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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-03
Editor The Times-News:

Editor The IlmeS-NeWS:
In your issue of Wednesday,
October 31st, we noticed large
half page advertisement by NJ. M.
Redden, Chairman Of the Demo
cratic Executive committee, com
pairing the county officers expense
Of this year 1884 with the ex-
pense of the year 1880.
20 We have believed for several
years, that the county administra-
ton, under the management of
Mr.. Durham and Mr.. Justice has
been operated on an economical
basis, we have had that notion and
have supported these gentlemen
at election time.
Mr.. Redden's comparative state
ment, however, would indicate that
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-03
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The Washington times., 1934-02-16
Even New England
and Great West
Represented

Still they come-hundredS Of
boys and girls every day, anxious
and inspiring "sleuths" - new
members Of the new Secret Agent
X-9" Club, and many Of them
members Of The Washington
Times Adventure Club.
From washington, Alexandra,
Orange, Frederick, Annapolis,
Bowie, Brunswick, Shenandoah
Caverns, Charlottesville, Staun-
ton, Winchester. MartinSburg. Del
Ray, Kensington, Luray, Brent
wood, Hagerstown, Clarendon
and from Buffalo, N. Y; Fall
River, Mass, and from Mesa
Verda National Park, Colo, come
other hundreds Of new members
Of The Times Secret Agent X-9"
Club.
Perhaps no otheI group 50
banded together will find greater
interest in following the daring
adventures and mystery Solu-
tionS Of that real detective and
detective story writer-Dashiel1
Hammett-than thee confirmed
adventure seekers.
These boys and girls are soon
to have real chances to test their
skill in finding lost articles and
in treasure hunts, in real COM
petition with other master
minded" real detectives, and to
prove the best detectives in their
respective neighborhoods - in
Washington and neary Maryland
and Virginia.
Simply ask your Washington
Times carrier boy to make you
a member of the "Secret Agent
X-9 Club" or call at The Wash
ington Times Branch Station
nearest your home. The initial
cost is but a few pennies, and
there are no later membership
fees.
The Washington times., 1934-02-16
MAIL PROBERS
TO QUIZ BROWN
On MONDAY
ny International News Service

NJ International News Service
Interest in the spectacular air
mail controversy today centered
upon the appearance Of former
Postmaster General Walter r.
Brown Monday morning before
the Black Senate investigating
committee.
Senator Black was ready to ap-
pear as a voluntary witness, waive
immunity and submit himself to
one Of the most gruelling ordeals
Of croSs-examination undergone
by any witness before an inquisi-
torial group in the Senate during
recent years.
Sympathy For Brittfn
Considerable sympathy for Col.
Z. n. Brittin, jailed vice president
Of Northwest Anyways, Inc, was
expressed today in senatorial
quarters. There was talk on
Capitol Hill Of q move Monday
to suspend part Of the Today
sentence meted out to Colonel
Brittin for contempt.
This step could be taken only
by Senate resolution.
Former Assistant Secretary o1
Commerce William p. Mace cCracken,
convicted along with Colonel Brit
tin on charges that he aided in
the removal and destruction Of all
mail files subpoenaed by the com
nlittee. was at liberty on $4,000
bond.
Frank J. Hogan, Mr.. MacCrack
ems attorney, pushed his plans fol
IA appeal to the United States
Supreme Court in an effort tt
have Mr.. MacCracken's sentence
ret aside.
Mr.. Browns inSistence that the
committee hear him as q witness
disrupted plans which had been
made to take up the Pan-American
Airways case early next week.
Committee members said the
Hoover Cabinet official might be
kept on the stand two or three
days.
Party Issue Sought
In Senate and House, Repub-
lican efforts were launched to
make a party issue Of Postmaster
General Farley's failure to con-
Gel the Pan-American contracts.
Senator Robinson R0, Of In
diana, and Representative Hamil
ton Fish (R0, Of New York. &C
cuSed Mr.. Farley Of 'favoritiSm'
to Pan-AmUrican, and charged
that some Of the Pan-American
officials have contributed gener.
ously to Democratic party war
chests.
The Washington times., 1934-02-16
Army to Be Opened
To Air Mail Pilots

NEW YORK, Feb. 16 Q.N.S0.
Announcement was made today at
the Second Corps Area headquar-
ters on Governors Island that air
mail pilots who lose their jobs as
a result of Government cancella-
ton Of air mail contracts will be
taken into the Army air service
"aS far as practicable.
Air mail pilots who hold COM
missions in the Army Air Corps
Reserve were urged to volunteer
Immediately for active duty with
the Army Air Corps.
The Washington times., 1934-02-16
Committee Named
To Probe Mckee

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The al.
dermanic investigating committee
was voted by Tammany last fall
to expose the acts of Joseph v.
Mckee and Recovery Party adher.
ents while they occupied city jobs
and to strike back at those who
John F. Curry, Tammany
leader, and Mayor O'Brien last
fall, it was revealed today.
The Washington times., 1934-02-16
AUTHORS SUED
On RADIO USE

Charges Of racketeering, viola
ton of the antitrust laws and
unfair competition were on file
here today against the American
society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers.
The charges were filed with the
Federal Trade Commission by the
Music Users Trade Commission,
following the recent campaign in
Maryland to force owners Of radio
sets in small establishments to
take out a license for receiving
copyrighted music through their
loud speakers.
A Federal investigation was
asked in the petition.
The Washington times., 1934-02-16
Conference Called
Bu Moose Women

Miss Katherine Smith, grand
recorder Of the Women Of the
Moose, arrived here yesterday to
supervise arrangements for the
conference on chapter develop
ment which will be held at the
Willard Hotel February 81, % and
"a in conjunction with the mid
winter meeting Of the Supreme
Council Of the Loyal Order Of
Moose.
Miss Smith expressed gratifica-
ton over the manner in which
Moose chapters are using the child
care and training lessons prepared
by the MooSeheart laboratory.
The Washington times., 1934-02-16

DETECTIVE" ORGANIZATION GROWS
X9" Club
Washington
moment enistg James Daily Joe John McCo
the great adventure strip daily
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

Horton Smith, Oak Park, H.. professional golfer, claims that the farther he drives from the tee the higher his score. Is.s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

When order printing from The Daily Alaska Empire yog not not ony p paronze an institutions which is necessarily working for for the benefit of the communt-'nd when does that helps each unit unit of the communiy-but more important you spending printing dollars with persons who will spend them thenm, with you
 The Daily Alaska Empire has trained craftsmen automatic and variety of type faces for producing fine print ing as may be obtained taained anywhere
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

Lawson Creek, which will be one of the finest bridges in Southeast Alaska. The concrete piers will be approximately 40 feet high and there will be two 72-foot and two 80-foot clear spans. The four spans will be carried on steel girders which in turn will support an g. inch reinforced concrete floor. Guard rails and posts will be of steel.
 The contract for the road and bridge construction was awarded to the Seims-Spokane Company for an approximate cost of $90000.
 Surfacing of the road is not in- cluded in the contract as it is be- lieved that the surfacing will ne- cessarily be obtained from the mainland, and separate contract will be let when completion of the channel bridge permits transpor- tation.
 Seward Read Work
 Work in the vicinity of Seward by the Bureau during the last year. consisted of reconstruction on ap- prcximately four miles of the Sew ard Highway This was started last fall and carried well into the winter and completed within the last two weeks at an expenditure of about $39,OOO. The contract for resurfaeing of this road. which is now nearing completion, was awarded to the R. J. Sommers Con- struction Company at an approxi- mate cost for gravel of S13,000. The entire improvement involved an expenditure considerably in excess of S50,000.
 Hconah Improvements
 The Bureau has underway the construction and surfacing of about 115 miles Of road and street at Hoonah. A portion of this replaces an old plank street which had be- come unsafe for use, MT. Williams said. This work is being done un- der contract by Wright and Stock, Incorporated, at cost of about s36000. The entire project should be completed and open for the use of the public early this month. Vicinity of Petersburg
 Preparatory to road construction.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

Barometric high over Northwestern and Southeast Alaska cepon of the lower Kukokwim and from the Aepans light precipitation fallen the last twenty hours Temperatures Alaska considerably this while the Territory report decidedly cooler in Fairbanks killing
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10
Fish Turns the Tables; Catches Fisherman

STUART, Fla. Sept. 10.- Ted Collins went fishing, but instead of catching a fish the fish caught him.
 As he was angling from a bridge a big one struck his hook and tugged much after the fashion of an unbroken broncho.
 Fisherman Collins wasn't sit ting any too securely and wlth the second or third tug he sailed right off the bridge and came down far out in the water.
 Ted is a good swimmer, though and he finally turned the tables on the fish, towing it to shore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

the Bureau has, with it's own forces and local labor, cleared and grub bed approximately 6 miles of right of way near Petersburg. This work was begun last fall and carried right through the winter months, employing from 20 to 50 men and involving the expenditure of about $39,OOO.
 Among the largest road projects completed recently by the Bureau of Public Roads are located near Ketchikan, and well over $200,000 has been spent in that vicinity during the last year, by this de- partment.
 Grading and surfacing of a little
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10

over 3 miles of road, extending northerly from Mud Bay, the form CT road terminus, to Point flag gins. was recently completed by the Seims- Spokane Company. This section was cleared and grubbed last year by Stock and Wright Cor poration. wThe construction and surfacing of this section has in- volved an approximate expendi- ture of $95,e00. Stock and Wright Corporation is now finishing the widening of a secti6h of road i'm mediateH south of Ketchikan, which was built in 1925. This pro- ject included widening this section to a 2O- foot road and the entire section has been entirely resur- faced. The former road was entirely former surface completely worn inadeuuate'r for traffic and the out. Mir. williams said. This im- provement cost about $l26,000, con- siderably more than any other single project done by the Bureau during the year.
 tsei Contracts Awarded
 Tn addition to these extensive improvements, the Bureau of Pub lie Roads has recently awarded contracts for. the construction of about 3 miles of gravel surfaced road at Petersburg, over part of the section on which clearing was recently completed The contract price for this work is about $88000, and was awarded to Wright and Stock, Incorporated.
 Sawyer Reynolds ana Company was the successful bidder on a con- tract for the construction at Fly daburg of a little less than mile of road and street through the In- dian village at that place iEsti- mated cost of this is $28,700.
 On all projects where contracts were not required, and work was done directly by the Bureau, labor was employed in the locality of the work, and where possible the work was done by hand in order to af- ford employment to greater num- Der, in accordance with the policy of the department, MT Williams said. He returned recently from an extensive trip of inspection of all Bureau of Public Roads work in the Territory and expressed himself as being well satisfied with the improvement work which has been done or is near completion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10
Rat Traps Snare
 Rabbits and Goats

BRUNSWICK, Ga, Sept. 10. - Rats were not the only thing snared in a municipal campaign to rid the city of rodents.
 Workers employed by the Civil Works Administration placed steel traps at strategic places and let them set overnight.
 Next morning they lound lots of rats, four cats. two dogs, Q rabbit-and a goat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10
BUREAU ROADS
 ACCOMPLlSHES
 FINE REsULT IS
Approximately $403,0O0 Expended Projects
 Completed This Month

Since last fall considerable road construction and road improve ment work has been done by the United States Bureau of Pubic Roads along the coast of Alaska from Ketchikan to Seward. On these projects, all of which will be completed by September 15, an amount approximating S4o3,OOO has been spent by the Bureau.
 Tn addition to this, contracts have already been let for work on Douglas Island, and in the vicini- ties of Hydaburg and Petersburg which will total about $206,70O, ac- cordinq to M. D. Williams. District Fneineer for the Bureau in Alaska. It is now anticipated by the Blu reau of Public Roads officials that an additional s20O000 win be made available within Q short period of time and programs for the eXpen- allure of this money are now on file in Washington, D. C., provid- ing for allocation of this amount throughout the Territory.
 Splendid Results Here
 That this money has been well spent on necessary improvements, is appreciated by residents of Ju- neau who have frequented the Glacier Highway this last sum- mer. The changes, which have in clhded widening the highway from Juneau to Duck Creek, clearing shoulders, removing old stumps, both under and along the sides ot the road, straightening dangerous curves and improving grades, have resulted in the highway being in the best condition since it was first built. Many favorable com ments concerning the highway have been made this summer both by local residents and by tourists and other visitors.
 Work Undertaken Last Fall
 Work here on the Glacier High way between Juneau and Lemon Creek was undertaken by the Bu- reau of Public Roads forces early last fall and continued through the winter when weather permitted. It was carried to completion in June. This work involved widening of the highway, correction o1 curves and improvements Of grades as well as the clearing of brush and old stumps from banks beside the high way.
 With the deception of the equip ! ment required in roadside clear ing and heavy hauling, the i'm provement work was done by hand labor and was completed at a cost of approximately S38,000, accord ing to MT. Williams. Prior to the completion of the improvement work, a contract was let for gravel surfacing over this area. This ma tarial was placed by Hans Burg and Pete Hildre, who were awarded this contract at a cost of about Sl7,000. The highway from Juneau to Duck Creek now averages 20 feet in width
 Douglas Highway Contract
 Further work to be done in this vicinity by the Bureau of Public Roads is provided for in contract which has already been let for the construction of road from the city limits of Douglas to the westerly terminus of the Douglas Island bridge. This contract has been let for grading and construc- tion only and includes the erection of steel and concrete bridge over
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10
Paints City Red

ISTANBUL - All houses on the main streets of Istanbul must be painted red, says a municipal or der. On national feast days. when the city is draped in Turkish col ors, the old capital will be com pletely crimson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-10
Study Morse Code,
 Orders to Germans

BERLIN, Sept. 10. Orders for everyone interested in protection against air raids, meaning virtual ly all city dwellers, to learn to work bug" with the Morse code were issued here by the Air Pro- lection League. Each district head telegraphic instruments.
 quarters teaches the use of the
 Bill Urbanski, barber shortstop of the Boston Braves, is bald. So is the Braves catcher, Al Spohrer.
The Washington times., 1934-10-11
GOLFERS DRILL
FOR TOURNEY

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. IL
More than 200 golfers merrily
cluttering up the tricky country
club course here with practice
shots today gave fair warning
that tomorrow's inaugural of the
Louisville open tourney for $4,000
will be another mad free-for-all
scramble.
Topping the overflowing roster
Of entrants was the P. G. A. Aus
tralian team, making its last
home stand before sailing from
Los Angeles october II for a
transforming tour of the land
down under" Paul Runyan, KY
Laffoon, Harry Cooper and Leo
Diegel were out early today mas
tering the abnormal stances Of the
rolling layout along the Ohio
River bluffs. Craig Wood and
Denny Shute were due in before
Sundown.
From this clique the galleryites
looked for the winner to emerge
and they lavished especial favor.
itism upon Wood and Laffoon.
Wood, ten years ago, was pro at
the country club here and is
probably more familiar with the
layout than any of the other lead
ing contestants.
The Washington times., 1934-10-11

year-old Portsmouth (Va.) golfer.
and the veteran Mrs. Betty Pal
mer Meckley, of Indian Spring
Country Club, fighting it out.
Mrs. Mackenzie defeated Mrs.
Hugh T. Nicolson, washington
Golf and Country Club, l up in
stirring second round duel yes
terday. Mrs. Mackenzie jumped
into the lead at the outset by
capturing the first two holes and
was never overhauled.
Mrs. Nicolson, who won the
women's District championship
five times, could have prolonged
the match but cast away golden
chance at the eighteenth by flub-
bing her third shot, the pair
halving the hole in SIS. Mrs. Mac
Kenzie carded a medal S6 to 80
for her victim.
Mrs. Clark, Miss Harper and
Mrs. Meckley encountered easy
sailing yesterday. Mrs. Clark
Congressional Country Club, 6
and 5; Miss Harper over
whelmed Miss Susan Hacker,
Chevy Chase, 6 and S, and Mrs.
Meckley defeated Mrs. Jack Scott,
Congressional, 3 and 2.
Following today's semifinals in
all flights, there viii be a mixed
scotch foursome in the afternoon,
thirty teams having entered.
The Washington times., 1934-10-11
Duke Is Proud
OF Two Fine
PunterS

DURHAM, N. c., Oct. 11.-Clar-
ence Parker, Duke sophomore
quarterback, will have one of the
biggest assignments of his ca
reer when he attempts to match
puntS with George Tech in Duke
Stadium Saturday.
The Yellow Jackets have two
great punterS in Norris Dean,
tackle, and Jack Ferguson, half
back. Dean is remembered as
the lad who entered the Duke
Tech game in Atlanta last year
and punted one deep into Blue
Devil territory to stop a Blue
Devil advance.
The Washington times., 1934-10-11
LOOP
IN HECTIC
PIN RACE

With the season just three
weeks old the Masonic Duckpin
League standings look like last
years finish only turned upside
down.
whiting, out Of the league for
a couple of seasons, is showing
punch in the pinch, with Baked
Bean and Ed Cleary putting them
across.
A newcomer in the circuit is
Norman Baxter's Chillum Castle
team from Chillum, Md.
Baxter Counts
They came through in their in
itial appearance with a single
stick win in the first one on Nor
mans nine-pin count in the final
frame, won the second by II sticks
and lost the final by two sticks
when again they put it up to
Norman and he needed 20 in the
final box to tie-he got 18.
Drops Five in Row
Petworth, after winning the first
four, has dropped the next five,
but the team is expected to start
clicking soon.
Within the next four weeks the
teams that are now way down
will adjust themselves and begin
to assume their rightful places.
STANDINGS.
The Washington times., 1934-10-11
: The Case of Jersey Joe.
A Bad Match for MGrUin.
Wherein I Coin, EdnG?'

fered paw furiously and the
war was on again.
But the whole thing would
have been no more than an
ordinary incident in a ball
game-and one not half as
dramatic as the beaning OF
Dean in st. LouiS-if the
bleacherites hadn't suddenly
decided that they were going
to chase "Ducky Wucky" out
of the ball game. They weren't
close enough out there to
see what actually had taken
place. But throughout the
series no love had been lost
between them and the Car
dinals' left fielder.
It may have been that joey
was Just too tough with that
wagon tongue to please them. In
any case, they set up their hue
and cry of take him out" That
was an error in judgment. 1t
would have been brighter if they
had yelled for somebody to take
out Dizzy Dean.
In any case, they opened fire
at Joe even before they could
see the whites of his eyes. They
threw everything there was to
throw and it looked from where
I sat as though Cochrane could
have made good use of a couple
of them out there on the mound.
They seemed to have more on
the "apple" than Auker, Hog
Sett, Marberry and Schoolboy
Rowe.
But with the score standing
at 9 to 0 it was all clean fun,
and the only difference forfeit
ture of the game to st. Louis
would have made was that it
would have enabled everybody to
get home in time for tea.
Where m I Coin, Edna?
Mentioning Schoolboy Rowe's
name reminds me that was
reading in the papers where he
failed to show up at the license
bureau to meet Edna Skinner,
his fiancee, yesterday. Indeed,
Edna seemed to be slightly at
a loss as to Schoolboy's exact
whereabouts.
Maybe Rowe went off with
the Deans. Or possibly even Joe
E. Brown.
The majority of the baseball
writer's picked the Cards to win
the series. But the best pick
ing and playing was done by
a group of Chicago sportsmen
headed by Uncle Lew GOOD
Time" Collins and AL Horan, the
well known Loop politician.
Following the series circus in
two chartered planes and enter
tanning lavishly both in Detroit
and st. Louis, they paid all eX-
penses and wound up with a
tidy profit when they played the
seven games exactly as they
came out. When you pick seven
in a row that's not bad pick
ing.
The Washington times., 1934-10-11

at Salem, N. j., last night.
"'The Cardinals greater ex-
perience won for them," said
the Salem slugger, whose seven
hits in 20 times at bat gave him
. PAL batting average for the
series.
''The Cards got the better
pitching, sure. Dizzy Dean is
one of the greatest pitchers I've
ever batted against-but it was
our fidgetyness which beat us.
"WhiIe I don't blame the
Cards, it certainly was the
rOughest, toughest series I ever
played. From the first game
on both teams knew that every
baserunner would come in with
spikes high.
81 guess the only reason we
didn't throw as many spikes as
the Cards was that we didn't get
on base as Often," GOslin
laughed.
The Goose" said that Detroit
banked on "Schoolboy" Rowe tt
win the sixth game, and knew
their chances were slim after
Rowe had lost.
"When the Cards had their
big inning at the start of the
game we knew we were licked.
/ guess the fans did, too, or they
wouldn't have thrown that stuff
at Medwick," declared Goslin.
Goslin said he thought Lands
was right in tbanishing Medwick
who is a fellow resident of New
Jersey, but attributed Joey's acts
in kicking at Marvin Owen to ex
citement.
Regarding the $50 fine assessed
against Umpire Bill KLEIN by Judge
Lands, Goslin said it was be-
cause KLEIN had used abusive
language to him in the crowded
lobby of a Detroit hotel.
"The day before, 1 had pro-
tested one of Klem'S decisions
and he told me to get back to
the bench and stay there"
Nothing more happened, and
when / saw KLEIN in the hotel
the following morning, 1 went
up to him and offered to shake
hands, but he replied in an
abusive manner so loud that
almost everybody in the lobby
heard it.
"It got back to Landis and
he asked me about the details.
Then he announced that he was
fining KLEIN $780," GoSlin said.
GoSlin said that there were no
particular significance to his
quick trip East. He said he had