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The Washington times., 1936-02-01
New Britain Blaze
lakes 100000 Toll

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, Feb. /.
GN.SO-A general alarm fire to-
day swept through the United
Building, a three-Story office
structure in the heart of the bust
ness district, and did damage esi-
mated at 100000.
Five hours after the first alarm
was sounded, fire officials said
the blaze Of undetermined origin
was under control.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
WPA Official Promoted
JInternatlonal News Service

international News Service
Paul Edwards, erstwhile chief
regional examiner for the WPA
In New England, today was sp-
pointed by Federal WPA Admin
istrator, Harry L. Hopkins to sue
ceed Arthur Rotch, resigned. as
acting WPA Administrator for
Massachusetts,.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
King Edward Takes
Country Week End

LONDON, Feb. / Q.N.S0.
King Edward went to Fort Bew-
vedere, his country place near
Sandringham, for the weekend
today.
Motorcycle couriers carried dis
patches and state papers to and
from Buckingham Palacs.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
OFFICE WINDOW OPEN

Reside the note he left his be-
lonasngs in nest order. An open
window in his office showed from
where his body hurtled eight
floors to an alley in the rear OF
the building.
The body was so mangled by the
fall that immediate identification
could not be made. -
No motive was revealed, al
though it was said that Mr..
Woodson had complained OF in
somnia.
Mr.. Woodson, possibly in an
attempt to save himself, seized
4 yentilator pipe on the side OF
the building as he was falling.
THE pipe was found in his hand.
Although he said he would not
order an inquest, DR.. r. M. Rosen-
berg, deputy coroner, wiz not
issue a death certificate until ne
has conferred with Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald, he said.
Connected with railroads from
his youth. Mr.. WoodSon was en-
ployed by the Norfolk and West.
ern railroad in Roanoke, Va, and
other railway companies before
coming to washington in 1912
to enter the employe OF the
Southern railway.
Native Of Roanoke
Before becoming vice president
Of the Railroad Credit Corpora
tion in January, 1892. he was
secretary of the Railroad Ac-
counting Officers Association
here.
A native Of Roanoke, Mr.. Wood
SON was educated in the schools
there and after coming to Wash
ington was graduated from Ma
tional University.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Anne Brock Woodson: q daugh,
ter, Mrs. Lambert Jones: q six
months-old grandson, Lambert,
jr., and his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
o. P. Woodson, Of Roanoke.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
W00DS0N
PLUNGES
8FL00RS
Note, Personal Effects
on His Desk; Suffered
From Insomnia

Leaving his watch, wallet and
keys ON his desk with. o short
note. Eugene r. Woodso1, vice
president Of the Railroad Credit
Corporation, plunged TO his death
from the eighth floor Of the Trans
portation Building shortly before
Q O'Clock this morning. He was
46 years old
Mr., Woodson, who lived st 3245
Klingle Rd. N. W., left . note
which said:
"The car Is ON the parking lot
adjoining the building"
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

WASHINGTON FORECAST
Fair continued cold tonight minimum tenn
perature about IL; tomorrow Increasing cloud
ness, probably followed by snow at night.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
Evening star., 1936-06-20

there they were with their long necks
stretched full length, turning their
heads this way and that, looking and
listening. The Goose still remained on
the nest but the Gander began SWIM
ming straight in toward Reddy.
Reddy saw that it was now or never.
He plunged for the Goose on the nest,
hoping to catch her by that long neck.
She was too quick for him. Instead of
his catching her by the neck he him.
self received sharp blow, and then
that Gander was on him. With wings
raised, kissing angrily, that Gander
shot forward and Reddy was forced
to beat retreat. AlaSt! in that mud and
water he couldn't move with his usual
quickness, and blow from one Of
those stout wings knocked him fat.
1t was then that Mrs. Reddy sprang
into the ARRAY. She leaped for that
Gander's neck He was too quick for
her. It was amazing how quickly he
could move that head and neck of his
Just as Reddy had missed the neck of
the Goose, Mrs. Reddy missed the neck
of the Gander. Such a fight as fol-
lowedl There was nothing cowardly
about that Gander. No, sir, there was
nothing cowardly about him. He didn't
have to stay there and fight. He could
have swum right out into deep water
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Aviation Boom Expected.

Great Britain expects this Summer
will be its greatest aviation season.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
F. H. A. NOT REQUIRED
TO INSURE 80 PCT.
Commitments for Full Amount on
20-Year Basis Often Made,
but Not Mandatory.

Commitments to insure home mort
cages for the full 80 per cent of the
appraised value of the entire property
and running for the full period of
20 years, are made frequently by the
1nsuring Offices of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration, but are by no
means mandatory under the national
housing act. 1t was explained today
by Frederick M Babcock, chief Of
ing Administration.
In some instances applicants for
home mortgage insurance have be-
lieved that the act required the
Housing Administration to insure
mortgages for the full 80 per cent
of the appraised value and for the
full term Of 20 years.
Commitments to insure mortgages.
Mr. Babcock said, are made only for
the amount of money and for the
term Of years deemed advisable by
the underwriters, and then only when
the mortgages are judged to be eco
nomically sound"
The underwriting procedure. by
means of which eligibility is deter
mined, provides for the insurance of
mortgage loans for lower percentages
and shorter periods of time. This
class Of business represents a con-
siderable portion of the mortgages
accepted for insurance by the Housing
Administration.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Bedtime Stories
A Gander's Vigilance.

perfectly still. They knew that If
that Gander had the slightest Sus-
picion of an enemy near there would
be no chance at all to catch either
of those Geese. All they would have
TO do would be to swim out in deeper
water.
So Reddy and Mrs. Reddy kept
patient watch from the edge of the
rushes After a while that Gander
stopped swimming about. The Goose
had her head under a wing. Presently
the Gander tucked his head under q
wing, but he was uneasy. He con-
tinually took that head out from under
that wing. He was light sleeper, was
that Gander. Once Reddy started to
wade. The instant he put a foot in
the water that Gander was awake and
alert. Reddy froze. That is to say,
he stood motionless. The Black Shad-
ows lay heavy just where he was. There
he stood with one foot lifted He stood
and stood waiting for that Gander to
quiet down.
At last all was quiet and peaceful.
slowly, very, very carefully, Reddy
waded through the water and mud
Evening star., 1936-06-20
HOME LOANS CITED

Three out of every four private
financial institutions actively making
loans under Federal Housing Admin
istration regulation are making in
sured home mortgage loans for be-
tween 76 and 80 per cent of the ap-
praised value of the property. Ap-
proximately 81 per cent of all mort
cages accepted for insurance have
been made by these institutions.
A total Of 4.132 separate private
financial institutions are now active
in the insured mortgage field. Many
Of these parent organizations have
branches ranging from l up to 1872 In
number.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
INVEST IN MORTGAGES
Organizations Take Advantage
of insured System.

Taking advantage of the standard
ization Of the home mortgage, small
insurance companies, benevolent So
cieties and fraternal organizations are
investing their funds in the mortgage
field.
The insured mortgage system Of the
Federal Housing Administration OBJ
viates the necessity of close inspec-
ton Of each particular transaction.
Therefore large field forces for the
investigation Of mortgages are not
necessary and organizations which
have funds to invest, but do not main
tain these field forces. are now able
to invest these funds with the assur-
ance that the mortgage is sound and
secure.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Alert and on his watch intent.
'Tis hard to catch the vigilant
old Mother Nature.

TINE MOON was up when Reddy
Fox and Mrs. Reddy arrived at
a little pond on distant farm
u where they had discovered a
pair of Geese was nesting 1t was
almost as light as day. Very cautiously
they crept to the edge of the rusheS
growing at one end of that pond. Just
little way out they could see the
nest with Mrs. Goose sitting on it. It
was only few feet out from the dry
land, but all around that nest was
shallow water and mud. You know,
Mr.. Goose is called Gander. He
was swimming about close to the nest
when those Foxes arrived. They could
see him but he couldn't see them. That
Gander was vigilant. That means he
was watchful.
This was disappointing. They had
hoped to find him asleep. They knew
now that they would have to be
patient. They would have to wait.
They would have to wait and keep
Evening star., 1936-06-20

1t was very shallow. As he drew near
that nest the water became a little
deeper. He could still wade, but he
realized that he was in no position
to make swift spring on that sleeping
Goose. The mud under his feet wa!
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Old Walls Like New.

Give the walls in your bath room
and kitchen a facial" by replacing
or applying new materials right over
the old surfaces. The old wall can
be made to look like new.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Circus Performers Aided.

When circus recently went broke
in Melbourne, Australia, the Govern
ment saw that the performers received
all back pay or were given carfare
home.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
and to safety. Instead he chose to

and to safety. Instead he chose TO
fight.
Reddy and Mrs. Reddy were at a
disadvantage, for they were in the
mud in shallow water. They leaped
and snapped, but in vain. Neither
could get more than a mouthful Of
feathers and both received blows from
those stout wings that hurt. Then
Mrs. Goose Joined in the affair. That
soon put en end to 1t. Those Foxes
thought Of nothing but getting away.
Copyright. 1850
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
Mcdonald
EOrHiking
Income Tax

Warrenton, April 49, (AP) - DR..
Ralph w. Mcdonald today urged rati-
fication of the proposed constitution
al amendment to raise the States in
come tax limits to ten percent as he
brought his campaign for the Demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination here.
Mcdonald charged that dividends
are now escaping income taxation in
the State and urged provision be made
to levy on them, especially in the
higher income brackets.
Attacking the sales tax, he advocat-
ed inclusion of chain filling stations
owned and operated by the major oil
companies in the chain store tax to
get more revenue, and also proposed
as partial replacement for the sales
levy the recapture of "some of the es-
cape of corporation franchise taxes"
The candidate contended corpora
ton taxes in the State had been re-
duced nearly $11,0O0,O00 since 1928,
when the present regime came into
power and launched it's program to
relieve wealth at the expense of the
little man."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
Pittsburgh
Mayor Held
For Arrest
McNair Is Charged
With ENLIGHTENMENT
of $500 Fine Court
Had Imposed

Pittsburgh, Pa, April 18.-(AP)-
Mayor William N. McNair was arrest
ed and taken to Jail today on charges
Of embezzlement and non-feasance.
The arrest came after the mayor de-
clined to refund 500 fine imposed
by a police magistrate on a man ar
rested for operating a numbers" lot
terry.
Officials said the charges were bas-
ed on an old State law
The mayor went along willingly
with officers. After being booked at
central police headquarters, he said:
"I won't leave until they withdraw
the charges"
Judge Frank Piekarski had direct
ed the mayor to repay the money to
Sam Collinger.
McNair, hearing the officers were
coming, waited in his office nom
chalantly.
Two policemen were with the mayor
when a constable came to arrest him.
Pointing to the policeman, McNair
said:
They're here to see that the con-
stable doesn't take me anywhere ex-
cept Jail. don't want them to take
me down an alley and beat me up"
Attorneys said the embezzlement
charge, alleging violation of an act en-
acted in 1860, never has been made
effective in similar situation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
Done by Finch Decorating
Company of Winston
Salem and All De-
signs New Here
AMATEUR HOUR AND
CIRCUS ACTS READY
Fifty Business Concerns
Have Booths and Some of
Most Elaborate Ever Seen
Here or Anywhere Else for
Similar Events; New Model
Autos Go on Display

The annual Henderson Auto
mobile Show, Merchants Expos
ition and Indoor Circus, spon-
sored again this year as in the
past by Henderson Post, No. 60,
of the American Legion, will be
held all next week, starting
Monday and ending Saturday
evening, at the Big Henderson
Warehouse at the corner of
Montgomery and Zene streets.
Preparations for the opening of
the show we're progressing rap
idly today toward the finishing
point, and all will be in readi-
ness by Monday night for the
grand opening.
All the candidates for governor in
the present campaign in the State
have been invited to visit the exposi-
ton and to speak briefly. DR.. Ralph
w. Mcdonald, one of the four, has
accepted the invitation, and will be
here Tuesday evening, it was stated.
1t is expected at least two of the 9TH
ers will likely be here one night dur
Continued on Page Six.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
Will Be Delighted To At
tend and Speak, He
Wires j. E. Winslow,
Greenville Leader
HE WILL EXPLAIN
PRESENT OUTLOOK
Hopes Large Delegation
Will Attend from All In
terested Counties; Thou
sands of Growers Expect
ed at State College Are to
Demand Extra Legislature

Raleigh, April 18.-(AP)-Governor
Ehringhaus today accepted an invita-
ton to attend next Tuesday when to-
bacco farmers of Eastern North Car
olina are scheduled to march on Ra-
leigh" to seek legislation to control
the 1895 tobacco crop.
Answering a Geographic invitation
from J. e. Winslow, of Greenville,
head of the State Farm Bureau, and
leader in the movement, the governor
said he would be glad to appear at
the meeting.
II will be delighted to meet with
the tobacco growers here on Tuesray
Governor Ehringhaus wired Winslow
land sincerely hope and invite repre-
sentatives from every county and sec
ton interested to be present, when ]
shall have opportunity and propose to
acquaint them fully with the facts in
the present situation
The gathering will be held at hte
North Carolina State College football
stadium, and the slogan of the lead
ers In the movement is "fill up the
stadium which seats $4,000.
Members of the steering committee
made plans to have from 100 to 5000
farmers here from each tobacco pro-
ducing county. Governor Ehringhaus
has refused to call a special legisla-
tive session to consider compact leg
islation for tobacco limitation until
it Is manifest something can be done
to control this years crop"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
Time Ended
For Filings
State Races
II Persons Pay Fees
With State Board for
Places on June E
Tickets

Raleigh, April 18.-(AP) North
Cardinals Statewide and congressional
political campaigns for this year to-
day had been practically lined up.
Early this afternoon II persons had
filed to seek office in the primaries
and general election.
No contests were shown on the Re
publican side of the ledger and none
was in prospect unless G. Grady Dor
sett, of Salisbury, who announced he
had decided to post his $500 fee to
oppose Kyle Hayes, of North Wilkes
boro, convention designee from the G.
0. P. congressional nomination in the
ninth district.
This afternoon Willard L. Dowell
of Raleigh, filed for the Democratic
nomination for auditor; Bruce Cara
way. of High Point, qualified for the
party's congressional contest in the
sixth, and John H. Wilkinson, of
Continued on Page Sikh
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
ALARMED
BY TURKISH MOVE
London Refuses To Believe
Demilitarized Darda-
nelles Seized

London, April 10 (AP)-The Brit
ish government, already harassed by
the delicate Ethiopian and Rhineland
situations, looked for Qualification to-
day Of reports that Turkey had re-
militarized the Dardanelles in viola
ton of postwar treaties.
Dispatches from Istanbul, former
capital Of Turkey, said troops moved
into the demilitarized zone yesterday.
A Reuther's (British) News Agency
dispatch from Ankara present capital
Of Turkey, however, said the semi-of-
fetal news agency there denied the
Turkish troops occupied the zone.
British government sources, finding
it difficult to believe that Turkey had
dropped new bombshell in the troub-
led Europe, awaited word from the
British ambassador at Ankara.
The Turkish embassy denied flatly
the reports of identification of the
Dardanelles.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
EXTRA 100000
READY FOR ROADS
Highway Commission Pre-
pared To Move Once
Weather Favorable
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In The Sir Walter Hotel
q NJ SII EEl WILL

BY j. c. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, April 18.-At least $4,000
600 more than the regular mainten-
ance budget calls for will be spent on
the county roads of the State, begin
ming Immediately, if the sun will only
stay out and the rain stop falling,
Chairman Capus M. Waynick, Of the
State Highway and Public Works Com
mission, said today This will he in adj
dition to the regular appropriation of
about $75O,OO0 a month for county
road maintenance In addition to this
in an amount for county road con-
struction projects and on building
some additionally rison camps. So in
ali. the commission will expend So
100000 more than it's regular approp-
ration between now and July /, or at
least authorize it's expenditure, Way
nick said.
Surveys Already Made.
"Our engineers have already gone
over all the county roads in the vari-
Gus counties and selected the weakest
spots In these roads, which will be re-
paired first Waynick said. Some OF
the roads will have to be rebuild for
several miles perhaps, others for only
a few hundred yards. A good many
bridges will have to be rebuilt. Then
all of the roads will have to he work
ed and graded and ditched. Much OF
this work has already been started in
counties where the weather has been
such that work could be carried on
The other projects will be started Just
as soon as we can get the needed la
CONTINUED on Page SKI
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
AnotherKidnaping
SoluedBy "G-Men .
Three Arrested, One of Til Postmaster In Willard
Hamm "Snatching" in St. Paul in 1888; Mystery,
Is Solved J. Edgar Hoover Believes

Washington, April 18.-(AP)- JUS
tice Department agents chalked up
the 100000 William A. Hamm, Jr..
kidnapping as virtually solved today
with the arrest Of three persons. one
postmaster.
In connection with the June, 1888,
abduction of the st. Paul brewer, J..
Edgar Hoover announced his agents
had arrested Charles j. Fitzgerald in
Los Angels; Jack Pfeiffer in st. Poul
and Edward c. Bartholmey in Ben
sonville, ILL.,, where he is postmaster
Il think we have solved the Hamm
kidnapping at last Hoover said, ad-
ding that there may be more arrests
soon."
The bureau Of investigation chief
said it was in Bartholmey's home that
Hamm was held until his 500, 900 ran
som was paid.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
Settlement of Divergent
Opinions Arrived at in
Advance of Concilia-
ton Meeting
ITALIANS ADVANCE
IN SOUTH PRESSED
Powerful Offensive Aimed
at Capture of Harar Now in
Fourth Day, With Success
Considered | m m in ent;
Italy Fortifies Against
British Crisis

Geneva, April 18.(AP)-FrenGh
League of Nations circles said to-
day Great Britain and France
have postponed discussion Of ad-
ditional sanctions against Italy
until after the French elections
April 26 and May 8.
Rome, April 18.-(AP)-Unofficial
but reliable Italian sources said today
the troops of General Rodolfo Grazi-
ami, Fascist commander in southern
Ethiopia, were engaged In the fourth
day Of powerful offensive for Harar
second city Of Emperor Halle Selas-
sizes kingdom.
These sources added that the cap
ture of the strategic point was ibeliev
ed Imminent.
FIRST reports Of the southern drive
came from Marshal Pietro Badoglio,
who reported in a communique that
the Italian southern army had "con-
Somaliland front.
Rumors Of battle on this front
was circulated in Rome military quar-
tiers for several days., together with
reports Of a drive by the northern
army from Dessye toward Adds
Ababa
The two preceding communities re-
layed by the commander-in-chief Of
East Africa, told of scouting activity
and advance guard activity on the
Somaliland front.
His latest communication, believed
to be a yelled refernce to battle.
came, just as Italy fortified its home
forces for a crisis in the conflict with
Britain over the Ethiopian campaign.
Geneva, April 18 (AP)-
French League of Nations Cir
cles declared today that Great
Britain and France have COM
posed their differences on sug-
gestions for settlement Of the
lo-Ethiopian war.
The bilateral agreement was de-
scribed as an armistice between talks
by Anthony Eden, British foreign
Continued on Page Six.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
Mcdonald Is
Sure East Is
''InTheBag''
Little To w orry
About There From
Now On Lumpkin
Says; Others Active
Daily Dispatch. Bureau,
In The. Sir Walter Hotel,
LIZ q ma SEx IT'D WILL
BY y. G.

Raleigh, April 18.-While the follow
ers Of DR.. Ralph w. Mcdonald are
confident that he has already "con-
quered the east as a result of his
triumphal speaking tour through
many eastern counties this week, the
supporters Of the other candidates
have been equally busy. in all sections
of the State as well as in the eastern
counties, though they have rot blown
any horns or made much fuss about
it, according to reports brought in
here from various portions of the
State.
CDR. Mcdonald is already satisfied
that the eastern counties are in the
Mcdonald fold and that he will get a
good majority, so he has little to wor-
ny about in the east from now on" w.
L. Lumpkin, his campaign manager,
said today. "Next week he will carry
Continued on Page Eour.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18

Figuring in the case is Alvin Kar-
pts. rated as Public Enemy No. 1"
since the day John Dillinger was shot
down in Chicago by Justice Depart
ment agents. Hoover named Karpis
former associate of ''sMa" Parker in
the notorious Karpis-Parker gang, as
one of the actual perpetrators in the
crime.
The arrest today added another
notch to the mounting list Of "G-
Men" victories in battling kidnapers
and gangsters, which includes the ar
rest of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for
the Lindbergh kidnap-murder, convic-
ton of 16 persons in the Charles r.
Urschell kidnapping at Oklahoma City,
arrest and conviction in the January,
1884, kidnapping of Edward G. Bremen,
in st. Paul.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
KNOX AT CAPITAL
FOR CONFERENCES

Washington, April 18.-(AP)-Col-
onei Frank Knox, candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination,
was expected to arrive at the capital
today to begin round of conferences
with party leaders.
Fresh from his preferential primary
contest with Senator Borah of Idaho
in Illinois, the Chicago publisher plan
ned series of meetings with Repub-
lican chieftains in Washington, New
York and other key points on the At
lantic seaboard.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
REPUBLICANS MORE
ANXIOUS FOR HOUSE
Honestly Don't Expect Even
That, But Hope for Sub
stantial Gains
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer

Washington, April 18.-While Re-
publicanism will do its level best to
win the presidency in November, not
a few G. o. P. leaders quietly are
saying, among themselves, that what
their party especially should concen-
trate upon is a recovery of congress
sional strength in the next election.
Presidential1y they look ahead
rather to 1910 than to the coming
autumn.
No matter how they may express
themselves for publican they are not
highly hopeful Of beating the present
Continued on Page Six.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-18
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
STORM LOANS BILL

Washington, April 18.-(AP)-
President Roosevelt today signed
a bill authorizing the RecOnstruc-
ton Finance Corporation to lend
up to $5O,OOO,0OO for rehabilitation
in flood and storm-striclxen areas.
Under the bill, individuals, as
well as organizations and NUM-
cipalities and political sub-divis-
ions of states, would be eligible for
loans. ~ a4AIS