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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-18
Part of the Story
Comptroller O'Connor Speaks


cratic Committee Mr. J. F. T. oConnor, Comptroller of
the Currency, recently discussed the closed oanK STU
alton over the radio.
AFTER LISTENING TO MR. O'CONNOR OR READ
ING HIS SPEECH, ONE IS FORCED TO THE HAPPY
CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS NO LONGER A
CLOSED BANK SITUATION. THE EARNEST MR..
o'CoNNOR AND HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE VARI-
GUS FISCAL BUREAUS HAVE CLEARED UP THE
SITUATION EXCEPT FOR A FEW LOOSE ENDS
WHICH WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF SPEEDILY,
ONE GATHERS FROM THE SPEECH.
Mr. O'Connor points out that after the bank holiday
there were AT banks under his jurisdiction which did
not reopen These banks contained approximately two
thousand million dollars
That was 10 months ago, and Mr.. oConnor in his
address points with pride the fact that out of the
closed banks 1856 with deposits of $177 OOO have
been reopened In addition, he says 70 banks paid
their depostors in full while Ivy in receivership
with deposits of 000 of which depositors have
already received approximately $4,000 600.
This would leave in the banks in receivership about
S1OOOOO000 a mere drop in the bucket.
So far as Mr.. OConnor goes in his speech for the
National Democratic Committee he has right to point
with pride He shows good record in dealing with the
117 national banks which unlicensed at the close
of the bank holiday.
Unfortunately the picture is not bright might
gather from Cursory perSal OF Mr. OC0nn0rs address.
THE FACTS ARE THAT INSTEAD OF ONLY 299
NATIONAL BANKS BEING IN RECEIVERsHIP AND
OWING THEIR DEPOSITORS APPROXIMATELY
ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, THERE ARE
1916 NATIONAL BANKS IN RECEIVERsHIP AND
THEY OWE TO THEIR DEPOSITORS APPROX
MATELY ONE THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS
The difference between the figures used by the Comp
troer and the larger figures arises because of the fact
that his address under the auspices of the Democratic
Committee Mr.. OConnor, while apparently discussing
the entire closed bank problem, in reality, discussing
only small part of it.
He referred only to closed banks which closed by
the banking holiday and did not reopen He didn't refer
to the other national banks which in receivership
The intention of the National Democratic Committee
in having Mr. OConnor discuss part of the closed bank
situation over the radio is obvious to those who are
familiar with the steps by which Democratic leaders
blocked the efforts of Representative Clarence Mcleod
R Michigan to have enacted by the last Congress his
full pay-off measure.
Democratic candidates are encounering difficulties in
their campaigns because of that record. It becomes
incumbent upon the National Democratic Committee to
ease those difficulties to the extent of its power.
So, it induces Comptroller OConnor to go on the air
under its auspices and tell of part of the closed bank
situation.
THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT
HAS DUTY TO PERFORM FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSING
OF THE BANKS WILL SEE TO 1T THAT THE FULL
STORY IS TOLD.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-18

h a be e n
hr a tened
many times
by criminals
he has helped
to send to
Jail but who
remains very
much alive,
has returned
to town after
a crime sur
vey in various
sections Of
tho roi;rtry
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-18

DR.. HOagland's life is an open
book except for one thing-he
will not tell anybody what the
"E" in his name stands for. Sew
eraI newspapermen questioned
HOagland after his induction
into office, and he gave every
thing except his middle name.
1894, The Washing on Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-18

I'm no violent enthusiast for !
Mr.. Henry Ford. Sometimes his
ohi1osonhv and program seem to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-18

Shocking crimes could be prevented
If convicted thugs and morons
Were not freed to wreak fresh havoc
On the innocent and helpless.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-18

Throughout the ages there
have been natural phenomena
which have been attributed by
the common people land a few
college graduates) to murmur-
ings of the Great Spirit or
noisy protest from Valhalla.
These have later turned out
to be nothing but the cold
water faucet dripping into the
kitchen sink, or the 11::45 from
Portland rumbling over a ledge
of rock five miles away.
Some of these queer sounds
from lakes and moors have,
however, had a deeper signifi.
canoe. They have come from
actual commissions of nature,
and an actual CONFUSION of
nature is no fun. I know, be-
cause I had a relative once
who was one.
Take, for instance, the fam.
Gus "Mumbling Mountain" Of
Pico, Alaska. Every month or
so Excepting February, which
has 28) the inhabitants of
Pico heard a loud mumbling
like man talking in his sleep.
All of this rapscallion business
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-18
The Greatest Show
On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

After their trip to Europe,
Senator Carter Glass of Vir.
ginia is loud in his praises of
Admiral Cary T. GraysOn.
Little Carter AYERS that the
admiral is one of the worlds
best travelling companions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-18

Assistan Attorney General
Joseph B. Keenan,. whose life
The Washington times., 1934-11-23
:KindIer Scores Success
In Wagnerian Program

4: Enjoyable indeed was the all
.Wagnerian concert played yester-
sday by the National Symphony
Orchestra, the first time such a
program has ever been attempted
by DR.. Kinder.
There was a tendency to over
emphasize the hraSseS, to the
,detriment of the strings and wood
winds at timeS-but then this is a
:fault that has been noted in many
.orchestras.
"The Entrance OF the Gods into
.Valhalla" served to introduce the
Emusic of the Ring, and was well
played. But the next number,
!" ."Siegmund's Love Song," fell be
low the high mark set in the open.
ling. There was decided lack Of
fire in this, and a tendency to
.drag.
The orchestra reached its height
in "Wotan's Farewell and the
Magic Fire Music" which is per-
haps the finest thing written in
the entire Ring, and DR.. Kinder
gave a splendid reading Of the
score.
: The "Forest Murmurs" from
Siegfried, one Of the hghteSt OF
The Washington times., 1934-11-23
R. D. 7. c. STAND.
To Be DEBATED

Reverberations Of the contro-
versy in collegiate circles through.
out the country since Joseph T.
Elvove Of the University of Mary
land branded the national Anti
War movement as "Communistic
and Anti-American" took definite
form yesterday, when Mr.. Elvove
was challenged to a public debate
by a member of the National
Student League, one Of the spon-
sorS of the Anti-War movement.
In a letter from its headquar-
ters in New York, the league de-
clared Mr.. Elvove's statements
concerning the leagues proposed
abolition Of the R. o. T. C. from
universities, was entirely at var.
lance with the facts, and chal-
lenged him to a public debate on
the question Resolved that the
National Student Leagues stand
for the abolition Of the r. o. T. c..
is justified.
Mr.. Elvove said today that he
expected to accept the challenge.
The Washington times., 1934-11-23
The World of Music
capital Music Lovers Agitated by PrettYnan
Ruling on Child Artists; Would Bar
Many Fine Performers Here

Are Washington audiences to
be deprived of the privilege of
hearing youthful artists perform?
That was the question agitat.
ing musical Washington today fol.
lowing the ruling of the Corpora.
,tion Counsel, which allows one
child to play here because she
is not paid, yet bars a second
because she would be paid.
: Music lovers admit there Is no
Question that the youth Of the
Nation should be protected, yet 1t
:does seem to them that some al.
.lowance might be made in the
cease of the very few youthful
.prodigies on the concert stage.
Under the terms Of this ruling,
Washington would have been
barred from hearing young Ye-
.hudi Menuhin, who gives promise
of becoming perhaps the greatest
.violinist the world has ever
known.
= Yehudi has appeared here sew
.eral times. Yet the fact that he
:played-and for money, which
has helped with his musical edu-
scation-haS not retarded his de-
;velopment nor injured him, so far
Jas one may see.
The appearance Sunday Of
Gloria Perkins, 11-year-old violin
list is approved. And at the same
stime the appearance of Ruth
,ElenczynSki is banned.
Under the terms of this ruling
washington will not be allowed
to hear the world famous Vienna
Boys Choir. Yet WashingtonianS
may sit at home, turn on the
sradio and hear this marVelouSly
trained choir.
Somehow that does not seem
reasonable to concertgoerS. It
ssnacks of provincialism. to say
the least.
Washington should have the
same right as the rest Of the
Nation to hear these few child
wonders when they do appear on
sthe musical horizon.
The Washington times., 1934-11-23

the Wagnerian compositions, was
also we'll played.
The final two numbers on the
program were from Gotterdam.
merung, t e m n d Gus in their
power, a fitting end to the Ring
and it's tale of heroiSm.
NEW YORK, Nov. % U.N.S0.
So enthusiastic is New York about
Werner Jansen young American
conductor and composer who has
been directing the Philharmonic
Orchestra the past fortnight, he
has been reengaged for three
weeks later in the season, it was
announced today. Mr.. Jansen, son
Of a wealthy reStaurateur, was
widely hailed in Europe before re-
turning to this country to conduct
the Philharmonic this season.
The Washington times., 1934-11-23
Godfrey Invites
Program Criticism

Arthur Godfrey, radio announcer,
and Sun Dial master of cere-
monies for WJSV, has let himself
in for a terrific beating.
Arthur, in fact, will pay the
person, or persons, who do the
best job of criticizing him. He
has invited criticism of his Sun
Dial program and is offering two
prizes for the best nasty digs"
The first prize is a typewriter,
valued at $102.50, and the second
prize is a $50 typewriter, to be
awarded December 81. The ma
chimes are on display in the Wood
stock Typewriter Co. window, in
the TOO block Thirteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-11-23
FUND PROGRAM
RECORD SEEN

The washington Sanitarium, q
Seventh Day Adventist institution
maintained in Takoma Park, from
reports, will this year again lead
the world in the annual Invest
ment Fund" program, as far as
individual organizations are con-
cerned. Funds derived will be
used for missionary work.
During the investment fund
period last year, the Sanitarium,
through It's employees, raised
over $4,000 in addition to the
regular weekly mission offering.
Indications show this years
amount will be larger.
In 1898, $38,854.98, was raised
in the United States.
The Washington times., 1934-11-23
ST. THOMAS WINS

st. Thomas gridders defeated
st. Johns Junior High, 6 to 0 in
a game featured by the alright
playing of both teams. Vincent
Burk made the winning touch
down in the final quarter.
The Washington times., 1934-11-23

Hall; recording secretary, John
c. Hall; treasurer, Major How
ard D. Queen, and chaplain, Rev.
Arthur Chichester.
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples, di-
rector of the community center
department of public schools, and
Miss Anna Goodwin, assistant di-
rector in charge of divisions 10
to Is, will address the meeting.
The Washington times., 1934-11-23

ing to receive
reports from
it's 20 member
org q n iZationS
and elect Off.
GERS.
Gorge W.
B e a S ey has
been president
for many years.
other Off
GERS now Serv-
ing are: Vice
president, Mrs.
j a c q ueline A.
Cuney; cores
ponding Secre-
kor1y UTNNlcxy TEY
The Washington times., 1934-11-23
DOLL DRESS TEST

Hundreds Of children are ex-
pected to CON- in a doll dress
ing contest announced last night
by the w m MS international
League, .23 Seventeenth st.
The Washington times., 1934-11-23
CONGRESS
MEETS TONIGHT.
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Association Editor

The federation of Civic ASso-
Citations will meet tonight in the
board room at. the District Build
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
RECEIVER ASKS
|NSULL PROBE

CHICAGO, Jan. 5 GN.S).
Resenting so-called reflections on
his management, Charles A. Nc
Culloch, sole remaining receiver
for the vast Insull-built Middle
West Utilities Company, today
pressed for a complete investiga-
ton of the receivership.
McCulloch petitioned Federal
Judge Walter C. Lindley for the
investigation of the receivership,
which went into effect April Is,
1892. The Court ordered that
objections of McCulloch's con-
duct of the company, if any, must
be filed within fifteen days.
The Middle West Utilities Com
pany, once valued at two and one
half billion dollars, was the big
gest unit in the utility system
built by Samuel insult.
McCulloch's petition disclosed
that a reorganization of the
company is now under way. Coun'
sci for the note-holders protested
against any change in the press
ent receivership, holding that
such a change would hinder the
reorganization process.
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
Fog-Bound Mail Pilot Cheats
Death midst Skyscrapers

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 Q.N.S).
Up there in the blind grip of icy
Sleet and ghostly fog, Pilot Gene
Burford, who flies the mail from
Newark to Pittsburgh, played
hide-and-seek with death among
the skyscraper spires Of New York
for four hours today.
While the ground people were
snug abed, Burford gripped the
controls of the big mail ship Of
the TranScontinental Western Air
lines in search of a gap in the
Straightjacket of fog.
Brushed Towers
The wings of death brushed
the ice-logged plane as it zoomed
unconsciously close to the needle
point of the Chrysler Tower, the
mooring mast of the Empire State
Building, and the other archi-
tectural fingers of a vertical city.
He could not fly high, as the ice
clustered too heavily on the wings,
even as it had on the night of
December II, when he was forced
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
SPY SUSPECTS
HELD MONTH

PARIS, Jan. S Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Gordon Switz,
of East Orange, N. j., were
ordered detained today for an
other month pending fuller in
vestigation of charges they were
implicated in the international
espionage ring uncovered here
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Berco-
vite, naturalized Canadians, also
were ordered held for another
month, as well as two other
prisoners.
Mile. Madeleine Mermet, French
school teacher, was ordered de-
tanned for IS days more.
Examining Magistrate Benon
requested that the prisoners be
held and the order was issued
by the Twelfth Correctional Seine
chamber.
The Washington times., 1934-01-05

to "bail out" in his parachute
over the Alleghenies.
The big plane roared over the
city from midnight to nearly
dawn with it's radio sending out
desperate requests for informa
tion. Burford thought the lights
of Broadway were those of town
Pilot Burford tells the rest OF
the story: .....
"There was nothing for it but
to turn back.
81 went up to 5000 feet and
found less ice then and held a
course SO long 1 began to worry
about going over The ocean. So
I swung around again and went
southwest for while.
81 finally saw lights and knew
it was a town,
Gained Altitude
''T then shot up again to a
higher level and followed a zig
gag course for another hour.
visibility was something /
didn't have anything of. 1 guess
I talked to half the radio sta
tiOns i'm the country until all
at once Newark got back on the
air, and I found out was right
there"
That was at 4::30 a. m.
Into the beam of the radio bea-
con, Burford caScaded through the
Sleet to smart three-point land
ing at the airport.
He flicked off the switch ana
said:
"Okay."
The Washington times., 1934-01-05

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan
S QN.S0-Jack Dempsey, former
worlds heavyweight champion, to
day confirmed reports that an
heir will arrive in the Dempsey
household in few months. He
said:
81 am delighted to admit the
report is true. 1t looks like my
greatest wish is coming true.
We are both happy and hope its
twins"
Mrs. Dempsey, the former
Hannah Williams, musical comedy
star, smiled joyously as the former
champion announced the coming
event on his arrival here from the
Pacific Coast. She declined to
comment. Jack said:
"It's all true. We hope its
twins and we'll be satisfied
whether its a boy or a girl"
Dempsey said the event was
about six or seven months distant
Dempsey and his wife stopped
in Salt Lake City for 20 minutes
while en- route to Chicago.
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
First Lady to Talk
On Security Pension

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
address a meeting on old age
security in the District at 8
O'Clock tonight in the Chamber
of Commerce Building.
Several prominent Government
officials will also Speak. They
are: Senator Arthur Capper,
Senator Royal S. Copeland, Abra-
ham Epstein, executive secretary
of the American Association for
Social Security, and Representa-
tive Loring Black of New York.
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
ACTION AWAITS
ON OUTCOME
Of WARNING
Liberal Leaders Are Opposed
To Changes Sought to
Keep Insurgents in Line
BY International News Service

BY International News service
The plan of Democratic House
leaders to crush possible in
surgency by repeating the House
"anti-gag" rule encountered unex
pected opposition today.
Confronted by warnings from
liberal Democrats that they will
fight the proposal, the leaders
decided to postpone final action
for a few days.
While it appeared probable the
rule, under which 145 members,
or one-third of the House, can
force any bill to the floor by pc
tition, will be replaced by rule
requiring 218 signatures, appre-
hension was felt by the leaders.
Caucus Is Abandoned
A proposed Democratic caucus
on the change was temporarily
abandoned, and the House Rules
and Democratic steering commit
tees both adjourned meetings
called to discuss the change with
out action.
The "anti-gag" rule was adopted
when the Democrats came into
power in 1880 after having cam
paigned against the Ieputed con-
troll of the House by few Re
publicans.
The petition was utilized by the
vets to force votes on repeal of
the Eighteenth Amendment and
enactment of a beer bill before
the national election settled these
issues. It also was utilized to
bring the Patman bonus bill to
the floor where it was passed.
Leaders Cool to idea
Backers of the soldiers bonus,
repeal of the economy act, the
"silver bloc" and inflationists all
are reported to be cool to the
change.
A Democratic liberal contingent
which promised leaders to "be
good" during the present session
and support the President de-
clared that a change of the pc
tition rule to a majority of the
House would be an invitation to
them to exercise their power.
The Democratic steering r"7'
mittee, which forced modif l
of the veterans economy Il
the special session, dec:t to
send committee to the Pre- .ent
to pledge cooperation Of the
House.
This unusual action was part
Of the effort of leaders to hold
the overwhelmingly Democratic
House strongly in line for the
Presidents program.
Big Issues Put First
The first big issues of the
session - continuation of the
economy act and the grant of
tariff reciprocity power to the
President-are slated to be raised
in the House first. Democratic
leaders hope to show the country
on these issues that the party is
backing the President.
Several petitions for votes on
measures frowned upon by the
Administration already are on
file, having been carried over
from the special session. Among
them is the soldiers bonus bill of
Representative Lundeen (F.-LO of
Minnesota, which was signed by
less than so members last ses-
sion.
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
BUDGET MOVES
BRITISH FEARS

LONDON, Jan. S G.NS).-Ex,
pressing amazement and some
apprehension, at the size of the
deficit in President Roosevelt's S
budget program, the British press
today agreed almost unanimously
that the plan was far more ap-
plicable in the United States than
it would be in Great Britain.
Papers of virtually every poll
tical hue reiterated their admira-
ton for Roosevelt as a leader in
the war on the depression, and
admitted his budget plan was
more sound for the United States,
rich in resources, than it probably
would be for Great Britain, de-
pendant upon foreign trade for
her prosperity.
PARIS, Jan. 5 G.N.SD.-Con-
siderable Skepticism regarding the
practicability of President Roose-
velt's budgetary plans was ex-
pressed by the French press
today.
"As long as the dollar ques-
ton is unsettled" said Per-
tinax, writing in L'EchO de
Paris, whoever buys bonds.
stocks or automobiles will feel
they are taking a lottery
ticket"
president Roosevelt" said
the Midi, "Is putting revOIu-
tiOnary forces in motion which
he flatters himself, he can
dominate and halt when his
aims are realized"
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
T|NKHAM HINTS
NEW ASSAULT
ON DAVIS
Boston Representative, Back
From Europe, Bitter Toward
Roosevelt Recovery Plans

NEW YORK, Jan. with
hints Of further charges that he
will make concerning Norman
H. Davis, U. S. "roving ambassa-
DOR" and Davis alleged inter-
national banking connections,
Representative George Holden
Tinkham, Boston Republican, re-
turned here last night aboard
the Europa and delivered a bitter
indictment against the Roosevelt
administration following his
34,000-mile trip around the world,
Representative Tinkham, who,
clad in traditionally slouchy at
tire, including floppy brown felt
hat and black mackinaw jacket,
was a picturesque figure aboard
the swanky liner, condemned
both President Roosevelt and
what he called the Presidents
n-American dictatorship"-"a
dictatorship which has startled
the world and which, through
the NRA, is retarding and not
promoting economic recovery"
Scoring the Presidential pro.
gram repeatedly, Tinkham never
theleSS said he would not, for
the present, voice his criticism in
a congressional session, having
too many other commitments for
the present"
Other points which excited his
indignation were the Roosevelt
gold policy, the recent banking
revelations and the income tax
evasions, all of which, he prom
iSed, he would deal with verbally
in the forthcoming sessions.
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
Half Million Visited
Monument in 1888

The Washington Monument had
498,215 visitors last year. This
was 1872 fewer than in 1892,
according to the office of national
parks, buildings and reservations.
While by far the greater num-
ber ascended the shaft by ele-
vator, 56,102 hardy souls climbed
up the winding stairway. Since
the monument was opened to the
public october 9, 1918, 1857, ,619
visitors have been counted.