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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-19

College Station, Raleigh, Nov. 49,
Soil erosion has been depreciating
North Carolina soils at an estimated
rate of $60,0O0,O00 a year.
This depreciation is attributed lar
gely to lost soil fertility, fields aban-
doned as result of outlying, reduc-
ton in crop yields, silted streams and
reservoirs, and increased flood haz-
ards.
The Soil Erosion Service and the
State College extension service are
seeking to remedy this situation, but
they are handicapped by lack of
information about actual conditions,
said DR.. r. Y. Winters, director of
the N. G. Agricultural Experiment
Station.
On many farms, he continued, ter
racing is not yet adequate, and many
farms are too small to permit drastic
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-19
SAYEFY RECORDSOF
CITY DRIVERS RISE
Motor Official Points to Ac-
cident Reductions Shown
In Statistics

New York, Nov 19.-"All reliable
statistics agree that the most substan-
tial gains in accident prevention are
being recorded in urban commune
ties" today asserted Lee j. Eastman,
president of the Packard Motor Car
Company, of New York, and a mem
Der of the safety traffic committee of
the Automobile Manufacturers Asso-
citation. Mr.. Eastman's observations
were made in a discussion of the rap
idly mounting Importance of highway
safety as reflected at the National Au-
tomobile Show at Grand Central
Palace.
Total highway deaths for the ma
tion were held this year at an ap-
proximate level with those of 1885. in
the face of an increase of 20 billion
car miles of travel" Mr. Eastman
continued. cit is interesting to note
that concentrated application of &C
cident-prevention methods in cities
has been SO effective as to almost off
set the rising mortality rate of the
rural districts.
Contests Are Effective.
''InterCity safety contests conduct
ed annually by the National Safety
Council, and in which upwards of l.
600 communities are contestants, have
proven to be of substantial value in
bringing down deaths and accidents.
The projection of this activity in the
form of Interstate contests is ex-
pected to produce even more wide
spread and beneficial results
"Inter-fleet contests and competi-
tions among drivers of individual
truck, bus and taxicab fleets, have
proven their effectiveness by the de-
Ginning rate of accidents in which
commercial drivers are involved
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-19
MANY never
SUSPECT CAUSE
OF BACkAChES
This Old Treatment Often
Brings Happy Relief

Many sufferers relieve nagging backache
quickly. once they discover that the real cause
Of their trouble may be tired kidneys:
The kidneys are Natures chief way, OF taking
Most people pass about pints day or about
B pounds of waste.
Frequent or scanty passages with smarting
and burning shows there may be something
wrong with your kidneys or bladder.
An excess Of acids or poisons in your blood.
when due to functional kidney disorders, may
be the cause of nagging backache, rheumatic
pains. lumbago, leg pains, loss Of pep and en-
ergy. getting up nights. swelling, puti1ness
under the eyes, headaches and dizziness.
Don't waiti Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years They give happy relief and will help the
Is miles of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from your blood. Get Doan's Pills.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-19

The two great buildings in -,
A Athens, the great Temple o ~
Parthenon and the PropvIaoo" the
greatest secular building ;r"d the
Athens were both built Of a ao,a
tinted marble. golden
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-19
New Way to Hold
False Teeth in Place

DO false teeth annoy you by drop
ping or slippinga Just sprinkle little
Fasteeth on your plates. This new fine
powder holds teeth firm and comfort
able. No gummy, pasty taste or feel
ing. Sweetens breath. Get Fasteeth
from your druggist Three sizes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-19

and a half hours"
In the schools, Taylor will discuss
briefly various points in swine pro-
duction, give the farmers opportunity
to ask questions, and show two short
movies"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-19

Rittenhouse, the famous American
philosopher scientist, contemporary
of Benjamin Franklin, as boy used
to draw geometrical diagrams on his
plough and study them as he turned
uD the furrOw
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-19

Nations are only ethically justified
by their capacities for realizing the
development of separate individual
tiles.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
VETTERL| GIVEN \
OMAN VACANCY
Survivor of Kansas City
Massacre Succeeds Har-
vey at Philadelphia.

Reed vetterli, survivor of the KaS,
sas City Union Station massacre Of
1893, has been appointed by J. Edgar
Hoover, director 6f the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, to succeed f.
George Harvey. as special agent in
charge Of the Philadelphia field office.
Vetterli was agent in charge Of the
Kansas City, Mo, field ONCE. when
word came from fellow agents that
they had captured the notorious gun
man, Frank Nash, in Hot Springs.
Ark. The agent informed Vettern
they would bring Nash to Kansas
City by train early the next morning,
en- route to Leavenworth Penitentiary.
Taken by Surprise.
Vetterli. with Special Agent Ray
mond j. Caffrey and City Detectives
William j. Groom and Frank E. Her.
manson, met Nash and his captors-
two Federal agents and Police Chief
Otto Reed of McAlester. Okla, at the
station and the group walked across
the plaza TO two waiting automobiles.
AS the officers we're putting Nash
llito q CdE d SIull FOlCc SllOuIeQ, Let
em have it," Machine guns and shot
guns in the hands of Pretty Boy"
Floyd, Adam Richetti and Verne
Miller raked the group, killing Agent
Caffrey, Chief Reed and City Detec-
tives Groom and Hermanson. Nash
was killed in the crossfire. Vetterli
returned the fire, but the assassins
escaped. Vetterli was active in the
manhunt, which ended in the fatal
shooting of Floyd more than a year
ago. Richetti is awaiting execution.
Miller was slain by gangsters, who
feared he would talk.
Newman at st. Louis.
j. z. Newman, agent in charge of the
San Francisco field office, will succeed
Vetterli at st. Louis, where the latter
has been agent in charge recently.
w. l.. Listerman, agent In charge at
Trenton, N. j., will replace Newman
on the coast.
z. L. Richmond, agent attached to
the Washington headquarters of the
bureau. will take charge of the Tren-
ton office.
Evening star., 1936-01-03

said to have been going between 18
and 20 miles an hour. had slowed
down somewhat for the intersection Of
Manning and Sherrier places, the jury
was told. The tracks were coated with
snow and ice, 1t was added.
The childs mother, Mrs. Margaret
Miller, did not appear at the inquest.
An inquest into the death Of Miss
Nellie Dashiell, who died in a Ia
koma Park (Md) sanitarium Tues
day. also was scheduled for today.
Miss Dashiell, author Of numerous
poems and travel articles, was hurt
in traffic accident here last Summer.
II her death is found to have re-
suited from her injuries, her name
will bring the total of trafic acci-
dents in 1885 to 1l3.
Death Held Suicide.
Until coroner's jury issued a ver-
dict Of suicide in the death of Clar-
ence Courtney. So, Of Rosslyn. Va,
who was killed by q truck Tuesday,
his name was included among the
traffic fatalities.
Courtney was hit by an Army truck
on Key Bridge. The coroner's jury
decided that Courtney, who had been
despondent over the death Of his wife
ave months ago. Jumped" beneath the
wheels of the truck, which was driven
by Pvt. Bernard E. Martin. II, at
tached to Walter Reed Hospital.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
VIII Hays, T., Popular Speaker
When Lecturing on Hollywood
Though Still in College, Son of Movie
Gear Fills Many Engagements.
Reads From "Sh00ting' Scripts.

! material furnished him by movie Of
fcials.
One stunt he does is to read from
shooting scripts"-the rough draft
the director uses-which includes both
dialogue and direction. The current
favorite is the script for "The CRU
sades"
It is when his formal speech IS
ended and he says he will answer
questions that the fun begins.
"They fire all sorts Of questions at
me-" Hays, jr.. says, "but mostly
they want to know personal things
about the stars. How much does
Mae West weigh? Is Harold Lloyd's
home life happy? What sort Of per-
son Is Charlie Chaplin? What is
Shirley Temples real age?"
They kept him on his feet for an
hour and q half answering, or try
ing to answer, similar questions at
one of his recent appearances and
desisted only when officials in charge
called halt on the ground the
speaker was exhausted.
Young Hays-"Bill' to his college
mates-is active In other campus af-
fairs. He Is q member of Phi Delta
Theta, the same social fraternity to
which his father belonged. and last
year as o sophomore was an assistant
editor Of the CavemaT, college hui
NOR magazine. ....-.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
HONEYMOON CRASH
IS FATAL TO BRIDE
Mrs, Robert Preston Barry, 10, Of
Nashville, Tenn, Dies at
Staunton, Va.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STAUNTON, Va, January 3.-Mrs
Robert Preston Barry, 10, socially
prominent bride of Nashville, Tenn,
died in Kings Daughters Hospital here
at 4:25 am. today of injuries received
in an automobile accident four miles
north of here on Lee Highway last
night.
Her skull was fractured and her
arms broken in the collision which
brought to tragic end a honeymoon
trip to New York with her 25-year- old
husband.
The condition of Mr. Barry was pro-
nounced as satisfactory by hospital
attendants
Virginia highway police reported the
honeymooners' coupe collided with a
truck driven by Charles Rinehart of
Burlington, N. c., while Mrs. Barry
was driving.
Rinehart said he opened the wrecked
coupe door to find Barry sitting in a
dazed condition. His wifes head was
in his lap.
The truck driver was held on a
technical charge Of careless and reck-
less driving.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
TODD DEATH PROBE.
SHIFT IS TO CAFE.
Surroundings Where Late
Screen Actress Lived Will
Be Thoroughly Inspected.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, January 3.-Grand
Jurors, told that laugh provoking
Thelma Todd was unhappy and
"dreary," took their investigation Of
the screen condolences death today to
the seaside cafe where she lived and
the garage where she died.
In the face of new testimony that
the actress was subject to spells of
dependency, Jury Foreman George
Rochester said:
1T looks as if the suicide angle may
be just build-up. In the actual evil
dence have found nothing to support
this theory definitely"
Previously Rochester said he had
found evidence of murder by monox-
ide." Police and the coroner's Jury
held to theory of accidental death.
The grand jury is ferreting out the
possibility of murder.
Quarters to Be Inspected.
The entire jury prepared to inspect
the cafe and the stars apartment ad-
joining that of Roland West, former
film director, and her best friend"
The jurors will test the lock on the
door leading into the living quarters
by which West said he unwittingly
prevented Miss Todd from entering
early December Is on her return from
Hollywood party.
They will climb the 271 steps from
the cafe to the garage owned by
Vests estranged wife, Jewel Carmen,
where Miss Todd's body was found.
West, twice witness before the
inquisitorial body, is expected to be
called third time before the hearings
conclude, possibly next week.
Believes Death Accidental.
IT am ready and anxious to tell
everything and to do everything I can
to aid in clearing up the mystery of
my dear friends death. although I
personally believe she died accidental
ly," he said.
At yesterdays hearing Ida Lupino,
English cinema player. said she re-
called Miss Todd had been unhappy
and positively dreary" as far back as
three years ago, and expressed fire.
quently a wish that some accident
would take her life.
When a physician informed the
comedienne that bad heart allowed
her only three or four more years to
live. Miss Lupino said, 1.-The news
seemed to please her."
Evening star., 1936-01-03
Carman Cleared at Inquest
In Death of Boy on Sled
Lost Child in Similar
Manner T,UO Years
Ago, He Says.
accident Verdict Follows
Testimony OtDOnald
MilIer's Father.

The death OF Donald Miller, 7, who
was killed yesterday when his sled
coasted in front Of Potomac Heights
street car. was held accidental by q
coroner's jury today. The verdict au-
tomatically exonerated w. Lynn Moore,
34l5 M street, motorman of the car.
The boys father. Clyde Miller, 1892
Macomb street, Sobbed out the story
Of the tragedy from the witness stand
today. He, too, absolved the motor
man Of any blame
Moore went through a similar ex-
perience about two years ago, when he
lost child. Several months ago, an
other of his children suffered a frac-
tured skull.
Miller told the jury:
II want to say, now, that is the most
courageous motorman I've ever seen.
He tried to stop the car, I'll have to
give him credit for that. God Almighty
couldn't have stopped it, though, If He
had been along"
Visit to Neighbor.
Miller, an employe of the Standard
Oil Co., said he had taken his wife
and their 5-month-old baby to the
home of a neighbor at 5702 Sherrier
place, where they expected to spend
several days. He had gone back to
get the baby buggy and some groceries
and Donald went with him.
When they arrived at Skerrier
place, Donald, who was pulling a sled,
begged his father to let him coast
down the hill. Miller protested be-
cause Of the car tracks on the hill,
but when he had seen a car 20 by he
assumed another would not pass for
Is minutes.
As soon as the boy coasted from his
fathers side, however, Miller saw a
second car.
Preston Gregory, 5318 Ianning
place. who was cleaning snow from
the steps of his home, witnessed the
accident. He said he heard the car
and saw the boy at the same time.
He said he prayed the child would
turn in time.
Boy Holds Out Hand.
The boy, Gregory related, held out
one arm as If to ward off the street
car
Moore testified he saw the boy or
feet from the tracks when the car
was about is feet from the point OF
impact. He applied the emergency
brakes, he said, but the car did not
stop until 1t had struck the child and
continued about 100 feet. The body
was carried about 40 feet.
Moore testified he assisted the boys
father in carrying him to Gregory's
home, where he was pronounced dead
by an Emergency Hospital physician.
The brakes on the car were in good
condition yesterday morning whcr
they underwent usual inspection, II
was testified by an inspector. The car
Evening star., 1936-01-03
bALLOU PROPOSAL
STUDIED BY BOARD
Fixing of kindergarten Max.
imum Enrolment Is
Advocated.

Members of the Board Of Education
today we're studying the suggestion of
| DR.. Frank w. Bailou. superintendent,
that maximum enrollments fpr public
school kindergartens be fixed in order
not to oyerburden teachers.
The recommendation, made yester-
day was so vigorously opposed that
action was delayed until members of
the board can acquaint themselves
with conditions.
DR.. Bailou asserted that under
present financial arrangements, no
additional kindergarten teachers may
be employed. and the system is so
crowded that some of the present
schools have to be divided into two
sections.
Advance Waiting List.
The superintendent recommended
that maximum enrollments be fixed
i'll advance of the beginning of the
second semester on February l, so
that waiting lists may be set up then,
if they are necessary.
He asked that schools With only one
teacher be limited to so pupils, with
IS attending morning sessions and %
afternoon sessions. Schools with tive
teachers would have a maximum of &c
children. with no more than IS attend
ing the halliday sessions.
Many of the teachers care for that
many at present." DR.. Ballou said
land this statement of policy merely
will continue into the new term the
same situation we have now"
Several members of the board, par
ticularly Henry Gilligan. objected or
the ground that pupils should not be
barred, regardless of congestion. II
was pointed out to him, however, that
the compulsory attendance law does
not apply to children Of kindergarten
age.
Statistics Requested.
The superintendent was asked to
furnish statistics on present enroll
ment, average attendance and the
number of children cared for by each
teacher. Gilligan asserted that 40
children are not too many for one
teacher
well" answered Mrs. Marion Wade
Doyle, II have three of my own, and
I don't believe any person can give
40 children the attention they need
in single day"
The subject will be taken up again
At the next meeting of the board.
Evening star., 1936-01-03

tarily. the money will be turned over
to her.
mo doubt" Thyrring said. "Alva
has been worrying over her long abb
sence from school. She need not
worry over this. as she will not have
to account to the school authorities
for her absence"
Alva is 5 feet inches tall. weighs
lis pounds and has medium blond
hair, naturally wavy, which is usually
worn combed back. She has large,
blue-gray eyes, full lips, high FORE
head, medium nose and fair CON-
plexicn.
The girl had been attending Gen.
trail High School, but prior to her
disappearance had "cut" classes to
model for art students at a junior
high school
Another missing person case was
turned over to police today, when
Mrs. Bertha MCGEE asked aid in 10.
eating her 6-year-old daughter
Juanita, who left her home, at HOS
East Capitol street. yesterday. When
last seen, the child was wearing a
tan coat, brown hat, blue dress and
black slippers.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
For Returning Congress
men the Campaign
Has Already Begun.
BY PAUL MALLON.

N 70 DETECTIVE work Is neeoec
to find out the controlling
" force behind this session Of
Congress. 1t is politics, anc
more politics. You can see 1t behind
nearly every advance plan. act and
speech. The Capitol atmosphere has
rarely been so highly surcharged with
1t at the opening of session.
The election is yet 10 months of
for most people. but not for the
Congressmen. For them it is to-
morroao and tomorrow, providing
their last chance to polish up their
records and sape their skins.
Democrats, Republicans, Farmer
Laborites and what-nots were busily
at it long before the bell was to call
them to their appointed places. They
will be at 1t until the bell sends them
home about five months hence.
Why the Bonus Rush?
You may have wondered, for in
stance. why there is all this rush to
get the bonus passed in such hurry
at the opening Of the session.
The answer to that is lot OF con-
gressional leaders from the good old
South are a little worried about their
Spring primaries. They stood with
their President last time against the
inflationary bonus. 1t was their duty
as leaders to do so, but it was not very
popular with the organized veterans
in their districts.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
ELKTON CONSTABLE'S
REHIRING RESCINDED
City Heads Change Mind After
Reappointing Officer Who Ar
rested Persian Minister.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ELKTON, Md, January 3.-The
Elkton Town Council today rescinded
the reappointment of Clayton L. Eli
son, constable who had been dismissed
after the arrest of the Persian minister
on a charge of speeding here.
The council reconsidered its action
shortly after a member who declined
to use his name had disclosed that
Ellison had been rehired. This spokes-
man had said 1t was felt the officer had
been punished enough" for his part
in the incident.
Another spokesman represented the
Council as feeling Ellison's reinstate-
ment might cause further complica-
tions in situation that already had
caused protests and apologies to be
made.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
BLAST DESTROYS
=ELMIRA, N. Y, BANK
Explosion, Causing 100000
Damage, Believed Caused
by Gas Leak.
BY the Associated Press.


ELMIRA. N. Y, January 3.-An
inferior explosion, believed by police
to have been caused by leak in a
gas main, destroyed the hree-story
Elmira Savings Bank last night, with
loss estimated at more than 100000.
Apparently no one was in the build
ing at the time. Michael Leahy,
treasurer. had left for home less than
I'VE minutes before the blast.
The Chemung Valley Savings and
Loan Associations three STORY build
ing adjoining the savings bank also
suffered damage.
The entire front and interior of the
bank were torn out by the blast. The
vaults in the rear we're untouched.
ALI currency and papers had been
placed in the vault by Leahy just be-
fore leaving.
The bank is capitalized at approxi-
mately S1.000,000 its president is
Seymour Lowman, former Lieutenant
Governor and former Assistant Secre-
taFy of the United States Treasury.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
Staying SUSPECT
IS SECRETLY HELD
Police Guard Colored Man in Muir
der of Haverford College
Housekeeper.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BROOKLINE, Pa, January "a
secretly impaneled coroner's jury last
night recommended that Roy Critten.
ton, colored. be held without bail. ir
connection with the Staying December
% Of Mrs. Mary Louise Ginder, 10
housekeeper at Haverford College.
Fourteen extra police stood guard
during the inquest.
Officials said two anonymous tele-
phone calls limiting harm might come
to Crittenton were responsible for
the secrecy.
Mrs. Ginder was killed by q shot
gun charge as she sat at family
reunion dinner at the college.
Crittenton, arrested later that night.
was quoted by Haverford township
police as saying he fired because the
matron discharged him.
Only three witnesses were heard.
Two were Mrs. Ginder's sons, Lieut..
John B. Ginder, U. S. N, and Charles
T. Ginder Of Dayton, Ohio.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
GOLD POLICY HIT
IN SUIT ON BANK
Conversion" of Property Is Seen
by Firm Suing Federal
Reserve.

Sythe Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 3.-Charg-
Ing the Governments gold policy
amounted to conversion" of property,
the British American Tobacco Co.,
Ltd, sought in Federal court yes
terday to recover $4,331 ,509.75 from
the Federal Reserve Bank in New
yerk.
The suit was regarded in Wash
tngton as a test attack to reach the
Government indirectly. Counsel for
the Federal Reserve System there
said it was the first move to collect
from reserve bank funds allegedly
lost through the gold policy.
THE plaintiff charged it lost the
money as a result of the executive
erder directing the surrender of gold
bullion.
The bullion was surrendered to the
New York Reserve Bank in 1888, the
suit said, and the company received
$6,24e,235 IS in reserve notes. The
bullion, the firm held, had a pur-
chasing power of ''at least" $4,331,-
@a75 greater than the notes.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
GOLD MAY FIGURE
IN MONEY PARLEYS
Morgenthau Drops Hint in Re-
porting Progress on Mexi-
can Talks.

BY the Associated Press.
Projecting series Of conferences
with silver-using nations, Secretary
Morgenthau last night intimated the
future of gold may also be involved
in the discussions.
Expressing a belief that such talks
would prove mutually beneficial, the
Treasury head said livery satisfactory
progress" had been made in discus
sions this week with Eduardo Suarez,
finance minister OF Mexico.
The hint that gold or the combined
use of both gold and silver in the
monetary systems Of the nations might
be involved, came in an assertion that
the Mexican conferences were in con-
formity with the program outlined by
President Roosevelt when the silver
purchase act was passed. The Chief
Executive suggested talks with neigh
boring countries on monetary policies,
including use of gold anG silver.
Evening star., 1936-01-03

patriotic example to his grand
children and at the same time get
the old job back.
The Republicans hold q graSs-roots
convention. So this month at At
lanta thereu be what you might call
grass-widow convention fof the
revolving Southern Democrats-ab-
solutely too revolving for words, to
hear Jim Farley talk. You see,
they've been divorced, but the decree
is not yet final.
Southern Democrats are great for
seeding and remaining so every day
in the year except just one day. On
election, they become reconciled long
enough to vote the straight DEM
ocratic ticket. Twenty minutes later
they're of the reservation again.
hear a number Of bankers will
attend This would seem to indicate
changing trend. Fer quite a while
after 1929 very few bankers went to
Atlanta voluntarily.
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