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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
A THEORY is A GUESS

Our theorist economists are all
right to read for entertainment
and debate but their ideas, like
those of all other theorists, should
never be taken too seriously I'M
til tried out in q small way. The
government should maintain eco.
monte experiment stations for
testing attractive economic theo-
ries just as it maintains agricul-
tural experiment stations for try
ing out attractive agricultural
theories. If you should go to the
United States department of ag-
riculture with some glittering
scheme npaper Tor making corn
self-planting, self-hoeing and self
harvesting, do you imagine for an
instant that the government
would recommend that plan to
the farmers without first giving
il a severe tryout?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
IOHN ISN'T PLEASED

John L. Lewis, CLIO. leader,
told British radio listeners re-
Gently: "The nation (the United
States) drifts with terrifying and
deadly sureness to the never new
e rrealm of financial bankruptcy,
economic collapse and human
tragedy"
Well, John did his full share
toward upsetting industrial peace
and progress. Sometimes when q
man sets out to get a thing he
covets he gets something he does
not want or expect. Such is life.
WE'RE NOT LOST
But the United States is not GO
ing to perdition though it may
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

it should know where ne IS &C.
ing and that he can get there. In
the first place, will those improve
ments deprive him and his fam
lily of things they need more than
the improvements? In the second
place can he be certain of meet
ing the payments? Should he fail
to meet the payments he would
lose his home.
There is no fairy godmother
stuff about this federal housing
act. 1t is cold-blooded business
proposition no matter how genial
ly altruistic it may sound.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
OLDTIMER BACK IN OFFICE

YOUNGSTOWN, O. (UP)-
George Wilson was mayor of Can
field in 1907, after serving six
years on the village council, and
again in 1887 = also after serv-
ing six years on the village coun-
ell. But it wasn't a continuous
term he served. Wilson let 80
years elapse before he decided to
run for q second term. T.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
YEARNs FOR RALEIGH: Car,

roI 2. Rogers of Tryon. formerly
Of Henderson, who has been TO
the legislature three times, an
nounces a yearning for another
term "at the request of many Of
nv Democratic friends through,
out the county," says he, and
therefore announces his candidacy
for the house.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
LIGHTS FOR WALKERS NOW

YOUNGSTOWN, o. (UPD---
pedestrian lights" have been in.
stalled here at busy downtown
street terminals and intersections.
The new walkers " lights be
tween each change give pcdes-
TRANS time period to cross. The
signals show "for a full pcdes.
trian period" combination Of
red and amber lights the, sign for
traffic to stop and pedestrians 10
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
ovERHEATED PoTAT oEs:

Henry Hyder says many peoPIc
complain of Irish potatoes rotting
after planting, but that isn't the
trouble in most instances. He says
they fail to come up because Of
having become heated. This
causes sprouting. The sprouts are
rubbed off before planting and
the potato loses too much vitality
to support a spropt and without
coming up bears a small potato
on the seed piece.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

tlIC 4SQCI al SON-
eminent w h j c h
provides a ready
way for the home
o w n er to i'm
prove his home
has splendid pos
sibili tie s; b Il t
like almost ev-
eryth ing e S e
with S pl c n d / d
possibilit i e 6, i t
h q s dangerous
possibilities.
The home own
err who contem-
plates placing a
mortgage on v, n:
home TO improve
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
BIBLE THOUGHT
'fWHAT is That m THINE HAND
(Fr. 4:2}

1t is not 50 much what you have in your hand,
.,-ic or much; il is what you do with It-and II
.o. are willing to yield chat thing, large or SMALL
p, he Master.
Your little plus Gods power will yin mighty
victories, do mighty works, honor the Lord ana
t.,iag INDISPENSABLE peace and Joy to your own
h.as;- Wade c. Smith s. '.-'@..''.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

Britain plans to build trenches In, its
parks for protection from air raids as soon
3s},,w}aFf Qccqrs. Little children, instead of
gong to the parks to play, will go to the
parks and pray.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

New, York. doctor says atmospheric
changes. cause some of mans ailments.
Many will agree that hot air in Washing
tom Senate chambers is responsible for a
lOt'of the country's ills.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
PRODUCE AS MUCH. AS POSSIBLE THIS YEAR

PRODUCE AS MUCH. AS POSSIBLE THIS, YEAR
The job of the Western North Carolina farmer
is ID produce as much he possibly can on his land
this year. We do not produce enough OF any crop
in Western North Carolina to sustain ourselves
unless-it be tobacco, and Western North Carolina
very probably burns up more tobacco IN the course
of IL months than the farmers grow So no mat
ter what the program should be for the country as
whole, in the mountains of Western North Caro-
lima we need TO raise more. We need to RAISE more
poultry, more cattle, more crops and more feeds,
The genus of America has been to produce more
per man than any other nation We want to main
tain this tradition on the farmers Of Western
North Carolina To do this we must enrich our
land plan our work carefully and use every part
of, tho farm: We must increase production In Yves
tern North Carolina and stop exporting our money
for things we can raise our5eEes,-Federstion
News. - "a .~.. .. - 3 - .'S g.. ..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

7 sucker is person who makes money
in : business he knows and spends it trying
to get rich in some other business he doesn't
know -. -- ....,. 49,.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

The National Association of Broadcast
orsnow have car for the industry. Here's
one dictator who won't mind being given
The air. w.. ,.r 49,. >.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
IMMUNE FROM COLD: G. r,

Knappen says "this wonderful
climate" has someway or another
preserved, kept from or prevent
cd a cold III four years. That S
great testimony,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
HASN'T SOLD ITSELF: Serv-

: IllADN D JOA-D 7 IS'
ices of various kinds have been in
progress in three Hendersonville
churches this week. The attend.
ance has consisted mainly Of the
faithful few" Can you picture
what would happen if al the
church and Sunday school officers
we're to take their Jobs seriously?
They'd soon put the old devil. to
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

To create and stimulate a love
for home and pride in it is TO
encourage spirit which makes
for fine citizenship. The plan of
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

Mans efforts to seem hard-boiled proves
him rather decent. We always try to seem
what we aren't. .f.r.,.. %
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

New York survey finds that jaywalkers
lose time. But what's time when your life's
at stake? .......
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

This isn't depression. A depression is
q dow place between elevations - not
wreckage between big shots.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

CHOICE NosECAYS. Have
YOU ever heard w B. Sinclair.
nurseryman, mail carrier and
Sunday school superintendent,
publicly pass a compliment. Il: is
Just about as beautiful and frag-
rant as anything a florist can
make up in the way Of q nosegay.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

not be going the way some per.
sons want it to go. So don't give
away your share of the United
States. 1t will come through all
right and be sounder and better
than ever. ......
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
A SWEAT GLAND PRODUCT

a SWEAT GLAND PRODUCT.
Sooner or later we shall come
to the conclusion that prosperity
cannot be manufactured artificial
" like camphor or nitrates, but
that it is a sweat gland product
combined with thrift and frugal
ity, Just as there ia no magic road
to learning, so there is no magic
road to prosperity.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

Insects eat about one-tenth of all the food grown
in the United States.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09
Russian Novelist

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

UPWARD" Is away from the center OF gravity and ON ID @
there is no absolute above below Inhabitants {" W
and the moon could be looking directly at each "he "
gazing straight up s%ay from the gravity 'enc I" ' ' ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-09

-. Land'S End 4, the weston
point tf England,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
HARVARD WAITS
TO HEAR SALLY

BALTIMORE, May d.N.S.).
Sally Rand, who stepped from a
|night-club floor to the legitimate
stage, on Thursday will step just
as blithely from the stage to the
lecture platform-at Harvard
From a couple of ostrich-feather
fans to the hallowed ivy of
Cambridge is quite a jump, but
Miss Rand will complete the hop
when she boards plane to speak
to Harvard's class of 1941 on the
subject, How To Be Intelligent
Even Though Educated"
Miss Rand wasn't available at
her hotel this morning, Miss
Rand's secretary was sorry to
state, but it could be said def
nitely for Miss Rand that she alb
solutely would fulfill the speaking
engagement.
The pulchritudinous Sally, who
danced her way to fame with the
fans Ostrich and male) at the
Chicago world fair, is here re-
hearSing new play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Hoover Asks Cash
To Keep G-Men

J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the
Omen, was to go before the
Budget Bureau today with a plea
for additional funds to maintain
the man-strength of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for the
next two months.
Hoover's plea will be based on
the temporary retirement of $40
agents who were laid off yeSter-
day because sufficient funds for
the balance Of the year have not
been forthcoming from Congress.
Major kidnapings, including the
Mattson. Levine and Freed cases,
Hoover is expected to argue, have
placed an unusual drain on the
already limited funds placed at
his disposal. He has estimated
$4,000 will carry the bureau
through to July /.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03

Washington Herald has reveal
But strong and stubborn opposi.
ton remains in both Houses of
Congress, determined to block
any action on suffrage legislation
at this session, the poll developed.
HEARING FIGHT PLANNED
Leaders of the Citizens Confer
ence on District Suffrage, I'm
daunted by the formidable opposi
ton on Capitol Hill, are perfect
ing plans to renew their Con-
gressional battle at hearings be
fore the House Judiciary Commit
tee May 10 and 10.
The majority of Senators and
Representatives interviewed in the
poll yesterday would not commit
themselves either On the question
of local suffrage or national repre-
Sentation, but all expressed inter
est in the results of Saturdays
plebescite which drew 95,017 Dis
trict citizens to the polls.
In the Senate So per cent of
thoss who would definitely COM
NIT themselves favored a vote for
Washington with Al per cent OBJ
posed.
A similar poll held a year ago
showed 531a per cent of the Sen.
ators who would speak for the
record as favoring suffrage, while
1871 per cent were opposed.
Seventy-two per cent of the
House members who would COM
NIT themselves yesterday came out
fatty in favor of suffrage, while
only 20 per cent opposed it.
A year ago the House was voting
unofficially like the Senate in 1887
-53h per cent in favor of suf-
frage and 4612 per cent opposed.
~ PCT. IN FAVOR
Indicative Of the battle facing
suffrage advocates is the fact that
only % Senators would come out
definitely in favor of it in yester-
days poll. 1t will require Ct votes
in the Senate for that body to pass
either of the suffrage resolutions
now pending which call for con-
Stitutional amendment. A two
thirds vote in the House also
Continued on Page Is, Col. s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Yeggmen Use
Torch; Get
S1,I89:O6
BY HARRY GABBETT

Using an acetylene torch,
burglars last night robbed the
General Realities, Inc, 1873 l. st.
N. E., of $1,189.06.
The yeggmen gained entrance
through a side window of the Of
flee by cutting through iron bars
placed there for protection. The
torch was used to remove the
combination lock from the safe,
which was rifled of cash and cur
rency.
The burglary was discovered
this morning when Joseph G. Nc
Allister, jr., office manager, opened
the place for the days business.
The loss, he said, is covered by in
Surance.
First examination failed to dis.
close signs of fingerprints, police
inclining to the belief that the
burglars took every precaution to
cover their tracks.
Belief also was expressed by the
investigators that the finger
man" who ceased" the job was in
all likelihood the same who has
out details for other re-
cent burglaries here, notably the
two recent robberies of Castle
berg's jewelry store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Reilly Revives
Insanity Defense

NEW YORK, May 3 INSO.
Edward j. Reilly was just as inter-
ested today in proving he was
legally insane as he was recently
in proving he is sane.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's
counsel is fighting a judgment of
$640 back alimony obtained by
Mrs. Fleurette Rally. He claims
when the judgment was given he
was mentally incompetent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Pay $l5O,OOO Poker Debt,
Losers Wife Advises Him

LONDON, May 3 G.N.SO.
Henry Talbot Devere Clifton's wife
thinks her husband should pay
that $4,000 poker debt" that he
lost to Lew Brice in California
and which he now is conteSting.
That was the substance of a re-
port from Lytham in the London
Daily Mirror today. The paper
quoted Mrs. Clifton, after a long
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
QUIZ WAMPLER
IN ADAMS DEATH

LA PLATA, Md, May st.
Morris Wampler, former widely
known Washington criminal attor-
ney, and Alan Buck, 26, author of
children's stories, we're questioned
today in connection with the
death of Charles Adams, 65-year-
old handy man on the Wampler
summer estate at Fenwick. 20
miles from here, last Friday.
Sheriff Russell Howard, of
Charles county. drove to Fenwick
this morning and first questioned
Buck. He then took Buck and
went to the Wampler home, where
he talked with the former lawyer.
REVEALS QUARREL
At the same time Miss Addeen
Adams, sister of the slain man,
revealed to The Times that
Wampler and her brother had
quarreled during a drinking orgy
that preceded his death.
Miss Adams, retired trained
nurse, told a pathetic story of
how she had attempted to revive
her brother. She said:
Mrs. Wampler came to my
home about supper time Friday
and asked me to go with her
to their home. I asked her
what was the matter, because
she seemed very nervous and
said something had happened to
Charley and to Mr.. Wampler.
II asked her if they had been
Continued on Page 3, Col. g.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
House Approves
Navy Training Bill

d.N.sO The House yesterday
passed a bill authorizing establish
ment of civilian officers training
corps for the Navy. The Navy
hopes to enroll $500 youths to be
trained for As days at Newport,
R. T.; Great Lakes, ILL.,; Norfolk,
Va, and San Diego, Cal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Severe Earthquake
Rocks Mexico City

MEXICO CITY, May 3 QN.SO.
Authorities sought today to deter
mine the extent of damages caused
by a severe earthquake which
rocked Mexico City and large
areas of central and southwestern
Mexico last night. 1t was feared
many casualties and much prop
erty damage may have been
caused. The tremors lasted three
minutes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Alaskan Air Mail
Service Launched

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 8 G.N.S.)
Alaska's first regular airmail serv-
ice, linking this city with Fair
banks, TOO miles across the ice
capped coastal range and the his
toric Yukon trail, opens today as
Pacific Alaska Always, subsidiary
of the Pan-American Anyways sys-
tenn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
BOY, 7, HURT
IN GUN FIGHT,
May NOT LIVE
.FBIMan Kills Bank
RObber Suspect

DANvILLE, ILL.,, May 3 Q.N.SO.
CHAN william r. Ramsey died
here early today from seven bull
let wounds suffered in a vicious
gun battle with an outlaw he
shot to death late yesterday.
Ramsey led posse of deputy
sheriffs and police to the river.
bank hideout Of Joe Earlywine,
suspected bank robber. near Arm
strong, Ill, Is miles south of here.
In the fight, Earlywine was
killed by Ramsey before he col
lapsed from his own wounds.
Earlywine's 7.year-old son, Virgil,
was shot in the chest by a stray
bullet and was still in serious con-
dition today.
DEPUTY WOUNDED
Another bullet grazed the Shout
der Of w. A. Stammuth, a deputy
sheriff in the posse.
Ramsey was attached to the
Peoria office of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, reported
about to be closed in a current
economy move.
Earlywine was in bed when the
officers broke in. He whipped a
gun from beneath the pillow and
started firing without warning,
while his wife covered against a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
HITLER HALTS,
PHONES BERLIN

FLORENCE. Italy. May 3
0N.S0.-Chancellor Hitler. en-
route to Rome to meet Premier
Mussolini, halted his special train
at Prato, 10 miles north of here,
at 3:37 p. m. today so he could
telephone to Berlin.
Hitler talked to officials in
Berlin for four minutes, and the
train continued southwark after
g. wait Of eight minutes.
(Other details on Page g.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Two Die, Two Flee
COney Island Fire

NEW YORK, May 3 G.N.SO .
Two women were burned to death
as they slept in a hotel at Coney
Island today. The victims were
Mrs. Mary Wiseman, IS, owner
of the place and her maid "Millie"
about so. Two roomerS escaped
by fleeing in their night clothes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03

transatlantic telephone talk with
her husband, as stating:
"a gambling debt is a gam.
bling debt. If one loses at cards
I think the best thing to do is
pay up quietly"
But he seems to think it's
all right. He told me the
opinion of the whole of Califor-
mia is with him in his suit"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
British Seeking
$4,000 Recruits

LONDON, May 3 I.N.SD.
A new recruiting campaign
was launched by the British
War Office today to obtain
$4,000 new enIistments dur
ing the current financial year.
The campaign embraces q
new long-term service scheme.
Men between the ages of Is
and "a will be permitted to
enlist for IL years with the
right to continue for another
nine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Japanese Hold
British Steamer

LONDON, May 8 QN.SJ.-A
British steamer identified as the
K. M. Sang was detained by JAP
anese police on entering the port
of Oita, Kiudhiu Island, it was re-
ported in an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Tokyo today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Mrs. FiermOnte
Silent on Divorce

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, May
3 U.N.S0.-Mrs. Madeleine Force
Fiermonte today refused to discuss
the divorce suit she filed yesterday
against the Italian prize-fighter,
Vincenzo Fiermonte, on charges
Of extreme cruelty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03

wall holding their 11-months old
baby.
Young Virgil was struck as he
played on the floor before having
a chance to scamper to safety.
The other officers had remained
outside in the hope of trapping
Earlywine'S accomplices and the
fight was over in the few seconds
it took them to dash inside. Later,
they arrested John Huelett and
Fred Steffler in their homes as
suspected confederates of the
slain robber.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Expecting
StOrk in November

LONDON, May 3 GN.S0.-A
Reuter- dispatch from Alexandria
today stated it was learned au-
thoritatively" that young Queen
Farida Of Egypt is expecting to
give birth to her first child early
in November,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Hotter Than 1t Should Be,
But Fair BreezeS on WQu!

before noon, after a low of 50 at
$3.50 a. m. There was no prospect,
however. that this years record
heat of 81 would be approached.
If you thought it was too hot
today for May 3, you were right.
1t was above normal for this time
of year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Circus Fan and
all the little Circus Fans were
promised two days of sunshine, at
least, by the Weather Bureau man
today. 1t will be cooler tomorrow,
but only pleasantly so.
The mercury had mounted to 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
BROKER TELLS
WHY He DENIED
whitney LOAN
Says He Told Gay
To Gust Him

NEW YORK, May 8 G.N.S)
Richard Whitney was no financial
giant or genius to Bernard E
Smith, member Of the Stock Elk
change firm Of Thomas & Nc
Kinnon.
In fact, Smith told the Securi,
ties and Exchange Commission
in salty language today, he recon-
mended as far back as last De.
cember that the exchange get rid
of Whitney.
COMPLAINED OF CLIQUE
Recalling a luncheon converse.
ton with Charles Gay, president
of the exchange, Smith told the
commission that he had com
planned about "this clique that
runs the exchange and has brought
it into disrepute."
Gay asked him to be specific.
II cited Mr.. Whitney" Smith
continued, land I told him the
quicker he got rid of him the
better the exchange would be.
I told him that I thought in a
large measure, he whitney
was responsible for the condi-
ton in which the exchange is
today. =.
"He wanted to know what I
had against him, and I repeated
that he was broke and owed
money all over the Street, and
I didn't think it was befitting
for him to be one of the leading
governors of the Stock Ex-
change"
SOUGHT LOAN FROM HIM
Gay appeared surprised, and
said that this was something he
didn't know anything about. Smith
retorted:
IT wouldn't like to be in your
position and not know the things
you do"
He also testified that Whitney
had come to him for a loan Of
$3.50, 900 just one week before his
firm was suspended from the Elk
change. |
II told him that he had lot
of nerve to ask me for $250,000
when he didn't even bid me the
time of day." Smith asserted
and added:
"I told him frankly that T
didn't like him and wouldn't
lend him a dirne!"
Smith reported the only Secur-
ity Whitney offered for the $780,
600 loan was "his face" He COM
Whitney was placing a
very high value" on his face and
that he had told him just that.
At that time, Smith said, Whit
ney told him that che was broke
and his back was to the wall.