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The Washington times., 1934-07-12
PLANS SPEEDED
BY TREASURY
OFFICIALS
Comptroller Attorneys Urge
Payments Be Made
Despite Suit

There were definite indications
today that officials Of the Treas
ury Department are moving for
ward with plans to pay out shortly
more than $1,OOO.OO0 in dividends
to depositors in the closed United
States Savings Bank.
The bank was ready two weeks
ago to pay a 65 per cent dividend,
but q suit brought against Treas
ury officials by its former presi-
dent, Col. Wade H. Cooper, threw
a monkey wrench into the plans.
Suit May Be Ignored
The bank collapsed with total
deposits of 1892, ,480 and has
paid out no dividends.
Colonel Cooper'S suit was
brought against Secretary Of the
Treasury Morgenthau and Comp
troller Of the Currency j. F. T.
O'Connor. In effect, the suit,
which was filed in District Su-
preme Court June %, says that
the bank should be restored to
Colonel Cooper and its former
directors.
It was learned on high authority
today that attorneys for the Comp
troller of the Currency want to
pay out the money regardless Of
the suit. They point out that in
the absence of suit for an injunc-
ton there is a question whether
Colonel Cooper has right to in
terfere with the payment Of the
money.
Studied BY Treasury
Attorneys for the Secretary Of
the Treasury are considering the
problem from their angle and on
their decision rests the fate Of the
depositors.
Their decision should be made
within a few days and if they con-
cur in their opinion with lawyers
for Mr.. O'Connor. the receiver Of
the bank, Garter B. Keene, will be
advised to go ahead with imme-
0laCe payment OF d % per CeuC
dividend.
An answer to Colonel Cooper's
suit is expected to be filed in Dis
trict Supreme Court today or to-
morrow. Unless attorneys for the
Treasury do concur, depositora
will wait many months before OBJ
tanning relief. Colonel Cooper's
suit and the answer to be filed
will not be heard until some time
in the fall.
Colonel Cooper claimed today
that if the bank were turned back
to him and the former directors,
depositors would receive 100 cents
on the dollar. He said if the CAPT.
tai were found impaired the stock
holders stood ready to make up
the losses.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
Heat WaUe Strikes
Southern California

LOS ANGELES, July IL T.N.S.).
Southern California today looked
forward to another siege of heat,
after the sweltering hours of
yesterday, which was the warmest
day since March 10, the mercury
climbing to 90 degrees, and hold
ing in the COS the greater part
of the day.
Other southern California cities
also sweltered, Pasadena reporting
1O3, and Riverside 1O8. The I'm
perial Valley recorded a tempera.
ture of 122 at Imperial and 100
at Brawley.
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AppOM1GttOr Backs
BVrd and DreLDru

APPOMATTOX, Va. July IL.
Resolutions indorSing the candi-
dacies Of Senator Byrd and Rep
resentative Drewry and praising
the congressional accomplish
ments of Byrd, Drewry and Sen
ator Glass, were adopted this
week by the Appomattox county
Democratic committee.
The committee also approved
placing Appomattox in the Fourth
district. "the only district in the
State to withstand the onslaught
Of the Republican party in 1928"
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
CLOTH|NGPLANT
WORKERS WEEP
At SHUTDOWN
500 Lose Jobs As Virginia
Plant Closes After Row
On MRA Wage Order

FREDERICKSBURG. Va, July
12.-The more than 500 employees
Of the @ .& H Manufacturing
Plant who lost their jobs indefi-
nitely yesterday when the plant
closed its doors following a ruling
by the Compliance Board of the
NRA are asking themselves today:
'Ts this the New Deal or a
Raw Deal?"
Women and Girls
The majority Of the employees,
many of whom have been with
the plant since it began opera
ton 81 years ago, are women and
girls from Fredericksburg and
neighboring counties and have
families to support.
The order for the closing of
the Fredericksburg plant followed
last weeks ruling by the Com.
pliance Board of the NRA or.
dering L. Greif and Brothers, Of
Baltimore, owners of the plant
here and ten other factories in
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania, to pay 100000 in back
wages or else to be deprived Of
the Blue Eagle.
The concern was given until
July 19 to make restitution Of
back wages or surrender the
Blue Eagle and be cited to the
Department of Justice for prose
cution.
Dispute Elsewhere
The wage dispute does not ap.
ply directly to the Fredericksburg
plant. There has been no com.
plant by local employees as to
wages or other working condi-
tionS.
The Greif Company contends
that the current proceedings in
volve the constitutionality of the
NRA and also an attempt by the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America to compel manufac-
turerS to recognize the union or
be forced out of business.
All Of the Greif shopS'~ar op-
Grated on the open-shop basis.
There were scenes Of sorrow,
anxiety and uncertainty of the
future at the plant yesterday as
the word went around that the
doors were to be closed and work
stopped. Tears filled many eyes
as they filed out at noon without
knowing when they would be
called back, if ever.
Firm to Appeal
l.. Greif and Bro. are said to
be supported in their position by
60 large clothing manufacturers
employing $4,000 workers, but
arrayed against them is the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America, the Clothing Manu-
facturers Association of the
United States, the Code Authority
of the Mems Clothing Industry
and the National Recovery Ad-
miniStration.
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DressLer Defying
PhNSicianS' Doom

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, July
- U.N.SO.-Despite the claim of
her physicians that she cannot
recover from the malady from
which she is suffering, there was
no material change in the condi-
tion Of Marie DreSSler, famed
screen star, today. Miss Dressler's
condition has remained practically
unchanged since she rallied more
than a week ago.
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BEOCK-BOOK|NG
EXITS |NF|LM
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II ~ n HWHH
CLEANUP
Movie Cars Accept Edict Of
Churches; Purity Campaign
Effective on July IS

HOLLYWOOD, CAL, July IL Il.
N.S0. czars Of the motion
picture world today had made their
promised move to clean up the
films being shown in the 16,800
theaters of the United States.
The move which was announced
after a conference between the
leading film executives and VIII
H. Hays, headman Of the Associa.
ton of Picture Producers, Inc, it
was revealed, may cost the pro-
ducers maximum of $4,000, 900.
Booking Rule Broken
1t also marks the first break in
the heretofore ironclad block
booking rule of the producers, in
that it will premit theaters owners
to omit from exhibition any film
released prior to July is against
which there is genuine moral
protest.
At the same time the producers,
after a long, closely guarded con-
ference with Mr.. Hays, announced
that changes had been made In
the production code Of the in
dustry.
Under the new arrangement the
board Of directors of the Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors
Of America assumes final respon-
sibility for the character Of the
pictures produced.
Joseph I. Breen, assistant to
Hays, will be vested with wide
powers in designating what is
moral and what is immoral in the
pictures which Hollywood will
produce in the future.
There will be no appeal to a
jury of producers as at first
planned. The only appeal from
the decisions Of Breen being
to the director Of the producers
and distributors.
Big Firms Agree
It also was announced that no
company will distribute or exhibit
any picture which has not been
approved by the code administra-
tion.
All the major companies have
agreed to the plan, including
Columbia Pictures Corporation,
Cecil B. Demille Productions,
Inc; Walt Disney Productions,
Inc; Education Studios, Inc;
First National Pictures, Inc; Fox
Film Corporation, Samuel Gold
wyn, Ltd; Inspiration Pictures,
Inc; Jesse L. Lasky Productions,
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc; Para
mount Productions, Inc; Pathe
Exchange, Inc; Principal Pictures
Corporations, Reliance Pictures
Corporations, RCA Photophones,
Inc; Hal Roach Studios, Inc:
Charles R. Rogers, Inc; Twen-
tieth Century Pictures, Inc;
Universal Pictures Corporation,
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc;
United Artists Corporation and
others.
Thus the film world answered
the demands which have swept
the nation in the last few weeks
for a higher moral grade of
picture.
The July IS date was set. 1t
was explained, because on that
time the one-man censorship of
Breen becomes effective.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
SPAIN

MADRID, July 12.-Forty-four
Fascist followers of Jose Antonio
Primo de Rivera were under jail
sentences today following a raid
on the Fascist headquarters in
which $50 men were taken into
custody. Among those arrested
but freed were Capt. Julio Ruiz
de Aida. transatlantic flier, and
Jose Maria Alfaro, noted writer.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
AUSTRIA

Vienna. July IL G.N.S).-Con.
tinuing the reorganization Of the
Austrian abinet, Chancellor
Engelbert DollfuSs today an
nounced the appointment of Major
General Wilhelm Zehner as secre-
tary Of war.
Although the Dolfuss regime is
reputed to be opposed to the re-
turn Of the Hapsburgs of the
throne of Austria, General Zehner
is known as a supporter Of the
restoration of the monarchy.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
CUBA

HAVANA. July IL QN.SO.
The general strike, Cuba's favorite
political weapon, has perhaps been
worn out through over use. Even
in labor circles today it was ad-
mitted that the one of yesterday
for the release Of the political
prisoners who are on hunger strike
had proved a dud. One man was
killed and five street cars were set
on fire in the protest but the city's
economic life was not greatly dis
turbed. Street car motormen, bus
drivers and taxi men remained at
work and there was transportation
all day. The man killed was a
street car conductor. Quintero
Gutierrez, a Spaniard. Two
youths. Ignacio Hervas. 19. and
Jose Alvarez, Is, we're arrested and
charged with shooting him.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
PICNIC SATURDAY

The annual picnic of the Colunn-
bia Baptist Sunday School will be
held Saturday at Glen Echo, with
special buses and a motorcade
transporting the celebrants. Chill
dren will be given free admission
to the attractions at the amuse-
ment park.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12

PARIS. July 12.-In an effort
to bolster a depleted treasury. the
government today announced the
issue of a ,0O0,O0O,O0O franc
(about $4,000, ,00O loan, carrying
4 per cent interest. Government
bonds dropped on the market re-
Gently when the loan was rumored,
and the Government denied that
it was planned.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
CHINA

TOKYO, July IL. U.N.S0.-Two
hundred persons have been
drowned and 500 are missing as
a result of disastrous floods that
have swept three prefectures in
Northwestern Japan, according to
police estimates today.
Thirty-two villages have been
wholly or partly destroyed and
$4,000 houses have been inun-
dated.
Property damage was estimated
at 100000 yen, or approx
mately $3,O00,000 at current ex-
change rates.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
HOLLAND

THE HAGUE, July 12.-With
more than 100000 mourners lin
ing the streets yesterday. the
body of Henry, Prince Consort
of Holland who died last week,
was taken to Delft where funeral
services were held.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
CHILE

ROSAL DE PINTO, July PA
mid-winter attempt to cross the
snow covered Andes proved fatal
to eght members OF party Of 30.
The % survivors, many of them
froStbitten and injured, managed
to reach here yesterday after
their pack animals had died and
their food supply had been lost.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
JAPAN

TOKYO. July IL (SpeciaD
Kesaroku Mizumachi, 10, member
of the Privy Council. and former
financial expert in the japanese
government, is dead here.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
CONDITION OF TREASURY

international News Service
Treasury balance as Of July
10th, $2,58S,54S,774.22; internal
revenue, $4,02S, 1859; custom re-
ceipts, $5,559,953.45.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
ENGLAND

LONDON, July 12.-Following
charges that Norwegian naval
authorities are interfering with
British fishing boats, the Foreign
Office today announced that a
warship may be sent to the fish
ing grounds to furnish protec-
ton until the controversy is
settled.
LONDON, July IL 1.N.S0.
Fred s. Peabody. an official Of
the United States Internal Revenue
Bureau, Is in London, inveStt
eating the extent of the financial
transactions in England Of John
CJake the Barber'') Factor, Of
Chicago. Factor is accused OF
swindling British investors out Of
approximately 100000 and eff
forts are being made by the
British government to bring about
his extradition.
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, July IL
Q.N.SO Kaye Don, amou S
British automobile racer, went on
trial here today on charges of man
slaughter. The charges arise out
of an accident in which Francis.
Don's mechanic. was killed on
May %. Don pleaded not guilty.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
WORLD NEWS OF THE DAY
FRANCE

By International News Service
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
DONKEY BASEBALL IS
NEW SPORT NOVELTY

Ride EN- cowboy! -Four big nights
of donkey baseball will be put on
at Perry stadium on the nights OF
July Is, II, 18 and 10, by the Indian
apolis Junior Chamber of Com
merce the proceeds of which will
be used for charitable, educational
and civic purposes. And the players
will be mounted on Mexican don
keys!
Plans for the novel show were
announced Tuesday by Fred Shick
president of the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce, and Elmon M. Williams
in charge of this affair.
The local organization of Indian
apolis young business men and civic
leaders has leased a string of twelve
baseball burroS" from their owner
in Florida, where they drew crowds
at big league training camps.
The rules of the game call for al
players except the pitcher, catcher
and batter to be mounted. After
batting the ball, the batter will
mount his steed, standing beside
him at home plate and being held
by two cowboys. and head for first
base with the hope that he will not
be thrown before arriving there.
Plenty of spills are in prospect
when the boys on the bases, and
aStride their donkeyS, try to tag the
runner out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
Leading Linksmen
Meet in Western
Amateur Tourney
WeStIand, Lehman FavoriteS
in Annual Event.
By United Press

By United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, July l0.-One
hundred fifty golfers, including
some of the leading simon-pures OF
the United States. were to start out
over the Twin Hills Country Club
course early today in the qualify
ing round of the annual western
amateur tournament.
Jack Westland of Chicago. Walker
Cupper, who is defending champion.
was exempt from qualifying and all
he had to do today was watch his
competitors try to get one of the
thirty-one open match play berths.
Westland and two fellow-Chica-
goans, John Lehman, former Purdue
star and ex-champion, and Charles
Chic Evans, needing no pedigree,
were among favorites to win the
1884 tournament.
Practice rounds over the cham
pionship course last Sunday and
yesterday indicated low scoring in
the qualifying round. Lehman's
medalist record of 1877 may be
threatened.
Rodney Bliss of Omaha, runner
up to Westland in Memphis last
year, has played only twelve holes OF
the Twin Hills course, spending most
of his time on the putting green's.
Also on hand were Leland Hannah,
Waco CTeX) youth, who knocked off
Johnny Goodman in the finals Of
the recent trans Mississippi tourna-
ment in Dallas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

ton of the fly. The heavier gut
holds the tiny lure in too rigid
grip, not allowing 1t to respond
naturally to unseen surface whirlS
and eddieS. This is particularly true
in stream fishing.
Choose a calm evening when the
pan fish are dimpling around the
weed beds and drop your fly lightly
in the widening circles caused by
a rise. Allow the ny to stay there,
perfectly motionless, while you
count slowly to ten. Then witch
it once very gently, don't move it
more than an inch. The slightest
movement is sufficient.
After a few more seconds, give it
another sharp, little jerk. Make it
look as nearly as possible like an
insect, dazed at first by hitting the
water, then struggling to fly away.
1T will help the floating quality of
l. the lure if you will anoint it with
any standard dry fly preparation
such as mucilin or deer fat. The
leader also should be creased. This
sounds like heresy to trout fish
erman, but it makes for less disturb
ance on the retrieve.
A few false casts will dry the fly
in preparation for the next cast
Use wet flies when the fish aren't
taking from the surpace. Fish them
in almost the same manner Cast to
the edge of the weeds or lily pads,
let the fly sink a few inches and
retrieve with slow, very short jerks.
If the fish are in the deeper weed
beds, one split shot on the leader
will take the fly down to them.
There's an art to this method of
catching pan fish. Don't give up be-
cause you don't get strike on the
first few casts. Like any new sport,
it can be learned best by the trial
and error method.
And-always be alert for the
heavy swirl that means a bass has
decided to try a round or two with
you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
TILE Theatrical World
Boston Dramatist Named
Civic Theater Director
by WALTER D. HICKMAN

FREDERICK G. BURLEIGH of
- Boston has been engaged as the
new director of the Civic theater to
succeed Hale MacKeen, who re-
signed last spring at the close of
three years service.
Mr.. Burleigh's appointment was
announced today by the board of
directors, who stated that he twas
selected from a large number of
candidates as the one who would
best fit, from the viewpoint of ex-
perience, training and personality,
into the organization"
Although only %, Mr.. Burleigh
has made those years a splendid
background for his present position.
The directors have issued the
following data concerning the new
director:
He was graduated from Dart
mouth, then spent the next two
years as technical director of their
dramatic association. His next year
was spent in Europe on fellow
ship for the study of the theater.
This fellowship was granted by a
Polish foundation, and for that rea-
son most Of his time was spent in
Poland.
However, he also visited the thea
ters Of Vienna, Prague, Berlin and
Paris. An article by him on the
Polish theater appeared in the Jan
uary, 1882, issue OF Theatre Arts
Monthly.
Wishing to make the most of the
material and background he had
acquired, he spent the next three
years at Yale school of the drama,
where he studied directing, scene
design, costume, makeup, lighting
and speech. He also acted in a
number of their productions.
During those three years, he di-
rected and designed Gogols 1.-The
Inspector General" for boys pre-
paratory school, and also did a
complete production of Rostand's
"Chantecler" at Mt. Holyoke college.
Last summer he was on the staff
of the Cape Playhouse at Cape Cod
and acted as production manager
of the company during its second
weeks run at Cohasset. There he
had charge of the company from its
arrival until it's departure and he
managed the sets, props, rehearsals,
etc.
This summer, at the request Of
the members of the Cohasset sum-
mer colony. he again is back there
managing their theatrical fare.
At the request of the board of di-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
Tourney Rules for
State Teams Fixed
by SOftball Board
Final Games viii Be Played
at SheIbyviIIe.

Rules and regulations governing
the 1884 Indiana softball tourna-
ment have been drawn up by the
board Of control of the Indiana
Recreation Association.
The state was divided into eight
districts with eight tournament
cities. Five cities were selected as
tournament sites, and three more
will be chosen in a few days. In
dianapoliS, South Bend, Brazil
Evansville and Frankfort were given
Journeys.
District tournaments will be held
Aug. "a and Is, and the district
champions and runnerS-up will go
to Shelbyville, Aug. 81, Sept. /, ?, 3
for the state tournament.
Representation of teams will be
based on city population: Cities up
to 10000 may have one team; 10000
to $4,000, two teams; $1,000 to 100000
three teams, and over that, four
teams. These teams will be eligible
for the district meets.
H. w. Middlesworth, Indian
apolis recreation director, will have
charge of the local district which
will include Indianapolis and the
surrounding counties. Indianapolis
will have four representative teams
in the district elimination. Informa-
ton concerning the tourney may be
secured from him during this week.
The Indiana and Michigan Elec-
trio Company of South Bend won
the championship last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

Z VERY fisherman who angles for
IL bass with a fly rod has few
trout size flies and some midget
cork bugs or hair flies in his book,
but rarely does he use them or know
how to use them.
Chances are that ne acquired
them because they looked so cute
in the showcase or he read some
where that now and then bass get
finicky and feed only on tiny in
sects on top of the water. This last
is true, but he may fish for years
and never see just the proper con-
ditions, and meanwhile he is losing
interest on his investment.
Here's the way to put those little
lures to work. You've noticed the
rises that dot a lake in the calm Of
a summer evening. You know they
are a smaller fish than bass, and
there your interest ceases.
Those rises, my fishing friend, are
made by bluegills, crappies, perch,
redeyes and sunfish. They are good
to eat, will put up a surprising
scrap on a light fly rod, and why
don't you catch them?
It should fool around and waste
time on fngerlings," you snort.
I'm bass fisherman"
All right, all right, but bass have
a habit of going on hunger strikes
and at such times Will Dig AND
Houdini combined couldn't coax
rise. Give the little fellows a trial.
If you snag a ten-inch bluegill or
pound perch you won't be so con-
descending.
Here's how. The only new equip
ment needed is a fine leader or two.
Buy a few lengths of TX and Ok
gut tippets and taper off some OF
your old bass leaders. Five feet Is
long enough, but longer won't hurt
A FIX small dry fly or tiny
n cork bug to your leader and &C
to work. When I say small 1 mean
lust that. A twelve or fourteen hook
size is about right. Try the neu-
trail colors such as the black gnat
brown and grey hackles, stone flies
and alder flies.
The fine leader points are i'm
portant not so much for lessened
visibility as increase in natural ac-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

rectors of the Civic theater, Mr..
Burleigh is sending a large list of
plays from which he and the play
committee will select the plays that
will be produced during the next
season at the Civic theater.
This is more difficult task than
many people think, for it means
finding plays that are released for
amateur production and that are
not too high in royalty or too elab-
crate in settings.
The board of directors feels safe
in promising as entertaining a sea-
son as they ever have had.
q
INDIANAPOLIS theaters today Of
l. fer: THE Life of Vergie Win
tiers" at the Circle, THE Key" at
the Lyric, Born to Be Bad" at
Loew's Palace, and Charlie CHAINS
Courage" at the Apollo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
Collegiate Champ
in State Tourney
Tennis Meet at New Albany
Draws Gene Mako.

By United Press
NEW ALBANY, Ind, July TO-
Competition among seeded players
was scheduled today in the Indiana
state tennis tournament, which
opened here yesterday.
Gene Mako, national intercol-
legiate champion, and Donald
Bulge, both of California, are seed
ed first and second among the men.
Other seeded men players follow:
Gilbert Hunt, Washington; Hal
Surface, Kansas City, Mo-; Philip
Castle, California; Edgar Weller,
Jack Smith and Max Campbell,
Texas.
Women players were seeded as fol-
lows: Catherine Wolf, Indianapolis,
and Elkhart; Louise Hofmeister,
Chicago; Gracyn Wheeler, Cali
fornia, and Katherine Rose, Cali
fOrnia.