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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24

GETS NEW DIRECTOR
"DeSire" brought La Dietrich a
new director in Frank Borzage.
Borzage is more interested in
turning out box office pictures
than he is in being decorated by
the metropolitan Museum Of Art.
He has made such successes as
FShipmateS Forever" Filtration
Walk" farewell To Arms"
tGary Cooper's finest picture) and
Evening star., 1936-03-28
attention Mr.. Black: Lobbyist
Kicks Delegate at Annapolis

Then, he charged one Of the lobby
lists struck at him with his fist, missed,
and kicked him. Geraghty said the
kick landed and exhibited footprint
on his overcoat
Geraghty said that among those who
witnessed the fight were Robert Car
man, president of the Baltimore Bar
Association. Others, he said. were
Delegates John F. Webster. jr, and
Albert w. Clark, Mrs. Charles A.
Anderton. wife Of q delegate, and
State Senator John G. Callan Of Bal
timore.
Mrs. Anderton said:
'It was some fight"
Webster said:
"After the kick, I stepped between
them and there wasn't anything more
to It,"
Senator Callan said:
II saw it, but I don't want to say
anything about 1t now" 4
Evening star., 1936-03-28
FOUR FOUND DEAD

ORACLE, Ariz, March % R.-A
wrecked airplane, a fresh fall of snow
and the jutting rock of a mountain
canyon told the story today of an
aerial tragedy in which four men lost
their lives.
A two-day search by posses, Army
planes and soldiers ended yesterday
when cowboy found the wreck in
a canyon 26 miles east of here.
The victims, all Of Phoenix, Ariz.,
were Paul Odneal, 80, president of the
Copperclad Anyways and pilot of the
plane; Harold Marks, 81, attorney and
a director Of the United States Junior
Chamber of Commerce; John Powles,
IS, executive secretary of the Phoenix
Chamber of Commerce: Paul Swasey,
"a, drug store manager.
Evidence indicated the pilot had be-
come lost in q snowstorm and while
flying down the canyon the right wing
of the plane had struck q rock pin
nacle.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Capital May See
Hindenburg, Ne,o
German Airship

Germany's new airship, the Hin
denburg. larger than the United States
Navy's Akron and Macon. will start its
flight from Main for
Pernambuco. Brazil, Monday, the Bu-
reau Of Aeronautics. Navy Department,
today was informed.
The tentative schedule calls for the
Hindenburg to leave Frankfurt-on-
Main May for 1akehurst. N. j., where
the United States Navy has an air
station, arriving there May 9. While
Bureau of Aeronautics officials as yet
have no definite information on the
point, they consider it entirely likely
that the Hindenburg will fly over
Washington.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
BELLS TOLL PLEAS
FOR IA ELECTION
Hitler to Close Reichstag
Campaign Dramatically
at Cologne Tonight.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Reichstag dissolued at time Hit
Ter sent troops into demtlitarized
Rhineldnd zone in Uioldtion OF Lo-
cdrno pact and Versailles treaty.
Since March z, Nazis haze con-
centrated on propaganda driue to
secure Overwhelming uote OF conf
dence in strong nationalistic "place-
in-the-sun" policy.
Copyright. 1896. by the Associated Press.) }
COLOGNE, March 28.-With church
bells tolling through the Reich, Adolf
Hitler, surrounded by all his cabinet
ministers, turned to Cologne today to
close the Nazi election campaign with
last spirited appeal for honor, free
dom and peace"
To make the climax of the campaign
virtually as spectacular as the start
marked by the remilitarization of this
Rhineland-Hitler's final demand for
a ''yes" in tomorrow's Reichstag elec-
ton was given a religious aspect.
Every German, no matter whether
he was at home, on the street or in a
public place, was called upon to
interrupt whatever he was doing and
sing Lord, make us free" just as Der
Fuehrer mounts his Rhineland rostrum
tonight to deliver his last dictum.
The tolling bells Of the famous
Cologne Cathedral, with which those
of all local churches will chime, will
herald the beginning of the national
singing of the hymn, the "Dankgebet," !"
and the opening Of churches for spe-
cial prayers.
Enthusiasm ran high here in the
Rhineland, to which Hitler sent his
troops March z, in defiance Of the
Locarno pact and Versailles treaty
the action which Der Fuehrer sought
fCan 6EpNEANv pona
Evening star., 1936-03-28
HOFFMAN REQUESTS
SERVICES OF LONEY
Ickes Says P. W. 4. Engineer
May Aid in Case if He
Asks Leave.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Gov. Hoffman of New Jersey has
asked Secretary Ickes to permit Arch
W. Loney, public works wood tester, to
continue his investigations in the
Lindbergh case.
Disclosing this today, the P. w. A.
administrator said Loney would be
given leave if he applied for it.
Loney, who has expressed belief that
rail 16 Of the kidnap ladder was not
made of wood from the attic of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann's Bronx home,
accompanied Hoffman to the Haupt-
mann house Thursday.
He suggested a further 30-day re-
prieve for the carpenter.
Loney was not at his P. w. A. Office
today and left his apartment this
morning.
In his reply to Hoffman, Ickes re-
iterated that the permission given
Loney to testify in the trial still held,
but that Loney's participation in the
case must necessarily be strictly in a
personal, private capacity"
Evening star., 1936-03-28
FUND
CHECK CONTINUES
House Group in Recess as
Sullivan Seeks to Prove
Income CIouded.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Security and comfort for every
citizen oper so wds the picture
painted by DR.. Francis E. ToDns-
end. California physician and real
estate operator. as he leaped into
national fame about t,Do years ago.
Providing much OF the business
genius behind the plan ,ods Robert
E. Clements, promoter. ,Dho this
tOeek has resigned. effective April
I, from the organization.
Specifically. the plan calls for
5000 monthly pensions. financed
BY O 2 per cent transactions tar.
Investigation OF the business opera
tions ,Ods poted by the House more
than a month ago; open hearings
began on Thursday.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., March 28.-
The calmest person in the
midst of developments in the
= Lindbergh case is Bruno
Richard Hauptmann himself
In cell No. in the State prison
death house, only six PAGES from the
execution chamber, he awaits the re-
suits of last-hour efforts to save his
life-confident something" will hap
pen to cancel his Tuesday night date
with death.
Prison officials. including Warden
Mark o. Kimberling, marvel at his
stoical calm, his cheerfulness, his
confidence. Setbacks in every court
have failed to unnerve him, and his
counsel, c. Lloyd Fisher, said the
Evening star., 1936-03-28
FRANCES EASTERN
FRONTIER PARTLY
CLOSED TO PLANES
Air Police Force Created to
Pursue Foreigners Cross
ing Border.
ACTION is RESULT
OF MNDISCRETIONS"
Germany Answers Protest Against
Recent Flying by Statement
Planes Had No Cameras.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Since reoccupdtion of the Rhine
land by German troops, t,Do Hitler
planes ,Dere reported flying oper
French Notifications and French
protests resulted in considerable
controversy.
Germany reported yesterday that
the planes iDere occupied by stu
dent flyers uneQuipped for taking
photographs.
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. March ga wide region
of Frances eastern frontier was closed
by the air ministry today to all planes
except military craft on official trips.
The ministry announced that as a
result Of aerial indiscretions" by for
eign planes watching posts had been
set up on all frontiers, especially
along the Maginot line" the fortifica-
tions facing Germany's remilitarized
Rhineland. .
Police Force Created.
A special air police force was cre-
ated to pursue any foreign planes
crossing the border Illegally, as a
warning that aerial spying on forti-
fications would not be tolerated.
Only authorized planes may cross
any part of Frances borders, the min
istry ruled, and these must follow
designated channels.
"It is regrettable that Germany Is
unwilling to follow the decisions Of the
International Convention for Insignia
Of Airplanes, and indiscriminately
uses the hooked cross on military and
touring craft" the ministry's an
nouncement said.
The aerial policing system was estab-
lished to enable swift planes to pursue
and photograph suspected craft and to
obtain proof for diplomatic protests.
Protest Brings Report.
An earlier French protest that two
German planes few low over frontier
Notifications brought reply from the
Reich yesterday that an investigation
disclosed the craft to be student planes,
carrying no Photographic equipment.
French officials said they were in
formed the German pilots were
severely punished" for violation of an
order by Reich Air Minister Gen. Her
mann Wilhelm Goering, forbidding all
planes except transport ships to ap-
proach the borders.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
F. c. c. DENIED AID
TO JUSTICE UNIT.
PraII Rejection of Request
by Cummings Shown
by Records.
BY the Associated Press.

The Communications Commission,
mittee in procuring copies of tele-
grams, today was disclosed to have
declined similar assistance to the JUS
tice Department and the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Commission records revealed that
Chairman Aiming S. Prall sent let
ter to Attorney General Cummings
April 18, 1885, saying it would be ''im-
provident" for the F. c. c. to aid a
United States attorney at st. Paul
in checking telephone messages.
The letter added that similar re-
quest from the S. E. c. had been
declined. The Securities Commission
had asked F. c. C. aid Gin detecting
persons carrying on brokerage busi-
neSses of a questionable nature"
Denies Inconsistency.
Vice Chairman Irwin Stewart said
today there was no incongruity in the
commissions action in declining the
S. E. C. and Justice Department re-
quests and in later helping agents of
the Black Committee to examine
kilograms.
Meanwhile, a bill to keep tabs on
lobbyists and their cash outlayS stood
at the halfway mark in its journey
through Congress. 1t was approved
by the House yesterday and sent to
the Senate.
AS the measure progressed, there was
continued strife over the methods used
by the Senate Lobby Committee.
Jouett Shouse, head of the American
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Skull Dug on W.P.A. Job Proves
California Inhabited in Ice Ace

II placing the remains in the ice
epoch, in the days of the ground sloth
and the saber-tooth tiger.
"These bones could not possibly be
those of a more recent Western In
diam" DR.. Bowden said.
'"The strata over these remains and
those Of the imperial elephant were
undisturbed. The great animal be-
came extinct more than 10000 years
ago. Unquestionably the human skele-
ton dates back to that same age, and
may be as much as $4,000 years old.
The probability is that this man took
part in an early migration from Asia.
1t has been surmised by anthropolo-
gists that these first Asiatics were
long-headed meR from Siberia"
Evening star., 1936-03-28
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March 2s.-A
human skull unearthed by w. P. A.
workmen was described today by three
anthropologists as that Of man who
lived when the worlds largest ele-
plants roamed Southern California
more than 10000 years ago.
The skull, femur and fragments OF
q human skeleton we're found IS feet
below the surface, 1,100 feet from
where the teeth of an imperial ele-
phant of the pleistocene era were
discovered.
Drs. A. o. Bowden, Ivan A. Lopatin
and Thomas Clements of the Univer-
sity Of Southern California concurred
Evening star., 1936-03-28
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, March 28.-A mem
Der of the Maryland House of Dele
gates charged he had been kicked by
an unidentified lobbyist in the House
cloak room early today.
The Delegate, Leo c. Geraghty, Of
the fifth Baltimore district, conferred
with legal advisers about steps to
take against the lobbyist, an en-
ploye of Baltimore brewery.
Legislative officers said it was the
first time in their memory that lobby
lists had taken such definite action
in favor of their bills.
Geraghty said seven or eight lobby
lists asked him what he was going to
do about bill raising the license fees
on places selling beer and wine. He
told them that he was against the bill
and that 1t would never get out Of
committee, he continued.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
FAIR SKIES AHEAD HERE

Warm Breezes Forecast After
Drop in Temperature Tonight.
Fair skies and warm breezes for
the week end were promised this
morning by the Weather Bureau. The
temperature, which wavered between
At and go degrees yesterday, is ex-
pected to drop to AZ tonight, prepara-
tory to a warm day tomorrow.
Monday is to be considerably
colder.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
ADMIR-. KING is FORCED
DOWN BY BAD WEATHER
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COCHRAN, Ga, March 28.-Rear
Admiral Ernest j. King, chief of the
Bureau of Aeronautics of the United
States Navy, was forced down here
by bad weather early today on flight
from Washington to Pensacola, Fla.
The admiral and a companion took
off from Washington at 8 pm. Friday
and landed a few hours later at
Charleston, S. c. They headed south
ward from Charleston once more about
8 pm.
I'VE ran into heavy weather down
here" the admiral explained, land
We found our gas reserve running low,
so we decided to land at the Cochran
airport
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Sir Henry Lytton Ill.

LONDON, March 28 R.-Sir
Henry Lytton, famous actor in the
roles of the Gilbert and Sullivan light
operas, was reported seriously i'll last
night.
Early in February Sir Henry was
suffering from an internal ailment.
In subsequent weeks his condition
showed improvement.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

While committee auditors were
pressing study which may take an
other four or five weeks, the House
group investigating old-age pension
schemes, particularly the so-called
Townsend plan, was in recess today.
Open hearings will be resumed on
Wednesday, with Robert E. Clements,
co-founder and resigning secretary
and treasurer Of Old Age Revolving
Pensions, Ltd, returning to the stand.
James R. Sullivan, committee coun-
sci. said DR.. Francis E. Townsend,
president Of o. A. r. p, may not be
called to the stand until the auditing
is complete. In any event, he con-
tinued, both Townsend and Clements
probably will be questioned on specific
findings of the auditors.
One of the points which Sullivan
hopes to disclose soon is proof of his
belief that o. A. r. P. took in nearly
$500,000 In the last three months OF
1885, but that their total receipts up
to October. 1885, were far below the
5000 reported to the Chicago con-
vention of Townsend clubs. Clements
yesterday estimated total receipts of
the movement from January /, 1884,
to the present at more than $3.50 900.
Evidence was introduced yesterday
by Sullivan, and admitted by Glenn
ents, that $771 1854 had been taken
in between January l, 1884, and
December 81. 1885. At the same time,
there was read a financial report
which had been made to the Townsend
Convention in Chicago last October
to the effect that s636, 900 had been
received up to that time, leaving
the implication that about Sl35,000
was collected in the three months
in question.
Statement Held Misleading.
THAT statement of October was
misleading and ridiculous" Sullivan
said later. "Why this movement didn't
really get under way until after that
Chicago convention. It is my guess
that they had taken in not more
than 100000 up to that time, but
that they were trying to impress
these delegates. They succeeded all
right and think we'll find that their
receipts for the last three months
of 1885 were closer to $500, 900 than
to $135, ,0O0."
On this count 1t may be noted that
a discrepancy exists with regard to
figures used in yesterdays testimony.
A unique bookkeeping method was
the explanation advanced.
Early in the session, Sullivan asked
Clements for figures on last quarter
income in 1885 and was given an
estimate of $350,000, which he said
(See TOWNSEND, Page 81
Evening star., 1936-03-28
FEBRUARY TRAFFIC
DEATHS REDUCED
Is Per Cent Fewer Fatal Acct.
dents Recorded in National
Survey.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 28.-The National
Safety Councils drive to reduce traffic
fatalities was given fresh impetus
today by a report showing a 13 per
cent decline in February deaths.
Although 1880 persons lost their
lives in motor vehicle accidents last
month, the sharpest decrease for any
month since 1881 was registered.
The February record offset jan
uary's increase and brought 1886 3 per
cent under the corresponding total for
1885. These figures were given:
Evening star., 1936-03-28

New York turned In the best record
for the largest communities with a so
per cent reduction under last year and
a rating of So fatalities per 100000
population. Providence, r. I, led its
class with 2.3 rating Perfect rat
ings were compiled by Omaha, Altoona,
Pa; Bay City, Mich, and Wausau,
Wis.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

prisoner is "astounded and upset by
nothing"
No one has Hauptmann's confidence
more than Kimberling himself. They
discuss the case freely, but the
warden said Hauptmann's story never
varies in a single detail. Always he
insists 1.-The truth will some day come
out"
Once, to emphasize his belief he
would escape the chair, to put his hand
on his heart.
THAT tells me-" he said, "every-
thing will come out all right"
To Kimberling, to Fisher, to his
spiritual adviser, Rev. John Matthiesen,
he says:
''I won't 60 out that door (pointing
(See FATE. Page %
Evening star., 1936-03-28
By the Associated Press.

~ tAiS E1ooONAobC0 1000.
NEW YORK, March 28.-Vera
Stretz poised herself in a Jail cell
today for the ordeal of completing the
story Of her tragic love affair with
DR.. Fritz Gebhardt.
Samuel Leibowitz, attorney for the
defendant in her trial on
a charge of mudering the German
trade promoter, said the high point
of her story would be reached on the
witness stand Monday. 1t was recessed
yesterday until then.
Today, with her story only half
completed, she remained a woman of
enigma.
She loved DR.. Gebhardt "very, very
dearly" she testified yesterday. Yet,
in a hushed voice she admitted she
shot him with stubby revolver. Why
she did it is puzzle so far unsolved
in the testimony.
Meeting at Sea Told.
Leibowitz has implied, however,
that she killed Gebhardt, a married
man and father Of two children, to
save herself from an unnatural as
sault. The prosecution, though not
in testimony, has intimated a view
that she killed him in a passion of
jealousy.
Frequently crying bitterly, Miss
Stretz told the blue ribbon" jury how
Gebhardt wooed and won her.
When they first met aboard ship on
p
attentive to another voyager, Mrs.
Mildred johnson, a widow of Rich
mond, Va, but their own acquaintance
soon ripened into love.
II loved him madly," she told the
jurors.
He told her, she said, he had not
(See STRETZ, Page 2)
Evening star., 1936-03-28
BOMB ENDS Meeting
Communist Gathering in Mexico
City Routed-3o Held.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, March 28.-Thirty-
nine men were taken into custody to-
day on suspicion of participating in
the bombing of Communist meeting
last night in the Hidalgo Theater.
The meeting broke up in panic after
the bomb was thrown. One youth was
cut by flying glass, but no other in
juries were reported. A second bomb
found in the theater, exploded after
being taken to police headquarters,
causing minor damage.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
(See LOBBY, Page 2.)
japan Names New Minister.

TOXIC, March % P.-Gotaro
Ogawa, leader of the Minseito party,
was appointed minister of commerce
and industry today, succeeding Taku-
kichi Kawasaki, who died yesterday.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
BORAH TO ENTER
OREGON PRIMARY
Seeks 10 Delegates State
Will Send to G. o. P.
Convention.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Borah of Idaho today ex-
tended his campaign for the Republi-
can presidential nomination into the
Northwest, announcing he would
enter the Oregon primary.
II am filing in the Oregon primary"
the Senator said in disclosing he
would 60 after the States 10 dele
gates to the national convention
March 80 is the last date for filing
in the primary, which will be May Is
Borah said he would not be able
to make a speaking campaign in
Oregon, however.
Explains California Absence.
In declining earlier this week to
enter the California primary against
Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, the
Idahoan had explained the intensity
of his campaign to win the 109 con-
vention delegates to be selected soon
in Ohio and Illinois would not per-
NIT him to speak on the coast.
His decision in that instance left
the choice in the California primary
between Landon and an uninstructed
delegation.
Borah entered the Oregon race as
party leaders were closely studying his
public utterarces for some indication
of his views toward various rivals for
the Republican nomination and what
course he might follow if he should
be turned down by the Cleveland con-
vention.
Would Borah bolt, after all these
years of party regularity?" leaders
are asking. Would he stay in the
party, but sit on the side lines? Would
he support Gov. Landon, Col Frank
Knox. Senator Vandenberg or any
one else?"
Questions Importance Grows.
These questions are assuming in
creasing importance in the eyes of
some Republican leaders. Many hold
the view that Borah's future course
will have much bearing on the party'S
fortunes at the polls.
The Idaho Senator, who has played
a prominent role in every presidential
race since 1908, has answered none
of their questions. He has clearly,
however, refused to make an advance
pledge of support of the Republican
nominee without knowing who he
may be.
Borah has not publicly attacked
any of his rivals, but some of his
supporters have criticized Landon.
Neither has he mentioned Knox, al
though his campaign in Illinois pits
him directly against the Chicago
publisher.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Multi-Murderer Executed.

NUORO, Sardinia, March % P).-
Antonio Pintore, convicted of the MUIR
ders Of eight persons, mutilation cf
their bodies and attempted slayings,
was executed today by firing squad.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

Two Italian Planes Downed.
Adds ABABA. March % R.-The
Ethiopian government reported today
that two Italian planes had been
brought down yesterday at Quoram.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
.STRETz EVIDENCE
TO Be COMPLETED
Slayer of DR.. Gebhardt
Poised for Final Ordeal
at New York Trial.

BACKGROUND
DR.. Fritz Gebhdrdt, German trade
promoter, tDds shot to death in his
apartment November IL last. Vera
Stretz testified yesterday she killed
him. but remained pdgue about the
motipe. She said she loped him
mddly.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

(See GERMANY, Page o.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
WEATHER.

20 8. Weather Bureau ForecastO
Fair tonight and tomorrow, lowest tenn
perature tonight about AZ degrees; warm
er tomorrow; rain tomorrow night; colder
Monday. Observation-Disclosures, go, at
7:15 pm. yesterday; lowest, 4S, at $50
am. today.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

(See HAUPTMANN, Page 81