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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-04
Madman?s Island
Coowieht 1897 .NEA Service. Inc.

dear, we are both going He
smiled, showing a row of even
white teeth. ITO the other side of
the island, if you pleaSee.'
She could have cried out for
Joy. At least she was to have
fighting chance to see Melita and
Priscilla again.
'T'm afraid | don't understand
YOU" Kay answered. You could
have walked to the other side of
the island. Why did you need to
interrupt the cruise my friends
and | were having? We were
ready to leave and not bother you
any more"
Indeed? My impression was
that you might have been quite a
bother. Is it your habit to enter
every cabin you see?"
Rays heart jumped. Did he
refer only to their visit today,
when the cabin was empty? Or
was he aware, too, of their visit
during the night? She decided to
play safe and assume nothing.
"We wanted only to enquire
about Larramore Island" she
said. The man chuckled. This
is not Larramore Island. That is
good many miles to the SOUTH"
"Wher I've taken you TO the
other side of this island, will you
let me find my friend and resume
our cruiser"
Why should either of US be in
a hurry about that" the man en-
quired with a shrug. This is a
very pleasant place. Much pleas
anter, for instance. than LARA
more Island. And you know :"
he smiled again, sometimes one
learns too much"
81 don't know what you're talk
ing about
But | cannot be sure of that"
He looked from the pilot house
window. 1--WE are coming to the
north end of the island. Be ready
to follow the shoreline around.
But hardly need to tell you, do
l? You made a circle of the
island last night"
Hays heart sank. Quite evil
IDENTIFY he knew of most, if not
all, of their movements since
dropping anchor in this unfortun-
ate spot. He either knew, or
strongly suspected, that they be-
lieved him to be a murderer. And
now he would have no intention
that they leave the island with the
information.
The following half hour seemed
like a year to Kay Dearborn. and
forever after she was to recall it
as q fiendish nightmare. Stand
ing at the wheel. plotting the
Chinook" according to the
whims of a fanatic, she knew that
any moment he might decide to
be rid of her. But this was less
frightening than the thought of
the nameless breads he could be
planning for the future, and
which might vel include Priscilla
and Melita as well.
At last the cruiser reached the
far side of the island. The man
kept casting curious glances to
the shore, but he was always
careful to return his gaze quickly
to the girl. He crowded back
against the pilot house windows,
so that the revolver would be we'll
beyond her reach.
Here we are" he said. "Stop
the boat. I'll put down the an
choir, With surprising agility he
went forward to secure the "Chi-
nook while Kay followed his Or
der. Now" he said, "we'l go
ashore. If you don't mind"
Perhaps you've forgotten that
the boat doesn't carry a dinghy
now"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-04
BY NARD JONES
CAST OF CHARACTERS

CAST Or ChAKA( EkS
KAY DEARBORN - heroine
who inherits a yacht for vacation.
MELITA HOWARD - Rays
roommate and co--adventurer.
PRISCILLA DUNN-the third
adventurer.
FORREST BROTHERS an d
GRANT HARPER-young seirn-
tists whose expedition turned out
to be rare experience.
Yesterday: Kay boards the
"Chirook" end is confronted by
the mad murderer. She is ordered
to start the cruiser and move
around the island. Ashore, Melita
and Priscilla are left stranded.
CHAPTER TX
The man who had taken com
mand of the Chinook" walked
slowly around the chart table and
stood beside Kay Dearborn. Fear
fully she turned to look at him.
Ii was indeed a strange and
frightening speciment of human
ity which she saw. The man was
thin almost to the point of ema-
citation. but il was a condition
arising, obviously. from torture
of the soul or mind rather than
from disease or deprivation of
the body. His outing clothes were
good ones, but either they had be-
longed to someone else or were
purchased when ne was heavier
than now. They literally hung
from his frame. and this effect
was heightened because they were
soaked from his swim to the
cruiser. At another time and
place. Kay would have regarded
him as a ludicrous figure. But
now there was something queer
and ominouS, something terrible
and frightening, about him.
Then Nay looked at his eyes,
and in an awful revealing flash
realized that the man was mad.
Cody and quietly-and therefore
dangerously - mad. ~ wonder
when he will kill me-" Kay
though dazedly. 81 wonder when
il will happen to me just as il did
TO that woman in the cabin"
With an effort she brought
herself to speak. where do you
want me to take YOU" she asked.
keeping her voice as steady as she
could.
"Take you" he repeated. "My
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SOVIET HAS NO RULING
CLASS; WAGES RISING
CONTINUED from mage one)

Continued from mage one)
and inadequate. Almost intoler-
able crowding is the rule, al
though huge new apartment
buildings are springing up every
where. Houses being erected to-
day are of much better quality
than those of a few years ago.
Trains and street cars are crowd
ed beyond capacity.
Production of consumers goods
is not equal to the demand, espe-
cially fabrics. The scarcity of
supply results in queues which
often stand for hours waiting 20
snatch up commodities before
the supply is exhausted. The chill
dren look healthy and happy, and
are usually better dressed than
their elders. One is astonished
bv the number of new and seem
ingly excellent school buildings
which have sprung up throughout
the country. ..
Q. Can a Soviet citizen own
things for himself?
A. Yes, he can. For instance,
he may possess his home with its
household goods, and millions do;
a limited number Of domestic
animals, fowls and savings &C
count. He can buy interest-bear-
inc state lottery bonds or an au-
tomobile if he can afford one or
find it on the market. He can
hire any number of servants; he
can inherit money or property
subject to heavy taxation. But he
cannot use his money to make
money through the labor of 9th
ers. Ny American friends who
have to wear starched shirts with
evening dress at diplomatic func-
tions experience great difficulty
getting them Numbered. A Chi
nese student at the university
possesses the accomplishment
1rare in Moscow of laundering
evening shirts. He was swamped
with business at Is rubles, or So
at the legal exchange per shirt.
Often it takes him two weeks to
complete a laundry, but he dare
not hire an assistant and make
money by another's labor.
O. Does inequality in the pay
ment of labor exist in the Soviet
Union. ---..
A. Yes, to an extent as great or
perhaps greater than in capital
istic countries. The widespread
annlication of the piece-work
system has resulted in wide dis
rarity in the payment of workers
doing the same class of work A
clever. Woodworking laborer may
earn from two to five times as
much as his less gifted fellows.
The piecework system has even
been applied to such diverse
work as paving jobs, which are
paid by the square yard, ana
draughtsmen's plan, which are
sometimes paid for by the square
inch with rates varying according
to the difficulties of the assign
ment.
o. Are there any rich people in
the Soviet Union?
A. Not in the same sense that
they exist in capitalistic coun-
tries; that is, none living on in
herited wealth or interest from
capital or rents or from profits
derived from work done by other
people. But among the workers
are those who are comparatively
rich. Under the Stakhanovite
system Ga scheme for speeding up
production by better arrangement
of tools, raw materials and work
ing time) a worker at one ma
chine may earn $50 rubles per
month, while his companion at the
next machine, producing Identical
goods but with a quicker brain
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GREEN RIVER

GREEN RIVER. Sent. ~
and Mrs. Harry Sacks ar5 ~
dren, Harry, Jr.. and HarIG . y 10y
this week for Chicago ~ 20 M'
spending the summrr a, the i y,
non cottage. '"
Miss Francis Moan,, Miss H..
Goode and Mr.. White A. "''f
"Hoppy Nook" for week "
Mrs. Haskell O>,cer =,
guests, Mrs. Earle ". W..
Chester and Denver Fo,,e, 49, !;
Greenvillc, attended the Iyi, "
union Sunday.
David &. OStccn and No,,,
Ward spent the weekend 40 "a
Mr.. and Mrs. Jane, Da.wi, -
Spartanburp. "
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SENT TO ASYLUM

LAUREL, Miss. Sept /. lip,
Mrs. Began Bufkin. b. who :.
legedly shot her l3.year.o5
daughter Gloria Sue fatally =,
the child slept. was committed ;,
the state asylum at Whitfield AZ,
night.
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labor gang on a canal or rail
road. There are disqualificatiOns
of birth, such as mobiles, rich mer-
chants, or bourgeoisie, but no ac-
cident of birth automatically
gives privilege. or position.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, ,.,,

merly of this place, have r..,
from Florida and nave Returned
some time with friend Spentns
Mrs. Case have been in Or. and
past year but are much - mo, ,oF u,
A. G. Gibbs Of Barsn,' ~ \ Proved
was among the numho. "e!gr,s,
ployes who qualified IN ,l " en-.
Insurance COMPANY grJ Ia LIE
Mrs. Gibbs attended ,S N" ne and
full vacation a, ETe'gt..
Beach near Wilmington tsII's1IL
nually in the month O.: A "yDa an.
Whitman Ellis and lr P1 ;s.l%
Shelby, are visiting ,bi "Piy q
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred F5r'S.e week
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More tourists visited the Far
East this year than ever before.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
Relief Aides SaUe
MarylandFamily
Living in Shack
Had Mored to Point of
Rocks, Where Father
Expected Job on Span.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
POINT OF ROCKS, Md, January
23.-After living in shack while
waiting for a job on the bridge build
ing here, Harry Davis with his wife
and three small children returned to
Cumberland yesterday where work was
provided for him.
Davis and his family left their
Cumberland home when his Works
Progress Administration sewer job
ended there. He had heard that
Cumberland contractor was going to
build the Point of Rocks bridge and
thought he could get job at once.
The family stayed in the river shack
for a week. sleeping on piles of leaves.
while waiting for the building opera
tions to start. Welfare officials Sue
ceeded in getting food to the family.
Relief officials in Cumberland found
work there for Davis. With the aid
Of the Salvation Army, the family
started back home. Some people gave
them coins to buy milk for the baby.
The other two children are 8 and 1
years old.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
CHINESE SEIZED
IN EXTORTION PLOT
Dummy $1,000 Package Traps
Threatener of John P. Ma.
honey, South Bend.

With a 25-year-old Chinese in GUS
tody at South Bend, Ind, the Federal
Bureau OF Investigation today dis
closed how a dummy package trap
yesterday frustrated a $4,000 extortion
attempt on John P. Mahoney, vice
president of the Bendix Products
Corp. in South Bend.
The Chinese, Chune Schied Lee,
confessed to G-men that he was au-
thor Of two notes threatening death
with a machine gun to Mahoney and
signed cap. Blood" with q drawing
Of skull and crossbones, according
to j. Edgar Hoover.
Lee was captured by F. B. I. agents
and Bendix plant officers when he
picked up a bundle of dummy bills
that Mahoney caused to be thrown
from q car near his Office Thursday
night. The second letter had de-
manded that Mahoney place the
money in a paper sack and toss the
money to the ground at q corner of
the headquarters of the Bendix Corp.
The first letter was received by Ma
honey Wednesday and the second
Thursday.
Lee was found to be former en-
ploye of the corporation. He said he
was in urgent need Of money. as he
planned to get married today. He told
Federal agents he used rubber gloves
in writing the letters to avoid leaving
fingerprints. ~
The prisoner face charges Of vio-
lating the Federal extortion statute.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
WOMAN ASKS JUDGMENT
HUSBAND DESERTED HER
Petition Expresses She May Not
Be Able to Prove Act If
He Sues Later.

A judgment holding that her hus-
band had deserted her was sought in
District Court yesterday by Mrs.
Martha Colbert Tyler, 10, wife Of Lloyd
S. Tyler. member of the Capitol
Theater Orchestra.
Through Attorney Jean M. Board
man, Mrs. Tyler told the court she Is
afraid her husband will sue her for
divorce at some later date when she
may not be able to prove the true
facts concerning their separation.
She said she expects to prove at the
trial that Tyler has said she de-
serted him in his "time of need" and
that he intends to divorce her.
The wifes suit said Tyler deserted
her last October Is and she can prove
1t at this time, she says, but may not
be able to do so later.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
OBEY OR GOTO JAIL,
MOTHER IS WARNED
Woman Refuses to Return Chill.
dren Pending Action in
Divorce Court.

Justice F. Dickinson Let's of Dis
trict Court yesterday ordered Mrs.
Matilda Murray to return her two
children to this city within a week,
In accordance with prior order, say
ing he would commit her to Jail un-
less she did so.
Mrs. Murray, who is being sued for
limited divorce by Ray c. Murray,
1921 Kenyon street, was accused by
her husband Of having taken the
children out Of the city in violation
Of court order requiring her to keep
them within this Jurisdiction.
After Arthur C. Callahan, attor-
ney for Mrs. Murray, had told the
court his client would rather 90 to
Jail than bring her children back
here, Justice Let's said:
After she gets down there in jail
she may change her mind"
Evening star., 1937-01-23
GOODWILL TRAINING
SCHOOL PROPOSED
Planned Institution for Workers
Approved at Meeting of
Local Unit.

A proposed training school here for
Goodwill workers was approved last
night at a meeting Of the local coun-
Gil of the National Association Of
Goodwill Industries at 1918 New
Hampshire avenue.
The suggestion was introduced In
a report made by Col. A. r. Brindley,
trustee of the association and men,
ber of the Committee on Training.
which pointed out the need for
trained ,men, particularly in the
Southern cities where Goodwill In
dustries have yet to be established.
The plan advocated the need not only
for trained executives, but also trained
subordinates.
The selected site for the training
school is next to the Goodwill plant
at the New Hampshire avenue address,
according to DR.. Edgar j. Helms, ex-
ecutie secretary of the association.
who indicated the establishment had
been made possible through an an
onymous gift.
Rev. DR.. John S. German Of Balti-
more spoke on the promotion Of
Goodwill work. President william 0.
Tufts presided.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
GEORGE |. CARTER
ESTATE S1,S97,0DD
Widow and Son of Coal Man
Ask Letters of Admin
iStration.

George L. Carter, who extracted a
fortune from Southern coal fields as
one of the Nations leading inde-
pendent operators, left an estate val
ued at s1,897,347, it was disclosed in
District Court today when his widow
and son filed a petition for letters Of
administration. There was no will.
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue
granted their request. The son,
James Walter Carter, Stevenson, Nd.
is head of the Carter Coal Co., which
his father founded. 1t was a suit by
the younger Carter which led to the
Supreme Court decision holding the
Guffey coal act unconstitutional.
The father had retired from active
control of his extensive interests some
time before his death. His widow,
Mrs. Mayetta w. Carter. resides here.
Through Attorneys Richard H. Will
mer and Douglas L. Hatch, the
mother and son told the court they
are the only heirs.
Most Of Mr.. Carter's estate con-
sisted of stocks and bonds. These
we're valued at 81 1.8Oo, 900. A tract
Of land in Wythe County, Va. which
he owned, was assessed at s94,347,
and land in Pike County. KY, at
$4,000.
Mr.. Carter died here December 30.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
BROWN, MOVIE STAR,
Will ATTEND BALL
Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, Mitzi
Greene, Jeanette Mcdonald
Also to Be Present.

Joe E. Brown, movie comedian, will
be included in the film delegation
present at the Presidents birthday
ball next Saturday night, it was an
nounced today.
Other movie stars expected to at
tend are Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor,
jeanette Mcdonald and Mitzi Greene,
and plans are under way to get them
all together in city-wide broadcast
on the night of the ball, with all local
stations carrying the program.
Commissioner George E. Allen, gen.
eral chairman of the ball, is appealing
to the public now from the screen Of
every downtown.theater to dance that
children may walk" The special film,
contributed by Fox Movietone, includes
scenes from Children's Hospital. 1t
will also be shown in the neighborhood
theaters.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
STATES TO SPEED
FLOOD CURB PLAN
Ohio Valley Group at Farley Here
Back Cooperation With
Federal Program.

Representatives Of Ohio Valley
States attending the Council of State
Governments in session here were en-
barked today on a program of imme-
diate action to inaugurate a compre-
hensive Federal program Of flood pre-
vention.
Action along this line was taken at
a meeting last night at the May
flower Hotel Of the Ohio River Bas n
Regional Committee under chairman
ship Of Ohio State Senator Emerson
Campbell.
Recommendations adopted by the
committee are designed to speed CO.
operation between the States and the
Federal Government SO that measures
against Ohio River food destruction,
now the worst in the history, will be
in progress before another year.
The plan calls for the introduction
of legislation at once in the Legisla-
lures Of the six States affected-Ohio,
West Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania,
Illinois and Kentucky. Legislators
present gave assurance that bills would
be introduced in the respective Legis-
latures early next week.
The problem Of flood control came
before yesterday afternoons session of
the council.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
Found IN Baltimore
As Parents Seek Them Here
Runaway Boys Eager to Press On to
Chicago, Despite Hunger and
Lack of Funds.

Thomas and Donald Phelps are not
orphans, all alone in the world" as
the young runaways would have Balti-
more police believe.
The brothers have father and
step-mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Phelps, Government employees here,
who have been looking everywhere
for them since they disappeared yes
terday afternoon.
Thomas. 13. and Donald, 8. showed
up at a Baltimore bus terminal last
midnight, foot-sore. weary. hungry
and penniless. but still determined to
press on to Chicago, they said.
The two had hitch-hiked from
their home on Jackson street. River
dale, Md, and motorist took them to
the bus terminal. When questioned
by Miss Katherine Nagel of the Trav-
elers' Aid Society. the runaways in
sisted they we're "in the money" and
shortly would depart by bus as paid
passengers for Chicago.
Admit They Are Hungry.
Questioned further, they admitted
they were broke" and very hungry.
Miss Nagel turned them over to po-
lice. who fed the youngsters and put
them to bed.
This morning at the Central Police
Bureau the boys insisted they were
orphans" in custody of guardian"
whom they declined to name.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
POTOMAC I. y. A.
BILL INTRODUCED
Rankin Plan Is Modified, but
Retains Water Power
Feature.

Considerably slashed to meet some
Of the objections made last year. Rep
resentative John E. Rankin. Demo-
crat, of Mississippi power development
advocate in the House, reintroduced
late yesterday his bill for the devel-
opment and improvement of naviga-
ton and of electric power on the Po-
tomac River and its tributaries, which
received no consideration last year by
the House Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee.
Representative Rankin cut from the
bill provisions affecting sanitation,
water supply, recreation and trans
and soil erosion.
While the Rankin bill does not spe-
ciflcally mention Great Falls, the title
covers development of electric power
on the Potomac River" and does
repeatedly mention water power" or
'power-producing facilities" hydro
electric plant" and to approval of the
Federal Power Commission" all of
which undoubtedly means an attempt
to harness the waters now rushing
over Great Falls.
Cuts Salaries.
The revised bill reduces the salaries
Of the three proposed administrators"
with terms OF six years, who would
constitute corporation entitled "po-
tomac Valley Authority" with pur-
pose to develop and administer pub
lie works in the watershed of the
Potomac River ana its tributaries,
from $4,000 a year to $4,000.
The original bill required a pre-
liminary report to Congress on plans
for elimination of pollution from the
Potomac River and its tributaries for
the preservation of game and fish
therein and for the development of
an adequate and economical water
supply for the District and other ad-
jacent communities. This has all been
cut from the present bill. The re-
port would now cover "the location of
dams, power stations and appurtenant
structures, with plans for flood con-
troll and soil erosion control-appurte-
nant landings, construction of bridges
and through highways across the
river"
Provides for Sale Of Power.
All references to water supply are
deleted. The power proposed for the
authority" is to make contracts for
sale or lease Of any interest in lands
owned or controlled by the authority,
for sale Of power or for construction
or lease of power transmission lines.
1t is stated as the duty of the au-
thority Ito design, construct and ad-
minister all navigation, power, soil
erosion and food control projects so
as to conserve and stabilize the flow
of the Potomac River and its tribu-
taries and to prevent damage due to
foods"
The bill introduced yesterday cuts
the authorization for the proposed
power development project from sl0,-
10000 to s5,000,000, to be used for
acquisition of lands and rights, the
preparation Of surveys and reports,
the commencement of construction Of
essential facilities"
Evening star., 1937-01-23
COL, COOPER SUED
TO GET $17S,30O ON
BANK ASSESSMENT.
Continental Trust Receiver
Claims Transfer of 1,783
Shares of Stock.
INVESTORS FIRM HELD
AGENCY OF DEFENDANT
Ex-President of Institution Knew
Of Insolvency in Disposing Of
Interest, Says Moran.

Col. Wade H. Cooper, one-time
president of three banks, whose affairs
have been before the courts on numer-
Gus occasions in the last few years,
was sued in District Court today for
$l78,300 by John F. Moran. receiver
of the closed Continental Trust Co.,
which Cooper once headed.
Moran charged that Cooper, when
it became apparent that the Conti-
mental was in serious financial straits
and was likely to be declared in
solvent by the controller Of the cur
rency. transferred all but 10 shares of
his 1,793 shares Of Continental stock
to Delaware corporation which he
headed and controlled.
Assessment Payment Asked.
The receiver asked that Cooper be
declared the beneficial owner of stock,
standing in the name OF the Della
ware corporation, the Hanover In
vestors, Inc. and be required to pay
the 100 per cent indemnity assessment
thereon which was ordered by the
controller Of the currency.
Through Attorneys Brice Clagett and
Charles E. Wainwright, Moran claimed
Cooper had caused Hanover Investors
to be incorporated on October Is, 1892,
and that he became its president and
the owner of all its stock except quali-
flying shares. On the same date.
Moran alleges. Cooper transferred
1873 shares Of Continental Trust Co.
stock to Hanover Investors without
consideration.
Exercised Voting Control.
Thereafter he continued to exercise
voting control over the stock and the
corporation was nothing but his 'in-
strument or agency" the suit charged.
At the time Of the transfer, the
court was told, Cooper knew the capi-
tai stock of the Continental Trust
Co. was seriously impaired, if not
entirely wiped out" He also knew at
that time the assets were worth great
ly less than the book value and that
the trust company was likely to be
declared insolvent, it Was asserted.
The court was asked for a judg-
ment of $4,000, covering a 100 per
cent assessment on the stock. plus 6
per cent interest since July, 1885.