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The Washington times., 1934-02-23
NRA NEWS CODE
JOBS WAIT

Government representatives for
the newspaper code authority will
not be named until the publishers
representatives are decided upon,
it was said at MIRA today.
This procedure generally was
followed in codes. it was ex-
planned.
No definite information has de-
veloped as to the possible govern
ment nominees. DR.. Ernest
Gruening and Marien E. Pew were
reported under consideration
some time ago, but DR.. Gruening
has since become editor of the
New York Evening Post.
Possibility that DR.. Carl W.
Alderman or some other official
of a school of journalism might
be named to the principal position
was indicated.
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
GIRLS TORETA|N
JOBS WITH NRA

Girl computing machine op-
orators who have been engaged
on the bituminous coal industry
survey, now completed, probably
will have jobs at the NRA "in-
definitely" it was indicated to-
day.
It had been generally antici-
pated that a survey Of the anthra-
cite industry would be started as
soon as the bituminous job was
completed, and reports today
were that such a survey was ap-
parently assured.
There have been 26 girls at
work on the bituminous survey.
Much attention was drawn to
them recently by reason Of the
controversy over their 59-hour
work week, which was reduced
about three weeks ago to 80
hours.
It was said at NRA today that
more calculating machines had
been obtained therefor what
purpose was not stated-but that
no additional employees had been
hired or apparently would be
hired
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
JEW REARED AS CATHOLIC JOINS GANDF1II
Bares Story When He
Seeks Hearing for
His Music

Born q Jew, raised a Catholic
and now q disciple Of Mahatma
Gandhf.
So runs the story Of Edward
Sobarz, whose parents were killed
by Indians when he was 3 weeks
old. Alone in a small colony in
California, the infant was adopted
by a kindly woman who survived
the savage raid.
Mr.. Sobarz, who for the last
several months has been in Army
hospitals in Washington, was
raised in the faith Of his foster
mother.
Told at Mothers Death
He explained:
"She treated me with all the
loving care of q true mother.
but on the death bed she told
me the secret Of my origin and
admOniShed me to be kind to
members Of my race.
At the age Of II his foster pa
rent died, and Mr.. Sobarz, who
had been given an extensive
training in music, Joined the
Army, playing the cornet. How
ever, his knowledge Of Italian,
Spanish and French soon led to
his transfer to the intelligence
division as an interpreter.
During the Philippine campaign
he contracted malaria, and since
that time he has had sporadic at
tacks Of physical disability.
Made Study Of Music
In periods of health Mr.. Sobarz
has devoted all Of his time to the
study of music. He has conducted
bands in nationwide tours. And
in his spare time he has COM
posed So compositions for bands,
orchestra and piano.
His strange story came out TO-
day. Seeking advice from Rabbi
Solomon Metz, leader Of the Adas
Israel Congregation, Mr.. Sobarz
explained his origin and success
sion Of faiths.
Now his main objective is get
ting a hearing for his music com
positions. He will leave for his
mountain home in North Carolina
as soon as he leaves his musical
works in good hands.
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
BRISBANE ASKS
PREPAREDNESS
IN SPEECH

ATHENS, Ca, Feb. 23.-Amer
tea Is an Independent nation to-
day, able to live alone, thanks to
George washington, and should
keep that independence by peace
full preparedness, Arthur Brisbane
declared in . washington Day ad
dress to the University of Georgia
The noted editor, speaking In
Woodruff Hall, crowded with stu
dents of the university and men,
bers of the Georgia Press ASso-
citation, in it's annual session here
warned that the United States
must stay out Of the interna
tional conflict that is now brew
ing and inevitably must come in
Europe and the Far East"
Urges Preparedness
Mr.. Brisbane quoted Washing
ton, who said: ITO be prepared
for war is one Of the most effec-
tive ways Of preserving peace"
He added:
Nobody would hit John L.
Sullivan as he walked along
the streets. He was prepared
for war. I would have us build
the greatest flying fleets and
submarine fleets and a mech
anized Army capable of going
from here to any point on
earth. Then I would say to
the other nations, Come and
see what we have before you
do anything to u.s."
He praised President Roosevelt
describing him as lone of the
four outstanding men of thu
world who is not a menace tx
peace"
The others, Mr.. Brisbane said
are Mussolini, Stain and Hitler
Warns Of Alliances
Mr.. Brisbane directed his re
marks largely to students o.
journalism and to young news
paper editors, urging them to re-
peat a thousand times Washing
tons words regarding his coun'
try's conduct. He quoted Wash
ington's words in warning Amer
lea to steer clear of foreign al
liances, and his further warning
of the "insidious wiles of for
eigners."
Said Mr.. Brisbane:
''When these polite foreigners
come to our Capital and place
a wreath at the Tomb of
Washington and the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier and never
take their eyes off the Treasury
or cease to wonder how much
money they can get, we should
remember those words of Wash
ington about insidious wiles.
"And when our own people
60 abroad and ask that all
debts be Cancelled, we should
remember about those insidiOuS
wileS."
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
Club Federation
PQrLeu Deferred

Because Of the absence Of Mrs
J. Enos Ray, president of the
Prince Georges County Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, meet.
ing Of the board of directors,
scheduled for tonight at the
Y. w. C. A. in Washington, has
been postponed.
Mrs. Ray is vacationing in Flor
ida. No further date for the meet
ing has been set.
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
SCIENTIST TO LECTURE

Holjer Langmack will give the
first of a series of lectures on
Creative Mathematics" tonight
at 8 o'clock in the Paul Junior
High School. Mr.. Langmack Is
a Danish scientist.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

Both bullets went through the
gunman's heart. He staggered.
His weapon clattered to the as
phalt paving, and as he went
three more shots flashed.
One bullet hit the back Of his
head doNnward,. Gs he was fall
ing, and came out under his eye.
Police Clear Way
Police cleared the way for the
police car which was there in q
few minutes. The police were
there not because they were in on
the capture, but because the sight
of so many mysterious men around
the theater had scared the man.
ager into thinking he was about
to be stuck up, and he had called
the nearest station.
When the detectives came on
the run, Purvis intercepted them
and told them what was up. They
called headquarters and more DO.
lice came, but with instructions to
stand by and take orders from
Purvis.
Dillinger was rushed to Alexian
Brothers Hospital in a patrol
wagon. There were no surgeons
in it. But the policemen knew
he was dead and at the entrance
Of the hospital, where a priest in
a long caSSock had come to the
door to see who might be in need
of help, the driver was ordered
to the morgue.
Taxi Speeds With Writer
was in a taxi that caught up
with the police car at the hos.
pital and we followed across town
to the old morgue. No one both.
cred us, though we went so miles
an hour.
There was no crowd. We pulled
in.
Strong arms carried the limp,
light form Of the man who had
been feared by a great Govern.
ment through that grim door of
many minor tragedies. It lay on
a rubber stretcher.
In the basement, the receiving
ward Of the last public hospice Of
the doomed, they stripped the
fearsome remains.
What showed up, nude and
pink. still warm, was the body Of
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The Washington times., 1934-07-23
By HARRY HEARN

CHICAGO, July 23 Q.N.So {
Dillinger died as he lived, among
the shadows.
Three shots found their mark
and threw him on his face in the
mouth of q dim-lit alley next to a
chop suey restaurant. Another
shot struck a paSSerby, a woman.
She screamed, staggered against
a store window, shot in the thigh.
A dramatic hush fell mornen'
tarily, like a blanket over the
scene. People stood as though
tranSfixed.
All eyes were on the body lying
in an angle Of leaden-colored
light.
Men Suddenly Active
Suddenly men started to run
toward the body. They took but
a few steps when voices here and
there peremptorily shouted:
"Get back-get back there"
The men shouting orders were
Federal agents, flashing revolvers
in their hands and displaying
gold badges.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
There's Laughter in the Air
AS Dillinger Lies Dead

} They seemed to form a crescent
extending from the Biograph
Theater to the chop Suey place
next to the alley where the body
lay.
The Federal men, as though
expecting reprisalS from some
quarter, were still alert, but moth
ing happened.
The body, hatless, coatless, clad
in a white shirt and dark
trousers, was very still as a thin
red stream glided like a venom
Gus thing from the mouth.
Police Squads Arrive
Several men approached the
body. They did not stoop to turn
it over-they kicked it on its
back.
The street was soon a surge Of
excitement. Police squads and
more police squads arrived. News
paper reporters were there CLEAN
ing news among the crowds.
Camera men took pictures from
every angle. People laughed and
jested. Dillipger was dead. ,L
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
JACK DEMPSEY
TAKES STAND

NEW YORK, July. % Q.N.SO.
Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight
champion of the world, appeared
in Federal Court today as a wit
ness for James c.. Mckay, Reno
clubman, who, with William Gra-
ham and j. j. Eggleston, is on
trial on a charge of using the
mails to defraud.
Dempsey was met by Eddie Ea-
gan, former amateur heavyweight
champion, who is now an assistant
prosecuting attorney.
He said he was to testify con-
cerning McKay's stay in a hos
pital near Reno, saying that he
visited the defendant while he was
in the institution.
Mckay has previously testified
that he was in the hospital during
the time a fraud was committed
upon which the mail fraud charge
is based.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
NOMANS TIP SETS DEATH TRAP FOR D|LLINGER.,
GIRL IN RED POINTS FINGER AND BULLETS FL
HsSateMtes
FaceFate of
DiMnger
BY international News Service

ny 1ntofnoG1OnoI NeWB SeEV1co
Grimly determined to cap the
killing Of John Dillinger with the
ruthless elimination Of the entire
gang which moved in his sinister
shadow, Federal officials today
bent their efforts toward round
ing up his aides.
From Washington and from Chi
cago, where the most notorious
criminal of modern times was
slain by Federal bullets as he left
a movie house, came word that the
authorities would leave no stone
unturned in their efforts to wipe
out the killers mob.
Girl Under Guard
Their first move was to throw
a protective Gordon around the
"Finger'-a flashy young gir
in a red dress-who tipped off
authorities that Dillinger was
going to spend last evening in
a Chicago movie theater.
She is being guarded in a
Chicago hotel, and while Off
cials kept her identity a closely
guarded secret, it was learned she
was a "girl friend" who double.
crossed Dillinger and sent him
to his death.
Meanwhile, the public that
lived in shuddering fear Of the
gangster during his lifetime,
flocked to the morgue in Chi,
cago to view his bulletriddled
blood-Spattered body on 9 slab
He was still recognizable, despite
q facial operation and dyed hair
aend ,moustacl1e.
F9slaer to Chicaga 1,'-'ss..
John w. Dillinger, ,tsr., the ISidi.
ana farmer who collapsed when
he first heard that his son had
finally squared his long-standing
debt with the law, recovered suf.
ficiently today to start the jour.
ney to Chicago to take the body
home.
He travelled aboard the grey
hearse which will be used fol
Dillinger'S final ride.
Detailed plans went forward
for Dillinger's funeral. Two min.
isters-one a woman pastor-old
friends of the Dillinger clan will
officiate.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
IS DEAD As BUS
CRASHES,BURNS

OsS1N1NG, N. Y, July %
U.N.sO. Official investigations
were under way today into the
holiday bus crash which took a
toll Of is lives when failing
brakes shot it over a railroad
ramp.
"It is obvious there has been
criminal negligence and GRIM
inSI charges will be lodged
against somebody because Of
the way that bus was sent out
on the road"
This was the statement from
DR.. Amos o. Squire, medical ex'
aminer. r-
District Attorney Frank H
Coyne said he was considering
the advisability of grand jury
Investigation into the tragedy.
The police issued the following
list Of dead: ,
Mrs. Rose Thompson: JOSEPH
Mcdonald: his wife, Catherine
Mcdonald; their daughter, Berna
dette, IL; Arthur Luff; JOSEPH
Meaney: his sister, first name un
revealed: Frank Imperatore
James Murray; his wife, frs
name undetermined: Mrs. Abt
Geller; man believed to have beer
a baseball player, baseball shot
being on the right foot: Mrs. vii
liam Hayes; John McNicholaS
Abe Geller and John Reinmeyer
All the dead and missing were
from Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
WILL ROGERS
Says:

S. s. MALOLO, SAN FRAN.
CISCO, July % Especially Just
Steaming out of beautiful San
Francisco Bay. Putting q bridge
across it. They will bridge to
Honolulu If the Government
don't run out of credit. Could
wire later, but better get this
off while I am able. As o sailor
am as big a success as o "Red"
trying to run q strike. Drove to
San Francisco and stayed all
night. You have seen towns full
Of many things but did you
ever see one full of "alibis."
Everybody on both sides Of
the strike had nothing to do
with starting it and everyone Oe
'em was responsible for stopping
it. Everybody has . sore back
from taking bows. Nobody seems
to be responsible for starting
this strike.
(Copyright, 1894, by McNaught
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
MINNEAPOLIS
SEENFAC|NG
BLOODSHED
Promise to Convoy Trucks Held
Forerunner of Trouble; Reds
l. Blamed for Disorders
BY JUSTIN H. FORREST

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, July %
NI.NSO.-Bitter battling an d
bloodshed was predicted here to
day in the strike which con
servative citizens declare is a
battle between union lehor, Com
muniSm and employers.
Late last night, Mayor A. G.
Bainbridge announced that EN-
ployers would have police convoy
If they wanted to move their
trucks.
Jobs Threatened
Employers today declared they
would stand by their ultimatum
to truckers and others that if
they did not report for work to-
day their jobs would be filled
permanently" by other workers
Citizens asserted the mayors
announcement meant war and
,blodshed IN this city, where they
declare Communism has been
flourishing. Federal officials also
privately admitted that the ef'
forts Of the employers to rule
their own business in the matter
of trucking meant trgNhle
Friday, 81 were Wounded one
died and two more are expected
to- die as a result of q battle be-
tween the law enforcing agencies
and the strikers.
There are not less than 1850
(Confinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
D|LL|NGER'S
PALS GR|EVE
IN PRISON
"SWeII Fellow" Just Like a
Brother, Pierpont and
MakIey Declare
Rx CARL L. TURNER

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July %
GNS0.-His two pals, awaiting
execution in death row at the
State penitentiary here, today
took the sudden and ignominous
death of their former leader, John
Dillinger, as a matter Of course,
just as they would the result Of
a baseball game.
At first, Harry Pierpont and
Charles Makley were not disposed
to believe that Dillinger finally
had met his Waterloo-not be-
cause they thought he was too
smart to evade capture forever,
but because there have been so
many previous rumorS Of his
death.
He was "SwelI'' Fellow
When finally they read &C.
counts Of the shooting last night
in Chicago, through the barred
and screened enclosures of death
row, they accepted Dillinger's
death as true and launched into
q narrative Of what q swell fel
low John was. ~. L.. .....,s
TacitIrn at first, pieppnff and
Makley, saved by an. appeal from
execution on July IS for the mur-
der of Sheriff Jess Sarber in Lima
while liberating Dillinger, cast off
their customary cloak Of reticence
and talked.
PierpOnt Skeptical
They rambled on for an hour
and a half. Pierpont, with his
usual bravado, sneered:
"I won't believe Johnny is
dead until I know for sure.
"Why do I doubt it? Because
I think he has been dead for at
least three months.
"If he had been alive I think
somebody would have seen him.
Don't forget they have had
me dead several times, too"
But Makley was not so hard to
convince of the authenticity of
Dillinger's passing. He said to a
reporter:
'I'm sorry, Of course. why,
I would even be sorry if they
bumped you Off"
The prisoners were asked:
'What kind of q chap was
Dillinger? Now that he is dead,
what did you men in his gang
really think Of him as q man
and as q leader?"
Pierpont. said:
"Have you o brother. Well,
then, just write q description
Of your own brother and you
will have the right dope Of
Johnny Dillinger."
Still Claim Innocence
Both men maintain steadfastly
they did not Iberate Dillinger
from the Allen county Jail in
Lima last October IL when Sher.
IF Sarber was shot.
They blamed the governors
office in Indiana-but not Gov
ernor McNutt personally" for Dill
linger'S dramatic escape from the
county jail at Crown Point, Ind
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Rolling Pin Sends.
Spouse to HOSDitQL

BALTIMORE, July 23.-The
purgent odor Of smelling salts re-
vived man in Memorial Hospital
today, the victim Of an irate wife
who welded a rolling pin with
unusual dexterity. The man was
beaten on the head and face. He
declined to bring charges against
his spouse. The call for help was
sent to police by a sympathetic
citizen"
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Ford Service Men
Go Out on Strike

CLEVELAND, July % Q.N.S). &.
Workers in Cuyahoga county Ford
service agencies went out on strike
today for the right to bargain col.
lectively. According to Walter
WeiSer, business agent of the Auto
Mechanics Local, the strike was
called only as "a last resort after
Ford dealer had refused offers to
arhitrate our demands"
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Nap While Cooking
Causes Fire Alarm

BALTIMORE, July 23.-Edward
Henderson wishes he were af-
flicted with a bit Of insomnia.
Yesterday when he attempted to
fry a piece of meat in the kitchen
of his home he fell asleep. Smoke
poured forth from the house and
passersby called the fire depart
ment. Firemen found the man
asleep and extinguiShed the blaze.
It was reported that Mr.. Hender-
son went meatleSS,
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

law and for a few years after +
practiced law in Florence, S.
Joined Force in 1927 (
In 1927 he entered the service
the Department Of Justice and
several years worked on special
signment, investigating violatp
Of the antitrust laws. b.
Later he was made agent ir
charge of the Cincinnati office oi
the division Of investigation, anC
for a time served in Washington
He was sent to Chicago from
Continued on Page 2, Col. y.
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urvis, -Dillinger Nemesis,
Aided In kidnapping Drive

CHICAGO, July % GN.S0.
Melvin Purvis, agent in charge of
the local office of the Depart
ment Of Justice, division of in
vestigation, today was receiving
the congratulations of law Off
GERS for the conclusion" Of the
Dillinger case.
Mr.. PurviS, who is 80 years old,
halls from Timmonsville, s. c.,
and comes from one Of South
Carolina's most prominent famil-
les.
He was graduated from the
University Of South Carolina
with the degree Of bachelor Of
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Oppenhein1 Breaks
Bank at Monte Carlo

JUAN-LES-PINS, France, July
% O.N.SO.-E. Phillips Open
helm, noted novelist and short
story writer, was reported today
to have broken the bank" at
roulette in the casino here last
night. Oppenheim, using a sys-
tenn which he worked out, was
understood to have won 100000
francs, or about $4,000 at cur.
rent exchange rates.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Gunman Put on Spot BY Woman


It was Sunday. But Uncle Sam
doesn't observe any NRA. He
works a seven-day week.
And on this Sultry Sunday, Pur.
Wis, knowing precisely what to ex.
pect and What to do, organized
his phalanx of % Government
agents and five East Chicago
Gnd.) police, and surrounded a
little third-run, 15-cent movie
house, the Biograph, on the near
North Side.
Purvis knew just when Di2l!n-
ger would arrive, and he knew
that two women would arrive at
the same time.
The Finger-TwO Women
These women must not be con-
fused with two who were shot
when Dillinger was shot. The
slightly wounded victims were re-
spectacle residents of the neigh
borhood. The other two women
were not shot. They were the
ones who turned him up, led him
into range of the gunfire, put the
finger on him definitely, and
disappeared.
Purvis placed his men, covering
every move Dillinger could posi-
bly, make. Purvis stood in the
tiny lobby of the theater. Dillin-
ger entered at about 1880. He
wanted to see a film about a
big time killer, Manhattan Melo-
drama"
Near him, as he entered, were
two women. Many men and
women were entering at that
time. The cashier says she didn't
know Dillinger, but, now that she
remembers, she can't recollect
whether she sold him one, two,
or three tickets.
Eyes Sharp for Foe
Men were strung along both
sides of the movie theater, on foot
and in parked cars. They were also
deployed in the other direction
from the theater and across the
street, in case Dillinger got suspi-
cious and attempted to make an
other of those desperate breaks for
which he is notorious.
Purvis had ascertained exactly
when the feature would end.
TenSely, cycling his wriSt-watch,
he stood, Then the crowd that
always streams out as the main
picture finishes, came.
PurviS had seen Dillinger here
when the gunman was brought
back from Arizona to Indiana. And
his heart pounded as he saw again
the face that had been studied by
countless millions on the front
pages Of the world.
Signal Is Given
Purvis gave the signal. Dillinger
did not see him. Public Enemy
No. / lit q cigarette, strolled the
few feet to the alley with the
'naSs of middle-claSS citizens 60
ng in that direction, then wheeled
1T,
"A Federal man, revolver in
md, stepped from behind a
Ssgraph pole at the mouth Of
passage.
h"HelIO, John"
he Federal. agent almost
Spered the words, his voice
ky with the intensity Of the
tssic melodrama.
Dillinger went with lightning
right hand for his gun, .38 Colt
automatic. He drew it from his
trousers pocket.
But, from behind, another Gov
ernment agent pressed the muzzle
Of his service revolver against
Dillinger'S back and fired twice.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
DriiueByU.S.
OnHBegun
BY International News Service

ny AAVoEhuIBUM0A Nc"S SeFVAC0
John Dillinger lay in a Chicago
morgue today.
But the Governments drive to
get him. the greatest "dead-or-
alive" man hunt ever staged by
the U. S. Department Of Justice,
continues. Three other despera'
does in his gang must be cap
tured.
Although elated over the sue
cess of his agents, aided by five
East Chicago policemen, in put
ting the finger" on the nations
arch-desuerado, j. Edgar Hoover,
chief of the departments Bureau
Of Investigation, who sat here at
his telephone and put Dillinger
Continued on Page 4, Col. y
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| D 7 |, ST0EFEN
WIN DOUBLES:
BY CHARLES A. SMITH

By CHARLES A. SMITH
WIMBLEDON, England, July %.
Hope, dimmed and all but extin-
guished, flared again today as the
United States won the doubles
match from the Australians in the
interzone final Of the Davis Cup
tennis competition.
The American and Wimbledon
Continued on Page 8, Col. s,
Second SectiOn)
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4 SHOTS DROP OUTLAW;
j. s. AGENTS SPURN
CAPTURE ALIVE
Bv JACK LAIT

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CHICAGO, July % (INS.) John Dillinger, ace bad
man of the world got his last might've sugs through
his heart and one through his head.
He was tough and he shrewd but he wasn't as
tough or as shrewd as the Federals who close
case until the end.
It took 2 under the help of the Chicago bureau
to close Dingers career and their strength out
of his weakness-a woman.
Gurman Put on Spot by Woman
Dnger put the spot by tpoff that to Melvin
Justice He had waited long And when came Purvs acted
calmly cooly and with such deadly efficiency that the killer
who gave a chance didn't have a chance