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The Washington times., 1935-07-13
WOMAN ALTERS
CONFESSION
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)wing Mrs. Dunkel's latest state

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lowing Mrs. Dunkel's latest state
ment.
Mrs. Dunkel told her ques'
TONERS, they said, that she was
crazed with jealousy because
Lang was going to leave her to
marry, and that she agreed ia
pay Mrs. Smith $500 for the
killing, and paid 500 on account
following the Staying last week,
she said.
Lang was lured to the Smith
apartment Wednesday of last
week. His dismembered body was
found in a swamp near Ham
mond, Ind, last Saturday.
Mrs. Dunkel told police, they
said, that after the knockout
drops" were given to Lang
Evelyn told me to get out. I'LL
take care OF everything else she
said. I went away"
Cut Off His Legs
The two women met again Sat
urday evening, Mrs. Dunkel ad'
mitted, police said, and they
quoted her statement:
Evelyn said she took a bottle
of ether. poured some on a cloth
and held it under Ervin'S nose.
Then she took a piece Of rope
and knotted it around his neck.
She pulled on this rope until
she new he was dead. Next she
put the body in a closet and left
it there. She said she was 30.
ing to get rid of the body by
throwing it in the lake that
night.
Evelyn told me she called in
Jung to get him to help.
Jung went out and got a
sharp knife and a saw.
with these Evelyn cut off
the legs. They packed the legs
in little trunk. Jung borrowed
a car and they put the body, in
a blanket, and the trunk in this
car and drove away"
Police Not Satisfied
Mrs. Dunkel said Evelyn told
her the trunk was left at spot
about 10 miles from where the
torso was found.
However, Chief of Detectives
John L. Sullivan stated frankly he
did not believe Mrs. Dunkel'S
story. He intimated he believed
Mrs. Dunkel had a hand in put
ting her son-in.law to death.
Sullivan and other officials con-
tinued to deny recurrent rumors
that Mrs. Smith and Jung are in
custody.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
A. F. Of |. RAPS
WAGE CUTS

Predicting business gains by
next fall that will lift production
to the highest levels since 1929,
the American Federation of Labor
today warned against what it
claimed was a steadily growing
tendency to lengthen hours and
cut wages of labor.
Meanwhile the National Recov-
cry Administration which is COM
piling data, announced that the
information has not been coordi-
mated to the extent of indicating
how much wage cutting is going
on or how many workers have
been affected.
Reports are coming in, accord
ing to NRA Administrator James
L. O'Neill, ~ the rate of 40 to
80 typewriter pages daily.
Typical of reports received by
the NRA we're the following: An
Atlanta chain store system is
working employees SO to 10 hours
a week with no increase in pay:
a Louisville, KY, chain store is
working employees go to 10 hours
a week at $40 to $24, with no
extra pay for overtime; truck
drivers in Des Moines, Iowa, who
worked 48 hours a week under
the MIRA code, now are compelled
to work 80; a Los Angeles drug
company reports terrific" price
cutting in retail stores.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
TAX MEASURE
PROTESTED

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strOyed by taxes when its
holder dies.
MANY such fortunes pass
into the hands of excellent GUS
tOdians who employ them con-
Structively.
ITO the extent that the de.
sire to assure continuance in a
family of the possession and
development of a going bust
ness is a strong inducement to
the hard application of energy
and prudent administration of
affairs, the knowledge that
estate and inheritance taxes
will defeat such a purpose
would mean inevitably a less
ening of incentive upon the
part of men of ability.
"They would be unwilling to
lend themselves to the estab.
lishment of new enterprises"
Any big fortune which falls into
bad hands disappears, he said.
The United States Chamber, he
said, primarily opposed the inheri
lance tax because of the hurtfu
effects upon enterprise.
Mr.. Osgood attacked estimates
of revenue which the Treasury
said would be yielded by inheri
lance taxes. He asserted they are
too high.
E. C. Alvord, of Washington
asserted that the proposed boost
in individual income tax rate:
would disturb and hamper bust
ness.
High tax rates, he said, woulc
drive money from business into
tax-exempt securities.
Sees Bankruptcy
Prof. o. G. Saxon, of Yale Uni
versity, told the committee thai
if the principle is carried to ex
tremes, it will drive many of the
greatest corporations of the natior
into bankruptcy.
Spokesman for organized bust
ness commended the proposal vic
lated the principle laid down by
President Roosevelt of levyint
taxes on those best able to pay.
Both Prof. Saxon and r. L
Lund, of st. Louis, chairman o.
the National Association of Manu-
facturers, estimated that sever
million to ten million persons
stockholders in corporations, woulC
be affected. Most of these, they
said, are. small investors.
Briefs were placed before tn
committee indicating that mos
tax authorities of the country op
pose graduated corporation tax
Chairman Doughton said tina
he always regarded an exces
profits tax as q sound tax" wher
questioned on. the possibility o
a substitution.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
800 MIRA AIDES
GIVEN NOTICE Of
DISMISSAL
Half of 0usted Workers Placed
With Other Agencies; 1,400
of 5,400 to Retain Jobs

With 6O2 employees of NRA'S
diminishing staff given their dis
missal notices through July 9, of.
ficials of the agency today esti-
mated that approximately 200
more in various divisions have
been given verbal notices since
that time.
1t was pointed out, however,
that those who are verbally noti-
fled may be picked for additional
work by division heads, so that a
few may be taken off the dismissal
list before actually being let out.
According to j. E. McEwen, per-
sonnet officer, approximately half
of the workers who have actually
left MIRA have been successfully
placed with other emergency
agencies, including Rural Resettle-
ment Administration, Rural Elec-
trification Administration FERA.
PWA, AAA, the Department of
Agriculture and the Interior De.
partment.
Farm Credit Administration, it
was said, has indicated it will &C.
cept a few highly qualified en-
ployes with Civil Service status,
specifically statistical experts with
industrial experience and certified
public accountants able to organ
ize and install accounting systems.
About 1,400 of NRA's $500
original workers will remain when
the reduction process is complete.
Those who are in poor financial
condition are given an extra two
weeks of notice to facilitate plac
ing elsewhere, it was said today.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
Showers Break Wave
Of Heat in New York

NEW YORK, July 10 G.N.S).
The two-day heat wave which saw
the mercury climb to record highs
on successive days broke slightly
early today after accounting for
% lives and some two dozen pros
trations in the metropolitan area
Heavy thunder showers cooled
the blistering streets. and cooler
temperatures were promised for
the rest of the day, though it was
predicted the weekend would re-
main warm.
OF the deaths added to the heat
toll yesterday five were directly
ascribed to prostrations, 10 were
drownings, and one a suicide.
BOSTON, July 10 G.N.S0.-
Eight New Englanders dead and
10 injured followed today in the
wake Of series of thunder, light
ming and rain storms, breaking a
hot wave, which, during the past
IL hours, caused seven deaths
from prostration and three drown.
ingS.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
STRATOSPHERE
BAG COLLAPSE
INVESTIGATED
Sponsors of Projected Flight
Still Mystified by Wreck
ing OF Balloon

RAPID CITY, s. D., July 10
G.N.SD-The probe into the
disaster of Explorer II, Strato-
sphere balloon that collapsed be-
fore it could take off from Moon
light Valley, here, will get under
way today, according to National
Geographic Society and Army Air
Corps officers.
Just as the flight personnel as
sembled for an inspection Of the
huge bag late yesterday threats
Of rain forced a postponement.
The bag was put under tarpaulin
and will be unrolled today II
weather permits.
Cause of the collapse remained
a mystery, with Capt. A. w. Stew
ems, flight commander, and Capt.
o. A. Anderson, pilot, reiterating,
sadly, that the second failure Of
the shakespeare flight in two
years "just didn't make sense"
Many rumors were rife. Cap.
tain Anderson, however, said it
was impossible to give any ex.
PLANTATION Of the collapse until
the fabric Of the huge bag had
been examined. Captain Ander.
son went over the nearly three
acres of cloth in the balloon for
several hours before initiation was
completed. He snapped ba OK
folds, pried every spot for flaws.
Rumors that a shot had been
fired at the balloon from the rim
of the bowl were discounted by
Army officers and National Geo.
graphic officials.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
Nurses Making
More Addicts,
Judge Claims

BLUEFIELD, w. Va, July Is
0.N.S0 .-Bridge-playing nurses
who quiet their patients with a
hypodermic needle rather than
break up their card game, are
causing many neglected patients
to become drug addicts. That
was the blunt and unusual
statement made here recently
by Federal Judge George w.
McClintic in a general charge
to a grand jury about to con-
slider a docket Of Federal cases.
Judge McClintic said:
"MOre and more, people in
jured in automobile accidents
are leaving hospitals addicted
to the narcotic habit. All too
frequently, it Is because nurses
are applying the hypOdermic
needle to those patients so they
can continue their bridge games
at night"
Although he said he had been
excoriated by nurses associa-
lions and hospitals for so ex-
pressing himself before. he in
sisted, II still believe it's true"
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
Gas GIVES
POLICE TEST

LAUREL, Nd, July 13.-Al-
though tear gas is intended for
use by policemen and not on them,
a large detachment of State and
county policemen, tears flowing
freely from red eyes, battled their
way through a heavy barrage OF
several new types of gases near
here yesterday to experience them
selves some of the effects Of the
gases which they are occasionally
expected to use upon mobs and
gangsters.
The occasion was a demonstra-
ton of the use and comparative
effectiveness of various types Of
smoke and invisible tear and sick.
ening gases, as well as the accu,
racy of riot gas guns at long dis
tances.
The riot gas guns. designed pri'
marily for use against barrlcaded
bandits where accuracy is neces
sary to enable the policemen to
shoot through windows from a
distance, discharge streamlined
projectileS which explode upon
impact by means of an instanta
neous impact fuse.
approximately 80 State and
county policemen and officers, as
we'll as police officials from Balti
more, participated in the demon
stration, which was held at an
old deserted farmhouse at a safe
distance from the highway.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
W. Jet, Virginia
Merchant, Dead

LURAY. Va, July 13.-Burial
of William Leo Jet. so, prominent
and wealthy retired merchant of
Page county, and member of the
prominent Warren county family
of the same name, takes place
today at Front Royal. He died
at his home at Stanley where he
had been an invalid for six years.
Services were held at Stanley this
morning with short services in
Front Royal later.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
WATCH MARKET
HIT BLOW BY
SNUGGLERS
100000 Movements Believed
Brought in Last Year;
Federal Law Scored

Struggled watch movements
numbering more than one-halt
of the total domestic production
are now hanging over the Ameri-
can market, largely through the
workings of existing Federal laws
which require all watches seized
for illegal entry to be sold at pub
lie auction.
This was the charge made today
BY representative watch makers in
the wake of the arrest Of a food
supervisor, employed by a foreign
steamship concern, when he tried
to 90 ashore at New York city
two days ago with 2,028 watch
movements worth $4,000 secreted
about his person.
From September II, 1929, t.
November IA, 1892, the Customs
Bureau of the Treasury Depart
ment reports that 91,843 watches
and movements valued in domeS-
tic markets at $366,915 were
seized.
Made 48 Seizures
During the period January l,
1882, to April IS, 1888, 48 seizures
were made by Customs, involving
114,099 movements worth $425,-
S36.
The watch manufacturers esti.
mate that only about 10 per cent
of the total smuggled watches are
seized by Customs men. This esti'
mate is questioned at Customs
headquarters, however, and an Of
fetal of the service says the num-
Der which enter the country un'
detected is "anybody's guess"
American watch manufacturers
say it takes a skilled American
workman just 1917 hours to pro-
duce the average watch.
Domestic manufacturers be-
lieve that more than 100000
movements were struggled into
this country last year. If this eS-
innate is accurate, approximately
72,500,0OO hours of labor were
Snatched from American workers
by the European competitors.
Gets Higher Profit
Watches seized in customs and
sold at auction frequently are
purchased either by the princi-
pals or the agents Of the SNUG.
glers themselves, it is believed.
The watches are then resold to
dealers at levels to which Ameri-
can manufacturers can not hope
to descend, and at which the
smuggler gets a higher profit re-
turn than if he had paid the reg
ular customs charges, according
to the domestic watch makers.
But apparently nothing can be
done to correct this condition
under present law. AS customs
men point out, the enforcement
of the tariff on watch movements
is dependent on the ability to get
cooperation from outsiders who
have information concerning spe'
cific shipments.
Since payment for these Serv-
ices can only be made from the
proceeds of the sale Of the par
ticular lot Of movements seized,
as q result of the information
given it is argued that the SuSpen-
sion of the sale of the movements
would "paralyze" enforcement.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
CAPITAL GETS
HEAT RELIEF
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mometer reaching SO at 2:3O. One
man died as result of the heat
and seven were Frustrated.
Last night also was one of the
most torrid of the year. At mid
night the temperature had
dropped only to 50, and by 5 a.
m. had declined slowly to 76.
With the rising of the sun, 1t
began to look as though another
scorcher were underway. as the
temperature was up to 10 again
at 6 a. m.
But then the skies began to
cloud, and a. three-degree drop in
the thermometer had taken place
by 7 a. m. BY 8 a. m. it had
slipped to 70 and then it took a
ree-degree jump by 9 a. m. BY
noon it had settled a little
above 10.
The Weather Bureau early to-
day predicted fair and cooler to
day and Sunday.
FarKS were 1ll1eQ WIN SleepeTS.
seeking relief from the heat of
their rooms last night, and
throughout the earlier part of
the evening the roads in the
parks and the highways in cooler
nearby sections were damned
with Washingtonians craving a
breath of cool air.
The local heat death yesterday
was that of Joseph Donovan, As,
of the 1700 block of Ninth St.
N. w., who fell dead in the base
ment of the Hamilton H otel.
Heart disease, superinduced by the
heat, caused the death, physi-
clans said.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
DOLE LENDS AID
To STORK'S JOB

The stork, despite or because Of
the depression, was one Of the
busiest birds in the world during
1884.
He delivered more small
strangers last year than in any
OF the preceding ten, according,
to the latest reports of the Census
Bureau. The reason, DR.. Leon
Truesdell, population expert said,
is that there were more marriages
in 1888.
And what's more, the 1885 crop
OF babies promises to be better
one.
DR.. Truesdell said: ..
zone factor is relief. The
survey shows families on the
dole have more babies than
Others
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
Man, Girl Beaten
At Soldiers Home

A young man and woman, seek
ing relief from the heat last night
on the spacious grounds of the
Soldiers Home, were the victims
Of a thief who beat them with an
iron bar.
Archie R. Beach, Is, of the 500
block of Shepherd st. N. w.. said
the man hit him on the head and
arm with the bar, then turned on
Louise Gibbons, 81, of the 1900
block Of D st. N. E., who was with
him, and struck her on the jaw.
The attacker made off with Miss
Gibbons pocketbook, containing
about $1S. The two were treated
at Soldiers Home Hospital.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
TREES SHIFTED
To D. {. PARKS

The widening of F Street be-
tween Seventh and Ninth Streets
Northwest is bringing about
changes in the appearance of that
street already.
Trees are being removed from
the two blocks and transplante6
in local parks e..
The project is one which was
sponsored by The Times and bus
mess leaders in the affected area.
For years the one-way automobile
traffic and tWo-way street car
traffic has caused a bottlenecG in
these two blocks and has caused
considerable confusion,
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
Conditions Told
At Prison Camp

CHARLOTTE, N. c., July 10.
Five witnesses yesterday de-
scribed conditions at a Mecklen-
burg county prison camp where
two young colored men contracted
a disease which neceSsitated am
putation of their feet. Former
camp officials superintendent,
a physician and three guards
are charged with manning, tortVlr.
ing and neglecting the prisoners.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
Will Rogers
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Cal, July
1S.-NOw they find that Italy is
after the trade Of Abyssinia.
The Japanese are in there, they
are underselling everybody all
over the world. Well, a few
years ago when we thought we
had a patent on mass prOduc.
ton, we were underselling every.
body. England wants Italy to
lay off AbySsinian territory, yet
look at the map. They control
three sides of Abyssinia them.
selves. They have already got
theirs. So you see there is two
sides to every argument, and its
Ill = matter Of who's dog Is bit. "
Copyright 1885, BY McNaught Syndicat,
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
MAN ENDS LIFE

Leaving a two page note to his
wife, Theophilus Honour yester-
day ended his life by gas in the
kitchen of his apartment in the
1900 block New Hampshire Ave.
He was found sometime afterward
by his wife, Mrs. Mabelle Honour,
who called the rescue squad.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
Junk Shops Eyed
For Stolen Copper

Police today warned all junk
shops and other places where old
copper or brass might be sold to
hold for arrest anyone attempting
to sell a large amount Of copper
cable.
This warning came after the
report by Buddy Barrett, Inc,
1900 block Wisconsin Ave-. that
5000 feet of double insulated cop
per strand cable, worth $1,000,
had been stolen from their store
ward last night,
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
Love Flier' Lands
Plane at Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,
July 13-Juan Ignacio Pombo,
the Spanish transatlantic
filler, on a Spain-to-MeXico City
flight to visit his sweetheart, Maria
Elena Rivera, 10, arrived yesterday
afternoon from Paramaribo. Dutch
Guiana, 500 miles southeast OF
here.
The Washington times., 1935-07-13
Priest Sparks Boy
For Hitler Salute

ERFURT, Germany, July 10
A Catholic priest, name not re-
vealed, is held in protective
custody at Birkungen today for
thrashing Hitherto youth who
had greeted him with Hell
Hitler" Parading youths halted
and saluted the priest, who seized
the nearest youngster and whip
ped him.
Smyrna times., 1935-11-07
.CORN-HOG PLAN
BASED ON PORK
United States A nm Oun c e S
Loan of FOrty-five Cents
on This Years Crop
2 YEAR STORING PLAN

The AAA corn-hog section has
concentrated on the problem of
providing more pork for next year
Secretary Wallace's announcement
last week of a Ascent corn loan for
the 1885 crop removed the lending
policy from among the major wor-
ries for the present, and prepara-
tions were made for a gathering
of farmers to work on the new
corn-hog control contracts for
1885. Producers from the princi-
pal corn-hog States will meet for
a weeks session to tell the AAA
what they think the contracts
should provide. The AAA already
has made known the aim will be
to increase hog production. Upon
the farmers suggestions, AAA Ad-
ministrator Chester c. Davis said,
the new corn-hog program will be
drafted. Current in some quarters
was talk that the farmers may be
asked for their view on the "ever-
normal granary" plan legalized by
the AAA amendments. This would
call for storage of crops on farms
in good years so they can be utiliz-
ed in poor years. Secretary Wal
lace, long an advocate of the plan.
called attention to a new require
ment for qualification for a corn
loan this year. He said that cribs
in which loan corn" is stored
must be capable of storing the corn
safely for two years. This re-
quirement, he added. might be or
might not be" the beginning of the
ever-normal granary. The corn
loans will spe made available after
December / on field corn husked
Smyrna times., 1935-11-07
2 GAS DEPors ROBBED OF s74
Newark Attendant LockeI in Room:
Eiktcn Man Is Tied Up

Locking Up one attendant in a
washroom and trusting up another
with ropes, robbers Thursday night
looted a Sun Oil Co. filling station
at Newark Of S39 and a Standard
Oil station at Elkton, Md, cf $35
between the hours of ten and elev-
en- o'clock as the Halloween revel-
ry in both towns began to wane.
While the Newark robbery was
handled by cool young man who
hanG.ed q gun Ike a veteran and
wore no mask, the Elkton holdup
was done by two men who wore
masks and some kind of costumes.
This leads the authorities to be
lieve that the pair first robbed the
Elkton place in their masquerade
attire, than disposed of the mas
querade and descended upon the
Newark station for a single handed
hold-up, while one of them waited
in an automobile nearby for the
getaway.
Smyrna times., 1935-11-07

Through the passing years they
witnessed the transition from the
square ?rigged vessels and crude
cannon of revolutionary times, to
the floating fortresses of steel and
machinery that constitute our mod
ern Navy.
/ The family album of the Marines
shows how the powdered wigs and
burbelows of Washington's time
were superseded by the less ornate
equipment of the Mexican War
Styles in headgear have ranged
from the circular chapeaux of ITS,
to the slant-roofed kept of the Civil
War,f thence to the pith helmet
and visored cap of 1885.
/ Stiff leather stocks, once worn
/ by them, have long since been
abolished. It was this addition to
their uniform that won them the
soubriouet of 'Leatherneck," once
an Objectionable nickname, but
now accepted by the sea soldiers
as a legendary title of merit and
distinction.
Times move rapidly. The Tun
Tavern disappeared, along with its
colonial surroundings. In the
march of progress it was swept
away to make room for a modern
warehouse, which now stands on
the spot where little band of sea-
going patriots gathered some 160
years ago.
They were the first U. S. Marines
authorized by the resolution of No
vember 10, group of rough and
reavy men, equipped with musket
and cutlas, who were prepared to
give their first service to their
country-a service that has been
faithfully rendered for eight score
years.
Smyrna times., 1935-11-07

last minute buyers. Two ideas
that the game commission wants
to impress on gunners this year,
Mr.. Foster said, are: First, that all
the gunners must be safety con-
scious and, second, that they must
learn to respect the rights of farm
ers and ask for permission to gun
on their land. 1--WE are preparing
a list of safety rules that we hope
will assist in promoting safety in
the handling of guns and in few
days will publish it." Mr.. Foster
said. Rabbits and birds are plen-
tiful in some sections of all three
counties, Mr.. Foster declared. "a
great number of these animals
have been killed along the roads by
automobiles. That is usually an
indication of good cunning" The
gray squirrel season closed at sun
down Thursday night and accord
ing to reports from gunners they
had successful year. So for the
next two weeks gunners will have
to content themselves with staring
into the fire and spinning yarns
about their great shots of last
year.