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The Washington times., 1936-02-17
BEARD FREED
ON APPEAL

Sam Beard, king pin Washing
ton gambler, will remain at lib
erty until the United States Su
preme Court decides whether it
will review his conviction and
two to six year prison sentence
for conspiracy to violate the
gaming laws, the United States
Court Of Appeals for the District
of Columbia ruled today.
Boards IL codefendants, who
are under sentence Of from one
to three years, are accorded the
same privileges under the higher
court ruling.
Several weeks ago the Appel.
late Court confirmed the convic.
tion. and sentences imposed upon
the defendants, and Government
prosecutors mediately asked
that they be committed to jail,
Defense Attorney John j. Sirica
opposed the commitment mo-
ton, declaring that he intends to
ask the United States Supreme
Court to review evidence of wire
tapping and the failure Of Gov
ernment' witnesses to identify the
defendant and that his clients
should not be penalized by in
generation while they are prose
cutting q sincere appeal.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
HOUSE GROUP
TO FIGHT FOR
HEALTHFUND
Plans Amendments to
Beat BIanton in
Floor Battle

Members Of the House District
Committee already are girding
themselves for a battle with Repre-
sentative Tom Blanton CD Of
Texas, acting chairman of the
House District Appropriation sub
committee, over the Health De
partment' funds when the local
supply bill comes up on the House
floor.
His defiance of the requests of
the District medical group, eli
NAKED by his fist-fight challenge
yesterday, has brought the neces-
Sity for the additional health funds
more to the attention of House
members than otherwise would
have been the case.
Members interesting themselves
in this issue would not allow the
use of their names, explaining that
it would be unwiSe for them to
asesrt now that they are planning
to offer amendments to the bill
when the measure has not as yet
been reported from the committee,
VIII Offer Amendments
They relate. however, that as
soon as the bill is reported to the
House and they are virtually salts
fled that the additional Health
Department funds requested will
not be recommended by the Blan-
ton subcommittee, they then will
make their public statement an
nouncing that amendments to take
care of the situation will be Of
fered when the bill is being con-
Sidered in the House.
It is known that certain mem
berS are anxious to see the hear
ingS to learn what the various Off
cialS Of the District and members
Of the medical profession told the
subcommittee, and that additional
information concerning the Gal
linger Hospital nurses situation
and tuberculosis Hospital issue is
being gathered by District COM
mittee members in preparation for
the anticipated fight on the floor.
Continued on Page 1S, Col. q
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
MILITARY ROAD
RULE BY u. 5.
UPHELD
Airport Resolution Ap-
proved, to Reach
Senate tomorrow

Assured by Henry H. Classic,
assistant Attorney General that
the Federal Government still re-
tains control over Military Road,
a subcommittee of the SenGte
Military Affairs Committee decid'
ed today to rush through Congress
a resolution ordering the Secre-
tary of War to set UP traffic safe
guards at the Washington airport.
The subcommittee met to con-
slider the joint resolution passed
by the House giving the Secretary
Of War power to close the road or
keep it open subject to certain
safety measures.
Road Act Interpreted
At a recent meeting of the Sen.
ate committee the point was raised
as to the legal right Of Congress
to legislate concerning a road sit.
uated in the State of Virginia and
open to the public for the past
Is years. Mr.. Classic told the sub
committee today the road was
built under an act of Congress
August 4, 1912, which provided for
its use Of the road by the public.
Interpreting this act, Mr.. Classic
told the committee that in his
opinion the road still is under
Jurisdiction Of the War Depart.
ment.
At the conclusion of Mr..
Classics testimony, the Subcom.
mittee decided to report the reso-
luton favorably after amending
it to authorize the Secretary Of
War to keep the road open sub
ject to such safeguards as he
should prescribe.
May Pass Tomorrow
Senator Robert r. Reynolds
Cd of North Carolina, chairman
of the subcommittee, said he
would take the matter up with
the full committee and if it
agreed the resolution would be
brought up in the Senate tomor-
row, when an attempt will be
made to pass it by unanimous
consent. He said:
| 'The subcommittee has agreed
to this resolution as q tenn
pOrary measure to keep the
4 landing field safe until the leg.
islative committee for the Dis.
trict Of Columbia can reach
some agreement with the con-
ferees Of the House to buy an
airport site for Washington.
81 think they should get to-
gether and do something along
that line right away"
The Washington times., 1936-02-17

CloSeted in executive session
with the District Appropriations
subcommittee, representatives Of
various civic organizations today
continued to urge a d diti on a ]
funds in the local supply bill to
meet the needs Of the District.
Communism was the subject of
several Of the witnesses, one Of
whom was believed to have been
Representative Virginia JenckeS
Cd Of Indiana, a member Of the
House District Committee.
While she declined to overlook
the gag rules that Representative
Tom Blanton CD of Texas, act
ing chairman of the subcommit-
tee, laid down, her testimony was
believed to concern the Commun-
iSt question, since she has been
making a private study Of this
matter during the past couple Of
months. She was accompanied
at the hearing by Lieut.. Horace
Lineberg, chief Of the crime pre-
vention bureau Of the local police
department.
Opposes Red Rider
s. H. Miller, a retired school
teacher, told the subcommittee
the anti Communist rider attached
to the last appropriations measure
should be repealed because, he
said, it will result in the teachers
failing to give the pupils proper
instruction in all subjects.
Rufus s. LuSk, secretary of the
Washington Tax Payers Protect
i've Association, made a plea for
draStically reduced relief appro-
priationS, asserting that there is
no need in Washington for such
large expenditures for this pur-
pose as have been allowed,
He also urged that $4,000 be
made available to permit the Dis
trict Commissioners to make a
study to determine whether the
police and firemen's pensions
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
TIP ON H0LDUP'
TAKES PRIZE

First information on the day
light holdup Of the Old Domin-
ion Bank in Ballston, Va, by two
gunmen captured first prize last
week in The washington Times
newStip contest.
Second prize was awarded for a
tip on the Chevy Chase (Md0 fire
Other awards were made for the
following tips: The illness Of Mile.
Marie Therese de Laboulaye,
daughter of the French AmbaS-
sador; gas death of Frank w.
Farmer, former Navy Yard ma
chinist; Elkton elopment of John
Edward Bates, jr., and Edith Ket-
ner Henry, and squirt Of gasoline
from an underground tank at Mer-
rifield, Va, when the frozen
ground disconnected an intake
pipe. 49, .f.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Ken Murray
Says:

DR.. Alexis Carrell, Of the
Rockefeller Institute, states in
q magazine article that, as the
result Of experiments now going
ON, human beings Of the future
will live for centuries That's
the trouble with those scientists!
Always putting things off until
tomorrow.
I suppose, by that time, the
Townsend Plan win be cOnsid-
cred very Old-fashiOned Yes,
sir! A man Of so win still be in
rOmpers and, come to think
Of it, some of them wouldn't
be out Of place wearing them,
even today.
But when it comes to the
ladies, the future will be q little
more complicated .. For, like
an automobile, . good paint job
may conceal the years, but the
lines tell the real story.
OF course, I guess il wouldn't
be so bad to reach MethuseIa's
age =. If you could only have
SOI0mOn's wives.
Copyright, 1885. BY MeNaught
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
BOOTLEG TRIAL
HEARS FACTS
. IN Staying
Shooting Of Nelson In
'34 Told BY Pair
to D. 6. Jury

The fatal shooting Of Ernest
Elmo Nelson, colored, member Of
the alleged bootleg ring which is
now on trial in District Supreme
Court, was described today by
other members Of the alleged
ring.
Nelson was killed on the night
Of April /, 1884 and his body was
found the following day where it
had been thrown into a creek in
nearby Maryland.
2 Made Statements
Clarence E.. Ross and Andrew
Jackson, both colored, had made
statements to police at the time
of their arrest in connection with
the operations of the alleged
conspiracy and these statements
were read to the jury today.
According to the statement,
Nelson, recently excluded from the
alleged bootleg ring, went to 1923
P st. N. W., said to be headQuar-
tiers for the alleged conspirators
and become abusive over his dis
charge.
In the course Of the alteration
Leonard Smith, another Of the de-
fendants shot Nelson, and is now
serving sentence for manslaughter
in connection with his death.
May Be Exhibit
jackson and Ross telephoned
Earl Funk at a liquor store in the
1900 block u st. N. W., and were
told by Funk to place the body in
the station wagon and dispose Of
it out in Maryland somewhere.
The station wagon. light au-
tomobile, converted into a truck
with seats has been frequently re-
ferred to in other testimony, and
is expected to be an important ex-
hibit in the case.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Red. Issue Lifts Head
At lid. G.. Fund Hearing

should not be placed on an actu'
arial basis. He added that under
the present plan it is costing the
tax payers about $850,000 a year
whereas, if it were placed on an
actuarial basis, as is the case with
the school teacher fund, the cost
would be only about 100000.
Traffic Light Fund Asked
For the purchase of additional
traffic lights, DR.. Llewellyn of
the Federation of Citizens Asso.
Citations, urged $4,000 more be
made available. He also requested
an additional $4,000 for reflector
button stop signs to replace the
present wooden type.
Increased appropriations for the
Health Department were asked
by Mrs. Walter Offut of the
League of Women Voters. j. L.
Gammell of the Southeast Coun-
Gil of Citizens appealed for a
merger Of Gallinger and Colum.
bia hospitals. .
The need for two additional ele-
vator inspectors was cited by John
Proctor, vice president of the Inter
national Union of Elevator Con-
Structors, and Harry s. Wender,
of the South West Citizens Asso-
citation.
From Adelbert w. Lee, president
Of the Randall Highlands Citizens
Association, and Louis .Frick, of
the Southeast Business Mems As
sociation, came Endorsement Of the
$25, 1000 item for replacement Of
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Nictoria,s Redstead

A Brooklyn Department store is
exhibiting Queen Victoria'S royal
state bedstead, which, according
to "The Art News" is the only
piece of furniture actually used by
English royalty that has left Eng
land and been exhibited outside
of q museum or palace. The bed
stead was first shown in number
of the Selfridge stores in England.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Tops Is Really Tops;
She S a Playful Kitten
In Needof Good Home

She's the topS-thiS kitten-and
you may have her for the asking.
That's her name, too-TopS.
Little Lilyan Hanger, Of 936 K
st. N. W., IS the girl who wishes
she could keep Tops for her own
but can't. Miss Hanger brought a
whole lot Of references for Tops,
including a playful disposition and
q feline love for children.
Tops is also good mouSer,
Lilyan says.
Dressed in q winter coat Of SOM
Der gray and well mottled with
yellow, Tops awaits your call at
the above address. You may also
get In touch with Lilyan by call
ing Metropolitan 63l2. .
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
St. GabrieI's TO Hold
Benefit Gard Party

The annual card party for the
benefit Of st. Gabriel's Catholic
Church will be held tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock in the school
hall, Webster Street and Grant
Circle, under the direction Of the
Rev. Louis w. Albert.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
St. GabrieI's PARTY

The annual card party for the
benefit Of st. Gabriel'S Catholic
Church will be held at 8 o'clock
tomorrow night in the hall Of st.
Gabriel'S School, Webster Street at
Grant Circle. The party is under
the direction Of the Rev. Louis v.
Albert. Mr.. o. r. Veihmeyer is
chairman
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Rambling Notes on People:
And now a sad note:

tAIIO uOW q GcA AOOC.
Have you seen the fishermen
Of the Potomac? They line the
basin now fishing through the
holes until a haplesS fish is
Snagged and brought wriggling
I'D out of the water. We never
did think fishing was very anus
ing. In this kind of fishing the
object seems not sport, but fish,
and the ultimate aim is not fun,
but the frying pan.
After all, in fishing, as in
other endeavors, only a tiny mi
nority will agree with George
Moore that the fruits are for
the vulgar."s
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Rep. Schultz Guest :

william T. Schultz, Indiana
Representative, will be the guest
tomorrow Of the D. G. Policemen's
Association meeting to be held at
8 p. m. in the Odd Fellows Hall,
419 Seventh ST. N. W.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
Orphanage Class
Will Sing In City
Tuesday Evening

The singing class of the Oxford
orphanage will appear in Hender-
sonville on it's annual tour next
Tuesday night at the First Meth
odist church at 8 o'clock.
The class is travelling in the bus
of the Oxford orphanage and will
be under the travel management
of L. w. Alderman and the direc-
ton of Mrs. Sadie T. Hutchinson.
1t will be composed of ID boys
and girls. The program is spon-
sored by the local Masonic order.
The program will be featured
with delightful songs, recitations
and drills, with colorful costumes
and splendid music. For more
than so years the singing class
has made annual tours all over
North Carolina, each year bring
ing a new group of children with
new program, and the appear
ance of these children in the va
rious communities has been a
great influence in cultivating in
terest in the cause of the orphan.
In the 62 years of its existence
there is scarcely a community in
the state that has not sent some
boy or girl to the Oxford orphan
age for care and training.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21

nightwatchman at the Battery
Park, also was held for further
questioning. He assertedly failed
to punch his timeclock on the
floor on which Miss Clevenger's
room was located at l a. m.
Thursday.
Wollner's questioning first was
scheduled for early today, later
postponed until tonight and then
apparently was indefinitely de-
layed. Meanwhile deputies gath
cred statements from witnesses
who repeatedly saw him late We'd
nesday night OF after midnight
Thursday. :.
The musician who made his
American debut at Town Hall IN
New York City about eight years
ago shortly after he came to the
United States from abroad, was
stripped of sports clothes and
shoes when he was arrested
Chemical analysis of the garments
was ordered to determine II stains
would yield traces of blood.
Miss Ward told Brown that she
had not known that Wollner was
married and divorced and that he
was the father of a four-year-old
daughter, now believed to be witt
the mother in Washington, d. e.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
Presbyterian
Auxiliary Meets
July Session Held at Camp
Greystone

The July meeting of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary of the First Pres
byterian church met on Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at Camp
Greystone, Tuxedo, with Mrs. Jos.
R. Sewer as host. Assistant hos
tesses were Mrs. E. Langdon
Hanna, Mrs. John L. Sewer, and
Miss Jean Agnew.
The call to order was played by
Miss Mary R. Edwards and Mrs.
j. T. Fain, president, presided
over a short business session. The
roll call revealed 100 present, a
number of whom were visitors.
The program was presented by
Mrs. Sewer and was a Home Mis-
sion program on American In
dams. The opening prayer was by
Mrs. William Mckay and the de-
votional was conducted by Mrs.
John j. Hayes, Jr., of Jackson
vile, Fla.
GLOW Lovely Are Thy Dwell
lluSS was given 90 q NoNoi ooio
by Miss Margaret Jones, of New
Orleans, and a piano solo, "The
Spider Dance" was given by Miss
Mary Reddy Edwards, of Due
West, S. c.
The program reading, Indian
Trails of Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow" was given by Miss
Frances Collins of Newman, Ga,
assisted by the Glee club.
A letter from Miss jamie Nc
Gaughey, of Atlanta, head of wo-
mans work, was read.
Two solos, 81 Heard the Voice
of Jesus Say" and "In the Lux
embourg Gardens" were given by
Miss Carolyn Creason of Ashe-
vile.
The program closed with the
social hour, during which refresh
ments were served by members of
the Glee club.
The meeting was the eleventh
held at Camp Greystone, Mrs. Sc
vier having entertained the July
auxiliary session there each year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
SPANISH REBELS
ATTACKED BY AIR

Continued from page one)
80 have been ordered modified
in Spain.
Rebel radio stations at Seville
and Ceuta continued to broadcast,
claiming great victories for the
rebel forces.
Fascists in control at Seville
broadcast that military courts
temporarily would replace civil
courts. An eight p. m. curfew was
ordered.
The rebels remained in control
of Spanish Morocco and the Ca
nary Islands. The situation in the
Baleric Islands was not known.
Seville broadcasts conclude with
the cry:
Long live Spain! Long live the
army! By order of General Qui-
epo de Llano, governor of Andal-
ucia."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS

Mrs. E. w. Ewbank, who chape-
roned her daughters and a group
of young people on a houseparty
at Williamsburg, Va, returned
home yesterday. Miss Mary Ew-
bank went on to New York City
to visit friends, and Miss Virginia
Ewbank stopped in Charlotte to
visit her brother, Mr.. Ernest Ew-
bank, at the Addison Apartments
hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sundgren
and the latter's young daughter,
Bobby Blum, of West Palm Beach,
Fla, are expected back tomorrow
after a visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Toomer and will again be the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Brooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Bangs have
returned to Tellico Plains, Tenn,
after a vacation of two weeks
with relatives in the city.
Mrs. T. L. Cooper, of Decatur,
Ca, an aunt of Mrs. L. T. Wilds,
has rented the home of Mrs. A. j.
Briggs for a while; she has with
her Mesdames Hoffman and Sal
mon, of Atlanta.
Mrs. jim Allen and daughter,
Phyllis, and Miss Margaret john
son, all of Washington, D. c., are
guests of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. L. Johnson, and Mr..
and Mrs. E. S. Dixon.
Mrs. J. R. Shaver, of Greenville,
S. c., is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. C. ]. Vandiver.
Miss Elizabeth Wilson, who has
been the guest of her grandmoth-
er, Mrs. J. G. Waldrop, has gone
to Lake Junaluska, but will re-
turn.
Miss Sara Oates had as week
end guest, Miss Carolyn Caldwell
of Wingate.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
Physical Culture
Quarters Set Up

The Smart, Physical Culture
Treatment and Instruction for
men and women is Henderson
ville's newest institution, which
will specialize in electric messages
and baths.
The electric messages and
baths, together with internal and
external baths, will be admins
tered in the Arcade building by
Henry Odum and Rex Smart.
F. C. Smart, the owner of the
quarters and of the Smart Dining
Room, has made extensive i'm
provements in the basement of the
building for the treatments.
Messrs. Odum and Smart, who
have had experience in this work,
will not prescribe treatments, but
will administer them to those seek
ing such service.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
'S0CI9tU

musicale given in Graham Me-
mortal hall Friday evening.
Administrative Dean Robert B.
House presided over the program
and President Frank P. Graham
was among the guests.
Miss Rebecca Cushman gave a
delightful reading of selections
from poems, including several of
her own.
Professor Sherman Smith, a
newcomer to the faculty of the
chemistry department sang sew
eral wellknown selections, accom-
panied by Professor Jan Philip
Schinaan at the piano.
Professor Smiths program in
cluded Weyla's DER Tambour,"
II Look Into Your Garden"
Wood, Rolling Down to Rio"
(German), and other selections.
Refreshments were served at
the close of the musical program.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
St. James Mems
Club Will Meet
DR.. Wedel To Be Wednes-
day Night Speaker

Announcement was made today
of the July meeting of the mems
club, st. James Episcopal church,
to be held Wednesday night at 8
o'clock at the church rectory,
North Main street, at Eighth ave-
nue..
DR.. Carl Wedel of New York
City, will be the speaker. DR..
Wedel, whose theme will be "Why
Be a Christian is one of the
lecturers this season at the Ka-
nuga Lake Episcopal conference
center and is secretary for col
leg ework for the Episcopal church
in the United States. DR.. Wedel
will be one of the outstanding
speakers on this years program
wit hthe mems club, and a cordial
invitation is extended by club Of
ficials and the rector of st. James
to anyone wishing to attend this
meeting.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
GADDY, HELD In JAIL
IS REFUSING FOOD
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Continued from page one)
though she had locked herself in
and had every reason to feel Sc
cure, caused officers today to
picture the horror that the young
woman, seated at the writing ia
BILE in her pajamas, must have
felt when she heard a faint click
and looked up to see the key on
the inside of the door being mys-
teriously turned by force from
the outside.
The next instant, with the door
swinging open, officers surmise,
she looked into the face of the
murdered etched against the dark
ness of the hall.
Sheriff Brown said today that
he doubted seriously if the muir
derer was in the room altogether
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
TROOPS ENTER CANTON

CANTON, July 21.-(UPl.-
Marking troops poured into Can,
ton today to enforce the central
governments decree abolishing
the Southwest political council
and to stamp out the rebellious
movement in Kwangsi and Kwang-
tung provinces, of which Canton
is the administrative center.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
REFUGE REVIVAL TO
OPEN TONIGHT AT 8

Revival services at Refuge
church will begin this evening at
8 o'clock and continue through
the week. The pastor, Rev. L. H.
Gardner will conduct the services.
Mr.. Creasman of Asheville, as
sisted by Mrs. Johnson, also of
Asheville, will have charge of the
singing. ,
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services. =
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
F. R. SPEEDS CRUISE

ABOARD SCHOONER LIBER-
TY, With Roosevelt Party, July
81. (UP).-"Pea-soup" fog, that
had shrouded the bleak Nova SEQ
tan coast and slowed President
Roosevelt's yachting cruise, lifted
sufficiently last night to permit
him to proceed southwark from
Shelbourne, N. S., to Cape Negro
island where he anchored the Sc
wanna.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
PSYCHIC MARVEL
APPEARS ALL WEEK

Jackie Merkle, eight-year-old
psychic marvel is appearing
twice daily at the high school au-
ditorium all this week in free per-
formances.
He will appear at the audito-
rum at $3.50 p. m. and 8 p. M,
with the exception of Thursday,
when he will appear at 1920 a.
m. and $3.50 p. m.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21
ELEVATE KRILENKO

MOSCOW, July 21.-(UP).-
George Krilenko last night was
appointed supreme commissar OF
Justice under a decree cordinat-
ing the administration of justice
throughout the Soviet Union. The
decree becomes effective Jan. 81,
1897
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-21

more than three or four minutes.
Discussing the weapon used by
the slayer of Miss Clevenger.
Sheriff Brown said that he was
not inclined to accept the sugges-
ton that a knife or dagger had
been used.