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The Washington times., 1934-01-29
PARALYSIS Victim Renews Hope
Warm Springs Gives
Girl, IT, New Lease
on Life, She Says
"a new lease on life"

"A new lease on hte.
In these words, Elsie Ballentine
81 who was stricken with infan-
tile paralysis more than a year
ago, gave her blessings to the
Georgia Warm Springs Founda-
ton.
Having come to Washington to
aid in the celebration OF Presl-
dent Roosevelt's birthday, Elsie
intends to speak, write, and shout
about her thankfulneSS to the in
stitution for paralytics to which
the President also is indebted.
Her Legs Stricken
Stricken from the waist down,
she is now improving and is able
to move a bit. So pitiful was her
condition and so likeable her
character that her friends have
formed a club to support her hos
pitalization at Warm Springs.
Since her treatment began, sew
eral dances and card parties have
been given to raise funds. 1t is
Thought six more months Of treat
ment are necessary to restore to
her the use Of her legs.
With this boon her future is
assured. When taken i'll she was
employed as a hostess at the
Annapolis Hotel and prior to
that she worked at the Raleigh
Hotel. A job is waiting her at
either of the hotels when her
condition improves.
Asks Support Of Ball
And all this she. owes to the
Warm Springs Foundation. Speak
ing about the Presidents birth
dav ball. she says that. both for
his work in aiding the nation
in a period of emergency and
for his work for those afflicted
with infantile paralysis, the peo--
pie should make this 1.-The finest
and grandest birthday he has
ever known"
Miss Ballentine, who is staying
at 3115 Thirteenth st. N. w.,
will act as hostess at the All
States Officers Society ball at
the Raleigh Hotel Tuesday night.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29


ShOw on Page II.
Strolling around and between
the cars at the fourteenth
annual show of the washington
Automotive Trade Association
is like waltzing through fairy
land.
You sort of feel that a fairy
godmother has taken oodles OF
pumpkins, touched them with
her wand, and made them into
automotive wonders for little
Cinderella.
There isn't a word mentioned
about back-seat drivers, but
Plymouth has something that
takes care Of back seat anyway.
It exhibits a double action
hydraulic shock absorber that
eliminates rear seat pitching"
also nose bouncing.
With streamlines all the rage,
Chrysler has patented something
all its own which has the most
extreme of streamlines and the
added attraction of wind resist
ance.
They call 1t "airflow," and,
says r. 3. Miller, of H. B. Leary,
jr., and Bros, it'll go ia miles
an hour. And that isn't all.
Goodness knows what it'll do
when you really let her go.
And automobiles aren't all you
can see at the show.
For the newlyWeds (and those
who have had housekeeping ex-
perience) there are plenty Of
other attractions.
F'instance-General Electric
has a display to make even the
uninitiated envious.
They've got complete kitchen
built up in the auditorium, which
not only gives the best in re-
frigerators, but exhibits an elec-
trically built sink that makes
dishwashing a cinch-and dry
ing, too; a cute kitchen-colored
radio, pastel-t tinted telephone
and other items ad infinitum.
Chevrolet this year, boasts
the Addison Chevrolet Sales
Co., doesn't stoop to the mean
little starter" Of yesteryear.
One Of their chief boasts is a
"starterator" that makes get
ting off to a quick start easier
than feeding a baby candy.
The higher-bracket cars are
on the second floor. Guess that
means the higher up you go in
the auditorium, the deeper
you've got to dig into your
pockets.
It must have been an extra
large pumpkin that the fairy
grandmother grabbed to make
the Cadillac VIZ. She looks
like a boat. And a beauty at
that.
Her lights, front and back,
look like miniature dirigibleS.
The Lincoln isn't quite as
streamline as some of the other
models, but what lines!
The Warfield Motor Co.,
which handles Lincolns exclu-
sively, is extremely fond Of the
cute little drop lights inside. All
you have to do Is pull a little
string and you can read the
finest print in the world.
That extremely popular "air
flow" is also found in the De.
soto, which Is made by Chrysler.
It's a funny thing about those
streamline models; sometimes
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
GERMANY

BERLIN, Jan. 20 G.N.S).-ThO
Hitler government today c1rcu-
lated an official statement declar-
ing it would proceed as scheduled
with it's sweeping sterilization
program, despite q concerted
Catholic attack in numerous SER
mons yesterday.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
The Weather
FORECASTS UNTIL sP. NJ. TUES

FORECASTS UNTIL p. M. TUESDAY
District of Columbia, fair and slight
~ colder with lowest temperature about
5 degrees tonight: Tuesday fair and
continued cold; rising temperature We'd
nesday; fresh northwest winds, dimin-
ishing tonight.
Maryland, generally fair and slightly
colder except snow flurries in extreme
west portion tonight; Tuesday fair and
Wednesday.
Virginia, fair, slightly colder in east
and central portions tonight: Tuesday
fair and continued cold; rising tempera-
ture Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
FRANCE

PARIS, Jan. 20 G.N.S)-
Edouard Daladier, former premier,
today Professionally accepted the
task of forming a new govern.
ment. He will make a definite
decision this afternoon.
"Details on Page u
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance, 97,784,792,-
AZ. Miscellaneous internal reve-
nue., $3,417,587.40. Customs re.
ceipts, $22, 1863, ,794.29.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
FIRE IN ATTIC

Fire in an attic of a house
in the 1900 block of N st. N. W.,
owned by Mrs. w. Deland, today
destroyed furniture and other
household articles there.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
MARIAN CLARKE
FAvORS FULL
RESTORATION
Federal Stand inconsistent,
Rep. Better Holds; Con-
demns "Gag Rule"

:" Continued from Page -
severy prospect Of a partial res
alteration now and further Of COM
.plete restoration in July.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29

Rooms, :. Z. some with privilege Of
eating at the family table -. can be
the WANT AID SECTION of this news
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
JAPAN

TOKYO, Jan. 20 0.NS..-
Prince Alexis Mdivani and his
bride, the former Barbara Hutton,
Woolworth heiress, planned to
leave Tokyo tonight and continue
their honeymoon trip to Hakone,
a famous honeymoon resort.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29

TOKYO, Jan. 20 G.N.SO-With
more than two-score bodies al.
ready recovered after a violent
blizzard on the island of Utsuryo,
in the Sea of Japan, authorities
today feared hundreds of others
may have been killed.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29

Read Andrew r. KeHey's
interesting reUietO Of the Auto
Sh0W on Page II.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29

LOCAL TEMPERATURES
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
SHAKE Up FOR
u, s. AIR CORPS
ISANTICIPATED
Changes in Purchasing
Regulations Also Believ-
ed To Be Due
BY c. c. NICoLET

United Hress Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Mar. ~. (UP)
Complete revision of army pur-
chasing methods, perhaps accom-
panied by shake-up in the army
air corps was freely predicted in
Washington last night.
The District of Columbia grand
jury, after five weeks of investi-
cation of army contract awards,
is expected to make its report ear
ly this week, and may return sew
eral indictments. If the report is
as strong as some quarters expect
it to be, the cumulative effect of
that and the ail'mail fiasco will
leave the army's leaders in vul-
nerable position.
President Roosevelt made it evil
dent by the tone of his letter to
Secretary of War Dern ordering
curtailment 80 *irmaiF flying that
he was dissatisfied with the record
of the air corps.
Washington opinion is sharply
divided over whether the army's
airmail failure is due to made
quately trained pilots. inadequate
equipment or both. There is gen.
eral agreement, however, that as
President Roosevelt put it in his
letter military lessons have been
taught us in the past few weeks"
While it is true that army fly
ing does not necessarily require
exactly the same sort of training
as airmail flying, the fact remains,
many observers feel, that pilots
who are unable, whether because
of bad training or bad equipment
to fly the mails at home might not
be of great use in conducting war;
fare at home or abroad.
The almost Enthusiastically bad
weather since the army took over
the mails is an extenuating cir
cumstance, but not enough of one
to prevent the need for a thor
ough-going investigation of the
army flying forces and their direc-
ton. it is felt.
The president showed his feel
ing on the subject when he told
Secretary of War Dern that he
gave the mail job to the army on
the basis of definite assurance
given me that the army air corps
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
Three Countries Are Massing Troops
On Austrian Border AS Mussolini
Moves Alone To Keep Austria Free
II Duce Will Seek Three-Power Alliance to Protect
Austrians From Enforced Merger
With Nazi Germany

coming meeting. The preliminarleS
already have been accomplished
and the pact drafted along gen
eral lines which the meeting will
approve.
Mussolini was said to be irri-
tated at the succession of failures
in conferences to solve the central
European situation, endangerlng
the peace of Europe, especially
since the problem has been dis
cussed for a full decade without
concrete results.
He has refused to wait longer
and has chosen the present mo-
ment because he feels the situa-
ton permits of no further delay.
The present agreements with
Austria and Hungary will be
purely economic, it was learned,
but Dollfuss was expected to
make further commitments align
ing the republic with Italian fas-
cism as bulwark against the Hit
lerite nazism. 81 So -'@ '"' - p.
Meanwhile, italy continued to
concentrate thousands of troops
CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
DILLINGER is SOUGHT;
HENCHMAN CONVICTED

CHICAGO, March 12.-(UP).
Police squads launched a series
of raids on Chicago apartments
Yesterday in an effort to catch
outlaw John Dillinger mapping
over Sunday.
Diliinger, the cynical bandit
whose present freedom was won
Ly cowing Crown Point. Ind, jail
guards with wooden pistol. has
eluded police since a week ago
last Saturday.
His gang, the modern counter
part in some respects of the old
time Jesse James band of out
laws, gained only an even break
for the week, however.
While Dillinger eluded police
in one of the most widespread
manhunts ever seen in this sec
ton, one of his first lieutenants,
Harry Pierpont, was convicted
Saturday midnight at Lima. Ohio,
on murder charges. The verdict
carried the death penalty. Pier
pont smiled and said he would
appeal.
Judge Emmit E. Everett, who
presided, announced last night
that he would pronounce sentence
next Thursday. Inasmuch as the
jury did not recommend mercy,
fha death sentence is mandatory
unless a new trial is granted.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
KIDNAPPER
dies IN CHAIR
Calmly Tells Of Hopes for
Ransom Before Expiat-
-. ing Murder

COLUMBIA. S. c., March IL.
(UP).-Robert H. Wiles, 49-year-
old bespectacled automobile me-
chanic, went to his death in the
electric chair here early today,
taking entire blame for the kid
nap murder of Hubbard H. Har-
ris, Jr.. popular ffteen-year-old
schoolboy.
Calmly, Wiles assumed clear
tones just before his death and
said he had hoped to get ran
som from the father of the youth,
killed in a deserted farmhouse, af-
ter he resisted Wiles.
The condemned man spent a
calm day yesterday in prepare
ton for his death and funeral. He
ate heartily of his three last meals
and bid his family farewell last
night.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
BREVARD MEN
ENTER PRISON
Arrival Delayed Overnight
by Illness of T. H. Ship
man Enroute

RALEIGH, March 12.-Feul
prominent Brevard former bank.
ers and county officials, T. H.
Shipman, J. H. Pickelsimer, C. R.
McNeely, and Ralph R. Fisher, en-
tered the state prison here in the
company of Sheriff Tom Wood
yesterday shortly after noon to
begin serving sentences of two to
three years for violating the state
banking laws.
The four men had been en-
route to Raleigh from Brevard for
about 48 hours, and it was ex-
planned that Mr.. Shipman suffer-
ed an attack of sinus trouble in
Greensboro and the men remained
there over night while he was be-
ing treated. Sheriff Wood was
quoted as saying that a physician
advised the stop over in Green's
boro.
The four men were convicted in
August, 1881, of using the credit
of Pennsylvania county to aid the
Brevard Banking company. Two
appeals were taken to the supreme
court. and the men went before
Judge N. A. Townsend for re-
sentence. Judge Townsend impos-
ed the sentence the men nc" be-
gin serving, but stated that he
would recommend clemency if
restitution was made the county.
The four men posted 100000
with the county commissioners of
Pennsylvania county, but Govern
or Ehrinshaus two months ago
refused to grant clemency on the
grounds that the money was de-
posted with Strings" so that if
clemency was denied the county
would not get the money.
The men then gained a temper
airy habeas corpus from Judge T.
B. Finley at North Wilkesboro,
but Judge Finley denied motion
to make the writ permanent in
Hendersonville. ,Th e supreme
court refused to grant a writ Of
certiorari.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
1O6 Lives Lost AS Jap Warcraft Capsizes
SIX PEOPLE KIDNAPPED AND
POLICE CHIEF SHOT AS BANK
IN ATCHISON ROBBED TODAY
Search Is Continued fol
Dillinger; One Of Men
Convicted of Murder

ATCHISON, Kansas, Mar. II.
(UP).-Two robbers raided the
Exchanges National bank, kidnap-
ed six employees, shot the chief OF
police, and escaped with about
$4,000 today.
The kidnapped employees were
arranged on the running board of
the car in order to prevent the
police from firing, and were re-
leased three miles from the city.
The robbers, both masked, and
one armed with a machine gun,
walked into the bank as it opened
and scooped up all available cash.
The time clock. however, had not
opened the main vault. Assistant
Cashier Iverson was ordered to
open the vault, and when he tod
the men he could not open the
vault. one of the robbers hit him
on the head with a revolver butt.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
FORD FINISHES.
HIS PASTORATE.
here TONIGHT.
Cordial Resolutions Of APP
probation Adopted; Last
Baptisms Set

One of the largest crowds ever
to attend a service in the First
Baptist church was present Sun
day night to hear the last sermon
of the Rev. William Herschel
Ford. who is leaving Henderson
Vile Tuesday for Knoxville,
Tenn, where he will assume the
pastorate of the Broadway Bap-
fist church of that city.
Nineteen people Joined the
church Sunday. Fourteen were
baptized Sunday night. Another
baptismal service is to be held to-
night at 7:3O to care for those
who were not baptized Sunday
night.
Mr.. Ford's pastorate here has
been marked by a large number
of additions to the church, 40
people having united with the
church under his ministry.
The organizations and dltfereaV
members of the church have given
the Ford family many expressions
of their love and appreciation Tor
their work. On Sunday three
more departments of the churcp
presented them with useful and
beautiful gifts. ~
For the benefit of his friends
IN Hendersonville, Mr.. Ford states
that his address in Knoxville Will
he 944 Eleanor street or IN care
of the Broadway Baptist church.
Resolutions of appreciation Tor
the work of the departing pastor,
were adopted by the church ano
members of other denominations
Sunday, preceding the morning
service. The resolutions were
read by Rev. A. l. Justice and J
discussed freely by members anu anu
non-member visitors who were l
given opportunity to speak Inc
RESOLUTIONS are as follows;
"Whereas, our pastor, Brother
CONTINUED on page fourl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
PLANE is SOUGHT In
COLOMBIAN JUNGLES

BOGOTA, Colombia, Mar. II.
(UP).-Military airplanes search
ed vainly over Colombian jungles
Sunday for some trace of the
Scadta company's hi-motor plane
Won Khron which has not been
reported since leaving Buenaven-
tura Saturday for Medellin.
1t was feared that the ship,
which carried three passengers
besides the pilot and co-pi!ot
had crashed in the jungles. Radio
reports came from the plane for
a time Saturday and then ceased
abruptly. Walter eek, famous
German fier, was at the controls.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
levers BATTLE JAPS
ErpLAND POLICY

F0NO, March 12.-(UP).-
j Nippon Dempo news agency S
Frsirg Manchuokuo. CORE
Frjegt has cabled that a band
Ns1chuokuoan and Korean
kners at Han, 200 miles east OF
br5r attacked a detachment OF
karsse troops. Scores of troops
ke killed or wounded. The
h. vas the result of bad feel
{ over land policies it was re-
Etat.
IA. Osaka, Japan, it was report
that several Japanese officers,
EgGng one colonel were killed
the fighting.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
New Partnership
Is Formed Here
To Run Plumbing, Heating,
Electrical Business

Announcement has been MAGE q,
+hat r S. Ringemann and =. /.
Ina have formed a partnership in
the plumbing. heating and ele s;
tricai business in connection with
t ttio King hardware store on
e Snvortb avenue east. A stock of
s,trres in these lines is being in
Lille ltaiieJ in a connecting room. Mr.;
Ringemann is an experienced
Humber and contractor and Mr.
Kino IS well known as merchat.
Tha new partnership has the ag-
ancv for Myers electrical pumps
and sprays.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
Senior Class Play
Proceeds Again to
Be Used For Gift

Proceeds of the senior class
play, "All-of-a-Sudden Peggy
which is to be presented Friday in
the high school auditorium. will
be used to buy gift for the
school as a class memorial, it was
pointed out today.
This is the traditional use OF
this particular fund, and for the
last few years the gift has taken
the form of books for the school
library. as this seems the most
valuable contribution that can be
made to any group of boys and
girls.
A faculty member said today
that "the class members are to be
commended for the effort they
are putting forth to make their
annual dramatic production a sue
cess. There has been no organ
lied work in dramatics since they
entered high school, so they have
had to master for one production
the technique which would other
wise have been acquired more
easily over a period of four years.
1t is greatly to their credit that
they have ignored this handicap,
and have thrown themselves so
Fundamentally into this produc-
ion. that the public is assured
Of good performance on Friday
night. Nor are the members Of
he cast and the stage-men the
,nly ones who are at work. The
entire senior class is working on
his project"
This is the only paid perform
lnce put on by the high school
his wear.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
Britain May Buy
Island In Malays
Would Make Wireless Sta
ton Air and Sea Base

LONDON, March IL. (UP).-,
Great Britain is considering buy
ing Timor Island, in the Malay
Archipelago. the Sunday Dispatch
said yesterday.
The island is owned jointly by
Portugal and Holland. The price
was said to be between 100000
and 100000 pounds sterling
(about S25,35O,OOO to $5O,7OO,-
OO0).
The paper said Britain proposes
to build a great air and sea base
and wireless station on the
island linking it with the naval
development at Singapore.
Portugal and Holland were re-
ported willing to sell.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
|CELE MAKERS SON
Inn RECOME KING

March II. (UP).-
i lis, of royal rulers in the
BID will shortly be increased
Two when a British king and
lien Of IslameStan are crowned
that Asiatic Hinterland prov
/, the Daily Express said yester-
).
|bamesta is the new name
ben the Chinese province of
|nEalg by the son of a British
Eie manufacturer, DR.. Khalid
Rs.t-ake. The dispatch said that
!. &eldrake, working as a med
b Missionary in Sinkiang. &C
RC:si the throne Eat the urgent
quests Of the chiefs of the prov
Is."
The Doctors wife, residing in
cIest Hill, a London suburb, was
toced as saying 81 intend to
lke NY responsibilities as queen
'ii0lSly. | shall go to IslameStan
ltn two sons for our corona
b."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
BIRMINGHAM FIRE
CITY'S WORST BLAZE

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Mar. IL.
(UP).-Fire trucks continued to
pour streams of water on the
smoking ruins of fire-razed bust
ness block in Birmingham yester-
day. The fire, which ragged for
nearly ten hours Saturday and
Saturday night to do damage es-
timated at from $3,5O0,000 to
S4,OOO,OOO, was the worst in the
city's history.
Hospitals received u firemen
for treatment Saturday night af-
ter they had been overcome by
smoke or injured slightly.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-12
GEORGE RUFF
| GIVEN BURIAL
'olk Farmer Succumbs to
Shot Gun Wounds in
Rutherfordton

RUTHERFORDTON, Mare ~.
Peorse Ruff. 35-vear-old Polk
Osn'y farmer, died in the Ruth
s iTEu county hospital here Sat-
fESy from wounds received late
,uay a..egedly at the hands of
/ wilson is said 10 have wounded
<o r.. with a load from a shotgun
- .. tOOper's Gan BAPTIST church,
H. TIE Rutherford-Polk county
'ssi EuI1, a school bus driver, had
>Eii5 isred a bus load of school
Earto oS" 70 their homes and had
H. ,'L = oacA to his own home
scyor. ne !, saw Wilson's car parked
,egeJS .ne road Wilson. it is al
h. 49, 1,s ran out from his car toward
bad s, Gus and fired. the first
h. h. r,O'II me shotgun lodging in
To-, gGS' Ruff. officers who inves-
d gu SAID, begged Wilson not
nm oo, again and started to
irs ,,D out Of the bus when Wilson
no p = second time. the shot strik-
lev S Nuff in the lungs and kid
PEE
os ;,4., made declaration at the
batS VA va, shortly before he died
nj " " I.Son did not speak to him
5oot as Knew Of no reason for the
zen :, Is reported that there has
70 an old grudge between the
nSo. "eh and that Wilson was
WH.'ne Influence of whiskey.
,b nSg y was arrested and lodged
rs .e P9lk county Jail at Column
md funeral services were held
"a Day ~ at Cooper's Gap church by
N "eS' Sam Huntley of Hender-
oo,a county. former pastor Of
= 'P D. Gap church, assisted by
x pastor, the Rev. Altman.