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The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Police Still Hope
To Arrest Bandits

Prince Georges county police
said today they still hope to
arrest the three bandits still
hunted for the murder of Grover
Amick, at the Colonial Tea House,
in Bladensburg, November %.
Peter Abbott, of Philadelphia,
now locked in the Jail at Marl-
boro and Thomas Simone, re-
cuperating from pistol wounds at
Gallinger Hospital, are said to
be the other two bandits who
raided the roadhouSe.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
DeLay
HiqhVQH Shoulders

Because of difficulties in secur-
ing rights of way, work on con-
crete shoulders planned by the
Maryland State roads commission
for the Livingston Road from the
District Line to Oxon Hill, Md, is
being delayed, according to Joseph
CLANCY, district engineer at Upper
Marlboro.
Mr.. CLANCY said if land owners
persist in their refuSals condem-
nation proceedings will begin in
the near future.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Hot Water Slayer
NnU Fi0ht Life Term

LEWISBURG, w. Va, Jan. %.
Mrs. Minnie Stull remains in Jail
here today on a 60-day stay of
the life sentence imposed on her
yesterday for the murder of her
step-son, pending a possible ap-
peal to the supreme court.
The 31-year-old widow, who was
charged with throwing the boy,
Mickey, 9, into a tub Of scalding
water, heard without emotion the
courts mandatory sentence. The
jury recommended mercy.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Charities to Place
Jobs in HUnttSUiLLe

Through cooperation of the
mayor and town council OF
Hyattsville. the Associated Chair
ties of Hyattsville will place six
unemployed heads of families at
work cleaning up unsightly trash
along the streets of the town,
Mrs. Morris, president of the or
ganization, announced today.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
County Women Will
Ponder Job Relief

The executive committee OF the
Prince Georges County Federation
of Women's Clubs will meet Tues
day morning in the Memorial
Methodist Church. of HyattSville.
The federation, under the lead
ership of Mrs. Rudolph Allen, of
College Park, is engaged this win
ter in countrywide unemployment
relief work.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Girl Is Committed
On TrUdncu ChGrQe

Evelyn Harrison. of Capitol
Heights, Md, accused of truancy,
was sent to the MontroSe School
for Girls, in Baltimore, by Judge
]. Chew Sheriff yesterday.
According to her mother, Mrs.
Margaret Harrison, the child was
sent regularly to school, but fail
ed to attend her classes.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
AutOist Files Suit
For Auto Collision

Ralph Presgraves, of Fairfax,
Va. Yesterday filed suit in Airing
ton county for $500 against R. V.
Hannah and Hazel Hannah, of
Bon Air. Va, for damages to his
automobile resulting from a col
lision,
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
HIT AREA CUT

The board of directors of the
Ashton Heights Citizens ASsocia-
ton yesterday adopted a reso-
luton protesting against the pro-
posed abolishment of the Eighth
congressional district, now repre-
sented in Congress by Howard
w. Smith. of Alexandria.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Liquor Possession
Brings Heavy Fine

Found guilty in Rockville Police
Court of possessing liquor,
Lawrence Ecker, of 908 Eighth
st. N. W., was fined $500 and
costs, in default of which he
must serve IL months in the
Maryland House of Correction,
by Judge Charles w. Woodward,
who also ordered his automobile
eoIl
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Apartment Blast
ROUtS 80 Tenants

CHICAGO, Jan. % GN.SO,
Mrs. Mathilda Henchert. SO, and
her 13-year-old daughter were
critically injured in a gas ex-
plosion in their apartment here
early today. The blast routed
the tenants of 80 other apart
ments in the building.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
Health Unit Warns
Of YeLLOU FeUer

The United States Public Health
Service has found a new danger Of
yellow fever spread in the mod
ern rapidity of travel. A bulletin,
which reminds that 13 known spe-
cies of mosquito can carry yellow
fever germs, adds:
'It is not only possible, but
extremely probable, that on &C
count of increased and more
rapid means of communication,
yellow fever will re-appear in
many former endemic centerS
and even spread to countries
never before infected, unless the
strictest vigilance is maintained
to Drevent it ="
The Washington times., 1932-01-22

$500 in CASH PRIZES will be given
winnNk of the Slogan Contest an
nOunced today in the Classified Section
now.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
TO ATTEND ROAD MEET

C. L. Kinnier. Arlington county
engineer. and Lyman M, Kelley,
county commissioner. will attend
the Virginia Road Builders Con-
vention in Lexington, February
3, 4 and 5.
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
REDS IN CHURCH
SEIZED BY j, 8.
~

Leaning that 100 Communist
members of the B. E. F. were
congregated today in an aban-
doned church at Fifth Street and
Virginia Avenue, Southeast, police
and Department of Justice agents
threw a Gordon around the build
ing.
AS the men, unsuspecting a
trap, filtered from the building,
they were seized, searched, ques-
toned, and made to sit on the
curb.
Seven arrested are:
James William Ford, 38, Colored
of New York city. who told police
he was vice presidential candidate
of the Communist party; William
Phillips, 10, of 1887 Seventh st.
N. w; William R. Powell, So,
colored, of 500 P st. N. W.; Or
lando E. Hill, 38. colored. of 313
Sixth st. N. E.; Christos Kapana-
doas. 43. of Detroit, and Walter
Horodecki, 81, of Detroit.
According to police. the Com
munist group had been holding
meetings in the church for some
weeks, paying rental of $3.50 a
week. Today. the janitor in
formed the veterans" they were
$I50 in arrears.
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
B. E. F. Mothers, Children
Terrorized By Runors
Times Staff Photo

were piled on the sidewalks or
loaded into dilapidated vehicles.
A half dozen dogs, pets of the
children, Whimpered and hoWled
near by.
Five Expectant Mothers
There remained five expectant
mothers at the billet. Two or
three expected the babies at any
time.
Clayton said he was willing to
take his people away. but did not
know where to take them. Streets
and sidewalks, he pointed out, are
no places for babies and little ch l.
dren.
Scenes of disorder and con-
fusion were enacted at the ouild
ing today when, shortly after
daybreak, families arose to pack
their few belongings.
LOOters Get Food
Additional confusion followed
discovery that the headquarters
storeroom had been entered dur
ing the night and large GUAM
tity of food and clothing stolen
Approximately 35 mothers and
children were taken last night
into private homes. A few who
have homes will go there. The
others will simply await Official
orders,
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
BLACK SAYS j. 5.
ACT '|NHUMAN'

A "crime and outrage" was the
designation given today by Sen
ator Hugo L. Black CD of Ala
bama, to the action of the Gov
ernment in using Federal troops,
tanks, tear gas bombs and other
implements of warfare to drive
out of Washington last night the
Bonus Expeditionary Force.
Senator Black said:
81 think it is a crime and an
outrage that these men who
came to Washington seeking
their bonus payment had to be
evicted by military force. Con-
ceding that there may have
been a few radicals among the
number, that does not excuse
the mailed fist of the Admins
tratiOn coming down upon the
rank and file Of those who
fought for their flag in 1917
1918.
Where these evicted men,
women and children are going,
do not know, but 1 do know
that their eviction from Wash
ingtOn by military authorities
was an act of inhumanity."
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
Asks All Viola tors Prosecuted

II wish every voator of the law to be instantly arrested
and prosecuted under due process OF law.
1T the duty of the authorities of the District to at
once to find the insgators of s*s attack the police
and bring them to justice
1T is obvious that the departure of the majority of
the veterans influences obtained control OF the
remaining in the District, large part Of whom were
veterans secured reputation of their elected leaders,
and inaugurated and organized this attack
They undoubtedly led to believe that the civil au
thorites could be ntmdaed with mpunty because OF az
tempts concate by lax enforcement of city ordinances
and laws in many directions.
II have requested the law enforcement agencies Of the
Federal Government to cooperate with the District autho
ties to this end
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
VETS BARRED
IN VIRGINIA.
MARYLAND
State Police Concentrate in
Alexandria to Bar Any
Attempt at Entry

The entire Virginia State
police force was mobilized in
Alexandria today to break up
any attempted entry into Nir-
ginia in defiance of the order
of Governor Pollard to block
all veterans from entering the
State.
Approximately $50 veterans, who
spent last night at OakcreSt, Va,
on the upper road to Alexandria,
occupied the attention of the 90
State policemen under the COM
mand of T. Mccall Frazier, in
charge of the Virginia motor
vehicle department. ..-
A contingent of so Maryland
State police were dispatched to
the Maryland-DiStriCt of Columbia
boundary line at the same time
to keep additional veterans from
invading Maryland.
Similarly. with the Maryland
National Guard at Camp Ritchie
ready in the event of trouble. eff
forts were being made to haul
more than 500 veterans out of
Montgomery county.
Maryland Has Trucks
These men, principally from
Nevada and Texas, agreed to plans
of Lacey Shaw, president of the
Montgomery county commission
ers, to avail themselves of trucks
to transport them to the Mont
gomery county line.
Commissioner Shaw conferred
with leaders of the B. E. F., who
were between the District Line
and Bethesda, and agreed to place
all available trucks at their dis
posal
This plan was agreed on after
county officials decided against
their original plan to quarter the
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
POTION NOT
FATAL;;N NOTE
i. BARES LOVE
Second Time Actress Tried to
End Life; Was Fighters
Vaudeville Partner

Los ANGELES, July 90
T.N.S. ).-After writing a
note to "Jack," Lima Bas-
quette, beautiful film dancer
and actress, made an apparent
attempt to commit suicide in
her Hollywood home today,
according to police.
After breaking through a door
at her home. police found Miss
Basquette in agony on a divan.
In her home, police said, was
her former manager, Teddy
Hayes.
Took Poison
She told them that she had
swallowed poison, but DR.. George
M. Halkamp. police curgeon. de-
Clared that if the actress had
taken poison, the amount was
small.
Miss Basquette returned to her
home after an hour at the police
hospital.
Police said that the note ad-
dressed to Jack" read:
81 love you, only you.
couldn't help it. l couldn't go
on without yOu."
Note for Dempsey
Friends said that the note had
been intended for Jack Dempsey.
former heavyweight champion of
the world, with whom Miss Bas,
Quette had been appearing in
vaudeville.
Hayes. who previously had quar-
relied with Miss Basquette. was re-
ported by police to have, called an
ambulance.
Miss BaSquette, who attempted
suicide several years ago, after an
unhappy marriage, according to
police records, was discharged
yesterday from a hospital in which
she had been treated for an ankle
injury suffered in fall in an
Oakland theater. where she was
appearing in vaudeville with
Dempsey.
Hayes several weeks ago
charged:
Dempsey has stolen my
girl"
But Dempsey and Miss Bas-
(Continued on Page 2, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
VETSSENDGUNS
HERE, REPORT

PHILADELPHIA, July 20
Il N.SD Police laid dragnet
about the city today in an effort
to apprehend SIX men who police
were informed were en- route to
washington in an automobile
with machine gus and ammuni-
tion for the bonus seekers.
Search for the men started
when William Tulley. 26, attend.
ant at gasoline service station.
in Frankfo"d, told police that the
automobile drove up to the sta
tion early this morning and one
of the men shouted for him:
Hurry up, give us five gal
Ions of gas. We're on our way
to Washington. We have a load
of machine guns and ammuni-
tiOn on the floor of the car"
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
Mdttern and Griffin
Deny Nonstop Hop

LONDON, July % 1N.SD.-
Reports they were contemplating
a nonstop flight around the world
were emphatically denied today
by Bennett Griffin and James J.
Mattern on their arrival from
Paris.
The flierS were forced down near
Minsk, Russia. They are booked
to return to the United States
aboard the Leviathan on July 80.
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
Man, Set for ShaUe,
Slain in Barber Chair

NEW YORK, July % G.N.SO.
Il just want a shave" Carl Arena
said, as, smiling at the man with
the razor. he lay back in a chair
of a Harlem barber shop.
The lather was put on his face.
A stranger walked into the shop,
elbowed the barber aside, put a
pistol to the PROSTATE Arenas
head and fired, killing him. No
motive could be assigned.
The Washington times., 1932-07-29

Wild rumors of babies suffo-
Gated in the burned camps,
of children trampled by horses
and bayoneted by soldiers, threw
the family" billet of the B. E.
F.. at Fourteenth and B SITS.
S. w. in a state of terror this
morning.
The rumor mongers all knew
veteran who knew a veteran
who witnessed such atrocities.
So the women in the billet
trembled today for their own
children. fearing a like fate if
their home" which has been
ordered evacuated by nightfall.
is given over to the military.
Leader Cary Clayton has prom
lSed the authorities to have his
people out of the building. But,
he says, he has no idea where he
can take them. Clayton, Incl
dentally, was himself convinced
Of the truth of the stories of
burned and bayoneted babies.
Children FOodIess
About 140 women and children
remained at the B Street head
quarters. Early this morning the
children had received no milk
and no food with the exception
of some hard-boiled eggs and
bread "mooched" by their fathers
Fifteen gallons of milk, prom
ised by noon, was to be divided
among the Is or more younger
children.
The household effects, tattered
bed clothing and ragged garments
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
Pocket Veto Kills
livestock Loans

A Congressional act to provide
loans to dairy and livestock farm.
ers and for crop planting purposes
died by pocket veto" of Presi-
dent Hoover today. Signature
was withheld because the Presi-
dent felt that the measure dupli-
Gated provisions of the Recon
struction Finance act.
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
Sees Satisfaction to Government

President Hoover said that it matter of satisfaction
that after arrival of the Federal troops hc mob which
dcyng the municipal dissolved without the
firing Of a shot the loss of a life
Mr. Hoover called the attention of the District Commissioners
the fact that martial law had not been declared and that
responsibility for order still upon the Commissioners and
the police He added
THE civil government Washington must function
CONTINUED on Page 2, COL u.
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
Machine Guns Guard
DdUiLQ Cabinet Meet

BUENOS AIRES, July %
1N.SD The political situation
in Chile took another serious turn
today, according to reports. Ma
chine-guns and artillery mounted
on trucks rumbled through the
streets Of Santiago as the Cabinet
of provisional President DR.. Car.
los Davila met in extraordinary
session. Sensational develop
ments were predicted.
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
Holds Death Party
Then Kills Herself

LONG BEACH. Calf. July 90
0.NS0 S0.-Clfmaxing a gay death
party" to which she had invited
friends to cheer her up" Mrs.
Marie Alvina Norton. 80. wife of
AL Norton. retired Denver pugilist
who once fought Jack Dempsey.
committed suicide today in the
presence of her departing guests,
police reported.
The Washington times., 1932-07-29

lmOSt ms CnIlfe NaDlict neld
meeting to decide where to move
the bonus army.
The Democrats are holding a
meeting to decide where to
move Mr.. Hoover and his Cabi-
net.
Everybody wants to do some
thing with somebody else.
| see by the paper that civ
ing" has decreased 7 per cent
since December. And by the
way, who is it that figures up
all these fool things?
Well, anyhow, you might live
that much cheaper, but that
doesn't figure in the worry. If
,thing, we never were living as
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
EV|CTED MEN, BLOCKED
At DISTRICT LIMITS,
RETURN To CITY

Bewildered members of the Bonus Expedi-
tionary Force, ousted from the billets they
have been occupying for two months, today
found themselves shunted back and forth
across the District, unwelcome here and
barred by Maryland and Virginia police from
entering those States.
Meanwhile President Hoover asked for an
investigation of the rioting in the city yes
terday, and Justice Oscar r. Luhring in pur
suance to the Presidents request, today in
structed the District grand jury to begin
such an inquiry The riots, according to to-
DAYS tabulation, caused one death and in
turies to II persons.
RingleaderS to Face Indictments
The grand jury will endeavor to fix respon-
sibility for the disturbance and to single out
the ring-leaders. Attorney General Mitchell
communicated the request to the court.
In all probability the investigation will
begin Monday. Should few men be picked
out as responsible for the trouble, it is ex-
pected that they will be indicted. The number
of possible witnesses and their identity has
not been revealed.
The bonus marchers eviccd from their camps and
WANDERING" amIesslv about Washington face an lmpasse
anparenv Some who driftcd back to their old encamp
mcnts now levced by the fires set by lnantrymen Will
be driven out once moro this afternoon, according TO
information from military authorities
Those who remain in Anacosta are refused peImlS
sion to cross the bridges leading into Washington They
arc being herdcd into southern Maryland, but what
treatment they will receive there remains to be seem
There is no group matter what its origin, that can be
allowed either to violate laws Of this city to nmdate
the Government President Hoover declared today IN letter
Luther H. Rcchderer chairman of the Board OF District
Commissioners.
President Hoover was referring yesterday order to the
nronprv He said:
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
WILL ROGERS Savs:

BEVERLY HILLS Calf, July 29,-See where
Mr. Hoover and almost his entire Cabinet held a
The Washington times., 1932-07-29

worry is worth anything, we never were
expensive as we are now.
Copyright. 1891 by McNaught syndIcaten
The Washington times., 1932-07-29
TROOPS MOBILIZE TO GUST LAST VETS
THE WEATHER

Fair and cooler tonigh and tomorrow; gentle
to moderate northwest and northeast winds.
Temperature yesterday-Highest, 90; lowest,
II. O931: Highest, 94 lowest 73.)
Humidity yesterday-Highest, 81; lowest, as.
Full Weather Report on Page s.
Evening star., 1932-06-22
EXPECTS SHORT SESSION.
Smith in Good Spirits as He Passed
Albany En- Route t. Chicago.

ALBANY. N. Y, June % (P).-Alfred
E. Smith does not look for a knock EN-
doWn-drag- -'em-out Democratic Nation
al Convention of the 1924 type. as has
been forecast by some. Instead. his
word to the party as he moved conven-
tlon-Ward was Make up your minds
you won't be ashamed of any per-
formance we put on in Chicago"
The former Governor and presidential
candidate said that in response to a
wild greeting from thousand support
ers as he passed through Albany last
night There were five tumultuous
minutes on the railroad platform, and
Mr.. Smith was plainly pleased
He pledged the crowd that he would
do the very best he could mot for my
self, but for the country" at the con-
Vention next week.
Deriding the published statement Of
James A. Farley, Roosevelt's campaign
manager, that the two-thirds rule would
be broken to substitute the majority
vote if Gov. Roosevelt was not nomi-
mated after two or three ballots, Smith
spoke informally, but emphatically to
a score of well-wishers who gathered at
the station in Buffalo late last night.
That's just some Of Jim Farley's
chatter" said the folmer Governor If
Jim had lived in Barnum's time, he
would have been the main ballyhoo ar
tist.
They have been talking about alb
rogation of the tWo-thirds rule for years
and then some, They never have got
ten anywhere with the idea"
Apparently in the best Of spirits,
Smith responded briskly and good
humoredly to the Sallies of his friends.
He plainly indicated he favored a short,
simple repeal declaration on prohibi
ton in the Democratic national plat
form.
Evening star., 1932-06-22

all liquor flowing into interstate chan
nels, the Government would control that
liquor ia its various sources distillers,
wine makers and brewers. preventing
all initial shipments into the dry States
or dry cities or counties.
Simplifled further. this Republican
plank means that the Federal Govern
ment would supervise the wholesale
LIQUOR business leaving the control Of
the retail business to the States. coun-
ties and cities to handle as the people
shall choose to handle 1t under their
State constitutions
1t might have been better if the Re-
publican platform makers said this
frankly and boldly. But they didn't.
But when t':ey come to draft an
amendment 10 the Constitution, the
amendment will contain a provision
for control over the wholesale liquor
business, possibly for purposes of taxa
ton, certainly for purposes of direct
ing interstate commerce liquor out Of
the dry States.
As the campaign develops these
principles will be set forth. Senator
Borah will understand before Septem-
Der exactly what the Republican plan
for liquor control provides. The dis
cussion cannot be retained in the realm
Of platitude much longer. TIE retreat
from national prohibition Of the man.
ufacture and sale of liquor to national
control of the liquor interstate traffic
will be a rout AND cataclySm unless
Republican leaders very soon get down
to brass tacks and explain the obvious
implications of their platform
tCopyrisht 1892 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc
Evening star., 1932-06-22
PENNSYLVANIA GROUP
MAY SUPPORT BAKER
Anti Roosevelt Forces Said to Have
Agreed Upon Ohioan for
President.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa, June 22-Ru-
mors that Pennsylvania anti Roosevelt
forces would support Newton T. Baker
for the presidential nomination at the
Democratic National Convention next
week in Chicago were current today in
political circles here
Sedgwick Kistler. national committee
man and leader OF the group opposing
the nomination Of the New York Gov
ernor, is to arrive this afternoon. and
could not be reached for comment. It
had generally been believed before the
Baker rumors cropped out that the anti
Roosevelt delegates would support Al
fred E. Smith
Meanwhile the Roosevelt and anti
Roosevelt factions are lining up for a
battle royal at the Sunday night caucus
in Chicago
Joseph F. Guffey. former national
committeeman and one Of the leaders
Of the Roosevelt movement. and War
rem Vandyke. State chairman and for
ner president of the Roosevelt for
President League. left last night for
Chicago Vandyke was said to have
started a campaign for the Resolutions
Committee post-the committee which
will draft the prohibition plank. Fights
for other committee places also were in
prospect