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PRISON CAMP POPULATION

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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-13

When they first attend school chill
1ren are under severe nervou strain.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
CHICAGO s TILL
SHORT S4O,024

CHICAGO, May G.N.SD In
an official auditors report to
Mayor Anton j. Cermak, it vas
revealed today a shortage of $40.
O24 exists in the funds of the
city treasurer office.
In the month of March, it was
reported, the shortage amounted
to $1O9,315, but $4,000 was re-
stored to the treasury by friends
of Charles S. Peterson, former
city treasurer. After the pay
ment of the $4,000 the defi-
cheney on April 10 totaled $50, 1851
when James A. Kearns, newly
elected treasurer, took office, the
auditors report said.
OF this amount $29,1 was re-
turned to the treasury after a
demand was made for payment
from August B. Singer. who took
office when Peterson was ap
pointed city treasurer.
Friends Contribute
The returned funds included .
check for $1,000 from Singers
attorney. The remainder came
from judges, clerks, aldermen and
other city employees who had been
granted advances on their sal
aries. In return for these ad-
vances the city employees gave the
treasurer's office l. o. us and
other security and when these
were not paid the shortage re-
suited. it was explained.
The salary advances approved
by E. G. Bingham. former city
cashier, dated back to May 81,
1927, two months after Peterson
assumed office as city treasurer.
The report of the auditor, who
was ordered to make an inveStiga-
tion by present Treasurer Kearns,
also diScloses that Singer de-
posted $4,000 of the municipal
employees annuity and benefit
fund in the Austin National Bank,
which has since been closed. land
that $25 900 of the policemen's an
nuity and benefit fund had also
been deposited in the same insti.
tuition.
Probe Looms
An investigation of the city
treasury will be made by special
grand jury Monday. Both present
Treasurer Kearns and former
Treasurer Singer have been called
to testify. The auditors report
will also be submitted to the
grand jury.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
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platform, declared this was {
fatal flaw in the bishops chal
lenge.
He said:
"If the campaign for presi-
dental and vice presidential
electors were the extent of his
activities, it raises a very Sc
riOus question.
LAS 1 understand it, the
States have exclusive juriSdic-
ton to regulate the campaign
for electors. But, 1 am told,
Bishop Cannon in his call for
the AShevilIe convention an
nOunced he was not concerned
alone in the election of preSi.
dental electors but also wanted
to place in the field dry can
didates for the Senate and
House.
IF that was activity in which
his committee enga aged, it
strikes me that our commit
tee has jurisdiction to make
the investigation"
The Nye committee. however
it was indicated, will receive pow
erful support if it makes it!
legality an issue before the Sen
ate. One of the Senate's mos
noted constitutional lawyers; de
clared privately he believed thu
committee could investigate tn
campaign activities for electors.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
Crowley and Pal Face Death In Chair
"Hero" of Gun Battle to Recouer

Helen. and his pal Durninger in
an apartment building after they
had shot it out for al. hour with
$50 policemen armed with ma
chine guns, pistols, tear bombs,
and axes, spent the night in the
hospital closely guarded by detec-
tives. His wounds were super
ficial-three in the legs and one
in the left arm.
Crowley to prevent infection from
his wounds. The youth who
thought he was so hard" was in
a stupOr for hours at the hos
pital from the effects of the
tear bombs thrown into his
hideOut.
Durninger, uninjured. spent the
night in a cell at police head
quarters. He slept we'll, appar-
emily little worried over the pros
pect of facing trial for the muir
der of Virginia Brannen, the
dance hall hostess, to which he
has confessed.
He's one of those gross, paunchy
fellows whose animal qualities
dominate their actions. Asked
what he wanted for breakfast,
Durninger wanted plenty of
pork chops" They gave them to
him and he ate a hearty meal.
Girl COntrite Today
Helen Walsh, one of those hair
Drained flappers who do not know
their own minds, was being held,
meanwhile. in Mineola, L. L. as a
material witness to the mu: der Of
Patrolman Frederick Hirsch. whom
Crowley admitted shooting to
death early last Wednesday morn
ing in a deserted lane near NORTH
Merrick, L. J. Helen and Crowley
were in parked automobile when
the policeman came up to ques-
ton them.
Helen, who was so scared dur.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
JAPANESE FIRES
COST 70 LIVES

TOXIC. May 8 G.N.SJ.
Twenty persons are dead as the
result of a series of fires which
caused total damage estimated
at more than $2.5O0,000 in four
districts of Japan, a check-up re-
vealed today.
Principal damage was done at
Yamanaka. famed or its hot
springs, where hundreds of houses
and 30 hotels were destroyed.
The village itself was virtually
wiped out.
Six persons lost their lives in
fire at Shirokane, a suburb Of
Toxic,
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
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won't be light. She already is
paying the price of being a mob
mOll.
Three Cringe Today
The three, seized in one Of the
most spectacular man-hunts in
New York in years, were a beaten
cringing trio today. Crowley was
in the prison ward at Bellevue
Hospital, wounded four times
although not in a serious condl'
ton. Tough Red" was in a cell
Helen. too, was locked up. The
game was up. -.
Legal machinery was SET into
motion to bring about swift pun
ishment for their crimes. :
Crowley was indicted on a
charge of first degree murder by
the Nassau County grand jury
at MineOla, Long Island, this
morning. He was accused of
shooting PatrOlman Frederick
HirSch to death when the police
man began questioning him and
Helen, who were in a parked car
on a lonely road near North Mcr,
rick.
The indictment was returned
to Supreme Court Justice Mitch
ell May after a brief delibera-
ton by the grand jury which,
according to District Attorney ii.
vim N. Edwards. acted almost en-
tirely on the testimony of Miss
Walsh. and Patrolnlan Peter Yo,
dice, who was with Hirsch at the
time of the killing.
Immediately after the indict-
ment was returned, the district
attorney moved for the transfer
of the indictment to the county
court for trial before Judge
Lewis j. Smith. The motion was
promptly granted.
Crowley captured with his girl,
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
Fzaw Is Found By Senate
In Cannon's Def

AS the matter stands today.
the Nye committee will report
to the Senate next December
that Miss Ada Burroughs, of
Richmond, treasurer of Bishop
Cannon's committee, refused to
answer questions under oath at
yesterdays hearing.
Bishop May Be Called
The Senate then may, if it
wills, refer the matter to the
district attorney for prosecution.
Bishop Cannon's letter chal
longing the right of the commit
tee also will go to the Senate.
When the committee meets in
the near future it also will con-
slider whether it shall report
violation of the corrupt prac-
tices act.
Effort may be made to have
Bishop Cannon subpoenaed, with
full expectation that he will re-
fuse to testify.
Senator Dill CD of Washing
ton and Senator Patterson. both
committee members, are leaving
Washington, the former for Eu-
rope and the latter for the Phil
ippines.
The other three members
Senator Nye CRD of North Da-
kota. Dale CRD of Vermont and
Wagner CD of New York-will
leet in the next 10 days to dis
cuss a future course of action.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
Chimney Sitter Up
$50 Hours in Tokyo
Strike Protest

TOKYO, May 7.-Surpassing
by 20 hours the previous rec
ord of 13O hours, Tokyo's lat
est chimney sitter refused to de-
Scend from the stack of the
Japan Dyeing and Weaving
Works until the strike of it's en-
ployes is settled. Nearly $50 ad-
ditional employees shut in a
warehouse, continued the fast
which already had resulted in
so of them being sent to hospi-
tails.
KiyoSh Tanabe settled a
strike here last November by
sitting 1870 hours on Chin
ney. The employers capitulated
when it was learned the En-
peror was to pass near, the law
forbidding any person to take
a position above the Emperor.
Tanabe later received suspend,
ed iail sentence.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
CHURCH VOT TES
BIRTH CURB

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, May
8 G.N.SD.-By vote of 70 to Is,
the Congregational Christian Con-
ference of Iowa today had
adopted a resolution favoring the
dissemination of birth control in
formation.
In spite of determined efforts
of older members of the confer
ence the resolution was pushed
through late yesterday after a
motion to table it had failed by a
narrow margin.
The resolution will be presented
to the National Council of Congre-
gational churches in Seattle,
Wash, in June.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
GUARD BRAND.
FROM VIOLENCE
IN CRISIS
Feeling Runs High Over For
eign Policy; Life Threatened;
Cabinet Fate in Balance

PARIS, May 8 1N.SD With
an unprecedented guard Of
gendarmes on duty to protect
Aristide BRAND from attack. the
chamber of deputies met again
today to discuss the fitness of
Frances foreign minister to re-
main in office.
According to present indicz-
tiOns, the chamber will vote to-
day or tomorrow upon Brands
foreign policy. with the fate Of
Premier Pierre Lavars cabinet
and the presidential elections
hinging largely upon its outcome.
The unusual police guard was
assigned to the chamber as the
result of a note threatening the
life of M. BRAND. Authorities
believed it might be a hoax, but
were inclined to take no
chances in view of the admitted
ly high feelings for and against
the veteran foreign minister.
Meanwhile, speculation as to
the identity of Frances next pres
ident was rife. Paul Doumer,
as expected, announced his
candidacy last night and a num-
Der of others are expected to
throw their hats into the ring
over the weekend. The cleo
tions will take place next We'd
nesday.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
AROUSED
BY TARANTULA

A tarantula disturbed the peace
of a grocery store in Clarendon
today when it jumped from a
bunch of bananas imported from
South America and started spring
ing about the floor.
All of the clerks of the store
pulled down their sleeves and
turned up their collars to protect
themselves from the giant spider,
whose springs took it four or five
feet at each leap.
William H. Florence, manager
of the store, is credited with it's
capture. He conceived the idea
of turning a bright flashlight
upon the tarantula to blind it.
The spider was turned over to
the National Geological Park for
examination.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
O. E. S. FACES BUSY WEEK

Activities of Brookland Chap.
ter, No. IL, Order Eastern Star,
for the coming week include a
meeting of the auxiliary home
board Monday, a meeting of the
endowment committee Tuesday
evening. the regular meeting
Wednesday. a luncheon-card party
Friday afternoon, and a meeting
Saturday evening of the chap
ter's Star Point Society.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
'BR|BERYCHARGE
HOLDS MAN

Alleged to have told Policemen
Thomas D. Bacon and M. L.
Anderson, of the Sixth precinct,
he would pay them $40 a month
to keep away from his place, Her
bert R. Cole, colored, 212 Seaton
Ct. N. w., today was held by
Judge Gus A. Schuldt, in Police
Court, on bond of $1,000 for the
action of the Grand Jury.
Policeman Bacon said that as
he and Policeman Anderson were
patrolling in the precinct radio
car in the neighborhood of Coles
home, the colored man approached
them and told them he wished to
talk with them. They entered
the house, he asserted, and there
the colored man is alleged to
have said:
Now, listen, if you fellows
will stay out of tiS alley and
keep away from my place, I'll
give you $40 a month. 1 can't
sell any whisky with you fel-
lows around all the time"
Then, Bacon declared. the
colored man gave him five 81
bills, telling him that was the
first weeks pament. Bacon said
he took the money and Anderson
arrested Cole.
Coles attorney remarked that
the affair was "5-and-1O-ce,nt"
transaction, to which Judge
Schuldt replied:
sit is, to be sure. But bribe
is a bribe, whether it is S5 or
$500. The court holds this man
for the Grand Jury"
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
Alexandria Pupils
Take Tubing Tests

Typewriting and S h or t h a n d
teams from the Alexandria High
School. which won the champion
ship of the Eighth district, are
competing in the State finals to-
morrow at Fredericksburg.
The typewriting team is COM
posed of Sydney Wells, Annie
Simpson and Margaret Shaw.
Maud Thomasson. Annie Simpson
and Sydney Wells will represent
the school in the shorthand con-
tests,
The Washington times., 1931-05-08

ing the battle with the police last
night, that she crawled un5er the
bed while the machine Guns rat
tied, was contrite, downcaSt
miss this morning. She spent a
sleepless night and didn't look any
too good when she awoke this
morning She was quite talkative.
however.
Her eyewitness account OF the
killing of Patrolman HirSch was
given emotionally-as if she
didn't realize the enormity of
the crime. She said:
Shorty that's what she
called her under-SiZed sweetie)
and was Sittin' in the car
when up comes the cop and
asks us what we were doing.
Just talking Shorty says. The
cop went away but came back
and asked to see ShOrty's
license. Shorty reached into
his pocket and pulled his gat.
He shot the cop and the man
fell into the car, dropping his
revolver. Shorty pushed him
out and shot him with his own
gun. Then we drove off"
Gave Self Nickname
Shorty was a ready Guy" with
his "gat." Or, rather, his two
"gats." He liked that self-im-
posed nickname of two gun"
When he was captured he had
one gun strapped under his arm
pit, in the best accepted gunman
style, and the other was stuck
down into his right sock.
With fierce hate against "cops"
and a boyish bravado he fought
it out with the police for over
an hour. The police. mounting
the roof of the apartment build
ing, poured volleys Of shots into
Crowley's apartment on the sixth
floor. Crowley and Durninger
fired back until Two Gun" was
wounded and he decided that,
after all, the police were making
it too hot for him. Then the
trio surrendered.
A crowd of 10000 persons con
gregated in the streets and wit
messed the spectacular battle. The
neighbOrhOOd was a bedlam.
That Crowley comes from a
family of police haters was dis
closed when the authorities ques-
toned him. He admitted he was
a Step-brother of John Crowley
who was fatally wounded in an
exchange of shots with Patrol
man Morris Harlow, on February
%, 1928. The patrolman was
killed.
At that time Crowley was IA
years old. He boasted to a school
mate that when he grew up he
would avenge his step-brother's
death by killing policemen.
Durninger had no such motive
in numbering Miss Brannen, the
25-year-old dance hall hostess.
She was in car with Durninger
and Crowley recently. Durninger
was semi-intoxicated and he said
to her tipSily:
you're the only girl 1 love-"
She replied:
But I'm going to be married
to someone else
Durninger. according to the
story attributed to him by the
police, drew his gun and plug
ged" her. They tossed her body
into a secluded roadway in Yonk-
erS,
The death penalty will be asked
for both Crowley and Durninger
when thew are brought to trial.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
Clara BOW Better;
Eats. SLeeDS Well

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, May 19
G.N.SO Clara Bow. movie star
is improving. according to re.
ports today from the Glendale
Sanitarium, where she was taken
Sunday after a collapse.
The red-headed actress is sleep.
ing comfortably, eating heartily
and receiving electrical treat.
m e n is, sanitarium attendants
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
TALKS OF LUNCHES

Miss Grace M. England, Red
Cross nutritionist for Montgomery
county, spoke to the Travilah
Parent-Teacher Association last
night on THE Packing of a
School LUNCH" at the school at
Travilah, Md.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
G. O. P. TO HEAR WOOD

Representative Will R. Wood,
Of Indiana, will speak on RE
publicanism for Republicans" be,
fore the National Capital Republi-
can Club at the Willard Hotel
tonight,
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
KENTUCKY MINE
BATTLE ENDS

EVARTS, KY, May 8 GN.SD
Peace was believed restored to
this strife-ridden coal mining
region today with Kentucky ma
tional guardsmen stationed here
to prevent a recurrence of out
breaks.
It was announced about $50
troops would remain in Evarts
until an end has been brought
to what Gov. Flem D. Sampson
has called:
"a reign of terror precipitated
by Communists"
Four men we're killed in clashes
Tuesday
The Red Cross has taken steps
to relieve the families of miners
suffering from unemployment.
DIES AS HE TREATS MULE
SEAFORD. Del. May S.-Dr
James j. Patterson, veterinarian
was stricken with a heart attack
last night while administering
to a sick mule on the farm o.
James Hearn. near Laurel. an
died in a few minutes. He was
5S and is survived by his widow
and five children.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
STANDARD OF INDIANA

NEW YORK. May 1N.SD.
Standard OIL Of Indiana. for the
year ended December 81, 1880,
earned $46.371, ,438 after depre-
citation. depletion. Federal taxes.
etc. equal to $273 a share on
16.996,595 shores Of capital stock
outstanding at the end Of the
year,
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
Photo by International
AS ARTIST SEES 1T

One Of the most strange
rendezvous in history is being
arranged, when the Graf Zeppe-
lin, piloted by DR.. Hugo Eckener,
will meet the submarine Nauti-
lus at the North Pole. Sir
Hubert wilkins will lead the
underwater party on the Polar
expedition. The Graf will carry
As passengers.
The Washington times., 1931-09-28
D. {. MEN Win.
HARVARD HONOR.

Seven young men of Washing
ton were awarded graduate schol-
arships and fellowships yesterday
by Harvard University for the
academic year 1882.
They are Howard N. FitZhugh,
1903 Fourth st. N. w., Buckley
scholarship in the Graduate
School of Business AdminiStra-
tion; Howard Hale Long, 1112
Girard st. N. w., Austin scholar
ship for teachers, Graduate School
of Education; Sau-Yung Liang, a
travelling scholarship of the Grad
uate School of Arts and Sciences.
Stephen A. Buckingham, of
Chevy Chase. Md, Whiting fel-
lowship in the Graduate School
Of Arts and Sciences; Ernst Her
man Wiecking. special agent at
the Census Bureau, university fel
lowship in the Graduate School;
Thomas E. Lavender, Bethesda,
Md, Townsend scholarship in the
Graduate School, and Bacon F.
Chow, university scholarship in
the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences.
The Washington times., 1931-09-28
LOSES
4-N|LE RACE

Joshua W. Collins, colored, of
1918 Eighteenth st. N. W., is out
on $500 bond today, charged with
liquor possession with intent to
sell, lacking an auto permit, reck-
less driving and speeding, after a
furious four-mile chase at so
miles an hour yesterday afternoon
from Four Corners to Seeds Cor
ners, Md.
Montgomery County Policeman
Charles T. Barnes won the race
along .heavily-traveled highways
and arrested Collins, who will get
a hearing in Rockville police court
October %.
Collins car came to grief when
it struck one driven by Frederick
w. Cox, 4708 Langdon Lane, Chevy
Chase, practically demolishing
both cars. Collins received a
broken leg and other injuries, and
was treated by DR.. j. Marion
Bankhead, of Silver Spring. His
car contained 240 quarts Of al
legged liquor.
The Washington times., 1931-09-28
FIRE ENDS FETE
IN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, Sept. pa
member of the Kappa Epsilon Phi
fraternity of the Baltimore Law
School had a dance given by his
fraternity in his honor here last
night, to celebrate his passing
the State bar examinations.
Today his memory Of the
dance is overshadowed by recol-
lections Of a fire which abruptly
ended the dance, on the third
floor of 514 North Eutaw St.,
and routed dancers and muSi-
clans, resulting in injuries to six
whose clothing was fired by blaz-
dng hall decorations which fell on
the fleeing couples.
Miss MOllie P. OIsky, 112 Jack
son Pl., was the only girl burned,
her head, shoulders and arms
being scared. Leroy Heine, direc-
tor of the orchestra, ran back
into the burning building to save
his violin which he had left be-
hind in the rush. Flaming bunt-
ing fell on him, giving him
severe burns on the head and
hands.
The fire started near the office
of the dance hall, and the flames
spread rapidly throughout the
large hall.
The Washington times., 1931-09-28
KILLING Of WIFE
BRINGS SUIT

Judge William P. Woolls, Of
Alexandria Corporation Court, to-
day is hearing demurrer pleas in
the cases of Craddock against
Craddock, and Judd against the
Alexandria Gas Company.
In the Craddock case, F. G..
Duvall. administrator of the es-
tate of Blanche r. Craddock, is
asking $4,000 damages against
the estate of her divorced hus-
band, Charles r. Craddock, for
the fatal shooting of Mrs. Grad
dock by her husband in her
Washington apartment in June,
1890.
The present. case is one OF a
series of legal battles in which
the Craddock interests have been
involved since Mr.. Craddock first
filed suit for divorce against
his wife in the latter part OF
1929.
Maurice Judd, Washington at
torney, has filed suit against the
Alexandria Gas Company for $4,-
600 for legal services rendered
the company in connection with
the acquisition of the Alexandra
plant.
The Washington times., 1931-09-28
To HOLD
MEET HERE

The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the Synod of the Po-
tomac, Reformed Church in the
United States, will open its sew
enteenth annual convention at
the First Reformed Church, Thir-
teenth and Monroe Streets North
west, tomorrow for a three-day
session.
Reformed churches of Virginia,
West Virginia, Maryland and
North Carolina and central Penn
syIvania, are included in the
Synod of the Potomac.
The convention will open with
an executive committee meeting
at 3 p. M, officially opened by
the Rev. DR.. James E. Buhrer,
pastor of First Reformed Church.
Miss Pauline Holer is local presi-
dent of the synod and Mrs.
Thomas E. FARRELL is chairman of
the convention.
The Washington times., 1931-09-28
MAY.
SURVIVE
BULLET
AIexandrian Shoots Himself
After TeIephoning Threat;
Sequel to Quarrel With Wife

Frederick G. Ayers, 81. a gun
smith of Alexandria, Va, who
attempted to end his life yester-
day by shooting himself through
the chest, was reported slightly
improved today at the Alexandria
Hospital.
Ayers left his home at a. m.
yesterday after a dispute with
his wife, going to his shop on
King Street.
There he called the telephone
operator and told her to inform
his wife he had killed himself.
The operator Immediately called
police and when they reached the
shop they found him lying on
the floor with a bullet wound
in his chest. Two other bullets
were found imbedded in the floor.
The Washington times., 1931-09-28
Candidates Asked
To County MEETING

The Better Government League
of Arlington county will hold a
mass meeting Wednesday night
at the Odd Fellows Hall, Caren-
don. Va, at which the 81 candi-
dates for the county board Of
commissioners have been invited
to speak.
Friday night the league will
select a slate of five candidates
from the list to whom it will
lend it's support during the ap-
preaching camgaign.
The Washington times., 1931-09-28
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued at
Rockville to- Theodore Lilley, 20,
Of Washington, and Frances
Hurst, %, of Statesburrow, Ga;
Cecil G. McClarin, %, and Kath-
crime L. Malcolm, "a. both of
New York city; Howard Prysdale,
"a, of Boston, and Violet L..
Marsh, %, of Charlottesville, Va;
BENJAMIN Mackall, %, of Balti-
more, and Martha Blackburn, Is,
of Takoma Park, Md; John w.
DuPuy, So, and Helen W. Fawks,
AZ, both of Washington, and Boyd
H. Mann, %, and Kathleen B.
Smith, 1s, both Of SmithSburg,
Md,