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The Washington times., 1932-02-08
Al-Star Cast at Front for
Washington Times

The Washington Times International News Service and
Universal Service have an aar cast of correspondents
the firing lines in the SnoJapanese conflict areas IN
Shanghai and in Manchuria.
The famous correspondents whose dispatches you
may read daily in The Washington Times are;
FLOYD GIBBONS, famous headline hunter, now IN
Shanghai after following the Japanese armys advance
through Southern Manchuria.
KARL H. Won WIEGAND, noted European and Far
East correspondent route to Shanghai from Bonn
bay where he has been covering the Indian rebellion
JOHN GOETTE chief of Peiping bureau now IN
Shanghai after covering Nanking bombardment Dean of
Far Eastern correspondents.
DIXON R. HOSTE, chief of Shanghai bureau, writing
daily Shanghai leads and directing assignments. Editor
of the North China Daily News.
EDWARD s. HUNTER, first correspondent to reach
Mukden covering Manchuran campaign from Harbin
JAMES R. YOUNG veteran American newspaper man.
handling the japanese end in Tokyo.
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VINCENT COLL
RUBBED OUT

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 UN.s)-
Vincent Coll, New York's boy
gangster chief, was shot and killed
today.
Trapped within the narrow walls
Of a telephone booth, the youth,
who at % had the reputation Of
being the most ruthless of New
York gang leaders, was riddled
with bullets poured from a sub
machine gun in the hands of a
rival gunman.
Coll had just entered the tele-
phone booth in a West Twenty
third Street drug store when
three men, alighting from an au-
tomobile, came in. Two stood
guard at the door, the third ad.
vanced to the telephone.
With astounding calmness, the
executioner leveled his small
Submachine gun, known to the
underworld as q "Tommy-Gat,"
at the glass of the closed door
and poured a deadly hail Of fire
into the booth.
Coll, with perhaps 10 bullets in
his body, crashed through the door
and slumped down on the floor,
dead.
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To SN|PER
ST|RS POLICE
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CONTINUED from Page u
carded all but that of Mr.. Sega
foose, due to his close residence
to Washington and the make Of
his machine.
Police today are checking a re-
ported hold-up at Tenth and
Irving Streets Northeast, Brook
land, which they believe was
com mitted by the homicidal
maniac and an accomplice.
William H. Aldrich, Of 1O46 Irv-
ing st. N. E., told police he was
walking with his wife last night
near his home when two young
white men held them up with pis-
tolls, and searched them.
Both Very Young
The robbers obtained no loot.
They ran around a corner follow
ing the robbery and are believed
to have escaped in an automobile.
Mr.. Aldrich said both men were
young, between 18 and 20 years
old.
Bullets removed from the body
Of Paul Riedel, bakery owner, kill
ed by the phantom gunman Sat
urday night, are identical with
those removed from other victims,
Lieut.. John Fowler, police ballis-
tics expert. determined yesterday.
Police are checking finger
prints found on goggles discovered
in Chevy Chase which are be-
lieved to have been used by the
bandit as a disguise when he
robbed David Tievsky in his store
at 1909 Wisconsin Ave, N. W.,
Saturday night.
Others Recover
Meanwhile, Gordon T. Backus,
U. S. Forest Service inspector, is
making a good fight for his life
at Emergency Hospital, where he
was taken after being shot by the
sniper in Mt. Pleasant. Two
other victims, Helen Andrews and
Doris Beall, are recovering from
wounds also inflicted by the phan.
tom.
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SHANGHAI, Feb. 8 UN.S).
Hollywood nights are not OBJ
served here, Ronald Colman
learned when he was hailed into
court for being out after 10
p. m. He was released with a
warning to observe the curfew
edict.
The screen star was the guest
of the United States marines
today in their sector along 500
chow Creek.
Colman is stopping here on a
round-the-world tour to visit an
uncle, Percy Colman.
Capt. C. B. Yates, Of the
marines, guided the movie actor
into the leathernecks' outmost
post, where he watched hordes
of refugees pouring into the con-
cession.
From an observation post atop
a flour mill, he saw burning
Chapel with Japanese planes
above,
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
SHOALS REPORT
HITS HOOVER

The 10-year-old Muscle Shoals
controversy flared anew today
with submission of a report pre-.
pared at the request Of Senator
Norris (R.) of Nebraska.
President Hoover was charged
with having named an inveStigat-
ing commission in order to obtain
a report which would recommend
against government operation of
the plant, as provided in the Nor
ris bill, vetoed by President
Hoover in the last session of Con-
greSS.
The report pointed out that Ed
ward A. O'Neal. president Of the
American Farm Board Bureau
Federation. and named to the
commission by Mr.. Hoover. had
for years lobbied against the Nor
riS bill
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
CHARGES
/. ONM|DDLETON

Charges of housebreaking and
larceny against Policeman Wal
lace Middleton in connection with
alleged high-jacking Of a speak
easy were nolle-proSsed today by
Assistant United States Attorneys
William H. Collins and John j.
Sirica.
Middleton recently was acquit-
ted by the police trial board on
the same charges. Testimony be-
fore the trial board was such
that there was nothing to do but
nolle PROSE- the indictment, the
Government attorneys said.
John Cunningham, small-time
racketeer, was supposed to have
been with Middleton. Cunning
ham was slain shortly after.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
JUDGE To ALLOW
INSANITY PLEA
IN JUDD CASE
Murder Defense Scores Point;
Case Due to Reach Jury
Before End of Day

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 8
(I.N.S.) 1.-THE defense in the
trunk murder trial of Mrs.
Ruth Judd scored a victory
today as Judge Howard
Speakman ruled that he would
include in his instructions to
the jury a statement that the
jury might bring in a special
verdict of "not guilty by rea-
son of insanity"
The fate of Mrs. Judd was ex-
pected to be placed in the hands
of the jury by night.
AS the trial entered the last
day, County Attorney g. A.
Rodgers delivered Commute
summation of the prosecutions
case against the slender young
hospital secretary who confessed
she shot Agnes Leroi and Hedvig
Samuelson and shipped their
bodies to Los Angeles.
Rodgers declared the facts OF
the murder were unquestloned
and then attacked Mrs. Judd's
defense of insanity.
A drizzling rain fell on a thou
sand persons who sought entry to
the small courtroom to witness
the closing.
Rodgers branded as "rankest
nonsense" the testimony OF de-
fense alienists about alleged
gland troubles as a factor in Mrs.
Judd's insanity plea.
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ATTACKS
2POL|CEMEN

Charged with assulting two po-
licemen who attempted to arrest
him on Pennsylvania Avenue
Saturday. Lawrence McNally, %,
of 200 K st. N. E., today de.
manded a jury trial when ar.
raigned before Police Court Judge
John P, Mcmahon.
According to the two police
men, McNally broke loose from a
traffic policeman and assaulted
the other policeman coming to
his aid, breaking a rib, fractur-
ing a thumb and inflicting Sc
we're bruises. At the station
house McNally is said to have
gone berserk again, this time
kicking one of the policemen in
the abdomen. He was released
on $1,000 bond and the case was
set for February "a. On the
drunk and disorderly charges
Judge Gus A. Schuldt deferred
action
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ontTnued from rage ~
turn was completed, then reload
the breech, and train the guns
once more on the Chinese targets
and slowly steam down stream re-
neWing the bombardment.
Many Fires Break Out
In the five or ten-mile tri-
angular area between the Yangtze
and the Whangpoo Rivers i'm
mediately to the the rear Of the
WooSung area, dozens of fires have
broken out, until the flat lowland
is covered with a heavy pail Of
smoke underlying today's heavy
mist and light rain.
The Japanese destroyerS re-
opened bombardment Of the Woo
sung area at $50 o'clock this
morning.
There was q terrific downpour
of shells for Is minutes, after
which the Japanese infantry and
bluejackets launched an attack
on Woosung Greek.
The attack was repulsed by
Chinese barricaded about the
area, although their heavy guns
did not speak this morning. The
firing occurred right under the
eyes OF United States Navy
officers upon the lookout of the
Destroyer Barker and before OBJ
servers on the high water tower
of the Texaco Oil Company
inStallment.
Havoc Among Chinese
Again at $50 this morning. for
45 minutes the Japanese navy
brought its guns into play on
Chinese trenches along the rail
road embankment facing the
Whangpoo River and the east
bank of Woosung Creek.
This bombardment came from
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
SIMON FOR GUT;
TARD|EU URGES
WORLD ARMY
Geneva Observers Pleased BY
Frank Statements OF
Two Nations

GENEVA, Feb. 8 (I.N.S.).
Revealing a wide divergence
of views, Great Britain and
France laid their cards on the
table at the general Disarma-
ment Conference here today.
Sir John Simon, British for
eign secretary, told the con-
ference that Britain believes
permanent peace is obtainable
only by slashing arms to the
minimum.
In contrast, Andre Tardieu.
French minister of war launched
an impaSsioned plea for adoption
of the French proposal for an in
ternational air force and centrah-
zation of all heavy armaments IN
Geneva to put teeth into the
League of Nations" and give the
international weapon with
which to make good its efforts
on maintenance of peace.
Observers were pleased by the
frank and full arguments of the
British and French spokesmen.
One delegate summed up the feel
ing in the following words:
"NOw we can get down to
work."
The British foreign minister de-
clared that the Shanghai fight
ing made the conference more
necessary than ever, rather than
lessening its Importance. He said:
1--WE must avoid wasting time
with mere generalities. The
paradox is pointed out that
while disarmament is being dis
cussed at Geneva, armamentS
are being employed in the Far
East, bombs are dropping from
the skies, troops are on the
move, and the ideals Of the
covenant Of the League are in
jeopardy"
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
WOMAN SUES
To HALT SALE

Suit to restrain Nathaniel B.
Dial, 1852 Kalorama Rd. N. w.,
and two others from selling the
Girard Apartments, 1415 Girard
st. N. W., was filed by Effie C.
McCown, owner of the building.
in District Supreme Court today.
The sale was scheduled for this
afternoon.
The owner Of the building says
that Dial has not followed out
terms of an agreement under
which he took charge Of the
apartment until a certain indebt-
edneSS had DeeH paid.
Dial holds a second trust on the
property under which William
Bralove and Harry A. Lentz are
trustees. They are named with
Dial as defendants in the injunc-
ton petition,
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
JAPSEXPECT|NG
FOREIGN AID

SHANGHAI, Feb. 8 G.N.S0-
Admiral Nomura, arriving here
tonight to take command OF the
japanese naval operations. re-
ceived an International News
Service correspondent aboard his
flagship Izmo, anchored in the
Whangpoo River off the japanese
consulate, and made the follow
ing statement:
"The object of the japanese
navy is to protect the safety and
lives of the japanese people re-
siding in the Republic Of China.
In view Of the special character
of this city, 1 shall do my best
to prevent further trouble and
settle the matter as quickly as
possible in cooperation with the
representatives of other cOun-
tries"
Normura explained he could add
nothing to this statement because
he had just arrived and wished to
acuuaint himself more fully with
general conditions here.
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JAPS TURN BACK
j. S. REPORTER
AND.OFF|CER
Goette and American Marine
Halted by Bayonets in
Chinese Territory
BY JOHN GoETTE

SHANGHAI, Feb. 8 N.N.S.).
To all practical intents and
purposes, japanese military
forces today stood as masters
of Chinese soil eastward from
the international Settlement,
usurping powers which right
fully rest in Chinese SOW
ereignty.
A motor car carrying Lieuten-
ant Boone. of the United States
Marine Corps, and myself started
for the woosung battle line this
morning, passing through the
settlement along the Yangtzepoo
Road, which was undisturbed.
Turn Back" Say Japs
At Pingliang and Liping Roads,
which form the outermost south.
eastern tip Of the international
Settlement, our car stopped short
with Japanese bayonets poking
in the windows.
Passes issued by the consulate
settlement authorities and sealed
by the Japanese admiral were
produced, while Lieutenant Boone
presented his card indicating mis-
rank Of American officer.
Turn back" same the impera-
tive command in broken English
from the grim Japanese on the
other end Of a bayoneted gun.
We knew it was no use arguing
that this was Chinese territory
through which we had q perfect
right to pass. However. We
stalled for time, taking IN the de-
tails of the aviation field which
the Japanese have built in the
last few days just off the settle
ment's edge.
Gibbons Contact Baked
Three motor trucks, each carry
ing SO Japanese sailors and their
dunnage and other equipment,
dashed past in the direction Of
Woosung with the rifles in firing
positions and aimed at all points
of the compass.
Although unsuccessful in max
ing junction with Floyd Gibbons
down the river, the trip proved
that the Japanese were not max
ing immediate preparations to
march into Shanghai via the
Woosung Road, tending to prove
the foreign military theory that
they plan encircling the Chinese
defenders of Chapel from the
northeast.
A short while after we re-
turned to the settlement. jap
anese shells dropped where we had
moved a few hours earlier.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
U. S. Mine Layers
Join Shanghdi Force

Admiral M. M. Taylor, COM
mander of the Asiatic fleet at
Shanghai, reported to the Navy
TODAY from the cruiser Houston,
his flagship, the arrival at that
port from Manila of the con-
verted yacht Isabel and the mine
layers Finch and Bittern. The
destroyer Parrott has shifted from
Shanghai to Nanking to stand by
with the Simpson and Edsall.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
Birth ShOLOne Head
To Install Officers

The George Washington Lodge
of the Independent Order of
Birth Sholom of Baltimore, will
hold a public installation of
officers tonight at the Jewish
Community Center, Sixteenth and
@ Streets Northwest. Nathan
Plotnick and Bernard Danzansky.
of the Washington chapter, will
present 30 new candidates for
membership to the grand officers
of the organization.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
Smith Note to Hit
California SnGQ

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 Q.N.S0
Announcement by Alfred E.
Smith that he was willing to run
for President again-sent leaders
of the Democratic party in Cali
fornia into a hurried conference
in San Francisco. ISidore B.
Dockweiler, of Los Angeles, ma
tional committee man, declared:
California will go through
with its plans to send a ROOse-
welt delegation to the cOnven-
ton"
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
JGpGnese Turn OUer
III Chinese CaptiUes

SHANGHAI, Feb. 8 U.N.SD.-
An international investigating
committee was appointed today
to handle the cases Of lit captive
Chinese men, women and children
turned over to them by Japanese.
Many have been kept tightly
bound, hands and feet. Some had
not eaten for several days. There
was one bayonet-wounded S-year-
old child.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
Dorothy Gish H
In N, Y. HOSDit0L

NEW YORK. Feb. 8 UN.S).
Dorothy Gish was in Presbyterian
Hospital today suffering from a
malady the nature of which
physicians refused to divulge.
James Rennie, her husband, was
expected to arrive from Boston
today. Miss Gish had been ap-
pearing recently as star Of a
Broadway comedy.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08

n o n S t o p
transpac ific
flig h t of
Hugh Hern-
d o n a n d
Clyde Pang-
born, Ameri-
can RS
from SabiShi-
70 Beach to
Wenat C h e e,
is planned by
the Japanese
government.
This word
has been re-
ceived h ere
from T. SuSa,
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
BLuebeGrd POLUerS
Mnu Get NeU Trial

CLARKSBURG, W. Va, FEB. 3
1N.SD.-Harry F. Powers, con.
victed mail order slayer" may
be granted a new trial.
A bill of exceptions, alleging 80
errors in the lower court trial,
has been signed by Judge John
c. Souther.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08

Washington'S
second cente-
n ary this
year. Partic-
ular impor.
tance will be
given to the
m a nife e sta
ton now be.
ing prepared
by the Uni
v ersity of
P ariS and
t he Comite
France-Amer-
i q u 9, which
will ia k e
Mace in the
The Washington times., 1932-02-08

director of the Aomori Hortt-
cultural Experiment Station at
Kuroishi, Aomori-Ken, Japan.
The plans as contained in
the directors letter to the pres
ident of the Wenatchee cham
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
Sen. Reed Sees Smith
Definite Candidate

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 8
G.N.SO O.-Alfred E. Smith is
definitely a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent, in the opinion Of former
Senator James A. Reed.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08

Sorbonne Amphitheater on
February FL.
President Doumer and Pre-
mier Laval have accepted in
vitations to take part in the
program honoring the memory
of Washington and celebrating
the friendly relations he main
tanned with France.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08

ber of COM
merce were
dependent on
a re q u e S t
t h a t sCionS
cut from one
of w e II a t.
c h e e'S t a.
m Gus apple
trees, prefer
ably by Hern-
don, be sent
to the station
for propaga-
ton.
T h e re-
quest will be
nro I O q
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
J0BLESS GIVEN WORK

Jobless men are being put to
work on the streets of Riverdale,
according to w. A. Carson, chair
man of the ,Riverdale relief com.
mittee.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08

chamber officials said here.
Susa's plan followed refusal
Of the Japanese government to
allow a box of apples, sent by
Herndon and Pangborn to their
sponsors. the Osaka ASahi news
paper, to enter the county
against strict quarantine laws.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
France to Officially
Honor Washington

PARIS, Feb. 8.-The French
government will join with pri.
vate organizations in observing
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
Japanese to Mark
Historic Sea Flight

WENATCHEE, Wash, Feb. 8
GN.SO.-A flowery and pro-
ductive memorial to the historic
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
HoYT TO TALK TUESDAY

Kepler Hoyt will address the
Society for Philosophical Inquiry
in the National Museum tomorrow
at 4:45 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08

VINCENT COLL
THIS 23-year-old New York
gang leader, was shot to death
by a gunman early today. He
was rubbed out" as he stepped
from a telephone booth in a
drug store.
Weekly herald. (Chitina, Alaska) 1931-1933, 1932-01-31

At GuLKANA rs,
MRS . CIR IFF ITH -OLTS
is renowned for
the wonderf full
me ais and is wy
gr eat1y loved by
hundreds of Ala S =
kans all over,as
she has been in
business in one
place or ano Their
in Alaska for a.
bout AS or maybe
more years. She
has modern wash
T ooms , DE- th-ro ON,
and perfec ct beds
f or the pleasuro
of anybody who
GAR es to use them.
r 0 ur i SITS like to
s stop there, and
Alaska eople
like to "sumHr"
there. There are
fami 1y cabins at
r ent , wi tn meals.
Weekly herald. (Chitina, Alaska) 1931-1933, 1932-01-31
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zs72 ca car e ea TO use + g55en
!z *; ; *: : * ;: ::a :.s 4.
z'a4asas==g----A@ z=- like to ~sumn4er"
~-:" there. There arc
----====: - fami 1y cabins at
44@ ''''' ! I'll 1N7''17:
vhe1. VIC GO not publish their ads,
can 2fford to feed themselves and
their famil ies They sit ar ound f.
smoking the time s%w2y3whe 1T a1rar
ly WOULD be better if they were
cutting wood or ut least keep the
fires in their own jail warm. II
Uncle Sam is willing to Let his
heart and pocket-bock get SO sol
hardly anything can be cone oocut
it here in Chitina. We would 1ikt
to support y law thot would make Fl
man in j1il work at least I or
as hard anyway as an honest, der
and saving MN has to work every
day who pays his bills nnd is
real good to his comuni ty. Why
should these fine citizens go on
forever pnying for the support Of
those buns and boozers who are
mean enuf to have to be put In q
mil. We will ask the Repub1i carp
at the next convention wheather \
they expect Uncle to pay Tariff i
for exporting these jails, besides
mer chandi sc, etc. The Editor.
EDITORIAL. But in the "Pens" III
the States prisoners arc given q
different attitude They ar cept
in little coops hard beds hard
floor hard ironbars and harder
grub. If they need fresh air they
are allowed to go in the yard. They
get rs much attention for the poe
ition they are in q S you or I an
they don't get"fed from mama's
hand~ Their. They IRE fcd-up with
prisonbars and hard beds but
they ought to be, that's why they
were put there so they wouldn't
want to go ngcin The poor, poor
prisoners, they aren't >13Tee: tic
20 in HI overs limousine or even
in the gar bage wagon ivy CONF
70 to town to see what's doing.
They work their way into J211 C
,crk anG wear their way out.
Some Of the me who have been
our Chi tim jail would make an
awful boiler if they were put in
a. pene1en fury Outside They'd Thu
nix sci1e tn ir:3 wuone wi tn hs hotel!
Weekly herald. (Chitina, Alaska) 1931-1933, 1932-01-31

: : :;:;, * e: Etc., {; =z z
in gold rush
days. And =-%------ -
ta 4rv o oe' f1nwere G1ulkanm 1
We extend the dates of our advert So:
EDITORIALS. Most people think of
jai = and pententur les DO tn, as pla-
ces 10 hold criminals from doing On
" more damage. The jrils up here
seem to do NOR th=n is cEpe cted of
them. Be slGcs keeping the prisoners
in the" 10 ck-up" they a. low them Of ten
to stroll round town, in the Gus tody
of the guard however me citing their
friends some times, sc eng what S in
the stores end having good time.
But what they realy should have is
just walking in 2 prison yard They
would get enuf air and ecsercise to
keep them heal thy Stale bread and
goul2sh ought to be used instead Of
white fresh bread, icecream etc. No
crimin nal should be made to die like
= dog for minor offense bit nei tn
er should he be fed as from a kings
hand when tax payers are paying it.
Such ira tment brings men to jai1
instead of keeping them out and some
people have purposely done deeds to
get in this place Specially when a
Long. cold winter was coming on. I'm
+ or tuncte1y in this respect the .Ai I
n Chi gives LIST class food, G
good beds, anG other things like the
privilege Of smokf<2and magazines.
Since things stand in such order as
they do right now, we should say that
all jails around here should abolish
such conveniences for prisons md
give them some bareback to keep
them out.
There ere some people in q
country like this even, who hive so
little self-pride and decency that
they woule rather have Uncle Sam ray
their way than make IN honest cent.
If Uncle would investigate his Attic
once in q while he would be doing q
good favor to many of rs ,cnd those
who save end pay taxes end also be
a hole in his own poke t.
book.1t has been said by many Of Pc
op1e in n posi- ton to know that the
pr soners arc fed even bet ter than
ONE of the residents in this town .
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