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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
By s. !. McNALLY

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 31.-Swept from streets and highways by a concentrated drive on crime, all but four of the score of despera- does who spread terror through the southwest last summer have been slain or taken, prisoner.
 Still at large are Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd, elusive Oklahoma out law; Clyde Barrow, Texas bad man; Ed Davis, one of the Il con- victs who escaped from Kansas penitentiary last Memorial day to commit an orgy of Kidnapping, ban ditry and murder, and Richard T. Galatas, sought dead or alive" on charge of participating in the staying of four officers at the Un- ion station, Kansas City, last June.
 Killed Or Captured Davis desperate companions are in collins or in cells. WilBDf Un- derhill, known as a ruthless killer and charged with le ding the break, recently died of wounds suf- fered when a posse took him pris- oner at Shawnee, Okla. Harvey Bailey, who helped Un- derhill stage the escape and kid naping of the warden and two guards, was caught near Paradise. Tex, tried for the Kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel and sentenced
 to life Imprisonment in a federal penitentiary. He is now in Leav- enworth.
 Verne c. Miller, accused with Underhill and Bailey of part in the slaughter of the four officers
 and their prisoner, Frank Nash, in
 Kansas City, was found beaten to death on the outskirts of Detroit. ! Detectives listed him as a gangand victim.
 Kelly Trapped George (Machine Gun) Kelly,
 boastful desperado, was trapped in
 Memphis, tried for the Urschel kid naping and sentenced to life in a federal prison. With him to Leav- enworth went Albert Bates, ar | rested in Denver and convicted of participation in the same crime. 1 Marvin (Buck) Barrow, wanted along with his brother, Clyde, for murder in Missouri, was chased through central Iowa by posse
 and fatally wounded.
 | Kidnapers Caught Walter McGee, charged with the ransom Kidnapping of Miss Mary McElroy, daughter of the city man. ager of Kansas City, was caught
 in Amarillo, Tex, convicted and sentenced to death His brother 1 George, is serving life term and Ianother convicted accomplice, Car ence Click, a term of eight years for the same crime.
 And here is the roster of the | men whom Bailey and Underhil led in their mad dash from the
 Kansas prison:
 Lewis Bechtel and Frank Saw
 yer, recaptured in Oklahoma a few Idays after the break. F
 Billy Woods and Clifford Dop- son arrested June 10 near Sar
 Angelo. Tex.
 l Kenneth Conn, shot to death at | tempting to rob a bank at Alta Imont, Kas, July IA. | Avis Payton, seriously wounded
 and captured in the attempted Al.
 lamont robbery.
 | Bob Brady and Jim Clark. ap.
 prehended near Tucumcari, N. M. October 6, after Brady had beer
 seriously wounded by officers.
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GOOD OMEN, MAYBE

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Jim Craw- ford, winner of two straight races at Tropical Park, was named for Senator James Crawford, sponsor of the bin which would legalize horse race betting in New York state.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
BAYREUTH PROGRAM
 BEING FORMULATED

BAYREUTH, Germany, Jan. 31.- Frau Winifred Wagner has decided that "Parsifal," "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg" and the Ring" will compose the program for the Wag- ner festival of 1894 in July and August.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31

Roy Bishap, taxi driver, took his cab all the way from Joplin Mo, to Kansas City at the in- sistence of a passenger who held a knife at his back.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31

Reports from Clear Lake, Cal, say thousands of fish are dying from suffocation caused by gases escaping from the bottom of the lake.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31

The barometrc unusually Alaska reading 2800 the souheasward and low throughout the Territory tee north with rain Southern CT over most of the Temperatures east Gulf Northwest Interior and ex- treme Southwest
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BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY IS HELD
 BY PRESIDENT
Thousands Par t icipate in Great Event in All
 Parts of Country

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BIRTHDAY DANCE: NETS GOOD SUM
 FOR FOUNDATION
Juneau Joins Rest of Coun try Celebrating Roose-
 welt Anniversary

(Contlnueo nun Page One)
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Smart Women KnOw It's VaIue

They know takes good deal of careful planning keep within limited budget and that the best do it is watch the ads in The Empire. All you have do watch for special value offering night and go down to the store the next day and how many responded You'll realize then, that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
'' CHM IT E!"

You know as well as do that if don't see it now you'll bury your nose in 1t and I'll have to wait before you'll give it up . and besides, Mir. Man, ii you think budget doesn't call for 'ad- study .'
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU The Weather By U.
 LOCAL DATA

Forecast or Juneau and vicinity beginning
 Rain tonight and Thursday fresh southeast -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
ARMBRUSTER
IS WITNESS IN
CANNON TRIAL
Seeks to Prove Bank Ac-
counts Are Juggled to
Thwart Federal Law
DEFENSE FAILS TO
KEEP HIM OFF STAND

WASHINGTON, Apr. 16. (UP)
Over the vigorous protests by de-
Tense counsel the prosecution pre-
scented Edward ]. Armbruster, ac-
COMMUNICATIVE and star wit
ness against Bishop James Can
non, Jr., in his trial on corrupt
practices charges here today.
Armbruster, a special agent OF
the department of justice who has
been assigned to the Cannon case
since 1881, was called to testify
concerning the many bank ac-
counts and multituGinous contri-
buttons in cash made in Cannon's
1928 campaign against AL Smith.
With the aid of several large
charts, Armbruster attempted to
prove to the jury that the bishop
and the co-defendant, Miss Ada
L. Burroughs, juggled nearly a
dozen bank accounts in an al
legged conspiracy to thwart the
federal corrupt practices act.
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v. J. BALDWIN
RITES TODAY
Well-Known Retired Farm.
err of Fletcher Died Fri
day in Florida

The funeral of w. ]. Baldwin,
who died in Gainesville, Fla, last
Friday, was conducted at Fletcher
Baptist church this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock, by Revs. N. A. Mel
ton and A. l. Justice.
Mr.. Baldwin was for many years
one of the leading citizens of his
section. He was always very ac-
tive in church and Sunday school
work, a pioneer in the cause of
better education, and was always
interested in good roads and all
civic projects which were for the
betterment of his community.
Until advancing age prevented he
was among the most active farm
ers of that section with large
landed interests. He was 80 years
of age. He was a member of the
Baptist church.
For several years past Mr..
Baldwin had been living in Flor
ida. The condition of his health
had been declining for several
years.
The deceased is survived by his
second wife and seven children.
Three daughters are Mrs. E. t..
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
lOS CANDIDATES
Are IN FIELD
FOR ELECTION
Judge Schenck Is Without
Party Opposition; Law
ender COP. Candidate

Filing time for congressional,
state and judicial offices in
North Carolina closed Saturday
night and a list Of 107 candidates
was made public at Raleigh. The
list did not show an opponent for
Michael Schenck, Of Henderson
vile, for reelection as superior
Judge of the 18th district, but W.
G. Meekins, state Republican
chairman, said today that j. Lee
Lavender, attorney of Columbus,
Polk county, filed late Saturday
as Republican candidate for the
judgeship. ,.
County and legislative candi-
dates, including state senator's,
may file until May 3 with their
respective county boards OF cleo
ton. e
r. L. Whitmire, Democrat OF
Hendersonville, is opposing j. w.
Pless. Jr., solicitor of the 18TH
judicial district, as is c. y. Nd
ings of Forest City. The Re
publican nominee is Lewis T.
Hamlin of Brevard.
Congressman Zebulon Weaver
of the 18th district has three
Democratic opponents, Robert X;
Nulliken, James f. Owen ana
Edward b. Atkinson, all of Ashe-
vile, while his Republican oppon-
emit is Halsey B. Leavitt OF Ashe-
vile,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
SENATOR ROBINSON HOLDS
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS MADE
CARS UNDER JOHNSON EDICT

President Roosevelt) that they
may prosecute civilly or criminal
ly any person who in their Judg..
ment has violated any section OF
the codes.
"This makes the district attor-
ney car in each state. He may
send his Investigators into any
business establishment or home
where a servant is employed and
drag the proprietor or household,
err into court to face criminal
prosecution.
ga newspaper offending the To-
cal car of the national admins
tration may be enjoined from
publication. The courts will of
course set aside the injunction but
meanwhile the prestige and bust
ness of the publication may be
injured.
Glow much longer is the pub
lie going to permit the suppress
sion of its rights? If this is not
absolute communism as practiced
in Russia-what is it," ..s- ~,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
TROTSKY HOME AT
BARBIZON is RAIDED

BARBIZON, France, April 16.
(UP).-The secret police Sunday
reported that Leon Trotsky, exiled
Soviet leader, was residing in a
villa here.
The discovery came after a po-
liceman last Thursday night
stopped a servant who was driv-
ing a motorcycle without light
and found he was carrying mall
and papers from Paris addressed
to Trotsky. The police watched
the villa for two days and ralded
it Saturday night. .
They encountered a man WIN
q loaded revolver in each hand
who at first said his name was
Sodrov. Later, he admitted ne
was Trotsky and showed papers
permitting him to reside in TIM;
locality. He explained he had moi
divulged his whereabouts because
he feared that "White Russian
emigres might seek vengeance
against him.
Police said they would not mo
lest him further, but it was be-
lieved Trotsky now would seek
new refuge.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16

WASHINGTON, Apr. 16. (UP)
Senator Arthur r. Robinson, Re-
publican, Indiana, charged last
night that the Roosevelt admin
istration has assumed complete
dictatorship and censorship in the
United states" under the recent
order by Attorney General Homer
S. Cummings for U. S. district at
torneys to prosecute NRA code
violations.
The ruling made by Cummings
last Wednesday supplemented the
NRA's reorganization of it's COM
pliance division preparatory to
launching a drive for stricter code
enforcement.
"The authorities of the legis-
latures and governors of the sew
eral states are usurped and new
governor has been placed in their
Stead" Robinson said. -,
"This edict is made in the noti-
fication to ali u. s. district at
torneys (they are appointed by
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
TR0TSKY, AFTER SETTING UP
4TH INTERNATIONAL, FLEES
HOME INFRANCE WHEN FOUND
Fearful of Death at Hands
of Russian Emigres, He
Disappears After Raid
by Police

PARIS, April 16.-(UP)-
Leon Trotsky apparently has fled
his villa in Fontainbleu Forest,
due to the menace from the
white Russians. Neighbors said
he left in a big automobile for
an unknown destination.
PARIS, April 16.-(UP).-Po-
lice today charged that Leon
Trotsky, former co-dictator of
Soviet Russia had practically COM
pleted plans for the Fourth Inter-
rationale, designed to keep the
world in constant revolutionary
turmoil.
Trotsky planned through the
organization to fonsent revolu-
tions in many countries and if
possible to be in supreme COM
mand himself.
Police said he had only few
vague collaborators.
The organization was to have
had headquarters in Amsterdam
and had no relation with Soviet
Russian which police quoted
Trotsky as believing he had lost
fire, and had practically turned
capitalist.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
nine DEAD IN
OHIOCRASHES
Six of Is Sleeping Passen'
gers on Chicago-Bound
Bus Among Dead

ELYRIA, Ohio, April 16. (UP)
Six of eighteen sleeping passen-
gers on Chicago-bound bus
were killed instantly Sunday
when the vehicle collided with
a heavily laden produce truck
near here.
None in the bus escaped In
iury. Several were IN such crit
zeal condition that they were not
expected to recover. Three OF
those killed were decapitated.
The wreck occurred on high
wav 20 when William Daniels,
30, of Pittsburgh, driver of the
Nevins Western Lines bus, swerv-
ed to the left in a desperate at
tempt to miss a big truck park
ed alongside the road without
lights. Just as he rounded the
parked machine, his bus collided
with a CCC truck followed by
two trailers and loaded with 400
bushels of turnips en- route to
Cleveland.
The crash was so terrific that
one woman in a nearby house
was thrown from bed by the re-
sulting jar.
The big bus careened into q
ditch, tore up the ground for a
distance of 100 feet, and came
to rest in a small meadow.
Nearby residents rushed out
and attempted to render first
aid; ambulances from Elyria
were called to carry the dead
and dying to the morgue anc
hospitals.
All of those killed were men
Seven women were among the
injured, which besides IL pas
sengers included Daniels and E
L. Kirkpatrick, driver of the CCC
truck.
A. w. Schaffer, driver of the
truck which was parked alone
the road, told police that he haC
stopped his truck because an
other automobile had halted II
front of him. n,. abg- ..r
Kirkpatrick said that he saw
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
PATTON WILL SERVE

fAl lON WILL SENNE
WASHINGTON, Apr. 16. (UP)
Charlotte will retain the regional
headquarters of the merged unit
of the alcohol beverage division
after the merged organizations go
under the direction of the bureau
of internal revenue.
The two units which are being
merged are the old prohibition
law enforcement bureau and the
bureau of industrial alcohol. I'm
der an executive order as OF
March 10, they will go under the
bureau of internal revenue. Tins
order was to become effective
within 60 days, or earlier if pos
sibis. Indications IRE that tha
date which it will become effec-
tive will be June 10.
T. Ed Patton, Transylvan'a
countian remains head of the
Charlotte office as agent III
charge, and his present corps OF
assistants will be augmented from
time to time as the exigencies de-
'mand.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
billiard Stepp
Hearing Is Set
Bond Is Posted by Big
Hungry Resident

billiard Stepp was at liberty to-
day on bond following his arrest
at his home on Big Hungry on a
charge of assault on his brothers,
Mack and Albert, and will be
given a hearing this week in the
court of Magistrate Bruce Cox.
The brothers, Mack and Albert,
were arrested about 10 days ago
after they allegedly assaulted Hill
lard Stepp and j. H. Stepp, a
cousin, past 70 years OF age, and
their trial has been set for next
Monday in recorders court.
Tom Gillian, arresting officer,
said Mack and. Albert were at
first released under bond but were
rearrested when higher bail was
demanded pending their hearing.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
100 Are Killed
Or Wounded In
Gran Chaco Wal

LA PAZ, Balivia, April 16.--
(UP).-An official announcement
today claimed that Paraguayan
Casualties, dead aid wounded,
amounted to LOO since last
Thursday in three major attacks
against the Bolivian stronghold of
Rort Las Conchitas in the Gran
Chaco. The Paraguayans made
mass attacks after the Bolivians
withdrew from Campo Jurado.
Bolivian losses were said to
have been light because of shell
tered positions.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
GIRLS ATTACKER AND D
MURDERER IS SOUGHT

0f 95Nn ne groups of officers
t and Surrounding 1toGnS countryside Il for ba
m ra man beIe Geifri No Is
the t murderer of Mae Gr1HiH whose o
y yes Shreveport se girl I in a
@ o6as5 Section RGas near here SUNDAYS lay:
The girls body, ano NV. Willis P.
slasHed and Coro ,he had been
i n&o,fp attacked and mad 0eeh
= LiIied several days ago.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
EXPEDITION LEADER
IS REPORTED DEAD

MOSCOW, April 16.-UP).-
JJnconfrmed reports here yester-
day said that Otto Schmidt, he
roic leader of the Inflated Cheliu-
skin expedition, had died in
Nome. Schmidt was removed with
1O7 other survivors of the wreck
ed icebreaker after two months
on a drifting icefloe in the Arctic
sea. -,
He was suffering from a high
fever and the possibility of pneu-
monia, and hurried to Nome by
airplane for treatment over his
protests.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
REPUBLICANS
MAY ABANDON
CONVENTION
Precinct Chairmen to Meet
Tuesday to Discuss
Nominating Plan

Whether the Republicans of
Hendersonville will nominate a
county ticket in convention or at
a primary election will be dis
cussed at conference of the
executive committee to be held
at II a. m. Tuesday at party
headquarters, Chairman Frank
Waldrop said today.
The party has previously nom
mated in convention but dlssat'
isfaction arising from this meth
cd may cause the plan to be
changed this year. it was indi'
Gated. No attempt will be made
to fix slate of candidates Tues
day and no decision will be
reached on the convention-pri
mary question, Chairman Wal
drop said, but after thorough
discussion the precinct chairmer
will be asked to discuss the ques'
ton with the voters in their pre-
cincts and be prepared to make
recommendations at a later
meeting.
Registration of voters also will
be planned at the meeting Tues
day. The 20 precinct chairmen
expected to attend are:
Balfour-Louie Drake.
Bat Cave-K. G. Owenby.
Bowman's Bluff-Jim Drake.
Crab Creek-L. M. Laughter.
Clear Creek-Charles Garren.
Edneyville-W. w. Nix.
Etowah-Rowe Anderson.
Flat Rock-James Brookshire.
Green River-E. R. Shepherd.
Hooper's Creek-Emory Press
ley.
Horse Shoe-Tom Nelson.
Mills River-Clifford Fields.
North Blue Ridge - Carl G.
Maxwell. .
Northeast Hendersonville "A.
]. Redden.
Northw est Hendersonville-
Earl Brown.
Raven Rock-R. B. Bell.
Rugby-B. H. Hill.
South Blue Ridge-P. H. JUS
tus.
Southeast Hendersonville R.
X. Orr.
Sou t Invest Hendersonville-
Wiltshire Griffith.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
ROOSEVELT FOR SILVER
PURCHASING PLAN

WASHINGTON, Apr. 16. (UP)
President Roosevelt is opposed to
silver legislation at this session
because he wants to work out in
full during the present admins
tration a silver purchasing plan,
Speaker Rainey said this morning.
WASHINGTON. Apr. 1s. CUP
Whipping his battered legislative
program back in shape. President
Roosevelt conferred for three
hours Sunday with Democratic
leaders Of the house.
The president went over the
status of all important bills with
nearly a score of house chieftains
in a session which began at $3.50
p. m. and did not break up until
80 p. m.
Majority Leader Jos. w. Byrns
said the entire legislative pro-
gram was reviewed in the confer
ence.
Asked what President Roosevelt
had said to the conferees on
the controversial silver question,
Byrns smiled and said:
ooh, that's over on the senate
side. We have already done our
job on silver"
Speaker Henry T. Rainey, q
strong advocate of remonetiza-
ton of silver, quoted President
Roosevelt as having said:
81 am as much of silver man
as you are"
Chairman Robert c. Doughton,
N. c., of the house ways and
means committee, said after the
conference that he might ask
treasury experts whether the adj
ditional $55,000,000 which the
Couzens recovery tax" on all
1884 incomes would yield, was
essential to the nations financial
condition.
president Roosevelt is leaving
the acceptance of the Couzens
amendment entirely to u.s." Chair
man Doughton said. "You know
how it is-if we need the money
we better take the amendment,
but I'm not sure that we need it
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
VOLIVA CANDIDATES
AT ZION CITY LOSE

ZION CITY, ILL.,, April 10
(UP).-Wilbur Glen Voliva, Zion
City religious and political lead
err, lost his first election here in
% years yesterday when three Of
Voliva's candidates for school
board positions were defeated by
opposition candidates who had re-
sented Voliva's leadership and his
teaching that the world is flat.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
PRESBYTERIANS WILL
HEAR S. PERKINSON

Seth Parkinson, boys worker
of the Asheville Y. M. c. A,
will be the principal speaker at
the annual father and son ban
quet of the First Presbyterian
church tonight.
Supper will be served at the
church house at 1880 after which
Mr.. Parkinson will address the
fathers and sons.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
Pastor Expires
In Pulpit Sunday

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, April
1sNUP).-The Rev. Alexander
Mcleod, pastor of the FIRST LII
gregational church here, aro ' Issi
dead in his pulpit at services yes
terdav Immediately after say y I,
"Thy will be done on earth as IL
is in Heaven" 90 roors old
and had been pastor of the church
since 1928, having served prev
onsly in Adams, Mills and L ot =
cester, Mass. He was a 81 Ros-
of Boston Latin school anu D0'
ton college.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
E nOIS SET FOR
&LEGATE ELECTION

! Of '+ tSs to the district meet
d earl, me Junior Order to be
|cnel Il IN M May with Biltmore
tie re s,Ui ZS7, viii be elected
Council 'a d meeting of the To-
4 nnm5 . tuesday night. =
eent, and Of Of candidates win be
/ found ,ar ;;,t.l'chard Jones, who
b will ~ guilty ,t in a recent mock
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
BOY DIES

ROCKY MOUNT, April 10
CUP).-James Cabin Wright, 10,
of Asheville, was burned to death
when fire of an unknown origin
swept poultry barn in which he
and Billy Robertson, Greenvllle,
N. c., were sleeping at Eastern
Carolina Training School for Boys
here. Robertson ran to get help
but when he came back Wright
had burned to death.
The two occupied a poultry
,house, heated by a stove, as part
of their course in poultry.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
WILL OPPOSE
LEGISLATION
ON SILVER now
Full Congressional Re-
quests Except For Re.
lief Are Presented
$1,000, 100000 FOR
PUBLIC WORKS, GOAL

WASHINGTON, Apr. 16. (UP)
President Roosevelt has complete
ed his legislative requests of con-
gress with the exception of ask
ing for probably $2,2O0,O0O,OO0
for the continuance of his re-em-
ployment program. Speaker of the
House Rainey said today.
Rainey said the president would
seek $1,600,000,0OG for public
works; probably $3OO,OOO,OOO for
continuance of the conservation
corps and $3OO,000,0OO for emer-
gency work relief which has sup
planted the CWA appropriations
to be carried in the deficiency
supply bill.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
HAIL IN NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS, April 16.--
(UP).-Hail and approximately
two inches of rain, accompanied
by severe electrical disturbances,
interrupted light and power serv.
ice and flooded many sections of
the city early Sunday. No seri-
ous damage was reported.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
BELVIN HYDER HOUSE
DESTROYED BY FIRE

A small frame dwelling owned
by Belvin Hyder, about two blocks
off Seventh avenue east and oc-
cupied by Miller (Dewdrop)
Brown and family, colored, was
practically destroyed by fire late
Saturday. A house on an ad]oin-
ing lot was badly damaged.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-16
Weed MEN SET
FOR SESSIONS
ON TAX CUTS
Asheville Boy Burned to
Death on Grounds of
Training School
GAME COMMISSIONER
SWORN INTO OFFICE

RALEIGH, April 16.-(UP)-
Governor j. C. B. Ehringhaus to-
day announced Wednesday as the
day set tentatively for the con-
ference of tobacco state governors
in Washington with President
Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace,
in the interests of the proposed
40 per cent horizontal reduction
of tobacco taxes.