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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
TRADE COMMISSION
ISSUES COMPLAINT

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. (UP).
The federal trade commission to-
day issued formal statement
charging the American Smelling
and Refining company of New
York one of the worlds largest
non-ferrouS smelling enterprises,
with violation of the Clayton act,
which forbids acquisition of capt.
tai stock in competing concern.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
RAILROADS TO
REDUCE WAGE
Will Be Cut Is Per Cent
on July |, Effective :.
for One Year

CHICAGO. Feb. 15.-(UP)-
The principal railroads served no.
tice to their employees today that
they will put into effect July 1
a Is per cent wage cut which
would be in effect one year "and
thereafter subject to the provi-
sions of the railway labor act
1t stipulated the reduction
would supercede the present de-
duction of 10 per cent which has
been in effect more than a year
and which expires June 80.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
Rockefeller Off
For Ormond, Fla.

TARRYTOWN, N. Y, Feb. IS.
(UP).-ohn D. Rockefeller, ST.,
left today by train for his winter
home at Ormond. Fla.
He was accompanied by twenty
four members of the Pocantico
Hills household. Others went
south earlier to prepare the win
ter home for occupancy. He re-
served a baggage car and pullman
coach for the trip. ....I.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
WILL BLOCK OUTLAW
BROADCASTS

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. IUPJ.
The senate interstate commerce
committee voted favorable report
on a bill designed to prevent
"outlaw" radio stations from u.s.
ing remote control to get their
broadcasts on the air from a for
eign country --s...
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
Dual Bill Cage
Game Arranged
Etowah Teams Play Flat
Rock Friday Night

Announcement was made yes
terday afternoon of the double
header basketball contest Friday
night, beginning at 7:3O O'Clock,
in which Etowah boys and girls
teams will meet the Flat Rock
boys and girls teams. Both teams
are in good form and an interest
ing contest, to which the public IS
invited. is promised.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
MUNICIPALITIES AID
PROGRAM IS PLANNED

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. (UP):
Prof. Simeon Leland, municipal
finance expert of the University
of Chicago, was today appointed
by Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau to work out a pro-
gram for federal aid to munich
palities.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
Army Will Handle
Mail For Months

WASHINGTON Feb. Is. (UP)
The army will ely the mail for at
least several MONTHS Assistant
Postmaster General H arlle e
Branch said in denying reports
that some private operators might
be allowed to continue, despite
the annulment of their contracts.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
ROOSEVELT INSPECTS
STREAMLINED TRAIN

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. (UP).
President Roosevelt will inspect
the Union Pacific railroads new
,streamlined train today and may
possibly be a passenger on the
test run between Washington and
Baltimore, the White House said.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
AUSTRIA ON THRESHOLD OF FASCISM
OfCWA Forces Begun Today
Doumergue Asks
Political Truce

PARIS, Feb. Is. (UP).-Pre-
MAR CASTOR Doumergue's nation
al union cabinet today drafted a
ministerial declaration appealing
to parliament for a political truce
to, allow France to solve her in
ternal problems.
The declaration refers to the
passage of the budget as the
"nost urgent domestic problem
and necessary to Safeguard the
sohdty of our money"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
Bv {. c. NICOLET

Press Staff Correspondent
FEB. 10 (UP).
Mutation Of the eYil works
Hill start today, Indicating
3 peak of federal relief &C
ID may have been passed.
administration, in the face
y protests. stands by its in
n Of tapering off the work
b nearly 100000 men
! men. expecting them to be
"a BY reviving industry and
reaSed labor demand for
4 works projects, rather
D be thrown back on direct
EOles.
Standardization is the great
d Of its sort since the war
saS diSbanded. 1t will pro-
Eowly. with gathering mo-
b, starting today with $780,
lerSOnS now employed in
'neut bureaus, and ending
1 when the last of the A.
y will 90 off the govern
bayrOn.
the first rehabilitation or
Is issued. the CWA was as
Pf the $35O,OO0,O0O needed
htinue its program under
spering plan. The senate
PED its dignity, and by a
a 81 to 10 abandoned its
hent TO the relief bill I'M
hlch all state CWA direc-
'ouLd have been subject to
confirmation. The house
to accept the amendment.
p senate not backed down,
~ would have ended to-
PA the entire army of
h thrown on direct relief
\ once.
bill carries S6OO,OOO,OOO
fer types Of relief work.
n administration majority
some Republican recruits,
finto line to give the CWA
Soed funds at once the adj
faton won a victory in the
When a drastic gag rule
TAX ol!L was adopted, PAL
After six weeks, con-
n SIILI safe for the White
tennessee Valley santa
started in this coun-
4 thursday, was ordered
4 .ooay when a wire from
4 Lamourex, director, of
t.; 10 Robert NJ. McDan-
y i''nued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
BY ARTHUR F. DEGREVE.

w ASr1lNG YIN, Gu. IL VI
The United States senate, after
six hours of secret deliberations,
founfs4 William P, MacCracken,
Jr.. aviation attorney, and Col. l..
H. Brittin. vice president of the
Northwest Anyways, guilty of con-
tempt last night and sentenced
them to 10 days in Jail.
Harris M. Hanshue, president
of the Western Air Express and
his secretary, Gilbert Givvin, also
facing contempt charges growing
out of the congressional airmall
inquiry, were acquitted.
MacCracken will appeal to the
courts.
On motion of Majority Leader
Robinson the senate approved a
resolution which would suspend
operation of sentence upon Mac.
Cracker and Brittin for four
DAYS. but MacCracken will remain
under arrest in custody of Ser
geant-at-Arms Jurney.
This action was taken after
Frank J. Hogan, counsel for Mac
Cracker and Seth w. Richardson,
attorney for Brittin. had protest
ed that the lateness of the hour
prevented them from obtaining
court writs to prevent their Gil
ents from going to Jail.
The charges of contempt grew
out of MacCracken's refusal at
first to give his office files to the
Senate airmail committee, and
the subsequent removal of certain
records from the files. MacCrack-
en-, assistant secretary of COM
merce in the Hoover administra-
ton and secretary of the Amerl-
can Bar association, served as
counsel for several air lines IN
negotiating mail contracts with
the postoffice when Walter Brown
was postmaster general.
The senate remained in execu-
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
REDUCTION
ET ORDERED
Of Federal Aid Ac-
lies Believed to Have
Been Reached
kCT INDUSTRY TO
(SORB WORKERS

MON press dispatches today
Washington indicated that
',' ",,,,,. today will begin
C, <, i,;ii, Of the CWA
XII CWA office reported
4 orders for reduction OF
IL or activities had oeen
.ovarnment will begin the
Nation today. bur The first
: expected 70 be in gov
s bureaus. where some
4 people viii De cut off,
10 to press reports.
b1obabili-v IS that the 10
will not begin to feel
Some reductions before
part Of March or the
III lpril. The government
4 have the CWA army de-
Ii by May /. standing fast
administration idea in
/ wide protests from over
lion.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
WOODMAN CIRCLE MEETS

The February business meeting
of the Woodman Circle will be
held Friday night at the hall at
1880 o'clock and members are
urged by the circle officers to be
present. 1...-....f
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
France Losing
Gold Heavily

PARIS, Feb. Is. (UP).-Dur.
ing last week France lost gold
amounting to $129,245,714, a rec
ord drop in such period, the
weekly statement of the Bank of
France revealed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
MOST COTTON MEN in
STATE TO CUT CROP

RALEIGH. Feb. 15.-UP).-
The cotton sign-up campaign in
North Carolina closes tonight
with around 95 per cent or more
of the state growers under con-
tract. a.>a
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15

e'eago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
S'it,e railroad reports
III lOadings last week
4. 1851 cars, against 49,
IN similar 1888 week.
/ N & Bradstreet, Inc, re-
/ business failures last
numbered 291, against
IN preceding week and
IN corresponding 1888
p"erlean Wooden company
= ~ 1888 net income of ST.
90 COZ against net loss of
'0S, S2l in 1892,
| T. Central railroad re-
earloadings last week
' !, 4O,Sl1 cars, against
- cars in similar 1888
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
MCRACKEN IS
GIVEN Today
TERM IN JAIL
He and Britten Sentenced
and Latter Decides Not
to Appeal

WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. (UPl
i. H. Brittin. vice-president Of
Northwest Anyways decided to be-
gin serving today his Today Jail
sentence imposed by the Senate
last night for contempt in arimail
investigation.
Seth w. Richardson, Brittin's
counsel, said he argued with him
and tried to get him to appeal but
Brittin was determined to go to
jail and "get it over with"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
WEATHER

and warmer Thursday
." Friday fair and colder.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-15
GOOD AFTERNOON

New Paris froeks are 10 have
softer lines but they'll probably
harden the lines in fathers wor-
ried brow.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12
A GROWERS CODE FOR FRUIT
By the Priest Rapids Valley Growers,
Hanford, Washington

In response to various requests for
information regarding the activities
Of our organization, the Priest Rapids
Valley Growers, in the movement for
q Fruit Growers Code, we submit the
following explanation of some of the
statements made by US in the various
articles that we have established dur
ing the month Of March, 1884. In eff
feet to make our statements brief, we
have often failed to make them clear
to our readers. We hope that the
following questions and answers may
serve to clarity many points and spare
rs the time and expense of a separ-
ate answer to each inquirer.
Question: Why do you condemn the
Marketing Agreement between the
Handlers" of deciduous tree fruits
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12

Answer: We're for it. Efforts are
being made along that line. If the
present marketing agreement is so
amended as to provide that the grow
ers determine the minimum code price
to the growers, our efforts to secure
separate growers code will term;n-
ate. Why should not the growers set
the minimum code price on the fruit
that they own and have produced
themselves? .
Question: Is code fixing the min
imum price to the grower practicable !!
Answer: We believe it is. We fail
to see where it would be any more
practicable to enforce a minimum
price to the grower than it was to
enforce a minimum price to the con-
sumner of interstate apple shipments,
as the present code purports to do.
We believe that much of the diff
Guilty in enforcing the present code
was due to the fact that there was no
minimum price, below which fruit
could not be bought from the growers.
With an immense supply supply of
fruit in the hands of the dealers,
bought at a price far below the code,
they were in position to unload at
a good profit on low market, or to
dump vast quantities of consigned
fruit rapidly on brisk market, re-
serving their cheaply obtained fruit
for later, and better markets, having
back of them the assurance that at
no time would there be possibility
of privately held storage stocks COM
peting at prices below their minimum
code prices. =
In a strictly "Growers Code of
course, there would have to be a
method provided to meet the costs of
administration. In the existing state
"Butterfat Code" this is provided foY
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12

by a per pound assessment. We be-
lieve that an assessment of, say lie
per box for administering the apple
code and providing reserve fund 10
cover unsold fruit would be sufficient
Such details would have to be regu-
lated by the grower delegates in
trusted with the duties of admins
tration. The costs of administration
and the amount of the emergency
fund would, necessarily, vary with
the crop as related to the market de-
mand each season.
The practical need of a minimum
price code for the grower may be
seen in the situation last October
when the above quoted prices Were
offered for winesaps. On October %,
we wrote the RACE, Spokane, as fol-
lows: e~s
\ Eve would greatly appreciate your
advice regarding these prices. From
newspaper articles we note several
criticisms of the failure of the farm
er to cooperate with the New Deal.
Having no target at which to shoot,
how may we plug the bulls-eye? Is it
desired that we hold for higher prices
OF are the farmers to bid against each
other in dumping this fruit on the
dealers ?" re ~. 1's".@
"In past years, a cash offer from
ths dealer holding a mortgage on the
crop was tantamount to orders 70
sell. have not found a single in
stance where returns from fruit sold
on commission, after refusal of cash
offer, exceeded the cash tender, and
only one instance where the commits
sion sale price equalled the cash Of
fer. A cash offer has come to mean
an order to surrender the crop to rh2
dealer, and SO firmly has this idea
seized upon us that the above ruinols
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12

offer will, from present indications,
be generally accepted by the growers
here"
eff it is not desirable that this
fruit be marketed at this average
price of Csc, or about 25c below cost
of production, (163-Fancy predomin-
ating this season. could we not be of-
ficially advised as to a minimum?
We would cooperate"
OF course, no minimum was set and
the dealers secured vast quantities of
winesap apples at prices far below
their minimum code selling price.
We believe that the growers would
cooperate in enforcing a minimum
growers net code price fully as well,
if not better, than would the dealers
in enforcing their code. Just why
should the growers be placed in an in
ferior class?
lin succeeding articles We will dis
cuss the prices received on winesaps
consigned from the Priest Rapids VAL
ley, giving figures showing sales and
also an analysis of the costs of selling
and of packing, storage, etc, ne
consignment contract" and its re-
lation to the marketing agreement"
representation of the grower on The
commodity committee; the member
ship of the control committee, and a
comparison of the prices received by
a dealer for his own fruit as contrast
ed with the prices received by us 70,
consigned fruit.l
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12

vides for establishing codes in Ore
gon.
/ can assure you our fruit growers
will be glad to cooperate with Wash
ington fruit frowers in getting q un-
form code in both states. The berry
growers of both states have been
working along this line for a consid-
cradle length of time. The Washing
ton end Oregon bulb growers are al
so working up a code and the Wash
ington and Oregon melon growers are
doing the same thing"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12
.cORN-HOG GROUPS
CHECK CONTRACTS
After Check in County, Contracts Go
to State Board of Review and
then to Washington, ID. C.

BENTON county farmers have signed
.oO1 corn-hog reduction contracts, &C
cordinp to the latest official check,
renorts Waldo w. Skuse, county
AGENT. The contracts signed in the
comfy represent approximately 7135
hogs and 294 acres of corn. As spring
work has already begun and farmers
viii be extremely busy during the
next month, all corn and hog produc-
ers who still intend to sign contracts
are urged to get in touch with their
community committees as soon as
possible.
Contracts signed to date are be-
ing checked as rapidly as possible by
community committees and other
members of the County Corn-Hog
Control association to catch the more
obvious errors before publication of
the individual production figures in
the local newspapers. Following pub
LEGATION in the newspapers and the fl
nal checking of the contracts in the
county, each contract will be listed
on summary sheets and submitted to
the Washington Corn-Hog board of
review. ag
The state board of review, appoint
ed by the adjustment administration,
is made up of R. M. Turner, extern
sion economist, Pullman, chairman;
Carl C. King, farmer, Albion; John
s. Dennee, agricultural statistician
for Oregon and Washington, Portland
and Rex E. Willard, head of the de-
partment of agricultural economies
Pullman. When all production fig
ures for the signers and non-signers
in the differene counties have been
listed and forwarded to the state Of
flee, they will be reviewed by the
board and official estimates deter
mined with the aid of the United
States crop and livestock reporting
bureaus.
When contracts for county have
been checked locally and approved by
the state board of review, they will
be forwarded to Washington, d. C.
for final approval and payment of
the first installment of the adjust
ment benefits.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank every one Of our
friends who so lovingly expressed
their sympathy in different ways for
us in our deep sorrow; for the flow
ers; to the pallbearers, the singers
and Rev. Vincent for the sweet talk
he made and to Mr.. and Mrs. Mueller.
May God bless everyone. These ex-
pressions will never be forgotten BY
all.
Mrs. James Allen and children.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12
MoNEY-sAvING COOPERATIVE
PLAN, FOR A, LIMITED TIME IN
YOUR COMMUNITY.

The Pacific Power & Light Company and
local electric ronse dealers are cooperating
in "a pIon to moke IL easy for you TO enjoy
immediately MODERN ELECTRIC RANCE!
FREE WIRING INSTALLATION UP TO $500
SMALL PAYMENT DOWN :. EASY TERMS
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12
HAD YOU
HEARD THAT

As is the custom the County Dem
ocratic central committee has arrang-
ed banquet for jefferson Day, FRI
day, April -, at the Masonic hall In
Kennewick at pm. to which all
democrats and their friends are in
vited. Large delegations from Pros
ser, Richland and Pasco have asked
for reservations. The menu will In
clude turkey, asparagus and apple
pie with the proper trimmings.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12
GLAD NEWS FROM OREGON

Un1er date of March %, 1884, a
prominent official of Oregon writes:
81 wish to state that Oregon has a
law somewhat similar to Washing
tons House Bill No. $50, which pro-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12

grown in the states of Washington,
Oregon, Montana and Idaho, and the
Secretary of Agriculture Of the Unit
ed States? h:
Answer: We do not. But we do
criticise that agreement in that it
purports to be for the benefit of the
growers, as we interpret the wording
whereas it is actually an agreement
between the handlers" and the Sec
rotary, whereby said handlers are
protected from cut-throat competition
among themselves in return for GER
tain concessions on their part. The
growers have been benefited is con-
coded by US, although there is some
ground for the stand taken by many
growers that the handlers minimum
code price really establishes false
maximum to the grower, that is,
base price that was lower than the un-
controlled market demand would have
established. There appears to be
substantial ground for this argument
in the case of the winesap market dur
ing December, 1888, period of very
unusual market demand. On a normal
market, the agreement might work
out to the benefit Of the grower as
well as the dealer.
We criticise the agreement in that,
from the growers standpoint, he, the
grower, is placed in the position Of a
charity patient. It seeks to establish
fair trading methods among the
handlers on the presumption that the
handlers will graciously permit a por-
ton of their profits to filter drought
to the grower. Is that presumption in
accord with your knowledge of hui
man nature?
During the second week of October,
1888, several handlers entered the
field for the cash purchase of wine
saps. The following prices were Of
fered at Hanford, Washington.
Cash prices offered for winepap
apples, October %. 1888.
XF r Size
$1.00 S 80 125 & larger
.85 .65 138-163
.65 so 1928
For "C'' grade, 1895 and larger,
Soc a box.
These prices are much below the
code sale prices and are below cost OF
production. "Factors" for the Hanford
growers who were obligated to the
RACE rendered the alternative Of
moving the fruit into cold storage at
once if the above prices were not ac-
ceptable, although their verbal in
ducement in securing contracts for
handling this fruit was that this early
fruit would be put on the market di-
rect from common storage.
In short, the code opened the oppor-
tunity for the handler to buy in an
open, competitive market and sell in
a rejected market, business oppor-
tunity that was promptly grasped.
We have been unable to get data
showing how much fruit was thus
bought, at prices far below code, but
the amount was doubtless very great.
We believe that growers code could
be established that would provide for
minimum price to the grower some-
what above cost Of production. 8
Question: Why not amend the pres
ent code to include SO percent grow
ers on the control committe and-or fix
therein minimum code price for the
growers?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12
Facts for Farmers

Under heading will TO week arcles Of
timely the farmers Of this community
E. Dur extension County
ing with the u Department Of Agriculture the Washington
State College ..s..l.9
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12
Ask TO see this Model RIA ~

with straight lines conforming the
styling Of bun Ill electric Kitchens This model has sized
large storage drawer design automatic control and
with
chased with open-cou o. Calrod units.
Hotpoint Electric deal than simply
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-04-12

Never there more opportune time to buy that de-
sired electric range Think of it'll Wiring free many instances
at least this company pays up SIS Of the cost The
certificate reproduced above will be issued at time of purchase
by the dealer making the sae-on any electric range you
choose But this is not all Easy terms being offered
that only small down payment puts beautiful range
in your kitchen. We the right discontinue this
plan at any time, advise immediate action.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
STATE POLICE
OFFICER FIRED
0uSted from Force After
Hearing: Removal Made
Public.

Sergeant William DeMont, Knox,
was fired yesterday from the state
police force by Al Feeney, state
safety director
Until two weeks ago, Sergeant
DeMont was in charge of the police
barracks at fremont. His conduct
there following the escape Of ten
prisoners from the Indiana state
prison last September gave rise to
the report that he would be dis
charged from the force, but Com
missioner Feeney denied he planned
to displace him then.
Last week, he transferred him to
southern Indiana and today made
the following announcement.
Sergeant DeMont was dismissed
from the force today, after a hear
ing in which he was charged with
disobedience to orders"
Sergeant w. S. HuddlestOn, Wilma
mac, now has the fremont COM
mand.