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The Washington times., 1934-06-05

South America has been the
haven of those hawks of adven.
ture. the soldiers of fortune,
ever since rifles began to crack
down in FL Gran Chaco two
years ago. The curious and SAN
culinary little war between Para
quay and Venezuela drew them
like flies. Revolutions in Peru
and Chile lured them southwark
to the lands where the tropic
sun blazes over endless green
jungles and along white strands
where the blue water rolls up in
silver ribbons.
Machine-gun men, rifle ex-
perts, artillerymen and plain
fighters eased themselves with
as little publicity as possible
from New York and New Or
leans and winged southwark,
restless as wild geese. 1t mat
tered little which side they
fought on as long as the fight
ing was good and the pay rea-
sonably secure. Behind them in
the stretches of recent time were
the exploits of the most cele-
brated of all American soldiers
of fortune, Gen. Lee Christ
mas, and of that other doughty
soul, William Walker, who
dreamed of setting up one Cen
trail American state out Of the
little, quarreling republics.
Cliff Hawkins
And all this recalls the odd
tale of a soldier of fortune who
got the tropics out of his blood
long ago and who came finally,
as few ever do, to settle down in
a humdrum job in a great city
For the most of them the end
is grim and unhappy. Death
in battle. Death by disease.
Death in prison. Or broken
men, living at the last on char
ity or on the thin gleanings they
are able to earn with weakened
vigor and discontented spirit.
Capt. Clifford M. Hawkins
is getting along in years now,
but when he was young buck.
with the red blood storming in
his veins, he was the hero OF a
true story which matches any
thing in the lively pages OF
Richard Harding Davis or o.
Henry. Capt. Cliff Hawkins
was the third officer of the
steamship Ell Cid, of the Morgan
line-a brisk kid-back in
'93 when the Brazilian admiral.
Mello, took a notion to take the
Brazilian government apart. The
admiral revolted high, wide
and handsome. taking the greater
part of the Brazilian navy with
him, and leaving President
Peixoto and the government in a
bad fix.
The president sent agents to
New York in hurry to buy up
ships and guns, and one of the
ships they bought was the FL Cid.
Third Officer Hawkins stayed
with the ship and went to the
war with as tough a crowd OF
hombres as ever were recruited
under any flag.
They were horny-handed,
hard-eyed sailors and beach
combers, from Whitechapel and
The Washington times., 1934-06-05

now on they are part of my
credo. I'll take no dictation
from some whippersnapper on
a newspaper. "Misinformed,"
am /? I'll miSinform him.
Articles By Robert Benchley
appear each Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday.
Copyright. 1894. King Features
Syndicate, lnc.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
ALL GERMANY READY
TO "DEFEND" BORDER

BERLIN, April 19.-(UP).-A
defiant declaration that Nazi Ger
many stands ready to defend her
self to the last man against for
eign invasion was made by Ernst
Roehm, head of the Nazi military
units, in an address last night.
Roehm, speaking at a reception
of diplomats and foreign corre-
spondents at the Propaganda Min
istry, declared that any attack
from the other side of the FROM
tier would find not only the army
but the whole German people
ready to fight for the Fatherland.
Tn this sense alone" he said,
"the very existence Of the Nazi
Storm Troops will make any fu-
ture illegal attacks on the new
Germany such q risl, that any ag-
gressor will seriously consider
whether such an attack and It's
possible gains are worth the risk.
The German people are resolute
| in their will to defend Them
selves"
Roehm denied that the Storm
Troopers were superfuous. He
said even If Germany is finally al
lowed to increase her present
army, the Brown Shirts have be-
come and will remain the German
national garb. ~ r
"Our Storm Troops guard the
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
Charges
Against Doctor
Aiding Dillingel
He and Nurse Both Charg.
ed With Giving Fugitive
Medical Aid

ST. PAUL, April 19.-(UPl.
Outlaw John Dillinger was wound
ed in a gun battle here with fed
eral agents on March 1, it was
revealed yesterday and charges
have been filed against a doctor
and nurse for aiding the fugitive
by giving him medical treatment
and permitting him to leave.
The doctor and nurse gave
their names as Clayton E. May
and Mrs. Gurniath Ladelle. Each
was held under $4,000 bonds
pending a hearing of their case
by a federal grand jury.
Dillinger's wound was recelv-
ed, agents said, in the same bat,
tie in which Eugene Green, st.
Paul ex-convict, was fatally
wounded.
Green. Dillinger, and red
headed woman were in an apart
ment it has been established,
when agents raided it. Green was
shot down. Dillinger, it is now
believed, was wounded, but he
and the woman escaped in an au-
tomobile which had been left in
garage a short distance away
Bloodstains were found in the
snow where Dillinger. stood out
side the garage waiting for his
woman companion to start the
automobile.
After that, the operatives be-
lieve, Dillinger went to his home
state of Indiana. raided a police
station at Warsaw, secured bull
let proof vests, guns and ammu-
milton, then doubled back in an
effort to dodge across the border
into Canada to hide until he Is
we'll again.
Manitoba provincial police have
been notified to watch for Dill
linger and scrutinize every per
SON going into Canada, it was re-
vealed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
Blue RIDGE TO
GRADUATE Z
Class Officers for School
Chosen; George Lau-
man President

At the close of the regular
school session on Tuesday after
noon, the senior class of the Blue
Ridge School for Boys elected the
following officers to serve for the
remainder of the school year, a
final check-up having been made
on those who are candidates for
diplomas at the June commence
ment exercises:
President, George C. Lauman,
Daytona Beach, Fla; vice-presi-
dent, Phil B. West. Lenoir; sec
rotary, Paul c. Hawkins, Cliff
side; treasurer, Weaver Chapman,
Canton.
In addition to bailoting for of
ficers, various matters relating to
the senior class were presented
and decided upon. The class col
ors selected were those of the
school, blue and white; the class
motto chosen was Concentrated
and Sustained Effort" and flower
fixed upon was the white rose.
The type of class ring and lnvl-
tation for the approaching COM
mencement were also chosen.
The complete class roll this yea
elbows eleven seniors who expect
TO receive their diplomas in June:
George Franklin Blackwell, Dun
con 6 G. Clifton Weaver Chap
man, Canton; John Harold Chap
man, Kannapolis; Charles Murphy
I Elliott. Hendersonville; Paul c.
Hawkins, Ciffside; Boyce Max;
well we Hoffman, AshevilIe; Richard hard
Alfred Afr Isaacs, New York City;
George Cady Lauman, Daytona
Beach, Fla; Jessie Reese Her m
Te Lei William Perry HLhr ( n
Asheviile; Phil Brown West, Lee
noir.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
SEELEY ACCEPTS POST
| GIVEN BY GOVERNOR

ASHEVILLE, April 1y.-Frei
L. Seely, appointed today as as
sociate utilities commissioner by
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, an
nounced that he had accepted the
appointment and will serve on the
commission.
Mr.. Seely operates the Biltmore
Industries, makers of Biltmore
homespun. He was formerly con-
nected with the Paris Medicine
Co., of st. Louis, owner by the
late E. w. Grove. He formerly
was publisher of the Atlanta
Georgian, which he later sold to
the Hearst interests.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
MRS. TOUHY IS
IN ASHEYILLE
Unexpected Return Puz.
zling; Action Contrary
to Erwin's Wishes

ASHEVILLE, April 19.-(UP)
Federal officials were puzzled to-
dav over the status Of Mrs. Jessie
Touhy, wife of Tommy Touhy,
Chicago gangster, indicted in con-
nection with $105,000 mail rob-
berry at Charlotte.
She was brought back here
from Chicago contrary to the re-
quest of Marcus Erwin, federal
district attorney, who said he had
not expected her to be returned
because he had informed Chicago
officials that he did not have
enough evidence to justify the
expense of bringing her to trial.
Chicago authorities said, how
ever, that a warrant had been IS
sued for her and the department.
of justice had not ordered her
release.
Mrs. Touhy, indicted with five
others, surrendered in Chicago.
Isaac Costner, one of the defend
ants, already has been found
guilty and sentence to prison.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
BAPTISTS SET
CONFERENCES
Meet April e at Holly
Springs; April 80 at
Mills River

Two meetings ahead have been
scheduled for the Associational
Baptist Ministers and Workers
conference by the leaders of this
group.
On Monday night, April %, al
8 o'clock, the group will meet at
the Holly Springs Baptist church
on Kanuga road. The following
Monday night, April 80, the con.
ference will be held at the Mills
River Baptist church, according
to a joint announcement by the
Rev. M. X. Lewis, president, and
the Rev. E. A. Kilstrom, secre-
tary of the conference.
The program to be observed at
the Holly Springs conference will
consist of gospel songs to be sung
from 8. to 8:15 p. M, and at that
hour a round table discussion of
the subject, "The Deacon and His
Work." will open. At S:45 p. M,
the moderator of the association,
the Rev. N. B. Phillips, of East
Flat Rock, will preach on "The
Model Church"
The president and secretary in
vite every pastor, deacon, super
intendent, teacher, and all church
workers to the conference Mon
day night, and the entire MEM
bership of Holly Springs church
is expected to be present.
The officers of the conference
report that the meeting last Mon.
day night at Horse Shoe was well
attended and proved to be OF in
terest to all the workers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
DANA SENIOR PLAY
SET FRIDAY NIGHT

DANA, April 19.-The senior
class of the Dana high school will
present their play, "Here Comes
Charlie" on Friday evening, Apr.
20, at 7:45. The cast, which in
cludes all ten members of the
class, follows:
Nora Malone, Gladys Hill; Tim
Merrill, Edna Gibbs; Mrs. Fanny
Farnham, Edith Case; Larry Ell
lott, Bert Lytle; Ted Hartley,
Arnold Blythe; Vivian Smyth
Kersey, Carolyn Blackwell; Uncle
Aleck Turggs, Keith Ward; Char
lie Hops, Elise Stepp; Mrs. Car
oline Smyth Kersey, Ruth Hen
derson; Mortimer Smyth Kersey,
Kenneth Garrett.
A small admission fee will be
charged, and everyone is cordial
ly invited to attend.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
MAY GET j. s.
SCHOOL MONEY
Federal Grant May Pay
Teachers for Eighth
Month OF Term

RALEIGH, April 19.-(UP)-
There is strong possibility that
North Carolina may receive fed
eral grant of 100000 to pay its
school. teachers for the eighth
lnoathSdf tho term, DR.. A. T. Al
len, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, said yesterday on
his return from Washington.
DR.. Allen, who went to the ma
tional capital to press the states
application for a grant of ap-
proximately slab, 900, said there
was likelihood that less than half
that amount would be available.
The state school commission
was meeting today to decide on
diversion of funds.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
[alahad Press In
|ankruptcy, Says
(shevine Petition
eahOn Declares Policy,
oliver Shirts Founder,
Has Disappeared

|aSSaiE:VILLE, April 10. (UP).
sulon IN involuntary bank
H., f.! mas been filed in Federal
against the Galahad Press,
saefS Of Liberation" Off
%gsn Of the Silver Shirts, a
;lgIous organization, and
'aer' William Dudley Pei
H. NJ petitioners, Robert Will
- owner of the Biltmore
h., J, robert Summerville, man.
4 tutor of the magazine, and
r., '4InaatiOn of Christian Econ
EG0o me- New York, demand
la,io, LOT loans, bills and back
ka ,rs Foundation of Christian
ESirn' ' y backed Policy in estab-
bss5 ~, Galahad college which was
IN Sl TALL.
ea eJs Petition says that the Gal
Bin hess H.: was placed in receiv-
b AM y 6! court order several days
Ears5 ~ mat Policy has disap-
|EeraE ' d de is believed to be some
On the Pacific coast
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
Pennsylvania Man
Passes Sudde My
Brother Of J. R. Wilson
Who Remains iii Here

J. R. Wilson of this city has
been notified that his brother,
Frank Wilson, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
died suddenly in that place Wed
nesday night. Mr.. Wilson was a
prominent business man of Pitts
burgh, engaged for many years in
the lumber business.
J. R. Wilson returned to Hen
Jacksonville several days ago from
Mountain Sanitarium, where he
spent some time. His condition Is
but little improved, his friends
regret to learn. a4h 4
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
JAP FAR EAST
AIMS ASKED
Believed Threat of Inter.
ference Made to Keep
Leans From China

LONDON, April 19.-(UP)-
While awaiting a report from the
British embassy at Toxic, the for
eign office here declined to COM
ment on Japan's latest statement
regarding her aims in the far
east. w. C. Chen, Chinese charge
d'affairs, suggested that the
statement was a feeler intended
to bring reaction from foreign
governments regarding increased
Japanese control of Chinese al
fairs.
The Daily Telegraph offered
the idea that Japan hoped. by
mere threat of forcible interior
ence to prevent foreign loans to
China, on the grounds that to
lend money there would be risky,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
FRANCE CALLS
FOR SECURITY
OR ELSE War
German Leader Declares
Whole Nation Ready to
defend Borders"
LEAGUE SEES FRENCH
MOVE AS STRATEGIC
BY UNITED PRESS

The rising danger Of q new
world war was feared In Europe
as disarmament efforts reached a
new crisis Wednesday.
The French government sent q
boldly worded note to the Brit
ish, refusing to lay down a single
gun if Germany is permitted to
rearm.
The British issued q "white
paper" outlining the futile dis
armament efforts of the current
year, to date, and designed to abb
solve Great Britain from blame
for the world ornaments race
now inevitable.
The French note blamed Ger
many for making impossible fur
Their direct arms discussions, de-
claring the Reich's increased war
chest appropriations undermined
the good viii basis Of the nego-
tiations.
In Berlin, Ernest Roehm, head
of all Nazi military units, de-
clared every man in the Reich
was ready to defend the Father
land against ''illegal attack"
In Geneva, the arms delegates
regarded Frances move as q des-
perate appeal for security with
war the alternative.
Observers generally feared the
lessons of 1914 and the World
war 20 years later are buried
now in swiftly mounting hatreds.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
Rail
DEPOT BURNS
Cause Of Early Morning
Blaze, and Total Loss
Not Yet Known

The Southern railway depot at
Smyth (Balfour) was burned this
morning. in q fire which started
about 5 o'clock.
The cause of the fire was I'M
known, and since it had been inn
possible to check up OH the
amount of freight and baggage
that was in the station at the
time Of the fire, it was impossi-
BILE, local railway men said. to
estimate the amount Of the loss
at this time.
The station there, however, was
a very attractive one and was,
with a single possible exception.
the most elaborate between Hem
Jacksonville and Asheville.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
BALK
LEGISLATION,
MANDATORY
4 10 Have no Objection
n Permissive Laws to
Bolster Metal
pETITIONED AGAIN
N STABILIZE DOLLAR

| ,SETNGTON, April 10. (UP).
ksi5err Roosevelt today sum-
L. treasury and federal re-
H. officials to the White
J.. 70 discuss silver with a
.syoriaI delegation. Roosevelt
P,rentlv seeks a showdown on
silver question. The presi-
invited Secretary of the
sasurv Morgenthau, Jr.. Gov
H. Eugene Black of the fed
reserve board, and Herman
|Oruhant. treasury adviser, to
Eprssent at 8 D. m.
las morning the president dis
L. the general financial sit
for. including the stock mar
4 control legislation and Sc
s.es act with j. H. Perkins,
imam of the board of the Ma
&al City Bank of New York
4 v. ". Oldrich, head of the
IS National bank.
resident Roosevelt is prepared
conprOmiSe with the congress
hal silver bloc, but only to the
h. Of accepting purely per-
Eya legislation, it was report
\ in reliable quarters after the
ference today.
l.reaiy he has informed lead
s O! both houses that he will
any silver legislation which
n feels would disturb his none
program.
Ee,l founded reports that Mr..
tseyelt would compromise only
k proposals that did not make
fOn jy him mandatory brought
disappointment to the small
b in congress leading the bat
for rehabilitation of the
Eal. The majority of this group
ri more than vague assurance
7 n the White House that some
b will be done about silver,
i was conceded that the Dies
was the only silver legislation
p IS likely to survive.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
Mrs. Bonner Ut
Due West Dead
Mr.. and Mrs. Brownlee At
tend Rites Today

Mr. and Mrs. o. Y. Brown ae {.
went w Intend N the funeral of Mrs. Jea-
ME Bonner, Mr.. Browniee 5 "u'
who died Tuesday. ,,bu.rian of
WI" Mrs, Bonner was librarian Trnr;u Oe
the women's division OF hT Tamas
college coll She leaves a son, 0 1aarS
f ponnsr. assistant in the chemistry
oeP Mr' and Mrs. BrOwnlee will re-
.+urn tonight.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
.EHRINCHAUS IS.
HOPEFUL over.
TOBACCO PLAN
State Capital Grounds All
Torn Up as Relief
Work Halted
FRED SEELY ACCEPTS
UTILITIES POSITION

RALEIGH, April 19.-(UP)-
Gov. ]. C. B. Ehringhaus returned
home today after comforting in
Washington in his effoffrt to Sc
cure tobacco growers some bene-
fits from proposed 40 per cent
horizontal reduction on tobacco
taxes. He felt sure that the grow
ers would be protected. The re-
duction depends on a study to be
made by Chester C. Davis, head
of the AAA. J. B. Hutson heads
it's tobacco division.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
ASHEVlLLE MAN NAMED
ON UTILITIES BODY

RALEIGH, April 19.-(UP)-
Governor J. G.. B. Ehringhaus to-
day named Fred L. Seely, Ashe-
vile, as associate utilities COM
missioner.
Mr.. Seely takes the place made
vacant when DR.. VIM. Louis Po-
teat of Wake Forest refused to
serve because he owned stock in
utility.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
President Forcing Showdown On Sluer Issue
Cherry Blossom
Festival Opened
AT Washington
3-Day Event Inaugurated
|" at Dawn; 1000 People
See Early Pageant

WASHINGTON, April 10. (UP).
The capitals three-day cherry
blossom festival opened at sun
rise today with a ceremonial at
the tidal basin where thousands
of native japanese trees bloom.
About 1000 persons were pres
emit, and the marine band and q
score of young women dancers
took part as Miss Eleanor Roose-
welt, debutante daughter of Col.
Henry L. Roosevelt, assistant
secretary. of the navy was crown
ed queen of the cherry blossom
festival.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
Masons To Confer
Second Degree

Announcement was made today
that a communication of Kedron
Lodge No. 3S7, A. F. and A. M,
will be held tomorrow FRIDAY
mighty at the lodge hall at eight
o'clock. The second degree will
be conferred at that time. All Wis
iting Masons, it was stated, will
be cordially welcomed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
INSULT, EN- VOYAGE
IS In GOOD SPIRITS

ABOARD S. S. EXILONA,
April 10. (UP).-Samuel insult,
in good spirits and benefitinlg by
his sea voyage, sailed aboard tins
freighter for Parlermo last night,
next stop on his trip back home
for trial on charges of fraud.
The Exilona spent "Wednesday
at Milazzo. Sicily, arriving at
$3.50 a. m. on a load or sulphur
and oil, sailing at p. m. Tor
Palermo, capital of Sicily.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
CAPITAL GROUNDS ARE
BADLY TORN UP

RALEIGH, April 19.-(UPJ-
Work on reconstruction of the
capital grounds was halted today
with no additional federal relief
funds available for the labor
Half of the grounds are conplete.
ly torn up and tons Of gravel and
sand cover the southside of the
grounds.
Mrs. O'Berry said she hoped to
have force at work on this
again by the first of next week.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
Grey MISSING WOMAN !

JACKSON, Miss, Ap APP c;t i1
UP).-Legionnalres aas anu to
were called upon ,yeS'ff[ For Mrs s.
Y 70 GfDX eilS. Jackson woman who who
l.: ". nT dressed in night
a oiStbas from her home tuesday
morning.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
OF
plLAR IS URGED

4 ASHINGTON. April 10. (UP).
solutions urging President
CSeyelt at once to raise the
F. Of gold to the highest point
fnI;Ied by law and TO stabilize
i dollar were adODted unani-
Rlsly by the national agricul-
r conference, which yesterday
Ee1uded a seven-day confer
ne conference proposed an
r. increase in the gold price
order TO produce IAN imme-
and substantial increase in
i2GGyIng and debt paying pow
continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
Bellamy Pays Tribute To Men
Who Fought To Keep Guarantees
OF Freedom OF Press In The Code

final analysis the use made by
newspapers of their freedom
would determine whether their
heritage should be retained.
eff we truly serve the peo-
pie; if we fight for the poor
and oppressed; if we resist alike
the demagogue and exploiter;
if we keep the faith, the free
dom of the press by which we
live, move and, have our being
. will rest forever on the solid
rock of public esteem" he said.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19

WASHINGTON, April 19.-
(UP).-President Paul Bellamy
of the American Society of
Newspaper Editors paid tribute
here today to those who fought
to reiterate in the newspaper
code the constitutional guaran-
tees of freedom of the press.
Bellamy, editor of the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer, in an address
at the opening of the society's
-. convention declared that in the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
FRED JUSTUS HAS
SINUS OPERATION

Fred Justus, who was operated
on yesterday afternoon at the
City hospital, Greenyille, S. c.,
for sinus trouble, was reported to
be resting some better this morn
ing. Mr.. Justus spent a restlesa
night following the operation.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-19
HUNTER is KILLED

ELKIN, April 19.-(UP).-
Robert Sloop, Is, of Burch, died
in a hospitol of shotgun wounds
suffered yesterday morning when
his gun discharged accidentally
while he was hunting.