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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-16
TO SPEAK SOON NEAR
HIS BIRTH PLACE

TOPEKA, Kans., June 16.-
(UP)-Gov. Aft NJ. Landon has
decided to open his major cam
paign for the presidency with an
address in western Pennsylvania
near his birthplace at West Mid
dleseX, Pa, the United Press
learned last night.
l. a n d n mapped Republican
campaign strategy last night with
his national chairman, John D. NJ.
Hamilton, and other advisors. The
latter has urged that Landon be-
gin his series of eastern speeches
in New York City, but the Kan
sas governor decided to save the
New York address for the climax
of his tour.
Location of Landon's opening
speech is uncertain, but it may be
Pittsburgh, Buffalo or some other
large city near West Middlesex:
Previously, Landon had decided
to open with a New York speech
and follow it up with speeches IN
Philadelphia, Boston and other
populOus centers.
From western Pennsylvania,
Landon was expected to tour
smaller cities of the east and then
start a western itinerary. Landon
Continued on page three)
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F, R, RESUMES
CAMPAIGN JOB
Swing Just Ended Seen
by Some as Rousing
Start of Drive

WASHINGTON, June Is. (UP).
President Roosevelt returned to
the White House yesterday, pre-
pared to map further details OF
his reelection campaign after
tossing his lot with the common
man" in a transforming tour Of a
dozen states.
He is expected to spend some
time with party leaders during the
next few days working out the
platform to be offered the Demo-
cratic national convention in
Philadelphia next week, as well as
to give attention to Forthcoming
major speeches.
The chief executive went direct
" to the White House to receive
administration reports and to rest
when he returned yesterday att
ernoOn from his 40O0-mlle trip
through the south, southwest and
middleweSt. ,
The trip, originally designated
as one in which politics would be
subordinated to discussions of the
histories of places visited, turned
out in the minds of observers to
have been a rousing campaign
opener. In several speeches, ne
pledged continued efforts to fur
Their a New Deal for the com
mon man."
Moreover, it indicated that Mr..
Roosevelt has switched to a new
theory of campaign strategy
that of starting early instead OF
late. With a number of tenta-
tive dates already listed on a
formidable travelling schedule 1T
was believed that he would devote
a good deal of the time between
now and November to the election
campaign.
Close White House friends were
frank in remarking that the presl-
dent was highly pleased over the
reception to his speeches of last
week. They expected him to hold
(Continued on page three)
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TWO-METAL, CURRENCY PLANK
IS FORECAST BY DEMOCRATS
View Is Taken by Senator
Thomas; Wagner, Pitt
man Not so Sure

WASHINGTON, June 1e. (UP)
Prediction that the Democratic
national convention will adopt a
platform plank approving BIZ
metallic currency was made today
by Senator Elmer Thomas, DEM
ocrat of Oklahoma, in a sharp
attack on the money plank adopt
ed by last weeks Republican con-
vention.
Neither Senator Robert F.
Wagner, Democrat of New York,
nor Senator Key Pittman, Demo
crat of Nevada, however, would
echo the prediction. Wagner,
slated to head the resolutions
committee at Philadelphia, said he
had no idea whether Thomas sug-
gestion would be adopted.
Pittman, silver champion and
co-leader with Thomas of the SEN
ate's "money bloc" remarked that
under one Interpretation the ma
ton now operates on bi-metalllc
standard.
Declaring money was mot an
issue in this campaign" Pittman
said a mere statement in favor
of a bi-metallic standard means
nothing unless it specifically pro-
yides that currency may be eX-
changed for gold OF silver. he
added there is no demand 1ol
such LEGISLATION at present.
Thomas asserted the telegram
sent the COP. convention by All
M Landon demonstrated that ne
did not know his own mind on
currency questions"
The Oklahoman said Landon
apparently believed the Repub'
lican platform would assure allie
Glance of western states, there
fore he would win the east by a
declaration favoring the colo
standard"
Democrats should reply, SAID
Thomas, with this plank: :,
"The Democratic party stanuS
for sound currency backed DIy
gold and silver. Currency, to be
sound. must be adequate, avail,
able and properly valued: Ihe
present Democratic admlnlstra'
ton is engaged in giving the
country this kind of currency
hence the American dollar Is the
soundest monetary unit IN the
world"
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Long Distance
Phone Calls Are
Made Direct Now

A. S. Truck, district manager
of the telephone company an
nounced today that the telephone
service had changed it's routine in
the operation of long distance
calls.
1t has inaugurated. he states, a
method in the handling of long
distance calls by which it is no
longer necessary to ask for "long
distance" in making out of town
calls.
These calls may be placed d.
rect with the operator answering
the signal. The change is made to
expedite service, and is especially
beneficial in Hendersonville, in
view of the fact that such large
percentage of phone calls made
here are for long distance service.
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Two Charge They
Are Beaten By
Men In Arkansas

MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 49,
(UP).-A Memphis woman social
worker and Little Rock minister
and labor representative, today
charged that "six we'll dressed
white men" beat them severely
with a large leather strap near
Earle, Ark, last night and forced
them to leave the community.
Miss Willie Sue Blagden and
Rev. Claude Williams revealed the
details of the alleged fogging and
exhibited large blue marks in sup
port of their charges.
The two said they went to Earle
to locate the body of q negro
member of the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union, who allegedly was
fatally beaten Thursday, and were
escorted out of town and told not
to return.
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Million Bushels OF Wheat Lost Daily
In Northwest's Crop Killing Drouth

CHICAGO, June I6.-(UP).-
A crop killing drought, said 10 De
the worst. in the history OF the
northwest is costing the American
farmers a million bushels OF wneaC
daily, grain experts reported To-
day. ,,.u
Estimates of spring wheat klilea
by drought since June ISL run do
high as 4O,OOO,OOO bushels 6o,o.o,
Many farmers in the DaSotas
and Montana are reported as
ready to abandon their t,, nela nf+ as
worthless even for pasture "t 4s I
two and a half months Oh 'he
lightest rainfall on reG S;of snr;no
wheat producing state; m me grow grow
rrs said the crop VIII De a aia Ion.,
plete failure unless good moisture
comes within week. ,. oa
Drought in the northwest ana
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MAPS
HIS STRATEGY
Address in Pennsylvania
Will Open Major
Campaign

TOPEKA, Kans., June 16.-
(UP)-Republican battle plans
took shape today when Governor
Landon, Colonel Knox and the
strategy board gathered for the
first war council.
From the meeting will come
plans for the official notification
and Landon's oratorical onslaught
on the New Deal and the general
lines along which the campaign
will be fought.
Leading the conference will be
John D. M. Hamilton, new chair
man Of the national committee,
and the man who piloted the Lam
don boom in the national cOnven-
ton.
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End PRIMARY
CALLED FOR
Run-cff Will Be Staged on
Tax Collectors, One
Constable's Race

A second primary has been
called in two county races, l.. T.
Dermid, chairman of the board of
elections announced this morning.
The time for calling for a second
primary closed yesterday.
Second primaries have been
called for by j. F. Brooks, who
ran second to j. H. Ballenger for
the Democratic nomination for
tax collector, and by Arthur D.
Jones, who ran second to j. Wal
lace Redden for the nomination
for constable of Hendersonville
township.
No Republicans called for sec
ond primaries.
The second primary will be
held on July and voters will
ballot for governor, lieutenant
governor, and secretary of state
in the Democratic state primary,
and for tax collector and con-
stable in the county Democratic
primary.
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high temperatures and insect pests
in the southwest sent wheat prices
booming on American exchanges
yesterday.
Hot weather, chinch bugs and
grasshoppers are threatening the
crops of the southwest.
Minneapolis yesterday led the
grain upturn when the July crop
reached the full fve-cent limit
permitted in trading soon after
the market opened.
The bullish report generated
activity in Chicago, where wheat
closed some three cents higher
than Saturday, Kansas City had
a similar rise.
The Winnipeg market was buoy
ant after a small early dip but
showed only about half the gains
recorded in Minneapolis.
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Bonus Payment Brings One Of Biggest
Money Changing Days In 2 History

WASHINGTON, June 16. (UP).
Treasury adding machines did
double duty last night as they re-
corded the transactions of one of
the biggest exchanging days
in the history of the country
and probably of the world. Chief
among these were:
Inauguration of the flow of
some $2,000,000,60O in bonus
bonds and checks sent through the
mails to 3,518,0e0 World war
veterans.
2. Marketing of $2,$5O,OOO,0OO
in government bond and note is
sues, largely to receive 81, 1885,
100000 in new money to help pay
for the bonus and also to meet
maturing obligations. This was
the largest single loan ever float
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tate Insurance Men End Meeting Here
TREASURY STANDS READY TO
CONVERT BONDS INTO CASH
BUT MEN URGED TO HOLD THEM
Long Lines Formed at
Postoffices and Banks as
transactions Are Being
Made

WASHINGTON, June 1G. (UP)
The flow of nearly two billion
dollars in soldiers bonus bonds
started back to the treasury for
conversion into cash today.
Reports throughout the United
States indicated that large per-
centage of the bonds, perhaps a
majority, would be converted into
cash by 3,518,000 World war vet
Grams.
Long lines formed at post Of
fees and banks as veterans certi-
fled bonds and converted them
into treasury checks which may
be cashed Immediately.
The treasury was ready to make
the conversions as rapidly as pos
sible. Secretary Henry Morgen-
THAI, Jr., said, however, that no
data was available to indicate the
percentage of bonds to be offered
for cash. He expected it to be
high.
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
chief of the veterans administra-
ton, Joined with other officials in
urging veterans to hold their
bonds until date of maturity, June
Is, 1945.
Although the bonds may be con-
verified into cash at any time, they
will bear per cent interest if
held. Each $50 bond will increase
in value by $3.50 a year, until it
is worth $63.50 on June Is, 1945.
AS soon as a veteran certifies his
bond for conversion it is sent to
the treasury, where a check will
be mailed out Immediately. Treas
ury officials expect the peak of
conversion within the next two
weeks.
In order to finance this CONVEX
sion the treasury yesterday mar
keted $2,050,000,000 in govern
ment bonds and note issues, large
ly to raise 81, 100000 to help
pay veterans. 1t was the largest
single loan ever fioated by the
treasury in peace time.
The financing scared the ma
tional debt to a new peak of 1884,
4OO,OO0,OOO, Morgenthau has an
nounced. This, however, will be
decreased somewhat as veterans
return their bonds for conversion
into cash raised through yester-
days sale of securities.
The new national debt is Is
times as large as that of 1917 and
approximately double that of
1880. Between 1920 and 1880 the
government paid off large por-
ton of wartime borrowings.
The bonus payments made yes
terday were only a little more
than half the amount voted the
veterans as adjusted compensa-
ton for wartime service. Most
of the veterans already had bor-
rowed up to the SO per cent al
lowed bv congress. These borrow
ings were deducted before bonds
and checks were mailed.
The veterans received an aver
age of 1888 in bonds and checks
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-16
HIGHWAY MEN
Are CRUSHED
ORSMOTHERED
Three Italians and One Ne
gro Are All Asheville.
Residents
TWO OTHER MEN ARE
ALSO INJURED

ASHEVILLE, June 18.-Three
Italian stonemasons and one high
way construction laborer were
killed today when a road bank
caved in OH them near Oteen hos
pital.
The dead: ... b.. ..
Joseph D'Argo, stonemason.
G.. B. Martin, stonemason.
John Machin, stonemason.
Bolden Brooks, a negro laborer
of 1870 Livingston street. The adj
dresses Of the other dead were
not Immediately available.
The injured:
Arthur Dunn, a negro, broken
collarbone and bruises, expected
to recover unless complications
develop. .......
Peter del Negro, an Italian,
slight injuries, mostly bruises,
The accident occurred about
8:10 a. m. today when a bank
caved in, smothering or crushing
the men to death. Workers were
able to remove the dirt and reach
the men within 20 or 80 minutes,
it was explained. .-.. .,.... 49,.
The men were employed by the
Blythe Brothers Construction
company Of Charlotte on the
project for relocating the Ashe-
ville-Oteen highway between Gud-
gers bridge and the Haw. Creek
school building. The accident oc-
Cured a few feet off the present
highway at the entrance to Oteen
park, only a short distance from
the entrance to .Oteen' hospital.
The stone masons were con-
structing a retaining wall when a
part of the bank caved in, pin,
ming them under an estimated
seven or eight cubic yards of dirt.
Brooks and Dunn were assisting
them. =. .. 49,.
In relocating the Asheville-
Oteen highway at this point, the
contractors were following the
Oteen park entrance road and had
cut away part of the yard Of
residence facing the Oteen park
road. The dwelling was situated
on bank 10 or Is feet above the
road level. D. ,.,
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START BONUS
DELIVERIES IN
CITY, COUNTY
Certification Begins at
Postoffice Tonight at
7 O'clock

Adjusted service certificate
bonds have been received at the
Hendersonville postoffice and de-
livery started today.
The postoffice will not begin to
certify bonds until tonight at 7
o'clock, and the office will remain
open until midnight.
Wednesday morning forces will
be moved to the American Legion
clubhouse, on North Main street.
and certification Of bonds will
continue there as long as is neces-
sary.
Bonds will be delivered all day
today and an extra force will go
on at the postoffice at 7 o'clock
tonight.
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PLAN SURVEY
OF WOMEN WHO
WERE in WAR
Mrs. Nathan Patla Asks for
Information on Those
Who Served

Under the auspices of the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary a survey OF
women veterans of the World war
is in progress, and the local activ-
ity will be conducted by Mrs. Ma
than Patla, at the request of Mrs.
Ed Anders, chairman of the local
auxiliary unit.
There were 100000 women who
saw service in the World war as
army nurses, yeomanettes, navy
nurses and marionettes. The
headquarters organization of the
woman's auxiliary realizes that
MANY of these have since died, but
is anxious to know how many of
the living can be located. Some
state departments have obtained q
complete roster of the women in
service from their respective
states and the same will be under
taken in North Carolina.
Specifically, it is the aim to
make up a roster of these groups:
First, Women veterans in the gov
eminent hospitals and veterans
administration facilities; second,
second, Women veterans hospital
lied, in civil and state hospitals;
third, Women veterans residing at
home or elsewhere who may be
interested in the formation Of the
roster or for whom the parley (ot
nact nrasidentS of the American
Legion Auxiliary may be of
some assistance as to their gen.
eral future.
Mrs. Patla will appreciate any
women veterans falling in any of
these three classes and living in
the city Or county reporting this
fact to her, or if friends knowing
of any such will advise her about
them. Mrs. Patla can be reached
by Phone 1921 or through post
CONTINUED on page threel
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Wagner Coepplnery, Labor Act Is Held
Unconstitutional By Appeals Court

NEW S,:, ORLEANS. La, June 16.
T,Ip. - The Wagner-Connery
Sa"or Relations Act, President
r. ,oSSeVeIt'S New Deal for the
,o ~Aing man, was declared I'M
+ ~SSutational yesterday by the
leas. '' 00u'' u Ap
,,a n'untly, in two and one-half
''s ;.T, opinion, the court ruled:
r me constitution does not vest
NJ, me federal government the
S nv to regulate the relation. as
D,o ~ ot employer and employee in
\ tuetlon or manufacture"
q " " was the last major enterprise
Sat- NE New Deal left on the
.Cr books that applied to la
anu the decision came in the
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ed by the treasury in times of
peace.
3.-Receipts Of the first of the
June income tax payments. Pay
ments this quarter are expected
to reach almost $325,000,000 as
the June receipts are usually the
second largest Of the fiscal year
exceeded only by March.
4.-Payment of about $62,OO0,-
900 to the $4,000 government
employees who received their semi
monthly checks today.
5.-Payment of about $780,
100000 in regular government
expenditures-just those ordinary
ones that 60 out dailylto keep the
wheels running. ,lbgal
6.-Receipt of s164,316 as the
Continued on page four)
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face of labor unrest, particularly
in the coal fields and tenant farms
of the South.
The case was brought to court
by the National Labor Relations
board, seeking an order to compel
Jones G. Laughlin Steel Corp, OF
Aliquippa, Pa, to reinstate sew
eral employees it had discharged,
allegedly for union activities.
Three appellate judges all con-
Cured in the opinion: Rufus +.
Foster, Samuel Fl. Sibley and Jos.
C. Hutcheson.' 1t was the same ap-
pellate court that upheld the con-
stitutionality of the Tennessee
Valley Authority, another New
Deal act, a year ago.
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TRIES LEAP TWICE

MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 16.-
(UP).-For the second time in
two months, J. R. Bruno appar-
emily tried to commit suicide in
city hall. The first time he jumped
feet first down a flight of stairs
and was bruised. Yesterday he
broke loose from authorities, dived
head foremost down the concrete
stairs and suffered a possibly
fractured skull"
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FINAL SESSION
|DCONDUCTED
Execut iv es,
Leaders Discuss
Problems
COLFING TOURNEY
PRIZES AWARDED

r,s 3gth annual convention OF
;. North Carolina Association OF
,srrar,e Agents adjourned at
:. Ssv!and hotel this afternoon.
!, convention city for the next
-..,rrg was selected, this being
7. ?, the board of directors IN
..rirr with the usual practice.
The session of the convention
" morning was devoted largely
j, he hearing of reports from
ending committees. and to an
,Girpss bv George c. Long, Jr..
.s,utiye yice-president of the
apsnix Insurance company, OF
su.f0rd. Conn.
Vr. Long was introduced to the
p,vrntion by L. E. pimmette, OF
| isroir. president-elect of the as
gcia,iOn. The speaker addressed
!. convention on the subject,
The State of Our Business IN
ne State of North Carolina.
The mutual insurance system
vii continue, he said, and the
amber of such companies sur
wing will depend on how many
!; them think they can dance
T.koat paying the fiddler. Mu-
nails develop strength, ne said,
,,y when localized and do bust
IS on carefully selected risks.
| T. have almost ever had mutualS
T:h US, and it is strange that
mere has been no reply to the
agents from the companies on
TER cry for help. But, ne point
d out. until recently stock COM
uries sold 50 per cent of proper
II Insurance and little attention
Va, ,aid to the other Is per cent
". have been so busy in com
,.s-5n with each other" he sand,
"a: we have concentrated on
ats and attempted to get a rate
. .5mpete with mutuals in dent
1 Of the true value of stock IN
|Sznce."
I is not the ability to take care
single loss in Hendersonvllle,
said, that marks the strength
q company. but it is the ability
meet a sweeping loss and still
aintain protection in one city
a. marks the true strength OF
: stock companies. The entrance
70 large and cOngested areas IN
a!:ab!y brings grief to mutuals'
The form of protection that
l.y stock companies can give Is
II true value of stock insurance,
v have handled mutual compe-
mon in a selfish way, asking our
s.yes. Can we save this particu-
Il business for ourselves or for
.c company? The mutual prob
IN is the joint problem of all.
The problem cannot be cured
Fer night, and the only way to
Zee, it is to wage a fight intel
gently. continuously, and aggres-
yely.
Golf prizes in yesterday after
aOn's tournament were present
! this morning. Hugh G. Dupree,
I Raleigh, won the silver pitcher
I'd gOblets donated by Seibels,
luce and company, of Columbia,
e., with a net score of SO, one
ater par. His handicap was IL.
lFT FOR PRESIDENT;
WLD AWARDS MADE
The silver cup, donated by AL
;:sd VI. Best and company, OF
VIEW York. and held for one year,
's Won by ]. j. Harris, of Char
we. Forty visitors played the To-
q course yesterday.
resident Scott this morning
rs presented with a handsome
sa'oer suitcase as a token of APP
"eelatlon for his services as
iCOntinued on page fOurD5 :
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REPORT HELD UP

WASHINGTON, June 16. (UP)
A promised report on the mental
condition of Representative Mar
ion A. Zioncheck was postponed
without explanation Monday by
officials Of Gallinger hospital,
where the playboy congressman
has been confined for more than
two weeks.
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CUNTS TO BE STUDIED

ST. THOMAS, Ont. (UP)-The
Dionne Quintuplets will be sub
iected to close scientific studies
this summer to determine wheth
er they are identical babies" DR..
Allan Roy Dafoe, the babies ply
stefan, revealed in an interview
here,
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W. Fields Said
Still Improving

RIVERSIDE, Calf, June 16.
(UP)-W. C. Fields, veteran
stage and screen comedian, today
was reported as gaining in his
fight against an attack of pneu-
monia. DR.. Jesse Citron said the
actor was improving slowly but
steadily.
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{. c. Postpone''s
Breakfast Hike

The "breakfast hike" sponsor
ed bv the Chamber of Commerce
and scheduled for Thursday morn
ing, has been postponed until next
morning. Information
NAV be obtained at the Chamber
of Commerce office, Skyland no.
tel building.
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WEATHER

Ear tonight and Wednesday;
- cbange in temperature.
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GOOD AFTERNOON

There have been only two i'm.
portant bolts in the history Of
United States politics" But oh,
how many unimportant nuts.