davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-02-10

stores during the year, the company
listed $3.50 grocery stores and 2.653
meat markets, decreases Of 102 and 95,
respectively, from the number operated
in 1894.
Evening star., 1936-02-10
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Riggs Bank com.-10 at 250z.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric Is 1851 900 at
106A.
Mergenthaler Linotype--10 at AZ, S a.
Al, 10 at Al.
Capital Traction 5s-$1 900 at 91A
$1,000 at 91A. $1,000 at 91A, $500
at 91H, $500 at 91A.
Bid and Asked Prices.
STOCKS.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
MINERS FINISH
PARLEY HERE
International News Service


The United Mine Workers Of
America today concluded their
two weeks convention after adopt
ing the report Of scale commit
tee. Washington again was Sc
lected as the site for the next
convention in 1888.
John L. Lewis and other officers
of the union refused to accept the
heavy increases in salaries voted
them yesterday by the annual con-
vention now meeting here.
The pay raises were voted late
yesterday amid considerable con-
fusion, with a large bloc Of dele
gates shouting "No" and arguing
that with many miners and their
families in dire straits it was no
time to boost executive salaries.
In Lewis case, his salary was
increased from $4,000 to $25, 900
a year, which would have made
him the highest paid labor leader
in the country.
Lewis announced to the conven.
tion at the morning session the
officers decision not to accept the
increases. It was greeted with a
mixture of applause and protest,
He aScribed their decision to
"the many manifestations Of dis
agreement" with the convention
action, and said under the cir.
cumstances they would not accept
tkF money.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
PRESIDENT 7
UNCERTAIN
0NTAXES
New Program Remains
Unfixed, He Reveals;
Initiation Defeat Seen
International New. Service


Although Administration Off.
cialS have been studying the
problem constantly for several
weeks, president Roosevelt stated
today that the new tax bill has
not yet taken shape.
The Executive said, In response
to questions, that 500 million dol.
lars was about the right sum for
farm needs to replace the out.
lawed AAA processing taxes.
When asked whether Congress
would Be requested to provide
taxes to meet bonus payments,
however, Mr. Roosevelt dismissed
the whole subject by saying the
tax subject was still in the study
stage.
Initiation Faces Defeat
Congressional leaders, convinced
that there would be no bonus
taxes, declared that the drive Of
House inflationists to pay the
bonus in "greenbacks" would be
shattered.
The Administration, having de-
cided to provide $450, ,000, 900 to
$500, ,000, 900 to finance the new
farm program. was seeking pain.
less taxes" for submission to Con-
greSS.
High officials limited Of tax
levies which could be enacted in
the face of national campaign
without arousing intense opposi-
ton either in or out Of Congress.
The processing taxes as they
existed under AAA may not be
reenacted, except retroactively to
recover $2OO,O00,00O freed by
courts and to protect the 81, ,000,-
100000 processing taxes in the
Treasury.
Final Decision Waits
Spreading of processing taxes
over many farm products, in
stead of confining them to q few
as under AAA; a general sales
tax, and luxury excise levieS
were among the suggestions for
new tax levieS. A definite de-
cision will not be made until
next week.
Because the Supreme Court
linked processing taxes with farm
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Senators Scarce
AS Mosquitoes in
SnOW Storm

Snow nearly blocked today's
Senate session, and before a quo
rum could be obtained it was nee
eSsary to resort to the unusual
procedure Of a second roll call.
Only a handful Of Senators ap'
peared when the upper body was
convened at noon, and Senator
Joe Robinson, Democratic leader.
promptly asked unanimous con,
sent for a recess subject to call
from the chair.
After q five-minute interval,
Vice President Garner again
called the Senate to order, but
Senator Robinson objected that
it was not his intention to
drag" Senators from their
homes if they couldn't get to
the Capitol. The Senator added,
however, that he wanted to pro
ceed with the pending Soil Fro
sion bill.
A second roll-call was made.
One by one, the legislators Strag-
gled into the chamber, with Sen
ator Pat Harrison CD Of Mis-
SiSsippi bringing up the rear to
just cover quorum requirements
with a total Of 40 present.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
WORST BLIZZARD
SINCE 1922 HAS
CITY IN GRIP

Covered with about Is inches of snow, Wash
ington today was in the grip of the second
worst blizzard in the history of the city since
the Weather Bureau has been keeping records
here.
At noon today, just IL hours after the snow
started falling, the official gauge at the Wea,
ther Bureau observatory showed just a little
less than Is inches, but on the streets there
were drifts several feet deep. The tempera-
ture at noon was Is degrees.
The storm is expected TO end early tonight and the
mercury viii drop to . minimum of about IA degrees
above zero 18 below the freezing point.
4 new snowstorm is expected to sweep over the city
tomorrow night.
Only before according to the records has this snowfall
been exceeded That 1922 January 2 at the time
Of the Knckerbocker disaster Then ame record Of %
inches of in "a hours recorded The total fall Of that
storm was % inches
By today fine light falling and officials Of
the Weather Bureau said they did not expect the 5nch record
to be exceeded in the present storm.
With trains running late and highways blocked fears were
expressed there might be shortage of milk and fresh
tables Trains from the South reported blocked by
which extend as far South as Atlanta Ga.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
7. GROUPS
HOLD JOINT
HEARINGS
Committees of House,
Senate to Speed
Final Action

Washington's airport prohlenl
was attacked vigorously today by
the Military Affairs Committees OF
both the House and the Senate.
First, the two committees met
separately to try to find a Satisfac'
tory solution for the dual puzzle
as to what to do about Military
Road, admittedly a menace to fly
ing, and how to provide the Capi-
tai with an adequate airport.
At noon, following adjournment
of their own session. Senators on
the ena c6lnmittee walked over
to- the House for joint confer
ence with House committee mem
Room Is Crowded
The House committee room was
iammed with legislators, Govern
ment officials, spectators and
newspapermen as the two commit
tees sought to agree on a working
plan by fhich whatever legislation
Is found necessary to solve the
problem. can be expedited in the
two branches Of Congress.
An admission that even if Mill
tary Road were closed to highway
traffic the Washington Hoover
airport still would not be adequate
to meet the needs Of air traffic
here was drawn today from Sam
Solomon, manager of the airport,
as he testified before the House
committee on the McSwain bill to
close the road.
He, nevertheless, joined spokes'
men for the Departments of Com
merce and War and the Post
Office Department in urging the
committee to recommend closing
Of the road rather than leave the
Nations Capital without an air
port.
One Solution Offered
One solution to the problem,
submitted by Representative
Howard Smith Cd Of Virginia,
and in which committee mem
bers showed interest, was that
safety gates be erected on that
part Of the road crossing the air
port, pending completion Of a
transaction under which the
Secretary Of War would issue to
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
7 Killed by Police
In Riot Of Students

BEIRUT, Syria, Feb. Z Q.N.S0 i.
Seven persons were killed and
many were injured today when
troops fired on rioting students
and looting rowdies in the city Of
Hannah.
The students had been inflamed
by oratory and raced through the
city, which has a. population Of
about $4,000, smashing shop win
dows. They were followed closely
by looting mobs Of hoodlums. In
the rich quarter Of the city espe.
cially wild scenes occurred as the
rowdies stole nearly everything
they could put their hands on.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Germany, Feb. Z. QN.S3.-James
Riddell, vice captain of the British
ski team, narrowly escaped death
in a near-fatal plunge off the
course during the Olympic winter
sports championships today, as
America continued its victorious
march through the hockey elm
nations.
The Yankee sextet, considerably
improving upon its performance
in the first round yesterday, de-
feated the Swiss, 3 to 0, in wild
scoring spree at the close Of the
second period.
The British ice hockey team de-
feated Sweden, to 0.
NOrwegians Win
Meanwhile, the Americans were
defeated in the downhiIl ski races
for men and women. These, as
expected, went to the Norwegians.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
ATTENTION, VETERANS!

The Washington Times will answer all Of your bonus
questions
Do you to know the status of your adjusted service
cerfcatef Any loans Lost itf How you apply for
your "Baby Bonds"i
Watch the columns Of The Washington Times for the
answers Read the bonus articles which will appear daily
Then if you do not find the to your questions
there address letter the Bonus Editor Washington
Times, Washington, D. G., enclosing stamped, sefad
dressed envelope for reply. (Story on Page 49, .
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
j. 5. SPENDING
CURB SEEN
International News Service

President Roosevelt's recent
action in "cancelling" about q bill
lion dollars of funds authorized
to Federal lending agencies, such
as the RFC and Hole, led some
observers in the Capital today to
believe the step indicates q
gradual contraction of Govern.
mental spending.
Several times in recent weeks,
Mr.. Roosevelt has gathered about
him the heads of the principal
spending agencies, Harry L. Hop
kins, Relief Director; Secretary
Of the Interior Ickes, head of the
PWA, and others. At these con.
ferences, the most recent Of
which was yesterday. the Govern.
ment's fiscal situation, and the
Continued R Page ., Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
MONEY SHIFTS
T0A|DWPA
International News Service

A shifting Of funds from other
Government agencies to the Works
Progress Administration will be
necessary about April /, in order
to take care of the Nations unem-
ployed through to July /, President
Roosevelt said today.
The problem of maintaining the
joblesS for the rest of the fiscal
year was the chief topic under
consideration at the White House
conference yesterday Of the heads
of governmental spending agencies,
the President said.
Mr.. Roosevelt declined to under
take an estimate Of how much
work relief would cost between
now and July /, but he stressed
to his press coference that no par
ticular increase was contemplated,
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Air Review 10 Close
u. 5. Fleet War Game

SAN JUAN, P. R., Feb. Z ON
SO.-The United States fleet
maneuvers will be concluded here
tomorrow with an aerial review OF
so bombing planes in honor OF
Governor WinShip. This will be
the first American aerial circus
ever seen in Puerto Rico, and will
attract society and Government
leaders to the roof of the capitol,
which will serve as q reviewing
stand,
The Washington times., 1936-02-07

Despite valiant work by
State road crews in Maryland
and Virginia, the heavy snow
was clogging the roads as soon
as scrapers and plows passed
over, and all county roads were
hopelessly blocked.
IA Inches at 10 A. M.
At 8 o'clock this morning the
snow gauge at the Weather Bu
reau Observatory showed 8 inches
of snow had fallen since the
storm started at midnight. An
hour later the gauge recorded IL
inches, a fall of 6 inches in the
hour. BY 10 o'clock the fall was
officially recorded as IA inches.
AS the blizzard blanketed the
East from New York on the
north to Atlanta, Ga, on the
south, here was the situation in
the areas surrounding Washing
ton:
Fredericksburg, Va.-More than
1S inches Of snow on the ground
and the storm increasing in
velocity. State roads crews hav
ing difficulty in keeping the main
highway to the South open, al
Continued on Page 3, Col. y
The Washington times., 1936-02-07

WASHINGTON FORECAST
Snow this afternoon, ending early tonight;
minimum temperature tonight about IL; TO-
morrow fair, continued cold, probably followed
by snow tomorrow night.
+ MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Yankee Hockey Team
Defeats Swiss. 80

Birgir Ruud, Norway, won the
mems event in 4 minutes Al 4-10
seconds. In the women's division,
Nilsson Schou, teammate Of Ruud,
was the new champion in 5 min
uteS 4 seconds.
Riddell was rushed to the hos
pital, where a preliminary exami-
CONTINUED on Page IS, Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
U. 5. Freighter Safe
After Pacific Blow

TOKYO, Feb. THE American
freighter Eglantine arrived safely
at Yokohama today after two days
of anxiety in which the ship was
in trouble during a terrific storm.
The Japanese fishing boat De
shima Maru towed her 100 miles
before the cable broke.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Austria JaiIs S Nazis

VIENNA, Feb. Z G.N.S0-Rob-
ert Kauer, state attorney, and
four other government employees
were arrested today on charges Of
attempting to reorganize the Nazi
party, banned in Austria.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-09-10
Much Opposition

ey issued by the treasury, to be re-
deemed when the government de-
sires, but on which no interest
should be paid in the meantime.
incidentally lots of people would
favor this plan, which would so
greatly reduce the tax burden now
and the much greater tax burden to
come-regardless of any promises
which may be made-if it were not
for fear that, once embarked on a
career of printing-press money, the
government could not stop. They
fear it would 60 on and on, as it
did in Germany and Austria, and
in every other nation that has ever
tried it, until the present currency
would be rendered valueless.
There is virtually no chance that
this printing-press money plan will
be adopted in the near future. Both
Roosevelt and Alfred M. Landon
are strongly opposed to it. Many
of the most ardent Townsend lead
ers are just as strongly opposed to
it. They want 5000 a month for
the aged and they want it in dollars
of present value, not a reduced val
ue which initiation would bring
about.
But there is a virtual certainty
that the debt burden will be in
creased-that a minimum of three
billion dollars will be added to it
next year-in view of the promise
just made that taxes are not to be
increased next year.
@ Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-09-10

a new plan TO
preserve peace,
say ''the irnpor-
lance of Aneri-
can cooperation
in the work of
p e a c e. making
cannot be over
estimated"
1t is to be
hoped that the
part that Ameri-
ca will play in
future European
affairs, such as
W ar financing,
may be very cas-
ilunIrorncfix,n ntod
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-09-10
WASHINGTON news
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings
OF the Week Collected for
Our Readers

seattle So KenCal anu DeHeIlI pay
ments from the AAA to Washington
farmers the first five months of 1886
reached a total of 6,925,53O.
Observation-Disclosures are tearing
down the Kennewick end of the
bridge across the Columbia in prepar-
alton for the construction of a new
span.
Wenatchee-H. Barnes leaped into
the Columbia river from bridge
near here to end his life: but changed
his mind and swan ashore, he told
police.
Yakima - A hard winter is the
forecast of Indians in this region. Re-
turning from Mount Adams, they re-
ported that SHOWS were already fall
ing on the slopes.
Olympia-A saving of $4,000 to
West Coast Telephone company u.s.
ers will result from rate reductions
is estimated by Ralph Benjamin, SUI
pervisor of utilities.
Prosser- Completion of 2138 gar
ments is announced by the WPA sew
ing room for the first six months.
Six women are working and each re-
ceived $40 month.
Longview Approximately 100
WPA projects are operating in the
sixth Works Progress administration
district according to recent check
by the district office.
A1bion-A petition has bee, filed
with the county auditor asking that
the barring of the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquor in Albion be placed on the
ballot in the coming election.
Chehalis-Reliab1e reports coming
into Chehalis state that two oil COM
panies are surveying and testing for
oil between Randle and Packwood,
60 miles east of Chehalis, in the Big
Bottom country. Options have been
taken on several prov critics.
Kelso-A 25 minute old babe was
enrolled in the local Townsend Pen
sion club recently. The club was in
session at the time of Victor Eugene
Mead's arrival and his grandmother
lost no time in making him a MEM
Der. He is believed to be the young
octy ho,, -, - rt,,1,
Tacoma - Downtwon streets were
thrown into an uproar recently when
a big black female bear escaped
from a cage as it was being trans
ported to the ZOO. After much chase
and plenty of excitement for pedes-
TRANS the animal was shot as it en-
tered an elevator in a hotel.
Olympia-The size of the elk herd
in the proposed Olympic national
park area is debated by D. H. Mad
sen of the wild life division of the
national park service and L. K.
Couch of the U. S. bureau of biologi-
cal survey. Couch contends that the
herd is too large for the available
grazing and should be reduced by
opening the hunting season more
often. Madsen says the elk should
be moved to larger grazing areas.
Spokane thousand six hun.
dred men employed by the bureau of
plant entomology and engaged in
fighting white pine blister in tn elm
land Empire were laid off last week
by the bureau. The rust eradication
work is so valuable that the forest
service will Immediately re-employ
1000 of those discharged. 1t was ex-
planned that the men laid off are
non-relief workers and that relief
money may be spent only for relief
cases.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-09-10
TAX TOKEN LURES TROUT

Il ma LOhHIN AOhEo lIlOOl
TacOma-Charles Warner collected
half dozen good dinners with
single tax token.
1t was simple. He merely bent the
bright disk couple of times, bored
two holes, attached a fishhook and
line. The token, he said, proved ir-
resistible to both salt and fresh water
trout. 1t was light enough to be
used as fly and in the water emu
lated spinner.
Spokane - Street cars iourneyed
their last mile here recently during
celebration marking the end of the
use Of trolleys and the modernization
of the city transportation system to
the use of motor coaches.
Chehalis-Rex Bantz, well known
athlete, bored hole through his own
leg! While drilling stringers on the
bridge near Klaber the electric drill
with which he was working caught in
his trousers, and in a second had
drilled clear through his left leg be-
tween the thigh and knee.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-09-10
VANISHING RACE?

Wilbur-At the hospital of the Col
Vile and Spokane Indians at the
agency at Nespelem, four Indian ba-
bies were delivered within "a hours.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-09-10
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
War Financing
France Pays Piper
Lottery Millions
Ability to Endure

One hundred and fifty-three lead
ing British economists, mapping out
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-09-10
HOP PICKERs SCARCE

Yakima-It is estimated that 1000
pickers are needed to harvest the To-
cal hop crop and that only $500 are
available.
Several hop growers are using In
dams to help with the picking, one
employing about 500, another 100,
and third is using 400, 800 of which
were imported from British Columbia
at tax of SIS each.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-10-29
Keep Their Butler
DOIDn in the Cellar.

The butler, sleek in tails and shin
ing shirt-front, is a species which
usually inhabits the drawing room and
the buffers pantry. He's the fellow
who takes away your plate just as
you're Stabbing for the last delicious
bite of beefsteak. But he's the fellow
who keeps the dinner party smooth
and elegant.
Now there Is a new kind of butler.
But different idea about the place of
a butler. You see nothing of the butler
around the front door or in the dining
room. The place for the modern
American butler is in the basement.
He is known as the Automatic Butler.
He is a machine, and he confines his
service to automatically feeding coal
to the heating plant. So many people
are installing this new piece of equip
ment to conserve fuel and to maintain
an even and constantly controlled tenn
perature throughout the building that
Wilson G. Carlson, local authorized
dealer, reports sales of the Automatic
Butler coal stokers have more than
trebled all over the country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-10-29
Early Drifting Permit
Found at MankatO.

Mankato-The days when horses
SHE'D at automobiles and the new ma
chimes attained tremendous speeds of
more than II miles an hour are re-
called by the recent discovery by Mrs.
Carl Ingwalson of Mankato of what
was perhaps one of the earliest driving
permits issued in that city. The permit
issued in 1915 grants the privilege of
driving an automobile through the
cemetery subject to a dozen regulations.
Aid in quoting horses which had be-
come unmanageable at the sight of
the machines was required of the driver
who invaded the cemetery with his car
in those days, when cars were stopped,
engines must be stopped and cars had
to be driven so as not to give off smoke
and with closed mufflers. The speed
limit was fixed at six miles an hour,
with cars driving in the rear of horse
drawn vehicles in funeral professions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-10-29
Relief Clients Get
Surplus Commodities.

Distribution of surplus commodities
that little understood phase of WPAs
activities-is now reaching 1907 fam
lilies in st. Louis county, it was an
nounced this week by Victor Christgau,
state WPA administrator The retail
value of this monthly distribution in
the county was estimated at $14,666 90.
nounced, surplus commodities are being
distributed to 1880 families. The
commodities thus distributed include
foodstuffS and wearables.
Distribution of surplus foodStuffs is
Of direct benefit to producers and bust
ness men, as well as to relief clients"
said Mr. Christgau. Those who do not
appreciate this three-fold benefit fail
to understand the policy involved. All
goods that are distributed have been
purchased to prevent glutted markets
and ruinous price levels. Distribution
is made to persons, who, with small
buying power, would be unable to pur-
chase the commodities if they moved
through the normal trade channels,
regardless of how low prices might go,
nor how many producers might have
been ruined by glutted markets. There
fore, by sustaining markets and price
levels, all concerned are benefited"
In addition to foodStuffs SO pur-
chased by the government, WPA also
distributes clothing and other articles
made by its needlecraft projects.
All who are certified as being in need
of relief are entitled to these surplus
commodities, whether they are WPA
or not. The distribution is designed to
add to, rather than supplement a
needy family's income from either di-
rect or work relief. One of the sur
plus commodity divisions most i'm
portant missions is to be of assistance
to large families having budgets higher
than the average.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-10-29
Warned Against Men
Posing as Eye Specialists.

The postoffice department have sent
out notices warning the public against
eye inspectors. 1t is estimated that the
public has been swindled out of more
than a million dollars by the crooks
out of what is known by the ''GlimmeI
Racket"
The Scneme has oeen confined
mainly to aged and infirm persons re-
siding in rural communities. The
Swindlers specialize on those who are
70 or older. Often the victim is left
temporarily believing he has been saved
from cancer, blindness or paralysis
when he has not been benefited and
has been deprived of his last dollar.
Postofice inspectors have broken up q
ring who have taken the name of some
nationally known institution, or associ-
ated with remedies known for gener-
ations.
If one of these fakirs calls on you
report him at once to the authorities.