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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

WASHINGTON. The closins
'" days of the 18th Congress
have been filled with wrangiing
over familiar issues and It's many
q long month since the administra-
ton proposed any new legislation
which could be considered likely
to disturb business.
Nevertheless, reiteration con-
tinues that lack Of confidence as
q result of government policies is
a prime factor in the depression
of the last year.
&, This stems from the fact that so
many politicians and business men
believe President Roosevelt will
go just as far to the left in re-
forms and experimentation as he
lis able. How far he might have
gone had he not virtually lost
command, of Congress by attempt
ing to put over his daring SUI
preme Court plan is any business
mans nightmare. u
The only important things this
session of Congress has done
which were not part of the
Roosevelt program year ago are
the passage of a business relief"
tax bill and pending enactment
Of an expanded spending-lending
program.
Possibly it will contribute aSbit
to the mental tranquility of some
readers, if one lists a few of the
proposals which have not been
made or supported by the ad-
ministration and yet, neverthe-
less, have seriously been consid-
cred and discussed at the White
House or among the White House
advisers within the last year or so.
Most notable of all has been the
administrations failure to try to
achieve further reforms by taxa
ton, although many a wondrous
dream has reached the bud stage.
On this front the administration
has been thrown for a large loss,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

he does not nave TO learn by
experimenting with the peoples
affairs, he is the ideal public Of
fetal. And why shouldn't a man
who has benefited richly from his
country devote his richest years
to serving that country?
II is declared that in many of
the municipalities of the United
States not a solitary person is on
the city's payroll or in the city's
service except for what he can
get out of it. We desperately need
the custom that creates patriotic
politicians who go into their
country's service for what they
can put in it. We have number
of, them now, and thank God for
them; but the supply is woefully
inadequate. .
J.. You men. of America who have
made your fortunes and develop
ed your brains, why don't you set
to work saving your communities
and Your. nation from selfish, in
competent persons who are plum
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
SERIOUS CHARGE:

1--WE should have adjourned long ago, said Sen
tor Carter Glass of Virginia, referring to the con-
tnuation'of the present session OF congress
And he added the opinion, which ne expressed
as asqnite positive statement, that "The country
would have been lot better off"
: Senator Glass is universally recognized as one
ref the very real statesmen on Capitol Hill in the
national capital. d's.st o>, t9s'' -
His comment on the subject Of Adjournment is a
plain charge that the welfare Of the country has
been retarded because of what congress has done
and has attempted to do in its present session.
1t is serious charge, and coming from such a
man as Senator Class it cannot be passed of light
ly nRbck HaA (Ss CD Herald. = : =. ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
HoWS THIS.
HAUNTED" I,oii,.

rato rE1 I1c2.,... Calf. urp]
here that a va p,arto' I'd
ma" "a,'o d":i,. @slstins: IT they 2'; \
nous" at night but "' S.l'
sSe" t.. the ghost" Fl fly 'i ~ 4
c S;,T windows nd Finally p % 1
i New cat of the "" ~ir5 ios !
the shape Of two s "''aos |
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
CASE OF VISION: When one

reflects on the vision Of c. and
Ben Few and Wiltshire Griffith,
who established a garage here in
1911, when automobiles were
housed about half the year on ac-
count Of impossible conditions of
the streets and roads, he cannot
but admire their vision, though
it didn't take much in the form
of equipment to establish such Il
business. 1t might be termed Il
cross between blacksmith shop
and machine shop. People no
doubt laughed at their seeming
folly, which required a great
faith in the permanency and sue
cess of the new means of travel.
No type of faith now seems too
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

WIN pN WHY "iN
made h i m S e | t
proficient in exc
cutive matters,
goes into public
w o k, political
a n d otherwise,
Thus to the peo-
pies affairs are
brought integrity,
ability and ma
ture judgment.
When n man is
sufficiently well
off that he has
no in]ucement to
graft and steal
and has a mind
so trained that
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
OLYMPIC HIKER 81,

ZURICH oUPp-F,i,, -,
ger; %, has left SUM- Sur
WAX WALK to Toxic, where I i. ! !,
1910. The distance !, -. Z
500 miles, nut he !, ' 9
make i} the walk as long a "
80 that he can win H. q J
ing offered to the one %, !! !
the longest TIN IN ,''
games. We
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
BE CAREFUL, HENRY

It is all right FOR Secretary Of
Agriculture Wallace to curse out
the United States Supreme Court
for one of it's recent decisions,
but he had better not talk that
way about some of the little local
judges, or he will find himself in
Jail for contempt of court.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

There is one custom we Amer
leans imperatively need: We need
the custom prevailing in the best
governed foreign nations whereby
a man as soon as he has gained a
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
FAITH THAT BUILDS: Cou,

FAITH THAT BUILDS: Cour,
age and faith are required to as
sumo responsibilities such as +. G..
Thomas and J. Fl. Reaben have
shouldered in connection with the
new garage on Main and Seventh.
This lis the stuff Of which com
are built.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

The Swedes are a funny peo-
ple!-they actually believe the
campaign promises of their politi-
cal candidates-and funnier still,
the elected Swedish official makes
good his campaign pledges; it is a
custom of the country.
But woe betide the candidate
who makes absurd promises to
fool the Swedish voters !-they
see right through him and will
have none of him. That chap who
was elected to the lieutenant gov
ernorship of the State of Wash
ington on the platform that free
beer would run from water hy-
drants and that chorus girls
would run the street. cars would
have made no appeal to the
Swedish mind.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
BIBLE THOUGHT
FAITHFUL SERVANTS
Good and faithful" Matt b;la'S'

GOOD" refers to character, and "FAtinro L =,
to conduct. What we arc, and what we no. N''',
come up for review before the whole Cnureo O.
the Judgment seat of Christ. Ashamed at HIS COM,
ing will be those who, saved by grace nave no'
served the Lord acceptaby. The paths OF righteous
ness arc always path, of pesee.---ErneSt NJ "aaS-
worth 80
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
TEACHING THE YOUNG IDEA HOW
TO LOSE A DEGREE
lBy BRUCE CATION

For an interesting sidelight on adult
standards of morality in this country, con-
slider the case of Robert Greenlees Pear
son. who is about to be graduated from
the University of Kansas, .- 80. ..r
Pearson is a crack student, but he is 60
ing to fail of election to Phi Beta Kappa
the honorary high-scholarship fraternity
because he wrote magazine article ad-
hitting that he had been ghost-writing for
lazy or unbrilliant students who couldn't
pass their exams without help 49,
In his magazine article, Pearson told
how he furnished papers for a large num-
Der of students, some of them at other col
Ieges. He did good job of it, too, guar
anteeing his clients that no work bought
from him would receive lower than b
grade. .i-
'"The moral and ETHICAL standing of my
occupation has not yet been carefully
worked out" he wrote, mainly because
my occupation is not supposed to exist. /
am one of widespread and rapidly grow
ing body of campus ghost-writers, students
making money for themselves by pounding
out papers for those who are willing to pay
for them" 49,. ..,..s
All of this may look ike problem in
campus morality, not adult morality. But
the campus is seldom original in matters
like this, and it must be pointed out that
the ghost-writer was invented and made a
prominent part of our American scheme
of things by full-grown men, not by, col
lege boys.
The, practice apparently began harm
lessly enough, some years ago.. when pro.
fessional athletes were persuaded to indite
their memoirs or their comments ON the
passing scene for newspaper and maya
zine readers. Not one champion in dozen
could do much more than write his own
name. but skilled writers were furnished
to4do the work; and before long the ghost.
writer was an integral part of the world
of professional sport. .,,-..,. ..-,.-..
Then the practice was picked up by
loftier people. -. So, -,
Politicians whose intellectual accom-.
plishments consisted of a pleasant smile
and phenomenal ability to remember
peoples names discovered that it was sim.
pier to hire some bright young man to
write. a speech than to write it ones self
Politicians who really could write their
own stuff if they had time, followed suit
Even presidents have been known to hire
ghosts, at times. .,
Captains of industry did likewise--which
did make for better after dinner speeches
in some instances. Explorers fell into line
and produced books with phenomenal ia,
cllity, Movie stars went for the gag, And
SO, presently, the ghost-writer became an
essential figure in American life, -, -.
Which brings US back at last to our col.
eglan. l. y .sgl e.
If what he did. was wrong, the whole
business of ghost-writing has a flaw in il
somewhere. He merely copied his elders
and lived in college the kind of life. they
were living in the, adult world. And if any
stones are to be. cast at him, the flinginq
ought to be done by people who are them
selves reasonably free from the, same ,kine
of sin {, ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
THE KINDEST WOMAN

Observing the birds eating her
half-ripe cherries. she fastened a
small box of bicarbonate of soda
up in the cherry tree.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

Five Diesel trains consisting of two modern air.
conditioned cars each have been built for railway
in Bra1il ri Is;r5 sa-ih' = o. 81,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
LIFE, DAY BY DAY
THEY ARE THAT WAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

dering it, mismanaging it, and
making a mockery of democracy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

Garden: A plot of growing things which town
maa plants with great enthusiasm In early spring
and forgets in hot weatherE1 ~ Nqi- g 49, o
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

Ecuador has decreed that al foreigners living in
that country must invest $1,000 in some phase Of
Ecuadorian industry Or agriculture.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

A TORNADO is a local, restricted example OF Con
seldom travels the breadth Of state and IS ut So
cyclone travels continents lasting for days but s
reared on its way, the damage may not be worth men
while the little tornado, its few minutes OF cHlSn@
death and destruction
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

At the seventh Pan American
conference held at Montevideo in
1888 there were women delegates
from Paraguay, the United States
and Uruguay. "
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02
FRAGRANCE VS.. FRAGRANCE

"Oh," she gasped, as the door
bell rang, chats Tony!-And l
forgot and ate raw onions for
supper" ..-..
But Tony didn't notice. He had
been eating garlic!
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

People used to feel uneasy when they
recognized what they called "calm be-
fore the storm Calm" "ealm?" We're
not familiar with the word.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

Do the gentlemen who control radio
consider Mae West humor more harmful
p to the little ones than the. advertising of
.quaek medicines? Why? %
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-02

Nearly 100000 are employed
III factories of Japan. o..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
RINGS IN lands
KILLING SOUGHT
BY GRAND JURY

Two rings, said to have been
given to pretty young Washing.
ton nurse by James Lands, proba.
tionary fireman charged with the
murder Of his wife, Mrs. Blanche
Gertrude Lands, were sought by
the Grand Jury today as it opened
an investigation of the Lovers
Lane" murder case.
Lands was taken into custody
a few hours after his young wife
was found in. a lonely section Of
the Northeast last month, the
victim of a brutal beating. She
died two days later.
Admitting that he had deserted
his post on the fireboat that night,
Lands said he had gone out rid
ing with her, and claimed she
suffered the injuries when she
leaped out of his car.
Police later found that Lands,
who had been estranged from his
wife since last summer, had gone
out frequently with Miss Virginia
Simpson, nurse at Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital.
Admitting she had had a num-
Der of dates with him, Miss Simp-
son told police that she did not
know he was a married man.
When she read in the papers Of
the attack on Mrs. Lands, she
sent the two rings back to Lands
mother, Mrs. Mildred Jones, she
said.
The Grand Jury today issued a
subpoena for Mrs. Jones to appear
and bring with her the rings.
Miss Simpson left Washington
shortly after the murder and went
to the home Of her father in At.
kinSon, N. c., where she now is.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
NEW NAzI PURGE
STARTED AMONG
AUSTRIA POLICE
Hundreds Dismissed;
Suicides Result

LONDON, April IL U.N.SO
The London Daily Telegram re-
ported today that a drastic Nazi
purge now is in progress among
Austrian police.
A Vienna dispatch to the news
paper said several hundred Aus
trian police officers are believed
to have been dismissed and that a
few committed suicide.
NAILS FILL GAPS
The London Daily Herald, Ia
borite newspaper, reported Chan
cellor Hitler has ordered establish
ment of a Czechoslovakian Nazi
legion modelled after the Austrian
legion.
The paper said recruiting for
the Czech legion was progressing
"briskly' at Dresden, Germany,
and that nearly 1000 Sudeten Ger
mans from Czechoslovakia are
joining daily.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
nina PERSON
TO WE'D BR|TON

LONDON, April IL Q.N.S0.
Nina Pierson, former Ziegfeld girl,
is engaged to Clarence Moore, act,
ing president of British Motors,
Ltd, of New York, the Daily Mail
declared today.
On April Miss Pierson an
nounced she had accepted a pro,
posal of marriage" from Tommy
Manville, the asbestos heir. The
latter characterized 1t as an April
FOOLS joke.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 3d.
why We have more murders than
other countries. A statlatician goes over
the figures and Rinds that the United
States has more violent deaths than any
country on earth and that some States
are worse than others. Read this article
in The American Weekly, with Sunday
Washington HeFald-TimeS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
British
LGndSArIns
In China

HONGKONG, April IL GN.S0
After a series of EMBARRASSING
adventures encountered when it
ran the japanese blockade, the
British steamer Stanhope docked
at Hongkong today and landed a
consignment of arms for China.
The shipment included field
guns, airplaneS and tanks from a
Black Sea port.
HANKOW, April IL G.N.S)
Chinese troops are approaching
the walls of YihSien and the jap
anese are preparing to withdraw,
Chinese military headquarters an
nounced today.
The Japanese are steadily re-
treating at numerous points in
Southern Shantung, the announce
ment said.
Nipponese forces under General
MatseShi mutinied in Manchukuo
and joined Chinese mobile units,
1t was said. Large quantities OF
Manchukuoan arms and munitions
were seized after severe fighting.
Tokyo rumors that Chinese Gen.
Tokyo rumors that Chinese Gen
eralissimo Chang Kai-Shek and
T. v. soong. chairman of the
Bank of China. had been killed or
were missing as a result of a
Japanese air raid on Changsha
were officially denied.
LONDON, April IL GN.SO.
The Chinese Embassy in London
today announced receipt of a
message from Hankow stating 30
persons were killed and 10
wounded in a Japanese war plane
raid on Changsha in Hupeh prov
ince. National Human University
was said to have been badly dam
aged during the raid.
-VnTE EOR suEEpAer Appu an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
A. 7. & T. Income
Shows Big Drop

NEW YORK, April IL (INSD.
February net income of American
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany was only $73,711 against
1878, 149 in February, 1897, accord,
ing to a report filed with the Fed.
eral Communications Commission
Net for the first two months of
the year totaled $824,374 against
81, 1877 38 in the same period a
year ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Nazis Plan Trial
OF Absent Otto

PARIS, April IL U.N.SJ.
The Nazi treason trial of
Archduke Otto of Hapsburg,
youthful pretender to the
Austrian throne, will be
staged in his absence at the
Leipzig Peoples Court in Ger
many, Austrian mOnarchiSt
circles in Paris said today.
These quarters said the
trial Of Otto would be staged
simultaneously with that of
former c h an ellOr Kurt
Schuschnigg, Of Austria.
Otto is reported to have
been charged with treason
for opposing the AustrO- Ger
man anSchluSS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

Storm acted after Chief Justice
Alfred A. Wheat, in District Court,
ruled that Storms son, Fred,
would have to appear as a witness
in q suit brought for his custody
by his mother, Mrs. Margaret
Storm Hoffman.
SPANKING INVOLVED
The suit was the outgrowth of
litigation launched last summer,
when Mrs. Hoffman swore out
warrant charging her former hus-
band with cruelty after young
Fred told her he had been spanked
by his father.
Police Court Judge John p.
Mcmahon exonerated Strom, who
lives at 1881 Columbia Rd. N. W.,
at the time in decision uphold
ing the right of father to discip-
line an unruly child.
Then Mrs. Hoffman asked Dis
trict Court to reopen the divorce
action Of two years ago, in which
Storm was awarded full custody
of the child.
COUNTER SUIT FILED
Storm countered with a suit
asking that the mother be re-
strained from seeing her child at
any time, contending that Mrs.
Hoffman, now married to the CO.
respondent in the divorce suit, was
a bad influence on the lad.
Attorneys for Mrs. Hoffman de-
manded that young Fred, who
had been placed in a military
boarding school, be brought into
court to choose between his
parents. Storm demured, pointing
out that publicity growing out Of
his court appearances had given
the youngSter a false sense of i'm
portance.
lesser OF TWO EVILS"
IT sincerely believe" Storm
told the court, that it is not in
the best interest Of the child
that he be placed in custody of
his mother, but I believe it to be
the lesser Of two evils that he
be awarded to her custody
rather than be required to teSti-
fy in court.
Therefore, if the defendant
insists upon proceeding and pro-
ducing the boy in open court, I
will, in order to prevent this
and to spare the boy this dis
graceful and degrading expert
ence, forego all my rights to his
custody and consent that perma-
nent custody be awarded to his
mother"
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
Swing, the modern "Pied Piper of
Hamelin." Prof. Donald A. Laird, head
of Colgate University psychological labO-
ratOry, explains how the crazy rhythms
of the popular Orchestras can sway people
as well as rats because the savage
tempOs speed up the heart. An inter
esting and instructive page feature In
the American Weekly. with Sundays
Washington Herald-Tlmeg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Bank Merger Loan
Extension Asked

A two-year extension of the au-
thority to make loans to banks for
consolidation purposes will be
asked of Congress by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Ten banking institutions were
merged in the first three months
of this year through Federal loans,
FDIC Chairman Leo Crawley said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Easter Sunrise
Service Planned

Annual Easter Sunrise Services
Of st. Johns Episcopal Church,
conducted by the Rev. Walter
Plumley, will be held at 6 a. m.
Sunday in Barnard Hills Park, at
Eastern Avenue and Bunker Hill
Rd. N. E. A chorus of 40 voices
will participate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Rates
Unchanged in NY

NEW YORK, April II G.N.S).
Bankers acceptance rates I'M
changed with 30, 60 and 90-day
bills quoted at u to 7/16 per cent:
four months at 9/16 to u per cent,
and five and six months at 70 to
9/16 per cent.
Commercial paper / per cent,
Federal funds offered at "a per
cent, call money on bills and
TREASURES at per cent, and call
money renewed at l per cent.
-VOTE For SUFFRAGE APRIL 30
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Czech Communists
ReadY to Fight NGziS

WARSAW, April IL U.N.SO
The Polish News Agency, in a dis
patch from Prague, reported to
day that Czechoslovakian Com
munists, at a secret meeting
adopted a resolution to resort to
violence if Czechoslovakia's Nazi
Sudeten Germans are granted the
autonomy they demand.
The resolution was adopted
said the report, "in order to op
pose preventively any kind Of as
sault against democracy"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

BERLIN, N. H., April IL G.N.S).
Alice LaRochelle, barber, only
laughs when she reads the claims
of movies to being "the only woman
barber in the State" She started
in "barbering"~ in 1915, and dur
ing the war turned in a record
performance one day of 48 shaveS
and SO haircutS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
COL,CHAMBERL|N
TOvIS|T SCHOOLS

Col. Clarence Chamberlin, vet
eran aviator and holder of flight
records, will address Junior and
senior high school students in
Washington schools on aeronauti-
cal subjects this week, beginning
at l p. m. tomorrow in Eliot
Junior High School.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
British War Chief
Sails, May See Duce

LONDON, April II Q.N.SO.
Britain'S energetic war secretary,
Leslie Hore-Belisha. is sailing for
Malta, it was announced here,
to inspect British defenses on that
pivotal Mediterranean Island. 1t
was believed possible that rne war
secretary may visit Premier Mus
solini in Rome,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Works
SWeepS "HeiresS" on
Job Here
So she took the SIS, OO0l

So she took the $4,000!
But Miss Lucille Barry, who won
that amount on the Irish Sweep
stakes last month, hasn't received
her money yet.
So Miss Barry is still at work
with the United States Chamber
of Commerce, and she admitted
today that she intends to keep her
job even after the money arrives.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Father Gives Up Son
To Save Him Shame
r. E. Storm Refuses to Force Lad to Choose
BetUeen Him and Mother

In poignant portrayal of father love, Robert E. Storm
civil engineer today waived all rights custody
of his 12yearod to spare the lad he dsgraceu and
degrading experience of choosing between his parents