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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-01

New York, London, Hamourg, Ant
Werp and Rotterdam, are the worlds
five leading ports classified, in order.
according to the net registered tonnage
OF foreign ships entering them.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-01

Leather of varying thickness. from
that of note paper to the substance of a
thick cardboard, is being made frCm
shark skin in England.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-11
MINE WALKOUT
. DISCOUNTED
BYOWNERS
international News Service

Talk Of q strike of 100000 BIZ
luminous coal miners of the APP
palachian region was discounted
today as 800 members of the bi.
luminous producers gathered here
to discuss proposed amendments
to the Guffey coal bill.
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, stands by
his threat of calling a strike in the
Eastern fields June Is. unless the
employers meet new contract de-
mands or the Guffey bill is passed
by Congress. Senate leaders hope
to pass the bill this week and send
1t to the House.
Operators and miner representa-.
lives are reported to have reached
an agreement on an amended bill.
but neither has divulged its
nature.
II the bill is not passed before
June IS, President Roosevelt is
expected to request a truce be.
tween operators and miners, and
ask the miners to continue at
their jobs at the same hour and
wage scale as in the MIRA coal
code. which expires June Is.
Miner officials deny they have
agreed to accepting continu.
ance of the present wage scale,
and Mr.. Lewis insists the strike
call will "Stand" unless union de.
mandS are met.
The wage scale under which
the Appalachian field is operating
expired on April IS, but was con.
tinued for the life of the code,
following a meeting between Mr..
Lewis. operator representatives
and MIRA officials.
Although the Eastern field does
not represent the entire country,
1t provides basis for negotiations
In the other and lesser fields.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-11
CIVIC AND SOCIAL

All Day-Display, Best q Co.,
New York, Wardman Park Hotel.
Downtown department stores
closed during the Shrine parade,
but will be open at IL o'clock for
balance of the day.
500 P.M.-Meeting, Shrine Le-
gion of Honor. Mayflower Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Beta Chi
Sorority, Carlton Hotel.
TRADE BODIES
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Wash
ington Association of Credit Men,
Inc, Raleigh Hotel.
CIVIC AND SOCIAL
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Sigma
Chi Fraternity, University Club.
4:45 PM.-C ON m m o rative
Meeting, The Society for Philo-
Sophcial Inquiry, at National Mu-
scum Building New Building,
Room 43). Bishop George Berke-
ley-subject. Professor /. E. Rich
ardson and DR.. w. T. Shepherd
speakers.
$50 P.M-Concert, Unite d
States Marine Band, Formal Gar
dens, Army Medical Center, Cap
tain BranSon, leader: Arthur S.
Wetcomb, second leader.
$50 P.M.-Buffet Supper, Wo-
mems National Press Club, Will
lard Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Women'S
Union Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, N. F. F. E., Willard Ho-
tel.
800 P.M.-Mrs. Nolan's Bridge
Group, Shoreham Hotel.
$50 P.M.-Benefit Bingo Party,
at $40 K st. N. E.
CONVENTION
IMPERIAL COUNCIL OF THE
SHRINE CONVENTION, WILL
LARD HOTEL.
1870 P.M.-Luncheon: Dinner,
1880 p. m, to the Imperial Coun-
Gil by Almas Temple, Willard Ho-
tel.
CIVIC AND SOCIAL
TOMORROW
All Day-Display, Best & Co.,
New York, Wardman Park Hotel.
1890 P.M-Luncheon, Lions
Club, MayflOWer Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Ladies
of Shriners' Convention, Shore
ham Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, the Ro-
tary Club, Shoreham Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-11
SCHOOLS CLOSE
IN ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June II.
Alexandria's public schools will be
closed formally today for the sum.
mer vacation.
Hundreds Of pupils of the nu-
merous schools will be awarded re-
port and promotion cards by their
teachers.
Graduating exercises for George
Mason High School will be held
tonight at 8:15 in the school build
ing. Exercises for Alexandria High
School will not be held until next
Monday. because the exercises are
to be held in the Masonic Temple
and the building will not be avail
able until after the Shrine conven-
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-11
TIMES TABLE

100 P.M.-Luncheon, Soroptil
mist Club, Willard Hotel.
500 P.M.-Washington Bridge
League, Shoreham Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting. Washing
ton Philateic Society, Carlton
Hotel.
500 P.M.-Meeting, Sigma
Delta Kappa Fraternity, Carlton
Hotel.
500 P.M.-Meeting, Izaak Wal
ton League, Raleigh Hotel.
900 P.M.-Dance and buffet
supper, Imperial Potentates, May
flower Hotel.
TRADE BODIES
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Electric
Institute, Carlton Hotel.
CONVENTION
IMPERIAL COUNCIL OF THE
SHRINE CONVENTION, Will
LARD HOTEL.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon to the
Imperial Council by Almas TEN
pie, Willard Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-11
KEA To MANAGE
EVANSVILLE

EVANSVILLE, Md, June ii.
After a heated fight S. S. Kea
last night was named general
manager of Hyattsville by action
Of the town council.
The list was narrowed down to
three candidates. Kea. c. c. Tes-
sier and William H. Brown, be.
fore the council broke up into
factions, each sponsoring a candi-
date.
At a salary of $125 monthly,
Mr.. Kea is to handle all CON-
plants by citizens, direct street
work and policing. The council
will continue to direct admins
trative affairs.
The council cut the tax rate
five cents to a total of As cents
per 500 of assessed valuation,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-11
ROBBED OF S66

r. K. Pennington, 228 Morgan
St., was minus $66 in cash follow.
ing a hold-up at Seventh and H
SITS. N. w. early last night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-11
LAUNDRY MISSING

Laundry valued at $3.50 as
either lost or stolen from a How.
ard Cleaners truck, operated by
Robert c. Widmeyer, 816 Fifth st.
N. E. he reported to police last
night.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
Tim meS-HeraId Boys
Feast With NOtableS

Fame and wealth, power and
position, lie before you, to be
had not for the asking, but for
the striving"
This message from William
Randolph Hearst was read at the
Willard Hotel last night to LOO
carrier boys and their guests, gath,
cred for the largest roundup of its
kind Washington has seen.
The occasion was the eighth
annual banquet of The Washing.
ton Times-Herald Boys Club, with
a galaxy of theatrical stars enter
tanning.
H. NJ. Bitner, general manager
of the Hearst Newspapers, and T.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
TRAFFIC TOLL
UP TO 113
picture on Page ~

Struck by a five-ton Army truck
while crossing Key Bridge, Clar'
ence Courtney, so, a conductor for
the Capital Transit Company re
siding in Colonial Heights, Va.
was instantly killed today.
Mr.. Courtney was en- route home
at the time, after checking in at
the Georgetown car barns and ask
ing the day off because he felt i'll
According to witnesses, Mr..
Courtney was crossing the bridge
and apparently failed to notice the
heavy army truck, which was
bound for the Virginia side of the
river.
The truck was driven by Ber.
nard E. Martin, 46, of the quar-
termaSter corps, stationed at Wal
ter Reed Hospital. He jammed on
his brakes, but was unable to stop
the truck before it struck Mr..
Courtney, he told police.
The death of Courtney was the
18th traffic death this year in
the District. The total last year
was 1874.
Following questioning by police,
the driver of the truck was re.
leased in the custody of his com.
manding officer pending the coro.
ner's inquest.
Courtney, who had been with
the transit company for 27 years,
is survived by a widow, three
daughters and two sons.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
FAIR NIGHT DUE
FOR REvELERS

New Year Eve ce1ebrants will
have fair and warmer weather
tonight to see the old year out,
but the prospect is for rain or
snow tomorrow, the first day of
1896.
Early today the mercury went
to 81 degrees, for the minimum
temperature, then started to rise
slowly. Meanwhile, 1900 men
were still at work clearing the
streets from the Seven-inch snow
fall of the past few days.
Streets were covered with ice
as early workers started out to-
day, and there were many falls,
bringing bruises and minor in
juries. Rising temperatures. how
ever. helped thaw the ice and
snow.
With the Potomac River filled
with ice, river traffic was delayed.
Chesapeake Bay was frozen over
solid in many places, cutting off
the Eastern Shore as ferry traffic
was cancelled and roads were
blocked by deep snow drifts.
With hundreds of persons ma
rooned on Tangier and Smiths
Island in Chesapeake Bay, Coast
Guard cutters today we're attempt
ing to break through to their as,
SiStance.
Fears arose of floods at Hagers.
town and fredericksburg, Md, with
the coming of a thaw. Last year
fredericksburg was inundated by 10
feet of water.
Workmen will be placed on the
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The Washington times., 1935-12-31
9 SWEDES
KILLED IN
AIR RAID
.Addis Ababa Reports
3 SeIassie Armies
Movinq on Foe

Adds ABABA, Dec. 81
(IN.S)-Nine Swedes, the full
personnel of Swedish ambu-
lance unit, and % Ethiopians
were killed by Italian airplaneS
in a bombing raid 20 miles north
west of Dolo, RaS Desta Demtu,
southern Ethiopian commander,
announced in a wireless message
today. Il,
Ras Desta said the Red Cross
unit was attached to one column
of his army which has been
advancing southwark to wards the
Italian forces of Gen. Rodolfo
GRAHAM on the Italiarsr Somalil-
and front,
Major Battle Near
Fighting which may develop
into the major battle of the
Italo- Ethiopian war broke out on
the northern front today. accord
ing to unofficial reports received
here, with three Ethiopian armies
numbering hundreds of thousands
Of men converging upon Makale.
Twenty-three Italian officers
were reported among the slain.
Casualties were reported ex-
tremely heavy on both sides.
In the northern fighting, Ras
Moulougetta, War Minister, and
Ras KaSsa and RaS Seyum, vet
eran northern front commanders,
were reported marching upon
Makale, Southernmost point of the
wedge,Shaped area captured by
the Italians many weeks ago.
Italian Lines Cut
The concerted drive of the
maSsed forces followed several
recent sauguinary battles in
which comparatively small Ethio-
plan detachments penetrate t e d
beyond the italian advance lines.
in some instances cutting off the
Italian communications.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31

]. White, general manager Of
Hearst Enterprises, both came
down from New York to attend
the banquet.
Arthur Reilly, the Herald "Globe
Trotter," was master of cere.
monies, with Walter Beall, presi-
dent of the Boys Club, and L. Cor.
don Leech, club director, presiding
jointly.
Well behaved, but brimming
over with the thrill of lifetime,
the youngsters, some tousled-
haired in red sweaters; others well
groomed and feeling a trifle un-'
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The Washington times., 1935-12-31
COERCION
BY TAX IS
RAPED
Coal Business Held
lntrastate in Rule in
Missouri Court

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 81
G.N.S0.-The Guffey coal act
was declared unconstitutional in
its entirety by Federal Judge AL
bert L. Reeves in an opinion filed
here today.
In his sweeping decision, Judge
Reeves made two points of uncon-
stitutionality:
/. That the several States, not
Congress, have the power to "po-
hce and regulate" the coal min
ing business, "an intrastate in
dustry."
2. That the tax on nonSigners
is intended primarily for coer-
cion," adding that the tax clause
of the Constitution did not au-
thorize Congress to impose Is
per cent tax on coal companies
which declined to submit to the
act by signing codes of fair COM
petition"
The decision was handed down
in a suit brought by six Missouri
coal companies seeking a tempo
rary injunction restraining the
Collector Of Internal Revenue
from collecting the tax imposed on
nonsigners.
simultaneously with the filing
of the opinion, Judge Reeves an
nounced he would grant the tenn
porary injunction.
Judge Reeves held that, al
though Congress has the power
to tax. the Is per cent tax "is
wholly unrelated to the regulatory
provisions of the Guffey act" and
that regulatory control Of the
coal mining industry is beyond
the constitutional power of Con-
gresS."
PHILADELP HIA, Dec. 81
G.N.SD attack on the
constitutionality of the Guffey
coal bill setting up a Little NRA"
for the bituminous industry was
filed in United States District
Court here today by the Loyal
hanna Coal and Coke Company,
operating mines in Cambria and
Somerset counties.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
WEST RECALLED
IN T0DDQU|z

HOLLYWOOD. Cal, Dec. 81
(INS0 Possibility that Thelma
Todd, screen star, left a party at
Trocadero Cafe on a mystery
errand" the night before she met
her deth was being studied by
the grand jury today as the in
vestigation of the death of the
actress continued.
The jury foreman, George
Rochester, admitted he was work
ing on absolutely new angles
of the case which might necesSi-
tate summoning of several wit
nesSes whose names are being
kept closely guarded.
West Recalled
In any event it is expected the
investigation will continue several
days longer after a brief session
today during which Roland West,
business partner of the star, will
be recalled.
Miss Todd, dead from carbon
monoxide fumes, was found in
her automobile behind closed
doors December Is. The Satur-
day night before her death. the
star attended a party given in
her honor by Ida Lupino, dancer,
at the Trocadero Cafe.
When she left, West told her,
he said, that if she was not going
to be in early she had better
stay with her mother in Holly
wood rather than return to her
apartment which adjoined his.
Jury members admitted this
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The Washington times., 1935-12-31
TangIe Grows
Over Smith
Invitation
BY EARL GOODWIN

The more one tries to make
head or tail out of this controversy
between Alfred E. Smith and Mrs.
Roosevelt as to whether the Man
in the Brown Derby has been
urged time and time again to pill
low his head at 1900 Pennsylvania
Ave. N. w., the worse the muddle
gets.
Undoubtedly the subject is pain
full to the White House. The row
started in New York City when
som cone connected with Mr..
Smith let it out cautiously and as
a Secretive tip that Alfred E.
Smith had been invited to the
White House on January 25.
That would not have meant so
much as it did, were it not for the
fact that on January 25 Alfred E.
Smith is a speaker along with
John w. Davis, another Demo
cratic war horse who essayed to
make the grade for the White
House but ran second to Cal
Coolidge.
Will Assail Roosevelt
The two of them are to be at
the American Liberty League din
ner and the assumption is that
together they will lambaste the
Roosevelt Administration f r ON
stem to stern. So the business of
Mr.. Smith leaving the Liberty
League meeting to rest under the
White House roof and to be a
cheerful and welcome guest on the
following Sunday morning was
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CARPENTER
BELIEVED.
READY TO
CONFESS
Execution at Prison
Starts Him Sobbinq;
Calls for Wife

NTON, N. j., Dec. 81
IN.SO The iron nerves Of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann are
cracking at last, authorities at the
New Jersey State prison believed
today.
After watching Hauptmann's re.
action to the execution of one Of
his fellow death-house inmates,
Romaine Johnson, 34-year-old ne
gro, last night, the prison officials
declared it was not unreasonable
to hope the Stolid Bronx carpen-
ter would make a complete con.
feSSion of his part in the Lind
bergh baby kidnapping and murder
before his scheduled walk to the
death chair himself the week Of
January 13.
Among those who expect the
hitherto ur1breakable Hauptnaatalt
to break down and tell the coll1s
plete story of the crime of the
century, it was said, is Governor
Harold Hoffman, who paid mid
night visit to the carpenters cell
several months ago.
What Governor Feels
One of Hoffman's aides said:
"Since Hauptfnann arrived in
the death house, the governor
has been positive the case will
not be completely solved with
the death of Hauptmann. He
feels it will be far better judg-
ment to attempt to wreSt q
confession from him and there
by clear up the doubt in the
minds of thousands.
"The governor is certain the
strain of the death house will
convince Hauptmann it will be
much Sweeter to live on, even
if it means life Imprisonment.
"The warden has strict orders
to communicate with the gov
ernOr Immediately upon word
from Hauptmann that he is
willing to talk.
'In exchange for a full con-
feSSiOn the governor is willing
to recommend Communication of
sentence to the court of par
dOnS."
Bad Case of Nerves
The first word that Haupt-
mann's amazing fortitude had be.
gun to desert him came from Col.
Mark o. Kimberling, warden Of
the prison. He said:
"Hauptmann displayed bad
case of nerves while the death
warrant was being read to
johnson, and for an hour be-
fore and more than two hours
after JOhnSOn'S execution he
lay huddled beneath the blanket
of his cot"
All day yesterday Hauptmann
let his food standing untouched.
Only when two of his attorneys,
C. Lloyd Fisher and Frederick
Pope, visited him and told him
they believed his chances before
the court of pardons were better
than even," did the prisoner ap-
pear to become cheered.
Yet later in the afternoon as the
routine of preparing johnson for
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair, tUith lOOest temperature tonight about
rs; tomorrow increGsinR cloudiness lOith
rising temperature, follOGOed by rain or snoLO.
MEAN TEMFERATIJRES
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
HAUPTMANNS IRON NERVES BREAKING
Mr.. Hearst Praises
Times Carriers

The foHoqoinq message from William Randolph
Hearst qcas read by T. J. White general manager OF
Hearst Enterprises, at the Eighth AnnnaL Banquet OF
the Washington TimesHsrad Boys Club at the
Hotel Willard last night:
THE papers in Washington have succeeded won
derfully under the guidance of the very able
lady who directs, the Herald and the competent
gentleman who manages the Times.
I wish to extend them compliments and con-
gratulations; but am interrupting the festivities
at this moment with the particular purpose OF
saying a word to the young men who distribute
our newspapers to expectant readers, and build
up and maintain the respective circulations OF
those papers.
will not compliment them merely on the fact
that they have done marvelously good job.
They know that, and the publishers of the papers
know it, and know it and greatly appreciate 1t.
am going to talk to these young gentlemen for
a moment not merely about the present but about
the future.
The good work that is being done today is
firm foundation for future achievement; but the
great field for imagination, for romance for op-
'portunity for achievement, is the future, ~. ~
You dc not know what the future may hold for
you, what wonderful adventures, what prizes what
rewards may lie in the possibilities of the future.
VOU are like all the knights around King
- ArthurS table, ready TO SET 1OfCh on Cne gredC
adventures of the morrow.
There are just as great deeds to be done today
as there were in the days of chivalry just great
possible achievements as the finding of the Holy
Grail.
Fame and wealth, power and position lie before
you, to be had not for the asking but for the
striving.
It is trte thing to say that any one of you may
be President of the United States, but there are
many other places to which you may attain that
are quite as important, quite as useful, and quite
as honorable.
do not mean to say that it is not fine thing
to be President especially if you can be President
without being politician.
But in this age and era of American individu-
alism, almost any high position of constructive
service to mankind is of as great genuine i'm
portance and useful benefit as any place that
politics has to offer.
In this great country of ours there are thou
sands of such notable positions of creative SERVICE
and the liberty, and the equality, and the oppor-
tunity which we all enjoy under the freedom of
speech and action which our forefathers procured
for us, enable any one of you young men to attain
any of those important positions if you first de-
termine to do so, and then labor continually and
conscientiously in order to be able to do so
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HUPP MOTORS
CEASES WORK

DETROIT, Dec. 81 0.N.SJ.
Huppmobile Motor Car Corpora
ton, one of Detroit's oldest au-
tomobile concerns, suspended
operations today after a welter
of court battles and financial
difficulties. Only skeleton
staff was left on the pay roll
of the plant.
Vern R. Drum, president of
the company, could not be
reached to explain whether the
shutdown was permanent, and
other executives refused to COM
ment until an official statement
was issued.
One director said the decision
to halt production was made
necessary by lack of capital.
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Seeks Death Quiz

NEW CITY. N. Y, Dec. 81
GN.SO.-DisSatisfied with the in
quest in the death of his son,
Leroy Smith, 23-year-old Romeo,
Stewart Smith today considered
seeking legal advice on reopen
ing of the case. Smith is con-
vinced his son, who was found
dead in a Rockland county pas
ture last November, was slain.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
EN.FOu0|S QUITS
AS AIR CORPS CHIEF
Obtains Leave of Absence
Until December 22, When
He Retires for Age.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
Mai. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois to-
day ended a long and bitter contro-
versy between the War Department
and the House Military Affairs Com
mittee by retiring as chief of the Army
Air Corps.
The War Department announced
that Foulois, on his own application,
was granted leave of absence until
December %. At that time he will be
81 and automatically retires for age
Foulois, now on temporary leave,
has had little direction of Air Corps
activities since the House Military
Subcommittee demanded that Secre-
tary Dern remove him as chief be-
cause of charges of ineficiency, mis-
statements made to an investigating
committee and other accusations.
Dern refused the committees re-
quest and had the inspector general of
the Army make a complete investiga-
ton.
On the basis of this report Dern
cleared Foulois of the charges, al
though he found that the general had
made some misstatements to the COM
mittee.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

The highly critical attitude of an
unfriendly Senate Finance Committee
faction, which may become COM
mittee majority, was growing rapidly
today as a threat to enactment of
the soak the rich" tax plans of the
Roosevelt administration.
Thus far. six committee Democrats
have placed themselves squarely on
record as opposed either to certain
section or to the entire tax program,
both as outlined by President Roosevelt
and as approved by the House. These
six, certain to insist on some con-
cessions to their views. may count
with surety on three Republican
members of the committee in any at
tempt to force notifications in the
Senate committee draft of the legisla-
tion.
The Democrats who have revealed
their antagonism to the tax program
are Senators King of Utah. Walsh of
Massachusetts,, Gore of Oklahoma,
Byrd of Virginia, Lonergen of Con-
necticut and Gerry of Rhode Island
From the Republican side of the 81
man committee. they may count on