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The Washington times., 1934-05-09

Voting to increase the lump sum
contribution to the budget figure
of $5,7OO,OOO, the Senate District
appropriations subcommittee COM
pleted marking up the District
supply bill today.
Senator Elmer Thomas CD of
Oklahoma, chairman of the sub
committee, said that the subcom-
mittee will report it's action to the
full committee tomorrow, with the
expectation that the bill will be re-
ported to the Senate tomorrow
afternoon or Friday.
Can't See Any Kicks
Although declining to make pub
lie the details of the subcommit-
tees action today, Senator Thomas
said:
"If the bill is passed as we
have written it, / don't think
there will be any kick from the
local citizens or District Off.
cialS."
He said the additional $1,700,-
900 for relief, as recommended
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
To BREAK
UP 'kICkBACK'
BY. International News Service

ny 1He6fuAbAOuaI news service
Loaded" pay rolls and the "kick.
back" were being fought today by
Secretary Of the Interior Ickes as
a Senate committee recommended
an investigation of reports thaS
workers on PWA jobs were vic.
timized by contractors. who are
benefiting by the expenditure of
more than 5000 million dollars in
public money. Secretary Ickes
said:
II intend to do all in my
power to halt this practice
wherever / find it. l regard the
'Kick-back,' in particular as one
Of the most rat-like things /
know about"
The "kick-back" is the workers
description of the practice of
some bosses who force workers
to secretly remit a part of their
pay on public works contracts.
Secretary Ickes has laid down
rigid requirements governing en-
ployment on public contracts and
reports of favoritism prompted
a warning of drastic action.
Senate approval of the Davis
Walsh resolution for an investi-
cation of alleged "kickback" prac-
tices apparanetly will be delayed
for a few days until the com
mittee on audits and accounts
meets to consider it.
The measure was reported to
the Senate yesterday by Senator
David I. Walsh CD of Massa-
chusetts, chairman of the COM
mittee on Education and Labor
and co-author of the resolution.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
ULT|MATUM
IS GIVEN To
" STEAGALL
Summoned to White House and
Told Just What to Do
About Bill, Is Claim

Presidential interference with
bank relief legislation was
charged by certain Democratic
leaders today.
According to information from
q reliable source, President
Roosevelt has broken a prece-
dent of long standing and made
q direct attempt to block prog
reSs through Congress of a bill
providing liberal relief for de-
poSitorS Of closed banks.
Summons Steagall
Late Monday the Chief Execu-
tive summoned Representative
Henry B. Steagall CD Of Ala
bama, chairman of the House
Banking and Currency Commit
tee and author of a bank relief
amendment, to the White House.
It is understood that the PreSi.
dent laid down the law and in no
uncertain terms, and told Mr..
Steagall he wanted no bank relief
measure passed at this session.
He also told the House leader he
wanted his committee to report
out only the Glass bill, which has
already passed the Senate, but, by
way of compromise, is willing the
House should increase the deposit
guarantee from $2.50O to $1,000.
Some Democrats RebeIHOus
This action is understood to
make it mandatory upon Mr..
Steagall to abandon his bank
relief amendment, but other DEM
ocratic members of the committee
are believed to be in rebellion,
and with the support of Repub-
ncans may bring out the House
bill with the Steagall amend
ment. One prominent Democratic
member Of the committee has
already said:
I'VE are not going to let the
President whisper in our ears,
and we will 60 ahead with our
present plans, as long as they
appear feasible"
The Weideman petition needs
145 names to become effective and
when the House adjourned late
yesterday a total Of 113 had been
affixed.
Every possible effort will be
made to secure the remaining 80
names before the end of next
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The Washington times., 1934-05-09

PARIS, May 9 G.N.S0 Garry
ing six persons to their doom,
the Paris-London air liner,
Golden Clipper" is believed to
have crashed in the English
Channel shortly after noon to-
day, barely an hour after taking
off from LIE Bourget Airport for
Croydon, England.
A message to the Air of France,
the operating company, late to-
day said that people on the shore
of Sussex county, England, saw
a plane fall into the channel.
The Air of France also received
an unverified report that air.
plane wreckage had been sighted
off LIE Treport, French coastal
town, 20 miles south of Calais,
where the Golden Clipper" was
last sighted.
Other Wreckage, definitely
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
NaUy Officers Must
Travel on u. S. Ships

Naval officers are expected to
travel on United States ships if
they can.
Consequently, Comptroller Cen
eral j. R. McCarl ruled today
that an officer authorized to
travel on a foreign vessel from
Shanghai to New York, via the
Suez Canal, doesn't get per diem
in lieu of actual expenses of sub
sistence, inasmuch as tranSpor-
tation was available on ships fly
ing the American flag between
Shanghai and San Francisco.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
POWer Firm Denies
Asking ThQyer's Aid

ALBANY. N. Y, May 10
G.N.S).-Officials of the Associ-
ated Gas and Electric Company
never asked Senator Warren T.
Thayer, Republican whip. to use
his influence as chairman of the
Senate Public Service Committee
to defeat any legislation opposed
by the utilities, it was testified to-
day by Wallace E. Pierce, repre-
senting the Associated, at the
trial of Senator Thayer for his
alleged utility lobbying activities
in the New York legislature.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
LEA LOSES
3-YEARF|GHT

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 8
G.N.S0 The three-year fight of
Col. Luke Lea, former United
States Senator, one-time publisher,
and powerful figure in Tennessee
politics, and his son. Luke, jr., to
escape service of North Carolina
bank fraud convictions came to
an abrupt end today.
The Tennessee Supreme Court,
in an action that lasted only 10
minutes, delivered the Leas into
the custody of North Carolina
officers, who sped them prison.
ward under machine gun guard.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
Held Under Charge
Of COunterfeitin0

HOBOKEN, N. j., May 9 III.
SD.-Herman P. Stephenson, So,
was held here today in $4,000
bail pending his transfer to Gin
cinnati to face trial on counter
feiting charges. He is alleged to
be a member of a counterfeiting
gang which during the past six
months manufactured in Cincin-
natl and distributed through the
Middle West more than 100000
in spurious S. bills. He pleaded
not guilty to the charge and de-
faulted bail.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
A. T. e T. Accused
Of L1U Violations

OSTON, May 9 G.N.SD.
Charges that the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company
and it's Massachusetts, subsidiaries
have forfeited their right to recog-
milton as business concerns in
Massachusetts, because of VIOLA
tions of State laws in the matter
of mergers and stock issues were
made today by Attorney Wycliffe
c. Marshall.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
LeUiathan to Enter
Ocean Service A0din

NEW YORK, May 9 GN.SJ.
The Leviathan, long the queen of
the American Merchant Marine,
will go back into overseas serv.
ice this year, according to an an
nouncement made today by P. A.
s. Franklin, chairman of the
United States Lines. The ship
will make it's first eastward voyage
to channel ports June g.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
A.F.L. Leader Pleads
For La Toilette Bill
By International News Service

BY International News Service
Industry cannot carry the re-
covery alone, William Green,
president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, told the Senate
Labor and Education Committee
today. He appeared in support
of the La Toilette bill to appro-
pirate 10000 million dollars for
public works.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
Named
COn1ptrOLLer of N. Y.

NEW YORK, May 9 QN.S0.
Joseph D. McGoldrick, deputy
comptroller and Columbia Uni
versity professor, was named to-
day by Mayor LaGuardia as
comptroller to succeed the late w.
Arthur Cunningham.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
DR.. COnGvlt Awarded
. Medal By Chemists

4. NEW YORK, May 9.-Dr. James
Bryant Conant, president of Har-
ward University, will receive this
years medal of the American In
stitute of Chemists for outstanding
service to chemistry in America.
DR.. Conant has done notable
work in establishing the chemical
structure of many complicated or
Ranic compounds.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
6 Killed, 8 Injured
In Elevator Blasts

ST. LOUIS, May 9 GN.S0.
The death toll in the series of
three violent explosions, followed
by fire, at a huge grain elevator
here today stood at six. Eight
were injured, two seriously,
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
HOME ROBBED

Burglars broke into the home
of William H. Booze, in the 1900
block of jefferson st. N. w.. and
stole cash and jewelry valued at
$95, he reported to police. En-
trance was gained by forcing a
cellar door.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
President FGUOrS
Oil REGULATION Bill

BY International News Service
President Roosevelt today an
nounced he favors some form Of
Federal control of the oil indus
try. There is a bill proposing this
control now pending in Congress.
The Washington times., 1934-05-09
BOND;
At T0RNEY
Of INSULT
PLEADS
II Reasons Given in Appeal to
Reduce Bail; Health and
Poverty Are Stressed


An informal appeal for reduc-
ton of Samuel insults 100000
Federal bond was denied by
Judge Samuel AIschuler, Of the
United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals here today. Judge Al
schuIer denied the motion Of
Attorney Floyd Thompson, cOun-
sci for the former utility czar,
on the ground that it was not
properly presented.
BY JANE L. KILGALLEN
CHICAGO, May 8 U.N.S0.
Confinement of Samuel insult in
jail will bring further impair
ment of his health and seriously
endanger his life, his counsel set
forth today in giving II reasons
why the circuit court Of appeals
should order him brought before
that body and freed on lesser
bail than the 100000 set.
Major allegations in Insults
application for a writ of habeas
corpus were:
/. That insult is without
funds or property and is un-
able to raise the 100000 bail.
Danger to His Life
2. That he is "a years old,
in precarious health, and that
confinement in Jail would fur
ther jeopardiZe his health and
seriously endanger his life.
g. That insult is without
funds to employ persons to pre-
pare his defense and that it is
necessary for him to be at
liberty to do so himself.
4. That the requirement Of
high bonds is in violation Of
the eighth amendment Of the
Constitution because it requires
excessive bail.
insult in addition asks the Ap.
peals Court to take into consider
alton the fact that bail in the
State Courts has been set at an
additional $4,000.
The other points raised had to
do with the legal right of the de.
fendant to be freed on bonds.
Arraignment Friday
insult will be arraigned in
Federal court here Friday. He
will be brought before Judge
Phillip L. Sullivan and hear him
self charged with using the
mails to defraud, in connection
with the sale of corporation Sc
curities, and with violating the
Federal bankruptcy act.
The other defendants in the
mail fraud case have already
been arraigned, and will be
brought into court again on
May Is.
Nine business associates who
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The Washington times., 1934-05-09

WEATHER FORECAST
Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight and Thurs.
day. "Details on Page 3, Section ~,
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Active in War

Miss Smith has always been
active in woman Suffra g e
causes, and during the World
War she was especially active
in the Red Cross.
Before going to Mooseheart
to take charge Of the women's
auxiliaries Of the Moose, Miss
Smith was head Of employ
ment at Wilmington, Del, and
has held a similar position in
the District of Columbia. She
is a native of Indiana, still
maintaining a home in In
dianapolis.
Elaborate arrangements are
being made by the local divi-
sion of the Women of the
Moose for the activities dur
ing the three-day session.
Reports will be made by all
chapter represented as to what
has been accomplished during
the winter months. The gen.
eral public is invited to attend
all these sessions.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
DC. Women Of the Moose Prepare
or National Conference in
CapitaI Next Week

a conference Monday from 4 to
9 D. m. at the "Y" Building
Seventeenth and K SITS. N. w.
Material suitable for use in
Girls Reserve Clubs will be Of
fered by leaders in the various
fields. New ideas in the field
Of music, crafts and hobbies will
be demonstrated, and there will
be several discussion periods.
Mrs. Elwood Street will dis
cuss the advisers place in work
ing with adolescent girls, and
Miss Ann Seesholtz, the first
secretary of younger girls work
in the Y. w. C. A., will lead an
inspirational recognition service.
The Girls Reserve Glee Club
will meet for rehearsal Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mem.
bers OF the Senior High School
Council will meet Wednesday
afternoon at 4:45 o'clock at the
"Y.' Eastern High School Re
serves will meet Wednesday
night, also at the "Y."
Members Of the Rickety-Rack.
ETY. Club will give a new mem
bers' party" next Saturday
morning.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
WOMENS CLUB CALENDAR
MONDAY

Benefit Card Party-Captain
Molly Pitcher Chapter, D. A. R.,
2 pm, Arts Club, 2017 I st. N. w.
Meeting-Delta Sigma Chap
ter, Delphian Society, 10 a. M,
Shoreham Hotel.
Meeting-Literary group Of
the Marietta Park Woman's
Club, 8 p. m, at the home of
Mrs. Ida Connor, 300 Ritten-
house st. N. w.
Meeting-Garden Department
Of the Takoma Park Woman'S
Club, 1870 p. m., at the home of
Mrs. Aria Morgan, 425 Manor
Pl. N. w.
Card Party-SponSored by the
Women'S City Club, 2 p. m. and
at 8 p. M, at the clubhouse, 746
Jackson Pl. N. w.
Meeting-District Federation
Of Women's Clubs, 1890 a. M,
Barker Hall, Seventeenth and K
SITS. N. w.
Meeting-Co Continental Chap
ter, D. A. R., 8 p. M, at the
home Of Mrs. ]. Mcdonald Stew
art.
Conference-Girl Reserve ad-
visorS from all Girl Reserve
clubs, from 4 to 9 p. M, at the
Y. w. c. A., Seventeenth and K
SITS. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17

Miss Katherine Smith, grand
recorder of the Women Of the
Moose, who arrived in Washing
ton Thursday from Mooseheart,
ILL.,, today Is busily engaged su-
pervising arrangements for the
conference Of the Women Of
the Moose to be held at the
Willard Hotel next Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, in con-
nection with the midwinter
meeting Of the supreme council
Of the Loyal Order of Moose.
The program for the first two
days will be devoted entirely to
a discussion of the work of the
Mooseheart Laboratory for Child
Research, which is being fl
nanced by women Of the fra
ternity.
Saturday they will discuss the
work Of the committees within
the 966 chapters in practically
every State in the Union. The
Mooseheart banquet will be held
Saturday night.
Miss Smith, who will have
charge of all women's activities
Of the conference, said:
eve expect to have q large
attendance Of women, particu-
larIy from the eastern section
Of the country. There will be
large delegations from Pennsyl-
vania, New England and as far
West as Illinois"
WEST REPRESENTED
Chapters in Utah, according
to Miss Smith, have shown
much interest in the meeting.
and two representatives are be-
ing sent from the Klamath
Falls, Ore, Chapter. Miss Smith
added:
"The manner in which all
our chapters are using the
child care and training les
sons that were prepared by
the MOOSeheart Laboratory is
most gratifying. We have a
committee in each chapter that
works out the organization Of
. community group for the
study of these lessons. Many,
Of Our members who belong to
parentteacher organizations are
using the sSOnS in their
study groups"
Findings of the Mooseheart
Laboratory, Miss Smith eX-
planned, are available to any
organization or individual in
terested in its work.
Miss Smith has been active
in public affairs and club work
for a number of years. She is
also a member of the Auxil-
iary Of the American Legion,
the Women's Benefit Associa-
ton, the Professional Women'S
Club, the Order Of the Eastern
Star, the Aurora Business and
Professional Women's Club, and
the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen,
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Army Orders

Leave Of absence granted to
First Lieut.. Glenn L. Davasher,
two months and II days.
Major Roy H. Coles, assigned
to headquarters Second Corps
Area, Governors Island, New
York.
First Lieut.. George C. Rein
hardt to Fort Logan, Colorado.
First Lieut.. John B. Hess to
Madison Barracks, New York.
First Liuet. Alert T. Wilson
to Fort Wadsworth, New York.
Capt. Harold N. Gilbert to
Philippine Department.
Capt. George A. Moore to Fort
Sam Houston, Texas.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
TODAY


Ways and Means Committee,
Columbia Chapter, No. 26S,
Women of the Moose, 8 p. M,
: at the Moose Hall, 1414 I st.
N. w.
Annual Benefit Card Party
District Of Columbia Society Of
the United States Daughters of
1872, 2 p. M, Shoreham Hotel.
Silver Tea-Richard Arnold
Chapter, D. A. R., $3.50 p. M, at
the home Of Miss Olive Herring
ton. 1925 Fifteenth st. N. ~.
Annual Card Party-Acacia
Chapter, No. %, Order of the
Eastern Star, 8 p. M, Willard
Hotel.
Supper - Washington Girls
Reserves, 6 p. M, Barker Hall,
Seventeenth and K SITS. N. w.
Entertainment - The older
Saturday Morning Girl Reserve
Club will entertain members of
the Rickety-Rackety Club, 1915
a. M, "Y" Building, Seven
teenth and K SITS. N. w.
Neutrality-suspicious. Chapter,
D. A. R., 8 p. M, at the home
of Mrs. Newton Montgomery.
Card Party-PatriotS Memo
rial Chapter, D. A. r., after
noon, at the home of Mrs.
George V. Graham, West Vir.
ginia St., Chevy Chase, Md.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
What S Doing

Dinner-D. C. Education Asso-
citation, $50 p. M, Mayflower Ho-
tel.
Meeting-Order of Indian Wars,
$50 p. m, Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting-American Association
of Social Workers, all day, May
flower Hotel.
Meeting-Metropolitan Y. M. C..
A., all day, Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting-Code committee, Co.
lumbia Regional Conference, all
day, Mayflower Hotel.
Dance-National Recovery Ad-
ministration, p. M, Shoreham
Hotel.
Dinner Dance+Sigma Phi,
Esther Chapter, No. s, 7:15 p. m,
Willard Hotel.
Card Party-Acacia Chapter, O.
E. S., 9 p. m. Willard Hotel.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Navy Orders
Comdr. leonard IT. Lindsley as

Comdr. Leonard H. Lindsey as
signed to Naval Station, Guam.
Lieut.. Comdr. Harry Rochester
to U. S. S. Omaha as engineer
officer.
Lieut.. Comdr. William C. Vose
to Naval Torpedo Station, New
port, r. I.
Lieut.. Alfred G. Scott to Navy
Yard, Puget Sound, Wash.
Lieut.. (jg0 Gustave N. Johan-
sen to U. S. S. MacLeish.
Lieut.. G.gO Francois C. B. Jor-
dan to U. S. S. Chaumont.
Lieut.. G.g0 Albert o. Momm to
U. S. S. Affair.
Lieut.. G.g0 Mic Nash, jr., to
U. S. S. Affair.
Lieut.. d.g0 Lynn c. Petross to
U. S. S. Philip.
Medical Corps
Lieut.. Comdr. Erik G. Hakans-
son to Fifteenth Naval District.
Lieut.. Comdr. Millard F. Hud-
son to Naval Hospital, Mare Is
land, California.
Lieut.. Comdr. Robert L. Matt
kemper to U. S. S. New Yorker.
Lieut.. Leon D. Cason to instruc-
tor Naval Hospital, San Diego.
Supply Corps
Lieut.. Robert r. Blaisdell to
Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth.
Va.
Lieut.. Thomas C. Burlington to
submarine base, Coco Solo, C. z.
Construction Corps
Comdr. Frederick G. Girls to
Blu. c. & R., Navy Dept.
Lieut.. Cornelius v. S. Knox, to
Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, NJ.
Lieut.. John A. Sweetin to Ash
ATTIC Station.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Press Club Dinner

Distinguished women from
the official and professional life
of the nation, including Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who will
be the guest of honor. will at
tend the annual dinner and
stunt party Of the Women'S
National Press Club on Monday
night, March 10, at the Willard
Hotel.
This dinner, which will bring
together a feminine who's
Who" from all parts Of the
United States, has received so
many patronesses that each
member will be limited to only
three guests this year. Men
will not be allowed to attend
the party.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17

Deficiency Of temperature since
February /, 1884, 143 degrees.
Accumulated deficiency Of pre-
cipitation since January /, 1884,
20.42 inches.
Deficiency Of precipitation since
February /, 1884, "a inch.
Tide Tables
Today-High tides, 10:37 a. m.
and 11:07 p. m; low tides, ASS
a. m. and 5:24 p. m.
Tomorrow - High tides, 1924
q. m. and 1853 p. M; low tides,
$40 a. m. and 6:12 q. m.
The Sun and Moon
The sun rises today, 6:58 a. M,
and sets, SAT p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow, 6:57
a. m, and sets. 5:48 p. m.
The moon rises today, 8:36
a. NJ, and sets, 10:17 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow, 9:02
a. M, and sets, 1923 p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Citv Club Program

Carrying a full calendar OF
activities, the Women's City
Club today made the following
announcement Of it's affairs:
New members of the club will
be guests of honor at a tea
tomorrow afternoon at the club
house, 736 Jackson Pl. N. w.
Mrs. Frank Birgfeld and mem
bers of the membership COM
mittee will be hostesSeS.
The annual "house better
ment" card parties will be held
Monday and Tuesday after
moons, at 2 and 8 o'clock. re-
spectively. Mrs. Edgar T. Brown
is chairman of arrangements.
assisted by Mrs. Charles H.
Curl.
Mrs. Mary liant Couch, chair
man Of the music section of the
club, will present another cham
Der music concert in the "ad-
venture in music" series, at
8:15 o'clock Friday night.
Domenico Iascone will present
and direct the concert.
"No Furniture, So Charming
as Books" will be the subject
of a talk by Mrs. George F.
Bcwerman, who will be guest
speaker at a dinner under the
auspices of the Book Hour Sec
ton, Wednesday night, Febru-
ary %, at $50 o'clock. Mrs.
William Lee Cor5in will preside.
The Rev. John j. Queally,
rector of the Church of the
TRANSPORTATION, will speak on
"Regaining our Humanity" at
the current events section
meeting, Tuesday afternoon,
February 81. Mrs. Dorothy K.
Butler, chairman. will present
the guest speaker.
Y.W.C.A. Activities
Activities of the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association for
the coming week were an
nounced today.
Girls Reserve advisers from
all Girls Reserve Clubs will hold
The Washington times., 1934-02-17
Oldest Inhabitants
Will Hear COPELAND

Senator Royal S. Copeland CDO
of New York will be the speaker at
a Washington's Birthday celebra-
tion to be held by the Association
of Oldest Inhabitants February
% at the Old Engine House, Nine
teenth and H Streets Northwest.