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The Washington times., 1933-08-23
SEAMEN : PLEA
TOROOSEVELT

A delegation of 20 members of
the Marine Workers Industrial
Union representing New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Rich
mond and other shipping centers
called at the White House today
and left a communication ad-
dressed to the President "to re-
lieve unemployment and of put
ting many thousands of seamen
and longshoremen and other
workers to work.
The spokesman of the delega-
tion denied they were Communists,
yet their petition says 1--WE demand
the immediate recognition of
Soviet Russia" Practically the
whole document deals with the
Russian question.
The leaders of the delegation
were Ted Baron, of the Marine
Workers Union, Hayes Jones, edi-
tor of the Marine Workers Voice,
the regular organ of the associa-
ton, and H. L. Farmer, of the
International Longshoremen's AS
sociation.
They said they would see Gen.
Hugh S. johnson, National Re-
covery Administrator, and present
to him their labor CODE"
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
LEGION IS SEEN
FORERUNNER

VIENNA, Aug. % G.N.S).-By
means of a widespread smuggling
system comparable to the "under-
ground railroad of slave days in
the United States, Nazi Germany
has created an austrian Legion" :"
consisting of from 10000 to 15,-
900 Austrian youths, according to
reports in government sources to-
day.
Existence of the legion. it was
charged, became known when au-
thorities discovered centers of the
smuggling organization at st. Pol
ten, in lower Austria, and at
Muhltal, near the Bavarian bor-
der.
Most of the recruits to the le-
gion allow themselves to be spir-
tied across the border voluntarily,
it was said, but charges were made
that at least some of them have
been kidnapped from their parents
home and pressed into service.
The LEGION" was created, it was
said, to give impetus to a Nazi re-
bellion in Austria scheduled for
some time this fall. The Austrian
youths are first taken to Nazi
headquarters at Breitenberg and
Munich and thence to concentra-
ton camps, where, it was alleged,
they are drilled and trained as
regular members of the Hitler
army.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
KILLING
ENDS HER PAIN

GAINESVILLE, Ca, Aug. %
. G.N.SD revolver today
brought the relief from suffering
that medicines and the scalpel had
failed to provide.
But before sending a bullet into
her brain, Mrs. Lena Wilson Pal
mour, So, crazed with pain from
arthritis, shot and killed her hus-
band, E. C. Palmour, so, well-to-do
merchant, and then walked into
an adjoining room and shot twice
at her mother, 81, as the aged
screaming for help.
AS her mother laying dying, the
pain-crazed woman fired bullet
into her own head. The aged
mother died as she was being
rushed to a hospital. Palmour was
killed instantly.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
TWO MORE DEAD
IN GANG WAR

NEW YORK, Aug. % G.N.SD
Two men were shot to death
in Brooklyn early today in what
police feared was a revival of
gang warfare.
Ralph Delpetre, %, said to be
small time racketeer," was
ambushed by three gunner in
an automobile who pumped five
bullets into his body as he ran
toward a brightly-lighted street
intersection. Pedestrians said he
evidently recognized his mur-
derers, calling as he ran:
Don't shoot! Don't kill mel"
The other victim, apparently
taken for ride, was found in
a vacant lot near the Long
Island railroad tracks, two bull
lets in his back. He was uni
Identified and about Is years old,
we'll dressed and well-groomed.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
STATES STAFF
SETFORST|FF
CHILLING
love Cottage Death Trial in
Third Day; Jury Selection
Is Still a Problem

SAN JOSE, Calf, Aug. % Il.
N.S0.-Three sharp eyed and
trigger -witted deputies of the dis
trict attorney, the States chief
gunners in the famous Lamson
murder case, today began getting
their range on the handsome de-
fendant.
Although all the officers Of the
court-the judge and attorneys
for both sides-were still in the
throes of selecting a jury, the
prosecutions heaviest artillery was
being brought up to be trained
on the dark head of David A.
Lamson, tanford University
Press executive.
Ready for Him
The fire will be loosed when
the 31-year-old university man,
charged with Staying his pertty
young wife. Allene, in their STAN
for1 campus 'love cottage" comes
into the "open" on the witness
stand.
A. P. Lindsay, who leads the
prosecution trio, said:
"We'll rake him with a verbal
fire that should bring him
dOwn-crack him if he dares to
testify"
E. M. Rea, chief of Lamson's
legal staff, eagerly accepted the
challenge and the defendant,
himself, showed no fear of the
promised attack.
Dave will be there on the
firing line-On the witness
stand and he won't crack"
Lamson, quiet and soft-spoken,
dismissed the coming ordeal with
q Shrug.
I'm not afraid to take the
stand. Why should / be?
have nothing to tell but the
truth; nothing to say that can
hurt me. 1 don't care what the
prosecution does"
Jury Incomplete
And so the third day of the
hearing rolled over the calendar
with public interest centering once
more on the courtroom as the out
of court sensations, the affairs of
19-year-old Dolores Roberts, petite
blonde nurse maid in the Lamson
home and one of Lamson's star
witnesses, subsidized into an at
home honeymoon.
Revealed Sunday as an ex-
pectant mother, married Monday
in a surprise ceremony at Vallejo,
Calf, the girl and her 21-year-
old husband, Warren (Red) Sor-
ensen, a. sweetheart since high
school days, were staying at the
residence of the groom's parents
here.
The jury personnel as today's
session opened was composed OF
six women and an equal number
of men, with the defense appar-
emily fighting to put Lamson's
fate in the hands of men and the
prosecutors favoring women as
more likely to heed their allega-
tions.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
OFFICERS STAY
EXTORT|ON|ST

RHINELANDER, Wis, Aug. %
G.N.SJ.-Jonn Stoke, 38, was in
Jail today and Robert Rogers, a.,
was dead after 10 officers trapped
the pair as they tried to collect
$4,000 extortion money from a
Mercer hotel owner.
Authorities said both men were
ex-convicts from Hurley, Wis.
Rogers was shot dead and his
companion was captured by the
posse late yesterday as they picked
up a. dummy package of ransom
money tossed into the weeds at
an appointed place by George
Goodroe, hotel proprietor.
Goodroe received two letters
from the extortionists telling him
to drop the ransom money where
a white flag would be waving be-
side the road.
The extortionists warned Good
roe that he would be killed by ma
chine gun fire if he failed to carry
out the instructions.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
NEW PARIS PLAN
ON ARMS WINS
ROOSEVELT
President for International
Police With Some Change;
So InstruCts Davis

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. %
0N.SD Optimistic, but without
minimizing serious obstacles, this
Government today was ready
again to take the lead in efforts
to bring about agreement upon a
world disarmament compact.
This represented President
Roosevelt's feeling as he gave Nor
man H. Davis, his rowing am.
bassador," final instructions for
work in Europe.
Davis plans to sail for Europe
within a fortnight. The Presi-
dent has given considerable
thought to, and approves with
notifications, the French proposal
for an international police sys-
tenn, set up to check on arma-
ments and backed by world.
wide compact.
Link to British Plan
Force would accrue to the COM
pact, it was felt, through a pro-
vision permitting all nations to
duplicate violations of the arms
limitations by any single country.
AS President Roosevelt sees it,
the French plan would be incor-
porated as part of a general
proposal by the British. Roose.
Velt likes its control features.
He feels that some sort of check
is necessary, such as that pro-
vlded in the French suggestion
to set up a disarmament commits
sion authorized to inspect the
arms of the world and receive re-
ports and complaints for investi.
cation.
France, Italy Seen Joined
France and Italy would arrive
at a naval disarmament pact, OPP
eratiVe until at least 1886, under
the compact drafted by the Brit
ish. Probably this, with the
French proposal. will form the
basis from which the disarma-
ment conference, reconvening in
Geneva october 16, will work.
Political conditions in Europe
are important considerations in
viewing prospects for disarma-
ment. Davis feels that the ten
sion in Austria may have the
effect of speeding agreement upon
an arms slashing plan.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
HIGHWAY CALLS
ROOSEVELT

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. %
G.N.S.) New York's winding
roads lured President Roosevelt
for a 18O-mile drive today to in
spect the Ten Mile River Boy
Scout camp.
The President planned to go d.
rect to the camp and return by a
roundabout road, arriving home
at nightfall.
Word from Washington that Re
covery Administrator Hugh S.
Johnson has completed a code for
the coal industry was eagerly
awaited by the President.
Latest advices from johnson
told the President progress was be-
ing made but that the mass of de-
tail involved in drafting the code
probably would prevent its COM
pletion before late today.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
District Sued, Youth
Hurt on Slide Board

The District of Columbia was
accused of maintaining a defec-
tive sliding board in the Barnard
School Fairgrounds, Fourth a n d
Decatur SITS. N. w., in a suit for
$4,000 damages filed against the
municipality today in District Su-
preme Court by Jerome D. Samel-
son, a minor, 600 block South Car
olina Ave. S. E.
The boy, through his father,
David D. Samelson, declared he
ascended the stairway of the slide
board on May 10, 1880. When he
reached the top, the boy alleged,
the board gave way and he was
thrown six feet to the ground.
The boy stated he suffered perma-
nent injuries to his back and neck.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
Duchess Dogs
Giiuen Gate
By Duke

LONDON, Aug. % G.N.sJ.
The Duke of Marlborough has
removed 20 spaniels belonging
to the Duchess from their COM
Portable quarters in the his
toric bow window room of
Blenheim Palace to less lux
urious kennels, the London Daily
Herald stated today.
The newspaper added that
the Duchess recently removed
several valuable tapestries as
we'll as paintings, furniture
and other family heirlooms
from the room, which she con-
verted into a reception room
for the animals.
The Duke, however, has now
had the room restored to it's
original state, the report said.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
Channel Round Trip
Made in One Hour

LONDON G.N.S).-No longer
may Britain be termed a tight
little island" isolated from the
continent of Europe.
Crosschannel air liners regu-
larly fly from London to Paris
in less than two hours.
Now Angus Miller, former naval
officer, has just made the dou-
BILE crossing of the Channel from
Dover to Calais and back in one
hour, one minute by motor speed
boat.
Miller used White Cloud II,
built for the late speed king, Sir
Henry Seagrave, and took four
passengers with him.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
Training Is Planned
For ScOutM10SterS

A series of training courses for
scoutmasters has been planned by
the committee on leadership train
ing, to begin early in the fall.
Scout leaders who are in
terested in such courses as first
aid, given by the District of Colum-
bia Red Cross, and the elements
and principles of scoutmastership,
are requested to send their names
to Scout headquarters, 1103 Yer
mont Ave.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
FiUe-Cent Mileage
Denied NaUy Group

Enlisted men who take exam
nations for entrance to the Naval
Academy, and who go home while
awaiting word whether or not
they passed the examinations, are
not entitled to mileage at cents
a mile, as are midshipmen, &C
cording to a ruling by Comp
troller General ]. R. McCarl, an
nounced today.
In general, where enlisted men
are designated to take such ex-
aminations. they will have their
transportation paid to Annapolis
by the Government. but not at
5 cents mile.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
Ski Club Planning
Winter PLAYGROUND

ESTES PARK, Colo.-If plans
Of the Rocky Mountain Ski Club
mature, a winter playground com.
parable to Lake Placid may be
developed here.
The ski club has had plans for
several years for the erecting Of
q ski-jump, toboggan slide, an all.
year clubhouse and an artificial
lake in this vicinity, but no funds
have been available.
It is now proposed that a part
of the work be done by the Citi.
zens Conservation Corps and the
necessary funds be provided un-
der the terms of the National Re-
covery Act.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
LABOR FIGHTS
GROW IN NRA
BY International News Service
The open shop and price fixing
r.nklaroos Of thu MD adroa iroictro-


The open shop and price fixing
problems of the NRA administra-
ton became more acute today as
the campaign to enlist big indus
tries in the job creation movement
was carried forward.
With leaders of such industries
as steel agreeing to accept the
provisions Of the recovery act,
which guarantee the right of col
lective bargaining, the big open
shop employers turned to the
question of Interpretation and
enforcement of codes.
Representatives of organized
labor, now driving to organize all
industries, were active in the
conferences which are to lead to
new pronouncement of policy
on the labor question.
Employers who have declared
they would resist the unioniza-
ton movement are understood to
be seeking guarantees that the
enforcement machinery set up
under codes of fair competition
will not be used against them.
Organized labor leaders insist
that all reservations in favor of
the open shop are a violation of
law. and in addition demand the
protection of the Recovery Ad-
ministration in the enforcement
of the law.
The decision of General John
son, National Recovery Admin
istrator, to issue a Qualification
Of the labor policy of the admin
istration is the direct outgrowth
of the conflicting demands of in
dustry and labor.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
GIRL SCOUTS MEET

NEW YORK 1N.SD-Four
Girl Scouts who will represent the
3O5,OO0 members of their organ
1zation in the United States at
the International Girl Scout and
Girl Guide Conference and En-
campment in Switzerland in Au-
gust are Adelaide Van Vliet, of
Goshen, N. Y; Virginia Powell,
of Bowling Green, Ohio; Eliza.
beth Yates, of Greensboro, N. c.,
and Lena Thomas, of st. Louis,
Mo.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
Cutler Is IndOrsed
For Legion office

Major Howard w. Cutler, of
Silver Spring, was last night
indorsed for commander of the
Maryland Department. American
Legion, by the Montgomery
county council.
At the same time, Major Cutler
announced his resignation as
president of the council because
of his candidacy.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
LEGION NAMES JONES

Oscar G. Jones has been elected
commander of Victory Post, Amer
lean Legion. Other new officers
are: John T. O'Brien, Michael A.
Foley, Vincent j. Wintermyer. A.
N. Schroeder, George Jigger, Allen
Hines and c. E. Lanahan.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
FirestOne European
a nent Is DrOLuned

BUCHAREST, Aug. % U.N.S0.
F.. E. MacAdams, Firestone repre-
sentative of the Firestone Tire
and Rubber Company, was
drowned in the Black Sea today
near Mamaja, where he was visit
ing while on a business trip here.
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
Bride Family Storm Bound;
He Hurries To Them

Corporation Counsel William
w. Bride left his office hurriedly
in the District Building today to
rush to the aid of his family,
storm bound IS miles from Re
hoboth Beach, Della.
Early today Mr.. Bride received
a telephone call from his wife,
saying the waves had washed up
over the dunes along the coast
and that the electric and water
systems had failed. Families in
The Washington times., 1933-08-23

the vicinity were hurriedly aban-
doning their summer homes, she
reported.
Mr.. Bride telephoned the
Weather Bureau and learned
that the storm is expected to
grow worse by afternoon. He
tried to call his wife again, but
was told that telephone lines
were down and left by motor to
bring his family back to Wash
ington,
The Washington times., 1933-08-23
WILL ROGERS Savs:
LAS VEGAS, New, Aug 23.-Going to drop this

off here at Hoover Dam. Hope
they don't irrigate more land
so they can raise more things
that they can't sell and will
have to plow up more rows
and kill more pigs to keep
'em from becoming hogs. Looks
like this whole hog-destroying
scheme of Mr.. Wallace's is a
direct slap against my old
friend and companion, "Blue
Boy"
What the Secretary of Ag-
riculture is trying to do is
to teach the farmer corn acre
age control and the hog birth
lst as hard to make understand
The Washington times., 1933-08-23

control, and one is just as hard to make Ill
it as the other
Copyright 1888. BY McNaught syndIcats)
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
VOTE IN HOUSE
ON THURSDAY
EXPECTED
Friends of Capital Ready for
Fight Against Some of
Slated SIaSheS

Action on the District supply
bill was deferred until tomorrow,
when it was learned today that
the Government Printing Office,
due to it's weekend holiday, had
not been able to print the bill or
the report.
Immediately after receiving this
information, Representative James
P. Buchanan CD of Texas, chair.
man of the House Appropriations
Committee and head of the de-
ficiency subcommittee which is
considering the measure, ordered
a full committee meeting at IL
o'clock toorrow, at which time the
measure will be reported out.
Action Due Thursday
Due to this delay, it was ex.
pected the local appropriation bill
would not be enacted by the House
before Thursday.
AS sent to the House last Mon
day, the estimates totaled $32,-
999, 700, and the subcommittee is
not expected to m ke any
changes.
Stiff Fight Due
General debate is expected to
occupy several hours, after which
the bill will be taken up item by
item under the five-minute rule.
"A stiff fight is expected on the
floor, when friends of the Dis
trict attempt to reinsert several
items for public works
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
TANK ACCIDENT
WINS TIP CASH
Times Staff Photo

A man who delivered his news
tip in the wee hours of the
morning, right after an accident
on the Defense Highway in which
one automobile was demolished
and six freight cars derailed, cap.
tured first prize this week in
The Washington Times newstip
contest.
The second award was made
for the story in which Luther
C. Sykes was held under $4,000
bail on a charge of blackmailing
Representative Walter G. An.
drews Of New York.
Other prizes were awarded for
the following tips: The marriage
of Miss Felicidad Borras, sister
of a local restaurateur, to Fe.
nando Gonzales Arnao, Spanish
Minister to San Salvador; dis.
covery of clues in Winchester,
Va, which may lead to solving a
26-year-old murder mystery; the
robin who has been fighting his
shadow on a window sill in the
710O block Piney Branch Rd.
N. w., and the injury suffered
by a Capitol visitor in a fall out
side the Senate chamber.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
TAX| LIABILITY
BILL DRAWN

A bill requiring owners and
operators of taxicahs here to pro-
vide financial responsibility for
damages done by their machines
was sent to Congress today by
the Public Utilities Commission,
bearing the unanimous approval
of that body.
The bill would empower the
Public Utilities Commission to re-
quire cab owners and operators to
file with that body borIAs or in
surance policies providing for pay
ment of any judgment growing
out of death, injury or property
damage caused by their vehicles.
The penalty for violation Of the
provisions of the bill would be
fixed at a fine Of $500 or 80 days
Imprisonment.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
BLANTON RISES
IN WRATH

Representative Thomas L. Blan.
ton CD of Texas arose in ire to.
day in the House and demanded
the right to speak for an hour
on an error in the Congressional
Record which put him in the
position of favoring the medicinal
liquor bill, which was passed last
Thursday.
Blanton told Speaker Rainey
that $4,000 copies of the Record
had been circulated throughout
the 48 States and that he, a dry,
was put in the position of sup
porting a wet measure.
Blanton, in his address, de-
clared he was attributed with
the remark made by Representa-
tive. Patrick j. Boland (DO of
Pennsylvania, one of the advo-
Gates of the medicinal booze
measure.
The Texans action caused a
delay in consideration of the
District beer bill as it came back
from the Senate. Representative
Mary T. Norton CD of New
Jersey, chairman of the House
District Committee, was on her
feet seeking. to gain the Speakers
recognition when Blanton roared
out his demand for personal
privilege.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
BALL0U DUETS
TEACHERFEARS

Reports that the proposed
dractic cut into 1884 school ex-
penditures will cost the jobs Of
$50 teachers were nipped in the
bud today at an emergency ere
assurance" meeting called by DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of schools.
DR.. Ballou called a conference
of all officers, heads of depart
ments and other members of the
school personnel who come into
contract with teachers, to assure
them that school officials will
give teachers every possible con-
sideration within the terms Of the
new appropriation bill.
The superintendent told his
staff to quiet the rumors of a per-
sonal slash for the present, at
least until the bill is passed and ad-
ministrative procedure is mapped
out.
Although the estimates recon-
mend a reduction of $131 900 for
teaching expenditures in place of
the $4,000 asked for additional
teachers, school officials are not
in any position to say what will
happen to the teaching staff, DR..
Ballou said.
Just how this $4,000 will be
saved is not certain, but it will
probably be done through retire
ments, designations and other
usual eliminations from the SER
vice, he continued.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
HEARING ON GAS
VALUE HALTED
BY CLASH
Peoples Counsel Keech Asks
Conference Reports and
P. U. C. Refuses Him

A clash Letween Peoples
Counsel Richmond B. Keech, On
the one size, and the Public
Utilities Commission and repre-
sentatives of the two local gas
companies on the other, arose
today when the hearings on the
valuation of gas company
properties was called before the
commission.
After a brief meeting, the
commission postponed the hear
ings indefinitely, subject to call
upon 10 days notice to the COM
panies.
Keech Enters Protest
Peoples Counsel Keech charged
that he was being kept in the
dark as to the progress Of confer
ences between accountants and
engineers for the washington
and Georgetown Gas Light COM
panies and those Of the commits
sion.
Keech had previously requested
that he be furnished with the
data complied at these confer
ences, that he might be able to
follow the proceedings step by
step. To date, he said, he has re-
ceived nothing from the COM
panies and little from the COM
mission. He explained:
'It is useless for me to have
the conclusions reached at these
conferences If / am not to know
how these conclusions were
reached. If everything were to
be- brought out at the hearings,
would not expect to be given
the companies data, but since
the matter has taken ON con-
ference aspect / think I should
be kept informed"
SIDES WITH COMPANIES
The commission, however.
openly sides with the gas compa-
nies, and Gen. Mason M. Patrick,
chairman, agreed with Stoddard
M. Stevens, counsel for the COM
panies, that the companies need
not furnish Keech with the work
sheets produced at the confer
ence.
When the meeting finally ad-
journed, to be reopened when the
conferences shall have been COM
pleted, Keech was still without
assurance that he would receive
the detailed data he requested,
and was told that he would get
final summaries, which he in
SiSts are of no value.