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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
Tomorrow, Feb. 2, Ground Hog Day;
He Will Be Looking For His Shadow

another six weeks nap. However,
if his own shadow is not present
to scare him he stays up-and the
winter is over.
Just a legend, the scornful
might retort, but there are believ-
erS.
The origin of this method of
weather representation is OBJ
scure in time. 1t is probably an
American adaptation of a medic
val belief. The ancients based
practically everything on relig-
ious or church days. Thus, we
Americans who take stock in the
ground hog theory are probably
descendants of those ancients who
believed that:
If Candlemas day be fair and
clear,
Therell be two winters in the
year.
If Candlemas day be wet and
foul,
The half of winters gone at
Yule.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
DUCE AGAIN WARNS
AGAINST SANCTIONS
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY
Copyright 1886, United Press)

\AoPyHBhS ioSO, SuiS9o EEesI
ROME, Feb. 1.-(UP)-Furth-
er sanctions against Italy may
automatically develop into
blockade and q blockade means
war, Premier Benito Mussolinis
own newspaper, Popolo D'Italia,
said editorially in its Saturday
morning issue.
This blunt warning to Euro
pean countries followed a decree
yesterday by Mussolini calling to
the colors officers Of the aviation
and engineering corps born in
1912. The decree had added sig
nificance in view of II Duce's or
ders to the cabinet to prepare the
nation for possible eventualities
of tomorrow" presumably mean
ing trouble on the continent.
"Those thinking that war
against Italy by many nations
would be an easy affair would be
mistaken" the editorial said.
"Italy has been prepared for a
long while for any eventuality
and will defend herself with nails
and teeth"
The editorial, presumably ap
proved by Mussolini, was cap
toned: "An appeal to the stu.
dents of Europe"
Europe is gliding gradually
down the decline of sanctions, al
the bottom of which there Is un.
avoidable war;" the editorial stat
ed. ut will not be the politician
who fights, becauS" mobilization
will call yUutA firstly, university
students principally.
"The students .! Paris and
Brussels and al the great cities
of Europe, together with the
peasants, face the lirst signal I
gar and the march toward the
furnace. The politicians choose
to preach a sectarian crusade
from their easy stalls in parlia-
ment, protected this time by ma
chine guns. 1t is the politicians,
therefore, that are to be denounc-
ed right now.
ut is not Italy who desires war.
Italy only wishes for security in
Africa and peace in Europe :"
Meanwhile, Italy's armies on
the southern front of Ethiopia
strengthened their positions yes
terday and organized new com.
munication systems, repeatedly
preparatory to another big push.
perhaps towards Adds Ababa.
War communique No. Ill from
Marshal Pietro Badoglio, East At
rican commander-in-chief, said:
"On the Somaliland front work
of reorganization continues in the
region of Neghelli, while new sup
ply services are being installed.
"Our columns, reconnoitering
between Neghelli and the Dawa
Parma river, rounded up and
captured several enemy groups
and dispersed others.
"Chief and notables of the Gal
Ia Borana region. continued to
present themselves to our author
tiles and make submissions with
numerous armed followers"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
LANCECORNI IS
BIG PRODUCER
Strain Developed Here
Leads Yellow Corn Test
at Swannanoa

G. D. White, county agent, is
in receipt of a statement from
the Mountain Experiment station
at Swannanoa, on a corn variety
experiment, which shows that
Lance's Prolific, white corn, de-
veloped by Wash Lance of this
county, produced the most prolif..
ically of any of the Is strains OF
corn included in the certified seed
experiment.
Lawrence H. Mckay OF Hen
Jacksonville, entered a seed, JARVIS
Golden, which produced 52.4 oush-
els per acre. p. .. .....,,
Memoranda in connection WIN
the experiment. show that the
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
Pitt CLASSES FOR
FARMERS DEFERRED

aouncement was made today
n'gnt classes for farmers of
lana and Edneyville sections
), oeen indefinitely postponed,
|" the bad weather.
EsSe classes will be continued
.uA as the weather permits
announcement will be made
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
PalT THEY'RE "BOOBS"

||iTlI5E PLAINS. n. Y, Feb.
IT, .5Fl-A couple who got
"a alter zone, two, three, oh,
- Know how many high
4 asked Justice Frederick P.
gn Tor an annulment yester-
We were a couple of boobs,"
TT.uney Roth, bridegroom,
'3'S, Sybil Park Roth nodded.
Judge took it under advise
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
Iowa Coal Mines
Are Active Today
Miners Work To Avoid
Fuel Famine There

DES MONIES, Ia, Feb. l.
(UP)-Iowa's 500 soft coal mines
on which the state is largely de-
pendent for fuel, were being
worked today to, provide coal TOR
relief families, threatened with
acute suffering as a result OF .
statewide fuel famine.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
|RST ORDERS
REPAIRED TO
!, Initiative After Ex-
,,utiyes Fail Contin-
uOusIy To Act
bCERS NOT TO BRING
6IJT LOSS OF JOBS
FREDERICK c. OTHMAN
! pes, Staff Correspondent

y Press Staff Correspondent
|.SHNGTON. Feb. l. CUP
I New Deal last night prepar-
3 hrs, drastic orders in a
Ii railroad consolidation
|am designed to simplify the
- entire transportation
4 and save the carriers hun
of millions of dollars.
rogncing that he was tired
grg the railways to take the
Il. only to be ignored, Fed
77sportation COordinatOr
g Eastman said he would
r-ninal consultations with
sz weeks TO IL cities. The
viii mean abandonment Of
cas passenger stat / o n :,
h, yards. and repair shops.
{sreaiyer. he Indicated, viii
an avalanche of orders for
similar consultations and
Ration of whole railroads If
Hans reaches full fruition.
lsnan said ne had surveyed
separate terminals, where
tlidatiOns could be made prof
4. with an ultimate saving to
Railroads Of S50,000,000.
But these are only part of the
|ram." he said. ut is beiev-
ba, the opportunities for saw
and even more important,
Eyaffic gains from other I'M
EmentS which can be made,
into larger figures. The
|riwOrk for these improve
! has been laid and the time
bone TO get on with them"
+ plan. he said, is not to con-
ste the roads into huge units
slifle competition, but 70
e the competing companies
cooperate to mutual advantage
+ their interests are COM
warned that if private en-
Se proves unable to do
the public interest requires,
ownership of the carriers
Feyltable.' He expressed the
simultaneously that federal
|stlOn Of the railroads would
Iee necessary.
; first II orders will affect
H1aIS at Worcester, Mass,
GAINESVILLE. y. Y. Grand Rap
Men, Jacksonville, Fla, Des
p, Ia, Meridian, Miss. Free
ILL.,, Council Bluffs, Ia, Og-
Utah, Beaumont, Tex, and
EsOmery, Ala.
2 orders in general will force
|a-TayS entering each Of
cities 10 abandon competing
FngeT stations, if any, make
o. common freight yards if
capacity is large enough, and
/ operation Of duplicating re-
shops.
F&man said in an interview
ne mad chosen these IL par
q projects because they were
simplest and easiest to put in
OrCe, He stressed the fact
az OF them had been approx
| 'neory by chieftains of the
g I. involved, whom he charg-
, !, unreasonable failure to act.
aen these first consultations
yII INTO effect, Eastman in
.sd ne would order the ire
S |. complicated ones for
y plans nave been drawn up
-V a cities as New York, Chi
; 81. Louis, and Kansas City.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
TOO GOLD" TO WORK

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Feb.
employees on a
boardwalk project stopped work
at noon yesterday because of cold
weather. 1t was as degrees above
zero,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
$4,000 GEM THEFT

ai aS'l' Fla, Feb. l. CUP)-
= =, valued at $4,000 was
thursday from the hotel
:; o. Philip Medicus of New
? Il was disclosed yesterday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01

Summary for month:
Max. So; Min 8 Mean Max, 46'oC;
mean min., 1872 Mean, $40;
mean daily range, 22.S; greatest
daily range, AZ; precipitation,
11.24 inches; normal mean tenn,
perature for JAN, 38.5; normal
precipitation for JAM, 4.69' de-
preeS. .------
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

MIR. and Mrs. Byers Johnson
announce the birth of q daughter
Friday, January 81.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. l.
CUP)-The widow of Huey Z.
Long, who shared his early strus-
giles up the trail of politics and
remained the one steadying influ-
ence throughout his stormy ca
reer, was appointed last night to
fill his unexpired term in the
United States senate.
The appointment was made by
Governor James Albert Noe, who
succeeded to the louisiana execu-
tive office Tuesday upon the
death of Governor o. K. Allen.
1t was Governor Noes first Off
cial act. Allen had planned to
take the senate office himself.
Mrs. Long will take office at
once. She will be the third wo-
man to serve in the senate and
the second to win the office thru
Huey Long.
The first woman to serve IN
the senate was Mrs. Rebecca Lat
inner FELTON, of Georgia who died
in 1880. She held the office for
% hours in 1922 by senate cour-
tesy. The other senator, who owes
her office to Huey Long is Sem
ator Caraway of Arkansas, the
motherly little widow of Senator
Thaddeus Caraway, for whom
Long invaded a strange state In
1882 to make one of his most
spectacular political fights.
At her fashionable New Orleans
home where she cares for her
three children, Mrs. Long was
"excited and delighted" She was
still waiting for official word OF
her appointment from Governor
Noe.
A woman of extremely polished
manner and attractive appear
ance, who married Huey Long
when he was only 10 and conduct
ed his first political campaign, the
f ormer Rose Mcconnell OF
Shreveport, La, has remained IN
the background in recent years,
maintaining a sharp interest IN
political trends, but rarely ex-
pressing an opinion. Whether she
will renew Longs fued with the
Roosevelt administration remain
ed problematical. She promised a
formal statement later.
The first reaction of anti-Long
leaders was one of forbearance'
Continued on page tnree)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
WIDOW
IS APPOINTED
AS SUCCESSOR
Noes First Act Is to Name
Her to Take Seat in
Senate
WOULD BE THIRD
WOMAN TO SERVE

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. l. (UP)
Friends of Mrs. Huey P. Long, ap-
pointed yesterday to serve the un-
expired senate term of her slain
husband, believed she will at
tempt to revive his share-the-
wealth movement and follow his
independent policies.
She will go to Washington
within a few days and become the
country's third woman senator.
She refused to discuss her poll
cies. Reviews of her recent past
uncovered little, but observers re-
called with new interpretations
that she had obtained clear title
rights to copyrights patents, and
the mailing list of Share-the-
Wealth clubs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
GOOD AFTERNOON

The realtor trying to sell that
new Toledo, o., all.glass house
might be wise not to use that.
phrase, "A stones throw from. :"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-01
WEATHER

tonight and Sunday
|,ibIy rain or snow
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
'EMPL0YE NO. /
P|CKEDBYS Ssh

mo. /" in the greatest peace
time draft on record, the registra-
ton of 100000 American en-
ployes under the old age retire
ment benefit program, went to a
23-year-old Princeton graduate who
is employed in his fathers Brook,
Ign electrical supply company,
and voted as an avowed Landon
supporter in the recent preSiden-
tial election.
John David Sweeney, jr., whose
registration makes him as famous
as the first name drawn in the
World War draft, learned of his
distinction yesterday after his
Social Security application was
filed as the first account at the
Baltimore offices of the Social Sc
curity Board.
Young Sweeney, whose home Is
in New Rochelle, N. Y, will be
eligible to receive monthly pen
sion checks in 40 years if he lives
until he becomes IS and fulfills
minimum work requirements.
While opposed to New Deal
theories and measures he said
that he was in favor Of the Social
Security program.
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
Alexandria Court
Fees Total
$2,665

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 2.
With a total of $2,665.67 being
handled in the Alexandria Civil
and Police Court during Novem-
Der, collections for the city totaled
$1,790.24, it was revealed here to-
day in the monthly report sub
mitted by Police Court Clerk Park
E. TIGER.
Breaking down the report, Mr..
TIGER listed police court fines and
costs paid to the city at $1,533.19;
civil costs assessed and collected
for the city at $2O9.75, and costs
collected in State cases for the
city at $48.
Fines to the State of Virginia
and clerks fees to Elliot F. Hoff-
man, clerk of the corporation
court, totaled $1O5. Other fees col.
lected at $189.4O, and 5000 col.
lected and disbursed in the juve-
nile and domestic relations court.
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
I SAFES YIELD
CASH, CHECKS

Thieves early today worked hard
to break open two safes in the Of
flee of the Meyer Coal Corpora
ton, 63o1 Blair Rd. N. W., and
found they contained notes, deeds
and other business papers but
very little cash.
One of the safes contained ap-
proximately 400 and most Of that
was in checks, Macon L. Meyer,
head of the firm, declared.
His personal safe, which appar-
emily was the one most easy to
open, contained the business
papers, Mr.. Meyer said. The coal
corporation safe contained the cur
rency, but Mr.. Meyer said he could
not tell how much of that had
been taken because police re-
quested him not to touch the safe
pending the arrival of fingerprint
experts from detective headquar
tiers.
The thieves entered the place
after breaking a glass panel out OF
a rear door. The combinations
were knocked from the safes and
no explosives were used to open
them. James Travers, of Edmond
son, Md, the corporations weigh
master, discovered the broken
safes when he appeared for work.
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
LOO Due 10 Attend
Democratic Dinner

More than 100 persons are ex,
pected to attend the Victory
Dinner" of the Pennsylvania
Democratic Club of washington
at the Mayflower Hotel on De.
cember 3, officials of the organi-
cation reported today.
Governor George H. Earle, of
Pennsylvania, with his official
staff, will attend the celebration,
which is in honor of the first
Democratic victory in the State
in 80 years. Guests will be seated
according to the congressional
district in which they vote, and
their Representatives in the
House will be divided among the
groups.
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
CUM BERLAND
Halls PEACE
IN STRIKE

CUMBERLAND, Md, Dec. 2.
Formal ratification Of an agree
ment is expected today to end the
19-day strike involving 5000 work
ers at the Celanese Corporation Of
America plant here.
Officials of the United Textile
Workers Of America and Of the
corporation reached an agreement
yesterday afternoon after a con.
ference Of several hours. Details
OF the agreement, it was an
nounced, will not be made public
until the strikers meet in eXecu-
tive session to act on it.
News of the settlement spread
quickly throughout this town and
neighboring settlements. Business
had felt the pinch Of the loss OF
the plants $4,000 weekly pay
roll. Evening newspapers pub
lished extras regarding the settle
ment and everywhere the news
was greeted with joy.
The union demanded right Of
collective bargaining. recognition
of the union, shop committees
and asked an increase of wages
aggregating IS per cent. 1t is
understood that union officials
were satisfied with terms of the
agreement, particularly with re-
gard to the right of collective
bargaining.
With settlement of the strike
expected today, it was estimated
that all workers will return to
their tasks at the plant by Mon
day. Two thousand were ready
to take over their posts as soon
as hostilities were called off.
Only two policemen were on
duty at the plant yesterday.
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
MAYOR WARNS
UNDERWORLD

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 Q.N.S0.
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia to-
day issued what he grimly termed
his christmas message to the
underworld" 1t was:
"AH the punks, crooks and
racketeers will be driven from
town."
Speaking at the opening Of a
new felony court, the rotund lit,
tie mayor paid his respects to "cer-
tain people-people I wouldn't let
come into my home" He added:
"They are no good, they
never were any good, and we
don't want them in this town.
II they show their faces, they'll
get a hot reception"
And as for constitutional
rights
81 want to talk about the con.
stitutional rights of the victims
Of criminals-Of the widow and
the children Of the men muir
dered by racketeers. They have
constitutional rights, too. So
has the little business man who
Is the victim Of racketeerS. So
has the girl who is assaulted by
the degenerate and the thug"
He also took a rap at criminals
who "cry baby" that police beat
confessions out Of them. He said
"The victim Of such a cry
baby may still be In the hos
pital at the point of death. What
would you have the police do
kiss the criminal?"
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
Harris Taylor, Court
Aide, Drops Dead

Harris Taylor, for many years
a justice of the peace at Upper
Marlboro, dropped dead early to-
day in his home at Upper Marl-
boro. He was IS.
Judge" Taylor also served as
bailiff in the Circuit Court for
many years and, at the time Of
his death, was bailiff assigned to
duty outside the Grand Jury
room while that body was delibe-
rating. He was unmarried.
The Washington times., 1936-12-02

politan police last night. Repre-,
sentative Summers office is be.
lieved to have been burglaried
the night Of November 80, and
nothing but the Bible was reported
missing.
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
The Weather

Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow
District Of Columbia r. ain
early tonight; Thursday cloudy
and warmer, probably followed by
rain in afternoon or night; lowest
temperature tonight about IS de-
grees; moderate shifting winds.
Maryland-Rain, warmer IN ex-
IRENE west portion tonight; Thurs
day cloudy and somewhat warmer,
followed by rain in west portion.
Virginia-Cloudy, colder in ex-
IRENE southeast portion tonight;
Thursday cloudy with warmer in
the interior, followed by rain In
afternoon or at night.
Tide Table
High tide today 1913 q. m. and
Low tide today 5:OS a. m. and
5:25 p. m.
High tide tomorrow 11:43 a. m.
and 1901 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow 5:39 a. m.
and 6:19 p. m.
Temperatures
Yesterday Today
4 D. No.. 80 4 q. No.. 81
8 p. me-. 20 8 q. No.. IS
Midnight 2S Noon ..... 80
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
Rare Bible Stolen

A Sixteenth Century Bible Of in
estimable value has been stolen
from the office Of Representative
Hatton w. Summers, Of Texas,
Capitol police reported to Metro
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
Neck Broken in Crash,
CCC Worker Dies

Charles H.. Bennett, Is, a Civilian
Conservation Corps worker, died
today in Walter Reed Hospital Of
a broken neck, suffered when a
motorcycle he was riding was
struck by a truck near CarroIlton,
KY.
The Washington times., 1936-12-02

Departures From Normal
Accumulated excess Of tempera-
ture since January /, 1885, 375.
Deficiency of temperature since
December l, 1885, 10.
Accumulated deficiency of pre-
cipitation since January /, 1896,
3.14.
Deficiency of precipitation since
December /, 1886, 08.
TemneFatureR
The Washington times., 1936-12-02
EntomoIoeists to Meet

The chronological Society Of
Washington will meet tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock in room 43
of the new building Of the National
Museum g.,
Evening star., 1936-01-10
Plan for Aiding Work of
Rehabilitating Farmers
ia thu Editor ~ r,. s..r.

To the Editor of The Star:
Any system of rehabilitating farmers
OF the Western prairies must be started
with building program. 1t has been
proved that it is impossible to build up
q workable farm plan without changing
from a purely grain-raising proposition
to one where live stock will furnish part
Of the revenue. Most of the farmers
throughout North Dakota have not the
right kind of buildings for live stock
and they are not financially able to build
the common kinds of wood buildings.
My solution of this problem which con-
fronts rehabilitation work is to encour-
age the building of hen houses, sheep and
cattle barns Of rammed earth or "pise."
This method of building has proved sue
cessful in Europe and apparently the only
reason it was not adopted here was that
so few knew the secrets OF doing the
work.
Rammed earth construction uses a
form into which the moist earth is
tamped until it becomes extremely hard.
1t is coated when completed with some
form of weatherproofing. The cost of
material is nothing. The tools and cost
Of forms Is only few dollars. It does in
volve lot of work bat very little expense
for factory materials. There Is a
surplus of farm labor available and with
the right supervision many new buildings
could be put up with practically no ex-
penditure of money.
It would seem that in the work of
rehabilitating Western farmers the
use of rammed earth construction would
assist materially in speeding up the pro-
gram. RUSS r. RANNEY.
Jamestown, N. Oak.
Evening star., 1936-01-10
Object Lessons.

An Illustration of the grave difficulties
IN the way of efficient municipal admin
istration resulting from denial of ade-
quate funds for the maintenance of the
protective forces of the District appears
In connection with the inquiry into the
two recent fires in this city which cost
the lives of five persons. BY direction of
the Commissioners the building inspec-
tor has assigned the full force of field
inspectors of his Office to make a check
of suspected fire hazards in Washington.
But this force is not adequate for such a
service within a reasonable period of
time. Several months ago the inspector
petitioned the Commissioners for an in
crease of ten in his staff for the next
fiscal year. The Commissioners, under
pressure of required budget reduction,
approved an increase of six. The Bureau
of the Budget reduced this number to
three, just thirty per cent of the es-
timated necessary increase. This is true
in all the branches of District admin
:stration relating to public safety. The
superintendent of police asked for 131
more policemen. The Commissioners
were compelled to cut the requisition
to 80 men. The Bureau of the Budget
permitted an estimate for only three ad-
Evening star., 1936-01-10
Fairy Tales.

The children Of the slums, it has been
discovered, like fairy tales. But perhaps
children not so disadvantaged also are
addicted to romantic fables. In either
instance, the choice would not be un-
natural. The human race is equipped
with imagination enough to appreciate
fiction quite as much as truth. Indeed,
a distinguished critic has remarked that
Prince Hamlet, created by the fertile
genius Of Shakespeare, is "as real as
anybody who ever actually has lived;
and it is recorded that Gladstone, prime
minister Of Great Britain, wept over
Charles Dickens account of the purely
theoretical death of Little Nell.
Basically, there is only inconsequential
distinction between the poor and the
well-to-do. In America, anyway, the
division lines between the classes are
shadowy and thin. The relative ease
with which individuals pass from one
group to the other proves the point.
Consider the example of Andrew Car
negie: He began his career as q mes
senger boy and closed it as a multi
millionaire, thereby personifying romance
as incredible as anything ever written
by Andrew Lang or the brothers Grimm,
and his experience has been duplicated
so many times as to constitute rule
rather than to demonstrate an exception.
But. unhappily, there likewise are