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Evening star., 1934-08-20
Aqitators' Removal
From, Lorton Sought
In Plea Weeks Ago

Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintend-
ent of District penal institutions, re-
vealed today that two weeks ago he
had asked the Commissioners TO Sc
cure removal of nine prisoners known
to be agitators and bad actors" from
Lorton to Federal penitentiaries.
Describing his request, Barnard
said he attended a meeting of the
Commissioners and told them what
he wanted. Commissioner Hazen. he
said, turned to Corporation Counsel
E. Barrett Prettyman, who was pres
ent, and ordered Frettyman to take
the matter up with the Justice De-
partment at once.
Ten days later, Barnard said, he
called again at the District Building
to inquire what had happened as
result of his request. He discovered
that Prettyman had turned 1t over
to Assistant Corporation Counsel Ver-
non e. West, but that there had been
no results. So far as he knows, the
only thing that has been done about
it Is the conversation between West
and an assistant to Sanford Bates,
Federal director of prisons.
1T am through with requesting
now" said Barnard. From here on
I'm going to demand"
Barnard explained that an act
passed by the last Congress had
cleared up the difficulties created by
the indeterminate sentences act, un-
der which prisoners serving indeter-
inmate sentences would not be ad-
mitted to Federal prisons. That act
was passed at his request, he said, and
it is vitally important that the known
bad actors of Lorton be transferred at
the earliest possible moment to walled
Federal prisons capable of handling
them.
They could be handled at Lorton,
he said, If funds were made available
to complete construction of the walled
group started several years ago. but
now only about one-third finished.
He said he had not pressed the mat
ter of getting an appropriation for the
walled group in the 1885 District ap-
preparation act because of his under
standing that the necessary $50O,0OO
would be forthcoming in the shape OF
a Public Works Administration loan.
His efforts to secure the P. w. A.
money, however, have been unsuc-
ceSsful.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
BANDIT CUTS. WOMAN CASHIER
WITH RAZOR, TAKES RECEIPTS

Slashing Marion Bradshaw. 80. with
a razor while her back was turned,
a bandit this morning escaped with
the entire week end receipts Of the
FraZee Potomac Laundry branch ONCE
at Fifteenth and L streets in
daring daylight hold-up. Miss Brad
shaw was treated in Emergency Hos
pital for deep laceration, about nine
inches long, in her left upper arm.
Louis LIE Way, general manager OF
the laundry has not been able to
determine the amount taken by the
bandit.
Miss Bradshaw, who lives in the
Francis Scott Key Apartments, became
suspicious of a man who entered her
office Saturday night and asked for
bundle for a party named West.
When the bundle could not be found,
she said the man loitered about the
corner of Fifteenth and l. streets until
she closed up. Then after following
her for few steps as she left. he
disappeared
Appearing soon after she hao
Evening star., 1934-08-20
Hitler s Popularity on Wone,.
Plebiscite Observers Believe
s.No" Vote for Chancellor Far Exceeds
That of Last November; ChanceI-
Tor SEuns Title of President.

ures waning in enthusiasm for Hit
Ter, pointing out that yesterdays mo"
votes were more than twice the num-
Der cast in last November's plebiscite
Attention is also called to the sharp
decline in the volume of Nazi party
votes as compared with the November
voting.
In the November plebiscite there
were 43,453,00 "ja" votes and in the
November Reichstag election the Nazi
vote was 39,655 ,224
Hitler himself today took cognizance
of the opposition in yesterdays pleb-
iscite with the declaration:
I'VE must and shall succeed in win
ming over the last 10 per cent of the
nation for national socialism"
With but few exceptions, the 35
major voting districts produced in
yesterdays election fewer ia" votes
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1934-08-20

opened at 8 o'clock this morning, the
man again asked for the bundle and
when she started to make a search
for it, the man welded a razor,
grabbed the money and escaped before
the injured woman could summon aid.
Securities and cash aggregating
more than $1,000 and jewelry and
other articles valued at $500 were
stolen over the week end, according to
reports made to police.
The heaviest loser was Mrs. Sarah
A. Lehman. $40 d street northeast,
who reported the theft of postal Sc
curities valued at sl,l00 an. .$32 so
in cash
Two armed white men early this
morning held up the grocery store Of
Samuel Hawis. sol c street northeast,
and robbed the cash register Of 500.
As they fed the hold-up men boarded
a taxicab in which Percy w. Reigle
and his wife were passengers. Reigle
told police the men left the cab after
riding q few blocks. offering to pay
for the rids.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
NEEDY FAMILIES
REPORTED VICTIMS
OF RENT GOUG|NG
Houses Condemned by
Health Authorities Being
Used by JobIess.
LACK OF SANITARY
CONDITIONS STRESSED
Survey of $685. Cases Discloses
as Many as 10 Live in
Single Room.

Charges that an 'unjustifiable"
amount of rent is being paid for
hundreds of uninhabitable dwellings
in the District, and that terrible
housing conditions" exist among fami-
lies on relief, are contained in report
released today by Leroy A. Halbert of
the District Emergency Relief.
The report is based on a survey
made by c. w. A. workers of 6,595
individual cases.
According to the report, rents are at
least As per cent higher in Washington
than in other cities.
Halbert declared that on the strength
of the survey, some of the unfortunate
people on the relief rolls are paying
rent for houses which actually have
been condemned by health authorities.
The report further declared that
Of the families studied, 81 per cent
are using kerosene lamps for illu-
mination and 10 per cent are using
stoves for heat. The majority of
these, it said, are wood stoves.
10 in One Room.
Serious overcrowding and lack of
sanitary facilities and other ordinary
conveniences are stressed in the re-
port which said that in one extreme
case 10 persons were> occupying one
room. In another case it was found
that seven persons were occupying
single room.
In l8 cases, families of six were
living In one room; in "a cases fam
lilies of five; in 162 cases, families of
four. and in 403 cases, families of
three.
In addition to the overcrowding,
Halbert said the lack of proper air,
space and privacy are mo more
pathetic than the lack of proper
facilities of other kinds beside space"
After citing the lack of sanitary
facilities, Halbert suggested the con-
struction of public bath houses sup
piled with year around bath rooms.
$50 Have No Sinks.
Inadequate toilet facilities were
found in $3.50 houses; no sinks in $50;
three or more families using the same
sink in SIS; no running water in cal;
no. sewer connection in 45s; broken
stairs in 4S4; broken windows in !, ,128,
and no windows at all in 101 rooms
Halbert said the unfit houses should
be demolished.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
Weapons Are Hunted.

; IL was learned that the men locked
in the cells had not received any
food today. Asked what the policy
toward them would be, Capt. Barnard
said it would be decided later.
Capt. Barnard said he had been
aware for some weeks that the trouble
was brewing, having been tipped OF
and furnished with list of the griev-
ances by a friendly colored prisoner.
He said that the prisoners appeared
to be receiving propaganda from out
side sources, although he could not
pin down the source definitely. News
from the outside of prison disturb
snces in Illinois yesterday seemed to
have increased attention, he said.
About SO copies of the circulars
stating the prisoners grievances have
been seized by Capt. Barnard. They
are in typewriter form, and Barnard
is of the opinion they we're written
in the institution, although he has not
checked the typing against the ma
chimes there.
Barnard identified Donohue and
Edward James Murphy, who was SEN
fenced to three to five years along with
Donohue, as among the ringleaders. He
said about 10 to 20 per cent Of the
population are known to be bad
actors" and should never be allowed
to serve their sentences at Lorton.
u. S. Prisoners Ringleaders.
The District Commissioners at the
District Building today, following a
conference with Elwood Street, direc-
tor Of public welfare, announced that
the ringleaders Of the demonstration
we're Federal prisoners, most of them
dangerous men who should not be
kept at Lorton at all"
AS soon as the present trouble Is
ironed out, they said, District heads
will forward to Federal authorities a
request for the transfer of the more
dangerous of the 200 Federal prison.
ers now at Lorton.
They said the Lorton officials were in
conference throughout yesterday and
up to midnight last night laying
plans for the handling of any emer-
gency which might arise today.
Capt. Barnard and Maj. William
Peak, superintendent at Lorton, were
asked by District officials today If they
desired them to visit Lorton during
the present emergency. Capt. Barnard
replied that what he would appreciate
most would be IAN expression Of con-
fidence by the District Building In our
ability to handle things here by your
away" The Commissioners
and Street agreed, but we're keeping in
close touch with developments at the
reformatory.
The circular distributed among the
prisoners follows:
"a militant protest against the
Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1934-08-20
GAS INDEPENDENTS
SELL UNDER COST
Larger Companies Not Likely to
Meet Retail Price Of 10
Cents.

With independent dealers In Wash
ington selling their gasoline at less
than cost, indications were today that
the larger companies will not meet the
retail price of 10 cents.
Spokesman for the larger distribu-
tors said today they probably would
await developments and stick to their
price of II cents a gallon.
Meanwhile. the smaller dealers con-
tinued to market their product at
7 cents per gallon plus cents tax.
This price was described by the
chain companies as 90 cent below
actual cost.
I'VE have been accused" a
Standard Oil spokesman declared, "of
squeezing the little fellow. The fact
is the little fellow is squeezing us.
I'VE have been up before the
Petroleum Board trying our best to
straighten out the oil industry, but
what can we do in a case like this?"
The Petroleum Board continued to
watch the local price war with the ex-
pectation that it might have to take a
hand to bring peace among the dealers
in Washington.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
FOUR SHOT AS TEXAN
RUNS AMUCK ON STREET
Woman Seriously Wounded as
Man Starts Firing in All
Directions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, August 20-Four per-
sons were shot, one critically, when a
man who gave his name as David
Wilson, IS, ran amuck on a downtown
corner here today. A dozen men
caught him as he tried to run through
a store and escape.
The most seriously wounded was
Miss Ethel Granger. She was shot in
the right lung. Others wounded were
j. F. Trapella, IL, shot in the right
leg; Mrs A. Oshman, AZ. shot in the
leg, and her 10-year-old son Mcneil,
shot through the thigh.
Earl Morrison, 18, an eye witness,
said the man jerked out a gun and
started firing wildly in all directions.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
HELD
CAUSE Of STRIKES
Textile Workers. WaIkout to
Be Fight Against
Machine.
BY the Associated Press.

by Jne Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 20.-The pri-
mary object of the projected general
strike in the cotton textile industry,
set for "about Labor day." was dis
closed today as a fight against the
machine.
Francis j. German, head of the re-
search department of the United
Textile Workers of America. de-
Scribed it as a battle against the
"stretch-out" system, under which
more and more speeded-up machines
are assigned each worker.
"a true device of the devil" Cor
man termed the system in his report
to the biennial convention of the
union, just ended here 1T is en-
Shaving our workers, making nervous
wrecks of them and bringing their
usefulness to a premature end"
German and other union leaders
charged the system is a device to in
crease production without increasing
the employed man power or the indi-
vidual wage of the worker.
Other demands in the unions order
to its Executive Council to call a gen.
eral strike include recognition of the
union as the collective bargaining
agency Of the workers under article
IA of the national recovery act and
betterment of living conditions.
Union officials, however, state that
the bargaining power is sought
chiefly to remove the "stretch-out"
system.
Meanwhile union officials set up
four regional Offices to plan for the
strike These offices, with their lead
ers, are; Greenville, S. c.. John
Peel; Providence, R. l., Horace
Riviere; Cohoes, N. Y, Joseph White;
Philadelphia, William Kelly.
STRIKERS ACCUSE POLICE.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
ALASKAN FLYERS
LAND At BOILING
Army Aviators Complete
10,010-MiIe Trip on
Schedule Time.

One of the greatest massed flights
in the history of the Army Air Corps
ended today with the arrival from
Alaska of the 10 high-speed lombard
ment airplanes which left Washing
ton month ago.
Landing at Boiling Field at 1890
m, exactly on schedule after 10000
miles of flying, the flight personnel,
headed by Lieut.. Col. H. H. Arnold,
was welcomed by Secretary of War
Dern, Assistant Secretary of War
Wcodring Maj. Gen. Benjamin D.
Foulois, chief of the Army Air Corps,
and other Air Corps leaders.
You have forged a new link be-
tween Alaska and the people of the
United States" Secretary Dern told
Col. Arnold. You have demonstrated
anew the skill and daring of our
Army and its flyers and the thorough
ness of their training"
Secretary Dern assured Col Arnold
he intends to carry on the spirit of
progress demonstrated by the Air Corps
and to use every effort to put into
effect the recommendations Of The
recent Baker board with the purpose
of placing our Army Air Corps where
1t belongs, in the front rank of world
air powers"
Cheered by Large Crowd.
The officers and men of he Alaskan
expedition were cheered by a large
crowd as they landed in three-plane
flights after circling over the city and
TAXED up to the reception area where
the Secretary of War and large
group of officials waited in front of
double-ranked guard of honor.
Officers and men looked well and
fit after a month of strenuous flying
which included the aerial mapping
and survey for military defense pur-
poses of large sections OF the Alaskan
Territory The fight home included
a e43-mile nonstop from Juneau
to Seattle. the first time a formation
of military planes has linked Alaska
and the United States without stop
ping in foreign territory.
I'VE have proved" Col. Arnold told
Secretary Dern, that it is possible
today to take tactical units of the
Army Air Corps to Alaska quickly
and bring them back successfully
Among the many duties of the
flight, In addition to the important
mapping and survey work, upon which
future defense plans are to be based,
Col Arnold said, was chronological
work for the Department of Agricul-
ture.
I'VE collected bugs from here to
Alaska and back" he told Secretary
Dern.
The expedition also collected q
totem pole especially made and dedi-
Gated to the expedition and several
Alaskan sledge dog puppies. The
lCnntin,1ed on page Q Column u
Evening star., 1934-08-20
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, August 20-Germany has
given Adolf Hitler 100000 vote
"ja."
In Sundays one-man election,
called to let the people say by ballot
if they approved of the naming of
Hitler as President as well as chan
cellor, the vote was:
Eyes, 38,362. .760; no." 4,294,654;
invalid" 872,296.
Hitler, however. has declared re-
peatedly that the title of President
belongs only to the late Won Hinden-
burg, so the title of fuehrer Oeader)
now is added to that of chancellor.
1t was significant, however, that
the widely displayed plebiscite cam
paign slogan. was Hitler is Ger
many!" indicating an absolute die
tatorship.
Some see in preliminary official fig
Evening star., 1934-08-20
CHILD SLAIN IN TOY WAGON
AS GUNMEN ESCAPE IN SEDAN

avenue near Ninieth street, shot rang
out.
Then Robert gave little cry"
said Pitts. I'VE looked around and
there he was, toppled out of the
wagon, a bullet hole in his head"
Pitts said the sedan sped south
for a few blocks and disappeared
around a corner.
The baby was rushed TO the hos
pital, but despite an emergency oper-
alton. continued to sink. He died
this morning.
The father, janitor. asserted that
he had no enemies and that he did
not think the killer was aiming at
him.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
HAVANA POLICE ARREST
100 POSTAL STRIKERS
Communication Workers Arrest
ed for Meeting Without Per-
mission in University.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, August 20.-Police early
today arrested nearly 100 strikers for
meeting without permission last night
in Havana University.
Those arrested were part of a group
of 500. postal communications en-
ployes who had taken over the build
ings. Authorities Immediately issued
rifles to the police and they descended
upon the university.
Warned of the coming of the police,
about 500 of the strikers fled to their
homes. Those who were arrested fell
into the hands of the police after the
latter had fired volley into the air
The strikers picked the university
for their meeting place because the
Cuban constitution prevents soldiers
or police from entering the university
property.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
BOLIVIA SECRETARY
ALMOST DROWNED
DR.. Enrique S. de Lozada and
Wife Recovering From Un-
dertow Battle.
BY the Associated Press.


After a narrow escape from drown
ing yesterday at Bethany Beach, Del,
DR.. Enrique S. de Lozada, first secre-
tary of the Bolivian Legation, and his
wife, Carmen BuStamante de Lozada,
today were reported recovering. but
still not out of danger from the effects
of their experience.
Telephoned advices from the attend
ing physician to DR.. Enrique Finot,
Minister here, said the De Lozadas
while bathing in the surf had been
carried far out by the strong undertow
and made helpless by high waves De-
tails of their rescue were lacking.
DR.. de Lozada was spending the
week end with his family, who had
taken a beach cottage for the Summer
months. At the legation it was not
known when he would be able to re-
turn to Washington.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
ROOSEVELT RETURNS
FROM POTOMAC TRIP
Resumes Tasks After Cruise Con-
cluded With Breakfast on
the Sequoia.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt returned to his
desk this morning from a week end
cruise on the Potomac.
The President remained aboard the
Sequoia for breakfast before motoring
to the White House.
His week end on the river gave Mr.
Roosevelt opportunity to dispose of a
variety of routing business.
He was accompanied by Raymond
Moley, former Assistant Secretary of
State; his secretary, Stephen T. Early,
and Mrs. Early, and Miss Marguerite
LELAND and Miss Grace Tulley,
private secretaries.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
POLICE WITHOUT CLUE
TO SLAYER OF GIRL
San Diego Detectives Stumped
After Grilling Suspects in
Young Students Death.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, August 20
Authorities admitted today they were
without clues to the identity of the
slayer of Celia Gotta, 16-year-old high
school girl, whose beaten body was
found Saturday morning in the back
yard of her home.
Although several possible suspects
were questioned by police, Capt. OF
Detective Joe Lopez said the investi-
CATION had reached an impasse
I'VE have no clues" said Lopez.
"The slayer left no track or trail.
Evening star., 1934-08-20

BAHIA, Brazil, August 20 (via Pam
American Always Radio) CP.-The
giant airliner Brazilian Clipper
paused here today on its southbound
fight with a party of United States
newspaper executives. 1t came In
from Natal at 1928 am, E. S. T.. and
took off again for Rio de Janeiro at
10:37 am.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
FORD PLANTS POWER
DUE TO BE DOUBLED

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, August 2o.-The Ford
Motor Co., it was announced today has
signed orders for $5,500.000 of new
capital Improvements, including a
40, -kilowatt generator. a high
pressure boiler, a -kilowatt tur-
bine generator and auxiliary equip
ment.
The announcement said the power
capacity of the Dearborn plant was
being doubled and that the expansion
has been necessitated by enlargement
of the steel plant there, started some
time ago.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, August 20.-Shot in the
head as he sat with his baby brother
in a little red wagon, "a year -old
Robert Pitts, jr., died today in the
South Chicago Hospital. A bullet
had interrupted his happy command
of "giddap, horseyS," given to his
parents.
The shot was fired by one Of four
men riding in sedan. The parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pitts, ST., were
initiating q team of horses for their
children. AS they drew the wagon
down the sidewalk on Stony Island
Evening star., 1934-08-20
35-Day Hiccoughing
OF Woman Defying
Efforts of Doctors
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANDERSON. Ind, August 20.
Physicians we're endeavoring
today to stop sporadic periods of
hiccoughing with which Miss
Grace Clark. 25, of this city has
suffered for 35 days.
Miss Clark is growing weaker
from the strain and doctors fear
she may die unless the ailment
can be checked. She started hic-
coughing July II and all methods
known to physicians have been
applied without success. Only
through the administration of
sedatives has she been able to
obtain sleep.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
WRITER'S DEATH
PUZZLES ESF|[MLAND
Irene FrankIin's Husband
Found Shot, a Suicide,
Detectives Believe.
BY the Associated Press.

by Lne ASSOCldIeQ HEeSS.
HOLLYWOOD, August 20-Almost
as strange as some of Filmland's
make-believe mysteries, the death of
Jerry Jarnegin, music composer and
husband of Irene Franklin, musical
comedy actress, offered Hollywood a
new puzzle today.
Jarnegin's lifeless body. a bullet
wound in the right temple, was found
in an easy chair in the living room
of his home last night.
The revolver which caused his
death was found in another chair
about feet away.
Wife Knows No Motive.
A thorough investigation was or
dered by Capt. Bert Wallis. head of
the Los Angeles Police Department
homicide squad. Wallis said, how
ever, the case appeared to him to be
one of suicide. The revolver that took
Jarnegin's life was his own, Miss
Franklin reported. She said, however,
she was firm in the belief he was
murdered.
Three guests we're present in the
home at the time of the shooting.
They were Miss Dorothy Watson of
Lake Charles, La, niece of Miss
Franklin, who has been her house
guest since last June; Miss Watson's
flance, William Green, who arrived
Saturday from Lake Charles, and
Mrs. Wally Klein, friend of the
Jarnegins.
Serving the dinner. Miss Franklin
seated her guests and called to her
husband to join them. AS she called,
a shot rang out.
Capt. Wallis said he believed that
Miss Franklin picked up the revolver
from beside the body and tossed it
into the chair on finding the body of
her husband. Miss Franklin denied it.
Recent Scene Of Fight.
The room in which Jarnegin died
was the scene of a fight less than a
month ago in which Miss Franklin
and Jarnegin charged they we're at
tackled by their former house boy,
Lawrence Thomas. He was arrested
on their complaint, and, after pre-
liminary hearing. was released on bail
pending his arraignment in Superior
Court August o.
Jarnegin was 36 years old. He and
Miss Franklin, who for a number of
years was a vaudeville headliner and
had appeared in motion pictures. were
married in Bridgeport, Conn, in July,
1925. Jarnegin was writer and COM
poser and had been Miss Franklin's
pianist on her vaudeville tours.
Evening star., 1934-08-20
Motor Coach Workers Charge Fa-
voritiSm Is Shown.

CHICAGO, August 20 P.-A
breach appeared today between union
leaders and city officials in the motor
coach strike.
Police were charged by Ralph Stolz-
man, president of the Motor Coach
Union, with enlisting sluggers to
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Evening star., 1934-08-20
Clipper Pauses in Brazil.

Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1934-08-20
WEATHER.

90. 8. Weather Bureau ForecastD
Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler to-
night; moderate northerly winds.
emperatures-Highest, 81, at 4:30
pm. yesterday; lowest, 70, at 6 am
today.
Full report on page "A.