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Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 1

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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN "DEDICATED TO THE UPBUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" I CITY I EDITION THE WEATHER FOK A.SI1LVU.LE AMI VICINIl: Wednesday partly cluudy, e. pa( tot full weather report. ESTABLISHED 1870 ASHEVILLE. N. C.

WEDNESDAY MOKNING. AI'KIL 8. 1 9 36 14 PAGES Floods Threaten South As Storm Dead Number 429 Only Statue Stands In Gainesville Square Persons Die As Big Airliner Hits Mountain Gainesville Counts 1S5 Tornado Victims And Tupelo 203 PROPERTY LOSSES TOTAL 25 MILLION New Disasters Feared As Streams (Jo On Only Three Of 11 Aboard Trnnsport Plane Live To Tell Story ACCIDKNT OCCURS IN WILD KKCION Injured Hostess Wnlks To Farm House And Keports Trait edy ROOSEVELT WILL BE REELECTED, THOMAS THIMiS l.SIUS(.rON, April 1. A' Nonnun TUuiuiU), twice Hie mi-tin list cumliiliuc for President, predicted loiluy Unit President KtKiKcVflt Hun Id he re-Hei'led "as the lesser of two eIK" The gray-haired wtcrun of many poUtlcul campaigns da hi ut it pre cmid-rence Unit while he had nut decided whether he would be a cithdlilulc tor the presidency or fur cohere from ii New York district I his year, he would not support -Mr. Itonne--ll, "Lnoufih people are back of Ii 1 in ulreail)," he said, "and while IiIk election not foregone conclusion he prolmhlv III remain in (he While Houm, mile llutuh sit on I ti he mtmhuitiul and he won't he." filtlng the "MiclalKt (dun on the turning campaign.

Thomas made these ohaenatlon about political figures and Ksitcs; Herbert lino, er "Now that hen wisecracking like Jimmy LEAVES MILUOS WORTH OF C.EMS HOTEL ROOM I II Utl or 1 1 prll 7. Mi I 0111 it sMkev. wile of the lltt.ii h.trlMll magnsie, fo(nt Jprln be tultirri Ml a inllllun it.ol wtirn he die k-d mil tl a liDlel here Ibu uittrning. alter prmttn the nlclil while nn her W'i home limit I lorhla. 1 he weir futtliil In tW ii II 1 11 bit I belt imiirr tt et hi lirr room ImiI heen I iinird III at ihe ilek bv I be mi keeper who Wit itnawiiis ill lite ronteiit 1'.

iindet, manaicer of Ihe hil el. atd Mt nrtkrr lele-plutned htm fiom KrUUtllle Unit lir hail left ber jeweht It hud been kept In Ihe nafe memltiit sod drlueied 10 tier limit? tie-fnie her drpitiliire. New of the (o remided fit a fiantll' eH Ii tbe llotrl. It wn nliU a few minute, however, before I be kiilltuti hg iipeneil anil Ihe JeMrlrt found In II Mrs. Viih kev telephoned skaIii let II111 undrn thil hiiuaiit iimiiititt delelhr had thsr-leied plane to com to I bar-lode and aiail a ieiiilt.

he was lold. Itoweter. Dial her nhin1ile luil hern found abe ram in Charlotte, linked Ihe knit Mm bag under Iter aim and eortrd by delrtle, hits tiled a train for Wiim RITTERS TRIAL JM( -a I is nan -1 i squsre one minute a devaluated, debris-strewn block the t.e(. 1'hiM hsd struck It killing nearly 2(H) persons, and i-nuMng dummies niiinateii courthouse MMiare. ll(m3 the mini oi tfin lUm'eftvill.

ni id.ooo (KNt. Tha marble monument Business Group Fires Broadside At Tax Plan Proposed Program Seen Impossible By S. Chamber Heads A tranquil and beautiful soutneru Or business dtAtnrt a(tr a tornado whs tile only thing left standing In the 12 Killed hi Wreck Of Train VERA CRUZ. Mexico. April T.

A desperate criminal attempt to kill state of Vera Cruz political leader was blamed by authorities trnlght for the bombing tif a railway biidge and wrecking of tho Vera Cruz-Mexico city train which resulted In the death of at least 13 persons and injury to 15 other. The politicians themsclve were unharmed. Soldiers nearched a wide area for the bombers. A conclusion that political enemies of one or all of the three candidates for the gubernatorial nomination Col. Rduardo Hernandez chaaro, chief of the presidential staff of former President pascusl Ortl7, Rub to; Ochoa Znmudlo and Dr.

Muil-lcrmn Pad ilia plotted the attack was tentatively reached by authorities. A search for other victims was continued tonight among the mss of twisted and charred wteel where Pullman care were plunged Into a 40-foot ravine lam night. Victims identified Include five passengers, five members of the train crew and two other employes of the Brit iHh -operated railway. No foreigners were believed aboard. Partially Interrupted communications prevented announcement of a definite list of the dead but official meftnagea indicated the number would be much lesa than the 60 originally feared.

A detachment of troops commanded by Oeneral Heriberto Jaja. In charge of the Vera Crur. krone, reported It found in the wreckage definite evidence that the bombing wss a carefully planned attempt to kill the politicians. Tracing iioo yards of double wire from the br(rtg investigators found the apparatus which exploded the bomb by electricity, setting off the charge exactly between the first and second Pullman cars. The engine, petroleum car.

mall and express earn and th first two Pullmans plunged through the wrecked bridge 40 feet to the bottom of the ravine. A third Pullman car. carrying the candidate, hung partly over the end of the bridge, sre-tawed mom en tarlly but remained on the track i Walker he's nut of character. He should have put on hi new clothes more slowly and let us gel used lo the new Hoover." (ituerinir Land on "He hits the best chance to get the Itepultll-can nomination bemuse nn one can remember anything he's vald and nobody mud at him." US PRESIDENT OF Troops Guard Palace As 'Father Of Republic' Learns Of Fate MADRID, April 7. (fl Almost five years to the clay after he drove former King Alfonso from the throne.

Nlceto Alcala Zamoia was ousted by a vote of the Cortes tonight from the presidency of the republic he helped to crente In a tense five-hour swwlon the parliament of deputies voted 338 to ft that the president had not properly exercised his function In dissolving the last parliament and that automatically under article 81 of the constitution he should he deprived of office His term still had one year and eight months to run. Most Rightists refrained from voting. It was a triumph for Leftists who won a smashing victory in the Feb. 10 elections after Alcala Zamora had dissolved parliament. A committee formally notified the "father of the republic" of the Cortes action and Premier Manuel Azana announced that Martinez Barrio, president of the Cortes and chief of the Republican Union, would nerve as Interim prewldent.

There Is no vice president. Troops Guard pslace Details of troops stood guard around the presidential pnlnce where (Please Turn To Pngc Two) MAN ENDS HIS OWN LIFE WITH RIFLE BULLET BOONE. April 7. (Special) Thom-aa Bentley. about 40 years of age, of Mstney.

Watauga county, ended his own life by tiring a bullet from a 22-catlbre rifle Into the center of his forehead about 3 30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Bentley, who resided with his sls-trr and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Balrd, on a farm on Valley Mountain, one mile from Matncy.

had been In 111 health for some tlnic and had become despondent. On several occasions he attempted to take his own life. It was reported by relatives, who hid the rifle. However, Bentley'a sister left the home for a short time Tuesday afternoon and during her absence he managed to find the rifle and one or more bullets. Bentley, after finding the rifle, went.

to an upstairs room and placed a blanket on the floor. He then laid down on the blanket and fired a bullet Into his head The body ws discovered by Mrs. Balrd upon her return a short time Inter. An inquest, conducted by acting Coroner J. C.

McConnell, resulted in a verdict of death by suicide. Surviving are one brother and sev eral sisters Funeral arrangements are Incomplete. 1 Of Fear Break In League Sanctions I (IKNKVA ApMl that hrrm lim umv Irngne nl Nn Ui. m' nm-tlona w-ll 1 Hcmnd Italy Kilned tinevn utnnttt nn tho evr of hrit of the miii-! tuitter of 13 to rtililrr nigut lat lona I'tr pin-e In Africa The Irniift Niinnunred It ha no contiimntlon or ltm repoit that Kruiidnr would brt-nk tha be by I dl oiMiliig snii'-t inn, i The Fi'iiniiiMrtin drlrttttte ti the league SHld lie hnd no oft lnt intur-I mnlmn on su a siep but ailtlrd I have, however, rmrtved iiitti uet tons to oppomi any move to extend Hi pi inMH. sh net Ion rtiiit sly, In-i lulling sn oil asnctlnii There weie IimIIi iitlons frlciutu nt Ifaly nn the rmnmlttPM would like (n hen ssm-llunji removed slthouuh Uiey msy henltnle to take the itlrest Pninln hn turnrd over ti the oommltt'e of evliirur Mie cnlendM Indlsputnlilf thnl Italy In UAlhg poison gtx in Rthbjiia, mid a I -notion di.ipHti h.

I I'atls dupntrhr, mt Foreliin Mm-Inter rlnudln of Kmiio would prM nt (Jt nrvft fur removal of MinctlouM from linly or for tho luijxniti.m of hnncilona aidtliiHt flrrniuny fir vlo-Intluu the Imniiio tienty The committee of 1,1 nnly has ft msnrinle to tiy to brlnK about pfnre In I wen luiy and KthlotHu and baa no authority to min ion lih li to ihn commlttr tf lit Unly wek ng K4TtpiMi ppftri. plea fiom Hip txiimiiifft with crwr-vniions and Fihlopia without quail-f leaf ions. H'mii! members of the committee nf t' nie in favor of kln inlVNilot de ln pt-di. iit.llll(rr, In gn lo Home in eonfpr with premier Mu-nllnl on tMine. TttfM iMrtitiM tit mmmfit nt II Is not empowered to dim mm jr.iniopian marge the Italian annte aie euiploVlliir pnlenii ts mid that the IcMKtie rnutM II only could tnks up till nwittrr an being a violation of an International convent ion adopted In lujft with Ihe partuip' Hon of the AUtea.

The sitimtloii wm diftnmtlrM by an Kthlopjan warning totlay tht If the IrfiRiie fftlla I prntrrt hrr, all Air.nl) toiintrlc will Um faith In fh I'nifiie nnd widely heralilM "rol-i le live awrurliy Appealing f-if artlve awiUUiwe. the Mtd: 'Thei. I. no rtount that' had the auuw which are member ih. 4A I nive to imi th irifrea- an- plvlni effecilv anrtloo.

the ir would quir kly have com to an end "lh 1-allsn government, however. iir-f Med tn ow1hg diMtatrrisbn.s i within ihe prsveiiting the Impoalllon of efrHtive senrtiotis and If lug th iwMitpoiiainent of Unm It feared. eipM iftiy an oil nlwn" A moreinriit la under way srnotig ft'ttne of th rnaller siftte. it wt learned, to liav future rnfiflli handled primarily by neighbor coin-j trie Instead of th egu eoun ll Tola fMrdal outffrr.wth of tbe fact that th haro war was raily regionally eiiii bv latin Arnei eountrie nd th tfnitd vt. In- T(n To Two I I I I i PRESIDENT WILL END VACATION CRUISE TODAY MIAMI, April 7.

President It hci el hh Jim off the Horldii cohI IiiiiIkIiI rmdv criiKf tii ii purl Innitimiw Hf termini). fHin liidlnt hh minimi (Mi-lug trip In Htiiihern waters. lie "pent the tlnal tiny of hit two week it I sea Hulling off (nut. tuiae eiiy due enM about NO ml le from orl iJimierdale. Returning to shore tomorrow the President wilt land ome-where along the Florida rnnt, probably at Port where he set nut lo sea Iwti week Ko IHM night.

Itecelvlnc wlreleM report 4 on the tornado d.Nater In Ihe miiilh-eulerii Mate. Mr. Hniwvell was Informed today by Kenr Admiral Cary T. UrnvMin. chairman the American lied itum Unit "con-ervtttiie estimates' phiee the dead at 4i.

with 1,73.1 mtIoiiMv Injured ami more than home destroyed or damaged. Administration Ruifdi'nir hxravation Troject Is Under Way BLACK MOUNTAIN. April 7 (Bp. rl Actual construction nt tUa new tfibOflOO Btfit tubcrruloatn anna-torium near here was started Tuea- day mnmlng when excavation for jthe admlnlsustlon building tu me piw ror me roiinnation or one corner of the administration building. Jt Is expected that ftual work on (P)ea Turn To Page Two) Today and Rampage GAINESVILLE, April 7.

(a The storm-lashed Somh compiled a list 01 429 known clend today liom sporadic spring tornadoes as flooded rivers threatened new disaster ovei a widespread area. Torrential rains sent major stream. on the rise even before Hie task oi IiudinR and tdentltylng the dead lelt by tornadlc thrusts had been coin-plated. The known latalltlea from the latest storms which ripped through six states yesterday Include Mississippi 219; Georgia. 185; Teuiussee 12; Alabama 11; Arkansas aim ouum i Carolina 1.

i Contributing the heaviest toll were th textile manufacturing center oi Gainesville. In the foothills ot tha Blue Ridge mountains where 18o bodies have been found; and Tupelo. another cotton manufacturing center where 203 died. A composite estimate of property losses was placed at 125.000.000 with I uncounted thousands homeless and thousands Injured. llellel officials expressed belief many more bodlus of tha dead would be uncovered oeiuie all the wreckage Is removed.

floods Add To Disaster The threatening floods coming after the south's most disastrous winter and spring In a decade hinnoht a serious threat to numer ous communities which escaped the storms. Seventeen highways were closed by high water In North Carolina and six In South Carolina. 'Two railroad lines were Inundated In the latter tte Alabama larger rivers were flooded but little damage Indicated thus far At Florence tha Tennessee was falling In the vicinity ot the Tennessee Valley Authority's operations, but upstream It was rising. Weather officials said no concern was felt tor Mississippi Valley levees. Thousands of lowlanders on the Tennessee side of the river, however were routed from their homes and thousands more were ready to evacuate.

A crest of 26 feet, highest since 1929 was predicted for West Point, on the Chattahoochee river. More than 1,000 relief workers labored In Gainesville and a like number was busy at Tupelo against the threat of pestilence In the wake of the death dealing twisters. 1,000 Homes In Kulns At Gainesville 2.500 were homeless, upwards of 1.000 homes were In ruins and more than 1.2O0 were Injured. Pour tralnloads of the Injured were hospitalized In Atlanta, 70 miles away. While trucks moved slowly through debris strewn street carting oft the wreckage, pathetic scenes were enacted at Improvised morgues housing the dead.

Steady streams of solemn faced relatives moved through the establishments seeking missing klna- officers hurried to Gainesville. 200 miles from Cordele, South Georgia community mi dj tornado which killed more than 20 there last week. Military orders ruled Gainesville although Adjutant General Llndley W. Camp said martial law has not been declared. 8lxteen persons were under arrest accused of looting.

The two story Cooper Manufac turlng Company building which caught fire after being wrecked was the scene of the greatest loss of Ufa In the North Georgia city. Bodies of 45 women, burned beyond recognition were removed from the rulna of that manufacturing plant. Searchers aald more victims were certainly to be found In the building where 125 reported for duty yesterday morning. Only three were known to have escaped. Hearses, ambulances, trucks and wagons headed funeral processions (Please Turn To Page Nine) review'asked of high court on injunction WASHINGTON.

April 7. The uprem court ftked today to review lit Injunction granted by the ninth circuit court of appeal enjoining radio station KVOO at Bel-Ungham, from broadcasting Associated Press newa until 18 hour ftfter publication. An appeal filed by the radio station ajwerted that "the circuit court has erroneously and Improvidently usurped the functions of Congress" In granting the temporary restraining order "Newspapers, Its petition ssld "lire entitled to protection up to the time publication but no longer, they are entitled to protection as long as news event remain confidential and within their own circle as against competitive news gathering agencies and others but never past the point of publication and In no rM after distribution and sale." The litigation was started by The Associated Press which contended the radio station was "pirating" news dispatches from the Brattle Post-In-tolligenrer. the Seattle Times, and tbe Belllngham Herald, all Associated Press members. The Federal district court for Western Washington dismissed the pre association's bill of complaint but was re vented by the appellate court.

The supreme court probably will jnnotino witnln a month whether mk will review the controversy, if it ill not pass on Injunction the action of tbe court of appeals will remain In effect. if a review granted argunviits will be heard during the term beginning neit October wl'n ft final decision a few wMts later, I'NIONTOWM, April 7 ct HKKlia worklim (tllvlnn now atiRin Minrd tit boniM of it lx.in.iiu fKnn Mi mui. uf a (laut 1 lailM-oliliitanlat suit Wnslnrn Air llnrr in an Improvliwit muri.ia on ii lriiiisylvanla' hlghaaa moiiiualii innljilit Tllioiiiirl ilcpo mud and thla un. Ilia tMh, at than. utimrii tran.portud ovar a ni row limili.r ruail, hardlT mnra IIiaii a trail Tliara a hnrM-itrawn WAftm and a iriua Inniirrt iha rurim.

whichi mm.il .1,,,,, tn, murfr tha auminlt aton th wm in tn. r.w..,., win r.raot.,1 ts Uiihmton Til. hM lUIUIn ppw.t.i. 1.7. mml dJi.

a ma. tr.i,.t tli. ovr anil burnnt. Only thrw rtMth lo of or tevaiaiid, wr howpua ft Ulilntttnwn. Iha othr perann saved Uiu Nrllle Oraiiinr thai lH.Jd th ptrtll.

WIIO I. If Iniurerf tumbled tn hiiue to teleuhon ih ri to nr compny of-PUn hemnllthM only a wing, a part of th. rtia. im flwiw nf tm, pUn wm rtr th (ire burst out in It mid Hti inoper, deputte and fnrwel 10 (( rrin the strrie told by the fa tnUAhttftiit nf tnp .4,1 "it. nuriRM no ue ven: th ereell imMtrrei, ahtiul 1(1 10 o'clock li.ia m.milni-only a rw minute ftitar he plan ftrnt nut It I ait wlr.t ig rials and then laper.1 Into iltrnce.

I wret knaie Wa found nemrly tire hoiu la or hy Harold lUnftin, inoimtftin reftident, afi.r found th hoeteo wandering ftbotit to ee 4 hlp Alei rrederhha. ft (tnlnntown nwotWerman. who on of th flrat to rearh th rrt. aald: "Th plan atru. a rtdg nd ellpped away thr mntnr and th undor cartlag 7liey fell shout inrj frr awy.

Tli tail tu loft intact but in front wlnga were bait 1 crum- ulod. ftimwaform llsglng "KIghl b. 1 wari. tftB9n oul p. parentiy mnn bolioe wr burned 'There a anirwatorm raging n4 It's pitrh dark "Ti elorirtc e-mpny snnding emainency orwa th art up llghta to rtira ran n.i Nhd with Uieir 'Ihtw who don't know th1r way pralty afit to get lomt Sf to riiinh the mountain tonight mia (irnutfMr atriwiileo throne ft jtm yfri d.

uioUrbriuh fn.nt wrm-RPii niiuift sftor th rrh. ethe w1kel along lutle uM lum rood and then turned to use th mud trail Thoift nvot tttinkln who tM)i hr to nolft-bbor' whr tvVv Ut oer nm party offltaa I lt Of firad Tiie deed looutiricii hy the com ixtrif a piwiirnr tut. Arthur It hiiw, PU'oiri(N t'batlo (Itrilin. Nw la ftoKoit rirova rny pa Crawford K-lly Pft prna MMltn.n lfu(hrfrrd. ONatl) Mraey uy.

Menly Aaverad-tfler, ftiaurien (I D'Arey. fftr Cvfltrftl hotel. Ntw York City btef Pilot ijtto Prgion, Knn iity Mo pilot Uwis, M'i. Cltf. fptaajtai Turn Peg Three) HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS fcUTS 5 M0 'NUrF A PlTY D5E HtAH BEAUTY PAML0RS AlN COT NitHiN1 put on de 'N5IDC DE WIMEN'S.

MAIDS 'IM A 'f-LJ-i-S Wvtg, U4 TV fyisttssj Wmmw- JSC IS TO U. S. SENATE Vurnxer Ijiw Partner Of Florida Jurist IIoiiho Manni(er WAIIIMII1JN, Apill IHIM lllHIMI IliaillMtriM IMilMHUtlllM llll prai-lilllriit i-haritr. aitalnal Kilal JiiiIii. HaUlad Hlll.r ut rtiKUIa.

unaliltrd 111. Itl'IU tal r-turn n( III. fmiu.r law parltu tialay In an ttrinpt tn pruv. tliat It.lKKi uaynivnl hy III. lalt.r wa mi lflKI I Alt.r A I.

Itaiikln. tli. lnrUi'a L.tiiiM law liaillwr. K-IIIHnl lliat til. money was paid in honeai dent" ailaing out uf in uiawuunon oi vn-ir Imaliieu wa aekeit why hla IIM0 tits return bed led ily a income when hi share of the Whitehall llulhlltig and Co riM olvrrahip nwii inn tO.tllK) I "Wiin't th rraain you failed to llielude lb lull aketi Hrp jn Hot.

If, tl. Ala I "twHaoe It aphl wit Ii other ftittl liecau in Hiiiount ailually fcHH wa apt to la 111 away IH-' him of th Itllng of hill attacking JtHUf llittr In tha Whitehall raj' "I rwt all," Hiikln replied lie Mid the Ilgi rough vstliniiie mad In hurry In a letter Ui a houa inveotigatof Itanklit Hated pay lite uta totaling OtMJ Ut It met, ill atiuitioii in. mies Involved In Ih tmpe hment piotetdings UUd J00 pid Vtept nd Jan IU.U. ftdd. litg that lh total inounl was fi fuinuur.

fisttir. IHwary ftnd hsiea of at or, in ft bu impny. Irial litawt iron if Tha imiwaclunint trial, th U'h of ita kind in tn "o' OnniKhl crowoa mi i der rvii wsrkiiig ai.Mii. i a net g'd wit ft hours (Plea- Tmn To Pag Two I'ERSHisa CITED TO COURT FOR SI'EEDISC MOt'Mtio, nf April r-r-Uuugt tndav ipeediiig. Hue 7 -a highway hu autm un df th (ttrno nmimHlr listed man, making the rharg Pollr Offlrer feci, K1l'y of Ttif Uarft.

sld rhaaod th luxurhni, Ifl-jrllodef uurnotiUa paad tlirjBh Puihek yatiday Kllroy da lared th tar wa traveling 4ft mile an hour in a mil KOf) Th maehln fppet Morlooto hy (rffleer Ii Mhie ila and llrSan Pkrfng eorl Pfahing ritert to ir In th Tutors )uaM' rotut April (ft "My drivei will d) iat th mat- tor qiwHed lit f-riral rioiiaffftl Pcrahmg and fit an lor Mia Mm Perilling ware foil nn yrrieuro 1 ho atHrtiv Mo o-l oval plan ehli would liv atf-oiptd to na. ify the Ka 1 at aa'e with half rtrrrr HaMo KoiaM' mtrrttt. ktf.fdotn H'ltftlri eiitontv I ri. pr-niur IV nio Moa I ar.larfV't eia'irn fc IH.iift hy hrintjlng locreaaed pffae ua ti? rar fdn wae ttrria) ft pmpoai sn In tl i Wm of I'atv a uae of ge rt onf wuftod g'biilaii; 4l'la Prl'inh p'lhlle opinion running hfnh on this imim) A i()y of; tha of rmaM'd I eitoe end Ihd'uttri! oriirs riM end eirioen ut 1 i tiaow Mto'-fooior nt( ohr 1 rltoa t)auM tharnsolvoe hoifig un- to a ton if terror a e'ut of. tlo pradrit being ao tely In 1 K'htopl Itier wa a row'na foelin In uf- I (Ploeya.

Tifd To Pg Two) WA.SUINOTON. 7 Klve rtpoKeAjiteu lor the uf Cum-luerca of tha United htalt mniKhl leveled on uignmzrd criMfirn nt vh-tuully every plme of the mhnlnlMrn-: lun SVnu.ooo.ooo tax pnigutm. aiuu-ing that It would biivkiiie huih upon bunt new and the government. HeU II. Clauheu, chairman of the chambers committer on tedeml II-nauco, led the attacking delegation before the hutine wuys and means ciuntnltlee.

as It drove Into a lie night aeMlou In an effort to rnu-tiude public hetulngn and clear thn wny for actnnlly dioiting a bill, beginning tomorrow. Urging tho committee not lo re-plsee the existing system of mr-poralo Ifixstloii with a "gamble," Clnuiteii deM'rlbed th propo-Mid program as "impoMlble" and capahln of both hamieting buititiew and "em-barrajwlng" the ad minint ration by low yield In depression years Another member of the chamber'! until It tee. K'y O. Opotd. vire-president of the first Nuilonal bank of t'hlrago.

nnwrU'il the new ror-pornte tax plan would halt the en-tiibllithment and development of new enterprlMa, tend to Impntr coi Mra-thm credit and Inrreane bankrupt-Clu In poor huMtiriw yenra. A(H1 Proposed Meniire Openlrui the night seAAion, Henry Kernnld, senior psrtuer In a New York firm of certified public ar-couutanta. npeaklng an a chnmlmr ripreaentHtlve, InMsted Hint the pro-prwal "cannot help but penalize any conservative finnuclsl pollrirp of rr compt. i rataa would confound taxpayers with "a series of unknown qusntltleR Waiting their turn as Pernsld spoke were two mote chamber pottenmcn, Haytnond H. Ilerry, I- (Please Turn To pAge Three) JURY IS CHOSEN TO TRY It HARD IX TEXAS COURT rJAU.Al TeiSJi April 7 (IIP) A Jury wss complete today tn try Dwight Beard on a cbarui of murder in connection with th dath of John Roberta, frmer piUe ofdeer, The one time North fsrollna fffit-bsll player wns expected eti'er a plea of not guilty when sria'gned and to advance nsntty as a o-fente.

Tomorrow the Btat of Ohio to r'immut the fteriteric into imprisonment Flghtrcd at the uniimial sltustlrm in whih found himiftr the ernt an order lo trie Sheriff nit to rejMlevs him but Ut Ak him If lie pltAel to reprlevM. and sent the (nltentl-ary l('d being hiifd 'The Bht-rif waited upon the criminal, and maie hts pfi'al, sod wss arwwerM 1 won't agf, you slm 1 1 hsv the hanging of five The wo 1 Hhertf to whofn tits ghsstly off it of rec uM'mr is lilted, did all in hi power Ui yn- usd him to iii the d'cu merit, hut In vain Tb day of eierution arrived, the pitrm wn the aid of 1 hdl, the only on cleared of trr ftMir (N(I wn, arid many hours f. iUm tllmA we aw It en roertwt hy an Immena mum IMj. 0t men, women, end ehiidren At lenr'h the h'ur arrived, tl flia- ml raft waa a-n slowly moiir.tn.g tl hill, to not ay tr.ror.g n.iofirfi inio avirrrin eooin. iim "icrnn tlin.

tfi commutation prorjod nut spurned th pupor trt-n and rrted aloud. 'Heng mo Midday wa the moment ppornt (P14 Turn To fsg fil i niedtately sprang from the Th Alexander Convtrtie-drawlng then pistols in anticipation tlnn mpnT, of ftwsnnanoa. which or an attack but the bombers (led nM th contract for grading and e. after exploding the charge. jcavatton work, put a stA-nm shovel As the petroleum car crashed on I rrrw of m'n wofk digging -By WALTttl LIPPMANN-The fUuplmann Case Dixie States Menaced By Flooding Streams Britain To Press 4Gas' Charges Against Italy top of the engine flames shot up and quickly enveloped the five wrecked cars.

The wooden Pullmans burned rapidly, cremating alive several pajwengera and trainmen trapped In the twisted wreckage. names Jumped from the ravin to the undest roved cars above, burnlnir tha third Pullman and the first and second class coaches, from which the tra ve lers ad esra ped The Paso Orande bridge, arena of the attack, had been destroyed several times previously during revolutionary movements details of troona were ordered to guard the track of the (Please Turn To Psge Two) weather bureau Issued a flood warning, predicting a Tennessee river creat, of 30 to ,7 feet here, 6 or 7 feet over flood sin Re Such ft level once more will empty i homes and clue factories that are only now being rextored to normal following the 37.1 foot flood of two weoka sno. Downtrem ft creet of 2fl to a7 feet waa forecaat for nrldKenort. Ala by Thuredsy and SA-fvn cret wa predicted for Ountersville, omh places th cret will be more ott riorKi aiag. The MiMiMippi la already a bora 1 no concern Is felt lor MiMiuippl tal- ley levers However, overflow from th hug rem already has turned 'iirB in ui' lowlsnds of West 7nnr-aoe ou tilde the leve-protected ftres Other hundreds er bomeleea at (Pleas Turn To Pag Nin 1 lj There Is perhaps a pertain eom-fort to be had out of knowing that the rowdinem with whjrh Juatir has been administered tn the llaupt-menn case drjM not reflert any recent deterioration of our manners and our morals More than ft century ago.

in lrt.17. tha mother of Anthony Trollop came to America, and. as Is the eusUtm with visitor, reanlved to write a book which ah rallei "The Domestic Manners of the Americans One of ths things that made a groat Inipreadton on Mrs Trollop was, she put it somewhat bluntly. 17' "a Vk" oeiween us win. in p.riRiann i laws are in upon, in America iry ar not fih fen this eery fttrongiy whll wa living In Cincinnati when there orcurtod ft m'trdef rrf uncommon fttonitT tm which the murderoy was tried.

emvkUd ftrd to oth -rmt day of hu eienjtion waa fUwrt fth. writ "ftnd the vnaation 1 CHATTANOOOA, April 7 lypr-Hstn which week-end tornadors drove in torrent over th ftoulh sent many creeks and rivers far beyond flood level tonight and raised new tnrcat to ill and property in half a dozen state. In two day four persons have died in swollen siresms. An ftged couple I drowned when their automobile skid-1 tied from bridge into Sweetwater creek In F.iwt Tennee and rhild 1 playing near Neva. Tenn tumbled -n wh- narily peaxful stream and loat his Over both of the Carollnas.

cor gis, Kentucky, Alabama ftnd Tenne- so thousands of lowland dwellers are iiiwnnnw iimu iiunoirm innimnai' of acres hav bn Inundsted The ftouth's two great rivers the MiMissippl and tributary toej Tennewe re both riMng por the fifth Urn this yer th Chftttaroog April 7 mttith vresfn ic fv Anthony will proa world rondorrihat I'm of I'aly f'r m-iatord in gtht 'pla at totnorro a floivt rnfo'irrg of 11. a Iftg'i iHihr HlaMofl omiinUta 1 Rnn will take firm attitude apauttt fiomihT f' viotatjfrti of the I "at rif reaT by rorrnlMeriiii the fo-ijo h'lt will fm I- nanriftl aalrt ih Nat etat rtrU)i' Ih ff Prr Al W.a mr tlrtio th yuthfut I 1 nitih ettomn will nt ask f' sn-Mon ftalrtat l'1 Mo d-urtd f'f fW-neva t'1y to etierol the cof, Uiatt'm rmiml'l fneotiiig tomorrow iid rro pW-re Rcnferori' on 71i'irtaf llfl'elo titt'iM U'ward Italy fOHtlT atirf'neff Vmtfil Hrnt Imp-irtarit ItaHan viriorio in rthioto nave ir'lni lora will infinlt'ty rrwr thiol I 1 atrang-iae of the rcurrerKW (no wrruiir rrimlnal mount'd tl. Kf-hit4 man tvtr.g er been eierut- foil, when gm the SykM mi fiocinnati that poron frrm iiiiy miJa OLaLarira Mini in no preont at It unco gl peo- ben to start doom to th riirhtemne of hsrigmg man sod mao applictPm to th (Jovernor of.

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