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The Washington times., 1935-10-19
Big Fleet
Stays On
Guard
Copyright. 1885. by International
News Service)

LONDON, Oct. 19.-The great
British fleet massed in the Med
iterranean will remain there for
the time being, it was stated Of
ficially today.
In comment on the important
diplomatic exchanges in London,
Paris, and Rome during the past
48 hours, it was stated there will
be no change in the British fleet
dispositions until there is a "satis-
factory manifestation" that an
improved atmosphere prevails.
Then "it is possible" Britain
may alter her present fleet dis
positions.
Great Satisfaction
This statement of the British
position refuted published reports
Britain already had agreed to
withdraw part of her big fleet
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REP. K|MBALL
SUCCUNBS

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Oct. 10
G.N.S0. - Representative Henry
M. Kimball (RJ of the Third
Michigan district. died here early
today after a long illness.
On July 8, he returned here
from washington after weeks of
illness. At that time, he was re-
ported considerably improved, but
remained under care of a phySi-
clan.
DR.. Walter BenbIeyker, his per-
Sonal physician, blamed the heavy
work of the congressional session
for the Representatives. death. He
said:
81 believe he Overtaxed him.
self with legislative work. If you
recall, it was very hot in Wash
ingtOn in July, and the two
facts superinduced a cerebral
hemOrrhage."
OedGn Oh representative <1SL1Iy
M. Kimball (R) of Michigan
raised the total of deaths of
House members since the 1882
election to five.
The party lineup will now
stand, 316 Democrats, 103 Repub-
licans, 3 Farmer-LaboriteS, Z
ProgresSives and 6 vacancies,
some of the vacancies being due
to designations.
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GRAND JURY
GETS CASE
NOV. Il
Z Officers in Staying
Probe Absent on
Secret Mission

Two members Of the special de-
tective squad assigned to investi-
gate the staying Of Allen B. VIII
son, newspaper route agent, still
were out of town today on a mys-
terious mission.
washington police end Mont
gomery county authorities mean
while put the finishing touches to
their case against suspects held
here.
It was learned that Lieut.. Floyd
Truscott and Detective Sergeant
Earl Hartman are not proceeding
to San Francisco to bring back
John "Slim" Dunn. now serving
O 15.yeAr sentence at Alcatraz,
police believe. was one of the pri1-
cipals in the killing of Wilson,
who was struck down last year by
bullets intended for Edward
mickey" Mcdonald. in front Of
whose Takoma Park MD home
the shooting occurred.
May Send for Dunn
An official of the Federal Bur-
eau of Prisons disclosed today
that no plans had been suggested
for the removal of Dunn from
Alcatraz.
Federal authorities, however,
the official added, are ready to
acquiesce in a request for the re-
moval of the gangster to Wash
ington to answer the charges
made against him in the Wilson
case.
Case Nearly Ready
Police officials remained silent
when questioned as to the where
abouts of Lieutenant TruScott and
Detective Sergeant Hartman. The
third member of the squad as
signed to the Wilson case, John
Fowler, is in Washington.
James H. Pugh, Montgomery
county States attorney, indicated
there are several angles of the
case which are yet to be cleared
up before details of the year-old
mystery can be told the grand
jury, which conVenes Novem-
ber IL.
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Peace Negotiations
Directed by Pope

high Vatican officials enjoying
the Pontiff's confidence.
The suggestion that Pope Plus
was responsible in large measure
for the peace progress already
made was not denied.
The idea underlying the Vati-
cans peace efforts was that the
territorial and economic conces-
sions by England would give Italy
her needed expansion" This ex'
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ITALIANS PLAN
NEW DRIVE
BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Copyright. 1885. by International
News Service)


ASMARA, Eritrea, Oct. II (7:50
p. m. Via Rome. Delayed With
Gen. Ruggiero Santini's forward
line presently is miles south by
southeast of Adigrat, it was de-
clared there was plenty of activity
in that sector.
Details of the action were lack
ing here, but there were several
indications of concerted Italian
effort.
italian reconnaissance planes
have been active over that region
for many days, and Italian mill
tary leaders have a thorough
knowledge of the area.
Know What to Expect
They know Just how much op-
position to expect. Whatever their
(Coatinued on Page 2, Col 81
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Copyright, 1885. by International
News Servicel

VATICAN CITY, Oct. 10
G.N.SO.-Striving with all the
weight of his high spiritual Of
flee, Pope Plus is directing peace
negotiations aimed at persuading
England to make both territorial
and economic concessions to Italy
to settle the European and east
African war crises.
This was learned by Interna-
tionaI News Service today from
The Washington times., 1935-10-19
LiQuor Firm Draws
Fire Of Trade Unit
International News Service

The Federal Trade Commits
sion today issued a complaint
against Pennsylvania Whiskey Dis
tributing Corporation, of Brook
lyn, N. Y, alleging representation
of the company as a distiller by
abbreyiation of the word "distri-
buting" to "dist." in its corporate
name, and in other ways, when in
fact it is not a distiller.
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VS.. Gardiner
Due LIN New Bout

the office in the absence of Dis
trict Attorney Leslie C. Garnett
After a conference that lasted
nearly half an hour Mr.. Pine an
nounced:
"Mr. Sheehy demanded a war
rant for Mr.. Gardner's arrest.
1t was explained to him that in
cases of simple assault where
there is no danger that the
accused might flee the jurisdic-
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. 81
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Ships Little Damaged
In Golden Gate Crash

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10
GNS.-The Steamer Margaret
johnson and tanker Tulsagas col
lided off the Golden Gate early
today.
Neither vessel, according to the
marine lookout of the Chamber of
Commerce, was badly damaged.
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PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE:
We must have no caresness dealings with public property

Fair tonight and probably tOmOTroSO; not
much change in temperature; moderate
southtDest winds.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
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Champion Dies During
Attack While BoWIinu

REVERE, Mass, Oct. 10 G.N.S.O
Athol H. Millar, So, winner of the
National Duckpin Congress bowling
championship and former holder
of worlds bowling records, was
dead today, victim of a heart
attack suffered in his bowling
alley.
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First Bonus Since '29
Due This Christmas
Along Wall Street

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 U.N.S).
Hundreds of Wall Street en-
ployes will receive their first
Christmas bonuses this year
since 1929 as result of the
current boom market, an unof-
ficial survey revealed today.
other firms have begun the
restoration of pay cuts. EN-
ployment has increased approx
mately IS per cent.
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Sligo Park Meeting

SILVER SPRING, Md, Oct. 49,
The next regular meeting Of the
Sligo Park Hills Citizens ASsocia.
tion will be held wednesday at 8
p. m. in the JeSsup Blair Com,
munity House, Silver Spring,
Harry Trainor, president. will pre-
side.
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Listen, World
By Elsie Robinson

apt to prove superfluous, II not
downright embarrassing.
For consider our young men.
Now, I ask you-just what
would Clarence and Percy, Reg
gle and Ronny do with a S foot,
II inch parachute jumperess,
who wears a size 16 collar and
drives tractors or rivets boilers
Just to keep her wrist action
smooth? Not so cuddley, boys,
huh? In fact, from any mascu-
line American viewpoint, a de-
cided matrimonial menace.
Indeed, most of us seem to
have the same notion. There
are hundreds of columns on
beauty and charm-but did you
ever see one on grit for gals?
Or look at the ads. There are
screams, sobs, snorts and shriekS
of horror at the thought of
roughened hands or the slight
est blot or blemish on the skin
adoring gents should love to
touch.
But did you ever hear any
signs of regret, much less
shouts of warning about yellow
streaks in the character? No,
you didn't. Who cares a boot
about character as long as
there's a Grade A complexion?
SEEKS BEAUTY
Wisecracks aside, that is &C
tually what and how we feel
about females in America, in
1885. That is the goal toward
which every girl, rich or poor,
bright or stupid, bends her eff
forts. And you may laud intel
ligence and eulogize the higher
things of life till you're blue in
the face-but Mamie will read
the fashion notes and save her
nickels for a new tissue cream
every time.
So what? Who, do YOU
think, is going to be ahead in
the long run? Russia, with its
jumping JoSies, walloping Win
MES and brawny BessieS? Or
: America with it's helpless Hat
ties and beautiful-but-blah Be
lindaS?
Copyright, 1885, King Features
Syndicate 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-08-06

vent the use Senator Norris
Of Federal official patronage in
elections and to prohibit Fed
eral office holders from misuse
of positions Of public trust for
private and partisan ends"
The effect of this is clearly
set forth in its two sections.
The first Of these reads as
follows:
"That no person holding an
apE'ointive office of trust or
profit under the Government of
the United States shall be an
officer, delegate, or alternate of
any political convention having
for its aim the nomination or
election of any candidate,
avowed or unavOwed, for Presi-
dent or Vice President of the
United States"
SIGNIFICANT
And in Section l of this
brief legislative proposal it is
provided that violations of Sec
ton 2 shall be punishable "by
fine of not more than $1,000
and by loss of the official posi-
ton Of such person committing
such violation"
Substantially the same bill
was first introduced in the Sen
ate on June 10, 1888. It was
referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary of which Senator
AshurSt of Arizana is the able
chairman. The committee after
careful consideration reported
the bill to the Senate with GER
tain amendments. This was on
March rs, 1884.
The bill as amended passed
the Senate May 10 of that year.
It was favorably reported to the
House of Representatives by it's
Committee on Judiciary and
took its place on the House cal
endar.
When this bill was called up
its consideration was objected to
by a Democratic Congressman
and the measure died with the
adjournment of the last Con.
gresS.
The pending bill concerning
which Senator Norris has not
yet broken his silence was in
troduced January 7, 1885. It is
the same bill which the Senate
passed a year ago. This time,
however, objections to the con-
Sideration of this measure have
come not from Democratic
members of the House, but from
Democratic members of the
Senate.
Significantly enough one of
the chief Senatorial DIRECTORS to
The Washington times., 1935-08-06

the Misses Yakoleva, Kamneva,
Fyedeova and Savchenko a par
ticle. For these spunky young
persons are modern Russians.
And that's the sort of thing the
Communists expect their ladies
to do.
Maybe you've noticed their
pictures in the rotogravure Sec
tons? Not only these four, but
dozens more. Big, husky lassieS
in flying tog+goggles pushed
back above their shining eyes
and laughing mouths. Or, if you
prefer 'em marching, there are
Stalwart squads, parading in
shorts-their big, bronzed thighs
swinging, their strong shoulders
swaying to the drums. Pretty?
Perhaps-but you don't notice
it. You're too busy thinking how
you'd hate to tangle with any Of
them in an argument.
BRAVERY DEMANDED
Yet this, declares the Soviet,
is exactly as things should be.
Bravery. not beauty, is what
counts in a woman. Punch pow
er and backbone. And why not;
say they? Women were never
intended to be "the weaker SEX"
They were meant to be-and
can be-aS strong as men and
as gritty. If not more so! A
timid woman? She's as shame
full and as great a nuisance as a
cowardly man.
What's more, they protest,
women really like danger. Pre-
fer risky lives to cosy ones. To
prove it, the Soviet ordered all
the school girls to learn flying
and parachute jumping. And.
from all published reports, it
would have required wild horses
to keep any of those agile ANA
IONS on the ground.
All Of which sounds perfectly
horrid to our American notion.
Yet, once upon a time we ad-
mired gritty gals. Consider our
Pilgrim mothers. But the fad
went out, long since. Now we
like 'em limp and lovely. We
have, to be sure. some who are
plenty lively as well. Amelia
Earhart - Mrs. Lindbergh -
Helen Wills. But, generally
speaking, we want them scenic.
and either brains or Drawn are
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The Human Side of the News
By Edwin C.. Hill

leaving the table and flying
through the window, and a tea
pot jumping into a wood-box.
The police investigation failed
to reveal anything unusual.
Most people do not believe in
ghosts, but great many do.
Elliott O'Donnell, British au-
thor and lecturer, is a Staunch
believer in ghosts. Among his
SO books is one entitled Fam
lily Ghosts" which deals with
the banshees of Ireland. Mr..
O'Donnell has a theory, growing
out of long study of the subject,
that "the human imagination is
so powerful that it actually can
send images into the air-per-
haps very much like sound
waves that still linger in the air
long after the voice that pro-
duced them has ceased"
This projection of the imagi-
nation is common to lunatics,
he holds, and investigation has
proved to him that most haunt
ed houses were once occupied by
mentally unbalanced persons. 1t
also occurs, he thinks, to per.
sons in time of great distress.
ELEMENTAL SPIRITS"
81 know this projection of the
Imagination can take place" says
the author. 81 succeeded once
partly in q fit Of nostalgia,
partly through conscious will
in projecting myself into my
home from a distance 50 clearly
that when I did arrive, my wife,
who believed she had seen a
ghost, was much relieved that
was alive.
81 believe the whole theory
of ghosts is bound up in this,
and that some day we will
know that it is q natural phe-
nOmena-a powerful, imagina-
tive image projected into the
ether, just as televiSiOn will pro-
ject images through the ether"
Ghosts never harm anybody,
says Mr.. O'Donnell, except in
directly, which is the effect the
image has upon the imagination
Of the person who comes in con-
tact with it. Yet he believes
that there are some harmful evil
spirits.
These" he says, "are eIe-
mental spirits and they inhabit
certain woods, such as a section
Of the forest Of FOntainebleau,
the woods at RambOuIIiett, and
there are certain trees in Hyde
Park where even q London
tramp knows better than to
Sleep"
Copyright. 1895. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-08-06

of Arizone was in the group.
At this point he spoke up TO
murmur:
ut is the Squeaking axle that
always gets the grease"
One committee Of the House
which has not been overly &C
tive at this, or any other, SEES
sion is that of Coinage, Weights
and Measures.
Headed by Representative
Andrew L. Somers, Democrat OF
New York, it did manage, how
ever, to have a silver bill re-
ferred to it so that the boys
would not want for work.
Mr.. Somers tells that when
the bill was referred he believed
himself somewhat rusty on the
subject of silver and secured
ponderous tones from which to
CLEAN knowledge og the eco
Monies of the white metal.
Not so long thereafter, SOmers
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Once Overs

you might have gotten started
in something that would have
meant greater success than
that which you have attained.
Or you might have learned
facts which only hard knocks
have taught you.
Young men need the advice
and guidance of older, expert
enced men.
It is hard for young men to
get a start nowadays.
Often they become discour"
aged failures, when, if someone
had assisted at the right time,
they might have had a bright
future in a chosen work.
Too often youth turns down
what it can get to while waiting
for just what it wants.
That is not always good judg-
ment; an older head could ex-
plain it.
The Washington times., 1935-08-06
Furniture and Furs

Mothers of families seeking to spend wisely the moneys Of
the household should know that the month Of August the
month in which merchants concentrate the greatest pos
sible bargains in FURNITURE AND FURs.
Ordinarily if merchants would allow it. August would be
dead month";" blank pause between the buying for
spring and summer and the buying for fall and winter.
But merchants of energy and intelligence do NOT allow it,
Their Overhead" rent wages light taxes, especially 60
on through every month and able merchants determined
that there shall be dead month among the twelve
In August they concentrate bargains in direction
and especially on bargains in FURNITURE AND FURs
Special offerings frs that include real savings
peal to women that buy carefully They realize that winter
snow ice and cold winds will come in the usual
buying NOW can quarter, third more Of
the total price, the wise purchaser wants to know it,
Read bargain advertisements through the month of August
every day. every lne furniture and urs especalyt
will pay you.
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sists that the 135-year-old place
is crowded with ghosts. Her
explanation is that the spirits
were angry and wouldn't go
through their PAGES for the
edification or horror Of an au-
dience.
Such is the way with ghosts
and ghost stories. Half of
them are exploded and the
other half cannot be explained.
The two last ghost stories to
break into the news were from
Zaragoza, Spain, and Perth,
Ontario. The Spanish affair
had that country on edge for
a week. It took the form of
a ghostly voice in an apart
ment house. Excursion trains
were run from the points near
Zaragoza to look at the house.
The crowds grew so dense
that traffic had to be diverted
from the street in which stood
the haunted house. Doctors,
psychic research workers and
scientists were put on the job
by the Spanish authorities and
in the end they traced the voice
to servant girl who, they said,
was an unconscious ventrilo-
quist." According to the ex-
aiming magistrate, a genuine
psychic was produced in GER
tain circumstances" but he did
not explain this further.
Spirtuahsts maintain that the
girl was acting as medium.
CANADIAN STORIES
The Canadian ghost infested
the farmhouse Of Joseph Quinn,
lately moved from Detroit to
Ontario. The story told by
the Quinns and attested to by
other witnesses related such
happenings as a cup and saucer
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Playground Shortage

The woeful LACK OF ADEQUATE Fairgrounds in
Washington be traced directly to the failure of Congress
out its implied obligation under the
act enacted several years ago.
supposed to solve the park and playground
problem for years.
to give the city adequate play spaces and to provide
for proper development Of the local park system
The sold to the District largely by Federal
officials who at that time were attempting TO strengthen
their grip what should be PURELY LOCAL FUNCTION
furnishing of play space for the citys children
There sound idea behind the Capper act but
whatever benefits urked in that bill have now been LOST
Under the the District borrow sixteen million
dollars from the Federal Government the money to be paid
back at the rate of million dollars year.
Equipped with this the city to buy necessary park
Pr Ps1d playground 'no "nSn '"' l'"D was "''' wv
That would have been all to the good it had been
phed and the city undoubtedly would have been able TO BUY
choice and much needed sites w
But the Federal Government loaned the sixteen million
dollars and consequently the city was never able 10 take ao
vantage of low realty prices. .
Now prices going under the STEADILY
RETURNING PROSPERITY of the National Capital
With prices going up and choice playground land being
withdrawn from the market Congress ABOUT TO advance
eight hundred thousand dollars under the act
In other words the time haOing passed Ohen advantage
could properly be taken of the opportunities ofere
under that act Congress uOiH proceed to put it
into effect.
There an interesting thing about the way Congress treated
the District under this act .
Three or four millions were advanced under the act shortly
But although that was only small part Of the originally
contemplated oan the District forced to pay back the
same insamen that would have had to pay had the entire
sum been loaned.
In the face of the record Of Congress under the Cappr
Cramon act it amazing that members of that body and
other Federal officials should continue telling Washington
what marvellous things the Federal Government doing to
provide adequate play space for the city.
THE DEFICIENCY OF FAIRGROUNDS, AND IT IS A
SERIOUS DEFICIENCY, IS IN LARGE MEASURE DUE TO
THE FAILURE OF CONGRESS TO CARRY OUT ITS OBL1-
CATIONS UNDER THE CAPPERCRAMTON ACT. -
And that failure should be enough to put
on guard against the ndou campaign by which Federal
ficias are perseny encroachng control Of local
facilities
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Give Youth A Break"

Give Youth A Break"
You might do something for
the young fellow who is trying
to establish himself in what he
considers his future line Of
work.
He may be floundering, try
ing to gain a foothold.
Parents may have advised
him, but advice from home
sources do not make the i'm
preston which comes from one
outside the family.
The fact that you show inter.
est in him and his desire to
make good spurs the youngster
to a Surer success.
You may remember the be-
Rod in your own life when the
right sort Of advice might have
made a great change in you.
II you had had good advice
The Washington times., 1935-08-06

A group of Senator's mere
having an earnest discussion
the other day concerning the
plight of the doUntrodden farm
erS.
After many suggestions had
been offered concerning pana-
ceas in the form Of legislation
that might be sponsored to help
the tiIlers of the fields, a new
note crept in.
The response from other
Senators was that there was a
reason for the continuing ap-
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group of art
lists who sat
in it a l !
through the
n i g h t wait
ing for the
ghosts. All
they h e a r d
W a S t h e
breaking Of a
DISH, q SOuAlO
which t h e y
c o u ! d n t
trace. How
e v r, M r S.
Ralph H a r
low, it's own
1Asl1 iNN