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The Washington times., 1935-01-04
NOtab1es Fill House
To Hear President

obtain for him and his o proper
security, a reasonable leisure,
and a decent living through
out life is an ambition to be
preferred to the appetite for
great wealth and great power"
FULL PROGRAM TO COME
The President promised that in
future messages, within q few
days, recommendations will also
be made to Congress to cover the
subjects of unemployment, old age
insurance, Of benefits for chill.
dren, for mothers, for the handi-
capped, for maternity care and
other aspects Of the dependency
and illness.
In this, President Roosevelt Is
carrying out the promises made
by him at the last session Of Con-
gresS to present the details Of q
program of social justice and gen.
eral social insurance.
The Presidents program Of i'm
mediate emergency public employ.
ment which Is to be substituted
for the cash relief should be gov.
erned by seven practical princi.
pals.
Briefly these are as followss
QO Useful work.
(20 Money paid for such work
should be larger than the present
relief dole payments, but should
not be large enough to encourage
public work instead Of private en-
ployment.
60 The projects to be under.
taken should be Of the sort which
gives large numbers of people di.
rect work.
a. Self-liquidating projects
should be preferred to those on
which the Government has little
chance Of being repaid.
60 Private enterprises should
be encouraged as much as possible,
CO. The planning Of projects
should seek to give work during
the coming fiscal year to individ-
uals now on relief and every effort
made to taper off public employ.
ment wherever private industry
can expand.
T) Public projects should be
placed so they will serve the
greatest unemployment needs.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Woman, Feared
kidnapped, Returns

TYLE :, Tex, Jan. 4 Q.N.s).
Mrs. John E. oxford, wealthy
matron, returned to the home Of
her father, J. w. Wheels, this
morning, abruptly ending a rumor
that she had been kidnapped.
She retured in company with
her father. Neither would make
a statement, officers said. Police
were informed last night Mrs.
oxford had been kidnapped, and
every available resource was be-
ing tapped when it was learned
she had returned.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
H|CCOUGHS END
SHORT Of MARK

Just 20 hours short Of a new
world hiccoughing record, William
E. Johnson, colored, of Merrifield,
Va, ceased his convulsive spasms
at 8 o'clock last night.
johnson, who had hiccoughing
since late Christmas Day, would
have passed the existing mark of
10 days and one hour at 3 p. m.
today. This mark is now held
by a young girl in Minnesota.
johnson had been attended by
three doctors, none able to bring
him relief. Yesterday, however,
the spasms, which had been COM
ing at regular intervals for eight
days, began to decrease in in
tensity and last night ceased
altogether. Johnson was ex-
tremely weak following his long
ordeal.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04

daily in The Washington Times.
DR.. Dafoe, who so closely re-
sembles Sir Luke Fields painting
of "The Doctor" has taken care
Of babies for years and years
and is well qualified to write on
the subject.
He will have a daily column in
which he will give valuable in
formation on the care Of babies.
Remember the starting date
January when DR.. Dafoe will
talk through The Times to
mothers on the care Of their
babies.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Famed Painting Lives
In DiOnne Doctor

The kindly old physician in the
famous painting of "The Doctor"
might well be DR.. A. R. Dafoe
the Canadian backwoods doctor
who brought the famous Dionne
quintuplets into the world.
Even the painted doctors
features are something like those
Of the kindly little physician who
accomplished what others would
have despaired of-keeping the
five little pieces of humanity alive
despite tremendous odds.
Beginning Monday, this famous
authority on babies will write
about babies and their problems
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Ship Crash Probe
Continues TODAY

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 G.N.SO.
Inquiry into the cause Of the crash
in which the Colonial Lines
steamship Lexington was rammed
and sunk by the Arrow liner Jane
Christensen, on the East River,
was to continue today at the Gus
toms house.
At yesterdays session, witnesses
told Of confusion in passing sig
mails as conveyed by the ships
whistles. A third vessel might
have contributed to the mixup, 1t
was said
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Jury POnders Fate
Of in Massacre

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Jan. 4
U.N.S0.-A Federal Court jury
today was celebrating the fate
Of six defendants charged with
conspiracy in the Kansas City
Union Station massacre" of four
officers and their Federal pris-
oner, Frank Nash.
After seven hours of debate
that failed to produce a verdict
the jurors were ordered locked up
last night by Judge Merrill e.
Otis to resume deliberation today.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
PARTY FUTURE
HINGES ON
ACTIONS
G. o. P. Fighting for Its Life;
"IrresponsibIes" Threaten
Democratic Success
By FRANKLIN G. sARTwELL

BY FRANKLIN G. SARTWELL
Politically the Congress which
today is hearing from the Presi-
dent for the first time Is, as they
say in the better clubs, "fraught
with potentialities."
Or, as they say in the streets,
the new Congress is full Of dyna'
mite" politically.
With organization Of the two
Houses completed, cloakroom goS-
sip today brought forth a con-
sensus that legislatively the next
two years will not amount to
much unless something unfore-
seen arises. That doesn't mean
that there won't be a lot Of leg.
islation. There probably will be.
Political Fireworks
It does mean that the real fire
works of the sessions of the
Seventy-fourth Congress will not
be discharged by legislative pro-
posals. They will be set off by
politics, according to the cloak
room prognosticators.
Politics, as it will be played In
this Congress, and the playing
started with the fall of the gavels
yesterday, will have tremendous
effect, it was agreed, on the tu-
lures of both the Democratic and
Republican parties and possibly
upon the entire party system Of
government.
The Republicans, with the small
est membership in the Congress
on record, are fighting for the
very life of their party organiza-
ton. They are fighting with weak
weapons and are actually fighting
two battles. They are fighting a
war within the party and at the
same time are trying to fight a
powerful outside enemy - the
Democrats.
G. o. p. Can Only Hope
All the Republicans can do Is
to hope for the "breaks" in the
session just getting under way.
They are hopeful but scarcely ex'
pectant if the gossip in the lob
bies Of both Senate and House is
. criterion.
The Democrats, on the other
hand, seem, to the man In the
street, to be sitting pretty"
They have a tremendous majority
in both houses. It would seem
that they could do almost any.
thing they wanted to do when
they wanted to do it.
But the fact is that the Demo
Gratis are almost as scared, po-
litically, as are the Republicans.
They aren't really afraid Of
legislative developments-not since
they decided to abolish the rule
under which minorities might get
a chance to vote on measures
they felt should be considered.
But they are afraid Of the po-
litical effect of what would seem
to be their greatest asset, their
big majority.
In the big Democratic MAORI
ties in the Senate and in the
House, there are bound to be
many "irresponsibles." These are
members who will talk and vote
without regard to the party or the
dictates Of the party leaders.
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must and shall quit this bust
ness Of relief am not willing
that the vitality Of our people
be further Sapped by giving Of
cash or market baskets or a
few hours of weekly work cut
ting grass, raking leaves or pick
ing up papers in the public
parks. We must preserve not
only the bodies of the unem.
ployed from deStitutiOn but also
their self respect their self re-
lance and courage and determi.
nation"
A NEW ORDER DUE
In making this change Of policy
the Presidents message revealed
that work instead of the dole i
merely the first step in a long
time program in which he asks
that the entire problem of the
use Of Americas natural resources
be dealt with for the benefit Of
the American nation for genera
tions to come.
On this point he said:
"A study of our national re-
sources, more comprehensive
than any previously made,
shows the vast amount of neces-
Sary and practicable work
which needs to be done for the
development and preservation
Of our natural wealth for the
enjoyment and advantage Of
our people in generations to
come. The sound use of land
and water Is far more cOmpre-
henSive than the mere planting
Of trees, building of dams, dis
tributing of electricity or retire
ment of submarginal land. 1t
recognizes that stranded pOpu-
latiOnS, in either country or the
city, cannot have security under
the conditions that now sur
round them"
SLAPS AT BIG PROFITS
The President called attention
20 the fact that economic inequali.
ties are still causing great suffer
ing among the people and referred
to all previous attempts at rem.
edy as being sporadic"
He declared that the over-privi.
legged are still with us and that the
under-privileged are still in the
same state of trouble and destitu'
ton.
In speaking of this manifesto
ton Of injustice" the President
said:
I'VE have a clear mandate
from the people that Amer
leans must foreswear that con-
ceptiOn Of the acquisition Of
wealth which, through exces-
Sive profits, creates undue
private power over private
affairs and, to our misfortune,
over public affairs as well. In
building toward this end we do
not destroy ambition nor do
we seek to divide our wealth
into equal shares on stated
occasions. We continue to re.
cOgnize the greater ability of
some to earn more than others.
But. we do assert that the
ambition Of the individual to
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Chicago Shivering,
Mercury Rise Due

CHICAGO, Jan. 4 Q.N.S).-Chi-
cago Shivered today in near.zero
temperature, but the weather man
predicted early relief from the cold
wave that spread over the central
Mississippi Valley and the Great
Lakes.
Failing steadily throughout the
night. the mercury here hit an
official low of five above zero
early today. ForecaSter w. P.
Day said the sun and southerly
winds would bring warmer temper.
atures later in the day and eve
ming, however.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Man Burdened,
Literally,
By Names

CHICAGO, Jan. 4 0NS).
James MacDougal holds q rec
ord, police agreed today.
Arrested for investigation in
alleged confidence games, he ad-
mitted having "a aliases at the
police showup.
After a police official read the
list Of monikers MacDougal was
asked which was the true name.
The suspect answered that none
Of them was. Then he gave
James MacDougal as the right
one. Nobody identified him for
any crimes.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
j. s. employees
PREPARE FOR
PAY FIGHT
Legislative Council Completes
Program for Legislation to
Be Sent to Congress

Concentrating it's efforts toward
immediate Government pay re-
storation and preservation and ex-
tension Of the merit system the
National Legislative Council OF
Federal Employees Organization
met last night to put the finishing
touches on their legislative plans
for the Seventy.fourth Congress.
Representatives Of more than
10000 organized Government
workers attended the meeting,
which moved decisively to bring
about the enactment of a compre'
hensive program to improve per-
sonnel conditions in the Federal
service.
Other Objectives
Besides the pay and merit sys-
tenn issues, the chief objectives of
the council are repeal of all so
called economy" provisions, lib
era1ization of retirement, stand
ardization Of leaves, reduction of
overtime and compensation for
extra and night work, and eStab.
liShment Of a thorough going sys-
tenn of duties classification.
The council, which will meet
again today to place the finishing
touches on the program, said in a
statement concerning last nights
meeting:
"The Seventy-fOurth Con-
greSs cannot fail to take con-
Structive action on many prob
lens affecting Federal EN-
plOyes and certainly will not
ignore two Of the most pressing
issues, namely, the present
threat to the merit system and
the injustice and the economic
fallscy Of the pay cuts which
Government workers continue
to bear.
EXPECT ACTION
"The national legislative
council confidently expects the
members Of Congress to take
cOgnizance of these questions
by definite constructive action.
For, in the final analysis,
thoughtful legislators will realize
that more than the welfare Of
the employees themselves is in
v0lved.
Continuance Of present in.
tOIerable con ditiOnS, under
which the merit system is being
destroyed and all pay schcd-
ules in and out Of the Govern
ment service are being starved,
will not be cOuntananced by
legislators who have the best
interests of the nation as a
whole at heart"
The council is composed of the
following organizations: National
Federation of Federal Employees
National Rural Letter Carriers
Association, United National Asso.
citation of Post Office Clerks, Ma.
tional Association of Postal Su.
pervisors, National Federation of
Post Office Motor Vehicle EN-
ployes, and National Association
Of Post Office Laborers.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
IOWANS DATED

The Iowa delegation in Con.
gresS will be guests of honor at
the first meeting of the Iowa
State Society this year, Saturday
night, January IL. at the Willard
Hotel. All Iowans are invited to
attend.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
ITALY

ROME, Jan. 4 G.N.SO com.
plete realignment of European
powers today was forecast as a
likely result of important con.
verSations to be held here over
the weekend between Foreign
Minister Pierre Laval of France
and Premier Benito Mussolini.
Official italian communicates on
the meetings, the first of which
was scheduled for tomorrow,
stressed that "the general 20
litical situation" would be dis
cuSSed along with Italo-French
relations.
ROME, Jan. 4 G.N.SO-On
Monday Foreign Minister Pierre
Laval of France will be received
in audience by Pope Plus XI.
This will be the first interview
granted by pontiff to French
foreign minister in 70 years.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Mr.. Hearst Goes
On Air Tomorrow
FULL PROGRAM TO COME

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 G.N.SJ. .
William Randolph Hearst will
speak over . National Broadcast
ing Company network tomorrow
on the subject, Government by
the Proletariat." He will be heard
from San Francisco from 7:3O to
8 p. M, E. S. T.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
r. Samuel Luckett
Goes Under Knife

r. Samuel Luckett. we'll known
merchant Of Alexandria and for.
mer commander of the Sons of
the Confederacy, is recuperating
in Alexandria Hospital following
an emergency operation last night.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
DEALERS TO DANCE

The D. c. Exclusive Retail Liz.
uor Dealers Association will hold
its first annual banquet md
dance at the Hamilton Hotel, Sun.
day at z p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
ENGLAND

PLYMOUTH, England, Jan. I
G.N.S0.-Douglas Fairbanks, sr.,
American screen star, arrived
here today on the lie de France,
remaining in his stateroom
throughout the stop and con-
tinuing on to Havre, France. He
has said he was going to Italy
to inspect a yacht which he
may purchase,
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
TREASURY CONDITION

Treasury balance as Of January
2, $2,536,528,639.03; Internal Rev
enue, $5,40O,844.45; customs re-
cepitS. $l.064. .00a.11.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
DECLARED full Of POLITICAL DYNAMTTE7
World News
CANADA
CANADA

BARRIE, Ont, Jan. 4 ON.S0. .
Nine men were marooned on an ice
floe in Lake Sincoe yesterday as
q heavy storm swept the sea. De-
spite efforts Of nearby residents,
rescue of the castaways appeared
doubtful. Seven Of the men were
fishing when the ice broke. Two
others went to their aid and were
caught in the floes.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
CUBA

SANTIAGO Cuba, Jan. 4
U.N.SO.-The Catholic Arch.
bishopric of Santiago was bombed
today. Considerable damage was
done,
The Washington times., 1935-01-04

obtain for him and his D proper
security, a reasonable leisure,
and q decent living through
out life is an ambition to be
preferred to the appetite for
great wealth and great power"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-02

He wondered how long 1t would be before some one found her. No one would possibly go in to see her this early. He wondered how long 1t would take.
 He said he preferred bonds to stocks. Always had. Laughed then. He had said bonds not blonds. Ohs well, if it came to 1t, he was pars tial to both.
 This was his corner. Pretty near- ly late. All morning listening for the phone. Jumpy every time 1t rang. Never for him. He began to be worried. Suppose no one dis covered her, and he had 1t to do when he got home from work. Surely that was just too much. It seemed unlikely that the smell of gas would go unnoticed all day. still there was the weatherstrip-- 1t was really going to be to thick if he had to find her.
 He wished he hadn't been so nasty. Maybe another day. How- ever, there had been no alterna- tive. She knew he no longer loved her, but she wouldn't give him a. divorce, and he had no grounds for one. She wasn't intending to live on measly alimony while he and blond haired Sylvia lived off the fiat of the land. And Sylvia-well she had said that it was marriages nothing less. And that was that.
 At o'clock there was a calE for him. He took the receiver in bloodless fingers. It was Sylviaa She chattered gayly for ten min- utes and then petulantly hung ups At 5:15 he put on his hat and caught the trolley home. He had a faint suspicion that he might have overlooked something after all. It was like gnat buzzing in his brain. Aggravating. He couldn't tnink what 1t might be.
 He walked slowly up the walk. Neighboring curtains fiuttered. Then the door opened. There stood his wife. Not a ghost-in the flesh. It couldn't be, of course. His mind was playing him tricks. She would De lying with her untidy hair scat- tering over the kitchen table. Nos this was really-- She spoke. Harshly. Loudly.
 "Time you were getting heres Thought I'd go to one of the neigh~ bors and get 1t didn't you? Or walk down to the store. We'll, I fooled you. You can just give 1t to mo now. Your own fault if supper ta late. Pretty clever, sneaking away when I dozed off, weren't your ' told you before breakfast to be- sure and leave 1t for me-"
 "Leave it-leave it-what?" the buzzing gnat became clearer - he had overlooked something-what1
 You are absent minded. aren't your" She was off on a tirade. Curs tains became convulsive. He steps ped into the hall and slammed the door behind him.
 "What did I forget to leave He was suddenly very tired, ana defeated.
 "The quarter, dumbbell. tho quarter for the gas meter"
 Copyright, 1895, The Chicago
 Daily News, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-02
By BERxL PAsCHALL

Randolf Tucker ran hastily down the front steps. He was well aware that neighboring window curtains fiuttered. There had been a series of morning rows at the front door for several weeks now. and those within ear shot didn't want to miss today's installment. Well, he'd put 1t over in big way for them. Turning abruptly, with a displeased profile on view he yelled, Well, what the devil is 1t this timer"
 He struck a -belligerent attitude and allowed 1t to lapse into im- patient boredom at the right time. He knew that the world had lost 8 great actor when he had turned to business.
 He stood as if receiving lecture from an invisible accuser in the vestibule. "Go on in," he called suddenly, land put on your coat and come out here where everybody can hear what you are saying"
 The fluttering curtains acre cau- tiously stilled. Randolf smiled. "Never mind," he added in a bel- low that would have put to shame train announcer. "I'm about fed up on this sort of thing. Talk to yourself awhile. I'm going. Don't know whether I'll come back or not"
 Jamming his hat down over his eyes he took wild strides down the long front walk. He slammed the gate viciously, and greeted a pass erby.
 
 The other merely shrugged, and Randolf fell into step with him. Together they caught the trolley. Randolf knew that his alibi would be established from that time on.
 He chuckled inwardly, while his voice argued the pros and cons of the latest political tangle. He won- dered what the other men would think if they knew he had discov- cred at last a way to commit a fool-proof murder.
 He reviewed the steps he had taken. Psychology would make the neighbors believe that his wife had been alive when he left the house. Of course none of them had &C., tually heard her voice; but they thought they heard him talking to her. and some of them might go so far as to swear they had heard her too. Before that
 The right amount of sleeping powder in her coffee. He had been very careful about that. There must be no suspicion that she had been drugged.
 He said yes, he thought the pros- poets for a close pennant race were very good.
 Then there was that letter which she had written weeks ago. He had kept 1t carefully for just this occa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-02
SHORT STORY
 FOOL PROOF His Wife Stood Between Him and the Other Woman, and He Resolved to Put Her Out of Way,

sion. It had no date. It said sims ply, "Ran, can't stand any more this is the end" Of course she had meant she was leaving him, but e would be construed to mean tha4 she was desperately driven to sui- eide. She had left him, too. He smiled grimly, remembering. Be- cause she had come back, and said that she was sorry. She was sorryl He said no, he didn't know about currency imitation. Couldn't just infiate money as if 1t were filled with gas. Gas!
 The note had been placed on tliG kitchen table right by her plates The windows all shut carefully. A few weeks ago a carpenter had put weatherstrip around all the doors and windows. It would be almost alright. After the potion had worked and she was sound asleep, her untidy brown hair askepe across the table, it had been Q slime pie matter to turn on the gas in the kitchen range.
 With all the jets on, he had made his nasty exit, shutting the door securely behind him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-02

Answers to Previous Questions CHARLESTON'S museum was N organized at the annual meet. ing of the city's Library S0cietyJ It was incorporated in 1915 as the Charleston Museum. Muy. bridge placed a row of cameras alongside a track and took con. secutive pictures or a running horse. The North American "Saengerbund" was formed on the occasion Of the first saenger. fest. --
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
PASSENGERS DID
 NOT FEEL SHOCK
Grounding of Liner Un- known to Most of Them
 Until Morning

Kingston, Jamaica. Oct. 1-UP) When the liner Rotterdam, flag
 ship of the Holland-Americ line
 ran ashore on Morant Gays, a clus-
 ter of coral atolls 60 miles south
 east of here, the shock was SC
 slight that most of the passengers
 did not know the vessel had
 grounded until the following morn
 ing, accor ding to passengers
 brought here today by the British
 steamer Ariguani.
 "The shock was so slight" J Kaplan, who Is in the tourist busi- ness in New York, told the United Press, that we thought we had
 reached Kingston and come to an. chor. Not until the next morning did most of us find out that thu ship was aground.
 we had pretty anxious tint for a few hours after that, no' knowing what damage had beer done to the Rotterdam and being unable to get much information from the officers beyond assur' ances that the ship was in no dan ger and that help would come soor from Kingston.
 ''we were all relieved and de- | lighted when the Ariguani hove into sight.
 Luckily the sea was smooth ant | the transfer from the Rotterdam to the Ariguani over a mile oi water was made withput mishap One sprained ankle and the losi | of one child's doll overbroad wert Ithe only 'casuaities'.*