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The Washington times., 1934-12-19
COLD WEATHER
DUE CAPITAL
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children in the elementary schools
from the afternoon session be-
cause of the rain.
The order provided that the
children be kept at school until
l p. m. and then be excused for
the rest of the day. 1t was de-
signed to eliminate the necessity
of having the children trudge
back and forth from school at
the lunch hour.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
RASKOB
PREFER DOLE
To PWA
Best Business Minds Rap at
'Priming the Pump With
Big U. S. Expenditures
By GEORGE H. KENNEDY
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,


WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
w. Va, Dec. 10 G.N.S0.-Owep
D. Young, John ]. Raskob and
other best minds" of American
business, now in session here,
favor-in principle at leaSt-the
cole instead of work relief for the
unemployed American worker.
This was revealed today follow
ing a session of the committee on
social security.
According to a spokesman for
the committee, however, the busl'
ness men have no thought Of ask
ing the Government to change
Immediately from work to direct
relief or to cancel any Of the pres
ent PWA program.
A Part of Insurance
Rather, it was explained, they
feel the dole should be regarded
as complement to unemploy-
ment insurance, which, in the
reported opinion of the majority
of the business men here, is GER
tain to be adopted in the future.
The drafting committee of the
meeting agreed almost unani-
mouSly that direct relief was nec-
essary in the immediate future,
but the question of what to rec
ommend to the President about
the extension of NRA was not
so eaSilV diSnOSed Of
Il wasn't until the wee hours
of This morning that the COM
mittee finally reached some sort
Of an agreement on this ticklish
question.
Details Of the recommendation
to the White House were not i'm.
mediately available, but it was
plain that Owen D. Young had
been compelled to utilize all the
skill as conciliator with which he
reconciled the bitterly opposed
viewpoints of France, England and
Italy on the subject of war repa-
rations, before the divergent indus
trial and commercial elements in
volved could be brought together.
English Plan Favored
Concerning the sanctioning of
the dole instead of work relief, the
social security committee spokes-
man told Internatio News Serv-
ice the members felt that when a
workman goes off the roll of those
drawing unemployment insurance
benefits there should be no expen-
sive efforts to make work for him.
Most of the business men in
session here, the spokesman
added, have come to the conclu-
sion that the English recovery
method of budget balancing is
preferable to "priming the pump"
with huge Government expendi-
lures. They have also come to
see the economy of the English
dole compared with governmental
attempts to employ large num-
bers of men in construction prof.
ects, it was explained
In urging immediate tempo
rary relief, it was said. the bust
ness men are cognizant of the
fact that the practical employ
ment of unemployment insurance
is still several years off.
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FAMOUS
BANKER, DIES
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Black distinguished himself as an
outstanding figure in the New
Deal,


Black distinguished himself as an
outstanding figure in the New
Deal.
Returned to Atlanta
Retiring of nature, he had
Stunned politics during a brilliant
career as banker. and accepted the
national post reluctantly and only,
he said, for the period OF the
emergency.
He had been born in Atlanta
January 7, 1873, was educated in
the Atlanta public schools and at
the University of Georgia, and had
resided here virtually his whole
life.
Hailed by hundreds who knew
him affectionately as Gene"
Governor Black wanted to remain
among his countless friends and
with his family, in Atlanta.
He accepted the post as head
of the Reserve Board, May 18,
1888, and served with dlStlnctlon,
an important factor in the start
ing of business on the road to re-
covery, until August is, 1884. He
then returned to Atlanta and re-
sumed his old post as governor
of the Atlanta Federal Reserve
Bank.
Leading Citizen
He was named Atlanta's lead
ing citizen in 1925. AS president
of the Chamber of Commerce in
1920 he was a mediator in set,
ting the disastrous strike OF
street car employees and railway
clerks that paralyzed the city's
transportation system.
He graduated from the Univer.
Sity of Georgia at the age OF
20 and entered the practice OF
law, becoming an outstanding
corporation legal specialist, re-
presenting among others, the
Southern Railway.
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earlier plea of Mr.. Butzner, who
went even further than Mr.. King
in describing the ideal qualities of
Mr.. Bell before his much discussed
thyroid gland turned the church
deacon from a DR.. Jeckell to a
Mr.. Hyde.
Young ladies knitting sport suits
and sweaters exchanged family
cynical glances.
The packed courtroom, every
seat of which has been occupied
at every session, grew a bit heavy
and glazed-eyed under the argu-
ments for and against the accused.
Several dozed under the effect OF
the oratory.
Two enormous drum stoves at
either end of the room-stoves are
supported by yards of stove pipe
slowly grilled those who sit near
them.
Nearly everyone chewed gum, ex-
cept when a fuller bulge of cheek
denoted tobacco.
1t was in keeping with the
traditions of this arSitocratic old
town, where many Washington
documents, including George
Washington's mothers will, are
preserved in the courthouse, that
old-fashioned Southern chivalry
still exists.
Daughter Not Called
For that reason Commonwealth
Attorney Albert V. Bryan did not
call Irma Bell, the comely daugh-
ter of the defendant, to the stand.
Several other witnesses under
stood to be eligible for the head
lines were not called for the
same reason. Irma Bell, it was
reported. was the first to know
about and inform her mother
regarding Mrs. McMullin.
This latter lady enjoyed i'm
munity from callous cross-ques-
tioning when she was on the
stand last Friday. The prosecu-
ton kept her only two minutes
and asked question which re-
quired only a yes" That's
Fredericksburg.
The defense was equally con.
siderate in not calling Edward
c. Bell, jr., who was expected
to bolster the contention that
his father was mentally ire
Sponsible.
Then-when Albert v. Bryan
Commonwealth attorney, began to
sum up for the State young ladies
stopped knitting. Jaws grew stock
still as gum was forgotten. Mr..
Bryan announced he was not an
orator, and ears still ringing with
oratory, felt grateful.
Why Brought to Trial
He began by telling the jury to
view the testimony in a natural
light. What would anyone have
said before the indictment, if they
had been told Eddie Bell was
crazy?
Queer how often insanity Is
charged after an indictment. If
Bell was crazy why was he
brought to trial?
Much had been made of Deacon
Bells depression. wouldn't you be
depressed if you were feeding
poison to your wife at home and
on the other hand checking up on
lady at Buckrow Beach?
And you don't have to swallow
Tucker insanity hook, line and
Sinker.
1t was $50 when the jury went
out. Deacon Bell stood in the
lobby remarkably calm for a man
in his position. He said he ex,
pected to be acquitted.
Not a member of his family
stood near him. One woman
spoke in passing and one man
shook hands. Otherwise the
deacon stood alone. awaiting his
fate.
At 5:55 the jury was still de,
batting tNe case.
! HoursJ4dragged by-one, two,
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
Sd. c. Men Elected
by yRifleAssOciatiOn

Three Washington men we're
elected to the board of directors
of the National Rifle Association
for a three-year term at the an,
nual meeting.
They are Capt. R. H. Lord, Of
the War Department; Col. Harry
L. Smith. of the Marine Corps,
and Major Joseph Starnes, new
Representative in Congress from
Alabama
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
PHILIPPINE

MANILA, P. l., Dec. 19 Q.N.S).
The next international Eucharis-
tic conference will be held in Ma
nila, February 3 to 7, 1887, it was
announced here today. Archbishop
Michael J. ODoherty, of Manila,
said the date of the congress was
changed from December to Feb
ruary to permit Americans and
Europeans to spend Christmas at
home.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
CHARITY AT HOME

CLEVELAND I.N.SO. It h e
wife of Benny Davis, widely
known song writer, was in the
audience when her husband made
an appeal from a Cleveland thea
ter stage in behalf of the city's
Community Fund campaign. After
the show, Mrs. Davis discovered
that 1855 in cash had been taken
from her purse while she watched
the show.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
FRANCE

PARIS, Dec. 10 Q.N.S0.-Ener-
getic secret negotiations were
launched today to reorganize the
Citroen Automobile Manufacturing
Company following filing of an in
voluntary bankruptcy petition by
two Detroit firms.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
JUGOSLAVIA

BELGRADE, Dec. 19 U.NSD.
Yevtitch. who indig-
nantly resigned yesterday as for
eign minister because he had
been given insufficient credit for
his settlement of the threatening
Hungarian dispute at Geneva,
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
NAVY MAY ADD
4 AUX|L|AR|ES
BY International News Service


The Navy is considering COM
Wandering four of the big ship
ping board steamers which are
laid up at SolomonS Island. Sec
retary of the Navy Swanson dis
closed today.
He said a board of technical
experts from the Navy Yard at
Norfolk, Va, had been instructed
to proceed to Solomons Island
and inspect these ships. which in
clude the George Washington and
to report on their suitability for
use as naval auxiliaries.
The Navy Department believes
these ships might better be put
to use in the Navy than per-
mitted to rot.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
TREASURY CONDITION

Treasury balance as Of Decem-
Der IT. $2.524,643,311.92; internal
revenue, $6.203.217.93; customs re-
ceiptS, $1s,530,S37A5
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
Returned to Atlanta

For the correct time telephone
the office of THE WASHING
TON TIMES, District 1000, at
any hour of 4he r.
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WORLD NEWS

emerged today as the nominee
for premier. Prince Paul, head
of the regency, asked Yevtitch to
form a cabinet.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
GERMANY

BERLIN, Dec. 19 U.N.SO A
donation of 5000 marks (about
$117O to the seamen Of the
liner New York who manned the
lifeboat in which the crew OF
the S. S. Sisto we're rescued was
announced by an insurance COM
pany.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19

Whenever you want to know the
correct time of day OF night tele-
phone District 1000, the office Of
THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19

BERLIN, Dec. 19 U.N.S0.-Dr.
Fritz Meyer, specialist on internal
ailments who treated Mrs. Gene
Tunney several years ago, today
denied charges of the Nazi news
paper Der Angriff" that he was
spreading atrocity propaganda
against the Reich.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
DISTRICT BILLS
REPORTED OUT
IN SENATE
Measure Permitting EIeCtrifI-
cation of Railroad Wins
Favor of Committee

After hearing H. E. Stephenson,
special representative Of the legal
department Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, the Senate
District Committee today re-
ported out favorably q bill allow
ing steam railroads to electrify
their washington lines. The rail-
road now is completing electrifi-
cation of its lines between New
York and Washington.
Over the opposition of the Dis
trict Commissioners, the commit.
tee reported favorably on a bill
recurring landlords of apartment
houses to furnish heat. The com
mittee also favorably reported out
a bill to exempt property Of the
United States Daughters Of 1912
from taxation.
The milk report was adopted
after two amendments offered by
Senator Pat McCarran CD OF
Nevada had been inserted. One
calls for a nationwide investiga.
tion Of the milk industry and the
other suggests the establishment
Of q central milk distribution
center.
The report, other than the Nc
Carran amendments, offers no
specific recommendations and de-
clares the investigation brought
out that there are "monopolistic
tendencies here" and suggests
that the farmers cooperative
organization clean its house.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
HULL FEARS j. 5.
IN WORLD PERIL
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been people out Of employment.
1--WE are not going to fall
into that soon but we could
easily be the victim Of the re-
action Of world despOtism and
autOcracy,"
"Then you would sacrifice the
Constitution to look after 3d.
600. 900 unemployed throughout
the world" interpOSed Repre-
sentative Treadway (R.) Of
Massachusetts,.
II think four years expert
ence has demonstrated the
truth Of the reactionary effect
of econOndc conditions Of other
countries on u.s." replied Mr..
Hull.
Mr.. Treadway asserted that tn
bill giving the President power II
raise or lower tariff so per cen
to make trade agreements is un
constitutional. He asked:
SHOULD not there be . Con-
Stitutional amendment IL we are
going to do this?"
That's what they said to
Abraham Lincoln when he gus-
pended one or two phases Of the
COnStitution."
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
Pay Return Decision Due
At Conference Today
MR.. LOCKWOOD

to recede on veteran relief and
pay-cut amendments.
Armed with this information,
they point out, it will be easier
to formulate a party plan at the
Democratic caucus scheduled for
7:30 o'clock.
At the caucus it is hoped all
differences over Senate amend
ments will be wiped out, and q
definite course of action taken.
This will enable the House Ap.
preparations Committee to assem-
BILE Immediately after the caucus
or early tomorrow and prepare q
report on the supply bill.
Delay Likely
It is doubtful the measure will
be laid before the House before
Monday or Tuesday, since the
Bankhead cottch bill is schedule d
to come up immediately after the
War Department appropriation
vote today and the bonus bill is
also in. the offing for early con.
SideraCion.
Reaction from every side during
the past few days indicates that
no less than a 10 per cent restora-
ton Of Government employees
salaries will be given beginning
July /.
In addressing NRA critics sew
eral days ago, President Roosevelt
urged that private industry in
crease wages by 10 per cent, hold
ing that such a wage increase is
necessary to give more people jobs,
in order to bring back economic
stability.
Members of the Senate today
pointed out that unless the Presi-
dent is willing to agree to a 10
per cent restoration in Govern
ment salaries, he would be incon-
Sistent with his plea before the
NRA group.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
CWA TRANSFERS
UNDER WAY
Letters Pouring In

District Civil Works officials to-
day began plans for the transfer
Of local CWA jobs to the new
Work Division Of the Emergency
Relief Administration, which will
begin operations April /.
Under an order from Harry L.
Hopkins, Federal Civil Works Ad-
miniStrator, all desirable local
CWA projects in operation March
81 may be continued under the
new Set-up.
Hours Of work under the new
plan will be limited to a. per
week and wages will remain at
the prevailing local rate for the
type of service (rendered.
At present tter~ are 10000 per-
sons on local N "A roles, but
under the demob-..1ation program
now being carried out, this mum.
Der will have been reduced to
5000 by March 81. All those 70.
tained will be Transferred 20 ths
kno1 diytsionA
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
CUTS
LEGISLATION,
By International News Service

The Administration's legislative
program will be "cut to the bone"
in the effort to adjourn Congress
by the middle Of May, Senator
Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic
leader of the Senate. said today
after a conference with President
Roosevelt.
The stock exchange regulation
bill, the bill to grant the Presi-
dent reciprocal tariff powers, and
the new air mail law asked by
Mr.. Roosevelt, were among the
measures that the Administration
will insist be enacted before an
journment, according to Robin
son. who said:
"The President still wants
Congress to adjourn between
May 1 and Is.
"The stock exchange bill
probably will be considered first
in the House and it is expected
the bill will be Simplified aS
much as practicable 80 as to
direct its features against the
well recognized evils already
disclosed.
'"The tariff bill will be acted
ON with reasonable dispatch.
'It il also thought that an
amendment may be suggested
to the Summers bankruptcy bill
20 20 to extend the time Of
payment Of interest rates."
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facturers from charges of collusion
and profiteering in the award Of
Navy contracts.
In presenting the full COM
mittee its report of a months
investigation into all airplane
and engine manufacturers who
have done business with the Navy
Department. the subcommittee
expressed the opinion that there
was keen competition in q
limited market.
The subc m mittee recon-
mended, however, that the naval
aircraft factory at Philadelphia
should be used to greater
extent than at present for certain
confidential construction work,
experimental construction, emer-
gency fabrication work and train
ing Of personnel to keep the
Navy Department informed as to
the progress in aviation.
In a breakdown of profits made
by aircraft contractors through
Navy orders, the subcommittee re-
ported an 11.8 per cent profit for
both engines and planes during
1868.
Touching on the high profits
made by the Pratt-Whitney Com
pany, one of the two chief sources
of military engines. the commit
tee declared the Navy paid unit
prices which were in line with
prices paid by commercial and
foreign governments for compar-
able equipment.
These profits were lowered
drastically in subsequent years,
the committee said.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
HERE
FOR SEANAY
BY International News Service

President Roosevelt believes that
arguments against ratification Of
the st. Lawrence waterway treaty
are based on fear and doubt.
This was the gist of Mr.. RooSe-
velt's informal remarks to a group
Of Great Lakes cities mayors here
today, as revealed by Mayor D. w.
Hoan, of Milwaukee.
Mayor Hoan headed the delega-
ton Of more than a score of
mayors and representatives of
great lakes cities, who called on
the President to thank him for
his support of the treaty, and to
recommend continuation of his
efforts toward securing ratifica-
ton.
Mayor Hoan said that the
President told the mayors that
if the treaty was not ratified,
America would be, in effect, CIV
ing Canada the opportunity Of
building her own all-Canadian
canal.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
AIR LEAK PROBE.
On CURB SEEN
BY International News Service


Transactions in aviation COM
pany stock on the New York curb
exchange just prior to the can.
collation. of the air mail contracts
will be probed by the Senate
Banking Committee, according to
a decision reached today.
Senator Kean (RO of New Jer.
sey, moved that the curb officials
be asked to submit records of all
transactions from January l to
February 9, the latter date mark
ing notification Of the air mail
contracts by Postmaster General
Farley.
The banking committee already
has under investigation air stocks
transactions on a score Of ex-
changes throughout the nation,
including the New York stock ex-
change.
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to a caucus, who know attempts
will be made to bind them to a
vote they do not want. stay away.
Tonight, however, more than
dozen who want full pay restored
plan to attend and make a de-
termined fight for their cause.
will Not Be Bound
This was revealed by RepreSen-
tative Alfred F. Better CD of
New York, who said full pay advo-
Gates will attend the caucus but
leave before a party vote is taken
to prevent being bound in case
they see the cause is lost. This will
enable them to vote on the floor
without regard toSthe party's vote.
Among those who have already
expressed themselves in favor Of
full pay restoration are Represen-
tativeS Jennings Randolph CD Of
West Virginia, James r. Claiborne
Cd Of Missouri, James Hughes
CD Of Wisconsin, Sol Bloom (DO
Of New York and Reuben T. Wood
Cd Of Missouri.
A conference at the White
House between the President,
Majority Floor Leader Joseph w.
ByrnS CD Of Tennessee and Rep
resentative Clifton A. Woodrum
Cd Of Virginia was scheduled
prior to the caucus meeting to-
night.
Stand Sought
Whether this conference was
called by the President on his
own volition or at the request Of
the Congressmen Is not known,
but Representatives Byrns and
Woodrum are anxious to find how
far the Chief Executive is willing
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
AIR MAIL POLICY
Of PRESIDENT
FACES FIGHT
Rep. Kelly Sees Chaos in SerV.
ice and Destruction of Pio-
neer Lines Under Plan
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
A bitter Congressional fight over
President Roosevelt's new airmail
policy appeared probable today as
Senate and House leaders in air
mail legislation began a detailed
study Of the program.
Chairman Mead CD of New
York, Of the House Postoffice Com
mittee, called a preliminary meet
ing in the hope of paving the way
for an agreement with the Ad-
miniStration.
Conceding that the Presidents
plan is somewhat different from
the bill already approved by his
committee, Representative Mead
said the Administration and the
committee sought the same objec-
tiveS.
Kelly Sees Chaos
Representative Kelly (R) of
Pennsylvania, author of the bill
approved by the House Commit
tee, declared that the Presidents
program would create "chaos" in
the air mail and the aviation in
dustry. He said:
"The Presidents plan would
break up the whole airmail
map, and open the routes to
competitive bidding without re-
gard to the experience Of the
companies in carrying the
mails.
OLD LINES BARRED
"NOt one Of the companies
whose contracts were Cancelled
would be able to bid. And that
means destroying the pioneer
companies, which built up the
finest air mail in the world.
ut would take years for us
to get back to the high state
of efficiency in the air mail"
Representative Kelly asserted
that the plan approved by the
House Postoffice Committee
would soon take the air mail out
Of the subsidy class and make 1t
self sustaining.
President Roosevelt informally
asked Congress today to legislate
the quick return Of the airmail
to commercial aviation.
Formal requests for a new deal
in air mail went forward in iden-
tical letters dispatched by the
President to Senate and House
Postal Committees. Mr.. Roose-
velt asked for law which would
avoid the evils Of the past and
promote development of aviation.
He outlined virtually every objec-
tive in the letters. The law he
asked would provide:
That new air mail contracts
be let to commercial companies
for three-year periods, after
"full, open and fair" competitive
bidding.
That no contract should be
made with any company, new
or old, any of whose officers
were party to the obtaining Of
former contracts under circum-
stances which were clearly
contrary to good faith and pub
lie policy"
NEW YORK, March 8. QN.S0
Admittedly "flabbergasted" by
the terms outlined by President
Roosevelt for obtaining air mail
contracts, officials of leading COM
mercial air lines today discussed
ways and means Of meeting the
provisions set fourth by the chief
executive.
Formal statements were with
held pending further considera-
ton Of President Roosevelt's let
ter to Senate and House leaders,
pledging himself to establish
ment of q permanent air mail
policy on the basis Of honest
payment for honest service"
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
PANAMA

COLON. Panama. March 8
1.N.SD.-Two companies Of the
Nicaraguan National Guard were
massacred in the Jinotega dis
trict by followers of the late Gen.
Augusta Sandino, according to
reports reaching here today from
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. General
Sandino was killed recently at
Managua, Nicaragua, by a detach-
ment of National Guardsmen.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
SPAIN

MADRID, March 8 G.N.SD.
Already under a state of alarm"
Spain today faced the possibility
of being placed under martial
law tomorrow when newspaper
workers and those of other in
dustries are scheduled to go on
strike, augmenting the present
critical situation.
The "state Of alarm" only
slightly less stringent than
martial law itself, was decreed
as 10000 building industry
workers walked out in Madrid.