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Evening star., 1936-12-25
Salisbury Mail sets Record.

SALISBURY. Md, December 25 Up.
Tho local post once announced S..
288 pieces Of f1rst-class mail was
handled December Al, . new record
for one day. It was 90 Per cent
greater than the same day last year
and . fourth more than on December
81. 1929. when 1880 pieces were
handled.
Evening star., 1936-12-25
Paw Boost Is Yule Present.

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Deem
Der rs Especially. A 7 per cent in
crease in wages, effective January /,
was announced to employees of the
United Clay Products Co.. with prin-
cipal operating plant at North Noun
tain, this county, yesterday.
Evening star., 1936-12-25
URSES set up q Christmas tree
today in the Emergency Hos
pital room Of Betty Anne jar

man, Z, and Howell Jarman,
jr., 5, and put beneath 1t presents for
the children given by the firemen, but
the young girl and her brother were
too Iii to know. Betty Anne suffered
from the burns which scared her face
and Howell had been placed In an
oxygen tent to aid him in his battle
against pneumonia.
In q ward nearby their mother. Mrs.
Edna Jarman, 26-year-old widow, was
recovering from burns she received
when fire drove she and her four
children from their home Thurs
day night. And down at the Re.
ceivi1g home. where all four chill
dren spent . few unhappy days tn
Evening star., 1936-12-25
PERSONAL TOUCH.

PERSONAL TOUCH.
THE machine age took some of the
personal element out of the
Christmas of one man who set out to
defy it. We know because Betty Rubin
told US.
According to her story, a secretary
In downtown Office noticed that her
boss was giving personal attention to
the stamps and flaps Of the envelopes
holding his Christmas cards.
She suggested that he use the auto
matte moistener II he would keep that
bad taste out Of his mouth.
mo-" said the man. I'm against
the machine age, so I always lick all
the stamps and flaps myself. A sort
Of personal touch, you know"
He stuck to it only so long as the
girl was watching, it later developed.
He just had not noticed the machine
she had placed on his desk until his
attention was called to 1t.
4 4 \ 4
PRACTICE.
Out at Maryland ~" the students
put their psychology teaching to prac-
tical use as witness the fnesse Of q
group Of young men to get free ride
to their homes in washington.
One day this week dozen or more
students stood along the road near
the university making earnest gestures
to passing motorists for q ride home.
Not one machine slowed up.
Evening star., 1936-12-25

Not realizing the extent Of the dam
age and being in q hurry, Fusco neg
lected to stop. When he did so, at the
suggestion Of third motorist who
drove up beside to signal more than
average damage, all hope Of finding
the other man apparently had van
ished.
Only apparently" however, for no
sooner than Fusco stopped than an
other car did likewise. It was the Of
fender who had been chasing him, too.
The latter did not argue. He just gave
Fusco the name Of q garage, told him
to have the damage repaired, and send
him the bill.
Evening star., 1936-12-25
Fire

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-12-25
Mrs. Roosevelt

CONTINUED From First Page.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-17
NAVAL men CONFER ON SAFETY
OF II. s. MISSIONARIES IN CHINA

General Tsai Ting-Kai, hero of
the 10th route army's defense OF
Shanghai against the aJpanese in
1882, fastened to Canton from
Hong Kong to inlist under the
banner of General Chen Chi-Tang,
Southwestern Overload, who has
been ordered ousted by Marking;
Vernacular newspapers said
Tsai offered to reorganize and
revive the 10Th army, which was
dissolved by Chang Kai-Shek in
1894 when it rebelled against his
rule while on garrison duty in
Fukien province.
The Cantonese war lords speed
ed their work preparations by
communicating all junks, samp-
ans and other craft on the West
river. They were turned over to
the military.
Chen faced difficulty in mobil-
izing his forces for war. The Sec
ond Kwangtung army group com
manded by General Chang Dab
repeatedly refused to fight Nam
kings crack troops. Thew were
ordered withdrawn to Yingtak,
far behind the lines.
Apprehensive Canton residents,
fearing a battle for the city when
Marking forces under General Yu
Han+Mou press deeper into NV
anything, continued to evacuate.
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Copyright 1886 by United Press

Copyright 1896 by United [ It1S
HONG KONG, July IT. (Uf)'
American missionaries in South
west China's civil war danger
area is causing anxiety for OIL
ficers commanding the South
China patrol, U. S. Asiatic fleet
They conferred yesterday WIN
American consular officials a.
Hong Kong and Canton regaralng
protection of American citizens
during fighting, now believed I'm,
minent, between Generalisslmo
Chang Kai-Shek's Central gov
eminent forces and the reDe'
armies of Kwangtung and h"alls
81 provinces. ,;s
Most seriously endangered ms
sionaries were listed as follows !,
Nj. w. Rankin of NeWbury' -
c., now stationed at ShulcHo:tM
r. r. Montgomery of Yates guy
ILL.,, stationed at LinchoW: w. -
Winter of Chicago and his WIZ WIZ
residing at Tsingyuen; DR.: al any
Mrs. Homer Bradshaw of Br9Cn =,
awayville, La, stationed at Lilil
chow, and A. H. Van Etten "
Pasadena, Cal, in service at LII
chow. c,+or
While Marking and Canton
commanders moved their aIlll, 't
to battle along a far-flung lro"'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-17
HOUSEWIVES WILL PAY MORE
FOR STAPLE FOODS is SAID
Drouth Is Now Affecting
e Counties in North
Carolina

WASHINGTON, July II. .(UP).
The American housewife will pay
more during the coming year for
many of the staple foods on her
table. Drouth is the cause. But
she need not fear a shortage.
This is the essence of two an
nouncements by the agriculture
department whose experts have
been delving into the probable re-
suit of this abnormal, hot dry
summer which has parched crops
in II states.
Drouth, like creeping poison
gas, moved slowly over more of
the country yesterday. 1t spread
into North Carolina, covered rs
counties there and blanketed 10
more counties in Georgia and five
in Kentucky. The government con,
tinued to ship food and send
money into the stricken areas,
now including ASP counties.
Surveying national crop pro :
poets, Doctor A. G. Black, chief OF
the agriculture departments bu-
reau of economics predicted that
the total food supply for domestic
consumption and export for the
present season would be about
three per cent less than in 1888
SO and one per cent les sthan IN
l93435. But he added, reassur-
ingly:
"Although production of some
food crops has been seriously
curtailed by the drouth, the total
supply of foods in general for the
u months ending with June 1897
appears to be ample for domestic
consumption
The outlook for various staple
food supplies bought by most
housewives may be summarized
thus: -,
Meat-Because of the drouth
there will be about four per cent
less than in the 1885 season;
The ranches had not recovered
from the 1884 dry summer before
the present one hit them.
Bread - This years wheat
crop will be the fourth successive
small one. Hence the supply is
short. America may be forced to
import hard and durum wheats'
Total supplies are estimated at
1853 100000 bushels, or two per
cent less than last year.
Vegetables-The crop has been
substantially reduced by scorcH-
ing weather in the southeastern
Continued on page three)
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BRITON SAVING.
king EDWARDS.
LIFE LIONIZED.
Man Seeking to Murder
King Is Placed Under
Observation
BRITISH SUBJECTS
SHOCKED, OUTRAGED

LONDON, July II. - (UP).-
Special Constable Anthony Cor
don Dick, SO. travelling salesman
and former navy stoker, became
national hero today when he was
officially affirmed as the man to
whom King Edward owes his life.
1t was Dick who first saw George
Andrew Mcmahon, 81, eccentric
journalist, aim a pistol at the king
as he led parade of foot guards
men down Constitution Hill.
Dick sprang on him, knocked
the pistol from his hand and Crap
pied with him. Dick was ionized
throughout the United Kingdom
but took it modestly. This morn
ing he went to work and hurried
out on his sales rounds to avoid
queStioners.
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Sing Sing Scene
OF z Executions
Woman Wheeled to Chair
in State of Coma

SING SING PRISON, oSSIN-
ING, N. Y, July II. (UP).-Mrs.
Mary Frances Creighton rode to
a horrible death last night in
wheel chair but she knew nothing
of it. =,
The fiabby, 37-year-old woman.
who twice had been acquitted OF
poison murders, was electrocuted
At II :07 o. m. for the arsenic MUIR
der of Mrs. Ada Apologize in the
Long Island town of Baldwin last
fall. -. ~. ~, :,
When the inert hulk that a few
minutes before. had been a wife
and mother was rolled out on a
morgue table, her former para
mour, Everett c. Apologize, hus-
band of the murdered woman, fol-
lowed her to the electric chair. =
They were convicted Jointly OF
numbering Applegate's 300-pound
wife so that Apologize would be
free to marry Ruth Creighton,
the woman Borgia's 15.year-old
daughter. Apologize admittedly
seduced the child after he tired Of
her mother.
Mrs. Creighton gave no slight
est sign Of life or consciousness
when she was brought into the
execution chamber in wheel
chair. The "a official witnesses,
% of them newspapermen, agreed
that she was completely uncon-
scious,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-17
Fascist Leader
In Rumania Is
Killed In Hospital


BUCHAREST, Rumania, July
IT. (UP).-Nikols Stelescu, lead
err of the Fascist Crusaders
league, was assassinated yester-
day by eight members of the rival
Iron Guard Order who forced
their way into a hospital where
Stelescu was recovering from a
recent foot operation. They lined
up doctors and nurses in the cor
ridors and then fired 13 shots into
Stelescu. He died Immediately.
The gunner then hurried to the
nearest police station and surren-
dered. They were held for trial.
Their leader said they killed Ste
lescu for political reasons.
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ASSAILANT'S IDENTITY
STILL NOT DEFINITE
(Copxripht. 1896. United Press)

Copyright, 1886, United Press)
LONDON, July II. - (UP).-
King Edward VIII, the worlds
freest monarch, was saved from
assassination yesterday by the
prompt intervention of his shocked
and outraged subjects.
Andrew Mcmahon, middle aged,
crippled, slightly bald journalist,
was jailed on charges of possess
ing firearms with intent to kill.
An Irishman with what he consid-
cred a grievance against British
justice, he pointed revolver at
his majesty at 1921 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and then hurled
the unfred gun at the kings rich
ly caparisoned mount as he was
seized.
Newspapers and officials were
unable to agree whether the as
sailant was correctly named
George Andrew Mahon, George
Andrew Mcmahon or Jerome Ban
nigan. He was called Mahon for
the most part and so booked at
the Bow Street court. Scotland
Yard officials said they were con-
tinuing to determine the assail-
ants identity definitely and to de-
eide just who prevented him from
shooting the king.
The attempt on the kings life
occurred only a few minutes aft,
er he had made a stirring speech
before six battallions of England's
most famous guards regiments,
the flower of the British army.
Humanity cries for peace" his
majesty said before taking his
place at the head of 5000 troops
in a procession down Constitution
hill a short, tree-line davenue, to
buckingham palace.
Surging throngs were cheering
the king wildly after he present,
ed colors to the guards amidst
scenes of pomp and splendor IN
Hyde park.
Then Mahon until now an incon-
spicuous figure among thousands,
pointed his gun. 1t had not been
fired for some time, the police
and Scotland Yard established,
Continued on page three)
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FLOCCINC CASE.
QUIZ NARR0ES.
But Federal Men Will Be
Called in if Two-State
Angle Found

CONWAY, S. c., July IL
(UP).-What started at first to
be a red-hot investigation of the
fogging of Monroe Fowler, Horny
county farmer, possibly invoking
the aid of law enforcement Off
GERS of the two Carolinas, today
had simmered down to a private
search bp county officers for night
riders who had harmed their citi-
zenry.
Exactly one week since the
white robed. hooded vigilantes
bounced upon the 4O-year-old
farmer, lashing his bare back I'M
til ne crumbled under the blows,
Sheriff w. f. Sessions and a hand
full of his officers alone are on the
case. Wednesday, Fowler asked
that the case be dropped, saying
he deserved the flogging, and
refused to press the charge. Tins
necessitated Chief Constable j. H.
Jeanes, of the governors force,
leaving the case.
An ordeal grim and brutal had
been related to Session Monday
by Fowler, and although Fowler
later said he wanted to forget 1t
ALL" Session was not so quick TO
forget.
There was the possibility that
the attack had some bearing on
the previous North Carolina fog
gings, when at least four women
and two men were assertedly
whipped, and he evidently thought
it should be traced down. He
seemed prone to let the illegal
practice of masked citizens band
themselves and enforce law OF
their own.
Should Sessions, in his private
search, unearth information lead
ing to a connection between the
North and South Carolina attack
he could call for federal aid, since
the vigilantes' crossing the state
line would create federal of
| Tense.
Meanwhile, in Columbia, Chief
Jeanes last night asserted should
anyone ask that he enter the case
again, he would do so, but reiter,
| ated that "since Fowler refused t.
press the charge" there WASH
Il
anything he could do
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Naturalization
OF Industries In
France VotedOn
Chamber Votes Action on
War Industries; Issue
up to Senate

PARIS, July II. (UP).-The
3O-year campaign in this nation
for naturalization of war indus
tries reached a climactic stage to-
day when the chamber of depu-
ties passed the left wing govern
ment's naturalization bill by a
vote of 484 to IS.
The bill goes to the senate for
action before adjournment two
weeks hence. The bill provides
full public control of the indus
tries of death.
A distinction is drawn between
industries specializing in the pro
duction of war materials and
those manufacturing accessories
and parts.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-17

RENEW SIEGE
OVER MIDWEST
Deaths Now Placed at
Over 42O0; Relief Is
Said Remote

CHICAGO, July II. (UP).-
Heat and drouth laid a new seige
across the suffering plains states.
Suffocating heat, which has killed
upwards of 1920 persons in IA
days and destroyed more than
half a billion dollars worth OF
farm crops rose again in the Da..
kotas and spread across most OF
the great area bounded by Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Indiana and Wis
conSin.
There is a possibility that per-
manent relief may come next
week but it is 100 remote for fore
casting, J. R. Lloyd of Chicago
said. A mass of cool air is form
ing over the north Pacific coast.
CHICAGO, July II. (UP). -
The heat wave is coming back,
sections of the country which had
enjoyed two days of normal
weather, heard yesterday and pre-
pared for the worst. -,
Warmer weather was forecast
for today in Eastern Minnesota
Northeastern Iowa, extreme
Northern India, Northwestern up
per Michigan and Wisconsin.
High temperatures were to con-
tinue undated in Wyoming, Ne
braska, Oklahoma and Kansas.
By Saturday Chicago viii revert
to the high nineties with suDur-
ban sections passing the lOO7de-
gree mark on heatweary ther-
mometers.
This was the forecast of j. H.
Lloyd, Chicago weather bureau
observer, who blamed it on "a re-
generation of heat over the Da-
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-17
CITYS ANNUAL HORSE SHOW
LAUNCHED AT 2 O'CLOCK;
NEARLY 200 HORSES ARE HERE
Second Session of Show
Sci for Saturday at
the Same Hour

The Hendersonville Horse Show
officially opened this afternoon at
9 o'clock with almost 200 horses
in the city for the two-day show
and with hundreds of visitors and
local people in attendance.
Overcast skies failed to dampen
the enthusiasm of local SPONSORS
of the event and officials of the
show today expressed the opinion
that the quality of the show en-
tries was as high or higher than
for any similar event held in this
entire section.
Visitors began arriving in the
city this morning to attend the
show. Most exhibitors arrived yes
terday afternoon and last night.
Horses are stabbed in the old
Howell-Pless lumber building, just
off North Main street, and at the
Turner barn, also located just of
North Main street. Some of the
finest horses in the South are here
for the show and visitors may see
them at the two stables. Some
horses are also stabbed at the Fas-
STERN School barn and may also
be seen there.
The show opens at 2 o'clock
each afternoon and will continue
through the afternoon. A variety
of classes will be shown each day,
and camp classes, representing
practically all of the best summer
camps in this area, have been d.
vided and will be shown on both
afternoons. Championship classes
for three and fve-gaited horses
and for jumpers are scheduled fol
Saturday afternoon.
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Townsendites
Are Banning
Endorsements

CLEVELAND, July II. (UP).
Motions or resolutions to endorse
any 1886 presidential candidate
were barred from consideration
by the Townsend Plan national
convention leaders in an attempt
to calm the political storm sweep
ing the movement. .,
Vice President Conner Smith,
who attacked Father Coughlln
and defended President Roosevelt,
promised to returns to the conven,
ton. Townsend said Smith would
be permitted to come back but
would be removed from office at
some future date.
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|ecret Service
Probes G-Men

s.iaSSaINGTON, July It. CUP.
! 5, AT 1a Grady cartwright of
H. t a"' secret service office
n, mere today and described
.S S1perlors how secret service
f. a~sged.y took it upon them
rS,er's G-men. j. Nus"i
h. officials said there
b. ~ De- De no immediate announce
| ',cr a'.sr a conference. Under
[5r,"",,.' secret service jurisdiction
Ee,y =, protecting the life and
kciSo VI tae president and en-
MISUNDERSTANDING laws.
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FINCERPRINTS
STUDIED IN
GIRLS DEATH
N. Y. University Honor
Student on Brief Visit,
Murdered
HOTEL GUESTS SEE
MAN FLEE BUILDING

ASHEVILLE, July l7.-(UP).
Sheriff Lawrence Brown of Bun
combe county, today said the
fingerprints found in the hotel
room where blonde Helen Clev-
enger was attacked and slain had
been sent to Washington for
Identification.
He declined to say how many
prints were found and where they
were located.
"There has been no identified
ton thus far but we hope to find
a lead by this MEANS" he added.
The pretty 19-year-old New
York university honor student
was attacked and shot to death
Thursday morning by an assailant
who left no trace of the crime but
who apparently was seen by
guests and employees Of the hotel
as he made his escape about l
a. m.
ASHEVILLE, July l7.-(UP).
The pajama clad body of pretty.
blonde Helen Clevenger, 10, of
Great Kills, N. Y, was found in
her room at a fashionable hotel
here early yesterday. A bullet
from rs calibre pistol had
passed through her breast and
lodged near her spine, and she
had been stabbed in the face with
a knife or a pair of scissors by
mysterious intruder, possibly al
ter a criminal attack.
The body was discovered by the
girls uncle, w. L. Clevenger, OF
Raleigh, when he went to rouse
her yesterday morning. She was
lying half in and half out of the
bathroom, her knees bent back as
though she had been kneeling
when she was shot.
Police admitted they had not a
single clue of Importance. The
uncle was released after question
ing.
Neither the gun nor any weap-
on which could have inflicted the
wounds on the girls face was
found, although an empty pistol
cartridge was lying on the floor
beside the body.
"We're investigating and that's
ALL" officers said. "No arrests
have been made, and at present
we can't see a possibility of any,
Clevenger, an employee of the
state agricultural department. at
North Carolina State college in
Raleigh, had no comment. He and
the girl registered at the hotel
Tuesday evening.
Wednesday night, the two re-
turned to their rooms about 1880
D. M, hotel employees said, the
uncle going to his room just
around the corner from the girls.
When the body was discovered
yesterday, the girls bed had not
been slept in, the lock on the door
to her room was intact, and fur
niture in the room had not been
disturbed.
Possibility that the slayer en-
tered the hotel through the lobby
and left by the same route was
seen in statements by hotel en-
CONTINUED on page six)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-17
Wall Family Sets
Reunion July rs

The Wall family reunion will be
held at the Edneyville school
house on Sunday. July 26.
Members of the family are de-
scendants of the late J. H: Wall
and there are four children living,
r. H. Wall, 9G; Drucilla RhoadeS,
SO; Elina Wilson, "a, and j. u
Wall. rs.
Relatives and friends are invited
to attend and bring basket lunch
cons, -,
The program for the day VII
include preaching and singing.
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MINER TRAPPED

NEW KENSINGTON, Pa, July
II, (UP).-A dynamite explosion
today trapped Steve Harvard be-
hind a thousand tons of rock in
Renton mine of Union Collieries'
The miner, father of nine chill
dren was given one chance in ten
thousand of being found alive.
Rescue workers estimated it would
be at least 40 hours before they
could break through the barrier
of rock.
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NOT AT ALL FUNNY

CCLLINGDALE, Pa, July II:
CUP).-Four boys and girl sped
past the station house of McDade
boulevard in their automobile
Yesterday and shouted "give US a
ticket" Patrolman Kettle, parked
nearby, obliged, after chasing
them a few blocks. The girl and
three boys thought it was joke,
but not so with Walter T. Davis,
%, the driver. He was hned
S12.25.
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(1INATE IS
UPON 4
|II1ESURVEY
|tb Carolina Grows Halt
d Product in States
Reported on
EDuCTION IN THIS S,n
|STlTE SET At y PCT,

II, United Press 1886
~ n TiE9 July i. tIP).-
49, ~, .,,,e,, rron. buffeted
.'3' 49,. diverse weather
near: ' VT, ,.a., 10 ner
l.0- ST.. oe -. '''
SMILE. Than the I''' 'ioP'
II. acreage reduction Of less
.er, advance eSti-
~ ..,rsI
8 ,.,.'' or-rr;nated WELD
S.,,. c.,rgia North and
lin, rrvralrd q total
= /" .,'rr,iHr Of NO6,OOO,000
!, r435,
~ry-r Of the anticipated
| IN VIRGINIA Georgia, North
4 S = 7Carnrina revealed a
!, 800 ..:,,o,sJ Iugf production of
i oSS 00G Wounds as compared
sos oaa O6o wounds produced
=. s,,., .,,-as IN 1898. Ap-
-, -, - ana acres are un-
, ma, ,.,,r-;ra,inr i'm the four
- 49,, st,-.. while last
'''. -. y - 60. d,vo+a1
-, H,S;cb u;.h cotton.
-. -, sinh, ,y hest mnnev-pro-
|
|T.,vr rains and cold weather
|,sr,y sarips. severe drouth con-
lions later hail and mould were
sm-6 BY agricultural authorities
\ farmers for the drastic reduc-
N in The Weld of land planted
tobacco.
In North Carolina. where more
In half of the tobacco in the
BIZ states IS crown. planting was
Lave Is much ~ two weeks bv
rtinupd Jownpours last spring.
len drou,h shriveled the young
r,aere yield an estimated % per
hi. The federal-state crop re-
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|E1ccAASONVILLE BEACH
POlEL IS DAMAGED

EP,o N2So:NEILLE. Fla, July II.
! 5iJ 5o Ire Of undetermined orr
b to ' ,S manage gj estimated at ST.
kyi-1. 'I 6 PIqmmer hotel at Jack
T T,.e 4 Beach yesterday.
|ar,,,a oS%ze was confined to an
/ rao .g'' and several rooms in
Eao oeIF Of the hotel. All guests +;
l. c'e o,,.. unScathed. G. E. Plum.
rer oST4er, said the loss was NOT
Jt !, by insurance. 0 HUI
|rta" "as the first fire of anv i'm.
Es .anee IN the resort eity t hi.