GOOD AFTERNOON
After all, the lame duck amend
ment ii one quack remedy not to
be despised.
HENDERSONVILLE. N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1933
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
OSTIGAN RELIEF BILL GOES TO SENATE
Jivians Claim 2
Reiriments Are
Wiped Out
DLOMBIAN
FLEET DUE
iEXKVA. Jan. 2<!. < CP)—The
i.f Nations council today
a telegram to Peru.
r n. vefrain from "any
, ;« force on Coioni
:trrr:ti»ry". This action is
.iinount to jtistify
i n expelling ?o; ivi
v. holding Tiny the
i i i.etieia.
•: ;! sub-committee had
: net cablegrams to
' a. The messages
! - ■■ I t<> council mem- i
. to! approval before
[•: informed diploma
. ; *ag •' cannot e >m
. ;-i . • request inasmuch as
.•. :•••:» ng< to Colombia
>.i:.»mon-Lo:'.ano treaty
h '.i h »egistered with the
in- .n 1 IsJ>. Therefore, the
i ; h i:-, if Colombia uses
a.; • to expel the present
; • : I.etieia. the league
t • -• -n.-ider such action as
if- affair entirely within
rr a", jurisdiction.
,r the sub-committee
x x essed indication
f Per..'» equest for league in
They said they were
:'.at the Peruvian gov
- supporting her nation
[*-o seized Leticia from Co-■
jki on September 1, 11*32. |
R FLEET DUE
»ARA. Brazil, Jan. 26. (UP)—j
ival of the Colombia a war;
it off I.eticia within the next
or two with a subsequent •
inir of hostilities if the Peru- j
f^xes refuse to abandjn the :
|: .i- nd ateU in advices re-J
etli here yesterday.
"ne fleet, consisting of four j
vesesk carrying 800 soldiers,
k'.: Teffe. Brazil, midway be- J
en Manaos and Lticia, last
Way, according to the reports,
jii originally been reported
. the warships would remain at
Jf**. about 500 miles from Leci
for n*.\r orders from Bogota,
he Colombian gunboat Bar
iuiila was at Manaos yester- J
refueling preparatory to join- j
:he remainder of the fleet, j
ne advices said an air squar-1
«f the Colombian army w-.vs j
"tc»l nnmtntarily at Teffe:
Popayan, Colombia, to as
the naval forces in capturing (
:ICER IS KILLED
UEN'OS AIIiES. Argentina.
■ (LP)—Bolivian forces
ckinu Parajruyan troops at
t Nar.awa, in the southern
n Chaco war zone yesterday
neii victory in one sector of
Marshy front.
i-anwhile Argentine efforts to
Kiate a peaceful settlement of
- ft'ioial war progressed as
env^y from this country arriv
'■ Asuncion, reportedly to be
peace efforts.
dispatch from Lt Paz said
vian infantry had taken the
^aayan front line trenches on
The communique said
Paraguayan commander at
iava had sent a hurry call for
liorc^ments.
| *a> the sixth day of fighting
- Xanawa in the marsh lands
^ disputed Gran Chaco region
'i bolivia and Paraguay.
'aJ- Alberto Valdes, of the
-<n 'loops, was killed in the
'he dispatches said, ad
'Two Paraguayan regi
were believed practically
when they started a
Jter-attack." »
Paraguayan insisted they
* f.uldin^ the fort, inflicting
'• a-iualties on the Bolivian
rs. Belmont Is
Dead At Paris;
*ARIS. Jan. 26.—(UP).—Mrs.
H. p. Belmont, the former
■W Ilium K. Vanderbilt, lead
er Xmerican and European s<>
v :mi years, died early today
Heait paralysis complicated by
■'"!!f>nia.
[S OVERTON IN HOSPITALj
"ta condition of Mrs. A. J. J
-n. who is in the Patton
r! al hospital following an
• 1 n was described today a<
r- "fair." Mrs. Overton un
an operation for appen
tis early this week.
British Peer
Is Divorced
A sensation in British society was
the divorce granted to Lady Furn
ess (above), the former Mrs. Thfl
;na Morgan Converse of New
York, from Viscount Furness (be
low), wealthy and prominent Hri.
ish shipbuilder. She charged mis
conduct and he did not oppose the
suit.
Shelton & King Appointed
Dealers for Purina
Mills Feeds
Announcement was made today
that Fred Shelton and Wade King,
long connected with the feed and
farmers' supply business in Hen
dersonville, have been appointed
exclusive dealers for the products
of the Purina Mills Company in
this territory. They have opened
a store at 130 Fourth Ave. East
and will do business as Shelton &
King, handling a full lino of fee.ls,
field and garden seeds and other
farm supplies.
Mr. Shelton is a graduate of
Purdue University in animal hus
bandry, and for a number of
years was in dairy extension work
for Clemson College. Mr. King is
a graduate of State College and
for a number of years was super
intendent of the experimental
poultry form of that institution.
Both are thus qualified to give
field service to poultryman, stock
raisers and others, and they said
today they will stress this feature
in connection with their retail
business. They pointed out that
the Purina Mills Co. maintains the
largest experimental farms in the
world, on which are kept from 600
to 800 hogs. 4000 hens, 100 milk
cows and other livestock, and that
they are continuously experiment
ing for the primary purpose of
helping farmers lower the cost of
production.
MILK STATIONS TO
RUN THRU WINTER
A fund of $81.53 was obtained
here from the heaith seals cam
paign with which two milk sta
tions for undernourished children,
one at the Fourth Avenue Grade
school and the other at the cHy
high school, will be operated for
the remainder of the winter
months.
Total sales amounted to $115.0(»
as reported in yesterday's issue of
The Times-News. Through an er
ror, it was stated however that
$18.53 would be used for the milk
fund here. This figure should have
been $81.53, the amount which is
retained here from the fund.
SON IS BORN
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Howard
B. Wolfe, of Barker Heights, a
?on. Larry Burgine, on Jan. 25.
Mrs. Wolfe before her marriage
was Miss Geneva Corn.
LATE
NEWS
ALBIE BOOTH A FATHER
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan.
26.— (UP).—A'.bie Booth, for
mer Yale s'r.r halfback, today
was the father of a six pound
13 ounce baby girl, born to
Mrs. Booth, the former Marion
Noble of Wes» H;»v?n, at St.
Raphael's hospital this morning,
j She and Booth were married se
cretly last year.
| NO CLUE IN MURDER
NEW YORK. Jan- 26. (UP).
After questioning three men
srd releasing them all, Brook
lyn police were without a clue
today to identify the murderer
of Helen Sterler, (!, who was
found strangled shortly before
midnight in a cellar near her
home here.
JAPS BUILD AIR FORCE
TCKIO. Jan. 26.—(UP).—
Japin is striving to build a mili
tary air force equal to that of
Soviet Russia, Minister of War
Sac'a Araki told the house of
peers today in replying to an
interpellation. Ar«ki em pha
sizec that recent declarations
of Joseph Stalin means Russia
expects to attack J:\pan or ex
r pects Japan to attack Russia.
ACTION DEFERRED
RALEIGH, Jan. 26.—(UP).
House judiciary committee No.
1 today deferred action on the
Bowis-Murphy bill for light
wines and beer until congress
acts.
Mrs. Chas. Grey's
Mother Expires
At Davidson
She and Mr. Grey Leave for
Funeral of Mrs. Mary
W. Wharey
Mrs. Mary W. Wharey. widow
of the late Uev. J. M. Wharey,
D. P., and mother ot' Mrs. Charles
| L. Grey of this city, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. W. 11.
| Grey at Davidson. N. C., around
9 o'clock last night. Death came
following a short heart attack
which lasted but a few minutes
| Up to that time she had been in
her customary good health. Slw
was i>0 years old last October 23.
Mrs. Wharey is survived by two
sons and two daughters: Captain
W. S. Overton, of Salisbury, con
ductor on the line between Salis
bury and Asheville and one of the
oldest men on the line in point of
service; Dr. J. H. Wharey. who
holds the chair of English at 'he
University of Texas, Austin: Mrs.
W. R. Grey of Davidson, and Mrs.
Chas. L. Grey of this city.
Mrs. Wharey made her hom-i
with her two daughters, spending
about six months around the win
ter period with Mrs. W. Ji. Grey,
and the summer months with her
daughter here.
Prior to this, she and Dr. Wha
rey had made Mooresville their
home over a period of about 20
years. Dr. Wharey held the pas
torate of the First Presbyterian
church, and there Mrs. Wharey's
influence was felt for good in
training young boys in the funda
mentals of religion in preparing
them for useful places in state
and church.
The first husband of the de
ceased. father of Captain Over
ton, was killed in an engagement
in the War Between the States.
Besides the children mentioned,
Mrs. Wharey is survived by a
large circle of grandchildren and,
seven great-grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Grey left
here this morning for their moth
er's home. Mr. Grey said before
his departure that arrangement:*
for the funeral were unceitain,
and were pending on word from
the son in Texas as to Avhether ho
would be able to arrive in time
for the rites.
C. E. SOCIETY PLANS I
AN ALUMNI COUNCIL
The Christian Endeavor society
of the Presbyterian church is plan
ning to organize a nalumni coun
cil tonight at a meeting: to be held ,
at the church house at 8tin
o'clock. All especially interested i
in Christian Endeavor activities j
are invited to be present.
IS SHOT TO DEATH
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Jan. 2G— |
(UP).—Ramsey Lewis, official of
a Nashville real estate firm was'
shot to death today at a meeting J
of stockholders of the firm. Those
in attendance said W. A. Buntin.
real estate dealer, fired the fatal i
shot from a rifle after he was dis- j
placed as general manager of the 1
firm.
COSTON ON RADIO
J. C. Coston, baritone, will give!
his regular program over station j
WVVNC tonight from 8:45 to 9:00
o'clock. His theme will be "Love".!
All numbers on the program will t
be request selections. Miss Mary i
Jo Walker Sales at the uiano. 1
Representative Ray's Bill Provides for
Three Payments, Starting
July 1,1933
Expected to Be
Islands' Ruler
Herbert D. Brown, for many
years chief of the Bureau of Ef
ficiency at Washington, is the
likely successor to Governor Paui
| M. Pearson of the Virgin Islands.
Brown has had previous experi
ence in problems of the islands.
TWO CABINET ;
MEN MAY BE
I CHOSEN SOON
(Meantime Roosevelt Works
on His General Eco
nomic Program
WARM SPRINGS, Ga.. Jan. 26.
(UP).—President-elect Roosevelt
j is forging steadily ahead with
work on a general economic pro-i
gram with friends convinced that
I it contemplates decisive action for
I tariff revision as soon as the war
I debt negotiations are cleared
away.
It is the opinion among some of j
his friends here that readjustment ]
of the tariff, which he regards as!
one of the necessary steps toward
world-wide economic recovery, j
will be a major topic of discussion J
with delegates from the nations!
that seek reopening of the war I
debt question.
It was regarded as highly sig-j
nificant that Washington dis-|
patches reported the foreign !
groups would come here irnmedi-i
ately after March 4, 7iot only to 1
take up debts but "other economic |
matters" as well. The tariff, it is
believed, will be the first on the
agenda in the latter category.
In this connection, it was per
sistently rumored that the nego
tiations might develop into a'
world economic conference sucu j
as had been arranged for London
later in the year.
Roosevelt maintained a com- |
plete silence on the ilebt matter
and others as well in spite of a i
two-day conference with Bernard
M. Baruch. New York banker and j
adviser. Baruch was summoned j
here from Washington to go over ;
the complete economic program |
which includes proposed railroad
relief measures.
Sources close to Roosevelt in
dicated he was unruffled by the
flood of reports from foreign na
tions as to requests and demand.* (
they might make when their rep
resentatives sit down with him in
separate conferences to discuss
the situation.
Rumors of drastic proposals on
the part of debtors looking to can
cellation and sharp revision were
regarded by some of his friends
simply as "trial balloons" to de
termine sentiment in this country
and in the hope that they might
tend to smooth the way toward
obtaining the best possible terms
in the bargaining.
Appearance of both Baruch!
and Hines at Warm Springs gave
rise to cabinet speculation, altho
word came from the Roosevelt j
home that the matter was "still up
in the air."
Observers feel that Roosevelt
will settle down in earnest to a
consideration of cabinet appoin
tees as soon as James A. Farley,
Democratic national chairman,
an<| Col. Louis McHonry Howe.!
confidential secretary, arrive here j
Monday morning.
While Roosevelt has given the
(Continued on page three) i
j The act, entitled "An act to
iextend the time for paying water
land sewer assessments due the
j board of water commissioners of
Hcndersonville," introduced yes
I terday in the state general assem
j bly by Representative Ted IJ. Rav
; provides for the payment of ail
; asssessmenls heretofore levie,| in
j three equal annual installments
I beginning July 1, 1983.
The amount of installments
shall draw interest from July 1,
(193.'), at the rate of six percent
| annually, and provision is made
.that if any property shall fail to
pay any of the time installments
or interest as it comes due, the
board of water commissioners
may, at its option, declare the
whole or the assessments and in
terest accrued thereon due and
payable, and may proceed to en
force collection by the sale of the
real estate against which assess
ments have been levied. The
whole assessment may he paid at
any time by the payments of prin
cipal and interest accrued to 'hat
date. . ,
Section 2 'of the act provides
that the commissioners as soon as
the act is ratified shall compile
amounts of interest and uncollect
ed assessments and that these
amounts shall be paid in three an
nual installments, beginning July
1, J933.
Section 3 provides that the
commissioners shall prepare a rec
ord to show the following infor
mation; name of property ow.iev,
frontage of property, amount as
sessed against property, amount
of each installment and dale ^ach
b<;<£omes due. This record shall
i '*■ fot public-inspection.
Section 4 provides that the
amount of assessments shall con
tinue as a lien against the prop
erty, and that this act shall not in
any manner impair the validity of
the lien.
Section 5 provides that all pro
visions of the general charter of
the city and general laws of the
state applicable to assessments
shall remain in force, except as to
the extent as they modified by
this act.
Section G provides that this act
shall not be construed to affect
any assessments heretofore paid,
or#where payment has been pro
vided for by securities, assign
ments, or otherwise.
Sections 7 and 8 provide that j
all laws or parts of laws in con-1
flict with this act are repealed;
and that this act shall be in force
after its ratification.
French Cabinet
Weathers First j
Test of Strength
PARIS, Jan. 2G. (UP)—The i
government of Premier Joseph1
Paul-Boncour today won a vote of j
confidence from the chamber of j
deputies, 3G8 to 205, in its first J
test of strength in the important i
budget debate.
Defeat of the government of
Premier Joseph Paul-Boncour be
fore the end of the week had
seemed indicated early today.
Representatives of all left parties
which have 317 seats in the cham
ber of deputies, and a Communist
group, resolved by an overwhelm-1
ing majority to oppose solidly the
government's financial program.
It vas resolved:
1—To oppose the finance com
mission's budget.
2—To refuse postponement of j
debate Thursday (meaning prob
able defeate before the week
end.
3—To vote against further pro
posals to refer the budget to the
finance commission.
Thirty-one interpolators were
scheduled to begin questioning
Paul-Bancour and his Finance
Minister, Henry Cheron, in the
chamber at 0 a. m. today.
New Reprieve to
Brevard Bankers
RALEIGH. Jan. 26.—An addi
tional 30-day reprieve will be
granted four Brevard bankers
pending an investigation to deter
mine whether the defendants have
complied with the court order?.
Tyre C. Taylor, executive counsel
to the governor, announced today.
The four men are Thomas H.
Shipman, C. R. McNeely, J. H.
Pickelsimer, and Ralph R. Fisher.
They were sentenced to serve jail
sentences for violation of banking
laws, but were to be paroled if
they paid $30,000 to Transylvania
county.
The original reprieve was grant
ed on January 1, and Mr. Taylor
has been unable to investigate the i
;ase to date.
Cupid May Foil Uncle Sam
That troubled look Raquel Torres registers here is all about pass
ports and immigration restrictions. A Mexican, the brunet movie
star is one of several foreign film players whose stay in the United
States are the subject of investigation by federal operatives. But
Hollywood thinks Miss Torres won't be asked to leave. The rumorists
I say she may become a U. S. citizen by marrying Charles Feldman,
theatrical agent.
IFIRE DEPARTMENT'S VETERAN
MASCOT IS KILLED AS TRUCK
STRIKES HIM ON "BLIND" SIDE I
Is Virtual Prisoner in Air as
Winds Lash Eastern
Coast
NEW YORK, Jan. 2G. (UP) —
A gale lashed New Jersey and
Long Island coasts today while
the naval dirigible Akron, flew in
a wide course, a virtual prisoner
in the air. The giant liner report
ed at 8 a. m. was 30 miles north
est of Clevchnd, Ohio.
The weather bureau has order
ed advisory northeast storm warn
ings from Rastport, Maine, to the
Delaware breakwater, and north
west south of the breakwater to
Cape Hatteras.
The bureau reported a disturb
ance "of market intensity" cen
tral over southeastern Virginia
moving rapidly east-northeast
ward.
EDNEYVILLE RD.
RESIDENT DIES
Henry Hollingsworth to Be
Given Burial Friday
Henry Hollingsworth, 45, farm
er and native of this county living
on ti c Edneyville road died this
morning at 2:10 o'clock at his
home following an illness of pneu
monia and paralysis. He had been
ill for about two weeks.
Funeral services will be held
from the Ebenezer church Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev.
R. 0. Corn officiating. Interment
will follow in the nearby ceme
tery.
Mr. Hollingsworth is survived
by his wife, who was before her
marriage Miss Lola Cagle, and six
children.
ARMY'S WOODYARD
OPERATING AGAIN
The Salvation Army's woodyard
is in operation at this time, Capt.
Geo. P. Gibbins announced today,1
adding that the plant has wood i
which it is offering for sale to th«l
public.
FIRE DAMAGE SLIGHT
The fire department answered a J
call yesterday afternoon about 5
o'clock on First avenue west. A j
small blaze in a vacant store build-!
ing burned a small hole in the;
floor.
"Dixie,'' fox terrior mascot of
the Hendersonvilic fire depart
ment for 14 years, lias answered
his last call.
lie was struck by a passing:
truck yesterday afternoon just
outside the fire department dooijj
as he followed the "big red wa
gon" on a call, and death followed
shortly afterward. He died 'in
line of duty' and 'with his boots
on' and the members of the de-1
partment this morning: prepared I
to pay their last respects to the
faithful animal with appropriate
services on the back lawn of the
city hall.
"Dixie" joined the fire depart
ment 14 years ago next month,
and at that time was a puppy of
about five or six months. He
quickly learned his duties, and up
until about a year ago when the
infirmities of old age began to
tell on him, he answered every call
riding on the fire truck with his
boss, Assistant Chief Alex Hill.
At the time he joined the de
partment the old city hall on Main
street was the site of the city
government. "Dixie" served
through the old city hall period,
followed the department to the
temporary quarters on Church
street when the new city hall was
being built, although he was loath
to leave the old building and fre
quently made trips back to Main
street when the building was be
ing torn down. Chief Hill said
this morning that "Dixie" would
(frequently visit the old building,
'but that a fire call would always
bring him to the department head
quarters on the run.
When the new city hall was oc
cupied he seemed perfectly at
home, and was always ready to
have his back scratched by anyone
.who came into the department of
ifice. He paid no attention to the i
i ordinary phone calls, but when the j
I big beli rang to announce a fire j
he was always ready to go.
i He had lost the sight in one
1 eye and was almost blind in the
; other, and this fact cost him his
life. As he followed the truck out
yesterday afternoon he was struck
on his 'blind side' by a passing
truck.
CECIL COFFEY RANKS
WELL AT COLLEGE
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Coffey have
received a letter from Thurman
D. Kitchin, president o' Wake
Forest college, congratulating
them on the scolastic record of
their son, Cecil.
"Allow me to congratulate you
on the progress your son is mak
ing is making in his college work
to date," the letter reads in part.
"For the mid-year examination
period he is ranked among the
upper third of our student body."
Cecil Coffey is a graduate of
Jlendersonville high school and
Maid Hill college. J
SOOiUii
FllilS CMS
HKKH
Senate Passes the
Glass Banking
Measure
R.F.C. PRESENTS
DETAIL REPORT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (UP)
—Senate manufacturers commit
tee voted in brief sesion today to
report favorably the $500,000,000
Costigan-La Follette relief bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2(5. (UP)
—Reconstruction Finance Corp
oration today reported to the
house detailing loans totaling $!.
171,984,307 for the six months,
including $80,193,7.r>2.83 during
December to banks. Building and
Loan Associations, agricultural
and livestock credit corporations
anj roalroads.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2fl. HIP)
The senate last night suddenly
broke one of its most persistent
filibusters when it passed the
Glass bank reform bill.
The measure, designed to effect
wide reforms in the nation's bank
ing structure and to curb legisla
tion, has been tied up 21 days in
the senate.. One of its prime pur
poses is to curb speculation. Sen
ator Lonpr. Dem., La., and Senator
Thomas. Dem., Okla., held it in
the balance for days with a fili
buster against its branch banking
provisions.
The vote last night was 54 to 0.
Last eveninr, as debate dragged
on. Senator Carter Glass, Dem ,
Va., sponsor of the mea^ur-*.
threatened to impog" cloture ai:d
obtained more than the necersarv
16 signatures on his petition. It
was unneeded. however, for the
senate arrived at a unanimous
consent agreement whereby it was
to stay in session until the bill
could be voted upon with debate
limited to ten minutes on each
amendment.
The Glass measure now goes to
the house whore its outlook is said
to be gloomy.
Long predicted the doath of the
measure in the house.
The bill, broadly, permits state
branch banking where state laws
allow it, gives the federal reserve
system a check-rein on specula
tion. requires all federal reserve
member banks to divest them
selves of security affiliates, and
sets up a $125,000,000 fund to re
lieve depositors of closed banks.
It represents the effort of Sen
ator Carter Glass. Dem., Va., once
secretary of treasury and again
mentioned for that important post,
to curb the speculative orgy in
which many banks participated
and which he regards as a con
tributing factor in the 11)29 crash.
Loner was active again yester
day along with Thomas and Bur
ton K. Wheeler. Dem., Mont., sill
three leaders in the inflationist
movement.
Threats by Glass to seek clo
ture against brought a counter
threat from Thomas that he would
oppose confirmation of the Vir
ginia senator if he is nominated
for secretary by President-elect
Roosevelt.
"Let me say here that if clo
ture is brought up a second time
by the senator from Vilrginia ho
can just as well prepare another
cloture petition and have it ready
when his name comes before this
body for confirmation," Thomas
said.
"I have waited in this bodv ten
years to have an opportunity ol
seeing the senate discuss the
money question. That opportuni
ty has come."
Voting against the measure
were four Democrats, four Re
publicans and one Farmer-Labor.
(Continued on page tnree)
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Name the world's nocthernmosl
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IS THE NAME
GIVEN THIS PLANE ?
I mi IS THE WELD'S AUTO SPEED RECOPC ■
For correct answers to then
questions, please turn to page 5.