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WEATHER Cloudy colder tonight and Thursd.** probable light aLtmps GOOD AFTERNOON That movie producer who call ed hit wife a rotten actre$» had no idea how w«ll she'd act up in court. VOL 52—No. 279 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1933 SINGLE COPIES. FIVE CENTS ENFORCEMENT OF CODES IS FORECAST *: r- — — • a IID WORK AS ft PROJECT I HELD DP lonot Be Looked to for Relief it State Forced I to Share in Cost weigh hopes for amended ruling Tlte Tinif^-New* Bureau Sir Hot-! H. Nov. 22. — With h'..• - in readiness to put - ; men to work on hun Hi improvement proj r." ,-hout the state, under ¥ vil works administra plan> have already . and may he held uy> it was learned here ,r while the state high 10 works commission L. "00 and GOO project : >mit to Mrs. Thomas : "inv civil works admin • • the state, and while . >usands ot" unemploy r •• (I the work, the ques n . . ther the civil works ad • - will su*»p!y all the led for these projects. ,*• the state must pay a ir:-r o: the cost. • lieved. from the tir-t ;.v y; ents concernine the x- civil works adminis Z - • it would provide all necessary to carry on : rr'ccts to* give employ er.- • '<- state's quota of 68. |;;3. ; i that the state, coun &;• .nicipalitie* would not tp- - hut a very small por ai cost of these projects, fc v' ;'P<.d since. howfVt-r, a:iv'.l work; administra to expect the state, anl minicipalities to v. •• . rcr cent of the co-t for to turnish t and equipment -;ed. rva F. 1*. Jeffreys of the r-1.... ar. ; works com - >r. a ::: * if the state .«• buy a!i * aterial and • • • • :■ . ay for 30 :: c> - these proj 5 -• : car * <:<> this out of *•- - -v . n< for main ti." 1 • ~ appropriation t r . : (hoUt $12,000. ; .■ a • y about $6,000. C .• last general a — r • :iv -,r it inadequate c necessary main There i> enough ,'hway funds to "ate to use some of ...; works projects. ■ •■.ue for the highway •: year has increased F- at 'S made during a-tniMy. But since --•tinhly appropriated J gnated amount for C" a; only this amount lv even if there are se" L in highway revenue - - ; -vasurv, it is pointed L '1-some ne can figure out how unappropriated reve sed, everything will ' .air.r.an Jeffreys said. 5 v no one has been able K"r. it doesn't seem like ar. , ne will." . ntly if the civil works C!: ' an" insists that the • . -iven portion of the ■ -.-.i on page three) iwan Vote Bars icing Of Horses to-ISBl'RY, Nov. 22.—Horse with pari-mutuel betting 3 sterday in a county i ' n by a small major "^cattd by return from 31 ■ ' precincts. mining precincts are wi|] not likely change T-> five Salisbury pre ^ Za.» ; |. or the proposition, t\; *tfa n>t, Hll>, but this ma •' *a -.ntirely obliterated as P* u ■ e in from the rural Unofficial returns • precincts gave: For kPr°P'j- tion, 2734; against ' f was sponsored and Ced • Walter F. McCanless, Maple Grove stables frtv Rowan County Fair N. q •I"<l , RA. w If. . *0 "'J® PAOT New Orleans & l i»;j4r'f'C declares B ' en<^ °n common, first 1932. Geo. ^ report* net ■t 2R yeap ended Octo Okq J635.780, against •n preceding fiscal 'Secret Sorrow' Revealed Hollywood, seeing Sylvia Sidney in doleful poses such as this, often attributed to her a secret sorrow. The reality of this sorrow was revealed the other day when the demure screen star, who always hail been known as the daughter of a New York dentist, filed pa pers in New York supreme court asrainst her real father, Victor Kosow. She charged Kosow with 'attempting to extort $18,00 from her under threat of having her , adoption by I>r. Sigmund Sidney . annulled. PATTERSON'S WINS IN SUIT Two More Divorces Given at Current Term Su perior Court In the superior court yesterday afternoon Patterson's Inc., was ; given judgment in the amount of a preferred claim of $3,894.91 I against Gurney P. Hood, commis | sioner of hanks, on the relation oi the First Bank & Trust Co. In answering the issues the jury held that J. Mack Rhodes, former president of the bank, had made fraudulent representations to the ' plaintiff on the condition of the , bank on November 5, 1930, when the money was deposited in bank, and that the defendant was entitled to a preferred claim against the liquidating agent of j the bank. J. W. Drake was given a judg ment against the Riehbourg Mo tor Co., in the amount of $300. The court granted two divorces, | bringing the total for this term to four. Euna Bell Orr Reese was granted a 'divorce from James E. Reese, and Allie Lindsay was granted a divorce from H. S. Lindsay. 13 New Volumes In City Library Many Are Timely World Studies Thirteen new volumes have just, been added to the International Mind alcove at the public library, as a further contribution of the Carnegie Endowment for Interna tional Peace, in its efforts toward intercourse and education for world peace. Six of these books will be of special interest to children, while seven are of appeal to the more mature reader, and of .these two are most timely additions, dealing as they do with Russia. Another is an interpretation of the French national spirit and two more will enlighten the render as regards finance, one dealing with interna tional debts, the other with gold and the dollar. The volumes of interest to the young, as giving insight into the life of foreign peoples, are: Ping—a story of life of a Chi nese family aboard a family boat on the Yangtze river Kees—a story of adventures in Holland; Ali Hassan—the story of a Per sian boy; Totaram—the story of a village boy in India; Nam and Ding—revealing life in Siam; and Ching—another story of Chi nese children, who make their (Continued on page three) NO CHANGE AS I TO MONETARY ! POLICY AHEAD Sprague's Resignation and Denunciation of Set Up Without Effect ROOSEVELT, JOHNSON TO CONFER FRIDAY WARM SPRINGS. Ga.. Nov. 22.— (UP).—Unperturbed by the resignation of Dr. 0. M. W. Sprague as treasury adviser. Pres ident Roosevelt made plans for a conference Friday on a broad na tional recovery program with Gen eral Hugh S. Johnson. Adminis tration advisers were quick to point out that Sprague's retire ment didn't indicate any change in the present monetary policy. SAYS ACTION GREAT PUBLIC SERVICE CHICAGO. Nov. 22.—(UP).— Prof. O. M. W. Sprague "is per forming a g;*eat public service" in j calling attention to the basic fal lacies of the administration's in flation policy," Harland H. Allen, Chicago economist said in a state ment here today. "The nation needs to realize that dollar deval uation is just as likely to weaken the price structure as to strength en it. It is a blind force that raises world prices automatically but just as automatically penalizes the prices on goods which depend upon home purchasing power," h**. declared. QUIT GOOD JOB TO JOIN BRAIN TRUST WASHINGTON. Nov. 22 (UP) Prof. O. M. W. Sprague, execu tive assistant to the secretary of the treasury and an outstanding advocate of "hard money" re signed yesterday and wrote a let ter to President Roosevelt de nouncing the administration's dol lar devaluation program. He said the gold nolicy threat i ened a "complete breakdown of jthe credit of the government." j Sprague's resignation is the fourth change at the treasury in a week. Secretary Woodin took a leave of absence; Dean Acheson resigned as Woodin's assistant, and Henry Morgenthau, Jr., was appointed to Acheson's post. Thus the battle lines weve drawn sharply between the advo cates of a so-called sound cur 'rency and the group headed by Morgenthau which is in sympathy with Mr. Roosevelt's attempt to raise domestic commodity prices by beating down the value of the dollar in international exchanges. | "I'm surprised that it didn't take place earlier," said Morgen thau when informed of Sprague's resignation. "I don't agree with his economic theories." Sprague, in his letter to Roose velt. revealed he had been pushed to the background in the formula tion of the recent financial poli cies of the administration, and he said "I have now reached the con clusion that there is no defense from a drift into unrestrained in flation other than an aroused and oreanized public opinion." Mr. Roosevelt studied economics under Sprague in Harvard, and recently he brought the professor to this country as an adviser in monetary matters. Sprague was tempted away from a lucrative position with the Bank of England last April when j the administration was looking for additional talent for its brain trust. SALUDA HOME j | LOST BY FIRE Property of Frank Besse lieu Wiped Out After Midnight SALUDA, Nov. 22.—The sum mer dwelling and furniture be longing to Frank Besselieu was totally destroyed bv fi1'? °f ,un* known origin between midnight and 1 o'clock this morning. Mr. Kesselieu, formerly of Sa- | vannah, Ga., is now a resident of , Hendersonville. He had heard | nothing of the fire until advised by this correspondent over tele phone about 10:30 o'clock today. He advised that the property was partly covered by insurance. The property is located just out of the town limits and therefore no as sistance could be given by the Sa luda fire department. GOVERNMENT'S GOLD PRICE IS UNCHANGED WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (UP) —The government fixed the price of newly mined gold at $33.76 an ounce today, unchanged from yes terday. NEW FOODS, PRODUCTS AND RECIPES TO BE FEATURED ON EVERY DAY OF SCHOOL «• • Lit vino v s Task Nearly Complete; Will Leave Soon 3ullitt, New Soviet Ambas sador to See Roose velt Soon WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. (UP). Early conclusion of the Soviet American negotiations was fore shadowed here when the state de partment announced that M. l.itvinov would call on Aceting Secretary of State Phillips to sav goodbye this afternoon WARM SPRINGS. Ga., Nov. 22.— (IIP).—President Roosevelt will meet with William C. RulMil, newly appointed ambassador to Russia in a few days. BuMitt will come to Warm Springs and is expected to out line development* of the conier enee hetween the state depart ment and Maximum Litvinov. Roosevelt said a formal state ment will be given out at Wash ington late today concerning con versations between the state de partment and Commisar Litvinov. NEW MEMORIAL FUND IS GIVEN CITY LIBRARY First Additions of Books Made in Memory of Mrs. A. G. Witherspoon An interesting expansion of ihe resources of the Public Library here has been announced in the creation of the Witherspoon Me morial fund, through the oin'^a tion of which a number of books have recently been added to the library and by which more books will be placed on the shelves from time to time. The announcement concerning this fund, books so purchased be ing- marked with a memorial book plate, in addition to the usual library markings has been made as follows: "A number of new hook"?, the purchase of which has been made possible by the recently donated Witherspoon Memorial fund, have been placed on the shelves of the public library. "This fund is given to the li brary by Mrs. E. G. Parker of Atlanta, and Mrs. George N. Mo land of this qity, in memory of their mother, Mrs. A. G. Wither spoon, who was a resident of Hendersonville during 1919-I92S and who, during this time, was an appreciative patron of the pub lic library. "From time to time, new books purchased by this fund will be added to the library." Dies In Hospital: Funeral Held Up As Bomb Found SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 22.— (UP). — Funeral services were held up here for George Moody, alias Jack McNair, Nebraska, when federal agents found nitro glycerine bombs, a blasting fuse and torch lips in his property at the marine hospital where he died from tuberculosis. Fingerprints of the dead man were taken and sent to Washing ton. The body is being held pending developments. Nationally Known Lectur er Sends Special Invitation With yesterday's announcement of the Cooking School which will be held next week at the Carolina Theatre, the office of The Times News received several inquiries from local merchants and markets lor an opportunity to participate | in some way. "It's fine," said one merchant, "tabling a famous lee-! i turer here to'ell the women about new ideas in cookery. But can L we get in somehow, so these worn- j I en know what wonderful things j are really to be had in their own i town." The merchant was right, for nol only are the obvious necessities of | homemaking to be found in our | grocers' shops, markets, the dai ries, bakeries and other stores but the supplies available to every woman of Henderson county in clude wonderful assortments which come from all over the woild. Teas from India, spices from else where in the Orient, fruit from the South Seas, and from Cali fornia and Florida, fine flouts from the great wheat fields of the Middle West, rich dairy products from our finest farms, superb cookery essentials which are the products of American industry and which are so excellent that American manufacturers are also exporters, sending these same products to every country on the face of the globe. Living so close to these won ders we lose sight of their impor tance and quality. Next week .-> cooking school, besides its lec tures, discussions, new recipes, and cookery demonstrations will fering us some of the highlights, the most important facts about the products which fill our refrig erators and pantries, and which make the meals our families lovo. Mrs. J. Watson Shockley urged this paper to repeat as often as possible this week, that every ses sion of the cooking school will ne full of news, good cookery, finej recipes demonstrated for the first time in Hendersonville and be sides the food part of the pro-1 gram, she will talk about new home equipment. "Labor saving devices, saM Mrs. Shockley, "are becoming | more marvelous every year We press a button and something cooks or a refrigerator makes its own ice, our washing is done, or the children's clothes ironed—al most without the need of busy Mrs. Housewife. There are new appliances and equipment ot | Qvery description which I hav£ been studying and using and which I shall have in the kitchen next, week at the Carolina theatie. "Urge your readers to plan their housework so that they may be school girls again next week. I want every woman for a pupil- | not just because I have so much i to tell her and show her, but he-| cause a good teacher learns 110111 her nupils, too. I hope the women of Hendersonville will come out in force." RIOTERS SEGREGATED J PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22.—I (UP). — Seventy-five prisoners, who rioted in the Eastern State penitentiary late yesterday weie locked in a segregated cell bloi-k last night with a detail of Phila delphia police aiding the prison guards. The riot, closely follow ing an attempt by 300 men to scale the walls last Sunday, was described as "serious" by Warden Herbert Smith. TWO COUNTIES CHOOSE MEN FOR INQUIRY INTO FRENCH BROAD VALLEY PROPOSALS Buncombe Yet to Act But Preliminary Examination of Federal Development Problem Expected to Take Place in Few Days Intelligence or fact-finding com mittees have been named in Hen derson and Transylvania counties in keeping with the purpose of the mass meeting recently held in this city, according to Dr. L. 15. Morse of Chimney Rock, who was designated permanent chairman of the committees from tho three adjoining counties on the French Broad river. Huncombc county has not announced its committee. Dr. Morse was in Henderson ville today when he conferred with T. L. Durham, chairman and G. W. Justus, associate member of the county commission. He stated that a joint meeting of the three committees would be held within the next few days so that the members of the joint I committees might exchange in i formation and decide upon lines of investigation to be followed. He announced committees as fol lows: Judge .T. Foy Justice, at torney, Hendersonville; J. T. Fain, publisher, Hendersonville; Bruce Drysdale, brick manufacturer, Hendersonville and Etowah; L. L. I/urgin, farmer, Horse Shoe; Harry M. Roberts, farmer and traveling salesman, Fletcher; E. Carl Allison, farmer, Brevard; J.I C. Wike, mayor, Brevard; George | Maxwell, farmer, Brevard; Ralph | H. Ramsey, attorney, Brevard, and A. H. Harris, engineer-lum-' berman, Brevard. I CALL MEETING IN INTEREST OF COUNTY BLIND Civic Club Leaders to Hear Field Worker at Skyland Thursday 3:30 P. M. The American Foundation for1 the Mind, in co-operation with the North Carolina State School for the IUind and interested! groups °f citizens, are endeavor ing to collect information regard ing the number and needs of the blind of North Carolina. Mrs. j George Moland is vitally inter-1 ested in this project and has call ed a meeting of the presidents i and representatives of all the so cial, civic, religious and political organizations of Hendersonville to meet Miss Lotta S. Rand, the foundation's representative, who will speak on "How and What to do for Those Who Live in Dark ness." This meeting is to be held in the sun room of the Skyland ho tel, Thursday, Nov. 23, at 3:30 p. m. The meeting is not for the purpose of raising money hut rather to organize plans for mak ing a thorough purvey of the number and needs of the blind in North Carolina. Every person who reads this* announcement is asked to send at once the names and addresses of any blind or partially blind persons, or those suffering from seriously defec tive eyesight, to Mrs. George Mo land, 643 Fifth avenue west, Hendersonville. When all the information is as sembled a program will be form ulated endeavoring to help the blind of North Carolina to be come self-supporting and useful citizens. Following is a copy of the cards being used in the effort to make this census a complete and accurate one. CENSUS CARD Blind of North Carolina If you know of anyone who has seriously defective eyesight or is blind, please fill out this blank and mail, immediately, to the na tional organization, The Ameri can Foundation for the Blind, Inc., 125 East 4(ith street New York, N. Y. Name in full Street No. City County Sex Age-- — Color Name of Person Filling Out Thi» Blank Name Address City - County Remarks: __ _ Definition of Blindness—To in clude any person whose eyesight i3 so impaired that he or she is (Continued on page three) B.Y.P.U. PLANS i ASSOCIATION | MEET SUNDAYj V I To Open at Baptist Church' 2:30 P. M.; Miss j Pressley to Preside The Carolina B. V. P. U. asso- J ciational meeting will be held in I this city at the First Baptist I church Sunday. November 26, ob-1 serving a formal program which has been arranged to begin at, 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The theme around which Sun-1 day's program has been planned is 1 "Looking Unto Jesus for Motives; in Church Work." Miss Eth jn j Pressley. associational president J will preside. The program for Sunday is as! follows: 2 :30 p. m.—Song service, led J by Chorister Junius Huggins. 2:40 p. in.—Devotional — Miss Thelma Drake, Beulah B.Y.P.U. 2:50 p. m.—Special music. 2:55 p. m.—Roll call and an-1 nouncements. 3:05 p. m.—"Worthy Motives in Church Work," Clyde Gibbs, cf j Fletcher. 3:15 p. m.—"Unworthy Motives in Church Work," Earl Pryor, of Bear Wallow B.Y.P.U. 3:25 p. m.—"Why I Like to' Work in My Church," James K Ramsey, of Fruitland Institute. | 3:45 p. m.—Special music. 3:50 p. m.—"Opportunities for Service in a Baptist Church," by Rev. W. H. Ford, Hendersonville. 4:15—Adjourn. Will Confer on Blind in Area Miss Lotta S. Kami, above, asso ciate director of the field service of the American Foundation for the Mind, with headquarters at New York, who will meet social ami civic leaders here tomorrow in efforts to relieve any distress from this source. WESLEYANS OF PLC. DISTRICT TO MEET HERE Four-Day Convention Will Be Held at Church, Open ing Thursday The western district of the North Carolina conference of the Wesleyan Methodist church will meet in convention with the lo- j cal church, Thursday of this week through Sunday, Rev. E. L. Henderson of Asheville, will pre side. The music of the entire con vention will bo in charge of Rev. 1.. A. Harvey, A. B., pastory of ;he Tracey Grove Wesleyan Meth odist church. The opening serv ice will begin Thursday evening at 7;30 p. m. with an address of welcome by the local pastor and j host, Rev. Dewey 0. Miller. Rev. A. E. Belk, B. D., will follow | with the response. Communion i service will be in charge of the I chairman. The sermon of the evening will be delivered by the Rev. J. A. Wood of Gastcnia. His subject will be "God's Ideal Man." Other ministers on the pro gram are Rev. W. C. Lovin of Kings Mountain, Rev. V. B. Stan ley of Lincolnton, Rev. J. L. Bolen of Forest City, Rev. C. A. Hendrix of Kinks Mountain, and Mrs. A. E. Belk of Gastonia. The president of the North Carolina conference, Rev. J. A. Clement, will be present through out the convention and present new plans to the pastors. He will also arrive a day earlier and hold the first quarterly confer ence tonight with the local church. There will be three services each day at 9:30 a. m., 2:30 p. m., and 7:30 p. m. There will be I no afternoon service Saturday, j The public has a cordial invita-j tion to meet with this church in i these services. DORIS DUKE COMES OF AGE Wealth and Great Respon sibility Come to Quiet Heiress Today (Copyright, 1933, United Pre»«) NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—(UP). Doris Duke tall slender, blonde daughter of the late Jas. B. Duke, today was celebrating her 21st birthday. For this young lady, who has been pictured publicly as "Amer ica's richest girl," it means far less of wealth and luxury than it means the coming of responsibil ity Under the provisions of her fa ther's will this is what the day brings to Doris: She comes into possession in her own right of property worth an unestimated number of mil lions of dollars, made up of one third of a one-third share in the residue of the estate of her father left when he died in 1924. Per haps a guess at the amount Doris receives might be made at $10, 000,000. She becomes a trustee of the Duke Endowment, which, by her father's will and by trusts he set up prior to his death, handles the bulk of the tremendous Duke for (Continued on page three) < ARMS PARLEY GOES OVER TO MID-JANUARY i Russian-Built World's Big gest Plane Crashes With 14 Fatalities PINAR DELTlO IS ALARMED BY REVOLT WASHINGTON. Nov. 22 (UP) Recovery Administrator Johnson made it clear that the NRA will enforce codes in cases where in dustries themselves prove unable to do so. • Following: up his recent swing around the country on which he found lax enforcement threaten ing the success of certain codes, he issued a formal statement pointing out "it is fundamentally within both the letter and the in tent" of the Recovery Act thai the code administration be carried out as much as possible through code authorities an<l trade asso ciations, but, it is equally funda mental, he said, "that the ulti mate responsibility for an efficient code administration lies with the NRA." PRIVATE NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE NEXT MOVE GENEVA, Nov. 22.— (UP).— The steering committee of the world arms conference voted to day to adjourn the parley until mid-January. It held only a formal 10-minute session and passed Arthur Hen derson's motion for adjournment without debate. The parley now enters a new phase, one of complex private diplomatic negotions among Euro pean powers, exploring the possi bility of individual agreements which may eventually lead to th^> adoption of a general disarma ment treaty. WORLD'S LARGEST PLANE CRASHES IN RUSSIA MOSCOW, Nov. 22.—(UP).— The world's largest airplane, just completed, crashed at Kharkov yesterday, killing 14 people, ac cording to dispatches reaching here today. Details of the acci dent were not available. The plane was an all-metal structure with six motors and was built to carry 120 passengers. The dead included Michael Snegirof, one of the best known aviators in the Soviet Union, and several engineers who participat ed in designing and constructing the plane. NEW REVOLT BREAKS IN CUBAN PROVINCE HAVANA, Nov. 22.—(UP).— The population of the province of Pinar Del Rio was alarmed today by reports of a revolutionary ex pedition landing near Guane, on its north coast. Many arrests were made throughout the prov ince today. Troops were active in building barricades at strategic points. ATLANTA READER AT FASSIFERN FRIDAY Fassifern School announces that it takes great pleasure in bring ing to Hendersonville Miss Polly Vaughan. a young reader, of At lanta. Misi; Vaughan will appear in the school auditorium Friday eve ning, November 24, at 8 o'clock, in an attractive program of read ings in costume with music accom paniment. Miss Vaughan has planned beautiful and appropriate stage settings and lighting effects which add greatly to the interest and at tractiveness of her program. TORNADO HITS CAMP ANNISTON, Ala., Nov. 22.— (UP).—A tornado struck Civilian Conservation Corps Camp No. 4GK near here last night, injuring nine of the 200 CCC workers. Tiff nirKK From what UNIVEQSlTV WAS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GRADUATED What city is THE CAPITAL of Chile o . What state produces THE MOST CORN ? For correct answer* to these luestions, please turn to page 5*