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The Washington times., 1936-02-13
RAIN BRINGS
D c. FLOOD
THREAT
Potomac Is CIoeeed
With Ice, Quick Thaw
to Be Dangerous

Snow falling today, mingled
with rain and sleet in sub-freezing
temperatures, marked the twenty.
ninth day Of the winter in which
there has been Snowfall in the
Capital, one Of the most severe
winters the Weather Bureau has
ever recorded here.
The snow and sleeA covered
streets and sidewalks with q new
coat Of ice, slowing down traffic
and causing innumerable pedes-
trianS to slide and fall. with more
of the same kind Of weather IN
store for tomorrow.
At noon the teInperatlIre stood
at "a degrees, and the Weather
Bureau did not expect it to mount
much higher during the day. A
minimum of 26 degrees is expected
tonight, followed by snow or freez.
ing rain and slowly rising tenn
peratures tomorrow.
Potomac StiIl Frozen
At the River and Flood Divi
sion Of the Weather Bureau it was
said that as yet there has been no
sign Of q breakup Of the ice which
clogs the Potomac, and until the
breakup starts 1t can not be de
termined If there viii be flood
conditions here.
The river is frozen solid to a
considerable depth, it was pointed
out, and on top of the ice is q
heavy deposit Of snow. However
if the thaw comes gradually, the
ice will go out without q flood.
On the other hand, If there
should be a rapid rise Of tempera-
ture accompanied by rain, the ice
would gorge UP the river and there
would be a flood here.
Escape Injury
Several persons narrowly
escaped serious injury today
when q Pennsylvania passenger
bus driven by George w. Harris,
26, of Drexel Hill, Pa, slid help.
lesSly into the side Of q Capital
Transit street car operated by
Stanley Swortzell, Of 1928 Thirty
ninth st. N. W., as the car was
turning west into P Street from
Wisconsin Avenue.
Miss Emma v. Bentley, 20, Of
Point-of- Rocks, Md, was treated
for shock and bruises sustained
when she was thrown from her
seat in the trolley by the force
Of the impact which damaged
both vehicles slightly. Several
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Rain Brings D. {. Threat Of Potomac River Flood
BRUNO SENDS FOR LEIBOWITZ
2D. C. Men
Killed i'm
Crash

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. Is
Q.N.S0.-Edward B. Halfpat, as,
and Cecil H. Lutz, 10, both Of
Washington, were killed today
when q sedan in which they were
driving north was in collision with
q southbound motor truck on the
Richmond Washington highway
several miles north Of Richmond.
Two other occupants of the Sc
dan were severely injured. They
were L. s. Mallock, who suffered
a broken arm and leg and face
decorations, and q young man
named Demma, who suffered q
Sprained ankle and body bruises.
Killian Thornburg, %, Of Rich
mond, driver Of the truck, escaped
uninjured. He was held on two
charges Of involuntary man
Slaghter.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
n. N.Y.LAWYER
WILL VISIT
PRISON.
Written Request For
Interview Handed to
N. }. Warden
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN
International News Service

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 13
0N.S)-Bruno Richard Haupt.
mann today gave q written re-
quest to Col. Mark o. Kimberling,
principal keeper Of the New Jersey
State Prison, that Samuel Leibo.
witz, noted criminal lawyer, be
permitted to interview him in the
death cell.
Hauptmapn summoned Kimber.
ling and first made the request
Iverbally. Kimberling told him TO
put u in writing, and he did.
Ready to Leave
Hauptmann also prepared q
Telegram to Leibowitz informing
the New York attorney he would
see him If he came to Trenton.
IeibeWitz meanwhile was in his
New York Office awaiting q con-
ference with Mrs. Anna Haupt.
mann. the prisoners wife, who
took the initiative in seeking to
bring Leibowitz into the celebrated
lease.
LeibowitZ, reached over long
distance telephone, said that "if
Hauptmann, knowing my position
IN this case, sends me q telegram
that seems encouraging I will 60
to Trenton"
He indicated he would leave for
Trenton early this afternoon,
Kimberling, Immediately upon
receiving Hauptmann's request
that Leibowitz be permitted to
see him, made efforts to COM
municate with C. Lloyd Fisher,
Of Pennington, chief counsel for
the defense, to appriSe him of de-
velopmentS.
Fisher Gives 0. X.
Even though Fisher is under
stood to be anything but pleased
at Leibowitz'S entrance into the
case, it is believed he will make no
objections.
He has said. referring to Mrs.
Hauptmann:
"After all, IL is her husbands
CONTINUED on Page 10, Col. q
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
SWANSON ILL;
LIFE IN PERIL
International News Service

International News Service
Secretary Of the Navy Swanson
today was critically Ill in Naval
Hospital with pleuriSy. His con-
dition was described by attending
physicians as "very serious" but
not entirely hopeless.
Capt. G. c. Thomas, naval
physician in charge, said pleurisy
developed yesterday and pro-
greSsed rapidly.
Mr.. Swanson, who is "a, suf.
fered q relapse during the night.
but showed . slight Improvement
today.
He had been confined to the
Naval Hospital for several days
suffering from the effects Of q
broken rib, fractured when he fell
in his home here. He has not
been in the best Of health for
sometime, and Is the least robust
member Of the Cabinet.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
Hitler Looks Worn .
As He Appears At
Winter 0Iympics

GARMIS HIP AR TENKIR.
CHEN, Feb. 13 Q.N.S0.-Making
his second appearance at the win
ter Olympic games, Adolph Hitler,
Germany's Reichfuehrer, looked a
trifle wan and worn today as he
sat in the stands in state in gar.
mentS that might have adorned
q mechanic.
He wore a Superannuated
leather jacket over an old and
stained jumper, topped off by q
battered old plush hat Of the va
riety often worn around fishing
camps.
Lured here from his Berchtes-
garden Information, Hitler smiled
often but with some evidence of
strain. possibly from the effect
Of a dazzling, crystalline sun.
His face was literally creased as
q protection against sunburn.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
BILL
BENEFITS
SLASHED
Annual Holiday Cut
to 26 Days; Fight
Due on Changes

On insistence Of Senator Ken.
meth McKeller CD, eight mem
bers of the Senate Civil Service
Committee today agreed upon
amendments to the Government
leave bills that call for complete
downward revision Of all benefits
in the measures.
Chief among the revisions was
reduction Of the proposed annual
leave from 80 days to 26 days, ex-
elusive Of Sundays and holidays.
Employees now get is days, under
the "haf-leave" provisions Of
economy measures.
The committee would make the
law effective July 1, 1886. instead
Of July /. 1885, as provided. thus
removing the retroactive feature.
Section 2 Of the annual leave
bill was amended to stiplIlate
hours Of duty per day and week
and asking that an interdepaEt.
mental committee Of administers
tive heads be formed SO that leave
would be uniform In all branches
of the Government.
XIII Overtime Clause
The committee struck out Sec
ton 8, which provided that COM
pensatory leave for overtime could
be added to the regular leave.
The sick-leave measure was
made effective July /, 1885, and
the committee also cut the provi-
sion for accumulation from 120
days to so days.
The committee also wrote into
the bill a section requiring en-
ployes who take sick leave to fur
nish q satisfactory certificate.
This represents a compromise with
Senator McKellar, who fought to
have sick leave granted only on
q certificate from physician.
Plan Amendments
At the conclusion of the meet
ing, it was announced that these
changes would be drawn up in the
form Of amendments and present.
ed on the floor Of the Senate at
the next calendar day.
A bitter fight in conference over
these changes is expected.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
KIN OF ENVOY
UNDER KNIFE

Mile. Marie Therese de Labou-
Iaye, daughter of the French Am
bassador and Nine. de Laboulaye,
Is convalescent in Emergency Hos
pitai following an operation on
her nose. it was learned today.
Mile. de Laboulaye'S condition
was reported as good" by hoSpi-
ts.l authorities, but no visitors are
allowed.
The young daughter Of the dip
Ilonat will return to her home at
the new embassy in Kalorama
Road next week, it was under
stood.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
Flames ImperiI 700
In Montreal Convent

MONTREAL, Que, Feb. l3
Q.N.S0.-The lives Of some 700
boarders in the villa Maria Con-
vent here were threatened early
today before firemen succeeded in
controlling q stubborn blaze which
swept the rambling five-Story
stone and wood structure.
The combined difficulty Of a
high wind and biting sub-zero
weather greatly hampered fire
men.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
Suspected Kidnaper
OF 7 Women Arrested

TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 13 dN.S).
Charged with kidnapping Mrs. Sid.
ney L. Brock Of Denver and her
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Fred.
erickson Of Oklahoma City, CheS-
ter Isom, %, was under arrest
here today.
Isom is said to have abducted the
women in the heart Of the city, and
after two hours released them un.
harmed.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
ICE SURVIVOR
TO LOSE FEET

3 CzARIiEVOIx, Mich.,. Feb. IS
! tI.N.S.l Clayton Brown. 25-year-
old fisherman who escaped the
frozen death Of two companions
BY crawling and staggering across
miles Of ice on Lake Michigan, will
lose both Of his feet, DR.. Robert
Armstrong said today at Charlie
voix Hospital. The physician
said:
"AmputatiOn must be resOrted
to within . couple Of days to
save his life"
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
Ex-Gov. BIaCkwood
South Carolina, Dies

sPARTANSBURG, s. c., Feb.
IS U.N.SO.-Stricken suddenly
shortly before midnight with a
heart attack, former Gov. libra
C. Blackwood, Of South Carolina.
was dead today. He was 81 years
old.
The former governor. whose
term expired a little over q year
ago, was stricken few minutes
after returning home from visit
ing friends.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
Storm Warning Posted
On Eastern SeabOard

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 uN.S.)
Northeast storm warnings were
ordered displayed at 1O:3O a. m. to
day by the Weather Bureau from
Sandy Hook to Cape HatteraS. The
department. bulletin read:
Disturbance Of moderate in.
tensity central over northwest
Florida will move nOrtheaStward
and cause northeast storms,
winds. and gales tonight, shift
ing to northwest winds by Satur-
day forenoon"
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
Man Found insane
For President Threats

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Feb. 13
QN.S0-Found insane by alien
lists, Ferdinand Drozd, 20, New
Britain WPA worker who wrote
threatening letters to President
Roosevelt, today awaited COM
mittment to a State hospital.
Angered because the President
made no reply to his first letter,
Drozd allegedly wrote others Of q
threatening nature.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
Nominated
To Post in Treasury
International News Service

International News Service
President Roosevelt today sent
to the Senate the nomination Of
Wayne Chatfield Taylor, Chi
cago banker, to succeed L. w.
"Chip" Robert, Of Atlanta, re-
signed, as Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
2 Die in Blast

CHICAGO, Feb. 1S-TWo men
were killed and six injured last
night in an explosion on a sani-
tary district sewage tunnel project.
The explosion rocked the West
Side. Three men, two seriously
injured. were treated at the hos
pital.
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
ATTENTION, VETERANS!

The Washington Times viii answer all Of your borN3
questions
What do you want to know about your adjusted servcs
cercatei Any loansi Lost iti How you apply for
your "baby bonds"f
Address letter to the Bonus Editor, Washington
Times, Washington, D. G., enclosing stamped selfad-
dressed envelope for reply (Story on Page 19)
The Washington times., 1936-02-13
CASH FOR
CAST Always

MNAKE them out Of the attic,
4 out Of the cellar, those old
things you can no longer use
and exchange them for cash.
Describe them in the Bargain
Mart appearing today and every
day in The Times and Herald
Want Ad columns. Phone DIS
trict $3.50 or District 1000 and an
expert want ad writer will as
sist you to get the best and
quickest results ct the lowest
possible cost. See the Bargain
Mart in today's
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Bailey Gets 20 Years
At Columbus. o.

Continued from Page One.)
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Social Bill Intro
duced Into House

Continued from Page One.)
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witnesses whose signatures are sub
Scribed.
Signed
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Continued from Page One.)
down and dawn to those who bear
allegiance to England's king, flashed
this message from their sovereign:
After long and anxious consider
alton, / have determined to renounce
the throne to which l succeeded on
the death of my father, and l now
am communicating this my final and
irrevocable decision"
Government Victorious
In that epochal moment of eight
centuries the Commons, the people
and the empire saw their government
victorious in a tremendous constitu-
tional struggle with a monarch who
reigned for less than a year.
Rather than give up the twice
divorced American woman who wait
ed today within the rain-slashed walls
of a villa on the Cote d'Azur, baked
by state and church in his desire for
morganatic marriage, Edward VIII
signed this morning the decree of alb
dicatiOn.
York as heir, and the other two
brothers, the Dukes of Gloucester
and Kent, witnessed the historic deed.
And the swift machinery to make a
new king began throbbing in London
and throughout the empire, while the
king. through Captain F'itzroy, told
the Parliament assembled:
my mind is made UP Further
delay cannot but be injurious to the
| people whom I have tried to serve.
81 can only hope that I shall have
the understanding of my peoples
Machinery Moves Swiftly
Black-clad and sombre Baldwin
moved immediate consideration of the
abdication by Parliament.
That was the kings own wish, for
his message said:
| II am most anxious that there
! should be no delay of any kind in
| giving effect to the instrument which
1 have executed, and that all necessary
steps should he taken Immediately tc
| secure that my lawful successor, my
brother, His Royal Highness the Duke
of York, should ascend the throne"
Baldwin Makes Plea
In the deep, breathless hush, Bald
win pleaded for an understanding OF
his part in the most "repugnant tash
ever imposed on a prime minister,
and told the story of the momentous
week of the struggle between KING
and prime minister.
when l said 'Goodybe' on Tuesday
night" Baldwin told his tense list
eners, while unsmiling crowds surg
ed and jostled outside in Parliament
Square, I'VE both knew and felt, anc
said to each other, that our friend
ship-so far from being impaired by
the discussions of this last week
bound us more closely together thar
it ever had-and that it would last fol
life"
The announcement of the abdicatior
was made by Captain Edward Fitzro!
speaker of the House of Commons.
Prime Minister Baldwin preferred
the announcement by telling the mem
bers he had "a message from His
Majesty the King signed by his owr
hand"
King Edwards words in renouncing
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2,918ARRESTSBY
PATROL in MONTH
321 Actions by Highway
Police Are on Drunken
Driving Charge
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
- = ~ n a SE[ ERNnV

u
Raleigh, Dec. 10.-The State High
way Patrol made 2,91S arrest in No
vember, of which 321 were for driving
while drunk, the regular monthly re-
port issued today by Captain Charles
D. Farmer, shows. In addition to the
actual arrests made, the highway pa
trolmen issued citations to 2,729 addi-
.ticnal drivers and required 1851 driv-
ers to correct faulty lights Fatrol-
men also issued equipment tickets"
to 2,441 drivers instructing them to
have their faulty equipment corrected
with certain number Of days or else
come into court.
The school funds in the various
counties were enriched to the extent
of $50 337 in November as a result of
the fines imposed on those arrested
by highway patrolmen, while the
cities and towns. profited to the extent
of $17,374 from the costs imposed and
collected in these same cases. Out of
2,41s drivers tried during November,
1888 were convicted and only 80 ac-
quilted, the report shows.
The value of the highway patrol to
the state in dollars and cents in No
VemDer amounted 10 S(o,oU0 IN auo1-
ton to its work in patrolling the
reads and in preventing accidents,
Captain Farmer pointed out. Patrol
men recovered $4,000 worth of stolen
cars, required motorists with no Ii
cense plates or with improper plates
to purchase $12,6 worth of licenses,
while the fines and costs assessed on
those convicted of violating traffic
laws by highway patrolmen amounted
to more than 1000.
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the British throne, the speaker said:
Il have determined to renounce the
throne"
After long and anxious considera-
ton, l have determined to renounce
the throne to which l succeeded on
the death of my father. 1 am COM
municating this, my final and irrev-
ocable decision.
81 will not enter now into my priv
ate feeling, but l would beg that it
should be remembered that the burden
which constantly rests upon the shout
ders of a sovereign is so heavy that
it can only be borne in circumstances
different from those in which l now
find myself
L conceive that I am not overlook
ing the duty that rests on me to place
in the forefront of public interest
when I declare that I am conscious
that 1 can no longer discharge this
heavy task with efficiency or with
satisfaction to myself.
The Abdication
Il have, accordingly this morning
executed this instrument of abdica-
ton in the terms following:
81, Edward VIII of Great Britain
Ireland and the British Dominions
beyond the seas, king and emperor OF
India, do hereby declare my irrevo-
cable determination to renounce the
throne for myself and for my descen-
dants and my desire that effect should
be given to this instrument of abdica-
ton Immediately.
I'm token whereof 1 have hereunto
set my hand this the tenth day OF
December 1886, in the presence of the
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HEAVY EXTENSION
PROGRAM IN 1887
r1ans for Next Year Talked
With County Agents by
Agronomy Head

1r.-a Station, Raleigh, Dec. 10
.E-5nomy department at State
flaming for 1887 the larg-
->r-s-.On program it has ever
- with North Carolina farm
series of meetings held re-
....-v aid E. c. Blair, extension ag-
r.s tn program for each coun-
- t9ken up in detail with the
..e agent and leading farmers.
were made for conducting s.
uustrations in which farmers
~ practices recommended by
81 .l.-us.on service for growing va
oops
4ruOuStratlonS will be used TO
4e difference between the best
.sr farming practices developed
scientific research and old meth
lis ~ ta.ming now proven to be I'M
factory Blair stated.
THE Biggest phase of the work will
T. crop rotation demonstrations
A. resent 2022 of these are contem-
,l..-.. some are already under way
others viii be started early in
1851
These rotations include a general
.aa ii. management of the farms.
q.a special provisions for soil-build-
ana erosion control.
Plans were also made for 624 tobac-
- l5monstrations in which the farm
-.s viii follow extension service re-
concentrations from the time of Sc
-c-.r- the seed and preparing the
.s-l bed until the crop is ready for
market
O.asr projects planned will demon
s..a-- me best varieties of various
c.ops best methods of fertilization.
s.l proper handling of legumes for
s...-.a. p.ovement.
OF -rese there will be % with to-
facco 33S with corn. 204 with small
.4.a. l2S with soybeans. 1O1 with
cvpeas 250 with lespedeza. SO with
COTTON. 245 with various soil-building
T. .n-s i with pasture mixtures, 81
win winter hay mixtures. II with al
.-:a and % with other crops.
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Gives Up Sceptre
For Love

Continued from Page One.)
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Dor serving ex-officio as the third
member. Commissioners salaries
salaries would be fixed by the Gov
ernor with approval of the Council of
State.
The Governor may designate the
chairman of the commission.
One of the first appointive mem
bers will serve two years and the 9th
er Six years, and terms of their sue
cessors shall be six years.
Following closely the Federal act
the bill provides maximum weekly
payments of SIS, with a minimum Of
SIS per week
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ial session converting this morning.
The House recessed after receiving
the measure, meeting again this aft
ernoon to take up the bill as a COM
mittee of the whole, with the prob
ability Attorney General A A. F. Sea-
we'll would explain the measure.
The Senate adjourned without re-
Giving the bill, fixing its next session
tomorrow morning at o'clock.
A commission to administer the
insurance program would consist of
two members, appointed by the Gov
ernor with the commissioner of la
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-12-10
PLAYWRIGHT DIES
AT HOME IN ITALY

Rome, Dec. 10.-Luigi Tirandelle.
famed italian playwright and VIM
ner of The 1884 Nobel prize for litera-
ture, died today
The author of six Characters in
search of an Author" died of pneu-
MONA after a brief illness.
Friends saw him in public for the
last time three nights ago.
Tlrandello. SO, was at work on an
other play when he died
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Fourth Child Now Dead
Of Bus Injuries
CONTINUED from Page one.)

steering gear of his truck locked as
it approached the bus.
Ernest johnson, Mack Williams and
Inez Bulla, 15-year-old pupils of Cedar
Greek township, were killed almost
instantly.
Four of the injured remained in the
hospital today. Doctors said they
may have to amputate leg to save
the life of Grace Owen, the most seri-
ously hurt. The others, Stanley Par
ham, Gather Cain and Myrtle Clark,
were reported recovering satisfac-
tOrily
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70 run consecutively. In first pro-
-9uacing sentence, he imposed fines
&. $1,000 each on the two charges. in
addition to the imprisonment, but
b yecinded this part of the penalty
upon q plea by Bailey's attorney.
The latter, G. D. Bailey, of Burns
vile q distant cousin of the prisoner,
,old the court the defendant had only
$500 in cash and that his wife and
caildren needed the poultry farm he
owned
The North Carolina mountaineer
pleaded innocent when arraigned but
changed 70 a guilty plea today.
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EDWARD r. I.

MY execution of this instrument
has been witnessed, by my three broth
ers, their Royal Highnesses, the Duke
of York, the Duke of Gloucester and
the Duke of Kent"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-21

VOTE AN { RIGA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-21
Church Here
Marks First Birthday

Receiving 10 new members, the
Chinese Community Church, in
terdenominational organization of
Christian Chinese, yesterday cele-
brated its first anniversary at Mt.
Vernon Place M. E. Church,
South.
Greetings from distinguished
churchmen were read at the cele-
bration, attended by the 100 mem
berS of the group, and a program
Of Chinese music was played.
The Rev. Hung, their pastor. con-
Quoted the services.
Tonight the church will hold a
banquet in the Calvary Baptist
Church at $50 p. M, and on
Friday, october 8, Chinese motion
pictures will be shown in the
same church.