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Evening star., 1936-03-14
LEADERS RECALL FIERY CONTROVERSIES
Effort Stem Financial Panic Growing Out
l932-Byrns Recalls Dramatic Debate War
Entrance-Snel Main Figure in Rules Change Fight

in 1909, dirty-whiskered Uncle Joe
Cannon was Speaker and undisputed
car of the House. He put the Ten
nessean on the Indian Affairs Com
mittee. Probably because there
wasn't a single Indian in my whole
State" the Speaker of the Seventy
fourth Congress comments.
The chief thorn in Speaker Byrns'
flesh on the House floor is Bertrand
Hollis Smell, leader of the Repub-
licans. Smells job is thankless. His
cohorts are few No matter what
his plan Of action. he is almost bound
to lose on every issue because OF
sheer force of opposing numbers.
Any measure of success he has must
be termed remarkable But he fights
every minute. His stocky figure can
be seen all day long on the floor,
marching up and down behind the
table where minority strategy is plan
ned. His rasping voice is injected
into the debate with great fire.
quency. Offstage he says little, but he
knows his Congress.
Bert Smell, IL years ago, insured
another decade of Republican party
supremacy when he roared into sub
mission a revolt of Democrats and
Republican insurgents bent on wrest-
ing control of the House of Repre-
sentatives from the strict followers
of President Calvin Coolidge.
Today Smell, cheese king and power
magnate of upstate New York, looks
back on this gallant four-day de-
fense of the right of the majority
to run Congress as the greatest fight
in his 81 years in the House.
The pell-mell scrap ragged over lib
eralizing the rules of House proceed
ure. On this subject, dull as mud
to the populace, the Congressman
fought like tigers from January IA
to January 10. 1924, at the opening
of the Sixty-eighth Congress.
The struggle had broad signifi-
canoe. Had the liberals won all
their points, the Coolidge legislative
| program would have been doomed,
dissatisfaction with the Republican
administration would have been wide
! spread and the Democrats might have
won the 1924 presidential campaign.
THROUGH their liberalization pro-
gram, the Democrats and Pro-
gressive Republicans aimed to ham,
string the slim regular Republican
majority. Smell. then chairman of
the Rules Committee, sturdily beat
of the attack Debate was unlim-
tied and no holds were barred. Smell
was not wholly successful in stem
ming the tidal wave of liberal
strength, but he did prevent the mi
nority from running away with the
show. Sturdy Bertrand's persistent
opposition saved the G. o. p.
The margin of hard-earned victory
(Continued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1936-03-14

Then the pins are adjusted to sep
arate the various methods used in rob-
berries and they are run through again
This time they fall into separate
pockets, and the police are able to de-
termine at a glance just how many
robberies were committed through
certain methods.
As most gangs of individuals op-
crate with certain sameneSS oi
method in the business Of crime, the
police have a valuable clue as to who
to look for, providing they know these
habits.
Turn away from crime for moment
and see what can be learned about
statistics on accidents.
A simple collision or fatal crash
is recorded with the following in
formation, all in code:
The precinct, day and date, time,
the street location, type of striking We
hicle, the age, race, sex and driving
experience of the operator. the same
information about the operator OF the
vehicle struck, or a pedestrian if one
was involved, the property damage,
the cause of the accident and the con-
dition of the weather, the street and
the atmosphere.
With all of this data on them, the
accident cards of a year or two run
through the machine, which has been
set to separate those containing vari-
Gus kinds of accidents or information,
produces valuable facts.
Suppose the department wants to
find out how many accidents occur on
given Street-PennSylvania avenue,
for instance.
The gauge is set for the code num-
ber of the Avenue and the accident
cards for the past 6, IL or more
months are run through. They are
quickly separated and ready to study.
While the crime and accident sta
tistics are important, the department
also complies other information about
its work which is also valuable.
Every arrest is recorded on the
cards.
THIS includes not only felonies, but
misdemeanors of every kind-and
there are many ways in which a per-
son can violate the law here.
Let an investigator for the dry
forces, for instance, desire to know
whether drunkenness is on the in
crease, and the machine tells him In
short order.
Or if you want to separate them &C.
cording to age, race or sex, the ma
chine does it with ease.
In fact, it does almost anything that
one could ask of a machine.
Evening star., 1936-03-14
By DOr0thea J. LewiS.

T TS worse than looking for a needle
in a haystack, but DR.. Roscoe B.
Hill thinks it will be fun.
u Hill is chief Of the classification
division of the National Archives, and
his is the never lending, dirtiest and
hardest job of finding out just what
archives the United States has, and
of arranging them so others can find
them to use them.
The worse-than- looking for -a-needle
reference is made to the fact that
in going through the millions OF
cubic feet of material to discover
the two and a half or three million
feet which will eventually be stored in
the sunless stacks of the new Archives
Building he hopes to find a favorite
lost document
1t is the original letter which George
Washington wrote TO the Continental
Congress, in transmitting the Con-
stitution and the resolution to adopt
it. Hill thinks the letter was written
on a sixth parchment sheet, similar
to the five used for the Constitution
and the resolution. Other authorities
Evening star., 1936-03-14
Your Guide to Wash
ington Churches, Art
Activities, Books and
Events in the World
of Music.

Widespread con1menda-
ton has reached The Star
for the publication of this
section as an additional
feature OF the Saturday
paper.
II you haze not the time
to read it today, lay it aside
and peruse it at your lei
sure tomorrow.
1t GlDGyS tOiU be a guide
for those things lohtch may
interest you in the churches
and i'm the t0orld OF art,
music and letters.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
SCHOOL DANCE
AIDS FUND

Determined to do their part Ia
the fight against infantile paraly.
sis, several hundred Western High
School students gathered to dance
last night to swell the Presidents
Birthday Ball funds.
The dance, held in the school,
raised a sizeable contribution to
the fund, of which 80 per cent
goes to the Warm Springs Foun-
dation, Warm Springs, Ca, and
10 per cent to Children's Hospital
here.
The celebration at Western,
called a Junior birthday ball."
was arranged by officials of the
community center department in
cooperation with Commissioner
George e. Allen, chairman Of the
"big" birthday ball held Thurs.
day night.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Actress TO Wed
In Film Capital

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. / U.S0.
One tennis star, one social regis.
terite. two young actresses
That adds up to two weddings,
viz:
Lester Stoefen and Ruth Moody,
and James c. Hermann and Polly
Ann Young.
Both couples, it was announced
today, will wed Wednesday.
Stoefen, brilliant racqueteer,
and Miss Moody, Warner Brothers
starlet, are to be married at Holly.
wood Chapel.
Hermann, descendant of PaSa.
dena pioneers, and Miss Young
sister Of the famed Loretta Young
and Sally Blame, have chosen st.
Paul's Church in Belair for their
wedding.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
MRS. MCMILL|N
WILL SPEAK

Mrs. Lucille Foster McMillin,
United States Civil Service Com
missioner and widow of the late
Gov. Benton McMillin Of Tennes-
see, will address the Alexandria
Association Monday night.
Civic and service organizations
are invited to attend the meeting,
which is open to the general pub
lie. Because Of Mrs. McMillin's
Federal position and her expe-
rience in political matters, it is eX-
pected that members Of many of
the women's organizations will be
present.
Mrs. McMillin was the first Ma
tional Democratic committee
woman from Tennessee and dur
ing the last campaign had charge
of organizing the Democratic
women in the Southern States.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
|. Gel PROBING
RAIL ACCIDENT
FATAL T03

SUNBURY, Pa, Feb. /. u.N.SO.
With nine Of the 80 passengers
injured in the wreck Of THE
Williamsporter" still in the hos
pital here, two in seni-critical
condition, an investigation Of the
accident was broadened on three.
points today. D..
The two most seriously injured
were Mrs. Clara Brownell, SO. OF
Williamsport, and Fred Funston,
20, Of Muncy. The remaining
seven victims Of the tragic crash.
that took three lives were being
held for observation and treat
ment. Physicians said some Of the
victims would remain in the hos
pital for several weeks.
While officials of the Reading
Company continued their inquiry
into the wreck on the basis Of q
preliminary report indicating it
was caused by a broken rail, rep
reSentatives Of the Interstate Com"
merce Commission and the Penn
sylvania Public Service Commis-
sion Joined the investigation.
Meanwhile DR.. Charles w.
Straub, Snyder county coroner,
announced no inquest would be
held into the deaths Of DR.. Guy
Rothfuss, Williamsport; William
Ramp, Tamaqua, and Washington
DanSaw, engineer and fireman,
respectively, fatally crushed in the
SmaShup.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
{. OF {. URGES
RELIEF CUT

elimination of Federal housing
subsidies and slashing Of direct
and work relief appropriations
were urged by special committees
of the U. s. Chamber Of Commerce
in reports to the board today.
Fred H. Clausen, chairman, com.
mittee on Federal expenditures
said:
"It appears well demonstrated
that the Federal Government
cannot efficiently administer re-
lief funds.
Construction Of public works
as a means of relieving unem-
pl0yment Is excessively expen-
sive. Unnecessary projects in
crease permanent maintenance
charges on the national. State
and local treasures"
In permanent Federal housing
the committee saw a "demoraliz
ing effect upon sound community
efforts to rehabilitate and rebuild
Slum areas. The report said:
Government today Is indus
try'S greatest competitor for the
citizens dollar. Unless expendi.
lures are reduced to q marked
extent, stable govern m n {
finances cannot be obtained"
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
KIDNAP LETTER
THREATENS
CURLEY SON
international News Service

A new threat has been made to
kidnap Francis Curley, 11-year-old
son Of Gov. James M. Curley If
Massachusetts, it was disclosed by
the Governor who arrived here
last night en- route to Florida. He
said he received the kidnap note
just before he boarded the train
for Washington. The note read:
"YOur son Francis will be
kidnapped within q week"
AS a result of the threat, the
police guard at the Governors
home in suburban Boston has been
ordered to maintain a constant
watch.
Hope to Track Letter
Governor Curley said the kid
nap note bore no signature and
was turned over to him by Police
Commissioner Eugene McSweeney
Of Boston, who was seeking the
aid Of Postal inspectors in the
Boston district in an effort to
trace the writer.
Governor Curley, who had
hoped news Of the threat would
not leak out, was reluctant to
disclose the contents Of the note,
but said:
News Of threatened kiGnap-
ings often puts evil thoughts
into the minds Of people. The
less said about the threat the
better. We have received sew.
eral such niSSives threatening
the kidnapping Of Francis dur.
ing the past two years.
"He is well guarded now by
Boston police and we hope this
new threat will not affect his
attending school,"
The fact the note failed to ask
for ransom or indicate what the
writer wanted led to governor to
believe a crank may have writ
ten it.
The note, he added, was type
written and had been mailed in a
plain envelope.
Travelling with the governor
were his daughter, Mrs. Edward
Donnelly; Major Joseph Timilty,
of his staff, and his secretary, Ed.
ward Hoy.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
District Telephone
Operated II Years
By Mrs. Mae Lonq

! Mrs. Mae Long, Of $50 Rhode
Island Ave. N. E., today celebrated
the 21St anniversary of her ap-
pointment as a telephone switch
board operator at the District
Building.
When Mrs. Long began her serv-
ice at the age of 16, there were
only four operators. Today there
are 16.
The busiest days work she can
recall at the switchboard was the
night in January, 1922, when the
Knickerbocker Theater collapsed.
The busiest night Of the past
year, she said, was when the new
Post Office Building caught fire.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
K|DNAP THREAT
STIRS BRITAIN

LONDON, Feb. l 0.N.S0-Keith
williams, the former bank clerk
WHO had all London society jittery
when he tried for two days to re-
gain $500 out Of which he said
he was rocked" at a Mayfair
gambling party, threw Scotland
Yard into a turmoil today when
he demanded protection from
"kidnapers and killers"
Before his gambling suit
which was thrown out Of court
yeSterday-came to trial, said
williams, he received numerous
threats by telephone that he and
his 15-year-old daughter. Diana.
would be beaten up" and
bumped off" unless he called off
the case.
An attempt actually was made
to kidnap him outside his hotel,
he alleged.
II was enticed to q car. 1 was
about to enter, when / saw two
men crOuching inside. I slammed
the door and ran into the hotel"
The threats were renewed after
the case was dismissed, Williams
said.
Scotland Yard accordingly pro-
vided him and Diana with special
protection: but the yard" doesn't
like this business at all, for it is the
first publicized kidnapping story in
England in many years.
Williams, the center of all this,
was once a bank clerk out in India.
Two years ago he made 4.000, 600
in a single coup in gold-mining
shares. Now, he says, he has lost
three-quarterS of that fortune
gambling in the stock market and
at the card table.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
RAIDERS F R f f
4W0NEN

Crashing into an alleged gam
bling place in the 100 block H
St. N. W., late yesterday, the
police vice squad seized a guam
tity of what they said were gam
bling slips and other evidence,
questioned % visitors, including
four smartly dressed women and
finally allowed them all to go
without placing charges against
them.
The squad was armed with a
warrant for the arrest of a man
whose name they declined to
reveal, but he was not in the
place when they crashed through
barred doors.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Cogan S Sister Dies
In Hospital Of Burns

DOVER, N. J., Feb. / QN.S0.
Miss Mary Cogan, 78, died in
Dover General Hospital today Of
burns suffered when fire destroyed
the home in which she lived with
her brother, Richard Cogan,
former Major League ball player,
at Castle Park yesterday.
Cogan. former pitcher for the
Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves.
remained in a critical condition
from burns.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Lighthouse Keeper
Stricken, Rescued

BALTIMORE, Feb. 1. - At
tracted by a white signal of distress
at Love Point Lighthouse, Md,
watermen rescued an i'll lighthouse
keeper in subZero weather.
Rescuers had to chop ice q foot
thick from their landed skiffS to
free them from the frozen shore.
One skiff was equipped with steel
runners and skinned across the
ice to the lighthouse, several miles
off Kent Island.
The lighthouse keeper, Wallace
Sturgis. was found suffering from
an intestinal disorder and taken
home. A substitute keeper was
conveyed to the lighthouse by ice
boat today.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
RQw Deal Enemy
GiveS Capital
Idea in Verse

A gentle tide of anti-Adminis-
tration propaganda-in verse-is
causing chuckleS on Capitol Hill
today.
Several Representatives opened
their morning mail today a n d
found among the communications
a small white card from an anony.
nous poet with a grudge against
the Raw Deal.
The card carries a caricature
of the President. Beneath it reads
the verse:
"a beautiful voice.
A wonderful smile,
With every assurance
Of nothing worth while"
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Settlement Foreseen
In SpreCkIes' Suit

LOS ANGELES, Feb. / d.N.S0.
Possibility Of an out-of-court set
tlement Of the $1,000 monthly
separate maintenance suit Of
Gloria Roxana Spreckels against
her husband. John D. Spreckels,
Sd, scion + the sugar family, was
seen here today following continu-
ance Of the action for week.
Young Mrs. Spreckels appeared
in court and through her attorney
asked for the continuance, stating
she hoped to reach q settlement.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Engineer Killed, Train
DeraiIed By the Ice

WABASH, Ind, Feb. / d.N.S9.
James Brananan, go, engineer, was
killed when icy tracks derailed a
13-car coal train of the PennSyl-
vania Railroad at Roam. near
here, today.
A number of members Of the
crew were injured as the locomo-
tive plunged into a ravine and cars
piled on top Of it. The train was
bound from Logansport to Fort
Wayne.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Constitution Chance
Is Topic Of Debate

Should the Constitution Of the
United States Be Changed to
Meet the Present Crisis" is the
topic to be debated by Judge
James E. Cobb and Thomas H. r.
Clark. before the Sunday Eve
ming Forum Of Lincoln Temple
Congregational Church tomorrow
at 6 p. m. Attorney Emory
Smith, will preside.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Liquor Store Owner
Is Beaten, Robbed

Attacked by three colored thugs
last night. Sergius B. Carman,
proprietor of a liquor store at
1903 Seventh st. N. W.. was in
critical condition in Casualty Hos
pital today.
Carman had been beaten over
the head with a blunt instrument
and the cash register broken open
and rifled. Abraham j. Errlich,
q neighboring druggist, saved
Carman from bleeding to death
by holding torn artery until a
police car arrived and took the
injured man to the hospital.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
LABATT CASE
NEARS JURY

LONDON, Ont, Feb. / uN.S0,
Russell Knowles trial on charges
Of completely in the kidnapping
of John S. Labatt, wealthy
brewer, was expected to 60 to
the jury at noon today. The
defense rested its case last night
Knowles, the only witness in
his defense, testified that Labatt
was abducted in a frame-up engi.
neered for publicity purposes.
David MeiSner and Jack Ban
non are serving Is years each for
participationg in the kidnapping.
Michael McCardel, who turned
kings evidence, is under a 12-year
sentence.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
PRESIDENT DUE
TOANN0UNCE
CANDIDACY
BY GEORGE DURNO
international News Service


It has been an open secret for
some time that President Roose-
welt was q candidate for reelection
but the time was rapidly approach
ing today when he will have to
make a formal declaration to that
effect over his own signature.
State primary laws in Ohio, Cali
fornia anG South Dakota make
this gesture imperative.
Assurances were forthcoming at
Democratic headquarters here
that all necessary papers would be
filed to establish Mr.. Roosevelt as
an avowed candidate to succeed
himself. Hostile gestures by AL
Smith, Governor Talmadge and
other critics within the party have
determined the Roosevelt high
command to step in and contest
for all delegates to the national
convention this June in Phila-
delphia.
California Move First
1t was expected that the Presi.
dent would declare himself first
in California, although he has
until March Is in that State as
against March 13 for Ohio.
Out in California a family row
is steaming up nicely between the
forces led by Senator William G.
McAdo0 and those behind Demo
cratic State Chairman Culbert
Olson-the latter Upton Sin.
clair's campaign manager on the
: recent EPIC ticket. The State
Presidential primary falls on May
5 this year. State law requires
that If more than one slate of
delegates is entered in behalf of
any candidate, that aspirant must
indicate which he desires to repre-.
sent him by March IS.
Senator McAdoo is fighting for
a Roosevelt delegation without
strings. Mr.. Olson wants at least
part of the delegation pledged to
insertion of a production-for-use
plank Zone Of the highlightS of
the end-poverty plan) in the
Democratic platform.
Senator McAdoo won the first
round in the recent California
State convention. He is now
urging the President to forestall
any embarrassment by handpick-
ing A delegates before it becomes
a question Of choosing between
two states.
Fight Dared in Georgia
Ohio'S presidential preference
primary also falls on May g.
but a State law requires that
any candidate must declare him.
self so days in advance, which
gives Mr.. Roosevelt until March
Is to file. South Dakota, like
wise with a May primary, has
a law requiring a candidate to
announce himself 80 days ahead.
Down in Georgia, Roosevelt
managers are daring Governor
Talmadge to have a primary
called and fight it out at the
polls with the Chief Executive.
The Georgia governor, who was
just endorsed for President by
a fire-eating "grass roots" con-
vention of anti-Administration
Southern Democrats, as yet has
made no move.
Today, President Roosevelt will
collect his first delegation Of
pledged votes from any of the
States. Alaska came in under the
wire first the other day with
the original Roosevelt delegation
of six, but MinneSota's Democ-
racy meets in convention at Man
kato today to name IS delegates,
with q total Of % votes in the
June national convention.
Virtually all Of the county con-
ventions are instructed for the
President.
Postmaster General Jim Farley,
who doubles in brass as Demo
cratic national chairman, has
passed the word down the line to
pick up all DELEGATES in sight,
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Storms Delay Liner

NEW YORK. Feb. / G.N.SJ.
The liner New York arrived a day
late yesterday because of storms
on the North Atlantic. In her
cargo was q polar bear, destined
for the Cincinnati zoo, and 5000
canarieS.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Brig. Gen. Mitchell
Suffers From Flu

NEW YORK, Feb. brig.
Gen. William Mitchell, for
mer assistant chief of the Army
Air Service, was in a hospital to-
day recovering from an attack
of influenza. His physician said
Mitchell'S condition was not 50.
riouS.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
NURSE SAVED
'BYPRAYER'
WOONSOCKET, r. l., Feb. 1
(I.N.SD.-"I placed my faith in
God and he did not fail me-"


God and he did not fail me-"
Police pointed an accusing
finger at Marie Simone Sevigny
26, unregistered nurse, but she
did not falter.
A Providence county grand jury
cleared Miss Sevigny Of the
charge of administering a fatal
dose Of ammonia to Mrs. Emma
Normandin, wife of a Rhode
Island official. The grand jury
charged the police with "bung.
ling and entirely unsatisfactory
handling Of the case. Miss Sc.
vigny said:
'Why talk about it any more.
I prayed to God and asked Him
to watch over me and help me
In my trouble. / knew He
would answer my prayers"
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
SALLY EILERS

"'Llko most girls use eOSMsSlcS, " this
ehGrmIns star SayS. ''ThsnbS 80 Lux
1Oll0N S0Gp never have Cosmetic Skln.'
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-11-13

The club decided to sponsor pub
lie project by popular vote to beautify
the community. Other clubs of the
city have offered to aid in the COM
munity project and committees were
to be appointed in time for fall plant
ing.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to plan for the classification
of the Christmas decoration prizes
Miss Leah Perry Mrs. Joel Cheat
ham, and Mrs. G. " Singleton
On the program for the afternoon
very amusing tree game was played
with first prize, large bunch of
chrysanthemums, being presented to
Miss Leah Perry, and the low score,
smaller vase of chrysanthemums,
being given to Mrs. Kate Watkins. A
photographer was present to take pic
lures of the luncheon table and the
guests.
The next meeting of the Henderson
Garden Club will be the December
meeting at the Parish House, at
which time Miss Amy Ruiz, of
Oberammergau, Bavaria, will give
CAS- Seen Through The Eyes of
Mary" Miss Ruiz has the distinction
of being the only person to twice por-
trary the role of Mary in the Pas
sion Play. 1t is expected that many
outside the members of the Garden
Club will be present to hear the
talented young woman from Bavaria