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The Washington times., 1936-02-21
CLOCK DEATH
SUSPECT HELD

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 81 UN.S0.
Twenty hours investigation into a
gruesome double murder by the
clock" was climaxed today when
Fred Stettler, 25-year-old chauf-
feur, was held by police on sus-
picion Of murder and arson.
Z Stettler, who steadfastly denies
any connection with the crime, is
suspected of beating to death an
elderly couple, ransacking their
room, and leaving an internal
machine" to cover clues with fire.
The victims were Carl s. Bar
bour, 66-year-old wealthy property
owner, and his wife, Dorothea, 81.
Lying side by side on a blazing
bed, the charred bodies were dis
covered by firemen after they had
battled fire which ragged through
the 15-room apartment house
which Barbour managed. Both
victims had died Of fractured
skulls.
Beneath the death bed police
discovered a watch attached to
an electric heater in such a way
the minute hand would make an
electrical contact. Above the
heater newspapers drenched with
kerosene had been placed.
The room had been ranSacked
and several hundred dollars was
missing. The charred body of the
couples uarrot. it's neck WrunR.
was on the bed beside them.
The Washington times., 1936-02-21
STRICT zONING
DEMANDED

CLARENDON, Va, Feb. Ala
request for an amendment to
the Zoning Enabling Act so that
no property could be placed in a
lower classification without q
majority vote of the board of
supervisors, has been sent to
Delegate william D. Medley by
Clyde M. Mills, president Of the
jefferson Civic League.
If adopted, the request would
prohibit erection Of stores in
the new $4,OOO,OOO Morris Apart
ments without action by the
County Commissioners instead of
only the board of zoning ap-
peals. The county board approved
the apartment plans after a
meeting in which strenuous OBJ
jections were made by residents
of the Aurora Hills section. Mr..
Mills vigorously protested erec-
ton of the apartments.
A special meeting of the county
civic federation has been called
to take action on the request for
a change in the zoning act, Mr..
Mills said. The request was sent
to Mr.. Medley before the meeting
in order that it might be intro
duced before the deadline for
introduction of general bills.
The Washington times., 1936-02-21
u. 5. TO .SHUN
GOAT ROLE IN
NAVPARLEY
BY KINGSBURY SMITH
International News Service

~@N~-~-~N-~---~-
The United States today was
seen In danger Of being made the
scapegoat Of the London naval
conference by willy French diplo-
macy.
Genuine fear prevailed in au-
thoritative quarters here that
France may use the American
stand for 35,000-ton battleshipS
as an excuse to avoid signing any
general naval agreement at Lon
don.
France is known to be unwilling
to have Germany invited to parti-
cipate in any general naval agree
ment reached at London on the
grounds it would legalize violation
Of the Versailles treaty.
Insists on Participation
Britain is insisting upon Ger
many's participation. France Is
believed to be reluctant to cause
the breakdown Of the conference
on the German issue and is there
fore seen as looking for some
other excuse.
The peculiar circumstances
surrounding Frances sudden in
tereSt in battleships and the
unusual measures to which it has
reSorted to force the American
delegation to abandon stand
which it is known to consider in
the best interests of the Ameri-
can navy has led to suspicion
here that, a move may be afoot
again to make Uncle Sam the
scapegoat of an international
conference.
The fear prevailed that France
may now take the position it
cannot enter an agreement be-
cause of Americas refusal to
agree to any reduction in the
size Of battleShipS.
Make No Sacrifices
In this connection, the atti-
tude here was that the United
States was not going to make
any sacrifices in the ships which
are considered the backbone Of
the American Navy merely for
the sake of European politics.
Meanwhile, the State Depart
ment had formally rejected the
French move to induce President
Roosevelt to direct the American
delegation to back down on the
stand for the maintenance Of the
35,000-ton ships.
Under Secretary Of State vii.
liam Phillips called French Am
bassador Andre de Laboulaye to
the State Department and told
him, in effect, that the American
delegation at London was the
place to discuss naval matters
before the conference.
The Washington times., 1936-02-21
SCHOOLGIRL.
Is, MISSING

While police were today still
searching for a woman missing
since last Saturday, the disappear
ance Of young girl was reported.
Mary E. White, 16, schoolgirl
living at 637 Florence st. N. E..
was reported by her parents to
have been absent from home
since February Is. No reason for
the disappearance is known.
Meanwhile, fears hat she may
have been the victim of foul play
spurred an investigation Of the
whereabouts of Miss Ella Diltz,
q. secretary employed at the Ma
tional Radio Institute. No motive
has been discovered for her d1sap-
pearance.
Miss Diltz, who lived at 1713
Eighteenth st. N. W., is the object
of three separate searches, one by
police, another by her employers,
and a third by her sister, Miss
Leola Diltz, of 1927 Massachusetts,
Ave, N. w.
The Washington times., 1936-02-21

yesterday.
The Washington times., 1936-02-21

this small grand.
has features usually
found only in much
more expensive pianos.
The Washington times., 1936-02-21
Fire Kills Driver
After Truck Crash

SALEM, Ohio, Feb. 81 G.N.SJ.
David Crissman, 20, Of Bedford,
Pa, was burned to death yesterday
when his truck caught fire after
crashing into the rear Of a dis
abled truck at Deerfield. Henry
George, Chicago, driver Of the
parked truck, was badly burned
trying to rescue CriSSman.
The Washington times., 1936-02-21
Coolidge Home for Sale

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, Feb.
21.-The Beeches, home Of the
late former President Coolidge
after retirement, is for sale.
Ralph W. Hemenway, former law
partner Of Coolidge and attorney
for Mrs. Coolidge, made the an
nouncement today. Furniture Of
the estate will be sold at auction
this spring.
The Washington times., 1936-02-21

building Of the Public Library win
be closed to the public on Wash
ington's Birthday, DR.. George p.
Bowerman, librarian, announced
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1936-02-21
Or. Studebaker Speaker

CHAPEL HILL. N. c., Feb. 81.
DR.. John Ward Studebaker, United
States Commissioner Of Education,
will deliver the baccalaureate ad-
The Washington times., 1936-02-21

dress at the University Of North
Carolina's 141st commencement, it
was announced today.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Sunday Foreign Short
Wave Radio Schedule

Moscow p. M.-RevieW of
the week; listeners questions and
answers: news bulletin. RNE, IS
m. IL meg.
CARACAS-5:3O P. M.-Light
classical music. YV2RC, SIT M,
So meg.
LONDON-6:17 P. M.-Music by
Brahms. A recital by Esther Cole
man (contraltO, and Katharine
GoodSon (pianoforte). GSP, 1875
m, 1881 meg, GSD, 25.5 M, Ills
meg. Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58 meg.
MADRID-6:45 P. M.-Spanish
dance music. EAQ, 30.5 M, 9.87
meg.
EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS
- P. M.-Special transmission
for Central and South America.
PCJ, 31.2 M, 9.5S meg.
BERLIN-7:3O P. M.-Woman's S
Hour: "Horch. horch, die Lerch'
i'm Atherblau!" A tale of how
Schubert's song came to be writ
ten. DJD, 25.4 m. 11.77 meg.
BERLIN-8 P. M.-The Short
wave Amateurs Hour. DJD, 25.4
M. lit meg.
WINNIPEG-11 P. M.-"Live,
Laugh and Love-; orchestra with
SoloiStS. CJRO, 48.7 M, SIS meg,
CJRX, 25.6 m, 11.72 meg.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
SENATE. DROPS
GUFFEY BILL

Administration leaders last
night decided to scrap the Guffey
coal bill in a move to break the
Senate ship subsidy filibuster in
order to get a vote today on the
800 million dollar revenue bill be-
fore adjournment Of Congress.
Senator Robinson Cd. of Ar
kansas, the majority leader, sub
mitted proposition to the Senate
at a late hour to arrange for a
vote on the tax bill at 3 p. m. to-
day, with a promise that Congress
would adjourn sine die immedi-
ately afterwards.
This proposition was accepted
by Senator McNary (R), Of Ore
gon, the minority leader, but Sen
ator Guffey CD, of Pennsylvania.
author Of the coal bill, blocked its
adoption.
This overture by Robinson fol-
lowed a series of conferences OF
Democratic leaders during which
it was decided the Guffey bill, de-
signed to regulate the soft coal in
dustry. should be dropped.
Earlier Robinson had declared
the Senate should have an oppor.
tunity to consider the measure.
Declaring the Senate could not
pass it in two days, Senator Hast
ings (RD, Of Delaware, asked that
it be Sidetracked.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Floor Show and Dance
For Police Bows Club

For the benefit of the Police
Boys Club a 51a-hour floor show
and dance will be staged tonight
by Miss Alice Hill and Mrs. C.
Knox, Of the Dunbar Community
Center, beginning at $50 o'clock
at the Lincoln Colonnade, U Street
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
Streets Northwest. The show will
feature entertainment by students
from outstanding colored dancing
academys of the District.
According to Ray C. Thompson,
director of the Police Boys Club
membership fund campaign, the
last report on receipts made to
Major Ernest w. Brown showed
total of $68,169. Major Brown
believes the fund will pass the
$71, ZOO mark this week.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES
SMITH T0GIVE
FATHER'SDAY
SERMON

DR.. w. Angie Smith, pastor Of
Mount Vernon Place M. E.
Church, South, will preach on
my Hardest Task" tomorrow
morning at the II o'clock service.
At the evening service, in honor
of Fathers Day, DR.. Smith will
speak on "a Fathers Choice"
Immediately following the service
q reception and tea will be held
in the church parlors.
The choir will sing anthems at
each service; the quartet will
sing a morning offertory, Silent
Hills" by r. Deane Shure, director
of church music. This number,
to be sung for the first time, was
written for the Presbyterian
Choir of Takoma Park, Nd, with
words by DR.. Blachly, Of Takoma
Park,
The various departments of the
Church School will convene at
$50 a. m. Tobert Rosbach will
lead the Younger Adult Depart
ment meeting at Z y. m. tomor-
row. The Mount Vernon School Of
Music will present students from
the Department of Organ in a
recital Wednesday at 8 p. m.
The regular mid-week service
will be held Thursday at 8 p. M,
in the Church School Auditorium.
The Local Board of Christian
Education, of Mount Vernon
Place Church, will be guests Of
the A. B. Pugh Bible Class to-
morrow morning. Talma Smith,
chairman Of the board, will dis
cuss the program arranged for
the Church School. Barton
Embry, Church School treasurer,
will speak and Virginia Coffman
will offer piano solo.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Lodge Excursion
Plans Are Formed

Arrangements are being COM
pleted by the Regina Elena Lodge,
Italian benefit organization, for an
excursion to Marshall Hall on the
steamer City of Washington,
which will take place Sunday,
July IL.
Mrs. Mary Fabrizio is general
chairman of arrangements. Tickets
to this excursion are available only
from Mrs. Fabrisio. 1905 H st.
N. E., Mrs. Vita DiGirolamo, 1920
H st. N. E.; Mrs. Mafalda Vag-
nerini, sol Eighth st. S. W., or
through other officers and mem
berS Of the organization.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20

they were on the floor attending
to other business.
What hearings were held lasted
only two short hours and none
was considered of enough import
ance to be printed.
A few weeks ago the commit,
tee worked out of its lethargy to
take a firm hold on the situation
and provide an airport for the
city. Senator King was elected
chairman of an airport commits.
sion composed of Senate and
House members and three ap'
pointees of the President. It was
announced today that the com
mission would go to work the
first Of next month and hold
meetings and conduct surveys
during the summer. 1t Is hoped
a comprehensive plan may be
outlined and the matter settled
before the next Congress meets,
U. 8. Workers Benefit
The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee was also inactive in the
main.
OF primary importance was the
passage Of the two bills to change
the annual and sick leave Of Gov
ernment employees. Although the
committee favorably reporte d
these bills as originally written,
the measures were handled in a
desultory fashion on the floor and
Senator Kenneth McKeller CD
of Tennessee forced the commit
tee to accept changes which cut
the annual leave from 80 days as
originally proposed to 26. This
was a distinct victory for the en-
ployes, however, as the annual
leave under the economy provi-
sion was only Is days. The sick
leave was changed from 80 days
to is, but with allowances for ac-
emulation.
Bills which the Senate Commit
tee put through before they were
acted on by the House included
the act to suspend or revoke op-
orators privileges of motorists
who were nonresidents and sew.
eral resolutions, one of which
makes December 26 a holiday and
another providing for the Presi,
Dental inauguration next year.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
JOY OF LIVING
PULPIT TOPIC

DR.. Raphael Hardwood Miller,
minister Of the National City
Christian Church at Thomas Cir
Gle, will speak at both services to-
morrow. In the morning he will
preach on Restoring the Joy Of
Living" and at night will have as
his subject Should Young People
Get Married?" Following the
morning service tomorrow, congre-
cation and friends will unite in
q farewell basket dinner for DR..
Miller and DR.. and Mrs. j. Ray
mond Mills. DR.. Miller will leave
Wednesday for Dallas, where he
is to preach nightly for two weeks,
June 20 to July II. at the Texas
Centennial. DR.. Miller will sail
from New York July 16 for Eng
land. where he is to exchange pas
torates with the Rev. Julian Elves,
of Leicester, England.
DR.. and Mrs. Mills sail Wednes-
day from New York on the S. S.
Queen Mary, for Oslo, Norway,
where vhey are to attend the World
Sunday School Convention.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
PhOtOgramnetry
Is Hobby of
u. S. Aide

Some people dabble in stamps,
in collecting antiques, and in
making model trains Col. c. H.
BirdSeye, chief Of the division OF
printing and engraving Of the
United States Geological Survey,
also has a hobby.
It is known as photogrammetry.
For those who may not know
just what photogrammetry means,
Colonel Birdseye has looked up
the dictionary definition, which is:
"PhOtOgrammetry: A method
of surveying or map-making by
photography, used also in de-
termining the height and mo-
tions Of clouds, sea waves, and
the like"
AS a past president of the Ameri-
can Society of Photogrammetry
Colonel Birdseye is recognized as
an authority on the subject.
At the present time Colonel
Birdseye is making a map from
photographs taken in the re-
cent stratosphere flight over
North Dakota. The photographs
were made from an altitude OF
10000 feet, a height of some
thing like 13 miles, and from
these pictures the Colonel is now
making series of maps.
Colonel Birdseye is particularly
interested in making maps from
Stereoscopic photographs, two pic
lures made from different po
sitions, which, when viewed
through lenses, show a picture
in relief. Says Colonel Birdseye:
There's no limit to what can
be done with this type of pho
Biography. Maps can be made
Of anything. 1t is a great boon
to phOtOgrammetry. And the
United States at the present
time is tagging behind other
country in this development"
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Wave Radio Schedule

MADRID p. M.-Special pro.
gram for American listeners. EAQ,
30.5 M, 9.87 meg.
LOND N-7:2O p. M.-Great
Britain VS.. U. s. A. A running
commentary on the International
Polo Match, from Hurlingham.
GSP, 1915 m, 1881 meg, GSD,
25.5 m, 11.75 meg, Csc, 31.3 m,
9.58 meg.
BERL LIN-9:15 P. M.-Dance
music. DJD. 25.4 m, 11.77 meg.
LONDON-9:40 p. Mi Eng.
land Now" by Reginald Arkell.
GSD, 25.5 m, Ills meg, Csc,
31.3 m. 9.58 meg.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Amt Gonna Lie
No More,' Urged
On Democrats
InternntlonaI News serHlce

international News Service
A new campaign song for the
Democrats plagiarized from 1T
Amt Gonna Rain No More" but
entitled I'VE Amt Gonna Lie No
More" was suggested today by
Senator Hasting (RO, Of Della
ware.
Hastings complimented the
Democrats on holding their con-
vention in the city where the De
claration of Independence was
written and signed. He chided
them, however, on showing 80
little regard for that historic docu.
ment since they have been in
power" He said:
EN- Philadelphia, the Demo
Gratis must express regret for
those who are gone and dead,
regret for those who are dead
but not gone, and regret for
those who are gone but not
dead.
"They should adopt n new
campaign song taken from the
tune 1T Aint Gonna Rain No
More They should sing, We
Aint Gonna Lie No More, No
More but a host Of people are
going to say, How in the world
can we tell they amt goin' to
lie no more"
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
FOR N. J.
IN CATHEDRAL
SERVICES

Public officials and the people
Of New Jersey will be remembered
in prayer at all public services in
washington Cathedral for one
week beginning with choral even.
song in the Great Choir tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock, in accord
ance with the Union Of States"
plan announced by the Right Rev.
James e. Freeman, DID,, LID.
The New Jersey State flag, pre-
sented to the Cathedral by Sen
ator A. Harry Moore, during his
term as Governor, will be carried
in procession with the national
colorS.
Special invitations have been
extended to Gov. Harold Hoffman,
members of the New Jersey dele
CATION in Congress, the Right Rev.
Paul Matthews, DID,, Bishop Of
New Jersey, the Right Rev. Ben
Jamin M. WaShburn, DID,, Bishop
Of Newark, and several hundred
New Jersey friends Of Washington
Cathedral, who have made sub
scriptions towards its maintenance
program for 1886.
These gifts have been received
under the leadership Of Mrs.
Clarence Blair Mitchell, Of Far
Hills, N. j., sister-in.law Of Canon
Anson Phelps Stokes, Of the
Cathedral staff.
The sermons at the evensong
service and the celebration Of the
Holy Communion at ii a. m. in
the Great Choir tomorrow will be
delivered by the Right Rev. H. P.
Almon Abbott, DID,, Bishop Of
Lexington, KY, who began a series
of preachments from the Cathe-
dral pulpit last Sunday.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
How Jesus Helped
To Be Sermon Topi(

With a view to help people live
TRANQUILITY in a troubled world. DR..
Andrew M. Brodie has chosen for
his topic at the II o'clock service
of the First Congregational
Church tomorrow How Jesus
Helped a Troubled Soul" The
Women'S Bible Glass will meet at
GAS with Rev. j. Arthur Winn as
its leader. Mr.. Winn's subject will
be What Shall We do on Sun.
day?"
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
|. P. Stuart Returns
From Pontiac Meeting

L. P. Steuart, of L. P. Steuart,
Inc, Pontiac dealers in Washing
ton, has returned from Detroit
and Pontiac where he was one
Of 16 dealers to attend the June
advertising meeting Of the COM
pany last Monday and Tuesday.
These dealer advertising meet.
ings, which have become a reg
ular part of Pontiac'S merchan-
dising program, are conducted
by F. A. Berend, advertising man
ager Of the Company, assisted
by w. A. P. John, vice president
of MacManus, John & Adams,
Inc, the advertising gency
which handles the Pontiac &C
count,
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
TO RAISE
FARES IS HIT

Continued from Local rage
vantage Of the absence Of Con-
greSs to force higher rates.
INQUIRY PROMISED
II should think the company
would devote its efforts to i'm
proving service rather than in
creasing fares.
"The District Committee in
the next session will inveSti-
gate the mass transportation
problem here. 1t will certainly
determine whether the preSen-
tatiOn of the transit company's
increased fare petition in the
closing days of the session was
premeditated."
Also indicating his bitter feel
ing toward the company's at
tempts to increase fares, Repre-
sentative Hull said:
"The company would be un-
wise If it attempts to increase
fares before offering the pub
lie better service. 1t seems to
me that if the company would
speed up it's service and install
better equipment it would at
tract so many additional pas
sengers it would not have to
raise rates"
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Lutheran Church
Holds Communion

At the Lutheran Church Of the
Reformation three services Of
Holy Communion will be held to-
morrow. The first is at $3.50 a. M,
the second in connection with the
II O'Clock service, at which DR..
Oscar F. Blackwelder, the pastor,
will speak on the theme Jesus
Today" and at the close of the
S:l5 evening service,
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Today's Foreign Short

SCHENECTADY-1:3O P. M
Carnegie Tech Symphony Orches.
ira. W2XAD, 1875 m, 1910 meg.
PARIS-2:3O p. M.-Actors Of
the Comedie-Francaise. TPA3, 25.2
M, 11.88 meg.
GENEVA-5:3O P. M.-News
from the League of Nations. HBL,
31.2 m, 1910 meg.
LOND N-6 p. MA Lady
Loved a Swine" A play written
for broadcasting. GSP, 1875 m,
1881 meg, GSD, 25.5 M, Ills
meg. Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58 meg.
BERLIN-6:15 p. M.-"The
Dream Shop" A radio poem by
Vera Bern. DID. 25.4m 11.77 meg.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20

rev Hearings Held
Required to spend long hours
on national legislation members
of the Senate District Commit
tee at this session took their
task of legislating for the Dis
trict in an apathetic manner.
In the majority of cases the
Senate Committee satisfied itself
with considering bills that were
started in the House. An usually
small number Of meetings were
held by the committee and in
most instances these were partly
attended. No measures Of major
Importance were pushed except
on the initiative of Senator Will
liam H. King (DD of Utah,
chairman, who attended all of
the meetings. AS the session drew
to a. close meetings were dis
pensed with and on one occasion
nine bills were reported by poll
ing the committee members while
The Washington times., 1936-01-31
ARMS INQUIRY
WILL RECALL
MORGAN
International News Service

j. P. Morgan and his partner,
Thomas w. Lamont, will be re-
called before the Senate Munitions
Committee when it resumes hear.
ings Tuesday, Senator Nye (R.) of
North Dakota, chairman, an
nounced today.
The committee plans to COM
plete its hearings in about 10 days
with an appropriation Of $7,369
granted yesterday by the Senate.
Morgan and Lamont will be ques-
toned only for a few days regard
ing loans to Russia and France
during the early days of the World
War.
Then the committee plans to
question members Of Lee, Higgin-
son Company, ands Kuhn, Loeb &
Company, investment bankers,
concerning financial transactions
with the allied powers at the out
set Of the war.
Others To Be Heard
Stephen Raushenbush, commit
tee chief investigator, said other
international bankers may be
called before hearings are COM
pleted.
Amid acrid debate, the Senate
voted the funds yesterday as Nye
and Connally CD Of Texas,
dashed at each other with Vice
President Garner and Majority
Leader Robinson finally ending
the row through parliamentary
procedure.
Connally denounced Nye for
terming Woodrow Wilson and his
Secretary Of State, Robert Lans-
ing, as having falsified. He pro
dured letters from the Library of
Congress stating private papers OF
Lansing were given the committee
only on subpoena.
The Lansing Diary
The papers-Lansing's private
diary-are not to be made pub
lie for Is years. under his will.
They are deposited in the library
for safe keeping. Connally de
clared. Committee members had
made copies.
Nye thundered defense Of his
recent action in passing some of
the Lansing diary around among
Senators and added:
81 am sworn to silence. But
these are not personal papers.
They are public papers,"