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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
OHIO FURNISHES.
GOODRICH CLUE

DETROIT, Sept. 20 G.N.SO.
Merton w. Goodrich, the mad
musician in whose apartment IL
year-old Lillian Gallaher was as
saulted and slain. remained at
liberty, with his wife, Margaret,
today. while the police search for
him spread to every corner of
North America and to every ter
ritory of the United States.
Seven thousand circulars. bear
ing the face and fingerprints of
the fugitive, have been sent out.
The wide eyes of the man, who
twice was confined in an Ohio
institution for attacks on little
girls, will soon stare down from
the walls of police stations in
1858 cities in the United States,
Mexico, Canada and American
territories.
Detroit police chung to the be-
lief that Goodrich will be captured
in the vicinity of one of his for
mer haunts in Ohio.
The most promising clues have
come from Akron, where Camp
bell R. Fugitt. 80, who knew
Goodrich in Detroit, declared he
positively saw the fugitive walk
ing down an Akron street. Fugitt
said he was so sure of the identi-
fication that he tried to get a
guard at the Firestone plant to
arrest the man. The guard re-
fused, he said.
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j. s. R|D|CULES
CAPONE WRIT

BY International News Service
The Government, in a brief filed
in the Supreme Court today, ridi-
culed the plea of al" Capone,
former Chicago gang leader, for
freedo mon the ground that the
statute of limitations prevented
his conviction for income tax
fraud.
Capone. now in Alcatraz prison,
is seeking his release on a writ of
habeaS corpus. Once before the
high court refused to consider his
case.
The brief of Solicitor-General
J. Crawford Biggs, says:
"The petition for a writ of
certiOrari is without merit on
any theory. As shown by the
record in the October term,
1881, when the case was prev
iOuSly before this court, petit
Toner raised the precise and
only question he now seeks to
have reviewed"
Capone's lawyers contend that
a three-year statue of limitations
had expired before his indictment
in Chicago. The Government
denied this and in addition, said
he came within the scope of six
year statute.
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CHURCH WOMEN
CONVENE HERE

A heart-to-heart talk by the
presidents and executive Secre-
taries of nearly all the diocesan
branches in the United States
was held today at the Mayflower
Hotel in a pre-convention meet
ing of the National Council Of
Catholic Women.
These women, about $50 Of
them, came together to compare
their experiences in field work
and to help in solving some Of
the organization problems in all
sections of the country. Miss
Anne Sarachon Hooley. of Kan
Sas City, Mo-, president OF the
council, presided.
Approximately 1000 women are
expected to gather in Washington
by tomorrow night to attend the
convention, which officially opens
tomorrow morning at 11:15 o'clock
with a pontifical high mass at st.
Matthews Church.
His excellency, the Most Rev.
Anleto Giovanni Cicognani, apo
stolic delegate to the United
States, will celebrate the mass.
The sermon will be by the Most
Rev. John F. Noll, bishop of Fort
Wayne, whose talk, Fields for
Catholic Action" will mark the
keynote of the convention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
"'HiIariouS" White House
Beer Party Is Denied
By International News serHice

By International News Service
A charge that President and
Mrs. Roosevelt held a hilarious"
beer party at the White House,
contained in a report by the Board
of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals, at the Methodist
Episcopal Church of New Jersey
annual conference in Atlantic
City, was bluntly branded as false
today by Stephen T. Early, one of
President Roosevelt'S secretaries.
Mr.. Early said:
1.-THE report is so obviously
untrue that it could not be
either decently or officially rec
OgniZed."
At the same time it was made
plain here that the White House
was Indignantly surprised at the
accusation. The feeling of indig-
nation existed particularly because
Of the fact that the White House
was advised that the temperance
board chairman, the Rev. L. L.
Hand. of Lambertville, N. j., said
that he could not remember the
exact source of his information.
The occasion of which the
MethodiSts complained was a
Christmas holiday dance given
by the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt for their sons, home from
college. The dance was held in
the East Room. There were bowls
Of punch-"spikeless" punch-and
IN one corner was keg of beer.
Anyone wanting beer could get
1t by requesting it. There was
no general service of the beer.
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GRONp
JERSEY GROUP
ENDS MEETING
IN UPROAR
Boards Head Cannot Recall
Source of Story "Kegs Were
Piled in White House"

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept.
10 0.N.SO.-Climaxing an up.
roarious dispute on the convention
floor, the annual New Jersey con-
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church today rejected report
charging President and Mrs.
Roosevelt with setting the nations
youth an example with a "hila-
riouS' beer party at the White
House.
Instead of the startling report,
made by the board of temperance,
prohibition and public morals, the
conference accepted a mild substi-
tute offered by State Senator S.
Rushing, Of Salem, N. j., lay
delegate.
Silence Reigned
The Rev. L. L. Hand, of Lam
bertville, chairman of the board,
read the report to the conference.
An ominous silence reigned as he
spoke of bold headlines" pro-
claiming that at a Christmas
dance at the White House the
stately front hall was piled with
kegs of beer as the dancers drank
to safety of the Rooseveltian bev-
erage."
A pin could be heard on the con-
Fention floor as the chairman pro-
ceeded:
In the cOnviviality of the
occasion, all fOrmalitieS were
thrown overheard and hilarity
reigned. The kegs were piled
under tables and covered with
table cloths, and tap equipment
especially installed for the Occa-
sion enabled the guests to i'm
bibe freely.
"'Such is the example which
the Chief Executive and the
First Lady set for the youth of
the nation. What do the truly
Christian parents and homes
4hink?'"
SHOUTS AND CLAMORING
Dissension broke out immedi-
ately upon conclusion of the
reading. The Rev. w. w. Wellar,
Of Spring Lake, leaped to his feet
to demand the reference to the
President be expunged at once.
Shouts broke out from all Sec
tons of the hall, delegates clam
ored for the floor. Still others de-
nlanded that source of the pur-
ported quotations regarding the
White House incident be disclosed.
Earlier, Doctor Hand had told
newspapermen he could not re-
member the sourceO
Finally, the Rev. Harold Paul
Sloan, of Haddonfield, superin-
tendent of the Camden district,
obtained the floor. With grave
emphasis, he warned:
81 wouldn't believe that any
way.
This is no way to handle the
temperance problem. T h e
church has for too long been
lodging the issue by cOncentrat-
ing on politics. We must get
back to our own field; otherwise
we will 60 down to defeat after
defeat.
IL myself lOathe liquor so
much that I recognize there's no
sense in my lOathing; 1 was
brought up that way.
Nevertheless I recognize that
when / face a social question in
1894 I must face it with intel
hgence and not with my preju.
dices."
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BY EUGENE A. KELLY

The major portion of response
bility for immediate widening OF
F. Street, between Seventh and
Ninth Streets Northwest, today
was thrown into the lap of Arno
B. Cammerer, director OF the Ma
tional Park Service, and executive
officer of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Mr.. Cammerer is empowered by
the commission to block or ap-
prove the movement to have con-
gestion on the two-block stretch
eliminated Immediately. Mr.. Cam
merer, in turn, is somewhat linn
tied in his power in that he first
must have the approval of his
superior, Harold Ickes, Interior
Secretary.
Ickes' Okay Seen
No objection by Mr.. Ickes is an
ticipated. Federal officials pointed
out that Mr.. Cammerer almost in
variably makes his own decisions
in a matter of this kind, and that
while Mr.. Ickes is empowered to
veto his decisions, he will prob
ably accede to the recommends
lions of Mr.. Cammerer.
The next problem facing Mr..
Cammerer's solution is the objec-
ton by the Fine Arts Commission
to at least one scheme for improv-
ing F. Street.
The Fine Arts Commission is op-
posed to the Whitehurst plan for
widening F. Street at this interSec-
ton on the ground that a more
comprehensive plan should be put
into effect.
The Whitehurst plan is admit
tedly far from an ideal solution,
the sole argument in its support
being that it can be done immedi-
ately. Captain Whitehurst him.
self believes his plan should be
discarded if the comprehensive
program can be effected.
The more comprehensive plan
for elimination of congestion on
the crowded ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ally referred to as the ideal plan
would neceSSitate the removal of
the steps to the F Street entrance
to the old patent Office Building.
All Federal and District officials
agree on this plan, including Cap
tain Whitehurst, the project would
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
FOREIGN N ALL
CARRIERS FACE
QUIZ THURSDAY
Startling Evidence Expected
at Hearings to Be Held
at PoStoffiCe

Startling evidence that may
rival the revelations which led to
the cancellation of all airmail con.
tracts is expected when the Post
Office Department begins hear.
ings on Thursday into foreign mail
contracts.
Thirty-two ocean mail and four
foreign airmail contractors will
testify at the public hearings,
scheduled to begin Thursday. at 10
a. m. at the Post Office Depart
ment, and which probably will con-
tinue for three or four months.
Provisions Of Order
Under provisions of an execu-
tive order issued July II, Post
master General James A. Farley
is authorized to conduct the hear
ings at which the contractors
must SHOW cause why contracts
covering foreign-mail routes should
not be modified or cancelled"
It is understood that the Post
office Department is prepared to
present evidence of fraud in GER
tain of the contracts and that
these revelations will be made
very early in the hearings.
The hearings will be conducted
by First Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral w. w. HoweS and Karl A..
Crowley, socilitor for the depart
ment.
Foley May Testify
It is considered likely that the
Postmaster General himself will
testify at the hearings. At the
present time, however, Solicitor
Crowley is unable to determine
who will be the first to be called
to the witness stand.
In all there are A ocean mail
contracts held by 80 contractors
and nine foreign airmail routes
held by four contractors. The lat
ter are the Canadian Colonial
Always, Inc, Seattle Victoria Air
Mail, Inc, Pan American Air
ways, Inc, and the Pan American
Grace Anyways Co.
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Tri- State Gangsters
Shoot 3 Policemen

was in a cell near the gansters
as they made their break.
They made no attempt to kill
him as they had threatened to
do if he took the stand against
them.
Mrs. Mary Louise Fontaine,
sweetheart of a former member
of the gang who was killed here,
who was shot by the gangsters
in Upper Darby, Pa, several
months ago because they feared
she knew too much" also was a
star witness for the State in the
trial.
She had been kept under police
guard here, and only recently was
smuggled out of the District to
some unnamed place to keep her
safe from underworld vengeance.
(Read the history of the Tri-
State gang on Page 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
To LEAD
6. D. P. DRIVE

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Sept. %
G.N.SD.-With Robert Moses as
their candidate for Governor, and
a new State chairman, New York
State Republicans today prepared
for one of the most intensive
gubernatorial campaigns in two
score years.
Old Guard leaders nominated
Moses, New York city park com.
missioner, on the third ballot at
the closing session of the State
convention last night, threw w.
Kingsland Macy out of the State
Craftsmanship, and virtually
washed their hands of Mayor F.
H. LaGuardia's Fusion admins.
tration in New York city. Mel
vim C. Eaton. wealthy business
man of Norwich, was unanimously
elected State chairman to sue
coed Macy.
Others nominated we're:
Lieutenant Governor-Dr. Fred
J. Douglas. former mayor of
Utica.
Comptroller-Wilson R. Camp
bell, of Bath.
Attorney Generalization Will,
liam T. Powers, of Brooklyn.
U. S. Senator-E. Harold Cluett,
of Troy.
Representative at Large Miss
Natalie F. Couch, of Rockland.
and William B. Groat, jr., of
Queens.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
Zimmerman Heads
Columbus i. Paper

Appointment of Gordon zim-
norman. washington newspaper
man. as editor of the Skipper,
student publication of Columbus
University, was announced today
by DR.. John r. Fitzpatrick, dean
of the law school.
Mr.. Zimmerman, former editor
of the Diamondback, University
of Maryland student publication,
will select the members Of his
staff next week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
Skater Injured,
Hooking Onto Auto

Hooking" a ride on the back
of an automobile while roller
skating in the 5000 block of
Patterson st. N. w. sent Gene
Nash, 10, of the 5000 block of
Thirty-fourth Pl. N. w., to George
town Hospital for treatment late
today.
The boy, police reported, fell
to the pavement, suffering lace
rations, cuts and the loss of
three teeth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
County Democrats
To Organize Club

Democratic men and women Of
the Oxon Hill district in Prince
Georges county will meet next
Tuesday evening at the Old Grang-
ers Hall to form a club.
Officers will be chosen and
plans made to unity the Demo.
cratic vote in the district in the
November election. Interest in the
meeting, which is to begin at 7::30
o'clock, was crystallized at the
Democratic rally at Upper Mari.
boro Tuesday. which opened the
campaign.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
Times Reveals Rules
For Housing Loans

Administration for these two pur-
poses:
/. To refinance existing trusts
on homes.
2. To assist in the purchase of
new homes.
The Washington Times is
pleased that it may reveal exclu-
sively, long before the rules are
announced, the salient regulations
for these mortgages.
In this article. and others to be
published during the next few
CONTINUED on Page Q, Col. ~
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Thief Gets $500
From Hotel Room

DR.. John Porter Jones, we'll
known horse trainer and breeder
of Charlottesville. Va, reported to
police today that $400 in bills was
stolen from the dresser of his
room in the Capitol Park Hotel
last night.
DR.. Jones said that the money
was taken while he was asleep.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
Tennessee Loses
Head Grid Coach

An Army order which will cost
the University of Tennessee its
head football coach was issued by
the War Department today.
1t directed the transfer of Major
Robert r. Neyland. jr., from duty
as assistant to the district engineer
at Nashville to duty with the Army
engineers in Panama. Major Ney-
land at present is head football
coach at the University Of Ten
,IeSSee,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
CHURCH HOMECOMING

Annual Homecoming services
will be observed at Pilgrim A. M. E.
Church tomorrow under the
direction of the Rev. C. s.
Butcher, pastor. The Rev. C. s.
Dean, pastor of John Wesley M.
E. Church, Baltimore, will preach
at the morning services, and the
Rev. Ernest Johnson, pastor Of
Asbury M. E. Church of the same
city, will be the guest speaker at
3 n. m,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
so Field Officers
Proposed for FILA

Early establishment of 40 or so
regional field offices to carry out
the insurance program Of the
Federal Housing Administration
was forecast yesterday by Fred.
erick M. Babcock. chief of the ap-
praiSal section Of FILA. in an ad-
dress to the American Institute Of
Real Estate Appraisers.
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CONTINUED from Page y

as two of the most desperate
criminals in the country today.
Davis is AZ years old, S feet S
inches tall, weighs 40 pounds, has
brown hair and blue eyes.
Mais is 80, is S feet 9 inches tall,
weighs 165 pounds, has blonde
hair and hazel eyes.
Both men were dressed in pri-
son garb, blue overalls and white
shirts.
Sentenced in Staying
The two gangsters had been SEN
fenced to the electric chair for
the murder of E. M. Huband. dri-
yer of a Federal Reserve Bank
truck, shot down in a holdup last
November.
Arthur Misunas, member of the
gang who turned states evidence,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
BOY HURT In CRASH

Six-year-old Raymond Eckert,
of the TOO block of I st. S. E., is
recovering today from slight in
juries sustained when struck by an
automobile near his home yester-
day. After treatment at Casualty
Hospital, the boy was returned
home,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29

This is another of series of
articles on the Federal Housing
Administration. The WASHINGTON
Times is the only newspaper in
the United States giUing complete
information about this project.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-29
By JOHN DEAN MnL1GAN

Beyond the provision of the ma
tional housing act, little has been
known hitherto about the regula-
lions which will govern the grant
ing Of mutual mortgages" to be
sponsored by the Federal Housing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-13

Heavy rains in Nicaragua have
 disrupted railway srevice for II weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-13
Chase Gets Sanction
 To Run Cake Sales
School Board Grants Principal Rigney Permission; Locker Question Left to SchOOIhOuse Committee

following a recommendation by
 the committee on school activities. Worden's basketball team will
 use the Barnard school gymnasium
 Monday evenings while the ore club will use the Slocum gymna-
 sium Friday evenings. The Alpha Omega basketball team will have the use of the Bunker Hill school
 gymnasium Tuesday nights.
 The Wilby Debating club will use
 the Wilby auditorium on March
 goth and 23rd to conduct debates
 while on March 18th and March goth Miss Cowan, principal of Columbia school, will use the gym nasium there for school entertain ments.
 Miss Sadie Rigney, principal of Chase school, was given permis- sion to conduct a series of cake sales at the school. The money received will be used for school purposes. On March 14th, at o'clock in the afternoon, the Ele-
 mentary Teachers English club will have the Wilby library for a lecture. The Hopeville Community club will present play in the Hopeville school gymnasium on May 11th.
 The board adopted the recom- mendation of the committee on school houses granting pay dur ing illness to Jaems Morris, John
 McGough, Thomas Began and Mrs Lapointe. MT Morris and MT Re- gan were off 12 days MT McGough Twas absent six days and Mrs La- pointe was unable to work half day.
 Commissioner Florence Webster,
 representing a Mrs Johnson, stated that the latter's sons coat had
 been stolep from a Crosby high school locker. She declared that
 she knows of many other similar thefts that have been perpetfated. She recommended that the doors of the three high schools be kept locked so that anybody wishing to enter after school starts will have to ring bell. In answer to a query from Commissioner Martin Scully she said that it would not be illegal to lock the doors to out siders as the panic bolts on the inside would cover the law as re- gards fire safety.
 Mrs Webster said that there are 1900 pupils in Wilby and only 1,- 200 lockers. with the result that 600 children have to put their coats elsewhere in the building. In
 Leavenworth, she added, there are
 no locker rooms and the pupils
 leave their coats on unprotected
 hooks. In the old Crosby building there are only 12 coat rooms, mere-
 ly with hooks. In the new wing
 there are 36 triple lockers and l.
 900 double lockers but many of the locks are broken off. She
 suggested giving the pupils keys
 and to requha 8 deposit ito insure
 their return. Commissioner Harry
 J. Beardsley stated that it might
 be an expensive thing for the city
 at the present time and suggested
 giving each pupils bag with a
 lock on it to keep his or her coat
 in. The matetr was finally re-
 ferred to the schoolhouse commit
 tee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-13
PEACE COUNCIL
 PLANS ELECTION


 Chase Kimball, temporary chair man of the Waterbury Peace Council has sent out 8 call for a meeting on Friday night of this week. The meeting will be held at central Y. M. c. A.
 Three weeks ago an organization meeting was held setting the coun- ell in motion. At that time a con- stitution was submitted which was turned over to special committee for further study. A committee to nominate officers was named at that time. The committee consist ed of Mrs H. s. Coe, F. s. Chase and Herbert s. Smith.
 These committees will report on Friday night at which time perma- nent officers of the council will be elected,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-13
BY THOMAS B. MORGAN Copyright, 1884, by United Press)

(COpyESht, AUOf, Uy Chltcu AACSsI
 Rome, March 13 -- (UP) = A new phase in European politics, with practical diplomacy substi- tuted for "state of suspicious idealism," began today when pre- miers of Italy, Austria and Hun gary gathered here for a confer ence of world importance.
 The conference was emphasized as one to discuss economic rela- tions. Actually it's political repre- cussions reached directly to Ger man nazism, the futufe of Central Europe and indirectly to the dis armament problem.
 In calling Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss and Hungarian Premier Julius Goemboes here, Premier Benito Mussolini with characteristic impetuousness took the lead in abandoning talk for political action.
 In the conference with the ex- enemy premiers, Mussolini hopes to put Austria on the road to a new deal and to remove the dan- ger of war from Nazi encroach- ment in that emasculated country.
 It may be found months hence that the talks marked the turning point in the problems of Austria $ future form of government.
 Austria is threatened by a strong Nazi movement - how strong no one knows among young Austrians, whose leaders and thousands of whose rank and file are refuging in Nazi Germany. An incursion of these Nazis in- to Austria would be regarded as a threat to Austria's independence. A high Italian source informed the United Press:
 Austrian independence must be maintained at>all costs. War is the only alternative"
 The nations comprising the ''Little Entente" say as frankly that they will march across Austria s frontier if an attempt is made to give Austria a king.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-13
Trucking Co. Obtains
 Discount On Mortgage


 Judge Arthur r. Ells granted permission for the Merchants Trust company receiver to accept the offer of Laube Interstate, Inc. in relation to its mortgage liquida- tion plan under a decision handed down yesterday in superior court. The plan calls for the trucking company to pay it's $17,500 mort gage, at 10 per cent discount, to the Merchants Trust company. The mortgage was placed on the American Crystal company prop erty when the trucking company took it over. Holders of notes is- sued by the American Crystal com pany will receive certain percent age of the cash to be paid by the trucking company in the mortgage liquidation.