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The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Mdivanis Pay Up;
Court Clears Two

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9 U.S0.
David and Serge Mdivani, princes
in the Russian province of Geor-
gia, and now Los Angeles oil pro-
ducerS, today were freed entirely
Of felony accusations which have
been pending against them for a
year. They have paid all claims.
Superior Judge Fletcher Bow.
ron dismissed indictments upon
which the Mdivanis were facing
trial, charging them with IA
counts Of grand theft and eight
counts Of falsifying corporation
records. All accusations concerned
the brothers handling of their Pa.
cific Shore Oil Company,
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Right or Wrong,
He Has Answer

BOSTON (INS0.-A popular
question among visitors to the
ZOO is:
"Why is it stripes on a zebra
run up and down instead OF
hOrizOntal?"
The answer Dan Harkins OF
Franklin Park zoo gives is:
Because tdat'S the way the
sun hits the animal as he races
through the tall grass Of the
African veldt."
He doesn't know whether that is
the right answer, but usually 1t
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Queen Marie Shocked
At Attack on KinQ

LONDON, Oct. 8 Q.N.SD.-Dow-
Ager Queen Marie of Rumania,
mother.in-law of King Alexander,
was shocked today to learn Of the
attack upon him at Marseilles.
First news Of the shooting was
transmitted to Queen Marie
through her lady.in.waiting by
International News Service.
AleXander'S heir, Prince Peter,
who Is ii years old, lunched with
King George and Queen Mary at
Buckingham Palace on Sunday.
King Alexander had planned to
visit him privately at his school
following his reception in Paris.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Cancellation
FacesOcean
MailPdctS
BY EUGENE A. KELLY

Regardless Of the present hear
ings, officials Of the Post Office
Department are strongly consid
ering cancellation of all ocean and
foreign airmail contracts, 1t was
learned in an unofficial but au
thoritative source today.
The New Dealers are planning,
according to this source, to apply
their principles of redistribution
Of capital by allowing subsidies to
steamship lines which heretofore
were not granted Government sub
sides. This will be effected by
taking from the major companies
portion Of their present grant.
Validity Not Involved
It was further learned that, no
matter what the hearings disclose,
every attempt will be made by the
Government to make an outright
subsidy to the ocean liners and
air lines in foreign companies.
Instead of the money being al
lotted from the Post Office De.
partment, the funds, If the plans
are carried through, will be made
available by some agency such as
the United States Shipping Board.
The validity Of the present con.
tracts will not stand in the way
of their cancellation, it was
pointed out, since the same meas
ures can be taken which were ap-
piled to the cancellation of the
air mail contracts last winter.
When Federal officials take up
the consideration of the foreign
airmail contracts, however, they
will strike a snag.
This problem involves matters
of international law and diplom-
acy, and Post Office officials are
frankly puzzled as to just how to
proceed with the ticklish affair.
President Roosevelt has openly
expressed a preference for a
straight subsidy for the merchant
marine, rather than dispense Fed.
eral funds under the guise of
carrying few pounds of mail.
A cancellation of the present
contracts and the initiation of a
new relationship between the
Government and the steamship
companies would be only follow.
ing out the wishes of the Presi.
dent.
State Department Factor
It was pointed out that most of
the foreign air-mail contracts
were made with the advice and
aid of the State Department and
their cancellation will hardly be
approved on that ground.
Furthermore, the air lines with
contracts for carrying the mail
in foreign countries have con-
tracted for fields, equipment and
other necessary things for carry.
ing out their program and it will
be hardly deemed advisable to
force these companies to abro.
gate existing contracts with for.
eign countries.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
German Rules Out
Dual Mine Unions

SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 9 I.N.S)
Coal companies under agreement
with the United Mine Workers Of
America cannot reorganize or dea!
with any committee OF a dual
union or any other labor organiza-
ton, Umpire James A. German,
Of the Anthracite Board of Concil:
iation, acting as an agency OF
the National Labor Board, ruled
today.
Mr.. Germans decision was based
on a grievance filed by the United
Anthracite Miners Of Pennsyl'
vania, in which leaders Of this or
ganization charged the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company refused to
recognize their mine committee.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
HYDE Wins Income
Tax Contest Here

James Hazen Hyde, New York
capitalist who for years has made
his home in Paris, won a $10.537
income tax case yesterday before
the United States Board Of Tax
Appeals on it's attempt to tax Hyde
on 1929 and 1880 income Of $56,0OC
from a trust fund he created fol
Mrs. Hyde, prior to a Paris dl
vorce in 1919, on her agreement
to waive all alimony claims
against him. The income tax
should be paid by the beneficiary,
the board ruled.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Bliss to Address
FOxhall Citizens

e. G. Bliss. general commercial
manager Of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Company,
will be the principal speaker to-
night at a meeting of the Fox
hall Village Citizens Association,
to be held in st. Patrick'S Parish
House. Foxhall and Reservoir
Roads.
Motion pictures depicting diff
ferent phases of the telephone
industry will be shown and Bliss
will discuss how the telephone
company forecasts population
changes in large cities and de-
termines service requirements.
Music will be furnished by the
company Glee Club.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Gas" Tax Raised
To Record Level

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Oct. 9
G.N.S0.-Motorists got bad news
from the city council today. Hunt
ing new revenues, the council
levied a one-cent city excise tax on
gasoline, making the total tax 9b
cents a gallon, believed to be the
highest gas tax in the country.
A one-cent-a-quart tax on lubri-
eating oil and a cent tax per
packet Of cigarettes also were
voted.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Fatal Shooting
Held Accidental

A verdict of accidental death
was returned by a coroner's jury
today in the case of Mrs. Rose
Foley, "a, wife of James Henry
Foley, Marine Corps civilian en-
ploye.
Mrs. Foley was shot last Sun
day in their home. 1900 block T
st. S. E., by a gun held by her
husband. Lieut.. John Fowler, pol
ice firearms expert, testified the
mechanism of the gun was faulty.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Ex-King Alfonso Eyes
Strife in Spain

ROME, Oct. 9 GN.sO.-Former
King Alfonso, Of Spain, watching
events in Spain closely, still was
harboring hopes of returning to
his throne some day..
The ex-monarch signed a lease
for a furnished villa belonging to
Prince Ruffo Della Scaletta, which
he will occupy for six months.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Kings Daughters
Open Convention

FRONT. ROYAL, Va, Oct. 9.
The Virginia branch of the Inter-
national Order Of Kings Daugh-
tiers opened its fourteenth annual
convention here today.
The group convened in the
Methodist Church, and will con-
clude the meeting Thursday.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Troops Seize Dozen

Others said ne was an Italian.
Troops Seize Dozen
The youthful king and his dis
tinguished French escort had
reached one of the principal
squares of Marseilles when the
shots rang out.
Mounted troops which were pre-
ceding the royal automobile i'm
mediately surrounded it, while
troops rushed into the crowd, ar
resting a dozen suspects.
Scenes of widest confusion pre-
vailed. The crowd fell back as
the soldiers rushed in attempting
to seize the culprits. Many were
endangered by flying hoofs as
the horses of mounted soldiers
reared at the sound of the shots.
Police Secretive
Police refused all information,
but it was believed those ar.
rested included a number Of
Croatians.
Early reports said the authori-
ties had received prior warnings
that Croats might attempt an
attack upon Alexander's life.
While the monarch is credited
with restoring a semblance Of
order in his politically chaotic
country, he has alienated many
important and influential groups
by his dictatorial measures.
General wounded
The French general who was
wounded was riding in carriage
behind the royal car.
King Alexander was taken i'm.
mediately to the prefecture of 20.
lice, where doctors were sum.
Moned.
Accompanied by members of his
personal staff and retinue, King
Alexander had landed at the old
port of Marseilles from a Jugo-
Slavin warship.
Troops drawn up at the dock
gave him a royal salute, and M.
Barthou stepped forward to greet
him as representative of the
French government. A military
band played the national anthems
OF both countries.
No Advance Warning
NJ. Barthou's military aide
shook the Kings hand and en-
braced him, and the monarch and
the bearded French foreign minis
ter then stepped into a waiting
motor car.
The automob bile proceeded
slowly UP the Cannebiere amid
lines of cheering crowds when,
suddenly and without any warn.
ing, the shots rang out.
Several pectators were
wounded. One woman was re-
ported killed.
Alexander's Queen, who before
her marriage to him was Princess
Marie of Rumania, had planned
to accompany him on his visit to
France, but changed her plans
owing to the fact heavy seas were
running and she did not desire
to risk the journey.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
SPOKE TOO SOON

SEATTLE, Wash, Q.N.S).
When Councilman David E. Lock
wood, returned home after a fight
in the council chambers to have
only one patrolman in each
prowler car instead Of two, as an
economy measure, he found bur.
glars had visited him.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
TURKEY

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oct. 9.
Two French deStroyers were
Shelled in the Gulf of Smyrna
Saturday by Turkish coastal bat.
teries through "a misunderstood.
ing" according to an official
explanation today. Turkey pro-
tested to France over alleged
violations of her territorial waters
by the two French vessels, and
it is understood the matter has
been settled to the complete salts
faction of both countries.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Anarchists Seize
Trubia, Routed

HENDAYE, France, Oct. 8
G.N.S0.-New and fierce fight
ing broke out today in Barcelona
and surrounding towns.
Anarchists seized the important
town of Trubia, seat of one Of the
largest Spanish arms manufac-
turing plants, but government
cruisers, firing from the harbor,
routed the rebels after a three
hour Smelling.
Land troops. covered by heavy
naval guns, were Smelling noun
tain strongholds Of the retreated
rebels.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
NETHERLANDS

AMSTERDAM, The NetherIandS,
Oct. 9.-The Royal Dutch Air.
lines yesterday celebrated the
fifteenth anniversary of the Gre
alton Of the company. Starting
with one small machine and a
personnel of IL men, the COM
pany now has fleet of 40 air.
planes with a personnel of 789,
drawing annually salaries aggre-
eating 100000 guilders. The
lines last year transported $4,000
passengers. 269 tons of mail and
1850 of general freight.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
ENGLAND

LONDON, Oct. 9-The recent
pooling of all London transporta-
ton services in a single giant
monopoly was reelected in the an
nual report of the traffic commits
sioners issued yesterday. The re-
port showed that fewer BUSES were
running on British roads in the
past year, but that more pasSen-
gers were carried. This is believed
due to the acquisition of hundreds
Of private buses by the London
monopoly and to the laying up or
selling of SuperfluouS vehicles.
LONDON, Oct. 9-According to
the Ministry Of Labor's monthly re.
port issued today the number of un-
employed British men and women
in September was 2,081,9S7 This
was 54,591 fewer than in August
and 254, TAO fewer than in Septem-
Der. 1888. Last months aggregate
included 1,723.820 men and boys
and 358,167 women and girls.
LONDON, Oct. 9 (U.sO.
Speeding across the English Chan
mel from Havre where they assem-
bled their plane, Capt. Roscoe Tur-
ner and Clyde Pangborn, noted
American filters who will compete
in the London to Melbourne air
race, arrived at the Heston air
port, near London, last night. They
were the first American entrants
to reach England.
LONDON, Oct. 9 u.N.sO
Thirty-five members of the crew
of a Japanese ship turned pirate,
raided and sacked the British
Island of Haggerstone, 1875 miles
from Thursday Island, between
Australia and New Guinea, says a
dispatch in the London Daily
Herald from Brisbane, Australia,
today. The Japanese landed while
the few settlers were absent from
their village, smashed the landing
stage, looted the cottages, and
burned the coconut groves, accord
ing to the dispatch.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Thief Gets $40
In Silver Spring

Andrew Russell, 300 block GiSt
Ave-, Silver Spring, Md, was
robbed Of $40 by white man
at the point Of pistol last night
at Falkland Drive and Philadel-
phia Avenue, silver Spring.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Post Is Resigned
By Mrs. Cumming

Mrs. Hugh Cumming, wife Of the
Surgeon-general, resigned as a
member Of the Board Of Public
Welfare today, it was announced
by the District Commissioners. Her
GsucceSsor has not been appointed.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
ARGENTINA

ENOS AIRES, Oct. 9
0NS0 More than $4,000 pill
grimS from throughout the world
damned the streets of Buenos
Aires today intent upon making
the Eucharistic Congress, which
opens Wednesday, "the greatest
manifestation of religious faith
in modern times"
Immediate ceremonies were
being prepared to receive Car
dinal Pacelli, Papal Secretary of
State, upon his arrival tomorrow.
The hope that Europe would
watch the CONFERENCE and learn
from it was expressed to Inter
national News Service by Cardinal
Verdier, primate of France.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
TREASURY CONDITION

BY International News Service
Treasury balance as Of October
6, $2,139, 500, 1861; internal rev.
enue, $5,109,619.47; custom re-
ceiptS, $7,711,535.90.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Arlington G. 0. P.'s
To Foster Dance

H. s. Omohundro has been
named chairman of the committee
which will arrange the dance
October 10 at Windsor Arms, OF
the Arlington County Republican
Club, according to an announce
ment made today by club head
quarters.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
CANADA

CALENDAR, Ontario, Sept. 9.
The Dionne quintuplets have fin
ally had glimpse Of the outdoor
world. Yesterday the five babies.
now 1875 days old, we're placed on
the porch Of the hospital where
they are being cared for. DR.. w.
H. Dafoe said they will be placed
out in the brisk autumn air as
long as the weather remains warm
enough.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
}ARTHOU FRENCH GENERAL WOUNDED BY KINGS SLAYER
of
The World
ANTARCTICA

LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica,
Oct. 9.-The eastern tractor party,
which was unreported for "a hours,
reestablished radio contact last
night with Little America and re-
ported that since Thursday night
it had been "hove-to" in a CO.
mile blizzard 100 miles east c.
here.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
PARIS FOREIGN
MINISTER HIT
IN AR N
Army Chief Near Death Of
Wound; Huge Crowd
Sees Attack

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enraged by the monarch's dicta-
torial methods in his own lands.
Others said he was an Italian.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
STOCK MARKET
REFORM URGED
Was It a Woman?
By international News Service

By International News Service
Believing stock market excesses
had much to do with the de-
preston, many Senators are eager
for reform of the New York Stock
Market and other exchanges.
Both Democratic and Repub-
Hcan members of the chamber to-
day said they wished to see legis-
lation enacted to curb the fren-
zied speculation of the boom pc
riod.
The demand for action appar-
emily was. not stilled by the pre-
diction of Speaker Rainey that
other important legislation would
crowd out stock market regula-
ton at this session.
Recommendation for Federal
control of the stock exchanges,
made by President Roosevelt's
fact-finding committee, renewed
the movement.
The proposal of a licensing sys-
tenn, with a Government admins
trative board having authority
over all stock exchange activities,
including pools, marginal trading,
credit and short selling, has won
much support.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
DOLLAR
DUE SOON
By International News Service

Ry international News ScFVICo
The theoretical "60-cent dollar
is due to be officially proclaimed
this week as soon as President
Roosevelt affixes his signature.
While those close to the Presi'
dent believe he will issue his proc
lamation reducing the gold con-
tent of the dollar by 40 per cent as
soon as he receives the bill, they
do not think he will start nego-
tiations with Great Britain toward
stabilizing the dollar with the
pound until he studies the early
reactions of his move.
Under the bill the Chief Execu-
tive can devalue the dollar by so
per cent, but he is expected to
choose the 40 per cent reduction.
The measure sets up a 1000
million-dollar fund, which the
Treasury will acquire through the
change in the dollars value. This
money will be used to drive down
the dollars value to go cents in
foreign exchange.
Measured by it's value in for
eign exchange last week, the dol
lar was worth So cents, while the
Treasury's price for newly mined
gold is 34.45 an ounce, equivalent
to a 40 per cent reduction in the
dollars gold content, or the
theoretical "60-cent dollar"
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
HELD.
IN THEFT PLOT

WINSLOW. Ariz., Jan. 29-
G.N.SO. - Dillworth Sumpter,
Socialist candidate for United
States Representative from Ari-
zona, opposing Isabella Green
way, Democrat, who defeated him,
was in Jail in Holbrook today
following his confession he at
tempted to rob the First National
Bank here early yesterday by tun-
neling into it, according to
police.
Patrolman James Hickey, who
arrested Sumpter, said:
"He was starting to tunnel
under the outer wall of the
bank, and hoped to get through
before the bank opened today.
He started to run and 1 fired
several shots into the air be-
fore he stopped. I chased him
three blocks. He admitted he
planned to rob the bank"
Police Chief E. L. Neil declared
Sumpter was equipped with a
pick, shovel. drills and a quantity
of explosive.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
u. S. Salary Slash
To Be Topic Tonight

Representatives of several or
ganizations will discuss reductions
in Federal salaries and veterans
compensation at a meeting Of the
joint committee on reinstatemenG
and restoration of full pay ir1
Thompson School, Twelfth and \
Sts. N. w., at 1880 p. m. today.
Failure of the House and Senate
Appropriations Committee to hold
open hearings on the Independent
Offices Supply bill also will be
discussed. Organizations to be rep
resented tonight include the Amer
lean Federation of Government
Employees, National woman
Party, Civil Service Reinstatement
League, American Legion and Ma
tional Federation of Federal En-.
ployeS. ~
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
ILLNESS DELAYS
WYNEKOOP
HEARING
Slight Heart Attack Holds
Up Designation of New
Date for Trial

CHICAGO, Jan. 29.-Q.N.SO-
A slight heart attack baked Dr.
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop in her
projected appearance before Chie2
Justice Finnegan today for re-
assignment Of her trial in the
Staying of her daughter-in-laws
Rheta.
The 63-year-old physician mads
an apparently sincere effort ia
rise from the infirmary bed she
has occupied almost continuously
since early December. Suddenly
she gasped:
81 can't do i'll can't"
Informed of DR.. WynekoopS
inability to appear in court. Judga
Finnegan set the new hearing tom
February 6.
DR.. Wynekoop has developed
signs Of tuberculosis in the righO
lung, according to her attorneys
A trial in the county jail was
held to be a possibility by some
observers.
81 am ready for trial and /
will prove my innocence"
With that declaration DR.. Dean
calmly prepared to watch selection
of q Jury which will try her.
A special venire Of 200 was or"
dered to report to Judge S. r
Davis at the Leflore County
courthouse, on the banks Of the
rolling Yazoo.
Two Comfort Her
Comforting the youthful ped1a"
trician, Mrs. ]. r. Boyls, an aunt
and Miss A. C. Taylor, a nurse
from Dover, Del, and long
friend of DR.. Dean, were to attend
her at the courthouse.
Chief basis Of the States case
against DR.. Dean is deathbed
statement made by DR.. Kennedy
at a Jackson (Miss.) hospital, in
which the dying physician accused
DR.. Dean of putting poison in Q
drink she served him.
Jealousy Is Charged
District Attorney Arthur JorI
dan indicated the prosecution viii
seek to establish that DR.. Dean
was friendly with DR.. Kennedy
became enraged at his expected
rapprochement with a divorced
wife, and in a fit of anger and
jealousy gave him the poisoned
drink.
Defense counsel, headed by A,
F. Gardener, will attack DR.. Ken
nedy's death bed statement on
the ground it was made while the
physician was under the influ-
ence of opiates, and announced
they will produce witnesses to tes~
tify DR.. Kennedy previously had
denied he was suffering from
poisoning.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
HIGHWAY WORK
SPEEDED HERE

Only one Federal highway
project in the District remains
to be started, it was revealed to-
day by reports received by Pub
lie Works Administrator Ickes
showing progress being made on
the 400 million dollar Federal
aid highway program.
The District is second in prog
ress only to Kansas, the report
showed.
With bids for II projects ad-
vertised, 16 already have been
awarded, while Kansas, with 235
projects, has all Of them awarded
and under way.
New York is third in progress,
with 215 of its 230 projects
under way.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
GRAIN GROWERS
SOUNDED OUT
Appropriations First

Wheat farmers will. be sounded
out on proposals to invoke
licensing and strict regulation of
production.
Having decided to make a can
vass of the cotton belt on the
same proposal, the farm relief
6 1inistration today notified
Representative Kathryn O'Lough-
lin Mccarthy O0 of Kansas,
that questionaires also will be
sent to wheat farmers.
With Senator Bankhead CD
of ALBANIA pushing for legislation
in Senate for licensing and
compulsory reduction of cotton
acreage, Mrs. Mccarthy is urging
a similar measure for wheat
lowers in the House.
A wide division of sentiment
.nong members of Congress has
been disclosed with the agricul-
ture relief administration also
doubtful whether farmers, trained
to individualism, will lend them
selves to complete regimentation.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
Of COLL
GOES ON TRIAL

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 GN.sJ.
Broken in spirit and tearfully
reiterating her plant. "I've been
framed" Mrs. Lottie Coll, gun
girl widow of Vincent (Mad Dog)
Coll. today was to begin a
desperate fight to escape the elec-
trio chair.
The widow of one of gangdom's
most ruthless killers was slated
to go on trial in Bronx county
court with two accomplices for
the Staying of Lillian Schwartz,
10, during a hold-up.
There was a possibility that
start of the trial would be de-
layed by illness of one of the
defendants, Albert Gurino, also
known as Tom Pace, who with
Mrs. Coll and Joseph (Windy)
Ventre is alleged to have moved
down Miss Schwartz while shoot
ing wildly at a holdup victim.
Since her arrest, Coils widow
has continually claimed that
police hung the shooting" on
her without cause.