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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
THE NEW DEAL
IN WASHINGTON
RODNEY DuTcHER-
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff CORRESPONDENT

overheard wrangling over the
problem.
"Those kids ought TO be kept in
their homes" said she.
Eyes" was the reply, 81 suppose
a shell hole is a pretty nice home
for baby with bottle!"
THERE isn't going TO be any big
Townsend convention here or
any s5,OOO,OOO Townsend lobby
fund. And as far as Washington
is concerned there isn't going to
be any more Dr.. Townsend.
Announcement of indefinite
postponement" of convention Of
$4,000 TownsenditeS here has been
followed by the declaration of
Congressman John S. McGroarty
of California, once official sponsor
of the Townsend Old Age Revolv-
ing Pension Plan, that "the plan
is a complete and total wreck due,
| believe, wholly to the erratic
and dubious methods employed by
the man whose name the move
ment bore"
This and the walkout Of the
Townsend Weekly staff, coupled
with the row over $4,000 in prize
money offered by the weekly, APP
~
pear to ring down the curtain on
this extraordinary movement.
Politically, of course, Townsend
died in the election last fall in a
sister act with Father Coughlin,
Bill Lemke and the Rev. Gerald
L. X. Smith.
Which reminds one that the
country has been strangely free. of
demagogues these last few months.
No one has popped up to take the
place of the gentlemen Just mem
toned or that of the late Huey
Long, the king of them all.
Or perhaps you will agree with
q viewpoint not uncommonly held
in the east that Roosevelt, with
more finesse, has out-demagosued
everybody. ..,t,, IT,,
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"A surf bather sporting in water
three feet deep may suddenly step
into one of these channels, find
himself over his head. and seized
by an irresistible current; or he
may be lifted into one by a break
or. Then woe to him unless he
can cope with the situation or
there is capable help at hand.
1t is a creepy sensation, even
if one can swim, to find suddenly
that there is no bottom, and that
Il powerful suction is Juggling at
ones legs. ] have known num-
Der of persons to be drowned by
sea pusses, and | myself have
been carried out three times and
twice nearly drowned by them.
What then should you do to be
safe from the sea puss? For one
thing, if you are not a goog swim
mer do not go into the surf when
the tide is running out. Do not
depend on someone to pull you
out if a sea puss should get you,
for you might drown yourself and
a would-be reScucr. Persons who
cannot swim should do their surf
bathing when the tide is coming
in, and should stay close to shore
even then.
If you are good swimmer and
suddenly find there is no bottom
and that you are being swiftly
carried out, keep cool; keep your
head and your wind: take it easy
and save your strength. Do not
fight the current; You probably
cannot whip it. Your best bet is
to outwit it. OF you are poor
swimmer, yell for help; you will
need it,. Keep your legs well up
toward the surface Of the water;
the pull is not so strong there.
Do not try to swim straight in,
but at an angle to the beach, and
do rot get ratified if you find you
are going out in spite of your cf-
forts. 1t may be necessary for
you to be carried out a little dis
tance before the water gets deep
enough to weaken the force of
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complish q long coveted goal,
through arduOus but rcwarding
labors, win signal honrs, then re-
act, relax, and from the civic
standpoint exc!aim: "Now let me
die" and il takes a lot Of arti-
fetal respiration 10 rcsuscitatc
them. Just at the time Jacob was
ready to quit he was entering an
other phase Of life when he ought
to have atAuncd himself for
greater life. Just so with civic
workers who have had long cxpcr-
fence but seem disposed to quit.
They have reached a point in civic
life when they ought 10 be able
to get more enjoyment out of it
and render Il greater service made
worthy by ripened experience.
%Civic applications from Sun
day school lesson for June 20;
Genesis. 46th chapter.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

RAREST and largest of the an
~ telopcS of Africa is the bongo
fleet, handsome animal that in
habits the thick jungles. So sem
Sitive is this creature, and so alert,
that hunters have been able &c
trap only two live specimens.
while scarcely a dozen have been
killed for museums.
Despite its spiral horns, which
grow on both male and female, ii
can glide through bamboo thick
cts and heavy underground. Hunt
ers have had to crawl stealthily
on wet ground to stalk the animal,
and only by digging a great num-
Der of camouhaged pits in strate-
gic places were they able to catch
the animal alive. ,.H -.
(. The bongo eludes detection by
The white stripes on its chestnut.
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Perhaps you don't know what
a sea puss is. If you don't, you
are no more ignorant than many
persons who live in coastal re-
gions and spend much time in the
surf.
The sea puss is n dangerous
form of undertow caused by the
outgoing tide. Though the upper
part of the waves, known as the
breakers, rushcs toward the shore,
there is strong undercurrent or
undertow which PUSHES toward
the sea. This undertow moves
with such force that sometimes it
rapidly cuts deep channels with
sharply defined sides in the sand
near the beach. The current in
these channels goes out to sea
with the speed of a mill race,
sometimes with whirlpool effect.
There may be nothing to indi-
cate the presence of a sea puss.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

WASHINGToN.-We may b'
headed toward great and his
toric Senate filibuSter and ther
again we may not.
The question has arisen in the
verbal maneuverS on the court
fight. The no-compromise oppo-
nents are Dragging about what
good filibusterers they are, and
promising that they will have at
least 20 human wind machines
working in five-man shifts to talk
to death any new version of the
Roosevelt court proposal that may
be presented.
But there would be no point in
a filibuster unless the filibusterers
knew they would be licked if the
issue came to a vote.
Famous filibuSterS Of the past
have depended for success on the
fact that Congress was scheduled
to quit on a certain day and that
legislation could be blocked by the
process of taking up the interven-
ing time by abuse Of the Senate'S
unlimited debate privilege. But
the Twentieth constitutional
amendment has always been con-
sidered a blow at the filibuster
technique because there is no
longer any short session or def
mite adjournment date.
Furthermore, admins tr "a ton
supporters are inclined to believe
that there aren't enough men on
the opposition side who will want
to make themselves conspicuous
last ditch fighters against a COM
promise. ...-
THE question whether to bring
hundreds of Basque children
to this country for refuge while
their fathers and mothers are be-
ing massacred at home has been
widely argued here as the State
Department sought to avoid say
ing yes or no.
A prominent children's Bureau
official and an assistant secretary
OF a federal department. WERE
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THE SEA PUSS
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

If, during vacation time, or any
other time for that matter, you
battle in the surf, beware of the
sea puss. Probably the sea puss
has caused more deaths among
surf bathers than all other causes
put together.
Some time ago while | was Wis
iting in my old home time, a
friends took me for a ride along
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the ocean beach
where he and |
had spent many
pleasant hours.
The tide was well
out, and within a
hundred yards of
each other there
yawned two great
sinister = looking
traps which sea
pusses had set
for hapless bath
ers. They had
been completely
concealed until
the low water
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
HONOLULU HEALTHY

HONOLULU. UP)-For the
second consecutive year. the
American Public Health aSsocia-
ton has ranked Honolulu in It's
list of American municipalities
whose public health work has been
outstanding. Among cities Of
100000 to 100000 population.
the island community was given
equal rating with Syracuse, ~ T.,
Grand Rapids. Mich. Springfield,
Mass, Hartford, Conn, and Ia
coma, Wash.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

Jacobs pulling up stakes in
Canaan, where the famine, or de-
preston, was pronounced, to go
down into Egypt, is no more than
hundreds Of families have done in
coming to Western Carolina. This
rc-scttlcmcnt. not in the restrict
ed meaning of the word, has ar-
forded civic organizations IA great
field for service in helping make
comfortable, happy and perma-
nenr adjustments in what, to ia
cob, was "thc land Of Goshen
". 2S).
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
BIBLE THOUGHT
"wE PREACH CHRIST cRUCIFIED"
Il Cor. l:17-3D

Heaven and earth met most completely on the
little hill outside of old JeruSlaem's walls The aw-
fitness OF sin, and the immeasurableness of Divine
mercy, and "the love that passes knowledge" all
met at the Cross.
Once in the Caucasus during the war Cossaek
officer said to me, 81 think always upon the Cross
May our meditations, too, be of the Cross and the
Saviour who hung thereon.-Dr. VIM. T. Ellis
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
COUPLES WE'D ON 3 CENTS

SACRAMENTO, Cal CUPO-
IL takes capital Il swell as love
TO make marriage 90 i'm Califor-
mia. Two lG-ycar-old brides and
their grooms were locked up when
il developed that the total CAPT
tai among the four amounted 10
three cents.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

"And Israel took his journey
with all that he had and came to
Bcer-Shccba" Genesis 46:D."
Excepting phraScology and To-
caliry, that sounds like a typical
sentence, at least in substance,
from a newspaper of Il growing
city.
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the sea pusS current. DO not
scare Yourself and waste time try
ing constantly to see if you can
touch bottom. When you reach
shallow water. wade out and make
up your mind to stay out of the
surf when the tide is running out.
1t is always good sense when
bathing in the surf to be with a
group i'm which there is at least
one good swimmer who under
stands lifc-Saving.
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coat. blending
its color with
the surround
ing ha m b o o
forest. Its large
fringed ears
give it extreme
ly S e n S tiv C
hearing.
The animal Is
illustrated on
stamps Of Libe-
ria. On e. is
shown here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

Vice President Gamers reference to
himself as the governments spare tire"
doesn't necessarily indicate another infla-
ton scare.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

The only direction at the North Pole is
south, making it hard for Stain to deter
mine whether his men up there are swing
ing too far to the left.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

"A free country is one where people criti-
else the police for not catching lawbreak-
ers and feel outraged when they are caught
breaking law.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

"A mother is person who sees there are
only four pieces of pie for five people and
says she doesn't care for pie.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

: We've made too much of foreign film
players names when the actors themselves
assure us that the letters spell only Sue
cess.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

We have taught monkeys so'successfully
they don't even show their resentment
when people gawk at them. 49,.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

The Queen Mary'S sister ship,
now building in England, will cost
$50. 900. 900.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

The 21-gun military salute seems about
as courteous as our international hand
shakes with mailed fists.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

CATERPILLARS of the avortc dishes Of birds all over
The world but crawling creatures Mother Ma
tc has given various protection Some are bitter TO INC
taste some weird markings designed TO scare oil Dd enc,
mics and Others above carry grocqu dSaS'el
looking growthS.
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this favored "Land of the Sky,
as new abode are financially
able to make their own adjust
ments, but even money will not
always buy the little human
touches that are so much needed
and appreciated by most people.
Some come seeking retirement
and seemingly want few human
contacts. Civic leaders should cul-
tivate the idea generally that
those seeking such seclusion
should not be molested. Others
like the human touch and want
to learn the. ways, customs and
thoughts, and even engage in the
activities of the. local citizens.
Civic organizations should see
that this opportunity is given.
There are others who feel that
they have obligated the cOmmun-
ity; that it. owes them something
and should pay them public re-
spcct and obcisancc for condo
sccnding to locate with Us. Per-
haps they can be handled by tact
and proper civic respect but as Il
rule they continue to go around
with chips on their shoulders.
But all classes provide a great
field of service for civic organiZa-
tons to welcome and absorb them
into the community spirit and life
as early as possible. They often
become our greatest and most en-
thusiastic community boosters,
giving of time and means TO local
causes dear to our hearts.
"Now let me die" exclaimed
Jacob after he had seen his be-
loved son. so long m0urncd as
dead ". 3O). That experience was
the height of his JOY; the longing
of his soul had been fully salts
fled. Wasn't that the wrong attl-
tude? Think of the JOY of living
under more favorable economic
conditions and with his large fam
ily reunited!
But isn't that attitude typica!
of that of many civic workers?
They reach great climax; ac-
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The most of those coming to
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SAME OLD STORY-NOTHING NEW

"Aovv r:2e THINGS ~ eGree,Pe2"
"oA, A.eoOT rig SANE ,;ovv ARG
T4,,leiS III Tt,G ONlr'et, STATES
"oa, <>eoUv THE SAME"
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,opyrlght.. l9s7. NEA SERVICE. Ine.,
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~ gUIf.l5 MI soi ,iieW 'IL |,
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Evening star., 1937-01-03
Snow Suit

Continued From First Pase.)
Evening star., 1937-01-03

expirations-laws that were passed
in earlier sessions OF the New Deal
Congresses-to which the attention of
Congress will be directed. On jan
uary 81 the Presidents powers to
use the $4,000, ,000. 900 "stabilization
fund" and to change the gold con-
tent OF the dollar will expire. These
are expected to be renewed. On
February l the lending power Of
the Reconstruction Finance Corp. ex-
pires. On the same date the power
OF the Electric Farm and Home Au-
thority to make loans for the pur-
chase Of appliances ends. Other leg
islative authority that expires are
as follows: March 81, appropriations
for the Civilian Conservation Corps:
April l, power Of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration to insure modern
ization loans; June IL. authority of
the State Department to conclude
reciprocal trade agreements; June 30,
Scent postage rates on non-local
letter mail; "a excise taxes-"nuisance
taxes" and four more such taxes
in July; authority to prevent inter-
state shipment Of oil in excess of
quotas adopted by the States-the So
called hot oil" laws.
Many Acts Expire in May.
A paragraph in the first deficiency
appropriation act OF 1885 cuts of the
life Of numerous New Deal agencies.
unless Congress does something about
1t. This paragraph, to which little
publicity has been given, declares that
Evening star., 1937-01-03

Notwithstanding any other provi-
sions of law, none of the following
emergency agencies shall continue to
function after June 80, 1887, unless
established by or pursuant to law:
The Reconstruction Finance Corp, the
r. F. c. Mortgage Corp, the Public
Works Administration, the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board, the Home
Owners Loan Corp, the Federal Saw
ings and Loan Insurance Corp, the
Federal Housing Administration, the
Federal Farm Mortgage Corp, the
Commodity Credit Corp, the Surplus
Commodities Corp, the Electric Farm
and Home Authority and the Export
Import Banks Of Washington"
It is not expected that these Gov
ernment agencies will be permitted to
pass out Of existence. In fact. almost
all. II not all, Of them will be con-
tinued. There is the chance. however,
that In the reorganization Of the Fed
eral Government planned by the Presi-
dent these agencies may come under
so-called regular departments of the
Government. The President has in
dicated he will submit to the Congress
sweeping reform in relation to the
set-up of the executive agencies.
Relief . Problem.
Among the important problems which
confronts the Congress Is that of relief
appropriations. The President has in
the past indicated that an additional
$500, 900 900 must be appropriated to
Evening star., 1937-01-03

though she herself had so little. For
Santa, she told them, was to bring
her a snow suit.
She was so frail it was not noticed
that she had become more SO, and.
in the rush of children to the school
cafeteria, little attention was paid
that she no longer ate her lunch.
And then, a few days before Christ
mas, the chill blast struck Virginia,
and, with the help of loving hands,
she took to her bed.
And, as the little thing went step
by step down into the valley of the
shadow, she spoke, again and again,
Of the Christmas so near approach
ing, and of her beautiful snow suit
which she was now never to live to
wear.
Her mother somewhere and some
how, obtained credit and she hastened
home with the suit. And there, mug
ging it close to the happy little heart
in the pain tortured little body, and
stroking, with the tiny, wasted hand,
its smoothness and its warmth. with
the beautiful thing Of which she had
so long dreamed hers at last, Virginia
died.
"And in gathering together her few
and treasured toys, to preserve them
as a reminder of her always, they
found, hidden away by her childish
hand, her baby bank. And placed
therein, penny by penny, from the
lunch she had gone without. and
which, the doctor says. would have
given her the so-needed strength to
save her life, were the 80 pennies she
had so patiently and so slowly saved
to the end that on Christmas day
Santa should bring to her beautiful
warm snow suit.
And upon Christmas day. the still
little form lay. forever at last beyond
the reach of cold, in the wished and
prayed for snow suit which she gave
up her life to buy"
Evening star., 1937-01-03

meet the needs during the rest Of the
present fiscal year. In other quarters
1t has been insisted that far more will
be needed. What will be the appro-
priation for relief during the fiscal year
beginning next June has not yet been
estimated. 1t is the hope of the Presi-
dent that increasing recovery in in
dustry and employment will make 1t
possible very greatly to reduce these
appropriations for relief. It Is further
the hope Of many members Of Con-
gress tina. relief work may be turned
in large part back to the States.
On the eve of the meeting Of Con-
gress 1t does not appear that any
strong opposition to administration
measures will develop in either House
or Senate. The Republicans are 50
few as to make obstruction by them an
impossibility. There are some So
called "Jefiersonians Democrats" In
both houses who look askance upon
much Of the New Deal legislation.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
TAKES NEW QUARTERS
Musical Institute Moves to 1880
Sixteenth Street.
BY the Associated Press.

The washington Musical Institute
Inc. yesterday moved into new quar-
ters at 1870 Sixteenth street, which it
recently purchased.
Weldon Carter Is president and di-
rector of the organization, which
merged four years ago with the In
stitute Of Musical Art.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
LEWIS0HN TO LECTURE
Noted Writer to Address National
Jewish Forum Next Sunday.

Jewish Forum Next Sunday.
Ludwig Lewisohn, noted writer and
lecturer, will address the National
Jewish Forum next Sunday at 8:15
pm. at the Jewish Community Cen
ter.
Lewisohn, who came to America in
1890 from Berlin, is nationally known
as author, critic. translator and in
structor. He taught German at the
Universities of Wisconsin and Ohio
State and was dramatic editor Of the
Nation. He has written over score
Of books, including the Last Days Of
Shylock." and his translations from
German to English include seven
volumes of Gerard Hauptman's dra-
matte works.
Evening star., 1937-01-03

They are comparatively few, however,
and it Is doubtful how far they are
willing to 60 in opposition to the
President.
Evening star., 1937-01-03

Venezuela's oil production Is at rec.
ord high.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
Rail Receipts Soar.

Railway receipts In South Africa
are near all-time high.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-19
NEW TOKx STOCKS

NEW YORK, Aug. 10. UP) -
Stocks declined today to new lows
lsince August 6.
! Japanese bonds made new lows
for the year, wheat lost 3 cents a
bushel and cotton futures made new
four-year lows.
Lack of interest in the stock
market, with many traders absent
on vacations. was major tnflu-
ence. Some were Zary of the rail.
in carriers was a factor in weak.
ness of the general list
Business news was favorable. but
ignored. Steel scrap prices mount
ed as a result of japanese buying
American Agricultural Chemical re.
June 80 net equal to $3.50 a share,
against SAT- in the preceding year
Mack Trucks In the second quarter
had net equal to $1.08 share
against 81 cents a year ago.
"A disconcerting item was weak
ness in U. S. Steel. which touched
1863. off 25s. Considerable unload
ing was noted. and steers volume
exceeded any other stock on the
board. Bethlehem dropped more
than a point
s Motors were easier with Chrysler
off nearly q General Motors at its
low of 56B was down 1as.
Talk of a split in the stock OF
j. L. case. falled TO ala lnat issue
and 1t dropped 4 points. Deere was
down more than three and oliver
Farm Equipment more than point.
American Agricultural Chemical
sagged 2 points to 95 despite the
good earnings report.
Losses of a point or more were
noted in Cerro de Pasco, Douglas
Aircraft, Loew's. M ontg Ward.
Sears Roebuck, and u S. Rubber.
Union Carbide broke below 100.
Oil issues held better than other
sections. Jersey gave up nearly
q point, but Texas Corporation hello
a;small gain in fairly active trading.
Dow Jones closing averages show
ed Industrial. 1888, off 2.11; Rail
road 52.3S, off OH; Utility 27.s9'
off 0.37
Transactions approximated 100000
khares compared with 100000 shares
Yesterday Curb transactions ap-
'proximated 10000 shares compar-
ed with 221,0 600 shares yesterday