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The Washington times., 1936-02-17
DEATHS
LEAD BIRTHS

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Feb. 17.-Six more deaths were
registered in Arlington county
than births during the month Of
January, according to a report
made by DR.. P. M. Chichester,
county health officer. to the county
board of commissioners.
The report listed a total Of 609
visits made by the nurses during
the month.
other listings in the report in
cluded 780 school children eXami-
nations, ITO babies in attendance
at the well baby conference, 109
children returning to school ex'
amined, 80 visits to schools by
health officer and 80 lectures, 19
vaccinations, 28 toxoid treatments,
IS conferences, 374 infants and
preschool contacted, 934 children
examined, IL defects corrected in
children, 3 tuberculosis cases found
and one given disqualification; 24O
inspections of plumbing and sewer
connections, numerous businesses
such as dairieS, lunch rooms and
barber shops inspected, and 16O
copies of literature distributed.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
MI ISS|NG YOUTH
ISL0CATED

A Lyon Park CVa0 youth, miss
ing from his home since May %,
1885, has been found by Depart
ment of Justice agents in Rock.
ford, S. D., more than $500 miles
from home, the department dis.
closed here today.
The youth is Robert Lee Cohen,
II, a Western High School student.
According to the announcement
Of Justice officials, the youth was
found in transient camp in the
Western town. Agents turned him
over to his parents today. The
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert H
Cohen, went to Rockford to return
Robert to their Lyon Park home.
When the youth disappeared
he had approximately $50 in
cash, according to his mother
He disappeared while on his way
from school to his home and no
word was received from hir. until
December % when his mother re-
ceived a telegram from Rapid
City, S. D. The telegram, agents
Of the Department of Justice
said, was from the youth, and
read:
"A token Of thought from
one far away to show that I
haven't forgotten the day."
The Washington times., 1936-02-17

LA JUNTA, Colorado, Feb. II
U.NS0 Hiram Percy Maxim,
66, Of Hartford, Conn, interna-
tionally known mechanic and in
ventor of the Maxim firearms 81
lencer, died at Mennonite Hos
pital here at $40 a. m. today of
acute myocarditiS.
Son of Sir Hiram Stevens
Maxim, inventor of the machine
gun, he was stricken with a throat
and tongue ailment while enroute
to California with his wife, Jose
phine. He was removed from a
Santa Fe train Tuesday morning
and placed in the hospital here.
H. VI. Maxim, a son, and a
daughter, both of Hartford, and
Mrs. Maxim were at his bedside
when death came.
Maxim was widely known for
his inventions of electrical and
ordnance equipment.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
RETAIL CREDIT
MEN MEET

Debate on liberalization of credit
policies will occupy the attention
Of delegates to the ninth annual
conference of the regional and dis.
trict groups of the National Credit
Association, which began today at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Extension of credit on clothing
and other "soft" goods will be the
subject of a formal debate tomor.
row between Gerald D. Grosner,
Washington clothier, and H. r.
Teubner, of Philadelphia. Mr..
Grosner will argue the negative
side.
The convention was opened by
Chairman Walter S. Hull, OF
Baltimore. An address of wei
come was given by E. Emerson
Snyder, president of the Asso
ciated Retail Credit Men OF
Washington.
The delegates to the regional
conference were to make a tour
Of inspection of the Department
Of Justice this afternoon at the
personal invitation of j. Edgar
Hoover.
Arthur M. Godfrey, of the
Columbia Broadcasting System
will speak at banquet tonight
on "Whither Youth?" Mark
Lansburgh, of Lansburgh Bros
Department Store and a former
president of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, will
preside at the banquet.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
IVA IS UPHELD
BY HIGH COURT
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cancel the contract under which
the Alabama Power Co. sold trans
mission lines to iva was brought
in good faith by the stockholders.
They were entitled, he said, to
contest validity of the govern
mental authority affecting their
rights-in other words, the right
to raise the constitutional issue.
The government had asserted
that the high court lacked juris-
diction.
The Chief Justice said that
many past decisions of the high
court were authority for accept
ance of jurisdiction in the suit.
He said the high court should
not throw out the case because Of
reluctance to decide a grave con-
Stitutional issue.
The opinion of the Chief Justice
was unusually lengthy. The fact
that so much time was devoted to
the jurisdictional aspect of the
case indicated that it had been
the subject of strong debate in
the secret councils Of the court.
The Chief Justice said that it
was the courts duty to decide the
constitutional issue.
The court limited its decision to
the contract, which involves sale
of surplus power produced at Will
son Dam at Muscle Shoals.
This was distinct victory for
the government as counsel for
iva opponents sought a declara-
tory judgment on iva as a whole.
The effect of this ruling is that
only part of the far-flung IVA
was involved in the present suit.
and that other cases affecting con-
stitutionality of iva may again
arise,
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
NICE IS LIONS
BALL SPONSOR

SILVER SPRING, Md, Feb. IT.
Gov. Harry w. Nice of Maryland
will sponsor the third annual
Charity Ball of the Silver Spring
Lions Club, at the MayfloweE
Hotel, Thursday night.
Music will be furnished by Sid
ney's Mayflower orchestra, with
Buddy Harmon conducting. Pro
ceedS will be used to further the
clubs charity and service work
for the balance of the year.
Arthur L. BlakeSlee is chairman
of the committee in charge of ar
rangements, and is assisted by
Lowell Hendrick. Edward c. Hol
mead, Raymond c. Williams
Richard B. Barker. Walter B.
CroSSan, Frank L. Hewitt, Harry
L. King, Truman M. DodSon, John
C. Livingston, E. Francis McDevitt,
Tallman w. Peel, William A.
Walsh. Robert -Copes, James w
Gill, DR.. Kermit F. Smith, A. r.
McCallum, and F. Joseph Weber
A committee from the ladies
auxiliary headed by Mrs. William
Wight is assisting them.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
FusiOnists Honored
By Dinner at Club

ETHES SDA, Md, Feb. II.
Three ,Fusionist members of the
board of Montgomery county COM
missioners, Frank H. Karn, presi-
dent of the board, and Charles
E. King and Paul M. Coughlan.
will be guests of honor at a din.
ner at the Congressional Coun-
try Club Wednesday night, under
the auspices Of a group Of Fusion
iSt women.
Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson, Of
Chevy Chase, Md, is chairman
of the committee in charge Of
the affair.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Travis Hoke Given
Writer'S Aid Posi-

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Henry
G. Alsberg, director of Federal
Writers Projects Of the WPA, an
nounced the appointment of
Travis Hoke, newspaper man and
author, as assistant director in
New York to succeed Samuel Duff
Mccoy, dismissed Wednesday. Nc.
Coy, one of the pulitzer prize win
ners, charged he was ousted be-
cause of the influence of Com.
muniStS in the organization and
has appealed for an open hearing
to WPA Administrator Hopkins.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
SCREAMS SAVE
SE|zEDG|RL

Police today were hunting for
man who is alleged to have
forced an eight-year-old girl into
his car.
According to an account given
authorities by the little girl, whose
name is withheld by The Wash.
ington Times, she was walking at
Fifteenth and V Streets North
west yesterday, when the incident
occurred.
A motorist in black sedan, she
said, stopped his car and said he
would drive her home. When the
girl refused, she informed her
father, she was forced into the
automobile.
At Fourteenth and Fairmont
Streets Northwest, the girl said,
she screamed and the man became
frightened, and released her.
Police posted a lookout for q
a man about 40 years old. wearing
q gray hat and a blue suit.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
ADvERTIsEMENT
ONE CENT A DAY PAYS
UP TO 500 A MONTH

The Postal Life & Casualty Insur-
ance Co., 5l01 Postal Life Bldg, Kansas
City, Mo-, is offering a new accident
policy that pays up to 500 month for
"a months for total disability and up to
81, 10000 for deaths-costs less than 1c
a day-$3.5O year. More than 10000
have already bought this policy. Men,
women and children eligible. Send no
money. Simply send name, address, age,
they will send this policy on 10 days
FREE inspection. No examination Is
required. This offer is limited, so write
the company today.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
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len believed to be right and there
was no intent to do wrong.
Major James Morrisette, prose
cutting officer, replied that it was
not a question of intent to do
wrong but involved breach Of
honor on the part of McMullen
in accepting a favor from a party
interested in War Department
contracts at a very time when
those contracts were under con-
Sideration.
Leahy's Attitude
The court rejected the defense
plea without a vote. 1t next
picked up the fourth charge
against Colonel McMullen, alleg-
ing that his acceptance Of the
tickets involved a violation Of
criminal law.
The 60-year-old McMullen. who
was attached as legal adviser to
the judge-advocate- generals office
for IA years, sat surrounded by a
battery of defense attorneys. He
faced the solemn-looking uni
formed members of the military
tribunal, whose sheathed sabreS
rested imposingly on the table
before them.
Leahy said the worst picture
which the prosecution could paint
of the accused, and he challenged
the proof thereof, was that Nc
Mullen had accepted the tickets
from Silverman in order to visit a
dying son at his home in Palo
Alto, Cal.
Denies FavOritism
Conceding for the sake of argu-
ment that the advice rendered by
McMullen was favorable to Silver
man, Leahy declared the issue
was whether the advice was rem
dered with intent to be favorable
or whether it represented what
McMullen believed to be the right
advice.
Leahy denied emphatically that
McMullen had rendered the ad-
vice with intent to favor Silver
man. He said:
%AS to the tickets, the Colo
neFs son was dying out in Cali
fOrnia. Let us assume that he
did not have the money to 60
out to see his son, and that he
said to Silverman, who was q
friend Of his, that he did not
have the money, and that Sill
verman gave him the tickets as
an act Of friendship.
"That is the worst picture
the prosecution can draw and
they cannot prove those facts.
But let us assume 1t. If an
Army officer cannot accept
dinner from a friend or
helping hand in friendship
from a friend. without being
charged with violation Of the
Ninety-sixth Article Of War (the
article under which MCMullen
is charged with miScOnduCt) then
the time has come when II
would be better for our mill
tary establishment to go into
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
RULE GRANTED
FORCING It
TOFL00R
Chairman O'Connor to
Call Up for Action
Wednesday
International News Service

AhtOEMANhOh@A &NO"S SNANAOO
A congressional investigation
into the activities, especially the
financing, of the Townsend Plan
movement appeared likely today
when the House Rules Committee
favorably reported a resolution
authorizing the probe.
Anti -TownsenditeS have charged
that the whole movement is a
racket" which is enriching its
hackers from contributions.
A committee acted unanimously
in approving the investigation res
olution which had been introduced
by Representative Bell CD of Mis-
souri,, and was reported to have
Administration support. Chair
man O'Connor of New York was
directed to call it up in the House
Wednesday.
Scope To Be Wide
The investigation would be con-
Quoted by special committee of
eight House members charged
specifically with inquiring into
activities Of every organization
promoting old-age pension schemes
in the United States.
Before it acted, the committee
heard spirited defense and bitter
denunciation of the Townsend
pension plan which proposes to
provide pensions over so with 5000
monthly retirement incomes.
Representative Smith CD of
Washington, denied operators of
the plan are engaged in "racketeer.
ing" and said that to his own
knowledge DR.. F. E. Townsend
never earned more than STA a
week for his work in promoting the
plan.
Townsend Wants Inquiry
Smith added that DR.. Townsend
welcomed the investigation, al
though accusing sponsors Of the
inquiry Of seeking to institute a
form Of persecution" Of the move
ment. He said:
"Dr. Townsend and Robert E.
Clements, cOfounders Of the old
age revolving pension proposal,
demand that the SurrilOus, de-
famatOry and libellOus state
mentS made against the char
acterS and regulations Of those
engaged in the movement be
either proven by q prepOnder-
ance Of competent evidence, or
adjudged to be maliciOusly and
viciOuSly false and mendaciOuS."
Representative Cox CD Of Geor-
gia, of the committee, termed the
scheme perfectly insane and q
witch'S dream"
He added that the 2 per cent
transaction tax by which hackers
plan to raise money for the pen
SionS was utterly uneconomic and
absolutely would not work in any
representative community in the
entire country.
Pressure Is Charged
The declaration that the Town
send group is using high pressure
methods" in collecting contribu-
tionS from persons all over the
country, was made by Represen-
tative Clifford (R) Of MasSachu-
sets. He asserted:
"ThiS proposal is nOnsenSical
and impractical. The people who
are being preyed upon by such
high-preSSure methods used by
this fOrceful minority certainly
should be protected"
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
BRING
DUNN HERE IN
WILSON CASE
Expected to Be Lodged
in Jail Today After
e Trip From AIcatraz

Albert McDermott alias John
"Slim" Dunn, one Of four indicted
by a Montgomery county grand
jury for the murder Of Allen B.
Wilson, is expected to be lodged
in the District Jail today, after q
journey from AlcaUraz prison, off
the California coast.
Manacled to two Washington
detectives, Lieut.. Floyd Truscott
and Eefgt. Earl Hartman, who
have kept their moves secret
since they left Washington about
three weeks ago to return him for
trial, Dunn will be spirited into
Washington, and placed in con-
finement to await his removal to
Montgomery county for trial some
time next month.
Wilson, a Washington Times.
Herald route agent, innocent VIC
tim of gangsterS bullets, was slain
early on the morning Of october
%, 1884, as he stopped his auto
mobile to place a paper in a box
in front of the home of Edward
Mickey" Mcdonald in Takoma
Park, Md. The slayers were lying
in wait for Mcdonald, police
claim.
Those indicted with Dunn dur.
ing a special session of the Mont
gomery county grand jury last
month were: Albert S. Sutton,
Ernest Myers and William Cleary.
All are in custody awaiting eX.
tradition to Maryland.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Resume Relief Funds
To States, u, 5, Urqed
international Nawa Serrice

IMleFhNLIOHdI NeWB S6tVIC0
Resumption of Federal allot-
ments to the States to help care
for that class of the poor who
are unable to work under the
WPA program, was recommended
today by the American Associa-
tion of Social Workers. Such al
lotmentS were discontinued by the
Federal Government December l,
for the WPA's small-workS project
The social workers maintained
the States, cities and communities
are financially unable to cope
with the problem presented by
their destitute.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
MOB DEMANDS
MADRID FREE
PRISONERS
! Killed, l7Hurt When
Guards Fire On Crowd
At Central Jail
nv THOMAS A. LOAYZA

.. ny 1nOWAA0 fAs AOA II In
MADRID, Feb. II UNS0.
Storming the central prison in re-
bellious exultation over the Rad
ical victory in yesterdays general
election, q mob was fired on by
guards today and one boy was
killed and II were wounded.
With police openly refusing to
break I'D other demonstrations,
rioters all over the city called for
release Of political prisoners, while
the stop-gap government Of Pre-
mier Portela tottered under the
impact Of defeat at the polls.
Cabinet Summoned
Street reports said a revolution
ary committee already had been
constituted and had established
headquarters in the post office
building, but the rumor could not
be confirmed in the city'S wild
COI11 uSlOk1s
President Niceto Alcale Zamore
summoned an emergency meeting
of the cabinet in the midst Of tur-
moil and it was generally predict
ed that the present right-wing
coalition would fall.
Manuel Azana, one Of the lead
ers of the winning left-wing parties
in the election upset, was men
toned as the most likely choice
for the premiership.
Amnesty Demanded
Making the central prison their
symbolic modern counterpart for
the bastille of the French Revo-
luton, the mobs demanded gov
eminent amnesty for the 10000
political prisoners their leaders
alleged were held in jails. Premier
Portela said:
"There are no political pris-
OnerS. There are about 15,OOO
held on criminal charges"
Conceding the leftist victory
the government declared a state
Of alarm throughout the nation in
order to forestall further insur'
rection.
A state Of siege-the second
stage towards martial law-was
proclaimed in SaragosSa as q re
suit Of an uprising in the prison
there.
Martial Law Looms
| A "state of alarm" and "state
of Seige" are preliminary precau
tionary measures taken by the
Spanish government in times oi
crisis prior to declaring the more
drastic martial law.
A vast mob singing the "Interna
tionale" -congregated at the Puerts
Del Sol, Madrid's largest square
shouting for amnesty for politica'
prisoners.
Only five policemen obeyed
when the commander Of \ squad
ron of mounted police ordered them
to charge the mob.
Police Manhandled
The five who did charge were
stranded in the midst Of a milling
sea of humanity. pulled from Their
horses, and beaten and man
handled.
Shock police were specially re
cruited to maintain order, but they
speedily joined the Communist
mobs roaming the streets anc
shouting for amnesty for politica'
prisoners.
Mobs of Reds picked UP the
police bodily and carried then
shoulder-high through the city
laughing and shouting.
The right wing coalition headed
by Jose Maria Gil Robles. issueC
q statement at its headquarters
admitting defeat. The statement
estimated the left coalition wor
27O seats in the Cortes and the
right wingers plus the govern
ment center group 200 seats.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
7 Burned 10 Death
In Plane Wreck

DALLAS, Tex. Feb. II WS).
Two men were burned to death
when their plane crashed and
caught fire here yesterday. They
were George Culver, Dallas, head
CT the Culver Oil Company and
the culver Aircraft Company, and
Paul Snick, the pilot, Of Troy.
Ohio,
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Col. MCMulI0n Given
Trial Setback

} monastery and let every
officer shut himself up In =
cell"
In urging the court to overrule
the defense move, Major James
E. Morrisette, assistant trial
judge-advocate, asserted that the
defense misunderstood the
charges against McMullen. He
said:
"The q accused is charged
simply with a breach Of honor
as an officer of the Army"
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Plan Bingo Party

The Junior Sodality Of st.
Jerome's Church will give a bingo
party at 8:15 p. m, February 20,
in the church hall, Spencer Street,
Hyattsville, Md, according to an
announcement made today by
Miss Ruth Held, Sodality prest
dent.
The Washington times., 1936-02-17
Treasury Condition

international News Service
Treasury balance as Of Feb
ruary IA, $3.50, ,007, ,946.19; in
ternal revenue, $3,106, ,397 ,88; GUS
toms receipts, $14,387, ,760.03.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-06
Church Leader Dies

The funeral of Mrs. Mary e.
Woodward, 229 N. Addison-st, who
died yesterday at her home, is to
be held tomorrow at in tie Conkle
Funeral Home. Burial is TO be in
Floral Park.
: Mrs. Woodward, who was 81, has
lived in Indianapolis for the last
16 years, having come here from
Maryland. She was a member of
the United Spanish War Veterans
Auxiliary and the Washington Street
presbyterian Church.
Survivors are the widower, Evan
woodward; five daughters, Mrs.
Anna Drass, Mrs. Vera Coffey, Mrs.
Helen Malcom, Mrs. Evelyn Shan
messy and Mrs. Violet Bradpurn
three sons. Howard c., George C.
and Harry c. Woodward, all of In
dianapolis; two sisters Mrs. Anna
Davis and Miss Margaret L. Bohn.
and a brother. Alfred Bohn, all of
Virginia.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-06
Ross Rites Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Lula
Ross, 1407 Olney-st, who died
Wednesday in City Hospital after a
long illness. are to be held at 80
tomorrow in the home, with burial
in Washington Park.
A member of the Order of the
Eastern Star, Mrs. Ross was So. She
had been i'll seven years.
Surviving her are the widower,
Thomas E. Ross; two daughters,
Miss Mary Ross, secretary to the
City Hospital business manager, and
Miss Ruth Ross; two sons, Thomas
E. Ross and Howard E. Ross; four
brothers, Aria G. Kopp and Jesse
Kopp, all of indianapolis; Clyde
Kopp, Hamlin. Tex, and Ernest
Kopp, Tulsa. Okla, and four sisters
Mrs. Ida Zimmerman, Elmhurst
Ill; Mrs. Grace Frye Green Noun
tain, Ia, and Mrs. Bessie McCord
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-06
CHARLES BESS,
FORMER POLICE
OFFICER, DEAD
Funeral to Be Held at 2
Monday in Woodruff
Baptist Church.

Funeral services for Charles c.
Bess, 325 N. Tacoma-av, former
city policeman, who died last night
in his home, after a long illness,
are to be held at 2 Monday in
Woodruff Place Baptist Church.
Burial is to be in Memorial Park.
Mr.. Bess, who was So served six
years on the police department. He
was traffic officer at Meridian and
GHOSTS. Mr.. Bess also served
three enlistments in the United
States Army.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs
Lula r. Bess; daughter Mrs. Mary
Ann Schaubhut; his mother, Mrs.
M. II. Harrod; sister, Miss La
Vonne Harrod, and an uncle, George
Stewart. Indianapolis detective, ali
OF this city.
Mr.. Bess was member of Center
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
and Royal Arch Masons, Chapter
No. 5.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-06

Robert A. Hoover R., Goshen,
faces almost certain death either in
a committee or on the floor of the
House of Representatives, if the ma
jority of Democrats keep faith with
the Administration and refuse to
consider bills outside the realm Of
social security.
If the daylight saving" measure
is reported out of committee to
which it was assigned, that of Coun-
ty and Township Business, and
reaches the House floor early in the
session, it may become the test bill
on whether the Democratic House
members revolt to consider other
measures, observers believe.
Says 1t Would Aid Cities
Rep. Hoover, although holding the
unenviable honor of introducing the
first bill doomed to extinction says
it would benefit northern cities of
the state where daylight saving and
the recent decision of Chicago to
go on Eastern Standard Time are
bone of contention.
The measure, which forbids any
time except Central Standard for
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-06
NEW u. S. SECURITIES
SNAPPED UP QUICKLY
Heavy Oversubscription Makes Per-
centape Allotment Necessary.

Heavy Oversubscription Makes Per-
centage Allotment Necessary.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 6-De-
mand was SO heavy for this weeks
81 $50, 100000 government security
offering that buyers were allotted
only 13 to 18 per cent of the securi-
ties subscribed for, the Treasury
announced today.
The $650O00,O00 of 12-to-15-year
234 per cent notes drew subscrip-
tions of $5,106,0 100000. All sub
scriptions up to $4,000 were allotted
in full and those above at 13 per
cent.
The 5000 100000 of five-year IL
per cent notes drew subscriptions of
$3,363, ,000,000 Those up to $4,000
were allotted in full and those above
only 18 per cent.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-06
ASSEMBLY MAY
HAVE A CHANCE
TO KILL time
Bill Would Prohibit All but
Central Standard for
Whole State.

The General Assembly is expected
to have an opportunity to kill time"
during the special session.
A bill forbidding daylight saving
time in Indiana and placing the
state wholly on Central Standard
time, was the first measure to be
introduced in the hopper not per-
tanning to social security.
The measure, introduced by Rep.