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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-03-19
Trick Wrist Artist
INTERNATIONAL NEWS REVIEW

GEORGE C.BLANK is remem-
~ bered by thos whose job it
is to expose fraudulent accident
claims because he was clever
and because he was so hard to
catch. George had two dozen
surname aliases but invariably
these were preceded by George
CT, a fact that helped consider
ably in checking up o NH sac
tivitieS.
It is not difficult to find some
thing to trip on in department
store, as George c. did, hole in
a rug, a banana peel, a shoe
salesman's stool, a toy.
George C.'s face would comfort
in agony as he dangled his swol-
len wrist. A doctor would ex-
anime the wrist, say it seemed
to be broken. When he suggested
an X-ray was necessary, George
c. would say he was leaving
town Immediately and that his
family physician would take
care of him. He would add he
was going to sue the store. The
manager, anxious to close the
matter and avoid publicity,
would settle on the spot for a
substantial sum. The injured
George c. would be most amen
able to reason, pocket the mon
ey, and go his way. This happen
ed in many cities in the East,
South and Middle West.
Finally, the authorities, with
the aid of the relentless under
cover work of the Index Bureau
System maintained by the Ma
tional Bureau of Casualty and
Surety Underwriters, found his
trail. There were, it appear, a
suspiciously large number of left
wrists being broken in places
like department stores by men
whose name began with George
c., all answering to the same de-
scription.
George c., breaking that wrist
with monotonous regularity, was
about two steps ahead of his
pursuers. An alarm went out
that he was heading South
agin. In Charlotte, North Caro-
lima, a description of him was
sent to all public buildings. Sure
enough, in a few days, a man
named George c. Blank fell in
the foyer of a Charlotte hotel
and injured his wrist. They had
only to ascertain that there was
a scar on the back of his neck,
and they knew they had their
man.
The wrist, he admitted, had
been broken years before when
he fell from a horse. Since then,
he had been able to snap it out
of position at will. The swelling
he produced by applying a tour
niquet to his forearm the morn
ing he planned a ''fop".
George c. was sentenced to
seven years in prison, and added
his voice to the chorus of those
who now admit 'You can't get
away with it.
A public speaker has spoken
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-03-19

LOST brown bill-fold with no
money but containing drivers Ii
cense made out to Clyde Duvall,
West Jefferson, N. c. Lost either in
West Jefferson or near Dog Creek.
Finder will please return either to
Mr.. Duvall or to the Skyland Post.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-03-19

LOST :2.-oewkare at Warrensville
or It .'a.ierson, an original negro
song ballad entitled "Goin' to Eat
My Hoecake With Yaller Gal".
Fi1-se return to Sky lad ros..
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-03-19

The last survivor of the Battle
of Fort Stevens, in the District
of Columbia, is dead. The pres
ent, therefore, may be an appro-
pirate time to recall the fact that
in the Civil War the forces of
the Confederacy actually arriv-
ed within a few miles of the
White House, so near that build
ing that President Lincoln was
able to view the scrimmage dur
ing a short carriage drive.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-03-19

EDWARDS will leave w. Jefferson
Wednesday, March Is, at 2 a. m.
for Bel Air, Md. Special rates. For
information or reservation see Carl
Miller, West Jefferson, N. c. or
w. B. Edwards, Darlington, Md.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-03-19

FOR SALE horse four years old;
weight, 100 pounds; well broken
and good worker. Write or see E.
E. Parsons, Obids, N. C.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-03-19

FOR SALE-The best grade of coal,
$3.50 per ton at yard. r. c. Barr,
West Jefferson, N. G.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-03-19
WANT ADS
Twenty-Five Cents Charged
For Each Want Ad
Statesmen Wanted

Statesmen Wanted
MAN WANTED for Rawleigh Route
of 800 families. Good profits for
hustler. We train and help you.
Write today. Rawleigh Co., Dept.
Richmond, Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-03-19

An Ohio city has passed an or
dinance against drunken driving
that would be a help if it could
be enforced. Enforcing it is
another subject. It is unlawful
for a gasoline station attendant
to sell motor fuel to a drunken
auto driver. Liquor and gasoline
should be like the oil and water
that does not mix, but it mixes
into one Of the finest ingredients
for making an autmobile into a
wreck that has yet been found.
Evening star., 1936-03-22

LoDer left: Nine. Lucet and
Jean Louis, comprise the
family of the attache OF the
French Embassy, M. Charles
Lucet.
Evening star., 1936-03-22
Mrs. Parker Hostess
At Musicale Tuesday

Mrs. Edwin B. Parker will be hostess
at the fourth of a series of concerts by
the Washington String Quartet Tues
day afternoon at o'clock in her home
at 2O0l Twenty-fourtE street. Mem
bers of the quartet are Milton
Schwartz and Paul Brightenburg,
violins: George Wargo, viola, and
Howard Mitchell, cello.
This series of concerts is under the
patronage of Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone,
Mrs. William Phillips, Miss Mary B.
Adams, Mrs. Anne Archbold, Mrs.
Paul H. BaStedo, Mrs. Eugene F.
Byrnes, Miss Alice Clapp. Mrs. Tracy
Dows, Miss Grace Dunham Guest,
Mrs. John Rowland Hill, Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe, DR.. Hans Kinder, Mrs.
Reeve Lewis. Mrs. George Hewitt Ny
ers, Mrs. Edwin B. Parker. Dr. Conway
Sawyer, Mrs. Oliver Strunk. Mrs.
Frank West and Miss Harriet Winslow.
Tickets may be obtained from Mrs.
John Rowland Hill at 1888 Fifteenth
street northwest, or at Mrs. Parkers
home before the concert.
Evening star., 1936-03-22
Community Center
Sponsors Show

Drama lovers will attend the per-
formance of Shakespeare's Romeo
and Juliet" next Wednesday night at
BIS o'clock in Roosevelt Auditorium,
given by the Bartf1eld Players, assist
ed by other players of Washington,
and sponsored by the Community
Center Department.
Among those who have reservations
for the drama are DR.. and Mrs. Philip
Sidney Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Pee
Piles and Miss Betty Peoples, Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Davis, Mrs. Theodore TIL
Ter, Mrs. William H. McGuffey, Dr.
E. C. Higbie, Mr.. and Mrs. H. W.
Smith, Mrs. Grace c. Mulligan, Mr..
and Mrs Lawrence Shuman of Phila-
delphia, DR.. E v. Wilcox and mem
bers of the Shakespeare Society Of
Washington.
Officers Of the Roosevelt High
School Cadets will serve as ushers
For those not holding advance reserva-
tions. tickets may be obtained at the
box Office of Roosevelt Auditorium at
7:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1936-03-22
Exhibition
Is Benefit
ToHospital
Holy Land Reproduc-
ton Shown at Pyth-
ian Temple.
.HE very name, Children's Hos
pital, brings q warm feeling to
every one in Washington, for
M chpritv has the same appeal

-HE very name, CnuurenS aoS-
pital, brings q warm feeling to
every one in Washington, for
l. no cherity has the same appeal
as this hospital. where Miss Matte
Gibson and her corps Of efiicient nurses
do so much for children, nursing
them through critical illnesses. treat
ing them for infantile paralysis and
the like.
Ofhcials of the hospital and mem
bers of the Board of Lady Visitors. Of
which Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke is
president, appreciate the unexpected
help coming to the hospital through
the famous Holy Land exhibition dur
ing this Lenten season"
The exhibit, creation Of Salvatore
and Joseph Guaci. who spent II years
in research and labor on 1t. occupies
floor space 40 feet long and 20 feet
wide at the Pythian Temple, 1912
Ninth street northwest. It is q re-
production in miniature Of the Holy
Land, with more than 1000 in
geniously made figures Of people
grouped to depict 124 episodes of the
Bible.
Towns, villages and the countryside
Of Judea, Samaria ana Galilee are
shown in the creation of the two
brothers, themselves natives Of the
Isle of Malta. The various seas, lakes
and rivers contain real water. On
them float tiny ships of the time.
And Solomon's Temple is a magnifi-
cent structure despite its diminutive
height of Is inches. The characters
are all hand-carved, many of them
by Salvatore, the younger brother. as
he sat by the fireside in his Maltese
cottage and listened to his mothers
recital of biblical history and events.
Enough cannot be written of the
beauty of this miniature. It must be
seen to be enjoyed. A double enjoy
ment for all those who view it-some-
thing to be remembered always. a
benefit for appealing sick children.
Evening star., 1936-03-22
St. Patrick's Alumnae
Annual Breakfast

The st. Patrick's Alumnae ASsocia-
ton will hold its third annual reunion
mass and breakfast Sunday, March
20. Mass will be celebrated at st.
Patrick's Church by Msgr. c. F.
Thomas at 9 am, followed immedi-
ately by breakfast at the Occidental
Hotel.
Miss Elizabeth Dunnington, presi-
dent of st. Patrick's Alumnae, has
appointed Mrs. Marion McAndrews
chairman of the reunion, assisted by
Misses Louise Brew, Beatrice Deeds,
Frances Fitzgerald, Ruth Helmuth.
Rita Linehan, Nellie Mccormick,
Mary Lynn, Mae Mulvihill, Brigid
Ann O'Flynn and Ann O'Leary.
Evening star., 1936-03-22
Marshall Hall
Residents Return

Mr.. and Mrs. Esten Hungerford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Tippett and
children have returned to their homes
at Marshall Hall, Md, after spending
the Winter in Florida.
Mr.. Marshall Tebbritt Of Bryan's
Road. Md. has returned from a visit
to Florida.
Mrs. Virginia Lawrence Of Bryan's
Road, Md. is visiting DR.. and Mrs.
Dworzan of New York.
Evening star., 1936-03-22
Arts Club
To Revive
Old Book
Godey's, Arbiter OF
Fashion, Will Come
to Life Friday.

&C.,: $ :::; : !; /. = q; :: s: : :: ::
Evening star., 1936-03-22

daughter n-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Roger
White. in East Orange, N. j.
County Surveyor Charles j. Maddox
is again in his home near Rockville
after spending several weeks visiting
relatives at Coral Gables, Fla.
Dr.. and Mrs. Vernon H. Dyson ar
rived early in the week at their home
in Laytonsville after spending several
months in St. Petersburg and other
points in Florida.
Miss Katherine Smith was hostess
to small company at bridge in her
home in Rockville Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Carey Blunt of Goshen, has
gone to New York to visit her sister,
Mrs. Arthur Sherman.
Evening star., 1936-03-22

s. - oDEY's LADIES' BOOK"
arbiter of fashion, and
equivalent of Emily Post,
back in the days of our
great -grandmothers, with its choice
selection of duets "for the piano.
forte" its suggestions for polite par
lor entertainments, and romances
meet for the sweet young things who
simpered and minced their way
through the age of innocence, will
come alive at the Arts Club Friday
evening at o'clock, under the Spon-
sorship of Mrs. Charles Bittinger,
chairman of the Committee on Co.'S
tunes and Properties. assisted by
Mrs Edwin H. Etz. Tickets may be
obtained at the door.
Thanks to the cooperation of other
members of the club in lending their
heirlooms, and to the lifetime hobby
of Mrs. Bittinger, every detail will
be authentic. Music, select read
ings," the charades in pantomime-all
have been taken from that one undis-
puted authority which acme ito ex-
istence in 1885, two years before
Queen Victoria's long reign began,
and continued to flourish until 1897.
Possession of a set of ancestors who
never discarded thing, and the later
acquisition of a commodious attic in
their Summer home at Duxbury,
Mass, have combined to make Mr..
and Mrs. Bittinger today the legatees
of one of themost complete and best
preserved collection outside of a mu-
scum, of early Victorian costumes for
both sexes. Many of these ancient
fineries will be worn by the characters
participating in the entertainment,
programmed as AN Evening With
'Godey's Ladies Book'-a Review of
Victorian Fashions" Mr.. Lewis Lof-
ton Moneyway will be master of cere-
monies.
Proceeds from the low-priced ad-
mission fees will go toward the fund
for a new rug, which will celebrate
the Art Clubs birthday anniversary,
April 7, when it will have rounded
out just a score of years.
Evening star., 1936-03-22

room Of the Mayhower Hotel. DR..
Arthur Camp Stanley, the governor,
will preside. Papers on historic sub.
iects will be read by Mr.. Caleb Clarke
Magruder, former governor of the
society, and DR.. Andrew Stewart, q
member of the council.
Evening star., 1936-03-22
Panhellenic Women to
Hear Mrs. McMillin

National College Panhellenic Wom-
en- will have as guest speaker at the
annual luncheon at the Mayf1ower
Hotel Saturday Mrs. Lucille Foster
McMillin. who has chosen as her sub
ject The Progress of Women in Gov
ernment."
Mrs. McMillin is we'll qualified to
speak on this subject, as she herself
is a civil service commissioner.
Evening star., 1936-03-22
10th Century Group
CHANGES Meeting

Mrs. Norman F. Hartman has been
obliged to cancel her invitations to
the nature group of the Twentieth
Century Club for Thursday due to
illness The group will meet at Cabin
John Bridge Tuesday morning at
1890 o'clock and will take a hike
through the nearby country.
Evening star., 1936-03-22

LoiDer right: Senhord Lobo,
who, with her husband, the
attache of the Brazilian En-
bassy, recently Joined the dip
lomatic set in the Capital, is
shotUn ,Dith their children
OS1oaldo and Fernando.
Underwood g. Underwood Photos.
Evening star., 1936-03-22
Activities Among
Those in Rockville

ROCKVILLE, Md, March 21.-Mr.
J. Furr White, prominent resident of
the upper section of the county. has
returned to his home after spending
several months with his son and
Evening star., 1936-03-22
Society of Colonial
Wars Supper Tuesday

The District Of Columbia Society Of
Colonial Wars viii hold its final meet
ing and supper for the season Tues
day evening in the Pan-American
Evening star., 1936-03-22
Interesting Families in the Diplomatic Circle

Upper Nine. Gable, ,Dite of
the first secretary OF Nor,De-
gian Legation, ,Otth their
daughters, Karen and Greta.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
ECCLES MADE
RESERVE BANK
DICTATOR

Chairman Mariner s. Eccles OF
the Federal Reserve Board yester
day became the Reserve System
dictator" when he was elected
chairman Of the new open market
committee, which decides policies
on the purchase by member banks
Of Government securities.
The Utah banker, who recently
reorganized the Reserve System,
was named to the high position
by new presidents of the IL Dis
trict banks, whom he had ap,
proved.
Selection came after a four-day
conference between the new board
and new District bank presidents.
George L. Harrison, president
OF the New York Reserve Bank,
was elected vice chairman. Ches-
ter Morrill,, of Washington, secre-
tary to the board, was named Sec
retary to the committee.
E. A. Goldenweiser. board econ
omist, was made committee econ
omiSt. John Williams of New
York was named assistant econo-
mist.
Eccles also was named chair
man Of the executive committee,
consisting Of Ronald Ransom of
Atlanta, and M. S. Szymczak of
Chicago, board members; M. j.
Fleming, president Of the Cleve-
land Bank, and Mr.. Harrison.
The New York Reserve Bank
was designated as the committees
agency to execute all financial
transactions,
The Washington times., 1936-03-20

It's 500-million-dollar flood con-
troll program carried on the past
80 months was called by the
Public Works Administration to-
day as "a bulwark Of defense
as the nation enters the great
flood season."
Flood-ravaged Pennsylvania and
northern Ohio regions are safe
guarded against repetition of dis.
aster by the uncompleted Mus.
kingum, Tygart and Mononga-
hela flood control projects for
which PWA has allotted 26 mil
lion dollars, the Administration
asserted.
MonOngaheIa Checked
Tygart River Dam, now near
ing completion two miles above.
Grafton, w. Va, will control a
200 square mile drainage area.
provide stream regulation on the
Monongahela, and improve navi-
cation in the Pittsburgh area, &C.
cording to PWA.
The nations most gigantic
flood control project on the up
per and lower Mississippi, though
still in construction stage, will
stand the brunt" of late spring
floods resulting from drainage Of
winter SHOWS down the valley to
the Mexican gulf.
On the lower Mississippi, exist
ing levees have been equipped
with "let out" gates, permitting
drainage of super-floods into pools
for storage until the crest has
passed. PWA has allotted the
Army Engineer Corps As millions
supplementing congressional ap-
preparations for the lower Missis-
Sippi program.
Work Completed
Completed construction includes
2,789 miles Of levees, AZ miles Of
permeable or "break-off" dikes,
and 1855 miles Of bank revetments.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Ethiopian AirpIdne,
Supply Depot Rdzed

ROME, March 20 UN.S).
Destruction Of one Ethiopian air
plane grounded at the Dabat land
ing field east of Gondar, and
bombing of an important depot
for Ethiopian supplies at Goba
Goba were recorded in today's
military communique.
Intense aerial activities on both
Ethiopian fronts were reported.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Flood Control Work
OF PWA Is Praised

Revetment constructions includes
laying of cobblestone paving and
steel.wire mats to halt river ero-
sion.
Channel and revetment work Is
under way on the Ohio and Mis-.
Sourt, main tributaries of the
Mississippi. The Missouri control
system includes the giant reser-
voir at Fort Peck, Mont.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-12

Federal government than the fact
that we have had to go into court
only once in acquiring 60 miles of
right-of-way," Ross said. This is all
the moro remarkable due to the fact
that much of the parkway goes thro-
ugh valuable pasture lands on the top
and ridges of mountains and in many
cases through the yards of landown-
erS.
I'VE have already had to move be-
tween 40 and SO houses and barns
which were in the direct path of the
parkway. But all but one of these pro-
perty owners have worked along with
us without any complaint. The one
man we had to go to court with OBJ
jected to moving his house, which
stood in the direct route of the park
way. In some cases its abs been nee
essary to move house and one or
two earns to an entirely new location.
But the owners have shown a fine
spirit of cooperation with the result
that the contractors have not lost q
single day due to any delay in get
ting possession of the right-of-way."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-12

the money changers and the exploit
ers of the American people"
Because of farm legislation passed
under Roosevelt's administration, he
said, "even such rock-ribbed Repub-
lican states as Iowa x have gone
overwhelmingly Democratic and will
continue to do So"
Senators Josiah w. Bailey and
Robert r. Reynolds and North Caro-
lina's eleven representatives have CO.
operated with the New Deal and "dis-
tinguished themselves in their lead
ership and achievement" the key
EOter said.
Endorses Ehringhaus.
Endorsing Governor Ehringhaus as
strongly as he had President Roose-
welt, Broughton said that four years
ago, people of the State, came, in
the lowest depths of a worldwide de-
preston, to select leader to direct
the affairs of North Carolina.
mot even the Republicans serious
ly suggested entrusting the admins
tration of the State in this trying
hour to any other than Democratic
hands.
1.-THE task was to find a man with
the strength, wisdom and courage to
lead us in this great crisis. The task
was solved in the nomination and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-12

of bitter depression, while 1912 was
the end of a period of prosperity.
Business at the present time is in
the midst of vigorous recovery
movement. Activity is IS per cent
above the depression low but is still
six per cent below normal. History
shows that no period of recovery in
the past has eliminated before the
Babsonchart crossed the KY normal
line. In fact, the only real important
conclusion that can be drawn from a
study of previous election years is
that no campaign, nor change in the
party in power, has ever caused a re-
versal of the MAJOR trend in business
or stock prices from bull to bear or
vice versa.
Bull Market Not Over.
On the basis of the above conclusion
I believe that the current bull mar
ket which began in July, 1882, is not
yet at it's peak. There is, of course,
god chance that stocks will expert
ence some unsettlement from time to
time as the campaign progresses. Re
CARELESS of the outcome, however, the
basic trend should then be resumed
Furthermore, if business continues to
improve in the next five months as
rapidly as it has in the past year and
half, political "jitters" will Ee for
gotten in the blaze Of reports of in
creased earnings, bigger dividends and
returning confidence.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-12

Lincolnton, June 1..--Wiley M.
Pickens for the past ten years super
intendent of Lincolnton's city schools
a past post commander, a. past dis
trict commander and a past depart
ment vice commander, is a candidate
for the department commander Of the
American Legion at it's annual con-
ventiOn to be held in AsheVille in
July.
Pickens served in the infantry dur
ing the war and was honorably dis
charged as a corporal. He joined the
American Legion in September, 1919,
a charter member of his post. He has
served in many capacities in the Lee
gion since that time: post vice-com-
mander, post commander, district
commander, department vice comman
der, on many committees of the post
and department, being chairman of
the resolutions committee at the 1884
convention. For many years he has
been a member of the National Guard
and is at present the commanding Of
ficer of Troop "I'', 109th N G.. N. G..
Cavalry, stationed in Lincolnton.
He belongs to many patriotic, So
cial and fraternal organizations which
have called upon him to serve in exc
cutive and administrative capacities.
He is a Mason and has served as mas
ter of the lodge; he is a Royal Arch
Mason and has served as high priest
in the chapter; he has served as pa
tron and grand patron in the Eastern
Star.
Mr.. Pickens is 80 years of age, is
married, having two daughters. He
graduated from Duke University
(then Trinity College) with an A. B.
degree in 1916 and later received his
A. M degree from the University of
North Carolina in 1924. He is a
Methodist, being the son of a Metho-
dist minister He has served as super
intendent of Lincolnton's schools for
the past ten years. He is a native of
Buncombe County but has lived in
practically every section of the state
since his birth.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-12

The table shows that during these
ten campaign years the market has
been uneasy and nervous during the
second quarter; has shown a bullish
tendency during the third; and has
gone up during the fourth The rea-
sons for this may be that in the sec
Ond quarter there is nervousness over
the choice of candidates and plat
forms However from July to Octob-
er, with this question settled and a
good idea of who will be elected, the
market moves ahead. In the post-elec-
ton months, the basic trend of re-
covery or depression is usually resum-
ed Regardless of quarter-to-quarter
movements, prices in eight of the past
ten instances have ended the year no
lower than at the beginning.
Such conclusions, however, may be
more in the nature of a coincidence
than a fundamental development I'm
dOubtedly business and stock prices
may have iseen influenced to some ex-
tent particularly in the third quarter
in some election years. 1t is popularity
supposed that the big shots in Wall
Street and Washington try to rig
prices to make it look as good as they
can for their candidate or as bad as
ly, if some unusual situation should
arise whereby one candidate promised
for instance, to abolish the profit
system whereas the other pledged to
adhere to orthodox finance, stock