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Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06
Health Department Nails
Tales About Balance Rock
So-Caled Devils Grip Not Originating There, Dr.
Mitchell Declares Eek aminatons Show Water
Supply Above Average in Purity

In a statement today, DR.. 2. P. Nit
chell city county health officer, nail
ed all false reports that are going
the rounds about alleged impurities in
the water supply at Camp Balance
Rock. He said that several bacterial
examinations had proved the recrea-
tional center to have a water serve
whose purity is far above the average.
DR.. Mitchells statement in full fol-
lows
I'm response to inquiries as to the
sanitary and health conditions of the
Balance Rock recreational center as
well as to set at naught a certain
rumor to the effect that the batners
are contracting Devils grip" he fol-
lowing statement is given out:
Acting in my official capacity as
county health officer. 1 have recently
made two careful inspections of the
place. These inspections included the
Of water saTcples taken from
the swimming pool and the three
springs, and I am pleased 10 say fhat
Balance Rock is in splendid condition
and as such is perfectly safe. AS :
matter of fact the analysis cf the
swimming pool water shows it 20 be
better than the average drinking wa~
ter throughout the rural sections of
our State.
Going the rounds is a runcor that
the bathers down there are contract
ing devils grip" whatever that may
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06
Typhoid Serum Is
Now Being Given
To Many Persons

Lree numbers of people are taking
advantage of the free anti-tvpho,G
clinics being held over the county. DR..
q. P. Mitchell health officer. announc-
&c today. Visitations are made on
certain davs Of the week TO different
parts of the county. so as to take the
service to as manv people as possible.
and they are taking advantage of this
method of preventing the dreaded dis
ease.
In day more than 200 were given
treatments at North Henderson, the
doctor said today Proportionate large
numbers are likewise being given the
immunity serums in other places r.
the county.
In addition to the visits, DR. Nit
chell is in his office most of the day
on Saturdays to give the serum to
those who call on him there It is all
free and the public is urged to take
advantage of the service.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

1. In which city is there famous
block of buildings known as the Pa
lais Royal?
2. In which country is the city of
Rouen?
8. What is the legal term for change
of residence and elegance from
ones native land to another country
and government?
4. Which country uses silver coins
named Rupees?
s. Name the Queen of the Neither
lands.
6. To which cou' +ry is Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owen t S. Minister?
Z. Where, in the i h, is the palate?
8. Which group Of islands lies in the
Atlantic Ocean west of Morocco?
g. In military formation, what is the
opposite of close order?
TO- Under which president did Frank
lin MacVeagh serve as secretary of
the treasury?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06

Congress Is
Tomorrow
Voters Go To Polls
To Choose Between
Cooley and Hobart
Brantley

Voters in Vance and the other six
counties of the fourth congressional
district prepared today to go to the
polls tomorrow to elect a congressman
to succeed the late Edward w. Pou.
Harold D. Cooley, of NASHVILLE, Demo
crat. and Hobart Brantley. Of Spring
Hope Republican, .bos: of Nash
county, are the nominees Of their
party.
Mr.. Cooley received the nomina-
ton by a clear majority in a field Of
five in the June 2 primary. ar.
Brantley was named by his party con-
gressional convention.
A very small vote is anticipated
throughout the district. The special
election was called by Governor Ehr-
inghaus some weeks ago to fill the un-
expired term Of Mr.. Pou. Both Mr..
Cooley and Mr. Brantley will be on
the tickets of their respective parties
in November for the election to the
full term of two years
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06
WILL HOLD CLINIC
FOR TUBERCULOSIS
Two Weeks Starting July q
Set Aside for Work at
the Sanatorium

tuberculosis clinics are to be held
in this county for two weeks start
ing Monday, July %. the first week for
white persons and the second for col
ored, DR.. z. P. Mitchell, county health
officer, announced today
The clinics will be at the Scott
Parker Sanatorium and will be in
charge of DR.. w. F. Thornton of the
State Sanatorium DR.. Thornton has
held similar tuberculosis clinics here
before and is well known. to the doc
tors
Further details will be announced
later, DR.. Mitchell said today, but
those desiring to be examined are
asked to consult with him at once as
to an engagement. All examinations
will be by appointment IT is under
stood,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06
CASES ARE
BEFORE THE MAYOR

Traffic cases were in the majority
in police court today. All defendants
tried were colored.
Theodore Norman was charged with
driving a car without proper lights.
and was fined 81 and costs.
Harry Coldtrean was fined 81 and
costs for irving a car without proper
lights.
Mildred Cheatham. charged with
disorderly conduct and cursing Beulah
Terry was discharged.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06

1880-Doman's Home Missionary
Society, Of the M. E: Church organic
ed in Cincinnati.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06
ONE REAL ESTATE
DEED ON THURSDAY

J. c. Kittrell, trustee, told to r. L.
Robards for $100 and other considera-
tions tract of land two miles south
of Henderson lying along the Seaboard
Railroad in the only real estate deed
filed yesterday with the register of
deeds.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06
FINED IN ASSAULT
MADE ON HIS WIFE

Roy Falkner. white man, was charg-
ed in recorders court today with as
saulting the wife Of r. L. Hamlet
He was sent to the roads for 80 days,
commitment not to issue on payment
ofa fine Of $3.50 and costs and being
OF good behavior II monuns.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06

Up to 5000 extra firing
charges per gallon in this
new gasoline

MOTORISTS have found that this
1V1new super-charged gasoline is Civ
ing them EXTRA MILEAGE. Owners
of small cars and big cars, too, report
gains of from | to 2 miles per gallon!
You see, Shell has developed way
to "Re-make' gasoline E. . that actually
super-charges it with up to 5000 EXTRA
FIRING CHARGES in every gallon.
And everybody knows it is the firing
charges or explosions inside the cylin-
ders that generate the power to turn
the wheels. Naturally, if you have more
firing charges per gallon, you are bound
to go farther per gallon!
Remember, too, Super-Shell is ad-
justed for weather, development orig
mated by Shell seven years ago.
Test Super-Shell for yourself. Get
tankful today and check the mileage
you get from those extra firing charges.
No extra cost for Super-Shell.
TO THE CATTON fro,,o this cor
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-07-06
Has Operation

Miss Elizabeth Rowland underwent
an operation at Maria Parham hospi-
tai and was said to be doing nicely
today
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
Air Facts Point the Way
Bu James T. Williams, T.

shall take the regular estab-
lished course at the Air Corps
primary and advanced training
schools.
The President can extend
the tour Of active duty for re-
serve officers and flying cadets,
which at present is altogether
too short and ought to have
been extended years ago.
The President can direct that
all Air Corps officers with is or
less years of service shall be
qualified pilots and that they
shall fly as pilots not less than
100 hours each year and include
in that flying "a reasonable
percentage of cross-country in.
strument, night and formation
flying"
Those officers unable to meet
the standard qualifications can
be utilized or disposed of in one
Of several ways recommended
by the Baker committee.
The President can aliot from
emergency funds at his disposal
the hundred million dollars that
has been denied the Air Corps
by the failure of recent Con.
crosses to carry out the five
year program adopted by the
Congress in 1926.
Funds Needed
These funds are badly needed
to carry out other recommends
tions of the Baker committee to
increase the equipment of the
Air Corps and expand its train
ing.
AS the Constitutional Com
mander-in-Ch of the Army
and Navy, the President is re-
SponSible for the administration
of the Air Corps. 1t should at
all times be as efficient in per-
Sonnel and material, as the
funds at his disposal can make it.
In view of the prompt ap-
proval in principle by the Sec
retary of War of the Baker
Committees conclusions and
recommendations, which he de-
clares furnish a sound basis"
for the proper and efficient de-
velopment of the Air Corps, it is
reasonable to assume that Sec.
retary Dern spoke for the Presi-
dent.
That being true, it is reason
able to expect that the President
will soon suit the action to the
word by inaugrating all the
changes recommended by the
Baker Committee for the i'm
provement of the Army Air
Corps that do not require con-
greSsional action.
And the sooner this reorgan-
ization begins, the sooner public
sentiment will organize in sup
port of those legislative changes
which the new Congress cannot
afford to refuse to make, be-
cause they are changes dictated
by the facts and they follow
where the facts lead.
1894. The Washington Timss)
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

A. Edison. He was % then, freSh
from the Gratz Polytechnic and
the University Of Prague, shy
young man who dreamed his
dreams and spent whole nights
in his laboratory, sleeping when
his eyes would no longer stay
open, eating when the weakness
of hunger warned him.
Thereafter, for so years, mar
vel after marvel sprang full
fledged from his dreaming
brain. He discovered the prin-
ciple of the rotary magnetic
field, applying it in practical
form to the induction motor.
It was this discovery which
made possible the alternating
current motor and the trans
mission of power by that method.
He invented innumerable elec-
trical appliances, including dyna-
mos, transformers, induction
coils, oscillators and arc lamps.
His later work dealt with the
application of such currents to
wireless telegraphy, the trans
mission of power without wires
and many similar r problems
,~,A;oL hova offaofod tho whole
field of electrical energy.
Always imaginative, Tesla has
speculated as to whether a man
electrocuted in the death chair
could not be restored to life by
application of electrical current.
More than 80 years ago, from
the top of Pixies Peak, he caught
Cor thought so, at any rate)
electrical signals from the
planet Mars.
Like the late Prof. Lowell,
Tesla is convinced that life eX-
lists on Mars, and believes that
it's Intellectually advanced in
habitants have been trying for
centuries - perhaps for thou
sands of yearS-to communicate
with the duller intelligence OF
the earth.
Interesting to note at this
writing that the Lowell Observ'
atory, at Flagstaff, while as
serting that there can be no
possibility of anything like hui
man life out in the void of
space, makes a possible excep'
ton of M arS, for Mars has
clouds and water.
DR.. Tesla feels convinced that
the day will come when he, or
some one following in his foot
steps, will be able to communi-
cate with either Mars or Venus,
or both. 1t is mathematically
certain, says Tesla, that other
planets are inhabited. 1t would
be a bold skeptic, indeed, who
could lightly discard the theories
and predictions of the man who
has worked such wonders, this
man of fascinating mind, who
stands today as A Amerlc as
greatest inventor.
Copyright, 1884, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
Muddle VS.. Murder
Germany's Tragedy a Lesson for Us

Germanys Tragedy Lesson for Us
Americans and Englishmen- -Saxons in general
frequently accused by Continental Europeans of
muddling through their political problems, of taking
long, slow round about roads instead of simple direct
ones.
Americans influenced by such European ideas fire.
quenty vocferous in their condemnation of the system
of checks and balances created by the Constitution of
the United States protection against lconsidered
haste It's not simple and direct enough they say.
The experience of Naz Germany provides dramatic
answer to such criticism.
It is better muddle through than murder through
Dictatorship, tyranny, regimentation all to pro-
vide simple to the complicated problems of the
day Force to give the reply to the problem of
making individuals conform to RECOMMENDATION.
But such simplicity is fraud Nor does it solve any
thing On the contrary it leads to complications
violence more regmentation, and still more vio-
lence. :.
All completely simple solutions of complicated modern
political and economic problems should-as Harold
Las, who teaches economics in London, once pointed
out-be viewed with great suspicion.
Americans watch with horror and distress the terrible
events going on in Germany. They do not judge the
right and wrong, but they believe that political murder
is always wrong.
Above and beyond their emotional attitude however
they learning the valuable lesson that political the
orists Notwithstanding RECOMMENDATION and smpca
tion are bad medicine for any nation at any time.
And, if they truly intelligent, they will be con-
fred in their patriotic conviction that the old American
method of freedom of the individual of checked and bal
between groups better than any foreign method
Muddle through is an Irritating method. But it's
million times better than murder through.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

Edison is gone, and that ex-
traordinary little genius Of Sche-
nectady, Steinmetz. But the race
of electrical wizards has not de-
parted from the earth. Younger
men built upon the foundations
laid down by the elder ma
gicians, promising us, in the i'm
mediate future, marvels even
more useful to humanity.
Nikola Tesla at IS Che cele-
brated his birthday only the
other day. is young only in the
sense that genius never ages,
but the pupil of the great Edi-
son commands the interest Of
the world by his announcement
Of his 7O1st invention, the death
ray-the instrument, man-made
lightning, which may abolish
war.
For generations and centuries
troubled humanity. at the mercy
Of stupid or designing politicians,
has dreamed of some force,
some power, so terrible and in
slant that war and human
slaughter would become utter fu'
tility. And now DR.. Tesla tells
us that he has found that force.
that power.
He calls it not the death
ray" but the death BEAM" a
lightning bolt of 100000 volts,
of such tremendous energy that
its wielders could bring down in
flaming wreckage fleet Of 1000
airplanes flying $50 miles from
the borders of the nation they
were sent to attack. Or it could
destroy an army in the field,
dropping 100000 men dead in
their tracks.
It will be a defensive weapon
solely, because its use requires
great power plants which could
not be transported by invading
and offensive forces, and as a
defensive weapon it will build,
so DR.. Tesla asserts, an impreg.
nable wall around every nation
which possesses it. It may be a
dream, but dreams have a way
Of coming true in science, and
if this dream materializeS, then
Tesla will surely take his place
among the great of all time, as
"the man who abolished war"
DR.. Tesla promises to tell us
all about his invention-or four
inventions, really, for the death
beam" implies four processes
which must be coordinated. But
in the meantime he predicts the
end of that sea wolf, the sub
marine, for his death beam will
be able to penetrate deep down
into the sea and destroy the
lurking terror
It will drive the attacking air.
planes from the air. 1t will
make the battleShip ruler Of the
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
By John SnLGre, Jr.

, nous vote of the first legislative
assembly of his State.
In it is a recording Of every
important Senate event. But 1t
goes beyond the bounds of Sena-
torial activity and contains re-
cordings pertaining to the ma
jority of major happenings in
national affairs since Ashurst
took office.
So valuable is the document
that friends. say Henry could
make enough money from his
book to keep the wolves from
the door if he should be de-
feated in his campaign for re-
election.
It seems that these Govern.
ment agents are making q
practice of cutting down men
without warning.
Walter Newton. Of the Home
Owners Loan Corporation
wasn't even given a chance to
put up a scrap when he was
wiped off the pay roll the
other day when his term ex-
pired.
Appointed at the request Of
President Hoover, whose secre-
tary he was, Newton didn't
know until the zero hour that
he was not to be reappointed.
He was just let down and out.
Probably he, like several
others ouSted, will open an Of
flee here for the practice Of
law or something.
His successor will not be
named until the President re-
turns, so that the boys will
have ample time to speculate
as to his successor.
The board is now composed
Of John H. Fahey of Massachu-
sets; T. D. Webb, Of Tennessee;
William F.. Stevenson, Of South
Carolina, and Fred Catlett (the
only remaining Republican,, Of
Washington.
Geographically speaking the
President would probably act
wisely If he turned to the Mid
die West for a successor. But
there is another problem to con.
slider.
Observers say he should ap-
point a Progressive Republican
who has excellent business acu-
men.
The Hole is now a $3,OOO,-
100000 corporation. And that's
too much money to trifle with.
Copyright 1884. The Washington Timss)
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

Those brain trusters are
steaming.
The Department of Agricul-
ture, in line with its purchase
of livestock, bought 100000
cattle for canning. The beeves
were to be taken off the mar
ket, canned and the meat used
for relief.
Some intelligent person for
got, however, that cows and
steers have a rather peculiar
habit of having hides.
They didn't reckon that
100000 cattle would have
1000 900 hides. So they bought
the cattle.
The potential leather, 1,OOO..
900 pieces of it, was in the hands
of the Government and the
mere thought that the supply
was hanging over the market
sent the price of hides Scurry.
ing downward.
And the hide market almost
stopped moving.
The Government at last de.
cided to hold the hides and re-
lease a few of them from time
to time so as not to injure the
market. But the way to pre-
serve them is puzzling. At pres
ent the only method Of preser-
vation is sailing down. And
that is not satisfactory.
Department of Agriculture
chemists are frantically seek
ing a new method of preSerVa'
tion.
Meanwhile, the Government
has approximately $7,OOO,OOO
tied up with a leather thong.
Henry Fountain Ashurst. the
Arizona Senator, who lives up
to his name and spouts oratory
all over the Senate floor at
times, will be forced to do a lot
of talking if he expects to re-
turn to the Upper Branch of
Congress in January.
He is known as one of the
most gifted rhetoricians in the
Senate and from all reports
must use his power in his ma.
tive State.
Not only is he a master of
oratory, but his writings are
equally flowery.
One of his most valuable
possessions is a diary that he
has kept since he arrived in the
Senate In 1912 by the un9Ri
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

And yet, how many people
know the dangers which con-
front a bass-Singer? The oc-
cupational diseases, known to
insurance companies as "the
basso-profundo risk"-what of
them? One must pay the
penalty for singing bass, just as
for all the other pleasures of
the flesh.
In the first place, you are
likely to get your chin caught
underneath the knot Of your
necktie. This is no simple mat
ter to set Alright. I knew of a
man once, who, on the three
final "zum-zum -Zum'S" of
"Kaintucky Babe" got what
they call "caSt," in horse par
lance, and had to be carried,
with his chin tucked in his COL
lar, all the way from the boat
house, where he was singing, to
a blackSmith's shop.
Several years ago a picture
appe cared in Punch which
showed an elderly, benevolent
gentleman stopping in front of
a group Of small boys who
seemed to be singing Christmas
carols. The smallest Of the
waits (and he was so small as
to be hardly worth including
in the picture at alb was hold
ing his handkerchief to his
face in evident distress.
what is the matter, my little
MANI" asked the old gentle
man, in the manner of old gen.
tlemen in Punch pictures, why
are you crying?"
"E'S not cryin'," replied the
leader Of the carolerS, "'E just
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

AS George Eliot truly said.
"facts are stubborn things"
Only by facing them, however,
and following steadfaStly where
they lead can a congress legis-
late wisely and an executive ad-
minister effectively.
Thanks to the diligence and
distinction with which the Baker
committee has done the work
assigned to it, the facts about
military aviation have devel-
oped and digested. It's conclu-
sions have been arrived at in
light of these facts and its rec
concentrations follow where the
facts lead.
Many of the administrative
changes in the Army Air Corps
urged by the committee can be
made Immediately by executive
action. Others must await the
convening of the new Congress
because they require congress
sional action.
Can Clear Way
President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Dern can clear the way
for the legislative enactments
essential to carry out the recon-
mendations of their committee
by putting into effect forthwith
the recommendations that await
only executive approval.
For example, the President
can announce upon his return
that definite decision" which
in the judgment of the Baker
committee will remove all un-
certainty as to the future ma
tional defense position of the
Army Air Corps" and should
be announced and adhered to
for some reasonable period"
The President can direct that
the provisions of the Air Corps
Act of 1926 authorizing tempo
rary advance in rank for Air
Corps officers in order that
their rank may be commensu-
ate with responsibility, shall be
placed in force Immediately.
This ought to have been done
in 1926. The delay in provid-
ing for this temporary advance
in rank has seriously retarded
the development of the Air
Corps.
The President can require
that the cadets of the United
States Military Academy shall
have air experience of a mini
mum of twenty hours as part
of the regular course at the
Academy-another vital recon-
mendation by the Baker COM
mittee that ought to be put
into effect at West Point imme-
diately.
The President can also re-
quire that each officer here
after commissioned in the
Army in peace to serve two
years in a combat arm other
than the Air Corps. and upon
completion of this detail, if he
is physically qualified, that he
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

Among other ills to which the
bass-singer is heir are chest
mouse, caused by teeth dropping
into the chest at the lowest note
and staying there; ascending
larynx, which means, that, as
the other organs are lowered,
the larynx remains constant, CIV
ing it the effect of rising into
the throat and choking the op-
orator; and actual death, or
Hoxie's Disease, caused by the
stopping of all functions except
that of baSS-Singing.
The question is: Is it worth
it?
Articles by Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedneS-
dGy and Friday.
copyright, 1894. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

A great many people wish
that they could sing bass. In
fact, a great many people think
that they are singing bass,
when what they are really doing
is growing the air an octave
or two below the rest of the
group. A really good bass is
the hardest drunk to find.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
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waves, and the forts of the fu-
ture will be, not subterrannean
caverns armed with long range
cannon, but great power houses
radiating a force far more de-
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
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structive than any cannon ever
built by Vickers or by Krupp.
Nikola Tesla is Austrian born
and came to this country just
so years ago to work for Thomas