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The Washington times., 1934-07-02
D. c. TAX RATE
ANNOUNCED
AS $3.50 /.
Auditor Donovan Prophesies
Increase Certain As
Deficit Looms

The Districts tax rate will be
$3.50 per 500 full assessed value
on real and tangible personal
property for the fiscal year which
began yesterday.
This was ordered today by the
District Commissioners immedi
ately on receipt of a report Of the
District finances by Major Daniel
j. Donovan, auditor.
Major Donovan painted a rosy
picture Of the Districts finances
in the immediate past but gave no
hope that the $3.50 rate would be
continued after June 30 next year
propheSying rather plainly, that
next years rate will be $1.70.
Deficit Seen Near
And it is only by good fortune
and close management that the
District will be able to maintain
$1.50 tax rate this year without in
curing a deficit to be paid for
later.
At the beginning of the fiscal
year 1888 there was a surplus OF
$542,823, which dwindled to q
deficit of $62,742 by the end Of
the year, but there was a surplus
Of $4,348.524 for the year which
closed Saturday a sssssass.s...
It is estimated That the DIS
trict's expenses for the fiscal
year 1885 will be $3.50, 1873, 456; this
includes provision for the 5 per
cent salary restoration on July
/, 1884, amounting to $1,000, 600
and the payment Of $780, 900 in
automatic 500 increases to fire
men, policemen and teachers.
Also these employees are entitled
to increases for the past two
years but there is a legal knot
to be untangled before these In
creaSeS are paid.
Call Close Sailing
Estimates of the District re-
ceipts this year show $36,212,S19,
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
ESCURTA|[
SUMNER HOURS

Following. q custom adopted
several years ago, many Washing
ton merchants will close their es-
adjustments or curtail hours Of
business on Saturdays from july
Z to August Is. Stores closing all
day Saturdays include:
L. Frank, M. Brooks and Com
pany, Capital Awning Company,
Dulin and Martin Company,
Erlebacher, Incorporated, Gait
and Brothers, General Outdoor
Advertising Company, Joseph R.
Harris Compony, S. Kann Sons
Company, Lans burgh and
Brothers, The Hecht Company,
Frank r. Jellef, Incorporated,
George P. Killian Company,
Milton R. Ney, Incorporated,
Palais Royal, incorporated, M.
Philipsborn and Com pany,
Raleigh Haberdasher. RiZik
Brothers, w. and j. Sloane and
Woodward and Lothrop.
Closing half day Saturday
are:
r. P. Andrews Paper Com
pany, Franklin and Company,
Goldheims, Harris and Ewing,
which will also close dur.
ing September; E. Morrison
Paper Company, National Elec-
trio Supply Company, which
closes half day Saturday all
year; Potomac Electric Power
Company, washington GaSlight
Company, and Charles G. Stott
and Company, which closes to
September IS.
Closing at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon are BeckerS Leather
Goods Company, Model Shop and
D. j. Kaufman, Incorporated, be-
ginning July IA.
Goldenberg Company and B.
Rich's Sons will close all day Sat-
urday beginning July IA.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02

Karl Ernst, p + 5 chief lieu
tenant. it was q / today. was
executed BY g.. Fl bodyguard.
He tainted he faced the
firing squad It Jefore the fatal
v0 y yevive> and shouted:
Germany awake! Hail my
.e6er!"
Es~nst's chief Of staff. Sander,
,-as shot yesterday morning.
Those executed, it was learned
were first tried by court-martia1.
The trials were brief, each SeS-
sion lasting only about seven
minutes.
Ley, Labor Leader, Held
The court which tried the cases
in the Berlin district was headed
by Police General Kurt Daluege,
enc general of the Reichswehr,
two storm troop leaders and two
city judges.
The number of those under ar.
rest was augmented today, it was
reported, by the taking into Gus
tody of Rudolph Ley, labor leader.
who was accused of advocating a
general strike.
An official communique this
morning announced that order
had been restored everywhere.
However, the fate Of many per.
sons accused of being involved in
antigovernment plotting and who
have not been heard from since
Saturday is unknown.
Officials are reticent, but
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The Washington times., 1934-07-02
DiNi'ger Aides
Reported Seen
In Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 2
G.N.s0.-City and State police
and Federal agents today were in
vestigating a report John Dillin'
erg and several Of his associates
have been frequenting a road
house -4orth of Indianapolis for
the last 10 days.
Walters at the resort told Of
lavish tips by the suspects. The
walters, it was said, identified pho
tographs of the leader Of the
party as those Of Dillinger.
The suspects never entered the
roadhouse, the walters reported,
but slipped their drinks in their
machines, which always are turned
to face the main highway that
passes the resort.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
WIN
S350,000 SUIT

Justice Jennings Bailey signed
a decree for a $S5O,0OO judgment,
said to be the largest ever
awarded in an equity court, in
District Supreme Court against
Eugene e. Thompson, member Of
Crane, Parrish & Co., bankers.
The decree was in favor of
Charles A. Garry, real estate
operator, Mrs. Virginia Devine.
Dresden Apartments, and the
George Washington Masonic Ma
tional Memorial Association, Inc.
The suit alleged that Mr..
Thompson used certain stock left
with the banking house, which is
now in receivership, by Mrs. De-
vine to protect debts of the house.
The decree awarded Mrs. Devine
94,545, pointing out the trans
actions were carried out without
her consent or knowledge, and also
$13,976 in connection with the
banks failure.
The decree provided $123.655 for
Mr.. Garry and $124,64O for the
memorial association for losses
suffered as a result Of the bank
failure.
An agreement to refrain from
inStituting criminal proceedings
was entered into between the
plaintiff and Mr.. Thompson, Will
liam Knowles Cooper and B. Ogle
Harper in october, 1881. Justice
Bailey directed this agreement
remain open. Attorneys Julius I.
Peyser and Aaron w. Jacobson
appeared for Mrs. Devine.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
Highlights
Of German
Turmoil

By International News Service
Dead and SVOunded in week
end revolution estimated at
from 800 to 500. with 200
casualties reported in Munich
alone.
Berlin appears calm but OBJ
servers in Capital believe trouble
is not yet over. More exc" ms
and suicides expected.
UncOnfirmed reports .Om
Vienna say artillery fire is being
heard along the AustrO-G German
frontier, coming from the direc-
ton Of Munich, where the radl-
cal storm troopers planned to
launch their putsch.
Pope Plus pOstpOnes departure
for his summer residence be-
cause of the seriousness Of the
German situation.
President Won Hindenburg,
from his sick-bed, cOngratuIates
Hitler for the energy he dis
played in crushing his foes.
Shooting Of Prince August
wilhelm, son of former Kaiser,
while crossing Dutch border, re-
ported in London but denied at
Berlin. Prince is under arrest.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
Teachers Walk Out When
Amplifiers Go Dead

anticipated attendance of 10000
delegates, the auditorium in
stalled a new simplifying system,
but that broke down Saturday
night, and mechanics and experts
have been at work continuously
in an effort to revive its useful
ness.
It was impossible to hear the
speakers beyond the first few
rows and delegates who couldn't
find seats down there went back
to their hotels.
It was announced that the
amplifiers would probably be all
fixed up for tonight's session.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
Roehm Maxi Rebels Crushed Stern M 800 Are Slain WOUNDED
President Rests
As&pSp Speeds
Southland

ABOARD U. S. GILMER, At
Sea, July 2 Q.N,S) President
Roosevelt enjoyed an almost COM
plete relaxation from official
cares today as he spent his first
day at sea on his 10,000-mile vaca-
ton cruise.
A few radio dispatches from
Washington giving him a brief d.
gest of important happenings were
the only business matters to which
the President devoted attention.
The rest Of the time he spent in
the relaxation and ease that is
best achieved aboard a ship with
all tasks left behind on shore.
Coast In Sight
Although the President will not
again set foot on the soil of the
continental United States until
he reaches the Pacific Coast a
month hence after his voyage to
Hawaii, he was in sight of the
coast throughout the day, The
cruiser Houston, on which he
sailed from Annapolis last night,
Rugged the shores as it steamed
southwark at a fast clip, and the
Carolina capes were visible large
part Of the day.
The President slept late, and
before lunch wa tch he'd brisk
medicine ball game between his
sons, John, and Franklin D., jr.,
who are accompanying him on his
vacation cruise, and Gus Generic
and Dick Jervis, secret service
guards.
Placid Sea
The sea was smooth and the
sky bright as the Houston headed
EIaiti, $500 miles away, after
a brief pause at Hampton Roads
early this morning. Haiti, the
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and
Colombia are on the Presidents
schedule before the cruiser car
ries him through the Panama
Canal and heads for Hawaii, the
United States picturesque out
post in the Pacific.
President Roosevelt did not go
ashore at Hampton Roads.
The Houston anchored for a
short time off Cape Henry after
an overnight voyage from Anna
polls, where the President boarded
the cruiser last night.
Mail Delivered
The only contact with the
shore came through a power
launch which drew alongside and
received a sack of mail destined
for the White House.
A foretaste of possible rough
weather marked the Presidents
first night at sea. Although the
sea was smooth most of the way,
q fairly severe squall came up
during the night and caused the
Houston to roll for a short time,
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
R|CHBERG RELIEVES WALKER
Nv International News Service


President Roosevelt today ap-
pointed Donald Richberg, NRA
general counsel, to relieve Frank
Walker as executive director Of
the National Emergency Council
while the latter is on leave Of
absence.
Mr.. Richberg will also serve
as executive secretary Of the coun-
Gil. He viii be granted leave of
absence from the recovery ad-
ministration until September J.,
it was announced.
At the same time announce
ment was made of Mr.. RooSevelt's
appointment of an industrial
emergency committee comprised
Of the Secretaries Of Labor and
Interior, NRA Administrator Hugh
S. johnson, FERA Administrator
Harry Hopkins, and q fifth mem
Der TO be named later. I.LA....
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
WILL. ROGERS
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Calf, July
2.-WelI, the President leaves
on his cruise aboard what must
be Jesse Jones' boat, for it'e
called the Houston. I expect
that guy Hitler would like to be
ON o boat headed somewhere
about now. Germany has some
sort Of q custom where they al
low you to commit suicide in
case you have been found to be
against the government. Over
here we just let you 90 on max
ing speeches, and It amounts
to about the same thing in the
end.
Well, they finally got that
AstOr wedding over with.
There's nothing that viii do
more to add comedy relief to
our reading Of strikes. wars,
revolutions, and world uncer-
tainty, than to read about .
society wedding.
copyright. 1894. by McNauBbt =
Syndicate. Ine.3 IN
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
Plea For Antonio
NeU Trial DELAYED

ALBANY, N. Y, July 2 IN.s0'
Arguments in the appeal for a
new trial for Mrs. Anna Antonio,
saved twice from the electric
chair by Governor Lehman, which
were to have been made today
before County Judge Earl H. Gal
lup, were put over until to-
morrow.
The 24-hour delay was taken
to give District Attorney John T.
Delaney more time in which to
prepare his opposition to the
appeal.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
State to Condemn
Scenic SPOT For Park

CHARLESTON, w. Va, July 2.
Acting under orders from the
Governors office, the conServa-
ton commission today prepared
to start condemnation proceed
ingS If necessary to obtain Hawks
Nest, scenic spot in southern
West Virginia, for a State park.
Hawks Nest is a massive rock
formation projecting from the top
Of a sheer precipice above the
New River canyon.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
L0nh0n1 HiglauUGY
! Project Is Started

: Maryland State Roads Com
mission workers today began ex.
tending the Lanham-Severn road
more than four miles, starting
at the end of the concrete strip
and ending at Bowie.
Improvement Of the road, a
connecting link for q new Wash
ingt0n and Baltimore highway
and also for the Chesapeake Bay
region, has long been agitated by
Ianham-Severn citizens. The work
is part Of the new program fl.
nanced with Federal funds, &C.
cording to Major H. D. Williar,
chief engineer Of the State Roads
j Commission. :. =. Ii,
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
Norma MiILen Bored;
Gets Jail Ironing job

DEDHAM, Mass, July 2 GIN.
SO.-Norma Millen today was
manipulating an iron in the laun-
dry Of Dedham Jail. Driven des-
perate by the monotony Of prison
walls, she asked for the privilege
of doing some kind of work to &C.
cupy her time and mind.
While awaiting sentence as an
accessory to the Needham Bank
robbery and double murder, she
was not required to perform any
labor but at her request was put
into the laundry.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
Pilot Is Injured
As Plane Hits Wire

HAGERSTOWN. Md, July 2.
Mark B. Danner, Of Unionville, is
recovering in the Washington
County Hospital from cuts and
bruises received when his airplane
struck a telephone wire at the
Municipal Airport while he was
preparing to land. The plane was
practically demolished.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
Tripler Wins Suit
ODeT' Glass Patent

PITTSBURGH, July 2 Q.N.SO.
Ending a six-year court battle
over patent rights in the manu-
facture of safety glass, q final
decree filed in Federal Court to-
day awarded the TripleX Safety
Glass Company of North America
$523, 912.52 damages against the
Duplate Corporation and its
mother firm, the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Company.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
County Backs City
ODDOSi1tq Rail Plan

CUMBERLAND, Md, July 9.
Allegheny county commissioners
have joined the city council Of
Cumberland in opposing plans to
consolidate the freight and pas
senger services Of the PennSyl.
vania and Baltimore and Ohio
railroads,
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
BAIL REFUSED
At BEHEST
Of us.
Lindbergh Act illustrates His
!. Attempt to Win Freedom
E.. During Investigation
BY Times Staff Correspondent

". BY Times starr Correspondents
r ROANOKE, Va, July 2.-Efforts
to secure the release on bail OF
Mai. Robert c. Kent, scion Of a
prominent Virginia family charged
with kidnapping Mrs. Mary C.
Hastings, wealthy woman whose
dead body was located in Pennsyl-
yania last week, failed today.
District Attorney Joseph H.
Chitwood vigorously opposed the
release of Major Kent, and the
United States Commissioner up
held him, remanding the Major
to Jail pending a hearing on
July 80.
Denies Part In Killing
Major Kent is charged with
violation Of the Lindbergh kid
mapping law passed by Congress
last year. Officials said they
could not place a murder charge
against him at this time as it
has not been determined just
where the woman met her death.
The major denieS
the killing, claiming that he last
Sav Mrs. Hastings in washington
a week ago today.
He left her, he says. on Pennsyl-
va1aia Avenue talking with a
Jew and an Italian"
Department of Justice agents
have been called into the case,
one of the most mysterious kill
ings in this part Of the country.
Feeling Runs High
Feeling is running high against
Major Kent, authorities said, but
they believe that he will be safe
in the Jail here. Additional guards
have been thrown around the
place.
Department Of Justice agents
are attempting to trace two tele-
grams sent from Washington. One
signed by Mrs. Hastings instructed
employees of her summer resort
near here to turn over to Major
Kent all money and papers, and
have him operate the place, as
she intended taking a long trip.
The second was addressed to
Major Kent and instructed him to
operate the place, which he man.
aged until two years ago, when
Mrs. Hastings took it over.
Officials are seeking to deter
mine who sent these wires. which
were filed after the woman met
her death, it is believed.
!. Seek to Fix Motive
Authorities seeking to establish
o motive for the killing asserted
that Mrs. Hastings had threat
ened to have Major Kent arrested
unless he paid a $50 board bill
and made good worthless checks
totaling $185.
Major Kent and his attractive
young wife had been living %
the resort for the past tSo
months. His wife left thsre
yesterday and her whereabouts
Is unknown.
The major claims that he paid
Mrs. Hastings the money he owed
her in Washington last week.
Mrs. Hastings body was located
In Pennsylvania last Thursday,
four days afer she had left Vir-
ginia and the day after Major
Kent walked into the resort and
demanded the keys, papers and
money.
Mrs. Hastings had been shot
through the head and all marks
Of Identification except a ring
with her initials removed.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
PLANE CRASHES; TWO DIE

LONGVIEW, Texas, July 2
U.N.S0.-Ned Allen, 80, of Long
view, and Roy Hineman, 80, of
Dallas, were burned to death to-
day when their plane crashed at
Center, Texas, east of here, as they
were taking off.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
Two Thugs Beat Doctor,
Force Wound DRESSING

CHICAGO, July 2 GN.S0.
From the underworld hideouts
of Chicago to the Lake country
of northern Indiana Federal,
State and local authorities sought
to pickup the trail Of man-killing
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
Roehm Outwitted by H,>(?r

But Chancellor Hitler outwtted Captain !o>n e. lasted
him in his bedroom only few hours beor he to
have been started and crushed it. while mer CT ing Of
Prussia rounding up other alleged prAtOrs Berlin
Roehm executed last night dsda the ded pistol
that offered him that he might NIT suc and beg
gng that Hitler his oneme close pc Aal FRIEND shoot him
himself.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
FIRING SQUADS HELD READY
AS C0URTS-MART|AL SIT;
H|NDENBURG VOICES OK.
By TOM WILHELM

BERLIN, July 2 (INS.) .-Germany's week END blood
bath took toll Of at least 300 dead and injured, &C
cordng to estimates privately whispered in governmental
and press circles today the country ouwardy at least
returned to normal.
These estimates officially rdiculed but at least 200
persons said to have been killed and wounded in Mu
nch where fierce fighting is reported to have broken
out. The Berlin dead and wounded put at 60 to TO-
Prince "Auwi Under Arrest
Reports published in London today that Prince August
Wilhelm fourth of the former Kaiser had been shot
while trying the Dutch border were denied by au
thoritative sources here
Prince "Auw," member of the NaZ storm troopers is
under arrest in his Berlin home stated Earlier in
the day it said he under surveillance.
Reports published in London of further wiz
with fighting in the streets of German cj .~A
orally disbelieved
Capt Ernst Roehm Troop leader anG ed mead Of
radical plot overthrow the Hitler govern pl ned to
launch his revolution in Munich at ii o'clock ud
ing, seize Bavaria and then march on Berlin.
The Washington times., 1934-07-02
WASHINGTON FORECAST


Fair today and tonight, with possibility Of .
thHndershOwer this afternoon; local thunder
showers tomorrow afternoon Or night; cooler
tOmOrroW and Wednesday.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-11-29
PLAN TO PRESENT
OIL PETITION TO
COUNCIL MONDAY
WOmen's Clubs Divide City for
Drive to Get 400 Names
on Petition

In an effort to obtain 400 signers
to petition to have the question Of
oiling principal unpaved streets in
Redwood Falls submitted to the vot-
ers at the coming city election, the
city has been divided into four Sec
lions, each section to be canvassed by
one of the four women's clubs. In
order to be placed on the ballot, pro-
viding the necessary signers are OBJ
tanned, the petition must be present
ed at the next council meeting Mon
day night.
The four clubs pushing the drive.
because of the dust menace, are the
Woman's, Sorosis, Twentieth Century
and Quality. Active work in obtain
ing signers has already started and
will be concluded after Thanksgiving.
The petition adopted at recent
meetings of the four organizations
asks the council ''to submit to the
voters of said city Of Redwood Falls
at the next annual election the ques-
ton of oiling the principal unpaved
streets in said city during the spring
and summer season of 1885, provid-
ing it is necessary for your body to
have authority to do said oiling."
No candidates for city office have
as yet filed with city recorder, F.
G. Hubbard. As the election is not
until January 8, candidates are not
expected to file for a few weeks yet.
Filings close Christmas eve.
Rumors are that number Of can
didates are planning to seek the Of
flee of mayor. Terms Of H. D. Thorp.
mayor; j. F. Knudson and George A.
Patton, councilmen; Mr.. Hubbard and
F. w. Stanton, treasurer will expire
this year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-11-29
GOLDEN WEDDING
CELEBRATED BY
REDWOOD COUPLE
MIR. and Mrs. M. C. Mansfield
Are Honored at Reception,
Dinner Thursday

Mr.. and Mrs. M. C. Mansfeldt were
guests of honor on their golden we'd
ding day in their own home Thurs
day afternoon at reception and din
ner arranged by their children, all OF
whom were among the large number
of guests.
The reception was held from 2 to
5 p. m. during which time nearly loo
neighbors and old friends called to
congratulate the couple who for more
than 20 years have made Redwood
Falls their home.
The table was decorated in yellow
and white for the dinner which was
served at z p. m. by their daughters
A short program after the meal in
cluded a mock wedding, group OF
songs by Mrs. Stuart Anderson &C.
companied by Miss Irma johnson and
a short talk by DR.. w. Henry West
by, pastor Of the English Lutheran
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mansfield were born
Continued on page 12)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-11-29
COURT TO RESUME
MONDAY; IS CASES
Tom Davis Personal Injury Suit
Settled; Sewage Suit
On Calendar

With a calendar of Is jury cases
the district court term will be resum-
ed at 10 a. m. Monday after a sus-
pension of over month. No criminal
cases are on the docket, all suits be-
ing civil.
Seven suits involving auto acct
dents are listed on the calendar, while
a $4,000 sewage damage suit filed
September Is by Mrs. Elizabeth Pea
body against the city of Redwood
Falls will also be tried. Leon H.
Brown has prepared an answer to the
suit and will represent the city in
court. A $4,000 personal injury suit
which was being brought by the Min
neapolis law firm of which Tom Davis,
a figure in state politics for many
years is member and which was
scheduled to have been tried here, has
been settled out of court.
Court cases were cleared up in
October and on a petition by attor-
neys, jury cases were suspended un-
til December because various relief
Offices saxe CHARTERED in the jury
rooms. A store room in the basement
of the court house is being remodeled
and fitted up as an office for Leland
Tyler, ERA disbursing officer, whose
present quarters are located in a jury
ROOM, Judge Albert H. Emerson will
preside over the court.