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The Washington times., 1935-10-12
No Wash Place

In the morning I was one OF
the first to arise, prompted by the
hope of finding a place to wash.
Our barracks resembled all the
others which I had seen. They
were meant for two hundred peo-
Pile, but now held three hundred.
1t was pretty crowded, but We
were used to that. There were
double Sleeping-ShelveS. little win.
dowS and a single entrance, ad-
joining which was the tiny room
of the squad commander.
I did not find any waSh-Stand
in the barracks and went out into
the yard.
"a waSh-Stand? You're asking
too much! Nobody washes in
this place. There Is a small
bathhOuSe for the commanding
officers. but the prisoners are
not allowed there"
This encouraging information
was given me by a sturdy little
dark-eyed Ukrainian. a former
sailor of the Black Sea Fleet, an
old revolutionary and member
of the Socialist Revolutionary
Party. He had taken part in the
pre-war rebellion on the dread
nought "Potemkin" and had seen
the inSide,of many CzariSt prisons.
Unluckily for him in 1918 he was
elected member of the AlRussian
Constituent Assembly and later
on was chosen a member of the
Ukrainian Rada. These two cir
cumStances proved quite sufficient
grounds to keep him in prison
ever since the BolsheVikS came
into power.
This sailor also gave me general
information about conditions at
the work post. He told me that
the commander of this newly
opened post was the drunkard
Shapovalov, a former bandit who
knew nothing about railroad con-
struction, but who had made a hit
with the chief of the administra-
tion by his energy. He had been
appointed during the winter when
the preparation of timber was in
progress and it was expected that
he would be displaced in the
spring when the earthwork con-
struction began. since he was ut
terly ignorant of such work.
Assisting the chief was Zurin. a
former Moscow commander of an
OGPU squadron, who had been
convicted of embezzlement. He
drink like a horse and was not at
all interested in his work. The
head of the commissariat depart
ment was another drunkard and
the young medical attendant COM
pleted the alcoholic foursome and
supplied all the necessary alcohol
from his stores.
Every evening these four bosom
friends had supper together and
did not separate until late at
night. The next day they re-
cuperated and attended to their
respective duties.
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Marching Again

At dawn we heard the signal
for the resumption of our march.
A roll-call and walking again.
After the first half-hour, it seemed
as it we had not slept at all but
were continuing the march of the
day before. The scenery changed
and the monotonous plains gave
way to sparse forest. The wind
had subsided and it was warmer.
My hardened leg muscles had no
great difficulty in carrying my
emaciated body and my feet au-
tomatically kept step with those
ahead. Conversation and wittic-
is ceaSed-we were all too tired.
Only one thought prevailed-to
reach our destination.
At one of the stops Korolkov
laughingly gave me a fragment of
mirrow which he had found some
where. Can this really be l."
wondered, gazing at my Sunken
eyes surrounded by black rings,
my cracked lips, my red nose and
the long stubble of a reddish-gray
beard.
KOrOlkOv could not hold back
any longer. wouldn't be bad
for you and me to go and have
dinner at COntant'S, just as we
are" he ventured gaiIy.
Instead Of dinner at Constants
we shared the small supply of
garlic which I still had with me
and reinforced ourselves with it
during the rest of the march.
At five o'clock we struck the
railroad-track and slowly con-
tinued our trek over it, our feet
sinking to the ankles in the loose
snow. Gradually we approached
our coveted destination. the Sixth
Work Post of the new railroad
under construction. In twelve
days we had made three hundred
and sixty-five kilometers. an av-
erage of thirty kilometers a day.
Little lights appeared in the dis
tance, the track widened, and
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CAMP OFFICIAL
SLAIN IN ROW
OVER WIFE

prisoners to be housed rather than
by the needs Of each prisoner. Elk.
ceptions are rare and are limited
to office workers, members Of the
sanitary corps and those prisoners
who have a pull" These latter
categories have Usually more or
less tolerable living conditions,
through this is by no means
always the case.
was cold in spite Of the fact
that my place on the shelves was
next to my constant companion,
the fat Korolkov. There was a
crevice between the logs near my
head through which I could see
the stars. Our shelf adjoined the
entrance-door, which was con.
stantly opened by groups Of prison
ers going in and out with the
lantern. The lantern was the Of
ficial pass.
Every time a group left the bar
racks, a stream Of icy-cold air hit
me, made me shiver, and increased
the pain in my sore legs. I tried
to shove my fet under Korolkov.
but he pushed them back in his
sleep. All my efforts to stop up
the hole in the wall with a hand.
kerchief or with my precious
mittens proved futile. My head
was thoroughly chilled and I was
getting respondent. Still after
several hours I fell sound asleep.
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More Men Fall

After we had gone half our dis
tance, men began to fall. Khmyra
changed his tactics and gave dras-
tic instructions to the soldiers to
employ any means in order to
make us march. Again rifle-buttS
went into action and men were
kicked and beaten over the head.
Khmyra himself was as brutal as
a wild beast.
The thirtieth kilometer had US
crawling instead Of marching. On
the thirty-fifth we passed a viii
lage where we left 40 of our num-
Der, who were totally unable to
90 on and who had been driven
forward with clubs during the last
few kilometers.
Only 10 kilometerS were left. I
cSenched my teeth in blind de-
termination to last to the end and
mached on in daze. I only re-
member the increasing pain in
my knees, the swinging backs OF
the men, the innumerable stops,
the cold, the difficult breathing,
and the repeated attacks OF dizzi-
ness.
On reaching the village we were
given shelter in the schoolhouse,
which was warm and clean and
had a good wooden floor. We were
given porridge and boiling water,
accompanied, to our regret, by
conversation with the command
ers who were anxious to learn of
our experiences during the march.
Ten minutes after the meal was
over, we were all sound asleep on
the floor.
For IL days we had marched,
had not undreSsed, had eaten very
poorly and had covered 325 kilo-
meters. Only one more march of
40 kilometers separated us from our
final destination, where we would
have a chance to wash up. Since
the high commander had taken
charge of US, we had had no op-
portunity to wash in the peasants
cottages and had to resort to rub
bing our faces with snow.
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driver. I started to get out of my
car to question him as to the right
Of the other car to park where he
was, when I had to move Oh. Just
then, my employer came out, and
I didn't get the chance.
In my opinion, these people, in
stead Of taking advantage of their
positions, should be the first ones
to obey the law and instruct their
employees to do the same.
believe If the law were en-
forced more impartially it would
help a great deal to straighten
out Washington's traffic snarl.
WILLIAM A. SMTT.
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then some buildings loomed up be-
fore us in the darkness.
At the work post we were i'm
mediately installed in the bar
racks. The roll-call was dispensed
with, the men climbed onto the
double sleepingshelves and in
stantly fell asleep. We were told
that we would be given one day
of rest and that after that we
would start in on the jobs await
ing us.
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Steel IndustriaIist Dies

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Oct. IL.
G.N.S0 Philip Wick. 40, mem
Der of one of this city's Oldest
families. pioneers in the steel in.
dustry, died at his home here
following a long illness. He
underwent an operation in Boston
about two months ago.
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II DAYS TREK
BRINGS THEM
TO NEW
By GEORGE KITCHIN
CHAPTER XIV

The next days march was
one continuous nightmare.
The temperature had dropped
to % below zero. 1t was diff
ficult to breathe; the air felt
like a knife entering the
lungs. We walked fast to keep
warm, but still we felt the
cold getting the best of us
and benumbing our muscles.
After the first hour or so all
the Turks were coughing
hard.
One of them, a dignified old
man of about go, started
stumbling and falling down
after the first 10 kilometers.
Finally he stayed behind his
group and remained sitting
there in his yellow silk robe
with red stripes, blowing on
his blue fingers, coughing and
splitting clots of blood into the
snow. He walled and uttered
lamentations, as if forecasting
his approaching end. His
eyes were filled with abject
terror.
We lifted him, wound a woolen
scarf around his head. stuck a
pipe in his mouth and led him
forward. After another couple of
kilometers he broke down alto
gether and Khmyra had him put
in the sleigh.
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Now you'll have to exchange
these for axes and saws. To-
day you may have a good rest,
but tOmOrrOw-Out you 60 to
your jobs"
His retinue smiled, they en-,
joyed the joke. 1t is quite pos.
sible that Shapovalov would have
continued in the same humorous
strain, but a guard came in just
then and reported that "a woman
from USt-Sysolk" had just ar,
rived.
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Death Toll Reaches II
In Factory Explosion

CHICAGO, Oct. IL GN.SO.
The death toll in the mysterious
explosion which wrecked the six.
story. block-square plant of the
Ghdden Soya Company last Mon.
day, had mounted to II today with
the finding of four more bodies
in the twisted wreckage.
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OGPU COnUicts End Torture March
pRIsoNER or THE oGPU

The author describing Dhdt he and suffered from 1928
to 1882 Soviet penal to whch he oG sentenced on
espionage citizen OF Finland in Dust
ness in Russia years, he sent to the OGPU
northern camp DiScpndridns "trSy CONFLICTS in
patv NTH Communism Yesterdays nSt1ent told OF brutal
tactics employed By the o0pu conOoy chief oDdrdS the
Starvino prisoners through the the
ne,D rDorE camp eD after author completed
in 1885 these descriptions of hell earth he died from
pneumonia brought terrible privdonS suffered
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Duke Races Navy

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 12.-Duke
University's cross. country runners
engage the Navy barriers here
today.
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Letters the Editor should ordS
signed By the DreT Dith his
held confidential and initials publication
deOnGte Readers tnved
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
CHARGES
AIRED IN COURT

ROCKVILLE, Md, March IS.
Charges that the Holbrook Dairy,
of Hyattsville, had not complied
with the regulations Of the Mont
gomery County Health Depart
ment were aired today at a pub
lie hearing before the board of
county commissioners. The COM
aissioners took no action.
j. Holbrook, owner Of the
dairy, presented an affidavit from
a shipper who was said by
County Sanitary Inspector Law
renee Tolson to have sold milk to
the Holbrook establishment, and
who does not hold a health de-
partment permit. The shipper de-
MED he left milk at the Holbrook
Dairy as charged by the Inspec-
tor.
It was testified that the Hol.
brook Dairy receives milk from 10
Montgomery county producers,
and also from Frederick and
Prince Georges counties.
DR.. B. L. Ellicott, county health
officer, brought the charges of
failure to meet county milk
standards for Grade A milk on
the basis Of reports received from
INSPECTOR TolSon.
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7 AXES
At. DEADL|NE

Just a few hours more remain
for the tardy citizens of Washing
ton to complete juggling figures
and then the grand rush for pay
ment Of this years income tax will
be on in full force.
Returns must be in, or If mailed
must be postmarked, before mid.
night tonight.
A record-b eaking crowd
jammed the Internal Revenue
Building yesterday. Officials es.
timated more than 5000 called at
Room 1902 to straighten out their
tax returns with so of the bureaus
agents, collectors, notaries public
and cashiers.
The bureau will remain open
until midnight tonight, it was an
nounced. and the last minute rush
is expected to far outnumber the
crowd Of yesterday.
Deliberate failure to make and
file a return on time subjects a
person to a maximum fine of
$4,000 or maximum penalty Of
one year in jail or both, while
willful making a false and fraudu-
lent return calls for a similar fine
or five years in prison, or both.
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STEEL FREIGHT
. RATES UP To .
PRESIDENT
international News Service


President Roosevelt found him.
sell both Judge and jury today
in the old question involving the
arbitrary fixing Of freight rates
in the steel industry.
After a study of more than 10
months a commission Of the NRA
recommended a continued varia-
ton of the present system of
systematic price fixing, while the
Federal Trade Commission advo-
Gated this method "be denied the
sanction of the steel code, 1eav-
ing it to be treated from the
standpoint of the antitrust laws
which would then be applicable"
Code Up To President
The commission stated "if the
depression is outlived" under Gov
eminent sanction Of price-fiXing
it believes there would be a sub.
Stantial and early possibility OF
a new depression with perhaps
radical Implications"
Failure of the two Federal
bodies to agree on this question
now leaves the matter of exten-
sion of the steel industry code
directly up to the President.
The argument over which the
two Federal bodies reported dis
agreement is termed the ''bas1ng
point" system. This system fixes
a basis of freight rates that must
be added to steel prices, regardless
o. the distance the steel is to be
shipped.
NRA URGES CHANGE
Under the NRA arrangement
group mill bases would be estab-
IShed as follows:
"Within so miles of each town
at any time containing q total
capacity for producing 10000
tons per year or more Of iron
or steel ingOtS and also con-
tanning facilities for rolling or
VCACE#ASC SAdPAAS SUSA AASOUS
into blooms, billets, SlavS, sheet
bars or other primary or semi
finished forms it would be re-
Quired that there be group
mill base for which base prices
shall be filed for each product
ut any plant located nearer
thereto in terms of all-rail
freight than to any group mill
base; that all existing basing
points other than those which
may be designated as group mill
bases in the foregoing designa-
tiOn shall become group mill
bases for which base prices
shall be filed for any product
now based at such points which
is produced at any plant located
nearer thereto in terms of all
rail freight than to any other
mill base."
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AUTO CHECK-UP is URGED

of the Washington Board of Trade
at a special session yesterday.
Chairman Wallace R. Robinson,
Of the committee, said its views
would be submitted to the board,
and if approved would be laid be-
fore the District Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1935-03-15
TWINS BORN APART

OAKLAND, Calf, March IS
GN.S).-George Franks is proud.
er today than most proud fathers
who go about handing out 10-cent
cigars in honor Of q new born son.
Mrs. Franks gave birth to a pair
Of twins, which isn't so unique.
But the twins were born 20 blocks
apart from each other and on diff
ferent days!
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Annual inspection Of all auto
mobiles registered in the District
and the establishment of munich.
pal service stations throughout
the city to conduct such inspec.
tions were recommended at a
meeting Of the traffic committee
The Washington times., 1935-03-15

PROF. ROBERT J. VAN DE GRAAFE
PRIMARILY THIS DEVICE is to produce artificial
lightning and to prove that properly arranged lightning
rods will protect buildings But Prof de GIRAFFE in
ducting experiments with 100000 volts at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology has transmitted silver into
cadmium another element For several hundred years
dreamed of gaining the power to ransmute metals
principally the baser metals into gold. Science
able to element into another-n small quanti
ties. International Photo.
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inches, is the latest contribution
to the science of omelet-making by
a Leghorn hen, owned by George
H, Martin.
The Washington times., 1935-10-04
.PA AND PWA
RELIEF GRANTS
St,27O,996,4O4
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international News service
The Works Progress Administra-
ton and the Public Works Admin
istration, the former the chief
spending body under the $4,000
100000 work relief bill. have al
located a total of $1,270,966, ,404 to
the States, in efforts to create jobs
for the 3,5OO,OOO employables on
the relief rolls last May, when the
program was launched.
New York heads the list, with
$210,513,887, of which $154,276,-
638 was allotted by Harry Hop
kins' WPA, and $56,237,249 by
Harold L. Ickes' PWA.
Second on the list is California,
with $6S,881,752 wPA and $37.-
744,956 PWA, for a total of $106,.
626,7O8. Illinois ranks third with
$1O2, ,302,827 - $71, ,94S,122 WPA,
$3O,354,7O5 PWA. Other alloca-
tions by States include:
State PwA wPA Total
Penna. .26.S63,741 57.624O50 SA4S7,791
w. Va. I,O65,379 17,s94,S54 21.95s, ,233
Maryland 3.262.356 I1,s44,573 1i.1O6, 929
Virginia 4,4S7.542 9.242,1SO l3.729,722
The total allocations include
$54,371, ,485 by the Works Progress
Administration for nationwide
projects; $4,O48, 1OS by WPA and
$188,5oo by PWA, a total of 81.
236,608 to the District of Colum.
bia, and PWA allotments of ST..
058,565 to Hawaii; $354,915 to
Alaska and $111,939 to the Virgin
Islands.
While PWA has exhausted its
available funds from the four bill
lion work relief bill, approximate
ly 327 million dollars, Hopkins
WPA organization, daily is putting
out new lists which are expected
to exceed the one billion three
hundred and seventy-three mil
lion dollars allocated to WPA by
the President, resulting in
impounding of funds of other gov
ernmental agencies for WPA use
in creating quick" employment.
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CLUB LUNCH.
WILL HONOR
MRS. LAWSON

Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson,
newly elected president of General
Federation of Women's Clubs, will
be guest of honor at a luncheon
given by the District Federation
Of Women's Clubs Tuesday at l
p. m. in the private dining room
Of Woodward & Lothrop.
Presidents of clubs affiliated
with the federation have been in.
vited to give them an opportunity
to become acquainted with the
new federation head.
Repre- sentative Virginia E.
Jenckes, of Indiana, member Of
the House District Committee. will
be q guest at the luncheon.
Arrangements for the luncheon
are being made by Mrs. Lloyd w.
Biddle, president of the District
federation and the executive coun-
Gil.
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D.C.FIRE EN- EN-
ENJOY WORK

It's all good, clean fun-but
there's a lot of work attached
to it, too.
So say the student firemen who
are in training at the Fire De.
partment training school on
North Carolina Ave. S. E.
During their course they must
jump from third or fourth-story
windows of buildings into the
nets held below by their brother
firemen. The first time it gives
the feeling OF "bailing OUT of
an airplane, but after that it's
not so bad.
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Fugitive Virginian
Convict Captured

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 3 (Spe-
ciaD Elmer B. johnson, 45-year-
old Virginia convict, formerly Of
Washington, who walked away
from the Virginia State Peni-
tentiary June "a last, was cap
tured today at Palisades Park,
NJ. johnson was convicted here
last April of enticing little girls
into churches for immoral pur-
poses and was sentenced to four
years.
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Plans for Party

The District Of Columbia Fed.
Grafton of Women's Clubs has
announced that additional chair
men have been appointed for the
annual card party, to be held at
the Mayflower Hotel Friday,
November 8.
They are Mrs. Cabot Stevens
and Mrs. John w. Bennett, chair
man and vice chairman, reSpec-
lively, of patroneSses: Mrs. Phyl-
lis Wilson Huff, modelling for
style show; Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
table prizes, Mrs. A. B. McManuS,
cakes, and Mrs. Henry F. Saw
telle, candy. Tickets may be OBJ
tanned from Mrs. Ernest H.
Daniel.
The Washington times., 1935-10-04
Revenue Unit Leads
Federal Bridge Play

Due to the expert play of Mr..
and Mrs. C. W. thinner, the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue team
leads the Federal Bridge Leagues
1886 championship race, accord
ing to figures issued today by
Paul E. Golden, official scorer and
president Of the Government
organization. District govern
ment, Argonne Marines. Stand
ards Phychems and Department
Of Interior trail in order.
Boosting % teams, the league
has the largest enrolment in its
history, with more than 120 play:
ers engaged. Official figures on
the initial play showed the Inter
nal Revenue stars victorious in
114.5 of 145 possible match points.
The Washington times., 1935-10-04
Bank Official Divorced

PARIS, Oct. 4 0N.SD-Pearce
Bailey, social registerite and
American banking official here,
was granted a divorce today from
his wife, the former Edith Cor
don, on grounds of desertion.
The Washington times., 1935-10-04
Commodity Averages
Increase in September
Internal atiOnal News Service

Commodity prices remained at
the high point of the year, 81 per
cent of the 1925 average, during
the last week of September. the
Labor Department announced
today.
The 81 per cent represents an
average of S per cent above the
corresponding week of last year,
and IA per cent above the cores
ponding week two years ago.
The Washington times., 1935-10-04
Alunnae Lunch

The Washington Alumnae Asso-
citation Of Marjorie Webster School
will hold it's first luncheon meet
ing of the school year at l, p. m.
tomorrow at the Highlands, Con-
necticut Ave. and California St.
N. w.
The luncheon is in celebration
Of Founders Day and all alumnae
are invited to attend.
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Benefit Party

A bingo party for the benefit
Of the st. Aloysius Boys Society,
will be held at the Notre Dame
Hall, North Capitol and K
Streets, tonight.
The Cavalier Orchestra will
furnish music for dancing at 10
D. m.