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The Washington times., 1934-02-08
BUSINESS SEEN
On UPTREND

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8
0.N.SD.-"By fall general con-
ditiOns will be as prosperous as
any this country has ever wit
messed"
This forecast was made here
today by Edward A. Filene, owner
of one of Boston's biggest depart
ment stores and well-known stu
dent Of economics. He declared:
ut isn't gueSSwOrk, or anti
depression propaganda this
saying that business is well on
its way back.
"In Massachusetts and other
New England States, the Nm
crease in all lines of business for
the first Is days of January was
more than FL per cent.
"This increase isn't just re-
giOnal. Coming westward, 1
found the same pronounced up
trend all along the way. 1t will
continue to grow through spring
and summer. BY fall / expect
general conditions to be as pros
porous as any this country has
ever witnessed"
Filene, noted philanthropiSt,
has been analyZing business trends
for the past 20 years. He was
decorated four times by European
governments for educational and
economic services.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
GANG HUNT
PLANNED
BY j. 8.
ACEN IS
Serial Numbers of SIS and $40
Notes Paid Thugs ListedI
Escape Effort Detailed

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. s
~GN.s.).-A ransom of $780,
600 was paid to the kidnapers
Of Edward G.. Bremen, wealthy
banker, the victim 8 father,
Adolph Bremen, declared TO-
day.
The elder Mr.. Bremen said the
ransom was paid in notes and
bills, $4,000 of which were $S
notes and the remainder in SO
bills, as demanded. The money
was paid Tuesday night.
Elated over the conclusion Of
the ordeal experienced by him
since his son was kidnapped on
January II, the owner Of the
Jacob Schmidt Brewery said he
greatly appreciated the personal
interest of President Roosevelt
and the governor in the return
of his son.
Bill Numbers Listed
Serial numbers of the bills con.
stituting the 100000 have been
listed by agents of the United
States Department of Justice, and
will be broadcast to the banks Of
the country as an aid in apprs-
blending the kidnapers.
The younger Mr.. Bremen re-
turned to his fathers home early
today in good physical condition.
despite the fact that a physician
attended him for minor injuries
incurred when he struggled with
the kidnapers at the time Of the
"snatching."
Adolph Bremer's statement fol-
lows:
II am so happy to tell you
that my boy is back at last
after his terrible experience.
The hideOus hours of suspense
have been almost unbearable for
all of us. I greatly appreciate
the personal interest Of the
President. The Governor, the
city, State and Federal law en-
forcing authorities have been
most kind in their efforts and
offers Of assistance"
"AbOve all will never forget
their humane willingness to
stand by when my pleas con-
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The Washington times., 1934-02-08
Full Probe of Army Contracts Ordered
D. E. to Hiuer;
MercuuDue to
M5AbOue

Washington will experience
the coldest weather Of the win
ter tonight and the lowest tenn
perature since 1925, it was pre-
dicted by the weather Bureau
today.
The weather man said that
the mercury will nosedive to
about five degrees late tonight
or early in the morning and
to make the outlook bit dark
er, he predicted that snow will
probably continue to fall all dur
ing the day and night and to-
morrow. .
If the thermometer falls to
night, it will mark the lowest
temperature here since Janu-
ary %, 1925 when it registered
three degrees. The coldest be-
fore that was February S, 1918,
with a recording of two degrees
below zero.
The wind will shift to the
north or northeast.
A belt of snow now covers
Western Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia and southern
Ohio.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
SIX AUTO MEN
To TESTIFY
7 TODAY
Attorney General Turns Over
Data to Garnett;; Jury Has
HaIf-Finished Its Quiz

Possibility that the Grand
Jury investigation into the
award of Army contracts for
motor trucks will embrace
may startling disclosures was
limited at today by Attorney
General Cummings.
Irrespective of the consequences
and regardless Of what high Gov
eminent officials, if any, are drag
ged into the case, the investiga-
ton will go ahead, Mr.. Cummings
said.
Data With Garnett
The Attorney General would not
comment on the nature of the tes'
timony laid before his department,
but it was learned in other quar-
tiers that collusive bidding for
Army trucks is the chief cause Of
the investigation.
After a weeks investigation Of
charges preferred by Secretary Of
War Dern the Department Of JUS
tice turned over the evidence to
the office of Leslie c. Garnett,
United States District Attorney for
the District of Columbia.
The Attorney General would not
say if any officials of the War De-
partment will be brought into the
investigation.
A number of Washington
lawyer-lobbyistS, two of whom are
said to be prominent in American
Legion circles, are being investi-
gated by the Department of
Justice as to their part in the
deal for motor cars and trucks
under the new 10 million dollar
War Department motorization
program.
To date, the name of only one
man, Joseph Silverman, former
New York clothing dealer, who
now has a suite at the Mayflower
Hotel, has been brought out into
the case.
A dealer in War Department
goods for several years, Mr..
Silverman has been ordered
barred from further dealing with
the department.
One of the lawyer-lobbyists
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The Washington times., 1934-02-08
Insurance Planned
For Workers in CWA

The 100000 workers on civil
works projects would be placed
under the Federal employees COM
pensation act, under an amend
ment written by the Senate this
afternoon into the AdminiStra-
tion'S $3.50, 10000 appropriation
for relief activities.
The act would pay $1,000 to
the family of any worker killed
on a civil works project or a
like sum to the worker if totally
disabled. Lesser degrees Of in
jury would draw eorreSpondingly
decreased sllmG.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
PAY CUT VOTE
. AWAITS VET
RELIEF
Full Restoration Demand to
Be Pushed When Item
Is Next Considered

Definite agreement was
reached today for a meeting
Of the Senate subcommittee
an the independent offices
supply bill, which carries Gov
ernment pay legislation, to-
morrow morning.
A tentative agreement for a
meeting today was thrown
aside when meetings of the
Treasury Postoffice subcom-
mittee were called for today.
The independent offices group
tomorrow will reach a decision on
the veterans relief sections of the
bill, and then make its report
to the full committee. It is not
expected that the subcommittee
tomorrow will discuss salary re-
storation features of the bill,
since it was returned to the SUBJ
committee for the definite pur-
pose of considering veterans Sec
tlunS only.
However, when the measure
gets to the full committee again,
it has been said a motion for
full restoration of Government
salaries will be made. with a pos
sibility that such motion may
be approved.
What tactics the restoration
group is planning to use to get a
majority vote on the issue will not
be disclosed until later. but the
anti-pay cut bloc is definitely hope
full of success.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
To HALT.
CHECK TAX

Repeal Of the emergency two
cent bank check tax and increased
second class mail rates were voted
by the House Ways and Means
Committee today as it neared COM
pletion of the new tax revision
bill. The committee also voted to
continue for one year three-cent
intercity letter postage.
The bank check tax which
yielded $3S,OOO,OOO last year,
would be repealed effective jan
uary /, 1885. The emergency in
crease on second class postage
rates would end June 80 to this
year.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
NARKE 7 FIRM
AND SLOWER

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 T.N.SO.-
The market was more orderly to-
day as a firmer tone followed
early selling.
The main body of stocks con-
tinued under yesterdays closing
prices, but trading was slower
and fluctuations were narrower
for the most part.
The early selling was appar!
emily a carry-over from yester-
day, partly induced by reports Of
rigid Federal regulations due.
A rally in sugar stocks followed
reports that the President would
present a message to Congress on
the sugar situation.
Utility shares also displayed a
firmer tone.
The commodity markets re-
ceded in sympathy. with stocks,
wheat, corn and other grains
slipped off more than a cent a
buShel before rallying to within
a fraction of the previous close.
The cotton market dropped about
Is cents a bale. Bonds were lower
and the curb reactionary.
Trading slowed down after the
first hour.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
'DGddy's' Ward Hurt
In Honeymoon Crash

ELKTON, Md, Feb. 8 G.N.S.).
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence B. Hood,
the latter the former Dorothy
Sunshine" Browning. ward of
Edward CDaddy'O Browning,
were recovering from slight in
juries here today after their car
crashed into a parked truck.
Married in New York Tuesday,
they were en- route to Annapolis
in an expensive automobile pre-
Sented to them by Browning
when the accident occurred. The
car was considerably damaged.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
By international News Service

A 74-year-old precedent for the
contempt case, now pending
against former Assistant Secretary
Of Commerce william P. Mac
Cracken, jr., and three air1nail Of
ficials, was found today in the
dusty tones of the Senate.
It was the case Of ThaddeuS
Hyatt, a New Yorker, who refused
to obey a Senate subpoena in 1860,
in connection with an inquiry into
the notorious John Browns traid
Of Harper'S Ferry, w. Va.
Three Months In Jail
Hyatt was arrested by the Sem
ate, tried for contempt and given
a three months sentence in the
common jair' Of the District of
Columbia. He served it too-from
March IL to June IS.
Hyatt was one Of four men in
the. history of Congress to be COM
mitted to Jail direct from the floor
Of either House.
The first was John w. Wolcott,
in 1858, who was committed to
Jail by the House for refusing to
testify before a committee.
He was held in the District jail
from February Is to March %,
and released then only because
the courts were trying to get pos
session of him to try him on a
criminal charge Of defying the
House.
Served His Term
Hyatt was the second Of the
four. The third was Patrick
Woods, a Richmond (Va.) detec-
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
Congress Has Jailed
-Four for Contempt
In Past 76 Years

tive, who was committed to the
District jail in 1870 by the House
for three months because Of an
assault on a Representative,
Charles H. Porter, in Richmond.
Woods served the full term, 60
ing to Jail from the floor of the
House after a trial on contempt
charges.
Hallett Kilbourn, one-time pow
erful broker here, was the fourth.
He was held in the District jail
from March IA to April 18, 1876,
when he was released on a writ
Of habeaS corpus to defend him
self in a crimina4 D
charge Of defying a house COM
mittee.
Subsequently, he sued the
Houses sergeant-at-arms for dam
ages, alleging false imprisonment,
and after a battle to the Supreme
Court of the United States, won
q $4,000 judgment The House
paid it for it's sergeant-atarmS.
Bribery in 1898
A dozen men have been ar
rested by House or Senate and ar
raigned before them for contempt
trials. During the course Of the
trials, they have been held tech
nical prisoners Of a Sergeant-at-
arms.
The first were Robert Randall
and Charles Whitney, cha; ID
with attempting to bribe members
Of the House in 1795. They were
held few days and then released.
Gen. Sam Houston probably was
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Guilty Plea Binds
RObber to d. C.. Jury

Pleading guilty to a charge Of
robbery, Frank Edward Green,
26, a soldier stationed at the
Munitions Building, was held for
the Grand Jury under $4,000
bond by Judge John P. Mcmahon
following a hearing in Police
Court.
Green was arrested Saturday
night, after he is alleged to have
held up and robbed Marion
Hedges, of the 300 block Dorsett
Ave. N. w., and Isabel PosS, Of
the 1900 block Tenth st. N. w.,
at the point of a pistol.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
WILL ROGERS
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Feb. 8.
Say, did you read what Jesse
Jones, head Of the recOnstruc-
tiOn finance, told the New York
bankers convention. Jesse told
'em, "yOu boys will either start
in lOaning business and in
duStry some money to operate
on, or the Government will do
it," OF course, the old bankers
just got four years of good
cussing by everybody for loan
ing too much money. Well,
they got SEINE awful nice build
ingS.
When . banker fails, he fails
in SpaendOr. 90 that's some.
thing.
GG0ayEiEIht. 1884, b. MsNRughS
9xu4acAD
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
POSTAL ORDER R
HIT IN SENATE
By international News Service

BY international news service
Charges that President Roose-
velt has modified regulations gov
erning appointment of postmasters,
to give the Postmaster General
greater power, were aired in the
Senate today by Senator Steiwer
(R) of Oregon.
Steiwer read Roosevelt's execu-
tive order, authorizing the Post
master General to reject any Civil
Service nominee if he finds the
nominee disqualified.
Steiwer said this enabled SPost-
master General Farley to ignore
the Civil Service and to "rely
solely on his own discretion" in
making postmaster appointments.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
Hoeppe| Seeks Action
On Pay Return Petition

Charging the Senate with "toy.
ing with human misery" by refuS-
ing to restore the entire Federal
pay cut Immediately, Representa-
tive John H. Hoeppeel CD Of
California declared today he has
not yet given up hope Of securing
return of the entire is per cent.
Mr.. Hoeppel is author of a petit
ton now on the floor of the
House awaiting 145 signatures
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The Washington times., 1934-02-08
Three Found Guilty
Of Numbers Racket

Found guilty by jury several
days ago of working a numbers
racket, three men today were
sentenced to so days each in
District Jail by Judge Ralph
Given in Police Court. The men
Edward Bowen, %: ElWood
Brewer, 80, and James Allen, col
ored, 30-pleaded not guilty
when they were arrested several
weeks ago and demanded a jury
trial.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
Babe Starts South,
Still a Bit ShQkH''

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 G.N.S).
Feeling pretty good. but a little
shaky on my pins" Babe Ruth,
accompanied by his wife, left for
Florida today. The Babe said he
planned to get in a few rounds Of
golf before starting his spring
baseball training. He said
'T want to get the old dogs
tOughened up before 1 start
playing ball, and those Florida
links sure tougher them"
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
Irish Enjoys Wife
To Exhibit PAINTINGS

NEW YORK, Feb. Mrs.
Paula 4MacWhite, wife of Michael
MacWhite, the Irish Minister in
Washington, will have an exhibi-
ton of her paintings at the
Roerich Museum, $40 Riverside
Drive, New York, beginning Febru-
ary II.
This will be the first American
showing of Mrs. MacWhite'S paint
ingS, which include impressions Of
Italy, Brittany and Massachusetts.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
Skaters Get a Break;
Lincoln Pool Frozen

Washington's iceAkating en-
thuSiasts got break today.
And it wasn't break through
the ice.
Park police and the National
Capital Parks office sent a
crew down to the Lincoln Me
mortal reflecting pool to dust
off the ice, and then announced
that skating would be permitted
until dark. There are four
inches of ice on the pool.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
POIUer Probe
Backed by Senators
By international News Service

BY International News Service
A resolution by Senator Norris
R.) Of Nebraska directing the
Federal Power Commission to
make a nationwide survey. of cleo
trical power rates was approved
today by the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee. The sur.
vey would show rates charged by
privately and publicly owned COM
panias IN every couanus1ltN
The Washington times., 1934-02-08

NOT BE HoARDED. IT WILL, ON THE CONTRARY BE SPENT
RAPIDLY SPENT TO PAY OVERDUE BILLS SPENT TO BUY
NECESSARY LIVING ACCESSORIES, SPENT FOR NNUMER-
ABLE SERVICES.
Increasing standards is the quickest possible Of
increasing the flow of business in the country
AND THAT INCREASED FLOW OF BUSINESS Is WHAT THE
NATION MUST HAVE.
Industrial employees Mr.. Ford, do it all.
The Government help and the place for it to start with its
underpaid employees.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08

THE NUMBER OF NEW JOBS OPEN FOR MEN AND THE STAN
DARD OF WAGES PAID"
The United States Senate in voting the
CANNOT AFFORD TO SAY LESS THAN THAT.
The should mind upon the
measures of recovery depends the first
When the standard paid increased the
has the chance doing almost automatically increases
of new jobs open
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT INCREASES THE SALARIES AND
WAGES OF ITS EMPLOYEES, THE INCREASED INCOME WILL
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
Limiting Cotton Crop
Gets Presidents Aid
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BY international News Service
President Roosevelt has assured
Congressional leaders Of his CO
operation in their efforts to enact
a bill imposing compulsory limita-
ton of the 1894 cotton crop to g.
O00,0 bales. Senator and Repre-
sentative Bankhead, brothers and
members of Congress from Ala
bama, revealed the Presidents SEN
timent after a conference with the
Executive at the White House to-
DAY.
The Washington times., 1934-02-08

restoration Of Government salaries
(soOn hOpe will be interested in the action Of Henry Ford in
stepping up the wages paid in his great industry,
clearly realizes that the which will open the door of
economic stability is INCREASED PURCHASING POWER
And courage his convictions for in increasing the
wages Of his employees, he is quoted as saying:
"PAY MEN WHAT THEY EARN AND YOU CAN EXPECT
THEM TO USE THEIR HEADS.
''THE MEASURE OF RECOVERY WILL BE TWO THINGS
The Washington times., 1934-02-08
THIRTY WILDCATS KILLED

GREENFIELD, Mass. GN.S).
It cost Franklin county $500 for
its wildcats in 1888. Hunters
killed 80 six more than IN 1882.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Good the Preservcr of Man,
will be the subject Of the lesson
sermon in all churches and socie-
ties Of Christ, Scientist, Sunday,
Dec. 10.
The Golden Text will be from
Psalms 1920, "rhc Lord pre-
serveth all them that love Him "
Among the citations which com
prise the leSSOn-SermOn will be the
following from the Bible: "Thou,
even thou, art Lord alone! thou
hast made heaven. the heaven Of
heavens, with all their host, the
earth. and all things that are
therein, the sesa, and all that is
therein. and thou preserveth them
all" nehemiah go.
The lesson-sermon also includes
the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, "Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures. by Mary Baker Ed
DIV: "In divine Science, man is
sustained by God, the divine Prin-
ciple of being. The earth, at Gods
command, brings forth food for
mans use. Knowing this, Jesus
once said, "Take no thought for
YOUR life. what we shall eat, or
what We shall drink, "-presumlng
not on the prerogative of his ere
ator. but recognizing God, the Fa-
Their and Mother of all, as able to
feed and clothe man as He doth
the lilies" (page 500.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

Default having been made in
the payment of the indebtedness
secured by that certain deed OF
trust to me as trustee for the
jefferson Standard Life Insur-
ance Company by Michael Schenck
and wife, Rose Few Schenck on
September %, 1928, and record
ed in the office Of the register
of deeds of Henderson county in
book 124, page 451, l will, under
and by virtue Of the power Of
sale contained in said deed of
trust, and at the request of the
cestui que trust, and for the pur-
pose of discharging the debt Sc
cured by said deed Of trust, pro-
coed to sell to the highest bid
der, for cash, at the courthouse
door in Hendersonville, Hender-
son county, North Carolina, at II
O'Clock NJ, on Tuesday, Jan. ID,
1885, the following described
land, to-wit:
Situate in the City of Hender-
sonville, Beginning on stake III
the south margin of Academy
street (now Fourth avenue west)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
The Christian and the Lords Supper
By HIGHT c. MOORE
By HIGHT {. MOORE

and Standardization that qualify
mind and heart to eat of the
bread and drink of the cup. CD
The secret Of the Supper is found
in focusing the eye of faith upon
the crucified body of our atoning
Lord. They who eat and drink 9TH
erwise must suffer for it.
OBSERVE THE
LORDS SUPPER
ID 1t is commanded, and,
therefore, loyalty demands it. At
its institution Jesus said to the
first emblem, "Take, eat" as to
the second emblem, Drink We all
, of it," and as to the entire ordi-
nance, "This do in remembrance
of me-"
(2) 1t commentaries and,
therefore, love demands it. Moth
inc else so truly and so wildly
pictures the broken body and the
shed blood of the dying Lord as
the two elements of this holy or
dinance. No true lover of him who
so loved the world can fail thus
to remember his Saviour.
(3) 1t develops and, therefore,
culture demands it. Those who
disregard the Lords Supper, dis
obeying the Masters plain COM
mands and turning their backs up
on his table, can but be spiritual
ly sick and weakly. On the other
hand, those who partake truly Of
these elements find nourishment
for their souls, strength for their
tasks, and culture for their char
acter.
(O 1t delights and, therefore,
happiness demands it. There is
the delight Of duty done, the de-
light of inward upbuilding, and
the delight of communion with
God. No Christian can neglect the
Lords Table and be altogether
happy.
81 1t unifies and, therefore,
fellowship demands it. Associa-
ton with each other about the
Lords Table is not the primary
thing, but it is nevertheless, sec
ondary, and so is important and
vital. The ordinance is entrusted
to the church, not to the individ-
ual; and there can be no higher
expression Of true Christian unity
than that which YIELDS believers
together around the Lords Table.
CO. 1t testifies and, therefore,
usefulness demands it. Truer than
any spoken or written word of
man, louder than any message
from the individual lip Of life, and
farther than personal influence
can penetrate, goes the message;
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
GROVE STREET GOSPEL
(Church of the Open Book

Rev. F. G.. Mackenzie. Pastor
Sunday school at GAS a. M, IN
charge of C. S. Fullbright. Glasses
for all.
Preaching service at II o'clock
The pastor will speak.
During the afternoon the var
ious Gospel groups will be busy
taking the Gospel message into
the surrounding communities.
At $50 o'clock the Young PeO-
Piles society will meet. A hearty
invitation is extended to all young
people to meet with us.
At 6:45 D. m. the regular Pray
err meeting will be held, to which
all are invited.
Preaching service 1880 p. m.
The pastor will continue his Sc
ries of addresses on the Book of
Daniel.
Tuesday at 1880 D. m. the
young people will meet.
On Wednesday evening at 1880
the regular prayer, praise and
testimony meeting, to which all
are invited.
Thursday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock the Ladies Prayer and
Missionary group will meet.
A hearty welcome awaits you
at Grove Street church.