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The Washington times., 1935-11-16
STEEL RISES
INB00M|NG
MARKET
Ticker Lags As Turn
over Shows ! $780,
OO,Shares

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 G.N.S0.
The stock market closed on a
boom note today, up to 3 points,
in a late buying rush which sent
the high sped ticker two minutes
behind.
Turnover was around 1900, 900
shares, making it one Of the big
gest Saturday sessions in the last
two years.
The feature all day was a neck
and-neck race between Bethlehem
and U. s., Steel. They closed
exactly even at 501a after Beth
lehem had overhauled and crossed
Big Steel for the first time since
the 1917 ''war BOOM" Tips that
this would happen in view Of
Bethlehem's better earnings have
been widespread in Wall Street
for several weeks.
Bethlehem at the close, how
ever, was up 2A points to the
best levels since 1881, while U. S.
Steel was up only a point.
The SteelS were the Spearheads
of the late advance followed by
the C h emicals, merchandising
shares, utilities and rails.
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
HEADBL0WS
FAILED TO
END HER
LIFE
Cord Tied Around
Neck Three Times
Caused Death

Corinna Loring's essailant crept
up from behind and struck her q
blow with a blunt instrument, it
was revealed today for the first
time.
The girl was only momentarily
stunned by the blow which struck
her behind the right ear. She aEo
was struck with the same instru-
ment on the right and left fore
head. Then the killer garroted
his victim slowly until he snuffed
out her life.
This exclusive information cams
today from one Of the chief in.
veStigatorS working on the murder
mystery of the 26-year-old Mt.
Rainier Md choir singer whose
body was found n a thicket o.
trees q short distance from her
home last Saturday.
She disappeared from her
home the preceding Monday, two
days before she was to have be.
come the bride Of Richard Tear,
29-year-old attendant at st. Eliza
beth's Hospital.
Blows Left Brush Burns
The blows left brush burns on
the girls face-one on the jaw,
the forehead and behind the ear.
A brush burn in medical par
lance is one caused by violent
friction. The informant on this
latest development in the murder
of the choir singer revealed that
the burns on the slain girls head
and face were not caused by q
hot instrument such as was first
reported.
The girls death definitely was
caused by Strangulation, it was
learned from the same official
source.
Roberts w. Hicks, Washington
criminologiSt, advanced the theory
today that Miss Loring was tor.
tured to death, the killer apparent.
ly bungling his first two attempts
to end her life by Tightening a
piece of wrapping cord about her
neck.
Hicks theory is based on the
fact that three separate "bites"
of the rope were found on Miss
Loring'S neck.
After a conference with States
Attorney Alan Bowie, of Prince
Georges county, in Upper Mari.
boro, this morning, Lieut.. Joseph
1tzel, detective in charge Of the
case, announced he would go to
Baltimore this afternoon to talk
with an unidentified woman who
sis an important witness"
Itzel declined to reveal the
whereabouts of the woman or
what information he believed she
has concerning the murder mys-
terry. Itzel said he would return
to Upper Marlboro tomorrow.
simultaneously, police today re-
vealed only eight persons were
aware of the fact that Miss Loring
and Tear had changed the date
of their wedding. It was COM
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While school and District Of
ficials wrangled over the McCarl
ruling banning the payment Of
salaries to teachers refusing to
sign a statement that they have
neither taught nor advocated
Communism, Mrs. Roosevelt to
day defined the word teach"
as something which is explained
and not advocated.
At her press conference Mrs.
Roosevelt discussed the contro.
verSy now raging over the de.
cision of Comptroller General j.
r. McCarl, stating, however, that
she wanted it distinctly under
stood that my opinion is worth
nothing in this matter"
"The final word in the defini-
tion of the word teach should
come from someone in authority
in its application to this particular
instance" she said.
Il am quite willing" she con-
tinued, to give my definition. To
teach, I think, means to tell people
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
EDUCATORS
S|LENT0N
RULING
Action to Be Taken
Uncertain; BalIou,
Donovan in Farley

Evasions and secret conferences
marked the only activities Of Dis.
trict School officials today follow.
ing the surprise red ruling Of
Comptroller General j. r. McCarl
yesterday.
Mr.. McCarl'S ruling stipulated
that teachers and other employees
in the school system could not be
paid their salaries unless they
signed affidavitS swearing they
had not taught or advocated Com
muniSm in the "schooiroom or
elsewhere" during the period for
which their salary checks were in
payment.
While school heads were silent
on what steps, II any, they would
take on the ruling Mr.. McCarl
also remained non-committal,
pointing to a ruling made by him
that forbidS employees Of his Of
flee or himself discussing any
decision of his office for 10 days
after its issuance.
Farley With BallOu
At the Franklin School Build
ing, headquarters of the Board
of Education, the principals OF
the senior and junior high
schools were called in for a con-
ference with DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent. It was explained
it was a regular meeting of the
junior high school principals but
that the senior school heads were
invited in" It was denied at
the office of the School Superin.
tendant that any mention was to
be made at the conference Of the
ruling on Communism.
The statement by DR.. Ballou
concerning the McCarl ruling
will be issued later today, it was
said.
Previous to the meeting, Dr.
Ballou conferred with Major
Daniel j. Donovan, District
auditor, presumably to discuss
the form of procedure for the
next school pay roll.
Ndll Uu MCNdEl
Later both men left DR..
Ballou's office and were reported
to have gone to Mr.. McCarl's
office. DR.. Ballou's secretary
denied this, but at the office OF
Major Donovan, it was admitted
that he had gone to confer with
the Comptroller General.
In making his ruling, the Comp
troller General reiterated the Ian
guage of the legislative rider tt
the 1886 District appropriation
act, which says that no part ot
the appropriation shall be usec
for the payment Of salaries tt
teachers teaching or advocating
Communism.
He elaborated this language BY
adding that in the certificatior
which all employees will have tt
sign they must state "withou
reservation and for the purpoSt
(Continued on Pare 4, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
SELL
u. 5. CEMENT

NEW YORK, Nov. is Q.N.S0.
New protests loomed today over
the use of foreign-made materials
in WPA projects with the dis
closure that French cement was
being imported for city school
buildings.
While members of the Tri-
borough Bridge Authority were
making continued efforts to have
the contract for Nazi steel for the
big uptown span cancelled, cement
manufacturers pointed out that
foreign importations were depriv'
ing American workmen Of employ
ment.
Projects in which French
cement has been used, producers
declared, include public schools IN
Manhattan and Queens and IN
the new city health department
building.
Since the new regulations
adopted Friday by Public Works
Administrator Ickes might not
prevent the use of foreign cements
in city schools, manufacturers
urged a specific ban on foreign
materials on Is schools now
under construction here with PWA
funds.
The campaign against foreign
materials widened with the an
nouncement by Comptroller Tay-
lor that he would seek to guar
antee exclusive use of American
made supplies on city contracts.
Plan so Per Cent Margin
Millions of dollars worth Of
steel are soon to go into the
construction of a new subway
here, and, to make sure this
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The Washington times., 1935-11-16
Swordfish HatchinQ
Of Siamese Twins
Unique, Says Expert

It may sound "fishy" but it's
true.
The stork Of the fish world
called upon Mr.. and Mrs. Red
Swordfish-owned by Arthur ].
Thomas, Of 625 seventh st. N. W.
and, Of all things, presented
them with Siamese twin offspring.
Informed of the rare blessed
event, Fred G. Orsingner, director
of the Department Of Commerce
aquarium, said he had heard Of
Siamese twin guppieS before, but
never knew Of such a rarity in
the red swordfish family.
Unmindful of the furore they
have caused in the fish world, the
twins swan about today with their
20 brothers and sisters in tropi'
cal fish bowl at the Thomas resi-.
dence. The twins are less than
an inch in length and are joined
together all along their back.
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
DARING
SAVES PLANE

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 16 0.N.SO
Acting with splitoSecond speed
when his three motors suddenly
stopped, Pilot James Slim"
Carmichael, %, of Detroit, early
today. executed a daring "belly
skid" landing at speed Of 100
miles an hour, saving his life and
those of his two passengers.
Carmichael, who was decorated
a fortnight ago by President
Roosevelt, was at the controls Of
the big Central Airlines ship only
rs feet in the air when the motors
suddenly stopped. He drew in
the landing wheels and set the
plane down on it's belly" 1t
skidded to a stop after Slithering
down a 30-foot embankment at
the edge of the flying field. All
three propellers were bent and
damage estimated at $4,000 re-
suited.
It was certainly lucky" Car
michael said.
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
New Ethiopian Prince
Opposes the Emperor

ROME, Nov. 16 G.N.s0.-Ru-
mors of the rise of an Ethiopian
prince under the bar sinister to
become another threat to the
regime of Emperor Halle Selassie
were reported today in the Italian
press.
In a dispatch from Aksum, Po'
polo di Roma reports that caravan
leaders arriving in the Holy City
are telling about the ascendency
of prince" Birumenelik. who
boasts that he is an illegitimate
son of the great Emperor Menelik,
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
RObbing Of Dead Laid
Ton. Y. Suspect

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 Q.N.S0.
A ''reign of terror" among Brook
lyn undertakerS, caused by disap-
pearance of jewelry from bodies
Of the dead, was disclosed today
with arraignment Of Adolph
Meyer, 40, on a charge of sepulture
an offenSe rarely listed in police
records.
Meyer was hailed into magis-
trate'S court on the specific charge
of violating Section 2218 Of the
State Penal Code, prohibiting
stealing from a dead body.
He was arraigned on a short
affidavit signed by Detective Emil
Moldenhauer which alleged that
yesterday Meyer, enered a Brook
lyn undertaking. eparlor where a
The Washington times., 1935-11-16

dead body reposed and that after
he left a diamond ring valued at
$3.50 was missing from the body.
The affidavit did not state the
ring was found on Meyer, but did
allege that another ring which had
disappeared from a body was
found in his possession.
Meyer pleaded not guilty and
was held for further hearing in
bail of $1,000.
Six undertakers present in court
at the arraignment said undertak-
ing circles had been terrorized
recently by thefts from the dead
as they lay in undertaking estab-
lishments. None would permit his
name to be used, all Of those
present stating they were ION the
spot" because Of such gere thefts.
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
Wanted Man Seized
In $1,000 SWindIe

NEWARK, N. j., Nov. 16
G.N.S0.-Charles Balough, 80, was
under arrest here today on charges
growing out of an alleged Swind-
ling scheme involving an $1,000
swindle of a New York delicatessen
dealer.
Newark authorities revealed
Balough is wanted in Toledo, Ohio,
for jumping bail of $4,000 follow
ing his arrest in connection with a
scheme in which he was said to
have tricked a man out of $4,000.
He is also wanted for questioning
by Trenton police in connection
with an alleged $4,000 swindle.
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
GRID FEATURES
ARMY, NAVY
MAXINE REINER
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

It's Service Day on the field
today as the gray line of Kaydets
from West Point marches into &C
ton with the Rambling Romans
of Notre Dame in New York at
Yankee Stadium, and the blue
clad Midshipmen of Annapolis
face Columbia's aroused Lions at
Annapolis.
Army, alas, may have to fall
back to a prepared position, as
they say at the War Department,
but Navy figures to sink Columbia
in handy style.
Not only do the service teams
dominate the Eastern theater Of
football today, but the game in
general reaches the crucial stage
for some of the clubs.
Dreams of Rose Bowl glory may
be shattered before nightfall to-
day as some of the unbeaten
elevens of morning count their
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The Washington times., 1935-11-16
HUSBAND SUES
ACTRESS
JOSEPH INVERSION

LOS ANGELES, Nov. IS
G.N.SO.-Because Maxine Reiner,
pretty film actress and Phila'
delphia socialite, assertedly struck
her husband on several occasions,
demanded costly gifts and locked
him out of their home. Joseph
MyerSon, Los Angeles business
man, today had filed suit for di.
vorce.
The couple married July II and
separated October 8, when the
actress assertedly went to live
with her mother.
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
Egypt Bars Planes
On War Missions

CAIRO, Nov. 16 U.N.s0.-The
government today informed the
italian minister that Italian or
Ethiopian airplanes flying over
Egypt would be forbidden to carry
armed passengers or passengers
in military uniform. An excep-
ton will be made in the case Of
Red Cross workers.
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
Boot|egger Fined
Jailed Six Months

SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. IS
O.SO.-Federal Judge George A.
Welsh today sentenced Alfredo
Bernocchi, Trenton, N. j., to six
months in jail and fined him
$1,000 for selling untaxed liquor.
Bernocchi was described as one
of Big Shots" in a rum ring that
operated in many cities.
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
NUSS0LINI
0USTSGEN.
De BONO
De Badoelio Succeeds
To Eritrean Position;
Heads Armies
War MnunSs
War Moves:

With League of Nations
penalties against Italy to 60
into effect on Monday, cables
from pivotal war centers
brought sensational news
through the following develop
ments:
ROME Premier Mussolini
removed General De Bono as
high commissioner Of Eritrea
and commander Of the East
African campaign into Ethl.
opis. At the same time a ses-
sion Of the Fascist grand coun-
ell was called by II Duce to
combat sanctions. Italian
bombers near Maka1e report
ed continued operations. In an
encounter near Abb, 20 1tal-
ians and 81 Ethiopians were
killed. Romans blasted an
arms depot at Daggah Bur.
ASMARA, Eritrea.-EtMo-
plans again reported massing
on the outskirts of Makale.
GENEVA.-Britain will not
accept exports from nations
not applying sanctions unless
goods are guaranteed not Of
Italian origin. Penalties in
effect, Monday, by 30 nations.
LoNDoN.-Reuter reported
that Daggah Bur and Sassa
Baneh have not been taken
by the Italians.
ROME, Nov. is Q.N.S0.
In q sensational Shake-up in the
italian command in East Africa,
Gen. Emilio de Bono. high COM
missioner of Eritrea who had
been directing the war against
Ethiopia, was recalled to Rome
today.
Field Marshal Pietro Badoglio,
chief of the Italian general staff,
was named to succeed the vet
eran De Bono, and henceforth
will have supreme command of
the conduct Of the East African
campaign.
The shift, which took Italy by
surprise although it apparently
had been slated in inner circles
for several weeks, constitutes a
smashing triumph for profeS-
Sional military men and for the
general staff as opposed to the
more strongly Fascist quarters.
Task Completed
General de Bono, one Of the
original quad1Hmvirate Of the
Fascist march on Rome and one
(COntinusd on Page ;, Col. y
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
Suit Waits Morgan Kin

RENO, New. Nov 16 Q.NS).
Mrs. Kathryn Comfy Hamilton has
arrived in Reno presumably to
establish a residence here to
divorce Alex Hamilton, grandson
the j. Pierpont Morgan, it was
learned today.
The Washington times., 1935-11-16
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Cloudy, probably OceasiOndl light rains to-
night and tomorrow; little change in tsmpsrG-
tursj Lowest temperature tonight about ~.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
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weather Details on Page 19)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-05
WAR VETERAN
FEARED SLAIN

AUBURN, CAL, Sept. 5 G.N.SO.
Mysterious disappearance of Will
liam Vailencourt, World War vet
eran, caused Sheriff Elmer Gum,
Of Placer county, to point the
finger of suspicion today at Earl
Kimball, 2l-year-old itinerant
prospector accused of two muir.
ders.
Believing Vailencourt may have
met the same fate as James C.
Kennett, SIS, retired Chicago con-
tractor, and an unidentified II.
year-old youth whose bodies were
found in abandoned mine shafts
to which sheriff's deputies were
directed by Kimball, Sheriff Gum
declared Kimball would be re-
questioned.
Vailencourt has been missing
since December. Friends reported
he was last seen in the Fulda
flat region where the bodies of
Kennett and the unidentified
youth were found.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-05
n. Y. Utility Taxes
Yield $1O,723,059

NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-For the
first seven months of the year,
Comptroller Taylor announced
yesterday, the yield from the city's
public utility tax amounted to
$10,723,059. A new loan. of ten
million dollars, Taylor said, had
been negotiated with ]. P. Nor.
gan & Co. to meet current ex-
penses. The interest rate is 21a
per cent. The money is to be re.
paid on or before December 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-05
Cardends Vetoes
Congress Bonus
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 5 (U.sO.

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 5 (U.S).
President Lazaro Cardenas has
vetoed a measure to give federal
congressman a total of 1000, 900
pesos (about $27O,O0O, or $3.50
each), for enacting his legislative
program in addition to their
monthly salary Of 1000 pesos. The
president told congress the money
was needed for public purposes,
and he ignored the argument that
history, tradition and precedent
justified such gratuities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-05
SH0USE SEES
CONSTITUTION
FOES LOSING

NEW YORK, Sept. S G.N.S0.
President Roosevelt, in the face
of general disapproval, is aban-
doning his plans for undermining
the Constitution by indirect at
tack and Executive decree.
So Jouett Shouse, former ma
tional Democratic chairman and
president of the Liberty League,
said today on his return from
Europe on the liner Manhattan,
Referring to recent speeches OF
the President, Mr.. Shouse said:
"They show that he is aban.
dOning his attacks on the Con-
stitution, particularly his recent
speech in Milwaukee to Young
Democrats.
"The Liberty League is only
one year old but it is steadily
growing stronger. We oppose
no one and we uphold no one.
Our sole object is to fight any
attempt at impairment of the
powers of the Supreme Court
or any attempt to amend the
Constitution by indirectiOn,
executive decree or legislation
which is palpably uncOnStitu.
tiOnal.
1--WE do not oppose any at
tempt to change the COnStitu.
ton by amendment in the man.
ner provided by the Constitu-
ton itself. Our legal depart
ment is now sitting all recent
legislation to judge its cOnstitu-
tiOnality,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-05

When it comes to style and
looks, the school teacher today
doesn't have to take back seat
for any of her sisters, either in
the Junior League or on Broad
way.
Take it from DR.. Stephen E.
Kramer, first assistant superin'
tendent of schools, who has been
a student, a teacher, a princi-
pal and everything that goes into
the making of a higher school
official.
The Rockford superintendent
statement has caused much com.
ment from school officials in va
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-05
Rain Again Halls
Sylvan Theater PLAY

Bad luck, meaning rain, which
has halted several of the summer
festival committees productions
at the Sylvan Theater, triumphed
again yesterday with announce.
ment "A Midsummer Nights
Dream" will not be given this
season. It was to have been pre-
scented last night, last week, and
on one or two other occasions.
Tickets held for last nights
show will be honored at the
presentation of Gilbert and Sui
livan's operetta, Patience" sched-
uled for Monday, September g.
If the rain lets up in time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-05
Mail School Detective
Held AS Fugitive

ST. LOUIS, Sept. S GN.S).
An amateur detective, who iden.
titled himself as Joseph j. Me-
luch, 81, of Lorraine, Ohio, and
who is held at local police head
quarters, today told reporters
that his knowledge of finger.
printing had scared him into be-
coming a fugitive sought in the
murder of his bride Of six weeks.
Meluch's wife, Dorothy, was
found beaten to death in the
home of his parents last August
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-05
Teachers Have Style.
Says DIR. Kramer

rious sections of the country, but
none quite as forceful as DR.
Kramer's. The local school Off
cial was so enthusiastic about
the good looks and style of mod
ern school teachers that he said
"The battleax was gone long
before the Rockford Superinten-
dent Of schools was born. Now
adays teachers are much better.
looking and much better
grOomed.
"Why, I remember when 1
went to school. There weren't
even any battleaxes then. If
there were, they were relics"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-05

Meluch, who says he is a
graduate of a correspondence
school course in How to Become
a Detective?" walked into a local
police station last night, iden.
titled himself and signed an
extradition waiver, agreeing to re-
turn to Ohio, officers said. The
police, who had received no re-
quest for his arrest, are holding
him as fugitive. Meluch denied
any connection with his wife's
Staying.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
MILK FIRM MUST
PAY GROSS TAX LEVY

Court Ruling Given in Roberts Co.
Law Suit.
When a milk company sells direct
to consumers, it is a retailer and
therefore must pay the l per cent
gross income tax rate, Superior
Judge Russell ]. Ryan ruled yester-
day.
Decision was given in the case Of
the Roberts Milk Co., which con-
tended it should pay only one
fourth of l per cent, the rate i'm
posed by the law on manufacturers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
SPENDS
QUIET NEW YEARS
Paul Stump Takes Oath
as Court Clerk.

With only two new officials en-
tering upon their duties, the State
house today lacked the gay, carnival
spirit that has marked other New
Years Days.
Paul Stump, Charlottesville, be-
came clerk of the Supreme and
Appellate Courts and took the oath
of office from Walter w. Spencer
Charlottesville attorney. Fred L
Pickett, whom Mr.. Stump succeeds
will resume his law practice at
Richmond.
John j. Gould, Shelbyville, has
been reappeinted chief deputy clerk
by Mr.. Stump.
George L. Tremain, Greensburg
will not take the official oath as
judge of the Supreme Court until
tomorrow, when he will succeed
David A. Myers, Greensburg. Mr..
Tremain announced appointment of
Miss Ruth Donnell, Greensburg, as
his secretary.
-Four Appellate Court judges en-
tered upon new terms. Those re-
elected last November + Judge
Posey T. Kline, Evansville; Judge
Alphonso G. Wood, Angola; Judge
Harvey j. Curtis, Gary, and Judge
William H. Bridwell, Sullivan. They
took their oaths several weeks ago