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TOPROBE
D. {. HOTEL
y FINANCES
BY LOUIS E. WHITE

Inquiry into the financial re-
organization methods employed
in the Mayflower, Wardman Park
and Shoreham Hotel cases will be
the subject of minute scrutiny be-
fore the special House committee
appointed to make a national sur
vey of such transactions within
the next few days.
This was announced today by
Representative Adolph j. SABBATH
Cd, Of Illinois, chairman of the
committee.
Bird's-Eye View Wanted
Although the committee already
has probed the methods used by
bondholders' committees in other
cities throughout the country, and
has recommended legislation de-
signed to throw the protective
forces Of a Federal conservator
around the thousands Of individ-
uals in the real estate mortgage
field, a bird'S-eye view of the
Washington phase Of the situation
is desired.
Under the legislation recon-
mended already by the commit
tee, broad powers of control over
real estate mortgage financing
and reorganization activities would
be vested in a Federal conserva-
tor authority which would be
authorized to approve all future
reorganization plans Of this char
acter.
The bill also would permit the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton to make loans to corpora
tons OF individuals for such finan-
cial reorganization nlrnoSeS.
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SHAG

What wants Shag? Who wants,
Spot?
Both are up for adoption. They
are a cross breed of fox terrier
and poodle, about three months
old. Both are girls" They are be-
ing given away by Mrs. Bertha
Bedford, 1870 Yuma st. IS. E., and
if you want one of them, get in
touch with Mrs. BEDFORD.
A letter from Miss Montez Mil.
Ter, 201 Guy Ave-, EdmorSton,
Nd, reads as follows:
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'I would like to trade male
police-Spitz puppy for a smaller
type of male dog which l could
keep in the house. 1 want to
find a good home for my dog
because we have no place to
keep him. He is five months
old, and will make someone a
fine dog"
If you have a dog, cat, or some
other pet to give away, kindly no.
tify The Times Pet Editor.
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KIWANIS BIRTHDAY

Landowner, Md, April 9 (spe-
c1aD THE Kiwanis Club of
Prince Georges county will cele.
pirate its first anniversary at a
dinner, entertainment and dane
ing affair Thursday evening at
Inc Beaver Dam Country Club.
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Fifth of OGU Camp Prisoners DE- W Diuen Into Forest PEI

Of all those ills which form the
open sore of all Russian people
not in sympathy with the Bolshe-
vikS.
Cautiously I approached these
people with inquiries about the
possibility of escape. BY the end
Of January my plans were ready
and all needed was a substantial
amount Of money to be paid to a
trusted peasant who guaranteed
to get me to Viatka. It was impru-
dent to try the trains direct from
KotlaS as the patrols were sure to
detain any suSpicious.looki indi-
vidual, even II his passport was in
order. 1t was proposed to drive
about 800 kilometers in a sleigh,
to pass the barriers Of armed
guards patrolling the exits from
the penal camp territory, and to
board a train at Viatka, in an at
tempt to reach the border and
freedom.
A long sequence Of events blasted
all my preparations to escape. 1t
all started with the old Reming.
ton getting out Of order.
Bukhaltzev took the typewriter
In order to write personally a
message Of q very confidential ma
ture. His fat fingers broke several
levers, which the local watch
maker promised to repair in four
days. was left without work.
At that very time the camp ad.
ministration decided to make an
inspection Of the Pitsky timber
works base, where conditions were
very unsatisfactory. Production
was retarded, escapes had In
creased, the percentage Of sickness
and mortality was greatly in ex-
cess of normal, and besides, there
were persistent rumors Of brutal.
ity by Aaronovich, chief Of the
base. in his treatment Of the
prisoners.
The inspection was to be made
by physician, DR.. S., and by the
chief Of the secret intelligence de-
partment, ZakhariantZ. Bukhalt-
zev was requested to furnish one
Of his office workers for the in
spection Of the business end and
Of accounts.
8ukhaltzev was annoyed, as he
disapproved Of all investigations. 4"
what do they want with an in
specting committee? It is only a
loss Of time. Everybody Is busy.
whom could we send? All, I have
it, let US send the idle typist."
The same day found US on our
way to Solvychegodsk. Dressed
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Home Life

Ikons we're hanging in the main
corner of the room, as Of old, but
under them were hung pictures
Of the Red leaders, Marx, Lenin,
Stain and VoroshiloV. Next to
them were prints Of the Russo,
japanese War showing little vel
low Japs running away from the
Cossacks. Then came an old
photograph of our host in a
soldiers uniform and some more
faded color prints Of the World
War. Brighter prints portrayed
the more recent events Of the
revolution and civil war. In, a
central position hung the familiar
reproduction of the painting show
ing Emperor Alexander II, liberia:
tor of the serfs, surrounded by
his grateful people. >.
Our host sat on a bench near
the table and took part in the
conversation. His wife stood at
the center curtain in a typical
peasant posture with chin in hand
and stomach sticking out. Her
five-year-old boy, pale and sickly,
in tremendous felt boots, clung to
her skirts. The elder children had
climbed onto the sleeping-shelYes
and were examining us with
curiosity.
In another haif-hour we were
again under way. The horses
were rested and easily climbed up
the steep bank of the river. We
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Discipline Ends

We had also arranged that Ula-
novsky should be met in the en-.
trance hall by our office messen-
ger, a giant wilma Jew who pos
sessed q quite extraordinary voice.
He was to greet Ulanovslky with a
laundering "zdrah." He overdid
the trick and bawled "zdrah" at
the moment when Ulanovsky had
turned his back to him. The sound
was so terrific and unexpected
that poor elderly Ulanovsky al
most got q stroke. He reached for
his chest, fell into a chair and
stammered for water. The mes.
senger appeared greatly perturbed
and dunbly repeated again and
again the studied phrase:
BEG pardon, cOmrade COM
mander, these were your orders,
please forgive me-"
Ulanovsky, afraid for his heart,
drank a glass of water and left
the office for the day. This Incl
dent put an end to his endeavor
to bring camp discipline into our
office.
Ulanovsky was formerly the
warden of one of the OGPU pris-
ons in the provinces. He had one
weakness, he imagined himself to
be an authority on the theory Of
communism. He decided to become
a contributor to the local news
paper and soon after his arrival
composed a thoroughly illiterate
Appeal to Peasant Comrades" I"
which he gave me to copy.
He was probably aware Of the
degree of his illiteracy, for when
he handed 1t to me. he bent down
to my ear and whispered:
you may correct it . bit
where necessary, you know"
The document appealed to the
peasants not to stint in giving all
their strength and that of their
horses to the job of transporting
camp supplies. 1t was a good ex.
ample of an asinine collection Of
typical Soviet exclamations and
Stupidities, not to mention the
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Sc Work" the Boss

Bukhaltzev usually came to the
office about 10 o'clock and, in
spite of a hangover from the
night before, proceeded to sign
papers, give instructions and
hustle up things. At IL o'clock
he went out to lunch. Now and
then he came back to the office
after luncheon, sometimes accom-
panied by Monakhov. All clerks
took advantage Of his after-lunch-
con inebriated good humor to
make requests and ask special
favors, which he invariably
granted with mellow kindlinesS.
Thanks to his intemperance, we
always had a sufficient supply Of
cigarettes and those who had
money were able to urchase Sec
ond-rate fish preserves, sausages
and other delicacies which the
ordinary prisoner could not OBJ
tain.
Once a week the city bath
house was placed at the disposal
Of our office force. This was
done in exchange for certain
rights to purchase edibles from
the EXC stores. The office cook
could draw from the store Of
edibleS an amount greatly in ex-
cess of the established rations
and for this reason we had moth
ing to complain Of in the way of
meals. Quite the contrary, in
spite Of the fact that We had
very long working hours, we were
the objects Of envy to the clerks
of other Soviet offices in town
who sometimes called on us on
business. They were not prison
erS but they all looked under
nourished, sickly and weak. With
in a very short time I became
an expert typiSt and a valued
member Of the staff.
About the middle of January
a new official arrived at our Of
flee. It was the checklist Ulanov-
sky who had been sent from Mos
COW to act as BukhaltZev's assist
ant. He gave himself airs, but
was totally unfit for work. He
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Barracks Cold

The barracks were not heated
as there were no stoves. There
were absolutely no lighthouses
at any Of the outposts and the
prisoners never washed at all.
The report ended with q recon-.
mendation that drastic measures
be resorted to at once.
Later rumors had it that the
chief Of the penal camp admins
tration never sent this report to
Moscow, that it was either for
gotten or Intentionally hidden.
In any event it did not result in
any instructions to change the
existing conditions.
AS a consequence it was later
certified that by the spring of
1880, az, per cent of the prisoners
at the timber works had died and
that up to 60 per cent had be-
come incapacitated to an average
degree Of 40 per cent, even &C.
cording to the conservative fig
ureS Of the ca:1p administration
The Archangel district presented
q similar picture.
After the departure of the high
Official, the life in the EXC Of
flee returned to normal. We got
up at seven, started work at
eight and worked late into the
night, with one hour recess for
dinner. After dinner and some
times at night, we took little
walks, luckily without escort, as
Bukhaltzev accepted full respon-
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Plans Escape

They mused sadly on the for
mer glory Of Kotlas, when it was q
large commercial center with huge
warehouses filled to capacity with
Siberian grain bound for Archan-
gel exports, when they had their
own homes, which were all ma
tionalized" by the communists for
the common veal, and which
were now in a dilapidated state.
They shook their heads dejectedly
when they spoke Of the deStruc-
ton Of the peoples religious feel
ing, Of the actual, If not official
interdiction Of going to church,
Of their children, whom BolShevik
teachings and associations turned
into monstroSities, and generally
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in new warm sheepskin coats and
felt boots provided by the State,
we sat in our sleighs and drove at
a fast pace over the ice-covered
surface Of the Vychegda River.
The hard snow cracked and
squeaked under the runners. The
bright sun, reflected In the snowy
surface, blinded our eyes. It was
four below zero, and the frost bit
our faces and stuck in our eye
lashes. After sitting in the office
all those days, 1t was a great
pleasure to be out in the open and
to breathe the clear, cold, invig-
Grating air. There was not a
cloud In the sky.
Zakhariantz was driving the
first sleigh himself and was going
very fast. Our driver had a hard
time keeping UP with him. We
made a stop at the. halfway
village Yakovlevskaya. Zakha-
riantz stopped his horse in front
Of q pretty, well-built cottage,
jumped out Of the sleigh, and
beckoned us to stop there for q
bite. .f ,, =,
Inside the cottage its bearded
owner welcomed US. The cottage
consisted Of one large room,
which was divided by hangings.
Pretty soon the peasants wife ap-
peared from behind the hangings
and brought a boiling samovar, a
little black bread, and some cakes
with potato stuffing.
please excuse us, but we
have no tea" said our hostess.
"We cannot get it in the CO.
operative store"
Zakhariantz opened his bag and
produced some tea, sugar, two
tins Of preserves and a piece Of
butter; the peasant got a bottle
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abominable grammar. At dinner
the manuscript was handed around
and caused much merriment. In
the morning Jlanovsky received
its corrected transcription and
from that time on his attitude
to me was on Of esteem.
It was an expensive esteem,
however. His compositions poured
in upon me as from a horn Of
plenty. He would give me themes
and request me to elaborate on
the subject q Bit" 1t all grew
very tiresome and finally I lost
my patience and elaborated" one
Of his platitudes in such a way
that any reader would consider 1t
sheer nonsense. AS usual, the dull
lard read my composition, signed
it boldly, and sent it on to its
destination. Three weeks later
Ulanovsky suddenly stopped heap
ing commissions upon me and his
attitude towards me changed from
near-familiarity to distant frigid-
ity. Subsequently he revenged
himself and my practical joke
proved very expensive.
In spite Of the order forbidding
intercourse with free citizens, 7
met some Of these within the first
week or two and visited them
sometimes at night, after office
hours. They were what remained
Of the old merchants and govern.
ment officials, who now had jobs
as accountants and clerks in So
Wet institutions. Their quarters
were invariably q "hole-in-the-
wall" they were underfed and led
q pauper'S life on their tiny sal
aries. The younger generation of
communist origin overlook them
and left them behind at their
menial Jobs.
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sibility for his office workers and
they were not guarded.
The walks over the frozen
river at night were particularly
pleasant. The constant disagree
able winds quieted down in the
evening and the frosty air felt
very refreshing. The snow was
lighted by the soft glimmer of
stars. Nerves Gained down and
rejoiced in the .bsolute silence
of the night, which was broken
only by thu occasional far-away
barking Of dogs or by o sudden
snap of cracking ice.
We had no Sundays or holidays
in our office. They differed from
other days only by the noise
which came from the streets
when Communist officials got
drunk and wildly drove through,
making good use of their govern
ment horses, soaring the popula-
ton and the pasturing goats.
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continued through the forest at
the same fast pace as before. All
around us were dark fir trees
covered with dazzling white snow.
The pines lifted their graceful
heads high above the frs. In the
snow were some impressions made
by skis and rabbit tracks.
We passed an old cemetery and
a remarkable view opened up be-
fore us. In definite relief the out
lines Of the cupolas and steeples
Of the famous Solvychegodsk
churches stood out against the
bright sky. Especially beautiful
were the Stronganov cathedrals
built in the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries.
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MEDICAL HELP
LACKING, 40
PERCENT SICK
PRISONER OF THE oGPU
By GEORGE KITCHIN
Chapter XIV

SES@ SSN
Another characteristic COM
mon to Soviet officials was
their youth. The were rarely
over 40 years old. The most
responsible positions were fire.
quently held by young men Of
20 or 26.
While Boksha was at our
office I had to copy five or
more times the altered con-
tract with "Severoles." After
each alteration the contract
was reconsidered by Boksha
and his board and had to be
~ecopied again. The final ver-
sion was almost identical with
the one which was prepared
before the arrival Of the ''re-
doubtable chief"
Boksha's companion, DR..
Movsh, returned to our office
10 days after Boksha's de-
parture. He had been making
an inspection of some Of the
Uftug tiEaber-works outposts.
His report to tho chief, which
was to follow the latter to
Archangel, was given me to
copy. The report was in
scribed: absolutely conf
dental. I was told to bring
my typewriter into Bukhalt-
zev's office and to keep my
mouth shut about the contents,
for if they became known to
anybody I would be prose-
cuted "to the full extent Of
the law
The report disclosed that
the mortality rate among the
prisoners showed appalling
growth and was due to under
nourishment. In December
alone 6 per cent Of all prison
ers working IN the forests had
died. Typhus epidemics were
assuming disastrous proper
tions at some Of the outposts.
Twenty per cent of all pris-
oners had scurvy and dysen-
terry. -~edical assistance was
not available, the whole tre-
mendous district had only one
doctor and two assistants.
There were practically no medi-
cines. The attitude of the CON-
manderS to the sick prisoners
was diSgraceful. In the absence
of doctors and even Of thermo-
meters some commanders did not
hesitate to drive the sick prison
ers out to work together with all
the rest.
Cases were enumerated where
prisoners sick with dysentery had
been chased out Of the barracks
by soldiers armed with clubs and
had died in the forest. The sick
were housed in the same bar
racks with the others and slept
all huddled together on the
ground.
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first came to the office in Buk.
haltzev's absence and tried to i'm.
press us with his importance by
making us all get UP and greet
him by the familiar "zdrah." He
did not get far with this innova-
ton as we resented it and upset
it by disappearing in a body at
the moment he was expected to
enter the room
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Of vodka out Of his little chest.
The Russian village has changed
little in this respect. In each
cottage you could be sure Of find
ing q bottle Of the national invig-
orator hidden away for "emer-
gencies."
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THE STORY so FAR

The author describing whd he and suffered from 1928
1882 Soviet penal to Which he mas sentenced on
trupedup charges espionage A citizen OF Finland IN bust
Russia for years. he toas sent to the oGPU
Northern camp DisciplnaridnS truSty CONFLICTS in
pathy communism. teO months after the author
these descriptions OF heLoe1rth he died from
pneumonia brought BY the terrible prtudonS suffered In
his ConmuntStic Gehennd.
Evening star., 1935-07-18

~ NCE again Washington's
junior courtmen are proving
l their mettle, and they've had
~ to come through some strong
opposition over in Baltimore this week
to do so.
Over 395 players started the Mary
land State junior and boy tennis
championships last Monday and five
rounds must be played before a COM
petitor reaches the quarter finals.
Nevertheless, Charley Charming and
Harry March are so near that stage
that they need but one more victory
to enter the select circle.
Today, Charming plays for the fifth
time, a 6-2, Go victory over Lloyd
johnson, the Baltimore Poly net cap
tain being registered yesterday. Like
wise, his side-kick, March, Is near the
featured matches as q result of his
triumph yesterday. but he goes against
the third seeded player of the tourna-
ment today.
The fact that both he and Chan
ming are unseeded in a tournament
where 16 are, meant nothing to March
as he walked away from Harry Black
f6-2, e-l. Melvin shpritz of Baiti-
more, is his foe today.
= Channing and March, likewise. are
entering the doubles, starting today
eager to reassert the supremacy gained
by winning the title Of the West
Virginia tournament last week.
Washingtons boy players are also
Acquitting themselves in great style
ever there. David johnson being
seeded No. 2 in that division. He
Evening star., 1935-07-18
ROWING REGATTA
OFFERS VARIETY
81 Crews to Take Part in
National Championships
at Princeton.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
~ RINCETON, N. j.. July Ia
- Sixty-two crews, ranging from
the big eights to single sculls
and including double sculls
quadruple sculls and fours, with and
without coxswain. took TO the waters
of Lake Carnegie today for the start
of the four day regatta Of the National
Association of Amateur Oarsman.
Except for John Coulson, Canadian
singles sculls champion. the majority
of the entries are from Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Princeton, New York,
Chicago. Quincy, H.; st. Louis,
Worcester, Mass; Boston and Buffalo.
Titles will be decided in the junior,
intermediate and senior classes. with
l6 Of the events in the latter division.
Today's schedule called for junior and
intermediate events, with the exception
of the senior pair-oared shells and
single sculls trials.
The leading club eights clash satur-
day, and Winthrop Rutherford, Prince
ton graduate, defends his single sculls
title against high-elass field.
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TEAM CONTESTS
OCCUPY GOLFERS
Washington and Virginia
Clubs viii Meet-Rice
Skins Furr.

TEAM matches are slipping into
the schedule here and there,
where the divots ny. Wash
ington Coli and Country Club
-sod-lifters are looking forward to
resumption Of their contests with the
Country Club of Virginia in . match
slated for July 20.
But the match may be postponed to
early August, according to Jim Tracy,
golf chairman at the Washington
club. Meanwhile plans are shaping up
for another match with q Richmond
outfit, for the Hermitage Club Of the
Virginia capital plans q contest with
Washington.
Meanwhile over at Washington
Thurston Fur, the cocky one from
Arlington County, has played his
match with Sam Rice. the reformed
ball player from Indian Spring, with
Rice on the winning end by a COM
Portable margin.
Furr predicted dire Things would
happen to Rice, but southpaw Sam
put the pressure on after the fifth
hole and won comfortably.
Paired with Dorie Gruver, Sam also
licked the best ball Of Jimmy Cor
coran and FUR.
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A0BSzsS|NQLLEY\SN
- Y liz r. 1 NE-SA

licked Ronald Yeakle, his second
round foe, without the loss of game
yesterday. And although Karl corby
was defeated by Melvin Rodnan, ne
was by no means disgraced, that
young man being the Baltimore City
champion who was forced to fight for
his 6-3, 63 victory.
Up at White Sulphur, Washington's g
girl players continued to advance.
Sara Moore eliminated another Wash
ington entrant. Alicia Rodgers, Ga,
6-1, while Bobsy Tarnsey trimmed
Martha Norvell, Ga, 6-3.
Virginia Rodgers, another local
beauty, stayed in the running by de-
feating Mrs. Herman Bennett, 60,
6-3, while Mary Cootes of Alexandria,
eliminated Helen Driscoll, 6-3, ga.
The annual tournament Of the Gov
eminent Printing Once will be started
a week from Saturday. Entrants
should see Mr.. Fields in the peoof
room or call him at Adams 0675-M.
Just reminder: Entries for the
public parks tournament. starting
Saturday, close tomorrow night. 6
o'clock.