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The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Twin Girls Upset
Coles Name Plans

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 81 G.N.S).
Russel Coles, jr., film actor, and
his wife, Dorothy, know just what
their sons name was going to be.
But today they hunted for a set
of girls names, for Mrs. Coles pre-
sented her husband with twin
daughters.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Colorado Picket
Taboo Is Removed

DENVER, Dec. 81 Q.N.SJ
Strikers today held the right to
picket in Colorado for the first
time since 1908.
District Judge Henry A. Hicks
Monday, declared the State'1 80
year-old antl-picketing statute I'm
constitutional. The ruling was
handed down in a test case
brought to determine validity Of
the law.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21

1--WE are going to try to pass
the bill and send it to President
Roosevelt for signature by
Thursday and then adjourn the
special session of the Christmas
New Year holidays" said Senate
Majority Leader Barkley.
The housing bill is all we ex-
pect to get through between now
and adjournment" he added in
expressing personnel preferences
to be home in Kentucky for
Christmas"
ASKS ACTION NOW
President Roosevelt. in a specia
message to Congress November q
asked that a measure to stimulate
home construction be passec
now" to help stem the busines:
recession. Apparently, it will ot
the only major recovery measure
finally passed by the extraordinary
session of Congress.
wever, Admins S traitor
leaders felt much had beer
accomplished in getting the farm
aid bills Of the Senate and House
to conference during the brie.
special session. Had the farm
issue been held up until the re
gular session, beginning January
3, it might have taken severa
months to put it on the statute
books. they said.
Recommittal Of the Wage-houl
bill by the House was a majol
blow to the Administration.
UP TO HOUSE
THAT problem is still on the
doorstep Of the House." SAID
Barkley.
Unless a torrent Of debate OF
the housing bill is unloosed II
the Senate, adjournment of Con
gress Wednesday was considered
probable. No difficulties in ad
justing differences between the
Senate and House bills was ex
pected and advocates Of the
measure were looking for a Christ
mas spirit to prevail-Senator
willing to compromise.
While the bill, as passed by the
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
U. S. RANKS SEVENTH

All this means that Americas
ocean-soing ships are smaller and
slower than those of other naT
tons This fact. added to the cir
cumstance that England and
japan both possess several time
as many merchant ships as tho
United States. emphasizes the
handicap under which the United
States would labor if trouble
broke. since these vessels would
be needed to carry commerce. war
supplies and possibly troops.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21

House, would revive Government
mortgage insurance for home re-
pairs and remodeling, the Senate
measure does not contain that
feature. Restriction were carried
in the Senate bill against Govern
lment-owned or Government con-
trolled home mortgage agencies
competing with private capital in
'single-family dwellings. The Gov,
ernment would be required to con-
fine its direct operations to large.
scale projects.
MAJOR DIFFERENCES
While the House bill would au-
thorize national mortgage associa.
tions to issue debentures up to 20
times their paid-in capital. the
Senate bill would cut that to IS
times.
Another major difference be-
tween the Senate and House meas
ures was a limitation Of 5000 mil
lion dollars in the Senate bill on
the face amount Of mortgages that
could be insured by the Govern.
ment, whereas the House bill fixes
a top Of 1000 million dollars, with
discretionary authority for the
President to add 1000 million dol
lars.
Both bills were alike in authoriz.
ing the Federal Housing Admin.
istration to insure up to $5.4o0 on
homes valued at $4,000 and 80
per cent on loans between $4,000
and $4,000. Above $4,000, the
30 per cent limitation would pre-
vail.
1912 TIME LIMIT
This more liberal mortgage.
insurance policy would continue
until 1912 under the Senate bill,
but there is no time limit in the
House bill. AS a further induce
ment to small-home builders. the
Senate bill would permit 25-year
amortization on small-loan homes
approved before July !. 1899. After
that date a 20-year maximum
would prevail.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
British Refugees
Face Closed River

SHANGHAI, Dec. 81 Q.N.S0.
Thirty British women and chill
dren aboard the British patrol
boat Cape Town today faced
the prospect Of being trapped in
the Yangtze River.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
TO RECEIVE PARENTS

A general reception for parents
will be given by teachers Of the
Bancroft School at 8 o'clock to-
night. The reception will be held
in the schools clasSroornS.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
n. Y. ArmOred Car
Plays Santa Role

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-An ar
mored car drew up at the Clinton
Street police station and uniformed
guards, with pistols in their belts,
proceeded to unload armfuls Of
dolls, drums, balls, skates. minlar
ture trains and automobiles and
other toys.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
NEW CLUBHOUSE

The Palm Beach (FlaJ Yacht
Club is building a new clubhouse
and hopes to have the structure
in time for the annual Washing.
tons Birthday regatta on Lake
Worth next February.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
u. S. FAR BEHIND
FOREIGN POWERS.
IN CARGO BOATS.
bids Are Asked on IL.
Fast Vessels
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY

Back of President Rosevelt's de-
termination to strengthen the
Navy, expected to express itself in
request for larger naval appro-
priations when Congress meets in
January, lies some significant fig.
ures.
They show the United States
Navy to be numerically strong and
potentially stronger still in rela.
ton to the r1avies Of other world
powers. But they also show it to
be short of modern warships and,
as authorities agree, dangerously
deficient in g merchant marine
capable of conversion in emergency
to naval uses.
IL BOATS ORDERED
Comparative studies, for ex.
ample, disclose the United States
to be outranked in merchant YES
sells, so necessary in time of war,
by England, Germany, Japan,
France and Italy. In modern ships
1t has fallen far behind.
The Maritime Commission has
just asked for bids for the con.
struction Of IL fast cargo boats
which could be quickly converted
into naval auxiliaries and an
nounced that in considering the
proposals preference will be given
bidders who can make the fastest
deliveries. This Is a recognition
of our weakness in auxiliary ship
ping.
U. S. RANKS SEVENTH
Here are the actual figures on
the number and total tonnage Of
merchant ships constructed by the
six principal powers in the last
ten years:
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Today In
Congress
SENATE
Meets at noon.

SENATE
Meets at noon.
Begins consideration of housing
bill.
HOUSE
Meets at noon.
Hears speeches, marking time
until holiday adjournment.
Ways and Means Subcommittee
continues tax revision study.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Presidents Backing
Sought in Drive for
'NRA' in Textiles
With WAGE Bill Beaten, Bloc May Also Ask
for u. S. Rule of Steel, Other Industries
By WILLIAM s. NEAL

Copyright servce)
Proposals for of tte NRA to rule the huge
textile industry prang up today in the wake of the defeat of
general minimum and maximum hours legislation IN the
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Housing Boom Bill
Speeded in Senate
By ARTHUR HACHTEN

NS) Racing down the homestretch toward adjournment
the special session of Congress- the Senate today began
sideration of the Wagner-Steagal housing boom bill.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Senate Peace Block
Demands Neutrality
Act Strengthening:
PGnay Incident WhetS Drive for Bill to BE
Put Through Next Session
By ROBERT A, McGILL

QNS Alarmed the in the Far East the Senate
bloc demanded speedy enactment Of legislation at the
The Washington times., 1937-12-21

Congress today was urged to
enact legislation at the next ses'
sion to provide Washington with
Q safe airport.
In a letter to every member Of
Congress, David L. Behncke, presi.
dent Of the Airline Pilots Associa'
ton, urged speedy action be taken
to eliminate the Washington air
port which he termed danger
ous."
SAFETY MEASURE
4ehncke also urged that Con
gress place safety control of all
commerce in the hands of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Pointing out that in the last two
years there have been 16 major
air line accidents, with lis fatal.
ties, Behncke declared the main
stumblingblock in the success OF
air transportation is the problem
Of safety.
RAILWAYS CITED
He urged that the ICC be dele.
gated to handle this rather than
the Department Of Commerce,
which he described as primarily a
trade.promoting agency.
Under the ICC the railways Of
the country have reached high
degree Of safety, he pointed out,
and believes that similarly the air.
lines would be made safer under
the commission regulation.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
bulk OF EXCISE
TAXES RETAINED
UNDER new PLAN.
"Hot Oil" Among Those
To Be Repealed

INS.) The House Ways anc
Means tax subcommittee has de
cided to recommend repeal Of ex
else and nuisance taxes yielding
S25, ,00O, 900 a year, it was disclosed
officially today.
The plan calls for dropping of
nine levies on which the yield is
comparatively small and cost of
collection is high. All Of them
originated in the billion.dollar
budget balancing" bill Of 1882,
and have been continued from
time to time.
LEvIES DROPPED
Levies to be dropped include
those on sales of sporting goods,
soap, tooth paste, brewers malt
chewing gum, cameras, phono'
graph records, turs and the one
eighth of a cent a barrel tax levied
to pay cost Of administration OF
the "hot oil" act.
At the same time an increase In
taxes on paper book matcheS-at
the request Of manufacturer
was revealed.
MATCH TAX EVENED
This novel situation grew out
of the difference between taxes
on different classes Of matches.
The tax on ordinary box matches
is two cents per 1000, while the
tax on paper book matches is one
half cent per thousand. The sub
committee decided to retain the
box match tax and raise the tax
on paper book matches to two
cents.
The decision to drop excise, or
manufacturers sales, taxes yield.
ing $25. .000,00o a year inferentially
carries with It decision to retain
the bulk Of this class Of tax
levies, yielding a total Of $780,.
100000 a year.
RETAINS GAS TAX
Among the levies which the sub.
committee has not disturbed are
the Federal gasoline tax, yielding
$190,ooo,0o0 a year; taxes on new
automobiles, trucks, accessories,
tires, tubes, lubricating oil. me.
chanical refrigerators, yachts, 3,
cent postage, transfer taxes, levies
on theater admissions, telegraph
and telephone messages. cosmet.
les, radios, and the import taxes
on oil, copper, lumber and coal.
All of these levies were re.
enacted in the last session Of Con.
gress for a two-year period.
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18
!SHAWS CREEK

SHAWS CREEK, March IS
Miss Mary Jones died last Monday
morning at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. L. Briggs, where she made
her home for several years. Mary
was we'll known in this commun-
;tW nv her friendly disposition
and loved by those in her home
and all who knew her. The funer-
al services were conducted by
Rev c, f. Blythe at the Shaws
Creek Camp Ground and she was
laid 70 rest in the cemetery there.
Mrs II. d. Hodges Of Landrum,
6 c.. visited in this community
Sunday evening. Mrs. Hodges,
formerly of Hendersonville, work
cd in this community as a charity
worker, when in Hendersonvllle,
and has many friends who will be
interested to learn that she is well
and still remembers her friends.
Mrs. Annie Smith has been very
i'll. pu
Misses Martha and Sarah Ellen
Drake of Pleasant Hill spent few
days here this week with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Blythe.
Miss Laura Fore spent last
Thursday night with Miss Alma
Robertson at Upper Shaws Creek.
DR.. and Mrs. f. R. Lindiver OF
Upper Shaws Creek visited friends
here Saturday.
Miss Ethel Blythe Of Brevard
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PLEASANT GROVE

PLEASANT GROVE, Mar. Is.
Little Marie Fletcher, age l6
months, died at the LYDIA Memo
rial hospital Monday. She was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Egerton
Fletcher. Funeral services were
held Tuesday morning at Pleasant
Grove Baptist church, conducted
by the Rev. C. f. Blythe. Inter-
ment was in the Fletcher ceme-
terry.
D. r. Justus is i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dalton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wilson and
son, Billy, were dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Wilson, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Egerton Fletcher
and family were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones Banning last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mccall and
son, Allen, of Hendersonville,
spent Sunday with Mrs. McCalps
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Orr.
The Pleasant Grove choir a.
tended preaching at Balfour Sun
day night and conducted few
songs. .- s...
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RUGBY

RUGBY, March l8.-Mr. and
MIS-. +. l.. Winslow had as their
guest the past weekend their
daughter, Mrs. Mary Israel, and
her children of Asheville.
Mr.. Wardlaw had as his guest
Saturday night Mr.. Bordner OF
Ashevillc. g,
Mr.. md Mrs. J. <. kratzer and
daughter, Virginia, were visitors
in Hendersonville Saturday.
Mrs. Ella Taylor OF Mills Rlv'
er visited her sister, Mrs. 5. NJ.
Stuart, recently.
Mrs. NJ. r.. Spann, who has Deen
spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. George LiVerette,
in Daytona, Fla, has returned to
her home here.
Hoyle Adams who is attend.
ing Christ school at Arden, spent
last week at the home Of his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs +. l..
WinSlow.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18
myth OF DUST
BOWL BEGUN
Northwest's Paul Bunyan
Has Windy Rival in
the Southwest
By RICHARD M. MOREHEAD
United Press Staff Correspondent

AMARILLO, Texas, March 10.
(UP)-Five years of recurring
drouth have failed to sway the
faith Of Texas Panhandle resi-
dents in their dust bowl country
or to dul! their ability to take
a joke.
Many a tall tale, some which
would make the North woods
famed Paul Bunyan blush, is told
by told-timers to "tenderfeet"
from other sections and to those
who brave reports Of a coming
"Great American Desert" to make
their homes in the dust country.
Stories of the West Texas wind
are based on fact and fancy. 1t is
a matter of record that barbed
wire fences have been blown down
- when bounding tumble weeds
catch in the strands and form a
solid barrier. Sand drifts for
many years have bothered live
stock breeders. The sand piles so
\ high around fence rows that cat
tie and horses can step across.
STORY OF RAlkDROP
Newcomers usually are initial
ed with the story Of a man who
lived in one plains village for sew
eral years without seeing any rain
fall. A drop Of rain struck him
one afternoon as he stepped into
the street, and the man tainted.
PasSersby threw four buckets
Of sand in his face to revive him.
Other unwritten legends con-
Germ the methods of figuring how
hard the wind is blowing.
"We've always leaned toward
the goat-skin test" one sand
hog" reported. "Me and my three
boys wet a goat-skin and slap it
over the keyhole. II we can't hold
it there, it's too windy to work
in the field"
It's easier to use the log-chain
method" replied his neighbor.
"Just hang a good-sized log chain
from the caves Of the house.
When she's standin' straight out,
you'd better stay inside
A Baptist minister Of the South
Plains once told his congregation
how to determine il 1t was too
dusty to attend church:
"Stick your right hand into the
air, cup it, and bring it down. If
YOU can see where your hand
was, you'd better stay home"
Jackrabbits, those lop-eared
gallopers that will race an auto
mobile down a dust BOWL lane,
are the subject of many another
WINDY" One story was intended
TO show that nothing was free OF
RABBITS GRADED IN TIRE
= a motorist stopped to fix his
tire and was surprised when n
mother rabbit and several bum
MES hoped out. The young ones
didn't walk away. They turned
cartwheels - because they had
been born inside the tire!
A tabled West Texas rabbit
once got lost in n moderate"
buster and wandered for several
hours looking for its den. Finally,
il came TO likely opening and
went down--and landed on bed
of hot Goals. The rabbit thought
surely it must have travelled all
the way to Hade-but discover
ed it only tumbled down q ranch
.er's chimney.
West Texans and others of the
dust country laugh at themselves
but few believe the story popular
elsewhere that some day their
homes will be in desert waste.
Most follow the opinion Of a Kan
sas professor who declared that
drouth had not ruined the Great
Plains any more than floods ruin
the Ohio valley.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18
ART CLUB MEETINGS
HELD REGULARLY

The Amateur Art club has been
holding its weekly meetings reg
ularly on Tuesday afternoons in
the club room. The work of the
club which was exhibited in the
art display in Ashcvillc received
very high mention and its work
has consistently created favorable
comment. At every other meetin"
one definite subject of art is Ia
ken up and each mcmbe" works
to give his impression of it. At
the meetino Of Tuesday. March
Is. the subject was Horror" and
very distinctive work was done.
On the other meetings each stu
dent has charge OF the program
and thus everyone may present
his personal type of program.
Francis Anderson is in charge OF
the program next week.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18
ZIRCONIA

ZIRCONIA, March 18.-Mr.
and Mrs. Jarvis Morris and Mrs
Chloe Withers, of Greenville. s.
c., visited Mr.. and Mrs. J. L L.
Pace, Sunday, March 7.
A number from Cherry Street
Holiness church held services with
Horace Pace on March 7th.
Misses Lithia and Irene Ward
visited Misses Willie Mae and Ina
nita Taylor Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Thelma Beddingfieid spent
Georgia. ~
U. G. Mullinax, of Mount ster.
ling is spending a few days at
home. N"'' q.
K. a, Levi visited J. L. L. Pace
last Sunday afternoon,
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs Kennoth
Levi, daughter, on March 10.
Dewey Coins has moved into
this community. ''''
Tuxedo grammar school. closos
on. March "a, @'''e'
Inc farmers of this section
nave been busy planting potatoes
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18
WHAT KIND OF A CITY
nAUE WEI

"Our youth are the backbone
of the nation" say our scholars
and statesmen, and IN a re"
wears will be the administrators
of government. business ana IL
nance" Education chisels us into
whatever we shall become, DC II
rood or bad; the means, then, OF
education is as important as our
country itself, rs important al
most as life itself. And so the
significance of our schools lies IN
something far more important
than material values-it has 10
do with the lives Of human be-
inSs, who are not to be treated
as toys, bought and sold at VIII.
A high school education is for
some the only directed learning
that they will receive and II must
therefore, be- quite complete. The
state government has provided
eight months for every school III
North Carolina and has LETT It TO
the county 10 see that the ninth
month is added. HenderSopville
brides herself on the fact that
she is progressive city. she
wants it known that she Is an up
to-date modern city, and she even
imayines herself as the Gem City
of the Blue Ridge; in short,
she stands for everything that
represents high ideals. is 1t pos
sible, then, that she will make an
about face, turn right around and
allow Hendersonvillc to have
schools which will be not one mite
better than schools of the most
backward corner of North Caro-
lima? How about IL? How out
standing is u city which does for
lis schools not the least bit more
than the minimum OF the state as
a whole? How progressive Is
city which does not improve con-
ditions? How far-Sighted is a city
which does not provide for the iu-
ture? You know the answer: II
isn't a city-it's just q conJunc-
ton of roads. Hendersonyilie
ought TO show on next April D
that she is a city that will improve
conditions, one that is above the
average. The high school would
like TO think that we have q city
such as this.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18
REAL ESTATE MEN
MOVING OFFICES

BrownlOw Jackson 4 Son have
moved from the Brownlow Jack
son building, l3l Fifth avenue
west. across the stree to the Hun
ter building. l20 Fifth avenue,
and at the same time II. Walter
Fuller l. Son moved from the
Howe building into the Brownlow
Jackson building, l3l Fifth ave-
nue. west.
Look for Jackson at l20 Fifth
avenue in the Hunter building and
Fuller at l3l Fifth avenue in the
Brownlow Jackson building
Adv.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18
You Can Trust "BC" To
Relieve Your NeuraIs,

Headaches arc never pleasant
company, so let "BC" lend help
ing hand the next time you are
annoyed with one. You'll like the
way the quick-acting ingredients
in the "BC" formula function for
the relief of tantalizing head
aches, neuralgia and similar pains
Of an inorganic character.
"BC" is a trustworthy, prescrip-
tion-type remedy, Of which mil
lions of packages are sold every
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ETOWAH

ETOWAH, March l8.--Miss
Dera Allison of Holly Springs Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Allison
last Friday.
Leo Moody is reported to be
getting along nicely at the Pat
ton Memorial hospital, where he
was operated on Saturday for
appendicitis.
Mrs. j. p. McKinna and daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. ID. Parker, visited
relatives near Kanuga Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mccall and
family of Hendersonville, ais
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college spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. {,
Blythe. A.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Nc
Combs, on March 2, a daughter
who has been named Sue Ann.
Wick Williams spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Milbun Williams, at Pleasant
Hill.
Cole Cabe Of Mills River spent
Monday night with Mr.. and Mrs
Lloyd Cable. 80
Church Crowell Of Asheville
visited friends here Sunday.
Miss Gladys Blythe attended
the senior banquet Of Etowah
school. which was held at Flat
Rock Tuesday night.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Blythe and
family of Little River, were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H..
McKinna Sunday.
Mrs. Mae Merrell Crawford has
returned home after a recent WIS.,
it with relatives near Fletcher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rankin Allison
and children visited Mrs. Allison's
brother, Roy Holden, Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. William Moore of Campo
bello, S. c., visited Mrs. J. V.
Blythe Sunday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18
SUB ZERO BRAVED

WHITEHALL, Wis. CUP. -
TheThe mercury has dropped to
40 degrees below zero many times
here this winter, but Bert Breed
merely turns up the collar of his
sheepskin coat and refuses to
move out of the house-car he built
fro ma 1917 model car.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18

year; For more than >; -
pie have found re .!''H,1
gratifying value in ,bo " ! 7
headache, neuralgia AND reg
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ache due to functior,I@ 50 :. Q
ances. Try BIC" and =. es. 7
doesn't give you relief !; ,e !
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18
HIGH SCHOOL
NOTES
MISS CLAUDE PACE
HONORED

Every year the Daughters OF
the American Revolution sponsor
4 statewide contest among SEN
ior girls with regard to their high
school record. The name of each
contestant is sent to Raleigh and
the girl having the best record is
awarded a triD TO Washington to
compete with other state winners.
This year Miss Claude Pace was
honored by the selection to repre-
sent this school in the contest.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-18

A new German fertilizer, pro-
duced after extensive experiments
is known as "Nitrogen-Lime-Phos-
phate."