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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
l5-MILE STRATOSPHERE TRIP
u, s, EXPERTS GOAL IN JUNE
Captain Stevens and Major
Kepner Will Use Mann
moth Balloon

WASHINGTON. Jan. II. CUP
Plans for a record breaking STRAIT
osphere flight in a balloon larger
than any yet constructed were
announced last night by the U. 5;
Army Air Corps and the National
Geographic Society.
The goal is a 15-mile ascent to
Grab a container full Of the ar
up there. and bring it back to
earth for analysis.
CAPTAIN A. w. Steens, U.S.A,
who reached an altitude Of 80, $50
feet in an airplane in 1928 and
ever since has wanted to double
that will be the observer on the
fight. Major William Z. kepner,
famous army balloon expert ana
twice winner of international bal
loon races, will pilot the giant
bag. Captain Stevens set the 10
mile goal as the greatest &itltuoe
man can hope to make and return
to a safe landing. >.
A committee of outstanding
scientists is cooperating on plans
for the expedition, which will have
bv far the most complete line OF
equipment yet assembled for oo-
serving and recording conditions
Jnr;nq q stratosphere flight.
The bags capacity will be s.
ood nOo c1bic feet five times the
Size of the bag used by Comman,,
der T. G. w. Settle on his record
II 1-2 mile ascent last November
and 3 1-2 times the size of the
baS used for a 12-mile ascent by
Soviet airmen in September. The
Soviet record is not recognized as
official.
The metal gondola will be nine
feet in diameter, two feet larger
than that used by Settle and ear
lier by Prof. Picard. shakespeare
pioneer. That means, since the
gondolas are spherical, that the
new one will have twice the cubic
CAPACITY of the old. giving room
for far more elaborate lnStru-
ments.
The flight will be started in
June.
Trapping a somple of strato-
sphere air is only one of the IA
scientific goals.
The more important include:
Recording the temperature
gradient" from earth to the 10
mile altitude. Stevens made the
only complete record of earth-to-
stratosphere temperature grad
ents on his airplane flight to 3D.
$50 feet in 1928.
Study of cosmic rays.
Recording of electrical conduc-
ton of air at various attitudes.
High level photography, IN
which Stevens is perhaps the
worlds greatest expert. =.
There are eight other SPECIFIC
detectives. Most of the instru-
ments will be "read" automaticaI-
ly by motion picture film when
will make a complete record for
later study. This will leave Stew
ems and Kepner free to give most
!, Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
ROOSEVELT TO
ASK WORK Be
GIVEN TO july
Money Bill Introduced in
Senate; President Hits
Lobbyists
MORTGAGED HOMES
PROBLEM DISCUSSED

WASHINGTON. Jan. II. (UPD
President Roosevelt's next COM
munication to congress will be on
an appropriation of $1,166,OO0.-
600 to carry forward the CWA
until July. it was said at the White
House today.
The president indicated that no
time is to be lost in presenting
the matter to congress as present
CWA funds will be exhausted by
February 10.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
PLAN CLEANUP
As HOLLOWELL.
BEGINS work
Those Not in Actual Want
Have Chance to Quit
as Patriotic Duty
MORE INVESTIGATORS
TO FACILITATE WORK

ADMINISTRATION of relief and
....T work, projects m Henderson
~. r,, q new start today un-
-. - announced policy of elm
-. .mrreves who are found
=. h. furfesgrv.n- and OF invest!-
-. .u.. needs u- work appli-
-. -...., -ru.v names have been
>,r,;4si 90 .ae CWA office but
F thew have been placed on
the payroll 4bo
.;.,. hail Noah Hollowell. recent
- - srr~.r,et relief and CWA d.
/ 80 -o,t The tederal-cOunty re-
ar,rrormer. board that he had re-
safv-i av.ro.:-r 10 employ eight
:rra.-fga-or, .aa- he wanted two
p. 30 n work -3tay and that they
AMI * others should report to
I;r, q. . q. m. Thursday in the
r.,v hail. The board then selected
me Investigators from the list Of
aY9,ira..yrs for such work on til2.
The nr.ucipal-ln fact. the
orlv severe criticism that has been
directed az the relief and CNA
administration IS that many UNI
deserving persons are on the pay
roll while others in dire need have
been denied Jobs" Mr.. Hollowell
told the board. "Of course much
Of thi, criticiSnl-is unfounded. but
our Immediate job Is TO clean up
the situation as much and as soon
Is possible and then see to It that
no one not actually in need OF
work Is given employment.
Nr. Hollowell and the re-em-
r,ovment board then determined
on Inc policy of thoroughly inveS-
..ga-,ng the needs Of work appli-
car-s before finally employing
them. This has heretofore been
recognized as the proper course,
bl. I'D to this time the CWA and
re-employment offices have been
"...NAL Tux Sci NANSS VI S'AA NNNNN
quate investigating staff.
The two agencies also decided
70 broaden the policy with re-
s0ec, to the employment Of for
mer military service men. Up to
this time the regulations have
been broadly interpreted to mean
tina, ex-Service men should be
given preference over all other
applicants for work regardless of
the needs of the latter. but more
recent Instructions received by
Nr. Hollowell direct that eX-Serv-
ice men be given preference only
when their needs are found to be
as great as those of others who
may be applying for the same
Jobs.
In eliminating undeserving em-
p.OyeS now on the CWA payroll,
Continued on page FOUR
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
Herman Bradley
Suffers Blow
X-Ray Pictures Taken to
Determine Condition

Herman Bradley. IS, was in the
Patton Memorial hospital today as
the result Of a blow over the head.
received on Monday afternoon i'll
the Point Lookout section when a
Tee limb fell on his head.
A-ray pictures were made at
me hospital this morning in an
eTort 20 determine the exact eX-
lent Of the young mans injuries.
10 was stated that ne has not been
unconscious since the accident,
our mas suffered considerable pam
from the injury.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
Texas Convict
Captured Today

CROCKETT. Texas. Jan. H.
(UP).-J B. French, one of five
convicts who escaped E astham
Prison Farm near here yesterday
was captured four miles from
camp by negro farmer in whose
house he sought refuge. Gebe
Wright. negro, held the unarmed
French until Sergeant Charles
Flournoy and his pack of blood
hounds closed in on him.
Manager B. B. Monzingo of the
farm said French was not includ-
ed in the escape plot but that dur
ing the excitement he crawled
into the underbrush and waited
until things quoted, then left.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
ICKES FORBIDS ANY
DEPARTMENT LOBBYING

WASHINGTON. Jan. II. (UP)
President Roosevelt today struck
sharply at the custom of national
committeeman establishing them
selves as lawyers in the shadow Of
the capitol.
The president opposed the prac-
tice. it was revealed. The White
House revelation came closely on
the action of Secretary Ickes for
bidding certain well-known lobby
lists to ply their trade with persons
in his department.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
MONETARY PROGRAM
HEARING WILL START

WASHINGTON. Jan. II. (Ur)
Chairman Fletcher. of the senate
banking and currency committee,
introduced a bill in the senate to-.
day earring out provisions Of the
presidents new monetary pro-
gram.
Executive hearings will start
this afternoon at o'clock.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
Pulitzer Deputy
Administrator
OF Press Codes

WASHINGTON. Jan. II. (UP)
Administrator Johnson announced
today the appointment of Ralph
Pulitzer, brother of the publish
er, Joseph Pulitzer, of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch. to be deputy
administrator in charge of news
paper codes.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
NOTED BISHOP
DIES TODAY.
Heart Attack Fatal to Nc
Murray of Southern
Methodist Church

FAYETTE, Mo. Jan. II. CUP
Bishop w. P. McMurray. of the
NJ E. Church, South. former
president of Central College, died
at his home here today. The
bishop was victim of a heart
attack and died before the arrival
of a physician.
ASSIGNED to Illinois and Kentucky
as ranking officer of the church.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
Eyes From Corpse
Give Blind Sight

MOSCOW, Jan. 17.-OUP).
Prof V. p. Filstov, of the
Odessa Eye Institute, announced
today that he had successfully
succeeded in transferring the
cornea of an eye from a corpse
to the eye of woman blind IN
both eyes from II years OF age
He said the woman could see
we'll now. but didn't remember
colOrs
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
JOHN RARDEN ILL
WITH PNEUMONIA

Hendersonville friends of John
Rarden. former manager of the
Skyland hotel in this city, are
grieved to hear a report that ne Is
i'll with pneumonia in Ashevllle.
His condition as reported today
was serious, it was feared by his
family and friends.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17

General Tire & Rubber cont
pany earns 1888 net income OF
S4l4,9l2. against $2o2,35S IN
1882.
Illinois Central railroad re-
ports freight loadings last week
we're 24,599 cars, against ZO'-
5ss cars in the preceding
week.
Minneapolis-Honeywell Reg
ulator Co., declares an extra
dividend of IS cents a share on
common stock.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
726 carrot DIAMOND
IS FOUND in AFRICA

CAPETOWN. South Africa,
Jan. II. (UP).-A flawless white
diamond weighing 726 carats. be-
lieved to be one of the four larg-
est stones in the world has been
discovered on a farm at Glands
fontein, it was learned here to-
day. e
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
NO MONEY PACT is
SOUGHT WITH LONDON

WASHINGTON. Jan. II. (UP).
President Roosevelt is not seeking
an agreement with England on
monetary matters or trade. it was
stated at the White House.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
WEATHER

Cloudy tonight and Thursday;
slightly colder
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
GOOD AFTERNOON

Ohio expects to sell real whisky
for as low a. $50 a quart. But
the cities still will have to worry
over its effects.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
River Boat Sets
New Records

During the past week, the mod
ern, steel steamer, "City of Wash,
ington" of the Wilson Line, car.
ried we'll over $4,000 passengers
on her four daily trips up and
down the Potomac River.
While the Mt. Vernon trip is
more popular than ever with the
tourists, the regular kiddies' Days
on Monday and Friday have set
a new record for attendance to
Marshall Hall.
A new ride. the "Dangler" is
being opened to the public today
and this ride bids fair to become
the most popular ride in the park
This device is the only one of its
kind in the vicinity of Washington
and provides a new thrill for
amusement seekers.
The large spacious picnic groves
at Marshall Hall Park are proving
their popularity with those who
seek quiet, cool spot to enjoy a
meal in the open.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
d.. Inspires Ps;s = HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
DressIer's Mimic
In New Feature
At Astoria

NEW YORK, June 29.-Flavia
Arcaro, who looks like younger
edition of Marie Dressler, and
who has mastered the trick of
making her voice sound like Miss
Dressler'S, has a role in Crime
Without Passion" Ben Hecht-
Charles Macarthur production for
Paramount.
So marked is Miss Arcaro's re-
semblance to the M-G-M star that
she was chosen to travestry her
role in Dinner at s" for the
Warner short subject, Come to
Dinner" In addition, Miss Arcaro
has portrayed Marie DreSsler on
the air during a radio broadcast
of as minutes from Broadway"
Of Spanish-Irish ancestry, Miss
Arcaro was born on a Texas ranch
near the Mexican border, and at
II came to New York to study
music. She sang for three years
with the St. Louis Municipal Opera
Company, and then appeared in
musical shows for the ShubertS,
Henry Savage and the DeKoVen
light opera company in New York.
She made a tour with Weber and
Fields in "Hoity Toity," playing
Lillian RuSsell's role in the re-
vival of one of her great sue
cesseS.
In additional to musical pro-
auctions, Miss Arcaro has been
on the dramatic stage with Otis
Skinner in "Marius"; with Alice
Brady in Romance: in Queer
People" on Broadway last season;
and in the revival of Victor Her
bert's Mile. Modiste' with FRITZ
Scheff, a role which she later
played in the film version of the
play.
Miss Arcaro has played in silent
pictures, and now talking pictures
have given her opportunities to
air her linguistic knowledge. She
speaks Spanish, French, Italian,
and Russian, and recently com
pleted a role in a Spanish film
for Paramount, which was made
at the Eastern Service Studios,
where "Crime Without Passion"
is being produced. Principal roles
in the Ben Hecht-Charles Mac
Arthur picture are played by
Claude Rains, Mango, Whitney
Bourne. Stanley Ridges, and Greta
| CrandStedt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
Shakespeare Play
Planned Here

The Washington Community
Players which already have two
successful presentations of world
famous classics to their credit in
Alice in Wonderland" an d
Treasure Island" will begin re-
hearsals Monday night on
Shakespeare's "A M i'd u m m r
Nights Dream" which they will
present in late July in Washing
ton.
The arrangement will be brief.
and may be played in less than
two hours, including the accom-
panying music composed for the
fairy idyl, by Mendelssohn. Bess
Davis Schreiner, George Earring
ton and John Sikken have made
the cuts in the original text
which will be used by the local
group in their production.
Among those who will appear
in leading roles in the Shakes
peare comedy will be Thomas
Matthew Cahill, Carl Carlson,
Kent Dyer, Wilbur Belts, John
Sikken, Wade Robinson, Herman
Riess, Jesse Veitch, and a num-
Der of guest players to be an
nounced within the next week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
AS Thousands Cheer
Past 300 Mark

The Booth performance Of GAS
Thousands Cheer" was chaiked up
at the Music Box in New York on
June IL. There is every reason to
believe that the Irving Berlin-Moss
Hart revue will run straight
through the summer and that it
will eventually achieve an engage
ment of more than a years dura-
ton.
To date three Music Box attrac-
tons have attained that distinc-
tion-the first Music Box revue,
Cradle Snatchers" and "Of Thee
I Sing"
It is interesting to note that
since this popular playhouse was
first opened Is years ago it has
housed 20 attractions, of which
only two were failures. This is a
record not even approached by
any other Broadway theater.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29

Now that We are just begin
ming to understand something
about contract bridge, the ex-
pertS bring in, Contract
WHIST. Another New Deal.
After spending a lot of dough
with the specialists to improve
your bridgewOrk You dis
cover that your System is all
run down."
They've been changing the
game so often, that even the
kibitzerS are complaining.
/ guess the reason that most
of the experts are men, is be-
cause they have more expert
ence in playing the hand. -.
Many a man has been slapped
in the face for trying the Fore
ing Approach System, on the
wrong girl.
SO REMEMBERS:
CuIbertsOh and Sims may
know their bridge. But don't
forget about that guy, Steve
BrOdie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29

was interviewed and gave torth
the ensuing comment: 1T doesn't
hurt much but makes the SKIN
calloused on the back OF my
neck so 1 can't wear evening
gowns after a while" How sad.
According to Joan Bennett,
her husband, Gene Marley, is
the perfect spouse on account
of he does not sing in the bath
tub-he does not leave the caps
off tooth paste tubes-he does
rot nag and he positively does
not quarrel over the bridge table.
All of which makes him thing
Of joy and beauty to have around
the house.
disqualification note: Lionel Bar
rymore is taking two weeks rest
cure at one of our local Ravens for
health, and Irene, his charming
wife, reports that, plus having Lilo
mel away, their two dogs are now
done up at the veterinaries-one
for laryngitiS CHS bark sounded
asthmatic), and the other with a
fancy case of stomach trouble.
Even though Helen Mack lost
nine pounds during the first three
weeks of filming "You Belong to
Me-" at Paramount, she would like
it to be known that she has abso-
lutely no illusions about an actress
giving all to her art (such as the
nine pounds, but rather, when
she is before the camera such a
fine case of plain and fancy jit-
tiers sets in. food ceases to be nu-
tritious to her being.
Helen Trenholm, now emoting
in the Brethren Warmers 1.-THE
Case of the Howling Dog" is the
first stage actress on record who
was signed for the cinema but
with single day of Broadway ex-
perience to her credit. Miss T.
eventually hit the Great White
Way from Montreal in Strange
Orchestra" which lasted, for the
benefit of the innocent public, but
one performance. Fortunately for
the lady,. a Warner talent scout
caught her emoting and signed
her then and there.
Snapshots Collected Through a
Transom: Slim Summerville start
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
Cary Grant, Wife
On Motor Vacation

Cary Grant and wife, the
former Virginia Cherrill, have left
Hollywood by motor for the
Grand Canyon, where they will
spend the first part of their vaca-
ton. The actor, who finished
filming on his latest picture,
Ladies Should Listen" this week,
stated that their vacation by auto
may take them as far as Chicago
where they will attend the Worlds
Fair,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
Plenty Of Show

Plenty OF Show
Since both of the Billy Rose
projects are rolling in greenbackS
it is natural that ambitious show
men in other cities with idle play
houses should attempt to emulate
his success. Which brings us to
the point of this story.
The BelaSco Theater in Lafay
cite Square is being more than
mentioned for this type of enter
tainment. come cool weather
There doesn't appear to be a
doubt in the world that one of a
number of promoters who are dick
ering for the venerable shrine of
the drama will come to terms
with the MeSSrS. Shubert.
It will take q considerable in
vestment to remodel the Belasco
for the Billy Rose type of enter
tainment, since it requires food
and a kitchen and all the appur-
tenances of first-claSS hotel res
taurant. The general idea of the
entertainment is to provide din
ner, dancing on the stage and a
floor show, with drinks for sale,
of course), the whole amusement
menu scaled at a price which
would enable a couple to spend a
complete evening for S.. You will
hear more about this later for ne
gotiationS are now in what is
called the "red hot" stage.
Bette Wakes Up
If Hardie Meakin becomes hot
and bothered today suggest that
he read the New York prints and
particularly the reviews of "Of
Human Bondage"
There he will find that Keith's
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
PROMOTERS SEEK BELASCO
Theater RemodeIins to Install New
Dining, Dancing and Floor
Show Is Latest Plan
BY ANDREW R, KELLEY

Billy Rose who will be known Mr.. Fannie Brice,
although he is husband of the comedenne) making
money Broadway at the moment than any other
purveyor of entertainment.
Rose who conceived executed the Casino de
Pare which is something unique and distinctive in nightcub
entertainment 1t eaped amazing popularity and
Mr. Rose has taken another musty New York playhouse and
turned into music hall with 100 singing walters oldme
vaudeville, newsrees dancing in the dark and Barbary
Coast saloon with silver dollars the floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
ICOVer
HOu yWOOd
Sy LLOYD PANTACES
PUBLICATION RIGHTS RESERVED

ed life as a carpenter in a coffin
factory. Victor McLaglen is study
ing the technique of sound, pos
sibly with the thought of being a
sound technician. Fred AStaire
can play a piano and dance at
the same time, which is really
something. William Rocker manu-
features all the collapsible auto
mobiles for the RKO studio and
has one held together with pins,
that can be completely wrecked,
engine and all, and then assem-
bled in IS minutes.
Boy Scout membership goes out
to John Boles, who has just
founded the Boles successor COM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29

comes the fol-
lowing n if t y:
1t would seem
that a S tn n t
G i r !, Miss
Mickie Kin G,
famous for her
W ork on the
flying ira peze
in circu S e S,
found it neces-
sary to lie a p
from a trapeze
into a net for
"a certain scene.
!: After m a n y
t a es of the
shot, Miss King
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29

fame a very difficult one in his
youth, for to be able to make
enough money to pay for his
singing lessons he had to work
for several years in the Texas
cotton fields, plucking for singing
purposes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
Shirley Temple To
Sing New Film Tune

Shirley Temple will sing again
in Now and Forever" in which
she's being featured with Gary
Cooper and Carole Lombard. The
be-curled 5-year-old has started
rehearsing. The Grasshopper
and the Frog" on the test stage
and hopping around to show how
the big, bad froggie goes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29

DlIlC, W11lCu NC
t h r e e young
gentlemen with
very fine sing
ing possibilities
W h ON he is
angeling for a
future S CT e en-
debut by pay
ing for all their
v &C a | lessons.
This bit of big
heartedneSS is a
kindly gesture
on j o h n n les
part, seeing as
how he found
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
Players Make Love
La HEAVY Wardrobe

Claudette Colbert and Henry
Wilcoxon played a love scene in
Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra"
wearing a total of 1875 pounds OF
clothing. Wilcoxon's armor and
accountrements Weighe no
pounds, while Claudette Colbert'S
gown, made entirely of jeWelled
beads, weighed IS pounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29
Started Early

At an age when most girls
were thinking of nothing but
dates and parties, Gertrude
Michael, appearing in THE No
torious Sophie Lang" was or
ganizing and directing a little
theater group,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-29

say she steals the picture from
Leslie Howard.
Up to now Bette Davis has
been a rather placid blonde
ingenue with one piece of acting
to her credit, i. e., her role with
George ArlisS in Man Who
Played God" In most other pic
lures she was a careleSsly made
up Starlet who gave no promise
of caring much about how she
talked or acted. In fact most Of
her dialogue was negatived for
the audience by an atrocious
rushing of lines.
Director John Cromwell gets
credit for waking Miss Davis UP.
He also gets the glory for bossing
a Radio picture that appears to
be fine transcript of the
Somerset Vaughan story.
Unless booking schedules are
revised "Of Human Bondage"
comes to Keith's a week from
today.