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The Washington times., 1934-08-08
SEN; Robinson
SEES HITLER .

BE RLIN, Aug. 8 GN.SOD
Joseph T. Robinson, United States
Senator from Arkansas and Demo.
cratic leader in the Senate, came
away from a Commute chat with
ReichSleader Hitler at the Chan.
celery, with this expression as
the giSt Of his impressions:
"Hitler has confidence in him
self and for the future.
Naturally he is under a
terrible strain considering the
responsibility that goes with
his position but he is bearing up
well and looks to be in fine
health. 1 was received by him
with all courtesy. I did all the
talking and he listened care
fully but asked no questions"
The Senator met Hitler after
the Reichstag memorial service
Monday to President Won Hinden-
burg, an observance which greatly
impressed him.
Today he and Mrs. Robinson
lunched with United States Am
baSsador William E. Dodd. They
expect to go to Prague Friday
then to Budapest and Vienna be-
fore returning to the United
States.
The British ambassador, Sir
Eric PhippS, was also a guest at
the Embassy luncheon.
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Mcleod Drafts Bill to End
Bank Receivership Evils

ton is authorized to purchase out
right the assets Of a closed bank
Representative Mcleod today
charged that the purpose Of the
bank relief bill is being thwarted
and that in "few cases" has the
Government purchased any assets,
In order to circumvent these
"tactics Of the Government Rep
resentative Mcleod is preparing
a bill which will make purchase
Of the assets Of closed banks by
the RFC mandatory.
Passage Of such a bill would
mean immediate release Of $780,
100000 to depositorS in closed
banks in washington.
It has been definitely established
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AID
PLEDGED By. .
PRESIDENT
Special Stops at Rochester
For Program Honoring
Mayo Brothers
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES

ROCHESTER,, Mimi, Aug. 3
U.N.S).-President Roosevelt
came out Of the parched plains Of
the West today, but the ever.
present problem Of the drought
followed him like some malignant
spirit.
He crossed the Mississippi dur
ing the night. It is still the
Father of Waters, but the lack OF
rainfall and moisture has dimin'
ished its virility. So much so, in
fact, that scheduled boat trip
on the upper reaches Of the river
today had to be cancelled because
there was hardly enough water to
accommodate the venture. 49,.
Any lingering doubts that MI.
Roosevelt may have had about
the drought being a national ca
lamity have been diSpelled since
he left the Pacific Coast Q few
days ago. All across the country
through oregon, Washington
Idaho, Montana and North Da'
kota, the cry has been the same
Federal aid to provide an ade-
quate supply Of water. ..>.
Touching Appeals
One of the most moving appeals
the President has encountered
was at Devils Lake, N. D. Huge
placards faced him everywhere
s'Mr. President, you gave Us Deet,
now give us water" Unless water
is Forthcoming y goco M
the State seems destined 70 revert
to the Indians. ....s.. ~
chary of promises. Government
experts are; swarning over the
territory making estimates and
surveys and planning for the 'tu-
ture. But they have not yet ar
rived at conclusions, The kPresl'
dent said:
'T believe in being frank.
and what 1 can tell you truth
fully is that If it Is possible
to solve this problem We are
gOinS to do it."
And then referring TO- the
placards, he continued: ...
"The Beer part was easy.
That was something that could
be controlled very definitely by
human agency.
'But when you come to this
water problem You are mp
against two things. First you
are up against the forces Of
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. ~
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The onerous yoke Of receiver
ship under which millions Of de-
poSitors in closed banks have
chafed for many years will be
smashed forever under terms of
a bill now being prepared by
Representative Clarence j. Nc.
Leod (R.) Of Michigan.
Preparation Of the bill, an.
nounced today by the militant
Michigan lawmaker, marks the
beginning Of q concerted drive
throughout the country to force
the Government to adhere to the
provisions Of the McLeod-S -Steagall
bank relief bill.
Under provisions Of this act the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
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WILL ROGERS
Says:

ABOARD s. s. EMPRESS OF
CANADA, Aug. S.-We been on
here just long enough for every
body to find out everybody else'S
business. BraZiIs new Am
baSsadOr to Japan, just coming
from Denmark, says Ruth Bryan
is doing fine. Philippines on
here, going home Englishmen on
here don't like because we are
giving Philippines freedom. 1t
sets q bad example. 1t puts
freedom into other folks head.
No news Of Hitler'S speech. Not
even any Of Huey Long. Ger
tainIy q dull day. I am going
down and play fan tan with
the Cinnamon.
Copyright, 1894, McNaught
Syndicate
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
CONRA.D:I. VAGEE
DIVORCED

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 8 GN.s),
Another ideal Hollywood mar
riage, that Of Mr.. and Mrs. Con
rad Nagel, had landed on the
rocks today.
Mr.. Nagel, handsome screen and
stage actor, who formerly was
president of the Motion Picture
Academy Of Arts and Sciences,
and also headed the motion pic
ture relief fund, disclosed that
Mrs. Nagel had divorced him at
JuareZ, Mexico, yesterday. He
said:
eve tried . years separation,
but it didn't work out. We had
been unhappy for four or five
years, and the trial separation
was an attempt to bring us to-
gether again. But it failed Of
its purpose.
Last week after we had de-
cided that we could not possibly
make q 60 Of It, I placed my
wife, her mother and my daugh-
ter on the train.
The arrangements had been
made and my consent given to
the divorce. They will go from
Ell PaSO, Tex, to the Worlds
Fair at Chicago and then on a
trip through the Rockies.
"But We remain the best Of
friends, and / shall probably
meet her when she returns"
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SENA7E.AGEB BAN
/. EACEDBY HOLT

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Aug. 8
GNS0. AN unusual situation
existed today in West Virginia
politics as q result of the appar-
ent nomination Of Rush D. Holt,
Weston newspaper publisher, as
the Democratic candidate for
United States Senator in the
November election, when he will
run against Republican Senator
Henry D. Hatfield.
Mr.. Holt is only 20 years old,
and he will not be 80 until next
June Is. Federal law stipulates
that no man under the age of 80
can sit as a member of the
United States Senate. If Mr.. Holt
is elected, he cannot take his seat
in the Senate until the next
June.
Mr.. Holt today was far in the
lead Of his nearest rival, Glen
Shaver, former Democratic ma
tional chairman. He had 76,428
votes, while Mr.. Shaver polled
34,14S in 1900 of the States
1885 precincts.
Other Democratic candidates
were william e. Chiffon, Charles
ton, $4,000; j. Alfred Taylor,
Fayetteville, 22,910 votes; Arthur
Koontz, Charleston, $4,000 votes,
and Graham Sale, Welch, 6,7S7
votes.
Senator Hatfield appeared sure
Of his denomination with a lead
of $4,000 over BENJAMIN L. Rosen-
bloom, Of Wheeling.
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ST. JOHN, N. B., Aug. 8.-The
Toronto TO- -Bagdad plane, carrying
James Ayling and Leonard Reid
on an attempted nonstop flight
to Bagdad, was reported over ST..
Louis Airport, in Quebec Province,
at 1905 a. m. (EST) today.
Airport attaches said the plane
was apparently heading for New
foundland directly down the st.
1t was not thought the plane
would touch the maritime prov
inceS, over which a fog started
to settle around II a. m.
Their plane. The Trail Of the
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
LONG'PUTSCH'
RECALLS ROW
IN CAPITAL
With "Master of Retreat" at
Head of Troops, Little Is Seen
to Fear in New Orleans
By FRANKLIN G. sARTWELL

BY FRANKLIN G. SARTWELL
Bellicose conditions which are
depriving citizens of New Orleans
Of their inalienable right to in
dulge in the simple little game OF
lotto might be thought at first
glance to be a powder-keg, apt to
explode and shower Louisiana
with shot and shell.
But those who fear that over
look the fact that a similar situa-
tion, with the same characters,
existed here in Washington earlier
in the year and led to nothing
more serious than the striking
with a cane of the city's smallest
newspaper reporter.
Huey ExceIs at Retreating
They also overlook the fact that
General Huey Long, "com-
mander" Of the militia forces in
their struggle with the New Or
leans police, is a master OF
strategy, particularly the strategy
of retreat.
The inimitabIe salesman
turned statesman and soldier
has demonstrated to Washing
tonians that he can retreat
faster and keep going longer
than the best trained Of our
marathon runners.
The Senator learned the
strategy of retreat at Sands
Point, Long Island (althOugh
he was . novice at the timel,
and he first put Il into practice
when confronted here with the
same enemy that he is facing
now in New Orleans, Mayor I.
Semmes WalmSley.
KingfiSh Escaped
It will be recalled that the
mayor came to washington IN
February on business bent. He
heard that Senator Long was at
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SILVER SHIRT
SCHEMES
Barred
Mrine Tells of Plot to Take
City, Thwarted by Failure
Of Communist March

I LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 QN.S0,
Secrets Of the "Silver Shirts" an
organization witnesses before the
Congressional subcommittee in
vestigating un-American activities
had testified were plotting to take
control of the American Govern
ment, were barred today.
Plot Is Revealed
Corporal Edward T. Grey, Of
the United States Marines, sta.
toned in San Diego, testified that
last May a plot to seize the San
Diego city hall was ready fol
execution in event of a Com
munist demonstration there. He
said:
"The Silver Shirts figured the
Communists really planned to
seize the city. The 200 armed
and trained Silver Shirts had
orders to converge on the city
from the outskirts. They
counted on the Communists
going in before them and taking
the city by storm.
"Then in the confusion the
Silver Shirts were going to over
throw the Communists, their
av0wed enemies"
The "putSch" fell through,
Corporal Grey said, when the Com
munists failed to march on San
Diego. Corporal Grey had been
assigned by superior officers to
investigate Silver Shirt activities
in san DIEGO, he said. IL
Consul Called
International complications were
threatened yesterday when DR..
George Gyssling, German vice
consul in Los Angeles, declined an
invitation to testify before the
congressional committee, declar-
ing:
"The committee will have to o-
get the consent of the German
Embassy in Washington. I
understand, however, that I am
wanted for questioning in re-
gard to a $215 check, made out
in cash and endorsed by per-
son whose activities are cOnsid-
cred suspicious and whose name
Is RehmeP."
DR.. Glyssling displayed a check
for $215, endorsed by E. w. Reh-
mer. He said:
Somebody must have made q
foolish mistake, as E. w. Reh-
mer is a lady, my personal Sec
retary."
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
Civil Service Shows
Decrease for Week

The steady decrease in the mum.
Der of names on the Civil Service
unemployment list here was
marked last week by a drop Of
IA who received probational ap-
pointmentS or were removed from
the list for other reasons.
On July % there were 1,243 on
the list, but since IS new names
were added during the week, the
total on August 4 had dropped to
lila, a total net gain Of 129.
Two hundred and three Of the
eligibles on the list are now Serv-
ing temporarily. q
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
NEWEST IDEA
VOICED BY
ENGINEER
Park Planning Experts Way
To Solve Transit Problem
Ready For P. U. c.
BY EARL GOODWIN

"A new street car plan will be
presented to the Public Utilities
Commission by the National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits
sion, it was learned today.
This plan has been devised by
Leland Bartholomew, traffic engi-
neer, who revised the st. Louis
street car system before his en-
ployment by the National Park
and Planning Commission.
One feature of the new pro-
posals will be a tunnel running
under the White House grounds
from east to west to carry a
large part of the street car traf-
fic which now passes up Fifteenth
Street and in front of the White
House and around to the Potomac
Park section.
Other Proposals Due
It is understood that the COM
mission will present this and
other radical suggestions at tho
District Building during the dis
cussion of the Beeler street car
report.
First reaction to the Beeler
plan received by the Public Utili-
ties Commission today was the
general understanding that the
new express bus lines from out
lying suburbs would be agreed to
both by the street car company
and public.
Officials Of the Capital Tran
sit Company appeared to agree
with members of the commission
that the bus line north of Chevy
Chase Circle is q certainty.
Endorsement Waits
However, street car officials de-
clned to indorSe the report in
detail. John Hanna, president
of the Capital Transit Company,
said:
"When 1t comes to changing
long lines Of street car tracks
we run into money, and we
want to watch that angle. We
will probably want to take up
some of the excess fOur-track
lines on downtown streets. We
will undoubtedly change from
cars to buses north Of Chevy
Chase Circle.
eve do not want to interfere
drasticaHy with the street car
habits Of the public. We must
always consider that angle in
any proposals."
Mr.. Hanna intimated he would
seriously oppose some of the other
proposals.
The Capital Transit Co. has been
considering several route and track
changes. One was the proposal
to run street cars across the Taft
Memorial Bridge which was de.
finately disapproved by the Dis
trict Commissioners and the Public
Utilities Commission.
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
Son of President
Sleeps in Plane

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 8 G.N,
S0.-Franklin . D. Roosevelt, jr.,
son of the President, and his
travelling companion, D. s. Jack
son, jr, of Seal Harbor, Me-,
arrived at Newark Airport today
sound asleep on a plane from
Chicago. When the plane landed
four fellow passengers left the
ship. A porter IS minutes later
found Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
jackson still sound asleep. Awak-
ened, they caught another plane
for Seal Harbor.
The Washington times., 1934-08-08

In home building alone Amer
lea paid 5000 million dollars
every year during the time pre-
ceding the depression. Today new
homes are scarce; only 300 mil
lions were expended for them in
the past year.
Unemployment Worst Here
Unemployment in the building
trades is worse than that in any
other industry.
During normal times, S,500,00O
men were directly employed in
construction and 100000 indi-
rectly. Labor leaders have said
that IS per cent Of these .AmeTi'
can citizens, upon whom many
millions Of women and children
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Fisher Employees
Hit A. F. Chief

CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 8, QN.S|'
Dissatisfaction with the labor Off
cials had shown it's head among
employees of the Fisher Body Co.
here today.
The Fisher Federal Union for
warded a telegram to William
Green, president of the A. F.of L.,
expressing diSpleasure with the
leadership Of William Collins, who
heads the automobile department
Of the federation.
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BY JOHN DEAN M1LLIGAN

Although they realize there is much unemployment in the
building allied trades and that the construction and other
industries will welcome the erection Of homes and the
repairing of old one citizens have expressed wonder
mnt the Importance attached to the Governments hous
ing program.
Why this particular problem singled out for nation
wide campaign directed by specially created Federal agencyH
WHY did President Roosevelt lay about him with exceed
ngy large stick force through Congress the act making the
program possible?
The in the facts and figures the present status
of the building slump the condition Of America residences
and number of jobless created by these situations
construction in predepreon averaged about
IL 1000 millions of dollars annually Today only about 5000
millions are being expended yearly.
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are dependent, lack regular en-
ployment.
AS for the present condition of
homes, officials of the Federal
Housing Administration estimate
that II, ,00O, 900 residences through
out the country require minor re-
pairs, 100000 need major i'm
provements to make them habi-
table.
John Dickinson, Assistant Sec
retary Of Commerce, recently re-
vealed that 291, 1888, or 16 per cent,
Of the 1,811,462 dwelling units
enumerated in a Civil Works Ad.
ministration real property survey
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
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Douglas Fairbanks
Embarks For u. S.

v1ILEFRANCHE, France, Aug.
8 U.N.SO.-Abandoning his plans
for an airplane flight to China,
Douglas Fairbanks sailed for New
York today.
Mr.. Fairbanks declined to say
whether he"planned to return to
England in October to defend the
action for divorce brought by Lord
Ashley, in which he was named CO.
RESPONDENT,
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Car Bid Rejection
Is Laid to Bidders

Although action of the Depart
ment of Justice in throwing out
bids on a fleet of 200 light auto
mobiles, with quick pickup and
sustained speed to sell for $3.50 or
less, aroused speculation that
Henry Ford would be offered an
other opportunity to make peace
with the NRA, this was denied Of
ficially at the department last
night.
It was said bidders had appar-
emily misunderstood specifications,
and that all bids were thrown out
with bidding to be opened again in
q month or two.
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
Kathryn Milburn
Hurt in Car Crash

WESTBURY, Long Island, Aug.
8 UN:S0.-Kathryn Milhurn, IS,
daughter Of Devereaux Milburn,
intern a t o nally famous polo
player, and Miss Kitty Clark, also
IS, were recovering today from
slight injuries sustained when
their automobile struck a tele-
phone pole and overturned near
here last night.
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T Toronto-to-Bagdad Plane
Over Quebec Province

Caribou" in which James and
Amy Mollison, British aces, once
intended to make a transatlantic
flight, took to the air at 6:12
"a. m. and Immediately headed
northeast.
AS the ship rolled down the
beach with Mr.. Reid at the con-
trolls, Mr.. Ayling called:
Everything is all set. Good
by, everybody"
The plane shot into the air
after a smooth start, rising after
a nineteenth Of a mile run. It
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9 Seriously Hurt
In Movie Smashup

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 8 G.N.SO.
One man was near death and
eight others were seriously in
jured as the result of a freak
accident during the filming of a
bicycle racing scene for a mo-
tion picture early today at the
Winter Garden.
Dave Landry, 33, San Fran
CISCO. suffered fractured skull.
a broken collarbone and internal
hurts when his motorcycle
crashed into a group Of 16
bicycle riders.
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
$4,000 KnitgOOds
Workers Strike

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 G.N.S0.
Eighteen thousand knitgoods
workers in the greater city and
neighboring New Jersey towns
walked out on strike to ,ay, affect
ing more than 800 plants.
The workers demand 35-hour
week, recognition Of the union, a
classified work scale, and aboli'
tion Of alleged sweatShop condi-
tions. Ai.2
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
New Navy Cruiser
Launching Aug. Is

The Navy's newest battle
cruiser, the Tuscaloosa, recently
completed at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard, will be placed in COM
mission there August Is, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Henry l..
Roosevelt announced today.
Rear Admiral William C. Watts,
commandant of the Fourth Naval
District, will officiate at the
ceremonies and turn the vessel
over to Capt. John N. Ferguson,
who will be her commander.
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
First Lady Is Met
By Son in Chicago

CHICAGO, Aug. 8 UN.SO.-En
route to the Roosevelt manor at
Hyde Park, N. Y, Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, wife Of the Presi'
dent, arrived here today, conclud'
ing her western vacation trip.
Mrs. Roosevelt was met in Chi
cago by her son, Elliott, and his
bride, Ruth GogginS Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt said she would re-
main at the Hyde Park country
place until the return Of the
President from the West.
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
Nine COOperatives
EARNED Under IVA
By international News service

BY International News Service
The Tennessee Valley ASSoc1-
ated CooperativeS, an agency Of
the iva, has started nine CO.
operatives and prepared plans for
an additional four, the iva, re-
ported to the Presidents executive
council today.
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
Half U. Counties
Need Drought Aid
By International Newg servlc

BY International News Service
The mounting drought toll was
revealed anew today with the
Agriculture Department reporting
more counties needing Federal re-
lief. The new counties brought
the total to 1885, nearly half the
total counties of the United
States.
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$4,000 IN GEMS TAKEN

SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y, Aug. 8
U.N.S0-Police today revealed
that the summer residence Of C..
Hermann Kinnicutt, wealthy Wall
Street broker, was robbed last week
Of $27, 600 in jewels.
The Washington times., 1934-08-08
SUBWAY UNDER WHITE HOUSE PROPOSED
Causes for Emphasis
On Home Loan Aid
Are Outlined

This is the third of series of articles the Federal
Housing Administration. The Washington Times is the
only newspaper the United States giving first and
plete information on this project.
The Washington times., 1934-08-08

WASHINGTON FORECAST
Fair tonight and Thursday; slightly "
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FULL Weather Re port on Page g.
Evening star., 1934-03-28
Behind What?
From the New York Sun,

from the New York Sun.
The fluent Gen. Mitchell, testifying
before the Senate Committee inves-
tigating the airmail, said that COM
mercial aviation in the United States
Is 40 years behind" Behind what2
Behind commercial aviation in other
countries? If so, it is difficult to
explain recent European purchases of
the latest American airplanes for oper-
alton on European air routes or Euro
pean use Of the most recent American
airplane engines.
Broadly speaking, the development
OF commercial aviation in Europe has
been much more closely linked with
the development Of military aviation
than it has in the United States.
This does not mean that commercial
aviation in the United States has not
produced lessons which can be taught
verbatim in the military classes, but
it does mean that commercial aviation
has had a clearer and more unham-
pered development here than it has
abroad.
Gen. Mitchell may believe that
American commercial aviation Is 10
years behind the development it ought
to have reached, but that is a matter
of opinion, not supportable by con-
vincing evidence. In a comparison
Of commercial aviation in the United
States with that in Europe some of
the most interesting witnesses who
could be called would be the European
experts who have so frequently testi-
ied to the amazing development Of
commercial airlines here.
Evening star., 1934-03-28

manifested by the new budget fig
ures. For the army and navy $751;
5000 is appropriated-an increase
over last year of roundly 100000
600. Most striking of all is the sum
set aside for aviation-$83, SOC. 600
as compared to only $28,000,000 a
year ago.
Disarmament discussion in Europe
has latterly been veering around to the
point where statesmen are convinced
that the utmost attainable under
existing conditions is to limit arma-
ments at their present level, leavir 6
reduction for later and more propi-
tious moment. If that is to be the
course of events, Germany plainly
intends that the sterilization process
shall set in with a far more strongly
armed Reich than Europe has known
at any time since Versailles. The
Hitler government quite evidently
means business with its determine
ton to re-arm Germany on its own
lines as long as she cannot come to
an agreement with her neighbors for
all-around disarmament.
A more peaceful note in the Reich
budget is struck by the provision of
$400OO,0O0 for promotion Of Ger
many's export trade and $l4,OO0,OOO
to overcome difficulties in the Ger
man shipping industry" Both items
probably come within the general
category of subsidies.