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The Washington times., 1936-11-13

Conducting a one-man riot very
effectively for the benefit of early
birds on their way to work this
morning. a man who later gave
his name as John Patrick Mason,
conducted a public strip" act in
the 600 block of D st. N. W., about
7:3O o'clock and gave battle to
several onlookers who attempted
to subdue him.
According to police report Ma
son ran screaming and cursing
into the street in front of 638 D
St. N. W., and when an unidenti-
fled motorist tried to hush him up.
the response was a crashing OF
glass as Mason drove his fist
through the motorists automobile
window.
Following this temporary vic
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
BY THOMAS A. LOAYZA

MADRID, Nov. 13 G.NSD.-Six
inSurgent fighting planes fell
crippled or in flames in a fierce
aerial battle over the center
Of Madrid today as govern
ment forces launched their first
large7scale offensive since the cap
itals siege began.
Two loyalist planes we're re
ported forced down in battle.
The loyaliSts struck at the in
surgent right and center in the
direction of Villaverde and Cara
banchel. The offensive, as we'll as
the loyaliSt showing in the aerial
battle, gave conclusive proof the
defenders of Madrid have been
transformed from a nearly de-
feated army to a suddenly revived
and powerful fighting force.
Information indicated the often
Sive would prove telling test of
insurgent strength. The insurgents
were reported bringing up heavy
reinforcementS, including Moorish
troops and tanks, in an effort to
hold their positions.
LoyaliSt leaders expressed firm
conviction the insurgent threat
has been broken and that General
Frances troops are now on the
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
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$2,OOOSLASH
A MON III
ORDERED
Private Jobs Expected
To Take Care of Most
of Reduction Here

Under order of Federal WPA
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins,
the District Works Progress Ad-
ministration must cut its forces
by 1000 and reduce administra-
tive expenses $4,000 month by
January /.
Regarding the order, CommiS-
sioner George E. Allen, local WPA
administrator, said today:
II don't think the District will
be hard hit in carrying out this
order. Already private industry
has begun making deep inrOadS
into the WPA forces and / ex-
pect that normal absorption by
private industry will accomplish
much of the cut ordered"
William C. Cleary, assistant
deputy administrator, said that at
present the WPA rolls total $500.
He anticipated that before the end
of this month approximately 800
or 400 persons will have left the
rolls and obtained private employ
ment.
He said the force of WPA work
ers on highway projects already
was showing a marked decrease
because of openings in private en-
ployment. The administrative pay
roll is $4,000 a month and must
be cut to $4,000.
Commissioner Allen also an
nounced that DR.. Frederick w.
McReynolds, chairman of the
Board of Public Welfare, and FL
wood Street, welfare director, had
been summoned before the Com
missioners next week to explain
the boards request for a deficiency
appropriation of $830,000 for the
remainder of this fiscal year.
The board pointed out that with
the coming of cold weather larg-
er monthly appropriation was nee
essary to carry the thousands of
unemployable cases on the relief
rolls and also to provide comforts
for the hard-hit and low salaried
employed with large families.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
0NE f KILLED
|NHEAD-0N
CRASH
North Carolina Mans
Skull Is Fractured;
Accotink Scene

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. 13.
One man was killed and two
others injured, one critically, on
the Observation-Disclosures high
way early today as two trucks
crashed head on.
The dead man was identified
by police as Ibra Harman, 25, of
Martinsville. while another man,
suffering a fractured skull in Alex
andria Hospital, is K. c. Brent.
of Burlington, N. C.
The second injured man, who
also is in Alexandria Hospital
with severe lacerationS of the
leg, is not in a serious condition.
He is Howard w. Cecil, rs, Of
MartinSville, Va.
With a heavy fog hanging close
to the road. State police said the
visibility probably was very bad
at the point, near Accotink, where
the two trucks crashed.
The injured men were brought
to the Alexandria Hospital by the
Fort Belvoir army ambulance.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
Brief Defends Statute
AGAINST Convict Goods

In a brief filed as a friend of
the court, the State of Minnesota
today urged the Supreme Court
to hold constitutional the Ash
urst-SumnerS Federal law which
prohibits shipment of convict
made goods into a State in viola
ton of State law.
The brief was filed in case in
which the Kentucky Whip and
Collar Company is attacking the
law.
Attorney General Harry H. Pc
terSon, of Minnesota, asserted the
law will aid the State in enforc-
ing it's own act requiring convict
made goods be plainly labeled.
Constitutionality of the Federal
law was defended on the ground
Congress has the right to pro-
hibit the use of facility of inter
state commerce to carry on traf-
fic which results in evil.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
Kentucky Man, Is,
Won't Live Single,
Weds Eiqhth Time

WHITESBURG, KY. Nov. 13
1.N.SD.-John C. Brown, 75-year-
old farmer, today easily won the
title of the 'marryingest man" in
Kentucky when he was married
for the eighth time-to Mrs. Mag
gle Roberts. 68.
1t was the fifth marriage for
the bride.
Brown was divorced last week
from his seventh wife. He de-
clared:
II just won't live single"
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
Chicago Notes Quake
4,4OO Miles TO West

CHICAGO, Nov. 13 G.N.S).
An earthquake of severe intensity,
about 4,400 miles west of this city,
was recorded at 7:42 a. m. E. S. T.
today on the U. S. Weather Bu-
reau seismograph at the Univer-
sity of Chicago.
Meteorologist M. o. Swenson,
who estimated the distance and
direction, said the first wave was
a heavy one and others of similar
intensity followed Immediately.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
Motor Firm Warned
AGAINST Interference

The Nolan Motor Company, Inc.
today was ordered by the National
Labor Relations Board not to in
terfere with it's employees in their
relationships with labor unions.
The board dismissed complaints
of two Nolan workers that they
had been Disseminated against
for union activities.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13


ing for the Spanish reds.
GIBRALTAR, Nov. 13 U.N.S).
Trapping the ship just before she
passed out of their reach, two
Spanish insurgent warships today
held the Soviet cargo vessel Soyuz
Vodnikov, S. S. S. r. at the point
of their guns in Ceuta CMorocco)
Harbor.
Westward bound, the 7,661-ton
ship steamed through the Straits
of Gibraltar wednesday.
After Long Chase
The next day, according to Brit
ish naval sources, she was seen
entering the insurgent port closely
guarded by the cruiser Almirante
Cervera and an armed InSurgent
traWler.
A long chase apparently had
preceded her capture, presumably
on the inSurgent understanding
that the Soyuz VodnikoV carried
munitions for the Spanish 10y
aliStS.
Details, however, cannot be OBJ
tained because of the extremely
strict censorship on news from in
surgent Morocco.
International News Service
The Russian freighter Sojusaod
Nikov was reported held today in
the insurgent port of Ceuta IN
Spanish Morocco. Word Of the
capture of the Soviet ship, flashed
by radio to Washington, aroused
grave concern over possible inter-
national consequences.
AS the Soviet vessel steamed
through the Mediterranean off
Southern Spain, according toWord
received here, it was sighted and
chased by the inSurgent warshlp,
Almirante Cervera.
U. S. WarShip in Sight
The freighter hove to only after
warning shot was fired across
its bows. A boarding party was
put over side by the cruiser, the
ship searched and then conveyed
to the nearby insurgent port.
Ceuta, just across the strait
from the British fortress OF
Gibraltar. has been the base OF
operations of the insurgent
leader, Gen. Francisco Franco, in
Continued on Page 3, Col. y
The Washington times., 1936-11-13

PROCLAIMED

Proclaiming that the citizens OF
the Nation have a solemn re
sponsibility to assure themselves
and their descendants a future
more abundantly nurtured in faith
and in security, President Roose
velt today designated Thursday
November 26, as a day of national
thanksgiving.
The President hailed the OBJ
servance of Thanksgiving as a
practice peculiarly American and
stated that the Nation should ex
press gratitude for having passed
safely through troubled waters
The text of the message follows:
"BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
"A PROCLAMATION
81, FRANKLIN D. ROOSE-
WELT, President of the United
States of America, hereby deSig-
nate Thursday. the twenty-sixth
day of November, 1886, as day
of national thanksgiving.
THE observance of a day of
general thanksgiving by all the
people is a practice peculiarly
our own, hallOwed by usage in
the days before we were nation
and sanctioned through succeed
ing years.
Having safely passed through
troubled waters, it is our right
to express our gratitude that
Divine Providence has vOuch-
Safed us wisdom and courage to
overcome adversely. Our free
institutions have been main
tanned with no abatement of
our faith in them. In our rela-
tiOnS with other peoples we
stand not alOOf but make reSO-
Lutte effort to promote interna-
tiOnal friendship and, by the
avoidance of diSCOrd, to further
world peace, prosperity and
happiness.
Coupled with our grateful
Acknowledgement of the bless
ingS it has been our high privi-
lege to enjoy, we have a
deepening sense of our solemn
responsibility to assure for our
selves and our descendants a
future more abundant in faith
and in security.
Let us, therefore, on the day
appointed, each in his own way,
but together as a whole people,
make due expression of our
Thanksgiving and humbly en-
deavOr to follow in the footsteps
of Almighty God.
I'm WITNESS WHEREOF, ]
have hereuntO set my hand and
caused the seal of the United
States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the city of Wash
intOn this 18th day of November,
in the year of Our Lord nineteen
hundred and thirty-Six, and of
the Independence of the United
States of America the one hun
dred and Sixty-firSt.
"FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
''Bv the President:
"R. WALTON MOORE
"Acting Secretary of State"
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
Ickes BUYS Ice-Boxes

PITTSBURGH. Nov. 13 G.N.SO.
Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
featuring Company received a one
million-dollar order for 1887 cleo
trio refrigerators from PWA Ad-
Harold L. IckeS, Arthur
E. Allen. vice president, announced
here today. The refrigerators
will be placed in slum clearance
and loW.rent housing projects.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
PLANES FIGHT
OVER MADRID

TALAVERA DE LA REINA,
Nov. 13 U.N.SD In an attack
on Carabanchel BajO, outside
Madrid, radical forces used gas,
according to reports at insur-
gent headquarters here. This
is the first time gas was re-
ported used on the Madrid
front.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
One Killed, 70 Hurt
In Crossing Crash

HARRINGTON. r. l., Nov. 13
G.N.SD One man was killed in
stantly today and 26 passengers
were bruised and shaken up when
a gasoline-electric suburban car
of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad collided with a
five-ton motor truck at a grade
crossing. Albert Del Fanno, 27,
Pawtucket, driver of the truck,
was killed instantly.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
FRE|GHTER
CAPTURED
IN LONG
CHASE
.arships Take Vessel
at Sea, Intern 1t In
Moroccan Port

VALENCIA, Spain, Nov. 13
1.N.SD The Soviet steamer
KOmsOmOl today unlOaded 22,.
900 articles of food and cloth.
ing for the Spanish reds.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
s63 ROOMS

"Irented 3 rooms from
one 2-line dd under
furnished rooms in
the Herald and Times
Double Quick Want
Ads. Very fine re-
suits, sdYs Mrs. I.
Hdrwood.
The quickest way to
rent your r o o m S,
apartment or house is
to advertise in the
Herald and Times
Double Quick Wont
Ads, District $3.50 or
District 1000.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair tonight and tomorrow; lowest tempera
ture tonight about "a; warmer tomorrow.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1936-11-13

Continued on Page 2, Col. !
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
ADVERTISING
TAX BANNED
international News Service

International News Service
The Supreme Court today held
unconstitutional the Louisiana
newspaper advertising tax law
So a blow at freedom of the
press.
The case came to the high
court on appeal of Alice Lee
Grosjean, supervisor of public
accounts, after three-judge Fed.
eral court held the law uncon-
stitutional. The law was enacted
in 1894, during the dictator.
ship" Of the late Senator Huey
P. Long.
Justice Sutherland read the
courts opinion.
Justice Sutherland pointed out
that the first amendment to the
Federal Constitution prohibits
Congress from abriding freedom
Of speech or press.
While the first amendment did
not restrain the States, they are
prohibited from interfering with
freedom Of speech and press
under the due process Of the
Fourteenth Amendment Of the
Constitution.
Previous decisions Of the court,
he said, established that freedom
Of press and speech are guar
anteed by the Constitution, even
TO restraining States.
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
u. 5. GETS new
C0LDWAVE
international News Service

International news service
The greater part Of the nation
today was in the grip Of the most
paralyzing Arctic wave Of a cen
tury.
A great blanket of intense cold
which carried raging blizzards,
strangled railway and highway
transportation, inflicted untold
suffering and brought the Specter
Of hunger and fuelleSS days.
Seven CCC boys, adrift on mann
moth ice floes for % hours off
Cape Cod, Mass, were rescued by
Coast Guardsmen guided by air
plane pilots this morning.
Sioux City, Iowa, was virtually
marooned by great snow drifts
left in the wake Of a piercing
gale.
Three men were believed lost
on an ice floe off Charlevoix,
Mich.
Six States Ration Coal
Coal was rationed throughout
South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois,
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
WAY YISCLEARED
FOR SKATERS

With 200 laborers shoveling and
Scraping snow and SluSh from
the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting
Pool and the Sixteenth Street
Reservoir, skating will be avail
able by nightfall, the National
Capital Parks Office announced
today.
At both places, however, the
ice surface has been roughened
by deposits of frozen slush and
the sport will not be at its best.
Until further notice, beginning
at 4 o. m. today, Rock Greek and
Potomac Parkway will be closed to
traffice and devoted exclusively
to coasting and skiing. Coasting
is also in order on Ridge Road,
Ross Road, Grant Drive and Sher-
rill Drive which have been closed
as perilous to traffice in Rock
Greek Park. All other roads in
the park area are open to traffic.
For the comfort of winter
sports enthusiasts, Park Service
officers will build bonfires tonight
Just south of the P Street Bridge
and on the Shoreham Hotel hill.
Excellent coasting and skiing
condition were reported at East
Potomac Park and Anacostia
Park. It is expected that roads
in both these parks will be cleared
Of drifts and opened to traffic
before tomorrow morning.
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
ATTENTION, VETERANS!

The Washington Times will answer all Of your bonus
questions. |
Do you want to know the status Of your adjusted service
certficatei Any loansi Lost H How you apply for
your "Baby Bonds"H
Watch the columns of The Washington Times for the
answers Read the bonus articles which viii appear daily
Then if you do find the to your questions
there address letter to the Bonus Gaor Washington
Times, Washington, D. c. enclosing stamped, elt-ad.
dressed envelope for reply. (Story on Page ls)
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SAB MILLION.
APPROVED
BYGR0UP
House Keeps Within
Roosevelt Budget
By Pruning
International News Service

Convinced of the necessity for
an immediate enlargement Of the
national defense. the House Ap-
|propriations Committee today
recommended a record peace-time
War Department appropriation
totalling $543,341 500.
The committee acted after hear
ing pleas for defense expansion
by chief of staff Malin Craig and
other high ranking officials and
following an extensive inspection
of domestic and ilasIlar military
facilities by subcommittee.
The sum recommended by the
committee is divided into $374-
9S1, Sal for actual military ex-
penditures and $168,359, 1856 for
rivers and harbors improvements
and other non4military activities.
$23,SOO.OOO Increase
The amount recommended for
military activities represents an
increase of $23, 3,800,0 900 over the
sum allocaCed Tor naC1ona1 defense
last year, while items for non
military activities are higher by
500, 6,641,535
The committee took pains to
keep within President Roosevelt'S
budget estimate for military activ-
tiles. AS a result, $43, 1886, 900 was
slashed from the budget recon-
mendationS.
The committee, however, made
wholesale reviSionS in individual
items contained in the Presidents
budget and reduced numerous
items to enable increases in other
items which it felt are more i'm
portant from a defense stand
point.
A total Of $45.54O,177 was allo-
Gated to the Air Corps, which will
permit purchase. of 442 new air.
planes for the Regular Army, SO
for the National Guard and is for
the organized reserves. The
amount is Is million dollars more
Continued on Page 3, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
i. 5. PLANES
ALSO DROP
SUPPLIES
ON ISLE
Moreenthau Or d e r S
More Coast Cutters
'ToAid Rescue

Battling an icy gale and fog for
more than two hours the Goodyear
blimp Enterprise reached ice
locked Tangier Island from Wash.
ington Airport today and dis
charged almost 1000 pounds OF
food supplied for the marooned
residents by the Red Cross.
Condr. Karl Lange at the con-
trolls Of the big airShip managed
to land on the ice, and scores of
men held the ship down as the
food was unloaded. The wind was
so strong, however, that the blimp
tore loose and shot high in the
air before the last 10 sacks Of
flour in the cargo could be un-
loaded, Commander Lange radioed
back.
Planes Drop Food
He also sent a radio message
that two Army bombers had flown
over the island and dropped food
on the island. These were bomb
erS which were dispatched from
Langley Field, Va, this morning.
Each carried 1000 pounds of food.
A third bomber was ordered from
the field to Smith Island, several
miles from Taugier, where sup
plies were also reported running
low.
The gale was SO strong, Com
Inander Lange radioed, that for a
time he feared he might be forced
to jettiSon part Of his cargo or
else turn back to washington. But
feeling the need for food was
great he fought through and man
aged to make safe landing.
With three Coast Guard cut
ters under way to the island, car
rying q total Of $4,000 additional
pounds of food, Red Cross and
other officials believe the danger
Of famine on the two ice-bound
islands has been definitely re-
moved.
More Cutters Ordered
Following q conference with
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
national president of the Red
Cross, Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau issued orders to
Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet,
of the Coast Guard, to send
additional cutters to clear a
passage and carry food to the
islands.
A privately owned airplane
chartered by an Eastern Shore
packer took off today for Tan
gier, carrying several hundred
pounds of milk and fruit juices
needed by the children who have
been suffering from malnutrition.
A week ago Saturday the blimp,
carrying Washington Times re.
porterS and photographers, made
q relief survey and discovered the
islanders were in dire need OF
food. The following day the blimp
flew back and dropped 1,1O0
pounds Of food. Today's flight
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
Twins Mother, 16,
Believed WinninQ
Her Battle for Life

A 16-year-old mother of twins
today was said to be winning the
battle for her life in the maternity
ward of Gallinger Hospital.
Since last Saturday night, when
baby girls were born to her, Mrs.
Kemper Mills, sos G st. N. E.,
has been in a critical condition.
Doctors almost deSpaired Of her
living to mother the children.
Today, however, a marked i'm
provernent was noted in her con.
dition. The infants, weighing
about six pounds each now, were
said to be getting along salts
factorily.
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
Two Boys Lose Lives
When Home Burns

DAYTON. Ohio, Feb. 10 G.N.S0.
Two small sons Of Ray Simmons
were burned to death at Fairfield,
near here, today when fire result
ing from either a defective flue or
the explosion of an oil stove de-
stroyed the Simmons cottage.
David Simmons, 8, and Richard,
2, were the victims. Two brothers
were away at school and their
father, unemployed for many
weeks until today, was at work in
the supplies department at Pat
terson Flying Field, when the trag-
edy occurred.
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
BLIMP REACHES TANCIER WITH FOOD
2 Rescued
From nice
FIOeS

BREWSTER, Mass, Feb. 10
Q.N.S0 Faced with death on
two drifting ice cakes for % hours
in Cape Cod Bay, seven Rhode
Island CCC boys were rescued to-
day by the combined efforts Of
Coast Guardsmen, Army airplanes
and private planes.
Located by an army bomber and
furnished food and blankets
dropped by other planes the
marooned group was finally
brought aboard the Coast Guard
Cutter Harriet Lane seven miles
from shore, after heroic Coast.
Guardsmen braved death by push.
ing and rowing lifeboats through
the ice field.
Two youths we're rescued from
a small ice cake and the other
five were taken from the main
cake,
One Has Feet Frozen
One, John 3. Fitzsimmons, jr.,
10, Of Portsmouth, r. L, had both
his feet frozen and needed med
ical treatment.
The others rescued were Tony
Ray, 18: Albert M. v. Papa, 18,
and Manuel j. Botello, 10, all Of
West Warwick, r. l.; Nicholas s.
Scungio, Is, and Norman r.
Beaulier, 18, both Of Pawtucket,
r. l., and Thomas G. Malone, 10,
Of Portsmouth, r.. !. >.
On leave from their CCC camp
at East Brewster, the youths
started Sunday afternoon to walk
across the ice to WelIfleet, de.
spite warnings Of companions
who feared warmer weather
would break UP the ice field.
They were sighted three miles
out by Hudson Ellis, former high
way surveyor who watched them
through q Epyglass from his
home. he saw the ice on which
they were we king break away
from theSmain field. The boys,
however, continued to walk on,
apparently unaware that they
WC4V 4A4GAOC44C0s
Shift In Wind Aids
Ellis notified Lieut.. julio xavier,
in command Of the CCC camp,
who in turn summoned Coast
Guardsmen. Darkness began to
fall before the youths discovered
their plight.
Throughout the night airplanes
dropped flares over the ice floe.
Ashore. where anxious watchers
waited, huge bonfires blazed.
The sunlight of morning re-
vealed that two Of the youths had
been cut off from their mates, a
small ice cake having been cut off
from a larger one.
BY a stroke Of good fortune, the
wind, which had been drifting the
two cakes toward the tip Of Cape
Cod at Race Point to the open
Atlantic, veered with the coming
Of day, pushing the cakes back
toward the East Brewster shore
line.
Guardsmen Make 2 Trips
Three coastguardsmen in a surf
boat, pushed their way across the
Continued ON Page 3, Col. -
The Washington times., 1936-02-10

The Senate Celebrated ladies'
day today.
With the galleries packed to a
bursting point such as occurred
frequently during the past two
wears when Senator Huey p. Long
was scheduled to speak, his widow,
Rose Mcconnell Long, today took
the oath Of office to fulfill her
late husbands unexpired term Of
office. ..-.
While Senator Hattie Caraway,
Representative Caroline O'Day
and Representative Virginia
Jenckes paid their respects to
this second woman member of
the upper body Of Congress with
their presence, Mrs. Long walked
down the center aisle on the
arm of Senator John H. Overton,
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
AFRICANS FAIL,
BEATEN BACK

Adds ABABA, Feb. 10 G.NS).
A strenuous Ethiopian attempt to
recapture Makale from Italian
troops on the northern front was
repulsed yesterday after heavy
fighting throughout the day, it
was semi-officially stated today.
Ras Seyum was said to have
launched the attack, which failed
because of the heavy Notifications
surrounding Makale, including
three barbed-wire entanglements
six feet high.