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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-03
Sandwich Was Fresh

WAS that sandwich quite fresh that
you sold me just now?" asked a Gus
toner in the snack bar, says London
Tit-Bits.
"Quite, sir" the assistant assured
him. each sandwich we sell is
wrapped in transparent. alright pa
per-"
Dear mel" was the reply. 81 do
wish I'd known about the paper!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-03
DESTROYING Equilibrium

"That former enemy of yours is pay
ing you a great many compliments"
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum,
land I wish he'd quit it. One of the
easiest ways to throw a man down is
to swell his head until he gets top
heavy"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
M'Rae No Critic
OF Ehringhaus As
To Extra Session
Says Governor Understands
Situation Better Than
He Does

ASHEVILLE, March Is, -
John A. McRae. Charlotte attor-
ney who seeks the Democratic
nomination for governor, refuses
to join the agitation for special
session of the legislature. He be
lieves Governor EhrinEhaus IS IN
a better position TO "know the
real need Of special session at
this time" than anyone else.
Mr.. McRae, in Ashevllle yestcr-
day IN the interest of his cam
paign, favors North Carolina 5
participation in the social &ecur-
ity program and any proposal 10
help the tobacco farmer, but &c
hesitates to tell the governor what
to do.
81 have no criticism of nose
who want the governor to call
special session." he added, 'bUt
| believe Governor EhrlnghauS Is
in a better position tran am
to know the necessity"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
VENIZELOS, FAMED GREEK
STATESMAN DIES IN EXILE
HIGH SPOTS IN CAREER
OF PREMIER VENIZELOS

ATHENS, Mar. IS. (UP)-
Following are some of the high
spots in the turbulent political
life of Premier Venizelos:
1S64-Born on island of Ce-
rigo.
key in Crete.
-19O3-Rebelled ag N st
Prince George, High Commits
sioner of Crete.
19O9--Military revolted in
Greece.
191O-Venizelos made Prime
Minister.
1915-Quarreled with King
Constantine and resigned.
19t6-Sued for libel by
Greek general staff, who accus-
ed Venizelos of describing them
as German agents in the party
newspaper. Venizelos refused
to appear in court. .
1916 (Sept. )-Started reVo-
luton in Salonika.
1916 (Dec.)-Attem p e d
start revolution in Athens.
1917-Restored to power by
the Allies.
192O-Defeated at polls and
fled from Athens
1e21-Started unsuccessful
revolt in Crete.
1923--Announced retirement
from public life.
1924-Resigned as president
of assembly.
1926-Declined return 10
politics at overthrow Of Panga-
los dictatorship.
1928-Accepted prime min
ister post and signed important
pact of friendship with Italy.
193O-Signed treaty with
Turkey eliminating sources Of
friction of more than 100 years
standing.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
TREES FALL ON
HOUSES BUT NO
DAMAGE SEVERE

Storm damage in the city of
Hendersonville consisted princi-
pallv of broken plate glass, sign
boards blown down, fallen trees,
which in some cases fell across
houses, and damage to power and
telephone lines, also by falling
trees. .,
The damage was summarized
as follows this morning: Fallen
trees blocked streets III about 20
cases. In half dozen instances
trees fell across houses, but no
serious damage was reported In
about a dozen cases telephone and
power lines were broken by fall
inc trees.
Signboards were felled OH most
of the principal highways leading
from the city.
Two plate glass windows were
blown out at J. c. Penny store
and two at the Lewis Department
Store.
The small railway station at
West Hendersonville, just OF
South Main street, was 6loWn
down and fell across thetrackS. IL
had been removed today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
Rebuilt Greece After Over.
throw OF Former Mon
archy;Was In Paris

PARIS, Mar. IS. CUP)-Eleu-
therios Venizelos "The Lion of
Crete" Greek republican leader
for forty years, died in exile at
the age of II here today, his
country again monarchy.
Venizelos' heart was unable to
withstand the strain of a severe
attack of grippe and he died.
Two wishes were communicated
to those at his bedside. One was
that his countrymen rally to the
support of King George and the
second that he be buried in his
native Crete.
After struggling with the al
fairs of Greece for nearly 20
years, Prize Minister Eleutheorls
Venizelos again recognized his
cabinet in 1880 in order to obtain
harmony and progress.
The statesman, conceded to be
one of the ablest diplomats in the
world, found Greece small, mis-
understood and Inundated and re-
modelled it into great state, GOV.
cred with glory and confident in
the future.
In signing treaty of anlity
and naval parity with Turkey in
the late 192O's Vcnizelos achiev
ed a lifelong ambition. It was a
naot mutually beneficial in the
midst of pomp and splendor and
heralded as ending the difficul-
ties the two states had had for
many years.
The political life of the aged
diplomat nas been an exciting one
He was born August %, 1864, on
the island of Cerigo to which his
parents had been expelled from
Crete by the Turks. He spent his
boyhood at Mesolongha amid
scenes which recalled the Gree
heroic struggle for independence,
After completing his education
in Athens and Germany, Venize-
los adopted law as profession
and soon established a reputation
at Canea as a political leader. In
1898, when Prince George OF
Greece arrived in Crete as High
Commissioners of the Great Pow.
ers, Venizelos was named Minis,
ter of Justice, in which capacity
he played an important part in
framing the autonomous consti-
tuition of the island ~. 9h{
Two. years later he quarreled
- Continued son page four}i
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
EDEN ASKS LEAGUE COUNCIL.
TO DECLARE GERMANY PACT
VIOLATOR INTODAY'S SESSION
Germans Agree To Sit In
Session AS Vote Is
Taken

LONDON, March Is. (UP)-
Captain Anthony Eden, British
foreign secretary, today urged
the League Of Nations council to
declare Germany treaty violation
and to notify the signatorieS of
the Locarno treaty to that effect.
Eden rcaffarmed his previous
declaration that Germany had Vlo-
lated both the Versailles and the
LoCarno treaties.
The heads of the Locarno pow
ers, just before the council met
adjourned their meeting.
Joseph Paul BoncOur, fHance,
said that "no full accord has yet
been reached. :"
The League secretarlat official
Nv informed members of the coun'
Gil that it is intended for the
League council to vote on the
resolution finding Germany guilty
of the treaty violation III the
presence of the German dele,
gates,
DR.. Leopold Won Hoesch, Ger
man ambassador, has agreed tc
attend the meeting.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
I LEAST 20 DEAD
! JOHNSTOWN AREA

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, March Is.
III - FloodwaterS raging thru
II Of JOhnStown today receded
Iyly while state officials raced
|re from Harrisburg to take
|arge Of the gravest emergency
bee 1889, when 1900 persons
pvncd in the noted flood of
b year.
Police estimated that at least
persons have been drowned
Ilgh authentic casualty figures
impossible to arrive at.
The police believe that almost
persons nwroOncd during the
hi in the tvo-milr square area
b had been inundated to a
|pIh Of Is feet had been res
u.
approximately 5000 refugees
j been taken to make-shift
Pr and 10 private homes not
odcd. \ close police guard
Pans, lOO.lng was established
EORi the district.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
Breyard Escapes
Brunt OF Storm,

BREvARD, March 1s.-(Spe-
ciaD-Excepting for about an
inch and half Of snow, and
few fallen trees, Brevard and
Transylvania county escaped the
brunt. of the storm which visited
Western North Carolina Tuesday.
No plate glass was blown in, in
any of the stores; all school buses
were in operation yesterday and
today, and the delivery Of rural
mail has not been interfered with.
Some ice was noted here this
morning but this had all melted
during the early forenoon.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
CARS COLLIDE
ON WEST 9Th
Miss Marta Higgins
Spends Night In Hospi-
tai After Injury

Miss Marta Higgins, member
of the Etowah school faculty, was
discharged from the Patton Me
mortal hospital this morning after
spending yesterday and last night
there for treatment after an au-
tomobile collision on Sixth ave
niue west, near the cemetery, yes
terday morning,
Miss Higgins was riding with
Tom Freeman and Mrs. DotSon,
all members of the Etowah facul-
ty, when the car was IN collision
with a Plymouth sedan, driven by
Reese Pope.
All the other occupants were
shaken up but were not taken to
the hospital.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
F. R. ASKSFOR
BIG new FUND
Billion And a Half Is Goal
Set For Relief In
Message

WASHINGTON. Mar. t8. (UP)
President Roosevelt today asked
congress to appropriate $780,
OOO. 900 to continue the Works
Progress administration for an
other year.
II was estimated that this sum
would be sufficient to care for
the destitute and unemployed, to-
gethcr with the billion dollars UNI
expended from the previous APP
preparations and the six hundred
million dollars carried in the but
get for CCC and various pubic
works.
The limitation of federal rehet
expenditures, however, are de
pendent upon the accomplishment
of substantial numbers of The idle
by private industry.
The message, presented ny
Speaker Joseph w. Byrns, reveal
ed that the president advised hls
leaders that any increase IN the
appropriation over the estimate
must be accompanied by new
taxes to provide revenues to COW
err the added cost.
The president said: The uitl-
mate cost of the federal Works
Progwrcss administration will be
determined by private enterprise
Federal assistance, which arose
as a result of industrial unem-
ployment, can be terminated II IN
dustry itself removes the under
living causes of the conditions.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
CREWSLABOR
:. TO MOVEAWAY
DEBRIS IN CITY
Duke Power Co., Brings
Large Force To City To
Clear Up Trouble
STREETS ARE BLOCKED
In Is INSTANCES

Telephone and power cOmpan-
les and city street crews. this
morning laborcd to clear away the
debris of the blizzard and restore
services over the county.
The Duke Power CO., reported
that a crew Of so or more men,
drawn from Spartanburg, Green
vile. Charlotte and Statesville and
local workers was at work restor.
ing damaged service over. the
county. Considerable damage was
done to lines in the city and coun-
ty, but no estimate Of the damage
was available this morning.
The power company reported
that in spite of the severity of the
storm less than 10 per cent of the
connections were without service.
Damage consisted largely to lines
from falling trees.
The telephone company report
ed that a crew was at work re-
storing lines, damaged principally
nv falling trees. The principal
damage was done on Fifth avenue
where a new cable, installed only
S few days, was torn away by a
falling tree. ~.
No estimate Of the money dam
age was available this morning as
all trouble had not been located.
Chief Otis Powers stated that
his street crew worked until dark
last night and was back on the
job this morning. Chief Powers
stated that there were more than
25 cases where streets were block
ed by falling trees. Workmen were
seriously handicapped by the high
velocity of the wind in removing
these trees.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
BUNCOMBE.AND
MADISON ALSO
Are AFFECTED
Children Spend Night AT
,Milk River, Fletcher
And Edneyville
THOSE OF z SCHOOLS
STILL SNOWBOUND
BULLETIN

r. c. Anders, county superin-
tendent Of education, announced
this afternoon that all school chill
dren would be out Of school build
ings and at their homes by to-
night.
Nothing had been heard today
officially at the, courthouse with
regard to the marooned children
of the county schools following
their isolation at the Mills River
and Fletcher schools by the storm
last night, -,s-r
j. C. Coston however, had first
hand information that the - chill
dren who regularly attend the Ed
NEVILLE school, and who spent the
night at the Albritton home on
the Chimney, Rock load were sill
at the home this mornins. The
eight-foot snowdrift which blocked
their bus still could not be nego-
tiated.
Mr.. Coston also learned That
the children who ha d been
maroon at Mills River school were
able to 60 home this morning.
The children at the Fletcher
school were still at the school, and
unable to go home this morning.
The Edneyville section seemed
to have suffered the worst fcolr
drifting snow, and it was said
that a number of people, unable
to proceed farther spent the night
at Hyder's Garage on that road
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
|l)HNSTONN'S
|LOSS PLACED
| At 70 TODAY
+H,burgh Business Paral-
wed, Serious Fires
Develop
IONETARY LOSS TO
BE IN MILLIONS

PITTSBURGH. March Is. -
|. Ohio river and the two
l,s!y tributaries. the Mouon%a-
/, and the Allegheny today
IaIzcd the nations steel city,
|rring flood waters to a depth
| IN feet. at some points, in The
|mors Golden Triangle, juncturr
kgrr the rivers meet TO form the
BIZ river.
Several deaths were reported
h the damage is estimated 10
n into the millions of dollars.
Business has been completely
|yuu,ed and fires broke out.
|gnen we're forced To fight I'M
! almost impossible conditions.
|Thc city's most famed histori-
| building. the BlockhouSe, on
i site Of which stood Fort De-
|.gnc and later Fort Pitt, arc
his, covered with water. The
| 81 serious fire is reported at
/ Netzger bOatworks, where six
lrsOHy are unaccounted for, and
the WaverlY Oil plant where
L oil drums exploded.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
HOTELS HERE CROWDED WHEN
MOTORISTS HALT FOR STORM
People From Eighteen States And From Canada
Register AT The Skyland

building and during the late at
ternoon and evening would-be-
guests were turned away. IL
was estimated that fifty addl-
tional hotel rooms could have
been used,
The Skyland register this
morning showed guests from IL
states and from Canada.
Hotels in the city were forced
to buy bedding in order to take
care of guests.
Automobile storage garages
reported they were unable to
take care of the cars last night
and many were left standing IN
the streets. .
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18

HendersonvilIe hotels eXper-
fenced their biggest single
nights business in many a year
last night as hundreds Of home
ward bound motorists were
forced to stop on account OF JIG
blizzard.
AS far as could be learned
this morning all hotels III |i.t
city were filled to capacity laSC
night and many other P eopoe
were sent to boarding house ,
and private homes for ac'O'"
mediation. a ..
j The Skyland, which cl Z, fbs
floors during the winter ilo ,t;re
was forced to open the eH'A'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
IS STRICKEN
IN Blizzard
Aged Resident OF Near
Balfour Found By
Road, Taken Home

Mrs. J. u. Nicholson, aged
about 70, who resides on the
Asheville highway near Balfour,
was rescued from the snow be-
side the road yesterday morning
by C.. J. Hefncr, driver for the
Clark Candy company, and taken
to her home.
II is understood that Mrs.
Nicholson suffered a slight stroke
as she was walking in the biz
card from the mill to her home.
She fell into the snow beside the
road. In passing Mr.. Hefner saw
her and took her to her home.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
BIRDS NEED FOOD
OR THEY'LL STARVE

Thousands Of birds in and
around Hendersonville face star
walton on account Of the snow
and blizzard unless food is sup
piled for them, it was pointed out
today. E
4 Food should Be placed where it
Will not blow away or be covered
by snow and the birds will find it.
Numbers Of people in Henderson
vile ara already making provision
forttt4frds and others are asked
to cooperate in this work.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
Kiwanis To Hear
Graham At
Party For Ladies

A. H. SANDY Graham, len
tenant governor Of North Caro-
lima and q candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for governor.
is scheduled to speak here Thurs
day at ladies' night meeting of
the Kiwanis club. The address
will be non-political. He is the
third potential or avowed candi-
date, for the governorship to be
brought to Hendersonville by The
Kiwanis club, the others having
been Clyde Hoey of Shelby and
Charles A. Jonas Of Lincolnton.
In addition to Mr.. Graham's adj
dress, the program Thursday
night will include music, stunts
and prize drawings. A number OF
guests are expected to attend.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
IANY KANUGA
MAGISTRATES
|AREDAMAGED
|ones Escape But Loss OF
Trees Is Worst Known
In Section

- n. Pace, caretakcr of the
gnef estate, owned by Jack
tuner Of Brunswick, Ga, said
morning that the storm was
worst he had ever seen. and
l'sn extensive damage at
.no' OF the estates along the
+ sa road, although the Gard
ss'a'e, which is located on an
'ase OIL Fifty feet higher than
|;v. tuners u.s. escaped with compar-
Ivy little DAMAGE.
a. Pace, who is sixty wears
sad, II have never seen the
"a a. OF this storm in all my
de explained that none of
:. ''i'eS waE damaged in the es-
along kauuga road but that
\, ueS were down, both cur
A. a"u telephone wires, as well
|n5 n transformers, while the
y 40 blew r the doors off the stable
\, y :, Gardner place. The doors
FUSED, he said, and the me-
M SS was blown out of the
M estates where trees wer,
Rsslo,.u damaged included the
bSn ! place, where trees wer,
a i 'U1h around the house SC
bo,,. was impossible to leave
fck ,I Oy car. Pines two fee
the p' he said, went over
Eate ss ~ that at the Brown
ASIr ss many as 500 trees
Ices !. were blown down.
30 balm the Draper place wer,
sAdSoe /. Hundley home, the Of,
b. ID estate, many pine eDT t, oe,
0ersi %tgHaged. He estimates i tS Ss'
haagg oDo dollars worth ~, o
ai pi,e vas done to the trees s o. >
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
PRESBYTERIANS TO
OMIT SERVICES

DR.. L. 7. Wilds, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church who re-
turned at noon today from a
meeting with the Mems club of
the Presbyterian church at Nor
ristown, Tenn, said that, on &C
count of the inclement weather,
there would be no mid+week pray
er service at the church here to-
night. tgT 80 L..a- 5..s,l.s
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
TWO BOUND OVER

Mayor A. V. Edwards this
morning bound Tom Youngblood
and Floyd Rhymer to the superior
court under $500 bond each on
charges of breaking and entering
and the larceny of chickens from
w. R. Sander. The two men
pleaded guilty to the charges.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
DRAKE APPOINTED

RALEIGH, Mar. 18: (uP(-
Fred b. Drake, of Henderson
vile was appointed chief exam
lining accountant of the sales tax
unit, state revenue department.
DIR. NJ. C. Noble, assistant revenue
commissioner announced TO-DAY
Drake has been with the depart
ment since 1880.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
DONALD LEE MOORE
IS PRIZE COMPOSER

BREVARD, March 1S.-tSpe-
has been re
ceived by Donald Lee Moore Bre-
ward musician and composer, that
his original composition, Il Trem-
bic" a negro spiritual, won first
prize of a cash award IN the S'ate
contest recently conducted by the
North Carolina Federation of Mu-
sic clubs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
EASTERN STAR TO
DEFER ITS Meeting

Attention was called today to
the postponement of the lnstalla-
ton meeting of the Eastern Star
circle which had been arranged
for this week, and which has been
postponed on account of the
weather, 1t was announced that
the meeting will be held next
Monday evening.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
FASSIFERN PLAY

The Dramatic Club of Fassi-
fern School for Girls is present
ing Cyril Campion,s mystery
drama, Ladies In Waiting, on
Thursday evening at. 8 O'Clock at
the school auditorium.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
NO MIDWEEK MEET
AT FIRST BAPTIST

Announcement was made this
morning that because of the snow,
the mid-wcek prayer service at
the First Baptist church will be
called off.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
NARROWING OF CHILDREN
HITS THREE COUNTIES

The county schools were closed
this morning as buses were stuck
in snowdrifts and unable to trans
port children to the buildings.
The city schools were operating
CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
WEATHER

,hlc snow flurries tonight
P',rmer and clearing Thurs
Jay.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
GOOD AFTERNOON

The. recent theory that, after
making the rounds, music went
down and out perhaps explains
why so much of it is bum.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-29

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, Dec. 29.-Two major cases
in the December term Of the
Arlington county circuit court
were temporarily disposed of here
yesterday with a "non-suit" and a
decision Of under Amusement"
Outstanding was a $4,000 DAM
age suit against the National Air
port Corporation, which controls
the Washington Airport, for DAM
ages resulting from an airplane
crackup, in which James H. boo
little, noted speed flier, wrecked
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-29
PLAINTIFF DELAYS AIRPORT SUIT

a plane at the airport, December
IS, 1885.
Complainants in this suit, the
Shell Eastern Petroleum Prod
ucts, Inc, entered q "non-suit,"
meaning that the corporation had
dropped charges against the air.
port, but reserved the right to re-
open the case.
Compliments charged that q
"chuck hole" in the grounds Of
the airport had been ''negligently
and carelessly" permitted to exist
and thereby caused the accident
which wrecked the plane.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-29
B mai Birth LODGE
To Elect Tomorrow

Officers will be elected by Argo
Lodge, B'nai Birth. tomorrow at
8:15 p. m. in Jewish Community
center. The nominees: Leon Katz,
president; DR.. Ivy A. Pelzman,
vice president; Frank Luchs, war
den; DR.. Sylvan Danzansky, guar
dian; Seymour Guthman, assist
ant monitor; Moe Gutenberg,
financial secretary; David Wiener,
recording secretary, and Morris
Garfinkle. treasurer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-29

The case taken under advise
ment by Judge Walter T. Nc
Carthy, Of circuit court, was that
of Mrs. Gertrude Coleman Beach,
80, of Clarendon, who was recently
indicted by a grand jury on q
charge of performing an illegal
operation on a Leesburg, Va, girl,
October %, who died four days
later. The argument on a de-
murrer to have the indictment
quashed was heard and taken
under advisement by Judge Nc
Carthy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-29
Chooses Wrong Bed,
Lands in Jail Cell

Edward Blaine awoke this morn
ing in a cell at the Second pre-
cinct, merely because he attempted
to go to bed last night.
The difficult. police reported to.
day, is that Blaine selected the
wrong house and the wrong bed,
entering the home of a neighbor
instead of his own at 1719 Rhode
Island Ave. N. w. Blaine, who Is
SO, was charged by Second pre-
cinct police with being intoxicated
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-29

72xs4 Single Blankets in A8|
plaids with sateen binding
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-29

Not less than so wool. Double blan-
kets in three sizes-66x90, 7Oxs0 and
72x84. Warm, durable coverings in
green, gold, rose, blue and orchid
plaids.