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Evening star., 1934-03-08
Three ARE ARRESTED
IN RELIEF DISORDER
White Girl and Two Colored Per.
sons Held When Emergency
Branch Is Stormed.

A white girl and two colored per-
sons were arrested today following
q disturbance in the Emergency Re-
iet branch at 2403 Pennsylvania
avenue when approximately 80 per-
sons stormed into the building de-
manding food and clothing.
Florence Playton. II, who said she
is q student and interested in seeing
that unemployed persons receive
their rights. was arrested on charge
of disorderly conduct. Margaret
Fleming. II, colored, who also said
she is a student, was arrested on a
similar charge.
George Matthews, 81. colored. who
was said by police to have been one
of the ring leaders in the demonstra-
ton, was arrested on a charge of be-
ing drunk. Matthews said he was
q resident Of the Unemployed Council
Hall at 2054 + street.
The group of demonstrators arrived
at the relief agency about noon and
demanded admittance at once to see
oficials who could give them slips
for food and clothing. They were
told to remain In line and await their
turns. However. oflcials Of the
agency said. the crowd pushed its
way up the stairs and entered the
offices shouting that they wanted
"relief."
ponce were called to quell the dis
order.
: Matthews told Mrs. Laura Nelson.
who was In charge az the relief agency.
that he wanted money for coal and
food When bonted At precinct No.
Matthews had 93.o0 In cash.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
BURNED $40 BILLS RETRIEVED,
ASHES IDENTIFIED BY EXPERT

A mail order house had been filling
her mail box with brown envelopes
for several weeks. and Mrs. H. O.
Wright, jr., of Virginia Highlands,
Va, was getting tired Of it. She
started chucking them into the fur
mace as soon as they arrived.
Several days ago her husband. a
young Government engineer, came
home. started looking around, then
asked:
Where's that brown envelope !
left here this morning."
What envelope?'
That one with S45 in it."
''Oh! I must have thrown it in
the furnace with lot Of other stuff. :"
Wright was depressed as who
wouldn't be-and sought advice. An
attorney friend told him about the
currency redemption division Of the
Treasury Department .
Carefully he SKINNED the top ashes
and Goals from the furnace, and even
Evening star., 1934-03-08

more carefully carried them to the
Treasury apartment.
He explained his predicament, and
signed an afddavit that there had
been two $40 bills and a IS bill which
was burned in the furnace in the
envelope-all Federal Reserve cur
rency.
Miss Catherine Costigan, reputed
to be one of the worlds foremost ex-
perts in mutilated currency, went to
work on the ashes A few days later
Mr.. Wright was called to the Treas
ury and received two crisp $50 bills
thev hadn't found enough of the five
to identify it. but. working with deft
fingers under powerful glass, Miss
Costigan had pieced together enough
ashes of the two. large notes to de-
termine their genuineness and other
points Of Identification"
The section in which Miss Costigan
works has three so-called points Of
identification The name Of the bank
Of issue, the denomination Of the bills,
and their gsnuineness.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
PHONE EMPLOYEES
JOIN CUBA STRIKE
WaIkout Of 1,100 Is New
Blow to Decree by
Mendieta.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated fress.
HAVANA. March 8.-Labor struck
another blow at President Mendieta's
anti-strike decree today when l,100
employees of the American-owned
Cuban Telephone company, which
serves the entire island, walked out
without warning
The strike silenced $4,000 telephones
in Havana and another 5000 in the
interior. as we'll as the $4,000 900
corporations six Cuban radio broad
casting stations and wires serving
brokers.
Apparently unwilling to continue
dealing with the company through
the labor department, which is study
ing six demands of employees. the
workers dropped everything at II am.
without notifying officials and walked
out.
Accepted IA Demands.
The strike gave a powerful impetus
to labor disorders reported in the
interior it was feared.
The Cuban Electric Co. in Decem-
ber accepted IA demands made upon
1t by the Labor Syndicate, but that
organization early in February made
6 additional demands. including salary
increases. minimum wages. reorgan-
ization of all departments. the right
of collective bargaining. a reduction
in rates and the abolition Of pay tele-
phones
The company refused these latter
demands and the matter was submit
ted to the department of labor for
arbitration under the recent anti
strike decree.
The Arbitration Committee gave q
verdict favorble to the employees, but
the company exercised its right of ap-
peal and the Superior Commission had
scheduled a hearing on it for S pm.
today, after which, by law the COM
mission would have seven days more
to study the case.
New Union Is Formed.
While the Confederation of Labor
sought a general strike which was
officially characterized as for
revolutionary purposes, strikes of
newspapers, docks, tobacco and de-
livery workers continued in Havana.
At Camaguey, taxi drivers and
clerks refused to join a city-wide
strike and some employees quit the
syndicate forming new union called
The Railroad Association" They as
sisted soldiers operate the North Cuba
g. Consolidated Railroad trains.
At Cienfuegos, an unidentified per-
son shot and killed Juan F. Giueroa
just as he was taking the oath as new
chief of sanitation. The city was
thrown into confusion.
Dispatches telling OF the out
breaks were received after President
Evening star., 1934-03-08
BULLETIN B 7

KENVIL. N. j., March 8 GPp.-
An explosion which rocked the
countryside occurred shortly after
noon today at the plant of the
Hercules Powder Co. Officia!s had
not yet learned whether any one
had becn killed or injurd.
Elizabeth and Westfeld. over 80
miles distant, felt the shock, which
was reported to be Ike an earth
tremor
Ohicials al Dover General Hos
pital, only hospital in the section.
said no patients had been brought
there.
The explosion also was felt
through Morris and Passaic Coun-
ties, and a Marine observer at
Sandy Hook. about so miles away,
said the blast rocked his tower.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
N. II. 4. Label Firm,
Cited as ViOlatOr
OF Recovery Act
accused Of Working
Force 8O.HOur Week
ndFighting Union.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March s-One of the
country's largest printers of N. r A.
labels, the Ever Ready Label Corpora
ton OF New York, has been summoned
to appear before the Compliance
Board to answer charges of violating
the N. R. A.
The charges are being pressed by
Typographical Union No. 6 and the
Printing Pressmen's Union, Local 81.
and they are based on alleged intimi-
dation and discrimination against
union members in violation of section
Ia of the N R. A., which guarantees
the right of collective bargaining.
James P Redmond. vice president OF
the Typographical Union, said there
had been three strikes against the
printery IN the past seven months
Pickets were posted around the plant
today.
Conference between the firms Off
cials and N r. A. authorities have
proved fruitless Called before the N.
r. A. last September, Sidney Hollaen-
der. head of the corporation. requested
executive clemency' so his company
could meet the rush of orders for
Blue Eagle Stickers.
One complaint is that the company
had forced employees to work as high
as 80 hours a week.
The corporation has manufactured
and distributed more than half bill
lion n r. A. labels.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
PLANE COLLISION
IS FOUND LACKING
House Group AbsoIves Navy
of Charges on Con-
tracts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Amid talk about British spy" a
House Naval Affairs Subcommittee de-
clded today there had been no excess
sive profits made on or collusion in
volved in Navy airplane and engine
contracts
Representative McFarlane, Demo-
crat, of Texas objected to approving
the report prepared by Chairman
Delaney until AL the evidence is in"
He contended the committee should
not act until the printed hearings
we're available.
He asked to insert a statement by
C. H. J. Mackenzie Kennedy hold.
ing that Americas air forces are
below those. Of other nations
Urges He Be Heard.
Delaney. however, objected, say
ing MacKeanzie- Kennedy lis over
here at the instance of the British
government to find out what he can,
and our Government will not be q
damn fool enough to tell him"
McFarlane. while not vouching for
the accuracy of MacKeanzie- Ken
nedy's statement, urged that the COM
mittee hear him, adding that If he's
a British spy, gentlemen, We ought
to know it,
The committee declined to accept
Mackenzie -Kennedy's statement and
took no action as to whether it would
hear him.
Delaney's report was written as the
result of weeks of investigating naval
aviation affairs, in which Hoover ad-
ministration officials we're called.
Profits Average Ills Per Cent.
One thing Delaney suggested was
an extension of operations by the
naval aircraft factory at Philadelphia
to provide a more satisfactory yard
stick of COSTS
AS to naval planes, the report said
manufacturers profits averaged lib
from 1926 through 1888, while engine
makers profited % per cent before the
deduction Of taxes and interest. De-
claring there was no evidence of col
lusion, the report added:
On the contrary, there appeals on
the other hand to be keen competition
in limited market. and on the other
hand the Navy appears to have made
commendable progress in its aviation
material while at the same time keep
ing costs well below original estimates
and below appropriations actually
made for the purpose
No change in the method the Navy
uses for purchasing planes was pro-
posed.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
DISTRICT RUSHING
REMOVAL Of SNOW
Storm Predicted Tonight,
With Heavy Blanket
or Rainfall.

Three inches of slushy snow was
being plowed and flushed from down.
town streets this afternoon as Dis
trict officials decided to get the
jump" on a storm that promises ad-
ditional snow or rain tonight.
With the mercury we'll above freez-
ing. sprinkler trucks equipped with
high-pressure outlets were found
more effective than plows in dispcs-
ing of the snow. A score of snow
plows turned out early this afternoon
and at least 33 'hushers" were ex-
pected to get into action before dark.
The forecast is for moderate to
heavy snow this afternoon and to-
night followed tomorrow by fair
weather and not much change in
temperatures
1900 Held in Readiness.
At least 1900 employees of water,
refuse. sewer and highway depart
ments were being held in readiness
for emergency snow removal work,
should the need arise, although Dis
trict officials believed the ''flushers'
could cope with the wet snowfall.
At the ofiice Of j. B. Gordon. di-
rector of sanitary engineering, it was
said that adequate personnel and
equipment will be held in readiness
this afternoon and tonight.
Temperatures this morning were
lowering few points above freez-
ing while a wet snow beat down.
fv, al ion
may spell the difference between rain
and a snowfall equal to the last.
Tomorrow to Be- Fair.
The Weather Bureau saw a pos
sibihty that the snow would be mixed
with rain at times. Tomorrow. how
ever. is expected to be fair, with lit
tie change in temperatures The low
tonight should be about % degrees.
Rain, which developed about
O'Clock last night, shifted to damp
snow f1urries early today. The pre-
cipitation made treacherous going fol
traffic, and at least two injuries re-
suited.
Temperatures today were expected
to vary between freezing and 81
degrees. Low was reached at 80
degrees. registered at Z O'Clock this
morning
Several inches of snow had fallen in
the suburbs before noon today, al
though the Weather Bureau reported
only about an inch downtown. Some
six inches of snow would have fallen
up to noon but for the fact that
it was mixed with rain.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
DECISION ON lNSULL
EXPECTED TONIGHT
Another Showdown Appears
Likely as Two Physicians
Make Examination.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Greece, March 8.-An-
other Showdown" on the long-drawn-
out case of Samuel insult appeared
likely today as the result of a new
official examination of the health Of
the man the United States has been
trying for more than a year to return
to Chicago for trial
Two physicians, after % minutes Of
listening to the former utilities execu-
tive's heart and testing the general
state of his health, announced they
would confer again before reporting
to the minister of the interior.
A decision was expected tonight.
The government ordered another ex-
animation of the 74-year-old Chi
cagoan's health, after ruling Monday
that he must leave the island within
"a hours.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
CONBOY DENIES RUM0R

NEW YORK. March tAp.-United
States Attorney Martin Conboy today
denied a report that he was to sue
ceed Attorney General Homer S. Cum
mings as chief of the Government S
legal division.
Conboy said that the rumor had
been extremely distressing" to him.
He issued the denial after conferring
with the Attorney General by tele-
phone.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
Pacific Longshoremen Ask Higher
Pay and Reduced Hours.

SAN FRANCISO. March 8 [P.-
Members of the International Long
shoremen's Association, Pacific divis-
ion, have been asked to vote on a
proposed strike. which would be effec-
tive March %. The result of the vote
probably will not be known before
March Is.
The secretary. who estimated the
association represented between 10000
and $4,000 members. said employers
would be given until March II to
accede to the associations demands
for full recognition. an increase from
IS cents an hour to 81 in pay and
six-hour day Instead of the present
eight-hour day.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
PLANE RESCUES FIVE

MIAMI. Fla, March (P.-Four
passengers and the skipper of the
fishing boat Sea Spirit were rescued
of Elliott Key, near here, by the crew
of the Coast Guard seaplane Sirius
today after they had hung in the
water from the side Of their almost
completely submerged craft for Is
hours
The passengers were:
Earl H. Hafer Of Canton, Ohio;
Paul Oschwald of Rumson, N. j.; Ed
ward Clark of Redbank, N. j., and H.
T. Ormandy of Toronto, Canada.
The skipper OF the fishing boat is
Capt. Arnim Dunkel of Miami
Evening star., 1934-03-08
PRESIDENT is ASSURED
OF EARLY CONGRESS END

President Roosevelt was given as
surance today by Senator Robinson Of
Arkansas, Democratic lelader of the
Senate, that the present session of
Congress will be brought to a conclu-
sion between May l and IS, as origi-
nally planned.
In giving the President this news,
the majority leader said there is every
reason to expect the closing of this
session at the time planned. During
his talk with the President today
Senator Robinson outlined the legisla-
tive program to be followed from now
On.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
TAX CASES SETTLED

Board OF Appeals Announces Oe-
cisions at Atlanta.
ATLANTA, March 8 R.-The
United States Board of Tax Appeals
announced it had settled the cases of
r. c. Nicely of Waynesboro and the
Paragon Kaolin Co. of Langley. S. c.
The Nicely case was settled for
s9,l92.46, which was an adjustment.
The Kaolin Co. settled for s453 SO on
its 1929 income tax deficiency of
s52l.49 for 1881. The company con-
tended there was no deficiency in 1880
and the Government accepted for
that year
Evening star., 1934-03-08
ARCTIC SCENERY ON
MARYLAND W4TERFRONTS!

The severest Winter in years along the Southern
Maryland peninsula had locked harbors in thick ice
kent oyster men in ideness for weeks and before the
thaw set in created unforgettable scenes Of Wntry
beauty and bleakness which shown in
FULL PAGE OF PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE
RoToGRAvURE SECTION OF
NEXT SUNDAYS STAR
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WEATHER.

CO. g. Weather Bureau ForeeastD
Moderate to heavy snow this afternoon
and tonight. possibly mixed with rain at
times; tomorrow fair: lowest tonight
about % degrees Temperatures-High-
est. SO. at noon yesterday; lowest. 80, at
am. today. Full report on page 3.
Evening star., 1934-03-08
STRIKE VOTE CALLED

Continued on Page 4, Column -
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
Irate Farmers Balk
WOrnan's Election

which she is seeking reelection
from the Sixth congressional dis
trict, is not at all to their liking.
While Mrs. Mccarthy has been
campaigning on platform laud-
ing the New Deal for its rescue
of the farmers, the Kansas
farmers themselves voted against
the corn-hog control plan, 23,915
to 1886.
The same Kansas farmers also
voted 2 to / against a long
time contract farm plan.
The vote Of the farmers was
taken after they rebelled against
reports by Kansas farmer-politi-
clans that Kansas livestock pro-
ducers we're in favor of the corn
hog plan. Indignant that these
men should have spoken for them
without any kind of referendum,
they rebelled and asserted they
would show just how they did
feel about the program.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
SINCLAIR SAYS
CHARGE FALSE

Motorcycle Policeman Raymond
V. Sinclair today denied that he
was brutal last night in arresting
Mrs. Dorothy B. Metz for a traf,
fic violation.
Mrs. Metz, who was released on
$25 collateral on a charge of
speeding, after being taken to the
Sixth Precinct in the patrol
wagon. was not in court today
and her case was continued one
week.
Rather than treating Mrs. Metz
brutally. the policeman said, she
slapped him so hard that he
saw stars" when he attempted
to write a ticket.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
BY JULIA A. BONWIT

Kathryn O'Loughlin Mccarthy
has found out within the last
few days that it is much more
difficult to obtain reelection to
the United States House of Repre-
sentatives than to practice law in
Hays, Kansas.
She has discovered that the
farmers who came to her with
their legal matters when she had
her shingle hung in Hays and
who later elected her to the
Seventy-third Congress, on her
promises of what the Democrats
would do to relieve their burden,
may not reflect her on the basis
of what the Democrats have done
since she entered the halls of the
Federal legislature.
They have declared by a vote
of 2-to-1 that the program or
RECOMMENDATION of the farmer, on
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
GIRL, 5,
To Be BURIED

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 O.N.S).
The parents of Little Nancy
Jane Costigan, whose body was
crammed into the giant oil oven
of an exclusive Mount Vernon
apartment by a former convict,
were to board an express train to-
day for Chicago to arrnage for
the funeral of their only child.
In the baggage car will be a
small white casket, holding all
that remains of the 5-year-old girl,
concerning whose death, the
mother, Mrs. Richard John Costi-
gan, is even now not completely
informed.
Behind them they leave the "a
year-old youth, Lawrence Stone,
who has admitted the deed, Sob
bing in his cell as he faces an
indictment charging him with
first degree murder.
Both will return to be present
as witnesses at the trial when
Chief Inspector Michael Silver
stein of the Mount Vernon police,
declares will take place as soon
as an indictment can be obtained
against the prisoner.
To reporters Mr.. Costigan said
his wife was bearing up well
under the strain, but that he had
not yet told her all the details
of his daughters death. He said:
"She has seen no news
papers,"
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
BALLOT
FOR FATHERS

PARIS, Q.NS)-Should a man
have an extra vote because he is
married and further extra votes
for each child?
A campaign is under way to Sc
cure these privileges" for French
fathers.
Charles Richet, the famous AGA
demician, organizer of the cam
paign urges the following reasons
in support of the family vote:
It would be a guarantee of sta
bility.
Married men are more serious,
reflective and judicious than bach
elors.
Bachelors without the response
bility of children and a home are
always ready for revolution"
The best citizens in any country
are the fathers of families.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
COlOred Health
Discussed Here

Continuing the appeal for bet
ter health conditions in the city
for colored citizens, the joint
gard has been turned down and
educational groups met last night
at the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. \.
It was pointed out that the
joint committee has sought to Sc
cure share in the administration
and benefits of the health control
of District. The plea in this re-
care has been turned down and
now the committee plans to take
the appeal to Congress.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16

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The Washington times., 1934-10-16
2 Killed as Plane
Dives Into River

POINT PLEASANT, w. Va,
Oct. 16.-When their rented plane
crashed into the Ohio River, Will
liam Graham, 80, and William
Brunell, "a, were killed. The
motor Uf the plane stalled, causing
1t to noSe-dive into the river.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
PLAN DUTCH SUPPER

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school, Silver Spring, Md, will
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The Washington times., 1934-10-16
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