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The Washington times., 1932-02-29
Women Officials Fine
TOLUn Bachelors 81

MORRIS, ILL.,, Feb. 90 QN.SO.
1t was misdemeanor here today
for a man to be unmarried. The
law was enforced by a complete
Leap Year set of woman officials.
All bachelors were fined ST..
Funds collected by the fines in
Municipal Court were to be turned
over to the unemployment relief
fund.
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
T|CE
PROPOSAL
ACCEPTED
At GENEVA
Japanese and Chinese Dele
gates Agree; Tokyo Must
Still Give Approval

GENEVA, Feb. 90 (I.N.S.).
Delegates of Japan and China
this evening accepted League
of Nations council plan for
cessation of hostilities at
Shanghai.
DR.. w. W. Yen, Chinese dele
gate, announced that the plan
was satisfactory and acceptable
to the Chinese government at
Nanking.
Naotake Sato, japanese dele.
gate, announced his tentative &C
ceptance contingent upon ap-
proval from Tokyo.
COncurred in by U. S.
The plan was drawn up by the
League. Council, and concurred
in by the United States.
1t calls for an armistice confer.
ence to be held at Shanghai and
participated in by the two dis
putants and all nations having
special interests in Shanghai.
Two Main StipuIatiOns
The plan contains two main
StipulationS. They are:
Japan must renounce any
intention of infringing upon
the territorial and political in
tegrity of China.
2-China must guarantee
protection of foreign interests
in Shanghai and insure the
integrity of the International
Settlement.
The Chinese Terms
DR.. w. w. Yen, Chinese dele
gate, told international News Ser
vice he will read to the council
the following conditions on which
China will agree to halt the fight
ing:
FIRST-As a preliminary
stage to putting an armiStice
into effect, the Chinese troops
will retire four miles from
Shanghai.
SECOND-The japanese will
withdraw their forces into the
International Settlement.
THIRD-ChineSe troops will
be withdrawn 10 miles from
Shanghai and Japanese troops
will embark and leave the city.
See Acceptance
Belief was expressed by opti-
mistic League representatives that
formula could be found whereby
the combined American, British,
French. and Italian forces at
Shanghai would intervene be-
tween the contending forces as
the agreement was being carried
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
League Group Ready
To Probe M1ncIlHriU

TOKYO, Feb. % U.N.So-The
commission appointed by the
League of Nations to investigate
the Manchurian situation arrived
today. Lord Lytton, chairman,
pointed out that immediate con-
tact with the japanese and Chi
nese government, which is desir-
able, i. dependant upon the siSua-
ton at Shanghai. If it improves,
the commission will proceed to
Milking about the middle Of
March.
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
YEGGS SHOW.
EXPERT
TOUCH
Seek Only Cash or Securities
Easily Negotiable in Tenth
Street Bank

Professional cracksmen, plan
ming and executing their crime
perfectly, cleaned out 81 safe
deposit vaults of the Washing
ton Savings Bank. at 719 Tenth
st. N. W., some time between 3
o o'clock Saturday afternoon and
3 O'Clock this morning.
The bank vault was nc touched
and bank funds are intact.
Bank employees discovered the
robbery when they came to work
today. The thieves eft an
enormous amount of material
they had brought into the bank
Ia suitcase, tanks Of oxygen and
acetylene, various garments and
J Burglars tools.
Total Loss Unknown
no estimate OF, the loss can be
made yet. mere are 266 safe
deposits and nearly a fourth Of
them were entered. Police found
on the vault floor many valuable
papers, including some registered
bonds and other securities, as
well as small coins and jewelry.
Evidently the robbers were
after cash or securities that
could be safely and easily dis
posed of. Although they had
nearly two days to carry out the
job, police experts estimated
that they had completed it prob
ably in about two hours.
The bank is located at the
corner of Grant Place. It's safe
deposit vaults are in the base.
n1ent of the building, directly
under the vault containing the
banks own funds.
Realty Offices Above
On the second floor are the
real estate offices of Thomas E.
FARRELL, president of the bank.
Adjoining the bank at 723 Tenth
st. is the Standard Typewriter
Company, separated from the
banking rooms by a hall and
stairway.
. Entrance to the building prob
ably was gained through the door
leading to this stairway, at 721
Tenth st. The cracksmen then
pushed out the lock of the door
leading to the typewriter COM
pany'S office and cut into the
bank through a wall, at a place
where door had formerly been.
The door was closed up some
months ago, but the wall at that
point was not only most easily
cut, but by taking advantage of
the existence of the former door,
the thieves came in directly at
the head of a stairway leading
to the basement and to the
safe deposit vaults.
Robert J. Earnshaw, treasurer
Of the bank, who reported the
robbery to the police, said that
during the past week a young
man had come to apply, osten-
sibly, for a safe deposit vault. He
said, after he had seen the vaults,
that his employer wanted the
vault, and that he would have
to report to him.
The Washington times., 1932-02-29

antness is rap
idly going to-
the dogs and
to the gang
sters.
And it s all
on account of
Mr.. Kellogg
and that lit
tie paper he
inveigled the
nice japanese
boys to sign
on the dotted
line. He sold
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
Heir Due In May
To Pat SOn1erSetS

HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 90 IN.SJ.
Pat Somerset, one-time British
matinee idol, now a film actor,
announced today he and his wife,
formerly Barbara Todd, Balti-
more society girl. were expecting
an heir in May. Somerset and
Miss Todd were married secretly
last year.
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
BANKRUPTCY
LAW CHANGE
IS URGED
Additional U. S. Judges to Re-
Iieve Docket Congestion Also
Among Recommendations

In another special message
to Congress today, President
Hoover urged various reforms
in the judicial and law-enforce-
ment machinery, based on a
two-year study by the Depart
ment of Justice.
The Executives chief recon-
mendation was for thorough re-
vision of the bankruptcy act,
which, he said, has failed in its
purpose" He said the bankruptcy
act should be amended to provide
remedial processes in voluntary
proceedings under which debtors,
unable to pay their debts IN due
course, may have the protection OF
court without being adjudged
bankrupt, for the purpose of COM
posing or extending the maturity
of their debts, of amortizing the
payment of their debts out Of fu-
ture earnings, of procuring the
liquidation of their property under
voluntary assignment to a trustee;
or, in the case of corporations, for
the purpose of reorganization.
Other proposals were:
Relief of Federal court docket
congestion through creation of
additional judgeships, as rec
commended by the judicial con-
ference.
Authorization of the Supreme
Court of the United States to
prescribe uniform rules of prac-
tice and procedure for all Dis
trict courts and circuit courts
of appeal in dealing with ap-
peals in criminal cases. The
President noted that convicted
persons were enjoying liberty
for unduly long periods under
the present system.
Would Speed Justice
Legislation to permit accused
persons to waive the require
ment of indictment by Grand
Jury when they admit their
guilt-this in the interest both
Of economy and speeding JUS
tice.
Amendment of existing law
so that belated discovery of a
single ineligible juror on a
Grand Jury shall not invali-
date the jury's findings. Mr..
Hoover suggested that the vote
Of IL eligible jurors should
make a return binding.
A return to the State au-
thoritieS of all future prosecu-
ton of juvenile delinquents.
Modification of existing law
to make corporations liable in
the States in which they carry
on business, irrespective of
where they were organized.
President Hoover touched brief
ly on prohibition-but only in so
far as the District of Columbia
is concerned-by renewing his
recommendation of a year ago
that Washington police officers
be empowered to act in conjunc-
tion with Federal officers in en-
forcement of the dry law.
Still Undue Congestion
The President found that i'm
provement has been made during
the last years in relieving court
congestion, "yet despite every
effort there is still undue con-
geStion in a number of districts"
He cited numerous statistics to
this end.
Criminal cases commenced
have increased from 1929 to 1881,
but the number Of pending cases
shows a decrease from 30,400 at
the end Of 1928 to 27,900 at the
end Of 1884," his message stated.
In 1881 alone, 1000 more Grim
inal cases were disposed of than
commenced, showing a definite
gain in this field
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
IOWa Bank Held Up;
Robbed of $4,000

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Feb. 30
GNSO The Home Savings
Bank here was robbed of $50, 900
today by four men armed with re-
volvers, who tied up employees OF
the bank as they reported for
work and forced the cashier TO
open the safe.
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
GGndhi's Wife Ends
Sir-WeekS' Sentence

BOMBAY, Feb. 20 GN.SO,
Mrs. M. K. Gandhi, wife of Ma
hatma Gandhi, was released from
Poons Prison today, after serving
a six weeks sentence. She was
arrested for aiding her husband
in perpetuating civil disobedi.
ence campaign against the British.
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
Air Crash Kills 2,
Hurts 4 Near Rome

ROME, Feb. 30 GNSO Two
persons were killed and four
injured today when an air pass
enger liner nose-dived in landing
at Ostia.
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
Hoover Message Asks Judicial Reforms
Imprisoned
Or Slain
As Spy
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Noted War Correspondent and Famous
Headline Hunter" of the RadiO)
copyright, 1882. International

SHANGHAI, Feb. 90, 7:57
,. m.-Hello, everybody!
This here Shanghai unpleas-
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of Feb
ruary 26, $435, ,271 ,005.07; expendi.
lures, $22, ,790.74; customs re-
ceiptS, 20,678,394.55.
The Washington times., 1932-02-29
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy tong ght; minimum temperature
about 43 degrees; Tuesday fair and colder;
moderate west and northwest winds.
Temperature Yesterday-Hghest, "A; low
est, Al.
Humidity Yesterday-Highest, 81; lowest, So
Full GDe0theT report on page
The Washington Times o only afternoon paper
this city publishing dispatches Of international
News Service and Universal Service.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
VARIED TRIBUTE
To MOTHERS

Washington paid tribute to
universal motherhood yesterday
in Arlington Cemetery, score
of churches, and in homes Of
every description.
First to be honored was the
Mother of the Unknown Soldier
when the Henry C. Spengler unit
of the American Legion auxiliary
planted a white birch near the
tomb. The renowned American
contralto, Nine. ErneStine
Schumann.E .Eeink, sang afte
which Col. Frederick H. Payne,
Assistant Secretary of War spoke.
At IL the American War
Mothers dedicated a second tree
near Lincoln Memorial. At 2
they assembled at the Arlington
Amphitheater and were addressed
by Secretary of War Hurley.
At Washington Cathedral Mrs.
John D. Sherman Of the Bicen-
tennial Commission eulogized
Mary Ball Washington, mother
of George Washington and Bishop
James E. Freeman commemorated
all mothers, living and dead,
holding a son could be no
greater than his mother.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
KNIFE W|ELDERS
GET WARNING

Knife wielders need expect no
mercy in Police Court in the
future, Judge Gus Schuldt warned
today in commenting on an
assault case.
Judge Schuldt issued his warn
ing as he sentenced Percy Jones,
colored, 10. of 1902 Fifteenth St.
N. w., to $50 days in Jail for an
assault on Sam Height, colored,
of the same address.
Height said he found Jones at
Seventh and S Streets North
west last night driving his car.
He reprimanded him for using
the car without permission and
then started to enter the machine
himself when, he said, Jones
struck him in the neck with a
pocket knife.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
CROWDS PARADE
DOWNTOWN
SECTION
Not in Two Centuries Has
Monumental City Had
Liberal Sunday

BALTIMORE, May 9.-Bal.
timore is today blinking its
eyes and relaxing as if it had
been watching a stage or tent
show. For last night the city
was in carnival mood, cele-
brating the first "open" Sun
day in two centuries.
Passage of the anti-blue law
city ordnance last week, opening
theaterS and other forms of
amusement and some stores on
the Sabbath, gave the city full
cause to celebrate, Judging by the
throngs in the movies and on the
streets.
The afternoon passed quietly,
but nightfall found throngs in
the shopping and theater district,
many Of them enjoying the at.
mosphere Of freedom and the
novel feeling Of an open Sab
bath.
Many autos from other coun-
ties were noted, indicating that
outside people, especially young
folks, would from now on find
Baltimore a favorite rendezvous
and "a place to go" Sunday
nights.
Several ministers insisted they
had better attendance at their
churches last night than usual.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
37,4O0 LIVING
|NCUMBERLAND

The Director Of Census an
nounced today that the popula-
ton of Cumberland, Md, for the
fiscal year ended March 81, 1880,
was 37,400.
The total payments for opera
ton and maintenance Of general
departments and public service
enterprises in that city for that
year amounted to $1,547 $50, while
the total receipts, including
schools, were $1,417,366. The to-
tai funded or fixed debt outstand-
ing March 81, 1880, was $5, OPT ,050.
The assessed valuation of prop
erty in Cumberland subject to ad
valorem taxes for city corpora
tion was $49,165,98S. The per
capita tax levy for the city,
school, State and county was
$33.5 in 1880.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
Don't Big Prices
for Dyeng-
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Expensive profession al
dyeing is just sheer extravaganza
when you can buy Tintex at any
drug store or notion counter.
For only a few cents and
in a few minutes Tintex will re-
store all the original color-beauty
to faded fabrics or give them new
and different colors.
Indeed, millions of women
use Tintex to brighten curtains,
slip-covers, bedspreads,' sports.
clothes, underwear, dresses :. .
any and all fabrics in need Of color!
Ask to see the Tintex Color
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Whiter-A bluing for restoring white
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The Washington times., 1932-05-09
LEGION STAGES
SHOW, FIESTA

The District Of Columbia De-
partment Of the American Legion,
embracing all the posts Of the Dis
trict, is opening a Bicentennial
celebration and fiesta at Four
teenth and r Streets Southeast,
tonight, to last all week.
The legionnaires have engaged
the Bernardo Greater Shows, one
Of the largest tented organiza-
tions to play Washington this
year, to provide the amusements.
The object of the fiesta is to
raise funds for the drum corps
expenses to Portland, Ore, for
the national convention. The
drum corps will be out in force
tonight to open the festivities
with a bang. Red Brady and
Joan, said to be the worlds
greatest all-round divers, will dive
from a height of 100 feet head
first into a blazing tank.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
ART PRIZE WON
BY MD. YOUTH

HAGERSTOWN, Md, May o.
Henri Bremen, %, Of this city,
an art student at the Maryland
Institute, has been awarded the
Chaloner prize which carries with
it $4,000 a year for three years,
$500 travelling expenses and fur
nished studio in Paris for three
years.
The prize is one Of the most
coveted in art circles in America
and Brenner had to compete with
student sculptors from all parts
of the country.
Brenner studied four years in
the fine arts department Of the
Rinehart School at the institute.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
DELANO TALKS
At ARTS MEET

What will Washington look like
In 20 years?
Frederic A. Delano, chairman Of
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, and Charles
w. Eliot I'd. planning director Of
that body, will attempt to answer
this question today in addressing
members of the American Fedora
tion of Arts holding its twenty.
third annual convention here at
the Mayflower Hotel.
The convention, which will end
Wednesday night with a banquet
at the Mayflower, will devote most
of it's sessions, under the guidance
OF President F. A. Whiting, to dis.
cussions of the place of art in
American life.
This mornings session was be-
ing devoted to registration and
routine reports. The future of
Washington was to be discussed
this afternoon, while tonight dele
gates will attend the Bicentennial
exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
SONG FESTIVAL
OPENS TONIGHT

The District Bicentennial Music
Week opens tonight with a con.
cert at Constitution Hall by the
Philadelphia Harmonica Band and
Madame Schumann-Heink. Pro
grams will be presented nightly
except Saturday under the aus
pices of the District Bicentennial
Commission.
The Paulist Choristers of New
York, Father Finn conductor, will
be the attraction tomorrow night.
Madame Claudel, wife of the
French ambassador, is the pa
troneSs of this concert.
A maSSed chorus, assisted by
the United States Marine Band,
will give the cantata Washing
ton" on Wednesday night. This
was especially written for the BIZ
centennial celebration by Edward
c. Potter and R. Dean Shure.
The chorus was organized by Mrs.
Gertrude Lyons.
"Hansel and Greta" will be pre-
sented Thursday night by the
American Intimate Opera Com.
pany, of New York, under the di.
rection of Vladimir Rosing.
The concluding feature Friday
night will be a concert by the
senior and Junior high schools of
the District under the direction Of
Edwin C. Barnes. supervisor Of
music in the District public
schools.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
BALTIMORE in FESTIVE MOOD ON FIRST OPEN SABBATH
Motorists Help Fight
Forest Fire Near
BOwie Track

Hundreds Of Sunday motorists
yesterday watched a forest fire
that burned over 100 acres Of
woodland adjoining the Bowie
race track. Some of the spec
tators even Joined Prince
Georges volunteer firemen in
putting out the flames.
The blaze was extinguiShed
after an all-afternoon fight by
firemen from the Bowie, Glenn
Dale, Cottage City and Bladens-
burg companies.
The stable and stands at the
race track were not ENDANGERED.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
Bankruptcy LalD
Tonic at Meetinu

''The Need for Reform of the
Bankruptcy Laws" will be the
topic of Lloyd Garrison, special
assistant to the Attorney General,
who will speak at the meeting of
the Federal Bar Association in
the Interior Department Audito-
rum tonight.
Officers of the group will be
elected at the meeting.
Garrison will discuss existing
measures which he aided in
drafting and will also tell of the
need for more workable" laws
regarding bankruptcy,
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
TaLLey Committed
For SGnitu Tests

RICHMOND, Va, May 9.-Rob-
ert H. Talley, former United States
attorney, held in the city jail since
April 18 on grand larceny charges,
has been committed by Judge
John L. Ingram, to the Southwest
ern State Hospital at Marion for
a report on his mental condition.
Judge Ingram had Talley trans
ferred to Marion on the recon-
mendation of DR.. Beverly r. Tuck
er and DR.. Finley Gayle, jr., Rich
mond prychiatriStS,
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
JeJUett May Seek
Va. Seat in House

RICHMOND, Va, May g.
Carleton E. Jewett, of South
Richmond, is thinking of running
for Congress against Representa-
tive Andrew Jackson Montague,
of the third Virginia district.
The possibility of Jewett max
ing the race has revived the be-
lief among many that former
Gov. Harry F. Byrd is a leading
dark horse for the Democratic
Presidential nomination,
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
Mothers Debtors
Of Church, Is VieLU

The mother of today owes her
position in society to the church,
which has ennobled womanhood
and motherhood, the Rev. Francis
j. Hurney stated in a Catholic
Radio Hour sermon from the
Church Of the Immaculate Con
ception yesterday.
The church recognizes no SUI
periority nor inferiority In the
sexes, he said, each having its
own particular sphere. The
church opposes leaving the for
nation and training of children
entirely to the school because
character training is the mothers
prerogative, he said. =
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
Alexandria to See
Bio Naval DiSDL1V

Alexandrians will see the larg.
est naval display Wednesday and
Thursday since the World War
when a submarine, a destroyer,
three Coast Guard vessels, the
Constitution and several smaller
craft will be anchored in the
river off King Street. The tor
pedo station will be opened to
visitors also.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
Job Bar Seen Cause
Of Secret WedLOck

Opposition to the movement in
Congress to release married
women from Government posi-
tionS, if held necessary to the
economy program, was expressed
yesterday by members Of the Ma
tional Woman'S Party at their
club house, IA B st. N. w.
It was declared that such a
plan would keep many couples
from marrying, or if they do
marry they would conceal the
fact.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
OUerseGs Band Seen
At Glen Echo Park

Members Of the Overseas Mill
tary Band are holding their an
nual outing at Glen Echo Park to
day. The organization has just
returned from Winchester, Va,
where it led the Apple Blossom fes'
tival parade as military escort for
Miss Helen AmeS Washington,
Queen Shenandoah TX.
Today's program at the park
will be concluded with a concert
by the band at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
Boy of 13 Rescues
COmDQniOn in RiUeT

While scores of motorists looked
on, Russell Piper, 13, jumped into
the Potomac River yesterday
afternoon and rescued Samuel
Williams, Is, from drowning. The
boys were fishing from a small
boat near their home in Alexan-
dria. when Williams became i'll
and fell into the water.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
Woman, Hit by Auto,
SeriOUsLy Injured

Mary Gillum, so, of SOL First
ST., Alexandria, suffered a
broken jaw, broken arm and
internal injuries last night when
she was struck by a car driven
by Harry Browdy, attached to
the Naval Hospital at Brooklyn.
Browdy was charged with col
liding and released in care of
the naval authorities until an in
veStigation is completed.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
P0rkUieUU Citizens
Offer Fete PrOQrQnl

Charles I. Stengle will be the
principal speaker at a George
Washington celebration at the
Parkview School Wednesday
night.
The entertainment, open to the
public, is under auspices of the
Parkview Citizens Association.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
Columbia Park Body
Will Hold Election

Nomination and election of Of
ficers of the Columbia Park Citi-
zens Association will be held
Wednesday night in the George
Truesdell School, Ninth and In
graham Streets Northwest: An
entertainment will follow the
election.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
HARVEY RITES TODAY

RICHMOND. Va, May g.
State Senator Edwin johnson
Harvey, st. of the Thirteenth dis
trict, who died Saturday at
Memorial Hospital, Danville, after
an illness of three weeks, will be
buried today.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
A.F.L. Head to Talk
On u, s. Pau Slash

Federal salary reduction pro-
posals will be discussed by Will
liam Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, at
the regular meeting of the Cham
Der of Commerce in the May
flower Friday night. A buffet
supper will be served.
The Washington times., 1932-05-09
NdtiUeS Will Haze
18th Annual Dinner

The twelfth anniversary ban
quet of the Society of Natives, Dis
trict of Columbia. will be held at
the Shoreham Hotel Thursday
May 19, at Z p. m. An entertain
ment and dancing will follow.