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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-10

McNutt to Speak in Georgia
Governor Paul V. McNutt will adj
dress the Georgia State Teachers
Association Friday night at Atlanta,
Ga.
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DAVID BANssIsTER undertakes % ind
cut Who killed TRACY kINO. orchestra
leader folnd dead IN MS hotel apart
meut Banulster. ar author and former
news raper man. WORKS on the mlraer
case with GALNEY. star reporter for the
Post
Among those suspected Of the crime
are JULIET FRANCE. blond and pretty.
kuoHu 20 have visited KING shortly be-
fore ais Death. HERMAN SCURLACH,
who wrote King q threatening letter. and
JOE pARROTT. coEl-auc-out yaldeEille
acfrT. 10 = also known that MELFISA
ROLLIsTER. mitdle-ared spluster. had
quarrelcd w4th king recently.
KING was engaged 20 wealthy DENISE
LANG MATTHEW HOLLISIER, Mel
Tiua's brother. tells Barhister he believes
hls SISTER kuoWs something she is Keep
al. pPuGAS friend Of Kings is
found dead ia q wrecked automoes..e..
Bannlster couviuces POLICE CHIEF
HENLEY that the best way % get IN
formation ABOUT Juliet France Is % re-
Lease her aid then watch her closely
IIe taxes ler 20 his aunts home.
ostelslalv &c a guest. Later he learns
thai Joe parrot has been found
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
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now GO on VIM THE STORY
CHAPTER TwENTY-EIGHT Con
tinued)

ooh. don't worry about that!
Bannister turned away. He wished
heartily that he could feel half as
confident as his voice sounded.
An hour and a half later, on the
stairs leading 10 the editorial de-
partment Of the Evening Post, he
side-stepped swiftly, barely avoiding
q collision.
"Hel-Io!" Bannister exclaimed.
"Oh-it's you'll"
J.. Randolph Gainey paused on the
step above. In person. he ad-
mitted. grinning. And then the grin
d disappeared. Heard the neWs?"
Gairey demanded.
mo. What is it2"
They've found ParrOttl'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29

THE news Of Joe PARROTS ar
l. rest had reached the Evening
Post Office by telegraph. Parrot
had been picked UP by st. Louis
police and was being held there.
ALREADY Captain McNeal had an
bounced he would send a man to
bring Parrot back to fremont.
The detectives was leaving on a
hight train.
Bannister talked it over with
austin. the assistant city editor. The
report that had come on the tele-
type machine was nothing more
than a few lines saying Parrott was
being held until instructions were
received from officials in fremont.
so he went back TO his old
stamping grOundI' BanniSter ex-
claimed. "NIcNeal told me Parrot
was in some kind of a miXup in
St. Louis last winter. I believe 1t
had something to do with dope"
What's AIcNeal mean by this
other serious offense?'" Austin
asked. The boys couldn't get him
to say anything more about it,
BanniSter shook his head. Don't
know" he said. "NIcNeal's got
something up his sleeve. I've been
sure of that for a long while. But
he won't show his hand"
They talked for half an hour
longer. mulling over the case. Then
Bannister left the Office, took a
street car and rode home.
AS he stood before the mirror in
his BEDROOM, tying his necktie and
then relying it. Bannister reflected
this was the first evening in many
that he had bothered to dress for
dinner. 1t was. as a matter of fact,
the first evening in the week he
had spent at home Days and eve
ningS. too. had become very much
alike. He spent them at the news
paper office. at police headquarters.
now and then launching out on
some wild and fruitlesS expedition.
n
ID MINISTER studied himself in
I'D the mirror, frowned and
grasped the ends of the offending
necktie. He pulled them loose and
for the third time knotted them
again. That was better. Yes, that
would do.
He turned away from the mirror,
walked to the window. 1t was dark
outside. Time to go down stairs.
Still BanniSter fingered.
He picked up a paper knife,
toyed with it and put it aside. He
sat down on the edge of the desk.
It wasn't. he assured himself
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Il forgave Oah her former treason" explained
La to Tarzans query, but she and Dooth spread
stories among my people, who have never forgiven
my friendship with you. They imprisoned me here
with the lion until 1 should be sacrificed TO the
Flaming God"
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ITO Be COntinued)
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How could they bring you food past this Ion?"
asked Tarzan. They enticed the lion into mar
row corridor leading from this cell by dropping
meat from above" said La They lowered gate
of iron bars, and while he was imprisoned brought
me nv food"
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I'VE must look at this corridor" said Tarzan.
eff it is not blind tunnel it may offer means of
escape" La pointed out the entrance Of the small
tunnel. IF they capture the lion they viii return
him to his cell. We must get out Of here" said
TarZan.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-25
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
DERBY "LUNACY"

Yesterdays Associated Press dispatch IN our
favorite newspaper quoting DR.. Z. T. Hur's, eNeo
tive secretary of the Federated Forces OF temper
ance in this state, quoting an Atlahta eoiu",'t
;str about conditions obtaining at the hehtucNS
DERBY the other day, told only part OF the STORY
The eolumnist was Westbrook Peger, his sports
column is syndicated in many cities. Atlanta 1T
Guided and this is what he said OF the hrst DerOy
since repeal:
"Of all the lunatic towns that l. have visited
following the horses football players, pugillstS
and world series demonstrations, Louisville, NY,
nj DERBY time this year the goofest and eS-
tablished record for free-style insanity when
do not expect to see exceeded ever. The curious
American sport of tossing objects out the WINDOWS
invented bv the conventioneers of the promoltloh
era, was developed to perfection this tlme unless
it could be that perfection Tho tearing apart
of the very hotel buildings themselves, and the
tossing of those buildings out their own window''
brick by brick. This year, the citizens seemed 10
have coditied the sport of tossng-thc-msSiie ana
went at their pleasure in the determined team
play manner of college athlete campaigning TO:
his varsity letter They carefully removed the win
dow screens, carefully slit the pillows, sarefuily
sifted the feathers out into the brceZes and with
the most conscientious enthusiasm yelled Elmer.
They also tossed their bottles out tha windows ana
all such handy throwing furniture as waste baS-
kets. table lamps, pin trays, coat hangers and
pitchers Of serious casualties there seem to have
been none, the only disappointing statistic in the
column
Several of the ushers popped in the eye
during the gala afternoon at the rickety grand
stand calling itself Churchill Downs by patrons
who challenged their authority and demanded their
rights The patrons of both genderS, were many
degrees drunken this year than they had been dur
ing prohibition times and proportonately more re-
sentfuL"-Greenvlle Piedmont.
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constant access to receiving sets. In addl-
ton, all law enforcement officers should
be fully equipped with weapons that will
afford them an equal chance in shooting
encounters with desperadoes and all kinds
of outlaws Officers should be armed ana
equipped with all the practical inventions
known to the present day which may De
used in fighting and eonquering criminals
The expense will run into real money, but
the State and the one hundred counties IN
the State ought to cooperate and combine
to give North Carolina a fully equipped
force of law enforcement officers OF the
greatest possible efficiency.
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make a beautiful pair"

make beautiful pair"
All right, all right. then" said
John. '1'll take the black horse"
mo you won't" replied, the
farmers boy sadly. you'll take
a chicken"
And can woman keep a secret?
She never tells anything she does
not wish to tell. During the awful
Reconstruction days Immediately
following the Civil war when the
social order of the south faced ex-
tinction and was saved only by a
quickly organized, stern, secret
order, four hundred thousand dis
gulses for horses and riders were
made by women OF the south and
not a trust was betrayed.
men and women sprang from
monkeys" wrote little girl in
her composition book, "but women
sprang farther than men," With
her courage and resourcefulness
and energy and her superior spir-
itual insight, if woman ever really
gets going in an organized way
after the political racketeers and
the governmental corruptionists.
good-by political racketeers and
governmental corruptionists. Some
OF the bravest and most effective
lighters that We have against po-
htical crooks and governmental
INSIDERS in our community are
women. | do not know what we
should do without them.
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| LOVE WOMEN
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

the country. Wherever you find 4
home that is ruled by the man,
leave a horse. But at every home
ruled by the woman, leave a chick
en-" The boy did as he was direct
ed.
Late the next evening, tired and
disillusiOned, the boy was return
ing home. He still had both horses
but only one chicken. A house
came into view. The boy drove up
to the door, got out and knocked.
The door was opened by a burly
hard-faced man.
"Who runs this house," enquir-
ed the farmers boy.
81 do" gruffly replied the man.
"Thcn he glanced down at a lit
tie woman who had timorOusly
edged up alongside him and was
deferentially leaning against the
door frame, "and if you don't be-
lieve that. ask my wife"
Yes, indeed" comoborated the
wife in a small voice. My husband
rules everything around here"
"Fine" calculated the delight
ed farmers boy. That's what I'm
going to do when | get married"
Then he said to the man, "Tm 60
ing to give you a horse. Which Of
those horses will you take?"
"Tll take the white horse" de-
clared the man.
John" piped up the woman
hesitatingly, don't you think
you'd better take the black
horSe?"
'No," growled John. 81 want
the white horse"
But John" protested the wo-
man gently, white horses are so
hard to keep clean, and are not
so healthy as black horses"
81 don't care" snorted John,
oil take the white horse"
But john" insisted the woman
softly, ''You have a horse just
like that black horse. They would
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POPPY DAY TO
BE- OBSERVED
TOMORR ROW
Wearers VIII Honor the
Dead and Serve the
tsus Living

Tomorrow will be "Poppy Day"
throughout the United States.
Millions of Americans will wear
littlesred peoples in tribute to
the men who gave their lives on
the poppy-studded battle fields
of France and Belgium during
the World war. An army Of APP
proximately 100000 women will
distribute the memorial flowers
on the streets Of practically every
city and town in the country.
Arrangement for observance
of Poppy Day" here have been
completed by the women Of the
local American Legion Auxiliary
unit who will distribute poppies
on the streets throughout the day,
and will receive contributions for
the welfare of disabled veterans,
their families and the families of
the dead.
The peoples to be offered by
the auxiliary tomorrow are paper
repIicas of the wild peoples Of
France which grew on the battle
fields and war cemeteries. They
have been made by disabled vet
Grams working in SO government
hospitals and auxiliary work
rooms in 40 different states.
The bulk Of the money contri-
buted for the peoples will be re-
tanned in the city to be used for
the relief of needy veterans and
their families during the coming
year. Part will GO to support
state and national activities of
the American Legion and AuXil'
iary for the disabled and depend
ents. The noppy sale is the prin-
cipal source Of support for the
continuous welfare and rehabili-
tation program carried out by the
auxiliary. and the auxiliary work
ers are hoping that more people
than ever before will "honor the
dead and serve the living" by
wearing a poppy tomorrow.
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BEHIND THE SCENES IN
ASHlNlGION

other difficult measures has p
frayed his nerves.
THE important aspect of the
= Pennsylvania primary result,
to insiders here, is its answer to
a serious question as to the con-
tinued existence of the Repub-
lican party. If Governor Pinchot
had defeated Senator Reed, that
interrogation point would have
begun to overshadow the whole
campaign year.
Speaker Rainey had been
telling people that there were
no longer two parties-that
they had just merged. Now he
must get any possible encOur-
agement for the idea from
Democratic rather than Rcpub-
lican primaries.
But the question was in many
minds and its seriousness was in
dicated by the fact that political
sharks were actually expecting
vindication of the New Deal in
purely Republican contest in the
strongest Republican state of all
-
ROOSEVELT paid an unusual
tribute when Gov. Eugene
r. Black of the Federal Reserve
Board made his most recent at
tempt to quit.
I'll order out the marines to
keep you here if necessary" he
threatened.
But Black will go. For months
important personal interests have
been calling him back to Atlanta.
With the whole monetary and
credit situation in state of flux.
Black has been in q hot spot.
Originally he was a sound money
man, but went over to Roosevelt's
modified version of sound money.
Competent, although unspec-
tacular, the governor has been of
great assistance in reassuring
conservative banking and bust
ness interests as'to New Deal cur
rency policies.
tCopYright 1894, NEA Service. Inc.)
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FEDERAL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS

People viii do a lot Of things in an emergency
they would scorn under normal conditions.
Favoring ALLEGATION of $500, coo 900 federal
funds for schools and federal supervision and a.-
thority over the educational system Of America
Is case in hand
Men, advocating that form of federal benevo-
renee today would have spat upon the idea of the
thins ten years ago.
me money is needed, of course-but if accept
"''A a.. on Its implications, it VIII come high
: 49,. al 1he liabilities of federahked schools are
confronted sr+ehsrletts Observer
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BALFOUR

BALFOUR, May 25.-Mr. an
Mrs. George Burroughs went g.
Peker, s. c., Sunday, to visit tn.
formers mother, Mrs. Burrough.
who is seriously i'll.
Friends of Mrs. J. A. Han
mond regret very much that she
has been confined to her bed f..
several days on account Of sicE-
ness. They are hoping she vii. be
up again soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Merritt
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of son, who was born
on May 20 at the Mountain Sara.
forum. He has been named Hoy.
Thompson.
People here are glad to have
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Hooper move
here from Pelzer, s. c. Mr.. Hoop
er has accepted the position d:
head man in the weave shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Hill an
little son, Billy, were visitors q.
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernie
Heaton, Sunday.
Friends Of Mr.. Jess Hammer
are glad to know that he is able
to be out afain after being on
the sick list several days.
The Rev. and Mr.. c. +, Blythe
were dinner guests at the home
of Mrs. Lille Ross. Wednesday.
The Rev. and Mrs. c. f. Blythe
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BY;RODNEY BUTCHER

NEA Service Stah Correspondent
VTASHINGTON-Ten years ago
w Senator James Couzens, the
blunt and honest Michigan mil
lionaire who made his fortune
with Henry Ford, privately Of
Tered to finance presidential
campaign for Senator William (.
Borah if Borah would run.
Now Couzens has given Borah
the worst plastering the great
Idahoan ever received from any,
one. Losing his temper, he i'm.
piled that Borah was too dumb
TO be entitled to vote in the
Senate.
OF course you simply don't say
that sort of thing. to another sem
ator. Least of all do you say it
to Borah.
Couzens was supporting an
amendment TO the industrial
loans bill when Borah asserted
his belief that neither amendment
nor bill would help the small in
dustries. Couzens lost his tenn
per
THE senator apparently injects
himself into a subject which he
has not thoroughly analysed" he
declared holly. 81 see the sena-
tors name blazoned in newspaper
headlines as endorsing the in
famous Mcleod bill.
II do not know how accurate
the newspapers are in that state
ment, but anyone who is so lack
ing in judgment as to endorse the
so-called Mcleod bill is not ell
titled, in my judgment, to vote on
the floor Of the Senate"
Borah took it calmly, but
pressed the question. Couzens,
more mildly, explained.
Couzens wouldn't repeal ms
presidential campaign offer today,
but he doesn't really feel that
way about Borah. Hard work at
the London conference and in the
Michigan banking mess, STEADY
grinding on tax, banking and
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Men are apt not 10 apPleCiaIO
the full worth Of women. They
fail to realize that woman can
bring to mans affairs point of
view that ne himself does not pos
sess and can often throw on his
problems light which he himself
can not command. Mans achieve
ments would be higher if they
would consult and cooperate in a
broader way with women.
Women have impressed me as
decidedly not being some things
they are said to be. For instance,
women are referred to as the
weaker sex. They are not weak.
The average married man will tell
you that; so will some of the sin
gle men.
A farmers boy said to his IA
Their: "When | get married, I'm
going to run my own house" The
father replied: "Son, no man runs
his own house. He may think he
does, but he doesn't. You might as
we'll learn that important fact
early. Tomorrow morning you
hitch up the white horse and the
black horse, put crate of chick
ems in the wagon and drive thru
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$50 This Is Repeal

of H. l. Phillips in the st. Louis Daily GlObe-Dem-
ocrat:
$50 This Is Repeal
"Bootlegging is being conducted on bigger
scale under prohibition declares Josenh H. Choate,
director of the National Alcohol Control admins
tration.
Nov that liquor has been made legal, the sale
of illegal liquor is at new high.
"The consumers have suspected as much from
the taste, the prices and the funny shaped bottles,
but Mr.. Choates report shows conditions worse
than they feared
"The capacity of the bootlegging plants in Amer
lea today exceeds the capacity of the legal distil-
ers, he says and the ultimate consumer is getting
a rougher deal than ever.
"Mr. Choate intmates that the bootlegger, in
stead of being wiped out, has merely changed FROM
checked suit, gum shoes, pearl derby and loud
neekte to the regulation business suit and stopped
talking out of one side Of his mouth.
"He has expanded his plant, put or more trucks.
stopped calling himself Tony and is now deliver
ing in carload lots instead of by suitcase.
'"The only major difference under repeal is that
there more stamps on the bottles and the caps
come off with less trouble
The dry's comment was made on reading the
Detroit Free Press article under the headline ere
bel Distillers Face Attack Along 3 Fronts"
Terrible! Arthur J. Mellott arrived from Kan
sas to organize whiskey detective force of 1900
men to stamp out bootleggers.' Think of the ex-
pense that repeal has entaled. 1900 men! Good
bye to our expected profits
Terrible In Detroit, Major w. L. Ray has
massed so agents who have already started the
move against the onslaughts of Illegal stills Fifty
men shopping around interfering with the per-
sonal liberty of our esteemed citizens! Fifty!
"Terrible!!! This army is not after common
bootiegsers, but is after the bigger game. Men
will be killed. Gangsters will be shot and mere
than one officer killed, Why this fearful sacrifice
of life when we have repealed all the liquor laws
and have had guarantee Of peace ?"-Rock Hill
Is. c. Herald.
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against the tiny kingdom Of Ye-
men unless hostages held bv the
Ycmenites were released immedi-
ately. He also demanded noun
tains near the border be evacUa,-
ed by troops Of the Imam Of Yc-
men, asserting the Imam failed to
fulfil conditions in a rccen,
treaty.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-25
RENEWED ARABIAN
WARFARE IS FEARED

CAIRO, Egypt, May 25. (UP).
Renewal of tribal warfare in
southwestern Arabia was feared
last night. Dispatches said King
lbn Saud, of Saudi. Arabia,
threatened to resume hostilities
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-25

tnaL Lile SeEoIlu
thought is better
than the first.
| love women.
Women have al
ways played an
importa n t a n d
valuable part in
my life. Such sue
ceSses as | may
h a q attained
were largely due
to the encourage
ment and inspira-
ton of women.
MT m oDnraciatp
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-25

According to the Bible, Gods
first thought about mankind was
Man and his second thought was
Woman. 1t is generally admitted
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-25

Notico onr Lord saws it was the object of all
Scripture declare Him.
In all the eordage of the British navy "netner
it be a hawser. small rope, there IS 10 Oe louAu
a scarlet Irvine running through. Thus IN the
Word, every ceremony, every prediction every
song, has somewhere hidden in It's spirit the re-
demption mark 1t may be only dry geneaiogy'
but 1T LEADS TO HIM.-Needham.
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THE VETS SHOULD WORRY, AND THEY DO

We feel constrained to record two up-to-the-
minute opinions, one from wet, apparently and
one from dry, apparently. The wet is sarcastic
and the dry is cynical. The first is from the pen
of H. l. Phillips in the st. Louis Daily Globe-Deh-
ocrat:
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BIG BERTHAS shells left &he gun at speed q" % Tr
second They lost velocity as they climbed through u. M
atmosphere but gained part of it back as they 'h', u,
air OF the Stratosphere. On the descent, tey o ga
slowed by the heavy surface air, and were t"'1"7 ~
feet per second when tn3y struck in Paris
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-25
. Former Hindu disciple

irr2lHES
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
Times Adventure Club

Again we have to devote the
column to the new members en-
rolling in The Times Adventure
Club.
First of all, we must take out
time to explain once more to
the boys and girls interested in
the club, what we expect Of
them when enrolling. We wish
you to give the name, age, birth"
day date and, Of course, the ad-
dress.
We would also like for you to
mention anything Of interest
about yourself or your friend,
whom you are enrolling. What
we mean by that 'is-if you
dance, sing, etc. If so where, if
you have won a contest, if so,
where,