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The Washington times., 1937-04-19
Spring Tonic!

Seated at the corner table near
the entrance to the barroom at
Twenty-One, Monday night, were
two of the theater's most caustic
critics and deepest students
George Jean Nathan and John
Anderson. Intensely engrossed in
their conversation, they paid no
heed to the stars and near stars
who passed by and saluted them.
Occasionally, the usually imper-
turbable Anderson waved a hand
to emphasize a point. In rebuttal,
Nathan would shake his head. The
curiosity of a reporter drove him
to walk by to eavesdrop. He heard
Nathan say:
TITS absolutely idiOtic. No
man has the right to lose his
hair. You show me a bald fel-
low-and I'll show you care.
less fellow"
The Washington times., 1937-04-19

SKIN that naturally bepks radiant health beneath 1T alive.
n stays ehl &c. be good skin from within and will good
The for this quite simple skin have abund
of dbood cells aid in making the skin glow bring color
your cheeks to build resistance germ attacks
1t for these precious dboodces lose their vitality Worry
ovework and undue strain take their toll Sickness literally burns them up.
diet the development of cells cold
kills them in great numbers.
Science through SSS Tonic brings the regain this
blood strength within short space of the SS
latVe and lasting.
Moreover S Tonic whes the appetite Foods better natural
digestive stimulated and finally the food eat is of
value very important step back to health.
will SSS Tonic and to maintain
bloode cells lost weight regain strengthen
and skin that natural health glow.
Take the S Tonic and shortly should be delighted with
friends compliment the look
SIS Tonic especially designed to build sturdy health by restoring
cells tmetried and scientifically
drug Sizes The large size saving
price remedy No ethical druggist
will suggest something jut good" Co
The Washington times., 1937-04-19
KittY's Contrariness
BaIks Firemen, Police

Contrariness Of a pet cat put
the Police Department and Fire
Rescue Squad in q other last
night.
Kitty, a black Maltese feline,
became dissatisfied with the sur
roundings in a new home taken
by her owner, Bernice Youngh-
man, Of 1915 Douglas st. N. E.,
and decided to show a bit of a
peeve by climbing into the rafters.
There she squatted, unwilling to
move. despite the pleas of two
No. IL Precinct policemen, firemen
and her irked owner.
Finally. someone thought that
Kitty would come out of her own
initiative eventually. Kitty was
still in the rafters at a late hour
last night.
The Washington times., 1937-04-19
Spring YaWn!

There has been much Of this
persecution in recent years, not
particularly on the sport side but
flagrantly in the coverage Of the
amusement trades. It comes OF
the introduction into newspaper
work Of men and women without
the slightest conception Of news
paper ethics and responsibility
who are given a daily column Of
space and carte blanche to destroy
or praise. according to their own
godlike whims. w. Pegler, Mon
day.
Come, come, Pegler. Don't let
a carte blanche and q few god
like whilns destroy your faith In
the lads who chant "Serenade
in the Knife!"
The Washington times., 1937-04-19
Wheat Is Replaced
By Corn in Brazil

RIO DE JANTIRO, Brazil, April
19.-The cost of wheat has risen
so high that bread is being made
by the addition of corn flour. To
maintain the price Of bread the
municipality decreed today a mix
ture Of one-fifth corn flour and
four.fifths wheat flour. Imn1e-
diate1y the price Of corn went up.
The Washington times., 1937-04-19

If your doctor advises that
you cut down on your weight,
send for the leaflets "CalOrie
Chart" "Man-Size Reducing
Menus" and Pointers to
Slimness." With your re-
quest for the leaflets enclose
o large, self.addressed and
stamped envelope. Address
Ida Jean Kahn, The Washing
ton Times.
The Washington times., 1937-04-19
Spring Silly!

II you took Peggy Wood =.
Lewis (StOne) J.. . Clark (Gable)
=. Ethel wv aters) .EnOCh
Light James (BelD Fred
(A-Stire) George (Raft-er) :. :.
p. G. WOde (hOuSe) .E-ave)
SOthern-what q helIuva house
that would be!
The Washington times., 1937-04-19

OF the several reasons why you
may tend toward abnormal
weight the most obvious is over
eating. If you do not eat any more
food than when you were normal
The Washington times., 1937-04-19

weight, your activity Is less than
it was then. AS you settle down in
business there is a decrease in
muscular activity, but none in ap-
petite. and a steady weight gain
l. the result.
In eating to keep UP your
strength you must choose the pro-
tective foods rather than the fat
forming foods. Adequate protein
milk, eggs, meat and cheese) give
you strength and build and re-
pair tissue. Whether normal or
reducing, your menu should con-
tain the same amount Of protein.
Have you had your iron to.
The Washington times., 1937-04-19
Spring Fragments!

The famed Flo Ziegfeld estate
in Hastings-on-the-Hudso has
been peddled for los gees .
Ramon, the dancer, Is counting
Joan Vickers, the nudist-with
Vic Hyde picking up the torch F.. {.
Young warren Jack" Pershing
spent most of Wednesday mite list
.ening to the 10 Clubs volatile
Leila Gaines explain her phil
osophy of life-and love d. u. The
report is that Mrs. Jock Whitney
was secretly tested the other day
at the Astoria studios for the
Scarlet O'Hara role-making it
100 even to date. ......
The Ziegfeld Gals club win
hold their second annual supper
dance at Pierre's May with
o Midnight FrOlic staged by the
ex-Ziegfelder, Ned Wayburn :.
Kiki Roberts is now a Warner
Bros. fIedging-under an as
sumed name The social Larry
PreStOnS will be single shortly.
but each plans . new merger.
The Washington times., 1937-04-19
3
Satisfying HEALTH Building
REDUCING Diet
Reducing Diet
By IDA JEAN KAHN

mans argument is that he has to eat to keep up his
strength True but you do not have overea for there
strength in fat In fact statistics prove that you
will be stronger and live longer you maintain normal weight
The Washington times., 1937-10-01
Boy Praised
Betrayal
OfFather

MOSCOW, Oct. l Q.N.S).
Vitalik Abraham, IA, is starting
school after spending a summer
free at the best children's camp
in Russia.
He received this handsome
award from the central committee
of the Young Communist League
for betrayin~ his father to the
secret police, 20. G.. P. ID and
testifying against him in court.
Added to this, Vitalik was
pointed out as a splendid ex-
ample" in the Pic GERS Pravda in
an editorial urging the young peo-
pie to spy on their parents.
After his fathers execution,
Vitalik declared:
II could not help but fulfill
my duty, the duty Of every young
feminist. He is no father to me
any more; he Is an enemy Of
the people. The great Union
of Socialist Soviet Republics is
now my father"
Praising this attitude, Pioneers
Pravda" asserted:
"Vitalik has justified the high
name c. pioneer in every way.
Every pioneer must be Wig
Ill IL a.. III
attitude toward anyone who at
tacks the happy life of the toll
ers of our country.
"Vitalik has read a great deal
concerning the dirty tricks Of
the enemies of the people who
pretend to be honest Soviet citi-
zens while, at the same time,
they are planning to betray the
fatherland to the FaScists."
The Washington times., 1937-10-01
GIRL is FOUND,
MAN ARRESTED

WARREN, Pa, Oct. 1 U.NSO.
Six-year-old Lorna Morris was re-
turned to her mother yesterday
while police at Erie were holding
her stepfather, Myron Mahaffey,
for allegedly taking her away as
she was leaving school last Tues
day.
Mahaffey walked into the Erie
police station and inquired
whether he could report a car
missing, according to police, who
said they found the girl sitting in
the front seat.
A technical charge Of stealing a
car from a renting agency was
placed against Mahaffey and he
may face more serious charges, &C.
cording to Deputy Sheriff William
Stewart. Police said Mahaffey
told them he and the girl drove to
Sherman, N. Y, and slept in the
car Tuesday, later going to Erie.
The Washington times., 1937-10-01
Wehrle of Denver
Wins Gas Medal

CLEVELAND, Oct. l GN.S0.
George Wehrle. Sc, of Denver, was
recipient today of the American
Gas Associations most coveted
honor, the Charles A. Munroe
award.
Wehrle, superintendent of the
gas department Of the Public Serv.
ice Company of Colorado, re-
ceived the $500 award for "the
outstanding individual contribu-
ton to advancement of the gas
industry. He directed transfer Of
DenVer's fuel system from manu-
featured to natural gas.
The Washington times., 1937-10-01
Arlington Finishes
Year With Surplus

A surplus of $146,S1s.45 has been
raised during the past fiscal year
in Arlington county, according to
the annual report released yester'
day by county auditors. Arlington
has thus started the present fiscal
year, which began July l, more
than 100000 in the black, since
there was already a surplus last
year of nearly $4,000.
The Washington times., 1937-10-01
n. Y. Police Stage
Own Roundup

NEW YORK, Oct. / Q.N.S0.
The Herbert Street police station
took on the aspe-I of Noah's Ark
tonight when two red pstrolmen
brought in three lambs and one
calf they had found wandering on
the street. For want of anything
better to do with them, they locked
the animals up for the night in a
cell.
The Washington times., 1937-10-01

Pure. wholesome chocolate bars
from the worlds most famous
maker of milk chocolate.
The Washington times., 1937-10-01

Fresh grated CO.
coanut, kneaded
into cream - and
coated with choc.
olate.
The Washington times., 1937-10-01
Chocolate
M0NPAREILS

Small discs of creamy
chocolate, covered with
tiny sugar beads.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19
MRS. SIMPSON FRANTIC
OVER SURPRISE MOVE

MONTS, France, Marcn ~.
UP). Mrs. Wallis Warficld
Simpson made frantic telephone
calls to former King Edward at
Enzesfeld, Austria, and her law
yers in London last night, de-
handing an explanation for the
surprise reopening of her divorce
case.
Lights burned late in the Cha
teau de Candle, where Mrs. Simp,
son is q guest. Townsfolk ana
farm tenants were amazed by the
unusual activity at the historic
place. CT.
1t was disclosed that Mrs. Simp-
son has received many anonymous
letters recently warning her that
the writer's intended ITO take adj
vantage of the British law, be,
come Common informers" and
attempt to prevent her from re-
ceiving a final decree of divorce;
from Ernest A. Simpson on April
81.
In that way, they said gloating'
", they would prevent her from
marrying Edward, Duke of WIND
sor.
Mrs. Simpson it was reliably re-
ported, had made up her mind to
seek a divorce in the more-lenien,,
French courts had it appeared
from today's hearing in London
iContinued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19
BREVARD GIRL,
KIDNAP VICTIM,
I'LL
Back Home Again and Her
Condition Puzzling Her
Physicians

BREVARD, Mar. 10. Especially
Miss Ruth Owen, who was kid
napcd on Thursday of last week
while shopping in GreenvilIe, S.
c., and held until Tuesday of this
week, is in a critical condition at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. r. Owen, in Brcvard,
Doctors who are treating the
17-year-old high school senior,
state that her condition is puz-
cling, and that it will probably be
sometime before she is able to
talk cohercntly of the case.
Miss Owen was picked up on
the side of the highway near Ma
con, Ga, Tuesday afternoon by
Macon officers. She was in daz-
cd condition, and after being CIV
en- emergency treatment at hos
pital, told officers that two men
held a gun on her in Grcenviilc
when she entered the wrong car,
and forced her to drink some
thing nasty from a small bottle
She said that she did not rcmem-
Der anything more until after she
was taken to the Macon hospital,
five days later.
Officers in Pennsylvania are
being assisted in continuing inVeS-
tipation of the case by federal au-
thorities in South Carolina and
Georgia.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19
'WALLY' TO CET.
FINAL DECREE.
Court Action Today Shows
No Cause Against
Full Divorce

LONDON, March 10. (CP).-
A 7O-minute hearing in the di-
vorce court here today cleared the
way for the award of final de-
cree in Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simp-
sons divorce and intended marri-
are to the Duke of Windsor.
Attorney General Sir Donald
Somervell appeared in behalf OF
the kings proctor and disclosed a
Mr.. Simpson had interviewed
against the final decree award.
He said Stephenson's allegations
of collision and conduct by Mrs:
Simpson, which would make final
decree inadvisable, had been in-
vestigated and found unJuStlfied.
Then Stephenson arose and with
drew his intervention plea.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19
LOCAL MONEY
BILLS PENDING
With SOLONS
Measures to Allow Match
ing of PWA Grants De-
lay Adjournment

RALEIGH, March 10. - Al
though the revenue machinery act
became law yesterday and the
lower house agreed with senate
amendments in the automobile Ii
cense tax bill, adjournment of the
1887 assembly was not believed
possible before next week.
Yet to receive action are bills
designed to allow counties and
municipalities to issue bonds to
match PWA grants. Three days
will be required to enact these
bills since roll call votes must be
held on three separate days.
Representatives, who had pre-
viouSly reduced automobile Ii
ccnSc costs from 40 to 80 cents
per hundred pounds of weight
with a minimum charge Of Sc,
agreed to the senate amendment,
cutting costs from 40 to 35 cents,
with a minimum of 81. The sem
ate at the same time agreed to a
lowering of the tax on contract
haulcrs from $l.25 to $l.15.
As ordered ratified, the revenue
machinery act will not exempt
homcSteaderS from property tax
alton. With little discussion, the
Representatives concurrcd in SEN
ate amendments to the measure
under which municipalities and
counties levy taxes.
The house bucked, however, at
senate, amendments to the school
machinery bill and a conference
committee was named to iron out
the differences between the two
bodies.
The house enacted into law a
measure to pay state employees
more than 100000 for salaries
deducted during April, May and
June, 1888, when 25 per cent of
state pay checks was withheld. As
by the senate, the mca-
sure provides that each employee
shall be paid from the fund of the
in which he works.
The senate passed on final read
ing the $2,344,000 permanent I'M
provcmcntS bill and returned it
to the house for approval Of two
minor amendments. The reprcsen-
tativcs also must consider senate
to the highway reor-
ganization measure, advocated by
Governor lIOcy.
The house ordered ratified a
bill by Senator Bell of Mecklcn-
burg providing that money may
be appropriated from the emer-
gency and contingency fund to
set up the machinery for the so.
cial security program, which be-
comes effective July l.. Regular
appropriations for social security
will not be available. until that
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19
MORE WORKERS ARE CHOSEN
FOR SCHOOL ELECTION DRIVE
Further Plans Laid at Con-
ference on Thursday
Evening

Additional workers were named
for the special school election on
April 6 at a call meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association, at
tended by about 200 people, at
the city hall last night.
A number of people spoke to
the meeting, and additional plans
were made for the election, which
will determine sentiment Of vot-
ers of the Hendersonville school
district on the levying of a sup
Elementary tax of not more than
25 cents per hundred dollars valu-
alton for nine months school
term.
Ii was emphasized this morning
that the tax to be levied will not
necessarily be 25 cents. This fig
ure has been set as a maximum.
If the election carries, a budget
for the ninth month will be pre-
pared and must be approved by
the state school commission and
the board of county commission
ers. II has been estimated that a
levy of ~ cents will be entirely
sufficient for the ninth month.
Additional workers named last
night were: J. II. Yelton, K. Il.
Whitmire, l.. B. Prince, j. II.
Lampley, F. II. Roberts, Mrs. U.
V. Powers, Mrs. Drayton Jones,
o. B. Crowell, Nathan Patla, q.
NJ. Ogle, ]. T. Fain, Jr., Wiltshire
Griffith, II. F.. Buchanan, Ernest
Phillips, Noah Hollowell, 0. 7.
Brownlee, Jr., +. ID. Harris. b. A.
Cox, C. f. Livingston and Brown
low Jackson, Sr. :,
Workers previously announced
are. Mrs. r. s. Gibbs, Mrs. j. II.
Flanagan. Mrs. Albert johnson,
Mrs. J. D. Waddell, Mrs. Frank
Yarborough, Mrs. J. p. Grey, Mrs
]. II. Reaben, Mrs. Louis Sher-
man Mrs. f. L. Feagin, Mrs. b.
l. Foster, Mrs. Emil Latt, Mrs.
p. F. Sudduth. Mrs. l.: A. Blair
Mrs. Paul w. English, Mrs. r, G.
Sample, Mrs. George Wing, Mrs
Walter Stepp, Mrs. H. F.; Buc-
hanan, Mrs. o. B. Croweli, Mrs
T. n. Franks, Mrs. J. E, Shipman;;
Mrs. A. S. Browning, Mrs. FRED
Justus, Mrs. H. c. Ransom, MRS,
w. c. Armstrong, Mrs. Mingus
(Cortinued on page FOUR
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19

Thursday. the opening day OF
three Spring Dollar Days arrang-
ed by a score of Hendersonville
merchants, proved satisfactory to
participating firms, and it was ex-
nected that hundreds of addition
al shoppers would visit the stores
today and tomorrow in search OF
bargains in merchandise for Eas-
ter and the new season.
Paul Sapoch, assistant manager
Of the Carolina theatre, announc-
cd that 1888 persons were admit
ted TO the theater on the presen-
tation of tickets which were Civ
en- away by the merchants with
cash e purchases of 81 or more. A.
tendance at the theater during the
Sav was larger than it normally
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19
GOOD TRADING MARKS FIRST
OFFSPRING DOLLAR DAYS HERE
Hundreds More Shoppers Expected to lake Advantage
Of Trade Offers; Theater Has 1888 Patrons

is on Thursday, he said and ut
night the theater was unable 70
accommodate the crowds The
tbeater was filled to capacity b."
1880 D. m. and before 3 O'Clock
scores had been turned away The
tickets were good for Thursday
only.
While it is no longer possible
to secure free tickets to the thea
ter, it was pointed out today that
values offered in the stores today
and omorrow make it much worth
the while of shoppers to visit the
stores and anticipate their needs
in clothing and other merchandise
for spring and summer. Many OF
the bargains represent special
purchases r made for Dollar Days.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19
DEATH TAKES
CITY RESIDENT
Mrs. A. J.. Williams Made
Home Here for Past
IS Years

Mrs. A. J. Williams, resident Of
Hendersonville for about 35 years,
died at her home on Seventh ave-
nue. this morning at 8 o'clock. She
had been i'll for about two years.
Funeral arrangements had not
been announced this afternoon.
Formerly Miss Allie Ballard, of
South Carolina, she was the widow
Of A. J. Williams, who died here
about eight years ago.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. T. A. Hall of Hendersonville,
and Mrs. C. M. Ragon of Spartan
burg, S. C. She is also survived
by a number Of nieces and neph-
ews, among them Mrs. G. D.
White, J. E. Ray and Fay Hall, of
Hendersonville, and Allen B. Ray
of Danville, Va.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19
Jean Signs With
Cardinals Today

i DAYTON BEACH. Fla. March
L-lIP,-Dizzy Dean today
f. I'e to terms with the Cardinals
signed a new contract. It was
(Ss 0, Soo the contract was for
IIJ%gOO' half Of what Dean had
L,S ysnS resignation had been
4, C .I and accepted last night
\ Sae Cardinals and forwarded
l,,, sSra Prick, National league
s, S s' at his New York office
lrs,;S Ina action, Sam Breadon,
kop,oSS' Of the Cardinals an
Ean ,ae resignation announcement
|erSy T S a crisis in a long contro-
|ion,, between the st. Louis Ma
lg,Ia. management and their ace
bi,sS :, who demanded $4,000 to
Ern.. '1iS season. The sum Dizzy
|Ge ton was 500 more than
fsrdip.,nr sure offered him by the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19

) The cause Of the explosion that
erumbled the three.story, block.
long yellow brick main building
Of the rural school seemed def.
nitely to be established - gas
from leaking fuel mains in an un-
used endorsement. II had aeeu-
mulated for days. By some means:
yet unknown, Il was isnitsd and
floors sank from beneath and
walls collapsed upon students and
teachers.
New London 10 . tiny hamlet In
the heart of the oil fields.
A. far n the eye can see 10 .
sea of derrieks, all pumping black
crude from each.
The school was attended by
children from an area Of 20 miles.
Yesterday almost all OF the %
elassrooms were occupied except
for 100 of the lower grade pupils
who had been dismissed.
Exactly at sos p. m. there was
An explosion that was heard tor
miles. Walls of both wings OF the
U.shaped building fell outward
dumping three floors Of human
beings on top Of each other Into
the basement. Ono end OF the
building was driven into the wall
of the auditorium and its front
wall fell inward, showerins 100
mothers and teachers In q meet.
ing there with brick mortar.
The blast was accompanied BY
a sheet of reddish light, but there
was no FIRE. a--a
Red Cross authorities emergen-
CIV nurses and doctors, who came
from hundreds of miles around,
believed that the final account
would show the number Of injur-
ed to be approximately ESQ.
The United Press accomplished
a definite check on the dead with
the greatest difficulty. The bod
les had been taken to hospitals,
to funeral parlors, to morgues I'M
provised in grocery and hardware
stores within a 40-mile radius.
And Yesterday afternoon when
the explosion roared out over the
clanking pumps Of the east Texas
oil field which surrounds tho
school, hard faced workers, their
clothing sticky with black OIL,
came running up from their der
ricks, lifted the broken bodies OF
their own children into their
homes. .r.
) The first and probably inaccur-
ate checks of school authorities
showed that approximately 20
bodies had been carried off by
this means without having gone
through the identifying channels
of morgues and hospitals.
Yesterday afternoon all the
students were in the "U" shaped
building except for approximately
100 of the lowest grades which
had been dismissed for the day
and another 100 that were in the
gymnasium.
Almost all of its go class rooms
were occupied, children at their
desks, teachers at the blackboards.
Each room had its own individ.
ual gas heat. The multiplicity Of
pipes ran through the sub base
: CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19

FORCAROLINA
MEET MAPPED
Expect Three State Gov
ernors, One U. 5. Sem
ator to Attend

A tentative program schedule
for the annual state convention
of the Woodmen Of the World to
be held here April rs, &c and n
was outlined here yesterday by I.
f. Newton of Kinston, state man.
ager, and d. E. Henderson OF
Charlotte, state consul, in confer
ence with local committee on
arrangements headed by Mayor A.
V. Edwards.
The convention is expected to
attract delegates from Woodmen
camps in every county in the
state, representing more than
10000 members, and several Of
ficials of the nationa lorganiza.
ton, a United States senator and
three state governors. Among the
notables who will attend are D. E:
Bradshaw of Omaha, president OF
the order; Senator Morris Shop
pard of Texas, national treasur-
err; Gov. Olin D. johnson Of South
Carolina, Gov. DIN D. Johnston
of South Carolina, Gov. E. D.
Rivers of Georgia, and Gov. Clyde
CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-19
TEXAS SCHOOL DISASTER ONE
OF WORST in u. S. HISTORY
Only Five Other Similar World Events Exceed Number
of Deaths Recorded at Overton

Collinwood, o., school fire,
March A, 1908, l7S teachers and
children killed. ~ ,,
Flores theater fire, Acapulco,
Mex, February 2. 1903, more
than 300 dead.
Monangah, w. Va, mine eXplo,-
sion, December 6, 1907, 36l dead.
Munition ship explosion, Hall
fax, S. c., December g. 1917
more than 1000 killed.
Cleveland, S. G., school fire,
May IS, 1928, 7S children and
Castle Grant mine explosion,
Castle Grant, Utah, May 8, 1924,
Cleveland hospital fire, Cleve-
land, O., May Is. 1929, 124 pa
tients and attendants killed.
Ohio State prison fire, Column.
bus, O., April 81, 1880, Sls dead.