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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08

Gratings that serve as sidewalks
have been invented to be placed
around trees along city streets to
admit moisture, plant food and
sunlight to their roots.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold, or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with Circumcision.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you ca hot afford to take chance
with any remedy less potent than
Circumcision. which goes right to
the seat Of the trouble and aids ma
ture to Soothe and heal the inflamed
mucous membranes and to loosen
and eXpel the germ-laden phlegm.
Even if other remedies have failed,
don't be discouraged, try Creomul-
sion. Your druggist is authorized to
refund your money il you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene-
fits obtained from the very first
bottle. CreomulSion IS one word-not
two, and it has no hyphen in it.
Ask for 1t plainly, see that the name
on the bottle is CreomulSion, and
you'll get the genuine product and
the relief you want. (Adv.0
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08
Robot Balloons
Get New Data On
'Sun-Burn' Rays
May Make 1t Possible to
Wipe Out ricketts, and
Like Diseases
BY KILLER KRlEGHBAUM
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Oct. s. (UP).
Dr. W. ". CoblcntZ, chief of the
bureau of standards radiation
section. last night disclosed new
findings about the "sun-bun
rays" which may make it possible
TO eradicate ricketts, and kindred
diseases.
As part of a broader program
to gather all possible information
about ultraviolet rays, govern
mcnt experts have sent robot
"ballooniStS" on six flights into
the distant StratoSphcrc. The
newly perfected equipment used
in these preliminary tests has
been able to reach a height of
$4,000 feet or approximately two
miles higher than any human be-
ing ever has assembled.
Data now are being gathered
on the quantity and quality of
ultraviolet rays from the sun be-
fore they strike the ozone layer
which floats from eight to 20
miles above the carth'S surface.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08
SOVIET PLANS
2BATTLESHIPS
Russian Purchases Past
Month Over Half u. S.
Arms Exports

WASHINGTON, Oct. s. (UP)
Soviet Russia. strengthening hel
vast war machine, bought $5,275,-
100 of materials for construction
of two $4,000 ton battlcships with
l6-inch guns from American com
panies in September, state de-
partmcnt announcement revealed
last night.
A report on export licenses is
sued for arms and war materials
showed that the purchases We're
of vessels of war of all kinds,
including aircraft carriers and
submarines. ana armor plate for
such vessels"
The Soviet plan is said to be to
buy the materials in this country,
have them shipped to Russia and
assemble the battleshipS three.
State department officials de
clincd to discuss the Russian pur-
chascs.
Other purchases by the Soviet
government included $2,25O.OOO
worth of artillery guns; $l,5O5,-
600 worth of ammunition, and
$l,0O0,OOO worth Of explosives.
Its entire purchases accounted
for $1O.O57.920 of the total $751;
OS9.5 arms export business dur
ing September.
Russia is known to have strong
submarine fleet, but in naval cir
clcS is counted as weak in capital
ships. Military StratcgiStS believed
that the Russian purchases during
September initiated a campaign
to wipe out the capital ship de-
ficiency.
The 1886 London naval treaty
limited ships to l4-inch guns. ia
pan refused TO join in the agree
ment, and other powers soon at
terward announced new naval
building programs. The United
States plans four new super dread
naughts with 16-inch guns.
The state department report
also showed that China bought
S2,OOO,OOO worth of hand gre
nades and similar weapons and
S6ll,OOO worth of ammunition.
Japan bought $370,050 worth of
non-military aircraft and $59,52l
worth of airplane motors. Argen-
tina bought 81, 492,39l worth of
war materials.
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ada is doing an increasing BUSH
ness in wheat, timber and wood
pulp. The United States is inter-
estcd in long-rangc semi and fully
manufactured goods.
However. the chief sufferer
among the Pacific countries SEEM
ingly will be Japan herself if the
war is long drawn out, and any
condition of affairs which tends
to impovcriSh Japan will almost
inevitably spread suffering and
diSlocation throughout the Far
East.
China'S trade in both imports
and exports last year amounted
To 0.99 per cent of the world to-
tai. aS measured by League of
Nations StatiSticianS. But owing
to the completely of world trade.
a disruption of trade with anv
one country has a cumulative dis
turbing effect. Thus complete
blockade of China would reduce
world trade by much more than
the per cent represented as her
share.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08
SEE DISTRESS
IN ASIA FROM
BLOCK AIDE
Resultant Economic Dislo-
cation May Affect World
Trade, Belief
BY c. I. MAILMAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Oct. 8. CUP)-Ja-
pans blockade of China's sea-
coast is bound to spread distress
and economic dislocation over the
Pacific and may affect world
trade, experts said last night. :,
Although Japan has stressed
she has no intnetion of interior,
ing with goods carried to and
from China in neutral ships, she
already has disturbed the conn
dence of exporters and importers
who are holding back.
China'S exports in August were
valued at 55,000,000 yuan (about
Sl6.5OO.OOO) compared with pa
600, 900 yuan (about $37 ZOO
OOO) in July and 100000 yuan
(about $23,200,000) in August
year ago. The blockade began on
Aug. 25.
Chinese exports in August
plunged from S9,000,000 yuan
(about $26,700,000) in July to
46,000,000 yuan (about Sl3,SOO,-
000) as compared with 55,O0O,OoO
yuan (about Sl6,500,000) in Au-
gust last year.
While China's imports this year
undoubtedly have been swollen by
war supplies purchased at boom
prices, her export trade has been
excellent and promised to exceed
last years by a handsome per-
centage until the bombardmcnt of
Shanghai warehouses and general
decentralization of foreign trade
abruptly checked the purchase
and shipment of Chinese goods.
Up through July China'S eX-
ports were running at the month
~ rate of 81 100000 yuan (about
$24,300,000) compared with the
monthly average last year of only
80, 100000 yuan (about $l7,7OO,-
OO0). This was n 81 per cent IN
crease.
In 1880 China's leading imports
were from countries bordering on
the Pacific. At that time the five
leading imports were cotton man
ufacturcs, raw cotton, rice, sugar
and metals and ores with chcml-
Gals ranking eighth and machn-
cry tenth. But in 1886 China $
leading imports were radically
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changed in character and source.
They now are drawn to a great
er degree from the western world,
especially Germany, and drastic
interference with them will upset
the careful calculations and in
vestments of the powerful nations
i'm the west. In order of impOr-
lance the new leading imports are
metals and ores, oils and fats.
machinery and tools, books, maps
and other paper products, cotton
and manufactures, vehicles and
vessels. miscellaneous metal man.
ufactures and dyes and pigments.
As an induStrialiZcd country,
Japan could theoretically supply
these and presumably intends to
do so, but trade between the bel
ligerentS is of course impossible
at the moment.
In 1896, more than 80 per cent
of China'S total trade was with
five large nations. The British
Empire took first place in both
imports and exports, with the
United States and dependencies
second; Japan. third; Germany,
fourth. and France, fifth.
OF the Pacific countries. Aus
tralia has begun to supply raw
wool for eight new yarn factories
in China. while British India is
deeply interested in the supply OF
raw cotton, raw jutc and new
gunny bags. Java supplies raw
sugar TO nine comparatively new
sugar rctincricS. French lndO-
China exports rice whenever China
suffers shortage. The Dutch East
Indies furnishes oils, while Can
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08

DR.. Coblentz believes that with
additional flights it may be pos
siblc to advise doctors how much
exposure persons sick with rick
cts should have.
Eventually, we hope that it
will be possible for a physician to
prescribe as exactly in a case of
ricketts, as in the administering of
drugs" the scientist said. Lamps
to supply definite, exact amount
of the needed ultraviolet rays
can be developed if we learn
more about measuring these rays
and establish a tandard."
Dr. Coblentz said that the light
weight apparatus which is carried
skyward by three balloons was
able to gather the same infOrma'
ton for scientists as the loo
pound spectrOScOpc used fol
ultraviolet Investigations in hui
man-manncd balloons. Naturally
the human flights obtained Z
great deal of data in dozens OF
different fields whereas the ro
bot flights gathered only stats
ties on ultraviolet rays.
Recent flights into the stratoS,
pherc by the pigmy robots re-
vcaled that the ozone layer varie'
greatly as TO position, sometimes
being as low as seven or eight
miles and at other times being
almost entirely above the l0-milC
level. DR.. COblcntZ said that this
conformcd with previous research
in this country and America and
definitely established the fact
that, like the SO-callcd radio,
roof" many miles higher, the
ozone layer rose and sank accord,
ing to the time of day. the radia,
ton from the sun and other vary
ing factors.
The scientist said that the so,
called "sun-burn rays" which
cover q small span in the invisible
range off from the violet end OF
visible light represent only one.
thOuSandth of the total amount
of solar radiation measured by
weather experts. TO cut off the
visible light and other wave
lengths which would simply blur
the picture. bureau experts have
obtained a photo-electric cell
which responds only to the limit
ed wave lengths.
BY sending this apparatus up
into the sky and recording the
signals it sends out by radio, they
are able to find out just how
much ozone there is. This in turn
gives them the clue on the
amount of ultraviolet radiation
because the ozone layer abSorbs
some of the raybullctS coming
through space from the sun.
BY initiating one of the three
balloons more than the other two.
scientists have found that it will
break and the other two will
cushion the fall of the instru-
mcntS to earth. 4 reward is of
fered for return of the apparatus
but, regardless of neither the in
Strumcnts are returned, the re-
suits have been recorded at the
bureaus radio station.
One of the set of instruments
sent up by the bureau landed
near Raleigh, n. c., while another
floated nOrthward, landing in
New Jersey.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08
PENSION BLIND

OTTAWA, Can. (UP)-Can-
ada'S blind will soon begin draw
ing pensions for the first time.
Pensions up to $50 monthly will
be paid all blind in the Dominion
over the age of 40, under a
scheme to be financed by the Do
minion and provincial govern
mentS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08
BUTTONS TOO LATE

BUCYRUS. O. (UP)-Mayor
George Birk had 100 campaign
buttons and no campaign. A
friend i'm the campaign button
business sent him the buttons that
asked Bucyrua To "Rc-clect Birk
for mayor" Birk'S button friend
was two years too late-Birk did
not choose To run" for second
term.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08
CENTURY PLANT FORGETS

ALAMEDA, Calf. iUP)-AIa-
medals one and only century plant
has gone berSerk. 1t belongs to
Miss Lillian c. Wagner and was
brought from Mexico. 1t is not
supposed to bloom except once in
century. Just at present, how
ever. it is in full bloom after only
80 years.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08

Mrs. Downey presSe dher lips
together positively. I'm abSO-
lutely certain. sergeant" she said
emphatically. Mind you, | didn't
just wake up out of a sound sleep
like | do sometimes. | didn't
imagine this. | was rs wide awake
then rs | am now, and saw that
man as plain as day, and | heard
those words. Everything will be
all right, Helen he says, mo-
body'll suspect | tell you,
/ wish | knew then that there'd
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08

Japanese have invented eye
glasses for reading at night hav-
ing lenses surrounded by reflec,
tor backed electric lamps, current
being supplied by pocket bat
ferries.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-08
BY MARION WHITE

PRISCILLA PIERCE-heroine
young woman attorney.
AMY KERR-Cilly's roommate
and murderer's victim.
JIM KERRIGAN-Cilly's fianee
HARRY HUTCHINS - Amy
strange visitor.
SERGEANT DOLAN-offieel
assigned to solve the murder oI
Amy Kerr.
Yesterday: Mrs. Dewey testi'
flies that she heard man run
ming down the stairs right after
the murder and then in tense,
dramatic fashion she went on
But that isn't all, sergeant; thai
isn't all.
CHAPTER XXI
A breathleSs silence fell upon
the room. Every eye was faSten'
ed upon Mrs. Downey; every ear
awaited her disclosure. Cilly
wondered if other hearts beat as
furiouSly rs her own. She moved
her chair a little 70 the left in
order not to be so directly be-
hind the woman. She dreaded
missing a word of her story.
YES, Mrs. Downey?" Sergeant
Dolan urged.
That isn't all | know, SER
geant." Mrs. DOwney repeated.
She was sure of herself now; her
words carried a ring of cOnvic-
ton. Lucille glared at her moth
er'S back.
This is what Lucille doesn't
want me TO tell you" Mrs. Dow
uey went on, with maddening
complacency.
1T was about ! o'clock in the
morning. | was so upset, tell
you. that | couldn't sleep much
more that night. | kept hearing
that poor girls scream over and
over again. Lucille was up, too,
until after o'clock, but | gave
her one of my sleeping powders
she had 70 be TO school in the
morning and she fell asleep.
Il stayed awake. | was afraid
10 take a powder myself for fear
something else might happen. |
had the funniest feeling, ser
geant. | kept thinking if | fell
asleep | might walk i'm my sleep
and fall out the window lust as
that poor girl had fallen. | tell
you. III never forget it
She paused for breath. Eleven
terse ;rdividuoIs HING on her
words The suspense could al
most no faIt Mrs Downev was
enioviry be, moment in the lime
Tgbt
Sergeant Dolon tanned impa-
tientiy nm the desk with his pcn-
ell
1850
T Guess il must have been
about 4 o'clock" She went on. ~
know looked ut the clock at 20
minutes "a / and this was some
t;ms ofter that I was out in the
Kitchen getting = drink of water
tbe vatar is always colder
tbcr,. than i'm the batbroom-and
- H. loo, of tbp next
nrt,,,a,t ,Lo,,s I-P sIowIv
ap'. 49, anM ol,'.,.s tcII tbs
openi"f - -" -, Too, sHnnL,s ,
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h'. ..T,,u .b,,,o.L. :. ,ros O funny
~. W. No W. -, We" :, " ~ 80
tI'he IoF PIT 2tIS' !" "J 49, " " ~.
ing ouI; r'tL III Il inv 80 S, v."uIJ
50 So' pTSuaI ~" ,ros f;t,Io ,yn,,.;cJ
Oe e,oI S,, -; We" ,tora oil aIorc
1EoU1 neI. Iii'' - nj. -, az s,;,,bt
IKE STe uotS, N.Y. ~ Nv" -. i'll ILL
ehed she must navy oe E' JUS I'M
tne resi- OIL US 'e'i ! you, !,
aIah h"FS EUe'.it' l M"@,Um
nave SIa!e" ~ '"SS "P"' ''''T ~
alone tha' night No S't' "
SO | thought n Mrs. wheeler
We're nervous. she might Just as
well come IN and spend the rest
OF the night with Us, and sleep on
the couch. went 10 the door 10
tell her so. /
And then, Just as | was ABOUT
10 unlock the door l heard low
voice IN the nail. IL was ou'y i"
whisper but ~ was a man No.ee
you know now Iouu q n'"n ,,1 uSuI
ally Whispers. 30 Just opc''eu
that little peep-hOIe OH my U"V'
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OUT Of the NIGHT
BY MARION WHITE CopYraht, 1897, NEA Service, Inc.

/ been a murder committedw
She nodded her head expires
Sively.
Mrs. Downey, would you rec
ogn;zc this man if you were to
see him again."
Indeed | would. Why, |
saw him as well as | see you sit
ting there, sergeant. | recognized
his face the minute | saw 1t
again"
What"
81 say | did see him again"
AS if an electric shock had
courSed through the room, every
person Stiffened to attention. Mr..
Corbett gripped the arms of his
chair fiercely. Mr.. Hunter leaned
so far forwad in his chair that
his wife laid a restraining hand
on his arm. Every eye was glued
on Mrs. Downey.
where did you see him, Mrs.
Downey?"
I'm this mornings paper" she
stated. He was in the picture
taken at the poor girls funeral
yesterday. He was standing right
in front of the camera. Oh, |
knew him all right"
Tense muscles relaxed for the
moment, there were a few deep
breathS drawn. None of the men
here had been at Amy's funeral.
What paper was this IN, Mrs
Downey?"
in the News, sergeant. | like
to read the News-it'S so much
more interesting -
Martin, run out and get a
copy of today's News" Dolan
snapped. Thank you, Mrs.
Downey. You've been very help
full"
An interminable silence follow
ed Martins departure from the
room. The scratch of Sergeant
Dolan'S pencil, as he made nerv-
Gus little marks on his pad, sound
ed like the saving of giant log.
Mrs. Shaw'S breath was coming
in short, SpaSmodic wheezeS: this
emotional suspense was no tonic
for asthma. Tiny beads of perS-
piratiOn stood out on Mr.. john
sons pale forehead, though he
bIotted them frequently with u
moist handkerchief. Mr.. COrbett'S
beady little eyes darted eXcitcdly
from one person to another. Cilly
felt them on her and she looked
up suddenly. her face mask of
cold anger. 4 Sncer twisted Cor
belts lips and he shifted his eyes
quickly.
The clock on the wall licked
off the seconds with nerve
regularity, marking the
swift, uncomfortable flight of
time on the road 10 eternity. Like
the ceaSlcSs chant of Il jungle
tom-tom. it hypnotizcd the ear
drumuS, and each beat grew
louder and more intense until one
longed 70 silence it wit ha shrek.
Ages past, though the clock
licked off only three short min
uteS, until Detective Martin re-
turned, copy of the paper in his
hand. Dolan seized it quickly.
There on the first page was an
other of the pictures taken yes
tcrday: Cilly noticed that it was
larger than the one which she had
seen in her paper. She held her
breath. awaiting Mrs. Downey's /,
revelation.
"Now, Mrs. Downey, will you
point the man out to me-" Dolan
asked.
Without hesitation, the woman
walked to the desk and glanced
briefly at the picture over Dolan'S
shoulder. There he is" she an
Immediately, pointing to
a face in the picture.
This one?" Dolan indicated
with the point of his pencil.
That's the one" She nodded
her head positively.
Harvey AmeS." Dolan spoke
the name uncertainty. For a mo-
ment he started at it fixedly;
then, with his pencil, he drew Il
circle around the face.
Ito be continued
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-24
STRAND :

The worlds most versatile skater,
lovely Sonia Henie, winner Of more
than a dozen major skating prizes,
comes to Warmers Strand today. In
the winter musical comedy more
Than A Million" Ia
with varying Backgrounds, the
rink, which Is the first one to be
constructed In any movie studio.
served as three different fashion,
able Swiss Lakes. as replica OF
the 1886 Winter Olympic arena,
and as. a section of New York,s
Madison Square Garden. Although
to the camera eye the Ice was
authentic, studio technicians re-
leased a secret. ?. NJ
Test shots" of the rink revealed
the freezing pipes through the
transparent ice, so that for water
they substituted, of all things,
SKINNED milk. With the butter fat
removed to permit freezing, the
opaqueness Of the milk hid the
pipes. ~
In the largest cast ever assembled
for. recent musical films are also
Jean Hersholt,, Ned Sparks, Don
Ameche, the Ritz Brothers, Airline
Judge, Borrah Minevitch and his
gang. Dixie Dunbar, Leah Ray and
Shirley Deane. H..
The companion feature, more
Than A Secretary, q. romantic
comedy drama of a shy beauty and
her bran-fed boss, stars Jean Ar
thur and George Brent.
Supporting the principals in the
hand picked cast are such fayorites
as Lionel. Stander, Ruth Donaelly
Reginald Denny Doretha Kent
Charles Halton and others. J,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-24
Outdoors Brought Indoors
CITY SLICKERS TRRON G.
SPORTSMEN'S SHOW
nv WALTER c. PARKES
NEA Service STAN Correspondent


New York, Feb. 24-The Cali OF
the wild blankets the workaday
summons Of the alarm clock. The
honking Of auto horns becomes the
IMAGINED sQuawk Of homing geese.
Vacation-wistful New Workers have
the second annual National Sports
mems Show this week In their midst
and even the boss can't keep his
mind on his Job. Enough sedentary
city slickers thronged Grand Cen
trail Palace at the opening to fore
cast a record attendance.
OF course the show Is bigger
and better. Three floors instead OF
two are Needed to house the $50
exhibits and the pageant OF rec
ration will last two days longer
than before. More than 100 north
woods guides, deep sea and lake
fishermen, hunters and trappers
are on hand to answer questions
and tell tall tales Of the Wild
wood. There are hundreds OF AMI
mals-deer triplets, a moose fam
lily, black bear cubs, hawks, owls,
reptiles.
Bait for Vactioners
where shall I spend my vaca-.
tion?" finds q hundred answers.
Practically every kind Of outdoor
recreational equipment tempts purse
and time. Gotham's part-time
Nimrods swirl around, then stagnate
before booths displaying the latest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-24
One for the books.

One for the books . Tony Inches Delmonico
pulled fast one the other evening at the Wildly GYM I'm
able to cough up enough for the price of ticket to the
high school basketball game he hung around the mems
corridor figuring out how he could pull Eyed Con-
molly act The game only few minutes old when
opportunity knocked. One of the visiting players sus-
tanned bump on the nose during melee which necessi
tated his removal to the mems for treatment Tony
saw his chance and rushing up to the door custodian
yelled "Hey you better get down to the mems room One
Of the players is bleeding to DEATH Excited the door
keeper hustled down Tony and gang of his friends
walked nonchaantly into the game. Kids will be kids
no matter where you CO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-24
|SULLY TO Fill
NC ROLE HERE
Star of Stage, Radio to APP
pear at Benefit Show
February Is

Jack Sully famous master OF
ceremonies Of BroadWsy and the
Loop In Chicago has been engaged
to act as master Of ceremonies In
the big professional vaudeville show
comink to the Jacques theater next
Sunday night, Feb. 18th
Sully star Of stage and radio is
known nationally as one Of the fine
est master Of ceremonies IN the
business.
The all professional vaudeville
show sponsored by the Sisterhood
Of Temple Israel will be open TO- the
public. Nine big acts win be fea-
tIred, starring artists famous on
the stage and radio including FL
vira Halel, Prima Dona OF the Chi
cago Opera Company.
People prominent in the civic life
Of Waterbury will attend. Jack Sui
" Is expected to be in Waterbury
two days before the show In order
to become acquainted with local
people and q lot of good natured
raillery Is expecte dto be the re-
suit. ~
Sunday night, Feb. 18th will mark
the first attempt by Temple Israel
to present an All Professional Show
consisting Of stars Of the first mag
nitude. From the great interest al
ready shown It is expected that the
professional show will become an
annual event.