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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-13
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BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS,
Utah, July IS U.N.SO-Capt. E.
T. Eyston, daredevil English race
driver, and his maroon colored
"Speed of the Wind" today shat
tered the worlds record for a "a
hour automobile run.
EySton averaged approximately
149 miles per hour for the 24-hour
grind, smashing his own previous
record Of 1902 miles per hour
established last September on the
salt flats course.
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MARCH
0NCAP|T0L

HARRISBURG, Pa, July IS
Observation-Disclosures es Of
PennSylvania's half-million needy
assembled here today to protest
the legislative deadlock that has
deprived them of State aid for .
full week. No reports of actual
starvation have been received
here, although reports Of acute
distress were widespread.
Governor George H. Earle and
Democratic leaders demand $751;
100000 for unemployment relief,
but the Republican majority which
controls the State senate viii yield
only $35, 100000.
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WOMAN, 81,
DAUGHTER,
.GRANDS0NS.
VICTIMS
Beds Set Attire; Smoke
Attracts Kin Passing
Mountain Home

BERRYVILLE, Va, July 10.
Four person San 87-year-old
grandmother, her daughter and
two grandSons-died in flaming
beds after being riddled by shot
gun blasts in their mountain home
here early today.
Police had two theories in the
mass slaying-that a crazed fiend
murdered the four persons or that
possibly the daughter may have
slain her invalid mother and the
two youths and then taken her
life.
Scene of the tragedy was
the home of Mrs. May Small
wood, former daughter-in-law of
Sheriff w. w. Smallwood, of
Clarke county. Mrs. Smallwood
was divorced from the sheriff's
son several years ago. He is re.
ported to be living in PhiladeI-
phia.
Doors BOlted Inside
The dead are:
Mrs. Joseph EIsea, 81, the grand
mother.
Mrs. SmalIwoOd, 4S.
Akin SmallwOOd, II.
Ebert SmaIIwOOd, %.
A theory of triple murder and
suicide was advanced by investi-
gators when it was pointed out
that all doors and all but one win
dow in the house had been locked
from the inside; that Mrs. Small
wood apparently had been up and
about the house before other men,
berS Of the house were to arise
(She was dressed while others
were still in their night clothing);
that a kerosine lamp from which
fuel had been poured on the beds
before they were fired was found
beside her bed; that she had been
respondent and in i'll health re-
Gently and had often spoken Of
welcoming death"
DR.. A. P. Osborne, acting coro-
ner who is investigating the trag-
edy, said it would have been pos
Sible for Mrs. Smallwood to have
killed her sons and her mother.
He reported that although police
said they found the death weapon
in the kitchen, about IL feet from
the body of Mrs. Smallwood, he
had learned that Joseph Elsea,
son, Of the slain grandmother
moved the gun after he discovered
the bodies but couldn't remember
where he picked it up"
The Smallwood home overlooks
the Shenandoah River from a
community known as
Fog Hollow. It is about five miles
south of Berryville.
Bodies Found BY Kin
Elsea, who lives about half
a mile from the Smallwood home,
discovered the bodies. He was
going from his home to a field
nearby when he saw smoke com.
Ing from windows of the house.
This was shortly after 6 o'clock
this morning.
Running to the house, he was
unable to raise anyone and finally
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
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BY FRANK CHAMBERLAIN
Copyright 1886. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl

TORONTO, Canada, July 10.
OF the seven Toronto mothers
listed as contenders for the $780,
900 prize offered in the will of
Charles Vance Millar, to be
awarded to the mother who in 10
years after his death on October
81, 1925. should give birth in To-
ronto to the greatest number Of
babies, Mrs. Lily Kenny, a dark
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-13
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair and slightly warmer tonight and TO-
morrow, probably followed by local thunder
mowers late tomorrow afternoon or night.
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10 Firemen FeIIed
BVAmmonia Blast

CHICAGO, July 10 G.N.SO.
Ten firemen were overcome by am
monia fumes in an explosion dur
ing a drug store fire yesterday
The men had chopped a hole
through the floor to reach the
basement, where an overheated
motor in the refrigerating system
caused the blaze, and had just
made their descent when the am
monia containers exploded.
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Mother Asks Recount
In Baby Marathon

'horse in the field. today stands
out as the leader.
A month ago Mrs. Kenny, who
expects ths arrival of at least one
more baby before the contest ends
next October 81, claimed only nine
children bo'T within the specified
dates. Now she claims IL, and says
that her lawyer holds documents
to prove her claim. If this can be
upheld in court when the time
. Continued on Page S. Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-08-24
u. 5. Gets Large Share
OF Trade With Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil. Aug.
24.-Analyzing Brazilian trade
with the United States, Germany
and Great Britain, the Financial
and Economic Observer finds that
for the first quarter Germany'S
share was 1924 per cent, the
United States, 1887 per cent and
Great Britain'S, 9.25 per cent.
The Washington times., 1936-08-24
Bus Fire Frightens
20 D. {. Passengers

Fire caused by a flooded car
buretor last night damaged a
Capital Transit bus at Connect
cut and Cathedral Avenues North
west, frightening 20 passengers.
Officials estimated damage to the
vehicle, driven by Carl H. Powell,
1927 Sixth st. S. W., at $40.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS X. HENRY.

due in part to the growing stresses Of
modern American life.
Anticipating the possible significance
of the new drug in medicine. the Bureau
of Standards chemist has secured a pub
lie service patent on the method OF pro-
ducing 1t. This will prevent it becoming
proprietary medicine. All the steps in
its production are described in the report.
The Bureau of Standards. it is stressed,
Is not proposing a new drug unknown
to the medical profession, but simply is
making available in q more palatable
form a remedy whose properties already
have been clinically tested.
The aboriginal American is holding
his own.
blooded Indians as a whole, according
to an investigation just completed by
the Once Of Indian Affairs, is just about
that Of the country as a whole. Thus
from 1920 to 1890 the total population
OF the United States increased at the
rate Of 1.6 per cent per year and the
increase OF the native born was l8 per
cent per year. During this decade the
full-blood Indian increase was slightly
lower, or LOG per cent per year
When the figures are broken I'D by
tribes, however, 1t is shown that some
OF the smaller tribes have diminished
quite rapidly, but they represent such a
small minority OF the total full-blood
population that they do not seriously ef-
feet the total picture.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
Moments Marvellous.

When william of Normandy marched
down to the Channel on his way to
Hastings in 1866, few of those who
watched him pass were conscious Of the
fact that his expedition against Saxon
England was destined to alter the whole
course Of history. He was mixing two
peoples for the creation of an empire
unimaginably great. Yet he did not
guess the outcome. All that he hoped to
win was certain island acres against
which he possessed, as he believed, .
valid claim. Long centuries later men
would trace to him the inspiration for
the conquest of three-quarters OF the
habitable Earth. He died unaware Of the
significance of the forces he released.
Then came Columbus, doubling the
planets size in l492. 1t was his faith
that the globe was small enough to bring
the rich and mystic East within few
days sailing from the shores Of Spain.
Evening star., 1936-10-08

ters, Cardinal Pacelh will be respectfully
greeted here, because Of his distinguished
achievements as q churchman and the
responsible ONCE he now fills. An &C
knowledged authority on canon law, he
was one of the men who negotiated the
Lateran accord with Italy in 1929, where
by Vatican City attained its present po-
litical status. 1t is suggested that one of
the subjects the cardinal may wish to
discuss with President Roosevelt Is Pope
Plus campaign against international
communism.
Evening star., 1936-10-08

No time Of year Is better suited for
walking than this. Crisp. cool mornings
lure even the sedentary.
The City of Washington, peer Of the
world, calls to the man and woman afoot.
Despite the increased trafnc hazard,
even the city streets have lure In them
at this time.
At the end OF every rus line, when the
passengers get Of, will be seen several
elderly persons almost every trip.
Stop and talk with these pleasant
faced old men and women and you will
discover that they are Just looking over
strange neighborhoods."
They walk around through residence
sections In the suburbs, lured by adven-
ture, in a part Of the community they
have heard about for long, but probably
never visited.
Pleasantly they saunter along. not
bored, as q motor mad age 20 often Is,
but glad to be out in the air. seeing new
sights, at least to them.
This will give many persons q tip as
to how to take walk.
We mean, of course, those persons who
find it difficult to take one.
Walking Is something more honored In
theory than actuality by many persons,
who say to themselves, YES ought to
walk more" but seldom get around
to it.
Getting around to something, as the
saving is, is q curious thing after all.
There are 80 many things most Of us
are trying to get around TO-" the wonder
is that we so seldom do!
Probably the explanation is that most
of the things one tries to get around to"
are of the type which is slightly trying, in
some way or other, either mental or
physical.
Thus many a person is going to read
some book or other, but Is pretty sure not
to do so in the long run, unless he takes
himself sternly to task about 1t.
How many have been going to read
"The Decline and Fall OF the Roman
Empire" and yet never got around to 1t?
And probably never will.
Getting around to walking as a neces-
sary daily exercise is something multi
tudes of honest persons have told them
selves they were going to do. but some
how in the course of time ind that the
complexity OF modern life prevents them
from doing.
A few blocks, Of course, is not walk
in any real sense.
Nor Is a mile or two done at snails
pace.
A real walk is one which is fast enough
in any given case to stir the blood. set
the heart to beating faster, cause in
creased breathing and give a general
sense OF warmth throughout the frame.
Every one must be his own guide in
this matter. What is a real walk to one
may be entirely too much so for another.
Hence the person who feels that he
needs a walk ought to try himself out for
and by himself. in order to find out what
constitutes a good walk as far as he is
concerned.
Then let him stick to his new-found
program If he have the will power, which
he probably will not.
Retired persons and others having the
time will hnd that early morning after
the traffic rush is one Of very best times
Of the entire day to walk.
Evening star., 1936-10-08

The Orient, he told q sceptical public,
was nearer by the western way. Crowds
lined the shore to witness his departure,
but only the wives Of those impressed to
60 with him cared much about his ven-
ture. The enterprise was q gamble. 1t
might succeed or it might fail. In either
case, nothing fundamentally consequent
tial was involved. And the famous
admiral employed his Anal breath to
deny that he had discovered anything
hitherto unknown to Europe. His con-
temporaries were equally slow to guess
the truth. Not one among them sup
posed that he had added a hemisphere
to the races already wide domain.
And much the same tardy compre-
hension was the lot Of the brothers
Wright in 1908, when. on Kill Devil Hill
in North Carolina. they raised the first
heavier -than-air flying machine from the
ground and proved a theory ages old to
be scientific verify forever young.
Their experiments at Fort Myer six years
later attracted an sdmiring throng. but
even the commendation of the Govern
ment failed to stir the Imagination of the
multitude. Today. the miracle is easier
to applaud. 1t is demonstrated so COM
monty that the magic of 1t is fading
out, slowly perhaps but nevertheless
surely. Passengers are hopping" the
Pacific, and 1t is but question of months
until there will be regular scheduled
service over the Atlantic.
To catch the drama of human prog
ress, however, the moments marvellous
should be remembered. They occur with
out much notice and are not invariably
appreciated at once.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
Something Very Wrong.

The Star commented recently on the
case of an automobile driver, arrested
and charged over year ago with negli-
gent homicide in the death of pedes-
trian standing in So-called safety isle.
The case had been delayed time and
again. Last week one of the prosecution
witnesses, a detective sergeant testifying
In the case, attempted to bring out pre-
vious convictions of the defendant for
reckless driving. His testimony was held
inadmissible, a mistrial declared and the
jury discharged. Yesterday new jury,
after hearing evidence for two days,
retired for ten minutes and brought in
verdict of not guilty. Judge Curran,
manifestly outraged at the verdict, lee
tured the jury on its failure to consider
''indisputable" evidence and discharged
It "out of service to the community at
large"
II Judge Curran is correct in his
appraisal of the evidence, the jury was
Undoubtedly at fault. But there are other
considerations. The mans previous
record of convictions for traffic viola
tions, the fact that his drivers permit
had been revoked, plainly had significant
bearing on the case. Here was a man
who had been arrested for traffic viola
tions some nineteen times under his own
name and fourteen times under an alias.
He had been sentenced to Jail once be-
fore for reckless driving. At the time Of
the pedestrians death, he was illegally
operating an automobile on a revoked
permit. Yet all this evidence was held
to be inadmissible, and as far as the
jury knew the man had perfect record
for careful driving.
The fact that his trial had been delayed
through one expedient after another un-
doubtedly served to weaken the prose-
+ cution's case. A delay OF over a year
means that witnesses become haZy in
their recollections of incidents that hap
pened in the space of seconds.
The record Of the laws process in this
case is enough to outrage public opinion
end bring discredit on the law enforce
ment machine. There is something very
wrong in conditions which enable a de-
fendant, charged with a serious crime,
to interpose delay after delay in trial
There is something very wrong in a con-
dition which permits a man to 60 free
and unpunished under the circumstances
that marked this case. The jury may not
be blameless, but neither is the system
which permitted such an apparently
atrocious miscarriage of justice.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

We refer entirely to sedentary persons,
who do not possess the Ngor to work ali
day and then to walk all afternoon or
In the evening.
A days honest work, whatever its tyne
will take the edge OF such person 9
energy; he will not be In the mood, either
mentally or physically. to do much walk
ing thereafter.
Too much must not be expected Of this
exercise.
Though 1t has been praised to the skies
from time to time. 1t is not Q cure-all in
any sense, not even OF superfiuous fat.
Walking Is something Of q snare and q
delusion when 1t comes to reducing. Fat
goes from every place except the one
particular place from which the patient
desires it to 60. This is common expert
ence.
The best that walking, as an art and
sport. can do for most folks Is to prevent
them from getting entirelyto sedentary,
not only in physical habits, but especially
in mental habits.
to get "shut-in" complex, though they
may be healthy enough in all other ways.
Too much indoors, even super heated
travel, tends at last to deprive too many
persons Of all honest contact with the
great outdoors.
1t is these people, In particular, who
will get the most out OF daily walks, and
for this one reason, that they will come
in time to throw of their strictly indoor
habits and view life more Sanely from
the fresh-air standpoint.
There can be no question about the
fresh-air viewpoint.
1t is much saner than the studio
standpoint. Psychologists can explain
this and show Just why, the mind Is more
sanguine when the count of red blood
corpuscles is higher. 1t has something
to do with oxygen. and its effect on the
sort of iron in the blood. There Is no
doubt that outdoor people are more
hopeful, more inclined to see life in its
optimistic aspects.
Perhaps many persons who suspect 1t
not are unhappy mainly because they
haven't enough oxygen in their systems.
What a wonderful thing is life. and
how 1t depends upon oxygen! And yet
this same gas in slightly larger quanti-
ties would act as a poison. This mar
velous chemistry operates for one and
all. Surely no one should cut himself
of from little super -saturation now
and then with the friendly elements TO
be found in fresh, moving air.
Movement of air has a great deal to
do with 1t. Sunshine on 1t, too. has some
thing to do with 1t. 1t Is dificult, even
with the best man-made air conditioning.
to find the benefits OF Natures genuine
air-conditioning. Unfortunately those
persons who will get the most from it are
often the very ones who find it most
difficult to get out and take this best of
natural tonics. They do not know what
to do" outdoors. Well. walking is some
thing most persons can do, and it needs
no special equipment. nor elaborate,
costly apparatus.
All 1t needs in many cases Is precisely
the most difficult prior state to attain
for them-the will to walk.
Maybe this fine Fall weather and the
new Washington all around us will do
their part to lure all such persons to
personal walking and exploration.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
Cardinal Pacelli.

Quite apart from the possibility that
discussion of diplomatic relations with
the Holy See may be the purpose OF his
visit, Americans await with interest the
impending arrival of Cardinal Pacelli,
papal secretary of state. He is one Of
the most distinguished of living prelates,
ranking in the Catholic hierarchy imme-
distely after the Pope, and is himself
considered one of the most likely candf-
dates for the throne of ST. Peters as the
successor of the reigning pontiff, Plus
xI. In addition to his duties as secre-
tary OF state, which involve direction of
the church's far-fiung foreign relations,
as well as supervision of all its purely
civil affairs, Cardinal Pacelli holds the
august post which carries with it the re-
gency in the interregnum between one
Pope's death and the election of another.
1t is the first time that papal ennis
sary of such eminence has visited the
United States. Between 1848 and 1853,
washington maintained a regular min
lister resident" at the Vatican, six differ
ent ENJOYS having served there during
the fifteen-year interval. The last Min
lister, Rufus King of Wisconsin, was
withdrawn when the Papal State ceased
to exist as temporal power. Today
Vatican City is recognized by thirty -four
nations, including every major country
except the United States and the Soviet
Union. These worldwide relationships
intermittently followed re-establishment
of temporal authority. With Russia
there has been no move toward such con-
tact because of fundamental differences
between Communist doctrine and Chris
tisnity.
It is estimated that of the 10000, 900
Roman Catholics in the world, roundly
q ,000, 900 are in the United States. At
present the Holy See is represented at
washington by an apostolic delegate. an
ecclesiastical officer who deals exclusively
with the Catholic hierarchy in the United
States, rather than with the civil power.
There have been reports that the Vat
ican would prefer to send over legate
or nuncio, who, like an ambassador,
would be accredited to the lay govern
ment.
Whatever may or may not be in con-.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
In Natures Thrall.

When weariness, chance or disaster
Sends a man into Natures arms
The world that has long been his master
With its noise and its frothy BARNS
Loses all of It's erstwhile charms.
For the thralldom of Nature Is silence,
Her kiss gives him Quietude,
She holds him enslaved without violence,
Her caresses are never crude,
Dewy fragrance her arms exude.
And blessed by the gods In the man I
Who with Nature can dwell for q span.
Evening star., 1936-10-08

Rhetorical persuasions have little
effect in contradiction of plain pay roll
analysis. The mechanistic era has given
the cash register a powerful position in
determining the mutual interests OF
workers and employers.
Evening star., 1936-10-08

F1orida's Suicide Cure.
From the Bradford (Fqa.) telegraph.
Miami announces that persons trying
to commit suicide there will be arrested
and prosecuted. Maybe if they are just
given . good meal they might change
their minds.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
PLENTY Of Weather Now.

From the Jackson (Mich) Citizen Patriot.
A German has invented a machine to
create any weather condition desired,
Just as though we haven't enough
weather the way things are novl
Evening star., 1936-10-08
China and Japan.

From the Macon Telesrsph.
We would not live always, as the poet
says. If we can just stick around until
China gets some sand in her crsw and
tells Japan where to detrain we'll be
satisfied. .f...
Evening star., 1936-10-08
A Possible Gain.

From the Battle Greek Enauirer-News.
II any of the art treasures being de-
stroyed in Spain's civil war are OF mod.
ernistics design-we1l, there's no great
loss without some small gain.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
One Solace.

From the wichita Eagle.
About the only thing to be said IN
favor of the war in Spain Is that to date
no enterprising manufacturer has spon-
sored a broadcast Of 1t.
Evening star., 1936-10-08

In political geometry 1t has become
almost automatic, as signatures are re-
quired, that dotted line Is the shortest
distance between an application and q
Government job.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
BlOOdIess Warfare.

Prom the South Bend Tribune.
The Lloyd George criticism of Gen.
Pershing gives authorities another op-
portunity to refight the last part Of the
World War, Fortunately no blood can
be shed this time.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
White Mountains.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
There was nothing surprising In Sat-
urday's snowfall in the White Mountains.
This is the time Of year for the White
Mountains to begin getting white.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
All Other states and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
The use for republication of all news dispatches
credited TO it or not otherwise credited IN this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1936-10-08

A great many citizens talk about new
treaties and old five-foot book shelves
when what they really read with inteui-
gent attention Is the base ball news.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
An Opportunity.

From the Illinois State Journal
To save his voice, Portland policeman
points finger at jaywalkers. Which
suggests a steady job for the thumbing
ch-hiker.
Evening star., 1936-10-08

Labor circles are split over the words
"craft' and industrial" Many an i'm
posing controversy might be solved by an
agreement to give authoritative prefer
ence to a single line in the dictionary.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
German Sunstroke.

Germany has been trying to regain
her place In the sun SO hard that the
whole nation appears to be suffering
from sunstroke.
Evening star., 1936-10-08

Pittsburgh's mayor has resigned. His
troubles may be over. but >Pittsburghs
probably are not.