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The Washington times., 1934-10-09
JAPAN PLEDGES
ARMS GUT
WALTER CODONA

NEW YORK, Oct. g. IN.s0.
Japan, center of the arms con-
troverSy because of her demand
for parity with Great Britain and
the United States, today pledged
herself to work for disarmament.
The island nations delegate to
the preliminary naval conference
at London, Rear Admiral Isoroku
Yamamoto, head of the Japanese
naval aviation corps, made the
promise in an interview here.
1--WE will gladly take the initia-
tive in working toward a sub
Stantial decrease in naval arma-
ment because in so doing a def
mite contribution can be made
toward stabilizing international
relations"
The japanese aim, the admiral
said, was not merely to bring
Britain and America down to the
level of Japanese armament, but
ito reduce our navy too" He
added:
eve believe, though, that the
strongest powers should make
the greatest sacrifices. We, too,
will make sacrifices and expect
the same from France and
Italy.
"The naval plans Of Japan
have never had the possibility
Of an Acknowledgements war;"
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
F St. WIDENING
AWAITS |CKES

With Harold L. Ickes, Secretary
of the Interior, out of the city,
negotiations for a grant of $780,
600 for the remodeling of the old
Patent Office Building and the
widening of F st. N. w., between
Seventh and Ninth Streets, were
at a temporary standstill today.
Mr.. Ickes is scheduled to return
to the Capital tomorrow. Confer
ences between him and officials
of the National Park Service are
expected to be held this week re-
garding the local improvement
project.
It was definitely learned today
that the F Street program will
not be considered at tomorrow's
meeting of the special board of
the Public Works Administration.
It is one of the functions of this
board to approve all PWA grants
and loans. without which ap-
proval the project is rejected.
Attempts are being to have the
special board consider a grant of
100000 recently requested by the
National Park Service. PWA
spokesman stated today, however,
that only non-Federal projects are
being considered by the board at
this time and that there are no
funds for purely Federal projects.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Catholic Women
Elect New Heads

Mrs. Worthington Griffith. Of
Gaithersburg, Md, was reelected
president of the Federation of
Catholic Woman's Clubs of Mont
gomery county at the annual
meeting at Olney Inn last night.
Other officers elected were Mrs
Donald V. Hunter, Chevy Chase,
vice president; Mrs. Virginia Hard
ing, Silver Spring, secretary, and
Mrs. Urban Wagner, Silver Spring,
treasurer.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Fla WILL LEND
COPPER CENT

This is another of a series of
articles on the Federal Housing
Administration. The Washing
ton Times is the ONLY newspaper
in the United States giving com.
plete information on this prof.
ect.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
KIDNAP SHIFT 7.
MAY HIT SNAG
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instrument. Reporters advised
Schwarzkopf that DR.. Mitchell had
since amended the report in verbal
conversations, saying death might
have been caused by a bullet
wound.
A Broad Indictment
Schwarzkopf's comment was
that DR.. Mitchell undoubtedly will
be asked at the trial to supple
ment his formal report and until
that time the matter will have to
rest. The colonel was asked:
''NOw that Hauptmann's note
books have been placed in legal
evidence, will you reveal their
contents?"
"NO. They are a matter Of
evidence, and we will not dis
cuSS the evidence"
Schwarzkopf declared he would
not discuss the findings of Walter
Koehler, the wood expert, who has
been examining pieces of lumber
ladder used in the Lindbergh kid
naping.
Attorney General Wilentz said
nothing new had developed over
night in the Lindbergh case. He
explained the law regarding kid
naping and murder in telling why
Hauptmann was indicted in New
Jersey for murder only.
Covers the Point
If the indictment had charged
both kidnapping and murder,
Hauptmann could plead guilty to
kidnapping which would bar prose-
cution for murder. He explained:
'"This is the reason why the
burglary charge was made in
the Indictment Burglary is a
felony, whereas kidnapping is q
statutory OffenSe."
BY terming the kidnapping a
BURGLARY" the New Jersey
authorities will be in a position to
ask the death penalty regardless
of whether the baby was muir
dered, or died, as the result Of an
accidental blow. This would have
been impossible had the indict-
ment been predicated on the
charge of kidnapping.
Over and above the purely tech.
nical aspects of the case, the
perilS of extradition for Haupt-
mann were brought home more
forcibly than ever before by the
disclosure that Colonel Lindbergh
had thrice identified Haupt-
mann's voice as that of the ran.
som receiver who called to DR..
John F.. Condor in st. Raymond'S
Cemetery on the night of April 2.
Some angles of the defense
strategy began to appear today in
New Jersey when it was learned
that three detectives employed by
William Martin, private investi-
gator, have been following closely
In the footsteps of State police
and questioning all important wit.
nesses whom the Jersey authori-
ties have examined.
The detectives, it was said, OBJ
tanned a statement from Theodore
Arnold, Negro truck driver and
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The Washington times., 1934-10-09
GERMAN BONDS
IN DEFAULT
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Americans who invested their
savings in the responsibility of
the German government today
faced immediate loss of nearly
$2,250,0oO.
The State Department had rea.
son to believe that American
holders of German 7 per cent
Dawes plan loan bonds will re,
ceive absolutely nothing on the
$2,240,000 interest payments cue
next Monday.
On the other hand, British sub
jectS who may happen to possess
these same dollar bonds will re-
ceive 100 per cent payment.
It is against this discrimination
that Secretary of State Hull has
protested repeatedly to the Ger
man government, but to no avail.
The British obtained full pay
ment of their nationals only upon
threat of actual trade retaliationS
against Germany. It was after
the British Parliament empowered
the government to impound Ger
man credits that the German gov
eminent promised to make full
payments to any British subject
who held a German bond, whether
it happened to be one floated in
Britain or anywhere else.
This Government has been I'M
able to make any trade retalia-
ton threat against Germany be-
cause of it's favorable balance of
trade with that nation.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
By JOHN DEAN MILLIGAN

Among the dozens of persons
who have written the Washington
Times for in rmation on the pos.
sibility of purchasing a new home
under the mutual mortgage plan"
to be put into operation shortly
by the Federal Housing Admins.
tration, there are many who ask
if such a mortgage can finance
the entire purchase price.
The answer is, of course, "No. "
since the mortgages cannot call
for an amount greater than 80 per
cent of the total valuation of i'm
proved property.
Hence, the prospective home
owner must provide, as a sort of
down payment, at least 20 per
cent of the total valuation.
AS has already been explained
in this series, the necessary 20
per cent down payment can be
represented by the value of a lot
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The Washington times., 1934-10-09
STOCKHOLDERS
SUED BY BANK

Nine suits for collection Of
$500 in stock assessments from
stockholders in the Federal-Amer-
lean National Bank and Trust
Company were filed yesterday in
District Supreme Court by Re-
ceiver Cary A. Hardee. Filed
through Attorneys Huston Thomp-
son and Herbert S. Ward, the
suits and their defendants were
in the following amounts:
Charles E. Brown, $500 block
Caroline Pl. N. w., 5000; Thomas
]. Gibbons, 1900 block Seventh
st. N. w., $1,000; Kenneth M.
Livingstone, 1900 block F St.
N. W., $500; G. F. Snyder, 800
block Eighteenth st. N. w.,
$1,4OO: Mrs. Elizabeth Kohn,
$500 block Sixteenth st. N. W.,
$500; Charles B. Stewart, Third
and D Streets Southeast, $4,000;
Charles Facchina, 1900 block
Quincy st. N. E., 5000, and AL
bert T. Haas, TOO block Fifteenth
st. N. w., $1,70O.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
NJ CARRAN ASKS
AIR MAIL AID
BY International News Service

ny 1HUeEHduOHaI NEWS SeFV1CO
Demanding that the air mail
be taken out of politics, Senator
McCarran CD of Nevada today
launched a fight for legislation
in the forthcoming Congress.
He proposed to set up an in
dependent com m ission, with
power to fix rates and fares,
award air-mail contracts and
grant subsidies if necessary to
put aviation on a sound basis.
Many Of the big air-mail lines
are losing money, McCarran said.
After all air-mail contracts were
Cancelled and temporary bids were
accepted. air-mail companies
slashed bids in an effort to re.
gain contracts.
McCarran holds that all con-
troll over commercial aviation,
including rates, should be re-
moved from the post office. He
pointed out that the Interstate
Commerce Commission now has
control over railroad mail,
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
ScaffOlding Nears
Top of Monument

Scaffolding of steel reached the
level Of the windows of the Wash
ington Monument today, and now
tourists on the observation deck
can see workmen busy 500 feet in
the air on steel beams.
Within a week the scaffolding
will be completed and the monu.
ment will be given a bath-the
first since it was erected. It will
take three months to complete the
refurbishing and repair of the
stone where it has weathered.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Japs Flooding
u. S. With Big
Erasers
BY International News Service

The Japanese-American situa-
ton just won't stay quiet. A
week ago Brig. Gen. William
Mitchell stirred up trouble when
he said this country should
build SO zeppelins powerful
enough to destroy Japan, but
today the NRA announced that
its import section is studying a
complaint against increasing
imports of rubber erasers from
Japan.
Leading American lead pen
Gil companies have complained
that because Japan is selling a
larger size rubber for the same
cost as the smaller one pro-
duced in America, much of the
home trade is being blotted out.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
ZOning Body Bans
Patten Apartment

There will be no converting of
old mansions into apartment
houses on upper Massachusetts
Avenue Northwest. The zoning
commission has agreed with Lars
Anderson that it would be out of
harmony with the atmosphere of
the neighborhood to "erect an
apartment house next to palatial
residence"
Miss Josephine Patten asked
that the regulations be changed
so that the property owned by
herself and two sisters, adjoining
the Anderson property at Mass
achusetts Avenue and Twenty
second Street, could be rebuilt into
an apartment house.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Inquest to Probe
Mrs. Browns Death

An inquest into the death Of
Mrs. Lucille Brown, 81, of the 400
block K st. N. w., who was fatally
injured when struck by an auto
mobile in front Of the First Pre-
cinct police station Sunday, will
be held today.
Witnesses told police the woman
was hurrying across New Jersey
Avenue when she was struck by
a machine driven by Miss Marga-
ret Randall. Miss Randall was
not held.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
300 In Baltimore
Join Marine Strike

BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 G.N.SO
More than 300 Baltimore seamen
went on strike today, called yes
terday by the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union, a Left Wing or
ganization endeavoring to tie up
ship traffic on the Atlantic coast.
Pickets were patrolling the water
front.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Baltimore Cleric
Talks to Baptists

DR.. George ]. Garrett, pastor of
Morning Star Church, Baltimore,
addressed the Baptist Ministers
Conference yesterday at Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church.
DR.. Garrett is in the city this
week assisting the Rev. Robert
Anderson. pastor of Mt. Pleasant
Church, in revival services.
Evening star., 1934-01-24
WE HAVE learned with regret Of the
DRAMA STUDY LEAGUE
PRESENTS MYSTERY PLAY
Amateurs Give Good Performance
in Drama Loaded With
-
Thrills.

Who stole the pearls? This Is the
puzzle to solve in "As the Clock Strikes.
presented last night before an appre-
ciative audience by the Drama Study
League of washington in the Immacu-
late Conception Theater, Eighth and
N streets.
The play is a mysterious one, but not
the usual mystery play. Mixed with the
humor Of the playwright, and the mys-
terry added to by the strange appearance
of one of those out-of nowhere per-
sons, it holds you throughout the en-
tire performance and has you guessing
just that length of time. When a rich
young man tries saving himself from
financial ruin. something is bound to
happen, and John Leonard Donnelly is
the one whose plans are spoiled. AS the
portrays his role well. Then, there s
the rich young mans bride-to-be, por-
trayed by Elizabeth Dugan, and in the
same fine manner.
Strangely enough, however, it is not
the leading lady or leading man, but
the butler, in the person of Jesse Veitch,
who gives the best performance. His is
not the most prominent role, but the
one performed with the most grace and
ease. F. Ramona Raley, the outdoor
f1end and owner Of the valuable pearls
carves her name high among the better
OF the cast. She does very well. Others
all Of which were within the boundary
Of the term good" but not quite
reaching the excellent" par, are Harry
S. Weatherby, the playwright; Helen
Stafford Smith, as Mrs. Randolph; her
son, portrayed by Joseph Swami; Her
man Garrett as Jim Keating, and Thom-
as E. Davis. alias LuciuS Dreer, whose
portrayal of the mysterious stranger
was good and frightening.
Equally responsible for the success Of
the production are its director and as
sistant director, Arthur Bradley White
and Catherine O'Connor. James F.
| O'Connell and Joseph Callan are in
| charge of the stage management and
Robert Boteler, the stage lighting.
The play will be repeated tomorrow
| evening in the ST. Martins Church Hall
Gaithersburg, Md, and Saturday even
ing at the Hancock High School Audi
| toriurn, Hancock, Md. P. N. j.
Evening star., 1934-01-24
FELIAN GARZIA HEARD
e. IN A PIANO RECITAL
Large and Appreciative Audience
Greets Performer at the
10 Arts Club. r
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

A piano recital was given last eve
ming by Felian Garzia at the Arts
Club before an appreciative audience
of members of the club and their
friends. Mr.. Garzia made the recital
informal by dispensing with programs
and announcing each number as he
played it. For that program Mr.. Garzia
chose the more romantic composers,
Chopin and Schumann, with a sprin-
king Of the Spanish works of De
Falla and Lecuona.
AS pianist, Mr.. Garzia brings to
his Interpretation a fleet and dynamic
ton of the more reposeful moments.
He specialized little too much, per-
haps, in the two sharply defined ex-
tremes of power and restraint, without
emphasizing a middle mood to bridge
the distance between. While convinc-
ing in the general framework. his
Chopin alternated between linger-
ing stressing of the poetical content
and dashing bravura at other mo-
ments, sometimes in too great con-
trast. although always rendered in
broad and appealing fashion. The
Chopin numbers were "Ballade in F
Major" "Nocturne in G." "Valse, E
Minor" and &C Sharp Minor Etude.
Another "Etude" was played as encore.
The seldom heard "Etudes Symptom
iques" by Schumann were brilliantly
executed, with sonorous tone, rhythmic
poiSe and an amount of feeling that
warmed the technical character Of the
compositions with small effects rarely
undertaken by pianists in this work.
Debussys delightful The Little Shep-
herd" was imbued with charming deli
cacy that held a real racial touch.
Lecuona's "Malaguena" and a COM
position by De Falla were given with
rhythmic exactness. il somewhat lack
ing in the subtle national imprint Mr..
Garzia was so felicitous in conveying in
Debussy. The program closed with
"Bourree," by Chabrier, its whimsical
oddities made interesting by Mr.. Gar
Zia's delineation.
The audience was generous in its
praise Of varied program in which
the many sides Of Mr.. GarZias ver-
satility and superior artistic endow-
mentS were constantly evident.
Evening star., 1934-01-24
ORGANIST, QUARTET AND
WOLINIST ON PROGRAM
Russell Hancock Miles Plays His
9s Own Compositions in st.
Essss A1bans Recital.

Russell Hancock Miles, associate pro-
fessor of music at the College of Fine
and Applied Arts Of the University OF
Illinois, was presented in an organ
recital last evening by the choir of St
Adams Church. The program, which
was given in the church, was varied
and interesting, and the audience,
which filled the quaint and historic
edif1ce, showed its appreciation by close
attention. Following tradition, Mr.
Miles opened his program with a Bach
number, choosing the "Toccata and
Fugue in D Minor" He followed this
with the andante expressive movement
Of Elgar's Sonata in G Major"
The organists own work, his Sonata
Cromatica," was perhaps the feature OF
the program, being less familiar than
the other numbers and being written
as a part of Mr.. Miles work for Whlch
he was awarded his masters degree In
music. The composition itself is inter-
esting, with a distinctive theme Whlcn
he has treated in unusual ways. Ihe
second movement, andante expressive, is
yery beautiful, and the fugue, or thlro
movement, is well balanced in Its In.
tricacies. The whole has brilliance and
dramatic possibilities as well as pastoral
beauty. In the latter part of the pro-
gram Mr.. Miles played his own
paraphrase for organ, of the old English
melody, Drink to Me Only With Thme
Ewes" which he has enlarged with un.
usually beautiful fugue effect, as well
as showing originality in the wearing
of the themes of the song.
Mr.. Miles playing is finished IN Its
phrasing and shading. The agility OF
his fingers as we'll as his pedahng VIII
his musicianly interpretations made MS
urogram one to be remembered.
ST. Alban's quartet, composed OF Mrs
c. G. Mcdonnell. soprano; Mrs: Harlan
Shrader. contralto; Henry Granville
Leef, tenor, and John M. Waters
assisted by Jeno Sevely: vlonnlst, gave
the G string, arranged by Nevin, witt
walter H. Nash, organist and choir
master Of the church, playing the
accompaniment. X. b.
Evening star., 1934-01-24
A PROGRAM CHANGE.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dr.
Serge Koussevitzky, conductor. will play
Brahms Fourth symphony" with its
four movements. at its second matinee
concert in Constitution Hall next Tues
day afternoon. January 80. at 4:40
o'clock. in place of Rimsky- -Korsakoff S
"Scheherezade" suite, previously an
nounced as the orchestra's closing num-
ber, according to an announcement by
Mrs. Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey, local
representative.
Jesus Maria Sanroma. Spanish-Amer-
lean pianist. will be heard as soloist
with the orchestra, playing the new
concertino for piano and orchestra by
Edward Burlingame Hill
The orchestras opening number next
Tuesday will be Stravinsky's "Apollon
Musagete," ballet for string orchestra
which was written tor chamber music
concert at the Library of Congress here
in 1928.
Evening star., 1934-01-24
BURTON HOLMES TELLS
STORY OF DUTCH JAVA

The Java of Burton Holmes itinerary,
represented both pictorially and orally
yesterday at the National, is a Java
that has assimilated the best Of the
Dutch civilization and little Of the
dregs. The cleanliness of the Dutch,
the modern ideas of the West and the
primitive beauty that is truly of the
South Seas combine to make Java the
Eden Of the Dutch East Indies.
Roro-Budor! The Angkor Vat Of the
archipelago. This magnificent temple
Of the past Is at first so astounding that
one wonders If it is real. Like the famed
Angkor Vat of Cambodia, words can
not describe the colossal and yet grace
full beauty of the edifice.
To Lecturer Burton Holmes credit is
due solely for the presentation Of this
temple. The climax Of the afternoon
was the presentation Of this temple
first during one Of the daily rains and
then when its dark bulk was outlined
by star and moonlight. For the purpose
Of this still picture, he illuminated the
central pinnacle by series Of fash
light bulbs on time exposure.
First the tea industry, the tobacco
fields and then the rice ponds were H.
Evening star., 1934-01-24
MARCH IS BUSY.

Frederic March, who won the screens
annual award for the finest acting per-
formance last year in "Dr. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde" already has three power
full acting roles assigned to him during
the coming season. First, he will ap-
pear in Design for Living" an adap-
tation Of Noel Coward's play which
Loew's Palace will present Friday. jan
uary 26. Gary Cooper and Miriam
Hopkins appear in this film which
Ernest Lubitsch directed. His next as
signment will be "Chrysalis," after
which he will appear in Death Takes
Holiday"
March reached the crest of his acting
career last year, scoring in Cecil B.
De Miles Sign Of the Cross" "Smilin'
Through" "The Eagle and the Hawk"
and Tonight Is Ours" in addition to
his Jeykll and Hyde characterization.
Evening star., 1934-01-24
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

acknowledgement Corner" at
2:30 and $50 pm.
Gayety-"Beef Trust Burlesquers," at
IL noon, 2:15 and 8:15 pm.
Palace-"Roman Scandals" at 11:40
am, LAO, $40, $40. TAO and $40 pm.
Rialto-"King for a Night" at II
am, l2:45, 2:30, 4:2O, sos, 7::55 and
9:40 pm.
Loews Fox-"Eight Girls in a Boat" "
at II am, 1885, 4:25, ITO and $50
pm. Stage shows at 1880, $40. 6:25
and 9:05 pm.
Columbia-"Dinner at Eight" at
HAS am, 2:10, ABS, and $40 pm.
Metropolitan Girl Without a
Room" at IL am, 12:45. 2:35. 4:20,
6:05, 1855 and $40 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"If I Were Free" at
11:15 am, los, 2:55. 4:45. 6:25. 8:15
and 1905 pm.
Earle-"Four Frightened People," at
II am, lao, 4:25, 7:10 and $50 pm.
Stage shows at 1880, $3.50, 6:l5 and
pm.
Tivoli-"House On Seth Street." at
2:45, 4:30, 6:l5, 8 and GAS pm.
Ambassador-"Duck Soup" at $50
pm, 8:15 and 9:55 pm.
Evening star., 1934-01-24
IN A NEW PLAY.

"Year's End" by Olga Helms and
William Rodon, will have its opening
performances Wednesday and Thursday
evenings at $3.50 in Pierce Hall, where
it is being presented by the Pierce Hall
Players.
The cast includes the authors, as well
as Eileen Fowler, well-known Washing
ton amateur; Martha Turner, formerly
Of the Miami Civic Theater; Richard
Harr and three of the Clifford Brooke
Academy students, Howard Whitfield
Zack Mace and William Austin Davis.
Evening star., 1934-01-24

They are part of
the famed Moulin
r ouge Caravan
which is beetling
its way around the
country. The stars
will appear in per-
son at the Fox
later that night.
If you go to the
Shorehanl, how =
ever, along about 9
Thursday week" )"
you may cut in on
Mary Brian, Doro-
thy Sebastian, Pat
sy Ruth Miller,
G oil p1o m
Evening star., 1934-01-24

lustrated by Mr.. Holmes. After this
he touched upon the high lights Of the
life Of the people, their present and
past. Temples, cities, jungles, forests,
princes, native shows and the spotless
hotels, with their rice table," were ex-
plotted to an interested audience.
Leaving no stone unturned in his trek
across the isle, he presented the most
interesting travelogue Of many q day.
F.. L. G.
Evening star., 1934-01-24

talking something
o V e r q b e e r
bottle. Where
was young Sarah"
Zimmerman? .
That's not her first
name-but certain
hyphenated Brit
isherS have nick
named her that.
She's small and
dark and handsome
sister Of Mrs.
Kent Legare. .
. At the Heigh-Ho
last Thursday, Fri
day, Saturday, etc,
nights. Satur-
Evening star., 1934-01-24

prised the guests,
who had given
themselves over al
most entirely to
waltzes, is a Joy to
watch when he be-
gins beating that
viola. He bends his
head forward, he
frowns, then he
throws back his
head ard frowns
some more. The
only time he does
MT frown is. when
that dance team
comes out and the
Evening star., 1934-01-24

George Bancroft, Ben Turpin. Johnny
Mack Brown-and others-depending
on your disposition. These Moulin
Rouge-ites are not there after dark"
except on that one night. The ball
room Is, however, given over to very
pleasant entertainment right now!"