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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
u. 5. ATTORNEY
THREATENED

CHICAGO. Jan. 8. 0.N.S).
Postal inspectors today were in
vestigating an extortion letter re-
ceived by United States Attorney
Michael L. Igoe, prominent Demo
cratic political leader, demanding
$4,000 on threat Of death.
The letter, typed on the back
of a check stub, instructed Igoe
to place $4,000 under the Carl
baldi Monument in Lincoln Park
before next Friday morning or
you will be assaSsinated like
Prigano." The signature was:
From the Mifia Headq."
The "Prigano" referred to was
State Representative Albert J..
Prignano, Democratic committee
man from the Bloody Twentieth"
ward, who was asSasSinated in
front of his home ten days ago.
His killers have not been appre-
hended,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
7 WOMEN FALL
INT0C|STERN

LURAY, Va, Jan. S-Two
women today were recovering from
the experience of plunging into a
12-foot cistern on the back porch
Of their home. They are suffer
ing from bruises and exposure.
The women-Mrs. Margaret
Bumgardner, 81, and her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Mamie Vowel, 30-live
in haf-century-old house near
here. Unknown to them, the els
tern was located beneath the
bricks of the porch. =
Early yesterday morning Mrs.
Vowel arose to start fire, and
in the darkness walked out on
the porch, where. during the night,
the bricks had caved in, and she
plunged down.
Hearing her daughters screams,
Mrs. Bumgardner rushed out and
she, too, fell into the cistern, more
bricks showering on top of the
women. A neighbor heard the
women screaming and summoned
Lloyd Bumgardner, a Washington
carpenter, who was in Luray. The
two men pulled the women from
the cistern and summoned a doc
tor, who treated their injuries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
LIQUOR PROFIT
Use STUDIED

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE.
Va, Jan. 8.-Legislation to have
all profits from State liquor stores
"earmarked" for schools was be-
ing studied today by the iegisla-
tive committee of the Arlington
County Civic Federation League.
A resolution to this effect was
offered at the federation meeting
last night and referred to the COM
mittee. Similar resolutions have
been offered by several counties.
and the issue promises to be one
of the most interesting in the pres
ent session of the general assem-
bly, at Richmond.
In a general "get-together" meet
ing last night, the first to be held
by the newly elected federation
officers this year, all members of
the county board and the county
manager spoke briefly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
FARM MARKET
PACTS STILL
STAND
By L. w. MEREDITH
international News Service

With marketing agreements, the
cotton pool, the potato control
law, and sugar quota activities un-
der the Jones-Costigan Act as a
nucleus, AAA officials set about
today to hold their organization
together while working out a sub
Stitute for the Agricultural Adjust
ment Act, outlawed by the Su-
preme Court.
Although the potato control act
and the Jones-C oStigan Act both
are under fire, and many observers
predict their invalidation, they are
laws until and unless the Supreme
Court holds otherwise, officials
pointed out, and their duty is to
enforce them.
Expect Pay Resumption
Neither the marketing agree
mentS nor the cotton pool. AAA
officials contend, were affected by
the high courts decision.
Administrative costs Of the AAA
salaries and expenses-were pro-
vided for by a separate 100000,
600 appropriation, and, though
the Treasury tentatively ordered
a holdup on pay rolls, officials ex-
pressed belief that this ban will
be lifted after further study of
the courts decision.
Secretary Of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace and AAA Administra-
tor Chester c. Davis remained
silent, except for Mr.. Wallace's
brief radio review of the courts
decision yesterday. but other Of
ficialS said several legislative
courses are receiving serious con-
Sideration.
Late Aid Studied
Establishment of State AAA's,
with the Federal Government pro
viding fund quotas similar to Fed
eral aid for State roads, is one of
the possible programs receiving
much attention, a spokesman for
Davis said. Establishment Of such
a program. however, would take
time. requiring State legislation
in many States.
Export debentureS, the equal
iZation fee and the domestic al
lotment plan also are receiving
serious consideration, it was ad.
mitted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
SEN. COPELAND
PUSHES SHIP
SUBSIDY

1t will be impossible to write
a single bill on ship subsidies
which will be acceptable to both
the Department of Commerce and
the Post Office Department. Sen
ator Royal S. Copeland CD Of
New York, chairman Of the Sen.
ate Committee on Commerce, has
informed President Roosevelt. He
now awaits the Presidents reac-
ton to the bill he introduced at
the opening session Of Congress.
In q letter to the White House
from New York, dated December
Is, accompanying a confidential
committee print Of the bill, SEN
ator Copeland took the position
that inaSmuch as the Department
of Commerce is the branch Of the
Government vitality concerned with
shipping, q bill satisfactory to it
and to the Committee on Com
merce of the Senate should have
White House approval.
Senator Copeland admits his
bill leaves the Post Office De
partment out of the picture and
in his letter to the President is
understood to have declared that
the bill was written as q result
Of suggestions in the Presidents
message and that it harmoniZes
with White House utterances.
Senator Copeland. so far, has
had no word from the President
except an acknowledgment Of the
receipt Of his letter from White
House Secretary Marvin Mcintyre.
Late yesterday Senator Copeland
sent q second letter to the Presi-
dent, accompanying q print Of
the bill as introduced. While
Senator Copeland declined to re-
veal the contents Of this letter
it is believed he again informed
the President Of the futility of
attempting to enact ship subsidy
legislation without active support
of the White House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
FARMERS FLAY
B|GBUS|NESS

. CHICAGO, Jan. 8 Q.N.SO.-"A
figurative march on Washington
by American farmers" will be
made today when Edward A.
O'Neal, president of the American
Farm Bureau Federation, and the
Bureaus Is board members leave
for the Capital to threaten a
farmers bloc to demand a con-
stitutional amendment to revive
the annulled AAA.
Bitterly criticizing the small
group of industrialists" who have
opposed the AAA, O'Neal charged
that the decision clearly discrim.
mates against the farmer.
Industry and business, he said,
are protected by the tariff, and
under existing conditions the
farmer is unprotected. He said:
1--WE demand a tariff for all,
or a tariff for none. Our fight
is q battle for equality. Farmers
in an unreguIated market can
mot compete for a living with
the regulated industry and bust
ness. Agriculture must have pro-
lection if the livelihood Of more
than 100000 farm families is to
be protected.
IF necessary, we will demand
that the Constitution be
amended to permit the farmers
to have the protection afforded
by the AAA."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
MRS. Gait II
TOMORROW

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, Jan.
8.-Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
will be II years old on Thursday,
but she thinks nothing Of it. There
will be no celebration as far as
she is concerned. Mrs. Gait said:
II don't think there's any
thing remarkable about my be-
ing n years old. Lots Of people
live to be 100 these days."
The famous leader of American
women will observe her birthday
quietly at her home. Formerly
one of the outstanding leaders in
the woman suffrage movement,
Mrs. Gait in recent years has de-
voted her energy principally to
the cause of permanent world
peace. She said:
"I'H work for world peace as
long as I can stand up. 1 believe
that children born on my sew
enty-seventh birthday. If they
live to be my age, will see the
realization Of permanent world
peace"
Although she had no special
formula for long life. Mrs. Gait ex-
pressed the view that "the best
stimulation for a long life is to
have a cause to serve" She once
remarked that suffrage workers
did not die young.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
MILLIONAIRE
AIDS SINGER

CHICAGO. H., Jan. 8.-Bernice
Higgins thinks she is one of the
luckieSt girls alive.
Her ambition is to sing in grand
opera. But to achieve such a Ca
reer one must study, and to study
especially abroad-costS money.
All obstacles have been hurdled
for Miss Higgins. Harold F. Nc
Cormick, millionaire philanthropist
Of this city. heard of the, 23-year-
old girls ambition and talent, and
has financed a years study in
Paris for the budding diva.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
World Of Music
Theme From "Rukoczy" March, by Berlioz.

Y March, by Berlloz.
manner that brought out the full
values in the score.
The only possible exception
might be in the bile accompani-
ment which is given in the i-'rst
and last movements to the tym.
pani. This underestimate in
strument serves as the sole accom-
paniment to the strings and wood
winds in several phases which
would have been enhanced if the
tyumpnani had been heard more
clearly.
The theme shown above is part
of the theme on which is built
Berlioz's "Rakoczy" march. The
theme Is an old and popular Hun
garian march tune which the
composer used and developed in
the selection. 1t has a. rouSing
march rhythm and a tune that is
not soon forgotten.
The 'Rakoczy" march will be
included in the program this
afternoon to be given by the U. S.
Navy Band Symphony Orchestra
at 4 o'clock at the Navy Yard
Sail Loft. This is the fourth of
of a series of 20 concerts for young
people. Admission is free.
The U. S. Marine Band Sym.
phony Orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Capt. Taylor BranSon, will
give the following program to-
night at the Marine Barracks at
8 o'clock: Symphony No. 3" (the
Rhenish) (Schumann). Concerto
for Violin and Orchestra, No. 2"
CWieniawskD, played by William
Pfeiffer; symphonic poem, THE
Wild Dove" (Dvorak); Scherzo,
The Sorcerer's Apprentice" Du-
kas). and overture, Roman Car
nival" Berlioz).
The concert of the National
Symphony Orchestra under the di-
rection of DR.. Hans Kinder on
Thursday night at Constitution
Hall at $50 O'Clock will present
Elsa AlSen, soprano, and Paul Alt
house, tenor, as soloiStS.
Both singers are noted for their
roles in Wagnerian operas. The
concert will be an all-Wagner oper-
attic program. Miss Alsen will sing
"Brunnhilde'S Immolation," from
the finale of "Gotterdammerung;"
Mr.. Althouse will sing "Lohen-
grin's Farewell" from "Lohen-
grim" and both will present the
third scene of the first act Of die
Walkure."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
ROOSEVELT IS
LEGISLATIVE
DICTATOR
BY EARL GOODWIN

Dy GEAANA OODN w AAN
President Roosevelt becomes
the legislative dictator of the Fed.
eral Government and the District
of Columbia through an order
which directs that all legislative
proposals be submitted to him.
Hereafter, any official Of the
District government or any
branch of the Federal Govern
ment from Cabinet officer down,
appearing before a congressional
committee on any legislative mat
ter initiated outside of Congress,
must let the President know
what's going on and must inform
the congressional committee just
where the President stands on
the matter under consideration.
This new policy supersedes pre-.
Vious directions which covered
only fiscal matters which had to
60 to the President through the
budget bureau.
New Procedure
The order does not state that
the President will give or with
hold approval: but declares that
''The submitting agency will be
advised. whether the legislation
Is or is not in accord with the
policy program of the President"
It is not new that the Presi.
dent has required budget and fin.
ancial matters to be submitted to
him through the Bureau Of Bud
get; but it is new that he requires
legislative proposals to be sub
mitted to him through the Ma
tional Emergency Council, which
is the method outlined in Cir
cular No. 336 Of the Bureau Of
Budget.
This procedure, which super.
sedeS the routine followed
through the Government for sew
eral years, burst on Government
officials without notice . few
days ago.
Officials are quite used to work
ing through the Budget Bureau
because the budget and account
ing act Of 1921 made that impera-
tive. But legislative proposals
were not routed through the
White House for scrutiny. The
new policy, which gives the Presi
dent the center position on legis-
lative proposals, was adopted by
the National Emergency Council
meeting December II, 1885 and
the words Of Circular No. 1886
tell the story in these words:
DIRECTED BY PRESIDENT
cat q meeting Of the National
Emergency Council December
n, 1885, the President directed
that:
There shall be sent to the
Bureau Of Budget, for cOnsidera-
tiOn Of the President before sub
mission to the Congress or any
committee or member thereof.
the original and two copies Of
each recommendation or report,
concerning proposed or pending
legislation (Other than private
relief legislatiOn) requested from
or advanced by any executive
department. including the mu-
nicipal government of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. When such
recommendation or report there.
after Is submitted to the Con-
SreSS. 1t shall include q state
ment as to whether the proposed
legislation is or is not In accord
with the program of the Presi.
dent"
The memorandum from the
Emergency Council directs that
before any official or employe of
the Government or of the District
Of Columbia shall advocate or
oppose legislation before Congress
he shall find out through the
Budget Bureau just where the
President stands on the matter.
and shall so inform the commit.
tee,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
Pin Ball Game Rule
Offered Gen. 0'Ryan

NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-Manufac-
turers, distributors, jobbers and
operators of pin ball games, which
Mayor LaGuardia has banned,
have appealed to Maj. Gen. John
F. Organ, former police commits
sioner. to help them clean house.
Benjamin H. Haskell, counsel
for the dealers. said the industry
had sought him to coordinate"
its various elements and exercise
the powers of "a car" over it in
the metropolitan area.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
INFORMATION
PLAN BEGUN
BY ARMY

The General Staff struck out
yesterday on the first leg Of a five
year motorization plan to put the
Army on pneumatic tired wheels
and preclude possibility after 1s41
Of the trench warfare which
"bled white" the troops in the
World War.
While Withholding specific de-
tails, the War Department said a
good many" of the 369 million
dollars asked Of Congress in its
1936-37 budget would be spent
carrying out the program laid
down by Mai. Gen. Douglas Mac.
Arthur in his last report as Chief
Of Staff.
1t provides for:
/. Aiming one cavalry brigade,
two infantry regiments and seven
tank companies with new T-model
tanks, whose pneumatic tired
wheels on knee action" axles
drive them so miles an hour on
hard roads and 80 miles an hour
cross country.
2. Equipping 13 special scouting
platoonS with high-speed armored
cars for fast reconnaissance serv.
ice with regular cavalry regi.
mentS.
3. Converting tractor t owed
field artillery pieces into self.
propelled units capable of follow
ing the tank units swift advance
and affording greater flexibility
of fire.
4. Purchasing $4,000 speedy one
and a half and two ton trucks to
replace the numbering Liberty
models for infantry transport and
hrinoin0 IN c11nVliae
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
GRETNA GREENS
ARE AIDED

BY the enforcement Of her new
and drastic marriage law, the
State Of Connecticut abolishes her
Gretna Greens, Of which Green
wich has been accounted for many
years the most flourishing. This
latest regulation Is considered as
a boon for Gretna Greens within
easy reach Of the Connecticut line
and ma. create other centers
where those in haste may be easily
and swiftly married.
Under the new Connecticut law
men and women applying for
licenses must submit certificates
from physicians or laboratory ex-
perts setting forth that they are
free from any blood faint. Five
days must elapse between the fill
ing Of the certificate and the is
suing Of the license.
While several States have SINH.
lar provisions. the Connecticut law
is held to be the most explicit.
It is predicted by Theodore E.
Apstein, secretary of the National
Divorce Reform Association, who
has made arr intensive study of
both marriage and divorce legis-
lation. that Connecticut will have
as many difficulties about her new
law as did North Carolina over a
like measure.
That Southern State passed its
much berated eugenic marriage
law in 1921. The statute required
couples intending to marry to
present a certificate to the effect
they had no transmissable faint.
The result was a rushing business
for the Gretna Greens which were
set up in the adjoining States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
COUNTY BEGINS
PENSION PLAN

EVANSVILLE, Md, Jan. 8.
Prince Georges county's pension
program will be begun January Is.
Mrs. j. EnoS Ray chairman Of the
county welfare board, announced
in a statement today.
Final details were drafted at a
joint conference with the county
commissioners in Upper Marlboro
yesterday. According to the plans,
three pension applications have
been completely approved, nine
others are to be acted upon by
the welfare board at a meeting
Monday, and IS are being investi-
gated to determine whether the
applications are qualified for pen
Sions.
The commissioners authorized
the use Of county funds, now
being spent on relief cases, to
carry on the program until State
funds. which are twice as large
as the county'S contribution, be-
come available. The first prison
ers were selected from the coun-
tvs relief list, and when this list
is fully canvassed, other applica-
tons will be investigated in turn,
it was said.
There are $50 pension applica-
lions on file at the welfare board
office here. A study Of these ap-
plications was slowed down when
two-thirds of the field staff was
cut off last December Is, said
Mrs. Ray.
The pension program is part of
the Statewide pension system
authorized by the legislature last
year, with a series of restrictions
as To uhn shall he elioihla
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
Grange to Hear Ady

BURTONSvILLE, Nd, Jan. 8.
Albert A. Ady, assistant agricul-
tural agent, will speak on 1.-THE
Rural Youths Part in Community
Organization" at the annual
banquet and installation of Off
GERS Of Liberty Grove Grange to-
night at 6 p. m. at Grange Hall
here. o. w. Anderson. agricul-
tural agent will act as toastmas
ter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
; More Arrests Made
In DruCkman Case

NEW YORK. Jan. 8 U.N.S).
Three more arrests were made
yesterday as a special grand jury
heard witnesses in the third in.
vestigation of the murder of Sam
Druckman last March in a Brook.
Ign garage.
Those arrested were Harold
Fleischer, q Son-in-law Of Meyer
Luckman. one of the four in
dicted; Leo Luckman. Meyers
nephew, and Harry Drucker, a
clerk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
$500 JeweIrY Theft
Is Laid TO FUGITIVE

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 0.NS0.
Maintaining silence. Hasold Nc
Conaughty, 26, brought here from
Akron, Ohio. today. was tsken to
General Sessions Court to plead
to a robbery indictment. Police
claim McConaughty made away
with $500 in jewelry offered to
him for sale by Samuel Levitt
here last october %.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
Nice's Injured Foot
Causes Rally Delay

EVANSVILLE, Md, Jan. 8.
Because Gov. Harry Nice has an
infected foot, he will not be able
to attend the colored Republican
rally slated for Friday evening at
the Upper Marlboro courthouse,
and consequently the rally is post
poned indefinitely, Charles Gren-
leaf announced today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
Bankruptcy Case
In Appeals Court

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 8
QN.SO.-Involving the question
Of corporate reorganization under
the national bankruptcy act, the
appeal of the Tennessee Publish
ing Co., of Nashville, against the
American National Bank. and
others, was argued here yesterday
before the U. S. Circuit Court of
Appeals. Indications were no
decision would be, given immedi-
ately.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
New York Assured
$58,OOO,OOO Tube

ALBANY, Jan. 8 0.N.S)-The
New York State legislature has
assured a 100000 Federal allo-
cation for construction Of the
Queens midtown tunnel by jam.
ming through a bill creating an
authority empowered to build the
tunnel between Manhattan and
Queens,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08

1S1lI 4lS1NOA~
"A suggestion for using Grtd
prescribing the daily music
themes: Many teachers of music
appreciation advtSe their pupils
to clip and paste each theme on
a 3r5 filing card NTH the compos-
er'S name at the top and file them
in alphabetical order).
The Swiss female counterpart
Of Charlie Chaplin, Trudi Schoop.
and her comic ballet, will give q
single performance Sunday eve
ming at $50 o'clock at the Ma
tional Theater.
Miss Schoop opened her sea
son in this country two days at.
ter Christmas at the Majestic
Theater in New York city. In.
cluded in her program will be tile
amusing story of "Fridolin." an
adolescent of universal appeal,
and the grotesque and different
feature called Want Ads"
LIE Figaro, Paris newspaper de-
scribed the appearance of Trud1e
Schoop as follows: This spec
tacle by Trudi Schoop is most un-
usual and full of humor. In
black sleeveless tights and bare
arms, Trudi Schoop sets up the
personality of Fridolin with &C
curacy that reminds one of Chap
lin and Crock" Tickets are on
sale at the National Theater Box
office.
Lieut.. Charles Benter, director
of the U. S. Navy Band Symphony
Orchestra, g We a reading Of
Tschaikowski's Fourth Sym
phony" last right that would have
surely pleased the composer. had
he heard it.
Lieutenant Benter has the re-
sources in his orchestra Of IS play
ers that are equal to the demands
of a Tschaikowsky symphony.
There was no "shuShing" Of the
brasses, they spoke as the COM
poser wished to. In fact, this was
the most thrilling rendition Of
this particular symphony it has
ever been our privilege to hear.
From the opening defiant state
ment by the horns and bassoons
to the final reStatement of this
theme near the end Of the last
movement, Lieutenant Benter led
his men through the marvellous
orchestral coloring, power, bril-.
lance and flashes Of humor
Astounding in this symphony in a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
Sen. Holt TO Address
Forum at Y. NJ. +. A.

Senator Rush D. Holt of West
Virginia will speak tomorrow night
in the auditorium of the Young
Mems Christian Association, 1876
G st. N. W., at 8:15 p. m. His
address, THE Constitution of the
United States. Is It Obsolete?"
will be the first in a series of six
forum lectures on current sub
jectS by prominent men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-08
May Ask Cummings
. For Potato Act RuIinQ

International News Service
While the potato control act
was not in the AAA, Agricultural
Adjustment officials said today
that it was Clearly" unconstitu-
tional under the findings of the
court.