davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1932-10-06
FACES
INQUIRY INTO
DIVORCES
Citation Stirs Court to Push
Probe of "MiIF" Alleged
in Alexandria

A move to break up an al
legged divorce mill in Alexandria
was stimulated today when
Corporation Judge William P.
Wools ordered Richard B..
Washington, an attorney, to
show cause why his licence
should not be revoked or sus-
pended.
The case will be heard in Alex
andria at 10 a. m. Monday by
Judge William A. Moncure, OF
Richmond; Judge w. T. McCar-
thy, Of the Sixteenth judicial
circuit, and Judge Wools.
Affidavit Evidence
The action against Washington
was taken after Neal O'Leary, a
former client, filed an affidavit
before F. w. Sullivan, deputy
court clerk, to the effect that
the attorney had told him it
was not necessary for him to
live in Alexandria to procure a
divorce if he could get witnesses
to testify that he did reside there.
The affidavit further stated
that Washington told his client
it was not necessary to have a
room in Alexandria as divorce
cases are no longer investigated
by the courts.
Held AS Perjurer
O'Leary, who lives in the 100
block of Fifth ST. N. W., is held
in Alexandria on a charge OF
perjury after obtaining a divorce
a year ago. He was extradited
from New York last month.
The matter was referred to the
Virginia Supreme Court by Com
monwealth Attorney Albert v
Bryan, who has been directing a
drive against illegal divorces ir
Alexandria.
The Washington times., 1932-10-06
True to Type
BOWERS RECALLS
GREAT DAYS
OF 1912
= BY GILBERT SELDES

A FEW years ago Claude G. Bowers wrote book called
"A "The Tragic Era" in which he told with guso and
enthusiasm the story of America just after the Civil War
cenering the personality of Andrew johnson. Now,
in book which he has bronght more enthusiasm
The Washington times., 1932-10-06
Montgomery Farm
Owners Rejoice
At Rainfall

The downpour of rain which
has given Washington a gloomy
appearance for the past few
days, has brought Joy to the
hearts of Montgomery county's
farmers, according to Albert A.
Ady, assistant county agent.
Most of all. it will help re.
plenish the county's water sup
ply. Wells on many of the
farms which we're practically
dry because of the drought will
be aided no little, although to
reach normalcy they would
have to receive about two weeks
more of heavy rain.
The Washington times., 1932-10-06
$4,000 STOLEN
FROM PILLOW

Ellen Dodson, colored, of the
1900 block Bruce st. S. E., told
police that until yesterday she
thought banks were unsafe. She
said she changed her mind when
her life savings. which amounted
to $4,000, we're stolen from
pillow in her bedroom.
She suspects a colored woman
who looks like an Indian. She
said that she went to work yes
terday and left the woman in the
house. When she returned the
woman and the money had dis
appeared.
Aaron Coleman. of the 1900
block of Eighth st. N. W., said
while walking in the rain at Sew
enth and N Streets, early today,
three colored men grabbed him
and took his watch, which he val
ued at $50.
Leroy Coombe, of the New
Franklin Hotel. told police he was
robbed of $3.50 last night by a
woman he knew only as Blonde"
William T. Burke, of the $500
block of Adams Mills Road N. W..
reported to police that someone
opened his mail box with a dupli-
cate key yesterday and took a
check on the Union Trust Com
pany of Pittsburgh for $100.
Thieves early today forced an
entrance to a drug store at Four.
teenth and L Streets Northwest.
and escaped with smoking ma
terials and fountain pens valued
at 1851.
The Washington times., 1932-10-06
Irdte Traffic Victim
Seeks Odd Revenge

Someone in Colmar Manor got
arrested for a traffic violation
once and is still mad.
He-or She-ls making the
town policeman's life a burden by
tearing up stop signs and throw
ing them away
In an effort to put an end to
the practice, the mayor and town
council today announced that
they would pay SIS for informa-
ton leading to the arrest and con-
vlction of the offender.
The Washington times., 1932-10-06
Hazards of Traffic
Called NeU Element
In School Teachinq

Accident prevention among pub
lie school children was discussed
at length today by William John
Cooper, U. S. Commissioner of Ed
ucation, before the child education
Council.
Mr.. Cooper declared:
Among the new responsible
tiles which the public schools
are assuming is that of teaching
pupils accident prevention and
precautionary measures as these
relate to the physical well being
of the individual. The assump-
ton that safety education is a
function of public schools is a
result of our changing cOncep-
ton of the responsibilities of
education"
Mr.. Cooper went into detail
about former traffic conditions.
asserting that the horse drawn
vehicle was a poor mode of car
riage and declared:
To-day all is changed. The
streets and public highways
are infested with automobiles
and electric street cars operated
at high rates of speed. The
children and even the adults
are not so keenly familiar with
all the hazards involved in the
use of the streets by these
mechanical devises for trans
pOrtatiOn as they were with the
hOrSe-drawn vehicle"
Delegates will attend a big
jamboree tonigIH in the Ward.
man Park Hotel in which stage
and radio stars will provide en-,
ertainnoent
The Washington times., 1932-10-06
CrittentOn Home
Rally Tomorrow

The circles of the Florence
Crittendon Home will hold rally
tomorrow at II a. M, under the
auspices of the board of man
ayers of the home. Mrs. Thomas
E. Robertson, president of the
board, will preside.
The rally will be addressed by
Miss Margaret E. Luther, superin-
tendent of Ivokota, the Virginia
Florence Crittenton Home. Miss
Jean S. Cole, superintendent of
the local home, will also speak.
The Washington times., 1932-10-06
What, No Rum Case
In Police Court?
How Come?
MRS. WHITE

For the first time in more
than six months no liquor cases
were filed today in Police
Court.
One case was reported to the
office of Assistant U. S. Attor-
ney David A. Hart, in charge of
liquor prosecutions, but Mr..
Hart decided there was insuffi-
cient evidence to support the
charge.
Attaches of the office say that
five or six cases is the daily
average.
The Washington times., 1932-10-06

and vast personal knowledge, he has
chosen the name of his central figure
Beveridge, adding "and the Progressive
Era" for his title Yet as you read
the book and follow Mr.. Bowers
through the growth, betrayal and
death of Progressivism in America,
you think at times that the title of
the earlier work might be appropriate
to this one. 1t is the story of the
failure of political idealism in our
country, told in vast detail, yet al
ways with pace and action, and illumi
mated by "the gentleman from In
diana" who went to the Senate as a
conservative Republican, learned al
most against his will that the Re-
publican party was betraying America
to SDecial interests. and became. after
The Washington times., 1932-10-06
All TO DISCUSS SALE

The possibility of a pure,bred
swine sale to be held this fall
or next spring, will be discussed
at the meeting of the Laytons-
vile All Club to be held Friday
night in the Laytonsville school,
The club will also try to stabilize
live stock prices throughout the
county.
The Washington times., 1932-10-06
LYON PARK CARD PARTY

The Lyon Park group of the
Arlington county, Va, Women's
Democratic Club will hold a bene.
fit card party in Democratic
headquarters in Clarendon to-
morrow night. Reservations for
tables can be secured through
Miss Pauline Knee, of Lyon
Park, Va, chairman.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
La GUARD|A OFFERS.
BONUS SUBSTITUTE.
New Yorker Suggests Ma
tionaI Unemployment Insur-
ance Instead of Cash.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
National unemployment insurance
was offered today by Representative La
Guardia, Republican, of New York, as
counter proposal to cash payment OF
the $4,000, 100000 soldiers bonus.
La Guardia, himself veteran, made
known his views as he took the witness
stand as the first to put his opposition
to full payment of the bonus before the
House Ways and Means Committee.
Advocates of the payment through a
81 1000, 900, 900 currency imitation con-
cluded the presentation OF their case
yesterday.
Against Full Payment.
Proposals for full payment of the
bonus also were assailed at todays
hearing by Representative Johnson, Re-
publican, of South Dakota, former
chairman of the House Veterans Com
mittee, and Representative Simmons,
Republican, of Nebraska.
They said there should be some
changes in the laws, but that there
should not be full payment of the
bonus now. Simmons said he would IA
vor payment of the present value OF the
certificates, but that he did not believe
veterans could equitably ask for pay
ment now of the l945 value Of them.
johnson reviewed veterans legisla-
ton and said he thought the committee
could well bring out legislation reduc-
ing the interest charged on loans, tc
which the money costs the Govern
ment.
Il also think the Congress speedily
should pass legislation permitting vet
Grams whose certificates are less than
Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1932-04-19
u. 5. SET FOR TRADE
WAR WITH FRANCE
Plans so Per Cent Increase
in Duties or Embargo
If Necessary.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The United States Government has
virtually decided to defend itself against
the French tariff quota system by ap-
plying hitherto unused section of ex-
isting law so as to proclaim so per
cent increase in duties. If this is in
effective, an embargo against all French
imports into this country can be au-
thorized.
This plan, reluctantly considered by
the American Government, is In process
of formulation and will be announced
within a few days.
For long time France has been dis
eliminating against American products
by means of the quota system, and pro-
tests through diplomatic channels have
been of no avail. Secretary of State
Stimson few days ago had talk with
Premier Tardieu in Paris, but this did
not improve matters, and the United
States Government through its various
departments concerned with trade and
diplomacy, is preparing reprisal,
which, indeed, is compelled by law.
How System Operates.
french QlScrlm1naClOn operates LnlS
way: A decree of the French govern
ment states how many tons of American
automobiles or radios or other products
may be bought by the French people in
a given quarter Of a year. If there is
demand beyond that quota, the
French purchaser must buy from coun-
tries other than the United States.
Thus Determinations have been set in
operation against American machinery,
agricultural implem ents, radios, canned
vegetables, electrical supplies and other
products, about 20 in all
It is not so much the value of these
exports but the principle behind the
French policy to which America takes
objection For if France is permitted
to carry on such program, the states
politically related to France, like Po-
land and some of the Balkan countries,
will follow suit.
Congress adopted the famous section
338 10 years ago to enable the executive
branch of the Government to meet
promptly any Determinations in foreign
trade. Until now this provision has
never been invoked. 1t reads, in part
as follows:
THE President, when he finds that
the public interest will be served there
by, shall by proclamation specify and
declare new or additional duties as here
matter provided upon articles wholly OF
in part the growth or product of, or
imported in vessel of, foreign coun-
try, whenever he shall find as fact
that such country imposes, directly OF
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1932-04-19
D. A. R. ASKED TO AID
LINDBERGH SEARCH
President General of Society
Blames kidnapping on Crime
Wave Sweeping Country.

Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart this
afternoon denounced the Lindbergh
kidnapping case as result Of a ruth
less crime wave" and called upon every
member Of the D. A. r. to be on guard
to help find the stolen baby.
She prefaced her prepared annual
addT ess to the Continental Congress
with this appeal on behalf of Col. and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh:
In the name of the National So
ciety, Daughters of the American Rev.
olution, extend the greatest sympathy
in the tragedy that has come to them" I"
the President general said.
Undoubtedly this is the result Of the
great wave of crime that is going across
the country. This crime is not limited
to adults, but the youth and children
seem to be utterly demoralized and so
ruthless in all things Evidently the
Ten Commandments have been for
gotten.
LET every member of our great or
ganization be on guard to help these
young American parents"
Evening star., 1932-04-19
JAIL PLOT Barred
TO SEIZE OFFICERS
Three Felons in Los Angeles
Guarded Closely After Plan to
Abduct Sheriff and Two Others.

BY the Associat ted Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 19.-Three
convicted felons were under double
guard in the county Jail today following
revelation Of plot to kidnap three high
law officers of Los Angeles County in an
effort to effect their release.
The prisoners are Ralph Sheldon,
convicted kidnaper and reputed one
time aide to AL Capone; Louis Frank,
accomplice of Sheldon in the kidnap-
ing, and Nick Radovich, bank robber.
The officers to be kidnapped were
Sheriff William /. Traeger, Under
Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and Jailer
Glen Peoples.
District Attorney Buron Fits said one
of the officers to be seized was to be
compelled TO present a forged court
order at the Jail to release the prisoners.
Fits said his information was that
group of Chicago gangsters" was fos-
tering the jail delivery plot.
Sheldon and Frank were convicted OF
the kidnapping and holding for ransom
of z. L. "Zeke" Caress, Aqua Caliente
betting commissioner. and Mrs. Caress.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
DRY NU[L|F|CAT|ON
FORECAST BY WOLL
Labor Head Appears Before
Committee-Bingham Bill
Rejected, 7 to a..
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Matthew Won of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor testified before Sen
ate judiciary subcommittee today that
if national prohibition is not modified
"the pressure will become so great that
notification by Congress will result and
the Federal Government will cease tc
appropriate money for enforcement"
He was one Of several witnesses ap-
pearing on bills for change in the pro-
hibition laws. Shortly before, another
Senate Committee, that on manufac-
lures. had voted an adverse report or
the Bingham 4 per cent beer bill. The
vote was Z to 4.
Woll contended the economic effec
of legaliZing beer is greatly needed u
relieve the condition of labor.
rs it that we want revolution in thl
country" he asked, his voice rising.
Calmness Held Remarkable.
"The remarkable thing to me is tina
labor has been so calm, so conserVa
tive during this depression.
But let that condition continue ant
I'll not venture to say what labo
shall do"
Occasionally Woll referred to Bishol
James Cannon, jr., who sat back in g
corner of the small committee room
as the gentleman behind me.
Throughout the testimony in which
there were several complaints agains
clerical proponents of prohibition
Bishop Cannon sat as though he dlt
not hear.
Those who voted for the Bingham
beer bill were Senators Metcalf (Rhod
Island), Barbour New Jersey and Il
Toilette wisconsin,, Republicans, anC
Bulkley (Ohio), Democrat.
Those opposed were McNary (Oregon)
Goldsborough (MarylanO, HATFIELD
(West Virginia) and Cutting (NeV
Mexico), Republicans, and CostigaI
(Colorado), Smith (South Carolina,
and Sheppard (Texas). Democrats.
Senators Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon
tana, and Long, Democrat, of Louisi'
ana, were not present and did not vote
Meanwhile, at the resumption of pro-
(Continued on Page 2. Column IL
Evening star., 1932-04-19
LINDBERGH UNABLE
TO CONTACT GANG
Blames Press for Inability to
Resume Negotiations With
Kidnapers.
BY the Associated Press.

HOPEWELL, N j., April 19.-Col.
Charles A Lindbergh says he has been
unable to re-establish a definite contact
with kidnapeTs of his 21-montn-old son.
I'VE are extremely anxious t5 re-
establish contact with the kidnapers
and while we sincerely appreciate the
cooperation we have received from
many press associations. our attempts
are still greatly hampered or made i'm
possible by press activity" said a state
ment he issued last night.
up to the present time we have been
unable to re-establish a definite con-
tact"
Through State police came the fol-
lowing statement from Lindbergh:
The continued following of our rep
resentatives by members of the press is
making it extremely difficult if not i'm
possible for us to establish contact with
whomeVer is in possession of our son.
The publication of demands for addi-
sonal ransom which have never been
made and Of amounts which we are
unable to pay can cause nothing but
greater difficulty"
The regular night police bulletin told
of a futile search of the liner Europa
prompted by a telegraphic tip"
An informant from Newark, N. j."
said the authorities, reported that
Harry F1eischer and (Abie) Wagner
(gangsters sought for questioning were
seen with a blonde woman in an inn
in Unionville, n. } Investigators from
this point searched the suspected
premises and questioned persons in the
neighborhood. From the information
obtained it was definitely proven that
neither Fleischer nor Wagner had been
in this neighborhood.
Col. Lindbergh has repeatedly as
sured us that all matters he feels he
can release for publication will be
promptly released through Trenton, and
nowher else" said the bulletin.
Lindbergh'S attorney and personal ad-
wiser conferred again yesterday with one
Intermediary. as another, John H. Cur
It's Of Norfolk, Va, was reported to be
at the Lindbergh home
For more than week Attorney Hen
ry Breckenridge has been coming and
going from the New York home of DR.
John F. Condor, 72-year educator
who paid the $4,000 ransom money or
April 2, but failed to obtain the return
of the Lindbergh heir.
Hope has not yet died that DR.. Con-
don will be able to persuade the kid
napers to give up the baby.
A short time after 1t was disclosed ir
Norfolk that Curtis had left on ht
fourth mysterious trip since he and two
associates entered the case as inter.
mediaries, it was reported he had ar
rived at the Lindbergh home.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
DEBATE ON LEVY
PLANS CONTINUED
Witnesses Pour Volume of
Tax Appeals and Complaints
Before Senators.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Complaints against taxes already in
the revenue bill and appeals for new
levies were heaped before the Senate
Finance Committee today by a stream
of witnesses
Both sides of the copper tariff ques-
ton were presented. A. E. Petermann
of the Calumet and Arizona Copper Co.
said a flve-cent tax on copper imports
was necessary to save the industry.
Heath Steele of the American Metal
Co. of New York, a firm which has
some foreign copper interests, argued
the duty would increase rather than de-
crease unemployment at the mines.
The committee also heard opposition
to an per cent levy on the amount
paid for transportation of oil by pipe
lines.
Inland oil producers, through Harry
H. Smith Of Tulsa, secretary of the
Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
told the committee the proposed levy
would fau On the inland producers
very severely and would put many out
of business"
Producers Would Pay.
"A pipeline tax inevitably will be
tax on the producers themselves,
rather than on the pipeline COM
panies," Smith said.
Petermann urged the committee to
approve the 5-cent-a-pound tax on
copper imports advocated by Senators
Hayden, Democrat, of Arizona; Wheel
er, Democrat, of Montana, and Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan.
After telling the committee the COP
per industry must have some relief,
Petermann continued:
The end is right now. Unless some
thing Is done, most of the mines will bt
closed in six months and the worker,
viii have to have relief from either the
State or Federal Government.
These people are facing a disaster
Just as real to them as fire or flood
They know this is a permanent con-
dition unless something Is done"
Reed Convinced of Need.
Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn
| sylvania, said he was convinced q
'prima facie case for a copper tariff
had been made, but he expressed doubt
on the rate which should be levied.
We think a scent rate will protect
a large part Of American producers. >
said Petermann, "but, even SO, many
producers still will have TO pass out Of
the picture"
Senator Hull, Democrat, of Tennessee
interposed that the copper industry was
in no worse condition than the wheat
industry and others which are COW
cred up with tariffs" and argued the
copper duty would not meet the situa-
| ton.
In opposing the proposed copper
tariff, Steele said:
THE duty will not relieve unemploy-
ment at the mines, and on the con-
trary 1t will increase unemployment.
America owns most of the copper in
the world and tariff won't meet the
problem. Increased consumption Is the
answer to the situation"
Evening star., 1932-04-19
disarmament Caravans"
Are Moving on Both Par
ties, She Warns.
TREATY-LIMIT NAVY
URGED IN ADDRESS
"Alien Internationalists" Active
in Homes and Schools of U. S.,
Convention Told.

Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, presi-
dent general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, called upon the
Nation today to combine its forces
against the malign influences of radi-
Gals, pacifsts and racketeers, which, she
warned, are undermining the security of
American institutions and are "captur-
ing the minds of the children"
Outlining in her final address to the
Continental Congress a militant course
Of patriotic action to counter attack
these influences, the president general
drew sordid picture of prevailing con-
ditions in this year of domestic crisis.
Warns Of Pacifists
Disarmament caravans" she also
warned, "are moving on Chicago to Sc
cure a pacifist plank in the national
platforms of both the Republican and
Democratic parties.
"I cannot see any signs OF national
economy in cutting down appropriations
for either Army or Navy beyond the
point of safety" Mrs. Hobart declared,
in warning against another campaign
to redeem the failure" of the last dis
armament petition campaign.
II believe in building up the Navy
in accordance with the London naval
treaty provisions, she added, land
am confident that this Nation needs
the plan of the national defense act
of 1920 carried into completion"
Alien internationalistS, Mrs. Hobart
warned. are taking advantage of the
economic situation to inStill their prop
aganda into the homes and schools of
the country.
Hatred against the United States
Government is generated among the
unemployed and the distressed for any
reason" she declared.
Crime is coming to our very doors.
An aroused motherhood looks to the
executive, legislative and judicial au-
thorities to check and control crime
and impending danger to the lives Of
our households"
Gives Annual Report.
Earlier in the day. when Mrs. Her
bert Hoover was the honor guest oi
the congress, Mrs. Hobart had touched
upon some of these same things IN heI
annual report as president general. Shs
Continued ON Page S, Column ~
Evening star., 1932-04-19
Argentine Arsenal Burns.

BUENOS AIRES, April 19 R).-
-Four Of the eight sheds Of the huge
naval arsenal here were destroyed by
fire last night, The sheds were of
frame construction and were used as
supply depots for foodstuffs and other
material.
Some ammunition which was stored
firemen.