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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
NO NEW TAXES ARE IN SIGHT,
 LEADERS SAY
Present Taxation May Be Reduced Thorough
 Study to Be Made
CONFERENCE HELD
 AT WHITE HOUSE
Important Statement Issued by Secretary of Treas
 ury Morgenthau

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. A conference regarding taxes at the White House today brought forth the announcement this afternoon that no new taxes will be recom- mended at the next session of Congress and by thorough going study, beginning immediately, the fact was disclosed that there may be a reduction in present taxa ton.
 Secretary of Treasury Morgen- thau, United States Senator Jos eph T. Robinson and Director of the Budget Doughton met with Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt before the Chief Executive left on flood area inspection trip.
 The conferences purpose were stated by Secretary Morgenthau as removing any inequalities and un- necessary administration difficult ties inherent in the law and also for abating taxes creating unfair ness to consumers or trade or that have other disadvantages in out weighing the revenue yield"
 It is currently reported the con- ference leaders are believed aim ing against nuisance taxes.
 Business improvement is now at such pace that we are going to reach balanced Budget much ear Her than expected said Senator Robinson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
Some Potatoes

ELLOREE, Aug. 13.-W. B. Will iiams, farmer, has found way to make big potatoes out of little ones. He says he planted g bushels of small-sised potaJoes to grow sprouts for transplanting. The or iginal potatoes, he declares, not on- ly grew excellent sprouts for trans planting but developed into large No. grade potatoes which he mar keted at a good price,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
FOREST FIRE
 IN MINNESOTA

ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug 13.-Tow- ering flames spread through the northern wilderness today despite efforts of thousands of men.
 Adverse winds and low humidity handicapped the fighters.
 Hundreds of men were picked up on the street and also enlisted on the highways to fight the flames especially adjacent to International Falls, Minnesota.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
SITUATION AIDED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Advices have been received here by the Coast Guard headquarters from the Coast Guard cutter Northland, that four and one-half tons of food have been landed at Point Barrow and the immediate famine situation among the Eskimos is relieved.
 We have landed sufficient sup plies of food to care for the im- mediate situation" the radio from the Northland stated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
U. s. CACERS
 WIN, BERLIN
Basketball Five Going Into Finals as Result of
 Defeating Mexico

BERLIN, Aug. 13-The United States basketball team today nov ed into the finals as the result Of defeating Mexico 25 to 10.
 The United States team led l3 to 2 at half time play.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
B0RAH, ROSS
 NOMINATED

BOISE, Idaho. Aug. l3.-United States Senator William E. Borah and Gov c. Ben Ross are the Re- publican and Democratic Senator ial nominees respectively following the State primary held yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13

A prime object of the War of the Spanish Succession was that of Britain and other powers to cripple the authority of France,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
CLOSING PRICES TODAY
DOW. HOMES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow Jones averages: Industrials, 6764; rails, 5510; utilities, 35.16.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13

Quartz lenses were used in spec tacles a few years ago on the as- sumption they would be cooler for the eyes,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
5 REBEL PLANES
 DROP BOMBS ON
 SAN SEBASTIAN
Roar Overhead Sending Missiles Down on
 Northern Seaport
INSURGENT WARSHIP
 READY FOR ACTION
Decks Cleared, Is Report Final Desperate Attempt
 to Capture City

IRUN, Spain, Aug. 13. Five rebel planes today bombed San Se- bastian, the Spanish Government stronghold on the Bay of Biscay, inflicting heavy damage, in the fi- nal desperate offensive for the city's possession.
 While the planes roared over head dropping missiles and pitting their strength, injuring eight per- sons seriously, the rebel cruiser Almorante Cervera, two miles off shore, cleared decks for action
 The planes, according to advices received here, scored five direct hits on San Sebastian.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
REBEL COLLAPSE SEEN

AOALhIoE SEEN
 LONDON, Aug. 13.-According to late afternoon advices from Mad rid, the collapse of the Fascist revolt against Madrid's Socialist Government, Communist supported, is forecast by the Sapnish Govern ment.
 Government forces, which have fought against the rebels for al- most four weeks, have launched a three-way drive to wipe out opposi- ton.
 RepuIsing Rebels
 Rebels in the far north, moving toward San Sebastian to break the Governments hold on the seaboard, are being repulsed, it is said, eight miles from the city More Govern ment troops are moving on the rebels in that sector and no mercy is to be shown.
 Rebels are reported to have taken Tolusa and the insurgent soldiers danced in the streets of that city last night.
 L0yalist Miners Rally
 Loyalist miners are reported in full control of Oviedo, a rebel city in the northwest.
 Madrid's War Ministry announces the capture of four small southern towns which have been held by the rebels. The towns are Deifontes, Calahorra, Lancerra and Aguacil.
 Major Franco Dismissed
 A decree issued at Madrid, dis misses from the Spanish Diplomatic Corps, Major Ramon Franco, trans Atlantic flier, whose brother, Gen. Francisco Franco is the rebel com mander -in-chief.
 Former King Alfonso is said to be ready to fly back to Spain in event of any success by the mon archists.
 RECRUITING BARRED
 PARIS, Aug. 13. - The French Government has barred recruiting T1-o v,oa fl,, ft,a Daxa{cl1 to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
STOCK PRICES
 TAKE DECLINE,
 PROFIT TAKING
Early Leadership Is Taken by Steels, Then Sell
 Orders Given

NEW YORK, Aug. 13. After striding forward under the leader ship of steel issues for most of the day, the Stock Market teetered ano fell in the final hours as profit taking appeared and orders came for selling speeded up trading.
 Todays final tone was irregular
 Transactions today were 1,450,00t shares
 CLOSING PRICES TODAY
 NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Closine quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13A, American Can 12014, American Power and Light 13as, Anaconda 43A, Bethlehem Steel 61A, Calumet and Hecla llA Columbia Gas and Electric p, Com and Southern 3ss, Cur tiss-W Wright 69s, International Har- vester 82, Kennecott 47h, s. s Kresge 28. Simmons 38A, United States Steel 68, United Corporation SIS, Cities Service 4Ss, Bremner bic 13, Pound $5.02A.
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RECRUITING BARRED

PARIS, Aug. 13. = The French Government has barred recruiting in France for the Spanish armies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
WALSTEIN SMITH

T am grieved at the news of MT. Behrend's death," said Walstein Smith, Vice President of the First National Bank and for 20 years Territorial Treasurer. Tt is a great loss to the community as well as personal loss to many of us who had known him through the years. He was fine man, an outstanding citizen. We will all miss him great lvn
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
Record of Court
CONNECTIONS
In Traffic

Second Offense, Speeding
Gay w. Murphy, 90 M st.
N. W., SIS.
First Offense, Speeding
Percy H. Washington, 1914
Fourth st. N. W., $40.
Herman Schmidt. 2917 North
Capitol ST., $40.
James w. Roberts, 1407 Tenth
st. N. W., SO.
Nathan Violin. 1910 Georgia
Ave. N. W., $40.
Willard C. Morrison, 2817 Con-
necticut Ave. N. W., $40.
Dorothy R. Matter, Maryland,
Tasco T. Robinson, Virginia,
IS.
Eugene c.. Akre, Virginia, IS.
Joseph S. Bell, Virginia, IS.
Benjamin H. Henderson. Vir-
GINA, IS.
Morris Basin, So D St. s. E.,
IS.
Louis E. Green, 1916 Delaware
Ave. S. w., IS.
Rufus FaiSon, 1741 T. st. N. W.,
IS.
Virginia D. Feeney, 1910 Ingra-
ham st. N. W., IS.
Vernon A. Fowler, 1886 Georgia
Ave. N. w., IS.
unTE
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
Reuben Minor Heads
Order Of Moses Again

Reuben Minor Of this city was
reelected grand master of the Ma
tional Order of Moses as the col
ored fraternal lodge closed its
fifty-ninth annual convention
here yesterday at Moses Hall.
Other officers elected included
Mrs. Ethel Ford, vice grand mas
ter: Samuel Graham, equity
grand master; William Newman,
financial secretary: Mrs. Grace
troy, recording secretary;
Mrs. Myrtle Onley. grand treas
urer; Joseph Hall. high priest;
Mrs. Estelle Tyler and Miss Eliza
beth Cole, conductress: James
Worthington and Carroll Brooks,
sentinels: Nathan Duvall. Mary
land deputy, and Mrs. blanche
Hawkins. representative to the
He'll Association.
The order. which has chapters
in eight different States along
the Atlantic seaboard, will con-
vene here again next year.
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
.0MANKILLED,
8 ARE HURT
IN TRAFFIC
Head-On Crash Fatal
to Woman, %; Toll
Mounts Here

Traffic accidents in the Wash
ington metropolitan area during
the past "a hours resulted in one
death and injuries to eight per
sons.
The fatality occurred last night
on Defense Highway near Bowie,
Md, when two automobiles
crashed head-on. Blanche Payne,
%, of the 5000 block Con-
necticut Ave. N. w., was killed and
her husband, Lambert F. Payne,
81, was taken to Casualty Hospital
in a critical condition. Occupants
of the other car, oscar Butler, %,
and William Davidson, 18, both of
Belair Farms, Bowie, Md. also
were taken to the hospital by the
BladenSburg Rescue Squad.
Boy, IA. Hurt
While riding a bicycle n e a r
Fifth and M Streets Northeast.
Lester Kibler, IA, of 1913 Eleventh
st. N. E.. was struck by an auto
mobile driven by Lee Thomas,
colored, So, 1859 Oates st. N. E.
Miss Elizabeth Schang, IS, 1901
Newark st. N. W., suffered a
broken nose. face and head cuts
when a taxicab in which she was
riding, driven by Martin L. Best,
%, 121 Twelfth st. S. E., was in
collision with a car operated by
Arthur Lohr. AZ, 1928 E st. N. W.,
at Massachusetts, and New ,Jer-
sey Avenues Northwest
Girl is Injured
Miss Nina Grove, 20, $40 Rhode
Island Ave. N. E., was treated at
Sibley Hospital for a fractured
leg after she was struck by an
automobile at Sixth Street and
Rhode Island Avenue Northeast.
The auto, police said, was driven
by Dennis E. Southern, 80, 1O11
Douglas st. N. E.
While roller skating near his
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
ELECTED
BY WARDENS

Col. William L. Peak, Superin-
tendent of the District Reforma-
tory, Lorton, Va, has been elected
secretary of the United States
Wardens' Association, it was re-
vealed at the annual congress Of
American Prison Associations in
Chicago.
Attending the congress as a
representative from Virginia, hav-
ing been appointed by Governor
Perry as delegate, Colonel Peak
was elected by the unanimous vote
of $50 delegates in attendance.
For IL years, Colonel Peak has
attained an enviable record among
prison officials. He was made
superintendent of the Lorton in
stitution in 1888. prior to which
time he served for a number Of
years as superintendent Of the
District Jail. He has been men
toned prominently as a possible
successor to Capt. M. M. Barnard,
who soon will retire as Superin-
tendent of District Penal InStitu-
tions.
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
KRIEGER PROBE
CALLS TWO
FROM CITY
Robb and Hartman on
Secret Trip for
Investigation

Assistant United States Attorney
Roger Robb and Headquarters De-
tective Earl Hartman were re-
ported to have left the city for an
undiSclosed destination to investi-
gate charges of blackmail which
yesterday sent a 35-year-old former
school teacher to Gallinger Hos
pital and held New York lawyer
who is a candidate for Congress
under bond.
Mrs. Mary Krieger and Samuel
L. Frooks are those held. Mrs.
Krieger, unable to make bond. was
sent to Gallinger in a highly nerv-
GUS state and is under the observa-
ton of pSychiatriSts there. Frooks
arranged his bond and has left
the city.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Krieger stated
that she had no word from her
l5-year-old daughter, Rosemary,
who left her Kennedy-Warren
apartment with an unidentified
woman shortly after her mothers
arrest.
UoTr AuEpIrAN
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
Ken MURRAY
Says:

The war is on! Yes sir, the
1886 campaignerS have dropped
all polite tactics, and the first
big gun was fired when the New
Dealers claimed that Governor
Brann, of Maine, was defeated
by bought votes. They evil
IDENTIFY feel that the decision in
Maine was not the voice of the
people, but merely the sound Of
money talking.
OF course, if the Democrats
really lost because they forgot
to provide the necessary cOins
maybe it was due to Jim Far
Iey's close association with those
abSent-minded college professors.
Undoubtedly the most out
standing thing is that this
marks the first time the New
Dealers have ever been accused
of not spending enough money.
Poor F. D.! All these months
he's been preaching Buy back
prosperity" and it looks like at
last he sold the idea to the Re.
publicans.
Copyright, 1896. by McNaught
Syndicate, Inc
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
OMEN ARREST
MAN AS FAKE
NAVYAIDE
Bad Check CHARGES
Also Placed Against
Morton J. Kramer

Wanted throughout the country
on charges Of impersonating q
Navy officer and passing worth
less checks, Morton Joseph Kra-
mer, 81, was under arrest here
today.
Kramer was arrested last night
in a downtown hotel by Depart
ment Of Justice agents and secretly
arraigned before United States
Commissioner Needham c. Tur-
mayer
In addition, it was announced
by the Omen, he will be jnvesti-
gated to determine if he has vio-
lated the Mann act.
Having served one sentence for
impersonation, Kramer was on
probation from Mississippi for an
other imperSonation charge, Of
ficialS asserted.
He is specifically held on a
warrant fro mLoS Angeles, where
he is alleged to have posed as a
Navy officer, caShed checks and
fled to New Mexico and then
to New York.
The agents are also probing
his marital status. It is alleged
that he married a girl in Texas
last July, took her to California
and abandoned her after robbing
her of $500.
In December, 1885, he is
alleged to have married a girl in
Illinois and deserted her after
cashing worthless checks.
He is also wanted in Floida
for passing worthless checks last
Many and enbeling an automobile.
The Washington times., 1936-09-19

ASK 1O-YEAR
CLOSURE
Y e IS Business Set
For Monday Session
At MayfIower

While gray veterans Of 81
were gathering in Washington to-
day to attend the SEVENTEEN ma
tional encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic, it was
learned that resolutions recon-
mending the closing of immigra-
ton for ten years will be pressed
during meetings of an auxiliary
organization, the National Wo.
mems Relief Corps.
Holding sessions coincidentally
with the G.. A. r. from tomorrow
through Thursday, the relief corps
will consider resolutions aimed not
only at curbing the inflow of immi-
grants, but will also discuss the
ACCESSIBILITY of deporting foreign
born who are members of any
organization pledged to overthrow
the Government by force.
Session Monday
Members of the corps, who will
begin business sessions on Monday
at the Hotel Mayflower, will also
dedicate four trees in Triangle
Park and present a flag to Walter
Reed Hospital during the course
of their convention.
Meanwhile, the veterans who
fought to preserve the unity of the
United States II years ago were
arriving here for their own con-
vention.
The toll of time is evident in the
statement of officials that II years
ago, 10000 triumphant men in
blue marched proudly up Penn
Sylvania Avenue to salute Presi-
dent Andrew Jackson, while only
about 900 veterans of the Civil
War will be able to attend this
years rally.
Half Holiday Wednesday
Realizing that the gathering Is
Symoblical of a salient period of
American history soon to be repre-
sented only in books, graves and
memorials, President Roosevelt has
decreed a half holiday be given
Government employees next We'd
nesday in order that they may see
the parade, to start at 10 a. m.
School children will also be free,
for the entire day, only two days.
after the opening of their classes.
Aging veterans, some feeble but
many erectly facing life with the
spirit that led them forward at
Gettysburg, Shiloh and the Viii.
derneSs, were arriving in Washing
ton today from many parts of the
nation.
Their first official action of the
SEVENTEEN encampment will be
to attend memorial services at
various places tomorrow. Special
commemorative rites will be cele-
brated at Luther Place Memorial
Church, dry Methodist
Church and Calvary Baptist
Church at II a. m. In the open-air
amphitheater of the Washington
Cathedral at 3:45 p. M, the Rt.
Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop
of Washington, will deliver a ser.
mon at another memorial exercise.
Own Service at Night
The Grand Army of the Repub-
lies own memorial service will be
at 8 p. M, in the Government
Auditorium. Acting Secretary Of
War Woodring will give the princi-
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The Washington times., 1936-09-19
HEN WASHINGTON'S 90
a. Heroes mBZUQ @
Anthony Mayhem Cited for Heroism Several
Times in Brief Career With
Fire Department
Fire Department

Injury cut short the career Of
Anthony L. Mayhem after only six
years of a promising career in the
District Fire Department.
Appointed in 1923, he was COM
mended for heroiSm several times
before 1929, when he was struck on
the head by powerful stream Of
water, losing his hearing.
A noted athlete, he was captain
and Shortstop of the firemen'S base
ball team which meets the police
team in the annual benefit game.
He is also a noted bowler, and in
1881 was captain and high scorer
of the Holy Name League.
Mrs. Mayhem is also keenly in
tereSted in the Fire Department,
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
FLYING TACKLE
ENDS CHASE

A sturdy but modest iceman who
knows his football today employed
the outlawed flying tackle to
block escape of an alleged colored
pocketbook thief in the LenoX
Building in the 1900 block of L St.
N. w.
The colored man is now held
in the Third precinct for investi-
CATION in connection with the
attempted theft of the pocketbook,
which contained $28 and some
change, firm Mrs. Ella Stowell, a
Bureau of Public Roads employe
who lives at 5026 Illinois Ave.
N. w.
The heroic iceman left the
scene without disclosing his iden-
tity.
Mrs. Stowell turned momen-
tarily from her desk in her office
on the fifth floor of the Lenox
Building. AS she turned toward
her desk again, she saw a colored
man pick up her pocketbook and
run. Her screams attracted the
attention of j. M. Lowe, Waterman
in the building, who ran after the
thief.
Down five flights of stairs the
chase led, with Lowe hollering
"stop thief" At the ground floor,
the iceman saw the situation,
dropped a sizeable piece of ice and
made a perfect tackle, flooring the
colored man.
At the Third Precinct, the man
gave his name as Jesse Williams,
IS, and his address as 935 S
ST. N w.
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
Report on townsend
Probe Is Submitted
International News Service

International News Service
The long-awaited report Of the
Bell committee which investigated
the Townsend old-age pension
organization, was received by
Clerk South Trimble of the House
today, but he declined to make it
public.
The Washington times., 1936-09-19

T h e big en-
tr nee room
used for dane
ing, receptions
and general sit
ting about and
reading, is shin
ing with fresh
cream pain t
q n d polished
floors.
The Roosevelt
II. NJ trophies
have been hung
again in their
a c c u S t ON ed
places on t h e
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
Thompson Convention

Inspector Bernard w. Thomp-
son, chief of the Detective Bureau.
leaves today for the convention
of the International Police Chiefs
Association in Kansas City. En-
route, he will stop off in princi-
pal cities to study the operations
of detective bureaus.
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
POLICE HUNT
MISSING GIRL

Police today are searching for
16-lear-old Virginia Wright, who
disappeared from her home at 638
Seventh st. N. w. yesterday.
The girl has often spoken Of
going to New York, according to
her mother, Mrs. Hattie Wright,
who fears that she may have gone
there.
Police were asked by Mrs.
Wright to look for the girl.
The Washington times., 1936-09-19

home, Earl Johnson, colored, IL,
1225-a Carrollburg st. S. W., fell
and fractured his right wrist.
Milton Chapman, 9, 404 M ST..
N. E., suffered minor facial in
juries when struck in front Of
his home by an auto, driven po-
lice said by Albert C. DeprieSt, OF
Glenn Dale, Md.
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
.00DWEATHER
HERE T0STAY

Washington awoke under sunny
skies today (and Weather Bureau
employees and Coast Guard head
quarters workers awoke with COM
paratively sunny dispositionS) to
find the city unscathed by threat
ened strong winds and not even
dampened by an expected rain.
The Capital totally escaped any
part of the devastating gales that
swept the Atlantic Seaboard.
Today there was still work to
do at Coast Guard headquarters,
where yesterday a corps of radio
men, telephone operators and Of
ficerS directed rescue operations
by 5000 fellow guardsmen along
1000 miles of wind-swept coast
line. But the storm was moving
seward, the guardsmen were con-
fident, leaving only routine
cleanup" work to do.
Weather Buerau workers who
had been on duty on 24-hour shifts
for several days, relaxed their vigil,
also confident that the storm will
blow itself out in the Atlantic.
-VnTE AMEpIcAA
The Washington times., 1936-09-19
NOW
T. RS Trophies
Reign Again
MAKES OWN
BY HELEN ESSARY

The Chevy Chase Club Is Itself
again.
Its summer renovating is over.
The Washington times., 1936-09-19

BY the way, Mrs. Edmund
Brewer Montgomery, who. while
living in Mexico, runs Colling-
wood Manor on the Mt. Vernon
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-28
HUNT SLAYER
OF OWN BABY

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Oct. %.
GN.SO -Badlands southeast of
here were being searched today
for Leroy Findlay, 26, member
of prominent family, who IA
tally shot two persons, one Of
them his own baby, and critically
wounded his estrangled wife as
the climax, apparently, of long
brooding over family troubles.
The dead were Mrs. Louis c..
Grothaus, so, wife Of the mana
ger of an ice company, Findlay's
mother-in-law, and 14-months-old
Susan Ann Findlay. Mrs. Anna
Findlay, Is, shot through the
chest, has a chance to recover,
physicians said.
Before dying Mrs. Grothaus
said Findlay walked into the
Grothaus home and shot the
baby as she lay in her crib. He
shot Mrs. GrothauS when she
tried to protect the baby and
then shot his wife before jump
ing through closed window and
fleeing.