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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
RICH BROKER
KIDNAPPED IN
Los ANGELES
Gettles Believed Held by
Abductors for Money,
Not Revenge
NO WORD AS YET OF
RANSOM DEMANDS

LOS ANGELES, May 10. (UP)
Two masked kidnapers defied the
iron-grilled gates and high walls
of an exclusive Arcadia estate TO
kidnap William F. Gettle, AT, Bev-
erly Hills broker and were hold
ing him prisoner, early today.
Police are convinced Gettle is
being held for ransom rather than
victim of revenge. He was
seized at midnight just as a swim
ming party was breaking up at his
palatial home. He and James P.
Wolff, a friend, were lettering in
party at the house. drinking in
the rear of the grounds when two
abductors appeared and covered
him and his guest with revolvers.
The kidnapers bound them with
rope and adhesive tape and fled
with Gettle. In their haste they
threw the 200-pound broker over
the high wall and Wolff was left
tied to a tree. They escaped in
an automobile.
No ransom demands have been
made as yet.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
lev. Bedinger At
|fns River May Is

Rev. R. D. Bedinger. DID,, the
b superintendent of home mis-
fls for ASheville Presbytery,
preach a special foreign
(SlonS sermon at the Mills River
FesOyterian church next Sun
y, Nav l3, IL a. M, Rev. w.
hutehISOn announces and at
same time extends a cordial
Walton to all friends of the
|.Ieh TO attend.
Inc annual home coming day
Mills River is put off two
Ee4S and will be on the fourth
Enaay IN May this year in or
70 be able to get speakers for
= program from the general
Etnoly which will then be in
[Slo nat Montreal. This will be
a'day service Rev. Hutchi-
4 says advising that a full an
n Tnsement Of the plans for this
De made later.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
: BY FRANK REA
lltAl D.

p0c,I resS Staff Correspondent
Il III Aay l0.-(UP).-The
: Vi parliamentary government
MAJ. LAY neared yesterday with
Iva. Of the first concrete
:. SSeiInlng the creation of the
,@SeIst cooperative state"
. special cooperative commit
. Used n-S on the plan, based on
lc,ir ,'nElple Of grouing the pro-
,rii,s. FORCES of the nation &C
,o,ira. to the various tyes of
ags5 'On IN which they are en-
o o It. reported exclusively months
L 5 H. me United Press, these
anejv..u eu INTO three big groups,
SSssI, Agriculture.
TSivuG3 Industry.
,ofessGi,,,C Credit, Insurance, the
TSSsslons, etcetera.
ideJ i is.s groups are to be subdi.
ave An nv z guilds. Each will
This executive committee.
bee , committee will include
aseist n 1sepp.resentatives of the
I the parIy and representative:
'q9al nu%S Aers and employers, in
representation of the lat.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
STAY DALTON
EXECUTION
Governor Will Be Asked
to Commute Sentence
to Life June Is

A stay of execution of the
death sentence of Joe E. Dalton,
convicted of the murder of his
wife here in Ocober and sentenc-
ed to die on May IS, has been
granted until June % by Gov
ernor J. c. B. Ehringhaus, it was
learned here today.
Counsel for Dalton is seeking
to have the death sentence COM
muted to life Imprisonment, and
Governor Ehringhaus has grant
ed a hearing on June IS.
Dalton was convicted here in
October and when the supreme
court found no error on an ap-
peal the execution date was set
for May IS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
Leas Due At State Penitentiary Late Today
Miami Man Dies
OF Exposure, Had
Planned Suicide

MIAMI, May 10,-(UP).-Af-
ter lying injured for six days on
the ledge of an elevator shaft in
the penthouse of an unfinished
hotel, Shirley Brewer, 43, pha"-
maciSt, died today.
Mrs. Brewer, who said her hus-
band had been in i'll health re-
vealed she had found a suicide
note in the pocket of his clothes.
He had been missing since FRI
day and was found at midnight,
unconscious, Is stories above the
ground and was removed to a hos
pital where he died this morning.
His right leg had caught in a
hole in the masonry, keeping him
on the narrow ledge.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
Troop Two Scouts
Plan Hike Friday

Troop 2 Boy Scouts will go on
a hike Friday, Raymond Flicker,
assistant Scout master, said to-
day stating that all troop mem
bers are requested to met at
troop headquarters Friday at
80 D. m. -,
/ An overnight camping trip will
be enjoyed at Chief Powers
place on the Chimney Rock road.
Scouts are advised to be prepar-
ed for at least two meals and to
take sufficient bedding and other
supplies. The troop will leave
troop headquarters tomorrow at
2 d. m.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
CREDIT, UNION BILL.
PASSED BY SENATE

WASHINGTON, May 10. .(UP).
The senate today passed without
debate the bill to establish q fed
eral credit union system for the
extension of credit Of persons OF
small means at nominal interest
rates. The bill goes to the house:
The bill provides for a federal
organization to supervise opera.
tions of credit unions, described
as cooperative society," en-
abling its members to save money
in good times and borrow at low
interest in times of emergency.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
insult SENT
BACK TO JAIL
Writ of Habeas Corpus Is
Denied; Told to Let
Friends Raise Bond

CHICAGO. May 10.-(UP)-
Judge Will NJ. Sparks of United
States circuit court of appeals to-
day denied a writ of habeas cor
pus to reduce the 100000 bond
demanded for the release of SAM
uel insult from the Cooke county
Jail.
Judge Sparks in denying the
writ ordered him to remain in jail
until friends obtain bond, and
said:
II don't want to make this
court of appeals attractive for
such petitions.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
OPENING OF SECOND NINE
HOLES OF GOLF COURSE in
JULY BELIEVED ASSURED
Construction of Temper.
airy "Pro" House Order
ed by Board
NEW MEMBERSHIP
CLASS AUTHORIZED

The nine holes or the henQer-
sonville golf course now under
construction will be ready for
opening in July, probably on the
first or fourth, DR.. j. G. Bennett,
chairman, told the board of gov
ernors at a meeting in the office
of J. W. Duff, secretary-treasur-
err, last night.
With the time drawing near
when the entire IS holes will be
in play, DR.. Bennett appointed
Milo w. Strong, E. A. Smyth 3rd,
and Mr.. Duff to study the bylaws
of the club carefully and to re-
port back any suggestions for
changes in rules and regulations
which they believe would result
in mutual benefit to the club and
to the community. One of these
changes will create a separate
class of membership for persons
wishing clubhouse privileges only,
the board decided, the holders Of
these memberships not being per-
mitted to use the golf course
without payment of ground fees.
During the winter, the clubhouse
was open to anyone who might
be invited by a member but when
the new membership classification
is established none except out-of-
town guests may be entertained
in the clubhouse. Individual and
family memberships for both club
house and golf course privileges
will be continued as heretofore,
both for home folk and summer
visitors.
The board set next Tuesday
evening to receive a report from
this and other committees and to
establish a schedule Of fees for
clubhouse memberships, these
fees to be turned over to the
women's organization that has
maintained and operated the club
house since it was opened.
Construction of a temporary
"pro" house near the present first
tee of the golf course was author.
lied by the board, this improve.
ment to be made at once for the
greater accommodation of golfers
until dining and dance hall and
permanent "pro" quarters are
constructed. In announcing that
the entire 18-hole course will be
ready for play early in July, bar
ring unforeseen difficulties, DR..
Bennett said sufficient stolen had
been ordered to plant three Of
the new greens and that the
clubs nursery will supply enough
to plant the remaining six and a
practice green. Pathways sown
about a month ago have a good
stand of grass and will develop
rapidly, provided growth is not
retarded by prolonged drought, ne
said.
A report by Secretary Duff
showed receipt of more than q
600 payments of ground fees by
non-members since the course was
opened ten months ago, that the
, club now has Al Individual and
family members, and that only
three of the original 100 shares
of common stock of the corpora
ton remain unsold. Before the
summer is over it is anticipated
that shares will be held at a con-
siderable premium.
Board members present last
night were Bennett, Duff, Strong,
Smyth, J. L. Wellington, c. X.
Hoover, H. Walter Fuller, II. b.
Kellv and G.. M. Ogle.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
II STATE REVENUE
WORKERS DROPPED

RALEIGH, May 10.-UP)-
Eleven employees of the state reve-
nue. department were released late
Yesterday, as the first step OF q
widely heralded reorganization
of that department began.
Commissioner A. j. Maxwell, IN
a statement today said that their
discharge was no mark against the
character or their service.
Among those discharged were
the cashier and the inheritance
tax specialists.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
In SPEND NIGHT IN
|,SronpS,S IAII

Il -
ESEEVILLE. May 10.-Col-
h fnke Lea and his son. Luke
4 Dr.. both of Nashville, Tenn.
r placed in the Buncombe
Ir,y iail here at 1926 o'clock
!. morning by Sheriff Laurence
|BUgn and Deputy Sheriff
sors 4. Brown. The trip to the
|. vsnitentiary at Raleigh Will
rxned today.
h, LeaS left Nashville at IL
Si yesterday morning accom-
Id by Buncombe county Off
With Lea in one car and his
| IN another. the party left the
Nilsson county courthouse at
(hHIle accompanied by two
/ containing Nashville police.
"A Tennessee officers escorted
! Asheyille party through the
after leaving Nashville the
tncOmbe officers headed for
|n.ucky and drove to Bowling
zen. Horse Cave. Hodginville,
w Hope, Danville, Mt Vernon
/ London, KY, Tazewell. Nor
rOwn and Newport. Tenn. The
by had supper last night at
IddleSbOro, Ky.
This route was taken, it was eX-
lined. because of efforts on the
Il of Sureties for the LeaS to
Ye injunctions served on the
county officers re-
aiming them from bringing the
As from Tennessee because they
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
MISSOURI BANK
ROBBED TODAY

WEBB CITY, Mo-, May 10
(UP).-Six robbers held up Lee
A. Daugherty at the City bank
here, forced him to open the vault
and escaped with $4,000 today.
They had cut their way into the
bank through the ceiling and were
waiting Daugherty's arrival at 3
q. m.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
COP SHOT, BANDITS FLEE

CHICAGO, May 1O.-(UP)-
When an alarm was given that
bandits were robbing the west
31st street bank yesterday, Off
GERS John O'Connell and Hale
Parker hurried to the scene from
opposite directions. Each thought
the other a bandit. They fired
at each other. O'Donnell was
wounded in the side. The bandits
escaped.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
UTILITY HEARING BILL
GOES TO PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, May 10. (UP(.
The senate today completed con-
gressional action on the Johnson
bill closing federal district courts
to public utility rate contests and
sent it to President Roosevelt for
approval.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
COMMODITY EXCHANGE
ACTION is URGED

WASHINGTON, May 10. (UP(
Action at this session on the COM
modify exchange regulation bill IS
necessary to prevent spectators
from transferring their activities
from stock markets to commodity
markets, the house agricultural
committee warned in q report filed
today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
COLLEGE STUDENTS IN
STUNT ARE ARRESTED

ALEXANDRIA, La. May TO-
(UP)-Six Louisiana college stu,
dents. who spent the night in jail
charged with disturbing the peace
in an annual college diknaping
stunt, were released yesterday on
bonds.
The stunt is feature proceed
ing the annual junior-senior ban
ouet The intended victims were
Clinton Miller, football star, and
Matthew Carrier. football cap
tain. ----L-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
Crab Greek Will
Elect A Pastor

The deacons of Crab Creek
Baptist church has set apart next
Sunday, May IS, for, the day on
which to elect a pastor for the
church. All members of this
church are urged by the officers
to be present and take part in
the election.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
ANOTHER WOODEN GUN

CHICAGO, May 1U.-(UPJ.",,
Mrs. Margaret Miller knew all
about how John Dillinger USED a
wooden gun so when a man en-
tered her grocery store and or
dered her to "stick 'em up" she
looked closely at the gun, calmly
ordered her husband to get his
pistol and shoot. The bandit fled.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
NEW TAX MEASURE
APPROVED BY F. r.

WASHINGTON, May 10. (UP)
The 1884 tax bill designed to
raise $417,000,000 additional rev.
enue over the full year was ap-
proved by President Roosevelt to-
day. The measure, among other
things, provides for q reduction
of income tax in the lower brack-
cts and an increase in the higher
ones.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
|ESUNE TRIP
litter NIGHT
IN ASHEVILLE;
|.Tl,,e Davis Refuses to
Comment on Final
Phase of Case
\ SPECIAL STIR
ftT RALEIGH PRISON

,SgEVILLE. May 10. (UP)-
F.,sI Luke Lea and his son,
\. r., began the last leg OF
1, ,rip TO Raleigh to begin
[i;,s prison sentences, having
l, corvieted of charges of vio-
:, rbe state banking laws.
|S5sriff Laurence Brown ana
| DEPUTIES left by automobile at
!, M NJ and are expected to reach
h prison by D p. m.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
ENDS WEEKS VISIT

James H. Collins has returned
to his home in Rock Hill, 5. u,
after a weeks stay at the nome
of Mrs. D. A. Stanford on west
Allen street.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
NEEDLESS INJURY

pedestrians crossing between intersections injured
in automobile accidents the United States in 1888 2Soo
injured while crossing against traffic signal or te
signal of traffic officer Stepping from behind parnea
careless and take chances Not always does the blame rest on
the Highway Safety Committee Carolina MOTOR c
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
GOOD AFTERk00N

Former Senator Heflin Of Ala.
bama has failed in his attempt to
return to Congress. One at a time!
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-10
WEATHER

,rrv fair tonight; fair and
cooler Friday
Evening star., 1934-02-25

which was issued as public document and
thus became available to all, far and wide.
Unfortunately, the commission had ventured
into a study Of cracking methods. And
the report, as consequence, presented minute
details concerning effective use OF the tools OF
the cracksman's trade.
great cry arose The document was dubbed
"The Government Guide to Successful Bur-
glary." And Federal machinery turned rapidly
to grind out dictum against further distri
button of the pamphlet. Then attention was
turned to the commissions conclusions. mo
vault or safe in this or any other country can
resist the skill of the professional safe cracker
the experts stated, in substance. improvements
In chilling metals used for vault construction,
they dismaly added, had been matched by the
products of criminal talents
'"That which man build, de-
stroy," apparently was the conviction from
which Government officials saw no escape.
To say no plans tc burglarize Treasury vaults
ever have been laid is to speak, of course,
without knowledge of the thoughts which have
developed in dark corners Of distorted minds.
But no plot to break into the vaults has yet
been translated into terms Of actual attempt
Here, for q certainty, the remarkable defensive
system that has taken form during several
decades shows its potency as a constant dis
couragement to such attempts.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
Complexion Of the Ne7O Treasury Vauh Mil
Climax Long Series Of Ptotecti1e Efforts
'PL0t" to Drive Tunnel TO Older Faults
Reculed-Federul Commission Once
Issued Complete Information on
Safe Cracking Dramatic
Episode.
BY IRA L. SMITH
BY IRA L. SMITH

ND records, however, hint at the story Of
~ few hectic hours during which Wash
ington was convinced tunnel was being driven
toward the vaults for the purpose Of ransack-
ing the Federal Golfers. The annals reveal
only that Treasury Department guards, secret
service agents and policemen were fastened to
emergency duty one morning many years ago.
The complete story behind that frenzy Of
action was told last week by one Of the men
who had a hand in the weaving of the plot
that caused all the disturbance.
In those days persons visiting the Treasury
Department Building could enjoy the thrill Of
looking at bullion and money in the Govern
ment vaults by obtaining permission from the
Treasurer Of the United States. newspaper
man, acting as host to q group OF friends who
were sightseeing in the Capital obtained per-
mission for his party of visitors to view the
interior OF the vaults. Accompanying them,
he heard a guard assigned to the group state
that $3.50 900 in gold rested in the rear Of
the vault in which they were standing.
Later, having taken leave of his guests, the
newspaper man got fanciful idea That eve
ming. indulging in post-work relaxation with
10 or Is fellow writer's. he outlined his idea
in pseudo-serious manner.
Across the street from the Treasury at that
time was q large hotel structure that had
been vacant during many months. The plot
Evening star., 1934-02-25

IiT-H HAT which man can build, man
- can destroy" The thought often
rises to disturb those who con-
trive vaults for the protection Of
riches. Even Uncle Sam has
been a victim of its pesterings,
for he long ago admitted the impossibility Of
building an absolutely impregnable inclosure
for national treasures
Throughout succeeding years, however Gov
eminent experts have evolved elaborate and
practical methods of safeguarding Federal
stores of gold, silver currency, coins and bonds
Their efforts will reach a climax in a few
weeks with completion of the new $4,000
vault at the bottom of an interior court of
the Treasury Department Building
This vault produced by blending of scen-
tifc knowledge with construction genius, rep
resents mans closest approach to creation Of
a structure which others OF his kind cannot
penetrate. Surrounded with intensive watch
funess, with intricate protective devices as aids,
1t will be- in effect such structure.
It's proportions extend well beyond the or
dinary scope of the word "vault" In actuality,
1t is supremely substantial house, two stories
high 124 feet long and lis feet wide, with
16 rooms.
THE exterior of the lower half vanished from
view several weeks ago when it was sur
rounded with solid block Of reinforced con-
crete. 1t may never be seen again until the
year-probably millenniums distant-when puz-
zled archeologists, digging and blasting among
remnants of our National Capital, come upon it.
The upper portion protrudes, penthouselike,
from the top of the massive block
The interior walls faced with steel that
has been subjected to special chilling proc
This steel defies tools to scratch its surface
and offers naughty resistance extreme
grees of heat. The body Of the walls is formed
OF reinforced concrete, with an exterior fac
ing of steel plates
The new vault, interesting it its
right. must be viewed against the background
provided by outline of the Governments
long continued efforts to protect national treas
ures if it is to be properly observed. Dramatic
situations strange quandaries and even the
elements of high comedy are revealed by
glances at that background
Many years ago Congress decreed that a
commission of experts be endowed with the
duty of investigating the various methods of
constructing vaults. The object was to utilize
the best of those methods. Months passed
Then the commission presented its report
Evening star., 1934-02-25
The LotOer portion

involved taking an option on the hotel for two
three weeks. 1t also called for storing
score of cots, food supplies and barrel OF
Chianti wine in the building. That done,
laborers skilled in tunneling were to be hired
and quartered in the old hotel.
Paid good wages and plentifully supplied with
food and wine the laborers were to be directed
in advancing the tunnel beneath the street and
to the Treasury vaults. Making their way
into the vaults the narauders so the whimsy
had it, would take only s50,000,000 worth OF
the gold, leaving the remainder to retention
by the Government. The precious metal then
to be brought to the hotel building and
taken from there under cover Of darkness. 70
be divided by the "plotters."
Cost of the escapade, the "conspirator" told
his fellows, would be $50 a head" Highly
convivial, all agreed.
Just then a representative Of q New York
newspaper which long since has ceased pub
lication. entered the room. He was told about
the plan"
When the group disbanded, the late-comer
went to his Office to conclude his writing Of
dispatches to appear in his paper the next
morning. Hard pressed for news, he decided to
write the story OF the plot" treating it O.
serious attempt to enter the vaults. And
the paper printed the dispatch heralding the
"discovery' of a sinister attempt to make q
raid upon the Governments store of treasures
CARLY the next morning activity developed
- in volume at the Treasury. The building
swarmed with guards, as did also the streets
around 1t. A large area surrounding the Struc-
t.re roped off to hold back a curious
public Government agents, taking chances,
went about the surface of the street ana
pounded the pavement Stoutly in the vain effort
to discover hollow sounds that might reveal
presence Of a tunnel Others gained entry
the old hotel building. They looked for cots,
tools, food, wine and wOrkmen. But they found
nothing except vacant and cob -webbed rooms
Order and quiet returned to the scene soon
thereafter. Relaxation of nerves followed rev.
elation Of the true story Of the plot" And
Federal officials, well satisfied with the way
their forces and equipment had fmctioned at
even the inference that something was wrong.
made formal entries in record books and weuk
about other duties
The dsmaying results brought by an hno.
cent flight Of fancy merely occupied an hta.
iude in the orderly and continuing businao q
CoHtiSxe6 o Eiftee1th Pa0a
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
DENMARK

COPENHAGEN, Aug. % G.N.S).
Two Danish warships and two
other vessels from this port today
were searching in the north
Atlantic for John Grierson, Eng
lish aviator, stranded at an un'
known spot on his attempted
flight to Canada via Iceland and
Greenland.
Searchers were hampered by the
fact that they could only guess at
the whereabouts of the lost flier
who sent an S o S over his radio
but those signals faded before he
could give his location.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
HITLER EASING c
UPON JEWS

BERLIN, Aug. % 1NSD,
Two apparently significant Incl
dents which might be interpreted
as meaning Reichsleader Adolf
Hitler intends to lease up" on
the Jews stood out today.
One of these was the melting
Of a prison sentence to a Rhine
lander for slandering a Jewish
attorney. The judge, in senten'
cling the man. remarked that Jews
we're entitled to the same re-
spect as others"
The second incident was the
summoning Of Julius Streicher,
bitter ultra-Nazi and anti-Semite.
to a two-hour conference with
Hitler. The talk was believed
to be connected with Streicher's
bitter anti-Jewish outburst in his
paper, Der Stuchrmer.