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The Washington times., 1936-05-05

NEW YORK, May 5 Q.NSO
The annual Pulitzer prices for the
drama and novel, respectively,
were awarded today to Robert e.
Sherwood's idiots Delight" In
which Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fon'
tame are starring, and Harold l.,
Davis Honey in the Horn"
The Pulitzer committees selec-
ton Of idiots Delight" as the
best play Of the year by an Amer
lean was seen along Broadway as
O slap at the New York critics
whose Critics Circle recently
voted Maxwell Anderson'S win
terset" the best play Of the sea-
son.
The prizes had hardly been an
nounced before criticism arose
Clayton Hamilton, dramatic critic
who for 10 years was q member
Of the jury on drama for Pulitzer
awards, deplored the selection Of
the Sherwood play, and Harry
Hansen, literature critic, expressed
the belief that Honey In the
Horn" was unworthy Of the
award.
Other awards, announced by
The Washington times., 1936-05-05
HEADS
G0T0PARLEY

Bishop w. w. Matthews, and
a large group Of African Metho-
dist Episcopal Zion leaders left
today for Greensboro, N. c., to
attend the twenty.first quadrennial
session Of the church, which opens
tomorrow. =
Among the group were DR..
Hampton T. Medford, foreign
mission secretary; DR.. T. w. wal
lace, secretary Of the ministers
relief; DR.. w. o. Darlington. pas
tor of John Wesley A. M. E. z.
Church; DR.. Daniel c. Pope, pas
tor Of Galbraith Church; DR..
Frank Alstork, pastor Of Union
Wesley; DR.. w. T. Mccoy, pastor
of Metropolitan Wesley; the Rev,
Mr.. Speght, pastor Of Trinity;
the Rev. A. A. Crook, presiding
elder; j. Louis Taylor and s.
M. Dudley.
The quadrennial session Of the
A. NJ. z. Church opens tomorrow
in New York City and local
leaders In attendance will be
DR.. John r. Hawkins, financial
secretary; the Rev. w. H.
Thomas, pastor Of Metropolitan
A. M. E. Church, who will be q
candidate for the bishopric and
DR.. Charles H. wesley, presiding
elder Of the. Potomac district.
The Washington times., 1936-05-05
SAIT0 DEFENDS
JAPAN POLICY

BALTIMORE, May 5-Japan is
not o militaristic nation, but is
concerned solely with national de-
tense against emergencies" Am
bassador Hirosi Saito declared
last night in an address before
the Baltimore Town Hall.
His nation has no territorial In
terest In China, he said, but is
concerned with "the peace and
progress Of the Far East" Japan,
he said, is seeking to cement
friendship with China and pro-
mote common interests.
The diplomat made flat denial
Of rumors that Japan has fortified
islands given it under the Pacific
mandate, and he declared his
nation is not counting q naval
race, but is eager to come to an
international agreement through
which naval reductions may be
reached.
The Washington times., 1936-05-05
SNAKE-MURDER
VICTIM TO Be
EXHUNED

LOS ANGELES, May 5 UN.SJ.
The body of his beautiful bride
literally will "step from the grave"
today to give scientists her mute
testimony regarding the part
played by Robert s. James, the
barber Lothario, in the fiendish
Mathematician pond" murder in
his honeymoon cottage.
Armed with q court order for
her elimination, toxicologists are
ready to uncover the body Of Mary
Busch James from the grave over
which q few months ago the huS-
band now accused Of her murder
wept.
In the body officials will seek
confederation Of charges the young
woman's bare leg was placed into
q box Of rattlesnakes before she
was drowned in q bathtub and
her nude body flung into a shall.
low fish pond.
Meanwhile District Attorney
Buron Fits announced he would
ask murder indictments against
the girls husband, James, and
Charles Hope, former sailor and
confessed accomplish.
While the 38-year-old barber shop
proprietor sat in q solitary cell,
officials traced the evidence Of
q murder plot against his fifth
wife.
James was arrested q week ago
on morals charges involving his
2l-year-old niece, Lois Wright.
After hours Of grilling, he broke
down and made partial confes-
sion. He accused his accuser,
Hope, however, Of the actual muir
der.
Accompanied by Investigators,
Hope was led over the ground
where he played his confessed
part in the plot. Calmly MUNICH
ing an ice cream cone, he took
officers to Snake Joe's farm"
where attendants readily identi-
fled him as the man who had OBJ
tanned o box Of "killer" rattlers.
At another point he was iden-
titled as o man who bought q
box Of black widow spiders.
Meanwhile word was received
The Washington times., 1936-05-05
Pulitzer Body Ignores
Choice of Critics

President Nicholas Murray But
Ter, Of Columbia University, were:
Charles Cunningham McLaugh-
lin for his historical book, "The
Constitutional History Of the
United States; Ralph Barton
Perry for his biography. 1.-THE
Thought and Character Of viii
liam James; Robert p. Tristram
Coffin for his book Of verse
called Strange Holiness; the
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette for
Its Crusade Against Corruption
and Misgovernment"; the late
viii Barber for his reports Of the
Ethiopian war for the Chicago
Tribune; Felix Morley, Of the
Washington ID. Co. Post. and
George B. Parker, Of the ScrippS-
Howard newspapers, for "distin-
guished editorial writing; Lauren
D. Lyman, Of the New York
Times, for the best example Of
q reporters work by his story on
the departure Of the Lindbergh
family for England.
The Washington times., 1936-05-05
Missing Boy, 10,
Hunted by Police

John Rafferty,, 16, reported
missing from his home at 1412
Thirtieth st. N. w., was being
sought by police today.
The boy was reported missing
by his father, Francis ]. Rafferty,,
when the boy failed to return
after leaving home early yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1936-05-05

here that Colorado officials were
investigating the death Of James
third wife, Winona Walker James,
who was found drowned in q bath
tub in an auto camp at Manitou
on Ocober II, 1882.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-01-17

When the Bell Telephone System
established the first training course
for telephone operators, in January,
1902, in New York City, one of the
pioneer steps In vocational training
was undertaken. Since then, voca-
tional training has become wide
spread, not only in telephone SER
vice but in many other industries.
Learned az Best They Could
In the early days of the telephone,
new operators learned what they
learned without a great deal Of
teaching. The training was brief
and, as it were, casual. Newly en-
gagged operators were taken to the
switchboard, shown what plugs and
jacks were, how to get a number,
and a few other elementary facts,
and were then permitted to listen-in
on older operators handling actual
calls.
After a few days Of this, they
were allowed to handle calls them
selves, with the coaching and as
sistance of experienced operators
beside whom they were seated.
Points of such great Importance to-
day as the tone of voice to use were
not even mentioned in those early
pioneer days. -.
First Training Course Established
Finally, the need of a training
course became apparent, and the
first school for operators was estab-
lished in New York City in January,
1902. BY this time the change from
the old magnetic to the common bat.
terry switchboard had been COM
pleted in all the central Offices in
that city. The establishment of this
school marked a real milestone
along the road which has led to the
great degree Of operating efficiency
which now characterizes the Bell
System.
The theory on which this operat.
ing school was based closely fol-
lowed that generally accepted in
educational circles at the time.
There was a definite emphasis on
classroom. work, to which practice
at the switchboard was supplement
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-01-17

tai. The equipment of the school
consisted of room furnished after
the manner Of a typical schoolroom,
which was used for lectures and
study periods, and an operating
room. The latter duplicated, as
nearly as possible, the equipment Of
an actual central Office, with a
twelve-position switchboard, a chief
operators desk, and other equip
ment.
The routine Of the course included
presentation, both in the classroom
and at the switchboard, of the OPP
Grating instruction to be learned for
the day; follow-up instruction and
practice at the switchboard, the
supervisors putting through from
their desk calls involving particular
points covered in the days lesson;
and considerable time spent in
study in the classroom.
Trained Many Thousand Operators
So successful was the establish
ment of the training school in New
York that it was soon followed by the
opening of similar courses in Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver,
and other large cities, and later in
other centers throughout the Bell
System. IL.
Within the past few years, the
training OF telephone operators has
entered into still another phase. In
a way, it Is reminiscent of the old
days when a new recruit learned her
job by sitting at the switchboard
and doing it under the guidance Of
an older and more experienced OPP
orator. The present system Of train
ing, however, is not simply return
to the methods Of pioneer days.
Rather it Is a return, plus all that
1t has been possible to learn about
education and about the telephone
business in half a century.
They Learn by Doing
The operator today learns her job
on the job. On her very first day at
work she is given a position at the
switchboard at which she is to work.
Switchboard positions which are not
in actual use. are assigned to new
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-01-17

operators. At either side of the new
conner are experienced girls, busy
with their work. The position to
which the new operator is assigned
is identical with the others at the
board, except that it has a key which
cuts it off from the rest Of the switch
board and protects the service
against disturbance by practice calls.
Actual Calls Are Simulated
The student is seated at such
a position and is given some In
formal instruction in the handling
of calls. Then a specially trained
operator takes another position,
known as the control position,
from which she can simulate the
calls that will have to be handled
by the new operator when she is
given actual work to do. Under such
guidance, the student operator sets
up connections which are in every
respect like actual calls. When she
becomes proficient at this, she is
given an opportunity to handle ac-
tual calls during light traffic periods,
and thus she works into her job
almost without being aware OF it.
This might be termed a process
Of learning by doing. It Is supple
mented by discussion Of operating
practices, and drills, conducted
away from the switchboard. Glasses
are held, but the groups Of students
are made small so as to keep the
atmosphere of the classes informal
and giving them rather the aspect
Of discussion groups.
Training Never Ends
AS result of these new training
methods now in use, the operator at
once begins to become accustomed
to the atmosphere of the particular
central Office where she is to work
and thus becomes a part Of 1t. Even
after a girl has been given actual
traffic to handle, her training is not
regarded as completed. In fact, an
operators training is never finished;
one Of the detectives Of the present
system Is to give the operator the
opportunity Of always learning to do
her work better.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-01-17
CLASSIFIED ADS

Rates: Three cents per word with a
minimum Of 80 cents per insertion, pay
able strictly In advanee. A fat rate Of
cents per word On AL copy 50 words or
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-01-17

FOR RENT-Five-room house:
bath and garage; hot water heat.
All modern. Call Bridgeport 1896.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-01-17

Central. $500 month. Br. 1896.
Furnished room for rent. Hot
air heat. Clinton Ave. Call Br.
1896.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-01-17
(MinneapOlis)
MEN AND WOMEN
WANTED

Nice steam-heated room. For
single man or woman. Price, $3.50
per week. Call Elk. 01S7.
Desirable Room for Rent-3032
4th Ave. s. Lo. 1868.
Five room lower duplex. Modern.
Hot water heat. Garage. South
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-11-20
Seed Purchases for North
west Drought Area Total
Over 2,650,OOO
Bushels

The Drought Committee of the
Department of Agriculture an
nounced on Nov. 20 that more
than 2,650,00O bushels of seed
grain have been purchased and
conserved for resale next spring
for planting purposes in the
drought areas Of Montana, Min
nesota, North Dakota and South
Dakota where seed supplies were
either materially reduced, or vir-
tually wiped out by 1886 drought
conditions.
The seed is being procured for
the present in the states of in
tended distribution. The program
is a precautionary measure to re-
serve from milling or other com
mercial uses gain best suited for
seed purpose. The seed is to be
sold to farmers at a price based
upon the cost.
Under the program more than
a million bushels Of spring wheat
zoU,UOO bushels Of durum wheat.
a million bushels of oats. $50. OO0
bushels Of flax and 10000 bush
els OF barley have been bought
Tor seed purposes.
This grain is in storage
throughout the four states IN
which the purchases were made
and distribution will be effected
IN ample time for planting next
spring. The grain bought for seed
purposes had to be passed upon
oy competnt agronomists familiar
with seed quality and the varietal
requirements Of the areas In
which the grain is to be sown.
The seed purchase program has
Deen conducted through a cooper-
awe arrangement INVOLVING the
FARMERS National Grain Corpora-
tion: the Farm Credit Admins
tratlon and the Federal SuTnIns
commodities Corporation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-11-20
MOVING TO
MARKET IN VOLUME

A seasonal decline in hog
prices as a result of heavy runs
Of hogs to market is noted bv the
Bureau Of Agricultural Economics
in its monthly summary of the
hog situation. The number of
hogs slaughtered under Federal
inspection increased sharply from
100000 in September to $500
900 in October. In October 1895
the number was 100000. This
large increase was partly the re-
suit of the larger spring pig crop
Of 1886, compared with 1885, and
partly the result Of early market
ings of spring pigs following the
drought.
The average price of hogs at
Chicago in October, at 1885 a
hundred pounds, was about "a
cents lower than in September
this year and % cents lower than
in October a year ago.
Considering the entire hog
marketing year - which began
October 1,-prices ae expectd to
average about the same as or
slightly higher than in 1856.
The seasonal price decline
which started in late August ap-
parently has about ended as
prices are now showing a tenden-
cy to strengthen. From Desember
TO- March the price trend probably
will be upward. Prices during the
summer Of 1897 are likely TO
average higher than in the sum
mer of 1886.
The scarcity Of corn and high
corn prices compared with hog
prices have led to a heavy liquid
alton Of breeding stock and a re-
latively small fall pig crop and
will probably cause hog producers
to raise fewer pigs in the sprisg
of 1887 than asst spring. Hog
slaughter supplies in the calendar
year 1887, therefore, probably
will be smaller than in 1886 but
probably not as small as in 1885
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-11-20
LONDON WOOL SALES
OPEN AT HIGHE r
PRICE LEVELS

The sixth series of Colonial
wool sales for 1886 opened in
London, Nov. IL, with prices for
all types showing marked advan-
ces over closing rates of the pre-
vious series on Sept. %, accord
ing to a cable to the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics from it's
London office. The advanced open
ing rates have been we'll main
tanned during the first four days
of the sales.
Compared with closisg rates of
the preceding series, the prices
quoted on Nov. 20 showed an ad-
vance of Is per cent for greasy
and secured merinos, Is per cent
for greasy fine crossbreds, % per
cent for greasy medium and low
crossbreds, II to 10 per cent for
secured crossbreds, and Is to %
per cent for slipes.
The chief buyers Of merinos
during the first four days of the
sales have been Russia, France,
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
and Yorkshire. For crossbreds
France, Germany and Holland are
making the bulk Of the purchases.
The excellent demand for wool is
an indication Of increased activity
in the European textile industry,
which in turn is a reflection Of
improved business activity and
employment.
Compared with Sept. % clos
ing rates (the latter in par
entheses) converted to cents
per pound at exchange pre-
vailing on those dates and
expressed in terms of official
United States standards for
wool, secured basis, were as
follows: Ordinary 7O's at 3d.
16 (56.9); CAS- at 62.14
(54.85); COS at 5000 (49.58);
5S's at 1892 (4325); 56's at
4O75 (S3.75); and SOS at
S4.64 (27.95). For carding
4S's were selling at 1854
(26.3T; 4O's at 1852 (26.37)
and 36's at 1852 (25.32)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-11-20
TRorSKY AND THE PRESS

IL have endeavored TO con-
fern to the spirit and letter
Of the conditions laid down
Tor my stay in Norway, at
Least in the way in which l
understood them. / am
ready 10 accept a new inted-
pretatiOn Of the conditions if
] am convinced that IL is
compatible with my dignity
- . man and q writer. ] can
Only sign that which I well
understand and which / can
really endeavor 70 accomplish
= ] have been accused by
tie judiciary authorities of
Moscow of being the organ.
tzer Of terroristic acts. If the
Norwegian government con.
s1ders it possible that / have
abused my stay in Norway or
even elsewhere by such acti-
vity, I await the IMMEDIATE
issuance Of q warrant for my
arrest. There il nothing /
want more than the pOssibiIi-
~ Of showing up, before a
pablo judicial arena, this i'm.
mense crime Of the G. p. u.
and its initiatOrs. But II the
Norwegian authorities consi-
den 4 impossible 70 intervene
n this affair, il Is their duty
III repeat, the elementary
duty which need not even be
qualified as democratic 20
accord me complete liberty 70
TELL BY my own personal
meana, the truth TO world
public opinion. The principal
means Of doing this is
through the press. Not 70
eonvey me TO q Norwegian
tribunal and at the same
time to deprive me Of the
FEASIBILITY Of appealing TO pu-
bic opinion on . question
that concerns myself, nv son,
al my past and political hon
ear, 10 20 transform the right
Of asylum into a veritabIe
trap and TO clear the path
ior the hangmen and Sian
easrs q the G. P. u"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-11-20
ETHIOPIA AND THE LEAGUE

It is all to the good that the
Ethiopian delegates were seated
by the assembly Of the League
Of Nations, but that victory is
largely a paper one. Neither Eng
land nor France at the moment
was willing to accept public res
possibility for excluding the Eth
iopians. That will be accomplish
ed later.
The league amounts to very
little more than a forum for the
discussion Of world affairs. Lines
are being tightly drawn for the
next world slaughter, and all ma
tions are feverishly arming.
When the next war breaks out
the league will collapse like a
house of cards.
A genuine League of Nations
can be built only upon a founda-
ton Of Justice and this is impos-
sible under our present economic
order.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-11-20
Committee Formed to Obtain
Rights of Asylum for Trotsky

Tie American Committee for
tie Defense Of Leon Trotsky has
haen organized to help obtain for
Trotsky his rights Of asylum and
o aid IN the formation Of an In
tsTnational Commission Of In
qaIry TO examine all the avail
able eYidenee IN connection with
The Moscow. trials.
The following statement has
Seen issued by the Committee, OF
which Norman Thomas, John
Dewey, Freda Kirchwey, Suzanne
1AFOlette, Devere Allen, Edmund
Wilson, Louis Adamic, Prof. E.
A Ross Of Wisconsin University
Joseph Wood Krutch, H n. Kali
len, James T. Farrell, Prof. VIM.
II. fitzpatrick Of Columbia u,
Max Eastman, Sidney Hook, Inez
Haynes Irwin, James Rorty, Prof.
Paul F.. Brissenden, Vincent R.
Dunno, John Chamberlain, Ben
jamin Stolberg, Louis Hacker are
snonR the membership:
"The Norwegian Government
has forbidden Leon Trotsky to
prosecute his libel suit against
the Norwegian Communist and
Fascist papers. This action is
only the severest Of the many re-
preaeive measures against him.
For the past two months Trotsky
has been q virtual prisoner of the
Norwegian police. Police guard
him night and day; his mail is
censored; his is deprived of all
secretarial assistance. This latest
order not only deprives him OF
tAo last remnants Of his democ-
rattle rights Of asylum but closes
his last means Of answering the
grave accuations made against
him in connection with the Mos
COW trial.
"The American Committee fol-
the Defense Of TrotSky protests
against this outrageous violation
Ct democratic rights by the Nor
WOgian Government and demands
that the full rights of asylum be
restored to Trotsky. The most
elementary notions of justice die
tates that this world-famous rev
olutionist should be given the full
lest and freest opportunity ia
state his case"
The committee will hold a mass
Meeting on Friday evening, Dec
10, the date ON which Trotsky's
term Of asylum expires, at Cen.
ter Hotel formerly Hotel Del.
anol 106 W. 43rd Street. Suzanne
1AFollette will be chairman and
Norman Thomas one of the prin
opal speakers.
Contributions for the work o1
The Committee can be sent to III
c6tiee at Room 921, % E. It'll
Street, n. Y. c.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-11-20
ECONOMIST WARNS AGAINST
RESULTS OF NEW BOOM ERA

CHICAGO.-Willard L. Thorp,
director Of economic research for
Dunn & Bradstreet, Inc, told the
American finance conference that
If depression is around the cor
ner behind us, it is also around
the next corner in the future.
ALREADY, l find evidence in
isolated spots Of the appearance
OF boom psychology" he said
With expanding consumer pur-
chasing power, interest rates low
and six years of enforced con-
sumner economy behind US, some
are seeing no limit to the current
upswing
The problems of prosperity"
Thorp said, care more difficult
than those of depression I
know no condition which is more
dangerous for a business than a
period Of sustained high profits
He asserted there was a need
of economic leadership" because
the future includes both threat
and promise"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-11-20
FASCIST TREND IS CITED
RIPMTNCuAM Al. .er

DAAS14A4NG111ms Ala. - l'hp
vicious frame-up Of Homer WEIGH
textile union organizer TODAY con
victed of 'manslaughter.' together
with the failure of the solicitor
TO obtain indictments in NV case
Show tc what extent a Fascist
trend has developed is Alabama I"
according to Joseph S. Gelders
recent victim of an attack in
Birmingham.
If the mass of evidence
which ! know was in posses
sion of the investigators had
been properly and fully nre-
scented to the men COMPOSING
tnis grand jury, I do not he.
heye they would have failed
under their oath of office -
nave returned indictments for
at Least some OF the feIonies
constituting the crime ner.
petrated on the night of Sent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-11-20
NATIONAL COMMITTEE To
SET DATE FOR SPECIAL
CONVENTION

NEW YOOORK. = nSP)-At
It's quarterly meeting here start
ing Nov. 20, the national execu-
tive committee Of the Socialist
party will set definite dates for
a special convention to be held in
the spring. Also on the agenda
will be the perfection of plan
OF extensive educational and or
ganization work which has al
ready begun.
A special Gene Debs memorial
stamp went on sale this week to
help finance this activity.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-11-20
WEST COAST SOCIALIST
PAPER STARTED

SAN FRANCISCO. = lisp,
encouraged by its inc~ No.
eeneIln39eership and influence. the
socialist party Of California -
eeauncinlng a west coast waelrI-,
SOCIALIST paper called "I,abor A.
Ion l A special offer is made tn
c q subscribers who send -
I TIelr subscriptions before Jan. 1
~ Gllll tnat date yearly subgcrin-
!! .lOlls wlH be 81; after that date
II VIII be raised to $50.
Inc ne office Of Labor Action Is
- a.. lOo6 Steiner Ave, San Fran