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The Washington times., 1935-10-17
DUE
BACK SOON

President Roosevelt is expected
to arrive back in Washington
Wednesday or Thursday of next
week, coming here by rail from
a southern seaport.
However, the White House 3
not yet habitable in a wholly COM
Portable way, the kitchen, bath
rooms and electrical innovations
which constitute the biggest reno
vation, the inside of the mansion
has seen in years, are not yet in
shape. Therefore, the plans are
that President Roosevelt will stay
here but a day or two, going to
his country home in Hyde Park
until after the New York elections
on November 5.
He will then return to Wasl-
ington for a long stay. Anon
the matters awaiting him here is
the preliminary work on the
budget itself.
It is also likely he will begin his
notes for his message to the next
session Of Congress.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
81 at Miner CoIIeue
Placed on Honor Roll

Thirty-four students of the
Miner Teachers College have
been announced as members of
the honor roll for the closing
semester of the 1934-35 term.
The students include Edmund
PremdaS, Grace Hunter, Beatrice
Pinkard, Betty Francis, Solomon
Adams, Bernice Simms, Susie
Chole and Gladys Martin, all
freshmen; Catherine Campbell,
Sylvia Smith, Marian Whitlock,
Vernice Fields, Loretta Butler,
Richard Ware, George .Trivers,
Geraldine WeStray, Paul Cook,
Sylvia Carroll. Evelyn = Robinson,
Hattie Graves, Nina Scurlock,
Evelyn Hall, Flora Hall, Julia
English, sophomores, and Helen
Montgomery, Milton Lee, Doro-
thy Weir, Hazel Bruce, Evelyn
Greene, Marjorie Holloman, Hazel
Compton, Elizabeth Adams, Elsie
Jackson and Odessa Underwood,
juniors.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
FISHING LURES
PRESIDENT

ABOARD q. S. S. HOUSTON,
Oct. II GN.S0.-Cruising again
in Atlantic waters, President
Roosevelt today was looking for.
ward eagerly to several days fish
ing in the vicinity of San Bias
Islands, off the southern tip of
Panama.
In his leisurely journey through
the Pacific to the Canal Zone,
the President caught sailfiSh, tuna,
red snapper, amberjack and many
other varieties and he wants to
try his luck in the Atlantic be-
fore returning to Washington.
San Bias Indians inhabit the
San Bias Islands and the nearby
Panama shore. They are a pictur.
esque people, remarkable sailors
who are almost untouched by
civilization.
The President plans to be back
in Washington in about a week.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17

Ian who have been struggling for
home rule and local recognition.
The vote Of the bar association
lacked vigor Of protest. A District
man, born and bred, educated in
Georgetown, served with diStinc-
ton on the Court Of Appeals. He
died and his place was demanded
by Utah politicians. A Utah Sena-
tor being chairman Of the District
Committee demanded the place
for his henchman, and the Attor.
ney General yielded.
The Raw Deal" feature Of this
affair is that the new appointee
had been given a presidential ap.
pointment in the Department Of
Justice only a week before. II may
be well to remember that the Utah
Senator is a member of the Ju-
dietary Committee, and the Attor.
ney General must be subServient
to judiciary.
Such expediency being, as q
matter of policy, distinguished
from morality and justice repre-
sents only selfinterest to the utter
neglect Of all that is just and
right. It is incredible that the
President was aware Of all the de-
tails Of this squand transaction.
Did he make the second appoint
ment with full knowledge of the
earlier action?
II appointments to the judiciary
are to be based on the low level Of
political expediency, why be sur
prised If the judicial decisions
violate all moral concepts?
HENRY MACDONALD.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Stamps Ready
For Potatoes
December

Potato tax stamps will be ready
December /. The Bureau Of
Printing and Engraving, is now
fashioning plates that will make
some of the "spuds" cost an ex-
ira "a cents per pound.
Potato control taxes will have
no effect on crops out Of the
ground on December /, when the
law becomes effective, but it will
affect the crops Of Florida and
Texas which are harvested after
that date.
The Bureau isn't certain what
kind Of decoration it will use
for the stamp, but the engravers
think the head of a woman will
be appropriate.
The stamps will be in 13 de-
nominations, for weights from
one to 200 pounds.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
DOCTOR TOLD HER
HOW TO LOSE II
POUNDS or FAT
Eat Proper Foods

Mrs. Robert Hickey of Roseville,
Calf, writes: my doctor prescribed
Kruschen Salts for me-he said they
wouldn't hurt me in the least. I've
lost II lbs. in six weeks. Kruschen is
worth its weight in gold"
Mrs. Hickey paid no attention to
gOssipers who said there was no safe
way to reduce. She wisely followed
her doctors advice.
To lose fat safely and at the same
time gain in physical attractiveness.
go light on fatty meats. butter, cream
and sugary sweets.
Eat fresh vegetables, fruits, fowl
and fish Except mackerel and sal
mani.
Take one half . teaspoonful of Kruschen
Salts with the juice Of half a lemon
before breakfast every morning, and as
the excess pounds go notice how much
better you feel-more active-more am
Enthusiastically alive-you feel young
er-Kruschen costs as low as 40c.
No more cathartics-no more laxa-
tlves-and no constipation when you
take your little daily dose Of Kruschen.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Many Thanks; We Will
Keep After IL

To the Editor Of The Times:
While in Washington recently
attending the Presidents Cup
Regatta, I noted with interest and
pleasure, the leading editorial in
The Washington Times-issue Of
Friday, September 81.
Beginning in 1929 this aSsocia.
ton has been actively campaign
ing for improved water fronts and
facilities for the harboring and
docking Of pleasure boats. A
significant movement toward the
establishment Of better boat har.
bors is now noted in every section
Of the country where opportunities
exist for recreation on the water.
We suggested some time ago to the
Presidents Cup Regatta Associa-
ton that such an efficient body
as theirs has become, should have
a deeper and more inclusive pur-
pose than that of merely staging
an annual boat racing spectacle.
1t was agreed that such a
splendid organization of your citi.
zens should function the year
round, with improved waterfronts,
deepened and widened channels,
increased facilities for the care of
pleasure boats and, thus, bigger
and better regattas as its goal.
Your recognition of this in your
editorial Of September 81 is there.
fore most pleasing and we wish to
extend to you our appreciation for
the presentation that you gave
to this subject under the Heading
Welcome Old Friends"
National Association Of Engine
and Boat Manufactures, Inc.
IRA HAND, Secretary.
Discusses Appointments
OF D. c. Judges
To the Editor of The Times:
Your leading editorial Local
Appointments" infuses courage to
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
HOLDING FIRMS
EABLEF0E
lNLANDIS
BY EARL GOODWIN

II the alert scouts Of the hold.
ing companies, which are lined
up to receive death sentences
from the hands Of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, were
present yesterday at the Press
Club luncheon for "Jim" Lands,
new chairman of the SEC, they
have by now given warning to
their chiefs that Mr.. Lands is
preparing to swing the ak in no
uncertain manner.
Jim" Lands is no relation to
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, who
fined the Standard Oil Company
twenty-six million dollars and who
now is the supreme authority in
professional baseball, but there
seems to be something in the Ian
dis name that carries terror to
the financial giants.
Mr.. Lands talk at the National
Press Club was "off the record"
and, while it probably will not
get into the newspapers as COM
ing from him, it doubtless will be
reported almost verbatim at every
closed session when. utility hold
ing chieftains gather.
Means Business
Even if Mr.. Lands never
opened his mouth, anyone with
half an eye would know he means
business and knows how to at
tend to it. He's one of those
everlasting fellows, with a mo-
ole face. He grins, smiles,
1rowns or pierces you through and
through with deep-set eyes, ali in
. fraction of a second.
He is light in stature, and with
Q visage which would look well
with q light Van Dyke beard if
beards were being worn. He has
the air of a man who would
nave, done well in the days when
death sentences were dealt out
oy men wearing cloaks and carry
ing rapiers. His hands, too, are
mtefeSting-bony and small, and
with long blunt fingers.
Here is a young mamie Is SO
years old-who came to Washing
ton in 1888 to spend a weekend.
And now he has a place at the
chopping block where large cor
porations will lose their heads on
the say-Se of Mr.. Lands and his CO.
workers. When he talks you fancy
you can see fire and birthstone
leaping from his mouth, which is
filled with large teeth of the
Theodore Roosevelt type. Also,
he says much in a short time and
concludes without a rhetorical
ending. -
Was Born IN Japan
Possibly that's the japanese
influence, for Jim" Lands was
born in Japan, the son of Presby-
terrain missionaries. Later, he at
tended Princeton and still later
was q professor at Harvard Law
School with the degree of doctor
Of juridical science.
It was regrettable that his talk
was off the record. It would have
made front pages regardless of
war news.
But any writer can draw his
own conclusions without violating
confidences. And it seems fair to
assume that the breath-taking
holding company fight that nearly
split the Capitol apart last win.
ter was merely a picketS' skirmiSh
in contrast to the big battle to
come when Jim" lands starts
to drag the holding companies to
the chopping block. =
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Georgia Now Arid
BYMarqin Of 243

ATLANTA. Ca, Oct. 17.-This
States 2,902,443 citizens must
do without legal hard liquor be
cause the State is dry by a major.
ity Of 243 votes. The State Su-
preme Court has validated the
dry victory by a majority Of 243
votes out Of $4,000.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letters to the Editor should not must
be signed BY the writer NTH his and address These
held confidential and initials used in publication
degnate Readers nued to discuss subiect interest
Evening star., 1935-05-03
Huey Long HES to Tall Timber,
Chopping Trees for Exercise

cut saw. This was the first step in
the Spring fever for exercise. Next
he sent one of his office staff to the
country. The objective of this lieu
tenant was to find farmer who had
trees on his land that he wanted cut.
He found a site and the Senator,
with a bodyguard, drove to this
haven. Two of them sawed down a
tree. Then they chopped the wood
into stove lengths and piled it neatly.
The farmer, according to the Seua-
tors secretary, two bodyguards and
the Senator. was delighted and ad-
mired the strong strokes of this man
whose arms are far shorter than the
usual ak expert.
The Senator discussed this accom-
plishment with pride while his coterie
nodded approval, but he was reticent
about the location Of his choppins
spree. That he said. "is none OF
your business"
Evening star., 1935-05-03

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children. This letter was received
last December.
A secret rendezvous in Connecticut
where the money was to be hidden by
Strauss was named. Arrangements
were made to place a package of fake
money at the spot indicated. but
nothing developed.
SQUAD Called to Scene.
Loeb received similar instruction
about the same time. and again there
were no developments.
Recently extortion letters, in the
same handwriting. were received by
Miss Jennings, Mrs. Farnham ano
payson. A squad of agents operating
out of New York concentrated in the
Bridgeport area.
Carrying out instructions in the let
ter to Miss Jennings. the agents lef
decoy package Of money at
designated place last Saturday. Tha'
night Smindak appeared in the vi
cinity, but apparently sensing a trap
did not touch the package. As III
started TO leave ne was arrested anS
samples OF his handwriting were OBJ
tanned.
Smindak was released. pending re-
port on his handwriting from Wash
ington, but he was kept under sur
veiIlance. When the experts sen
their report he was rearrested ant
confronted with the evidence. He thel
made his written statement.
S12,500 Demanded.
In the case Of Miss Jennings, Smin
dak is alleged to have written a mum
ber of letters threatening her will
bodily harm unless she placed S12, 2,50'
in an old building alongside Goa
| yard in Bridgeport. A chart was en-
closed to show the right location.
| A demand for $500 was made OF
Strauss and $4,000 was asked o
Mrs Farnham.
In one of the letters to Strauss tn
writer declared he had been throwl
out Of gang which was plotting II
kidnap some member Of your family
and in retaliation he would sell out
on the gang.
Evening star., 1935-05-03
WORKS PAY RATIO
COURSE CHARTED
Labor to Get Less Than
Under c. w. A.-More
Than From P. W. A.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
From the log Of two earlier building
programs the administration has
charted middle course for the $4,000.-
900 900 work-relief campaign-a course
by which labor would get more of the
total than under the P. w. A. and
less than in the old civil works drive.
Observation-Disclosures there Is MOTH
ing official about tit is estimated In
some quarters that this latest and
greatest attack on unemployment, de-
signed to give jobs to 3,500,000 for IL
months, may directly create $780,
900, 900 man-hours of work, assuming
everything goes on schedule and the
work-week averages 80 hours.
Officials, having estimated that a
little more than one-half the $4,000
100000 actually available for construc-
ton will 60 into pay envelopes, have
not set hours and wages into fixed
categorieS. But $50 month average
wage is projected and the 30-hour
week is grounded in precedent. since
that was the maximum generally In
both the c. w. A. and P. w. A. pro-
grams. Such a schedule would mean
1850 hours of work per man.
Present Plan Is $3.50.
The plan now is to split the money
about $3.50 between labor costs and
material costs. whereas the division
under Public Works has been almost
2 to in favor of materials expendt-
lures and, conversely, about to In
favor of labor expenditures under
| G. w. A. :.
But the money the average relief
worker, new style, will earn q month
seems likely to be less in the new
program than in either of its pre-
decessors. Men on civil works aver
aged about SIS week, relief officials
say. And while weekly averages for
public works are not available, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics has put
the average pay on its construction
projects at SCI cents an hour, or
about Sl8 for 30-hour week. Thus,
the month security wage"
would figure down below P. w. A.. too,
assuming no material difference in
hours.
Billion Hours in $500, 100000.
In the C. w. A. program. on which
the relief administration says $780,
100000 was spent for labor. no au-
thoritative estimate of work hours has
been made. On the basis Of the
official figures as to pay. however. the
number would run substantially above
1000 100000 hours.
A tabulation by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics concerning P. w. A.
says that in projects, all purely of
construction nature, involving ex-
penditure of s1,091 .159, 900. hours of
work made available totaled $751;
100000.
And so, if the administration sue
ceeds in full measure in giving a year S
work to 100000 and the work week
levels out over the country at 80
hours, the three programs-C. w. A.,
P. w. A. and work-relief-will have
added to employment opportunity
more than 100000, 900 man-hours.
Evening star., 1935-05-03
BY GRACE HENDRICK EUsTIs.

Senator Long OF LOUISIANA mas gone
in for Spring training on the woodpile.
The other day the Senator, according
to reports, bought one dozen axes from
a hardware store. As usual, he was
accompanied by his bodyguards, who
are built solid from the ground up.
On investigating, it develops that
the Senator's favorite form of exercise
is chopping trees.
when want workout" he said,
striding around his Office in his black
and-white shoes and new straw hat
tilted over his right eye, II take an ak
and 60 after the biggest tree can
find"
And his eyes cleaned as he thought
Of the falling timbers.
This is the Senator's story and he
sticks to it. He admits that he went
to this hardware store, but he claims
he bought only two axes and cross
Evening star., 1935-05-03
REQUEST is DENIED.

TRENTON, May 3 R.-Bruno
Richard Hauptmann lost his request
yesterday for new testimony to sup
port his charge that his trial at
Pennington was a circus maximus. -
New Jerseys highest tribunal. the
Court of Errors and Appeals, to which
the petition was made, did, however,
grant the defense permission to in
clude in the trial record Attorney
General David T. Wilentz's opening
remarks to the jury and his summa-
ton. It permitted also inclusion OF
Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck's re-
marks to the jury after all testimony
had been taken.
Evening star., 1935-05-03
Amelia Earhart Delayed.

MEXICO, D. F., May 3 (P.-Un-
favorable weather conditions forced
Amelia Earhart today to postpone her
York.
George Palmer Putnam, her hus-
band. said she would take off on the
2,100-mile hop as soon as flying con-
ditions improved.
Evening star., 1935-05-03

Citizens Associations, Federation OF
Business Mems Association. Fedora
ton of Civic Clubs. Federation of
Women's Clubs, the Congress of Par
ent-Teacher Associations, and the Dis
trict of Columbia Public School As
sociation.
The individuals who went on record
as personally H. dorsing Maj. Brown,
expressing "the wish and hope that
Maj. Brown will be retained" as super
intendent of police, in addition to Mr..
King, were Burd w. Payne, George
Pitt, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley. Charles
Frame, Arthur Clarendon Smith. Mel
vim Sharp and Ed Shaw.
Resolution Presented.
The committee, which recently ap-
peared before both House and Senate
District Committees. going on record
as favoring an enlargement OF the
Police Department, stressed this point
again at the conference today. In a
formal resolution adopted, the COM
mittee states: The Washington Po-
lice Force has been cut to the bone
and denied adequate personnel by
Congress. It is common gossip around
Washington that the police are sub
jected to various forms of political
pressure, mostly from some members
of Congress. Our Police Department
is forced to work under the strain OF
the next big shake-up that will chop
of few heads but accomplish very
little"
King said that every member of his
committee expressed confidence in
the integrity, ability and service of the
superintendent of police, Ernest w
Brown, and said the entire police
force on the whole are doing an intel
ligent and honest job with the made
quacy in the number Of police person
mel. This in spite of the increased
population, increase In Federal as
signments and increase in the num-
ber of automobiles.
c. Marshall Finnan, superintendent
of National Capital Parks, also ex.
pressed opposition to recommends
tion in the report for the merger OF
the United States Park Police with
the metropolitan department. He in.
sisted that even If the two forces are
combined the Federal Government
would still have to maintain sep
arate police force to patrol Fedora
property outside the District, such a.
the George Washington Memoria
Parkway and the Mount Vernon Me.
mortal Highway.
Regrets Recommendation.
"The parks Office regrets this recon-
mendaticu was made" Finnan said
I'VE feel that the absorption of the
park police by the metropolitan polict
would in the course Of time work tt
the detriment of the park system ane
would certainly complicate admins.
trative problems. An independent
force would still have to be maintained
for the large acreage Of our jurisdic'
tion, but not within the District o.
Columbia.
1.-THE question might logically b
raised of any economy, as the park!
are now policed by the very minimum
number of men. and this would mear
the retention Of that number on thu
metropolitan force If the parks wer'
to be given proper attention.
1T Is q matter Of record In oul
files that every major city IN tn
| United States, with two exceptions
has opposed the consolidation OF parl
police with the city police. and II
cities where IL has been tried IN mos
cases 1t has been vnsuccesstu."
Evening star., 1935-05-03
U. S, EXPERTS BALK
FIVE EXTORTI0N PLOTS;
SUSPECT TRAPPED

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-05-03
May Sale OF
$3.50 to 81
RALEIGH
HATS
s2.s5

Unusual values even
~ for the end of the sea.
son. Smart new styles fer
Spring suits-fsatherwsishts
included. colers are Snow,
Dove and Bark. Broken
sizes and colors.
Evening star., 1935-05-03
May Sale OF
RALEIGH "8" "
SHOES
s5'35

cPRikG'S best styles in
~ Raleigh "s" shoes spe.
eialIy priced FOR the May
Sales. Fine eaIfskins, plain
or wing tipped, in blacks
and tans, plain or wing tip.
ped. Feather>~sishts in.
eIuded. Sizes 5I2 to II;
widths "A to Z.
Evening star., 1935-05-03

4 SALE that presents value with every itenn-a ma
IA tonally known, quality-tested products credit
to itself and an honor to the house. In the May Sale at
this store only merchandise of the highest repute
anteed by the famous makers-is offered to custom
ers Every item in the sales also has the rockribbed
assurance of satisfaction that the Raleigh label has
certified for quarter of a century.
Evening star., 1935-05-03
HELD FOR JURY
Soldiers Bond Set at $4,000 on

Soldiers Bond Set at 90, 900 on
Robbery Charge.
John Mumaw, soldier stationed at
Fort Belvoir, was held under $4,000
bond for action of the grand jury on
robbery charge by Judge Ralph
Given in Police Court today.
Police testified Mumaw had attacked
and robbed Domonic Gasparra Of $95
at Third and r streets after the two
youths had indulged in a drink to-
gether in Gasparra's room on the
night of April 27.
Evening star., 1935-05-03
PROTESTS VOICED
TO D. c. COMMITTEE
ON CRIME REPORT

Continued From First Page.)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-06-28
SOCIALISTS PLAN
DRIVE
Drive For Hillquit Amend
ment

Milwaukee, Wis. (ILNS)-A cam
paign to add the workers Rights
Amendment" to the constitution has
been planned by the socialist party.
according to Mayor Daniel w. Hoan,
chairman Of the party's organization
committee. The committee met here
to map out details of the effort.
The amendment, drafted by the
late Morris Hillquit, has been intro
duced in congress by Representative
Vlto Marcantonio, of New York. It
gives congress power to pass all
necessary types of social welfare
legislation. Pensions, unemployment
and sickness insurance, child labor
minimum wage, maximum hour laws
and government ownership are ali
authorized.
The supreme court decision,o said
Hoan, knocks in the head any pos
slbllty Of even such inadequate social
security as a liberal capitalist gov
ernment might want to afford. 1t not
only knocks out the railroad work
ers pension act, but all other items
IN the Roosevelt social security pro-
gram"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-06-28
and rise and fall.

and rise and fall.
This continent within $50 years has
passed one cycle
Pioneering began at jamestown and
Plymouth Rock
Ending in Oklahoma, Oregon and
Texas.
Letters that rode on ponies zoo
years ago
Have leaped to steam-the automo-
bile-and the airplane-
Signals that spoke in smoke-waves
sparkled on sun-beams
Clicked through wire-now regis
ter on universal waves of power.
Hand-power in hoe-horse-power
at a plow
steam-power on a railroad -elec-
trio current on a wire
But serve to introduce US to free
flying power
Out toward the sun.
But in caverns of East India rec
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-06-28
Relief Applications Soar
As Relief of NRA Collapse

Los Angeles (ILNs)-Relief Off
Gals charge that wholesale wage re-
ductions brought about by collapse Of
the NRA are responsible for sharp in
cfeases IN the number on relief rolls
here.
As employers drop their wage
scales down to the level Of dole pay
ments, there is little incentive for
persons to continue working Harold
pomeroy, publicity director for the
Los Angeles county relief administra-
tion, said.
He reported applications for relief
nave increased more than so per cent
IN the last five days.