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The Washington times., 1935-06-14
BIGGEST FLYING
BOAT IN WORLD
SMASHED

HAVRE, June IA G.N.SJ With
IS officers and men aboard, the
worlds largest flying boat today
careered wildly over the harbor,
smashed into two motor-boats, ex-
ploded, and dived into the water.
Speedy work by fast harbor
tugs saved the plane and her men.
No one was injured.
Boats Smashed Like Shells
The giant ship, Lieut.. De Vais-
seau de Paris, streamed across the
water at II a. M, gaining speed
and finally bobbing off the sur
face, but was unable to climb more
than a few feet into the air.
Terrified helmsmen of two mo-
tor-boats tried vainly to steer out
of her path, but the great hull
smashed them like eggShells and
both went to the bottom.
The collisions exploded one of
the planes gasoline tanks, but be.
fore fire broke out she plunged
into the harbor.
Tugs rushing alongside attached
hawSers as the Seaplane began to
settle in the water, and dragged
her to the wharf, where she was
dashed safely.
Damage Is Serious
One wing was seriously dam
aged, both floats were torn away
and it was believed the hull was
also damaged.
The plane, biggest since Ger
many's Do-X was retired, had gone
through only a part of her tests
when she was flown up from Bor'
deaxu to greet the liner Nor
mandie.
She crossed 81 tons, and cost
around $1,320,000.
The Washington times., 1935-06-14
SHRINE PARADE
At ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June IA.
The Alexandria Shrine Club Drum
and Bugle Corps will make its
first public appearance tomorrow
when it leads the Shrine parade
here at 1880 p, m,
Charles w. King, local military
authority on paradeS and chair
man of the Shrine Club commit
tee arranging for this event, has
mapped out the following line OF
march:
Lines form in front Of the
Masonic Lodge on Cameron
Street at 7::30 p. m. From Cam
eron, the parade will march to
Royal, to King, to the Masonic
Temple where it will disband.'
A large delegation from Almas
Temple, Washington, will march
A police escort including Capt.
John Arnold, and Officers Curtis
and Mullen will lead the pro-
cession, followed by the Drum
and Bugle Corps. Next will come
the Almas representatives with
the local Shrine Club members
bringing up the rear.
The Washington times., 1935-06-14
c. BRYAN PITTS
IN NEW SUIT

Whether persons who bought
F. H. Smith Company stock after
the firm was known to be insolvent
are entitled to a judgment for
loss of their investment was before
District Supreme Court Justice
Jennings Bailey yesterday.
The question was presented dur.
ing opening statements as the trial
began in the suit of the reorgan-
lied F.. H. Smith Company for an
accounting and money judgment
against G. Bryan Pitts, former
chairman of the board of the COM
pany, who is now serving prison
term for embezzling the company's
funds.
Joined in the suit are Mrs.
Gladys T. Pitts, wife of the banker,
and the Bureau of Internal Reeve
nue., which has levied an attach
ment on all tangible property Of
Pitts on a delinquent income tax
claim.
The Washington times., 1935-06-14
JUDGE IF. NEAL
DEAD At 70

NOBLEsvILLE, Ind, June IA
G.N.SO.-John F. Neal, IS, widely
known Indiana jurist, died at his
home here today after an illness
that was complicated by a broken
hip received in q fall several
months ago.
Among the five children sur.
viving. are William Neal, of the
washington Bureau of the In
ternational News Service, and N.
C. Neal, formerly a member Of
the Indiana Appellate Court.
In the eighties, Judge Neal was
prosecuting attorney Of the cir
cult comprising Madison and
Hamilton counties, and later be-
came judge of the Hamilton Cir.
cult Court.
He was an attorney for the
city of Noblesville and was active
in knights of Pythias circles
throughout the State.
The Washington times., 1935-06-14
Exiles of the Dominican repub-

Exiles of the Dominican repub-
lie were invited home today.
The invitation includes a gen
eral amnesty. Expenses incurred
in the return trip will be paid by
the Dominican republic, and
marks another move on the part
of the government for stability.
Announcement of the pardon
granted the political exiles now
living in this country was made
by Emilio Garcia Godoy, Domini-
can charge d'affaires in Washing.
ton.
President Trujillo Molina, of the
The Washington times., 1935-06-14
Man With $4,000
Found on Relief

OMAHA, Neb., June 14.-Dan
Paulikas, whose estate is valued
at twenty7seven thousand dollars,
placed his holdings under 16 diff
ferent names and put himself on
Federal relief rolls, it was disclosed
when PaulikaS was given 3O-day
suspended sentence in Police Court
and forced to repay the FERA
$25.68.
The Washington times., 1935-06-14
Must Defend
Bannister's Suit

LOS ANGELES, June IA G.N.SO.
The California supreme court hav-
ing decided against her, Ann
Harding, screen actress, must ap-
pear in court here June 81 to de-
|fend an action brought by her
former husband, Harry Bannister,
who is seeking custody of the
couples seven-year-old daughter
Jane.
Miss Harding had contended
that California courts had no juriS-
diction in the matter as Nevada
courts already had awarded her
complete custody of the child.
The Washington times., 1935-06-14
Amnesty Is Promised
Dominican Exiles

Dominican republic is DESTROYS OF
uniting all Dominicans, Mr.. Godoy
said. Regardless Of the reason
which caused their departure from
their native land they will be re-
ceived with open arms, he added.
Many of the exiles now in this
country are avowed enemies of the
President. They too will be vel
coined home, Mr.. !Godoy added.
The Washington times., 1935-06-14
Early Bird Finds
Ship He Flew in Is

Shadows of the past when avi-
alton was in its infancy were
materialized yesterday for Eddie
Nelson, of Chicago, youngest mem
Der of the Early Birds, an organi-
cation Of pioneers in aeronautics.
Mr.. Nelson was on a sightseeing
tour and in the Smithsonian nsti-
tuition he saw an antique Curtis
plane which he had flown in 1915.
The Washington times., 1935-06-14
L. F. BENCHOFF DEAD

WAYNESBORo, Pa, June IA
(SpeciaD .-Loudon F. Benchoff,
"a, a retired farmer, former
Franklin county superintendent of
schools and legislator, is dead at
his home at HooYerYille, near here.
The Washington times., 1935-06-14
HAWAIIAN SUGAR TAX

A separate five hundred thou
sand dollar sugar processing tax
fund has been established for
Hawaii by proclamation Of the
President dated June 7, the Agri.
cultural Adjustment Administrar
ton announced.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
Sherard Urged To Support
Larger State School Fund
City Board Cites Figures
Showing Huge Cuts In
7-Year Period
TEACHERS SALARIES
REDUCED TO $66S.46

A compilation of figures (which
we believe will cause you to lend
the full strength of your support
to any legislative bill that would
cause a more adequate education
al fund to be created and equita-
bly, distributed" was forwarded
today to w. M. Sherard, Hender-
son county representative in the
by the Hendersonville
city school board.
A letter signed by R. P. Freeze,
chairman, and o. A. Meyer, sec
retary-treasurer of the board, ac-
companied the figures, and copies
were sent to Clyde A. Erwin,
state superintendent of public in
struction, and officers of the
North Carolina Education associa-
ton.
The report on operating ex-
penses of the city school system is
based on figures taken from rec
ords covering a period of seven
years and reveals that "white
teachers have suffered an average
salary reduction of SIS per cent,
and that the number of teachers
employed has declined Sc per cent
in comparison with an enrolment
decrease of only eight per cent.
The average salary of white teach
ers has dropped from 1,341.81 to
$668.46. This curtailment has
overcrowded class rooms, has de-
creased the training available and
increased percaptibly the number
of failures.
"Per capita cost of instruction
in 1929 has declined from
S70.67 to $19.12 in 1933-34, and
This smaller cost has so narrowed
the curriculum that pupils are OBJ
tanning only the bare Institutional
necessities as compared with those
given them only few years ago.
The peak per capita cost of
s7O.67 was $685. under the av-
erage for the entire. United States
for the same year.
ain connection with the table
showing the decline in teachers
salaries, we would direct your at
tention to the fact that after pro-
viding only meagre funds for
board and room, medical atten-
ton, clothing, insurance and rec
reation, the average teacher has
left the magnificent sum of $74.46
for all other living expenses.
eve understand that Governor
has recommended a
salary of $1,035, plus board and
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
GROUNDING IS
ON JOB TODAY
More Winter Weather
Ahead If His Prognosti-
cations Correct

Mister I. Stratus. Familiarity
known to his American friends as
Grounding, emerged from his
winter home at high noon today,
stretched himself, took one look
at the brightest weather here in
several weeks, made a face at
his shadow and went back to
sleep off the remaining six weeks
of the winter.
Today is Grounding Day, that
is if one takes his weather prog
nostications from the little ami
NAL. As the American Legend
has it there will be six more
weeks of winter if Mr.. Ground
hog sees his shadow at high noon
today. If the weather be cloudy
Mr.. Grounding officially calls
winter off in two weeks.
The day is Candlemas Day,
celebrated in religious history as
the anniversary Of the day when
Christ was first presented in the
temple. 1t is forty days after
the Nativity. 1t is on this day
that the candles to be used dur
ing the remainder of the year
are blessed.
Americans cannot, however,
take credit for originating the
legend that this day is a wealth,
er predicting day. The legend
goes much further back than
history, and an ancl-
ent verse shows that CandlemaS
Day was used for weather pre-
dieting long before Mr.. 4;
Stratus was formally classified
among the animals.
The verse, which shows the
day was used for weather pre-
dieting long ago is as follows:
If Candlemas Day be fair and
clear, -,
There'll be two winters in the
year.
If Candlemas Day be wet and
foul,
pule,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
Honor Society's
Initiation Is Held
Election OF Officers Fol-
lows High School Event

The annual initiation of the
Hendersonville city chapter of
the National Honor society took
place Wednesday in the regular
high school assembly.
At a very impressive ceremony
seven new members took the
vows - four seniors and three
juniors. Those initiated were:
Nancy Rose McManaway, Nancy
Noble, Bennett Hunter and Billy
Bracket, seniors, and Christine
McCorkle, Frances King and
Maude Station, juniors.
The induction of membership
into this society is one of the
highest honors a pupil of the city
schools can receive. Those who
conducted the initiation were :
Mrs. A. J. Borders, sponsor, and
Edwin Hinsdale, Jesse Reese, Earl
Merrill and Wilma Young, former
members.
A meeting of this society was
held after the initiation for the
purpose of organization and In
The newly elected officers of
this society are: Edwin Hinsdale,
PRESIDENT; Frances King, vice.
president, and Billy Bracket, Sec
retary-treasurer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
ROBBED
AND BATTERED
James Henderson, Beaten
About Head, $40 Taken
From Him

lanes Henderson. colored. who
lives on the Alex King place, was was
as and robbed of $40
about 7 o'clock last night on
Whitfield street near Lennox
Springs, the sheriff's department
reported this morning; .d
The man was badly batterea
about the head, Sheriff J.. NJ IN M T.
Orr said, and craWied 10 ene
home of Henry McMlnn, ANU ~
half a mile away, to give the
alarm. oh
tained by the department, Hen
derson had cashed $40 check eek
at a local store earlier in the
day da He told officers that five fN,
or six men jumped from a car;
knocked him down and roooeo
him of the money.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
OSBORNE URGES RESTORATION
OF FARM AGENT IN COUNTY
Master Farmer Cites IVA
Offer To Aid Rural
Development

T. E. Osborne of Mills River
Henderson county master farmer
and president of the French
Broad Association, was a visitor
to Hendersonville today and
speaking to a representative OF
The Times-NewS. said:
81 believe the time has come
to place a county farm agent in
Henderson county again. | would
not favor any movement that
would impose any additional bur-
dens on the county, but it is a
fact that we have come in Hen
derson county to the point at
which farm agent can be worth
many times his salary to our
agricultural interests directly
and, indirectly, many more thou.
sands of dollars to the general
business interests of the county.
For example, it will be ne
cesSary to employ a county agent
before government and IVA CO.
operation in a farm development
program can be started in Hen
derSOn county. We cannot stand
back and say to the authorities.
Start your program and we Will
cooperate The authorities have
already said to every county IN
Western North Carolina that
does not have a county agent at
present: place a county agent
on the Job and we will cooper
ate. We will cooperate by pIac-
ing an additional man on the
lob to help in farm development.
This was the action at the AShe-
vile meeting two weeks ago. The
adjoining county of Pennsylvania
has already responded to this
invitation. Last Saturday the
commissioners of that county vor-
ed to employ a county agent.
al do not believe we will make
any progress in this county in
out a program and
working with the government
and IVA authorities until we
have complied with their request
to employ a farm agent. When
this is done, IVA will place d
man in the county to work with
our farm aget. If we expect to
get government help it will have
to come through this evidence of
our intention to work with the
authorities.
''The benefits which we may
reasonably hope to secure
through this co-epartion with the
authorities probably cannot be
estimated at this time, but it is
certain they will amour every
year to many times the cost Of a
county agent. /, therefore, urge
upon the farmers of the entire
county that they arouse them
selves and show their interest IN
this matter. The people directly
interested are the farmers. Let
them speak out and tell our
county commissioners what they
think about the matter"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
JANUARY IS
WARM, RAINY
Temperature rs Degrees
Above Normal; Rain
1888 Inches In Excess

The average temperature for
the month of January was 2.5
degrees above the normal for the
month, and rainfall was 1888
inches above the average for the
month, according to figures by T..
w. Valentine, cooperating U. S..
weather recorder.
The average temperature for
the month was Al degrees, while
the normal for the month is 1876
degrees. Precipitation recorded
during the month reached 6.54
inches, while the normal rainfall
is 4.69 inches for the month.
Temperatures during the month
ranged from &c degrees to a mini
mum of 10 degrees. The lowest
temperature recorded during the
past week was 20 degrees on the
26th, goth and 30th.
The figures follow:
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
'esiident's Ball
[ere Nets Total
b.79 Announced

SEA- total of $65.79 was realized
RHthe Presidents Birthday Ball
mere, it was announced this
fn0tning by Mayor A. V. Ed
'1afds. In addition it is under
Stood that about $50 was made
from the kilograms which were
sent to President Roosevelt and
a portion of this will be added
to the local fund.
Seventy percent of this money
will go to a local fund, and 80
percent to the Warm Springs
foundation.
Mayor Edwards this morning
extended his thanks to members
of committees, the Skyland hotel
and American Legion, Beckers
Bakery, Mid-City Tire company:
Houston Furniture company and
all others who cooperated in
making the ball successful.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
BY HARRY FERGUSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1885, United Press

ERp.O COUNTY
COURTHOUSE, PENNINGTON,
N. j., Feb. 2.-(UP).-Of all the
bewildering narratives that have
been told under oath in this court
room, the strangest one came out
yesterday when counsel for Bruno
Richard Hauptmann produced tes-
timony designed to prove that Isl
dor Fisch and Violet Sharpe kid
mapped the Lindbergh baby and
carried it across the Hudson river
into New York.
There is no rest for the dead in
this case.
Isidor Fisch died almost year
ago in Germany from tubercu-
losis.
Violet Sharpe, housemaid in the
home of Mrs. Dwight Morrow,
grandmother of the murdered
baby, committed suicide just when
state police were about to ques-
ton her concerning the kidnap-
ing.
Peter ]. Sommers is the man
who told all this. He used to be a
fingerprint expert in New York
CITY, and must have made 500
court appearances in his day. But
never has a witness in this trial
been so shaken and ratified ny
cross-examination. Not even Mil
lard Whited, who came down out
of the Sourland mountains unable
to read and unable to grasp the
meaning of the legal terms flung
at him by lawyers.
Sommers was brought into court
as a defense witness, but for some
bewildering reason Edward }.
Reilly, chief of the Hauptmann
legal staff, never did draw from
him a connected narrative of what
he saw and heard at midnight on
the night the Lindbergh baby was
stolen. It was only under cross,
examination by Acknowledgement
David T. Wilentz that his story
began to take shape and sub
stance. 80,
This is what Sommers said hap
pened:
CONTINUED on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
Two CRIMINAK
ARE EXECUTED
Mais And Legenza Die
This Morning In Elec-
trio Chair

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 2 CUP
"A brief fortnight after they
were captured. in New York,
Robert Mais, Walter Legenza,
ruthless leaders of a trl-state
bandit gang went to the electric
chair here today. Mais went TO
the deathroom first and was pro-
nounced dead at 1850 a. m.
Jegenza was carried to the
deathroom in a wheelchair.
Plaster casts were removed from
his legs so as to fasten the cleo,
trades. He was pronounced dead
at sos q. m.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
4 Chant to Mr.. Ground Hog

49,
TODAY the ground hog from
l. his lair
Comes forth to seek a change OF
air
And see about the weather.
He shifts the breeze and looks
around.
He scans the sky and then the
ground,
And puts the facts together.
LIE wears no mortar board or
IL gown,
He doesn't even live in town.
And never went to college.
Was never sent away to school
And taught to live by rote or
rule,
Or crammed with useless
knowledge.
lie knows if fog obscures the
The course of winter has been
run
And spring will soon be here.
But if the sun should shine to-
day
Springtime is full six weeks
away,
Nor sooner will appear!
From the chant of Slumber-
ing Ground Hog Lodge, or
ganized 1907, Quarryville,
Pa, to extol the virtues OF
the ground hog.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
Believe Harding,
Defense Witness,
Wanted In State
Lumberton Officials Think
He Is Hardin, OF
Assault Case

LUMBERTON, Feb. 2. (UP).
The man who testified as Lou
Harding in the Hauptmann trial
at Pennington, N. j., yesterday is
believed to be Luke Hardin, want
cd here on an assault charge,
county officers said last night.
An automobile bearing New
Jersey license plates, and alleged
" driven by Hardin, collided with
the car of G. S. Crawford here
on Dec. %, 1927, police said. In
an ensuing fight Crawford was
badly injured.
Two companions of Hardin re-
ceived short prison terms on as
sault and drunkenness charges. A
third was fired 500. Hardin es-
capped.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
)ULD EASE
'IESSION now
Is BELIEVED
Iortsi To Sense Resent
Rept Engsndered By
/ Recent Rebellion
kElATURE CALLED Ed,
i; QUIZ NEARS END

.roy ROUGE, La, Feb. ?.
~ Hr.y Longs investigation
n r,-;og: "plottings' against
|. y wax !, ! rsopened in the midst
lT,torrjei reports that plans
/ srsfiaI session Of the legis-
! had been abandoned -.
w. ~as decided against further
, |t,1T action because of wide
'+msnt engendered by the re-
'; s,,,l u 1t is also under
| LONG is to close the judicial
~ into the assassination
today. -
ili,iamen still are on guard
nghOut the city.
HTr said regarding another
legislature, Why do we
4 a special session. We've got
lie laws We need now.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
OAK VIEW HALL AT
LENOIR RHYME BURNS

HICKORY. Feb. 2. UP)-
Oak View hall, of Lenior-Rhyne
college was demolished by fire
here Friday. Origin of the fire,
and the value Of property de-
stroyed have not been estimated.
The hall, last wooden building
on the campus, was used by the
music department and also as
dormitory. Previously it had
been a girls dormitory.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
VIOLET SHARP
NOT INVOLVED,
DECLARATION
Sommers' Story Fails To
Hold, Laying Blame On
Gang
TESTIMONY SEEN AS
CRUCIAL FOR DEFENSE

BENNINGTON, N. j., Feb. 2.
(UP).-The prosecution today jul
bilantly declared it had smashed
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's last
defenses and would succeed in
sending him to the electric chair
for the murder of Chas. A. Lind
bergh, Jr.
Members of the States prose-
cution staff said the defense col
lapsed after the strange story told
by Sommers. His testimony was
intended to bear out Defense
Counsel Edward j. Reilly's theory
that Isadore Fisch, assisted by
Violet Sharpe, both now dead,
kidnapped the baby and collected
the ransom.
The State has positive evidence
that Violet Sharpe was in no way
implicated with the kidnapping.
Sommers testified he saw two
men, one of whom he identified
as Fisch and the woman he iden-
titled as Violet Sharpe, on a ferry
boat bound from New Jersey to
New York on the night of the
kidnapping. Later he admitted their
Identification was doubtful. He
also admitted that he saw them
after midnight. All roads and
ferries were closely guarded be-
fore that time. The State also has
unrefutable evidence accounting
for every minute of Violet
Sharpe's time that night.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
|ipse Previlew
How Sun,
Moon VIII Look
bal Solar Eclipse Due
knday 1890 A. M.
i Eastern Time

Feb. ,. up
y bun and moon went through
earsa, Of Sundays partial
ecl;rse Yesterday and had
roles letter perfect. The
/ IS expected to last two
BEGINNING at 1890 a. m.
b Standard time.
noon bit a 30 per cent
from the suns disc, which
about right for the mid
est, and then sun resumed
brnal shape.
Fir Fox. director of the
| P.antetarium and Astron-
fal museum. staged the pre-
with the Museums Plane
p, aStronOmy's most COM
|tOy.
such a demonstration YOU
a circular chamber, the
E and walls Of which would
Flse azaiiwerted bowl. repre-
z the SKY and horizon.
level with YOUR head is
lorlzon. completely encircl-
Z room, the skyscrappers of
Fan Boulevard in black sill
4 70 the west. a sloop
p over Lake Michigan to
. Above you is the sky.
Par desce1dS slowly. As
E9T grows dark Professor
fS0a,ns the celestial bodies
about 70 see are bright
FeG as they would be in
'-'''T awav from smoke,
IsN artificial illumination
F. he IS ready for the
The sun climbs out of
.-,.aeaSt, because it is win
u !, moves to a point in the
~ indicating II Is One a
The suns rays are so
/, YOU cannot see the moon.
ms precise minute it
eating into the sun. COM
tween sun and earth.
!. s1h begins To darken in
pei right Quadrant. The
y, ,5eeoS across in apparent
~ motion until the upper
. yent Of the suns surface
!; ;;-s ! ;, Slowly the sun en-
!. l1,, once more. One of
: seven eclipses is COM
N REPLICA.
~. : AXE two hours and ID
o,., ,'r Sundays clipse to
,. us phases. Professor
: ~, gun and noon through
: 0I ne Yesterday in three
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-02
STUDENTS STRIKE

BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Feb.
2. (UP)-One person was killed
and several wounded yesterday
in a clash between police and
striking students. barricaded in
the university. The students de-
manded liberation of &c of their
comrades, informed at Vishegrad,
Bosnia, for alleged communist
activities. Police cleared the
building forcibly.