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The Washington times., 1934-01-02
SMITH TURNS
HIS GUNS ON
TUGWELL
Food and Drug Bill Goes Far
Beyond Amending Present
Laws, He Declares

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 GN.S0.
Alfred E. Smith takes a rap at
Rexford G. Tugwell, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture and mem
Der of President Roosevelt's "brain
trust" in an editorial in the Janu-
ary issue of the magazine, New
Outlook.
Writing on the Tugwell bill regu-
lating foods, drugs and cosmetics,
Smith declares the measure goes
long way beyond simply amend
ing and putting teeth" in present
laws.
Takes Him to Task
Inferentially he takes Prof.
Tugwell to task in these words:
Suggestions from intelligent,
enthusiastic, and diSintefested
young men are most valuable,
but their advice must be
strained through the sieve Of
practical wOrkability. A great
deal will stay in the sieve, no
doubt to their distress, but they
can content themselves with
knowing that what goes through
is the real essence which won't
hurt the public"
Smith, in discussing the bill,
asserts that the author himself
(TugwelD has stated with conSid-
erable frankness that what he
aims at in the bill, "is not just
reform. but a revolution in the
whole theory governing this field"
Smith writes:
He regards advertising as
largely waste and he thinks that
the Government should take
hand in limiting costs to the
ultimate consumer by cutting
out the advertising middle-man.
SEES U. S. CONTROL
"He also believes that govern
ment control of industry will
inevitably take the place of
mere regulation, that the gov
ernment is competent to exercise
such control, and that it will be
to the interest Of the average
citizen"
Smith says that analysis shows
that the Tugwell bill brings up
"the same old problem which is
popping up every day in the Fed
eral Government" He continues:
'It is the problem of whether
this country is going in for
government control of industry,
or for reasonable regulation. 1t
is the question of whether we
are going to the left or right, or
whether we shall stick to the
center. 1t is the question Of
whether we shall have a min
imum of government or a max
imum of bureaucracy"
The Washington times., 1934-01-02
Lynchings Jump
$50 Per Cent
During 80

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 G.N.SO.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
made public today the total on
it's check of lynchingS in 1888 in
the United States, %.
The report termed this an in
crease of 18O per cent in mob
murder" over 1882, when 10
lynchings were reported.
The double lynching at San
Jose, Cal, on November 26, of
Thomas H. Thurmond and John
Holmes, the report said:
"Was unquestiOnably made
possible by the studied failure of
Gov. James H. ROIph, jr., to
send the National Guard as re-
queSted by the sheriff.
"In this instance, and for
the first time in American his
tory, the Governor of an Ameri-
can State actually cOndOned a
lynching and promised to par
don any lynchers convicted Of
the crime"
In this "collusion of law Off
GERS and mobs," the association
sees "an ominous tendency likely
to grow to threatening proper
tions unless curbed by drastic
legislative action"
The report divides the lynch
ings among States as Alabama, s.;
Georgia and Louisiana. 4 each;
South Carolina and Tennessee,
3 each; California and MissiS-
Sippi, 2 each; Florida, Maryland,
Missouri, North Carolina and
Texas. one each.
The Washington times., 1934-01-02
RUM BILL FIRST
IN CONGRESS
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
The Democratic policy commit
tee announced today that Con-
gress will open it's seventy third
session tomorrow with considera-
tion of the following legislation:
THE liquor tax bill.
2-Liquor regulations for the
District of Columbia.
"a bill delegating eXtraor-
dinary power to the President
to make reciprocal tariff agree
ments with foreign nations.
The bills will be taken up in
the order listed.
announcement of the prelimi-
nary program was made by Sena-
tor Joseph r. Robinson CD of
Arkansas, Senate majority leader,
after a meeting with nine other
senator members of the Demo-
cratic policy committee.
Robinson said there was con-
siderable discussion in the meet
ing of the bill which may be
advanced giving the President
power to enter into reciprocal
tariff agreements with foreign
countries" He added:
"It is not yet known what
specific recommendations will
be made by the President, but
as the policy Of entering into
reciprocal trade agreements will
require a large number Of such
agreements, it seems probably
that this power to facilitate
foreign trade will be granted
with such limitations as may
be found necessary"
The Washington times., 1934-01-02
MARKS FOUND
At SCENE Of
STABB|NG
Detectives Locate Clue in
Room Where Mrs. BrumIey
Was Beaten, Then Killed

'CEISFIELD, Md, Jan. AR
rest of a white man, whose finger
prints were found late last night
in the home of Mrs. Margaret
Brumbley, SO, was expected today,
Somerset county authorities said.
Mrs. Brumbley's body wa S
found in her blood-Spattered bed
room yesterday by her husband,
Fred, an oysterman, when he re-
turned from trip.
Authorities said they had OBJ
tanned a set of the suspects fin
gerprints without his knowledge
and a comparison showed his
hands had touched some objects
in the room.
Baltimore Expert There
The fingerprint work is being
done by Walter Martin, Baltimore
expert, who was sent here huf-
riedly yesterday by Charles D.
Gather, Baltimore police COM
missioner. -
Two colored men previously
had been arrested because they
lived near the Brumbley home
at Marion Station, about five
miles from here, but were re-
leased.
The crime has created a SEN
Sation on the Shore, scene Of
several violent crimes recently,
including the lynching of George
Armwood, colored, from a tree
in front of the home of Judge
Robert F. Duer, circuit court
Judge, in Princess Anne. The
lynching followed Armwood's ar.
rest for an attack on an aged
white woman.
No Motive Uncovered
Authorities said they had not
established a motive for the
crime, except that it might have
been robbery and that the robber
had been frightened off by some
one driving through the lane in
front of the home.
There had been no attack, DR..
George Coulbourne, coroner's ply
sician, said. Mrs. Brumbley had
been stabbed several times, ap-
parently with an oyster knife, and
badly beaten.
Nothing was taken from the
home, and a purse containing 50
was found on the floor of the bed
room.
Magistrate Fred N. Holland,
coroner for the Marion Station
district, swore in a jury yester-
day and said he might conduct
an inquest today.
The Washington times., 1934-01-02
Girl Spy Menaced
Bu Lynching Threat

BELSINGFORS, Finland, Jan
2 Q.N.S0.-Finnish farmers, men,
bers of the Semi Fascist organiza-
is striving to prevent his followers
from marching on the jail and
lynching the girl.
ton "Lappo," have threatened the
life of Jeanny Antilla, alleged spy
held for the poison Staying Of
Lieutenant Colonel Asplund, chief
of the army ammunition depart
ment. The leader of the "Lappo"
The Washington times., 1934-01-02
GROUP To RULE
KEMP STATUS
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Democratic leaders of the House
today decided to avoid a free-for-
all fight on the floor in the con-
test against Mrs. BT.iVar E.
Kemp, of Louisiana.
Under their plan, the dispute
between Mrs. Kemp, charged by
her foes with being the candidate
of Senator Huey C'King Fish~
Long to fill the. vacancy caused
by the death of her husband, will
be referred to an elections COM
mittee.
Speaker Rainey announced he
probably would permit State Sena-
tor j. Y. Sanders, chosen to repre-
sent the district in the. anti-Long
citizens primary, to appear per-
sonally on the floor to present his
claim.
In surprise move, Mrs. Kemp
has offered to go through with an
other election to prove she, and
not Sanders, is. the peoples
choice as Representative Of the
Sixth Louisiana district.
The Washington times., 1934-01-02
A['TORG0NE.
15HOURS
F ROM
HOME
His Four Cars Swept Away in
Flood, Report; 81 Lives
Lost in Torrents

LA CRESCENTA, Cal, Jam 2
GN.SO Fears for the safety of
Victor McLaglen, noted screen
player, were expressed by friends
today in the wake of the storm
when a neighbor reported that the
actor had been missing from his
La Crescenta home for the last IS
hours.
Four automobiles owned by Nc
Laglen we're said to have been
smashed in the storm, according
to the report.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2 G.N.S).
With the toll of dead set at 81,
and with 90 other persons repol ted
missing. Los Angeles county today
set about the task Of digging out
from the debris and the silt that
swept down with storm floods OF
Sunday and yesterday.
5000 Clean Up Debris
Five thousand Civil Works ADJ
plinistration employees, American
Legion and Red Gross relief. work.
ers, police and deputy sheriffs and
flood control crew members were
engaged in the gigantic task OF
cleaning up after the storm.
Search for bodies went for.
ward. Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz
announced that a mounted patrol
of his deputies was ready to
make a horseback trip up the
Verdugo Wash from Glendale
through Montrose and into the
Pickens Wash in the La Cres-
centa area, in search of more
dead.
In the San Gabriel Valley sew
eral river bottoms were combed
once more for possible drowning
victims.
Many Homeless
Hospitals in Glendale and
vicinity. some of them set up
especially for the emergency,
eased up a bit as the business
of dressing wounds and caring
for those who suffered from
exposure slackened.
There were still many home
less in the Montrose and La
CreScenta districts with the pros
poets that all residences in this
sector might be ordered aban-
doned should rain again start
falling.
In the San Fernando Valley
residents we're reported by police
all moved back into their rain
soaked homes.
At Venice water that inundated
/. t Ian homes to a depth of more
than a foot aubsided.
Long Beach, too, was back to
normal after battling raging
waters of the Los Angeles and San
Gabriel rivers that battered homes
and spres ! debris.
$S3,OOO,OOO Sought
Meanwhile plans we're pressed
for permanent reconstruction of
streets, bridges, and storm drains
that were washed out and for re-
conditioning of h uses that we're
1 -oded by the muddy waters.
Supervisor Iiugh j. Thatcher
issued a sta. 2ment in which he
urged immediate appropriation
by the govern cnt of thirty-three
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1934-01-02
MussOIini In PGrley
With British Official

CAPRI, Italy, Jan. 2. G.N.S0-
Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon
of Great Britain left Capri aboard
an Italian seaplane today to, con-
fer with Premier MusSolini in
Rome. Sir John and Lady Simon
arrived at Ostia, the seaport OF
Rome, at. $40, where motor car
was waiting to take them to Rome.
The Washington times., 1934-01-02
Pu-Yi To Be CrOlUned
March I, Says Wire

LONDON, Jan. 2 G.N.SO.
Henry Pu-Yi, president-director Of
Manchukuo, will be crowned
Emperor of Japan's puppet state
in Manchuria on March l, said a
Dialy Telegraph dispatch from
Dairen today. Pu-Yi is expected
to wear a military uniform rather
than royal robes and will retain
his present name. -
The Washington times., 1934-01-02
Two Pinned on Track Saved
When Flyer is Tagged

Just as he heard the roar of the
Columbian Limited. Running down
the track, he halted the train and
later helped rail employees remove
the truck and free the two men.
Andrew Davis. one of the trap
ped men, was injured and was re-
moved to Casualty Hospital. Ralph
Stevens, his companion, was un-
hurt. Both live in Riverdale.
The Washington times., 1934-01-02
ReUOH
Well Under Control

BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 2 q.N.
S0.-Dispatches from key points
in the Arrentine provinces today
stated that the radical movement
aimed at overthrow of President
.AuguStin Justo had been sup
pressed completely. Order pre-
walls everywhere, the messages
said.
The Washington times., 1934-01-02

A man tagged a train with a
handkerchief early today at the
jefferson Avenue crossing of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in
Riverdale. Md. and saved the lives
of two men pinioned under an
overturned truck on the tracks.
John w. HeinickS, of Riverdale,
saw the truck fail to make sharp
turn and plunge over the tracks,
Evening star., 1934-09-14
'POMERENE SCORES
GOLD LIBERALIZATION
Former Ohio Senator Calls
RooSeveIt's Action Un.
constitutional.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, September l4.--For-
mer Senator Atlee Pomerene charged
last night that President Roosevelt's
action in reducing the gold content of
the dollar was unconstitutional and
drag upon business recovery.
Pomerene, an Ohio Democrat and
widely known as the special prose-
cutor In the Teapot Dome scandals,
spoke before the Ohio Valley division
Of the Investment Bankers Associa-
ton Of America.
First New Deal Comment.
His bitter attack was his first pub
lie expression upon the New Deal"
Despite the attack. however, he
heatedly denied earlier today any
connection with the newly formed
American Liberty League.
Last night he dealt with the ac-
ton of the President In reducing the
gold content of the dollar as author
lied by Congress.
That. Pomerene charged, consti-
tuted public seizure of private prop
erty. 1t permits, he declared. bor-
rowers to pay back less than they
received. To "trifle with this measure
Of value" he went on. inevitably must
disturb "the agricultural, industrial.
financial, labor and other activities Of
our country.
Money is property. Contracts are
property. The right to labor and to
do business is property. There are an
abundance Of court decisions to sup
port these statements. And the Fed
eral Constitution expressly provides
that private property shall not be
taken for public use without just COM
pensation.
Stable Currency Needed.
Never before, he asserted, has .
stable currency been SO urgently
needed.
Keep 1t stable, and In my humble
Evening star., 1934-09-14
THIEVES SILENCE WOMEN
THEN TAKE CLUB DUES
Trio Forces 100 Members of Polish
Women's Alliance to- Remain
speechless and Get $500.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 14.-Three
robbers last night achieved feat
often thought mpossible-they forced
100 women to remain speechleSs for
several minutes.
Invading a meeting of the Polish
Women's Alliance, they demanded the
contents of the treasurer's strong box,
in which repoSed more than $500 In
monthly dues.
The treasurer handed over the
money without word.
Give me that ring" said one of
the robbers. pointing to the treasurer's
diamond ring. Speechless, she gave up
her jewelry. No further words were
spoken during the hold-up, and the
robbers fed
Then the women made up for lost
time.
Evening star., 1934-09-14
Princess Rospigliosi Hurt.

NEW YORK, September IA R.-
Princess Girolamo Rospigliosi. the
former Marian Snowden, was injured
yesterday when truck struck the
rear of a taxicab in which she was
riding. She received q spine injury
and cuts and bruises Of the face and
forehead. She returned home after
hospital treatment.
Evening star., 1934-09-14
PUBLISHER DIES

NEW YORK, September II P).-
Thaddeus Stevens Dayton, 68, pub
Usher of the Dayton Press, a book
publishing firm, died Wednesday night
in a hospital Of appendicitis.
Dayton was at one time associate
editor of Dun's Review, a financial
publication, and formerly worked on
the Baltimore American.
Dayton was born in Rockford, Ill
He Is survived by his widow.
Evening star., 1934-09-14

Judgment business win revive. De-
stroy faith in our bonds, obligations
and contracts which we have made ar
will hereafter make. and we unsettle
all business activities, and particu-
larly Is this so when the authorities
at washington say. while we have
made a change we reserve the right
to make further changes" the former
Senator said.
Evening star., 1934-09-14
KING BLOCKS STRIKE

BRUSSELS, Belgium. September IA
E1.-King Leopold intervened per-
sonally yesterday to forestall = threat
ened strike Of Belgium's coal miners.
After conferences with the premier
and representatives of miners and
employers, plans to reduce miners
wages S Der cent were abandoned.
Instead. 1t was learned. an in
creased tax Of 2 francs ton will be
placed on imports Of foreign coal,
enabling the government to subsidize
collieries experiencing dinaculties.
Evening star., 1934-09-14
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Partly cloudy
tonight and tomorrow, not much
change in temperature: gentle winds.
mostly southeast.
Maryland and virginia-Partiy
cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not
much change in temperature.
west virginia--Partly cloudy to-
night and tomorrow. followed by
showers tomorrow night and In west
portion tomorrow afternoon; cooler
tomorrow night.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
very muddy today.
Renorf f0r Last ~ Hours.
Evening star., 1934-01-31

terror Department Building Is now In
that section. This immediate need of
additional housing for that department
should be met by a construction that
would be an enlargement Of its present
home, conforming In design and ma
terials. Certainly no strictly "utili-
tartan" structure should be erected on
a site chosen chiefly for its cheap
ness and of materials not harmonious
with the general plan of constructions
now in process Of development.
Any other course would simply add to
the difficulty of the problem that must
eventually be solved of housing the
Government consistently and uniformly
in style and structure on related sites
No one now doubts the wisdom Of
grouping the Federal structures or Of
erecting them in accordance with n
high standard of design and material.
The temptation to make temporary
provision as measure of economy
should be resisted. The difference in
cost between structure that conforms
to the general Capital-making plan and
one that merely houses a Government
unit in an emergency is not sufficient
to Justify departure from the scale
and standard now adopted to carry out
a consistent plan.
Evening star., 1934-01-31
A Valuable Educational Advance.

An important advance in the utiliza-
tion of the facilities for higher educa-
tion in Washington by the graduates
of the public high schools of the Dis
trict of Columbia has been effected by
an arrangement whereby thirty or more
students who have completed their high
school courses may enroll for study at
George Washington University as out
lined in the news pages of this issue
Through a generous donation by one
whose identity is not disclosed, fund
has been provided to meet the costs
so that these young men and women
selected by the principals of their sew
eral schools, who have been prevented
by economic conditions from realizing
their ambitions for a college education
and have been taking post graduate
courses at the schools, may be enabled
now to carry on their university studies
under special tutor. after meeting the
requirements of entrance by examina-
ton. This is an invaluable opportunity
which those enjoying 1t must earn by
their diligence and devotion to the
scholastic work which they will be en-
abled to pursue
This linking up Of the public educa-
tional institutions of the Capital with
the George Washington University is
long step forward. II offers an in
centive to hard work in scholastic en-
deavor, and meets the need created BY
the new demands of the time II will
furthermore serve to relieve a serious
congestion in the high schools occa-
stoned by the heavy demand for post
graduate work
Evening star., 1934-01-31
Fisher Lauded as Creator
OF American Feminine Type

The death of Harrison Fisher marks
the end also of the girl who was
created by his art. and who helped to
crystalize in the public mind the type
that came to be known as distinctly
American. Two or three other artists
are linked with him in such creations,
and the nature of his work is sub
Ject for approving comment.
The Harrison Fisher girl, a young
and beauteouS lady. says the Man
chester Union. was no less famous and
deservedly popular than the Gibson
girl As to the place of the two
parallel creations in the realm OF art
the Union comments: No doubt critics
who talk loudly about art for arts sake
will not be inclined to accept the two
American beauties in question as repre-
sentative of real art. so-called. The
fact remains. however that they have
delighted the great American public;
and that. be it understood. is what
counts. This being So both the Fisher
girl and the Gibson girl brought fame
and fortune to their creators. That
also is what counts Mr.. Gibson s
artistry remains with us yet. but death
last week in New York closed the Har-
rlson Fisher studio Mr.. Fishers first
contributions went to Puck, that
humorous magazine that fathered
many an unknown who later was to
become famous. A second kindly
break came upon the artist was
asked to Illustrate George Barr Nc
Cutcheon's Graustark would that
there were more novels of this type
and thus. because Graustark' was
best selle- Mr.. Fishers work received
Nationwide recognition. Later he was
asked to do cover for the Saturday
Evening Post With it Mr.. Fishers
fame was secure. for that cover first
introduced the Fisher girl. In one year
alone. 1912. 100000 postal card pic
lures of this very certain American
beauty we're sold in this country. The
Nation became Harrison Fisher girl
conscious and remained so The latest
magazines bear her likeness
The fact that the American girl Is
an infinite variety" recalls the Fort
Worth StsrTelegram appealed to the
Fisher artistic senses. Therein lay
much of his popularity and its conse-
quent material success. He was some
thing more than magazine cover
illustrator. He gave every American
daughter sister. sweetheart. genuine
hope of being a type. Each probably
was. In that case Harrison Fisher
was great And each for the Joy of
the working and each. in his separate
star. shall draw the thing as he sees
1t. for the God of things as they are!'
fitting epitaph on the Fisher tomb
stone might be the simple reminder
that he had years of earthly practice
for qualification in that eternal line
Every American girl who saw herself
on a Harrison Fisher magazine cover
will approve that idea"
'He did as much to give the Ameri-
can girls features world fame, per-
Evening star., 1934-01-31
A New Interior Department.

When the present home of the Interior
Department was completed. in 1917. it
was recognized by those identified with
the development of plans for the housing
of the Federal activities in Washington
as inadequate. 1t was placed on
single square of land, which was out
of relationship with the general project
of Government construction. 1t was
Immediately filled with bureaus of the
department, but it did not accommodet te
all of them. Now. despite the transfer
of some of the bureaus to other depart
ments, it is overcroWded. More room is
needed for the accommodation of the
department. needed imperatively. Yes
terday it was announced that the Secre-
tary of the Interior has under consid-
Grafton the construction of a larger
structure, rivaling in size the new Com
merce Department Building, to house
all of the bureaus of the department of
which he is the head.
This is altogether desirable-in fact,
it is urgently necessary. At present the
work of the department is hampered by
the scattering of its bureaus and d.
visions. The picture presented is pre-
cisely that of other departments and
branches of the Government for which
adequate room is not provided under
one roof. OF the urgency of the need
of a new department housing there is
no question. But two questions do arise
that should be met and answered
promptly. One is as to the site, the
other as to the character of the con-
struction The site should have rela-
tionship to a definite project or plan of
Government building emplacement, AMI
the building should not be merely
"utilitarian," as has been suggested.
With the filling of the available space
in the Mall Avenue Triangle with struc-
lures allocated to it. there remain suffi-
cient needs in Government construction
to require the development of another
area devoted exclusively to such a pur-
pose 1t has been proposed that future
departmental and miscellaneous Fed
eral buildings pertaining to the ad-
ministrative branch of the Government
be located within the area lying south
of Pennsylvania Avenue and west of
seventeenth street. The present In