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[TENSION FOR
NEAR PERIOD
„S Forecasts Upholding
Cold Clause Abroga
tion by High Court
bESS GETS DOWN
, W0RK THIS WEEK
LSHLN'GT ' V Jan. 14. (UP),
ji. will seek leg
ion (fit! the lending
I- -truction F:
le COI] •:* two years,
ft JH announc
fcday a conference
| Pres sevelt.
Biirmn pointed out
■ Credit eor
It nancinf? of e.\
I . s further
■net a.- a reason for asking
Euaace of this rehabilitation
|trn.
SS CONFIDENT ON
D CLAUSE RULING
\SHINGTON. Jan. 14. (IP).
,h Byrns.' *reaker of *h®
t of representatives predict
liat the supreme court will
d :he gold clause abrogation
se "so much is involved,
means too much to the coun
ie declared. Byrns in
>f an adverse decision he be
"the matter could be rem
by legislation."
i ARTHUR F. DEGREVE
J Press Staff Correspondent
iSHINGTON. Jan. 14. < L*P» I
ess entered its second week
prepared to give spee ly ap
! of the administration's plan
>v;de security for the corn
man. Bos.'des the security
the world court and veter
t.1 'A... 1 • -
r.t R■ •.! . - t,v:vr .
nii Capito! H?IT durinsr the
a report of 'he cabinet com
v which 'nvostijratvd :r.e*h^-is
inemp!o\Tiient insur
old ace pensions, health in
,o maternity benefit* ar, !
allied projects.
;• >va^ reported n soim
;er> he nuirht also ser.d t'>
r.ou;-> a ; r.m i outline ■
a-or. nee fed to effectuate
ran proposal*, conerres
> who have been
:nz w ;h the White House on
'*• mine program said
had not been informed of |
iecision.
kjorty Leader Joe T. Robin
of the senate is expected to
>r today with Senators Fred
Van Nuys, P.. Ind., and Rob
ffagrier. D.. N. Y., who will
the security legislation thru i
ipper chi.nber.
though no decision has been
*<i. special committee prob
will be chosen in both houses
cic hearings and draft the
ation. Little opposition to
"o?ram as a whole is expect
There are. however, many
ly divergent views on multi
letail-- whi.-h must be recon
Among the?j is the question
hether th" workers should
'.bute to the unemployment
ance fund.
a N'uys predicts that the so
legislation would be.enacted
n 50 days. Meantime, many
wr* <->f congress are working
Continued on page four)
perlatives For
neyville Named
p Statistics Adjudged
Among Seniors
Bi; "av-'ics for the senior
/ "•■yville high school j
ifcen announced following
.-las-; as follows:
p<: 3 - ;nH ijirl, Lucy Gil
'■*$• a round boy, James
N ?)"■ b< -■* dressed boy, Foy
I btat rentd jjirl, Roscoe |
""end; >st popular boy,
Pre>>i..y. most popular girl,
'Jn Ro^.-rs; most athletic
5arr Ballard; most athletic
Ethelyr, Rogers; prettiest
Kale Barnwell; best
boy, Foy Hill; most con
' . R">scoe Townsend;
cone •< • (>v, Carrol Steppe;
girit Lucy Gilliam;
■ ^-icnifie 1 boy, Clyde Steppe;
; j il. Robbie Steppe;
' «u(i;.,Us )0y, Suel Rhodes;
i11*'Robbie Steppe; wo
Clyiie Steppe; timid
L"v°'t' i<pe; bashful boy,
: Romeo and Juliet,
[ * j".. R'.scoe Townsend;
rj01"*. Rimy Gale; most am
L' S'aton; cutest girl,
L;" ■' r.-; cutest boy. James
k'L; • • artist, girl, Dor
•''•inchens; hot air artist,
1fyurr. l.ambe; laziest senior,
Oxensby; Dumba Dora.
••Jnic»* Townsend; dumb bell
"Hn:> | ttvrock; most musi
Junior Pressley,
A Real Story
of a Modern
Working Girl
She xlidn't have pretty clothes.
She had co pass up good times.
But two men—one rich and one
poor—fell -deeply in love with her
and. out of hard work and mis
ery, -he found happiness. Read
her story in
"SILKEN SPINDLES"
Beginning in The Times-News
Wednesday, Jan. 16
191 NAMES ARE
ON HONOR ROLL
65 Rate Honor Roll jn City
High School on Basis
of Scholarship
The honor roll for the second
{Trading period of the Henderson
ville hijjh school has just been
compiled at the high school offices
and shows that 65 are included in
this classification for the period
on the basis of scholarship, while
12b* are rated as honor students
on the basis of co-operation.
The scholarship honor roll for
the second grading period is as
follows:
Gordon Williams, Frances King,
Christine McCorkle. Maude Sta
ton, Christine James, Martha Kel
ly. Madge Glazener, Bessie Bren
ner. Xerine McCall. Louise Orr,
Mattie Jean Cely, Elsie Flanagan,
Margaret Stevenson. Mildred Don
nahoe, Kitty Brownlee. Kate Mil
ward, John Besselieu, Edward Ka
lin. Perry Gianakos. Joe Motts
man, Billy Reese, Harry Steven
son, Ray Geterer, Frances Justus,
Mary Louise Godfrey, Jewel Shea
ly. Frances Shinman. Bob For
sythe, Nick Gianakos. Campbell
Miller, Lewis Smj'th, Richard
Morris, Robert Green, Crawford
Truex. Edward Kantrowitz, Sam
uel Williams, Delorys Nelson.
Anna Williams. Dora Milward,
Myrtle Maxwell, Margaret Brook
shire, Jacqueline King, Douglas
Ross, Harry Garren, R. Boys, B.
Brackett, E. Hinsdale, B. Hunter,
E. Jamison, C. Pace, Ruth Byers
1, Drama Gibbs, Sara Jane Hun
ter, Betty Jenkins. Claude Pace,
Marcella Keith, Katherine Corne,
Trula Douglass, Sue Garren.
Elizabeth Lewis, N'oncy Rose Mc
Manaway, Myra Morris. Aleane
Newman, Nancy Noble, Wilma
X UUIIg.
The honor roll for co-operation
comprises the following:
Arthur Bennett, Guy Chapin,
O. M. Davenport, Willie Fergu
son, Athel Holbert, Joe Stewart,
Gordon Williams, Irene Barnette,
Bessie Brenner, Mary Sue Brook
shire, Kitty Brownlee, Mattie Jean
Cely, Wilma Cely, Mildred Donna
hoe, Virginia Drake, Elsie Flana
gan, Madge Glazener, Christine
James. Mary Elizabeth Hipp, Mar
tha Kelly, Alda Jane Justice,
Frances King, Catherine Mans
field, Nerine McCall, Christine
McCorkle, Kate Milward.
Louise Orr, Jimmie Reid, Mary
Katherine Sheppard, Maude Sta
ton, Margaret Stevenson. Viola
Summey, Marion Brackett, Jerry
Henderson. Wilfred Croft, David
(Continued on page two)
CALL OF CIVIL
DOCKET BEGUN
IN COURT HERE
Local Bar Will Act Tues
day in Death of Attorney
General Brummitt
The January term of superior
court of Henderson county con
vened this morning with Judge H.
Hoyle Sink, of Lexington, presid
ing. The court will he in session
for two weeks and will hear civil
actions only.
After the calling of the calen
dar this morning: on motion of
John Ewbank, seconded by W. C.
Meekins, the court appointed a
committee composed of M. M.
Redden, L. B. Prince and C. D.
Weeks to prepare appropriate
resolutions on the death of Attor
ney General Dennis G. Brummitt.
These resolutions will be submit
ted Tuesday morning when the
court convenes.
In calling the list of jurors L.
T. Cairnes failed to answer and
the court assessed a fine of $10.
Two uncontested divorces were j
granted this morning. Mrs. Has- J
seltine Yates was granted a di
vorce from Oral L. Yates; Mrs.
Eunice McFalls was granted a di
vorce from Jack McFalls. Both
were granted on the grounds of
a two years' separation.
The court this morning took up
the case of Herman Potts against
the Texas Oil Co., in which the
plaintiff is seeking to collect com
mission allegedly due on a con
tract.
Sinclairs Mark
53rd Anniversary
Of Their Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sin
clair Both Active in
Fruitland Church
i Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sinclair, of
the Fruitlanil section, celebrated
I the 53rd anniversary of their mar- j
jiiagre on Saturday.
Mr. Sinclair is a native of
Union county and was born there
on June 12, 1863. He came to
this county at the close of the
Civil war with his mother, who
I was a widow and has lived in this
county since.
i Mrs. Sinclair was formerly Miss
; Elizabeth Huntley, and was a
daughter of David and Elizabeth '
Huntley. She was born in Ruther-1
ford county and came to Hender
son with her parents when about
16 years old.
! Following their marriage Mr.
and Mrs. Sinclair lived in the
Bearwallow community for about
15 years. Later they resided in the
Sugar Loaf section, where they
lived until 1912, when they moved
to their present home near Fruit
land.
Mr. Sinclair has engaged in
farming, blacksmithing and the
mercantile business practically all
his life. He is now past 70 years
of age but is still active. Mrs.
Sinclair has also led an active life.
She has helped her husband in his
business and is known for her
flower and vegetable gardens.
|> Both are members of the Fruit
land Baptist church and are ac
tive in the work of the church. I
They have nine children living |
and one dead. The living children ;
are Wade, of Cherokee; Milas, of 1
Enoree, S. C.; Brookshire. of Hen
derson^lle; Elim, of Greenville, j
S. C.; Mrs. Ellen Merrell, of Hen-j
dersonville; Charles, of Barber-1
ton, Ohio; Mrs. Mae Hill, Oteen;
Luke, of Hendersonville; John, of
East Flat Rock.
January Epworth j
Union Meet Held
.— i
February Gathering To Be
Held at Fletcher
The merit banner was again
awarded to the Flat Rock chapter
and the attendance banner went
to the Tryon chapter of the Ep
worth League when the county
union held its meeting at East
Flat Rock Sunday afternoon.
The next meeting will be held
with the Fletcher chapter as host
Miss Catherine Goodman gave
a helpful message on the theme,
"What is Christ to You?" and the
preceding devotional exercises
were conducted by President J. C.
Coston, in the absence of the de
votional leader. The business
meeting was followed by an in
teresting program of music. Se
lections were rendered by the
Misses Lockaby, and a duet was
given by Miss Violet Wright and
Miss Keba Fields.
LOUIS SENTELL
SENTENCED TO
DIE IN CKAIR
Convicted in Murder of
Florence Jones at
Shelby
SHELBY, Jan. 14—Convicted
of the first decree murder of Mrs.
William Drake, who was known
here as Florence Jones, I.ouis Sen
tell, formerly of Henderson coun
ty. was sentenced to die p.t state's
prison on February 15 by Judgfe
Felix Alley in the superior court
here Saturday.
Sentell stood expressionless a?
the death sentence was pronounc
ed by Judge Alley, but his mother
and father were weeping1, and
others members of his family
were pale as sentence was pro
nounced.
An appeal to the supreme court
was taken by W. E. Breese, Bre
vard attorney, who defended Sen
tell and the court allowed thirty
days to perfect the appeal.
SEEK TO MAKE
COAL UTILITY
U.M.W. Opens Campaign
for Measure Providing.
Strict Regulations
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. (UP) '
—The United Mine Workers of I
America, largest individual unit in
organized labor, today had opened
its fight to give coal a utility sta
tus and thus subject it to strict
regulation by the government.
A bill to bring this about has
been prepared by Henry Warrum,
general counsel of the miners
unioh and will be submitted to'-thC"
administration within a few days,
President John L. Lewis an
nounced.
The measure provides for:
1. Creation of a commission to
administer the standards ond rules
fixed by congress as the industry
is placed on a utility basis.
2. Fixing of minimum and max
imum prices.
3. Allocation of production thru
tonnage quotas.
4. Collective bargaining.
5. A "reasonable" standard of
wfages and hours.
6. Just and adequate returns to
investors.
Lewis' announcement followed
close on the heels of a report of
the national resources board to
President Roosevelt recommend
ing government ownership of soft
coal fields as the first step toward
conservation of America's miner
als and oils.
In addition the board urged
that establishment of a national
coal reserve be seriously consid
ered; advised that fixing of mini
mum and maximum prices may be j
necessary; proposed that congress
consider establishment of an
agency to authorize control of pro
duction and capacity to halt waste
of underground resources and rec
ommend that emergency provisions
of NRA codes for production con
trol be continued in some form.
PIRATES WILL PLAY
ARMY STORE TONIGHT;
The Hendersonville Pirates will j
play the Asheville Army Store i
team tonight at the Flat Rock,
gymnasium at 8 o'clock.
Etowah will meet Dana in a
preliminary came at 7:30 o'clock.
In a previousu game, played last
week, the Army store team de
feated the local team 28 to 27 in
a close game.
MISS EARHEART
IS CONTINUING
FLIGHT EAST
Quits Oakland, Calif., for
Washington to Complete
Her Achievement
UNION AIR TERMINAL. Bur
bank, Calif., Jan. 14.—(UP).—
Amelia Earhart arrived here at
6:30 p. m. (CST) last night on a
flight from Oakland.
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 14.—
(UP).—Amelia Earhart Putnam
set out yesterday to top her Hon
olulu-Oakland flight with a fast
trip across the continent.
Refreshed by 14 hours sleep,
the aviatrix climbed into her
Lockheed Vega high-wing mono
plane and headed for Washing
ton. She planned to refuel at Los
Angeles and possibly one or more
intermediary stops.
The Washington flight, she
said, would make her effort "more
complete."
Even a temporary obstacle—hor
plane became stuck in the mud—i
failed to deter the tall young wo-;
man who holds many flying rec-'
ords. The plane's wheels sank in i
mire as she taxiied to head of the j
runway for an early start. Amelia 1
climbed out, shrugged her shoul
ders with resignation and ordered
lunch at the airport restaurant
while mechanics used two tractors
to tug the machine out of the
mud.
At first she believed the delay
would prevent her flying beyond
Los Angeles last night but before
taking off at 1:23 p. m. P. S. T.
(4:23 p. m. (E. S. T.) she decided
to continue across the continent
after a brief pause for gasoline.
Amelia's projected course was j
via Los Angeles, Kingman. Ariz., j
and Albuquerque, N. M. She con
sidered an alternative including j
Yuma and Phoenix, Ariz., El Paso,
Tex., and Tulsa, Okla. Weather
will determine the route.
The flier did not indicate wheth
er she hoped to better her 19
hour trans-continental record for
women—adhering to her policy of
not making promises in advance
of flights so as not to appear "yel
low" if she changes her mind.
Mrs. Putnam indicated her flight
was intended to link Hawaii with
the nation's capital as a presture
dramatizing the feasibility of i
trans-Pacific air mail and passen-j
ger service.
I
SHOT GUN DUEL IS;
FOUGHT, HUBBY SEEKS
TO SEE SINGER-WIFE1
GULFPORT, Miss., Jan. 14.—
(UP). — A shotgun duel in the
front yard of the John W. Phil
lips residence resulted in the
wounding1 of Phillips, 50, former
deputy sheriff, and the jailing
without bond of his son-in-law,
Lawrence Hill, 25.
Hill was said to have tried to
force his way into Phillips' home
to see his wife, Mrs. Vashti Hill,
» radio singer. Phillips, her fa
ther, produced a shotgun and or
dered Hill away. Hill went to his
parked automobile and took out
a shotgun. He returned towards |
the house and the two men fired i
simultaneously.
Hill's shot struck Phillips in
the face and neck. His condition
was undetermined. The charge •
from Phillips 'gun riddled the '
front of Hill's overcoat, near the i1
waistline, but missed his body.
I 1
VENEER PLANT BURNS
NORTH WILKESBORO, Jan. ]
14.— (UP).—Fire destroyed the i
veneer plant of the Roaring River i
Furniture company here today.
Damage is estimated at $15,000. 1
i
SAAR VOTES TO RETURN TO
GERMANY. IS DECLARED
SAARBRUCKE.V, Jan. 14.— .
(UP)—Tellers from neutral coun- '
tries today counted the plebiscite
votes that will determine the fate
of 800,000 people in the Saar.
The result will be announced at
2 a. m. Tuesday.
Voting: was absolutely secret.
Interviews of voters giving a
cros* section of sentiment indi
cated that 60 to 75 per cent of
the voters cast ballots asking the
return of the Saar Basin to Ger
many.
Months of preparation and the
presence of international police
and an international army result
ed in a quiet vote. Almdst no dis- j
order was reported. / ,
: The first special trains carry
j ing sealed ballot boxes from Sun
I day's plebiscite arrived at 3 a. m.
yesterday. The freight station was
entirely surrounded by English
I soldiers and police.
The Koxies. shrdlnun shrdl un I
I British military trucks to War-'
burp: hall under heavy guard. Foot
or mounted policemen were sta
tioned every 50 meters along the
route.
Max Braun, anti-Nazi leader,
told the United Press last night
he intends to protest Sunday's 1
plebiscite to the League of Na
tions again. He said the plebis
cite was neither free, independent
nor secret, as promised.
He again charged the Nazis ]
used threats and terrorism to in
fluence the voters, adding: "VVe
are going to announce to Geneva
that we do not feel the plebiscite
was free or independent. It cer- '
tainly wasn't secret. The Nazis'
methods of terrorism created a 1
bad impression."
Police quickly broke up an in- j
cipient riot in the principal street i
of Saarbrucken last night.
Nazis charged some 40 Com
munists attempted to start a dem
onstration, singing their "Interna- i
tionale." There were no arrests ]
nor seripus injuries, <
Rumor Links Mary and Buddy
Romance rumors rode hard on the heels of the divorce ^rant that
freed Mary Pickford, right, from Douglas Fairbanks, linking the
name of the mistress of Pickfair with that of "Buddy" Rogers, left,
who came out of Olathc, Kan., to win fame as a juvenile star. Friends
scoff at the reports. Rogers is 28; Miss Pickford 41.
SET BRUMMITT
RITES TODAY
Body of Attorney General
Taken to Home at Ox
ford Sunday
OXFORD, Jan. 14.—(UP).—
The body of Attorney General
Dennis G. Brummitt was brought
to his native home yesterday for
burial.
The unswerving champion of
the democratic form of local self
provernment will be buried in Eim
wood cemetery.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Oxford First Baptist
church at 3 p. m.
The body of the state official
lay in state most of Sunday, in
Raleigh where he died Saturday
at 12:10 p.m. from pneumonia
following an attack of influenza.
He was 53 years old and had
aeen attorney general of the
state since 1924.
Mr. Brummitt during the past
two state administrations has
been the only state official to
protest what he considered a
trend away from his ideals. He
was a bitter foe of the short bal
lot.
He was a staunch advocate of
placing the burden of taxation
upon those best able to bear it.
Hollingsworth's
Rights Held Here
Man Passing in Asheville
Was Native of County
ASHEVILLE, Jan. 14.—Char
lie W. Hollingsworth, 60, well
<nown resident of Ashcville, died
it 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
it an Ashevilie hospital.
Mr. Hollinprsworth was born in
Henderson county and came to
Ashevilie when he was seven years
>ld. He was an electrical contrac
or and was a member of the old
\sheville volunteer fire depart
nent for many years.
Surviving are a brother, Ralph
Iollingsworth; two nephews, Bar
lett and James Hollingsworth; and
i niece, Mrs. J. G. Morris.
Funeral services were conduct
>d at 10 o'clock this morning at
he Noland-Brown funeral home,
vith the Rev. L. W. Colson offici
itinfr. Interment followed at Hen
lersonville.
Pallbearers were members of
he former volunteer fire depart
nent here.
City High Cagers
Play Columbus on
Tuesday Night
The Hender.sonville hi>h school
jo.vs' and girls' basketball teams
will meet the strong teams from
Columbus, Polk county, in the
:ity gymnasium on Tuesday eve
ling-, the first game beginning1 at
f:30 o'clock.
The Mills River and Flat Rock
)oys' and girls' teams will meet
ruesday night at the Flat Rock
rymnasium, the first game begin
Jinp at 7:30 o'clock.
MESSAGE TONIGHT
^ RALEIGH, Jan. 14.—(UP).—
Governor Ehringhaus will deliver j
ns budget message tonight at 8j
>'clQck to the state assembly.
j FASSIFERN HAS
: HIGH RATING
i Is Fully Accredited; Ex
ceeds Requirements; to
Add Students
Fassifern school has just re
ceived the certificate from the
Southern Association of Schools
and Colleges showing that it is
agtin fully accredited by that or
ganization. This means that the
sane high standards of this na
tionally known preparatory school
hare been maintained. The school
I ru»s for the full time specified by
the association, has a faculty all
of whom have A.B. and A.M. de
grees, a library that fully comes
up to the standard, and requires
16 units for graduation.
Dr. Jos. R. Sevier, the presi
dent, in discussing this certificate
said that Fassifern has held this
high rating for many years. That
the school really went beyond the
requirements, especially in the
number of students per teacher,
and the teaching load each in
structor carries.
The individual attention giv^/i
to each student is one of the out
standing features of Fassifern.
Also, in addition to the regular
subjects required of standard high
schools, Fassifern offers the cul
tural arts, such as music, art, ex
pression, and home economics.
The courses in physical education
are outstanding. The school owns
its own horses and the girls ride
almost every day.
The second semester begins on
February 1, at which time several
new students will enter, making
the school practically full.
2 KILLED BY
TRAIN WRECK
j
20 Others Injured, Traffic
Tied up Many Hours in
Charlotte Accident
CHARLOTTK. Jan. 14. (UP).
Railroad workers early today
clearing the wreckage of a New
York-to-Augusta, Ga., passenger
train which plunged from a tres
tle here early Sunday, killing two
men and injuring 20 persons.
Traffic was blocked more than
eight hours by the wreck.
C. E. Yarborough, express mes
senger of Salisbury, was killed J
instantly when the car in which J
i>e was riding crashed into a brick •
hotel and store building. The
mangled body of an unidentified
man, believed to have been a ho
bo, was found beside the tracks.
The injured were rushed to a
Charlotte hospital. Some were
feared hurt seriously.
The wreck was believed caused
by spreading track on a new
bridge over the Charlotte-Con
cord road.
Engineer John Ware of Colum
bia, S. C.. and Fireman Bost Jack
son, neero, jumped from the en
gine as it slid down the track.!
Ware was not injurde. Jackson j
suffered a broken leg.
DEMAND INVESTIGATION
MOUNT AIRY, Jan. 14.—(UP)
Aroused parents and citizens to
day demanded an investigation
into the school bus accident at
Pilot Mountain in which 33 chil
dren were injured. Injuries mount- j
ed today as the total seriously in- i
jured counted "18. One child was i
in a critical condition, J]
NEW WITNESSES
STRENGTHEN
STATE'S CASE
All Bear on Identity of the
Defendant; Hauptmann
Belittles Witness
WOMAN SAW HIM SPY
ON CONDON, SHE SAYS
FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 14.
— (UP).—Three state's witness?.
added today to the weight of iden
tifications of Bruno Hauptmann.
as the kidnaper and murderer of
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
Hildegarde Alexander, clothing
model, declared she saw Haupt
mann spying on Condon .in the
Bronx railroad station shortly af
ter the kidnaping.
Elbridge W. Stei.i, the state's
second handwriting expert to dis
sect the ransom notes, testified
that he concluded they had been
written by Hauptmann.
Alfred S. Osborne, highest
priced handwriting expert in the
world stoutly maintained his con
victions that the ransom notes
were all the products of Haupt
mann's pen, despite a vigorous
cross examination.
Miss Alexander was submitted
to 20 minutes of bitter cross ex
amination but was not confused,
insisting that her story was true.
She said she had gone to the rail
road station to telephone her
mother. She saw Condon talkin
to a telegraph operator. She said
that Hauptmann was fifty fee*,
away, watching him intently.
Hauptmann told a United Press
correspondent that he was never
in the station. "I guess the lady
is looking for a movie contract."
Hauptmann said.
THINKS STORY ABOUT
LADDER IS "BUNK"
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.— (UP).
Abraham Samuelsohn, Bronx car
penter, has claimed he made the
ladder used by the Lindbergh
baby kidnaper. He said he made
it for the Houptmann woman and
two other men.
FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 14.
— (UP).—The assistant attorney
general today discounted the story
of Abraham Samuelsohn, who
claimed he made the ladder used
in the kidnaping. The attorney
said "the story appears to be
bunk."
SAY TEN DAys OF
TESTIMONY AHEAD
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 14.
(UP).—The state of New Jersey
expects to present its full case
against Bruno Hauptmann, on
trial for the murder of the Lind
bergh baby, within the next ten
days, Attorney General David T.
Wilentz said last night.
The actual time will depend on
how much cross-examination of
expert witnesses is employed by
defense counsel.
Handwriting exports will con
tinue testimony concerning the
ransom notes and specimens of
Hauptmann's handwriting today.
Witnesses who found the child'
body and officers who investigated
and arrested Hauptmann will b«*
next on the stand. Arthur Koeh
ler, wood expert, will be called to
testify concerning wood specimen
at Hauptmann's home and the lad
der supposedly used by the kid
naper.
Wilentz refused to comment on
reports Hauptmann had been of
fered life imprisonment instead of
the death penalty, if convicted,
provided he would implicate a
"gang" in the kidnapinpr.
New Home Agent
Is Active In Polk
COLUMBUS, Jan. 14. —Miss
Affiles McLeod, the new home
demonstration a^ent for I'olk
county, has arrived to take up
her duties. Since her arrival she
has spent most of her time in her
office getting familiar with her
program and maping out the
year's work.
Miss McLeod is known to sev
eral people in the county and has
a splendid record from every
place she has worked. She conies
hiehly recommended for her
ability.
MESSAGE SENT SIAM
LONDON, Jan. 14. —(UP).-^
Major Prasobsri Chriprati. per
gonal aide-de-camp to Kinjr Praja
dhipok of Siam, left bv airplane
Saturday, carrying the kind's con
ditions under which' he is recon
sidering his threat to abdicate,
rhe message was kept secret.
CORPEN1NG BETTER
The friends of Charlie Corpen
ntf will be happv to know that he
s recovering, following an opera
;ion which he underwent Sunday
norning at the Patton Memorial
lospital.