WEATHER
Coldrr and fair tonight and
Friday.
GOOD AFTERNOON
At lea»t you can't accute Hit
ler's picketh of being on the fence.
VOL. 52—No. 82
HENDERSONViLLE, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1933
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
PISGAH FOREST
CAMPS FIRST
' TO BE SET UP
Work Begins There Today
as First of Idle Army
in U. S. Sworn in
VANGUARD TO OCCUPY
CAMPS ABOUT APR. 2U
Construction work on four feu- j
eial i-amps in I'isyah National tor- I
est and on two such camps in the 1
Mantaliala National tore>t is ex
pected to begin immediately. ac
cording to inl'^t mation received
here today from Washing!«»ii.
Work on the four camps i:i Pi -
fifah Fore>t was expected to t i-^in
today and the advance guard ei
the nation's unemployed was ex
IH'cted to arrive at th. so ca*nps
from army conditioning c imps
ahout April 20.
The first tour camp.- in Pisicah
Forest will he located at David.-on
Jiiver, in Transylvania count. v\ on ,
Curtis creek, in McDowell couniy,»
near Hot Springs. in .Madison j
county, and either or: Mortimer!
Kidge at Fdgemont, iti Caldwell ■
county.
Work will he rushed on the
camps and tiny are expected to
he reaily for occupation within
two weeks. Ka h camp wil' have a j
recreation tent, a ho pital tent, i
an office building. a niess hall, a ,
commissary building, a w a s ii I
house, latrine, oil house, black-j
smith shop, hardware store. a wa-1
ter system, and 25 five-man tenls. '
Each camp will be made up of!
ahout 110 men and each man will
he paid $.'»0 per month, .wyrolls to j
he made up on the first and 1 ."»th
of each month.
I.abor used in the construction 1
of the camps will !><? lak-n from |
the vicinities oi the camps j'lid >
materials for construction will be j
purchased locally.
The youths and men for -he
camp will be drawn from applica- I
tions on file with various relief!
agencies in Id cities. Selective
will he made by the labor depart
ment. Authorities hope to be able
to have some of the men on tin
way to conditioning camps by to- j
night.
These camps are army posts
contiguous to the cities from
which the men come. There they
will remain for two weeks for phy
sical examination and to be out
fitted with clothes. They also will
he given special instruction in
their new jobs by forestry experts. |
Under the plans now ready.1
New York City will send 7.500 j
men; Buffalo 000; Chicago 4,000;
Philadelphia 3,000; Pittsburgh i
900; Detroit 2,200; Cleveland
1.000; Cincinnati .">00; St. Louis'
1»00; Kansas City 400; Baltimore 1
1.000; Boston 1>00; Milwaukee j
000: Washington, I). ('.. "»00; Min
neapolis ",00; Newark. 500. ;
The 1»> cities from which men!
will be taken are first on the list
because existing enrollment fa
cilities could be immediately used. I
The camps and their locations
follow;
George Wa>hington National
Forest. Va.. .*5: Monon.^aheia Na-!
tional Forest. W. Va.. Natural
Bridge Forest. Va., Unaka,
Tenn., 2; Pisgah, N. C.. 4; Nanta
ha!a. N. ('., 2* Georgia. 1; South
( arolina, I; Cherokee, Tenn., 2;
Georgia 1; Choctawhatchie Fla..
2; Osceola. Fla.. 2; Ouchita, Ark.,'
0; Ozark, Ark., Allegheny,!
Penna., 3.
In addition to the above cj»mns;
there probably will be three built
in the White mountains and twoj
in Alabama.
SALARY CUT
BILL OPPOSED!
Transylvanians Appeal to,
Francis to Fight Bill
of Galloway
BREVARD. April G. (Special).!
At a public meeting of citizens
of the county, held in the court
house at noon Wednesday imme
diately following recess of court,
a petition was adopted and sent
to Senator W. R. Francis, which
opposed the salary reduction bill
introduced two weeks ntro by Rep
resentative M. \V. Galloway.
Several prominent people of
the county spoke acainst the
measure in entirety, while other.*
opposed abolition of the county
accountant office, and placing: of
offices on a fee basis, »hiiniing
that these moves would tend to
injure the county's financial op
eration.
The meeting was called on
Tuesday, announcement beins
made in court Tuesday at noon
that onponents and proponents of
the bill as introduced by Repre
(Continued on page four)
Blimp Wrecked While Searching for Survivors of the Akron
The Navy Olimp .J-.'! after it had dropped into ihe ocean <>fl' Reach Haven, N. J., while paitici.fpatinn in
the search lor the Akron, world's luiirest airship, which was doi royed in a sierm Tuesday morning:.
xcoseveli Warns Against;
Holding Metal Bevonci
May 1
By FREDERICK A. STORM |
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. April (TP) j
President Roosevelt yesterday!
threw the full weight of his broa i,
powers against Mie nation's gold!
hoarders. giving: them until May 1
to return their precious metal to'
the government <>r suffer the eon-1
sequences.
In an executive order which <!«»- >
elated that the national financial
emergency still exists, Mr. Roose
velt called for the deposit with
the federal reserve system of all I
outstanding gold. coin, bullion i
and certificates with, however, a
few exceptions. Failure to do so, |
he warned, subjected the hoard*, rj
to a fine of $10,000, improson
ment up to ten years, or both.
The following exceptions to l!;0 i
oruer were made: I
1—Such amount or gout as may j
he required for legitimate and
customary use in industry,
fession or art within a reasonable;
time.
2—Cold coin and certificates in
an amount not exceeding $100 in
the aggregate belonging to any
one person; and gold coin of value
to collectors.
•>—Any gold coin and bullion •
earmarked or held in trust for a j
recognized foreign government or
foreign central bank, or the Bank 1
for International Settlements.
-I—Any coin and bullion 1!-1
censed for other proper transac
tions (not involving hoarding) in
cluding gold coin and bullion im
ported for le-export or held pend
ing application for export licenses.
Under the terms of the sweep
ing White House order, the secre
tary of the treasury is authorized
to issue further regulations and to
issue licenses permitting the fed
eral reserve system, in return for(
an equivalent amount of other
coin, currency or credit, to deliv
er. earmark, or hold in trust gold
coin and bullion to or for per-j
sons showing the need for the I
same fo»* any of the purposes spe
cified in the exceptions.
In an unofficial explanation
that accompanied the executive
order it was stated that the lieen=
ing provision permitted the expor
tation of gold for trade purposes.
It also was added that while the
order was in effect persons who
came into possession of gold not
covered by the exceptions would
be required to exchange it for
other currency.
It was revealed that since the
reopening of the country's banks,
currency in excess of $1,200,000,
000 of which more than $600,
000,000 was in the form of gold
and gold certificates, had been re
turned to the federal reserve
banks. Officials said an addition
al $1,00.000,000 worth of th*i
' metal still was in circulation or
, in hoarding here and abroad.
Renew Fighting
Below Rig Wall
I CHINCHOW. Manchuria. April
0.—Renewed fighting with the
Chinese suffering heavy reveres
below the Great Wall were re
ported in advices received here
today.
| The Chinese 40th and 41st di
( visions were routed by the Japa
, nese Manchu cavalry brigade:?,
storming their positions at Len
niacheoner.
Ten Japanese were reported
trapped in the walled town of Ni
angmiao by 1GU0 Chinese "long
swords."
Nazis' Control
0' Prussia Is
Expected Soon
T>KRLI.\\ April <>.—Election of
Adoiph Hitler, (Iciman chancellor
:i> premier of Prussia which would
moan the complete dominance of i
the Prussian government l>y the J
Nazis was foreseen today as the
Prussian diet prepared to meet
Saturday to fill the post of the \
ousted socialist, Otto lJraun.
ESSER REARRESTED
COLOGNE, April (5.—Thomas
Ksser, vice president of the reich
>-tajr, was rearrested- today on su*
pirion of having committed illegal
acts while he continued as presi
dent at the Artisans bank.
Value of Sports
To Health Tonic
!L
Before Kiwanis
The value of competitive sports
to the health of the participant
was emphasized by the sports
committee of the Kiwanis club in
a program given at the weekly]
dinner meeting at the Sky] a ml ho
tel today.
H. Walter Fuller, committee
chairman, presented the subject
in general, declaring that business
and professional men especially!
would derive many benefits by i
getting outdoors and engaging in
golf, tennis, fishing, hunting,!
horseback and other forms of rec
reation. Dr. J. L. Weddington
spoke briefly on the value of golf,
0. V. Brownlee emphasized tin?
need of directing attention of vis
itors to the community's facilities
for sports entertainment, and l)r.
J. (J. Bennett spoke briefly on the
necessity of co-ordinating mind
ami muscle before one can engage
successfully in competitive spjvts.
Mr. Fuller presented a "jugflir.K
act" with three golf balls, Dr.
Bennett gave a golf putting dem
onstration, and Mi'. Brownlee and
E. A. Smyth had started to show
how ping pong should be played
when adjournment time came.
Appropriations
Committee for
Senate Measure
RALEIGH, April 6.—(UP).—
The conference committee on the
appropriations bill reported an
agreement to the general assem
: bly today which, if adopted, means
I victory for the senate over the
! house. The report recommended
that the house adopt the senate's
allotment of $16,000,000 per year
for the state supported 8-month?
i school term and $832,240 for the
I greater university.
There was no effort to put the
[ bill on the calendar and no action
j was taken.
I
Non- Partisan
Ticket Named in
East Flat Rock
EAST FLAT ROCK, April 0.—
Citizens of East Flat Rock havo
• slated the following non-partisan
| ticket for city officials: Mayor, .T.
I L. Cantrell; commissioners. TlicV*
: Jones, J. J. Briant, N. B. Phillips,
' T. C. Westoll, M. L. Walker and
j Tom Mabry; tax collector, H. T.
1 Justice,
$1100 Taken While Cash
ier Is at Luncheon on
Wednesday
COLUMBUS, April 0.—Enter
in};- the office of the Polk County
Bank & Trust Co., whiie the cash
ier, I*. S. Lewis, was at lunch, a
robber or vobl ers yesterday es
caped with $1,10(1 from the cash
drawer.
The bank office was unoccu*
pi<*<| at the time. and it. is ho
lieved that the robber or robbers
obtained entrance to the bank of
fice over a partition separating a
bathroom in the bank and one in
a store huildii'g adjoining.
The discovery of the robbery
was made by Mr. Lewis upon his
return to the bank after lunch
and officers were notified. No ar
rests had been made this morning.
George Garrison, fingerprint ex
pert of the Buncombe county
sheriff's department is assisting in
the case.
Mr. Lewis state*] following the
robbery that the loss was covered
by insurance. The money taken
was in bills of $10 and .$20 (!•'
nominat ions.
Relations With
Soviei Become
More Strained
MOSCOW, April C. — Angry
roars of the British lion reverber
ated in Moscow today as the Sovi
et prepared to inject new discord
into the already dangerously
strained world situation by calling
six British subjects before a revo
lutionary tribunal Monday to an
swer charges of sabotage.
Legion Will Meet
+.J
Friday Evening
j A regular meeting of the
American Legion will be hold Fri
day night at 8 o'clock in the city
hall, it was announced today. A
full attendance was asked, in view
of the fact that business in con
i nection with the club house proj
I e^t is to be taken up at that time.
WOULD ALMOST DOUBLE PRICE
OF GOLD TO RESTORE VALUE
LOSS OF BILLIONS IN THE U. S.
Committee Also Recommends Discontinuance of Ef
forts to Maintain the Dollar at Former Parity
in International Markets
NEW YORK, April 0.— (UP)—
Abandonment of efforts to hold
j the American dollar at parity in
international exchange markets
and an arbitrary revaluation of
gold at a 7f» per cent increase in
the price was recommended to
day by the committee for the na
tion as chief features in the pro
gram to restore $175,000,000,000
loss in values caused by deflation
and thus rebuild prices and the
purchasing power of the dollar,
i (living its proposed program for
i the next steps for the restoration
j of prosperity the committee sug
< gested:
PASSAGE OF
5-DAY WEEK
BILL IS NEAR
Senate Exnected to Push
Proposal; House Not
to Rush li
WOULD CUT ARMY
OF IDLE 3N HALF
By THOMAS L. STOKES
United Pre** Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON'. April <5. (UP)
The senate today will pass a modi
fied hill to reduco labor's working
hours and thus inert the challenge
of Ihe machine age and the de
pression by giving jobs to millions
now idle.
The measure, which will usher
in a new social and economic era,
was on the point of passage la*t
nigh' when the senate adjourned.
When passed today it is expect
ed to provide a 'Wi-hour week,
with r.n oiuht hour work day. It
is not expected to place restric
tions on the number of work days
in the week. This was proposed
by Senate Majority Leader «Ios.
T. Robinson late yesterday as a
substitute for tlu* original lilack
five-dav week, six-hour day meas
ure. His substitute is expected to
be approved today.
Robinson said this substPuto
was "acceptable" to President
Roosevelt. He went on further in
committing the chief executive to
this almost revolutionary measure
which has swept suddenly forward
in congress.
The bill appears doomed to de
lay in the house. Unless Presi
dent Roosevelt openly endorses it
and urges action, Speaker Henry
T. Raincy indicated yesterday he
would make no effort to expedite
it.
The measure reaches its objec
tive by prohibiting the shipment
in interstate commerce of goods
produced in factories which do
not have the specified work
! schedule.
I The liill does not afreet agricui-j
ture, newspapers anil periodicals.
Nor does i: apply to the canning
' of fruia, vegetables or sea food
' of a perishable variety. Execu
( lives, superintendents and their
immediate personal assistants
j were exempted also on an amend
ment by Senator Arthur Vanden
bertr. Repn., Mich.
The judiciary committee in its
' report on the original five-day
week, six-hour day estimated that
it would cause employment of 0,
000,000 men, half of the unem
! ployed army.
The bill represents another vie-1
j torv for labor in its long light to
, scale down working hours, and
distribute the remaining jobs in
i the machine age.
Foes of the measure warned
that it would be declared uncon
stitutional by the supreme court
and prophesied that employers
would reduce wages in giving
jobs to additional workers.
Thus, it was claimed, the meas
ure would fail to afford the neces
sary stimulus to business in in
creased purchasing power on the
theory that total wages paid prob
ably would be no greater than
now. The bill carried no, mini
mum wage guarantees. Some of
its friends were skeptical of its
effectiveness for this reason and a
minimum wage bill may be
brought forward to supplement it.
Senator David A. Reed, Repn.,
Pa., regarded as the spokesman of
the Mellon interests in the senate,
led the attack on the bill. He in
sisted it is unconstitutional, un
workable and will react as a
hardship on workers generally by
causing a 25 per cent reduction in
their wages.
"I have the utmost confidence
that the supreme court will de
clare this act unconstitutional,"
ho declared. Reed cited the child
1 (Continued on page four)
1—Expedite the reopening of
banks and expand currency, if
necessary, and have the govern
ment guarantee deposits in sound
banks;
2—Continue the embargo on
gold exports and the suspension
of specie payments;
.I—Discontinue efforts to keep
the dollar at its former parity;
4—IJaise frold from $20.(57 per
ounce to $30.17 to bring the com
modity price level to the 192G
base;
B—Create a federal non-parti
san board to stabilize the United
States' general price level on
wholesale commodity prices.
Where Giant Akron Went Down
This map shows the location of Barnegat City, N. J., between New
York City ami Atlantic City, where the U. S. S. Akron fell into the
sea with 70 officers and men aboard while on a test cruise from her
base at Lakehurst, N. .J. The great airship came down off the Barne
yat lightship, l.'J miles off the coast, where first survivors were picked
up by the German tanker I'hoebus, en route from New York lo
Tampico.
NAVAL DIRIGIBLE EXPERT
SAYS AKRON MIGHT HAVE
BEEN SAVED BY NAVIGATION
Swanson First to Meet
Survivors of Naval
Air Tragedy
WASHINGTON, April (J. (UP) !
President Roosevelt heard today
the story of the Akron's disaster
from three survivors, Lieutenant
Commander Herbert Wiley; Rich
ard Deal, who was also a survivor
of the Shenandoah crash, and M.
E. Erwin, Tennessee boy.
While the navy department j
completed plans for a naval court
of inquiry at Lakehurst Monday,
Secretary of the Navy Swanson
told Chairman Vinson of the
house naval affairs committee
that a congressional investigation
would be welcomed. "We want
to get all the facts and Have all
the light we can on this situa
tion," said Swanson.
By HARRY FERGUSON
WASHINGTON, April G. (UP).
Three survivors of the stricken
Akron flew here Wednesday and
found clamor on every side for
prompt and vigorous investiga
tion of the greatest air disaster
in history.
Running through all these de
mands was the suggestion that
perhaps the time had come to
abandon attempts to construct
the giant airships which had
fared so sadly over the years in
their struggles with the elements.
In mid-afternoon a navy trans
port plane landed here, and out
stepped Lieut. Commander Her
hert Wiley, executive officer of
the Akron; and Moody Erwin and
R. E. Deal, enlisted men. Fatigue
was heavy on their faces, and
all showed signs of the strain
through which they had passed.
Nevertheless, they hurried to
the navy department with Wiley
clutching a large manila envelope,
presumably his official report of
the disaster.
Secretary of the Navv Swan
son stood outside the building to
greet them. After a brief chat
(Continued on page four)
Declares She Should Not
Have Been Sent Into
Area of Storm
I.AKKIIUUST, NT. J.. April C,.—
(UP)—The crash of the Akron
could have been avoided by the
application of proper navigation
in the opinion of Capt. Anton
Heinen, generally acknowledged
as the man who taught the United
State.* navy how to fly dirigibles.
"The Akron was caught in a hori
zontal maelstrom of air which
could and should have been avoid
ed." he said, adding that the Ak
ron should never have been flown
in the vicinity of a meteorological
disturbance of that nature.
By H. ALLEN SMITH
United Pres* Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. April 6.—(UP).
A nondescript fleet of sea and air
ships cruised yesterday over the
watery grave of the dirigible Ak
ron, which went hurtling to de
struction in a black and furious
thunderstorm Monday night off
the New Jersey coast.
Five naval ships, led by the
cruiser Portland, at least 13 coast
guard vessels and 30 airplanes
covered almost 100 square miles
in their search for bodies of the
victims.
Somewhere in the choppy sea*
lay the wreck of the dirigible,
presumably still clasping in it*
twisted framework and fabric all
—or nearly all—of the missing
71 bodies.
The sea was comparatively
calm and visibility was good, but
the search was devoid of results.
Among the vessels on the scene
was the naval tug. Kalmia, carry
ing grappling equipment and
hoisting apparatus, her officers
hopeful of picking up part of tho
wreckage. The navy department
is anxious to obtain such debris
since it might aid in solution of
the mystery which surrounds the
disaster.
So far little has been found. A
coast guard vessel picked up a
five-foot piece of aluminum pipe,
another boat found a life raft and
several bits of fabric from the
giant craft's hulk have been found
floating on the sea.
Among the planes engaged in
the search were half a dozen na
val ships piloted by "hell divers,"
who ranged as far as 100 miles
out to sea, and as far south as
Cape Charles during the day.
Meanwhile the man who is be
(Continued on page four).
HEAVY RAM
IN MISSISSIPPI
SPREAD ALARM
Already Swollen Streams
Kept on Rampage
in the Basin
ARMY TENTrSENT
TO HOUSE HOMELESS
GREENWOOD, Miss., April fi.
(UP). Hundreds abandoned their
homes in north Mississippi today
as levees broke under pressure of
muddy waters from th<» swollen
rivers.
Breaks in the levee of the Y.i
7.00 river four miles northeast of
here forced 1500 from their homes
while several hundred more lied
before the waters that inundated
the lowlands when the levees on
the Tallahatchie an<| Coldwater
rivers and Cass id y bayou jrave
way between Lambert and Glen
dora. Miss.
General rains of the past 21
hours made the situation in the
entire district alarming.
MEMPHIS, April G.— (UP).—
New rains, general throughout
the Mississippi valley, kept swol
len streams on a rampage last
nijrht as thousands of sandbags
were sent to reinforce levees
where overflow waters flooded
towns and forced landowners
from their habitats.
The heaviest recorded down
pour was reported at New Or
leans, where 1.7 inches fell. Little
hope was given for a letup, how
ever, as skies continued heavy
over the entire section.
The mighty Mississippi, rising
near the top. forced additional
families living in lowlands of Lou
isiana. Mississippi. Arkansas, Ten
nessee and Kentucky from their
homes.
Inhabitants of Hickman, Kv.,
shopped a la Venice, rowing thru
the streets of the business section
and making purchases from the
stores where merchandise v as
scaffolded above tin* wafer which
covered the floors.
Army tents were dispalrhed to
Marianna, Ark., where several
hundred families, forced from the
lowlands of Lee and Phillips coun
ties, had taken refuge.
The Tallahatchie river, twine
sis to Mississippi deltans during
heavy rains, covered most of eas
tern Tallahatchie county, Miss.,
and Cassidy bayou overflowed
near Sumner. The school at Sum
ner has been closed indefinitely
because of the inland sea encir
cling the building. More than 50
families had taken refuge in Sum
ner and Webb from their lowland
habitats.
Farmers faced the prospect of
late crops as it was not expected
that tke lowlands would dry suf
ficiently to allow planting until
June.
BARBEE ASSISTANT
IN COMMERCE DEPT.
WASHINGTON, April <!.—Dn
vid Kankin Barbee, managing edi
tor of the Asheville Citizen from
1925 to 1928, has been appointe I
as assistant to the secretary <y
commerce. Harbee lias been in
Washington for several yeap. do
ing newspaper work.
TO REDRAFT BILL ^
WASHINGTON', April fi. (UP)
The senate foreign relations com
mittee today refused to approve
the press censorship feature of
the official secrets bill which re
cently passed the house and decid
ed to appoint a subcommittee to
redraft the bill.
TIGERS' TRAIN DERAILED
* ASIIEVILLE, April 6—(UP) —
The Detroit Tigers and the New
York Giants were delayed several
hours this morning when a pas
senger train was held up because
of the derailment of u freight near
Hot Springs.
HOW M'JCH GAP 13
KQUICEO TO MAKE
ONE GALiON OF
MAPLE SYRUP ?
* THERE IS A
DIVINITY
THAT SHAPES
out? ENDS,
ROUGH-HEW
THEM AS
you WILL"
Wowpote —
TH|S? pj
Name- the largest natural
HAP90C ON THIS OONTlNrNt.
For correct answers to tbeai
questions please turn to p»6« &