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The Washington times., 1936-02-05
ITAL Y GE 7 5
READY FOR
NEWW
City-Evacuation Plans
PubIicized; Europe
Fears Conflict.
By LINDSAY PARRoTT

ROME, Feb. 5. U.N.S.).-Italy
moved a step farther today in prep
arations for an European war
when the National Union tor Air
Defense, q subsidiary Of the Min
iStry of War, issued directions for
immediate evacuation Of all cities
by women and children in the
event hostilitieS are declared.
The unions bulletin was issued
Immediately following announces
ment by the Fascist Grand Council
that it had adopted Q "ccmplete
orograIn" Of retaliation against
further sanctions--expecte here
to bring on war.
Time 10 Act Nov
All inhabitants Of cities were
ordered to make immediate plans
for evacuation Of centers that
might be raided from the air.
Said the bulletin:
do not wait until the enemy
raiders are upon you. From
today, all must decide where
to 90 or send their families
in case Of war;"
Government officials refused to
deny or confirm the statement
of the Rome correspondent in the
London Daily Express that If the
League ordered an oil embargo.
all 10 classes of conScriptS from
1901 to 1910 would be modified.
This would amount, according to
the London paper, to conScrip-
tion Of all able-bodied men from
Is to IS years old, totaling more
than one million,
Doubt Expressed
Authorities expressed doubts
that it would be possible to mobil.
ize so many troops rapidly, since
mastering Of soldiers for the
African campaign has already
strained Italy's barrack and depot
facilities, and maintenance Of one
million more men would impose
an excessive burden on Italy's
shaken economic structure.
The only concrete action re.
vealed today by the defense coun-
Gil was the turning over of con.
troll of all trade with foreign coun.
tries directly to the State, with
the declaration:
The council recognizes that
all trade with nations abroad is
q matter Of public interest"
Pointing to recent victories"
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
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10 STRICKEN
ON FROZEN
EASTERN
SHORE
Smith Island Badly
InNeed Of Food;
Plane on Way

Smallpox, following in the wake
of fast-vanishing food supplies,
has broken out on tiny Smith
Island, in Chesapeake Bay.
An aerial expedition dispatched
by The Times revealed this new
development today after visiting
the off-shore settlement for q first
hand inspection Of the blighting
effect Of the ice blockade which
has cut communication between
Smith and neighboring Tangier
Islands and the mainland for
over a fortnight.
Ten persons have been stricken
and the epidemic threatens the
approximately 800 residents Of the
island, the expedition reported on
returning to Crisfield, Nd, for
Red Cross aid.
Lands on the Ice a
A Times plane, piloted by
Eddie Stitt, washington aviator,
and bearing Johnny RouS, Times
photographer-reporter, succeeded
in effecting a landing on the ice
about a mile east of Smiths Is
land at $50 a. m. today. An at
tempt to ground the plane off the
west shore of the island earlier
nearly resulted in disaster when
ominous cracks opened on the ice
surface.
Pilot Stitt, sensing the danger,
Immediately gave the plane the
"gun" and after a few moments
of suspense the craft regained al
titude.
Milk supplies have been ex.
hausted and "very little" Of any
other foods remain, The Times
men reported. The islanders stated
that moderate" supplies Of medi-
cine are on hand, but without .
single doctor to administer to the
sick, the spread of smallpox has
become imminent.
Home Burned Down
One child, two-months-old SON
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Marshall,
was described as being in very
bad shape" from lack Of milk.
One of the smallpox victims,
Mrs. Doris Smith, was said to have
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
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STRETz I R lAL
DELAYHTT

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 QN.S0
Supreme Court Justice Aaron j.
Levy today ordered that the dis.
trict attorneys office bring Vera
Stretz, blonde slayer of her sweet
heart, DR.. Fritz Gebhardt, to trial
for murder within a month or he
will permit her release from
prison under bail.
Miss Stretz has been imprisoned
three months. Her attorney,
Samuel L. Liebowitz, told the
court repeated efforts to have a
trial date set have been unavail.
ing. He sought her release under
a writ Of habeas corpus.
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RACE BILL HIT
BY D. {. HEADS

A letter to be forwarded to
Representative Mary T. Norton,
chairman Of the House District
Committee, opposing the bill
which she has sponsored to legal
ize horse racing in the District,
was being prepared today by in.
Struction of the District Commis.
sioners.
Although taking no formal &C
ton, the Commissioners verbally
agreed to oppose the bill on the
ground that insufficient revenue
would be raised from legalized
horse racing in the Nations Cap.
ital to justify it.
Instructions were given to Ro'
land Brennan, secretary to the
Commissioners, to prepare a letter
to Mrs. Norton expressing the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. II
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JOAN APPEALS
PARIS FINE

PARIS, Feb. 5 U.N.S0. .-Ap-
peal by Joan Warner, American
fan dancer, against her $25 fine
for corruption of minors morals, I"
was heard today and judgment
will be handed down within two
weeks.
The Society for Increase Of the
French Population brought suit
against her last July.
During the trial Joan, a Penn
sylvania girl, did a good deal Of
weeping and heard the prosecutor,
exhibiting the flimsy garment she
wore while dancing, remark:
"It must have been woven
from a mOOnbeam!"
The trial aroused great inter-
est in Paris, and since then Joan'S
success has been tremendous.
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Los Angeles Blocks
Entrance Of JobIess

LOS ANGELES, Feb. S I.N.S0.
AS more than 100 Los Angeles
police officers took their stations
along the States borders to block
ingress Of unemployed tran
sients," Police Chief James e.
Davis today assailed the city
council for criticism Of his plan.
Predicting a decided drop in
crime and charity costs as a re-
suit Of his drastic action. Davis
indicated the council might not
be so ready to criticize If they
knew the facts"
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WAR LOAN
DATA ARE
SHOWN
France Used Advances
From U. S. to Pay
Private Debts
InternatIonal News servLce

A sudden change in American
policy early in 1918 permitted the
Allies in the World War to use
United States Treasury advances
to pay off earlier.incurred private
debts in this country, the Senate
Munitions Committee disclosed
today.
The revelation came as the com.
naittee raced to complete the j. p.
Morgan and international bank
ing phase Of the long inquiry into
the causes Of war. A series OF
documents and letters between
this country and France and inter
national bankers in New York
showed that o1iginally the Gov.
ernment opposed use Of the pub.
lie credits to pay OFF private debts.
McAdOO Yields to Change
Then, on March IL, 1918. viii
liam Gibbs McAdoo, Secretary OF
the Treasury, advised the French
high commissioner that he would
consent to a change. McAdoo,
now q Democratic Senator from
California, wrote the French:
although / have heretofore
been unwilling to assent to the
use by the French government
Of funds advanced to 1t by the
United States for such purposes
tpaymSnt Of interest and princi.
PAL Of private debtS), I now &C.
cede to the principle that future
dollar advances that may be
made TO the French government
by that Of the United States
may be used to pay, when due
the interest upon and principal
Of the obligations made by or
for the French government, pay
able in the United States"
FranticalIy Sought Credits
This letter, the evidence showed,
was sent only after repeated ef-
forts by the French to secure the
change in policy. The record was
filled with documents showing
that the French were frantically
seeking new credits. and in
correspondence with the United
States Government pointed re-
peatedly to the heavy needs Of
France in carrying on the war.
France pleaded that her produc-
tivity had been drastically re-
duced by the fact that most Of
the fighting was on French soil.
Other data presented during
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
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Thomas Shibe, Head
OF As, GraveIy II

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5 U.N.S)
The condition of Thomas s. Shibe,
president Of the Philadelphia
American League baseball club
since 1922, was reported to be
grave today. He is suffering from
heart trouble and complications.
william Harridge, president Of
the American League, came here
yesterday from New York to visit
Shibe, who became president of
the AS upon the death Of his
father, Benjamin Shibe.
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BALT TIN0RE
FIELDMAY
BEUSED
Postal Heads Will Act
Unless the Problem
Is Solved Soon

Faced with the t'humiliating'
prospect of being. the only Capt.
tai in the world without an air
port, thus cutting off all air mai
and transport service here, Dis
trict, Federal and Virginia au
thoritieS today were seeking 9
solution Of the problem which
threatens to close the Washing
ton airport next week.
With the Department Of Com
merce threatening to close the air
port on, February is. this was
the picture: &
1. Eueene vidal, director Of
air commerce Of the Depart
ment of Commerce, said def:
nitely be would halt use q
the local airport on Pe1ftary
is by Interstate transport
planes If the traffic lights and
guards on Military Road, which
bisects the airport, are cut of.
a. Officials Of the airport
said they intend to sever the
guard service on the road on
That date, since the War De
partment, which has control
Of the road, has refused to
grant them permission to
operate this safety service.
County Board to Meet
3. The board Of supervisors
of Arlington county will meet
in special session tomorrow to
urge the closing Of the road
rather than the airport.
4. At the request Of the War
Department the Department Of
Justice is studying the ques'
ton to determine whether the
Federal Government has author
ity now to close the road.
S. Post Office Department Of
ficials said in event the airport
is closed they win not sane.
tion use Of Boiling Field (the
Army airport here) by mail
planes, but will utilize the Bal
timore airport. .....
8. The House Military Affairs
Committee will meet Friday to
consider the question Of closing
Military Road and constructing
o new road outside the borders
Of the airport.
Commenting on the problem
Continued ON Page 2, Col. ~
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President Due to Drop
His Tax Demands

ment through routine Treasury
financing.
His only request of the Con-
gress now sitting, it was said, would
be that substitute levieS be found
for the outlawed processing taxes
so the Administration farm pro-
gram could 60 forward.
The yelled threat the President
would demand new taxes to pay
the bonus has worried Congress
for over Q. week now. It has re-
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Suspect Is GriIIed
In Cuban KIDNAPPING

HAVANA, Feb. 5 UN.S0.
Charging that he bought draft
on the National City Bank Of New
York with is 500 bills allegedly
used in paying part of the $780,
600 ransom for Eutimio Falla
Bonet, sugar magnate, last year,
police today questioned Walter
Groh, 52-year-old German. Groh
said the money represented the
savings of 20 years work in Mex.
leo City as a merchant.
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Mercury Reaches 81
In Upward Climb

mercury reached AZ degrees yes.
terday, then started to drop, and
at 8 o'clock this morning reached
a low of 26, but climbed to 81 at
/ p. m. The new cold wave is ex-
pected to last three days.
More than so persons were
treated for injuries suffered yes.
terday when they slipped on the
icy streets, and scores of automo'
bile accidents were reported.
In the West, DeS Moines re-
Continued on PagOs2. Col. 3D.
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BY GEORGE DURNO
international News Service

Congressional leaders optimisti-
cally were awaiting official con-
firmation of reports today that
President Roosevelt had decided
against trying to force any general
opening of the dangerous tax prob
lem at this session.
Apparently reliable word was
being circulated on Capitol Hill
that Mr.. Roosevelt was agreeable
to meeting immediate bonus pay
The Washington times., 1936-02-05
House Report FdVors
Crop Control Repeal
international News Service

International News Service
The House Agriculture Commit
tee favorably reported today q
measure repeating the Bankhead
cotton, Kerr-Smith tobacco. and
Warren potato acts. A similar.
measure was passed in the Sem
ate yesterday.
President Roosevelt had asked
Congress to repeal these acts,
which depended on the invali.
dated AAA for their enforcement
machinery.
The Washington times., 1936-02-05

Nature visited her wrath on
most Of the nation east Of the
Rocky Mountains today.
An arctic blast sweeping out Of
the frozen wastes of Western Can
ada brought bowling blizzards to
the Northwest.
In Washington streets and side
walks were coated with ice again
as the temperature fell below the
freezing point, heralding this new
cold wave.
After IS consecutive days Of
subfreezing temperatures, the
The Washington times., 1936-02-05
.WPA0rders Weekly
Paw in Massachusetts,
international News Service

international News Service
WPA workers in Massachusetts,
soon will be paid on a weekly
basis, acting WPA Administrator
Aubrey Williams informed Mas
sachusettS delegation today.
He declined to say whether the
weekly pay arrangement would ap-
ply to the rest of the country.
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WASHINGTON FORECAST
Fair, colder tonight; minimum temperature
about IL; tomorrow increasing ClOudiness, not
quite 50 cold.
Evening star., 1936-04-30

court rooms was tabled last night in
the New Jersey Assembly after speak
ers said 1t was "slap" at freedom Of
the press and an "affront" to the
judiciary.
Thomas Glynn Walker, Democratic
minority leader and a lawyer, at
tackled the bill on the ground New
Jersey judges needed no legislation of
this character to tell them what to do.
I'VE do not need to guide them in
the conduct Of their duties" he said.
Evening star., 1936-04-30

Edward r. Burke, Democrat, of Ne
braska has made 1t impossible for me
to withdraw even II Senator Norris
does file."
Burke announced after the April
IA primary-in which he defeated
Carpenter in the race for national
committeeman-that he could not
support the SCOTS Bluff man and
would urge Norris to run as an inde-
pendent next Fall.
Evening star., 1936-04-30

ter, Democratic nominee for United
States Senator, yesterday spiked re-
ports that he might bow himself out
Of the race to clear the way for
United States Senator George w.
Norris with the statement that he
would not withdraw under any cir
cumstances."
Declaring he was campaigning to
make Terry Carpenter United
States Senator from Nebraska" the
Democratic nominee asserted Senator
Evening star., 1936-04-30

minion separated itself from the
British Empire.
He was arguing against any action
OF the British Parliament which would
give Canada the right to amend its
charter from Great Britain.
"The United States once endeavored
to annex this country. Is there any
reason to think that country would
not attempt to do it again If we be-
came an independent sovereign slater"
Evening star., 1936-04-30
A Revolution Minded Turk.

Turkeys president, Mustapha
Kemal Ataturk Ghad, to give him his
full name. in all has launched II
successful revolutions-military and
political, religious and social.
Evening star., 1936-04-30

I'VE may depend on their judgment
not to permit cameramen in court
when the dignity or the interests of
justice are in question"
Evening star., 1936-04-30
NORRIS OPPONENT SAYS
HE'LL REMAIN IN RACE

Campaigning to Make Carpenter
Senator From Nebraska, He
Asserts.
By the Associated Press.
SCOTS BLUFF. Nebr, April 30
Former Representative Terry Carpen-
Evening star., 1936-04-30
BILL TO BAR PICTURES
IN COURT ROOMS TABLED

Jersey Assembly Terms It Slap at
Freedom Of Press and Affront
to Judiciary.
By the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., April 30.-A bill
which would bar PHOTOGRAPHERS from
Evening star., 1936-04-30
CANADIAN FEARS u. S,
Senator Hints America Might Try
to Annex Provinces.

OTTAWA, April 80 R.-Senator
George Lynch-staunton indicated In
a speech in the Canadian Senate yes
terday he believed the United States
might try to seize Canada If the Do
Evening star., 1936-04-30
Guaranteed 1S Months

We will reploee ony Dovis Deluxe tire thot be-
comes unserieeobIe-from ony eouse-within Is
months from dote Of purchose, ehorsins only for
service oetuoly received per month Of service
bosis with adjustment OF ony Western Auto Store
from coost- to coost.
Evening star., 1936-04-30
Use Your Credit

There is no need poyins high prices in
order to enjoy the advantages Of cosy
payments. Ask about our Budget Plan.
TIRES MOUNTED FREE
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F. B. |. WARNS
LODGE HEAD

A warning against further at
tacks against J. Edgar Hoover,
director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, by the Justice
Lodge, No. 81, American Fedora
ton of Government Employees,
was issued yesterday by the De-
partment of Justice.
The warning was issued to Ben
nett Mead, official of the Bureau
of Prisons, who will represent the
Justice Lodge at a hearing be-
fore the organizations national
executive council in Detroit next
week in an attempt to have the
lodge reinStated in the AFGE.
In a formal release, the Depart
ment of Justice declared Mead had
been cautioned not to attack any
division or bureau of the depart
ment in seeking the reinstatement.
At the same time the Civil Serv-
ice Commission formally disavowed
accusations of radicaliSm sup
poSedly aimed against a number
of progressive lodges in the fed
Grafton by an unnamed high Of
fetal" of the commission. This
action was taken at a conference
with the Civil Service Commits
sioner and representative of sew
eral of the progressive lodges.
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'RAFFLES' R0BS
WOMAN CLERK
=YOTE AMERlCAN-

A "Raffles" robber who wore
gloves and carried a nickle-plated
revolver robbed an ice cream store
in the 5000 block Third st. N. w.
last night.
Anne Randall, 634 Webster st.
N. W., was alone in the place when
the robber entered. drew the re-
volver, warned her to be quiet,
took several dollars from the cash
register and escaped in a waiting
automobile.
Thomas ]. Kennedy. 1873 Park
Rd. N. W., reported the theft Of
a platinum ring valued at 5000
from his home.
Jewelry valued at $40 was
stolen from the home of Arthur
Huguely, 3611 New Hampshire
Ave. N. W., he reported to police.
DR.. Benjamin Dean, 1885 I st.
N. W., reported a case of inStru-
ments were stolen from his
parked car. Later the instru.
ments were found thrown away
in Franklin Park, but the bag
was missing.
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COUNTY HOPES
TO SAVE FIRE
APPARATUS

ARLINGTON COURTHOUSE,
Va, Sept. 11.-A decision on
whether Arlington county officials
will elect to return IL pieces Of
fire apparatus to the American
LaFrance Manufacturing Com
pany, or ask that the equipment
be sold in an attempt to regain
the county'S equity in the ma
chinery, is expected to be pre-
Sented to the circuit court here
today, Frank L. Ball, one of the
attorneys for the manufacturers,
said today.
In a decision given earlier in
the week, Judge Walter T. Nc
Carthy, of the circuit court, ruled
the equipment should be returned
to the manufacturers since the
county defaulted in its payments
after paying approximately $780,
900 of a 100000 contract. The de-
fault was made on the ground
that the county was without power
to run a contract for such pur-
chaSeS more than one year.
An alternative privilege granted
the county by Judge Mccarthy,
however, gave county officials the
right to ask that the machinery be
sold. Judge Mccarthy ruled fur
Their that the manufacturers were
not entitled to compensation for
the more than five years that
the county has used the equip
ment. This point, it was indi-
Gated here today, will be appealed
to the higher court.
Since the county cannot con-
tract for such purchases that can
not be paid for before the end of
the present year, it is expected
that an appeal will be taken by
county officials in an attempt to
retain the machinery until it can
make provisions in next years
budget to pay the balance due the
manufacturers.
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CHICAGO, Sept. II Q.N.SO.'
Fearing an extortion plot, police
last night guarded the home of
former Vice President Charles G.
Dawes in suburban Evanston
where his adopted daughter, Vir-
GINA, is to be married tomorrow.
General Dawes was said to have
informed authorities he had seen
suspicious looking man proving
around his home.
Ivan Holland, chauffeur for a
neighbor, said the prowler ap-
peared to be taking careful stock
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Woman Is Dead;
Lost for Months

COLDWATER, Mich, Septem-
Der 12.-Believed to have frozen
to death last February, the body
of a woman was found in a field
near here today. She was identi-
fled as Mrs. Minnie Ryan, SO, a
domestic employed by Robert
Caravan, 70. Caravan told police
he did not report her disappear
ance because of her reputation for
suddenly quitting jobs.
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Or. Anders, who died August 20
at his summer home, "Wakonda,"
Blue Hill Falls, Me-, disposed of
a personal estate valued at $780,
900 land upward" and $500 in
realty. His widow, Marguerite
G. Anders, is given a life inter.
est in the bulk of the estate, in
lieu of her dover interests.
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VOTE AMERICA
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gical College and Hospital, Gradu-
ate School Of Medicine. and $780,
900 and $4,000, respectively, are
bequeathed to the Perkiomen
School for Boys at Pennsburg, and
Ursinus College, Collegeville, by
the will of DR.. James M. AnderS,
widely known physician and edu-
Gator.
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of the layout of the home and
grounds.
Miss Dawes marriage to Rich
ard Thompson Cragg, son Of the
Dawes close friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl j. Cragg, of Evanston,
is one of the major events of
the social season.
Lieut.. Carl Ekman, who was
said to have ordered all squads
to keep a close watch on the
home, later denied the request
had come through him. General
Dawes, reached at his home, said
he had no comment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-11
Fire in Dress Shop
Does $1,000 Damage

Fire, said by firemen to have
been started by an electric iron
which had been left on, did dam
age estimated at more han $4,000
in a dress shop at 1911 G st. N.
W., early today.
The blaze started in the rear of
the place, and firemen battled the
flames for more than an hour
VOTE AMERICAN
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Huey Long to Talk"

NEW YORK.-The Rev. Gerald
L. K. Smith, inheritor of the late
Senator Huey P. Longs Share.
Wealth movement, has re-
served the Hippodrome Theater
for a New York city speech on
the evening of october 6.
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DR., Anders Wills
Medicine $4,000

PHILADELPHIA bequest of
$4,000 is made to the University
of Pennsylvania for the endow-
ment fund of the Medico-Chirur-
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Kiwanians Dine

Recently indicted members of
the Kiwanis Club presented the
entertainment yesterday at the
clubs weekly luncheon at the
MayfloWer Hotel. Bynum E.
Hinton, president, presided.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-10-28
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CAPTAIN BENSON SATISFIED
 GOLD FINDS AT RED HEAD

to be from 50 cents to $l a yard. Submarine sands are always rich CT than the exposed beaches, the captain said, which assures him that the Red Head area will be profitable mining grounds for one of his dredges.
 Weather was excellent during the entire trip which consumed nearly week and Captain Ben- son will investigate other pros poets as soon as the present rain and wind squalls end.
 level sandy floor from 20 to 2l feet under the surface.
 He took samples of dark ruby sand on shore and found it's value