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Evening star., 1935-01-12
|PLANS DISCUSSED
| ON GOL1'IB|S|ON
Senators Consider Moves
if Supreme Court Makes
Adverse Ruling.
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embarked upon was one of supreme
necessity"
I'm going off the gold standard"
he said, 1--WE had to confront the prob
lem whether We would continue the
gold certificates and other gold ohli-
cations Of bondage. or escape their
fetters."
The contention of complainants Is
that the Government action was a
''repudiation" of obligations.
Chief Justice Hughes, who on a pre-
vious occasion had asked by what con-
stitutional authority the Government
altered a contract once it had entered
into 1t, put this question yeserday
'You are not saying that in inter-
national law a government can re-
pudiate its contracts and refuse to pay
what it borrows, that its contracts
would not be enforceable by courts of
arbitration or courts OF international.
Defends U. s. Power.
US MCLSdH, dSSLoldHI >olit4loi
general, replied the Government had
a power to change its currency sys-
tenn, unrestricted by private contracts.
Government cannot go on unless
the sovereign has the power to make
contracts essential to its needs and
limit itself with respect to its con-
tracts" Hughes remarked signifi-
cantly.
OneArominent Democratic Senator,
who not desire to be quoted by
namel6aid today he did not see how
specific performance" of the gold
clause could be carried out because the
gold Is not in existence.
Even without the joint resolution
nullifying the gold contracts" ne
added, there was not nearly enough
gold to pay off all debts in the metal
Everybody entering into such con-
tracts did so with the knowledge Con-
gress had the power to regulate the
value Of the dollar.
There would have to be new leg
islation. An adverse decision woulo
complicate matters terrifically. Gold
would still be impounded under the
naturalization order and we would
have to legislate ourselves out OF the
mess"
Effort to Hold Gold.
A move to keep the gold in the
hands Of the Government and out
Of the hands of the bankers" wa'
predicted today by Senator Thomas
Democrat, of Oklahoma as likely
development Of a conference next
Wednesday of organizations and leg
islators interested In devaluating the
dollar.
Thomas said representatives Of 10
major groups would attend the meet
ing, including war veterans, farmers,
industrialists and organizations ad-
vocating social justice"
Primarily the conference is aimed
at unifying views on method OF re-
ducing the dollar value to the 1926
level in relation to commodities,
Thomas said. Under discussion as
| possible methods, he said. would be
payment of the bonus, increased coin
age of silver, and a central bank OF
issue with authority to expand the
currency to point where the 1926
| level could be reached and maintained
"a central bank of issue would be
| In a position to take over the Gov
ernment gold supply and keep it out
of the hands of the bankers" Thomas
said. adding that they are already
trying to get it back"
Evening star., 1935-01-12
BUDDY ROGERS MATCH
WITH MARY SECUTED

Representative of Actress Just Di-
vorced From Fairbanks Says
Romance Is Impossible.
BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, January l2.-Mary
Pickford, screen star, remained in Sc
clusion today as Hollywood sought TO
link her name romantically with
Buddy Rogers, former film star WIN
now is an orchestra leader in London
Miss Pickford obtained a divorce
Thursday from Douglas Fairbanks.
swashbuckling hero of many a cellu-
loid drama.
Although reports persisted in Holly
wood that a romance exists between
Miss Pickford and Rogers, the star S
personal representative took 1t upon
himself to deny there was anythinr
to the stories, already denied by
Rogers and his father.
Miss Pickford and Rogers are
Just good friends" the representative
said. She has known Rogers and
his family many years. but there
certainly is no possibility of a ro-
nance between the two"
From London Rogers said the re-
ports we're "Au news to me-"
Evening star., 1935-01-12
COMMUNISM SEEN
STRIKING AT NAVY
Rear Admiral Woodward
Says "First.CIass Brains"
Directing Plot.
BY the Associated Press.

by lTc ASSOCIdttu EItSo'
QUANTICO, Va, January 12-
Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward
asserted last night that an organized
attempt was being made by first
class brains" to spread Communism
in the Navy. He called on Marine
officers to combat that vicious and
alien enemy which strikes at The root
of order and authority"
Speaking before the officers mess
at Marine Barracks here. Woodward
said the House committee inveStigat-
ing un-American activities had re-
vealed the country was honey
combed" with thousands of COM
munist organizations.
Woodward referred to radical and
pacifist publications" as publishing
Communist articles and having "a
general hook-up'' with the Communist
party. These he said, strike at ma
tional defense in the guise of patriot
ism" while certain religious publica-
tions, either deliberately or unwit-
tingly. advocate CommuniStic meth
ods in their anti-preparedness snd
anti-War fights"
Hits Students League.
Woodward attacked radical activ-
tiles in colleges with Army or Navy
R. o. T. c. units, singing out the
National Students League because of
its strong and militant opposition
to national preparedness"
These college Reds Woodward
said. should be punished as they de-
serve-expelled and deprived of
citizenship, or, if foreigners, deported
at once ="
Communistic activities in the Navy,
he said began in 1880, and are now
exceedingly we'll organized. with
trained agitators doing their work,
constantly following ship movements
from port to port"
Woodward referred to testimony
before the House Committee that
woman radicals sought to convert
sailors to Communism, and added
that similar methods were in use
NlFAioil PSAoSAAAASA oAAA SiA
ployes of Government contractors.
Sees Subtle Methods.
He said CommuniStic leaflets dis
tributed to Navy personnel, both in
the United States and in foreign
ports, apparently came from central
headquarters in this country. 1t had
been reported to him, he said, that
selected men were trained at Com
munist workers schools for entry into
the armed services.
I'm combating such subtle and
indirect methods" he continued, 'it
is difficult to prove anything, because
nothing is palpable. Therefore. We
must acknowledge from the start that
We are being opposed by first-class
brains who not only understand the
value of demagogic phrases, but are
experienced in just such subversive
methods, and have technique of in
tensive propaganda which is almost
invincible. Wits must be pitted
against cunning. alertness against
craftiness, daring against Odds"
Evening star., 1935-01-12
DEFENSE SEEKS MATERIAL.
Data Held By Fawcett May Be
Made Available.

NEW YORK, January II (P).-The
defense of Bruno Richard Hauptmann
may possess by Monday material now
held by James M. Fawcett, the car
penter's former counsel.
Presiding Justice Edward Lazansky
of the appellate division will hear
q motion Monday, by Maurice Edel-
baum, an attorney for Hauptmann,
requesting a hearing on the issue.
If Justice LaZanSky grants the mo-
ton, Edelbaum said today, and per-
mits an immediate hearing, it is pos
sible for q decision that day.
Fawcett is holding the data to in
sure payment of about $4,000 which
he says is due him from Hauptmann.
Edelbaum asserts that Hauptmann
is absolutely penniless," and that the
data will be useless to the defense
II 1t is not made available before
the close of the trial.
Evening star., 1935-01-12

A PARKING SERVICE is maintained by the Capital
Garage at the curb adjacent Street entrance
Upon request uniformed employee Of the Capital Garase
will take your there for parking and return it when
wanted the sarases regular parking rate of 2Sc
for the first hour and Sc for each additional hour
thereof.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
TEXANS "CITE" ICKES
Senators Want Explanation of
Magazine Article on Oil.

AUSTIN, Tex, January IL P.-
The Texas Senate has called on Sec
retary Ickes of the Interior Depart
ment to advise whether, in effect. he
sanctioned a recent article in a ma
tionally circulated magazine, criticiz-
ing Texas oil productin control
methods.
A resolution by Senator w. K. Hop
kins of Gonzales, inviting Ickes to ap-
pear in Texas and explain statements
attributed to him in the article, was
adopted without opposition.
The resolution denounced state
ment in the article attributed to an
unnamed person that l6 Senators were
Lined up at $500 each" to defeat GER
tain oil legislation.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Young Samson Shoots Self.

temper and his strength, 20-year-old
Ladislav Princis, strongest man in the
village Of Sala and Vahem, Slovakia,
tried to kill himself. His mother had
made him promise never to lay out
another tormentor who taunted him
about his strength. But he forgot
the promise, felled a man, then went
home and shot himself in the head.
Death did not come, so Ladislav
walked a half mile to his brothers
mill, where for an hour he helped
carry heavy sacks of flour, Then he
collapsed and was taken to hos
pital
Evening star., 1935-01-12
F. E. R. A. ART CLASS HIT
FOR "NEAR NUDE" MODEL
Students Ousted From School, but
Find New Quarters in
Public Library.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, January
12-An F. E. r. A. adult art class,
barred from holding classes in the
Junior College building here because
their model was too near nude to be
decent" began moving its equipment
last night into the Public Library
building.
Permission to hold classes in room
separate from the main library was
granted by the Library Board.
George Bartholomaeus. youthful
high school instructor who has been
in charge of the class, said work would
be resumed next Tuesday night.
w. F. Knox, superintendent Of
schools here, decided the model. Ber-
nice Leuther, 18, was too much art" !"
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Elephant Charges Engine.

Escaping from its keeper, an ele-
phant ran down a railway track at
Bangkok, Siam. The engineer Of a
switch engine whistled, and the en-
ragged animal charged the flve-ton
iron Steed, pushed it of the track and
knocked over the tender. When the
keeper arrived and tried to calm the
elephant, the beast trampled him to
death
Evening star., 1935-01-12
LIVES OF 125 GOODS
IMPERILED BY BLAZE
Woman Students at Louisiana
State Normal Lose All Their Eff
fects as Two Dormitories Burn.

BY the Associated Press.
NATCHITOCHES, La, January IL
The lives of 125 woman students
at Louisiana State Normal College
were imperiled and all of their per-
sonal effects destroyed when fire
swept two dormitories in the quad
rangle here last night.
The fire, beginning shortly before
10 pm. in the attic of the dormitory
known as camp No. 3, spread quickly
to an adjoining dormitory, known as
camp No. 4. Firemen. aided by stu
dents, kept the blaze from spreading
to the two other woman's dormitories
Evening star., 1935-01-12
FORMER PLAYER DIES
Vincent Serrano One-Time Matt.
nee Idol and Diplomat.

nee IdoI ana U1pIomat.
NEW YORK, January IL R).-
Vincent Serrano, one-time matinee
idol and long prominent in New York
club life, died yesterday at the age
of 68.
Mr.. Serrano was born in New York,
the son Of Juan E. Serrano, eminent
traveller and native of the Republic
of Colombia. At one time the son
served as second secretary of the
Colombian Legation in Washington.
The stage role for which he is best
remembered was that of Lieut.. Denton
in Arizona" Augustus Thomas
famous melodrama.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
HIGH HONORS ARE
WON BY 2 STUDENTS,
COKER GRADUATES

HARTSVILLE, S. c., June 6.
Two Hendersonville students re-
ceived high honors at the COM
mencement exercises at Coker
college here.
Miss Virginia Ewbank, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs: E: W.. Ew-
bank, graduated with the A: B.
degree, cum laude. She was elect
ed to the Sophiades honor soc,
iety from the senior class. and
was awarded graduate scholar
ship for work toward her M. A.
degree.
Miss Antoinette Geiger, daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Geiger
was awarded a palm, for, out.
standing work in English and
elected to the Sophiades societt
from the junior class,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
|DTHER, SON
Will HANG
fearful Reunion Held Last
Night; Woman Goes
Hysterical Today

GEORGETOWN, Del, June s.
f-The courage with which
~ Way H. Carey, and her son,
nSard prepared themselves for
|1agng tomorrow failed today
sn the woman became hyster-
4 fearful family reunion was
"a IaSt night in the Sussex
MY Jail, where Mrs. Carey and
iriay.
anes, another son. was brought
"a me Newcastle county work
N 10 say goodbye to his moth
fnd brother.
spontaneously another broth
lawrence, was taken out of
SI in another section of the
asre for the poignant fare
executions will start at s
IL EDIT Friday. Mrs. Carey
:, walk to the gallows frst. As
as she is pronounced dead,
SO will start down the "last
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
POLICE.
ARE DIVIDED.
|ON MAN HUNT.
|Gssension Results in
Search for Separate
Gangs, Is Said
|NNE OF MEN BEING
SOUGHT in UTAH

TACOMA. Wash, June g.
.rp,-The discovery of the sec
- 500 bill from the ransom
- for George Weyerhaueser
|.'i,v tended to confirm the grow
!. isIief that the kidnaperS had
,;s.ly slipped from. the Puget
s1ri country.
n, second bill was passed in
:, morev order division of the
s.,.,re postoffice Tuesday morn
J, Tho clerks did not remember
~ resented it.
I,-,Sori,ies now believe the
,,..ss,s escaped over the noun
Nsr,ion developed between
i.s officers and the police
,,sE,srs are now looking for
sevzr gangs.
py,ri police last night or
dsrsd y men arrested in con-
nortin, IN the kidnapping of lit
IL Geop Weyerhaeuser.
At .hezne time federal agents
here aiSttsy had the names Of
isaf ,6,,sss all Tacoma and Sc
III sN not believed to De
NJ ,sS k7ght by Portland po-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
ANNUAL FAIR
WILL BE HELD
IN SEPTEMBER
Site Not Chosen But Pre-
liminary Steps Are
Already Taken

The second annual Henderson
county fair will be held during the
third week in September, it was
decided at a meeting of the board
of directors of the Henderson
County Fair association at the
city hall last night.
The site on which the second
annual fair will be held was not
decided last night, but plans Tor
a better fair, with larger stress
on agriculture were made.
1t is hoped by the directors and
leaders in this movement that a
permanent site for the fair asso-
citation can be acquired during the
summer, and pending any develop
ments along this line no site mas
been selected.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
BIG DAMAGE
SUIT CALLED
Pickens Estate Case Dis
missed; Three Divorces
Granted Today

The superior court today was
hearing the case of w. P. Corpen-
inc against the Coca Cola Bottling
Co in which the plaintiff is seek.
ing damages in the aggregate of
s35.375 for injuries allegedly sus-
tanned when he swallowed a piece
of glass in a bottle of coca COLA
The plaintiff contends that as a
result of swallowing glass in the
bottled drink he lost his voice and
has been unable to speak above a
whisper since.
Three divorces have been grant
ed in the court this week. Edith
Jackson was awarded a divorce
from Arnold Jackson: Dora Davis
was awarded a divorce from Clyde
Davis, and Ruth Jones Justus was
granted a divorce from James F.
Justus.
The court also non-suited the
case of ]. H. Yelton, administra-
tor of the estate of S. V. Pickens,
against C. S. Fullbright and
Michael Schenck, executors Of the
will of Cornelia S. Pickens. The
action grew from an unpaid be-
quest in the S. V. Pickens will.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
Connecticut Solons lndulging In
Horseplay, Ignore Big Relief Bill
By GEORGE r. MORRIS. JR.
limited Press Staff Correspondent

BY GEORGE r. MORRIS, JR.
United Press Staff Correspondent
HARTFORD, Conn.,, June g.
(UP) - One thousand persons
sneezed and wept yesterday in
the hall of Connecticut's house of
representatives as Governor Will
bur Cross tearfully dismissed the
most unruly legislative session in
Two tear gas bombs were ex-
ploded in the house few minutes
before the governor delivered his
closing address. They climaxed a
dav of riotous horse-play, during
which representatives turned
thumbs down on the governors
demand for passage of an $8,000,-
900 relief bill and made merry
with paper hats, tin horns, pig
whistle, mice, a goose and a
young bull.
The governor, elected by the
Democrats after 40 years as a coll
iege professor, waited patiently at
his office for the politically-hos-
tile house to act upon the relief
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
TOLEDO STRIKE
ENDS QUICKLY
Settlement Temporary But
Permanent Settlement
Being Negotiated

TOLEDO, O., June 6.-(UP)
The electrical workers strike here
was settled early today, "a hours
after it began.
The strike, which threatened to
paralyze an area where live p
100000 persons was settled tenn
perorily. Permanent settlement
negotiations are also underway.
Following a meeting Of the
strike committee, Oliver Myers,
local business agent, ordered pick
cts to leave the Acme plant of
the Edison company and attend
a mass meeting at which the &C
ton was taken. He also warned
the strikers to be sure there was
no violence on the picket lines.
Myers last night had declined
to comment on reports that inter
national officers of the union had
ordered the strike terminated. He
said he had suggestion" to
make to the workers which he
hoped would prove satisfactory
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06

measure.
The legislators celebrated in
stead. Hundreds of visitors, in
Guiding senator's, state officials
and guests with political pull, "
crowded into the ornate old cham
Der to watch the fun.
The chairman of the finance
committee was presented with
"the goose who lays the golden
eggs" That was the answer to
the prayer of the cities for state
aid in meeting their relief needs.
The chairman of the agricul-
ture committee was given a young
bull, donated as the members So
luton of "milk control
A boxful of mice was released
on the floor. Women members
jumped up in their chairs,
screeching. The representatives
threw back their heads and guf-
rawed, blew their "razzberry"
whistles III ..,,t,.,
!, At last, exhausted, they sent
for the governor to dismiss them,
H.. CONTINUED on page six)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
S.D.A. MISSION
BUDGET LARGE
Sabbath School Raises
Over Half of 3 Million
Dollars Spent Yearly

"To see people pressing in to
buy books and carrying them away
by armsful as was seen at the
Carolina Bible conference in Ho-
tel Bonclarken yesterday shows
that there still are many who love
and appreciate good Christian lit
erature," said F. R. Boggs, man.
ager of the Carolina Book and BIZ
BILE House of Charlotte, at the
close of a special sale of Bibles
and other books conducted yes.
terday by G. A. Huse, manager Of
the Southern Publishing Associa.
ton, Nashville. Many of the books
which Adventists publish, said Mr.
Huse. reach sales over those OF
books listed in book catalogues as
"best sellers" "The Busy Mans
Library" for instance, which is a
set of small books, dealing with
present day conditions as fulfill.
ing Bible prophecies, has already
passed the twenty million mark in
actual sales.
Yesterday, Miss Mamie Mae
Smith, of Charlotte, who has
charge of the Carolina conference
educational work, led very in
teresting Sabbath school rally in
which several speakers took part
Miss Smith states that practically
every member of the Adventist
churches is now enrolled in. these
Bible schools in which children
and older ones seem to take an
equal interest. She said that more
than one-half of the money which
finances the more than three mil
lion dollar a year mission budget
of the Seventh Day Adventist
church is given in the weekly Of
CONTINUED on page six)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
RICH CUBAN IS
SEIZED FROM
CAR BY Thugs
Men Wore Army Uniforms,
Had Machine Guns,
Wide Search Begun
PAID SMALL KIDNAka
RANSOM RECENTLY

HAVANA, June 6.-(UP)-
Antonio San MiguePs business as
sociates announced today that
S2S0,000 in ransom money had
been sent to kidnapers by his va
let, who was released this morn
ing with a note demanding the
ransom.
His release is expected shortly.
HAVANA, June 6.-(UP).-lt
was unofficially reported today
that 100000 ransom had been
demanded for San Miguel re-
lease. Police announced that his
chauffeur had been released with
a letter to that effect.
HAVANA, June 6.-(UP).-
Soldiers and police of the island
republic are engaged in a wide
search for the aged Antonio San
Miguel, Cuba's richest man, kid
mapped last night from his auto.
His valet and chauffeur also were
kidnapped. TIA N Is, :, ssss z: ~ .,;,,s,,
Six mehaa<fikh ~ IpilIe fll{IsI
wearing sAa - I H!
ed the -alif6c ain 81
victim. N6sransBhl demand' y ills
yet been made. ~ " y
San Miguel is president of the
Guantanamo e. Western railroad
vice-president of the Havana Elec.
trio Co., a former senator and
former publisher.
The kidnapping took place as
San Miguel was motoring near hi;
home in the fashionable suburb OF
iVibora.
Frank Steinhart, Jr., vice-presi
dent of the Havana Electric Co.
said he witnessed the abduction
San Miguel, who is over 70 years
of age, was forced from his owr
car into the machine of the uni
formed men and driven away, hi
said.
A kidnapping alarm was giver
Immediately and police and sol
diers swarmed through the neigh
borhood seeking the kidnapers.
San Miguel was seized on Ventc
highway. The abductors forced
his chauffeured car to stop ant
made him get into their automo
bile.
1t was revealed that San Miguel
lreputedly the second wealthies
man in Cuba, had been kidnapet
about a month ago and released
upon payment of a small ransom
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
KANUGA SEASON
PROGRAM OUTLINED

Kanuga conference officials
have outlined the program fer the
1885 season, which opens next
Monday with the Retreat for Wo-
men" as the first Of the summer
series of entertainments.
Kanuga, the mountain resort
for the Episcopalians, is situated
six miles from Hendersonville.
The Retreat for Women" will
last four days, and will be fol-
lowed by the Young Peoples con-
ference which opens on June 15
and lasts until June %; then the
| Junior conference for boys and
girls beginning on June 90 and
lasting untilyJ.ly IL.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-06
FLORIDA AID WORK
WILL START JULY

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, June 6.
(UP)-Construction work under
Florida's federal aid program for
highway improvement and grade
crossing elimination will begin
about July 1, C. B. Treadway,
chairman of the state road de-
partment, said today. ,
The state has been granted
$2,579,144 for roads and S2,S37,-
883 for crossing elimination by
the federal government.
Treadway said Is grade cross
ing projects have been put Ill
shape so that work can begin at
any time. The road program has
not been outlined, pending in
structions from federal engineers.