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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28
A LOCAL INDUSTRY REEVES

This city, after some SIX years Of real esta1e
eChargy, mas stretched awakened, and returned 70
something approaching that active stare which
formerly gave substance TO its high opinion Of it.
self
1t IS not boom; Heaven forbid, It finds IFS
inception in anything but speculation A rertor
counts up and learns that he has sufficient money
hand to contemplate the construction of a home
of MS To discover Just how many of said citi-
zens so contemplate and find. take circuitous
"Trip through the city's suburban areas The NUM-
Der Of homes under construction, modest, but well
built and attractive homes is large.
There is another factor involved. There are 9TH
er folks who also contemplate and also find. This
type, however, already equipped with a roof
tree. Casting abGat for Investments, they once
more beholding 1hae despite temporary discourage
ments, real estate constitutes one Of the very basis
sources from which a thrifty man may expect a
reasonable and sure return and fair chance Of
enhancement in value
Such transfers are being made in business and
apartment properties present are not being negO-
tiated with the idea of passing them to some 9th
er gambler in brief period They are being bought
with the fixed determination that for a long pull
and opportunity for distant profit, real estate
still ranks high in the investment field-Charotte
News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28
THOSE VINO WOULD PROFIT

. Our observation is that proponents Of the Town
send plan fall almost exclusively into these catego
ries:
l. Promoters who are getting something out Of
organizing the Townsend clubs.
2 Candidates for office, whose sole interest
is in an office that pays more than they can earn
in private life.
3. The unthrfty, who are attracted by the lure
of living by the beady sweat of YOUR brow. The
record does not qualify them as fiscal, economic OF
governmental experts.
. L. Unfortunates. For whom we have the most
profund respect. Necessity eompels them to graz
at the straw of ''wish thinking, Monroe Enquirer
It's our own fault if Japan wins. Every great
civilization ruined itself by teaching heatAsn
how to lick it. = ". =
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28

or elECelCJnN
TEN THOUSAND Jews are DlO.
neerIng toward the rise OF a
permanent Jewish homeland under
SOvier wings. \ territory about
he size OF Belgium. or half again
IS extensive a. Palestine, which Is
BENG developed by Jews under the
are OF Great Britain. has been SET
aside for similar development in
Siberia. It is called BirObiGjan,
md is inhabited primarily by Jews
rom Soviet Russia.
In the midst of its prairie lands
ire great forests CT valuable cedar.
niueral-bearing mountains. and re-
sources Of iron and coal Faunda.
ion of this new Soviet Palestine"
is a back breaking operation. bur
he Jews there are exultant over
It's prospects. while others consider
his only another Of Russias efforts
10 build buffer communities against
the eventual invasion by Japan
The stamp shown here. illustrar-
ing the construction Of Birobidian.
is one OF a series issued in 1888 de-
plotting the nationalities of the
Soviet Union ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28
THE WORLD STILL TURNS
By 'WlCKES HANROLDT

Speaking Of wha- 4 certain
French woman said, thai The msre
she saw II men. The oat1er she Tx
ed dogs, al Of Is might prof tably
ask ourselves these Questions: L
were a dog, wha7 KIND u dog
would 7 be? Would 7 De I9yaI
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28

and grateful %
ny master aG&
his d nj / ,
Would I attend
20 my own busi-
ness and be sell
respecting, hOr-
est and kind, yaC
unafraiG to q }
ny duty a. I saw
ir-1r would he
one Of Eh0s
sneakug. sUcE-
egg, ch4ckan-nI!-
me curs2 " eu.d
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Who'll r0n7n71.vEr-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
<E,k S.rxy.e Gtag Cor--,uopdeuT

U7ASHINGTON-The American
w Liberty League raised and
gpent more money last year than
did the Republican party and al
most as much as the Democratic
party.
In many respects the league is
I political party. You begin to
.ense that when you 20 INTO the
National Press Club building here
n Washington and You see Presi-
lent JOuett ShOuse's name on the
icor of Room l066--which. with
4 couple OF dozen contiguous office
rooms. is league headquarters.
Until June. 1882. that space
housed the Democratic National
Committee anG ShOuse. who still
has his same old desk. vas in
charge. His secretary of those
DAYS. Miss Carey, still guards the
Shouse door.
Propaganda is the leagues chief
mission and from the same old OF
fees Shouse directs a constant fire
1t the New Deal in somewhat the
same manner that he anu Charlie
Nicholson once piaStered President
Hoover.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28

THE leagues financial support
comes in the same way as that
nj political parties, but it seems to
come easier. The organization re-
ceived S4S2,O00 in contributions and
loans in 1895 and spent $500. 900.
There's no Embarrassing staff and
no need Of S50-a.plate jackson Dav
dinners.
There are no dues and member
ship is free unless YOU elect To
Join up as contributing men,
ber," yet the organizations mailing
list nothing to sneeze at-contains
lew more than 100000 names
The fact is that the league hasn't
had any membership drive. because
It figures it's much more important
10 get its ideas across. And 5000
apphcationS-with checks-poured
IN for the 2OOO-Seat dinner with
AL Smiths speech as its main M.
traction.
3NHE league has issued ga sepa.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28

THE league resents charges thai
it is the instrument Of vested
intercsrS" or "entranChed greed
since it campaigns for govern.
menU by law rather than men"
preservation of the present consti.
tutionaI form of government, a
curb on presidential power and on
the congressional delegation Of
such power.
1t has received many letters
from farmers. storekeepers. and
other small business men and likes
to point out that SS5 900 Of its
1895 money came in driblets Of less
than $500. Nevertheless, the league
is controlled by representatives Of
a tremendous aggregation Of
wealth-Onca estimated as at least
$4,000. 100000 IN industrial and
financial assets.
Political plans for 1886 are still
unmade. Apparently the league
people aren't seriously considering
promotion OF a conservative third
party. But their motto seems fair.
ly sure to be something like: Any
body but Roosevelt
(Couyright. 1886. NEA Service IN"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28

howl;ng and barking al. nlgh-?
Would 7 tear up flower beds,
knock over 6irdba5hs, and maze
myself otherwise destru ct i've?
Would 7 bite the hand that teI
me Correction: \ dog does not
hire The hand thar Feeds him. Thai
ie a marked distinction between
dog and some persons.
The Canadian government IS
not subject TIC the spo.la system.
saws a news item. That explains
1,'. deceacy and the efficiency IN
The Canadian government. Is con
-rasted with the graf and the
waste IN our own government
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER.

important phases Of the New Deal
anti-New Deal speeches by Sh6use
and many Others, adverse consti,
tutional analyses Of New Deal laws.
proposals BY its lawyers commit
tee. and so on.
The league estimates thai it has
sent cut about 100000 such
pamphlets since it began 10 Oper-
ate in 1854 and OF course there
have been many public statemeuJs.
radio and other speeches, and 9TH
er uses Of the propaganda tech
nique.
The league has members in all
states and organizations in 20
most OF which nave offices for
publicity and other purposes.
The organization hasn't lobbied
yet except through propaganda
pressure-which mey have helped
in modification Of the 1886 banking
act. slight modification of holding
company legislation. and suppres-
sion 20 date of the 30.hou= week
bill.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28

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- ma cod --.- $50
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28

Vie league has issued ga, sepa.
y rate DaRlphlets--aitacSS ON most
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-28

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01
MERIT SYSTEM
PUT IN WPA

Appointment Of a financier, an
educator and a personnel expert
on the board to govern applica-
tions for administrative. appoint
ments and promotions in the Dis
trict Works Progress Administra-
ton has been announced by Com
missioner George E. Allen.
Borrowing the merit system idea
from Illinois, Commissioner Allen
lost no time in putting into effect
the first concrete plan he gathered
for betterment of the local WPA
as a result Of his recent 1000
mile inspection tour of WPA prof.
ects in "a States.
Those named on the board are:
William W. Spaid, member Of the
firm OF w. B. Hibbs and Company;
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superinten-
dent of schools. and Major Dan
lei j. Donovan, municipal auditor.
The board is non.salaried.
The board will pass upon applt-
cations of persons for new posi-
tons and for promotion examina-
tions. Decisions of the board will
be final. Examination questions
will be furnished by the Civil Ser:
vice Commission.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01
Poole Staying Jurors
Tentatively Named

DETROIT. Sept. G.N.s).-A
tentative panel Of IA jurors, In
Guiding three women. was selected
today at the mass trial Of IL Black
Legionnaires charged with the muir.
der of Charles A. Poole. They were
seated. to be questioned by the
court.
Judge Joseph A. Moynihan
took over questioning of the
jurors to prevent a member Of
the Black Legion from finding a
seat In the jury box. Every one
Of the ITS veniremen, he said, as
selection Of the jury started to-
day. will be asked point-blank
whether he is a member of "the
so-called Black Legion or any
other organization whose ritual
favors violence or law violation"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01
Five State Conferences

shock column marched in just an
hour before.
At dawn this morning, another
squadron of Madrid's new bomb
ers dropped another dozen bombs
as we motored to the farther edge
Of Torralba, extreme eastern ad'
vance post towards Tallavera De
La Reina, which is the legion's
next objective on the way to To
ledo.
Three hours later we we're In
an airplane and six hours later
landed at Burgos, where old
Notwithstanding officers in
charge of the airdrome-said we
had better choose better company
on our next landing.
Panied Surprise
With panied surprise we learned
we had been in the air with q
red bomber from Madrid and
the Burgos battery of 10 anti
aircraft guns had given us a full
salvo burst of shells near enough
to make the gunners think they
had forced us to land.
We had noticed nothing as the
propeller drowned out all the
noise. Before we could leave the
airdrome General Cabanellas ar
rived at the field, expecting to
see captive red aviators. The
venerable president of the Junta
laughed at his mistake. congrat,
ulated us on our escape and took
us in his car to our hotel.
Our red companion in the air
dropped five bombs on BurgoS
killing four and wounding 16
Principal casualties were at the
hospital where the corpse of a
sergeant lying in the mortuary
was destroyed by a bomb which
killed four male relatives mourn
ing at his bier.
Another bomb again wounded
16 patients in the hospital court
yard. of them seriously. In this
war not even the dead may rest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01
M0CKHANG|NG
|NSPIRESCLAN

PONTIAC, Mich, Sept. /
I.N.SD disclosure that man
was hanged in effigy on the night
of May 20, 1888, in Ohio as an
inspiration" to Michigan mem
bers of the Black Legion was made
today in an Oakland county grand
jury report.
In the report which named more
than 80 public employees as Black
Legionnaires, it was formally
charged:
Members of the Black Legion
in Oakland county went to Ohio
several times to fraterniZe with
national leaders, where they
sought inspiration in the words
of Major General Effinger.
and were treated to exhibitions
Of terrorism, not the least en-
tightening of which was the
hanging of a man in effigy on
the night of May 20, 1888"
Virgil Effinger, alleged national
commander of the Black Legion,
now is being sought in Ohio by
Michigan authorities on charges Of
criminal SyndicaliSm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01
Hungary 10 Protest
Treaty. With Allies

PARIS, Sept. /. GN.sJ.-The
Hungarian government is consid-
ering denunciation of the military
clauses of the treaty of Trianon,
signed by Hungary and the allies
at the end of the World War, a
Budapest dispatch said today.
Premier Julius Goemboes and
Regent Admiral Nicholas Horthy
conferred upon denunciation Of
the pact in the near future. the
dispatch said. Among other re-
strictions, the Treaty Of Trianon
limited Hungary to an army Of 35,'
900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01
ICKES ON HAND
FOR SUICIDE
INQUEST
Had Heard Recently Of
Stepson's Infection
By tuberculosis

CHICAGO, Sept. / GN.SO.
Secretary of the Interior Harold
L. 1ckes will attend a coroners
inquest into the death Of his step
son, Wilmarth Ickes, here today.
Secretary IckeS arrived here
from Washington by plane last
night after being informed Of the
suicide Of his stepson on the an.
niversary of the death Of his wife,
Mrs. Anna Wilmarth Ickes, who
was killed a year ago yesterday
when an automobile in which she
was riding overturned in a ditch
near Velarde, N. M.
Knew Of Illness
Secretary Ickes refused to see
newspaper men, but through q
spokesman declared that he had
been informed last Friday that
his stepson, who was 81 years old,
had been told he was afflicted
with incipient tuberculosis.
The young mans body, clad in
white pajamaS, was found lying
across the bed in a first-floor
guest room of the Ickes residence
in suburban Winnetka by a care.
taker yesterday. There was a bull
let wound in the right side of his
head, and clasped in his right
hand was an automatic pistol.
Wilmarth Ickes was the son Of
the late Mrs. Ickes by her first
husband, James Westfall Thomp.
son, a member of the faculty Of
the University of California.
Inquest Routine
His mother divorced Professor
Thompson in 1909 and when she
married Ickes in 1911 Wilmarth
took the name of his stepfather.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Elizabeth Dahlman of Mil.
Waukee, and three children.
Authorities Of the suburb ex.
pressed themselves as satisfied
the case was suicide and indicated
the inquest would be merely rou.
tine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01
Tribute Paid to Dern
BY the President

bland of Oklahoma, are all Demo
Gratis.
If he attends, Senator Dickinson
Of Iowa, who was a Republican
presidential aspirant at Cleveland,
will be the only other Republican
Senator there. as Senator Norris
(R) Of Nebraska, who is a New
Dealer, despite his Republican
label, is still at his summer home
in Wisconsin.
The successive New Deal waves
of 1882 and 1884 washed most
Of the Republicans out of office
west of the Mississippi, Governor
Landon being one of the few
survivors.
Embarrassing Features
President Roosevelt has been
so much on the move the last
week he has been unable to give
much thought to the hows and
wherefors Of his unique meet
ing with Governor Landon. But
yesterday on the Ions ride
through Wyoming, during which
he made no appearances, and
today, he was able to devote
some study to the subject. There
are embarrassing features con-
nected with it that inevitably
affect both men.
It will not be their first meet
ing. They met before at a
White House conference Of gov
errors and representatives Of the
oil producing States early in the
Roosevelt administration, an d
soon after Governor Landon had
accomplished the near-miracle OF
escaping the Democratic land
slide of '32. At that time Gov
ernor Landon little dreamed OF
running for the presidency, and
Mr.. Roosevelt little dreamed that
in the quiet-mannered Kansan he
was dealing with his rival three
years hence.
Detailed plans for the Del
Moines meeting are still in the
making. There was much tele
phoning and telegraphing from
the presidential special yesterday
and today concerning them. Gov
ernor Herring will be the host, as
the chief executive of Iowa, YET
the President will also be the host
IN the sense that he initiated the
whole thing.
If this had to do with diplomacy
there would be precedent anc
protocol to point the way in g
meeting of the Democratic anc
Republican candidates for the
presidency in the midst of cam
paign, for their meeting is I'm
precedented.
After the funeral services FOL
Secretary Dern the presidential
special will leave Salt Lake City al
6 p. m. for a straight run to De-
Moines, where it is due at noon or
Thursday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01
German Starts Out
On Trip 10 Attend
t9390Iympic Games
-VoTE AMERICAN.

BERLIN, Sept. 1 d.N.SJ.-At
exactly 1:14 p. m. today Berth
BLAIR went out for a walk from the
Potsdamer Platz.
In February, 1889. 80 months
from now, BLAIR expects to be in
Tokyo, having walked all the way.
BLAIR, a 27-year-old German, car
ried a letter from Count Henri
BailletLatour. head of the Inter.
national Olympic Committee. to
officials who will run the 1910
Olympic games in the Japanese
capital.
BLAIR wants to be sure to witness
the games. He will see India.
China, and Manchuria along ths
way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01

cipal contenders for the presi-
dency to meet vis-a-vis in the midst
Of a campaign that is more than
ordinarily warm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01
Bethesda Cafe Desk
Is Robbed Of S328

A sneak thief rif1ed a desk in
the rear of a lunch room at 5311
Wisconsin Ave-, Bethesda, Md,
taking 1923 in cash and q IS
check, Bernhard Endress, pro-
prietor, reported to police today.
He gave police the name Of a
suspect.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01

entire "banderas" as the legion
calls a battalion.
Back of the front, correspo1-
dents have trouble, but here every
body is on the receiving end OF
enemy bullets and is accepted as
a member of the club.
All members Of this Club"
struggled upstairs, most OF them
with cans of ammunition. was
slightly ashamed of my light bur
den Of field glasses.
Fight Armored Train
From the first landing we could
see the red armored train putting
slowly out of a railroad siding
three or four hundred yards
away, Smelling and machine-gun-
ming.
AS we reached the second land
ing a shell later identified as a
75-millimeter landed in the castle
court its dust binding us as we
scrambled upwards.
Across the parapet swept the
armored trains bullets. The le-
gionnaires ran bending double,
straining to get through the CANT
let as fast as possible with their
loads of machine-gun clips.
In the middle Of the parapet,
standing up in full view Of the
enemy. a young legionnaire cap
tain stuck out his chest at the
train and in a voice audible all
through the firing shouted:
"TranquiIlidad! TranquilIi-
dad"
Without tranquility, ran across
the parapet, reached the stairway
to the topmost top and came out
near a heavy 50-caliber machine
gun firing so fast men stood pour
ing buckets of water on the barrel.
Gun SizzIes
The water sizzled instantane-
ously into steam. Men handling
the gun wore gloves webbed with
steel
Amazing rage struck the legion.
naires as bullets from the armored
train hit the parapet and went
off with a snarling ricochet. A
machine-gunner got up, danced
with anger and shook his fist at
the armored train, then settled
down to pouring bullets at her.
For an hour the mutual killing
went on. Then suddenly the
armored train began slowly to
back towards the cut.
The legion redoubled it's fire.
These professional soldiers seemed
to consider the battle a personal
matter. They cursed but couldn't
hear their own curses. So terrific
was the din that four or five
minutes elapsed before everybody
heard and obeyed the order to
cease fire.
When the calls were finally
heard silence fell. Sharp orders
brought the company of men
swarming down from the parapet
and out over the plain towards
the train.
Bayonet Charge
From a perfect observation
post I watched them charge
across the field with fixed bayo-
nets. From behind a tree stepped
a figure, hands high in the air,
then another and another.
All afternoon search for pris-
oners went on but the armored
train, limping off to Talavera De
La Reina. escaped.
Before dark we went on to the
farthest southeast outpost, the
village Ell Puenta Del Arzobispo.
From the church tower we
watched battalion of 500 Morac-
cans capture the hamlet of Alcolea
De Tajo without resistance. In
this same church sat IL prisoners.
dumbly waiting the fate of all
prisoners in this war.
Visited by BOmbers
In the town square other pris-
oners we're brought to the com
~ oTodi11C ofFicer Tje11tenaTt Col.