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VOL 53—No. 28
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1934
i if —
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
mVE BANK
AT QUIZ
Professor Fisher Says It
"Will Do Well To Sur
vive As Unit'
GOLDSBOROUGH BILL
IS NOW BEING AIRED
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. (UP).
—Irvine Fisher. Vale economist, j
sharply criticized the Federal Re- |
serve system an<i asserted that it j
will be lucky "if it escapes de- j
struction." Fisher testified in fa
vor of a federal monetary au
thority at the house banking and
currency sub-committee hearing.
The authoritv proposed in the !
Goldboroujch bill would have the
sole power to issue circulating
currency.
He said the Federal Reserve
system "continues to lack system ,
and has been trie! and found
wanting."' -
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ROOSEVELT ASKED FOR .
development SCHEME
WASHINGTON". Feb. 1. (UP), |
The senate today adopted a reso
lution ctll'Of on the president to i
,-ubmit a comprehensive plan for I
the national development of I
American rivers to provide "the 1
maximum amount" of flood con
trol irrigation, and hydro-clectric
power. .
VETERANS BENEFITS
ARE STILL DEBATED
WASHINGTON*. Feb. 1. (UP), i
—The senate appropriations com
mittee today reversed the sub
committee decision and took th«''
position that it would be within
senate rules to include veteran*
legislation in the independent of
fices appropriation bill.
The committee meets tomor
row to decide whether to attach :
u* Amercan Lagion prop-ram .for j
the restoration of veterans bene
fits 'C the pending bill.
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2 HELD ON CHARGES I
OF COUNTERFEITING
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. J.
(t'Pl—Two aileged counterfei
ters were arrested here yester
day attempting to pasa bogus
<20 bills, and were identified by 1
tiro young moonshiners who sold
tltem two ten-gallon kegs of
whisky and received counterfeit
mor.ey in payment.
The suspects gave their names
as Elton P. White. Alias Smith, ,
34. of Mammouth Springs, Ark.,
ar.d Ralph Dodd, 23, of this city.
SWAN CREEK MAN IS
A CHAMPION EATER
ElKIX. Feb. 1. (UP)—Ernest
Sturdivant of Swan Creek won
a glutton's title yesterday.
He bested all comers in a gorg
•ng contest by consuming 25
large bananas, a tin of sardines
and several bottles of soft drinks
•n 45 minutes. Sturdivant pol-;
ished off the feat by eating his
regular evening meal a few min
utes later. I
ehringhaus speaks
DURHAM. Feb. 1.—(UP).—|
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus
made two addresses here today,
one at 1:30 p. m., before the Ki- '
wanis club on the state's tax and
Sscal situation, and at 2:30 at i
•he North Carolina College for j
Negroes. I
warcraft recalled
Washington. Feb. 1. (UP).
Jhe navy department today re- |
caltai the special destroyer force .
^'tuch has been on duty in Cuban
waters since September. |
/!f£\
Ontario Manufacturing Co.(
ec'ar«i a dividend of 25 cents
4 *Hare on common stock,
*?«in*t previous 12 1-2 cent
^ynient.
Pennsylvania Railroad re
port* carloading* last week
*(rt 51,018 cars, against 45,
813 car» in like 1933 week.
American Waterworks
Metric Co., reports power out
Put last week was 32,957,000
. °watt hours, up 19 per cent
from similar 1933 week.
Fifth Johnson
Works for NRA
If the NRA drive fai^. it won't
be for lack of Johnsons. Mead
Johnson. Tulsa, Okla., mining en
gineer. above, now U in Missouri
as NRA divisional labor board
head, probing coal code violation
charges, while his brothers. Hugn
and Alexander. Mrs. Hugh John
ston, and Hugh's son. Kilbourne,
are serving the Blue Eagle in
Washington.
T R
PASSES AffAY
Transylvania Countian Will
Be Given Burial 11
A. M. Friday
Thomas R. Duncan, 77, died
at his home in Boyd Township,
Tiansylvania comity, yesterday
morning at 10 a.
Funeral service wiL' be held
tomorrow mornink at 11 a. m.
frotat the re*s*dc!s.£>»t.itfcJrtkc Rov.
D. V. Howell and W. S. Hutchi
son officiating:, and burial will
follow at Davidson River.
Pallbearers will be Lee Eng
lish, Clive Burgess. Cecil King,
Lester King. Gurley Shipman,
and Robert Taylor.
Honorary pallbearers will be I
C. F. Baldwin, T. J. Hollings
worth. Bill Henry, Coleman Gal
loway, Carlos Holden, Carl Orr,
W. S. Taylor ,W. E. Breese, Tom
Israel, Robert Gash, David Holli
day, David Orr and Dr. S. E.
Greenwood. I
Mr. Duncan was born near
Brevard and was a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Dun
can. He was a farmer by occu
pation, and a merchant and post-(
master for 30 years.
He is survived by his widow,
formerly Miss Lucy Orr, 5 daugh
ters, Mrs. Everett Thomas, Mrs.
E. E. Eller, Mrs. N. W. Ballard,
Mrs. H. Grant Bailey, and Mrs.
S. B. Crook, all of Asheville,
and 9 grandchildren. He is also
survived by a sister, Mrs. Fred
Allen, of Hendersonville.
Would Divert 2
Cent Check Tax
To Surety Pool
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (UP) |
Legislation to strengthen the fed
eral deposit insurance system by;
diverting to it the proceeds of the
two-cent check tax will be intro
duced soon in the senate.
It was learned today that Chair
man Fletcher of the senate bank
ing and currency committee is
preparing a measure, apparently
with the administration's support.
The check tax is paid by the
bank depositors who, it is argued, I
should get the benefit. It yields |
$40,000,000 yearly. If this sum ;
is diverted to an insurance pool
the banks would be able to escape ,
full assessments possible under i
the deposit law. 1
CHARGE TRANSPORTING
AFTER COL L I S I 0 N
Magistrate Bruce Cox bound
Edgar King to the county record
ex's court on Tuesday afternoon
under $200 bond following an au
tomobile collision on the Crab
Creek road.
King was arrested 'by Deputy
Walter Garren and State Patrol
man H. R. Frymoyer after five
gallons of liquor were said to
have been found in the car he was
driving after the collision with a
truck belonging to During MtfCall.
Officers said that the car driven
by King belonged to Mrs. Fred
Swartz.
King made bond for his appear
ance to face charges of transport
i ing liquor.
NRA SUCCESS
TO DEPEND ON
STATES' UNITS
Johnson Says Their Future
Course To Make Or
Break Recovery
new bluITeagles TO
BE DISPLAYED SOON
- WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. (UP).
The success or failure of the m
| covery program depends upon the
I state organizations being built up
under the National Emergency
: Council. Recovery Administrator
Hugh S. Johnson told the 48 state
: directors at their first conference
Wednesday.
The organization stage of in
' dustrial recovery is almost at a.i
! end. and now the problem is one*
of - administration and enforce
ment, Johnson said. So far, he
conceded, lack of an efficient field
organization has prevented real
enforcement and compliance has.
| lagged behind the rest of the pro -
gram. He placed squarely before
the state directors responsibility
for remedying the situation.
Protection of consumers and
proper administration of labor
provisions of codes are the two
big problems, he said.
"Enforcement and administra
tion of codes in the field will make
or break the NRA program," he
said. "I may even go so far as
to say that it will make or break
the entire recovery program."
The 48 state directors are ex
pected not only to supervise NRA
code enforcement but also to co-l
ordinate all phases of the recov-1
ery program and make the vary
ing activities of all recovery
agencies fit smoothly into each
other in their territories. The
heads of all recovery agencies
will address the state directors at I
their three day meeting here, ex
plaining in detail the function of
each group and offering advice
ftr coordinating their activities. -
The state directors are meeting
chiefly in executive session.
NEW EMBLEMS TO BE I
USED IN A WEEK
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. (UP). I
A new brood of blue eagles being
hatched by the NRA is expected
to appear within a week.
They will be issued by code au-!
thorities to merchants and indus
tries operating under permanent
codes and complying therewith. |
The new eagles will be similar
in appearance to tnose now on
display, except that they will bear
the name of the industry or trade
to which they apply, and an indi
vidual registration number, x'hev
will distinguish businesses com
plying with permanent codes from
those operating under the blanket
code or under no code at all. I
MRSJONES OF !
DANA IS DEAD
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Heart Ailment Fatal To
Wife Of Manning Jones
Today
Mrs. Florence Hill Jones, 51,
of Dana, died in the Patton Mem
orial hospital this morning at 5
a. m., as a result of a heart ail
ment.
Funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 11 a. m., at
Refuge Baptist church, with the
Rev. S. F. Huntlev officiating
and burial will follow at the
cemetery there.
Mrs. Jones was the wife of
Manning Jones, she was a na
tive of Henderson county and a
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Hill. She was a
member of Refuge Bapt i s t
church.
She is survived by her hus
band, two children, Duer Jones,
and Miss Thelma Jones, three
[ brothers, Lee Hill, Dana: B. H.
I Hill, Asheville and S. J. Hill,
Henderson county and two sis
ters. Mrs. J. W. Edney, Flat
Rock and Mrs. J. H. Freeman,
^ Spartanburg, S. C.
Saluda's Cagers
Will Play Here
The Hendersonville high boys
and girls basketball teams will
meet the Salula high teams on
the floor of the city gymnasium
on Friday evening, the first
game at 7:30 o'clock.
The Saluda teams are both
• strong outfits and close games
are expected. The local boys
have played several games this
season, but tomorrow will mark
the first appearance of the local
girls team.
REV. FORD HAS
OFFICIAL CALL
TOKNOXVILLE
Invited To Pastorate Of
One Of Strongest Bap
tist Churches There
[is likely~to give
DECISION SUNDAY
The Rev. William Herschel
! Ford, pastor of the First Bajitife;
church here for more than,-Two |
years, this morning received offi-}
cial notification that he had been,
called without a dissecting vote
to the pastorate of the Broadway
Baptist church in Knoxvflk\ Tenn*
This church is one of the larg
est and strongest in eastern Ten
nessee, being located in The c«ip
(ter of a residential section Hn
! Knoxville. A committee from ,*be
; church came to Hendersonville
last Friday to confer with Ke^'.
Ford before extending the call.
Mr. Ford stated today that h®
would make his decision known.
within the next few days. He :
stated ^that he did not seek the
call and did not know when the
church first began to make over
tures to him, that it was without
a pastor. He will probably make
his decision known to the Firsj
church here next Sunday morning
since he is to leave on Monday
morning for a meeting in Athens,
Tenn.
4 BOUND TO I
MARCH COURT:
Officers Say Defendant
Confesses To Entering
Flat Rock Home
\1
Henry lining,
Vernon Cox and Mabel Phmii/K
were, bound to the March term
of the superior court yesterday
afternoon by Magistrate J. F.
Brooks under bonds of $1,000
each on charges of breaking and
entering the home of H. A. Kin
zer, on the Flat Rock road dur
ing the month of January.
The defendants failed to make
bond and are being held in the
county jail. Arrests were made
by the sheriff's department only
a few hours after the warrants
were issued.
Henry Lanning and Marie Al
len were arrested in Charlotte at
the home of Marie Allen's mother
and some of the allegedly stolen
property was recovered there.
Cox and Mabel Phillips were ar-1
rested here.
According to officers, Marie
Allen confessed in Charlotte that
she had entered the house with
Lanning, and officers also stated
that Cox and Mabel Phillips had
on some of the allegedly stolen
clothing when arrested.
About $300 worth of silver,
jewelry, a rifle, clothing, food
and bedding was stolen from the
Kinzer home, and officers esti
mated that about $150 worth of
property was recovered.
Spiritual Revival
Of World Asked
PARIS, Feb. 1. — (UP). — A
plea by Pope Pius for a world
wide spiritual revival to avoid
Armageddon is contained in a
dispatch from the Rome corre
spondent of the newspaper Intran
sigeant today.
The correspondent said the
Pope in an interview denounced
hypernationalism, with its empha
sis on materialism, sex in educa
tion, and the military training of
youth in the guise of athletics.
MRS. RUFUS ANDERS' I
FUNERAL IS HELD
Funeral services for Mrs. Rufus j
Anders, age 50, were held last
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the I
Mud Creek church. The Rev. Carl
Blythe officiated. Mrs. Anders
had been ill for about ten days.
Mrs. Anders is survived by her
husband, two daughters, Mrs. Hu
bert Stepp and Miss Madeline An
ders; three sons, Grover, General
and Rufus, Jr.; two sisters and
her father.
INCREASE HOG TAX
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (UP>
—The processing tax on slaught
ering of live hogs was increased
last night from $1 to $1.50 per,
hundredweight and will be fur
ther increased on March 1 to i
$2.25 a hundredweight.
The, processing tax finances
the agricultural adjustment ad
ministration's $350,000,000 corn
hop: production adjustment pro
gram.
RUSSIANS TO HONOR DEAD SCIENTISTS
Paul Fedossenko (upper left) and Andrew Vasenko (lower left)
were two of the three Russian scientists whose death after their
12.79 mile ascent into the stratosphere in the Russian balloon Syrius
(above) resulted from the crashing of their gondola. Secrecy sur
rounded the take-off, and mystery shrouded the following tragedy.
The bodies of the three will'be interred in the walls of the Kremlin,
an extraordinary honor for Russians.
LANE FUNERAL
]S HELD TODAY
Body Will Be Taken To
Newberry, S. C., For
Burial Friday
Funeral services for Miss Marie
Lane, post office employe here for
about 20 years, and outstanding
in the civic, religious and patri
otic life of the community, wero
to be held at 4 o'clock this after
noon at Tom Shepherd's funeral
home. The Rev. W. H. Ford, pas
tor of the First Baptist church,
and the Rev. E. A. Kilstrom, pas
tor of the French Broad Baptist
church will officiata. Final rites
will be held with interment at
Rosemont cemetery, Newberry, S.
C., Friday, the body leaving here
Friday morning.
! Mis3 Lane died suddenly Wed
nesday afternono at her home on
the Ilaywood road. She7 was
stricken with a heart attack shorf
ly before 1 o'clock. She was taken
to the office of Dr. A. B. Drafts
and then to her home. She died
soon afterwards.
Miss Lane was a daughter of
the late Thomas Lane, outstand
ing citizen of Henderson county
of a generation ago. She was a
granddaughter of the late Henry
E. Lane and a niece of Preston
Lane, distinguished soldiers in the j
Confederate army in the Civil (
war. She made her home with her
aunt. Miss Mary Mangum, on the
Haywood road.
Surviving are two sisters, Miss
Leona Lane, of the faculty of the
Fourth Avenue school, and Mrs.
Tommie Justus, both of Hender
sonville. A brother, Henry Lane,
died suddenly about four years
ago in Florida.
Among the relatives and friends
who will accompany the body to
Newberry Friday morning for the
interment and services there will
be: Mrs. Cornelia Nichols, of
Asheville; Magistrate W. L. Mil
ler and son, Fred Miller; Miller
Pender, a cousin, and Mrs. Pen
der. Jim Waldrop, Mrs. Annie Mr
Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. John Thoma
son, Herman Potts, Bert Brown
ing, Otis V. Powers, William
Hurt, and Miss Lane's two sisters.
A number of others are also ex
pecting to make the trip.
Jackson Passes I
State Bar Test
RALEIGH. Feb. l.-^Jonathan
Williams Jackson of Henderson
ville and Alfred Llewellyn Mont
ford-Bebb of Arden were among
the 29 applicants for admission to
the state bar to pass their exam
inations here. It was the first ex
amination held under the board
of examiners of the lately incor
porated state bar association.
Sixty-four entered the exami
nations and the percentage of
failures was said to be the high
est on record for the state.
Young Mr. Jackson plans to
open a law office and practice in
Hendersonville.
3 INCH SNOW
i EARLY TODAY
This, Rain And Sleet Fol
low On Heels Of Hard
Freeze Here
The bitter cold that descended
' on Hendersonville and the south
llate Sunday night relaxed its grip
! swiftly yesterday and last nigh:
! and residents arose this morning
to find that it had been followed
by approximately three inches of
snow. The ground had been pre
pared by the preceding freeze for
the snow to lay and despite tho
rain and sleet which-followed this
morning, it was apparent that the
snow might lay for several hours
yet. in view of the colder weather
that was expected for Friday.
A flurry of snow was experi
enced here last week but it was
only a trace, and today's was the
first of the season to remain on
the ground in this immediate
vicinity.
chargFhome
WAS ENTERED
Tom Souther And Donald
Gibbs Held In Default
Of Bonds
i
Tom Souther and Donald
Gjbbs were bound to the March
term of the superior court yes
terday afternoon by Magistrate
Bruce Cox on charges of break
ing and entering the Waif home,
in the Kanuga section last Sun
day night.
Bond for Souther was set at
$1,000 and at $500 for Gibbs.
and both were being held in jail
in default of bond.
The two men were arrested in
Souther's car at Shipman's Gar
age Tuesday night between 8 and
9 o'clock. Officers had been
watching for Souther's car. As
cording to officers, about $150
worth of the allegedly stolen
property was found in Souther's
car, and about $25 worth of the
allegedly stolen property was re
covered at the home of Gibbs'
father, Albert Gibbs. No charges
were preferred against Mr. Gibbs.
Property stolen from the Waif
home was valued at about $300
and consisted of clocks, clothing
and household linens and bed
ding.
GREER GIVES BOND IN
TRANSPORTING CASE
Arthur Greer, arrested by Dep-j
uty Charlie Morgan at Tuxedo last
Friday on a charge of transport
ing liquor, was bound to county
recorder's court on Monday after- I
noon by Magistrate W. P. Whit-1
mire under $200 bond. He made j
bond for his appearance.
SON IS BORN
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. James'
Barnette of Kanuira road, Jan. j
30. a son. He will bear the name
of Jameg Harold II. 1
BALLOONIST
RECORDS LOST
Nothing Tangible Remains
Of 12.79 Mile Trip In
BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD
United Press Staff Correspondent
MOSCOW. Feb. 1.—(UP).—1
The nation today mourned the
deaths of three daring Soviet sci
entists whose record-breaking as
cent into the stratosphere ended
in a crash at dusk Tuesday near
a tiny village east of Moscow.
Their crushed gondola was dis
covered on the outskirts of the
village of Potiiski Ostorg. The
huge bag of the balloon broke
from the ball and bounded away
as the ship struck the earth and
burst into flames. .
The balloonists who radioed to
earth Tuesday that they had as
cended higher than any other hu
man beings, were Paul Fedossen
ko, pilot and in command of the
fatal ascent; Andrew Vasenko,
engineer who supervised construc
tion of the balloon, called the Sy
rius; and Ilia Usiskin, brilliant
| young physicist who made the
stratosphere scientific observa
tions during their brief flight to
ward the sun.
Thfr, balloon crashed between
3:39 pr. m. and 5 p. m. Tuesday,
according to the official Soviet
announcement. Witnesses report
ed there were two explosions as
the gondola hit the earth.
The bodies were mutilated be
yond recognition. The precious
facts gathered in the flight were
destroyed and the delicate instru
ments ruined.
The balloon started its flight (
into the stratosphere at 9:15 a. i
m. Tuesday, without previous an
nouncement. It moved swiftly
into the forbidding grey skies
from a military air field outside
Moscow. The field radio operator
kept in constant touch with their,
until 3:08 p. m., when the last
message picked up from the bal
loon said they were starting to
descend.
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The fliers had claimed a world's
record of 67,568 feet, or 12.79
miles, although whether it can be
allowed now was conjectural, the
instruments having been destroy
ed and there being no opportunity
to calibrate them. The balloon
had a gas capacity of 24,900 cubic
meters. It was built at Leningrad. |
An official commission left to,
start an investigation, but doubt
was expressed by experts that I
anything could be learned from1
the demolished gondola or its:
shattered equipment.
Word of the crash reached
Moscow during the night, but of
ficial confirmation was .withheld
until the announcement could be
made formally before the Com
munist party congress in Moscow.
The delegates rose in respect for
the dead heroes when the news
was conveyed to the session.
The delegates voted unanimous-'
ly to bury the three scientists in
the wall of the grim old Kremlin
—a rare honor in Soviet Russia
for these young men who, like
Icarus of the Greek myths, flew
too near to the sun, and crashed
to their deaths. <
MORGENTHAU
VIEW FOLLOWS
DEVALUATION
House Committee Votes
To Authorize Stabiliza
tion Fund Aides
DOLLAR PEGGED AT
59.06 PCT. OF VALUE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (UP).
Pegging the dollar at 59.06 per
cent or its former value estab
lishes the United States on an in
ternational gold bullion standard,
Secretary of Treasury Morgen
thau said today.
"The best way to describe the
system is a 1934 model gold bul
lion standard. It is one that suits
our purpose," Morgentbau said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (UP).
The house ways and means com
mittee today voted unanimously
to authorise the appointment of
ten experts to assis* the secretary
of the treasury to administer tho
two billion dollar stabilization
fund created by the gold bill.
By C. C. NICOLET
United PrMi Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (UP)
—"President Roosevelt establish
ed a 59.06 cent dollar yesterday
for.the. announced purpose of
expanding c r e d it, stabilizing
prices' and protecting this na
tion's , foreign commerce.
By a stroke of his pen at S:10
p. m., the president reduced the
gold content of the official dol
lar to 15 5-21 grains, nine-tenths
fine. • It'was reduced from 25.8
grains set heretofire by statute.
Thereby the treasury gained a
profit of nearly $2,700,000,000
on.its gold holdings. From this
profit is automatically establish
ed a $2,000,000,000* fund for use
in controlling the dollar's value
in international exchange and for
i coffu^atujg - the .real value of th"- ij
dollar ui terms of commodities
at home.
The president's proclamation
completed a long train of events,
starting last March, which in
effect changes the entire mone
tary foundation of the nation
and which also goes far to estab
lish a new financial set up in
the government. The treasury,
and rtot the federal reserve sys
tem, now is the monetary heart
of the nation's financial organ
ism.
. Starting probably at once, the
treasury, through the f stabiliza
tion fund, will deal in gold and
foreign exchange and bonds as
may be deemed necessary.
A corps of foreign exchange
experts naa been selected to ad*
vise the secretary of the treas
ury in these operation*, but the
names have not bean announced.
The president's own explana
tion of his action, contained in
the proclamation signed by him
self and, like all proclamations,
by the secretary of state, follow* ^
in part:
"Whereas, I find, upon inves
tigation, that the foreign com
merce of the United States in
adversely affected by reason of
the depreciation in tht value of
the currencies of othtr govern
ments in relation to the present
standard value of gold, and that
an economic emergency requires
an expansion of credit: and,
"Whereas, I find, from my in
vestigation, that, in order to
stabilize domestic prices and to
protect the foreign commerce
against the adverse effect of de
preciated foreign currencies, H is
necessary to fix the weight of
the gold dollar at 15-5-21 grains
nine tenths fine.
"Now, therefore, f>e it known
that !< Franidin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States,
by virtue of the authority vested r"
in my be section 43, title III of
said act of May 12* 1933, as
amended, and by virtue of ail .
(Continued on pagre three)
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