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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-05
ACTION FOR PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Chair- man Hatton w. Summers, of the House Judiciary Committee, has in- Produced bill to authorize the President to grant reprieves or pardons for effenses committed by persons in all Territories and pos sessions of the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-05
NOVELTY HAT WORN
 BY CONGRESSWOMAN

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Repre- 5. sentative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey has novel black and whita spring hat, fashioned of grosgrain ribbon, in leaf design. One guar ter of the hat is white, the rest black. It has a small .brim. With it she wears short black veil
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-05
This Round-Trip Atlantic Figlh No Stunt;
 Facts on Napigation Sought, Says Arn,an

EDITORS NOTE: Capt. J. P. Saul, the Irish flier who nayigated Charles Kingsford- Smith across the North At antic, tells ill this article writ ten for The Associated Press, his plans to dare the sea twice again this spring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-05
NEW TARIFFS
 ARE ADDED BY
 SENATE GROUP
Finance Committeeman Suddenly Change Their
 Minds on Imports

WASHINGTON, May 5. The Senate Finance Committee, sud- denly changing mind yesterday, ad ded tariffs on oil, coal, copper and lumber imports all of which have been previously rejected by the committee, although some of them have been included in the revenue measure at various times.
 There is no certainly yet whether all or any of them will be com. pleted in the bill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-05

Francis H. Thomas of Cleveland, who enlisted in the army on May g, 1917, and who was not Is years old until August T of that year, is believed to be the youngest veteran of the A. E. F.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-05
MAssIE TRANsFERRED

WASHINGTON. May 5. = The Navy Department has ordered Lieut.. Thomas H. Massie to duty in the San Francisco Naval dis trict.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-05

be retried.
 Move for Pardon
 Communication of the sentence passed on the four defendants does not constitute a pardon, Attorney Clarence Darrow said. He believes Federal action might be taken to restore civil rights to those in- volved. A move for an outright pardon has already been started by a group of citizens.
 Mrs. Fortescue and the three Naval men will probably leave Hawaii.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-05
GILMAN TELLS CHAMBER ABOUT EXHIBIT
w h ole American Exhibit
 Wins Commentator for { All Who Viewed 1t

(Continued from Page one)
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He carried the flag e the society with him on his 1928 Antarctic expedition.
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SURPRISE M VE IS EXECUTED IN
 HONOLULU CASE
Honor Staying Principals Sentence d to Ten
 Years, Hard Labor
tcontinuee from eage one,
Move for Pardon

charges of attack will probably not be retried.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
COLLEGE CATHOLIC CLUB
PLAN SESSIONS HERE
Middle Atlantic Province to Open
18th Annual Convention at
Mayflower April 30.

The Middle Atlantic Province of the
Federation of College Catholic Clubs
will convene its three-day seventeenth
annual convention at the Mayf1ower
Hotel here on April 20, according to
plans being made today. More than
200 delegates will attend the sessions
which will be the first held by the or
ganization in Washington.
The Newman Club of George Wash
ington University will be host to the
visitors. DR.. William Allen Wilbur pro-
vost of that university, will deliver the
address of welcome The principal
titus Smith. o. p, of the Catholic Uni
verSity faculty. Rev. DR.. John W.
Keogh, of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, chaplain of the middle Atlantic
province, will direct the religious dis
cussions.
Patrons of the convention include the
Italian Ambassador and Nobil Donna
Antonietta de Martino, the japanese
Ambassador and Nine Debuchi the
British Ambassador and Lady Lindsay
the Brazilian Ambassador and Nine. de
Lima Silva, the Austrian Ambassador
, and Nine. Prochnik. the Guatemalan
Minister and Sonora de Recinos, the
Minister of the Irish Free State and
Mrs. MacWhite, the Jugoslavian Min
lister, DR.. Leonide Pitamic; the Vene-
zuelan Minister and Sonora de Arcaya,
the Columbian Minister and Sonora
Dona Ester de Lozano, Justice Wendell
Phillips Stafford, DR.. and Mrs. William
Allen Wilbur. DR.. Charles Clinton
Swisher, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Cans, Mrs
Moncure Burke, Miss Marie M Ready,
and the Gibbons Club of William and
, Mary College.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
TEMPORARY TERMINAL
is GRANTED BUS LINE
Greyhound Coaches Permitted to
Use New York Avenue Curb
Despite Protests.

The Public Utilities Commission yes
terday granted temporary permit to
the Greyhound Bus Lines to use a curb
terminal for its interstate busses on the
north side of New York avenue between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. Pro-
tests had been made by the George
Washington University Hospital and
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
representatives.
The Traffic Co-ordinating Committee
is now at work on routing the buSSes
to and from the terminal. The Grey
hound representatives have stated they
intend to build an off-street terminal
in that location for use after August /,
when. by order of the commission, all
interstate bus lines must cease using
curb terminals in either the first or
second parking zones.
The hospital and church had pro-
tested that the proximity of the depot
would disturb the quiet of the institu-
tionS unduly.
The commission reserved decision on
approval OF plans for construction of
the off-street terminal
Evening star., 1932-03-30
Calls on Utilities Board to
Outline Reasons for
Ruling.
PALMISANO DEFENDS
PRESENT ZONE RATES
Maryland Man Opposes D. C.
CHARACTERIZATION Merger Hear
ing Set for April z.

An explanation by the Public Utilities
Commission of the order to force the
use of meters on Washington taxicabs
was demanded today by the House Dis
trict Committee on motion of Repre-
sentative Black.
Before this action was taken, Repre-
sentative Palmisano reported Mary
lands experience has been that order
ing meters on taxiCabs has caused the
fares to be increased and has driven off
, the streets all of the smaller competi-
tors He said he favored continued
operation on the present zone rate
basis.
The committee fixed Thursday, April
T. at pm, for a special meeting to
l, consider a favorable report on the
street railway merger bill to be made
| by the Public Utilities Subcommittee
Chairman Norton said she had not
heard of any complaint against the
amalgamation
Two Bills Approved
The House District Committee or
dered a favorable report on two bills
One OF these is Mrs. Norton'S bill au-
thorizing the appointment by the su-
perintendent Of schools of public school
employees between meetings of the
Board of Education Representative
Gasque was also ready to report for
the subcommittee on schools, without
recommendation, the De Priest bill au-
thorizing the secretary of the Treasury
to refund to assistant directors in the
public schools of the District, divisions
10 to l3 all that portion OF their SAL
aries enormously and illegally deducted
and withheld. This report was with
held. however, due to the fact that
De Priest had asked to be heard on this
bill sometime later than April IS.
The committee also ordered Favorable
report on the bill reported from sub
committee by Representative Palmisano
of Maryland, which authorizes the new
measure Of tWo-and-a-half gallons for
ice cream containers.
Promised Needed Time.
Chairman Norton advised the men,
bers that Speaker Garner has promised
her sufficient time at the earliest pos
sible date for consideration of District
measures which are pending in the
House calendar. He said that if a day
session was not sufficient he would also
allow her to have a night session in
NAAC 11OuSc. IIc OpcdhcI ADVISES GIldt
more important controversial bills
should be called up first, but that time
would be allowed for passing all neces-
sary legislation.
Mrs. Norton said that she understood
an opportunity would be given to take
up the merger bill among the first of
the District measures. She tentatively
has set Monday April 4, at the probable
District day in the House.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
GLASSFORD PLANS
SURVEY Of CITIES
Will Inspect Police Systems
in Boston, New York, Phil
adeIphia and Others.

Brig. Gen Pelham D. Glassford, su-
perintendent of police, it was learned
today, Is planning a first-hand study
OF the administrative organization Of
the police departments in a group of
Eastern and New England cities. He
Will leave on trip late tonight or
early tomorrow.
Although Gen. GlaSsford has not vet
mapped out his complete itinerary, he
expects to visit Philadelphia, New York,
Boston, and probably several smaller
cities along the route. His first stop
Will be in Philadelphia.
Will Compare Systems.
A study of the administrative set
ups OF the Philadelphia, New York and
Boston departments is the particular
OBJECT OF the junket. Gen. GlaSSford
wants to compare the administrative or
ganlzatlon OF those departments with
Washington from the standpoint of
efficiency and effectiveness.
Inc administrative set-up here has
undergone several changes in the last
year, and while it IS believed to be
tunctioning satisfactorily at present,
Gen. Glassford is giving constant atten-
Clon 10 plans Tor improvement.
Military Regime Set Up.
The most important change went into
effect last July l, When a military sys-
TEN replaced an administrative plan
that had been in use for years. The
department at that time was reorganiz-
ed into inspection districts. and an in
spector placed in command of each
district.
Gen. GlaSsford has been planning the
inspection trip for several weeks, and
was on the verge of postponing it when
he received reports several DAYS ago
that group of radicals had made ar
rangements for mass meeting tomor-
row night in a protest against police
treatment during the demonstration last
Saturday in the vicinity of the jap
anese embassy. Investigators assigned
to check up on the reports learned they
were without foundation, and Gen.
Glassford went ahead with his plans for
the trip.
Inspector E. W. Brown. senior as
sistant superintendent, will be in COM
mand of the deartment during Gen.
Glassford'S absence.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
POLICE HEAD
ETORT|ON NOTES
Gen. GIassford Believed in
Personal Charge of Hunt
for Threat Authors.

Absent from police headquarters all
morning, Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glass
ford, superintendent, today was report
ed to be taking statements from sus-
poets in the series Of eXtortion threats
against prominent Washingtonians.
In personal charge of the investiga-
tiOn into the threats and attempted eX-
tortions against a dozen or more men
and women prominent in the social and
political life of the Capital, Gen. Glass
ford has been working night and day
in an effort to trap the person or per-
sons responsible for the series OF myS-
terious telephone calls and letters. Gen.
Glassford's absence followed the failure
of trap late yesterday afternoon TO
ensnare a man who a lew hours oe1ore
had called well known society WOMAN
and demanded $4,000.
Revealing the threat to no one, de-
tectives carried out directions for de-
livering the money to lonely spot said
to be near the Burning Tree Country
Club in Maryland, but no one appeared
to collect the package. The identity OF
the latest target of the would-be extor-
tionists was carefully guarded by police.
The message she received came almost
simultaneously with the receipt by Mrs.
Betty Hanna Davidson of fourth mes
sage demanding $4,000. The message
was a letter addressed to Mrs David
son, granddaughter of Mark Hanna
and followed three telephone calls re-
ceived on successive days, all demanding
$4,000, under threats against her 6-year-
old daughter, Daisy.
Although he would not reveal the
name of the latest target, the chief of
police did disclose that threat of
death was made by the man who called
the woman on the telephone. Gen.
GlaSsford told newspaper men he was
confident the voice was the same as
that which threatened Mrs. Davidson's
young daughter. Efforts to trace the
call were fruitless. he said.
Inspector Frank S. w. Burke, chief
of detectives, was positive today the
threats were "hoaxes of the most
vicious and cowardly nature"
In only two cases, that OF Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth and Sir Willmott
and Lady Lewis, were there. IN his
opinion, any bona f1de attempts to OBJ
tain money. All others, including threats
against Ben Lyon, movie actor; a
Washington banker and Mrs. Davidson,
he characterized as hoaxeS.
Mrs. Longworth and several other
prominent persons who have received
mysterious threats within recent weeks
have left Washington. Mrs. Davidson
was in New York yesterday, when the
letter demanding $4,000 be delivered to
a grocery store was received.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
WEIGHT TAX is HELD
BAD CITY PRECEDENT
Motor Vehicle Owners Declare
Method Will Be Seized Upon
by Municipalities.

A report declaring that the motor
weight tax proposed for the District
would set up an undesirable precedent
in city taxation which doubtless would
be seized upon by other municipalities
to raise funds for their local treasures
will be presented tonight to the Com
mercial Motor Vehicle owners Asso-
citation of the District by special COM
mittee formulating the arguments to be
used against the measure at the Senate
hearings.
This committee completed its report
last night at session at the home Of
one of the members, c. B. Buck. 1887
Huntington street. 1t will be offered tor
the approval of the association at a
meeting at the Chamber of Commerce
Of the United States at o'clock to-
night.
This national aspect of the taxing
plan for the Capital is one of several
angles on which it is to be attacked,
the association being opposed both to
the weight and gas tax, holding that
present levieS are adequate
Edward CoStigan, vice president of
the association, heads the committee
in charge of the report, and the other
members, in addition to Mr.. Buck, are
w. N. De Neane, Paul Lum and P. T.
McDermott.
Several other matters also are to
come before tonight's meeting, includ-
ing plans for truck-safety campaign.
Evening star., 1932-03-30

the most obvious Of these lines is sex
Some of the reports of i'll treatment
OF women among primitive peoples, DR..
Cooper said, probably have been due
to misunderstanding of racial pSychol-
ogy. Thus explorers have described
women among some Australian tribes as
beaten by their husbands for trivial
offenses until their bodies are covered
with blood. In the first place, he said,
these reports are probably grossly ex-
aggerated. In the second place. what
seems brutal beating, according TO
Western standards, may not actually
be considered as much of punishment
as tongue-lashing which an American
husband might give his wife.
The misunderstanding, he said, seems
to come from the inability to under
stand that the significance of physical
pain Is relative, varying greatly with
different group psychologists.
Strange Mourning Customs.
Thus both men and women of this
same Australian tribe cut many deep
gaShes in their bodies with stone knives
as sign of mourning, and apparently
1t is considered of no more significance
than the wearing of black among civil
lied peoples This may be due to differ
ences in the Sensibility to pain
Among various Indian tribes. he said,
1t Is customary as a gesture of mourn
ing to cut off finger Joint, which is
done as matter of course, with no
great significance attached to the act.
The behavior of primitive people, he
said. hardly can be judged without an
understanding of this variable pain SEN
Sibility. They might wonder how an
American woman could endure the
cruelty of being scolded by her hus-
band.
Woman probably attained her highest
status amCng the Iroquois Indians be-
fore the coming of the white man. DR.
j. N. B. Hewitt of the Bureau of Amer
ican Ethnology, told the conference.
Among this people the women had a
slightly greater voice in government
than the men.
While American women are spending
their afternoons and nights at the
bridge table, Miss Regina Flannery of
Catholic University told the conference,
the Apache Indian husband in the
mountains of New Mexico is faced with
the same sort of situation. A Mexican
card game has been taken up by the
women Of the tribe. Groups of them
will go to secluded spots and gamble
desperately
Evening star., 1932-03-30
CHERRY BLOSSOMS EXPECTED
TO BLOOM ABOUT APRIL 10 TO IS
Continuation of Favorable Weather to Determine Exact
Date of Spectacle.

WaShington's cherry blossoms will be
in bloom, if the present favorable
weather continues, between April 10 and
Is, officials of the park division of the
Office of Public Buildings and Public
Parks said today. For the first time,
the crabapple trees in Anacostia Park
are expected to make a presentable
showing this year, initiating a display
that promises to rival, the cherry bios
SONS for beauty and color.
There are some 1000 crabapple trees
in Anacostia Park and officials say they
will exhibit colors varying from red to
various shades of pink and white. Last
year, there was just a sprinkling OF
color.
With Easter passed, inquiries regard
ing the cherry blossoms are pouring in
In increasing numbers. The Philadel-
phia Chamber of Commerce today made
a long distance telephone call to In
Evening star., 1932-03-30
PROBERS TO STUDY
OCEAN MAIL FIRST
Special Senate Committee Named
to Investigate Air Con-
tracts Also.

With the appointment Of special
subcommittee of the Senate Post Office
Committee, plans were being made to-
day to start the investigation which
the Senate has ordered into air and
ocean mail contracts.
Chairman Oddie named a subcom-
mittee headed by himself and includ-
ing Senators Moses of New Hampshire
and White of Maine, Republicans, and
McKellar Of Tennessee and ByrneS OF
South Carolina, Democrats.
McKellar, who is author of the reso-
luton sponsoring the inquiry, said il
would probably get under way next
week. He said the committee would
investigate ocean mail contracts first.
A House Committee already has in
vestigated air mail contracts, and the
Senate Appropriations Committee is
now engaged in study of ocean mail
contracts in connection with the Post
Office appropriations.
Evening star., 1932-03-30

quire the approximate date of the zenith
of the cherry blooms. Numerous rail-
roads, steamship companies and tour
lists agencies are sending in queries.
David Saunders, head of the horti-
cultural section of the park division of
the Office of Public Buildings and Pub
lie Parks, who is in charge of the White
House greenhouses, has coaxed out some
of the blooms on twigs, taken from the
trees around the Tidal Basin, and ma
tured them under artificial heat.
The cold nights have been holding
back the development of the blooms.
officials said. Today, the buds show
signs of bursting and when warmer
weather comes. they will be brought to
full bloom. The officials now expect
the trees will begin to show color about
April or and, with favorable weather,
there should be q good showing on
April 10.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
H0LD-UP MAN BEATEN
OFF IN NIGHT ATTACK

Thomas r. Jordan of Philadelphia
has badly bruised hand today as a
result OF an encounter with an uniden-
tined colored man who attempted to
rob him last night at Fifteenth and E
streets northeast.
Jordan, stopping off here on a trip to
Chattanooga, Tenn, asked a colored
pedestrian. shortly after midnight for
directions to Union Station. The man
offered to show Jordan the way.
At Fifteenth and E streets northeast
the man made a grab for Jordan S
purse. The pair scuffled for several
moments and Jordan struck at his as
sailant, but missed and his fist crashed
into the brick wall of a house. The
colored man fed.
Jordan hailed passing taxi and went
to Casualty Hospital for treatment.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
"JEW BOY" DEITZ GUILTY
OF LIQUOR POSSESSION
Jury Also Convicts Reuben Green
berg After Arrest in Eleventh
Street Raid.

William (Jew Boy Deitz, 26, and
months ago in a raid in the 400 block
of Eleventh street, were found guilty
of possession of liquor by Police Court
jury today. The jury acquitted them
on a charge of maintaining nuisance.
Three other defendants, tried jointly
with Deitz and Greenberg we're ac-
quilted of both charges. They were
Samuel Melincov, 28; Benjamin Cohen,
%, and Shellie Rowe, colored, 81. The
raid, which took place December 4, was
made after Prohibition Agent Marshall
had watched the place for several
weeks.
Two weeks ago the group was tried
on the same charges, but Judge John
P. Mcmahon declared a mistrial when
a juror became Ill.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
SIR0VICH BACK ON JOB

Chairman Sirovich of the House
Patents Committee, who collapsed under
the strain of hard work last week, to-
day was back on the job.
He opened hearings on a group of
patent bills designed to extend the
patent coverage period to 20 years.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
Lincolnia Merchant Dies.

LINCOLNIA, Va, March 80 (Spe-
ciaD The body of Robert Edward
Wingo, SO years old. who died Sunday
to Lynchburg, Va. for burial He wask
proprietor of a store here. He Is sur
vived by his widow and four scuA
Evening star., 1932-03-30
Horses Displace Machines.

Because Of the high cost of gasoline
in New Zealand, many farmers are
storing their power machinery and are
going back to horses.
Evening star., 1932-12-18

Amussmsnt tsx. Many
Of our best eeoaognic
minds feed that sosne-
thing more than . sners
tax on thsater tickets b
necessary At tlhis dana.
when budget balancing
10 the big cry. Why not.
w suggest. put . tax a
every film in which ths
heroine beats against =
door through which ths
one man In her love We
has departedS -
Evening star., 1932-12-18

Two little princesses 60 the The daughters of
the Emperor and Empress Of Japan, Princess Teru and
Princess Taxa both in white to be enjoying the Toxic
animals much as the youngsters around them.
9 Associated Press Photo.
Evening star., 1932-12-18

She will make music for the New Year celebration
Of Los Angeles Little Nippon And the japanese colony
there is right proud of the talents of yearod Suako
Hamaguch as vocalist and She recently signed
movie contract 0Asocased F7sss Fnoso'
The Washington times., 1932-07-12
SETTLE To FLY.
FOR j. 8. NAVY

Lieut.. T. G. w. Settle. U. S. NJ,
former washington boy. will be
one of the Navy's two representa-
tives at the International Gordon
Bennett Cup balloon race in
Switzerland next September %, it
was announced at the Navy De-
partment today.
Lieutenant Settle is co-holder
of the worlds long distance free
balloon record with Lieut.. w.
Bushnell, won when the pair
piloted balloon from Pittsburgh
to Prince Edward Island in 1929.
The latter will accompany Lieu
tenant Settle to Switzerland.
Mrs. May C. Settle. mother Of
Lieutenant Settle. resided for
many years at the Bancroft Hotel
here. Her son, who was born in
the District. was appointed to the
Naval Academy by Presidential
order.
The Washington times., 1932-07-12
CLAIMS BODIES
APPOINTED

The Secretary of War Yesterday
appointed the personnel of two
claims commissions to adjust
claims against the United States
which have beer pending since
the world war. TIL same person.
mel will sit on both commissions.
The first is the Netherlands
claims commission to determine
the claim of that government aris-
ing out of the 'equicitiOn of a
shipment of machine guns, am.
munition and other materla!
which had been ordered 70" the
Netherland governmert but W's
taken over ny this Government
on the outbreak of the war.
The second is the adjustment
of claims against this Government
by a number of British inventors
for the usL of certain invention
during the world war.
The Netherland claim commits
sion will sit in Washington. Imme.
diately and after a settlement has
been I2ached on this clair the
personnel will proceed to New
York on July Is and embark on
the S. s. Leviathan for london
Members OF the commission are
Lieut.. Col Jose. IN l. McMullen,
chairman; Charles B. Rugg. AS.
SiStant u. S. Attorney. General;
Harvey H. Bundy, assistant secre,
tary to the Secretary of State,
and Lieut.. Comdr. Robert A. Law
ender, of the U. S. Navy.