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WEATHER pair anc? warmer tonight; Thursday occasional rain and warmer. <ZUe STtntes < MM I ■ GOOD AFTERNOON Ctnuflaa penitentiaries have 3660 man inmate* and only 44 women. Don't the Royal Mounted ever get their women? HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1934 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS |Balloonists Rise To 1$ Miles; Fall To Death KEN'S BODIES imm in CMMOPHE Had Set New Record Of 12 3-4 Miles Ascent, But Instruments Ruined GONDOLA BREAKS BUT TROUBLE NOT KNOWN MOSCOW. Jan. 31.—(UP).— The three daring Soviet balloon-' ists who ascended higher into the ' upper atmosphere than man has ever before risen were found j dead today. The gondola of their stratosphere balloon became de- ; tached. The balloon ascended at 9:15 a. m. and had irone to a height of twelve and three-iourth mile* , within three hour>. It fell near I the viliac Ostorg, east j I of Mooo * I • > ereat th.it I ' ->n were mu ' tilatej ami their instruments ruined. Tkeir gallant achievement wiil probably be without scientific re >iiit \ittless written observations are found. The reason for the catastrophe is unknown. MOSCOW. Jan. 31.— (UP).— j An entirely unconfirmed report, i early today circulating in Moscow said the stratosphere balloon Sv-; ha I exploded n midair, white descending. The last word from the Syrius was at 3 p. m. yesterday when th-J bag w in the vicinity of Ko lomna. A United Press represen tative and Prokofiev, who was a mmeber of the last Russian strato sphere flight, motored there quick ly but found no trace of the Sy ria«. The record reported by i*ne Sy rius yesterday caused the official newstiaper Izvestia to issue an ex tra for the first time since tho I death of Lenin. Anxiety h-id been felt for the three Russian balloonists in tho Syrius since thev reoorted shortly after 3 p. m.. claiming that they had broken the world's strato sphere record. The trio, led by Paul Fedoseen ko, wirelessed that they had as cended 20.600 meters, or 12.79 miles in their ba'Ioon, consider ably better than the record set by Lieut.-Comdr. T. G. W. Settle, U S. N\. in the United States las; November. Settle rose to a height 'f 61.23? feet, or a little more than 11.5 miles, on Nov. 20. and his record still stands, officially. The Svrius was believed drift in? southward. The wind drift would carry them in the vicinity o: Kiazan. on ttye Trubesh river, about 120 miles southeast of Mos cow. Soviet experts estimated. However, this was purely con jecture. The last word from the ' Syrius was at 3:08 p. m., when a radio message was picked up at tneir base field outside Moscow, 1 stating that they were starting t> descend. Three dirigibles circled Moscow abjjut 5 p. in., trying to sight the balloon. Their quest was in vain. > .7*^ believed the balloon had n.ted in some little populated re?Ion where communications **re slow. T:-.e Syrius. with Fedoseenko Piloting, arose unexpectedly at . ,a- m-. reported she had ached 19,200 meters at 10:24 • m- A message at 11:15 a. m. Ported a new record had been tries' meters, or 12.79 A message at noon from the lent!*5 Sa'<^' ' ^ e hear you excel- , ^ Continuing: scientific ob- , '^Qfltinued on page four) Glidden Co. reports gross '•'w for the first threo week» I of January total $1,494,464, $993,532 in the ; '™**e weeks of January, 1932. * l»in of 50.4 per c*nt. Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc., I '*Port» for (he year ended 30, 1933, net 'income of ^6.336, against $21,765. in 'he preceding year. P. W. Woolworth Co. ««• I Ports 1933 net income was $2.94 a share, against $2.2? » »hare in 1932. ..,y t TREASURY CASH BALANCE NOW BILLION AND HALF; DEVALUING DOLLAR TO RAISE IT BILLIONS To Direct Silk Code Authority Formulating a code for 130 busi ness organizations in the rayon ! and silk processing industries is the task entrusted to Major Gen eral William N. Haskell (above» J by his appointment as executive director of the Code Authority for i those industries. 1 TREMORS | ! FELT IN WEST Parts Of Three States Hit By Quake Tuesday; Damage Not Heavy SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 31.— (UP).—Two earthquakes which shook portions of three western states shortly after noon yester-: day centered in southern Nevada, where several buildings at Mina, small mining town 126 miles southeast of Reno, were reported damaged. No other reports of damage had been received from the sections of California, Nevada and Utah that experienced the east-west un- j dulations. Professor Perrv Byerly of the University of California, estab lished the center of the quakes as southern Nevada. He said they probably originated in the same locality as that which shook a por tion of the western United States in December, 1932. The Berkeley seismograph re corded two shocks. The first was at 11:24 a. m. It was of moder ate intensity and 20 minutes du ration, at an estimated distance of 220 miles. The second was at 12:17 p. m., of heavy intensity, at a distance of 300 miles. B. F. Baker, owner of the hotel at Mina. Nev., said that the side wall of an abandoned garage fell but that no one was injured. He said that many windows were bro ken in other buildings. The quakes were about an hour apart. Baker said. When the second occurred at 1.2:20 p. m., all clocks in the little town were stopped. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR I TO CONDUCT SERVICE The prayer meeting of the' Presbyterian church, to be con ducted at the church house on ■ Seventh avenue, East this even-' ing at 7:30 o'clock will be in charge of the Senior Christian Endeavor Society of the church.! The Christian Endeavors of this church are observing "Chris- j tian Endeavor Week" and the service this evening is part of the program for the week's acti vities. I SUSPECT LYNCHED TAMPA. Fla., Jan. 31. (UP) —Robert Johnson, negro charged with stealing chickens and sus pected of attempting to attack a white woman cigar factory work er, was lynched near here yester day. Four unidentified white men took the negro from Deputy Con stable T. M. Graves who was transferring him from the city jail to the county jail and shot - him to death. „ I Prohibition Repeal Brings $11,000,000 Appropri ations Cut WASHINGTON. Jan. 81. (UP) The United States treasury's cash balance was boosted around rec ord levels at $1,489,063,326 from the proceeds of last week's billion dollar security sale. The huge balance will be in creased bv two and a half billion to four billion dollars in addition to this as soon as profits from tho government's dollar revaluation program are paid into the treas ury. NEW SUPPLY BILL IS REPORTED OUT WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. (UP) The repeal of prohibition will en able a saving of more than $11, 000,000 in justice department op erations the next fiscal year, the house appropriations committee estimated in reporting out the supply bill for the justice, labor, state and commerce departments today. Appropriations for the alcoholic beverage unit were reduced from $8,215,000 to $225,000. The ap propriation for prisons was re duced to $2,801,630. Officials ex plained that 1,100 agents of the alcohol unit are being transferred )"»om the treasury's internal reve nue bureau. Bv C. C. NICOLET United Pre«» Staff Correapondent WASHING XQJNT. Jan. 31. (UP) —The United States government assumed title yesterday to all monetary gold held by the fed eral reserve banks, and an ex ecutive order reducing the gold content of the dollar probably to be issued at once. President Roosevelt signed the gold bill—the most important legislation in a generation, as it was called during congressional debate—at 3:50 p. m. Tuesday when the pen inscribed his signa ture title to the gold automati cally passed to the government, Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.^ said. The government's gold holdings leaped to $4,029,100,000. figured at the statutory price of $20.07 an ounce, which will obtain until an executive order sets a new weight for th© dollar. If the gold content is reduced to the expected 60 per cent, creating a GO cent dollar, the treasury's gold will jump in value by $2,6866,066,666. Of this $2,000,000,000 will be used to establish the stabilization fund, authorized by the gold bill, for dealings in gold, exchange and bonds. The use tc which the rest will be put has not been decided, but it will be available as a base for new currency if needed. | The president celebrating his birthday, was jicular as he sign ed the bill. I "This is the nicest birthday present I ever had," he said, and tuining to Morgenthau added: "Having signed it, I'll ask Henry, 'is everything all right?'" "It's o. k." replied Morgen thau who, is sole director of th6 stabilization fund, becomes in theory at least one of the domi- j nant financial figures of the world. Then the president and Mor-j genthau went into conference with financial advisers to perfect' the machinery for putting the new money policy into complete operation as soon as possible. Governor Eugene Black of the federal reserve board and Gov ernor Harrison of the New York reserve bank, both of whom had protested against fixing up their banks gold, were present, along with Professors Warren and Rog ers , the administration's chief money advisers, and Herman OliDhant, treasury money expert. They conferred for an hour, and met again at 2 o'clock this afternoon. WILLAMAN TO COACH WESTERN RESERVE COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 31.— (UP).—Samuel S. Willaman re signed today as Ohio state head football coach. The selection of a successor will be announced soon, officials said. CLEVELAND, Jan. 30. (UP). Samuel -S. Willaman has accepted the head coachship of Western Reserve University here, it was announced an hour after the an nouncement at Columbus of his resignation at Ohio State. Early A.M. Blaze Damages House On King Street Freezing Weather Makes Work Of Firemen At Lanning Place Difficult j A fire about 1:30 a. m. today ! did damage estimated at $1,000 or more to the residence of Jamee Lanning on King street. v\ The roof of the house whs bad ly burned, but a large pan of the furnishings were saved. The los was partially covered by insur ance. Firemen experienced difficulty in getting water on the flames a* the hydrant was frozen. Origin of the fire was undeter mined, but was thought to have been caused from a flue. The house was a five-room one story building. snowlTkely . HERE, REPORT J Temperature 10 Above Monday, One Above j On Tuesday With relief promised in the low temperatures which have pre vailed in the section as well #s in the country at large for the past three days, an official read ing of the lows here for Monday and Tuesday was revealed ttta morning by T. W. Valentin^ which shows that while the "mini mum here on Monday was 10 degrees above zero, the highest temperature reached during that day was 20 here, but was 10 de grees at Asheville. On Tuesday, the lowest tem perature was officially recorded here as 1 above zero, and the of ficial record at Asheville was just at zero. J Temperatures here today were somewhat warmer, and it was ( snowing in Asheville somewhat this afternoon, while there was a possibility that the warmer weather with rain which w I predicted here for tonight and tomorrow might result in snow instead, here tonight or tomor row. G.O.P. Precinct Meetings Are Set Republican meetings for five precincts on Friday night were announced today bv Frank Wal drop, chairman of the county ex ecutive committee. With Burgan Hyder presiding as chairman, the North Rlue Ridge meeting will be held at the Dana school house, while the four Hen dersonville precincts will meet in party headquarters over Wool worih's store. The time for each meeting is 7:30 o'clock. A large attendance of party members is expected at each gathering, Chairman W a 1 d r o p said. HEART ATTACK PROVES FATAL TO MISS LANE is Suddenly Stricken At Post Office This P. M.; Dies At Home Miss Marie Lane, attache of the local post office for many years, and active in civic and pa triotic societies, died this after noon at her home on the Hay wood road around 2 o'clock, fol lowing a heart attack which she suffered while at her post of duty in the post offieo Miss Lane was stricken shortly after noon and was taken to the office of Dr. A. B. Drafts, where she received treatment. From there she was taken home, but her condition became immediately worse on arriving home and Dr. Drafts was summoned, but she had died shortly before his ar rival. Miss Lane was the daughter of the late Thomas Lane and a granddaughter of the late Captain Preston Lane, who served with distinction iu the Confederate Army. She is survived by two sisters, ! Miss Leona Lane of the Fourth Avenue grade school faculty, and Mrs. Tommie Justus. A brother. Henry Lane, died sud denly about a year ago. Mis« Lane resided with her aunt, Miss Mary Mangum, on the Haywood road. She had been an employe of the Hendersonville post office for a score or more .years. No : arrangement? for Miss Lane's funeral had been made this afternoon but friends understood that the body would likely be taken to Newberry. S. C., for in terment, following a service to be held here. The U.D.C. meeting at the home of Mrs. William Lott tomorrow afternoon at 3:15 o'clock will be a memorial to Miss Lane, who was registrar of the Margaret Davis Hayes chapter. 3 ADDED TO ROTARY CLUB Threo new members were for mally welcomed into the Rotary club at its meeting at the Skyland hotel today. The new members were C. E. Livingston. G. J. Wile, and S. G. Jones. They were welcomed into the club by J. R. Sandifer. Routine business occupied the remainder of the session today. AIRMEN TO EXPLORE YUCATAN JUNGLE V MERIDA, Yucatan, Mexico, Jan. 31. (UP)—Robert Buck and Robert Nixon, 19-year-old Amer ican aviators, prepared today for an extensive aerial exploration of the Yucatan jungle in which it is hoped they will uncover valuable facts about the Mayan race and civilization. , Their work is being done under auspices of the University of Pennsylvania. U, S. District Judge Holds The Entire Agricultural Adjustment Act To Be Unconstitutional; Appeal Planned TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 31.—(UP). U. S. District Judge Alexander Akerman yesterday declared the entire agricultural adjustment act unconstitutional. The decision was made by Judge Akerman in granting a re straining order to a group of Flor ida citrus growers enjoining the Florida control committee from ( enforcing orders for pro-rating' citrus shipments under the AAA. | In his order from the bench, Judge Akerman said, "When con sidered in the light of the consti tution the agricultural adjustment act is so full of holes you could drive eight yoke of oxen through it." The judge said he would 1)6 more than happy if he could avoid deciding the questions involved in the case, "but if I sidestepped I'd be a coward." He added that pub- j lie clamor and threats could not, defer him from ruling as he saw > the matter. The decision followed a two-, day hearing on injunction pro ceedings brought by the Hillsbor ough Packing company and the I Lake Fern Groves, Inc. Theycom* plained against AAA orders that would reduce citrus shipments from Florida. California, Texas and other regions on a pro-rata basis. WILL CARRY CASE TO HIGHER COURT SCON WASHINGTON. Jan. 3±. (UP) The department of agriculture is arranging for an immediate ap peal from a decision of Federal Judge Alexander Akerman in Tampa, Fla., holding the agricul tural adjustment act unconstitu tional. AAA officials said today. Judge Akerman granted citrus fruit growers an injunction re straining the state agricultural control committee from enforcing prorations among producers, ac cording to reports reaching the department here. He called the entire agriculture act unconstitu tional. AAA officials declined to discuss the decision in detail until thev had official information, but said they would carry the case to higher courts with as little delay as possible. The decision will not affect operations except in the Florida judicial district, they said. Mary Guarded After Kidnap Scare Mary Pickford says that that kidnap threat in Boston doesn't frighten her, but just the same she's taking no chances. Wearing a bit of a worried look, America's sweetheart here is shown as she arrived at New York guarded by private detectives. Further precautions were taken at her hotel suite, where special locks were installed on all the doors. ROOSEVELT SWAMPED BY GREETINGS FROM OVER U. S. 10 Men Work At Top Speed To Handle Mes sages And Gifts By FREDERICK A. STORM United Pres» Staff Correipondent WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. (UP) Swamped by the felicitations of a nation, President Roosevelt looked with gratitude last night on one of the biggest birthday celebra tions ever given a chief executive. It was Mr. Roosevelt's 52nd birthday and the country outdid itself in showering upon him the proof of its affection. To friends the tangible evidence of regard from persons high and low was looked upon as a further mark of his popularity. The birthday greetings made those at Christmas time fade into insignificance so far as volume was concerned. Presents, too, were in excess of those that set a record at the White House during the holidays. i On top of all this, 5,000 or more birthday balls were held through out the country, the money that was realized being contributed for support of the Warm Springs Foundation for infantile paralysis sufferers. Mr. Roosevelt, in a brief nation-wide address delivered his thanks to all thos;? who helped and who remembered him. It took ten men working at top sneed from morning until'Tiight to dispose of the mass of packages, letters, cards and telegrams that poured into the White House. Everything imaginable was con- i tained in the bundles. Cakes, fancy and plain, predominated. It was estimated that more than 150,000 letters ani cards wee received in addition to telegrams bearing a like number of signa tures. One of the unique testi monials was a roll of newsprint from New London. Conn., bearing 7,000 signatures and a telegram from Birmingham Ala., with thousands more. The senate adopted a resolution of felicita tion. The president took time out from his official duties to inspect some of the big: cakes and pies which were brought up from the ; packing rooms in the basement of the executive office®. California appeared to take the lead in dispatching unusual gifts to the White House. Among the presents was a solid gold plato made from newly mined metal from that state and given by the . order of Red Men. Raleigh sent a walker with1 greetings. He was Fred M. Hei-1 der, representing the committee I for the president's ball there. j Upon returning to the Whits House from his office Mr. Roose velt was greeted by members of the old "1920 Gang." the group of friends and associates who went through his unsuccessful canipaigu for the vice-presidency. "Humbly Thankful" In Ac cepting The Tribute Of A Nation WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. (UP) 1 —President Roosevelt in a brief 1 birthday address last night called on the nation to become active in the fight being waged against the ravages of infantlie paralysis. The chief executive at the same time delivered ' a message of thanks to the thousands of per sons throughout the country who selected his birthday as the day on which to raise funds for the Warm Springs Foundation. "All of you know," he said, "that the work at Warm Springs has been close to my heart bo cause of the many cases of infan tile paralysis which have been treated there. It is a fact that in fantile paralysis results in the crippling of children and grown ups more than any other cause. "Warm Springs is only one of the many places where kindness and patience and skill are given to handicapped people. There are | hundreds of other places where the surgeons, doctors and nurses of the country gladly work day in and day out throughout the years, often without compensation. "I want to stress that tho prob lem of the crippled child is so great that in every community and in every state the local facili ties for caving for the crippled need the support and the interest of every citizen." The president thanked the country for the wide recognition of his birthday, adding: "No man has ever had a finer birthday remembrance from hia friends and fellows than you have given me tonight. It is with an humble and thankful heart that I accept this tribute through me to , the stricken ones of our great na-1 tional family. I thank you but lack the words to tell you how deeply I appreciate what you have done and I bid you good night on what is to me the happi est birthday I have ever known." | ABANDON IDEA OF GAS DEMONSTRATION, WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. (UP) The agriculture department has abandoned the idea of gassing capitols and startling army grounds with hydrocyanic vapor. It might cause loss of life, a de partment spokesman said today. 250.000 MILES IN 32 YEARS DRAPER, Va.—(UP).—B. T. Gilmer has carried mail out of the Draper post office for 32 years and is the oldest carries in point of service in the state. He is about to retire. He estimates that: he has traveled 250,000 miles on his route, r. - I .ii'kah oj el..' I BENEFIT BALL PROGRAMS TO AID INHEALTH Estimate Four Million Dol lars May Be The Ulti mate Proceeds COLD KEEPS DOWN THE ATTENDANCE HERE NEW YORK. Jan. 31.—(UP). Approximately four million dol lars is believed to have been real ized on 6,000 or more birthday balls and dinners held throughout the nation in honor of President Roosevelt for the advancement of the Warm Springs Ftundation for treatment of infantile paralysis. The figure is basnd upon a sur vey showing that 2,042 parties held in 28 states yielded approxi mately $1,425,000. At this ratio the total proceeds will be approxi mately four million dollars. OC ficial figures will not be known for several (Jays. Events were held in 3,600 communities. Every state had gatherings which ranged from 5,000 people at the Waldorf Astoria here to 15 coirplcs in a rural Illinois community. RECEIPTS NOT YET REPORTED IN FULL Receipts from the President's Birthday Ball, held here last night, will fall below expecta tions, according to an unofficial checkup this morning. Reports had not been received from all agencies selling tickets, but on the basis of reports it ap peared that the sum to he fcvr'i. to the national committee would ' be in the neighborhood of $100. The cold wnve which swept tho entire country was thought to have kept a number of people from attending. Advance tickets sales were satisfactory, but the last minute sale of tickets at the door was not up to expectations. The ball was held at the city gymnasium ai d at tho American Legion clubhouse with a large crowd attending in both places. At the gymnasium dancing was the order of the evening. A grand march at 10 o'clock formally opened the ball. The grand march /. was led by Mrs. Michael Sclur ck • and Mayor A. V. Edwards, co chairmen of the general commit, tee. At 11:15 an intern:iss:on w*h held and the address of Prest lent Roosevelt, formally accepting tho gift of the nation was heard. Just prior to the radio broad cast a program of entertainment was held at the gymnasium. Tho program was staged at the Legion clubhouse earlier in the evening. The program featured tap danc ing by Guy Hollingsworth and Joe Hollingsworth. a Spanish dance and novelty number by Mi^s Jeanne Huger, accompanied by Miss Kate Dotson and two vocal selections by Misa Thelma Anden, accompanied by Miss Dotson. Dancing continued after tho radio broadcast and was formally concluded with the second grand • march about 2 a. m. At the Legion clubhouse a largo crowd enjoyed square dancing in terspersed with round dancing. A large number of people attended both parties, and the Legion hall was particularly well patronized just after the intermission, when large numbers of people went from the gymnasium for a round of square dancing. Mrs. Schenck and Mayor Ed wards todav thanked all those aiding in making the occasion suc cessful. Civic and charity organ izations co-operated in tne work (Continued on page four.) THPK C. UKSK WHO POUNDED "TflE Boy scoor / MOVEMENT el ? _-oL ' D1PTH SlbNC FK&ABy? What iSTHfc MEANING* OF TriR O WORD "EUREKA'Y For correct iuiwui to theM questions, pletfae tutu to page 3, t
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