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The Washington times., 1935-05-15
Fleet Sales Set
Record for G. NJ.

c. E. Dawson, president of Gen.
eral Motors Fleet Sales Corpora
ton, Detroit (the General Motors
subsidiary that handles the sale
of General Motors cars and trucks
to large national fleet users) re-
ports that sales for April eX-
ceeded any single month in the
history of this division. This fol-
lows a record year in 1884. which
was the biggest year for this or
ganization, having broken all pre-
vious years sales records.
The Washington times., 1935-05-15
Bids and Proposals

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Procurement
Division, Public Works Branch. Wash
ington, D. c., May z. 1935-Sealed bids,
in duplicate. subject to Executive Order
publicly opened in this office at 10 a. M,
May 81, 1885. for furnishing all labor
and material and performing all work for
five bulletin boards metal frame) in the
Fed. Wise. Ext. 18th & D St.. 8. W..
Wash, D. C. Drawing and specifications.
not exceeding one set. may be obtained
from this office in the discretion of the
Assistant Director of Procurement Public
Works Branch. W. E. Reynolds. Assistant
Director of Procurement. Public Works
Branch.
The Washington times., 1935-05-15

WE PAY CASH FOR OLD
old, Silver. Watches. Diamonds, Gold Teeth
and Discarded JeWelry. o. 8. Lcoa0O.
SEIINGER'S, 818 F ST. N. w.
The Washington times., 1935-05-15

WILL BUY used photo enlarger anchor
blocks. Mrs. Slocum. co. TITS.
The Washington times., 1935-05-15
u. S. Bonds

High Low | 100
The Washington times., 1935-05-15

WALL PAPER-we now have an unlim.
tied selection of new wall paper Styles
including the latest washable patterns.
Also some close-out patterns at greatly
reduced prices. Walter Morgan Co., 1nc.s
421 Tenth st. n. W..
The Washington times., 1935-05-15
NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS
(Continued from Preceding PaRs)

Its Name ana Net
Dividend Rate High Low 1:4S Oh &c
M 25h Worth Pump of A. 81 S5N 361z- n
80 20 Worth Pump pr B. 26T 26z 6f+ q
537< 35H Wright Aeronaut.. 81 4913 5lh+ N
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a 3112 Yellow Truck pf... 3lA 31I 3lA+ n
25I IL Young Sp&W nAb Is 24H AN+ %
~ Zonite ProductS.... 81 81 81 Il
Optional cash. CO.. Partly Extra
and Cd) Dxtra in stock (OI Paid in 1888
U) On Of accumulatonG (g) No regular rate:
latest payment. Cb) Payable stock. (m) Special
(a) Paid year. (ww) With (xw) without
(") Ex-dvi6Ond Ex-FiKbt1
Evening star., 1935-03-31
BERKELEY IS DEAD
FROM pneumonia
Celebrated English Actor and
Former Parliament Member
Dies in Hollywood.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, March 3o-Reg-
inald Berkeley, IS, celebrated English
actor and former member of parlia-
ment. died today from pneumonia fol-
lowing major operation 10 days ago.
The actor is survived by his widow
and five children. all of whom were
reported to be in England.
Berkeley came to the United States
two years ago to appear in the motion
picture, "Cavalcade" He remained to
establish strikingly successful career
in Hollywood, both as an actor and a
writer.
During the World War. Berkeley
was staff major with the English
army. He was a member Of the Brit
ish delegation at the League Of Ma
tions, and was elected to parliament
in 1924.
He had been critically i'll in a hos
pital here for four days before his
death.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
Girl Friends Who Aided Bandits
Sent to ''Alcatraz for Women''

Kelly, and her mother, Mrs. Ora
Shannon.
Kathryn, under life sentence, and
her mother were placed in Milan
after threats by Machine Gun" that
he would break jail and free them.
Director Bates said yesterday there
are 18 woman convicts segregated at
the Milan prison farm under more
secure detention than possible at
Anderson, w. Va, the regular Federal
reformatory, where 400 women are
housed"
The women are on the top-hoor
tier inside the Milan prison block,
which has been walled of from the
adjacent cells Of men prisoners.
"The only man outside the super
intendent they see is the prison doc
tor as he makes his regular calls"
Bates said.
Opaque glass has been installed to
shut out any view of the men priS-
oners. On the roof above is a yard
guarded by steel barriers where the
women may exercise. Their attend
ants are four woman matrons, throe
Of them formerly at Anderson Re-
formatory.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
DOPE WHO'S Who"
IS TAKEN IN RAID
Wholesalers Arrest in New
York Brings Buyers
to Light.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 3o-A who's
who" Of the narcotics traffic was In
the hands of Federal agents tonight
following the arrest OF man they
described as one of the largest whole
sale distributors ever apprehended.
The book was said by one agent
to contain the names of customers
in the Hollywood film colony, but
Frank Igoe, chief of the local mar
cotics squad, declared it listed only
the names and addresses Of dealers.
Following a clue that originated in
Sacramento, the Government men ar
rested Barney Price. 38, whom they
described as front man" for a ring
that had its source Of supply in Italy
and made regular shipments to Chi
cago. Los Angeles. Portland, Ore;
Tampa, Fla, and other cities.
Tried to Evade Arrest.
Robert Primrose, dapper Broadway
expert Of the narcotics squad who
helped lay the trap, declared Price
tried to eyade arrest by boiling for
a second floor window, but was halted.
Taken into custody with Price was
Eugene Stan, 20. who drove his car
to the midtown hotel. where the trap
was laid. Both were charged with
violating the Harrison act after agents
said they had found narcotics valued
at $4,000 on Prices person and at
his home.
While the book and other docu-
ments seized at the house gave him a
working knowledge of how the ring
operates and who its leaders are. Igoe
made no predictions of general mop
ping up. He indicated the evidence
was insufficient for a wholesale round
up.
Agents Posed as Friends.
The Federal operatives said they
struck up an acquaintance with Price
six weeks ago, posing as friends of
one of his alleged confederates in
Chicago, a man already in custody.
They tried several times to buy
$1,000 worth Of narcotics, they said.
but Price assured them he never did
business on such a small scale.
He finally agreed, however, to de-
liver the stuff to them at a midtown
hotel. the agents said. and when he
did so today he was arrested.
Evening star., 1935-03-31

Continued From 1.rst Page)
homes; therefore If broadcasting is to
continue successfully it must present
clean, wholesome programs which will
be acceptable in. and receive the sup
port of, the average American home"
"It is my view that the radio people
themselves would do well to eliminate
programs that arouse the imaginations
of children to the point where they
cannot eat or sleep. Good. clean ad-
venture programs can be made edu-
cational, and even their commercial
messages can be helpful. Now as to
what the commission can do: Under
the communications act, as under the
old radio act. we may not exercise
any direct control over radio pro-
grams. We cannot censor what is
said on the air. That is right and
proper. for you can readily see the
political consequences If any govern
mental agency were invested with
such bureaucratic powers while any
one party Is in the aScendancy.
What we can do is maintain q
general surveillance over radio sta
tions and networks under our broad
authority in the public interest, con-
venience and necessity"
Evening star., 1935-03-31
TRACY PAYS FINE
FOR DRUNKENNESS
Fired Into Floor to Scare Robber,
He Says, but His Neighbors
Doubt It.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, March 30.-Lco
Tracy of the films-who said he flred
five bullets through the floor of his
apartment to discourage a burglar
paid sl00 and costs for drunkenness
in Sunrise Court today and drew the
conclusion that firearms are danger
GUS.
Not denying he had sort Of hign
polish on" Tracy explained that whel
he sent bullets crashing into the
apartment below his, he was trying TO
frighten someone tampering with TIE
rear door.
Tracy said he didn't think the bull
lets would 60 right through the floor.
"It just goes to show you," he said.
Firearms are dangerous"
In November 1888, Tracy figured in
q balcony scene in Mexico, d. F..
which necessitated an apology before
Mexican government officials would
release him.
Mexican officers said his appearance
at that time constituted violation of
public morals and an insult to the
government.
As q result, L. B. Mayer of M.-G.-
NJ, also offered an apology to the
Mexican government and announced
Tracy had been dismissed by the COM
pany. The actor subsequently went 10
work for another studio.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
FUSION DELEGATES
SEATEDBY HOUSE
Memorials Dismissed
Against CantreI and Ma.
gruder of Montgomery.
By : stan corrsapondent of The Star.

~ stan Correspondent Of The Star.
STATE HOUSE. ANNAPOLIS, Md.
March 30.-The House tonight dis
missed the memorials contesting the
elections Of Joseph A. Cantrel and
Walter M. Magruder and voted unani-
mously to seat the two Fusion party
delegates from Montgomery County.
Rejection of the memorials removed
the air Of uncertainty that has
shrouded the election of the two Mont
gomery legislators since DR.. Llewellyn
Jordan Of Takoma Park and John
Imirie OF Bethesda instituted the con-
tests at the outset of the State As
sembly's session three months ago.
DR.. Jordan and Imirie, nominees Of
the Democratic party. had contested
the seating Of the Fusion delegates,
claiming that they had been defeated
by Cantrel and Magruder as the result
of Irregularities on the part of election
ofi1cials and voters in the polls on
November 6.
Delegate Claude A. Hanley of Balti-
more County, chairman of the House
Elections Committee, who told The
Star yesterday that his committee had
decided to reject DR.. Jordans anG
Imirie's pleas for recount Of the
ballots, introduced the order recon-
mending dismissal of the memorials
and it was passed unanimously on an
aye and nay vote.
The order set forth that the COM
mittee had given due consideration to
evidence offered in support of the two
Democrats appeals, but could find
nothing to warrant a recount.
Cantrel, in brief speech following
an ovation rendered the two Fusion
lists after the order had been read, eX-
pressed his gratitude Of the action
taken by the House.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
us. S.Q,1S,O)Q,O0O
BEHIND IN INCOME
$2,847,0 100000 Three.
Quarters Period Figure.
March Shows Surplus.
Bysthe Associated Press.

Blythe Associated Press.
The Treasury closed its books on
three quarters of the fiscal year yes
terday s2,ls3, 100000 in the hole, but
gratified at a surplus for March, the
first in 4l months.
Not since September, 1891, the pub
lie accounts office said, have the books
shown more income than outgo for
any month. Unexpectedly large in
come tax receipts turned the trick this
time.
They had been expected to produce
some 300,000.000. but instead climbed
to 1928, ,00OO 600, and that with two
days yet to be reported. In addition,
miscellaneous tax collections were
$4,000, 900 greater than March of last
year.
S5S5, 5,e00,00o Revenues.
The result was total revenues for
the month of $685. 100000. Expendi-
ttires aggregated $4,000, 600, leaving
a>tidy surplus of S56, 100000.
For the quarter and for the fiscal
year to date. however, the situation
was different. Since December 81,
receipts have totaled $1,001, 200. 900,
and expenditures $1,495, ,000, 900, for a
deficit of S494, 100000.
Figures for the nine-month period
since the fiscal year began revealed
income of S2847 900, 900, expenditures
of $5,040, ,000, 900 and a deficit of ST.
1s3.OOO,OO0.
= These figures are all on the right
side of what the books showed for the
corresponding period Of the last fiscal
year. This was: Receipts, 81, 800 000,-
600; expenditures. s4,794, 600 900, and
deficit, s., 2,494, 100000.
Debt s276, 6,o0o,0 ,000 Larger.
Despite the surplus for the month,
the public debt increased by $276,-
600 900 due to large midmonth bor-
rowings. This, however, was offset by
an increase of 1852 100000 in the
Treasury's cash on hand, with the
difference accounted for by public
debt retirementS and gold increment.
At the close of the month the public
debt totaled $28,802, ,566 900 by COM
parison with s26.155, 717,000 a year
ago and s26. .155, 900. 900 when the fiscal
year began last July l.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
Amaryllis Shonu
Attended by 10000;
Record First Day
500 Ne,U Plants Placed
on Exhibit for Sunday
Attendance.

More than 10000 persons already
have attended the twenty-second an
nual amaryllis show of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The attendance of more than 5000
on the opening day was the largest on
record
More than 500 new plants have
been placed in the show in anticipa-
tion of the Sunday attendance. The
greenhouse at Fourteenth street and
independence avenue will be open all
day today-from am. until pm
Several excursions from out of town
are coming TO the Capital TO see this
show
Two especially interesting plants
were added to the show last night
sprekelia formosissima of the amaryl-
lis family The blooms are orchid
shaped. They were given to the green
house by the mother of the present
Secretary of Agriculture.
Special parking space is provided
in the Department of Agriculture
grounds for the Sunday attendance.
In these grounds also is group of
japanese cherry trees in full flower.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
GYPSIES SOUGHT
AS BOY DISAPPEARS
Covington, Va, Offers Reward
for Trace of 4-Year.0ld Frank
Estill Rose.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CONVICTION, Va, March 30.-Two
car loads of gypsies, reported seen
in the vicinity of Jackson River
Thursday afternoon about the time
4-year-old Frank Estill Sonny Rose
disappeared, were the objects of a
search by State and city authorities
in all sections south and east Of Gov
ington tonight
Friends of the distressed parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Rose, were
raising funds to supplement the $50
reward offered by the town Of Gov
ington for the return of the child
or information as to his whereabouts.
The reward stands good until April 2.
The theory that he fell into the
river and was drowned veered to the
belief that he was abducted.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
HUNT SPREADS IN NORTH.
Hamilton EIudes Police in Dash From
Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 80 R.-
Raymond Hamilton, brazen Texas gun
man. eluded capture today as prac-
tically every Federal and police officer
in the South sought him in the Gov
ernments latest shoot -to-kill" man
hunt.
Police officials felt the desperate and
q badly wounded gangster confederate
had left but q cold trail to follow,
since they disappeared from here yes
terday after dumping two terrorized
hostages in downtown Memphis.
Memphis police believed the des-
perado pair headed into Arkansas
yesterday morning without further
brushes with the law such as marked
their wild ride through Mississippi
Thursday night following the looting
of a bank of $1,l00 at Prentiss.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
EDGAR PRIEST, 81,
0RCAN|ST, P|RES
Cathedral ChoirmaSter Or.
ganized Singers for
Churches of City.

Edgar Priest. 81, organist and
choirmaster at Washington Cathedral
for many years, died last night in
Sibley Hospital after an illness of less
than week.
He had been taken to the hospital
last Monday after an abdominal at
tack which followed a severe case of
grippe. He had been expected to re-
cover, but yesterday an acute condi-
tion arose and he died at 10:45 pm.
A native of England, Mr.. Priest was
educated in music at Manchester Ca
thedral and came to the United States
in 1902 after having served as q SOL
lied in the Boer War
Came Here in 1907.
When he first came to this country
he was organist at Christ Church in
New Haven, Conn, and afterward was
at st. PaulS Church in New York
before coming to Washington about
1907. He first began his work at
Mount ST. Alban-long before a single
HdQ
been laid-while organist at st. Paul's
Episcopal Church here, his first post
in the Capital
Almost Immediately on coming here.
Mr.. Priest interested himself in the
organization of young singers in choirs
OF the city. Through his efforts. many
Episcopal churches organized boys
choirs.
Mr.. Priest served the Cathedral
Foundation through the entire period
OF Right Rev. Herbert L. Satterlee's
episcopacy, then with Right Rev. AL
fred Harding and Right Rev. James
E. Freeman, present Bishop OF Wash
ington.
Informed of Mr.. Priests death.
BlShop Freeman said last night:
The sudden death of Mr.. Priest Is
loss to me personally of a devoted
co-worker and friend and to the Ca
thedral Of a gifted and talented or
ganist and ckoirmaster. As a trainer
OF boys voice and indeed as a moral
leader OF boys, he occupied a unique
place. I doubt if in these respects he
had his superior among men of his
profession.
He was manly man, an exemplar
of the best things of character, a
Christian gentleman, a great musician
and throughout his long tenure, he
had the unfailing confidence and af-
fection of the entire Cathedral staff.
His going from us is an irreparable
loss"
Trained Many Boys.
AL the pupils of St. Adams School
were his boys" as he called them.
He trained literally hundreds of young
voices and made 1t a rule to keep in
touch with them in their later careers.
Only few days before the begin
ming Of his final illness he was enter
tained at surprise birthday party at
the Cathedral by $50 of his friends,
old and young.
His concluding work for the Ca
thedral was that of rehearsing the
choir for the presentation Of the sacred
THE Crucifixion." to be given
April 7. He was present at services
last Sunday, though his physicians
had forbid him to attend, and played
In the great choir
Mr.. Priest is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Edith Priest. Funeral arrange
ments have not been made, but it is
expected that he will be buried from
the Cathedral, with Bishop Freeman
officiating at the services. His home
was at 3035 Chain Bridge road.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
ROOSEVELT SEEKS |
PEACE, SAYS NYE'
Determined to Keep Amer.
lea Out of Another War,
Senator States.
BY the Associated Press.


BY the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, KY. March 30
Senator Nye, Republican, Of North
Dakota asserted in an address here
tonight that President Roosevelt "has
voiced determination to keep Amer
ica out of another war at all costs"
The chairman of the Senate NUM-
tions Investigating Committee coupled
this with warning that "the situation
abroad" was indicating a larger
threat Of war than was true 80 days
before the World War broke"
President Roosevelt has suggested" I"
the speaker continued, that our
Munitions Investigating Committee
give study to the neutrality question
and has voiced q determination to
keep America out of another war at
all costs.
Conclusions Expected.
II expect the committee to reach
some conclusions and to be prepared
to make some recommendation along
these lines very soon," adding that
he proposed giving the President vir-
tually unlimited authority to preserve
neutrality.
He said the situation growing out Of
the German decision to expand its
armament placed upon America an
obligation at once to consider and
write law such as would largely guar
antee our neutrality in the event of
European hostilities."
He advised that 'if necessary in
making our neutrality secure, we
should abandon all prospect of profit
through trade with nations engaged
in war, even to the extent Of forbid
ding use Of the American flag on
cargoes intended for a nation engaged
In war"
He proposed an embargo on all mu-
nitions of war to belligerent countries,
together with drastic restriction OF
passports to individuals seeking to 60
into the troubled zone"
Profits Far Surpassed.
Recalling that his committee Is
drafting legislation to embargo NUM-
tions and restrict passports, he added
We should not let chance of
American business to profit from an
other such war interfere with our con-
sideration.
The bill we paid during the last
two years of the war pushes into
nothingness the gains we won during
the first two years of that war when
we we're profiting through the de-
mands of those already engaged in
it,"
PEACE MOVES ADVANCE.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The gangster girl friends Of Alvin
Karpis and Harry Campbell, much
sought outlaws, were disclosed yester-
day to have been rushed in secret
from Miami, Fla, to the Govern
ment's "Alcatraz for women" at
Milan, Mich.
Sanford Bates, director of Federal
prisons, made known that Wyona
Burdette and Dolores Delaney, erst-
while companions of the gangsters,
had been transferred secretly for fear
that Karpis and Campbell might seek
to rescue them.
Both were sentenced to five years
each after entering pleas Of guilty on
Monday to charges Of harboring and
concealing Karpis.
Karpis and Campbell were forced
to abandon the women last January
at Atlantic City, N. j., after o gun
duel with police.
At Milan the women will find sew
eral others who were sentenced be-
cause of association with gangsters.
They include Evelyn Frechette, friend
of the late John Dillinger: Kathryn
Kelly, wife Of George Machine Gun"
Evening star., 1935-03-31
Post May Race Miss Ingalls,
On Stratosphere Plane Dasl,
Both Rush Plans for
Trip East to Gain
Speed Laurels.
Ne,c Propeller Is Being
Put in "Winriie Mae''
for Test Hop.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Calf, March 80
The possibility of Los Angeles-New
York race between Wiley Post. stra-
tosphere flyer, and Miss Laura In
gals, seeker of new transcontinental
flying record for women, was advanced
today as both rushed final prepara-
tions on their airplanes.
Post, who returned to Los Angeles
recently after his second failure to
conquer the tranScontinental lane In
high attitudes, said he would be ready
to go as soon as a new comfortable
pitch propeller is installed on his
5-year-old Winnie Mae, which he twice
few around the world.
The propeller was expected tomor-
row from the East, where it was sent
for adjustment. Post said he wanted
to make one test flight before soaring
into the clouds, bound for New York.
Miss ingalls, low-winged monoplane
has been groomed for her attempt to
Evening star., 1935-03-31
HAMILTON FAV0RS
BULLET TO CHAIR
Freed Hostage Says Des.
perado Told Him Why He
Braved Posse.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss, March 3o.-One
of the two hostages kidnapped by Ray
mond Hamilton, Southwestern des-
perado, in flight after a bank rob-
berry at Prentiss. Miss, said today the
bandit told him he prefers death at
the hands Of posse to the electric
chair.
The hostage. M. E. Smith. county
farm agent OF Prentiss, and Ralph
Bayliss. a PrentiSs store clerk, were
snatched up by the fleeing Ham
ilton and his bandit companion. who
ran the gantlet of q posse Of 80 near
Prentiss. Smith and Baylis got free
in Memphis yesterday.
Hamilton never expected to run
the gauntlet of that posse of 80 men
near Prentiss Thursday" Smith said.
Prefers Being Shot.
Hamilton told US that he started
to surrender when he came upon that
large group of armed citizens and OH
GERS blocked the road. would have
done it, he said, but thought about
that death sentence hanging over me
in Texas, and decided I'd rather be
shot," Smith said. Hamilton and his
companion diSarmed the posse in a
bold coup as daring as it was niracu-
lous.
Hamilton told us he had never
killed a man, and didn't expect to un-
less he had to-" the county farm
agent said.
Hamilton escaped the death cham
Der Of the Texas Penitentiary, where
he was under sentence to die for the
Staying of Maj. Crawson, a prison
guard, who was killed in a previous
escape of Hamilton and several other
prisoners from the penitentiary.
Smith and Bayliss told interviewers
here that the bandits hid all the
silver" taken in the bank robbery,
somewhere near Prentiss. The host
ages" said the bandits divided the
currency taken in the hold-up Thurs
day night on a side road" near
Terry, Miss. Smith said the men
counted out something like $500"
between them.