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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-02-27

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WEDNESDAY, March 4-Robert
Donat and Madeline Carroll in
"Thirty Nine Steps," You will re-
member Donats wonderful acting in
Monte Cristo." This picture ran
for weeks in New York City, but to
us it looks like another pic
ture.' And yet you may like it.
It's one of those spy stories. Movie
tone News. Comedy. One show, at
s. Admission 10 and zoe.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, March
'5-6-Ken Maynard in "The Cattle
Thief 14th chapter of Roaring
West" And Margaret Lindsay and
Warren Hull in Personal Maid S
Secret" Rare and novel comedy
drama. One show each evening, at
1880. Admission 10 and zoe.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-02-27
CT A S SIFIED
ADVERTISING
For Sale

GOOD FOX TERRIER male dog,
two years old. Will sell cheap
HARLAN REX, McConnelsville Rt.
/. Phone 555-N.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-02-27
EARLE EVELAND, Mgr
Phone 243

THURSDAY and FRIDAY, Feb.
27-2S-Frank Bucks big jungle
show Fang and Claw" The most
amazing wild animal adventures
ever filmed. 18th chapter of "Roar-
ing Vest And Dorothy Lee and
Eddie Nugent in 1.-The Old Home
stead" Comedy, drama, romance.
All the world will love this story
of a homespun hero whose country
sweetheart brought him radio fame.
One show each evening, at 1880.
Admission 10 and zoe.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-02-27
TWIN CITY OPERA HOUSE

uncharted seas to find an island
at s. Admission 10 and soc.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-02-27

NEW AND USED Light Plants.
Trade; batteries; replacements
parts; radios, wind chargers;
prompt service. Five percent F. H.
A. time payments on plants and bat
teries.-C. HI. PHILLIPS, Stock
port, 0. f13tf
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-02-27

SATURDAY, Feb. 29-Joe Nor
rison, Rosalind Keith and Chic Sale
in Its a Great Life" Excellent
comedy and delightful music add to
the entertainment. Musical Revue
in color Novelty. Shows, Z, 8, IL.
Admission, 1Cc.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-02-27

WE HAVE the Diamond T Truck
account. II It's truck you need,
come in and look one over-we
have a dem onstrator. Used for sale
1Sx32 Case tor.-MUSKINGUM
VALLEY IMPLEMENT & SUPPLY,
Malta, O. Phone 269-Green. jl4tf
GOOD HOUSE of six rooms, and
lot 90x275 feet, set to fruit. Gas,
electricity and shower bath. A real
bargain for a quick sale. II not
seld will rent property.-RICH-
ARD GAINES, McCoanelsville.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28
Treasury Condition

International News Service
Treasury balance as of January
IS, $2,097 1888, 292.41; internal rev.
enue. $3,371,835.34; customs re-
.ceipts, $27,912,250.4 40.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28
Hearst Press Wins
Long Bonus Fight

NEW YORK. Jan. 28.-Victory
at last for the soldiers bonus!
1t was a 17-year fight by the
veterans of the World War,
backed by the Hearst newspapers
from coast to coast. There was
stubborn opposition every inch
of the way, but the fight is now
won.
The Hearst newspapers stood
practically alone among the pub
locations of the nation in ad.
vocacy of bonus for the veterans
from the very signing of the
ArmiStice.
During the long struggle, which
saw many changes in. the person
mel Of Congress; which witnessed
taps" for hundreds of thousands
of veterans and saw the country
survive two major economic de-
pressionS, the Hearst publications,
through frequent use of smashing
cartoons, virile, answering edito-
rails, and news articles kept up
the morale of the veterans.
The First Demand
AS early as December 26, 1918,
when the majority of men who
were under arms were still held
in Army camps here and in Eu.
rope, the Hearst newspapers edito.
rally. demanded that they be re-
turned to their homes and given
at least six months extra pay on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28
BACHNAN LAYS
NEW CHARGE
T0PEPC0
Company Is Attacked
on Recording Sale
of Property

Accusation that the Potomac
Electric Power Company failed to
follow the uniform classification
of accounting in recording the sale
of its property at Fourteenth
Street and Constitution Avenue
Northwest, to the Federal Govern
ment was made today by B. NICK.
Bachman, chief accountant of the
Public Utilities Commission.
Mr.. Bachman was appearing
before the commission at the pub
lie hearing on the proposal to cut
the company's per cent rate Of
return allowed under the present
sliding scale arrangement.
The witness declared that the
property cost the company $2,4O0,.
900 and it's sale price to the Fed.
eral Government was fixed at $3,-
100000. The property was acquired
as a part of the Governments
building program. The sale took
place in 1881.
Heated Debate
Mr.. Bachman declared the com.
pany charged off the property and
reduced the rate base but had
failed to credit it's retirement re.
serve fund with the full amount
of the sale price.
The charge was hurled by Mr..
Bachman while he and A. G.. Neal,
vice president of the company,
were engaged in a heated debate
Of the proper method of reducing
the rate base and of calculating
the retirement reserve fund of the
company.
The testimony followed on the
heels Of calculations by other
witnesses to the effect the rate
base of the company was some
$4,000 too high.
Would Affect Rates
A reduction in the rate base
coupled with a larger credit to
the company's retirement reserve
fund, witnesses have pointed out.
will result in a greater amount
than the, already calculated SS4..
585 being used as basis for re-
duction of 1885 rates charged to
consumers.
The company has indicated it
will put up a strong fight against
attacks along these lines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28
D. {. NeWspapermen
Plan Memorial Rites
For Frank Simonds

Washington newspapermen have
set up a committee to arrange
memorial services for Frank H.
Simonds, author and journalist
who died last week. The services
are planned for his birthday,
April S.
Among members of the commit.
tee are Mrs. Eleanor Patterson
and Reginald Wright Kaufman.
Mr.. Simonds died Thursday at
his Georgetown home at the age
of So. He was an authority on
war history and the author of
America Faces the Next War;.
internationally known for his
early prediction of the World
War and for his brilliance as a
foreign correspondent, he was dec
GRATED by a number Of govern
ments, ranking as a Chevalier in
the French Legion of Honor. Mr..
Simonds' summer home was in
Snowville, N. H.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28
FOR BALL
IN FREDERICK

FREDERICK, Nd, Jan. o.
The third annual birthday ball for
the President will be held at the
State Armory Thursday night as
local participation in a nationwide
celebration of President Roosevelt
54th birthday. The proceeds will
be used for the relief of infantile
paralysis sufferers.
The informal dance at the
Armory will begin at 9 O'Clock,
and music will be furnished by
Dave Hagan's Southerners.
Seventy per cent of the proceeds
will be used for local infantile
paralysis sufferers. Thirty per
cent will go to the Warm Springs
Foundation in Georgia. Arrange.
mentS are in charge of Alton Y.
Bennett, chairman, and Ruger r.
Rice, treasurer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28
COPELAND Seek S
Compromise On
Leave Bills

Seeking to push the Govern
ment leave bills to final passage
as swiftly as possible, Senator
Royal S. Copeland CD of New
York today announced he would
seek another conference with
Senator Kenneth Mcclellan CD
of Tennessee in an effort to
arrange a compromise on the
measures.
Senator Mcclellan is holding
up the legislation on the ground
that further hearings are necces-
sary to iron out inequalities" to
which he says he is opposed. To
facilitate action Senator Cope.
land has asked Senator Mcclellan
to draw up any changes he de.
sries and present them on the
Senate floor.
AT a short conference between
the New Yorker and the Ten
nessean yesterday the plan was
discussed but no decision reached
Senator Mcclellan told reporters
later that he still thought the
matter should be turned back to
the Civil Service Committee.
Today Senator Copeland said
Il am going TO have another
conference with Senator Nickel
lar on the matter to see II we
can't reach an amicable settle
ment. l don't want the bills
to 60 back to the committee
because l am afraid they will
die there.
81 think Senator Mcclellan
could present his changes as
amendments and they could be
taken up in conference and
given full consideration"
Failure of the two Senators to
get together will mean continued
delay in consideration of the
bills. as Senator McKellar's op.
position would effectively block
the measures now awaiting call
the next time the Senate takes
the calendar up on unanimous
consent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28

MRS WILLIAM 3. COVERT, 1902 Meridian Pl. N W.,
wife of the commander Of National Capital Chapter No.
Disabled American Veterans of the World War The bonus
will be than welcome to her. said Mrs Covert today
it will enable them to repay loan Mr.. Coverts in
and have dental work done international News
Photo bv Washington Times
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Times Bonus Editor
Answers Questions

mated by Veterans Administra-
ton officials at $4,000.
The applications are bein g
mailed to the approximately 100
field offices, hospitals and other
branches of the Veterans Admin
istration, as we'll as to local units
of all World War veterans organ
izations.
Because Of a demand for infor-
nation voiced by hundreds of
"buddies" in Washington and its
vicinity, The Washington Times
today begins the publication of a
series of questions and answers
designed to provide full details
of all phases of the bonus legiS-
lation.
l. How to get my bOnuS?"
Answer: If you do not possess
an adjusted service certificate,
make application, for one at any
branch of the Veterans Admins
tration. or write to its Washing
ton headquarters, Vermont Az
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which to "get a start" in the eco
nomic whirlpool.
Anything less than this
would be unjust to the men and
unworthy of the nation"
That was the spirit of the ma
tion-wide plea Of the Hearst news
papers.
The year 1919 was memorable in
the fight for the bonus. Members
of veterans organizations. civic
and educational bodies and patri-
otto individuals, grateful to the
veterans, took up the cry of the
Hearst newspapers for the pay
ment of the war debt to the vet
Grams" and that year saw a petit
ton sponsored and circulated by
the Hearst newspapers sent to
Congress, bearing 100000 sigma
lures.
Largest Memorial
It was the largest memorial ever
sent to Congress. When a commit
tee from Congress received the
petition, cheers rose for the vet
Grams delivering it, whereupon,
Senator Hiram johnson halted the
proceedings and said:
"NOw let us give q cheer for
william Randolph Hearst, the
man responsible for this great
petition"
During the year following-the
| Hearst papers did not cease their
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28

enue at H Street Northwest. If
you do POSSESS an adjuSted-Serv-
ice certificate. obtain an applica-
ton for your baby bonds" at
any Veterans Administration Of
flee.
List on Application
You must secure an adjusted
service certificate before you can
get your baby bond" application.
A list of the branches of the Vet
Grams Administration will be sent
you if you write the Bonus Edi-
tor, The Washington Times. If
you are a member of a post of
any World War veterans organi-
zation, your post can supply you
an application within the next
two days if it is located in the
continental United States.
2. "HOw do 1 fill out the ap-
plicatiOn?"
Answer: Complete instructions
for filling out your baby bond"
application are printed on it. 1t
is wise to read these instructions
carefully, because a mistake or
an omission may delay the ar
rival of your bond or bonds.
3. eff / am uncertain about
my bonus, should I write the
Veterans Administrations"
Answer: No. To write the
Veterans Administration will delaY
your receipt of your bonus, since
your case will be helG up while an
investigation is made. Write to
the Bonus Editor, The Washington
Times.
Another article on the bonus.
Dith questions and GStDerS, tDdt
appear in The Washington
Times tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28

More than three million appli-
cation blanks by which World
War veterans may obtain their
bonus baby bonds. have been
mailed for local distribution
throughout the country. it was
learned today at the Veterans
Administration.
Printing and mailing of the
blanks. handled solely by the
Government Printing Office, is
believed to have exceeded all
records for such work. since the
printing did not begin until the
Senate passed the bonus bill over
President RooSevelt'S veto yeSter-
day afternoon.
At 100 Field Offices
Printers and handlers labored
throughout the night to rush the
applications out to waiting vet
Grams, the number of whom eli
gible for the baby bonds" is esti-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28

campaign-a parade of the vet
Grams was organized by the New
York American to be staged on
Fifth Avenue as demonstration
in favor of the soldiers bonus.
"a Petition in Boots"
The American said:
Lets make it a petition in
boots"
At first, there was strenuous op-
position, even in some veteran or
CARNATIONS. However, headquar-
tiers were established in the Ma
jestic Hotel and coupons were pub
lished in the columns of the New
York American, which veterans
were invited to sign, indicating
their willingness to march in the
parade.
Representative Lester D. Volk.
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Day i'm Congress
SENATE
Not in session.
Committees:

GNOG 444 CCoO4OA'
Committees:
1000 A.M.-Territories and In.
sular Affairs; Puerto Rico; open.
1000 Am. Commerce; flood
control; open.
1000 A.M.-Agriculture; farm
legislation; executive.
1890 A.M.-Naval Affairs;
open.
1880 A.M.-Banking and Cur
rency; executive.
HOUSE
Meets at noon to continue gen.
eral debate on the Interior De
partment appropriation bill.
1000 A.M.-Judiciary Commit
tee; open hearing on the Dis
trict-Virginia boundary dispute.
1000 A.M.-Appropriations sub
committee; executive session on
the Agriculture Department ap-
preparation bill.
10 AM. Agriculture Commit
tee: executive session on the Ad
ministration farm bill.
10 AM. Labor subcommittee
open hearing on the Ellenbogen
bill.
1920 AM. - Military Affairs
Committee; executive session on
minor bills.
1890 AM. Labor subcommit-
tee; open hearing on the silicosis
investigation.
1890. AM. - Merchant Marine
Committee; open hearing on
Hague rules.
1920 ANYWAYS and Means
Committee; executive session on
the revenue enforcement bill.
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world war veteran, was named
chairman of the organization.
Major Joseph Caccavajo was
chosen as grand marshal.
The movement grew.
$4,000 Veterans March
A parade, staged on october 16,
1920, was one of the greatest New
York has ever seen. With $4,000
veterans in the line of March. the
spectacle was witnessed by more
than 100000 persons.
Chairman Volk later said 1t was
tribute to the educational power
of the Hearst newspapers" while
Major Caccavajo said:
"Singularly, the great parade
was staged with the support of
Continued on Page 4, Col. q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-28
PLEADS GUILTY
IN HERMIT
Staying
Henry Edwards to Turn
States Evidence in
County Killing

FAIRFAX, Va, Jan. 28.-While
a jury panel of Is white men and
one colored man waited to be
called for duty, Henry Edwards
colored, So, of Falls Church, Va,
pleaded guilty to charge of muir
der in the first degree before
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy in the
Circuit Court of Fairfax county
today in connection with the muir.
der of Truman Brush, 76-year-old
Falls Church recluse. August %
Sentence was deferred so Ed
wards may testify for the State
against Hugh Hummer, SO
charged as co-defendant in the
murder indictment.
Trial of Hummer begins tomor
row. 1t is expected to last only
two days.
May Get Chair
Judge Mccarthy may sentence
Edwards to the electric chair OF
life Imprisonment. Sentence will
not be given until Edwards Is
allowed to offer evidence in miti
cation of his act, under a ruling
by Judge Mccarthy.
In a confession a week after his
arrest, Edwards named Hummer
as his accomplice in the killing
According to the statement, sticks
and stones were used to Stay the
aged man as he was on his way
to the home of Hummer to read
the afternoon paper.
Liver as Hermit
Brush, believed to have accumu
lated wealth. was living as a her
nit in a ramshackle cabin in the
wooded section west of Fails
Church. Mr.. Hummer reported
finding his body lying in a path
leading from his cabin to the Hum
mer home.
Both Hummer and Edwards
were arrested a week after the kill
ing. They have been held in jail
without bond since.
On the night of September 5 the
men were removed from the old
Fairfax jail to Alexandria police
headquarters after Sheriff E. P
Kirby had recsI,ed a number Of
phone calls warning him that
mob was being formed in Merri
field, bent on lynching the men
Edwards was represented by AL
fred Collins, colored attorney from
Alexandria and Washington.
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SILENT ON
SUBJECT
Leaders Are Against
Any New Levy, Want
u. S. to Borrow
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row to retire the adjusted service
certificates.
Mr.. Roosevelt thus faces a Con
greSS little inclined to levy new
taxes should he demand them. At
the moment he is holding his own
counsel on the subject.
About March /, however, the
President is committed to re-
vised budget report to Congress.
In his annual budget message he
attempted no estimate of work-re-
lief requirements for the next fiS-
cal year. Since then, the Supreme
Courts AAA decision knocked his
original estimates over half bill
lion dollars out of alignment, and
now bonus payment adds another
potential $2,237, 000,0 on the
wrong side Of the budget scales.
It was anticipated the President
would formally demand that Con.
gress raise the money to pay off
the soldier debt. Whether he
would do it Immediately or wait
until March remained to be seen.
And White House advisers have
pointed out that even though Con-
gresS refuses, the President will
have passed the buck back to
Capitol Hill for a sizeable slice of
the additional deficit.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Roosevelt was
bending every energy to persuade
the veterans they should cash
their new baby bonds" in after
June Is only for three purposes:
Cd immediate and urgent need
for funds; 90 something of
permanent value such as a new
home or repairs on the old one,
and CD the paying off of in
debtedneSS.
The national commanders of
the American Legion. the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars and the
Disabled American Veterans were
called to the White House a few
hours after the bonus finally
became law and pledged to bend
every effort to diSsuade the ex-
soldiers from "frittering away"
their bonuses.
Veterans leaders insist that not
more than a billion dollars worth
actually will be caShed in this
year. They point out that SOC, 900
former soldiers never borrowed on
their bonuses and they estimate
that this group plus another $780,
600 now in better circumstances
will hold onto the "baby bonds"
as an investment. The White
House statement in which the
three commanders joined with the
President pointed out that:
CHOSE who keep the bonds or
any part Of them not only can
get ready cash at any time if
necessary but while they hold
these nOntransferrable bonds
they will receive three per cent
interest on the safest imaginable
investment. They are true
Thrift Bonds"
Warning was served in Congress
that any attempt by Mr.. Roosevelt
to impose additional taxes to meet
the bonus would revive the whole
initiation issue.
Representative Wright Patman
Cd, Texas, father of last years
unsuccessful bonus bill, said he
would again move to print green
backs to the amount necessary.
Those in the silver bloc, headed
by Senator Thomas Cd, Oklaho-
ma, would be expected to propose
silver initiation as a method Of
payment.
The white House has been cold
on both ideas, and it was unlikely
either would get far.
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IS GIVEN
ARTSP0ST

Charles L. Borie, jr., of New
York. one of the architects en-.
gagged in the design and plans for
the new ten-million-dollar Supreme
Court Building. today was APP
pointed by the President a mem.
Der of the Commission of Fine
Arts.
He succeeds Egerton Swartwout,
of New York, who is also vice
chairman Of the commission.
The Washington times., 1936-11-20
CCC WILL HAVE.
TURKEY DINNER

Turkey, 100000 pounds of white
and dark meat, will be provided
350,000 Civilian Conservation
Corps enrollees as the main course
Of their Thanksgiving dinner, No
vember 26.
Robert Fechner, director Of the
CCC, today said that 10000 tur.
keys will be required, the turkey
purchases being made by com.
manding officers in charge of
the camps and obtained through
the QuartermaSter Generals OF.
flee of the War Department..
When the CCC personnel sits
down to dinner in the woods, how.
ever, numerous supporting delica-
cies will be provided along with
the turkey.
These include oyster soup, chest
nut dressing, giblet gravy, cram
berry sauce, green sweet peas,
Snowflake" potatoes, asparagus
tips buttered, crab salad, pumpkin
and mince pie and mixed nuts,
fruits, candies and appetizerS, all
topped off with coffee, cigarettes
and cigars.
In the camps, Mr.. Fechner said,
religious services, entertainment
programs and athletic contests will
precede and follow the dinner.
Leave with pay also has been
granted to those who desire it on
THANKSGIVING Day.
The Washington times., 1936-11-20
ELECTION COST.
T0BE STUDIED
International News Service

1hteFnAblOnal news service
The Senate campaign funds
committee today set in motion a
plan to find out for the first time
the exact cost of quadrenniel
national election.
With reports filed by national
campaign organizations showing
that at least $4,000, 900 was spent
by them during the campaign and
estimates placing the total cost
at $20,000,000, the committee
plans to learn how much was
spent by State and local commit
tees.
The committee has requested
secretaries of States to forward
campaign expense statements of
both State and local committees.
In instances where these are
not available, the committee plans
to request a statement by the city,
county and other committees
itself.
The committee plans to submit
a report to Congress showing the
exact cost of the recent campaign.
The Washington times., 1936-11-20
HEADS
KWANIANS

The washington Kiwanis Club
met at the Mayflower Hotel yes
terday and elected a new roster
of officers.
George P. Mangan, salesman
ager of the Potomac Edison Com
pany, was named president to sue
ceed Bynum E. Hinton. other Off
GERS elected are Albert B. Van
voorhees,, office manager Of the
Mayflower, first vice president;
John S. Bennett, superintendent
of the Central Union Mission, Sec
ond vice president.
Directors include Everett j.
Boothby, James c. Dulin, jr.; Ed
win H. Etz, Roland P. Harrington,
Frank E. johnson, j. Frank Kelly,
George w. Offutt, jr.; Edward S.
Pardoe and George G. Scharf.
On Wednesday the club will
hold a joint meeting with the
Rotary Club at 1890 p. m. at the
Mayflower. Harry N. Holmes, field
secretary Of the World Alliance Of
Friendship Through the Churches,
will speak,