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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

that they wouldn't give up.
4 knew they could reach us if
they stuck by it."
The weak and unconscious Sexton
was brought up the surface after
whiskey, coffee and other stimulants
had been sent down the shaft in
desperate efforts to revive him.
All four men-and a black and
white spotted work pony imprisoned
with them were found within 100
feet of each other by the rescuers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27
NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAXES

North Carolina
Ashe County
Town of Jefferson
I, e. A. Waddel, Tax Collector Of
the Town of Jefferson, North Caro-
lima, will on Monday, September Z,
1886, at 100 o'clock, p. NJ, at the
office of r. "A. Hamilton, Jefferson,
North Carolina, sell to the highest
bidder for cash to satisfy the delin-
quent taxes for the year of 1885 the
following described real estate, to-
wit:
]. B. Coucil estate, 361s acres--$ 5.45
James Gentry, Exc, one lot S.O5
w. E. Johnson, three acres 2.79
Mrs. Chessie d. Neal, 10 acres 6.O9
This the LIST day Of August, 1886.
E. A. WADDELL,
1927 Tax Collector.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27
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sects are bugs.
Don't Spend Your

SUNDAYS IN A HOT KITCHEN.
Drive out to Shatley Springs and
enjoy a chicken dinner. Bring your
friends. Home Cooking at Reason
able Rates.
Evening star., 1936-08-08

Efforts of Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road employees to destroy an old box
car were unsuccessful yesterday after
noon for the second time in three
weeks.
Furthermore, the efforts probably
will continue to be unsuccessful as long
as the aforementioned employees try
to burn the car without a permit
from the fire marshal and as long as
residents around Ninth and Evarts
streets northeast continue to turn in
fire alarms when the torch is applied.
This assurance came today from
Lieut.. J. r. Best, No. II Engine Com
pany, whose men ran hose from Tenth
and Evarts streets for 800 feet to the
burning wooden box car. The Capital
Limited, fast B. & o. train, was tagged
down and held up for one minute while
firemen temporarily shut of water and
broke their hose line to let Is pass.
THAT was the second time in three
weeks we have been out there" said
Lieut.. Best. "The box car Is very
old. Each time they have set out to
burn it, they have failed to notify the
Fire Department or secure permit
from the fire marshal. Each time we
Evening star., 1936-08-08
HOLE. NOW HUGE
COLLECTING GROUP
$25, 900, 1000 a Month Gath.
cred, With 1884 Fore
closures Completed.
Fly nc Associated Press.

Ey re Associated Press.
Termination of all lending by the
Home Owners Loan Corp. on June
IL, officials said today, has resulted
in creation of one of the Nations
largest collection agencies. now
gathering about s25.0Oo,000 each
month.
The H. O. L. c. was required by
law to cease mortgage lending on
June IL. they explained, and the en-
tire machinery of the organization
has been geared to collect the So, ,000,-
000 900 in loans made to more than
100000 home owners.
Reports showed that monthly COL
lections approximate s25,000,000. rep
resenting small installment pay
ments from borrowers. The records
also showed that on June 80 1871
employees in 271 Offices were engaged
in collecting the loans This Office
and field force was reduction from
the total of 19,548 employees in SOC
Offices on January 81, 1896.
H. o. L. c. officials said the
amounts due each month from Dor.
rowers average about $24, including
principal and interest. Most of the
loans were made for a 15-year period
at per cent interest.
officials said that each case Of a
delinquency is handled on its own
merits. and that every effort Is made
to keep the mortgaged property or
the books as a paying property. Gases
of willful refusal to repay were de.
scribed as comparatively few"
On June 80, 1886, the H. o. L. c
had completed 1884 foreclosures and
had taken 1878. voluntary deeds in
lieu of foreclosure. A separate d.
vision of the corporation was estab.
lished to manage and sell properties
taken over by the Government.
Also on June 30, reports showed
6,804 borrowers had repaid thei,
loans in full, total Of $14.082,914.
Evening star., 1936-08-08

patrol Of warships from nations ac-
cepting the neutrality agreement.
Personal condolences from Chancel-
lor Adolf Hitler were sent to the
families of German victims in the
Spanish civil war, three of whom were
asserted to be members of the Nazi
Labor Front.
The foreign department Of the Nazi
party ordered a fortnight's mourning
Subscription Fund Opened.
At the same time, q nation wide
subscription fund was opened for
refugees. More than 5000 Germans
formerly living in Spain have returned
to Germany, it was said, leaving vir-
tually all their property behind them
in the battle areas.
The strength of the Nazi naval forces
in Spanish waters was reported divided
into two groups.
OF the first, the cruiser Koeln was at
Bilbao. a torpedo boat at Santander,
another torpedo boat each at Albatros
and Guetaira.
The second group was divided be-
tween the battleship Admiral Scheer at
Alicante and the battleship Deutsch-
land and the torpedo boats Leopad and
Luchs moving toward other Mediter-
ranean ports
The commander Of the Admiral
Scheer requested the German Embassy
at Madrid to evacuate additional Ger
man refugees to Alicante.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
BOYS CLUB
-
GOES T0NEW YORK
Washington Youths Are Par
ticipating in "PaI Week"
Program.

Nearly 100 Washington youths.
members of the Metropolitan Police
Boys Club, were in New York City
today 20 participate In the celebra-
ton Of Pal week." sponsored by the
New York Police Athletic League.
The youths left here yesterday in
two busses. accompanied by club Off
cials, Two base ball teams and
band were included In the group.
which will spend several days in
New York.
The Police Athletic League of the
Big City is the counterpart of the
Police Boys Club here. +
Hoover Proposes Motto.
J. Edgar Hoover, director Of the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation, last
night urged this motto for every boy
and girl in America:
do not be a sucker. Do not let
any body fool you into the belief
that you can get happiness out Of
crime"
In a radio address, Hoover, strong
supporter of youth movements, said he
would Like to see every town have an
organization similar to the New York
Athletic League to give youth Sub
stitute for temptation"
Declared FOOLS Life.
IF children can be reached with
the lesson told in the proper way
that they can get nothing from crime
but sorrow, that a life of crime is q
life of filth and unhapiness and worry
and dangers-they will be more easily
inclined to look upon it for what it
is-a FOOLS life" he said.
Police-sponsored youth activity pro-
notes a feeling of comradeship and
good will between the officers and the
boys and girls, he added.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
BLUES FALL BACK
TO GUARD BRIDGE
Theoretical War in Last Day
After Reds Use Planes
in Night Attack.
Fy the Associated Press.

FORT KNOX, KY, August g.
Twenty thousand Blue troops, weary
from day and night of marching
in war practice maneuvers, began
their last day of field training today
by moving back to lines they started
from yesterday morning.
The Blues formed deep protecting
lines. backed up by artillery. in a
wide V-shaped front to guard theo-
retical bridge across the Ohio River
at West Point. The opposing Red
force, mechanical units of the Regular
Army supported by the motorized
20lst Infantry, West Virginia National
Guard.
A total Of 1000 men drove ahead
in their final offensive on the east
front, at Mcclellan Ridge. The
heaviest artillery in the maneuver,
l55 millimeter guns, doomed at the
attacking force from far back in the
Blue lines. Apparently moving their
main column into the offensive at this
point the Reds unlimbered the rs
| Bullo Va lllClI IllOlOI lLSu IAlCIN dllO
slashed at Blue advances with bang
ing so caliber guns of their armored
combat cars.
The maneuvers end today, and to-
night Brig. Gen. w. K. Naylor and
his chief of umpires will meet to
prepare their criticism of three days
Of fighting" with blank ammunition.
The Blues were forced to change
their tactics of a southwark advance
and withdrew 10 miles overnight by
an unexpected" bolstering, in theory,
of Red forces. The mythical Brown
nation. with Pittsburgh its capital,
declared war" on the Blues at mid
night. Orders relayed to Blue units
suddenly started trucks, artillery,
| cavalry and men moving northward.
Powerful anti-aircraft guns capable
of bringing down planes at $4,000 to
$4,000 yards, belched fire last night
during a realistic "air raid" by three
| Red bombers. Fire of the battery was
directed by four widely spaced s00,-
900 900 candlepower searchlights,
which in turn were directed by elec-
trical sound detectors. Raiders were
spotlighted by light beams that fol-
lowed them around the sky.
Officers directing demonstration
said bombers were first detected at an
altitude of 1000 feet. Planes dropped
several thousand feet lower for their
raid"
Col. Palmer was giving his modern
war machines their most severe test
of maneuver. The terrain on the east
side of this military reservation is
particularly rough. with steep wooded
hills, narrow canyons, creeks and thick
underbrush.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
DANCE MASTERS ELECT
THAYER VICE PRESIDENT

Leroy H. Thayer, head Of the
Thayer School of Dance at 1915 Con-
necticut avenue, was elected second
vice president OF the Dancing Masters
of America at the organizations an
nual convention in New York yester-
day.
Washington was selected for the
1887 meeting of the Dancing Masters,
as well as for the annual two weeks
normal school which precedes the
conclave.
Thayer has been fourth vice presi-
dent for the past two years, and 1t
was partly through his efforts that
Washington secured the next years
convention.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
SURTAX REGULATION
ISSUED BY TREASURY
Internal Revenue Is Expecting
Little Difficulty in Carrying
Out New Law
Pr the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
Tax lawyers throughout the coun-
try began a study today of the Treas
ury Department regulations-detailed
in 80 closely printed pages-which
will govern the collection of the new
surtax on undistributed corporation
profits.
AS they issued the complex rules,
internal revenue officials said they
expected little difficulty" in admin
istering this phase of the 1886 reve-
nue. act, although they added that
every new tax measure has minor
defects which may require later cor
rection by Congress"
The act was passed after weeks OF
fiery debate during the last session
of Congress. Its most controversial
feature was the surtax, imposing a
levy of from 7 to 81 per cent on cor
poration profits which are not paid
over to shareholders as dividends.
Complete regulations, covering all
sections of the new law, will be pub
lished in October or November, Treas
ury officials said.
A greatly simplified" definition OF
corporate dividends, Government tax
experts said, was the most signifl-
cant part of the surtax regulations.
Dividends are considered paid
when they are actually received by
the shareholder, and only dividends
paid within the taxable year will be
taken into account in figuring cor
poration;s exemption from surtax.
Evening star., 1936-08-08

To complete your application for a
permit you must see photographer
and get two new full-face and one
profile, head and shoulders photo
graphs of yourself A ruler is indi-
cateds for the prints must measure
2l2 inches by 234 inches. Then you
must locate six residents, at least
three of them responsible business
men," who will vouch for your sobriety,
honesty and general good character.
Next, there must be a trip to a
physician for certificate of good
health. Finally, the applicant must
give authorities a satisfactory test of
his knowledge of the city.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
ROOSEVELT TO ADDRESS
POWER-DAM DELEGATES
ev the Associated Press.

ev the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt will address q
joint session of the third world power
conference and second congress on
large dams here on September IL, the
White House has announced.
The international power and dam
conferences, scheduled for September
TIP, are being held in the United
States for the first time, by invita-
tion of the President. AS host he will
speak at a specially arranged session.
More than TOO foreign government
officials and representatives of power
industries from 48 nations have ac-
cepted invitations to participate in the
sessions, and 5000 delegates are ex-
pected.
In addition to the conferences here
the foreign visitors and American
engineers and economists will make a
series of technical study tours in this
country.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
OFFER PLANE DEVICE

A building-top or ship-board land
ing and take-off runway for air
planes, similar in construction and
operation to the landing area of ali
airplane carrier deck. has beer offered
to the Government 0y J. ueroert
Jones and R. James Gibtcns Of Brock
lyn, N. Y.
Jones, n Washington to dscuSS the
device with Navy Bureau of Aero
nautics officials. said that working
model will be examined by Navy
officers in Brooklyn this month. The
landing platform, 300 by 100 feet in
size, would be mounted en- a turn
table and also may be tilted to aid in
checking planes in Landing and cid
ing them in taking Uf. Retarding
cables similar to those on carrier
decks are used 70 control landings.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Al1dk N VICTIMS
n0Mt Is GUARDED
Thronus Gather at Bromley
Residence in CoImar
Manor.

A special officer stood guard today
at the home of Burt M. Bromley,
former Mayor of Colmar Manor, Nd,
as residents of the community pre-
pared to extend a sympathetic well
come to his 16-year-old daughter
Bonita, sole survivor of an automo-
bile-truck crash in which Bromley,
his wife and their small son lost
their lives near Beaver Falls, Pa.
The smash-up occurred Thursday
as the Bromleys pushed forward on
the first leg of a motoring jaunt to
the homes of the former Mayors rel
atives in Montana and California.
Mrs. Bromley, SO, and Burt, jr., II,
were burned to death by flames which
enveloped the family car Immediately
after the crash, and Bromley, IS, died
in a New Brighton (Pa) hospital
about IL hours later.
Friend Bringing Back Girl.
Bonita, who escaped with compare
lively minor injuries, was scheduled
to return to the Maryland suburb
late today or early tomorrow with Bird
H. Dolby, longtime friend of her
father, who went to Pennsylvania soon
after he was notified of the accident.
In a long distance telephone CONVEX
sation with his wife yesterday, Dolby
said he planned to keep Bonita at his
home in Mount Rainier. Md, until
relatives could decide what action
would be in the girls best interests.
Two aunts of the girl were expected
to accompany Dolby.
Meanwhile, Beaver Falls officials
prepared to barricade the hill on
which the miShap occurred, according
to the Associated Press. Three charges
of involuntary manslaughter were
placed against Mason Mccullough, 80,
driver of the truck which got out of
control on the rain-drenched incline,
SidesWiped the Bromley machine and
then overturned on it. His helper,
Alfred Brain, faced similar charges.
Mayor Takes Action.
The home of Bromley, Interstate
Commerce Commission clerk and part
time Strayer Business College teacher,
was ordered placed under guard by
Mayor John N. Torvestad, who de-
clared it had attracted throngs of
curiosity seekers" He assigned the
task to Harry Mccormick, a town
policeman when Bromley was mayor
Mayor Torvestad also called a spe-
cial meeting of the Town Council, at
which it was decided the train bring
ing the bodies of the Bromleys back
home would be met at the station
The bodies will be turned over to
Gasch's undertaking establishment, in
Hyattsville, for burial.
The Council also adopted a resolu-
tion of coincidence.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Valley Farmers
Find Price Levels
Higher Than 1880
Drought Conditions Not
as SeUere as Six
Years Ago.
spetta, Dispatch to The Star.

WINCHESTER, Va, August g.
Drought conditions in Frederick,
Clarke and other counties of the
northern section Of the Shenandoah
Valley are by no means as severe as
they were six years ago. but prices of
most farm commodities are at a much
higher level than in 1880, survey
revealed today. Farmers and trades
men attributed the local increase
largely to crop failures in the West
and Northwest.
Locally grown hay can be bought
from S18 to $40 per ton. White corn
brought $3.50 per barrel here today,
with yellow corn cents lower. Deal
ers were paying sl06 per bushel fol-
wheat. Some of the farmers are
holding their wheat in anticipation OF
higher prices as the Fall season ad-
vances, while others are selling, TAX
ing the view that they are satisfied
with a price above 81.
The corn and hay situation in the
northern counties has been much i'm
proved by rains last week, and better
yields are indicated.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Jarrett
Continued From First Page. }

Of the training rules forbiding drink
ing and late hours, subsequently agreed
to report the Olympic games for .
newspaper syndicate.
Mrs. Jarrett was incensed at the
news that Brundage had barred her
from European amateur circles.
"I call that adding insult to injury
she told the Associated Press. IT do
not see how he can do it without
giving my case some kind Of hearing.
IF they start barring everybody
who takes a drink they won't have any
amateurs left. I hadn't intended to do
any swimming on this side anyway,
but I certainly do intend to when I
return home"
Evening star., 1936-08-08
SIX ARE INDICTED
IN wendell CASE
Names Not Disclosed as
Grand Jury Adjourns
Until September.
By me Associated Press.

by .He hSoOClntcu EICSo.
NEWARK, N. j., August 8-Six
persons were reported today to have
been named In indictments ordered
prepared under the Lindbergh kid
naping law by the Federal grand
jury investigating the alleged alb
duction Of Paul H. wendell.
The grand jury adjourned late yes
terday because of the absence OF
witnesses until September IA. leav-
ing open its probe into the charges
of the former Trenton attorney that
he was kidnapped and tortured until
he made a false confession that he
abducted the Lindbergh baby.
Wendels confession repu-
diated-caused a three-day delay in
the electrocution Of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann for the Lindbergh kid
nap-murder, from which the Federal
interstate kidnapping statute takes its
name.
Five Under Indictment.
Five persons are under indictment
by a county grand jury in Brooklyn
where Wendal charged he was held
prisoner and tortured. They are
Ellis n. Parker, chief Burlington
County detective; his son, Ellis, jr.
both Of Mount Holly: Martin Schloss-
man, Murray Bleefeld and Harry
Weiss, all three of Brooklyn.
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, following
a public hearing in Trenton Thurs
day, reserved decision on New York's
application for extradition Of the
Parkers.
At the conclusion Of yesterdays
grand jury session, Foreman Julius S
Rippel said:
This Federal grand jury has been
in session since April. During thai
time it has devoted much time in ar
extensive and thorough investigation
of the Wendell case, which has de-
veloped into a very serious matter, as
disclosed by the evidence"
Six Witnesses Heard.
The jury yesterday heard six wit
nesses. They included DR.. Carroll T
Jones, superintendent of the new Lis
bon State colony for feeble minded
males, where Wendell charged he was
detained after being brought from
New York, and Gustave Lockwood
! State motor vehicle inspector, whose
car, Wendell said, followed the one in
which he was brought to New Jersey
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Spain
Continued From First Page.)

the Reich intended to isolate France
and her exits to North African colonies
''in a double play with Italy"
French Reaffirm Neutrality.
The French cabinet decided to re-
affirm its absolute neutrality" in
Spain. A Paris Communist newspaper
published statements alleging the Ger
mans killed in Spain were not MEM
berS of the Nazi party, but Nazi refu-
gees enlisted with the Barcelona
workers militia, and that Barcelona
formally denied reports the Germans
were executed.
The British press suggested an in
ternational neutral zone around Spain
patroled by warships signing the
hands-of accord.
The Seville correspondent OF a
Lisbon newspaper quoted the rebel
Gen. Capollano as saying he had been
compelled by force Of circumstances to
execute quite a large number OF
people"
The Belgian government seized 500
tons of hand grenades from the
Antwerp agent of a German arnna-
ment firm. They were reported con-
signed to Spain.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Firen,en T,uice Foil Railn,en
IRVING to Burn Old Box Car

get an alarm, 20 we 60 and put 1t
out
The first fire, he said, burned the
car only slightly. Yesterdays blaze
aided by gasoline spilled on it, almost
destroyed the car before the firemen
could exting1ish it.
I'VE would have put it out yesterday
even If they had secured permit, u
said Lieut.. Best, because there was
a string of box cars on the next track
and it was dangerous"
If a permit Is secured to finish
destroying the car. it will be necessary
to place guards around it, under Dis
trict fire regulations.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Cow Chews Off Mans Shoes.

DENNISON, Ohio R.-Sleep is
more important to Ralph Ault, oil
driller, than pair of shoes. After
working for hours at gas well, Ault
started home in his car. He drove q
few miles and decided on nap, his
feet dangling over the side of the auto
mobile. He awoke with both shoes
missing. Nearby a COW was chewing
on his footwear.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
DON'T
"Thou Shalt Nots" for
Capitals Citizens.

THE route to a job as a Washington
- taxi driver is rather long and
circuitous. But don't miss any turns
on the path if you want a hacker S
license or you may have to pay a
fine up to $500.
First of all you must be 21 years
old and have lived in the metropolitan
area of the District for year. A bad
tussle with the law in that time dis
qualities the applicant.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Movie Rain Takes Three Days.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, August 8 CP
Katharine Hepburn, slim movie
actress, and Herbert Marshall, her
leading man, were launched on a
three-day bath today.
Their scenes in Portrait Of a
Rebel" are in a man-made rain on the
studio lot And it will take three days
to complete them.
"But just the same" Miss Hepburn
laughed, II have to shiver."
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Pilsudski Museum.

WARSAW LP). - The Belvedere.
former residence of Marshal Pilsudski,
has been turned into a Pilsudski mu-
scum. Nine. Pilsudski gathered the
souvenirs and arranged the living
rooms exactly as they had been dur
ing the life of the marshal.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
EDUCATIONAL.
MILITARY SCHOOL
REPRESENTATIVE in CITY

Captain Robert H. Shank. represent
ing Carson Long Institute. located in
the foothills Of the Blue Ridge Noun
registered ct the Annapolis Hotel Au.
Parents or friends who are inter-
ested in Carson Long may see or tele-
tween the hours Of 500 and 500 pm.
He will be glad to call at the home
or once during the day.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Harbor Skipper for 43 Years.

WINTHROP. Mass, August 8 P).-
Capt. Albert P. Nelson of Winthrop
has negotiated 100000 miles Of salt
water during the past 43 years with
out leaving Boston Harbor, he esti-
mated today.
Capt. Nelson is skipper Of ferry
that plies the mile between Boston
proper and East Boston.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
LOST.

BTLLFOLD, black. containing currency and
papers. vicinity 5th and NV. Liberal
reward. Fred H. Bair. Jr.. North 1905
CANE, brown, wooden. crook handle. Re-
ward. VIM. N. Dovener. Cabin John Nd
WRIST WATCH--Bulova, white gold,
owner. Reward. Shepherd 414S.
WRIST WATCH, lady's. diamond, with
black cord strap. Wednesday afternoon,
between Kanns and st. on 7th. Reward.
Columbia 6650-W. o.
WRIST WATCH, Gruen. Call Atlantic 100.
Ant SO4 4s