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Evening star., 1935-04-28
MOTHER EXPECTS 7
CLUE IN LETTER
Mrs. Howard Hopeful That
Note Will Clear Son 4
in Shooting.

Suspense at least until tomorrow
morning will be the lot Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar L. Howard, 1854 Park
place, parents Of William McCauley
Howard, central figure and one of the
two victims in triple shooting in
Hollywood, Calf, last Thursday night.
For it is the firm clief Of Mrs.
Howard that a letter from her dead
son, always faithful in life in his
correspondence to her, is somewhere
In the mails between here and Cali
fornia. Accustomed to hearing from
her son at least once each week, Mrs.
Howard expected a letter yesterday,
but it failed to arrive
He always posted his letters air
mail" she said last night, but there
was no delivery yesterday afternoon,
so anything that came in during the
day would be held until Monday. I
still expect to hear from him"
Mystery Unexplained.
In the letter, Mrs. Howard hopes for
some word which might help clear the
mystery of the shooting in which
Paul 1var Wharton, Hollywood dress
designer, and Howard lost their lives:
and Henry E. Bolte, 39-year-old law
professor was seriously wounded.
California police thus far have be-
lieved Howard shot both of the others
and then turned the gun on himself.
Meanwhile, 1t developed that Bolte
also has been a resident of this sec
ton. In Leesburg, Va, yesterday 1t
was learned that a Henry E. Bolte,
then a law student, had married
Miss Virginia Webb of that town.
Later they lived at Riverdale, Md.
Washington Girl Mentioned.
Association of the name of Webb
In the case first came when Mrs.
Bolte told California police that she
knew Howard slightly and that he
used to keep company with a Mar
garet Webb of Washington.
At the University of Maryland, Of
ficials were unable to confirm a re-
port that he once had given series
of legal lectures there. Records did
not show that he ever had been at
tached to the faculty.
While hopeful of receiving letter
from their son, the Howards last
night also were awaiting word from
Wilbur K. Baker, uncle of the dead
man. who is a resident of Los Ange-
les and who was to have taken charge
of the body and make arrangements
for its transfer east.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
JEWISH APPEAL
RALLY |SPLANNED
Leaders of Mems Division
to Organize Volunteers
Tomorrow Evening.

Leaders Of the Mems Division OF
the United Jewish Appeal yesterday
announced the first rally of volunteer
workers in the relief drive will be
held tomorrow evening at the Ambas-
sador Hotel, with Edward C. OStrow
cochairman with DR.. Ivy A. Pelzman
of the division, presiding.
The goal Of the three-week drive
for funds, which will start May 8, Is
$35.000, and efforts will be made to-
morrow night to organize 100 or more
men workers to participate in the
canvass. The local campaign is part
of a Nationwide Jewish appeal for
S3,250, 900 for the relief of destitute
Jews of Eastern Europe and toward
the settlement Of German Jewish
refugees in Palestine.
Organization of a Women's Divi-
sion from the ranks of the Hadassah
the Council of Jewish Women and
the sisterhoods of the Eighth Street
Temple and the Sixth Street Syna-
gogue will be started within the next
few days. according to Louis E
Spiegler, drive director.
Preparations are going rapidly
ahead for launching the drive, with
a staff of women volunteers at the
Jewish Community Center preparing
lists of prospective contributors and
mailing out literature concerning the
aims Of the appeal. Meanwhile
workers units are being organized in
various local organizations. including
the Poale Zion Society," with Samuel
A. Golden as chairman, and the Pho
neer Women of Zion group, headed by
Mrs. Samuel Bugatch.
Drive Chairmen Isidore Hershfield
and Edmund I. Kaufman expressed
confidence today this years drive will
be successful. Last years drive netted
more than $4,000, with donations
received from close to 1900 contrib
ut0rs.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
SHIP SUBSIDY FUNDS
PROTECTION ASKED
Black Moves to Prevent Holding
Companies From Getting
Benefits.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Amendments to the ship subsidy
bill designed to prevent holding COM
panies aud other agencies from
draining the life blood out Of the
operating companies" to be given
Government aid, were introduced yes
terday by Senator Black, Democrat,
of Alabama.
"If the Government is going to
grant subsidies to ship operators and
ship builders" the Senator said, "I
want to see to it that good modern
ships are built and that the operation
is not aimed at enriching few in
dividuals.'
One amendment would require
operating companies to dissociate
themselves from any holding compa-
nies or any subsidiaries, such as
stevedoring. wharfage, towing, or me-
chanical service companies.
A second amendment proposed to
limit earnings to not more than 6
per cent a year. and third limited
salaries of any official of a subsidized
firm to $17,500 year for full-time
service.
There have been instances" Black
said, where officials of companies
have drawn salaries of $500,00o q
year"
Evening star., 1935-04-28
F|L|BUSTER SEEN.
LYNCH BILL DOOM
Senate Situation on COST.
gan-Wagner Measure Sim
liar to That in 1922.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Three days Senate discussion of a
Federal curb on lynching have served
mainly to show, that while filibusters
may come and go, the mere whisper
of such an issue brings out the most
unyielding of them all.
Two or three Senators have been
able in the past to delay action for
weeks. A sizeable, though minority
bloc, such as the Southern group, can
stall off a vote for months.
It took such a bloc but two days
in November. 1922, to show the then
Republican leadership that it could
never hope to pass the Dyer anti
lynching bill, already approved by the
House. At the end of that period,
the Republicans caucused and de-
cided to drop the issue.
Southerners Organized.
Then, as now. the Southerners were
organized to fight off the anti-lynch-
ing measure for an unlimited period.
Oscar w. Underwood, famed Ala
baman. took the lead, drew up
list of the Southerners and gave each
a certain number of hours to kill.
Pat Harrison of Mississippi drew
the first shift. 1t was his response
bility to ward off vote for 18 hours.
He did it by playing parliamentary
tricks with the journal of the pre-
vious days proceedings. He demanded
that the clerk read it in full. and then
had a series of corrections to pro-
pose.
One was that the chaplain's prayer
should be included. He expatiated
on the undesirability Of future gen.
erations reading the Senate's journal
and coming to the assumption that
the day did not begin with prayer.
Record Vote Demanded.
Another was an objection to the
fact that the journal did not specify
at what hour Vice President Cool
idge assembled the rostrum to relieve
a Senator then occupying the chair
He thought it highly important" that
this correction be made and on It. as
on all others, demanded record vote.
Each roll call of the Senate killed
10 to Is minutes of his IS hours.
And in between his proposals, Under
wood moved adjournment and there
was an additional roll call.
Senator Smith, Democrat, of South
Carolina has assumed the leadership
in the present fight against the Co.'S
tigan-Wagner anti-lynching bill. Like
Underwood, he has list, but the Or
ganization has not proceeded to the
point of assigning time to each.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
N. R. A. EXTENSION
PROPOSAL GAINS
Borah Leads Attack, but
Some See Hope of Short;
ening Session in Move.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senate opponents Of N. r. A.
Cracked down" yesterday on the pro-
posal to extend the present recovery
law without change until the next ses-
sion of Congress, but the move, never
theless. gained strong headway
among friendly Senators.
Final decision on the issue rested
with President Roosevelt, with whom
Chairman Harrison of the Senate
Finance Committee will consult dur
ing the week end.
Senator Borah. Republican, Of
Idaho, led the attack on the proposal
to extend the present law with a
statement that it would bring STU
pendous" damage to let the act con-
tinue without change for nine more
months.
Short Session Hope.
Administration leaders, however,
were sympathetic to the proposal, be-
lieving it might shorten the session if
they could get simple continuing
resolution through without much argu-
ment.
1t was a paradoxical situation, with
the proposal advanced by Senator
Clark, Democrat. of Missouri, one Of
the most open critics of N. r. A. find
ing support among N. r. AS friends.
Clark suggested in the Finance Com
mittee that Congress should not at
tempt to revise the recovery law until
the Supreme Courts decision on the
constitutionality Of the present law
was available. He proposed nine
month extension Of the act, which
would give Congress three months
after meeting next session to work
out a new law
Members of the committee said the
proposal met with generally favor
able response. but that no one COM
mitted himself to it. Senator Couzens,
Republican, Of Michigan, who has
been considered one Of N. r. AS
friends, said flatly yesterday outside
the committee that he favored the
plan.
Others were fearful, however, that
the temporary extension would leave
the Recovery Administration up in
the air, with little power to enforce
its rulings, and that the result would
be generally breaking down of en-
Roosevelt would not accede to the
plan.
General Agreement Need.
Harrison said even If the Chief Ex-
ecutive agreed to the plan he would
not push it unless there was general
agreement among both friends and
foes of N. r. A., which would permit
the action to be taken without a fight.
In view of Harrison's position, the
opposition Of Borah and other N. r. A.
critics was significant, because 1t in
dicated the committee chairman
would not be able to get the general
agreement he held necessary.
II don't feel I could consent to
certain things remaining in N. r. A.
for another nine months" Borah
said. "The amount Of damage In that
time would be stupendous. There are
certain changes that should be made
in the interest of business and recov-
cry. and it would be a mistake to let
them 60 along without changing
them"
Senators Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota, and McCarran. Democrat, Of
Nevada, other N. r. A. critics. were
also skeptical Of the plan. Nye said
he absolutely would not commit him
self to prevent his seeking changes in
the law, while McCarran expressed
the view that N. r. A. was retarding
recovery and that to continue It would
only project this effect.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
~" Mrs. Raphaelson said he told

spy" Mrs. Raphaelson said he told
her.
In statement given the county
probation Office last year, following
his arrest on charge of having stolen
a diamond ring from a wealthy Holly
wood woman. the designer gave his
true name as Ivandorf Moransky.
Further investigation of the murder
apartment exploded another possible
mystery when fingerprint experts said
the print on a cocktail glass, used at
the last dinner. was left by a mans
hand. not woman's, as originally
believed.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
Jaspar to Practice Law.

After five years as prime minister
of Belgium, M. Henri Jaspar has re-
turned to his practice at the bar. A
legal colleague commented on his "re-
turn to the hurly-burly'' the other day.
well" replied M. Jaspar, mot every
body has the good fortune Of Cincin-
natus to be the possessor Of four
acres and pillow. Still, do little
agricultural labor on Sundays on some
body else's land" He was referring to
the fact that he plays golf on that day.
Evening star., 1935-04-28

Howard University School Of Law.
Houston also saw in the circumstances
an indication that President Roosevelt
was giving the proponents of the
measure no encouragement.
Now that the Democratic floor
leader is openly organizing the fight
against the bill in the Senate" he
wrote the President, 'and leading
tactical maneuvers to prevent its
consideration, Negroes can reach no
other conclusion except that the fili-
buster against the bill either has
White House approval or else has
frightened the White House into
silence"
Evening star., 1935-04-28
BYRD SHIPS IN ATLANTIC
Vessels Leave Colon for Norfolk
and Washington.

COLON. Panama. April 27 (P.-
The flagship of the Byrd Antarctic
expedition and the Bear of Oakland,
supply ship, sailed today for Norfolk
Va. From Norfolk the Bear will pro-
ceed to Washington. where President
Roosevelt will welcome the explorers
Evening star., 1935-04-28
1,287 HIT TRAINS
I. c. c. Also Reports 3,322 Grade

I. c. c. Also Reports 3,322 Grade
Crossing Accidents.
Drivers Of 1,287 automobiles ran
their cars into the side of a railroad
train during 1884
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion also said yesterday there were
1892 highway grade crossing acci-
dents resulting in the death of 287
persons and injuries to 1865 during
the year.
OF the auto-train crashes 856 were
at crossings, unprotected except for
signs.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
Pioneer Flyer Killed.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, April 81
R),-Lawrence ]. Wiecznski, SO, a
Schenectady coal dealer and one OF
the city's pioneer flyers, was killed
tonight when his plane crashed from
200 feet over the Schenectady Air
port
Evening star., 1935-04-28

Opponents of the anti-lynching bill
expect reinforcements in the Sen
ate tomorrow, among them Senators
George of Georgia and Long of Louis
lana, who has made a reputation for
himself in the past as a filibusterer.
They count on from IL to Is Senators
who are willing to go the limit to
prevent vote on the bill. They hope
to stave off vote until the Senate
turns to other business.
With a Bible on his desk, Senator
Bailey, Democrat, of North Carolina
said he was prepared to read "the
whole book of Deuteronomy" if that
should become necessary to prevent
q vote on the anti-lynching bill.
A little earlier Minority Leader Rob-
inson had been accused Of assisting
the open filibuster against the meas
ure, the, charge having been made by
Charles H. Houston. vice dean OF the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
GUEST
Of ROOSEvELTS

Mmelia Earhart. world re-
nowned aviatrix, and her publish
er husband, George Putnam, will
be the overnight guests of Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt Friday.
The First Lady announced to-
day that Mr.. and Mrs. Putnam
will remain at the White House
until Saturday.
Friday night the aviatrix will
address the National Geographic
Society, and Mrs. Roosevelt hopes
to hear the lecture although she
is scheduled to make a radio ad-
dress, and said she might be a
trifle late"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27

R. Richberg, general counsel for
MIRA, had been skeptical of the
Weirton case from the outset.
They held back as long as they
could from making the Weirton
case a test case.
The label of unconstitutional"
pinned on both the NRA and the
iva will have the effect of a
red traffic light in a Congress
that already is baking over other
New Deal extensions.
The gigantic 4,880 million-dol-
lar work-relief bill is begged down
in committee, and there were few
prophets around the Capitol to-
day bold enough to venture pre-
dictions as to what its fate
ultimately is to be. President
Roosevelt will have to wrestle
with this problem-and it is one
of enormous difficulty-upon his
return to Washington tomorrow.
Funds Exhausted
Referred back to committee
last week, Administration leaders
have made no move to get &C.
ton on the big measure for five
days. Meanwhile, Federal relief
funds are exhausted, and what
relief funds are going out at all
are being doled out through a
system of bookkeeping between
Harry L. Hopkins. the relief adj
ministrator, and Harold L. Ickes,
who still has some millions Of
PWA funds loose and handy.
AS to the legal crises confront
ing New Deal acts, due to the
NRA and iva decisions, the Ad-
ministration's legal lights merely
state publicly the cases will be
appealed, and privately criticise
"Old Deal" judges for the situa-
ton in which the New Deal finds
itself.
Judge Grub. an appointee of
William H. Taft's in 1909, was
also a member of reside
Hoover's ia NOUS Wickersham
Commission, returning a verdict
in favor of prohibition. Judge
Nields was appointed by Mr..
Hoover to the Federal bench in
1880.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
DAVE BARRY 5
TRIAL HALTED

CHICAGO, Feb. 27 GN.s).
The trial of Dave Barry, boxing
referee, on a charge of embez-
cling SIS, 900 was halted suddenly
today when Judge Michael Fem
berg ordered juror withdrawn
and declared a mistrial.
The cause of the unexpected
move was the serious illness OF
Attorney w. w. Smith, counsel
for Barry. Attorney Frank w.
Mcdonnell explained that Mr..
Smith had suffered a recurrence
of an old ailment last night and
was too i'll to be removed to a
hospital.
JUICE Feinberg put the issue
up to Mr.. Barry when asked if
the defendant would be willing
to continue the case with George
Guenther as his attorney. Mr..
Guenther was representing Abra-
ham Karatz, a codefendant in
the trial.
Mr.. Barry declined to continue
and the juror was withdrawn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
3 LINERS FAIL
TOF|ND SHIP

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 G.N.s).
Convinced that the British freight
er Blairgowrie went down in a
hurricane-whipped sea, three liners
early this morning radioed that
they had abandoned their night
long search and were continuing
their voyages.
Her rudder gone and her holds
filling with water, the Blairgowrie
wirelesSed for immediate aid at Z
o'clock last night. Half an hour
later she sent her last message,
appealing for some ship to take
off her 20 men.
The North German liner Eu-
ropa, the American merchant
liner American Banker. and the
Holland-American steamer Bloom
mersdijk, swerved from their slow
progress, and within three hours
were at the position given by the
British boat.
Searchlights secured the noun
famous seas. and the hunt con-
tinued long after dawn, but no
trace Of the Blairgowrie or any
o. her boats was found.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
AID
STAND BY NICE

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 27.-The
curious spectacle of a big Demo
cratic majority backing Republican
Governor Nice and opposing a
scattering of House Republicans
was seen in the Maryland House
of Delegates yesterday when a
fight occurred on the floor over
a bill to give Maryland motorists
So tags. The bill was killed.
The bill was introduced by Dele
gate Allan c. K. Clark (RO of
Anne Arundel county, and is SINH
lar to the one offered by Senator
Harry T. Phoebus (RO of Somer-
set county. It was brought out of
ways and means committee with
an unfavorable report.
Governor Nice, in his campaign
and in his inaugural address,
promised his backing for So tags.
Since then he has found that
State finances will not permit Of
a reduction in the fees at this
time, he says.
Delegate Kent r. Mullikin,
Prince Georges county Democratic
floor leader. fought the bill and
asked that his unfavorable report
be adopted. He was backed in
his fight by Delegate Thomas L.
Popp (RD of Allegany county,
minority floor leader. The vote
which defeated the bill of "a to IS
showed a scattering of Democrats
siding with Mr.. Clark.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
HOPKINS WARNS
RELIEF GRANTS
MAY END
Works Bill Must Pass Within
Month or Aid to Needy
Ceases, He Tells Aides

Unless Congress passes Presi-
dent Roosevelt's new works pro-
gram by the end of March. there
will be no funds available for
relief, Federal Relief Administra-
tor Harry L. Hopkins stated to-
day in a letter to regional relief
administrators throughout the
country.
Mr.. Hopkins announced that
all FERA money was exhausted
early in February, but that ap
proximately $271 100000 of I'm.
obligated balances of other emer.
gency agencies has been drawn
upon since that time and that
of this sum there remains
enough money to provide relief
during March, but not there.
after"
In his letter, he explained the
progress the bill has made in
Congress. He said:
This bill, passed by the
House on January "a, was re-
ferred to the Senate Committee
on Appropriations, where hear
ings were held and the bill was
reported to the Senate on Feb
ruary IA, 1885. The Senate
adopted an amendment making
1t mandatory upon the Presi-
dent to pay the prevailing rate
of pay, rather than a security
payment as proposed by the
President.
Gust before the Senate
voted on this amendment, Sen
atOr Glass, chairman of the
Appropriations Com mittee,
stated that he had reasons to
believe the President would
veto the bill If it carried the
prevailing rate of pay provis-
ion. The amendment, how
ever, was carried by a vote Of
A to 43, and the bill was re-
ferred back to the committee
for further consideration"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
WOMAN FELLED.
BY GASFUMES

Discovered in an unconscious
state on the floor of the kitchen
in her apartment in the 1900
block of Eye st. N. w., Mrs.
Lethia Taylor, 40, was rushed to
Emergency Hospital late today,
suffering from gas poisoning.
The woman was discovered by
her sister, Nan Dixon, of the 500
block of E St. N. w., who hur-
ried to the Eye Street address
upon receipt of a telephone call
from Mrs. Taylor. Gas was es-
Gaping from two open jets of the
kitchen range.
Mrs. Taylor was given first aid
treatment at the hospital and
released in the custody of a pri-
Vate physician.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
DAZED SUSPECT.
DOUBTS KILLING

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 81.
Questioned by State police here
in connection with the fatal stab
bling of Ohio w. and Emmett L.
Hicks in a Goochland county
roadhouse Sunday, Harry Sprouse.
33, of Richmond, remained close.
mouthed. He repeated over again
to his inquisitors that II don't
know whether I did it or not"
Discovery of two large butcher
knives, blood stained, by Capt.
H. B. Nicholas, of the State po-
lice, and commemorative Attor-
ney P. A. L. Smith, of Goochland
county, led to the belief that more
than one person participated in
the murders which climaxed q
free-for-all in the Pine Inn road
house.
Twenty-Five persons were in the
building at the time of the double
killing, but none could be found
to explain how the fight started.
Police are holding Josephine
Quinn, proprietress of the inn,
and pretty 19-year-old Pauline
Holder, blonde of Richmond,
who accompanied Sprouse to the
dance.
Showing marks about the face
and head of having participated
in the brawl, Sprouse was brought
to Richmond yesterday in a dazed
condition. He told officers all he
remembered of the fight was that
he was pushed to the floor and
kicked,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
{. B. CALVERT
KILLED BY AUTO

MT. RAINIER, Md, Feb. 81.
Charles Benedict Calvert, lineal
descendant Of the Maryland Cal
verts and Lords Baltimore, who
lived at 1850 Corcoran st. N. w.,
died late last night in Casualty
Hospital after being struck by
an automobile said to have been
driven by Lyman Terish, Of Hy'
attsville.
Mr.. Calvert, a former corpora.
ton counsel for Mt. Rainier, was
crossing the road at Thirty-third
st. and Rhode Island Avenue, Mt.
Rainier, at the height of last
nights storm when he was struck
by an automobile. Taken to
Casualty Hospital by the Bla-
densburg Rescue Squad, Mr.. Cal.
vert died a few moments later
from a fractured skull, according
to reports from the hospital.
The driver of the car, LYMAN
Terish, of Hyattsville, was re-
leased under $1,000 bond pending
an inquest tonight at the town
hall called by Acting Coroner
Robert E. Joyce.
Mr.. Calvert, who was born at
the ole Calvert mansion at River
dale, Nd, was a graduate of
Columbia Lew School. He prac-
ticec law in North Carolina.
Washington and Maryland and
became corporation counsel of
Mt Rainier in 1916.
Three brothers, Cecil and John
Calvert of Wa shington, and
George Calvert of Fort Worth,
Tex, and sister, Julia S. Cal.
vert, of Washington, survive.