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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20
AN OBSERVER OBSERVES
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

creatures which live in crude pc
troleum and there are insects
which thrive in lime-that would
eat the flesh off your bones. A
temite will perish if exposed to
light and air; you will perish if
deprived of light and air.
So is it not likely that if we
were assigned to one Of those
planets where scientific men tell
us we could not live, we should
find ourselves equipped to live
there as well as here - perhaps
better?
And is there any reason to
think the other planets are not
inhabited? Is there reason to be-
lieve that the countless universes
made up Of planets revolving
around their suns as our planet
revolves around our sun are with
out life? And that all this mag
nificent array and display Of
heavenly bodies is merely to make
the night look pretty to US and
to give our scientific men some
thing to ponder and try to en-
plain?
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not have or has not IN 1t some
thing it should have.
Isn't it probable that the con-
ditionS on this ball of Earth where
we live are not as they are to fit
our needs but that we are as we
are to enable us to live in this
world? Perhaps we have the kind
of bodies we have because the
conditions here make such bodies
necessary. And perhaps if we
were on some other planet we
should have bodies suited to the
conditions there. Right here on
this planet we see instances of
life in one condition that could
not survive in another; you can
not live indefinitely under water
and FISH cannot live indefinitely
out of water; keep an earthworm
out of the ground and it will die;
but you are not put in the ground
until after you die. There are
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20
THE N E w d EAL
IN WASHINGTON
.RY RODNEY BUTCHER
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
Nps Service staff Correspondent

A The new "pralrIe states bloc.
4. This includes relatively radi-
cal western progressives and tire
group seeks controlled production,
fixed farm prices, or an ever
normal granary scheme wiz
plenty of crop loan money. This
bloc Is willing to blackmail or play
with any other group which wants
something, including the liberal
bloc or wage-hour bloc. Certain
of these blocS overlap each other)
= The liberal bloc, led by Maury
y. Maverick of Texas. 1t repre-
sents actually about 35 members
who will stand solidly together
plus about 30 more who sometimes
show up az meetings. Its chief
aim is TO get other blocS together
as far as possible and pass every
thing on the administration pro-
gram.
q The big city bloc, which sud-
v. denly has begun to take form
among congressman from New
York, Chicago, and other large
cities. 1t swears vengeance on the
southern bloc because the latter
group made such a mess Of the
housing bill. Some members are
for the wage-hour bill and some
not, but most of them stand to-
gether for relief appropriations
and pro-labor measures
The other blocs, such as the
lobby controlled sugar bloc and
the large group of western farm
congressman who don't want crop
control legislation because Of an
anticipated bumper American crop
in the face of world scarcity.
THE southern bloc is the most
l. powerful, partly because II
dominates most of the Senate and
House committees. 1t demands
cotton loans, but doesn't want crop
control which Roosevelt demands
as collateral.
! tCoDyrIRht. 1897. NEA Service. Ines
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20
SUMMER AND FALL IN The
MOUNTAINS

HenderSOnville is nearing the END Oh one
of the best summer seasons the town anu
section has had in a number OF years
While there is no plan for keeping an ac-
curate record of visitors, it is certain the
total has been larger this year than last
year-probably the largest crowds seen
here in ten years. The town has had It's
share of tourist patronage and the buSl-
ness has spread over the entire county ana
into adjoining counties; so that it may be
said that the benefits of the Summer tour
ist business have reached every commun-
ity in this mountain area.
This newspaper believes, also, that the
tourist business of the season has been rea-
sonably profitable and satisfactory to our
people and that the visitors have been de-
lighted with the country and people, with
the entertainment provided for them, and
those who came as strangers have been
won to a lively interest in and friendly
sentiment for this section of the mountain
country.
The season, of course, has not closed. 1t
will go strong for two or three weeks long
er, and after that there will be the usual
Autumn business, with many visitors COM
ing to enjoy the pleasures of this most de-
lightful season. More and more, people
who are able to do so are spending some
or all of the Autumn season here.
The statement has been frequently heard
from Summer residents and visitors this
season, Il am going to remain here until
Winter" The intention of these persons
is to enjoy the Autumn weather in the
mountains and that is an experience worth
while for anyone who has the time and OPP
portunity to extend stay here for two or
three months during the last half of the
year.
The Times-NewS would urge those who
have not had this delightful experience to
give it trial this year, if possible.
In late years travel through this section
in the Autumn has been heavy. This means
that in addition to those who reside here
for few weeks or months, there will be
usual transient business and weekend Wis
itors from other sections, States and coun-
tries. Summer activities, the assemblies,
camps and the numerous features OF Sum-
mer life in the section will be missed, but
there will be little chance for residents to
lose sight of the fact that the region is en-
gagged in the tourist business and that
steadily increasing total of visitors is COM
ing to the mountains.
This newspaper urges our people of all
classes to unite in the effort to extend the
length of the season and to prevail upon
many of our present visitors to remain be-
yond the close of the Summer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20

The air IS too
light or not light
enough; the sun
is TOO hot on not
hot enough; the
sphere revolves
too fast or not
fast enough; the
planet is too far
from the sun or
not far enough;
t h e atmosphere
is too t h i c k
or not. t h / { k,
enough; the air
has in it some
thing it should
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20
PORE CRITTERS

An old man after reading the
daily long list of murders, sui
cides, accidents, fights, divorces,
law violations, strikes, wars, and
many other accounts of human
distress and perversity, laid down
his paper and observed, "Pore
critterSw
And "porn critters" is exactly
what we are. The fact that most
of our troubles-if not all-arc
our own fault, does not alter the
fact that we are pore critters
If we had sense enough to make
crooked things straight and wrong
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20
BIBLE THOUGHT
"a SABBATH OF REST
unto the land" (Ley. 25:l-D

God commanded Israel to let their iahd rest
every seventh year. For four hundred and ninety
wears they disregarded that law. But marx you
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS came and took them OH ii'o
Babylon and kept them seventy years IN eap'S"y'
and the land had it's seventy SaboathS oil resi-
Seven times seventy is four hundred and ninety
So they did not gain much by breaking thus law
Yo. can give God His day or HE WILL TAKE IL !
d. l.. Moody.
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ZULUS BECOME WEAK

ESHOWE. Zululand.-(UP)-
The oncc-proud Xulus are now
rapidly rcgcnerating into Il class
3 race. According to the local po-
lice, disease is rife among the
Xulus, and in all sphere Of tribal
life there are signs of deteriora-
ton.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20
VERY HISTORIC: President

Roosevelt went to celebrate the
birth of Virginia Dare, first Eng
llsh child born in America, at
Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island
$50 years ago. "The birthplace of
American Civilization and the
Birthplace of Aviation" one is
reminded as he crosses the bridge
over Currituck at Kitty Hawk and
Point Harbor. Manteo is about
525 miles from Hendersonville by
motOr-and you didn't know it
was quite so far, did you? Dis
lance lengthwisc the state long
ago gave birth to the remark
"FrOm Murphy to Manteo."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20

ty to Mr.. Roosevelt With all the promises OF d
better civil service, we have finally carried the
spoils system to the Supreme bench-Dorothy
Thompson in Greensboro News
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Because it stopped Adolf Hit
ler's car. a cObble stone has been
lifted from the mud at Salz, Ger
many, and put on Il pedetal to
honor Hitler.
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beach and fish.
INTERESTING COUN TRY:

After my first trip through the
sand, walking into Mays Head at
night because hot engine re-
belled and we had dictated tires
until they ran off the rim then
had to take a boat for Manteo to
buy inner tubes, | swore off
nevermore, another visit until
roads were paved. It is an inter-
esting country and North Eastern
Carolina flockS to it like Florida
does to the mountains.
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LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS

Every now and then some sci
entific man sets about it to prove
that there can be no life on other
planets for this reason or that:
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20

ON TO MANTEO: North Caro-
lima has been before the nations
eyes this week because of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's visit to Manteo.
And where is that? More impor-
tant, how do you get there?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20

Sugar and srm have h..
manufactured m limited m,r
ties from watrrmu.u...
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REACHING THE ISLAND:

REACHING THE ISLAND:
President Roosevelt went from
Washington via Norfolk, Va, to
Elizabeth City, Cardinals north
eastern metropolis, by rail. There
he took a coast guard cruiser for
about fivc-hour ride to Manteo
and you didn't kno wyou could
ride like that on water within
North Carolina, did you? 1t is in
tereSting to study Il map Of the
inland coastal waterway.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-20

HANDKERCHIEFS, as know them today, arc coP.!'''r
recent addition mans wardrobe. AT one tine Deio' U' '
OF dentistry ladies carried dainty lace handkerchief 10 moe
decayed teeth when they smiled Long before mai i'" "
tails were carried, combination handlcrcmeiS ana h4
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ROANOKE ISLAND: Manteo,


ROANOKE ISLAND: Mantco,
is the county seat OF Dare county,
the majority of its surface being
under water. The island, about
25 miles long and five miles wide,
has a population Of about $500.
nearly half the population living
in Manteo. There's another small
town on the island. the chief in
dustrv of which is fishing. A
paved road runs the entire length
Of the island on which peach, fig
and Scuppernon" grapes abound,
with some truck crops.
INFLUENCE OF ADS:
Roads and bridges have revolu-
tionized the section. which until
about 10 years ago was accessible
only by boats. The route then
from Elizabeth City by auto was
to Camden, county seat Of Cam
den; thence to Currituck, county
seat of Currituck; thence about
% miles over dirt road to Point
Harbor; thence by barge across
CurTituck sound to that bar of
sand which extends from Virginia
to more than half way to Will
mington; thence down this sand
ridge through deep sand to Nays
Head, summer resort; thence by
boat to Manteo. Two bridges
across the Currituck sound where
previously a person crossed by
boat, and a paved road were the
making OF Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil
Hill, famous because of Wright
brothers first successful flight in
1908, and Roanoke Island, where
people from the north flock in
winter to shoot feathered game
and by summer. to-, loll... on, the
The Washington times., 1937-05-04
HOS
TO TENANTS

LONDON, May 4 G.N.S).
Nearly a thousand tenants from
the royal estates will be the guests
of King George VI on the day of
his coronation, May IL.
With members of the estate
Staffs, the tenants will have seats
in official stands along the route
of the coronation procession.
After the Westminster Abbey
ceremony the tenants and stats
will attend a buffet meal prepared
for them in the royal news at
Buckingham Palace.
Members of the Royal House
hold at Buckingham Palace are
to have special places in a stand
erected in the palace forecourt
and also in a special stand placed
in Constitutional Hill, near the
Palace.
The Washington times., 1937-05-04

QUINCY, Mass, May 4 GN.sO.
Tightening of picket lines in the
strike of 200 coal and fuel oil
truck drivers today resulted in
formation of a police reserve. The
strike, sponsored by the A. F. of
L., is aimed at union recognition
and a pay boost.
The Washington times., 1937-05-04

Week to be presented under the
auspices of the D. C. Federation
of Music Clubs will be given to-
night at $50 o'clock when the
Sacred Choir Festival will present
six leading church choirs at the
Mt. Vernon M. E. Church.
The Mt. Vernon M. E. Church
Choir will sing Listen to the
lambs" (Dett); "Allelujah Chorus
from Creation" (Haydn). The
Hamline M. E. Church Choir will
sing Morning Hymn" (HenscheD
"At Thy Feet" CBach); The
Lords Prayer" Gretchaninof) +,
and "Allelujia, We Sing With JOY"
Jacob HandD. The first Congre-
gational Church Choir will sing
Gloria Patri" (Palestrina) "Nunc
DimittiS and Gloria" (Gretchani-
nofD. and Roll, Chariot, Roll"
Noble CAIN. The Eighth Street
Temple Quartet will sing tradi-
tional Jewish melodies. The Cal
vary M. E. Church Choir will sing
Temple of My Heart" (Snow);
ITO Thee, Oh Lord, Do I Lift Up
My Soul" (Rachmaninoff), and
"Inflammatus," from "Stabat Ma
ter" (RossinD. The Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church Choir will
sing Come, Let Us Worship" CPal-
estrina); Peaceful Night" Mora
Wan evening hymn; 20 Silent
Hills" Or. Deane Shure), and the
combined choirs will sing the
"Hallelujah Chorus" from THE
Messiah" (HandeD.
The final concert of the season
of the Rubinstein Club will be
given tonight at $50 o'clock at
the Willard Hotel, with Claude
Robson directing and Robert M.
Crawford, baritone. the assisting
artist.
Mr.. Crawford will sing two
groups of songs: "Vergebliehes
Standchen," and "Verrath,"
CBrahms); lie Miroir," (FerarrD;
"Mandoline," Debussy): Vision
Fugitive" (Massanet); "Elegie on
the Death of a Mad Dog" mil
ford); "Leetle Bateese," (O'Hara);
Spanish Gold" (Fisher)
Mother Goose Rhymes" (Crist);
and The Company Sergeant Ma
jor," (Sanderson)
The club will sing: Hymn to
the Sum-" Lullaby" and Such
Grace in the Dance" CMozart);
Nod. Tender Bud" (Rubinstein) +;
20 SINCE to Me, Fair Maid, No
More" "Lilacs," and Through
the Silent Night" (Rachman-
inoff); and "On Waka's Shore"
Oh. P. Hopkins.
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wendell TELLS
OF KIDNAPPING
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ened into signing the false admis-
sion of guilt, and finally was
transferred to New Jersey short
time before Hauptmann was ex-
ecuted.
Names AbductOrs
He named as his actual abduc-
tors three men who, scheduled to
stand trial with the Parkers, sud-
denly changed their pleas to
guilty yesterday. They are Harry
Weiss, Murray Bleefeld and Mar
tin Schlossman. The trio, he
said, rushed him by automobile
from New York to Brooklyn where
he was pushed into house while
Weiss warned him:
eff Bruno burns, you burn"
He interjected the observation
that during his work with Parker,
they had used a written code to
communicate with each other. Con-
tinuing with the tale of his impris
onment, he said his arms and legs
were bound with straps and. when
he "hollored for help" Schlossman
threatened "I'll blow your brains
out"
SchloSSman told him, Wendell
added, that "a high police power
in New Jersey was behind his alb
duction and Imprisonment and
that he could make a lot of money
by confessing to the Lndhergh kid
naping."
Luncheon recess was taken at
this point.
The Washington times., 1937-05-04
N0N-UNI0NISTS
PROTEST AT
GREENBELT

GREENBELT, Md, May 4.
Dissension and threats Of vio-
lence flared among non-union
workers at the Greenbelt Re
settlement Administration prof.
ect late yesterday when dis
charged laborers, who had ap-
peared to air their grievances be-
fore the RIA labor relations di-
rectors, were denied access to
the meeting.
Labor unrest arose two weeks
ago after a wholesale lay-oft OF
men, when non-union workers
protested that unionists had been
favored in the blanket diSmiS-
sails. Despite published notices
and Congressional promises that
the charges would be heard in
an open meeting yesterday, Re
settlement officials barred admis-
sion to all but a few painters
who were still holding their jobs.
Appeal To Gambrill Aide
When it became known that
DR.. Mercer G.. Evans, director OF
the labor relations board, intend
ed to hold a closed hearing, so
workers appealed to Edward Flu
gift, secretary of Representative
Stephen w. Gambrill. Fugitt
said:
"The understanding of my boss
was that this was to be an open
meeting for all crafts. 1t now
appears that the meeting is to
be a closed one for painters
who are still holding jobs"
When DR.. Evans arrived to con-
duct the hearing, he was beSleged
by the workers. He explained
there had been a misunderstand-
ing about the purpose OF the
meeting and that protests OF all
crafts would be heard later.
After advising the men to file
their complaints, he entered the
administration building and
locked the door.
The discharged workmen milled
about the doorway for several
hours, uttering protests and &C.
casionally threatening violence.
Outcome Kept Secret
After the hearing, DR.. Evans
would not divulge the outcome of
the complaints made by the
painters nor would he set a date
for hearing complaints of other
craftsmen.
Jack Floyd, painter, 821 Third
st. N. W., who received his dis
miSsal papers April %, declared
that as far back as last summer
he had been warned by union
workers that he would have to
join up if he wanted to keep his
job. He had not been able to do
so because of the high initiation
fee, he said.
Floyd stated that when he re-
ceived his discharge papers, he
had asked his foreman, a union
man, what it meant and had been
told that so far as he and Green
belt were concerned, he could go
home and forget about ever get
ting another job there.
The Washington times., 1937-05-04

Lee PaGClSOu, DuI reCGuGIy It,
signed from the position as head
of the Federal Music Project for
New York, is not singer, nor has
he had experience in opera other
than as an observer in front of the
footlightS.
He has demonstrated his abil-
ity as an executive in conducting
the Federal Music Project, and
has a thorough knowledge of OPP
era repertory as any musician OF
his attainments should have.
Aside from his executive ability,
he was chosen for his present task
because he is open-mlnded ana
quick and adaptible in his think
ing.
Edward johnson, the manager
of the regular opera season, did
not want a manager for the
spring season that was a tradl-
tionalist who would accept with
out question the old way Of doing
tn. lgs. Mr.. Pattison has visions
of longer spring season and ex-
tended tours of his singers.
Other first appearances on the
stage of the Metropolitan last
night were Donald Dickson, young
Cleveland baritone, and Robert
Nicholson, Australian baritone.
Gounod's Faust" was the opera
presented, with Hilda Burke sing
ing for the first time, the role Of
Marguerite, Mr.. Dickson was Val
entine, and Mr.. Nicholson sang
the Wagner.
The Department of Agriculture
Orchestra, DR.. Walter Bauer con-
Quoting, gave highly appreciated
concert last night in the depart
ment auditorium, with most of the
seats filled. The fact that the con-
cert will be repeated tonight may
account for the fact that the few
remaining seats were not occupied.
The orchestra was in fine fettle
last night, playing with excep-
tional intonation and true to pitch.
Opening the concert with Beeth-
ovens overture, "CoriolanuS," the
spiritual distress of the untam-
able, restless and proud Coriolanus
was we'll pictured with the excep-
ton that the orchestra does not
possess that dynamic power in re-
serve to bring out the mighty eli
makes of the work.
Sibelius' Swan Of Tuonela"
Jared better. The song of the
sacred swan, sung by the Eng
lish horn, as the disembodied
soul is conducted to the caverns
of Tuonela, (the Hell of Fin
nish mythology, was done in a
tone of brooding melancholy.
Wolf-Ferrari'S overture to THE
Secret of Suzanne" was per
formed with a light gaiety. The
seldom heard Symphony No. S."
(Mendelssohn), was we'll worth
the effort to attend the concert.
The religious atmosphere created
in the first and fourth move
ments were relieved in contrast
with the light and swiftly moving
Allegro Vivace which serves as
the scherzo.
There were occasions when the
woodwindS were slightly flat, as
in the Secret of Suzanne" and
on rare occasions the violins de-
waited from pitch in playing pi-
animisso passages. On the whole
the orchestra gave a brilliant
performance. Giuseppe Bruno,
the assisting artist baritone,
while showing good operate
style and possessing a smooth
voice in a limited range, did not
seem able to give any power to
his voice.
His voice was frequently sub
merged by the most soft accom-
panying passages of the orchestra.
His Prologue" to "Pagliacci" and
vision Fugitive" from "Herodi-
ade" suffered by this inability to
impart dramatic climaxeS.
The first program Of Music
The Washington times., 1937-05-04

TvBN the most beautiful woman loses
T her charm and attraction if her face
is marred by ugly dis6guring pimples.
Doctors first prescribed Noxzema Medi-
Gated Cream for burns and eczema.
Nurses discovered how wonderful it is
for PimpIes, badly Chapped Hands,
The Washington times., 1937-05-04

The first program Of Music