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The Washington times., 1935-07-23

"G.Men Game" pays off!
Marjorie Hoover, 800 block Of
Fourteenth st. N. E., was the
first in today's mail to identify
the print of her middle finger.
1t was published as No. 81, and
Marjorie will be mailed S..
Hundreds of others are finding
it great fun participating in the
"G-Men Game" with the majority
Of published prints so far correctly
identified and "G-Men Game"
pays off. Added to this fun are
news accounts of fingerprint oper-
ationS by G.Men and police.
In Crime News
Identification by fingerprintS Is
rapidly becoming acknowledged as
the one unfailing method. There
follows an excellent example in
the days news.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, July
1S.-Hoping that he would ap-
pear, but doubling 1t, G-Men at
tended District Court today,
where william E. Meade was due
to be arraigned on q minor au.
tomObile charge. The G.Men's
doubts were correct. Meade
failed to appear.
"Not until after he had been
released on bail several days ago,
refusing to identify himself, was
it discovered that he Is the long
sought william e. Meade, de-
cIared to have been involved in
the 100000 Brewer kidnapping"
"Mesde's fingertips had been
mutilated with acid, but despite
the attempts to destroy the fin.
gerprint whOrlS, J. Edgar Hoo
ver's G.Men in Washington iden-
titled them as those Of Meade,
who had given his name as Car
ter. sought for 18 months"
The print of only one finger. for
participation in "G.Men Game" !"
with an excellent chance to enjoy
the contest and receive SIS award,
does not approach the thorough.
ness of professional Omen finger.
prints-of all fingers.
"G.Men Game" requires a clear
print of only one middle finger.
The only Identification purpose in.
The Washington times., 1935-07-23
JEWS BATTLE
n. Y. RIOTERS

NEW YORK, July % CU.s).
Attempts of outside elements"
to break up IN emergency con.
ference called by the American
Jewish Congress to protest re-
cent revival Of persecution of
Jews in Germany last night re-
suited in fist fights in the Penn
sylvania Hotel.
"'he fighting broke out when
q group Of men-some two dozen
or more-attempted to force
their way into the already over
crowded grand ballroom where
the conference was in session
and more than 2,000 were in
attendance.
The Washington times., 1935-07-23
Five in Mail Robbery
Given IT Years Each

BOSTON, July % U.N.SO.-1n
heavily guarded Federal Court,
Carlo Rettich, Rhode Island
"crime syndicate chief" and his
lieutenants. Joseph Fisher, of Prov.
idence; John McGlone. Thomas
Dugan and Charles Harrigan. the
latter trio of New York, yester-
day were sentenced to ~ years
each in Federal penitentiary by
Judge Hugh D. Mcclellan for the
$129, 900 FAN River postal truck
robbery last January.
The Washington times., 1935-07-23
SWIGER PRAYS
KNEELINGAT
DEATH CHAIR

COLUMBUS, Ohio. July 23
U.N.S0 They took the body Of
Russell Swiger, 21-year-old mur.
derer, back to GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
today for burial in the town where
on September "a, 1884, he killed
Harold Fleming, 19, a filling sta
ton attendant, because stick-up
netted him only $14.
ck.lipped, dull-witted Swiger,
who turned evangelist in death row,
died in the electric chair at Ohio
State Penitentiary last night after
delivering a sermon" to official
witnesses.
Society, the warden and guards
who adjusted the electrodes, he
forgave; likewise Gov. Martin L.
Davey, who turned down his plea
for executive clemency.
Coming Back"
Carried away by religious fer.
vor, Swiger stood upright before
the ugly lethal chair and for five
minutes lectured the witnesses.
He began:
Gentlemen, you'll see the
greatest miracle you have ever
seen performed here tonight.
I'm coming back in body and
SOUL"
OF solace in his last few hours
was a telegram Swiger received
Monday afternoon from Grace
Mitchell, Pittsburgh radio singer
whom the slayer adored. Guards
said it read:
my spirit is with you. I'm
praying for you"
It was to obtain funds to
finance a trip to Pittsburgh to
court Miss Mitchell that Swiger
claimed he robbed the GAINESVILLE
filling station, shooting Fleming
when he discovered only $l4 in
the till.
Asks Leave to Talk
Miss Mitchell's name was on
the killers lips as the current shot
through his rigid body.
Swiger walked unaided to the
chair. There was no trace Of
nervousness. Turning to Warden
j. C. Woodard, he asked and re"
ceived permission to address the
audience. He spoke:
II don't hold anything against
the warden or the guards. God
forgive them: they know not
what they do"
His sermon" finished, Swiger
knelt beside the electric chair, his
left arm resting on the platform
supporting it. zealously he prayed,
repeatedly asking forgiveness for
the warden, the guards and So
ciety in general.
Visited by Father
AS the guards adjusted the
black hood and strapped electrodes
to his legs, the youth kept NUT
tering:
"God help you. God help
you."
After a final visit from his
father, c. B. Swiger, and an uncle,
the slayer dined heartily on steak
and oysters, cooked three diff"
ferent ways. Oysters were his
favorite deicacy.
His attorney, A. A. George, who
sought to save him on grounds of
his subnormal mentality, de-
Sribed him as "a Sunday school
boy, never in trouble before"
taken to GAINESVILLE Immediately
after the execution, the body will
be buried tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1935-07-23
Brother Claims Body
OfMurdered Woman

SANTA CLARA. Cal, July %
VI.N.S.).-The body Of Mrs. Grace
Taylor, victim of the double
tragedy in which she was shot to
death by her former husband be-
fore he put a bullet through his
own brain, was taken to Albany,
Cal, today by her brother Frank
Hartley.
Mrs. Taylor, a nurse at Agnew
State Hospital had been separated
from George Taylor for some
years. Failing a reconciliation,
friends believe he lured her to his
apartment here where they were
found sprawled on the floor with
bullets from the same gun through
the brain Of each.
The Washington times., 1935-07-23
Consu|'s Son Free;
Must Return TO Peru

NEW YORK. July 23.-When a
gay young blade in Peru needs a
few extra dollars to take his girl
out, he takes the family revolver,
fully loaded, down to the corner
jewelry store-and pawns it.
At least that's what Francisco
Pardo de zella, jr., 18. says. He's
the son Of the consul general Of
Peru. His explanation Of what
police called an attempted robbery
of a jewelry store last June 10
won him q suspended sentence in
general sessions but he must take
the next boat back to Peru, the
court ruled.
Justices Caldwell, Kernochan
and Mcdonald passed sentence.
The Washington times., 1935-07-23
British Naval Plans
Held by Communists

SHANGHAI. July 23 U.N.sO.
A comprehensive report on Brit
aims naval base at Singapore,
Gibraltar of the East" was one
Of several documents seized when
police arrested "a alleged Com.
munists in a series of raids in
the foreign settlement today.
A bankbook taken In the raids
proved, according to police, that
Shanghai was q center Of exten.
sive red financing. The report
on Singapore, they said, was
evidently drawn UP by an ex.
pert spy.
The Washington times., 1935-07-23
Virgin Island Probe
Off Until Tomorrow
international News Service

lnteEmatlOnal News Service
The Senate'S investigation Of
Gov. Paul M. PearSon's admins
tration Of the Virginia Islands was
postponed today until tomorrow
when Secretary Of the Interior
Ickes, O. staunch defender Of Pear.
son, is scheduled to testify.
The charges against Pearson
were instigated by his former ad-
miniStrative assistant, Paul C..
Yates, and prompted fiery state.
ments to pass between 1ckes and
Senator Tydings (D.) Of Mary.
land, chairman Of the investisat-
ing committee.
The Washington times., 1935-07-23

Plaid RO KIN.
CHAIR suits Of soft
fine material. Blouse
effects and side leg
opening SO to 46.-
Main Floor.
The Washington times., 1935-07-23
Rail Pension Bill
Believed Due TO Die
international News Service

IHVS4s0SSVuNVa1dSs 1TUWB SGEVIGU
An indication that the Wagner
railroad pension bill might die in
the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee during this session Of
Congress was seen today in a let
ter to its chairman, Senator
Wheeler CD of Montana, from
Joseph B. Eastman, transportation
coordinator.
Mr.. Eastman said the bill was
"ill conceived" and that it failed to
meet some of the provisions laid
down in President Roosevelt'S pro.
gram, mainly that pension syS.
TENS should be self-supporting.
The Washington times., 1935-07-23

IS ONE of these your fngerprint? you identify it
by comparison with your duplicate in accordance with the
rules of the GMen Came send in the number with your
and address Mail to the Fingerprint Editor Five dollars
will be paid to the winners
The Washington times., 1935-10-29
MANIAC AGAIN
ATTACKS GIRLS

CHICAGO, Oct. 20 GN.SJ.
'"The Scourge," quiescent for the
past few weeks, had renewed his
maniacal attacks today and again
was the object Of a city.wide police
hunt.
The dark, slender young man,
believed to be a fugitive from a
State asylum for the criminally
insane, entered fashionable
North Side hotel last night and
added two more women to his list
Of victims.
Holding a handkerchief over his
face, he accosted Miss Mary
Smith, 20, in a corridor. At pistol
point he forced her to call on her
friend, Miss Anna Wilhelm, %,
Of Milwaukee. ,.
Entering Miss Wilhelm's apart
ment, he turned the radio on loud
ly to drown the terrified young
women's screams. He forced them
to disrobe, bound Miss Smith, and
then flogged Miss Wilhelm with a
leather belt and attacked her.
From descriptions given them
by the victims, police we're certain
the man was the same as the sex
maniac who terrorlZed the West
Side two weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1935-10-29
IDLE
IN COUNTRY

The total number of unem-
ployed workers in September was
9,466, 900, according to the regular
monthly estimate of the National
Industrial Conference Board, Just
made public. This is a decrease
Of 386, 900, or SO per cent, from
the preceding month, and a de-
crease Of 927 1000, or SO per cent,
from September, 1884.
From Au~ust to September,
1895, the decreases in unemploy.
ment. by industrial groups, we're
manufacturing and mechanical
industries, $4,000; trade, 172,000;
mining, $4,000; transportation,
11.000; domestic and personal
service, 5000, and miscellaneous
industries, $4,000.
Compared with September, 1884,
unemployment in September, 1885,
decreased 26.1 per cent in manu-
featuring and mechanical indus
tries, 7.3 per cent in domestic and
personal service, 4 per cent in
transportation and z per cent in
miscellaneous industries. Unem-
ployment increased "a per cent
in mining.
The Washington times., 1935-10-29
MID-CITY HITS
COMMUNIST
TEACHING
BY A. J. DRISCoLL
Citizens Associations Editor

ANAtAkCLS EASSVCANsAOAo GSANVAB
A protest against factual In
struction on communism in the
public schools here was voiced by
the Mid-City Citizens Association
at last nights meeting in the
Thomson School, adopting a reso
luton offered by Frank B. Hoff'
man.
The association opposed the
practice of removing portable
traffic signs used on the curb line
between 8 a. m. and 6 p. m, leav'
ing no way Of aScertaining that
18-hour parking is not in effect
and resulting in parking tickets.
The Public Utilities Commission
was asked to have all tracks Of
the abandoned w., B. and A. rail.
road in the vicinity of Eleventh
and Twelfth Streets and New
York Avenue removed.
Another resolution complained
to police and the District health
officer about an alleged unsightly
and unhealthy condition at the
Twelfth Street exit from the
NcVlLlS BUS company.
The group by a unanimous vote
approved the action of the Alco-
holic Control Board in revoking
the liquor license of the Cotton
Club.
A report from the committee on
highways revealed the National
Capitol Parks Office will open
bids for construction Of a comfort
station in Franklin Park on No
Vember S, and for the paving
sidewalks in the park on No.
vember IL.
All officers were reelected. A.
]. Driscou was chosen president
for the twenty-second consecutive
term.
Others are Miss E. L. Grosvenor,
vice president, tenth term; Max
r. Pines, treasurer, twentieth
term; M. E. Salisbury, secretary,
tenth term; G. T. Bowman,
financial secretary, eighth term.
Mr.. Hoffman and Paul A. Graves
were named delegates to the Fed.
Grafton of Citizens Associations.
Raphael G. Urciolo and Bern
ard C.. Phillips were elected mem
berS.
John F. Victory spoke on the
Community Chest drive.
The Washington times., 1935-10-29

the association recommended that
a board be appointed by the
Senate and House District Com
mitteeS to investigate motor &C.
cidentS.
Mrs. Joseph Lyddane of the
Conduit Road Citizens Associa-
ton urged the need of a night
school at Western High. The
group voted to approve the
project.
Other speakers were the Rev.
w. L. Darby. representing the
Red Cross, and Mrs. Winifred
Hanson, who explained plans Of
Health officer Rutland to COM
bat tuberculosis. Col. Henry l..
Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy, and Mai. Gen. William
Wright were admitted to mem.
berShip.
The Washington times., 1935-10-29
North Capitol Citizens
lndorse Mrs. LaWIess

The North Capitol Citizens AS
sociation at last nights meeting
in the Mckinley High School in
dorsed Mrs. Julia H. LawleSs for
the post of director Of domestic
art and science in the public
schools. The association ap-
proved the Community Chest
drive, appropriating $40 as its
contribution. Following an ad-
dress by DR.. A. Barklie Coulter,
of the District Medical Society,
the health program of George H.
Rutland, District Health Officer
was approved.
Mrs. Ada Mills Payne, second
vice president, presided.
The Washington times., 1935-10-29
Georgetown Association
Demands Traffic Changes

Establishment of one.way traf-
fic east on @ street and west on
P street and removal Of aban-
doned car tracks on Dumbarton
avenue, and on P street was
urged by the Georgetown Citi-
gems Association meeting last
night in st. Johns Church Parish
Hall. +...
On motion by Frank P. Leetch,
The Washington times., 1935-10-29
Do You Remember?
(AnsUers to Questions on
Page 81

(AnSpers to Questions on
Page 81
Mrs. Buxton, wife Of .
Washington College profes-
sor, was accused Of hacking
her mOther.in.law to death
with a hatchet.
Mcdonald was arrested by
Omen, charged with passing
$4,000 Of the Bremen kid
nap bills.
Oracle, radio cOmedienne,
adopted . 1O-week-old baby.
Mrs. Muench went on trial
for the kidnapping of . st.
Louis doctor.
Mr.. MendelsOn won the
Presidents Cup Regatta with
his mystery boat, "NOtre
Dame"
The Washington times., 1935-10-29
Leather Raised

NEW YORK. Oct. 2e.-Solss
for mems shoes have been raised
10 to IL cents a pair and for
women's '.'1es hall that amount,
according to q Lynn, Mass, dis
patch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-02
Are We Tagging?

When we read about the splendid work that communities in the Connecticut River valley are doing with regard to eliminating stream pollution, we wonder if the state of affairs in the Naugatuck valley is ever going to reach this polnt It is a long time now since any pubic mention was made of a concerted drive in the Naugatuck Valley to clean up the stream and end for all time pollution Waterbury is naturally the keystone III any such plan and it might not be amiss for local officials to take the lead in the proceedings.
 Among the many accomplishments in the Connecticut River valley of recent months have been the inauguration ot the Metropolitan Districts sewage dis posal system. Completion of this will end for all time pollution of the river by the City of Hartford and several surrounding communities Suffield, Enfield, and Mid- dletown have similar systems under con- struction. The same is true at the State Prison in WetherSfield, long polluter ot the river. The Insane Hospital at Middle town put sewage plant into operation several years ago, thus ending one of the worst acts of pollution.
 Such reports as these are bound to have fine effect north of the Connectl- cut line along the river. Massachusetts cities, like Holyoke, Northampton, Spring field, and others will follow this example, because the Bay State is committed to a policy of reform in the old sewage dis posal systems. Purifier north there is not the need of disposal plants, as in Yer mont and New Hampshire the problem is a small one and one that probably can be corrected very easily. It's only the case of the large towns and cities that requires now the application of effort and money.
 So in like manner must the problem be tackled in our own valley of the Nauga- tuck. It is started here, too, as many places, such as Naugatuck, Waterbury, and Torrington have plans made or even plants started that will end pollution by raw sewage Waterbury must needs take the initiative as other places are waiting for us to do so. We probably will be ob- liged to speed up our sewage problem in order to do so, but the reward will be well worth the effort and money expended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-02
Do If Now

In view of the fact that this Christmas promises to be one of the biggest from a commercial angle, our advice to MT. and Mrs. Waterbury is to do your shopping early and get the pick of the crop There are always lot of persons complaining during the last few days preceding Christmas about the fact that they can't get what they want. Now's the time to prevent any such occurrence. If you do your shopping now you'll give your mer- chant a chance to repleniSh his stock again before the big day.
 A United Press survey of Christmas buying in the United States set the figure for 1885 at five billions. We don't doubt but what this will be surpassed. There is no doubt about the fact that people have more money today than they have had for several years back. That they will spend it wisely and where it will accom- plish the most good is to be understood. We may not get the indiscriminate buy ing of boom days, when nobody cared what the price of an article was so long as it suited the fancy, but we will be treated to the spectacle of people buying wisely and we'll
 Waterbury will have prosperous Christmas season. We can predict that at this early date, for the holiday spirit had invaded this town even before Thanksgiving. And when this occurs you can rest assured that it is caused only by one thing-a demand from the buying public. We repeat our advice of few lines above. Get out now and do your shopping. Don't wait until the last minute and then be disappointed because you can't get what you want.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-02

luninating to think of business corpora tims in this way. Officers and stock holders are all partners in business. More over, business institutions are properly partners with the whole public, and with the state and federal governments which represent the public.
 Some business leaders, extremely indi- vidualiStic, tend to question such partner ship, feeling that business should be self governing, just as some public men exag- gerate the governments role. Complete Self-government in business is not poSSi- ble in any civilized country. Corpora tionS themselves are public creations, op- erating with powers given them by the state in the name of the whole people. As a practical working system, govern ment and business are vitally dependent on each other, and neither can succeed without the cooperation of the other, Neither can the people in between get along unless the two cooperate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-02
Reviving Wealth

Chairman Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board has revealed the interesting fact that the new wave of stock speculation if it is speculation - is financed not with bank credit but with cash. For which reason, he explained, the Federal Reserve authorities could not stop it if they wanted to. There must be a vast amount of cash lying around. Most of it is in the banks. Possibly good deal of it is in socks, bureau drawers and sugar bowls and under the cellar floor.
 It is a good thing to get that money back into circulation; and next to spend- ing it for wages and commodities, per- haps paying it for stocks is as good a way as any. Stock prices are taken as an index of prosperity, and rising prices have a wholesome influence on business in gen. eral. Wealth revives from it's coma. Stock owners assets improve, pledged securities can be redeemed, old debts can be paid, capital can be raised for business expan- sion, corporations can buy materials, the heavy industries can get into action again, employment can grow.
 That is, provided the market doesn't run away with itself. As the reservoir of cash is absorbed, investors and specula- tors will start using bank credit again. Fortunately the Federal Reserve Board has more power now to regulate credit, and presumably more willingness to do so, than it had in 1928 and 1929.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-02

Starks' Knob of geological and his torical fame is going to become the bene ficiary of WPA aid. Starks' Knob is in New York not very far from the Saratoga Battlefield Monument, which by the way is not in Saratoga but in Schuylerville. Starks' Knob is declared to be the only extinct volcano in New York. For that matter it may be the only trace of a vol cano in all the East. However, we would not vouch for this claim. At any rate the spot is to be made accessible for public inspection. When the Battle of Saratoga was fought the spot was called North umberland Plug and it figured in that decisive battle by holding up the retreat of the British.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-02

The highest bidder on December 6 will buy the Merritt Highway bonds. The is- sue to be placed on sale then amounts to $6,480,000 The greater part of the pro- ceeds will be used to purchase rights of way along the proposed route. The sale has been well advertised so there should be no lack of ready bidders. The bonds are to be amortized at the rate of $432,- 900 annually, the State Highway Depart meht making the payments. And by the time the entire road has been built the ante in annual payments will have been raised considerably. However, alls we'll that ends we'll It actually looks as if the Merritt Highway was now a reality in- stead of phantom. We sincerely hope so, as no road in our memory has so aroused public opinion as has this super roadway across Fairfield county.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-02
Colonel KnoxS Plattor,n Chaos Would Follow Immediate Execution Of His Points In "If Were President Declaration Of
 Avowed G. O. P. Candidate
HARTFORD TIMES

"can be balanced at once bp practice of rigid economy and the swift and ruthless demobilization of the huge army of bureaucrats now on the public payroll"
 If he were elected president he might not find some of these things as simple as he believes. A tax levy sufficient to balance the budget "im- mediately" would be 8 far heavier tax upon the American people than would make Colonel Gnox a popular presidential candidate. The huge army of ''bureaucrats" which has been built up over two-year period could not be demobilized by a stroke of the pen and if it could be chaos would result.
 That would be equally true of an attempt to eliminate at once the Roosevelt policies with reference to agriculture control. Undesirable as the AAA is, the governmental aid which has been placed behind agri- culture could not be withdrawn i,n- mediately except with disastrous re- suits.
 In certain quarters Colonel Knox no doubt will win an enthusiastic approval in his plea for removing doubt as to the future value of the dollar. By that we assume he means return to fixed gold standard. He is not likely, however, to find even his own party united on that. MT. Borah. who is in some quarters re- garded as the leading presidential possibility, does not agree with MT. Knox about that.
 We are fearful that the Colonel is setting up something of man of straw in his firm belief" in the need of sustaining the position of the Supreme Sourt. We do not un- derstand that it has as yet been challenged, even if MT. Roosevelt is irked by the restrictions which that body has placed upon his pro- gram.
 The Supreme Court will become an issue only when somebody has the temerity to challenge it. MT. Knox might have been wiser not to have attempted to announce g specific program. To do so merely is to provide his opponents in and out of his own party with specific points of attack, without impressing the country that he has a fnade-to- order plan which points to him as the nations probable saviour.