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The Washington times., 1934-09-25

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B r y a n, F. or
many years he
was an earnest
dry. In fact,
b e ore t h e
E i G h t e e nth
Amen d m e n t
W as adopted
h e supported
a n unSucceSS-
full prohibition
a m e n d ment.
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when he ran
successfully for
t h e H o u S e
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
SON FACES FINE

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Sept. Is
1.N.SO Franklin D. Roosevelt,
jr., second youngest son of the
President, today faced a fine Of
$5. He arrived too late to register
with other sophomore classmen at
Harvard College yesterday.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
APARTMENT ROBBED

Thieves who jimmied a door to
his apartment stole $40 in cash,
Kent Clark, of the 3l00 block Con
necticut Ave. N. w., reported to
police today.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
A. F. of L. Hands Off
LeWis-Zihlrrlan Fight

Bv GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIS
A good fight is going on in
Maryland. David j. Lewis, Demo
cratic incumbent in the House of
Evening star., 1934-05-07
I.C.C. Rejects MIRA.
RATE RAISE REQUEST
Rules Railway Passenger Fares
in South May Be Continued
at Present Level.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion today turned down the plea OF
the N. r. A for an increase in rail-
road passenger fare rates in the
Southeast.
In a brief memorandum. the COM
mission granted the Southern Railway
Co. permission to continue charging
~ cents a mile for travel in day
coaches and cents mile in sleeping
and parlor cars for six months after
May 81.
Similar permission was granted to
other carriers in the Southern terri
tory if they wished to stick to the
IL and cent rates, or to establish
a 2-cent rate for coaches if they SO
desired.
The permission was granted over a
demand by Sol Rosenblatt. deputy
administrator in charge of the motor
bus code, who told the commission
the low rates charged by the rail-
roads are causing motor busses to lose
money.
Carriers in the West have been
charging cents mile for coach
travel and today were granted per-
mission by the commission TO con-
tinue this charge.
The general rate for passenger fares
is 36 cents per mile. A
Evening star., 1934-05-07
AGREEMENT SEEN
ON FINNISH DEBT
President Expected to Pro-
vide Example for
Other Nations.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsSocia ted Press.
Speaker Rainey said today he
understood President Roosevelt in
tends to make a war debt settlement
with Finland, which is not in default,
and then recommend similar agree
ment with other nations.
Asked when he expected a debt
message from the President, the
Speaker said at his press conference
that he did not know.
The intimation was that the settle
ment with Finland could be held up
to the rest of the world as an indica-
ton of what the United States would
do if other nations in default agreed
to pay up to date.
President Roosevelt has said he in
tended to send a debt message to Con-
gress soon, but no indication was
given as to it's contents.
The next installments on war debts
are due June Is.
Negotiations with Finland nave
been in progress for some time. 1t Is
the only nation that has paid in tull.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
GARVEY is OUSTED
AS SANITARY HEAD
City Manager of Alexandria
Charges Service Was "Un.
satisfactory
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May City
Manager Wallace Lawrence announced
shortly after noon today that DR.. ]. j.
Garvey, sanitary oficer of Alexandria
for the last eight years, had been dis
missed for unsatisfactory service"
The sanitary department head had
been given until 10:30 am. to hand in
his resignation. the city manager said,
in announcing the dismissal
Lawrence gave no reason other than
unsatisfactory service" for his action
When interviewed earlier today
Garvey stated that he had not handed
in his resignation and did not intend
to. He had been an employe Of the
city more than 20 years.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
LIQUOR USE SOARS, BEER DROPS,
COMPARED TO PRE-DRY PERIOD

spirits consumption above 100 200, 900.
Officials doubt, however, that the
drinking speed of early repeal months
will continue. Further. they say
some of the production is being stored
for aging.
But liberal allowances for these
factors still would leave big show
ing, and the estimates do not include
bootleg drinking which Joseph Choate.
director of the Federal Alcohol Con-
troll Administration, puts at high
figure.
One year of legal beer paid the
Government s138, SAT. 900 production
tax. Most was at s5-a-barrel rate,
which would indicate 27,709 500 bar
rels. In 1917 the Deer consumption
was go, 100000 barrels. dropping in
1918 to 50.192, 900 barrels.
The tax rates of before prohibition
were different from the present. 1p
1917 the liquor production tax was
s1.1O a gallon. Today's is 81. Beer
in 1917 was taxed at $3.50 barrel.
The levy today is S..
Evening star., 1934-05-07
THREAT TO IMPOSE
WIRE CODE IS MADE
Johnson's Patience Snaps
as Bigger Firms Refuse
to Accept Terms.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The N. R. A. today decided to i'm
pose a code upon the telegraph in
dustry.
Hugh S. Johnson made the an
nouncement of a stringent code to be
imposed over the objections of West
ern Union. American Telephone d
Telegraph Co and R. C. A. Commun-
icationS. Inc.
If the plan is carried through, this
will be the first code forced on an
industry by N. R. A.
Will Go to Roosevelt
A public hearing will be held on
the administration code May l6, be-
fore it is presented to President
Roosevelt for imposition.
Decision to use the drastic proce-
dure was reached, the johnson an
nouncement said. because the big
companies of the industry persisted in
refusing to join in a voluntary code
of fair practices as late as the last
public hearing. held May 2.
Postal Asked Code
A. i. & l. is 10 De covered only
to the extent of its teletypewriter
services. handling written messages
and this code will not touch oral
telephone service.
R. c. A. Communications comes ir
as a radio competitor of the cable
companies.
Only Postal Telegraph and asso-
ciated concerns, hard pressed by the
competition of dominant Western
Union and by the telephone COM
pany's invasion of the written mes
sage field, asked for code to regu-
late competitive practices and put an
end to long-standing advantages held
by others.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
LIBEL CASE TO GO
TO SUPREME COURT
Tribunal Agrees to Rule on
Whether Senator Long
Must Stand Trial.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court agreed today
to rule On the action of District OF
Columbia courts requiring Senator
Huey P. Long of Louisiana to stand
trial on a $5OO,OOO suit brought
against him by Gen. Samuel T.
AnSell
Long, in a Senate speech in Feb
ruary. 1888. assailed Ansell. who had
acted as counsel for a Senate COM
mittee investigating the election to
the Senate of John H. Overton.
Contending he had been libeled by
the Long speech. which had been cir
culated in the Congressional Record
Ansell brought suit in District
Supreme Court.
Summons was served on Long, who
claimed immunity as a member OF
Congress and challenged the validity
of the action.
The trial court and the District
Court of Appeals both held that Long
must stand trial on the charges pre-
sented in the suit.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
BY the Associated Press.
MINNIE nOTTc

BY the Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS, May Repre-
sentative Francis H. Shoemaker, Far
mer -Laborite, Minnesota, was charged
with being hit-run driver and
with careless driving in a COM
plant issued by the city attorney to-
day.
The complaints were signed by
Ralph Jacobson and w. L. McComber
Jacobson asserted the Representative
failed to stop Saturday night after
his car twice bumped into the rear
of Jacobson's machine. McComber
signed the complaint as a witness to
the accident.
Shortly before noon the Repre-
sentative. accompanied by A. M.
Carey, his attorney. surrendered to
Municipal Judge Wright. He was
Evening star., 1934-05-07
DECISION IS DELAYED

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. MAY 7 (R-
The State Supreme Court today failed
to hand down a decision on the appeal
of Mark H. Shank. Akron. Ohio, attor-
ney, under a death sentence in con-
nection with the poison murder of
four persons.
The court took the case under sub
mission last Monday and under usual
court procedure a decision would have
been rendered today. The next opin-
ions will be delivered a week from
TODAY.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
.R0BLES K|DNAPERS
BELIEVED LOCATED
officers Expect HeireSS to
Be Returned Within
"a Hours.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NOGALES Ariz., May 7.-Sherif H
J. Brown of Santa Cruz County said
today he believes Oliver White, his
chief criminal deputy, is ION a hot
trial. in Mexico in connection with
the kidnapping of 6-year-old June
Robles.
White returned from below the bor-
der earlier to say he believed the lit
tie girl to be alive. and that she might
be returned TO her parents within "a
hours
Sheriff Brown said White had asked
permission to return to Mexico to
take special deputy with him.
The chief criminal deputy could not
be found in Nogales. and the sheriff
believed he had carried out his plar
to return across the international line
1t was reported he intended to go tc
Santa Cruz, small town not far from
the border.
We expect developments mo-
mentarily. if White is right" said
Brown.
A report grew in this border city
that White. when he returned. eX-
poets to bring with him some pris-
oners and possibly the girl officials
declined, however, to confirm any
thing.
1t was understood Mexican officers
were cooperating with the United
States deputy sheriff.
Whites movements were shrouded
in secrecy.
Deputies Leave Border.
Additional deputies left the border
at 1890 am. They planned, it wa;
understood. to proceed to the Santa
Barbara Ranch, 18 miles south Of the
border. and meet White there If he
returned with the prisoners or tht
girl
Many street rumors grew in Nogales
but no word had come from the in
terror of Sonora to indicate whether
the officers there had met with any
success in their reported attempt tt
close in on some one believed con-
nected with the kidnapping.
Chief of Police J. J. Lowe of No
gales. and member of his force left
for an unannounced destination JUS
before II am.
Word came to the border via q rail-
road wire that a party of officer:
had been in Santa Cruz and probably
would be back at the internationa
line about noon.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
80 ARE FEARED LOST
AS FIRE SWEEPS MINE
Deadly Gas Spreads Through
German Shaft After Oxy-
gen Is Pumped.

BY the Associated Press
MUELLHEIM, Baden. Germany.
May Eighty miners, trapped in the
Buggingen potash mine when fire
broke out in the diggings today, were
feared lost as result of the spread of
deadly fumes through the mine
The fire started one-half mile under
ground when a wooden supporting
pillar gave way and short-circuited the
electric system. The dry timbers burst
into flame.
Relief squads rushed to the scene
and oxygen was pumped into the shaft
to permit the miners to breathe How
ever, the gas generated Immediately
ignited.
Robert Wagner. the governor of
Baden. and other high officials of the
state went to the mine
Evening star., 1934-05-07
BY the Associated Press.

Americas thirst for legal "hard
likker''-if tax figures tell the story
correctly-has grown up since pre-
prohibition days.
Beer consumption, by the same
token, is running about so per cent
behind
In 1917 the United States con-
sumption of whisky, rum, gin and
brandy was 96.25O.000 gallons. The
1916 total was 80,720.O0O gallons,
while in 1918 there was drop to
81 $50, 900 gallons.
If liquor production taxes are any
indication-and most distilleries are
running full blast to fill the de-
mand-America is now drinking do
mestic products at the rate of 85,-
100000 gallons annually. This does
not include imports which for the
first quarter of 1884 were 3,640. 1000
gallons.
Continuation of these rates through
out the year would push distilled
Evening star., 1934-05-07
Heat Waue Record
For Opening Week
Of May Forecast
Mercury Expected to
Pass 90 after TOrrid
Week End.

After the hottest May in Is years
Washington today faced the posi-
bility of the most torrid firSt-week-
of-May weather on record.
That at least was the official
word from the Weather Bureau
which said:
We lCok for a maximum tempera-
ture of 90. or a little more And. if
the mercury rises above the 81 degree
mark. it will be the highest tempera-
ture Washington has ever seen during
the first seven days of May
Only once in the history of the
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1934-05-07
Woman Leaping From Steamer
Caught in Midair by d. c. Man
ReScuer Burns Hand to
Bone as Cigar Is
Crushed.
Rib Also Is Fractured in,
Holding Her Till
AidCOnes.
BY the Associated Press.

by lne ASSOCIATED PreSS.
NORFOLK, Va, May Caught in
midair after she had jumped over the
side of the Norfolk-W Washington
steamer District of Columbia last
night. young woman who gave her
name as Mrs. P F. Bykes of Norfolk
was dragged back to safety by F. L.
Waters of Washington.
Mr.. Waters sustained a severely
burned hand and a fractured rib in
making the unusual rescue.
The woman, who was in a highly
nervous state at the time Of the in
cident, was placed under the care OF
a nurse aboard the vessel last night.
When the District of Columbia docked
here this morning she had regained
Evening star., 1934-05-07
WRIT is ISSUED.

Order Is Given on Failure to Appear
in Court.
A writ of attachment was ordered
issued today for Representative
Francis Shoemaker of Minnesota, who
is to be brought into Police Court to
answer a charge of assaulting taxi
cab driver. The writ was ordered
this morning by Judge Ralph Given
after Shoemaker failed to appear in
court.
The case. in which Shoemaker, a
Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1934-05-07
FRENCH PLAN TO DEFAULT.
Official Opinion Shows Paris Attitude
Not Changed.

PARIS. May lP.-The fourth
French default on the war debts tc
the United States is considered GER
tain by high officials who spoke pri-
vately of the question today.
These officials asserted that nc
negotiations in regard to the debts
directly or indirectly" have been IN
progress recently and added that the
situation is more confused than
ever.
Position Remains Same.
The French position on the debts,
it was reiterated, remains the same
as after the overthrow of the govern
ment of former Premier Edouard Her
riot who championed payment.
France intends ultimately to regu-
larize the situation. the Associated
Press informant said as indicated
Saturday by the radio broadcast to
America by Foreign Minister Louis
Barthou. He said:
1T is the mission of our states
men-just as it is the mission OF yours
to apply all of their resources. devo-
ton. intelligence. reason and heart to
sweep away all obstacles, and misun-
derstandings.
We wish this and I know you
wish it also "
The officials discussing the debts
today. however. said the problem can
not even be considered until Presi-
dent Roosevelt in an expected mes
sage clarifies it.
Long Conversations Expected.
The officials said that such clarifi-
cation is not expected in tire for
negotiations regarding the payment
due June Is and that if it is true
token payments are not acceptable
now, nothing can be done until prob
ably long conversations result in new
and final settlement
The French also heretofore have
been unwilling to take the initiative
Continued on Page 6, Column 1.)
Evening star., 1934-05-07
Extends Study on Long.

The Senate Elections Committee
decided today to study further testi-
mony in the Long-Overton custer
case before reaching a decision on
whether additional hearings will be
held or the matter dropped.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
DRYING CHARGED
TO SHOEMAKER IN MINNEAPOLIS

taken to the city Jail. booked and ar
raigned in Traffic Court.
He pleaded not guilty, was released
on his personal recognizance. and
rial was set for next Monday, May IA.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
WEATHER.

~. 9. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow fair
and much cooler; moderate northwest,
shifting to north and northeast winds.
Temperatures-Highest, 81, at pm.
yesterday: lowest, Sc. at am. today.
Full report on page A.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

Continued on Page 5, Column 1)
Evening star., 1934-05-07

Continued on Page 2, Column So
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
HIGHWAY WORK
EMPLOYED MANY
Report For Year Shows
Large Number w ere
Given Work.

The State Highway Department
did much 20 aid in the unemploy-
ment situation of last year as shown
by a report just made public by W.
w. Mack. Chief Engineer, in which
he discloses that the department
provided 2.647,73O man hours of en-
ployment. The period covered by the
calculation is from November. 1888,
to November, 1884. and is exclusive
of county road work under the di-
rection of the Levy Court which al
so would account for large amount
of work furnished the unemployed
during that time.
Eliminated from the total are ap-
proximately 1.75O,0O0 man hours
given workers in the industries pro-
ducing and transporting materials.
Adding this contributing labor in
creases the man hours to the grand
total of 4,397,73O. The wage distri-
button gave an income to an in
creased number through the plan of
rotating shifts upon operations car
ried out throughout the State. The
rule was observed. as well, of allo-
eating the money to all parts of the
State, the percentage of unemploy-
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Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14

IN
CAUCUS
Legislators Would Hold
Party Meetings on Nor
ming of Opening Day.
CONTESTS UNLIKELY
Are Opposed To Journey
To Dover On n ew
Years Eve.

While it has been customary for
many years for the members of the
political party in control of the
General Assembly to meet in Dover
the night before the opening of the
session to hold caucuses and nomi-
nate officers of the Senate and
House together with the staff of at
taches for each. several members OF
the Legislature, which will con-
vene January l. have expressed
themselves as in favor of changing
this custom.
This sentiment results from the
fact that the Assembly is scheduled
to meet New Years Day and that
the caucuses, according to the pres
ent plan, are to be held the night
before, New Years Eve. Some of
the new members are anxious to
avoid a trip to Dover New Years
Eve and also would prefer to remain
at home for New Years Day, If this
could be done.
The time for the meeting of the
Legislature is fixed by the COnsti-
tuition of the State and cannot be
changed but the time for the eau
cuses is determined by the members
and may be changed at their pleas
ure. 1t has been suggested the eau
cuses be postponed from New Years
Eve until the morning of the follow
ing day prior to the conveninS OF
the Assembly.
II is pointed out contests in either
Turn 10 Pd0s 5, Pfedse
Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
NOTED TRAVELLER
TO SPEAK HERE
John Bowman OF New York Will
Present TrayelOgue

Announcement was made today by
Rev. Herson of the Avenue NJ. E.
Church, that arrangements have
been made with John Bowman OF
New York for the presentation here
of his very highly recommended
travelogue Wonders of the Medi-
terranean" which has the endorse
ment of thousands of pleased audi
ences where this delightful enter
tainment has been given. The travel
talk is shown entirely in vivid color
tone, a new and novel process which
adds greatly to the beauty of the
views shown. Included are Madeira,
Morocco, and Gibraltar. with a
glimpse also of the Alhambra in
Granada, as well as other Spanish
cities. MIR. Bowman then takes his
audience to Algiers. Tunis and Nal
ia with a stop also at Athens and
Instanbul in Turkey. Palestine and
Egypt are most interesting and Civ
en- in full with especial reference to
native life in these countries. Alba
mia, Jugo-Slavia, Venice. Naples.
Corsica and Monte Carlo are also
described and pictured making in all
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Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
CORN-HOG PRICES
WILDE BETTER
The 1885 Contract Will
Differ From That Of
The Present Year.

According to a notice received by
County Agriculture Agent C. R.
Snyder from the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration, a produc-
ton control program will again be
offered to the eorn-hog farmers for
1885. MFR. Snyder has had charge of
this work in the State in 1884 when
230 farmers in the State signed
corn-hog control contracts.
The 1885 contract will be some
what different than the one offer
ed in 1884. The new contract IS bas-
ed largely on the recommendations
of the corn-hog producers and the
committeeman of the various corn
hog control associatins. 1t has been
simplified considerably in several
respects.
The corn provisions of the 1885
contract state that the maximum
corn acreage that may be planted is
80 per cent of the acreage for the
two years 1928 that is the same
base as was used in 1884. Individual
signers may hold out of production
anywhere from 10 to 80 per cent OF
the two year base acreage and re-
ceive corn benefit payments in pro-
portion.
For complying with the corn con-
troll provisions of the new contract
the signer will derive the following
benefits: 0D a corn adjustment pay
ment at the rate of thirty-nye cents
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Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
COMPLETE LOCAL
HOSPITAL SURVEY
Milford Emergency Hos
pital Operating Costs
Less Than Average.

The Milford Emergency Hospital
has for several years enjoyed unus-
ually exceptional management, ac-
cording to facts revealed in the
survey of the local hospital situa-
tion which will be made public
within a few days. Operating un-
der conditions which constitute
grave handicaps, the institution has
nevertheless been able to maintain
a financial efficiency unusual in the
hospital field.
Comparisons have been made of
the local hospital costs with those
of hospitals of similar size in the
State of Pennsylvania. They indicate
that Milford Emergency Hospital op-
crates at 25c per patient day less
cost than the average hospital. Four
departments reveal costs which are
higher than the average but the
other sixteen departments OF the
hospital reveal lower than average
costs. The departments where costs
are excessive are the dietary, labor
atOry, upkeep and repair and the
laundry. The dietary department
costs are approximately $1,000 a
year higher than the average costs
for feeGing the same number of pa
tieRtA N other .hospitalss The study
shows that this Is in spite of very
careful management. 1t points ont
that the standard OF meals in the
Milford Emergency Hospital is
much superior than that of the av-
erage hospital. but finds that excess
sive costs are caused by lack of kit
chen space and facilities which
make impossible the preparation of
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Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
ANNUAL REPORT
OF PAROLE BOARD
Forty Prisoners ParOled
By State Board During
Past Year.

The eleventh annual report of the
State Parole Board has been sub
mitted to Governor Buck. During
the year there was the same diff
Guilty in securing employment for
those paroled as was experienced
last year.
The report of James w. Robert
son, secretary of the board, showed
that so applications for parole were
considered Dy the board during the
year. Forty of these were granted
and "a refused. Five cases were post
poued to future meetings OF the
board and one case was withdrawn.
OF the 10 who were granted parole
five violated parole. Two of these
were returned to the WorkhOuse,
one died abroad and one is still at
large.
On the basis of the actual number
paroled by the board. S71a per cent
are credited with good records. AS
heretofore, those that have served
long terms of Imprisonment made
the best record and gave the least
trouble on parole. The total number
on parole during the year was 60,
one less than for the previous year.
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