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The Washington times., 1934-02-14
WHISKY STOCK
SPECULATION
. RECOUNTED
Brown Admits His Company
GambIed With Options
At Less Than Par
BY International News Service
How officers and directors of

How officers and directors Of
the American Commercial Alcohol
Corporation speculated in stock Of
their own company was told to
the Senate Banking Committee
today by Russell R. Brown, board
chairman of the corporation.
The corporations stock was
listed on the New York Stock Ex-
change, which the banking COM
mittee is investigating in it's con-
sideration of the stock market
regulatory bill.
Options Given
Mr.. Brown admitted that he and
R. H. Grimm, corporation presi-
dent, and William S. Keys and
Philip Publicker, directors, gave
options to a number of stock ex-
change members to buy stock in
the whisky corporation at prices
much lower than par value.
Later the options were called
by Frank E. Bliss and other brok-
erS.
Mr.. Brown was forced to buy
back his own stock at $12 a share,
several dollars more than the op-
tion stipulated. He said he lost
money in the deal, but admitted
that others may have profited.
The options were issued "to main
tain a stable market" he asserted.
Statement Filed
In advance of his testimony Mr..
Brown presented the committee
with a statement which Ferdinand
Pecora, committee counsel, charac-
terized as IAN apology in ad-
vance"
The statement, Mr.. Pecora said,
was introduced at an "untimely
moment" but he agreed to re-
ceive it.
Mr.. Brown admitted that large
stock issues were made a few
months in advance of repeal in
IAN usual and abnormal manner"
but said he was directly respon-
sible in his effort to preserve the
interests Of stockholders.
The Washington times., 1934-02-14

HOLLYW WOOD, Feb. IA
G.N.S0.-A new romance has
entered the life of Ian Keith.
handsome hero of screen and
stage.
Keith admitted today he was
married secretly in Connecticut
six weeks ago to Judith Ander-
son, New York stage actress.
The new Mrs. Keith is the
actors fourth wife. The other
three marriages were to Blanche
Yurka and Ethel Clayton, &C.
tresses, and Fern Andra, who
was the former wife of a Ger
man baron. The marriages to
the two actresses were terrni-
mated by divorces. His mar
riage to Miss Andra was an
nulled.
Miss Anderson, who closed
her stage play Saturday night
in New York, is ill here with
bronchitis. Mr.. Keith said:
II expect her to join me as
soon as she is able to travel.
judith is the nearest thing
to Julia MarlOwe on the Ameri.
can stage today. She has the
soul and temperament of great
artist"
The Washington times., 1934-02-14
ASSIGNED
WH|TESTOHE

Louis Whitestone, newly ap-
pointed Assistant United States
District Attorney, has been as
signed to the Police Court and
will assume his new duties on
March l.
It is sunderstood Mr.. White
stone will re place Wilbur Bau9h-
man, who has been asked to
resign, and will specialize in
liquor cases, although all five of
the Assistant U. s. Attorneys
assigned to the Police Court will
shift around on liquor, assault
and petty larceny charges.
Mil6rd F.. Schwartz left yes
terday and who will lbe named
to complete the staff is as yet
unannounced. Roger Robb and
David A. Hart are expected to
remain. Karl Kindleberger al
ready has replaced Michael Keogh.
The Washington times., 1934-02-14
JEROME BURIAL
TOMORROW

NEW YORK, Feb. IA G.N.S0.
Funeral services for William
Travers Jerome, prosecutor of
the Harry K. Thaw trials, will
be held tomorrow in his town
house.
Messages of coincidence came
pouring in, many of them from
the men Jerome had made his
enemies during his career.
He once called Samuel Seabury
"cad" while the latter was on
the Supreme Court Bench and
Jerome an attorney in a trial
before him, but Seabury said, on
hearing of the news:
"Mr. Jerome had a long and
distinguished career and 1 am
sorry to hear of his DEATH"
Max Steuer, against whom
Jerome once prosecuted disbar-
ment proceeding, said:
Il am dreadfully sorry to
hear Of his death. Jerome had
. great many fine qualities"
The Washington times., 1934-02-14
DR.. J. S. Plant Talk
To Discuss Hygiene

Mental Hygiene as a Com
munity Venture" will be the topic
Of DR.. James S. Plant at the
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, Columbia Rd. near Four
teenth st. N. W., at 8 p. m. to-
morrow.
Earlier in the day DR.. Plan, who
is director of the Essex county
Juvenile Clinic in Newark, will
address volunteer social workers
at the United States Chamber of
Commerce as part of a lecture
program under auspices of the
Council Of Social Agencies of the
Community Chest.
The Washington times., 1934-02-14
MarLOWe Men Held
In Hit-dnd-RUn Death

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Feb.
14.-State and county police last
night arrested Robert Saunders,
"a, of Marlowe, this county, as
the driver of the car that killed
Mrs. Elsie Nicely, %, of this city,
and seriously injured her mother,
Mrs. Jennie Dixon, as the women
were walking along a sidewalk
near the outskirts Of Martins
burg. The machine failed to stop
after the accident and police
conducted an intensive search
which eliminated with the arrest.
Distraught and remorseful,
Saunders is said to have told
authorities he intended to sur
render today.
The Washington times., 1934-02-14
PWA Officials Plan
Tour of Projects

In a drive to get idle Public
Works projects started. four Ad-
ministration officials will leave
here today on a coast-to-coast
trip. They will be gone several
weeks and will visit several hun
dred PWA project sites where
work has not yet begun.
The group, headed by Col.
Henry M. Waite, deputy admins
traitor Of PWA, will include Ed
ward H. Foley jr., assistant gen.
eral counsel: Philip M. Benton,
PWA director of finance, and
Michael w. Straus, PWA public
relations director.
The Washington times., 1934-02-14

HOSTING SAILS
MEMBERS of the crew
of the auxiliary schooner
Uvira shown hoisting sail
before the start of the ex-
ploration trip in Southern
seas. A group of Mid
western society folk are
aboard the ship which is
now being towed into Nor
folk by a Coast Guard
cutter which went to the
vessels rescue off the North
Carolina coast following an
sos when the schooner
was found to be leaking
badly.
The Washington times., 1934-02-14
By H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
International News Service Staff
COPPaRDOndent

'Help!" "HeIp" "Help" How often
have You heard those cries when you
couldn't render the service necessary to
relieve the situation? Keep informed as
to dependable services available at q
moments notice. read the Business Ser.
vice Directory Of the WANT AID SEC
zion Of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1934-02-14

Rooms some with privilege Of
eating at the family table :. can be
the WANT AID SECTION Of this news
The Washington times., 1934-02-14
MUST STRUT HIS
POWER BEFORE
THE: NN|S
Austrian independence Goal of
5-Foot Chancellor; Loyal to
Starhemberg, HeimWehr

Chancellor Dolltuss' action In
crushing the Socialists In Austria
is a npoUe in his campaign against
the NGziS, H. r. KnickerbocEeT,
famous foreign correspondent OF
International NetpS Seruice, tDriteS
en the third article of his series,
~WiH War Come" Knickerbocker
outlines AustriG's position on the
European tDGr checkerboGrd and
presents an ercluSiDe interDietD
NTH the doughty Austrian chan
0eIIor, toho is detying Adolf Hitler.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05

nIaces. let it be made the rule that
"4ransients" will be given government aid
and support only in or near the communl-
ties claimed as their homes; and let all
the wandering hoboes, unemployed seek
mo Jobs, the criminal itinerants, and all
other classes, be rounded up and "concen-
trated" in their home communities or as
near as possible to the points they claim
as home.
The foregoing rule would eliminate
some of the defects of transient cepters',
as it would do away with transient
travel. Thousands of ''transients" would
be stopped from hoboing and hitch-hlklns
over the country; those needing help
would be maintained in or near their
home communities, where, under present
conditions, there is the best possloie
chance for them to secure work or othef
than government aid.
The greatest mistake an honest unem-
ployed person can make at this time IS the
mistake of going out and running over the
country looking for work. Every commun-
itv has its unemployed. Any good citizens
chances for obtaining employment are
greater at home than where he is al
stranger.
Good citizens who are unemployed
should remain at home, seek employment
in their home communities, or as near
their homes as possible, and if they must
have public aid, obtain it in the home COM
munity.
The federal government, which is in the
reforming business up to its neck, should
try reform on its transient centers
and right promptly, as there are few
places calling more loudly for reform than
the aforesaid centers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
BAMBOOZLED AGAIN

And so we have the old punchboard racket with
us again 1t was the old scheme-revealed here
last week by the Sheriff and the Chief of Police
OF selling a storekeeper a board and then tipping
off confederate to punch all the prizes. Two en-
terprsing Clevelanders, no better and no worse
than you and you and you bought the board
and were royalty stuck.
It's the characteristic American temperament
that makes us prey to street fakirs to all kinds
of quackeries in the name of health and science
and finance It's the characteristic that makes US
believe we can get something for nothing some
times described as a Yankee trait-but just as
prevalent in west east and south
As a matter of fact, we seem to love to be
bamboozled The more gaudy the yarn, the more
improbable the chance, the more suspicious the
slot machine the less respectable the Quack, why
the more likely are to fall for it.-Cleveland
Star
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slaught continued for almost a
year until those conducting the
assault grow tired of getting no.
, where. Yet during that time, |
improved in health and strength.
Instead Of being beaten down, I
was lifted up.
Again on one occasion not long
ago, | accepted an invitation to
address n largo r1ass meeting on
better government in another
city. When the time came to full
fill the engagement, I was not
only i'll with n cold, but had bad
throat. Bed was the logical place
for me. But l did not wish to
disappoint an audience of that
character, so | got into an auto
mobile end made the trip.
Just before the meeting opcncd,
the chairman of the occasion
whispered to me to my dismay:
! "This auditorium is hard to be
heard in. You will have to speak
very loud" ....
talked for forty-five minutes,
! pitching my voice SO it could be
heard throughout the entire audi
forum, and finished my address
feeling better than when l had
started. BY the time I reached
home, my cold had virtually dis
appeared. .,r... 49,.
A person should not disregard
his health. He should give rea-
sonable care to the demands of
his physical body. He should not
ignore these demands unless DUTY
cells on him to do so. Even then,
common sense should not be dis
regarded. Thare is a power which
we can draw to ourselves and use
to help us through conditions that
seem absolutely impossible. but
reckless disregard of health is not
to be recommended. r.l.
A person cannot go a long way
simply on his nerve; he must draw
on a greater force than he HIM
self can develop to carry him on
when unfriendly influences threat
en- and Cypress him.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05

conclusions concerning our phySl-
cal limitations are completely up
set. Personally l have had some
interesting experiences in that
field. 49,.
When / was offered the mayor
ship of my city, my physician
warned me not to. accept it. lie
said that | was run down from a
term of hard work as q member
of the city council and that to
take on the arduous duties of
mayor might be serious for me,
particularly as to Gdo so would
plunge me Immediately into bat
tie with certain, forces opposed to
my theory that government should
be for the benefit of the people
and not for the benefit of special.
selfish interests
But l accepted the mavoraltv
and the battle began. The attack
Ion me and on about everything
tried to do, was far more vicione
than l had dreamed of. The on
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05
NEW DEAL DISAPPOINTED OVER
WHISKEY REVENUES AS DRY
REPEAL HAS FIRST BIRTHDAY
16 States Remain Dry Legally and Income Well Below
Estimates; Bootlegger Blamed for
Low Revenues

revenue bureau regards Gov
crnor Ruby Laffoon's state as
dry.
REVENUE STAMPS AND DUTY
The new deal, which engineer
ed the repeal referendum, re-
mains disappointed over the reve-
rues from legalized liquor. For
the first 10 months Of this year
revenue stamps on whisky bottles
and beer barrels brought in
$294,311,1O3. Import duties on
fancy wines, Scotch whisky and
exotic liquors produced S3O,S2O,-
312 more.
The administration expected fl
nancial returns far greater than
this-and blames the ubiquitous
bootlegger. whom everybody be-
lieved last December would go
out of business Immediately. but
who apparently is plying his trade
as usual.
Revenue agents estimate that
in some states, half the whisky
and gin sold is brcwed without
benefits of taxes. Secretary of
Treasury Henry Morgenthau, il,
is pushing his anti-bootleggar
drive harder than ever with his
revived enforcement bureau.
SEEKS COOPERATION
He reports:
"To say that bootlegging con
re beat by reducing taxes is ridi-
culous. The most important thing
is cooperation of the courts"
! Many of his critics, particular
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05
By FREDERICK c. OTHMAN
IIp;teJ Press Staff Corresponden nj

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (UP).
The 21st amendment. outlawing
the Volstead act and making
liquor legal as far as Uncle Sam
is concerned, became effective a
year ago today.
Since then developments have
been fast and Enthusiastically,
legally, and financially. Drys
have redoubleG their fight. Vets
have learned the taste Of good
liquor. French champagne MAX
ers have been disappointed.
Bootleggers have remained on
the job.
REVENUE DISAPPOINTING
Revenue has not been as high
as anticipated. Beer consumption
has scared to pre-prOhihitiOn
levels. Drinking of hard liquor
has been moderate. Brewers and
distillers have spent millions on
new plants.
Thirty-one states definitely have
gone wet, although the wOuld-be
drinker in some Of them must
comply with many a strange reg
ulation before ever he can bend
an elbow.
Sixteen states remain dry le-
| gally, in one way or another,
while the 18th, Kentucky, is
neither cat nor dog nor moist
Kentucky officially is wet, but
the laws restricting drinking arc
so stringent that the internal
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05
2 SCHOOLS HERE in
Defamation TEST
CONTINUED from page one)

u llOul pdSC Oue
Sparta high school won the decla-
nation cup and Old Fort won the
reading trophy.
The letter of invitation sent to
the principals Of high schools
gives the purpose of the contest
as follows:
eve believe that through these
contests we are helping boys and
girls better to express themselves
before the public, to improve their
ability as public speakers, and to
become better citizens. We are,
therefore, inviting you to send
one boy and one girl to represent
your school at the contests"
Briefly, the rules governing the
contests are: No contestant may
be under - or more than 81 years
old; no speech shall extend over
10 minutes; each representative
must be registered by December
d; no student having won in a pre-
vious contest is eligible to partici-
pate; the school winning first
place twice in succession has per-
manent possession of the loving
cup awarded from year to year.
The contestants with their
teachers or chaperones will be
guests Of the college during their
stay at Mars Hill.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05
ABOUT CARRYING ON
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

Every now and then somebody
dies and somebody says of him :
"He went ahead and did so and
so when he was not physically
able to do it. That was what
killed him."
People die invariably in course
of time. They die even when they
nurse themselves with the utmost
care.
Often 1 have found myself won
derirE just how far a person
should go in nursing himself. The
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05
FAMILY INCOMES

In an address on Thanksgiving Day in Wash
ington Dr. Mordecai Ezekiel Of the more
prominent members of the Brain Trust, estimated
that the typical American family required an in
come of about 81, 500 annually for what he called
moderately full'' life
Editorial Research Reports is authority for the
statement that in 1929, year of high and general
prosperity, about 60 per cent of all families i'll
this country received less than $4,000 year and
II per cent received less than $4,000.
The figures for families are more significant if
broken down into the incomes for farm families
and for non-farm families. Eghty-two per cent
of all farm families and So per cent of all non
farm families received less than $4,000 income In
1929. But the living expenses of farm family
are obviously lower than those of non-farm fam
lily.
Let it be assumed that the income necessary to
supply basic necessities to the average family
would be $1,000 for farm families and $4,000 for
non-farm families. 1t is then found that 70 per
cent of all farm families received less than $500
year and Sc per cent of all non-farm families,
less than $4,000 year.
The Bookings book gives the results of studies
| of the way in which family income is spent In
! 1920, ten urban families in five Middle Atlantic
| and North Central states with an average income
of S2,667 year spent 27 per cent food, 81 per
cent on maintenance of the home, 10 per cent on
wearing apparel 81 per cent other living ex-
penses and II per cent on some form of savings.
In 1926, SO farm families in Ohio, with an aver
age income of $1,325, spent Al per cent on food
| Is per cent on home maintenance, Is per cent on
| apparel Is per cent on other living expenses and
| Is per cent savings.
In 1929, the average family income was about
50, 800, but the average was made so high by the
very large income of relatively few families. The
Smedian income was $1,70O-that is, there were as
many families with an income below $1,7OO as
4 above that level The per capita income was $3.50
s9os for the non-farm population and S273 for
the farm population.-Charlotte Observer.
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laws which gov
ern us here are
so mysterious
end the power of
the mind over
the body is so
great and so lit
t | G understood,
that anyone who
has studied life,
cannot help be-
inc inpr G s S G d
with the fact
that every now
and then orr
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05
RIBLE THOUGHT
ms STUDY TO BE QUIET Il TheSs.


Most minds are tied and bound with the hustle
of external events. They seek the one thing need
fu in too many things; they suffer from the quest
after everything. We shall do more for the Lore
nv doing less, as Mary sitting quietly at His feet
did more for Him than did Martha in her nervous
anxious, hurrying service
"In quietness shall be your strength
lisa 3O:15).
Let rs take time to be quiet before the Lord
Andrew Murray.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05

personally does not drink, Mrs.
Roosevelt has decided to place
two wine glasses before each
guest at state dinners in the
White House.
The glasses will be filled only
with American wines, Mrs. Roose-
welt says she wants it understood
particularly that no one will be
expected to drain his two glass
es. unless he really wants to.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05

It's easier to give jokes than to
take them.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05

Sincerity is best manners.
Much display, little merit.
Love is liberty, often too much so.
A right example is the best legacy.
The model man is working model.
Never make merchandise of depravity.
Too much contentment is as bad as too |
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READ THE WANT Az
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05

Too much contentment is as bad as too little.
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Sincerity is best manners.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
DESTROYER TAKE
PART IN NAVY DAY
Farragut, First of Postwar Craft
of Kind to Be Commissioned,
Here October 25-29.

Washington will have an opportu-
nifty to see the first Of the postwar
destroyers to be commissioned. The
Navy Department yesterday announced
the Farragut is coming here to aid
in celebration of Navy day, october 27
Commanded by Comdr Elliott Buck
master, the Farragut will reach the
Navy Yard October 25, remaining here
until October 90.
Secretary Swanson, Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt and high ranking
officers of the Navy Department will
inspect the Farragut during her So
iourn here.
The Farragut has a complement of
about officers and 125 enlisted
men. She is of $500 tons displace-
ment. is 334 feet in length at the
water line, has an extreme beam of "a
feet inches, a draft of feet inches,
and carries guns of a maximum size of
inches.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
PENDERGAST AIDE
LINKED TO KILLING
Lazia Is Reported to Have
Arranged Meeting Be-
fore Massacre.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, October 1.-THE
name of John Lazia, recently slain
lieutenant in the political organiza-
ton of Big Tom" Pendergast, was
linked today with the machine gun
slaughter of four officers and their
prisoner here June II, 1888.
Federal agents checked asserted in
formation that LaZia had arranged a
meeting of three outlaws that led to
the Staying of the officers and Frank
Nash, their prisoner, in front of the
Union Station.
Story Credited to Gangster.
The Kansas City Star said it had
learned that James La Capra, gang
ster rival of LaZia now held in con-
nection with the politicians ambush
Staying, has told Federal Investigators
that Lazia played a part in the kill
1ngS that grew out of an attempt to
hberate Nash. Much of La Capra's
story, the paper says, has been found
by the investigators to tally with evi-
dence they already have obtained.
The Government yesterday named
Verne c. Miller, since slain by gang
sters near Detroit; Charles pretty
Boy Floyd, Oklahoma desperate, and
his confederate, Adam Richetti, both
at large, as the men who turned a
blast of machine gun fire on the Off
GERS in their attempt to free Nash,
Miller's friend
Lazia'S Aid Sought.
The Star says La Capra told agents
that when Miller learned Nash was
to be brought through here on his
way to prison at Leavenworth, Kans.,
he sought the aid of Lazia men in the
delivery plot. Lazia, the story says.
refused to permit his men to take
part, but suggested that Miller obtain
the aid of Floyd and Richetti. then
in the city.
La Capra said, the paper states,
Lazia arranged meeting between
Miller and Floyd and Richetti. him
self sitting in on the session, the night
before the slayings. Lazia men. the
gangster is quoted as saying, aided
Floyd and Richetti to escape from the
city and for "a hours after the crime
had secreted them on the north side,
the part of the city over which Lazia
ruled.