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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
DAMAGES ARE
NOT ALLOWED
Jury in Case Of Cooley VS..
Ray and A. & P. Sus-
tains Defendant

A jury in superior court short
~ after noon today tound IN IA
vor of the defendants and denied
damages in the case of Sam Coo
ley against Joe Z. Ray and the
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
company.
The PLAINTIFF was seeking $l5,-
600 damages charging SANDER and
false arrest. Cooley alleged that
on December "a, 1886, he enter
cd the store where the defendant
Ray was manager and purchased
two packages of cigarettes.
He alleged that as he reached
the street he was stopped by Ray
and searched for a package Of
cigarettes missing from the store.
He alleged that several hundred
people were on the street at the
time and that he was falsely ar
rested by the defendant Ray.
Tcstifying in the case, Ray SAID
that he started from the store to
exchange q package of cigarettes
for another brand at another
store, that Cooley was standing
in the entrance, and that he was
in . hurry and put his hands on
Cooley 10 move him in order to
pass.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
Death TAKES
]. NJ. STATION
Tuxedo Man Active as Of
ficer, in Fraternities
and Business

T. VI. Station, age 81. died last
night al go O'Clock at his home
i'm Green River following a sud
den heart attack.
Mr.. Station was a merchant and
farmer. He was engaged in the
mercantile business at Tuxedo
for 20 years and had been a dep
uty sheriff for about II years.
Mr.. Station was also member OF
the Masons and Of the Junior or
der He was a charter member
and deacon of Tuxedo Baptist
church, and at the time of his
death was deacon in that
church.
Mr.. Station survived his wife
by about three years and leaves
the following children: b. F. Sta
ton, Greenvillc, S. c.; Pink Sta
ton, Saluda: Mrs. Ella Banks,
Grccnvillc, S. c.; Mrs. Mary
Maybon. Zirconia; j. A. Station,
Grcenville, S. c.; Mrs. Minnie
belle Baync, Zirconia; Mrs. Bcs-
sic HugginS, Tuxedo; Mrs. Fan
ME Boone, Tuxedo, and Mrs,
Alice Davidson, Tuxedo.
The deceased also leaves one
brother. Pink Station, residing in
Georgia.
The funeral was held at three
o'clock this afternoon at Tuxedo
Baptist church, with the Rev. Geo.
u. Greer officiating.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
7. W. Woodwork
Is Elected Mayor
At artanburg
Owner of Becker's Bakery
Here Defeats Encum-
bent Over 2 to |

T. w. Woodwork, owner of
Bcckcr's Bakery of Henderson
vile, was elected mayor of Spar
tanburg, S. c., by a vote of 1899
to 2153 for Ben Hill Brown, who
was running to succeed himself:
Mr.. Woodwork is active IN
Spartanburg as business man
and civic leader. He and his wife
are owners Of Becker's Bakeries
of Spartanburg, Gaffncy and
Hendersonville and also owners
of the Virginia Dare Cake COM
pany of Spartanburg. ,
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodwork will
finish their new plant in Hcnder-
sonvillc on Barnwell street this
week and machinery is expected
TO be shipped for it today.
Becker's Bakery has been oc-
cupying rented quarters on Grove
and Seventh since Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodwork entered the baking
business here IL years ago.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
TO PASS Army.
MEASURE SOON
Bill to Complete Defense
Program May Pass
House Friday

WASHINGTON, April %. -
(UP)--A $416,4l3,3S2 army an
preparation bill was started thru
congress yesterday to complete
the administrations billion-dollar
national defense program, which,
experts warned. must soon be cx-
banded to provide adequate prep
aration for modern warfare.
The house appropriations COM
mittee sounded the warning in
reporting for prompt action the
measure carrying $25,395,677
more for army expenses during
the next fiscal year than current
appropriations.
"Unless there is to be an APP
preciably larger ALLEGATION TO the
military arm in future budgets,
the committee said, "our defense
preparation very largely will con.
sist of manpower Uncquipped and
unimplemented and virtually un-
prepared to offer resistance to
any force equipped with modern
offensive weapons and agencies
The house is scheduled to begin
debate on the army bill today and
probably will pass it Friday. a
100000 naval appropriation
bill is pending in conference, af-
ter passing house and senate IN
slightly different form.
Meanwhile, the house military
affairs committee approved a re-
vised Hill-Sheppard bill designed
to take the profits out OF war
and give the president dictatorial
powers in wartime to mobilize
manpower and industrial resourc-
90 into national service.
The measure calls for war,
time taxing system to absorb all
surplus profits above a fair re-
turn to be fixed by congress,
scrapping an original provision
for a flat 50 per cent tax on ex-
cess war profits. 1t would empow-
err the president to regulate prices
and wages in war emergency
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
Will enroll
JOB HUNTERS
State Employment Office
To Be Open Here Three
Days a Week

The North Carolina State En-
ployment Service will have its Of
fees here open each Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday for the
purpose Of receiving new applica-
tions and renewing old registra-
tions, il was announced yesterday.
The service office is located on
the second floor Of the city holl
and will be open from Q a. M. to
4 p. m. on the above mentioned
days.
Frank C. King will be in charge
of the office here, acting under
the direction of p. Lane CASTOR
Of Asheville. On Monday. Thurs
day and Saturday Of each week
Mr.. King will be in Brevard.
Mr.. CASTOR stated that it Is e1-
pected that the highway project
from Hendersonville 10 East Flat
Rock will start construction some
time soon. The contractor on this
Job will secure from the employ
ment service all Of his unskilled
and intermediate labor. Well-qua-
lifted and certified relief persons
will be given preference.
Such labor as bridge carpen-
tiers, cement workers, crane oPer'
ators, road machine operators.
roller and shovel operators and
other skilled laborers will be re-
auired on this job and unless the
employment service has such
workers registered and available
they will have to be drawn from
other counties.
Mr.. King has requested ell
workers in the county who are un.
employed to contact the office and
file their applications, or in event
that they have already fled and
registered, to renew their applica-
tions, as all applications are auto
matically made inactive after 60
DAYS unless the employment Office
is notified that such applicants are
still unemployed. -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
500 WOMEN And
CHILDREN DIE
IN SLAUGHTER
Strafed by Guns From
Planes, Said To Be
Nazi Plotted
REPORT REBEL GAINS;
VALENCIA SHELLED
BY UNITED PRESS

The entire fire departments Of
San Sebastian and Victoria were
unable to check the flames which
ruined Eibar. famous industrial
town of Northern Spain.
The city of 10000 persons, cap
turcd by nationaliStS In their drive
toward Bilbao was still ablazc, ma
tionaliStS said.
RctrcRtiug loyaIiSt~ set fir" 20
the town before they evacuated.
4 delegation from the EaSuuc
government i'm NalcncCa today
said that thousands Of women and
children were dead i'm the ruined
towns OF GucrUiCl, Durango and
ri Quota on the northern front
where rebels have concentrated a
furious assault.
"Gucrnica, with It's arts, library,
museum and traditions, has pass
cd into the real of history, 4
spokesman said "rnrcC towns
arc now destroyed - Gucrnlca,
Durango and FL Quota. Women
and children found dead among
the ruins amount TO thousands.
One of the worst SlaughtcrS OF
the ninc-monthS-old civil war &C
Cured in the Jagged Cantabrian
mountains Of Northern Spain
Tuesday when rebel airplancS, al
Iercdlv pilotcd by Germans, Killed
more than 500 persons.
The victims, including women
and children. repeatedly wcr"
"strafcd" by the machine guns OF
low-swooping planes ~ they lied
from the Basque holy CITY OF
Guernica into Bilbao. 49,.
Six towns along the 75-mrle Bii-
bao front were reported In flames
&C General Emilio Mola's armies
advanced on Bilbao, whose tall
appeared imminent. ,,,
Screaming women and children
fell i'm Madrid's oncc-gay Puerto
Del Sol a. big rebel siege guns m
the nearby hills blasted the cen
ter of the capital IN a bomDa't-
mcnt that has been almost con
tinuous for Is days. The death
toll was put at $50, with 3i'
wounded
The rebels extended the scope
Of their bombardmcrtS to Naicn-
cia, loyaliSt emergency capital on
the cast coast where two lRSur-
GENT warShipS Shcllcd the city Tor
n half hour with heavy damage.
Madrid police arrested a gang
of rebel spies, led by a beautiful
actress friend Of cXiled Spanish
monarchists. Described as u wo.
man renowned for her charm,
She had gained access 10 official
circles.
John de Gaudt. United Press
correspondent with General Emilio
Mola's northern rebel armies, re-
ported that the ancient BASQUE
town of Eibar 49, famous for its
manufacture OF small armS--was
burned BY rctrcatiug anarchists.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
Pennsylvania
FLOOD DAMAGE
REPORTEDHICH
Many Homeless, Many
More Idle as Steel Mills
Inundated

PITTSBURGH, April %. (UP)
The crest Of the worst April flood
in i31 years rushed past Pitts
burgh down the Ohio valley last
night where the metropolitan dis
trict Of Wheeling, with 100000
inhabitants, awaited stage Of 45
fcct-9 feet above flood level.
AS the yellow waters from the
swollen Allegheny and Mononga-
hela poured their burdens into the
mighty Ohio, business men and
residents of low-lying sections
breathcd a sigh of relief and
turned YEARLY to the usual after
flood duties. 49,,
Late yesterday the stage ut the
point," where the Allegheny and
Monongahela join to form the
Ohio, had fallen to 1876 from a
crest of 35.l fect-l0 feet above
flood stago-reached early yester-
day. A drop to 30 feet was ex-
pected by early today.
AT least 800 were homeless in
Sharpsburg, Etna and the bot
toms" district Of McKees Rocks
and hundreds of others were
forced to move TO upper floors as
the waters crested. The Jones e.
Laughlin and Spang Chalfant
steel plants were closed down,
throwing 5000 employees out of
work. >,
Unless more heavy rains strike
the district, weather bureau Off
Gals believed there was little dam
Continued on page four.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
SECOND BREVARD
MAN IS SAFE

United Press dispatches today
confirmed the death by drowning
of Joe Crary of Brevard. as one
of the spring flood victims. who
today totaled 81.
Mr.. Crary was the son Of Dir.
and Mrs. Truman Crary, Of North
Brevard, and was superintendent
of the Virginia Northern Ice com
pany, at Culpepper, Va. He was
a graduate of Brevard high
school.
The Times-News adviccs from
Brevard yesterday were TO the ef.
feet that both Mr.. Crary and
Carlton Parker, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. NJ. Parker of Brevard and
Savannah were unaccounted Tor
according to word received there.
and relatives were apprehenslvc
that both had been victims in an
automobile accident. Mr.. Parker
later was heard from in Washing
ton, where he works.
Relatives at Brevard had not
learned today if the body Of Mr..
Crazy had been recovered.
RICHMOND, Va, April 28.--
(UP)-Six persons were dead.
scores were homeless and proper
ty damage topped $4,000, 900 last
night as rivers in Virginia and
North Carolina surged out Of
their banks.
Loss of life centered in Virgin
la where the Robinson. Rappahan-
mock and James rivers were OH
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
PRESIDENTS SPECIAL TRAIN
MOVES SOUTH THIS MORNING
Itinerary Is Perfected for
Tarpon Fishing Trip
in the Gulf
WASHINGTON, April II.

WASHINGTON, April ~ -
UP).-Prcsidcnt Roosevelt left
Washington today, five hours
later than was scheduled for his
departure, for his fishing vaca-
ton in the Gulf Of Mexico.
Officials at Union station said
the presidential special was held
on a siding all night. 1t had been
scheduled TO leave at n. III.
Roosevelt boarded his private car
shortly before midnight and there
was no indications that his plans
had been changed.
Division Passenger Agent
Spencer of the Southern railway
said the train was delayed because
he didn't want to get it down the
line too early. The train left at
three minutes past 6 o'clock this
morning. ..
Before departure, Mr.. Roosevelt
announced he had decided upon a
complete itinerary yesterday.
The president will spend three
and onc-half hours in New Or
leans Thursday, leaving at 4 p.
m. aboard the U.S.S. Potomac for
the TarpOn fishing grounds oil
the Texas coast.
He will land at Galveston on
Monday morning May 10, and go
TO Houston and College station to
visit the Texas A. q NJ. college
that afternoon.
Mr. Roosevelt will spend Mon
day night and Tuesday at Fort
Worth visiting at the home OF MS
son, Elliott. He will leave there
late Tuesday, returning to Wash
ington Thursday morning, May
13. c..,r
He will be accompanied to Gut
port, Miss, by Senator Pat har-
rison, D., Miss, and Commissioner
George T.. Allen of Washington
ID. G..
While congress works on prlncI-
pal phases Of his legislative pro,
gram, Mr.. Rooscvelts trip Will
carry him 1850 miles into MiSsis-
sippi, Louisiana and Texas before
he returns to Washington. -. ,
Although away from his oiiicial
desk, the president will keep IN
close touch with congressional &C
ton. Naval radio and special arr.
mail planes will give him latest
reports from administration lead
ers while he is at sea.
Before boarding the Potomac
Thursday, Mr.. Roosevelt VIII have
visited Biloxi, Miss, Gulfport,
Miss, and New Orleans. Two navy
cruisers, the U.S.S, Decatur and
the U.S.S. Moffett, will convoy
the Potomac along the Gulf coast.
The presidents party, including
Assistant Secretary Marvin H.
Mcintyre, White House clerks
newspapermen and photograph
ers, will stay in New Orleans a
day after Mr.. Roosevelts depar.
ture, then make headquarters at
Galveston. ocooo
The president covered 90,SSS
miles during his first four-year
term, running up 47,l33 miles IN
Continued on page rhree)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
STATES Case
UNDER FIRE
Would Show Paraffin
Tests in Denhardt
Case Inconclusive

NEW CASTLE. KY, April 20.
(UP)-.Defense counsel for Brig
adler General Denhart today at
tackled the scientific evidence
with which the commonwealth
homes to convict the soldier OF
the murder of Verna Carr Tay-
lor.
Attorney Otte recalled Chemist
Buckmaster to the witness stand
and introduced a federal bulletin
which criticized paraffin tests as
inconclusive. :,
Such tests Of both Denhart's
and Taylor's hands were taken
after the shooting and tended to
show Denhart had fired a gun
while Taylor had not.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
NORRIS REFERENDUM
In FAVOR OF BEER

NORRIS. Tenn, April 20. (UPl
Citizens of Norris-the model
town" built by the Tennessee vat
ley Authority--voted yesterday
to permit sale of beer within then
city limits.
Voting for sale of the bcver.-
age 1873 to 1903. the Norris resi-
dents were faced by a new PROB
lcm-thcre are only three places
in town where beer can be sofa
legally. ,L;.
Anderson county law prohibits
sale of beer within 2,OOo leGt VI
u church and a school; only
three places escape this ban IN
side Norris-a creamery. d fes-
taurant and a filling station
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
PREPARE To Pass New Neutrality
Measure In Congress Thursday

proved the bill last night.
The joint conference committee
agreed on the compromise bill af-
ter working for three weeks to
reconcile senate and house differ
ences over the degree of discre-
ton to be allowed the president
in efforts to isolate this country
from foreign wars.
Major controversy revolved
about the leash and carry" trade
policy, on which provisions of a
bill approved by the house were
accepted by the conferees in mod
fled form. The house bill left es-
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28

WASHINGTON, Apr. % (UP)
A permanent neutrality program
giving the president broad discre-
ton over trade with belligerent
nations was submitted today to
congress bearing the approval of
the joint house-senate conference
committee.
Supporters of the compromise
plan hope to have it passed to-
morrow. The agreement would
give the president discretion for
placing into effect the cash and
carry policy for trade with war
ring nations.
Senate and house conferees APP
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28

WASHINGTON, Apr. 20. CUP
President Roosevelt yesterday
asked the senate to make perma-
nent the temporary appointment
of Harry H. Woodring, former
Kansas governor, as secretary OF
war but gave no hint of other pos
sible cabinet changes about which
there has been much speculation.
Woodring, a farm boy who once
sold popcorn on the streets of his
native Elk City, Kan, to obtain
the education that aided him in
becoming a bank president and
later chief executive of his state,
was named to the cabinet last
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
CRARY OF
BREVARD One
0FFATALITIES
Property Damage in Four
States and Ontario Is
$l2,000,000
FOUR EAST CAROLINA
RIVERS ARE FLOODED
By UNITED PRESS

Twenty-one persons are dead
and twelve thousand homeless to-
day as floods spilled over parts Of
four eastern states and section
of western Ontario.
Property damage is estimated
at $10,000,000.
Eight are dead in Virginia.
where the swollen waters Of the
Rappahannoch, James. Potomac
and Rivana rivers overlooked,
causing damage of 100000.
Five were killed in western
Pennsylvania, two in West Vir-
ginia and northern Ohio.
In western Ontario ak arc
dead.
Virginia streams are recedIag.
A crest of 10 feet above flood
stage was reached at Wheeling,
w. Va, today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
Senate Asked To Make Woodring's
War Secretaryship Permanent

September by Mr.. Roosevelt to
succeed the late George W. Dern.
He is AZ years old and served
as Dern's assistant following his
appointment in 1882. AS assistant
secretary Woodring was credited
by high ranking officials with COM
pletely recognizing the war de-
partment's purchasing system and
with equipping the army air serv-
ice with the most efficient fighting
planes in the world.
An astute politician and well
liked in Kansas, Woodring played
an important part in swinging the
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
Thousands Die As Spanish Towns Burr
IVA DEBATES
300 MILLION
SUPER DAM

WASHINGTON, Apr. 20.
(UP).-The possibility that
the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority may construct a
$500, 100000 superdam for
flood control, navigation and
power purposes across the
north mouth of the Cum.
bcrland and Ohio rivers,
near Gilbertvillc, KY, was
disclosed TO congress today
by Dr.. Morgan, chairman of
the IVA, who SAID the 81.
pcrdam idea is under consid-
Grafton.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
Civic Choral Club
Rehearsal Is Cut
To Give Program Next
Wednesday Night

Announcement was made today
that the rehearsal planned for the
Civic Choral club for Friday
night of this week has been aban-
doned in view of the fact that
Alvah Lowe, director, has been
called TO Virginia on business.
No further rehearsal will be
held until the evening of Wednes-
day. May 5. when the club will
make it's debut in program tea-
turing Music week, ut the high
school auditorium. A rehearsal
will be held at 1880 o'clock, just
before the program.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
JOHN POLLARD
PASSES AWAY

WASHINGTON, April %. -
(UP)-John Garland Pollard, 65,
former governor of Virginia, died
of bronchial pneumonia, aggra-
waited by a heart ailment today.
He was i'll for five weeks.
Pollard was governor OF Vir-
GINA from 1880 to 1884, and pre-
viously served as state attorney
general and member of the board
of education. Burial will be in
Hollywood cemetery at Richmond
tomorrow,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
HARMONY
SINGING ON SUNDAY

Carl Anders today called atten-
ton to the old time Christian ,S IN
harmony singing to De e oJo az
Etowah Baptist church sunday,
May 2. The singing will open at
10 a. m. The public is cordially
invited,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28

WASHINGTON, April IS. -
OUP)-Thc senate judiciary com
mittcc yesterday began secret
consideration Of President RooSc-
vclt's Supreme court rcorganlza-
ton bill with administration fore
cs seeking a twO-wceks limit on
discussion, thus bringing the
measure to the floor in mid-May.
Senator VI. NJ. Logan, d., Kyr
said he would ask unanimous con
sent today that debate end after
two weeks and that on May | ! the
committee vote on all amend,
mcnts and the bill itself.
81 think the consent will be
granted" he said.
Other members seemed doubt
full. Senator Frederick Stciwcr,
r., Ore, doubted two weeks would
be sufficient, and Senator George
McGill. D., Kas., thought it would
be more than enough. Logan,
however. could offer his SuggcS-
ton as a motion which would re-
quirc only u majority vote 10 pass
The limit was suggested by sen
ate administration leaders, It was
learned.
The first executive session OF
the committee lasted an hour and
a half and there was no formal &C
ton.
"Thc most vivid thing about
Yesterdays meeting" Stciwcr
said, was the complete confusion
of ideas and the divergent views
of the 10 members present. 1t
showed with remarkable clarity
Continued on page FOUR
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
WEATHER

Cloudy tonight and Thursday
with showers Thursday. No deeid-
ed change in temperature.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-28
GOOD AFTERNOON

The sitdown situation apparent.
" has become alarming enough 10
bring the feet of the eongrsssion-
al desk.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-23
Gander Herding
Sheep A Years
Has Good Record

MIDDLETOWN, O., Sept. 20.
(UP)-John, the gander, has been
G.. P. Browns self-appointed guar
dian, herder, bellwether and keep
Ell of the sheep for more than
four years.
Brown sold his geese four years
ago, but when the purchaser had
departed Brown found the gan
der shcepishly hiding among the
sheep.
Grateful for their protection,
John took charge of the flock.
When other barnyard fowl are
fed. John is found eating with the
sheep. Stray dogs and other such
suspicious circumstances send the
old gray bird honking and waddl.
ing for the stable with "his flock
close behind. When grazing is in
progress, John stands sentinel at
a little distance. With the APP
proach of darkness he stands at
the stable door "coaxing' the
sheep inside. After being sure all
are accounted for, John roosts
with them.
Brown said that in the four
years the gander has been keeper
of-the-sheep, none of his charges
has stepped on or otherwise IN
jured him.
"I'm going to let him alone as
long as he's satisfied" Brown said,
because he's the best Waterman
and shepherd in Miami valley"