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The Washington times., 1934-04-19
Legion Post Pleads
For DC. War Orphans

The House today was urged by
the Vincent B. Costello post of
the American Legion to appro-
pirate $500 for the education
Of the Districts war orphans.
In a letter to Representative
Mary T. Norton (D.) of New
Jersey, chairman of the House
District Committee, Byron G..
Karson, adjutant Of the post,
asked her aid in getting the bill
cut Of the District committee
and through the House.
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
College Exhibits
HUHld-BOuv1d Books

A collection Of extraordinary
works in book binding by hand is
on display this week at the Wilson
Teachers College, Eleventh and
Harvard st. N. w. Books bound
by Marian U. M. Lane, noted hand
leather worker, feature the ex-
hibit. A hand-bound dictionary.
one-half inch wide and three
quarters inch high, is being ex.
hibited.
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
Weapon Br0ndisher
GiUen 6-MOnth Term

Thomas w. Smith, of Millers-
vile, Nd, was given a six-month
sentence in the Maryland house
Of correction by Judge Waldo
Green in HyattSville police court
yesterday after he had pleaded
guilty to a charge Of assault with
a dangerous weapon on three
women last April 8,
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
Board of Commissioners

The Commissioners did not meet board.
Commissioner Allen declined to comment charges he
had double crossed park officials the Public Works
Administration loan bill. (story on this page.)
Work begun legislation to combine the offices of
Peoples Counsel and General Counsel to the Public Uti
ties Commission. (Story on this page.)
Commissioners receive petitions from downtown mer
chants protesting the parking ban certain streets in the
congested area (Story on this page.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
EUdns, LOlUry Resign
Government Posts

Two Administration officials
resigned yesterday to accept po.
ations as vice presidents with
the Maryland Casualty Company
Of Baltimore. They were Silliman
Evans, Fourth Assistant PostmaS-
ter General, and E. G. Lowry, jr.,
counsel and member of the Fed
eral Alcohol Control Administra.
ton.
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
True TO
Type
Pinchpenny Pikers
Have Billions
to Spend
BY GILBERT SELDES

The frowsy, frightened small
time hucksters who run a
great part Of this country are
taking pride in the fact that
the recovery program isn't
costing q third of the esti-
mates. Still thinking in small
figures, they say "a penny
saved is q penny earned" And
this used to be a billionaire's
country. At least, we used to
talk in billions.
The New Pikers are trying
to carve q headStone for Amer
lea: Here lie the Americans,
done to death because they
were afraid to spend money"
That's pretty fine for "the most
extravagant and waSteful peo-
pie on earth"
It is especially fine for the
people who responded so gaily
every time their brokers called
for more margin, to hold stocks
about which they knew moth
ing whatever. All they've got
to hold now is the producing
capacity Of the entire country,
and they can't quite bring
themselves to put up a few
billion.
Pocket Paralysis
p Ino,,n ~ood n ~o,,,,oI.o~ - ~,-
plantations of the failure of the
Federal and State governments
to spend money. I have moth.
ing against the obstinate
prejudice Of Secretary Ickes,
who, apparently, wants the
money to be spent honestly.
Why not? But I am pretty
sure that the paralysis Of the
spending nerve is pretty deep
rooted disease. It ruined the
Hoover Administration and
there's no proof that it will not
weaken the present one. We're
terrified of spending.
The minute an appropriation
bill is passed somebody draws a
cartoon showing that the poor
taxpayer will have to pay the
bill in the end. No one draws
a cartoon showing that the de-
preston is costing us about
10000 millions a year and that
we can stop the loss and re-
cover some of our vanished
wealth If we invest five billions
quickly.
If I remember correctly, the
President figured that the total
cost Of beating the depression,
by 1886, would be about 35 bill
lions. About as much as we
lose each year by not being at
work.
Eyedropper Printing
The thrift hounds are worse
than the economists, because
they have lofty moral tone for
their utterances. They have so
many wise saws and adages
about the cat and the squirrel
and Ben Franklin's cracks; and
they probably cannot name a
successful enterprise which did
not get going on borrowed
money and stay ahead because
1t spent money freely at the
right time.
I would hardly blame timid
private citizen for being thrifty,
but our Government is elected
to do the things we don't dare
to do. Ut tried to enforce pro-
hibition, didn't it?) We haven't
the courage to spend money, but
that is no reason why our legis-
1atorS should hesitate.
All the boys are hanging
around the pump, dribbling in
half a cupful of water to prime
it, then waiting half. an hour
before they risk putting in
another trickle. What the pump
needs for printing is a couple
Of buckets Of water sloshed in
with q free hand. There's
plenty Of water at the bottom
Of the. well to pay back for the
printing.
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
Alexandria Lions
To Hear Randolph

Representative Jennings Ran
dolph of West Virginia will speak
at the first anniversary celebra-
tion of the Alexandria Lions Club
to be held in the George Mason
Hotel at 1880 o'clock tonight.
Lions from nearby cities and
heads Of civic organizations Will be
guests at the affair, which will in.
clude a floor show.
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
PrOfteering Seen
In Navy Plane Bids
International News Service


Conflicting reports on excessive
profits and collision by aircraft
manufacturers through Navy
contracts were presented to the
House Naval Affairs Commit
tee today. One report, absolving
the manufacturers from these
charges, was presented by a sub
committee which spent a month
investigating Navy aircraft pur-
chases. Another report was Of
fered by Representative McFar-
lane CD of Texas, who charged
leading airplane and engine man
ufacturers with making enor-
nous profits out of the Navy
Departments purchases.
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
House


The House District Committee did not meet.
Appropriation Of $4,000 for education of orphans
urged by Vincent B. Costello Post of the American Legion
(Story this page)
District Commissioners turn thumbs down on civil air.
port at Gravely Point declaring other projects vital
to District (Story this page.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
LEBANON CEDARS MEET

Grand Tall Cedar j. Fred
Huber, of Capitol Forest No. 1O4.
Tall Cedars of Lebanon, has
called an important meeting of
the executive committee for to-
night at the Raleigh Hotel.
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
District LO6
ON WASHINGTON

daily of all action in the House and Senate
dealing SOLELY uh the District of Columbia and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners
The Washington times., 1934-04-19
Senate

The Senate District Committee did not meet.
Plans to hold joint House and Senate District Committee
hearings the bill to authorize the District to borrow
$2O00000O from the PWA for construction under way
today. (Story this page.)
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
Gruesome Wynekoop Evidence Presented
Fate of Liquor Control
System for District
Up to Senate

Within few hours the Senate is expected vote the
alcoholic beverages control bill for the District
The Senate when the time for voting comes will be
fronted with choice between systems for the of
reaction have concentrated upon the Government dpensry
system of distribution while those who believe in temperance
preservation of the Governments integrity and acceptance of
the overwhelming will of people stand sody behind the
licensing system.
The choice between these systems should not be difficult
for any Senator
Where the ds1ensary system has been tried it has led to
CORRUPTION, GRAFT AND WHOLESALE DRINKING.
Such system literally compes to take quart when
he wants only
AS opposed to this system with all of its attendant evils
the Senate has the choice of the license pan vigorously
srictng the handling Of liquor persons good repue in
proper surroundings.
That system has the approval of public of
of the District Commissioners the Of Represen
aves and the Senate Committee the District of Coum
bia.
1t will eliminate the speakeasy and the bootlegger
1t will bar the od-fashioned and evil saloon
It will reduce the chance of official corruption to minimum
That the system for which majority of residents
would undoubtedly vote they not stripped of the
suffrage.
It to the Senate to make the choice for people,
We look forward to that choice with confidence.
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
AIDS
PEANUT MAN

A Washington landmark and
tradition has been preserved by
the RooseveltS.
"Steve" Vasilakos is safe.
For 20 years, first as a lad and
now as a grey haired man, Steve"
has maintained a peanut roaster
on East Executive Avenue. He
has sold peanuts to Presidents and
potentates, and still remained the
same old "Steve" with a greeting
for every passer-by.
Recently the Chamber of Com
merce decided "Steve" was traf-
fic menace. He must go, they de-
clared.
Mrs. Roosevelt heard Of
"Steve's" impending fate and
wrote a note to another "Steve," i"
the Presidents press representa-
tive, Stephen Early.
She begged Early to "do some
thing"-anythng to save the pea
nut roaster. Early, it is said, took
steps and discovered that the
President had been ahead Of Mrs.
Roosevelt. He had appealed, Early
found to Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
Superintendent of Police, and
"Steve" and his peanut roaster
were safe.
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
By International News Service


Air mail files held in the office
of former Assistant Postmaster
General w. Irving Glover have dis
appeared mysteriously, according
to testimony presented today be-
fore the Black Senate Investigate
ing Committee.
Post Office Inspector J. J. Doran
presented to the committee d large
stack of empty folders from which
all the files dealing with air mail
contracts had disappeared.
This sensational development
followed earlier revelations by the
committee that Brown burned his
air mail correspondence before he
left office and while the air mail
investigation was pending.
Glover Summoned
At the request of Senator Austin
CR0 of Vermont, the committee
summoned Glover as a witness.
Doran said he located the empty
folders in an unused cabinet in
the Post Office Department.
R. L. Johns, clerk to Glover,
said Glover disposed of the cor
respondence" in January or Febru-
ary, 1888. He added:
"The correspondence was ex-
amined by Glover and he told
me to dispose of it. had it
gathered up in bags. I sup
pose the two messengers that
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
FIGHT OPENS
|NSENATEON
RUM BILL
Private License Plan Sure
of Passage as Debate
Gets Under Way

Opening the Senate debate on
the District liquor bill shortly
after that body met today, Sena
tor Robert r. Reynolds, CD OF
North Carolina attacked the pro
hibition speech made yesterday by
Senator Morris Sheppard DO OF
Texas.
The North Carolinian asserted
that repealists are interested in
only two things-the return OF
temperance and the collection OF
taxes on a product which has
gone untaxed for 13 years.
Senator Reynolds said the pro-
hibition issue has been cast aside
81 the viii j. Of the American
nsople at the olss during the
peSS Turyning yana' directly Is Is t1e District
Nuuor bill, which as reported by
He committee carries the private
licensing system, Senator Reynolds
Said:
eve have aimed as far as pos
efble in this bill to return to the
people Of the District Of COlum-
bia some sembIance Of SObriety,
some air of temperance.
''It is a matter Of great i'm
pOrtance because we have en-
ileavored to give to the people
of the Capital a bill that will
serve as a model.
Heretofore, it has been the
cute thing, the adventurous
thing, the fashionable thing, to
violate the law, not only here
but everywhere. Liquor has not
been out where people can
see it.
s'It is our idea, or rather it is
my opinion, that the more in
the open that wOuld-be pur-
Chasers of liquor and beer are,
the less of it that will be drunk"
AS reported by the committee,
the bill calls for the sale of liquor
through the private license sys
tenn, but Senator Arthur Capper
(R.) Of Kansas yesterday filed
with the Senate a suspensary plan
calling for the dispensary system
He said he will ask for vote
on that proposition when the Sen
ate begins reading the bill for
amendments.
Defeat Is Predicted
It is generally predicted that
Senator Capper's proposal will
be defeated, and the committee
bill providing for the sale of liquor
by private license, adopted.
Corporation Counsel William
W. Bride, who wrote the bill, to-
day was given the permission to
sit on the floor of the Senate
next to Senator Reynolds to give
the latter advice on any points
Of the measure about which he
may be questioned, or to aid the
North Carolinian in explaining
certain amendments which the
committee inserted.
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
WILL ROGERS Says:

SANTA MONICA, Cal. jan 1.-THE papers got all
cited Roosevelt's request for 6O-cent dollar
Well the dollars been around 60 cents for months but
just love to find something to get excited
The worst thing about the whole mess is that
going to have to listen to all the old arguments all
over again It's good argument for us dumb ones to stay
out of. So sic m, Tige. May the loudest man win!
going to get onto hot Did you know
that Greta Garbo prowng around the Arizona DESERT
under the of Jones, with "furrner" going by
the of Brown. I'll have to get this desert mystery
settled before can take up the gold question
by syndica
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
Glover's Airmail Records
Mysteriously Missing

assisted me were told to burn
the correspondence"
FILES CLEANED OUT
Johns said there was a large
amount of the correspondence.
Under severe grilling by Black
Johns said that in all "about
twelve drawers full of correspond
ence were destroyed" There were
about six sacks, he said:
Senator Black CDO of Ala
bama asked:
did Glover tear up any of
this correspondence before he
turned it over to yOu?"
"He may have torn up some
of it,"
did you leave a single paper
in the fiIeS?"
"NOt to my knowledge"
Johns insisted that the files
were personal and confidential,
although bearing directly on the
air mail contracts.
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
ROSENBLAT7
PROBESPAY
OFSTARS.
Film Code Administrator
Headed for Hollywood; Gives
Exclusive Interview
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Some time Friday a mild man
liant young lawyer will leave
Washington on the first stage of a
journey to Hollywood that will
write new and momentous page
in the history of the motion pic
ture industry.
Meet Sol A. Rosenblatt, the new
Pooh-Bah of the amusement world.
BY the grace of the National Re
covery Administration he is known
officially as division Administra-
tor, first aide to General johnson
and directly in charge of Uncle
Sans codes which will govern the
movies and the organized theater
Only 80 Years Old
Six months ago Administrator
Rosenblatt was a smart, young
lawyer-he is 33-in the office
of Nathan Burkan, Of New York
city. A comparatively obscure
figure outside the realm of Black
stone and the world of briefs and
affidavits.
Today the fierce light Of ma
tional publicity beats on his every
act. He is the most powerful,
feared and respected individual
concerned with the business Of en-
tertaining the nations millions.
For six months he has lived,
nreathed, talked and slept with
the motion picture industry and
the legitimate stage, their prob
elms past and present, their
future under NRA guidance.
Stops Off in New York
For an hour last night I had
the privilege of an intimate talk
with Division Administrator
(Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
BL0.O6TA|NED
GARMENTS
SHOWN
"Iron Woman" Composed as
Prosecutor MarShaIS
Damning Evidence
By DOROTHY DUCAS

CHICAGO, Jan. II G.N.S0
Gruesome details of Rheta Gard
ner Wynekoop'S death were de-
scribed for the second time by
police officer at the trial today
of DR.. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop,
for her daughter-in-law's murder.
The bloodstained sheets, pill
low, blanket, Rheta's undergar-
ments, the towel close to her
dead mouth, the gun glistenlng
in the electric light above her
head-all these were gone over
again in sing-song recital.
Police Quizzed
Police officer Walter Kelly, the
States first witness after the
crosssexamination of Police Of
ficer Arthur r. March, .UaSs
closely questioned as to the blood
spots, the wound, the position Of
the girls body.
The elderly woman doctor,
whose health is precarious,
seemed unaffected, although yes
terday she collapsed in court
when the objects about which
the witness spoke were brought
in. They were there today, too,
piled at one side of the court
room, but DR.. Wynekoop had a
grip on herself and did not even
glance at them.
Defendant Weak
DR.. Wynekoop seemed very
weak, as she sat back in her chair
and watched, heavy-lidded, while
the jurors filed in. Her brother
and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Lindsay, were sitting behind her
in court for the first time.
DR.. Wynekoop said she 'felt ter
rible" today, having wakened with
a splitting headache and fever,
adding:
"But don't let the way I feel
interfere with the trial. Go
ahead with anything you want
to do"
The session began with the
crosS-examination of police officer
Arthur R. March, regarding the
photograph of the doctors office,
which was introduced in evidence
yesterday. Milton D. Smith, OF
defense counsel, elected the ad,
mission that March was not pres
ent when the picture was taken a
week after the crime.
Room Orderly
The picture shows the room
in order, while the defense con
tends there were signs of dis
turbance in several parts Of the
room on the night Rheta's life
less form was discovered on hel
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
HITS
At LAWYERS
BY international News servic,


AS a matter of principle, Presi-
dent Roosevelt disapproves of per-
sons holding important party
office practicing law before Gov
ernment departments, he said in
reply to a question today at his
press conference.
No names were mentioned, but
the statement obviously had ref
erence to several Democratic ma
tional committeeman and other
party officials who, since the
change of administrations, have
come to Washington and engaged
in law practice.
Several national committeeman
resigned their posts before COM
ing here, or soon thereafter, in
order to avoid the appearance OF
combining their party position
with their law practice. Among
those who resigned were j. Bruce
Kremer, Of Montana, and ex-
Gov. Ma: Gardner, Of North
Carolina.
Robert Jackson, secretary to
the national committee, has a
law office in the Capital. One
of his associates was recently
banned from the PWA by Admin
istrator Harold L. Ickes, who
pronounced him persona non
grata,
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
NeW Anthracite Code
NOw Being Drafted

Anthracite operators and Off
cials of the United Mine Work
ers of America were working
today on a new draft Of labor
provisions for the proposed code
for the industry. Deputy Admin
istrator William H. Davis said
Substantial agreement" had been
reached on a maximum 4O-hour
week and that "both sides had
accepted" his suggestion for the
appointment of a fuel and energy
board to recommend methods for
aiding jobleSs miners.
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
Pollard En- Route
To DC. Appeals Job

RICHMOND, Jan. II GNSO.
Former Gov. John Garland Pol
lard, who has turned over the
reins of the State government to
his gubernatorial successor, George
c. Peery, left for washington late
today to take over his new post
as chairman Of the Federal Board
of Veterans Appeals. Pollard will
assume office tomorrow. He is
former member of the Federal
Trade Commission.
The Washington times., 1934-01-17

"I paid her the money because
1 didn't want her suing me for
breach of promise and hurting
my standing in my community"
Taking the witness stand in his
suit to recover $4,000 he paid to
Miss Maude Stogner Of Charlotte,
N. c., Edward D. Shriner, Jr,
wealthy young Frederick, Md,
business man, so admitted today
on direct examination.
Trial of the sensational case
opened yesterday at Rockville,
after Shriner had asked a removal
from the circuit court at Frederick
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
.BROUN, EX-W|FE
WE'D To WORK

NEW YORK, Jan. II U.N.S)-
Divorced in Mexico two months
ago, Haywood Broun, author and
newspaper columniSt, and Ruth
Hale, president of the Lucy Stone
League, nevertheless will continue
their literary partnership, they
said today. Confirming the divorce
report, Miss Hale said she would
remain in New York until two
books and play she and her for
mer husband are writing are fin
iShed,
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
Shriner Tells of Payment
To Escape Love Balm Suit

on the ground he could not obtain
fair trial there.
Asked $4,000, He Says
After detailing his meeting with
Miss Stogner and their trystS,
Shriner said:
"She first asked me for $50, 900
and later said she would take
$4,000, 60 to Europe and live
quietly and the whole matter
would be dropped"
When they were driving to Fred
erick to make the settlement, she
threatened to kill him, he charged.
and grabbed the wheel of the car
to force it off the road.
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
Dollar Off Slightly
On PrOfit-TakinQ

NEW YORK, Jan. II GNSO.
Foreign speculative profit-taking
following yesterdays sweeping ad-
vance brought a slight recession
in the dollar rate today in terms
of other foreign currencieS. In
terms of the French franc, the
dollar ruled fairly steady at 62.18
cents against 62.48 cents yeSter-
day. British pounds sterling
gained "a of a cent at $5.O8h.
The Washington times., 1934-01-17
Newspaper Censored
For Pu-Yi Reports

OSAKA, Japan, Jan. II QN.S0
Police today seized 100000 copies
of the popular independent news
paper Mainichi Shimbun for VIC
lating the press censorship on
news pertaining to the forth
coming coronation Of Henry Pu-
vi as emperor Of Manchukuo.
The paper said:
''The change about to take
place will come from God, and
not the people. A ruler should
not be guided by the peoples
will"