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The Washington times., 1937-03-19
SCHOOL BLAST
WORST IN OIL
FIELDHISTORY
BY GERALD GRIFFIN
Classified Advertising Manager
Washington Times

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Although disasters in the oil
fields of the Southwest are not
new, that which took the lives of
hundreds of school children in New
London, Tex, is unparalleled in
the annals of such tragedies.
There have been many explo-
sions in this great oil empire, both
in the fields and at the -refineries.
There have been other disasters
as well in the boom towns which
have sprung up overnight, like
mushrooms, or grown to great
cities on a foundation of oil and
gas and the wealth realized from
these great natural resources.
The men who wrestle with ma
ture and wrest wealth from the soil
expect these things. Yet it is pc
culiarly poignant that this greatest
disaster of all should have taken
the lives of children-carefree one
moment and dead or dying the
next.
Vast Tented Cities
Texas is dotted with enterpris-
ing oil towns. Both there and
in Oklahoma vast tented cities
have appeared in a twinkling as
new wells we're brought in or a
new field tapped.
In Oklahoma City there are
wells in the grounds of the State
capitol and even the executive
mansion, and hundreds of fine
homes nearby have been ruined by
the gushing black liquid which has
paid for them many times over.
Three Sands, Seminole, Coving.
ton and many other small towns
in the vicinity of Enid, Tulsa,
Ponca City and Oklahoma City
are characteristic of the commu'
mites which have sprung up in
the wake of the discovery of oil
In Oklahoma and Texas alike,
as these new cities have come into
being, disaster has stalked in many
forms.
This Worst of All
I have seen the largest Of oil
storage tanks containing thou
sands of barrels of oil ablaze.
I have known high pressure
cracking stills to blow up, scatter
ing human flesh and steel and
bricks over the countryside for
miles around.
1 have been on the grounds
when an oil still has blown up
from an unWiSe mixture OF
gaseous fumes and seen a brave
superintendent jump from his
office chair the minute the top
blew from Athe, still and, running
to the battery of stills where the
damage was done. mount to the
runway which crosses their tops
and, with voluble oathS, order his
men away from the scene OF
trouble.
I have even been the bearer OF
sad news to worried wives lnqulr'
ing about their husbands safety
after windows had been blown out
by the conclusion Of a blast.
But this disaster at New London
tops them all. I hope it will never
be my lot to witness such scene
or hear of another such cataS
tr0Dhe
The Washington times., 1937-03-19
Walker
To Head Doq Show

With James j. Walker former
mayor of New York, expected to
preside, plans are being completed
here for the Eighth Annual Ma
tional Capital Kennel Club Dog
Show, May l at the MeadoWhrooH
Saddle Club.
one of the outstanding features
will be the judging of the most
perfect pack entered by the hunt
clubs of the Middle Atlantic
States. Count jerry Potocki, Po-
lish Ambassador, and Col. Robert
M. Guggenheim will select the
winning pack.
The Washington times., 1937-03-19

school age, whom she had left
near the school gymnasium
while she went shopping after
attending a parent-teacher
meeting.
An eyewitness account was
given by Mrs. Evelyn Hooker,
welfare worker who, with Mrs,
Will G. Roberts, drove in front
of the school just as the build
ing became a leaping sky,
rocket. She said:
I'VE heard the most ter
rible noise. We looked up
Just in time to see the build
ing leave the ground. Just
at the side of our car was a
school bus filled with little
children who had just left
their rooms. The driver
stopped Immediately and
maintained control over his
cargo Of children.
The Washington times., 1937-03-19
International News Service

International News Service
While Red Cross and Army Off
cials swiftly set up machinery to
assist victims of the schoolhouse
explosion in New London, Tex,
Senator Tom Connally CD OF
Texas today demanded a thorough
inquiry to determine the causes
of the catastrophe.
Connally, weary from a SleepleSs
night in which he kept in touch
with officials here and in Texas,
said the U. S. Bureau Of Mines,
and Texas State agencies should
make every effort to ascertain just
what set off the spark that brought
the schoolhouse tumbling in a
mass of ruins on the children in
side. He added that he felt there
was no need for a congressional
investigation, but that expert engi.
neers should check carefully. He
said:
"There should be an especially
careful and close check to aScer-
tain whether there was any vi0-
latiOns of oil laws with regard
to the conduitS carrying gas or
oil underground"
Orders were sent from Army
headqual ters here for all aid tc
be flown from Shreveport, Dallas
and other localities within easy
distance of the catastrophe.
An inspector from the Bureau o1
Mines already was en- route to the
accident scene this morning
Daniel Harrington, director oi
safety in the bureau, said the in
spector would seek to determine
the cause of the explosion.
Orders from President Roosevelt
were received by both the Rec
Cross and the Army, calling or
these agencies to do everything II
their power to help the injured
and provide what relief is possible
The Washington times., 1937-03-19

printed, two Bertillon experts
arrived from Austin to try to
identify some Of the bodies.
Winging from Wichita Falls,
an airplane load of doctors and
nurses arrived here to augment
the medical force sent to the
scene from Dallas. Doctors,
nurses and druggists came from
all nearby towns, and many
hurried here from more distant
communities.
Five hearSes, u ambulances
and 25 embalmers accompanied
the force of 80 doctors and -
nurses arriving from Dallas.
With hospital space lacking,
the Baptist church at Over
ton was converted into a re-
ceiving ward and morgue.
Garages at Henderson were
used as mOrgues, and one un-
dertaker there took care of
100 bodies.
By the time that the in
jured and dead began to ar
rive at Henderson, screaming,
weeping parents filled the
yards at the hospital and the
funeral home. Ambulances
which started to Henderson
loaded with injured unloaded
some at the hospital and took
other victims to funeral
homes, as they had died en-
route.
Throughout the night the
circling flames of acetylene
torches played over the twisted
debris as workers severed steel
beams to permit the tractors
and giant winches to clear away
impeding wreckage.
Only horror greeted the eyes
of the hundreds who toiled
among the bricks and beams
and bodies. Onlookers would
step in and take the places Of
exhausted workers, only to fall
out again, exhausted and shaken
by the sight of twisted bodies.
One of the most pathetic fig
ures of the tragedy was School
Superintendent W. c. Shaw,
whose 17-year-old son Sam was
among the missing. Although
injured by falling debris when
the blast cut loose, he dug
steadily at the wreckage. His
only comment was:
why couldn't I have gone
with them, too?"
The few survivors who re-
mained at the scene walked
about their skins almost
ashen from fright and plaster
dust which was driven into
their hands and faces by the
explosions force.
One little fellow, who
couldn't remember his name
was blown through a window
and bruised, but was able tt
walk. A girl pupil founc
, wondering about with a tori
arm, said she didn't remem
: Der anything that happened
The Washington times., 1937-03-19
Fraternity Is Host

The Washington chapter Of the
Sigma Alpha Rho Fraternity will
be host to it's entire national fra
ternity consisting of more than IS
chapters here March 81 at the
inter-chapter relations conclave to
be held at the Willard Hotel, it
was announced today by H. D.
Nuremberg, of the local chapter.
The Washington times., 1937-03-19
Texas Rangers Go Into Action

All available Texas Rangers and highway police from Hous
tDn Dallas Austin and Tyler dispatched to the by
Col. II. e. Carmichael.
Inasmuch as many school children have been finger
The Washington times., 1937-03-19
ASK u. 5. PROBE
OF EXPLOSION
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Continued from Page y
whether the terrific blast that
made a leaping skyrocket of
the New London school, would
be followed by another ex-
plosion. He said:
II can't tell that yet. The
causes are, of course, OBJ
scure at the present"
The Washington times., 1937-03-19

how she emerged from the sons and daughter were
debris. killed One Of these was her
Mrs. W. H. Phillips two youngest James, of pre-
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Marriage Licenses.

0oPt tsh '%s 81 se :os as ST. %
fSs Rssd9Dh semsn g. sss i4o7 rors. a. .;. ;.a
9s eass sesR & g is5s s"s RTsens9 st. me-
Aozaha Hsns u S" i 2 81 81 ST. st. s* aRo
Is5ss ssenasys Mysrs M Il 5nDas RhsaeDRa 3D. ru.s ns
rre.!i J4dss s,iS Nathan Ssy!C1 ",
hisshsl ssS 1sans'Sa: fsatross, '5a and Mary =
Beazley: 8, both OF Guinea. Va; Rev. N.
Samuel L, cook. jr, %, 1o1sh 9Th st.
st. ne ns and rev. Eveyn " l. kssR Moodg 90 1901 eth
Julie E. Sweeney: "a, Bloomington, nj;
Rasaa 50 nF'n both Soft aoa Washins aS
cn.q1.. t0n Ma Mca4m. Rey RshaFaSon sa a.ors;,
ave, and FRANCES. Jewell, 10, 1885 K
n,v,d nstdi Rev Vy.in " F. s,Eickera II r. a. .nd
Catherine G: siattery, 81, i7s5 Church
st.: Rey. J: B: Areaut. mo oo.
Ing ing ST. st. ne: ,I.: Rev. p K. Hunter. NV
'ohn M Hntb 81 snd E7eeeth T.
Byron F. Cranberry. "a. and Vivian L.
Dean; Is. both OF Alexandria. Va: Rev.
Harvey w. Hartwel 81, and De Elite White.
ai aib.rs S01s Ev.n., q. Minneapolis Mimi; Rev.
r. Goldbereer: 26. Rocky River. Ohio;
Rev. B; z. Mahan.
fTed snd Nora NJ ApdeTsen e as ses sh s
Md: Rev. c. s. Abbott
Sam Goldstein, "a. 1913 Ingraham St. and
Helen Gaist. 81 439 Goth st.: Rev. Henry
Seeal
Georse A. Hosnidor, 3s. and clarissa Null
Ikin 80 both Of S36 Alabama ave. Sc;
Louis c. Robinson 81. 1919 Potomac ave.
Sc. and Anita W. Fadley. 1e. e31 sth
1t. ne; Rev. 8. B. Dausherty.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Deaths Reported.

Jerome J. Wilbur. 81, 1870 Wyoming ave-
Robert ha.n,. 7; Oliver. 49, Walter Reed General
Isaac F. Stokes. 65, 1919 Jefferson st.
Alfred A Shriver. 81. 3545 10th st.
Samuel Rubin. SO. Providence Hospital.
J: Newton Colver 55.- 1850 Fuller st.
Mary ShurtlefY, 81. 1910 Mintwood pl
Theophilus s;,o J. Cotton, so. Casualty Hos
Samuel Wright. 40. Gallinger Hospital.
Earl A. Booth. ~. 1850 WISCONSIN ave.
Elisha H. Renirow. 80. 1908 4th st.
Elizabeth B. Thomas. 8S. 1414 36th st.
Joseph Q. johnson, 65, Gallinger Hospital
Pauline Blackwell, 81. 464 st. s.w
Susie G: Nicholas. 81. 535 Gresham pl.
George Nelson, so. 604 % st. s,w.
Robert S. Harris, 50. 1Oa ST.
Phyllis Dade. so. Gallineer Hospital.
Susie Brightly ~. Gallinger Hospital.
Ida Poindexter, A.. ~ Logan pl
Hattie SmotherS. 40. Freedmen's Hospital.
virginia Disdale. %. .Freedmen's Hospital.
Gladys Davis, %. tuberculosis Hospital.
Infant Emily M. Waites. 912 T st.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Traffic Convictions.
SECOND-OFFENSE SPEEDING.
AlfrAd IIrrno11 nm 0,,{~o,v .<~>>x

A11Eeo UTceolO, 7OO quincy street,
IS.
FIRST-OFFENSE SPEEDING.
James E. Mayton, 1l42 Neal street
northeast, $40.
William r. Adams, 2ls Third street
southeast, IS.
Livingston Hill, 1924 Twelfth street
southeast, IS.
Richard H. Sinclair. 5000 Dent place,
IS.
Arthur D. sickles, soss Newcomb
street, $40.
James J. Donoghue, 2eo7 Twelfth
street northeast, IS.
Roy L. Williams, 1913 South Carolina
avenue southeast, IS.
Homer M. Grimm, 7e1 Gresham
place. IS.
Robert H. Cook, 1922 Livingston
street, IS.
George L. Bottiger, sl1 1ngraham
street. S..
Catherine R. Conway, 1000 Cathe-
dral avenue, S..
Edgar NJ Wilkerson, $50 Eighth
street southeast, IS.
Harry A. Hegarty, 1853 Newton
street, $40
Henry Forster, Maryland. IS.
Robert N. Buringer, 1890 Douglas
street, S..
Mendol J. Kelly. 1919 N street, IS.
Robert B. Kuhn, 81 Seaton place
northeast, IS.
MALARIA Giuseppe. 1892 Minnesota
avenue southeast. IS.
Bernard A. Park, 1928 Newton street,
IS.
Henry NJ. Boley, 1911 Thirtieth
street southeast, IS.
Albert NJ. Yimbrich Virginia, IS.
Harold M. Nelson, 1928 Connecti-
cut avenue, IS.
Bernard T. Goldberg, 28ls Ritten-
house street, S.
Marvin G. Fisher, 1901 G street
northeast. IS.
Frank j. Mccarthy, Alb Thirteenth
street northeast, IS.
George P. De West, 148 Eleventh
street southeast, IS.
James Monton, 11l2 Forty-ninth
place northeast, IS.
Lester J. Manokey, 1912 Fifth street,
s..
Albian T. Johnson, 1925 Wisconsin
avenue, IS.
George Kuhl, 50l3 I street, S.
The following is list Of the oper-
ators' permits suspended or revoked by
the board as Of July IL, 1887:
Clifton H. Atkins, 1909 Kane street
northeast, speeding, second offense. 80
days.
Robert K. Condit, BIS Emerson
street. speeding, second offense, 80
days.
John A. Croghan, 14l0 NJ street,
speeding suspended.
Francis NJ Durance, jr., 4007 Con-
necticut avenue. speeding. 80 days.
James A. DAILY, 1928 N street, speed
ing. revoked.
William c. Ferguson, 1885 Park
road, speeding, second offense, sus-
pended.
Salvatore F. Giarratano, 1925 Crit
tenden street northwest speeding, sec
ond offense, 80 days.
William E. Bean, 629 Alabama ave-
nue. southeast, reckless driving, re-
voked
Edward S. Coffey. 305 Rock Greek
Church road, reckless driving, sus-
pended.
Ezra J. Craven, 312 G street south
east, reckless driving, revoked.
Joseph E. johnson, 1917 K street
southeast. reckless driving, suspended.
John w. McGaha, 2021 Fourth street
northeast. reckless driving, suspended.
William S. Miller, 1909 New Jersey
avenue, reckless driving, revoked.
Joseph Bahen, 1907 Columbia road,
leaving after collision. revoked.
Evening star., 1937-07-15

Robert and Ruth Hayes. boy.
Elwood and Elsie Bell. girl.
Luther and Nellie Butler, girl.
Harry and Annie King. girl.
Robert and Elva Seeley, boy.
Joseph and Lucy Dalla- Vale. girl.
Emerson and Dorothy Ford. sirl.
Albert and Lois Scruggs. boy.
Wilbur and Elmer Miller. boy.
Dwight and Faith Edwards, boy.
Turner and Mildred Lawrence. boy.
John and Hilda Lewis. girl.
John and Frances Vaughn, girl.
Phelex and Marie Navarro. boy.
Weldon and Irene Moore. girl.
George and Virginia Davis. girl.
Jesse and Mary Brice boy.
Edward and Elmira Saunders, boy.
Thomas ard RNshie Beasley. girl.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Births Reported.

James and Mary Feoerline, boy.
John and Helen Lallande. girl.
Finley and Julia Atkinson. girl.
Alfred and Clara Fairall. boy.
John and Frances Miller. boy.
Elmer and Sibyl Sewers. boy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
Leading Statistician States
Latest Facts On This
Serious Situation

Leading tuberculosis authorities
sall tuberculosis the foe OF youth,
saws Miss JesSamine s. Whitney,
statistician OF the National Tuber-
culosis, "but | go even further and
call it the foe OF girls and young
women. Why? Because the deaths
from tuberculosis among them are
lne and one.half times as many as
hose among their brothers OF the
same age"
The death rate from tuberculosis
las been cut TO less than one.third
If what it was thirty years ago
when it was the leading cause OF
leath. Yet when we analyZe these
leaths We find that tuberculosis is
still the leading cause OF death for
men and women between 10 and DO
years of age and we also find that
among young women between 10
md Is one in every four deaths is
from this highly contagious disease.
Miss Whitney in answering 1chy
tuberculosis is twice as prevalent
among young women as among
young men says, mo one knows
Today IL Is an outstanding mystery
in public health"
In an attempt to solve this mys'
terry the National tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION made a careful study OF
the life histories of all girls between
10 and % who died from tubercu'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
Florida Pardon
Board B al At
Wholesale Acts

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Dec. ..
UP)-Gov. Harold Hoffman of
New Jersey sent a letter TO the
Florida pardon board yesterday
in behalf of one of the three kid
napers. of DR.. Santiago Clarct,
who are seeking paroles from life
sentences. go
Hoffman'S letter said Samuel
Geller Garclick, one of the thre"
involved in the Miami Beach kid.
mapping in 1884. had a good
name" in Bayonne, y. j., where
he lived before he came to Flo:'
ida.
Garelick, Roy and Fred Gray
made an unsuccessful attempt To
hold DR.. Claret, a wealthy Cuban
for $35. 900 ransom. They wcr,
arrested when they attempted &c
cash check for that amount
convicted and sentenced to nc
Imprisonment.
Friends also intcrcedcd 70" tht
GrayS.
One of the major dcvrlonment'
of the second day of the semi
annual session of the pardon
board came, however, when Coy
crnor Fred p Gone prevented W
II. Gildard. of st. Petersburg
from presenting pleas for III
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
Road Funds Cut
Would Not Affect
Way
Bailey, Endorsing Roose,
welt Economy Program,
Expresses View

WASHINGTON, Dee. ,. (CP).
President RooScvclt'S' proposal to
curtaiI federal appropriations for
highways will not delay conStruc-
ton on the Blue Ridge Parkway,
connecting the Great Smoky
Mountains and Shenandoah Ma
tional parks. in the opinion of
Senator J. W. Bailey, who yes
terday made a statement endors-
ing the presidents move.
Sufficient funds to continue
work on the scenic highway could
easily be included in the normal
federal road budget, Senator
Bailey said, and he pointed out
that the president had taken a
personal interest in the parkway
and that he was confident AIDE
quate appropriation would be in
cludcd i'm the budget.
Senator Bailey expressed him
self as gratified with the course
of the president, declaring that
he had constantly demanded pro-
ccdurc looking toward the bal
ancing of the budget for Is
months. and declared that if the
president was criticized for his
action he was willing to share
such criticism.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
CRIMSON TIDE
WORKOUTSSET
Called for Friday to Begin
Prepping for Rose
Bowl Game

TUSCALOOSA. Ala. Dec. q
CUP)-Coach Frank Thomas az
rived here late Wednesday and
ordered his Alabama Crimson
Tide to assemble Friday for re-
sumption of football practice
for the Rose Bowl game with the
University of California.
Thomas. who was cnroute home
from the bedside of his sick moth
cr when announcement was made
Tuesday night that the Tide had
been selected to play in the Bowl,
expressed keen qualification that
his team had been nominated.
Alabama always has looked
upon an invitation to play in the
Rose Bowl as the greatest honor
that can come to IA football team,
Thomas said. The boys have
played their hearts out and they
deserve the honor
Thomas said practices Friday
and Saturday would be light but
that I'VE will begin work in ear
nest Monday"
Tentative plans are for the
team and approximately 500 sup
portcrs 10 leave December u and
arrive i'm Pasadena on Christmas
dav. They will travel the south
cTu route.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
Dixie Doctors
Choose Carolina
r Men For Offices

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2. (UP).
DR.. J. W. jcivcy, ST., Of Green
vile, S. c., last night was elected
and installed president of the
Southern Medical association. He
succeeded DR.. Frank X. Boland,
Atlanta.
Other officers elected were
DR.. Lucien Ledoux, New Orleans.
first vice-president; Or. Lee Rice,
San Antonio. second vice-prcsi-
dent. c. p. Loranz, Birmingham,
was renamed secrctary-manager.
DR.. James A. Hayne, Columbia,
S. c., was chosen president of the
southern division of the Amcri-
can Public Health association,
and Dr.. K. \. Ross. Durham, head
of the southern section on
Gynccology.
USE THE WANT ADS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
NAR.cAPTIVES
EXCHANGED
Germans Held in Soviet
for Espionage Snapped
for Frances Prisoners

MOSCOW, Dec. 2. CUPD. -
Forty-four Germans, held for
months in Kiev and kharkov jails
on charges of wrccking and cspi-
onage, have been exchanged for
Soviet crews of the vessels Kom-
somol and Smidovich, which were
captured by Spanish insurgents,
it was reported reliably today.
The Germans repeatedly cross
ed the border enroutc to Germany
accompanied by two German
Lutheran pastors formerly in
cningrad. Several hundred Ger
man citizens remain under arrest
in the Soviet Union. Recently
two Germans were given heavy
prison sentences for alleged spy
ing activities.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
Van MUNCO IS
KEY IN TRADES
Big Deals Will Be Held up
Until His Status
Settled

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. .
(UP)-"Who gets Van Mungo?'
That was the big question in
major league circles as the minor
league convention ploughed thru
dull, routine matters and baseball
nabobS engaged yesterday in
-Small-time trading.
Until MungO. BroOklyn'S bad
boy who lost almost $4,000 in
fines and salary during the past
year and finally finished the sea-
son under suspension at his home
az Pageland. $. c., is traded all
National league deals are blocked.
Mungo and Burlcigh Grimes,
Brooklyn pilot. Just could not hit
il off and were at each other :
threats when the suspension
came.
Four clubs. the Giants. Cubs.
Cardinals and Pirates. are known
20 be i'm the market for the big
fire ball right-hauder who is rated
one of the greatest natural pitch
crS in the biz show.
Grimes. discussing Mungo' )
status today. limited that he may
have surprise offers from second
division clubs for MungO in addt-
ton % the big bidders.
Where Mungo will 90 Is pure
speculation but the Giants are be-
licvcd 10 have the inside track.
The first trade between major
league clubs nj the minor league
meeting was made last night when
Washington snapped pitcher Ed
Liuke 20 the St. Louis Browns for
Elon HogSctt. Both are relief
pitchers. Linkc, right-handcr,
won six games and lost one last
season while HogSett won SIX
games and lost Is.
The New York Giants traded
two farm hands. outheldcr Paul
Carpenter. who played with the
Greenwood. Miss. club Of the Cot
ton States league, and inticlder
Otto Blucgc. who played with the
Jersey City club. to the Los An
relies Angels TO rthird baScman
Ken Richardson, OF the Moline
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
T.B. Threatens Young Women

losis in a single year in Detroit ana
in New York City. lndustrialization
did not affect their health because
50 per cent had never been EN-
ployed outside their homes and 20
per cent had been employed less
than year. Dieting, clothing habits,
their educational levels were all
discarded as clues to the mystery.
A recent study of one of the New
York City tuberculosis clinics did
show, however. that the young wo'
men who lived in homes where
there was person sick with tuber.
culosis were very remiss in getting
proper examination OF themselves.
every case OF tuberculosis
comes from another" Miss Whitney
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
BUCK TEMPTS HUNTERS

SAIRE, Pa. (UP)-Tcmpta-
ton ran high among the hunters
i'm this borough when 7-point
buck deer wandered into the bus
mess section. The deer hunting
season had not opened, however.
The animal crossed the entire
town, swan the SUSquehanna riv-
er and then disappeared into the
woods.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
RAND CRIME WAVE

JOHANNESBURG. (UP) - \
crime wave in Johannesburg and
other Rand towns has led to a
general rearmament of the citi-
zenS in the past two months.
HoldupS occur nearly every day
in some of these towns, and mo-
florists are warned against maura-
dcrS on the high roads.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
ALI,-STARS
FIVE
TOOTH FOOT LONG

POPLARVILLE, Miss. (OPJ -
Presentation of foot-long dino
saur tooth to the Pearl river
Junior college museum has start
ed a search for other possible
bones of the giant animal that
roamed the lower Mississippi syaI-
ley thousands of years ago. The
tooth was unearthed in wilkinson
county, adjacent to louisiana.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
CREWS GET CONCESSIONS

LONDON. (UP).-The British
Board of Trade has ordered that
every ship over $500 tons built
in Great Britai mi future must
have hospital accommodation for
the crew. The board has also
ruled that every new ship, ire
spective Of tonnage, must provide
accommodation amidships, or aft,
instead Of forward.