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The Washington times., 1935-10-30

Page Diogenes and Sinclair
Lewis!
An honest man and two works
or art" have been found in Wash
ington.
And so Miss Anne Harcourt,
daughter of a distinguished Brit
ish portrait painter and herself
an artist of no mean ability, has
recovered two of her paintings.
The paintings, it seems, were
not stolen as was first reported
to police, but lost in a comedy of
errors.
Miss Harcourt, whose work has
been praised by their Majesties,
the King and Queen of England,
recently arrived in Washington
from the Orient with her sister
Althea to visit their father, George
Harcourt, member Of the Royal
Academy, who was doing a por-
trait here.
Mr.. Harcourt recently returned
to England, but his daughters
remained at the ChaStleton Apart
ment. occupying their time with
social engagements and painting.
Early in the week Miss Harcourt
reported to police that two Of her
works, a study of a Chinese and
another of an airplane, had been
stolen from her car.
So the police portrait squal put
on its smocks, armed itself with
palette knives and started to work.
Today the mystery was solved.
The unidentified honest man re-
ported to police that he found the
paintings on the sidewalk, picked
them up and took them home. Po-
lice learned that Miss Harcourt
had been moving some belongings,
and the master minds of the por-
trait squad came to the conclu-
sion that she had overlooked the
two pictures.
Notified by The Times that her
works had been found, Miss Har-
court took refuge in traditional
British reserve, saying:
II really can't say anything
about it. No. no, nothing at all.
And don't want anything in the
paper"
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
CHEWNINGS
SEPARATE

Intrigued over the separation
of the William Jeffries Chewn-
ings, Washington society today
speculated on the possibility Of
a legal battle over the custody
of the two children Of the
socially prominent couple.
Mrs. Chewing, the former
Margo Couzens, daughter of
Senator James Couzens, Of
Michigan, has admitted resuming
her residence in her fathers
Washington home at 1850 Wood
land Drive. She explained the
separation was due to "incom-
patibility." In explanation Of
her move, Mrs. Chewing has
been quoted as saying:
"We have yet to reach an agree
ment about the children. I feel
sure that this will be done ami.
cably."
On the other hand, friends of
the couple hear that Mr.. Chewn-
ing will insist on full custody OF
the children, William, Sd, 4 years
old, and Margaret Ann, II months
old.
Legal representatives Of Mrs.
Chewing deny that the sports
loving heireSS contemplateS di.
vorce, but Mrs. Chewing could
not be reached at her Woodland
Drive residence today for com
ment.
Mr.. Chewing, who was a bank
teller when he and Margo Couzens
were married five years ago in the
face of her fathers opposition, is
now an employe of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
He is stationed at Herndon, Va.
From his Herndon office, Mr..
Chewing intimated that he will
comment on the separation later,
but refused to discuss either the
separation or possibility Of a
divorce.
He told The Times:
IT have nothing to say on these
reports at this time-I said, at
this time"
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
EUROPE WAR
SCARE DENIED
AS CAUSE
Rush Due to Desire
To Aid Relief, u. S.
Officials Assert

Construction schedules on SO
American warshipS will be Speeded
up, it was officially admitted at
the Navy Department today, but
not because of the African mill
tary fracas or other foreign devel-
opments.
"Rehef of unemployment and to
make the best use of all emerg-
ency funds allocated for ship con-
Struction," was given in the de-
partment's official announcement
as the reason for the speed order.
At the same time the depart
ment denied a report that an or
der to speed up the work had gone
out secretly from Secretary Claude
A. Swanson to navy yard COM
mandantS. The official statement
today declared:
"The letter written by the Sec
retary to the commandants Of
navy yards and referred to as con-
fidential in the press this morn
ing was not a confidential COM
munication and did not, as re-
ported, relate to the present in
ternational situation of to any ap-
preaching naval conference Of
naval conversations.
Relief Aid Cited
"On the contrary, however, the
letter was written some two
months ago and was predicated
entirely upon the desire of the
Navy Department to speed up all
navy yard work, with a view to-
ward doing the Navy's part in the
relief Of unemployment and to
make the best use of all emer-
gency funds allocated for this
purpose"
No further comment on the let
ter or its contents could be OBJ
tanned at the office of Secretary
Swanson.
Today is the usual press con-
ference day of the Secretary, but
for unexplained reasons the sched-
uled conference was cancelled.
Likewise, department officials
today would not say whether the
construction schedule of ships to
be laid down within the next few
months would be speeded up, nor
reveal to what extent the present
schedule would be hastened.
80 Vessels Being Built
A total Of SO vessels are now un.
der construction in Navy and
private yards. The bulk is sched-
uled for completion in 1885 and
1897. In II instances, involving
vessels under construction in the
Philadelphia, New York and Mare
Island Navy yards, the following
notation was made in the Navy's
october 10 progress report:
Reports indicate a delay may
be involved. Amount of delay not
determined"
A similar notation was made in
Is cases involving ships being
built in private yards.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
SIX AMERICANS
WIN0N RACE
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CONTINUED from Page -
paid regardless of where the horses
drawn placed.
Commander III was quoted al
odds Of 28 to ]. The six Ameri.
cans winning on him were:
Louis RabinowitZ, Bronx, New
York city.
"Labeete," New York city.
Forever" Bronx, New York
city.
Golden Nugget" New York
city.
1--WE Need It." Port Chester,
N. Y.
John Ohlson, Los Angeles.
Mans Pal brought $75,00C
apiece to six Americans and one
Canadian. They we're:
Lawrence Johnson, 1913 Deland
611 South Louise st., Glendale,
Ave-, Chicago: j. B. Broderick,
CAL, and Hard Luck" 430 Bar.
mum Ave-, Bridgeport, Conn.
James Angelustro, Bronx, N. Y;
z. j. Mcdonnell, New York; j. G.
Cashelman, North Tonawanda
N. Y, and "Carburetor," East
Vancouver.
FinaliSt, whose odds had been
hammered from 9 to / down to
to / at post time, paid $4,000
each to:
Leo Weitz, ia E. S2nd st.,
New York city, and William G.
Schubert. 1927 6Sth Rd.. Forest
Hills, l.. T., N. Y.
Wychwood Abbott, one of the
six favorites, was fourth.
Commander III finished one
and one-half lengths ahead of
Finalist, the third horse. Mans
Pal was just ahead of Finalist.
More than $6,00O,O0O in all
hinged on the outcome of the
classic as sweepstakes ticket hold
ers all over the world anxiously
awaited the result. About half of
this money was expected to 60 to
the, United States.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
.HAUPTMANN'S
APPEAL NEAR
international News Service

The last obstacle to the appeal
Of Bruno Richard Hauptmann to
the Supreme Court in an effort
to escape a death sentence in the
Lindbergh kidnapping case was re-
moved today when Hauptmann's
counsel paid the cost of printing
the record.
Although Hauptmann's lawyers
a few days ago were reported to
be experiencing difficulties in rails
ing the money, they succeeded in
obtaining approximately 5000.
The record has been ordered
printed and Hauptmann's formal
petition is expected to be filed
soon.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
Treasury Condition
international Nawa ssrvi,

HHU0FuHVIUEu NoWB SeFVIc0
Treasury balance as of october
20, $1,470, 496, ,065.56; internal rev.
enue. $10,067, ,120.06; customs re-
ceipts, $3O,143,280.81.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
AVY GETS ORDER TO SPEED BUILDING OF % WARS HIPS
Haze Will Lift
And SUN to
Come Out

Although there was little evi-
dence of it this morning, the
Weather Bureau forecasts "sun.
shine and warm weather." for
Washington today.
At 8 a. m. a misty blanket still
enveloped the city. The tempera-
ture will hover in the seventies,
the Weather Bureau predicted.
Yesterdays downpour of rain re-
suited in a precipitation of las
inches during the day, and 1.29
additional inches from 8 p. m.
last night until 8 a. m. today
yesterdays humidity reached SO
at 3 p. m. yesterday.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
Do You Remember?

One month ago the toIlotD-
ing names tDere in the head
lines. Can you recall them?
Kathleen Lawes.
Anna Sage.
James DOnohue.
Joseph Amberg.
Frank Calkins.
(AnStOerS on Page 1S)
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
ITALIANS BOMB
DEBRA TABOR
Continued from Page ~

Continued from rage Il
troops have reached a point half
way between Aduwa and Makale.
Working up to converge for a
siege of the fortified town of Cor
rahac, one of Gen. Rodolfo Grazi-
ani's columns proceeded from
Ualual, a second advanced along
the Webbe Shibeli River, and the
third moved north on the Juba
River, near the northeast corner
Of Kenya colony.
A patrol Of native Dubat
troops operating for the italians
on the southern front captured
Shillave, a fort, in a surprise
raid, Reuters reported in an
Asmara dispatch today.
The Dubats then pursued the
Ethiopians as far as Gorrahe1,
the dispatch said.
RaS Nazibu's Ethiopian forces
are outnumbered by the Italians,
according to Exchange, and are
falling back on Gorrahei, which is
expected to capitulate to the 1tal-
ianS soon.
AsMAGA, Eritrea, Oct. 30 U.N.
SO.-Harassed by swift-moving
bands of Abyssinian guerilla war
riorS. Italian columns on the
northern front pressed on towards
Makale today, while Ethiopian
troops moved into that town with
the apparent intention Of defend.
ing it.
Troops in the southeast also
moved up, and from the little
known war sector on the extreme
northeastern frontier drifted the
news that a month-long battle
there continued unabated.
Italians Advance Slow
There is something eerie about
the slow advance Of the Italian
northern army through the wild
mountain country in pursuit of an
intangible foe.
No great body Of the enemy is
being encountered in the sky-high
Entiscio country.
Only darting, scattered bands of
AbySsinians are met with, and
Italian artillery is proving Of little
use against them.
The double column that Is
stretching down toward Makale in
preparation for the general drive
took up advanced stations, fortify-
ing the new positions.
Airplanes, accommodating daily
over the new objective, brought
back word today that Maka1e
was occupied over the weekend
by Abyssinian troops dispatched
by the central government, and
the Abyssinians were not en-
sconed in the town with machine
guns and rifles.
The airmen could not ascertain
their exact strength.
Fighting has been almost in
cessant on the Setit River, which
forms the boundary between far
western Eritrea and Ethiopia. then
flows on into the Anglo-Egyptian
Soudan, according to information
at Asmara.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
GALA WELCOME
FOR WALKER

NEW YORK, Oct. 80 0N.SO.
Complete arrangements were
made today for the gala welcome
home" celebration for former
Mayor James j. Walker, who,
with his wife, the former Betty
Compton, arrives tomorrow on the
liner Manhattan.
A fleet Of Is to 18 boats will
meet the Manhattan at quaran-
tine and the ex-mayor and his
wife will be taken off the liner
and paraded up Broadway amid
an old.time shower of ticket tape.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
Dance at Howard

Howard University women will
hold their fourteenth annual
alumnal-undergraduate dinner on
Friday evening in the main dining
room of the women's dormitory.
The speaker will be Miss Frances
Grant, former sectional director of
the National Association Of College
Women and now an instructor at
the Bordentown Industrial School
at Bordentown. N. j.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
New Deal Poll

First ballots in a 1O,0OO,0Oo-vote
nationwide straw poll to ascertain
the popularity of the New Deal
have been mailed out by the mag
azine, Literary Digest. A similar
referendum by the magazine last
year showed 61.15 per cent in ia
vor of the New Deal.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
COOPER LAY 5
TROUBLES TO
INTEREST
Claims Commercial
Board Charged For
Continental Loan

Col. Wade H. Cooper, president
of the Commercial National Bank,
took the witness stand in his
own behalf today in his trial in
District Supreme Court on charges
of misapplying funds of the Com
mercial National Bank.
Colonel Cooper is also president
of the Continental Trust Com
pany, which merged with Com
mercial after transferring nearly
three million dollars Of deposit
liabilities to that institution,
backed by more than four million
dollars in assets which was pledged
as collateral for the deposit ha-
bility.
Under the merger contract
Continental Trust Company was
to receive the earnings Of the as
sets which had been posted as
collateral.
Earnings Wiped Out
Following the testimony of
other defense witnesses as well
as the admissions of Government
witnesses, the banker told the
court that Continental's collat-
eral earned far in excess of the
amount of dividends declared, but
the earnings were wiped out be-
cause Commercials directors in
sisted on making an arbitrary in
tereSt charge against the fund.
The interest charge had been
made for several months before
Col. Cooper investigated to dis
cover what had become of Con-
tinental'S earnings, he said.
Col Cooper continued:
I'm fact, the interest question
was never settled. Directors of
both Commercial and Continental
were very unbending on the ques-
tion. I appointed committees
from both boards to try to
Straighten the matter out but
they were unable to come to an
agreement.
The Continental board had de-
clared dividends as a result of
statements which showed that its
collateral had earned sufficient to
justify the dividend and all loan
transactions between the two
banks were handled as normal
banking matters, since at all times
our collateral was more than a
million dollars in excess of the de-
posit liability of Continental'S that
had been assumed by CONNER
cial." "
Voted Against Him
Denying claims that he domi-
mated both directorateS, Colonel
Cooper declared that on at least
three occasions the Commercial
board voted solidly against him.
Shortly before the noon recess,
Col. Cooper referred to a report
he made to the stockholders of
Commercial in January, 1882, in
which he complained against the
board Of directors for its failure
to agree to certain economy
measures he had recommended.
Reduction Of dividends was the
one thing Colonel Cooper had
recommended. He said:
Dividends were too high in
view Of the period of depression.
The first thing I did when !
went up to the United States
Savings Bank was to cut off
dividends. When took over
Continental Trust I cut off divi-
dends. Directors and stockhold-
ers alike fought this idea, but by
enforcing certain economies we
restored $500,000 of Continen-
tails capital structure and had
resumed dividend payments two
years before we affiliated with
Commercial"
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
Gloucester Reviews
Eqypt-Bound Scots

BRENTWOOD, England, Oct.
80 G.N.S.)-The Duke of Glouces-
ter yesterday inspected the First
Battalion of Scots Guards prior
to their departure for Egypt
Friday.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
Reermen Pranara

American Beer will drill tomor-
row and Friday in preparation for
its game with the Annapolis A. c.
Sunday at Annapolis. The Beer
men are leading the National City
Leagues 150-pound division.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
Boys
Halloween Party

Georgetown Boys Club will
hold its fifth annual Halloween
party in the clubhouse at 1905
Thirty-first st. N. W., tonight at
6::45 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
Atlanta Gets Sewers
international News Service


Arrangements for the $4,000, 900
Atlanta sewerage project "have
been definitely settled" Senator
George CD Of Georgia an
nounced today. PWA will con-
struct the disposal plant and
WPA will carry on the sewer con-
Struction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
BUFF HEADLINES
SIMON-PURE CARD
South End Slugger Meets
Wiley in Return Go in
New Haven Tonight

Nef Haven, July 23.-One of the
best amateur boxing cards of the
outdoor season will be staged at
the White City = Stadium, Savin
Rock, tonight. Wally Banola, New
Britain, state light heavyweight
champion, will clash with Johnny
Hogan, New Haven sensation, in
the feature bout. Hogan as gained
the chance to meet the champion
due to his long string of victories,
winning his last IL fights by knock
outs.
Johnny Buff, Waterbury and
Spec Wiley, Union City middle
weight, are to go at it again for
the second time. Theq staged a
torrid contest on the last card with
the decision going to the Brass
City Italian. Fans voiced their dis
approval of the palm handed Buff
and the matchmaker paired them
up for another meeting.
Buddy Barnes, Bridgeport light
weight, and AL Carr, New Haven
who put up a smuggling bee on last
weeks show that resulted in q
draw, are also listed to battle
again.
Twelve bouts will be carded
with teams from all sections of the
state participating.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
ken PERRY FACES
| RUGGED OPPONENT
Johnny Lasinski, Kay0
King, Boxes Local Boy
in Meriden Tonight

Meriden, July 23-Superlatives
are often lavished in the enthusi-
asm of pointing out the virtues OF
certain boxing matches, but If ever
one deserved plenty of praise and
fine words, that one is the pairing
of Johnny Lasinski, hard-hitting
New York middleweight, and Ken
Perry, Waterbury betting beauty, to
clash in the feature battle of the
open air boxing show at the Silver
City stadium tonight. 4
All the elements that go to make
up so-called natural are con-
tanned in this match arranged by
Promoter Charles Pilkington to
headline stellar slate of activity.
Both can hit with terrific power;
there is no question of it, as Lasin-
ski has fiattened Wally Banola Of
New Britain, state middleweight
king; Frank Grady of Torrington;
Jack Carter Of Windsor Locks, and
Joey Klemba of Middletown, and
had Ace Clark, Springfield negro
in the Stag a few times before he
won by a decision over the rugged
colored boy. As for Perry he enjoys
strong reputation here as .
knockout king in his own right.
Among others he has handed QUA
dreamland doses to Klemba also;
Joe Burch of Torrington: Sal Bel
1atti of Hartford, and several 9TH
ers, and only lost one decision in
his several Meriden appearances.
Billy Sterback. rugged Stamford
boy, outpointed Perry here once
by very narrow and disputed
verdict, but Ken more than evened
the score in return match.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
LOCAL BOYS BOX
in N. H. MONDAY
Carr, Eagle and Sharkey
on First Pro Card at
White City

New Haven, July 23.-The first
outdoor professional boxing show
Of the season will be staged at the
White City Stadium, Sayin Rock,
nxet Monday night. Promoter Ike
Weiner and Matchmaker. Dick
Gray have lined on an all-star card
headed by three eight FOUNDERS.
The pairing will be Nathan Mann,
New Haven light heavyweight VS..
Eddie Carr, Waterbury; Jackie
Davis, Cleveland welterweight, VS.
Johnny Bellus. New Haven; and
Phil Baker. Norwalk lightweight
will attempt to take the measure
Of Harry Albanian, Worcester,
Mass.
A six rounder will be staged be-
tween Charlie Eagle, Waterbury
middleweight and "Tiger" Jack
Renault, New Haven. Jack Shar-
key. Waterbury lightweight, faces
Joe Sabatini, New Haven, in the
four round opener.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
Cards Bent On
Passing Giants

New York, July %. -
(UP)-Here's what can hap
pen in today's major league
"cruciaP' series:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York Giants at st.
Louis Cardinals e games).
II Giants win both the
standings will be:
Games
w. L. Pct behind
New York SIS 20 1855
St. Louis SO 30 .624 ~
II Cardinals win both:
st. Louis SIS 80 .647
New York So 81 1881 IL
III they split:
New York "a 80 .64S
st. Louis "a 81 1856 "
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit Tigers at New
York Yankees e games).
II Yankees win both:
Games
w. l.. Pct behind
New York So 81 1927
Detroit So SO .591 ~
If Tigers win both:
Detroit ...54 "a .614 -
New York SO S3 500 IN
If they split:
New York 81 80 .614
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
Can1par1ias Here
Friday Evening


The New Haven Campanias
featuring Jack Robinson who
recently had tryout with
the Boston Red Sox, will
make their initial showing In
Waterbury at Washington
park Friday evening against
the Washington Hills at $3.50
O'Clock. The visitors were
runnersup in the ELM City
City League last year and
won IS of 35 games. Robin.
son will be on the mound
against the Hills. The Onl
team to. defeat them twice
last year was Albie Booths
New Haven Chevvies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
WANT A GAME?

The Camp Roberts CCC team of
Thomaston- would like to arrange
q game with some local amateur
club in Waterbury for this evening
at any diamond in town. The Clock
Towners would also like to have a
similar club journey up to their
diamond tomorrow evening. Ar
rangements for either of these
games may be arranged by COM
municatipg with Advisor Samuel
Thornton at the camp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
LIONS SIGN THREE

Detroit.-The Detroit Lions OF
the National Football League have
signed oil LeFebvre, formerly OF
the Cincinnati Reds; steve Ban
as, former Notre Dame halfback,
and Emory (putch) Rubei. wbo
played center for Saint Mary's In
1898.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
GAME POSTPONED

The game between the Oakville
Townies and the Robertson
Bleachery nine which was original
ly scheduled for tonight has been
postponed.
The Trolee Emeralds are listed
for a return game Sunday and a
week from Thursday night the
Townies will be hosts to the A. b
c. Colored Giants.
Two new additions have been
made to the Oakville lineup. They
are Magnuson mad Stewart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
RANGERS WIN

The Rangers of the Hopeville
twilight league were thrust into a
tie for first place with the Mo-
hawks last night when the Tav-
erns upset the Mohawks SO. This
makes the race for league leader,
ship tighter than ever before. The
score by innings:
Taverns ......... e06 800 10 1
Mohawks ....... 800 00--3 s 4
Goumey. Bartolini and Murphy:
Cusick, Moore and Munro.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
TERRYVILLE LOSES

BY virtue of their 90 defeat of
the Terryville North End nine, yes
terday afternoon, the Thomaston
Cubs kept their winning streak in
tact for the current season. Ma
honey, Petlak, and Serduk broth
ers were the outstanding players
for the winners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
BRoNKIE WITH YESTERYEAR
STARS

Herman Bronkie, once with Wa
terhury in the Eastern League and
later with the st. Louis Browns will
play with the AL G. Kamm Yester-
year Stars at Willimantic Sunday.
July 2Sth at Woods Field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23

GAMES TODAY
Detroit at NEW YORK e games).
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Washington.
st. Louis at Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
CRACKERS CRACK RECORD

Atlanta.-When $4,000 saw At
lanta split a double-header with
Nashville here, the total attend
ance for the season passed the
100000 mark. That figure is n
record for the Southern Associa-
tion~at this time OF the year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
BOSS MAY GET CALL

Cleveland.-The bcnching Of
Hal Trosky, Cleveland Indians
first baseman, because of weak
stick work, may necessitate the re-
calling OF Harley Boss, former
regular initial sacker. from New
Orleans.