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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-26
Dixie Villagers =
Clothing Costlier
Than In The North
By FRED BAILEY
1,,;,cd. Press Staff. Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May rs. (uP)
The Department OF Agilcui-
ture's nationwide consumer pul-
chase survey has turned UP a lot
of startling facts, but none more
naradoxical than this:
Southern villagers spend 20 per
cent more for clothing than 90
northern villagers. :,
A family-living study in 33. vii
lapes in Georgia, Mississippi,
North and South Carolina showed
2,0S3 husbands averaged 500 a
wear each for clothes and their
wives $57.
\ similar study including 2,S77
families in, as villages in Illinois,
Iowa. Michigan, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vana and Wisconsin disclosed the
! husbands spend an average Of $3S
and the wives SAP a year for
clothing.
NONE ON RELIEF ROLLS
The survey included only non
relief white families for u
months in the 1886 period. The
figures were given by the famiIi-
es themselves in personal inter
views with department reprcsen-
tatives.
In the lower income GROUP
$500 to s3,O00-husbands and
wives spent virtually the same for
clothing. When the family in
come reached $4,000 or more en-
penditures for clothing took big
| Jump. For husbands it averaged
! $3.50 and for wives 1892 year.
In both the north and the south
husbands and wives spent more
for underwear and hose than they
did for coats and other wraps.
For the husband the average was
Sc and for wives SD. Husbands
spent $25 for suits and wives SIC
for dresses. .....
SAME SPENT FOR SHOES
The husbands averaged SO a
year for hats and the wives So.
Shoes cost husbands and wives
each an averaGeAof 50 a year.srs
The survey bore out the conten-
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After
Being Trapped Il
Hours By Cave In

WAKE FOREST. Nav 26. (UPD
George Nelson. 50-year-old negro,
lived for more than II hours yes
tprdav under 20 feet of dirt and
rocks which trapped him at the
bottom of an old well, then died
while rescuerS were pulling him
out q few minutes before Md
right
the cave-in caught Nelson at
II 4. m. as he worked at the bot
ton, of the well, which supplied
water for Il house in the negro
residential section of this small
college town. Andrew Jeffries,
Nelson's negro helper, saw the
dirt walls crumble and summoned
help Immediately.
More than 200 persons crowd
eJ near the we'll tonight to watch
rrscuers lift out the dirt, bucket
ruI ut a time Danger of addition
nj cave-ins impeded the workers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-26
BARKER HEIGHTS

BARKER HEIGHTS, May 20
The daily vacation Bible school
conducted by Misses Alletta and
Eleanor Plank and Mrs. Bert AT
Crimson closed last Sunday at
Barker Heights church.
Many of the parents and frlends
of the children enjoyed the splen-
did program which portrayed
some of their work in the school;
The smaller children recited
Bible verses and sang beautl1ul
and appropriate songs,
The intermediate children gave
a review of the book of Exodus
which they had studied.
e, The audience was very much
impressed with the illustrated de,
scriptions of "The Tabernacle
and THE Passover Feast" show
ing their relation to the stores
of the TRANSPORTATION and the
Crucifixion. The community is IN
deed grateful for the earnest Ell
forts bv the leaders in implanting
worthwhile thoughts in the minds
of the children of this section
Who attended the Bible school.
Mr.. Tommie Keisler visited
friends in Asheville last week.
Mr.. Milus Justice. who has
been working in Marion, Ohio
for some time, is visiting his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. L. Justice.
Mr.. and Mars. Ernest Floyd call
ed Sunday. on relatives and
friends in this section.
Mrs. Archie Station has return
ed home from a visit with hel
mother, who was patient at an
Asheville hospital.
Mr.. Fred Edney of Chapel Hill
called Sunday on friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gather Nanney
attended the funeral Tuesday OF
Mrs. Everette Deedman at Fruit
land Methodist church.
Miss Lois Whitaker is spending
this week with her grandmother,
Mrs. Whitaker, at Balfour.
Mesdames Creech, Donnahuc
and Norman of East Flat Rock
called Sunday on Mrs. Tom Keis-
Ter, who has been i'll, but is now
much improved,
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude langley
and family of Greenville spent
Sunday with relatives here.
Bobbie Sherman has returned
home from a visit with Nh. and
Mrs. Jack Dill of North Blue
Ridge.
Sherman Thompson of Taylors,
S. G., called Saturday on his chill !
dren at the home of their grand
mother, Mrs. Emma Justice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Sherman
were dinner guests Sunday Of the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. }.
N. Guice, of the Dana section.
The occasion was happy re-
union of the family, including
Mr.. and Mrs. Allison. Guice of
Charlotte, and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lie Gibbs of Hendersonville.
Miss Mary Prince called Sun
day on her parents, Nh. and Mrs.
J. NJ. Prince, of Pleasant Hill.
Mrs. E. B. Drake and daugh-
ters, Misses Lillian and Whsle
Drake, called Thursday on Mrs
Ben Whitaker.
Mrs. Wilburn Sherman attend
ed the funeral Tuesday of Mrs
w. 7. Drake at Beulah Baptist
church.
Mrs. Carvie McMurray called
Monday on Mr.. and Mrs. Grady
McMurray of Hendersonvllle.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Staten are oc-
cupwng home in Barker
Heights.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-26

zion of most fathers that it costs
more to clothe daughters than
sons. On the whole. fathers spent
more for clothing than their
grown, sons, but grown daughters
spent more than their mothers.
In the $4,000 to $4,000 a year
income group, sons spent an aver
age CT $73 a year for clothing;
husbands, SIT; wives, $50 and
daughters, S95. The husband earn
ing $4,000 or more a year spent
for himself, $lG0 for his son
an average Of $3.50 for clothing
1882 for his wife and 1892 foI
his grown daughter.
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TRIAL FLIGHT
eY ADELAIDE HUMPHREYS
CAST OF CHARACTERS

CAST or CHANAS iENS
JACKIE DUNN-heroine; she
wanted to fly.
ROGER BRECKNER-hero; he
wanted to test the shakespeare.
BERYL MELROSE - wealthy
widow; she wanted Roger.
EVELYN LA FARGE-JaekIe S
mother. she wanted a son-in-law.
= = 4
Yesterday: Jackie is leaving
when Beryl calls her back, reVe.is
that Roger may never walk again
CHAPTER xxi 49,,
"Roger may naver walk again"
Jackie repeated what Beryl had
told her slowly, incredulously'
"But that. can't be! He's getting
along so nicely-why he just told
me, when | said goodby, that soon
he would be out of the hospital;
that soon he would be flying
again. Oh, Beryl," Jackie caught
Mrs. Melrose's arm, chat can't
be the truth! You must be mis-
taken. How can you even say such
a thingw
81 don't want to say it, Beryl
returned, her Diary eyes compass,
sionate. "You remember | told
you yesterday l was to have a
conference with Doctor Watson!
Well, he told me then. 1t seems
there's something wrong with
Rogers back"
"Oh. Berylw Jackie bower her
head in despair. Her own trouble
was forgotten now, the fact that
she had been running away. For
Roger, who practically had been
born with wings, who was only at
home riding the sky, conQuerlng
the heavens, to be earthbound-
never able to walk again. Jackie
raised her head, stricken by an
other thought, Does he know"
she asked. "Does he have to know
this, Beryl?"
Beryl nodded, moistened her
lips. If she had let Jackie glimpse
the love she felt for Roger once
or twice, now Jackie's love-her
yer soul-lay revealed for anyone
to see. Eyes, Roger knows. lie
had guessed all along. He insisted
/ tell him-yesterday."
Then that was why you were
kneeling at his side, why you
were cryingr Jackie spoke with
out thinking.
"You saw us, then"
ayes | | thought you
had told Roger that you loved
"Then that was why you decid
ed to go home today. That was
why you broke your engage
ment" Beryl exclaimed.
Partly" Jackie admitted. "But
not all the reasons, Beryl." There
must be nothing but truth now.
Her eyes looked directly into
Beryls. "You see Roger does
not love me. He was only playing
a. part. He had promised to play
that part until the bitter end. |
e. l thought if | told him he
need not go on playing at it any
longer l thought if l went
away . he would realize that he
love you.
mo, don't interrupt she said,
when Beryl tried to speak. "Why
shouldn't Roger love you, Beryl?
You are, so wonderful so; much
better than / am. You two really
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10 Hospitakzed
After Explosion,
Blaze On Tanker

FALL RIVER, Mass, May 20,
UJP)-A cigarette discarded on
the gasoline-glazed surface Oh
Taunton river was blamed last
ni%bt for a terrific explosion and
fire in which 10 persons were IN
iured and the tanker Elwood
partly wrecked.
Aside from those hurt, 80 crew
members escaped by thngmg
themselves into the water as OIL
fed flames streamed over the met
al deck. One man reported HISS
inc later was accounted Tor
OF the 10 hoSpitalized only one
seaman Stephen Borner OF New
Haven. Conn. was in critical con
dition, stripped of his clothing by
the explosion, he had only ms cap
on when picked up.
Almost miraculous was the eS-
cane of the onl woman aboard
Mrs. Marjorie Clair. 20, OF koa-
noke. Va, wife of the first engl-
naer. Trapped in her cabin by the
fast-spreading flames, she was
pulled to safety through a port
hole By seamen who heard her
screams, and her only injuries
were contuSiOnS
-
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REDUCE FIRE HAZARD

MOLINE, la. (UP)-Thirty
Angora goats, % adults and two
kids, are maintained at the 27-
acre lumber storage lot of the
John Deere Wagon works here as
protection against fires. 1t for
merly was necessary to employ
several men to keep grass and
weeds cut between the lumber
piles to eliminate fire hazards.
alone now before the little. sta
ton.
Go be continued).
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-26
CAMERA FANS TRAINS

SAN FRANCISCO (UP)-Thc
latest de luxe equipment to be
added to trains in the scenic west
is dark rooms for the benefit of
camera enthusiasts.
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uorREDS MOL so COY

WILLIAMSTONN, \. j.. CUP
James Irwin started to uncover his
hotbeds with 4 pitchfork. The fork
entered the hay-and two negroes
sleeping under it where they had
spent a comfortable night. The
negroes were not seriously injur-
nd
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-26

.5 Almost half the womo,
ca IN business and fO, n., I
work in this c0uatr ,; spp .efs !
cntS. haEe i,
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rKoflT IN coyorr.'

Nc. CLINTON T. Okla. ,rp,-,
stay. 5tsiion Z5,year-oId fa,n.,'
f I'd. %. operator. tran. 'le'-
1 ISG the o'S,.f fun Of it, but aI' +. |. C
OF the last two mon 'Ion !, ht
i've miles north ' Of Nay
years. >o!O.eS 4
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-26

Sales of automobiles i. Austria,
la are greater than year "g"
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
WAGE-HOUR ACT WAR Renewed
IN HONOR PLAN ON ROW HOUSES

1NS0 Lacking sufficient
time and funds with which to set
up an adequate police system, the
Administration will inaugurate
the operation of the wage-and.
hour law, October "a, by placing
American industry on an honor
system.
1--WE are going to appeal to
all business engaged in inter-
state commerce to submit to the
law voluntarily" Administrator
Elmer F. Andrews said today.
He said reports he has received
from various industries are "en-
couraging" and that he is conf,
dent that all industries engaged
in interstate commerce will come
under the law without haYig a
club over them"
He cited the steel foundry in
dustdy as one of those which have
volunteered willingness to pay
more than the minimum Is cents
an hour wage the law sets up the
first year, and to adopt a A hour
week.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

ARLINGTON, Va, Oct. Am
other attempt to sign the death
warrant for row houses in Airing
ton was made at meeting of the
county board today.
Board Member F. Freeland
Chew, whose proposed amendment
to the zoning law to prohibit row
houses was lost by a 3-to-2 vote
last week, reintroduced the pro-
posal. 1t was adopted by 3-to-2
vote and scheduled for hearing
October 90.
After voting against the death
sentence" last week, two members
of the board said their action was
dictated by the fact that they had
not had time to study the pro
posed amendment.
The board awarded a $23,710
contract to David A. CalabreSe, OF
Arlington, for construction of
storm sewers in Virginia High
lands and BaLlston.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
ID. A. r. IndOrSes
Dies InQHiru

Wholehearted Endorsement OF
the Dies Committees investigation
of un-American activities was
voiced by the executive committee
of the District of Columbia
Daughters of the American Revo.
luton last night.
Regents and delegates from
each of the so chapters in the
District met with state and ma
tional officers at the session in the
United States Chamber Of Com,
merce.
The resolution adopted unanim.
ously by the committee expressed
appreciation of the dangers in
herent in the propaganda in
tended to spread the uln-American
doctrines and foreign theology in
this country.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

This the first of series of intimate inghts into the per-
SonaeS dioyncasieS of horses entered by the Chilean
Merican and American teams in the ohcomng
HoreshoD MeadoObrook october 2023 They haze been
Times Mrs. Euie Robert and OI
entertainment committee for the horSeShow.
BY EVE" ROBERT
with tiny white star her fore
white the of her back from
white SpOtSmakng
ok though she had been showed
Chilean tea-uSt had her sixth birthday
here to the horse show. 1t not
given in her honor however all the horses
Emeralda (of whom will hear later easick
GIRL OF SEVENTEEN"
This Deseada about seventeen,
is cOqueth lady, She drops her and
eyelaSheS head this that
hands with her. Her
Captain zuretta the she prefers
else.
When him. hears his voice. she whinnies
funny peculiar little whnny just for him.
"SHE'S TICKLISH AS WELL"
think being tcklsh? Well Deseada is
She be brushed all but when the
comb brush slide ribs from side to
sde little maybe the other horses
hear her gigge
Deseada has personality in the world crack
track athlete Last she jumped feet high and is said
she OutgaOp the Let's all Deseada likes America
but doesn't divert international TOO muche
looks like prettC keen competition to mel
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Shirley Designs
YoEIetide Cards
For Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 4 d.N.sO
Hollyood plans to say Merry
Christmas!' this year with a card
designed by Shirley Temple.
The screens No. / box office
star will turn artist for the bene
fit of the motion picture relief
fund.
She is to draw a picture in the
Yuletide spirit, and the sketch will
be reproduced on hundreds Oi
cards, which then will be sold to
the film stars toasend out to their
friends.
Jean Hersholt, who is one of the
sponsors of the plan, believes it
will be big money-maker for the
relief fund.
The stars will donate the
amount of money they usually
spend for cards." he said. This
often runs as high as 5000. We
believe we can raise from $4,000
to $4,000 for the fund"
Loretta Young, Tyrone Power
and Don Ameche already have
agreed to the plan, Hersholt de
clared. The drive will be car
ried not only to stars but to pro
ducers, directors and writer's.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Bad NeaUS, Gents,
MN1aicures Face
Barber Shop Ban

Mr.. Beau Brummel, who likes
to have his nails done" while
getting a shave and a haircut,
is out of luck.
His ill-fortune stems from an
order by the Board of CoSmetology
forbidding manicurists to rent
space in barber shops. And if
they can't rent space. many of
them will have to seek employ.
ment elsewhere.
This crisis for Mr.. Brummel
began when barber shops com
planned to the Cosmetology Board
as well as to the Minimum Wage
Board, tn1t they ODuld not guar
antee an $l8 weekly wage to mani
curiStS as decreed by regulations
They said, however, that mani
curiStS could rent space anC
thereby be their own bosses.
But that's out. now!
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
BIGcEed-l1p Pair
Hold UlD Grocery

TAKOMA PARK, Md, Oct. A..
Two white men, who blacked
their faces and held up the Wash
ington Mission College grocery
store here, are being sought by
the Takoma Park police today.
F1ourishing weapons bafore the
three employees, the bandits took
$100 from the cash register.
Miss Carlea Mitts, IT, Mission
ary College student and part-time
clerk at the store said today that
the oldest man appeared to be
about 35 years old and carried
either a shotgun or a rifle,''
while she thought the younger
man concealed a pistol in his coat
pocket. She added that white skin
showed through the black coating
on their faces.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Dies to Sift
Ndzi Aid
In i. S.

A rigid investigation to as
certain whether prominent
industrialists are backing the
Nazi and Fascist movements
in this country has been or
dered by the House Un-Ameri-
can Activities Committee,
Chairman Martin Dies (DO,
Of Texas, announced today.
Dies announcement was
made in a letter to Charles r.
Hook, president Of the Ma
tiOnal Association Of Manu-
facturers, who demanded Sun
day that such an inquiry be
conducted to Substantiate or
diSprOve testimony presented
by John C. Metcalfe, q COM
mittee investigator.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
INDICATED OIL GREAT FOR
BACKACHE and JOINT PAINS

faith in Omega Oil-Rub it in
good.
Even the pains Of rheumatism,
neuritiS, sciatica, neuralgia and
lumbagO are speedily eaSed with
powerful, penetrating medicated
Omega Oil.
It's the favorite rubbing oil for
prize fighters, baseball and foot
ball players and other athletes
from Coast to Coast-at any drug
store in America-it does the
work. YeS-35 cents is plenty
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Nothing Better for Sore
Aching Feet-JOyfuI
Relief Over Night

If your neck is Stiff-Omega Oil
If your arm is lame or sore
Omega Oil-if your back is break
ing with terrible aching-get Omega
Oil and get better-35 cents.
It's the same with sore feet, mus
cular aches from chest colds or for
surface pains, aches and soreness
IN any part of the body-put your
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

Giani, who has offices with the
Italian consul in New York. HI
asserted:
$50 powerful is the influence
that this society exerts over
our American educational SyS-
tenn that its director is in q posi-
tiOn to enlist numerous groups
Of children and bring them over
to Italy each year OstenSibly for
their vacations, but in reality to
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
TAX ON PROFITS
SENDSD|VIDENDS
TO NEAR RECORD
1887 Payments Third
Over Those in '35

The Federal tax on undistrib
uted profits caused corporations
to pay out close to a record sum
in dividends in 1886, Treasury
statistics showed today.
An analysis of corporation taz
returns filed .ast year showed divi
dend payments in 1885 by these
concerns tote;ed $7,176, ,000, 900, ar
increase OF approximately 81,
soc, 100000 over 1885.
FINANCIAL FIELDS LEAD
Corporations in the financial
field, such as banking, insurance
real estate. holding companies and
stock and bond brokers, paid out
the greatest volume Of dividends
accounting fer $1,701 100000 OF
the fetal.
Companies in the Transportation
and utilities field paid dividends
totaling ,290,000.000 and trade
organizations $740, 900, 900.
In the manufacturing field,
corporations paid out cash divi.
dends aggregating $2,917 ,OOO, 900,
including $718,000,000 by the
metal and allied industries; $3.50.
0C0,000 by chemical concerns and
1921 100000 by the automobile
concerns.
AGRICULTURE PAYS
Dividends paid by corporations
engaged in agricultural and re-
lated industries were responsible
fer dividends amounting to $54,-
305, 900.
In all, the treasury last year
received 478,857 income tax re-
turns from active corporations
the highest number on record. In
addition, 1892 returns were re-
ceived from inactive companies.
Both groups paid taxes yielding
the Government $1,024,756 in
1887. The tax yield from corpo-
rations the previous year was
$710,000,000.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
FASCIST TERRORISM IN u. S.
CHARGED AT DIES HEARING
Propaganda on
Radio Stations
Alleged
be imbued with Fascist doc

be imbued with Fascist doc
trines."
Valenti introduced many book
lets and pamphlets, which, he
said, spread Fascist propaganda
He asserted that the Fascist gov
ernment of Italy ships into the
United States hundreds Of decora
tions, medals, ribbons, and the like
all conveying the spirit of Fascist
symbols and rituals.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Food Prices Down

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 4 G.N.SD.
At their lowest level since June,
1896, food prices on AZ items are
expected to decline still further,
a survey predicted.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Via Is Given Post

G.N.S.) President Roosevelt to-
day appointed Lemuel r. Via, Of
West Virginia, U. S. Attorney for
the Southern West Virginia Dis
trict.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

laughs That May Make You Shed
a Tear. Don't miss the side-spIitting
"BOners" in the odd reports by the
relief investigators. A full page with
amusing drawings in The American
Weekly.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
|2,5OO EYE, EAR,
N OSE DOCTORS
TO MEET HERE
lst Washington Session
In Is Years

More than $500 eye, ear, nose
and throat specialists from the
United States and possessions, and
Canada, will gather at the May.
flower Hotel Sunday, for the an
nual convention OF the American
Academy Of Ophthalmology, and
Otolaryngology.
Held in washington for the first
time in IS years, the five-day con
vention will open with a reception
to the membership by President
and Mrs. Harry s. Cradle, Of Chi
cago.
SESSIONS OPEN MONDAY
Scientific sessions will be held
beginning Monday, october 10,
during morning and afternoon
meetings, with motion pictures Of
new operations shown the dele.
gates at the latter meetings. A
special scientific exhibit will be
on view at the Army Medical
Museum, Tuesday through Thurs
Iday.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

position to submit confidential
list of names and addresses OF
such persons.
Fear RepriS0lS
"These American citizens are
willing to testify before this COM
mittee provided that they are
given assurance Of secrecy regard
ing their appearance and testl-
mony, inasmuch as they fear re-
prisals against their relatives still
living in Italy.
"This matter is so serious
that 1 believe it should be called
to the attention of the Depart
ment of Justice for the purpose
of a thorough investigation for
protection of these citizens
against this type Of man.
handling by foreign agencies"
NAMES CONSULs
Charging that consular officers
take part in Fascist affairs,
Valenti named as among them,
Consult General Veochiotti, Of New
York; Consul General Segre, Of
Boston: Consult General Peravan,
of Philadelphia; Consul p. De
Cicoo, of New Haven, Conn.,, and
Consul Yanelli, Of Johnstown, Pa.
while enjoying diplomatic
immunity, these Italian con-
Sular officials are exerting in
fluence over American citizens
of Italian descent with the view
Of gaining more power ana
prestige for their native govern
ment," Valenti continued.
Consular officials participate
in meetings where American
dollars are raised for the benefit
of the Italian Fascist cause
abroad.
THREATEN CITIZENSHIP
"They spy on American citi-
zens and threaten those who
will not subscribe to Mussolini's
dictates and philosophy OF
government. They even resort to
fraud to gain their ends, by
warning victims with threats Of
revoking their American citizen
ships and sending them home
to Italy.
I'm other cases they also
threaten harm to their relatives
who are still living in Italy.
should, they fail TO win, these
American citizens over to the
Fascist side"
Valenti named as four known
agents Of OVRA operating in this
country the following: Capt. Carlo
Vinti, Pierto P. Carbonelli and
Count Fachetti Guiglia, all Of New
York, and Ubaldo Guidi, Of Boston.
COOPERATE WITH BUND
The Fascist movement, Valenti
testified, cooperates with the Ger
man-American Bund and closely
follows its method of operation.
He said that one of the chic!
Fascist activities is among young
people. Director of the Young
Peoples Society, is Prof. Marlo