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NEWSPAPERS OPINION
AMERICAN RESOURCES

The findings of the National Resources Board
as to the immensely of the natural assets OF Vi'e
limited States stagger the Imagination when, along
with them, the mind undertakes to comprehend
what may sbe done in the way of adequate con-
servation, control and use of such resources Tor
the benefit and enrichment of the people OF this
country.
All of this may strike US as being development
for the future to take care of.
The present has its hands so full with Immediate
problems of such Intensity that, in order to be re-
lieved of the acuteiess of these, this may not De
a propitious moment to engage in this larger ma
tiona planning except insofar it may fit IN with
today's necessities.
II is an inuressiye mass of facts to the re-
sources of America that have been brought into
arrav of legislative handling, either now or later,
the findings of this board and its comments as to
the resources in the way of land alone being es-
pecially intriguing.
Writing digest of the voluminous report n
The New York Times, R. L. Duffus discovers that
continental America has the majestic total of l.
903 900 acres, neary all of it capable of some
kind of USE" Of this total 9S7,OOO,00O acres are
now classified as farm land, and 359OOO,OOO acres
were actually harvested in the census year Of
1880. The rest of the farm land is accounted Tor
by 379,OO0,O00 acres of pasture, 15O,0OOOOO acres
of wood lots and tracts which in 1880 were lying
fallow, not cropped were otherwise out
of use.
The remainder of our national area is in public
and private forests in grazing lands, in parks and
rights of way, and in waste lands-about 77,OO,-
900 acres come under this last head Thus W per
cent of the whole is or can be made productive.
Forests, including farm wood lots account for
nearly one-third of the whole national area, and
commercial timber as distinct from mesquite and
"other arid growths, for more than one-fourth.
On the debit side, says Mr. Duffus, are the
losses through erosion: 35,00OO0O acres whose ag-
Iricultural value has been completely destroyed;
25,O0O,O00 acres of farm lands which have lost
most or all of their essential topsoi; and 100000,
900 which are in danger if preventive measures
are not taken. There are 25,000,000 acres of sub
marginal lands which. should be withdrawn from
Observation-Disclosures Observer.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
III WASHING 'EON
SY RODNEY DUTCHE2

to them next NRA, along with the
A. F. Of L., tries to recover from
the sock it got when Roosevelt
turned down NRA recommends.
tions on the automobile code.
Morale at the National Labor Rela-
tions Board is shot to pieces and
you can imagine what the supreme
court oil decision did to the oil ad.
ministration.
SENATE munitions revelations in.
" volve higher and higher person.
ages. Evidence of White House
wire-pulling by battleship builders
involving jim Farley, Secretary
Mcintyre, and the Admiral PEG.
pies who is touted as No. 1 Man
in the four-billion dollar work re
lief program-hasn't been refresh
ing tonic to idealists.
New Dealers whisper that Roose
welt is slipping in prestige. A
sympathetic senatorial secretary
from O. large state remarks that
whereas 90 per cent of congress.
sional mail year ago demanded
support of Roosevelt, few such let
ters now are received.
The administrations own econ
omists insist that there was no
genuine improvement in 1884 and
fail to see bright skies ahead.
JUST the same, many New Deal
- ers had a swell time at the
Presidents Ball I remember
getting a wink from bald-headed
Don Richberg as his large frame
pranced a partner through the
heavy throng And was carried
way back to the Wilson admins
tration when saw Dr.. Cary Gray
son and Ray Baker-two veteran
social lions parked with MIS-,
Roosevelt, beautiful Anna Dali
Boettiger, and young Elliott Roose.
welt and his wife, all laughing
heartily as Eddie Cantor wise
cracked at points Of Mae Vests
anatomy. ...
copyright. 1895. NEA Service. Incl
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER

NEA service Ss"iA S">''f
WTASHINGTON.-New Deal mo-
W rale is nearer bottom than it
srer was before.
4 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
reeiing sfflicts an unprecedented
number of high officials and sena-
tors who can't find anything to
cheer about.
Administration liberals, optimis-
6. to the last after others sue
cumbed to pessimism, have now
been completely tloored b. the dis.
missal of General Counsel Jerome
Frank of AAA and a group of sub
orGinates-plus demotion of Con-
sumers' Counsel Fred c. Howe, ap.
pointed to protect consumers from
profiteering under the AAA pro.
gram and now being punished for
trying.
Howe, Frank, Gardner Jackson,
and others tried to persuade AAA
Administrator Chester Davis that
fair prices paid to farmers and
charged to consumers We're better
for the country and the AAA pro.
gram than big profits for packers,
milk corporations, and other mid.
dlemen."
But food professors, who brought
terrific pressure and packed AAA
ranks with their friends, are now
completely in ascendancy after a.
long period during which the Davis
group sabotaged and suppressed
efforts for the consumer.
-
RUT the sensational AAA purge
is only part of the picture.
Here's the rest:
Congressional grumbling browns
any cheers over the work relief and
social insurance bills, now drag.
ging slowly and with difficulty. The
sole Capitol Hill achievement to
date has been negatiye-defeat of
the administration on the World
Court.
Downtown, PWA, FERA, and
NRA all worry over what happens
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DO YOU NOT AGREE?
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

A DISTINGUISHED study of condi-
tions in Russia indicates to me
that the set-up there is direct
result of the kind of national
mind that has been developed
through the ages by the govern
ment of the Cars.
We in America could no more
tolerate the conditions under
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IT ALL DEPENDS ON OUR SUCCESS II
SHAKING WASHINGTON

ROGER Babson, economist and business
expert, and some times successful CONNER
cial nrophet. who is travelling around ana
looking the country over, announces tn"I
'The South is shaking itself loose from the
depression"
Here in the South we believe Baoson IS
right, in spite of the difficulties in the way
of the shaking process. We also believe
az least, many do-that if the South could
shake federal government interference ana
competition with private business, this en-
tire section would be able to do much
better lob of shaking loose from the de-
preston.
However, the government octopus no
doubt is fastened on business for some
time to come. The best we can hope for
here in the South is that in spite of the
burden of federal control and efforts to
manage all the private affairs of the peo-
pie from Washington, and in spite OF gov
,Sernment competition with the business OF
rs citizens, financed by the taxes these
Same citizens and others are forced to pay,
we shall be able to hold the SoutnS lnouS-
! Trial and business and agricultural struc-
sstnres up until a majority of the people OF
The country regain their sanity, and the
8 National government is reformed.
ca We believe it is fact that general bust
mess conditions in the South are improving
dh spite of the appalling handicaps imposed
Fby Sociahstic experiments and the antics
of crazy bureaucrats. 1t is almost impos-
sible to keep the South down; and while 1T
may at times get down, it has never yet
been counted out.
So let us be cheerful and hopeful, and
above all, keep our civic and commercial
courage at a high level. If the Washington
nuts ruin the country we will build the
South anew on the ruins.
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seBUFFooN OF THE BAYoUS"

Someone has coined a new name for the
'Kingfsh'' of the Louisiana swamps, EN-
neror'' Hooey Long. That name is "Buf-
foon of the Bayous," and it is an express
sive and appropriate descriptive designa-
ton.
However, as much as the public at large
May be disposed to laugh at the senatorial
clown from Louisiana, there is a very seri-
Gus and weighty matter involved in the
Long dictatorship in a sovereign American
state.
EFor example, on the occasion of Longs
last visit to his empire, for the alleged pur-
pose of investigating plot to assassinata
him, when Long left the train in New Or
leans, surrounded by his bodyguard of 20
gangsterS, one of them made an assault on
a. camerman of the Associated Press.
The provocation was that the A. P. man
Snapped picture of Long getting off the
train. The burly gangster struck the A. P.
man-an understood fellow-in the mouth
With his fist, knocking him down, and
while the cameraman was on his knees on
the pavement the gangster struck him Oh
the back of the head with blackjack
and then as the man was lying on the
pavement, the gangster struck him a sec
Odd time on the head with the blackjack.
AS the gangster assaulted the A. P. man,
long shouted encouragement, telling him
to go as far as he liked in beating the man.
The A. P. man was seriously injured and
may die; but it is said that officials of the
Associated Press believe it is practically
useless to attempt to have the Long gang
ster punished. 1t is not believed that pun
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D = = \! III |!

OuISIdHulI!g. SOTnC Oh our DlSSGSL
men in business and politics seem
absolutely to be unable to apprc-
ciata the conditions that must be
faced. They appear not to under
stand what it is ell about. When
an irresistably changing situation
finds in it's way a man or a class
of men whose minds are unalter-
ably fixed, but ore thing can hap
pen: That man or those men will
go into the backwash.
If you and everybody else would
benefit yourselves and keep step
with the nation, you must make
your minds flexible and open. You
must read the handwriting on the
wall and understand it. You must
be ready to adapt yourselves to
the demands of this snew era into
which we are being irresistably
thrust or which is irresistably
thrusting itself on US.
Whether we know it or not, we
do not want any such government
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as they have in Russia. We have
had better government than
theirs fol. more than a hundred
and nifty years. What we want is
d DeVter government than we now
nave: VI perhaps, l should be stat
ing IL better to say we want an
nonest: decent, efficient applica-
tlon OF the principles of the gov
eminent we already have. Give us
tnat; and we shall have an order
OF tnings IN the United States
which will please ninety-five ner
cent Of the people and make them
safe, prosperous and contented
And the other five per cent, when
they get accustomed to the idea
OF cooperating unselfishly with
their fellow men, will like it.
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he" ScE Wa almost a, .n,e-.. .,
here defense OF the d.r.,,, :
who, she says. is ,r.rcrr ' J,..'
what Roosevelt is t.girg b, o.I'
here, and is doing a mnr, S,. =.
job Of it. WI"
"Ycu hear 50 much as,r, h..
arrogant the German no, -, ,'
stluttine about So n,aics...,r.'
theh mardi gras unirom, =, !.
poor devils, suu,ting / ,5's
the only fun they ret CT .i ',Jo'
At home they are the aa. S. .S,
pcckcd creatures on cmh. ~. |
arc to be piticd."
Sim, brunette and viraciov.
the countess Is 2 native of Nrg
Orleans. the former Irma 70,
Treschom. b@t Germany is tn
land Of her forclathcrs. Hcg hu.
band is an army Officer.
She thinks Uitlc's rule is PEI
feet for the rath"r0aaA. 9TH
populace. Ike Eip.n~' i1ng,
Inhabitants. knows only enc Law
Obey"
Tn countess biames Goo5bd;
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than we are now.
The people are not going to
tolerate much longer the policy of
exploitation which has become so
prevalent in this nation. Greed
and graft must be eliminated
from government activities and
from business activities too. Else,
as sure as the sun rises in the
east, the people themselves will
take the government in hand and
tear it up and make it over. How
good a job they will make of it, is
just anybody's guess.
Remember this: Things never
stand still. They get better or
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we IN AMER
WAMBOLDT ca have form
of government that is fundamen-
tally suited to our temperament,
Just as the Russians have form
of government suited to their
temperament Theoretically our
government is wonderful. 1t would
be wonderful in practice but for
the fact that we have allowed
crooked and selfish principles to
play a part in its application to
our lives.
We cannot afford to sheer OF to
laugh at the rascality in our gov
eminent, and to shrug our Shout
ders and say that we are going to
have nothing to do with it. We
had better have something to do
with it, if we want peace and
prosperity. Otherwise, the first
thing we know something will
break loose. and we may find our
selves in q far worse ,ondition
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-12
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO

OUITMAN, Ga, Feb. y. up
William o. Dean, white toreLl
and Lem White, a negro wo,is
were killed when q boiler cgl&
ed 1T the Sterling Coopcra.e coz
pany plant near here late AE'
day. Cause Of the explosion II
undetermined.
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WOMEN BOSS
C;ERHANY, SHE
TELLS World
Countess, Here for Visit,
Says All Men Can Do
There Is Strut
Bv EARL B. STEELE

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. II.
UP) Germany is bossed, not
by Hitler, but by about 10000
900 nagging women, says the
Countess Herbert Won Einsiedel
of Berlin, who is visiting rela-
tives here.
"Women or Germany are both
immoral and immoral. They DON'T
know anything about hoaseIicep-
ing, less. about cooking, and they
have perhaps more freedom than
any other women in the world
zoo much"
The countess indictment of
America, Hendcrsonville is called
upon TO make It's choice.
Yours very truly,
J. FOT JUSTICE.
Feb. il, 1855.
Mr.. J. T. Fain,
Hcndersonville, n. c. =
Dear Mr.. Fain:
| should ike to express my ap-
probation Of the excellent article
by J. J. Eretweli in Fridays cdl-
ton Of The Times-News. 1t was
a mos interesting and instructive
article. i enlightened and IN
spired me end I feel sure thai
others found it quite as helpful
Very Sincerely,
Mrs. Leland Ban2.
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Editor, Times-News:
Should Henaersoiville invite
the establishment Of a sanitarium
for the treatment of tuberculosis?
1t is common knowledge that peo-
pie seek a resort section either
for health or recreation. The two
cannot be successfully combined.
They never have and never will.
Atlantic City and Miami were
built as recreation centers, Phoe-
nix and Hot Springs as health
centers. If any Of these great
cities had attempted the combina-
ton it would have failed miser-
ably.
Hendersonville has progressed
thus far as a recreation center.
How often it has been stated by
home-seekers that they were
prompted to locate in Henderson
vile instead of Asheville because
they did not choose to live in a
town filed with sanitariums for
the treatment Of this dread dis
case. The doctors say that prop
erly regulated sanitariums are not
menace to the general health
but experience has shown that
| people are not willing to take the
chance. Moreover, people seeking
rest and relaxation from the cares
Of a busy life are not inclined to
look for these things in the shad-
ow OF temple of suffering. Just
as the absence Of such institutions
has been a large factor in draw
inc new residents here, so their
establishment would keep others
away. It is possible that Hender-
sonville may grow more rapidly
and its people enjoy greater de-
gree Of happiness and prosperity
by converting the town into a
health center, but can we afford
to make the great experiment at
this time when our entire future
course will be determined by it?
For rest, recreation and pleas
ure, We have and can compete
successfully with our big sister
city. Can we hope to do so for
years to come on a bid for health
seekers with Asheville's millions
invested in hospitals and SANTA
RUINS, with its reputation nation
wide as result of more than 5O
years experience in advertising
Tor this purpose? As a tourist
town. IN the heart Of what is des-
tined to be the playground of
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Railroads are putting on faster ana
faster trains until some day they'll succeed
in beating the automobiles to the crossings.
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A bill in Oklahoma would tax bachelors
who are over %. So you see, women have
more influence in politics than you may
think
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

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munications are published by
The Times-News. All letters
must be signed with the real
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munications signed with a fig
titious name will be published.
EDITOR. ..-H
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Now if the World Court could knock the
'l' out of the world" maybe there would
be less objection to letting our senators
join it. s...
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The Times-News:
We wish to thank you and
especially J. T. Fain, Jr., for the
help given through your paper
during the "seal sale"
For all interested, will say that
the amount made WIS $154.60.
This makes possible the "free
milk stations" at our two school
buildings, where we are serving
Sc bottles per day -35 at the
Fourth avenue building and 81
at the high school building. With
thanks again and aood wishes,
Very truly,
Mrs. George Wing, Jr.
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A very practical man has confessed: 81 have 700
u,,,ob roIigion or too Hte l must either give up
what have, or get more. have too much rellgiOn
70 LOT me- enov worldly life and too much world-
1inoss 70 LET me enjoy religion He solved the
problem by the whOe-hearted acceptance OF Enf's'
as his living Lord. He put an end to di'i'eo 10y
.Itv TO doubtful obedience.-S. 5. Times.
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which the Rus
sian people are
living than we
could adapt our
selves to the Gus
tom Of eating
Smyrna times., 1935-09-12
JULIAN DUNNING PAROLLED
BY KENT PLEAD GUILTY COURT

Julian H. Dunning, 26 years old,
of Clayton, who pleaded not guilty
at the July term of Kent County
Court on an indictment for assault
and battery. Tuesday changed his
plea to guilty through his counsel,
dward E. Lynch, Jr., and was SEN
fenced to pay a fine of $500 and to
serve one year in Jail. A plea of
mercy was entered and the Jail
term was revoked and he was pa
rolled for one year to Rynear w.
Slaughter, of Clayton, by whom he
is employed. Dunning was arrest
ed following an accident early Sum
day morning, April 81 on the du-
Pont Boulevard in which Thomas
Emerson was killed and his broth
er Lawrence Emerson was badly
injured Emerson and his brother
were repairing tire on their car
when car driven by Duning, veer-
ed from the southbound lane to the
northbound lane where the Emer-
son car was parked and struck
Emerson. Dunning left the scene
of the accident and was arrested
near Clayton. He gave bail and
the case had been pending in the
courts ever since. Dunning, thru
his insurance company, it is said,
Smyrna times., 1935-09-12
STORM DAMAGE
TOCROPS s5OO,OOO
See Tomatoes Almost a 75
Percent Loss to Della
ware Farmers
TOMATOES ARE HIT HERE

Damage to the corn and tomato
crops in lower Kent and Sussex
counties, it is estimated, will reach
almost S5OO,O00 About myrna to-
matoes, one of our leading crops,
was badly hit. Some patches
ready to pick when the copious
rains descended. became SO water
soaked that hundreds of baskets
were left in the patch or if taken
to the canneries were refused or
offered as low as five cents bas-
ket. The local market price in
fact was anywhere between SC and
15c according to condition. Form
|er State Senator o. A. Newton,
of Bridgeville, chairman of the
State Board of Agriculture, re-
ports that about rs per cent of the
tomato crop was destroyed and
about Is per cent of the corn crop.
The corn is down and will probably
rot on the ground, he declared.
The cantaloupe and watermelon
crops had been harvested and no
fear is felt for the buckwheat crop
Mr.. Newton said. Maryland's
Eastern Shore tomato crop was
damaged to the extent of so per
cent according to Colonel Albanus
Phillips, of Cambridge. He said
many of the plants were stripped
of foliage by the heavy rain and
the ripening fruit will be ruined
when exposed to the direct rays of
the sun. Other fruits were beaten
to the ground and it is feared it
will rot on one side. Damage was
also done to butterbeans, and other
crops. At Milford the damage
from the flood waters has been es-
timated at from $4,000 to $780,
000 The foundation of the bridge
over the Mispillion River on Wal
nut street was badly washed out
and the west side lane of the
bridge has been roped off and traf-
f1c may only pass on the east side.
The gates at both Silver Lake and
Haven Lake were closed but at
Silver Lake the pressure became
too great and the gates were part
ly raised, permitting the water to
pass into the river. Among the
principal sufferers from the flood
waters and their estimated loss
were: Grapers Cannery, $4,000; L.
ID. Caulk Company Laboratory ST.
900; Milford Community Building,
81 1000; Downing Automobile plant,
$500; w. v. Sipple Marble Works,
$500; Chevrolet Agency, $500; Mil
ford oMtor Company, $500; Hitch
ems Mill, $780, The scheduled op--
ening of the Milford schools Mon
/ day was delayed until Tuesday.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-12
DELAWARE is
NORMAL AGAIN
Receivers from Storm Damage
When Corn and Tomatoes
We're Hard Hit
NO DAMAGE IN SMYRNA

Delaware is recovering from the
effects of the four-day rain and
wi:lGstorm that left in its wake
three deaths and thousands of
dollars of damage to crops and
property. Smyrna escaped any
breaks in its water dams. The
gates at all Smyrna dams
were raised to allow the water
from Lake Como to drain over into
the lower lake near the State high
way. Ponds and lakes in and
about town and Woodland Beach
did not suffer. Leipsic causeway
was under water and for a time
the only outlet was by way of the
Dover road. Cities and towns in
lower Delaware which were partly
under water Friday reported that
the flood had receded Saturday.
With the exception of the western
side of Sussex county, State High
way Engineer w. w. Mack said
that all the main highways in the
State are passabe. Water on most
of the roads. had lowered several
inches, he said. A detour is nee
essary to reach Bridgeville through
Atlanta, because Hearn's Mill
broke, rushing to the main high
way about $50 feet away. Sec
ondary roads suffered most of the
damage and men have been at
work on them. Mr. Mack said the
State highway to Rehoboth is all
right and that the water has re-
iceded at Frederick. Although
there is water in spots on certain
roads, cars can pass through. No
estimate of the storm damage
could be made although it was
certain it would run into thousands
of dollars. Cities, towns, farms
and roads in Kent and Sussex
counties bore the brunt of the
storm. Corn and tomato crops
suffered most severely.