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The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Hearse Drivers Win

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Funeral
chauffeurs of Manhattan and the
Bronx, about 1,1O0 in number,
won a six-day week today.
An agreement was signed by the
chauffeurs' union and the Motor
HearSe Owners Association.
Wages under the agreement are
$40 to $45 a week,
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Do You Remember?

One month ago the tolIotU-
ing names iDere in the head
lines. Can you recall them?
Porter Chandler.
Wayne Yarberry.
Florence Goodrich.
Ramon Ibanez.
Janice Morris.
(AnSUerS on Page 81
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
BlOOdleSS Dead DOG
Brought to Life

.haneko started his artificial heart
"a series of pumps to force blood
through the veins, connected with
an apparatus to maintain the
proper temperature and pressure.
A lung, taken from another ami
NAL, was also used to keep the
proper oxygen content In the
blood stream.
In five minutes, the dogs
heart began to beat. Next it
started to breathe, reflexes were
noticeable, and it's eyes bright
ened. A few minutes later, Prof.
Bruihaneko disconnected the arti-
ficial heart, ana the dogs own
heart continued to function.
A special laboratory is now
being constructed where Prof.
Bruihaneko will extend his ex.
periments, hoping. ultimately, to
make it possible for those whose
hearts would otherwise not stand
the strain, to undergo operations
with the aid Of an artificial
organ.
He is also attempting to learn
the cause Of decomposition, to see
whether definite" death cannot
be postponed or even prevented.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20

MOSCOW, Aug. 20. U.N.S).-
Dead" for 10 minutes, and its
body drained Of all blood, dog
today was brought back to life,
according to Prof. Serge Bruin-
haneko, noted Soviet scientist, in
an experiment that, he said, may
make possible "bloodless opera
tions" on human beings.
Developing the theory that
there are two kinds Of death,
definite" and indefinite" the
former not starting until decom-
position begins, Professor Bruin-
haneko put his artificial heart"
to the test before fellow-surgeons
at the physiological congress,
He told the audience that SINH
lar experiments with dogs "indefi-
nitely" dead had succeeded as
long as 40 minutes.
In today's experiment, mem
bers Of the Congress were per
mitted to satisfy themselves that
the dog, killed" by a narcotic
had no reflex actions. did not
breathe, and had no heart-beats
after all the blood had been ex'
tracted.
After 10 minutes, Prof. Brul
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
7 DEAD, 4 HURT
IN NAz| BLAST

BERLIN, Aug. 20 G.N.S).-Two
persons were dead and 20 were in
serious condition in hospitals to-
day following a 100000 fire at
the Berlin Radio Exposition last
night. One of the injured is not
expected to live.
Eight others, trapped in a 400
foot tower when the flames caught
them at dinner, were rescued by
firemen.
Although the huge fire nearly
destroyed the pavilion, authorities
announced the radio show would
continue today.
A company # army engineers,
$50 labor service men, and hun
dreds Of firemen worked through
the rest of the night and this
morning, blowing up what walls
of the pavilion were left standing,
and clearing away the ruins.
Suggestions that sabotage was
responsible for the fire were dis
missed by the propaganda minis
try, which attributed the fire to
an electrical short circuit.
Authorities announced that the
radio show would be resumed else
where.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
MAR )
M|MICWAR

PINE CAMP, N. Y, Aug 20
G.N.SO.-Leading the way as it
did in the World War and strik'
ing with a speed never attained
by any other army, the First
regular division today attacked
an invading Red army thrusting
the spearhead of its attack at
the rich agricultural and indus
trial regions of central New York.
The First, ordered to open the
combat by Maj. Gen. LuciuS
Holbrook, commanding the de-
Tending Blue forces, launched it.
self against a force at Pitcairn,
the advance of an enemy concen-
tration in the vicinity of Malone
and Plattsburg.
Outstanding feature Of the ad-
vance was the fact that for the
first time the. Army was able to
utilize the motorized transport on
which it has concentrated for Is
years. Never before in history
has any nation been able to
throw into the field an army
able to travel at go miles an hour
to reach the contact line ready
for combat,
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
SPEEDS
LEAVE BILLS
IN SENATE
Conferences TODAY
May Iron Out
Wrinkles

Passage Of the Federal leave
bills still depended today on a
series Of conferences that Senator
william Bulow CD Of South
Dakota, chairman of the Senate
Civil Service Committee expected
to hold today.
Senator Bulow is attempting to
iron out the difficulties which
the bills face before they are
taken up on the floor Of the
Senate.
v Senator Kenneth Mcclellan
CD Of Tennessee is insisting on
an amendment intended to ex-
clude mechanics in the Navy De-
partment and Marine Corps from
the benefits of the 30-day leave
bill on the grounds that the meas
ure would give this group practi.
cally q four-day week.
Senator william H. king CD
Of Utah, who baked passage sew
eral days ago. also is considering
several amendments.
enator BulowS said he would
consult with these two members
later in the day and if they could
reach an agreement would call
the bill up.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
ON COAL
BILL DELAYS
CONGRESS
Legality Of Measure
Doubted; Senate Due
To Act Today


Bringing q new threat Of ad.
journment delay, the Guffey.
Snyder coal bill fight today moved
into the Senate
The hardness Of its arrival,
coupled with its emergency nature
in view Of strike probabilities fail
ing enactment, conspired for
speed, but the battle for enact
ment was far from won. Despite
President Roosevelt'S imperative
demand for the legislation, his
Senate leaders described the bill
as - tough one"
Setting up o So-called little
NRA" for the bituminous coal
industry as 1t does, the Guffey.
Snyder bill revived all the old
bugabooS Of the now defunct re-
covery unit, and presented few
new ones on its own.
Unexpected Fight
The House sent the bill on its
way to passage by q 1876 to 16S
vote, but there were gaping blanks
Of opposition in some quarters
normally to be found In support
Of Mr.. Roosevelt.
For instance eight Southern
States with q House voting power
Of g. ballots gave the coal bill
but ~ aye ballots when the roll
was called. Senators from those
States were just as much opposed
to the bill as their House col
league.
Completely aside from the bus
mess objections to the legislation,
the constitutional" bloc in the
Senate SHE'D away from the bill.
It's members predicted dire results
from the precedent which would
be set by the measure.
Vote Today, Hope
In spite of all this, leaders
drove forward with plans for final
action on the bill as speedily as
possible. They expected to call it
up for consideration today, and
optimistic Senators hoped for a
final vote before nightfall.
Congress cannot adjourn before
Saturday, Speaker Byrns declared
today, after q brief conference
with President Roosevelt at the
White House.
There is q possibility OF O com.
promise between Senate and
House confereeS on the public util-
ity holding company bill, but the
Speaker indicated the prospects
were none too good.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
H0PS0N GIVEN
WARNING

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ton will be necessary, but the
attitude of the witness has
made it necessary to consider
the question, and the commit.
tee has unanimously reached the
conclusion that it will no longer
tolerate the conduct previously
INDUCED in by the witness. He
is q lawyer and knows how to
cOnfine himself to facts, and he
must do so, or suffer the cOnse-
quenceS of q citation to the
Senate"
Hopson listened in silence and
the hearing then got under way.
Initial testimony brought out
again the control which Hopson
and the president. ]. I. Mango,
exercise over the 26-State ASsoci.
ated Gas and Electric Company
power empire. The witness said
practically nobody" came to the
directors meetings. Schwellen-
bach summed Is minutes Of ques-
tioning thus:
"It is . fact. isn't 1t, that at
all meetings Of the Associated
Gas and Electric Company, the
directors selected by your group
have been elected?"
1--WE have the management"
NO DIVIDENDS
Subsequent quiESing developed
that. while Hopson and his family
have received thousands Of dollars
annually from the A. G. E. sys-
TEN, directly and indirectly, all
though the depression, no divi.
dendS have been paid on stock
since 1882. Schwellenbach read
from a financial manual to show
this. Developing out of q maze OF
figures that money poured out to
Hopson'S private companies all
this time in !"feeS" for services,
Schwellenbach asked:
"Did you or your family get
this money!"
. ~ don't think anybody else
got any Of It,"
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
AGREEM En- 7
ON TAX
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ference, who announced the
agreement, said the bill was
estimated to raise 265 million
dollars a year, but that Is mil
lion dollars would be lost by
the provision permitting cor
pOratiOnS to deduct up to Is
per cent of their net income for
charitable gifts.
The President was successful in
adoption of the pdinciple oft he
graduate corporation tax, called
"a tax on bignesS," but the rates
are less than he recommended.
The President was defeated on
this recommendation that inheri
lance taxes be levied in addition
to the present estate taxes.
While the President recon-
that income surtaxes be
boosted on incomes above $1,000
900 a year, the conference agree
ment goes down to incomes OF
$4,000
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
Railroad Reorganization
Bill Vote Likely in Senate
International News Service

Administration leaders today
predicted favorable action OF q mo-
ton to lay before the Senate a
broad legislative program to facili-
tate the financial reorganization
of bankrupt railroads.
The motion to take up the bill
was made by Senator Wheeler
Cd of Montana, chairman Of the
Senate Interstate Commerce Com.
mittee. Little opposition to the
motion was expected. The bill, an
amendment to the bankruptcy act,
passed the House by an over.
whelming bipartisan vote several
weeks ago. 1t would facilitate the
reorganization of IS railroads in
bankruptcy or receiverShip.
The measure is backed by JOS
eph B. Eastman. federal co-ordina-
tor Of transportation. the Inter
state Commerce Commission. Il
railroad organizations, and the Re
construction Finance Corporation.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Aug. 20.
The Government today had
cleaned its slate in the Union Sta.
ton massacre here two years ago
in which a Federal agent was
slain by bandits in an attempt to
free Frank Nash, Western des-
perado.
Adam Ricchetti, who used a
machine gun in the massacre, was
sentenced to death yesterday. He
is scheduled to walk to the gal
lows October 4.
Other bandits participating in
the massacre have either been ar
rested or shot to death in battles
with Government agents. Leader
Of the mob, Pretty Boy" Floyd,
lost his life several months ago in
a gun battle with police.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
BRITAIN FACES
WARCR|S|S
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in adjournment, but with a keen
sense of the difficulties likely to
arise through the SUNNI r
months, the government made
arrangements for emergency con-
vocation at short notice before
the members scattered from
Westminster for their vacations.
In the House ITSELF. a consid-
cradle section is believed kindly
disposed toward financial and
economic sanction. against ISaly,
and more than one member pro-
posed, before adjournment, that
the Suez Canal be closed.
It was this suggestion, however,
that aroused greatest feeling in
Rome, with one supposedly Off
cial spokesman declaring that
such a step would mean war be-
tween Italy and Britain.
While calling of the special cab
met session clearly indicated the
gravity with which Britain views
the crisis, there was no one in
Whitehall ready to affirm that
this nation plans any specific or
precipitate action for the present.
The members are expected
mainly to discuss what course to
pursue at Geneva and to lex.
plore" whatever recommendations
Drummond may forward in the
hope of finding some hitherto
undiscovered avenue of approach
to Italy.
Sir Robert van Sittart, perma.
nent undersecretary to the foreign
office, was instructed to visit
Baldwin at Aix.les- BainS during
the day to report on the situation.
It was thought possible Baldwin
might visit Premier Laval of
France on his way back to Lon.
don.
BERLIN, Aug. 20 U.N.S0.
Death for the League of Nations
and vindication for Chancellor
Adolf Hitler's rearmament policy
were seen by Germany today In
Itlays determination to war on
Ethiopia.
Britain was hit by failure of the
peace conference in Paris, accord
ing to German opinion, but In the
end Italy will suffer by world
condemnation. T#
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
SALE
ACT PASSAGE
IS URGED
Hazen Urges Sen. King
To Introduce Bill
Immediately

Enactment here Of the "uni.
form sales act" now in effect in
AZ States, seemed imminent to-
day when Commissioner Melvin
c. Hazen recommended to Sena.
tor William H. King ID of Utah,
chairman of the Senate District
Committee, its immediate intro.
duction" into Congress.
Commissioner Hazen pointed
out that at present there is no
comprehensive statutory law
covering this field, with the re.
suit that both merchants and
customers are placed at a "disad-
vantage in their understanding
Of their rights.
In explanation Of his move at
this time, Commissioner HaZen
stated that he wanted the Com
miSsionerS, civic and trade bodies.
and members of the Bar Associa.
ton to have an opportunity to
study and discuss the proposed
legislation before the second ses.
sion Of Congress convenes, late
this year.
Roberts Explains Bill
The sales bill, which has been
under consideration for some
weeks by Corporation Counsel E.
Barrett Prettyman, was drawn up
by Peoples Counsel William A.
Roberts. Mr.. Roberts declared:
"At present the District of
Columbia has no clear law on
sales. Conflicting decisions on
numerous points have been
handed down in the absence of
well-defined statutory prOvi-
SiOns. Decisions covering many
other types of transactions have
worked to the disadvantage Of
local merchants and their Gus
toners.
Under the provisions of the
Statute Of Frauds, the amount
constituting the maximum for
all sales transactions is $50.
"Under the Uniform Sales
act, the equivalent maximum is
$500.
PRETTYMAN FAVORs BILL
obviously, the ii m itation
which was inherited from this
medieval Statute Of Frauds,
should not be continued in the
present era when transactions
for amounts farrin excess of the
Statute Of Frauds maximum are
q regular occurrence in the
course Of District Of Columbia
business
Corporation Counsel Prettyman
added that he could see no reason
why the. bill should not be intro
duced and considered during the
Congressional recess and enacted
at the next session.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
House and Senate Racing
For Early Adjournment
International News Service

Congress raced toward its goal
of must" legislation today with
leaders nervously watching for an
explosion which might upset ad-
journment plans.
Unless the Democratic machines
in Senate and House are stalled,
adjournment was in sight by
Saturday night.
Within "a hours after q new
list of must" legislation was
framed at q White House con-
ference, Senate and House both
were operating at top speed.
The omnibus banking bill was
sent to the White House today. A
railroad retirement bill also passed
both bodies.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
Scouts
Are Feted
In Capital

Fourteen Chinese Boy Scouts
arrived here from the Far East
today and proceeded to see the
city as guests OF the local Scout
organization.
The OrientalS had left their
native shore when word reached
them that the jamboree they had
sailed to attend had been called
off because of infantile paralysis
in Virginia:
The visitors will be feted by
local Scouts and further enter
tanned by attaches of the Chinese
Embassy which has taken them
under it's wing.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
299 Mystery Plane
Takes Off for Dayton

TILE, Wash. Aug. 20
G.N.S0.-Spreading her 50-foot
wings to the star-studded sky, the
Boeing 299 Mystery" bomber,
largest land plane in the United
States, Les Tower at the controls,
scared southeast toward Dayton,
Ohio, early today.
The flight, which may be non
stop, is expected to be Of great
significance in testing revolution
airy changes in the aerodynamic
theory.
The gigantic craft will be en-
tered in competition with other
bomberS before U. s. Army experts
at Dayton on Thursday.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
GIRL IS SLAIN,
POLICE SHOT

Continued from rage ~
of the head and neck received in
a scuffle with Policeman Talbert,
Hisey was arrested and charged
with murder. He told police he
would make a statement in the
presence of his wife When Mrs.
Hisey was Brought in, however,
Hisey told her to keep quiet" He
refused to make a statement him.
self.
Miss Lyttle, with her sister,
Esther, %, and Grille Garrett, "a,
had roomed in. the Hisey home for
several months. All were employed
in the same department store. The
Lyttle women were former resi-
dents of Hopewell, Va.
Wife Calls Police
Police were told the girls were
about to leave the house for work
when Hisey called Virgie Lyttle
and said he wanted to talk with
her privately. Expressing fear she
would be late for work, she finally
consented to talk with him in a
room in the rear of the second
floor.
An argument ensued and Mrs.
HiSey called police.
Just before Policeman Talbert
appeared at the door of the house,
a shot rang out in the room where
Hisey was talking with the girl.
Esther rushed to the room, peered
through a crack in the door and
saw her sister lying on the floor.
Hisey was braced against sthe
door, trying to hold 1t shut.
When Policeman Talhert en-
tered the house he was confronted
by Hisey, standing at the top OF
the stairs, the gun in his right
hand. Hisey, according to Police
man Talbert, screamed:
you better duck"
Policeman Talbert didn't finch.
He walked into the blazing fire
from Hisey'S gun. Although shot
in the arm as he rushed up the
stairs, he wrestled with HiSey
and threw him to the first floor
of the house and disarmed him.
Residents Of the neighborhood
were thrown into an uproar with
the appearance Of police and the
resounding pistol shots. Hisey,
according to his neighbors, en-
joyed a good reputation and was
highly respected.
P0liceman'S Story
Police were checking the motive
for the shooting to learn whether
it involved anything but money.
Policeman Talbert's version Of
the story is:
ri got q call over the radio
that there was a shooting ut
the home Of HiSey.
when I got to the door .
woman came out and said, My
sister is shot didn't know
who the woman at the door
was. When I entered the house,
saw HiSey standing at the
top Of the stairs with q gun in
his hand.
HE yelled. You better duck
But didn't duck. ran up
the stars and, as 1 was going
up, Hisey opened fire and shot
me in the arm.
81 continued going up the
stairs, however, and then
pushed HiSey down the steps.
Then / followed him.
Il wreStIed with him on the
floor there. I held him until
one Of my brother officers came
to my aid"
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
Ethiopian Purchase
0fArms Here Denied

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Aug. 20
G.N.SO.-A cabled report that
Emperor Halle Selassie of Abys.
sinia had placed a large order
for war supplies with the Colt
Patent Fire Arms Company was
termed without foundation by an
official of the company today.
He added there had been no
exchange Of communications be.
tween the company and Ahys.
Sinia.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
Showers Due TODAY
ToKeep Capital Cool

Showers today will keep Wash
ington cool as a cucumber. And
in the interludes between showers,
overcast skies will do the trick.
Showers yesterday drove the
mercury down eight degrees, but
unusually high humidity following
the showers made the day uncom.
fOrtably muggy.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
DEFIES ATTACK
FROM MANY
SIDES
Plans Radio Speech to
Put Problems Up
To Public
By GEORGE DURNO
international News Service

Troublesome political problems
on widely separated fronts COM
bined to haraSs President RooSe-
welt today as he urged Congress
on to adjournment in five days.
and simultaneously gave thought
to a Saturday night radio broad
cast that will have the effect Of
opening his campaign for re-
election.
From Detroit, a delegation OF
housewives has invaded Wash
ington to protest the high price
of meat, charging it is due to
the AAA processing tax and
profiteering by the meat packers.
East and South Clash
New England also is asSailing
the processing tax. claiming 1t Is
shutting down their mills. Rhode
Island recently went surprisingly
Republican in a test vote, with
this as one Of the big issues.
Inversely, down South they are
clamoring for a continuance of
the 12-cent Government loan on
cotton. Secretary Of Agriculture
Wallace and AAA Administrator
Chester C. Davis have protested
that such action would open the
door to demands for like treat
ment from growers Of their COM
modities.
All of these problems and more
would furnish President Roosevelt
with material for the radio speech
he is going to direct to the Young
Democrats, assembled in MilWau-
kee, next Saturday evening.
Intimates of the Chief Execu.
tive, however, predicted that he
will confine himself to a general
review of the reform legislation
that has been enacted to date
iinder his Administration, without
going too deeply into the contro-
Rersial political aspects. He is ex-
pected further to enlighten young
voters on the part they should
play in next years campaign.
Big Guns In Reserve
Mr.. Roosevelt'S heavy fire will
be reserved until he heads West In
September on q transcontinental
tour that will permit the people
to see him in person and which
will afford him the. maximum in
every kind of publicity. Or so
say his close ieutenants.
The cross-country swing will
furnish ideal sectional locations
in which he can make several
major speeches on such issues as
the constitutionality of recent
acts of his administration which
have been challenged by the Re
publicanS; public control Of
power; heavy taxes on the
wealthy, ct cetera.
Before this trip Is started,
President Roosevelt will have
spent two or three weeks in the
seclusion Of his Hyde Park home
on the Hudson where he can line
up his thoughts and arguments
without interruption except for
those advisers he chooses to
call in.
Saturday nights broadcast,
those who should know say, will
be q general accounting Of stew.
ardship to date, but it will not
go into the specific issues upon
which such Republicans as for
mer President Hoover have been
clamoring for q statement.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
Is Trapped in Subway

BERLIN, Aug. 20 G.N.SO.
Sixteen workers were reported
trapped today when a street paw
ing collapsed during construction
of a subway underneath the
Brandenburger Tor, huge tri-
umphAl arch in the center Of
Berlin.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
Lathers Ordered to Strike

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 20
U.N.SO.-The Wood, Wire and
Metal Lathers Union today called
O strike on all construction jobs
in the city. The $50 members
demand a five-day, thirty-hour
week at $l.2O an hour.
The Washington times., 1935-08-20
Treasury Condition

Treasury balance as of August
II, $l,5l8, 1850, 680.02; internal rev"
enue, $7,9SS,207.O6; customs re-
ceipts, $2l, 011,582.S1.