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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
DRYING Oils

The bureau Of standards says
mat the most commonly used chem
zeal characteristic wlich distin-
cuisines a semi-drylng oil, such as
eottonSeed OIL, from Il dryiag oil is
tAe Iodine nCmBer, which is lower
Tor cottonsced than for linseed oil
Inc drying oils contain a greater
proportion of the glyceriics of I'M
saturated fatty acids. suc,. rs limo
ieic and linoIenic acids.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
Balfour Baptist
Young People
PickNewL Leaders

The young men and women OF
the BalfOur Baptist church have
elected new officers for the year
of 1855 as follows: Teacher: Mrs.
f. s. Justice; president, Tate
Matthews; vice president, Dewey
Corn; secretary, Miss Viola Max
well; corresponding secretary,
Miss Moliie McCalloph; chairman
of social committee, Miss Gather
inc Jones; others on the social
committee are Miss Leota Rhodes,
Miss Flossie Bentley and Bonnie
Lee Hammitt.
The organization is planning
for an active work in the ensu-
ing year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
Strong Man of Canada

Louis Cyr, the strong man OF
Canada, was six feet tall. weighed
800 pounds, had normal chest
measurement of IS inches and bi.
ceps rs inches around. Some OF
his achievements were sand to bs
the lifting with his two hands o
barrel Of cement weighing 1870
pOLnds. Ee lifted 075 pounds from
the floor with one hand, raised SAG
pounds with his little finger and
with his right arm put up 15S-
pound dumbbell SO times in sue
ceSsion.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28

prsso-Chinese bank financed
t Inc The deal. But, as the Dank
Lmu in reality merely an agency
was +bn Russian Ministry OF FL
Oh 90 the road was, for all prac-
nam nam nurposes, constructed large
w w. with Russian government
funds. 81
Il was provided that the road
,Id he managed by a board
oonU5nNsed of both Russians ana
c Ghipese an dthat it should re-
TpIt ultimately to the ChlneSe
government.
OPENED IN 1908.
Oneration was begun in 1903:
IN 1904 Russia and Japan went
80 war and, despite the advan-
tooe Russia enjoyed from the
Now, road to transport its troops.
+be Car suffered an ignom'nl-
ons defeat, Thereafter Russia
lost control of the South Man
obnrian railroad, running from
Iarbn to Dairen, which was
taken over by the Japanese: But
the Car was able to hold the
Chinese Eastern.
a Quiet and profitable opera
tion of the line continued until
the days of Russia's civil war
when the road was seized by the
Whites. It was returned to the
Joint control of the Soviet I'm
ion and China in 1922.
SOVIET POSITION
UNTENABLE
After the Japanese occupation
of Manchuria in 1881 the posi-
ton CT Russia as co-director of
the Chinese-Eastern became I'M
tenable. The new government
of "Manchukuo" contended that
it Inherited China's rights to the
line and demanded a share in its
management.
Constant friction between the
Russian and Manchurian direc-
tors ensued. Meanwhile the value
of the road was being steadily
decreased by almost daily bandit
attacks on its trains and other
Finally, in the inter-
est Of peace, Russia offered in
1888 to sell the line. Negotia-
tons have been proceeding in
termittently since then.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
Illness in Gold Rush Days

2, In the first year af, the California
gold rush, lack of adequate shell
ter, proper food, and medical sup
plies, together with the lack Of
preparation for the unusual hard
ships took a toll of about 10000
lives by fever, dysentery, and 9TH
er diseases.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
MANY DETAILS
NOT FIXED IN
RAILWAY SALE
But Manchukuo's Purchase
OF GER. Will Reduce
Friction In Orient
By JOSEPH H. BAIRD
limited Press Staff Correspondent

MOSCOW, Nov. %. (UP)--
Sale of the Sino-Eastern railroad
bv Soviet Russia to the new state
| Of "Manchukuo", the terms OF
which have been virtually agreed
upon. will remove one of the out
standing sources of friction in
Russo Japanese relations.
AS a elimination Of two years
of diplomatic conversations, dur
ing which the japanese foreign
office acted as an intermediary
between Changschun and Nosco"
the Russians have agreed II az
cept 14O,OOO,000 yen for the
road or roughly 100000 gold
roubles. This sum is little
more than one-seventh Of the
roads original cost, 37o,OOO,-
900.
MANY DETAILS
Although the main agreement
on price has been reached, three
are many details yet to be set
tied. For instance, the Chinese
Eastern owns a number OF fac
tories and mines which are not a
part of the railroad proper.
"Manchukuo" also wants to buy
these. Terms Of payment must
also be agreed upon. Therefore
it may be several months before
the final agreement is signed in
Toxic.
The Chinese Eastern, cutting
diagonally across Manchuria from
Manchuli to Pogranichnaya, a dis
lance of 1,4S1 kilometers, has
played an interesting role in
| Far Eastern diplomacy. It was
constructed jointly by the Rus
slams and Chinese at the begin
ming of this century as short
cut" from European Russia to
the port of Vladivostok. BY us
ing this route trains save three
days time over the longer origl-
nal line which follows the course
of Amur River north of Manchu-
kuo and runs entirely in Russian
territory.
COUNT GOT CONCESSION
Count White, one of the widest
diplomats, who ever served the
Czarist court, obtained a conces-
sion to build the road through
to st. Petersburg of Ii Hung
Chang. Because of China's insist
ence that the road be construct
ed by a private company rather
than the Russian government,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
HEALTH CAUSED ACCIDENT

EMPORIA. Kan. (UP).-Ever-
EFT Wayne Fuller, six feet, two
inches, is walking on crutches be-
cause of his unusual height. While
doing setting-up exercises, Fuller
struck a chandelier with his hand.
The fixture fell on a foot and scv-
cred several tendons.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
FUND STOLEN

HAVERHILL, Mass.-(UP).-
Mrs. Margaret Johnson reported
to police she received S22 from
the Mothers Aid Fund to buy
food and clothing for her chill
dren. and while she was in a store
purchasing stockings, someone
stole the $22.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
Dry leak Logs Do Not Sink

Teak will sink in water unless II
IS dry. After it has been seasoned
Tor TWO or three years by exposure
to the weather on all sides, it will
aoat, and teak logs are sent down
the waterways until they reach a
river large enough for them to be
formed into raft,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
SHERIFF RESIGNS

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. %
tUP).-Sheriff Samuel b. Stearns
of Montgomery county resigned
last night to bring a sudden end
to impeachment proceedings or
dered against him by Gov. B. NJ.
Miller. The resignation is to be-
come effective Nov. 80.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
OUTSTANDING ATHLETE

TORONTO, Ont. (UP).-Har-
old Webster, 40-year-old foundry
worker who won the classic Brit
ish Empire Games marathon in
London last summer, has been adj
Judged Canada's outstanding ath-
lete for 1884 by the Amateur
4 thletic Union of Canada.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
IGNORES MORATORIUM

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2S.-
(UP).-With utter disdain for
Senator Huey Longs debt mora
forum law, Thomas Lee Greene,
90, bookkeeper, yesterday shot
himself in the chest, police said,
because he was unable to pay his
debts. His condition is critical.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
Current Tide Most Versatile

DUT an Alabama array reached
~ its greatest height on the Pa
cifc Coast on Jan. 1, 1881. when
the last team Wade trtOred at
Tuscaloosa mopped uD Washington
State, $40.
Frank Thomas. the fat man who
played under the immortal Knute
Rockne at Notre Dame and who
picked Up the burden where Wade
laid it down, was at the helm when
Alabama repealed Saint Mary's in
San Francisco in 1882.
Thomas, who has been teaching
football south Of the Mason and
Dixon li:a since 1928. calls the cur
rent eide tt-9 most versatile in the
history o. the school.
Thomas Implies that. in his opin.
inn the 1880 combination which
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
Ohioans in White House

If Presidents Garfield and McKin.
ley had been permitted to live out
the terms Of their office, Ohio would
have had period of &c years, be-
ginning with 1869. within which
only one man not an Ohloan by
birth occupied the White House
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-28
DICKENS DRAMATIST DEAD

TOLEDO. (UP)-William Ster-
ling BATHS, 80, widely known
Dickens dramatist, is dead here.
The Washington times., 1934-07-10
Welfare Expenses
Curtailment Not Expansion


We hope that Elwood Street. the director Of public wei
fare of the District will not be disappointed when his elab
crate building program fails receive enthusiastic reception
The program which is designed produce improved housing
for the various units under the Board Of Public Welfare
templates expenditures of about nine million dollars
period Of six years.
The people of the District sympathetic to the needs Of
these institutions They believe that they should be ade
quately housed.
But the people the District have just received report
from the auditor showing that their public finances in bad
shape and are getting worse
CONSIDERING AUDITOR DANIEL J. D0NoVAN's RE-
PORT, WHICH SHOWS THAT THE DISTRICT Is ABLE TO
GET ALONG DURING THE 1885 FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT
RAISING TAXES ONLY BY DNT OF USING UP FOUR
MILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS, THEY WILL BE INCLINED
TO DOUBT THE URGENCY OF MR.. STREETS PREsEN-
TAT1oN.
Mr. Street. new to his duties in the District Building is
very properly ambitious for the improvement and progress
his department.
Just that department is less closely allied with
the Federal Emergency Relief Administration which spend
ing millions of dollars here and in other communities.
Mr. Street should be careful not to let himself believe that
the District in position to keep the pace which the Fed
eral Government is setting by its expenditures.
Because economic conditions of years the depart
which Mr. Street heads has been greatly expanded
It's expenses have naturally increased.
Economic conditions in Washington in the last few months
have taken decided upturn That upurn there every
son to believe will continue
AS RESULT OF THE UPTURN THE DEMAND UPON
THE PUBLIC WELFARE AGENCIES CAN BE EXPECTED
TO DECREASE THAT DECREASE MUST BE REFLECTED
IN CURTAMED EXPENSES THE CURTAILMENT WILL.
BE MADE BY MR. STREET OR BY SOME ONE ELSE.
While Mr. Street wrestling with the problem of caring for
the Districts needy with reduced funds we believe that this
proposal for spending than million year for the next
five years can be held in allegiance.
The Washington times., 1934-07-10
SYNTHETIC OUTING
Bu Frank Sullivan

water Tin the bathtub) because
he is afraid, so Pa says, Throw
him in. That's the way to
learn him. Sink or SWIM"
Jackie disappoints Pa by sink
ing. and he has to be rescued.
Mother has Mysteries at this,
and calls Pa everything.
Ma sits on the edge of the
bathtub, pretending it is a pier.
One of the fresh young men
pushes her into the water with
her clothes on. The two young
men should be very diligent
about staggering up and down
the bathroom, showing off
their figures and bulging mus
cles for the girls, as all beach
sheiks do. When they play
catch they never really catch
the ball. but let it hit some
body. The baby would not feel
she had been at a beach party
unless she were beaned two or
three times by a hard rubber
ball.
What with the general romp-
ing and fresh air" everybody
soon has roaring appetite, and
there are shrieks for food, and
desires expressed to eat a horse.
Mother goes looking for the
food. It is not there. If the
beach party at home is to be
any kind Of success it must alb
solutely be pretended that the
food has been forgotten.
Ma says she thought Pa was
going to bring it. Pa says he
distinctly told Ella to bring 1t.
Ella says she thought Cousin
Sue had charge of it. Sue says
she naturally thought Ma was
taking care Of that. So nobody
gets anything to eat.
BY this time everybody has
had enough of the "beach" for
one day. So all pile again
into the clothes closet for the
trip home. In ten minutes
everybody emerges from the
closet, complete wrecks, and the
beach party at home Is pro-
nounced a brilliant success by
all.
Copyright. 1894. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-07-10
Local Contracts
For Local Bidders

For Local Bidders
Other things being equal to be hoped that the District
government will when the time to let contracts var
Gus local building projects let those contracts to local
tractors.
In the letting Of construction contracts the District Commits
soners are now governed by which enacted
tect the Federal in the awarding Of its contracts
Under laws the principle Of letting the contract to the
lowest bidder is dominant.
But while such rule is naturally for contracts let
by the Federal government and while in general it is fine
protective measure does not always work to the advantage
of the District taxpayer when applied contracts let by the
District government.
With the low bid law dominant the District has in the past
let contracts bidders from other cities who have not been
worthy the award and whose activities have resulted dsd
vantageously to the District and its people.
Many of the contracts awarded to these ouofown concerns
in recent years have subsequently fallen into default their
execution has been left to bonding companies While
tally the District should suffer from this condition.
theess is an unsatisfactory condition and often long
delay.
Many other District contracts have been awarded to ouo
town which have used the contracts to import cheap
labor thereby promoting local unemployment giving
District product cheap and uned labor while forcing
the District the contractor award which would have
been sufficient to employ local artisans.
Much of the inquitous ckback racket exists locally
directly traceable to this condition.
The District Commissioners should consult with Corpora
on Counsel to determine how far possible 60 grant
ing preference to local contracting firms.
The city government about to let contracts for many
millions of dollars Some Of those contracts for projects
which being started only because of the need Of fur
nishing employment.
It would be mocery those contracts be let to
Oown which would utilize them to increase further
local unemployment
It would be absurd projects paid by District taxpayers
were add to the depression locally instead Of
ieving that depression.
The Washington times., 1934-07-10
Now Is Appropriate Time
To Rebuild Regular Army
Ry James T. Williams, J.

Upon his return from his
Atlantic-Pacific cruise next
month, President Roosevelt is
expected to address himself to
the task Of rehabilitating the
Regular Army that it may
again be strong enough to per-
form its vital missions in peace
and war.
Mr.. Roosevelt entered the
White House firm in the belief
that George Washington was
everlastingly right in his con-
tention that zone Of the most
effectual means of preserving
peace is to be prepared for
war;"
The only reason this country
spends money on its Army or
Navy, including its military
and naval air forces, is in order
that it may be prepared to
protect it's honor and other
vital interests of the United
States by peaceful means,
wherever possible; by the use
of armed force, "when, as and
if" no other honorable alter
native offers.
National Goal
The goal Of our national de-
fense policy remains the goal
fixed by "the Father Of his
Country" in the Farewell Ad-
dress when he bade us always
keep ourselves at all times so
prepared for national defense
"that we may choose peace or
war, as our interests, guided
by justice, shall counsel"
Mr.. Roosevelt began his ad-
ministration by arousing the
Congress to the necessity Of
beginning the building up OF
our Navy to that equality with
the strongest, which is the OBJ
jective Of our naval policy.
But Congress has been even
more neglectful of the Army
than of the Navy in the last
decade. It allowed the Navy to
sink to third place among the
navies of the world. It has
allowed the Army to fall to
seventeenth place among the
worlds military establishments.
Mr.. Roosevelt has already
asked the Congress to authorize
the strengthening Of the Army
Air Corps by the addition Of
the CHG air force, which the
general staff and the chiefs
of branches have united in
recommending. The only
reason this was not done by the
last Congress was because the
House Committee on Military
Affairs, under the chairman
ship Of Congressman McSwain
of South Carolina, has opposed
President Roosevelt'S every
effort in support Of the Army.
To the new Congress, Mr..
The Washington times., 1934-07-10

Roosevelt is expected to reit-
crate his request for the author
ization of CHG air force and
to ask also for an appropriation
covering its cost.
From IS to 100 million dollars
is badly needed now to give the
Army Air Corps the equipment
it ought to have and would
have, had not Congress failed
to carry out the five-year pro-
gram it adopted in 1926 upon
the recommendation Of the Nor.
row board.
President Roosevelt did not
hesitate last year to allocate
funds from the Public Works
Administration for new naval
construction. He may decide
to follow the same. procedure
for the strengthening of the
Army Air Corps.
There never was a better
time for adding to the equip
ment of the Air Corps than the
present. Such has been the
development in aircraft for
national defense in this country
that the Government now finds
itself able to purchase within
our continental limits the best
bombardment, attack, single
pursuit and two-place pursuit
planes the world has ever seen.
Public works money spent for
this purpose now will make up
some of the time lost by the
failure of Congress to carry out
the five-year program for the
Army Air Corps.
Requires Time
Public money thus spent will
create jobs for the unemployed.
It will help to strengthen the
aircraft industry at a critical
time and the money will be
wisely spent for it will go for
the purchase Of airplanes, en-
gineS, radios, instruments, am
munition supplies, accessories,
and equipment-all of which
the Army Air Corps must have
If it is to become the equal In
efficiency Of any military air
force in the world.
The five-year program for
the naval air force has been
completed. That is why we
have the best naval air force in
the world. But military as well
as naval aircraft requires time
to produce. It cannot be pro-
cured over night. And it is a
waste of public money to re-
cruit, train and organize in the
Army Air Corps the bravest
and best pilots that fly the
colors Of any nation If they
are to be deprived Of the planes
and other equipment vital to
the success Of their mission.
Copyright. 1884. The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-07-10
The Human Side of the News
Will Hohenzollerns Again Rule Germany?
Bu EdlUin C.. Hill

Can the HohenZollerns come
back? Are events in Germany
moving to bring them back?
And if they do come back, which
one Of that Brandenburg brood
will again hold the scepter over
the throne Of Frederick the
Great and william I?
Will it be the aged ex-Kaiser
who fled over the Dutch border
to his long exile at Doom, keep
ing his shadowy court, chopping
wood, reading the prayers to his
family circle? Or will it be the
gray-haired ex-Crown Prince?
All Of these queries bubble out
Of the present welter of politics
in the Reich. For the Nazis
seem to be dividing among them
selves. Hitler's star seems to be
fading.
Silent Support
The Steel Helmets, frankly
for the return Of the one-time
ruling dynasty, have the silent
support Of the old lion, Won
Hindenburg, who loyalty sup
ported the republic in its brief
and futile existence. The great
landowners Of Silesia and East
Prussia are ardently for the
restoration, and recent news
items indicate more than a lit
tie support from the conServa-
tive middle class, the professors
and shopkeepers.
The Weimar Constitution is a
scrap Of paper, torn to shreds.
The republic Of Ebert, the sad
dlemaker, is relegated to history.
ReparationS are wiped out, and
even the stain Of war guilt is Of.
ficially Cancelled. Perhaps the
world expected too much when
it thought that a few years could
drive out Of a people that which
for years has been bred in their
bones.
And with the Hitler regime ap-
parently staggering, the old-time
Germanic habits Of looking to
the throne seem to have come
back. The Hohenzollerns are a
hardy lot. For nine hundred
years they have had their ups
and downs through fire and
blood. turning out strong men
and imbeciles in about equal
proportion. AS petty mobiles in
southeastern Germany, they
moved into the north as gov.
ernors Of Brandenburg, because
one Of their number saved in
battle the life of the Emperor
SigiSmund Of Hungary.
The old Margrave of Branden.
burg and then Frederick the
Great and the Emperor William
the First, with Bismarck, his
Iron Chancellor, and finally the
Inflated William the Second,
the exile Of Doom.
The ex-Kaiser, king and en-
peror for 80 years, is 75, but he
carries his years well, saws
wood. reads the Bible, watches
the foreign exchanges for their
The Washington times., 1934-07-10
By yOhM SNHre, Jr.

50 siIverite Wheeler will prob
ably have plenty to talk about.
Also to be voted on is gray
haired Senator John E. Erick.
son, former governor of Mon
tana, who was appointed to the
Senate in March, 1888, to fill
the vacancy of the late Sem
ator Tom Walsh, who died on
the eve of his acceptance of
the Attorney Generalship.
Erickson was as silent as the
tomb during his term in office
and made little comment on
matters Of the day. He voted
as a good Administration Dem
ocrat and never raised his
voice in opposition.
So good was Erickson that
in the last days Of Congress
he was asked to preside over
the Senate temporarily in the
absence Of Vice President
Garner.
Erickson presided but while
In the chair went to sleep.
His political enemies are
planning to make plenty of
noise about that wink of sleep.
And Senator Erickson may
find that it was a costly nap.
Poor Secretary of Interior
Ickes.
He works so hard to have
the oil men, the PWA con-
tractors and all others who
come to his attention main
tain a maximum of honesty
and diligence.
His department takes over
various duties which merely
add to his burdens.
And then he discovers that
his own employees are lettering
and loafing on the job. They
are wasting time, valuable Gov.
ernment time, and following re-
ports from his spies, Ickes
makes a personal tour Of his
outfit and finds that the in.
formation is correct.
So he called his happy fam
lily together.
With the air of the village
school teacher he reproached
them.
He told them they were bad
boys and girls to take money
from Uncle Sam anu not give
back full value in work.
He pointed out that many of
them spent their time reading,
writing, sewing and engaging
in other occupations not con-
ducive to the best interests of
Government.
A woman employe had been
trampled when the gigantic
class rushed home at the sound
Of the afternoon bell, and he
warned them to march OUT in
orderly fashion and not to be
in such a hurry about getting
away from their desks.
Then, after his severe crit
icism had hurt their feelings he
gave them the ''teacher's big
red apple" and told them they
were loyal boys and girls and
for this reason might take the
next Saturday morning off from
their duties.
Copyright. 1884, By The Wash.
ington ,Times)