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Evening star., 1934-06-20
U. S. WORKERS TO PLAN
FOR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Fedora ton of Federal Employees,
Local No. 2, Expects Campaign
to Start July l.

Plans will be made tomorrow night
for an intensive membership drive by
Local No 2. largest and oldest branch
in Washington of the National Fed
Grafton of Federal Employees. The
campaign will get under way July l,
when an additional per cent in pay
will be returned to Government
workers.
The campaign will be discussed at
a dinner meeting at the Y. W. C. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets. to be at
tended by representatives of Is Fed
eral departments and agencies.
The committee in charge is COM
posed Of Miss Lotue L. Anderson,
chairman: John L. Bateman, Archie
G. Edwards and Henry G. Nolda.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
SUTER EXPLAINS
D. c. VOTE DRIVE
Nationwide Campaign Is
Seen Great Aid to Rep
reSentation.

Belief that the Nation wide cam
paign planned by the Federation oi
Citizens Associations will prove q
great aid in the fight to obtain suf-
frage for District residents, was ex-
pressed last night by Jesse C. Sutsr
of the Citizens Joint COMMITTEES on
National Representation.
Speaking before the Petworth Citi-
zens' Association, Suter said he be-
lieves the campaign will give the fed
Grafton added prestige on Capitol Hill
Called upon by President John T
Thomas of the association to explain
how the campaign would be con-
Quoted, Suter told the group the fed
erations Committee on National Rep
resentation plans to print posters tell
ing OF the ight for suffrage in the
District and Of the work Of the fed
Grafton. These posters, he said. will
be sent to colleges. universities, IL
braries and other educational institu-
tions all over the country "in an ef-
fort to acquaint larger group OF
people with the needs of voteles,
Washingtonians."
League 70 h4Bc fun0S.
He expressed hope the movement
would be linked with the work of thu
District Federal Suffrage League, q
newly created subsidiary organization
OF the Citizens Joint Committee or
National Representation. The two.
fold aim Of this new organization. h,
said. is to create greater individua
interest in and raise finances for thil
| cause.
The association voted unsnimousl,
to appropriate $50 to the Federation
of Citizens Associations for the cam
paign.
The group also went on record a
opposed to the proposed all-night
parking ban, but favoring the placini
OF restrictions on the parking o
trucks, moving vans and the like II
residential sections.
In another resolution the association
requested $l25 900 for Petworth pub
lie library. to be constructed on tn
grounds of the Roosevelt High School
This site already has been decidet
upon, it was pointed out.
Lonink VhAnkc Out.
The question of the zoning of Up
shur street, which had been discusse,
at the last meeting. was finally set
tied when President Thomas an
nounced he had been informed by tn
Zoning Commission that no change il
Petworth zoning was contemplated
Members of the association had beel
1 informed a movement was being un
dertaken by a group of residents t.
have the area changed from a resi-
! Dental to a commercial area. and tn
group had gone on record as being op
posed to such a change.
A resolution to amend the bylaw
OF the association to eliminate tn
June meeting was referred to tn
Rules Committee The association vii
not meet again until next September
Evening star., 1934-06-20

the school when school was not in
session, and the spoilage of food dur
ing hot weather. The main point.
however. was an assurance that food
would be provided at home through
the regular relief channels.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
Deeds Recorder to Speak.

DR.. William J. Thompkins of Kan
sas City. newly appointed recorder
of deeds of the District. will address
the Federation of Civic Associations at
its meeting Friday night in the board
room of the District Building.
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He was given certain definite or
ders regarding his actions during
subsequent hours. and later was
again accosted by two men. this
time in his hotel room, he said
The pair forced him to 60 to Palm
Springs, where he was told TO re-
main in hiding until O'Clock to-
day. Meantime, Indio deputies
were mysteriously informed of Mr.
Kubics plight and went to his res
cue.
Police in Los Angeles went
through Mr.. Kubic-s room after he
was reported missing and found a
brief note scrawled on a poster. 1t
read: If I am not back at a. m.
Thursday report to police
Officers were reluctant to reveal
the motive for the plot, but insisted
ransom was not involved
1T apparently was a plot to in
timidate Mr. Kubic regarding GER
tain business transactions, Deputy
Sheriff Ben De Crezcogur of Indio
said. We don't want to reveal too
much. Mr.. Kubic was not injured.
but he was in a condition border
ing on hySteria."
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HIGH SPOTS OF FRIDAY NIGHTS
PROGRAM

o+UU-NbO tW6AF b--SCHCeIL
Columbia-Kate Smith.
-Columbia-True Story Court.
7.15-Columbia - Fats" Waller
Rhythm club.
7.30-Columbia (WJZ) Phil Baker
and orchestra.
-Columbia-The Spotlight Re-
Vue.
NBC (WEAF) First Nighter
drama.
3:30-NBC (WEAF) Jack Benny.
NBC (WJZ) Chicago SYM
phony.
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RICH RANCHER
IS TERRORIzED
BY KIDNAPERS
Wealthy Coast Man Taken
to Hotel, Threatened:
Found Unframed.
United Press

~ Cnfcd Press
PALM SPRINGS, Cal, Aug. 10
TerroriZed by two men, who alb
Quoted him from a Los Angeles no.
tel and told him not Ito show your
head before 5 o'clock this morning,
j. c. Kubic. 40, wealthy citrus
rancher of Eden, was found in a
fashionable hotel early today
The rancher was rescued by Riv-
erside county deputy sheriffs, who
are seeking Mr.. Kubic's two abduc-
tors, one of whom he described as
being 25 years old. short and black
haired. Mr.. Kubic said he never
saw the other.
Deputies from Indio, Cal, in
formed that Mr.. Kubic was in the
hotel room, raided it and found Mr..
Kubic sitting in darkness with the
doors and windows tightly barred
He nearly was overcome from fright
and heat.
According to Mr.. Kubic, he was
accosted on a Los Angeles street
yesterday and menaced with a gun
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indianapolis BrOadeastinE. Inc
FRIDAY

FRIDAY
M
00-Al Pearce and His Gang tNBCl.
I 30-NeWs flashes.
s5-Horacio Zito orchestra fNBBC).
5.00-The KDOthole Gang.
5IO-Where 10 Go in Indianapolis.
5f5-JOhnrv Johnson orchestra iNBC)
530-Martha Mears lNBCi.
5 45-Marott trio.
6.00-Happv Long.
6-15-The Cheer Parade.
6 30-Talk bv Roger s. Baldwin fNBCl.
45-COlumbia university choir tNBCJ.
: OQ-T0 be announced.
7I5-Employment talk.
720-PianO interluoe.
T.25-Press Radio news.
73o-JeWel Box and Melody.
2 0O-Mario CoZzi lNBCl.
8l5-The Bluebirds
3 30-Jack Benny lNBCl.
9-00-SpOrts review
g.I5-Gene and Glenn fNBCl.
30-Fraddie Martin orchestra fNBC).
10 00-Eddie Duchin orchestra (NBCi.
10 30-Paul Pendaryis orchestra fNBC).
II 00-Club ChatterbOx orchestra.
II 30-Tom Coaklev orchestra tNBCl.
u O-Midnight-Sign of.
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TRIDAY

SS5i-Dsrev-s orchestra fCBsl wABC.
7o-w.1.am Isnde.i NBC wEAF.
ma Perkins .NBCl WENR. -
3 f5-Ragi1sEv Ensemble ~ W ,1l7.
Al,ce 10 orchestrala NBgl MEal
so8-AI Pearce and Gang NBC HEAF.
Round ToEners iCBSl ~ASS-
Blacks orchestra iNBCl VIZ
fIs-Bob57 Benson and sunny jim 'C79
3o-Es 81 Nountaineers lcsl wABC.
Zto.s orchestra ABCl MEAF-
Bsr1et.s orchestra CBsi wBBM.
3 01-JChus0n orchestra ~ W..
5I5-Geue and Glenn nc WEAF-
5ao-se-enaq .,I... .css s-- |A 9sc, WIZ.
ss-R-sse carter Chs wABC.
Prank Buck fSBC VIZ.
sC0-Concert NBCl WEAF
Kate Smith CHS NABC-
Efhel shgtta walter OKeefe fNBCi
sls-Co.smbiaus CHS wABC 49,
50-Trae story program lCBsl WABC
as-s6nss and Faitar 1NBc, WIZ
.co-Cautoru.a melodies fCBSI HABC-
waltz Tine SBCl WEAF-
Phil Harris orchestra. Lean KAY
7.so-Jof1nnv Green CHS wABC
one night stands fSBCi WEAF.
PrI Baker and Ted Weems Or
chestra tSBCI WIZ
so0-spofle revue Chs WABC.
Fi.Ef hlClfor NNbCt NEhF.
Mario Cozzi. baritone NBCl WIZ.
s0-Jark Benny and Grier S orchestra
iEBCI WEAF
Chicago symphony iNBCl' WIZ.
s5-Csriue and LONDON. warwick Sis
fer- CHS WABC
00-Edrh MURRAY. songs lCBSl WABC
George Holmes. I y. S. tNBCl
WEAF.
9.I5-Ieham Jones orchestra fCBSl
WABC
Gene and Glenn fNBCl WAfAQ.
80 Martins orchestra ,NBCl WEAF
45-Harnetf-s orchestra tCBSb WABC.
20 -00-Duchin.s orchestra NBCl VIZ
Dream singer. Stems orchestra
fNBCl WEAF
Bcia.co's orchestra fCBSl WABC
10 t5-Sosnik' orchestra CHS WABC.
20 30-Msster orchestra -NBCl MkAF.
Dance orchestra lNBC' WIZ
Dancing bv the sea fCBSl WABC.
% -00-RusselIs orchestra fCBSi WFBM.
IL .30-Hankcls orchestra fCBSj WBBM.
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MISSION DRIVES
To OBTAIN 100
BEDS FOR SICK
Headquarters Established in
City for TUberCuIar
Campaign.

Headquarters for the Flower Mis-
sion Tuberular hospital campaign
have been established a. 7l2 Cham
Der Of Commerce building 70 push
the drive for additional funds for a
nev I0O-bed tuberculosis unit at city
hospital
The society has received 2 grant
NJ s33 500 from the public works ad-
minIstratiOn for the construction Of
the unit Formal application for the
grant viii bc made Friday by Mayor
Reginald l. Sullivan and the
health board.
The definite amount Of additional
funds which must be raised VIII be
decided at this meeting
Mrs James ID ErmsfOn is chair
man OF the SOCietys hospital COM
mittee Other members are Mrs.
James II. Loves. Mrs Edward Fer
ger. Mrs. w. c Smith and Mrs
David Ross. sOcistv president
The Flower Mission has played an
outstanding role IN philanthroplc
and public health movements here
for fifty-eight years. turning most
of its activities over 10 other agen-
Cies after having seen that they
were we'll started
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AUG. 10, 1884

Home. 14l4 South State street. will
observe its sixty-seventh birthday
Sunday with a fun days program.
The Indianapolis Liederkranz
and the indianapolis Saengerbund
combined choruses will sing, Adolph
Emhardt Will speak and the Rev.
Ernest A. Piepenbrok St John
Evangelical church pastor, viii off,
Ciate.
A large delegation is expected
from the General Protestant Or
phan Home. Cincinnati
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BICYCLE FAD Is HAZARD
Woman Knocked Down by Wheel
Goes to Hospital.

The bicycle fad is becoming a
traffic hazard. Miss Agnes Leary
35, of 1916 North New Jersey
street, was knocked down by a
bicycle driven by Edgar Sheppard,
10, of 1O47 West Twenty eighth
street, at Pennsylvania and Wash
ington streets last night Miss
Leary was sent to city hospital with
an injured back.
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Fishing the Air

Matt Mslneck's Pardon Ny Southern
Accent" a new hit Will be featured oy
Jerry Sears orchestra in program with
Martha Mears Friday at $50 .. m. over
WKBF and an NBC network.
Freddie Riehs "Columbians" will
broadcast a program of modern novel
ties over WFBM and Columbia network
Friday from 6:15 to $3.50 p. m.
Roger s. Baldwin. attorney and author
ity on local governments. Will be heard
during the Public Affairs Council broad
cast Friday at $50 D. m. over WKBF
and an NBC network
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8 i5-Columb.ans CHS.
2 So Bonewlars
: 00-P0.lce News
I5-Cauforuia Melodies fCBS).
= 30-Ir the Modern Manner tCBSl.
2 QQ-SpofliEht revue CHS.
2 45-Cariie and London fCBSl.
2 00-Ecfh MURRAY lCBSl.
I5-Sews lCBSi
20-Isham Jones orchestra fCBSl
2 30-Court Of Human Relations iCBSl.
10 00-Leon Belasco orchestra Chs.
l0-I5-HaTrv Sosnis orchestra Chs.
20 -3O-Serenaders
IO.45-Dancing bv the Sea CHS.
II 00-Jack Russell orchestra lCBSl.
u 7O-Freddie Hankle orchestra Chs.
II-s5-Keith Beecher orchestra lCBof.
p 90 fMicuightI-DeSsa BYRD az tn'
organ.
Z en- ri
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In the Modern Manner" directed by
Johnny Green with Sylvia Froos as SOLO
ist and Herman Wasserman. pianist will
feature recent Spanish and Americans
novelties over WFBM and the Columbia
network Friday from 1880 to q. m.
Mario COzzi, baritone. and Lucille
Manners. soprano. will share hOnOrs in
a concert Friday at 3 D. m, over WKBF
and an NBC network.
Another CAV melange of comedy and
melody will be broadcast in The Spot
light Revue" over WFBM and the Co
lumbs network from to 6:45 p. M,
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TOnight's Radio Excursion

lO-OO-NeWs Flashes.
10 .O5-Castle Farm orchestra.
10 3O-Earle Madriguers and his Vivian
Johnson orchestra M.
Il 00-Coney Island dance orchestra.
II 30-Larrv Lees dance orchestra.
poems.
standardization River. organ and
A. NJ
u 20-Sign or.
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Indianapolis Tomorrow

Sima Alpha Epsilon. luncheon. Co
lumbia Club.
Alliance FranCaise, luncheon
Washington. l p. m
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WFBM (1230) indianapolis
Indiana polls Power ard Light COMPANY
FRIDAY

-HaWaIiauS
: 30 Tonight on the Air.
81-SketChes In MelOdv
45-FSther Nelae Ensemble lCBSt.
00-Sam Robbins orchestra tCBSt.
s 30-Freddie Hankle orchestra lCBS).
5 45-Sfudlo program.
l.
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WLW (700) Cincinnati
FRIDAY

p. N.
00-Al Pearce and His Gang tNl.
: 30-Jack Armstrong.
45-LoWel Thomas lNBC).
500-Virginia Marucci and his orches-
ira.
5 30-Bob NeVhall.
s .45-SohiO Melody Masters.
s 00-TO be announced.
15-Prairie Symphony.
G.30-Unbroken Melodies.
S Monkey Hollow Comedy
700-Waltz Time. Frank Mum. tenor;
Abe Lvman's orchestra.
7.30-Storv of the Ballet.
00-Castle Farm orchestra.
8.i5-Henry Thes and orchestra.
83O-Jack Denny and Mary Livingstone
Jimmy Griers orchestra tNBCl.
q00-Unsolved MYSTERIES.
930-Croslev Roamios' Dreary Blues or
CheStra
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ORPHAN HOME WILL
/. CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
German ChoruSeS to Sing at
City Festivities.

The oldest orphanage in the city,
the General Protestant Orphan
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
K|WANIS PREPARES
FOR ITS ELECTION
Officers To Be Chosen At
Meeting Next Friday;
Hypnotism Program

Preparations fort he annual cleo
sion of officers were made by the
Kiwanis club last nigh tat it's week
ly luncheon meeting. The election will
be held at next Fridays meeting. Bal
lots were distributed to the members
last nigh ito be marked and handed
in during the week.
Mr.. Perry, dry. cleaner, entertain
ed the members with a hypnotism
program, which was something very
unusual and held the interest of the
membership closely. The program for
the evening was in charge of G. S.
Webb and D. T. Dickie. Mr.. Dickie
as vice-president presided over the
meeting in the absence of T. S. Kit
trell, the president
w. f. Brice, new manager of the
Rose 5, 10 and Csc Stores here, joined
the club. He was a Kiwanian at Bur
lington, where he managed a Rose
store before coming here.
Mr. Perry, who put on the hypnot-
ism numbers, was a guest of the club
for the evening, and the attendance
was 83 percent of the membership.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
DISTRICT RED MEN
TO GATHER MONDAY
Local Tribe To Send Dele
CATION to Roanoke Rap
ids Convention

Red Men of the district that en-
braces this part of the State will NEE.
for their semi-annual gathering next
Monday at Roanoke Rapids, and Mo.
hawk Tribe, No. So, of Henderson, ex-
poets to send some IS or more mem
Ders to the meeting. The district com
prises tribes in Henderson, EPSON
Durham, ocKy Mount and Roanoke
Rapids.
The first session of the meeting
Monday will begin at p. m. The pre-
gram calls for an address of welcome
by Kelly Jenkins, mayor of Roanoke
Rapids, and the response by Mayor
Irvine B. Watkins, of Henderson, who
is sachem of the local tribe. j. B
Gee. past sachem of the Henderson
tribe and also past great sachen o.
the State is on the program for an
address.
A banquet at $50 p. m. will be held
followed by an evening session, al
which time the officers for the yeai
will be elected and the place for the
next semi-annual meeting will be
chosen.
Preparations for sending large de-
legation to the convention were made
D tyeh local council Friday evening
at which time the local tribe had q
program in honor of it's past sachems
with several timely talks. Refresh
ments were served at the conclusion
of the program.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
DEADLINE FOR STRIKE TO
BEGIN SET FOR TONIGHT

(bY the Associated ProSS.)
The deadline for the textile strike,
it's scope broadened to include more
than half million cotton, wool, and
worsted workers, falls at 11:3O p. m.
tonight.
The nations textile centers await
tensely the first test of the strike
The hours are when work would nor
the South and Tuesday after the holi-
day in the northeast.
The union had called out 425 900
cotton workers and 100000 wool and
worsted workers from about 1900
mills in 21 states, most of them in
the east; the managements say not
more than IS percent will strike
Developments:
Washington-Hope of averting the
walk-out abandoned; strike leaders
warned against communist agitators;
National Labor Board seeks early set
tlement.
Macon. Ga-Mill managements de-
termined to open Tuesday; strikers
resolved to permit no workers to en-
ter the plant; pickets blocked train
Yesterday for more than an hour be-
fore it was able to move several cars
Of finished products.
Pawtucket r. New England of
ficials of the United Textile Workers
Union called conferences, planning to
make the strike here 100 percent eff
fective
Manchester, N. H.-Amoskeag Mill
officials announced shutdown, but
other New England mill owners main
tanned thye will resume operations
Tuesday.
Chicago international Ladies Gar
ment Workers Union threatens gen
eral strike October 1 of cotton gar
ment workers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
FLOYD EXONERATED
IN FATAL ACCIDENT
Colored Woman's Death In
Wreck July 20 Is Held
Unavoidable

T. P. Floyd, Jr., who had been un-
der bond in connection with an auto
mobile wreck on the Oxford highway
the night of July 20, in which Eula
Clack, wife of William Clack Negro,
was fatally injured, was exonerated by
a coroner's jury at a final hearing of
the matter Friday afternoon. Coroner
F. B. light said the jury decided the
accident was unavoidable after last
session which held from o'clock un-
til after p. m. The jury was sitting
in the capacity of a committing mag
istrate.
Clack and his wife and their infant
child and Ed Branch, all Negroes, were
riding on "a wagon returning from ii
church meeting, when the car in
which Floyd and a companion round
ed the curve and struck them from
the rear. Branch and the infant were
badly injured Clack was less seri-
ously hurt.
The white boys in the car suffering
only minor injuries.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
RECORDERS CASES
FOR DAY RUN AFOUL

Two defendants faced Recorder r.
E. Clements in county court today,
but the cases failed to bring definite
convictions at the time, and one was
continued. Both defendants were col
orde.
Ed Steed was charged with an as
sault with a deadly weapon, namely
a shotgun, on Robert Glover, also
colored. The case was continued to
next Wednesday for final disposition.
Joe Christmas was charged with
being drunk, but the officer who
made the arrest frankly stated to the
court that he lacked sufficient evil
dence to convict, and the action was
nolle prosed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
Marriages Slump
Month of August
By Slight Margin

Marriages slumped in August in
Vance county, when there were only
ten, according to the records in the Of
flee of the register of deeds, as COM
piled today. 1t was the first time this
year the white couples outnumbered
colored, there being six white and
four colored couples. In August last
year there were ID licenses, IL of them
going to white and three to colored
couples. In July this year there were
five white and six colored couples
licensed.
For the year through August the
total number of licenses issued was
l55, as compared with only 1O2 for the
same period a year ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
NEW BUILDING IN
AUGUST INCREASES
Months Total $9,O5O, or
Ten Times July; None
In August, 1888

New building for Henderson took an
upward squirt in August over the same
month year ago and also over July
of hits year, according to figures an
nounced today by Fire Chief E. I.
Shepherd. The figure for last month
was $1,000, as compared with none at
all in August last year, and 5000 in
July this year.
Mrs. A. c. Virgins new house on
North Garnetty street, where the old
D. Y. cooper home stood took the
biggest permit, $1,000. Repairs to j.
M. Baity's home on Southall street
accounted to $500 of the total figure,
while a dwelling on Parham street.
carried A permit to J. B. Knight for
$45O.
Total new building for the first
eight months of 1884 for Henderson
is $42,389 In Is permits. For the cor
responding period last year the total
was S28, TAO in ten permits.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

1. Name the hero of Homer's Iliad.
2. What nickname has been given
to Faneuil Hall, Boston?
3. What is the name for the doc
trine that life is, or tends to become
wholly undesirable, or that the world
s essentially evil?
4. On what body of water is the
French port of Dieppe?
S. What new divinity was set up
by the French Revolutionists in
1893?
6. Which is the largest of the five
Great Lakes?
z. What is the fruit of the oak
tree.
8. What is hydrated oxide of iron?
8. Whom do Roman Catholics rec
kon as the first Bishop of Rome, and
the first Pope?
10. In which state is Rainbow Ma
tural Bridge?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
Labor Duv
Only Part
A Holiday

Labor Day Monday will be only part
ly observed by business here if was
learned today.
All the banks, the opst office and
the railroad freight offices both Sea-
board and Southern, will be closed
for the entire day. Inquiry today
revealed, however, that most retail
concerns would operate as usual on
the holiday. Two the largest said
they expected to operate
There will be the usual opening of
the stamp and general delivery wind
ows at the post office from 10 to II
a. m, but there will be no citv or
rural deliveries. Box mail will be put
up as usual, and outgoing mails will
be dispatched as on any other day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
PETE BAKER ASKING
PARDON FROM ROADS

Material is being assembled by an
attorney to back up an appeal for
pardon for Pete Baker, Hungarian
resident of this city, who is serving a
two year term On the county roads for
assaulting his wife and another wo-
man in their apartment here last
spring He was given hearing Aprll
10 before Mayor Irvine B. Watkins IN
police court, and was given two sent
ences of two years each, but to run
concurrently. Pete is making the ap-
peal for clemency in his own name
The papers will be presented to- State
Parole Commissioners Edwin M. Gil
in Raleigh when completed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-09-01
SHARP INCREASE IN
REALTY TRANSFERS
Were Is In August Against
ID Years Ago and 19 July
This Year

sharp increase in real estate ac-
tivity in the count yis revealed in the
figures for papers filed for record
with the register of deeds during Aug
ust. when the total was 25. In August
a year ago the total was only IA, ana
in July this year was only 19.
For the first eight months OF this
year there have been 224 real estate
deeds filed, as compared with only lo5
for the corresponding period last year
Nav was the biggest month this year
so far, with 40, while March had 81
and April 33. July's 19 was the small
est business for an ymonth of 1884.