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The Washington times., 1934-09-03
TURNER MAKES
TEST FLIGHT

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CLEVE-
LAND, Sept. 3 G.N.SO.-Flash-
ing from pylon to pylon at dizzy
speed, Col. Roscoe Turner, flying
his Wedell.Williams special racer,
with which he set a new trans
continental record Saturday, to-
day qualified for the Thomson
Trophy race by turning in a four
lap average speed of 295 .065 miles
an hour.
Colonel Turner's plane is pow
cred by a 1,000-horsepower Hornet
motor and is the highestpowered
plane at the National Air Races
this year.
Colonel Turner's test runs were
made both with and against the
wind. His best down-wind trip
was made at a little over 3l5
miles per hour, while he roared
into the wind on one lap at more
than 283 miles an hour.
Doug Davis, who qualified yes
terday afternoon in the famous
Wedell-Williarls "44" ship, with
which the Inflated Jimmy Wedell
set the world land plane speed
record last year. had to requalify
today because late last night he
decided to put a more powerful
motor in the "a"
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
F|END VICTIMS
DIE IN |CEBOX

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. 3
G.N.SO.-An intense manhunt
was underway today for the fiend
who criminally assaulted two small
girls and then locked them in a
large icebox to die of suffocatlon.
The victims were Mary and
Mareana Paiva, Z and 6 years old.
daughters Of Henry Paiva,
rancher who lived with his wife
and eleven children at Wilton, 20
miles from here.
The Paiva family went to work
as usual in the hop fields near
their home Saturday, leaving Mary
and Mareana and 2-year-old AL
fred in the house.
That night when the family re-
turned little Alfred ran to his
father and said:
"SiStie in box"
It was at first believed the girls
had been playing and had used
the icebox, from which the ice and
food had been removed, as a hid
ing place.
An autopsy performed by DR.. p.
w. Frame revealed the girls had
died of suffocation. A later exam
ination by DR.. c. H. Mcdonald,
autopsy surgeon, spurred author
tiles to a manhunt. DR.. Mcdonald
reported:
"They died of suffocation, yes.
But they were brutally mis-.
treated first"
Torn little fingers revealed the
victims futile struggle to escape
from the iceboX.
Deputy sheriffs discovered no
clue to the identity of the fiend,
who they believe was an itinerant.
Many tramps roam this ranch Sec
ton.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
MUNITIONS QUIZ
READY To OPEN
7 TOMORROW
Inquiry by Senate Probers
To Cover Worldwide
Operations
BY International News Service

With members promising sensa-
tional testimony, the Senate NUM-
tionS Investigating Committee will
open q three-weekS exploration Of
the world munitions trade tomor.
row.
The inquiry will cover world
wide operations, including alleged
effort of munitions makers to
foment strife and increase arma-
ments to their profit.
Senator Gerald Nye (RO of
North Dakota, chairman, promised
an impartial but thorough inquiry.
Charges of a world submarine
trust" may be exploited on the
first day of the hearing. Among
witnesses to be called are Henry
B. Carse, president; L. Y. Spear,
vice president, and Sterling j.
Joyner, representative of the Elec-
trio Boat Company, submarine
builders.
Also among the first witnesses
will be L. L. briggs, president Of
the briggs Ordnance and Engi'
neering Company. During the
week A. j. Miranda, jr.. president
of the American Armaments Cor
poration; F. H. Sweetzer. secre-
tary, and Major H. M. Brayton,
technical director, will be called.
In all more than 100 witnesses
will be heard.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
IS LOSER
IN LEGAL TILT
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and I firmly believe that I will
be cleared"

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and I firmly believe that I will
be cleared"
Major Kent is being tried first
on an indictment charging kid
naping, an offense punishable by
death under the Virginia law.
This is being done because the
State has no definite evidence
Just where the murder was COM
mitted. The body of Mrs. Hs ST
ings was found hidden in weeCs
near Stroudsburg. Pa, on June II,
three days after Mrs. Hastings
and Major Kent had left to drive
to Washington.
Major Kent expressed satistac'
ton over the fact that Governor
Peery has named Judge A. c.
Buchanan to hear the case. Judge
Benjamin Hayden disqualltled1
himself, after Major Kent hao
written him protesting against his
being on the bench.
The major termed Judge Hay
den as hostile" to him. Tne
charge being based on a former
civil trial here in which Judge
HAYDEN ruled against Major kent:
Major Kent today revealed tnaG
he had been employed as cashier
at the Willard hotel in 1914 ana
1915 while he was attending
National University Law School IN
Washington, where he took MS
degree.
If pressed, the defense will
switch to an insanity plea, it was
indicated. Major Kent was con-
fined to the Western State Hos
pital, insane asylum at Staunton,
for a short period, and was also
sent to Matteawan Asylum in New
York, later being transferred from
that institution to a government
hospital.
Several days ago a number OF
doctors were summoned to the
Roanoke Jail to study Major Kent
and pass on his sanity.
The commemorative Attorney
IS prepared to counter this move
by introducing a State alienist
who will testify that the major is
sane.
A jury panel of "A was sum-
moned to be present today, and it
is expected that the taking Of
evidence will start this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
BATTLE LOOMS
FOR SENATE
BY KARL M. KAHN
Copyright, 1884, by International
News SerVice)


The Democrats are thinking Of
more than a vote of confidence
in the New Deal while they exert
efforts to increase their already
topheavy majority in the Senate.
While their political sun is
shining, and the harvest is at
hand, they are trying to gather
enough senatorial seats that,
whatever political storms may
come, will insure their control of
the upper House and the inaugu.
ration Of q President in 1941.
G.. o. p. Gain Unlikely
The most optimistic Republi-
cans do not expect to make gains
in the Senate. No matter what
they say publicly, they admit
privately they would be happy to
keep the 35 seats they now have.
Contrariwise, the most pessimis-
tic Democrats expect to add to
the 60 Senate seats they now
have. The pessimists prophesy a
gain of two or three, maybe four
seats. The optimistic Democrats
claim they have a chance to pick
up nine seats in senatorial con-
tests.
At the present ratio of 80 Demo
Gratis, 35 Republicans and one
Farmer-Laborite, the Democrats
do not need to win a single seat
this year to insure control OF the
Senate two years hence.
If the Democrats do not gain a
seat this year, in 1895 they could
lose eleven of the nineteen Demo
cratic Senators who must go be-
fore the voters in that year, and
still have a three-vote majority In
the Senate.
No Loss Expected
That Is on a basis of the Repub-
licans carrying every senatorial
contest in 1886 except in the most
solid part of the solid South; A
basis that gives the G. o. P. sucn
States as Tennessee, Oklahoma,
North Carolina and Kentucky.
The Democrats, of course do not
expect to lose eleven seats in 1896,
which will be a Presidential year,
unless there is an overwhelming
turn in the political tide in the
next two wears,
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
STRIKE PUTS STRANGLEH HOLD ON CAROLINA TEXTILE MILLS
Throngs Brave Rain
To Cheer Labor Day
Parade in Capital

the entire Eastern seaboard par
ticipated.
Blaring bands, shrieking sirens
and a score of colorful floats en-
tered by the various ladies' auxil-
iarieS delighted a large crowd OF
visiting who had flocked to the
historic Virginia town for the day.
A military unit, commanded by
Col. Harry B. Cooks, headed Alex
andria's procession. On the re-
viewing stand were the mayor and
officials of the town and also Of.
ficers from two Naval destroyers
and a Coast Guard cutter at an
chor in the Potomac off Alexan-
dria.
Parade judges were Capts j.
Donovan c. Shumaker and Lieut..
L. Trainum, all of Fort Washing.
ton, Va.
The National Firemen's Associ-
alton has chosen Alexandria for
the convention next year, and a
committee has been appointed to
ask President Roosevelt to pro-
claim the Saturday before Labor
Day, 1885, as National Flremen's
Day. All officers were reelected,
including Sergt. A. j. Bargagni, o.
Washington, president.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
How to Obtain Loans
Under Housing Act

Would you like to obtain an Inexpensive, easy
tO-repay loan for repairing or improving your
home, store or other improved property?
Would you like to cOnUert your present short
term, expensive mortgages on your home into
neuV LOng-term, per cent, GnaOrtized mortgage?
Would you like to obtain such nelD mortgage
to finance the construction of a neU home?
All of these benefits to property OuOners are
prOUided under facilities being developed by the
Federal Housing Administration. For all infOr-
nation and help, IUrite your questions to the
Housing Editor, The Washington Times. Enclose
a stamped, self-addressed return eneUelOpe to
insure prompt, personal reply. Do NOT teIe-
phone or call in person.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
NEW DEAL DRIVE
ON FOR MAIL
VOTE HERE
Democrats Get lump on COP.
In Rounding Up Estimated
10000 Ballots in D. c.
By EARL GOODWIN

With the Maine election on Sep
tember 10 starting the political
campaign for the fall of 1884, the
Democratic National Committee
here is concentrating on the busi-
ness of getting as many Democrats
as possible in Washington to vote
by mail and thus add to what they
hope will be an avalanche Of bal
lots for New Deal support.
The Democrats appear to have
the Jump on the G. o. P. in the
matter of educating the absentee
voter, for they are already in the
business in a big way. The G. o. p.
has not yet begun to fight-by
mail, at least.
$4,000 Voters Here
There are, it is estimated, 80, 1000
persons in Washington who have
retained voting residences in their
home states. 1t is this rather ap-
preciable army of voters who are
now being aroused by political or.
ganizationS made up for purposes
OF patriotiSm-or ballyhoo, which.
ever way one chooses to look at the
politicians efforts at swelling the
vote.
One of the most recent edu-
cational efforts was the radio
speech a few nights ago by Miss
Mae Helm, assistant corporation
counsel, who spoke under the
auspices Of the Women's Demo
cratic Educational Council, a
subsidiary of the Democratic
National Committee.
d. C. Decided Election
Democrats have a classic Of
the value of District of Columbia
absentee votes in the experience
OF Harry H. Woodring, now AS
siStant Secretary of War.
Four years ago Mr.. Woodring
received plurality of 251 in his
race for governor out in Kansas
and 210 Of these came from the
District of Columbia by mail;
and it was not until these bal
lots had arrived and had been
counted several days after the
election that the issue was
settled.
Since that time the number
of absentee voters in Washington
has doubled, politicians say, and
Congressional and Senatorial races
may easily depend on votes from
this city.
The only requirements in the
Maine election September 10 is
that the envelopes containing the
ballots be postmarked September
9-the day before the election.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
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ing units, and at the end of the
mrach formal program of
speaking gave John B. Colpoys
the opportunity to remind the
audience that on this particular
Labor Day the organized working
man and women of the country
are facing some of their most
important problems.
Mr.. Colpoys was introduced by
Edward Roche, chairman of the
Labor Day exercises. Msgr. E. J..
Connolly, pastor of st. Peters
Church, pronounced the invoca.
ton.
Among the outcof.town fire de-
partments parading in Washing
ton today were Hyattsville, Ber-
Wyn, Clarendon, Va, College Park,
Brentwood, Capitol Heights, Boule-
ward Heights, Riverdale, and Bla-
densburg.
Alexandria Parade
While Washington's parade was
proceeding through intermittent
showers, Alexandria staged the
third annual parade of the Ma
tional Firemen's Association, IN
which a hundred companies from
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
NRA WILL LEAD
JOBS DRIVE
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activities of Harry Hopkins, Emer.
gency Relief Administrator, who,
since his return from Europe, on
several occasions has led with the
wrong foot.
Mr.. Hopkins has had to soft
pedal his remarks about the
Governments supporting strikers.
He has more or less had to eat
crow on his welcoming of Upton
Sinclair into the ranks of the
New Deal. He has had to mini
mize his plans for putting the
Government into the leather and
shoe business.
Although apparently unconnect-
ed, the several back steps of Mr..
Hopkins have all been along the
line of assuring industry that it
is not to become the victim of ad-
ditional experiments.
There has been, too, the deci-
sion to survey the industrial credit
situation, particularly with regard
to small business. This is cited
here as an additional evidence of
the wishes of the Administration
to show that its primary policies
are not inimical to industry.
Profit Motive Retained
Recently several of the old-liners
in the inner circle of the Admins
tration have taken occasion to re-
mark that the Administration is
not out to destroy the profit mo-
tive.
These remarks and these actions
are all a part of the renewal of
the Administrators fight to soft
en- the antagonism that was Gre
ated by earlier expressions and
acts Of the more theoretical of the
New Dealers.
The Administration has reached
the realization that it cannot in
definitely employ or support the
millions of men and women who
now are out OF jobs in industry.
Only by a revival of industry
can the Administration hope to
curtail the ranks of the unem-
ployed. Such a revival, it is real
lied, cannot be looked for if indus
try continues its present trend of
thought, which is to the effect
that the Government is out to de-
Stroy 1t.
Consequently, Labor Day finds
the brains of the Administration
as distinct from the brain trust
seeking new way of appealing to
the business men in order to meet
the demands of labor.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
MILL OWNERS
HAIL RIFF 7
IN RANKS
Plants in South Carolina
Reopen on Normal Basis;
Many Work in Georgia
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claimed their ranks would be
swelled to between 10000 and a.
900 workers; Tennessee reported
that no operatives were known to
have answered the strike call; At
1anta reported 1.400 workers plan.
ming to join the walkout but mill
operators said the plants would
open as usual tomorrow. In the
Southwest, 400 Dallas, Tex, mill
workers who are not members OF
any official" union, planned to
ignore the strike call.
Results Unkniwn
With both sides claiming an ad-
vantage in the Atlantic Seaboard
area, it was practically impossible
to obtain a reliable index to the
extent OF effectiveness which may
be expected from the strike call to-
morrow.
At Adams, Mass, the local
board of selectmen appealed to
the workers to stay on the job;
in Burlington, Vt., the first out
burst Of violence occurred with a
nonunion worker slugged for
failure to accept a union hand
bill; the Amoskeag mills at Man
chester, N. H., announced the
mill gates would be closed tomor'
row, while at Pawtucket, r. l.,
union leaders warned 'force
would be met with force"-an in
ferential warning against the use
Of strikebreakers.
At Fall River, Mass, 5000
workers decided against joining
the strike; at Salem, Mass, more
than 1000 workers voted to re-
port as usual tomorrow.
In the Midwest area, it was i'm
possible to accurately estimate the
number of workers planning to
heed the strike call. Approx
mately $4,000 operatives in cotton
textile and allied lines in Indiana
faced possible idleness, however,
depending on the extent to which
the strike order was effective.
Business leaders min1mlzed the
claims of strike leaders.
$4,000 Join Strike
Pennsylvania reported a more
general observance of the strike
call, with $4,000 reported to have
Joined the strike in the Philadel-
phia area and delegates represent
ing $4,000 workers in the eastern
Pennsylvania region having voted
unanimously to walk out.
Police, meanwhile, were on the
alert for outbreaks Of violence or
communistic demonstrations. This
was noticeable especially at New
Bedford, Mass, where orders went
out to arrest Ann Burlak, So
called "red flame" of communism,
on the slightest provocation.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
COlOred Elks Pay
Memorial Tribute

Tribute was to the late Henry
Lincoln johnson, former Repub-
lican national committeeman from
Georgia by the colored ElkS lodge
Of that name Of New York city
yesterday at Lincoln Memorial
Cemetery. The ceremonies were
witnessed by Henry Lincoln John
son, jr., a local attorney. Columbia
and Morning Star Lodges Of this
city joined in the services.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
LOAN NUN|TSJO|N
HOUSING DRIVE
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eral Housing Administration, were
national and State banks, indus
trial banks, finance companies
and other agencies which may
grant unsecured loans without
running afoul of the law.
Mortgage Plan Expanded
Since savings banks and build
ing and loan associations must re-
quire that a mortgage be made
out as a means of fulfilling legal
requirements in lending money,
the same priv!lege-that Of OBJ
tanning mortgage-has been
given by the Federal Housing Ad.
ministration to the national and
State banks, the finance COM
panies, and all other institutions
eligible and approved for handling
the "modernization" loans.
But it is expressly provided that
such a mortgage shall be a mort
gage in name only. The rules
state:
"The mortgage is relegated
from its place as principal Sc
curity to one of security in
legal form only, so as to permit
mortgage institutions to pro.
ceed as If these loans were un-
secured, and yet meet the re-
quirementS of the law in their
States.
Income Chief Basis
"The mortgage institutions
(that class Of private financial
institution that must lend on
security W ould be more in
tereSted, under this plan, in the
property owners income than
in his property.
"This modification Of the
modernization credit plan is ex-
pected to enlist thousands Of
additional billions of dollars in
the moderniZatiOn phase Of the
better housing program"
Thus, a property owner deSir'
ing a loan from a savings bank
or building and loan association
must assume mortgage, whose
amount would be determined by
the amount Of the loan, which
cannot call for less than 500 or
more than $4,000.
A mortgage may also be asked
by a national or State bank, or a
finance company, but such In.
stitutions may grant the loan
without requiring a mortgage II
they so desire.
If loan secured" by such a
mortgage is defaulted, the Fed
eral Housing Administration will
not demand that the mortgage
be used in foreclosure proceed
ings. The loans remain unsecured
in effect, since there will be no
guarantee that they will be paid
except the property owners word
Of honor, unless the lending
agency takes it upon itself to
forecloSe.
TOmOrr0w'S article will deal
with other phases Of the rules
for savings banks, building and
loan institutions. etc.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
Planes and Posse
Hunt Game Warden

WALLACE, Idaho, Sept. 3-More
than 1000 men combed woods Of
the Occur d'Alene District near
here today in a search for E. A.
Teed, deputy game warden, mis-
sing since Tuesday. AirplaneS and
bloodhounds were pressed into the
search.
Little hope was held out for the
missing man after discovery of
Mr.. Teed'S automobile. The deputy
left here Tuesday to investigate .
report Of unlawful deer killing.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
MediatorS Fail in Effort
To Get Factions Together
By international News Service


Federal authorities continued
their efforts over the weekend to
bring textile strikers and mill
officials together with no more
success than in previous attempts.
Francis j. German, Strik e
leader, predicted that the
full force of the strike would not
be felt until Wednesday, while
the financial loss to the Nation
would be felt later. He estimated
the country's payroll loss will ag.
gregate $500, 900 weekly. The in
dustry last June had a weekly
payroll of $13,500,000, reduced
recently through unemployment.
The strike chairman emphasized
that his committee was willing to
meet only with a committee Of
employers, authorized by the Cot
ton Textile Institute to represent
the textile masters. The strikers
have refused to meet with en-
ployer representatives in their
capacity of cotton textile code
authorities.
BURLINGTON, w.t., Sept. 3
0N.SO First blood in the tex
tile strike in New England was
drawn here when a non.un1on
worker was assaulted for refusing
to accept a union handbill.
BOSTON, Sept. 8 dNs0.
Pointing out that the Federal
Government was doing all in its
power to create employment, and
that industry was just getting
over its tottering stages brought
on by the depression, m ayor
Frederick w. Mansfield urged
labor leaders to abstain from
calling strikes, at an orderly
meeting on Boston Common,
sponsored by the Boston Central
Labor Union.
PATERSON, N. j., Sept 3
(I.NSO.-Ten thousand men and
women will form picket lines here
tomorrow morning as a gesture
of support for the 100000 Strtk-
ing textile unioniStS, leaders OF
workers in the silk mills here an
nounced today.
In Passaic, near here, where
several wooden textile factories
are located, an atmosphere OF
tension prevailed. 1t is not known
whether the workers in these
mills would be asked to join the
general strike.
WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. ;
r(I.N.SO.-Trouble was feared al
Southbridge and Sturbrldge where
the management Of two mills an
nounced q determination to Ill
thu mills with strike breakers re
placing striking textile workers
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
Swimmer browns
At Virginia Beach

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. (spe-
ciaD Clyde Hoal, 80, Roanoke.
was drowned at Virginia Beach
yesterday afternoon while his three
companions, Warren Davis, Miss
Lottie Gross and Miss Dorothy
Porterfield, also of Roanoke. stood
on the beach powerless to help
him. Hoal ventured out too far
from shore and was caught in a
swift current.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
Denies
TrOth to Actress

CANNES, France, Sept. 3 (U.S0
The reported engagement Of
WoolWorth Donahue, wealthy New
York socialite, and Miss Wendie
Barrie, British film actress, was
denied yesterday by Mr.. Donahue'
He said:
"She is just one Of several
charming friends with whom I
motor and dine"
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
StOrekeeper Dies
In Creek Mishap

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Sept.
3.-Richard Allen, 26, a store
keeper at Nomini, Westmoreland
county, was drowned about /
o'clock Sunday morning when he
stepped from a wharf into the
waters of Nomini creek. The
body was recovered. The death
was an accident.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
Silk Strikers Plan
Mill Picket Lines

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (U.SO.
Ten thousand men and women
are preparing to form picket lines
at Paterson, N. j., silk mills tomor.
row morning, as part of the ma.
tionwide strike Of 100000 textile
unioniSts, their leaders announced,
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
Pedestrian Dizzy,
Head Hurt in Fall

Raymond Levy, 81, of the 1900
block U st. S. E., was treated at
Gallinger Hospital yesterday for
severe head injuries received
when he fell at the intersection
of Nichols Ave. and S st. S. E.
He told police he had suddenly
become dizzy.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
100 Alexandrians
Go to Legion Meet

Approximately 100 Alexandrians
are attending the sixteenth an
nual convention of the American
Legion, department of Virginia,
which convened in Lynchburg
Yesterday for a four-day session.
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
JAPAN

TOKYO, Sept. 8 G.N.S0.-Jap.
anese naval authorities are study
ing the possibilities of establishing
aviation and submarine bases in
the Kurile Islands. across from
Alaska, the Japanese press re-
ported today. The move was
said to be in order to conteract
bases which, according to reports
reaching here. Washington is
planning for Alaska.