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Evening star., 1937-11-27

which claims to be not only "a new
window and frame, but new complete
installation with all hardware and ac-
cessories supplied" to quote their own
words for it. When you buy the win
dow unit you need not be concerned
about details, such as the selection Of
proper operator, how to close and lock
the sash without screen interference,
how to provide double glazing fer
winter and screening for summer,
what kind Of Misunderstanding to in
stall. All these things are included in
the price of the window unit. And
when they are added to the cost of the
ordinary double-hung window. the cost
OF the easement is mot much higher
than that of the ordinary window.
The wood easements come in various
groupings Of both operative and sta
tionary easements. Since the venti-
lating area of easements is greater
than that Of double hung windows of
Evening star., 1937-11-27
RlZIK F STREET STORE
LEASED BY MURPHY co,

Leasing OF 1918 F street NV, now
occupied by Rizlk Bros, Inc, women's
specially shop, by the G. c. Murphy
Co, was announced today bv the real
estate office of Albert Small and S.
E. Golden, which handled the trans
action. Rizlk's will close its F street
store February /. and thereafter Will
conduct all Of its business from its
Connecticut avenue store.
The property was leased by the
Murphy Co. for a period of 20 wears.
Evening star., 1937-11-27
New Casein Glue.

A casein glue of new type mixes
quickly with cold water. White, pos
sessing exceptional strength, water
proof, it can be mixed with wood -four
or sawdust to make a substitute for
natural wood or a crack filler.
Evening star., 1937-11-27

equal glass area, usually a great many
OF the units tas many as half may be
stationary.
II you are doing over your windows
consider easements in wood.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
BENEFIT SHOW
IS SET SUNDAY
All Funds From Carolina
Theatre Screening to go
to Flood Zone

Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
the Carolina theatre will give a
special benefit performance in CO.
operation with the local Red Cross
in raising funds for the flood re-
lief. The entire proceeds will be
turned over to the Red Cross flood
relief fund.
The picture "Three Kids and a
Queen" with May Robson, Henry
Armetta, Herman Bing, Charlotte
Henry and frankie Darro, has
been selected for this perform
ance. "Three Kids and a Queen"
is a comedy feature with laughs,
thrills and romance which will be
enjoyed by the entire family.
In presenting this program it
will give everyone in Henderson
vile an opportunity to help in a
small way for those in distress in
the flood area. The admission will
be % cents for adults and 10 cents
for children. Tickets are now on
sale at the Red Cross headquar-
tiers said the Carolina theatre box
office.
To make this performance a fl
nancial success, the Flanagan
Printing company is contributing
free of charge the printing of
tickets for this performance.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
Fourth Roosevelt
Ball At Skyland
Hotel Friday Eve
Permit Granted for Part Of
Funds To Be Used in
Flood Relief

The fourth annual birthday ball
will be given at the Skyland hotel
on Friday night of this week, May
or A. V. Edwards, general chair
man, said today.
The matter of poStponing the
ball was considered, Mayor Ed
wards said, in a view of the tire
mendous relief effort being made
here for the flood area, but per-
mission has been obtained to de-
vote a portion of the funds OBJ.
tanned TO flood relief. and the ball
will be held as scheduled.
Proceeds from the ball will be
divided between the infantile
paralysis relief fund and flood re.
lief. A total of 20 per cent OF
funds from the ball remain in
Hendersonville for local work, and
this will be used for the two pur-
noses
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27

Thos. II. Franks, chairman OF
the Henderson county chapter Of
the American Red Cross, late
Tuesday received third call for
funds from Admiral Cary I.
Grayson, national Red Cross
chairman:
"Flood suffering has already
reached unprecedented proper
tions with relief needs steadily
mounting. Under these conditions
impossible now name final goal
for funds only limit Red Cross
assistance must be maximum gen.
crosby American people. Every
possible member national Red
Cross staff now assigned to field
for relief duty. call upon all
chapters to assume full initiative
in their respective jurisdictions
and mobilize every community re-
source of personnel and organiza-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27

the town under martial law.
The one telephone line went in
20 Radio Station WPAD where
Pierce Lackey, the owner, and
Fred Stone, program director,
were on the second floor of the
stations building, inundated in 10
feet of water. The station has
broadcast flood news intermit-
tently since Sunday night. Gus
Myers, operating short wave Sta
ton WCXD a few blocks away,
picks up outside news and relays
it to them by telephone.
Early today the river stood at
60 feet. The crest, lifting it few
inches more, was expected later in
the day. :. ,
Fire Chief John Slaughter died
Yesterday of injuries suffered in
a fire before the flood struck, and
his death was not attributed to the
flood. .
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
Copyright, 1887, United Press)

Copyright, 1887, United Press)
Fresh relief forces today moved
into flood ravaged states by air,
train and automobile, to relieve
exhausted workers.
Physicians and nurses were mo-
bilized to combat influenza and
pneumonia epidemics.
Known deaths from the flood
had mounted today to 113. Many
other deaths were reported but
not verified because communica-
ton lines were broken.
Property damage today was es-
timated at $300,000,000.
The Red Cross described the
flood as the greatest national dis
aster since the World war.
Thousands of workers battled
to strengthen levees along the
lower Mississippi. All forces of
the government prepared for a
super-food in that area.
Eight cities, including Atlanta
and Raleigh, sent hundreds of po-
licemen to Louisville to aid weary
forces in fighting food and fire.
Weary rescue workers tight
ened their belts for another "48-
hour emergency" last night as the
federal government acted to rush
additional men and money to the
mid of the 100000 suffering refu-
gees.
At Louisville, troops, police and
volunteers raced time and angry
waters yesterday in an attempt to
save 10000 still marooned in
their homes. The river was ex-
pected to reach its food crest last
night or today. More than 200,-
900 were homeless. Regular army
troops reinforced weary police and
guardsmen. Little footing was re-
ported.
Thousands fled southern Indiana
homes as Ohio river floods neared
their crests. Many resisted ma
tional guard orders to evacuate
and were elected forcibly.
Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Jeffer-
sonville and New Albany either
were partially or wholly under
water.
An amateur radio operator at
Kansas City reported the drown
ings at Paducah, KY. R. o. Moss,
amateur operator at Paducah, said
his station was the only sending
unit in the stricken city. Influ-
enza and pneumonia were spread
ing. he said, boats were needed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
SUPER MISSISSIPPI
FLOOD FORESEEN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. CUP
Government flood relief agencies
today sped preparations for an
anticipated super Mississippi river
flood, more devastating than that
ten years ago.
Secretary of War Harry Wood
ring was ready to fly to Memphis
to direct activities.
The weather bureau reported
more rain is due tomorrow in Ten
nessee, Ohio Kentucky, New York
and Pennsylvania.
Concentration camps have been
established by the Red Cross at
Memphis to care for $4,000 refu-
gees, in preparation for the crest
of the tide expected there within
several days.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27

A Hendersonvillc medical re-
lief unit will leave this after
noon at a o'clock to join a SINH
lar unit in Asheville for duty IN
the Louisville flood area.
At noon today nine nurses had
volunteered their services for
duty in the area. In addition
the unit will include Rev. b: T..
Wall, pastor Of the First Bap-
fist church and Chief of Ponce
Otis Powers. The call from
Louisville at present is for doc
tors, nurses and police officers
The Hendersonville outfit was
being equipped this morning.
Nurses were being provided Win
suitable clothing and equip
ment. Food was on hand at tne
American Legion relief heaa-
quarters to make the unit SELL
sustaining in this respect.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27

Gov. Henry Horner announced
that five southern Illinois towns
Shawneetown, Rosiclare. Eliza
BEETHOVEN, Roseview and Golconda
were abandoned to rising food
waters.
More than a score drowned.
were frozen to death or died Of
pneumonia and influenza in the
mid-south states Of Missouri, Ar
kansas, Tennessee and Mississippi.
Engineers at Memphis said viz
tually all effort to save levees on
worst affected streams in the area
had been abandoned.
Inundated cities and towns
were without drinkinp water.
Ohio river floodwaters receded
in Pennsylvania and were station
airy or nearly so in Ohio.
But as waters upstream subsid-
ed, middle flood states received
full fury of the flood.
Already at all.time highs at Ev-
ansville, Paducah and Cairo, the
Ohio boiled still higher. Engineers
predicted a "super-food" for the
Mississippi valley as waters emp
tied from the mouth of the Ohio
into the already flooded larger
stream.
Known dead in the food area
totaled 103.
"The Red Cross considers the
flood in the Ohio and Mississippi
valleys the greatest emergency
the nation and the Red Cross had
faced since the World war;" Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson told Presi-
dent Roosevelt at q flood confer
ence. He said 100000 rescue
workers were in the field. Some,
he said, were "caving in" from
strain or continuous day and night
work.
President Roosevelt predicted
later the food emergency would
last another 48 hours.
Earlier. Grayson had stepped
up Red Gross Embarrassing activi-
ties fivefold. increasing the orig
inal 100000 quota to 100000
900.
Congress, meanwhile, worked
feverishly to. make a S790,0oo,-
900 relief appropriation available
for food relief.
Twenty-Five carloads of food
were ordered into hunger.ridden
communities. Quantities of eggs,
canned milk and beef were ship
CONTINUED on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
COMMITTEE ACCEPTS
BURGIN AMENDMENT

RALEIGH, Jan. 27.-The sales
tax subcommittee of the general
assembly yesterday voted to rec
ommend a 3 per cent sales tax
on retail sales, starting on pur-
chases of Is cents and exempting
necessities of life.
This course was adopted by the
subcommittee after hearing argu-
ments favoring a flat 2 per cent
tax with no exemptions. The
change made by this recommends
ton in the present measure is IN
the exemptions and starting OF
collections at Is cents instead OF
10 cents.
Rep. l.. l.. Burgin, of Hender-
son, was one of the seven men,
bcrs of the ninc-man committee
favoring the recommendation.
Rep. Burgin's amendment. hx-
ing the maximum tax on any pur-
chase at SIS instead of $40, and
exempting the tax on used arti-
Giles on which tax was previously
paid, was also adopted. Another
provision was for $40 whole
salers license, plus a tax OF one
twentieth of one per cent on gross
sales. y
Proposed amendments voted un-
fayorabI.. were: Disallow taxation
on funeral equipment costing less
than 500; provide for n SlO
maximum tax; place flat per
cent tax on sales; allow merchant
to retain 3 per cent OF total TAX
collection as reimbursement; ex,
empt meals costing less than on
cents: and add to the list OF ex-
emptions provided in the measure.
Exemptions provided in the act
are: -four, lard, meal, meat, mi'H'
molasses, salt, sugar and cotee.
The Joint appropriations COM
r;ttee decided to report favor
ahlv ON requests for sallotments
totalling ss,442,645 to Ia state
DEPARTMENTS and institutions cur,
inc the biennium. Sums approved
were those to departments which
had sought no increases over rec
concentrations of the budget COM
mission. -, go. -
tho senate a measure to provide
for retirement OF emergency
Judges who now have to hold
court although they have reached
A bill introduced in the house
rrov;des that automobile license
taos be sold at all county seats
instead of at the 45 places now
handling sales.
The tobacco compact sub-com.
mittee, which announced yester'
CONTINUED on page three).
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
GENEROSITY;
ASKS MASS GIFTS SUNDAY
$lll28 Is Donated Here to Flood Sufferers, But Red
Cross Needs Are Declared Unlimited

ton to raise promptly largest pos
sible amount Report daily amount
raised. For your information in
view present known needs your
goal should be not less than FIVE
times quota originally assigned
you"
Henderson county's original
quota was $4,000. At the time
the above telegram was received
the local chapter had already rails
ed more than five times the orig
inal quota. At noon Wednesday
S1111.28 had been raised. In view
of the above telegram, Mr.. Franks
makes the following appeal:
"While the people Of Hender-
sonville and Balfour, Flat Rock,
Tuxedo and other communities in
Henderson county have contribut-
ed in q most generous manner,
CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
VIRTUALLY ALL OF PADUCH'S
5,00OPEOPLE ARE EVACUATED
y rect Of Water Stand in City and Few People Left
There; Hear Tales Of Death, Horror

h. AOCCAH, Ky. Jan. 81. (UP).
'a' all but deserted city, covered
s., He raging waters of the Ohio
N. -, KEEP; a slender contact with
Css outside .iS world today through
s, ~ telephone line and a short
and SV FUSES had been swept away,
|n,,.. 1inorS Of greater crests and
nai,;, deaths terrified the few re.
b Ing, residents, but none could
prbr;sItled it was believed that
|te,,SS reports of Paducah
IT, We're greatly exaggerated.
ed AZ i Sed Cross had accomplish
Of tSo orderly evacuation of most
|aad 40 $4,000 citizens to Mayfield
|saiiDs sSTOndale, and those who re-
Of b S;,aS:ere on the upper floors
kauoI;a..d inss with food and waite,
day, sufficient for several
National guard troops hello
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
DR.. WARREN ON
RADIO FRIDAY
Broadcast To Be Second
Under Auspices Of
the Kiwanis

DR.. Louis A. Warren, one of
the country's best known authori-
ties on Abraham Lincoln, will
speak over WWNC, Asheville, at
8 p. m. Friday, under auspices of
the Carolinas district of Kiwanis
International, DR.. JOS. R. Sewer,
district governor. said today.
This will be the second of a
series Of seven addresses arranged
by o. Y. Brownlee, chairman of
the radio division of the district
publicity committee; an address
bv Thos. H. Franks of Henderson
vile having been postponed until
Friday of next week in order to
give the time to DR.. Warren.
A residence of Is years in Ken
lucky gave DR.. Warren the oppor-
tunity to make a documentary
study of "Lincoln's Percentage and
Childhood" and this was the title
of his first book. For three years
he was the editor of newspaper
published at Hodgenville, KY,
where Lincoln was born.
For the past decade he has
lived in Indiana, making a special
study of the ID formative years
Lincoln spent in that state. He
has gathered what is said to be
the largest collection of literature
ever assembled about one man,
Biblical characters excepted. The
books and pamphlets in the Ii
brary, exclusively Lincoln, num-
Der over 1000 volumes. The Foun.
dation is known as the center OF
Lincoln information in America.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
is. Plans To Evacuate Lower Mississippi Y alley
CHAPMAN, INC.,
PAPERS ISSUED
Concern Now Building E.
Flat Rock Plant; to
Open About Mar. |

RALEIGH, Jan. 27.-Certifcate
Of incorporation has been issued
by Secretary of State Thad Eure
to Chapman, Inc.
Principal office of the corpora
ton is placed at East Flat Rock
and the concern is chartered to
manufacture. buy, sell and deal
in all kinds of hosiery, yarns.
silks, end other goods.
Authorized capital stock is L.
900 shares of no par value and
stock subscribed is 90 shares by
Charles Chapman, f. Brand Beach
am, of Easton, Pa, and Harry E.
katzenmoyer, of Hendersonville.
The company at present is con-
a plant at East Flat
Rock and operations are expected
to begin about March /.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
MEDICAL RELIEF UNIT LEAVING
HERE TODAY FOR FLOOD AREA

DR.. Walter o. Allen and Fred
s. Justus were in charge of a.
rangemcnts for medical supplies
and medical equipment for the
unit.
Nurses who will form the Hen
Jacksonville unit are: Miss Eva
Mcdonald. Miss B. Eta Quinn,
Mrs. Ben Few, Mrs. Clyde Mel
son, Miss Lillian Searcy, Mrs.
Joyce Alwran, Mrs. Dorothy
Mccoy and Mrs. Hester Paper.
The American Legion head
quarters here yesterday ship
ped 400 pounds of clothing to
the Red Cross in the Louisville
area. An additional shipment,
equally as large, was prepared
today and will 60 to Louisville
tonight with the Hendersonville
relief unit,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
only TENTH Of RED CROSS
needs Met TO date while
Menace Is GROWING HOURLY
Authenticated Death Toll Reaches 1l3;
Many More Cities Partially or
Wholly Under Water
(UNITED PRESS)

Admiral Cary T. Grayson, National Red Cross chair
man, estimated today that than million
are homeless and needing relief the result of floods
He said the Red Cross has received 81 far in
response his pleas for 100000 in public contribI
tons.
The authenticated death toll to 113 the triple
scourges of disease, fire and famine grew hourly more
menacng in hundreds Of inundated communities in II
states of the middle and mid-south.
At Cairo where the Ohio and Mississippi rivers merge
1000 abored with little rest to bolster the 60-foot
flood wall which protects the city The towns 10000 wo-
men and children removed at the order Of Mayor
August Bode, but the men stayed behind to work.
With sandbags and earth they erected a three-foot
bu-head the wedgeshaped evee, hoping that fore
varousy estimated at 81 to IS feet by to-
morrow or Friday would prove in error.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
SACRED CONCERT TO
BE GIVEN TONIGHT

Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur Fish, COS.
pei musicians, will give sacred
concert in the First Baptist church
this evening at 1880 o'clock: The
theme of their concert will be the
Life of Christ. Some of the in
struments they play are: vibra-
harp, piano accordion, Spanish
guitar, piccole-cow bells. xylorim,,
ba, musical saw and misical
glasses.
They have given programs from
coast to coast, and the church
leadership feels fortunate in hav-
ing them to render this program
here. The public is invited.
There will be no admission,
charge, but a free-will offering
will be taken at the close of the
program.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
EDNEYVILLE'S FLA.
MEETING IS STAGED

EDNEYVILLE, Jan. 27.-The
Edneyville chapter of the F. F. A.
held a meeting Friday, January
%. A program was given by the
following: Bible reading, by AL
vim LYDIA; hay crops, Howard
Lawing; music, Roy LYDIA; culling
roul.ry, Mark Rhodes; jokes, G.
V. Freeman; talk by Mr.. Davis,
class instructor; music, G. V.
Freeman, Albert Bailey, and a
visitor, Herman Williams.
Fred Hudgins gave limitations
of some barnyard animals.
The next meeting will be held
February 6.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
HALF MILLION
MORE PEOPLE
TO QUIT HOMES
Lower Mississippi Flood To
Be Worse Than That
of Decade Ago
BIG RELIEF MEASURE
GOING TO SENATE

WASHINGTON. Jan. 81. (UP)
The war department today an
nounced it would evacuatc nearly
half a million people from low ~
ing lands on either side of the
Mississippi river from Cairo, Ill.,,
to New Orleans, La. The evacua-
ton will be carried out with war
time precision.
The plan calls for immediate
evacuation of all residents on both
sides of the river for a distance
of so miles, where serious breaks
in levees occur. The plan would
be to evacuate piece meal as
breaks occur or when army engi-
neers. watching the river, decide
that breaks are inevitable.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
Bus TERMINAL
HERE ROBBED
$50 in Cash, Checks and
acquisitions Stolen
Last Night

The Union bus terminal was en-
tered last hight and the sum Of
about $50 in cash, together with a
number of checks and acquisitions,
was stolen.
Entrance to the office was gain
ed through a door between the
bus office and a hallway in the
hotel building. The money draw
er was forced and carried away.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
BIG FLOOD MEASURE
Is UP TO SENATE

WASHINGTON, Jan. q. CUP
The house overwhelmed all oppo.
sition late yesterday and rushed
to passage a deficiency appropria-
ton bill carrying S790,000,0Oo to
replenish federal work relief
funds and for use in the flood dis
aster areas if needed.
The measure now goes to the
senate where passage is assured.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
BAPTIST WORKERS
CONFERENCE MEET
SET FOR MONDAY

The Carolina Association Work
ers' conference will meet at the
Lewis house, First Baptist church,
in Hendersonville, on Monday,
Feb. 1, at 10 a. m.
The subject for discussion will
be "The Outlook of Our Work for
the Year 1887"
All ministers and church work
ers are cordially invited to attend.
w. H. DAVIS, Secretary.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
WILL FAVORABLY REPORTU.S.
CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT
TO ASSEMBLY ON THURSDAY
L. L. Burgin Sponsors Less
Stringent Sales, Other
Tax Policies

RALEIGH, Jan. 27.-UP).-
Ratification of the child labor
amendment to the constitution
will be reported favorably to the
North Carolina general assembly
tomorrow by the constitutional
amendments committee, the house
of representatives was informed
TODAY.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
1ADY TO PREVENT ANY
''olsNCE AT C. NJ. PLANTS

usIROlT, Jan. 27.-CUP).-
| go. precautions have been
.Asn by Gov. Frank Murphy to
~ Event a violence as General Mo-
~ C9rP,, returned $4,000 en-
|, =, :, pack to work in ten plants
~ anected by sit-down strikes.
= -, Motors officials said that
J. attempt will be made to OPP
vac pants held by the strikers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-27
KEDRoN LODGE TO MEET

Kedron Lodge, No. 381 "A. r.
E. A. NJ, will meet in special con-
munication on Thursday night
Jan. %, at 1880 o'clock, at the
Masonic hall, for the purpose o.,
comforting the third degree. All
officers and members are urged
to be present and visiting Masons
will be welcome.