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Evening star., 1936-06-04
MARRIAGE PLANS
OF PAREDES AWRY
Priest Listed to Perform Cere.
mony No Longer Resident
nf District

Complications developed in the mar
riage plans of Quintin Paredes, jr., 81
year-old son of the resident commits
sioner of the Philippines, when it was
learned that the priest he had listed
to perform the ceremony between him.
self and Miss Eva T. Paxton, young
five-and-ten-cent store employe, nc
longer is stationed in Washington.
In filling out his license at District
Supreme Court Tuesday, young
Paredes named Rev. John Trinidad, s
j.. formerly attached to st. AloysiuS
parish, as the clergyman.
Father Trinidad now is in Pough-
keepsie. N. Y, and, as far as could
be learned, does not intend to return
to Washington.
Only the clergyman named in q
marriage license can perform the
ceremony, according to District law
Another license must be taken out ir
such a case.
Neither Miss Paxton, who lives al
IT'S Pennsylvania avenue, mol
Paredes, who lives with his father al
the Shoreham Hotel, could be reached
today. 1t was said at Miss Paxton,
place of employment that she was or
leave.
Commissioner Paredes would not
comment on his sons plans. II viii
not discuss the matter" was all hi
had to say.
Evening star., 1936-06-04

Continued From First Page)
Carl Boyer is really father of the idea
to gather millions of laboring men in
outdoor Enclosures on the night Presi-
dent Roosevelt broadcaSts his speech
to the Nation.
The Nominators' Club planning ses-
sion at the District Building today
illustrated the ascendancy Of Com
missioner Allen in Democratic party
councils, for not only was the meeting
held in his office, but he was an
nounced as one of two vice chairmen
for the Roosevelt Nominators' Club
for the District.
Forty-nine young women repre-
senting the District of Columbia and
the States will leave Union Station al
8:45 am. tomorrow to go to Philadal-
phia to present to its Mayor a copy oi
the Democratic Convention handbook
Commissioner Allen named as the
District representative Miss Mary
Lou Young, an employe of his Office
Dawes Is Chairman.
Joseph E. Davies, former chairman
of the Federal Trade Commission, i,
Washington club chairman. Besides
Allen, Stewart Mcdonald, Fedora
housing administrator, is vice chair
man.
Others attending the meeting
which lasted two hours and a half
were Mrs. J. Borden Hartman, Dis
trict national committeewoman; War.
rem Lee Pierson, Clifford Woodward
representing Gov Myers of the Farm
Credit Administration; Oliver P. New
man, former District Commissioner
Henry A. Guthrie and Joseph M
/ Upchurch of the Federal Housing Ad
ministration: Oliver J. Grimes, repre-
senting Secretary of War Dern; PER-!
R. Taylor, representing Rural Electri
! fication Administrator Morris Cooke
and Earl Goodwin, chairman of clul
, publicity.
| The fee for membership will be 81
Any one wishing the reelection o
President Roosevelt is cordially in
vited to join. Certificates Of mem
bership will entitle the holder to ad
mission to one Of the several rallie
planned here.
The rallies are to be staged at ont
or more hotels or ball rooms, or pos
sibly in the private homes Of clul
leaders. There will be entertainment
events at the rallies, but the featur'
will be hearing by radio the Presi
dents acceptance speech.
A statement given by Chairman
Davies said, in part:
1T is clearly understood that thi
organization is entirely voluntary ant
/ spontaneous and that all supporters o
/ President Roosevelt, regardless of pre-
vious party Affiliations, are invited Il
join. The indications of enthusiasm
with which the plan has been met il
the District insures a capacity attend
| ance"
Evening star., 1936-06-04
MURDER INCLUDED
| IN e INDICTMENTS
Two Criminal Operations
Also Alleged in Report
of Grand Jury.

Twenty-nine indictments, including
a flrst-degree murder charge and two
cases OF alleged criminal operations,
were reported today by the grand jury.
One Of the women on whom the op-
erations were performed died. Mrs.
Myrtle Arnold, 30, of 212 Tenth street
southeast, was held in the death Of
Catherine z. Headworth, 81, Of Cottage
City, Md, on whom she allegedly op-
Grated January 18. The girl died Feb
ruary II in Sibley Hospital. Mrs.
Anna r. Hoff, SIS, of 1851 Irving street,
was charged with operating on Mamie
F. Payne. %, Of 1886 K street south
east, May 2.
The grand jurors returned an in
dictment Of first degree murder
against James Walter Taylor, 25, COL
ored, 617 Second street southwest, who
allegedly stabbed to death Mary
Young, 81, colored, same address. The
killing occurred in their home.
Others indicted were:
Robert Young joyriding: Royal
Shepherd. Paul Hart, Samuel Dent
and James E. Craig, houSebreaking
and larceny; Virgil Smith. Thomas
H. Whitlow. James w Keefe, Turner
A. Delaney and George T. Logan,
grand larceny; Raymond Vidi. William
Carey. Eddie Johnson, and Clyde
Williams, robbery; James Johnson and
William Brown, assault with intent
to commit robbery; Margaret w.
North, receiving stolen property;
George Daughtry, Walter Stenson,
Arzzol A. Minor, Percy Thompson, Joe
McCloud. Herbert E. Anderson and
William Watson, assault with a dan
gerous weapon; James A. Churchman,
gambling, Walter r. Roberts, Michael
Burella and Mosbv Williams, violation
Of the narcotic laws; Ruth NJ. Iddings
and Eleanor Mears, false pretenses,
and Wilboyd Peace, carnal knowledge.
The following cases were ignored:
Mabel Dyer, grand larceny; Wiley
Couch, Willie Paulin, Paul Chestnut
and Burris C. Holden, robbery; Robert
David Kulp. larceny after trust:
Chester S. Ellis, embezzlement Morris
Dove and George Du Fresno, carnal
knowledge, and Charles J. Ross,
cruelty to children.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Z |2ECONOMISTSHIT
TOWNSEND PLAN
Parker, DR.. Doane Called.
Garnett Prepares for
Grand Jury Action.
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

Continuing their efforts to discredit
thoroughly the economics of the
Townsend old-age pension plan, the
House Investigating Committee today
called on two economists to attack
the feasibility Of the $200-a-month
pensions payable from fund raised
by a 2 per cent transactions tax.
First to take the stand in an un-
expected session of the committee to-
day was Harold G. Parker, vice
president of the Standard Statistics
Co.. who testified that Frank Fol-
lansbee, Townsend economist, had
never been an economist while in the
employ of his concern. At that time,
several years ago. Parker said, Fol-
lansbee was employed as a salesman
for the statistical service.
Following Parker'S brief appearance
on the stand was DR.. Robert r. Doane,
who testified before the committee
several weeks ago. In the few min
utes he appeared before the commit
tee recessed to be present on the floor
of the House, Doane attacked the
accuracy of statistical tables which
Follansbee had prepared as a means
of proving workability of the trans
action tax.
The committee scheduled another
meeting this afternoon.
While the committee thus was keep
ing the probe alive. the office OF United
States Attorney Leslie c. Garnett dis
closed that it is attempting to pre-
pare its grand jury presentation OF
contempt information against DR.
Francis E. Townsend, Rev. Clinton
Wunder and John B. Kiefer for next
week, probably Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Wunder was reaffirming
his faith in the movement and its
leader, but f1inging a blanket charge
against -four or five ambitious men
within the organization who. he de-
clared, "are fighting each other trying
to get control of DR.. Townsend" He
did not name the men.
Wunder said he did not think "the
movement should be controlled by
| three men. The Cleveland convention
probably will clarity that situation by
electing members of the board by pop
ular vote Now they are hand-picked y
Wander, who claims to control 1000
Townsend clubs in u Eastern con-
gressional districts, is one of the
hand picked" directors Of o. A. r. p
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Stage Called Bankhead
Mothers Objection Kept Young Lawyer
From Career daughter Is Actress.

At the University of Alabama he
played fullback on its first foot ball
team and won a medal for oratory.
He was president of his class at
Georgetown.
In 1914 Bankhead campaigned for
Congress against William B. Oliver,
who placed his name before the
Democratic caucus Of the Seventy
fourth Congress for floor leader. He
was defeated. but during the next two
years the Alabama Legislature cut
on a part Of divers district and
created the seventh. In the next
election Bankhead was sent 70 Wash
ington.
Father Was in Senate.
When Will entered the House his
father was in the Senate. 1t was no
unusual occurrence for the Senate
and House gayels to fall with stimuli
taneous bangs, each welded by a
Bankhead. In later years, after the
death Of the Senator father, John H.
Bankhead, jr., succeeded him.
Bankhead served as a member of
the Alabama Legislature, 10000, and
was city attorney Of Huntsville for
four years and circuit solicitor in the
fourteenth judicial district from 1910
to 1914.
After several years in New York,
Bankhead returned to Huntsville and
married Ada Eugenia Siege Of Mem
phis. She died, leaving two baby
daughters, Tallulah and Eugenia.
Later, he married Miss Florence Nc
Guire OF Jasper. He entered a law
partnership with his Senator brother
in Jasper and became increasingly
active in the Democratic party.
Aided New Deal Legislation.
As chairman OF the Rules Commit
tee, Bankhead's gift for drama played
him well. and on numerous occasions
when President Roosevelt'S New Deal
legislation found tough going he was
called upon TO get it moving again.
Many seasoned observers looked on
the Alabaman's victory as floor leader
as the greatest blow at sectionalism
since the war between the States, since
the caucus-numerically dominated by
Democrats of North and East-already
had decided on Byrns for the speaker
ship.
A Speaker and floor leader, both
from the region of the old Confederacy
was unheard Of previously.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
~ REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM
BROCKMAN BANKHEAD

- BROCkMAN BANkHEAD,
N elevated to the speakership OF
y the House today to succeed
Joseph w. Byrns, might never have
entered the political world If he had
followed an urge he had as a young
man.
WILL" as he Is known to his friends,
was graduated from the University
of Alabama in 1893. With a degree
from Georgetown University Law
School, he set out for New York City
to hang out his shingle, but the call
Of the footlights was so strong that
he almost scrapped his legal ambition
for the stage.
According to his actress daughter,
Tallulah, he was her first dramatic
teacher. "He played Romeo and I
played Juliet" she says. Even after
she had launched her stage career
her father helped her with parts.
Unusual Dramatic Talent.
Good-looking and conceded to have
unusual dramatic talent, the young
lawyer was about to take a job Of
fered by theater manager in New
York. but his mother objected.
1t is said Bankhead then vowed
that II any Of his own children ever
wanted to tread the boards, he would
not oppose them. In later years, his
fayorite actress was Tallulah, a name
passed down from the tragic heroine
OF an Indian legend, and now known
from Hollywood to Broadway and
London.
The new Speaker is in his tenth
consecutive term in the House, having
been sworn in, March 4, 1917. When
the late Representative Pou Of North
Carolina died, Bankhead was elected
chairman of the Rules Committee in
the Seventy-third Congress. He was
elected ma jority leader in the Seventy
fourth Congress, but during the first
session was absent because of serious
illness. He assumed the duties OF
floor leader at the beginning Of the
present session.
Born in Moscow. Alabama.
Born April II, 1874, at Moscow,
Lamar County, Ala, he was the Sec
ond son Of John Hollis Bankhead and
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead. His
birthplace was a farm to which his
father returned after service as a
captain in the Confederate army.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
DUTIES INCREASED
ON TON ARTICLES
Boosts on German Wares Range
From 22l1a to 56 Per
Cant

BY the Associated Press.
Imposition of countervailing. or
additional, duties against 10 German
articles of export, ranging from 2215
to 56 per cent and effective July II,
was announced today by Secretary
Morgenthau.
The action was taken under the
tariff act of 1880, which permits this
country to impose additional duties to
offset subsidies granted foreign ex-
porters by their governments.
The articles subject to the addition
al duties, and the increase follow:
Cameras. As per cent; china table
ware, 2212 per cent; cotton and rayon
gloves, 80 per cent; leather gloves, At
per cent; surgical instruments, 56 per
cent; calf and kid leather, 25 per
cent; glass tree ornaments, So per
cent; metal-covered paper, 48 per
cent; thumb tacks, 81 per cent; toys,
dolls and toy figures, As per cent.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Gathers to debate taxes but may
recess because of death of Speaker
Byrns.
Interstate Commerce Committee
considers Guffey coal bill.
House:
Gathers to arrange for participa-
ton in funeral of Speaker Byrns and
then recess.
Rules Committee considers Puerto
Rican independence measure.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will attend funeral services for
Speaker Byrns in the House chamber.
Later may resume work on tax bill.
House:
Special services for late Speaker
Byrns.
Education Subcommittee of District
Committee begins hearings on Con-
merry bill providing sabbatical leave for
public school teachers, 10 am.
Evening star., 1936-06-04

today by Mrs.
Charles NJ. RoS-
enthal. chairman.
Mrs. Jacob B.
GrosSman, wife
of Rabbi Gross
man of New
York, will be
guest speaker.
She is a member
of the National
Board of HadaS-
sab and national
chairman of the
Infant Welfare
Fund.
A two-act play
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Tax Cripples Millionaire.

Arrested in a Montmarte bar of
Paris on charge Of fraud, M. Bolt
tin, f1nancier, was found to be
a former lti-millionaire in France
and owner of string of racehorses.
During the World War he amassed
over s1,600,000. but a demand for
s6OO00O war profits tax crippled his
resources.
Evening star., 1936-06-04

"a Prophecy" written and directed
by Mrs. David Kushner, will be pre-
sented. Mrs. Kushner will take the
leading role. The cast also includes
Mrs. Nathan Wallack, Miss Patricia
Leven. Mrs. Albert Platt and Miss
Helene Wallack.
Officers are slated to be installed
for the coming year.
Mrs. Rosenthal is assisted in ar
rangements by Mrs. Alec Rosenblum
and Mrs. Harry Schwartz.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair tonight
and tomorrow, with moderate temper
atures; gentle northerly winds.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair to-
night and cooler tomorrow; showers in
east and central portions tonight.
West Virginia-Fair tonight and to-
morrow; little change in temperature.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear this morning.
Report for Last ~ Hours
Evening star., 1936-06-04

expenditures Of candidates. Earlier in the year
there were the usual rumors that huge checks
had not only been heard OF, but even seen, made
out to the campaign fund of this or that candi-
date. In some cases unbeliever assured
that photostats were obtainable, but they never
materialized
In 1920 the Borah demand for pre-convention
expense publicity resulted in hearings which
brought out facts about sums received and dis
bursed that ditched two of the leading aspirants,
Gen. Leonard Wood and Gov Lowden of Illinois,
and incidentally helped to get Harding as the
nominee.
Is it possible that the Republican candidates
Evening star., 1936-06-04

up the shooting after his second run.
In asking to be excused, he ex-
planned that there was too much Of
him and too little of the cockpit. He
couldn't get down low enough to use
the standard sights.
Evening star., 1936-06-04

They reminisced then, ever so hap
PLY, and afterward the driver found
out the woman would lequire a taxi
again at 10 o'clock that night.
He was waiting for her a. the door
of the hotel and he took her to another
destination after q night session OF
the convention.
1T won't be anything" he said
happily, when she asked him the
amount of the fare 1T won't be any
thing, and thanks lot
DIAGNOSIS.
Representative ztoncheck'S case
may hare been problem for the
pSpchidtrv staff at Gallinger Hos
pitdl, but it took neiCSboy on
Downtown corner to diagnose it in
stGutly.
"ZioncheckS in jail" he DdS
shouting to the passing tCorld.
"HeS not in jail" newspaper
man paused to correct the youth.
Hes in Gallinger."
"zioncheck's crazy" amended the
youth, raising his uoice a tull octdue
at the prospect OF an euen more
rushing business.
\ X X x
WE'RE ENVIED.
N1ASHINGTONIANS, who pay a
w ST. fee for their license tags
plus small personal tax on their
automobiles, are among the most for
tunate people in the world.
So says Mrs. c. Mccormick Good
hart of London, who came to this
country to purchase thoroughbred
dogs and remained to be captivateo
by Americas beautiful automobiles
their low prices and the low cost Of
operation.
In England, Mrs. Goodhart said
one pays a pound Approximately So
per horsepower for license tags. Thus
one of Americas lowest priced cars
sold there would require a license
costing Sl2O. Furthermore, this same
car, produced in England by an Amer
lean manufacturer, costs almost twice
as much there as here.
All" sighed Mrs. Goodhart, there
are many things in England which
you Americans envy, but would like
to be able to have American motor
cars and I cannot. Why even petro
costs 35 cents per gallon.
But" she concluded, "it saves US
the traffic problems you have here be-
cause only the wealthy can have cars
whereas every one here has an auto
mobile of some kind.
X X X
OVERSIZE
7 IEUT. MERLE D. BURNSIDE
- Army Air Corps first lieutenant
feet 4 inches tall, gave his fellow
pilots here good laugh during re-
cent aerial gunnery practice. He gave
Evening star., 1936-06-04

George F. Getz, treasurer Of the COM
mittee. in his report showed an even
greater amount Of money on hand,
$219,881.
BREACHES UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
HADASSAH TO HOLD
LUNCHEON TUESDAY
Mrs. Jacob B. Grossman Will Be
Guest Speaker-Play Penned
by Mrs. Kushner.

The annual Spring luncheon Of the
Washington Chapter of Hadassah will
be held at l o'clock Tuesday in the
Mayfiower Hotel, it was announced
Evening star., 1936-06-04
RETIREMENT.
A POIGNANT bit of life was etche

I'VE 4N6hGIN l.
A POIGNANT bit of life was etched
for a Wayside operative in the
speech of retired police officer. Four
years ago he was sent before the Board
of Police and Fire Surgeons. He was
retired for physical disability, although
to all appearances he is in the prime
Of life.
Remember this, youngster." he
said You're a young police officer.
You're looking forward to your pen
sion. You can't live on it. You've
shot your wad' when you get it. When
you go to look for job they ask you
what your experience has been. You
say you have been a policeman for
so-and-so many years. Right then
and there, they don't want you. You're
only fit for watchman's job or some
thing. You may not believe 1t, but
it's true"
X X X
DEFINITION.
Whatever other knowledge theg
hare gained in the current session,
members OF the Senate should hare
learned the difference between an
attorney and laDyer At least,
San Francisco ldwyer testityino be-
fore q committee, told them just
iUhGt it UGs.
Are you an attorney?" he was
asked.
mo, I'm lawyer." replied the
tUitneSS Dith conDiction.
whats the dt6erence?" he iDds
asked by committee member Uho
didn't add "as long as you're
healthy"
AN attorney is q person learned
in the ldW. A latDyer is a person
who practices. practice" said the
iDitness.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
REUNION.
.HE convention of the Country
Women of the World was a

HEUN1ON.
TINE convention of the Country
Women of the World was a
big event in the life of WASH
u ington taxi driver, and not in
any mundane financial way, either.
1t was a sentimental interlude and
cost him money, in fact.
The other day, the shadow OF a
woman getting into his cab instantly
blotted out l8 years Of his life and
all that they contained. The woman,
English born, is a Canadian delegate
to the convention.
Weren't you in Egypt during the
ware" the driver asked in a tremul-
ously excited voice, addressing the
woman by her maiden name.
Yes" she said, rather startled by
the query.
And you we're nurse in a hos
pital?"
Yes, but I don't remember you,"
she said.
You wouldn't" said the driver, Il
was wearing pajamas in those days.
I was your patient"
Evening star., 1936-06-04

A widower and his three sons mar
ried q widow and her three daughters
on the same day recently at Nan On,
China.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LoNGwoRTH

A FEATURE that sometimes envens a campaign for nomi
n nation has been missing in the drawing to clos
There has been no senatorial committee investigating III
Evening star., 1936-06-04

this year are actually above suspicion? There is n
account for the lack of curiosity about their expenditu
(copyriEht. 1860
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Convention

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today3
ago, so A"
Lowest, 66. at $50 am. today. Year
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 96. on June 3.
Lowest, 0, on January %.
Humidity for Last Fl Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today9
terday o"o piA' SeS-
Lowest, @9 per cent. at o:2o pm. ysster-
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic SURVEY ~
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Tide Table

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Democrats

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-06-04

President. And equally amusing is
the fact that Ralph Gates. who led
the fight against the Watson organ
ization and who was reported to be
for Col. Knox for President, is also
one Of the delegates at large in
structed to vote for the Kansas Gov
ernor.
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