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The Washington times., 1935-03-23
MOTHER SEEKS
CUSTODY Of
SARDO BOY
Divorced Wife of Mortician
Killed in Auto Crash
Files Suit Here

Mrs. Helen Virginia Villapiano,
of Asbury Park, N. j., divorced
wife of Albert Joseph Sardo, local
mortician who was killed in an
automobile accident in nearby
Virginia on February 27, today in
stituted habeaS corpus proceed
ings in District Supreme Court to
obtain CUSTODY of their 8-year-old
son, Albert Joseph Sardo, jr.. who
she says is being wrongfully de-
tained by her former husbands
relatives.
Named as respondents are
William H. Sardo, of Chevy
Chase, the child's grandfather,
and William H. Sardo, jr., and
Joseph E. Sardo, 400 block H st.
N. E., uncles of the child.
Through Attorney Julian I.
Richards the mother informs the
court that a Reno divorce decree
of 1888 granted custody of the
child to his father. In view of
his death she maintains the child
should be turned over to her.
The law firm of Whiteford,
Marshall & Hart, representing
the respondents, filed an imme-
diate answer to the petition, and
Justice F.. Dickinson Let's set
April 3 for a hearing date,
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Mystery Girlin Staying
Vows 'I'nTell Nothing
MISS MARION KING, %

newspapers, but the girl will not
help them.
''WhO am I? Skip it,"
"Where have l worked? 1t
doesn't matter"
"WhO are my relatives?
There is no need of bringing
them into this"
Thus runs the tenor of her
cryptic answers.
"What about the letter writ
ten on stationery of the U. S.
destroyer Babbitt and signed
'Frank'?"
II don't remember. A girl
who leads the kind of a life
1 led before I met Johnnie
meets lots of fellows she never
sees again."
This letter, which read, in part,
1T won't be long now when you'll
be with me-" was found in her
apartment after the Staying.
Another letter was from Pierce.
It read:
II love you. / have come to
my sense now. / trust you. l
really do. Please come back to
me, as 1 am lost without YOU"
Does she know anything about
this letter?
Her lips tremble as she gives
an eVaSiVe answer,
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Alumni Hostess
Quits; Scores
Sec. Perkins

BERKELEY, Cal, March %
GN.SO.-University of Calitor'
MIA alumni circles faced a deli
cate situation today.
Miss Martha Ijams, promi-
nent Berkeley clubwoman and
secretary of the University class
of 1901, flatly declined to act as
a hostess at the University of
California Alumni Association
dinner tonight in San Francisco
because she objects to Secretary
of Labor Frances Perkins as the
charter day speaker.
Charter day exercises will be
held at the university today.
Miss IjamS declared she based
her refusal to serve as hostess
on the grounds Miss Perkins is
a mere politician"
Learning of the controversy,
Miss Perkins said:
~ am very sorry. l have no
reaction other than to say am
very sorry I have given Offense
to anyone"
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
PATMAN BILLS
DEFEAT SEEN
international News Service

international news service
The controversial soldiers bonus
issue was dumped squarely in the
Senate's lap today following over
whelming passage by the House,
but was Immediately shuffled off
to the Senate Finance Committee
for a cooling process.
The bill faced the threat Of a
presidential veto in its present
form. This was the hint of Ad-
ministration leaders, who ap'
peared in no great hurry to rush
the bill to a vote in the Senate.
Senator Harrison OD of Mis-
sissippi, chairman of the Finance
Committee, said, however. that
the bill would be reported out
before the committee took final
action recommending legislation
for the continuation of the NRA.
He added:
1--WE will have reasonably
brief sessions on the bill and
we hope to take action on 1t
at reasonably early date"
Senator Harrison indicated the
bill-the Patman measure calling
for payment through issuance Of
new currency-would not pass the
Senate.
The Senate, however, expects a
bitter fight on the issue.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
D. c. DEB AMONG
10 H0NORED

LONDON, March % Q.N.S0.
Eighteen American debutantes
and matrons will be presented at
the first two royal courts of the
season at Buckingham Palace,
March % and 20, the American
Embassy announced today.
Mrs. Robert w. Bingham, wife
of the American Ambassador,
will present the fortunate women
who will make their curtseys in
London's greatest social event Of
the year. Nine Americans will be
presented at each of the two
courts.
In an unusual addition to this
years American presentations,
Ambassador Bingham will pre-
sent Jesse Isidor Straus, Ameri-
can Ambassador to France. at
the first court, it was announced.
Those to be presented at the
first court are:
MIS. OCooC AoAOOI oUA duoS
wife of the envoy; Mrs. Caspar
Bacon, of Jamaica Plain,
Mass; Miss Mary Pye Hutch
eson, of Houston, Tex; Miss
Jeanne Millet. New York city;
Miss Carolyn Nash. Carriers
vile, Va; Miss Anne Richard.
son, Mississippi; Miss Stellita
Stapleton, of Washington, D.
c.; Miss Jean Watts, Lynch
burg, Va. and Mrs. Medley G.
B. Whelpley. of Connecticut.
At the second court will be
presented:
Miss Virginia Bell, New York
city; Mrs. Maturin Livingston
Delafield. Hewlett, L. l., N. Y:
Mrs. Dudley Dwyre, Denver, Col;
Miss Mildred Booth Mckinney,
Richmond, Va; Miss Allison Os-
borne, Illinois; Miss Joyce Pelevis
Prizer, New York city; Mrs. Harry
G.. Seidel, Providence, R. l.; Mrs.
T. Walter Seligman, New York
city, and Miss Elizabeth Tweedy,
New Jersey.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Virginia Relief
Unit WiuHire
1O'Cowboys'

RICHMOND, March 23.-The
Virginia Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration has approved q
work relief project which calls
for the employment Of 10 Cow
boys"
However, they won't ride forth
with lariat and the "six-gun"
to slay Indians and rescue beau.
tiful maidens from railway
trestles.
Instead. they will be assigned
to the more prosaic task of in
structing a herd of young oxen
in the ways of Virginia farm
life,
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
MAN ROBS BANK|DAVEY ASSA|LS
TWICE IN YEAR RELIEF WASTE

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March %
u.N.SD.-''It is the beginning
of a nationwide movement
along the same lines"
Governor Davey so said today
with reference to his drive for
elimination of waste and ineffi-
cheney in administration of relief.
He added:
Until now relief has been
looked upon as a sacred COW.
No one dared say anything
about it because of its humani-
tartan purpose.
II am now and always have
been in sympathy with its great
humane purpose, but that is no
excuse for the by-prOductS of
relief"
The Washington times., 1935-03-23

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March %
G.N.SD.-A thug held up the East
Nashville branch of the American
National Bank and escaped with
$4,000. exactly one year to the
minute after he robbed the same
bank of $1,000.
Three gunner robbed the bank
March %, 1884. Two of them,
Herman Sadler and Edward Bell,
were convicted and sent to prison.
Sadler escaped from the State
penitentiary here six weeks ago.
Sadler entered the bank
accompanied by another man.
The robber asked L. o. Harda-
way:
"You remember me, don't
yOu?"
Mr.. Hardaway replied that he
did as he watched Sadler scoop
up $4,000 and make his getaway
in al automobile.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
CLIPPER ON HOP
Of 2,600 MILES

MIAMI, Fla. March 23-Com.
manded by Pilot Edwin Musick.
the Pan-American Clipper, 19-ton
flying boat designed for trans
pacific service, yesterday took off
on a 2,6O0mile training flight over
the Atlantic.
The giant plane carried crew
Of six and $500 gallons, 8l2 tons,
Of gasoline on the flight that is ex-
pected to prove a transpacific air
service is practical.
The Clipper planned to fly to
the Island of st. Thomas and re-
turn here by noon today.
The $500 nonstop miles will be
approximately $50 miles more
than the longest water stretch be-
tween California and Hawaii.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Interna ationaI News Service

Army days of II years ago never
were fuller of fantastic rumors
than are sweeping the country to-
day like the dust storms.
President Roosevelt, Secretary
Morgenthau and other high Off
cialS were scratching their heads
today over letters from many sec'
tions requesting information how
pennies minted in 1922 could be
exchanged for new Ford automo-
bileS.
The President doesn't know.
Neither does Mr.. Morgenthau.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of the
mint. felt about the same, as did
W. A. Julian. Treasurer Of the
United States.
According to the letters, reach.
ing the Treasury by the hundreds,
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
To HAVE
ROBOT PLANE.
FOR TESTS
Commerce Bureaus Option
Expires; Major Snow.
Sends Resignation

Expiration of the option which
the Department of Commerce had
on the Douglas mystery" plane
today caused the cancellation OF
a further experimentation on the
Pacific Coast by the department
with its robot-pilot.
According to Eugene Vidal,
chief of the Bureau of Air Com
merce, the Army Air Corps will
take up the West Coast expert
mentation where the Department
of Commerce left off. Included
in these trials will be intensive
work on the robot-pilot at the
Army air bases in the Hawaiian
Islands.
Weather Balks Test
For nearly two weeks flights
have been attempted in ever
widening arcs from Oakland air
port out over the Pacific. with
the Hawaiian Islands as a posi-
BILE goal. Adverse weather con-
ditions during the past week
have restricted the scope OF the
flights to a 700-mile maximum
distance from land.
The final effort Of the De-
partment of Commerce-Army Air
Corps crew was undertaken yes
terday. The plane was baked
at approximately $50 nautical
miles from the coast when rain,
snow and dust cloud formations
coated the plane fuselage and
propeller with ice.
According to the official re-
port made to the Department of
Commerce, the decision to turn
back - the 350-mark vas made
only after the ice had caused
one of the planes motors to lose
revolutions.
Averaged IT'S Miles
On the return trip further ad-
verse weather conditions necessi-
tated the planes travelling in a
roundabout course to Oakland.
During the entire 9l2-hour trip
1000 miles were travelled at an
average speed of ITS miles per
hour.
On returning to Oakland, Major
Chester A. Snow, aeronautical ad-
visor to the Bureau of Air Com
merce, forwarded his resignation
from the bureau to Eugene Vidal,
chief of the bureau, at Washing
ton headquarters.
Mr.. Vidal explained that Major
Snow, a washington resident, was
a 81 year" man on the Com
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
BeIgrano Says Legion
Backs Patman Bill

PITTSB SBURGH, March %
U.N.SO Passed by the House, the
Patman soldiers bonus payment
bill today stood approved by
Frank N. Belgrano. jr., national
commander of the American
Legion.
Despite its previous opposition
to the bill. Mr.. Belgrano said, the
Legion will fight for final pas
sage now. The Legion had sup
ported the Vinson measure, while
the Patman bill was backed by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mr.. Belgrano was here for a
banquet in his honor.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23

Anyone doubling spring IS in
the Capital has only to visit the
sports permit branch of the Ma.
tional Capital Park Office for
conviction. When the Weather
Man officially announced its ar
rival Thursday at 8:18 a. m. thus
signaling the opening of the Dis
trict's play areas to summer
sport, the permit office was be-
Seiged by applicants.
Records of the early spring
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
SENATE PUSHES
REL|EF;TABLES
SILVER PLAN
Casts Aside Thomas Initiation
Amendment in Drive to Pass
Presidents Bill
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service
Resort to "strong-arm" methods
to force speedy enactment of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's 1880 million dol
lar work relief bill, the Senate to-
day tabled a silver initiation amend
ment offered by Senator Thomas
ID. Of Oklahoma.
The motion to table was made
by Senator Robinson, Democratic
Floor Leawer. It was upheld by
vote of 40 to 33. It's effect was
to shut off further debate on that
amendment.
ReviSes Original Bill
Senator Thomas Immediately in
troduced a modified form of his
original plan and regained the
floor.
Democratic leaders were an
gered because Senator Thomas
held the floor six hours yester-
day debating silver initiation.
The Oklahoman also gave notice
he planned to talk at length on
the subject until Congress does
something about the money ques-
tion."
Senator Robinson began the
days session an hour earlier than
usual in an effort to reach an
early vote on the work relief bill.
He first asked unanimous con-
sent to vote on the pending
amendment at l o'clock this
afternoon. Senator Thomas OBJ
jected.
Thomas RetOrts
Plainly angered, Senator Robin
son then moved to table the
Thomas amendment.
Thomas retorted:
There will be no more unani-
nous consent requests granted
during consideration of this
BILL"
On the roll call, Senator La Fol
lette, Progressive, voted with Sen
ator Robinson and the majority,
while 13 Democrats and 20 Repub-
licans voted against the motion.
The Democrats were Senators
Connally, Copeland, Donahey,
King, Maloney, McCarran, McGill,
Murray, Pope, Smith. Thomas
(Okla), Trammell and Wheeler.
Aside from the Thomas plan. 1t
appeared the Senate had COM
pleted action on the Presidents
bill. It's present provisions were
said to meet his approval.
AS now drawn the bill would
set aside $50 million for direct
relief and four billion more for
work relief. The President, how
ever, could interchange the funds
almost at will:
One Limitation
Only one strict limitation was
written into the bill. 1t would
require him to spend all money
allocated to new highways. in
Guiding grad-crosSing elimina-
tlon, through State highway
administrations. It further would
compel Mr.. Roosevelt to allocate
highway funds to the State on
the basis of population, present
highway mileage and railroad
mileage. He could spend all
other funds where, when and as
he pleased.
Another section dealt with the
controversial wage issue. AS adopt.
ed, it gave the President power to
fix wages as he pleased, but ad-
monished him not to fix such
wages as would affect adversely"
existing wages in any community.
On new Federal buildings, how
ever, he would be required to pay
prevailing wages. All other ap-
parent limitations on his expend-
diture of the huge fund served
merely as suggestions" which he
could ignore if he saw fit.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Jersey Man Held
In Cuban SWindle

HAVANA, March % G.N.SD.
Anthony Langen, of Columbus,
Ohio, told police here that he was
induced to hunt for treasure, but
instead of finding it, he lost 1t.
So Cuban police arrested Vincent
Crisafulli. of Passaic, N. j., charg-
ing him with swindling Mr.. Lam
gen out of $3.50 in a fake treas
IRE hunt scheme.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
CHIEF ALLOWS
AIDES To WORK .
OUT TROUBLES
Doesn't Like Mistakes and
Lets Cabinet Solve Own
Administrative Slips
By EARL GOODWIN


There's one expression that
President Roosevelt uses often in
his capacity as quarterback and
captain of the team-and that is,
sTaking it on the chin"
To be able to stand up against
an the attacks, criticisms, mud
singing, and bone crushing that
Cabinet officers and other New
Dealers have to Standard not
wince-is taking it on the chin"
IN the Roosevelt parlance.
Quarterback Roosevelt doesn't
like mistakes, but when one of his
boys lets q foot slip he doesn't
want any crying. And what's
more, the quarterback lets 'em
take it on the chin just to teach
'em a lesson.
Take this rangy fellow Farley.
He's a good dual-threat player;
can handle the Post Office De
partment and double up as chair
man of the Democratic national
committee.
Captain Roosevelt didn't relish
that bad play of Farley's when
he gave away a lot of trick pos
tage stamps; but the way the man
took it on the chin" rather en-
deared him around the White
House.
And as for that stunt of his in
capitalizing on his mistake to the
tune of nearly 100000 by letting
every stamp collector in the
country have a sheet of these
same trick Stamps-Well. that is
looked on as a piece of finance
worthy of the thrifty Coolidge.
The New Dealers certainly liked
that bit of work.
There's another player who
took it on the chin" and stood
a lot of rough work for the sake
of his chief. That's Harold Ickes,
the Chicago boy who came here
as an unknown and is said to be
in for long-term contract. The
way he took it in the case of the
Robert Moses incident put him in
the class of Max Baer.
There is a good deal Of New
York State politics involved in
that, but it's worth while wading
through it. This chap Moses was
the Donald Richberg of the late
AL Smith administration in New
York. He was kind Of coordina-
tor and stood ace high; but he
made the mistake of under-esti-
mating one Franklin D. Roose-
velt; didn't think he'd ever
amount to much and used to high
hat Mr.. Roosevelt whenever he
had the chance.
Custer Demanded
He is credited Cor deb1teO
with having caused the vicious
split between Messrs. Roosevelt
and Smith, which was the whirl-
wind story in national politics
three years ago. In short, Mr..
Moses has been in bad with the
White House ever since the F. D.
Roosevelts moved in.
When New York's little Mayor
LaGuardia came rushing down
here every other day to borrow
millions-then billions-for New
York city, there was a noticeable
GOODNESS when it came to borrow
ing funds for those New York
projects under the administration
of MI. Moses. who still hangs on
to public job.
And so there was fixed up in
Mr.. Ickes' office a regulation
which didn't mention Mr.. Moses
by name, but which said plainly:
Gas long as Robert E. Moses
b on this job, New York gets
none of this money"
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Output
Again on Upgrade

Airplane production is again on
the upgrade following a four-year
recession, the Bureau of Air Com
merce reported yesterday. Pro-
duction in 1884 totaled 1918
planes as against 1924 in 1888.
There was a particularly note
worthy" increase in small civil.
ian airplanes of the types suitable
for private owners, the bureau re-
ported.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Permit Office Shows
Spring in Capital

rush for permits show a total
issue of 522 tennis permits, AZ
baseball permits and 10 for pic.
MICS.
This issue is light compared to
what may be expected within a
few weeks, parks officials aver.
At present only the cement ten
mis- courts-25 of them-are open,
and picnics will not become popu-
lar for at least a month. Base
ball also will find increased en-.
thusiasm with warmer weather.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
TALKS ON HOUSING

Commissioner Alexander Da-
mon, widely known Salvation
Army organizer and leader, will
be speaker on the Federal Hous-
ing Administration radio pro-
gram, Sunday at 1915 p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Wash Dust Off Car
To Preserve Paint

Lazy men who wipe the dust
off their automobiles following
the recent dust storm will do away
with a good bit of their paint, the
A. A. A. Motor Club warned yes
terday. The car should be washed,
not merely wiped. The fine dust
will play havoc with the finish if
it is rubbed with a dry rag.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
HINDU TO LECTURE

"The Philosophic Basis Of Hin
duism" will be the subject Of a
lecture by Brachmachari Jotin,
Hindu philosopher, tomorrow at
the League for the Larger Life,
1414 Sixteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23

merce pay roll. He had been hired
on no definite contract, having Of
fered his services to the depart
ment to aid the development OF
blind flying. Major Snow had
been with the department for a
year and half, and most of this
time had been working on the
robot pilot
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
FERA DANCE TONIGHT

Marking the first step toward
a permanent FERA social organ
ization, employees of the agency
will hold a dance tonight at the
Chastleton Hotel, according to an
announcement today by j. D. Will
son, who has acted as secretary
for the affair.
The Washington times., 1935-09-26
SEC IS WARNED
OF FIGHT BY
UTILITIES

Frank notice the utility inter.
ests will contest every step in
execution Of the holding company
death sentence" was served by
IL Spokesmen for the industry
yesterday in conference with
members of the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
P1nning their hopes on the Su.
preme Court to avert demolition
OF intermediate holding compa-
MES, the major power systems
will unite behind John w. Davis,
constitutional lawyer and one
time Democratic candidate for
President, in test of it's consti.
tutionality before the highest
tribunal, it was learned. The
utilities act requires dissolution
begin by 1888.
Joint Statement
The meeting, called by the SEC
for the ostensible purpose of dis
cussing registration of power COM
panieS by December l, quickly
veered to the more vital issue Of
holding compan dissolutions.
The following joint statement
was issued by Chairman Lands,
of the SEC, and Wendell L. Wilkie,
Commonwealth and Southern Cor
poration:
ut was stated by both the
commission and representatives
Of the utility industry that any
constitutional or other legal
rights Of the companies were
not to be waived by this or sub
sequent conference s in en-
deavOrs to work out the prob
lens involved in administration
Of the act.
Representatives Of the utiI-
ity industry, subject to this
understanding, indicated their
willingness to aid the commits
sion in working out admin
iStrative policies. To that end
a working committee of the in.
dustry will be created to be
oV@A"DAc Vu PEODAcHS VCCuEEAHS
from time to time"
SEC WANTS TEST
The 36-year-old Lands, protege
of Prof. Felix Frankfurter and
top-notch Brain Truster," re.
newed assurances the SEC will
interpose no obstacles to a speedy
constitutional test. The American
States Public Service Co. of Bal
timore, now in receivership, al
ready has challenged conStitu-
tionality in the Federal District
Court, contending a compulsory
reorganization by the SEC will
complicate efforts already being
made to the end under direction
of the court.
Whether the Baltimore case or
another will be chosen for the in.
dustry'S Supreme Court test will
be determined by Davis, utility
leaders indicated. A number of
the bigger its expo to ask in.
junction suits restraining enforce
ment. They agreed a final deci-
sion is unlikely before the Su.
preme Courts next term.
The Washington times., 1935-09-26

The message and Papal nenedic.
ton of Pope Plus XI, addressed
to the National Eucharistic Con-
greSs at Cleveland, Ohio, will be
heard today on Stations WJSV
from 4 to p. m. and on WRC
from 4:30 to S p. m.
The Pope'S message will be a
part of the closing exercises at the
Congress, which will be attended
by representatives of every Roman
Catholic diocese in the United
States.
A description of the Eucharistic
procession will be broadcast on
WJSV from 1870 to 2 p. m. and
on WMAL from 2:30 to 3 p. m.
Frank Parker, one of radios
most popular tenors, will be guest
artist for the second concert of the
new Atwater Kent series with Will
liam Days Orchestra to be broad
cast on WJSV tonight at 1880
p. m.
Parker will offer a variety of
favorite compositions beginning
with "Only a Rose" from THE
Vagabond King" and many others.
He will conclude the group of
songs with the ever-popular Il
Hear You Calling Me-"
Ernest Truck, master of cere-
monies, will perform again on Sta
ton WRC at $50 p. m. tomor-
row, when he makes his second
appearance, on the "Highlights
and HarmonieS" program.
The program, formerly "Hits
and Bits" will also feature Peg
LeCentra, the Kings Men quartet,
and the orchestra conducted by
Bill Wirges and Ken SiSson.
The Washington times., 1935-09-26
TOMORROW's
FEATURES


WRC-True Story Court Of
Human Relations, 5000 p.
m. Ben Bernie's Orch, 11:15-
1880 p. m.
WI WMAL-TimeS Radio
News, 9:45-1O a. m. College
Prom, 7:3O-S p. m. Sinfon-
eta, 9:SO-1O p. m.
WJSV-HollywOOd Hotel, g.
8 p. m. Jerry Freeman'S
Orch, 1O:3O-11 p. m.
WOL-Alice and her Won
derland Boys, 7-7:15 p. m.
Washington Radio Popularity
Contest, 9:3O-1O:15 p. m.