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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-22
PROBE VANDALISM
IN BARBER SHOPS
Central Labor Union Denies
Union Labor Wrecked
Three Places.

Police Of three precincts began an
investigation today into the forced
entry and partial wrecking Of three
barber shops.
With the trade entangled in labor
disputes during recent weeks as the
local BARRIERS union brought virtually
all operators into their organization,
particular attention was being given
to charges that these differences were
responsible for the vandalism of the
past week end.
At its meeting last night, however.
the Central Labor Union denied that
union labor had any connection with
the violence, and q motion to let one
Of the owners, non-union man, ap-
pear to tell Of the depredations was
tabled.
c. B. McCloskey, chairman of the
c. L. U. Adjustment Committee, OBJ
jected to allowing Sam j. Benton,
1929 H street northeast, owner of one
Of the shops, appear before the meet
ing.
II don't believe any member of the
BARRIERS Union did it, and I don't see
why this body wants to sympathize
with q non-union man." McCloskey
said. That's his trouble, and OBJ
ject because we're not guilty"
Denies knowledge Of Attacks.
Joseph c. Handles, secretary of the
Journeymen BARRIERS. No. 239, also Wig
orously denied that his union had any
knowledge of the attacks on Benton's
shop or others reported to police re-
Gently.
Our union does not believe in that
method of inducing BARRIERS to join the
union" he said today. Handles was
not present at the c. L. U. meeting.
Handles charged non-union shops
were not the only ones being attacked
within the last few weeks" he said
windows have been broken in shops
owned by Roy Adams, at Ninth and
streets: Sam Sidotti, Fourth street and
Rhode Island avenue, and one owned
by Gaspari Gianola and Joseph Zorro
at 5613 Georgia avenue, all of them
members of our union for many years
The shop of George Mason, 1902 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, recently
was attacked only q few days after he
had Joined the union"
In two of the shops vandali1et
over the week end-those operated
by Benton and Lorenz Rosetti, 92l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-22
POLICE CAPTAIN
UPHELD IN FIGHT
0NL|QU0R PERMIT
Criticism Against Joseph E.
Morgan Is Believed to
Have Collapsed.
MAJ. BROWN SATISFIED
STAND WAS JUSTIFIED
Political Pressure Claimed in Op-
position to License to South.
east Grocer.

Efforts to place Capt. Joseph E
Morgan Of the fifth precinct under
fire" for his recent opposition to the
granting Of liquor license to q grocer
in Southeast Washington virtually COL
lapsed today.
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superintend-
ent Of police, who ordered an investi-
cation Of Capt. Morgan's fight before
the Alcohol Beverage Control Board
against granting of the license, said
he is satisfied the officers opposition
was justified.
Political Pressure Claimed.
The inquiry followed complaints
from residents Of the neighborhood
that political pressure was involved in
the fight to prevent granting Of the
license. Inspector william E. Holmes
was directed to get all the facts in the
case.
While his report has not yet been
written, Mai. Brown, after reading q
detailed statement from Capt. Morgan,
said this ofncer appears to have justi-
lied his position"
Maj. Brown pointed out that Capt
Morgan gave him complete picture
OF disorder" that had occurred in the
neighborhood over q period Of years,
and pointed out also that the area is
now amply served with liquor stores.
The only mistake Capt. Morgan ap-
pears to have made in opposing the
license before the A. B. G. Board, &C
cording to Maj. Brown, was in his
estimate of the ratio Of the white and
colored population In the neighbor-
hood. The officer, he said, corrected
the estimate In his detailed statement.
A. B. C. Board Gets Reports.
It is Mai. Browns plan to refer the
reports Of both Inspector Holmes and
Capt. Morgan to the A. B. c. Board
for consideration in connection with
its action on the application.
Meanwhile, it was stated by Mrs.
Agnes K. Mason, acting chairman OF
the board, that the permit will be
denied If the final police report rec
ommends against its issuance. She
said Maj. Brown had asked the board
to delay action to give the Police De-
partment time to complete its study.
She added that the board would have
rejected the application as q result
of the hearing December 8, on the
basis Of testimony given by Capt.
Morgan, but delayed decision to await
the final police findings.
In all cases Of an application for q
liquor or beer permit, the board sends
q regular form to the Police Depart
ment for a check on the reputation
Of the applicant as well as comment
on whether the place is appropriate.
When Capt. Morgan returned the
QUESTIONABLE, suggesting that the
place was inappropriate. the board re-
quested the officer to appear at the
hearing to give oral testimony. This
he did.
Interests fighting for the applicant
for the license appealed to the Office
of Chairman Norton of the House
District Committee for assistance.
Their complaint against Capt. Nor
gan was referred to Maj. Brown. but
they were told it is not the policy of
Mrs. Norton to interfere in the grant,
ing Of liquor licenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-22
HEARINGS MONDAY
FOR L MEASURES
A. B. c. Board Quarters Are
Designated for Session
of Commissioners.

Public hearings on II proposed bills
intended for the consideration of Con-
gress early in the coming session will
be held by the District Commissioners
next Monday. the city heads decided
today in board session.
The hearings will begin at 1918
am. and will be held in Room 219,
the hearing room Of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board since the
District Building board room has been
taken over by the staff of the Inaugu-
raj Committee.
All Introduced Before.
All the measures have been intro
duced in Congress heretofore Those
on which public comments are in
vited at the hearings follow:
To repeal Section z of the District
liquor act. and substitute a new sec
ton which would allow the sale of
hard liquor until am. on Sundays
and also between pm. and midnight
on the Sabbath.
To amend the code of laws to put
teeth" into the war on gambling and
the numbers games in particular.
To modernize Juvenile Court pro-
cedure.
To create q mental health commit
tee for the handling of lunacy cases.
To amend the qualifications of prac-
titioners Of law.
Automobile Inspection.
To provide for semi-annual inspec-
ton of all motor vehicles.
To regulate the manufacturing, dis
pensing, selling and possession Of mar
cotic drugs.
To provide for the extension Of Pros
pect street, Georgetown.
To define, regulate and license real
estate brokers and realty statesmen.
To provide for study and report on
the need for q subway system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-22
DELANO NAMED
INAUGURAL AIDE
Appointed Vice Chairman OF
General Committee by
Admiral Grayson.

Appointment of Frederic A. Delano,
chairman of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, as vice
chairman of the General Inaugural
Committee was announced today by
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, com.
mittee chairman.
At the same time Chairman Grayson
announced appointment Of four sub
committee chairmen.
j. Fred Essary. newspaper cor
respondent, was named chairman Of
the Program Committee.
James A. Councillor was made head
Of the budget and auditing group. He
served in a similar capacity four years
ago.
Thomas e. Lodge, president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
was chosen as chairman of the SUBJ
committee on Civic Cooperation. He
will coordinate efforts Of civic bodies
to make the forthcoming inaugural q
notable success.
Ford E. Young was placed in charge
of the Subcommittee on Civic Decora-
tions.
Has Wide Experience.
Delano, an uncle of President Roose-
welt, long has been active in the move.
ment to make Washington an out
standing national capital Of the world.
He has served in many civic capaci-
ties here.
Essary directed program arrange.
ments for the Presidents first In.
auguration. The program will be free
from all advertising. it was announced,
and any solicitation of advertising for
any "oficial program" will be without
authority Of the Inaugural Committee.
The program will be profusely Illus
trated and will give a full outline Of
the parade and ceremonies.
Tickets in Demand.
In spite of the higher prices than
were charged four years ago, advance
sales of tickets for the inaugural pa
rade are three weeks ahead Of the
record at President Roosevelt's first
ceremony.
first ceremony, according to Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson, chairman.
In an announcement late yester-
day Admiral Grayson said the sales
for the first three days since the
tickets have been available have ex-
ceeded the reservations made the first
three weeks four years ago.
Considerable demand has come
through members of Congress, and
as result Melvin D. Hildreth, chair
man of the Inaugural Grandstand
Ticket Committee, has designated two
assistants to handle requests from
Capitol Hill. Col. Edwin A. Haley,
secretary Of the Senate, and Kenneth
Romney, sergeant at arms Of the
House, have accepted appointment to
handle requests made by members Of
Congress both for themselves and for
their constituents
Hildreth said more than 500 tickets
have been sold in the SO section Of
the grandstand, which will be placed
in Lafayette Park Immediately oppo-
site President Roosevelt's reviewing
stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-22
Most Spectacular Christmas
Offered Residents of Capital
Yule Decorations More Numerous and
Impressive Than Euer Before,
Surrey indicates.

Washington's most spectacular
Christmas viii be In full view almost
any time now. Only . few finishing
touches remain.
Meanwhile the town Is all dressed
up, Is well IS lighted up. in advance.
Let the doubters take look at r
streets vari.colored lights blooming
In the dusk. or let them stroll down
Santa Claus lane. Yuletide avenue
or Christmas street.
The Suburbs-Columbia Heights.
Georgetown. the Northeast area and
. section Of Connecticut avenue-Al-
ready have opened holiday lanes with
parades. marching units, brass bands,
public speeches and coronations.
These lanes are strung with neck
laces Of colored lights and decked
with evergreens. Some OF them were
opened as early Is November in order
to insure that the residents would be
in . buying as well as q merry mood
for the holidays.
The downtown department stores
were not to be outdone. Strung with
lights, hung with holly. cedar and
wreaths. they are offering q welcome
hearty enough to stem the homeward
rush Of office workers and sweep them
by thousands through their revolving
doors.
Giant Stars Adorn Building.
Something of the spirit of the &C.
~ de- ~, k>~,t rvSa ~ 4
mated stars and 30-foot candle which
adorn the Potomac Electric Power Co.
Building at Tenth and Z streets. The
glittering white stars, 10 feet from
point to point, are mounted high over
the streets and can be seen from
southern and western approaches to
Washington.
The huge red candlestick and gold
flame on the outer corner of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-22
PLANS GREATER SAFETY

A Senate search for methods of
checking the appalling slaughter by
automobiles" was proposed today by
Senator Gibson. Republican, Of YER
mont.
He said he would ask Congress to
appropriate $4,000 for an inquiry by
the Senate Interstate Commerce Com
mittee into the causes of highway &C.
cidents and means of preventing them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-22

building are illuminated from within.
The candle fame seems to now
upward as it hickers six stories above
the streets. The decorations are new
this year and will be repeated next
Christmas with improvements.
Householders throughout Washing
ton already are installing lights in
Christmas trees on their lawns and
In their windows custom destined
to be more popular this year than ever
before, according to advance indi-
cations.
Omcials at the District Building
who issue permits for outside electro
cal decorations said Washington is
lighting up this Christmas As never
before.
More Permits Requested.
I'VE haven't the figures as yet" an
executive in the electrical department
said. but I am certain more permits
are being asked this year than on any
previous Christmas.
1T seems as II every store and
business house In the city wants to
string outside wires for Christmas
decorations this year. We could give
you some figures on that If We weren't
so busy"
Meanwhile huge trucks rumbled
through the city loaded with Canadian
pines from the North, with hemlock,
cedar, holly and spruce from the
mountains Of Maryland and Virginia
and with mistletoe, wreaths and ever
green streamers.
Miniature forests Of pines are
springing up before the water front
markets, along the sidewalks at Gen.
ter and Florida Avenue Markets and
on vacant lots throughout the city.
From the spectators point Of view,
anyhow, this will be Washington
biggest Christmas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-22
RECTOR TO BE H0N0RED
Rev. o. J. Hart Proposed as Mich
iean Diocese Coadiutor.

igan Diocese Coadjutor.
The name of Rev. Oliver James
Hart, rector of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Sixteenth and H streets. will
be among those of seven ministers
submitted to a diocesan conference
at Detroit January ~ as nominees
for bishop co-adjutor of the diocese
of Michigan, it was announced to-
day.
Rev. Mr. Hart has served here since
1884. coming to st. Johns from St.
Paul's Church. Chattanooga. Tenn,
where he was rector nine years. His
first charge was at st. Michael's
Church, Charleston, 8. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-22

Tenth street-mirrors were broken
upholstery on expensive chairs slashed
and lotions poured out. A large rock
was thrown through the plate-glass
window of a shop operated by E. J.
Battaglia at 6215 Third street.
Battaglia is q non-union barber, as
is Benton, while Rosetti once belonged
but union officials said he had dropped
out several years ago and no attempt
had been made to re-enlist him since
he operated his shop alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-22
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Soldiers Home Band in
Stanley Hall at $50 pm. today. John
8. Zimmerman, bandmasteH Anton
Pointner, assistant.
Program.
Moorish March" Arnold
Overture, Tambour der Garde"- Till
Serenade. "Tendre Amour" (Tender
ASvSJ ---SlCIIIcuL3
Dance Bretonne." from ballet La
Korrigane" -Widor
Excerpts from musical comedy,
THE Show Boat" Kern
Two songs
(a) TIL We Meet Again Whiting
TO- Take Me Back to Dear Old
Blighty" Mills
Waltz popular, Wyoming" ire
quest) Williams
Finale, The Friars" -Boohnlein
The star-spaugled HanuAe."
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
FOUR IN FAMILY
FOUND SLAIN

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 20 O.N.s).
While a Cuyahoga Falls family
of four lay dead today. Coroner
Richard Amos prepared to check
fingerprints on two rifles used
in the mass Staying.
After visiting the scene, Amos
expressed belief that William Har-
rison Slabaugh. 46, had slain his
wife, Josephine, AZ, and two chill
dren, William, jr., IL, and Mari
Ign, 10, and then committed sui
eide. Official verdict was with
held pending examination Of the
guns.
Mrs. Slabaugh's body was
found, fully clothed, in the
kitchen of the home, while the
children's bodies were found in
bed. Slabaugh lay at the foot Of
his sons bed, a large caliber rifle
near him.
The shooting was done with two
rifles, both of which were found.
Relatives stopping at the Slabaugh
home discovered the tragedy.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
GIRL TO 7 AL K.
ROUND WORLD.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Oct. 90
G.N.SO.-Dorothy Kilgallen plans
to again encircle the globe-but
this time by radio.
The 23-year-old girl reporter for
the New York Evening Journal and
international News Service, will
speak from here on Friday night,
November 6, from to Z o'clock,
over short wave transmitters,
W2XAD and W2XAF, addressing
greetings to the various countries
she visited on her record-break-
ing flight.
With the assistance Of interpre-
tiers, Miss Kilgallen will address
her words to the countries in the
order she visited them, starting
with Germany and ending with
the Philippine Islands. In each
instance she will speak in English,
her words later being translated
into the language Of the country
addressed.
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
DC.
POPULATION
Ho3O 1886
406.a6o. $4,000
DINNER MARKS
ROME MARCH

Attired in black shirts and ties
in keeping with Fascist costume,
members of the italian Embassy
were hosts at a dinner last
night to local Italians gathered
to celebrate the fourteenth an
niversary of Benito MusSolini's
march on Rome.
Fulvio Suvich, Italian ambas-
Sador, lauded the Fascist re-
CINE and said that it has meant
peace and happiness to its
citizens" He stated:
'WhiIe other countries have
experienced and are now pass
ing through q period of tur.
mOiI and strife. FaScism has
led the Italian people to greater
heights, to greater glory, to
the launching Of q great en-.
terprise, the Italian Empire"
Members of the Order of Sons
of Italy, Felice Cavalotti Lodge,
the Lido Civic Club, and the
Italian Ladies Legion Auxiliary
were present at the diner.
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
SCOUTS PLAN
JANB0REE

More than one million Boy
Scouts today were notified to be.
gin preparations for their Ma
tional Jamboree which will be
held in Washington from June 80
to July 9 next year, according to
an announcement from Scout
headquarters in New York.
About $4,000 Scouts from all
parts of the United States and
from foreign countries are ex.
pected to attend the encampment
while several hundred adult mem.
bers of the National Boy Scout
Council will also be on hand for
the twenty-Seventh annual coun.
Gil meeting which will be held
simultaneously.
Physical layout of the camp
will be drafted by an engineering
staff which will open offices here
November Is.
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
HUNTER SAVED
FROM LEDGE
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ness / built q signal fire and
started to whistle. This at
tracted my brother Joseph. We
had arranged beforehand that
the first to sight a deer would
whistle.
'tHe climbed up and made me
comfortable as possible, built a
good fire and went for help"
Deputy Sheriff George L. Knepp
of Salt Lake county. headed the
rescue party which brought Raw
son down. He said it required
four hours to remove Rawson
from his mountain perch in sub
zero weather.
Four men climbed to the ledge,
made an improviSed Stretchel
from blankets and lowered the
injured deer hunter by ropes to
the floor of the canyon below, &C.
cording to Knepp's account.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
MOTHER FREED
BY COURT

When four babies need fall
clothing, consideration of temper
airy financial shortcomings may
become secondary.
Cognizant of this, Judge Walter
J. Casey. of Police Court, today
placed on probation for one year a
25-year-old mother of four children
who, without benefit of counsel,
pleaded guilty to charges of false
pretenses in connection with the
passing of several worthless checks
on local department stores.
The young mother, Mrs. Ivy Will
liams, 800 block East Capitol St.,
was arrested yesterday by Detect
i've Chester A. Stepp on complaint
of representatives of a department
store, who said the woman had
rendered two checks totaling $14.45
in payment for purchases made.
The purchases, it was brought
out, consisted of baby clothes.
The checks were returned from a
local bank marked insufficient
funds"
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
Spain Charges Italy
Is Planning Attack

PARIS, Oct. 20 U.N.S0.-With
the deadline for an Italian attack
from the Balearic Islands on
Barcelona, according to Spanish
charges, only six days off, the
French foreign office today de.
clared it ha6 mo evidence" to sup.
port SPANS allegations.
In a statement to International
News Service, the Spanish embassy
here reiterated:
1.-THE Italians have taken pos
session of the port of Palma on
the island of MajOrca in prepare
ton for an invasion of Catalonia.
To our absolute knowledge, liz
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
PRESIDENT HITS
PROPAGANDA
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"get these facts straight" the
President pointed out that the
Social Security act provides for
two kinds of insurance for the
worker-first, old age, wherein the
employer and worker match dollar
for dollar and the workers gets
all; second, unemployment insur-
ance wherein the employer puts
up two dollars and the employe
nothing, although the latter would
receive all benefits. He exclaimed:
'Three for one! There's the
rub. That is what these prOpa-
ganda-Spreading employers OBJ
ject to. The record extending
back several years shows that
their purpose has always been
to compel the worker alone to
put up all the premiums both
for the unemployment inSur-
ance and their Old-age insur>
ance. They are now trying to
frighten the worker about the
workers One-dOllar premium, so
that they won't have to pay
their three-dOllar premium"
ASSAILS TACTICS
The President said: Labor and
a fair-minded public must place
such tactics in a class with the
coercion of the strong-arm squad
and the whispering of the planted
labor spy" He added:
"Here is a repetition of the ar
rogance and the ruthIessness
which the operators utilized to
try to break the solid ranks of
labor when the miners fought
an Armageddon in 1902"
The President referred to the
bloody strike John Mitchell led
back at the turn of the century.
UnTE AMEpIrAN-
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
.LAND0N VISITS
SHRINE OF 7. R.
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Landon'S car. Time and again, po-
lice were forced to rescue him from
wildly cheering supporters who
sought to grasp his hand.
Landon was deeply impressed
with his reception. So too were
Republican leaders. So too was AL
fred e. Smith, Democratic nomi-
nee for President in 1928, who p-id
his respects to Landon at the lat
ter's hotel. They conferred for an
hour.
Landon's visit to the Roosevelt
shrine on Long Island came as
a sincere tribute from the Repub-
lican nominee to an old political
idol.
The Governors father, John
Landon, was an ardent Roosevelt
ian in the 1904 campaign. Then
in the great battle of 1912, young
Landon followed his father into
the Bull Moose movement, cam
paigned Kansas for Teddy" and
cast his first vote for him. Landon
met his hero" a number of times
in Kansas.
The Theodore Roosevelt influ-
ence on Landon has been revealed
time and again in the present cam
paign. The Republican nominee
has quoted T. R. on monopoly, on
antitrust legislation and only last
Tuesday in Pittsburgh on the Civil
Service.
Last Talk in st. Louis
Landon will leave here shortly
after midnight on a return trip
to Topeka. He will Stop'at Charles
ton, w. Va, at $40 o'clock tomor-
row evening for an address. Then,
he will deliver rear porch" talk
from his Sunflower Special in
Huntington, w. Va, at 8:15 p. M,
before proceeding on to st. Louis
to close his campaign with a final
major address Saturday night.
The Governor will go to hide
pendence, KanS., his home, to vote
next Tuesday, returning immedi-
ately afterwards to Topeka to
await his fate at the hands of the
American electorate.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
Woman Is Arrested
After Man Is Killed

Responding to call early today
at 319 South Capitol st., No. 4
Precinct police found the body Of
William Rawls, colored, 80, lying
on g floor, his head Dashed in and
his body mutilated. Police
arrested Elizabeth Buchanan,
colored, 80, who said, they as
serted, Rawls had shot twice at
her. She denied knowledge Of the
mutilation. Both lived at the
South Capital Street address,
police said.
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
Students |KidnQp'
Shoes; Leave
AuHOpping

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 20
GN.S0.-As a part of their initia-
ton, 800 Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology freshmen hoped
about today wearing only q left
shoe.
Baked in attempts to "kidnap"
new men and dump them half
clad on the Wellesley College
campus, a group Of 20 sophie
mores satisfied themselves by
kidnapping" every right shoe they
could find in freshmen dormi-
tories.