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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-27
A BLOCK OF LAW: o. Mack

A BLOCK OF, LAW: o. Mack
Brown, salesman for the Walker
Hardware company, fronting the
courthouse, sees lawyers and
clients going to and from the
courthouse, contcmplates his sur
roundings and nicknames the
block opposite the courthouse as
claw block" Therein are Magis-
trates, J. F. Brooks, Guy Jordan
and O'Dcll Brock and Lawyer A.
A. Rice. The operations of the
law are furthered by the bonding
business of John Harrell, whose
services are often needed when a
person gets into the hands of the
justices of the peace. Constables
Patterson and Redden, don't have
established offices in the block,
Mr.. Brown says, but occupy the
green benches therein and are
mighty handy when things begin
to happen.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-27
THE NEW DEAL
IN WASHINGTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER.
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON - Job hogs on which it is scheduled
w ruled Congress to the last, effect -
even in such q vital national prob
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
Grant Named On
Davis Cup Team
BY STUART CAMERON
United Press Sports Editor

New York, May 19.-tU,R)- AL
though the world knew the an
swer before the verdict was de
Iivered. America and Australia
went through the formal process
tonight of naming their teams for
the North American Zone Davis
Cup final scheduled at Forest Hills
during the last three days of May
Davis Cup protocol requires that
each team be named ten days prl-
or to the commencement OF a tie,
20 Clifford Sproule, manager OF
the Aussies and Walter L. Pate,
non-playing captain of the Amer
leans. got together for a bit OF
tea at Forest Hills West Side ten
mis- club. Here are the sets OF
names exchanged:
For America: Donald Bulge
Oakland, Cal; Gene Mako, Los
Angeles: Frank Parker, Spring
Lake. N. Y; Bryan M. Grant, Jr.
Atlanta. ,
For Australia: Jack Crawford
Adrian Quist, Vivian McGrath'
John Bromwich.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
BeIk Tyler Wins
Two Games From
Advance BOWlerS
BeIk Team Serves Notice
In First Game AS They
Chalk Up 456

The Belk-Tyler Bowling team
of the City League defeated The
Daily Advance quartet last night
in two games of a three game
series in The match scheduled.
The Belk team was really hot
in the first game when they Scor-
ed 456 their highest score of the
season. Massey with 125, ThOrne
with 121 and White with l16 led
the scoring for the winners and
Tom Studdert and Lace Umphlett
led the losers with 10 and 100
even. The second game was not
as brillans. Massey and Munden
scored 1O5 each for the only play
ers to break the 100 mark. The
Belk team lost The fina! game by
eight pins as their score dropped
st. II lower.
Box Score.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
Comics Boys
Lose But Cling
ToLeagueLead
Senators Win 3rd Straight
Game As Chapman and
Simmons Hit

New York, May 19.-(UR)-The
Philadelphia Athletics clung to
their American League lead by
nine percentage points tonight
after being whitewashed 80 by
the Detroit Tigers today.
The AS could not reach Tommy
Bridges whose faSt-breaking curve
ball was touched for only five hits.
1t was Tommy's third win in five
starts. Charley Gehringer paced
the Tigers 12-hit assault with a
brace of tWo-baggerS and a sim
gle. Gerry Walker ran his con-
secutive game hitting streak 10 23
with a double and single. Thomas
who gave up eight of the SafetleS
in the six innings he lasted, was
the losing pitcher.
The Washington Senator'S turn
ed in their third straight win, 9-o,
finally subduing a ninth inning
rally after the st. Louis Browns
scored five runs. It was the filth
victory in six Starts for Washing
ton. The Senators reached four
st. Louis hurlers for 18 hits,
Chapman and Simmons getting
for each. Buck Newsom held the
Browns to three runs until the
ninth when he weakened. CaScar-
ella haEed the st. Louis rally al
ter beng touched for one hit.
Chicago al New York ana
Cleveland at Boston were ralned
out.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
Tigers Owner
Denies RuirOrS
OF Investigation
SchoOlbOy Rowe Says, 1T
Is All a Pack of Lies
About Me"
BY ROBERT LA BLONDE

United Press Staff Correspondent
Detroit, May l9.-UPJ-Walter
0. Briggs. owner of the Detroit
Tigers, denied reports tonight that
he hired Slueths to investigate the
private lives of his players.
The denial followed newspaper
accounts published here that the
suspension of Schoolboy Rowe
from the Tiger payroll resulted
from club investigation that al
legedly revealed his pitching all
ment was not illness but might
club trouble"
Rowe was dropped from the
payroll last week when the Tigers
left for a road trip. The 25-year-
old hurler, unable to pitch a full
game since the season started, was
left behind with orders from Man
ager Mickey Cochrane to work out
daily until he felt he was in con-
dition to rejoin the club.
Reached at his hotel, the
Schoolboy denied that his pitch
ing trouble resulted from too much
night life.
It's a pack of lies" he said
I haven't been in a night club
since I was married and I never
touch anything but beer, and that
only on rare occasions"
The Briggs denial that an in
veSVigator was hired to trail Rowe
follows:
In view of the recent COM
ment to the effect that inveStiga-
tors have been placed TO watch
the activities of Schoolboy Rowe
I want it distinctly understood
that no such action has taken
place, as regards Schoolboy Rowe
or any member Of the Detroit
baseball club. And we have nc
thought in mind to carry out such
action, now or at any time during
the balance of the 1887 season.
The players themselves are
theis own keepers, as they know
they must guard their health
away from the ball park if they
wish to have successful careers"
Rowe, who went through hi!
daily workout at Navin field, be-
lieveS he will have his arm il
shape in a few days and plans tc
| join the team by the end Of the
week. The management ha:
suspended his salary until he feel
he is ready to pitch
Il don't know if any of these in
veStigatorS have been following
me" he said, but if they have
don't know what they found out
I'm at home with my wife anc
child most of the time. Occasion
/ ally Mrs. Rowe and I take in {
movie. Someone S always start
ing these rumorS about me mis-
behaving and it makes me sore
I hate to leave the hotel with peO-
pie reading all this stuff abou
me-"
The daily independent., 1937-05-20

DUNCAN. Yanks' former third sack
er. has opened a bar and grll! on
Amsterdam Avenue, New YorN
"Mackerel' or mo. 2" IS the
ball players name for a curve
ball and a player who hears
everything said about him is CALL
ed Rabbit Ears"
Carl Hubbell asked Eddie Bran
nick, Giants secretary, how ola
the mackinaws we're the players
wore on cold days. Brannlck
said. oh, about eight years. 1
gresso Hubbell said: Maybe
so, but there's an adhesive tape
tage in mine and the name or 1t
is Christy Mathewson" The
Reds call Ival Goodman, ninety
eight per cent" Burlelgl
Grimes says Van Mungo has won
seven straight games in his pltch-
er's book because none OF Ihe
games the Dodger pitcher has loSt
were his fault.
Lefty Gomez recently missed a
shutout against Detroit when ne
threw to the wrong man covering
second on a force play Tony
I,azzeri, the brains of the Yankee
infield. on taking the throw, yell
ed at Gomez: What the hell are
you doing?" Gomez qulppeu
back, you make so many smart
nlavs on this club, 1 just wanted
to see what you'd do with this
one" And everybody laughed
including La2zerl.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY

New York, May 19.-U.R)-The
leopard has changed his spots in
the major league pennant races.
The American League, which Or
dinarily puts on a runaway, is
staging a Close, ding-dong battle
after the first month of play. The
National League, famous for its
dog eat-dog scraps is in the
throeS of a pursuit race.
Only Az games separate the
league leading Philadelphia ASh-
leticS from the tail-end st. Louis
Browns in the American League
One days results can Shake-up
the entire American league stand
ings. The AS are only .009 per-
centage points ahead Of the sec
ond place Yanks and game and a
half in front OF the fourth-place
Tigers.
In the National League the
Pittsburgh Pirates broke on top,
and have set a dizzy pace which
temporarily has turned the race
into a runaway. The Pirates have
won II out of their first 26 games.
The fastest start the club has
made in 20 years.
Pittsburgh has been winning
consistently without heavy h:t-
ting. The club batting average IS
1862. placing the Pirates in sew
enth place Just ahead of the feeble
Boston Bees. The Pirates nave
been travelling on Their pitching
with Joe Bowman, Ed Brandt, Cy
Blanton. and Bill Swift carrying
the main load.
Nest of the National league
strength seems to be in the WeSV'
with only the New York Giants
showing enough strength to bat
tie the we@SernerS on even terms.
The Giants hitting has been lght'
with Mel OFT in the worst slump
of his career, but they have been
be- ting good pitching from Huo-
bell, Castleman, Melton, Schu-
maCher although he has lost
iour games.
The Chicago Cubs, who have
been struggling along with SIX
regulars out with injuries, ap-
parently have hit their stride with
return of Billy JurgeS, Tex Carl
ton and Gabby Hartnett TO the
lineup and moved back into first
division. The st. Louis Cardinals
need pitchers, with only DIZZY
and Lon Warneke to carry the
entire pitchig burden.
The Cincinnati Reds, who IoSt
@ out of their first 10 games, nm
allv have swung into action ano
won 7 out of their last II. The ao-
dition OF first baseman Baxter
Jordan from the Bees has helpeo
the attack.
The biggest surprise of the year
has been furnished by The Phila-
delphia Athletics. Connie MACK
has come up with three fine young
pitchers in George Caster a.
Williams ad Bud Thomas ana d
veteran IN Lynn Nelson. Connie
Mack describes his club as
bunch of boys who won't quit
The Yankees have been in a
batting slump. and have failed tc
show the all-round power WINCH
characterized their play last year
Their pitching has been spotCS
but sudden development OF opuc
Chandler, rookie right-hander
may remedy that problem.
Cleveland has pitching ad pow
or but is having trouble with ltS
infeld. The Tigers have power
bur; can't get consistent pitching
The absence of Schoolboy Rowe
now suspended without pay unEl n,sl
he gets in shape, has hurt the
Tigers considerably. ,
The Boston Red SoX have
batted balanced club than a yea
ago, but the recent injury .S Se
manager Joe Groin temporary
has robbed the team OF iVs srat a
oITg Washington, after diSma
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
Notes
from the
Press Box
Rn GEORGE KIRKSEY
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY

DN oGoAkNH
United Press Staff Correspondent
New York, May 19.-UP)-Notes
from a big league press box:
Pepper Martin doesn't like to be
called John" insisting that his
mother named him, johnny
His full name is Johnny Leonard
Roosevelt Martin When he is
on an Eastern trip with the
Cardinals he wears the same suit
and tie the entire junket although
his wife makes him take six suits
and about As ties with him
He's trying to save enough money
to buy an alfalfa farm in Okla
homa when he's through with
baseball
Fred Farmhouse, Brooklyn pit
cher. can't sleep the night before
| if he knows he's going to WORK
the next day, so Burleigh GRIMES
has been "sneaking" assignments
for him Detroit players are
divided on who's the fastest,
Gerald Walker or Jo-Jo White :.
Mickey Cochrane says White can
beat Walker in a foot-race from
home plate to first base but that
Walker would win in a lOO-yaro
dash.
Three whispering campaigns are
going the rounds, and none OF
them seem TO have any founda-
ton of truth . They say Gaooy
Hartnett's arm is dead, that Al
Simmons is plate shy because ne
afraid he'll get hit in the heao
and that Bob Feller has glass
arm" and will never be able tc
pitch again Before the sum-
mer's over this trio is likely tc
send the whisperers scurrying for
cover . . . Joe DiMaggio's weak
ness is a low liner hit in front
of him. .
Every time a new pitcher oeatS
the Yanks they berate him.
After Monty stratton, White so1
youngster, stopped them witt
seven hits the Yanks SAID NJ
didn't have thing WHel
Lyn Nelson, Athletics shacKleo
them they squawked he was Vam'
pering with the ball and even made
the umpire examine the catcherE
glove to see if he had a foreign
instrument concealed to nick Ihe
ball.
Credit Dick Coffman, Giants
relief pitcher, with one OF the oeS'
cracks of the season AIVei
watching Bob Smith, cagey Boston
Bees pitcher hit fungoes TO Cne
outfield for a while, Coffman salo
Look, that old bird won't ever
give himself a good ball to hlI aU'
When a scribe visits the
Pirates dugout Coach Jewell Ems
greets them with, "Oh, so you Only
comes around when we win.
Woody English of Brooklyn sayE
Arky Vaughan is a "WhlStllhs
shortstop" I've been watching
him a lot" says English. "ano
he whistles to himself during
game. He's the first player I eVel
saw do that" Jumping Jo'
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
AMERICAN LEAGUE

St. Louis at Washington-HlIde-
brand VS.. Weaver.
Detroit at Philadelphia-Sorrell
VS.. Caster.
Chicago at New York-Lee VS..
BroaCa.
Cleveland at Boston-Allen VS..
OStermueller.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
3 4 s E B A L L
By GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

start, has righted itself and is
battling its way back into the
race. The Senators slow start
was due principally to weak hit
ting and the absence of Shortstop
Cecil Travis because of an injury.
The Chicago White Sox have a
promising pitching staff but have
been weak az the plate. The st.
Louise Brown have a powerful at
tack but are worse off for pitch
erS than any major league club.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
Pirales Topple AS
kalIcrs Scatters 9
lits: Cubs Move Up


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The daily independent., 1937-05-20
Habits of Swan Family

Swans are not reared extensively
in this country but are favorite or
namental birds in England. The fe-
male makes her nest Of sticks and
rubbish near water, in which she
lays from six TO eight large greenish
white eggs and matches them in
about six weeks.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
Carl HubbeU Beats Dean To Continue Victory String
Players, Ushers and Fans Stage
Free-for-AII Fight In St. Louis
Dean and Ripple Set OFF
Spark That Causes
All the Trouble
BY FRED r. COPELAND
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
st. Louis, May 19. -U.R)-A
near-record week day crowd OF
baseball fans jammed into Sports
mans Park today to see pitching
duel between Dizzy Dean of the
st. Louis Cardinals and Carl Ow-
en- Hubbell of the New York
Giants. they saw pitching, fisti-
cuffs, a near riot, and a few
flashes from the Dean tempera-
ment thrown in.
The long standing rivalry be-
tween the Giants and the Cardl-
mails flashed into an open fight in
the 9th inning, with the Giants
leading three to one, when Dizzy
and Mickey Owen Of the Cards
and Jimmy Ripple of the Giants
exchanged swings, starting a fight
in which all members of both
teams and a few nearby fans par
ticipated.
The Giants won the ball game,
4 to /, giving Hubbell his sixth
win of the year and his 22nd con-
secutive victory.
Dizzy di~played one burst OF
temperament in the sixth inn
ing. when Umpire George Barr
ruled that he made a balk in
pitching to Dick Bartell, Giants
shortstop. Dizzy threw down his
g.ove, protested to Barr, and IL
nally walked off the field, where
he stayed until the Cards mana
ger. frankie FriSch, persuaded hlm
to get back into the game.
In the ninth inning, the Dean
VS.. Giants duel, which by this
time nearly overshadowed the duel
between him and Hubbell, flared
into open warfare.
Jimmy Ripple, batting for the
Giants in the ninth, beat out a
slow roller to Brown. Although
Brown fumbled the ball it went
for a hit. The play at first was
close. and Umpire Stark's decision
Of safe was Immediately protected
by Mize and Dean. During the
word battle, Diz walked over TO
Ripple and spoke to him in low
tone.
Riled by the remark, Ripple be-
gan swinging, and Diz retaliated.
Mickey Owen Joined the fray,
and even Paul Dean, Dizzy's bro
ther. who is nursing a sore arm,
tried to fight. Fans and players OF
both teams joined in a general
melee at first bace until the UNI
pires and few policemen separ-
ated the gladiators.
Ripple stayed on first. McCar-
thy was hit by a pitched ball.
Danning, batting for Mancuso'
doubled, scoring Ripple from Sec
ond and sending Mccarthy to
third. Whitehead famed.
Hubbell bore down in the last
half of the ninth, and the Cards
went scoreless.
The Cards had opened the
games scoring when Joe Medwick
. hit one of Hubbell's slants for a
homer in the second inning. From
, then until the sixth, Dizzy had
the Giants well in hand, but the
balk and a dropped fly by Pepper
Martin in the sixth inning gave
the Giants an advantage they
never lost.
Cardinal officials said the crowd
of 26,399 was believed to be the
largest ever to see single week.
day game in st. Louis.
During the fight, Don Gutter
idge, Cards third baseman, re-
ceived a gash under his right eye.
The Cardinals charged he was
struck from behind.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
TOday's Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE

st. Louis at " aShington.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brooklyn at Chicago ButcheT
VS.. Parmelee.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh-La-
Master VS.. Swift.
New York at St. Louis-Melton
VS.. Harrell.
Only games -cheduledD.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
National League
Yesterdays Results
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago 3, Brooklyn l.
Philadelphia 5. Pittsburgh 4.
New York 4. St. Louis l.
Boston 3. Cincinnati !.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
II. llinch River

- --.- -.-e- rises among the
- ~ -.awestern part Of
-. ..s into Tennessee,
ne valley between
'-- e.. ~ and Powell noun
e.. .s with the Holston at
49,. . form the Tennessee
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brooklyn at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh.
Boston at Cincinnati.
New York at st. Louis.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
Probable Pitchers For
Major League Games

New York. May 19.-(UH)-Prob-
able pitchers for tomorrow's major
league games follow:
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
First Message by Telegraph

The first messages over the pio-
neer long distance telegraph line
were sent by Samuel F. B. Morse
from Baltimore to Washington in
1874 Immediately there sprang up
throughout the country projects for
"naenesic telegraph" companies.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detroit 9. Washington 0.
Washington 9, st. Louis 8.
Chicago-New York, rain.
Cleveland Boston, rain.
The daily independent., 1937-05-20

Mammoths Preserved in Ice
Mammoths are occasionally dis
covered in Siberia perfectly pre-
served in the ice for 10000 years
The daily independent., 1937-05-20
Co,soction Boxes in 1868

Fancy CONNECTION Boxes III I0Oo
Fancy boxes as containers LOT
chocolates and other confectionery
uora first introduced in 1863
The daily independent., 1937-05-20

United Press Staff Correspondent
Detroit, May l9.-URJ-Walter
o. Briggs. owner of the Detroit
Tigers, denied reports tonight that
he hired SluethS to investigate the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-07-23
SUPREME LIBERTY LIFE INSURANCE
representatives VISITS NJ DOWELL COUNTY
N#**A*+t+tFA#*k

Inc we-known and outstanding Insurance Company whose
headquarters is in the city of Chicago particularly Sup
Liberty Life Building South Parkway No 3511 was well
represented by two of the outstanding representatives in
the county. They Honorable L. Powell state Naag-
er of Charleston West Virginia accompanied by the
Hon Bert NJ Rody head of the conservation department
above named company who without doubt one Of the most
widely known and successful business throughout
he country having been fnancer of standing for
many years head of million dollar Bank and by the
biggest POLITICIANS the country as one Of the strongest Re
rubicans of his having close friend and associates
the Late Booker Warrington in his early manouvngs along
Educational lines, and close friend Church
and Perry Howard well Finley Wilson operates
from the Home office in Chicago visiting friends making
contact and furhering the work investigating conditions
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-07-23
THANKS

DIR. w. V. Bridgford died
early Saturday morning in the
Lakin hospital, Lakin, VIVA.
after his removal from the
home of Miss Rosa Cecil in
TaZewell, Virginia.
He had been i'll for 6 months
but was not considered in an
immediate danger until his con-
dition grew worse short time
before his death.
The body was removed tC
Kimball undertaking company
Kimball, West Virginia, to be
prepared for burial which took
place in the Pocahontas GENE
terry, Pocahontas, Virginia.
We wish to thank all who
helped during the illness and
death Nof our dear friend, DIR
Bridgeford.
Mrs. Grace Cecil and Daughters
Misses Roa and Nellie Cecil, OF
Tazewell, Virginia.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-07-23
DENTAL CLINIC HEAD
URGES CHILDREN BE
GIVEN EXAMINATION

DR.. l. l.. Bclch"r. head Of the
Mcdowell County dental clinic
has announced that aS many
children as possible should be
brought to the clinic in Wclch
during the summer months for
treatment Of their teeth before
the school term begins u
Scpicmbcr. DR.. BcIchcr cs-
pccially urged that children ON
icring school for the time be
brought TO his office for exam
nation.
The offices Of the dental
clinic are located in the old
Merchants and Miners bank
building and are open 10 the
public from Q a. m. until > p. m.
each day.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-07-23
NATIONAL JAIL ROBBER
FORMER PHIIOSOPY

A story is very wildly relat-
ed by Mr.. Jake Haskin' who has
a very strong memory. He re-
lated story on the famous and
venerable Jail Robher. 1t was
wherein he represented the
State as an assistant And
when he heard that the man
had been turned loose made the
statement like this: Il don't
believe God is as now as he
used to be because He killed
Annanias and Saphira for lying
but now Negroes and white
folks can get by, be turned loose
on the most frivilous Lies. -
God of the foreftahers, killed
them for lying but courts now
turn them loose for the same.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-07-23
MESSAGE TO US. SENATORS
BY FRANK GANNETT

This pieae meal Court pack
ing compromise is no less dis
honest. reprhcnSiblc. 4 II d
dangerous than the first bill.
Indentifical in purpose and only
slightly slower in accomplish
ment than he President $
original proposal. This bill,
too, will lp defeated by over
whelming popular opinion 4
the Senate debate is prolonged
until the country understands
the ultimat" rffect of such
legislation.
The Presidents drive for
this bill is an attempt by pat
ronagc, coercion and false APP
reals to party loyalty, To des-
troy an independent and to
substitute subscrvicnt judicl
AIRY. 1t is an attempt TO force
the Congress- to lcEiSlahr pow
rrS established by the conStitut
ION. Such change i'm our fund
amrntal law is not Il legitimate
subject for lcgiSlatiN" action.
No such bill should have been
submitted to the Congress cX-
ccpt as a propoal for a Congsh-
tutional amcndmrnt for the
people themselves to debate and
determine.
The people gave no mandate
TO pack their court. Platform
pledges were against it. Com
mon honesty fsrbids it. Even
the desperate resort TO Senate
gag rule will not forestall the
peoples uprising against it.
Speaking for a great body
of men and women both part
les and all crecds and occupa-
lions, residents in every state
we assure you that the people
will fully realize IL sinister
purpose OF this legislation, and
will rally nov and in the future
TO support those faithful ser
wants who fight TO the finish.
Thousands have assured that
this Issue transccndS party
Hires and that they have plcdE
cd themselves ANIL their fam
lilies never TO forget how their
representatives meet this cris-
is. They will uphold you III Il
filibuStcr an d every other
honorable means to defeat this
unrightcous attack upOn Il
democratic control by the PEG
pie Of their Constitutional gov
eminent.