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The Washington times., 1933-07-01
NEW UNITS
HOLD DHOPE
To FIRED
CLERKS
Rush Equal to Days of War
Predicted When Recovery
Is In Full Swing

Although the beginning of
the new fiscal year today sees
the Federal establishment in
Washington reduced to the
lowest figure it has shown in
several years, there will be a
sharp upturn during the COM
ing year, and at the end of the
period it will not be surprising
if there are twice as many Gov
ernment employees, both in
Washington and in the field, as
there are at present.
The explanation of this lies In
the fact that, while ordinary ex-
penditures of the Government
are being balanced. and personnel
reductions are Under way to make
that possible, the Administration
is spending billions to meet
extraordinary needs in the in.
terest of business recovery, there
by setting up new organizations
that will call for thousands of
employees.
The existing units of the Gov.
ernment when the Roosevelt adj
ministration assumed office March
4 were called upon for drastic
retrenchment in order that nor
NAL Government expenses might
be cut. AS result, some 3,100
Federal jobs in Washington have
been vacated since March 4.
New Units Grow
However, while this process OF
curtailment has been going on in
the regular governmental estab-
lishment, new emergency organi-
cations have been growing up on
every side, and already their per-
sonnel probably exceeds 1000.
One reason for the delays that
have been experienced in putting
the economy program into effect
has been the feeling on the part
of responsible officials, notably
Secretary of Commerce Roper,
that most desirable Federal
workers could be placed with the
new agencies.
These include the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration, whose
rotentialities for growth, both IN
washington and elsewhere, ar1
enormous. and it's related group,
the Farm Credits organization.
both under the control of Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wallace, who
is sincerely anxious to place as
many Government workers ousted
from their jobs into these new
units.
It has been estimated that be-
tween 100000 and 100000 field
employees would be required for
the revival of agriculture. Most
of these will be part time jobs,
no doubt, but they will be jobs.
The National Industrial RecoV-
cry Administration also will make
many jobs. Although Brig. Gen.
Hugh S. johnson has said he
hopes to keep it from growing to
great size, it seems likely to grow
in spite of his best efforts. It Is
a tremendous job to organize in
dustry throughout the nation,
and most of the work will have
to be done here.
Secretary Roper has hoped
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The Washington times., 1933-07-01
Beer Output for May
ShOUUs Big Increase

NEW YORK, July / G.N.SJ
Americas thirst is on the up
grade. The country drank, -r
bought, $4,000 more barrels of
beer in May than in April. C.
D. Williams, secretary Of the
United States Brewers AsSocia-
ton, announced today. The in
crease represented 307 $4,000 g.
ounce glasses. Organized brewers
produced 100000 more barrels of
80 in May than in the first %
days of its legalization.
The Washington times., 1933-07-01
One Drowned, 4 Men Hurt
In Balbo Armada's Hop

nor Quintavella. mechanic, and a
radio operator named Jania. But
Dutch authorities understood the
plane carried one other man.
With the exception of this
mishap, the first 870-mile hop of
the flight was carried out &C.
cording to schedule. The planes
dropped down at intervals of a
few seconds, taxing to anchor
ages at the seaplane base under
direction of Gen. Italo Balbo,
italian air minister and COM
mander of the expedition.
The first of the Is planes
descended on the Zuider Zee at
12:42 p. m. (6:42 a. m, Wash
ington time) after the entire
squadron had flown low over the
city to the cheers of thousands
who thfonged the streets.
Descent TCO Sharp
The plane piloted by General
Balbo made perfect landing. The
16 craft which Immediately fol.
lowed him descended gracefully,
but the next one made too sharp a
descent and nosed into the water.
When the planes had all been
anchored, Balbo was brought
ashore aboard Dutch naval
launch and welcomed by a huge
crowd of Dutchmen and Italians.
The crowd was so dense that
Balbo had to be escorted to the
private quarters of a Dutch flying
officer, where the minister of de-
fense officially welcomed him.
During the reception, Com
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The Washington times., 1933-07-01
Lindy Tests Plane
For Greenland Hop

CALDWELL. N. j., July l
QN.SD Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh motored here today to
test the new 7O0-horSepower
Wright cyclone motor installed
in the Lockheed Sirius plane he
will use in his coming Green
land flight. Colonel Lindbergh'S
plane is at the Curtiss-Wright
Essex Airport. 1t is the same
plane he flew to China and
with which he once established
a coast to coast nonstop flight
record,
The Washington times., 1933-07-01
'The Bat,' Thief, Dope
PeddLer, Found Slain

NEW YORK, July G.N.SD .
Bartolo Cassetti, 20, dope peddler,
bootlegger and petty thief known
as The Bat" was found shot to
death early today in shed be-
hind a restaurant and pool parlor
in the neighborhood in which he
was born and raised. Two bullet
holes of .38-caliber size showed he
had been shot in the back.
The Washington times., 1933-07-01
B BOARD N AN
SCRUSHED
BY PLANE
Suffers Broken Neck and Back
In Takeoff; GehIback and
ThaW Also Eliminated
By International News Service


Russell Boardman, who flew
across the Atlantic to Turkey,
was near death at the City
Hospital in Indianapolis to-
day from injuries suffered in
a crash at the municipal air.
port there while participating
in the Bendix speed race from
New York to Los Angeles.
Physicians said they believed
he had suffered a broken neck. a
broken back. and a fractured
skull and clavicle. They held little
hope for his recovery. Boardman
has been unconscious since the
crash.
Hurt At TakeOff
A sudden wind change appar-
emily caused Russell Boardman's
plan to stall shortly after he took
off. Two other were put
out of the race because Of crashes
at indianapolis.
Lee Gehlbach crashed as he
took off from the airport. He was
uninjured.
Russell Thaw broke a wing tip
as he landed for refueling. and
was unable to continue.
An air lock in the gasoline
system of Gehlbach's plane
caused his mishap. The plane
dived to the ground, crashed
through a fence and came to a
halt in a wheat field.
Amelia Flies On.
Roscoe Turner, one Of the
three remaining entrants in the
race, apparently was in the lead
at the half way mark today.
He landed his Wedell-Williams
plane at Wichita, Kans., at 8:55
a. M, quickly refueled and at 30
seconds after nine o'clock took
off for Albuquerque, N. M. He
made the flight from New York
to Wichita in five hours and Sc
minutes.
James R. Wedel- followed Tur-
ner, landing at Wichita at $50
a. m. Wedell refueled and
scared on his way four and one
half minutes later. He was six
hours and three minutes out of
New York.
Turner was leading WedeIl by
seven minutes in elapsed time at
Wichita.
Amelia Earhart, only woman
entrant, in a slower plane, Jagged
but hoped to make a nonstop
flight from st. Louis, where she
landed for fuel at $40 this
morning, to Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1933-07-01
st. Louis G0ngSter
Shot DOlUn in N. Y

NEW YORK, July / QN.S).
The body of Morris Moll, st.
Louis racketeer who came to the
big city to make good, lay un-
claimed in the city morgue TO-
day as police hunt for the
slayers who moved him down
with bullets last Thursday. Mol,
known in the New York "rackets"
as Morris Marks and Murray
Marks, was slain as he alighted
from a bus.
The Washington times., 1933-07-01
Tropical Storm Seen
Headed for Jamaica

BY International News Service
A tropical disturbance attended
by winds of hurricane force
moving west northwestern IL
miles an hour, with center about
$50 miles southwest of Kingston.
Jamaica, was reported by the
weather Bureau today.
The Washington times., 1933-07-01
AUTO MAGNATE
FOUND SLAIN

SOUTH BEND, Ind, July
GN.SD "A. R. Erskine, million
aire president of the Studebaker
found shot to death in his pala-
tial home on Miami Road here
today. Police said they believed
it was a case of suicide.
The Washington times., 1933-07-01
Dollar Takes NeU
Decline in London

LONDON. July GN.S0.-The
American dollar fell on the Lon
don exchanges today. closing at
$4.3112 to the pound sterling
after opening at $4.2S. Yester-
days close was at $4.26h to the
pound.
PARIS, July l G.N.SO.-With
the money market closed for the
day, Paris banks paid 1920 francs
on the American dollar to Gus
toners. Transactions between
banks quoted the dollar at 1920
francs.
The Washington times., 1933-07-01
JAP BANK RATE CUT

TOKYO. July Q.N.SJ The
bank Of Japan today cut its dis
ctlnt rate 7S-l00 Of a point to
3fS.
The Washington times., 1933-07-01
THE WEATHER

u ne WEA IHEN
Local thundershowers tonig ght Sunday; not
quite so warm Sunday; moderate southwest
winds, shifting to northwest. Temperature yes
teSday-Highest, IS; lowest, "a. Ce32-High-
est, 81; lowest 67.) Humidity yesterday-
Highest, 90; lowest, SO.
Full Weather Report on Page IS
The Washington Times only afternoon in
this city publishing the dispatches OF Inter-
national News Service and Universal Service.
Evening star., 1933-02-10

cessful way of obtaining long lease
on prison cell.
So say the records. Take, for in
stance. Gerald Chapman, one Of the
most notorious of all Americas bandits.
He and some pals made the mistake
in October. 1921, of robbing a mail
truck 1t was one of the most astound-
ing of all such robberies because it took
place in Leonard street, downtown
Manhattan, and the loot totaled S2,-
400. 900.
Chapman and two pals were caught
and convicted. Although Chapman
astounded the country again by escap-
ing from Atlanta Penitentiary, he was
heading straight for bad end, for he
was caught and convicted of killing a
Connecticut policeman and hanged at
Wethersf1eld., Conn.
Hunt Down Last Man.
1t is said that postal inspectors never
consider a mail robbery CLOSED case"
until the last of the robbers is In
prison. One of the most daring hold
ups, the Dearborn street mail robbery
in Chicago, has re-echoed through the
courts and police systems since 1921
Only two months ago one of the par
ticipants was sent to Leavenworth
Prison. Three others had preceded
him.
In that crime s3So.o0o in negotiable
securities was taken by a small gang,
which drove up to a mail station, seized
the mail bags in sight Of hundreds of
people and escaped in a black sedan
Much OF the loot was recovered.
On Winters day in 1923, a robber
band working with dynamite and be-
hind masks got $4,000 loot from a
pay roll train of the Grand Trunk Rail-
road in Evergreen Park, Ill, flag stop.
While some of the robbers fingered
guns, others dynamited the mail car
and seized the cash sacks.
A spectacular hunt brought the cap
ture and conviction of the whole band.
Charles "Limpy' Cleaver. after des-
perate gun battle with police in Chi
cago. confessed and implicated eight
others. Including Virgil Litsinger and
John Red" Flannery, who were SEN
fenced to serve Is years each. Cleaver
drew 35.
Other Robberies.
Other outstanding robberies that have
been perpetrated in the United States
during the past few years include:
1919-Illinois Central mail train rob-
berry. Chicago, s500,000 in currency.
1920-Mail train robbery between
Evening star., 1933-02-10
insult DIVIDENDS
PAID AT LATE DATE
Quarterly Payment Made
When Company Was Fac
ing Receivership.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Dividends of the Mississippi Valley
! Utilities Investment Co., an insult con-
| Germ, were paid at virtually the full
quarterly rate shortly before the firm
went into eceivership-when 1t must
| have been evident to the management
that the company was in grave financial
condition, j. w. Adams, a Federal
| Trade Commission examiner. testified
before the commission yesterday.
Mr. Adams estimated that only 10 to
II per cent of the capital stock and
notes payable to the company could
have been realized at the time it went
into receivership, April Is. He said the
book value of investments was s48. $780,
Se3, but that the realizable value was
approximately s5,658,000.
Adjourned to Tuesday.
In addition. the examiner reported
advances totaling $66,000 had been
! made to Martin j. insult, high Of
fetal in the giant organization built up
by his brother, Samuel insult. No de-
tails were given.
After receiving the testimony, the
commission adjourned until next Tues
day when data will be received on two
more insult concerns-the Corporation
Securities Co. and insult Son g. Co.,
both of Chicago.
Dividends paid by the Mississippi VAL
ley Co. from its organization by the
Middle West Utilities Co. in 1926 to its
collapse last April totaled S8,o5l,525,
the examiner said, adding that during
the three and one-half months OF last
year 1t paid $632,354.
Donation Saves Deficit.
Adams said the bulk of the divi-
dends on common stock" went to Mid
die West Utilities Co., which owns 81
per cent Of the common stock and man
aged the Mississippi Valley Utilities In
vestment Co. and was itself In financial
straits"
The company's deficit as Of April Is
was given as $526,093. The examiner
said, however, that had it not been for
donations totaling s4,868,537 Of the
Middle West Utilities Co., the deficit
would have been $4,394,630.
Evening star., 1933-02-10
Reduces Infection, Eases Pain

Reduces Infection, Eases Pain
Instantly. Gargling with Bayer
Aspirin will do three things: Relieve
soreness at once. Allay inflamma-
ton. AND-reduce infection; which
is the important thing in fighting
sore throat.
It requires medicine-like BAY
ER ASP1RIN-to do these things!
That is why throat specialists
throughout America are prescrib-
ing this BAYER gargle in place of
old-time ways. Results are quick
and amazing.
Be careful, however, that you
get real BAYER Aspirin Tablets
for this purpose. For they dissolve
completely enough to gargle with
out leaving irritating particles.
Watch this when you buy.
Evening star., 1933-02-10
FOREIGN

q am. Greenwich time. today)
Evening star., 1933-02-10

Omaha. Nehr, and Council Bluffs, Iowa,
. So, 500 600.
1920-Bonds valued at 5000, 900 stolen
on train in transit between Chicago and
New York.
192l-Post Office, Toledo, $1,000, 900
securities
1921-Mail robbery, Chicago, 81, ,000.-
900 securities.
192+Roundout, Ill, mail train rob-
berry. $1,000 900.
1929EFarmers & Merchants Bank,
jefferson, Wis, $319, ,0oO
1930-Lncoln. Nebr, bank, So 500 900.
Evening star., 1933-02-10
G. u. Law Expert to Talk,

DR.. Lewis c. Cassidy, Georgetown
University law professor, will speak on
Possession at Roman Law" tonight
before the Riccobono Society Of Roman
Law in Mcmahon Hall, Catholic Uni
versity Judge Charles S. Lobingier
will preside.
Evening star., 1933-02-10
TRIO GETS $325,000
IN POSTAL ROBBERY
ON PACIFIC COAST
Continued From First Page.)

hand and jumped from the platform to
the alley, where a second bandit stood.
Meanwhile the third bandit covered
Swanson, who stood at the end OF the
platform. Swanson said he did not
What do you guys want?" Swanson
asked.
Never mind" was the reply. Go sit
on that truck"
The bandit indicated a hand truck.
He forced the driver to sit with his face
turned from the robbery activities
Swanson'S pistol was on the seat of
his truck nearby.
As the men ran for their car one
fired shot. The bullet went in the
general direction of his companions and
one OF them shouted:
cut that out; we don't want any Of
that stuff
Auto License Hidden.
NeI:her Swanson nor williams could
make out the license number of the
car. They said it was so shaded they
could barely see the plate.
A partial check of what the pouch
contained showed the delivery to con-
sist principally of bonds and bond
coupons, all of which are negotiable.
all traceable through their numbers and
practically all covered by insurance.
Losses traced thus far included the
following:
Bank of America, $4,000 bond cou-
pons and $105,000 in bonds sent out for
collection; Capital National Bank. $751;
600 in bonds and coupons; Merchants
National Bank, $4,000 State highway
bonds and bond coupons: California
Trust & Savings Bank (shipped by the
receiver), $4,000 bonds sent out for col
Nlection; State treasurer, $4,000 bonds
sent out for collection; 200 pieces of
registered mail, estimated roughly at
more than $4,000.
MAIL ROBBERIES DON'T PAY.
Many Big Hauls Have Served Only to
Evening star., 1933-02-10
MAIL RoBBERIEs DON'T PAY

Many Big Hauls Have Served Only to
Send Thieves to Prison.
NEW YORK. February 10 P).-
Robbing the mails Is an eminently sue
Evening star., 1933-02-10
Remember Only Medicine Helps Sore Throat

Modern medical science now throws
an entirely new light on sore throat.
A way that eases the pain, rawness
and irritation in as little as two or
three minutes.
Results are among the most
extraordinary in medical science.
On doctors advice, millions are fol-
lowing this way discarding old
time washes" and "antiseptics."
For it has been found that only nledi-
cine can help sore throat.
Simple To Do. All you do is
crush and dissolve three BAYER
Aspirin Tablets in half a glass of
water. Gargle with it twice-as
pictured above. If yon have any
indication of cold-before gar
Cling take 2 Bayer Aspirin Tablets
with full glass Of water. This is to
combat any signs of cold that have
gone into your system. Keep on
taking if cold has a hold" For
Genuine Bayer Aspirin will not harm
you. Your doctor viii tell you, it
does not depress the heart. Get a
box of II or a bottle of "a or 100
at any drug store.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
NSCHOOL Jobs
CLOSED BY BOARD
Special Meeting Seeks to
Bring Staff Within Appro-
priations for 1894.

Twenty-Five public school positions
were closed out by the Board OF Edu-
cation late yesterday in approving the
recommendations submitted at the spe-
cial board meeting by DR.. Frank w.
Ballou. superintendent. in order to
bring the staff within the slashed ap-
preparations for next year.
At the same special session the board
agreed to hold its annual reorganlza-
tion meeting at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning. Following that meeting the
board will adjourn for the Summer.
The positions closed out by the board
yesterday represented an aggregate sal
ary of s46,9OO. O. this sum. $4,000
was the salary of Ola attendance Off
Ger whose place was ciosed, and the
remainder represented teachers sal
aries
The positions closed included two
class "a positions, one at Central and
one at Armstrong High School, and
19 class Ia positions. The Ia teach
erships closed were: Two at the Park
View School. one at $4,000 and one
at ST 800; two at the Raymond School
at $4,000 each; two at the Maury
School, one at $4,000 and one at $1,000,
Seaton School, $4,000: Emery-Ecking-
ton, $4,000; Curtis-Hyde School, $4,000;
Truesdell School, $4,000: Van Buren
School, ST 400: Madison School, $4,000;
Cooke School, $4,000: Seaton School,
$4,000; Henry School, $4,000; Raymond
School, $4,000; Grant Weightman
School, $1,000; Kenilworth School.
ST 1900, and Douglas Simmons School,
$4,000.
Of the incumbents who formerly oc-
cupied the closedout positions, IL left
the service through retirement, 8
through resignation, through resig
nation while on leave and through
termination.
Evening star., 1933-06-29


was sunk in Havana harbor in 1898 Mr.
Fletcher was assigned to adjust and
audit all the allotmentS of pay of the
officers and crew, both for the men who
lost their lives and for the survivors.
His service has kept him in close con-
tact with naval affairs and many of
the outstanding figures in the Navy
have become his friends. He is a
student of naval history.
From clerk in the sixth auditors Of
flee Mr.. Fletcher was transferred in
1891 to the old fourth auditors Office,
which later became designated as Of
fee of the auditor for the Navy. He
served in various grades and classes,
from clerkship to the Office Of chief of
division. He was transferred to the
General Accounting Office July /. 1921.
when that agency was established, and
he has remained there ever since.
Evening star., 1933-06-29

been reduced by 10 per cent, It was
said at q meeting last night.
The building owner was commended
for the reduction. Other steps will be
taken to preserve the branch.
The association voted to ask the
Health Department to remove the
growth Of poison ivy vines from Lang
don Park, between Nineteenth street
and Mills avenue, and Franklin and
Hamlin streets northeast. Members
said the matter had been taken up
with park authorities, but that no ac-
tion had been taken, save to cut the
weeds.
A general property tax assessment for
street Improvements was approved after
Evening star., 1933-06-29

Quoted by Lieut.. Charles Benter, will
open the program. This will be fol-
lowed at 8 pm. by series of dance
numbers by the Lisa Gardiner Dancers
with the band providing music for many
of the dances and playing the interludes
as well.
Among the special numbers on the
program are Dances From Prince
Igor" and "A Sea Fantasy" Two other
numbers-"The Invitation to the
Waltz and "Cordova," Spanish num-
ber-will be repeated by request.
Among the dancers who will assist
Miss Gardiner are Eda Vomachka,
Christine Stewart, Ann Vucinovich,
Frances Rands and Betty Yoder. Piano
Evening star., 1933-06-29
Flooring Mill Reopened.

GLADSTONE, Mich. June 20 R.-
The Northwestern Cooperage g. Lum-
Der Co resumed operations in its floor
ing mill here yesterday. The mill was
closed for several days. All units of
the company now are producing. There
having been added in the last three
weeks.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
Skyscraping Thermometer.

One of the private exhibits which will
be seen at the Century of Progress Ex-
position is a giant thermometer project
ing into space to height Of more than
200 feet. The indicating column will
consist of line of neon lights to rep
resent mercury, strung end to end for
$50 feet. Each section will represent
one degree of temperature and their
operation will be controlled by a master
thermometer in the base Of the struc-
fllre
Evening star., 1933-06-29

III IL c - a tiliSiiO
and the General
Accounting Office.
Appointed as a
clerk from Center
c oun ty. P "a.
through the Civil
Service Commits
sion, November 25.
1890, Mr.. Fletcher
has served under
the a d m j nistra-
tionS of Harrison,
Cleveland, McKin-
ley, T h e d or e
Roosevelt, T a f t
Wilson. Harding,
Coolidge, H GOV er
a nd Fran k ! i n
Roosevelt. When
- NE.
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PASSES ENGLISH BAR

LONDON. June 20 R.-Margaret
Kingsland Haskell Of Evanston, Ill,
has qualified by examination to prac-
tice as an English barrister.
She was called to the bar" meaning
that she was oficially granted a lawyers
rights. She holds a bachelor of arts
degree from Bryn Mawr College.
Evening star., 1933-06-29

the advantage Of such . plan had been
pointed out over that Of making assess
ment on space and area.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
U. S. WORKER QUITS
AT END OF AZ YEARS
Sergius Fletcher of General Ac-
counting Office Will Retire
Tomorrow.

Sergius s. Fletcher, an audit reviewer
in the audit division of the General
Accounting Office, will retire tomorrow
after AZ years of service in the Treas
Evening star., 1933-06-29
NAVY BAND WILL PLAY
FOR PROGRAM TONIGHT

Fourth Of "Summer Festival Sc
ries Also to Include Variety
of Dance Features.
The fourth of a series of Summer
festival programs arranged by the
Community Center Department and
the Office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks will be presented in the
Sylvan Theater at 7:30 pm today.
A concert by the Navy Band, con-