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The Washington times., 1933-03-16
MAIL CARRIER
HURT IN CRASH

George Tate, rural route mail
carrier, narrowly escaped death
yesterday when his automobile
was demolished in a crash with
an Arlington Fairfax Railway
street car at the Cedar Avenue
crossing in Fairfax.
Tate was cut on the head and
has a wrenched shoulder.
The scene of the accident al
ways has been considered an espe-
cially hazardous one. The road
way crossing the tracks is in a
deep cut, obscuring view of the
tracks,
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
HIT
BY TAX BILL

ANNAPOLIS, March 16.-The
urban.rural conflict came to a
head yesterday in the Maryland
House of Delegates when a bill to
take away from Baltimore City
the right to assess adjacent ter
ritory in Baltimore and Anne
Arundel counties for improve.
ments within the limits of the
municipality was adopted, IS to
SO. The Senate has already ap-
proved it.
County and city lines we're
sharply drawn, only few county
delegates opposing it and only one
city delegate favoring it.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
SCHOOLS DELAY.
. PLEA FOR PAY
INCREASE
Better Acquaintance With
Budget Officials and the
New Congress Members

School officials will await bet
ter acquaintance with the new
budget bureau officials and new
members Of Congress before they
get to work on their pet bit Of
legislation-a bill to increase
teachers salaries in certain spe-
cial divisions of the system.
It was announced today by
Henry Gilligan, chairman of the
legislation committee of the Board
of Education, that no action will
be taken at the present time to
press the bill which would increase
salaries of teachers in the teach.
ers colleges and the vocational
schools, with a view toward ele-
waiting the standards Of the
schools.
The bill, objected to in the
Senate after it had passed the
House last session, is destined to
elevate the teachers colleges to
the level of accredited teacher
training institutions and to give
vocational schools the same status
as junior high schools.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
COCKTAIL PARTY
IS DESCRIBED
At HEARING
Rose WeIch Struck Stonesifer
Only After Being Choked,
Annapolis Court Told

ANNAPOLIS, March 16.-Fol.
lowing preliminary hearing be-
fore Magistrate Thomas G.
Bassil in a courtroom packed
with spectators, Rose WEIGH, 49,
year-old Eastport girl, and two
Annapolis men yesterday were
held for grand jury action in
connection with the death Of
Howard F. Stonesifer, former
Naval Academy employe
Miss Welch sat in the hot
crowded court room and heard
her best friend, Edith Branden-
burg, of Eastport, tell the story
of a wild party on the night OF
February Is which ended fatally
for Stoneseifer.
Miss WEIGH is charged with
murder and two taxi drivers,
Howard Givens and Irving Ford
are charged with arson and &C.
ceSsories to the murder.
Miss Brandenburg told of the
cocktails that were served and of
the fight Stoneseifer had with
Miss Welch. She testified that
Stoneseifer was jealous of Miss
Welch and had tried to choke the
girl. Miss Welch hit him with a
milk bottle and he slumped in a
chair, dead.
After Stoneseifer was discov-
cred to be dead the two men set
fire to the dwelling, in west An
napolis, the police charge. The
fire was not discovered until 6
o'clock and firemen found the
charred body of the host in the
ashes of the house.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
152 BANKS BUSY.
8 MORE OPEN|N
MARYLAND
Restricted Institutions in the
State May Be Allowed
Greater Discretion .

BALTIMORE, March 16.-Three
more banks were licensed to re-
open today, bringing the total
number of institutions now open
in the State up to 152.
Two of the banks opening today
are State institutions, licensed by
state Banking Commissioner
Ghingher, and one is a Federal
Reserve member.
Curb May Be Eased
Several other licenses may be
issued today to other banks, it
was indicated, while some banks
which were permitted to reopen on
a limited withdrawal basis will be
allowed to increase this amount
to depositorS.
Reorganization plans Of the
Baltimore Trust Company and
the Union Trust have been prac-
tically completed, officials of the
institutions said today, and they
are now awaiting word from
Washington that will permit them
to reopen as national banks.
May Join Reserve
Another reorganization being
worked out is that of the Hagers-
town Banking and Trust Company
which was not licensed to reopen.
The Eastern Shore Trust, Com
pany, largest banking institution
in the State outside of Baltimore,
is also working on plans to become
member of the Federal Reserve
System.
The company with its 81
branches is now operating on a
limited withdrawal program.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
CHARITY GROUP
PLANS DRIVE

Appointment of a special COM
mite of the Alexandria United
Charities to consider ways and
means of raising additional funds
to carry on work of the body was
announo j today.
Members are William A. Smoot
Elliott F.. Hoffman, Thomas
Chauncey, Mrs. Otis H. Hullings
and Mrs. Effie L. Baggett.
Only small amount remains
in the treasury of the charity
organization, it was said, and
additional calls for aid make
necessary immediate solicitation
of funds.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
Arlington County Banks
Continue Big Business
CLIFFORD

Business continued heavy to-
day in two Arlington county trust
companies in their second days
operations following the bank
holiday. More than 100000 each
was deposited in the Clarendon
Trust Company at Clarendon,
and the Arlington Trust Com
pany at Rosslyn yesterday.
Officials and employees of the
two institutions worked far into
the night preparing their books
for today's business. Usually there
is ample time for such work dur
the banking day, but deposits and
new accounts took all available
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
BOY, IS, IS SHOT
BY FRIEND

Wounded in the arm and
chest, David H. Kelly, 18, of
Capitol Heights, is in a serious
condition at Casualty Hospital.
Kelly was shot accidently
with a 20 caliber rifle, by John
Edward Corbin, a friend, yester-
day afternoon. Kelly was taken
to the hospital by the Bladens-
burg Fire Rescue Squad.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
3 Held for Probe
Of Berlvun Robbery

Charged with beating and rob-
bing Eli j. Michael, of Staunton,
Va, of s25, three colored men,
arraigned in police court at
Hyattsville yesterday, were held
under $1,000 bond for grand jury
action.
Oscar Hawkins, Charles John
son and Earl Mason were arrested
by Constable Warren Peake short
ly after the assault and robbery.
According to Michael, they beat
and robbed him on a road near
Berwyn. Michael was visiting his
son in BerWyn.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
Maryland Seeking
Automobile HISTORY

BALTIMORE, March 16.-De.
tails of the early days of the in
PRODUCTION and use of automobiles
in Maryland is being sought by
E. Austin Baughman, commits
sioner of motor vehicles.
Records of the commission re-
garding the motor vehicle are COM
prehensive since 1910 but are
sketchy prior to that date. It is
known that the Automobile Club
of Maryland was organized in 1901
and that there we're 10 or IL ma.
chimes in the State at that time.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
Wade Ball Trial
Starts Next MOndUu

Charges of misuse of public
funds against E. Wade Ball, for.
mer treasurer of Arlington county,
will be heard at his trial which
will open Monday in Circuit
Court at Arlington Courthouse.
A venire of 100 has been sum.
moned by Sheriff Howard B.
Fields under direction of the
court. Judge Walter T. Mccarthy
will preside at the trial.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16

operating time yesterday.
At the entrances of both inSti-
tutions this morning there were
small crowds waiting to open ac-
counts or make additional de-
posits. With yesterday a Govern
ment pay day, a number Of the
new accounts were those of Fed
eral workers, some of whom still
have accounts in washington in
stitutions operating under conser-
vatorS.
The Peoples State Bank of
Cherrydale is operating on a 5
per cent withdrawal restriction
basis.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
Silver Springs Fire
LeUy Raised in Bill

ANNAPOLIS, March 16.-The
levy for the Silver Spring Fire
Department would be raised to
$4,000 from $4,000 under a bill
offered in the house of delegates
yesterday by George L. Edmunds,
of Montgomery county. It was
referred to the Montgomery
county delegation for report.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
NUMBERSACENT
SENT To JAIL

The fifth number game player
in a week was committed to jail
in Alexandria today when Will
liam Osborne, colored taxi driver
of washington, was sentenced to
serve 10 days on his plea OF
guilty to possession of number
slips.
The operators Of the number
games who in the past have con-
sidered the $25 and $50 fines
which were imposed as part OF
their overhead, have held several
conferences to cope with the new
situation which has resulted in
a scarcity of runners who are
willing to face 10 days in the
Alexandria jail.
Alexandria police say that pre-
vious to the imposition of jail
sentences over IS per cent Of the
colored population here played
the numbers daily.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
72-HOur Delay Urged
In Licenses to Wed

ANNAPOLIS, March 16.-A de-
lay of 70 hours in issuance of
marriage licenses would be re-
quired under a measure offered
in the house of delegates yester.
day by Harry L. Conway, of Bal
timore.
The act provides that this pro-
vision can be waived on order of
a circuit judge or a Baltimore
city Judge.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
DRAMA CLUB ELECTS

Fred E. Taylor has been elected
president of the newly formed dra-
matte club of the Central M. E
Church, Ballston. Other officers
are Miss Ethel Van Pelt, secre'
tary; Vernon Cleveland, treas
urer, and Mel Veitch, director.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
4 ON "LIT" PROGRAM

Four members, Mrs. Earl F.
Kelly. Mrs. Wright Clark, Mrs.
Edward l.. Smead, and Mrs.
Campbell E. Waters. will appear
on the program of the literature
section at a meeting of the Chevy
Chase Woman's Club tomorrow
afternoon in the Chevy Chase
Library.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
HYATTSVILLE HOUSE AFIRE

The home of William Wied-
more, first block Littlefield Ave-
nue., Hyattsville, was slightly dam
aged by fire yesterday. The fire
originated in the kitchen. The
Hyattsville fire department ex-
tinguiShed it.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
ST. PATRICK'S DANCE

A st. Patrick's Day dance will
be held Saturday from 10 p. m.
until / o'clock at the Manor Club
in Norbeck, Md.
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
GARRETT PARK MEETING

The Garrett Park CMd) Citi-
2ens Association meets tonight at
3 o'clock in the school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
Couzens Says Real
 Story Was Not Told
(Continued from Page 1)

The senator and Prosecutor Harry s. Toy engaged in a series of lively encounters with Couzens insisting the questioning of witt nesses has been desultory. Toy asked the senator if The knew of any witnesses who had not appear ed or been subpoenaed who might shed light upon this situation"
 Plenty" Couzens replied crisply. And from time to time in my tes- timony shall tell you of them."
 "When Mir Mills was on the stand he didn't tell how many mill lions in the First Natoinal bank were in default to employees and directors" Sen Couzens charged. s"He didn't tell how many millions these same employees and direc- tors had loaned to their friends. z "These witnesses have testified only to those things that made them appear in a favorable light"
 That" countered Toy, lis the usual procedure for any witness"
 Couzens vehemently denied ever opposing aid to the Detroit banks except inasmuch as such aid was in violation of the law.."
 I am embarrassed" he testified, that I, a mere senator without q vote, could oppose the seven direc- tors of the R. F. c.
 "Mr Prosecutor, under oath say that never in my presence did a federal official express approval of the proposed loans."
 The senator explained his state- ment supporting the loan of $9O,- 100000 to the Dawes bank of Chi cago. a.~..s
 That money went for a new bank" he said, while the pro- posed loan to the Guardian bank was for an old bank apparently in bad shape"
 Couzens said that he at no time felt the Detroit banking situation was "hopelessly critical" That the only difficulty that he, or any Washington official to his knowl- edge, was aware of was in the Union Guardian Trust company and ''there was certainly enough money in other institutions to take care of that"
 The senior Michigan senator, dressed in a powder blue suit and wearing plain gray tie stepped briskly forward to the witness chair, adjusted his spectacles and started to read a prepared state ment in a low voice.
 After the statement of the REC officials as to the precarious con- dition of the Detroit banks, Sena- tor Couzens testified he next heard of the difficulties when he learned that the Union Guardian Trust company had applied for a $65.- 0O0,000 loan "asking that the .sen- ator be not advised"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
Roosevelts' Neighbors Are Proud To Have
 The Summer White House In Their Midst

has got to be careful what he eats, I make him vanilla only"
 A ChurcIiIy Family
 Most of the Roosevelts are churcliiy people, and the Dowager Mrs James takes credit for that. To three generations of them, now, she has told Bible stories and read from the New Testament. Son Franklin, grandson James and great t-granddaughte Sistie have been her star pupils. The presi- dent is senior warden of the Epis- copalian vestry, and has promised to preside over the regular August vestry meeting. James is one of the vestrymen too. And Sistie. who has learned the prayers and tend church with her great-grand- mother.
 St James church near here is a beautiful old Gothic structure built in 1911, and is called "the Westminster Abbey of the Hud- son." The Roosevelts sit in the center line of pews,g third from the front. The Rev Frank R. Will son never mentions the president in his sermons. When Dr Wilson was i'll last December, and it was feared he wouldn't be able to preach, MT Roosevelt te1ephoned from Albany offering to come down himself and conduct the serv- ice as a lay reader. The minister was able to preach, though, some- what to his own disappointment.
 The coming of the president has brought employment to a dozen men, hired with an emergency re- lief fund obtained from the gov ernment to improve a landing field few miles from here. Originally an emergency port on the New York route, 1t has been made safe for official planes, it's rough spots smoothed out, and a road built to the main highway. Two department of commerce. ex- perts are on duty there day and night, with radio, radio beacon, and teletype machine for the ex- change of messages with Washing ton. Henry Morgenthau Jr, gov- ernor of the farm credit admin istration, already has used the field several times. He has an estate nearby, and pops in about once week in one of the govern ment planes assigned him for his travels about the country.
 THE END
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
By PAUL HARRISON

President Roosevelt Is depicted
 kn the role of neiRhbor to Dutch-
 ess County, N. Y., folk fin the
 following article, the last of .
 series of three appearing in this
 newspaper.
 NEA Service Writer
 Hyde Park, N. Y.-This village, khe neighboring city of Pough- keepsie-and in fact the whole county of Dutchess-are pretty sorry now that they didn't vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt for presi- dept It's sort of embarrassing to play host to man who has trium- phantly over-ridden your opposi- tion at the polls.
 However, the two towns are do- Ing their colorful best to make amends with flags and bunting, and they hope that the neighborhood boy who made good will drop around sometimes and say ilowdy. He has already said "Bully!"- said 1t when a committee of greet CTS told him that business Is look ing q lot better hereabout.
 Planning the Local Reception
 The Roosevelt Home club has gone into action to provide some sort of local reception for him. This is an appreciative group (strictly non-partisan, they'll as- sure you) which has been welcom- ing him home occasionally ever since he went to the executive mansion in Albany. Harold Clay, Q young Poughkeepsie bank tel Her, is the clubs chairman on ar- Arrangements, but hasn't been able a VI xytx h Iva the president wants to stay home for awhile. Everyone is hopeful, though, of the influence of Moses Smith, the clubs president. Smith Happens to be the manager of the two farms owned by MT Roose- welt.
 Among other people of promi- hence in the local new deal are no less than three Original discover ers' of the chief executives po- 1itical talents. These are former Mayor John K. Hague of Pough- keepsie, Richard Cornell, former congressman, and Edward E. Per- kins. now treasurer of the state Democratic committee. Stories are current that one or another of these picked Franklin Roosevelt for the state senate more than 6V yCdES dBO@dItGT dHOInSr man they'd counted on chose not to run.
 When the youthful Duchess county aristocrat won the nomin- ation, no one was more surprised than Franklin Roosevelt himself. After needing the suggestions of a few canny old politicians that he leave his spats. cane and fawn- colored gloves at home. the young- ster went ont and mopped up his republican opposition with a tidy majority.
 There's also revival of inter- est here in early stories of the Roosevelt family. Even the cor rect pronunciation of the name has been argued again and again, and finally settled by some research on the part of one Helen W. Reyn- olds. of the Duchess County His- torical society. It seems that s'Rosa-velt" is right; not "Rue-sa- yelt." There once was a section of land in Holland called "het | roosen velt," meaning the field of roses, and that's where the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
 IS BESET WITH
 MANY STRIKES
Tickets Still. at Work at Hosiery Mills as Nation- al Officers Try to Settle Trouble.

Philadelphia, Aug 17--(UP)- Several thousand striking hosiery workers continued to picket the Cambria Hoisery mill today as ra- tional officers of the union dis cussed settlement of the strike with officials of the MIRA in Wash ington.
 While the hoisery workers claim ed they had forced closing of the Cambria plant, 4000 striking clean CTS and dyers delivered their de- mands to leading operators of cleaning and dyeing establish ments as police investigated an att tempted bombing of the home Of Bernard shotkin, president of a cleaning firm. Efforts to settle the strike of 1500 radio employees in the Atwater Kent plant started today with the arrival of a federal mediator as union officials arranged an amic- able settlement of the one day strike of laundry workers. A new strike was added to the list of Phil- adelpIia labor disturbances today when 300 umbrella frame makers walked out in protest because their firm failed to sign the MIRA code. Clothing workers in Camden. N. J., shoe workers in Philadelphia and members of the fur section of the Garment Workers union con- tinued on their picket lines. with little evidence of immediate set clement for any of the three strikes.
 The hosiery workers. who joined with their national officers now in convention here, on the picket line at the Cambria mill and the Blue Moon plant in Croydon. ex- pressed the opinion today that their efforts would be successful.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17

ready were beginning to drive up that way to hold noisy picnics. So he sold it, for $25,000, and bought an estate far up the Hudson. The first farm, by the way included most of the region which is now Fifth Madison and Park avenues in the ritzy Fifties.
 The old Homestead
 James A. Roosevelt, elder son of pr Isaac, inherited the old home- stead, sold it after the house burned down. and bought the present 500-acre estate in 1867. The proper name of it is Spring wood'-and not "Krum Elbow" or "Crom Elbow" as the old maps identify the nearby bend in the river.
 Wherever he goes around here, the president technically is only a guest. Tho Springwood' mansion, where he was born, is still owned by his mother. Gle pays the op- erating expenses during his visits). Nor does he own the stone house, called "The Cottage" mile and a half away at Val Kill. The land is part of the 500 acres of back farms that he once purchas- ed, but it has been leased by him to- Mrs Roosevelt and her three women partners in the furniture making business. They built the house, which now Is the residence of Miss Nancy Cook, manager of the adjoining factory. The presi- dent installed the swimming pool there, though. It is in a spring fed hollow near the small lagoon, which skirts the sloping lawn in front of the house.
 It isn't generally known, but the First Lady and her partners also are in the filling station business in small way. On their nomadic motoring vacations together, the women developed some definite nations about how roadside stands should be built and conducted. So they have installed & model one on the paved highway near their fac- tory-a substantial little place with gay awnings and umbrella shaded outdoor tables. Inside is Ia small lounge, with Val Kill re- productions of Early American furniture, fireplace, rag rugs and old prints.
 The place is managed by Miss Nellie Johantsen, who lives on a neighboring farm. She also turns out cakes and cookies and home- made ice cream for the presiden- tial picnics. MT Roosevelt al- ways used to ask for chocolate ice cream, she confided, "but now he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17

This loan he opposed, because of the inadequacy of the collateral offered.
 On February g, Colonel James Walsh and Clifford B. Longley, two officials of the Guardian group, called him from the senate to dis cuss the loan. That night he and Michigan's Senator Vandenburg went to the White House at the request of MT Hoover.
 ''The Detroit banking situation Is very serious" MT Hoover said as he greeted them, Couzens read.
 To each MT Hoover handed a confidential memorandum discios- ing the status of the guardian group.
 On this date the group had re- vised its loan request and then sought $45,000,000 instead of $65,- 100000. The purpose of the loan, the senator said, was announced to furnish funds to meet deposit lia- bilities due to the frozen character of many of the assets.
 The memorandum from the president showed however the total deposit liability of / the Union Guardian Trust company to be $20.500,000.
 Why" questioned Prosecutor Harry s. Toy, "did the bank require so large sum under those circum- stances"
 That's what I couldn't under stand" Couzens replied. That's one of the reasons I opposed the loan. They said they wanted 1t to retire deposit liabilities and yet asked roughly $25,000,000 in ex- cess of their entire deposit liabil- ity."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
BAILEY HEAVILY GUARDED

Dallas. Tex, Aug 17.-(UP)-A heavy guard was maintained at the Dallas county jail today where Harvey Bailey. Kansas convict, and four others chraged in the Charles F. Urschel Kidnapping were held against reports of a gangland att tempt to liberate them.
 Department of justice agents and county officers kept watch over the prisoners throughout the night and patrolled highways leading into Dallas looking for two car loads of gunmen reported en route to free the notorious Bailey.
 Fear of the attempt at liberation came after United States Commis- sioner Lee E. Smith had heard pleas of not guilty from the five held here and had set bonds amounting to $300,000 a third of which was for Bailey.
 While officers continued their special guard today they also fol- lowed new trail of the Urschel ransom money. Some ransom bills were found at Fort Worth and at Mckinney. in Collin. county, au- thorities said.
 Between $4,0oo. and $5,ooo was reported deposited in Wise county bank by Bailey under an alias. Bailey was captured In that county at the farm of R. G. shannon, one of the four arrafgned with the Kansas convict for implication in the Urschel case. Shannon's wife, his son Armon shannon, and the 'latter's wife are held in default of $50,000 bonds set for each.