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The Washington times., 1933-08-25
ELECTRICSHOCK
KILLS MAN, 43

Joseph McReynolds, 43, of Tay-
lor Road, Riverdale, was killed
instantly yesterday while attempt
ing to repair the electric light
circuit in his cellar, flooded with
four feet of water.
A neighbor, William Pease, 35,
almost met the same fate when
he heard Mrs. McReynolds' calls
for aid and rushed into the pud-
die to carry the electrocuted man
out. The electric shock knocked
Pease down when he broke Nc
Reynolds grasp on the light
socket.
McReynolds was pronounced
dead by DR.. Martin Keane, of
Riverdale, and Judge John A.
Downing, of Hyattsville, issued a
certificate of accidental death. He
is survived by Mrs. McReynolds,
two sons, Hugh, 20. and Herbert,
8, and a daughter, Josephine, ID.
The Bladensburg Rescue Squad
revived Pease but worked over
McReynolds for over an hour
without results.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
WAGNER BACK
FROM EUROPE

A large number of prominent
Washingtonians arriving in New
York from Europe on the United
States liner Washington yester-
day received a taste of the tropi-
cal hurricane sweeping the coast.
Heading the returning tourists
were Senator Robert F.. Wagner,
jr., Jouett Shouse, and Assistant
Secretary of War Harry Wood
ring and his bride.
Prof. H. F.. Harding, of George
Washington University; Mr.. and
Mrs. Augustus Thomas, 1900
block Sixteenth st. N. W.: Dennis
Mccarthy, of the Shoreham
Hotel; Mrs. Clara j. Freeman,
1000 block I st. N. W.; and Major
Lee S. Tillotson, U. S. Army, who
had been in France for four
months, were among the return
ing wanderers.
Others included Miss Lillian E.
Willier, 1900 block jackson ST..
N. w.; Mss Frances A. D. Han
cock, 1900 block Wyoming Ave.
N. w.; Miss Jane M. Davis of
the State Department and Miss
Margaret Duffy, 1900 block I ST..
N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
IS HIT
IN LYNCH|NG

Demanding Federal prosecution
Of Sheriff R. L. Shamblin Of
Tuscaloosa county, Alabama, on
charges Of criminal negligence
and completely in permitting two
colored prisoners in his custody
to be lynched by a mob while
en- route to Birmingham. a group
of IS attorneys visited the Attor'
ney General yesterday.
Charles H. Houston. vice dean
of Howard University Law School
and representative of the Ameri,
can Civil Liberties Union and
washington Scottsboro Action
Committee, with Allan Taub, one
Of the International Labor De-
fense attorneys who was run out
of Tuscaloosa when he attempted
to appear as defense counsel for
the lynched prisoners, headed
the delegation.
Dan Pippen, jr, and A. T.
Harden, the prisoners, were taken
from Sheriff Shamblin August 13.
They were charged with criml-
nally assaulting a white girl.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
A|RL|NES RAISE
PERSONNEL
Times Staff Photo

American airplanes gave jobs
to 5,997 persons on July / of this
year, the Aeronautics Branch, De-
partment of Commerce, an
nounced today. This represented
a gain of about 500 in the year.
Employees of foreign extensions
as we'll as domestic airlines are in
cluded in the total, which COM
prises SIS pilots, 1872 copilots, O.
236 mechanics, 1913 hangar and
field personnel, and 1881 office
personnel.
The number of planes in service
on July was 544, fewer than a
year ago, but more gasoline was
consumed, indicating an increase
in flying mileage.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
7 Of CODE
DEFERRED BY
j, 5. CLERKS
New Organization Regarded
as Likely to Develop From
Joint Conference
By DUNCAN FORSYTH

The Joint conference OF organl-
zations of Federal employees, to
devise a "code" for approval by
Congress and the President, prob
ably will not meet until after Sep
tember IS, it was indicated today,
but it may prove a great deal
more significant to Government
workers than was first expected.
The delay is due largely, it was
said, to the fact that the various
organizations concerned are now
preparing for their own conven-
tions and are busy with individual
problems. The conventions will
be held soon, and once they are
out Of the way, the road will be
open for action in the general in
terest.
New Group Proposed
It appeared probable today that
out of the joint conference there
will come a movement for a new
department of organized labor
comparable to the Building
Trades Department and the Metal
Trades Department, and probably
to be known as the Federal de-
partment.
It would consist of the American
Federation of Government En-
ployes, the National Federation of
Post Office Clerks, the railway
mail clerks, the letter carriers, the
rural carriers and the air mail
pilots organization, as distinc-
lively Government worker
groups.
In addition to these, however,
it was recognized that the metal
trades department, the union label
department and the building
trades department of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor are all
strongly represented in the Gov
ernment service.
Jurisdiction Disputed
Jurisdictional squabbles involv,
ing these workers and the Ma
tional Federation of Fe q er a
Employees, which is no longer af-
filiated with the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, played an important
part in breaking up the former
N. F. F.. E. set-up, as result of
which there are now two organiza
tions of Federal clerks in the
field.
Those who are concerned with
the forthcoming joint conference
and the code" expected to result
from it believe that through the
organization of a Federal depart
ment in the American Federation
of Labor these juriSdictional dis
putes could be practically elimi
mated.
Plans Still Uncertain
The exact tactics to be followed
are not announced as yet, but il
is understood that the plan woulo
limit somewhat the voting power
of employees connected with other
groups than the Federal depart
ment.
Indications were today that the
joint conference will be callec
after the conventions of the in
dividual organizations. but before
the convention of the American
Federation of Labor, which is SET
| for September IS.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
TOBACCO CROP
CONTROL PLAN
IS SOUGHT
Maryland Growers to Urge
Federal Program to Cut
Surplus of "Weed"

Southern Maryland tobacco
growers met at Upper Marlboro
last night and decided to petition
the Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration for a tobacco control
program and processing tax mod
eled after that used in the wheat
control program.
The move joins Maryland with
other Southern and Eastern
States that have appealed to the
Administration for control OF
their particular grades of to-
bacco, with the cigar-leaf adjust
ment plan a pioneer in the field.
Affect Lower Trades
The Maryland plan would af-
feet the export and lower grades,
some of the IBIS" and the KS"
as they are termed in the trade,
of which there is an estimated
surplus of 28,440,000 pounds in
the hands of manufacturers and
in warehouses.
Maryland tobacco is chiefly
used in cigarettes, much being
normally exported to France, Ger
many and Holland. With the eX-
port cut off, the farmers face
growing surpluses and decreasing
prices that have promised ruin to
the SAT- tobacco farmers in
Southern Maryland.
A committee, composed OF one
farmer from each of the five
counties, will meet within few
days to draft its recommended
tions,. DR.. T. B. Symons, head of
the University of Maryland eXten-
sion service, who called the con-
ference, said.
Bonus is Sought"
The recommendation will ask
a campaign to cut either acre
age or poundage and a bonus"
to those who cut their cuts up
to 20 per cent.
The effects of the storm, which
ruined numerous tobacco crops
in Southern Maryland, combined
with the control production pro-
gram, will go far toward reduce
ing the surplus and raising the
price to the farmer, it is be-
lieved.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
RAILWAY
HIT BY STORM

Because of damage to the road
bed caused by the storm, train
service to Chesapeake Beach has
been temporarily discontinued, &C.
cording to officials of the Chesa-
peake Beach railway. The railroad
hopes to complete repairs within
a few days.
Roads to Chesapeake Beach are
open. Seaside Park, the beach
amusement center, escaped prac-
t:cally unscathed in the storm,
except for the destruction of the
fishing pier. All of the park
amusements will continue in
operation today.
Several large outings scheduled
for tomorrow and Sunday at Sea-
side Park may have to be post
poned because of lack of rail SER
vice. The National Fraternal AS
sociation for the Deaf and the
combined Greek Orthodox Catho-
lie churches were to hold their
annual outings at the park.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
almost every HOUR
on the hour "
an AIR CONDITIONED train 10,
CLEAN-C00L-QUIET
TO New York o,

T%aE largest fleet of air-conditioned trains
J. in the world is at your service. Thirteen
departures every day for Philadelphia and New
York. Practically every hour on the hour, from
8 AM. to PM.
There is no such thing as weather on these
trains. Heat, dust, noise, are locked out. In
diners, parlor cars or coaches you will be pleas
antly, comfortably cool throughout your trip.
In addition, these trains are smoothly drawn by
powerful electric locomotives between Wilmington
and New York-more than half the trip.
Leave Zate-sleep late. When you take midnight
sleeper to New York, you can stay in your berth until
AM. (8 AM New York tirne).
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
POISON FATAL
To BOY, 8

BALTIMORE, Aug. 25.-The et-
fects of poison said to have been
given him by his mother Monday
proved fatal last night to Daniel
Kremen, 9, of this city.
The mother, Mrs. Annie Kre-
men, who has been sent to a san
itorium, is alleged to have given
Daniel and her two other children,
Dorothy and Jerry, 6-year-old
twins, each a teaspoonful Of the
poison, telling them it was medi-
cine.
The twins we're reported last
night as doing las we'll as could be
expected in a poison case" The
coroner will investigate the case.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
CORN DAMAGED
. 50 PER CENT,
IS ESTIMATE
Mountain Streams Continue
Rampage, Menace to
Bridges, Highways

Virginia fruit growers of the
apple belt around Winchester and
through Frederick and Clark coun-
ties today estimated that losses to
the apple crop. hard hit by one
Of the worst storms the section
ever has experienced, will run into
thousands of dollars, with the
prospect of about Is per cent loss
Of the apple crop.
The apple crop was not the only
one affected, farmers forecaSting
. loss of at least so per cent in
the corn crop.
At Timberville, peach center Of
the Shenandoah Valley, losses are
most severe. Fortunately, however,
the peak Of the peach crop pick
Ing was reached before the storm.
Bridges in Peril
Still more destruction was
threatened to roads and bridges
in the Old Dominion State by
swollen mountain streams, which
were sweeping down with increas-
ing momentum.
Battling valiantly against the
menace, telephone and power
company emergency crews worked
to set up disrupted communica-
ton, while highway workmen
cleared away debris in an effort
to make contact with several viii
lagos from which no word has
been heard.
Hundreds of automobiles, many
Of them virtually ruined, we're be-
ing salvaged from the water and
mud, while warning signs pointed
to washouts, buckled road sur
faces, and crippled viaducts.
Apples Rot in Slime
Crop losses in Page county were
put at $4,000 by County Farm
Agent G. H. Clark; Harrisonburg,
up the valley, reported so per
cent loss, and 10000 bushels of
apples were rotting around Berry
vile.
In Loudoun county, 1000 BUSH
els Of peaches and 400 bushels Of
corn were ruined. Arlington
county farmers estimated tehir
crop damage at $4,000. and Gull
peper reported 100000 bushels of
corn lost. Rappahannock and
Fairfax counties suffered con-
siderably, the latter's damage to
corn and apples running to $50,-
900.
More than 100 trees we're blown
down in the memorial park at
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania
battlefields, with many trees, some
of them hundreds of years old,
ruined in other parts of the
State.
Alexandria Loss Heavy
The bridge on the Glebe Road
near Alexandria, was washed out.
County Manager Roy S. Braden
said $4,000 worth of repairs would
be necessary on roads Alexan-
dria itself sustained losses total
ing $25O,O00.
Norfolk suffered damages total.
ing $2,000,000, while at fashion
able Virginia Beach property
worth $1,O00,00O was wrecked.
Newport News losses are expected
to run we'll into the hundreds of
thousands.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
D.A.R. Will Go
Ahunting
For Gold

The Daughters of the Ameri'
can Revolution are about to
embark on a treasure hunt
a hunt for gold.
Approximately 100000 mem
bers of the society this fall will
make a search for any kind Of
gold-broken rings, chains or
charms or anything, to be
melted down and fashioned
into trimmings and clasps for
the Constitution Hall Memory
Book.
This book is to contain the
names of the thousands of
women who have contributed
to the auditorium here, which
was erected at a cost Of more
than $l,000,000.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
HyattsUiIIe to Hold
Vaccination Clinic

A typhoid vaccine clinic will be
held in Hvattsville Tuesday by
members of the Prince Georges
county health department, DR.. A.
B. Hooton, health officer, an
nounced.
The clinic. to be held in the
Metropolitan Building library, will
also be held the next two Tues
days for the second and third
'"shots."
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Firemen in County
Rendu for Contests

Final practices are being held
today by the various volunteer
fire department teams of Airing
ton county which will participate
in the annual hook-up contest for
the Cloth Cup at the field day
tomorrow afternoon in Ballston.
In addition to the contest there
will be athletic meets, ladder
climbing, a tug-of-war and first
aid demonstrations. The show
will start at l p. m. under au-
spices of the Arlington-Fairfax
County Volunteer Firemen's AS
sociation,
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Postal Heads Seek
Air Mail SnDin0S

Plans for savings in the air
mail service were discussed yes
terday by Post Office Depart
ment officials and airplane ex-
ecutives. Negotiations are pro-
crossing satisfactorily.
The discussions centered main
ly not on methods of curtailing
service but on the basis of pay
ment to airway lines.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25

Pointing to his activities In
washington business and public
organizations as a measure of his
interest in the city, friends of
Joseph A. Berberich, native
Washingtonian shoe store head,
have recently been suggesting him
as a candidate for District Com
missioner.
He has consistently participated
in affairs of interest to the Dis
trict, having been member Of
the board of the first fair price
committee, a member of the
minimum wage board of the Dis
trict, a director of the war stamps
committee. during which he sup
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Storm Hits Angling
In Virainia Streams

Fishing in Northern Virginia is
"shot" and will be for a number
of weeks, according to predictions
of local Izaak Waltons.
The high water caused by the
heavy rains earlier in the week
has filled all streams with mud
and it will take at least 10 days
for the streams to clear.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Plan to Rebuild
.StOrn1-SUept Bridge

Rebuilding Of the bridge over
Four-Mile Run on Glebe Road, be-
tween Arlington county and Alex
andria, will be started soon, it was
said today by Virginia highway
officials.
The bridge was demolished by
the storm Wednesday. Traffic
will be shunted over the road
running along the west bank of
Four-Mile Run.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
}G|N|A APPLE GROWERS SEE HEAVY LOSS FROM STORM
BOOMED FOR D. {. POST

'ervised the territory comprising
one eleventh of the city, and
chairman of the special works
committee of the st. Vincent de
Paul Society of Washington.
Besides participating in these
activities, Mr.. Berberich, who
resides in the 1900 block Kenyon
st. N. w., has been member of
the Rotary Club for IL years, is
vice president of the Merchants
Bank and Trust Company; presi-
dent of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers Association; vice preSi-
dent of the Advertising Club, and
aided in organizing the Retail
Credit Mems Association.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Optical Code Ready
To Go tn President

The code of fair competition
for the optical industry is eX-
pected to be submitted to Presi-
dent Roosevelt for signature by
NRA Administrator Johnso
early next week, officials said
yesterday. The hearing last week
ion among all representatives.
showed fair agreement of opir-
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Democratic Club
To Seek Members

Plans for membership drive
by the Arlington County Young
Democratic Club will be discussed
at the meeting of the organiza-
ton Monday night in Democratic
headquarters in Clarendon.
1t is expected the drive will
open late in September.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Retired G.. p. o. Aide
To Visit. on Coast

Edward R. French, who retired
yesterday after A years of service
in the Government Printing
Office, will leave in a few days
for an extended visit to the West
Coast. He and his wife will visit
their son, a naval architect, at
Mare Island.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Last-Minute
News Flashes

ION valuable items and
pets Lost and Found
and advertised in the
Want Ad Section Of this
newspaper are al
broadcast every day at
noon over VOL. Be
sure to tune in and
keep informed on these
items. Phone Miss Dor
othy Gray at District
$3.50 for any additional
information you m ay
want on this EXTRA
service.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
14th and Park Rd.
NT-k H.Ank

fHumI 14th and Park Rd.
BlBO6B Northwest
Matinee-2 p. Nj.
Todav-Wynne Gibson e. Edmund Lowe
in Her Bodyguard.' Bobby Jones Short
No s, Laurel & Hardy. Tomorrow
Buddy Rogers and Marian Nixon in
Best of Enemies" Clark and Nc
Cullough Comedy and Cartoon
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Warner BROS. THEATERS
METROPOLITAN E. Near % 10th

Washington Demands Repeat Engage
ment ANN HARDING AND WILL
LIAM POWELL in DOUBLE HAIR
NESS" Also Selected Short Subjects.
The Washington times., 1933-10-17
Goes on About Work
As Coveted Degree
Waits Him Here

vi Ii Kong studied and studied
and studied.
AS a result, he brought out
what has been called the finest
scientific treatise on botany ever
written ',y a Chinese.
And shortly George Washing
ton will present him with that
most coveted Of ho-4ors-the de-
gress Of doctor Of philosophy.
The story begins in 1898, when
vi Ii Kong was born in Man.
king, l.. the province Of KiangSu,
China. He was a studious young
ster, and applied himself dill
gently to his classes at the
National Southeastern University,
Marking.
Taught Botany
But he combined the oriental
love Of beauty with his scholastic
curriculum. Flowers and trees
and plants were the subject OF
his pursuits, and soon he be-
came an instructor in botany at
his college.
China did not offer him enough
facilities for botanical research,
however. So he came to Wash
ington in 1890 to take advantage
of the opportunities at the Grass
Herbarium Of the United States
National Museum and to enter
George Washington University.
For three years he classified.
sorted, studied and named Chi
nese grasses, as a Fellow of the
Rockefeller Foundation and un-
der the direction of DR.. Albert
Spear Hitchcock, professor of bot
any at G.. w. and custodian of
grasses at the National Museum.
In 1882 G. w. made him a
Master Of Arts. And now, with
his presentation of thesis on
Chinese grasses. he will become
a Doctor of Philosophy.
Work Draws Praise
Of the work done by vi Ii Keng,
! Elmer Drew Merrill, director of
The Washington times., 1933-10-17
GUT WIRES RUIN
BYRD AIR TALK

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 17.-Tele-
phone officials investigating the
sudden termination Of a radio
speech last night Of Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd, revealed that the
wires had been clipped, apparently
by knife.
The admiral, who is to sail to-
morrow for a continuation Of his
explorations Of the Antarctic re-
gion, was making the radio ad-
dress as a part Of the farewell ex-
erciseS which had been arranged
here. Unaware that the connec-
ton was broken two minutes after
he began, he continued his pre-
pared address.
The admiral spoke from his
hotel room where he is confined
with a sore throot, but physicians
says they believe he will be in
shape to leave on the Antarctic
trip tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1933-10-17
Search Continues
For Er-MidShipn1dTl

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 17.-Search
continued today for the body Of
Herman K. Legare, former mid
shipman at the Naval Academy
here, who disappeared Saturday
after leaving a note threatening
suicide.
His boat was found carefully
anchored and its oars in their
locks just beyond the lighthouse
off Annapolis. No trace Of Legar,
whose home is in Georgetown,
s. c., has been found, however.
He left all his effects, including
his automobile, to Robert Hatcher,
son Of Major Julian Hatcher.
The Washington times., 1933-10-17

the New York Botanical Garden
and one of the committee which
examined him for his degree, re-
marks as follows:
"Mr. vi has prepared a distinct
ly remarkable thesis, not that it
presents any innovations in the
taxonomy of grasses, but because
he has assembled within reason
able bounds and very admirably
The Washington times., 1933-10-17

IN CONCERT
TONIGHT

Leopold Stokowski and the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
make their first local appear
ance Of the seson at Constitution
Hall tonight. at 8:45. under the
local management of the T. Ar
thur Smith Bureau.
At the opening concert Of the
orchestra in Philadelphia on Oc-
tober 6, Stokowski warned the
audience that the future of the
great organization was proble-
matical. He said that it might
be necessary to lower standards,
to employ less brilliant musicians,
to cut the size of the orchestra
or to eliminate from its repertory
such masterpieces as the Bach B
minor Mass and the Ninth SYM
phony Of Beethoven. The or
chestra might continue under such
circumstances, he said, but not
the orchestra as its hearers knew
It.
Suggests Memorial
He suggested, as a memorial to
the late president of the orches-
ira association, a Van Rensselaer,
fund to buy tickets for music
lovers who are unable to attend
the concerts now. He urged that
contributions to this fund be sent
to him and that he would see
that the money was properly
used, thereby benefiting both the
orchestra and its patrons who
have suffered financial reverSes.
Splendid results have been OBJ
tained both in Philadelphia and
Baltimore from this plan. In
Baltimore. all seats for the con-
certs have been sold. There are
still season tickets available here,
however, the T. Arthur Smith
Bureau announces.
The Washington times., 1933-10-17
DC. RenOUized House
AuctiOned Thursday

Persons interested in bidding
for the renovized house at the cor
ner of Fourteenth st. and Penn
sylvania Ave. may obtain copies
of instruction at the house or in
the offices Of the Washington
Board Of Trade, Arthur B. Heaton,
chairman Of the renoviZe commit
tee, said today. The house will be
auctioned off to the highest bid
der Thursday at 5 p. m.
The renovizing project Spon-
sored by the Board of Trade has
been responsible for approximately
$1,000,00O worth of business in the
District during the two months It
has been on exhibition, according
to Heaton.
The Washington times., 1933-10-17
CHINESE WINS PHI. D. BUT CAN'T WAIT
Botany Treatise Held
Best Ever Written
Bv One Of Race

summarized our present knowl-
edge Of the classification and re-
lationships of the grasses Of China.
I consider his thesis to be out
standingly superior as compared
with papers published by his coun-
trymen."
When the solemn conclave
meets to present vi Ii Keng with
his honors, however, the recipient
will not be there.
vi Ii Keng is a real scientist,
The Washington times., 1933-10-17
June COLLyer Plans
Return to MOUieS

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. IT G.N.S).
It's o. K. with Stuart Erwin,
film actor, if his beautiful wife,
June Collyer, works in the movies
too. He said today he approved
of her plan to return to the
screen from which she retired
two years ago. Stuart Erwin,
jr., is now a year old.