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The Washington times., 1934-02-09
RUMOR RENEWS
ASPR|CE WAR

Prices of third-grade gasoline in
Washington remained steady
today, although rumorS were still
flying that q price war between
Independent and chain filling sta
tionS might break out again at
any moment.
Meanwhile, members Of the Ma
tional Petroleum Board today were
expected to continue their confer
ences with officials of the Stand
ard Oil Co. of New Jersey on the
price situation here.
Third grade prices stayed at 10
cents a gallon in independent
stations yesterday, while the Stan
dard stations were charging 101a
cents. Since these prices have
prevailed for several days, many
believe threats of a price war may
be ended.
The Washington times., 1934-02-09
DR.. Croissant Sees
Justice in Sales Tax

A sales tax would moro equit-
ably distribute tho expenses Of
government, in the opinion Of De-
Witt c. Croissant, professor at
George Washington University
and a member Of the American
Taxpayers League.
He said:
'Tt seems to me to be funda-
mental that those who reap the
benefits of services provided by
the Government should be asked
to pay for those benefits.
'Under our present system OF
taxation, only . small proper
tiOn Of the citizens pay for serv-
ices that are enjoyed by ALL"
Prof. CroiSSant, q lifelong resi-
dent Of the District Is one OF
those who believe that, whatever
happens in the present session Of
Congress, ultimate adoption of a
sales tax is a certainty.
James A. Emery, Washington
representative Of the National AS.
sociation of Manufacturers, is an.
other who holds that view.
Some tax system must be
adopted, Mr.. Emery says, that will
provide for q more even flow Of
revenue into the Treasury, thus
obviating the violent fluctuations
Of Government income that have
been witnessed in the last few
years.
The Washington times., 1934-02-09
READY
FOR BULL|TT

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-The new
American Embassy in Moscow
will be ready for Ambassador
william c. Bulntt and his staff,
Keith Merrill, Of the State De-
partment, said on his arrival here
on the United States liner Wash
ington.
Merrill, accompanied by Mrs.
Merrill, spent the last three
weeks in Russia arranging for
the Bullitt party, which sails
from New York February Is.
A two-story stucco dwelling
about a mile from the center
of the city will house the am
bassador and his staff. The
house has more than 20 rooms
and faces a park and q quaint
square dominated by an ancient
church.
Russia, Merrill said, seemed
quite stable with scant signs OF
poverty or distress. He reported
little begging. Mrs. Merrill COM
mented that churchgoers, al
though plentiful and unmolested.
seemed to consist entirely Of older
people.
Also on board were Alfred W.
Donegan, American consul at
Basel, q member Of the foreign
service since 1905, who is visit
ing New York and Washington
on leave Of absence; Robert Bren-
nan, q member Of the Irish Free
state legation in Washington,
and Joseph A. Schooner, attache
Of the Austrian Legation in Wash
inRton
The Washington times., 1934-02-09
INQUEST
SET At BERNYN

Justice Of the Peace George
Phillips of Berwyn has set Feb.
ruary 23 as the date for the hear
ing on the death Of Joseph Ent-
wisell, 50, Of the 800 block Penn
Sylvania Ave. s. E., two days ago
when the car in which he was rid
ing crashed into q stalled auto.
mobile-delivery trailer.
John 8. Selander. Of South
Baltimore, driver Of the truck,
was placed on $500 bond last
night, pending the hearing.
Joseph F. Bowers, Washington
policeman, who was driver Of the
car in which EntwiSell rode, is in
Casualty Hospital in q serious
condition, it Is reported.
The Washington times., 1934-02-09
SALES TAX HELD
FA|REST BY
REP.BLACK
LORTNG M. BLACK, Jr.

BY LORING M. BLACK, Jf.
Democratic Representative from New York
I have always advocated the
sales tax for I believe it is more
easily collected and falls more
lightly on the public than any
other form Of taxation.
The income tax has become q
barrier to our freedom and has
encouraged legislative extrava-
gance. also believe the Congress
should pass the sales tax In re-
sponse to a great public demand
for its adoption.
Such a law would be O relief to
q hard ridden business world har-
rassed by all forms Of Federal
regulations and plagued by an in
creasing volume Of intricate gov
ernmental blanks the business
man has to fill out.
It is a sound tax and just one
and distributes the tax burden
more equitably among the people
Of the nation than any other ex-
iSting tax.
The Washington times., 1934-02-09
BY GEORGE B. HOLMES
International News Service

The most savage attack yet
made upon Administration poll
cies was unloosed today by the
Republican national committee in
q 2O-page pamphlet which de-
clared that the CWA is saturated
with graft, political favoritism,
and waste.
It demanded that the CWA ex-
pertinent be speedily wound up,
and asserted that failure to do so
would publicly proclaim what Is
now now being freely stated
privately, namely, that the Ad-
ministration intends to use the
CWA as a political machine to
The Washington times., 1934-02-09
BY DAVID I. WALSH
q. S. Senator From Massachusetts,
Written Expressly for the Hearst
Newspapers

Written Expressly for the Hearst
Newspapers
I am opposed to general sales
taxes such as are imposed In
France and which levy a tax every
time an article is sold.
I favor manufacturers excise
or sales tax that exempts neces-
sites of life and levies the tax
only upon the article in its fin.
iShed state, at its wholesale sell
ing price.
Already sales taxes are levied on
0 limited number Of articles. We
have singled out for these special
taxes chewing gum, candy, soft
drinks, gasoline, automobiles, furS,
jewelry, radios, matches. sporting
goods, firearms and electricity.
Why single out merely these
articles in this limited class?
There is, however, at present a
tax on consumption. Let us ex-
tend this consumption tax to in
clude ajax upon everything except
food and the clothing purchased
by the poor.
The Washington times., 1934-02-09
Taxes In Fairfax
Will Be Increased

Slight increase in the tax rate
Of Fairfax county, Virginia, was
indicated today by members Of
the board Of supervisors.
Under an act Of the general
assembly Of last fall, the rates in
all districts will be uniform. This,
1t is said, will neceSsitate increase
in the rate in Centerville and
Lee districts,
The Washington times., 1934-02-09
SALES PARLEY HELD

Clarendon, Va, Business Mems
Association met last night In the
Clever Building, Clarendon. They
discussed sales methods and meth
ods Of promoting buying in
Clarendon" pointing out that
merchants there carry complete
stocks and that prices compare
favorably with those in Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1934-02-09
Heart Balm jury
Gives Woman Cent

BALTIMORE, Feb. "a Jury
in the Court Of Common Pleas to-
day awarded one cent in dam
ages to Mrs. Hattie Corrine
Reilly who had sued Philip M.
Hillwood for $4,000, alleging
breach of promise.
Hillwood denied he had ever
agreed to marry Mrs. Reilly.
The Washington times., 1934-02-09
PIT. A. TO HEAR SINGERS

Several vocal selections will be
presented at q meeting Of the
Parent Teacher Association at the
Brightwood School by the Chevy
Chase ChanterS, Monday evening.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
Misses Big Chance
By Times Special

~ tmeS SpectQG
WASHINGTON, June g. One
can't have everything. This ancient
adage was applied in the case of
Senator Arthur R. Robinson today
While he was being given the re-
nomination and an ovation by the
Indiana G.. o. P, he was missing
one of his big moments at Wash
ington
For the British defaulted the war
debts and had he been here, the
Hoosier Republican senator could
have sounded off" on this, one Of
his pet subjects.
AS it was, the matter had to be
left to others on both sides of the
aisle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
10000 ATTEND TECH
GRADUATION RITES
1000 Receive Diplomas at
FieIdhouSe.

Diplomas were presented to ap-
proXimately 1000 graduates of Ar
Senal Technical high school last
night before 10000 friends and rela-
tives in the Butler university field
house at the schools annual COM
mencement exercises.
Julian Wetzel, school board presi-
dent, distributed the diplomas and
spoke in praise of Milo H. Stuart,
former principal and assistant
school superintendent, who died last
summer. The Rev. r. H. Mueller,
First Evangelical church pastor,
asked the innovation. Student Or
CARNATIONS furnished the music.
Dewitt S. Morgan announced as
honor students Walter Confer, Thel-
ma Cooley, Louise Norman, John
Townsend, Carol Heiser, Miriam
Vollmer, Gustav Klipel, Robert Nc
Eowen, Marion Disborough, Jane
Howard, Jack Woerner, Joan Baker,
Jack Burroughs, Julian Phillips,
Jane Bosart and George Messmer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
NAz| POWER IN
U. S. QU|zzED
Saber- Scared Leader of
German Group Before
House ProberS.
BIZ United Press

Dy OWtJtU EItSS
WASHINGTON, June 6.-The &C
tivities of the Friends of Germany"
came under the scrutiny today of
the house Nazi investigating COM
mittee.
Fritz Gissibl, 81, bronzed and his
face Slashed by saber scars, was the
first witness under call. He was
characterized by Counsel Tom
Hardwick as 'the real power" be-
hind the Nazi activities in this
country.
Gissibl was called for questioning
after other witnesses told of propa.-
ganda activities which they asserted
were furthered by German diplo-
matte representatives in this coun-
try.
GisSibl, who resumed a story
started late yesterday, testified that
he was a German citizen and came
to the United States in 1923, organ
izing a society known as Teutonia
in Chicago and Detroit shortly after
his arrival.
The group was made up largely of
followers of Hitler. This was re-
placed later with a National So
cialist Labor Party" which in turn
was disbanded in the spring of last
year in favor of the Friends of New
Germany"
The friends, testified Gissibl,
jumped from 400 members to 1000
in less than a year and now num-
Der 5000.
The committee questioned Gissibl
seeking to learn what connection if
any was maintained between the
Nazi movement in Germany and
the Friends" organization here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
ARMS FARLEY
THREATENED BY
FRENCH STAND
France, Defiant, Insists on
Security Against Nazi
Aggression.

By United Press
GENEVA, June 6.-France, def
ant to pleas and threats alike from
a score of nations, demanded today
that the world disarmament con-
ference provide her security against
possible German aggression or adj
nit abject failure and adjourn at
once.
Practical failure seemed assured.
A miracle was needed if anything
but bad feeling was to be the mar
vest of more than two years work.
AS conference leaders, comprising
the steering committee, gathered
gloomily this afternoon to continue
compromise efforts, 1t appeared GER
tain there could be no disarmament
and no security within measur-
able time
All pretense of diplomatic pro-
cedure or friendly discussion was
abandoned at meeting of the COM
mittee yesterday.
Louis Barthou, chief French dele
gate, shouted and gesticulated in
anger, accusing Arthur Henderson,
conference president, of changing
his mind and introducing a resolu-
ton that, in providing for future
work of the committee, Subordi-
mated security to political questions.
Mr.. Henderson, in turn, pounded
his desk and threatened to resign
unless Mr.. Barthou tries his hand
at resolution. He said also if
France did not alter her attitude
he would accuse Mr.. Barthou of
Wrecking the conference.
The problem to be worked out
was of great diplomatic Importance
if on the surface fairly simple.
l. To avoid complete collapse of
the world conference by continuing
its life through a permanent COM
mittee that would work quietly until
the world situation made possible
another effort at disarmament.
2. AS a means of making another
meeting possible, to bring Nazi Ger
many back into the conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
ILLINOIS TO GRADUATE
SIX CITY STUDENTS
Diplomas to Be Awarded Next Week
at Commencement

Diplomas to Be Awarded Next Week
at Commencement.
Six indianapolis students will re-
ceive academic awards at the sixty
third annual commencement of the
University of Illinois next week.
They are Gertrude Ford, 4843
Park avenue; Mabel McColgin, 2050
Park avenue; william F. Moon, 1893
North Rural street; Harley R. Potts,
1912 Hoyt avenue; Stephen P. Shoe
maker, 826 West drive, Woodruff
Place, and Edward E. Simmons, 1401
Silver avenue.
Approximately 2,1OO students will
receive awards in the commence
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
SHORTR|DCE SET
FOR GRADUATION
1888 to Receive Diplomas in
Ceremony Tonight at
Tabernacle.

Commencement exercises for 1888
graduates of Shortridge high school
will be held tonight at Cadle taber-
nacle.
Samuel E. Garrison, school COM
missioner, will present the diplomas.
The Shortridge orchestra will play
the commencement professional.
The Rev. C. w. Cauble will give the
invocation. Songs and cornet solo
will be other features.
Senior class day was held yester-
day at the school. The class poem
was read by Marjorie Pendleton.
Presentation of the Shortridge Axe
by Charles Haug, class president,
to John Westfall, junior class preSi-
dent, was another feature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
All CLUBS SPONSOR
TO INSTRUCT LEADERS
294 in Attendance at Scout Camp
Conference.

294 in Attendance at Scout Camp
Conference.
Sixty-three Indiana counties are
represented iii the thru al junior
leader training conference, which is
being held at the Boy Scout camp
near FIT. Benjamin Harrison.
A total of 294 leaders have en-
rolled for the sessions, a number
of which will be conducted by A. B.
Graham of the United States de-
partment of agriculture and recog-
nized as the father of the All Club
idea.
The camp is conducted under the
joint auspices of the agricultural
extension department of Purdue
university and the agricultural COM
mittee of the Kiwanis clubs of In
diana. 1t will close at noon Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
Retired Policeman succumbs

John F. Johnson, rs, of 1922 West
Sixteenth street, died last night of
heart disease.
He was a. retired member of the
police force, having served twenty
one years. At the time of his re-
tirement he was a mounted SER
geant.
Mr.. johnson was a member of the
Redmen's lodge, and the order of
Pocohantas. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
Surviving him are the widow, Mrs
Mary Catherine Johnson; a son.
Ross F. Johnson, Milwaukee, and a
daughter, Mrs. Frank Pearson, Indi-
annapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
Gone, but Not Forgotten

AUTOMOBILES reported to police as
stolen belong to:
Burrell l. Alexander. 812 Hiatt street
Plymouth coupe, 1927 from New York
and Blake street.
Alvin Miller, haywood Ind Chevrolet
coach, from 1902 Kentucky avenue.
Capitol Ice and Fuel Company. 110l East
Forty-Sixth. street, Ford Coupe, 94-010.
from in front of 1928 North Illinois
street.
Carl H Boroughs POSI- North Delaware
street, Ford sport coupe, 98-210, from rear
of POSI- North Delaware street.
Floyd Walton, TIT West Michigan street.
Ford sedan model T, 39-259 from in front
of TIT West Michigan street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
Lyric Books Bio Movie

TIED NICHOLS of the Lyric an
l. nounces that what he considers
to be one of the outstanding movies
of the season will open Friday at
the Lyric.
The movie is Little Man, What
Now?" which was made from a re-
cent best seller. Frank Borzage di-
rected this Universal production.
The cast includes Margaret Sulli-
van, Douglass Montgomery, Mae
Marsh Alan Hale, Catherine
Doucet, Hedda Hopper, Muriel Kirk
land, George Meeker, FRITZ Ridge
way, formerly of this city, and
Fred Kohler.
The action of the entire story
takes place in Germany and con-
Germs the misfortunes of a pair of
newlyweds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
Senator DorreIl Dies

Funeral services will be held at
10 tomorrow for Thomas Dorrell, g.
former state senator who died Mon
day at his home near Stones Cross
ing.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs
Margaret Gregg Dorrell; two daugh-
tiers, Miss Elizabeth Dorrell and
Miss Lois Dorrell; two sisters, Mrs
Mrs. Sarah Umbarger, Franklin
and Mrs. Gena Repass, NobleSville
and four brothers, Daniel Dorrell
Greenwood; P. E. Dorrell, Indian
apolis; James Dorrell, Oak Grove
Mo-, and Robert Dorrell, Detroit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
43 GRADUATED FROM
HARRISON LAW SCHOOL
Frederick Lands Chief Speaker at
Commencement.

Frederick Lands Chief Speaker at
Commencement.
Forty-three graduates of the Ben
jamin Harrison law school received
bachelor of laws degrees Monday
night in commencement exercises
which attracted more than 200 stu
dents, alumni and friends of the
school to the Columbia Club.
Frederick Lands, LoganSport edi-
tor and Republican congressional
candidate, was the chief speaker.
William B. Fortney, acting dean,
presided. Scholarship awards went
to Bernard w. Schotters and Mary
lou c. Patterson. Joseph M. Howard,
president of the graduating class,
and Frederick A. Doebber, valedic-
torian, spoke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
DINNER SCHEDULED BY
WASHINGTON ALUMNI
DIR. David NJ. Edwards to Address
Group Friday.

DR.. David M. Edwards will be the
guest speaker at the annual dinner
of the alumni association of Wash
ington high school at $50 p. m. Fri
day in the school cafeteria.
The dinner will be followed by a
business meeting. Miss Marie
Mcleod, chairman of the nominat-
ing committee, will present the
names for election.
Music for the dance will be fur
nished by Harry Dickinson and his
orchestra.
The officers of the association are,
president, Robert Carlson; vice
president, Frank Yarbrough; secre-
tary. Ruth Walters, and treasurer,
Robert Hedge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
SOCIETY GETS CHARTER
Group Incorporates to Aid U. S. in
UnemnIoyment Work.

Incorporation articles have been
filed in the secretary of states office
for the National Suburban Home
stead Society of America.
The organizations chief purpose
is to aid the subsistence homestead
division of the federal government
in its work of relieving unemploy-
ment. Incorporators are S. Lewis
Mccormick, Edward G. Wakelam
and Bert Wilhelm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06

1.-THE Barretts, "
to stan d in g
room only at
each perform
ance.
Although she
could have sold
out again for
this play on the
final night of
her engagement
here, she elect
ed to remain
true to her idea
of repertory and
S h e pl ye d
"Candida" to a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06

far from capacity house.
In the remaining cities of her
present tour, Worcester, Boston,
Newark and Brooklyn, she will ap-
pear in "Barretts.'
She would have appeared here in
Romeo and Juliet" but it was a
physical impossibility to remove
"Barretts" from the stage in time
to erect her elaborate Romeo" sets.
New York has not yet seen her
Juliet, which will be one of her
chief roles when she opens her New
York season in October.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
On View Today

Indianapolis theaters. today offer:
such Women Are Dangerous" at
the Apollo; Hollywood Party" at
Loew's Palace; "Catharine the
Great" at the Lyric; 'Stingaree, ="
at the Circle. and burlesque az the
Mutual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
OHIO FINANCE COMPANY
NAMES NEW MANAGER

A. F. Mackay Takes Charge of In
dianapOliS Branch.
A. =. Mackay has been named In
dianapoliS branch manager of the
Ohio Finance Company, 400 Kahn
building. Mr.. Mackay has been as
ISOLATED with the concern ten years
and, prior to his appointment here,
was manager of the Akron branch.
He succeeds D. B. Reagan, who
has been transferred to the Cleve-
land office. Mr.. Mackay is married,
has one daughter and will live at
1929 Broadway. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by police
belong to:
C. j. Herbert, 1860 North Meridian
street, Buick sedan, found in front Of
SOB North Capitol avenue.
c: N. Nunamager, West Newton, Ind
Dodge sedan, found near Terre Haute
Ind. stripped.
Maria Downey and Alice Gurtner, 1921
College avenue, Chevrolet coupe, found al
200 South Meridian street.
Peerless Cleaners, Ford truck, found II
front of 1108 Fleming street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
LABOR LEAGUE PLANS
STRIKE RIOT PROTEST
Group to Sponsor Mass Meeting
Here Tonight.

A mass meeting to protest against
the alleged shooting of strikers by
state troops, police and privately
hired thugs" in several states, will
be held at Z tonight in Military
park, West and New York streets.
The meeting has been called by
the International Defense League.
Resolutions will be presented and
forwarded to the President and
Governors of states where violence
has been reported.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-06
MAY PROVES RECORD
MONTH FOR MARRIAGES

351 Licenses Issued, Highest in Last
Four Years.
Cherubic Dan Cupid beamed fond
ly on May, 1884, according to sta
tistics in the county marriage Ii
cenSe bureau.
There we're 351 licenses issued in
May, the highest number for any
May in the last four years. The
prospect for June looks brilliant for
a new marriage record with fifty
six licenses issued already.