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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24
OLSON .RITES
Are PLANNED
Death Believed to Make
I,andon Victory in Min
nesota Possible

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Aug.
%, UP).-Death of Gov. Floyd
B. Olson, who had welded Mime
sofa liberals in support Of 'Presi-
dent Roosevelt's reelection, may
have a decisive effect on winch
wav the state will vote in Novem-
Der.
NAM persons believed nobody
but Olson could hold the Farmer
Labor party in line and that many
votes now would 90 to William
Lemke. Union Party presidential
candidate. That, they said, might
make it possible for Gov. ALT M.
Landon to carry the state.
Olson's funeral will be held on
Wednesday in the municipal au-
ditorium here with military hon
ors. He died Saturday night III
Rochester where he has been I'M
der treatment for a stomach all
ment.
Company C of the 135th Ma
tional Guard infantry will escort
Olson's body to Minneapolis; 1t
will lie in state in the capitol ro,,
tunda until the funeral. Burial
will be in Lakewood cemetery:
With Olson's death, Lieut.-Go
Hialmer Peterson succeeded to
the office. Three men appeared to
be in the lead to take up Ols0n'S
senatorial race. Congressman Ern-
est Lundeen probably will be Of
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sit here debating this article, l
recall offhand the case of a man
who saw a figure moving on the
balcony outside his window; he
fired and killed his wife who had
stepped out for a breath of fresh
air. The case of a man who heard
a fumbling at his door in the
night; he fired through the panel
and killed his little girl: The case
of a man who Weakened suddenly
to see something moving in his
room; he fired and killed his little
boy: The case of a friend of mine
who, hearing someone trying to
enter his room in the night, fired
and dangerously wounded a neigh
Dor who had mistaken my friends
door for the door of his own
apartment. Many such tragedies
have occurred.
How many men have commit
ted murder because they had pis-
tolls in their pockets or within
easy reach! Many quarrel would
have passed off into nothing had
not one or both of the Quarrelers
been armed with revolvers. Be-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24
THE PISTOL
Ry WICKES WAMBOLDT

cause they did have reviewers,
lives were taken, homes were
wrecked. Many Il man has said
after some conflict with some
body, "If | had had q pistol |
would have killed him" And he
would, too.
What handy instrument Of
destruction pistol is when one
is swept with a sudden intense fit
of depression, anger or jealousy
Many a person would be alive to-
day had there not been a revolver
in his bureau drawer when he was
seized with a severe attack OF the
blues.
Remember this: ShotGuns can
be used for shooting birds, squir-
rcls, rabbits; rifles for larger
game; but pistols are made for
but one purpOse-to kill human
beings; there is practically no 9th
er use for the pistol except for
man to kill man.
Officers of the law whose bus
mess it is to hunt down killers,
and who, to save their own lives,
must be quicker on the draw than
the killers they hunt, must needs
carry pistols and know how to use
them. But the private citizen has
done far more harm with his pis-
tol than he ever did good with it
or ever will. He is safer without
a revolver than with one.
Of course it is comforting
feeling when travelling a lonely
way, to have a pistol in ones
pocket: yet many man when
molested under such a condition
has been killed simply because he
tried to draw his gun, when 9TH
erwise he would merely have been
robbed or beaten.
The average person who at
tempts to pull a gun in competi-
ton with criminal has all the
odds against him; for the criminal
is likely to be expert in the use
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER.

many complications that wouId
face the United States. This fac
tor, say New Deal insiders, has
alarmed some eastern conServa-
tives who hate Roosevelt and wish
they could feel sure that Landon
would be strong enough to meet
possible future world stresses and
strains.
FURTHER optimism is engen-
l. dered by the Democratic belief
that National Chairman John D.
M. Hamilton has not lived up to
the reputation he built at and after
the Cleveland convention.
Roosevelt is not overlooking any
bets along the line of whiting
down Landon, as his Chautauqua
speech proved. There he stressed
by implication what he considers
his superior qualifications for deal
ing with wars perilS.
ROOSEVELT will appear con-
L. stantly on the stage as man
of action, of wisdom, of experience,
of great deeds. The idea will be.
drilled into the heads of the voters
that they are being asked by the
Republicans to turn out presi-
dent who, knows all the ropes and
replace him with one who has yet
to prove bis fitness to lead great
nation. y at e. ..". .r .
This new "buiIdup" of Roose-
Welt, apparently the central point
of Democratic strategy from now
on, is what the Republicans must
watch and combat. They can't de-
pend merely on what their lead
ers have said all along-that the
country would vote against"
Roosevelt rather than "for" Lam
don.
The best tip now is to watch the
larger and more important polls,
such as those of the American In
stitute of Public Opinion and the
Literary Digest. The politicians
of both parties are doing that-in.
tently. 49,,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

kEA Service STAN correspondent
WASHINGTON of absorbing
w interest to the Washington OBJ
server are the contrasting systems
Of strategy being employed by the
Two major parties as they swing
toward the stretch drive for the
November election.
The Republicans, in their "build-
up" have stressed Landon's COM
mon sense, his canny spending, his
ability to save pennies. They pic
ture him as a 'fhorse-and-buggy,"
prairie state, small town man,
with his feet solidly on the ground.
The Democrats are endeavoring
to convince the voters that the
Kansan is not big enough for the
lob, that he lacks the experience
and the statesmanlike qualities
which a president should have,
and the Democratic strategiSts are
doing everything possible to pro-
mote the idea that they are run
ming a superman- against an OPP
ponent who has yet to prove him.
self of presidential stature.
+
T ANDON and his advisers must
4 meet this threat. And it is a
certainty thatnG. o, p. strategiStS
will be trying vigorously to do so
from now on. hru@yV. !: VI .,,.. /
u Spirits Of New Dealers, how
ever, have Extraordinarily higher
during August. 80" .r7b g.. .,r.
- Scouts sent out by the Demo-
cratic high command return with
reports that there is a Creeping
sense" of doubt as to Landon's
ability to cope with the major ma
ticnal and international problems
which will beset the president who
takes Office on Jan. 20, 1897.
The New Dealers say this is at
tributable to two things: 4
l. Landon's acceptance speech
which they contend was uninspir-
ing in both content and delivery
2. The Spanish situation and the
threat of European war. with the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24
ROAD TO CHAMPIONSHIP is FAR
FROM SPORTING
(By BRUCE CATION

Now that the Olympic, Games ylctors
have been duly cheered, hemedaled, ana
banoueted, it might be a good thing for us
70 devote a little time to the question,
What does the amateur sports champion
get out of it all, anyway? -..
He gets medals, of course, and mead
lines and sometimes he is able to get fair
living out of it-as long as his legs hold up
But he generally has to pay good deal Tor
these things, and he must sometimes Won
der if they are worth all they cost.
To be superlatively good at anything,
YOU have to devote your life to it-whether
it be athletics, music, crime detection, or
the making of terra Gotta busts. The cham
pion has to work at his job everlastingly;
he has to eat and sleep his calling, so to
speak, between performances.
There are callings in which the result
is infinitely worth the price-and there are
calings in which it is not.
A youngster who can swim, or run, or
Jump, or heave a 16-pound ball of lead
faster and farther than anybooy else does
not get that way solely through the bounty
of nature. He must have the gift to begin
with, of course, but unless he works like
a trooper to develop and perfect it, he will
never get his picture in the papers. ..
This writer recently saw a junior swim
ming meet. A young lady of some Ia sum-
mers put on truly marvellous display OF
aquatic prowess. People who watched her
said: "Ah-there goes a future Olympic
champion" ~.
Well, that is what the young lady's
mother thinks, too. She has thought so for
a long time-and, as result, this girl has
averaged 2t3 hours practice in the pool
every day for several years.
Some day, possibly, she will be an Olym-
pic champion, and we all will know her
name and her contours very we'll indeed ;
and we can only hope that she will then
feel repaid for all those hours of practice.
Our own private bunch is that some day
she will decide that she was sold down the
river for the sake of little fame; and
when she makes that decision her dOting
mother will not be lady to be envied.
At any rate, this swimmer is, a sample
Casa cross-section, so to speak, of the
amateur champion as child. And the way
she is driven to sport, as slave is driven
to the mines, is an indication that some
thing is profoundly wrong with our whole
conception of sport.
Sport is supposed to be a means of rec
reation, of relaxation. You go down to the
corner to BOWL or out in the country to
play golf, or over into the vacant lot to
tuck into bit of softbal, because you get
a kick out of it.
That's all sport iS-except, of course, foi
the professionals. By clarifying the cham,
pions, we turn sport from fun into hard
work. And it is, the very, champion whom
we glorify who is apt to suffer most of all
- ... 60 ..tsG
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24

Of the pistol, while the average
person is not. Neither is the aver
age policeman. Let two men reach
for their guns at the same time,
the one pistol-cXpcrt, and the
other a pistol-novice and the eX-
pert will shoot the novice to death
before he can get his gun out Of
his pocket.
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with q pistol or
even prot G c t
himself with it;
but many a per-
son has lost his
life or has caus-
ed the death Of
a loved one be-
cause he had a
pistol.
Men who sleep
with pistols I'M
der their pillows
kill more mem
bers of their own
ia m lille S than
huro'lars. As |
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24
SUPT. FRED. WATERS OF


the local schools secs difficulties
ahead in the way of a change in
the personnel Of faculties for
many North Carolina schools.
There will be q scramble for po-
sitions with the schools where the
citizens have voted supplemental
payments either in the form of
higher salaries or longer terms, or
perhaps both. This will have a
tendency to drain the stronger
talent from the schools without
tax supplements. The additional
tax for the schools is quite evil
dent over the state and so the
teachers kingdom seems to be in
the aScendency.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24
SHORTS: DR.. AND MRS. Sc

SHORTS: DR.. AND MRS. Sc
viCr observed on Main street APP
pcaring as though responsibility
had been lifted after each girl had
b en- outed homeward from
Camp Grcystonc.-C. II. T. Bly,,
manager Of local Farmers Fcder-
alton warehouse, accompanied by
Mrs. Bly,, on vacation headed for
his native state, New York.-Da-
viz Masbb1rn, Baptist young peo-
pes director, headed for native
heath in Andrews.--E. E. Low
''ance in for supplies for Oak
Grove Inn near Edneyville. Says
inn is filled, turning away guests,
and ncighborhood is enjoying fine
scasOn.-COmmandcr r. p. Ham,
mes expects to return from Adj
miral FalTagut summer naval
camp early part of September.-
Hall Reaben and George PEBBLES,
home and off again to bring fam
lilies back from Myrtle Beach
d. W. Bennett given surprise Wis
1t by his father from Wake coun-
ty, looking in on type of work of
son as assistant county agent and
taking in mountains for first time.
i. l.. Burgin in from Mills Riv-
er. No big campaign issues devel-
oped vet in his race for the House
at Raleigh.-O. B. Jones, taking
vacation from CCC camp. Soon
will resign to give full time to
race for county commissioner
Ernest Phillips, not campaigning
much but says his campaign for
the House will have some real is
sues worth listening to.-Rov
Keith with bifocals in pocket and
false teeth in laboratory.-Dr.
Bennett resenting joke about his
studying the streamline construc-
ton of greyhounds as a hobby
Clarence Flynn in street stopping
traffic to take time off to show
me that he had socked his feet
with elastic top hose and had not
worn supporters since forbidden
on university tracks.-That dem
onstratlon over auto traffic moves
on in the congested and busy dis
trict around the depot.
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The young man who Inherited" the pos
tai carrier route his father had for 70 years
will deliver letters by heir mail.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24
YET

Although the 6gtree shall not blossom ne'thei
bsu fruit be in the vines;...the fields shall yie'
M meat, and the flock shall be cut OH from the
foId YET WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD.
Heb. 3:17,1s.)
Notbinks these words are worthy of being WRlI-
TIN WITH A DIAMOND ON A ROCK forever.
Oh, that by Divine grace they might be deeply en-
craven on each of our hearts! Heroic commences
IIlnstrious faith! Unconquerable loveEDoddndge
in STREAMS in the Desert"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24

If you own a pistol it is prob
ably greater menace to you and
yours than to anyone else. Very
seldom does a person save his life
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24

A future as a flagpole sitter awaits the
little girl who ran away from home in
Cleveland to climb fire plugs. -..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24

The diary figuring in the. Mary Astor
case may yet win place as one of the
most expensive literary first editions.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24

Calipatro county, southern California, is IT'S
feet below sea level.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24

Large aviation and ocean liner companies IN
Europe have agreed to honor each others passen-
ger tickets.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24

UNCLE JES S E ROC E r S,
noted fiddler hereabouts, is COM
ing in for extensive publicity by
reason of his characteristic fid-
ding pose and his capacity to en-
terrain with the. fiddle. He was
recently in the program Of old
time fiddlers in Ashcville. A pic
turc Of Mr.. Rogers, his bow and
fiddle were recently published in
connection with the forthcoming
folklore festival at Lewisburg,
Pa. The illustration was widely
distributed by the International
Illustrated News feature service.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-24

~ sz.ss eSs.,cz'sa eTs xxi"
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
Golfers
In Fla. Finals

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 16.-E. A.
Burns and E. C. Jameson, two
washington golfers, gained the
finals of mid-willter amateur golf
championships at the Miami Coun-
try Club today.
Burns is opposing Bob Odom,
of St. Albany, N. Y. in the second
division, and Jameson is meeting
Malcolm Carlisle, of indianapolis,
in the third flight. In the semi
finals yesterday, Burns defeated
Bill Wallace, of Miami, by 4 up
and 3 to play. Jameson, south
paw. triumphed over Jack Shaw,
of Cleveland, by 2 and l.
Charles Whitehead, Of South
River, N. j., won in the title divis-
ion from Henry Russell. of Coral
Gables. Fla, 18-year-old Florida
State High School champion, by
4 and 2.
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
FresChi Cracks
DuCkpinM Marks

Joe Freschi resumed the leader
ship in practically everything in
the Recreation Duckpin League
last night with 431 set, compiled
with games of 1871, al and 1873,
which just about overcame the
edge Brad Mandley had on him
for high average.
Freschi's big game gave his
Eynon Printing team SIT, which
tied the seasons record, while
their 1853 set is a new mark.
May and Parella aided Joe with
sets of 391 and 374, respectively.
Perez Elicit threw in a 1853 game
and 383 set for the opposition, Sol
Herzog.
Wilners bowlers twice downed
the Busy Bee Restaurant, thus
knocking them off the top rung
as University Shop forged to the
fore with three victories. Harry
Dawson tried valiantly to save his
team with a $50 but couldn't quite
make it.
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
Grand CentrdIS
Roll Brewers

Duckpin scattering promises to
reach a creScendo tonight when
the Heurich Brewers and Grand
Central valet teams tangle at
Georgetown Recreation. In their
last meeting the Valetmen won
two games and established a sea-
son record set of 1909, with the
Brewers rolling 1852 in the high
est scoring match witnessed in
the District League this season.
Dropped to fourth place last
week by the Grand Central's two
game victory, the champion Occi-
dental Restaurant quint will have
to set a merry pace tonight if
they hope to trim Convention
Hall on their home drives. Area
dia found it tough going to exc
out a two-game victory last week
over the Hallmen.
A real tuSSle is expected at
Lucky Strike, when the leading
Arcadians invade the LuckieS
stronghold. All matches are at
10 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
Local " States
Wrestling Shows

Broadening the field Of its
operations, the wrestling commit
tee of the Boys Y. M. C. A. func-
tioning under the direction of the
Amateur Athletic Union an
nounced today that four wreSt'
ling tournaments will be held in
Washington this year.
Usually there were the junior
and senior tournaments. This
year, however, there will be a
high school and junior high tour
nament along with the private
schools tournaments.
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
Bill Wood Girls
Trip Lu(kies

Caught in the web of an onrush-
ing Bill Wood team, the second
place Lucky Strike girls, who had
shaved the champion Rosslyn
quint's lead to one game last week.
were otday three games back of
the Virginia pacemakers by drop
ping two tits while the leaders
once again regained firm hold on
first place in the Ladies District
League pennant race by sweeping
National Beer.
With Irene Scott smashing the
NAPLES for top scores of J144 and
373, the Bill Woods garnered high
team totals of 500 and 1887 to
romp over the Luckies for two
games. The Luckies won the last
tilt, sci to SIG. Annette Matthew
rolled an impressive 1870 ahd BAT
in the Bill Wood win. Catherine
Quigley's 334 was top score for the
losers.
Bolstering his lineup with
Gladys Lynn and Betty Wilson,
Gait Davis was much pleased
when the newcomers came across
with scores that aided the Ross
Ign team to it's three-game vic
tory. Mrs. Lynn. rolling BIT, tied
with Blanche Wootton for top
set.
The Nationals put up real
scrap only to lose by close scores.
The middle tilt was settled by
one pin, SOL to 500. Alma Schultz,
with 321, and Bess Ackman, with
1922, led the beer brigade.
Convention Hall clipped Swa-
nee for two games when Georgia
Hays 127 decided the second
skirmiSh, sos to SOL. and Capt.
Maybelle Herring rolled 100 in the
final. Lucille Young, with 100,
1872 and 118 for a 349, hikd her
average to better than no, al
though her Swanee club failed to
continue its upward drive.
Arcadia held third place by
trimming Northeast Temple two
games, as Evelyn Ream featured
the win with 1875 and 347.
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
Leader
0fBeIIeHdVen
GoIfCIub

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. Is.
Charlie Rollins, former local golf
champion, has been appointed
chairman of the Belle Haven golf
committee for the 1885 season.
He will map out a program of
club tournaments, special matches
and team play for the Alexandria
golf club.
Belle Haven club will be repre-
sented at the meeting of the D. C.
Golf Association at the Racket
Club in Washington on February 6.
The Bi-State Golf Association
holds its first meeting February
20 at Winchester, Va.
George Washington High School
courtmen play their first game in
the Conference "A" series tomor-
row at Petersburg, Va, mixing
with the Petersburg High School
quint.
Saturday night the Presidents
and Tech High of Washington will
play here.
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
| outs Punches
Straight From
Shoulder
BY JOHN C. HOFFMAN

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Straight
from the shoulder!
That's where those paralyzing
punches that Joe Louis unlooses
come from. Not from the center
field flag pole.
At least that's what Jack Black.
burn, the phlegmatic young negro
fighters trainer, says about them.
And Blackburn, who has seen
those Louis punches in fights and
training, should know. Max Baer,
for example, wouldn't know. He
didn't see the one that sent him
to oblivion.
Blackburn, himself a rugged
ringman in tough era mot to
be confused with this one), was
telling about it today on the eve
of Louis engagement with
Charley Retzlaff at the Chicago
Stadium tomorrow night. Asked
what was the secret of Louis ter
rifle punching, Jack replied:
"He hits straight from the
shoulder. Fighters who teIe-
graph their punches don't get
very far"
What he meant was that you
can't start a punch from the
grandstand and deliver it much
before the Fourth of July without
something happening meanwhile.
"Then how far do Louis
punches travel?" Blackburn was
asked.
oh" he said, "they may
travel six inches or a foot and q
half. 1t depends. don't think
the one he laid on Pauline UZcu-
dun went much farther than a
foot. A punch that travels six
inches is usually nothing more
than a flick and they don't do
much damage"
Joe is fast enough to hit from
most any angle. but when he
throws a knockout punch his
body goes with it. What l mean
is that any blow with the weight
Of the body behind it is certain
to be effective. Not many
fighters learn this trick"
Joe Louis has no SuperStitionS,
Blackburn said.
ANY fighter as calm as he is
under any circumstances is not
likely to be SuperStitiOus," he re-
lated. 81 have seen black cats
cross his path. Once 1 men,
toned it as a bad sign, but he
merely replied: The cat gotta 60
somewhere. What difference
does it make where%"
AS usual, Louis regards his fight
with Retzlaff as just another item
Of business. Reminded that King
Levinsky, whom he knocked out in
less than a round, once had
knocked out Retzlaff in the same
time, Louis merely shrugged his
shoulders and observed:
This Retzlaff can't be so good
then"
The Washington times., 1936-01-16
BAR ASOL
P ICES DOWN
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The Washington times., 1936-01-16

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