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The Washington times., 1933-06-29
CR|ERS
To LOSE JOBS
TOWNSEND

One of the oldest and most
picturesque institutions of the
District Supreme Court will be
abolished tomorrow in the name
of economy.
The court criers, whose voices
for years doomed out the familiar
"hear We, hear ye, hear ye," at
the opening of each court session,
are being let out.
The seven criers have not been
notified officially of their dismis'
sails, but Chief Justice Alfred A.
Wheat stated no appropriation
was made by Congress to con-
tinue the men in their jobs and
they will be dispensed with at
the end of the month.
Including in the men who are
leaving are George w. Mowbray,
79, who has served as crier since
January, 1919; Col. William F.
Davidge, crier for Justice James
M. Proctor, who has served since
May, 1917; Eugene A. Carusi,
crier for Justice Peyton Gordon,
and Phillip M. Hamilton, crier
for Justice Oscar R. Luhring.
Three deputy marshals also are
schaduled to lose their jobs.
Chief Justice Wheat announced
the task of court crying will now
be a part of the deputy mar
ShalS' duties.
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
HE ESCAPED
PAYING US.
$4,000
Banker Paid $4,480 English
Revenue in 1880; U. S. Bureau
Under misunderstanding
Detailed testimony in SEN
ate banking investigation on
Page 6.
By International News Service

The Internal Revenue Bu-
reau was "misinformed" about
stock loss of SLY, ,584,
claimed by Otto H. Kahn,
millionaire head of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., New York private
bankers, to- escape income
taxes in 1880, he admitted to-
day at the Senate banking
inquiry.
The Government was informed
that Kahn sold the stocks directly
on the market. He admitted this
was an "error" because he actu-
ally sold the stocks direct to his
daughter, Mrs. Maud E. Marriott.
Paid to British
The "error" may have saved
Kahn payment of $4,000 in taxes
although such sales were held
illegal" in the recent criminal trial
of Charles E. Mitchell, former
head of the National City Bank
of New York, who was acquitted
on charges of income tax evasion.
Kahn, while paying no Ameri-
can income taxes at all in the last
three years, paid $4,480.26 in in
come taxes to Great Britain in
1880. He explained that the Brit
ish tax had been paid, in all prob
ability, on the income from the
British securities he owns. He
said he paid no British taxes in
1881 or 1882.
Ferdinand Pecora, Senate coun-
sci, produced report filed by N.
C. Shields, the field agent who
examined Kahn's 1880 income tax
return. The agent, who sought
to collect $4,000 from Kahn, said
the stock had been sold on the
market.
Certainly An Error
Under these circumstances, the
deputy commissioner of internal
revenue overruled the agent and
held Kahn did not need to pay
the tax. The agent reported:
There were no direct deal
ingS between the taxpayer and
his daughter, with the exception
of a gift of stocks to the father
by the daughter"
"DOn't you know now it was
an erroneous statement by the
agent?"
Kahn said:
$50 1 am informed. It was
an erroneous statement by the
agent or an error on the part of
my counsel and / am inclined
to give my counsel the benefit
of the doubt"
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
FLETCHER

allowing oVerdraftS and fictitious
credits totaling $4,000 in an &C
count they maintained under the
name of A. M. Mcneil & CO.
Robert H. Speich, Mt. Vernon
teller, who was indicted on
charges of larceny and embezzle-
ment, also surrendered today and
posted a bond of $1,000.
Trials of the eight men indicted
in the Park Savings and the
Mount Vernon Savings cases will
not be scheduled until October,
U. S. Attorney Leo A. Rover said
today.
Arrangement July Z
However, the men are scheduled
to appear in the court on July z,
and plead to the indictments.
John Cooke GraySon, brother of
Rear Admiral Cary T. Carson and
former chief clerk in the national
bank examiners office at the
Treasury, is ill at his home in
Charlottesville, Va. He may not
appear 1T the arraignment.
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
Fatty" Arbuckle Is Dead
Of Heart Ailment

buckle was awakened by groans.
She found Arbuckle unconscious.
DR.. Kenneth Hoffman, hotel ply
Sician, summoned hastily, ex-
amined him and broke the news
to her that Fatty's fight to re-
establish himself with the movie
going public was over.
In the war years and just
after, only one movie comedian
exceeded Arbuckle in popularity,
and that was Charlie Chaplin.
Arbuckle was a graduate of the
Mack Sennett comedies, where
he played with Chaplin, Mabel
Normand, Chester Conklin, and
many others who we're famous
then but are now forgotten. Ar
buckle had only to turn his slow
smile on the screen to get a
laugh. He became a star i'm
mediately.
Came From Texas
In 1917 he and Joseph Schenck,
now president of United Artists,
formed partnership for the pro-
duction and distribution of his
comedies. The venture was very
successful.
He had come from Texas, made
his stage debut at with the
late Frank Bacon's stock COM
pany, and arrived in the movies
via the vaudeville route.
Soon the newspapers were car
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The Washington times., 1933-06-29
Railroad ShOpmen
Back to 5-DGy Week

SAN FRANCISCO, June 20
G.N.SO.-Return of nearly 5000
Southern Pacific Railroad shop
men to a 5-day a week basis in
stead of the 3-day a week sched-
ule featured the upward trend in
business here this week. Officials
of the company said "A Substan-
tial increase in all lines of traf-
fic" was responsible for the re-
Yised schedule.
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
Young Mcneil Surrenders
In Park Bank Collapse
DE GERSDORFF

Benedict NJ. Mcneil, former
assistant cashier at the Park Say
ings Bank, surrendered today at
District Supreme Court and was
liberated under $4,000 bail to
answer an indictment charging
him with conspiracy to commit
larceny and embezzlement of the
bank funds.
Mcneil was the first of four
involved in the Park Savings
Bank cases to surrender. He came
to the courthouse with I. B. Jones,
professional bondsman, and posted
the bail with William Adkins,
clerk of criminal court.
$4,000 Involved
The former cashier was jointly
indicted with his father, Alex
ander M. Mcneil. The elder man
is now in Newfoundland, Canada.
The two are charged with con-
spring with Robert S. Stunz, the
bans vice president who COM
mitted suicide last March, by
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
D. {. RELEASES
50 employees

Thirty-nine employees Of the Dis
trict government were ordered
dismissed by the Commissioners
today to bring payrolls within the
reduced appropriations for the
fiscal year, 1884, which begins
Saturday.
Of those dismissed four were
dropped under the marriage
clause, eight under the 30-year
retirement clause, and q others
were dropped "for other reasons. -
Major Daniel j. Donovan, chair
man of the District Personal
Board, said:
"AlI together 1O6 positions
have been dropped from the
payrOlIs of the several branches
of the District government, ex-
elusive of the public schools.
OF this number, 81 positions
were vacant and have been
abolished so that funds may be
available to the several offices
involved for mitigating the ef-
fects of the rOtative furIOugh."
In connection with the fur
Tough plan, Donovan said:
I'm practically all the offices
and departments of the District
government, not excepting those
where some ameIiOratiOn may
be obtained through abOlishing
positions, the rOtative furIOugh
will have to be used to varying
extent. In no case does it
appear that the furIOugh would
extend to as much as 30 days
for anyone employee"
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
BLOC;
CURRENCY
DE EN|AND
FAILS
Macdonald Turns Down Pleas
That Conference Come Out
for Sterilization
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

by NGOhNG w. AAOA1AGS
OGICAL MUSEUM,
LONDON, June % Q.N.S.).
Premier Macdonald Of Great
Britain, presiding over the
World Economic Conference,
tonight rejected a demand by
the European gold bloc that the
conference gazaetn.e record at
once in favor of Immediate cur
rency stabilization.
Until violent fluctuations in the
American dollar cease, Macdonald
said, it is impossible to make q
declaration regarding necessity OF
stabilization.
Deadlocked on the stabilization
issue, the conference was at a
virtual standstill today.
The European gold bloc and
the powers off the gold stand
ard, including the United States.
are attempting to "pass the buck"
for a threatened breakup OF this
international gathering.
Threats of leaving the confer
ence are reported on all sides, but
none of these reports, so far as
International News Service has
been able to learn, is strictly true.
Switzerland OutspOken
Switzerland, one of the mem
bers of the gold bloc, alone is
outspoken in declaring that cur
rency stabilization must be
achieved soon or her delegation
will go home.
The conference was brought to
this crucial stage by a reported
new affirmation on the part OF
the United States that it consid-
ers currency stabilization at any
time in the Immediate future out
of the question.
Representatives of the gold ma
tions called a virtual strike"
however, refusing to attend any
more monetary commission meet
ings until something is done with
regard to stabilization.
Private discussions of a fiery
nature went forward throughout
the morning, with the European
delegates utilizing all the power
at their command in a seemingly
fruitless effort to break down
President Roosevelt's stout OPP
position to a currency agreement
at present.
Britain Stands BY U. s.
Britain stood with the United
States in reiterating Mr.. Roose-
velt's contention that no bene-
ficial results can accrue from
stabilization unless the price level
has been increased.
In a solid phalanx Of opposi-
tion, France, Belgium, Switzer-
land, and Holland denounced
what they termed a deliberate
effort to force the gold nations
to lose the advantages gained by
careful domestic economy in the
interest Of Speculative countries"
They served notice that unless
Great Britain and the United
States accorded the gold coun-
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The Washington times., 1933-06-29
SHARKEY TIPS
SCALES At 201

NEW YORK, June 20 G.N.SO.
Jack Sharkey scaled 201 pounds
when he weighed in officially this
afternoon for his 15-round bout
with Primo Camera for the
heavyweight championship at the
Long Island City bowl tonight.
Partly cloudy but no rain was
the weather mans ofrecast this
afternoon for the fight.
Probable showers predicted for
this afternoon and tonight are
not expected until tomorrow.
Warmer weather is in sight,
however. The temperature hit
IS at l o'clock this afternoon and
was climbing steadily.
n
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
Minimum Wage Bill
Passed in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD. III, June %
Q.N.SD.-The minimum wage
bill for women and minors,
passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives last night, 81 to 26,
went to Gov. Henry Horner to-
day for his signature. Intro
duced following the plea of
President Roosevelt, the bill pro-
vides that wage boards shall in
vestigate and establish fair stand
ards of pay for women and
minors.
The Washington times., 1933-06-29

Partly cloudy, possibly local
showers and thunderstorms to-
night and Friday; not much
change in temperature; gentle
southwest winds. Temperature
yesterday-Highest, Sc; lowest,
II. (1932-Highest, 90; low
est, 74.) Humidity yesterday
Highest, 9S; lowest, 81.
Full Weather Report on Page Z
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
American Thread Co.,
Raises Pau for 500

WILLIMANTIC, Conn.,, June 20
0.N.SD The American Thread
Company today announced a 1917
per cent wage increase effective
July II for all day and piece
workers at the local factories. The
increase will affect more than
$500 persons.
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
Spanish Ambassador
BQdLy Hurt in Paris

PARIS, June 90 Q.N.SO.-Ac-
bassador de Madariaga, of Spain,
was seriously injured today, ac-
cording to a report appearing in
a Paris newspaper, when the car
in which he was riding collided
with another.
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
Sir Basil Z0harOff
Death Run1Or Denied

PARIS, June 20 QNSO Sir
Basil Zaharoff is in good health
and is now at Monte Carlo, his
secretary told International News
service today at his Paris home.
The Washington times., 1933-06-29
THE WEATHER

additional News on Sports Page
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-08
DAGSBURO

Mrs. Mary Catherine Kollock, aged
81, a lifelong resident of Baltimore
hundred and 'Dagsboro died Thurs
day night, August 81, at the home of
her son, Joseph B. Kollock of Ches-
ter, Pa.
Funeral services were conducted
from her late residence Tuesday af-
ternoon by the Rev. Wood, Episcopal
minister, of Milton, assisted by Rev.
o. H. Connolly. .s.es
She had been i'll for several
months, when her condition grew
worse and she went to Chester for
further medical treatment.
Mrs. Kollock was the wife of the
late Joseph A. Kollock and daughter
of the late Captain BENJAMIN Gray
and Emma Bennett Gray. She leaves
to mourn her loss three sons, Harry
G. NJ. Kollock of Stemmer's Run,
Mr., Joseph B. Kollock of Chester,
Pa, and Raymond L. Kollock of
Dagsboro; one sister, Mrs. Emma
Hazard of Milton; two brothers,
Frank Gray of Milton, and Edgar
Gray of this town, and five grand
children and one great-granddaugh-
ter besides a host of relatives and
friends. Interment in Brick Chapel
cemetery beside her husband, near
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-08
SUGAR HILL
(Near Williamsvillel

Services at the Sound NJ. E.
Church: Sunday school at $3.50, fol-
lowed by preaching services at IL;
Sunday evening praise meeting;
prayer meeting Friday evening. The
Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs.
Lizzie Johnson, Thursday evening,
September z.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Eashum and
children, of Camden, Del, were
guests of his parents over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Scott of
Highland Park, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Denny, of Lansdowne, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Donnelly, of Phila-
delphia, were recent visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. Dave Derrickson, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Derrickson and
family, of Albany Park, and Mrs.
Eva Hudson, of Frankford. were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Derrickson.
Mrs. Mary A. Hudson was the Sun
day guests of Mrs. Samuel Eashum.
Mrs. Elwood LeKites and daugh-
ter, of Chester, Pa, and John Lee
mon were Monday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace LeKites. ~ "a
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-08
AN AMERICAN SCOTLAND
YARD"

Senator Copeland of New York
favors an American Scotland Yard"
for the pursuit of crime and crimi-
mails. Scotland Yard is the center of
the metropolitan police force of Lon
don, England, and long famed for
efficient country, that we need
greatly enlarged federal police force,
and that only such a national force
can adequately cope with the men
acing underworld.
The way the bandits and racke-
teers pursue honest people is
scandal that smells to heaven. Prob
ably it is too big a problem for any
one state to handle. We need some
force as powerful and efficient as
the United States army, to strike
terror into the hearts of these mis-
creants.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-08
CO.OPERATION WITH NRA

Some of our citizens are in doubt
as to just how far they can be ex-
pected to cooperate with the N R A.
Let us take the case for instance of
some merchant who has been up to
now just barely able to keep going
and pay his help. He feels that he
can't spare another dollar added to
his labor costs, which he says have
been beyond his ability to pay for
months.
Different spOkesmen have inter-
preted somewhat differently the at
titude which the government feels
should be taken toward such ones.
Some utterances have sounded much
like a boycott of such places. Gen.
Johnson, however, says he does not
intend any such boycott or intimida-
tion. He holds that any business
concern that feels that it can not
comply with the provisions of the
Recovery Act, can receive pro-
visional blue eagle, following which
its ability to comply will be inves-
tigated by the Recovery administra-
tion.
This seems a reasonable PROPOSE
tion, and it seems as if people could
comply with it. The public must use
some judgment in dealing with such
cases. If people see that concerns
with which they have usually done
business are not displaying the
blue eagle it would seem proper to
inquire in a reasonable way why
they are not cooperating. and the
answer they get will throw light
on the question as to the proper
public attitude toward such serv-
ices.
There will probably be in many
cities some concerns who could CO.
operate with this movement if they
would, but who are not willing to
take their share of its costs. They
should look at the matter in broad
er light.
1t is much like investing in some
new line of trade. A business man
in such a case does not usually ex-
peet to profit right off. He should
be willing to sustain a loss for some
time if he can see a permanent gain
ahead. So it is with the N R A.
There may be temporary loss, but
IL the thing succeeds. and it will
succeed if all cooperate, it means
permanent gains for everybody.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-08
Milford, Friday, September s, 1888
THE NATIONAL RECOVERY
DRIVE

The government asks every loyal
citizen to take hold and do what he
can to make a success of the N. R.
A. All of our people can do some
thing toward that end.
The situation might be compared
to that which exists when an auto
mobile runs off the road and is
stranded in the ditch. Men gather
around and discuss and debate what
shall be done. Some think that if
they all take hold and push to-
gether and start the engine at the
same time they can get it on the road
again. Others think that this will
be inadequate and that they would
better hunt around and find some
farmer with a pair of horses who
will pull the car out of the mire.
Others say that nothing will do ex-
cept to locate the nearest garage
that has a wrecking outfit, and
bring the same to the spot.
Now if those men have any sense
they will not spend any long time
discussing what to do. Some man
with a dominating personality will
take the lead and suggest that they
all take hold and push while one
man gets into the car and starts the
engine. Then the people who doubt
the effectiveness of this method will
all take hold and push, and very
likely they will be able to get the
car back. What is needed in such ex-
igencies is action and not discus
sion, trying first one thing and if that
fails we can try some thing else.
So it is with our economic situa-
tion. The pushing power of the
American people is of irresistible
force if you can get that power ex-
erted unitedly. No obstacle in our
present pathway can stop it, if that
force is working as a unit. Shall we
not then all take hold and help so
far as we can the N. R. A. move
ment?
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-08
WARWICK

Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. DeVoe and Mr..
and Mrs. Cole Doty of Highland
Park, Staten Island, spent the week.
end with Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Barto.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Lingo and Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Lingo spent Sunday
evening at Rehoboth.
Mack Wilson who has been spend
ing some time with relatives here is
going to Dover Sunday to visit his
daughter, Mrs. Anna Butler.
Harold Craemer and friend of Will
mington called on friends here Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Cooper and
family of Bethany Beach called on
her sister Saturday.
Mrs. E. L. Barto spent the week
end with her children in Philadel-
phia and New Jersey.
Mrs. Nina Mumford and daughter
Anna, and Mrs. Lavina Mumford of
Wyoming, and Miss Elizabeth Num-
ford and friend Edward Likens of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. E. R. Blizzard
of Georgetown called on relatives
here Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lawson of
Philadelphia are camping along In
dian River.
Everett Messick and little son of
Washington, D. c., and J. w. Mes
sick of Corup. called on their sister,
Mrs. Wilda Lingo Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-08
PERLs OF MONOTONY

Satan is said to find mischief still
for idle hands to do. Also he finds
mischief for the hands that are bored
by monotony, which find life too
dull.
Men and boys become tired of quiet
lives, and they look for some kind of
outlet. They want a thrill, which up
to a certain point is legitimate. If
people are working at some Occupa-
tion of a routine nature, it is hard
for them to put their whole heart
into it. They demand some expe-
rience which gives them relief from
this routine.
Innumerable people find this relief
in moving pictures. With all the
faults of such pictures, they do re-
lieve the monotony of peoples lives.
If people are absorbed in a picture,
the evening passes happily, and they
are not tempted to spend the time in
drinking, gambling, and other unde-
sirable ways.
Young men are tired of lOafing
around aimlessly on street corners
or lounging in hang-outs. They feel
if they can get money, they can blow
it in on exciting sporting life. So
they hold up some store or pedes-
trian to obtain money for their
thrills.
The old time saloons benefited by
this desire to escape monotony: Men
were tired of sitting around even
ings in dull and cheerless homes,
and the saloon made place of light
and companionship and enjoyment.
1t was a costly enjoyment, and de-
prived the wives and children of the
things they needed, but that motive
still exists.
People who have become interested
in the progress of the world, are not
thus plagued. Boys who play athletic
games are not tempted by revolt
against monotony. We must provide
experience for peoples
daily life, so they are not tempted
by monotony to resort to vice and
crime.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-08
TELLING ABOUT OUR GOODS

In the old days of business, a man
just opened up a store, he put a sign
DRY Goods" Groceries, ETC.,
over his door, and he assumed that
people would walk in and buy his
goods. Perhaps they did, in those
times.
But after awhile it dawned on a
more enterprising tribe of business
people, that if they would give peo-
pie reasons for buying, they would
do so more frequently. So if a mer-
chant had fine lot of goods which
he could sell at a reduced price, he
put an advertisement in the local
newspaper. He could see the re-
suits right off. Many of the great
fortunes of today were heaped up
because of the gains people made in
that way. They got their start by
that enterprising habit, and they
kept up the habit, and became con-
stantly more successful.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-08

parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. NJ. Bunt-
ing over the weekend. g..
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Campbell
spent Sunday as dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. James Sockrider at Harbe-
son. :
Mrs. Bessie Battersby entertained
over the weekend and Labor Day
Mrs. Harold Battersby and her
brother, Lewis Kanagy and his girl
friend, Miss Emma Rundel.
School began Tuesday with full
attendance. There is much dispute
and rumOr as to the transportation
of the children as the school build
ing is located between Dagsboro and
Frankfort; quite a distance for the
children to walk.
Elmer Layfield our new postmas-
ter took charge Tuesday morning.
Wilson Campbell is assistant. We
wish them success.
Miss Ella Layfield and her sister,
Mrs. William Schroeder of Philadel-
pbia spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George lay
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cashier BTittingham
are now occupying their new home
on the DUPONT Boulevard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin H. Hickman
celebrated their 3Oth wedding anni--
versary by motoring to New Jersey
summer resorts the past week.
The canneries are running on full.
force at this time.
Miss Marie Hickman has accepted
position at the. John NJ. Clayton
new school.