WEATHER . , lonifbt »■»< Saturday; X'""" " *""" i StittfS GOOD AFTERNOON Seyen hundred ways have been found in which people kill lime in America. Listing these 700 makes the 701 st way of killing time. 53—-No« 107 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1934 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENT* IG BUSINESS HALTS ATTACK UPON NRA 9 * • • 99 9*9 • • • * * t iff 9 9 9 t f « • • • organ Allays Fears Storage Dam In County IRLY AERIAL IVEY WILL MADE HERE Lh Broad Valley Proj |(l Not Essential to Federal Plan II delegation is £ FROM hearing of city ami eoun rttffilUt * . . a. L. , • a and citizens that ^Kwxvill- ysttrdav for (Btuce »:th Dr. . • chairman ot the Ten Valley Authority, return ;Hj definite assurance that ;n county has nothing to ^ re:.^vt to the proposed taction "of storage dam on ftecch Broad river. Vial SUrve\ of the French vaikv is to be made soon »t with announced plans for rise iata on the possible ipmcrt of *ne valley, the ir ee »rage basin in : valley, . this *.ha*i"S been a part of the }' D;ans for the larger Ten tont:nu«»fi on page three) ■on Dollars Is Allotted To PWA V) Start Drive In New Construction t'lation for Million Dollar Program Will Be rui Wore Congress in Few Days; to Urge I*>his(;:on. \uy \. (IT). Wistrition'!! billion dollar * stimulate the lacking industrv and create of iobs wa.< put in mo ' ft^niav when the public FjHwinistration allotted $1. ■ ' v :t !r;i;nistrativc OX * money *as -et aside by Orator Harold L. lckes for 1 " t >• ■■■ nov council. - A F -Ilk r. Walk j,a c •"<>!• months ; ■ f*pi«Hy ervst&llizing plans y bjiW>nK dri\e. . ptr an«l others conferred 1 ^wient Roosv velt yester-\ \ Elation n< eded to ex * th a request for yetion. ,J;J.OOO.OOO federal fund » »**ystone of the pro K p-;n -hls fur, of the sen ate banking committee and Chair man John H. Fahev of the Fed eral home loan board. Robinson emphasized the plar called for financing through pri vate sources, with the partial gov ernment guarantee designed "tr make available private funds al reasonable rates." Recent surveys have shown « great need in many cities for im proved housinsr. If the estimat»?c $1,000,000,000 of private capita is invested, work should be j>ro vided for 1.000,000 men. Boulder Dam to Form Greatest Artificial Lake The greatest artificial body of water in the world will be formed when work is completed on Boulder Ham and waters of the Colorado river are impoun rled in the area shown upper left in this picture. It will cover acres, for which the government will pay $750,000. This view from the air shows the nature of the country, with its towerin z peaks and awesome depths, around Uncle Sam's »iant project, the dam being indicated by the square. DANA Hi NEAR END OF TERM 1 Baccalaureate Sermon Will Be Sunday; Teaching Staff Elected Dana high school will continue j its commencement exercises Sun- i day afternoon at 2:.'»() o'clock, | when Rev. N. A. Melton of Fruit-! land will preach the baccalaureate j sermon to ten graduates. The in vocation will be given by Rev. J. i M. Justice, and the benediction I by Rev. D. B. Martin. Arrange ments are being made for special j music. A cordial invitation is be-! intr extended to all friends of the1 school. I On Monday morning, May 7. at !) o'clock, the seventh grade pro motion exercises will be held with F. L. Fitzsimmons presenting cer tificates to the members of the class. Perfect attendance certifi cates will be presented at th»s hour to 100 pupils. On Monday evening at 8 o'clock Dr. Frank L. Wells of Asheville will deliver the commencement address. The speaker will be in troduced by Prof. R. G. Anders, county superintendent of schools. Miss Carolyn Blackwell will pre side over the graduating exer cises, presenting Miss Klise Stepu as salutatorian; Miss Gladys Hill (Continued on page three) MISS SARA RECTOR HONORED BY U.S.C. Miss Sara Rector, of Inman, S. C., daughter of V. E. Rector of this city has been named to the co-ed debating team of the Uni versity of South Carolina and will represent the affirmative on tho team. Miss Rector is a sopho more, a member of the Suphrosy nean Literary society, correspond ing secretary of the Christian Ser vice club, and a senior cabinet member and treasurer of the Y. W. C. A. college organization. Miss Rector is also a member of Sigma Delta Pi, honorary Span ish fraternity, and a member of the co-ed Kappa Sign Kappa. The team to which Miss Rec tor was assigned has debated at Wisthrop, Asheville Normal and Brenau. The first of these two debates were non-decision events and in the third Miss Rector's team won the decision. LEGION BOXING PLANS GROW 'Masked Marvel' and Oth j ers Added to Card for I Night of May 18 I The American Legion Boxing 'carnival, to be held at the city jrym on Friday evening, May 18, is fast training: headway and all predictions are that a full eve nine: of entertainment fisticuffs will greet all who attend. John Loy, chairman of the Le gion committee, announced yes ! terday that "The Masked Mar vel," a pugilist of note who wish es his identity to remain a secret will appear on the program, meet ing any boxer whom the commit tee may select. Mr. Loy stated that the committee was open to ! receive applicants for this bout j and every effort would be made I to select a scrapper worthy of !appearing in the same ring with the "Marvel." Receipt of the application of the famous "Bearcat" Davis also adds interest to the card. The "Bearcat," undefeated Etowah champion for several years, and also chanpion of several othei county districts, is issuing a chal lenge to any man up to 16fl pounds. .■\nuiner ooiic wnicn is aiiratt i ing much interest matches Geo Gibbins, 142, local boy, with Hoi man Byers, also 142 pounds, ol the CCC. These boys have mel | before, on the athletic field, with 'jout benefit of the squared circle and the Marquis of Queensberry land both are eager to get togeth er in the rinp. I Many other bouts of note havt I been arranged and every effort i is being made to put on a rea ■'show. Ticket sales are being han died by Jim Duff. HIGH SCHOOL FINALS AT 8 Seniors Observe Class Night; Summer School Opens May 14 Fifty seniors of Hendersonville high school observed class night last night in the high school audi torium and tonight will receive diplomas in the annual commence ment exercises which are an nounced to begin promptly at 8 o'clock. In order to avoid confu sion in the auditorium, Superin tendent Waters said today that small children not accompanied by parents or other adults will not be admitted. Dennis G. Brummit, attorney general of North Carolina will de liver the address; music will be supplied by a chorus of the Music club, and Superintendent Waters will present diplomas. The auditorium was filled last night for class night exercises which honored outstanding pupils. Jacob Williams was the valedicto rian; Hazel McAtec the saluta torian, and Nancy Rose McMan away was given the D.A.R. medal for excellence in American his tory, the presentation being made by Mrs. O. A. Meyer, regent. Other features of the program were: Class history, .John Raughman; class sonnet, written by the class president, Patterson Brown and read by Dorothy Kelly; class will, Robert Stevenson, assisted by Naney Allen and Jeanette Motts man; piano solo, Ylia Puig; class prophecy, Ruth Garren, and cla^s song, the words of which were written by Nancy Allen. summer school to OPEN MAY 14 Supt. Waters announced today that a summer school will be opened Monday, May 14, for pu pils who on account of the short ness of the term and the reduced teaching staff were unable to com plete the year's work and for (Continued on page three) DRIVE CAREFULLY TODAY PEDESTRIANS SHOULD 1—Cross streets at corners only. 2—Observe traffic signals—cross on the green light. ' 3—Not take the attitude of daring the drivers to strike them. 4—Look carefully in all directions before crossing a street. 5—Not get out of an automobile on the left hand or street side. —Highway Safety Committee—Carolina Motor Club. LOOK FOR FINAL VOTE ON STOCK MARKET CONTROL BILL AS AMENDMENTS DEFEATED - -<$> ML H. W00D1N LATE CABINET MEMBER DIES Illness Suffered From Time Official Career Began Ends Fatally NEW YORK, Mav 4.—(UP) — Funeral services for former Sec retary of the Treasury William H. Woodin will be held at 4 p. m. Saturday at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, members of the family announced today. The body will be taken to Berwick, Pa., for burial. NEW YORK, May 4.—(UP) — William H. Woodin, secretary of the treasury in the Roosevelt cab inet during the history-making days of early 1933, died last night in the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat hospital of a throat infec tion. Strain under which the soft spoken, widely beloved little man rthfored during the banking crisis *nves he?»dwRy to the illness that led to nis death. He had been in the hospital since April 2nd, but it was a los ing battle he fought against the spread of a staphlococcus infec tion in the throat and neck. He died quietly at 6:15 p. m., with Mrs. Woodin and his eldest daughter, Mrs. Charles Miner, at his side. When he entered the hospital his physicians believed that he was going to win his fight against the infection but about three days ago it became apparent to them (Continued on page three) filingtTme FOR PRIMARY ENDS MAY 5TH More Candidates for Pri mary May Enter; Reg istration to Open i The time for the filing- of can didates for the primary on June 2 ends tomorrow (Saturday) aft | ernoon at 6 o'clock. The complete list of candidates who have filed for offices was not available today. It was also un known whether any additional candidates would file tomorrow before the hour for closing. The registration books will be opened tomorrow in all precincts in the county. Books will also ba open on the three successive Sat urdays following tomorrow. All citizens of voting age who have moved into the state or coun ty or from one precinct to an other must register*to qualify for the ballot. Residence of one year in the state or four months in tlu county or precinct is required. In case a voter has moved from one precinct to another and has not resided there or has not lived there for four months he may re turn to his old precinct to vote. The possibility of a primary in the Republican party appeared likely only in the race for the lower house of the state legisla ture, for which office two men are I filed, James F. Barrett and Carl 1 Maxwell. Tax Measure Goes to the White House; Awaits Signature WASHINGTON, Mav 4. (UP). Defeating a flood of amendments aimed at "pulling the teeth" of the stock market control bill, the house Democratic majority yes terday prepared for a final vote on the today. . . Passage of the bill in .virtually the same form as recommended by the administration was clearly indicated as the Democrats beat down every attempt to weaken vital sections of the measure. The only amendments approv ed yesterday were those offered by members of the interstate commerce committee in charge of the bill. These revisions were chiefly in the interest of clarifi cation. . One major change in the bill apeared in prospect last night. Representative Alfred Rulwinkle, D., N. C., will introduce an amendment today proposing the creation of a special commission to enforce the new stock market act. The senate bill calls for such a commission. The house measure divides authority between the federal trade commission and the federal reserve board. Majority Leader Joseph Byrns, D., Tenn., admitted yesterday there was considerable sentiment in the lower body in favor of the com mission plan. NEW REVENUE BILL AWAITS SIGNATURE . The new revenue bill, designed originally to plug up loop-holes in income tax laws but expanded bv congress to enrich the treas ury by $417,000,000 annually, last night awaited the signature of President Roosevelt. Three months of legislative work on the bill ended yesterday when the senate approved the conference report on the meas ure without the Couzens amend ment calling for a flat 10 per cent "recovery tax on all 10.J4 incomes." As finally approved, the bill provides for slightly lower in come tax rates on the smaller in comes but raises levies on in comes over $30,000. Income tax reports must be opened to public inspection. The basic income tax rate is left unchanged at four per cent, but a helping hand is extended to small salaries workers by per mitting a 10 per cent tax deduc tion on all "earned" income. This means income from wages and salaries as distinct from the return on investments. The bill provides that all income up to $12,000 shall be considered "earned," regardless of its source. Surtaxes, in addition to the regular income tax rates, are fixed from four per cent to 19 per cent on incomes ranging from $4000 to $32,000 annually. The surtaxes go up to 70 per I cent on salaries in the top flights. I Sharply higher levies arc im , posed on inheritances. The rates range from one to 60 per cent on estates from $50,000 to $10, 000,000. . . . Over sharp opposition in both houses, a provision barring all co» porations except railroads from filing consolidated incomo tax returns, remained in the bill. The measure eliminates many nuisance taxes including those on soft drinks, candy and bank checks. The taxes on furs and jewelry are reduced. A tax of one-tenth of one per cent is imposed upon the capital stock of corporations. SAY 3 DIE IN FOREST FIRE HOUGHTON, May 4.—(UP). ! A forest fire broke out on top of ! Roaring: Gap, in the Blue Ridge mountains, and reports from Mt. I Airy said that a baby was born | in the rear seat of an automobile j on the edge of the fire in north i western Surry county as the doc tor drove its mother to safety. Meanwhile the timberland con tinued to burn at the entrance to the gap and Stone Mountain. Six homes were burned to the ground in thg Mitchell River community 1 and the reported loss of three lives was not confirmed. Dr. Paul Folger, of Dobson, was the physician called. He said later that the forward wall of the flames was creeping toward the house when he was called in. Nab 4 in Bremer Kidnap Roundup Solution of the St. Paul kidnap ing of Banker Edward G. Bremer is claimed with arrest in Chicago of ;these four men, charged with conspiracy in handling part of the $200,000 ransom. At top is John J. "Boss" McLaughlin, one-time Chicago political leader, who, U S. agents say, confessed handling $53,000; left, center, his son John, Jr., and right center, Wil liam Vidler. Below, Phil Delaney bartender. Pilot Mountain Police Chief Held DALLAS, Texas, May 4. (UP) Kenneth E. Cook, chief of police of Pilot Mountain, N. C., was helc here today on telegraphic advic< that he was wanted for embezzle ment of city tax funds collected during his tenure of office. A pretty woman companior named Mrs. Alice Hester was with him when he was arrested. The chief said he was charged with embezzling only $150, waived ex tradition, and will be returned to North Carolina in a few days. Pi lot Mountain officials charged him with embezzlement of $1,700. MODERATION IS SHOWNINHNAL DECLARATIONS Follows Sharply Worded Message From President to U. S. Chamber VAME VAN SWERINGENS (N BANK COLLAPSE WASHINGTON, May 4. (UP). Heeding President Roosevelt's warning against the cry of "wolf," the United States Cham ber of Commerce adopted a leng thy list of moderately worded resolutions concerning the rela tionship of business to govern ment. In none of the 23 resolutions which was produced by the com mittee after Roosevelt sent hi* sharply worded note was there an outspoken condemnation of the new deal or any of its major components. Major resolutions urged exten sion of the temporary deposit in surance plan, modification of the securities act, the use of trad" associations as NRA code author ities, continuation of the right of employers and employes to ne gotiate freely and opposition to compulsory unemployment bene fit legislation. President Roosevelt last nicrM: told leaders of American busi ness that "it is time to stop cry ing 'wolf: " and that thev nm .t continue "to co-operate in work ing for recovery." Answering criticism of new deal policies, Mr. Roosevelt said in a message to the annual meet ing of the United States Cham ber of Commerce: "The people as a whole will be | impatient of those who complain and those who hold out false fears." The president's messatr°, ad dressed to President Henry I. Harriman, was read at the cham ber's banquet last night. It came after a day of meetings at which leading speakers criticised many phases of the new deal and call ed for an end to experimentation . and uncertainty. In this connection, the presi | dent made assurance that the ' legislative program for this r"s 1 sion of congress war, virtually complete. COMMODITY 'CHANGE I CONTROLL REPORTED [ WASHINGTON, May 4. (UP). The house agriculture committee favorably reported the commod ity exchange regulation bill to i day designed to give federal con I trol over cotton and other ex i changes along lines similar to tho stock market control measure. BLAME BANK CRASH ,0N VAN SWERINGENS I WASHINGTON, May 4. (UP». The collapse of the thirty-five million dollar Union Trust com pany of Cleveland, was blamed on policies of its former presi dent, Joseph B. Nutt, which were (Continued on page three) Wallace For Crop Restriction Until U. S. Re-establishes Trade Abroad Secretary Views Scheme as "Abhorrent" But Sees no Alternative in the Next Two or Three Years WASHINGTON, May i. (UP). Crop restriction is "abhorrent" hot must be continued until the United States has re-established substantial trade abroad. Secre tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace said last night. While adoption of President Roosevelt's reciprocal tariff plan may accomplish much, Wallace said "it is doubtful if there will be sufficient increase in imports at any time during the next two or three years to enable us in the agricultural adjustment adminis tration to make any great changc in the program which we have been following/' Mentioning aenaior wiiiiam o. Borah's condemnation of produc tion limitation, the recretary said he had "as great an abhorrence for control of agricultural pro duction as the senator." But, he added, the AAA can relax its con trols only when this country is willing to accept enough goods from abroad to take care of in terest charges owed us by foreign nations and enable them to pay a fair price for our agricultural products. Wallace said the country had benefitted greatly from the ad ministration monetary policy but that this provided "merely a breathing: spell." "I am more convinced today than ever before.'' said the *«"> retary, "that America must make certain choices or she will fall several years hence into a wor.-g ditch than that of 1932 and in the process will drag a consider able part of the world with her." "The immediate objective of our national endeavors," Wallace asserted, "is to get the total pay roll of factory labor back to at least $11,000,000,000 annually and the gross farm income hack to the same figure. "For tne time being it seems to me that the only sensible way out is a planned middle course . x x x Surely there is some common sense middle path which will en able the nations of the world to map out their respective produc tion programs without ruthlessly stepping on each other's toes."