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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-13
BY HARRY FERGUSON
Press Staff Correspondent
(Copyrivht. 1898. United Press)

(SopyFi8htp 1900, Onitcd Frcss)
NTE RDON COUNTY
COURT HOUSE, BENNINGTON,
N. j., Feb. 13.-(UP).-In the
name of all laws, written and I'M
written, a little firebrand in gray
strobe this courtroom yesterday,
demanding that Bruno Richard
Hauptmann be executed as the
worst criminal of all time.
Attorney-General David T.. Will
metz ragged at the prisoner from
the first moment of court until
dusk when he leaned across the
jury rail and asked for verdict
of first degree murder and the
death of Hauptmann for the muir
der of Baby Charles Augustus
Lindbergh. Jr.
Today the calm, impartial voice
of Justice Thomas w. Trenchard
will be heard under these ancient
rafters, and all passion and rage
and pity will be gone for an hour
or two. He will be instructlng the
Jury on points of law, talking to
them in that homely, friendly
voice of his, and bidding them go
out and search for a verdict. The
jury probably will get the case at
noon. Then there will be nothing
for Hauptmann to do but wait.
There have been plenty OF
things here to rasp nerves and
bring pepole jumping from their
seats in a frenzy of excitement.
But the strangest one of all came
yesterday, late in the afternoon,
when the courtroom was sitting,
when perspiration dripped from
the chins of spectators and
smeared the rouge and powder on
women's cheeks.
Wilentz, weary and spent, was
coming to the close of his summa-
ton, speaking the last words of
denunciation that can be spoken
in this courtroom.
Abruptly a man. wearing cleri-
cal garb, stood up among the spec
tators and shouted:
wf Your Honor please, man
in my church has confessed"
He never had chance to fin
ish. The hands of six cpnstables
were clamped over his mouth, and
Wilentz whirled and shouted:
"Stop that" -. ..ft.
It was a ticklish moment for
court and counsel . Lesser things
than that have caused mistrials.
And nobody, not even the defense
LAWYERS. wanted mistrial de-
clared here, on the evening be-
fore the jury was to be sent out.
II would mean coming back to
Flemington and going, YEARLY
and carefully, over all the testi-
mony that has been spoken here
since January 2.
Constables dragged the man out
of the courtroom, sitting his
struggles and kicks to get free.
When he was calmer, he said his
name was the Rev. Vincent Burns,
pastor of the Union Non-Denomi-
national church at Palisades Park,
N. ]. His brother, he said, was
Continued on page six)
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CASE AT ll:2Q,
AFTER CHARGE
Room Is Prepared With
Exhibits Offered in
Trial
JURORS ARE FACING
3 ALTERNATIVES

BENNINGTON, N. j., Feb. IL.
(UP)-A jury of four women and
eight men today began delibern-
ton upon the guilt or innocence
Of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, az
cused of numbering Charles A.
Lindbergh, Jr.
Justice Thomas w. Trenchard,
in = strong charge to the jury ad-
vised them they could return one
of three verdicts:
l. Guilty, as charged in the in
dictment;
2. Guilty, with recommendation
for life imprisonment;
3. Acquittal.
The justice concluded his charge
at 1l:15 a. m, and the jury at
once retired.
Judge Trenchard asked them to
remain in the jury box until their
room, with exhibits, could be pre-
pared.
They left the room at 1l:2o
a. m.
Spectators remained in their
seats.
Counsel for both sides went
into conference at the judges
bench.
In the course of his charge to
the jury, Judge Trenchard ruled
If Hauptmann entered the Lind
bergh nursery by opening a win
dow. it was burglary, and the re-
sultant death of the child was first
degree murder; that it was posi-
bic to recommend life imprison-
ment if Hauptmann is found gull
ty, but that the recommendation
must be part Of the verdict"
and that if there is any reasona-
BILE doubt on any important point
Hauptmann with the
crime, the verdict must be for an
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(GrigibLe Macon Lost;a2 OF Crew Dead
WILL REJECT
ITALIAN DEMANDS CLOSE
FRIENDS OF KING DECLARE
Can Put 100000 Men
in Field; African View
point Is Given

ROME. Feb. 13.-(UP).-Ital-
ian women went to church today
to pray while their husbands, sons
and sweethearts answered the call
to the cOlors for possible Abys-
sinian expedition.
Mobilization of between $4,000
and 100000 troops to augment,
if necessary, the colonial army of
$4,000 proceeded. swiftly and 81
lently.
Copyright, 1895, United Press)
Adds ABABA, ABYSSINIA,
Feb. 1-.-(UP).-Emperor Halle
Selassie 1, prepared today to mo-
Billie his nations entire manpow-
er if Italy moves on Abyssinia.
An official estimated 100000
men could be put into the field.
The Lion of judah and his peo-
pie were amazed at reports that
Italy was mobilizing thousands of
mechanical troops to back up
fresh demands for indemnities and
a bare-headed salute to the ltal-
ian flag by an Abyssinian officer.
The demands will be rejected,
intimates of the King of Kings
told the United Press.
The emperor denies that his
border troops have been guilty o.
aggression, as charged by Rome,
or that there has been any ad,
vance of his Ethiopian troops in
the vicinity of the Italian Somali'
land frontier, as repeatedly al
legged by the Italians. !
The Italian mobilization fo-
lowed an alleged attack near
Ualual, on the frontier, on jan
20, but the Abyssinian position
has been, and Is again in this
case, that these clashes were with
irregular, irresponsible desert
tribesmen-for whom this goverl-
ment is no more responsible than
the Italians. Efforts are being
made to subdue these Nomads.
The aid of Italy in Somaliland IS
solicited in hunting down and
Furnishing the guilty."
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Capt. Whistler
Dies AT Camden
He and Late Wife Also
Well Known Here

CAMDEN. S. c.. Feb. 13.-Fu-
neral services were held here
Monday morning at II o'clock
for Captain Kenneth Gerard
Whistler, ~. who died at the
Camden hospital Sunday. Capt.
Whistler was born at West Point'
N. Y, June 8. 1868. Before COM
ing to Camden 35 years ago ne
was a rancher in the west. he
was married in Minneapolis
Mimi, to Miss Charlotte Rider
Brown, who died two wears ago.
He and Mrs. Whistler were
largely instrumental in promot-
ing Camden as a winter resort.
Captain Whistler was a member
of Camden's first polo team,
PLAYING with such players as
Dalton Kennedy, the late Peter
Johnson, Bill Salmond and Bob
Barstow. He was a member of
the National Polo association and
the Camden Country club and
Polo club. For many years ne
followed the occupation of land
scape gardner.
He was the son of the late
Joseph N. G.. Whistler, and Mar
earet Halle Whistler, the former
q retired army officer, who estab-
iished many of the frontier forts
in the early days. Captain Whist
Ter left no relatives.
The above item, recording the
death of Captain Whistler, will
be of interest to a wide number
of friends in this city. Captain
and Mrs. Whistler both made
their summer home in this city
for a long period of years, put
neither had been here for some
three or four years.
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AVIATOR KILLED

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. IS. (UP.
Joseph N. Trip of Fort Bragg,
N. c., remained in a critical con-
dition today from injuries sus-
tanned in a plane crash IN whlcn
his companion was fatally injured
near here last night. j. V. Holmes
of Gibonsville. N. c., died as a
result of the crash.
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FOREST PLAN OPPOSED

RALEIGH, Feb. 13.-(UP).-
Representatives of the Southern
inc association from Virginia,
North Carolina and South Caro-
lima, meeting here yesterday, re-
solved to oppose widespread &C
QUESTION of forest lands by state
and federal governments.
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License Bill Is
Passed In Senate

RALEIGH, Feb. 13.-(UP).-
The senate today passed the uni
form drivers license bill and sent
the measure to the house.
The bill is expected to be imme-
diately put on the calendar of the
house as the house committee sat
with the senate committee.
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CAR Is STOLEN

A Ford Coupe, 1888 standard
model. was stolen from the JONES
Motor Co., in Brevard last night,
it was reported today. The car
was black with a red stripe, mo-
tor number 18-239113 and deal
ers license number D-10612. A
hub cap and spare tire were miss
inc
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HURT IN COLLISION

TARBORO, Feb. 19. UP?.-,
Mrs. D. H. Twisdale of Enfield,
is in a hospital here with severe
head injuries received early, yes
terday when the car in which she
was riding with two other women
collided with another machine.
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POSTS BOND IN CASE

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 13,-(UP).
Lucy Cotton Thomas Magraw'
former New York showgirl, made
bond last night on grand jury
indictment alleging operation OF
a gambling room at her seaside
estate. beautiful Deauville: one
at the sheriffs OIL
flee.
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PAY CUT RESTORED

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. CUP
President Roosevelt today signed
the joint resolution restoring fed
eral employees pay cut on April /.
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.EWBANK Wins J
POSTMASTER'S
APPOINTMENT
Weaver dominates Former
County Chairman Over
z Other Eigibles
SERVED AS COUNTY
CHAIRMAN Is YEARS

A former Henderson county
Democratic chairman who has
never been a candidate for cleo
tive office, E. w. Ewbank, Hen
Jacksonville attorney, will be the
next postmaster here.
Dispatches from Washington
published this morning said that
Congressman Zebulon Weaver had
nominated Mr.. Ewbank to succeed
q. C.. Byers, acting postmaster,
who took over the duties of the
office on May II, last, after r. Fl.
Station, Repn., had served about
three months beyond the exprra-
ton of his regular term.
Mr.. Ewbank said this morning
that he had not officially been no.
tilted of his nomination, but as
sumed that press reports were
correct and that his appointment
by President Roosevelt will follow
shortly. He is ready to begin SER
vice at aIf5g$iiAeI shsussia,.
The e. q REL
ceived the &o0g 4 ]y
friends tSteE
several ofsshe nj 81 ''
the civil service seXaminat46n early
last year, and from whose number
R. p. Freeze and 7. Lee Osborne
were finally declared eligible IN
addition to Mr.. Ewbank on the
basis of an official rating. Since
the eligibility list was announced
on Jan. %, friends of the three
men have been active in their be-
half. Within the last week it was
reported that Mr.. Ewbank's can
didacv was being most favorably
considered, although persons who
interviewed Congressman Weaver
in Washington said he gave no
definite indication Of his hnal
choice.
While Mr.. Ewbank's nomination
is regarded as being somewhat IN
the nature of reward Tor serV-
ice rer lered the Democratic party
over a long period of years, 1t IS
generally recognized that he is
we'll qualified for the office. -.
Coming to Hendersonville with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. L.
Ewbank, when he was SIX years
old, from upper Greenville coun-
tv South Carolina, where he was
horn in August, 1875, he has lived
here almost continuously SINCE
After obtaining his academic edu-
cation in the schools here, at Por-
ter Military college in Charleston
and at Sewanee, Tenn, he studied
law in the office of Louis Bourne,
Asheville attorney, who died lase
year, and later in the otflce 81
julius Martin, then Of AsheVllie
CONTINUED on page four)
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ISAN FRANCISCO. FEB, 10
EPJ.-The U.SS. Macon. pride
the new AMI worlds largest
fh.ar.,hal-a.c snip, was stricken
1 4 mysterious accident in mid
J lae: nga. and fell in the sea
! niles Of: Point Sur. UncOn-
|mei legCr.s said an explosion
bed The tail off.
commando, Herbert Y. Wiley
Z g.he; officers and crew took
10 5eg boats. Six hours later
ashiF, g.h which the gigantic
/ queen had been Uaneuyering
ported rescue Of seven boat
Us Of survivors.
hl.ei, one Of three survivors
the Akron disaster. two years
D, vas in the first boat picked
SearchIghts ab.aze, war YES
$ paro.ei the rain-swept
ian seeking additional suryiv-
qnFnr1s Ens ,,.,.g.. L s...
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"A PLUNGE LIKE THAT
SlSTERSHlp AKRON

|fLIlgHs to the sea in tragic
fa-e. 10 the fate of her pred
ESor the Akron, the Macon APP
Fenty remained afOlt long
Easn for at least most of her
4 % escape. Navy officials
!, seven boats could carry most
NE NacOn's SO officers and
rs Of the Macon dealt a
! a.o| TO American lighter
/. ft development. The navy
'4 the Shenandoah, the
u and now the Macon. The
L. rs o. this 100000 expert
3 PROBABLY dooms hopes of
/" I4'y officers for construc-
=. v great fleet of gas bags
T.: =. as the eyes of the fleet
.4uFe warfare.
u "a contrast to the Akron dis
! ., ~. Enlcn plunged 10 men be-
S@s-'Orn seas off New Jer-
t.- = ~e!ter Of Orders and
a IA envelope, before they
= Ieave their posts, the Ma
apparently settled gTaduaIIv
i X smooth sea off Point Sur.
;SSI CITiri SPEED TO
y , Aae0n's sos at Sis D. m.
s, Y,ousnt warships racing to
ig SSsne under forced draft Al.
c JSr :. gark fell before they
omns the scene, rescues were
led |TSalght 81 men had been
(ass, navy officials hoped the
lie sb,iD n' De limited to loss
|acco1 ,rs said this left only two
he ,So.q for. They said 9S
listed p 40, 20 officers and Sc
|. C.S.S. P;cb,,oI =,
n m aaG q. on board 81 survi-
! ep iae Cincinnati had six and
|SN '' Concord reported II
a a'E ps had bad casualty XIX
pr a q, will abandon shin as
neaSs,aS We land on the water
lat 8, within 20 miles of
! s Ss,, =. Probably 10 mile miles at at
ich Cine prOsaic words with
ler s SS4i@mander Herbert WV V.
oi tSt pper Of the Macon and
S AEr ~Iee !: survivors of the L" u
On ADTI disaster sa off New Jer-
i. SUPERIOR aE5,l D. g.. 1893, reported Ito to
Oh the N iae 81 warships with
to,,."' Shln sight ss - 80
y . aboard q ! neayy swell. The
'V'DtiRued one oD IS5-foOt gas
vi page four)
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WEATHER

,,,n5, tonight and Thof ii'iis
{. Cl0a Occasional showers
9TH G,n,. in temperature
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GOOD AFTERNOON

Tailors meeting in New York
have decreed brighter clothes for
men, but the men don't happen
to be women.
Evening star., 1935-04-29
Crime of Centuries Remored
As London Battes for Jubilee
Greatest Scrubbing in History Brings
Ne,o Appearance to City Buildings,
Public and Private

LONDON (E1.-London, putting on
its best bib and tucker for the royal
silver Jubilee, today is one vast dress
ing room.
A new city Is emerging from under
the crusted CRIME of centuries Of
smoky fogs and acidy rains as its
biggest scrub in history is pushed
to completion.
Most of the dirty-faced buildings
which remain in the heavily frequented
sections will be covered with gay
decorations. These have been planned
to withstand the weather from Ac-
cession day, May 6. well on to the
last of the successive informal" royal
drives through London June 8.
Fresher Than In Centuries.
London will be fresher looking for
the jubilee than for centuries past
as much by luck as by design. A
postwar phase OF reservation Of many
Of the city's most famous buildings
Is the cause.
The houses Of Parliament. for ex-
ample, have been in the hands Of
workmen for seven years and though
a further three years Of work re-
mains, great part has been fresh
ened and restored.
Evening star., 1935-04-29

THOS. BOWLING CO. AUCTlCNEEho
SALE Of s eERsosNALr - EFEEcgs To5 sIEH HoTsE5 nat
eHAheEsmSr eHvEs fHsr on rREpAY Il EEfEsYy MsY
5a1s oeIoeK tM: tMo' @ ANR EAeA : & svcSEERI S;EETI
ALL GOODS ARE DISPOSED OF.
there will be sold at public auction in the
snfrE ss1f zGsTf FR2ksFER 3t STORAGE CO.. Inc.
1913 You Stree, NV.
Washington. d. c.
To enforce liens for STORAGE charges etc
paintings. and personal effects on storsse
With the Smith Transfer Snn[ stSrsge HG, Co.
Mrs. Mary Brent. Louise Brown. Rose
Bucknsr. Mrs. 4; N BSrreli Dr; NJ; ,ia :,
csrweii. Mrs. j. .Cogrsvs: Mrs. Mildred
Cox. CONWAY W. Cooke Mrs. J. Z. DlgRs.
Estate Of Mrs; DSnn.o Dumas S-doki Edsin' Mrs
c. 8 Hamil. Mrs. Pearl Harder. Dorothy
D. Hayes. Lieut.. Jas H. Hennelly VIns MS;
Wm 6. Holmes Mrs ,Vn:oJ Wm Jacsso1 s:,sis Sflen If
Fred Kelly. Helen NJ Kiomen. G. l, Koppp.
Vim. !. Lowe. Helen 2 McGsgsheEHi !S Msf !.
Wm Ws2 Mfknexy x.S1e 1efs'fF Frances Losan
F. D. Nehouse. John J. o'Brien1 4.
.5.1 ssI%sr s.an PS%sF 69sb Peres e PsfSGssd Mdfed
5.an susStr !Ssn MTs Re''ae seuss sc smith
louise smith, Ross Smith Dennis T.
Waldron sam'i r. Waters; Nancy Webe,
M. W. Whitfield Susie Williams, Mrs. X.
wOSiSTk e1HssnS Sesse 81 hoGsehcd Sfsa6 Goods fur
niture. sewing machines. Victrolas. chil-
foniers barrels and contents. dresseIs'
desks. tables. chairs. refrigerators. ouiIets'
mss. bookcase. crates and contents. bum
dies and contents. boxes and contents
- fha nRrSnnS
G. p. Harris Nancy Webb. pianos: J. VIM.
Mckinley. offss s,TGn fTTnItg,msi Smiru
President. Smith Transfer
6 s'0Tsfe Isf!, Geii you ER'N st. NV.
ap2e aa-ny6 Washington. d. C.
THos j. OWEN & son. AUCT1oNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE Of VALEAsLdE REAL REAL
FFWSHEANTTEx-NfsfG FSHATEs kN9TN STREET ks No 9SioRfH,
STORY ROY Row nEET BRIcK poDWs DWELL.N66 ms
EEEorR4c EM9 RhTHs EiaHHs H9TR1AakEea Bs1ck aARAa sa
DUB By rseofdsd y5ds G n tSsr ssF}2n ao s o % %
Of Columbia: and At the REQUEST Of stsrsd tss
e fu'tsss tss Drsmses n is at RuHfE E3
EIGHTH pay or MAY Ap 9o,,da35s da35 AT At
District Of Columbia. and DESIGNATED as rs
two GO21 in Arthur C. Moses subdivision
ot lots in block num6ered fteer fseordsd d5t II
the once of the surveyor for the District
OF Columbia in Liber, "a at folio 90; sub
ject to covenants and building restrictions
Terms Of sale: one-third Of the pur-
chase money to be paid in cash, balance
in two equal installments payable in one
and two years. with interest at six per
centum per annum. payable semi-snnu.
ally. from day OF sale. secured by f1rst
deed OF trust upon the property sold. or
all cash. at the option OF the purchaser.
A deposit of $500 will be required at time
OF sale All conveyancing. recording. etc.
at cost Of purchaser. Terms OF sale to be
complied with within thirty days from day
Of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve the
right to resell the property. at the risk
DAYS advertisement of such resale in some
newspaper published in washington. d. c.
HENRY P. BLAIR.
ALLEN c. CLARKE.
apo5 % .oamy1 .3.6.S Trustees.
Evening star., 1935-04-29
AUCTION SALES-TOMORROW.
THOs. J. OWEN & SON. AUcIIoNEERs
l431 EYE ST. NV.

TRusTEE's, SALE ,,S, oF vALuABLE vALuABB5LE REAL EEAb
sSsSz sSs4z1sfsa rEiyna SRHsf n5SHs B$EEEsSSB ms
BREHE BREeK oakHaE sAIaf kko8N AsoS 1MolGAf KS 81
sT yrfns ser Nc fsrts0 1907 'sso folio
Of the land records Of the District Of
sell at public auction. in front Of the
R5sTses pST pR TgEsDAY THE TFFr5ETEEE 4HEEE
land and premises, situate in the District
St cG%mS snf Ssins North o Isss
By the full deph thereof Of lot
t2722) in the subdivision made by Weneer
Brothers. as per plat recorded in Liber
Ne - folio & lao Of the rec records ,st Of the
Terms Of sale: Purchaser to pay one;
the balance in five iinstallments in one.
two; three. four and five years. respec-
lively with interest at the rate OF six 90
deed Of trust on the. properly sold. or al
cash cash at the s option Of the purchaser: taxes
ad DsT or 10 on date Of sale nTee f1o
date of sale to date OF settlement at six
t6' per centgn per annum; all convey
the cost of the purchaser; good title or no
sale. A deposit OF 81 900 will be required
at the time OF sale and settlement to be
within thirty (3Ob days of the date of
sale or deposit forfeited and the property
resold, at the risk and cost of the de-
faultine purchaser. after FIVE thl days
previous advertisement OF said resale in
some newspaper published in Washinston
D. c.
j. WRILEY JACOBS
Surviving Trustee.
pos 18th St NV
WASHINGTON. d. c.
Evening star., 1935-04-29
WATERFRONT PROPERTY.

$40 PER MONTH WILL START YOU TO
health and happiness. Own your own
bungalow on the bay. One hour to d. C.
ASK for MRS. KNOWLAN. National 1886.
or see her at LOUIS p. SHOEMAKER'S s.
1919 K st. NV.
LARGE HOTEL. 90 ROOMS. RUNNING
water electricity; water front; near sea
side Beach partly furntshed; Nb.Ooo
Further particulars. OWNER. l225 Frank
lin st. ne.
COBB sLAND-ATTRACTIvE COTTAGE
with large screened porch: excellent loca-
ton: $3.50; $50 cash and Slb per month.
Routes and g. via La Plata and Ana
costa, See ANDREW NORRIS. Cobb
TWO LOTS. 25x1OO COLONIAL BEACH,
classic shore: block river town water: sec
ton improving; worth 5000: cash offer or
terms Address Box 1897. Star ONCE. 20.
BUNGALOW. SOUTH RIVER. ooo
BUNGALOW Severn Shores ....... 1900
SO acres and improvements. 1900 .-oo
80 acres and improvements. 700 .,oo
ll2 ooa .Snra '''''' 10 900
J. H, MURRAY. Box "a. Annapolis Md
COBB ISLAND WHERE THE POTOMAC
Is miles wide and fishing is fshine,
Here's the place for that waterfront
home and now's the time to act
Home sites 500 up.
Routes and 3 via Anacostia and La
Plata See ANDREW NORRIS, agent. on
premises daily
Evening star., 1935-04-29

Big Ben. its face bright with gold
foil and crimson, emerged from its
splints some time ago. but the scaf-
folding from the lower part of the
tower, where pitted stone has been
replaced, is just being removed.
Next in cost and extent Is the
restoration of st. Paul's Cathedral.
where the Thanksgiving service will
be held May g. More than $500, 900
has been spent in the last 10 years
to make the structure safe.
Murals Frightened.
The stonework has been washed
and renewed where badly damaged
and the mural paintings in the dome,
under which King George will give
thanks on Accession day. has been
partly rebrightened.
In the heart Of the city the mansion
house Of the lord mayor has been
scrubbed in the first thorough ex-
terror cleaning in 200 years.
Fired by these examples and with
the incentive of the jubilee, Arms and
private individuals are spending thou
sands of pounds in washing their
buildings or renewing the paintwork.