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The Washington times., 1937-01-18
Inauguration
S-I-D-E-L-I-G-H-T-S

At the dinner preceding the
Inauguration on Tuesday eve
ming, Mrs. Roosevelt will wear a
white MORE with a short train
For the concert and other in
augural evening events, the Presi
dents wife has chosen a very
pale silvery blue tone satin, with
drapery falling from the should
ers edged with fox fur dyed blue
to match the gown.
Slipped inside Of the neck
of this formal gown. will be
the IOcket on a tiny fine chain
that the First Lady never goes
without. 1t has a curious
scheme Of decoration. full Of
dents going everywhere-the
dents represent the various
teethings Of her five children.
Seven wives Of former PreSi-
dents were invited to Franklin
d. ROOsevelt'S second inaugural.
Only one, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
accepted the invitation. Surviv-
ing wives Of former Presidents
are: Mrs. Benjamin Harrison;
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, now Mrs.
T. ]. Preston, ir.; Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt; Mrs. william How
ard Taft; Mrs. Calvin Coolidge;
Mrs. Wilson. and Mrs. Herbert
Hoover. Herbert Hoover is the
sole surviving ex-President.
The Presidents latest secre-
tarial appointment is his son
James. who will look after plan
ming and policy matters" The
"Jimmies" have leased a pleasant
old-fashioned house in George
town. It's the thing to live in a
quaint Georgetown house, if you
can find one. Those unwieldly
residences, suggestive of railroad
terminals and built in the early
boom and boomerang days are
now turned into tea rooms and
tabby clubs.
Two Of the Presidents chill
dren will not witness their
fathers second Inauguration,
Mrs. BOettiger, who is in Seattle,
too far away for the trip, and
Franklin D., jr., who has been
i'll of sinus trouble and is now
recuperating at the home Of his
prospective in-IawS,
The Washington times., 1937-01-18
Thousands Jam City
For Inauguration

fore the President in the court Of
honor before the White House,
Washington will see for the first
time in many years both the mid
shipmen from Annapolis and the
cadets from West Point.
Both of the service schools will
send their entire regiments. The
middies and cadets will be allowed
several hours leave after the
parade to participate in the social
events scheduled for that night,
before returning to their acad.
emieS.
The Washington times., 1937-01-18
BY MARIE MANNING
International News Service

President Roosevelt will carry
his famous mascot, Andrew Jack.
sons watch and chain, at his
second Inauguration Wednesday
He wore it on election day ;. The
stand from which he will review
the parade is a reproduction of
Andrew Jackson's home, The
Hermitage, near Nashville, Tenn.
Painted white, with window boxes
full of blooming plants. it looks as
If "Old Hickory" might still be in
residence.
The President will take the
oath of office from an old Dutch
Bible which has been in his
family nearly two centuries. 1t is
the same bible on which he took
his oath four years ago. II Wed
neSday Is rainy, as it was yes
terday, the precious Roosevelt
heirloom will not be taken out
Of its old bible box.
1t is said that Mrs. James
Roosevelt is the only woman to see
her son take the presidential oath
at two inaugurations,
Before the high iron fence
which surrounds the White
House, stood spelIbOund a
group Of Inauguration visitors
who watched a gardener cut
ting grass on the White House
lawn yesterday. Roosevelt
weather" plus had brought up
the grass to cutting height, a
phenomenon never known in
January till now. Tulips and
hyacinths in the border had
thrust up their heads, the rose
bushes showed new leaves
the Democrats have a word
for 1t,
Mrs. Roosevelt's inaugural
happens to be in the
colors of the flag. To the Capt.
tol to see her husband take the
oath, she will wear a dark blue
wool crepe, very simply made.
The red gown in which she
will greet the thousand and more
guests who are coming to tea,
after the parade, is a lovely crea-
ton, floor length. with Persian
bead embroidery,
The Washington times., 1937-01-18
Bishop J. ". Brown
Speaks at GaIbraith

Bishop J. w. Brown, recently
elected high prelate in the Afr
can Methodist Episcopal Zion
denomination, was the guest
speaker at Galbraith A. M. E. z.
Church yesterday.
Bishop Brown was for IS years
pastor of Mother Zion Church,
one Of the outstanding congrega-
tionS in New York city and the
largest in the Zion connection. He
will sail within a few days for
Liberia, where he will remain four
years presiding over the various
conferences of the denomination
in Africa.
The Washington times., 1937-01-18
INAUGURAL
EVENTS

1900 Noon
At the Capitol: Oath Of
office of the Vice President,
followed by oath Of office to
the President.
Presidents Inaugural Ad-
dress.
Inaugural Parade
GrandStand seats for the
parade on sale at CONNER
cfal National Bank Building,
Fourteenth and G Streets.
900 p. M.
Official Inaugural Concert,
featuring four Metropolitan
Opera stars and National
Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets are on sale At
Garfinckel's Inaugural Con
cert Bureau.
The Washington times., 1937-01-18
.|ND0WSPACE
FOR PARADE
SOLD OUT

WaShington's hotels. rapidly fill.
ing UP with out-of-towners, are
buzzing today with preparations
as the managements apply final
touches to the "happy days are
here again" motif for President
Roosevelt's second Inauguration.
All hostelries on the line Of the
big parade are completely sold out
for window space. The Willard,
the Occidental and the Raleigh re-
ported q sell-out of seats and stand
ing room for window space looking
out on Pennsylvania Avenue and
room space not already occupied
by guests. window 'peeking"
space was selling at from IS to $40
per person. Hotels not in the line
OF the parade reported sell-outS for
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day.
While no general inaugural cele-
brations were on the program at
any of the hotels, various State
societies have reserved bathrooms
and available gathering space for
informal and formal doings Of
their own.
With the heaviest onslaught Of
visitors scheduled for tomorrow.
the hotel registers revealed flood
of names from such far-off States
as oregon, California. Georgia
and Montana. Here and there q
Texas sombrero protruded in the
more than normally crowded lob
bies, and gentlemen and ladies
wearing inaugural State badges
expressed their enthusiasm for the
coming event. A party from Ohio
revealed it had made its hotel res
ervations for Wednesday after
President Roosevelt'S first inaugu-
ration in 1888.
Many of the buildings besides
the hotels located on "the Avenue"
were constructing wooden protec-
tions for windows in anticipation
of the greatest crowd of Specta-
tors the city has ever witnessed.
The Washington times., 1937-01-18

Car Insurance Premium
The net premium on automobile
insurance in the United States last
year amounted to SAG. .439, 1872.
The Washington times., 1937-01-18
R00SEVELTS 7 5
T0ST. JOHNS

In keeping with a precedent he
established four years ago, Presi-
dent Roosevelt, with his wife and
family, will attend services at St.
Johns Episc Church on
Wednesday morning before going
to the Capitol for the inaugural
ceremony.
Members of the Cabinet and
their wives and the heads of all
Government agencies, with their
wives, also will attend the service.
Arrangements for the service in
the church, which is across Lafay-
cite Park from the White House,
were made at the direct Sugges-
tion of the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
The Rev. Endicott Peabody, head
master at Groton School at the
time President Roosevelt was a
student there, will be officiating
clergyman. The Rev. Oliver Hart,
pastor of st. Johns Church: the
Rev. Frank Wilson, rector of the
Episcopal Church at Hyde Park,
N. Y, and the Rev. H. S. Wilkin-
son, rector of st. Thomas Church,
which the President attends regu-
larly, will be assistant clergymen.
The Washington times., 1937-01-18
SemiannuaI Dividend

A Semiannual dividend of rs
cents q share has been declared
on the preferred per cent stock
of the Philadelphia Company, pay
able March /, 1887, to stockhold-
erS of record February 10, 1887.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-01

JERSEY CITY. N. j., Jan. l.
(UP)-Robert CuSe, president of
the Vimalert company, Ltd,
which is shipping S2,777, 900
worth of airplanes and engines to
loyalist Spain, yesterday denied
he was directly or indirectly"
connected with Soviet Russia.
The statement was given out at
the company plant by Vice Pres
ident II. A. Schaufelberger.
"At no time was | either direct
ly or indirectly connected with or
representing any government,
Russian, Spanish or any other"
Cuse said, "but was merely pur-
suing my regular course of bust
ness of buying and selling in the
open market"
Cuse was bitter about the eds
torted and fictitious accounts of
my activities" President Roose-
welt accused him of being "unpa-
triotic" in evading the spirit of
the neutrality legislation. which
prohibits shipments to warning
nations, but not to one engaged
in civil war. -
I'm the interests of truth and
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-01
1T HAPPENED IN 1886
Auto Accidents Took Summary of Principal
Toll of IL Lives Events of Year

Eleven persons died in highway
and street accidents in Henderson
county during the past ~ months,
and this figure is believed to be
an all-time high for highway ia
talitieS.
Only two months were without
fatalities on highways or city
streets i'm automobile accidents.
These months were February and
July. Two highway deaths occur
red in September, and one each
in the other nine months of the
year.
II is interesting to note that
there were no fatal highway acct
dents during the month of Feb
ruary, when driving conditions
were ut their worst last winter,
or in the month of July when
highway traffic in this section is
ut it's peak.
Two of these fatal accidents oc-
Cured on Hendersonville streets
and the remainder on highways
of the county. The great major
ity were declared to be acciden-
tai, and ut least two were at
tributable to icy conditions OF
highways.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-01
Cuse Denies Connection With Soviet;
Is Bitter Over Plane Trade Attacks

fair play | have decided to sub
nit the following factual state
mcnt." Cuse said. II read in part:
"The meaning of a license was
to me always a right given to q
person to do q certain thing, and
when the authorities granted me
a license to export planes to
Spain, there was no doubt in my
mind that they were authorized
to give same and | to take it.
Moreover, / did not begin to
purchase the involved planes un-
ill | was advised and assured by
the same authorities that there is
no prohibition against selling them
to a nation engaged in civil war.
am reliance upon the acts of
authorities who granted us the Ii
cense for shipment, we made pur-
chases at great expense. To pre-
vent us Mt this late hour from
carving out the agreements and
undertaking we have entered in
~ upon the faith in and in reli-
ance upon the existing laws would
be contrary to the constitution,
which is the supreme law of our
country"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-01
cATALoNiANS CLAIM
REBELS DRIVEN BACK

HENDAYE, FRANCO. SPAN.
ISH FRONTIER, Jan. I. (UP)-
Catalonian communists claimed
today, following q 48-hour battle,
to have smashed a rebel drive
against the seat Of the Spanish
loyalist government at Valencia.
The communist troops, sent
through frozen valleys from Bar
celona and Huesca to repulse the
rebel thrust at the wartime cap
ital, seized the outskirts Of Teruel,
medieval town 72 miles northwest
of Valencia.
The rebels were reported to be
making a hasty retreat over icy
roads covered with q thin layer
of snow, after failing to cut the
Valencia-Madrid railroad at Te-
ruel.
Had the railroad, which swings
north to Calatuvud in q wide arc,
been sliced, all communication be-
tween Valencia and Madrid would
have been cut of, depriving the
latter of food supplies and ammu-
milton.
Fierce fighting still was in prog
ress last night around the crum-
bling Moorish walls Of Teruel, ac-
cording to advices at the frontier.
Hundreds Of bodies were strewn
grotesquely over. tombstones in
the suburban cemetery Of Santa
Barbara where some Of the hesvi-
est fighting occurred.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-01
Asheville Man May Head Road Body;
Yelton Mentioned For District Post

The tentative set-up, they say,
calls for a successor to Mr.. Miller
of Waynesvillc as district com.
missioner, and j. H. Yelton OF
Hendersonville is prominently
mentioned as his. successor. 1t Is
understood that the "powers that
be" not only in Henderson coun-
ty, but his native county Of Ruth
erford and the adjoining counties
would strongly endorse Mr.. Yell
ton. Buncombe would likewise en-
dorse him, it is understood, espe-
cially if Mr.. Greene gets in the
front line for the state highway
Craftsmanship, which would elm.
mate a candidate for the district
commissioner from Buncombe in
the general distribution Of prizes.
The present district covers ~
counties in this section but it is
believed that under the reorgani-
cation of the state there is q like
lihood of having commissioner
for each Of the IL congressional
districts.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-01
REVIEWS
REBEL AID, IS
ROME REPORT
Policy Had Been in Abey.
ance: Say Volunteers
Sail for Spain
BY STEWART BROWN
Copyright 1896. United Press)

ROME, Jan. l.-UP)-Thc
Italian government yesterday re-
! poitedly renewed its campaign OF
assistance to the Spanish rebels
and at the same time drew up
ambitious plans to make itself
supreme in the Mediterranean.
Informed FascistS told the Unit.
cd Press that the steamer Lom-
bardia sailed from Gaeta near
Formia few nights ago with
$500 volunteers" to augment
the forces Of General Francisco
Franco. The press ministry would
neither confirm nor deny the re-
port. Rome, during recent days,
had ceased its aid to the rebels,
waiting to see what response 9TH
cr powers would make to the An
glo-French non-intervention pro-
posal.
As Premier Mussolini renewed
his aid to the rebels, he also NOV
ed to pacify his relations with
Great Britain in the Mediterran-
can and to make his navy Second
to none" in what the old Romans
once called "our sea-"
British embassy and foreign Of
flee officials last night complet-
ed what was said to be the last
drast CT an Anglo-Italian accord
60 define their interests in the
Mediterranean and to insure
peace between them.
The present pact is expected to
state that the aims of the two
powers in the Mediterranean do
not conflict and that they expect
to keep the peace.
The document probably will be
signed either Saturday or Monday
more probably the latter day, as
by that time Mussolini will have
returned from his vacation in
Forli.
1t is understood that the Brit
iSh ambassador, Sir Eric Drum
mond, took to the foreign office
yesterday Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden's endorsement of the
latest draft of the treaty, in
which Foreign Minister Galeazgo
Ciano had made Il few minor
changes.
Signature Of the pact will
strengthen Italy's position in the
Mediterranean as regards other
powers, for it will no longer be
necessary to regard Britain as a
potential enemy there.
While strengthening its diplo-
matte front, Italy intends also to
Expand its sea forces to make the
Italian navy Second to none" in
the Mediterranean. The Washing
ton naval treaty expires tonight
and henceforth there will be no
legal restrictions on ltaly's build
ing.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-01

With the Inauguration of Clyde
Hoey as governor less than week
ahead, political discussion as to
prospective political appointments
has general circulation and is es-
pecially interesting here because
of involvement Of local personali-
ties.
II is generally assumed, it ap-
pears, that the state highway ma
chine will be, junked entirely,
starting with the chairman Of the
comission and including the dis
trict commissioners as we'll as
smaller satellites in the highway
realm.
This assumption leads to spec
ulation as to who will be the
state chairman, for which f. c.
IDeacon) Greene of Asheville is
prominently mentioned. The cur
rent opinion is that he has the ap.
no;ntment Sin the bag" If he will
accept it. His friends are promot-
inc his cause. but he appears to
be Indifferent about it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-01
REINFORCING
OF ARMY AIR
CONFESSIONAL
Rep. Wilcox Declares This
First Line" Of Ma
tional Defense
BY MACK JOHNSON
Copyright, 1885, United Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. |. (UP).
Drastic strengthening Of the army
air corps as "first line" Of ma
tional defense and complete reor-
ganization Of its present set-up
will be sought at the coming ses-
sion Of congress, it was learned
last night.
Fiery little Rep. j. Mark Will
cox, DEM, Fla, member Of the
house military affairs committee,
said that he would introduce a
bill making the army air corps an
independent unit Of the war
department.
At the same time he announced
he would demand action on his
measure, approved last session,
for creation Of a $70,000,000
chain of frontier" air bases for
army planss, which has been pig
eonholed at the war department
for nearly a year.
"My new measure will take avi-
alton from under control of the
army general staff, where its stat
us has been that Of an orphan
child" Wilcox said. at would be-
directed by chief of army avia-
ton"
Wilcox said that the chief would
be responsible only to the secre-
tarv of war and would have COM
plete freedom Of action. He would
be assisted by q chief Of air corps
in charge Of personnel and mate.
rial and another aide in charge of
fighting units.
at would be q special branch
of the service equal in power and
duty to the Others" Wilcox said.
1--WE must wake up to the fact
that while the navy and its air
force have definite duties to per-
form, the army air corps will be
the real unit for national defense
in the next war"
He contended that the war de-
partment tendency in the past UNI
der the general staff set-up has
been to neglect" demands for an
adequate air corps in favor of
other branches Of the service.
Wilcox said he intended to "see
why" the report by the special
army board on selection of sites
for the air bases authorized under
his approved measure has not
been made public.
Wilcox said the report was
made nearly year ago.
"The idea would be to create
six major bases, three on the At
lantic and three on the Pacific,
including one in Alaska, with two
subordinate supply Bases" he
said. zone of these latter would
be located in the Appalachian
mountain region and the other in
the Rocky mountains"
If this act is put into operation,
the army air strength would be
raised far above its present 1850
planes. Wilcox declared.
preparations to meet the situation.
The army is authorized to build
up to 1890 planes by 1889 and
war department officials indicated
they would press for adequate ap-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-01
lew Years Revelry Reaches Historic Peak
FATE OF KIDNAPPED TACOMA
LAD in CRUCIAL HOURS WITH
SPEEDY RETURN INDICATED
Family or Intermediary Be.
lieved in Contact With
His Abductors

TACOMA, Jan. /. (UP)-The
stage was set today for q break
which may determine the fate of
Charles Mattson, TO- year old
school boy victim Of a kidnaper.
1t was believed developments
would speed the return Of the boy
to the home from which he was
taken by a swarthy gunman last
Sunday night. 1t was also believ-
ed the youth was safe and that
his family or an intermediary was
in contact with the kidnaper.
TACOMA, WASH, Jan. 1. (UP)
A new advertisement believed to
mean that an agreement has been
reached for payment Of ransom
for the return Of kidnapped
Charles Mattson, 10, was publish
ed in the Seattle Times last night.
1t read: "Mabel-We are ready,
everything entirely in accordance
with your desires-Ann."
Previously, the newspaper had
carried advertisements addressed
to mabel" and asking for "an
address" The earlier lads" also
were signed Cam"
Coupled with q new optimistic
feeling among members Of DR..
William w. Ma.tsons family and
an unusual activity at the Matt
son home Wednesday night, the
new message was believed to
mean that contact had been made
with the kidnaper.
All day there had been con-
flicting reports on the payment Of
the ransom, set originally ct $685.
900 in a worn note which the
bearded, swarthy abductor drop
ped in the Mattson home. The
note was signed Tim"
1t was established, however,
that the money has been ready
for two days while the Mattsons
sat beside five open telephones in
their home above Puget Sound
waiting for instructions from the
kidnaper.
Authorities pointed out that
even though Mattson, or one Of
his Intermediates, may have paid
over the money to "buy back" his
son, the youngster might not be
released Immediately.
When George Weyerhaeuser,
school chum and playmate Of
Charles, was kidnapped last year
his kidnapers waited nearly "a
hours after receiving 100000
ransom before releasing him.
Activities around the Mattson
home reached the peak of four
days tension late Thursday.
The father refused to answer
telephone inquiries from newspa-
permen and members of his fam
lily, after answering them faith
fully through Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday in the hope that
some indirect message from the
"Tim" might be forth
coming.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-01
SIDES IN
SPANISH war
TO GET note
Early. Reply Is Sought by
Eden, Acting for Nom
Intervention Group
MADRID IS SCENE OF
NEW COMMANDMENT

LONDON, Jan. 1. (UP).-Brit-
ish Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden today prepared to send inn
mediately to General Franco and
Premier Francisco Caballero the
outline Of the plan for controlling
and supervising non-intervention
in the Spanish war.
II was expected these commu-
nications. would 20 out tonight
with the request that they be ac-
cepted or rejected within ten
days.
Eden will request that they ac-
cept or reject the plan within 10
days after receipt.
1t was recalled that early in
December Eden on behalf Of the
non-intervention committee SINH
larly forwarded q communication
to Valencia and Burgos.
Italy will insist on financial
neutrality, suppression of propa-
ganda and strict and immediate
enforcement of restrictive meas
ures on migration as conditions to
an agreement prohibiting partici-
patton Of foreign volunteers in the
Spanish revolution, the latest Of
ficial Italian expression on the
question revealed today.