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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-13
BREAK HINTED
IN CAR BARN
Staying
Wilson Case Prisoner
Said to Have Offered
To Give Information

Despite continued denials by
both Washington and Montgom-
cry county police, the Chevy
Chase car barn murder is be-
lieved in informed quarters to be
about to "break."
One man. indicted recently
with four others in the so-called
"secret indictments" reported by
the grand jury which, police say,
have q bearing on the Allen B.
Wilson Staying, has offered to
trade" information on the car
barn Staying in order to clear
himself Of any connection with
the Wilson case, The Washington
Times learned today.
Known to police as George
Davis" charged with safe crack
ing, the man, 1t was definitely
learned, asked to see Samuel
Beach, Assistant United States
Attorney last week. Mr.. Beach,
when questioned today, said he
preferred not to say anything at
this time-though he admitted
police hoped to make an arrest
in the car barn murder case.
Davis, while indicted for safe
cracking, was never arraigned in
Police Court. Supposed to be in.
carcerated in the District Jail
while waiting trial, his name could
not be located in the jail files and
superintendent Thomas Rives said
the only man in the jail by that
name is colored.
Wherever Davis is, police are
keeping it q secret.
Davis is said to have shared q
cell with one Of the actual kill.
ers and to have given police an
accurate description Of the man
and the events which followed the
Staying Of James M. Mitchell, So,
an agent Of the company who was
shot four times as he sat at his
desk counting receipts Of the sale
Of street car passes, and Emory
Smith, 40, watchman-mechanic
also shot four times on the night
Of January 81, 1898. Both men
had put UP struggles for their
lives.
Mr.. Mitchell's body was found
on the floor Of his office. That
Of Mr.. Smith, who had been
beaten about the head and face
before he was shot, was found In
Rock Greek. He evidently had been
dragged from the murderer'S au-
tomobile and his body tossed
down an embankment. Tracks Of
two mems feet were found in the
snow where Smiths body was
dragged from the car.
There were indications that the
murderers were known to both
victims. Mitchell usually locked
himself in the small building
which housed his office and re-
fused to admit anyone whom he
did not know. At the time Of
the murder, police pointed out,
the door had been unlocked from
the inside when the killers en-
tered. When they left, taking
several hundred dollars in cash,
they slammed the catch lock on
the door. Later, Parker H. Hanna,
an extra trainman, who found
the body. told police he had to
break the glass on the door and
turn the key inside to get in.
One Of the original suspects In
the car barn Staying, William
Clark, former motorman, is now
serving eight years in Maryland
penitentary for trying to kill Mrs
Mary Branch, 81, his former
sweetheart. Police said the at
tempt was made because she
knew too much"
Mrs. Branch was Clark'S alibi
witness when the latter was
questioned as a suspect shortly
after the murder. The woman
insisted Clark was with her the
night of the Staying.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-13
Alleged Imposter Sought

Police today are seeking a man
who is fraudently soliciting funds
for the Animal Rescue League by
the sale Of candy. The league,
from its headquarters at II o st.
N. w., announced that the man
has no connection with the organi-
Zation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-13
GerIach Goes on Air

Edgar M. Gerlach, supervisor Of
social service. Bureau Of Prisons,
United States Department Of
Justice. is scheduled to speak
over Station WBAL-Baltimore,
Wednesday, at 4:45 p. M, on
Juvenile Protection"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-13
Man Hurt by Motorcycle

Struck by a motor cycle at Con-
stitution and New Jersey Avenues,
Northwest today, Luther Hill,
colored, 81, suffered decorations
and shock. At Providence HoSpi-
tai Hills condition was described
as undetermined.
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Day i'm Congress
SENATE

Meets at noon.
Committees:
10 a. m.-Finaf1ce subcomnit-
tee. executive.
10 a. m.-Judiciary, executive,
1890 a. m.-Foreign Relations,
neutrality, executive.
2 p. m.-Finance, bonus, execu'
tive.
HOUSE
ConveneS at noon to consider
District bills on the calendar.
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Treasury Condition

International News Service
Treasury balance as Of January
10, Salsa, 239, 655. 06; interna !
revenue, $1l,166, 281.S8; customs
receipts, $11,916,874.15.
Evening star., 1936-07-24

our Government to an efficient as
well as constitutional basis.
I shall call to my aid those men
best qualified to conduct the pub
lie buStness-and I mean just that.
I shall stand back of them.
I shall hold them responsible
for doing their jobs.
I shall cooperate whole-heart-
edly with Congress in an effective
reorganization Of the numerous
Government agencies. to get rid
of those who are not necessary.
to eliminate duplication, to insure
better administration, and to save
the taxpayers money.
hold that 1t Is the right Of our
people to have their greatest pub
lie service enterprise-their Gov
ernment-well administered.
These are some Of the aims and
proposals of a Republican admin
istration that would enter office
under q pledge to conduct the pub
he business with honesty, frugal
ity, courage and common sense.
In common with all my country
men, I look forward to the Amer
lea that is to be.
It should be a Nation in which
the old wrong things are going
out and the new right things are
coming in.
1t should be a country which
produces more and more until
there is plenty for all, with a fair
chance for all to earn their share.
1t should be a land in which
equal opportunity shall prevail and
special privilege shall have no
place.
1t should be an America that
shall bring to bear the whole of
her great spiritual force in a COM
mon effort to drive the curse of
war from the earth; an America
that, for the sake Of all mankind
rs well as ourselves, shall never
lose the faith that human freedom
Is a practical ideal.
1t is in these aims and in these
works that 1 vision the manifest
Evening star., 1936-07-24

bill. For every single dollar spent
we viii pay back two dollars!
Crushing debts and taxes are
usually incurred, as they are being
incurred today, under the guise Of
helping people-the same people
who must finally pay them. They
invariably retard prosperity and
: they sometimes lead to situations
In which the rights Of the people
are destroyed. This d the lesson
OF history, and We have seen it
occur in the modern world.
Federal Resources
Must BE Husbanded.
Our party holds nothing to be Of
more urgent importance than put
ting our financial house in order.
For the good of all of us, we must
re-establish responsibility in the
handling Of Government finances.
We must recognize that q govern
ment does not have an unlimited
supply of money to spend. II must
husband its resources Just rs truly
as does the head of family.
Unless 1t follows such q course 1t
cannot afford the services which the
people themselves expect.
No sound national policy looking
to the national welfare will neglect
the farmer. This is not because
the farmer needs or wishes to be
coddled. or that he asks for undue
help. 1t is necessary because the
needs of q great Nation require
that its food producers shall
always stand upon q social and
economic plane in keeping with
the national important of their
service.
The present administrations ef-
forts to produce this result have
not been successful Payments
under the triple A did help to
tide farmers over a difficult
period. But. even before it was
ruled out by the Supreme Court,
the triple A was rapidly disor-
ganizing American agriculture.
Some of its worst effects continue.
BY its policies the administration
has taken the American farmer
out of foreign markets and put
the foreign farmer into the Amer
lean market. The loss of markets,
both at home and abroad. far out
weighs the value of all the bene-
ITS paid to farmers.
Worse than this, from the stand
point of the public, is the fact
that the administration, through
its program of scarcity, has gam
bled with the needed food and
feed supplies of the country. It
overlooked the fact that Mother
Nature cannot be regimented.
All Policies to Be
Free of Politics.
The time has now come when
We must replace this futile pro-
gram with one that is economically
and socially right.
The wealth of our soil must be
preserved. We shall establish ef-
fective soil conservation and ero-
sion-control policies in connec-
tion with a national land-use and
flood prevention program - and
keep it out of politics.
Our farmers are entitled to all
of the home market they can sup
ply without injustice to the con-
surner. We propose policy that
protects them in this right
Some of our farmers, dependent
in part upon foreign markets, Suf-
fer from disadvantages arising
from world disorder. Until these
disadvantages are eliminated we
propose to pay cash benefits in
order to cushion our farm FAM
lilies against the disastrous effects
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Text of Landon Acceptance Speech at Topeka

of price fluctuations and to pro-
tect their standard Of living.
The American people, now, as
always, are responsive to distress
caused by disasters, such as the
present drought. Our platform re-
fleets that spirit. We shall fulfill
its pledge to give every reasonable
assistance to producers in areas
suffering from such temporary af-
flictiOns, 50 that they may again
get on q self-supporting basis.
Farm Program TO Serve
National Purpose.
Our farm program - q whole
will be made to serve . vital ma
tioaal purpose.
The family type Of farm has
long constituted one of the cher
tshed foundations of our social
strength. 1t represents human
values that We must not lose.
Widespread ownership of moderate
sized tracts of land was the aim
of the Republican homestead act.
This conception of agriculture Is
one phase Of the general principle
that We stand for-preserving free
dom Of opportunity in all walks Of
life.
The benefits which will be paid
under our program will go no
higher than the production level Of
the TnFySiIx, tNyy,p ~ fo
Another matter Of deep concern
is the welfare of American labor.
The general weli-being of our
country requires that labor shall
have the position and rewards Of
prosperity to which it is entitled.
I firmly believe that labor has the
right to protect this position and to
achieve those rewards by organiz-
ing in labor unions Surely the
history of labor in the United
States has demonstrated that
working conditions, wages and
hours have been improved through
self-organization.
The right of labor to organize
means to me the right Of employees
to join any type of union they pre-
fer. whether it covers their plant,
their craft or their industry. 1t
means that, in the absence of a
union contract, an employe has an
equal right to join q union or to
refuse to join a union.
Freedom Is Guaranteed
Each Employe.
Under all circumstances. 80
states the Republican platform,
employees are TO be free from inter-
ference from any source, which
means, as read 1t, entire freedom
from coercion or intimidation by
the employer, any fellow employe
or any other person.
The Government must maintain
itself in the position of an UNI
pire: First, to protect the public
interest, and, second, to act as
a mediator between conflicting
groups. One of the greatest prob
lens of this country is to develop
effective methods of conciliation.
Taking a dispute, after 1t gets
into a tangle, and rushing it to the
doorstep Of the President is bad
way to handle a labor situation or
any other situation.
In international affairs, also.
the Republican party has always
worked for the advancement of
justice and peace. Following the
early tradition of our country, it
has consistently urged the adjust
ment Of international disputes in
accordance with law. equity and
justice. We have now again de-
clared our continual loyalty to this
principle.
Republican Presidents sent dele
gates to The Hague conferences
Evening star., 1936-07-24

destiny Of America. Everything
we need for their realization we
can find, I firmly believe, within
the principles under which this
Nation has grown to greatness.
God grant us, one and all, the
strength and the wisdom to do our
part in bringing these things to
pass.
Evening star., 1936-07-24

part in the termination of the
Russo Japanese War. Another
Republican President called o con-
ference which, for the first time,
produced q reduction and limita-
ton Of arms on wide scale. Still
another led IN securing the treaty
outlawing wars.
In purpose and achievement our
party has . record which points
the way to further helpful service
in creating international under
standing, IN removing the causes of
war and in reducing and limiting
arms.
70 JOIN In Ne Plan
involving Us In War.
We shall take every opportunity
to promote among the nations .
peace based upon justice and hu-
man rights. We shall JOIN in no
plan that would take from Us that
independence Of Judgment which
has made the United States q
power for good In the world. We
shall join in no plan that might
tnvove Us In o war in the begin
ming Of which we had no part, or
that would build . false peace on
the foundation Of armed camps.
I turn now to the basic Erin
ciples upon which our Nation is
founded. America has always stood,
and now stands, first Of all for hu-
man rights, for the tite. liberty
and pursuit of happiness" of the
great declaration. The prime needs
of men have not changed since that
declaration, though new means
from time to time may be nee
essary to meet those needs. But the
great safeguards against tyranny
and oppression must not be cast
away and lost. They must be saved
that men may live free to pursue
their happiness, safe from any kind
of exploitation.
One cannot face this occasion
and the prospect flowing from it
without SOLDERING reflection upon
the beginnings, growth, and des-
tiny of our Nation. Our Govern
ment was founded to give life TO
certain vital principles. The pee-
pie embodied these basic principles
of human rights in the Federal and
State Constitutions. Thus, the
people themselves. Of their own
free will, set up this Government.
And it Is still the Government Of
the people. Any change which the
people want they can have by fol-
lowing the procedure they them
selves laid down.
Authority for Change
Can Be Obtained.
But for any official or branch OF
Government to attempt such
change, without authority from the
people, Is to do an unwarranted
and illegal act. It Is a substitution
of personal for constitutional gov
eminent. II added power is need
ed, the people have set out how
that authority may be had from
them if they wish to give it.
This, in its broad essentials, is
the basic structure of our Govern
ment.
As our economic life has become
more complex and specialized some
need, real or apparent, has often
been urged as an excuse for a fur
ther grant of power from the peo-
pie They have sometimes given.
sometimes withheld, the desired
power.
There has now appeared in high
places, however, q new and danger
Gus impulse. This is the impulse
to take away and lodge in the Chief
Executive, without the peoples con-
sent, the powers which they have
kept in their State governments or
which they have reserved in them
selves.
In its ultimate effect upon the
welfare Of the whole people, this,
then, Is the most important ques-
Evening star., 1936-07-24

ton now before US: Snail we con-
tinue to delegate more and more
power to the Chief Executive or
do We desire to preserve the Ameri-
can form Of government? Shall
we continue to recognize that Ger
tain rights reside with the people,
that certain powers are reserved
for the States and that certain
functions are delegated to the Fed
eraI Government?
Has Understanding
Based ON Experience.
Now I know that many Of Us.
at one time or another, have be-
come dissatisfied and impatient
with the efforts Of our local and
State administrations to solve our
dtficulties.
At such times It has seemed to
Us that only larger. more power
ful unit of government could meet
the need.
For those who have followed
such o line Of reasoning ! have the
understanding that comes from
experience. As q young man ! was
attracted to the idea Of central
king In the Federal Government
fun power to correct the abuses
growing out Of q more complex
social order. When the people re-
jected this alternative was as
disappointed as any one. But, IN
spite of this rejection, I have lived
to see many of those abuses sub
stantially corrected by the 4S State
Legislatures in their fields and by
the Federal Government in its field
of interstate commerce.
More recently, as q small mde-
pendent oil producer. I saw my
industry ask for Federal regula-
ton because Of q selfish ex-
ploitation of a natural resource
which, once wasted, cannot be re-
placed. When Federal regulation
failed, the industry made progress
in the solution Of the problem by
turning to State action, supple
mented with interstate compacts
as provided by the amazing fore
sight of the makers Of the Consti-
ton.
Changes Permissible,
But by Legal Means
It is not my belief that the
Constitution is above change. The
people have the right, by the
means they have prescribed, to
change their form Of government
to fit their wishes. II they could
not do this they would not be free.
But change must come by and
through the people and not by
usurpation. Changes should come
openly, after full and free discus
sion, and after full opportunity for
the people to express their viii.
The Republican party. however.
does not believe that the people
wish to abandon the American
form of government.
We propose to maintain the con-
stitutional balance Of power be-
tween the States and the Federal
Government.
We propose to use the fuD power
of the federal Government to break
up private monopolies and to
eliminate private monopolistic
practices.
In other words, the Republican
party proposes TO restore and to
MAINTAIN q free competitive sys-
tem-a system under which, and
only under which, can there be
independence, equality Of cppor-
tunity and work for all.
A free competitive system Is nee
essary to a free government.
Neither political nor civil liberty
long survives the loss Of economic
liberty. Each and all of these
liberties, with the precious human
rights which they involve, must be
preserved intact and inviolate.
To Call Men TO Office
Who Are Best Qualified.
If I am elected Chief Executive
Of this Nation propose to restore
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TRAFFIC CUT DOWN HIS AVERAGE SPEED
Going Through Cities He Sometimes Had to Creep
for Minufes Tied Up Traffic. Wasting Gas in Second
Gear c'Stsppins On IT. to Get Going Again Can Use
eO% More Gasoline Than Steady Mooinsl
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WORLD SERIES SIDELIGHTS

mot in the books. How long do
you think any pitchers can keep
Bill (Dickey) and Lou (Gehrig)
from getting a hit. i tell you
it's not in the books"
"Wel." chriped Dickey cheer
fully, 1--WE won't have to look at
that skinny guy (HubbelD for a
couple of days anyhow That's
something As far as I'm con-
cerned / don't care if never see
him again."
That Goofy Gomez is not so
goofy as painted. hes got a
wholesome respect for the Giants
=. When somebody tried to get
Goofy to say he'd stand the
Giants on their ears. he hastily
replied mo, no, 1 didn't say
that Il do say, though, that if
I'm right they're in for a ball
game ="
And the last thought goes to
Hennery Fabian, the venerable
ground-keeper who's been tending
the Polo Grounds for a third OF
a century. Il think" thought
Hennery, wagging his grizzled
head, 81 think those guys Just
about ruined my ball park play,
ing in the rain and mud like that
and 1 think I'll have to spend
the winter manicuring the infield
to get it right D."
And I think that's about
enough thought for the day =.
what do you think?
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7 emp|e Meets
Mississippi

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. AL
ready having won the first two
contests on its 10-game schedule,
Temple University's football team
will face it's first severe test to-
night when it meets the rebels
of Mississippi under the flood
lights of their own stadium.
The invaders from Dixieland
were reputedly one of the best
gridiron machines in the South,
despite the 7 to 6 defeat handed
them by Tulane's powerful jugger-
naut. The Owl eleven, however
was determined to protect a seven
year record of being unbeaten in
nocturnal clashes.
Tonight'S fray will be a coach
ing battle between teacher and
pupil, since Pop" Warner. Tenn.
pie mentor, tutored Edgar Walker
coach of odd Miss" at Stanford
10 years ago. The doubleWing
attack system. made famous by
Warner teams, will be much in
evidence throughout the game as
Walker is a devout follower of
the Warner system.
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and said he thought he could pitch
three games if he had to . :. FitZ
himself thought ne ought to do all
right against the Yanks. He said:
"My knuckler'S been breaking
pretty good and 1 seem about
as fast as ever, and did you know
I've now got a fast knuCkler as
well as a slow one for a change
of pace -. . think that slow ones
helped my pitching a hundred
per cent"
And what were the Yanks think
ing? -. We caught Joe Mccarthy
skipping out in the wake of Judge
Lands :. ct think" thought Joe
rather obviously, we thought, that
the copy books are right; one Swal.
low never makes a summer and
one ball game never makes a
series.
81 think Gomez can take them
it he's right He was loose as a
goose and twice as fast last time
out All 1 hope is that he's not
wild That would be too bad"
Tony Lazzeri. admittedly the
brains of the Yankee team, and
the man, by the way, to whom
other players give the credit for
developing Gehrig into stardOm,
thought the Yanks had only
begun to fight.
"They can't put the crusher on
us like that all the time" averred
the pride of San Francisco. Its
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Past games were good contests,
and another is expected Saturday,
though warned by the Philadel-
phian'S victory over Juniata by
34-7, the Johnnies know that
they have a tough time on their
hands.
But one change will be made in
the lineup which started against
Maryland. Coach Dutch Lentz has
shifted Spriggs Sands, an expert
enced guard, to the tackle group,
and will use him there Saturday
in place of George Kopp, who is
heavy but inexperienced.
The lineup will be: Left end,
De Lisio; left tackle, Sands; left
guard, Todd; center. Robert
Snibbe: right guard, Richard
Snibbe; right tackle, Townsend;
right end, Stallings; quarterback,
Lambros; left half, Buck; right
half, Hammann; fullback, Lath-
rop.
Additions from the freshmen
class have brought the squad to
81, fair7sized figure at st. Johns
squads go. Among the freShieS are
Sam Pearlman, a 220-pound tackle,
though young and inexperienced;
Frank Mcdonald nd Charles
Forbes, backs; Rocco D'AleSsio and
Kent Kethcell, tackles. and Stan
ley WilkerSon, center.
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