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Evening star., 1934-12-31
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Economic Judges Expect
90 Per Cent Normal
Industry in Spring.
BY PAUL MALLON.

r INDUSTRY whirred itself up to 86
per cent of normal activity last
Spring. That peak momentum
i was reached in April and May.
Then 1t began to slow down. To-
day it Is about rs.
The private composite opinion Of the
best economic judges here is that it
will reach 90 this CON ing Spring. That
does not mean merely q 20 per cent
improvement over the present. 1t
means the improvement will be 20 per
cent more than seasonal.
The business seers do not base
this expectation on anything the
NelD Deal 1Dill do. They reckon it
on the latD OF economic averages,
brought up to date by inpestiga-
tions of the present condition Of
supply and den,dnd-the tiDo fac
tors tDhich still seem to be more
important than any others.
1t makes as good a New Year greet
ing as you can get. and far more SUBJ
stantial than the frail hopes expressed
at the end of 1888.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
WASHINGTON NATIVE
I'LL TWO YEARS DIES

Mrs. Sophie d'Antignac Aspinwall,
81, resident of Washington all her
life, died yesterday at her home, 1921
Jefferson place. She had been an
invalid for the last two years. Mrs.
Aspinwall was the sister of the late
DR.. Middleton Cuthbert, well-known
Washington physician.
She is survived by a son. John
Cuthbert Aspinwall of Norfolk, Va;
three grandchildren, Middleton, Cath
crime and John c. Aspinwall, jr.; two
sisters, Mrs. George w. Brown OF
Washington and Mrs. william Nc
Pherson Of New York City, and
niece, Mrs. c. r. Train, wife Of Ad-
miral Train.
Funeral services will be held in
Joseph Gawler's Sons chapel tomor-
row at pm. followed by burial in
Oak Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
BUTTEF.E. E.R. A. STRIKERS
VOTE TO RESUME JOBS
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUTTE. Mont, December 81
Butte 2. E. r. A. workers, on strike
since Wednesday, yesterday voted, 765
to 354, to return to their jobs without
concessions from relief offlcialS.
A committee of workers which ar
ranged for the balloting announced
that the vote in favor Of the strike
was cast by a small num5e~ of MEM
bers Of the F. E. r. A. Workers Pro-
tective Union.
About 500 workers had walked cut.
The demands included reinsrate .nent
of discharged empioye, higher wages
and additional days Of work.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
TWO TICKET SCALPERS
SEIZED NEAR STATION
Selling without License Charged
Against Capital Man and
Ra1timoreau

Two railroad ticket scalpers we're
arrested near Union Station yesterday
on charges of selling tickets without
license.
They are Benjamin Kay, 81, Of 1923
Seventh street and Bernard Goldstein.
19, of Baltimore. They were to be
arraigned in Police Court today.
Police said the men were selling the
return half Of round-trip tickets for
more money than the tickets cost in
other cities.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
MRS. BUSCH DIES AT 81

Member of Ohio Brewery Family
Succumbs in California.
REDLANDS, Calf, December 81
R.-Mrs. Katherine Busch, 90, died
yesterday after a long illness. Her
family was identified for n.anv years
with the Lackman Brewery in Gin
cinnat.
A daughter. Mrs Ana Lackman of
Redlands, Calf, ard son, Edward
Busch of Dayton, Ohio, survive.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
THREE PASTORS AID
IN FUNERAL CONDUCTED
SUNDAY AT REFUGE

Funeral services for James
Donald Maxwell, 80, who was
found shot through the head at a
Greenville county tourist camp on
Thursday, were held Sunday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock at Refuge
Baptist church and a large crowd
Of his friends was present to pay
last respects.
Services were in charge Of the
Revs. N. B. Phillips, N. A. Melton,
and Corn.
Pallbearers were James Pace,
Raymond Pace, Curtis Blythe,
Robert Justus, Foy Pittillo, and
Carl Maxwell.
3 Honorary pallbearers were U.
G. Pace, Robert Pace, Gibson
Pace, James Pace, Jess Davis,
Alphonso Pace, Will Davis, Char
lie Lowrance, Robert Dalton, Ed
Frisby, Delmo Cain and Tom Gil
liam.
Flower girls were Alvin Laugh
ter, Frances Laughter, Mrs. jim
Harris, Louise Stepp, Elma Pace
and Beatrice Pace.
Mr.. Maxwell is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Gladys Blythe Max
well, three daughters, Jimmy,
Sarah and Mickie; his mother,
Mrs. Hester Fletcher, and two sis.
ters, Mrs. Lewis Laughter OF
Hendersonville and Mrs. Carl
Naile, of Salisbury.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION TAKES OFFICE
Farley Asks New
Deal Critics To
Offer Own Ideas
Would Welcome Sincere
Constructive Criticism or
Alternative Policies

GAINESVILLE, Ca, Dec. s.
(UP).-PoStmaster General Jas.
A. Farley today urged New Deal
fault-fnders to "offer some con-
structive, alternative to the poll
eies they condemn" He was
speaking at the dedication of the
new post office.
Farley reminded the audience
that many emergency measures
are experimental and that perfec-
ton is impossible in such a vast
undertaking. He urged critics to
call the governments attention to
relief administration injustices or
to inefficiency but to make their
criticism honest, fair, sincere and
constructive, whenever possible.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
MAN MISSING,
6 INJURED BY
A.C. |. WRECK
Two Gravely Injured One
Expected 10 Die; Train
Wrecked In Georgia

TOWNSVILLE, Ga, Dec. 8
(UP).-A foreman named Brem-
er was believed killed and at least
six others were injured when the
Atlantic Coast Line crack train
Southland was wrecked by an
open switch u miles south OF
here today.
Bremen was missing as relief
crew searched under the over
turned locomotive.
Engineer B. E. Van Meter, OF
Lakeland, Fla, was gravely IN
jured and is expected to die.
Roy Mcknight, Thomasville ex-
press agent, also is gravely in
jured. Others suffered minor
hurts.
The train was en- route from
Tampa to Chicago at the time OF
the crash.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
DETAIN THREE
IN DEATH OF
J. D. MAXWELL
Arrests Made in Green
vile; Large Gathering
Attends Rites -

Three persons were arrested on
Saturday night and are being held
in Greenville in connection with
the death of James Donald Max
we'll, of Henderson county, who
was found shot through the head
at Greenville county tourist
camp on Thursday afternoon.
The three, one woman and two
men, were Lettie Burroughs, Bub
Watson and Marshall Edge, all of
the Greer section. They were ar
rested and placed in Jail for in
vestigation in the case.
Officers in Greenville county
discarded the suicide theory on &C
count of the position of the dead
man and the position of the pistol
which was found nearby.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
SMALL BUILDING AND REPAIR
BOOM IS SEEN OVER COUNTY
Housing Organization Must
Pass on Future Apph-
cations for Loans

Applications for home improve
ment loans under the terms of the
Federal Housing Act will hereaf-
ter be submitted locally to the Of
flee of the housing organization
in the city hall, Roy c. Bennett,
chairman, said this morning.
After having been received by
w. E. Grant, in charge of the Of
flee, the applications will be con-
sidered by the housing organiza-
tons executive committee and, if
given preliminary approval, will
then be submitted to the State
Trust Co. Loans Of 500 to $4,000
are available for property i'm
provements if applicants can qua.
lily. A large number of loans
have already been made, and the
money thus placed has resulted in
a small building and repair boon
in the county. Mr.. Bennett said.
Property owners who do not
wish to submit their application!
to the housing office may send Of
take them to a local dealer il
building materials or supplies, Mr.
Bennett said.
The housing office is with tn,
Chamber of Commerce in the cit!
building and is open from II a
m. until 2 p. m. daily.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
To Resume Work
On High School
Athletic Field
Early Completion Of Relief
Project There Is Now
Anticipated

Work of grading, draining and
otherwise improving the Hender-
sonville high school athletic field
will be resumed soon, j. H. Todd,
in charge of construction actlvl-
ties of the local emergency relief
office, said this morning after a
conference with Supt. F. M: Wat,
IS and Principal l.. K. Singley OF
the high school, and ]. D. Pullen,
P. F. Patton and c. M. Ogle,
members of the buildings and
grounds committee of the city
school board.
The work was to have been
started this morning but several
men who had reported for the job
were transferred to an emerg-
ency project for the city admin,
! istration which was approved
some time ago. This will require
about two weeks, it was said, and
| the relief workers then will be
taken to the athletic field.
Besides draining and grading
the football gridiron, it is plan
ned to construct two or three
tennis courts along the side next
to Church street and possibly tt
plant about 500 pine trees arount
the eastern and southern sides o.
the enclosure. The field was par
TALLY graded several months age
and the work would have beer
completed before this time if thu
field had not been in use much
of the time. relief administrator!
said.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
SHELBY MILK
PLANT BOUGHT
A. S. Browning, Jr., and
DR.. Till of Biltmore
Dairy, New Owners

SHELBY, Dec. 3.-H. P. Hass
has sold the business of the Shell.
bv Milk Plant to DR.. S. ?. Till OF
the Biltmore Dairy Farms and A.
S. Browning, Jr., of the kalma
Dairy, Hendersonville, the change
becoming effective December l.
The new owners said they intend
ed to start work Immediately up
on the construction of modern
milk plant with the latest and
most approved type OF equip
ment.
A. S. Browning, Jr., manager
of Kalmia Dairy. said here today
that we will supervise construc-
ton of the new milk plant at
Shelby and that DR.. Till will be
the resident manager of the busl-
ness. The purchase, he said, will
not necessitate a change of any
nature in the operation of hal-
mia Dairy. Besides operating q
modern milk plant at Shelby un,
der the name of the Carolina
Dairy Products, Inc, it is plan
ned to make ice cream, BEGINNING
probably next summer. The dairy
| industry, Mr.. Browning said, is
getting back to horse-drawn We,
hicles for delivery service, and
modern-type milk wagons will be
added to the equipment Of the
Shelby firm. DR.. Till. Mr.. Brown
ing's partner in the Shelby bust
ness, has been in charge OF the
laboratory and research work and
production methods of the Blu
more Dairy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
Prk For 4 Million More People Is
Held Need To Put Recovery Over
\ Economist and Bureau of Labor Statistics in
Agreement With Regard to View OF
Assured Success

+bo bureau of labor statistics has
made a similar estimate.
The NRA economist said these
fcnros had been presented to
General Johnson and to Donald
Ricbberg at the time when nearly
all the emergency agencies made
reports recently, but added that
thew have been generally recog-
nized for some time. ;+h
"Mr, Richberg knows that "l'n-
ont being told" he SAID
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

be extended across the Pacific
ocean in the near future,
Japan has been following plans
for the proposed line to-. China
with the greatest interest and stu
dents of Far East affairs have
pointed out that an American air
line to China would be considered
by Tokyo as part of a general
American threat to the Japanese
thesis that Nippon must be the
dominant nation in Asia.
The Japanese announced last
month that they had completed
trial flights and plans for an air
line of their own to link Tokyo
and Osaka with the Japanese
mandate islands in the South
Seas.
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
FEDERAL JUDGES SON
HELD WITHOUT BOND IN
DEATH OF OKLAHOMAN

TULSA, Okla, Dec. 3.-(UP).
Philip Kennamer, 10, son of Fed
eral Judge Franklin E. Kennamer
pleaded not guilty and was or
dered held without bond when ar
raigned today on charges of STAY
ing John Gorrell, %, son of a
prominent physician.
Kennamer surrendered Satur-
day, pleading self-defense. Au-
thorities claimed Gorrel was slain
because he was suspected of CHS
cling in on a kidnap plot directed
against H. F. Wilcox, millionaire
Gilman.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
SOVIET DEATH
BRINGS PROBE
Assassination of Leading
Communist Is Laid to
Terrorist Gang
. (Copyright, 1884, United Press)

. Copyright, 1884. United Press)
LENINGRAD, Russia, Dec. 8.
(UP).-Soviet political police last
night delved into the ASSASSINATION
of Sergei Maronovich Kirov, one
of the highest Communist leaders
in the Union on the theory that
he was shot by one of a gang OF
political terrorists, the United
Press learned last night.
They announced that the assas,
sin had been identified as Leonld
Nicoliev, 80, a former Communist
worker in Leningrad, once EN-
ploved in the local branch of the
Comissariat of Workers and Peas-
ants Inspection, now dissolved
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
CLARENCE c. STEPP
WEEDS MISS NEWMAN

Clarence C. Stepp of Canton,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. Stepp
of Henderson county, and Miss
MAXINE Elizabeth Newman,
daughter of John X. Newman, K.
Ed No. 5, Hendersonville, were
united in marriage this morning
by Magistrate w. L. Miller in his
office. Both have many friends
in this county. Mr.. Stepp is en-
ployed as a logger at Canton.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
Four High Speed Clipper Ships May
Be Used On Air Route To China
Million Dollar Purchase Gives Indication Plans for
Route to Orient Will Be Speeded
by Corporation

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-UP)-
An indication that Pan-American
Anyways may be fastening it's
plan for an airline to China via
Honolulu and Manila was seen
last night in announcement that
the company has ordered four new
type trans-ocean "clipper ships"
to cost with equipment more than
100000.
The announcement did not say
on what route the huge new
planes will be used. 1t did say,
however, that they are addition
al to the construction called for
under Pan-American's two-year
aircraft procurement program"
for use on the company's present
lines and "for an experimental
air transport service which is to
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
[SINESS men
PROSPERITY
|. Preliminary to Con.
NESS Of Industry Set
| for Wednesday
|OpERATION WITH
SEEN
~ FINER {. WALLER
oI pes Financial Editor

Try ELmCN
La Press Financial Editor
EEV YORE. Dec. Sup
[ser proof that financial and
Is leaders Of the nation are
4 ,,.,Dsra.;or with President
l,srs'- was seen last night in
Gathering here of manufac-
Il representing leading indus
| n discuss methods of speed
f-.,5verr .hrOughout the ma
Lrs-a' hundred leaders of in
f. were to meet Wednesday
|Segss questions of govern
I. .arve.i,.on with private in
T., Their conferences sehed-
IT, Monday and Tuesday will
L. assembling of the Con-
Z a! American Industry on
E,.sjav and Thursday. The
1 under the auspices of the
H. Association of Manufac-
1, s expected to be the big
-ss.ing Of manufacturers in
d vars. Upwards of 1000 are
a.: % attend.
.s ne government has been
r overtures TO the bankers
resulted in the recent re-
ty-mert az the Washington
ks,ton Of the American Bank
| N,cia,ion, the manufacture
lave been holding conferences
Normal dinners here and in
cities. They have drawn up
n 70 speed return of prosper
hi they will consolidate them
! program which will be pre-
Ii % President Roosevelt.
1yn0nd NOley, formerly No.
lain Truster and still close to
i Pre$ien. has been in close
! with the manufacturers at
J.: meetings and so has Don
&chberg. recovery admins
b. These two have been the
kO1 between the manufactur-
and The White House, it is re-
Be-. hence the unusual impor-
attached to the Forthcoming
ings.
lc!7al object of the meetings
's 70 determine exactly what
s. thinks with regard to re-
plans. The consensus APP
thus far has been for less
7nent Interference in pri-
business and less stress on
m Recent trends have led
O: The manufacturers to the
he administration fayors
1ra:iOn on recovery from
:ll: forward.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

,''AINGTON, Dec. 8. (UP).
.,' W Of 1000, 900 persons
~. -. Ot work would suffice to
;VSDDSery over, Leon Hender-
MA economist, said last
employment is chiefly in
!, ;.y trades and the durable
i,s5 i"1.uStrieS,' Henderson ex-
h.. II We could put 4,OOO,-
IN S, y to work at one fell
l,o sSe Industries would pick
h.. because their business
/ T TS,Ssr when other people
d Ss's . said reports to Gen.
aan nj Johnson before he quit
Illustrator indicated that
lQ6OD Of an additional A.
vas all that was neees-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
BANDITS WHOOPS
SCARE CHICAGOANS OUT
OF BANK BEING ROBBED

CHICAGO, Dec. 3.-lUPJ:-
Four bandits, whooying like In
dians, robbed the Hamilton State
bank of $4,000 here today with
out firing a shot. Fifteen custom,
ers and employees were frightened
away by yells. Two bandits car
ried machine guns and had two
ShOtgunS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
METHODIST BOARD
WILL MEET TONIGHT

Stewards Of the First M. E.
church will hold their December
meeting at 1880 o'clock tonight
in the hut at the rear of the
church, and at the conclusion OF
the meeting the Rev. Walter b.
West, presiding elder, will con-
duct the first quarterly confer
ence of the church's new year,
All church officers are expected
70 attend.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
T. j. Shipnnan
94-Year Old
Pioneer Dies
Oldest Confederate Veteran
in County Succumbs
to Pneumonia
RITES AT EBENEZER
CHURCH TUESDAY

T. J. Shipman, 90. one of the
pioneer residents Of Henderson
county, and oldest Confederate
veteran, died yesterday afternoon
at $50 O'Clock at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. R. P. Freeman, on
| Seventh avenue after an illness
of several days. Death was due
to pneumonia.
Mr.. Shipman was taken i'll last
Wednesday and on Thursday he
observed his Oath. birthday ami
versary.
Funeral services will be held
on Tuesday morning at II o'clock
at the Ebenezer Baptist church,
of which he was a member, and
burial will follow in a nearby
cemetery.
The services will be in charge
of the Rev. Broadus E. Jones,
pastor of the First Baptist
church, Rev. A. |. Justice, and
Reb. B. F. Huntley.
WIFE AND EIGHT
CHILDREN SURVIVE
He is survived by his widow,
formerly Miss Ann Hasseltine
Allen of this county, and the fol-
lowing children: Mrs. j. Williams,
Hendersonville; ]. E. Shipman,
Hendersonville; Mrs. w. P. Lane,
Hendersonville; Mrs. R. D. Whit
mire, Greenville; Mrs. R. P. Free
man, Hendersonville; Mrs. Morti-
me- Sans, Greenville; Mrs. Al
bert Durham, Tuxedo, and w.
Carl Shipman, Hendersonville.
Mr.. Shipman was born in what
is now the Kanuga Lake section
of Henderson county on Nov.
20, 1910. He was a son of Jacob
and Esther Byers Shipman, both
of whom lived to a ripe old age.
His father died at the age of SO
and his mother at 81.
He grew up on hid fathers
farm and obtained his education
at a log schoolhouse in the neigh
borhood.
WAS LIEUTENANT IN THE
CONFEDERATE ARMY
When he was 20 years old the
Wan Between the States broke
out and he enlisted in Company
D of the 9Th North Carolina In
fantry. Later he was promoted
to lieutenant and served more
than two years in the war.
He took part in the engage
ments at Big Bethel, Murphrees-
boro, Jackson, Miss, Lookout
Mountain and Missionary Ridge.
At the last named battle he was
captured by Federal troops and
taken to Johnson's Island, Lake
Erie, N. Y. There he spent the
last 10 months of the war, serv-
ing as a cook.
At the close of the war he re-
turned to his home here, but
later went to Louisville. KY,
where he worked as a clerk in a
shoe store. After four years he
returned to his home here.
On December %, 1869, he mar
ried Miss Ann Hasseltine Allen
of Henderson county and they
settled on a farm about three
miles east of Hendersonville.
While never aspiring to public
office, he was an active Demo-
crat in his active years. He was
active in his church work and
since early manhood had been a
member of the Ebenezer Baptist
shurch.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
new TASKS AT
COURT HOUSE
ENTERED
Support for County Court
and New Sheriff Are
Pledged by All
COURT tADJOURNS In
RESPECT FOR SHIPMAN

Three new Henderson county
officers were sworn in office this
morning in company with those
reelected before the clerk of the
superior court, and the new Off
GERS Immediately got down to
work on their new duties.
NJ. N. Orr. newly elected sher-
iff, officially opened the county
recorders court, and Judge R. II
Station, who succeeds Judge j.
Foy Justice, took his seat on the
bench. Solicitor Arthur B. Shep-
herd, who succeeds w. r. Shop
pard, was present in court to rep
resent the state.
After opening the court Sher-
iff Orr was in the sheriff's office
where he and Sheriff w. A. Gar
rem were arranging details in the
turn over of the office. New
deputies, sworn in this morning,
were also arranging to take over
the duties of the outgoing off,
GERS.
Sheriff Garren has. moved from
the jail to his home just off the
Spartanburg road, and Sheriff
Orr was moving his family to the
Jail today.
In taking his place on the
bench, Judge Station declared that
the, court and law enforcement
officers needed the support Of all
the citizens, and if given that
support he would do his best to
carry out the duties of the COURT
ut will be our purpose" he
said, "to deal with all in a fair
and impartial manner, and all
citizens will meet with equal just
ice."
He declared that "we have
many law violations, but that
with the support of the citizens
the crime wave could be curbed,"
and that unless it was curbed the
nation could not exist.
M. M. Redden of. the local bar,
declared that the association was
glad to have a man of the type
of Judge taton succeed Judge
Justice. He pointed out that T. j.
Shipman, father of J. E. Ship
man, a member of the bar for
more than 20 years, had died yes
terday, and he suggested that the
court adjourn after today until
Wednesday out of respect for
Mr.. Shipman. Judge Station de-
clared that the court would ac-
cept this suggestion.
l. C. Arledge, Democratic OPP
ponent of Judge Station, declared
/ that he wished to tender his
most loyal support to the court.
and declared that it was his hope
that all citizens would do like
wise. .
w. C. Meekins declared that he
concurred in all that had been
said concerning tie new court
officers, and he suggested a vote
of thanks by the court and bar to
&c. C. Mccall, court officer, for
his courteous and efficient serv-
ice for the past six years.
In a statement after taking Of
flee. Sheriff Orr thanked the peo-
pile for their loyal support, and
said that he would at all times
seek to carry out to the best of
his ability the oath of office as
sumed this morning.
He declared that he and his
deputies would work at all times
for the enforcement of the laws
of the state, and that his office
would be open at all times to the
people of the county for service
to them.
Asked for a statement, Sheriff
Garren said that he was at that
time seeking to apprehend two
bandits wanted for a holdup of
an Asheville filling station. 81
want that to be my last official
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
P. W. (PAT) BROWN
HAS N. Y. POSITION

Patterson w. (Pat) Brown,
Youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
l.. Brown, left Tuesday for New
York, where he will take up work
in the office of the Guardian Life
Insurance Co. He will live on
Staten Island with his uncle's
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin F..
Brown, Jr.