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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-16

Then came the tragic news,
flashed by Sergeant Morgan.
One of Rogers last acts was to
give 500 to the Fairbanks base
ball team which meets Dawson in
Alaska'S "big game" today in con-
nection with the annual discovery
day celebration at the historic
mining settlement.
In a visit to Matanuska Valley
where the pioneers of 1885" are
working and living at Uncle Sans
new colonization project, Post and
Rogers took off their coats and
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international News Service


The National Capital was genu-
inely saddened today over the
news from far-off Alaska that
Will Rogers, actor and humorist,
and his globe.circling pilot, Wiley
Post, had been killed in an air
plane crash near Point Barrow.
A single cable line, operated by
the Army Signal Corps from
Alaska to Seattle, brought con-
firmation of the bare facts of
the crash, which occurred at 5
p. m. ALASKA time) yesterday,
and the recovery of the bodies,
After re-checking the report and
confirming its authenticity. the
Army assumed the task Of notify
ing the relatives.
So great was the Capitals inter.
est that as soon as the first ri.
morS of the fatal crash gained
currency, newspaper and press
association offices were flooded
with calls from those in official
life asking whether they were true.
Often Visited Here
Rogers was a frequent visitor in
Washington, and a popular one.
He numbered among his intimate
friends and acquaintance most
OF the figures in public life, ire
spective Of political affiliations. He
"kidded" them, and they like it,
for there was no rancor in the
philosophical musings of the wise
cracking humoriSt. He used to
say that in all his fun-making at
the expense of public officials
only one man ever got sore at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-16
Boy Sku|I Fractured
When Struck by Train

SHENANDOAH, Va, Aug. 16.
Frank H. Campbell, 5-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Campbell, is in Rockingham Hos
pital with probable fractured
skull as result Of being struck
by Norfolk and Western freight
train at his home near Ingham
late yesterday.
The child is believed to have
fallen asleep while playing on
tracks. Engineer Wilmer Miller
stopped his train and rushed the
child to a doctor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-16
SLUSH FUND
DEFEN DED
BYH0PS0N
yustifies Utilities in
Protecting Equities
Against Legislation
International News Service

Expenditure of millions Of dol
lars by utilities companies to de.
feat legislation was held neces-
ssry today by Howard c. Hopson,
head of the vast associated gas
and electric system.
He told the House Rules Com
mittee utilities companies would
be justified in spending as much
money as they could efficiently
expend to defeat legislation which
would destroy their equities.
He estimated the Wheeler-Ray.
burn bill outlawing holding com
panieS would have reduced the
value of the companies equities
by so per cent or six billion dol
lars. He testified:
Congress would appropriate
any amount out of the Treasury
to protect the United States in
time Of war;"
EXPENDED $2O,OOO,OOO
Mr.. Hopson's statement followed
an estimate by Committee Chair
man O'Connor, of New York, that
utilities companies already had
expended $20,O0O,O00 in fighting
the bill.
Mr.. O'Connor figured that the
100000 spent by the A. G. & E.,
represented As cents for every
meter in the system.
The 10 companies which banded
together under the committee OF
public utility executives were as
sessed only one-half cent per
meter, Mr.. O'Connor added.
Asked whether this assessment
was passed on to consumers, Mr.,
Hopson said it came from the
treasures of the various com
panieS.
Beck of the surface arrange
ments under which both House
and Senate committees are to take
turns popping questions at Hop
son, the bitter differences that
have prevailed for the past several
days continued to seethe.
The House committee chair.
man, Representative John O'Con'
nor of New York, charged the Sen
ate committee "broke faith" in
calling HopSon before them yes
terday.
The Senate committee chair.
man, Senator Black CD of Ala
bama, replied with the assertion
CONTINUED on Page s, Col. 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-16

Post and Rogers, boon compan-
ions of many years, left Fairbanks,
Alaska, yesterday. When they
took off from Fairbanks it was be-
lieved they were heading for
Nome, directly west of Fairbanks,
and then would later fly to Point
Barrow, far up on the Alaskan
coast,
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ENGINES IMPACT PINS
PAIR IN WRECKAGE,
BOTH CRUSHED

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 16 QN.S.).-The
greatest aviation tragedy since the flaming death
of Knute Rockne, Notre Danes football wizard
took the lives of Americas outstanding flying
enthusiasts Wiley Post, one-eyed round-the-
world filler, and Will Rogers, humorist-in the
Alaska Wristbands near Point Barrow yesterday
afternoon.
News of the deaths of Post and Rogers was received
here today by the u S. Signal Corps from its Alaskan
outpost at Point Barrow northernmost tip of Alaska.
Post and Rogers aerial vacation Alaska There
had been talk that they planned continue Siberia.
Only the barest details of the crash which took place IS miles
south of Point Barrow received here
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-16
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Local thunder showers this afternoon or
tonight. Saturday partly cloudy with local
thunder showers in late afternoon. Not much
ch0nRs in temperature.
A
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-16
Found By Sergeant Morgan

First word of the tragedy-he shocked the entire world
both internationally famous-wa received here
from Sergt Stanley R. Morgan u A. the Army
Signal Corps station at Point Barrow.
Morgan flashed:
post and Rogers crashed Is miles south here o'clock
last night.
Have recovered bodies and placed them in care Dr. Gre
Standing by on Anchorage hourly.
(signed) MORGAN"
Dr. Henry w Gre is in charge the Presbyterian Hospital
at Point Barrow
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Rogers Gave 500 To Fairbanks Team

helped a colonist move a stove
into his newly finished home.
Rogers, with his inimicable
humor, "kidded" the pioneers as
being prisoners in the Far North"
and they laughed at his jokes.
Faulty Motor Blamed
Motor failure while their plane
was only so feet above a small
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Capital Joins Nation
In Mourning Rogers
WILEY POST

me-" That was the late President
Harding, who resented some Of
Wills wisecracks in the Ziegfeld
Follies of 1922. Later they made
up" as Will said, and all was
forgiven.
Vice President Garner, often the
butt Of Rogers wit, exclaimed
when he was appraised of the
crash:
ooh, that's awful! Two
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. -
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Apparently, they headed straight
northward in a direct line for
Point Barrow, over the trackless
sub-Arctic wastelands.
Considerable apprehension was
felt here when word of their ex-
pected arrival was not received
from newspaper correspondents in
the Far North.
The Washington times., 1935-11-04
REPLACE AAA,
IS PROPOSED

MOUNT VERNON, Ia, Nov. 4
0.N.S0.-A substitute farm pro-
gram to replace the .AAA, based
chiefly upon use of customs re-
ceiptS to assure farmers Of an
American price" for their goods,
was proposed today by Senator
L. ]. Dickinson (R) Of Iowa.
As o former leader Of the
congressional farm bloc and a
potential Republican presidential
candidate, Dickinson's farm pro-
gram is expected to be thrust be-
before the next Republican ma.
tional convention.
Declaring that the Roosevelt AAA
program will end in collopse, Dick
inson told the Cornell College
Forum that a new program is
vitally needed by the farmers. He
proposed to-:
Eliminate present contradic.
tionS" In Roosevelt program, un-
der which crop reduction is de.
manded, but hundreds Of millions
are appropriated for irrigation and
drainage projects to bring new
land into cultivation.
Retire submarginal land and
correct the under consumption
Of food products throughout the
United States.
Remove artificial controls and
bureaucratic regulations. with a
return to development of coopera-
tiveS.
The Washington times., 1935-11-04
ADVERTIsEME ENT
COLD!
When This Famous Tablet
Gets on the Jobl

It's just too bad for a cold when
you take Groves Laxative Bromo
Quinine. For this famous tablet
soon has the cold on its way.
Groves Laxative Bromo Quinine
acts quickly and decisively because
it is expressly a cold tablet and
because it gets at a cold from the
inside.
Quick relief is had with Groves
Laxative Bromo Quinine because
it is a definite treatment. It does
four important things. It opens
the bowels, combats the infection
in the system, relieves the head
ache and fever and tones and for
titles the system. Don't be satis-
fed with anything less than that.
Get Groves Laxative Bromo Qui-
nine at any druggists. Ask for it
by the full name and resent sub.
stitute.
The Washington times., 1935-11-04
NEARBY MOTOR
ACCIDENTS
FATAL TO 6

Although there were no fatali-
ties in Washington, six persons
lost their lives in traffic mis-
haps on nearby highways over
the weekend. Several persons
were hurt here.
Two former students Of West
ern Maryland College were killed
when their car overturned near
Littleston, Pa. They were re-
turning home from a football
game and party at Westminster
early yesterday. They were
Evelyn Bowen, a music teacher
in the Ellicott City (Md0 school,
and Charles Williams, of Sykes
vile, Md.
Courtney White, 20, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Octavius White, OF
Berryville, Va, was killed early
yesterday when a milk truck in
which he was riding crashed into
q telephone pole on the Leesburg
road near Herndon, Va.
James Magruder, colored, IS, Of
Ounce orchard, near Rockville.
Md, was struck by a hit-and-run
machine late Saturday night as
he was returning from church
services. His body was found on
the Darnestown road, near his
home.
Thomas Woods, Ct, of Claren.
don, Va, was killed by a hit-and'
run driver on the Mt. Vernon Me.
mortal Highway.
Richard c. Porter. 81, of West
field, N. j., was fatally hurt when
his motorcycle swerved from the
road and struck a pole in Alex
andrta, Va, last night. Porter
was blinded by the lights of an
oncoming automobile, police be.
lieve. He was taken to Alexan'
dria Hospital and died an hour
later of a fractured skull.
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Killed by Proprecy

PRAGUE UN.s). "A fortune
teller's prophecy led to the death
Of Josef Kovac, "a. She foretold
that he would Idle an unnatural
death" Kovac remembered this
when he was called up for medi.
cal examination as a potential
conscript for the army, and took
medicine to make him temporarily
unfit. But the medicine set up
acute poisoning-from which Ko-
vac died,
The Washington times., 1935-11-04
Do You Remember?
(AnswerS to Questions on
Page 81

(AnswerS to Questions on
Page 81
Kidnapped in Switzerland,
Jacob, anti.Nazi publisher,
was released after being
Jailed for six months in Ger
many.
Running amuck, Holler
killed his two daughters,
wounded his wife and two
sons, then ended his own
life.
Miller, chairman Of the
New York Crime Commits
sion, urged the establishment
Of parks for "petters" As .
check on crime.
HOzinSky was "taken for q
ride" in q California gang
war.
Condemned to the electric
chair, HOena asked permis-
sion to obtain a divorce so he
might marry his accOmplice'S
sister before being executed.
The Washington times., 1935-11-04
AUTO WRECKS
AMBULANCE

WAYNEsBORO, Pa, Nov. 4.
Mrs. Charles Petrie, 50, Is resting
comfortably in the Waynesboro
Hospital after a rather trying ex-
perience in getting there.
When Mrs. Petrie fell and
broke her left leg, an ambulance
was called. On the return trip,
an automobile driven by Mrs. J.
G. Croft, of Chambersburg,
crashed into the side of the am
bulance.
Charles Petrie, husband of the
injured woman, who was riding
with her, suffered a fractured rib.
The Washington times., 1935-11-04

ADVERTI9EM ENT
The Washington times., 1935-11-04
Honor Day Program
Al Howard Planned

Howard University will stage
its thirteenth annual honor-day
program Wednesday yith special
exercises in Rakin Chapel at
noon.
The exercises are held for the
purpose of encouraging scholar
ship at the university and to
honor those students who have
maintained a grade Of 2.6 points
for a full year and whose record
contain no grade lower than B.
The Washington times., 1935-11-04

-- pimples and annoying eruptions
caused by faulty elimination usually
disappear - your appetite increases
and you feel more poppy than you
have felt in years. Ali druggists.
Buy ,osV! New size, tablets 50 cts,
LIQUID $l.OO. Large size, $l.3s.
The Washington times., 1935-11-04
Child Eats Dry lie,
Her Death Follows

PORT ARTHUR. Tex.-A small
piece of dry ice caused the death
Of Myrl Bradshaw, jr.. 3.
The child swallowed the con.
densed gas, which has a tempera-
ture of ia degrees below zero.
The extreme cold caused conges-
ton of the bronchial tubes.
The Washington times., 1935-11-04
Ship Wheat. to Eritrea

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina.
The British steamer Treloske has
been chartered to load 1000 tons
Of wheat for Eritrea. The posting
Of the charter caused interested
gossip In the Stock Exchange, as
it Is presumed that the wheat is
destined for the italian troops
now fighting against Ethiopia.
The Washington times., 1935-11-04
In this here prize recipe !.
you'll taste what making $50
million gallons taught me!

Yes sir, you're tasting the real fanaily's
whiskey of US Wilkens II and you can
bet your boots I've put all the knack
I got out of my 40 or so years of ex-
perience into 1t! But knack's not all there
is to it-not by jugful. It's the care
and bother you put into it-kicking up
plenty Of fuss if your grains don't come
right up to snuff getting your mash
just So taking your time putting it
through real slow. It's nursing it along
The Washington times., 1935-11-04
PERFECT HEALTH H
Has a Beauty All Its Own
All ILS OWu
EN- you

~ - - ;
~ feel rundown
have no energy,
when your stom-
ach gives trouble
with gas, or "sour
risings," take DR..
Pierce's Golden
Medical Discov-
cry. 1t acts as an
internal cleanser
The Washington times., 1935-08-28


Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Mulford,
Of Everett, Wash, have an
nounced the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Mary Janet
Milford, to Mr.. Regal E. Muir
ray, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.
Murray, of Harrison, Ark. The
wedding will be an event of
october.
To Georgetown
Mrs. Thomas, wife of Comdr.
William D. Thomas, U. S. NJ, is
moving to the house at 3508
Prospect Ave. and September
Is will give up Greystone, the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Armat, overlooking Rock Creek,
which she has occupied for sew
eral years.
The house in Prospect Avenue
was purchased more than a
year ago by Mrs. E. B. Nc
Cauley, who restored the inte-
rior and improved the grounds,
which she terraced to M Street.
The house has an extensive
view of the Potomac, the Lin.
coin Memorial and Memorial
Bridge as well as Arlington and
is one of the famous old houses
Of Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armat are eX-
pected to occupy their home,
Greystone, next winter.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Beard, OF
Maysville, KY, who have been
motoring through the East, are
spending a few days at the
ShorehaIn.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
S'4 c@~''"
Senior Franco
Now in Town

Spain'S most illustriouS avia-
tor, Senor Ramon Franco, with
Sonora Franco and their small
daughter, are at the Shoreham,
having arrived to make their
residence in the Capital, where
Senor Franco is representing
his country as air attache to
the United States. This is the
first time Spain has sent an
air attache to this country, and
the appointment is significant
of the growing Importance of
international aviation.
Senior Franco was one of the
first men Of Spain to become
interested in aviation. and has
made a number of epochal
flights, Of which the most i'm
portant was the trail-blazing
trip from PaloS, Spain, to
Buenos Aires in 1926. He at
tempted the same trip in 1929
and was forced down near the
Azores Islands, where he was
without food for almost a week,
until he was picked up by the
British airplane carrier, the
Eagle.
Senor Franco and his family
arrived in New York on the
Roma and came Immediately
to Washington.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
Will Motor To
New England

Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Balch have
arrived in this city and are at
the Carlton. for the duration of
their stay. They will be Joined
by their son, Midshipman j.
Bernard Balch, who is a mem
ber of the Third Glass at the
Naval Academy and who will
spend his September leave with
them on a motor trip to Maine.
The U. S. S. Wyoming and the
U. S. S. Arkansas dropped an
chor in Annapolis Roads yester-
day, returning from a summer
practice cruise which included
stops at Scotland. Norway, Den
mark and Gibraltar. The mid
shipmen who went on the cruise
landed yesterday and have
started on their months leave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Balch and their
son will return to Washington
about the end of September,
when Midshipman Balch will re-
turn to Annapolis and Mr.. and
Mrs. Balch will leave for the
West Coast. whence they will
sail for their home in Honolulu.
X \
Mr.. and Mrs. John Page Eli
oft, of Charlottesville, Va, are
stopping at the Shoreham while
in Washington.
X \ y
Mrs. Forbes Morgan is pass
ing some time at the Meadow
Club, at Southampton, L. I.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
Envoy Goes /n-o,no /0Ancc
To Canada L UlU/I Il UDICO
Mrs. Mclean
Is ChaPeron
MR.. WARREN

characters Of his present
book-in-the-writing. These
characters accompany h i'm
everywhere he goes. He sits
and thinks about them and
their doings, writes them
down and then thinks about
them some more.
The young author has
Just returned from a trip
to Venezuela. The funny
part of 1t is that the story
he is no1O 1UOrking on is
not taking place in South
America IN spite of the en-
joyable trip, but begins
right here IN our o1Vn city.
IN other aOords, Mr.. Hogan
took q cruise to gather ma
terial for another brain
child, came back 1Uhere he
started and Is using the
place he left behind as the
background.
He agrees With Pearl
Buck that no moveI 1Uriter
is popular as a social lion,
because the writer goes
around aOith a chGracter-in-
the-making ON each arm,
and, When introduced to
someone, M ur M Nrs the
name that aUiU later appear
IN a popular book. 1t all
sounds Very unusual and
rather delightful, as long
as the ever-present page
children are pleasant cred-
tures, but suppose a cre-
Gtor of ghost tales takes
his pets around aOith him.!
oh, dear!
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
MISS MCINTYRE

The Minister of Canada,
Mr.. William Duncan Her.
ridge, has left to join his
wife and young son in st.
Andrews, Canada, and will
remain with them for several
days. He has been in and
out of the Capital all sum-
mer.
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Nc
Lean chaperoned her son,
Jock, and daughter, Evalyn,
and some of their friends at
the Powhatan Roof early
this week. She wore a lovely
shiny black gown, made on
severely simple lines with a
large -brimmed black hat.
And most important of all,
she wore the Hope diamond.
Young George H. Bost-
mick, jr., is celebrating his
first birthday this week.
HIS mother is the former
Laura Curtis, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James F.
Curtis, of this city and
Roslyn, N. Y. HIS parents
qOill pass the autumn at
Westbury, L. l., 1Uhere Mr..
BostWick aViU play IN the
open polo championship at
Meado1Obrook in Septem-
Der. He is a member of the
Greentree team.
The golf course out at the
Soldiers Home is a favorite
haunt with the Fred Brittens
and any one of these fine
mornings you may see them
out t h ere enjoying them
selves.
Mrs. Britten wears a very
comfortable Ii ig htweight t
dress of pique in tan with
red and white stripes and a
felt hat Of tan.
Word has been received
tn at Miss Abbie ingalls,,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fay ingalls,, who recently
won third place in the North
South Skeet Shoot at the Ma
tional Capital skeet Club,
has won the skeet champion
ship in Cleveland and is the
first woman to achieve this
crown. She has won the Vir-
ginia women's title twice.
Sa1O that gerry attractive
Mrs. Robert Lincoln (Wil-
ma d.. HoyaL director of
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
Secretary On
Motor Trip

The Secretary of Labor, Miss
Frances Perkins, is on a motor
trip through New York State
and does not plan to return to
the Capital until after Labor
Day. Representative Caroline
O'Day, with whom Miss Per
kins shared the California street
residence Of the Arthur Bull
lards for the summer. has gone
to her home in Rye, N. Y.
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Mrs. E. M. Stubblefield and
her daughter, Miss Parthenia
Stubblefield, of this city, spent
a brief visit in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. E. Mes
bitt, of this city, are at the
Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
(Trad0 Mark ReglstsradI

the lVomen's division of
the Republican National
Committee, dancing at the
Mayflower and she aOas
1Uearing the most graceful
goaOn of periaUinkle blue
chiffon, the bodice and
skirt accordion pleated and
the 1Oeu-fitted aUaist of
satin of matching shade.
It is good news to their
many friends in the Capital
to hear that John and Mari
an Greely have returned for
station and have taken the
house of Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
j. F. Preston in Cortland
Place.
They have been visiting
Colonel Greely's father, Gen.
Adolphus w. Greedy, in New
Hampshire for a month and
their young son, John, jr., is
remaining with his grand
father for a few weeks
longer.
They were here about five
years ago and have a host of
friends who welcome their
return.
Saw a strange sight at
luncheon! Several people
were at a table and not a
single word was spoken. The
gentleman at the head of the
table sat and partook Of his
melon, salad and iced tea,
but not a word did he utter.
It is not so very queer when
you know that the host was
young Pendleton Hogan and
his companions were the
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
Society Will
See Drama

Unless Jupiter Pluvius frowns
again on "Androcles and the
Lion," and causes last minute
postponement Of the Shaw play
to Thursday, the Satirical
fable" comedy will be presented
tonight by the Community Play
ers at 8 o'clock in the Sylvan
Theater at the Washington
Monument.
Washingtonians in all circles
Of society are showing a keen
interest in the performance
which is given through the
courtesy of the New York Thea.
ter Guild. It will be the first
time that a Shaw play will have
been given out of doors in the
Capital City, the selection Of
"Androcles and the Lion" being
considered a happy one for
alfreSco production.
Members of the Summer Fes-
tival committee returning to the
city this week will attend the
performance, among them being
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples, Mr..
c. Marshall Finnan, Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle, Mrs. John Albert
Hunter. Col. E. L. Mattice, Miss
Edith Grosvenor, Mr.. c. Melvin
Sharpe, Mr.. Albert Clyde-Bur.
ton, and Capt. P. j. Carroll.
Many well-known leaders in
the drama contingent of Wash
ington society will be present at
the performance including Miss
Esther Galbraith, Miss Caroline
Mckinley, Miss Mabel Van
Dyke, Mr.. Russell D. Burchard,
Mr.. Frank Baer, Mr.. Harold Al
len Long, Mr.. Arthur Rhodes,
Mr.. Wade Robinson, Mr.. Ches-
ter Ring, Mr.. Kent Dyer, Mr..
Thomas M. Cahill, and others.
"
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
From Summer CanoD

DR.. and Mrs. Frank Hornaday
are returning this week from
their summer camp in Maine,
where they have been spending
several weeks.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Dion S. Birney,
accompanied by their daughter,
Miss Agnes Birney, and Miss
Edna Roth and Miss Sue JOY
ner, all of this city, are spend
ing a few days at the Commo-
dore Hotel in New York city.