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Evening star., 1935-08-05
M'SWA|N PLEDGES
HELP TO SPE|CHER
Says Committee Will Aid
Army Probe Witness
if Necessary.

With the House Military Affairs
Committees investigation of War De-
partment business deals at a stand
still for several days, 1t was disclosed
today the committee had promised
aid to Frank Speicher. central figure
in the inquiry, in any future legal
proceedings.
Spelcher, tire salesman, and long
mysterious character In connection
with the committees inquiry into an
alleged plan to split a $4,000, 900
Army contract between Chevrolet and
Chrysler without competitive bidding,
has testified that Joseph Silverman,
jr., surplus Army supply dealer, sought
to arrange the deal through Norman
K Haig, Chevrolet official.
The committee also was told by
Harold Schuer, New York attorney.
that Silverman supplied Speicher with
funds while the salesman was sought
by the Justice Department for testi-
mony in a grand jury investigation
into War Department contracts. This
has been denied by Silverman.
NAdlIUldn MCsoWaln SAID the COM
mittee would resume its inquiry in
few days and recall Speicher, partic-
ularly to question him on whether he
received money from Silverman.
We have told Speicher,' said Nc
Swain. we could not promise him
immunity in any legal proceedings
that may arise from the inquiry, but
that we would give him aid or assist
ance that would be proper and Just in
keeping with our position We felt
that by so doing we would be able
to obtain the truth about the whole
dirty mess.
And believe every word that
Speicher has given us thus far has
been the truth"
McSWain said before the committee
winds up the Silverman angle of the
investigation, it plans to call Haig,
Frederick H. Payne, Assistant Secre-
tary of War under President Hoover,
and Bert Brown. head OF the Federal
Secret Service in Detroit.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
|Congress63B Brief
TODAY.


Senate:
Takes up copyright bill.
A. A. A. conferees meet.
Utilities bill conferees meet.
House:
Votes on new tax bill.
Scheduled to act on Government
leave bills.
TOMORROW.
Senate.
Probably will work on Walsh bill
regulating wages and hours on Gov
ernment contracts.
Finance Committee to resume hear
ings on tax bill.
House:
Private calendar on floor.
Ways and Means Committee meets
on Guffey coal bill.
immigration and Naturalization
Committee meets.
Chapman Subcorpmittee of Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee meets On iced and drug bill.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
ROOSEVELT-LONC
CLASH F0RESEEN
Senator, However, Refuses
Comment on Presidents
Visit to Arkansas.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reports that President Roosevelt's
tentative plan to visit Arkansas fore
told a new major clash between Sena-
tor Long, Democrat, of Louisiana and
the New Deal, were greeted today by
the "KingfiSh" with blunt I'm not
interested in all that speculation"
White House reports have indicated
the President, on his trip West
planned to stop off in Arkansas and
greet Senator Robinson, the Demo-
cratic leader, who is up for re-elec-
ton. Some months ago. Senator Long
said he would go into Arkansas to
oppose RobinSon's return to the
Senate
that intention.
II have nothing to say" he replied
TO that question.
Just before he banged down the
telephone receiXer Long added: I'm
very busy"
Glad to See President.
AS to presidential plans to visit
Hot Springs National Park, Long said:
I'm satisfied the people in that
section will be glad to see him. They
probably will like to know what's
happened to all those promises he
made"
The Louisianan would not elabo-
rate. The same reports which inter
preted Roosevelt visit to Arkansas
as making that State political back
had threatened to seek the defeat of
Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mis-
siSsippi, another New Deal stalWart,
whose States border his own.
In 1882 Long Stumped Arkansas
for Senator Hattie Caraway Her sue
cessful campaign was hailed by many
as streSSing Longs political power
In the State.
May Speak in Milwaukee.
The Presidents tentative plans
listed an address at Milwaukee August
% before the Young Democrats Or
ganization, but it was conceded a
definite program would depend on ad-
1ournment of Congress.
The invitation to visit Arkansas was
extended President Roosevelt two
weeks ago by Representative Nc
Clellan. Democrat, who afterwards
said: There is a good chance the
President will go to see the Nations
oldest nationa! forest"
He said the tentative itinerary was
such that the President easily could
visit Arkansas and possibly Texas on
his way to the San Diego Exposition.
From San Diego the Chief Executive
probably will go on fishing expedi-
ton in the Pacific and return to the
Capital by way of the Panama Canal.
Quarters close to Mr.. Roosevelt said
q presidential stop at Hot Springs,
Ark. was more likely to include
speech on national parks than an
outright political talk But it was
believed the Chief Executive would
use the opportunity to express his
friendship for Robinson, who has
narshalled a heavy legislative pro-
gram through the Senate.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
GIRLS ATTEMPTED
{ ATTACKER LYNCHED
Mississippi Mob Hangs Man
From Bridge After Jail
Is Stormed.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
: PITTSBORO, Miss. August S.
Bodie Bates, colored, accused of at
tempting to attack 22-year-old
white woman of Pittsboro Saturday
night. was lynched by a mob which
stormed the Calhoun County jail last
night, it was reported here today.
The mob formed after the Negro
had been arrested and overpowered
an officer at the jail, taking the keys
te the jail from him and seizing the
prisoner.
Bates was taken to a sparsely set
tied section of Calhoun County and
was hanged from a bridge over Yal-
ohusha River, where officers found his
body today.
Sheriff Jack W. Powell said the
young woman. an employe of Pitts
boro cafe, told him a Negro appeared
at the window of her home after she
had gone to bed Saturday night and
demanded to be admitted to the
house.
70 She said she screamed and aroused
neighbors, who came to her assistance,
and the intruder then fed
Evening star., 1935-08-05

The trouble with Mr. Harrison was
that he called on the wrong man. Mr..
Morgenthau is supposed to be in
charge of taxes, but it is understood
that he learned of this bigness- taxing
program largely by hearsay.
If Mr.. Harrison had only known
what went on at that picnic lunch
which President Roosevelt held on the
top of Sugar Loaf Mountain the day
before, he would have been able to
subpoena the right witness. You may
recall the great ado about Mr.. Roose-
welt slipping of secretly for a picnic
lark that afternoon. 1t was an
nounced that only Charles West. the
new Ickes assistant: the Presidents
personal secretary, Miss LIE Hand, and
a stenographer went along.
The fact OF the matter is that
Mr. MOroenthdu iOds an unan-
nounced guest at that picnic, but
not the most important one, The
second one ,cdS Prot. Fehr Frank
turter, advocate OF the Brdndeis
tar philosophy OF taring bioness
and the supposed ohoSt-nuthor of
Mr.. RooSeUelt's original tar pro-
gram.
If Senator Harrison had also sub
poenaed an old man of the mountain
at Sugar Loaf he would also have
learned that Mr.. Morgenthau was
overheard disagreeing strongly with
Prof. Frankfurter about the tax pro-
gram. 1t is understood Mr.. Morgen-
thau leaned to the wholly different,
moderate program adopted by the
House Ways and Means Committee.
Had Some Information.
Mr.. Harrison was not wholly devoid
of information. however He showed
he knew little about what was going
on when he dropped the sly remark
that the House bill "Eas been based
on Treasury recommendations" The
news accounts of that incident relate
that a surprised look appeared on the
faces of some Democratic Senators
when Mr. Morgenthau permitted that
remark to go unchallenged. That
put it mildly.
What Messrs Harrison and Morgen-
thau both knew, and the rest of the
world did not. was that Mr. Morgen-
thau's Herman Oliphant, general
counsel of the Treasury, knew more
about the preparation of the House
bill than has yet been disclosed.
In fact, Mr. Oliphant is said to have
sat (by proxy at the right hand of L.
H. Parker, the congressional tax
craftsman who really wrote the bill.
At least he was closely consulted dur
ing the preparation of the draft which
changed the Presidents recommenda-
tions materially.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
INSANE FUG|T|VES
HUNTED INTENSELY
Officers Ordered to Shoot
on Slightest Show of
Resistance.
BY the Associated Press.

FULTON. Mo. August 5-With
orders to shoot at the slightest show
of resistance. State and county Off
GERS today intensified their search for
five criminally insane fugitives from
the Missouri State Hospital here
One OF the escaped prisoners. weav-
ing an erratic course through Central
Missouri apparently had armed him
self with a pistol. Authorities we're
fearful he was Oliver Hamilton, IS, OF
St. Louis. who murdered a policeman
and another person in June, 1923.
Autos Commandeered.
He was believed the man. described
as being armed with a 45-caliber pis-
tol. who kidnapped T. B. CroSswhite, %,
OF Columbia. Mo. and later three
State highway employees and COM
mandeered their automobiles in his
efforts TO escape.
CrossWhite managed to eYade his
abductor by trick Threatened with
death If he caused an accident. ne
suggested his captor drive instead
When the car stopped at Thompson
Mo. for gasoline, Crosswhite jumped
out and fed
The man drove away rapidly, aban-
doned the automobile after a short
distance and then held up Barney
Gladney. Arthur Bramble and o. E.
Wilburn. He bound them. doubled
back and abandoned the truck and
his captives at Centralia, Mo, where
he fed on foot.
Other Fugitives Not Sighted.
Centralia and Thompson. only q
few miles apart, are about Is miles
north of here.
The other fugitives have not been
sighted since they fed the hospital
Saturday night Search for them
centered in a heavily wooded and hilly
section southeast of here and authori-
ties were confident a tight guard
thrown about the area would starve
them out
Farmers Are Warned.
Supt. Ralph Hanks said the es-
capped men were among the worst
in the entire ward Farmers
throughout Central Missouri were
warned to be on the lookout.
Bloodhounds used to follow the
fugitives trail lost it after 8 miles
last night because a heavy dew OBJ
liberated the scent. At that time the
men were headed for heavy woods
southeast of Fulton.
Off1cials proceeded on the theory
the fugitives probably would attempt
to reach a reilroad in the area and
thus make their way to St. Louis.
All stations and railway yards in the
vicinity were being closely watched.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
TALMADGE HITS
COMMUNISM HERE
Says He Will Support RooSe.
welt if He viii Change
Policies.
By the Associated Press.

ny the ASSOCIATED PTeSS.
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. August S.
In new blast at the national admin
istration, Gov. Eugene Talmadge said
today he would support President
Roosevelt for reelection in 1885 il he
quit his course of communism" and
let American industry and agriculture
out of the hospital"
The Georgia Governor. whose recent
activities have been interpreted as
meaning he might make a bid for the
presidency himself. added that unless
the present policies in Washington are
changed he will make a "coast-to-
coast" fight to put Americans there
who will stand by the Constitution
and by the principles of Jeffersonian
democracy"
It's court week in Dawson County.
and Talmadge spoke here to town and
county officials and group OF farmers
during the noon recess of the court.
Making "Some Strides"
Scoring the national administration.
Talmadge said American industry is
making some strides in spite of the
New Deal"
1T reminds me Of horse race where
a horse is being held in with the bride
and bit" he continued. What would
happen in Saratoga and Louisville if
the jockey were continually pulling up
his horse with the bride and bit?
Whole crowds would rise up and
shout give him his head and give
him the reins'
III you will take rockies like Tug
well, Hopkins, Wallace. Mojdecai
Ezekiel. Morgenthau, and other names
] can not spell and can not pronounce,
out Of the saddle, you will see the
American horse representing business
and work come to the front.
Depression Continued"
GAS long as President Roosevelt
continues his course of communism.
he is going to continue 10 depreSs the
industry of this country. AS long as
he continues to listen to the brain
truSters he is going TO shrivel the
souls of the people who want to work.
AS long as he continues his course of
thinking that every article should be
taxed to the limit he is going to en-
courage destruction and pilfering
from coast TO coast.
The present policies at Washington
are not American and if they are
continued for four more years, they
will wreck this Union
The Georgia Governor challenged
Senators Walter F. George and
Richard B. Russell. jr., from this
State, to make an honest effort To
repeal the A. A. A. and processing
taxes" and in exchange he would
support them politically for any Office
they might seek.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
SON OF LATE PRESIDENT
OF CUBS Is ENGAGED
William Veeck, Jr., Will Marry
Eleanor Raymond, Circus
Animal Trainer.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 5-The circus
came to town yesterday and so did the
announcement that its pretty animal
trainer. Eleanor Raymond. Is engaged
to William Veeck. jr, son of the late
president Of the Chicago Cubs base
ball club.
Miss Raymond, a former neighbor
OF young Veeck in suburban Hinsdale,
Joined the circus year and a half
ago after leaving a fashionable finish
ing school at Peeksville, N. Y.
Veeck was on hand yesterday as
Miss Raymond finished her act, and
said no date had been set for the
wedding vet.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
TWO HELD FOR MURDER
SLAIN TRYING TO FLEE
Police Transferring Pair Between
Cells in Havana Attacked
by Gang in Car.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA. August 5-Two men ar
rested for the Staying of cashier last
night at the Encanto Theater we're
shot to death today by officers as
they attempted to escape.
Four armed and well-dressed youths
entered the midtown theater office
last night. taped one girls mouth and
held another girl at pistol point. They
met the cashier, Francisco Limonta,
alone in an upper Office and shot him
to death.
Two men leaving the scene. Ezequiel
Delgado, %, mechanic, and Gabriel
Rodriguez. 20. a student. were ar
rested. Police transferring the priS-
oners to another station were at
tackled by a group in an automobile
bearing New York license plates.
The two captives we're killed trying
to escape TO the car.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
PRESIDENT REFRESHED
AFTER FISHING TRIP
Senator Wheeler Leader of Utili-
4 ties Bill Fight. Was Guest
on SeQuoia.

= Refreshed after a week end fish,
ing trip, President Roosevelt today re-
turned to the tasks presented by a
Congress struggling toward adjourn
fnent.
:. The President, after boarding the
Government yacht Sequoia at Saluda,
Va. indulged in a Saturday after
noon and night of fishing The Sc
quota after leaving the Rappahan-
mock River in Virginia turned North
ward into the Potomac to reach the
Navy Yard last night.
!, With the President on his week
end cruise was Senator Wheeler,
Democrat, Of Montana, leader of the
tight for the administrations utility
bill. Others in the party included
John Monroe johnson, Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce, and Mrs. john
son and Miss Marguerite lie Hand,
o secretary.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
South Carolinian Is Killed.

BRUNSWICK. Ca, August 5 R.-
James Martin Smith, IS, of Brunson.
S. c., was killed in an automobile
collision 20 miles south of here last
night.
Smiths automobile .colhded with
truck. Two persons vriding on the
truck were injured.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
LUzON FLOOD FATAL

MANILA. P. l.. August 8 P).-
Three known deaths and damage es-
timated by officials at S500,000 was
reported yesterday from foods in
Central and Northern Luzon, caused
by several days of rainfall that ac-
companied the paSsiyg of typhoons.
Four other men were reported miss
ing and many towns in Northern
Luzon were isolated, including Baguio.
mountain resort, where the rainfall
in 48 hours totaled As inches.
Five inches Of rainfall fell in Manila
in "a hours. Service was crippled on
the Manila railroads line to the
north.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
$4,000 IN SUIT CASE
OF MAN IN POVERTY"
Denver Authorities Holding Sum
Found on Death of Veteran
There Saturday.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, August 5.-City author
tiles today held $4,000 found in the
cheap suit case of a supposedly poverty
stricken war veteran who died here
Saturday.
Deputy Coroner Gus Economy said
no word had been received from rel
atives of the man, William j. Keough.
formerly of Brooklyn, N. Y. Economy
said these included a brother, M.
Keough In New York; a sister, Mrs
Helen Kane, Ridgewood Plateau, Long
Island, and cousin, Rose McCuen,
Brooklyn.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
M0LEY'S SON BURNED

= CLEVELAND, August 5 tP>-Mal-
colin Moley. 10. one of the twin sons
of DR.. Raymond Moley, editor, was
burned severely on the arms and legs
while playing with cleaning fluid yes
terday.
Members of the family said NAL
colin and his brother, Raymond, jr..
were alone in the garage at the home,
and that no one knew definitely what
happened, but surmised a sheet of
fame burned the boy as he attempted
to determine whether the fluid would
burn.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
OVERSEER IS CLEARED

MONTGOMERY, Ala, August Up.
w. T. Kennedy, plantation overseer,
was absolved Of blame yesterday by
deputies sheriff in the staying Of Gill
bert Ledyard, colored farm hand.
Deputies said their evidence pointed
to o plain case of self-defense on the
part of Kennedy" who told officers he
fired as Ledyard approached him with
an ak upraised. The Shooting fol-
lowed an Argument over the distribu-
ton Of groceries at the plantation near
here.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
, NEW OIL CONTROL LAW

White House Conference Takes
up Advisability of Seeking Leg
islation This Session.
BY the Associated Press.
q, The advisability of seeking new Oil
control legislation at this session OF
Congress was up for consideration
today at White House conference.
Invited to meet with the President
at pm. were Secretary Ickes, Chair
man Rayburn of the House Interstate
Commerce Committee, Senator Thom-
as, Democrat, of Oklahoma; Repre-
tentative Cole, Democrat, of Maryland:
Representative Disney. Democrat, of
Oklahoma, and Charles Fahy of the
Petroleum Administrative Board.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
z INSURED BANKS
FAIL IN IS MONTHS
Small Number Regarded as
Encouraging-51 Non-Pro-
teCted Institutions Close.
By the Associated Press

by the hSSOclated HreSS.
Leo T. Crowley, chairman OF the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp,
pointed today to the failure of only
% Government insured banks in 10
months as real evidence" of the
soundness Of the bank reconstruction
program.
In its first annual report the cor
poration said its liability in 10 banks
which had been liquidated was
S2,760.00O out of 81, ,O88 900 in deposits.
It's liability to 14.279 insured banks
June 80 was estimated at $4,000
100000.
81 Non-Insured Banks Fail.
During the same 18 months ended
in June, 81 banks not insured by the
Government closed. Crowley's report
said. These closures involved $685.
l43 900 in deposits.
Against these figures, he placed
those for the 10 years ended with
1890 A total of 1866 institutions,
in diving deposits of s2,478,8 ,83l 900,
failed in that decade. he said.
The corporation said its income on
investments, inclut profit from
the sale of bonds. came to S9.057,195
in the year ended June 30. Its cur
rent assets we're listed as 1898 .936, ,634.
Of which S315,O8o. .0O9 was invested in
Government securities.
1890 Licensed Bank Offices.
The total number of licensed bank
Cices in the United States. exclusive
of private banks, was estimated by
the corporation at 1890. 1t said
3,l00 were bank branches. 14279 in
sured banks and ,522 uninsured.
OF the insured group 5.440 we're
national banks, 9S7 State members of
the Federal Reserve system, 1884
State non-mmebers and So mutual
savings banks.
The report noted that expenses of
the corporation during the year were
S2.832,2 and said personnel had
been cut from 2622 on December 81,
1888, to 742 on June 80.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
F. H. A. REPORTS JULY
WAS RECORD MONTH
Insured Modernization and Re-
pair Notes Total $21, ,Os4, ,565
for Entire 81 Days.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Housing AdminiStra-
tion reported yesterday that July was
its record month.
The last day of the month showed
the largest daily volume of business
yet recorded, the agency announced.
Acting Administrator Stewart Nc
Donald said insured modernization
and repair notes for July 81 amounted
to $2,I44,710 and for the entire month
$2l ,084,56
Evening star., 1935-08-05
Jobless Agency Created.

30 VV"V0D ~@6VAVJ ~HSHVVu'
Z. Spain has established an official
Unemployment Relief C6nmittee.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
Home Wanted
For Female
Fox Terrier

A very fine dog is being given
away today. It is an 11-months-old
female fox terrier, which may be
obtained on guaranty Of q good
home, from Raymond Green. 1125
owen Pl. N. E. OIncoln 1929
1t is best that this dog be placed
in a home where there are no chill.
dren. Notify Mr.. Green if you
would like to have the pet.
Two other dogs also are offered
for adoption. One is a poodle and
the other a fox terrier. Both are
females. Why not look these dogs
over? They are being given away
by A. Rosin, AL st. N. w.
metropolitan 63l8.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
Relief Rolls Drop

NEWARK. N. 1.-THE number
Of persons on relief in New Jersey
declined to 4S9,41l in September,
the first time since July, 1884,
that the total was below the half.
million mark, it was announced
by the State Emergency Relief
Administration. The figure was
1868 below the August total Of
504.074. The all-time peak load
was reached in February, 1885,
when the total was 6l6,779.