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The Washington times., 1936-02-14

Charges that heads Of the
Townsend old-age pension move
ment have pocketed hundreds Of
thousands of dollars were laid be.
fore the House Rules Committee to-
day by Representative c. Jasper
Bell CD of Missouri.
He appealed to the committee
to sanction q Congressional inves-
tigation of the Townsend and
other old-age pension movements.
After also hearing Representa-
tive Ferguson CD of Oklahoma
urge an inquiry the committee
called another hearing for Mon
day.
Although some Congressional
hackers Of the Townsend move
ment have welcomed an inquiry,
Representative Smith CD Of
Washington served notice that he
would oppose 1t.
Reading from letters from per
sons formerly connected with the
Townsend plan, statements Of Of.
ficers and other documents, Bell
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
HOUSE GETS
AIR CORPS
BOOST
Rep. McSwain Leads
in Move to Build
Huge AirFIeet
International News Service

Expressing criticism of the
Navy as q first line Of defense,
House military leaders today
opened a vigorous campaign to
authorize construction Of a power
full fleet of fighting aircraft.
Dissatisfied with the provision
contained in the pending War De.
partment supply bill which calls
for 565 new .airplanes, the Mill
tary Affairs Committee prepared
to report q measure by Chair.
man McSwain Of South Carolina,
allowing the Army to increase its
air, force to 1000 planes.
A preliminary effort by Com
mittee Member Rogers CD Of
New Hampshire to add 135 ships
to the number authorized in the
supply bill was defeated after
Majority Leader Bankhead Of
Alabama and Chairman Parks Of
Arkansas of the Appropriations
Committee urged the House to
observe the budget recommends
tions.
Bill Near Passage
As the 10000, 900 Army bill
moved toward passage before
nightfall, air-minded members
served notice not only to sup
port McSwain'S proposal but to
enlarge naval aviation facilities
as well.
Representative Boileau (P.), Of
Wisconsin expressed extreme
SkepticiSm over the value of Navy
vessels as part Of the national
defense. He said:
81 would like to see most Of
these battleships and cruisers
scrapped. They served their
purpose before development Of
the airplane and now they are
obsolete. For every Navy ship
that is withdrawn favor five
airplanes in its place."
The contention that naval YES
sells are outmoded in modern war.
fare also was voiced by McSwain,
who asserted:
Undoubtedly the first lime Of
defense is In the air. Before
there was an airplane, the Navy
was indeed q defense. Now,
however, the first collision be-
tween hostile forces win be in
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
! SHIPS ASHORE
IN CHESAP

With one ship freed from shoal
in Chesapeake Bay today, two
Coast Guard cutters were crashing
through the heavy ice in an at
tempt to save another being forced
ashore by the huge floes carried
along on a strong tide.
After rendering assistance to the
Norwegian freighter Lialia, which
grounded on the Tolly Point Shoal,
near Annapolis, the cutter Mo
hawk, one of the largest working
in the bay, started to aid the cut
ter Seneca in clearing the Ameri-
can freighter Francis, which is off
Cove Point, 10 miles north Of the
mouth Of the Patuxent River.
A radio from the Francis indi.
Gated that she was in the ice and
had dropped her anchors, but the
pressure was so great they were
dragging, and she was being forced
ashore.
The Lialia, bound for Baltimore
from New York, was making slow
headway against the ice when
she was carried off her course
and grounded on the shoal
shortly after 2 o'clock this morn
ing.
A radio call for help was sent
and the Mohawk, which has been
on ice patrol duty in the bay,
went to her help. A line was
placed on board and the Lialia
CONTINUED ON Page 3, Col. 81
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HAUPTMANN
CONFESSION
DOUBTED
Reprieve Will End. To-
morrow; To Talk to
LeiboWitz Again I

NEW YORK, Feb. Il QN.S.J
With Samuel Leibowitz. noted
trial attorney, apparently well on
the way to becoming the new
major domo Of the Hauptmann
defense, these unanswered ques'
tions were Of intense interest in
the recpened Lindbefgh case to
day:
!. Did Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann confess" or change his
story when Leihowitz confront
ed him IN his death house cell
In Trenton yeSteHday2
2. Is there any chance Of his
doing so when Leibowitz holds
his next scheduled interview
with him on Sunday
3. Has new evidence been un-
covered which would throw
Hauptmann's fate back into the
courts?
"Cried Like Baby"
Leibowitz bluntly refused to
reveal any details Of his meeting
with Hauptmann yesterday other
than to say the condemned slay-
er Of the Lindbergh baby broke
down and "cried like a baby"
and that the interview had been
very satisfactory" Hauptmann's
wife, Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, who
was present, also was noncom-
initial as to what had taken
place.
The general impression in
Trenton and among those asso-
ciated with the case in New
York was that Hauptmann had
not changed his alibi Of record.
that Isidor Fisch gave him the
ransom money found in his pos
session, in any Of its essentials
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
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Student and Wife
MysteriousIy Shot

MBIA, Mo-, Feb. IA
(I.N.S.).-With Warren Thornton
Phister, 26-yearold junior student
in the University Of Missouri Col
lege Of Agriculture believed dying,
and his pretty 28-year.old wife in
q semi-coma from critical bullet
wounds, police sought to learn the
details Of the shooting which oc-
Cured in a room Of the Columbia
Hotel here today.
Officers said that Phister told
them his wife had done the shoot
ing. Phister had a bullet wound
in the abdomen and his wife was
shot through the upper part Of
the left lung.
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FACES
DANGER IN .
NEXT 48
HOURS
Cellars Like Lakes In
Capital; MercuvUp
Beyond Freezing

With ice breaking up In the
upper Potomac, caused by warm
rains and q thaw near HarperS
Ferry, river men today expressed
the fear that flood stage may be
reached within the next 48 hours.
Meanwhile hundreds Of Wash.
ington Easements were flooded
last night and today by the thaw
which started during the night
when . warm rain fell here. Sew
eral highways were reported under
water, and many street interSec-
tions were flooded. due to failure
of ice.clogged sewers to carry off
the melting snow.
Mercury Climbs
On the upper river, the snow
which covers the foot Of ice, was
reported melting as the tempera-
ttlre rose above the freezing point,
and the ice, which has been solid
for several weeks, started to crack.
AT noon today the temperature
stood at 80 degrees, above the
freezing point, after dropping to
~ for q short time earlier ia the
day.
az hours was recorded as I.45
inches at the Weather Bureau.
with more rain In prospect to-
night. Tomorrow win be fair and
colder, it was forecast. T"
The fire board and the District
Sewer Department were swamped
with calls. During the night the
Fire Department responded to .
number Of calls to pump out base
ments.
This morning, however, all calls
were referred to the Sewer De-
partment, where every available
man was called out.
Engineers Wait Rise
With danger Of a SER flood
War Department engineers were
preparing to erect dykes at low
points along the river, and are
making plans to place 1000 men
at work the minute danger ap-
pears.
The Eastern Branch at Bladens-
burg. scene Of many floods, was
reported much higher today. but
had not yet reached flood stage.
Fears were expressed that BladenS-
burg would be under water by
noon.
The Defense Highway and Bal
timore Boulevard were reported
open to traffic, but the Marlboro
pike and the Leonardtown pike,
between Waldorf and Hughesville,
were reported dangerous to travel.
Wilson Boulevard at Colonial
Village in Arlington county was
Continued on Page 3, Col. q
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CIogqed New York
Roads Are BraVed
By Mrs. Roosevelt

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb. IA
Q.NS0.-Battling upstate New
York'S snow-clogged roads and q
sleet storm today, Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt left Ithaca at IL
a. m. for Syracuse. She was &C
companied by Miss Nancy Cook,
q business associate.
State troopers were on the
watch for the Presidents wife
and we're prepared to fight the
elements to get her to her desti-
nation.
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Townsend Leaders
Accused i'm House

listed the money-making possibili-
ties Of the plan as including:
Six million club m m b e r
claimed, initiation fee IS cents
each.
Dues to oarp, Ltd, 10 cents q
month.
Sale of Townsend weekly, 5
cents a copy.
Sale Of buttons at 10 cents each,
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
Influenza Epidemic
Hits Navajo Indians

GALLUP, N. NJ, Feb. IA G.N.S).
Two Indians lay dead today, 400
were Ill in hospitals and an untold
number in their hogans as an cpl
demic Of influenza, described as
Of mild form, swept over the Nav
ajo reservation. Federal Indian
Bureau hospitals at Fort Win
gate, near Gallup, at Keam'S Can
yon, Tohatchi and Fort Defiance
in Arizona were filled to over
flowing.
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
$500 Ring Reported
Lost on Capitol Hill

Valued at $500, ring set with
two diamonds and belonging to
Mrs. Lyle Alverson, wife Of the ex-
ecutive director Of the National
Emergency Council, was being
sought today. Mrs. Alverson, who
lives at the Shoreham Hotel, mott.
fled police that the ring was prob
ably lost on Capitol Hill yesterday.
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
$50 Bodies Are Found
In Tientsin Fire Ruins

TTENTSIN, Feb. IA U.N.S).
Charred ruins of the novels that
housed 1900 Of TentSin's poor
yielded the bodies of $50 today
after flames, famed by wind,
swept through the settlement. The
death roll is expected to be much
higher.
Firemen were helpless to pre-
vent the flames spreading through
the temporary shacks, owing to
lack Of water.
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The Washington times., 1936-02-14
Loses Inspiration

LONDON, Feb. II. - John
Masefield, poet laureate of Eng
land just returned from the
United states, said he found very
little inspiration over there and
for that reason did very little
work while away.
The Washington times., 1936-02-14
WASHINGTON FORECAST


Cloudy with light snow or rain tonight;
minimum temperature about %; tomorrow
partly cloudy and colder.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1936-11-23

WOOIie DOnahue has now be-
come Billy LaHiff's closest rival
in the pursuit Of the gOrjus
Marion Martin Following the
recent paragraph here that four
of the five Goldman brothers
were associated with Sind St.
night club activities, the fifth
brother, Rabbi Goldman Of Chi
cago, wired to AL Goldman,
manager of the flOuriShing
Ruby FOO'S Den: Locate site
for me on 52nd-fOr a temple!"
Jean Clarke, the model (COn-
ME Immerman's dtr), and
Bobby Martyr, Mary Kirk
Browns ex, are on the RO-
mantle Oven Some OrganiZa-
ton ought to be formed to pro-
tect the night club chOrineS who
lately have been compelled to
play from four to six benefit
shows a week, usually for
friends of the cabaret owners
without pay. Refusal often re-
suits in dismissal. . In return,
the girls are permitted to buy
their food at the clubs at . 30
to so per cent reduction. In
other words, they can get a so
cent cup of coffee for rs cents,
which the AutOmat would let
them have for a nickel.
Safety slogan: There's safety il
numbers except when they star
to climb on your speedometer.
Tommy Guinan has become Sail,
O'Neill's manager-but the sched
uled elopement is still being de
ferred. No one was more inSiS
tent that she get her full fee thai
the late Nine. Schumann-Heinl
:. Sometimes this called for a
much as $4,000 to $4,000 for
single nights concert and occs
Sionally the attendance was poor
but she would insist upon gettini
her full check. Then, after tn
performance was over, she Woul|
summon the concert manager, asl
him how much the loss was AM
present him with her persona
check to cover in full. Which eS
plains why Nine. Schumanr
Heink was in constant deman'
by the concert managers. Ma
Vests real excuse for cancellin
most of her personal appearance
is that Frank wallace is follow
ing her with injunctions in orde
to get a public trial which woul
bear out his contention that h
IS her husband
The Washington times., 1936-11-23

the soprano and tenor voices in
well-proportioned ensemble. Both
duets were sung from memory,
adding greatly to the effect.
zone is reminded of Martini'S
duet performance with Gladys
Swarthout last season when they
held a large book in front of
them, causing an audible echo
from the dome of the stage.)
The third movement, he
Scherzo, of Sibelius' Symphony
No. l." opens with the sound of
drums with the rhythm picked up
by the strings playing pizZicato.
The first theme shown above indi-
Gates the wild mood of the pizzi-
cato theme which is modified into
a moving plant as set forth in
the second theme shown. The
movement is characterized by a
savage wildnesS as of a national
music that has not as yet found
an idiom.
This Finnish" Symphony will
be included in the program Of the
National Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of DR.. Hans
Kinder at Constitution Hall next
Wednesday afternoon at 4:45
o'clock.
There is much speculation
among music lovers Of Philadel-
phia as to whether the venerable
Academy Of Music will Withstand
the assaults of modern music
which will result when Paul
Whiteman and his orchestra. the
Philadelphia Symphony Orches-
ira, a jazz harpist, and a blues
pianist all combine efforts next
Friday and Saturday.
While Paul Whiteman has
given several concerts during the
summer series in Robin Hood
Dell, this is the first time that
such a performance has been of.
fered in the regular symphony
season. Deems Taylor will make
verbal comments as the concert
progresses. Three novelties COM
posed especially for Whiteman
will be heard. They are, Ebony
Chronicle" (Wi1liam Grant
StilD; Scottish Suite for Or
chestra and Bagpipes," (Deutsch,
Whiteman's No. / arranger): and
"All Points West" (Rodgers and
Hart).
The Washington times., 1936-11-23

This once popular bending-over
exercise is not so scientific, but it
is a test of suppleness and ham
strings. If you can't touch the
floor, it is a sure sign you are
rusty on exercise.
Most men who feel fairly well
are inclined to neglect exercise.
Not that they don't believe in
exerciSe-but they never get
around to it.
You would find time for exer-
else, however, if you realized it's
value to health and efficiency.
Overeating and lack of sufficient
physical activity increase your
weight and reduce your stock Of
energy.
Exercise helps to offset the ef.
fects Of bad habits, and will do
more to extend your prime than
any other single measure.
In exercise you must follow the
rules Of the game, and the first
rule is to see your doctor. Don't
attempt a program Of unusual ac-
tivity without first consulting your
doctor.
Regarding the time to exercise
early morning exercise helps the
fat man burn adipose tissue, but
it is not recommended for the
high-strung, nervous individual.
That type is almost never over
weight, and needs relaxing rather
than stimulating exercises. You
overweights can exercise at any
time, just as long as you exercise
regularly and get a good work
out.
Ease into your exercise program
by warming up gradually to avoid
sore muscles and stiff joints. Cir
culation Of air is necessary, so
open the windows top and bot
tom, but have the room comfort
ably warm. After exercise avoid
currents of cold air and too
copiouS drinking of water.
What kind of exercise is best?
Certainly not the old breathing
exercises, because oxygen is used
only on demand Of the muscles,
Exercises to stimulate circulation
and to strengthen the abdominal
and waistline muscles are the
ones most needed by the average
man,
The side scissors is the favorite
Of many instructors in corrective
gymnastics, and it is as good a
general exercise as you can find
Position: Lying on side, head
cushioned on upstretched arm
palm of other hand braced or
floor in front Of chest for support
Movement: Swing the legs ir
a brisk, SciSSors-like motion, one
The Washington times., 1936-11-23

Helen Jepson and Nino Martini,
in their joint recital yesterday af-
ternoon at Constitution Hall, were
confronted with a sold-out house
and their every effort was greeted
with rounds of applause. Each
Metropolitan Opera singer was in
excellent voice and each gave q
variety of types of songs that kept
the undivided interest Of the au-
dience.
Miss Jepson, whether singing an
operatic aria or a partly dramatic
encore such as Modern Lullaby"
showed a comprehensive under
standing and delivery of her art.
She negotiated the upper register
with ease and a richness of tone
that is most pleasing to the ear.
The first rendition of a song dedi-
Gated to her, "A Valentine, I"
(Abram Chasins), seemed some
what disappointing to the audience
because of it's unfamiliar melodic
intervals. But when she sang an
aria in English from "Caponsac-
CHI" Orchard Hageman), the re-
Sponse was thunderous.
Miss JepSon will create the title
role of this opera in English with
the Metropolitan Opera Company
this season, playing opposite Law
renee Tibbett. "CaponSacChi" will
be one of four operas to be included
in the repertoire of the. regular
Metropolitan season that will be
sung in English. Included in her
encores were an aria from Ira
viata VerdD, "a Modern Lullaby" "
and "The Nightingale and the
Rose" (Rimsky-KorSakow).
Mr.. Martini was at his best in
presenting the several operatic
arias in his native language. His
voice seems to have gained some
in coloration since his appearance
here last season, with slightly
heavier and fuller tone which was
carried we'll up the scale. His en-
core numbers included mon E
Ver," woman Is Fickle" and 20
Sole Mic" in Italian, but he failed
to add the accustomed IT Garry
You in My Pocket" While his
pronunciation of English in the
several songs in that language
might be termed "cute," it was
quite evident that the audience
preferred his italian songs which
were delivered more smoothly.
The duet numbers from "Travi.
alta" and la Boheme" presented
The Washington times., 1936-11-23
Club Plan Urged
For S5OO,OOO Debt

NEW YORK, Nov. % IN.s0.
A proposal that 1000 admirers Of
President Roosevelt band together
to pay off the 100000 deficit
Of the Democratic national COM
mittee, was revealed here by w.
Forbes Morgan, committee treas
urer. In a letter from Henry T.
Adamson, of Chicago, he said, 1t
was proposed the thousand ad-
mirers each agree to raise $400
among friends, with the admirer
adding 500 as his contribution.
The Washington times., 1936-11-23
Indy FLIES DE VALERA

DUBLIN, Nov. % G.N.S).-Col.'
Charles A. Lindbergh took Presi-
dent Eamonn De Valera into the
air on the latter's first flight
Saturday. Unrecognized by the
crowd at Baldonnel airdrome be-
cause he was attired in a flying
suit with goggles, the Irish Free
State President shook hands with
the noted American flyer after the
flight and said:
II enjoyed 1t thoroughly"
Later at a dinner given Lind.
berg and De Valera by the Irish
Free State Air Force the aviator
said:
Il was proud to give the Irish
The Washington times., 1936-11-23

president his first flight. He
was not nervous"
Ten years ago De Valera, asked
whether he would like to fly,
jokingly replied:
my first flight will be with
Lindbergh."
Lindbergh piloted De Valera over
Dublin in the flying colonels new
Miles Mohawk monoplane.
On landing at the airport
nobody, except the Irish army
commanders, knew their indentity.
A heavy fog blanketed the Irish
capital, but De Valera said:
1--WE were able to see the out
skirts of the city"
The Washington times., 1936-11-23

leg back and the other leg for.
ward, then the opposite, in as wide
an exclusion as possible. Keep
toes pointed and the legs
stretched. Perform 10 times.
Rest. Change sides and swing for
10 more counts. Rest and repeat
for 20 counts, alternating sides as
before.
The following waistline-abdomi-
nal exercise should be performed
slowly:
Position: Standing on knees.
arms upstretched above head,
stretching to full extent.
Movement: Bending arms and
The Washington times., 1936-11-23
Boy Misses Target
And Shoots Off Toe

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. %.
Irwin Daniel, 16-year-old son of
Harry Daniel of r. F. D. No. 3,
Alexandria, may be a better shot
today than he was yesterday, but
it cost him one Of his toes to i'm
prove his craftsmanship.
Young Daniel was brought to
the Alexandria Hospital late yes
terday minus a big toe that he
accidentally shot off while target
shooting.
The Washington times., 1936-11-23
Clan Head Dies

GLASGOW, Scotland. Nov. 23
QN.SO-Scotland's oldest clan
chief, Col. Sir Fitzroy Donald Mao
Lean, died yesterday at Quart Cas-
tie on the Isle Of Null. Sir Fitz
row was 101 years old.
The Washington times., 1936-11-23

Send self.addressed, stamp
ed envelope for the leaflets
Abdominal Exercises" and
"Stretch the Fat from Your
Waistline, Ribs and Wish
bone"
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Themes From Third Movement "Smphony No ~ BY Sbeus
"a suggestion for prescribing the daily music themes:
Many teachers appreciation GdUSe their pupils to clip
a filing the
alphabetical orderD
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ing Broadway by remaining. BY
keeping this show on Broadway
you give employment to the cast
and help the people who put
money into this production get
it back"
The Washington times., 1936-11-23
Wise Daily Exercise May
Add Years of Living
By IDA JEAN KAHN

Fifteen minutes of exercise day. sir will add years to your
life and subtract inches from your wane Can you touch
your fingers your toes? Come on-al the way down
Whew You can't quite make it? Well persistence will lessen
the distance and wastine,
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