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Evening star., 1936-05-01
SENATE APPROVES
. CHAIN STORE BILL
Sent to House After Vanden.
berg Change Is Rejected,
Then Accepted.
Gy the Associated Pres

Gy the Associated Press.
A bill intended to bar the award
or acceptance Of price discrirnlna-
tions was passed yesterday by the
Senate and sent to the House where
similar legislation is pending.
The Senate reversed itself during
consideration of the measure by first
voting down, among other amend
ments, one offered by Senator VAN
denberg, Republican. Of Michigan. to
exempt industrial production from
the scope of the bill and later voting
to accept the proposal.
Majority Leader Robinson of Ar
kansas. author of the bill. and other
proponents told the Senate the legis-
lation was complicated" and might
best be smoothed into final shape in
conference.
Congressional leaders said the plan
was for the House to substitute new
bill for the Robinson bill in the form
of an amendment and then turn the
entire legislation over to Senate
House conferees.
The Senate bill. as passed. would
prohibit price determinations be-
tween purchasers of commodities of
like grade and quality; ban fake pro-
motional allowances, brokerage fees
and commissions, and give the Fed
eral Trade Commission authority 10
limit quantity discounts in certain in
stances.
The Vandenberg amendment pro-
posed that nothing in the bill should
prevent discrimination in price by
reasons of differences in quantity III
manufacturing
Vandenberg said: Il can see no rea-
son why we should reach into indus
trial production and apply rules pri-
marily concerned with retail mer-
Chandizins."
Senator Logan. Democrat, of Ken
tucky. who assisted Robinson In the
floor fight, expressed fear that If the
exemption we're made I'VE would run
into difficulty at the Supreme Court. d"
The amendment was defeated. Later
Vandenberg returned to the subject
Robinson and Logan consulted hur-
riedly and finally Robinson said he
would withdraw his objection, express
ing the view the conference could
study the proposal. The amendment
thereupon was accepted.
Receipt of discriminating prices
Uas proposed in an amendment ~
Copeland, Democrat. of New YORK.
which was accepted.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
GUARD DESCRIBES
KILLING OF BOWERS
Prisoner Who Tried to Escape
Drew First Bullets Ever Fired
at Alcatraz Inmate.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. May Joe
Bowers fatal attempt to escape from
Alcatraz drew the first bullets ever
fired by a guard at an inmate Of the
Federal Governments island prison.
an inquest record disclosed today.
The bullets. which sent Bowers
hurtling from fence down a 6o-foot
cliff Of the prison in San Francisco
Bay, were fired by Guard E. r. Chand-
Ter, who testified
Il had my orders and I followed
them
Deputy Warden c. J. Shuttleworth
testified yesterday no guard ever be-
fore fired upon a convict at the peni-
tentlary.
Chandler testified the convict.
mail robber. ignored his orders and
warning shots and started to climb
the fence.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

district was darkened. only search
lights illuminating the sky. The cause
of the accident was unknown.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Munich said Is persons died in
the crash. This report said the entire
crew of the plane died and that a
number Of civilians on whom the mil
itary plane fell also were killed.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

were held the night of April 2s.
The soldier flyers plunged to death
early in the morning of April 20, It
was learned, but official sources de.
clined to disclose details of the crash
and civilians withheld strictly further
news Of the accident.
The plane fell at an hour when few
persons were about and the entire
Evening star., 1936-05-01

Meluin ShreDbrodge member of the Washington Boys
Club soon receung The Evenng Star Trophy from rip
Miller former Notre Dame foot ball star and assistant
coach for the Nauy More than 200 other boys received nia
ture foot balls and Darious ceremony
the club headquarters, Third and streets
Frank r. Jeef merchant leader presented
gold KEY embemac OF rs the boys
sdttOn. tnf
Evening star., 1936-05-01
NAz| ARMY PLANE
FALLS, KILLING Il
Crash in Dark Kept Secret.
Civilians Hit by Ship Also
Reported Victims.
By the Associated Press.

Ey tht AssocIated Press.
NEU-ULM, Bavaria. Germany, May
IA German military plane crashed
during night maneuvers, 1t was learned
today, killing II persons instantly, In
cluding the members Of the crew.
The plane was one Of a squadron
soaring over the district along the
Bavarian and Wurttemberg Province
borders, where combined air protec-
ton maneuvers for the population
and for anti-aircraft detachments
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
FEELY Staying
BATTLES

PITTSBURGH, June 20 G.N.SD
Confronted with their greatest
mystery n recent years, Pitts
burgh police authorities were split
into opposing camps today over
the strangling of an attractive
young wife of a University of
Pittsburgh physical education pro-
feSsor and her two small children.
Sergt. Ralph Barton, of the city
homicide squad, declared def.
nitely the woman, Mrs. Eleanor
Feely, 80, strangled the two chill.
dren, Robert, S, and Janice, 8,
after Stabbing them with an ice
pick and then ended her own life
similarly by fashioning a garrotte
which she attached to a radiator
But John Artz, special coroner's
Investigator stuck doggedly to his
theory that the three were victims
Of a cold -blooded killer who left
no clues.
The husband, Martin Feely,
numbed by the shock, declared
over and over again his cultured
and intellectual wife, a brilliant
student in school at Springfield,
Mass, of which both were natives,
was incapable of such a deed.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
INJURIES
HOLD MAN

AS Casualty Hospital physicians
sought to determine the extent Of
eight-year-old Donald Wilson's
head injuries, the lads 70-year-old
stepfather, Harry z. Hayes, today
appeared before Police Court
Judge Walter j. Casey or a charge
Of assault with a dangerous wea-
pom.
Due to uncertainty surrounding
Donald's condition, the case was
ordered continued until June a..
Bond was set at $1,000.
Hayes, an electrician, employed
at the District Supreme Court
Building, is alleged in the warrant
to have hurled a claw hammer at
his stepson's head, inflicting a pos
sible fracture of the skull and Sc
we're lacerationS.
The incident is alleged to have
taken place at the Hayes home In
the 1900 block D st. N. E.
Hayes was represented by Attor-
ney James A. O'Shea.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
MACHAD0 WILL
PR0BATED

An estate valued at more than
$4,000 was left by Mrs. Laura
Cornelia j. de Tribe Machado,
"a, widow of Jose Tribe Machado,
for many years a diplomatic and
commercial representative of the
Guatemalan republic here and
aboard, according to petition for
probate of her will, filed in Dis
trict Supreme Court today.
Mrs. Machado, who was a niece
of A. D. Juilliard, who established
the Juilliard Music Foundation Of
New York, died at her home at
1900 Military Road on June 10.
She left the major portion of her
estate in trust for the benefit Of
her grandniece, Wilhelmina Carr
GilliS, who lives in Monterey, Cal,
at whUse death the principal will
go to her children.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
DC. QUIET OVER
LOUIS LOSS

Stunned by the defeat Of their
idol, Joe Louis, at the hands TO
Max Schmeling in New York last
night, WaShington's colored resi-
dents were orderly, although
trouble was reported in other
cities.
Police reported that all over the
city there was much excitement
and many of the radio listeners
sWapped punches.
There were nearly 100 calls for
police because of fights, almost
twice the normal. And as the
winnerS-few in number-started
to celebrate and the losers to
drown their sorrows, arrests for
intoxication showed a sharp in
crease.
But on the whole the evening
was quiet. For only a few had
ventured to bet on the "Black
Uhlan'' to win. In the vicinity OF
Fourteenth and U Streets North
west, where, in the past, each vic
tory of Louis has been wildly cele-
brated, there was an air OF deep
gloom.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
MUM
ON TEACHERS
ANSWERS
"Red" Quiz Author
Sees denomination"
By Board

In the face of the revelation
today by the High School Teach
ers' Association that only one Of
that group thus far petitioned has
answered the Blanton question
naire. the author of the question.
naire sought to make it appear
that his investigation has been a
complete success"
However, the author, Represent.
ative Tom Blanton CD of Texas,
acting chairman Of the House Dis.
trict Appropriations Committee,
declined to reveal how many of
the queStionnaireS have been re-
turned to him with the data re-
queSted. He merely declared that
he has received a number of re-
plies" adding that the answers
have borne out my beliefs" rela-
tive to the abundance of Commu-
mist propaganda that he asserts is
being circulated in the schools
through the teachers.
Teachers Nominated"
He said that replies he has re-
ceived show that the school
teachers are dominated by the
Board of Education" The Texan
added:
"The Board of Education tells
the teachers how to think, when
to think and when they shall
take vacation"
Although the questionnaires con-
tained no inquiries which required
answers on which he could base
such a statement, the Texan said
he had learned this because many
of the replies which came from
leading local school teachers not
only answered the questions but
amplifled those answers.
Quiz Defended
Declaring that atheism is the
cornerstone of Com mum m,
George E. Sullivan, Washington
attorney, today denied that the
Blanton QUESTIONABLE sent to
public school teachers is an effort
to pry into their religious beliefs.
The QUESTIONABLE merely asks
if the teachers believe in God and
in some form of religion, he
pointed out, and said:
"The unfitness of an atheist
supervising education in a ma
ton founded upon belief in God
should be apparent to everyone.
while all atheists are not
Communists, all Communists
are atheists, because atheism
is the cornerstone of COmmun-
ISM"
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
PROBE HOUSE
COLLAPSE
Continued from Page ~

kNOAlklKIuCu 1IOllI age ~
it crumbled have been accounted
for. Search of the building con-
tinued on the chance that bodies
of other victims might be under
the twisted mass.
The building, which was under
construction, suddenly gave way
late yesterday. The two top floors,
the sixth and seventh, collapsed
without warning and then the
weight of the wreckage carried
away the fourth and fifth floors,
sending at least 100 tons of steel,
brick and plaster cascading onto
the lower section of the structure.
Four police emergency squads
and firemen undertook the work
of rescue, but found their efforts
hampered by the danger OF FUR
ther collapse. AS trapped men,
with arms and legs crushed be-
meath the wreckage moaned and
pleaded for speed, rescuers had
to move each bit of wreckage
cautiously for fear of bringing
more down upon them.
None of the investigating bodies
was willing to venture an opinion
as to the cause of the disaster to.
day, but architects, contractors
and others in charge of the con,
struction work were to be grilled.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
HARLEM RIOTS
AFTER FIGHT
CONTINUED from Page II


was hurled through the window.
Wilmer Cooper, 81, was stabbed
in a fight with his cousin when
they argued over whether the
bout was framed. Joseph King,
Is, was stabbed by another Negro
in a street fight.
Samuel Kuhn, so, WPA
worker was set upon by mob
of 80 Negroes. He suffered a
black eye and cuts on the nose
and chin and lost his false teeth
in the fray.
There was considerable rejoic-
ing over Schmeling's victory in
Yorkville, the German section of
the city, but Yorkville was quiet
in comparison to the dizzy whirl
that was Harlem.
Police frankly admitted they
feared serious trouble in the dis.
trict that has long been powder
barrel.
For Max Schmeling not only
knocked out Joe Louis last night.
he also broke the heart of Har.
lem.
The smashing right hand Of
the Teuton Schlager that dumped
the Brown Bomber into the resin
dust of the Yankee Stadium'S
ring, seemed to stupify Harlem.
which had planned spectacular
victory celebration for Louis,
mighty conquerer of ex-chan-
pionS.
Streets that were to have re.
sounded to laughter and jubila.
ton were filled instead last night
with thousands of solemn col
ored men and women, unable to
believe their idol had fallen.
Demand Payments
Street corner fringes formed
and broke away as fuddled
brains were wracked to find a
plausible reason for the defeat
of Louis. There seemed to be an
undercurrent of bitterness
against Louis, as though it was
felt somehow Louis had let them
down.
Those who offered high bet
ting odds on Louis were wonder
ing how they'd pay the bill.
Sporadic street fights were re"
ported as Schmeling supporters
demanded immediate payment.
It was reported that thousands
of dollars in bonus money went
to Schmeling hackers.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
SAYS EXPERTS
WILL RULE
HIM SANE
Youth Who Slew Girl
Angered by Rejection
of Hanging Plea

SAN FRANCISCO. June 20
QNSO.-Refused his plea for
immediate death on the gallows.
Albert Walter, jr., 2s-year-old Bos.
tonian and confessed silk stock
ing" stranger Of authenticated
Blanche Cousins, IS, whose nude
ravished body was found in a Mob
Hill apartment here, bitterly de-
nounced authorities today for in
terfering with my plans"
The dapper youth, son Of a cul-
tured Boston family, decried the
action Of Public Defender Gerald
Kenny, who protested Walters
plea Of guilty and entered a plea
Of mot guilty by reason Of in
sanity" in his behalf yesterday
when he wsS arraigned in Superior
Court on a murder charge.
INSISTS HE is SANE
"T am not insane and the
alienists appointed by the court
to examine me will so find"
Thus spoke Walter, who as
founded police police Wednesday
night when he walked into the
Hall Of Justice and announced he
had murdered q girl" and was
Surrendering because his con-
science vas torturing him. He
added:
'Tf Z told them that / was in
sane they wouldn't believe me. 1
don't want to live. want to die
ana the sooner the better. /
want no sympathy and 1 don't
want the aid Of the public de-
tenders"
Walter strangled the pretty
Idaho Falls girl in passionate fury
when she repulsed his advances.
Met Girl on Bus
He met her on q bus two weeks
ago while en- route here. Miss
Cousins boarded the bus at Salt
Lake City. She had resigned her
position as bookkeeper in an Idaho
hospital so that she might attend
business college and find new en-
ployment here.
Their chance acquaintance was
continued here. She invited Wal
ter to dinner in her apartment
Tuesday night. He strangled her
when she refused to yield to his
advances and led police to the
body following his surrender after
walking the city streets for a night
and day.
When Superior Judge Lille T.
Jacks read the murder charge to
the youth yesterday he quickly
answered guilty as charged"
Mental Test Ordered
Public Defender Kenny, auto
matically appointed to defend
Walter when he spurned the aid
Of an attorney, interviewed. The
court accepted Kenny'S plea OF
mot guilty by reason Of insanity"
In behalf Of the confessed slayer.
Three alienists were appointed
by the court to examine Walter
prior to his scheduled trial next
Thursday.
Only the question Of sanity will
be determined by the jury. The
plea Of mot guilty by reason Of
insanity" places Walter on record
as pleading guilty to the crime.
but interposes the defense Of In
sanity.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
SAYS FARLEY
PURCHASED
LOUISIANA
Rep. Burdick Charges
Long "Machine"
Has Sold Out
International News Service

In a caustic attack in the Con-
gressional Record, Representative
Usher Burdick RD Of North
Dakota today charged that Post
master-General Farley has engi-
neered a second Louisiana pur.
chase" which resulted in dismissal
of criminal indictments of lieu
tenants of the late Huey Long, in
return for promised delivery of the
State to the Democrats in next
November's election.
Burdick claimed he knew Of the
IDEAL" last January, but withheld
the knowledge because II was
pretty sure no one would be-
neve it,"
Charges Surrender
Referring to the recent action
Of the United States district attor-
ney in New Orleans in declining
to prosecute Seymour Weiss, Long
ally, and others, for income-tax
evasion, Burdick continued:
"Since January, however, my
statement has been proved in
full and / now offer 1t to show
that the followers Of Huey Long
ignOminiouSly surrendered to
the present Administration, and
James Farley Is in full command
Of the situation in Louisiana"
Other phases of the purchase" "
Burdick observed, included return
of certain patronage heretofore
withheld from the Long machine,
and withdrawal by Long Congress
men of their names from the petit
tion designed to secure a House
vote on the ,AdminiStration-op-
posed Frazier-Lemke farm-mort-
gage moratorium bill.
Governor Accused
The purchase, according to
the North Dakotan, was arranged
in a New York hotel between Far
ley and Richard w. Leche, COVER
nor of Louisiana. The following
proof that both parties fulfilled
the terms of the purchase" was
submitted by Burdick:
81. The Long Congressman
removed their names from the
FraZier-Lemke petition and
voted against the bill when it
came up.
"2. The United States attOr-
ney has moved to dismiss the
Long indictments.
3. Withheld patronage has
been returned: fight over relief
has been settled, and Admins
tratiOn affairs have been ad-
juSted fsvOrsbly to Governor
Leche.
NOW FOR ROOSEVELT
~. The Long machine is now
for President Roosevelt, and
the President has Louisiana in
his pocket.
"Huey Long would have paid
no attention to those indict.
mentS because he and everyone
else knew they were nothing
but political indictments. 1t is
admitted now by the Govern
ment, for the Government now
says it has not sufficient evi-
dence upon which to secure .
conviction.
'Tt does not seem possible
that the Department of Justice
could be put on the auction
block by James Farley or any
one else, yet the fact is that
precisely that has been dOne.'"
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
ANNE LYDDANE
UNDER KNIFE

Mrs. Anne Lyddane, former
Rockville bank employe who was
recently acquitted at Cumberland,
Md, on charges of conspiring to
murder her husband, Francis
"Slom" Lyddane, today was re-
ported recovering in Georgetown
Hospital following an appendicitis
operation.
Mrs. Lyddane was rushed to the
hospital early Thursday morning
and an emergency operation per
formed. Today nurses said she
had passed a quiet night and was
considerably improved, but that
she will be unable to see visitors
for several days.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
HOUSE TO VOTE
ON SHIP AID
international News Service

Clearing the way for adjourn
ment, the House Rules Committee
today gave right-of.way to the
Administrators ship subsidy bill,
approved by the Senate yesterday,
aimed at rebuilding the American
merchant marine.
The bill was expected to be called
up for action Immediately, and
adjournment appeared likely by
6 p. m.
The measure sets up a merchant
marine authority and provides for
Government loans to shipbuilderS
up to SO per cent Of the cost Of
construction. It recognizes a 6 per
cent cost differential for Pacific
Coast ShipyardS.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
D. {. Coal Merchants
Outing Wednesday

The eleventh annual outing of
the Washington Coal Merchants
will be held next Wednesday at
Baurs Beach Club, Bay Ridge,
Md, it was announced today.
Members of the retail coal trade
who are members of the Board
of Trade will close their yards for
the day so that all employees may
attend the affair, and an elabor-
ate entertainment progr>A has
been arranged.
Those attending the outing will
meet at the Peace Monument at
10 o'clock in the morning and the
motor cavalcade will be headed
by q police escort.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20

Departures From Normal
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January /, 1886, 118.
Excess of temperature since
June /, 1896, Al.
Accumulated excess Of precipi-
tation since January /, 1896, 2.36.
Deficiency of precipitation since
June /, 1885, la.
Tide Table
High tide today at 8::37 a. m.
and at 9:16 p. m.
Low tide today at 1855 a. m.
and at 1888 p. m.
High tide tomorrow at 9:25 a. m.
and at 1904 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow at 3:48 a. m.
and at 4:20 p. m.
The Sun and Moon
The sun rises today at 4:42
a. m. and sets at 1887 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at 4:42
a. m. and sets at 7::37 p. m.
The moon rises today at 6:04
a. m. and sets at 8:56 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow at
7:10 a. m. and sets at 9:32 p. m.
Weekly Weather Outlook
North and Middle Atlantic
States: Generally fair with
moderate temperature beginning
Of week, followed by rising tenn
perature. Showers about middle
Of week, followed by generally fair
and cooler.
Ohio Valley and Tennessee:
Generally fair weather most of
week. Moderate temperature at
beginning of week followed by
warmer; somewhat cooler again
near middle of week, followed by
rising temperature toward end.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
ECkener in Command
As Hindenburg Sails

FRANKFORT-ON.MAIN, Ger
many, June 20 QN.SO.-Carry-
ing 80 passengers, the Zeppelin
Hindenburg steered out to sea
today on her third voyage to
LakehurSt, N. j.
DR.. Hugo Eckener was in COM
mand for his first time. Previ-
ously, because of his dispute with
the Nazi party, he flew as flight
assistant.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
King Plans Vacation
At Actress Chateau

LONDON, June 20 G.N.SO. T..
King Edward will spend his vaca-
ton at the Chateau de L'Horizon,
owned by Maxine Elliott, Amer
lean actress, at Cannes, France,
late in July, the Daily Express
said today.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Lighthouse To Be Park
International News seryic,

A House bill authorizing the
Secretary Of Commerce to turn
over the Grand Haven lighthouse
reservation to the city Of Grand
Haven, Mich, for street and park
purposes, stood approved by the
Senate today.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Film Firms to Merge

HOLLYWOOD, June 20 G.N.SO.
Producer John Hay Whitney'S
Pioneer Pictures, Inc, and David
o. Selznick'S International will
merge into one producing unit, it
was announced here today. Selz-
nick will be president Of the new
organization, and whitney will be
chairman Of the board Of direc-
tors,
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Senate Rail HEARING
Starts Again Monday
Intarnntional NaWa Servica

international News service
Hearings on the Senate'S rail
road investigation begun last year
will be resumed Monday with a
query into the Van Sweringen in
terests, it was announced today
by Senator Wheeler CD, of Mon
tana, chairman Of the Interstate
Commerce Committee. Witnesses
subpoenaed include o. P. Van
Sweringen.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Today in Congress

Senate
Met at 10:30 to resume debate
on tax bill.
House
Met at 1890 on suspensions.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Treasury Condition
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international News Service
Treasury balance as of June l8,
$3,529, sol 628.30: internal reve-
nue.. S3,933.934.45; customs re-
ceipts, $20,316.4l0.46.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
The Weather

District of Cloudy to-
night; showers and cooler Sunday;
moderate southwest, shifting to
fresh northerly winds Sunday.
Maryland, Virginia Cloudy to-
night; Sunday showers and cooler.
Temperatures
Yesterday Today
4 p. m. ...... 81 4 a. m. .66
8 p. m. ......79 8 a. m. rs
Midnight III Noon "a