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The Washington times., 1933-11-17
TREASURY HEAD
|NFLAT|ON|ST

Editorials in the American Ag-
riculturist, of which Henry Nor
genthau. jr., new Acting Secre-
tary of the Treasury, is publisher,
reveal that Morgenthau is an adj
vocate of the commodity dollar,
proposed by his former instructor
at Cornell, Prof. George F. War
rem.
On March 10. his paper urged
devalution of the dollar by put
ting less gold in it. A month
later he suggested use Of silver
as well as gold backing for the
dollar.
The commodity dollar of Prof.
Warren is described as an all
commodity dollar, instead Of q
one-commodity (gold dollar. It
would be independent, Warren
contends, Of the business cycle,
and would tend to check booms
and depressions.
The Washington times., 1933-11-17
ATTACKS
PLEAFOR LOW
MINE WAGE
Operators at Code Hearing
Point to High Pay as Cause
Of Unemployment

Sharp criticism Of Charles F..
Huber, chairman of the code COM
mittee Of anthracite operators,
was voiced today by John l..
Lewis, international president Of
the United Mine Workers Of
America, at the opening Of public
hearings on the proposed code
Of fair competition in the hard
coal field.
Lewis denounced as "the
rafting of old bones" the asser-
ton by Huber that attempts by
operators to adjust wage scales
by direct negotiation in 1882 and
by submitting the issue to a
board of reference failed because
labor was "solidly against any
wage reduction"
Wages Already High
Huber, who preceded Lewis as
a witness, declared:
Hourly rates and contract
rates in the anthracite field
are far greater than those
provided in the bituminOus
field under the code recently
approved for that industry"
Huber declared an artificial
level'' of labor costs, which he
said constituted so per cent OF
the total production cost, had
been one of the major factors in
reducing markets and in increas-
ing unemployment.
Huber added that two of the
largest producers in Pennsylvania
the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal & Iron Co. and the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company, had not
Joined other operators in pre-
senting the code. He ascribed
their detection as due almost
entirely to their unwillingness to
endorse section 7 of article 7,
relating to prices and terms OF
SALE"
Price Inquiries Provided
Under this article, a committee
of operators would be empowered
to initiate Investigations of cir
cumstances concerning prices
terms, or sales policies filed by
any operator with the Anthra-
cite Institute.
Thomas Kennedy, international
secretary-treasurer of the United
Mine Workers of America, recon-
mended that the present wage
agreement, in force until April /
1886, should constitute the basic
wage provisions and conditions
of employment for districts /,
and 9, which produce practically
all of the nations hard coal tom
mage.
The Washington times., 1933-11-17

Mrs. Neal said. Five
courses are the limit of modern
endurance, even at formal din
ners. Tables. should never be
set with more than three fo1Es
at each plate, and if you only
have one wine-serve it with your
meat course.
Port Always Good
Port, when in doubt. Mrs. Neal
advised. It goes best with roasts
and red meats. She does not ap-
prove of champagne with roasts,
preferring it with poultry, salad,
and dessert. Sauterna, Rhine
wine and Moselle with fish or
oysters-and claret, said she, in
stead of champagne, with salads.
BY the way. Rhine wine is only
served in a green glass, sup
posedly the tinge Of the waters
of the Rhine River. while still red
wines go in ruby glasses.
Lest it seem trivial, hear Mrs.
Neal:
'Tnsist on doing things cor.
rectly. The speakeasy era Il
overland will, sooner than you
think, be forgotten"
The Washington times., 1933-11-17

OF the faculty OF the school tx
which walters, speakeasy pro
prietors, tea room hostesses snc
statesmen are coming to lear1
about liquor, says women must
learn what to serve, and when
before they can live harmoniouslS
after repeal.
She learned that all cham
payne glasses must be hollow
stemmed, that sherry gees only
with soup, and such lore, in Mas
sau. She said:
"There will be some mighty
funny mistakes next month. A
hostess will have to drink her
self to show her guests how.
She will have to know how to
mix martins, manhattanS,
Bronx, clover clubs. aIexanders,
sidecars, singers, gin fixes,
OId-faShiOnedS.
She will have to serve the
right wines. So it is only nat
ural she should be devOting
her time now to studying these
things"
Eating will never be the heav-
lily fine art it was before pro-
The Washington times., 1933-11-17
4 Listen IS Minutes
To SLduinq CHARGES

Forty-five minutes were required
to read an indictment charging
two men and two colored women
with first degree murder when
they were arraigned today before
Justice Peyton Gordon, in District
Supreme Court.
The indictment contained Is
counts and was read in it's en-
tirety by William S. Adkins, clerk
of the court. The defendants,
John w. Duncan, William Red
mond, Frances Duncan, and Ber-
tina Olden, were accused in the
death of Armstead Olden, who was
struck on the head in a fight in
the 1900 block Sixth st. N. w.
last October z,
The Washington times., 1933-11-17
Margaret S. StabIer
One Of Two Most
Active in Fight

Mr.. and Mrs. Public, meet the
young lady who has demanded
that MIRA employees be given the
same improved working conditions
that the NRA is asking Of private
industry.
She is Margaret S. Stabler, Sec
rotary to the MIRA Labor Advisory
Board. Not only did she assist in
laying the plans for signing up
the Blue Eagle forces with the
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees, but she is also one
of the two most active organizers
carrying out the plans.
Worked With Donovan
With her fellow worker on the
labor board, John L. Donovan, she
is principally responsible for the
movement to ask Brig. Gen. John
son to extend to his employees the
same rights and privileges he is
demanding for private citizens
who labor in the field, factory or
store.
First, Miss Stabler wants the
low-salaried clerks in her organ
ization to be placed on an equal
basis with Federal workers in
permanent departments.
Second, she desires her fellow
employees to cooperate with other
Government employees in fighting
for abolition of the IS per cent
pay cut and other "injustices."
Overtime Opposed
Third, she is particularly anx-
ious to relieve the overtime work
situation in the NRA, so that
the clerks can either be paid
extra, or given leave, in return
for laboring after hours.
Appropriately enough, Margaret
Stabler is a born and bred Wash
ingtonian. She was educated at
Western, Mckinley and Business
High Schools, finishing her
studies in 1926. Thereafter she
handled secretarial work for sew
eral local firms, until she joined
the NRA Labor Advisory Board
as it's secretary, shortly after it
was organized last June.
Her parents live in Washing
ton, her father, Lewis H. Stab
Ter, being a retired insurance
man, but she herself makes her
home in Arlington Ridge, Va
The Washington times., 1933-11-17
FORD STILL OUT
Of NRA, VIEW
Of JOHNSON
Recovery Administrator Doubts
McCarI Ruling Was Based
On Executive Order

The MIRA still believes Henry
Ford is not abiding by the code
for the automobile industry and
is not entitled to receive Federal
Government contracts for his
products.
Recovery Administrator Hugh S.
Johnson stated today he was max
ing a careful study of Ford's
status under the code and would
have an announcement to make
in few days on the subject.
Questions McCarl Ruling
johnson said he believed the
Government was still justified in
withholding Government contracts
from the Ford Motor Company or
its agencies despite three rulings
on the subject by United States
Comptroller General John r. Nc
Carl, which stated that Ford was
entitled to contracts if it had not
been proved that he was violator
of the code. He said:
81 have only read the portion
of the rulings by McCarI which
we're published in the news.
papers. My recollection is that
there were three presidential
executive orders dealing with
the subject. Under one Of
those orders, as l understood it,
nobody was eligible for Gov.
eminent contracts unless they
agreed to comply with code.
/ am not sure the comptrOller'S
ruling dealt with all these preSi-
Dental executive orders.
ORDERS COMPLETE DIGEST
Yesterday / ordered a COM
plete digest to be made of the
cOmptrOller'S rulings, the preSi.
dental executive orders on the
subject and all other infOrma-
ton relating to the Ford stu
alton. 1t will be several days
before this digest is completed
and I have made a proper
study of it."
johnson was asked about re-
cent reports that the steel and
automobile industries would allow
their codes to lapse when their
effective dates ended on Deem
Der 81. He said:
$50 far as steel is con-
cerned, there's a very enthusi-
aStic report on the industry's
operation under the code to
date, which was made by the
Iron and Steel Institute. That
report is now in the hands of
the President. I cannot tell
you its contents, because
believe the President wants to
make them public"
The Washington times., 1933-11-17
THUG TEST|F|ES
. At KIDNAPPING
TRIAL TODAY
Courage of Defense Counsel
Rises With Chief Prose-
cutor in Cleveland

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. II
U.N.S).-Roger Touhy waited to
take the witness stand today to
testify in his own defense in the
William Hamm kidnapping trial.
Counsel for Touhy and his
three co-defendants hoped, it was
learned, to put the youthful Chi.
cago gang leader on the stand
before the return of Assistant
Attorney General Joseph B. Kee-
nan. Keenan, was expected back
in st. Paul this afternoon from
Cleveland.
Master of CrOss-Quizzing
keenan,, a brilliant, experienced
prosecutor, is a master of the
art of cross-examination. With
keenan, away, the Governments
case rests on George F. Sulli-
van, United States District At
torney, and his assistant, George
A. Kelsey.
Defense lawyers said they are
not afraid to submit their client,
who is no wizard at repartee
himself, to cross examination by
Sullivan or Kelsey. The con-
vincing part of the Governments
case has been made by Keenan,
alone.
Prosecution Stronger
With all four defendants posi-
lively identified by one or more
witnesses, and with the Govern
ment's last exhibit, a collection
Of guns and kidnap paraphernalia
found in the Touhy car, fresh
in the minds of the small-toWn
iury, the prosecutions case
admittedly much stronger than
1t was earlier in the week.
Unless Touhy was placed on
the stand first, the morning was
expected to be occupied by the
reading of a score of dispositions
from California, testifying that
Gus Schaefer, another defend
ant, who is wanted for bank rob-
berry on the West Coast, was in
San Francisco and Los Angeles
before, on and after the four
day period of Hamm's abduction,
June IS to 10. Among the de-
ponentS are Schaefer's three SIS
tiers, Barbara Schackton, Anna
Schackton and Mrs. Marion Doll
yer, all of San Francisco.
Heavy Attack Planned
The other three defendants,
Touhy. Willie Sharkey, and Ed
die McFadden, will depend on
Chicago witnesses for alibis.
It was learned last night that
one of the Governments strong
est witnesses, Walter C. Bowick,
a st. Paul typesetter, would be
the object Of a heavy attack from
the defense. Bowick identified
McFadden, Schaefer and Sharkey
as the men who forced the mil
1ionaire brewer into an automo-
bile on a busy st. Paul street at
high noon.
The Washington times., 1933-11-17
Club Hears Speech
Blu J. FinIey Wilson

j. Finley Wilson, grand exalted
ruler of the Colored Elks of the
World, addressed the Negro Wash
Ington Press Club meeting last
night at Harrison's Cafe.
Wilson, himself a veteran Jour-
nalist and publisher of a local
weekly. pointed out the progress
of negro journalism during the
last half century. Other speak
ers included M. Grant Lucas,
president of the Mu-So-Lit Clcb
and editor of the Columbia. Edu-
cational Journal. Both men we're
later enrolled as members of the
club.
The Washington times., 1933-11-17
Michigan Planning
Liquor MOnOpOIY

LANSING, Mich, Nov. II Il.
N.SD State monopoly of the
sale of liquor at wholesale and
retail was proposed in the liquor
control bill completed by the
Michigan legislative council to-
day and sent to all members of
the legislature. The legislature
will meet in special session Wed
nesday to consider the bill.
The Washington times., 1933-11-17
Wildcat Is Killed
Near Winchester

WINCHESTER, Va, Nov. II.
A wild cat, one of the first to be
killed in this section in several
years, was shot by Casper Line
weaver in the North Mountain
section of Shenandoah county
yesterday. The cat weighed %
pounds and was four feet long.
The Washington times., 1933-11-17

homo IL your castle your
ment! Study the many worthwhile
home buys advertised for sale In the
WANT AID SECTION Of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1933-07-19
CALLS POLICEMAN A ROBBER
20 Babies Enough, Mother Calls Halt
Wed When Only IS,
Has IS Children
Now Living

Her twentieth baby nesting
against her shoulder, Lena Zane
lotti lies on her cot in the ma
ternity ward of George Washing
ton University Hospital.
Fifteen of the Zanelotti chill
dren are living. Five died in
their early infancy.
The mother says:
"NO more"
Both the Zane1otti, Lena, the
wife and mother and Joseph
the hardworking father, love
their children. Both parents are
young as youth is counted today
Lena herself is only 42 and 10
seph is four years older. They
were married when only children
themselves, Lena, IS and Joseph
10. Their first baby was born
a year later.
Says Lena:
Life is hard on a woman,
and on man too. My Joseph
is gOOd-sO good. Blu: all the
time he must wOrk-wOrk-fOr
the children. We love our chill
dren but 20 is too many-much
too many. 1t isn't fair to us
or to them"
Two of Lena's own daughters
are married. Both are childless
Says she:
"That is not good. There
should be children to make a
man and woman love each
other more better. But two
three-that is enough for hum
BILE folks"
The latest little Zanelotti is tc
be called Eleanor Roosevelt Zane
lotti. If she had been a boy the
name would have been Franklin
Roosevelt Zanelotti.
Lena explains the name:
II love them both, the ROOse-
veltS. hear them over the
radio and they talk SO kind.
1t is good to be kind"
The Washington times., 1933-07-19
D. c. SEEKS j. s.
RELIEF FUND

George S. Wilson, director of
Public Welfare, was to confer late
today with Leroy A. Halbert, di-
rector Of emergency relief, on the
second request to be made by the
District for Federal relief funds.
The grant to be asked is $173;351,
representing one-third of the
amount expended for relief by the
local government during the past
three months.
The first Federal grant received
by the District several weeks ago
was approximately $4,000.
Wilson said he hoped to pre-
pare the necessary inforamtion
to accompany the request this
afternoon and forward the papers
to the District Commissioners
early tomorrow. AS soon as the
Commissioners have signed it the
request will go to Federal author
tiles.
The Washington times., 1933-07-19
BODY
FIGHTS BAN

In an attempt to preserve its
identity the Public Buildings
Commission today forwarded to
President Roosevelt a resolution
maintaining it is a legislative
body and as such cannot be
abolished by executive order.
The resolution was drawn at
a recent meeting under the
leadership of Judge Alexander
Wetmore, architect of the Treas
ury.
It holds the Public Buildings
Commission is a joint body OF
Congress and the President has
no legal right to include it in
his general reorganization plan
The President ordered the build.
ings body abolished and relegat-
ed its duties to the Interior
Department, beginning August 10.
The resolution requested action
be postponed until Congress had
considered the matter at is next
session.
The Washington times., 1933-07-19
BALBO To GE 7
OVATION IN
CAPITAL
Reception of Italian Airman to
Rival Greeting Given to
Col. Lindbergh

Upon the thermometer and
barometer only depends the sue,
cess of Washington's reception of
Gen. Italo Balbo, Italy's intrepid
air minister, tomorrow.
So far as the Army and Navy
are concerned the Nations Capt.
tai is prepared to display well
come rivaling the visit of Col
Charles A. Lindbergh on his tri-
umphant return from Paris.
A fleet of 10 crack Army and
Navy planes will bring Balbo and
a. of his officers from New York,
together with six Italian naval
officers, Lieutenant Colonel Sber-
nadori, air attache at the Italian
Embassy, a nephew of the gen.
eral, and Comdr Earl w. Spen-
Ger, U. S. N.
Land at 1880
The planes, flying in formation
behind the Lockheed bearing
General Balbo, will circle Boiling
Field and swoop down for the
landing at exactly 10:30 a. m, to-
morrow, weather permitting.
AS the wheels of Balbo'S plane
touches the ground a bedlam of
noise will greet him. He will hear
cheers from the throats of Wash
ington's entire Italian colony,
strains of the Italian national
anthem played by the Navy Band
and the boom of 10 cannons.
Marines, bluejackets and SOL
diers will line the field and form
a lane of honor to an enclosure
in front of the Administration
Building where the nations
highest Army and Navy digni-
taries will be waiting.
Among them will be Secretary
of Navy Swanson; of War, Dern !;
and of Commerce. Roper; Chief
of Staff D. Macarthur; Chief of
Naval Operations, Admiral w
H. STANDBY; Capt. Hayne Ellis
of Naval Intelligence, and Brig
Gen. A. L. Smith.
Following four flourishes and
an equal number of ruffles by
Navy drums, Balbo will address
his hosts and members of the
Italian colony.
White House Lunch
Official cars then will whisk
the visitors to the Mayflower
Hotel, after which Balbo and 10
of his officers will lunch with
President Roosevelt at the White
House. Other members of the
party will attend luncheon at the
Carlton Hotel as guests of the
Overseas Writers.
In the afternoon Balbo will be
driyen around the Capital, arriv,
ing at Arlington National Gene.
terry at p. m. to lay a wreath on
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
A reception at the italian EN-.
bassy will follow and after a
short rest the visitors will go to
the Army and Navy Country
Club for dinner as guests of Sec
retary of the Navy Swanson and
Secretary of War Dern.
After spending the night at
the Mayflower. the party will take
off from Boiling Field at $3.50
a. m. for the return flight to New
| York,
The Washington times., 1933-07-19

Mystery surrounding the dis
tribution of 1.-The Chiseler" milk
circulars deepened today as in
vestigators admitted they have so
far been unable to trace the
source of the handbills.
The circulars, headed, They
are here, The Chiselers," warned
against buying milk at low prices,
saying that pasteurized milk is
available at 10 cents per quart or
less, and adding:
cts it worth the risk?"
Elwood Seal, counsel fol the
Senate subcommittee which is
probing milk prices here, asked
the Department of Justice to aid
in seeking the distributor of the
anonymous circulars. The printer
was located, but his story shed
little light on the matter.
He said the bills were ordered
by man who refused to give his
name or address.
The Washington times., 1933-07-19
JURY CONv|CTS
BAN KROBBER

John Barr. 80, ex-convict and
notorious bank robber, wanted
here for several hold-ups, was con-
victed in Philadelphia today inithe
$4,000 hold-up of the Lehigh Ma
tional Bank on November Z.
Barr, who ranks high in under
world circles, faces what is equiva-
lent to a life sentence. Before
serving the sentence to be imposed
in the Lehigh Bank robbery, he
must complete IL years of an un-
expired term in the Eastern Peni-
tentiary.
Accomplices of Barr in the Le-
high case, all of whom are wanted
here, are Louis Wagner, 20;
Joseph Adams, 80, and Henry
Johnson, %, all of Philadelphia.
All four pleaded guilty to the
Philadelphia charge and will stand
trial in that city.
The Washington times., 1933-07-19

Plans for artificial streams
where children Of the city can
seek relief from the heat are be-
ing formulated by Miss Sy bill
Baker, director of Fairgrounds.
Miss Baker would install these
brooks at Fairgrounds where
there are no pools or other wad-
ing facilities.
Miss Baker said there are at
present no funds available with
which to carry out the plan. 1t
is hoped, however, some way Of
providing funds can be worked
out:
The Washington times., 1933-07-19
B D Y DROWNING
ACCIDENTAL

A verdict of accidental death
was brought in last night by a
coroner's jury at Mt. Rainier in
the case of John Flynn, jr., IL,
of the $500 block of Third St.
N. E.. who was drowned yester-
day in the Northwest Branch.
The companions of the boy,
Thomas Rapp, II, of the $500
block of Third st. N. E., and
Kenneth Fenton, IL, of the 200
block of Charming st. N. E.,
testified that they attempted to
save John when he sank in deep
water.
The body was recovered from
the pool 10 minutes later by
Jack Thompson, 16, of the 5000
block of Warder st. N. w.,
The Washington times., 1933-07-19
PATTON NAMED.
WITH z OTHERS
IN HOLD-UP
CoIored Men Called Aides in
Gas Station Case; Jurors
Return 43 True Bills

Hold-up of a gasoline filling
station was charged against Po-
liceman John F. Patton, Of the
Tenth Precinct, and two cClored
men in an indictment reported
by the District Grand Jury today
in District Supreme Court.
The hold-up, which netted $185,
occurred June 81 at the Dome
Gas Station, Sixteenth and Tay-
lor SITS. N. w.
Patton was arrested and Sus-
pended from duty after one of
the colored men, held in another
case, was said to have confessed.
The men accused with the police
men, who is alleged to have
planned the robbery, are Jame5
Mason and William Wood.
Other RObberies Cited
Already under indictment with
four other men in connection with
bank robbery last April, Spen-
Ger Walden, 30, of Philadelphia,
was accused of participation in
two other bank robberies by the
jury.
The indictments alleged he took
part in the holdup of the Wash
ington Mechanics and Savings
Bank branches at Eighth and East
Capitol Streets. last January is,
when $14.048 was stolen, and in
the $500 block Georgia Ave. N. w.,
on June 10, 1882, when 5000
was taken.
In the previous indictment with
the four others, Walden was
charged with taking part in the
$1,000 holdup of the East Capitol
Street branch of the bank. He
was brought to this city several
weeks ago from Philadelphia by
Detective Sergts. Floyd Truscott
and Frank o. Brass.
Chauffeur Accused
Grand larceny and embezzle-
ment of approximately $4,000
from a box entrusted to George
D. Horning, Inc, where he was
employed Is years, was charged
against Frank H. Van Buren, col
ored chauffeur.
The box belonged to William E.
Burke, of South Washington, Va,
and avn Buren,, it is charged, was
instructed to deliver it to the
local office of the corporation.
The jury returned a total of
43 indictments and announced 16
criminal accusations had been
ignored in it's first report to the
court since beinb impaneled early
this month.
The Washington times., 1933-07-19
Wife Asks DiUOrce
On DeSertiOn Ch1rQe

Charging desertion, Pansy Olive
Hirst, of Somerset, Md, through
Attorney Charles S. Moore, of
Bethesda, has filed suit in the
Circuit Court at Rockville for a
limited divorce from James w.
Hirst, of Takoma Park, Md.
The petition states they were
married November %. 1906, and
have three children, all of whom
are of age. She asks that her huS-
band be restrained from interfer-
ing with any property she owns
or controls.
The Washington times., 1933-07-19
Source of "The Chiseler'''
Handbills a Mystery

Seal pointed out that there is
nothing illegal in the circulars
or their method of distribution,
but said he had hoped, by learn
ing the source of the circulars, to
"get a line" on competition here.
Preferred List
Books of some of the larger
dairies here, Seal said, revealed
that there are a large number Of
preferred customers" here who
are getting milk at prices from
/ to 2 cents below the standard
price of Is cents per quart.