NRA'S
fg;urs
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an earthquake.
Superintendent Peter Haggerty
of the mint here scOffed at the
assertion. He said the old mint
was to be RACED and there would
be no room for the gold until the
new structure was completed. Re-
ports that the government wished
to remove the treasury from the
coast. where it might be in dam
ger of seizure in foreign lnva-
Sion, were not confirmed by Of
fetal sources.
Armed men guarded the route
from the mint to the Southern
Pacific railroad station.
Transfer of the gold from the
mint to trucks and into a special
train was expected to require
about four hours.
Efforts were made to keep the
shipment secret, but necessity OF
heavy guarding prevented sue
cess,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-30
SINCLAIR HAS
BIG MAJORITY
War on Poverty Will Be
Basis of Socialists Cam
paign in California
Bv MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30
(UP)-Upton Sinclair, who spent
most of his adult life supporting
socialistic doctrines, today was eS-
tablished as the standard bearer
Of the Democratic party in Cali
fornia-nominated for governor
by an overwhelming and convinc-
ing majority.
With 1888 of the states 10,7O3
precincts heard from, Sinclair had
polled 318,310 votes, to defeat
George Creel, World war prOpa-
ganda chief, and Justus Wardell,
a staunch supporter of President
Franklin Roosevelt. Creel totaled
18O,773 votes, while Wardell trail
ed with 34,5S2.
Governor Merriam, chief oppon-
ent of Sinclair in the November
election, hopes to pull the votes
of a united G.. o. P, plus those
of Democrats he believes will de-
sert their party rather than sup
port a candidate of known social
ist leanings.
Sinclair, prominent as an au-
thor, accepted his nomination
calmly. When one Democratic
leader termed the victory "the
rape of the Democratic party and
the state of California" Sinclair
threw back his answer:
"The speakers sorrow is the JOY
of the people of California"
The nominee explained that ne
will campaign against Frank F.
Merriam, Republican nominee,
and Raymond Haight, common
wealth party candidate, on his
"epic plan" to end poverty in Cal
ifornia.
Sinclair said he planned to leave
for Washington by airplane to
seek a conference with President
Roosevelt and explain how his
epic plan will end economic dis
tress in California.
eve have been nominated as
Democrats and intend to function
as Democrats" Sinclair said. eve
intend to apply the principles of
Continued on page four.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-30
Wet MAJORITY
IN s. CAROLINA
IS ABOVE $4,000
Six Incumbent Congress-
men Are Nominated to
Succeed Selves

COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug. 80
(UP)-Voters Of South Carolina,
one of the two states that last fall
voted against national prohibition,
appeared today to favor hberall-
cation of the states dry law.
Vets piled up a lead of more
than $4,000 votes as late returns
came in from Tuesdays referen-
dunn which will serve as a guide
to the next legislature in consld-
ering whether state prohibition
shall be retained.
Paradoxically, the late vote
count gave a substantial lead to
DIN D. Johnston, only one OF
eight candidates for governor in
the Democratic primary who adj
vocated retention of the state dry
law. Johnston has said he would
SIGN any reasonable" liquor bill
that might be passed by the leg
islature, however.
Cole L. Blease, former U. ).
senator and twice governor, ran
second to Johnston in the guber-
material race and will enter a run
off primary September II for the
Democratic nomination which Is
tantamount to election.
Six incumbent congressman
were renominated.
Results from 1865 of the states
1474 precincts gave 109,843 wet
votes and 81, 978 dry votes in the
liuuor referendum. For governor
Johnston had 82,413; Blease g.
SGT. and Wyndham Manning &c.
TAI. Five other candidates trailed
far behind.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-30

WAXAHACHIE, Tex, Aug. 80.
(UP)-An attempt to blast rain
out of the clouds ended almost dis
astrously last night for James A..
Boze, Waxamachie Grain maker"
and three others in the accidental
explosion of three bombs in the
cabin of their soaring plane.
Boze, Miss Gertrude Jeffries,
and Pilot Lou Foote were burned
and the side of the plane was
blown out. Foote brought the
flaming plane to an emergency
landing. A newsreel photographer
in the plane was uninjured.
The accident occurred as Boze
was about to begin his rain max,
ing experiments. 1t was his thlrd
attempt. Twice previously, show
ers followed the Waxahachie cleo,
trician's bombardment OF cloud
layers.