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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
$4,000 DEAD, ONE MILLION
ARE AFFLICTED, NEW PLAGUE
SWEEPS ISLAND OF CEYLON

Medical officials here do not
know how to fight the strange
germ which has brought such
havoc to one of the most dense
ly populated spots on cart.
Day and night, doctors work IN
laboratories, struggling against
the germ. Unlike the ordinary
malaria germ-which stains red
this virulent organism shows a
green stain under the microscope.
An urgent appeal has been
sent to Lieutenant-Colonel Sgd
ney Price-James of the British
ministry of health, a world au-
thority on tropical diseases, to
come here from London. Ceylon
is a British colony.
Meanwhile, weary physicians
and attendants have labored in
plague-infested areas to curb the
epidemic.
Except in the most remote vii
lagos, far up the dambulla re-
gion-once malaria infested. I'M
til British engineers broke the
plaques with modern drainage,
the death rate has been slowly
falling off.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
MAY YET OFFER
FOOTPRINT RECORD
Convriqbt. 1895. bv u. p

Copyright, 1885, bv ". r. ~
PENNINGTON, N. j., Feb: &
(UP).-If the tide of testimony
runs too strong against BrAae,
Richard Hauptmann in the dyasR
days of this trial, his lawyers sr6
ready to stake everything on an
attempt to prove that his innn.
cence is craven on wax and cary
ed into plaster. 8
A monograph record and tn
cast of a footprint are the ac
tucked up the sleeve of Edwa
J. Reilly's morning coat. l4l
AS court convened today 1t
looked as though the counsel for
the defense would have to play
them both-and quickly.
That is why the voice Of "Jaf-
sic" may be heard booming thru
this courtroom again, even if he
never come shack to Pennington.
In the possession of the Uni
ted States department of justice
there is a photograph record that
DR.. John +. Condor made long
before many people knew there
was such a person as Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann. On this record
"Jafsie" turned mimic and tried
to render an impersonation OF
the voice of the man to whom he
talked in two New York GENE
| teries and to whom he finally
paid $4,000 oc Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh's money.
More than two weeks ago jas
sic" came down here from the
Bronx and swore that this man
was Hauptmann.
The record-filled with "Jaf-
sizes" rendition of such phrases
as "hey, dok-tor"-was made IN
the days when all clues to the
Lindbergh crime were running
into blind alleys and the author
ties were snatching at anything
+, and everything that promised a
solution.
The department of Justice may
live to rue the day it ever re-
corded Jafsie's voice." for what
started out to be a subtle. piece
of strategy on the part OF the au-
thorities may turn out to be the
one thing that tips the scales III
Hauptmann's favor. =.
The state has been strangely
silent about the record and the
plaster cast that was made from
a footprint on a fresh grave in
St. Raymond's cemetery near
where "Jafsie" and the man
called "John" struck their bar
gain for the life Of the Lind
bergh baby. who, exen then, was
dead.
1t remained for defense counsel
Reilly to bring the matter up IN
court. Under cross-examlnatlon,
he obtained from Thomas II. Slsk'
department of Justice agent, the
admission that the record and the
footprint cast had been made.
Would Sisk mind producing them
in court, Reilly aske. The de,
partment of Justice agent evaded
Continued on page four
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
COUNTY MUST.
HAVE AGENT IF
iva AID GIVEN
Horace Jeffress Points to
Necessity in Order to
Have Cooperation

The employment Of a county
farm agent in Henderson county
was endorsed today by Horace L.
Jeffress, one of the leading farm
ers of the French Broad valley.
On a visit to Hendersonville to-
day, Mr.. Jeffress informed The
Times-News that it is necessary
to have a farm agent in order for
the county to cooperate with the
federal and state and IVA agrl-
cultural development authorities:
This tie-up cannot be effected
without the county agent, MIR.
Jeffress says; and that he has the
information direct from the au-
thorities.
Mr.. Jeffress stated that he is
deeply interested in the proposed
development program for Western
North Carolina, which is being
sponsored by the government au-
thorities and the iva, and does
not want to see Henderson coun-
ty left out of the program. That
this will be done unless Hender-
son county has a farm agent as
the connecting link between the
farmers and the government au-
thorities is a certainty, Mr.. jeff
ress says.
All the benefits of the govern
ment agricultural program arc
available for the farmers of this
county if the cooperation can be
sponsored through the county
agent; and this will mean that
IVA will place q man in the
county to work with the county
agent, and at no cost to the coun-
ty, Mr.. Jeffress says.
No program of drainage, refor-
estation or soil erosion control in
the county is possible unless the
county agent program is adopted.
according to the information OBJ
tanned by Mr.. Jeffress. He urges
the farmers of the county, there
fore, to give immediate and serl-
Gus consideration to this matter.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
France And Engla nd Would Change
Arms Provisions OF Treaty 10 yet
Germany Back In Nations League
Agreement Provides for
Annulment of Part Five
of Versailles Pact
By FREDERICK KUN
United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Feb. A. (UP). -
Great Britain and France agreed
Sunday to grant Germany arms
equality and abolish the rams re-
striction provisions of the treaty
of Versailles if Germany consents
to rejoin the League of Nations
and return to the world disarma-
ment conference at Geneva.
The agreement provides annuI-
ment of part five Of the VersaIi-
les treaty which covers the mil
tary, naval and air clauses dis
arming Germany.
Britain and France invited
Italy, Germany and Belgium to
join the agreement and to ne,
gotiate treaty of mutual aerial
assistance in the event of war. ,
A joint communique last night
stressed that the Anglo-French
conversations were designed TO
remove tendencies in Europe
which might "lead to an arma-
ments race and increase the dam
gers Of war;" ~.
The communique revealed thaC
the new understanding includes
First, Reaffirmation of the De-
cember, 1882, five-power dec
laration in favor of equalty
rights within a system OF secur-
Second, proclamation of Bri-
tain's readiness to join the
French-Italian agreement OF Jan
uary 7 at Rome covering the IN
and territorial mtegr-
ity of Austria. ,,
Third, agreement to attempt at
once a general settlement OF the
issues between Germany and the
other powers"
The communique expressed
Britain's approval OF Franco
italian efforts to develop friend
shin between themselves and dis
closed a determination by France
and Britain to avoid any appear
ance of debating terms to Ger
many.
Britain and France urged "the
conclusion of a series of pacts
:: insuring mutual assistance
in Eastern Europe and the sys-
tenn foreshadowed by the Rome
protocol for Central Europe"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
Bv AUSTIN DE SILVA
United Press Staff Correspondents

Copyright, 1900 ~
COLOMBO, Ceylon, Feb. g.
.CUP).-Ceylon, the pearl Gar
dem, of the Indian ocean, today
was H., .n Plp soSSo5' land OF
"p More than $1,000 were dead dead
and at least 1000, OOC-one-slxtfn
of the islands population ~ al
fIicted by the ravages OF a mys ;
terious "green germ malaria q
@ TeaiadS new to British medical
S'iI's saw children less than 40 10
wears 90" dragging their dead par raiI
s snts to graves. l saw entire WI VII
1 ears ~ Frustrated with overwhelm-
i ing torpor, the inhabitants un-
. nbie TIC to help themselves, many
,,.oOsIioned to death.
reS Authorities barely have made
boodwav against the revages OF
n tba disease. Workmen have been
tne shoJ to every swamp and pool
iuS4 tbe $4,000 square miles OF
n. oiling the waters even
~ 1.-The the smallest rivulets.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
Girl
Alpha Phi Sigma
Miss Mclaughlin Wins
CuIIowhee Honor

CULLOWHEE, Feb. 4.-Miss
Margaret Mclaughlin, a graduate
of Edneyville high school, and
valedictorian of the class of '32,
has won a coveted honor in col
Iepe at w. C. T. C. She will join
Alpha Phi Sigma, fraternity
dedicated to the encouragement
of scholarship and which has
chapters throughout the world.
Miss Mclaughlin gives credit to
her high school teachers, Prof. T.
A. Cathey, principal, John Brown,
Mrs, w. o. Allen, and Tom Free
man.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
fIONS TO GET
[AjOR BILLS
[RING week
I;;,lsture at Half Way
E,rk With no lmpor-
liant Acts Adopted
I7sTANDING FLOOR
kCcgHTS APPROACHING
u,pSHALL ANDREWS
MN c,aff Correspondent

A
y % D..,, Staff Correspondent
kssEaFIGT, Feb. 4.-tUP).-
!. :. ., : o'clock the North
p$ N. general assembly will set
ther record .,,ord month
WIZ Hoax AZ session with not a
5 o is,s Of major legislation
H. Ut theoretically, it will be
's S.,iray through its legally
r5 he'd s1an of so days and,
Ia igf !. adjourn when the fssali-
4 !" y : he state constitution IN i !
H. ~ II + would have only 80 ,
I sr more in which to dispose OF
4 sp mai mass Of statewide
Ecr,nrately, or unfortunately,
kSr cGrIg' UPON how you look at
,rO5oTn legislatures brook not
4 '' .nciant restraint upon their
Illingness to give their all Tor
kir constituencies,
True, their paw Will stop at
end Of this month. But. to a
fere public servant, what's a
N thing like few dollars. .
careful recapuitlation OF
ngs as they stand today gives
/ hint of when the assembly
h be expected to fold up and
home. Ahead Of It still are
battles which il came to Ra-
b expecting to fight. ,
Ince the assembly convened
.lary 9. it mas received 337
and resolutions of all kinds,
Mn the senate and 2l3 in the
Se. Of the senate measures,
Mere statewide and 81 local.
De upper house has passed
b resolutions, one statewide
and eight local bills under
ensiOn Of rules, and eight
divide bills and Is local bills
he regular order.
Ete house. in the same time,
passed II resolutions and 81
y bills under suspensions of
! and y statewide bills and
Eocal bills bv the committee
enate committees ended the
Pr with IL statewide bills
Is local bills under cOnsid-
Bon. In the house, commit
we're studying y statewide
81 local bills. The house
b II bills and resolutions,
er IN committee or on the
Z.
mong the measures which
ged the theoretical halfway
IN committee were the reve-
and appropriation bills, both
re Joint committees for hear
In the case Of the revenue
It's sales tax provision has
gat the first real debates of
session, some of it's acrimon-
enough to please the most
n' lover of explosive for
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
BY JOHN r. BEAL
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1885, United Press)


Copyright, 1885, United Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (UP).
President Roosevelt plans to an
nounce next Tuesday change in
administration plans for old-age
pensions, the United Press learned
reliably last night.
The economic security bill now
under consideration would provide
maximum federal contribution
of SIS month for needy persons
over 65, to be supplemented by
state contributions.
This information was revealed
IN the midst of gathering contro-
versy over that feature of the
Wagner-Doughton bill. Southern
congressman claim that the pen
sions would double taxes in their
states and some feel it would en-
courage Incidence among the ne
gro population.
A number of eastern congress-
men, on the other hand, feel the
federal maximum is too low, and
there is a movement in the senate
to raise it to $20-a movement
which has the endorsement of
Senator Robert F. Wagner, DEM,
N. Y, co-author of the security
legislation.
Mr.. Roosevelt's revised position
in regard to old age pensions is
being carefully guarded, but it is
presumed it will meet some of the
Objections already raised on Cap
itol Hill. Apparently it is designed
to facilitat epassage of the legis.
lation, which must also be ap-
proved by the states.
Even with a reasonable amount
of speed, some of the states will
not have more than 60 days to
consider the bill. Secretary of
Labor Perkins has urged passage
by Feb. 15-only eight legislative
days hence-to give the states
time to study it.
In the face of administration
demands for speed came state
ment from the American Liberty
Leagu eurging utmost care against
too hasty action and outlining
eight basic principles for consid-
Grafton of the bill.
"The legislation is not OF an
emergency character" the league
said. at would be given the most
careful consideration by the con-
gress. The various subjects should
be separated into independent
measures. The pending Wag-
ner-Doughton bill covers a ire
mendously broad field. If passed,
none of it's provisions becomes
effective before the fiscal year
1886.
"There should be enacted after
due consideration a law or laws
which within our constitutional
system will provide a substantial
measure of economic security
without ieopardizing the credit of
the government or imposing an
excessive burden on industry" ,
While the house ways and
means committee continues It's
hearings on the Wagner-Dough-
ton bill, Rep. Matthew A. Dunn
chairman of the house labor SUB,
committee announced he would
begin hearings today on the Lun;
deem workers unemployment, Ola
age and social insurance bill.
The house labor committee, IN
dignant that the security bill was
not referred to it, promised at
the time of reference to hold
rump hearings. The Lundeen BILL
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
Report Fabulous
Gold Mine Found
Discover King Croesus'
Ancient Holdings

ANGORA, Turkey, Feb. A.
(UP).-The fabulous gold mines
of King Croesus, last ruler OF
Lydia, whose wealth was proven
bal, repeatedly have been discov-
cred in Anatolia.
Turks last night were said to
have found the long-lost riches IN
the golden sands near Pactolan.
The ministry of national economy
was investigating and may ex-
plot the mines.
The main gold deposit was 10
Gated at Sart, in the Bozdagh re-
gion.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
sSUE BILL UP TO
pVa THIS WEEK

~ committee concluded
Tiled hearings on the money
Ie Friday and expects to
ne bill on the floor this
asa the sales tax is finally
through hearings and
20 og the joint committee,
lsFal!y expected it will be,
.saeaes the floor of the as
this week, it is going to
f. ~ eenter of a fight the end
F sa.ch Is anybody's guess.
va me real fight on the sales
Is beng reserved until it
/ Is the floor has been indi-
I repeatedly by tax oppon-
81 oO'n IN the assembly and
'1s; A substitute for the sales
'ney say, has been diScov-
que 5 they're holding it a
. usrk secret from the fl
! committee.
= appropriation bill has had
F;;s !. smooth sailing so
Ir - committee, although few
,,,a,eat heads have failed to
-r.,s increase in funds. When
cocs. nave been concluded and
H. fs'L ,.{ attempts to recon-
IN IN widely divergent views on
, ! % De introduced ON the
5s .ss real work of the body
, Da as.9 the senate has so far
,,s sel y with bills of it's col
e,9;sI he house has killed two
is,,;o SUE measures, both con-
Pa s,.sl and both the subject
SFae'al debate.
rs,..U,t these was the bill of
1S;..atIye Jonas of Lincoln,
,sr, ,osn leader in the house,
ers Judges to sentence of
al 20 20 life Imprisonment in
,e15 Eases when the Jury rec
N e. mercy. Tabled upon its
rec caTm committee, the bill
so TTalIed and after nearly
hi uGI 5Ss Of fervent and almost
. % SSeoate killed by a vote of
Id EI1{ The, The house again took up
Id h aEslend, the bin originally
4 so So by Representative Kei-
Of sampson, to prohibit the
/ = WI fireworks in his county.
se. WAS fba reeIn e, out of com
ole. ' Ie,. bin was hardly reeog-
f9iSv,ng been altered to a
'"ued on page FOUR
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
IMMACULATE SCHOOL
ENDS EXAMINATION

The immaculate school had a
half session Friday, marking the
conclusion of the mid-term ex-
animation and resumed studies
today. The school reported Sat
urday that reports will reflect
the good work done so far there
this year. The next event of
more than passing interest for
the pupils will be the observance
of Washington's birthdya, Feb.
%.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
TO
SERVE 10 DAYS

WASHINGTON, Feb. A. (UP).
The supreme court today APP
proved a Today Jail sentence, i'm
posed on former Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce William P. Nc
Cracker, for alleged contempt o.
the senate's airmail investigating
committee.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
Desperadoes And .
Explosives Seized

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. l.
(UP). Charges of possessing
burglar tools and explosives
against Leland Harvey and Au-
brey Smith, Georgia desperadoes
who were pardoned by GovernCf
Talmadge, and arrested here Sat
urday night in company with five
others. were today continued for
10 days in police court. All seven
were held.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
JOHN HOWARD TODD
LEAVES FOR COLLEGE

John Howard Todd, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Todd left Sun
day to attend the Northern I'LL
nois college in Chicago. Includ-
ed among his studies will be a
three-year course in optometry.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
;AW FISCH TAKE BOX TO HAUPTMANN
CONGRESS AWAITS ROOSEVELT
VIEWS ON OLD AGE PENSION
PROPOSAL EXPECTED TUESDAY
Resumes Work in Air of
Uncertainty as Gold
Decision Held up

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (UP).
Congress returned to work today
in an atmosphere of uncertainty,
caused by the supreme courts
postponement Of the gold clause
decision.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
REPORT WEED REVENUE

WASHINGTON, Feb. a. (UP;;
Tobacco taxes brought a record
revenue of>F452, 366,438 to the
limited States government in
1894. internal revenue bureau tig-
ures showed last night.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
LABOR UNREST
AGAIN FELT IN
BIG INDUSTRIES
Lewis Renews Attack on
Richberg, Charges Secret
Conferences
AUTO WORKERS ARE
DEMANDING STRIKE

WASHINGTON, Feb. a. (UP).
John Lewis, president of the Uni
ted Mine Workers, today return
ed to his attack on Recovery Co
ordinator Donald Richberg in a
bitter fight which is arousing
fears of the spreading Of u@rest
along the industrial front.
Lewis issued a rejoinder to
Richberg's defense of President
Roosevelt's extension of the au-
tomobile code. The code is I'M
der fire by labor leaders, who
claimed they were not consulted
concerning the action.
Lewis charged Richberg with
"betraying" the president and
the NRA by holding secret con-
ferences with automobile indus
try leaders before the renewal of
the code.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (UP).
Roosevelt's industrial truce was
ieopardized today by an open
break with organized labor and
strike talk in three major indus
tries.
Automobile workers are reliab-
w reported to have sought Amer
lean Federation of Labor sane
ton for strike March l in re-
prisal against the renewed auto
mobile code. There are some in
dications that the bloody textile
strike of last year may be re-
peated.
The steel industry is also torn
bv a dispute among workers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04
WEATHER

: tonight; fair and slightly
warner tuesday
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-04

Ohio 10 collecting a sales tax to
prove to the rest Of the country
that people are buying.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
FUN AT HOME
BY RAY j. MARIAN.
Mafchsfick Cannon

THIS realistic looking cannon ID
made from q short piece Of brass
curtain rod mounted and attached to
. wooden carriage, with . small strip
Of tin bent over the curtain rod and
tackled on the wooden barrel rest.
Burned matchsticks are used for. am
munition. They are shot from the
cannon with q piece Of clock spring
mounted to the barrel rest in q small
slot cut with q saw. Two pieces Of
clock spring are much better than Q
single piece, and can be held in the
slot with glue and with wooden plugs
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Not Artistic

Angry guide: Why didn't you shoot
that tiger?
Timid hunter: He didn't have the
right kind Of expression on his face
for o rug.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

made from small sticks sharpened to
q wedge.
Load the cannon at the breech by
pulling back the spring and placing
q matchstick in the barrel. Now re-
lease the spring. It will snap the
matchstick through the barrel and
about Is to IS feet in the air.
Many games can be played with
these cannons. Use burned matches
only. Live matches are dangerous tc
snap through the cannon, a. they
easily catch IRE when they hit any
thing solid.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
RIDDLES

How are you feeling today, Rid
die fans9 Ready for some tricky
ones9 All right-here they are. and
you'll be good If you guess all Of them!
/. What happens to man who
swallows his teaspoon? - Pauline
Chmieliewski.
.. Why ID live wire like the
ocean?- Charles w. Tender.
). Why does . freight car need no
Observation-Disclosures Lucibello.
4. Why Is Q field Of grass like your
older brother r?-BarbarA Townsend.
ANSWERS.
I. He b unable 70 stir. :. Because
It has current In II. ,, Because. the
freight makes the cargo. I. Because
its pastursse (past your ase).
Evening star., 1935-05-05

eyes, do like that one better. 1t
has such pretty collar and nice. big
pockets, to keep things in." teased
Dinah.
Just big enough to put you in,"
Betty laughed. Wasn't it nice Of
Grandmother to make trip to the
city to shop for material for Q new
dress for me? She'll be home soon.
dead tired. wish I could have sup
per all ready for her when she ar
rives."
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Love Win a F0of.Rafe

Gladys-Listen, Mabel. This is
what my boy friend says In his letter:
Darling. I think OF you all day
your naturally waved hair, your
brownish-gray eyes, your slightly
prominent cheek bones, your 24-inch
waist"
Mabel-well, that's q queer sort Of
love-letterl
Gladys-Oh, don't you knowf Bob
writes those descriptions Of missing
people for the police.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

George Hickman. first baseman and star
hitter on the Hamilton High base ball
cause he maintains that girls aren't as
It worries Hicky so much that. he per
forms miserably on the ball field and is
Ronnie Duncan knows Hicky will not back
down because he thinks he is In the
right SO Ronnie goes to see Emily and
But Emily is as stubborn as Hicky and
says she is as brave as any fellow Ronnie
suggests that she prove II to Hicky by
told her about. Emily doesn't like the
idea. but she consents Hicky also dis
APPROVES. but on the following Monday
night Ronne meets Emily and Herb Mills,
and they drive out to the haunted house.
They explore the dismal place. and then
Ronnie asks Emily II she is ready to 20
for an hour. Emily bravely says she will
da IT
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Kitchen Treasures

RETTY sat in a rocking chair by
q window. with Dinah, looking at
dress fashions.
do you like this dress, Dinah?"
she asked.
"Yes. honey. That's Q pretty style" !"
"Or do you like this one better? It's
hard for me to decide. ] guess Ill
choose this one"
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Light Stimulates Seed

THE use Of the red rays of sun
light apparently gives some en-
courasing indications that lettuce
seed which Is lying dormant can be
brought into active life. In tests con-
Quoted by the Department of Agri-
culture, seed which had shown no
signs Of life brought out . good
stand Of plants II soaked thoroughly
In water and then exposed to the
sunlight for o short time. Further
investigation h planned.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
"Well, why can. you?"

"Well, why can't you?"
"Oh. I'm afraid to. might spoil
something"
Nonsense! You can do 1t. I'll
help" offered Dinah.
So, with Dinah's help. Betty had.
In an hours time, set the table. put
potatoes in the oven to bake, made
spicy apple sauce. creamed tuna hSl1
which she kept hot In double boiler.
and prepared baked tomatoes, . new
recipe. -....7