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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31
7 DIE, Z HURT
IN WEEKEND
ACCIDENTS
Virginia Girl, 7, Is
Victim Of Hit-Run
Truck Driver

Seven persons were killed or
died of injuries and a dozen in
jured in traffic accidents over the
weekend in washington and the
vicinity.
Edwin M. Pelot, IS, foreman at
the fisheries station at Fort Bel
voir, died at Alexandria Hospital
from injuries suffered yesterday
when a truck and his car collided.
The driver of the truck, L. F.
Pinkston of High Point, N. c.,
suffered minor cuts and bruises.
He was released on $1,000 bond
pending an inquest today.
Mary Emma Shelby, 7, of 25i4
N. Harrison ST., Arlington, Va,
died at Georgetown Hospital from
injuries suffered when she was
struck by a hit-run truck near her
home.
Her mother, Mrs. Finnis Shelby,
was knocked down by the truck
and suffered minor injuries.
James Graham, 10, of Mclean,
Va, died at Gallinger Hospital
from a punctured lung suffered
in an automobile accident near
Largo, Md. Fred Weakley, Is, Of
Mclean, was also treated at the
hospital for an injured leg SUI
fered in the same accident.
Gilmore Brown, 40, of Grinnell,
Md, died at the Montgomery
County General Hospital from in
juries received when he was
struck by an automobile while
walking along the highway.
Lew Mcpherson, colored, "a, Of
Rockville, Nd, died at George
town Hospital from injuries suf-
fered in an accident near
Gaithersburg.
Harry Ryon, Ritchie, Md, was
instantly killed while walking on
Ritchie Road near his home when
he was struck by a car driven by
Goodwin c. Nottingham, 1905 Eye
St. S. E. Nottingham reported the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31
PAINTER DEAD
OF WILD SHOT

Shot week ago while on a fish
ing trip at Mckay Beach, Md, AL
fonSo Brown, 30. a painter, 1929
Madison st. N. w., died last night
at Providence Hospital.
His brothers declared they
would seek to obtain a warrant for
the arrest of a Washington man
who they believed fired the shot.
The man is said to have been
shooting at seagulls with rifle,
and a wild bullet struck Brown
who was out in boat.
Arthur Mohler, who was fishing
with Brown and took him to the
hospital, can identify the man
who fired the shot, it was said.
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IDEA FORMED
AFTER T0UR0F
INSPECTION
Committee to Pass
On Qualifications
OF Applicants

Machinery for establishment of
a civil service" commission to
govern future appointments and
promotions in the administrative
and supervisory staff of the Dis
trict Works Progress Administra-
ton was being set up today by
Commissioner George E. Allen, To-
cal WPA administrator.
The idea is one of many which
Commissioner Allen and two of
his aides, Ross Haworth, admins
trative assistant, and Erwin E.
Reynolds, WPA research director,
picked up on a 7,000mile tour of
WPA programs in "a States. The
civil service" idea came from
Illinois, where Commissioner Allen
found it an effective weapon to
stamp out politics in the vast or
ganization.
Plans Committee
AS local administrator, Commits
sioner Allen is empowered to es-
tabliSh the commission without
additional authority. He plans to
establish a committee, composed
of an authority on sociology, a
practical business man and a per
sonnet officer to determine if any
applicant is qualified to take an
examination.
Commissioner Allen said none of
this committee would be Salaried
and the the personnel officer prob
ably would be the only District Of
fetal on it. Majority decisions by
the committee would govern and
the vote on applications for new
positions and promotions would be
secret.
Examination questions, Commits
sioner Allen said, would be OBJ
tanned direct from the Civil Ser
vice Commission, and not be
opened until the day of an eXami-
nation. Numbers rather t h n
names of those examined will ap-
pear on the test papers and
marked.
Results of the examination will
form a list for promotions and new
jobs, Commissioner Allen said, but
under liberal procedure the ad-
miniStrator may make certain al
lowance for experience, personal
ity and other qualifications which
cannot be brought to light in an
examination.
Relief Cases Unchanged
There are 500 persons, including
1T in the administrative staff,
who constitute the present WPA
supervisory setup. None OF the
persons taken from relief rolls and
given jobs will be affected.
Travelling in an automobile and
trailer, Commissioner Allen and
his aides met and talked with Ia
borers on the various PWA projects
in the States they visited.
Every place he visited showed
signs of returned prosperity, he
said, and he found communities
100 per cent in favor of the WPA
programs.
The District WPA program COM
pares favorably with any in the
country, he said.
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Con7ics,Sports
Allen Plans civil Service Test For WPA
District Record
Of Traffic
Convictions
Driving While Drunk

Driving While Drunk
Raymond R. Kellam, 628 I St.
N. W., $3.50 or 1870 days.
First Offense, Speeding
Nicholas Pistolas, 1116 New York
Ave. N. W., SIS.
Willard R. Jones, 1901 Forty
third st. N. w., $40.
Fred Wagner, no address, $40.
Warren w. LangSt ton, 1927
Fourth st. N. W., $40.
Rupert H. Biggadike, Mime
sofa, $40.
Uhler C. Hebrew, 1713 Otis St.
N. E., $40.
Bonnie E. Brizzi, 61O Fifth St.
N. E., $40.
Raymond Moore, 1914 North
Carolina Ave. N. E., $40.
Lee Taylor, 916 G st. S. w. $40.
Edwin M. Leak, 1412 Florida
Ave. N. w., $40.
George T. Brazelton, Alabama,
$40.
Nat Evans, 66 Myrtle Ave. N. E..
SIS,
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accident to county police and was
released pending a hearing.
Injuries received Friday proved
fatal today to James Williams, %,
colored, of 924 E ST. S. W., Will
liams died early today at Emer-
gency Hospital where he was
brought after being struck by an
auto driven by Lewis F.. HoWden,
OF 1113 Penn st. N. E., according
to police. Howden is a guard at
Lorton Reformatory.
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Center Camp Closes
After Helping 200

Having achieved a record for
accommodation by providing a
total of 200 needy children with
vacations ranging from 10 days
to a month, Center Camp at
ChopowamSic, Va, erday
closed its activities for the season.
No serious illness was reported
and the children gained from four
to six pounds each while at the
camp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31
Georgetown Takes Pair

NeOTgeIOWH axes dII
Georgetown baseballers won two
games. defeating OXon Hill, 10 to
0 and 5 to 2 at Oxon Hill, Md. Muir
dock and Plumb were the winning
pitchers.
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And q long jump now back to
Washington, the amiable South
ern village, and a few remarks
CONTINUED on Page 10, Col. 81
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LOVE TRAGEDY
TIP WINS

First information of the suicide
of a Washington man at King
George Court House, Va. in the
presence of his Mortified wife,
after he had killed his love rival
before her eyes, won first prize in
last weeks news tip contest OF
The Washington Times.
The second prize went to the
first person to give information
about the tragedy on Wisconsin
Avenue when a boy shot and killed
his playmate with an "unloaded"
gun.
Other prizes were awarded to
those giving tips on the arrest OF
three sailors at the Navy Radio
Station for counterfeiting; a pc
destrian accident at Tenth and F
Streets Northwest; a fatal auto
mobile accident near Alexandria;
and information on a robbery.
VOTE AMERICAN
Special for Voters
Arrangements have been COM
pleted by the Democratic National
Absentee Voters Bureau for a spe-
cial train to leave Washington Fri
day at AGO p. m, bound for ILL
nois to take voters of that State
home for r7-istration. Tickets for
the trip .r.5% be honored 10 days
after pure 5!Sas The bureau is con-
Quoted t@.!so1.eh the Democratic
Women'S N&tional Council.
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Half Takoma Parks
Taxes Already Paid

TAKOMA PARK, Md, Aug. 7.
Payment Of municipal taxes in
Takoma Park had progressed at
a rapid rate since the opening
of the 1936-37 fiscal year July l,
]. Wilson Dodd, town clerk and
treasurer, declared here today.
Taxpayers desiring to avoid pay.
ment of the penalty invoked for
delinquency of tax payments have
submitted more than $23 900 to
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Straus Leaves France
For Visit in America

PARIS, Aug. T. Ambassador
and Mrs. Jesse I. StrauS sailed for
the United States on the liner lie
de France for visit that has been
made necessary by the state of
the Ambassadors health.
On the same ship is former
Premier Albert Sarraut, who, with
several French experts, is going to
attend the conference of the In
Stitute of Pacific Relations at 70
semitic Park, California.
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HARD RAPS TRICKERY

THE New Deal is crossing the
rich and embarrassing the poor"
William Hard, political common
tator, under the auspices Of the
Republican National Committee,
declared last night in a radio
speech.
It has taxed the rich until it
has used them up as a big source
of revenue, and now must support
itself more out of the pockets of
the poor, Hard said. adding:
"The New Deal has given
the poor an anesthetic Of ideal
ism, while it has pulled the
teeth of their livelihood"
Hard contraSted conditions in
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Government Like ItoIv,
Spanish Generals Aim

PARIS, Aug. 7 G.N.SO.-Gen-
eral Queipo de Llano, leader of the
Seville rebels and one of SPANS
Fascist big Three" today came
out openly for abolition of the
parliamentary system in Spain
and substitution of a corporate
government, like Italy's. He said:
II think no parliamentary re-
gime must ever be allowed to
exist in Spain again. This how
ever does not exclude democracy
In any way. Democracy can be
imposed by one man or an as
Sembly of men-a democracy
that would be particularly bene-
fetal to the prosperity of cOun-
try. This, say I, is SPANS
greatest need: A corporate gov.
eminent, thus rendering impOS-
Sible this hatred, this class strug-
gle, which caused the present
situation"
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KiWanis Camp Boys
Leave for Vacation

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. IA
third group Of boys, numbering
Is, left here today from city hall
for the Kiwanis Clubs summer
vacation camp.
The camp, situated off the
Franconia Rd., in Fairfax county,
has already entertained two
groups of boys for Today periods
and will continue this practice
until the first week in Septem-
Der.
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the United States and Great Brit
ain, saying in America the
amount of new money going into
business increased from $50 mil.
lion dollars to $50 million dollars
annually since 1882, while in
Britain this amount increased up
to $50 million dollars. He added
In the name of fighting the
economic rOyalistS, the New
Deaf has taxed them in such
a way that all over the country
they are drawing their money
back into trust funds and tax
exempt bonds"
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j. ). IN NEED
OF SPIES, SAYS
EX-CAPTAIN

In these times when war-minded
nations are expanding their spy
and counter-Spy systems, the
United States lagS behind other
great powers in protecting its own
military secrets or learning those
of possible enemies, warns Henry
Landau, former captain in the
British Intelligence Service, in Sep
TENDER Cosmopolitan.
He explains in his article, Spies
Cover the World:
"The reason for this increase
In spying Is because the arma-
ment race is on, and every ma
ton has been inventing and per-
fecting new death-dealing weap-
OnS and experimenting with new
poison gases. Only the spy can
fOrewarn his country against
them.
"Since aerial attack and de-
Tense will play the dominant role
in the next war, the secret SER
vices are paying special attention
to aviation. Apart from map
ping targets for aerial lombard
ment, the spy is searching out
all possible information concern
ing new inventions and improve
mentS in airplaneS and anti-air-
craft defense"
SMALL u. S. AGENCY
Citing some of the military dis
coveries of other countries. inter-
esting to spies Captain Landau
mentions the English robot plane;
by this latest invention as many
as 10 robot planes are sent out
with a mother control plane,
which, while keeping out of range
Of anti-aircraft fire, can guide
them accurately to their objec-
tive. There are rumors Of death
rays being perfected in Germany
which projected from the ground
have the power Of putting out of
action the magnetic Of an airplane
in flight. Landau says:
"The United States is the
only large nation that does not
employ a secret service to OBJ
tain the war plans of prOSpec-
tive enemies and learn about
their new weapons. The Mill
tary Intelligence, a small section
of the General Staff, consists
of few officers and stenOgra-
pliers. Its yearly grant is only
$4,000 and its sole function is
to advise. 1t relies for its in
formation on foreign PRESS clip
pings, and on such data as all
foreign military attaches are
able to gather"
COUNTER SPY SYSTEM
The United States also needs a
counter spy system, he shows:
"While the Department of
Justice does investigate reports
on suspected activities sent in
from time to time by private
citizens, there is no check-up on
spies in any way comparable
with that which exists in other
countries. Foreign spies can
operate here with comparative
safety.
Foreign SPY activities in Mex
leo are of special interest. On
the entry of the United States
into the World War, Mexico
became headquarters for Ger
man spies, and it is probably
still being used as a base for
foreign secret services"
The Washington times., 1936-08-07

the town treasurer since July 1.
which is nearly one-half of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-22
THE WEATHER
(By the U. s. Weather Bureaul

tBy the u. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau vicinity Rain tonight and Friday moderate winds
 LOCAL
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LETTERS OUT IN TRADE
 TAX ACTION
Immediate Response Is Re- ..,.. ported by Federal
 Clerks Office
Continued from Page One)

The tax is payable annually under Section 176, Compiled Laws of Alas ka, and is an old Federal act passed in 1906. It requires that any per- son or persons, corporation, or com pany prosecuting at attempting to prosecute any of the following lines of business within the Territory of Alaska shall first apply for and ob- tain license so to do from a district court or a subdivision thereof in said Territory, and pay for said li- cense for the respective lines of business and trade"
 Virtually all lines of business are then listed with the amount of tax eacn shall pay Abstract offices, for example, pay $50 per year, banks, $250, bowling alleys, $15 drug stores $50 and so on. The lowest tax is SlU and it runs up to $500 for some business, depending on volume of business. reN sf ta Ssii3
 All collections are made through the Federal Clerks office, but re- ceipts in incorporated towns go to those cities or towns. i eaa
 Penalty for violation includes fine or imprisonment. The law, reads, relative to penalties:
 Amy person, corporation or com pany doing or attempting to do busi- ness in violation of the provisions of the foregoing sections or with cut having first paid the license therein required, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined, for the first offense, in sum equal to the license required for the busi- ness, trade or occupation; and for the second offense, a fine equal to double the amount of the license re- qulred; and for the third offense. three times the license required and imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than six months; pro- vided, that each day business is done or attempted to be done in vio- lation of the preceding sections shall constitute separate and dis- tinct offense."
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many measures later adopted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration. Among these was plan from which grew the Civilian Conservation Corps, direct relief for the unem- ployed, unemployment insurance and social Security measures. He urged higher income taxes and was a consistent proponent of publicity on income tax returns.
 President Roosevelt appointed him as the only Republican member of the American delegation to the world economic conference at Lon don in May, 1883. There the out spoken Senator created a sensa- tion by saying the United States would not stabilize the dollar at that time nor take any other interna-. tional step which might retard re- covery in America.
 The Michigan bank collapse in February, 1883, opened a period de- scribed by Couzens as the most diff ficult in his career. Detroit bankers charged that he had blocked plan to keep the banks open and had withdrawn large sums just before the crash. s |
 This will be your authority to examine my account in any bank in Michigan" he telegraphed in reply to one critic.
 He was born in Chatham, Ontario,
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August 26, 1872, the son of James Joseph and Emma (ClifD Couzens. He was educated in the public schools and attended high school one year. His father operated a soap factory. On August 31, 1898 he married Miss Margaret A. Man ming, of Detroit. They had four children, two sons and two daugh- ters.
 MT. Couzens was a member of virtually every prominent Detroit club as we'll as numerous golf and riding clubs. He was also a mem Der of the Congressional, Chevy Chase. Columbia Country and Burn ing Tree Clubs in Washington
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-22

cent of the ouccess of the Ford Motor Company was due to the eff forts of MT. Couzens. He was a hardheaded financial manager and his integrity and ability never were questioned" the associate said.
 Couzens' connection with the Ford enterprise was more or less acci-, dental in its inception. He was chosen by an earlier investor in the Ford undertaking to protect that investors funds.
 The partnership between Henry Ford and James Couzens termin- ated in 1915, the result of sharp disagreement as to business poli- cies. MT. Couzens resigned as an officer of the company but retained his stock holdings. The breach lat CT was healed, but not until after Couzens had publicly denounced the Ford presidential boom in 1923 as ridiculous.
 Goes To Senate "a
 Going to the Senate late in 1922 as successor to Truman H. New berry who had resigned. Mir. Couz- ems soon brought criticism from several sources for his habit of plain speaking. The first was re- newed break with his old friend Henry Ford. It grew out of Couz- ems espousal of a modification of the Volstead act. Later he brought about Senatorial investigation of the Internal Revenue Bureau and the enmity of Andrew w. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, and like Couzens, financial giant. Shortly afterward, the governments suit to collect additional taxes from Couzens and other former minurity stockholders of the Ford company was begun. Couzens charged the suit was retaliation on Melons part. The Secretary charged that the Senator had all his. wealth in- vested in tax exempt bonds. MT. Couzens denied this and challenged MT. Mellon to public debate The challenge was not accepted.
 On his 55th birthday Mir. Couzens aroused the ire of some of his Sem ate colleagues by stating that athe trouble with this Senatorial job is that there isn't enough work tc keep one bsuy. We are all over paid. Senators vacations are toc lcng; we waste too much time"
 Aids Ro0seuelt
 Couzens was an early advocate ol
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-22

Roosevelt, carries the following in it's Sunday edition
 An offer to The Literary Di- gest:
 There is a wide discrepancy in the results of the election polls con- ducted in New York state by this paper and The Literary Digest.
 The News knows a man who will bet S10,000 to S5,O0O that the poll of The News, as published in yesterdays paper, proves to be more accurate than the Literary Digest poll of the same date.
 He offers this bet to the Literary Digest, or anybody connected with it, or anybody else. If the whole bet is not wanted. he will split it. ]"
 The Literary Digest poll published today gave Landon 99,228 and Roosevelt 34,120 in New York state.
 The News poll gave Landon 6,775 and Roosevelt 10TH.
 Wlltred J. Funk, president of the Digest Publishing Company, said he would answer the News challenge on Monday. He said the heavy Lan- don trend shown in the Digest's figures probably would be modified when the New York City results are tabulated.
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U. s. SENATOR
 C0UzENS DIES
 IN HOSPITAL
Millionaire Passes Away Suddenly Today Fol-
 lowing Operation

Continued from Page One)
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NEWS OFFERING BIC BET DIGEST
 POLL IS WRONG

Seattle Times The New York Daily News. sup> porting the candidacy of President
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-22

Conserve yourself in yonr ~middle years" 6y esfins sensibly, esereis- ing moderately. and, # yon drink, choosing c form of aybis-
 key tbat agrees lVitb you.
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BACK FROM VACATION
 Edna l.. Scheibal, senior steno- grapher in the Alaska Game Con- mission office, returned on the Princess Louise after a months va cation in Seattle with relatives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-22
TERRIER RETURNS HERE

Norman K. Terrier, of the Alaska Juneau mine staff, recently called south to Tacoma on account of Nle death of his grandmother, is re- turning north aboard the Alaska.
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WEATHER CONDITION AT 6 A, M. TO-DAY

Ketchikan raining temperature 48 Sitka Radiovie Juneau rain Skagway raining 5o Copper River raining Anchorage raining Fairbanks raining cloudy Springs 3G Panama snowing 20 Ruby ing 30 Kaltag 34; Unaakleet foggy
 %a@ WEATHER SYNOPSIS
 The noted yesterday moved eastward during of Alaska the lowest reported distance southwest Kodiak High Mackenzie being 305o inches pressure tribuion produces steep gradient attended 320 inches period terday to this morning with the ctsion been portion
 a. It the night.
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REJECT PEACE

SALINAS, Cal, Oct. 22. = The Fruit and Vegetable Workers Union has voted to reject the peace pro- posal to end the seven weeks strike of 3,200 workers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-22

MRS. BERG ON ALASKA Mrs. A. s. Berg and two children are passengers aboard the. Alaska for their Juneau home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-22

MARRIED IN ANCHORAGE Hazel Seigman became the bride of Stephen w. Ostrander in Anchor age October g.
Evening star., 1936-05-10
AutomOtive Briefs

Ray Cornell, manager Of Steuart
Motors northeast store at Third and
H streets northeast, authorized Ford
dealers, announces the appointment
of George c. Sparks to his sales de-
partment. Sparks is well known to
the automotive trade, having long
been associated in various sales ca
pacities.
w. S. Domer Of the company bearing
his name, located at No. Dupont
Circle, announces the distributorship
for covered wagon trailers.
L. r. Colburn, sales manager of the
Packard Washington Motor Car Co.,
announces that w. N. Daniels, Robert
e. Greer, x. King Richardson and 2.
v. Gallup, long identified with the au-
tomobile business in the District of
Columbia, are now connected with the
Packard sales department.