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The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Hay-Ride Is Staged
On Fifth Avenue By
Singing SociaIites

NEW YORK, May 10 UN.S).
Fifth Avenue was turned into
lovers lane last night when So
ciety's darllngS turned out for the
first hay ride ever staged in the
heart Of the big city.
From Seventy-ninth Street to
Fifty-sixth for half an hour pass
ersby stopped dead in their tracks
to cape at two hay-wagonS full Of
debutantes, society matronS and
playboyS.
When the last notes Of Harvest
Noon" and wagon Wheel" had
died away, the party tumbled out
at the Cog Rouge and pitched
horseshoeS, danced square dances,
participated in a spelling bee and
watched a fashion show for the
benefit Of the occupation commit
tee of Bellevue Hospital.
It was all very rural in spirit,
especially since the apple blossoms
in Central Park sent an obliging
scent Of spring to mingle with
gasoline fumes.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
DEAD
IN.CLUB
BLAZE
Dancer HurIs Brand
In Night Spot,
Injuries 8

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1S
U.N.S0 -Four persons were
killed and eight others injured
today in a fire which trapped
70 patrons in the Shamrock Club,
. night club in downtown San
Francisco.
The dead were tentatively iden.
titled as: 10 DickerSon, hat
check girl: Elsie Forrest, San
Francisco: John Manson: Berk.
ley, Cal; Robert Pattinson,
Berkeley.
The fire started when Betty
Blossom, o torch dancer, threw
one Of the flaming torches high
into the air. It struck the cell.
ing. igniting the Silken draperies.
The patrons fled down q mar.
row stairway from the second
floor and many were trampled.
Benny Cochrane, 20, manager
Of the club, said there were about
20 patrons, many in evening
dress, in the club when the fire
started. All Stampeded into the
small: waiting room in an at
tempt to gain access to the mar
row stairway.
When the stairway door was
opened, q gust of wind from the
street swept into the club, fam
ming the blaze. Some Of the pa
irons dashed for the windows,
fronting on Geary Street. The
windows had been covered with
wood panels.
The hat check girl was Smoth-
cred to death, according to q re-
port from Central Emergency
Hospital where the victims were
rushed.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Mother Says She Gave
Children Poison

children in his car and took them
to Casualty Hospital. There
doctors reported that the children
seemed happy and were playing
in the emergency room and failed
to show any sign Of poisoning.
They told the father to take the
children home and return if any
symptoms developed.
It was following this that Judge
Ennis conferred with the father
and mother. Later the children be-
came violently i'll and the father
this time took them to Providence
Hospital where they were treated.
Hunt explained his wife'S state
mentS about the poison by saying
that she had suffered a nervous
breakdown and only recently been
released from a sanitarium at
Hyattsville.
Mrs. Hunt was reported today
to be highly nervous and could
not be seen at the family home.
Authorities said they were not
considering placing any charge
against the mother.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Found Tied in River,
Held Murder Victim

WELLSBURG, w. Va, May 10
U.N.S0. Grant Peters, 81, a
steel company foreman, whose
body. hands tied, was found float.
ing in the Ohio river near here,
was probably tossed into the
stream alive and left to drown
by his asSailants, Sheriff Robert
M. Lowe said today after an in
veStigation.
A former resident of Charleroi,
Pa, who had resided at Holli-
days Cove for several years,
Peters left his home on the night
of May Z to take a walk because
he was unable to sleep, according
to his wife, the sheriff said. He
never returned and no trace of
him was found until his float
ing body appeared in the Ohio
late yesterday.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13

With Dorothy Anne, 6. and
Doris Marie, 4, daughters Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Edward Hunt, Of
Capitol Heights. Nd, recovering
in Providence Hospital today,
their mother admitted that she
mixed rat poison in their milk yes
terday, town authorities asserted.
At the hospital it was said that
the children are still i'll but it is
believed they are out Of danger.
Disclosure of the mothers al
legged admission was made by JUS
tice of the Peace Robert Ennis,
who conferred with the children's
parents after the father had
brought the little girls back from
Casualty Hospitals, where doctors
failed to find any trace of the
poison. The justice quoted the
mother as saying:
81 did feed it to them. You
had better be careful"
Justice Ennis asked her what
she had given the children and
how, and said she replied:
II gave them rat poison. I
put about q teaSpOOnful each in
their milk"
Mrs. Hunt first went to the
home of a neighbor yesterday and
told her that she had just
poisoned the children. The neigh
Dor ran to a lunch room operated
by Hunt in Capitol Heights and
told him what Mrs. Hunt had
said.
Hunt rushed home. placed the
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
MUTILAT|0N
OF ITALIANS
IS T0LDBY
BELGIAN
Given colleague
Indicates MussoIini
Still Is Adhering
BY III. r. KNICKERBOCKER

ny 4Ss
GENEVA, May IS G.N.S).
Italy indicated her intention
Professionally to remain a member
Of the League of Nations by COM
ynunicating a statement to the
secretary general of the League
today as the Council met in pri-
vate session at S p. m.
In the communication italy
charges Ethiopia with various
atrocities quoted from a declara-
ton made by a Belgian officer.
Lieut.. Armand Frere, to Italian
journalists at Djibouti.
Charge MutiIatiOn
Lieutenant Frere alleged that
on the SornAli front he witnessed
the mutilation Of Italian soldiers
by troops under Ras Desta. He is
quoted as saying:
81 saw q celebration where
there were three severed heads
Of italian soldiers. The EthiO-
plans went through the naO
items Of cutting up the cOrpses
and eating them.
81 saw IL Eritrean soldiers
(ASkafi nativeS), prisoners Of
Ras Desta, decapitated and
mutiIated. ...
REWARD OFFERED
"RaS Desta gave orders not
to take any prisoners and Of
fered n reward of ten thalerS
for each proof Of mutilatiOn.
Daily / saw his soldiers max.
ing bullets into dumdum bull
lets"
Italy submitted this communal.
cation for the Retrospective in.
formation" of the League, it.
was explained.
It was considered significant,
however, that the Italian govern
ment is still maintaining COM
munication with the League after
its delegation abruptly departed
yesterday.
German forts in the Rhineland
overshadowed in Importance Ital-
ian troops in Ethiopia today as
French Minister Joseph Paul-Bon-
cour revealed he had laid before
Anthony Eden such details Of the
speed of German Notifications
that the British foreign secretary
was surprised.
The big pair debated whether
there was any possible advantage
in a protest to Germany for viola
ton Of Article AZ of the Versailles
Continued on Page 2, Col. II
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
YOUTH IS HELD
AFTER CHASE

Mrs. Lillian Davis, wife of q
prominent physician, DR.. David
Davis, today reported to police
that she had suspicious concern
ing a strange man whom she per-
mitted to enter her home at 1907
Colorado Ave. N. w. to get some
breakfast"
AS result, Officer j. w. Cook,
of the Sixth precinct, was de-
spatched to the scene on a motor
cycle. Nearing the Davis resi-
dence, he spotted a man on the
sidewalk and stopped to question
him. The man ran into the ad.
joining woods, Cook declared, then
turned to fire several wild shots,
which were returned by the police
man with no effect.
Because he was injured in an
accident some weeks ago, Cook
was unable to pursue his quarry.
Half an hour later, however, Park
Policemen S. G. Kitchen and w. j.
Hammond picked up a man in
Rock Creek Park whom Cook
identified as his asSailant.
The man gave his name as Roy
Oden. 20. of Bethesda, Md, police
said. He was asserted by officers
at the Sixth Precint to be a Roy
Spencer, who was arrested last
october on grand larceny charges.
The man of whom she became
suspicious, Mrs. Davis declared,
approached her while she was
working in her garden. When he
asked for food, she said, she told
him to go into her kitchen alone.
When she did not find him in the
house 80 minutes later, she called
police. Nothing was missing from
the home, authorities said.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
[ ON Ely DENIES
HE'S0USTED

Arch w. Loney, Public Works
Administration wood expert, who
was summoned to New Jersey by
Governor Hoffman in his last
minute efforts to save Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann from the electric
chair, was reported ousted from his
job today.
While it was at first announced
that Loney had been dismissed
with prejudice on charges Of falsi-
flying his application, after his
first conference with Admins
traitor Ickes, Loney emerged and
denied that he had been dismissed.
He was called back into Ickes'
office and after a brief conference
came out again and said he could
say nothing.
Public Works Administration Of
ficialS then refused to confirm
their earlier statements that Loney
had been dismissed, saying only:
HE is not working"
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Dr.. Butler Guarded
After Students Riot

NEW YORK, May 10 GN.S).
Special guards were posted on the
Columbia University campus to-
day as a result of demonstration
by 200 undergraduates last night
outside the home of DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of the
University.
The students denounced DR..
Butler for accepting an invitation
in Columbia's behalf to send a
delegate to the celebration of the
550th anniversary of the founding
Of Heidelberg University, in Ger.
many.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Robber Shot, Held;
-Four Pals Trapped

M1DDIETOWN, N. Y, May
10 QN.S.)-With their quarry
believed trapped in a swamp
land. State police today called
on bloodhoundS in their search
for four members Of, a five
man bandit gang alleged to have
staged a $4,000 holdup of the Ma
tional Bank of Pinebush at Pine
bush, N. Y, yesterday. The fifth,
Stewart Wallace, 56. ex-convict,
was shot and captured near here.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Yep NEARING
IRISH COAST

NEW YORK, May 10 Q.N.S0
The dirigible Hindenburg was
little more than $50 miles west
southwest of Valencia Island,
southwestern tip of Ireland, at
noon today, according to a posi-
ton radioed by the Zeppelin.
Reporting its speed as SO miles
per hour, the giant airliner'S posi-
Continued ON Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-05-13

Showers tonight, followed BY fair
tomorrow; much cooler.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
PiIsudski at Rest

WILMA, Poland, May IS CU.S0.
The heart of the late Marshal Pill
sudski, Polish dictator, was placed
beside the body Of his mother here
yesterday amid a colorful military
ceremony. The n1arshaPs will
stipulated that his heart should
so rest.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13

Weather Details on Page rs.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Landi Decree Final

LOS ANGELES, May 10 (IN.SO.
The introductory decree Of d.
vorce for ELISA Landi, glamorous
film actress. from John Cecil
Lawrence, London barrister, be-
came final today. The stars ap-
plication for final Judgment was
approved by the court here.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
.Hft-Run; 2 Near Death

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 13
QNS)-Hurled bodily through
the air into the path Of another
car when struck by a hit:and-ru1
driver. Mrs. May Crane, "a, Gin
cinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Cora M.
Morgan, 81, Saginaw, Mich,
wealthy tourists, were near death
here today.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
ROOSEVELT
LEADS FOE
13 TO |
Davey Has Big Margin
In Democratic Race
For Governor

COLUMBUS, Ohio May 13
O.N.S).-Republican ma onal
convention delegate candidates
pledged to. Ohio'S 'favorite son"
Robert A. Taft, today left those
entered in behalf of Senator Viii
liam E. Borah of idaho, far behind
rs the vote from almost half of
the State was tabulated for dele
gateS-atlarge.
Each of Taft's eight "at large"
candidates appeared certain OF
election and while returns in the
district contests for % additional
delegates were far from complete,
Taft leaders were claiming victory
In virtually all.
Taft got Is district and one eat
large" delegates without q contest.
IN returns from 4,085 Of the
States 8,579 precincts the Taft
: :ssat-large'' canctd@0c ba1 the
lowest vote-88, 722-was 20, 400
ahead Of the Borah candidate
with the largest vote.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt
was rolling up victory Of better
than Is to / over his Presidential
preference contest opponent, Col.
Henry Breckenridge. New York at
torney and severe critic Of the Ad-
miniStration. /
RooSevelt's vote from 4,054 pre-
cincts stood at 206,291 while his
opponents was only 1902. Brock
tnridge did not seek pledged dele
gates.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, May Is.
With close to 500, 900 votes cast in
yesterdays primaries, it appeared
today that Senator M. M. Nicely
had won the Democratic nomina-
ton for the Senate.
President Roosevelt show ed
strength in the Presidential prim-
aries, polling twicL as many votes
as Senator Borah on the face Of
early returns.
Thousands of written-in votes
were cast for Governor Alfred M.
Landon, of Kansas, candidate for
the Republican nomination, but
these can not be counted under
the State law.
It was believed, however, in view
Of the great Landon strength
shown in the State, that he will
receive large share of the States
votes at the Republican national
convention.
Attorney General Homer A: Holt
Continued on Page 2, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Taft Slate 0utdstandng Borah's in Ohio Primary


DORIS MARIE, 4, and
Dorothy Anne Hunt, 6, with
their dog, Sport, photo
graphed at their home in
Capitol Heights, Md, after
they had been discharged,
apparently well, from Cas-
ualty Hospital. Their father,
Charles Z. Hunt, was advised
to watch them carefully.
Later they became i'll and
Mr.. Hunt hurried them to
Providence Hospital, where
they are now recovering.
Mrs. Hunt, who recently suf.
fered a nervous breakdown,
is said by q neighbor to have
told her that she gave rat
poison to the children. In
ternational News Photo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
BEER LICENSES
IN DANGER

NORFOLK. Va, April PRO
prietors Of II beer parlorS here
today were ordered to show cause
why their licenses should not be
revoked.
This action was taken by the
alcoholic beverage control board
following an inspection by State
officers after numerous complaints
had been made about the manner
in which the beer establishments
have been operated.
According to complaints intoXl
Gated persons have been served
employees have become intoxicated
and mattresses have danced with
patrons, all violations Of the State
laws.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
MINERS HONOR
MITCHELL

CHARLESTON, w. Va, April
Every mine in the State was
closed down today as more than
100000 miners laid down their
tools and joined in the celebration
Of John Mitchell Day.
Mitchell, a former president Of
the United Mine workers of
America, is called 1.-The Father Of
the Eght-Hour Day" and April l
is set aside each year to honor his
memory.
In every mining community
memorial exercises will be held,
followed by paradeS, picnicS and
other celebrations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
METCALF HITS
NEW DEALS
SLAVERY
International News Service

xmGeEm@GAOHt44 MOVIE ScEVACV
Charges that the Administration
IS giving out misinformation about
the public debt, that the cost Of
living has increased under the
Roosevelt regime and that its pol
icy is enslaving he farmers were
madt today by Senator Metcalt
(R.) Of Rhode Island.
Metcalf said that when PreSi-
dent Roosevelt was inaugurated,
the Government owed only $22,.
600, 600, 900, but that at the end
of June, 1885, the debt had in
creased to $4,000, 900, 1000. He
said:
"When the New Deal mathma-
ticians try to tell you that tho
public debt has been but slightly
increased they are engaging IN
trick bookkeeping"
He blamed the Roosevelt Ad'
ministration for the increase In
cost Of living. He added:
"The brain trusterS would
have you believe that the Is per
cent increase in the cost Of liV-
ing Is something beyond the
control Of the AdminiStrat iOns
but it can be charged directly
to the Roosevelt policies.
"The New Deal is trying to
break the American farmer and
make a slave out of him through
the use Of q gentle rain Of
checks, but am convinced that
our farmers are too fine and too
stepped in square dealing to
tolerate such an administration
must longer"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
Protection Urged
In Hurricane Belt

Representatives Of Gulf States
which are threatened annually oy
hurricane devastation yesterday
urged congressional enactment OF
q bill to provide adequate Coast
Guard and naval patrols in the
Gull of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01

We take This occasion 10 congratulate
all our savings deposi+ors on the way they
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Tayzam Returns To Screen


clubs will have another
Johnny Weiss
Maueen OSuan the Not only will there be the
complete Hollywood bungalow
comfortable bungalow high great cottonwood
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Dove Of Peace Hovers Over Set Where
Four Actresses Enjoy" Equal Roles
By Linda Lane

which he down
~ eight 10th
No without permit countersgned by at least two hgh executives
may pass this formidable mortal
stage where
volatile ladies'
Gaynor and Loretta Young dressed
mahemacay equal
picture, Ladies in Love-
approach gngery first there is an
cables floor
to believe that omnou
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20

Smartness. The ColorS Are Red, 0reen, White
Yellow. Black Accessories Are Worn.
pest the studio decided to dress him in suit
which doesn't quite fit him as well as his own
do After ALL young European medico without
funds can't be perfectly dressed.
AS he is very personable young man, made
to order for matinee-idol popularity, it is some
what unusual to have him start his film career
in this manner.
A SHORT time ago he was given the leading
~ male role of Alessandro opposite Loretta
Young in Ramona" AS the Indian lover OF Ra-
mona, Don had to have his makeup darkened
and wear a long black wig which made great
change in him.
''It doesn't matter to me how I look In pic
tures," Don Ameche said, "as long as the roles
are interesting think that costume naturally
adds more interest and provides a little more
spice to the part
The fourth picture scheduled for Don Ameche
is one of the forthcoming goth Century-Fox
specials, "Lloyd's of London the story of which
is laid against the historical background of this
famous insurance firm.
AS the action takes place in the early part
of the 10Th Century, Don will have all sorts of
fancy clothes to wear, with possibly hair curl
for good measure.
one of these days Don hopes to do picture
without any change in wardrobe or makeup even
if merely to see himself as others see him.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20

More Than S3s,OOO Was Spent on the
Wardrobes of the Four Stars, Who
Are Appearing in Ladies in Love-"
Above Is Pictured Constance Bennett
in Beige Wooden Dress and Coat
Which She Wears in One of the Scenes.
of Paris creations she brought from her home
land Simone Simon. exotic French film and stage
star expressed her delight when told she would
be able to keep the dresses she wears in her
role.
"I have never seen anything lovelier," declared
the actress 1T want to take them back to Paris
with me to show them how they do things in
your grand country"
MONG the new numbers in her film ward
u robe is a black wool bolero suit, with a
Tyrolian feeling in the revers and color, which
are made of lime green waffle pique She wears
with this suit black patent-leather shoes, bag
and belt, and black off-the-face hat
One of the striking dresses in Miss Gaynor's
wardrobe is an informal dining and movie-gong
gown of black rough crepe, with pink organdie
vest with a wide, black satin toreador belt
Miss Bennett has black satin cocktail dress
with a tunic The skirt is long, narrow and
lightly draped which give definite pre-war
appearance, yet astonishingly new. With this
costume she wears a five-strand string of pearls,
black shoes, a very coquettish, feminine hat
over-one-eye effect-and the chapeau has veil
She also wears long, black gloves, which are
pushed down slightly from the elbows to show
part of the arms beneath the short sleeves
A stunning dress in Miss Young's wardrobe
is brown, two-piece one of novelty lightweight
wool with eggshell sharkskin- -colored collar and
cuffs. The front of the jacket is trimmed with
eggshell- -colored braiding. Her hat is eggshell
trimmed and adorned with bronze wing.
It will be long time before you see Don
Ameche as he really is.
Now in his third fm and another planned
for the near future, Don has yet to be cast in
something which allows him to dress in his own
clothes and allow audiences to see him as he
is off screen.
He almost thought he had it in his current
production, Ladies in Love"
AS poor young doctor in present-day Buda-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-27
Newspapers. OPINION.
DUST STORMS THE PENALTY

| Tb.ra are sinister dust clouds in the southwest
These storms of dust are doing more than create
wairdlv beautiful sunsets, says the Kearney (Neb)
| rnb They mean something in terms Of the Amer
| iran food supply. They constitute a nationwide
menace.
In the Dust Bowl" they call them black biz
yards" These dry storms have lfted mucn OF the
rich plant-feedng topso from 90,O0O,OO0 Anieri-
can acres.
There always have been dust storms IN the range
country In the past they did little damage. me
now wind-smitten country was grass-coVered
The great war, in part, is blamed for the change
Wheat VIII Win the War" screamed war posters
in 1917 and 1918 The allies needed wheat Every
farmer was urged SOW wheat and more wheat.
Lands never adapted to grain went under the piow'
The immemorial sodlands of the range were seeded
So long as there was more than normal raihlaii on
these one-time range lands there were few dust
storms.
. Then came the great drouth. beginning in 1872
and 'blisterng fields of 20 states in 1884. cycle
of wet years was passing into cycle OF dry years
There was hardly any rain III 1884. Gram wlthef-
ed Cattle were rushed to the killing pens from
burned-out ranges. There prevailed man-made
dreuth insofar as it is possible for man to inter-
fere- with the orderly processes of nature.
Nebraska has not suffered greatly from the raw
ages of dust storms compared to some of her neigh
Dor states. Visitation of dust storms have been
experienced but none of these storms originated in
Nebraska or spent their fury in Cornhuskerland'
But thousands of tons of rich top soil, picked up
by swirl of winds in adjoining states have, from
time to time, settled down on Nebraska lands to
intbress upon us the havoc wreckng processes of ma
ture when allotted by manor should we say
through his disregard for the laws of nature?
, Man has been guilty of many queer practices in
recent years such as speeding production beyond
the point of consumption, then promoting ways and
means of bringing about an even greater produc-
ton. total, by the reclamation of land policies; to
be followed by a destruction of crops to create a
scarcity, in hopes that price restoration might
again be brought about; utterly disregarding land
tlSbAity and destroying or turning under soil con-
serving crops, hence the dust storms.
Whether not man will profit by his mistakes
remains to be seen. We doubt it. He is too med
dlesome.