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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
TWISTER, DUST
STORMS STRIKE
THE MIDWEST.
Wind Leaves Death Trail /;
Dust Covers Rail Tracks,
Halls Traffic
BY UNITED PRESS

A binding dust storm which
spread over Kansas, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico,
Wyoming and into the Texas Pan
handle Sunday was followed by a
blizzard and heavy snowfall in
many sections.
Tornadoes dipped at Wichita
and independence, Kan, accom-
panied by sleet and snow. Several
persons were injured. In the
Rocky Mountain region, Kansas
and Nebraska, planes were ground
ed. State highways were blocked
by snow. Trains were behind
schedule.
Weather forecasters believed
the snow would continue through
today.
The twister which struck the
edge of Wichita demolished sew
eral farm buildings, blew oil der
ricks down and damaged every
building in the Wichita Heights
Four persons were treated for
injuries.
At independence, ten buildings
were demolished and % others
damaged. One person suffered mi.
nor injuries.
Cold rains and snow were gen.
eral over eastern Kansas, western
Missouri and northern Oklahoma
The moisture was welcomed by
farmers fearing a repetition OF
last summers disastrous drouth
A heavy toll among livestock was
expected, however.
Section hands of the Rock
Island lines cleared dirt from the
railroad tracks between Colby and
Gem, Kansas, so that trains could
proceed.
At Lander. Wyo., II inches of
snow had fallen Sunday night and
temperature was six below. Near
ly a foot of snow blanketed Chey.
enne and near zero temperatures
prevailed. Colorado and New Mex
ico's white coating varied from 2
to 4 inches.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
Hamilton, Public
Enemy, Making
Desperate Flight
Farm Youths Held as Hos.
tages; He and Compan-
ion Both Wounded

CEL1NA, Texas, Feb. 25. (UP)
Raymond Hamilton, ranking pub
lie enemy of the southwest was in
desperate flight from officers
today. He is wounded in the jaw
and is accompanied by a wound
ed. companion and three farm
youth hostages.
Officers said they learned that
the desperate spent the night at
a farm four miles from here.
MCKINNEY, Texas, Feb. 25.-
(UP).-J. C. Lotus, farmer, was
kidnapped by Raymond Hamilton,
Texas outlaw this morning as
Hamilton and a companion sought
to escape. The robbers forced
Lotus to drive off with them.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
Pick School Body
For Pennsylvania

RALEIGH, Feb. 25.-Dr. Chas.
L. Newland of Brevard, Mrs.
Flora Holiday of Brevard, and
Edgar Reid of Hogback township.
will compose the Transylvania
county board of education for
the 1935-'37 biennium as a re.
suit of an agreement reached
Saturday by Senator Ralph Ram
sew. Jr., and Representative W.
NJ. Henry, both of Pennsylvania
They have Joined in the recon-
mendation of these three persons
TO the education subcommittee
in charge of preparing the boards
of education omnibus bill. Their
anproval assures favorable action
bv the legislature. The omnibus
hill will be ready next week.
Mrs. Holiday is the only men,
her of the present board of edu-
cation who will survive the shake
ND. Joe Galloway of Rosman,
chairman of the present board
and L. E. Powell Of Brevard'
RED, will lose out.
1t is expected that DR.. Newland
will be elected chairman OF the
new board of education when II
starts upon it's two-year term the
first Monday in May. :.
The set-up of the new board Is
internreted in legislative circles
here as the finish of G. c. Bush
as superintendent of the Tran
sylvania county schools.
Both Senator Ramsey and Rep
resentative Henry are opposed to
the reelection of Superintendent
Bush, and the change in the
school board is said to reflect
their wishes.
Mr.. Bush was elected county
school superintendent to succeed
j. 3. Jones in. 1888.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
Italian Troops Still Pouring Into
Africa; Neutral Zone Agreed on

Leonardo Da Vinci either today
or Tuesday are arriving in Naples
from Pizzighettone, Peschiera, o.
zano and other places.
General Rudolfo Graziana, COM
mander-in-chief Of the combined
forces, sailed Saturday from Mes
sina on the .KplsaAja, CrQwds
Joined the teerHa lrt
and revolution q
Fascist revolut - j
Premier BenitS ~ ~
King Victor Emmanuel Postcards
were sold bearing pictures of II
Duce. with the legend: cts bet
ter to live a year as a lion than
100 years as lamb"
Word from Adds Ababa, the
Abyssinian capital, was far from
reassuring that negotiations to set
tie recurrent frontier disputes
cause of the Italian mobilization
of upwards of $4,000 troops
would be successful. The Abys-
sinians are eager TO establish /,
neutral zone between their couy
Continued on page two)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
ENGLISH JURY
FINDS 2 GIRLS
WERE SUICIDES
Farewell Letters Made
Public Over Protest of
American Parents

ROMFORD. England, Feb. 25.
(UP).-Farewell letters written
by two broken-hearted American
girls revealed today their decision
to follow their British aviator
sweethearts in death by plunge,
hand-in-hand, from an airliner.
"We would have been married
this summer, but there probably
will never be anyone else for me-"
one letter said.
The letters were read at the in
quest on the broken bodies of Jane
mad Elizabeth Dubois, only daugh-
tiers Of Coert Dubois, American
consul general at Naples.
After the letters were read over
the protest Of the consul at Lon
don, the jury returned a verdict
of suicide while of unsound mind.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
$4,000 IS PRICE
PUT ON LIFE
Man Would Die for Haupt-
mann for This, to Help
Own Children

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 25.-
(UP).-Gov. Harold G. Hoffman
today received letter from a
Brooklyn war veteran offering to
take Bruno Hauptmann's place in
the electric chair if the con-
demned murderer of the Lind
bergh baby will pay him $4,000.
The letter, purported to come
from Stanley Prystup, CWA work
er of Brooklyn, explained that
Prystup desired money to provide
for his 14-year-old son and u
year-old daughter. The family has
great difficulty in existing on his
SIP a week relief allowance, the
letter said.
The procedure is unpermissable
under New Jersey laws, the gov
ernor replied.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
-. Chamber OF Commerce Wars
@Publicity For U.S.. Income Taxes

koS,ssSSiHi!l;NGTON. Feb. 25, OUP7
b. So', u to forthcoming pub.
- income tax return in
Ban q OF approximately s.
b yo; FEDERAL income taxpayers
3D. Yesterday by the
|Ssj e.. OF Commerce of the
a,si. n"moer said it would i'm
b rrss, report to various bust
tsSsrn,i1 the findings of
taSSg ler raj finance committee e
/ goSIic Out the unfairness' of
I rstu,gp purposes 7 of the income
s;erdsrS u.s. Z. the committee said
aGs SSy !, is to enable ,'t the S Soyl
les and % obtain necessary reVe-
: World, NJ private affairs to
lasiple i NO departure from this
Die viii Information nss to be made
i1ate aft afF,ic disclose business and
Y be Used %'f st to competitors and
u With ssa improperly in connec-
O'lng credit ratings,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
BY FRANK REA
United Press Staff Correspondent

Ohltco EOsb See" 80 ~efS.-~
ROME, Feb. rs. (UP).-Thou-
sands of Italian troops were on
their way to the Abyssinian front
today, with nearly 5000 more due
to sail in the next IL hours.
The transport ship Biancamano
sailed last night from Naples for
Messina, Sicily, to pick up 1000
men and 70 officers of the Pelori-
tana division there today.
Other reinforcement to sail
from Messina include: officers
commanding the oath Artillery
regiment attached to the Pelorl-
tana division; and party of mo-
torized artillery engineers.
Total forces to embark TO-DAY
include about $500 men and loo
officers and more than 5000 tons
of materials to build army camps
and barracks for troops IN ltalian
Somaliland and Eritrea. bordering
Abyssinia.
Men and materials to be sent
to the trouble zone on the liner
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
Much OF MELONS
Money Is Said in
Tax Free Bonds

PITTSBURGH, Feb. Is. (UP).
A "huge amount" of Andrew Mel
Ions $97,000,000 personal for
tune is invested in taxfree securi-
ties and he never reported them
on his income tax returns, his con-
fidential secretary testified today
at the investigation being con.
Quoted by the government.
The government charges Mellon
evaded payment of three million
dollars income tax.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
Live Stock Men
Facing New Era
Starting April Is

DENVER, Colo, Feb. 25.-
(UP).-The livestock industry of
the west will enter a new era on
April Is.
That was the belief of both
Department of interior officials
charged with administering the
Taylor Grazing act and livestock
men who attended the land meet
ing here at which Secretary Har-
old Ickes spoke rather brusquely
on the subject of over-eXploita-
ton of the public domain.
April Is is the date lckes sug-
gested for the issuance of proc
lamations creating about 5O graz
ing districts in nine states OF the
west.
IN OPERATION BY FALL
BY autumn the plain will be in
full operation. Ranchers of the
region, who grow | per cent of
the nations cattle and 5 per cent
of it's sheep, will, by that time,
feed their stock on public ranges
under permits and with protec-
ton against exploiters:
That is the main difference be.
tween the new deal and the old
deal as regards the public domain,
according to F. r. Carpenter,
director of the grazing law. I'm
der the old deal use of the pub
lie domain developed into a free
for-all and needless exploitation
of the land.
NEW PLAN .
Under the new plan rights OF
well established stockmen, and
the little fellows especially, &C
cording to Ickes and Carpenter,
Continued on page FOUR
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
McNinch Is Again
Power Chairman

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a
Frank R. McNinch, of Charlotte,
on Saturday was reelected chair
man of the federal power commits
sion. He will serve until July,
1889.
McNinch was first named to the
power commission when it was re-
organized in 1880, at which time
five commissioners replaced three
cabinet members.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
TWO BOUND TO COURT

ATLANTA, Feb. 25.-(UP).-
Leland Harvey and Aubrey Smith,
Georgia desperadoes, were bound
over to a federal grand jury UNI
der $4,000 bond here today IN
connection with the robbery OF
the Rome bank last fall.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
WILL MEET TONIGHT

Knights of Pythias will meet to-
night at 1880 o'clock in the Ma
sonic hall. Page Rank will be con-
ferred and refreshments will be
served, C. C. Oates announced,
adding that all Knights are re
ouested to be present.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
MAYORS IN
FIGHT OVER
WAGE CLAUSE
Administration Is Await
ing Full Reaction on Sem
ate's Amendment
BYRNS SAYS HOUSE
TO STICK TO GUNS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. (Up)
A mobilization of work relief sup
porters "that will make the bonus
army look like a Boy Scout pa
rade" was threatened today by
Paul Betters, director of the Uni
ted States conference of mayors.
Betters threw the support of
his organization behind the adj
ministration's $4,sSO, 100000 work
relief bill as the battle was car
ried to the country on both sides.
kilograms and mail to senator's
began to reflect the tffects of the
drive for popular support for and
against the huge program.
Administration leaders made no
effort to bring the measure out
from committee until they could
better judge the nations reaction.
Speaker Joseph w. Byrns today
expressed confidence that house
members who passed the relief
bill a month ago would "stick to
their guns" and support the adj
ministration against the rebeliOus
senate.
The mass of kilograms and let
tiers flooding Capitol Hill may
decide whether President Roose-
welt will be permitted to put g.
idle to work on relief
projects or must continue the dole
to which he is so bitterly opposed.
From the teeming metropolis to
the sprawling grass roots town
are arriving at the Of
fees of senators who voted in ia
vor of the McCarEan prevailing
wage amendment To- s6he ~ 800
job bill m oeeg "a
certain White Ho146 jyefds. g So.
The full effect Of Tie reaction
to this vote will not be known for
several days. Both factions adopt
ed a watchful waiting attitude
over the weekend.
The administration contends
that the McCarran amendment
would wreck the proposed pro-
gram by increasing it's cost more
than $3,000,000,000. This would
be more tn ths federal treasury
: :'i H::; e: =,
spanking frdM 81 ~ R65ee'
some of the 81 Democrats who de-
fed White House objections back
into line.
With neither side willing to
yield an inch, it became obvious
that President Roosevelts first
major clash with congress on re-
covery legislation would be decid-
ed by the people. The bill now is
back in the appropriations COM
mittee which reported it a week
ago. -,
1t will remain there until the
verdict is in. The administration
is counting upon loud howl from
various states when they realize
that power dams, grade crossing
elimination, road building and
other projects planned under the
$4,880,00O, 900 bill are to be
strapped. To state officials this
means but one thing: they must
raise more money to care for
their INDECENT.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
FlIE LEGION
[NNANDER IS
|IIRD IN CITY
l.. Of Lexington, Ad-
E,s,,, District Gather
4, d Ex.Service Men
INCLUDING
|ONiS ARE OUTLINED

VNUo AM
| me hundred and forty or more
-, Of the American Legion
4 >. 18th district and invited
t., gathered Saturday night in
r.s;or home in Henderson
E. .,;orad a bOuntiful supper
|. y. nv y ladies' Of the auxiliary,
E E,rs i % an impressive address
/ F't Sat-. Commander Hubert E.
f.. s] ;; eyington, and to short
NJ n, b y a number of Legionnares
4 gende.sOnyjlle.
= Tistrict Commander Nathan
III, gs'I Of HendersOnyille presided
l. s' ,s,s5 As postmaster. being
| p s in the opening and clos
T. Fo'I EXERCISES according to the Lee
ESp ritual By Roy c. Bennett OF
kendenOnyllle.
| Commander Olive was present.
% ?, Lee Whitmire of Hen
t,souyiIe, and devoted his ad-
[eS 10 a DISCUSSION Of the plat
Brm and detectives Of the Ameri-
n Legion, as Promulgated by
: national organization, and to
ByOcacy Of the payment of what
commonly known as the bonus
World war veterans by the fed
al government.
Commander Olive was given an
thusiastie reception by the
thering and at TIE conclusion
bis Susech was presented with
Beautiful hooked rug, made by
1 widow of a Henderson county
ldier, and Ornamented with the
bblem Of the Legion. This was
|esented to Commander Olive by
|ank l. FitzSimOnS of the HUI
h N. Smith post.
|ln his opening remarks Com
Under Olive said that in travel
/ from one end Of North Caro-
a to the other he had not seen
Legion home or community
ilting 10 equal the home of the
PbeT: N. Smith post.
|The Commander reported the
Fm6eFship Of the Legion post in
lrth Carolina as being about the
pc tbs year as last, the last re-
r slowing a membership of
|Sl6, but i IS expected the num-
vii Be raised by final reports
he national organization.
Commander Olive said the Lee
an organization for service
g members, all ex-service men
! ne country; that it stands for
and country. He spoke in
e cs:alI Of the Universal Ser
Act and the "Americaniza-
Program" Of the national or
.ladon.
Olive said the re-
5 Of the Legion to an oppos-
V,SanlzatlOn of ex-service
;! ne Americans Veterans as
.Soa' which is opposing the
zen. OF the bonus. He said
9 " Is mlSnamed as such;
! as Legion is not asking for
! 81. nom the country but for
4:nent Of a debt that is Just I
( he commended that the |
= Is able to make settlement |
=. ex-seryice men at this
/. 'T'nAng out that billions of
|. |, IaS been raised and ex-
: by the government for !
purposes in the past two
=. ne also pointed out that
. s,TS'nnent, in making settle
the war with other
vi. " eitizenS, paid the rail-
. n?re than two billion dol
gald the war contractors
VA; nan three billion dollars.
. 'I ! : tax refunds of 8 1-2
.. uO;;IarS; paid federal CT
employees additional cash
Oaunued on page twoN
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
QUAKE KILLS EIGHT

ATHENS, Feb. 25. UP).-Eight
were reported killed and many in
jured in a severe earthquake near
Candi, Crete, today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
MAIL CARRIER
Will RETIRE
N. B. Baldwin Ending 80
Years of Service on
Fletcher Route

FLETCHER, Feb. 25.-N. B.
Baldwin of Fletcher, will end ~
wears of service as a rural mail
carrier Thursday and on that day
he will be retired from active
service on a pension.
Mr.. Baldwin, who is 81 years
of age, began work on January
16, 1905. His route was the third
from the Fletcher postoffice and
was IS miles in length at first
but was soon increased to "a.
At that time a horse and buggy
were used and it took from eight
to nine hours to go around. The
length Of the route now is SO
miles ana by using car it takes
three ard a half hours to travel
it. Mn. Baldwin first used a car
in 1923. He estimates that he
has travelled 241,095 miles.
For 4 long time there were
three routes from the Fletcher
postoffice. C. r. Sorrell, who was
carrier on route one for 2S years,
retired from service on Novem-
Der 80, 1880. At that time his
route was consolidated with Mr..
Baldwin's route three, and it was
called route one. c. H. Lance,
the carrier on route two, has
been in service 20 years, succeed
ing ]. B. Whitaker, who had re-
signed. After March /, Mr..
Lance will be the only carrier
from the Fletcher postofflce.
Parts of Mr.. Baldwin's route will
be served by route five from
Hendersonville, route one from
Horse Shoe, and route one from
Arden. The rest of it will be
consolidated with Mr.. Lance's
route and will be called route
one
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
HAD DANGEROUS
EXPERIENCE

Most of Mr.. Baldwln's route
lies east of Fletcher and includes
the Bear Wallow mountain sec
ton. Away back in the horse
and buggy days, Mr.. Baldwin had
many narrowing experiences and
some that were really dangerous
He recalls that at one time the
mountain road was covered with
ice for a whole week and it was
impossible to get over it IN any
way except to ride horse back
Mr.. Baldwin had ice nails put IN
his horses shoes and rode horse
back over the mountain and PACK
every day that week. Much Oh
the time when the weather was
very bad he rode horse back, anu
it took all day to get around tne
route. Once when he was rla-
ing horse back and the snow was
several feet deep, a bird 1lew
out of the low bushes by the ROAD
side and frightened his morse.
The horse threw him into snow
drift and then slipped and Tell
over on him so that he had great
difficulty in extracting himself.
Mr.. Baldwin tells some inter-
CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
WEATHER

,..,...ins eloudip ness with Tha,J Ia,"
,,I I1i's'if ai; and colder Tuesday
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-25
GOOD AFTERNOON

This country will be safe against
revolution, so long a. We stay
mad at so many different things.
The Washington times., 1935-02-05
Middle West Relief
Needs Cited
Internat tional News Service

Although 81 per cent of the
families on relief in small cities
Of the Middle West have one or
more members working, the
incomes are so small that public
aid is necessary, the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration
reported today.
Sixteen per cent of those work
ing have incomes of less than IS
a week; As per cent have less
than $40 a week, and 50 per cent
receive less than SIS a week,
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins
reported today.
A survey of relief in Rock
Island, ILL.,. Sioux Falls, S. D.,
Joplin, Mo-, Findlay, Ohio, Hib-
bling, Mimi, Minot, N. D., Osh.
kosh, Wis, and Benton Harbor
and Marquette, Mich, showed
that 88 per cent of the families
have one or more persons who
are able to work seeking jobs.
In IL per cent of the homes the
members of the families are too
old, disabled, have young persons
in school who require care, or
are otherwise incapacitated fol
work.
The Washington times., 1935-02-05
JAPAN To HOLD
NAVY REVIEW

TOKYO, Feb. 5 ONSO.-Ten-
tative decision has been made
by Navy authorities to summon
the combined fleet this month
under Vice Admiral Sankichi
TakahaShi for a naval review
prior to a reported intensive
emergency-perio training in the
spring, which will coincide with
Japans withdrawal from the
League of Nations, according to
information available today.
The fleet will return to its
bases in the summer for a rest
period for the men and a gen.
eral replenishment of fuel and
supplies before entering the EN-
peror's fall maneuvers. This years
Wholesale manuevers will be held
in the North Pacific, a fact
which is banned together with
other naval news, under police
orders, while details are being
worked out by the naval general
staff. Fall operations will cost
approximately $2,000,000 for the
weeks Pacific appearance.
The Washington times., 1935-02-05
Plenty of Work to Do,
Declares Hopkins

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 G.N.SO.
The entire nation will soon go to
work under the new works pro-
gram recently adopted by Con-
greSs.
New Workers were mulling over
this prediction today made by
Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Relief
Administrator.
Speaking at the annual meeting
of the survey associates at the
new School for Social Research,
Mr.. Hopkins admitted the works
program would promote expensive
forms of relief, but insisted the
unemployed would rather have it,
He said:
~The works program seems to
me to be the best employment
assurance. Unemployment in.
surance will never meet the un.
employment problem in America.
There is plenty of work to do
work that the nation needs. /
believe that in the nOt-distant
future we are going to see the
great army of unemployed 20.
ing to work on decent jobs"
The Washington times., 1935-02-05
PARADE Deaf \
JURY DIVIDED

POTTS VILE, Pa, Feb. 5
S)-The fate of Joseph j.
Bruno hung in the balance today
as a jury of 10 men and two
women, apparently deadlocked,
discussed whether the Republican
overload of Kelayres is guilty or
innocent of participation in the
election eve massacre that left
five Democratic paraders dead
and II wounded.
The jury has deliberated 20
hours.
Still processing confidence that
he will be exonerated, the 50-year-
old defendant sat in a Jail cell
with his son, Alfred. The latter
is one of six of Bruno's relatives
held for trial in connection with
the massacre murders. Indicted
for each of the five murders,
Bruno has been tried on one in
dictment accusing him of Staying
Frank Fiorella, 65-year-old miner.
The Washington times., 1935-02-05
Grease Paint A-Plenty;
BalBOherne Triumph
keep order for the feature

to keep order for the feature
dancers.
Then Kubla Khan, portrayed
by Charles Bittinger, president
of the Arts Club, and The Rising
Sun of the East, who is really
a blonde, Maud Howell Smith
accompanied by a fistfull of
blonde Sunrays), sat at their
respective thrones and the show
was on.
Some Salesman
Marco, the most advertised
l S m n of history, and his
father and uncle, Miccolo and
Maffeo, came just in time to see
the Whirling DerviSheS, a Be-
douin caravan, a Persian Street
scene, Indians kidnapping a very
pretty girl, Siamese dancers, some
japanese, Afghans people. not
rugs), and observance of Chinese
New Year, which wasn't punk at
all.
After that, everybody but the
elevator men paraded before the
judges for prize costumes, and
the dance was on again.
So was and is the grease paint,
darn it!
The Washington times., 1935-02-05
FIDDLERS AT SHOW

Prizes for the best fiddler and
tap dancer will be given at the 10
day United Food Store Exposition
which opens tomorrow night at
the washington Auditorium.