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The Washington times., 1935-01-03

There are six vacancies on ths
House District Committee, of
which Mary T. Norton CD, of
New Jersey, is chairman. Three
of these vacancies-Black, Clark
and Weideman, all Democrats
will, of course, be filled by Dem.
ocrats. The other three vacan-
cieS-Stalker, Whitley and Null
downey-will, in all probability,
be filled by Republicans. although
not necessarily so, in view of the
persistent rumors on Capitol Hill
that the Democrats this year will
demand greater representation on
all Of the committees.
There are only two candidates
for the vacancies on the House
District Committee. The Illinois
delegation in the House has rec
commended that Representative
Arthur H. Mitchell, only colored
legislator in the House this year
be appointed to the committee
The second candidate is William
T. Schultz DO, Of Indiana.
Another Is Vacant
Another important position af
fecting residents of the District
Craftsmanship of the Public Utili
ties subcommittee of the House, il
also vacant. This was the posi-
ton held by Representative Lor
ing M. Black, jr., (D), of New
York, who did not run again fol
office. There are no indications
as to whom will be placed in this
vacancy.
Since the House District sub
committee on appropriations ha;
completed its task of framing the
annual supply bill, it is expected
that this piece of legislation will
be one of the first to be intro
duced at this session. The Dis
trict appropriation bill also will
receive early consideration by thu
House, probably some time mex
week.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
D. c, HEADS TALK
WITH DOCTOR

DR.. Francis E. Harrington,
health commissioner of Mime
apolis, Mimi, today appeared be-
fore the District Commissioners as
an applicant for the post of Dis
trict Health Officer, to succeed DR..
William C. Fowler, who retired
last month.
Favored for the position is DR.,
George C. Ruhland, Health Com
missioner of Syracuse, N. Y, with
DR.. William D. Vile, former Health
Commissioner of Bridgeport, Conn
now associated with the Croker
Cancer Laboratories of Columbia
University, and DR.. E. L. Bishop
State Health Officer for TenneS
see, also under consideration.
Choice of a new Health Officer
may be made by the Commis
sioners tomorrow at their regular
meeting.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
PAROLE RULES
DUE FOR SHIFT

Reorganization of the District
Parole Board will be considered at
meeting of parole investigating
committee 2 p. m. Tuesday in the
office of Commissioner George e.
Allen.
The question of whether the
names of prisoners applying for
parole should be made public and
where the offices of the board
should be will be decided at the
session.
Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettyman, a member of the COM
mittee, will draft several new regu-
lations to clarity the methods Of
procedure in granting parole.
Wilbur LaRoe, jr., Parole Board
member, has announced that pub
licizing the names of prisoners ap-
plying for parole has created dis
turbance among prisoners at
Lorton Reformatory.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
to Fill Six Posts
OnD.C.COrnrnittee

Appointment of members to fill
the vacancies on the various com.
mittees charged with the admins
tration Of District affairs will be
one of the first moves of the
House which today begins its 74th
session.
With the election Of the com.
mittee on committees of the Re-
publicans at their caucus yester.
day and the Democrats appoint
ing their members to the Ways
and Means Committee of the
House, the road was paved for a
realignment Of the various Dis.
trict committees. The Demo
cratic membership on the House
Ways and Means Committee con-
stitutes the Democrats commit
tee on committees.
Names All Democrats
The membership of this body is
charged with the appointment of
all Democrats to the manifold
House committees.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
CAR DERA|LED,
WOMAN HURT

Thousands of home bound Gov
ernment workers were more than
an hour late for their dinners last
night when a street car and auto
mobile collided and tied-up trolley
traffic in the downtown section.
The accident was at Third Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue North
west.
Mrs. Gertrude Summon, 30,
colored, of Norfolk, Va, was
treated for shock at Emergency
Hospital after the crash. She was
an occupant of the automobile,
which was driven by Nathaniel
Gregg, 20, colored, of Roanoke,
Va. Bert A. Ayers. of the 400
block of B st. N. E., was operating
the street car. which was knocked
off the rails, blocking both the
east and west bound lines on Penn
sylvania Avenue.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Land of SOviets'
Film to Be Shown

Dramatic incidents in contem-
porary Russia-May Day in Mos
COW, the epic of the Steamer Che
lyuskin, life on the collective
farms with songs and dances, the
snow and ice carnival in Lenin-
grad, interviews with outstanding
Soviet personalities, the American
Ambassador speaking Russian to
the Russians-will be shown in
the film, I'm the Land of the
Soviets," at the foreign language
cinema series in Pierce Hall, Fiji
teenth and Harvard Sts., Friday
and Saturday, January 4 and S,
at 8 o'clock. Explanatory sub
titles in English are provided.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Social Insurance
Groups to Meet

Delegates from all parts of the
country will come to washington
Saturday for the opening of Ma
tional Congress for Unemployment
and Social Insurance. The congress
will be held at the Washington
Auditorium and will continue
through Monday. Speakers will in
clude DR.. Harry F. Ward. of the
Union Theological Seminary; Miss
Mary Van Kleeck, of the Inter
professional Association for Social
Insurance: T. Arnold Hill, of the
National Urban League; Senator
Edward P. Costigan, of Colorado:
Representative Ernest Lundeen, Of
Minnesota; Norman Thomas, Of
the Socialist party. and Earl
Browder, of the Communist party.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
METAL LATH|NG
MEN DEMAND
OWN CODE

Before an NRA review board
for the building industry, metal
lathing contractors today renewed
their fight against inclusion of
their craft in the code governing
the plastering industry.
At meeting in the Washing.
ton Hotel, officers of the National
Association of Metal Furring and
Lathing Contractors laid before
the board their claims that "all
would be chaos in our industry if
we must operate under control Of
the plaSterers."
Wages Kept High
Moses Symington, New York
contractor, told the board that for
many years the metal fathers had
slowly built up a separate indus
try, growing in the same proper
tion as the old-fashioned wood
lath industry was diminishing in
an age of fire-proof buildings. He
said:
"Since the advent of the
NRA-and befOre-Our working
conditions have been ideal.
Wages have been maintained at
n level higher than that pre-
Scribed by NRA.
But since the Inauguration
Of the code, the plastering In
dustry has been in chaos. The
same standard of wages has not
been maintained and working
conditions generally are not so
good as in our industry. Why,
then, should we be placed under
the control of contractors who
can't control conditions in their
own field?"
Craft Is Separate
Frank Adams, another New
York contractor. advanced the
argument that, while some plaster.
ing contractors also handle lath-
ing jobs, the lathing contractors
kept solely to their own field, thus
establishing their craft as a
separate part of the building in
dustry.
Other members of the associa-
tion gave their arguments with
several union officials listening.
In October, 1893, both plastering
ard lathing contractors submitted
codes, and the NRA ordered both
sides included in the plasterers'
code. The lathing contractors OBJ
tained a stay Of the order, and to-
days hearing was designed to
bring the question to q settle
ment. Taking of evidence was ex-
pected to be finished today and
a decision may be reached in two
weeks.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
CalifOrnia-Chica
Plane Record Set

CHICAGO, Jan. 3 G.N.SO.-A
new air liner speed record be-
tween California and Chicago
was on record today.
Covering the 2,030 miles from
San Francisco to the Chicago
airport 206 miles an hour, a
United Air Lines plane set a
new record of nine hours and
SIS minutes for the flight yester.
day. Another United Air Lines
plane earlier reduced the 11.hour
record to 10 hours and is min
utes.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
100000 PAID
BY MEXICO
BY International News Service

Payment by the Mexican gov
ernment of the first annual in
Stalment of $500,000 as part set
tlement of the American special
claims" against Mexico was an
nounced by Secretary of State
Hull today.
The payment will represent the
first instalment on approximately
$7,50O,000 which Mexico has
agreed to make in settlement of
American claims for damages
arising from the Mexican revolu-
tionary activities during the 1910.
20 period, including the maraud-
ings of the notorious Pancho
Villa.
Payments made by Mexico will
be distributed by this government
to Americans whose claims have
been recognized as valid.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Coroner to Probe
WOmen's Deaths

Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald will investigate the deaths
of two women today. One of the
women died suddenly yesterday
while riding in a taxicab and the
other was found dead in her home.
Mrs. Jean E. Mitchell, 56, of the
1900 block jefferson St. N. W.,
was taken suddenly i'll while riding
in the taxicab with two women
friends. She was rushed to Gar
field Hospital and pronounced
dead upon arrival.
Miss Sophie Thomas. rs, of the
500 block Eighth st. S. W., was
found dead in her home by her
brother, Henry Thomas.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Confederates
Plan to Meet;
But Where?

Where, oh where, will the
Confederate veterans hold their
annual reunion this year?
They turned down the invita-
ton of Washington on the
ground that it is a yankee"
city, and accepted the invita-
tion Of st. Petersburg, Fla.
But that city has withdrawn
its invitation, finding it impos-
sible to raise funds to finance
the convention. so now the vet
Grams have no place to 60.
OF the thousands who wore
the Gray during the Civil War,
9,700 are alive. Not more than
1000 are able to attend the
annual reunion.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
PANAMA THREAT
LAID To CRANK
International News Service

Military intelligence officers to-
day viewed as the work of q
crank the threat to blow up the
Panama Canal.
However, it was expected the
American military authorities in
the Canal Zone would increase
the guard as a precautionary
measure. The guard is usually
increased as a routine matter
whenever threats are received.
Neither the War nor State De-
partmentS had received any re-
ports from their respective repre-
sentativeS in the Canal Zone or
Panama concerning the note writ
ten to American Minister Coma
lez, at Colon. in which a threat
was made to blow up the Gatun
Lock.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Driver ExOnerated
In Traffic Death

Joseph Raphal, 40, of Baltimore,
Md, was exonerated today by a
Coroner's jury of any connection
in the death of Lewis Brown, so,
who died at Sibley Hospital De-
cember 81 after he had been
struck by Mr.. Raphal's car Novem-
ber 2.
Witnesses testified that Mr..
Brown, who lived in the 1900 block
of Tenth st. N. W., darted di-
rectly into the path of Mr..
RaphaPS car. Mr.. Brown died of
conclusion of the brain.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
California Shocks
Leave No Damage

CALExICO, Cal, Jan. 3 1.N.sD.
A check today revealed that no
damage was inflicted by two earth
shocks which were felt along the
border here yesterday morning.
Mondays quake did considerable
damage to track and structures
along a 25-mile stretch Of the
Inter California Railway. 80 miles
south of the border and in lower
California, it was learned today.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Brig. Gen. Lincoln
Ordered to Capital
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Assignment of Brig. Gen.
Charles S. Lincoln to the War
Department General Staff and
as Assistant Chief of Staff in
charge Of supplies was announced
by the War Department today.
At present he is in command of
the port Of embarkation at Fort
Mason, Cal. He will sail from
San Francisco January 26 for
New York en- route here.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
HOLY NAME MEET

The quarterly meeting of the
executive committee of the wash
ington section, Holy Name So
ciety, will be held Monday at
Immaculate Conception Hall,
Eighth and N Streets Northwest,
at 8 p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
D. A. r. MEETING

The Kate Waller Barrett Chap
ter, D. A. R., of Alexandria, met
at the home of Mrs. George Kip
stein yesterday. A number of
guests were invited for tee. in
Guiding Mrs. Fulton Lewis. Of
Washington; Miss Ethel Ruffner,
of Lexington, Va. and Mrs. c. A.
S. Sinclair. natioral officer
Of the D. A. r.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
RAP.S
INCOME TAX
FOR D. c.

IUuUuUu
Thousands Of members Of the
National Federation of Federal
Employees today voiced opposition
to the plan to impose an addi'
tional income tax on residents OF
the District.
Such a plan would work hard
ship on the already overtaxed
residents Of the Capital, Luther
c. Steward, president Of the fed
Grafton stated in protesting the
plan put forward by Senator Will
liam H. King Cd, of Utah, chair
man of the Senate District Com
mittee.
U. s. WithOlds Share
Business and civic leaders have
pointed out there would be no
need for a further tax levy in the
District if the Federal Govern
ment would pay its portion of the
costs of local government, as re-
quired by law.
Instead of paying the 40 per
cent as required by law, Congress
for this fiscal year made a lump
sum" appropriation of $500, 900,
or only about 13 per cent of the
total cost.
Pledging the support of his
organization to the fight against
the imposition of this tax, Mr..
Steward said:
I'VE are opposed unequivOca-
bly, to the imposition of q
District Of Columbia income
tax.
Federal employees here are
already heavily taxed, and the
pyramiding of a further levy is
absolutely unjuStified.
Federal employees are bear
ing more than their share of
the tax burden already. 1t is
unthinkable this diSfranchiSed
group should be called upon to
shoulder an additional tax.
The Washington Times is to
be congratulated upon marshal
ing public opinion on q subject
of such vital Importance to the
people of this city"
Imposition of an icome tax on
residents of the District would
be a blow to business recovery, il
has been pointed out, taking mil
lions of dollars from the pockets
of citizens.
Wage Farmers Suffer
Authorities on the question OF
taxation say such a tax would
inflict a penalty on the wage
Garner, while wealthy residents
would escape through purchase OF
tax exempt securities.
The proposal to repeal the in
tangible personal property tax, in
event the income tax should be
passed, would also react against
the wage Garner, they pointed
out, exempting those who possess
bonds. stocks, jewelry and other
valuables.
The value of these possessions
as reported for tax purposes this
year, was $400, 900, 900, and nettec
a return to the District Of more
than $1,80O,00O. While this sun
shows a decrease of close tx
$1,00O,O0O since 1929, this was ex
planned by the decrease of tht
market value of securities.
Unjust Substitution
Repeal of the Intangible prop
erty tax law would exempt the
owners of all this wealth from
taxation, taking the money from
wage earners, an unjust substitu
ton, tax experts hold.
A concerted drive against thu
proposed change in the ia,
method is being made by Wash
ington citizens.
The Federation Of Citizens AS
Sociations, which is vigorously
opposed to the income tax, viii
take up the question at its Janu
ary meeting next Saturday night
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
.Savant, 33, Named
Head of University

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Jan. 3
G.N.SD.-Alan Chester Valentine,
33-year-old master of Piersor: Col
lege at Yale University. today was
named to the presidency of the
University of Rochester.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Rubber Exports
Higher in 1894
BY International News servic,

BY IMVeFnatIOnaI news SeFVIce
American exports of rubber
manufacturers increased $4,353.-
$50. or % per cent, for the first
II months of 1884, as compared
with the same period in 1888, the
Commerce DEPARTING ent an
nounced today. The total was
$20,162.473 against $15,808,5O4 in
1888.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
RESORTS

MIAMI AND MIAMI IsEACH. FLA.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-12-26

warfare on criminals, as Raymond
Hamilton, Texas desperate with a
boast on his lips that he would never
be taken alive" was captured, tried
convicted, and ~electrocuted. Likewise
Doc Barker and IL c~ordefendants were
tried in St. Paul for abduction of Ed
ward G. Bremen, St. Paul banker.
Most of them were found guilty. Bar
ker was sentenced to life imprison-
ment. AS in any year, the Grim Reap
er exacted his toll Of men prominent
in public life. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
for years a justice of the United States
supreme court, died at the age of 81
in Washington after he had retired
from active service on the bench.
Adoph Ochs, for years publisher of the
New York Times, one of the worlds
greatest newspapers, died while on a
visit to his old home in Chattanooga,
Tenn. Huey Long, erratic political
leader of a radical group in the ma
ton, stormy petrol of the United
States senate, and sole dictator of the
state government of Louisiana, was
shot down by an assassin in the
statehouse at Baton Rouge. Then, in
our state, just as the shades of the
year were being drawn. death re-
moved Montana's ~62-year-old Cover
nor, Frank E. Cooney, and for the
first time in the states history ex-
allied to the chief executives chair
the third governor in a single term.
These are by no means all the i'm
portant events and achievements of
1895. To enumerate them we would
have to delve into the realms of sci
ence, of sport, and of craftsmanship,
but they serve to remind us of the
times in which we live, and lead us
to look ahead to a new year with in
creased interest in what it may hold
for our homes, our communities, or
our nation.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-12-26
DO @ RENlEM
News Items Taken from Files of
The Pl~entywood Herald. of
20 YEARS AGO

Attorney S. E. Paul was a county seat visitor Mon
day. He returned home the same evening.
H. o. S~tenehjem, a well known Antelope resident
was transacting business here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Munson, Mr.. and Mrs. Blain
Dean, Jack Rooney and Stella King left for Iowa Mon
day to spend the holidays with relatives and friends.
Thursday, Dec. %, at IL o'clock noon, Chas. M.
Johnson of Plentywood and Grace M. Fleenor of Vir-
ginia were united in marriage by justice Olson.
1t has been estimated that on the Plentywood branch
was raised five and one-half million bushels of grain
in 1915.
Word was received here Tuesday noon stating that
Andrew Simonson, age Is, killed his brother Monday
morning at their fathers farm near Scobey.
The Sheridan county state bank installed a burglar
proof safe Monday It's a peach and absolutely guaran-
teed. 1t is claimed that it is the only burglar-proof safe
made.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-12-26
The Leagues Decision

The ffty-odd countries comprising the League of
Nations have a very difficult problem in seeking to re-
strain Italy from stealing territory from another men,
Der, namely, Ethiopia. Certain economic and financial
sanctions have been imposed against Italy but none eff
fective enough to stop the undeclared war. Ethiopia has
profted slightly by the Leagues attitude in that most of
the countries are now willing to sell arms and ammu-
milton to the African kingdom.
The proposal that the League apply an embargo on
the shipment of oil to Italy which went SO far as to
threaten war against the Leagues members if this en-
barge was put into effect. 1t seems that Italy is not so
certain of its oil supply for a war. Great Britain and
France have recently sought a possible settlement so
that the oil embargo could be avoided but the chances
for success of this peace maneuver are considered re-
mote. These nations, and the League, cannot afford to
barter away too much Ethiopian territory and still pose
as the protectors of weak countries. Even the suggested
proposal included Italys granting to Emperor Halle Sc
lassie a seaport, ostensibly in exchange for the territory
Italy had gained.
One of the reasons, very probably, that Great Britain
is anxious to effect some settlement of the trouble with
Italy is the report that China is contemplating an appeal
to the League for protection against the aggression Of
Japan. There can be no question that Japan has already
by taking Manchuria and Jehol, done China a far great
er injustice than Italy can perpetrate against Ethiopia.
In addition, japan is now preparing to take other prov
inces from China, under pretense that the provinces
themselves want to set up an Independent regime.
Ii China appeals to the League for protection 1t is
difficult to see how the members can deny her. Chinese
sovereignty and rights are being violated with impunity
by the Japanese, who have not only violated their obi
cation as a League member (although now out of the
League) but solemnly pledged commitments in the Nine
Power Treaty regarding the Pacific, signed simulta-
neously with the Washington Naval agreement and her
definite promise to refrain from war by the terms of the
Kellogg BRAND peace pact.
The understandable desire of nations is to avoid war
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ever, a nation seeks by force to violate its obligations
and to create a condition fraught with future danger to
the rest of the world it may be the least trouble and en-
tail the smallest sacrifice to curb that lawless nation in
the beginning. If the League had acted when Japan
first violated Chinese rights the possibility is that Italy
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-12-26

would not have invaded Ethiopia and Japan would not
have again raided Chinese territory.
In Japan the military element is controlling. Army
and navy officers exercise paramount influence in the
government. They have demonstrated that they are
strong enough to act directly in opposition to the in
structions of the civil cabinet. Allowing Japan to take
over thousands of miles of Chinese territory and rule
millions of its citizens only means that the rest of the
world is allowing Japan to increase its resources and
wealth, train additional thousands of soldiers and build
more battleships so that she can entrench herself in Asia
more firmly and permanently than ever.
If the other nations had any reason to believe Japan
having accomplished hegemony in Asia would respect
the rights of other peoples and give them equal oppor-
tunity this would not be so bad but past experience
shows that Japan intends to exclude other nations from
the trade and development of China as much as possible.
Autos in Pennsylvania have killed ten deer. Well,
the deer ought to have enough sense to stay in the
woods with the hunters where they'd be safe.-Bufalo
Times.
AS a matter of fact, since somebody suggested it,
there are houses in P~lentywood like women, that could
stand a few touches of paint without suffering in gen.
eral appearance.