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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
JOB INSURANCE
Not SOLUTION
AS TO RELIEF.
But Altmeyer Sees 1t as
First Line Defense
in Situation
ECCLES is ASSAILED
FOR VIEW ON BONUS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (UP)
Secretary Of the Treasury Nor
genthau today indicated that
there appeared to be no immedi-
ate need for additional funds to
meet relief demands. "There is
nothing in the picture of today
which has not been provided for, I"
he said.
WASHINGTON, Jan. &. (UP)
The administrators new unem-
ployment insurance program will
serve as a first line of defense
against the relief problem but
will not solve it, Chairman Ar
thur j. Altmeyer of the social Sc
curity board told the senate I'M
employment and relief investiga-
ton committee yesterday.
He testified as President Roose-
welt, in his annual budget mes
sage, asked congress to appropri-
ate $l,000,000 for direct relief
for the fiscal year 1889 and as
the American Federation of La
Dor estimated that 723,000 per-
sons lost their jobs during No
vember.
Altmeyer informed the COM
mittee, which is seeking the scope
of the jobless situation, that the
social security act should be
amended to permit % states to
begin benefit payments in adj
vance of schedule. He conceded
the seriousness of the trade slump
and estimated that if the trend
continues more than $225,O OO,-
900 will be paid out this year in
unemployment compensation.
He followed Federal Reserve
Board Chairman Mariner S. Ec-
cles, who Tuesday blamed pay
ment of the soldiers bonus for
creating an Imitation psychol-
ogy" and said the government
could restore prosperity by spend
ing a billion dollars.
Eccles was assaulted yesterday
bv Representative Wright Pat
man, D., Texas, co-author of the
bonus bill and leader of house
bloc favoring government owner
ship of the federal reserve banks.
Patman defended the bonus as
money never spent more wisely
and described Eccles as "the man
in the position of power to take
action to improve the economic
situation" He was joined by Rep
resentative John E. Rankin, d.,
Miss. who said Eceles was incon-
sistent in tracing the recession to
the bonus and at the same time
saving the government could
spend it's way to prosperity. -,
Altmeyer said that even with
some increase in unemployment,
the iobless trust funds in the va
rious states shuold be adequate TO
cover all Withdrawals. He SAID
that the great value of the IN
surance program, after 1t gets
fully established, is that 1t can
Compensate for intermittent un-
employment" and can cushion
the first shock of increased unem-
ployment because of a business
recession such as we are now eX-
periencing. 80 ho
He said that "even with the
present restricted" benefits OF
the program about two-thirds Oh
the 81, 100000 workers covered
bv it could be compensated. 400
"But in periods such as Iyoz,
this proportion might drop as low "
as one-third," he said. He adoea
that it would be from two u
Continued on page threel
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
Employment Office Now Assisting
Idle In Filing Compensation Claims

About so persons have already
The employment office at
Hendersonville serves Henderson,
Transvivania, Polk and part of
R,incombe counties and for the
convenience of those wishing to
Ale claims extension points have
baen established and a represen-
tstive of the local office will be
at the following places at the
times mentioned to do this work:
Fletcher, Tuesday, 9:O0-l2:OO,
postoffice lobby.
Arden, Tuesday lis 400,
Green's Grocery store.
Brevard, Wednesday 1904 100,
courthouse.
Tuxedo, Thursday S:45-l0: 80,
Green River Mills store.
Saluda, Thursday 11:00-12:45,
city hall. :
!. Tryon, Thursday 200 :. AS,
town office. @ dr. or.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
Knudsen Declares
Car Sales Drop
Sharpest Known

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (UP)
William S. Knudsen, president OF
General Motors appearing before
the senate unemployment COM
mittee, today said he hoped for
a business comeback in the spring
that would make current labor
lay-offs temporary. :.
eve do not want to lay OH
people. We can't make money
that way" he said. Asserting that
the heavy decrease in used car
sales had been the greatest prob
lem, Knudsen said the corpora
ton experienced its sharpest sales
drop in history late in 1897.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
LEMON SHOWN HERE
WEIGHS NEARLY 3 LBS.

w. T. Dortch today placed on
view in The Times-News window
a lemon that, lacking one ounce,
weighs three pounds. Mr.. Dortch
is just home from visit With his
brother, l.. w. Dortch, at Tampa,
Fla, and the lemon came from a
tree on his brothers grounds.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
Roosevelt To Approve Smoky Park
Funds Bill And Assures Money

two senators Joined in the intro
duction of a bill authorizing the
appropriation which the president
said he would take care of with
an allotment so that it would not
afterward be necessary to enact
a specific appropriation bill.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
Baptists Will
Project Plans
ForYear Tonight

Officials of the First Baptist
church will meet this Thursday
evening at Z o'clock to formulate
plans for the new year. r.
The meeting will he held in the
Sunday school building at 2 p. m.
Those attending the meeting,
beside the pastor, will be officers
of the Sunday school and teach
ers, members Of the board OF dea-
cons, members Of the finarce COM
mittee, officers Of the Nonan's
Missionary union, B. T. u. officers
and the choir director and or
ganist. - ..-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
NLRB Maintains
Ban On Right To
Strike Is Illega]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. CUP
The National Labor Relations
board informed congress in its an
nual report today that legal liml-
tations on the right to strike
would be unconstitutional.
The statement was made in the
face of a reviving drive tc amend
the Wagner act, under which the
board operates, and to take steps
to increase trades unions respon-
sibility.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
ERIE STILLWELL
DESIGNS CULLOWHEE
COLLEGE BUILDING

The contract for a teachers
training school building at Wes-
tern Carolina Teachers college at
Cullowhee probably will be award
ed in April. H. E. Buchanan, a
member of the board of trustee,
said here last night.
At a meeting of the board yes
terday, E. G. Stillwell of Hender-
sonyiile was designated as archi-
tect for the structure, which Will
cost unfortunately $4,000.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
Boost Summers
For High Court
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (UP)
Members of the house judiciary
committee today drafted a petit,
ton to President Roosevelt ask
ing him to appoint their chair
man, Representative Hatton w
Summers, Texas, to the u. S. SUI
preme court vacancy 1ra-. z.'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
lSS STELLA HOWARD
OPERATED ON HERE

Mss Stella Howard underwent
Operation at Patton Memorial
F,ltai last night following an
y attack of appendicitis. Her
I'lon was reported as favor
L this morning. { = I-7-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
CHILD SUFFOCATES

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan; g.
(UP).-A hickory nut lodged IN
the throat of 3-year-old Donald
Alfred of Harrisburg, Ark, caus-
ed his death by suffocation, physi,,
clans said last night. The child
died before an operation could
be performed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
Epworth Union To
Meet At Upward

Announcement was made today
that the January meeting of Hem
derson County Epworth League
Union will be held Sunday, Jan. 9
at 8 p. M, at Upward Methodist
church. &...a Jssgr. :
y It was asked that ia view Of
the fact. that this is the first'meet-
ing with q newly organized chap
ter as host, a fun attendance be
present.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
BOOST HULL FOR PRIZE

SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. D.: =
(UP).-The Chilean senate last
night adopted unanimously res
olution nominating United States
Secretary Of State Cordell Hull
for the Nobel peace prize.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
EIREMEN FIRE HOUSE

RIVA, Italy, Jan. 6. (UP).-
Firemen yesterday built a fire
unde rthe water equipment IN q
house to thaw out frozen pipes.
The house burned down.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06

leasing eloudiness Thursday
~, followed by rain Friday;
nlsas~hat colder Friday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-06
GOOD AFTERNOON

The government should be the
last to wall over the forgotten
man when tax collectors keep
such accurate records Of his ad.
dress.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
Nrm

cording to plans. without haste, by
people who know their business, we
will at least get something for our
money-which we didn't in 1917,
Those who have ever visited the
James river in Virginia surely will
agree with that statement after they
have seen several thousand boats,
built for war purposes, rotting to
the waters edge without ever hav-
ing been used.
The second reason to be men,
toned is that expenditure of money
for this type of construction is go
ing to mean jobs. It will take many
people off of relief. Again, surely
it is worth more to have something
substantial built than to have strong
men raking up leaves or building
privies.
Before the debate on the defense
program is over, of course, there
will be charges that Mr.. Roosevelt
has set up a hobgoblin of fear. He
will be charged with having propos-
ed the defense program to dis
tract attention from his failure to
help business out of its slump.
There is some truth in that. But
there is truth in the reports that we
are not protected, as a nation, and
that our army and our navy would
be like a terrier fighting a police
dog if we should have to mix it with
any foreign power.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
Bruckart's Washington Digest
Three Important Problems
For Congress to Consider
National Defense, Relief, and the Railroads Are
Pressing Questions; TIL is Congress Will Not Vote
Money Just to Please TIL e President
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
e, National Press Bldg, Washington, DC.

There is always the annual mess
of appropriate bills. Work has been
started on many of them by COM
mittees which have charge. But ii
should be remarked that the work
has been only started. It is by nc
means finished. For in these money
bills this year there are tons and
tons of hot air. There are not
enough rubber stamps to bring a
majority vote if, as and when want
ed like it has been for the last sew
eral sessions. In other words, in
the forthcoming session, unless all
signs fail there will be close scruti-
ny Of appropriation bills.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
Ancient Holly
. Still Spreads
! HoIidayCheer

In homes throughout America this
Christmas the holly plant will carry
on its age-old duty of spreading
Yuletide spirit, custom that dates
back to the pagan tribes Of CONT
mental Europe.
Originally the holly grew wild in
the United States over range from
Massachusetts, to Missouri and
south to Florida ard Texas. But too
much harvesting in northeastern
United States has destroyed much
Of the natural growth. Today most
holly is grown from Norfolk, Va, to
Florida within so or 60 miles of the
Atlantic coast, and westward in the
Gulf region to Louisiana. 10.
Current popularity of the holly is
a continuation of the custom of the
Druid feasts which honored the mis-
tletoe and holly in pagan rites. In
Europe the tribes under Roman rule
sent holly branches to each other as
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
REGISTERED REST ROOMS

We pledge you spic-and span
cleanliness (. /. complete rest room
equipment. This pledge is backed up
by our white Patrol" inspection
service. You'll find it always ..
wherever you see the sign.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
Railroad Picture Important
As Is the Defense PrOgrem

The railroad picture is as import
ant in a domestic way as is the de-
Tense program. Indeed, I can not
help wondering what our defense
program would be like if the rail
lines break down. am told that
the war department has figures
showing that if the railroads were
called upon to haul Is percent more
traffic now than they hauled In
1887, some Of the freight trains
would be taking short cuts across
corn fields and trying to leap over
creeks.
Some of the senators and some
administration officials want to pro-
vide additional government loans to
the rail lines to help them build up
their rights of way. That sounds
foolish to me. To loan them more
money is simply to break their
backs with added debt. They have
all of the debt that they can stand
now. g
I have about reached the conclu-
sion that an actual subsidy to the
railroads may be the best and the
cheapest thing to do. Give them
cash; treat them as other means OF
transportation have been treated
There is no use denying 1t. for the
government has subsidized water
ways. It is giving cold cash to the
merchant marine. It has subsidized
highway construction which in turn
enabled the sale of motor cars. IT
has given funds for airport con-
struction and has constructed light
ed airways for planes Each and
every one of these is subsidy and
calling them by any other name
does not change the fact.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

1t would seem to me, therefore,
that if the administration and con-
gress were to vote a plain subsidy Of
a couple of hundred million dollars
year for, say three years, they
would be rebuilding an industry we
must have for peace as we'll as
war. The funds could be granted
for use on roadbeds and buildings.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
Late Yuletide Observed
By Orthodox Christians

Conforming to the Julian calen-
dNr. thousands of Americans will
not celebrate Christmas until Janu-
airy z. IA days behind the Gregorian
calendar. These people are Rus.
slams. Serbians. Armenians, Bulga-
rians. Syrians and Macedonians-
followers of the Christian Orthodox
chtrch. Greeks and Rumanians.
also of the Orthodox church. mark
Christmas on the Gregorian calen-
lar but adhere to the Julian calen-
lar in observance of Easter Sum
,Ay
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
Banker Plays
Role Of Santa
For Prisoners
Distributed Money to Charity
Under Name. Mickey
Finn"

SIOUX CITY, IOWA.-A mysteri-
GUS Santa Claus whose identity was
revealed only at his death early in
1887, will be remembered here each
Christmas as one Of Sioux City's
most BELOVED characters.
His name was Ed T. Kearney, a
real estate man and banker who
brought Yuletide joy to hundreds
with anonymous contributions to in.
mates of prisons and missions. His
gifts were always accompanied by
poorly written letters bearing the
signature, Mickey Finn"
A sample of Kearney's unusual
letters has been uncovered in the
note written to the sheriff of Cook
county, ILL.,, in 1880:
cHicaGo ILL dec 2 o 1880.
dEre sHeriF
pLesE USE tile sMal Check inClosEd
to by sum nuts er handy eR fRutE fer
enY pore pepUl YOU may haV with
you IN yUre jAle ON cRisMus day
AN tel EN- 60 sTraTe AN don't
drink eNy buZe fer tile roTin sTuf WE
gfTs now will SUR XII ANY one WHO
drinks IT.
/ bin sick AN kant git mitch work
Now fer fond out that crUkidNiss
don pay NUN. -.-,
IN give EN- al tie bEs INV AN
wishes Nv thEr tRew frEn AN vel
wiShir. -, -a
yUrrs tRewLy.
mickey finn.
The identity Of Mickey Finn"
was not discovered until Kearney
was in Sioux City hospital during
his last illness. A daughter, pos
sessed Of some circumstantial evil
dence, confronted her father with
the question and he confessed that
he was Mickey Finn" When his
private papers were examined clip
pings were found substantiating his
confession.
The character Of Mickey Finn was
created early in the 1905 when Mr..
Kearney was president Of bank at
jackson, Neb. He met many bank
ers from over the country at conven-
tons and when he started his Santa
Claus role in the person of Mickey
Finn" he simply wrote his banker
friends in other cities and obtained
their cooperation in sending the
checks and keeping his identity Sc
cret.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

evidence of good will. Homes and
churches were decorated with holly
laden with crimson berries when the
pagans celebrated the feast Of Sat
urnalia, the turning on Of the SUM-"
Yuletide, the feast made to the
Celtic sun god, Yaioul, finally be-
came the celebration of Christmas.
and the holly tree, known as the
. holy tree, became the sacred tree
for decorations at our Christmas
festivals.
Holly does not bear berries I'M
til it is five years old. Before that
time the male and female trees can
not be told apart. There are more
than 300 species of the plant, all of
them native to the temperate and
tropical regions of both hemi-
spheres.
Only the American and English
holly trees have rich green leaves.
These are outlined with sharp spines
or teeth. and the fruiting branches
have round crimson berries.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
A 100000 aircraft factory
covering 40 acres will be built near
Oldham, England.

what used to be called the Isl
lent vote" now appears to have
feminine voice.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

BILE to close ones eyes to the tragedy
of the scene and forget all about
the sadness of the world, one might
produce masterpiece of humor
concerning the situation in the ma
TONS capital this week. After the
manner of the circus hawker, one
might shout that the greatest show
on earth is about to open; one might
call attention to the fact that this
show is unlike most others because
it has two "big tops" and one
might, without stretching the imagi-
nation, suggest that if you want to
understand what is happening, or
is about to happen, you had best
keep your eyes trained on both
tents.
Yes, in all seriousness, there are
two shows this winter. One of them
has many actors, many voices. 1t
is to be found in the halls of con-
gress on Capitol Hill The man on
the flying trapeze never excelled by
comparison with members of the
house and senate. Never were there
better clownish acts than are
staged annually in those chambers.
Instead of vocal applause and much
clapping of hands, however, the act
ors in the Capitol Hill circus want
applause in the shape of votes; they
want to have the home folks an
prove. -.-s-. +
Now, concerning the other tent,
there is only one actor. But he
controls many Charlie McCarthys.
He used to operate a puppet show.
He made his actors perform so well
that they became known as rubber
stamps. But an election has inter-
vened. Some of the strings that
controlled puppets have been brok-
en-, others have become knotted, and
the master actor probably has
somewhat more critics in his audi
ence than he formerly had.
National Defense and the
Railroads Serious Problems
And so we get down to cases.
President Roosevelt will offer to
congress in a few days his program
for building up the national defense.
He will tell congress, as well, what
the needs of the destitute are and
how he conceives that they must
be met. g.. .1E
AS a third great problem, and
probably the most difficult as well
as of concern to every one of us,
there is the question of what to do
to save the railroads of the country.
No official seems to have found a
proper or sane solution, but to me it
appears that the time has come
when national action is called for
in a much more concrete form than
the intellectual liberals" surround
ing the White House are accustom-
ed to advance in bringing about the
more abundant life. Trains run on
money, as well as steel, and if the
owners do not get some money very
soon there won't be more than a
half a dozen rail lines in the country
that have escaped bankruptcy.
In addition to these problems, we
are likely to see competition be-
tween the two shows for some very
juicy jibs. Of course, these con-
Germ largely the north ring Of the
Capitol Hill circus, namely, the SEN
ate, which must confirm presiden-
tial appointments before the act is
completed. It is not too much tc
expect that there will be consider
able difference of opinion between
the White House and the. senate
over a good many selections.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
E. G. Smith Motor Co.
Kennewick, Washington.
Gentlemen:

Gentlemen:
The young squirt wouldn't be-
Ieve me when I told him that in
spite of my few. rattles and
squeaks was as good car as he
was. -.r
81 respect your age" he says,
"but look at me - I got free
wheeling, hydro-electric shock
absorbers, T. N. T. spark plugs,
two-point suspension, syncro-
mesh transmission, streamline
radiator, and a lot of things you
never even heard Of"
But when we got on the road,
and he found out that I could do
everything he could and then
some, was his face red! s.--a
Tell me-" he says APOLOGIZE
cally, "the secret of your youth"
mo secret at ALL" I replied, &c.
c. Smith Garage does my repair
work." ~
Henry Motorblock.
Dear Mr.. Motorblock:
Thanks for the compliment.
We will admit, however, that
while new-fangled accessories are
fine things, they can't take the
place Of careful work-over now
and then.
Yours,
Sincerely yours,
~1 E. G. Smith Garage