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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
By ARTHUR F. DeGREVE
United Press STAFF CorrcSpondcn

WASHINGTON. Oct. s. (UP).
The senate munitions committee
suppressed a sworn statement al
lcging that Elliott Roosevelt. son
Of the chief executive, contracted
To receive a commission Of $780,
600 for the sale Of airplancs to
Russia because the pact never was
fulfilled and public inquiry only
would have "smearcd the presi-
Dent" chairman Gerald =. Nyc,
r.. y. d.. said yesterday.
At the same time, Nyc said that
he finally had been compelled to
make public the text of the afil-
davit. sworn to by Anthony Fox
kcr, Dutch airplane manufacturer
and Sclf-Styled peer of all aircraft
statesmen. giving details of the
purportcd contract with the prcSl-
dents son, Gin the interest OF
fairness"
Quick denial of parts of the
Fokkcr affidavit. including refer
cnce to the planes which were to
be sold to Russia as falling in the
military" class, came from young
Roosevelt in Fort Worth, Tex. He
told the United Press that the FOX
ker statement was released by the
committee obviously to smear my
father"
There was nothing in his agree
mcnt with Fokkcr, he explained,
recurring him to deal with the
government of Russia or any other
European government. Fearing
that he might be required to ne
gotiatc with foreign powers, ri,
lott asked to be and was released
from his contract, he said. Thus,
the chief magistrates son con-
tinued, the contract never was
fulfilled. A copy of it, he said. is
i'm the possession Of Charles Mich
olson. publicity director of the
Democratic national committee.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
MADRlD'S rail-
CONTACT WITH
WORLD IS CUT
Dispatches Telling Of Rebel
Advance Are Cen.
sored There
LOYALISTS IN FLIGHT
FROM MOST POINTS

GIBRALTAR, Oct. 8. (UP)-
Spanish insurgents, completing
formidable preparations for the
last phase Of the civil war, to-
day launched their drive on Ma
drid with terrific force.
Airplanes bombed Aranjucz
railroad station, damaging it and
the tracks. The road is Madrid's
sole railway communication with
the east coast and the outside
world.
Rebel airplanes and artillery
blasted loyalist lines on the To-
ledo front teriffically and with
apparently terrible effect.
Rebels are hacking their way
toward Madrid on highways west
and southwest.
Reports agreed that the loyal
lists were rctreating at most
points.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
PRESIDENT STARTS WESTWARD
SWING AT NOON; WILL TAKE
HIM INTO LANDON'S STATE
Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary
Wallace With Him on
Trip to Rockies

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (UP) .
President RooScvclt'S special train
left today, carrying the chief en-
ccutivc and his political aides on
a 5000.miln campaign of invasion
Of the middlcwest agricultural re-
glOnS.
The tour will take the president
into II states in 10 days in a
swing that will reach as far west
as the Rocky Mountains and will
include Governor Landon's home
state.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Secretary
Wallace accompanied the prcsi-
dent. Senator George Norris is
expected TO join the party in
Iowa.
Eager to hit the campaign trail
for the big push in his drive for
recollection, the chief executive
last night had cleared his desk of
all government business in prepa-
ration for departure aboard pri-
waite train that will head for the
heart of the agricultural and IN
duStrial middlcw"St.
The presidents decision to en-
ter Kansas came as a distinct sur
prise to political observers who
had felt that he would steer clear
of territory south of the Nebraska
boundary. Kansas will be the
scene of four StopS-Dodge City,
Wichita, EmpOria and Kansas
Citv-for sh.rt, cXtcmporancous
addresses.
Mr.. Rooscvclt'S program, while
yet incomplete, calls for at least
two major addresses. in Omaha,
Ncb., and Chicago, as well as nu-
mcrous brief talks from the rear
platform Of his special car that is
equipped as a speaking stand.
From the standpoint of daily
activity the program is far more
comprehensive than that of 1882
when he toured the nation from
coast to coast. In addition to his
purely political routine, it was un-
derstood that he planned to take
side motor trips for inspection of
various WPA projects.
The presidents route will carry
him into Wyoming, the "farthcSt
west" of the trip. Democratic lead
crs had requested that he come
there in an effort to stimulate
Democratic interest and put the
state Gin the bag" Wyoming, with
Colorado, Kansas and Minnesota
are regarded as bordcrlinc so far
as the November outcome is con
ccrned.
Boarding his Baltimore & Ohio
special at union station here at
noon today, pa hours ahead of the
earlier planned schedule, Presi-
dent Roosevelt was moving direct
ly to Dubuque, Ia, where he will
arrive at a. m. Friday and de-
part 45 minutes later for st. Paul,
Mimi. At st. Paul he will stay
from 3 p. m. until 10 p. m.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
French Fascists
Are Raided Today

PARIS, Oct. S.-(UP)-Weap'
ons and a dagger made in Ger
many and bearing the Swatiska
were seized today by police RAID
ing the home of Francois De La
Rogue, head Of the French fas-
cist party. ,JJor
neral descent on party head
quarters in every part Of Paris
by police, acting on urgent gov
eminent orders. The raids were
sudden and conducted secretly.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
SWEDISH PILOT ISPICKED
up SEA ASFLIGHT FAILS
Plane Abandoned; Is Not
Yet Known If He Is
Injured

LONDON, Oct. 8. (UP)-Thc
French trawler Imrim, with Kurt
Biorkvall, Swedish pilot, who
came down off the Irish coast 80
miles at sea in his enforced end
ing of his projected flight from
Floyd Bennett airport, New York,
to Stockholm, aboard, is heading
or Valcntia, Ireland.
The Imrim picked up the lone
pilot 80 miles at sea, southwest
of Ireland, after he had been fore
ed down, by running out Of gas.
Earlier reports that the Bcllan-
ca mOnOplane, Pacemakcr, had
been taken in tow were corrected
by later word from the scene, an
nouncemcnt being made that the
plane has been abandoned.
The British air ministry rccciv-
cd a message last night that the
French trawler Imrim had picked
up Kurt Bjorkvall, Swedish trans
Atlantic flier. The Imrim's posi-
ton was given as $685. north,
11.55 west.
The message indicated Biork-
wallis Bcllanca monoplane had
been damaged. 1t was not immc-
diately indicated whether Biork-
vail was hurt.
The flier had been unheard
from since soaring out over the
Atlantic from Newfoundland on
Tuesday. He had taken off from
New York intending to fly the
4,5O0 miles to Stockholm non
stop.
His plane had just enough gas
oline to reach the Norwegian pc
ninSula.
Bjorkvall, lying to meet his
fiance in Stockholm, had refused
to carry pretty Baroness Eva Won
BliXen-Finecke along.
The Baroness had been assign
ed to the flight by Swedish
newspaper. But the paper with
drew it Support. Bjorkvall then
bought the plane and determined
to fly alone.
The 3l-year-old Swede had no
transmitter aboard his "Pacemak-
err" As hours passed with no re-
port from ships sighting the plane
at sea, friends became worried.
The Imrim's message was the
first definite news that he was
down.
The Bellanca carried thousands
of ping pong balls in it's wings
for buoyancy in case she "e'e
forced down. ,.-L oooS+
Fishermen on the Irish coast
were on the lookout for BJorKVail
and Stockholm Swedes flocked to
Rromma airdome to await his ar
rival.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
LONG DREADED, BIG
PUSH is UNDER WAY
BY IRVING B. PFLAUM
United Press Staff Correspondent

MADRID, Oct. 8.-(UP)-Thc
long expected, long dreaded big
push" on Madrid started Wednes-
day on three fronts.
The sky was blackened with
rebel bombers and the air was
filled with screaming shells and
inccndiary bombs as the insur-
gents sent Moors and Foreign
Legionnaires to attack defending
militiamen.
Near Santa Cruz de Retamar,
Navalperal and Olias Mocejon
the rebel bombers dropped capac--
ity loads, 60 at trip, time ana
again flying back and forth over
loyalist lines and batteries.
Still the militiamen held their
places. After hours Of murderous
punishment from the air, the reb-
els launched infantry attacks.
Lines of six-foot Moors carrying
sacks of hand grenades or light
machine guns blazed away at the
loyalist lines.
Planes RACED the station and
trackage at Aranjuez, 2S miles
south of Madrid, until two mod
ern anti-aircraft guns mounted on
flat cars were sent to protect the
capitals only remaining railroad
to outside.
Editors Note: The remainder
of Pflaum's dispatch had been
heavily censored. His reference to
Aranjuez indicated serious dam
age to the vital railroad junction.
This rail line is the capitals only
connection with the sea and the
outside world, for transportation
of food and supplies.-UPA Lon
DOM
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
KNOX ADDRESS
AT ASHEVILLE
TUESDAY EVE
State Chairman Meekins to
Preside at Event There
Next Week

CHARLOTTE, Oct. State
Chairman w. C. Meekins, of the
Republican executive committee
will preside at the meeting IN
Asheville on Tuesday, Oct. IL, al
8 y. M, at which time Col. Frank
Knox, Republican vice presidential
candidate, will address what prom.
ises to be the largest gathering OF
Republicans ever held in Western
North Carolina.
Further arrangements are DC
ing perfected for the seven mo
torcades Of Republicans who VIII
bc in attendance from 80 western
Carolina counties. ,L..,
In addition to plans Tor thrc'
motorcadcs, in which Henderson.
Pennsylvania, Polk, Rutherford,
cleveland, Avery, Mitchell and
Yancey county Republicans, as
announced yesterday. will form
one unit. Mecklneburg will have
q part in one of the seven motor
cades. The group will leave here
and join similar groups from six
other counties at Statesville. The
party will then drive to Hickory
and Marion in time to be present
for the train stops at both places.
The Mecklenburg group will be
led by County Chairman Ernest
Morgan.
During the next four days the
state headquarters will plan SIM
lar motorcades for a number Of
eastern North Carolina counties
% meet the Knox special train at
Burlington and Greensboro, where
It will halt long enough for the
to speak, and to hear
he formal address in Memorial
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
OPEN TERRIFIC DRIVE ON MADRID
boviet Threat Brings New European Crisis
The Girl He Left Behind Him

"Im mad, but q
lady can't swear"
says the pretty
Baroness Eva Won
BliXcn-F j n &C k @
(left) managing a
wry smile as she
w a t C h @ s X urt
Bjorkvall (waving
goodbye at right
vanish across the
horizon at Floyd
Bennett field, New
York, on his pro-
jCctCd non stop
flight to Sweden
alone in the craft,
pictured below be-
ing rcadicd for the
takeoH. Unrcport
ed for sc hours
Biorkvall was res
cuCd at sea by
fishermen. He had
been forced down
off the Irish coast.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
LEGAL ACTION
IS THREAT OF
{. ROOSEVELT
Denies Accusations of Con.
templated Sale of
War Planes

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 8. (UP).
Elliott Roosevelt today threatened
legal action against men charging
him with contemplated deals in
war planes. involving foreign gov
crnmcntS. He denied the accuSa-
tons and conferred with attor-
ncyS. He said the charges were
an attempt to smear his father,
President Roosevelt.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
hoy TO ABANDON
INTERVENTION PACT
ooyright by United Press

Copyright BY United freSS)
t0SGOW Oc,. ). (UP)-The
government, through its
l,v 10 London. Yesterday no.
r'.a a0wa., that ii will alb
J. %. pact Tor nOn-intervCE-
! 70 %. Spanish revolution and
q, :. ,.a, &. unless violations
g-a.. Germany and Italy
.a'.. immediately.
va~ ,ywnathiCS are strong
- Madrid SocialiSt-Commun-
government The note was in
r.at asa direct warning that
HI AID Spanish loyaliSts
ADD %. -ni,y given the
rebels by Fascist nations
r0'. SSH. be presented 10
rv session Of the interna-
mm.,.a. for non-intcc-
IN SPAIN which meets
'ar.or..v in Edinburgh,
lard, 'r. Na'joUa, Council of
',. Labor party decided
. definite evidence of
interference in the Span
w..
S.r r.n.cScntatjvc IN
..v..w. verbally the
. .0r..~ interference in
.ara. IN the Spanish
an. ...
S0v... -ryrrnmcnt fears
STATION created by repeated
.s o.. OBJ. uDN-intervention
-f-' make, me agreemnt
a.. consistent. The Sow
r".~ rar by no means
'.. agreements Cor non
. r. e. screen which
military assistance for the
'., -g SOM" participants
agreement. against the
Is. government.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
GIRL SCOUTS MEET
FOR HIKE FRIDAY

Girl Scouts of Troop One nave
arranged an overnight camping
trim at the home of Mary louise
Godfrey on Willow road troop
members are asked to meet 1T
Shipman's garage at i p. M FRI RI,
dav. where they will start the NIKE
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
Old 9Th Company
To Hold Reunion

Members of the old Sixth Com
pany are asked to meet tomorrow
evening at 1880 at the City Hall
in order to make plans for the
company reunion to be held on
November s.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
Jack LegiiOner
|IlVen Lite Term

( - Jr. 3 ,UPy.-Trig-
J 'as''- bean. who con
a.. me t.ar. Legion muir
Ia Ia JOS Poole. WPA work
! s'..'ea nearly 20 other
! 49,. ....'s was sentenced 10
a. -.. ....''' a. hard labor in
cement today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
HEAD FOR MANILA

HONOLULU, Oct. 8. (UP).-
The China Clipper arrived here
today on the first leg of the first
trans-oceanic airplane passenger
flight in history. The plane then
headed to Manila,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
WEATHER

rrobably occasional
CI0o'',, ,,ish, and Friday. Com
F~. lid temperatures
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-08
GOOD AFTERNOON

"Lipstick a Health Menace"
Among the younger generation,
there seems to be a suicidal ten.
dency.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
John r. Parker Sat Far
From Post of Duty in
Ford's Theater.
By Stanley Kimmel.

YOHN F. PARKER was one of
four men detailed to guard
President Lincoln. His assign
ment had been given to him
in November, 1864, by the chief of
the Washington Metropolitan Police,
whose headquarters were less than
a block from Fords Theater on Tenth
street. At that time Elphonso Dunn,
Alexander Smith and Thomas Pen
del shared with Parker the RESPONSE
bility of protecting the Presidents
life. These men were subject to the
orders of their chief and of the
President. They acted as guards at
the White House and accompanied
Lincoln when he walked or drove
about the city.
1t is well known that Lincoln
thought the attention given to his
safety was unnecessary. He once told
Baker, who directed the Secret Serv-
ice, that no one would kill him and
thus take chance on getting worse
President. He avoided the men as
signed to protect him whenever pos
sible or joked with them when they
accompanied him from the White
House grounds. His unguarded trips
to Stanton's Office at any hour of the
night were constant worry to the
men close to him, who realized the
danger of his indifference toward his
own security. There had been ru-
mors of conspiracy to abduct Lin
coin or to assassinate him, and during
one Of his jaunts to the Soldiers
Home a shot had been fired at him
which Just missed its mark. A few
days later when cautioned by one of
his friends he answered by telling q
humorous story and his reply to one
of his guards, that If he were to be
assassinated no one could prevent it,
indicated the fatalistic trend of his
mind.
It is more than likely that Lin
coin was. in a way, responsible for
the negligence of his guard, John
Parker, at Ford's Theater on the night
Of April IA, 1865. Lincoln had joked
with Parker, we presume, as he had
with the other guards, and Parker took
Lincoln's attitude toward any attempt
on his life as an excuse to see the play
from q first gallery front seat, instead
Of remaining at his post beside the
Evening star., 1936-02-09

terrific up to that spot. A carload Of
canned, sliced pineapple. for example,
costs them 1923 to buy and ship from
San Francisco to Seward. From there.
on a Government owned railway to
Palmer, $50 miles, the freight brought
the total up to SLOTS. The rates have
been reduced some, since those first
days, but are still high. The chief fuss
is right there, now.
"But that's fast disappearing.
Things are quieting down. The Colo
nists are working into routine for
this first Winter. They are hunting
the bear, moose, deer, mountain goats
and sheep, grouse. ptarmigan, spruce
hens, rabbits, mink, marten and
other food and fur animals that
abound, and are doing a lot of fish
ing and canning. The steam heated
hog house on the experimental farm
is proving successful and good, fat
pork and bacon is plentiful.
There's community Diesel tractor
to every 10 homes and everybody owns
Evening star., 1936-02-09

"Next year, too, the community
trading post will begin the redistribu-
tion of produce from the colony, up
through Northwestern Alaska. Their
prices will be rs per cent cheaper than
now prevail because freight rates will
be out of the figuring. Eggs, ham and
toast, a breakfast that brings any,
where from 85c to SIPS now, will
be just something in their memories.
Where now there is only one man,
John Stahler, who has an automo-
bile, next year there will be half a
dozen. Those who are now using dog
sleds and reindeer for transportation
will have automobiles. The sedans
for emergencies, IT trucks for hauling
and II pick-ups and tractors which
belong to the corporation will take
care of that end of it. The ITS miles
of roads which we finished around
those 10 camps will be well worn in
by next year.
THE colony at Matanuska is bound
to become a big city in that valley. It
cans possibly fail"
Evening star., 1936-02-09

presidential box for the guard, Parker
did not at any time occupy it. He
later admitted being in the first GAL
lery front seat at the moment Of the
assassination.
When we read of what happened
that night it seems no man could pos
sibly have planned so dramatic spec
tacle, but Booth was an actor and
knew the value of timely entrance.
Everything he did was for posterity.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
Fatal Remissness of Lincoln's Guard Unpunished
Frequent Lapses on Duty
Failed to DisquaIify
Him for Job.

He would go down in history as the
avenger of all the South had suffered.
To shoot the President before an audi
ence. to leap from the oox to the stage,
to escape from an astonished crowd,
was to be the contribution of a great
bravado to the picture books of the
future. His horse was waiting in the
alleyway back of the theater, there
was no guard at the entrance to the
presidential box, the moment for
Booth to strike had arrived!
John Wilkes Booth could not have
asked the chief of the Washington
Metropolitan Police for a man better
suited to his purpose than John F.
Parker, who, incidentally, had never
seen performance of Our American
Cousin" and was certain to have
divided interest in watching the play.
This possibility seems to have been
ignored, or never thought Of, by
Parker's superior. Reading the ac-
counts of officials whose duty it was
to see that the President had ample
protection at all times, 1t is astonlsh-
ing that a man like him should have
been assigned as bodyguard to Lin
coin. Pendel had been appointed
doorkeeper at the White House and
William Crook had taken his place as
one Of the four guards. but in the rec
ords of the police department OF the
District no charges could be found
against any one of the men mentioned
except John Parker.
T oNG before the night Of the as
- sassination he had been IN trou-
BILE at headquarters. On october II,
1862, he was tried for conduct ura-
becoming an officer and was repri-
manded on October 16; on April l,
1868, he was tried for sleeping on his
beat, but the complaint was dismissed
the following day; on March ID, 1858,
he was tried for willful violation OF
the rules and regulations and con-
duct unbecoming an officer and was
reprimanded April 2, 1858; on July
/ of that same year he was tried for
neglect of duty and conduct unbe-
coming an oficer, but the complaint
was dismissed July 8: on May l, 1885.
lContinued on Sixth Pase.l
Evening star., 1936-02-09

O First contingent of transients transferring Anchor.
age May 1895. ~ AS Palmer, Alaska, looked June
L. (3 Claiming land. ~ Left to right: R. S.
Sheey, locator, A r. r. c. colonis drawing his home
stead site and Stewart Campbell colonists official watch
ing the numbers drawn from the ballot box. (5)
AS the progress is speeded up and the coonsts cabins
among the colonists daily Here shown FIVE
of the who have just completed days canning
of carrots grown in the community garden. Co First
coloniss frame cottage completed ) The lumber jacks
work on wearing wells protection from mosqui-
toes (S) A completed log cabin.
Official Photos A. r. R. CIV T. G.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

entrance to the presidential box. The
war was over, everyone was eelebrat-
ing, there was no reason now to abb
duct or assassinate the President.
why not see Laura Keane in her bene-
fit performance Of "Our American
Cousin?"
THERE has been some contention
that, although q chair had been
placed beside the entrance TO the
Evening star., 1936-02-09
COLONY is POPULAR
1000 Families Apply for 81 Vacancies Created
by Defaults and Dismissals- Success of
Experiment Now Is Believed Certain.

reports we'll in the van of social ex-
periments. visited Palmer, there we're
% invited for lunch. Don Irwin, gen.
eral manager of the project and in
charge also of the experimental farm
run in conjunction with the colony
had t'lrnip sent over. 1t was cut in
half, and thus prepared was enough
for a generous portion all the way
around. Beach was shown a stand Of
the 8-foct wheat that is grown in the
colony, and ate the peas. as big as the
end of ones thumb. that grow in the
huge 6-inch pods which load the vines
in Season
Evening star., 1936-02-09

Official Photos A. r. r. CIV. T. G.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
By Don Bloch.

NDISMAYED by the certain
knowledge that there we're
but 80 vacancies open in the
. colony. 1000 families from all
Evening star., 1936-02-09

his own supply of hardware and farm
implements. A Diesel power plant
supplies electricity for the community
center. the hospital, the school and
Evening star., 1936-02-09
By Leila Pier King.

TIME oldest known valentine verse,
supposedly paraphrased from
a Greek epic, is the familiar
jingle:
THE rose is red,
The violet blue;
Sugar is sweet,
And so are YOU"
For more than 1000 years this lit
tie message has been circling the
globe. II is known the world over,
sung by every race and written in
every language, dead or alive. Yet it
is as fresh and potent today as in the
time when youths and maidens drew
Evening star., 1936-02-09

the corporation Offices. Every home
is equipped now with excellent gaso-
line lamps, which will be replaced
next year with electric lights.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-29
S STRIKING SEAMEN
BEATEN IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-(UP).
Police reported that five striking
seamen were beaten late last night
by five men who allegedly told
their victims that the punishment
was "a present from Joe Ryan"
Joseph p. Ryan, president OF
the International Longshoremen's
Union, has refused to call out his
men to support the insurgent sea-
mems strike. Earlier yesterday,
after police allegedly caused pick
cts to move away from west
side dock, Joseph E. Curran, head
of the strike strategy committee,
telegraphed Mayor La Guardia
and Police Commissioner Valen-
tine that "Ryan is standing on
the waterfront directing police to
break up mass picket lines" Ryan
denied this.