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The Washington times., 1935-10-31

District Commissioner George
z. Allen; District wPA Admins
TRAITOR Daniel y. Donovan. and
Assistant Deputy Administrator
william H. cleary received the
appeals to furnish the necessary
labor.
District Labor Required
On July IL, 1885, the Quarter
master Generals office asked for
So men to work on the $500, 900
project. 1t was necessary that
the District government provide
labor for the work according to
the WPA specifications. The
requisition was partially filled. On
the same day a second requisition
was filled. It called for three
men.
On July 18 the Army again
asked for 81 men. It was re-
fused.
On July 81, a requisition for
/ 1,166 men was submitted. It was
untitled.
On August 5, a requisition for
one man was filled, but on August
% an appeal for 906 men was
rejected.
On September 5, a requiSition
for 800 men was filled.
Requests Untitled
On October 8, the Quarter
master Generals Office asked for
726 men. On October IL, it asked
for II men. On october % it
asked for 1,035 men. All three
requests went untitled.
On October 49,. WPA Admin
istrator Harry L. Hopkins warned
the District Commissioners that
they must have their full quota
of 10000 men at work by Novem-
ber 4. g.
Commissioner Allen replied:
"The District has the maximum
number Of men and women on
projects.
"It cannot increase the num-
Der of 1000 employed now until
the Treasury Department and
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Dancers Suit Bluff.
HendriCk Hints

threatened suit unless I settled
for $4,000. I refused. A month
later the amount was reduced to
$4,000. I still refused. Then
it was reduced to $1,000, and q
week or SO ago to $500. Draw
your own conclusions.
Mr.. Hendrick is not so, as first
reported, but in his early 40's.
At the time he met the Lee
girl, whose real name he gave as
Lynn Notter, she told him she
was 81, he said. In her suit
she says she is now 81. She is
said to be still in Philadelphia.
The suit was filed in Mont
gomery county circuit court be.
cause Mr.. Hendrick is Q resident
Of Bethesda, Md. He and his
wife were divorced several years
ago.
Mr.. Hendrick promised to
marry her, Miss Notter alleges
in her suit. But his promises
never materialized, she AYERS,
and therefore, she believes, she
Is entitled to $4,000.
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NATIVES MASSACRE ITALIAN TROOPS
HOPKINS Cuts Final D. {. Relief To Half
WANTED--1,OOO MEN

To skilled and unskilled laborers on District
relief rolls:
The Quartermaster Corps Of the United
States Army needs 1000 or more men at once
to aid in the construction of the new 5000, 900
landing field at Boiling Field.
Workers will be paid the security wage!
The Washington times., 1935-10-31
COOPER CASE
NEARS JURY
The Cooper case went to the
jury at l o'clock this afternoon.

Arguments in the trial Of
Wade H. Cooper. charged in an
indictment with miSapplying
funds of the defunct Commercial
National Bank, Of which he was
president, were completed in Dis
trict Supreme Court shortly af-
ter noon today.
Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue
began his charge at 1890 and
the jury is expected to receive
the case before 2 o'clock.
Opening and rebuttal arguments
for the Government were made by
Assistant United States Attorney
Irving Goldstein who declared
Cooper was in the Commercial
National Bank only three days
when he advanced $175,000 to
Continental.
"They ask us why man with
so much money would steal $780,
O0O," Goldstein declared, "and I
don't know why. But he did it. :"
Goldstein was referring to the
$40, 1000 Cooper Is said to have
received as his share Of the $105,-
600 paid in dividends by Cont
mental.
Defense Counsel william E.
Leahy accused the Government of
distorting evidence in the case.
He told the jury Cooper had ap-
proximately $250,0 of his own
money invested in the CONNER.
cial and Continental banks.
why" asked Leahy, would
Cooper, under these circumstances,
wish to wreck these institutions
as charged by the Government"
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II NatiVeS q
Butcher
Invader
BY H. R. KNICKERBOCKER
Copyright. 1885, by international
News SerVice) .

Adds ABABA, Oct. 81 Q.N.SO
While the League of Nations met
in an attempt to throttle Italy
economically, her armies in Ethi-
opia started a fresh push west
ward across the Danakil desert
in the region Of Mount MuSSa
Ali, according to an official an
nouncement here today.
The Italian outpoSts already
have reached a point 60 miles
inland near the point where the
British writer, NeSbitt, discovered
the temperature was 157 degrees
Fahrenheit, and labelled the re-
gion "the hell-hole of creation" "
Fighting in the most intolerable
heat ever endured by man, the
Italians already have found out
that tales of the ferocity of the
Danakil SavageS are not fiction,
but the most bitter truth.
Already one Of the Italian sup
ply trains has been surrounded
and wiped out.
Naked and invisible in the dead
Of night, a horde Of warriors Of
the ASSaimara tribe, one Of the
fiercest in the entire Danakil
desert, attacked the Italians not
far from the Eritrean frontier.
They killed many men and
captured many camelS, according
to the Ethiopian governments
official announcement.
The new Italian push is OBJ
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MuSSOini.
Britainh
New Rift

LONDON, Oct. 81 Q.NSO-The
dangerous rift between Great Brit.
ain and Italy, which several times
in recent weeks threatened to de-
velop into an open break, has
widened considerably during the
past few hours, International
News Service learned on the high.
est authority today.
Instead of becoming more pa
cific as a result of peace talks on
the Continent, the situation actu.
ally is more warlike.
Furthermore, it is feared in Lon.
don that a major battle in East
Africa between Ethiopians and
Italians cannot be avoided before
a peace with Emperor Halle Selas-
sic is effected.
Resent Propaganda"
Great Britain, it was learned,
views the continued issuance Of
Italian propaganda" as misrepre-
Senting the British attitude
especially the report Of q diverg.
ence of opinion between Britain
and France regarding peace basis.
Italy deliberately is "befogging
the situation" Britain believes.
Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign min.
lister, will go to Geneva determined
to attempt to stiffen the backs Of
other League delegations in op.
position to Italy.
The British want their own
peace views put into effect. These
views are unchanged-if anything,
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The Washington times., 1935-10-31
Nazis Hold Priest
On Military Charge

EICHSTAETT, Bavaria, Oct. 81
UN.S0.-Father Rind-Fleisch, q
Catholic priest, was taken into
protective custody today on q
charge of holding military maneu-
vers and exercises with q Catholic
youth association and practicing
activities considered against the
interests of the state within the
youth organization.
The Washington times., 1935-10-31
Pavement
Heater Leaps Curb,
Crashes Into Porch

Four colored laborers, engaged
on a District paving project at
Twenty-ninth and M Streets
Northwest, proved insufficient to-
day for the task of restraining q
heavy two-wheeled pave ment
heater which they were wheeling
down a slight incline in the 1900
block of Twenty-nin!.'l Street.
Gathering too much speed the
heater broke from their grasp,
leaped q curb in front Of the resi-
dence of Mrs. Robert E. O'Neill
at No. 1928, and carried away
post and the lower step Of Mrs.
O'Neill'S iron porch.
The Washington times., 1935-10-31
I3 Killed in Train
Wreck in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 31.-Thir-
teen persons were killed and IL
injured today when a train from
Acambaro, Guanajuato, over
turned 20 miles outside that city.
A loose rail caused the accident.
Military authorities began an
investigation.
The Washington times., 1935-10-31

The Washington Times learned exclusively today that the
United States Army quartermaste generals office has been
seeking 1000 skilled and unskled aborers for
100000 WPA construction job at Boiling Field since early in
July and that District officials have filled rquons for
these men from the relief rolls for the work.
The Washington times., 1935-10-31

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-The
story of how a $35-per-week law
clerk refused his heiress wife's
offer Of $4,000 for a divorce was
told yesterday in Manhattan Su-
preme Court.
The clerk, now a prominent
lawyer, was Harold s. Glenden-
ing. He said that four years aft
er his marriage to Alicia Mad.
dox, foster-daughter Of Alfred
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ALLEN SAYS
CRISIS NEAR
AT HAND
Claims More Projects
Are Needed to Care
For Capital Needy

FERA Administrator Harry Hop
kins today notified Commissioner
George z. Allen by telegram that
the Districts request for q final
relief allotment had been cut to
IA 8sx.sss.e~as vs-s-sszi,- .sss-s - v
Coming on the heels Of orders
from the Works Progress Admin.
istIation headquarters that the
District is expected to put its
quota Of 10000 persons to work on
WPA projects by November 4, the
action brought the relief situation
in the District to a crisis.
Commissioner Allen had re-
queSted $4,000 for the final re-
lief allotment. This was designed
to tide the District over until all
employables on relief rolls had
been transferred to WPA jobs.
Cut to $25O,OOO
Administrator Hopkins informed
Commissioner Allen the Federal
allotment had been cut to $780,
600. The telegram said a ''letter
will follow" and Commissioner
Allen is anxiously awaiting it.
The District now has $500 per
sons transferred from relief rolls
at work on approximately $4,500,-
600 projects. Commissioner Allen
has notified Federal WPA head
quarters that the remaining en-
ployableS on relief rolls-there
are approximately, 00-cannot
be put to work until the District
is given additional projects. The
District has requests in for ap-
proximately $11,000,O0O in prof.
ectS. .
1t was also pointed out that
when a relief client is trans
ferred to WPA rolls, his relief is
continued until he draws his first
pay. This takes Is days. AS a
result of this Set-up, Commission
er Allen said:
IF the District were gwen
approval Of all projects suffi-
cient to employ the remaining
persons on relief rolls, this allot-
ment would not be ample to care
for our needs. These persons
must be carried by relief until
they draw their first pay"
More Relief
Meanwhile, a delegation Of IS
colored WPA workers called upon
welfare Director Elwood Street
today to relate their stories of
hardshipS. They asked that relief
be continued after November l. a
union pay scale of WPA jobs,
WPA pay scale for domestic work
ers, lower rents and fewer
evictions, food, clothing and school
auncheons for their children.
The delegation told of 10 cases
in which relief of persons were
cut. In one cast, for example,
they said a woman's relief had
been cut from $4.75 a week to
$2.15. After she paid her rent,
she had Is cents left from her
relief allotment.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
Two Virginia Deaths
Ruled Suicide PaCt

ORANGE, Va, Dec. 14.-Seven
teen-year-o Gladys Hicks and
her sweetheart, Walter Hutchin-
son. %, who were believed to have
eloped, died in a suicide pact, Cor
oner Bert Halliday ruled here yes
terday.
The skeletons of the couple, who
disappeared from their homes here
the night of September 8. were
found Wednesday by a trapper.
Following the inquest, the bodies
were released to the families. who
have arranged funeral services for
today. Hutchinson will be buried
in Orange, following services at
his farm home on the outskirts Of
town. The girls body will be taken
to Radiant in Madison county by
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Davis.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
COUNTY FIGHTS
PAYMENTS

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, Dec. IA suit for more
than $4,000 against the county
of Arlington will be carried to the
circuit court here in an attempt
to collect payments due for fire
apparatus, William C. Cloth, at
torney for the American LaFrance
Fire Apparatus Company, told the
county board of commissioners
here yesterday.
On recommendation of Com
monwealth's Attorney Lawrence
w. Douglas, the county board
voted not to make payments
totaling $34,607 to the manufac-
turing company.
Mr.. Douglas told the board that
the contract between the county
and the manufacturer was illegal
and, despite this fact, that it was
the county's privilege to keep and
use the machinery without further
payment to the American La
France Company.
Mr.. Cloth, who is associated
with Frank L. Ball in represent
ing the manufacturer, declared to.
day they were not only prepared
to take the case to the county
circuit court, but intended to carry
it o.. to the Supreme Court if nee
eSSary.
The equipment in dispute was
purchased by the county over a
period of time ranging from 1929
to 1881.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
PARALYSIS BOY
TO GO HOME

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IA
U.N.S0.-Nine-year-old walter
Fox, jr., who last year was car
ried aboard a train and sent to
the Warm Springs (GaO infantile
paralysis foundation through the
benevolence of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, will be home tomorrow.
And because of Mrs. RooSevelt'S
$1,000 gift, Walter will be able
to walk off the train when it
reaches the station, measurably
improved in health.
It will be a gay homecoming
for the youngster, selected. as
beneficiary of the donation by q
committee of Philadelphia physi.
clans. The $1,000 turned over
by Mrs. Roosevelt was presented
to her with the Gimbel award,
voted annually to the outstanding
woman of the nation.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
MANY AT RITES
FOR RAIL KING

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. IA
GN.S0.-Leaders in finance and
industry gathered here today to
attend funeral rites for Mantis
James Van Sweringen, 81, who
with his brother, o. P. Van Swer-
ingen, controlled a great railroad
dynasty.
Services were to be conducted
this afternoon at Daisy Hill farm,
the Van Sweringens' country home
by the Rev. Charles H. Myers,
Detroit.
Twelve friends and associates
were to serve as palbearers. They
are:
Alva Bradley, president Of the
Cleveland Baseball Co.; Charles L.
Bardley, board chairman of the
Cleveland Railway Co.; w. H. Her
hauser, president of the American
Shipbuilding Co.; w. S. Goff and
John Sherwin, jr., vice presidents
of the Cleveland Trust Co.; Attor-
neys Thomas H. Jones and John
o. Murphy; Phillip L. Small, archi-
tect; George S. Ross, secretary of
the Nickel Plate Railroad; Thomas
H. White, president of Common
wealth Securities; Horton H.
Hampton, Nickel Plate vice presi-
dent; and George ]. Arnold, vice
president Of the Van Sweringen
Co.
Burial in Lakeview Cemetery
will be private, with only o. P. and
Herbert, another older brother,
and two maiden sisters, Carrie and
Edith Van Sweringen attending.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
Alexandra Women
To Meet "Wednesday

Because of the Christmas noli-
days, members of the Alexandria
Women's Club will meet at Gads-
by's Tavern next Wednesday. a
week earlier than usual. The
music section will be in charge Of
the "Carols of Foreign Lands"
which will feature the program.
Mrs. Robert F. Gooding will di-
rect the solos, duets and the
chorus offerings. Howard Smith,
chairman of the Christmas baS-
ket committee announced that
donations of money, groceries and
clothing will be received for holi-
day distribution.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
ATTACK
REPORTER

ST. LOUIS, Dec. IA G.N.S).
Harry T. Brundidge, ace reporter
of the st. Louis Star-Times and
nationally known for his various
newspaper investigations, includ,
ing the famous diploma mill"
expose in 1923. was the victim of
a murderous attack by two thugs
who set upon him in the rear
of his hotel here last night, it
was revealed today.
In first page story today, the
Star-Times declares that Brun-
didge in a report to police ex-
pressed the belief that the at
tack is linked with the fact that
he and Mrs. Brundidge have been
looking after the welfare of Miss
Anna Ware, one of the principal
figures in a strange disputed baby
case, and Miss Wares sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Whitlock.
"The attack" the Star Times
story relates, was elimination
of a series of mysterious and
sinister happenings which have
marked the activities Of Star
Times editors and reporters in
the baby case.
1.-THE assault on Brundidge oc-
Cured on the day that the St.
Louis Court of Appeals, in decid-
ing Miss Wares habeas corpus
suit to regain possession of her
baby son, ordered the four-month
old child. claimed by Mrs. nellie
Upton Muench and her husband,
DR.. Ludwig o. Muench, be deliv.
cred into Annals custody"
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
H0EPPEL
WONT GIVEUP
HOUSE SEAT
Confident Court Of
Appeals Will AbsoIve
Him Of Conspiracy

Representative John H. Hoeppel
CD of California, convicted in
District Supreme Court of conspir.
ing with his son, Charles, to sell
a West Point cadetship for 1000,
today made it plain that he has
no intention of leaving Congress
voluntarily, at least, until higher
courts have ruled.
Protesting his innocence, Hoep-
pei expressed confidence the
Court of Appeals will reverse the
jury'S verdict of guilty.
Whether Congress will allow
Hoeppel to retain his seat was the
subject of Capitol speculation.
According to Section 5 of Article
/ of the Constitution, each house
may punish" its members for dis
orderly behavior and on concur
renee Of two-thirds, expel a mem
ber. The alternative punishment
to expulsion is censure.
The Constitution also makes
each House of Congress the sole
judge of the qualifications" Of
its members.
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue
is expected to pass sentence next
week. Four months to two years
imprisonment plus a $4,000 fine
is the maximum penalty.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
INDIANS HELP
ROGERS FUND

NEW YORK, Dec. IA G.N.SO.
The Will Rogers memorial fund
drive. which began on November
4, ends today. It previously had
been decided all money realized
from the campaign will be de-
voted to the aid of the nations
handicapped children.
Many contributions from In
dian schools. reservations and
agencies have been received
within the past few days, the
memorial commissions operations
committee revealed today. Among
such donations reaching the ma
tional headquarters yesterday was
one for SPOTS, sent in by Betty
Paul Allen in behalf of the en-
ployes and residents of Standing
Rock Indian Agency, Fort Yates,
N. D. Another was from the
Riverside Indian School at Ana.
darko, Okla, for SLOT
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
Dividend Too Small
Woman Kills Herself

FROsTBURG, Md, Dec. IA.
Worry because of the small divi-
dend given depoSitors of the de-
funct First National Bank, in
which she had been clerk for 80
years, is believed by authorities
to have prompted the suicide of
Miss Anna L. Glotfelty, So, in her
home by hanging. Because Of her
great weight she was Strangled
before she could get both feet off
a chair. She had been a school
teacher and later general delivery
clerk in the post office.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
CALVERT SPAN
FETE DEC. 19

Military units, citizens groups,
schoolboy patrols and other or.
ganizations will be represented
in the parade and ceremonies
attending the official opening
and dedication of the new Cal
vert Street Bridge December 10,
at 7 p. m.
The parade, which is expected
to be a colorful affair, will be-
gin at Eighteenth Street and
Florida Avenue Northwest, move
over the new bridge, up Con-
necticut Avenue to Woodley
Road and then under the bridge
past the reviewing stand via
Cathedral Avenue.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
SILVER BUYING
AGAIN HALTED
BY i. ).
British Bullion Brokers
Explain Action BY
Time Difference

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 Q.N.S0.
World silver markets today closed
their week on a nervous state,
with the United States Treasury,
for the second time this week,
doing no buying in London.
British bullion brokers made a
statement in explanation, stating
that the short session and the dis
parity in time between London
and New York were responsible
for the Treasury'S action, and an
nounced a price for the spot metal
at rs TIC pence an ounce, un-
changed from yesterday.
This quotation, it was stated,
was purely nominal, as no business
was done, but brokers asserted
this did not mean new break
down in the market, merely that
business had been postponed until
Monday. The London futures
market continued without a buyer
and no price was fixed for the
fifth successive day.
The Montreal futures market
was erratic after yesterdays re-
covery, and prices there ranged
from 80 points higher to 80 points
lower.
All markets remained in a
highly confused state over the
weeks development and course of
prices, with only one general con-
viction entertained, that the Treas
ury was proceeding to mark down
the price of silver after having
run it up earlier in the year. Cur
rent prices are the lowest since
March.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
Newsboy Loses Papers
And Money in Robbery

Two colored boys are being held
at the Third precinct today
pending investigation by police
into the robbery last night of a
Washington Herald newSboy,
whose papers and money were
taken from him as he shouted
his wares at Florida Avenue and
Nineteenth Street Northwest.
The newsboy, Harold Thomas,
16, of 1925 Sixteenth st. N. W.,
told police four colored boys
jumped on him and took 80 pa
pers and $1.05 in cash from him.
The two boys being held were
picked up on a description given
by Harold.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
County 10 Coordinate
Xmas Cheer Donations

HYATTSVILLE, Md, Dec. IL.
Mrs. j. Enos Ray, chairman of
the Prince Georges county welfare
board, announced today that a
meeting of all county organiza-
tions interested in making Christ
mas donations to needy families
would be held at 4 p. m. tomorrow
in the offices of the Associated
Charities here.
The purpose of the meeting,
Mrs. Ray said, is to coordinate the
efforts of the various groups to
avoid duplication and to provide
where the need is greatest.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14

PRAGUE, Dec. IA 0.NS0.
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk, IS,
founder and first president Of the
Czechoslovakian republic, today
resigned from that office, which
he had held continuously since
November IA, 1918.
Two minutes before the preSi-
Dental flag was lowered, MaSaryk
appeared on the balcony and
spoke briefly to the palace guards.
The flag of Premier Milan Hodza,
acting head of the government
pending the presidential election,
which is expected to take place
Wednesday, was then raised.
Leaning from the balcony, Ma
saryk declared the executive bur
den should be borne on the
shoulders of a younger man. Coun
selling the election of Eduard
Benes as president, the white.
haired patriot said his last official
act had been the, signing Of a
decree of political amnesty.
The speech was universally con-
Sidered to be his political tesla.
ment.
Although it has been expected
MaSaryk would be succeeded by
Edward Benes, foreign minister
since 1918, recent opposition from
the right, led by the Czech Agra
rian party, places this in doubt.
The two houses of parliament will
meet as the national assembly
and elect a president by secret
ballot.
Massaryk, a professor of philoso
ply in private life, has always had
intimate association with America
His wife, Charlotte .Garrigue was
an American, born in Brooklyn
whom he met while studying in
Vienna. Then, too, it was in the
United States that he received
most Of the financial and moral
support which enabled him to
establish the Czechoslovakian re.
public.
It was at a banquet given in his
honor by the Slav society in Wash
ington that he first received the
news of his election as president
of the newly-born republic. He
was reelected in 1920, 1927, and
1884.
The aged patriot has gradually
become paralyzed in his right side,
and it is understood that he was
unable to sign his resignation de-
cree with his right hand.