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The Washington times., 1934-07-23

is not only one of the earliest
of American military aviators,
but as a distinguished officer of
the Army Air Corps he was the
man who actually formulated
the basic principles for the ex-
pansion of our two dozen avi.
ators in 1917 to the tremendous
force which this country created
for aerial activities in the Great
War.
He became a junior military
aviator in 1915, served with the
First Aerial Squadron of Gen.
eral PerShing'S expedition to
Mexico in 1856. During the
Great War he served at general
headquarters of the A. E. F. as
advisor to the Chief of Opera
tions on all that pertained to the
use of our air forces in France.
He was awarded the Distin.
guished Service Medal for most
excellent service as a member
of the United States Aeronauti-
cal Mission and was q member
Of the Air Service with the Gen.
eral Staff of the A. E. F. His
expert knowledge of military
aviation gained with the colors
has been reinforced since he left
the Army after the armistice by
extensive service and success in
the world of industry.
Scientist
DR.. Karl Taylor Compton,
president of the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology, is an
eminent scientist we'll known to
all Americans. He served as an
aeronautical engineer in the
Army in 1917 and as an asso-
ciate scientific attache of the
American embassy in Paris in
1918.
Since that time he has been
chairman and member of impor-
tant committees on communica.
tions and transit and deeply in
tereSted and active in the deveI-
opment of American aviation.
DR.. George William Lewis has
been a member of the National
Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics since 1919 and is its
director of aeronautical re.
search.
His wide acquaintance with
the advance of aviation. not only
in this country but throughout
the world, qualify him to give
invaluable advice about the
development of aircraft and
aviation instruments, as well as
their design, development, test.
ing and procurement.
These are the civilian experts
who in association with a rep
resentative group of military ex-
perts have just completed three
months intensive study of mill
tary aviation in particular and
the development of aviation
throughout the world. They
took the testimony of los wit
nesses, representing the best
available civilian, naval and
military thought on aviation
and making a printed record
of more than 1000 pages.
Copyright, 1884. by The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
By John SHelGre, Jr.

and O'Connor was named by
Secretary Woodin.
When O'Connor announced
the other day that he was plan
ming to take vacation for "the
first time in four years" various
people construed it as a fore.
runner of his resignation.
Treasury officials say that
there is nothing official that
would indicate O'Connor in.
tends to resign but the rumor
persists.
When O'COnnOr took the Job
one Of his first tasks was to
prOmulgate regulations to carry
out the plans for banking re-
form as far as national bank
provisions were concerned.
The post Of Comptroller was
considered one Of the most i'm.
pOrtant jobs in the AdminiStra-
tiOn at that time.
The Federal Emergency Relief
Administration is making q
croSs-Section survey of the type
of people who are receiving re-
lief from the Government.
Throughout the nation they
select at random about one per-
son in every four and investi-
gate his condition and the con-
dition of his dependents.
The work is being conducted
under the direction Of Codding-
ton Gill, statistician.
One of Mr.. Gill's investigators
reported that in his survey he
came across one man who had
a tremendous family. Twins,
triplets and some singles had
been born since 1929, despite
the fact that the man had
been out of work for years.
The investigator demanded:
'"Why do you have all these
children when YOU haven't q
job and no money to support
them?"
The recipient of relief re-
piled:
II shouldn't. That is why
have named my last-bOrn
That's AlI.'"
Sure enough, the investigator
found that the last child had
been christened, That's ALI"
Copyright, 1884. The WashingtO@
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
LAND OF LOVE
By ROBERT. BENCHLEY

made to- friends in the drug
store, that he would marry Miss
After in a minute if she would
have her father and mother put
out of the way. Il love Enid"
he said, "but I don't want to
marry into no pyramid"
July 10. Miss Enid After, the
keystone of the love affair
which has stirred the country
for the past few days, submitted
to questioning by reporters and
soothsayers today. The room
was crowded with middle-aged
women in dimity who had.
waited since four in the morn
ing for a place in the bull-ring.
@. When did you first meet
Joe Federber?
A. He was dancing with me.
He asked my pardon for STEP
ping on my instep.
@. You took that as an intro
duction?
A. I took it as a good sign.
@. Did the question Of mar.
riage come up?
A. Not until the music
changed to a waltz.
-. @. Did he waltz well?
A. Oh, boy!
@. When did you learn his
name?
A. When the printer asked
him what to put on the an
nouncementS. ....
@. Neither your parents nor
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Aviation Survey Conducted
By Eminent Leaders
BIZ James T. Williams, Jr.

AS the American people "read,
mark, learn, and inwardly di-
gest" the conclusions and recon-.
mendations of the distinguished
committee which has just COM
pleted most comprehensive
and painstaking study Of avia-
tion as an agency of national
defense, they will be impressed
by the competency of the chair.
man and other members of this
distinguished committee for the
task assigned to them by the
Secretary of War. with the
hearty approval of the Presi-
dent.
Like the Morrow board, ap-
pointed by President Coolidge in
1925 to study "the best means
of developing and applying air.
craft in national Defense" the
special Air Corps committee
selected by Secretary Dern had
as it's chairman an eminent
civilian and a majority Of ci'
william members.
For. chairman of this commit
mittee, the fifteenth Federal
agency since the great war to
make a study of aviation as an
agency of national defense, Sec
retary Dern drafted the Eon.
Newton D. Baker, of Ohio,
President Wilson'S wartime Sec
retary of War. Mr.. Bakers deep
interest in national defense has
continued ever since his retire.
ment from the Cabinet.
Won Respect
The other civilian members Of
the Baker committee brought
to it's deliberations an expert
knowledge and extensive eX-
perience that effectively supple
mented the special qualifica-
tions Of the five military experts
who made up the minority.
In addition to Mr.. Baker, the
civilian members of his commit
tee were:
Clarence D. Chamberlin, Of
New York, who became an avia-
tor during the Great War and
served in the aviation section of
the Army Signal Corps from
1917 to 1919. This justly famous
transatlantic flyer, aviation en-
thuSiast, engineer and inventor,
is a man Of rare courage, sound
judgment, and broad knowledge
of aviation.
James H. Doolittle, of Mis-
souri,, made a brilliant record as
an officer of the Army Air
Corps before he resigned to con-
tinue his service for aviation as
a civilian expert. He was the
first aviator in this or any other
country to make landing with
out being able to see the field
as he approached it.
He has been awarded the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross with
oak leaf. He was the winner of
the Schneider Trophy Race in
1925, the Mackay Trophy in
1926, the Harmon Trophy in
1880 and the Bendix Trophy
Race in 1881. In the same year
he was the holder of the coast
to-coast flying record.
Edgar S. Gorrell, of Missouri,
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

In the prohibition era Gus
toms officials sometimes re-
ported that they were having
difficulty with smugglers, who
were running whisky in from
Canada.
1t seems that the situation
has been reversed somewhat,
and in at least one spot they
are having difficulty with SNUG
glers running liquor out of
the United States into Canada.
At Niagara Falls the other
day American customs agents
tried to halt a car that swung
onto Peace Bridge. The driver
failed to stop and the agent
jumped on the running board
of the machine, which con-
tanned 100 gallons of alcohol.
AS the car swung across the
bridge one of the men inside
jumped out despite the speed.
He rolled along the bridge and
injured his leg.
The American agent rushed
back to capture the injured
man who pleaded:
"For God sake, Buddy, give
me a break?"
American agents recognized
him as an important Canadian
customs official whom they
have suspected Of smuggling
for some time, E. j. Lewis,
supervising customs agent, in.
formed United States Deputy
Commissioner of Customs
Thomas j. German.
Under American law there
was no charge on which they
could hold the smuggling Ca
madam, but officials of Canada
advised that they would take
disciplinary action although
nothing has been mentioned
about his punishment.
It is in the air again that
j. F. T. O'Connor, Comptroller
of the Currency, is planning to
resign.
Such rumors have been prev
alent from time to time since
Henry Morgenthau. jr.. took the
job Of Secretary of the Treas
ury. Morgenthau was said to
want his own men appointed
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

Joe Federber'S parents have any
money, have they?
A. No.
O. Neither you nor Joe FEEDER
Der has ever killed anyone, have
you?
A. No.
@. All right, boys! Pack up
your cameras!
(ArticIeS By Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedneS-
day and FridGy.)
Copyright, 1894, King Features
syHdicatS' 1nc.I
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
They Asked for Beds
They Got a Committee


In response to their plea for beds the tuberculosis
sufferers of the District have been given another
mittee.
Apparently the appointment of the committee to select
site for the tuberculosis hospital is prompted by
the off hand dcta of Public Works Administrator Ickes
Mr. Icke says he doesn't think much of the site that the
District already for the hospital and there must
be more scurrying around to find another one.
Why Mr.. Ickes should possess the power to tell the
people of the District where they may and may not build
hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis no one
to know.
Of course, Mr.. Ickes is the "pawnbroker" to whom
the District has applied for loan with which to finance
the hospital. But that is loan and not gift.
IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WERE GOING
TO BUILD HOSPITAL FOR THE DISTRICT
THERE WOULD BE SOUND REASON FOR FED
ERAL AGENTS PICKING THE SITE. THAT REA-
SON CERTAINLY DOES NOT APPLY IN THE
PRESENT INSTANCE.
The money which will go into the hospital will have
to be paid by the taxpayers of the District Make
mistake about that It may be advanced from the Fed
eral Treasury but it must be paid back
ADMINISTRATOR ICKEs IN ARBITRARILY VETO
ING THE ERECTION OF THE HOSPITAL ON THE
DISTRICTS SITE IN NEARBY MARYLAND, NOT
ONLY SETS UP HIS OWN OPINION AGAINST THAT
OF THE COMPETENT MEDICAL AUTHORITIES
WHO HAVE APPROVED THAT SITE, BUT HE DE-
LIBERATELY FLAUNTs THE EXPRESSED WILL
OF CONGRESS THAT THAT SITE SHOULD BE
USED.
Further than that, the Public Works Administrator
if he has his way-and it looks though the District
Commissioners were again going to yield to Federal
pressure without fight-wi be disrupting carefully
thoughout plan for establishment of center for the
comprehensive treatment of tuberculosis sufferers in the
National Capital
This plan envisaged the erection of sanatorium for
child sufferers coupled with modern hospital for the
treatment of adults Just are about to open the
establishment for the children along the Public
Works Administrator and indicates that he won't coop
crate in building the adult hospital the site
If the District does not obtain the projected loan from
the Public Works Administration it will mean further
delay in the erection of the adult hospital.
# it does obtain the loan it will have to expend more
money to build the hospital site which it does not
want and which medical authorities say is not necessary
PERHAPS TT WOULD BE JUST AS WELL TO
TELL MR. ICKEs TO KEEP HIS MONEY (WHICH
BY THE WAY, HE HAS NOT SAID HE WILL LOAN
ANYWAY, AND 60 BEFORE CONGRESS THIS
WINTER ASKING FOR A DETERMINATION OF
THE CONFUSION BETWEEN MR. 1CKEs' VIEWS
AND THOSE OF MEDICAL EXPERTS.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

An observer from Mars (and,
by the way, why must visitors
from Mars always be observers?
Mightn't one of them last out
once in a while with a little &C.
ton up and down Broadway on
his own hook?) might very we'll
conclude that the United States
is the main office of Lovers
Lane. We are so interested here
in young peoples sentimental
entanglements and disentangle-
ments.
And then. if he took the trou-
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

other physician who is expert
menting hopefully with water
moccaSin poison.
The general theory of these
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

will give ease to all pains, and
particularly to the pains Of
benign or malignant tumors.
DR.. Samuel M. Peck is an.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

TIMES published day the 1917
] editor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
FUND TO CONTINUE
ARMS QUIZ SOUGHT.
Senate Will Be Asked for
More Money to Expand
Investigation.
~ the Associated Pre- S.

Dy the Associated Pres.
The Senate Munitions Committee
will ask the Senate in January for
money to extend its inquiry into the
activities of steel manufacturers, ship
builders and bankers.
The chief objective of public hear
ings the committee will open tomor-
row is to uncover enough evidence
about the munition. industry to con-
vince the Senate and the NaUen -
investigation should continue.
Members of the investigating group
expressed confidence today that the
evidence will accomplish this. They
said disclosures of efforts to block
peace conferences will shock the
world.
But so far. committee members say,
they have only scratched the sur
face" They have not had time or
money, they add, to go into the steel
or shipbuilding industries, or the
big banks.
That will require a large new ap-
preparation. The original fund of
$4,000 is gone and the committees
staff is working this month with
out pay.
When the committee reports to
Congress in January it may make
some preliminary recommendations
for legislation. Already it has delved
into the trade in munitions. One
member said today that a ma jority
of the committee favors nationalist
ton Of the munitions industry, with
strict governmental control over the
manufacture of airplanes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
FARMER KILLS WIDOW,
THEN ENDS OWN LIFE
Mother of Two Shot to Death by
Suitor of Whose Attentions
She Tired.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
UNION, w. Va, December "a
widow was shot to death yesterday by
q Monroe County farmer who then
dashed from her home and fired a
fatal pistol bullet into his head.
Mrs. Bertha Harvey, As, of Rock
Camp, mother of two boys. was killed
as she stood in the kitchen of her
home. Houston Thompson go. the
farmer, of Salt Sulphur Springs, who
officers said fired the shot, few
minutes later killed himself.
Deputy Sheriff Lamar Spangler
termed the shootings murder and
suicide"
william c. Harvey. brother-in-
law of the dead woman. said Thomp-
son had paid considerable attention to
Mrs. Harvey after her husbands
death, and that she was tired of his
attentions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
MAN AWAITS CHARGE
OF KILLING BABY SON
Frantic Wife Begs to See Father
Accused of Staying Cripple
and Wounding Infant.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANA, Pa, December 3-As a
frantic wife and mother waits near
the Jail in the hope she can see him,
the State today plans to charge Heber
Westover, %, with Staying his crippled
son, 80 months old.
The child died Saturday night after
he and his 4-months- old brother were
shot in the kitchen of their home The
baby may die.
District Attorney w. M. Ruddock
announced he would file the murder
charge against Westover and the
coroner said an inquest will be held
today.
Police Chief William ]. Kelley quoted
Westover as saying he had planned
to leave his wife and shot the boys
because he did not want her to have
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
YULE TREE HARVEST
INCREASES OVER 1888

1,5OO, 900 Scheduled to Be Shipped
Out of Minnesota, as Compared
With 100000 Previously.
By the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, December 3.-There
may be seasonal slack in some in
dustries at this time of year, but in
Northern Minnesota there Is great
activity-harvesting Christmas trees
More trees are being cut this Fall
than In the several preceding years,
Grover Comet, State forester, reports,
with 100000 scheduled to be trans
ported southwark to take their places
in the Yuletide celebrations. Nor
nnally, about 1,250,000 are taken.
The industry centers about Cook, in
st. Louis County, where big COM
panies ship as many as 20 big box car
loads each year. There also are
factories for making evergreen fes-
ICONS used in out-of-door decorations.
Waste branches from the trimmed
trees are woven by machine on two
wires. making evergreen rope so to
100 feet long.
It was estimated at least half of
the trees cut are shipped out of the
State, with the majority going to
Chicago. indianapolis. ST. Louis and
Kansas City. The cash value of the
crop was said to range between $780,
600 and 100000 a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03

typhoon, starting torwad the islands
from the Pacific Ocean. wreckage Of
Thursdays typhoon still was un-
cleared.
reached 10 known dead and 70 missing
yesterday when it was disclosed the
motorship Philipandan sank with only
IL members of the crew of 81 being
saved. Dead and missing as a result
of the six storms total 400 persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03

lege editors, telegraphed them yester-
day that he had never censored or
undertaken to censor anything pub
lished at Louisiana State University"
The Big Ten Editorial Association
at q meeting in Chicago adopted q
resolution Saturday condemning Long
for his "unwarranted censorship" of
the Revielle, L. S. u, student news
paper. and his "demogogic political
meddling in purely educational az
fairs"
In a telegram, almost 1000 words
long, the Senator recited his efforts to
aid education in Louisiana and de-
clared that If he himself had had the
advantage of q college training Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03

might have made our work better un-
derstood and myself less bantered for
the building of the States institution"
The editorial staff of the Reveille
resigned last week because 1t was told
nothing derogatory to Long would be
permitted in its columns. Twenty-six
journalism students were subsequently
suspended for protesting the Cen
sorship."
The Senator said in his telegram
that since he took control of things in
Louisiana he had raised L. s. U. from
a Glass c" rating to "A-plus" rating.
II believe every one of you would
be ashamed of your action in lending
your arm to such an effort If you I'M
derstood the TRUTH" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
PHILIPPINES IN PATH
OF SEVENTH TYPHOON
Warning Signals Hoisted While
Wreckage of Sixth Storm
PAW aips Tpc1earad

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA, p. l., December 3.-The
Philippine Islands awaited another
storm today after having experienced
six typhoons in three months.
Warning signals were hoisted on
Samar, easternmost of the central
islands Of the archipelago, Of a seventh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
Gets 100000 Order.

A plant at Newburn- on Tyne, Eng
land, has just received orders from
China and India for $10G, 900 worth
Of locomotive springs and axles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
IL0NG DENIES BASIS
OF EDITORS PROTEST
Says big Ten College Group
Would Regret Action if
It Knew Truth.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, December SEN
ator Huey p. Long, answering q crit
icism from Western Conference col
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-02
The TM.U. So'Us the Seeds Of Militant
Trade Union in the TeIegraphMd

are in most cases intolerable. These
they work under conditions that
are long, they are underpaid, and
young workers can be organized in
to militant unions. Some progress
has already been made in that di-
rection.
Organize Unions
Fighting messengers unions are
already organized in Detroit, Min
neapolis, and Cleveland. Unions
are being formed in Chicago and
Philadelphia In New York militant
messengers have organized them
selves into the rank and file-con-
trolled Telegraph Messengers, I'M
der the guidance of the Office
Workers Union An excellent bull
letin, the Telegraph Messengers
Voice." is eagerly read by hundreds
Of messengers. Contacts are being
made in other cities and the foun-
dalton for a National Telegraph
Messengers Union is being laid,
This national organization is to be
formed by the unification of all ex-
listing messengers unions and the
setting up of locals in cities where
no unions are organized.
There is a great need for the or
ganization of revolutionary trade
unions in the telegraph industry.
The Western Union and the Postal
Telegraph together employ about
$4,000 workers, many of whom work
only part time, and are thoroughly
disguised with their conditions.
Many in Company Union
About 10000 of these workers be-
long to a company union, the Asso-
citation of Western Union En-
ployees. This union was formed In
1918 by Newcomb Carlton, the then
president of the Western Union, and
was openly called a company
union" by Carlton.
At the present time, because of
the betrayals of the union leaders,
who work hand in glove with the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-02
By PHILIP RANDOLPH

The communications industry is
one of the basic industries of this
country. A great many large bust
nesseS depend upon it, and we're
they deprived, even for a week, of
its assistance, they would find
themselves seriously crippled. But
it is the telegraph industry I want
to write about first.
The telegraph industry is very
essential part of the war machine.
During the last war; the U. S. Gov
eminent lost no time in taking over
all of the telegraph companies and
placing them under strict censor
ship and control. With the advent
of a new war, with the fascist mo-
tivation of the Roosevelt admins
tration, 1t is not surprising that
the government is proposing, with
the Dill Bill, to place the entire
communications industry again I'M
der its centralized control.
The telegraph industry is a gigan-
tic trust. With its millions it con-
trolls State Legislatures, and it's
power reaches into Washington. Be-
cause the telegraph companies con-
vey the news dispatches to the
press, they can be very easily used
as a weapon Of suppression. Witness
the recent incident of the telegram
about the terror in Birmingham,
Alabama, which was sent by the
Daily Worker correspondent, via
the Western Union wires, but which
did not reach the Offices Of the
Daily because the manager of the
Western Union Office in Birming-
ham took it upon himself 10 char
acterize the news story as prop
aganda,' and refused to send 1t.
The telegraph industry employs
thousands of young workers. More
than half the employees In the
Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph companies are under the age
of 81. These young workers are
exploited in every way. Their hours
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-02

which the bands, dancing groups,
athletic groups from various unions
will enter the Socialist competition.
The committee also calls on all
unions and sympathetic organiza-
lions who want to make special
arrangements for tickets to report
to the Office of the T. U. U. c., 1893
Broadway, Room 238.
We ask all workers organizations,
especially all trade unionists, to keep
this date open so that they can join
in solidarity with thousands of
other workers. Let us make this
trade union picnic on July 18th a
real demonstration of the New York
labor movement. Leading speakers
from all unions will participate in
the sport events as well as bring
eir oracf