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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
Tax Held Burden
On BUILDING Firms

Taxation under the Social Sc,
curity Act will be especially bur,
denSome to building material and
construction companies as their
wages constitute major item of
expense, according to Poor'S In
dustry and Investment Surveys.
Based on census figures, l per
cent pay roll tax in effect in 1929
would have cost producers of lum-
Der and timber products $4,-
100000, the report states. The
maximum application of the new
legislation would have increased
their costs by $27,247,00
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
FINLAND KEEPS
PLACEAS0NLY
DEBT PAYER
All Other European
Nations Default
ST., 314,OOO,OOO
BY ROBERT G. NIXON
international News Service

With Europe plunging ahead on
a Observation-Disclosures spending
spree in furious preparation for a
new war, it had only empty peck
cts, sad regrets and bland smile
with which to greet Uncle Sans
semi-annual reminder today that
the sum of $12,110,95 $50 is still
due this nation on the last war.
Specifically, the 13 debtor ma
lions owed today $1,315, 052 ,424, Of
which $1,159,958,451 is long past
due.
Only Finland Pays
Only Finland sent in it's Deem
Der Is payment. This was ex-
pected for Finland is the one
European debtor which has con-
sistently met it's obligation in full
and in cash. Finland paid $751;
1850.
AS for the rest of the debtor ma
lions, the same old story which
they have told for four years
that they haven't the money-was
forthcoming.
The major powers-Great Brit
ain with its 5000, 1853, 1873 debt,
France, which owes $4,061 ,234.315.
and Italy's $2,015,552,53 0-led the
parade of defaulters. Poland, Hun
gary Latvia and Lithuania FOL
lowed suit.
It fell to France (Which has
just recently announced a new
$572 900 900 battleship and cruiser
construction program to dispel
the hopes of possible settlement
of the debts that developed from
recent conversations between Am
bassador William C. Bullitt and
French Minister DelboS.
All the other debtors stuck to
the same terse and emphatic YER
biage of many past defaulted pay
mentS, but France wrote new
one. France, saved from serious
economic disaster early this win
ter when the United States and
Great Britain agreed to support
the tottering franc, said it couldn't
pay anything on it's war debt be-
cause such might compromise
the beneficial effects" of this self
same monetary agreement.
Hope for Future
The French government hoped
that "these cooperative under
standings, together with the i'm
provement of world economic con
ditionS and also the triumph OF
the democratic thesis which it is
endeavoring to sustain by the limi
tation of ornaments, will permit
it to open through normal diplo
matte channels negotiations with
a view to an arrangement accept
able to both countries which
would strengthen their bonds Of
friendship and of confidence tc
the benefit of the welfare AND
peace of the peoples"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
7 SOUGHT HERE
AS SLAYERS

Continued from Page II
where the three were living in a
tent, they spotted Matthews.
Reed yelled, according to Kirby:
"There's old man Matthews.
He always has plenty Of money
and he's the that sent my
brother to jail"
Matthews was then held up,
slugged over the head, and dragged
through the woods two miles to
the Northwest Branch of the Ana
costa River, where he was trussed
with his SuSpenders, tied to a
stone and thrown in.
The SuSpenders broke, Kirby
declared, whereupon Reed pumped
two shots at him. When the body
was discovered more than two
weeks later, far below the alleged
murder scene at the Burnt Mills
dam, the body was found to have
three bullet holes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
CONTINUED from Page u

chow, capital of the neighboring
province Of Kansu, a second re-
volt against Generahssimo Chi
ang's Marking government, boldly
illustrating tenSity of the crisis.
At Lanchow fighting broke out
between Marking government
forces and troops of Gen. Yuh
Hsueh- Chung, a subordinate of the
rebel Chang. There was the pos
sibility the revolt might spread
rapidly before the dictator Chi
ang was released.
Donald returned as fas as 10
yang today. but could not fly
through to Marking due to a ter
rifle rainStorm.
Chang MOdifieS Terms
His message, however, has been
transmitted by telegram to Nam
king, and it is reported that Mar
shall Chang'S demands for imme-
date war on Japan, his ostensible
reason for kidnapping Chang Sat-
urday, have been modified.
TOKYO, Dec. Is O.N.SO .-Urg-
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Continued from Page ~

(COnGlmueU 1EOm age ~
to be afraid Of him, but 1 won't
tell why"
This girl then burst into tears,
and as Wears went into her teStl-
mony at the last trial, she said:
'If 1 said that, 1 was scared"
He demanded:
"Why were you scared?"
Because of the way you went
after me and CrOSS-examined
me. 1 didn't know what 1 said"
AS he questioned her about her
prior statements she sobbed
wildly and said:
"Mr. Wears, 1 would not
swear to lie."
He asked if she had gone over
her testimony with defense law
yerS and she said she had not.
Reads From Record
AS he continued to batter away
at her testimony given Is months
ago, when she was not quite II
years old, she, asked if she might
read her testimony from the
record, and he permitted her to
do so.
In the first trial she testified
her father was in the house only
few minutes, and yesterday
she said it was about 80 minutes.
When she again said she was
scared, Wears asked her:
"Why were you scared? There
Is nothing in these questions to
scare you"
The court room burst into roar
of laughter as she replied:
81 got scared when 1 looked
at you"
He demanded:
care you scared nOw?"
She replied:
81 certainly am, who wouldn't
be-"
It was the defense's big day
yesterday, and at the conclusion
Edith looked happier than she
has at any time since the trial
started last Wednesday. For wit
ness after witness took the stand
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
Little Sister Stars
In Maxwell Trial

and refuted the damaging evil
dence the prosecution had piled
up.
Rulings Reversed
Judge Carter yesterday reversed
his ruling of last week when he
allowed the prosecution to intro
duce a small hand ak in evidence
as similar to one that might have
inflicted the wounds found on
Trigg's scalp. He directed the jury
to disregard all testimony relat'
ing to an ak.
Then he ruled that a local in
Surance agent could not testify
that Trigg had told him he would
be unable to get an insurance
policy because he had either
heart trouble or high blood pres
sure" Later the judge reversed
himself again and permitted this
testimony to go in, strengthening
the defense claim that Trigg died
OF nearC aCCaCK.
From a dozen angles the defense
battered away at the States case
The contention that Trigg had
gotten religion and stopped drink
ing" was denied by witnesses who
testified they had seen him drink
ing both the day before and the
day of his death.
Trooper Aids Edith =.
The most severe blow to the
prosecution, aside from Mary
GATHERINGS testimony, came from
a young State trooper, William
Orr, who went to the Maxwell
home to investigate on the night
Trigg died.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
Ruark Beats GoodaUe
In Cue Tourney

Gene Ruark won easily from
Charles Goodacre in the District
threecuShion amateur billiard
tournament at the Lewis &
Krause parlors last night. The
score was 35 to 20. Each player
had high runs of 3.
In a match played earlier in the
evening Statland defeated Dodge,
IS to 80. Statland had high run
of 4. Flynn and Hayer lead the
tournament.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
Christmas Buying
10 PCt.. Over Last YeaI

NEW YORK, Dec. IS. G.N.SO.
Christmas buying in the United
States increased 10 per cent over
last year during the first 10 days
Of December, according to figures
made public today by the National
Retail Dry Goods Association.
In the midwest the increase
was II per cent; far West, IL;
South, 8; and East, S per cent.
It was estimated that total retail
sales for the month would be
more than $4,000, 10000
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
Trooner Aids Edith
Students Give Play

Students of Langley Junior
High School will present produc-
lions of tom Sawyer" on the eve
nings of December II and 18 in
the school auditorium. A differ
ent cast will enact the play each
night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15

THE JURY AT THE TRIAL of Edith Maxwell at Wise,
Va murder of her father Trgg Maxwell They heard
with emotion Mary Catherine Maxwell the defendants r.
sister describe the events of the night of the parents
death and the threats he uttered against Edith The jurors
are front Cleft to right) Lewis Estes D. Hansley
barger rear W. M Bond Rush Harne Gardner Eldrdge
Christian R. L. Hilton, John Roller. International News
Photo.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-05
FORECLOSURE SALE.

Under and by virtue of power con-
tanned in a certain deed of trust exc
cuted by Annie Taylor and wife on
the LIST day of March 1885, recorded
in book 1874 at page go Vance County
default having been made in payment
of the debt therein secured at tha
request of the holder of the same.
shall sell, by public auction, to the
highest bidder, for cash at the court
house door in Henderson, Vance
County, N. c. at II o'clock, noon, on
Monday the 18th day of June 1886 the
following described property:
to pin Beck line, thence westerly
200 feet to Hughes street thence
southerly along Hughes street
Annie Taylor southwest corner, run
thence easterly 200 feet to a pin
Young line, thence Northerly $50 feet
thence southerly along Hughes street
$50 feet to the beginning, being same
land conveyed to Annie Taylor and
wife Jennie Taylor by deed recorded
in book SO page 152, and from Thomas
Merritt and wife see deed book ia
page 319.
This 18th of May, 1886.
T. S. KITTRELL, Trustee
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-05
FORECLOSURES SALE,

Under and by virtue of power coh-
tanned in a certain deed of trust eAS7
cuted by Walter Henderson 'uhll aan
ried) on the 18th day of April 1870
recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds of Vance County IN poJH
40 at page 40, Vance County, delauis
having been made in the payment
the debt therein secured, at the It.
quest of the holder of the same
shall SELL by public auction, TO lnt
highest bidder, for cash at the couls
house door in Henderson, ValiO0
County, N. c., at II o'clock, noon ~.
Monday the 18th day OF June 1850 NV
following described property od
Begin at a Red Oak W. b. one.a
and Scales corner in Homo tract' ~
thence along Scales line % - ~
Is chains, S 9 IL w 1925 CHAINS ~
stone, thence S 81 IA Il 10 c"a', -
to stake, S 40 Sd E 2O.Z2 cndNt e,oro
old road, 40 IL feet N 40 81 W llol
a Red Oak on east side of sald l 20 n
thence along said road 10 lake
chains, S 10 w 2.6O chains, 10 a'u
in old road IA links east o. N
thence N 76 1-2 w 2l6o cliarn9 oot.
stake, S So w $50 chains to o%su
gum, N a. w $50 chains to "@ west
N IL E 800 chains to gum .s"nce
1925 chains to Nut5ush creeh - W
down the creek as it meandel9 p ~
B. G.. Sneeds corner, at faiieh cum cum.
thence S So E 1475 chains u ,oain-
S Is IL E 29.O chains to the Do7 or
ming containing PA acres n pos be-
less, seed deed book 50 page ioH'
ing one undivided one sixth iiinoonted
in said property. There is e q ceres
from this foreclosure the 6Lz a Iced
conveyed to Robert E. Scott by o''
dated February II. 1927.
This 18th of May, 1895 r.,stee,
&c. KITTRELLs lEu''
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-05
FORECLOSURE SALE.

By virtue of power contained in a
Deed of Trust executed by Mumford
Jones and frankie Jones, his wife, re-
corded in Book Isl page 451, Regis
try of Vance County, North Caro-
lima, default having been made in the
payment of the debt therein secured,
on request of the holder of the same,
1 shall sell by public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash, at the Court
House Door in Henderson, N. c., at
II o'clock, Noon, on Monday, June
Is, 1886, the following described
property:
A certain tract of land lying and
being in Vance County aforesaid, and
more particularly described and de-
fined as follows: In Vance County
joining the ladns of Jim Lewis, l. j.
and j. T. Short, L. H. Langford. l.
G. Stainback, Mrs. Myrtle Workman
and Joe Hayes, same containing 9oVi
acres. For further description see
deed to Mumford Jones given by the
Highland Home Realty Company ana
recorded in Register of Deeds Otflce
of Vance County, in Book 70 on page
sos.
w. B. HIGHT, Trustee.
Henderson, N. c.
May IA, 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-05

Sheila but Joans sensitive glance
met the quick glance Of the other
girl and she felt as though she had
seen a flash of lightning dart from
the cold depth of her eyes. She
realized that Sheila was an enemy
worthy Of her wits. She had bested
her this time but she knew there
would be other times. Very well,
she would be on guard. She couldn't
suppress a glow of satisfaction won
dering just what Sheila was think
ing. For Sheila must certainly have
destroyed the original copy.
Sheila left on Tuesday and the
quiet routine of her secretarial life
at The Willows was resumed But
the intimate continuity Of her asso-
citation with Julian was not the same
for Joan. Sheila had come the day
after her picnic and it was as though
her electric presence was still there
and the harmonies tangled
In her adjustment, Joan felt let
down. Julian was no longer a friend.
| She used the word friend" because
she couldn't find another.
For the first time she was bored.
Julian was working feverishly. He
was demanding and irascible. They
worked for hours on end and one
| time when Joan yawned Julian mere
ly raised his eyebrows. Joan felt
her cheeks hot with annoyance.
Those were the little things. And
| finally. fatigued with taking notes.
with tipping and with the reactions
to Julian's tension. she sought
escape. Escape meant only one
thing to her and that was thinking
Of something else.
She had sought that same mental
| escape in her new surroundings
when first she came to The Willows
Escape from thinking Of Win. Now
she thought Of Win to escape from
thoughts of Julian. Not that she
loved Julian but every girl knows
that lost, let-down tug that pulls at
the heartstrings when the bright gilt
ter of fancy has faded. Julian was
Joan's glittering fancy. He was a
| romantic prince to her but now he
was like the actor as he energies
from the stage door sans the trap
pings Of his role.
Julian belonged to another woman.
Not that Joan had wanted him cor
herself. but there's nothing like the
shadow of another woman to dim the
glory of man. That is. to girls like
Joan. When a man belonged to
another woman. whether she was his
wife or merely the lady lucky enough
to possess his interest, it was "hands
off, for Joan. She wondered if many
modern girls had that point Of view.
At least Beatrice Hill hadn't. For
Beatrice must have known about
Joan. Win would surely have told
her. Win must have loved the other
girl overwhelmingly and that alone
would excuse him in Joan's eyes for
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-05
COPYRIGHT. RELEASED BY CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION
They talked about life.

| smiling and glad to see her she was
| having good time.
She took Alex to the hardresser's
| with her where he insisted that she
let her hair grow and consented to
permit her to have it waved only
when convinced the growing process
would take months.
He made her buy a frock with
organdie ruffles at throat and sleeves
when she would have come away
with a shirtwaist frock. Then they
went to a movie and had a late lunch
| far above the seething city in req
taurant penthouse
She begged for an hour alone but
Alex was there at her hotel promptly
at eight to take her to the Maytown,
the smartest dining place on tho
east side. They sat on terrace
just few feet above the black river
and dined on what appeared to be
the deck Of ship. They ate heav-
emily cold foods and. because it was
too crowded to dance. they talked
about life and Alex forgot to be gay.
Joan told him all of her little life's
story. She told him about Win and
|
he'd always wanted to know and love
but because she grew too wistful
when she told him about Win, he
didn't tell her that she was that kind
of girl.
| Sunday he took her out to his club
on Long Island and they lay on the
beach and summed themselves. ate an
enormous lunch and drove back to
town so that Joan could get an
early train. Alex kissed her at the
station and she liked it but she FIR
got it as the train bore her toward
Connecticut
JOAN" Julian's voice called her
from the tennis court, where in the
world are the finished copies of that
last chapter? I've looked all over
for it. Wanted to read it back"
why" Joan was f1ustered and
annoyed. he might first have asked
her if she'd had a good weekend.
they're on my desk. Right on the
top folder"
II wish you'd find them." he said
ENORMOUSLY. II looked for them
there and everywhere else. Good
Lord. I can't do that all overt"
Joan ran up the stairs impatiently.
Why couldn't man ever find thing
in its right place?
But the last chapter was not
there! And she knew she had left
it in the folder with its carbon copy.
Frantically she searched through her
desk, knowing it was there when
she left. She didn't find it but she
did find a long pale blonde hairpn
in her typewriter-the kind a woman
with long blonde hair would usa.
! RIO BE CONTINUED
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-05
1t was Sheila True's.

what he had done. And she wanted
to think that he had been fair with
one girl if not with the two of them.
AS time wore on, Joan's feeling for
Win became more understanding and
it hurt her more.
Because. contrary to all that she
had believed. missing him. she began
to love him more. Her loneliness was
intensified now that she had had
brief adventure and it was over.
Hurry. Joan, there's mail that
looks important waiting for you."
Julian hurried her few days later.
And there beside her breakfast
place was fat, thick envelope. 1t
had been sent to Blakeville and
Dorothy had readdressed it.
Joan opened it and with tightening
| lips read the invitation to the we'd
ding of Beatrice Sherry Hill to DR..
Stephan Winsloe at ST. Thomas
| church.
Something important?" Julian
asked with mild interest.
only an invitation to a wedding"
she answered as though it were only
an invitation to a wedding and not
the sword that was cutting her heart
in two.
e.. you've simply got to go.
honey" Dorothy wrote to Joan a few
days later. Il think people will talk
if you don't. This way you will keep
face Put on smile and your pref
tiest frock and Jim and / will meet
you in New York Wen have some
sort Of party after"
Keep face? That she would do
and she would go to WINS wedding.
smile at him and. seeing him with
his bride. keep that picture in her
mind and not the one that was in
her heart.
Friend Of the bride" the usher
asked her.
Friend Of the bridegroom" she an
Swered and took his arm.
She stared straight ahead of her,
conscious Of Dorothy's twisted hand
kerchief. Her own hands were folded
in her lap. Her cold hands.
She sat there for what seemed
hours. The organ music pealed a
lxnell into her heart. Then there was
the bride. the lovely creature in a
blur Of satin and tulle and white
orchids. her dark head reaching to
Wins shoulder. Joan forced herself
to look at his broad back and
dreaded the moment when he would
turn and she must look at his radiant
face.
Now it had come. But she couldn't
look at him. The procession Of
black and white and blue and pink
had passed.
Come on. honey" Like a Sleep
walker she felt Dorothy's hand ON
her arm. She tried to find her voice
She would have to say something tn
Win.
(TO BE CONTINUEDJ
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-05

remembering that beautiful. taper
ing hand that closed over Julian'S
brown one at the dinner table.
Joan didn't intend to fight for
Julian even when she voiced her
opinion of Sheila True. She didn't
believe that Sheila was the woman
for Julian. She wanted him to have
the best and her instincts were en-
tirely against Sheila. but Joan was
fair and reasonable and she knew
that she was jealous and her jealousy
colored her point Of view.
If Julian cared for Sheila 1t was
none of her business and she'd make
fresh start in forgetting that he
might be anything but her employer.
The next day she wrote a thank
you note to Alex Clarity and told
him that she was going to be in New
York the next weekend. Then, in a
demure sweater suit, she set about
her secretarial duties. They were
light enough for the rest Of that
week because Sheila stayed on at
The Willows and Sheila wanted to
swim. to drive. to ride. to play tennis
when Julial wanted to work. So
Julian rode. played tennis and go.f
and snatched what minutes he had
between to get on with the book.
On Friday Joan said to him. "Mr.
Sloane. we haven't been working
week-ends and I'd like to have lit
tie vacation / have some things to
do in New York. Do you mind if
run in tomorrow and come back late
Sunday or Monday morning?"
mo. of course not. child. l told
you that any time you want time off.
il is yours unless we happen to be
doing somethir' Q 'artcular. Take
your time. We witt start the fourth
chapter until next week."
Thanks. I've finished the finished
copies Of all that we've done and
this afternoon I'll finish this chapter
so we'll get a fresh start next week"
Joan wished she'd felt a little more
gala as she boarded the train Satur-
day morning. Alex had telephoned
her that he wanted every spare min
ute she had in New York. 1t was
the sort Of thing she'd always wanted
to do but somehow it didn't sound
like very much fun. Julian and
Sheila would be
Abruptly she changed her thoughts
the way one changes a subject. She
thought Of the new print frock she
was planning to buy. She must get
something for Dorothy and one of the
new beach bags for Louise. She'd
stay at a small hotel. see a show.
dance with Alex.
Grittng your teeth wasn't a very
good way to embark on a good time
but that was the way Joan did it,
And found to her surprise that the
| minute she saw Alex. long, lanky,