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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-27
PROBE
IN TOWNSEND
MOVEFINANCE
Congressman TRY To Find
Where Money Contribu-
ted Goes To
CLEMENTS HEARD
THURSDAY, TODAY

WASHINGTON, Mar. 81. (UP)
Congressional investigators fol
lowing the tinkle of nickels, dimes
and quarters into old-agc pension
organizations called upon Robert
+. Clements today to lead them
to the end of the golden trail of
Townsend plan fundS--eStimated
by one Townsend leader ut 4 min
imum of 100000.
Clements and DR.. Francis f.
Townsend, co-founders of the Old
Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd,
and Edward j. Margett, Califor-
MIA manager who expected to be
questioned as to whether he re-
ceives some $500 monthly, were
indicated by investigators rs the
first three witnesses.
Clements testified yesterday
and was recalled today to state
definitely how much Margett re-
ccives from the organization.
Townsend is expected here early
next week TO be the second wit
ness.
Representative John Steven
Nc Groarty d., CahfD. leader OF
the house Townsend bloc, eati-
mated that the Townsend organl-
cation has 100000 paid up
members.
Clements and Townsend have
said that, due to the rapid growth
of the movement, they cannot es-
innate the number of members
but should McGroarty's assertion
prove accurate the organization
would have received--at the rate
of 25 cents per enrollee-a nm
mum of around $4,000, 900.
Of this total, some 81 ,2OO'-
| 600 would have gone into nation
al headquarters, according to
Clements testimony and around
100000 would have gone to To-
cal or "area" managers and or
ganizers in commissions.
James R. Sullivan, reddish
haired young counsel for the
house committee, prepared more
questions for Clements who re-
signed earlier in the week as sec
Iretary-treaSurer Of the Old Age
Revolving Pensions, Ltd, after
differences with Townsend.
Clements promised to present
reams of data regarding the II,
nancial set-up of the Townsend
movement and details Of transac-
tons of the 1000 Townsend clubs
Throughout the country.
Testimony by Clements during
the first day shed rough idea
on the gigantic scope of the Town
send organization. He said the
1000 clubs had memberships
ranging from 100 to $4,000, the
largest in Los Angeles. =.
| He said Is cents of each 20
cents contributed by each mem
Der went to national headquar-
ters. The other 10 cents, ne Saio'
went to state area managers lol
lorganizing the clubs.
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BANKERS OBJECT

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March ~.
(UP)-COllection of coins on ad-
hesive tape was discouraged yes
terday by Memphis banks after
one of them received 10000 pen
MES in this form as a deposit. me
pennies were taken to the bank
in a washtub by a church group
Clerks had to apply hot water
and an acid to remove glue from
the coins.
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MOTOR MISSES AND
AIRPLANE SLIPS

MEXICO CITY, March q.
(UP)-Fourteen persons died
Yesterday in the flaming wreck
age of an airplane of the Com
pania Mexicana which crashed in
the mountains near Amecameca.
Among the ten passengers VIC
tins were the Prince Schambourg
Lippe and Princess Elizabeth
Schambourg Lippe Of Germany.
One of the crew of four which
persisted was the American CO.
pilot, Adrian Borchers.
Occupants of the plane were
incinerated in the fire which en-
veloped the wreckage immediate
ly after the crash 80 miles south
east of here. Rescue parties
from Amecameea reported most
of the bodies charred beyond
recognition.
The passengers, on q steamship
cruise, had chartered the plane
for a visit to Guatemala.
The plane had left Mexico
City only a short time before the
accident but company officials
began worrying when it failed to
reply to radio signals.
A Panamerican Always search
ing plane was sent to retrace the
route of the big airliner but re-
turned without sighting it.
A second plane finally located
the wreck in the mountain passes
about 2 1.2 miles from Ameca-
MEGA. Only smouldering debris
was visible from the air.
Observers at Amecameca had
seen the plane flying low over the
city Just before the crash. They
reported the motors seemed to
be missing fire and that the liner
appeared in distress.
First persons to reach the scene
found some of the bodies, sun
ablaze and used sand and dirt 10
. extinguish the flames. =
Continued on page three)
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CAROLINA
STREAMS STILL RISE

RALEIGH. March 81. (UP).-
Streams in their lower reaches IN
eastern North Carolina continued
to rise yesterday.
Flood danger was past IN the
Cape Fear, but the Tar at Green
vile, the Warcamaw i'll Columbus
and Brunswick; counties still rose.
The Neuse at Smithfield dropped,
but continued to rise below Colds
bOrO.
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{offman May Attempt Execution Stay
C.OFC. BOARD FAVORS VOTE
ON QUESTION OF 9-M0NTHS'
SCHOOL TERM IN DISTRICT
Votes to Cooperate With
CITY in Maintaining
Triangular Park

Acceding to a request by the
Parent-TeacherS Association, the
board of directors of the Cham
her of Commerce last night auth
orized a resolution favoring a
special election on the question
of whether a nine-months school
term should be operated in the
Hendersonville district school, be-
ginning in the fall of 1885.
The resolution will be directed
to the city school board, which is
authorized by law to petition the
board of county commissioners to
call such an election. Should the
election carry, the county board
would levy sufficient tax in the
district, which includes Hender-
sonville and considerable terri
tory outside the city limits, to
extend the school term to nine
months. With three board mem
bers absent last night, five of
those present favored the resolu-
ton, two were opposed and two
did not vote.
The board voted also to CO.
operate with the city in maintain
ing the triangular park between
Main and Church streets and
Eighth and Ninth avenues after
it has been leased from the city
schol board and improved with
money supplied by unidentified
donor. The offer to improve the
park was made this week.
Selection of an official hostess
for the summer tourist season
was left to the entertainment
committee, which is composed of
F.. NJ. Waters. A. F. Barber and
r. ID. Clark, and appointment of
a special committee to work out
plans for the annual meeting OF
the chamber of commerce was
authorized.
President f. w. Ham was ask
ed to name a special committee to
offer it's services to the city ad-
ministration in working out a set
Element of the city's bonded in
debtedness. o. Y. Brownlee de-
scribed methods employed in Ashe-
vile in arriving at such a settle
ment, and the board expressed the
opinion that similar methods
might be employed here.
Printing of 5000 folders list
ing hotel and other accommodate
ions was authorized, and men,
bership in the Lakes to the Keys
Association" was authorized at q
cost of SIS a year. The associa-
ton promotes travel from Chi
cago and the northern lakes to
Florida, one of the two designat-
ed routes being through Hender-
sonville.
II. D. Clark, chairman of the
agriculture committee, reported
that the committee had advised G.
d. White, county farm agent,
that the chamber of commerce
would give $50 toward prizes to
be awarded in a corn growing con-
test Mr.. White had asked for
500, and said that it would be
necessary to raise the additional
$50 from other sources.
President E. w. Ham presided
at the meeting and the following
directors attended: DR.. J. G.
Bennett, o. Y. Brownlee, T. D.
Clark, G. M. Flanagan, W. B.
Hodges, Noah Hollowell, A. II.
Houston and C. M. Ogle.
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DEVICE CLOCKS HENS

RRYON, Cal, March 27. (UP)
Jack Cook has invented an egg
sact." 1t registers the time the
hen goes on the nest, cleans her
feet before she gets there and
stamps the laying time on the egg
as the hen walks out. -.
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|s %lN RIVER WILL
aAE SUPPLY PASTOR

FaSe,SS INA, March IL All
Eea ,,o o' Grern River Baptist
/ ,hu,ate REQUESTED to meet at
Fd % y" al $50 a. IA, sunday,
Etiag' , Tor Tor the purpose of
supply pastor.
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Ills UNDERWEAR

E'D~~Ssm CSall' Mo-, Mar. 27.
n clothes bad checks to buy
T. Away ys and threw his old
\ and e Ssi came to the Jail to,
r. Da'e only his under r,
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aENION, y. D., War -.
A federal government emf
engaged By Governor HOft-
Ya wood expert in his fur
ieIyiny into the tlauptmann
has told Attorney General
4 WilpntZ that he could prove
HauDtWanu was framed
sked WilentZ 10 prevent
Lumaan'S execution II e X I
Say 10 permit the develop
Of his evidence. Wilentz re-
!. fatty telling Archibald
tsy thar he had more than a
j. which 10 study the wood.
feecalOr anthony NJ. Hauck
hGnteriOn county indirectly
Assl HOflman'S investigators
hsag evidence upon which
lsy based his claim.
Feeling grew In Trenton today,
ITsI that Hoffman might
snhleSS attempt TO st a
EN Richard Haupmann'S eX-
hdO again.
h nan who prosecuted Bruno
|nEt Halptmann broke with
Harold q. Hoffman last night
threatened 70 take court act
70 Ienpel the execution of
tOlH!sd murderer of the
dasgn baby if the governor
ltS I'm another reprieye.
hoffman fought back with 4
F'nslt saying he had been in
'asd oy Arch l.uney of the de-
men, Of interior that the
04S rail L. in the ladder
By the kldnaper-a damag-
aeee Of evidence-did not
from the Hauptmann attic
u Bronx as the prosecution
atst il did.
ley Il was learned from
q close TO the prosecution,
a5l 10 Attorney-Gene + n |
. / NIlentz to agree to an
isPneye for Hauptmann to
nn time 10 finish his analy-
the wooden strip.
~ light over the life of a
@omed to die Tuesday thus
Ssd around a piece of wood.
man made a trip to New
Yesterday to inspect the
ulanR attic and Attorney
I, s'i4 David 7. Wilentz went
~ ! aa49'mann's front steps in
v.,. to5A' Nllentz called the
s.lc'S detective work "im-
.,, 81 and angrily came back 10
nun Last night Prosecutor
~, say y; HauCk of Hunterdon
s.;! nv where Hauptmann was
N ,S took up the quarrel
NE governor.
~ Prosecutor I am getting
e. -"l ured Of the governors
-T T.S IN this case" Hauck said.
H. So'ays Incident is the limit.
-. sT'ernor insists continual
h. ~ he states evidence is
~ We feel We should no
Il = &C Cooperate with him be-
n, u The fact that mis- investi-
A.. H. : not impartial"
n, l,S said the prosecution
n iU urmand q Legislative in.
h.. I'o D, hOfIman'S actions, He
h. 't That the vital nail holes
IT,, y beam and board in Ha 1Urt.
d a'''c had been tempered
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Jap STATESMAN DIES

TOKYO, March II. (UP'J-
Takukichi Kawasaki, new minis.
ter of commerce in the cabinet OF
Premier Koki Hrota, died at
1855 p. m. today of pneumonia.
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a PEOPLE DIE
when MEXICAN
PLANECRASHES
Baron and Princess
Schambourg Lippe, US.
Aviator Among Dead
NO CAUSE YET FOUND
IN AIR CATASTROPHE.
BY UNITED PRESS

Twenty.one persons were kill
ed and four were missing in air.
plant accidents in various Sec
tons Of the world Thursday.
A Compania de Mexico (subsi-
diary of Parliamentary plane
crashed near Mevico City, killing
IA, including a German princess
mad a German baron.
Four Americans were missing in
plane which left Douglas, Ariz.,
and failed to land at Phoenix,
Ariz., it's destination. 1t was
feared they had been killed.
Two Russian girls were killed
in attempting delayed parachute
jumps at Moscow.
A commercial Air Hire company
plane crashed at Lyndhurst,
Hampshire, England, killing five.
The crushed and burned peo-
Piles bodies were taken to Mexico
City today for cremation.
Both government and private
today sought vainly
for q reason for the crash In Mex
leo. The plane was tri-motored
Ford.
WASHINGTON, March 81.
(UP). - German circles last
night said that the Princess
Sc h m burg Lippe, reported
killed in an airplane crash in
Mexico, was a member of one
of the few remaining semi-sov-
ereign families of Germany.
The family. ruled the Duchy
of Schamburg Lippe, which in
cluded approximately $4,000 in
habitants even with its capital
of Buckeburg. The present head
of the family was understood to
be Adolph Schamburg Lippe.
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LADDER
FlS FRAMED
|, U,.ach Develops Be-
[,., Prosecution And
Governor
lick SAYS LATEST
Evidence IF AKED

BENTON, N. j.. March RI
|-CO,srDOr Hoffman said
|, that il he had the right to
|, Bruno Richard hauPtmann
I,ri.rs, he would do so, be
Liam more firmly convinced
ever that Hauptmann was
G,sa a trial in line with what
L,a,ider to be American stand
Of justice.
! id not say definitely, how
tia, he would grant a re-
u.
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GOOD AFTERNOON

In the coming election, Germ
ans don't know for whom they
are going to vote. Not, Of course,
that it matters.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
LIST OVER 100 DOGS
IN ALEXANDRIA SHOW
Many Trophies to Be Awarded
Tomorrow in Benefit Event
for Hospital.

A LEXANDRIA is ready for its first
dog show, which is scheduled to-
morrow in the Lee room of the George
Mason Hotel.
The show, given by the Old Do
minion Kennel Club, is sponsored by
the Women's Auxiliary Of the Alex
andria Hospital This board, con-
sisting of Mrs. Arthur King, Mrs. S. B.
Moore, Mrs. j. B. Love, Mrs. w. w.
Lipps and Mrs. v. Bundy, has been
very active in promotion of the show.
Besides donating two very attractive
trophies for the best dog and the best
bitch in the show, the board has been
instrumental in procuring other
trophies from various Alexandria mer-
chants.
The prize list would do credit to
many a licensed show, as every breed
in which there is competition is as
sured of a valuable award. In many
cases, more than one is assigned to
the breeds and there will be ribbons
in all classes.
The size of the entry will warrant
the preparations being made as more
than 100 dogs are pledged. Among
them are representatives of some very
rare breeds.
Entries are so cents each and will
be accepted at the hotel until 2 pm.
tomorrow. Judging will begin promptly
at 2:30.
A pure bred puppy will be awarded
to the holder of lucky admission ticket
number.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
GYMNASTS IN FINAL
BIG NAVY HOME LIST
Varsity, Plebe Teams Compete in
Matches Tomorrow-Swimmers
Have Contests.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
A NNAPOLIS, Md, February 28-
= Tomorrow's athletic program at
the Naval Academy will make up
the last big day of the Winter season.
1t has been diminished by the cam
collation. of the wrestling with lie.
high, on account of measles at that
institution.
The main event will be swimming
and water polo with the University of
Pennsylvania for varsity and fresh
men teams. A victory in water polo
would give the Navy tankmen a clear
title to the intercollegiate champion
ship in that sport.
Other varsity events are fencing
with Hamilton and gymnastics with
Massachusetts, Tech, the Nays first
home match in the latter. Also the
plebe gymnasts will meet Dickinson
High School of Jersey City.
Matches will start as follows:
1:30-Swimming and water polo,
Navy plebes VS.. Pennsylvania fresh
men.
2:00-Fancing, Navy vs.. Hamilton.
2:30-Gymnastics, Navy VS.. Massa-
chusetts Tech.
3:00-Swimming and water polo,
Navy VS.. Pennsylvania.
4:00-Gymnastics, plebes VS.. Dick
inson High School.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Likely to Make Team.

MISS MILEY probably will be on
A'A the Curtis Cup team which meets
the British this year. She was a
member of the team which played
at Chevy Chase in 1884. but happened
to be playing badly at the time and
did not get into the contests.
Washington's most promising young
feminine golfer may not have won
any of the Southern Journeys on her
trip to Florida. but she did have the
thrill of bagging an ace, something
that every golfer doesn't do. But
Helen Dettweiler's joy at scoring the
ace at Ormond is Offset by the fact
that she didn't get around to playing
Patty Berg. the newest sensation in
wcmen's golf. Had Helen licked her
first round opponent in that Ormond
tourney she would have met Patty,
and that was one of her big ambi-
tions. Il certainly wanted to meet
her" Helen said.
The Dettweiler girl was scheduled
to leave Florida today with Roland
and Betty Mackenzie. The three are
driving North in Roland's luxuriously
equipped trailer, to be here Sunday.
Roland is due back on the job at
Congressional on March /.
You can look for Helen to be a
much better golfer this year than
last" Roland wires She has gained
confidence and is an improved shot
maker. Now If she can get her
putting going she will be hard to
beat"
Evening star., 1936-02-28
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

CAPT. w. G. McNulty of the
District Building tennis team
is confident his racketers will do
well this season. At a meeting of
the team Engineer Commissioner
Kutz was elected president and D.
c. Smith, secretary-treasurer.
Dave Hart was named delegate to
the Departmental League.
Washington's Soccer Club lost to
the Sons Of is. George in Balti-
more, 20. Those playing for the
Capital team were Watson, Cox,
Tryzard, Petrie. Walsh, Gum. NC
Ginty, Martin. Riley, Crawford and
Jones.
Sam Rice, the former Peters,
burg pitcher who made a very
favorable impression in the few
games he pitched last Fall, report
ed to Manager Griffith this morn
ing. The youngster has filled out
considerably and is confident of
winning q regular berth on the
mound staff.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
COLUMBUS RISKS
RING WIN STREAK
Meets Dangerous Brooklyn
College Team Tonight.
Shub Finishes Up.

T INDEFEATED in IT consecutive
matches and boasting one Of
the slingingest arrays Of
leather pushers since organ
izing boxing team in 1881, Columbus
University seeks to make Brooklyn
College its 18th straight victim to-
night in a match scheduled to start
at 8:l5 o'clock in Joe Turner's Arena.
Brooklyn, however, comes South
with some Of the best amateur talent
around metropolitan New York and
may be just the team to stop the
Explorers. halted for the only time
in its history by another New York
team, c. c. N. Y, six years ago.
Greatest interest in tonight's match
centers around the 135-pound bout
between Leon Shub, Columbus great
little captain, and Irving Gordon,
classy leader of the invaders. With
neither having been defeated this
year, a great scrap Is expected.
Shub's Farewell Bout.
IT WILL be Shubs final appearance
IN the ring Tor the local aggre-
CATION which will see him pitted
against his third formidable foe in
three matches. Shub previously
whipped Scott Mclaughlin, Miami's
great lightweight, and boxed draw
with Bill Wilkinson of King College.
Brooklyn's best bet, however, will
be presented in the l65-pound class
in which Joe Tocci of New York
Golden Glove fame combats Columbus
Bobby Grim. Tocci is hailed as fast,
colorful and scientific. while Grimm
is recognized as one of Bobby Gold
STEMS best bets.
Tickets will be priced at 40 and
IS cents. being disposed of on the
first come, first-served basis.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
SLEUTHS STRIVE
FOR DOUBLE WIN
Put Two Quints on Floor
Tonight in A. A. U. Play.
Girls Tie Again.

"WO groups of Bureau of Investi-
cation basketers tonight will
strive to gain the third round
4 Of the District A. A. court
tournament at the Heurich gym, when
the Blues stack up against Rockville at
$50 o'clock and the Whites face the
Ramblers an hour later.
Boosting an overabundance of for
mer collegiate talent, tn. Sleuths de-
cided to form two quints for tourney
play. The Blues trimmed knights Of
Columbus. 1920, in their only game.
while the Whites will make their debut
tonight.
Opening the program, the Twin Oaks
Black Hawks. defending 145-pound
champions, will battle the Georgetown
Boys Club at 7:30 o'clock. Three
other games in lis and 130 pound
divisions will be played at the Wash
ington Boys Club.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Muny Golf This
Week Unlikely

THERE won't be any golf on the
= public courses over the week
end unless some decided weather
changes come along. Ed Burns.
Rock Greek Park manager, and
Harry Graham, East Potomac Park
boss, announced today after an in
tensive uncover Of their layouts
that It doesn't look as II the courses
will be playable until next week, If
then.
."They are ankle-deep in mud
and need q lot Of drying out"
Burns said. At the same time. he
declared the public will be kept in.
formed Of the opening Of the
courtes,
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Chips From the Mapleways

folk or Hartford. A bit of back
stage work sent it here, and none
other than the congress president
Of last year, j. A. de Ridder of Hart
ford, turned the trick. Hartford and
Norfolk appeared about even in a
scrap to gain the classic, with Wash
ington as a third choice. When it
looked as though the tide was turn
ing Norfolk's way, De Ridder cast
three proxy votes for Washington,
and that settled it.
Monk Fraser attended the conven-
ton to try long shot. If the tourna-
ment came to Washington by any
chance, he would make an effort to
land it. He made an able presenta-
ton of the Arcadia's case and de-
served to win, but the award never
theless brought really bitter COM
plants from other promoters. Some
Of the boys, we believe, have become
q little too used to having the gravy
handed them in a silver bowl.
Congress Life at Stake.
nUE to the failure Of bowling alley
operators here and elsewhere.
mostly elsewhere, to employ a little
vision and forget petty differences,
the life of the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress is threatened. In
their struggles for extra bits of BUSH
ness, which not infrequently result
IN dog-in-the-manger actions. some
seem to overlook entirely one shining
fact, to wit, that the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress has lofted their
game and business from the category
OF mere recreation onto the plane Of .
major sport. =
The fate Of the congress will be
settled when it convenes next month
ut Hartford. Some drastic changes
viii be proposed in the organization.
II these are not effected, there Is q
strong, likelihood the N. D. B. G.. will
Be dropped, and, If It. is, the maple
game win 'cose caste sadly In the
world Of sport.
Washington bowlers will have q
big say" in, tho Hartford conven-
ton. And here's suggesting that
they handle their end Of the busi-
ness Ia q manner co1sonant with
the big league status Of the Nations
Capital
Evening star., 1936-02-28
WOMAN GOLFERS
IN KEEN BATTLES
Berg, Cothran, Robinson
and Mi|ey Play Semi-FinaIs
in Florida Meet.
By the Associated Press.

~ RMOND BEACH. Fla. Feb
ruary 28.-A capable South
ern gtrl. Jane Cothran of
~ Greenville, S. c., unruffled
by the prospect of meeting the young
est player ever picked for the United
States Curtis Cup team, looked ready
to press Patty Berg today in the semi
finals Of the South Atlantic women's
golf tournament
Miss Cothran mastered the veteran
Mrs. Opal S. Hill of Kansas City, 4 and
8, yesterday. while Miss Berg kept
smacking her shots long and true to
oust 17-year-old Hilda Livengood Of
Danville, ILL.,, S and 3.
In the other bracket, Marion Miley
Of Lexington, KY, the Western and
trans ns-Mississippi champion. was paired
with dangerous foe. Lucille Robinson
of Des Moines. Iowa.
Miss Miley, winner Of the South At
lantic event last year, rallied on the
home nine yesterday to defeat Mrs.
Lillian K. Zeeh of Chicago, 4 and 2.
A 5-and-4 decision over Kathryn
Hemphill of Columbia S. c., advanced
Miss Robinson.