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The Washington times., 1933-08-05
RACKETS PLUCK
NRA EAGLE

The crop of racketeers preying
on National Recovery is not con-
fined to those who peddle fake
Blue Eagle insignia, it was re-
vealed today.
The Washington Better Busi-
ness bureau through Louis Roths-
child, it's manager, has called the
attention of the Recovery Ad-
miniStration to a local printing
firm which has solicited printers
all over the country for SIS con-
tribution in return for which the
victim would be appointed official
printer for the insignia in his
locality.
Another group is engaged in
selling stamps to patriotfcally in
cline suckers. This same firm is
also said to have stated in printed
matter that it is equipped to
handle trade association work
here in connection with the draft
ing of codes.
A third group is composed of
politicians who have advertised
their services as counsel to favor
seekers saying they paid 100000
toward RooSevelt'S election and
can get anything they want.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
DEPICTS
BAG G'SFA|LURE

CHICAGO, Aug. S Q.N.SJ.
How a faulty gas release valve
prematurely ended his projected
balloon flight to the stratosphere
shortly after the take-off was told
today by Lieut.. Comdr. T. G.. w.
Settle, veteran Navy balloonist. He
said:
"The takeoff from Soldier
Field was perfect. 1 arose
rapidly to 5000 feet. 1t was my
intention to check the ascent
there and go up more gradually
at daylight. 1 opened the valves
to let out enough gas to hold me
at that level. But once opened,
I found / could not shut off the
flow.
Having radioed to the ground
what the trouble was. / found
that I was over the railroad
yards and was able to make a
normal landing. 1 want to try
this flight over again, but with
a change in the valve system"
Commander Settle, winner of
last years Gordon Bennett bal
loon races, gave scant heed to a
cut received over the eye when
the shell-like gondola bumped to
a landing in the Burlington rail-
road yards.
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8 TONS SUGAR
BURY YOUTH

Ray Shenk, 10, of Winchester,
Va, was injured this afternoon
when he was buried beneath eight
tons of sugar that fell on him
when the truck on which he was
riding overturned after a three
car crash on Rhode Island Ave-
nue. at Brentwood, Md.
Shenk was riding on top of the
sugar. He was taken to Provi-
sugar. He was taken to Sibley
Hospital by the Bladensburg Fire
Rescue Squad.
Venancio Liberat, of East River
dale, driver of a roadster in
volved in the collision also was
taken to the hospital. The road
ster, which sideswiped the sugar
truck and then crashed head-on
into another truck, was badly
damaged.
The third vehicle was operated
by George Green, colored, of the
1900 block Bennings Rd. N. E.
Floyd Benner of Blairbrook, Va,
driver of the sugar truck, and
Omar Kennedy, 300 block Buch-
anan st. N. w., passenger,
escaped unhurt.
The sugar truck tore down a
road pylon before it overturned.
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Dollar Unchanged,
Remains StrOnq

NEW YORK, Aug. G.N.SO.
The dollar was again strong
against European currencieS to-
day. maintaining itself at 1872
cents gold, practically unchanged
from yesterday. British sterling
slipped back to $3.50, off rs
cents. Scandinavian exchanges
eased in sympathy with the
pound, but the Canadian dollar
gained 1s of a cent at 935s cents.
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Two on Ocean Hop Set
Turkey as Goal

NEW YORK, Aug. S GNsO.
Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos,
daring French fliers, hoped off
from Floyd Bennett Field at AL
a. M, Washington time, today, on
a long distance flight across the
Atlantic.
Seeking to break the worlds dis
tance flight record, the two
F'renchmen planned to fly to Tur-
key or Persia without a stop.
They got their huge plane with
an enormous load of gasoline into
the air without difficulty after a
4,000-foot run and turned out over
the sea to face a crimson sky.
Just before they hoped off,
Rossi and Codes kissed each
other; they kissed the four French
aviators who helped them pre-
pare for the flight; and much
to his consternation-they kissed
Major L. Nelson Kelly, command
ant of Floyd Bennett Airport.
To Fly Over Paris
Codos, wearing white flying
suit, was at the controls as the
fliers waved goodby to a small
crowd of spectators. RoSSi, who
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WIDOW HAN GS
SELF IN HOME

III and respondent over the
death of her husband, Mrs. Mary
E. Latham, Ct, committed suicide
by hanging today in the basement
of her daughters home in the
5000 block Legation st. N. w.
The daughter, Mrs. Katherine
L. Berry, found her mother
hanging from a rafter in the
cellar ceiling. Hysterical, Mrs.
Berry summoned her husband,
James w. Berry, an attorney in
the Veterans Administration,
and police and Emergency Hos
pitaI were called.
DR.. Malcolm D. Harrison, am
bulance surgeon from Emergency
Hospital, pronounced Mrs. Latham
dead. She had been cut down
by Capt. John E. Bowers, COM
manding the Eighth precinct.
Mrs. Latham is believed to
have gone to the cellar about
dawn. stood on a chair, fastened
a 14-foot length of clothes line
to the rafter, made a moose and
stepped off the chair.
Mr.. Berry told police his
mother-in-law had been i'll since
the death of her husband,
Arthur A. Latham, in Winchester
about a year ago.
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wore a blue suit, shouted his good
byes in French.
The flierS will probably hit
straight up the Atlantic coast,
they said, as far as Newfoundland,
cutting out to sea at that point
and heading for the southern tip
of ireland. Their course will take
them over their home city. Paris,
but they will not stop at the
French Capital, but continue east
over Germany, down the Balkan
Peninsula, and then over Asia
Minor eastward as far as their fuel
will carry them.
Weather conditions along the
coast and across the Atlantic
were reported ideal.
Garry Chickens
The Tiers carried five chickens,
three dozen oranges, two dozen
lemons, two dozen bananas, eight
quarts of mineral water, and
seven quarts of black coffee.
nwo life preserVers, as well as
tNe, inflated safety suits, were
carried. A set of flares was in
the cockpit.
The aviators hope to break the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. p
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FORCED DOWN
|NRAILROAD
YARDS
Settle, Navy Filler, Escapes
Serious Injury; Bag Up
Only 20 Minutes

CHICAGO, Aug. 5 (I.N.S.).
Americas first projected con-
quest of the stratosphere
ended in failure here early
today when Lieut.. Comdr. T.
G. w. Settle, U. S. N, was
forced down within 20 minutes
after his ascent from Soldier
Field.
The naval officer miraculously
escaped serious injury when fail
ure of a gas valve forced him
down in West Side railroad yards,
barely missing the Chicago river
at Fourteenth Street.
He sustained severe bruise
over the right eye, but refused to
go to a hospital for. examination.
Up 5000 Feet
Settle later explained that he
had attained an altitude of 5000
feet and when he pulled the re-
lease valve to check the balloons
ascent, it stuck wide open, re-
leasing the hydrogen gas.
He had intended, he said, to
stop at that altitude and wait for
the warming rays of the sun to
expand the cargo of gas and
buoy the balloon high into the
upper reaches of the atmosphere.
The balloon, largest ever built,
was salvageo and probably will
be used again soon in another
attempt to reach the StratoSphere
for the purpose Of studying the
cosmic ray.
Commander Settle was pre-
pared for a 24-hour flight. He
planned to soar to an altitude of
II miles to shatter the worlds
record set by Prof. AuguSte Pic
card. Swiss scientist. who as
cended to 53,153 feet.
Drops Toward River
Ten minutes after the take-off
the balloon, losing altitude, swung
low over the Chicago River, mar
rowly missing warehouse buildings
on the river bank.
Commander Settle was barely
able to maneuver the balloon
clear of the rivers bank as it fell
to earth at Fourteenth Street,
east of Canal.
Thousands of persons VINO had
witnessed the take-off from Sol
dier Field crowded to the scene
of Commander Settles forced
landing.
The seven-foot spherical gon-
dola in which Commander Settle
rode was equipped with scientific
instruments to record data on the
cosmic and ultra violet rays in
the upper trata.
David Cohen, a taxicab driver,
was the first person to arrive at
the scene of the descent. He de-
Scribed the accident for Trterna-
tional News Service:
"WhiIe the Army searchlights
from Soldier Field were still
playing on the big white gas
bag, it suddenly began to de-
scend. 1 noticed that some
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. ~
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IN GONDOLA
emplOyes-tO unite in the pres
ervatiOn of industrial peace"
Warns Against Strikes


Warns Against Strikes
The statement warned that
"strikes and lockouts will increase
unemployment and create a con-
dition clearly out of harmony
with the spirit and purpose of
the Industrial Recovery Act"
The board urged that employees
and employers cooperate to "re-
move all causes of irritation and
industrial discomfort; land that
all parties to industry" avoid ag-
gressive action which tends to
provoke industrial discord and
strive earnestly to preserve indus
trial peace pending adoption of
the industrial codes.
Statement announcing forma-
ton of the board asserted:
"ThiS board will consider, ad-
just, and settle differences and
controversies that may arise
through differing interpreta-
tiOnS of the Presidents reem-
ployment agreement and will
act With all possible dispatch in
making known it's findings. In
return, employers and employees
are asked to take no disturbing
action pending hearings and
final decision"
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Gen. johnson Asks Support
For Mediation Board
By International News Service

A national and patriotic appeal
to capital and labor to reconcile
their differences during the criti-
cal period of the national recov-
cry effort was made here today
by Gen. Hugh S. johnson, with
President Roosevelt's approval.
Labor on its part was asked not
to strike and employers were re-
quested to deal fairly and openly
with their employees.
JohnSon'S appeal was issued
shortly after he returned to the
Capital from a flying visit to
President Roosevelt at Hyde Park,
where the threatened coal strike
in the bituminous fields was
averted.
A mediation board will set up
State and local machinery imme-
diately, Johnson said.
In announcing the new arbitra-
ton agency, the industrial and
labor advisory boards declared:
The country in the past few
weeks has had remarkable evi.
dence of cooperation in the
common cause of restoring en-
plOyment and increasing pur-
chasing power. Industrial codes
are being introduced, cOnsid-
cred and put into effect with
all possible dispatch. The
number of firms coming un-
der the Presidents reemploy-
ment agreement is inspiring.
"ThiS gratifying progress may
be endangered by differing in
trepretatiOnS of the Presidents
Unemployment gareement by
some employers and employees.
"The industrial and labor
advisory boards Jointly appeal
to all those associated in in
duStry-OwnerS, managers and
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TODAY'S SCRATCHES

CONEY ISLAND
FIRST RACE-GOIden Ray, HiyOu,
King Today, Jay Jane.
SECOND RACE-MarSe Chan. Bronx
Park, Sally Irene, Objiway, DOdiOdO,
jeff O'NeiI.
FOURTH RACE-Tea Green, Loop,
kleVette, Parapgrase, CIOwnish, Jack
Murphy. Zahn.
Weather, clear; track, fast.
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ARN|ST ICE
DECLARED
7OBLOCK
STRIKES
National Board of Mediation
To Settle All Disputes
Pending New Codes

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 5
T.N.S.) "A far-reaching plan
for maintenance of industrial
peace by means of a mora
torium on strikes and lockouts
while the national recovery
program is in the making was
approved this afternoon by
President Roosevelt.
Drafted at the Presidents di-
rection by his recovery admins
traitor, General Hugh S. John
son, the plan embraces an ap-
peal to all industry and labor to
maintain peace and move for
ward in unity toward sound
prosperity.
New Tribunal Established
The Presidents plan, the lat
est step in his sweeping drive to
restore national economic equi-
librium, creates a tribunal to
pass on disputes arising from in.
depreciation of the codes drafted
under the recovery program, and
names Senator Robert F. Wag-
ner, New York Democrat, as its
chairman.
Others named as members are
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor;
Walter c. Teagle, president of
the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey; Gerard Swope,
chairman of the board of direc-
tors of the General Electric Com
pany; Louis E. KRISTEN, manager
of William Filene and Company,
of Boston. and DR.. Leo Wolman,
of Baltimore, widely known labor
organizer.
Presidents Statement
President Roosevelt'S statement
announcing the industrial armis.
tice, designed to end all strikes
and lockouts while the recovery
codes achieve their hoped-for
aims, was as follows:
"Of importance to the re-
cOvery program is the appeal
to management and to labor
for industrial peace, which has
just been sent to me for ap-
prOval.
with compelling logic, it
calls upon every individual in
both groups to avoid strikes,
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The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Glenn Hunter Sued
For Cigarette Case

NEW YORK, Aug. S G.N.S0-
Glenn Hunter, well-known screen
and stage actor, must appear in
court here Wednesday to explain
why he failed to pay for a 5000
diamond-set cigarette case. His
lawyer said in court yesterday as
a postponement was ordered that
the actor made a hurried trip to
Hollywood and forgot his debt.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
MOntGgu Norman
Off on Trip to u. S

GLASGOW, Scotland, Aug. S
Q.N.SO Montagu Norman, gov
ernor of the Bank of England,
departed on another of his "myS-
terry trips" to the United States
today. Accompanied by his wife,
Norman arrived here by train and
boarded the Duchess of Atholl off
Greenock.
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THE WEATHER

Fair and continued cool to-
night; Sunday fair, with slowly
rising temperature; gentle to
moderate north winds.
Temperature yesterd
Highest, IT; lowest, 67. 1882
Highest, 81; lowest, 65.)
Humidity yesterday - High
est, 81; lowest, 81.
Full Weather Report on
Page IS,
The Washington times., 1933-01-13
MINERS AGREE
To D|SARN

SPRINGFIELD, H., Jan. Is
UNS0-Complete disarn1ing oG
all factions involved in the strife
which has swept the Midland
Field mine region near Taylor
vile, with the exception of ma
tional guardSmen, was agreed
upon last night at a conference
presided over by Gov. Henry Hor-
ner.
It was agreed that 'picketing
should cease; that special police
and deputy sheriffs should be dis
armed; that members Of the
union should surrender all arms
in their possession; that no one
was to carry a weapon except
members of the militia now on
duty there.
The National Guard is to re-
main on duty until conditions re-
turn to normal. Il
The Washington times., 1933-01-13
z HIGH HURDLES
SPELL DOOM
FOR RELIEF
House Vote Indicates There's
No Hope Of Passing Meas ,r
ure. Over Hoover's Veto =. =

The domestic allotment farm'5
relief bill today was safely paSt.t
its first legislative hurdle, but
with two terrific obstacles still :
to overcome-the Senate and the !,
White House. It passed the
House late yesterday by a vote.
Of 203 to ISL.
Except for the addition OF :;
peanuts, rice and dairy products
to the commodities to be affected
by the act, the bill emerged from
the House virtually as drawn byss
the committee. .
'' Hoover Veto Expected \ \
II the Senate passes the :
measure, the prediction is Presi-
dent Hoover win veto it. The :.
House vote indicated there is no I,
hope Of passing it over an Execu- =
tive negative. :,
The bill as passed by the 8
House provides for the professors
Of wheat, cotton, tobacco, hogs, I
rice, peanuts and dairy products !
paying as q tax to the Govern !
ment the difference between the !.
price they pay the producer and !
the pre-war price level for the, !
various commodities. ~, !.
The effect Of the bill would be
that If prewar prices for the
farm commodities affected were
reached, the measure would be.S
come imperative. AS the proSS
cesSor would have to pay the pre- :
war price it is the hope Of spon-it
SorS Of the bill that he viii pay l
that price in q short time, directly {
to the producer, instead Of pay. Z
ing him only a portion and the
balance as a tax to the Govern
ment.
Effective for One Year
Should the measure eventually :
succeed it would remain effective. :.
only for one year, with the pro-
viso that it could be extended
an additional year by Presidential !
proclamation.
In the initial marketing period
the plan seeks to guarantee TO
the farmer the following level:
Wheat, rs cents q buShel: cot
ton, 8 cents Q pound; Hogs, 5
cents o. pound; tobacco (Burley.
141s cents q pound: Rice, IS cents
buShel; dairy products, 26 cents
a pound, and peanuts, 8 cents Q
pound.
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PARTY LEADERS
. ON GANG. LIST

CHICAGO, Jan. 13 0.N.SO.
The name of Jacob M. Arvey, q
prominent Democratic alderman,
was among those found on q list
which Ted Newberry, gang leader.
was carrying when he was put
ION the spot" police disclosed
today. @
The list, with the names Of Sc
business contacts, was seized
after Newberry'S bullet-torn body
was discovered on a country road
near Chesterton, Ind, last Satur.
day.
Another name found was that
of Charles T. Sullivan, the "en-
gineer" in whose office police
seized Murray HumphrieS, Three
Fingered Jack" White and other
members Of the syndicate alleged
to be invading legitimate fields
Of business.
Also listed was the telephone
number Of the Democratic county
committee, after which the name
Moe" was written. At the head
quarters it was said that Moe
Rosenberg, prominent West Side
politician, was the only Moe"
known.
Meanwhile, police held Sam
Hunt and Ralph Pierce, Capone
hoodlumS, as suspects in the New
berry murder.
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PRIEST RECALLS
JACK P|CKFORD

CHAPTTCO, Nd, Jan. 13.
Father Joseph Carney, Of the
Loretto Chapel, Quantico, Md,
sat in the small rectory here
today and told Of his friendship
with Jack Pickford as the dead
motion-picture actors body lay
in New York preparatory to
being sent to Hollywood for
burial.
Father Carney was headmaster
Of the st. Francis Military Acad-
erny in New York when Jack
Pickford was a student there 20
years ago. Father Carney had
been asked by Mary Pickford to
meet the body in New York and
and to hold q service there, but
the request reached him too late.
When Father Carney knew the
Pickfords 20 years ago, Mary
was the star in the old Biograph
Company, while Lottie played in
lesser roles. At that time Jack
Pickford attended the school, did
odd jobs around the studio lots.
and also did q little acting on
occasion.
NEW YORK, Jan. Is (IN.S0
on the last stage Of the journey
home, the body Of Jack Pickford.
motion picture actor, who died
in Paris last week, today was to
be sent to Hollywood.
Pickford's body arrived last
night aboard the liner Europa.
1t was met by Lottie Pickford
sister Of the dead actor, ano
Clifford Gray, song writer and
J close friend Of Pic6ords /
The Washington times., 1933-01-13
KERENSKY SEES
SELF IN RUSSIA
copyright, 1898, by International
News Seryice.0

copyright, 1898. by International
News Service.)
LONDON, Jan. 13 QN.SO. &.
Josef Stains Campaign Of ter
roisrn," which resulted in the ex-
pulsion today Of two officials high
in the councils of the Communist
party, threatens Russia with "the
greatest cataStrope suffered by
any nation in the history Of the
world" Alexander KerenSky de-
clared here today.
Stain rules Russia with a, heavy
hand, Kerensky declared, because
"the hatred Of the masses against
him is so fierce he must persist
in terrorist methods to the bitter
end" He added:
"The only thing that can
save Russia Is economic and
industrial liberty. Results Of the
five-year plan have been COM
pletely negative ..
Agriculture has been de-
strOyed. Industrial achievements
have been nil. Famine and ter
rOist methods threaten the =
people. Stain and his aides are
not only executing peasants but
members Of the Communist. i,
party"
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Boy g. EndsHis
Beer Career
With PLop!

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. l3
G.N.S0-An eight-year-old boys
bootlegging iVitieS ended
abruptly in his school class
room here when the cap blew
off a lone bottle Of home brew
beer he was carrying in his
pocket.
When questioned by police,
the lad admitted he had taken
the beer from his dads supply,
and brought 1t to school to
offer as a peace offering to an
older classmate who had been
bullying him.
The Washington times., 1933-01-13
HUNTER URGED
FOR PRIZE

MARION, Ind, Jan. 13 U.N.S0,
Nomination Of Edward Hunter,
international News Service cor.
respondent, for the 1882 Pulitzer
prize was revealed in an address
before the Marion Exchange Club
here by w. w. Durbin, managing
editor Of the Marion Chronicle.
He said:
Hunters story from Fushun
confirming the massacre Of
2,7OO Chinese civilians by Japa-
neSe troops was one Of the
finest examples Of newspaper
achievement in history, and I
believe it will go down in the
annals Of the newspaper in
dustry as one Of the most inn
pOrtant stories Of this century.
Because Of this accomplish
ment by the international News
Service correspondent at Fush-
un, 1 nominated him for the
Pulitzer prize as probably many
other editors will do before
nominations close ON Febru-
ary IL
The Washington times., 1933-01-13
FRANE-UP LAID.
TO insult IN
RECE|VERSH|P
"SuCkers" Boo As Spokesman
Tells Bankruptcy Court OF !
Bankers "CoIIusion"

CHICAGO, Jan. 13 UN.So.
The hopes Of hundreds Of in
vestors hung today on the out
come of charges that Samuel In
sull and Chicago and New York
bankers framed the receiverships
of insults numerous defunct
utility companies.
Their savings gone and their
faith blasted, some 200 creditors
of insult Utility Investments, Inc,
carried their fight before Bank
ruptcy Referee Garfield Charles
to have the appointment Of Cal
vim Fentress as trustee and re-
ceiver OF the holding company
set aside.
Their spokesman and champion
is Attorney Samuel EttelSon, once
q close friend and colleague OF
the dethroned utility king.
FentresS' appointment was held
I'D pending investigation.
COlIusiOn Charged
While the throng Of investors
looked on, Ettelson charged that
there had been colluSion In the
receivership appointments. He
charged that at a meeting with
bankers in New York, insult de-
creed that Edward N. Hurley.
Charles A. McCulloch and insult
himself should be co-receivers for
the huge Middle West utilities
company. ~
The court room crowd booed
and Kissed as EttelSon continued
his allegations. Shouting above
the. din, the attorney charged
that in q similar manner insult
chose the receivers for the other
companies Of his shattered utility
structure and Imposed" on
Federal Judge Walter c. Lindley
to obtain their appointment.
In the crowd Of men and
women stockholders, noteholders,
bond and debenture holders Of
insult Utility Investments, Inc,
were school teachers, spinsters,
old men, young men, middle aaged
men, mothers and grandmothers.
They were told they had been
suckers"
Ettelson told the referee:
"We>want you to name some
one as trustee Of this estate
who is not under the malign
influence Of Insult and his
underlingS.
"The influence Of insult is.
lowering over and permeating
every one Of these receivershipS.
He wrote the program and
will prove it,"
The Washington times., 1933-01-13
DAUGHTER
IN POLITICS

Following in the footsteps Of
her father, the late Franklin K.
Lane. Secretary Of. the Interior in
the Wilson Cabinet. Mrs. Nancy
Lane Dasburg has embarked upon
. political career.
Mrs. Dasburg, who was recently
divorced from her second husband,
Andrew Dasburg, artist, has been
elected to the State legislature of
New Mexico.
After her divorce from Philip
Kaufman, of Washington, Mrs
DaSburg became interested in the
theater and played minor parts in
several Broadway pro du C tionS,
She married DaSourg in 1928.
The Washington times., 1933-01-13
clarendon to Stage
MidlCiYlter ReUUe

'"The Midwinter Revue" spon-
Bored by the Clarendon, Va, Vol
unteer Fire Department and the
ladies auxiliary, will be staged in
TO F.. Hall, Clarendon, Va,
February 2, it was announced to-
day by Chief James Tucker.
The Washington times., 1933-01-13
ELEVATOR CONTRACTS

Contracts approximating $407,-
500 have been placed with the
Otis Elevator Company by the
United States Government for
elevator installations in Federal
buildings throughout the country.