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The times-news., 1938-06-20
ROOSEVELT READY TO ACT
ON DOZEN BILLS ENACTED
Returns to Hyde Park
Summer White House,
Landing Today

HYDE PARK, N. Y, June 20,
(UP)-President Roosevelt re-
turned to the summer White
House today after a weekend
cruise on the yacht Potomac and
settled down Immediately to the
task of acting upon a dozen bills
passed in the closing hours of
congress.
The chief executive came ashore
at nearby Poughkeepsie shortly
after II a. m. (EST). The yacht
docked at 1929 a. m. but the
president leisurely finished break
fast before disembarking.
The chief executive, with sew
eral members of his family, cruis-
ed to Hyde Park from Salem,
Mass. He left the New England
port late Saturday after attend
ing the wedding of his son John
to Anne Lindsay Clark, Boston
socialite, at a brilliant ceremony
in Nahant, Mass.
The trim, grey-hulled Potomac,
escorted by a destroyer and a
coast guard cutter came by way
of the Cape Cod canal and thence
to New York waters, Mr.. Roose-
Welt had perfect summer weather
for the overnight run.
Several important pieces OF
legislation, including the lending
spending bill and wages and hours
are waiting the presidents sigma
ture. Machinery for putting the
first measure into effect already
is available and final details are
expected to be worked out dur
ing the week with Harry Hopkins,
relief administrator, who accom-
panied Mr.. Roosevelt from WASH
ington to New England.
The president, however, is con-
fronted with the major task OF
selecting an administrator for the
wages and hours set-up but as yet
no one name has been agreed up
on. ory
Administration political obSerV-
ers awaited with interest the aC-
tion bv Governor Herbert II. Len
man. if any, on the selection OF a
successor to Senator Royal n,, .,
Copeland, Democratic antI-New i y ',
Dealer, who died last Friday
night. ,,,, 1ob
II was believed generally Len
man would not fill the vacancy
inasmuch as the general election
will come before the next regu-
lar session of congress. :,
However, two close Roosevelt
friends already are being boom
ed for the post, Edward j. Flynn
secretary of State for New YORK
and Democratic leader of the
Rronx, and Frank c. Walker OF
New York City, former director
in Washington of the national
emergency council.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
4 in MISSISSIPPI
KILLED SUNDAY
In AIR CRASH
Three Other Deaths Sun.
day Include Two, One
.. Naval Reserve Filler

BAY SPRINGS, Miss, June 20,
(UP)-Four Greenwood business
men were instantly killed Sunday
when their plane faltered during
rain storm and ripped to pieces
against a wooded hill near Louin,
nine miles north of here.
Greenwood relatives, and pa
pers found in the wreckage, iden-
titled the four as:
John Gordon (Jack) Forshner,
pilot and plane owner; Robert
Portwood of the Staple Cotton as
sociation; John D. Roe of Roe
Cotton company; and P. S. Stub
blefield, cashier of the Bank of
Greenwood.
They were en- route home from
a weekend fishing trip to Mobile.
Witnesses said the plane was
flying steadily several hundred
feet up when the motor began
sputtering. The fve-seater mono
plane dipped as momentum fell
off. Forshner pulled it up as the
motor caught. One report said
there was a flash of lightning.
Then the engine cut out and
the plane dived into thick woods
on the John Parker property.
There was no clearing nearby
where Forshner could have at
tempted a landing. Apparently he
tried but failed to pancake" the
plane.
Branches and limbs tore men
and plane alike to bits. The wreck
age did not burn.
The Gatewood Funeral home
here, which claimed the bodies,
hoped that relatives could posi-
lively identify the victims by per-
sonai effects and clothing. Sur
vivors were expected here today.
Time of the accident was given
as 2:40 p. m.
Forshner and Stubblefeld for
merly were of Yazoo City.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
ASK BUSINESS
TOLEND HAND
IN RECOVERY
Leaders in President S
Campaign Broadcast
to Nation

WASHINGTON, June 20. (UP)
Leaders of President Roosevelt's
$6,O0O,000,O00 lending spending
drive last night appealed to busi-
ness for cooperation in restoring
permanent recovery in the Unit
ed States.
The plea came in nationwide
radio symposium as the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States
published statistics showing the
nation had made rapid strides in
the first three months of 1888 to-
ward regaining its position as a
leading world exporter of wheat
and corn.
Speakers on the radio program
were Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace, Works Prog
ress Administrator Harry L. Hop
kins, Acting Public Works Admin
istrator Howard A. Gray, U. S.
Housing Administrator Nathan
Straus and Brig. Gen. John j.
Kingman, acting chief of U. S.
army engineers.
Outlining his plans for use of
federal funds allocated his agen-
cy, Hopkins said purchase of ma
terials alone for WPA projects
will give indirect, full-time private
Jobs to 25O,00O workers, in addi-
tion to relief jobs for the unem-
ployed.
"And so the WPA money flows,
like the blood in the human body,
giving life and strength to the
economic system all the way from
its toes to the top of it's head" he
said.
He described the WPA dollar
as the Easiest moving dollar" in
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The times-news., 1938-06-20
M'CALL IS NOT
MOVED Man
PAYSPENALTY
Negro Marches Past Kid.
naper's Cell, Is Electro
cuted Today

RAIFORD, Fla, June 20. (UP)
Franklin Pierce Mccall, condemn.
ed kidnaper, sat quietly on his
bed, showing not. the slightest
trace of emotion when fellow
inmate in death row marched past
his cell and was executed in the
electric chair, not 20 feet from
his cell.
The prisoner executed was Or
son Williams, %, Plant City ne
gro, who slew another negro a
year ago.
Prison Superintendent L. F.
Chapman said the husky minister's
son knew that one Of the ID other
doomed convicts in the death
house with him was to be execut-
ed today, but he appeared drained
of emotion and maintained a sui
len silence.
Chapman said Mccall had his
first visitor Sunday, a sister who
came here from st. Augustine and
spent several minutes with him.
His life here otherwise has been
routine, Chapman said. Mccall
reads all the newspapers he is
given.
Officials here meanwhile await
ed the next step in exacting the
death penalty for the kidnap-slay-
ing of the Cash baby at Princeton,
Fla, May % from Tallahassee,
where Gov. Fred P. Cone must
sign a death warrant and set the
week for McCall's execution.
After the governor designates
the week, Chapman will set the
day and time for the execution.
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The times-news., 1938-06-20
Asheville Man,
Army Aviator
Killed Sunday
Plane With DR.. Buck, 1t
Stephenson Falls From
700 Feet Altitude

81. Davis M. Buck, Jr., 30
prominent Asheville physician
AMI Lieut.. S. V. Stephenson, OF
Chanute Field, ILL.,, were killed in
stahtly yesterday afternoon when
theT. S. army plane in which
they were riding crashed near the
Hendersonville Asheville airport
at Fletcher.
The two men had gone up to
take weather observations when
the ship crashed from an altitude
of about 700 feet. The plane was
completely wrecked and both bod
les were badly torn and broken.
The3plane did not catch fire.
o. D. Griffin and S. L.. Reese,
whoiwitnessed the accident, said
that the motor sputtered and the
plane went out of control when
"severap' hundred feet in the air.
Paul McMurray, airport instruc-
tor, said the plane went into a
spin which Stevenson was unable
to bring it out of, about 10 min
utes after the two men went up.
Stevenson had planned to fly back
to Chanute Field Sunday night,
Murray said.
Lieut.. Stevenson, according to
McMurray, was member of an
armya investigating committee
which recently had been probing
n.s@.crashes. The officer had
been visiting DR.. Buck, a personal
friend, since last Friday.
"They cut down in a zoom, tri-
ed to climb back up, then vert
into a spin," McMurray said.
stevenson tried to bring the
plane out but appeared unable to
do so, flipping the motor two or
three times Just before the crash" :"
The airport official said the
motor still wa stunning as the
plane dug it's nose into soft mud
occasioned by afternoon showers.
1t was Is minutes before witness
es could get to them. The bodies
were removed to Asheville.
Bruce A. Cox, coroner, stated
that no inquest would be held.
Officers of the fourth corps area
headquarters of the U. s. army
were notified and officers from
Atlanta were expected at the air
port this morning to make re-
port to Washington.
The ship was a nine-cyllndered
Wright Whirlwind type and Lieut..
Stephenson had been using it to
take weather observations and for
other flying. He and DR.. Buck
were close friends and DR.. Buck
had accompanied him on other
trips. =,
Lieut.. Stephenson was a West
Point graduate. He is survived by
his wife and several children.
DR.. Buck, native of Mars Hill,
was house physician at the Bat
terry Park hotel. Surviving are his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Buck, Sr., of Bald Mountain, and
seven brothers and sisters.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
lANY HEALTH
pFFICERS ARE
HERE FOR MEET
|abhc Health Service Field
Man Also Here for
| Conference

gaItb officers and inspectors
meStern North Carolina were
1ng this afternoon in Hender-
''Le following a day spent in
psc'lng dairies throughout the
representatives. of Rutherford,
,oSee, Graham, Clay, Jackson,
|Dpo' Swain, Pennsylvania, Bun
.1e' Mcdowell, Wautauga and
aGerson were present at the
ING, one Of which is held
|,E TWO or three months in Va
S counties of this area.
I n Male, u. S. Public Health
..Ge officer, who is conducting
,sleral survey of milk sources
'pp'y was present at the meet
'I.S \. morning the officials visit
Ia,rles throughout the county,
SsvsIng tg and grading them and
). SlVernoOn after their meeting
e city hall were to inspect
~ IgaSturization system of the
|Vala Ta dairy in town.
b. % Male is engaged at this
Rn IL a survey of dairying plants
\ ~ S'eSombe county. Shortly at
,sLs e nrst Of July he is expected
|nns,s up this work in Henderson
The times-news., 1938-06-20
Chinese Benefit
Here Nets S63.lO

The tag day held on Saturday
for the benefit of Chinese war
sufferers raised total of $63.1O,
Mayor A. V. Edwards, chairman
of the committee, announced this
morning.
The tags were sold by the Boy
Scouts under the direction of Ma
than Patla and John Stephens.
Mayor Edwards this morning
stated that he was extremely
grateful to people of Henderson
county for their support Of this
project.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
ADDITION TO
court HOUSE
One OBJECTIVE
Fear Rail Wreck Dead May Mount To 60@sS
County High School I'm
provements Also 10
Be Applied for
SAY 1000 MEN WOULD
BE GIVEN WORK HERE

Applications Tor public works
projects in Henderson county esti-
mated to cost $500. 900 will be fill
ed tomorrow at district WPA
headquarters by M. NJ. Redden,
county attorney. on behalf of the
board of county commissioners.
Among the applications will be
one for a $4,000 addition to the
county courthouse for the accom-
modation of offices now over
crowded, and including an addl-
tional court room.
Other projects to be sought are:
Mills River, Etowah and Fletch-
er high schools = gymnasium.
auditorium 1t each place convert
BILE into classroons when needed.
Dana high school-home eco
nomics and agriculture building:
Flat Rock--Brick. veneer and
repair present gymnasium and
add classrooms.
Highways-Beautification pro-
gram for all main highways to
county lines, including grading
and planting with trees and
'shrubbery, and construction OF
sidewalks in towns and villages.
Secondary roads-grading and
improving.
Patton Memorial hospital
landscaping, including erection of
stone wall In front of property.
Mr.. .Redden said he had already
discussed the project with WPA
officials and had received "rea-
sonable assurance" that all these
projects, and perhaps others to be
presented later, will be approved;
"Approximately 1000 men: will
be needed on these projects" he
said, "and believe the work will
be we'll underway by September
15."
Mr.. Redden quoted A. G. Ran
dolph, superintendent of public
welfare for Henderson county, as
saying that q large number Of
carpenters and brick masons, as
well as laborers, will be needed;
that relief rolls ut present are not
sufficient to meet the probable
need, and that all Henderson
county men who are qualified but
not certified and desire work
should file applications within 30
days"
T. L. Durham, chairman of the
board of county commissioners.
said the county is prepared to
meet its part of the cost, of the
rojects, principally for materials.
The county's proportionate part
will not be large, it was said. The
WPA will allow 10 percent Of the
cost of each project for labor and,
it is understood, will offer other
inducements to get relief work
under the governments revived
Misunderstanding program.
Decision had not been reached
today on the exact location or
specifications for the addition to
the courthouse. Two possibilities
are under consideration, Mr.. Dur
ham said, one being to erect an
addition to the front of the build
ing and the other to construct two
wings on the north and south of
the building. The addition or
wings would provide new quar-
ters for, the register of deeds.
clerk Of court and tax collector,
larger quarters for .the sheriff's
department., and an additional
courtroom. The offices referred
to now have no extra space
whatever, it was said.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
MISS HUDGINS Is
WISCONSIN GRADUATE

Mary E. Hudgins of this city,
student at the University OF WIS
consin, received the degree VI
bachelor of arts at the s5tn an
nual commencement exercises OF
the State university in the UNI
versity Field-house at historic
Camp Randall, this morning.
Approximately 1900 oacnelcr 5
and higher degrees were CONFER
red at the exercises at that time.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
MECHANIC SWIMS
UNTIL PICKED UP

SAN FRANCISCO, June 70
(UP)-Lieut. William M. Holsen-
beck, Jr., 80, was killed and his
observer. mechanic Robert A.
Nav, 18, was injured yesterday
when a naval reserve plane fell
into San Francisco Bay near Ala
media. 49,,
The accident, cause of which
was not Immediately determined,
occurred on a routine flight. Hol-
senbeck and May had taken off
from Oakland airport in their
Grumman scout ship and when
thew failed to report to the naval
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The times-news., 1938-06-20
Charge Reds Fire
On Polish Glider

WARSAW, Poland, June 90
(UP)-Polish authorities Sunday
accused Soviet Russian frontier
guards of firing on q Polish gil
der, belonging to the Polish Avia-
ton league, when it flew near the
Russian border Saturday in the
vicinity of. Ostrog. The machine
was damaged but its occupants
were uninjured. An inquiry was
ordered after reports that the gil
der was over Polish soil when it
was fired on.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
|yl ARE KNOWN
Dead; FLOOD
RUINS BRIDGE
|s4 Injured, 80 Escape Un-
hurt; Blow Torches Used
to Enter Cars
MONTANA TRAGEDY
IS AMONG GREATEST

rr.STER, Mont. June 20
|rp,-Bodies taken from the
.s,LaCe of one of the worst rail-
I'D disasters in American history
|.,..Ied 40 and there was every
.%ration that the toll in Sundays
rrsrE would mount 70 so or more.
Waters of Custer creek today
.,5 receded. revealing the torn
81 twisted locomotive and cars
| ! he Olympiau Deluxe Filler of
i, Chicago. Milwaukee, st. Paul
Ia Pacific railroad.
| Workers with acetylene torches
n, through the steel walls of cars
h Irss more bodies.
The railroad bridge over Gus
tsr crsei collapsed early Sunday
|rorrirg with approximately 159
'ra,ssrcers aboard. Of this num-
f. 81 we're injured and 30 are
Srorr to have escaped uninjured,
1 vas feared that all the remain
s- we're dead.
| Some of the dead have been
h., into Miles City, 20 miles
rav, on a rescue train which
| |roi the injured to hospitals but
k0s, of the bodies were laid out
! a long row on the bank of the
t1untain creek.
Among the dead were four mem
|Frs of the train crew. The rest
Iere men, women and children
kxengers. Some had been crush
but most of them were drown
when the coaches plunged into
he creek which is usually a dry
Cd but at the time OF the disaster
as brtnming with the waters Of
seis of cloudbursts.
Twas estimated the train was
BIZ 20 miles an hour when 1t
1ached the bridge. The loco
tive. tender and baggage coach
bred over the bridge and reach
he other side but the trestle
[lapScd completely beneath the
ai coach and tourist coach, di-
,,ly behind. They plunged into
e creek, literally jerking the 10
motive off the track into the
and backward, like the tip of
,ashing whip.
From the other end of the train
% pullman cars were jerked into
R cOrrent by couplings which
! fast. Another pullman tot
red on the brink of the creek
FIVE minutes while a heroic
FgrO porter marshalled the pas
ngerS who scrambled to safety.
second later this car plunged
% the creek.
The train, pride of the Milwau-
line, left Chicago at 11:15
lSD Friday night for Tacoma
Seattle and was due at Miles
" IN eastern Montana 500 miles
pm the North Dakota boundary
lrday at l2:l5 a. m. (MST).
here was no warning to pas
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The times-news., 1938-06-20
FLORIDA VETS. MEET

SARASOTA, Fla, June 90
(UP)-More than $50 delegates
had registered here last night for
the opening today. Of the eighth
annual encampment Of Florida
Veterans Of Foreign Wars. All 20
posts In the state are represented
and registration was expected to
reach 1000 today.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
POSTPONE SESSION

JACKSON, Miss, June 90
(UP)-A governors conference
with the President last mig ht
caused postponement of Missis-
sippi's homestead tax exemption
legislative session set for June II
The times-news., 1938-06-20
WEATHER

no.sly cloudy with occasional
=, ,,,Jershowers tonight and prob
.bIy Tuesday.
The Nome nugget., 1938-07-06
Big Reunion Of Sourdoughs Is
 Held At L. A.

Sourdough items, gleaned from the llth issue of the rnim aograph- ed bulletin published monthly by the Alaska Yukon Club of South ern California at Los Angeles, and a copy of which was receiv- cd in a recent maIL follows: Olive and Ruth Reed, Elsie Po- tset and Willard Murane were expected to grace the picnic with their presence.
 Norman Ross was also expected to be present.
 Mrs. Bertene Peterson has been ill but she was expected to re- cover in time to attend the picnic. Albert s. Wowie, former resident of Fairbanks, operates an auto service station at l102 South Hill Street. Bob H. Day, son of Ann Day, IS in Bethel with Oliver Anderson.
 Among the guests at the picnic will be Judge Wood and Mrs. Par ker Wood.
 l The picnic committee: Margaret Colder, chairman; Betty Gardner, C. Mae Robinson, Ann Horner, Edna Cameron, Ann Day, Sumner Waite, Bill Brown, Bud Courte- marche and Carl Larson.
 MT. and Mrs. Joe Brown cele- brated their second anniversary June 8.
 Mrs. Rosemary Lemoine and son will visit her mother, Rosie Cam eron Minor, in Tacoma this sum- mer.
 Drew French is now living in Yuma, Arizona.
 Mrs. Eliza Hatch Miller, of Fair banks, was visiting Ann Day. It was her first trip Outside in 50 years. Among old friends visited in Los Angeles by her were: Mar garet Colder, Hazel Courtemar- che, Ann Day, ,Arel Slippern, How ard Ralston and Clifford Moody.
 New faces at the last meeting of the organization were: G. w. Saucer1nan and son, C. M; the son was born in Dawson.
 Denny Blakeslee, formerly of Nome and Southeastern Alaska; Dr. Aline Beegler, formerly of Fairbanks; Mrs. Lipsky and MT. Dodge, both of whom have been i'll; Grandpa Courtemarche.
 Mrs. Wickersham and Mrs. B. Fades were appointed at the last to see that all Sourdough IAlaskans from Pasadena attend the picnic.
The Nome nugget., 1938-07-06
Dr. ]. ". Edmunds

Optometrist of Alaska and Seattle Arrived in Nome June Both, and left for Kotzebue and some Nor thern points, and will be al the Nome Hotel, Nome, Alaska, on or about July 18th, to remain here about 10 days.
 Dr. Edmunds has had over 3O- years experience examining Eyes, which are a decidedly complicat- ed proposition, requiring many years of study and experience. All my work is guaranteed.
 Dr. Edmunds needs no lntroduc- ton to Nome citizens as this is his second trip to Nome and llth annual trip throughout Alaska where hundreds of citizens testify 10 his highly scientific work, back ed by five diplomas from recOg- nized Eye Colleges, besides being ! Post-Graduate. Crosssd Eyes frequently strengthened W h glasses only. We welcome diff cult cases
 School Children's Eyes need very careful attention and should be examined once each year; glasses fitted if necessary. { It is a gross error to suppose that children have perfect eyes at birth. Many bright children are retarded in health and handicap ped by eyestrain Or poor cision. Permanent Offices at l43l Fourth Ave. Seattle, where my two quail Hed and able assistants are con- stantly in attendance. (adv.) E
The Nome nugget., 1938-07-06

scoreless for six of the seven inn- ings, and Northland pitchers Barr and Scribner stood off the Alas kan batters for four no-hit inn ings.
 The Northland team consisted of Cinqman, Barr, Scrlbner, Jew cit, Franke, Davis, Reess, Steph- ems, and Goodwin; and the Alas kan lineup included the Willoya pitcher-c&tcher combination, Cab inboy, Oomak, Mogg, Larson, Kan yak, O'Connor and Okeapluk. H. Hagen and R. Maynard were um- pires. The Northland team, whi- oh has been practicing for an out door game, was at decided dis advantage on the indoor diamond. A glofious wind-up for the Glorious Fourth was the ball, held in the school auditorium. The balcony was crowded with Eskimo spectators, and the crowd on the floor was probably the largest which has ever assembled in the hall. It is estimated that more than one thousand people were present during the evening. Marvellous music was furnished by the Northland's eleven-piece orchestra, and appreciatively greeted by the enthusiastic crowd
 It is 10 be hoped that we may ar
 range for the Swinging Sailors to
 be present at other dances in the
 near future. And the nearer, the
 better! is Nonne's opinion.
The Nome nugget., 1938-07-06
Snappy Fourth July Is Enjoyed
 By Nomeites

In spite of the cloudy sky and cold west wind, None's Fourth of July celebration exceeded any Tn recent years for pleasant and di- versified entertainment, and real enjoyment by the townspeople as well as by the many visitors within the city.
 At II am. crowd met in the school gymnasium for short patriotic program. Mayor Alvin Polet presided as chairman, intro d,Dcing the various numbers.
 Father Concannon gave the ln- vocation, and Mary Hood Chap man read the Declaration of 1n- dependence, to refresh the minds of the audience with the true i'm portance of the celebrated day
 Father Bernard Hubbard deliv- cred the patriotic address, driving home his points with am effective combination of humor and rever- ence. The program closed with community singing ot America led by Miss Pearl Woodfin, ane the benediction by Rev. Widney.
 The children of the town were invited to repair to the city hal for the customary treat. Coun cihnan Ed. Anderson was in cha rge of arrangements flor the re treatments, and Chief W.W.LaW supervised their distribution.
 At twelve o'clock Noon thu