The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 3

rag a Scenes of Brief Visit to Norris Dam and Knoxville speed your President Roosevelt said as ha spoke to several thousand workers and others at Norrfa Dam at aundown Friday A a seen here he made hia speech from the hack acat or the open car that carried him from V1 Creek to Knoxville via the dam Beside him la Mra Jtooaevclt and next to her la Chairman A Morvan of the TVA Standing on a platform overlooking Norris Dam President Roosevelt is seen here as he looked out over the chasm out of which is rising a wall of concrete that will mean cheap electricity to the people of the Tennessee Valley Beside him is Chairman A Morgan picked by Mr Rnospyelt to entry out the vast program for the development of the valley The President and hla party had Just left the special train and boarded th cars for the trip to Norris Dam when this picture was taken It shows Mr Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and Chairman Morgan On the running board is ths President's body guard Gus Generlck who kept a close watch at all times 1GKES IN Nut Tree Experiments Draw AUTOGRAPH CONTEST Interest of Roosevelt Party One of the welcomera at Coal Creek was Representative Joe Byrns of Nashville floor leader of the House and randldate for the speakership Mr Byrns arrived in a rar with Senator Bachman Gor MeAlister and Mayor Hilary Howse of William Andrew Sees Roosevelt At Rail Station Interior Chief and Presidential Secretary Sign Papers Secretary Ickes who Isn't In exactly good favor with Tennesseeans now because of his recent decision on the Park-to-Fark road made up with a lot of them at the Southern station Friday night He waged an autograph writing contest with Marvin McIntyre secretary of President Roosevelt on the steps of the President's Special train They signed their names for nearly 20 minutes as men women and children besieged them They wrote their names on scraps of paper newspapers in notebooks on rJgaret packages city warrants In school books and on one bonus paper The bonus paper was that of Edgar Farmer of 402 Scottish Pika who shouted to "Honest to: ua our bonus" Reports Hull Walked on Gay Street Unknown (portal To The Xr-Srniorl NASHVILLE Tenn Nov Austin (Chug) Rigsby here to lend his booming voice to aid the Tennessee cause told a story about Secretary of State Cordell Hull walking on the streets of Knoxville Friday evening without being recognized except by himself "1 thought I recognized a man walking on Gay Street as Secretary said Rigsby "so I stepped out and said: 'Hello Judge He extended his hand and pointed to hia throat "He could hardly talk above a whisper He said he had laryngitis so bad that he had decided to go to the Farragut Hotel and rest I spent an hour with him at the hotel "I thought It was unusual that as great a man as the secretary of State could walk all the way from the' Southern Railway station to the Farragut without being Secretary Hull planned to return to Washington today from Nashville President Carries Away a Basket of Hickory Pecan Walnut and Hican Nuts Gathered From TVA Nursery After Examining Roadside Exhibit Near Norris President Roosevelt and his party will have nuts and persimmons to rat on their trip thru the rest of the Tennessee Valley The fruits are from Tree Crop Nursery the 45-acre tree-experiment project of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the favorite project of Chairman Arthur (Morgan On the way from Norris tow Knoxville cars of the Presidential party drew up along an exhibit which had been placed on tables along the highway by the Nursery "I think this la a marvelous piece of work you ara the President said "This Is wonderful Chairman Morgan had been explaining the project to President Roosevelt on the mile drive from Norris to the Nursery Pointing at some small seedlings on a table the President said lo John Hershey TVA chief of tree crop work: "Tell me something about the chestnut? Do we know that they are resilient to the chestnut trees are about'l7 years old and are bearing fruit and this la proof that they are reststent to blight" Mr Hershey answered Mr Hersbey banded the President a plate of hickory nuts they beauties? they Mr Roosevelt aald Mrs Roosevelt asked la when Mr Hershey held up a hican a cross between a hickory nut and a pecan know such a thing existed May 1 hare asked the President Mr Hershey presented the President a wicker basket of Japanese persimmons large native persimmons a cellophane sack of kernela from thln-shelled black walnuts hardy pecans a cellophane bag of thln-aheiied hickory nuts and hlrans Alt are now growing in the Tennessee Valley As the rar started up President Roosevelt turned and waved a goodbye to Mlaa Lillian Hilllg pretty Mack-haired young secretary to Mr Hershey Mlsa Blflig had assisted Mr Hershey in showing him the exhibit Harriman Gives Big Welcome To President Trainmen Say Town Which Had Tiff Over Blue Eagle Had Biggest Turn-Out Harriman which attracted national attention by taking down Blue Eagles until one waa restored to Harriman Mills aeveral montha ago gava the biggest welcome to President Rooaeveit on the trip between Oakdale and Coal Creek That waa the opinion of trainmen were lined up along the tracks at Harriman for half a said Capt Blackard in charge of the train that brought the party to Knoxville They gave him a big Flagmen Watson and Grove aald they saw such a crowd like at The train slowed up there but did not stop NRA signs were displayed At Oakdale school children turned out to Join in the welcome and the President said a few words to them Secretary of State Cordell Hull waa Introduced there The train was also cheered at Oliver Springs Clinton and on arriving at Coal Creek Smith waa engineer and Lord fireman MANSLAUGHTER CASE SET Juvenile Court to Hear Charge Against Young Heave Arraignment of young Reaves Jr l'art of the crowd that packed the space at the Southern sta lion in Knoxville Friday night to see the President It waa Into this sea of faces that the President looked when he said he expected he people of the valley to make the TV A program succeed All photographs by Harold Davla News-Sentinel staff photographer Over 100 Filipinos Drown in Flood Following Typhoon BOOMING VOICEJS HEARD Real Estate Auctioneer Rhnuta a Onr Own Cordell Hell' At Station ter Mlcor to the bureau of posts here was filed from Lucena a nearby town It waa delayed by a crippled communications system damaged In the typhoon which had swept over 18 provinces of the southern section of the island of Luzon Government report ah ed that at least 38 persona had lost their lives In the other provinces where the property damage waa estimated at 82800000 PRAISES Br I'alM Pm MANILA I Nor Flood watem following In the wake of a typhoon swept at least 100 persona to their deaths in Maupan Tyabaa Province the postmaster of the stricken village reported to government ageneies today Many other persona were reported missing after a night of horror and disaster From 8 Wednesday until daylight the next morning mountain streams and the Maupan River poured awlft currents swollen by the heavy rains aceompanylng the typhoon Into the town The flood carried everything before It small hornet and large buildings electric light poles and pipe lines Streets were torn up and the water malna were ripped apart When the flood subsided most of Maupan wa inundated to a depth of from three to four feet Cocoanut grove and rlee fields were demolished and other agricultural lands were covered with silt The message aent by Postmas- NOT A BIGAMIST HE JUST HASTWO WIVES Judge Absolves Chicagoan But Leaves Him Entangled Br Awarteted Press CHICAGO Nov Gage Walldren a storage company official waa cleared of bigamy charges but was left la a marital dilemma Involving two wives Walldren obtained an Arkansas divorce from bis first wife Elate last year and then married hi secretary Miss Mildred Knickels 28 at Hot Springe Ark The Arkansas Supreme Court later set aside the divorce on jurisdictional grounds and the first Mrs Walldren aued for separate maintenance In the superior court here Judse Rudolph Desort awarded her 20 a week temporary afl-mony last month pending final disposition of the ease indicating Walldren and his first wife were still married In hia opinion Judge Brooks of the Chicago felony court dismissed the bigamy charge against Walldren but made no effort to unravel the civil tangle He ruled Walldren had married Miss Knickels at a time he believed he was free to do ao and waa therefore not guilty of bigamy TO ARK WHIPPING FOR Br AandslNl ATLANTA Nor Ellis Ar nail speaker pro tem of the elate house of representatives said here today a bill eatabliahlng a whipping post for misdemeanor prison-Fn would on of th ft would Introduce la the January session of the Georgia legislature A Graves and Atty-Gen Fred Bibb were among those who followed Mayor in to welcome the President at the Southern station Out In the cheering section the boilng voice of Vic McLean real estate man could be heard It was he who first called out "Our Own Cordell when the Secretary of State smiling and with hla white hair glistening under the lights walked up to the platform State Dignitaries Delayed in Seeing Chief Governor McAlister and Senator Bachman were standing beside a state motorcycle officer In front of the rear platform of the train after President Roosevelt went on It did the President any to he waa asked "I didn't get to talk to him I waa two cars the Governor said A few later however Governor McAlister and Senator Bachman were called to go la the President's train They were followed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull to whom an announcer at the atepa deferred aa "Secretary of the Treasury ETOWAH MAX ENLISTS Ray James Simpson of Etowah Thursday enlisted In the Navy at the Knoxville Navy Recruiting Office He la the sen of Mr and Mrs James Weaver Attorney Remind of Good Work of Officers Friday While the visit of the President caused excited comment Raleigh HarrlsOn attorney did not forget the men who made the brief tour run smoothly want td say a word of he aald Walter Anderson and tli city traffle policemen the state highway pa-trol and the deputy sheriffs and others who handled the crowds without on a manslaughter charge In connection with the death of Helakell Clift' will be In Juvenile Court at 1:30 Monday The 18-year-old youth bras driver of the ''house on wheels" truck that atruck the Clift boy a Carter High School pupil a few daya ago Reaves haa been moved from County Jail to the Juvenile Home FLORISTS ARE IMMUNE Back at hla Job today William Andrew Johnson was singing happily He saw one of Friday Elghty-year-old William Andrew was'a servant of the 17th President of the United States Andrew Johnson When President Roosevelt came down from the White House to greet Knoxville he was on the first row smiling and cheering didn't get to shake hands with him like I wanted to but I got to see him he aald "I feel like he's one of my kin folks because 1 used to stay In the White House The above picture shows William Andrew with his badge as he waited at the station for President Rooae- veil MISS HALL PRESENTS FDR WITH FLOWERS President Smiles and Thanks Donor of Rouquet for Red Cross Mlaa Janie Hall pretty In a Red Cross uniform presented a large bouquet of red and white flowers to the President Mrs Rooaeveit beckoned for Miss Hall to come up to the train platform and Introduced her to the President who smiled broadly and thanked Miss Hall for the flowers The gift was made on behalf of the Red Cross Columbia l)ot 1st Raya Flowers Rave From Suicide By relted Pm CHICAGO Nov If you want to save a man from suicide abake a geranium under his nose Prof Hugh Findlay botanist of Columbia University told the Garden Club of Illinois that persons who decide to end their lives have lost their sense of beauty "Show them a he said flower makes an appeal to the eathetle sense powerful enough to smother the suicide HEADR PLANNING COUNCIL Bjr I'sltmi Prras WASHINGTON Nov Kendall president of the Kendall Co Boston haa been selected chairman of the Business Advisory and Planning Council succeeding Clay William a Winston Salem The planning council was established In June 1938 by Secretary of Commerce Roper to present the man's point of oa economic questions MAYOR-ELECT GETS PARDON By rutted Press WASHINGTON Nov President Roosevelt It waa learned Friday haa signed a full pardon for Mayor-Elect OUn Holt Kokomo Ind thus disposing of all question as to Holt's eligibility to hold the office H'llt had been paroled after conviction on prohibition eharge SMOKER SR FI REM DRESS By 1'nllr Pwmi ST LOUIS Nov Funeral services for Mra Caroline Lewis 88 a widow will be held today Sparks from a corncob pipe which Mra Lewis haa smoked for yeqrs Ignited her clothing resulting In fatal burna yesterday.