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Evening star., 1934-10-04

Standard Oil Co. (Indiana)-Cut
prices of gasoline 2 cents gallon in
Southern Indiana, this Is third re-
duction in two weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-13
By Blosser
Pictures ny George SrdrM

They're camping not so far away, and we've been fighting every day. Now. we want you to help us fight, unless you tots are scared"
 LAW, we're as brave as we can be-" wee Scouty said. And, as for me. I'll gladly join your army. if the fighting's just in fun.
 i've noticed that all of you boys have cork guns, and they just make noise. It will be fun to fight. as long as there is no harm done."
 The other Tinies, with grin. agreed that they would pitch right in. Then they were given soldier suits. and my, but they looked grand.
 Brave Dotty and wee Goldy then dressed up like real war nurses when little soldier told ..them that they. too, could lend a hand. Copyright 1884 NEA Service. Ind)
 (The Tinies view the eneMy's camp through a spygiass in the next story.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-13

The camp was cute as it could be. "Oh, gee, this place appeals to me-" said Dotty. T just hope they'll let us stay here for while.
 with Goldy I'll sleep in a tent" Then up to one of them she went. "Oh, my, but this looks comfort able" she shouted with a smile.
 Wee Scouty, in the meantime. to one soldier said, "I wish that you would make things clear and tell us what this little camp is for.
 "'Twill be agreeable to me to stay, but it's a mystery. Is this place just fun camp, or are you engaged in war;"
 "Ah, sir, the latter is quite right. We've pitched our tents so we can light. We are the army of the happy Cheerful Chaps. you see.
 sFor having fun we're very strong. We never do thing that's wrong. However. there's the Meany Army. our worst enemy.
 'The Neany Men of 'S4 play tricks on folks and then they roar They challenged us to fight and we accepted. Wars declared!
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31
By H. A. GuILFoRD

Who touched off the "re-kin-
die" fire at the old Club Kongo
location, 7l8 9th avenue north,
on the night of March 10th!
That's a question a lot of firemen
would like to have answered. Al
about ten thirty on the evening
in question an alarm was turned
in, and the fire laddies wended
their hurried way to the vacant
shack which once housed a por-
ton of the north side night life.
On an open porch, at the rear OF
the second floor, a pile of debris
was smo1dering.
Firem e n extinguished the
smudge, inspected the building
for other signs of fire, and left
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

Organized labor and the NRA,
the latter with more "codes"
than there are combinations of
the alphabet, and the former
with more avenues of publicity
and opportunities for education
than any other organization,
seem to have overlooked some
thing in the matter of chain
stores. AS for example:
The Weighing Pig outfit-oc-
casionally referred to as the Pig,
ely Wiggly chain stores = en-
ploys barely enough clerks to un.
CONTINUED on Page u
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

the sod-buster by the neck and
emptying his pockets with a
processing tax! When the re-
publicans helped a farmer" they
sold him more land and increas-
ed the mortgage. If he was rails
ing a hundred bushels of wheat
the republicans told him to make
it a hundred and fifty. If he
was raising fifty hogs. and only
had ten brood sows, the republic
cans sent corps of farm ex-
perts" out to get a drink and
mailed (via Thanking privelege)
a set of bulletins showing the
farmer how to increase his hog
herd without having the bacon
too fat:
If he happened to be a cotton
farmer and the boil wevil bugs
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

But that's neither here nor
there. The fact is, / asked F. H.
Shoemaker to wire me whether
or not there had been an order
issued by the federal relief ad-
ministration in Washington, for
bidding so-called "discrimina-
ton" between Independent nier-
chants and Wall-Street-owned
chain stores in the filling of re-
lief orders. ! had a two fold
purpose in making that request
of Shoemaker:
First, I knew I could depend
on Shoemaker's word; second,
knew that the oily-garcy of the
FL. party would hardly cal
Shoemaker liar-and get away
Continued on Page y
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

The arson squad of the Mime
apolis department arrived just as
the fire fighters left. Two inves-
tigators of incendiary fires, Viii
son and Short, went over the
ground carefully. AS they left,
the state deputies arrived, ac-
companied by Arnie Flikeid,
member of the civil service COM
mission. These two deputies,
Lund and Harry George, sogeth-
er with Flikeid, were the sole
occupants of the building for a
half hour. Then George and
Lund found another fre-in a
mattress in the basement. Fix
cid did the Suitcase Simpson"
act and stamped out the fire.
Now the 're-kindled' fire is prof.
ected on the screen at the great
civil service commission investi-
cation into the incompetency of
the local fire department. And
the members of the department
would like to know who set the
fire. Flikeid is not under suspi-
cion, but the open averments OF
local fremen are that either
Lund and George dropped a
match when Flikeid wasn't look
ing, to further the interests of a
framed case, or that someone
sneaked in and fired the mattress
| when none of the three were
looking, thereby proving the in
competency of the states crew of
arson investigators.
This is all part of the horse
play that is costing Minneapolis
bill of expense-the quiz into
fire department shortcomings.
Launched with a-bang, follow
ing loud and blatant charges by
Ward Sem, insurance man and
jaw-warrior. held high in the
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

to understand what jovial
bunch of danliars you have in
office. If they understood Co
ordination and would hold a
few official "get-together' meet
ings and rehearse their parts, it
would be difficult to trip them.
But they are afraid of each
other! That's where they're de-
ficient in. grey matter-and po-
,litical intelligence.
Last week I published a tele-
gram I had received from
Farmer-Labor Congressman F,
H. Shoemaker. A lot of you
anti-F.-L. folks don't like Shoe
maker and a lot of Farmer-La-
Dor party members don't like and
more of 'em do like, Shoemaker
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

were chewing the long fiber crop
to shreds, the cotton farmer re-
ceived Instructions on how to
raise fewer wevils and more cot
ton. And so it went all dowi
the line. The republican party
might have kept its spoon in the
noodles but it told the farmer,
the producer, that he was short
on foresight and shy on crops
He might not understand the
tariff question but he wasn't
alone in that. He had republi-
cans, democrats, socialists, mug
wumps and all the rest of 'em as
boon companions. No one Tin.
derstands the tariff question.
But when the farmer decided
that he'd had too much repub'
CONTINUED on Page y
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

Boy! How these politicians
can hop when the steam's turned
on!
There's been enough publicity
given the chain store favoritism
racket in this state and especially
this city. to foment six revolu-
tions in any Latin-American
country, but our state and city
politicians never heard of it,
until little old The SATURDAY.
Press opened the valve and let
the steam heat the swivel chairs,
Gosh, how they got to their feet
and:
Began contradicting each
other.
Before you read the last peri
cd of this sermon, you are going
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31

When the republicans, during
the Coolidge and Hoover adj
ministrations were helping the
farmer" (sink further into debt)
they were ridiculed and derided
by their opponents who consist
ed of progressives, radicals, con-
servatives, democrats, (there
was an occasional one to be
found that long ago) socialists,
wings, tories and what have you.
The national pastime was throw
ing bricks at the republicans, and
it was grand sport. I tossed a
few myself! The targets were SO
thick and pot-bellied one couldn't
miss!
But no republican administra-
ton ever went at the business OF
helping the farmer" by taking
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31
SOLVING the 1FARM PROBLEM
WITH PROCESS TAX AND BONUS

Republicans With "Re Big and Often Program and Look
What Happened Now Say slash Production and
Landlord Bonus and the Gets the Hook Looking the Ten
anti Choppers Through Northern Binoculars
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31
Organized Labor
And the Mr. A

Both Overlooking q Bet. Chain
Stores Operating With
Hardly a Half Force; Ad-
vertising Free Parking
Space to Attract Customers
And Ignoring L a b or and
the NRA
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31
WHO RESET THE FIRE?

Alone in Vacant Building for Half Hour : Fire
Breaks Out Where Fire Did Not Exist Before. Who
Set 1t? Was it Crane" Did Frebug Operate
in Same Building with Marshals, Without Being
Discovered by State Sleuths?
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-03-31
Gov. 0Ison's Appomtee, Mr.. Rarig,
Dashes to Defense of Chain Stores

Relief Administration Frank M Rsig
His Wall SeetOwned Chain Soesnsis That
Chains Are Being "Notoru Burdene With Taxes He Personally Feels
to Independent Merchants
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30

ing large supply OF aut0srapheu
Virginia cigars. A Democrat OF
Alexandria, registered at Repub-
man Hotel, appointed chair.
man of special d. c. delegation
dinner to be held Thursday Old
Heidelberg Hotel, a very quaint
old place rich in antiquity where
spirits flow freely in night hfe."
Frank j. Hogan is chairman Of
klnn NinAurink .Iolnrrn Ain,n nnaA Gnnrmc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30
ITALY HONORS
99FROM j. s.

ROME, Aug. 30. - King Victor
Emmanuel of Italy yesterday be-
slowed royal honors on SO Ameri-
cans for aiding in making Air
Marshal italy Balbo's squadron
flight from Rome to the Century
of Progress Exhibition in Chicago
last year a success.
Secretary of Navy Swanson,
Rear Admiral STANDBY. Chief of
Naval Operations. and General
Macarthur, Chief of Staff, were
designated for the Grand Gordon
of the Crown of Italy.
Sosthenes Behn, chairman Of
the board of the International
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany: Rear Admiral King and
Brigadier General Foulois. Chief
of Army Air Corps, were made
grand officers of the Crown of
Italy.
Chosen to receive the medal of
the Crown of Italy were former
Mayor John O'Brien, of New
York, DR.. James Kimball, New
York Weather Bureau, and Mayor
Kelly, of Chicago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30
SUSPECT KNOWS
" Of ROBBERY

FREDERICK. Md, Aug. 80.
Harold Bross. wise-cracking young
Brooklyn criminal, has admitted
that he knows several members OF
the gang who staged the $427 600
Brooklyn armored car robbery last
week, Maryland State police said
today.
Bross, who is only 81, has a
criminal record dating back to the
time when he was IA years old,
police said, and he was only re-
Gently released from prison.
Bross admitted his knowledge OF
the Brooklyn job to a cellmate, po-
lice said. When questioned he re-
fused to talk to officers.
New York authorities have been
notified, and it is expected that
detectives will come here and ques-
ton Bross and his companion,
Bernard Larson, alias Bernard
Moran.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30
LAWSON LEAVES
NRA POST

William " Lawson. chief of the
press section of the. NRA, an
nounced today that he is leaving
the recovery organization to be-
come assistant to George Sloan,
president of the Cotton Textile
Institute.
Mr.. Lawson emphasized that his
action is in no way connected
with the rumors of other reSlgna-
lions of officials of the NRA, but
asserted that his move is being
made solely for the purpose OF
making better connections.
The NRA publicity CHIEF, who
was one of the first 10 to become
connected with the Recovery Ad'
ministration, will leave his post
today and take a short vacation
before undertaking his new duty.
No successor has been named.
Bruce McNamee has been Mr..
IaWson's first assistant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30
Boy, 10, SmOthered
In Grain Elevator

STANTON, Va, Aug. 30.
John Nicholas Coiner. 10, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Coiner,
was smothered to death yester.
day when he was covered by
hundreds of bushels Of wheat
while playing in an empty grain
elevator at his fathers mill, near
here. An employee of the mill
release the wheat into the eleva-
tor and the child was smothered
before he could be reached. He
was an only son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30

Mrs. F. Regis
Noel, charming
wife of the pres
ident Of the To-
cal bar ASSOC
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30

b e n elected George c. Gertman
secretary of the Junior Bar Asso'
citation. Paul Hannah is on the
Council of Delegates.
Wilbur L. Gray, John w. Guider
and Charles B. McInnis were &C.
tive in conferences on the junior
bar movement and the conference
resolutions are expected to be
passed by the executive committee
of the American Bar Association.
A telegram from The Times un'
official correspondent at the con-
vention, says: ....
"Henry P. Thomas distribut-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30

Estate Boards,
told the mem
berS at Coral
G a b les that
business W a S
on the upturn
and 1.-The tide
of foreclosure
has receded."
M a ny real
tors at t h e
gathering did
not believe all
that Mr.. Miller
said, but de-
velopments in
the past f e W
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30
ID c. LAWYERS GET CONVENTION POSTS

her with a huge basket OF flowers
in recognition Of her accomplish.
ments as gracious hostess to the
group.
Late arrivals at the convention
Tuesday we're PreSsly R. Bald.
ridge, Ralph Kicker, Rev. r. j.
White. chaplain general of the
American Legion, and Charles
Cooke.
Secretary George c. Gertman is
taking an unusually active inter.
est in the real estate law commit
tee work.
Frank J. Kelly reports no
drought in that part of the coun.
try.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30

What can a person believe about
gasoline today?
There are over 800 brands on
the market most OF them claim
ing some marvellous virtue.
You We wondered which is really
the best.
The u. S. Government has
learned something about gasoline
that you might like to kn0zV.
In the first place, the Government requires
millions of gallons of gasoline year.
And Government experts know that
6aso1ines are not all equally we'll made.
They have had to learn how to buy
gasoline =. on scientific specifications.
Example 900.
A gasoline for ordinary use is no longer
accepted for Emergency Uses (fire-engines,
army ambulances, etc.,. An emergency
Gasoline must come up to higher technical
specifications.
Right there is an important difference
between one gasoline and another ... i'm
pOrtant to you.
"FIre- Chiet'' is made to meet and excel
the highest Government motor vehicle re-
quirements. That means that when you
choose "Fire- Chief" you are buying as SCI
entifically as the Government ITSELF
THE TEXAS COMPANY Texaco Petroleum Products
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30
Confession to Free
Double in Prison

CHICAGO, Aug. 80 U.S0.
Victim of mistaken identity, James
A. Long. %, today was awaiting
a pardon to free him from the
one year to life sentence he is
serving at the State prison. He
has served five months for a
crime he did not commit.
Today Edwin Brethauer, almost
an exact double for Long, con,
fessed he was the man who com
mitted the robberieS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30

citation, has Mrs. F. Regis Noel
heen active in the social affairs OF
the convention, including the
dance of the Junior Bar Asso-
citation at the Ozaukee Country
Club last night. ,
The District delegation presented
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30

ISOLATION repre-.
S e n t ativeS at
the Milwaukee
convention o I
t he American
Bar Association
are attracting
re c o G n i t ion
from every an
gle.
w i'll lam A.
Roberts, P e O.
pl e S Counsel
nd form e r
president of the
Eederal BAR AS
ISOLATION, h a $
hon~ alaotod
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30

II d
proved the far-sighted correct
ness of his statement.
Proof is found not only in the
District of Columbia, where con-
ditionS are naturally expected to
be better than elsewhere, but in
the country as a whole.
The tide is receding quite con-
sistently, as shown by recent
monthly reports of the Home
Owners Loan Corporation, reveal
ing a further sharp reduction IN
the number Of new applications
for home mortgage relief.
The number of applications re-
ceived during the second week in
August totalled 14,091. For the
third week the total was 12,618-
q decrease of more than IS per
cent from the peak average of
more than $4,000 applications
weekly from February 9 to March
9.
OF course the guaranteed fea-
ture of the home loan bonds has
helped. but it must be recognized
that private capital is anxious to
get out in circulation again and
q veritable epidemic of new con-
struction appears to be getting
Under way.
The next quarterly meeting of
the board of directors of the
National Association of Real Es-
tate Boards will be held in Chi
cago the last week in october, at
which time a thorough survey Of
the real estate situation and out
look in view of developments in
the past few months will be made.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30
MILLER PROVED
RIGHT ON VIEW
Of BUSINESS
BY DICK BAKER

It was nearly a year ago that
W. C. Miller, then president OF
the National Association of Real
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30

G. Gertman is
secretary. Dele
gates for the en-
suing year are
Laura M. Der.
rien, Vincent A.
T o o m e,y, H.
Winship Wheat
ley, j o h n A,
Saul and Will
liam A. Roberts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-30

With the fifth largest delegation
of the entire convention present,
the District Of Columbia Bar AS
Evening star., 1934-04-26

far, however, no arrangements have
been made looking to a joint study.
The foregoing are the most important
but by no mean all-of the sugges-
tions that are advanced from time to
time In the House or Senate for alter
ing the District government or its re-
lations with the Federal Government.
One idea that has been put forward
in the form of bill for a number Of
years is that all Of the area Of the
District, except the part actually used
by the Federal Government in the
center Of the city, be ceded back to
Maryland. This proposal Is not being
seriously considered at this time, how
ever, and is mentioned only to show
the variety Of proposals that arise in
Congress whenever reorganization Of
the District government is being talked
about.
Representative Mary T. Norton,
chairman of the House District Com
mittee, and Senator King, head of the
Senate group, have always given Dis
trict residents full opportunity to pre-
sent their views on all important local
issues, and they undoubtedly will hold
ample hearings on any definite pro-
gram that may grow out Of the current
discussion Of proposed alteration of
the District government.
Evening star., 1934-04-26

gether with the right to change, from
legal instruments. At present the re-
corder is nominated by the President.
These two measures coincide with
Senator Kings general belief that
municipal responsibility should be
centralized as far as possible in the
Board of Commissioners. The House
has not yet acted on these particular
bills. rs
Another bill which would place an
important new power in the hands
Of the Commissioners was introduced
in the House by Representative Nc
Leod shortly after the present Con-
gress organized last year. 1t provides
that whenever a surplus Of District
revenues accumulates in the Treasury
over and above the amount required
for authorized expenditures, the Com
missioners would have discretionary
power to spend those funds for such
projects of a public nature as they
deem necessary and advisable.
Surplus Disadvantageous.
No action has been taken on this
bill to date, but it would be an ap-
propriate measure to consider in con-
nection with any general reorganiza-
ton program. Experience has taught
the people of the District that when
Congress allows District funds to ac-
cumulate in the Treasury by failing
to authorize appropriations equal to
local tax collections, the local COM
munity is placed at disadvantage In
seeking to work out equitable terms
of fiscal relationship in subsequent
years with its partner, the Federal
Government.
II law similar to the Mcleod
bill had been on the books Is or 18
years ago, for instance, the District
government would have been saved
from long and difficult fight, which
became necessary to obtain congress
sional recognition of the existence Of
a surplus of approximately $1,000 900
of District tax money that had ac-
cumulated in the Treasury during the
World War period because of the fail
ure of Congress in number of years
to appropriate all that was being ex-
acted from local taxpayers. 1t was
only after long and tedious congress
sional inquiry that the House and
Senate, in 1925, finally recognized the
existence of surplus of approximate
ly S4,671 1867. Although the Joint
Committee at that time found the
surplus to be $4,671 1867. it approved
three adjustments in accounts which
brought the total down to a net fig
ure of S4.438.154 90. Before the bill
recognizing the existence of this sur
plus became a law in 1925, the Dis
trict government called the attention
of Congress to further sum of s3l9,-
1888, which it regarded as belong
ing to the city. Congress decided to
submit this claim to the controller
general, who decided later that year
. in favor of the District. This made
the surplus fund S5,257528 But,
even after the District had succeeded
in having this surplus recognized,
Congress required part Of it to be
spent to meet the Nations share of
national or semi-national projects,
Evening star., 1934-04-26

would be sharing in each dollar ap-
propriated. For 10 years, however,
Congress has been appropriating a
lump sum each year as the Federal
share. During this decade the Budget
Bureau has followed the general prac-
tice of basing each annual District
budget on whatever Federal contribu-
ton Congress had established for the
preceding year. The effect Of this
practice, therefore, is that the Fed
eral bureau supervises and changes
the items asked for by local officials,
but leaves unchanged the one factor
in the bill that Is Federal in nature.
At the opening OF the present ses-
sion of Congress Senator Thomas,
Democrat, Of Oklahoma, chairman Of
the Senate subcommittee on District
appropriations, took the initiative in
trying to work out settlement of the
fiscal relations issue that would avoid
the annual battles between House and
Senate that have resulted from the
lump-sum policy of Federal contribu-
tion. He expressed the personal view
that q return to some definite per-
centage rule would be desirable, and
suggested to the District Subcommit-
tee of the House that a joint study
of the problem by House and Senate
groups might lead to solution. Thus
Evening star., 1934-04-26
More Power for Board.

He also has the general idea that
greater authority and responsibility
over municipal problems could be vest
ed in the Commissioners. This is ex-
emplihed in the bill now pending in
his committee to confer broad general
powers on the Commissioners to make
and enforce municipal regulations and
on which he still hopes to obtain some