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The Washington times., 1935-12-07
1900 RECEIVE
LUNG TESTS

Announcement was made by
the District Health Department
today that 1000 men and women
have been given free x-ray exam
nations in the departments
tuberculosis case finding survey.
Financed out of $4,000 in
WPA funds, the examinations
will be resumed Monday when
students at Miner Teachers Col
lege are examined. Wilson Teach
ers College students will be tested
Tuesday. Examinations for col
ored women will be conducted
wednesday and for colored men
Thursday and Friday at Bell
School, Second Street and Vir
ginia Avenue Southwest.
White men will be given exam
nations December Is at jefferson
Junior High School, Sixth and D
Streets Southwest. All tests thus
far have been of adults between
the ages Of 18 and so, but the
department is pushing plans to
provide for children.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
THIEF DOUBLES
AS INCENDIARY

Washington's meanest burglar
made his appearance last night in
the apartment Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wagner, 1892 r st. N. w.
After ransacking a closet in the
living room, the thief went into
the bedroom and ranSacked a bu-
reau and the closets, piling the
articles in the middle of the floor.
Window shades we're pulled down.
About 8 o'clock residents of the
building Smelled smoke and traced
it to the Wagner apartment. An
alarm was sounded and No. 9 En-
gine Company was sent to the
building. The firemen said they
found both bedroom doors closed,
the windows closed and the
shades down. and a fire burning.
The bedroom furniture was de-
Stroyed.
Mr.. Wagner told police he left
the apartment about 7 o'clock
and the place was in order then.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
SPEECH CLAIMS
PRESIDENTS
ATTENTION
BY GEORGE DURNO
international News Service

WARM SPRINGS, Ca, Dec. 7.
President Roosevelt kept his last
day at Warm Springs clear OF i'm.
portant callers today so he could
concentrate on writing his speech
to be delivered Monday in Chicago
before the American Farm Bureau
Federation.
This was forecast as an address
which will have a major bearing
on the Presidents campaign for
reelection. Democratic strategistS
have advised the President that
he must retain the support Of the
agricultural States if he is to carry
the country again. The Chicago
Farm Bureau speech is expected
to be an elaborate exposition Of
the Administrators past, present
and future efforts to better con-
ditions in the rural regions.
Sales Tax Views Sought
Chief interest was centered in
what Mr.. Roosevelt might or
might not say about the posi-
bility Of a manufacturers sales
tax If the Supreme Court should
declare the AAA processing tax
unconstitutional. Senator George
CD Of Georgia, member of the
Senate Finance Committee, put
out q feeler in this direction yes
terday after conferring with the
President, but Mr.. Roosevelt per-
sonally had no comment to make
on the subject.
It was obvious, however, that
the Administration is determined
to consolidate and make perma-
nent its AAA farm program.
Should the high court upset It,
rectifying legislation will be asked
Immediately. This much is known
definitely.
Even while the fundamental of
the crop production control idea
the processing taX-is being
weighed by the Supreme Court,
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
IS signing UP four-year contracts
for tobacco, cotton and wheat and
two-year agreements for corn and
hogs. These contracts either pre-
suppose the reelection Of Mr..
Roosevelt, or have to be handled
by any administration that might
succeed him.
Contracts Held Safe
According to those close to the
White House. unfavorable action
by the high tribunal will not az
feet the status Of the long-term
contracts now being signed. Con-
gress, with a healthy Democratic
majority in both houses, will stand
ready to make them good at once,
1t was said.
The President also is stress
ing the Importance to urban
communities of 3,000-million-
dollar increase in farm income
since 1882.
The additional three billions
Of farm income" Mr.. Roosevelt
declared at Atlanta, has meant
the rebirth of city business, the
reopening of closed factories, the
doubling of automobile produc-
tion, the improvement of trans
portation and the giving of new
employment to millions of
people"
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Roosevelt Letter
Reveals War Views

ALBANY. N. Y, Dec. 7 U.N.SO.
The only way to keep out of war
is to "have no war anywhere" is
the belief of President Roosevelt.
The Presidents views were con-
tanned in a letter made public to-
day by the Rt. Rev. George Ash
ton Oldham, bishop of the Episco-
pal Diocese Of Albany.
In his letter, the President said:
II heartily subscribe to your
statements that the only sure way
to keep us out of war is to have
no war anywhere, Just as the only
assurance that your house will not
go down in the conflagration is
to take effective steps to prevent
all fires"
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
YOUNGEST SON
WILL GO WITH
LIVERM0RE
Visits Mother, Held In
Shooting, To Tell
Of Trip East

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Dec. Z
UN.S0. Mrs. Dorothea Liver
more, 80, mother of Jesse L. Liver
more, jr., 16, whom she Is accused
Of shooting, today had recovered
from shock incurre| when her
youngest boy, Paul, Unexpectedly
visited her and informed her he
was "going East with dad"
Paul has been staying with his
father. Jesse L. Livermore, ST.,
Wall Street speculator, since early
this week. He has been with the
elder Livermore constantly since
his mother was arraigned ON a
charge Of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to commit
murder, as q result Of the shoot
ing.
With . Detective
Mrs. Livermore was granted
custody Of both boys at the time
she was divorced from Livermore
at Reno in 1882.
Paul was accompanied by q
private detective, employed By
Livermore. when he called upon
his mother.
At the Cottage Hospital where
the wounded son Is confined. at
tending physicians expressed com.
plete satisfaction over his response
to treatment for the gunShot
wound in his chest.
At his own request, his parents
have been asked not to seek ad-
mission to his hospital room until
he has time to think over what
has happened"
However. young Livermore has
asked that his girl friend" Mary
Frtnk, 16-year-old Santa Barbara
subdeb, be allowed to visit him.
Thi: may be allowed in q few
days. doctors said, should his con-
dition continue to improve in q
satisfactory manner.
Mother ut Side
Although the mother was greatly
disturbed over Paul's announce
menG that he planned to accom-
pany his father East, Mrs. Liver
more is understood to have finally
consented when she was informed
the separation would be tempo
rary
Aiding Mrs. Livermore'S recovery
was the arrival here Of her mother,
Mrs. Mildred G. Wendt. Of Brook
lyn, N. Y, who will remain by her
daughters side throughout the
forthcoming trial.
Mrs. Livermore is scheduled to
appear in court Monday. but it is
expected at least a two weeks
continuance will be requested by
both prosecution and defense at
torneyS, to enable the wounded
youth an opportunity to appear as
a witness.
Meanwhile. the elder Livermore,
his third wife, and Paul, aband-
oned their hotel suite and secluded
themselves at a nearby ranch Of
friends.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
ANGEL TALKS
ON PEACE

Norman Angel, former member
Of the British Parliament. will be
the principal speaker on the Town
Hall program at the Shoreham
Hotel tomorrow night. His sub
ject will be why a World Want
ing Peace Gets War"
Mr.. Angel is the author of many
books on economics and politics,
the most outstanding of which is
The Great Illusion" He was also
awarded the Nobel peace prize in
1888.
Other speakers on the program
include Representative Tilman B.
Parks of Arkansas, member Of the
Appropriations Committee; Gen.
Paul B. Malone, in charge Of the
San Francisco area; Sir Wilmott
Lewis, Washington correspondent
of the London Times, and Freder-
ick Libby, American Council for
Prevention Of War.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
BISHOP TO LAY
CORNERSTONE

Civic and religious groups Of
Southeast Washington will par
ticipate in elaborate ceremonies
in connection with the laying Of
the cornerstone of the new st.
Francis Xavier Catholic Church,
Pennsylvania Avenue at Twenty
eighth Street Southeast, tomor-
row at 3 p. m.
The Most Rev. John M. Nc
Namara. auxiliary bishop of the
archdiocese of Baltimore. will Of
ficiate, assisted by the Rev. Cor
nelius Dacey. of st. PaulS
Church, and the Rev. P. E. Con-
roy, of st. Anthony's Church,
Brookland.
The new church will be ready
for occupancy next June, the Rev.
Joseph V. Buckley, pastor Of the
church, said today.
Meanwhile, parishioners will
attend church services in the
small edifice started in 1924 when
the new parish, which at that
time numbered 80 persons, was
founded by Father Buckley. Since
that time the parish has grown
in number to 1900 men, women
and children.
Tomorrow's services will be wit
messed by representatives from
Randle Highlands. Hill Crest and
Boulevard Heights. Students OF
the Atonement Seminary of Cath
olic University will sing the chant
to be used in the ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
40 Children Listed
As School Truants

MARTINsBURG, W. Va. Dec.
THE names of some 40 young
sters, truantS from the county
schools, have been placed in the
hands of local magistrates and
the law officers for legal action
against their parents, it was an
nounced by Superintendent of
Schools G. w. Ropp and the
Berkeley County School Board.
The move follows decision of
the board to bring all able-bodied
Berkeley County children of school
age into the schools. In the cases
of the 40, the parents have been
warned repeatedly by truancy Off
GERS, it is stated.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07

disentangled the "can" and the
parachute from the branches.
Took No Chances
But Harry wasn't taking any
chances. Advice and suggestions
from the base of the tree to throw
down the parachute fell on deaf
ears. Harry just showed the whole
parachute into his coat and slid
down the tree with his treasure.
The can" turned out to be a
flare of the type used by the Army
for landing planes.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
500 Sail on Bremen
DESPITE Bomb Scare

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 G.N.SD.
While scores Of policemen and
special officers stood guard on
the pier against a threatened
bomb plot, the liner Bremen
sailed for her native Germany
early today, as peacefully as she
arrived IS hours before.
There we're 800 passengers
aboard the vessel and apparently
none was frightened by the
bomb scare, which caused the
huge liner to be more elabor-
ately guarded than any vessel in
New York harbor since the war.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Father, 5 Girls Have
Extra Toes Removed

KEWANEE, III, Dec. 6 1.N.SD. j..
One of the most unusual cases
in the history of the Elks Grip
pled Children Clinic was recorded
here today as Cecil Kitterman
and his four daughters, ranging
in age from 5 to IS, underwent
operations for removal of extra
toes and fingers.
The father and two OF the
daughters each had a complete
set of extra appendages on hands
and feet. The other two children
each had six toes on one foot. All
the surplus appendageS were re-
moved from the children. The
father retained his fifth fingers,
declaring that he used them IN
his work.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Police Seeking Girl,
Reported Kidnapped

BOSTON, Dec. 7 0.NSD -Po-
lice were asked today to search
for Miss Lillian Cohen. 10, re,
ported kidnapped in Lowell last
night by two men, one thought to
be a rejected suitor.
The two men, police were told,
entered the home of Mrs. Ger
trude Byers, sister of the missing
girl, and carried Lillian outside to
an automobile.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Sen. HaWes' Daughter
WedS New Yorker

Mrs. Eppes Hawes Preston,
daughter of former Senator and
Mrs. Harry B. Hawes today be-
came the bride Of Lloyd Moore
in New York.
Mr.. Moore is the son Of the
late Clarence and Mabel Swift
Moore, the latter now Mrs.
ASkel Wicfeld.
After the ceremony, which was
simple and in the presence Of
only a few intimate friends, the
couple departed on Today
wedding trip following which
they will come to Washington
to spend the Christmas holi-
days with the brides family.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Dogs Mumps Unite
Brothers and Sister

JEFFERSON, Ohio, Dec. 7 GIN.
S0.-Because her dog had the
mumps. Mrs. A. w. Teatsorth to-
day located a brother she had not
heard from in 10 years. In Van
couver, WASH, 5000 miles away,
A. C. Locey saw the dogs picture
in a newspaper and communicated
with his sister. Locey was told OF
the critical illness of his brother,
James Locey, Van Buren,, Ohio.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Count Lustig Faces
Sentence on Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 G.NSD.
Imposition of sentence upon
Count" Victor Lustig, who circu.
lated a million dollars in coun-
terfeit money. was postponed to-
day until Monday by Federal
Judge Alfred C. Coke. He faces
a maximum term of so years on
a six-count indictment to which
he pleaded guilty.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Electoral Protest

HAVANA.-An energetic protest
against the intervention of DR..
Harold Willis Dodds. president of
Princeton University, in Cuba S
electoral problems has been issued
by the Centrist party, whose presi-
dental candidate is former Presi.
dent Manuel de Cespedes.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Grocer Robbed

Two colored men are sought for
holding up and robbing FILLS
Caprino of $6 in his grocery store
at 1919 Ninth st. N. W., last night.
They were shabbily dressed, the
grocer told police.
Evening star., 1935-10-13
WARS ASKED
BY JUNIOR CHAMBER
Young Men Pay the Price, Ma.
tional President Says, in
Explaining Stand.

BY the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Nebr., October 12.-Di-
rectors Of the United States Junior
Chamber OF Commerce today adopted
q new outline Of principles-chief Of
which was q ringing declaration In
favor of abolition Of wars of aggres-
sion.
Passage of the war resolution
voted unanimously-marked the flrst
time the Junior Chamber Of Com
merce directors have taken such ac-
ton.
Allen Whitfield. president, said the
resolution was passed because "of a
feeling that the young men are the
ones who have to pay the price OF
war"
The directors voted also for adoption
Of q plan whereby the members Of the
organization would act as godfather"
to youths in Civilian Conservation
Corps camps.
Other new planks included one ad-
vocating elimination of discrimination
in the employment in Government
service or in private business between
young men and men Of any other
group or class, and another calling for
limitation and eventual abolition OF
Government competition with private
enterprise except such "as is necessary
to the proper administration of strictly
governmental functions"
Evening star., 1935-10-13
ISLAND VOTE CERTIFIED

MANILA. P. l., October II R.-
Election of Manuel Quezon as first
President Of the Philippine Common
wealth by more votes than his two
opponents combined was certified to
Gov. Gen. Frank Murphy today by
the insular Legislature.
The Official totals were:
Quezon, 695, 1892: Emilio Aguinaldo,
Nationalist. 17s,34s; Bishop Gregorio
Aglipay, Republican. l4s,0l0. For
Vice President: Sergio Osmena, Que
IONS running mate on the coalition
ticket comprising Que1on's National
ist- Democratic party and Osmena's
National Pro-Independence group.
s12.352: Raymundo Melliza. Nation
alist, 70,S99; Norberto Nabong. 51,433.
Aguinaldo captured two provinces
and Aglipay one.
Evening star., 1935-10-13
Miss Nancy Letter
accorded Brilliant
Coming.Out Party
Guests Sit in Chairs of
Golden Hue at Dinner
Preceding Dance.
nv HE Associated Preks


BEVERLY, Mass, October IA
harvest moon glowed tonight on the
brilliant coming-out party of Nancy
Letter. daughter of the late Joseph
Letter. who made and lost fortunes in
the wheat pits of Chicago.
More than 100 persons high in the
society ranks Of Chicago, Washington,
New York and Massachusetts, North
Shore colonies attended a dinner on
the terrace of Edgewater House, pala-
tial Letter mansion.
Guests sat in golden hued chairs
within a specially constructed tent
decorated with Autumn flowers and
foliage The dinner was a prelude to
the dance given the 1s-year-old deb
utante by her mother and her
brother, Thomas.
Miss Letter, who inherited 81 800, 900
on her 18th birthday last November,
wore a dress that matched the natu-
raj decorations OF the carpeted cor
ridor that led from the terrace to the
ball room.
The girl is q yachting enthusiast
and an equestrian OF note.
Evening star., 1935-10-13

"But owing to the guns we had It
was not possible to carry out the order
as Greely wrote 1t. The only service
able rifles were of different calibers.
Straws Were Drawn.
Il called the other two together,
and we decided only one gun was
really suitable. I prepared straws,
and the gun went to the man who
drew the short straw.
"Afterward, the gun was passed
from one to another, each swearing
as he held it he wouldn't tell who had
fired the shot. The other two never
told. I am the only one left, and
shall never tell.
You can see the reason. I would
have no more compuncticn shooting q
man who was stealing from the starv-
ing than in shooting a wolf. But no
matter what the provocation, the fam
lily Of a man doesn't want to think of
MIN as an executioner."
Next to Comdr. Greely, Brainard
was the outstanding figure in the ex-
pedition which put the American flag
"farthest north" ST years ago, and 1t
was his hand which actually planted
the nag in the Arctic Ice
Evening star., 1935-10-13
TWOPOLESL0OM
FORPREM|ERSH|P
Present Interior Minister Is
First Choice to Succeed
SIaWek.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated treSS.
WARSAW. October 10. President
Moscicki looked to two men tonight
as possible successors to the premier
ship of Col. walery Slawek. who re-
signed with the rest Of the Polish
! cabinet.
They are Marian Zyndram- -Kosci-
alowski, Premier Slaweks minister OF
the interior. and Gen. Casimir Sos
nowski, close collaboration Of the late
Marshall Pilsudski.
The Slawek cabinet designations fol-
lowed the failure Of electoral reforms
fathered by the retiring premier
which allowed voters to ballot only
for candidates named by government
controlled groups.
First manifestation Of the reform
laws was in the scanty turnout Of
voters at the Summer parliamentary
elections. Absence Of Foreign Min
lister Joseph Beck in Geneva prevented
an earlier change of government, 1t
was said in semi Official circles.
Political authorities suggested that
koSclalk0WSKl, II ne assumes the pre-
miership. would concentrate his ef-
forts ON a union Of the opposed fac
tions. Reconciliation between the
government party and the radical
opposition, as we'll as the government
and the nation will be striven for,
they said.
It was also deemed likely that Kos
cialkowski would undertake measures
for improved economic conditions.
Gen. Sosnowski IS looked upon by
political spokesmen as q second choice,
since Koscialkowski has the advan-
tage of having had connections with
the radical group.
The president has asked the cabinet
ministers to remain in office until the
new government Is formed.
Evening star., 1935-10-13
CANADIANS TO VOTE
ON 1874 CANDIDATES
Three or Four Parties May Dom
mate House as Result of
Election Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Ontario, October H.
Political authorities estimated tonight
that 100000 votes would be cast in
Mondays election for the next gov
ernment Of Canada.
A variety Of parties have placed 894
men and women in the race for the
295 seats in the House Of Commons,
but not one Of them has advanced
what can be accepted by voters as a
clear-cut issue to be settled by the
vote.
Two new parties have introduced
themselves in the present campaign,
aud political forecssters say three and
possibly four Of the parties have a
chance Of dominating the House.
Out west. where thought is some-
what radical, the Social Credit party,
pledged to overhaul the financial sys-
TEN, has sprung up. Doubtful of
forming government, because of its
relatively small number of candidates
-47-the Social Credit champions, it
Is conceded, may be dominant fac
tor in the House If no other party
has an overall majority.
Evening star., 1935-10-13
NEEDLESS DEATHS
IN STORM CHARGED
Legion Opens Probe OF
Hurricane ToII--HearS
Trucks Unused.
BY the Associated Press.

KEY WEST, Fla. october IL
Hundreds of war veterans who dleo
in the tropical hurricane that ravaged
the Florida keys September 2 could
and should have been saved, American
Legion investigators were told mere
today.
Speaking with deep feeling. Arthur
Brown of New York. timekeeper at
Camp 3 on lower Matecumbe. where
80 of 242 encamped veterans died,
testified before the Legion Committee:
There was sufficient time to get all
veterans out from Camp 8, and the
trucks (trucks Brown said stood idle
in the camps while the storm raced
toward the keys could have picked
I'D men at Camp 5. seven miles to the
north. and prevented great loss OF life
there
First Testimony Taken.
Brown appeared at today's initial
session of the investigating committee
appointed at the recent Legion con-
yention in St. Louis to determine
whether the 800 and more veterans
killed in the Labor day storm died
needlessly.
Mai. Quimby Melton. editor and pub
Usher of the Griffin, Ga, Daily News,
and the chairman of the committee,
said as the hearing opened:
We have come into Florida with
perfectly open minds. We are not here
to whitewash anybody If there is any
blame to be fixed We want to md on
whose shoulders it properly rests"
To Investigate in Carolina.
Other members Of the committee
are DR.. w. E. Whitlock, High Springs,
Fla. national vice commander OF the
Legion, and Catesby Jones, Selma,
Ala. national executive committeeman
from that State.
After hearings in Miami and Talla-
hassee on the storm disaster. the
board will proceed to North Carolina
to. investigate conditions in veterans
camps there.
In his testimony Brown said:
"The veterans were called together
by a siren at 2 pm. MONDAY, Sep
tember . and told to prepare to
evacuate. Most of them got their
belongings together in blanket rolls
and awaited arrival Of the train which
we were told was coming.
Again at pm. the siren sounded
and the same instructions were given
The mess sergeant prepared food TO
carry on the train. But 1t never ar
rived"
The train was wrecked eight miles
above Browns camp.
Brown continued:
I'VE were always led to believe a
train would be held in readiness II
a storm threatened the keys. There
were two spur tracks at camp No. 3
and trains could have been placed
there without interfering in the slight
est with regular train movements on
the main line"
!, Charges Lack Of Discipline.
tComdr. Trevor, in his testimony,
had hinted discipline was not all it
could have been in the camps. Brown
was asked about that. He replied:
There was absolutely no discipline. "
Later he said: About 80 per cent
Of the veterans would have been good
soldiers and would have liked to have
had discipline. Others would have
gotten out of the camps
If the camps had been operated
with military discipline this disaster
would have been avoided. There never
at any time was held an evacuation
drill"