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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-04
Harmony Lodge

Frederick Trosko was elected worshipful master Of Harmony Lodge at last nights meeting Of the chapter held ct Masonic Temple.
 Others elected were senior war. den, William A. Rosie: junior war; den, Norman Kunde. secretary, John A. Mckay; treasurer, VII. liam II. Stahl; trustees, William IT. Callan, Robert s. Walker and Harley W. Tripp; board of relief, Joseph Wilhelm and Adam Cal. Ian; and temple cooperation, F.. Harold Coley,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-04
tBY UP0o ANAANA)

auite probably the reader would like to know who Is "vpee Anaens," Q pronounced ii.;. ' "eePe.e 'l '..!, AsNAsAsNA," This, it Is not my intention te disclose, for the cen. tents Of this embryonic column, dependent on what amount Of ihs tefest may be expressed by readers t0 the writer for It's frequency in thb newspaper, will, from time 10 time, relate te personal experience iR various parts Of the world and the personal pFenetiil, Of necessity, must appear unfestFietedly,
 But aS to the derivation Of the nom de plume, that B something else. lt is C real name and the writer Is known by it in several islands south Of the equator n tlie Pacific Ocean.
 About ten years ago ! was on. gagged Tn writing publicity for MetF0s d0idWynsMayeF, tho mos ti0n picture company, AB you knew. 4 iengsBuiferliig company had arrived at papeete, T'ahili, largest settlement in the Society fslands. The picture was, "White Shadows in the South Seas" and theFeIl Do more Of this pietures making in the South Seas at a iater date. If you want iL
 Among the numerous native OK. tPaB were two sisters, Teute and Sara, pronounced Tay.tay and BaiisFah. They were lovely gold. en-skiHned children and their dancing was sseh that they d0u: bied for the two professional principals iR the filming Of the picture ii most Of the action,
 We became friends, in faet, nest Of the Tahitian members Of the caste of the picture troupe were Well-kn0Wn t0 me, before aiid after the Aim WAS complete, Tine Tahltians are children, all, They laugh easily, cry easily, sing and dance through llfe with no more care than that they est and sleep,
 And there js little t0 worry them about the physical aspects Of llvs ing, So far as food is concerned, my "fF0nt yaFd", (the Pacific was really tiaD 0n the Island Of Mo0Fea, nearby Tahiti, contained breadfFuit, lines larger than lein'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
A. H. DRAKE IS
GIVEN BURIAL
Died Suddenly Monday
Rites at Pleasant Hill
Church Today

Funeral services for Albert II.
Drake. Al. resident of the Valley
Hill section, who died suddenly
yesterday morning as n result OF
a heart attack. were held this at
tcrnooa at $3.50 o'clock NJ the
Pleasant Hill Baptist church.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. Carl Blythe. Active pallbear-
ers were II. b. Drake, Louis
Drake, Lincell Higgins. Roy
Drake, Foulds Drake, and Edward
Corn.
Honorary pailbcarerS were Min
ter jackson, Gather Stepp, Will
lizard Pace, john Drake, Lumb
Laughter, Has Grey, Clyde Banc,
Mack Mcleod, and Denies JUS
tuS.
Mr.. Drake died suddenly yes
tcrday morning while working at
the home Of John X. Elson, near
OsceOla Lake. Coroner Bruce A:
Cox made an investigation and
expressed the belief that death
was due to heart attack.
Mr.. Drake is survived by his
widow, one son, Donald Drake,
and one daughter, Margle Drake
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
BELIEVE MANY
PHASES0F ACT
NOW UPHELD
But Full Import Of Mon
days Decisions Not
Yet Known
RESTUDY OF BASIC
CASE CALLED FOR

WASHINGTON, Mar. 80 (UP)
Opinions reversing presidents and
validating New Deal leg station
headed the supreme court toward
its Wagner labor act decision to-
day-a decision of vital impor-
lance to labor and industry and
the outcome of the controversy
surrounding the court itself.
The Wagner act cases, growing
in Importance with the spread Of
labor strife, remained the impor-
tant undecided issue on the courts
docket with the disposition Of q
series Of cases, deci ion Of which
may affect the lives Of millions.
It appeared certain that the
women's minimum wage laws en-
acted by 16 states and the District
Of Columbia might become imn,e.
diately operative as a result OF
the tribunals having completely
reversed itself Yesterday to up
hold such legislation.
Many of the provisions Of the
Wagner labor relations act also
were believed sustained as a re-
suit of the courts ruling on the
railway labor act. The decision
was so guarded by limitation, how
ever, that no broad construction
could be placed on 1t.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30

WASHINGTON, Mar. 30. (UP)
A majority of the house rebelling
against efforts of the Democratic
leadership to sidetrack anti-lynch-
ing legislation, last night COM
pleted a petition which will force
the controversial issue to a vote
on April IL.
The petition, sponsored by Rep
resentativc Joseph A. Gavagan,
D., n. Y, requires that his anti
lynching bill be considered within
seven legislative days under a
rule limiting general debate to
six hours. Sixteen representatives
signed the petition today, making
n total of 21S signatures, the
number necessary to bring mea-
sure to the floor without commit
tee action. .
Gayagan's bill, providing for
federal prosecution of municipal
and county officers who fail 20
protect prisoners from mob vio'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
RETIRED RAIL
CHIEF IS dead
7. D. Rhodes, Former Ex.
ecutive Passes Monday
at Asheville

ASHEVILLE, March 80. -
Thomas D. Rhodes, 81, retired
railroad executive, died at the
home of his son, Bonsall Rhodes,
here Monday afternoon. Funeral
services will be conducted We'd
nesday afternoon here with burial
in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Rhodes is survived by two
sons, Bonsall Rhodes and Captain
Lowell Rhodes, both of Asheville.
Mr.. Rhodes wife died in October,
1884.
Mr.. Rhodes was born on April
81, 1856. He was the son of Rev.
Daniel Rhodes, a distinguished
Clergyman and descendant Of an
old Maryland family. He was for
many years a resident of Cincin-
natl. He was u trustee of the
young mems library, q member OF
the board CT directors Of the Gin
cinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia
and the Cincinnati Belt Line rail-
roads, member Of the board Of
governors Of the Sons of the Rev.
olution and was identified with
several Of Cincinnatis clubs. Prac.
tically the whole Of Mr.. Rhodes
life was spent in the railway SER
vice, rising from the position of
private secretary to that Of pres
ident, after having held success
sively the offices Of general pas.
senger agent, traffic manager and
general manager Of various rail-
roads.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
House Revolt Forces Anti-Lynching
Bill Vote; Issue To Come Up April Il

lence, is one of SO anti-lynchlngg
measures which have been bottled
up in the house judiciary commit
tee. ,.,,,,
They have been fought bitterly
bv Chairman Hatton W. sum
ners, D., Tex, who says lynchlngs
are a local problem and that the
government has no right to inter-
fere. ..L
Impelled by growing strength
of the anti-lynching forces sum
ners last week ordered public
hearings beginning Wednesday on
the pending bills, hoping to crys-
tallize opposition to them. TINS
spurred supporters of the drastic
Gavagan bill to complete their
vote-forcing petition.
Summers said hearings would
proceed as scheduled. He declined
to comment on reports that the
house leadership might maneuver
a compromise bill to the floor
ahead of the Gavagan bill
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
New Mattson Kidnap Suspect Is
Strikingly Like Man F.B.l. Seeks

NAMED secluded at his quarters
in a rooming house. He left q
black sedan with Washington IL
cense plates parked in the street
for week.
At the time of his arrival. ne
wore a beard. He shaved it on IN
jail. The sheriff said at the time
of his arrest, he did not have the
Mattson KIDNAPPING case in mind.
Later he was scanning the rogues
gallery and came upon the picture
of the Tacoma kidnaper. which
was merely an artists conception,
drafted in the department of JUS
tice laboratory in Washington
from the meager clues and de-
scriptions that the federal agents
had assembled.
The sheriff said the resemblance
between the image of his prisoner
"nearly knocked me off my chair"
Alex Street, 63-year-old depart
ment of justice agent from Ell
Continued on page six)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
REBELS DENY REVOLT
N THEIR TERRITORY

HgNDAYE. FRANCO = SPAN
tSH FRONTIER. March so. (UP)
Nationalist sources today admit
III ina. between 200 and 800 10y
k.s.S who infltrated the Carlist
kv5e units at Valladolid to stil
!, iisa=ection had been arrested
nd about half Of them executed,
Authorities here denied rumorS
"a. there was an uprising in the
sbsl territory.
Pots against the life Of the
F,aEish rebel dictator, Francisco
areo. we're reported last night
} have resulted in the firing
GGai executions Of nearly 100
p,tsr' as an aftermath of scat
''st OatcroDpiugS of revolt in
Z armies, frontier reports said
Is night.
Tie most serious uprising was
PoTted from MOrOccO-whcrc
aneo's revolution was born last
ny, Fifty COnSpiratorS were ex-
Sg,et there.
several hundred Moroccan mill
az officials and civilians were
e9'''sd 10 have becn arrested.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
pUCE ORDERS MEN
10 BRING VICTORY

WNh, March 30.-(UP).-
Saler Benito MuSsolini last
snI vas reported TO have dis
.,Sned secret orders to officers
lrsandlng the Italian "voiun-
S N Spain, ordering them TO
~ about a rebel victory.
T. Vace, i was said, has decid-
-. .o' % risk precipitating retail
e. ~ iron France-and perhaps
VA - by sending more men
more materials 10 the insur-
!, - s2a'tcironts now and is anx-
'9' the Italian units already
" % provide a major victory
y. ~ more c Italians will be sent 10
- IeneraliSSimo Franco, ac-
-, % informed diplomats,
~ he situation becomes SO
s.s'e and Mussolin?s entire
49,, sa policy and prestige is en-.
! l, : lnSistent, however, that
,ir,,%~'J,a hs in Spain-variously
.DO0oS az between $4,000 and
kog,,$;,-SnaIl not imperil his
b. ;, a By any further defeats
ic,S,ae one Of the Guadala,
'1'n'inued on page sikh
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
Illness Fatal To
Mrs. Ida F. Stepp
Funeral To Be Wednesday
at Wesleyan Church

Mrs. Ida Fleetwood Stepp,
wife of Riley Stepp, died last
night at II o'clock at ner home
on the Edneyvillc road. She had
been i'll since last October.
Funeral services will be held on
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Wesleyan Meth d i s t
church and burial will follow IN
Oakdale cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
two daughters, and five sons.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted by the Revs. w. NJ. Phaup
and S. +. Huntley. Active pail
bearers will be Belvin and Dewey
Sherman, Guy Vaughn, Jerome
Vaughn, Foy Marlowe and Jay
Ballard.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Kirk Kuykendall, William kuy-
kendall, Tench Godshaw, Newt
Lanning, George Drake, Ebert
Drake, Hubert Justice and Ernest
Hyder.
Flower girls will be Dorothy
Hyder, Edna Stepp, Margaret
Duncan, Isabel and Louise King
and Velma Stepp.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
MAN In ATLANTA IS
MATTSON SUSPECT

ATLANTA, Ca, March So
(UP).-A suspect in the Charles
Mattson, Jr., kidnapping case
found in a "hobo jungle" near
here, last night was ordered held
"for further investigation" after
being questioned by police and
federal bureau of investigation
agents.
The suspect, who gave his name
as Ralph c. Anderson, Harrisburg:
Pa, answered the description OF
young Mattson's kidnaper, police
said. Anderson told authorities ne
had travelled extensively in the
Pacific Northwest and the State
of Washington.
The Mattson child was kidnapped
from his home last Dec. ~, and
was found murdered near Spokane
several weeks later.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30

TUCUMCARI. N. NJ, March 80.
(UP).-A man with a cleft chin,
mis-shapen nose and fine dark hair
on his arms-ftting the depart
ment of Justices image of the kid
naper of 10-year-old Charles Matt
son Of Tacoma, Wash.-was held
for questioning today in the coun-
ty jail. =,
Federal agents examined him
closely and made more than 20
long-distance telephone calls dur
ing the night. One was under
stood to have been to j. Edgar
Hoover. chief of the federal bu-
reau of investigation, who was alb
sent from his office in Washing
ton today. The agents here worked
briskly. :.
The prisoner gave his name as
Vern Charlton and said he lived
near Tacoma. He was arrested
last Thursday by Sheriff Fred
White, on suspicion. He had been
in the city eight days and re-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
TRIPLE EASTER
KILLING BALKS
POLICE IN N. Y.
Police Further Question
Man Said Due for
Release

NEW YORK, March 80. CUP
Admittedly baffled by the Easter
Staying of Veronica Gedeon, pref,
" artists model, her mother ant
their lodger, police conferred theil
investigation today upon a form
cr roomcr at the Gedeon home.
George Gucret, 40 year ole
French-born chauffeur, in whose
room detectives found bloody
handkerchiefs, was still question,
ed early today, although it had
been announced that he was OK
onerated and would be released
Gueret said that he had used the
handkerchiefs to stop nosebleeds
and his landlady, Mrs. Ella Peter
son, confirmed this, police said.
With only a few strands OF
gray hair and the bits of skin
found beneath the 20-year-olt
models fingernails as the only
clues, police sought other ac'
quaintances of the victims fol
questioning. Until late last night
many friends Of the girl and her
mother, Mrs. Mary Gedeon, pa
raded in and out of the East 5lst
street police station, but police
said their efforts TO "break" the
case had been in vain. They ad.
mitted that their last remaining
hope of finding the man who at
tackled and strangled the two wo'
men and stabbed the ledger,
Frank Byrnes, 35, to death with
an ice pick early Sunday morn.
ing lay in the chemical analysis OF
the gray hair and skin.
The autopsy showed that Miss
Gedeon had been drinking heavily
before her death. The analysis OF
her organs showed an alcoholic
intensity of three-plus, one under
the saturation point. DR.. Thomas
A. Gonzales who performed the
autopsy said that external indica,,
tions we're that both mother and
daughter had been criminally as
Saulted.
Police were particularly inter
estcd in the private life and al
fairs of the slain model, and cues,
toned Stephen Butter, wal
street securities messenger, about
the girls activities Saturday
night. ,, ,,,o
Except for the person who pre-
sun,abIv waited inside the Beck
man Hill apartment for the mod,
els return, Butter was the ias'
person to see the girl alive. he
said he left her at the door OF
her apartment at 3 a. M, Sunda!
morning after chatting with he1
on the stair landing for about III
Continued on page six)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
NEW EFFORTS MADE
FOR LABOR POLICY
UNDER VALID LAW

WASHINGTON, Mar. 80 (UP)
Supreme court affirmation OF con-
stitutionalty Of the railway labor
act today spurred new efforts OF
federal officials and members OF
congress to devise a national Ia
Dor policy based upon that law;
First move was the dispatch Tor
study by Speaker of the House
William B. Bankhead Of an eight
point national labor policy pro-
gram drafted by a high govern
ment officer. The measure fol
lowed closely the outlines OF tne
rail labor legislation UNANIMOUSLY
upheld by the court.
The eight-point PROGRAM was
only one Of several such measures
being drafted. However, no hnai
action was expected on any LABOR
LEGISLATION prior to supreme court
determination Of the Wagner Ia
Dor act tests and conclusion OF Ine
fight over President Roosevelt S
judiciary proposals.
On another front. labor depart
ment officials studied closely the
courts Washington state minimum
wage decision. Officiols interested
in drafting wages and hours legls-
lation to he substituted for the
outlawed NRA saw significance IN
passage Of Chief Justice Charles
Evans Hughes opinion which said :
"The hare cost Of living must
be met. We may take judicial no.
tice Of the UNPARALLELED demands
for relief which arose during the
recent period Of depression and
still continue to be an alarming
extent DESPITE the degree Of eco
nomic recovery which has been
achieved the community is not
bound to provide what is in effect
Continued on page Sky
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
HUGHES POINTS TO
ECONOMIC CHANGE

WASHINGTON, Mar. 3U, (Uf)
The supreme court yesterday re-
yersed itself to uphold constitu->
tionality Of Washington states
minimum wage law for women
and, at the same time. broke a
"log jam" Of cases which have
piled up since President Roosevelt
proposed reorganization Of the
court.
The court ended a ii year prec.
edent of constitutional interpreta-
ton in the Washington state case
when Justice Owen ]. Roberts
switched from the conservative"
group, with which he voted year
ago, to the liberals" The deci-
sion reopened the field Of mini.
mum wages. maximum hours and
working conditions to state regu-
lation.
This ruling was the hiehlight Of
a crowded session in which the
court:
1. Upheld constitutionality of
the railway labor act as amended
by the Roosevelt administration in
1884 along the lines OF the still
to.be-decided Wagner labor act.
2. Upheld constitutional!ty Of
the reenacted Frazier-Lemke farm
mortgage moratorium, designed to
help debt-ridden farmers keep
possession of their property.
8. Took jurisdiction of tests in
volving consttutionality Of the
unemployment tax provisions OF
the federal social security act, ap-
parently assuring q ruling before
June. -,
The minimum wage decision
was historic in importance because
it fatty overruled the courts pre-
vious decision in 1923 in q case
technically known as Adkins VS..
Children's Hospital. =.
It turned on the plea OF Elsie
Parrish, $12 a week chamhermaid
in a Wenatchee, WASH. hotel for
back wages under an almost Tor.
gotten state law under which
s14.50 was fixed as the minimum
for her type Of labor.
In the majority opinion Hughes
maintained that the ruling OF the
Washington State supreme court
upholdinp the law called for
Reorganization" Of the Adkins
decision.
But the minority, comprising
Justices Willis Van Devanter,
James Clark McReyno'ds, Pierce
Butler and George Sutherland IN
an opinion read by the latter, held
that the "only true remedy IN
cases of this sort was to change
the constitution.
The law was not enacted as
part of any New Deal welfare
program, having been passed in
1918. It fell into disuse and, &C.
cording to attorneys who argued
the cast last December, was re-
Continued on page Sky : !:
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
france Protests Rebel Smelling OF Ship
Declares Lewis
Pledged Against
New Sit Downs

WASHINGTON, Mar. 30. (UP)
Representative Martin Dies, d.,
Tex, said yesterday that John l..
Lewis had instructed his CIO
licutenantS TO call no more sit
down strikes and that the action
had been communicated TO Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt.
81 am now calling upon them
(ClO leaders, 10 make public
what they already have done Sc
crctly," Dies said.
The Texan had stated earlier
that President Roosevelt has suf-
ficicnt emergency power to sup
press Shutdown strikes, despite
statements to the contrary made
by Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins and Senate Majority
Leader Joe I. Robinson, D., Ark.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
U.A.W. STRIKE
FARLEY SAID
DEADLOCKED
Final Action Awaits Lewis
Return to Lansing, Is
Declared
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR
TO SEEK NEW LAWS

LANSING, March 30. (UP)-A
deadlock over the United Autono.
bile Workers demand for sole col
lective bargaining rights in plants
of the Chrysler corporation was
reported here today as union lead
crs resumed their conference with
Walter P. Chrysler.
Close advisers believed that the
deadlock would not be broken un-
til John L. Lewis, CIO chieftain,
and head of the United Mine
Workers returns here from New
York, where he is engaged in ne
gotiating new agreement be-
tween workers and the Appa-
lachian miring operators.
Meantime, it was predicted that
legislation to end strikes would be
passed in Michigan.
Gov. Frank Murphy indicated
in this connection that he will
seek an expansion Of Michigan's
labor laws, which may make this
state the proving ground of new
labor relations legislation in the
United States.
A labor relations act and mini
MUM wage LEGISLATION are key
parts Of the labor program which
Governor Murphy will seek as a
result of the sit-down strike
plague.
After yesterdays conference,
when recess was taken until IL
a. m. today, Governor Murphy
had said there was growing con-
fidence" between the negotiators.
Much of the session was devoted
to a discussion Of the supreme
court decision upholding the rail-
way labor act.
JAW leaders seized upon the
decision to further their claims
that they have the right to bar
gain collectively for all Of Chrys-
ler's $1,000 automobile workers.
UNFOLDING Of the railway labor
act in the high tribunal established
the principle that a union repre-
senting 81 per cent of q railroads
workers has the right to bargain
exclusively. UAWA claims to rep
resent 81 per cent Of the Chrysler
employees.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
FIND ARMY FIGHTER
WRECK AND 2 BODIES

MARCH FIELD, Cal, Mar. 80.
fUP).-The incinerated bodies of
Lieut.. Robert C. Love, 26, and
Private Emory J. Parsons, %,
were found late Monday in the
wreckage of an armv "fohter,"
which crashed in the San Bernar-
dino mountains Saturday night.
Both flyers had been killed in
stantlv by the impact before the
exploding engine ignited the
wreckage, searchers reported.
The bodies were burned beyond
recognition.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
Senator Holt Charges His Support
In Court Plan Sought In Return
For Privilege To Suggest Nominee
Bankhead and Bilbo Offer
Legal Changes as
to Court

WASHINGTON, Mar. 80. CUP
Sen. Rush ID. Holt, D., W. Va,
charged in the senate yesterday
that Assistant Attorney General
Joseph Keenan, sought to obtain
his support for President Roose-
vclt'S supreme court rcorganlza-
ton program in return for the
privilege of suggesting Il nominee
for federal judgcship.
keenan, admitted talking to
Holt but denied mentioning the
court plan. 81 am At loss TO UNI
dcrstand how the extending of the
usual courtesy consulting con-
gressmen on appointments in their
constituencies) TO the senator
from West Virginia could have
been misunderstood by him." Kee-
nan said. "Therc was no excep-
ton to the usual procedure fol-
loved by this office in Sen. Hollis
case. never mentioned the pres
ident's court plan to Sen. Holt in
my life or made q direct or lndi-
rect reference to him.
Hollis charge prompted Senator
Hugo L. Black, d., Ala, to de-
mand that anyone charging that
patronage is being used to bride
a senator be forced to prove it.
"For fourteen MONTHS" Holt
countered, 81 was not even con-
suited about a janitorship in my
state. Then, shortly after the
presidents plan was announced a
high official Of the justice depart
ment-Joe Keeuan--called me o9-
the phone and asked me if ]
would suggest somebody for
judgeship in West Virginia.
"He didn't say that he was Of
fcring me the judgeship in return
Continued on page siX)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-30
ROOSEVELT FAILED TO REVEAL
FULL. COURT CHANGE PROGRAM
Saw Greater Opposition to
Special Constitutional
Cases Only

WASHINGTON, Mar. 80 CUP
Erwin Griswold, Harvard Univers'
ity professor, today told the sem
ate judiciary committee that he
understood the original New Deal
court plan called for the establish
ment of a new federal constitu-
tional court to which all constitu-
tional cases would have to be APP
pealed, instead Of to the supreme
court. -,
Griswold said that President
Roosevelt decided not to present
the plan because it would bring
forth even more criticism than
has been created by the present
court program.