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The Washington times., 1932-12-29
MUSICIANS HEAR
SYMPHONY
TONIGHT
Teachers Association Spends
Day Discussing Technical
Problems of Progress

Technical problems of music
teaching occupied the Music
Teachers National Association at
their convention today at the
Hotel Washington. A climax to
the sessions will be concert by
the National Symphony Orchestra
at Constitution Hall tonight.
Ernest Hutcheson, dean Of the
Juilhard School Of Music, who is
well known to radio audiences as
we'll as to concert-goers and
musicians generally, presided at
the first session today, which
took the form Of q piano forum.
His own contribution to the pro-
gram included a discussion of
mental attitudes in music study.
MissOurian Speaks
Problems of the average student
formed the topic of John Thomp-
son, of Horner Institute, Kansas
City.
The afternoon was to be de-
voted largely to voice and choral
problems, and as an aid to
teachers of singing x-ray photo
graphs of the tongue and vocal
organs of Nine. Lucrezia Bori
while she sings will be shown at
the close of the session.
More Music Urged
Optimism featured the addresses
at last nights banquet of the as
ISOLATION. William John Cooper,
Commissioner of Education, said
that, the five-day week is coming
for workers, and advocated greater
emphasis on music in the schools,
in order that added leisure might
be filled with musical activities
and appreciation.
Geoffrey O'Hara, American bari
tone, foreSaw a golden age Of mu-
sic in the near future, with
greater opportunities for song
lyric writer's.
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
COUNTY BANKS
SHOW GAIN

Montgomery county banks in
1882 maintained their usual
standards. reports from bank
officials show.
Savings accounts have suffered
comparatively little. One bank
noted per cent increase in
savings accounts, while another
reports decrease of one or two
per cent with Christmas with
drawals completed.
They will go into the New
Year with approximately $13,O0O,-
600 of unimpaired resources and
with deposits of approximately
$1O,25O, 900.
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
|MYRA MANNING,
WILKINS WE'D

The marriage of Miss Myra
Van Orsdel Manning, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. William John
Manning of Washington, to John
H. Wilkins, jr.. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Howard wilkins. took
place at II o'clock today at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. DR.. Joseph r.
Sizoo officiated.
The ceremony was performed
in the Lincoln Chapel in the
presence of a small group of
members of the two families.
The marriage is Mr.. wilkins
third. He was divorced from his
second wife a year ago. The
second Mrs. Wilkins remarked
and is living in the West.
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
YEAR MAY SHOW
SHORTAGE OF
z BILLIONS
Shrinkage Of Receipts Con-
tinues, Putting Problem
Up to Congress

A deficit Of approximately
81, 100000 faces the Govern
ment at the close OF the first
half Of the 1888 fiscal year, De-
cember 81. according to- figures
available at the Treasury today.
At the end of December, 1881,
the excess of expenditures over
receipts amounted to about ST.
$50 900 600, and by June 30, the
close Of the fiscal year, the figure
had mounted to $2,885, 900 900.
Treasury estimates for the 1888
fiscal year place the deficit at
$l,644.631 900. provided Congress
does not authorize additional rev.
enues or appropriations not con-
templated at the time the esti-
mates were prepared
Foreign Debts Factor
Revenue figures were based
upon the expectancy of receiving
$73,499, ,SS1 in principal and $685.
094, ,693 in interest on the foreign
debts.
The principal automatically goes
to reduction of the public debt and
the interest may be employed as
any other ordinary receipt, thus
serving to decrease the deficit.
However, there is little probabil-
ity that all Of the debt payments
will be received. a number of
debtors having defaulted Decem-
Der Is with the prospects of most
Of them declining to pay next
June. unless there is a revision of
the debts.
With receipts still shrinking be-
low estimates, it appeared that
unless new sources of revenue are
provided by Congress there might
be another $4,000 900 deficit
for 1888.
Public Debt Rises
Estimates for 1884 place the
deficit at $841,262,48 on the
basis of receiving $2O5, ,724, ,462 in
interest on the foreign debts.
Principal payments total $123,-
O1S,315 for that year, the sub
stantial gain over the 1888 fiscal
year being due to the fact that
the first payments on the debt
postponed by the moratorium are
due in that year.
The public debt at the end of
the year will be about $2o,806,-
O00, 900, an increase of $2.980, ,000,-
900 as compared with December
81. 1881
Since June 80 there have been
new issues of $4,618,O00, 900 in the
debt and retirements of $3,285,-
100000, an increase of approx
mately $1,333. .000,0 900.
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
Thief Scared AWdy,
Leaves Loot Behind

An attempted robbery of the
Randall Cleaning and Dyeing es-
tablishment at Bethesda, Md,
was halted Tuesday night when
Montgomery county police of Be-
thessda hurried to the place in
answer to a call by George Gum
nell, Bethesda fireman, who was
passing by.
The burglar escaped before po-
lice arrived and did not bother
to gather up the dresses which
he had piled near the door.
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
WARN
MOTORISTS

Following the death of Charles
E. Stephens, struck down the
night Of December % by an
automobile near his home on the
Conduit Road, Charles Scott, also
a resident of the neighborhood,
sent out handbillS requesting
motorists to drive slowly.
Mr.. SCOTS handbill, printed at
his own expense, asks:
"Shall kill a man or child
or shall / drive more care
fully"
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
Transporting Liquor,
Man Hits Police Car

Siderods Turner, colore
pleaded guilty yesterday in the
Alexandria police court to trans
porting 80 half gallons of liquor in
the taxicab which collided with
an Alexandria police cruiser Sat
urday night, injuring Patrolman
Charles Miller and smashing both
cars.
The case was continued for SEN
tence until Commemorative At
torney Albert V. Bryan has recov-
cred from his present illness. Two
colored companions of Turner
denied knowledge of the liquor.
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
Women, Men Held
On Disorder Charges

Charged with being drunk and
disorderly, two women and three
men, who were visiting a tenant
on the farm of George Gibbins,
near Fort Foote, we're arrested
upon the landowners complaint
yesterday.
Those arrested were Dorothy
Griffin, Mildred Sweeney, Clar.
ence Price, Elmer Iceland and
Edward Hoffman. All gave Wash
ington as their home but would
not give specific addresses to
police.
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville to Morgan L. Griffin.
81, and Rachel c. carp. 18, both
Of Gaithersburg; V. Espuafrico
Droume, "a, of Milan, Italy, and
Almida McNeir, 10, of Warrenton,
Va. and Richard Ivy Wilson. o.
of Ounce Orchard. Md, and Mer
tice Mae Bryan, 16, of Gathers
burg,
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
ELECTION DEFERRED

Because of a change in the
church laws, the annual dinner
and election of officers of the
First Baptist Church, Hyattsville.
will be held April 80. Up to this
year the affair has been held on
New Year Eve.
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
Bookkeeping Reform
Due in Alexandria

The auditors who have prac-
tically completed the audit Of the
Alexandria city books will install
new bookkeeping systems in all
the city departments January /.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
Burglar Tracked Four
Miles in Snow, Nabbed

%RACKED through police ex-convct
early suspect
side burglaries.
is Cogswe, avenue three
children.
Peculiar shape of the
charge Lieutenant
ing him for two hours and forty minutes they
Detectives breaking grocery at 325
East Twentieth street. of which
they said.
The police delivery
who a burglar flee through a
light had fallen police followed
railroad
where the fugitive yards backtracng often
Shubert said Cogswen only
pursuers captured
I don't know why did it, cogswen is said to have
captors. Il pententary
Cogwen ecey released prison SeredN
for burglary. police said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
SENATE VETS
RENEW DRIVE
Tydings Gets 20 Votes for
ReSubmiSSion.
BIZ Tnited Press


WASHINGTON, March 22.-Pro-
hibition suddenly became a live
issue in the senate today as vets
started surprise offensive. They
are campaigning on two fronts for
showdown wet and dry votes.
Senator Tydings Dem., Md, one
of the senate's handsome bachelors,
obtained in an hour Monday ap-
proximately twenty signatures to a
petition for action on resolutions
to reSubmit the eighteenth amend
ment to the states. He will move
that the judiciary committee re-
port them to the floor.
All who signed were not anti
prohibitionists. Among the signers
was Senator Watson (Rep., Ind i,
the majority leader. Tydings is
confident of more signatures today.
He told the United Press he believed
a resubmission resolution would
have 80 to IS votes in the senate.
Senator Blaine CRep., Wis., cap
tains the other anti-dry Sortie. He
proposes to move in the senate to
reduce the justice department pro-
hibition enforcement appropriation
by $11,000,000. That would leave
Colonel Amos w. w. Woodcock,
dry director, just $369,0O0. Blaine
says the law is foolish and futile"
and money spent on enforcement is
wasted.
Coincident with the prohibition
developments, Republican leaders
are making tentative plans to adj
journ June 10 by Scuttling most of
the pending legislation, except tax
and APPROXIMATION bills.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
CEIST CHARGES
DUES TO PUBLIC
Club Cost, Cigars, Candy
Are Operating Expense

Clarence Geist, Philadelphia,
owner of the Indianapolis Water
Company, charged his Columbia
Club dues to city water consumers,
it was disclosed at the rate reduc-
ton hearing today.
Geist has been somewhat of a
hero at the club, having donated
an organ for the clubhouse.
James Deery, city attorney, barred
data covering the period from 1925
to 1929, showing that dues were
paid twenty organizations by the
company at the peoples expense.
Then there also were gifts Of
flowers and candy and a bundle of
cigars given a tax assessor named
Graham in 1925.
The city contends all these items
should be charged below the line"
and not as legitimate operating
expense upon which the present
high rates are based.
Organizations in which the peo-
pie paid for GeistS memberships
l4lCludCu A1d1ly NlSooS y 1lluAdl1d
Taxpayers Association, Associated
Employers, Better Business Bureau,
United States, Indiana and Indi-
annapolis Chambers of Commerce,
Public Utility and Chemical Engi-
neering Societies, Public Health As
ISOLATION, Board of Trade, Munich
pal League, Real Estate Board,
Traffic Club, Cost Accountants AS
ISOLATION, and American Building
Congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
Clancy'S Liquor Plan
Derided by Dry Chief

Postmaster Leslie D. Clancy's
plan of liquor reform, revealed in
The Times Monday, today drew the
fire of Indiana "bone-dry" leaders,
who asSailed the postmaster'S sug-
gestion that the government solve
the prohibition problem by dispens-
ing liquor from the nations $4,000
postofficeS.
Clancy, a dry, suggested govern
ment monopoly of the liquor sup
ply. with the federal departments
the only legal purchasers from the
breweries. Clancy is opposed to
government manufacture and in
sisted his plan would wipe out Sa-
looms and the speakeasieS.
The plan was big laugh" to L.
E. York, superintendent of the In
diana Anti Saloon League.
IF the government is going into
the liquor business, you'd have to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
GRAF, BRAZIL BOUND,
PASSES OVER AFRICA
Zeppelin Follows New Route to Test
Mail Service Exhaustion.

Zeppelin Follows New Route to Test
Mail Service Expansion.
By United Press
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, March %.
The Graf Zeppelin reported by
radio at $50 a. m. today it had
sighted Cape Blanco on it's trip to
Pernambuco, Brazil
Three hours earlier it had passed
Rio De Orc.
Cape Blanco is on the west coast
of Africa about halfway between
the Canary and Cape Verdi islands.
1t was understood Commander Hugo
Eckener was pursuing this route to
test possibilities of cooperating
with the French air mail service to
South America.
The Zeppelin continued on sched-
ule down the African coast, passing
Port Etienne, Senegal, in favorable
weather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22

change the sign from United States
poStoffice, Leslie D. Clancy, post
master to United States saloon,
Leslie D. Clancy, bartender" said
York.
Mr.. Clancy says he is a dry, but
his proposal is more drastic than
the wettest of vets ever have made.
Even the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment has not
suggested anything as ridiculous as
his plan"
Clancy, in revealing his plan, de-
clared himself as opposed unalter-
ably to the saloon and f1ayed the
Canadian system for depriving per-
sons of personal liberty"
PostmasterS are bonded, he add
ed, and the plan would not neces-
state establishment of new coun-
try-wide organization to handle
the problem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
INDIANA STORM
TAKES MILLION
TOLL, 4 DEAD
Evansville Hardest Hit by
Wind and Rain; 100000
Plant Wrecked.
HAIL CAUSES DAMAGE
FarmhouSeS Blown Down;
Traffic Hampered on
Icy Streets.

Ripping out of the southwest with
terrific fury, a wind and rain storm
Monday night whipped over south
ern Indiana, leaving in its wake
four fatalities, ten persons injured
and property damage of more than
100000.
Accompanied by lightning and
hail, the storm struck its hardest
blow at Evansville, after killing two
persons and leveling homes at
Uniontown, KY.
The force of the storm dimin-
ished as it reached Indianapolis.
Here a torrential rain and high
winds were responsible for injury
of four persons in traffic accidents.
Wind velocity here reached a
peak of thirty-six miles an hour.
A total of 6 of an inch of rain fell
and heavy hail was recorded in the
southeastern section Of the county.
Warmer Weather Forecast
J. H. Arlington, weather fore
caster, said the storm now is Gen.
tered over Lake Ontario.
Skies will clear here today, bring
ing a lowest temperature tonight of
about 81 degrees. Wednesday will
be warmer and indications are that
normal weather will return, he in
dicated.
The wind storm crossed the Ohio
river to Evansville, touched Spur
geon, Ind, and an area south of
Petersburg in Pike county, swept to
Shoals, then whirled eastward to
Lawrence county and struck again
east of Bedford.
Serious damage to property also
was reported at Seymour and Rich
mond, from where the storm moved
into Ohio.
100000 Loss to Company
The Monitor Furniture Company
at Evansville was damaged more
than 100000 as winds RACED the
structure. Roofs were blown from
homes, and glass in greenhouses
was shattered by hail.
G. E. Ward, &c, was killed on his
farm near Jasonville when struck
by lightning.
William Penrod, Is, of Bluffton,
was electrocuted near here today
while he was repairing communica-
ton lines broken down by the storm
last night. Penrod was an employee
of the Indiana Service Corporation.
Heavy snowdrift on a railroad
crossing at Kendallville was blamed
for deaths today of Arthur Stevens,
SO, and Forrest Witt, II, both of
that city, who were killed instantly
when truck in which they were
riding stalled and was struck by a
passenger train.
Buildings Wrecked at Shoals
Two homes and several smaller
buildings were wrecked at Shoals
and in Martin county, with damage
estimated at $4,000.
When their home was twisted
from its foundation, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Bicycle, living near Bedford, were
injured, although not seriously.
Everett Spigall and his son Orel, Is,
were hurt when the storm struck a
barn in which they were working
near Bedford. Mary Sowders, II,
was cut on the head when struck
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22

National guardsmen pa
trolled the splintered ruins
at Northport and Clanton,
Ala, the two towns which
suffered most. The dead at
Northport numbered 35, and
at Clanton, 20. Looting had
occurred in a few isolated in
stances.
University of Alabama students
crossed the Black Warrior river
from Tuscaloosa to Northport to aid
survivors.
The university's gymnasium be-
came an emergency hospital. Fra
ternity and sorority houses shell
tered babies and young children
separated during the storm from
parents whose fate was undeter-
mined. Dormitories we're turned
over to the homeless.
Tuscaloosa City of Grief
Tuscaloosa also was city of
grief, crowded with adults without
homes and children without par
ents. Many older children wandered
the streets unable to comprehend
the disaster, unchecked because all
authority was concentrated on tend
ing the injured.
Occasionally there were glad cries
as a reunion between separated
members of a family occurred.
More often, however, there were
only evidences of unrestrained grief
Many tragic scenes occurred at an
improvised nursery at the Pi Kappa
Psi fraternity house, where lost
children were harbored. Many
mothers called hoping to find their
young. Most turned away in tears
and stumbled out to join other
searchers elsewhere.
The Druid city hospital, in
Tuscaloosa, center of the relief &C
tivities, was crowded beyond its
capacity, despite the transfer of
scores of slightly injured to tenn
porary first aid centers.
Red Cross Is in Action
Doctors and nurses, many of the
latter volunteers, carried on without
sleep. They were aided by the
medical staff of the Alabama state
hospital for the insane.
Similar scenes of activity in re-
storing order we're reported from a
score of other towns in Alabama,
Georgia and Tennessee.
The Red Cross sent its emergency
organization into action, speeding
medical supplies, tents, cots and
other necessities into the stricken
area.
Chiffon county, southeast Of Tus-
caloosa, some 100 miles and about
fifty miles northeast of Montgom-
cry, the state capital, reported a
total of twenty-six known dead to-
day. The one hospital at Clanton,
the county seat, had forty-five in
jured. Scores of others we're be-
ing treated at doctors Offices hastily
turned into emergency hospitals.
J Rescue parties crawling over the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
VAST Scene OF DESOLATION
FOUND BY RELIEF WORKERS,
700 ARE REPORTED HURT
University at Tuscaloosa Made Headquarters
for Aiding Survivors; Casualty
List Expected to Grow

ATLANTA, Ga, March ga picture of desolation
presented today central Alabama and parts of four other
states cyconc winds died down. leaving long list of dead
and injured The estimated dead the basis of reports from
physicians and officials the stricken areas 1913 shortly
before noon More than 700 injured counted
Eighteen widely separated southern communities
counted their dead and injured from storms which ripped
through the area late Monday and early today.
The main storm struck in central Alabama where the
dead totaled than 100
1t then dipped into Georgia, causing at least twenty
eight fatalities.
An oshoo of the disturbance killed thirteen in Tennes-
see two in Kentucky.
Fury of the winds and rains general the af
feced hamprng relief workers and delaying reports
of damage from the most critically stricken down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22

debris-strewn countryside feared
more dead and injured would be
found in rural communities.
Clanton escaped the full force of
the storm. but nearby communities.
including Thorsby. Plantersville and
Union Grove, were wiped out.
The storm first struck in the
southwestern part of the state, near
the Mississippi state line, sweeping
over Demopolis, Faunsdale and
Marion, moving nor t h eastward
through Northport and Clanton,
and striking farther north over
Columbiana.
Talladega county, still farther
northeastward, suffered severe dam
age with a score killed.
Ask National Guards Aid
Across the state line, in Georgia
nine we're killed at Gainesville,
twelve near Athens, one at Mer-
riwether and one at Decatur.
Eleven persons we're reported
killed in middle and eastern Ten
nessee, five near Pulaski, four near
Conasauga, one at Charleston and
one near Franklin.
Uniontown, KY, reported two
dead.
Chiffon county officials at Clan
ton, Ala asked Governor B. M.
Miller to call out the national guard
to aid in controlling the situation
there. Medical supplies, cots and
bedding were also asked
Red Cross officials ct Montgomery
organized for relief work.
Fire Follows Tornado
The night was one Of terror for
the storm stricken and survivors
alike. In many places, particularly
in Alabama towns, telephone and
light wires were down. Trees and
lengths Of lumber that had been
houses blocked highways. Rain
whipped along by the high winds
made the going more difficult for
travel.
Fire followed the wind through
Northport. Eight city blocks were
reported RACED there and the flames
spread rapidly before they finally
were checked. The fire trucks
served also as ambulances.
Survivors described the violence
Of the wind in Northport.
"The wind picked up a lumber
pile and drove it like a catapult
right into the residential district
one said.
Some Of the victims were i'm
paled by the flying timbe"s. Others
were hurled against ruined build
ings. Bodies were tossed into the
air"
Buried by Flying Bricks
At Funsdale, Floyd Collins, a store
store clerk, stepped out to watch
the whirling winds. He was buried
by flying bricks as the walls Of the
building crumbled
The Episcopal church was de-
stroyed there, so were the rectory,
five dwellings, several garages and
small buildings. And box cars IN
the railroad yards were piled on the
tracks in jumbled confusion.
More than 100 shacks were report
ed splintered at Marion, striking
terror into the hearts Of Negro resi-
dents of the district.
At Columbiana the storm cut a
path $50 yards wide, leyeling a :
score Of homes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
LIBERTY BOND SALE LAUNCHED TO FREE STEPHENSON

being circulated and sold by the
former dragons friends.
1t was reported reliably that.
sale of the certificates is being
made in Indianapolis by more
than fifty former associates of
Stephenson.
Bonds are numbered and names
of purchasers are recorded in the
bond" books. The certificates,
headed MY Siberty Bond" viii
be redeemed personally By the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
SUDDEN DEAFENING
ROAR, BLACKNESS,
HORROR AND DEATH
By United Press


CLANTON Ala, March "a sudden deafenng roar
~ utter backness then the crash of falling houses and
Of injured and the dyng-thus victims of the tor
nado which took appalling toll here Monday describe
their moments of horror when the storm struck
falling swept
into twisted mrauosly
lives though seriously injured
Suffering from
them today
MY wife the house when the
Obe Willis living Collins
darkening the house like big black shutting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
200 Dead
By United Press


More than 200 persons have
been killed in terrific storms
raging over a great portion of
the United States in the last
thirty-six hours.
Cyclonic winds in the south
dealt death and destruction
over five states.
Elsewhere throughout the
nation billiards., sleet and
snow storms have accounted
for deaths.
The United Press survey
shows the following storm
casualties: Alabama, 149; Geor-
gia, %; Tennessee, 10; Chicago,
5; Indiana, g.; Michigan, 3;
Ohio, 3; Kentucky, 2; South
Carolina, l; Buffalo, N. Y, /.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
FAC SWINDLER JAILED
Eli Keith Admits Using Slugs in
Vending Machines.

Eli Keith, 40 of BIG North Illinois
street, who obtained cigarets from
vending machines by using slugs,
was sentenced today by Municipal
Judge William H. Sheaffer to the
state penal farm for thirty days
and fined 81.
Defendant admitted that he used
the slugs, and said he sold cigarets,
thus obtained, at 10 cents a pack.
He had seven packs when arrested
March II.