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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27
ICE JAM FATAL
TO WIFE, BABY
By
E. Simms Campbell

CRISFIELD, Md, Jan. 81.
Through the ice clogged waters Of
Chesapeake Bay that caused her
death. they carried back the body
of Mrs. Essie Evans today to bleak
Smith Island, where she will be
buried tomorrow.
Mrs. Evans, "a, wife Of Fred
Evans, waterman, died yesterday
in the hospital here soon after her
baby had been Still-born.
For seven hours a g roup Of
fishermen fought off the heavy
ice floes in Tangier Sound to get
Mrs. Evans to the hospital yeSter-
day, but by the time they arrived
it was too late. Exposure and de-
lay caused the death of mother
and child.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27
SEC. SWANSON
TO ASK FUNDS
F0RDIR|G|BLE
Construction Of Huge
Sister Ship to Akron
and Macon Urged
BY KINGSBURY SMITH
international News Service

Authorization is likely to be
sought by Secretary of the Navy
Swanson for the construction Of
a new giant dirigible to replaces
the Inflated sister ships, Macon
and Akron, as a result Of the
Durand committees report rec
ommending that the Unit ed
States carry forward the torch Of
progress in the development Of
these nghter-than-air ships.
This was learned today follow
ing publication of the Durand
committees report, which recon-.
mended that the Navy, particular.
ly, continue to acquire and expert.
ment with airShipS.
Will Await Study
Secretary Swanson is under.
stood personally to favor con-
tinued experiments with these air.
ships and his views are shared by
the Navy generally. He will, how.
Over, await study of the Durand
report by the appropriate bureaus
and offices of the Navy Depart
ment before proposing to Presi-
dent Roosevelt that the Navy &C.
quire another one of these ships.
The committees report urged
that the disasters to the Macon
and Akron be not permitted to
deter this country from partici-
pating if not leading the way in
the advance of airship develop
ment and transportation.
On the theory that civilization
must advance, the committee
recommended that the United
States continue the construction
and operation of big and small
lighter-than-air ships for both
civil and military use.
Price of Progress
Recalling that the progress Of
all methods of modern transpor.
tation has been marked by hazr
ards and disasters, the commit
tees report added:
1--WE have, however, accepted
these hazards and casualties as
part of the price which must
be paid for all such steps for
ward.
Nothing lin transportation
methOdS) is entirely safe. Rail-
way travel has its accidents
and casualties, surface ships
are wrecked, airplanes crash
and the automobile, including
errors of operation, is perhaps
the most unsafe of all modern
agencies of transport. Yet in
the face of these all too fami-
liar OccuranceS, we do not con.
template giving up any of these
means of transport"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27
JOBS SOUGHT
FOR HEADS0F
FAMILIES
SchweIIenbach Moves
In Senate to Help
Forgotten Man.
International News Service


Senator Lewis Schwellenbach
CD of Washington, believes he
has really found the forgotten
man." and has moved for his re-
lief.
The forgotten man." according
to Senator Schwellenbach, is the
unemployed family head who has
sold his home and used up life
savings in order to stay off relief
rolls. The Washington Senator
said that the regulation included
in last years work relief appro-
priationS-that jobs shall be given
first to those who have been on
the relief rollS-was responsible
for the plight Of the unemployed
man who has fought tooth and
nail to stay off relief.
Beseiged By JObless
To remedy this situation, Sena-
tor Schwellenbach has introduced
an amendment to the legislation
enacted last year that will make
all individuals who have been I'M
employed for more than six
months eligible for work-relief
jobs.
A summer on the West Coast
where his office was besieged
daily by idle men seeking jobs
convinced Senator Schwellenbach
Of the justice of his amendment.
He said he had talked to several
Senators and found they had dis
covered similar situations in their
own states.
"Why. 1 saw between 40 and
50 people a day for weeks
when 1 was at home during the
summer. OF course, between
five and ten would be in the
class which has proudly dug
into its pockets, sold homes,
and performed all kinds of odd
jobs in order to stay off relief"
MILLION FORGOTTEN"
There must be a million
people Of this class in the
country. They constitute, to my
mind. the real forgotten man.
and their plight is one which
should be relieved"
Senator Glass, CD of Virginia,
chairman of the Senate Appro-
priations Committee, has pro-
missed ator Schwellenbach
that his amendment will get care
full consideration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27
REDS
SEIZE TOWN

CANTON, China, Jan. 81
G.N.SD.-Sweeping air opposition
by government troops before
them, 10000 Communist soldiers
from Honan Province today cap
tured Wengan, so miles north
east Of Kweiyang, capital of
Kweichow Province.
The fall of Keweitung, IS miles
east of Wengan, is expected at
any hour.
Thousands of civilians and SOL
dierS are hastily building block
houses and digging tren cheS
around Kewiyang, and all avail
able troops are being rushed to
defend the capital.
American and British mission
aries evacuated the Red-threatened
sector late last week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27

ing the tax collectors hoard
buIged beyond Surfeit.
at was all stomach, except
for the short, Stubby legs that
seemed wholly unable to sup
port the OverStuffed figure.
"NO this wasn't to be an or
binary hog. / guess 1 drew a
hundred or more figures that
looked like pigs but weren't Suf-
ficientIy repulsive. Finally, after
taking a bit here and there
from the hundred sketches,
came upon the drawing 1 en-.
tered in the contest"
Like many successful men
Campbell is not a native New
Yorker. He was born in st. Louis
January 2, 1906, of school-teacher
parents, and came by his art nat
urally, his mother having dab.
bled in water colorS.
Wife Also Taught
The pedagogic influence must
have been strong, for Campbell's
WlGe, constance, was a brooklyn
school teacher until their marriage
last year.
The young artist moved to Chi
cago at 14-taking his drawing
board with him. He had been
sketching since the age of four
but seemed disinclined to follow
his most natural bent during his
four years at Englewood High
School and his one year at the
University of Chicago. However
this latter was fruitful for il
brought him in contact with two
men who were to have a marked
influence upon his career.
These were Ed Graham, later to
become famous as a cartooniSt
and c. D. Russell, creator Of Pete
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27

Columbus today the mercury
stood at nine below.
After going to 10 above Satur-
day, the mercury plunged to 10
below in Pittsburgh. Western
Pennsylvania continued to strug-
gle through hazardous snow drifts
with more snow predicted for to-
night.
Michigan reported II dead since
the onset of the cold wave with
three more in a serious condition
due to freezing. In Detroit early
today the thermometer read 6 be-
low, with no relief in sight until
Wednesday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27
1900 See Hockey Tilt

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-The
New York Americans today had
lost a chance to gain sole posses
sion of third place in the interna-
tional section of the National
Hockey League. They lost, 2 to
/, to the Boston Bruins in sur.
prise finish before 1000 disap-
pointed fans at Madison Square
Garden last night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27
Ancient Ball Court

SNAKETOWN. Ariz., Jan. q II.
N.S0.-A vast ball court, like that
of the Mayans, which measures
more than a city block. has been
discovered near this Pima Indian
village by an archaeological ex-
petition led by Emil Haury Of
the Gila Pueblo Museum Of Globe.
Ariz.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27
REED ASKED
TO APPEAR
TOMORROW
Z Hours of WrangIing
By Committeeman
Prove Futile
BY EDWARD b. LOCKETT
International News Service

International News Service
The Senate Agriculture Com
nittee today wrangled futilely for
two hours over the new farm bill,
and then called on Solicitor Gen
eral Stanley Reed for an opinion
as to it's constitutionality.
No progress was made. The
committee did not accept the argu-
ments of Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace that the new farm sub
stitute for the AAA is ConStitu-
tional, but decided to ask the legal
experts. Two Agriculture Depart
ment lawyers who appeared to-
day, one of them M. G. White,
solicitor for the department, did
not get a chance to testify.
Hear Reed Tomorrow
Reed was asked to appear be-
fore the committee tomorrow.
The committee chairman, Senator
Smith CD of South Carolina,
may throw the hearings open to
the public.
Today's session ended with the
committee no nearer agreement
on the measure than before. In
deed, for the first time, Smith
had this blunt comment to make:
"There is no evidence of any
matured opinion as to the con-
StitutiOnality of this bill"
Four of the committee members
did not even wait for the COM
mittee to adjourn for the day to
leave. Senator McNary of oregon.
Republican leader, left half an
hour before adjournment. Others
who left before the session broke
up for the day were Senators
Norbeck (R) of South Dakota,
Shipstead (F.-LO of Minnesota
and Murphy Cd Of Iowa.
Legality Is Doubted
Senator Smith, who has ex-
pressed doubts as to the conStitu-
tionality of the new farm bill,
said half-facetiously after the COM
mittee adjourned:
"The committee has asked
that Solicitor General Stanley
Reed appear as he made the
argument before the Supreme
COurt-frOm which came the
courts invalidating the AAA."
Both Democratic and Republi-
can members of the committee
felt that the new bill was uncon-
Stitutional. The measure carries
last years soil conservation act as
its authority, and in the name of
soil conservation seeks to accom-
plish the same thing that was pro-
vided under the old AAA. Re
publicanS bluntly called it illegal
Subterfuge. Not a Democrat on
the committee, with the exception
of Senator Bankhead of Alabama, |
who introduced the bill, would give
it unqualified approval.
Several members of the commit
tee have expressed the view that
they doubted the legality of the
new legislation, but were ready to
vote for it anyway. The idea be- |
hind such sentiment, it was pre-
sumed, is that the machinery
could be put into force and car.
ried out for the present planting
year, end that by the time the
matter got into the Supreme |
Court, a new and permanent pro-
gram could be worked out.
The new bill carried provisions
for a permanent program, based |
on State participation, but this
would not go into effect for two
years. In the meantime, the tenn
porary or emergency work would
be carried out under the name of |
soil conservation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27

the Tramp. Campbell gives them
credit for the advice and encour-
agement which brought him sue
cess in the field of illustration in
such magazines as Esquire"
Life" 1.-THE Saturday Evening
Post" college Humor" and BAL
lyhoo."
Evening star., 1936-11-01

over glass of Pisener in some rowdy beer
hall and look the unhappiest person there,
and then he'd 60 back to his rooms and paint
what he could remember. And then, sup
pose. he'd 60 to bed. sleep well, get up in the
morning and 60 to the bank to reckon up
how Austria was going to pay the War
indemnity Strange sort of life, when you come
to think about it.
Through the curtained doorway could be
heard the mellifuous tones of Sir Bryce as
he warmed to his subject - though perhaps
lukewarmed would be the better word. WAS
it not Huskisson, gentlemen, that great fin
0ncier of century ago. who first pointed
Ont
"One hot night in July, Robson continued
Bryce and went for stroll along the
Mariahilferstrasse and turned into rather
garish-looking restaurant called the Hochsal.
1t proved to be large beer -garden-with-
music-hall, full of electric lights under trees
and backcloths depicting rather naughty al
fresco goings-on = all quite harmless, thor
oughly sentimental, and full of middle-class
gemeutlichkeit.
Bryce seemed rather taken by the bour-
geois- -baroque atmosphere - he liked to sa-
your these things, to study the faces of the
Evening star., 1936-11-01
Mosozjss Section

people around him, to compose in his mind
the picture he would probably paint. We
drank and sat in silence, for it was almost too
hot to converse. Towards midnight the little
platform at one end filled up with musicians,
and cabaret show began. 1t wasn't particu-
larly good, but there was greasy fellow who
played the guitar tolerably well, and SOU
brette who sang in Hungarian. We sat it
through and went back to our hotels and |
didn't see Bryce again for week."
a.. bend all oar energies to HQnidate frozen
credits and release the Jlos0 of International
exchange
But it must have been an extraordinary
week for Bryce. Exactly six days after our
visit to the Hochsal, he rang me up to ask
if I'd care to 60 there again that night.
was free and said would. He suggested meet
ing about midnight, and when said it seemed
a bit late he added, in nervous way that was
apparent even over the telephone: Well, you
see, it won't be in the main part of the
restaurant. It's just little supper party that
the entertainers are giving
I'm afraid l exclaimed: What enter
tainers? Do you mean the shabby little crowd
that put on a few stage-turns last week?' He
answered yes, that was what he meant. But
Evening star., 1936-11-01

l have to 60 to some of them; and the
Annual Banquet of the Commercial In
y stitute was one 1t wasn't bad affair, as
such affairs go; the food was little better
than average, and there was some quite pass
able wine. OF my two neighbors, one was a
man whom l knew. slightly; the other was
stranger, rather shy-looking, who didn't
say very much during the meal. The place
card revealed him to me as Mr.. Giles
Robson
Presently the walters stood back, the loyal
toast was proposed, cigars were lit and the
chairman introduced the guest speaker of the
evening, Sir Bryce Vanderfeld. He was tall
and thin, with greying hair. He did not look
very interesting, and could not find him so
merely because he happened to be director
of the bank at which do my own business
prepared, in fact, to be as bored as usually
am by after-dinner speeches, so | puffed at
my cigar and settled into slightly melan-
chOly vagueness which seemed to afflict the
entire gathering.
Meanwhile Sir Bryce's sentences flowed on
and on, with sort of cold fluency; And
may add, gentlemen, that this quest for stabil-
ization must be continued - not ,oith too great
urgency, but sOith general desire to avoid the
periodic nbheapals Of currency crises and the
tmbediments to trade Which are the inevitable
result Of financial maladjustment"
At that moment Mr.. Robson turned to me
and whispered: I'VE seem to be quite near
the door. Do you think we could manage to
slip out for a few moments?"
mot bad idea" said, liking Mr.. Robson
all at once. We waited for burst of applause
and made tiptoe exit. Outside the room the
walters were clearing up the bar after the
cocktail prelude.
''Are we in time for whisky and soda?"
asked Mr.. Robson. We were. You know"
he added as we waited for our drinks,
'Vanderfeld's not a bad chap, but you
Evening star., 1936-11-01

couldn't call his style of oratory inspiring,
could you?''
you know him?"
Il used to know him well, but we've drifted
apart. Or rather, should say, he's climbed
to the top of the tree"
Hes good business man. Very cautious"
"Oh, sery," Robson agreed. you've said
the right word = cautious And yet ;"
a.. met him fifteen years ago-m
Vienna. Just after the War. Austria was in
bad way - money going to waste paper,
people starving in the streets, only foreigners
and spectators having good time.
'1was on the Allied Commission supervising
the destruction of Austrian military material.
Vanderfeld was working for the Anglo
Danubian Bank, trying to tie up some of the
broken threads after the War years. Must
have been a promising youngster to be sent
out at thirtyodd to do job like that Quite
good-looking, too and he had pretty wife,
Vienna can be hot during the summer and the
climate didn't agree with her, so he sent her
to Salzburg and visited her there whenever he
Probably that was why came to know
him. He was alone lot and we used to meet
at the same cafes. He was very quiet, sort
of fellow you'd put lot of confidence in =
financially, anyhow. What really linked us,
beyond mere acquaintance, was that he was
bit of an artist in his spare time. When he
told me that at first, and offered to show me
some of his work, l expected the usual
amateur stuff but, rather surprisingly, it
wasn't. Those paintings he used to show me
were good - they had definite quality. He
used to like doing interiors of restaurants and
music-halls - he gave them a rather vivid
coloEing that seemed to convey the atmos-
phere right away.
Rather odd that that sort of life should
have appealed to him - but it only did pic
torially, not in any other way He used to sit
Evening star., 1936-06-23

Artillery. Lieut.. Col. Raymond v
Cramer, Washington; Maj. William
M. Goodman. Norfolk. Va; Maj
Henry B. Holmes. jr.. East Lexington
Va; Maj. John H. Wilson, Washing.
ton.
Adjutant Generals Department
Lieut.. Col. William G. Rose, Wash
ington; Quartermaster Corps, Lieut.
Col. Hans r. w. Herwig, Alexandria;
Maj. Richard j. Marshall, Portsmouth
Va, Medical Corps, Maj. Guy B
Denit, Salem, Va; Air Corps, Lieut.
Col. Walter G. Kilner, Washington;
Ordnance Department, Maj. Scott B
Richie. Broadway, Va; Marine Corps
Lieut.. Col. T. E. Bourke, Bethesda
Lieut.. Col. K. I. Buse, Washington.
Evening star., 1936-06-23

automobile manufacturing firm which
bears his name;
Sir Henry Strother Cautley, Con-
servative member of Parliament since
1910 and recorder Of Sunderland since
1918;
Sir william Malcolm HALEY, for
merly governor of the Punjab and Of
the United Provinces, India;
John William Beaumont Pease,
chairman of Lloyds Bank, Ltd, and the
Bank of London and South America
The new privy councillors are Lieut..
Col. David John Colville, parliamentary
undersecretary OF state for Scotland;
Earl de Ia War;, parliamentary sec
retary to the Board of Education. and
Capt. David Euan Wallace, parliament
tary secretary to the overseas trade
department.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
PAGEANTRY MARKS.
BIRTHDAY OF KING
,Trooping of CoIors Is Held
: After Queen Mary
Is H0nored.
Hy the Associated Press.

: Hy the Associated Press.
{ LONDON, June 2s.-With all the
pageantry of Great Britain's military
history, King Edward reviewed the
traditional "trooping Of the colors"
today.
And the King, smilingly, turned in
his saddle and salllted the mother who
bore him AZ years ago today.
? Queen Mary, making her first OH
cial appearance since the death Of
King George last January, viewed the
trooping from balcony draped with
scarlet and gold on the Horse Guards
Arch.
The ceremony traditionally is OBJ
served on the sovereign's birthday. 1t
was the first time Edward had at
tended 1t as King.
Leads Glittering Cavaicade.
Wearing the scarlet tunic and black
bearskin of colonel in chief of the
Grenadier Guards and mounted on a
chestnut horse, King Edward led a
glittering cavalcade along the Mall to
the parade ground
Thousands of subjects cheered him
rs he passed.
:, Immediately behind the King rode
his three brothers, whom he appointed
as personal aides. The Duke Of York,
the -presumptive to the throne,
wore the uniform of colonel Of the
Scots Guards. The Duke of Gloucester
wore the uniform of major Of the
sHussars and the Duke of Kent wore
the uniform Of a colonel of the Royal
West Kents.
Behind these rode three more OF
the. Kings personal aides-Prince
Arthur of Connaught, the Earl OF
3Athlone and the Earl of Harewood.
Foreign Attaches Follow.
Following this encourage came
foreign military attaches and his
majesty's Indian orderly officers, in
magnificent uniforms and brilliantly
colored turbans.
Throughout the united kingdom and
the empire the birthday was observed
with customary ceremony at all sta
tions Of the Royal Navy, the Army
and the Royal Air Force.
Through the day Ambassadors and
Ministers sent congratulations to the
British monarch. Hundreds of mes
sages came from all parts of the world,
the first arriving from Reichsfuehrer
Adolf Hitler of Germany and Emperor
Hirohito Of Japan.
Queen Mary Honored.
King Edward honored his widowed
mother, Queen Mary, in his first hon.
ors list, announced last night on the
eve of his birthday.
In addition to the special award to
Queen Mary, the list raised four per-
sons to the peerage and one peer was
: elevated to higher ranking.
1T is his majesty's pleasure" said
the announcement, Ito confer the title
and dignity of dame Grand Cross OF
the Royal Victorian Order" on Queen
Mary. This order was founded by
Queen Victoria.
Lord Dawson of Penn, physician tc
the late King George and also physi-
clan to King Edward since 1923, was
raised from the rank of baron to that
Of viscount.
New peerages were conferred upon:
Sir Herbert Austin, chairman Of the
Evening star., 1936-06-23
FINALS TOMORROW
AT WAR COLLEGE
Largest Class in History to
Be Graduated-Gen.
Craig will Speak.

The largest class in the history OF
the Army War College will be grad
uated tomorrow at exercises scheduled
to begin at 10 am. Gen. Malin Craig,
chief of staff, will make the principal
address.
Among the Army. Navy and Marine
officers in the graduating class whose
homes are in the 3rd Corps Area are
the following:
Cavalry, Lieut.. Col. Edgar w.
Taulbee, Baltimore; Maj. David H.
Blakelock, Washington; Infantry,
Maj. Andrew D. Bruce, Washington;
Maj. Frank U. Greer, Washington;
Field Artillery. Lieut.. Col. Howard
Eager, Cape Henry. Va; Lieut.. Col.
John N. Greely, Washington; Coast
Evening star., 1936-06-23

he purchased snakes used in q dia-
bolical plot to collect Mrs. Mary Busch
James $4,000 life insurance, and
that she was drowned in the bathtub
Of her home when the venom ap-
peared ineffective.
Hope pleaded guilty and Is to be
sentenced next month.
James, already facing q sentence Of
three to $50 years on a morals charge
involving niece, sat impassively as
his counsel centered questions on how
the veniremen would regard Hopes
Evening star., 1936-06-23
GAMBLING BANNED

MEXICO CITY, June % R.-
Without explanation, President Lazaro
Cardenas yesterday revoked last
weeks decree legalizing certain forms
OF gambling in the federal district
and territories.
His action struck a hard blow at
overjoyed gamblers, who were already
making preparations to reopen gam
bling halls in line with a decree pub
lished in the official gazette Satur-
day. allowing card games, dice and
cockfigfts,
Evening star., 1936-06-23
"SNAKE MURDER"
JURORS CHOSEN
veniremen Quizzed Closely
Before Admission in Cali
fornia Trial.
Px the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June e23.-Attorneys
defending Robert S. James on a wife
murder charge tested prospective
jurors today with close questions on a
story of rattlesnake torture and
drowning told by Charles Hope, his
former co-defendant who confessed.
Long questioning by the defense
staff made a slow process of the jury
selection, as four attorneys surrounded
the red-haired barber and bobbed up
with almost jack-in-the-box abrupt
ness.
The prosecution has claimed state
ments from Hope, a former sailor, that