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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-01
WOMAN TEST|F|ES
AGAINST WHITE
Detective Before Trial
Board on Charge of As
sauIt in Arrest.

Detective Frank II. White, first pre-
cinct, was being tried before the
Police Trial Board today on charges
of assaulting Miss Lillian Clawans,
Newark, N. j., attorney, who claimed
the officer struck her with his fist on
the arm at police headquarters June 7.
Miss Clawans said the detective also
ordered a uniformed policeman to
arrest her on disorderly conduct
charge after telling her you've ridden
In the pie wagon before" She said
she told White he would have to prove
she had been arrested before.
Congressmen Witness.
Representative Schultz OF Indiana,
a member of the House Crime Investi-
eating Committee which recently In
quired into police conditions here, and
Representative Lesinski Of Michigan
appeared as character witnesses for
White. Schultz said he had known the
detective personally for several years
and that he was a gentleman in
every respect, credit to the Police
Department and man who would
inure no one at any time, man,
woman or child"
Lesinski testified Whites reputation
was good and that he was not excit-
able. Miss Clawans previously had
told the board she thought White was
excited when he struck her.
Miss Clawans said she posted SIS
collateral and was released. The next
day she went to headquarters. where
she told Supt Ernest w. Brown and
Inspector Frank S. w. Burke Of the
incident.
Detective Identified.
Inspector Burke testified he investi-
gated and found White had arrested
the woman. Miss Clawans, he said,
picked White from several detectives
IN his ONCE and identified him as the
one who allegedly assaulted her.
Miss Clawans appeared at the trial
with q bandage on her right arm,
which she took off at the request OF
Whites attorney. Charles Ford, to
show her injury. Ford told the board
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municated with the Electric Bond g.
Share Co.
Later. about O'Clock, a subpoena
was served on him by agents of the
! committee and they accompanied him
to Washington. o.
He testified his office was in Orange,
N. j., in one of the buildings Of the
Thomas A. Edison Industries, for
which he works.
Cramer said he was born As years
ago in THIN, Ohio, and educated at
the Heidelberg College in Ohio, an in
stitution he described as operated by
the Reformed Church"
Denies Aiding Advertisements.
He denied he had assisted in pre-
pairing advertisements against the
Wheeler Rayburn bill.
At the end of his cross-examination
he told the committee he would be
very glad" to let the committee see
his correspondence with the utility
company.
He said the letter he had written
was his personal responsibility" add
ing that II would not like TO bring
any embarrassment on others that /
may have brought on myself"
He was dismissed and the commit
tee recessed subject to call.
Other suggestions Cramer made In
his letter were:
"A congressional investigation of the
| brain trust legislative factory de-
signed to expose 1t to public resent
ment.
ITO liouidate the bureaus. including
| not only the alphabetical species. but
| all commissions
Support in 1886 political campaign
of presidential and congressional
candidates, regardless Of party. who
pledge themselves to support the pro-
gram of the security owners organi-
! zation."
He suggested also a publicity cam
paign to educate" the people to 1.-The
similarity between conditions in the
United States today and those in Ger
many prior to the mark currency
disaster
Other Suggestions.
Other suggestions were for publicity
to show that the taxes that are paic
by people who think they don't pay
any, for sterilization of the dollar
and for balancing the budget with q
quick tapering of of Federal worl
relief and direct relief of all kinds"
Urging development of a widespread
organization. Cramer said in the let
ter:
The acknowledged failure Of tn
New Deal experiments. as revealed b.
the growth in relief rolls and unem
ployment, and the growing public dis
trust, as revealed by the lack Of popu
lar support to the work relief bill. in
dictate that the time Is at last rip
to organize for effective opposition"
Cramer said that with well-round
ed-out program for security owners Il
oppose the New Deal, who knows blu
that 10 to 20 million membership an
q war chest Of several times tina
many dollars could be obtained In 6
to 90 days?"
To head an organization Of securit.
holders and others opposed" to tn
New Deal, Cramer suggested tina
officers OF Electric Bond 81 Shar'
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engage an outstanding national figure
such as Nicholas Murray Butler, Ed
win S. Kemmerer, James M. Beck, or
Newton D. Baker. to act as mouth
piece and release publicity empha-
sizing the need for more practical
methods of encouraging business re-
covery and obligations upon the
middle class citiZenry to help"
Before the House committee, z. v.
Sellers. N. r. A. employe from Texas
and friend of Representative Patton.
testified he went voluntarily to Chair
man Black OF the Senate committee
and told about Patton's bringing a box
out OF the hotel of John w. Carpenter,
Texas utility man.
Sellers testified before the Senate
committee he didn't believe there were
cigars in the box, as Patton had IN
sisted.
Denies Secret Session Appearance.
To the House committee Sellers de-
MED he appeared before the Senate
group in secret session. He testified
that because some man he thought
was a detective kept following him he
wanted to get his story on record.
isn't it a fact you smoked cigars
out of the box?" Representative Dies,
Democrat. Of Texas, asked.
Il did not" he insisted.
Sellers was permitted to make q
statement concerning his whereabouts
between last Sunday and yesterday.
The committee yesterday said it
couldn't find him.
Sellers said he had taken a room at
a hotel across town from the one
kept his former room because he had
no money Sunday to pay his bill.
And you want this committee to
believe that by keeping two rooms you
weren't trying to avoid being To-
cated?" Representative Cox, Demo-
crat OF Georgia asked.
I'D like to make q statement about
| that" Sellers replied
And would you expect anybody to
believe it?"
Defended by Blanton.
Representative Blanton. Democrat,
of Texas arose and remarked that
Sellers was a good man" and added,
I'm a member Of this Congress and
I insist that he be permitted to make
q statement"
II don't give q damn what he is
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legal work I would pay better lawyers
q lot more money for
II was new in Washington" he ex-
planned, and he taught me how to use
the Congressional Record. the names Of
secretaries, the mechanics Of the Ways
and Means Committee, introduced me
TO a lot of people. and so on"
Hopson Declared Sick.
When he first took the stand.
Robinson told the committee he talked
by telephone Sunday night with H c.
Hopson, who is sought by the Senate
Lobby Committee for questioning
concerning the activities of the Asso-
eiated Gas & Electric Co.
Robinson said he did not know
where Hopson was when the converse
ton took place.
Mr.. Hopson Is not a well man
I've been told by physicians that If
he ever developed a sore throat. he
would choke to death"
Chairman O'Connor asked Robin.
son If advertisements run in Montana
papers were not ito backfire against
Chairman Wheeler of the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee"
Robinson insisted his only objec.
tive in the advertising was to stil
up the copper industry against the
utility legislation.
Thinks Hopson at Some Beach.
Questioned about Hopson, he sale
he thought he might be in Scarsdale
N. Y, or Florida. He expressed BELIEF
he was at some beach.
Robinson said he told Hopson no
10 tell him where he was.
Changing the subject, Robinson
said:
1T was a very sweet thing thu
committee did yesterday. An old mar
being crucified and you withwashec
him"
You don't mean whitewashed, bu
that we were fair to him." O'Connol
said.
The reference was to Representativ,
Patton. Democrat, of Texas.
He testified yesterday to the Hous
committee on how he purchased Gov
eminent bonds.
If Mr.. Hopson gets on the stand h
will have no chance" Robinson de-
clared. Il think he Is waiting unit
the story is over and then he will com
in and clear up the points that hav
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-01
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CONGRESS TO FACE
OPENING Of FILES
Seal Plans to Bare Personal
Correspondence in
Lobby Probes.
BY JAMES E. CHINN,
eta N CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

OCEAN CITY, Md. August AL
members Of Congress would be calico
on to turn over their personal CORE
spondence files to the House Rules
Committee during its investigation Of
lobbying in connection with the ut1li-
ties holding company bill If the plar
considered by Elwood Seal, assistant
corporation counsel Of the District, re-
Gently named a special legal assistant
to the committee for the period Of the
inquiry, is approved.
Taking Vacation.
Seal is mentioning at Ocean City
for a few days before actively under
taking his new duties, and between
dips in the surf and few fishing ex-
petitions he has been working out a
definite program for pushing the in
quiry. While he has not yet submitted
his plan to the committee or discussed
1t with William H. Collins, former as
sistant district attorney, who will work
with him on the legal aspects of the
inquiry, he believes 1t would be ap-
proved.
AS foundation for the investigation
Seal said it would be necessary, of
course. for all members of Congress to
cooperate by placing their files at
the disposal of the committee Other
wise. he pointed out, it would be i'm
possible for the Investigators to dig
below the surface"
Seal is planning to return to Wash
ington in few days and will lay his
plan before Chairman O'Connor of
the Rules Committee Personally l
feel" Seal said, 1T will be utterly
futile for the committee to proceed
any further with its investigation with
out definitely ascertaining the source
of the thousands Of kilograms and
letters that swamped members Of
Congress in an effort to block action
on the utilities bill.
Sees One Source.
ct believe that a large majority Of
these messages were inspired by one
source, the origin Of which can be de-
termined by careful investigation.
Such a check also will reveal whether
the messages were genuine" What
Seal has in mind is to scrutinize the
files Of all members Of Congress; care
fully check the names for duplicates
and endeavor through committee 'n-
vestigators to reach the main inf1uen-
tial sources-the master minds--be-
hind the Geographic bombardment in
opposition to the bill.
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FLAG RADIO PROGRAM

An anti-communism radio program,
sponsored by the United States Flag
Association, will be broadcast over the
Columbia network from to Sis pm.
Saturday.
Senator Capper, Republican, OF
Kansas, described by the Flag Associa-
ton as "one Of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence of To-
day" viii speak on "Americanism VS.
Communism"
Col. James A. Moss, president gen.
eral of the association, will preside
The Army Band will play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-01
CHARGES DENIED
Woman Files Answer to Mans
SUIT for nivorca

Woman Files Answer to Mans
Suit for Divorce.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. August In
her answer to the bill Of complaint in
the suit for an absolute divorce re-
Gently filed in the Circuit Court here
by Carl H. Matson of Takoma Park,
Mrs. Nellie S. Matson of Washington
denies she obtained a fraudulent d.
vorce In Nevada or that she has been
guilty of misconduct as charged by
the plaintiff.
She insists she was legally divorced
from the plaintiff in Nevada May IS.
1895, and that on the same day she
was lawfully married to the man
named as correspondent. She asks to
be awarded custody of Ter 9-year-old
daughter, Geraldine Matson.
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been brought up by unfair questioning
and implications against u.s."
Wouldn't Tell If He Knew.
IF YOU knew where he was would
Won tell the committee?" Robinson was
! asked.
well. don't believe I would" he
replied
Then we will ask the question. ="
OConnor pursued. DO you know
where he WASP"
mo. I do not" the witness insisted.
Questioning OF Cramer developed
that he had first outlined his recon-
mendations to Groesbeck in his letter
and then had gone to the company
offices in New York month or two
ago to talk it over with an assistant
of Groesbecks.
Asked Il the company oficial-a
man named Wslker-approved, Cramer
said he had agreed it was "a good
idea"
He agreed I. was wise not to have
the campaign handled by the COM
panies themselves
That's right"
Urged Brain Trust" Inquiry.
do you know that every sugges-
ton you made has been followed?"
No"
Black then began to take UP the
suggestions one by one.
The witness agreed he had sug-
gested that Congress investigate the
Brain Trust"
Cramer said he had suggested the
idea in the letter. which also was sent
to Hugh s. McGill. head of utilities
investors, an organization of utility
holders, but had not discussed 1t with
Walker.
He agreed also he had suggested
employment Of James M. Beck, former
United States solicitor general, and
Newton D. Baker, former Secretary OF
War. to oppose the administration
program.
You knew about that whispering
campaign months ago, didn't you?'
Black asked.
mo" Cramer replied
You know you suggested that .
whispering campaign be started?"
NO"
You deny that"
Sure"
Is Confronted With Letter.
Black then produced the letter
which Cramer finally agreed he hac
written. Black asked If, not long aftel
the letter was written, Cramer "be.
/ gan to hear a whispering campaign
that the President was crazy?"
Il sent the letter to Magill IL
March," Cramer said. The whisper
ing campaign was only during the las
two or three weeks. as recall it."
Did you get a secret satisfaction
that the idea originated in you
brain?" Schwellenbach asked.
II am annoyed and chagrined tina
had any connection with it,"
Are you ashamed"
Certainly"
Cramer added that he was not surf
that his letter and the campaign wer,
cause and effect" but then went or
to defend it.
The same was done in %, 90 ant
80 against Hoover" he said.
Declared Smear Hoover" Drive.
But I understand that was q 'smeaI
Hoover campaign wasn't it?"
No" Senator Minton, Democrat, o
Indiana replied. Il think he michel
SOM told the truth"
Minton's remark drew a ripple o
laughter from the spectators.
Cramer said he had talked his plar
over with G. A. Colt, a friend, and w
G. Harding, a chemist, and a fey
others.
He told the committee the Telegram
summoning him arrived about
o'clock last night and about 9 o'clocl
he replied he could not come on sucl
short notice.
He denied he had n,ea pu,b;l, ....,
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no bruises or swelling were apparent.
Ford also told the board he would
show Miss Clawans had brought the
charges to enbarrass White and pave
the way later for civil suit.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Voice Wins Proposal.

MODERN speed: Agnes Devine Of
A New York and Ireland, recent
trans s-Atlantic arrival, had no more
than stepped down from microphone
soprano solo in Maj. Bowes' latest
amateur show than she was handed
this telegram, signed James Muir
ply"
"You have a voice like a thrush.
After hearing you sing know you are
the only girl in the world for me. Will
you marry me?"
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Probe Ultra-Short Field.

EIELD investigation of the ultra
short waves from the standpoint
of the broadcast engineer is getting
under way at the c. B. S. studios in
New York. It is these waves in which
television is expected ultimately to
find home.
At present the checkup consists of
a daily relay on 8.43 meters, or $500
kilocycles, of the regular chain pro-
grams, the 50-watt transmitter operat-
ing from 5 to 10 pm. The equip
ment is located on the top floor. with
the antenna on the roof, Of the 25-
story studio building.
Some Of the effects to be looked
into by the engineers, following along
lines of previous studies of the short
waves, include the shadow action Of
steel-frame skyscrapers, which often
results in signal distortion, as well as
the area covered.
When these tiny waves first were
touched upon, many engineers be-
lieved they Travelled only to the end OF
an imaginary line of sight, or the
horizon as seen by the eye Now, this
theory has been questioned, as ultra
short wave transmissions have been
picked up many miles beyond the
horizon.
z. K. Cohen, director Of engineering
for c. B. S., who is supervising the
tests, and John Dyer. technician In
charge dyer operated KFz Of the
Byrd second Antarctic expedition), re-
port that already their checkup pro-
grams have begun to bring response
from radio amateurs, about the only
ones besides investigating engineers
who own ultra-short wave receivers.
From these reports. it Is hoped to
gather some interesting reception
data.
Evening star., 1935-12-01

the script writer, as well as doing the
announcing job. Elizabeth Keller
has the feminine lead In the Betty and
Bob serial these days. . Loretta Lee,
Mutuals Good Evening Serenader, is
also doing an occasional character bit
on the same program >. of the air
she is Margaret Vieages, daughter Of q
New Orleans judge speculations
about Xavier Cugat's stage door visits
to "Winterset," now on Broadway,
were all wrong. He's the uncle and
ward Of the Margo Of the show.
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
will air the dedication of the Gov.
ernment's first low-cost housing prof.
ect in New York Tuesday morning &. . I.
all the networks will relay the Presi-
dents address from Notre Dame De-
cember 8, when he gets degree from
the university. Conrad Thibault
plans to go to school next week 4.
to Smith College. where he'll addition
the glee club and select a coed for
his December II broadcast. This is
the newest wrinkle of his Wednesday
Revue series on N. B. C.-WEAF, and
the singer plans to recruit talent from
number of Eastern girls schools
before the season is over.
Patti Pickens is studying French SO
she can converse with Odette Myrtil
on those Evening in Paris programs.
Which seems a waste Of energy. Won.
der if Miss Pickens couldn't be per.
suaded to converse with the mistress
OF ceremonies in song inasmuch
as Mile. Myrtil's French, even her
accent, is apt to disappear so soon
as she breaks into song.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Major Features
and Notes

MARIA JER1TzA. internationally
40 famous diva, will make her first
appearance with Emo Rapee's SYM
phony orchestra on WRC at 10. The
program follows:
. Prelude to 'IohenRrin."
ta) "Adieux.. Forets." from Jeanne
tb' "v2s La io saDets." s from 'cavslleria
Maria Jeritza;
Polka and fuRue from .'schvanda."
Ca "Adaeio Pathetiaue."
(b) "Kaharinka."
ta) ,.Liebesleid. S
(b) Itch bin Verliebt."
Overture to William Tell"
Orchestra.
Albert Spalding, American violinist,
will be the guest soloist with Victor
Kolar's symphony orchestra during the
Sunday Evening Hour on WJSV at 9.
The program follows:
Overture to The Secret OF Suzanne"
Hail to the Happy Day" from Lucia
Orchestra and chorus.
Concerto in Z Minor" for violin and
orchestra.
"Andante"
"Allegretto."
spaidins with Orchestra.
"Valse Trtste."
'Rskoczy March
Orchestra.
SNatchez on the Hill"
"Barcarole" from Tales Of Hoffman"
Hymn 10 Srfhest5a the sun ana en0fus'
Songs Ny Mother Taught Me-"
''zigeunerweisen'' ,s,
Wedding March. from Midsummer
Nights Dream
sun of Ny so1i'' eHsS'A
Chorus and organ.
The New York Philharmonic Society
Orchestra, on WJSV at 8. will cele-
brate its 20Oth broadcast with a spe-
cial request program. 1t follows:
Overture to ,.Egmont."
Water Music" suite.
Symphony No. in D Major"
A gala musical program, featuring
Conrad Thibault, the Pickens Sisters
and Virginia Lee, and designed to
stimulate the annual Christmas seal
campaign of the National tuberculosis
Association, will be broadcast by
WMAL at 1o:30 pm.
Ofenbach's Tales of Hoffman" will
be presented in English during the
Music Hall of the Air on WMAL at
1890. Louise Bave, prin1a donna
soprano of the Milan Opero Co., will
sing the leading role.
Jose Manzanares and his South
Americans will begin a new series on
WJSV at 2:30. An exclusive group
of rhumbas, tangos. fandangos and
other native forms of Latin American
music will make up the program.
Music from George Gershwin's
American folk opera, "Porgy and
Bess," will be featured during the
Magic Key program on WMAL at 2.
Eddie Duchin and his orchestra and
Frank Blacks symphony orchestra will
take part.
Evening star., 1935-12-01

America Regarded as Only
Fredericksburg Country
Frank and Outspoken Eagerness Lacking
Among Foreign Statesmen, as Observed
by DR.. Max Jordan of N. B. c.

dent, who was in washington last week
accompanied by e. T. Cunningham,
president of its subsidiary, r. G. A..
Manufacturing Co., and DR.. Vladimir
Zworykin, inventor of the iconoscope
"eye" which has made r. G. AS tele-
vision o technical reality, it was
learned r. c. A. already has corps
of technicians at work In labora-
tory on the topmost floor of the
Empire State Building In New York.
They are dismantling their old
visual and sound broadcasting ap-
paratus, with which the company's
engineers have been experimenting
secretly for several years, and are
preparing to replace this with en-
tirely new equipment. This equip
ment will be used for new expert
mental broadcasts Of both sound and
vision on the ultra short waves, pre-
sumably in the bands around five
meters and in the fractional-meter
bands allocated to such purposes by
the Federal radio authorities.
SEVERAL hundred television re-
ceiving sets of various designs
are on order at the r. c. A. factory
in Camden. These will be placed at
strategic points throughout the New
York metropolitan area. For some
months, perhaps year, expert tech
nicians will study the transmission
and reception possibilities. 1t is even
likely that one or two looking post"
for preliminary public gaze may be
set up in New York City, such as
the television experimenters in Berlin
have established. Thereafter the high
councils of the r. c. A. will determine
whether television is ready for the
public and whether its potentialities
warrant the enormous outlays of
capital that will be required for the
construction Of the initial system.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Program Is Approved.
THE Women's National Radio Com

HE WomenS Natlonal HAQlO COm-
mittee gives unqualified approval
to THE Cavalcade of America" in its
radio review for November, just issued.
The National Council Of Women and
such civic organizations as the Mas
sachusetts Civic League likewise laud
the program.
In speaking of this dramatization
of historical incidents, broadcast over
the Columbia network Wednesday
from to $50 pm, the committee
said:
When big business attempts to
blaze new trails and presents an edu-
cational program we think it is time
to cheer. Don't let that educational
fool you We recommend it especially
as family entertainment and suggest
that the children be allowed to stay
up for It,"
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Stations to Gain Power.

MOT to be outdone by NaN Ger
many, which has announced plans
to install the most powerful short
wave broadcasting station in the world
to carry its news and other broadcasts,
France and Spain are increasing the
powers Of their short wavers and even
Japan has announced Its intention Of
doing likewise.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Seek to Protect Patents.

EVEN the Soviets are not beyond
seeking patent protection for their
inventions, which reputedly have been
numerous in the radio field lately.
Paul N. Ramlau Of Leningrad has
secured patent from the Patent
Office covering American rights on e
new amplifier he has invented. And
the Patent Office records reveal he
has assigned his rights to a Soviet
government organization-try pro-
nouncing this mouthful-Gosud
stvennoje Usesojuznoje Objedinenje
Elektroslabotochnoj Promyshlennosti
of Leningrad, Union Of Soviet Socialist
Republics, Russia.