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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
GOTHAM TAXI
MEN STRIKING
Pedestrians Get A Break
And Independents Do
Fine Business

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-CUP)--
New York pedestrians got break
in crossing streets and motorists
found it possible to get places
with unusual speed yesterday pc
cause some 10000 taxicabs were
in garages while their 2O,OO0
drivers conducted an unorganlzed
strike for more than $1,OOO,OO0
worth of nickels. !,
Taxi operations were conhned
r. about 1000 independently
owned cabs which did an excel
lent business. Ironically the strike
came on a day when the streets
were covered with snow and ice,
an ideal day for the taxi business.
Acts of violence were few and
not serious. The independent OPP
orators were molested in only a
few instances. Only two strikers
were arrested for interfering with
non-striking drivers.
The strike was spontaneous and
without significant leadership. The
drivers, following the recent sug-
gestion of Mayor Fiorella LaGuar-
dia. believe that between $1,000
600 and $1,50O,000 collected in
| the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS institus-
ed under the recent Tamnany
regime should be turned over to
them. The sum is now held IN
escrow because the supreme court
ruled that the tax is illegal.
Officials of two of the largest
taxi fleets, the Terminal and Ra-
dio. issued statements blaming the
mayor for the strike. The mayor
took quick action to prevent dis,
orders by strikers and warned
them that he would not tolerate
violent measures cor I'll get rough
myself-and l can get plenty
rough"
After nightfall it appeared that
many drivers were deserving the
strike movement because the num-
Der of taxis on the streets ,ap'
peared to be much greater than
during the day when the absence
of the cars made such a noticeable
difference in the amount OF tra1'
fic, ----------
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
Spanish Court s.
Approval Given In
Yankee Pardons

MADRID, Feb. 8. (UP)-The
supreme court today approved
recommendation of the supreme
military tribunal that four Amer
leans. one a woman. held for as
saulting a member of the Crack
Guardia Civil be freed.
They are Mr.. and Mrs: Gin
ton B. Lockwood, West Spring
field, Mass; Roderiek F: Mead
New York and Edmund w. Blod-
gett, Stamford. Conn. They were
convicted of hitting a guard who
tried to quell fight in a cafe
at Palma, Mallorca.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
POSTMASTER'S
APPOINTMENT
IS Due SOON
indications Are Temper
airy Man May Serve If
Choice Delayed
STATION is LIKELY TO
RESUME LAW WORK

Hendersonville may expect the
appointment of new postmaster
in the next few days.
The time for filing applica-
lions for the job which supposed
ly will be vacated by R. H. Sta
ton when his term is finished
February 10, expired Tuesday,
and while an authenic list of
those who stood the civil service
examination by filling in blanks
supplied through the postoffice
here. is not available it is known
that as many as a dozen blanks
were taken out. While all these
may not have been forwarded to
Washington, it is certain there
will not be a dearth of material
from which to select a postmast-
ter.
The three applicants making
the highest grades will be certI-
fled by the civil service board,
after which it is understood
Congressman Zebulon w e ave r
will have almost a free hand in
making recommendation to Pres
ident Roosevelt for the appoint
ment. M. M. Redden. chairman
of the county Democratic central
committee, Nhas said ne was TAX
ing no part in the contest and
that he would have no recon-
mendation to make to Congress
man Weaver, but it is known
that several members of the
county committee have endorsed
one or more of the candidates.
While these recommendations
were made Individually and not
in the name of the county or
ganization, they are expected to
have considerable weight. Friends
of f. w. Ewbank, j. F. Brooks,
r. L. Edwards T. Lee Osborne
and ]. w. Duff have been parti-
cularly active in their behalf, it
was said.
Whether a temporary or perm
anent appointment will be made
before Mr.. Stations term eX-
pires, is not known but in the
event of a deadlock observers
would not be surprised if a tenn
porary appointment were made.
A clark horse" might then get
the call unit 1.-The political aspects
of the situation were cleared up.
The office pays an annual salary
of $4,000.
Mr.. Station said yesterday he
was planning to enter the real
estate business at the eXpira-
ton of his term, and that he
might resume the practice of law
before long. 1t is known that a
number of prominent Republi-
cans will insist that he seek the
party's nomination for county
judge.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
M'CRACKEN IS
ARRESTED ON
ORDER
Contempt Action Taken To
Obtain File On Airmail
Contracts
MAY ESCAPE FROM
CONTEMPT CITATION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (UP).
Col. L. H. Britain. vice-presidenr
of the Northwest Anyways admit
ted to the Senate airmail investi-
eating committee that he had torn
up several purely PERSONAL let
tiers which he had removed from
mail contract filing cabinets in the
law offices of former Assistant
Secretary of Commerce William
P. McCracken. Jr.
Pressed by questions, Britain
said he destroyed correspondence
because he didn't want public
examination made of it"
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. (UP).
William P. McCracken, Jr., for
mer assistant secretary of COM
merce for aeronautiCS, was arrest
ed last night by the sergeant-at-
arms of the United States senate
on a warrant demanding surren-
der of correspondence relating to
airmail contracts, which he had
refused to submit to the senate
airmail investigating committee.
After lengthy conference be-
tween McCracken, Sergeant-at-
Arms Jurney and Frank Hogan,
counsel for McCracken, it was
stated that the records would be
submitted to the senate commit
tee on Monday. Jurney then &C
copied Hogan's personal bond for
the former commerce secretary S
appearance before the senate
Monday and McCracken was re-
leased.
Chairman Black, DEM. Ala, OF
the senate airmail committee, o.
fered the contempt resolution
which prompted McCracken's ar
rest. 1t was adopted unanimous
ly. Black charged that McCrack-
en- twice refused to surrender cer-
tain correspondence bearing on
federal airmail subsidies.
McCracken said that the CORE
spondence was confidential and
that before he could submit it to
the committee it was necessary to
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
NO POLITICS IN
.CWA'S SET Up
F. R. ADVISES
Prestige Will Not Protect
Those Failing To Live
Up To Codes
BY c. c. NICOLET
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (UP).
The stubborn dollar refused to
depreciate to its new gold parity
again yesterday, but if treasury
officials were concerned by its
strength in New York and abroad
they did not allow a hint of their
feeling to penetrate the secrecy
imposed upon all operations relat-
ing to the stabilization fund.
Unofficially, it vas believed
that the treasury experts, pleased
by a substantial increase in the
gold price in London. expected
that this governments offer 10
purchase gold at S35 an ounce
would force the world price to
approximately the same level.
Once that is accomplished. many
observers believe the demand for
dollars in foreign exchange mar
kets will diminish rapidly and the
dollar will drop in relation to the
pound and franc.
Meanwhile, rumors of stabillza-
ton negotiations circulated wide
w and were as widely discounted.
The general feeling is that both
the British government and the
treasury prefer to wait until the
American money experiment has
a chance to show what 1T can az
complish. before undertaking to
establish a rigid relationship be-
tween pound and dollar. -
Anv attempt at staolilzatl2I
would be dangerous unless 1T were
known definitely whether France
could stay on the gold standard
in view of the heavy present out
flow of gold from her vaults &c
the United States.
President Roosevelt warned Il
a speech to 48 state directors OF
the emergency councils new ma
tion-wide recovery organization
that political prestige would De ne
protection to persons accused o,
failure to comply with the NRA
codes. He told the directors u
enforce compliance eff you hav'
to hit the biggest politician o.
political boss in the country OF
The senate put in a busy day
It passed in amended form tn
Johnson bill which now Woul'
prohibit nations in default iron
selling securities in this country tai,
It ratified an extradltlon treat,
with Albania, closing that countr:
to Samuel insult 1t also pass e.
the Smith crop reduction on bill ILL ait !:
or cutting from SlOO,OOO,O0O u
$4,000, 900 a fund provided TO
loans to farmers. A vote on TN
st. Lawrence waterway treaty wa
promised next week
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
Funds On Hand
To Pay Bounties

The county now has funds or
hand in the clerks office to pay
bounties on predatory birds ano
animals. Game Warden Joe Whit
aker said this morning.
This fund was made available
nv a payment from the state de-
nartment of a percentage from
the sale of hunting licenses.
Bounties are as follows: sharp
Skinned and cooper hawks 20
cents, bob cats $500, and crows
Is cents. :, ..;,
Bounties will be paid until
February Is.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
ShowdownD Due MondayL In Den1obilizingCWA
W. A. Tillinghast
Dies In Columbia
Former Resident Given
Burial In Connecticut

Funeral services for Willis A.
Tillinghast, former HendersonVille
resident, was held on Thursday,
January rs, in Central Village,
Conn.
Mr.. Tillinghast died in a Co.
lumbia, S. c.. hospital after an
illness of several months. The
remains were taken to Connecti-
cut for burial.
He was a native of Connecti-
cut, but came south early in his
life and formerly resided in Hen
Jacksonville.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
ACTION
KEEPS
down REVOLT
Eouss Foes OF Abandon!
;np Work Ready 10
Fight Gag Rule
RAINEY SCOFFS AT
F REFERS OPPOSITION

,cuTvCTON Feb. 3. (UP);;
" W, ASi ADMINISTRATION approached
/ Ill. TX , showdown in the house
tCa~' the : p.an to demo6ilize A.
Pc goa oc ,o' eva workers by May
$ H. insprgent Democrats boasting
fs ,I@ ' bs5 Strength enough to drive
liz leadership to cover. ,,,o +ho,,
We can beat any gag rule n tney
49, % in said Rep. Keller, Dem,
ny loader ~, in the fgh, to keep the
~ ;r-ac, until AZ east after
- November elections.
L II cortras.. Majority Leader
-, ~ and Speaker Rainey, back
h., 2 parliamentary rule which
-, = .orS;izr will assure passage
,ss $g50OO00OO relief extern
e. Bin in one hour Monday
[roEed a, Ka,ler's prediction.
4 The leadership plans to bring
h. relief measure up under 81:
|nersior of the rules, a procedure
Ebic5 viii force after 10 minutes
5sbats, a vote for or against the
measure without amendments
Two thirds majority. however, Is
needed for passage.
Keller with the aid of several
progressive Republicans and that
faction Of the Democratic side
which mas strongly opposed gag
rules said that various state dele
cation caucuses would be held over
the weekend. He hoped they
would result in pledges to vote
agains. the bill in its present
form.
The bill as drawn does MOI
sarnark the relief funds, but does
not tie the presidents hands II
he plan for winding up the CIV A
n the spring. At least S45O,OOO,,
100 is expected to be needed tC
continue the CWA until Nav l.
Keller's proposal is to add ST.
TO the bills apprO,
earmarking the sum fo'
WA continuance until May Is,
1885.
Only quick action by Demo-
ratio leaders in the house Friday
the undercurrent of re-
ellion there from coming to the
urtaCe. Plans had been made to
OnSider Immediately the $780,
100000 relief bill reported by the
appropriations committee, with
Opes Of passing it before ad-
OurDment.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
H. A. KINZER PRAISES
WORK OF OFFICERS

H. A. Kinzer, whose Flat Rock
home was recently robbed. and
for which robbery four defend,
ants await trial. today stated
that he wished to publicly thank
the sheriff's department for their
efforts which led to the arrest OF
the four defendants. :.
! Mr.. Kinzer stated that the de-
partment worked hard on the
case and a trip to Charlotte was
necessary. He said that he wish
ed to especially thank Deputy
Zeb Corn for his efforts.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
POST BOND IN
BANKING CASE
Brevard Men Put Up $lO,.
900 For Appearance
When Reprieve Ends

RALEIGH, Feb. 81. T. Ship
man, Joseph Pickelsimer, c. R.
McNeely, and Ralph Fisher,
former Pennsylvania bankers and
county officials convicted of vio-
lating the banking laws, have
posted $4,000 bonds each for
their appearance.
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus
refused to pardon the men on
the plea that they had paid $780,
600 to the county for the loss in
the bank. He granted a reprieve
until February Is. The men face
2-year sentences.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
FEBRUARY SINGING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON

;, u l. Anders today announced
~ cli@. the regular February singing
VI VI; Soe Henderson County associa-
Nh r,ou VIII De held Sunday after
NV" NV" a. Pleasant Hill. The sing
NY VIII open at 2 o'clock and all
ro oi.,as groups of singers will be
tb eT ONE. and given a place on
"s program, Mr.. Anders said.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
WEDDING BELLS" TO
Be GIVEN AT SHAWS
CREEK SUNDAY EVE

Something new and interesting
Is promised by Claude Drake in
announcing a public entertain
net 70 be given at Shaws Creek
Baptist church Sunday night at
80 o'clock, entitled Wedding
Bells"
Inc entertainment will offer a
wedding of a nature which has
nOt been seen here before and IS
oslng sponsored by the B.Y.P.U.
OF the ShawS Creek church.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
CAPS EXPLODE

MARSHALLVILLE, Ga, Feb.
S.-(UP).- Thompson had
some powder caps in his pocket
when he went to school. He snug
gled up to the school stove to
keep warm. The caps in his poe
ket got too hot and exploded. He
was confined to bed yesterday with
painful burns.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
LEAPS TO DEATH

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Feb. 8.
(UP)-William Dodge. 20, son
of John w. Dodge. prominent
Jacksonville attorney, leaped 80
feet to his death from the st.
Johns River bridge docks today.
Authorities attributed the jump
to shock caused by an automobile
accident short time earlier when
returning from dance.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
PLAN TO HALT
RAPID INFLUX
IS CONSIDERED
Is Reflection OF Confid-
ence Due To New Mod
flied Gold Standard
TREASURY BALANCE
RISES TO PEAK TODAY

Copyright, 1884. United Pre,.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (UP).
Means to check the rapid return
flow of capital to the United
States because of its threat to the
successful operation of the Amer
lean monetary program were
studied by administration financial
advisers today.
SO great is the confidence in
spired in the American financial
outlook by the return to modi7
fed form of a gold standard that
the huge flow of investment funds
to this country has disrupted
world financial markets and inter
fered with the administrations eff
fort to "peg" the dollar in for
| eign markets at 59.06 per cent Of
it's former gold value.
Several billions of dollars worth
of capital which sought safety in
London last summer from the de-
cline in the dollar. has begun to
return to the United States. 1t is
being attracted by the assurance
of at least temporary stability Of
the dollar. and the new field for
investment with the gradual inn
provement in business conditions.
The administration is anxious
! that this capital return to Ameri-
can shores but Is understood to
| feel that the stampede places q
strain on financial markets and
the operation of the. Roosevelt
monetary program. Initial steps
to bring this influx under control.
the United Press was told. were
the reductions in the New York
and the Cleveland federal reserve
bank rediscount rates.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (UP).
An all-time record cash balance
of $4,434,713,155.18 was report
ed by the treasury today. The re-
port showed a profit Of $2,8O5,-
, 512,060.87 from the reduction OF
the gold content of the dollar.
LONDON. Feb. 3.-(UP).-
London's world market gold rate,
a major factor in the intricate in
I ternational monetary maneuvers,
was reduced sharply today as the
: American dollar continued its
firmness, despite devaluation.
The pound opened at 4.S9 ana
! closed at 4.93. French francs
| opened at II ga to the pound and
] closed at u 1892.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
QUAKE IN PERU

LIMA, Peru, Feb. 3.-GGP(.-
A strong earth shock was felt here
at 9:35 p. M. the second yester.
day. A long shock was felt at
1910 a. m.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03

american Railway Assn. re-
ports earlOadings of class one
'0So' last week were sol, $50
sa''' against 560,430 cars IN
preceding week and AIS, 3O2
'arS IN similar 1888 week
department. of commerce re-
s0's new orders booked for
,,Sorlcated steel plate in 1888
, CCsled le9,o31 tons, against
o!,SOl in 1892.
Bears Roebuck & Co. re-
ports 3o January sales of $780,
I'o'47S, CD 30.2 per cent from
January 1888.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
WEATHER

- tonight and Sunday;
rarmer Sunday
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03
GOOD AFTERNOON

A great many marriage diff.
culties, says . famous Chicago
divorce judge, are due to trivia.
lities. That, what many women
call their husbands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-28
Today S Science
BY DAVID DIETZ

THE large white spit which appeared on the
l. planet Jupiter on April 20 is growing larger
That fact is revealed by Dr. j. j. Nassau director
of the Warner & SwaSey observatory of Case School
of Applied Science, who originally discovered the
spot.
When first discovered the white spot was about
10000 miles long and 1000 miles wide. It has now
grown to length of about 10000 miles, DR.. Nassau
says. This makes it as large the famous red
spot which appeared upon the planet in 1887 and
which occupied the attention of astronomers for
many years thereafter
DR.. NaSSau's discovery of the large white spot
on Jupiter came only few weeks after Berlin
amateur astronomer had announced the discovery of
a black spot on the planet The black spot has
now disappeared from view.
Jupiter the big brother of the solar system has
diameter of 06,72O miles But despite its huge size
it rotates upon its axis once in about nine hours and
hfty-f1ve minutes Different portions of the disk
as seen in the telescope rotate with different rates
OF speed, making astronomers certain that the fea-
lures observed in the telescope not the actual
surface, but cloud-like formations IN a dense
atmosphere surrounding the planet
THE telescope reveals Jupiter to be richly COL
ored, various shades of red and brown predomi-
mating, with here and there an olive green. The
markings, for the most part arranged in belts
OF alternate lighter and darker shades stretching
across the planet parallel to the equator The euua
toria belt is bright, ranging in color from pale yell
low to dull red. Above and below are darker belts
ranging from reddish brown to blush gray They
are known as the tropical belts"
The white spot discovered by DR.. Nassau is in
the south tropical belt and is inclined to the ecua-
tor at an angle of about 80 degrees
Changes in the appearance of the planet are not
new The belts themselves are not permanent but
vary in number, color, width and detail from year
to year.
OCCASIONALLY, however, a semi-permanent
" feature will appear the planet remaining
for a number of years. The most remarkable of
these the so-called great red spot which ap-
peared in 1873 It was 80 900 miles long and 1000
miles wide. The spot has faded losing its original
color but it still be identified in a large tele-
scope.
From the rapidity with which the present white
spot has been changing shape DR.. Nassau is of the
opinion that it will not last very long
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-28
Big Parade Has Stopped

THERE is parade of walters bearing ice buck
Il cts and mineral water and he has somehow put
stop to the old practice of the local free leaders OF
dropping IN Dempsey and ordering breast OF
pheasant at will He also has shaken loose most of
his old coat holders and muscle feeers who used to
attach themselves to him for not only quarters, ra
lions and beverages but cash donations as well.
In the days when Dempsey was the champ his
cash donations seldom little $40. He
thought he owed it to himself and his position to
maintain high scale and there many friends
on this list who would have been dissatisfied and hurt
if he wished to compromise for less than $3.50. In
one interesting particularly dear friend asked
Mr. Dempsey to buy him watch as keepsake and
being authorized to pick it out himself selected
tidy little piece for $4,000. Mr.. Dempsey compelled
Jack KearnS, who then his manager, to stand
half the cost of that token of friendship.
He carries a chauffeur on his travels nowadays,
but the chauffeur rides in the back seat and his
duties consist largely of walking the dog, which be-
longs to Mrs. Dempsey
Probably the constant presence of his missus,
who was Hannah Williams the musical comedy
girl, helps considerably as defense against casual
predatory callers. She is always present. rolling
her eyes in adulation and it is difficult to make the
right approach for cash donation in the presence
of mans little When the baby joins the
troupe the defensive mechanism will be even more
effective
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-28

duces one-third the annual fire
arms and ammunition output.
One of the biggest makers of
machine guns is the Colt Patent
Firearms Manufacturing Com
pany, which declared an extra
dividend in 1888. The only i'm
portant producers of war planes
and war plane engines are the
Curtiss-W Wright and United Air
craft and Transportation Com
panieS.
Shipbuilding companies accused
of hiring William B. Shearer to
wreck the 1927 Geneva conference
still receive most of the Navy's
contracts for men-of-war.
They include the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Company, New York
Shipbuilding Company and New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry
dock Company, which are raking
in about 100000 of the 1888
$124,000,000 building program.
u Il
BETHLEHEM Steel, always one
- of the worlds largest arma-
ment manufacturers, has built 100
war vessels for the government
since 1916 at a cost of $3.50, 900,
and will clean up more contracts
under the new program. 1t makes
armor plate as well as ships and
big guns and has sometimes built
ships for foreign powers.
Nor should one forget the chem
ical companies, their poison gases
and other war products.