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The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Not Tall Enouqn

One of the smallest stars in Hol.
lywood, Francine Lorrimore, who
measures just five feet one inch.
including heels and all, had to
stand on a box today for her
closeup romantic scenes with Ed
ward Arnold and George Bancroft
in B. P. Schulberg's Paramount
drama, John Meade's Woman"
The Washington times., 1936-12-12

'of Republics publicity depart
ment, is handling the trailerS in
addition to his other duties.
Our Passing Show: Joe Schnit-
ger, Sol Lesser, Harold B. Frank
lin, Joe Pasternak, Paul Kohner,
Joe May, William Thiele, Frank
Whitbeck, May Robson, Kurt Neu-
mann, Earle Smell, Abe Meyer at
the preview of Rainbow on the
River"
Members of the Republic stock
company and school are being
used in several tie-up stunts.
Wednesday, they participated in
ceremonies marking the opening
of Huntington Parks new power
plant. They will also make ap-
pearanceS in the Hollywood
Boulevard Santa Claus parades.
George Zucco, once the leading
man of Laura winston, w. S. Van
The Washington times., 1936-12-12

much as tact. A stars Christmas
bill can run all the way from $10,-
900 to $25, 900.
Mae West, curvacious Para
mount star, is one of the most
generous Of Hollywood's gift Civ
ers. She goes for remembrances
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Santa Claus Bills Run From
$4,000 to $4,000 With
Mae West Generous

HOLLYWOOD, December 12.-With $15,0O0,00O Christ
mas drawing near Santa Claus rubbing his hands while the
Hollywood film rushing franticay from store to
store filling arm-length gift lists.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
The Weather

District of Columbia-Cloudy
tonight and Sunday; warmer to-
night; colder Sunday afternoon
and night; lowest temperature to-
night about IS degrees; moderate
to fresh south and southwest
winds, shifting to northwest Sun
day.
Maryland-Cloudy tonight and
Sunday, possibly light rain in
north portions; warmer tonight;
colder Sunday afternoon and
night.
Virginia-MoStly cloudy tonight
and Sunday; warmer tonight;
colder Sunday night and in in
terror Sunday afternoon.
Weekly Weather Outlook
Snow flurries probable in the
mountains Monday. Otherwise
generally fair except for a short
period of precipitation about
Thursday. Much colder Monday,
rising temperature middle of week
and colder Friday and Friday
night.
Ohio Valley and Tennessee
Generally fair except rain over
south and rain or snow over north
portion middle of week. Colder
Monday, warmer Tuesday and
Wednesday, and colder Thursday
and Friday.
Temperatures
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
'WH|TEWASH'
REPORT DENIED
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made, he was asked when he in
tended to make the appointment.
He replied:
"When I am going to make
the appointment is nObOdy's
business but mine."
Under Maryland law no one but
the States attorney is permitted
in the grand jury room when wit
nesses are testifying or other evil
dence is being presented. The
record of grand jury proceedings
is written by one of the jurors who
is elected the body's secretary by
the other members.
Legion Takes Action
Mr.. Bowie purchased a large
safe in Baltimore which will be
delivered to his office today and
in it he plans to keep the records
and other evidence being gath
cred in the investigation of al
legged police Irregularities. At pres
ent this material is being held
in the grand jury room but that
place is not considered safe
enough, Mr.. Bowie said.
Communities in the area where
the accused policemen have been
assigned are adopting resolutions
at meetings of their town coun-
cilS demanding that the county
commissioners clean up the police
department and take it out of
the hands of politicians.
Hyattsville was the first to take
such a step and last night night
Mt. Rainier's council took occa-
sion to demand that the police
department be -reorganized. My
Maryland Post. American Legion,
adopted a resolution commencing
Capt. Vinton D. Cockey, of Laurel,
member of the board of county
commissioners. for leading the
fight before the board to inveSti-
gate the department and to Sus-
pend accused policemen.
Captain Cockey went to Upper
Marlboro today and started going
over the photostatic records of the
arrest and bond books in an effort
to find the disposition of cases in
which motorists claim to have
been victimized.
Change of venue was demanded
yesterday by Caesar L. Aiello,
counsel for Mrs. Eleanor F.. John
son, Hyattsville garage owner, de-
fendant in a suit to recover $3.50
charged by her against a Wash
ington motorist whose automo-
bile had been seized by police.
The $3.50 was for towing and
service" an obligation the motoriSt
claims he did not authorize. The
change of venue was asked on
the ground that Magistrate Robert
E. Ennis, who was to have heard
the suit, was prejudiced.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
BAIL IS DENIED
I H0EPPELS

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 14.-Rep-
resentative John H. Hoeppel and
his son, Charles, will be held with
out bail in the jail here until next
Wednesday, when a petition of
their bondsmen asking custody OF
the pair will be heard by District
Judge Robert N. Pollard.
Judge Pollard yesterday refused
to grant an order removing the
pair to Washington where they are
under sentence of from four
months to a year in prison on a
charge of conspiring to sell an ap-
pointment to West Point.
District Attorney Leslie C. Gar
nett, of the District of Columbia,
argued the removal request, declar-
ing the two men are fugitives from
justice and should be turned over
to District authorities so they
might be returned and jailed.
Judge Pollard held, however,
that he could not order them re-
moved while an appeal from a
habeas corpus proceeding is pend
ing. He set a second hearing for
next Wednesday, but refused to
free the Hoeppels on bond pending
that appearance.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
BIG INAUGURAL
PLEAS ROLL IN
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an augural ceremony just as SIM
pie as Thomas Jefferson's. who
simply rode his horse to the capi-
tol and was sworn in by the Chief
Justice. President Roosevelt would
like to do the same thing-merel,''
substituting his 12-cylinder Uar for
the Jeffersonian four equine. He
has told his friends that he would
like to see the avenue roped off
to keep the crowds back-and
then go dashing up to the east
front, be sworn in. make a few
remarks and ride back, all this
without ever a troop OF Ft. Myer
cavalry Gathering along.
However, there are signs that
the President may be affected by
the really impressive countrywide
demand that he allow his friends
to march in the parade behind
him. Political leaders here say
that practically all the bands and
marching clubs that paraded four
years ago are "rarin' to go again"
regardless of the chances for
wintry weather on January 20.
New Idea for Stand
The President and Colonel Hal
sey today discussed the Presidents
idea of a new wrinkle in the way
of Presidents inaugural stands
at the Capitol. 1t is to be much
wider and longer and hold more
people; but the speakers stand,
where the oath is to be admins
tered and the inaugural address
delivered is to be in the rear in
stead of in the front. The effect
of thsi will be to permit the guests
to sit in front of the President like
an ordinary audience. Hitherto
the guests have all sat behind the
President as he spoke.
The President has yet to think
of an inaugural chairman. High
men in the guessing around the
White House are Joseph E. Davies,
Joseph Cotter. and George Gar.
xett.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
DISABLED VETS
ORGANIZE SONS.

A new military organization,
to preserve the memory of dis
abled American veterans of the
World War and to promote world
peace has been formed in the
District.
The organization is known as
the Sons of Disabled American
World War Veterans, and was
sanctioned by the executive coun-
Gil of the D. A. v. at the national
convention in Milwaukee recently.
Membership in the new organi-
zation is limited to sons, STEP
sons, adopted sons or grandsons
of World War veterans who were
disabled in active service.
Samuel Davids, member of the
National Capital chapter of the
D. A. ", founded the first squad
ron of the new organization, and
his son Robert, IA, has been
named captain.
The first unit is named the
Lafayette Esquadrille. and it's ad-
jutant is Thomas Hewitt, jr., son
of one of the fliers in that famous
organization.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
IN JAIL
AFTERCRASH

Samuel Chase, colored, Of 447
Second st. S. W., is in Hyatts-
vile jail today awaiting trial
on a charge of driving without
q license.
Chase, according to Maryland
State police, was driver of an
automobile which stalled on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
tracks at Beltsville, last night
He and the owner of the auto
mobile, Wilbert Johnson of 1116
Fifth st. S. F., jumped clear
a moment before a Washington
bound express plowed into the
stalled machine.
1t was the second grade cross
ing crash in Prince Georges
county during the week, a Wash
ington motorist having been killed
Wednesday at Branchville.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
LIoyd's Boosts Rate
For Insurance on
Kings Coronation

LONDON, Nov. IA 0.N.S0.-Al.
though arrangements for the cor
onation of King Edward next May
continue at full speed, and Ed
ward has given no indication that
he does not intend to carry out
the ceremony on the date sched-
uled, Loyd's today raised the
rate for insurance against busi.
ness loss in the event of postpone
ment.
Policies against delay in the
coronation by one day or more
have been raised from Is to 18
per cent.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
RUSSELL QUIZ
HEARSWRITER

MANHATTAN BEACH, Cal,
Nov. 14.-A former motion picture
star, Lila Lee, and her 12-year-old
son, James, were questioned by
police today in connection with
the shooting Of Reid Russell on
the estate of Gouverneur Morris,
noted author, here on September
25. Morris also was questioned.
The boy told police he found
the body of Russell, 28-year-old
scion of a distinguished Virginia
family, in a lawn swing at the
Morris beach cottage.
Further questioning brought out
the fact that there was no blood
on the seat, indicating that the
body might have been carried to
the place.
When the body was found. q
pistol was clutched in the right
hand and a wound in the 'emple
indicated suicide. Russell's moth.
er has demanded an investigation,
however, declaring she believed
her son was murdered.
Morris told police he had be.
friended Russell, who was jobless,
because he knew the Russell fam.
lily. Russell often talked of com.
mitting suicide, Morris said, and
Mrs. Morris corroborated.
Miss Lee and her son were guests
at the Morris home the night the
body was found.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
STUDY FOREIGN
INVESTMENT
IN i. ).
Watch to Be Kept on
Possible Dangers
To Recovery
BY ERIC FRIEDHEIM
International News Service

Opinion of Administration fl
nancial experts today appeared
divided over President Roosevelt's
assertion that huge foreign invest
ments in American securities con.
stitute a disturbing factor in the
recovery movement.
Statements by Securities and
Exchange Commission, Chairman
James M. Lands, Secretary Of the
Treasury Morgenthau and Federal
Reserve Board officials indicate
conflicting views regarding the
effect of large inflow Of capital
from abroad.
Dumping" Feared
Observing that foreign invest
mentS have risen to approximately
1000 million dollars, Mr.. RooSe-
velt expressed fear that heavy &C
emulation might jeopardize sta
bility of international exchange.
The Presidents statement also i'm
piled concern over possibility Of
sudden dumping of foreign hold
ingS, which would cause disastrous
price depreSSions.
Echoing the Presidents fears,
Lands stated the SEC is watching
closely the influx of foreign capt.
tai and disclosed he receives daily
reports from brokers showing the
amounts of securities purchased
for foreign accounts.
This precaution is part Of the
commissions policy of keeping
track Of all purchasing sources.
Lands said:
"We have to keep awake to
all sources of buying. The vol
ume of purchases from any
source must be known and has
to be figured when we shape our
policies"
Lands admitted there is no sat
isfactory check against market
price depression caused through
dumping of foreign holdings.
Denies Cause For Alarm
Lands denied there was any
cause for alarm but conceded the
commission was concerned over
the foreign buying since it was a
factor that might interfere with
its plans to promote an orderly
securities market in this country.
The Commerce Department re-
vealed that foreign holdings in
American securities and short
term obligations increased from
4,87O millions in 1884 to 6,235 mil
lions in 1885.
More than 1000 millions Of the
1885 holdings were in common
stocks. and 1000 millions in bonds
and preferred stocks.
The Presidents statement came
as a sunrise in some quarters be-
cause of Secretary Morgenthau'S
statement in a letter to Senator
Vandenberg (RD of Michigan on
September 26 that:
"A large part Of the foreign
investment in our securities
represents long term invest.
ments in our industry and pub
lie utilities, and will no more be
suddenly liquidated if cOndi-
tions improve abroad than
would investments in those Sc
curities by Americans"
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
Madrid Reds Seen Beaten
In Crucial Engagement
BY H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
copyright. 1885, by international
News Service)

News Service)
MADRID, Nov. 13 (Delayed)
GN.S0.-The $4,000 Red troops
of Madrid flung themselves at the
white armies from every flank
today in one desperate cast Of
wars dice to win, and the Reds
lost.
The battle is not over yet at
this writing, but this days en-
gagement has been the bloodiest
of the civil war. costing up to
1000 lives, the men going in a
day-long hell Of shells. air bombs.
tank attacks, and machine-gun
and rifle fire.
And nightfall came without the
whites giving up single strategic
position.
They were met by a wall Of
white bayonets, and they left
large casualties in front Of the
guns Of the Moors and legion
naires.
Meanwhile the whites are fol-
lowing their hard-won success, de-
Tending their advance positions
and strengthening them with all
available man-power.
And it is likely as time goes on
the relative numbers of belliger-
ents will change to the whites
advantage.
While the infantry troops were
battling, white planes in one of
the greatest air battles of the war
today brought down eight red
fighters.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
WALKS
TO Be LIFTED

Work was started today by the
National Capital Park service to
correct settling of sidewalks
at the approaches of Memorial
Bridge.
On the District side of the
bridge the walks have sunk almost
a foot, and C. Marshall Finnan,
superintendent of National Capt.
tai Parks, explained that hydrau-
lie jacks will be used in an effort
to raise them.
If this system works success
fully, an appropriation will be
asked to complete all of the work,
he said.
The sinking is not a defect in
the bridge, he explained, but is
caused by the fact that the ap-
proaches are constructed on filled
ground and engineers expected
there would be a settling.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
Dewitt 10 Nominate
For Scholarships

The Dewitt School, 2955 Upton
st. NJ W.. has been chosen one of
79 schools to nominate candidates
for five scholarships to Rollins
College at Winter Park, Fla, the
college announced today.
The scholarships, which amount
to $4,000 each, are to be awarded
on the basis of character. moral
quality. educational standards,
and extra-curricular activity.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14

MRS. GOUVERNE N E UR
MORRIS, wife of the author,
who was questioned by Los
Angeles police in mysterious
death in her home of Reid r.
Russell, %, formerly of Vir-
ginia. The mans mother,
Mrs. Victoria Russell (bot-
tony had insisted that the
authorities reopen the case.
international News Photos.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
SOON WILL CUT
OFF WATER
SUPPLY
BaffIed in Attack on
City, New Measures
Threatened
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left flank was beaten off, with
800 Madrilenians slain.
Miaja Confident
In his military orers of the day,
Gen. Antonio Miaja, head Of the
Madrid defense junta, announced: {:
Fifty thousand men are
about to crush the enemy after
a week Of fighting, in which we
have seen the enemy fail to
take Madrid. You are about to
achieve a triumph the whole
world will admire"
He also said 155 men were put
to work burning the bodies Of in
surgents slain when loyalists oc-
cupied a portion Of the Casa de
Campo quarter, directly west Of
Madrid.
Following up their triple attack
on Madrid yesterday, insurgent
airplanes today bombarded the
Montana military barracks on the
edge Of Madrid, inflicting, it was
reported, heavy damage.
Ten thousand more Moors have
arrived to reinforce the besiegers,
according to reports, but Gen.
Francisco Franco. chief Of the in
surgent armies, is said still to need
10000 more before he can effec-
lively tighten his siege Of Madrid.
The territory east Of Madrid Is
wide open, with highways from
Catalonia and the southeast pour
ing in food, military reinforce
ments, and munitions. The insur-
gents are close to Madrid only on
it's southwest border, and even
there the insurgents flanks are
reported being turned back.
Wide Gap to Close
From Madrid the front swings
far to the west and north. forming
a hook,shaped arc from Villaverde
around to the Guadarrama Noun
tains and far to the northeast IN
the neighborhood Of Guadadla-
lara. Military experts here believe
it impossible for General Franco
to close up the gap of more than
go miles.
Such a circle would constantly
be exposed to attacks from with.
out, especially since a radical
mystery column" is already un-
derstood to be threatening the in
surgent rear from the south.
Fighting is also going on on the
Malaga front, on the southern sea
coast, with the insurgents reported
retreating from the Estepona line.
LONDON, Nov. IA G.N.SO.-Na-
tionalist forces besieging Madrid
have promised to spare the Anglo
American Hospital there from
bombardments or air raids, the
British government was informed
today.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
W. R. K. Taylor. Stock
Broker, SuCCumbs

NEW YORK, Nov. IA GN.SD.
Active in the stock market "A
years, w. R. K. Taylor, sr.. Sc,
died at the Presbyterian Hospital
yesterday. Taylor was a partner in
the New York Stock Exchange
firm of w. r. K. Taylor and
Company.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14

Departures From Normal
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January l, 1886, 448.
Excess Of temperature since No
vember l. 1885, A.
Accumulated deficiency of pre-
cipitation since January l, 1886,
1.67.
Deficiency of precipitation
since November /, 1886, o.22.
Tide Table
High tide today, 1853 a, m. and
S:22 p. m. Low tide today, 2:35
a. m. and 2:36 p. m.
High tide tomorrow, $40 a. m.
and 5:5S p. m. Low tide tomor
row, 3:1s a. m. and 3:12 p. m.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
FOUGHT TO A DRAW WITH DOG
Pet Cat Back With Friends

SKEETER is the 15-year-
old tomcat at the left, un-
folding his tale of woe to
Pal and Miss Missie Hit.
skeeter, who works" at the
Fred G. Hays and Company
store at 1887 G St. N. W.,
fought off a police dog and
suffered a wrenched hip,
sprained foot and numerous
cuts in doing so. 1nterna-
tional News Photo by The
Washington Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-29
Dog Monsters as Large
as Bear Lived IN West

Bands of dog monsters-some of
them probably the biggest and fierc,
est beasts of prey that ever lived
trooped over the Middle West about
80, 000, 900 years ago, according to
Thomas r. Henry in the Washington
Star.
On of these dogs, the dinocyon,
was as large as the Kadiak bear
and probably looked much more
like bear than any living member
of the canine family. It is known as
the bear-dog, although directly re-
lated to neither animal.
Another, the mesocyon, was
small, but may have been more
savage. The skeleton of this animal
indicates some possible relationship
to the true canine family, made up
OF the dogs, wolves, foxes and n.y.
enas. The actual order of animals
to which these dogs belonged, how
ever, has long since vanished from
the earth. Hitherto the family has
been known, for the most part,
from scattered bones from which it
was necessary to reconstruct an en-
tire animal.
These ancient dogs had very
large, formidable teeth. The proba-
bilities are that they were largely
feeders on carrion or that they
stalked their prey rather than &C
tually chased it. From the structure
of their legs they apparently were
not good runners. Neither, for that
matter, were any of the ancient
animals upon which they fed.
Few archaeological questions are
more in dispute than that of the
actual ancestry of the true dog
family, which was spread all over
the world at the time when man
first came on the scene. It now is
generally supposed that this ances-
try was derived through the wolves.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-29
Python Has Legs, Wiry
Jaws for Boiling Food

Even a snake charmer might
overlook the fact that python has
a pair of legs.
The limbs are small, states w. H.
Shipper, Jr. in the Washington Star,
and only appear externally on large
pythonS and boas, behind the center
of their bodies.
Yet the claw-like legs are clear
proof, biologists say, that the py-
thon in some remote period Of his
evolution, ran on all tours instead
Of crawling.
This Indian python is one of the
most beautiful Of snakes. He is
about 10 feet long, weighs 70 pounds
or so, and may grow to twice this
length before he attainS his full de-
velopment.
The python is popular with lady
snake charmers of the circus. These
snakes are readily tanned and make
amiable pets. Quite few charmers
declare their pets form a personal
attachment for them.
Others say this is not affection so
much as preference for an expert
rather than an inept handler.
The regal python sometimes
grows to a length of 80 feet, and is
capable of killing a man, a large
pig or antelope. The python and
the boa kill by crushing their VIC
tins in flexible, muscular coils.
Elastic hinges on their jaws, and
arrangement of their inward-curv-
ing teeth enable them to swallow
large mammals whole.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-29
Farmers Cooperatives

The first boom in the farmer-co-
operative movement came during
the depression of 1872-1877. The
Grange patrons Of Husbandry)
the Oldest of the general farm or
CARNATIONS, had been formed in
1867. It was the intention of its
founders that it be fraternal or
der, but many farmers who found
themselves caught in the depres-
sion following the panic of 1873
turned to the new organization in
an effort to lessen the distressing
consequences of economic mal-ad-
justments. In 1873, 1867 local
oranges were organized, and the
following year 11,941.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-29
Branches of Eel Family

Among the most formidable
branches of the eel family are the
great morays which Turk in coral
reefs of the Caribbean. Some OF
them weigh as much as man and
have a cruel set of teeth. The mo-
ray has done much to discourage
swimming about the outlying reefs.
He is carniverous and pugnacious,
and has been known to attack g
man in the water.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-29
Botany Dealing with frees

Forestry is the management Of
growing timber. Dendrology is the
study of trees and shrubs. Silvi-
culture is the branch Of arboricul-
ture dealing with forests or forest
trees. Arboriculture is the cultiva-
ton of trees and shrubs, chiefly for
timber or ornamental purposes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-29
Attack of the Eagle

The ferocious attack of an eagle
swooping on a terrified herd of
deer has been compared to human
warfare by air, but is said to be
far more cleverly executed.