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dent of the Groman agency since
he left us and he can do you a lot
of good. Therc'll be the Ham
merS and :"
Also there were the Jules Car
tcrcts. jules was a. brilliant young
explorer and he and his attractive
bride had recently returned from
an expedition to South America.
They would asSursdly- make inter
cStng and amusing guests.
To each, Of them, Daphne had
written little notes saying that
she would be delighted to have
them como TO her party.
To Larry she had written:
81 hope that you will join Jen-
infer and me at a small party we
are giving at The Flamingo Club
on Friday evening at H."
She signed it, Sincerely, Da-
pine Brett" -.
All OF them had accepted eX-
ccpt Larry. IN
Perhaps Jennifer forgot to tell
Daphne that Larry had telephon-
ed. In any event, Daphne did not
hear of il.
AT 6 o'clock on the night of the
party. Jcnnifcr telcphoned Da-
phnc and said, T'm simply furi-
Gus. Daphne, but / can't get away
until 9 o'clock. 0'Neill is having
trouble with some lights and we've
got to re-takc all the stuff We did
this afternoon. don't dare leave
because I'm to get an extra sou
if stay to complete these pic
lures" y =,
Daphne, with her hand over the
telephone. said to Anne, Its Jcn,
infer. She can't get home until
O."
THAT'S break Anne said
glecfully. m
"All right, Jennifer. You'll have
plenty Of time to dress then. Inc
Carterets are coming here at iO
and we're going to pick up. the
Hammers. Why don't you have
Larry call for you here at ll?'
because he isn't taking me,
Jennifer retorted.
Apparently Larry isn't COM
ing" Daphne said to Anne.
"Well, what if he isn't? I didn't
think the party was given to stage
a reunion between you and Lar
~. It's Just as well that he isn't;
You'll have a better chance to con-
centrate. Come over here and let
me try this blue eye-shadow. In
spite of everything that girl said,
I still think green is your color.
"Good Heavens, Anne, you're
sitting on my fur wrap. 1t cost
enough to rent; | don't want to
pay damages on it.;
Anne was tying a black velvet
ribbon into her red curls three
hours later when the door6eil
rang. Answer it, Daphne. It's
Jennifer and | don't want to miss
the effect" =.
Daphne opened the door. Jen-
infer said, an only be a jif /.
Daphne! 1t really is Daphne, isn't
it,"
She sat down suddenly on the
edge of a chair, staring at her sis
ter.
Eyes" she said demurcly and
stepped back for Jcnnifcr to get
the complete effect. Her black
hair had been swept back from
her face and arranged in Gre
clan coil around her head. Two
huge silken flowers in red and
hibiscus purple perched provoca-
lively on the crown Of her head,
matching the flowers in her gown
of clinging crepe. A heavy belt
of gold mesh drew the gown close
to her small waist and accentuat-
ed the 1.-the lines of her figure. A
cape Of white foxes rested lightly
on her uncovered shoulders.
Daphne was beautiful and she
knew it.
ITo ha .opfinuadN
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Popeye Club Nears 300 Membs

There are nearly 800 members
enrolled in the Popeye club at the
State theatre. The Popeye club
meets there every Saturday morn.
ing at 9:30. Every boy and girl
in and around Hendersonville is
is invited to attend the club meet
ings. :. .''., =, -.
The club was organized to af-
ford more entertainment for its
members than any other club can
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Wales, begun on January /, addi-
tional ships are to be built.
Earlv in 1910 four or five bat
tleships of the most powerful type
will be ready for service. While it
is improbable that they would be
sent to the Pacific, their compile
ton would release correspond
ing number of older ships, whose
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have for you.
The program for tomorrow's
meeting will include, Todd-Kelly
comedy, titled, "'All American
Toothache," q Popeye cartoon,
Hold the Wire" Betty Boop in
Little Jimmie" Popeye in
Spinach Overture color car
toon, Musical Memories" Pop
eye in 81 Wanna Be a Life
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BRITISH FLEET
MAY BE BASED
AT SINGAPORE
Huge Craving Dock There
e? !. VIII viii Be Ready in
- = saq sola ,aJaly : !. s's ,s,.. ~,

LONDON, March, ,l0--- CUP) l.
In July the huge Craving Saock at
Seletar, the Singapore naval base,
Will be ready for occupation. 1t
has been designed to take ships up
to $4,000 tons, though no war;
ships Of that size have been, or arc
likely to be, built--at least for
years to come.
For the past eight years float
inc dock, able TO house and lift
ships up to $1,000 tons, has been
moored at the Singapore base.
By July. therefore, the new dock
ward will be capable Of docking
and repairing simultaneously any
two capital ships in the navy.
The entire base, together with
it's Notifications, is due for COM
pletion at the end of 1889. BY
that date more than $50,0O0,00O
will have been spent in making
the Seletar the largest, best equip
ped an dprobably the most strong.
" defended naval base east Of
MAY MAY; BE NEW FLEET BASE.
Its impending completion raises
the question Of the use to which
il will be put. 1t is not improb-
able that Singapore will eventual
lv become the headquarters Of q
new "Pacific Fleet" charged with
the defence of British Empires
immense territories and interests
within that ocean.
The creation of such fleet. to
include ships provided by the Do
minions, was contemplated before
the war and agai min the early
postwar years. The project. how
ever, was shelved after the Wash
ington conference Of 1922,
which not ony stabilized the stra-
tcgic position in the Pacific for a
long term Of years. but so reduc'
ed the British battle fleet that no
capital units could be spared for
the Pacific.
Now that the Washington treaty
has lapsed, the situation is almost
the same as it was in 1921. Con
sequently, all the reasons which
made the organization of Pa.
cific fleet expedient at that time
could again be advanced. The
completion of, the new base at
Singapore will provide the essen
tial foundation for. such a scheme,
CONFERENCE DISCUSSION 4
LIKELY.
!. II is more than likely that this
question will figure prominently
on the agenda of the imperial CON
ference to begin in May. Neither
Great Britain nor the Dominions
is satisfied with the existing state
of the commonwealth's defehses
in the Pacific. " =
; The nearest British battlcships
are. at Malta, 5000 miles away.
On the China station are six crufs--
ers, a flotialla Of ,destroyers and
is submarines. In the East In
dies there are three Cruisers. " .
The Australian Squadron COM
,prises three cruisers and a few de.
stroyers,' while the New Zealand
division. consists of two cruisers.
If all these forces were combined.
their united strength would be in
capable of resisting attack by q
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fleet which included capital ships.
Il is believed in some quarters
that it may not be coincidence
that the year which will witness
the completion of the new base
should also see the commissioning
Of Britain's ne wbattleships of the
1o36-37 program. Besides the
King George V and Prince Of
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BROTHERS POLICE Nv.

PASADENA, Cal. Crp,]
choice Of James T.. HeItr \
of police Of st. Joseph. MI
two police chiefs in Ly \
The st, Joseph chief b,5
Of Chief Of Police ChsAs;|
ley OF this city.
The times-news., 1937-03-19
Sundays Menu

BREAKFAST: Grapefruit
and orange juice, bacon ONE
let. with currant jelly, toast,
coffee. milk. ,.r. .,. ..
DINNER, Grape and mint
cup. stuffed shoulder Of lamb,
barbecue sauce, roast pota-
toes, French string beans,
spring salad, chocolate bana-
ma, mountain, coffee. milk.
SUPPER: Vegetable,soup in
cups, cabbage. pineapple and
lettuce salad, finger rolls, jain,
assorted cheese. tea. hot choc-
olate. 4 !" - =. : 80 81
-. - - =, t.. -, -,
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Newark, N. j., is said to have
the busiest airport in the world.
Nearly 500 passengers arrive and
depart daily.
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presence at Singapore would be
welcomed by the Dominions and
colonies concerned.
The times-news., 1937-03-19
BEGIN HERE TODAY
kAAa's aHeo .


Daphne Brett loved Larry
Smith. architect. Larry had re-
peatedly asked her to marry him.
But Paphne had always refused,
rot telling Larry, however. that
,he frat wanted to lay aside SUIT
fieient money to launch Jenn'fer'
her young sister, on a career;
Jesnifer had proved the ,iih'h
sister from the start, defyins
Daphne at every turn. Finally
Jenrifer meets Gordon Herzberg,
the.ter producer. and apparently
finds her work.
Then Daphne is sent on two
months sales tour across the con-
tinent. Before she leaves. Larry
again ask her TO marry him, and
again she refuses. So Larry says
soodby. assuming that Daphne
care. more for her career than
she does for him The trip proves
successful. but the thought of los
ing Larry tortures Daphne. :
And when she returns she hnds
that Larry is now dating Jenni-
fer
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Is3;. NEA s.rvis.. Inc,
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THE COUNTRY IN DISTRESS

When we view the following facts is it not rea-
Sonabe to say that this country is indeed in distress
at this timel
The postoffce department. department of the
Federal government, refuses to function in its nor
NAL capacity and allows labor organizations to tell
the poStoffce officials what they can and cannot do.
This is indeed serious situation facing our federal
government.
When few workers in the state of Michigan
pull the switches and leave large communities in
darkness and without power during the day, and
the CLIO officials admit that the act is contrary to
their orders can not say that this country is in
a serious condition?
When the governor of great industrial state
sits idly by and refuses to establish law and order
when irresponsible parties engage in lawless acts,
then again we say this country facts grave issues
When the president of the United States does
not use his good offices TO bring labor and capital
together and alse use his Offices to establish law
and order in the several strike areas, is this coun-
try not in a serious condition?
Labor unions under the Clio order are running
rampant and wild in their present powerful posi-
ton That they will come to grief in their uncon-
trolled passion for power is belief.-Rock Hill
Is. CO. Herald.
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VIOLENCE AT STEEL MILLS

Incidents are happening in the strike areas of
the United States which appal every law abiding
citizen. The message of the mayor of JohnStown,
Pa, to the president tells story of brutality
which has reached its zenith in dynamite bombingS
and even kidnapping of men who want to work. If
Mr. John l.. Lewis is aware Of conditions as pic
tured by the JohnstOwn mayor it is time for him
to put stop to them if he has the power to do so.
The men who resort to such methods of winning
a labor dispute are not friends of labor. They are
its most dangerous enemies.
Some years ago we were told of conflicts in the
mining regions in which the mine operators en-
ployed thugs and gunner as special deputies to
overawe and beat and often to shoot protesting
miners. Public sentiment aroused against such
methods and employers, with few exceptions, now
frown upon them.
Mine operators are not gamers by the use OF
their special deputies. They merely postponed the
wrath of their employees and the public Steel work
ers who today are permitting the mob spirit to di-
rect them will suffer the same public condemnation.
America is asking Mr. Lewis if he sanctions the
things that are being done in his name and that of
his union organization. 1t will expect true and
positive answer. Mr.. Lewis apparently Is man
of unsual ability as leader He must play fair
with the American public or lose his power-Spar-
tanburg Herald.
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ANYWAY, HE WAS PAID

Since Senator Vandenberg began checking up
on the conservation program of the Department of
Agriculture, his mails have been stuffed with let
tiers complaining of irregularities in distributing
government checks to farmers. And Department
of Agriculture explainers have been equally busy
frankng out publicity supposed to refute Vanden-
berg case by case.
The check and double check may prove worth
while by proving the absurdity of the system. Con-
slider the case Of the farmer in odebolt Ia, who
contracted with the Department of Agriculture in
1884 not to raise 626 acres of corn. He used part
of the land contracted to be kept out of production
by sowing 467 acres of wheat.
1t appears the Washington crop control authori-
ties were against raising wheat, too, at the time,
so they cracked down on the farmer and locked
him $3,04O20 from what he was to have got for
not faisng corn
Then came the drouth and there was a lot of
talk throughout the country that it silly to pay
farmers thousands of dollars for not raising food
stuffs the country needed. So the Washington crop
control experts repented and paid the farmer the
3,040.20, but whether it was for NOT raising the
corn or was FOR raising the wheat in drouth
year, has not been explained-Detroit News. .
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
WERE EVIDENCE NEEDED

Were evidence needed of the insanity of the
relief" policy it would be las it is said to be the
fact) that during the depression the population OF
the city of New York has increased and is greater
now than it ever has been.
In New York City are greater number of UNI
employed persons than in any other American COM
munity The cost of living is at least as great IN
New York as in any other city and from two to
four times as great as in small cities, towns viii
lagos, country districts.
Yet we have the city most dependent on outside
help, most clamorous for support from the federal
treasury, without jobs for about ten per cent Of
its people, attracting people and begging for
more support!
Why DO Americans continue to flock into New
York? 1t is the capital city of American alms-giv-
ing. 1t receives from Washington $l67, O00,0 900 in
three years for its parks and Fairgrounds!
negro farm hand in South Carolina hears that
he can get on work relief rolls in New York and
receive 1925 day. Moving long distances is no
longer difficult. Who bames the negro for taking
the chances? In New York he vote. His vote
is priced Senator Wagner and Representative
Gavagan will look out for him. They do. a.
One million Of New Yorks 100000, census of
1880, should now be out of New York, working
where the living is cheap, where potatoes grow,
where the american standard of living" never
was and perhaps never heard of.
The American taxpayers blowing, spinning
and digging that New York's population may grow
that its skyscrapers and apartment houses may be
tenanted. And for all great cities, in proportion to
size, they doing the same
In time of depression the dependent because
they are dependent flock to town, vaguely in hope
of work more i'm the belief that handouts are com
moner in town
Your government makes the big towns centerS
of handouts with your substance-at cost double
the cost in the country. You pay your taxes with
hard earned cash.--ChareSton News and Courier
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About Permanent Prosperity
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

for profit. The inside history OF
the Vaccinations Of greedy men
who hideOusly betrayed their trust
to the people is Sickening. Sell out
high; then depresS values and
wages and buy low; then boost
prices again and sell out again
then depress again and buy in
again: sell more stocks and bonds
than companies are worth; bank
rupt companies, reOrganiZc and
.gyp bondholdcrs and stockholders.
Over and over the thing goes on.
But shall it 90 on? That is up to
you.
A panic is impossible with work
plentiful and wages good. There
never has been and never will be
a panic with work plentiful and
wages good. Strong buying pow
er in the hands of the masses in
SureS against tumbling prices and
lowered production. Prosperity is
compelled to continue if every
body has work at good pay.
So the way to scotch panics is
for the Federal government to be
ready the moment a panic sticks
up its ugly head, to launch ma
tion-wide program Of permanent
public improvements sufficient to
take up all the labor slack. Not
relief; not a dole; not payment to
be idle. God forbid. But Work
for everybody who wants it, and
at good pay.
Cost? OF course it would cost.
1t might have cost our govern
mcnt u hundred billion dollars to
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THE NEW D E Al
IN WASHINGTON
by RODNEY DuTCHER-
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

W7ASHINGTON.-One of the va
w rious ways things seem to be
going these days is indicated by
the fact that Samuel GomperS has
been kicked out of the American
Federation Of Labor and seems
about TO become a member Of the
z. I. O.
This Gompers is Samuel j.
GomperS, a son of the famous Ia
Dor leader who WIS head of the
A. F. of L. for many long years.
He is chief clerk in the Depart
ment of Labor and a charter
member of Lodge No. II of the
American Federation Of Govern
ment Employees, an A. F. OF l..
union.
The unions executive council
has suspended Lodge No. II and
several other government employe
lodges with a membership Of about
1000 because these lodges joined in
a fight to protect members against
the administrations so called
economy drive without permission
of the unions national officers.
And now the suspended lodges
have had a mass meeting and con-
demned the A. F. of L. and voted
TO urge the c. /. O. to start organ
izinp federal emplOyeS.
But if Gompers is not union
man in good standing he is at least
in good company. john Lewis
and his United Mine Workers have
been suspended from the A. F. of
L., and the federation's president,
William Green, is under charges
brought by his own union, the
aforesaid United Mine Workers.
II /"
THE people at the Rural Electro
L fication Administration used to
think they knew all about cleo
tricity, but they learn more every
day. Their agents keep in touch
with the farm people to whom
REA brings juice for the first
time. ..
One farmers wife bought a
vacuum cleaner Immediately after
her house had been wired. This
seemed rather funny because there
wasn't q rug on the premises. But
she explained that as soon as the
apple crop was sold she was going
to buy rug, and that she would
then use the vacuum cleaner.
The farmer who was paving an
a
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prevent the panic Of 1929; but 1T
that we would have been five
hundred and twenty-five billion
dollars to the good, besides saw
ing untold human agony.
And where shall we get the
money to carry out u panic-prc-
ventiOn program? Get it from the
same place the money came from
20 pay for past panics. Get 1t
from the inhabitants Of the Unit
ed States and let it flow back into
the pockets of the inhabitants OF
the United States instead of into
the pockets Of the peoples cX-
ploiters. Tax everyone to stop Il
panic according to his ability to
pay. That policy would protect
the public against panics. and 1t
would punish the men who start
panics.
And have you stopped to con-
slider that with all its talk and
plans about social security, the
New Deal has not made one soil
tary move to prevent future pan
les? Not a move. Unemployment
insurance, yes. But not one thing
to insure against lack of work
the only positive apnic preventive.
Read Congressman kellcr'S new
book, "ProSperity Through En-
ployment." 1t will make you
heartsick to realize what the trail
torous business and political lead
ers have done to our people; but
it will give you hope and courage
to do your part in protecting our
nation in the future.
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electricity bill Of SIS a month
turned out TO have no electrical
appliance in his house other than 4
refrigerator. But he was leaving
the refrigerator door open all day
and all night 10 keep the place cool
and he thought it was worth it.
One especially grateful man
wrote the REA to thank it for
saving the lives Of four newly
born calves. In a moment Of
desperation when they seemed TO
be lost he carried them from the
barn to the house and revived
them with the bathroom heater
he had installed 4 few days pre-
viouSly.
On the other hand REA gets
quite a few complaints, indicating
that smart statesmen are selling re-
frigeratorS, vacuum cleaners and
other electrical appliances in areas
where there is no immediate hope
or thought Of providing electricity.
occasionally someone asks
" what has become Of Mrs. Dolly
Gam, who officially became Sec
ond lady of the land during the
Hoover administration by virtue Of
her position as sister of and
hostess for former Vice President
Charles Curtis. The answer IS that
she is living quietly here in Wash
ington. Y -.
Sometimes, however, Mrs. Gam
does not live as quietly as at other
times.
About 3 o'clock on a recent
morning she was awakened by a
loud crash on the front porch.
Fearing that something had hap
pened to her nephew Harry Curtis,
who had been out on a late social
engagement, she leaped from bed,
called the maid, dashed down
stairs and found figure enmeshed
in tangle of rugs ana potted
palms. W.
This turned out not to be Harry,
who soon came downstairs him-
self. They tried 10 make the
stranger go away. But the man
refused and kept insisting that
noIIv Cow yhoce name he didn't
know, was the most beautiful
woman he had ever seen. he Kept
on refusing and insisting until 'he
patrol wagon came. -, -e.y
iCnnvqish, 1877 NEA Ss'V'Se INC
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ALL HOLIDAYS TO FALL ON
MONDAYS

Congressman Hancock Of North Caro-
lima has introduced a bill in the national
assembly which provides that all legal holi-
days shall fall on Mondays. The object,
for one thing, Congressman Hancock points
out, is to enlarge week-ends. BY Jumping
all the loafing time together, we may GER
tainly expect to enter an era of bigger and
Congressman Hancock's, but is a summary
of the appeal the proposition makes to The
Times-News.
However, there is probably a basis of
practical application for the proposal OF
Congressman Hancock. If we must have
legal holidays--and it seems we must, at
least until law is enacted abOliShing them
why not have Mondays set apart for the
purpose?
In fact, all the Mondays in the year
might be established by law as holidays.
Few people nowadays work more than five
days week and if present trends continue,
ultimately the work week will probably
consist of two or three dayS-or parts OF
days. When we have reached that ideal
condition. remaining time should be Jumped
together, either at the beginning or end of
the week, and labelled "loafing time"
The country can make fine start on
this reform" by designating all Mondays
Us legal holidays. Then the remainder OF
the "loafing days can be properly deslg-
mated in other ways, or with other labels,
and a system inaugurated which ought to
make strong appeal to millions OF people
under the changed conditions which are
being established in the nation.
Such a large proportion of the country
population is no longer on speaking terms
with Honest Toll" that any steps taken by
benevolent and sympathetic Congress to
simplify the rules for a reign of rest, or to
improve conditions during the era OF alb
stinence from undue physical and mental
strains frey overdoses of labor, ought to
make a strong appeal to millions OF per-
sons.
And as all of the aforesaid millions have
the privileges of the ballot, politicians who
proceed along the path charted by Con-
gressman Hancock will undoubtedly reap
the rewards of good and faithful servants
of the Amalgamated Sons of Rest organ
iZati6ns of the entire country.
Allof which is not to say that this news
paper will not enthusiastically support
Congressman Hancock's bill to systematic
the control and fix the week days for legal
holidays. In fact, we are moved to, at
once give this measure our uprOarlous en-
dorsement.