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Evening star., 1934-10-07

ONE OF US. BY Ernest Poole. new
York: The Macmillan Co.
THIS is net the first novel of Ernest
l. Poole in which a human being
Of his creation has lifted up his eyes
unto the hills and there found
strength. In The Avalanche" city
dweller. distraught by the complica-
tions of both his professional and
domestic life and threatened with
mental breakdown, found refuge
and restoration in the mountains of
his native New Hampshire. In "One
of Us" Ted Gale, a storekeeper In p
New Hampshire village. like his father
before him, feels steadfastly, from
boyhood to old age, that the noun
tains are for him the universe and
that his village, IL miles from the
railroad, with its forest back country.
offers all the experiences worth hav-
ing in life. His father, Willoughby
Gale. has been the confidant and
friendly creditor of all his neighbors,
the postmaster, chairman Of the
School Board, chief selectman, justice
of the peace and fire warden in a
village which he has always maraged
to carry for the Democrats in rock
Yibbed Republican State His strong
coadiutors in carrying The 3urdens
of the community ar, Iohn Valiant
robust farmer and Baptist minister,
and Doc Marden, whom no wicked
weather could keep from attending
on the arrival of babies or on treach-
erous pneumonia. Ted Gale sue
fathers Offices and duties, as we'll as
his fathers friends, when Willoughby
Gale is permanently crippled while
leading the fight against forest fire.
In his youth Ted has known con-
Evening star., 1934-10-07

A grand rush of business is expected
at the Washington City Post Office
tomorrow. The last stamp of the
National Parks series-10 cent Great
Smoky Mountains-will be available
at the Washington City Post Office,
the Benjamin Franklin station and
the Philatelic Agency at am. and
it is presumed that many collectors
will desire the complete set on single
Evening star., 1934-10-07

Those who secured early cancella-
tions Of the Parks stamps in Wash
ington, as advised, now have some
thing worth having. Due to the diff
ference in time between the Capital
and the West, 8 to IL a. m. postmarks
of the former are at least three hours
in advance Of anything to be OBJ
tained at the Parks post offices.
Evening star., 1934-10-07

H. F. Bowker chief pay clerk. U. S.
S. Saratoga, has presented to the
Smithsonian collection "a specimens
Of Chinese treaty ports stamps.
Evening star., 1934-10-07

Postmaster william M. Mooney and
Michael L. Eidsness. jr, will be guests
Of honor at a meeting Of the Fort
Steuben Philatelic Society. Steuben-
vile, Ohio, Saturday evening.
Evening star., 1934-10-07

The Washington delegation to the
recent American Philatelic Society
convention, Atlantic City was larger
than the New York City delegation.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
BEEBE, AIDE OFF
FOR SEA DIVE

Two scientists, who want to
break a deep-sea diving record by
dropping a half-mile below the
surface of the Atlantic Ocean
to see what the fishes do down
there, started off today on their
'bathySphere" expedition.
DR.. William Beebe and Otis
Barton left st. Georges, Bermuda,
at 7:30 o'clock this morning bound
for the Nonsuch Islands, eight
miles from shore, to make their
dive.
The dive, sponsored by the Ma,
tional Geographic Society and the
New York Geological Society, will
be effected in a hollow steel ball
which is tightly sealed and which
will be let down by a cable.
In the ball are a telephone con,
Meeting with the surface, an oXy-
gen tank, cameras and search
lights. The divers will make their
observations through a quartz
window 212 inches thick.
Seeking to dive half a mile be
low the surface, they expect to
break the record of 1900 feet,
established in the same area in
1892,
The Washington times., 1934-08-11

vital point. All union witnesses
were recalled after NRA witnesses
had testified it was sometime "be-
tween 10 minutes to IL and 1920"
that the delegation appeared, and
SWore it was noon.
Johnson Statement Refused
At the conclusion of the nine.
hour hearing, Garrett Scott, chief
NRA counsel, attempted to intro
duce in evidence a statement by
the Administrator in which he de.
Tended his action in discharging
Mr.. Donovan. The board refused
to accept the statement, Chairman
Lloyd Garrison ruling that Gen.
eraI johnson must appear in per-
son if he wished to offer any ex-
planation.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
LUNCH S|CKENS
25 N|DD|ES

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 11.-Twenty-
five midshipmen of the rookie
class at the United States Naval
Academy were under treatment in
the academy hospital today, hav-
ing become violently i'll shortly
after lunch was served them in
the school dining room yesterday.
Investigation was Immediately
launched by school naval authori-
ties and a strict supervision of the
kitchen was ordered. The stu.
dents were among approximately
1000 midshipmen who were
served luncheon in the mess hall,
and complained of severe stomach
pains shortly after the meal.
Only members of the "plebe"
third-year classes are now at the
academy, other midshipmen be-
ing on a cruise.
Although no information was
given out at the hospital it was
none of the midShip-
men were in a serious condition,
and that no evidence of poison
could be found.
Possibilities that the illness was
the result of some prank and that
the students were given a
Mickey Finn" by other midship,
men were under investigation.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
ALL ALUMINIUM
WORK STOPS
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Of these are union members, labor
officials said.
This paralyzed condition in the
aluminium industry will prevail,
according to William Green,
president of the A. F.. of L., until
the aluminium company makes
some move. Mr.. Green declared: :
"The American Federation
of Labor and the Aluminium
Workers Council tried every
conceivable method to obtain
collective bargaining privileges
from the Aluminium Company
without success"
Roy A. Hunt, president of the
Aluminium Corporation, said:
"The strike will not change
the company's attitude toward
closed shop or other de-
mandS."
He also renewed his refusal
to grant any of the other points
of the peace proposal-a check
off" system for collecting union
dues, higher wages and seniority
rights.
Claims Notice Not Given
The A. F. Of L. did not notify
company officials of the strike,
Mr.. Hunt said. explaining his po-
sition was the same as that out
lined in a letter to Fred A. Wet
more, secretary of the national
council, on August 3. The letter
said:
"The company will continue
to meet at any time with any
of its employees or representa-
tiveS of any of its employees for
the purpose of discussing wages,
hours, and working conditions"
Concluding his statement, the
aluminium chief said:
"We shall use every effort to
avoid violence that would jeOp-
ardize human life or property
in connection with this present
action of the American Fedora
tiOn of Labor"
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
TIME DISPUTE sTIRs DONOVAN CASE

Grafton of Government Employees,
is seeking reinstatement on the
plea that he was discharged for
union activities.
After all Mr.. Donovan's wit
nesses had testified that union
delegation appeared in General
JohnSon's office at IL o'clock for
a noon appointment. DR.. Gustav
Peck, executive director and chief
Of staff of the labor advisory
board, said the delegation used
NRA time for its activities by ap-
pearing at around IL a. M, in.
stead of during the lunch hour.
The debate on this point gave
rise to considerable amusement at
the hearing, as John N. Finnerty
attorney for Mr.. Donovan, pointed
out that the time element appar-
emily had superseded the question
of Mr.. Donovan's dismissal as the
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
SNAKE PASTOR.
SET To PREACH

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a weird test of faith to prove
tenets of the sect-which holds
that faithful disciples of the
church cannot be harmed by fire,
snakes or other normally de-
structive agencies.
Recovery Expected
He became seriously i'll, his arm
swelling to fearsome proportions,
and he was placed in bed, so
weak he could not walk. His fol-
lowers explained today that the
preachers faith must have weak
ened a little, or he had COM
mitted some wrong, else the snake
would not have bitten him and
even if it had, the poison would
not have harmed him.
The preachers arm still was
greatly swollen and black and
blue today, but his strength was
returning, and he is regaining his
voice. He is believed to have
good chance to recover.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
Explosive Gas
Fails to Blast
Family of 2

DETROIT, Aug. II G.N.SD
Police today had found the
Dearborn welfare worker who
purchased a gallon of highly
explosive gasoline in place of
kerosene ending a frantic "a
hour search, but not until the
worker and his wife had safely
used the liquid in their cooking
stove.
Informed by a gas station at
tendant that he had given a
welfare worker highly explosive
naphtha gas by mistake. police
of Dearborn spent "a hours Wis
iting welfare homes before they
found the purchaser, Joseph
Bendz.
Informed of the danger, Mr..
Bendz and his wife said they
already had used some of the
gas without harm in cooking
their meals. Police drained
their cooking stove and removed
the remainder of the gasoline.
Mrs. Bendz said:
81 didn't notice any differ
ence. The flame was just a lit
tie brighter. I used it three
times and it cooked the food
fine"
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
Preachers Recovery
Seen bV Or. Ditmars.

NEW YORK, Aug. II G.N.SO.
Rev. Albert Teester, of Sylvia,
N. c., who is waging a battle
against the ravages of venom
inflicted in two bites by a rattle
snake, has a fine chance of re-
covery, according to DR.. Ray
mond L. Ditmars, of the Bronx
Zoo, handler of rattlesnakes for
many years. He said:
Reverend Teester has a fine
chance of recovery from the
rattlesnake bites, as long as
he is buOyed up by his strong
belief, and providing his basic
condition of health is good.
can important factor in every
recovery is keeping a persons
mental state healthy. AS long
as Reverend TeeSter does not
allow himself to sink into
a melancholy depression his
chances are good. And he
seems to have the faith to do
that"
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
Princess Accepts $763,5OO
To Halt Film Suits

LONDON. Aug. II GNS).
Princess Ilena Yousoupoff re-
ceived 100000 pounds $763,500
at the present rate of exchange)
for settlement of the libel suits
throughout the world she had
brought against the Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer interests for alleged
libel in the film "Rasputin and
the Empress, the London Daily
Herald reports today.
The settlement, which is said
to constitute the largest sum ever
paid in a libel action, includes
the $127,000 verdict which the
princess was awarded in the Eng
lish courts.
1t is said that the $2,O00,O 900
suit brought by the princess
against the company in New York
and similar suits in other coun-
tries have been withdrawn.
The glories of imperial days
were briefly revived for the
Yousoupoffs in the party which
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
MONEY DECLINE
REPORTED
By International News Service

With the exception of pennies
and nickels, all types of money
in circulation declined during
July, the aggregate drop having
been $56,OOO,000 to total of S.
317,455,0OO, the Treasury an
nounced today.
This decrease in the money &C
tually in use by the public oc-
CURED in spite of a spending pro
gram of $466,273,000 by the Gov
ernment for ordinary and emer-
gency purposes. Also, it was in
the face of the Governments new
monetary program and the drive
of Senator Thomas CD Of Okla
homa, and others of the infla-
tionary group to force more
money into circulation.
For the year ending July 81,
circulation declined by $312,0O0,-
900, but that was more than
accounted for by the Govern
ment's seizure of gold. Gold and
gold certificates in circulation de-
clined by $492, 100000 during the
year and at the end of July the
statement showed simply $146,
$4,000 in certificates in circula-
ton. The amount of gold out
standing is not officially known
and the Treasury dropped that
item from the circulation state
ment.
Most types of money gained
in circulation during the year.
Federal Reserve notes continued
to be the principal medium
through which business is trans
acted, with $3,O44,317,OOO of
them in circulation on July 81,
a gain of $7,1OO,OOO in a year
but a drop of $24,OOO,0O0 during
the month. The circulation of
silver certificates was $398,980,-
900, an increase of $50, 3,639 900
in a year but decline of $780,
900 for July.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
Advertising Mark
Set by Wrigley Co.

A record for consistent adver-
tising is being set today by the
William Wrigley, jr., Company,
with the appearance of that con-
Germs 43Oth consecutive advertise
ment in this newspaper.
Advertisements of the famous
chewing gum manufacturer have
been appearing on the comic page
of this newspaper several times a
week since October, 1882.
Say it quick and often" is the
strategy behind the Wrigley Com
pany'S policy Of running striking
little gum advertisements consist
emily week after week throughout
the year.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11

followed receipt of the check,
International News Service learned
from one of the guests.
Donning her full panoply of
jewelry, including many pieces
said to be priceless heirlooms of
the RomanoffS, the Princess,
whose classic beauty has inspired
many Russian poets, sat like a
queen on the improvised throne.
The guests, including lords and
ladies of the peerage and per-
sonages of the stage and screen,
entered into the spirit of the
pretended palace reception and
curtSied low, backing away from
the throne.
With champagne and caviar,
the party continued into the
small hours, Whereupon the
Prince and Princess left their
make-believe palace and returned
to Windsor Castle, where they
are occupying a suite as guests
of the King and Queen.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
SHOT 5 TIMES,
OFFICER LIVES

CHICAGO, Aug. II 0.N.SO.
you're going for a one-way
ride and you won't come back"
Constable John Griffin, 26,
heard this sentence of death pro-
nounced by four gunmen who sur
rounded him in front of a subur-
ban Melrose Park tavern today.
But Constable John Griffin did
come back-with five bullet
wounds-after the gunmen aban-
doned him in the belief he was
dead.
Bleeding profusely, he gaSped
out the story of the attack and
gave police information which
resulted in the arrest of two sus-
poets, as doctors prepared to per-
form an operation in an attempt
to save his life.
Griffin was wounded twice in
the head, twice in the abdomen
and once in the back.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
BY JULIA A. BONWIT

Perhaps Gen. Hugh S. Johnson,
National Recovery Administrator
can tell time better than his sub
ordinates.
In any event, the doughty gen.
eral has been given the opportun-
ity to show the National Labor
Relations Board whether he can
tell the difference between II a. m.
and II o'clock noon.
The question arose yesterday
during a public hearing on the
dismissal of John L. Donovan as
advisor on the Labor Advisory
Board on charges of "inefficiency
and insubordination."
Main Point Sidetracked
Mr.. Donovan, president of the
NRA union of the American Fed
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
Conference
To End Tomorrow

Bishop M. H. Davis, of Balti-
more, will preach tomorrow at
II a. m. at the Young Peoples
Congress of the A. M. E. Church
now in session at Metropolitan
Church.
At p. M, the closing program
of the congress will be held and
the speakers will include Bishop
John Gregg, of Kansas City; DR..
V. c. Hodges, Dean E. P. Davis,
of Howard University; Eugene K.
Jones, of the Department of
Commerce, and DR.. William j.
Thompkins, recorder of deeds.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
WOMAN SEEKS POST

ELKTON, Md, Aug. 11.-MisS
Bertha Balderston, of Colora, has
announced herself a candidate for
the nomination for the House Of
Delegates at the coming Demo
cratic primary. She said she will
start a long campaign soon.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
STEELHEAR|NGS
SCHEDULED
BY International News Service


Four hearings on complaints
against steel companies by union
Spokesmen had been arranged
today by the National Steel Labor
Relations Board.
The companies are the Apollo
Steel Co., Apollo. Pa; Standard
Tin Plate Co., Canonburg, Pa;
West Virginia Rail Co., Hunting
ton, w. Va, and Wheeling Steel
Corporation, Portsmouth, Ohio.
In hearings in Pittsburgh next
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day the board will hear COM
plants in the first three cases
and will hold a hearing in Ports.
mouth August 20. In the first
three, union representatives ask
elections to determine upon col
lective bargaining, while the
Wheeling Steel is alleged to have
denied collective bargaining.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
BLAZE MENACES TOWN

LIBERTY, Mo-, Aug. II G.N.SO.
A disastrous fire which for an
hour threatened the entire bust
ness district of Liberty was
brought under control late yester-
day after destroying II business
buildings and homes.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
SCHOOL OPENING SET

DENTON, Md, Aug. 11.-Sep-
tember 4 has been set as the date
for the opening of the Caroline
county schools, it has been an
nounced by Benjamin o. Willis,
superintendent of schools. A
teachers institute will precede the
school opening,
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
75L0RD BALTIMORE
FILLING STATIONS
INVITE YOU TO TRY
THIS new GAS0LINE

IT'S pretty hard miss you're driving around town. There
| IS Of US and every looks if something is
going
II isl We're Introducing brand regular eosoIne--
different from anything you've known. So much different
hot the American Oil Company had build refinery at
Texas City, Texas, and adapt brand process it.
It's called "New-Action" Orange AMERICAN CAS- land it's
new different and better every way gasoline be new,
different and better.
We're inviting you to try New-Action Orange AMERICAN
GAS. lis different you TO yourself 10 try it, Sold at
regular gas price.
The Washington times., 1934-05-03
DEPOS|TORS
|. NEEDA|D,H HE
!. DECLARES
Mcleod, Fearing Measure Will
Be SidetraCked, Appeals
To Nation Over Radio

Passage of bank relief 1egiSla-
tion this session was confidently
predicted by Sepeaker Henry T.
Rainey today.
The Speaker, a fortnight ago,
said he hoped for such legislation
and believed it would pass the
House, but pointed out it would
have to be a compromise on the
Mcleod, 100 per cent payoff bill.
The measure he now supports
is the Steagall amendment to the
deposit guaranty extension bill,
which would reimburse depositors
of closed banks up to $4,000.
Better Than Nothing
It does not provide as liberal
aid for needy depositors as the
Mcleod bill, but is considered by
the Mcleod bloc to be better than
no measure at all.
It is feared in some quarters,
however, that the Steaga1l amends
ment is only bait being dangled
before friends of the Mcleod bill
to keep them from signing the pc
tition which calls for a vote May
IA on the original bill.
This fear was further increased
today when the House Banking
and Currency Committee, of which
Representative Henry B. Steagal
CD of Alabama is chairman,
failed to meet on the deposit guar
antee bill as announced. Were
hackers of the Steagall amend
ment sincere, hackers of the Nc
Leod bill and its petition point
out, every effort would be made
to report out the bill this week in
stead of permitting it to slide by
from day to day.
Sure 1t Would Pass
In supporting the proposed
amendment, the Speaker said to-
day:
"I regard the amendment very
favOrably. Some time ago, and
before it was written, talked
to Representative Steagall and
told him to go ahead with it.
'The Government should re-
lieve depOsitOrs as much as pos
sible, 1 believe, and if the bill
gets to the flOOr-which I be-
heve likely-it will pass the
House undoubtedly"
Faced with the need of enlist
ing so more Congressman to the
cause of his bank pay-off bill,
Representative Clarence ]. Nc
Leod (RD of Michigan has turned
toward the nation for support.
The Weideman petition calling
for vote May IA on the Mcleod
bank relief bill must show 145
Congressmen's signatures by to-
morrow night if vote is to be
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The Washington times., 1934-05-03
Will Rogers
Says:

SAN FRANCISCO, May 81
see that the U. S. Chamber Of
Commerce is gathered in Wash
ingtOn again. It's the cavair
of big business. Last time it
met 1 happened to be in Wash
ingtOn and was the guest Of
Jesse Jones, head of the Recon-
StructiOn Finance at the cham
Der dinner.
Now the whole constitution,
bylaws, and secret ritual Of
that orchid club aim to keep
the Government out Of buSi-
ness" Well, that's all right;
for every organization must have
a purpose. But here was the
joke: They introduced all the
big financierS, the head Of this,
that, and the other. AS each
stood up, Jesse would write on
the back Of the menu card just
what he had loaned him from
the RFC. / have that menu
card yet.
Yet they said: Keep the
Government out of business"
Copyright, 1884 by Mcknight
syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-05-03
Cummings Seeks Equipment
For War on Gangsters

Declaring that the automobile
equipment of the Division Of In
vestigation is in "pitiful condi-
tion," Mr.. Cummings said the
agency needs inexpensive but
fast cars" He declared:
1--WE can't expect our agents
to catch up with criminals going
20 miles an hour when the Off.
GERS cars can't go over As, with
frequent Interruptions for break.
downs"
He also said the division needs
about 10 more accountants.
The Attorney General declared
his agents could have captured
Dillinger in Wisconsin if they
had been equipped with airplaneS
and fast automobiles.
He also criticized the Careless
ness" of the Indiana prison of,
ficials who permitted Dillinger
to escape,
The Washington times., 1934-05-03
TIGHTEN UP
RECOVERY
SPENDING,
He SAYS
Presidential Statement Asked
To Stabilize Business;
Balanced Budget Urged
By International News Service


In a speech severely lashing
some of the salient features in the
New Deal, Silas H. Strawn, Chi
cago lawyer, asserted today public
confidence and normal business
operations will not be restored
until the Government quits Tex.
perimenting," balances it's budget,
and restores the stability Of gov
ernment "in accordance with the
principles laid down by its
founders"
Speaking his convictions in
plain language before the United
States Chamber of Commerce
convention, he said renewed ac-
tivity in the securities market de-
pends, among other things, on "a
definite announcement by the
President that the emergency Is
over and that there will be no
more requests for emergency legis-
lation and no more tinkering
with the dollar"
Securities Revision.
He urged revision of the 1888 Sc.
curities act to permit the market
ing of long-term securities and
thereby revive the capital goods
industries and enactment of q
stock market regulatory bill which
shall not vest the management Of
the financial affairs of the issues
of securities in a governmental
agency"
Advocating the immediate bal
ancing of Federal, State, and mu.
nicipal government budgets, the
Chicagoan asked abandonment
OF spending our way to prosperity
and a return to strict economy,
with extraordinary Federal expen-
ditures confined to the unavoida-
BILE requirements of relief during
the period of natural recovery"
Retards U. S. Business
Strawn said there should be q
recognition of the fact that we
are a part of the world and that
a policy of intensive nationalism
is wholly inconsistent with the
welfare and development OF
American business.
Emergency legislation has been
rushed through Congress and
through the legislatures of the
various States without serious, de-
liberate consideration land fire.
quently without debate" Strawn
argued.
Assuming this legislation was
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