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The Washington times., 1936-06-09
Driver Forced TO Walk
Barefoot Five Miles
When Auto Is Stolen

After walking five miles in his
bare feet with a threat of death
upon him if he replaced his shoes,
Otis Pitts, colored, 80, of 1920 Fair
mont st. N. W., told police to-
day how two armed white men
stole his car in -Four Corners, Md,
last night.
Stopping at gas station to fill
the radiator, Pitts was approached
by two white men, both heavily
armed. One pushed a gun in his
side and said:
"Take off your shoes and get
gOing-and if you put them on
well shoot you"
Jerking his keys and drivers
permit from his hands, the men
then headed Pitts back toward
the District Line.
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
HOLDS
60F CLAN

DETROIT, June 9 G.N.sO.
After hearing amazing and con-
flicting stories of an alleged flog-
ging at the hands of the Black
Legion, Judge Charles Rubiner
today ordered six reputed cultiSts
held for circuit court trial on kid
mapping and flogging charges.
The six defendants, including
"Brigadier General Wilbur Rob-
inson, are accused of kidnapping
and whipping Robert Penland,
steel worker, as a hayward mem
ber."
Penland on the witness stand
denied he was miStreated by the
cult.
Judge Rubiner set bonds of $780,
900 for the defendants. Besides
Robinson, they are: Charles Gull
ley, Howard Lawrence, Charles
King, former EcorSe trustee;
Thomas F. Cox, and Earl Ang-
Stadt.
MRS. Dayton Deans Story on
Page Isl
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES

AUDITORIUM, CLEVEL AND,
Ohio, June 9 G.N.SO.-The Re
publican national convention dis
posed of the preliminaries today
in a brief 45-lninute session, and
paved the way to get down to the
real business of naming a presl-
Dental candidate and giving him
a platform on which to stand.
In session only threequarters OF
an hour, the convention set up a
temporary organization, with Sen
ator Frederic Steiwer of Oregon as
chairman, and then recessed until
8 o'clock tonight, when the dele
gates will return to the auditorium
to hear the Oregon Senator's
speech keynoting the campaign.
Forewarned there would be no
fireworks-not even the usual
whoop la keynote speech-dele-
gates and alternateS stayed away
in large numbers, preferring to
delay their appearance until to-
night when Senator Frederic
Steiwer of Oregon will do a lot
of pointing with pride and view.
ing with alarm in his kickoff
speech.
LandOn Managers Busy
While the delegates trooped
to the auditorium, the managers
of Governor ALT M. Landon OF
Kansas continued their ceaSeleSS
checking and rechecking of fig
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
PREAMBLE IDEA
DRAFTED

CLEVELAND, June 9. QN.SO'
Friends of former President Her
bert Hoover today drafted and
quietly set about winning support
for a preamble to the Republican
platform.
The tentative draft of the pro-
poSal follows:
:'The detectives of the Amer
lean Government and the Re
publican party are:
81. To administer justice.
''2. To maintain liberty and
and equality Of opportunity.
"3. To promote education.
II. To eliminate poverty, in
tOlarnce and crime.
"5. To provide a sound, eco
nomic basis for the equitable
distribution Of production.
IS. To protect everyone in
the pursuit Of q cultural and
spiritual as well as a material
happiness.
az. To guarantee to every
citizen the rights of man as
outlined in the Constitution.
ITO the attainment of these
detectives, the Republican
party pledges its vigorous and
earnest efforts"
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
6. O. P. FARLEY
IS0PENED
BY EDWIN C. HILL
Copyright, 1885, by International
News SerVicel


CONVENTION HALL, CLEVE-
LAND, June 9 ;GN.SO.-It's in
Cleveland's great public audito-
rum. The visitors are trickling
into the double balcony. A scatter
ing of delegates are already in
their seats. Up in the band loft
they are playing 1--WE Put All My
Eggs in One Basket" Most every
body is tanning himself with a
newspaper or a program, for it's
as hot as the we1l-known hinges.
The scene is setting for the Re
publican national convention Of
1876. The picture is taking shape.
The tumult and the shouting are
about to begin, though the cap
tains and the kings are phenomen-
ally quiet. Within a few days his
tory will be made in this very hall.
Landon, of Kansas, will be named
to lead a reinvigorated, reinspired
Republican army against the
masser and entrenched defenders
Continued on Page 3, Col. II
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
Brown Loses in Fight
ToKeep 6. O. P. Post

CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 9
Q.N.SO.-Walter F. Brown, of
Toledo, veteran figure in Ohio and
national Republican affairs and a
former postmaster general, today
was defeated in his fight for re-
election as national committeeman
for Ohio.
BY the scant majority Of q
votes needed to elect, Frank F.
Taggart, Massillon banker and
coal operator, was named commit
teeman on the third ballot at the
Ohio delegations caucus. Brown
received q votes.
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
HurIeySaYsHis Job
Is Stop Roosevelt

CLEVELAND, June g. Q.N.S).
Patrick J. Hurley, of Oklahoma,
who was Secretary of War under
President Herbert Hoover, today
had a quick answer to quizzical re-
porters who asked whethere he was
here to "stop Landon." He said:
"StOp LandOn? Why would
join a stop LandOn' movement?
I'm already in stop movement
"a stop Roosevelt movement"
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
Massachusetts, 10 Give
80 Votes 10 Landon

CLEVELAND, June 9 G.N.S).
Representative Joseph Martin,
newly elected national committee
man from Massachusetts,, today
predicted between % and 80 votes
from that State for Governor ALT
M. Landon of Kansas on the first
ballot.
Representative Martin, floor
leader for the Landon forces, won
the national committee honor
after a caucus which sent both Of
the former national committee
men, John Richardson, of Boston,
and Mrs. Mabel C. Batchelder, of
Worcester, out of office. Mrs.
Margaret A. Green, of Holyoke,
replaced Mrs. Batchelder.
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
LAND0N-B0RAH PEACE SEEN ON PLANKS
Mr.. BOrGh i1s
$ a. o. T. M al
Cleveland

lDAHO'S SENATOR IN
THICK OF THINGS AT
CONVENTION WHERE
HE SAID HEWOULD RE-
FUSE TO ENTER ANY
DEALS TO BLOCK THE
NOMINATION OF Gov
ERNOR LANDON. IN
TERNATIONAL NEWS
PHOTO.
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
HE. RESIGNS
EFFECTIVE
SEPT. "a
Asks Leave Pending
Convention Action
On Issue

E. Claude Babcock, president Of
the American Federation of Gov
eminent Employees. under fire for
his attack on the New Deal merit
system, announced this noon he
would tender his resignation to be
effective at the Detroit convention
Of the organization September IA.
The announcement, Mr.. Bah
cock said, was taken as a step to
avoid the many harmful state
ments and mud singing which it
was expected the organization
would undergo as a result Of the
recall proceedings instituted
against him yesterday by the
executive council.
He also requested that the ex-
ecutive council grant him leave
until the September convention,
declaring he believes it unethical
for him to continue in charge Of
the national office.
Explains Resignation
His statement today to the 3D.
900 members of the organization
was as follows, in part:
"The national executive cOun-
Gil has demanded my resigna-
ton and has requested the
lodges to institute recall prOce-
dure against me. The recall, if
voted, would take about all the
time between now and the con-
ventiOn. 1t would also result in
many statements harmful to the
interest of Government employees
and to our federation. I have
written my resignation to the
convention and turned it over
to the national secretary.
"ThiS will permit all the
lodges, through their delegates,
to decide after obtaining per
sonal knowledge, how to vote
intelligently and not as result
Continued on Page 4, Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
Baltimore Engineer Dies

DOVER, Ohio, June 9 Q.NS).
Peter A. Callahan, So, an engineer
of Baltimore, Md, died of a heart
attack today at Dover dam during
an inspection tour of the MuSkin-
gum watershed conServancy dis
trict. Employed by the Baltimore
g. Ohio railroad, Callahan was in
charge Of railroad relocationS in
the flood control area.
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
John Black, Composer
OF 'DardaneIIa, Dies

HAMILTON, Ohio, June 9
0.N.SO.-John Black, As, COM
poser of "Dardanella," musical hit
of a decade ago, died today in
Mercy Hospital of a fractured skull
suffered in a fist fight last Friday
night.
Police are seeking two men who
were involved in an argument over
IS cents with Black at the latter'S
cafe.
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
Landon Has a Seat--
In Dentist Chair--As
COP. Session Opens

TOPEKA, Kan, June 9 (1NSO.
AS the gavel fell opening the 1886
Republican National Convention
at Cleveland this morning, Gov.
ALI M. Landon, leading candidate
for the nomination, was in the
chair of his dentist.
However. it was not guberna-
torial toothache, but some much
delayed dental work" that took
the governor to his dentist
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
WANT TO MAKE YOUR
CLOTHES LAST LONGER?

Now you can Iensthen the life Of your
wearing apparel through marvellous new
scientific discovery. Wilma LaViIIe tells
about it in her NEW column on the
wOman'S page.
The Washington times., 1936-06-09
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Partly cloudy tonight. Fair and warme
Wednesday.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1936-08-01

I'VOTE AMERICAI
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
PULPIT FILLED
BY ENGLISH
PASTOR

The Rev. Julian ELVES Of the
Church of Christ Church, Leices-
ter, England, who is serving an ex-
change pastorship at the National
City Christian Church, Thomas
Circle, will give the second SER
mon, in a series of four, tomorrow
morning, having as his subject
THE God Who Forgets." Special
music will be rendered at the
morning service by a string quar-
tet.
The lie Rendezvous C. e. Society
will hold it's regular evening meet
ing at the Social Hall, from $50
to 8 p. m.
The Woman's Council will meet
in the Social Hall, Tuesday morn
ing at II o'clock for its August
meeting. H. M. Reynolds, mission
ary from Pentra Road, India, will
be the speaker. H. E. Burton,
president of the Woman's Council,
will preside.
Rev. j. Raymond Mills, associate
pastor, and Mrs. Mills have re-
turned to the city. They attended
the Worlds Sunday School Con-
vention at Oslo, Norway, and
toured other Scandinavian coun-
tries.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
JUNGLE, GIVE US BREAD '-STR0N
BARES SOVIET FARM WOES

Stron1 Danish poultry Hued
and the United States He the SoUtet
n1ent to help improve its state farms.
EDeryhere he Went in Russia he heard the
ing miserable people "Unc Breadl returned
to Denmark utterly dStlluSioned
"Uncle Gue Us Bredd" un1dorned
life under the Soviet regime.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01

ebrows, and said to Marushka that
he was extremely sorry if we had
got our beds the evening before.
did not wait for the inter
prefers translation as 1 had un-
derStood what he said, but de.
clared angrily that we insisted on
being given proper beds such as
were used in civilized countries.
Proper beds" (He illustrated
with his hands what proper beds
were), "'U mas nyet' either in
this town or in BOriSOglebsk."
He himself had wanted a proper
bed, but had not been able to get
one.
I refused to believe him, and
asked why the local shopkeepers
only kept powder, rouge, photos,
araphs of Lenin and Stain and
Suchlike rubbish when they hao
not even a small thing such as
a saucepan, which, after all, was
a necessity. I must, therefore, go
to one of the nearest towns and
buy the things most needed. also
told him quite casually that I had
found the air of certain chicken
houses positively dangerous to the
birds. I had noted a lot OF SICK.
ness among the stock, which did
not seem to be able to adapt it.
self to Russin conditions except
;oo If course. the Russian peasant
fowls.
In the afternoon I inspected
all the poultry houses, and wheh
I got home that evening I had a
very, very bad impression Of Rus
sian poultry farming. buildings
materials and administration.
Literally everything I had seen
was wrong. All the beginner s
worst mistakes had been made in
the bare two years the farm had
been in existence.
System All Wrong
Thorough alterations we're nee
essary. 1t mattered little where I
turned: wherever I looked things
were not only wrong, but horrify.
ingly wrong.
Unless drastic alterations were
undertaken there was no hope
whatever for this concern. I must
have unlimited authority to pull
down, slaughter. build anew and
buy new stock. I wondered what
Moscow would say to that.
I wrote a critical survey Of the
whole concern, made many sug-
gestions and did my utmost to
make my plans as clear and con.
else as possible. I gave one copy
to the manager of the farm, kept
one myself and sent the original
by registered post to MOSCOW.
nUnTr AFERVNAND
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
Cathedral 10 Hear
Canon WoIven Twice

Canon Raymond L. Wolven,
chaplain to the Bishop of Wash
ington, and the Rev. G. Greeland
Peter, DID, canon in residence
for the month of August, will de-
liver the sermons at the ii a. m.
and the 4 p. m. services, respec-
lively, in the Great Choir of the
Cathedral tomorrow. Holy COM
munion will be celebrated at the
II o'clock service as well as the
1880 a. m. service tomorrow to be
held in the Chapel of st. Mary.
Out Of town visitors and resi-
dents of Washington are welcomed
to all services.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
LABOR ASSA|LS
GOV. LAND0N
international Nsws serrics

1DteFHdtlOnAl news service
A blunt. mass attack today greet
the new labor policy expression
of the Republican candidate for
President. Governor ALT M. Ian
don, of Kansas.
From John L. Lewis, of the
United Mine Workers, and from
labor's Non-Partisan League, an
organization formed to gather in
the labor vote for President Roose-
welt this fall. came soaring state
ments condemning the recent ut
terances of the Republican candi-
date, which he made public in a
letter to Norman Thomas, Socialist
presidential hope.
The attacks came after a full
day of silence which at first met
the Landon letter. Addressing
Thomas, Landon declared that he
firmly believed in the right of labor
to organize, but added that he felt
the unorganiZed should have com
plete freedom from anyone what
Soever."
1t was the latter phrase to which
Lewis took exception and on which
he indicted the Republican candi-
date as wholly lacking in a fair
attitude to union labor in America.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
REV. ANDERSON
SPEAKS HERE
TOMORROW

The guest speaker at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
on Sunday will be the Rev. Martin
e. Anderson, minister Of the Gen.
trail Presbyterian Church of Den
yer, Colo, the third largest church
in the denomination. DR.. Ander-
sons topic will be "Christ's Mis-
sion and Ours"
The general assembly Of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States has been invited to observe
its 150th anniversary in Washing
ton in 1888, and DR.. Anderson
has been appointed by the modera-
tor Of the Sesquicentennial COM
mittee to arrange for this celebra-
ton.
The church Bible school meets
at $50 O'Clock each Sunday morn
ing, with classes and departments
for all ages. The young people Of
the Ch 1stian Endeavor Society
will meet at 6:45 o'clock in the
parish hall.
On Sunday evening at 8 o'clock,
veSper hour will be observed. Or.
Anderson will speak on Things
We Most Certainly Believe"
The midweek prayer service will
be held on Thursday evening at
8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
Editor Will Preach
For Dr.. W. A. Smith

In the absence Of DR.. W. Angie
Smith, the guest preacher at
Mount Vernon Place M. e. Church
will be DR.. ]. M. Rowland, editor
Of the Richmond Christian Advo-
cate, who will speak at both the
morning and evening services. DR..
Rowland is one of the outstanding
ministers of the South, is author
Of many books. The church school
meets at $50 and E. Barrett
Prettyman. formerly corporation
counsel, will address the A. B.
Pugh Bible Class. The Young Peo-
pies Department will hold their
Sunday evening service at z
o'clock, when Mary Stewart Wilk-
inSon, delegate to the Massenatta
Assembly, will give report of the
proceedings. Thursday evening,
DR.. Hung. pastor Of the Washing,
ton Chinese Church, will present
a party Of Chinese evangelists who
are touring America.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
NEN MASHINGTON'S Gaa
tsSS Heroes 1nBlZX0 8.S
Capt. Lord Was Founder Of D. C.. Police
School and Won Citation for
Breaking Up Buffalo Gang

One of the first scientific police
men in the Metropolitan Police
Department was Capt. Charles P.
M. Lord.
For Captain Lord took a three
year course in criminology at Har-
ward University and later obtained
the sanction of the District Com
missioners to start the police
school which has resulted in highly
trained officers.
After serving five years in the
Army and taking the Harvard
course, Captain Lord entered the
department In 1895 and was re-
tired in 1880. AS a young police
man he served four years with the
mounted detail, and after receiv-
ing his sergeant's stripes was sent
to the Second Precinct.
There he was cited for his work
in breaking up the Buffalo Gang"
an organization that had terror
lied the neighborhood Of Seventh
and N SITS. N. w.
When Major Pullman was super
intendent of police, Captain Lord
urged the formation of the police
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
Canned Goods Higher

CHICAGO. Aug. Wholesale
prices for standard pack canned
goods have advanced an average
of 10 per cert since July with
the prevalence of the drought
causing shortage of supplies.
Truck-gardening centers Of the
Middle West have seen early and
midSeason crops wither and now
late crops are being affected.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
PARLEY'CL0SED
AFFAIR'-REED

DETROIT, Aug. / 0N.S),
The conference of constitutional
Democrats here August 7. called
by former U. S. Senator James
Reed, OF Missouri, to rescue" the
Democratic party from "alien
doctrines" was closed today to
all but a select list.
Sterling E. Edmunds. promi,
nent st. Louis attorney. who,
with Reed. is sponsoring the
anti-Roosevelt gathering, an,
nounced:
"Since the publication of the
announcement that a number Of
constitutional Democrats have
been invited to conferences in
Detroit, we have received in.
quiries from many groups in
various parts of the United
States asking them If they could
attend. under the miSc0nceptiOn
that the meeting is to be a con-
ventiOn of Democrats opposed to
the reelection of President ROose-
welt.
"Our meeting Is in no sense a
convention. Senator Reed and
/ have invited limited number
of persons as a voluntary COM
mittee to confer as to what we
can do effectively toward res
cuing the Democratic party from
those now In control who have
repudiated all of its traditional
principles and to prevent the
pursuit of alien doctrines under
our party name"
VOTE AMERICAN"-
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
; CCC YOUTHS
HURT IN CRASH.

INDIAN HEAD. Nd, Aug. /.
Three CCC boys from the camp
near the naval powder factory at
Indian Head, Md, were in Walter
Reed Hospital in Washington this
morning suffering serious injuries
received in an automobile crash
near the camp late last night.
The boys were Thurmat Teat, Of
Cordova. Md. who received frac-
lures of both legs and severe
lacerations about the face and
head; Albert Brook, of Easton,
Md, who also broke both legs,
and Roland Davis, of Chicamuxen,
Md, serious cuts Of the head, face
and hands.
CCC officials said that the boys
had been returning from a trip
to Washington when the accident
occurred at about 8 a. m. Thurmat
Teat, driver Of the car, apparently
lost control and the automobile
skidded off the road and struck
q pole.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
OF Slain
YOUTH FOUND

CLINTONVILLE, Wis, Aug. 1
Q.N.SO.-With the body of his ad-
mitted victim found, a move was
under way here today to extradite
Laverne Marks, 19-year-old minis
ter's son, for the murder of his
schoolday chum.
The body of Robert Bernstein,
"a, who Marks has confessed kill
ing on an impulse, was discovered
yesterday near Iron River, Wis,
more than ESQ miles from where
Marks said he had done the slay-
ing.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
Sunday Short Wave Radio Schedule

CARACA Assoc P. M-Sym.
phony Orchestra. YV2RC, SIT m,
So meg.
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands -
P. M.-Special transmission for
Central and South America. PUG,
31.2 m, $50 meg.
BERLIN-7 p. M M-Reports from
the Olympic Games. DJD, 25.4 M,
11.77 meg.
PARIS-7:15 P. M.-Theatrical
broadcast TPA4, 25.6 m, lila
meg.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01

BUDAPEST-1O A. M.-Gypsy
Band; messages to Hungarians
abroad; List: Hungarian piano
phantasie. HAS3. 1875 M, 1887
meg.
Moscow p. M.-Review of
the week; listeners questions
and answers; news bulletins. RNE,
Is m, IL meg.
LONDON-6 p MA Beetho-
ven Recital by Frank Merrick
(pianoforte). GSP. 1876 m, 1881
meg, GSF. 1873 M, 1914 meg,
Csc. 31.3 m, 9.58 meg.
The Washington times., 1936-08-01
-Four in One Family
Killed in Auto Crash

CHICAGO, Aug. 1. G.N.S).
Four persons were killed and a
fifth was injured perhaps fatally
in an automobile crash early to-
day about four miles west of
Woodstock, III. Those killed we're:
Mrs. John P. Carazza, Kenosha,
Wis; Sara. 19. Patricia, 8, and
Fred, 9. children of Mrs. Carazza.
Another son of Mrs. Carazza,
Sam. II, was not expected to live.
The car. driven by Mrs. Carazza.
hit concrete abutment on the
highway and was demolished.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-02
HOGUE TWINS MEET
SAN DECO CHAMPS
on TONICHT'S CARD

day night in San Diego with three
stiff jabs and a short right hook
that lifted Edwards six inches off
the mat. Trainers worked over Ed
wards five minutes to bring him
around.
Should Cardenas land one of his
favorite punches Shorty Hogues
undefeated record will become a
thing of the past.
Jolting Joe VillegaS, Imperial
Valley lightweight, is slated to trade
blows with Frank Monroe in the
semi windup.
Monroe, a smooth-Working anna
teur with a wicked left and a pull
verizing right, will give Joe one
of his stiffest tests but valley fans
are confident Viltegas will come
out on top.
Swiss Burgi, hard hitting valley
battler, will take on mighty tough
opponent when he matches power
with Bennie Brixman.
Sylvester Lucio is scheduled to
meet Eddie Cowart, Dale Cooper
will battle Ivan Lewis and Johnnie
Neves will tackle Clown Sebastian
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-02
Parade Of Pitchers
Fails 70 Stop Spree

head fouled to Gehrig near first
base. Murphy started warming up
in the Yankee bullpen. Jackson
fouled to Gehrig behind first on the
first pitch. Danning, batting tor
Gabler famed swinging. No w.
one hit. no errors, one left. III
NANkS NINTH: w
Gumbert now pitching FOR IRE Ire
stole second on a called ball thrown
to Lazzeri Lazzeri flied to Leiber
in deep center. Powell going to
third after the catch. Gomez sin
gled to center, scoring Powell. Gro
setti singled u left sending Gomez
to second.
Rolfe sent sharp drive down the
third base line and the ball got by
jackson, Gomez scored on the play
and Crosetti pulled up at second.
Dimaggio lined to left for single,
scoring Crosetti. Rolfe stopped at
second. Gehrig grounded out,
Jackson to Terry, both runners ad-
vancing. Dickey hit a home run
first pitch. scoring behind Rolfe
first pitch, lsooring behind Rolfe
swinging. Six runs, five hits, no er-
rors. none left.
GIANTS NINTH;
Moore lined to Dimaggio, who
made a nice running catch. Bartell
doubled down the left field line.
Terry lined to Dimaggio. Bartell
holding second. Bartell went to
third without a play being made on
him. Leiber flied to Dimaggio in
ming catch at the corner of the CEN
ter field bleachers almost AIS feet
| from the plate. No runs, one hit
| no errors, one left.