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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
SERVICE RATES
ARE REDUCED
IN PAST YEAR
Electric, Phone Prices Cut;
, Sweeping Freight Re-
ductions Made

&. RALEIGH, Jan. .4.-(UPl-
The year 1886 in the North Car
DINA. Utilities, commission was
marked by strides forward IN Sc
curing electric rate reductions,
telephone cuts and sweeping
freight rate coverings.
Electric rate reductions amount
cd to sl,827,000. TIE lephone
charges amounted to $600.0oo,
and freight rate charges amount
cd to 100000. ,.,
These reductions for 1896 to-
ecther with the reductions secur-
cd during the prior three. years
now aggregate an annual saving
to the. people of the state in utili-
ties and freight charges amount
ing to $7,400,000.
The savings to the people OF
the state during the past four,
year period in both utilities and
freight charges, at a conservative
estimate. aggregate $l4,oOo,ooV.
The reductions for the first two
years we're smaller than for the
past two years. =.
Two especially notable cases OF
the year were. those Of the rate
reduction of the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph company
and that of the Emergency
Freight charges.
After a lengthy hearing before
the commission which began the
previous year and probably the
longest court hearings in the his.
tory of the state, an agreement
was reached whereby the commits
sion secured reductions through
out the exchanges Of the Bell sys.
tenn amounting to S350,00O year.
~. In this decision limit Of IL
months was put on the differen-
tial payment on hamlets and re-
licved all. subscribers who had al.
ready paid for q term of 10
months from any further pay
IL" In tile Emergency Freight
charges case the commission re-
fused to continue these charges
which the rail carriers bad been
applying since April 10. 1895, to
July l, 1896; notwithstanding the
fact that the !. Interstate Com.
merce commission had granted
this privilege to, the carriers on
Interstate traffic in North Caro-:
lima. The carriers took the refusal
of.this commission to permit these
charges to the Interstate Com
,mcfce commission which after q
hearing, sustained the state com.
mission in its action. T.,
Throughout. the year there was
formal hearing on, the average
of one a week, a number Of which
were lengthy and involved.
In addition to these formal &C
tions there. were more than 500
complaints filed with the commis-
sion involving every phase Of reg
ulation. Adjustments and DISPOSE
ton in most cases have been
made. 81" 80 - - =,
!: With the exceptions Of the
Southern. Bell Telephone and Tel
egraph company, all reductions
were secured by conferences with
the utilities involved. :,
Associate Commissioners Fred
L. ,Seeiy, Of Asheyillc, and. Frank
w. Hanft Of Chapel Hill, have
been called into numerous import.
ant hearings and have rendered
valuable service to the people Of
the state. ..
A matter of major. Importance
now. ready to be issued is a cita-
ton to the rail carriers to appear
before the. commissioner. and show
cause why the interstate rates
should not be reduced
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
THREAT OF EUROPEAN
WAR is MORE PERILOUS
CONTINUED from page onc)

mander sent his message, Foreign
Minister, Julio Alvarez Del ,Vayo
said his government would reply
Immediately with all the means at
our. disposal" to a German attack.
BILBAO 'INSTALLS - :.
COAST DEFENSE. GUNS
As X giving point to Del Vayo's
avo~al, the provincial government
at Bilbao announced that it: was
hurriedly installing long range
coast defense guns at the en-
trance of tn port. It is of Bilbao
that the Koenigsberg has been
operating.
from Gibraltar that 5000 more
Italian troops had landed at Ca
diz within the last few days, al
lcgcdly to aid the rebels,
With Germany and Italy viz
.tually at war with Spain's loyal
ist government forces, the. posi-.
bility of, a clash between them and
Russia or France was increased.
NON.lNTERVENTION g.,
EFFORTS SEEM HOPELESS
Efforts of the London. non.in-
tcrvcntion' committee to make the
situation less dangerous by stop
ping the entry Of foreign volun-
tecrs into Spain seemed hopeless.
The European powers were so
deeply involved in the. Spanish
imbroglio that it seemed 'impossi-
BILE for them to extricate them
selves. 60. 80.
What statesmen feared was
that the situation might develop
to a point where the various pow
ers would be fighting not only
factions in Spain, but also each
other. 80. 800 ..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
4, Three Days Cough
Is Your Danger Signal

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
LOVELY PROGRESSIVE
DINNER PARTY

& Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Rand en-
tertained last evening ut a de-
liahtthl progressive dinner party
II which time their guests were
The members Of the staff Of the
Carolina theatre and their wives.
The turkey dinner was served buff
fet style at the home of Mrs.
kinds parents. Mr. and Mrs. NJ.
4. koil6ck.
= The dessert course was served
A. the home of Mr.. Rand's par
Snts. Mr. and Mrs. r. G. Rand.
IN Flat Rock. Both tables were
Beautifully appointed. About thir-
IT, guests attended the lovely par
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE

Having qualified as administrs
trix Of the estate Of Joe d. Whit
aker, late Of Henderson county
this is to notify all persons havin:
claims against said estate to pre-
sent them to the undersigned on
or before November 80. 1887. OF
this notice will be pleaded in br
of recovery. All persons indcet
ed TO said estate will please max
settlement with the undersigned.
This November 80, 1886.
Rachel A. Whitaker, administer
trix Estate Of Joe D. Whitsk.si'
~ 11.30-Mon.sP
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
JoNES.GIBBS MARRIAGE
is ANNOUNCED

Miss Velma Leona Jones, Of
East Flat Rock. became the bride
of Mr.. Howard l.. Gibbs. Of An
derson, S. c. on Thursday. De-
cember 81, 1886.
They will make their home in
Anderson, S. c., where Mr.. Gibbs
has a position with the Carolina
Bus company.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
GENEVA sTEPPE HERE

City has been visiting her mother,
Mrs. ]. p. Steppe. Of 3l3 Grove
street. here, during the holidays.
Miss Stepp will return to New
York City to join her sister. Leila,
who returned from London, re.
Gently, before leaving for Holly
wood, where she is under contract
with Paramount pictures. Miss
Steppc has been in New York City
three years studying dramatics in
the Paramount Dramatic school.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
Would Regulate
Textile Industry

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. -
(UP) - Representative Henry
Ellenbogan (Dem., PENN said
today he would introduce bill
for the regulation Of the textile
industry tomorrow. The mea-
sure provides fair trades prae-
tees, minimum wages and max
imam hours similar to the Lit
tie NRA bills. expected to be in
troduccd for other industries.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
BACK TO THE CITADEL

Among the boys who have re-
turned 10 the Citadel are Lewis
Smyth, who motored to Charles
ton with his brother, Moultrie
Smyth. who had been here for the
New Years weekend, Bob Coop
or. Fred Yelton and Richard Todd.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
NURSES CLUB WILL
GATHER ON TUESDAY

The regular meeting Of the
Nurses club here will be held
Tuesday. January 5, at 3 p. M.
at the Patton Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Compton Hollingsworth will
be hostess for this occasion. DR..
F. o. Trotter will give a paper on
blood transfusions.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
WELL YIELDS SILVER

. OREGON CITY, Ore. (UP)-
Eleven years ago Otto Lucht hir-
ed a man to clean a we'll. The. Ia
borer said he lost his purse with
IS in it while on the job. Then
more than a decade later Lucht
swabbed the well himself, found
the purse and Ave silver dollars.
But the laborer had died. ~,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04

The colonization project of Ma
tanuska, Alaska, is expected to
cost the United States government
about SIS, 100000 or between $685.
600. and 100000 a family.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
EASTERN STAR TO MEET

Hendersonville chapter No. 81,
O.E.S., will meet tomorrow, Tues
day. evening at 1880 o'clock at
the Masonic hall.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04

TWENTY-ONE volumes OF epis,,
L sonnets, pastorals. and other
orms OF verse. and more than
800 plays. came from the pen o,
he greet Spanish dramatist. Lop.
felix de Vega y Carpio. con.
temporary OF the great ccrvan,e,
md Shakespeare. Yet this genius
rad time 10 take part in an OK.
,cdition TO the Azores and in th
decisive battle in which the Span.
lsh Armada was destroyed BY III,
British fleet. and TO embroil him.
self in numerous love affairs.
Lope de Vega produced his ORA.
mas and poems In such quick sue.
session that Cervantes called hin
monster OF nature" His sd.
mircrs, however. refer TO him a.
The phoenix Of SPAIN" paragon
81 excellence and beauty.
After the death OF his seconc
wife, he entered monastery, con.
tinuing to- write until his death
When he heard that his son, Lope
had died and his daughter had
eloped, Il Is said he scourged him.
self so ruthlessly that the walls Of
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
ACT rs UPHELD

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (UP)
The ~. S. supreme court today
upheld the Ashurst-Sumners act
regulating interstate transporta-
ton of, prison-made goods and
banning shipments into states
where their sale is forbidden.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
LEFG YESTERDAY FOR
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Miss Nancy Noble and Camp
bell Miller and Ben Cliff left yes
terday for the University of Ken
lucky. in Lexington, to resume
their studies.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
kETuRN TO CAROLINA

Young gentlemen returning to
the University Of North Carolina
are Messrs. Scott Hunter, Frank
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04

'Ewbank. C.. C.. Oates. Clifford
Pace. Morris. Rhodes, Jacob Will
liams. Bennett Hunters Edwin
Hinsdsic and Frank Bovine.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04

Finland will soon record four
full years Of prosperity.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04

his cell became
stained with
blood, He died in
1885, aged Is. and
800 years later
Spain issued Q set
OF stamps in his
memory. One Is
shown here.
fCopyriRht 1897, N
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
BEGIN WORK ON NEW
UNIT AT HOSIERY MILL

The Chipman-LaCros company
has already started work on an
other unit at East Flat Rock,
which will be completed. and in
operation about March j. This
unit viii represent An oNatla3 u
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04
TRUSTEES SALE

1877. NEA Service. In.I
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-04

By Rcddcn & Rcddcn, Att
12-l4-Mon.4tp
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Cast of Characters In
Spirit for the Occasion"

CAROL CURTIS, who, alone
in a big city, greets a drab
Christmas Day.
GRANNY, a neighbor, who
fretS because
BILL, her grandson. has
failed to call upon her.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
esprit for the Occasion .
Bv BLANCHE REBEcCA MORE

ARO CURTIS got into her soft pink pajamas but not into
u her narrow bumpy bed Instead she stood stock still IN
the center of her small rented trying hard to thnk OIL
something cheerful before lights out Shoud put Ie LSns
a., tl,isd dismal ChriStm
Evening star., 1937-10-19
$4,000 Ransom Paid for Ross,
But Captors Fail to Free Him
C.Men and State Police Launch Hunt for
Chicagoan's Kidnapers-Fanily
IsFeured Doubled Crossed.

This indicated the ransom had been
turned over to the snatchers on or
before that time.
Dissemination of the list of bills
enhanced probability the kidnapers'
trail would be uncovered if and when
they sought to cash in on their crime.
THE payment of this ransom was
handled entirely by the family upon
what they believed to be definite proof
that they we're in contact with the kid
napers of Mr. Ross" said Ladd. "We,
of course, could not be a party to the
payment of ransom"
All citizens throughout the Nation
were asked to aid the search by watch
ing for the ransom bills.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Ross, i'll and under
a physicians care, was inconsolable
She remained up most of the night
in her comfortable North Side apart
ment.
Throughout her long vigil she has
been haunted by the fear that her hus-
band-suffering from extremely high
blood pressure and a heart ailment-
had succumbed to shock.
Neither Mrs. Ross nor her attorney,
Edmund Cummings. would disclose the
circumstances of the ransom payment.
Evening star., 1937-10-19
MAN KILLS wife
AND HER FATHER
Apparently Crazed by Divorce
Suit, Indianan Wounds Her
Mother and Himself.

BY the Associated Press.
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. october
19-Apparently crazed over his wife's
suit for divorce, Paul Williams, 23-
year-old farmer, killed her and her
father and seriously wounded her
mother and himself, Sheriff Charles
Krieg said today.
The sheriff said Williams fired a
shotgun last night first at his wife,
Dorothy, "a, as she sat with their g.
month-old baby on her lap but missed
The man turned the gun'on her father,
Richard Ashworth, 56, killing him in
stantly. Mrs. Williams, carrying the
baby, was shot to death in the street
as she tried. to escape. The baby was
untouched.
Mrs. Ashworth, the sheriff said; ran
into the street, picked up the baby
and started away but was shot in
the back and side. Williams rushed
to his wife's body and started to turn
the gun on himself, but neighbors
grappled with him. The gun exploded
in the scuffle. wounding him in the
arms.
Williams and Mrs. Ashworth were
hurried to an Evansville hospital.
Williams underwent amputation of
both arms. but physicians held out
hope for his recovery. Mrs. Ash
worth was reported in grave condi-
ton.
Evening star., 1937-10-19
NORMAL GRANARY
CONTROL COSTLY
Financing for. First Year of
Plan Estimated at
$780, ,OOO,OCO.
BY the Associated Press.

bJ ti4C hSoONiokOO sccS-
Associates of Secretary Wallace said
today the "ever-normal granary"
which they advocate may cost more
than any other crop control program
ever undertaken by the administra-
ton
They disputed, however. the con-
tention of critics that the cost would
exceed a billion dollars year, and
said it probably could be financed the
first year for 100000.
Benefit payments under Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration pro-
grams have average about $500, 100000
annually since 1888.
Administration leaders are leaving
up to Congress the problem of finan-
cling whatever crop control system IS
authorized Crop control legislation
will be the first business at next
months special session.
Would Provide Loans.
In addition to the present payment
to farmers who divert land from corn.
wheat, cotton and other crops and
plant legumes and follow other con-
serving practices, the new granary
program would provide loans to carry
surplus crops from good to poor sea-
sons.
If effective control operates in years
of plenty. Wallace has contended,
the Government investment on stored
crops will always be safe, because the
commodities can be released at more
than loan value during periods Of
scarcity.
He also has advocated system OF
processing taxes on cotton and sugar
to help pay the cost of farm benefits
on these; Congress already has ap-
proved the sugar tax.
Fate of Processing Taxes.
When the original agricultural ad-
justment act was set up, with It's con-
tracts for crop control. processing
taxes were established on cotton,
wheat, corn-hogs and other products
to pay the bill After the Supreme
Court voided this program Congress
esarly in 1886 voted the funds out OF
the general Treasury.
Processing taxes were forgotten un-
til the new sugar-quota legislation was
approved last Summer, with hall
cent a pound levy This is expected
to bring into the Treasury about
$40, 100000 annually, while estimated
benefit payments to beet and cane
growers will amount to about $780,
100000 year.
The President and Wallace contend
the flow of billions of dollars from
the Treasury to farm pockets has been
a good thing for the entire country.
Evening star., 1937-10-19
CO-eds Ordered
Not to Go Out
Alone After Dark
Maryland Imposes Ban
After G. ". y. Girl
Is attacked.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
COLLEGE PARK, Md, october 49,
The University of Maryland ordered
its co-eds today not to leave dormi-
tories or sorority houses alone after
dark.
The order followed by two days an
attack on a George Washington Uni
versity coed in Rock Creek Park
Washington.
Miss Adele Stamp, Maryland dean
of women, said the precaution was
taken because large numbers OF tran
sients pass through here daily Col
lege Park is on a North-South artery.
Miss Stamp also pointed out dim
street lights here made it dangerous
for women students to be out alone
after dark.
Evening star., 1937-10-19
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, october l9.-Federal
agents announced today a $50,000
ransom had been paid for the release
of Kidnapped Charles S. Ross, but
the abductors failed to free their
aged victim.
The announcement was made after
the deadline set for his return-8
O'Clock this morning-brought no
word of the retired manufacturers
whereabouts.
simultaneously, corps of Govern
ment agents and the States attorney
police swung into an intensive hunt
for the snatch gang.
Failure to free Ross after "a days
of captivity confirmed theories the
family had been double crossed and
increased fears that he had died in
the hands of his captors.
D. M. Ladd, chief of the Chicago
Bureau of the Justice Departments
Bureau of Investigation. said the $50
900 ransom consisted of bills of SIS,
$40 and $40 denominations.
The list of currency, sent to banks,
police stations and Government Offices
throughout the Nation, bore the date
of october 8.
Evening star., 1937-10-19
The teIt OF President RooSe-
Uelt'S budget statement appears
on Page Al.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
big. unexplained drop in estimated
revenues has postponed until next year
at least the long sought goal of bal
anced Federal budget.
President Roosevelt. in revised
budget statement. estimated at $685.
245,000 the net deficit for the fiscal
year ending next June 80. Inclusion
of debt retirement, he said, creates a
gross deficit S20O,000,000 higher.
Despite the backslide since January
a gros deficit of 1895 PAS. 900 would be
less than for any fiscal year since 1880.
Last years gross deficit of s28l1 ,318,-
310 was the smallest since 1881.
The President carefully noted the
difference between net and gross def
icits in his statement. He said the
estimated net deficit was S20l2 900, 900
less than the net deficit for last year.
He also re-emphasized his an
nounced determination to retrench.
He said no further commitments would
be made by two agencies which in days
gone by have utilized billions-the Re-
construction Finance Corporation and
the Public Works Administration.
To Curtail Spending.
The same attitude was voiced by
the President in a speech last night
starting the annual community chest
drives Discussing the need for cur
tailed relief spending, he said:
UNLESS Federal taxes are to be
greatly increased, the expenditures
have to be brought within the exist
ing tax receipts"
This statement. together with the
budget figures, again raised discussion
of possible tax increases despite re-
cent administration assurances there
would be none.
Members of Congress gathering for
their special session next month we're
especially concerned with this phase.
They noted that the chief cause given
for the upward revision of the esti-
mated deficit was a drop in expected
revenues.
Last January the President esti-
mated this years tax receipts at ST.
293 100000. Yesterday he estimated
(See BUDGET, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1937-10-19
JOHNSON WARNS
j. S. PEACE PER|LED
Urges President to Explain
Policy Affecting War
in Far East.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCldteQ FIcSS
SAN FRANCISCO, October l9-
Senator Hiram johnson, Republican,
of California warned America today
against League of Nations entangle-
ments in the Sino-Japanese conflict
and called upon President Roosevelt
to explain lust what he will do " !"
and not do" for the promotion OF
world peace.
In a statement released here, the
Senate foreign relations committee
man asked why the administration did
not invoke its neutrality act, which
he opposed in the committee and on
the Senate floor. The statement was
entitled, THE Road to War"
Americans with almost absolute
unanimity cry. Keep out of this, mind
our own business. We want no combi-
nation with the League of Nations or
its members. we want no war;
declared Senator johnson.
I'VE Must Not Forget"
He said the same type Of propa-
ganda that led America into the
World War to-day befools and Bonuses
us. Americans must not forget"
The Senator declared the neutrality
act, which he said was proclaimed as
"a peace bill designed to keep us out
of war" was the administrators
answer to peace societies.
Were the protestations of the rep
resentatives of the administration
mere empty sham?" he asked. II
not. why is this law not invoked?"
Senator johnson described as IRE
sistible" the "detestation and indig-
nation" against japanese actions.
"No Union With Welchers."
"They arouse the deepest sympathy
for the Chinese and adherence OF the
japanese; but this is far cry from
embarking in the conflict. We
want no union with welching nations
who will receive us with open arms
and tell us we must lead mankind
and save the world"
President Roosevelt. who called for
concerted" worldwide action to curb
war-like nations in recent Chicago
speech, was not mentioned by name,
but Senator johnson declared when
responsible ruler of nation says
another nation must be 'quarantined'
because of its brutality and innu-
manity, if that responsible ruler be of
a democracy, he should tell his peo-
pie what he means by the word and
how for he is ching"
Referring to the nine-poWer con-
ference to be held in Brussels, Sen
ator johnson said:
1--WE know the attitude of Mr.. Hull
and the amhulatory Ambassador, Mr..
Norman Davis, and we know perfectly
we'll that Mr.. Davis would not be
going to Brussels unless in advance
program had been agreed On between
England and this country. We know
perfectly we'll that if Mr. Davis fol-
lowed his own bent, he would return to
America with the cheering news that
England expects every American to
do his duty"
Evening star., 1937-10-19
RAIN WILL CONTINUE
TODAY AND TOMORROW
Colder Weather. Is Predicted for
Tomorrow Afternoon and
Night.

Continued rain tonight and tomor-
row, followed by colder weather late
tomorrow afternoon and night was
forecast today for the local area.
Storm warnings have been posted
along the Aatlantic Coast from the
Virginia Capes to Maine, as a result
of a disturbance in the Mississippi
Valley, central over Illinois this morn
ing, which was described as very ac-
tive" and which was moving to the
northeast.
AS result of this disturbance, local
rains were expected to continue for
about 36 hours, possibly with quite
heavy showers tomorrow morning ac-
companying shift in wind direction
from southwest to west.
Beginning early last night, the local
rainfall was accompanied by relatively
high temperatures, the minimum be-
ing so degrees at am. today. BY
10 am. the temperature had risen to
IS degrees.