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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
8 MEN INDICTED
IN BANK HOLDUP

A special Arlington county
grand jury late yesterday re-
turned indictments against three
men who are charged with rob-
bling the East Falls Church Bank
after smuggling the cashier. Judge
Walter T. Mccarthy in circuit
court set bond in each case at
$4,000.
The men indicted are Sergt.
John A. Velke, 80, Of the Army
Medical Corps at Fort Hum
phreyS; william B. Babcock, IS,
Of 718 Eighteenth st. N. W., and
George T. Belew, IS. of 2213
Rhode Island Ave. N. E. Accord.
ing to police the men also admit.
ted robbing two bus stations.
Pleas of not guilty were en-
tered by the men and their trial
was set for the June term of
court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
HOnOrs Due Engineer
40 Years on Job

In recognition Of 40 years SER
vice as engineer of the White
House, Edward A. Norris, retired,
will receive a certificate of ap-
probation, appropriately framed
in wood taken from the old
White House structure, from
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, director
of public buildings and parks,
tomorrow morning.
Presentation of the certificate
will be made at the Navy De
partment in the presence of a
group of officials.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
Dredge Ends Task
In RiUer Channels

Completing the dredging Of
four 50-foot channels at the
Washington Navy Yard. including
a new berth for the U. S. frigate
Constitution, the Engineers Of
flee dredge boat Atlas yesterday
was placed in the Navy Yard dry
dock for overhauling.
The river bottom was dredged
in four places to a depth ranging
from 8 to % feet over a distance
of $50 feet. The work makes
possible safer handling of Old
IronsideS and other Navy vessels.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
'CannOnball' in Auto
Crashes in Fence;
Fined S24O

Rutherford B. "Cannonball"
Mason, colored, 43 Rhode Island
Ave. N. W., who last week drove
his automobile at 80 miles an
hour through an iron fence and
across three railroad tracks at
Rhode Island and Johnson Ave
nues, Hyattsville, was fined $240
and costs in Hyattsville Police
Court.
Mason was charged by State
Policeman N. @. Falkenstine
with exceeding so miles an hour,
reckless driving, failing to keep
to the right and failing to slow
down for a sharp curve.
Another charge, driving while
drunk, was dismissed when
Judge ]. Chew Sheriff decided
that one bottle of needed"
beer was not sufficient to pro-
duce intoXication.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
R|TCH|E VIEWED
/ AS LEGATEE''
Of YOUNG

Owen d. Young's positive state.
,ment that he would not accept
the Democratic presidential nom.
ination II it we're rendered him
was accepted at its face value to-
day by Democratic leaders in the
Capital.
Oddly enough, both the Roose-
welt and anti.Roosevelt forces in
the party professed to be well
pleased with this development.
To the supporters of the New
York governor it meant one less
opponent-and one, too, that had
begun to loom large on the
horizon.
Richie as Legatee
Rightly or wrongly, the impress
sion has been general that Young
was the real candidate Of the
Smith RaSkob faction, the man
who was to be the spear-head OF
the "stop Roosevelt" movement.
To the hackers of other cand1-
dates, Young's declaration meant
the elimination of one more
dangerous contestant.
Who ultimately will be the
beneficiary of the Young with
drawal remains to be seen. Gov.
Albert C. Richie, of Maryland,
is the most likely legatee. His
views and those of Young are noT
disSimilar.,
y Smith, Richie Friendly
Both are rated as conservatives.
Both enjoy the confidence and
, respect of conservative Demo
cratic leaders in the East.
Ex-Gov. Alfred E. Smith is ex-
pected to have a delegate
strength of around 200 in the
Chicago convention. He and
Ritchie have been on very friend
1y terms for years, without being
what might be termed close to
each other.
In 1928, Richie refused to al
low his name to be presented to
the Houston convention because
he wanted to see Smith nomi-
mated, and because he wanted to
avoid even the appearance OF a
contest in the convention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
Names of Policemen
Placed on Badges
In Maryland

The Maryland State police
have gone football and base
ball players one better.
The athletes wear numbers
on their backs for purposes of
identified ton.
Under orders from Col. E.
Austin Baughman, the police
men carry their names all
printed on badges worn on
their chests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
BrOOkLGnd Citizens
Fi0ht Auto PARKING

The Brookland Citizens ASsocia.
ton last night called on Postmas.
ter William Mooney to stop postal,
employees from parking cars in
front of the new post office at
Twelfth and Newton SITS. N. E.
Charles 1. Stengle. former Repre-
sentative, spoke on the life of
George Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17

utmost Importance in alleviat-
ing the present economic situa-
ton by putting buying power
back in the hands of buying
people"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
Printer Takes NOUeL
Method to Kill Self

LYNCHBURG, Va, May IT.
j. Tubert Greenwood, Sc, a print.
shop foreman born in Maryland,
is dead today after a weird
method of committing suicide. He
sat in the back seat of his car,
rested a shotgun on the back of
the front seat, and with a string
looped around a spoke of the
steering wheel pulled the trigger
shooting himself in the heart.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
BINGO PARTY SLATED

Relief funds of the Brentwood
Welfare Association will be swelled
by a bingo party to be given on
Friday night at Fireman'S Hall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
HACKER BEATEN
BY FARES

Harvey C. Watkins 81, a taxi
driver, of 210 c st. N. W., told
police that early today two col
ored men held him up and hit
him on the head with a brick.
Watkins said the men hired his
taxi near Twelfth Street and New
York Avenue Northwest. and di-
rected him to drive to an address
on c Street, near Twenty-first
Street Northwest. Upon arrival
Watkins said, one of the men
struck him on the head with a
brick wrapped in a piece of paper.
They then fled.
Watkins was removed to Emer-
gency Hospital by a passing taxi
driver, and treated for severe
head injuries.
Two men were later arrested as
Watkins aSSailantS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
W. E. OFFUTT ON JOB

w. Ernest Offutt, newly ap.
pointed sanitary engineer for the
Montgomery County Health De-
partment. started work yesterday,
following a months study at the
Annapolis Health Department.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17

Many Automobile Repair Services are
listed today in the Business Service
Directory published In the Classified
Section.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17
PARTY FOR ACCOKEEK

The Ladies' Guild of Christ
Church, Accokeek, Md, will hold
a card party in Accokeek Hall
on the evening Of June 4.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-17

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