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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30
ROMEO, JULIET PICTURE ENDS
 HERE TONIGHT
Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard Now Starring
 at Capitol

Unchallenged for more than three hundred years as the greatest love story, Romeo and Juliet" starring Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard as the worlds most famous lovers, ends it's Juneau engagement to- night at the Capitol Theatre
 The exciting story of the thrill ing and adventurous four days in the lives of these two young lovers of Verona, their eager, desperate love, the bitter hatred of their fam lilies that brings about their secret marriage and the swift events that follow, have been magnificently filmed against the colorful pageant ry of the fabulous fifteenth century when the Italian Renaissance was at it's height
 Never before has a motion pie ture attained such poetic heights. The balcony scene, the nightingale and the lark scene and the tomb scene have been deftly and tenderly handled But the screen has suc- ceeded in getting away from the robust Shakespearean traditions of the stage Juliet and her Romeo really livel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30
Flyweight Car Wins K. o. Over
 Heavyweight Train

ARKANSAS CITY, Dec. BOA light coupe smashed into freight train at the Oklahoma State line near here. Four passengers suffer- ed minor injuries. Damages to their car didn't exceed $500
 Here's the railroads bill:
 Nine thousand ties were damaged when a tank cars trucks were de- railed and ran on the ties for three miles to the yards here.
 A $75o signal was destroyed.
 Six other tank cars were derailed and the contents of two had to be transferred.
 Several sections of track were torn up.
 A wrecker crew worked for sev- eral hours to clear the right-of-way
 Railroad officials estimated the cost at nearly $l0000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30
PREVIEW NEW YEARS EVE A DAY AT THE RACES

52nd Street. He has been sequester- ed on a farm in Connecticuut. com pleting two manuscripts which are now in the hands of his publisher
 Last night, MT. Brand, feeling lonely, or maybe he was just little thirsty, put on his hat, strolled up Broadway, and sat down at the counter of a drugstore. As he or dered a 'confection MT Wilder sauntered in through a different door. He was perhaps less than three feet from MT Brand when a clerk complied with his request for tobacco. Neither happened to see the other, nor did they see Phil Stong, who was a few feet away browsing through shelf of new books
 MT. Stong presently hurried away MT. Wilder hurried right out behind him MT. Brand, Eean while, has hurried out side door It seemed odd that these three should have arrived at an identical point without seeing one another af- ter crossing half the globe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30
By RoBBIN COoNs

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 30 - some time ago 1O-year-old Bennie Bartlett. or his musical daddy or both got an idea
 There had been a profusion oi Ic1ld crchestras-they reasoned ,but there'd never been child or Ichestra that played in tune. Ii there had the Bartletts pere ct fills fhad never heard of it. which Iamounted to the same thing,
 They held additions suffered through hundreds of tortured solos lon fiddle and horn while earcock- ed mamas beamed. At length they found IA youngsters who could real Fly play
 And l mean play says Papa Bartlett, who can really play, too Not just saw a violin or toot a horn with gasping noises
 Followed more months of rehear- sals, under the exacting baton ot Maestro Bennie. whose idol is Benny Goodman and whose creed is Swing Papa Bartlett (whose name is Ar thur) did all the arrangements, plus a bit of quiet beaming too.
 ToO Good For Movies
 Professional perfection realized at last Bartlett and gang were ready for engagements-such engagements as would not interfere, of course, with schooling. Meaning the mov- ies.
 So what happens? Studio people hear 8 few numbers, see the gang at work, applaud and applaud, and say; They're too good-if we put 'em on the screen nobody's believe we weren't clubbing in the sound .'
 There are times in Hollywood, such as this, when perfection is fol-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30

examination to enter the Immigra- ton Service and expects to leave for the south shortly after the first of the year. The change is sched- uled to become effective January 10.
 Deputy Louie Martin at Ketchi- kan, well known in Juneau, having lived here for some IS years, is sailing for the States shortly on an extended vacation and Deputy John Cashen of the Juneau office will fill his post during his absence, the Marshal said Cashen will go to Ketchikan January 3.
 Deputy Ficken has been with the Marshal's office for the last three years and was warmly commended by Marshal Mahoney as an excel- lent officer Mir Bahrt, who will take his place, is widely known in Southeast Alaska and during the Wilson Administration served seven years as a Deputy Marshal in this Division
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30
24 Words Were Used,
 They All Meant "No"

CHICAGO, Dec 30.-An old Negro stood at a desk of the Chicago re- lief agency with a letter in his hand and said:
 T been writin' and writin' about getting me some clothes and all gets is dis letter which doan an- swer me nothin'"
 The letter read:
 Your request for clothing has been noted. Regret to advise that due to paucity of funds it cannot be met at the present time"
 When apaucity was explained as scarcity" and Hack of funds" as mo money" the applicant left mumbling: Why doan you jes say 'no?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30
FORGETTERS
 GET IT EASY

CHICAGO. Dec 30.-Students at the Lewis Institute of Technology here are letting Jack J. Pretula think for them.
 Pretula started a card index of students who complained they were forgetting such vital details as their sweethearts' birthdays or when they last had a haircut.
 All that embarrassment was elim- mated. Instead of running around with strings tied to their fingers the students call Jack, who thumbs a card and comes up with the dope
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30
YUBA DREDCE
 ALLIED hT
 cOODNEWS BAY
Engineer inCharge, Charles Deaver, Now Going
 to Colombia

After experimenting the con- struction of a large platinum dredge at Goodnews Bay for the Good news Bay Mining Company, Charles Denver is heading south to put in a gold dredge in South America.
 The dredge recently installed at Goodnews Bay, is an 8-foot Tuba dredge, which was taken north aboard the steamer Latouche this summer. Denver, who is dredge expert for the Yuba people, has been at Platinum several months supervising the construction of the big boat.
 We put the dredge into opera tion on the 10th of November and operated for 42 days with very suc- cessful results" Deaver said today aboard the Alaska.
 The big platinum boat is capable of moving 375 cubic yards of dirt an hour and requires Is men to operate it during 24-hour shift. The Tuba people have installed platinum dredges in several places throughout the world, Russia, South America and Alaska.
 The GoodneWs Bay Mining Com Ipany platinum dredge is the only platinum dredge in Alaska. It is powered with a 720-horsepoWer diesel engine.
 Denver is returning to his San Francisco headquarters, but will go from there to Colombia, South America, to install gold dredge. Galli-Curci made her debut as Gilda in "Rigoletto" in Rome 28 years ago.
 Irving Berlin's first success, Al exanders Ragtime Band" was pub lished in 1905.
 Katharine Cornell was born of American parents in Berlin, Ger many
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30
Maestro of 10 Horns in
 As Big-Time Entertainer

ly. But the Bartl6tts, undaunted, are still perfectionists The condi- ton, they assure me, is but tenn porary
 Bennie. meanwhile, IS continuing his individual film career
 It was partly his inability to ob- tain musical roles in films that in- spired the orchestra's creation. When Agent Flo Browne, who didn't like child clients, was persuaded to take Bonnie she got him first on the air singing, and then into pie lures. But that ended his musical career-on the screen.
 Published Two Songs
 This abrupt termination of in born musical outbursts was, of course, unthinkable where the Bartletts were concerned. Why. at four years of age Bennie had com posed his first song. and the same year he had conducted a band on the stage at Belleyille, Kasl He was master of the trumpet, drums and piano. and he could sing and write songs. They just had to do something about it.
 The two published songs of Ben nie Bartlett, 10, which are in the repertory of the orchestra, ages 5 to 14, are Fashioned Mill" and Hannah" Creation. with Master Bonnie, is no hair-tearing struggle.
 "Aw, he says, T can be playing football outside when all of sud- den an idea buts in. But I've gotta run right in and write it down, or l forget. Or I can be humming and singing, just riding along in the car, and all of a sudden it just hits me. But fifteen minutes later, if I don't put it down, it's gone !"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30
THREE NOTED WRITERS BACK
 IN NEW YORK
Tucker Spins Yarn that Centers Around Bridge
 of San Luis Bey''
By GEORGE TUCKER


 NEW YORK, Dec 30.-TWelve or Is years ago Thornton Wilder wrote novel called The Bridge of San Luis Key" It was a weirdly beautiful story of a group of char acters wholly unrelated to one an- other The bridge itself was an ancient vine-twisted ladderlike affair which stretched across a bot tomless cavern . It had provided passage for hundreds of years !. One day the fates willed that all these characters should set foot up- on the bride at the same time . . And the bridge fell
 New York witnessed San Luis Rey of it's own the other day but nobody was hurt As a matter of record, New York officially didn't witness it at all It just happened that three writers of widely differ ent schools of thought came back to Manhattan after long intervals of remaining away.
 Max Brand was one Max isHthe ex-pulp fictionist who writes a million words year He has been spinning most of his yarns against the background of a cha teDu on the sun-drenched Riviera.
 MT. Brand also owns a home on tie Eastern Shore of Maryland lie has gotten away from the two-gun, thrill-kill stuff that first threaded his needle of fortune .... Now he is ddng mostly the stuff the better magazines like.
 Then there was Thornton Wilder himself, who has written many books since you first read "The Bridge" But for all his success at classical prose, he has always had hRnkering to write for the theatre. . Wilder, who in actual life pro fesses to be lazy and who has no high regard for an excessive lot of money, is indulging his whim at the moment He has returned from his wanderings in France and India and the Orient.
 In a rural retreat which is some 40 minutes from Broadway he is completing an original play which will soon go into rehearsal.
 Phil Stong is another. He is the author of State Fair" and at least three other novels which have been fine successes. Like Brand and Will der, MT. Stong has long remained away from the raucous chatter of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30

Katharine Cornell was born of American parents in Berlin, Ger many.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30
.FICKE N RESIGNS FROM MARSHAL'S
 FORCE AT SITKA
Deputy to Enter lmmigra- ton Service Henry
 Bahrt, Successor

Deputy U. & Marshal Ben Ficken Of Sitka is resigniny from the Mar shal's office to enter the 1mmigra- uon Service in the States and Henry Bahrt, now Commissioner at Sitka, will be named his successor, 1t was announced today by U S. Marshal William T. Mahoney.
 Deputy Ficken has passed the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30

Galli-Curci made her debut as Gilda in "Rigoletto" in Rome 2S years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30

Irving Berlin's first success, Al exander's Ragtime Band" was pub lished in 1905.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-30

Harvard College library, which started in 1638 with 300 volumes now has more than 100000 vol umeS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
J. F. FLACK, 81, WELL
KNOWN RUTHERFORD
RESIDENT, IS DEAD

RUTHERFORDTON. June 81.
J. F. Flack, 81, prominent resident
of this county, who was a brother
of J. NJ. Flack of Chimney Rock,
died suddenly here yesterday aft
ernoon. Funeral services will be
held from Rutherfordton Presby-
terian church at o'clock Tues
day.
In addition to his brother resid-
ing in this county, he is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Ella Deck
Flack; one son, w. D. Flack; two
daughters, Mrs. Robert HAMPTON
and Mrs. Charles Moore, all OF
Ruthcrfordton; one sister, Mrs. j.
F. Ledbetter, of Shelby.
Mr.. Flack. who was descend
ant of an Irish family who came
to Rutherford county prior to the
Revolution and were prominently
connected with the early history
of this section. has been promi-
nent in the political and industrial
life of this section for the past 40
years. He came to Rutherfordton
from the Camp Creek section in
1891 as clerk Of superior court.
He was later connected with
the first bank Of Rutherfordton
and it's first cotton mill. He serv-
ed as county treasurer for num-
Der of years, as member OF the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
COUNTY
MAN SKILLED
Victim in One Of Two Fatal
Accidents in Bun
combe County

ASHEVILLE, June 2l.-Mon-
roe l.. Sain, AZ, of Mill Springs,
Polk county, died in Biltmore hos
pital early Sunday morning from
injuries sustained Friday at noon
when a frightened cow jumped
from the truck he was driving and
caused the machine to overturn
near Skyland on the Sweeten
Greek road.
Sain was one of two men killed
in Buncombe county road acct
dents. William J. Early, 46, guard
at the Craggy state prison camp,
was found dead in ditch near
the camp Sunday morning. 1t was
believed he was struck by a pass
ing automobile.
Ralph Lanning, passenger in
the truck driven by Sain, had a
skull fracture and was in serious
condition in Bilrmore hospital.
Robert and n. B. Owens, other
passengers, were only slightly in
jured.
Ray Crouch, l6, of West Ashe-
vile, was in serious conditions at
Ashton Park hospital as result
of a fall from a bicycle early Sat-
urday morning.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Cecil Sharp
and two children, of Charleston,
S. c., have leased the Chilean
home near Kanuga Lake for the
summer.
Mrs. J. R. Beard and family,
of Spartanburg, S. c., are occu-
plying the Ralph w. Jones home
on Fifth avenue while Mrs. Jones
is taking a summer course at the
Asheville Teachers college for
nine weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
and family have taken an apart
ment in Asheville for the next
few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Edwin Saltz
and young son, Jimmy, of st. Pc
tersburg, Fla, left on Saturday
after a short visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
N. w. Miller en- route to Indian
apolis, Ind, where Mr.. Saltz will
represent the st. Petersburg XII
wants club at the national conven-
ton. They will also visit in Mil
waukee, Wis, while on the trip.
Mrs. Charles Hedley Lyme, Miss
Martha Lyme and Charles and
John Lyme, of Miami, Fla, are at
their cottage in Flat Rock.
, Mr.. and Mrs. S. G.. Jones and
young son, Grady, spent the
weekend at Myrtle Beach as
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Jones, of Charlotte. They were
accompanied by Miss L ~ $ e
Faulkner, who visited Miss Vir-
ginia Hodges.
Miss Millicent Livingston is
visiting Miss Anna Lloyd in New
York City; while there she will
take some special dancing lessons.
She will also visit relatives in
Philadelphia and Cincinnati.
DIR. and Mrs. p. E. Payne and
daughter, Dewey, and son, Gene,
of Columbia, S. c., who are well
known members of Henderson
ville's summer colony, spent yes
terday as guests of Mrs. Brown
Hyatt.
Major Ben Webster, of st.
Cloud, Fla, is guest at the AL
len, huose.
Mrs. Mary Kinard and daugh.
ter, Mrs. Cecil Smathers, of
Ninety-Six, S, c., were weekend
guests of the formers sister, Mrs,
&c. P. Curry.
Bob Franklin is at home from
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, for several
weeks.
Mrs. Russ Williams returned re-
Gently after spending the winter
in Miami, Fla.
Miss Katherine Wells, Of Sum.
ter, S. c., has joined other mem
bers of the family at their sum-
mer home on Sixth avenue west
Miss Wells has been visiting in
Mississippi and was accompanied
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
l3 IN MAYORS
COURT TODAY
Many Bonds Forfeited {;
One Man Bound Over on
Transporting Charge

Thirteen cases were heard in
city court this morning before
Mayor A. V. Edwards. The docket
was as follows:
J. ID. Featherstone, drunk and
disorderly, was assessed costs.
Mack Stepp, speeding, forfeited
a So cash bond.
Edward Garland, speeding, for
feired a $40 cash bond.
Bill Davis, drunk and disorder
ly, was assessed costs.
A. B. Cchildress, speeding, for
feited $40 cash bond.
Rector Case, drunk and disor-
derby, was assessed costs.
Flave Mccall, drunk and disor-
derby, was assessed costs.
Hugh Stepp, transporting Ii.
quor, was bound to recorders
court under 5000 bond.
Raymond McCraw, drunk and
disorderly, was assessed costs.
Vernon Corn, drunk and disor-
derby, was given 30-day sus-
pended sentence.
Elem Garren, drunk and disor-
derby, forfeited a $40 cash bond.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21

home by her niece, young Polly
Wells. =
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Whitney, OF
Zellwood, Fla, have taken a cot
tage at Osceola Lake for the sum-
mer. .-.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Forrest
have returned. home after spend
ing the week of the Rhododendron
Festival as guests of Mrs. John
Lang. Anne Forrest Galloway, OF
New York City, student at st.
Genevieve of the Pines, is their
guest for few days.
H. Stanford Allen, of New
York City, is spending his vaca'
ton with his mother, Mrs. NJ r.
Allen. :,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Lee Bond
of Philadelphia, Pa, announce the
birth of daughter, Anne Lee, on
June IS.
Mrs. b. A. Whitmire and young
son, Guy Patrick, have returned
home from Patton Memorial hos
pital.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
Friends Pay Call
On Gerton Man,
Oldest In County

r. II. Wall, of Gerton, whose
81 years give him claim to being
the oldest man in the county was
paid visit yesterday by p. p.
Johnson, 81, and a mutual friend,
c. E. Wilson, 79-year-old former
resident of this city who will be
remembered by many as the build
er and first operator of the for
mer St. John Hotel. Mr.. Wilson is
making his home in Asheville.
Mr.. Wall is living with his son,
who is 76 years old and has a
brother, a retired preacher, who is
past 70 years of age.
Both Mr.. Wall and Mr.. john
son are retired farmers, who saw
service during the War Between
the States. 80
Mr.. Wilson, friends here will
recall, came here from near Glen
dale, S. c., after receiving his
early schooling in Pennsylvania
county. He is making his home at
Asheville after spending a long
period of years, beginning about
a quarter century ago, when ne
left here, in Texas, Panama, Mon
tana, Washington and ldaho.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
SOVIET FLIERS LAND
SAFELY IN WASHINGTON

Continued from paIe one)
the flight; Co-Pilot George Baidu-
dukov: and Navigator Alexander
Beliakov.
Grinning happily, they stood
staring at the crowd gathering to
greet them until an interpreter
was found among the field person
mel. Through him they made their
wants known.
Their first request was for a
drink of water. The terrific cold
of the North Pole area had fro
zen their own supply, and forced
them to suck pieces Of ice. -,
AS General George Marshall,
field commandant, escorted them
to his home. he obtained some
cognac they had asked.
Then while Mrs. Marshall was
preparing them a breakfast of ba-
con and eggs, their first hot food
in three days, they communicated
with Moscow and with the Soviet
ambassador, who was waiting Tor
them in San Francisco.
Hot baths and changes of cloth
ing were waiting for them. After
scraping off their boards, they
went to bed.
Down on the field, army me.
chanics made a swift inspection OF
the 12-cylindered single-engined
monoplane which had carried the
men across Siberian steppes, Arc
tic seas, polar ice, Canadian noun
tains, and the American coastline.
The mechanics found the plane
in good shape, as Chelakov had
messaged Troyanovsky on arrival
The gasoline indicator and other
instruments were sealed awaiting
inspection Of Natinoal Aeronau-
tical Association committee to de-
termine official records OF the
flight.
Ambassador Troyanovsky who
flew here from San Francisco as
they slept brought with him the
personal congratulations of josef
Stain, head of the Soviet govern
ment under whose flag they flew
and of Vilhjalmur Stetfannson
the explorer, who called then
achievement zone Of the greatest
feats of combined exploration ant
flying in the history of aviation.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
blum CABINET
MEN RESIGN
French Socialists Move to
Keep Peace in Politi-
cal Crisis

PARIS, June 81. (UP)-SociaI..
lists warded off grave threats OF
labor troubles and disorder and
further damage to France today
when they ordered their followers
| to maintain calm.
Earlier it had been feared radl-
Gals would call a general strike
because of the downfall of Pre-
mier Leon Blum's cabinet.
PARIS, June 81. (UP)-'Pre-
mier Leon Blum, defeated III his
demands for "dictatorial" powers
to deal with financial cricis, sub
mitted the resignation if his popu-
lar Front government to President
Albert Lebrun at 2:30 a. M, to-
day.
The 65-year-old Jewish premier,
who ruled for a year and 10 days
as Frances first Socialist premier,
gave up the leadership of the gov
eminent when the Senate refused
to grant him sweeping powers TO
"rule by decree" in his effort TO
halt the collapse of the franc and
the fight of French capital.
Shortly before 4 a. M, Presi-
dent Lebrun summoned the man
who may take over the reins OF
government-Camille Chauremps,
radical, Socialist minister of state
in the Blum government. Blum S
action without precedent is in its
haste, indacted the seriousness OF
the situation.
Chautempts, standing with Ed
Guard Herriot and Eduord Dalad-
Ter as one of the radical "triumvi-
rate" twice was premier OF
France. His two-months-old gov
ernmant collapsed in January
1884, in the midst of the StavinS,-
XIV financial scandal that spread
bloody rioting through the streets
of Paris. =,
Lebrun charged Chautemps with
the mission of consulting the redl-
Gals to seek a basis for forming a
cabinet. >
The Communist party, one OF
major divisions OF the popular
Front, announced Immediately
that it was prepared to assume
responsibility" for the new gov
eminent. ;.
Lebun asked Blum's cabinet to
continue as an '"interim govern
ment" because of the country S
critical financial and labor crises:
Blum, in the last moments Oh
his shattered power, sought 10
prevent growing labor unrest
from developing a general strike
which would paralyze the country,
and perhaps precicipate disorders,
When Blum and the members
of his cabinet left the presidents
Elysee palace at 3:l5 a. m, there
was grave danger of bursting OF
political tempers throughout
France.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-21
Many, Many Women
Say Cardui Helped Them

BY taking Cardui, thousands
of women have found they
can avoid much Of the month
ly suffering they used to en-
dure. Cramping spells, nag
ging pains and tangled nerves
can be relieved - either by
Cardui or by a physicians
treatment.
Besides easing certain pains,
Cardui aids in building up the
whole system by helping wom-
en- to get more strength from
their food.
Cardui, with directions for home
use by women, may be bought at the
drug store. pronounced "Card-u-iJ