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The Washington times., 1934-08-22
TR|-STATE>GANC
CHIEF To DIE

RICHMOND, Aug. 22.-Walter
Legenza, brains" of the Tri-State
gang, early today was sentenced
to die in the electric chair on
October %.
Without show of emotion the
gangster heard his doom pro-
nounced after a jury had delib,
Grated SO minutes. He was found
guilty of shooting to death a
driver of a Federal Reserve mail
truck last March.
Almost Immediately after sen.
tence was passed, Judge John L.
Ingram set August q as the date
of the trial for Robert Mais, who
is also accused of participation in
the holdup.
During the trial yesterday three
persons positively" identified LIE.
genza as one of the five men who
sWooped down on the Federal Re-
serve truck and killed E. M.
Huband when he refused to hand
over the money.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fontaine,
sweetheart of slain gangster, teS-
titled yesterday that Legenza went
to Washington the day of the
holdup and was in a highly nerv-
Gus state"
A defense witness told the jury
that Legenza was in his apart
ment in New York the day of the
shooting.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
HOME TOWN
PAYS RA|NEY
HOMAGE
Farmers, Neighbors File Past
Bier Pending Arrival
of President

CARROLLTON, ILL.,, Aug. q
I.N.SO. Speaker of the House
Henry +. Rainey came back tc
Carrollton today.
In the flag and floWer-banked
rotunda of the Green County
courthouse the body of the silver
haired Speaker lay in state, while
q sad procession of friends and
neighbors filed by the seamless
copper casket for a final visit
with the kindly. neighbor who
had been among them for nearly
three-quarters of century.
Mrs. Sue Williams, of Carroll
ton, only sister of the Speaker
was the first admitted to the
courthouse to view the body. Be.
hind her filed a long procession
of townspeople, some in oVerallS
and others in dress clothes, and
many of them brushing at their
eyes with handkerchiefs.
President En- Route
This afternoon the President
Of the United States and Gov.
Henry Horner of Illinois and
other dignitaries are to be here
to pay their last respects to the
departed statesman, but this
morning Carrollton had Speaker
Rainey for it's own.
The Speaker in death made
equally an imposing figure as he
did in life. His shock of silvery
hair was brushed back over his
large, well-shaped head. His
large flowing bow tie was 'Cfiars
acteristically in evidence.
The features were composed
in a look of quiet peace as though
he were happy to be back among
his Carrollton friends again. Just
above the casket was a beautiful
spray of roses, sent by members
of the Greene County Bar AS
Sociation, of which the Speaker
was a member.
Two husky and uniformed
Am erican LegionnaireS stood
silent guard at each end of the
casket. The motor hearse which
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The Washington times., 1934-08-22
5 MEN ESCAPE T
INDIANA JAIL

NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Aug. %
G.N.SD Under the leadership Of
one-legged "Wee Willie" Mason,
"a, member of the Egan Rats
gang of st. Louis, Mo-, five pris'
oners sawed their way out of the
75-year-old Hamilton County Jail
here today.
Mason was facing a second
trial for the Staying of an
Indianapolis police office.
Others who made good their
escape we're:
Paul Mckinney, SO, of Fort
Wayne.
Frank Wallace, so, of KoGcmc
John Martin, 38, negro, OF
Indianapolis.
Lowell Driscoll, 40, of Indian
apoGs.
Sheriff Hattery blamed the
action of the county commission
ers who had taken his night guard
off the payroll as an economy
measure for the wholesale get
away of his prisoners.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
SUI TAN ASKS
D. c. HARBOR
CLEANUP
New Engineer Commissioner,
Sworn in, Tackles Problems
Of Capital at Once

Displaying a knowledge of
Washington problems that pre-
sages swift action, Lieut.. Col.
Daniel I. Sultan today took his
oath of office as Engineer Com
missioner of the District.
The oath was administered by
Daniel E. Garges, secretary Of
the board, in the office of Com
missioner Hazen. Practically
every member of the engineering
department was on hand to greet
the new chief.
Gotwals Ill at Home
Major John C. GotWals, re-
firing member of the board, was
not present, being kept at his
home by illness.
Colonel Sultan set the minds
of employees at rest by stating
that he does not intend to make
any changes in the staff unless
he finds such changes are needed.
The washington harbor. he
asserted, is an "eyeSore and dis
grace" and should be cleaned up
at once. He declared he has a
thorough knowledge of the needs
of the harbor from Army engi-
neer reports which have long
urged that it be cleaned up and
improved to handle the river
traffic.
Will See President
The new Commissioner said he
will have a conference with the
President Friday regarding Dis
trict affairs.
EessaGclonel Sultan has been
used to big jobs and fast
company, else he could not have
been awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal and the Oak Leaf
Cluster for World War achieve
ments; he could not have hand.
led the huge Lakes to the Gulf
project; nor could he have
cleaned out the Augean stables
at Chicago where he was sent
to take command of the PWA
job.
In Cook county he licked the
politicians to a frazzle and caused
the mass resignation of entire
political boards, and the saw
ing of tons of money for the
Government.
Thirteen years. residence in
Washington, off and on, makes
this new Commissioner a Wash
ingtonian in a sense; he knows
the layout of the city and is familiar
with many of its problems. He
knows, for instance, that he will
have to pit his engineering skill
against the blatant politician ION
the Hill" many and many time.
He knows that his job is civil
one, and not a parade ground af-
fair at an Army post.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
40 MILLIONS
GUARDED BY
CONVOY
Armored Cars Carry Money to
Capital and Baltimore;
Tear Gas, Guns Ready

Armed with machine guns, tear
gas bombs, and sawed-off shot.
guns, and escorted by mounted
Virginia State police, four armored
cars were moving to Washing
ton today with approximately 40
million dollars from the Rich
mond Federal Reserve Bank.
Such unprecedented precautions
are being taken because of the
$427 900 holdup yesterday of an
armored truck in Brooklyn, Will
liam M. Daniels, manager of the
local branch of the Nagle Ma
tional Protective Agency, Inc,
said. Trucks of that company
are transporting the money from
Richmond to Baltimore.
D. C. Guard Asked
The trucks we're escorte d
through the streets of Richmond
by State and city police. The lat
ter force continued as guard
against any possible holdup
throughout the entire trip to
Washington.
When the convoy reaches the
Capital, a motorcycle escort of
local police will meet the trucks
and escort them to the Maryland
line. There they will be met by
Maryland State police.
Mr.. Daniels said that in addi-
ton a pilot car and two others
are in the convoy. Four guards
are in each armored truck, armed
with machine guns, tear gas
bombs and Shotguns.
Farley Due In Baltimore
Mr.. Daniels said that in view
of the Brooklyn robbery, he has
called a meeting to be held in
Baltimore Saturday to discuss
means of further protecting his
trucks from possible robberies.
He said that now three men
comprise the force on each truck.
They are at present armed only
with pistols but he will recon-
mend that an extra man be
placed on all trucks and that
they be armed with machine
guns and tear guns. He said:
1--WE can't afford to take
any chances. That robbery in
Brooklyn shows what might
happen at any time. We in
tend to be prepared to meet
any emergency"
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
SEN. KING WINS
NOMINATION

Early returns from Utah's pri-
mary election held yesterday
showed that United States Senator
William H, King, chairman of the
Senate District Committee, has
won the Democratic nomination.
Another member of Congress,
Vincent R. Carter (RD, Wyoming's
only Representative, won the Re
publican nomination for the Sen
ate in a three-way fight.
He will oppose Senator Joseph
c. O'Mahoney 3D. incumbent
next November.
Governor Leslue A. Miller CD
was leading for the party renomi-
nation, while Secretary of State A..
M. Clark was in front for the Re-
publican nomination.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Boston Given Tip .
On Truck HOldup

BOSTON. Aug. % G.N.S0.
Warning that the high-powered
band of machine gun thugs
which yesterday staged the spec
tacular $427,00O Brooklyn rob
berry, might attempt a similar
coup. today was received by Bos-
ton police in a teletype message
from police at Brooklyn, N. Y.
The warning suggested that
special precaution be taken in
guarding seven armored trucks
of the United States Trucking
Company operating in this city.
The same concern whose armored
truck was robbed in Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
DUE
FOR BATH

This business of giving the
Washington Monument the first
bath in it's history requires more
than just soap and water.
In fact, it requires exactly 600
tons of steel tubing, it was an
nounced today, as the gigantic job
of cleaning and repairing the $50
foot shaft began under the super
vision of the National Park SER
vice of the Interior Department.
The 600 tons of steel tubing will
be used in the building of the
scaffolding, which is being erected
to the full height of the Monu-
ment.
1t is estimated that the work,
which is financed by a PWA al
lotment of 100000, will be COM
pleted in 140 days.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Auto Men to Ask
Revision of Code

DETROIT, Aug. % G.N.S.O
Representatives of all the motor
companies in the country, with the
exception of the huge Ford Motor
Company, were expected to con-
vene here this afternoon to discuss
revision of the NRA automobile
code, which expires September 4.
The representatives were called
together by the National Automo.
bile Chamber of Commerce, gov.
erning body of the auto code.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
F|NGERPR|NTS
MAY TRAP
ROBBERS
Justice Experts Check Mark
ings in $427,O00 Theft;
Crime Carefully Planned
BY DAVID P. SENTNER
International News Service

NEW YORK, Aug. % G.N.S).
FingerprintS-the tell-tale calling
cards of criminals which invari-
ably have led to their downfall
today provided the most prom
Using clue to the identity of the
gang of audacious thugs who
robbed an armored payroll truck
of $427,000.
A horde of experts worked
over numerous fngerprintS found
on two automobiles abandoned
by the thugs. Copies of the
fingerprints were forwarded to
the Department of Justice in
Washington for a further check
up.
A Local Mob!
Despite the minute care and
ingenious preparatory work evil
denced by the gang of from II
to IS men who held up the
armored truck, they left behind
them the most damaging of
clues.
Assistant Chief Inspector John
j. Sullivan, of the New York
police, scoffed at the theory that
Western desperadoes such as the
Baby Face" Nelson type had
pulled the job. He said:
ITS a local mob"
The police officer declined to
say whether his statement was
based on the results of the finger
prints checkup.
Meanwhile, six Coast Guard cut
ters swept, the sea from the Cana.
dian border to Block Island for
trace of the fleeing vessel believed
to harbor the escaping bandit
gang.
Fearing the gang might head for
Canadian waters, or attempt to
cache their huge haul at an iso-
lated coastal point, Coast Guard
officials ordered the so stations
along the New England coast to
redouble their vigilance.
All Were Disguised
The gang members wore dis.
guises. Some wore aprons like
the employees of the Rubel Ice
Corporation plant in Brooklyn in
front of which the sortie was
staged. Others were dressed iii
Workmen's overallS. Another
wheeled a pushcart camouflaging
a nest of machine guns.
Relays of automobiles converged
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The Washington times., 1934-08-22
By JOHN DEAN M1LLIGAN

Much misunderstanding exists the position of the Gov
ernment in the mutual mortgage pn and other phases of
the work of the Federal Housing Administration.
One Of the points which cannot be stressed too much the
fact that the Federal Housing Administration has to
lend to individual property owners and cannot deal with them
in any way.
All loans and mortgages falling under the rules of the Fed
era Housing Administration to be handled by private fnan
cia institutions like banks and building and loan associations
decisions on the advsaby of giving loans and mortgages
rest solely with the private financial institutions.
Thus the type of mortgages provided for under that portion
of the national housing act dealing with the mutual mortgage
plan will be made available only by private credit The c
desiring mortgage will do he always has done in such
case-cOnsult private financial Institution.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Smell To Face Revolt
At Next Session

have been almost barren of re-
suits. Only a few of the re.
calcitrantS have avowed their
willingness to don once again
the garments of the Smell di.
rection.
The remainder, the leaders of
the cloak room rebellion of the
last session, are still anxious to
upset Mr.. Smell and those who,
with him, dictate the course of
the minority.
The troubles of Representative
Smell during the last session were
treated lightly all around, on
the general theory that whatever
happened to the Republicans
didn't make much difference,
anyway. The oarty was so far
in the minority that there was
little effective work that it could
do regardless of leadership.
Youngsters Rebellious
Nevertheless the younger Re
publican element in the House
felt that Mr.. Smell was not ag-
greSsiVe enough in his leadership.
They maintained that nothing
was being gained for the party
or for the country by reason of
the almost Supine' attitude that
the Republicans in office were
taking.
More than a score of the Re
publican members are understood
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The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Tear Gas Gun Case
Deferred by Court

The case of William T. Rogers,
salesman of tear gas guns charged
with carrying a concealed weapon,
was continued by Judge Robert
Mattingly until October 81, after
hearing in Police Court today.
Mr.. Rogers claimed he had been
given permission to carry the guns
by the District Attorneys office.
He was arrested after a gun had
gone off while he was demonstrat-
ing it yesterday, slightly injuring
man.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Germany to Let
Criminals Take
Own Lives

BERLIN, Aug. % G.N.S0.
Reports that there was under
consideration in Germany a plan
to offer those convicted of capi-
tai crimes the privilege of dying
like socrates, by quaffing the
"Hemlock," were confirmed to-
day by publication in the Ber-
liner BoerSenzeitung of quota
tions from the new legal code
proposed by DR.. Guertner, ex-
Reichsminister of justice.
DR.. Guertner's plan is to offer
the condemned in their cells a
poison cup or a firearm and let
them carry out the sentence
themselves. Severe penalties are
also suggested for violations of
the dueling code or for the
frivolous" instigation of a duel.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Sd. C.. Prisoners
Fail in Jail Break

LURAY, Va, Aug. 23.-Sheriff
E. L. Lucas thwarted a daring
Jail break here yesterday when
he found three prisoners, charged
with stealing a car. trying to
dig their way out of the Jail
with forks brought with their
dinner.
The men were arrested Sunday
night and gave Washington ad-
dresses. The owner of the stolen
car, from Exmore, Va, arrived
here today with police and identi-
fled his car, which was taken
from a street in Richmond.
The men gave their names as
Joe Mask, Glenn Saunders and
Paul Mercer, all of washington.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
By FRANKLIN G. SARTWELL

Republican leaders would be
gloating over the prospect of
trouble within Democratic ranks
in the House in January were it
not for the fact that the minority
party, too, is apt to have it's
share of difficulty when the new
Congress conveneS.
The Republicans in the House
will have to decide whether Rep
resentative Bertrand H. Smell of
New York, is to continue as their
leader, just as the Democratic
membership will have to determine
the order of succession to the
honors of the late Speaker Henry
T. Rainey.
Representative Smell Target
Ordinarily there would be little
doubt of the reelection of Mr. Smell
but during the latter part of the
last Congress a bloc of Republicans
set out to get the scalp of the
"Potsdam cheesemaker."
They had their scalping knives
unsheathed and were hard on their
quarry when the session ended.
Since the adjournment every
effort has been made to bring
these rebellious Republicans back
into the fold, unite them behind
the Smell leadership, and pre-
sent a united front against the
Democrats.
But the reconciliation efforts
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Stocks Snap Out
Of Long Lethargy

NEW YORK. Aug. % G.N.SO
The stock market today spurted
l to more than 3 points in the
most active trading in weeks.
Rails were the pacemakers, fol-
lowed by motors, rubbers and in
dustrialS.
The ticker fell one minute be-
hind in the buying rush toward
noon. There was no news to ex-
plain the bulge, which reflected
largely a natural snapback from
the intense Wall Street BeariSh-
ness of recent weeks.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Bids on New Floor
At Interior Asked

Bids for the addition Of a
seventh floor on the Interior De-
partment building, Eighteenth and
F. SITS. N. W., will be opened Sep
tember 5, it was announced today.
Work is expected to start early in
October.
The new floor, designed to re-
lieve congestion in the structure,
will cover the east and west wings
of the building.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
4O,OOO,OOO Gallons,
u. S. Wine Output

The United States will produce
from 40,000,O0O to 45,OOO,OOO gal
Ions of wine this year, as compared
with approximately 52,00O,OOO GAL
Ions annually before prohibition,
General Hugh S. Johnson, NRA
administrator, said in a letter to
President Roosevelt today.
During the prohibition period,
the annual production amounted
to only 100000 gallons.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

mortgage" involves a principal
obligation of $4,000, with which
real estate owner pays for a
home he has just constructed,
the bank or other private i>lsti-
tuition which made the mortgage
available is guaranteed up to the
full amount of the mortgage.
This is nothing more or less
than insurance. For the insur-
ance, the Federal Housing Admin
istration is empowered to charge
not less than one-half of 1 per
cent and not more than l per
cent of the face value of the
(Continued on Page 2, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

The mutual mortgages" de.
signed to relieve property owners
of oppressive existing first and
second trusts and also designed
to permit owners of real estate
to erect new homes, will not be
originally made available by the
Federal Housing Administration,
but will be guaranteed by it.
Safeguards Private Lenders
Uncle Sam assumes the role of
encouraging private capital to
grant this new type of mortgage
by assuring that there will be
no loss of any kind in handling
them.
If, for instance, mutual
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Dillinger Paid Off
Police, Is Charge

KALAMAZOO, Aug. % GN.S.)
John Dillinger won immunity from
the Chicago police department by
paying $1,000 per week protection
money, C. Ray Hansen, former
Deputy States attorney of Cook
county, Illinois, charged here in a
talk before the Rotarians. The
alliance between crime and poll
tics has prostituted police depart
mentS, he declared.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Will Rogers
Says:

HSINKING, ManchukuO, Aug.
22.-NO more mOnkeyShineS in
Austria. The Austrian chancel-
lOr has been visiting MuSSOlini
and learning a lot.
This fellow BenitO is running
a free school for dictatOrS. They
all come to him to learn how to
put it over. You don't have to
worry about dictatOrs in Amer
lea until Rex = 1gwell passes his
entrance exams at MusSolini's
academy.
(CopyriRht, 1885, by McNaught
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
RUBBER MEN STRIKE

AKRON. o., Aug. % 0.N.S.)
More than 400 employees of the
American Hard Rubber Company
here walked out on strike today
and turned back IS office workers
who had sought entrance to the
company's offices. There was no
violence.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Indicted
AS Girls Slayer

WILKEs-BARRE, Pa. Aug. %
GN.SO.-A grand jury returned
first degree murder indictment
today against Bobby" Edwards,
21-year-old mining engineer, in
connection with the American
Tragedy" Staying Of Freda Nc
Kechnie,
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Scout Fleet Post
Shifted to Coast

Shifting of the home port for
all units of the scouting force
Of the United States fleet from
the East to the West coast was
announced today by Acting Sec
retary of the Navy Henry L.
Roosevelt.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
FING1ERPRINTS MAY TRAP HOLDUP GANG
Housing Loans Made
Through Private
Lenders Only

This is another of series of articles the Federal
Housing Administrations The Washington Times is the
only newspaper IN the United States giving complete
formation ON this project:
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

WASHINGTON FORECAST
Cloudy tonight; tomorrow fair and cooler.
Full weather report on page eight.
Mean Temperatures
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La gaceta., 1934-03-02
ESPECIAL SODAS

15c Sundae de fruta fresca 1oc
l5c Sundae de mantecado IN
Jugo de Naranja puro, vase ....sc
La gaceta., 1934-03-02

que en- yano trata de crear ell
reinado de la justicia, que en-
Vano busca, desesperadamente.
una finalidad que parece impo-
sible de alcanzar: ell derecho, co
mo mCnarca absolute, Y la fuer-
"a, oprimida y humillada bajo
su planta.
BESIDE las costas, banadas
por ell Mar Caribe, de mi Patria
lejana, hasta los dltimos conf
mes del territorio de Colombia,
Sc extendi6 hace va mas de un
siglo, como soplo vivificante, ell
ultimo suspiro del Libertador.
La terra, que recibi6 sus restos
mortales; ell aire, cue recogi6 su
1ltimo aliento; las ondas, que
condujeron la Vibraci0n de sus
ultimas palabras, TODD clio es
de Colombia. Y Colombia no ID
ha olvidado. Ella vive por el Lii
bertador y para ell ~libertador !;
pOrque la eXiStencia de Colon
bia naci6 con la creaci6n del
genio de Bolivar, y porque los
elevados ideales q. informan la
nacionalidad c0lombiana, son
los mismos QUE ell Libertador
grade indeleblemente en- la me
dula misma de esa nacionalidad
excelsa. POr ESQ es por 10 que
TODD cOlOmbianO, sin distinction
de castas, de abolengos, de idea
les o de tendencias, al sentir ell
orgullo puiante de ser un ciu-
dadano de Colombia, inconsclen
temente tributa al Libertador ell
mas .f6rvido quito. del mismo
modo que, al admirar las cosas,
Sc eleva un tribute de Venera-
ci6n al Creador.
DR.. Roberto EScObdr IzdSa.
La gaceta., 1934-03-02

bras, que deberfan brotar en-
sordo estruendo de catarata,
caen como pesadas y mon6tonas
gotas de lluvia. Los conceptos,
que deberlan tener estructura
ferrea, Sc ofrecen informes, pa
lidos, incoherentes. Els que ell es
piritu humane no fue confor-
mado para que dentro de el que
pa la appreciation del genio.
Y por clio, no me esfuerzo
en- levantar, hasta una cumbre
excelsa, mi opaco elogio. Me in
elmo, cabeza baja, la actitud de
reverencia, ante ell mas grande
de los estadistas v creadores de
pueblos que haya crUzado ia
mas por las paginas de la histo-
ria de la Humankind. Y quiero,
como colombiano, c~Onsciente de
la grandeza de mi nacionalidad
recia, Geciros, en- frases since
ras, como mi Patpia ha sabido y
sabe ser hija de su Libertador.
La patina de una centuria Y
de cast I'm lustro, cubre hoy ell
sepulcro venerable de Bolivar.
Cuando en- mi patria, en- la Quin
ia, desde entonces sagrada de
San Pedro Alejandrino, Sc des-
Hl.tegraba, biologicamente, la
materia que alberg6 ell alma de
Bolivar, empezaba precisamen-
tie a integrarse La estructura so
Ida de un esplritU, ell espiritu
del Libertador, que estaba des-
tinado a no MORN nunca y a ser
vir de alma vivificadora a los
Meales que desde entonces a
lienta la Humankind, esta HUI
manidad que en- vano CORE tras
la realization de 10 p~erfecto,
La gaceta., 1934-03-02

estan planeando una asamblea
general, en- el Auditorium mu-
nicipal, con ell prop6sito de or
ganizar una campana para com
batir ell crimen.
En- los 1ltimos 18 dias mas
de 80 ciudadanos fueron vfcti-
mas de robos.
Sc asegura que una fuerza de
mas de mil hombres sera ar
mazda contra los bandidos Y que
Sc pedira a la policia que prote-
ia las vidas y propiedades.