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The Washington times., 1933-06-12
HOPS OFF
FOR. HAITI

NEW YORK, June IL GN.s).
With Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as his
goal, Capt. j. Errol Boyd today
was plotting the veteran mono
plane Columbia" down the South
Atlantic Coast on nonstop good
will flight to the Caribbean
Island.
Accompanied by Robert G.
Lyon, co-pilot, and H. P. Davis,
writer and former newspaper
man in Haiti. Boyd hoped off
from Floyd Bennett Field last
night, cheered by a crowd OF
5000.
Boyd expected to follow the
coastline down to Florida, fly over
Havana without stopping, then
head for Port-Au-Prince. He
planned to reach Port-Au-Prince
in about "a hours.
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an automobile which several
days earlier had been stolen
from Herman J. Burman, Of
the Bronx, New York. The
victims fingerprints are being
checked, police said.
WASHINGTON
The resolution by Senator
Copeland CD Of New York
for a sweeping investigation of
organized crime and racketeer-
ing in American cities was ap-
proved today by the Senate
without a record vote.
This action insures highly
sensational Senate inquiry into
the activities of gangsters in
such cities as New York, Chi
coga, Detroit, and Philadelphia.
Copeland was named chair
man of a subcommittee of three
members which will conduct
the investigation. He named
as the other two members Sena-
tors Murphy CD of Iowa, and
Senator Vandenberg CRO of
Michigan. The Senate voted
$4,000 to defray expenses of
the subcommittee. Copeland
said:
"When Congress adiOurns, 1
will go to New York to confer
with the United States AttOr-
ney. the New York District
Attorney, police officials, and
Department of Justice field
agents.
Senator Vandenberg will
conduct a similar preliminary
inquiry in Detroit and Senator
Murphy in Chicago"
Copeland explained that pub
lie hearings probably will be
started here in September.
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SPANISH FL|ERS
!: SET RECORD

CAMAGUEY, Cuba, June IL
U.N.S) ).-Holding a new record
for the longest transocean flight
yet completed. two Spanish air.
men prepared to push on to
Havana today after spanning the
Atlantic from Seville, Spain.
Halted by poor weather, Capt.
Mariana Barberan and Lieut..
Joaquin Collar brought their
monoplane Cuatro Vientos ("Four
Winds"D down in a perfect land
ing at $40 p. m. yesterday
washington time), after flying
approximately 1900 miles in 80
hours and 35 minutes.
Of this distance, 4,5O0 miles of
the route led the fliers over water.
Their original goal was
Havana, but waning fuel supply
and choppy weather made them
decide to halt here. They will
fly the 300 miles to Havana to-
day. weather permitting.
After a stop in Havana, per-
haps lasting one or two days, the
airmen plan to continue to
Mexico City.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
Little Girl Injured
Blu Pet Cats Attack

Allegedly attacked by a neigh
bor's cat, 7-year-old June Thorn
is in Emergency Hospital suffer
ing from severe bites and
scratches about the arms and
neck. Witnesses said the child
was playing on the front steps
of her home in the 1900 block L
Street N. w., this morning when
the cat lunged at her throat. The
child battled the cat and received
the injuries. She was taken to
the hospital by her mother, Mrs.
Harry Thorn.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
JURY SELECTED
! QUICKLY; To
VIEW SCENES
Entire Trail in Abduction Case
to Be Inspected Before
Testimony Is Begun

BARNSTABLE, Mass, June IL
u.N.S0 With record breaking
speed, jury of IL men was ac-
cepted today to try Kenneth and
Cyril Buck, brothers, for the kid.
naping on May 2 last, of 10-year-
old Margaret Peggy" McMath,
of Harwichport.
The abduction of Peggy from
In front of her school in Har-
wichport attracted nationwide at
tention. She was recovered three
days later after 100000 ransom
had been paid. Subsequently all
Of the ransom money was found
In Kenneth's home.
Jury Quickly Drawn
The jury was obtained one
hour after the trial had been
formally called.
The jurors were to be taken
first to the Harwich Center
Grammar School from in front
of which Peggy was kidnapped.
Then they will be taken to the
shack near the Harwich golf links
where Peggy was kept hidden for
several hours. Next they will go
to the dreary cellar across the
street from Kenneth Bucks home
In Harwichport where Peggy was
kept for two days and two
nights.
To View HarbOr
From there they will go to
Wychmere Harbor, not far from
Peggy's home. It was on a boat
in this harbor that Peggy was
surrendered by the kidnapers
when the 100000 ransom was
paid. They will also visit the
McMath home.
A touching scene was enacted
Just before court was called into
session. Mrs. Cyril Buck, wife
Of one of the defendants, leaned
over the spectators rail and
placed her arms around her hus-
bands neck and kissed him.
Kenneth Bucks wife also
greeted her husband fondly when
he came into the prisoners dock.
Every seat in the BarnSSo BILE
County Court room was taken
and many persons milled in the
corridors outside.
Peggy's father, Neil C. McMath,
was among the spectators.
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KILLERS K|DNAP
z OFFICERS

WELLINGTON, Tex. June II
GN.SD Kidnapped and wired to
a tree by two desperadoes, Sheriff
George Cory and City Marshal
Paul Hardy returned here today
and identified their two captors
as Clyde and Ivan Barrow, Dali
las gunner wanted for murder.
The two officers were kidnapped
by the pair when they went to
the farm home of Steve Prichard
following an auto accident, in
which the gunmen's car went over
an embankment. Prichard was
covered with submachine guns
when he went to the assistance of
the two.
They forced him to take an in
jured woman companion to his
home, but refused to allow him
to summon medical aid. When
Mrs. Jack Prichard, daughter-in-
law of the farmer, knocked on
the farmhouse door she was shot
and slightly wounded.
Answering a telephone call for
assistance Cory and Hardy went
to the Prichard farm where they
were surprised and overpowered.
Manacled with their own hand
cuffs, the officers were taken to
Erick, Okla, where they were
left wired to a tree on a creek
bank. They released themselves
during the night and directed a
fruitless search for their captors.
Sheriff Cory identified the
two men from photographs as the
Barrow brothers who are wanted
for the murder Of two policemen
near Joplin. Mo.
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WILL ROGERS Saus:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, June
12.-Well, here is bad news for
the country today. There is no
earthquake anywhere, no new
war, no flood, no pestilence, no
new initiation, no new budget
that's not balanced, no new
Morgan preferred list.
It's not any of those terrible
things. It's worse. It's worse
than all of them combined. Aw
gee, I just hate to tell you. I
know it will break your heart.
But [ am going to tell it if it
kills us all.
Congress didn't adjourn.
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mistaken" Shots
Kill Woman, Hurt 2

CHICAGO, June Il GN.SO.
In gun battle resulting from
mistaken identities, Mrs. Anna
Lupka, 81, was killed today and
her husband, Leonard. and his
brother, John, we're wounded by
police bullets. The broth ers
thought two detectives we're hood.
lums trying to steal their auto
mobile.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
Catholics Parade,
DenOuncinq Nazis

MUNICH, June IL GN.SO.-
Tension between Nazis and
Catholics throughout Bavaria
heightened dangerously today
after session of the Gesellentag,
the Catholic congress here, ended
in a series of street fights and
anti-Nazi demonstrations. Fifty
thousand Catholic youths paraded
the streets.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
LANCASTER, PA.

LANCASTER, PA.
Solution of what may have
been a gang murder hinged to-
day upon the possible identifi-
cation of fingerprints of a man
about 80 years old whose body,
with two bullet wounds in the
back, was found lying along the
highway near here Saturday.
Standing near the body was
The Washington times., 1933-06-12

Rooms some with privilege of
eating at the family table, :. can he
rented through the Rental Columns Of
the WANT AZ SECTION of this news
paper.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
More Racketeering
What Are You Going To Do About 1t? =

FOLLOWING latest outstanding developments in the racket
situation indicating its spread through various cities:
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Copyright lSss, By MeNaush, Syndicate,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23

(wholesale) dollars in 1891 or 154 cents
(wholesale) dollars In 1882 to compel
them to receive only 100 cents whole
sale) dollars In payment In 1888? Does
not the volume Of dishonesty exceed
that Of honesty in the transaction. since
the creditors Of l930-1-2 who must
accept payment in 1898 doubtless far
outnumDer the debtors Of 1925 who
must pay In 1898? The authorities
tell US that = great amount Of indebt-
edness, represented in commercial bank
loans, Is payable OF renewable within
the year; and that . vast volume OF
indebtedness is payable or renewable
within three years. The debts created
in 1926 and payable in 1928 are un-
doubtedly negligible in number and
amount compared with the debts Gre
ated in 1930-1-2 and payable today.
The hope of sound money men is that
prices will be stimulated into q continu-
Gus rise by the efforts of the admins
tration in use Of the wide powers con-
ferred by Congress for control Of pro-
duction, the spreading Of employment
and raising wages in restoration Of pur-
chasing power-and that these things
will be accomplished without perma-
nently shortening the standard Of meas
urement and without debasing the cur
rency by any method tainted with
permanent contract reputation or
with dishonesty either to debtors Or
creditors.
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Productions and Movement
Of Gold as a Commodity
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

A growing interest in the production
and movement Of gold as commodity
quite aside from its complicated role
in the scheme Of world currencies-is
reflected in current reports from Gov
eminent representatives abroad. At
the same time. American producers Of
the yellow metal are endeavoring to
persuade the President to relax the re-
strictions on the expectation of the
newly mined metal
A few days ago the Treasury drew up
an amendment to the Presidents ex-
ecutive order Of last April which would
have permitted the expectation Of newly
mined gold from the United States.
Without recommending 1t, the Treasury
submitted this amendment to the Presi-
dent. He has let 1t be known, how
ever, that he does not approve any
such action at the present time. al
though he has requested Attorney Cen
eral Cummings to study the possible
legality Of such an amendment.
Freedom to ship gold out Of the
country and sell 1t in foreign markets
would be quite profitable just now. To
day gold commands higher prices In
foreign markets than 1t does at home.
Under the present law the price Of new
gold at the mint Is 420.67 an ounce.
However, the fall of the dollar abroad
has now boosted the price Of gold to
between $28 and $50 an ounce. Presi-
Dental approval Of the free exporta-
ton Ibf newly mined gold would, 1t Is
claimed, Immediately increase the price
by at least 80 per cent.
At present gold can be shipped out
Of the country-and then only with q
Treasury permit-to meet contracts
with foreign governments or foreign
central banks or for business transact
lions which, in the opinion of the
President, are for the benefit Of the
Nation" The "ear-marked" gold in
our central banks belonging to foreign
governments has never been included
In the national stock Of gold. There
fore. when It b shipped TO its owner
government, the trausactioo does not
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HOLD FAST
RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN d. D., ILL., d, D. C. L.
Rish0p of Kashinston

supreme wisdom of His mighty utter
ances has never been more evident than
In these more recent days. The Demon
STATIONS we have had Of the place
that high moral qualities occupy In the
scheme Of life, affecting its every phase
and issue, have never been more con-
spicuous. With the hectic rush and
the abnormal conditions that marked
the years of our so-called prosperity,
when We laid aside or forgot those
deep moral and spiritual principles and
ideals that constitute the source, Of
lfe's truest happiness, we reached q
stage, like the people Of old. In which
we arrogantly declared that our might
and our power and our genius alone
have secured to us our increasing
wealth. The gifts Of God. through the
abundant prOductiveneSS Of the field.
we accepted, without recognizing the
"Giver of every good and perfect gift. :"
Our abandonment Of our affairs. our
neglect of the quiet ways Of reflection
and prayer our mad haste to discover
new ways for self-indulgence and the
qualification Of our passions character
lied our course.
One thing is certain as we face pres
ent conditions, namely, that 1t Is
through the spirit of unity and CO.
OPERATION we S0hu COiuc W UctIcE udyS.
To abide in the ship" is a better guar
antee OF ultimate safety than to at
tempt representation through hdi-
vidual effort. Beyond any effort we
may put forth there must be disclosed
q fresh recognition Of those funda-
mental principles that lie at the very
footings of our house Of security; more
Of unity In our civic and corporate life;
more of unity and less of partisanship
In our political life; more of real fell
lowship and comradeship, and above all
end affecting all, more Of unity in
those large spiritual concerns that are
indispensable to our peace and contin-
uing security. We shall continue to
have differences of mind and practice
In those things that concern our do
mestic, our social and our political
life, and there will be like difference
In method and form in the expression
of our religious convictions. but this
does not preclude our abiding In the
ship, to the end that there may come
to one and all Of us ultimate salvation.
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A Problem in Names.

Referring to the African territory now
ruled by the liberal sovereign Halle
Silassie I, some writers use the term
"Abyssinia," while others prefer ETH
opia." Which is correct? The problem
is brought to the fore by the visit to
Washington Of Ras Destu Demtu and
Alto Paulos Manamano. They came on
a mission Of good will to the people of
the United States and were received
with all due and proper honor at the
White House and the State Depart
ment. But what Is the real name Of
their country? The usual authorities"
appear to disagree.
The Statesman's Year Book, for ex-
ample, contains six pages Of data on
the government. population, religion
and education, justice. defense. agri-
culture and industry, commerce, COM
munications, money and credit, weights
and measures and diplomatic repre-
sentatives Of "Abyssinia." But it men,
lions Ethiopia" only parenthetically.
The Enclycopaedia Britannica and
the Encyclopaedia Americana agree In
using the more or less evasive phrase
"Abyssinia (odacially Ethiopia)." But
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both works also print extensive articles
on Ethiopia or Aethiopia."
His majestys stationery office. Lon
don, in 1920 issued q series of PAM
phlets prepared under the direction of
the historical section of the foreign
Office" and No. 129 of the series is en-
titled "Abyssinia." with an explanatory
phrase, The Empire of Ethiopia, COM
monty known as Abyssinia." in the
text. That. 1t would seem, was the
British way of getting around the DIM
Guilty.
But the problem remains Inquiry of
the State Department discloses that
"Abyssinia" and Ethiopia" are consid-
cred synonymous by the personnel, but
the Board Of Geographic Names, De-
partment Of the Interior, has Endorsed
"Ethiopia"-a verdict which should be
final, SO far as Government usage is
concerned. In the press and In ordi-
nary conversation the two names appear
to be regarded as interchangeable.
The Portuguese may be held respon-
sible for devising the word "Abyssinia. !"
1t was their version of the Arabian term
"Habesch." signifying "a mixture" The
Greeks Of HOmer's time, on the other
hand, were the inventors of the title
"Aethiopes," meaning "sunburnt," as
applied to "the furthest of mankind"
Thus neither name Is native. The peo-
pie Of the country now consider them
selves Philippians" They are predom-
inantly Hamitic In racial stock and have
been Christians since the fourth CEN
fury. Their land, they say, is the do
main known to the writers of the
Scriptures as "Cush," and for their
ruling family they claim descent from
Solomon and the Queen Of Sheba. On
their postage stamps they print ETH
cpie."
However, the confusion is not I'M
usual. There are other cases. The OH
cial name Of the realm over which King
George v presides is Great Britain"
but 1t Is generally known as England"
and the formal title of the Republic Of
which Franklin D. Roosevelt Is Presi-
dent Is 1.-The United States" but 1t
commonly Is called America"
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Except these abide In the ship, ye
cannot be saved"
These commanding words were spok-
en- to a group of soldiers and sailors
as the wrecking Of their vessel seemed
imminent. The story as told in the
twenty-seventh chapter of the Acts is
a dramatic one. The little vessel had
been tossed with the tempest" The
storm long continued until the MARIA
tator of the incident was compelled to
write. "All hope that we could be saved
was then taken away" Little by little
the ship was b. ing driven into shoal
waters. Facing what seemed to be
utter disaster, plans were made to
abandon the ship. 1t was at this crit
passenger, Paul the prisoner, made the
statement to his Roman guard and the
soldiers who attended him, Except
these abide in the ship, We cannot be
saved" The dispassionate judgment
and the unperturbed calm Of the dis
tinguished prisoner saved the situation.
It Is Of the genius Of leadership to
disclose quiet and reasoned judgment
In the face Of q crisis. Those who save
q critical situation are always of this
type. They reckon with all the issues
involved and they govern the situation
by their calm and deliberate demeanor.
Kipling describes such as those who are
able to keep their heads when all
about are losing theirs"
During these recent momentous years
most Of us have sustained something
that approximates brainstorm. We
have in the confusion of things lost
our capacity to properly appraise LIES
finer values Our minds have fiuctuated
as violently as the changing price OF
commodities. Here and there strong
voices have been heard. but in the main
they have gone unheeded. Nothing ap-
proximating the situation has occurred
in the life of our country. Latterly we
have had a return to reason. Once
again we have recognized at their true
worth certain elemental values that are
not affected by financial statements
that proceed from the centers of in
dustry. We have been compelled to
realize that what the great Master
said Is true: THE life is more than
meat and the body than raiment." The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
SHOOTING STARS.

BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Us and the Others.
The sad mistakes
Another makes,
How plainly they appear!
Upon my word,
They are absurd,
Pathetically queer,
It's hard to see
How they can be
With such persistence shown,
Since they stand out.
Beyond a doubt.
SO plain they must be known.
Our own mistakes?
Surprise awakes
When others gently call
Attention to
The errors few
That to our share may fall.
They seem so slight
It isn't right
To let them raise q storm
When other men,
Now and again,
Require so much reform!
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way I'd to vehicles on rollers as much
as 16 inches broad. These might bear
an S-t0n lad.
Today, IA the United States, one Of
the most vexed questions which con-
fronts highway authorities is the rutting
Of roads and the general wear and tear
caused by the heavy trucks and motor
heavily loaded vehicles. The British
No vehicle could use the Kings high
ways which had greater gauge-the
distance between wheels-than feet
2 inches and the distance betwee4 the
front and hind axle could not be
greater than feet.
Then in England, as now in the United
States, the farmer was q favored in
dividual and was exempted from these
traffic rules. The statute expressly pro-
vided that its provisions did not apply
to Wagons, carts. or carriages en-
ployed only in husbandry or carrying
hay, straw. fodder, or corn unthreshed."
government or on the Kings service
were exempt.
Early Fines and Regulations.
An interesting provision of the early
laws read: For the better discovery Of
offenders, every owner of every Wagon
or carriage let to hire shall paint upon
some conspicuous part his Christian
name and surname and the place of his
abode in large legible letters and the
following: Common Stage Wagon cor
Cart as the case may be-" Local
laws and ordinances, especially Of the
cities, make similar provisions regarding
public vehicles in the United States
today. 1t Is interesting to note that
blue law piety extended to transporta-
ton, the British law providing that
no carrier with his horse, waggoner with
his wagon, or carman with his cart
shall travel on the Lords day upon
pain Of 20 shillings for every odense."
This was a pretty stiff fine, the pur-
chasing power Of 20 shillings that long
ago being at least the equivalent Of $40
today.
Quite the most astonishing Of the
transportation laws of the early days
was that which applied to the very first
railroads. When only few short lines,
such as the famous Stockton & OAR
Gngton, were in existence any person
who saw fit was authorized to fit wheels
Of the proper sort to any vehicle of his
own and place it on the rails. He
could, for example, At Hanged wheels
to his farm cart and drive his horses
along the right of way. While the
railroads were privately owned, still it
was considered that they operated by
leave Of the general public and that
the general public retained certain basic
rights Of use Of the property.
This plan would not work very Sue
cessfully today. The homemade vehicle
placed in the path Of the Twentieth Gen.
fury Limited, for example, presumably
would incur quite penalty from the
simple operation of the laws Of physics.
In addition, any person attempting such
use of railroad would be guilty Of
trespassing. However, the fundamental
theory Of railroad regulation derives
from the same idea-that is. the public
does retain definite right in q public
utility such as railroad In modern
practice the doctrine works In two
directions-while the railroads actions
are governed, so are those of the public
making use of the facility.