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The Washington times., 1933-11-29
JURY CONV|CTS
READ IN THEFT

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 G.N.S).
Another sizzling chapter was writ
ten today about Alfred c. Read,
jr., San Francisco broker, boxer,
gay Lothario, and decidedly no
longer a friend of Claire Windsor,
the blonde screen star and stage
actress.
A jury of six men and six
women convicted Read of the
petty theft Of $11 from Miss
Windsor during a business call at
her home in Hollywood the night
of October II.
Read smilingly "took 1t on the
chin" as he did in his debut as
a professional boxer, and an
nounced he would seek a new
trial.
Should the motion be denied,
Read faces a sentence of 100
days in Jail and $500 fine
Meanwhile he maintained his
liberty under a $500 bond posted
when he was arrested on MISS
' -indsor's charges.
The case went to the jury after
a brief but stormy trial, during
which the dapper Read, acting as
his own attorney, asked Miss
Windsor:
''Why did you call me a dan
gerOuS MANI"
The direct answer was startling
Because you're a liar and a
cheap thief"
Miss Windsor had accused Read
of taking the Sill from her purse
which she had left IN the living
room of her residence when he
called to discuss the $4,000 judg'
ment awarded his former wife,
Mrs. Marian Read. Oakland so
cialite, who charged that Miss
Windsor had stolen Reads affec'
tons.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
Ruling On Clinic :
F1UOrS DR.. HOrQHn

Supreme Court Of the District
Of Columbia has given a decision
in favor Of DR.. Joseph Morgan.
defendant, against his former
partners, Drs. Charles Stanley
White, M. B. Fischer, F. R. San
derson, H. H. Schoenfeld, and c..
w. Hyde, plaintiffs, in the Work
mems Compensation Clinic.
The court holds that the part
ners by majority action had no
right to attempt to provide for an
unequal distribution of the earn
ings of the clinic during the pc
Rod from December 81, 1881, to
June 81. 1888, and directed a re-
turn of the dividends due DR.. Hor-
gan for that period.
This legal action closes a con-
troversy which has gone on in the
Workmen'S Compensation Clinic
almost from the time Of its inau-
guration.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
(continued from Page ~

(C0ntEnued from rage ~
side the courthouse here last eve
ming when it was learned that
Warner had confessed to a brutal
assault on a prominent young St.
Joseph woman whose name
authorities have declined to reveal.
Sheriff Theisen locked the jail
and prepared to hold off the
lynchers when he became aware
that a mob spirit prevailed.
Presently three men forced their
way through the front entrance
to the Jail building. 1t was the
signal for a battle that was
waged for five and one-half
Guards Increased
During that time every avail
able State highway patrolman
was sent here. The st. Joseph
Tank Corps of the National
Guard and all available city po-
lice moved to the courthouse.
All were powerless in their ef-
forts to route the mob, however.
Officers declined to shoot into
the crowd, which kept up a con-
tinuous cry of, 1--WE want War
ner."
A tank rolled up to the Jail
entrance in an effort to push the
mob back. but the driver was
seized and beaten severely.
When the supply Of tear gas
was exhausted, the shouting
crowd began throwing bricks into
the jail building, breaking win
dows. There was a sudden rush
and the front doors fell in Under
the force Of pipes used as bat
tering rams.
A hush fell over the bowling
crowd when the sheriff appeared
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
Recovery Program Wins
General Backing in Texas

but as a matter of fact, the farm
strike got no support at all in
Texas, the farmers being too busy,
evidently, cashing in on their cot
ton and spending or burying the
money.
It seems that many people here
were disappointed in Gen. Hugh
Johnson's Fort Worth address. but
his visit did have good results. It
heartened those who are trying to
make the MIRA work. A few days
later Maury Hughes, chairman Of
the State recovery board and one
of those who could not help but
have some doubts about the thing,
addressed a group Of rural voters.
He asked them to be patient with
MIRA, that if it did not seem to be
working here. it was working in
the industrial East and the bene-
fits would spread. He was roundly
cheered.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
Probe Ordered in Lynching
Of Missouri Negro Youth

, with appraised hands. In a voice
that trembled with emotion. Thei'
sen shouted:
"Stand back, everybody; We
are going to let you have him."
The crowd cheered the an
nouncement and began to surge
up the Jail steps. Women were
plentiful in the mob. In a few
minutes Theisen appeared with
the covering negro, who Tor
hours had known that he was
the object of the demonstration.
Prisoner Beaten
At sight of the negro a shrill
roar came from the lips of the
thousands tn at damned the
courthouse lawn. Three men
seized Warner. They were Joined
by half a dozen other men, one
of whom struck the prisoner with
heavy fist.
Warmers screams Of pain from
a stab wound brought cheers
from the unruly audience. At
the corner of Fifth and julie Sts.,
a rope was flung across the limb
of an elm tree and the moose
fitted about Warmers neck.
The negro pleaded for a chance
to make a statement, but was
jeered down with cries Of:
"Hang him and get it over
with"
It was decided that the elm
tree was too small and Warner
was dragged to another larger
tree across the street. Gasoline
was thrown over Warmers cloth
ing and as he was swung alo1t.
match touched off the fuel
and the body was enveloped in
flames.
The Negro died in q mass OF
fire, the heat from the flames
driving the crowd back IN Q
widening circle.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29

DALLAS-There is no revolt in
Texas. Much is being said about
opposition to the Administration
in the next Congress-. but the
spirit abroad here today would
dictate that members of the
Texas delegation uphold the hand
Of the President.
There are numerous critics Of
the Administration and especially
of it's agricultural and monetary
policies, who are continually max
ing themselves heard. But the
success so far, by whatever
means, of forcing commodity
prices up and putting some
money in the farmers pockets
makes this criticism almost
academic.
For a time, during the disturbed
state of mind in the Middle West,
there was fear that the spirit of
DsRoB Wodld Jump over dnbo EaxaS
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
SCRIBE CHASED
To DELAWARE
BY MOB
Meekins, Times Reporter, FIees
For Life From Salisbury
As TumuIt Breaks Out
BY N. E. F. MEEKINs

BY N. E. F. MEEKINS
Washington Times Staff Correspondent
GEORGETOWN, Del, Nov. 90.
I happen to be in this Delaware
town today because it is the near
est place 1 can get to Salisbury.
Md, without fear Of losing my
life.
The savagery to which the peo-
pie Of the Princess Anne MD
area reverted in the lynching Of
George Armwood. colored at
tacker, was displayed again
t.. -oughout the entire territory
of Wicor1ico county yesterday
apparently for the special benefit
of members Of the Maryland Ma
tional Guard and newspaper
men.
I was in The washington Times
office in Washington yesterday
morning when the Maryland Ma
tional GuardSmen sent to Sails
bury to arrest the nine men
alleged to have participated in
the Armwood lynching were being
stormed by a mob. I left Wash
ington by airplane and landed at
an airport about 10 miles from
Salisbury to assist John Taylor.
another Times reporter, who had
left q few hours before.
Took A Chance
There I met other newspaper
men, who, with eyes swollen from
tear gas and faces that evidenced
the scare that had been thrown
into them as they were beaten
and driven from the scene Of the
riot by Wicomico county residents.
were on the verge Of collapse.
I was warned not to go to
Salisbury because If I did my life
would be In danger.
However, drove by automobile
toward the town Of Salisbury,
and upon entering the town was
stopped by q mob Of people who
appeared to be hoodlums and
ordered me to Immediately leave
the scene
They emphasized their order
with the threat that If I did not
leave Immediately the automobile
in which I was travelling would
be smashed and my life possibly
would be taken.
Forced to Flee
AS was being escorted out OF
the town, I met other newspaper
men who were leaving in a man
ner reminiscent of the evacuation
Of Belgium before the German
invasion.
The photographers who were
being driven away not only hac
been stripped of their persona.
effects, but their equipment had
been taken away from them AND
smashed.
When We reached the airport
CONTINUED on Page II, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
Grass Should Go
THIRSTY, Experts Say

Even grass has bad habits,
scientists say. When sprinkled
every day by enthusiastic gard
ners, the grass learns to take life
easy. It develops It's roots near
the surface, where it finds ade-
quate moisture, but in times Of
drought the grass dies quickly
because the roots are not long
enough to reach the moisture of
the underSoil.
This should be good news to
the weary commuter who spends
a precious hour every night water
ing the family lawn. It will do
the grass good to go thirsty for
a day or two,
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
FOREIGN FOODS
DENIED ARMY

In an effort to aid domestic
producers, Secretary Of War Dern
has issued orders forbidding the
purchase of practically all foreign
foodstuffs for the Army within
the continental limits Of the
United States.
Only five foreign articles are
exempt from this order and these
are not produced to any extent in
this country: Tea, coffee, cocoa,
chocolate, and spices.
The foreign products which the
army quartermasters in this coun-
try are forbidden to purchase in
clude sugar, olives. bananas, olive
oil, capers, finnan paddock and
crabmeat. The prohibition against
the purchase of foreign sugar does
not apply to the Philippine prod
uct.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
Kidndpers Blunder, Z
Release WrOnQ Man

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 G.N.SD "A
kidnapping plot against Thomas
E. Maloy, head Of the Motion
Picture Operators Union, in which
$4,000 ransom was sought, came
to light today with the abduction
Of Maloy's chauffeur through an
error in identity. Two men seized
George Graham, "a, Maloy's part
time chauffeur, as he was driv-
ing the Maloy automobile into
the union chieftain's garage. The
kidnapers held Graham for three
hours, during which they made
two telephone calls to Maloy's
home demanding $4,000 ransom.
The abductors released Graham
late last night.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
State office Leads
Bureaus in Chest List

The State Department leads all
the rest, so far as branches Of
the Government are concerned, in
subscribing to the Community
Chest, according to a letter re-
ceived by Acting Secretary Will
liam Phillips from the Chest yes
terday.
The Acting Secretary proudly
displayed the letter, which said
that the foreign office" has un'
derwritten GAIT per cent Of it's
quota. The Federal department
average, the communication fur
ther pointed out, is 81 per cent.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
Movie Actor Killed,
Nine Hurt In Crash

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. % G.N.SO
Roy ("Skeeter Bill") Robbins,
movie cowboy employed by "Hoot"
Gibson, cowboy film star, was
killed, and nine other persons, in
Guiding Carmen CCurly" Fletcher,
author Of the cowboy song, STRAW
berry Roam" were injured in q
traffic accident involving four au.
tomobiles during a Snowstorm In
Mint Canyon today,
The Washington times., 1933-11-29

Still completely dressed in black
but a little less timid and retiring
than she used to be, Senator Hat
tie W. Caraway CD of Arkansas,
only woman member of the Sen
ate, was back at her desk here
today, ready for the anticipated
long siege Of Congress beginning
January 3.
Senator Caraway Immediately
launched into the work of answer
ing hundreds of letters that are
flooding her office.
AS a member Of the subcom-
mittee on the controversial Tug
well bill for a new pure food and
drug act, Mrs. Caraway has re-
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
CWA To Give 5000
Coal Miners Work
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
More than 5000 'jobless coal
miners were assured employment
today as the Civil Works Admin
istration extended its scope to
provide for the sealing Of about
81, 400 abandoned mines in 10
States. The CWA will supply
funds to the Public Health Serv''
ice. which has received scores Of
complaints that water draining
from the diNlsed mines was pol
luting tributary streams in the
Ohio River watershed.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
CuLbertsOn Buys
ChGrnliOn Knoll

William s. Culbertson. until re-
Gently ambassador to Chile and
now practicing law in Washing
ton, has purchased Charmion
Knoll, a piece Of property near
Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.
The purchase was made from
the estate Of Gen. Henry T. Allen,
who for many years spent his
summers there. The property
consists Of two houses and their
improvements on a 24-acre tract
Of wooded land.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
REPORTER SEES
SHORE TOWN
co MAD!
Jack Taylor, Times Scribe, Gets
To Salisbury, Looks Round,
Gets Threat, Gets Out
BY JOHN E. TAYLOR
Washington Times Staff
Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Nov. ga town
gone mad, that was Salisbury
yesterday.
Defeated in it's effort to free
four men, said by state authori-
ties to be leaders of the mob which
lynched George A. Armwood down
in Princess Anne in october, the
mob of about 1000 hoodlums vent
ed its spleen on reporters anc pho
tographers, and because Of mis-
taken identity, upon statesmen for
Washington and Baltimore con-
Germs.
With Leroy Anderson, a Wash
ington Times photographer, I ar
rived at Salisbury. Blithely we
drove into town. passed the Wi
comico hotel, turned around, and
went back to the hotel. A voice
in the crowd around the hosiery
shouted:
Get out of town, you -"
URGED TO DEPART
Still, despite the crowd, we
didn't figure the hoodlum was
shouting at us. We pulled down
beyond the Armory and on the
way noticed tear gas containers
bricks, broken glass and other
debris in the street. A man was
busy with a hose cleaning off
the sidewalk in front of the
Armory.
We parked the car, bearing
District tags, a fatal fact, locked
it up and went to the hotel. We
had to jostle our way through a
big crowd Of field hands, pool
room bulls and just plain hood
lums, to get to the Wicomico.
Once in the hot9l and in con-
versation with the manager we
were told we could not get a
room for a $1,000 and the best
thing for us to do was to get
out Of town.
A Reporter Trapped
In a room off the lobby, Cap
tain Gray of the Salisbury Ma
tional Guard Company was tele-
phoning Governor Richie. ]
couldn't help but hear enough
to confirm adequately what I had
already begun to expect:
The Eastern Shore, as Henry
L. Mencken once wrote, was re-
verting td type.
BY this time, a mob Of about
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The Washington times., 1933-11-29
Retail Code Drafted
Blu District Council

Subject to the approval Of the
National Retail Trade Council
and the National Recovery Ad'
ministrator, the Washington Re
tail Trade Council Yesterday
drafted a retail trade code which
will direct local administration
of the MIRA retail code
Officers elected we're: Ralph l.
Goldsmith, chairman: Edwin
Hahn, vice chairman; Edward D
Shaw, secretary and John K
Althaus, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
ALDRICH URGES
LEGAL CURBS
ON BANKERS
Ban On Speculation and On
InterIocking Directorates
Asked by Chase Head


Pleading for public confidence
in banks, as a measure to foster
national welfare, Winthrop w.
Aldrich, new head Of the Chase
National Bank. today proposed
Federal legislation to bar bankers
from engaging in any form Of
speculation.
Aldrich startled the Senate
banking committee by an indirect
rebuke Of his predecessor, Albert
H. Wiggin, with a proposal to pro-
hibit bankers from participating
in stock market syndicates.
He did not mention Wiggin by
name but his reference was OBJ
vious, since the committee had
spent weeks listening to testi-
mony about the latter'S syndicate
operations.
Interlocking Control Hit
Aldrich left a series of recon-
mendations with the committee
Ito prevent unsound banking
practices" He denounced inter-
locking directorates between diff
ferent banks and between COM
mercial and investment banks.
He declared the new Glass-Stea-
gall banking reform bill was wise
and sound, but contained loop
holes which permitted evasionS.
Aldrich recommended legisla-
ton to:
l. Disqualify any one en-
gagged, directly or indirectly, in
investment banking from act
ing as an officer or director of
a national bank.
2. Disqualify any director, en-
ploye, or officer of a national
bank from acting in like ca
pacity in any other bank in the
same community.
3. Make the same rules Of
eligibility for officers of State
banks which are members of
the Federal Reserve System.
Would Report on Loans
4. Compel all executive off,
GERS of a national bank to re-
port their borrowings to the
board Of directors of their own
bank.
S. Prohibit executive officers
Of a national bank from par
ticipating in syndicates. pools.
or trading accounts.
6. Compel all banks to re-
port to their employers, all
policy loans" made to fiscal
agents or other banks, desposit
corpo. ions, firms, or wealthy.
individuals.
Z. Limit the definition Of "af-
filiates" in the Glass-Steagall
bill, so as to exclude corpora
tions or businesses controlled
by the bank in a fiduciary ca
pacity or through "salvaging"
Of a bona fide loan.
8. Extend the period Of liqui-
dating assets of a banks Sc
curity affiliate.
Avoids Radical Changes
| Aldrich read a 1O,O00-word state
ment to the committee. It was
rather mild and slightly diSap-
pointing to committee members,
who expected him to recommend
tradition shattering reforms. On
the contrary, most of the speech
was intended for bankers with an
occasional appeal to the public to
have confidence in the banks.
The Chase executive laid down
a Golden Rule" for bankers. He
declared they were responsible to
the public and each banker must
conduct himself so mo doubt can
arise as to his motives"
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
Alexandria Offices
Closed for Holiday

All Alexandria department
offices will be closed tomorrow.
as will the banks. The schools
will close this afternoon, and re-
open Monday morning. Union
services will be held in the First
Christian Church at Potomac to-
morrow morning at 1890, and
in the Southern Methodist
Church on South Washington
Street at the same time.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
Alexandria Gets
Pork for JObLesS

A. W. Boehringer, Alexandria
welfare officer, has received 1000
pounds of pork for distribution to
families of unemployed men. The
meat is being distributed today
from a stall in the city market.
Applicant for the meat must
secure tickets from the welfare
office.
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
The Weather

For the District of Columbia-Mostly
cloudy and slightly warmer tonight and
Thursday; lowest temperature tonight
about ~ degrees; gentle variable winds.
becoming moderate southerly.
For Maryand-Mostly cloudy and
slightly warmer tonight and Thursday.
For Virginia-Fair and slightly
warmer tonight and Thursday.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Yesterday Today
p. m......... 6SI4 a. m. ........ 40
8 p. m........ 49IS a. m.......... 40
Midnight ....... 44INoon ........... So
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January !. 1898, 726
Deficiency of temperature since
November 1. 1898. SO
Accumulated excess of precipitation
since January 1, 1888 794.
Deficiency Of precipitation since
November /. 1888. 1926.
TIDE TABLES
Today--High tides, 500 a. m. and S:1s
p. M. Low tides, 1899 a. m. and 1929
p. m.
Tomorrow-High tides. 6:46 a. m. and
T:o2 p. m. Low tides, 1910 a. m. and
THE SUN AND MOON
The sun rises today. 1908 a. m. and
sets. 4:47 D. m. The sun rises tomorrow
;.0E a. m. and sets, A:7 p. m.
The m DON rises today, 2S8 n. m. and
SETS 4:s1 a. m. The moon rises tono
row. Se$s >. m. and sAes SEi& T. m
The Washington times., 1933-11-29

ceived hundreds Of letters pro
and con-most, however, protest
ing the proposed bill. Hearings
on the measure will begin Decem-
Der 7.
Mrs. Caraway, however, would
not state her views on the bill,
declaring there are some points
in it's favor and many that are
not.
The woman Senator has Just
returned to Washington. having
spent several months campaign
ing in the Arkansas elections.
Formerly very shy, she now
seems to have lost some of that
timidneSS,
The Washington times., 1933-11-29
CONDITION OF TREASURY

ny international News Service
Treasury balance, 81, l22,094,
1880 miscellaneous Intern
revenue: 1924. 163.79; customs re
eaiph& kaAA3A O2l. II.
Evening star., 1933-12-14
CURLEY CLUB PLAY.

The Curley Club Players presented
"a Full House." a three-act comedy, as
a benefit performance for the Arch
bishop Curley scholarship fund, last
night at the Gonzaga Auditorium. The
play, very frothy and witty, passed from
one amusing situation to another. Edna
Moreland, as the aunt, provided many
q humorous moment with her domi-
neering role. Joseph McGarvey, as the
cook, lent a spice with his hard manner.
The bride and bridegroom, Helen Morris
and Joseph Fallon, made the most Of
their roles. Another love affair was
enacted by Ruthe M. Rice and Frank
Kirchoff. Combining the butler and
the maid as foils to each other added
more to the entertainment. William
McGarvey and Helen Regan played
these roles.
Completing the cast were Frank Nor
gan, Jack Morgan, Arthur McGreavy,
Ellen Haddad, Eleanor Swami and Ce-
celia Regau. +. L. @.
Evening star., 1933-12-14
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing.

National-"Bitter Sweet" at s:15
pm.
Gayety-"victory Girls" at 2:15 and
8:15 pm.
Palace-"Duck Soup" at 11:20 am,
1870, 3:35, 5:45, 7:50 and 9:55 pm.
RiaIto-"The Invisible Man." at II
am. 1851, 2:35, 4:19. sos. 7:55 and
9:47 pm.
Loew's Fox-"Hoopla," at II am,
1:25, AIS, z and 9:45 pm. Stage shows
at 1910. 3:25. 6:l5 and 9 pm.
Columbia-"Tillie and Gus" at IL :35
am, 1:20, sos. 4:50, 6:35. $40 and
1905 pm.
observation-disclosures Of Sigma
Chi" at 1870 am, 1:50, 3:45, 5:45. 7:45
and GAS pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Little Women" at
1914 am, 1888. 3:02, Sill, 7:20 and
9:29 pm. Three Little Pigs" at 1924
am, 12:43, 2:52. sol, 7:10 and s:1s
pm.
Earle-"Take a Chance" at 11:1o
am, 1:45, 4:30, tbs and $50 pm
Stage shows at 1885, 3:45, 6:25 and
TivoIi-"Blonde Bombshell," at
$3.50, $40, 7:30 and $40 pm.
Ambassader-"Im No Angel" at
6:15, 8:05 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1933-12-14
IN RECITAL TONIGHT.

The distinguished scientist, DR.. w.
F. G. Swami, will appear in the role
Of cellist in a recital program at the
Arts Club Of Washington this evening
DR.. Swami Is director of the Bartol
Research Foundation of the Franklin
Institute of Philadelphia and leader Of
an important scientific laboratory 10
Gated at Swarthmore, Pa, where cosmic
rays, spectra and other phenomena Of
physics are investigated. AS recrea-
tion, DIR. Swami conducts one of the
largest symphony orchestras in Phila-
delphia. At the Arts Club this evening
DR.. Swami will also give short talk on
the rising importance Of music. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Bittinger will be
hosts.