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Murder Trial
HAPPY WITH HIS ARTIFICIAL LEGS
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He wag the last witness to appear
before the trial adjourned for
lunch, to have been resumed at 2
p.m.
Messer is alleged to have con
fessed four days after the crime
was discovered that he and O'Dear
had beaten the couple with ham
mers from a blacksmith shop.
O'Dear is reported to have later
made a similar confession.
The two men are being defended
by attorneys W. Roy Francis of
Waynesville and Charley Smathers
of Canton. They were arraigned
Monday after being brought from
the Haywood county jail, where
they had been kept awaiting the
trial.
A group of 133 men were brought
by bub from Franklin from which
the jury was to be picked, having
been summoned Monday by Judge
William II. Bobbin of Charlotte,
presiding jurist. Port of the over
flow crowd in the courthouse had
to be cleared when the Macon
county men arrived.
It was 7:30 p.m. Wednesday be
fore 67 of the group had been
questionled and a 12-man jury
and one alternate were selected.
Solicitor Dan K. Moore of Sylva
is being assisted in the prosecu
tion by John Queen of Waynes
ville. former solicitor, and by Hugh
Monteith of Sylva.
Due to the intense interest in
the trial, crowds have packed the
courtroom to where standing room
is at a premium and throngs fill
the corridors and grounds outside.
One man fainted in the crowd
Thursday morning.
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Mrs. Thomas
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the time the latter was a member
of Congress.
They were frequent visitors to
Waynesville during the summers
and in 1924 established a year
round residence here, buying a
home on Walnut street. Mr. Thom
as died in 1931. j
Mrs. Thomas was widely connect
ed in eastern Carolina. Surviving'
are three grandchildren. Mrs. Wil-j
liam Prevost of Hazelwood. Mrs. I
Henry Whitfield, of Chapel Hill,
and Thomas Hill, of Cincinnati.
Ohio. j
The body was accompanied to
Hillsboro by Mr. and Mrs. William
Prevost and Mrs. Henry Whitfield,
who was here with her grandmoth
er, and they were met by their
brother last night.
Crawford funeral home of Way
nesville and the Walker fQneral
home of Hillsboro are in charge of
the arrangements
A YEAR AGO, Dickie Landry, 4, lost both of bis legs iq train accident.
Today he is running about and playing in normal manner with the
other youngsters of the neighborhood. He didn't take long to get accus
tomed to using artificial legs with which he was fitted some time ago. He
is shown with his mother, Mrs. Mary Landry, and his dog, "Princess,"
in their home in Lynn, Massachusetts. (International Soundphoto)
33 Diseases Listed As
Possible War Weapons
Judge Likes Australian Shorthorn
NL Umps Clamp Down On Pivot Play
AP Newsfeatures
SYDNEY Agricultural Aus
tralia has some tips for the Ameri
can farmer and for state fair man
agers, in the opinion of Wallace
Kadderly, farm expert of Portland,
Ore., a judge in the recent record
breaking Royal Show of Sydney.
During the 10-day show which
packed in almost a million and a
quarter persons, Kadderly was par
ticularly impressed by the showing
of Australia's dual purpose cattle
the lllawarra Shorthorn.
'This is an extremely valuable
animal, and I judge them superior
to our milking shorthorns," the
farm expert said.
At one time the Australian breed
held the world's milking record,
set up by Melba 15th of Darbalaro,
producing 29,000 pounds of milk
in a year. For eating purposes,
Kadderly said the breed is "very
large and smooth."
The American was similarly im
pressed with early maturing qual
ity lamb for the export market.
"Three carcasses in the cham
pionship exhibit weighed on an
average of 32 pounds dressed at
10 weeks of age," he said. It was
produced by cross-breeding Rom-
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ney Marsh, Merino and South Down
sheep.
The attending thousands saw day
and night programs of horse rid
ing, trotting, buckjumping and
woodchopplng. Kadderly called the
sheaf-tossing competition "first
class entertainment." Farmers
tossed eight pounds of forage on a
fork over tall cross bars, the win
ner reaching a height of 54 feet.
Deaths
J. R. Rogers
J. Rabison Rogers, 71, native of
the Fines Creek section of the
county died on May 19th at the
Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Md., ac
cording to information received
here by relatives.
Surviving are his wife, the form
er Miss Erma Walker, and six chil
dren.
By HOWARD W. HI.AKKSLEK
Associated Press Science Editor
NEW YORK - '.P A 40.000
word explanation of bacteriological
warfare, with all the basic facts,
excepting onlv secret work of
World War Two, was released today
with government permission.
Thirty -three diseases are listed
as possible war weapons, some of
them in concentrations that could
be used to attack a single military
objective or even enemy troops in
action.
Cities, war production areas
and islands misht he neutralized
for military purposes for worth
Dress Them From Ray's
To Dance In The Sun
while periods of time by some of
the techniques In this prospectus
of future wars.
Hut the study points out it will
be very difficult to achieve military
uses of these diseases. The air, with
planes scattering them, or concen
trating them in mists, smokes and
dusts is considered the best way. In
nearly all cases, however, much sci
entific work will have to be done
to find ways to do sufficiently mas
sive "seeding" of diseases to make
bacterial war worth while.
I). S. At Disadvantage
Dr. Maurice Visscher. Dresident
of the American Association of Sci
entific workers, said in Chicago that
because of its eeoeranhical isola
tion" this country would be at a
disadvantage in bacterial warfare.
in case ot an attack on the
United States by a European ene
my. Dr. Visscher said, the attack
ing enemy's own neonle would he
safe from the bacteria used and
retribution in kind by this country
would lie difficult, hpeausc "if uo
started retribution against a Euro
pean eiiemv. our use nf haetorial
weapons would involve neutral
countries as well as the enemy
country itself."
Dr. Visscher, head of the physi
ology department at the University
of Minnesota, called a news con
ference to discuss the report 'be
cause he said he wanted to empha
size that "bacterial warfare is one
of the most Important hanix tn
humanity which could result from
misuse ot science.
Infant Burled
Graveside rites were held Thurs
day afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the
Cruso cemetery for the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wild.
Surviving are the parents, four
sisters, Bertha, Maxine, Patricia
and Iva Jean; and two brothers.
William and Joe Wild, Jr.
Crawford funeral home was in
charge of the arrangements.
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AH kinds of lovely summer things
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Woman's Skull
Added To Links
Of Missing Men
AP Newsfeatures
PRETORIA, South Africa Dr.
Robert Broom, anthropologist and
palaentologist, of the Transvaal
Museum. Pretoria, believes a skull
he found at Sterkfontein will show
more definitely than ever that man
is closely i elated to the ape. He
says it is the best-preserved skull
of the pre-man period ever found.
Dr. Broom has removed from the
skull part of the rock in which it
was imbedded. He says it is that
of a female and Is about the same
age as the skull of the Sterkfontein
man.
The new skull, says Dr. Broom
is much more valuable than the
original since it is all in one
piece. The sknll of the Sterk
fontein man had to be pieced to
gether. Unfortunately, the bone is very
rotten and the stone in which it is
imbedded is very hard.
"Enough of the face has been
cleared," he said, "to show that it
is remargably human, apart from
the small brain. The eyes are large
and rounded and the eyebrows are
wide and overhanging. The cheeks
arc wide and the front of the jaw
projects, but not more than in
some human beings.
"The brain Is small and will
probably not be bigger than 46
ruble centimeters. In structure
there are a number of typically
human and non-anthropoid characteristics.
Though the teeth are lost, the
sockets, by human standards, show,
with hardly a doubt, that it is the
skull of a woman perhaps 50 or
60 years of ge." '
A volcanic-eruption in the Is
land of Martinique in 1902 killed
40.000 people.
BROWNING INFANT
Graveside rites for the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wavne
Browning, who died at the Hay
wood County hospital on Mondav
afternoon were conducted at 11 a.
m. Tuesday morning at the Plott
cemetery on the Balsam road.
The Rev. J. M. Woodard, offici
ated. Surviving are the parents,
maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. T. Arrington, of Waynes
ville, R. F. D. No. 1; paternal grand
father, Claude Browning.
Garrett funeral home was in
charge of the arrangements.
MRS. DELIA SMITH
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday afternoon at the First
Baptist church in Canton for Mrs.
Delia Smith, G4. wife of T. F.
Smith, of Canton, who died in the
Haywood County hospital Monday.
Rev. R. A. Kelley, pastor, offi
ciated. Burial was in Bon-a-Ven-tjre
cemetery.
Surviving besides her husband
are two sons, Clyde of Canton and
Bernard, of Waco, Tex.; three
daughters, the Misses Dorothy $nJ
Liia smith, of Canton, and Mrs.
Paul Messany, of Kalamazoo, Mich.;
one brother, Walter Kite, of Wash
ington, D. C; three sisters, Mrs.
Cassie Rosenberry, Mrs. Roas
Brown and Mrs. Nellie I .urns nil
residents of Virginia, and four
granacntldren.
Wells funeral home of Canton
was in charge of the arrangements.
MRS. VINA BALDING
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'cloek
at the Meadows Forks Rantict
church in Madison county for Mrs.
vma iressley Balding, 40, wife of
Wiley J. Balding, of Joe. who Ul
on Monday in an Asheville hospit
al. ev. liarheld Lindsley, offi
ciated. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Balding, who had famitv
connections in Haywood county,
was a native of Green county, Tenn.
Surviving are her husband, three
daughters, Misses Nina Mae, Ruth
and Wilma; one son, Bobby, all of
me home: her mother. Mrs. ClaiMo
Pressley, of Green county, Tenn.;
three sisters, Mrs. Maud Ricker,
Mrs. Bonnie Bowers, of r,mn
county, Tenn., and Mrs. Vida Rick
er, of Asheville; three brothers,
Ernest, Donald and Hobart Press
ley, all of Green County, Tenn.
Garrett funeral home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Recreation
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come from parkins meters to build
a recreational park and support
the high school band the folks who
shop here from rural areas as well
as the Waynesville cltizena and
tourists will know that their cbil
dren will get something out of
what money they place in the me
ters." Other civic groups are expected
to take up the discussion. A for
mal consideration of the subject is,
likely by the mayor and aldermen
prior to the installation of the
meters.
Woman Judge Puts Blame
Of Crime On Mothers
By ADELAIDE KERR
AP Newsfeatures Writer
NEW YORK "Behind every
man criminal there is a woman
who has not given him the right
home," said Judge Anna Kross, of
the Magistrates Court in New York.
The judge, wife of Dr. Isidore
Kross and mother of two daugh
ters, was sitting in chambers before
court opened, wearing the kind of
simple black dress any wife and
mother might have worn. Her
iron-grey hair curled crisply back
from her smooth forehead; her
grey eyes shone behind her glasses.
She had just come from a house
hold crisis (the cook had quit) and
she spoke as much as a wife and
mother as she did as a judge.
"We all understand that 'the
rlht home' supplies love, good
, food, order, comfort, under
standing, direction and tender
ness," she went on, "But what
many fail to realise Is that 'the
right home' cannot be built en
tirely from within four walls.
Every home Is affected by what
happens on the streets, in the
back yards, in the municipal
council, the state legislature and
Congress. v,
"If women don't like what is
done there and the effect it has
upon their homes, they can do
something about it. And, by the
millions, they do nothing at all.
And now we are coming to the
point."
Here the judge thwacked the
desk and .really warmed up.
"It is not fair to heap all the
blame on the criminal's mother,"
she said. "By far the greater part
of the criminals come from homes
that are poor In money, back
ground and education,; Of ten their
mothers have no chance at an
education, no chance to learn how
to be good housekeepers. Their
failure to give their boys the right
home is not wholly their fault.
"The great fault lies with our
prosperous educated women. They
graduate from college by the mil
lions the theoretical leaders. But
college surveys show that only a
few have utilized outside their
homes the knowledge they have
acquired. Most of them take what
they receive from the municipal
council, the state legislature and
Congress and do nothing about it,
unless it is to grumble. They think
that when they have done their
duty $ homemaker within their
own four walls, they have done
their job. They are wrong.
"If they want to keep those walls
intaet, they will have to take an
active put in the life outside it.
We hear a lot of talk lately to the
effect that the world Is going to
the dogs, because women are do
ing too much outside the home.
That's a fallacious argument. The
trouble is not that they have done
too much, but that they have done
too little.
"If they would like to see
changes made in the cost of liv
ing, tlarhace removal, sewage
system, education or the part
this country plays tn internation
al affairs, let them get busy and
help bring those changes about.
The first thing they need to do
is to read, so that they will be in
telligently informed and really
know what is going on. The sec
ond is to take part in some activ
ity that betters the community.
The third is to become active In
politics. Some women don't like
the way the public schools function
so they send their children to pri
vate schools and let the matter
drop there." .
- Judge Kross practices what she
preaches. She heads the Youth
Conservation Committee of the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs and is active In a number of
civic and women's organizations.
A bottle dropped by the Coast
and Geodetic Survey was carried
more than. 19,000 miles by ocean
currents in six years before It w
found and returned.
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