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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
0SANSWERED
BY CUTTERS

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 GIN.
S.. - Two Coast Guard cutters
were ordered southwark under full
steam today in a desperate fight
to rescue more than so men
aboard three distressed San Diego
(Cal0 tuna boats.
The boats are the Enterprise,
being battered to pieces on the
rocks of ToSco Point, 700 miles
south, and her sister ships, the
Panama and the Magellan, drift
ing helplessly in the center of a
furious tropical storm.
The Magellan was the third of
the 125-foot clippers to report dis
treSs today. She said she had lost
her anchor and propeller in near
by Magdalena Bay and was rap
idly being driven on the rocks.
The cutters Calypso and Aurora
were rushed to the scene.
-VnTE AMFRIcAN-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
BRADD0CK
HURT, TITLE
BOUT OFF
Louis Z Lbs. Heavier
Than Sharkey for
Tonieht's Battle

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 GN.S).
Joe Louis will hold a weight ad-
vantage of exactly two pounds over
Jack Sharkey in their 10-round
bout at Yankee Stadium tonight,
the brown bomber scaling 1894
and Sharkey 1914 at official
weighing-in at the Hippodrome
today.
Louis blood pressure was 1922
and Sharkey'S 1922.
Both were pronounced in per-
feet condition by DR.. William
Walker and DR.. Charles Bles, box
ing commission physicians. DR..
Walker said:
Il can't remember Sharkey
ever appearing, in better cOndi-
tiOn. He's really in remarkable
shape for this fight"
Louis Seems Nervous
DR.. Walker said Louis appeared
nervous when the examination
began, but it quickly wore off.
The weighing in and eXamina-
ton attracted a huge, police
herded crowd.
FormalitieS were dispensed
with and Chairman John j,
Phelan, Walker Wear and Bill
Brown, of the boxing commits
sion, completed the pre-fight rou-
tine quickly as possible.
They left Immediately for COM
mission headquarters to hear
Champion Jim Braddock'S plea
for postponement of his bout
with Max Schmeling scheduled
for September 26.
Gives Baleful Glare
All during the weighing in
Sharkey kept his eye on Louis,
giving the Brown Bomber the
pale-eyed, bale1ul glare he re-
serves for ring opponents.
Louis cody ignored the former
champion.
Sharkey and Louis saw their
goal showed far into the back
ground today as Champion Jim
Continued on Page 20, Col. y
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NINA MD|VAN|
WEEDS DOYLE

LONDON, Aug. 10 GN.SO.
Princess Nina Mdivani, who re-
Gently divorced Charles Henry
Huberich, noted Paris interna-
tional lawyer, today was married
to Dennis Conan Doyle, son of the
late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
creator of Sherlock Holmes"
The couple were married at the
Bridgend register office in Clam
organshire, Wales, at 1870 a. m.
Princess Mdivani is a sister of
the late Prince Alexis Mdivani,
first husband of the former Bar
bara Hutton, American heiress
who later married Count Kurt
HaugWitz-ReventloW of Denmark.
Alexis was killed in an automo-
bile accident in Spain shortly
after "BabS" divorced him. An
other brother of Princess Mdivani,
Prince Serge Mdivani, was killed
recently while playing polo.
-U0TE AMEPIHAA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
REARD0N CAST
RULE ISSUED

NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-If
Blonde Thekla Reardon, former
film actress, wishes to ask any
questions, in court and under
oath, in connection with her
damage suit against William
Pierre Stymus, 78-year-old Port
chester IN. " millionaire, she
may do so before the case comes
to trial.
This was the ruling of Supreme
Court Justice Rosenman, who will
preside during the hearing of
the case in which the actress is
asking damages of $4,000 of
the Portchester interior decora-
tor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
Youth Given Second
Retrieve From Moose

MONCTON, New Brunswick, Au-
gust 10 G.N.S0.-For the second
time, Arthur William Bannister,
Berry Mills IN. b. youth who was
to hang Thursday for the MUIR
der of Philip Lake, has been
granted reprieve.
Originally scheduled to die on
the gallows June 20, he was re-
proved for two months in order to
be available. to testify at the sec
ond trial of his older brother Dan
lei. The latter, also convicted of
numbering Lake, was tried twice
and is now scheduled to hang Sep
TENDER %, the new date set for
Arthur'S execution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
Judge Rules Beer
InPark No Crime

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 G.N.S)
Six men who sought relief from
heat last night by tapping bar
rel of beer in a Brooklyn park
today won judicial approval.
When the defendants appeared
before Magistrate David L. Nal,
bin on disorderly conduct charges,
the magistrate asked:
What have you to say for
yOurSelveS?"
Guilty" they replied. "NO
explanation"
The court ruled:
This complaint needs no ex-
PLANTATION. Sentence suspended"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
Townsend Too Tired
To Be in Ohio Court

HICAGO, Aug. 10 GNSO,
Concerning his failure to appear
in Cleveland yesterday at depo-
sition hearing in a receivership
suit brought against his organiza-
ton, DR.. Francis E. Townsend,
founder of the Townsend old age
pension plan, declared here today:
81 was just too weary to go
on any further so I asked a con-
tinuance of that Cleveland af-
fair"
The Cleveland suit, by the Rev.
Alfred j. Wright, ousted Town
send director, demands the organi-
cation be thrown into receivership
and asks for an accounting of ST.
100000 in Townsend funds.
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Kidnap Threat Notes
Demand $4,000 Paid

CHICAGO, August 10 GN.S).
A police guard was thrown about
the home of a Souhtside laundry
executive here today as police
and Federal agents investigated
attempts to extort $4,000 from
the victim. An extortion note re-
ceived last night by Samuel Hur-
ovitz demanded payment of the
money and the threat to kidnap
one of his two daughters unless
the money was paid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
S 17,525,619
ASKED FOR
SCHOOLS
Education Board Must
Be Given 5 Million
More, He Says

Exceeding the current appro-
priation by $5,030,659, the Board
of Education, in preparation for
the 1888 fiscal year District bud,
get, has submitted to the District
Commissioners a schedule of eSti,
mates totaling $17,525,619. The
school system current appropria,
ton is $12,494,96O
Remembering the Commission,
erS had urged all department
heads to observe strict economy in
preparing estimates, Henry Gill,
gan, vice president of the educa'
ton board, in a letter said: =,
'Tt is the earnest hope that
the Board of Commissioners will
find ways and means of allow
ing the school system a larger
proportion of the total District
budget, which will more ade-
quately meet the unmet needs
of the school system than have
school budgets in recent years."
CITES VITAL NEEDS
Superintendent of Schools
Frank w. Ballou and his asso-
ciates prepared the school esti-
mates. In a letter to the educa-
ton board, Ballou explained that
during the depression the number
of teachers was greatly reduced,
clerical forces SlaShed and school
building Jagged. He said the eSti-
mates submitted represented vital
needs of the school system, even
though the current appropriation
was exceeded.
Breaking down the estimates,
the board told the Commissioners
it needed a total of $12,O33,619, as
compared with $10,927 400 in the
the current appropriations, for per-
Sonal services, labor, maintenance,
care of buildings, etc.; a total of
$4,024,000 as compared with the
Continued on Page II, Col. y
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Dead Men and COnVictS Listed
On WPA Rolls, Survey Shows

rolls of the Works Progress Ad-
miniStratiOn?
"WhO are the workers (drOveS
of 'em) living at nOn-existent
numbers on nonresident streets,
whose names clutter the pay
rolls of the Works Progress Ad-
miniStratiOn?"
The Journal said that last
March the WPA itself started a
unit called special survey" to
check up on employees absent three
days or more with the thought
that many of these absentees
might need help, in the way of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
SHAM BATTLE
CRASH KILLS2

OTSEGO, Mich, Aug. 18 INS)
Two Army filters participating
in Michigan's war games were
killed today when they leaped
from a flaming ship 1000 feet in
the air in parachutes made in,
effective by the blaze.
The victims, first casualties in
the Second Army war games,
were:
Lieut.. W. W. Harding, 81, of
Los Angeles, attached to the 9th
Pursuit Squadron, Selfridge Field.
Private Francis Maier, Dowa-
giac, Mich, Harding's mechanic.
The men took to parachutes
as the flames enveloped the ship,
witnesses said. Scared by the
fire, the 'chutes failed to work,
and both men went plummeting
to instant death.
Harding crashed to the ground.
Maier's body was caught in tree.
With Michigan successfully de-
Tended by the Blue Army in the
major offensive of the mock wal
games around the Allegan area
activities today, and until the
manuevers end Thursday night,
will center around a friendly
skirmish between the States, dem
onStrations in the latest of Army
equipment and a review by high
ranking dignitaries of State and
Army.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
LIQUIDATION
TO REQUIRE
! YEARS
Five Institutions MAY
Distribute Nearly
100 Per Cent

Based on the potential value of
the remaining assets of washing
ton banks, which suspended bust
ness in 1888, it was estimated
today that the District National
Bank will pay off within a frac-
ton of 100 per cent and the
Chevy Chase, Northeast Savings,
Seventh Street and Washington
Savings will be close to it when
their accounts are finally closed.
Statistics garnered by Treasury
Department officials point to the
fact that the average time neces-
sary for final liquidation of a
bank is five years. Washington's
banks have been in active re-
ownership three years. Therefore,
it is expected that it will take at
least two more years before the
final accounts are closed.
Estimates Tentative
In the matter of time, as well
as the matter of dividends to be
expected in the various banks,
particular attention should be
given to fact that the value of
the remaining assets rests solely
on estimates of the receivers. In
q large majority of cases those
assets are tied up in large real
estate holdings. If the properties
continue to increase in market
value and purchasers are found
in good time, the deals can be
closed, the estimated value real
lied and the banks affairs wound
up in short order. On the other
hand, if a purchaser cannot be
found willing to pay the price set
by the receiver the dividends will
suffer.
District Bank Data
It is indicated by the reports,
however, that the trend toward
moving these large real estate
blocks is strengthening and the
banks are expected to realize close
to present estimates.
In the case of the District Ma
Continued on Page 3, Col. 81
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
Truck Driver Dies
Of Bus Crash Burns

EASTON, Pa, Aug. 1S G.N.SJ.
Raymond Flyte, of Bangor, Pa,
one of II persons injured in col
lision of a Scranton to Philadel-
phia bus and a heavy truck on
Three Church Hill. seven miles
north of here, died of burns in
Easton Hospital today.
The injured, all in EaSton Hos
pital, included Otto Wisner, "a, of
Camden, N. j., the bus driver who
was seriously burned on the body.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
INSURGENTS
WIPE OUT
1000 IN
AFRAID
Madrid Radical Force
Meets Disaster In
Move on Foe
The Crisis IN Spain:

Inc Cf0SGS 1n SPAN:
Madrid took the offensive
today in a desperate struggle
to burst the bands steadily
Tightening about her, aiming
the loyalists' chief thrust at
the heart of General Frances
line at Merida.
H. r. Knickerbocker's dispatch
from Burgos announced:
MADRID-Gas used for first
time.
GUADALAJARA-COlumn of
1000 radicals in 200 motor
trucks destroyed by insurgent
aircraft.
E'VILLE -Cartagena, i'm
pOrtant port in Southeastern
Spain, has Joined the revolt
against the Madrid govern
ment, inSurgent headquarters
announced. The question of
German and Italian sympathieS
with the rebel cause was
brought to the fore with the
insurgent claim $500 Germans
reside in the Cartagena district.
MAJORCA-LOyaliSt landing
force put to flight with 200
killed and 1000 taken prisoners.
SARAGOSSA-3,OOO reds re-
pulsed at Belchite.
Other developments were:
SAN SEBASTIAN AND IRUN
- Three inSurgent warShipS
resumed bOmbardments, imperil-
ling 1900 insurgents held as
hostages ashore.
LISB Mitigating deSper-
ately to cut the newly-fOrmed
link between the northern and
southern insurgent armies,
Spanish lOyaliSt troops claim
an important victory over in
SurgentS near Merida today.
CARTAGENA-AdmiraI leads
revolt against Government.
MALAGA - RightiStS exc
cuted, homes destroyed, but 20
Americans refuse evacuation
aboard battleShip Oklahoma.
BARCELONA-United States
Consul again protests "requisi-
tiOning" of American property.
LONDON, Aug. 10 G.N.SJ.
Fifty thousand dead and $4,000
wounded was one estimate of the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
Young Couple Found
Killed by Lightning

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 18 QN.S).
Grace Moye and Oliver Dame, IT.
year-old high school pupils, lay
dead here today, victims of light
ming which struck them Saturday
night as they stood under a tree
in a cemetery near their homes
in East Akron, authorities said.
The burned bodies of the young
couple, missing 48 hours, were
found last night. Shortly after
the discovery of the bodies
Thomas S. Clague, Sc, funeral di-
rector, died of a heart attack
while returning to his funeral par
lors with the body of the girl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
laps Cut Purchases
OF Cotton in i. ).

A sharp slump in Japanese
purchases of American cotton
was reported by the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics today.
While JapaneSe mills were
slowing down on American pur-
chaseS, the bureau reported, cot
ton imports from Brazil became
an important factor for the first
time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
N. Y. Journal Bares
Abuses in Relief
Agency Setup

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 G.N.SO.
In an exclusipe story devoted to
activities of WPA employees in this
city, The Evening Journal today
asked:
what are dead men doing
on the Works Progress Admins
tratiOn?
How come cOnvictS, serving
time, to be actively listed on the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
Many Addresses Given
BY Recipients Of
Jobs Found False

medical, nursing or housekeeping
services"
The survey disclosed, the story
added, that 81 per cent of the en-
ployeS did not live at the addresses
given and more than one-third
of this class never lived at their
recorded addresses.
From the disclosures, The Jour.
Continued on Page 6, Col. q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
SPAIN REDS turn POISON GAS ON FOES
Ba|bu Asks $5,000,000 Increase in School Budget;
Princess Nina
MNTrieS Son
OF Author

PRINCESS NINA MDI-
VANI WAS WE'D TO DEN-
MS CONAN DOYLE, SON
OF THE CREATOR OF THE
IMMORTAL "SHERLOCK
HOLMES" TODAY AT
GLAMORGAN, WAL ES.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-18
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Increasing clOudiness tonight, possibly
lowed by local showers tomorrow.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
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VOTE AMERICAN
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-28

Continued from Page ~
Is Town Chairman j. Warren up
son. q member Of the same firm as
that Of States Attorney Lewis. This,
from an efficiency standpoint Of
view, would be good, 1t Is explained.
Democrats are decrying the fact
that the posts Of states attorneys,
coroners, medical examiners and
their various examiners have been
kept for the most part within the
republican fold in Connecticut.
They are making their demand for
more direct selection on the part
of the electorate on the grounds
that one or more Of the members
OF the superior and supreme court
benches of Connecticut have served
In the legislature before being
named judges or have aspired for
places in the house or senate.
G.. O. p. Predominance
The fact that the recent cop.
gubernatorial nominee was States
Attorney Arthur M. Brown and
that the cop. candidate for gov
ernor two years ago was States At
torney Hugh M. Alcorn Is being
pointed to as evidence OF republican
predominance in the naming, OF
men who are named to prosecute
cases In the superior courts OF
Connecticut.
Coroners are nominated by the
states attorney and are approved
by the judges Of the superior ana
supreme courts. The coroners pick
/, their medical examiners.
Endorsement At Polls
II a man Is good enough TO serve
the public he should submit to the
endorsement at the polls OF the
general electorate. the democrats
are claiming. There Is no more poll
tics In this method OF selecting
states attorneys, coroners and med
teal examinations than there Is n
having the elected members OF tht
senate and house at Hartford pa@
on nominations from Governor wa
bur L. Cross, II Is charged. The
oniy other way would be 70 have tn'
governor make direct appoint
ment 10 the various judgeships
coroner positions. states Attorney
ships and medical examiner posA
nj Il claimed, and still this would
be politics. II rs declared that BILL
being proposed will give the direct
seleeEi0n 70 the eiectorah i'@aR'
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-28

o'clock this morning a let-up in the
cold snap was noted, however, and
by 8 o'clock the mercury 'had
climbed up above the 25-degree
line.
IA Above at Midnight
1t was IA degrees above at. mid
night last night and two hours la
ter, as the drop continued, the
thermometer shower II degrees
above. The gradually warming tenn
perature gave rise to fear Of more
snow tonight or tomorrow. The
weatherman has not predicted
snow for Connecticut, but has
forecast snow fiurries for New York
state and Massachusetts, Connecti-
cuts two neighboring states. -.
Ice Already AhOat
Waterburians who visited the
Hartford flood area last spring and
who are frowning because Of this
mornings low temperature will be
interested to know that ice has be-
gun to float down the Connecticut
river already. The freeze" is con-
sidered q little premature. Yester.
day the river was largely frozen
over at Springfield. Mass. the earli-
est in many years. Last year ice
did not appear. until December 9Th
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-28
BIBLE CLASSES
ATTEND SERVICE
Salvation Army Program
Features Address By
Edward H. Davis

Members OF the Federatio Of Bible
Glasses were guests Of the Salvation
Army last night at the community
Thanksgiving service sponsored by
the local unit In the auditorium on
Savings street. The program was
conducted by Charles Rietdyke, as
sisted by Lieutenant Carl Ahdreasen.
Under til Correction Of Cosmo Ven
detti. the park department band Of
fered several selections.
The community gathering was adj
dressed by Edward H. Davis, Stats
tician Of the Scovill Mfg Co., Fred
r. Book, president Of the waterbury
Federation If Mems Bible classes,
and Adjutant Hugo Wiberg. The
address by Mr.. Davis was titled
Thanksgiving Today. He stressed
the fact that Americans have real
cause for Thanksgiving, what with a
promise of social security and an al
most absolute safety from future
wars. To-day" he said, 1T is hap
piness one looks back to; we are
thankful for good things had, not
bad things ceased"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-28
Police Hunt Owner
Of Unopened Safe
MiddetOwn StOrekeeper Pays Visit Here to Inspect
Find City EmpIoye Makes Discovery

noon. He notified police, and Chief
Inspector Joseph Stevens Of the de-
tective bureau started a probe. This
morning the safe was brought to the
police station In a city truck, and
police hoped that they would be
able to open the strongbOx by some
means.
The safe answered in general a
description Of one stolen Wednes-
day night from the Mohican market,
Middletown, and which contained
5000. Raymond German, manager
Of the Middletown store, made a
hurried trip TO this city, to see the
safe, and said 1t was not the one
stolen from his store.
Late this morning Chief Inspec-
tor Stevens learned that q truck
owned by q New Britain glass COM
pany had brought the safe to the
dump. New Britain police then
joined In the investigation and were
secqing to establish the ownership
Of the strong box.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-28
Connecticut Reports
Increase In Building
West Hartford Takes Lead Waterbury Among Com
munities Showing Gain During Month Of October

Building activity in Connecticut
enjoyed q substantial increase dur
ing the month Of October Is COM
pared with September, but was COM
siderably below the years high peak
set in August, 1t Is shown in the
monthly building survey taken BY
the department Of sales and traf1c
development Of the New Haven rail-
road among IS cities and towns
along the railroads lines. and made
public today by A. A. Drummond,
sales trafilc manager.
Building permits granted by those
cities and towns during October
were valued at $685., 1853, a gain OF
more than 10000 over the valua-
ton Of the permits issued by the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-28
PETITION HEARD
BY coming BOARD

Decision was reserved last night
by the coming board Of appeals on
the petition Of Andrew M. Larson
for permission to erect @ l0-car
garage In the rear Of his property
ON Wilson street. The structure m
question, formerly known as the
Waterbury Convalescent home, Is IN
the C residential zone which limits
garages TO the three-car type.
Mr.. Larson explained to the board
that he recently purchased tne
building from Miss Helen Chase and
that he has turned II into an apart
ment building. There are IL apart
ments In the structure. hence the
need Of the large garage. he stated.
No opposition 70 the petition was
voiced. Tho board will visit the
property Monday and render It's de-
cision afterwards.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-28
Casualties

George Lalnontagne, 10, Of AZ
East Liberty street, was under
treatment at st. Mary's Hospital
today for injuries suffered yester-
day afternoon when he fell from
q truck near his home. The We
hicle was operated by Arthur
Fortier, Of 345 South Main street.
The youngster was dazed by the
fall, but was showing improve
ment today.
Victor Radzinaus, 43, Of "a South
Riverside street, complained TO St.
Maryis authorities Of q back in
jury. He said he fell on an Icy
pavement.
A leg fracture was sustained by
Michael Kenny, u, Of 1872 Bald
win street, when he was struck
by a car operated by Otto Rech-
and, of 751 Cooke street, on Bank
street. The driver took the aged
man to st. Mary's hospital.