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The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Rebuild America,' Slogan
OfU.S. S.Housing Campaign

The whole program, intended
not only to elevate living stan
dardS through better homes but
to revive the stagnant building
and allied trade industries, al
ready has been worked out on
paper.
Means Many Jobs
It now awaits approval Of
James A. Moffett, former Stan.
dard Oil official, appointed hous-
ing director by the President.
Mr.. Moffett, in New York quietly
mapping his plans, is expected
here tomorrow or Friday.
If the housing program goes
over, it is expected to put back
at work a majority Of the f.
10000 building and allied trades
workers now out Of jobs.
This industry has been harder
hit than any other by the de-
preston and revived less by
ERA and similar agencies.
Construction interests are ex-
pected to play a large part in
promoting the home building
through q nationwide selling"
C4upalSnS LI.LLI
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
To SOUND
LIBERTY BELL

PHILADELPHIA, July 4
G.N.S). - Philadelphia, where
American independence was born
158 years ago, commemorated the
occasion today in a series Of
solemn celebrations, topped by a
miracle Of science enabling Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, in far
off Little America, to ring the
Liberty Bell.
The official celebration began
at Old Christ Church, where
George washington and Benja-
min Franklin once worshipped.
There Mayor j. Hompton Moore
headed group of dignitaries at
tending commemorative services.
From the ancient church the
Mayor and his party were to pro-
ceed to independence Hall, where
representatives of the 13 colo
nies first proclaimed their free
dom from the British crown.
In distant Antarctica Admiral
Byrd was to send an electrical i'm
pulse through the ether, impelling
a rubber mallet in Philadelphia
to tap Americas precious relic,
the Liberty Bell.
The ringing of the bell will be
broadcast throughout the world
by short wave transmission and
will be heard by the man who
rings it and his band of explorers
in the frozen South Polar wastes.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Mrs. Hastings Buried, Kent
Steadfastly Denies Guilt

ROANOKE, Va, July 4.-With
authorities still attempting to
solve the mystery of her death.
Mrs. Mary Hastings. wealthy re-
sort operator, was buried here to-
day.
With the popping of firecrackers
heard in the distance, the body
of the woman who was shot to
death and hurled into the brush
in the wild Pennsylvania country
last week, was laid to rest in st.
Andrews Cemetery.
Continues Denial
Meanwhile, Mai. Robert C..
Kent, jr., member of a diStin-
guished Virginia family, continued
to deny that he had murdered the
woman.
Major Kent, who served on
General Pershing'S staff in France
during the World War, is held
under the Federal kidnapping
statute.
He admits driving Mrs Hast
ings to Washington a few days
before her lifeless body was
found, two pistol bullets through
the head, but claims that he left
her in front of the Willard Ho-
TEL
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
D. c. CHURCHES
JOIN FILM BAN

Alliance of the Washington
Federation of Churches, number
ing more than $4,000 Protestants
with the sweeping movement
started by the Catholic Church to
wipe out Objectionable motion pic.
lures was announced last night
following a parley in the office
of Wilbur LaRoe, executive direc-
tor of the Federation. -
The Protestant move will start
on the third Sunday in October
with sermons on the subject in all
churches and distribution of
pledges to boycott theaters show
ing Objectionable films.
Copies of the pledges distributed
to 10000 Washington Catholics
were displayed at the meeting by
Mrs. Harry Kirk, chairman of the
Legion Of Decency Committee of
the Washington Sodality Union.
Mrs. William o. Tufts, represent
ing Protestant women's organize
tions, said similar pledges will be
distributed to ProteStants.
Mrs. Louise Gutenberg, repre-
sentative of Jewish women's
groups, was unable to attend, but
a later parley will be called to
draft plans for a similar campaign
in Jewish groupS.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
PRESIDENTIAL 7
I AIDES On AIR

Col. Marvin H. Mcintyre and
Stephen T. Early, President Roose-
velt's two secretaries. are to have
their turn at radio broadcasting.
With the Chief Executive in
caribbean waters. the two White
House deans" will be interviewed
over a nationwide National
Broadcasting Company network
Friday at 10:30 p. m.
interviewing Colonel Mcintyre
will be George Holmes, chief of
the washington Bureau Of the
international News Service. Mar
tin Codel, Washington CORE
spondent, will interview Mr..
Early.
white House News" and 1.-THE
White House Day. will be dis
cussed. the presidential secreta-
Eies telling of big news events Of
the last year and describing a
Troutine day" with the President.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
D|LL|NGERA|DES
WIN STAY

MBUS, Ohio, July 4
ON.SO.-A special session of the
Ohio Supreme Court to hear the
death sentence appeals of Harry
Pierpont and Charles Makley,
Dillinger gangsters. now in death
row at Ohio State Penitentiary
awaiting execution for the muir
der of Allen County Sheriff Jess
Sarber, appeared almost a Ger
tainty today.
Pierpont and Makley won stays
of execution from death on July
13 last night when their attorneys
filed petitions in error with the
Ohio Supreme Court.
The supreme court is now in re-
cess for the summer and not
scheduled to meet until Septem'
ber. However, it is expected to
hold a recess session to pass on
the fate of Pierpont and Makley.
It was learned that the governor
might be persuaded to instruct
the supreme court to hold such
session if Prosecutor Ernest Bot
kin, of Allen county, requests it.
Attorneys Jessie Levy and Clar-
ence Miller, in filing the appeal,
cited 80 alleged errors in the
trial of the men in the Allen
County courts at Lima. They
cited the fact that Pierpont and
Makley were forced to sit before
their juries hand-cuffed and with
machine guns and revolvers
trained on them. It had been
feared at the time that Dillinger,
who had just broken out of the
Crown Point Qnd) jail, might
attempt to free them.
Pierpont, Makley and another
Dillinger aide, Russell Clark, were
convicted of killing Sheriff Sar-
ber during raid on the Allen
County jail last october IL when
they aided Dillinger to break
from the lookup. Sheriff Sarber
was shot down and clubbed as
he lay dying on the floor.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04

In the county Jail here, where
he was removed from Fincastle
after lynch threats had been
made, Major Kent continued to
protest against treatment &C.
corded him.
He claimed he was beaten and
given the third degree" in an
effort to make him confess, and
that the food given him is not
fit to eat.
kilograms A Clue
His wife. Mrs. Theresa Kent,
visited him in the jail yesterday,
bringing him food, and an
nounced that she will stand by
him.
County authorities and Depart
ment of Justice agents who are
working on the case are attempt
ing to learn the identity of the
person who sent two kilograms
from Washington the day before
Mrs. Hastings body was found.
These kilograms stated she was
going on a long trip and directed
that Major Kent take over the
manag lment Of the Blue Ridge
Mountain resort she operated and
which he had formerly managed.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
MISS LOMBARD.
DENIED CRUISE

HOLLYWOOD, CAL, July 4
G.N.SO .-Filmland was excited to
learn today that Carole Lombard
almost sailed on one Of the IL
racing yachts that leave Los An.
geles harbor at noon in an effort
to cut down the speed record for
this type of craft between here
and Honolulu.
For several days, it is revealed,
the blonde Paramount star has
been trying to get the studio to
let her make the trip on the
yacht Manuiwa, entry of Harold
Dillingham;, ealthy Honolulu
sportsman. All her entreaties fell
on deaf ears, however, and Carole
loses the chance of being the first
movie star to enter the race.
If permission had been given,
the actress would have had to
sign as one of the "ManuiWa'S"
crew, which already consists Of
Lieut.. Pete Harrison, U. S. NJ, re-
tired, and Duke Kahanamoku,
famous Hawaiian swimmer.
The Dillingham; yacht is given
q good chance to win as it set a
record on the WestEast trip just
completed.
Last years race was won by the
boat of William SlavenS McNutt,
the author, with Mrs. McNutt on
board.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
tBing' Crosby Sued
, For 81, 900 By Doctor

LOS ANGELES, July 4.-Harry
"Bing" crosby, radio crooner, and
his pretty wife. Dixie Lee. were
named defendants in suits filed
here yesterday by DR.. E. E. Pa.
sette, who charges that the couple
neglected to pay a $1,000 fee for
the care Of their infant son, Gary.
Another famous Hollywood
couple we're also named in q suit
here yesterday. They were Pat
O'Brien and his wife, Eloise Tay-
lor OBrien. It was charged they
owed their landlady $520.97 for
damage to household furnishings.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
BY Universal Service

A gigantic advertising and
propaganda campaign rivalling
the drive which presented NRA
to the nation is being planned
for the Administrations housing
plan.
Famous publicists, press agents,
artists, cartoonists and speakers
will be called in for a high pres
sure drive under the slogan Of
Rebuild America!"
Rival Emblem
There will be other slogans and
an emblem rivaling the NRA Blue
Eagle will be devised to show the
houses being built or rebuilt under
the program which provides Federal
guarantee Of more than a billion
dollars in mortgages and loans up
to $4,000 each for repairs.
BillboardS will dot the road
sides urging repair and construc-
ton of homes under Federal aid,
newspapers will be crowded with
advertising and in every village
there will be speakers to tell the
people how to take advantage Of
the plan.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
j. s. DICTATOR
IMPOSSIBLE"

NEW YORK, July 4 G.N.s).
A dictatorship is impossible un-
der the American system of gov
ernment, Senator Royal S. Cope
land CD, of New York, said in
an address at Tammany Halls
annual Fourth Of July celebra-
ton here today. He said:
1--WE have 48 States, each
with its own army: 4S COM
manders-in-chief: each State in
its own field Independent Of
all the rest and the Federal
Government; sovereign and
supreme power in the people"
He urged that the full force"
of the Society of Tammany be
placed behind the President, the
governor, Congress and the legis-
lature.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Secy. Wallace
Wakedon Train
Subpoena

Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace dozed peacefully in his
lower berth No. Z, of Car No. 10,
of the Pennsylvania railroad
train carrying him to Chautau-
qua, N. Y, where he will deliver
an address today.
He had retired, but at 1875 p.
M, when the engine chugged into
Odenton, Md, Secretary of Agri-
culture Wallace had a rude awak-
ening.
United States Deputy Marshal
E. Norris Becker, Deputy Sheriff
B. Hannigan and Charles G.
Page, an attorney, wanted to
serve him in the suit of the Royal
Farms Dairy, of Baltimore, which
is suing to prevent the AAA from
investigating it's books.
Mr.. Becker pulled aside the cur
tains from lower Z and tossed in a
subpoena, at the same time say
ing:
Secretary Wallace, I'm serv.
ing you with these papers,"
Previously, Federal Judge ].
Calvin Chestnut had ruled in Bal
timore that Mr.. Wallace could be
served-but that he must be per-
Sonally served in Maryland.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Money Worries
Seen in CZer1cs
Departure

Financial burdens are be.
lieved to have led the Rev.
Joseph A. McCambridge, pastor
Of the Pentecostal Church, and
widely known to radio audiences,
to leave his home in the 140O
block of s st. ". w. He has
been missing since Thursday
and police said today there were
no clues to his whereabouts.
The pastors wife, Mrs. Anna
McCambridge, and their three
children, face possible eviction
from their home.
The Rev. Mr.. McCambridge
had borrowed $500 to pay on
the house and the money was
in his pocket when he dis
appeared.
Last Sunday the eldest son of
Mr.. McCambridge, John, 16,
took the pulpit at his fathers
church and told the congrega.
ton that neither he nor his
mother could explain the dis
appearance. except to say that
Mr.. McCambridge was worried
over money matters,
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
to six couples at Rockville yes
terday. They are Wallace Shellie
Marshall, 81 of Quantico, Va,
and Madeline Gaine, of Fred
ricksburg, Va; Frank v. ziobro,
80, of Washington, and Thelma
M. Lusby, 20, of Solomon's Island,
Md; Leonard Hecht Cohan, 81,
and CeleSti Brown Hamlin, 18,
both Of Baltimore; Olen D. Phil
pot, 81, of Washington, and Lucy
e. Earheart, q, of Richmond,
Va; Harold Elgar Thomas, %,
and Mary Virginia Bacon, 18.
both Of Sandy Spring, Md, and
Herxchel A. Hunter. 40, and Ann
B. Dock. 40, both Of Washington,
D. c. . :... L,.,4u.I.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Weather Uncertain;
.Str1t' Hon Waits

RAPID CITY, S. D., July 4
Q.N.S0.-Capt. A. w. Stevens
and Major William E. Kepner
studied maps and tables today as
they awaited weather reports that
will send them into the strato-
sphere in attempt to attain a new
altitude record. Warning today
that weather conditions are "un-
certain" again made their take
off indefinite.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
BOULDER DAM
JOB SPEEDED
Nv International News Service

BY International News Service
Partially due to a PWA allot-
ment of 80 million dollars, con-
struction work on Boulder Dam is
two years ahead Of its schedule,
according to Public Works Ad-
miniStrator Ickes.
This advance construction will
bring revenue from the sale of
electric current at an earlier date
than anticipated, Secretary Ickes
said.
To date about one-half Of the
total of 100000 cubic yards of
mass concrete is in place. The
tentative program calls for COM
pletion of this work by August,
1887. If present progress con-
tinues, it will be completed by
May, 1885, Ickes said.
It appears now that storage Of
water in the Boulder Dam reSer-
voir will start the latter part Of
this summer. This work also is
approximately two years ahead of
schedule.
At present there are 5000 per-
sons employed in construction of
the dam. These men are about
one-third Of the number of persons
receiving direct employment bene-
fits from the project, according to
Secretary IckeS. He estimated
that 10000 additional men are at
work in steel mills, cement mills,
factories and shops on machinery
contracts for the dam.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
to Open
Men, Council Rooms

ANNAPOLIS, July 4.-This city
prepared to open its new City
Council chambers, in the old City
Hall building, today. Declared
the most pretentious in the State.
the chamber is within the walls
where George washington was en-
tertained at dinner on December
20, 1888. Started by CWA labor,
the project was abandoned when
about so per cent completed when
the emergency program was con-
cluded. It has been finished by
CITY funds.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Rail Line Protests
Cancelled, Case Off

DENTON, Md. July ,4.-Hear-
ing on the petition of the Mary
land ard Delaware Seacoast rail-
road to abandon it's freight line
from Dentt II to Lewes Del, has
been cancelled, as 80 protests
against the proposed abandon
ment have been withdrawn. The
Pennsylvania railroad had filed
petition with the Interstate Conn
merce Commission to buy and
operate the part of the line be-
tween West Denton and Denton
and that running between Ellen
dale and Milton, in Delaware, it
was said.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Murder Case Ends:
Prisoner Set Free

NEVADA, Mo-, July 4 U.S0.
The trial of Virgil ('BlackieD Wells,
an ex-convict. charged with first
degree murder in connection with
the mysterious death Of Mrs. E.
Pearl Dancey. 26-year-old poetess,
ended suddenly late yesterday
when Judge John Schmook up
held q defense demurrer, freeing
the defendant. The court said
the State had presented no evi.
dence to form . basis for . first
degree murder charge.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
CAMPAIGN G|F 7
+ HAS WEST OK.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 4
N.N.s0. Representative Charles
West, candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for United
States Senator, today issued a
Fourth of July statement IN
which he expressed himself as
nndisturbed over the fact that
w. A. Julian, United States
Treasurer, had made a "sizable"
contribution to the campaign
fund of Governor George White,
one of Mr.. Vests opponents.
He said, however, that he be-
lieved the significance attached
to the gift was "unwarranted."
After Mr.. Julian made the pre-
sentation of a check, it was re-
ported that he had decided to
back the candidacy Of Mr.. White
in the race against Mr.. West and
Vic Donahey, the later the third
candidate for tn Democratic sena-
torial nomination. -.
In his statement, Mr.. West
declared:
"The news In reference to
the contribution of Mr.. Julian,
National Democratic Committee
man from Ohio, to the cam
paign fund Of another sena-
tOrial candidate, is not at all
disturbing to me.
Feeling assured Of Mr..
Julian's personal and political
regard for me, some inferences
already drawn from this con-
tributiOn are entirely Unwar.
ranted."
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Teachers Get Pay
After Iona DeL0u

FREDERICK, Nd, July 4.
Salaries of county public school
teachers for May have been paid
by the board of education. Lack
Of county funds had held up the
checks for several weeks. Tax
receipts for the past three
months have been far below ex-
pectations, making it impossible
for county officials to meet OBJ
legations.
Plans are being made to
change discount and interest
rates and periods to insure ear
lier payment of taxes.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
SOVIET MAKES BUTTER

ODESSA, June % Q.N.S0.-The
big butter and egg men Of the
world will have something to shoot
at when a new, hundred per cent
mechanical, butter factory opens
in the Bolsheviskov district near
here soon. It will produce 2,200,'
600 pounds Of butter a day. Strict
", there won't be any eggs, but
there will be 10000 pounds Of
cheese daily instead -
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
CiUitQHaS to Attend
Meet at Ann0DOLiS

The washington Civitan Club
has been invited to attend q dis.
trict convention at Annapolis later
this month, it was announced at .
meeting of the organization in
the Hamilton Hotel yesterday.
Col. M. L. Townsend, retiring
international Civitan president,
told the club of gains in the or
ganization and predicted a wide
expansion Of Civitan activities
with the return of prosperity.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Ad Club Plans Drive
To PubLicize D. e.,

The Advertising Club Of Wash
ington and the Board of Trade
will cooperate in a drive to ad-
vertise Washington next fall, it
was announced yesterday by Nor
man c. Kal, president of the Ad-
vertising Club.
The announcement followed a
meeting at which the entire Board
Of Trades National Capital Com
mittee was elected to membership
in the, Advertising Club.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Lehman Pipe Costs
Too Manu- Matches

ALBANY, July 4.-Governor
Herbert H. Lehman smoked a
pipe today for the first time in
10 years. He didn't seem to care
for it, however, and after using
up a full box of matches he
gave up the attempt to keep the
pipe lit and went back to
cigars.
The Governor, a constant pipe
user in his youth, gave up
smoking entirely for a time last
year at the request of Mrs. Leh-
man,
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
2 COIOred Robbers
Hold UD Taxi DriUer

After asking Robert Hudnell,
taxicab driver, 1400 block Twelfth
st. N. w., to drive them to two
northeast addresses, where they
kept him waiting, two colored men
last night held him up after ask
ing him to drive to Third and F
Streets Southeast. They robbed
Mr.. Hudnell of 50 on the New Jer-
Sey Avenue viaduct at pistol point.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
POISON SPIDERS FOUND

PENDLETON, Ore, June %
G.N.S).-Black widow spiders
apparently have made their home
in this section for some time. al
though residents didn't know their
correct name until one was placed
on display recently. Henty
Theraldson found twelve Of the
deadly poisonous spiders under
his home here.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
DR.. A. OIUen Penny
i Heads CIlirODOdistS

CORAL GABLES, Fla, July 4.
Closing its 1884 convention here
yesterday, the National ASsocia-
ton Of Chiropodists elected DR..
"A. Owen Penny, Of Washington,
D. c., president. The association
also selected Louisville, KY, for.
the 1885 convention.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
Capital RlI71Ors Haze
Johnson UL A0Qin

Official Washington is again
whispering about the health Of
Brig. Gen. Hugh S. johnson.
Reports that all may not be
well with the recovery chieftain
have cropped up again, following
the news that he has gone to
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, to rest
for the holiday.
The Washington times., 1934-07-04
MILL INVENToRlED

> MARTINSBURG. w. Va, July
g (SpeciaD The interviewer
Mills here. employing nearly 1000
workers, closed down today and
win remain closed for a week
while an inventory is being taken.
Evening star., 1934-12-13
PAYNE RENAMED
RED CROSS LEADER
Reappointed for Fourteenth
Termby President-0ther
Officers Are Chosen.

Judge John Barton Payne today be-
gan his fourteenth year as chairman
of the American Red Cross.
His reappointment by President
Roosevelt was announced late yester-
day coincident with the annual meet
ings Of the organizations Central
Committee, Board of Incorporators
and chapter delegates.
Gen. Charles P Summerall, u s. A.,
retired, former chief of staff Of the
Army and chairman of the Red Cross
chapter at Charleston. S. c., was
elected to the Board Of Incorporators
to fill the vacancy created by the
death of Louis A. Pradt of Wausau,
Wis, one Of the original incorporates
when the Red Cross was reorganized
in 1905 Judge John Bassett Moore
OF New York presided at the meeting.
President Roosevelt also appointed
five members of the central commit
tee to represent the Government.
They are Thomas Jefferson Coolidge,
Undersecretary, to represent the
Treasury Department: William Phil
lips, Undersecretary. to represent the
State Department.; Maj. Gen. Robert
U. Patterson, surgeon general of the
Army, to represent the War Depart
ment; James Crawford Biggs, solicitor
general. to represent the Justice De-
partment, and Rear Admiral Perceval
S. Rossiter, surgeon general of the
Evening star., 1934-12-13

AyO Sugar Peas. ...... No. can 17c
ASCO Corn Gall varieties) q No. 2 cans 29c
Farmdale Tender Peas :. No. can 15c
Evening star., 1934-12-13
EDISON COMPANY
/ FILES RATE BRIEF
Claims 7 Per Cent Is Mini
mum Earning-cites Fear
of Government Plants.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December 13.-Seven
per cent Is "the minimum return"
which the Potomac Edison Co. can
earn in order to prevent flight
of capital" and to permit financing
on reasonable terms. the Public Serv-
ice Commission was told yesterday
in a brief filed by counsel for the
company.
According to the company's brief,
the difficulties of public utility financ-
ing have been enhanced by threats"
of Government competition and mu-
nicipal competition and also by the
uncertainty as to possible imitation" !"
A brief also was filed by Peoples
Counsel Herman Moser and Lewis
M Wilson, solicitor for the city of
Cumberland, which intervened in the
case, and which has already taken
the initial step to build its own elec-
tric light and power plant.
This brief contended that the COM
pany could issue bonds today on q
more favorable basis than S per cent
and that "a per cent return on
common stock, in view of the stabil-
ity Of the earnings of the company
and its good credit, are sufficient and
adequate"
Evening star., 1934-12-13
Navy, to represent the Navy Depart

Navy, to represent the Navy Depart
ment.
Other members elected to the CEN
trail committee, confirming recon-
mendations of the annual conven-
tion last April. included Cornelius N
Bliss of New York and Eliot Wads-
worth of Boston, representing the
board of incorporators; William For
tune Of Indianapolis and Samuel
Knight of San Francisco.
Elected trustees of the endowment
fund were Henry P. Dawson of New
York. William D. Hoover of Washing
ton and Felix M. Warburg of New
York.