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  • Today's News Today Reliably And Consistently In Western North Carolina's Complete NEWSpaper THE AS UNITED PRESS — INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE — CONSOLIDATED PRESS — NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION SUNDAY EDITION VOL. XXXIII, NO. 86. ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1929 TEN CENTS EVERYWHERE Airways Head Killed In N. C. Plane CrasKS^1 3 DIE AS PLANE DOES NOSE DIVE I Col. John Hambleton, Pan- American Airways Official, Is Victim. WiFE SEES PLANE FALL Aerial Accidents Claim Four Other Lives In Course Of Day. WILMINGTON. N. C, June 8.— '(UP) — Colonel John Hambleton, friend of Lindbergh end Pan American Airways official, was killed with two companions when their plane crashed at- Bluenthenal field here late Saturday. Vonder Heydn of New York and Mrs. Heydn were the other victims. The plane was en route from Baltimore, Md.. to Wilmington and was nosing down for a landing when It euddenly went into a dive when but ISO feet above the field. All three in the craft were killed Instantly. Aanong those to see the plane crash was Airs. Hambleton, daughter of George B. Elliott, president of th« Atlantic Coast Line railroad. She bad been notified by her husband to be at the field for his arrival. Heydn was said to have been connected with the Consolidated Instrument company of Hew York. The plane was an all metal monoplane owned by Colonel Hambleton. Colonel Hambleton was vice president of Pen American Airways, Inc„ and accompanied Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh on the first round trip air mail flight on the Miami-Panama roifte last winter. He was an expert flier. Mrs. Hambleton is the daughter Of George B. Blliott, president of the Beaboard Air Line Railroad company. 3 BUSnS'io DEATH Hendersonville Woman Killed In Fall Five Stories ATLANTA, June «.— (INS) — That Mrs. c. S>. weeks, wife of a pi-eminent Hendersonville, W, C, lawyer, met her death by accident was the decision of & coroner's Jury, following an Inquest here Saturdays- Mrs, Weeks, who Itafl been a patient at the Piedmont hospital here with nervous trouble, fell fEfim a filth floor window of the hospital early Friday. The inquest was held by Fulton County coroner Paul ponahoo, and it was decided 1*at Mrs. Weeks accidentally fell from the window. She had not been confined to her bed. When news of Mrs. Weeks' death reached Hendersonville Friday, it was announced by the members of the family, who simply said she died suddenly. Her husband is a member of the law firm of Ewbank, Whltmire, and Weeks. Funeral arrangements had not been announced Saturday night, as members of the family were still In Atlanta, Gardner Seen As Simmons' Backer In '30 By ,J, C. BASKEKV11X Raleigh Bureau ot The Tiaies, Sir Walter Hotel, RALEIGH, June «.—The aspiration of those prospective candidates who have been hoping that the recent appointments of Governor O. Max Gardner to the state hoard of elections meant that he would lend encouragement to the campaign of any one who might oppose Senator V. M. Simmons in the Democratic primary next June were rudely shattered here Saturday night when Governor Gardner, issued a statement in which he vigorously denied that he had any factional politics in mind In his re- G, 0, P. OF WEST JOINS DIXIE IN BOUNTY BATTLE Senate Revolters Led By Norris Assail Hoover And House. ■ » —— DEBATE GROWS BITTER Take "Debentureless Bill" Or Get Nothing, Regulars Warn. WASHINGTON, June 8.— (UP) — Western Republicans and southern Democrats joined in a chorus ol disapproval of the administration's debentureless farm bill agreement Saturday when the matter was forced before the senate by administration leaders with a warning; "Tate this or get nothing." , The revolters, led by Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, upbraided President Hoover on the ground he had contributed to the defeat ot what they believed to be the only means of carrying out the Republican campaign pledge to make the tariff effective for the farmer. They scored the house of representatives for "legislative cowardice" and "nullification of the constitution" because the house refused to vote on the senate's debenture plan. They criticised the senate conferees for surrendering on the debenture and Insisted that congress remain here through the summer to fight the matter out. At the end of the hectic first day of debate, it was obvious the administration leaders would encounter more trouble than they had anticipated in getting the agreement through tho senate ana on Sts way to the White House for signature. Result in Doubt One of the senators on whom they counted for a switch against the debenture, sehall of Minnesota, denounced such reports sad said he hoped the house could be made to Times' Expedition An Instant Before Taking The Long, Long Trail —Times photo. The Times Great Smokies -Expedition **la~kes off" to explore the last ot the Eastern wilderness, soon to be a new national park! As they stand on the trail to Indian Gap above Siuokemonf, ready to bid goodbye* for a month, to civilization, they are from left to right: Walter S. Adams, managing editor of The Times, head of the expedition; J, B. Coleman, Jr., Times news staff member; Melvln Williams, Boy Scout, manager of the base camps; Charley Conner, woodsman and guHe; William Bibb Greet, chosen to accompany the explorers as western North Carolina's most typical Boy Scout; and Dock Conner, Charley Conner's father, who aided them at the start of the exploration- They are shown with equipment and loaded pack horses. In front of "Billy" Greet and Charley Conner is the wicked basket in which were carried pigeons of J. R. Home, of Blltmore, to be used for communicating with the outside world. BUSINESS CLUBPigeons Expected To CONVENTION UBring First Message START TUESDAY From Camp In Forest Several Hundred Delegates Expected For A. B. C. Meetings Here, Physician Helfl As River Yields One To Be Released Sunday—Kephart Memorial To Be Erected. FINAL DRIVE TO BE OPENED F OPERAJN CITY Music Week Plans Still in Balance—More Needed As Guarantee, MOUNT WILL BE AT NOON TODAY Greeting From Two Governors Are To Be Exchanged On Peak. ——■■-■«——— WILL RETURN IN MONTH Party Given Enthusiastic Send-Off By Crowd Of Bryson City People. By ItOBEKT UlNNKLLE SMOKEMONT. S. C, in the foothills of the Great Smokies. June 8.— Under glowering skies, split by ra' ■; and thunderstorms, the only explc ing party ever to attempt an invasion of the Great Smoky mountains, soon to be converted into the South's first national par'-, Saturday night pitched its initial base camp in Indian Gap, seven and a half miles above Smokemont, civilization's last outpost. Sunday, the expedition, sponsored jointly by The Asheville Times and The New York Times, will push on to Cllngman's Dome, second highest peak east of the Rockies, to carry greetings, sent by Governor O, Max Gardner of Korth Carolina, to a party carrying a similar message from Governor Henry I-lorton, of Tennessee. Tho messages will be returned to Asheville, N. c, and Knoxville, Tcnn. by carrier pigeon, and the expedition will-continue on to the rugged peak known as tiller's Bald while the Tennessee party will return to Gat- llnburz, Tenn.. its starting point. The exploration will continue through the month of June. An attempt will be made to locate cliff v itings purported to have been left by a lost race of Indians. Those in Party The expedition includes the following: William Bibb Greet, chosen as western North Carolina's best qualified Boy Scout to accompany the explorers; Waiter S.-Adams, managing editor of The Asheville Times; j S. i Coleman Jr., Asheville Times staff news man and photographer; Melvln Williams, Eagle Boy Scout to have charge of base camps; and Charley Conner, Smokemont woodsman and forester acq»aS»--"» with a portion of tha terrl* be explored The —-■ .v... .-
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