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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
GREENVILLE HAS
DAMAGE BY FLOOD

GREENVILLE, S. c., April 7.
OUP)-A placid little stream,
"The Reedy," which winds thru
Greenville, became a rushing tor
rent Yesterday to inflict damage
totaling several thousand dollars.
Traffic was closed on several
bnsv intersections by the flood,
No ONE was injured, however.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL BEGUN
Case Against Judge Ritter
Is Based on Alleged
Money Transactions

WASHINGTON, April 7. CUP
Testimony that Federal Judge
Halsted Ritter was handed $1,000
in cash few hours after granting
q $4,000 receivership fee open
ed his impeachment trial before
the senate yesterday. ..'.'
A. l.. Rankin, former law part
ner of the gray-haired Florida
Judge, said he gave him the $1,000
sin payment of an honest debt"
The Impeachment charges hinge
chiefly around allegations that
Ritter benefited personally from
the $4,000 fee he granted Ran:
kin in the Whitehall Building and
Operating company receivership
case. -" .
Judge Ritter sat at his counsel
table in the well of the chamber
as the senate resolved itself into
an impeachment court for tEs
18th time in it's history to hear
charges preferred by the house
that he should be renewed from
office for "high crimes and mis-.
deameanors."
Frank P. Walsh, veteran attor-
new presented all opening state
ment denying one by one the
charges read by Rep. Randolph
Perkins, r., N. J. one of the three
hour managers" prosecuting the
case.
Rankin was the first witness.
He said he received 100000 on
December "a, 1880, as part pay
ment of the $4,000 fee. On the
same day he drew $4,000 from his
bank, he said, and Immediately
gave $4,000 of it to Judge Ritter.
He explained he made the pay
ment in cash because he feared a
check might Subject both the
Judge and to criticism. Later
he paid Judge Ritter another ST.
600 in cash "for the same rea-
son." g,
Rankin testified he received
$40 600 on Dec. "a, 1880, as part
payment on the $4,000 fee al
lowed him by Judge Ritter in the
Whitehall Building and Operating
Company receivership case.
Under questioning by Rep. Sam
Hobbs, D., Ala, one of the three
house managers acting as prose-
cutting attorneys in the case, Ran
kin said he drew $4,000 in cash
from his bank on the same day,
pocketed $500 of it and took the
remainder cover to the federal
building and gave it to Judge Kit
ter"
Hobbs brought out that the trans,
action took place "in the privacy
of Ritter's chambers without the
scratch of a PEN"
Rankin testified that all other
payments he made were by cheek
The Ritter transaction, he said'
was the only one involving cash
He testified he did not ask the
iurist for a receipt.
Rankin testified after Frank +;
Walsh, veteran New York ano
Washington attorney and Counsel
for Ritter, denied the contention
of the house prosecutors that the
Judge failed to pay taxes on be-
tween $1,000 and $l2,OOO III
taxable 1929 income.
Judge Ritter has paid taxes on
every taxable dollar he had"
Walsh said. If he has been dis
honest he ought not to hold Of
flee" :,
The senate was told the Flor,
ida iurist was unfit" and should
be removed. -, =, -,
"He has brought the U. S. dis.
trict court into disrepute." said
Rep. Randolph Perkins, r. y. s. T.,
in the opening statement OF the
house managers.
Microphones and loud speakers
were placed in the usual stald
senate chamber.
Fifty-six witnesses were sum,
moned. Senate leaders predicted
the trial would last a week or ten
days.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
Say Apple Crop Is
Damaged

Arch Corriher and Earl Mar
shall both reported today that
they had lost heavily by frost to
their apple crops this year, stat
ing that the latest frosts had
caused at least a 90 per cent de-
struction of this crop. Mr.: Corrl-
her. in fact, stated that his loss
might be a total one.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
REICNATION
|OF TOWNSEND
| MAN SOUGHT
EliOnal Board Adopts
Resolution Demanding
Highley Quit Post

eALllllORE, Md. April t.
|IPl-Ihe national board of the
|It Age Revolving Pension Plan
FOHSOI5i by DR.. Francis Town
FHd adopted a resolution de-
(anllg the resignation of Geo.
HIga!sy, president of club No.
10 Los Angeles, the largest in
2 country. II was announced
p night.
he resolution which was sign
y all board members except
I0anSeRd accused Highley of
NadAest and diSloyal conduct
1Ai not only DR.. Townsend
lhe board of directors but
E'4id the Townsend pension or
|llla!lon As we'll"
1ya!ey, the resolution stated,
'Nsl IN obtaining the reSigna-
" oi Walter Townsend. brother
ps doctor, on the urgings of
Elements, resigned secretary
II IsaSlrer of the OARP, on
is'ly fraudulent kilograms.
"SOIhng 10 the resolution.
49, a,eo'S on March 6 sent a tele-
T. " 70 Hlghley asking him to
., e. captain D. Wilkey, a private
r., %5S.I'e, contact Walter Town
- ~ % give him good scare con-
~ 'rlas liability account possible
'S I,,ssssyatlonS, etc, " in order to
an ~ his resignation.
up followers said that this
~ an attempt of Clements to
4. ~ a controlling interest in
El,, %ga9Ization because he. DR..
l.. S q and Waiter Townsend
h. " "a ,ae three directors neces-
!, :; a"Cer the groups state char
ia n california. They insisted
ANOnanued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
TRAIN SERVICE TO
BREVARD OMITTED

BREVARD, April 7.-Train SER
vice between Brevard and Hender-
sonville was discontinued today on
account of high water.
Southern officials declared that
tracks at Cannon, between Horse
Shoe and the French Broad river,
were under six feet of water.
Water was receding at BreVard
and all highways out Of Brevard
were open,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
ACQUIT DEFENDANT

The county recorders court
heard only one case in a session
yesterday. A number of cases
were continued. Frank Gibbs: was
acquitted on charge Of assault
with deadly weapon. 1855 -' a.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
HONORABLE DISCHARGE

Lloyd X. Holbert, who has been
in the U. S. Army and had his
finger amputated in Walter Reid
hospital, Washington, has received
an honorable discharge on a Ger
tificate of disability.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
mi CHARGE
FIIIANS used
AS IN RAIDS
ol.,l by League Council
E,oected to Follow
Presentment
t,IIANS NOT TO
I RONB LARGE CITIES

! LONDON. April = 't T. Tho
H. Britain will submit to the
f.. Of Nations tomorrow con-
violence purporting to prove
a, Italians have used poison
= =" ,,r raids ON the Ethiopian
\. il Vas learned from anthem
h ,aqyrrs here today.
/ ! s,> believed ,ha, the preSen-
IN Of lhi> evidence would lead
" ,,,aoy nro,rst by the league
.a;,,,r Of - aud the league"
Ts ,aunti! meets tomorrow 10
-. = he llalo-Ethiupian Situa-
f. , protest would be- based
!. Geneva protocol OF 1923
T. hound the >ignatOrleS, m
N, ItaIv. 70 forego the use
Doi,on gaS in war.
fs,sat Britain'> evidence. it is
l'..J ! based on dispatches
t"snbrI BY Sir Sidney Barton,
n minister to Adds Ababa.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
SONS OF AMERICAN
LEGION WILL MEET

The Sons of the American Lee
gion have been called to meet to-
night at Z 80 o'clock at the Amer
lean Legion club house.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07

4 n
Property damage in these towns
was fxed today as follows: Tu-
pelo, Miss, S5,000,000; Gaines
vile, Ga, Sc, 10000; bonneville,
Miss, $4,000; Columbia, Tenn,
$4,000; Grenada, Miss. $4,000;
Waynesboro, Tenn, $4,000; Red
Bay, Ala, $1,000; Elkwood, Ala,
81, 900: Lacrosse, Ark, ~; An
derson, S. c., 100000; Mel
bourne, Ark, $4,000. Scattered
smaller communities, $4,000.
Electrical service today had
been restored in both Gainesville
and Tupslo but both We're without
water. Communications were still
badly crippled. Acute food short
ages were threatened. National
guardsmen enforced what amount
ed to martial law and arrested
more than 20 persons for alleged
looting. ... -. p. ri.
One-half of Gainesville, includ-
ing the business district and one
third Of Tupelo, was ieveled by
the 300 to. 400-mile-an-hour tor
nadoes that struck Tupslo Sunday
night and Gainesville Monday
morning.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
N Adds ABABA
FROM RAIDS

|lOyDON. April :. - (UP).-
h has given renewed aSsm-
=, 10 Grea, Britain that Ital-
| pmrt forces will refrain from
[sSng Adds Abaha and Dire
La !; was announced officially
b today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
WEATHER

.I,,dy tonight and
wednesday, frost
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-07
GOOD AFTERNOON

A Hollywood item reveals that
the drivers in movie auto crsshes
are dummies, too. f.. t....-rs
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03
AT THE HOTELS

Zyndd Mrs. Iva Clements, City
 AldSkan M. Fuller, Eagle River; E. Walden Q. Madison, City; D. M. Berry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03
'Mosquito' Press of China Plays
 Olympic Team

HAWKING, China, Oct 3. The complete route of Chinas Olympic team at Berlin, where not one son or daughter of Cathay survived even first round or heat, is being taken as a major loss of national face by people which now realize that it's sports consciousness has developed faster than the ability of it's ath- leteS.
 China had nothing but praise for the one-man team which made an unsuccessful but creditable first ap- pearance at the Los Angeles gaines in 1932. But the millions of Chin csc fans who rushed to their ra- dios and increased newspaper cir culations during the Berlin games only to hear or read over and over again that the Chinese entry fin ished last in first heat or fell out n first round have no praise and little sympathy for the men and women who left China in blaze of patriotic glory a few months ago.
 The 'llusquiCo' press, single sheet papers of doubtful ownership, more doubtful reliability, large street cir culation and great importance in moulding and expressing the opin- ions of the man in the street. have led the more respectable press in expressing popular dissatisfac- tion with the state of Chinese ath- leticS.
 The more bitter commentators on China's inglorious failure at Berlin charge national athletic officialdom with having lowered selection stand ards and having padded or falsi- lied records made in trials or na- tional meets by local champions in order to please both competitors and fans. Without sparing feelings or withholding names, the "mosqui- to- press charges the public with having overpraised Chinese athletes and with having sWelled their heads and slowed their limbs to such an extent that they were useless and worthless when pitted against ser ious competition. Tn particular, press scorn is vented on the Chinese aquatic star, Miss Yang Sau-king, known and pictured throughout the land as the Beautiful Fish" Miss Tank finished 15 yards behind the winner of the first elimination heat in the 100-meter swim.
 The more respectable press, which for the most part is semi-govern- ment controlled, admits to feelings of disappointment at the failure at Berlin, but sees in the unbroken string of defeats stern warning that China must improve its phys ical welfare.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03
CASTNER PARTY ARRIVES AFTER
 TRIP IN CANOE

Capt and Mrs L. V. Castner and Lieutenant E. M. Rowan arrived in Juneau on the Yukon to join the Chilkoot Barracks Army tender and return to the Post
 During the summer the party of three made trip down the Yukon river from Whitehorse to Circle in a canoe dug out of cottonwood by the Chilkat Indians of Southeast Alaska.
 The party left Whitehorse Aug ust 23. Their canoe was equipped with one-cyinder Evinrude out board motor. They travelled from Whitehorse to Circle and made side-trip up the Charley River, which comes into the. Yukon near Woodchopper. The total distance travelled in the canoe was nearly 800 miles The motor used only IT gallons of gasoline. Feel Effects of Flood In speaking of the trip, Capt. Castner said: People along the Yukon still suffer from the damage done by the flood last spring. Live stock was lost by many along the Yukon. Many interesting stories are told by people in Yukon Ter ritory regarding the flood. An un- usual result of the flood was the cutting in two of great black bear. He was caught in an ice-jam.
 All the way down the river the people were most hospitable The Canadians along the river had heard of our coming from the Mounted Police. We were greeted sometimes with the exclamation, We expected you sooner" and at first were rath- CT mystified"
 Company Com mander
 Capt. Castner IS commander of Company E at Chilkoot Barracks. He has been at the barracks the last three years. He graduated from West Point in 1883 and was mem- Der of the United States fencing team which went to France in 1924 and participated in the Olympic Games.
 Lieut.. Roman received his com- mission when he graduated from the Military Academy in 1892.
 
 Gen. Castner, who was topography officer on the famous U. s. Army mapping expedition to Alaska in 1898, which started at Cook Inlet and penetrated the Interior. Brig. Gen. Castner made the first map of the Matanuska Valley region. He is now retired and living in Oak land, Cal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03
JUNEAUITES PLEDGED
 AT U. OF WASHINGTON

According to word received here three Juneau young people received their bids to join one of the Uni versity of Washington's sororities or fraternities on Monday evening which was pledge night on the Se- attle campus.
 The fortunate students were Ruth Hirst, daughter of MT. and Mrs. c. M. Hirst, pledged to Della Gamma; Herbert Mclean, son of MT. and Mrs Hector Mclean, pledg- ed to Chi Psi; and L. Fred Paul, son of MT. and Mrs. William Paul pledged to Delta Tau Delta.
 Other Alaskans receiving bids were Norma Kubley, of Ketchikan; Edith Hopkins, of Fairbanks; Fran ces Parks, of Petersburg; and Gen. evieve Strandberg, of Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03
RESULTS OF GRID GAMES
 LAST NIGHT

The following are -..ial results ol football games played last night ir various parts of the country.
 Mississippi T; Temple 12
 Birmingham Southern 6; Loyola ola of New Orleans 13.
 Depaul 6; St. Louis O.
 Rice Institute O; Duqesne IA.
 Montana O. UCLA 30. Cheney Normal T; Gonzaga 27.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03
MULLEN GOES SOUTH.
 SHORT BUSINESS TRIP

J. F. Mullen, who recently re- signed as United States Conimis- sioner, is passenger south on the Princess Louise. He expects to con- duct his business in a short time and return on the Princess Norah sailing from Vancouver on October 19.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03
NEW BOWLING
 SCHEDULED IS
 MADE PUBLIC
University of Alaska Team Enters Elks' Club
 Tournament

Matches scheduled for next week in tre Elks Bowling tourney are as follows
 Monday, October 5 7:30-Notre Dame vs. Lehigh. 8:30-Cornell vs Harvard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03

A new team, the University of AL aska, has entered the tournament Members arc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03
RESIGNS

Mrs. A. J. Adams has resigned hel position as president of the Cordova Women's Club to visit in the States Mrs. George Mcdonald, former vice president of the organization, suc- ceeds Mrs. Adams. Other officers of the Cordova club are. Mrs. A J. Mestall, Mrs. R. J. Storey, and Mrs. Mayne Watson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03
TWO MATCHES TO BE PLAYED
 AT ELKS' CLUB
Drake, Manhattan and An napolis Win Bowling
 Tits Last Night

In the bowling tournament at the Elks Club last night the Drake team won three games from Bow doin; Manhattan bested Dart mouth, 2 to 1: and Annapolis won from Columbia by t..e same score
 Scores made were:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03

Tonight the following schedule will be maintained: 7:30, West Point vs. Rutgers; 830, Rutgers vs. Lafayette.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-03
ELECTED TO OFFICE

F. A. Jones, of Cordova, has been elected manager of the Cordova Drum and Bugle Corps, which prov, ed so popular in Juneau during the American Legion Convention.
Evening star., 1936-09-27

stretching up into the heavens.
What's that?" Lynn asked. "A village
bnning?"
That" Browning announced, ''is where
they're heating the rocks"
He swung the car from the main road;
pulled up by huge pit some thirty feet long
and eight or ten feet wide. Cracking flames
were shooting madly upward; natives. sill
houetted against the fire, were throwing rocks
into the roaring Inferno.
Long before morning." Browning said,
those rocks will be glowing almost as bright
ly as the Goals. They'll keep feeding wood into
the fire until tomorrow evening. when the per-
Torrance starts"
Il guess, Lynn Downey said, you'd bet
ter drive us back"
Don't you want to 60 closer and look at
the rocks, down where you can feel the heat
from the pitt"
She shook her head and shuddered. I'm
(Confisvsd On poss 10)
Evening star., 1936-09-27

Tracy stood between Browning and Lynn.
Il don't know what you're trying to do" he
said, but if you think you can get away with
this, you're crazy"
Then he heard Lynn Downey's voice, no
longer blurred with the loose articulation
of one who is talking in her sleep. saying,
Whatever are you two men fighting about?"
Burke sensed that it was the tone of her
voice which changed Brownings attitude.
The man returned to his duties as host.
''After all, he said, laughing, what is the
argument about? asked what seemed to me
an innocent question, and Mr.. Burke started
shouting"
''You tried to hypnotic her!"
Browning's smile was ready, affable. "Of
course did. tried to hypnotic all of us; that
is, tried to illustrate the effect of drums on
human psychology"
He switched on lights, then turned off the
colored lamps. Perhaps" he said, II sue
ceeded too we'll. Looking back on it, find
Evening star., 1936-09-27
THE STORY so FAR

THE night before their ship was due in
Tahiti, Lynn DosVney and Tracy Burke,
] chatting after midnight at the railing,
were startled by a woman's screams and
sounds of struggle on the boat deck above.
A dagger flashed past them into the ocean,
and sheet of note paper, with Chinese char
acters, fluttered down and whipped against
post.
Burke, believing that someone had been
stabbed, rushed to the boat deck, in fruit
less search. Lynn soon joined him and re-
ported that the paper had blown out to sea.
Turning detective, they took stroll about
the ship. They came upon Roscoe Browning,
a collector of primitive drums who lived in
Papeete, prowling about one deck and Alton
Ckgg, apparently searching for the note
paper, on another deck
After Burke had left Lynn and returned to
his stateroom, he found that it had been
searched. Going into the corridor, he met
Lynn, now very much upset, and she led him
to her cabin on the same deck. 1t, too, had
been ransacked. Her revolver lay on the floor,
and beside it the body of dead man!
Later that night, Burke saw Lynn with a
sheet of note paper like that which had flut-
tered down from the boat deck.
Evening star., 1936-09-27

on hot stones?" Burke
asked.
''Yes," Browning said
with a smile, land the
stones are quite hot. I
wonder if you'd care to
run out and take a look
at the pit where the
stonesareb being heated?"
I'D love to-"
Browning ordered his
car to be brought, and
as he assisted Lynn into
the front seat, said. III
drive you myself"
The road wound along
the side Of the beach.
where the dumberous
sounds of the beating
surf doomed through the
night with the steady
regularity of some sleep
ing monster breathing
heavily. The headlights
Illuminated the boles of
huge coconut trees which
swept upward in grace
full curves. They drove.
for the most part, IN
silence, enchanted by
the spell of the tropical
night and the steady
pulsations Of the boom
ing surf.
At length they en-
countered juttingprom-
ontory. and Burke saw
a red. fiery glow turning
the trunks of the COCO
nutpalms into red wands
Evening star., 1936-09-27

The next day it was discovered that the
murdered man. Gregory Jackson, was notori-
GUS international crook; and only after con-
siderable questioning were Burke and Lynn
allowed to land in Papeete.
The following evening they dined at the
home of Roscoe Browning, the drum collector.
When their host demonstrated his theory
that drums could induce hypnosis, Burke
found himself growing drowsy.
Suddenly Browning said: (Which of you
has sheet Of note paper which came into
your possession the night of the murder?"
Burke tried desperately to get control of
himself, and realized that Lynn, completely
dominated by the beat of the drums, was
about to speak!
Evening star., 1936-09-27
PART III

-DRACY BURKE suddenly snapped into full
control of his mental faculties. It was
as though some obstruction which had
damned the mental forces of his mind
had been swept away. He saw Lynn Downey's
right hand groping mechanically for the "
shaped opening in the front of her dress.
Don't answer that question, Lynn!" he
shouted. Lynn, Lynn. wake up!'
Burke saw Browning coming toward him,
and got to his feet The mans face was dark
with fury. "You keep out of this" he said.
Evening star., 1936-09-27

that l. myself, am not entirely clear as to just
what happened. There's something about the
throb of drum which gets into ones blood.
admit conducting experiments from time to
time which have hypnotized my guests, but
this is the first time I've ever been affected
myself
He ushered them back into the living room,
with its deep, comfortable chairs. Once more
he was the polished. genial host, master of
himself and of the situation. Tomorrow" he
said, ''some of the natives are putting on
Prevailing ceremony. Have you ever seen
one?'
'No!' Lynn exclaimed. "And want to
very much indeed! Could we see it,"
II think 50. I'm sure it can be arranged"
"Thev actllallv walk
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-04-29
TOOK KETTLE AND ALL
 By Earl Hand of Anchorage

It was last fall in the Mat anuska Valley while 1 was working on one of those government houses that the doggonest swarm of mos quitoes came along l ever saw in all my born days.
 They started in on me and l was fighting with both hands and looking for cover when 1 stumbled &C., ross one of those big iron kettles the government is- sued to the farmers to rend CT their hog lard in.
 l turned this over me and thought l was sitting pret- ty when 1 heard a drilling noise and the mosquito bills started coming through the iron kettle as thick as hair on a dogs back.
 We'll; I grabbed the ham, mer out of my belt and start ed to clinch their bills on the inside about as fast as they came through. l thot I must have them about all fastened down When-I'm a liar-if those Matanuska mosquitoes didn't fly away with that iron kettle.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-04-29
Returns From Other Parts Alaska
 Show Strong Democratic Vote
(BY The Assoclateo Press)

(BY The Assoclateo Press)
 Juneau, April 29-With only seventeen out of fifty four precincts in the First Division reported at eleven o'clock this forenoon, Dem ocrats cast two to one more votes in the Primary Tues day than the republicans.
 Frank Boyle has a lead of ten t1 one over J $ Holman for nomination as auditor.
 On the Democratic ticket in contests for representa- tive, the figures so far are not indicative of conclusive results.
 On the republican ticket for auditor C H McSpadd- en is eighty votes ahead of Cash Cole.
 For highway engineer,
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-04-29

ment for the Bewdley divi- sion of Worcestershire.
 He has held most of the high cabinet posts leading to the premiership, and has spared enough time from politics to accumulate a for tune in the steel industry.
 It has been rumored that he plans to retire after the coronation of King Edward next year, but the direct political opposition may cause him to retreat to pri- vate life before that time.