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The Washington times., 1933-12-26
Lynching Symposium
Will Open Meeting

A symposium on lynching will
open the two-day meeting Of the
National Student League tomor-
row in Rankin Memorial Chapel,
Howard University.
Demanding social, political and
economic equality for negroes and
other national minorities, the
League has led many struggles
against retrenchment in educa-
ton, discrimination and segrega-
ton Of negro students, and war
and war propaganda,
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

"No. I'm not going to send
another operator"
John Babcock betrayed both
worry and chagrin by his
silence.
"1'll tell you something you
don't know" continued Colonel
Sharp quietly. Jack Gailliard
is now inside our lines and on
his way North"
do you know why he is
travelling North, sir?"
IT do. And I have every
secret service agent in Wash
ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York and Boston watching
for him. The trouble is, I have
an agent who knows him per.
Sonally; and I'm going to send
her after him"
"A woman, Sir?"
Terrible Decision
I'm going to send Miss Love
less after him." said Colonel
Sharpe pleasantly.
John Babcock looked at his
chief.
Il don't much care how I
get Jack Gailliard," added
Colonel Sharpe, "but I have
positive orders from the Presi-
dent to arrest him. And I be-
lieve I know how to do it," He
laid a kindly hand on the
young scouts arm. Nov, John,
go to your quarters and eat
and sleep. I count on you.
need you right here with
me. There is serious trouble
brewing for the Union in the
North. And God knows we're
in trouble here.
"That cold, swift river, yon-
der, has been ghastly River
Styx for thousands OF us. And
thousands more are doomed to
cross it. Because General
Hooker is taking the field to
win or lose everything as soon
as the rebel cavalry and ours
have fought it out along this
tragic river.
"You have done we'll. You
always do we'll. You have very
gallantly upheld every tradi-
ton of this corps. A sound and
refreshing sleep to you, John"
Miss Loveless slept all night
long and all the following day
until nearly 3 in the afternoon.
When she awoke she saw her
camp trunk and valises stand
ing beside her cot and her own
fresh underwear laid out be-
side her pretty travelling gown,
pork pie hat, paraSol and kid
gloves. Spring sunshine filled
the log hut. Robins chirped
and chirped outside.
Awakening
"Aunty Chloe" she called, sit
ting up in her blankets to free
her eyes of the thick. curly hair.
"Yah-m. yah-m," replied Aunt
Chloe, waddling in from some
where in the outer sunshine.
Operator 13 yaWned and
looked up sleepily at the merry,
fat, black countenance aflaSh
with snowy teeth. please give
me another bath and rub" she
begged.
"Yath'm, ma'am. Use gwine
curry yuh an rub yuh lax yuh
wuz de prize filly at de fair!
Use gwine pat yuh an scrub yuh
an soap yuh, an shine yuh an
twis' yuh mos in two twill yuh
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
Primary WTATTN A
has now been added to
Smith Bros. Cough Syrup

DRIVE OUT that cough and cold faster! Avoid
re-infections-"o cold after another"l
Those are not empty promises. It can be
done NOW. Not with pills or gargles or ex-
ternal rubs! But with Natures own anti
Infective" Agent. Primary VITAMIN A.
A revolutionary medical discovery now
makes it possible to include Primary Vitdmin A
in Smith Brothers Cough Syrup This vitamin is
the same precious substance that Nature gives
you in carrots, butter, whole milk . but in
Smith Brothers Cough Syrup you get cOncen-
trdted quantities OF it.
What Vitamin A in Smith Brothers does
Vitamn in Smith Brothers Cough Syrup
does two wonderful things:
It aids Nature in DRIVING the cough
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
13
Gail LoveIess, Rested, Prepares
For Tragic Role in Which
Love Is at Stake
Read This First

beautiful and daring Union known as Op
orator 49, Cupepe Va to checkmate the work OF
tOna Ford Confederate who had kept Gen. Jeb stuart SO
the Union cavalry leader
able to surprise him.
Operator FOrdS house guest At party
she Gaard gallant Confederate whom Se
captured to release him. He did
their earlier encounters she
had disguised a cOored girl
declared himself in love with her at sight
already in with him. kissed him and promised that
would be his wife, Then she h ride away
with Ford a secret mission.
that Antonia Ford captured,
fled horseback for
her e With her brave colleague John Babcock she reached
Sharpe the Federal Secret Ser
Sharpe Aunty Chloe kindly COL
woman prepare difficult undertaking
the day.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
CHAPTER %
Bv ROBERT w. CHAMBERS

I'm glad to hear you say Aunt Chloe, you are
the best doctor and the best in camp leave Miss
camp chair bade her sleep we'll and Walked back to his
quarters
John Babcock rose stiffy the chief of the Secret
Service entered his tented quarters.
"John" said the Colonel "at last we've got Antonio
Ford. A dangerous But there's far more dan
gerous man loose. We must catch hin-and quickly"
''You Captain, Gailiard, sir?"
'I do. I do, indeed
Every we'll, sir. I'm quite ready"
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
HORROR Of WAR
S|LENCESSHAW
BY JOHN GOETTE
Copyright, 1888, by International
News SerViCe)


PEIPING, Feb. "a GN.S0
Seated in the luxurious private
plane of Marshal Chang HSueh-
Liang and with this correspondent
at his side, George Bernard Shaw
flew over the Great Wall Of
China this afternoon and was
shocked into speechleSSness by
the panorama of war stretched
out before his eyes.
High above the ancient archi-
tectural masterpiece of masonry
which ripples across the Chinese
countryside like a snake of stone,
Shaw glimpsed marching armies,
caravans of war, and the machine
gun nests which pockmark the
ManChurian mountainsides.
The bearded playwright asked
this when the expedition had re-
turned to the comparative safety
of Peiping.
The most conspicuous feature
of the flight was Shaw's silence.
The man renowned the world
over for his ready wit and sharp
tongue sat mute, almost brooding,
as the plane roared over Nankou
Pass in the Great Wall, only a
few miles from Koupei Pass.
where the armies of China could
be seen streaming into Jehol
Province.
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
TWO NEW BANKS
FOR DETROIT

DETROIT, Feb. "a GN.S).
Michigan's bank situation was
more or less shrouded in mystery
today, but it appeared that De-
troit's banking structure was in
process of drastic reorganization,
involving the establishment Of
two new banks.
The state government main
tanned a "hands-off" policy. No
action was taken against the nu-
merous banks which, in one way
or another, disobeyed the edict is
sued Tuesday by Gov. William A,
Comstock. The proclamation or
dered banks to reopen after an
eight-day holiday" but imposed
strict limitations upon their ac-
tivities.
Detroit banks yesterday COM
piled with the governors order to
open for business, but ignored his
mandate that all reserve deposits
belonging to other banks be re-
leased in full. Five per cent re-
manned the limit of Withdrawals
from all accounts in Detroit insti-
tutions today.
According to information OBJ
tanned from bankers here, the
First National and Guardian Ma
tional banks have been granted
a conditional $136, 100000 Recon
strutCion Finance Corporation
loan.
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
Death Certificate Forged
In 1929 Mt. Holly Killing

Roberts and Ruth M. Wilson were
discovered stretched across a bed
in the girls Moorestown home.
Roberts died later in Camden
hospital.
In accordance with the usual
procedure, the certificate, after
being signed by Cain, was turned
over to the Camden department
of health, where Miss Mary Lewis,
clerk, made copy of it, and
then sent the original on to
Trenton.
The copy corroborates the con.
tention of the ex-coroner that a
broken skull was set down as
having brought on the youths
end. Miss Lewis said:
Because of the nOtOriety
given the case, 1 was especially
careful in making the copy.
am sure there could have been
no mistake"
The reputed discrepancy, it is
expected, will receive official at
tention from Burlington County
Prosecutor ward Eastwood,
who is expected to conclude his
examination of witnesses soon.
Bank Records Examined
Among the witnesses who ap-
peared before the prosecutor was
Clarence L. Walton, bookkeeper
in MoorestoWn.
Eastwood, said Walton, who
brought the banks records with
him, had been examined in an
other case.
DR.. Joseph Stokes, president of
the bank, said Walton was asked
concerning the deposit and with
drawalS in June, July, and August
OF 1929 of a person connected with
the tragedy.
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
GOLD EXPORTS
BAN ASKED

Immediate application of an
embargo on export gold ship
ments was advocated at Senate
Finance Committee hearings to-
day by j. David Stern, Phila-
delphia and Camden IN. j.
editor and publisher, as a first
step in the fight against depres-
sion.
Stern also counseled temporary
suspension of gold payments
from the Treasury. He said:
"The men who oppose fight
ing this depression as we
fought the war indulge in the
most damnable demagOgy to
hamstring this nation.
THE present economic crisis
is as dangerous as any war
time crisis that has faced this
nation since the capture of the
city of Washington. 1t is
causing more human misery
than did the World War.
Therefore our Government is
justified in resOrtlng to war
time measures"
The Washington times., 1933-02-24

MT. HOLLY, N. j., Feb. "a
(I.N.SO yellowing death cel-
tificate in the dusty archives Of
the State bureau of vital statis-
tics at Trenton, today became an
all-absorbing exhibit in the 4-year-
old Wilson Roberts tragedy.
Attention was focused on it as
cries of forgery and Justification
arose, following announcement
that the document ascribed the
death of Horace Roberts, jr., to a
spinal fracture.
"If that is what the certifi-
cate actually shows, then it's a
forgery"
So declared Melvin w. Cain,
former coroner of Camden, who
filed it. He added:
"The certificate 1 made out
gives a skull fracture as the
cause of DEATH"
Now An Undertaken
Cain, at present an undertaken
in Camden, occupied the office of
coroner on June /, 1929, when
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
PAYROLL TRIAL
NEARS JURY
TATSUO

The Ecklund murder trial was
expected to reach the jury late
today in District Supreme Court
after the defense had rested its
case this morning.
The first witness to take the
stand was Fewell Workman, col
ored, one of the four men
charged with the death of Elmer
Ecklund in the attempted payroll
robbery last month near the new
House Office Building. He de-
MED previous testimony Of
Everett L. Blackwell, another de-
fendant, that he was a boot
logger. AS soon as he left the
stand, the defense rested its case.
Detective Sergts. John C. Dal-
glish and Howard Smith were the
only two witnesses offered in re-
buttal. They testified they had
not promised the defendants they
would be lenient with them if
they confessed.
An argument over prayers for
instruction by Justice Daniel w.
ODonoghue to the jury took up
most of the time at today's ses-
sion.
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
FREE At 63, OUT
TOSTART LIFE

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Feb.
"a G.N.SD.-Overcome with emo
ton as the gates swung open to
freedom, Jacob Goldstein, So,
former wealthy Los Angeles and
Columbus (Ohio) financier and
confessed killer, today was re-
leased on parole from San Quen-
tin prison.
Goldstein, formerly owner Of q
chain of large stores in Eastern
States, went to Los Angeles in
1922 and became president of the
RothSchild Finance Corporation.
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
SLASH FOR VETS
IS MADE PART
Of PROGRAM
New Budget Director Already
at Work on Administra-
ton Economies

The Roosevelt Administration
will make a desperate effort to
wipe out the Treasury deficit by
economy instead of additional
taxation, except perhaps a beer
tax. Democratic leaders declared
today.
The action of the President
elect in announcing his new
budget chief before officially
naming some of his Cabinet
members was accepted as addi-
tional evidence of the Importance
the new Chief Executive will lay
on cutting costs of Government.
To Make Pledge Good
Mr.. Roosevelt is said to be de-
termined to make good on the
Democratic national platform for
a Is per cent cut in Federal ex-
penditures and to begin as soon
as he takes office.
In appointing Representative
Lewis M. Douglas CD of Ari-
zona as Director of the Budget,
the President-elect has chosen
House member who made a bold
fight for the $150,000,000 econ
omy bill last year despite threats
Of defeat at the polls.
After weeks of work, the Roose-
velt plan for reorganizing the
Federal Government and econ
omy is taking shape. Douglas,
Swagar Sherley, Mr.. Roosevelt's
fiscal adviser. and Senator Byrnes
CD of South Carolina are pre-
pairing a plan for the incoming
President.
The Roosevelt economy pro-
gram is expected to call for re-
striction of the services of the
Government, merger of many bu-
reaus, abolition of others, and re-
duction in veterans allowances
and other gratuities.
Opposes Army Navy Merger
AS a member of the House
Economy Committee lst year,
Dougls urged granting of broad
powers to the President to consoli-
date departments, reduce vet
erans' compensation, abolish the
Army and Navy transport service,
and restrict Government func-
tions.
Douglas is said to be opposed to
the effort of his colleagues to
force a merger of the Army and
Navy.
The Arizona member will be the
fourth director of the budget.
Charles G.. Dawes was the first.
He was followed by Brig. Gen.
Herbert M. Lord, who in turn was
succeeded by the present director,
j. Clawson Roop.
AS director of the budget, Doug
las will hold the whip hand on the
departments, which make the re-
quests that comprise the $4,250,-
100000 annual budget.
In accepting the appointment,
Douglas frankly declared his task
is to balance the budget.
Supported Sales Tax
The President-elect and his ad-
viSerS, it is understood. believe this
can be accomplished by economy
and the beer tax. estimated to
produce $125,OO0,OOO to $30O,0oO,-
900 a year.
Douglas was strong supporter
of the manufacturers sales tax.
1t is expected that a drive will be
made in the next session to sub
stitute this tax for many miscel-
laneous leYies.
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
LIFT Up BUYING
POWER Of j. g.,
He ADVISES
World Prices Too Low, He
Finds; States Rights Advo-
cate Opposes Isolation
Copyright. 1898, BY International
News Service

News Service
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb.
24.-The world is at war today.
The enemy is commanded by Gen,
eral Hard Times.
George H. Dern, Secretary of
War, in the Roosevelt Cabinet, told
International News Service in an
exclusive statement today, his
views of need for unified front in
the battle to bring back nation
wide prosperity
Agrees With Roosevelt
Mr.. Dern committed himself
Fundamentally to a great public
works program as one of the
major operations in the economic
war. He said:
1--WE face an emergency, and
we must take emergency meas
ureS.
"The launching of great pub
lie works programs will not
only alleviate the evils of un-
employment, but will relieve the
Sagging business structure.
II am fully in accord with
the proposal of the President
elect for comprehensive develop
ment of the Tennessee river
and ether projects of the kind"
Against Isolation
Governor of Utah for the last
eight years, Secretary Dern
insisted, in connection with the
Boulder Dam legislation, on
establishing principles laying the
foundation for a complete de-
velopment of the Colorado River
system in the future. He said
today:
"Our trouble is not in too
many goods. 1t is too little
purchasing power. There are
plenty of goods but few buyers.
"The problem, then, is to get
money into the hands of the
masses of the people. 1 can see
no more practical way to do
this than through public works
programs.
"The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation does a good work.
It saves the banks and thus
saves the peoples money. But
it is indirect. The great neces-
sity before us is to bring about
immediate direct relief and
prevent further suffering.
81 do not believe we have to
let ourselves be at the mercy Of
SO-called economic laws.
"In all our calculations we
must remember that the level
of world prices is too low, and
America must either help to
raise this level or isolate her
self from the effects.
Isolation, I think, is a
dangerous and backward
course"
Refers to Debts
Dern touched briefly on a
variety of other subjects. He
said:
II am a believer in the prin-
cipleS of States rights, but I
am not a radical on the sub
ject. There are certain func-
tiOns that the Federal Govern
ment can perform better than
the States. Among these are
the administration of forest
and grazing reserves"
He was to entrain with Mrs.
Dern today for Hyde Park, N. Y,
to confer with his chief, the
PreSident-elect.
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
Berlin Police Close
Communist office

BERLIN, Feb. "a G.N.SO.
Berlin police today closed down
Karl Liebknecht House, head
quarters of the Communist party,
following discovery of documents
and leaflets of high treasonary"
nature in the course of a raid
yesterday
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
$4,000 JeUeLs Stolen
From PLUQQe Home

A diamond bracelet worth ST.
900 and brooch, of similar
value, was taken by burglars who
broke into the home of William
Mortimer Plugge, 1916 Northamp-
ton st. last night,
The Washington times., 1933-02-24
CHORUS SINGS TONIGHT

The Young Mems Jubilee Cho-
rus of the Friendship Baptist
Church will sing a pogram of gos-
pei songs tonight at $50 o'clock
in the 7%Srmont Avenue Baptist
Church.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
REDS OUSTED
FROM A. FL.
CONVENTION
Score of AVoWed Communists
SCuffIe With Guards;
Demand More Relief

A group Of Communists at
tempted to crash into the
meeting Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor at the Will
lard Hotel today and were
elected after a scuffle. They
left the hotel quietly and no
arrests were made.
The group. which claims to be
frank and file members" of the
A. F.. of L. numbered about 20,
including one colored man.
Group Admits Communism
They term themselves the
A. F. L. Unemployment Relief
Insurance Committee, and admit
they are Communists, it was said.
AS the group attempted to
leave the elevator on the tenth
floor to enter the convention in
the ballroom, they were stopped
by a number of men apparently
on guard to prevent their entry.
Informed that only delegates
could enter the convention and
that they must leave, the Com
munist group attempted to force
their way past the guards.
Demand Relief Drive
They were unable to do so and
were pushed back into the eleva-
tor. In the scuffle, however,
they managed to throw around
their pamphlets demanding that
the A. F.. L. take stronger steps
on unemployment relief demands.
After the group had been
pushed into the elevator the op-
orator dropped them to the lobby,
and they quietly left the hotel
with no further commotion.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Many View Clouds in Fear of
Rain, But Forecast Bears
No Menace to I'd Game
By KIRK MILLER
Timog SDOPt@ Editor

POLO GROUNDS, NEW
YORK, Oct. 4.-Chins high
and spirits gallant, the Wash
ington Griffmen were back in
the Giants saucer early today,
throwing and fielding and
batting as a tune-up for the
second game of the 1888 world
series, following yesterday S
4-to-2 defeat, when Lady Luck
would not smile on Joe Cronin
and his crew.
Washington'S head was neither
bloody nor bowed as the team
poised for today's conflict.
1--WE can eat this Giant team
alive"
So said Buddy Myer, the plucky
second baseman whom the gods
of fate gave three errors yester'
day, as many as he customar1y
has in a month or more of cham
pionship play.
Mats Better-ExpertS
incidentally, Buddy's views are
those of most of the 400 experts
who gathered at press headquar'
tiers this morning for a chinfeSt
before hieing to the Polo Grounds
washington is the better
team" they declared almost to a
man, and with a break in either
the eighth or ninth inning of yes
terday's game they would have
upset the Giants applicant.
Joe Cronin's boys are not going
into today's game nearly as tight
as they were yesterday. The
strain was telling on them
throughout the early part of the
game, but now that they have
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The Washington times., 1933-10-04
FOREST FIRE
DEATHSMAY
REACH 50
Suspect Held as Searchers
Comb California
Death Trap
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 4

LOS AN ELE S, Oct. 4
(I.N.S.).-While sc arc h e r S
walked slowly with shovels
through the blackened canyons
of death where more than so
men were believed to have
perished in smoke and flame
in Griffith Park late yester-
day, police today took into
custHIy a man suspected of
having started the holocaust.
The arrest was made on in
formation Of Jack Bouchard,
who reported to police that he
and several neighbors had ex-
tinguished small blazes started
early this morning on the south
side of the Griffith Park Hills
near many fine Hollywood homes.
Gasoline Found
Police said the suspect was ar
rested near the scene and they
found in his poskets a rag ap-
parently soaked with gasoline
and a box of matches.
Meanwhile in the county
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The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Suspect Caught in Chase
After Loan Firm Holdup

as R. D. Rogers, 80, but refused
to give his address.
Entering the bank shortly be-
fore noon he ordered Mrs. Wier:
"Stick 'em up, shut up, and
give me all the money in the
place."
She handed him $40 in a cash
drawer, explaining that there was
no other money in the office.
Screams Bring Police
AS he ran from the building,
Mrs. Wier, needless OF, his warn
ing, screamed. Chief Plummer
was walking near the office and
gave chase.
Rogers will be given a hearing
on a robbery charge tonight be-
fore Justice Robert E. Joyce In
Mt. Rainier. A charge Of carry
ing concealed weapons also will
be placed against him.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
SHE
YIELDS GUN

Two workmen, said to be en-
ployed by the Maryland State
Roads Commission, were held at
bay with a rifle by a middle-aged
woman yesterday after they are
alleged to have made insulting re-
marks to her. The situation was
relieved only after the arrival Of
police.
Mrs. Kitty Epperson, As, OF
near Berwyn, Md, said she armed
herself with a rifle after several
men made advances to her.
She told police she was wash
ing clothes in a spring near her
home on the Edmondson road
when the workmen drew near and
chided her. She went into the
house and came back with a
rifle, with which she held two Of
the men until police arrived.
After investigation authorities
did not place any charges against
the Workmen.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
L|EUT.BOOKER
WEDLAST
WEEK
Still Alive When Taken From
Wreckage, Dies on Way
To Meade Hospital

Two Army fliers were killed
today when a large twin
motored bombing plane from
Langley Field, Va, crashed in
a field 16 miles northwest Of
Annapolis.
One of the fliers, identified
from papers in his pocket as Sec
ond Lieut.. Richard w. C. Booker,
was still alive when pulled from
the Wreckage.
He was placed in an ambulance
and started for Camp Meade, Md,
seven miles away, but died before
arriving there.
The second victim was 1dent1-
fled as William l.. Rhoads, radio
operator of the plane.
Flying at 500 Feet
The plane was flying at an al
titude of about 500 feet when
trouble started, according to eye
witnesses of the fatal crash.
First there was a squirt of flame
from one of the motors, followed
by cloud of thick smoke. The
plane at once went out of control,
falling into a spin, and crashed
to earth.
Hitting a tree, the he avy
bomber leveled off, then dived
into the earth in pasture on
the Clarke farm, about a mile
from Gambrills, Md.
Buried in Wreckage
Bodies of both fliers were
buried in the wreckage. The
pilot apparently turned off his
ignition before the crash, as no
fire followed.
Several electric hnesmen were
working nearby. When the
plane struck, they rushed to the
field and used their truck to
pull the wreckage off the bodies
of the two officers.
Discovering that Lieutenant
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