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The Washington times., 1935-03-16
Women Voters Meet

When the National League Of
Women Voters meets in Washing
ton May z to 10, for its biennial
general council. its program will
emphasize what the organization
terms "the urgent need for better
trained personnel in public serv-
ice, and for immediate reorgani-
cation of antiquated tax systems" ."
A hundred leaders from 3S
States will participate in the ses-
sion which will be held at the
Washington Hotel.
Some of the national officers
who will make up the council
body, include the president, Miss
Marguerite M. Wells, Minneapolis,
Mimi; first vice president, Mrs.
Harris T. Baldwin, District Of
Columbia; second vice president,
Mrs. Royal G. Whiting, Boston,
Mass; secretary. Miss Anna Lord
Strauss, New York city; treas
urer. Mrs. Elsie A. zinsmeister,
Louisville, KY.
The Washington times., 1935-03-16
Nic0r0guan Canal
Is Needed

To the Editor of The Times:
I believe the United States
should start building the Mic.
araguan canal project as soon
as possible as an aid to national
defense and to put men to
work.
In event of war the Panama
Canal might be blocked off.
diverting our fleet, which is
none too strong at best.
With the second canal there
would be additional safety, and
it would give much employment
and speed up business in the
building, PAN AMERICA.
The Washington times., 1935-03-16
They Weigh Quite
A Bit

To the Editor of The Times
In place of the paper money in
use, the Government should
start minting silver dollars and
place them in circulation.
This would start many silver
mines in operation, give employ.
ment to thousands Of persons
The Washington times., 1935-03-16
Letters to The Times Editor

Letters to the Editor should
signed the riter and address These u
be held confidential and initials publication
deSionGteS Readers nUed to discuss
The Washington times., 1935-03-16

in many lines of industry and
be a great aid toward speeding
up recovery.
There is a grand feel about
the old cart wheel" silver dol.
lar. You people in the East
should learn it. A few Of them
in your pocket and you feel like
q millionaire. WESTERNER.
The Washington times., 1935-03-16
u. D. C. Plans Party

The outstanding affair of the
year of the District of Columbia
Division of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy will be a
card party at the Shoreham
Hotel, Wednesday, March q, at
8 p. m.
Mrs. A. Eugene Barr, division
president, is being assisted with
arrangements by Mrs. Martha H.
Carter, chairman of entertain.
ment. Mrs. Walter Lee PhareS
is chairman of patrons and patro-
nesSeS, and Mrs. Daniel H, Fly
is chairman of candy.
A large number of distinguished
guests will attend.
The Washington times., 1935-03-16

BROWN u. LUNCHEON
A luncheon will be held by the
Brown University Club in the
Hamilton Hotel at noon today.
The Washington times., 1935-03-16
Finn to Speak

''What Women in Finland Have
Done" will be described by Nina
Strandberg, of Finland, before
the Political Study Club this aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock in the
Washington Club.
The Minister of Finland and
Nine. Astrom are expected to be
guests of honor.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
SOUTHEAST
RESIDENTS
=. STRICKEN
Fluid Cloudy With Queer Taste;
Officials Say Month Is
Needed to Halt Trouble

A serious epidemic of stomach
disorders has broken out in the
Southeast section of the city, due
to impure drinking water, with a
number of persons made i'll, it was
learned today.
Water in the section is clouded
and tastes bad, residents said, and
those who have complained to the
District Water Department have
been told that it will take at
least a month" to clear up the
condition responsible.
Many persons are boiling the
water before they drink it, and
others will not drink at their
homes for fear Of further illness.
For some reason the water
seems worse between 8 p. m. and
midnight, it was said by the indig-
nant residents, who are demand
ing immediate protection.
Woman Made Ill
Mrs. Sylvia Bernstein, first
block M st. S. E., told Times
reporter:
81 drank some water Sunday
and Immediately became very
iii, At the time I did not think
about the water. Later took
another drink and became i'll
again.
1.-THE water was very dirty
looking and Smelled and tasted
bad, I telephoned to the Board
of Health, and they told me that
it was probably due to some
thing that had been placed in
the water to kill typhoid germs.
"Then I rang the Water De-
partment, and they told me it
would be a month before cOndi-
fions were cleared up. / think
this is a terrible condition and
something should be done i'm
mediately."
Daniel Kendrick, blacksmith
of the 1900 block New Jersey Ave.
S. E., was made i'll yesterday by
the water. He said:
"When 1 let the water run
from the TAP IL was nOC ClcaE'
/ let it run for some time but
it would not clear up Finally I
took q drink. It tasted funny
and gagged me. Later 1 felt
quite i'll from it,"
BOY, Z, SICK
Jimmy Mason, Z, of the first
block M st. S. E., was another
victim of the water, having be-
come ill yesterday after taking
a drink.
Clyde Gator, 100 block New
Jersey Ave. S. E., was made ill on
sunday from the water. He said:
1--WE are now boiling the
water before we drink it, but
I will not allow my children
to drink. I have them wait
until they get to school to
drink water.
"The Health Department
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
MACON REPORT
BLANES NONE

The officer personnel and crew
of the Nays Inflated dirigible
Macon were absolved of any
blame in the giant airship'S crash
February IL by Secretary of the
Navy Claude A. Swanson today,
when he accepted and approved
findings of the special court Of
inquiry that investigated the
tragedy.
No recommendations were made
by the court in their lengthy re-
port to the Secretary, and only q
brief opinion was rendered. 1t
was:
"The court is of the opinion
that no OffenseS have been COM
mitted, and no blame incurred"
IN GOOD CONDITION
Rear Admiral Grin G.. Murfin,
who sat as president of the court
of inquiry, declared in his report
to the Secretary that evidence
showed the Macon to be in good
flying condition when she took off
from Sunnyvale, Cal, February
II, and that the court was unable
to learn specifically what caused
the ships structure to give way.
One this point, his report stated:
"The first indication Of any
trouble to the U. S. S. Macon
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The Washington times., 1935-05-22
MRS. LYDDANE
INDICTED IN
DEATHPL0T
Charged With Conspiracy to
Murder Husband; CARMEL,
Davis Also Named

Four indictments were returned
by the Montgomery county grand
jury today against Anne Lyddane,
Rockville bank clerk whose rela-
tons with Arthur Beall, of Darnes-
town, Md, brought the Bealls into
the divorce court a year ago with
Mrs. Lydoane named as the CO.
respondent.
The indictments were for:
l. Solicitation to murder Mrs.
Beall and her husband, Francis
"SlOm" Lyddane, recently or
dered dismissed as an emplOye
of the Silver Spring State liquor
dispensary, and prominent in
Democratic politics in the
county.
2. Conspiracy with John Car
nell and Edward J. Davis TO
murder Mrs. Beall. r.
3. Conspiracy with CARMEL
and John Martin BOland to
murder her husband.
4. Conspiracy with CARMEL
and Harry rags" Thomas to
murder her husband and Mrs.
Beall.
No Trial Date Set
With Mrs. Lyddane were in
dicted CARMEL, former bartender
at a Rockville inn where the State
charges the plot was Matched;
Davis, whom the States charges
was the contact man; Boland, al
legged go-between in the con
spiracy; and Harry Thomas
whose part in the alleged plot
has not been definitely described
by the State.
Two day. were required to
present the evidence on which the
indictments were based.
No date was set COR the trial,
nor was any time set for the ar
raignment of the accused persons
Mrs. Lyddane is free on $4,000
bond, while CARMEL, Davis and
Boland are in Montgomery county
Jail in default of $4,000 bond
each. Thomas is free under $1,000
bond.
Defense Attorney Stedman
Prescott announced he would seek
an early trial for his clients. He
issued , formal statement after
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The Washington times., 1935-05-22
Text of Veto
Message of
President

Tert of President RooSeUelt'S
message Uetotng the Pdtmdn
Soldiers Bonus BILL:
Mr.. Speaker, Members OF the
House of Representatives:
Two days ago a number of
gentlemen from the House of
Representatives called upon me
and with complete propriety pre-
sented their reasons for asking me
to approve the House of Repre-
Sentatives bill providing for the
immediate payment of adjusted
service certificates. In the same
spirit of courtesy am returning
this bill today to the House of
Representatives. AS I told the
gentlemen who waited upon me,
have never doubted the good
faith lying behind the reasons
which have caused them and the
majority of the Congress to adj
vocate this bill. In the same spirit
I come before you diSpassionately
and in good faith to give you, as
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The Washington times., 1935-05-22
Summer Street Cars
Doomed to Pass

The axe of progress is poised
over the open street car and be-
fore long the familiar open We
hicles, with street car men crawl
ing over them like human flies,
will be sacrificed to safety, speed
and efficiency, it was forecast
today.
OF course, the open street car
will not be lost without a fight
There are now II in operation
here and three more being pre-
pared for service, but the Public
Utilities Commission reported that
the open street car is an additional
hazard.
The report was founded on the
complaint by the Trainmen's
Union that q conductors were in.
jured during 1884 on the summer
cars.
Fred A. Sager, chief engineer
of the Public Utilities Commits
sion, said that only IA accidents
had involved trainmen last sum-
mer and that four of these were
attributable to the open car.
However, he pointed out that the
open cars are more dangerous
than the regular cars, saying:
with regard to the matter
Of open car operation, there is
no question but that their Op-
Grafton constitutes q hazard, as
they are more liable to acct
dents, both on the part Of pas
sengers and particularly con-
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
MARCH Of MIRA
TAME AFFAIR
International News Service


American business men, nearly
1000 strong, descended on Con-
gress today to urge the two-year
lease of the life of the NRA. They
were mostly from the industrial
EaSt,-from the manufacturing
towns of New England and the
wholesale and retail goods centerS
Of New York, Philadelphia, and
other eastern points.
They came to "whoop it up"
for the NRA as 1000 farmers
"whooped it up" for the AAA
here last week-but there was not
much whooping today. They
gathered in Constitution Hall, the
same hall in which the farmers
had raised such an enthusiastic
rumpuS a week ago. But the home
of the OAR failed to inspire the
manufacturers and traders as 1t
had the tillers of the soil.
Cheney Leads Way
It was a Subdued meeting, COM
pared with the farmers gathering.
There was no restless excitement
no prolonged cheering. Except
for the leaders, they looked more
awed than enthusiastic.
They sat with set faces and
listened to the organizer of the
meeting, Ward Cheney, a New
York silk manufacturer, describe
the NRA as the lifesaver of the
nations small business man, and
warn that it's extension for two
years "is absolutely necessary un-
less we are again to be exposed
to the grim danger of business
death"
There was no uproariouS ap-
plause, merely mild approval.
After reading kilograms of en-
dorsement from small manufac-
turing associations all over the
country, Mr.. Cheney denounced
senatorial insinuation that the
gathering was a "save our
racket" meeting. He said:
"The critics of NRA say it
is an autOcratic institution, and
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The Washington times., 1935-05-22
Girl Found Guilty
In Fatal Stabbing

NEW ORLEANS, La, May %
G.N.SD.-Bonnie Hill. alias Ma
rion King, 23-year-old night club
habitue, today was convicted of
manslaughter for the fatal stab,
bling of her sweetheart, John
Irving Pierce, also %, in the
Nut Club" here on March %.
Sentence was deferred. The
minimum for manSlaughter is six
years and the maximum is 20
years, with time off for good
behavior.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
Brother Murdered
Claim of Woman

NORFOLK, Va, May %.
Mrs. Virginia H. Brown, sis
ter Of William J. Hall, Norfolk
Southern Railroad bus driver
whose body was found near
his bus on Great Bridge Road
Monday morning with a bullet in
his back, today branded reports
that her brother might have com.
mitted suicide as utterly ridicu-
louS." She said:
"My brother was murdered
in cold blood"
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

President Roosevelt vetoed the
veterans bonus bill today and
then explained to semi-hoStile
Congress his reasons for so do"
ing.
His personal appearance before
a joint session, under highly dra-
matte circumstances, blazed q
new trail in presidential pro"
cedure.
Six Reasons For Veto
Mr.. Roosevelt said he could
not approve paying off the bonus
at this time because:
1. The veterans already have
been granted generous bene-
fits, through compensation, in
surance, disqualification, employ.
ment preference, etc-benefitS
not accorded other citizens.
2. It is class legislation for a
minority.
8. The proposed method Of
financing-issuance of Treas
ury notes-is unsound, and
would work eventually to the
disadvantage of the veterans
themselves as well as to the
country as a whole.
4. The debt is not due at this
time, the contract calling for
payment in 1915.
5. The general welfare of the
whole people deserves prior con-
sideration to the claims of the
veterans.
6. Cash payment at this time
would mean an outright gift Of
$1,000, 100000 to the veterans,
above the present value of their
compensation certificates.
These were the principal rea-
sons Mr.. Roosevelt advanced for
disappearing the bill, and he en-.
tered into a detailed explanation
of each of them. A crowded
chamber, from floor to galleries.
heard his 5,00O-word message, al
though many Senators "cut" the
Joint session.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
DC. COMM TTEE
DEADLOCKEDON
CRIME REPORT

Recommendations for the GUST
ing of District Attorney Leslie C.
Garrett and the retirement of
Superintendent of Police Ernest
w. Brown were left hanging today
when the full House District Com.
mittee found itself unable to
agree on the two reports from its
crime subcommittee.
Sharp difference of opinion over
the majority report, which calls
for a complete reorganization Of
the prosecutors office and the
Police Department, developed with
the filing of a minority report
~ Representative Theo B. Wer-
ner 3D. of South Dakota.
Representative Werner's report
characterized the majority state
ment as unfair. biased and based
on trivial testimony.
AS soon as Representative Wer'
ner submitted his report he de-
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The Washington times., 1935-05-22
WORK CRITICS
IGNORED BY
PRESIDENT
Says They Must Be Specific
To Be Valid; Must Con-
slider Local Cases
International News Service

President Roosevelt is not
greatly impressed by the howls OF
criticism that have gone up IN
Congress and in organized labor
circles over the $19-to-$94 wage
scales set up under the work
relief program.
This criticism, he said at his
press conference today, must be
specific rather than general, in
order to be valid.
Consider Localities
Local conditions must be taken
into account in all instances, he
emphasized.
The President announced he had
given verbal approval to all allotr
mentS recommended thus far by
the Advisory Committee on Allot'
ments, and said a series Of confer
ences, designed to determine the
amounts to be allotted States toE
small projects after mandatory
funds had been set aside, had been
started.
This procedure will take about
six weeks, he said, adding that he
spent most Of yesterday dealing
with the cases of Alabama and
Indiana in conferences with the
State works directors of those
States.
Require About Half
Mandatory allotments, he ex-
planned, were funds for the CCC,
rural resettlement and electrical
ton, soil erosion and flood con-
CONTINUED on Page ;, Col ~
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
Highlights of
Presidents
Message
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
international News Service

Following are some pertinent
quotations from Presidents
Roosevelt'S speech to Congress
today in Detoing the soldiers
bonus bill:
I hold that typical healthy
World War veteran of SO, an
able-bodied citizen, should be &C
corded no treatment different
from that accorded to other citi-
zens who did not wear a uni
form during the World War.
The veteran who suffers from
this depression can best be aided
by the rehabilitation of the
country as a whole. His interests
(after his discharge) became
identified with it's fortunes and
also with it's misfortunes.
Every country that has at
tempted the form of meeting
it's obligations which is here pro-
vided has suffered disastrous
consequences. Issuance of Treas
ury notes invites an ultimate
reckoning in uncomfortable
prices and in the destruction OF
the value of savings that will
strike most cruelty those like
the veterans who seem to be
temporarily benefited.
The first person injured by
skyrocketing prices is the man
on a fixed income. Every dis
abled veteran on pension or al
lowance is on fixed income.
This bill favors the ablebodied
veteran at the expense Of the
disabled veteran.
I do not need to be a prophet
to assert that if these certifi-
Gates, due in 1945, are paid in
full today, every candidate for
election to Congress will in the
near future be called upon in
the name of patriotism to sup
port general pension legislation
for all veterans, regardless Of
need or age.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
AMERICANS WIN
At ST. ANNE'S

ST. ANNE'S-ON-SEA, May
% Understanding all oppo-
sition, w. Lawson Little, jr., of
California strobe through the
British Amateur golf champion
ship with giant strides today,
eliminating formidable j. P. Zach.
ariaS 4 and 3 in their third-round
match.
The heavy-set Californian, seek
ing to retain his title against an
impressive field, led a parade of
American contestants. with T..
CONTINUED on Page II, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1935-05-22

ductOrs. 1 assume that these
cars will not be operated many
years longer, Notwithstanding
the fact that during the good
weather they are very popular
with the riding public"
Mr.. Sager declared he is of the
opinion that when the street car
company has purchased enough
new cars and reconditioned their
old vehicles, the operation of the
open cars will be discontinued.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
FELICITATION WINS

YORK. England, May az
DISQUALIFICATION, at 100 to
80, won the Yorkshire Handicap
today. desmond Dene, 6 to l,
was second and Lucky Patch, 10
to /, third.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
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The Washington times., 1935-05-22
Hostility Noted

Carefully noting the hostility
of Congress to his mission, the
President prefaced his message
~ asserting at the outset he did
not question the good faith Of
Congress in enacting the legisla-
(Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
Battery Man Says
He WillDefy NRA

YORK, Pa, May % G.N.sJ.
Fred C. Perkins, small battery
manufacturer convicted Of vlo'
lating the MIRA, served notice
today he will Openly and de.
liberately" resume in t er tate
sales in defiance of the Blue Eagle
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
DECLARESAC
DANGEROUS
AND CLASS
LEGISLATION
Veterans Already Granted
Benefits Not Accorded
To Others, He Says
International News Service

InternAt1OnaI news SefVAC0
Less than 30 minutes after
hearing President ROOSevelt'S
message, disappearing the vet
Grams bonus bill, the House this
afternoon voted to override the
Presidential veto.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22

weather Details on Page 19)
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Cloudy today; Thursday fair;
not much change in temperature.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
BurnSideS, Coates, Done
gal, TaIIeyrand Among
Types Pictured.

Come out from behind that bush,
we know you! Pipe the alfalfa!
Well, if it amt General Grant,"
Such were the gibes among the
100 male extras on the set at Para
mounts Mississippi" who, under
the magical touch of the makeup
expert, blossomed out in the lux
uriant facial foliage of the Civil
War period.
They we're playing the gay blades,
colonies, gamblers and carpetbag-
gers of the era, who apparently had
little to do except rear and cultivate
facial flora and weird haircutS.
In fact more than 20 different
types of whiskers were popular at
the time, among them:
Handlebars, to fit muStache cups;
burnsides, or sideburns, to warm the
ears; the imposing Dundreary
beard that curved laterally; the
Donegal which roved in busy
splendor from ear to ear; the simple
Tallyrand muff which covered all
but the eyes; the General Arthur,
and mutton chaps, plastered to each
jaw.
The handsome Van Dyke of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
Music Festival
Being Arranged
College Event Will Be Held
Sunday.

AS a greeting to the many musi-
clans and visitors who will be in the
city to attend the north central
music educators conference, the In
diana Federation of Music Clubs will
sponsor an inter- collegiate music
festival, at 230 Sunday IT the Mu-
rat Theater.
The federated music clubs are act
ing as hostesses for the conference
and will present the collegiate feS-
tival as the opening to the confer
ence.
The federation will open its an
nual convention during the educa-
tors confereL ce and will combine
with the conference in some meet
ings and social activities.
The program for the festival will
bring together 1879 voices in eight
groups which will be massed for
concluding number under the direc-
ton of Harold S. Dyer, choral chair
man of the National Federation of
Music Clubs
Mrs. Frank B. Hunter, president
of the Federation of Music Clubs,
has arranged the following program:
Madrigal Singers Central State Teachers
College, Mt. Pleasant, Mich, Old English
Group:
The Farmers Daughter" Traditional
Golden SAUNDERS" ............ Traditional
THE Silver Swan" .s..............P Purcell
Russian Group:
'The Nightingale" TschaikoWsS
"Vanka n Tanka" ......... .Dargomi1sky
J. Harold Powers, director.
Central College, Indianapolis:
20 Be joyful in the Lord .Gretchaninof
wasn't That a Mighty Day. Dett
Ethel Gilliatt. director.
Love Lives over the Hills" Alec Rowley
Away! Thou Shalt Not Love Me" ,;,,,,
...............3,::. John Wilbye
Elizabeth Meloy, ' director ~ O'ON''
Earlham College Choir, Richmond:
Sing We and Chant IT. 1900. Morley
God Is in His Holy Temple Mueller
my, Love Dwelled in a Northern
-""O Dali W. Cox, director. '-lS 81
Indiana University Mems Glee Club,
Bloomington:
Keep in the Middle Of the Road
'S'O 5. D. Nye, director.
Burroughs-Jackson College OF Music
c ReR G a0qiispSp0s Samuel Richard Gaines
Violin obiigato" '.1 ''''' Herman Berg
Jane, johnson Burroughs. director.
Massed Voices:
psalm L. P. Melius christensen
(a) Adante "Offer Unto God the Sac
rifice of Thanksgiving
Harold S. Dyer. director.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-14
Warner Bros. Now
List % Directors

The affiliated Warner Bros. and
First National studio announces
that there are now % directors I'M
der contract to them.
Heading the list is Max Rein
hardt, who is creating for the screen
his version of Shakespeare's "a
Midsummer Nights Dream"
Other directors holding contracts
at the studio are Frank Borzage,
Michael Curtiz, William Keighley,
Bobby Connolly, Ralph Staub, D.
Ross Lederman, Melvyn Leroy, AL
fred E. Green, William Dieterle,
Busby Berkeley, Arthur Greyille
Collins, Howard Bretherton, Robert
Vreeland, Joseph Santley, Lloyd
Bacon, Archie Mayo, Raymond En-
right, Robert Florey, Stanley Logan,
Frank Mcdonald, William Mccain
and Gene Lewis.