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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-01
ONE DRIVER
ESCAPES
UNHURT
Seven Others Injured
In Series of Traffic
Accidents

Victims of head-on automobile
crash at West Virginia and New
York AYES. N. E. early today, two
men were near death in local hos
pitfalls. Seven persons were injured
and a motoriSt arrested in a series
of other traffic mishaps.
Injured in the head-on crash
are Lawrence M. Hynson, IS, OF
Landover, Md, suffering from
severe internal injuries, a broken
leg and hurts on his head, in Sib'
ley Hospital, and Ernest B. Prang'
ley, 40, of 3OO6 Adams st. N. w.
who is in Gallinger Hospital with
q fractured skull, broken leg and
internal injuries.
Both Cars Wrecked
Police reported Prangley was
riding in a car driven by Lewis E.
Denton, 4s, of 1904 Charming st.
N. E., which crashed with Hynson's
machine, which was turning into
West Virginia Avenue. Both cars
were demolished. Denton was ur1-
injured.
Following a crash between two
cars in which two persons were in.
jured in front of st. Elizabeth'S
Hospital early today, Oliver S.
Perry, colored, 80, of 1913 w st.
N. w., driver of one car, was ar.
rested at the Eleventh precinct on
reckless driving charge.
Police said his car Swerved to
the wrong side of the street and
struck a car driven by William L.
Kimmel, 81, of Oven Hill, Md,
who suffered slight bruises. Evan
galiSta Highes, colored, "a, of 400
r st. N. W., passenger in Perry'S
car, was taken to Casualty Hos
pital and treated for broken jaw.
EStelle Colbert. colored, of 222
I st. N. w., and Marie Watson,
colored, 81, of 412 N st. N. W.,
were severely hurt when the auto
mobile in which they were riding.
driven by Mary Allen, colored, Of
1910 New Jersey Ave. N. W., got
out of control and crashed into a
tree at Marion and r Streets
Northwest.
Hit As They Quit Car
AS they alighted from an auto
mobile at Fourteenth and Belmont
Streets, Northwest, Charles Jack
son, colored, A, of 1406 Belmont
st. N. w., and Carrie Jackson, col.
ored, 43, same address, were seri.
ously hurt when struck by an au-
tomobile operated by Emory F.
Best, II, of 1920 Fairmont st.
N. w., police reported. Both are
in Gallinger Hospital with possible
skull fractures.
In a collision between an auto
mobile and a moving van with a
trailer, at Sixth Street and Con-
Stitution Avenue Northwest, early
today, the van was overturned
and the driver of the automobile
injured. Furniture in the van
was Strewn over the street. The
injured man, Edgar T. Hart, 46,
of 1894 Perry Pl. N. w., was
treated at Emergency Hospital
for head cuts. The van driver,
oscar G. Carter, %, of High
Point, N. c., was uninjured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-01
Fish Leaps, Duck
Flies to This
Mans Beck

GLENCOE, Md, May This
is a fish story-also a duck story
but A. P. Gorsuch swears it is
absolutely true! He caught a
trout and a duck without using
fishing tackle or gun, he AYERS.
Mr.. Gorsuch was walking along
the banks of a stream on his
property, he relates, when a duck
Swooped down on the water. A
trout, in an effort to escape the
duck, leaped into the air-and
landed on the ground at his feet.
And to make matters even bet
ter, the duck hit the water at
such a high rate Of speed that it
was stunned and Mr.. GorSuch
merely picked it up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-01
.F|NGERPR|NTS
AID D. {. COURT

Defendants in Police Court to-
day found their pasts-if they had
any-virtually staring them in the
face as the new fingerprinting
laboratory went into operation.
The innovation, installed yester-
day through the cooperation Of
Judge Edward M. Curran and j. Ed.
gar Hoover, chief of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, enables
fingerprints to be taken and
checked within 15-minute period.
A nemesis for the hardened
criminal, the new system will be a
boon to the innocent. Suspects
heretofore had to remain in Jail a
day while records were searched
for fingerprintS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-01

Speaking of magnificent
columns in the Supreme Court or
a djace Constitution Avenue
neighborhood, most Of them are
frauds.
Corinthian, Ionic or Doric, they
look flawless, aloof and serene
under the great weight they bear.
An architect tells me, however,
that there is rarely a perfect
marble column - the flaws are
WaXed over.
And as for that impression of
bearing weight, most columns bear
no weight. They haven't the
strength.
The steel supports in their cen
ter carry the burden overhead.
CONTINUED on Page 80, Col. 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-01
Sudden Change of Theme

SuuUen OHduSC VI AHCMC
Dear Helen Essary-Do you mind
a little correction? The name
"Zaionchek" means in Polish "a
little wild hare"-not "hoSe!"
Cordially, Stefanie Reilly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-01
I'd. T.. Students Win
FeIIoWships at Duke

Two Washington college grad
yates have been named for fellow
ships in the Duke University grad
uate school of arts and sciences.
They are James Wilson Brown, tbs
K st. N. w., and Clifford S. Schop-
meyer, 1725 Lanier Pl. N. w., both
graduates of the University of
Maryland in forestry. Schopmeyer
received his masters degree at
George Washington University.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-01

SPEEDING DETECTION OF CRIMINALS
FiNsger1Drir,tjug in Court
JUDGE EDWARD M.

JUDGE EDWARD NJ.
CURRAN and fingerprinting
apparatus, part of the equip
ment which he has had in
stalled in Police Court to ex-
pedite checking Of the rec
ords Of suspects. The lab
oratory was set up with the
cooperation Of J. Edgar
Hoover, of the Federal Blu
reau of Investigation.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
OLD PAPERS,!

Buy them by the bundle. Use them for starting fires. For Sale At the Nome Nugget.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
Soviet Pliers Flew
 5.4o0 Miles From
 Moscow To Siberia
CBy The Associated Press)

tBy The Associated Press)
 MOSCOW, July 23, - Soviet hiers Chekslof and BaidukoF landed Wednesday night at Niko- laivsk located on the Amur Riv- CT, after completing a flight of approximately $500 kil5meters or about 5,400 miles from Moscow to Siberia.
 Details of the landing were not given, but the plane was des- cr.bed to be in good condition.
 The Commissariat of the air plane industry sponsored the long distance flight to demon strate the mobility of planes in the U. s. s. R.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
W arwick Told of Transport Musk
 Oxen Nuniyak

Detailed information concern ing the moving of a herd of 2 musk oxen from the Fairbanks area to Nunivak Island vas re lated today by Jack Warwick former Nomeite and of recen years connected with the expert. mental farming at the University rof Alaska.
 MT. Warwick, who was accom- panied by Bert Walker, was un- der the direction of Cnaslas Rouse of the U. s. Biological Sur vey, who at present is still al Nunivak Island observing how the animals become accustomed to their new location.
 Warwick declared that the en- tire job of transporting the musk oxen from Fairbanks to Nenana, by rail, and thence by the river steamer "Nenana" to Marshal, and from their via barge to St. Michael and barge to Nunivak, required just exactly two weeks.
 He said they were very fortun- ate indeed in having the best of weather when moving the ani- mals. MT. Warwick and Mr.Walk- CT arrived yesterday via the M. s. Meteor, the vessel which tow ed the musk-oxen to Nunivak Is- land from St. Michael.
 They departed today via the PAA Electra for Fairbanks. MT. Rouse is expected to come to Nome soon and will also fly back to his, headquarters at Fairbanks
 With the four animals taken there last year, the herd now numbers 31 in all. They are ex- pected to thrive exceptionally well on the island, as their is a total absence of any predatory animals, and the climate and feed ing conditions are ideal, said MT. Warwick.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
Nome COP Lays Plans Campaign
 Falls Election

Officials of the Nome RepubI- can Club announced today that their meeting last night, held at the city hall, proved to be sue cessful from all angles. New members signed the roll and the business of discussing this falls election and campaign occupied most of the two and half hours the meeting was in session.
 They stated they had expected Lester O. Gore to have arrived at Nome yesterday in time for the meeting, but adverse weather prevented him coming. Officials declared if he arrives as expected today, another meeting will un- doubtedly be held to discuss the Second Division campaign for territorial and legislative offices.
 Committees were appointed and included: Finance-Alfred J. Lo- men, Chas. Code and Dave Gray.
 Reception-O. s. Weaver, Lyle Nevins, Ira D.Orton, Ben Gillette and Thos. D. Jensen.
 Platform-Chas. Kennedy, Ben Gillette, Nels Swanberg Sr.. Ed. Steffen, Nels Swanberg Sr., Ed. Jones and Thos. D. Jensen.
 Though the press representa- tive was not in attendance, party leaders declared that plans will be laid by the various commit tees to wage a Republican cam paign which, they said, they hop ed would result in a predominant ing Republican majority.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
Spanish Officials Cannot Guarantee Safety Yankies
Meeting g
 Decided TOTear
 Down City Dock

Meeting in the City Clerks of flee last night, the city council held an extremely unusual meet ing, very few, if any, citizens having any knowledge of the special meeting, or being present, which is decided contrast to their regular public meetings, to discuss the disposition of the city warehouse and dock.
 All councilmen were present, four of whom voted 10 tear it down and retain the lumber for use by the city in sidewalks and sewers, and two voted against it apparently being in favor of the logical manner of handling thC situation by awaiting the arriVa of Colonel Wilds, head of the U s. Engineers who is expected here the first week in August.
 The mayor called the meeting to order and stated the purpose
 (Continued on Page Three)
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23

mlne the feasibility cf regular flying between the United Stat es and the Soviet Union Later this week the plane vii De talk en to Terminal Island aad fitted with pontoons.
 The Vultee is powered H..h an eight hundred and ffty horse power motor capable of giving it a speed of 220 miles par hour at five thousand eight hundred feet altitude.
 LeVanevsky and Lavchenko plan to travel most If taa way at an altitude of 12og9 feet.
 The ship carries foar hundred and six gallon of gasolae with a cruising radius of more than two thousand miles.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
Destroyer Fired On Rebel Plane
 Bombs Dropped
(By The Associated PresS) CASA BLANCA, French Nor

CASA BLANCA, French Mor- occo, July g, - The British de- stroyer "Whitehall' routed a re- bel Spanish plane today with gunfire after the aviator had bombed British steamer bring ing fuel oil to loyal Spanish cruis CTS in Tangier harbor.
 The steamer is believed to be the Gibel Bersa of the Bland Lines which anchored in the har Dor after arriving from Gibral. tar.
 Earlier the British destroyer White Swan" off Tarifa, Spain, fired at a rebel plane "in warn ing" after bombs had been drop ped in the sea nearby.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23

American women and children from Bilbao, Spain, by war yes sel, was transmitted 10 the State Department by Consul William Chapman.
 The number of Americans at Bilbao was quoted at 355.
 The battleship Oklahoma is de parting from Cherbourg, France today, ten hours earlier than was anticipated. She is going to Bill bao, the northern Spanish sea- port.
 Chapman's message said:
 "A food shortage which exists here now will likely bring loot ing, since the authorities are not in a position to prevent disord- ers". The message was not clear whether Bilbao was in the hands of the leftists or the rightists.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
Serious Outbreak
 Typhoid Fever Is
 Reported Brist. B.
(By The Associated Press)

JUNEAU, July 23-A serious outbreak of typhoid Fever is de- scribed as near epidemic propor- tions in settlements along North ern Bristol Bay shores. Radio requests for help came to both the governors and the Bureau of Fisheries offices.
 The disease is reported at Dill- ingham, Snag Point, Nushagak and other outsposts. R. SWartz, representing the Fishermen's Un- ion at Nushagak. messaged that the small hospital there was crowded with patients, and that the staff was overWorked. He also stated that doctors, medicines and equipment was urgently needed. MT. Swartz also report ed that the hot weather added to the distress and that the fish ing season at Bristol Bay was now at it's height.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
U. s. WARSHIPS ON
 WAY RESCUE TANKS
 BESETCED ITV SPAIn
Rebel Planes Cause Excitement Rock OfCibraltar. Britist, Ships Receive
 Visits Wells As Loyal Spaniards
(Bv The Associated Press)

GIBRALTAR, July 23 - Rebel planes, droning low the Rock of Gibraltar bombarded loyal Span ish warshps off Ageciras and La Lnea last night and met anti-aircraft fire which endangered this city.
 Shells screaming from anit-aircraft guns on the decks of the loyal ships burst high the Rock send ing thousands of persons gathered to watch the display scurryng in panic for safety from the spners which fell on the southern-most tip of the Rock None of the planes were hit, it was reported.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
Italian Lightweight g Knocked Out Kid
 Berg of England
(By The Associated Press)

NDy lllC [hoSoSldlCb I CooJ
 NEW YORK, July 23, - Aldo Spoldi, Italian lightweight cham pion knocked out Jackie Kid Berg of England in the second round of a scheduled ten round bout.
 Spoldi weighed l38 and Berg Al pounds.
 The referee stopped the bout after Berg had been foored three times in rapid succession in the second round, to save the English man further punishment.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23

WASHINGTON, July 23, - Officials of Barcelona, Malago Province advised American consular represent atves that they guarantee the safety of Ameri cans or other foreigners.
 This word was received shortly after Secretary of State Cordell Hull had indicated the possibility, that the generally uncertain European situation might in1 pei the United States re-establsh naval squadron in European waters Officials said that the first of two American warships dispatched to Spanish waters to get refugees cannot reach Gibraltar their destination before Friday An urgent appeal for the eacuat0n of
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
Snake Is Cause
 Browning Fifty
 Persons iIl India
(By The Associated Press)

LUCKNOW, India, July B, - Fifty persons were drowned when a snake caused a stam- peda on a ferry boat on one of
 the tributaries of the Ganges River, capsizing the boat.
 The passengers were frighten- ed Wha5 a snake boarded the ship in midstream. They all rushed to one side of the boat, causing 1t to capsize and over turn.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
MINERS AND DREDGE MEN

The Nome Daily Nugget carries several forms of printing blanks for your convenience - Dredge Logs, thawing and drill reports, Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode Location Notices. Vouchers, and Special Power of Attorney forms.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
NEW NULTEE PLANE FOR SOVIET AERMEN IS TESTED
 WILL LEAVE NEXT WEEK
New Plane Be Equipped Ponloons. Has S5OH.P. Molor. Can Fly 22O Miles Per
 Hour, Cruising Radius 2,0OO Niles
(By The Associated PreSs)

LOS ANGELES, July 23, - The transport plane in which two Russian aviators will attempt to fly to Moscow via Nome, Alaska and Siberia, taken up on it's first test flight Wednesday.
 Sigismund Levanevsky and co-pilot Victor Lev- chenko stood on the ground and watched the plane go through its paces The pair plan to take off the middle of next week The flight is planned primarily, to deter
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-23
Barney Ross Gets
 Nontitle Decision
(By The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, July 23, - Barney Ross, Welterweight cham pion of the world won unani- mous ten round decision over Phil Furr, in non-title bout here tonight.
 Ross weighed 142 and Furr 148.
The Washington times., 1936-05-02
HOME BUILDING
BOOM SEEN


Construction of three times as
many homes in the United States
this year as compared with last
year was predicted today by Stew.
art Mcdonald, Federal Housing
Administrator, as a result of q big
increase in commitments to in
sure home mortgages under the
FILA.
For the week ending April Is,
Mcdonald said, 63.11S home mort
cages, totaling $254,365, ,064, were
selected for appraisal. This
brought the total number to
94,371, with a total value of $367,.
287 ,482, one-third of which was
for new home construction. The
remainder represented refinanc-
ing of old mortgages.
Mortgages accepted for insur-
ance totaled $255, ,285,149. Mort
cages rejected totaled $78,291 ,795,
FILA also had insured 1857 1926, ,S07
of moderniZation and repair notes.
The National Housing act au-
thorizeS FILA to insure 1000
million dollars of mortgages on
existing structures and 1000 mil
lion dollars on mortgages for new
construction.
The Washington times., 1936-05-02
British to Protect
American Nationals
international News Service

International News Service
The American Government has
accepted an offer from Great Brit
ain to concentrate American ma
tionals within the well-guarded
British compound in Adds Ababa
in case their lives should become
endangered by disorders incident
to the advance Of italian forces.
This was learned today as Italy's
victorious army of conquest moved
near the ancient African king
dom's capital, from which EN-
peror Halle Selassie had fled.
There are about SO American
nationals in Adds Ababa and
about 80 in all Ethiopia. Most Of
them are missionaries. If they seek
refuge in the British compound
they will be protected by crack
British Indian troops under COM
mand of British officers. These
troops, Sikhs, were moved into Ad-
dis Ababa some time ago for the
protection of the British legation.
The legation also has bombproof
cellar in which American nationals
could seek safety in case the 1tal-
ians launched an aerial attack on
the capital.
The Washington times., 1936-05-02
PUBLIC Drill |
ON MONDAY

A full days military demonStra-
ton will be presented to the pub.
lie Monday when the garrison of
Fort Myer. Virginia, under direc-
ton of Col. Kenyon Joyce. COM
manding officer, stages its annual
training inspection.
Opening at 9:15 a. m. with a
mounted review by the Third Cav
airy, the Sixteenth Field Artillery
and the combat and transport
motor vehicles of the command,
the inspection proper will get un-
der way at all barracks, quarters
and stables.
A tactical demonstration with a
problem involving the role of sup
porting artillery in an attack will
take up the balance of the fore
noon. It will be presented by the
first battalion of the Sixteenth
Field Artillery under command of
Major John Nash.
During the afternoon, the Third
Cavalry, whose exhibition drills
have gained renown, will give a
demonstration of wartime effec-
tiveneSs.
In a series of tactical problems,
the various troops commanded by
Major Arthur P. Thayer will each
present a particular phase of the
combat training Of the mounted
forces.
The Washington times., 1936-05-02
BadogIio Plans TriumphaI
Entry Into Adds Ababa

ROME, May 2 G.N.S0.-Mar.
shall Pietro Badoglio, commander
of Italy's East African campaign,
prepared today for triumphal
entry into Adds Ababa, an event
expected by the Italian public al
most hourly in view of the flight
Of Emperor SelaSSie.
While the official military com.
muniqueS covering yesterdays
progress continued to run behind
the public's expectations by plac,
ing the Northern Fascist columns
several score miles out of the Ethi.
opian capital, press dispatches
made it plain the fall of Adds
Ababa was at hand.
Plan Celebration
Operation Of the Adds Ababa.
Djibouti railroad, over which the
emperor and his family fled, was
reported suspended, and another
report, which would please the
Italians if true, was that the
crown prince, after leaving the
city with his father, had turned
back to surrender the capital per.
sonally to Marshal Badoglio.
Italians pointed out that if the
Crown Prince were to surrender
the capital the Ethiopian popula'
ton probably would be immeasur'
ably more friendly to their new
rulers, the soldiers Of II Duce.
All italy was prepared for a
gigantic celebration of the fall of
Adds Ababa and conclusion Of the
present phase of the Ethiopian
campaign of seven months.
Plan Flag Hosting
It was announced officially that
the battle flag of Vittorio Veneto.
where the Italians finally crushed
Austrian resistance during the
World War and wiped out the
stigma of the defeat of Caporetto,
would be hoisted over the Ethio.
plan capital after its capture.
Ever since the war the flag has
The Washington times., 1936-05-02
; SNATCH FUR,
HAT AND FLEE

Early morning revelers in a night
club at Connecticut Ave. and @ St.
N. W., were astounded at -2:30
a. m. today when a well-dreSsed
woman and two male companions
strolled to a table, seized an eX'
pensive fur piece and hat, fled
from the club and speeded away
in a taxicab.
According to Mrs. S. w. Towle,
1905 Thirty-fifth st. N. W., owner
Of the apparel, the fur piece was
of silver fox valued at $500 and
the hat was Russian style"
The thief was described to po.
lice as a tall young woman with
blonde hair. One Of her aides, 1t
was reported, was about so years
of age and the other %.
The Washington times., 1936-05-02
ROBBERS STRIP
MAN TO SKIN

Stripped of all his clothing, &C
cording to his story to police,
Leslie S. Greene, SO, of Al Rhode
Island Ave. N. W., was robbed
of a $400 diamond brooch by
four white men early today.
At First and Rhode Island Ave
nue. Northwest, Greene said four
men seized him, threw him to
the street and pulled off his suit.
shoes and shirt, then threatened
him. He was forced to walk
nude to his home, he said.
The brooch, given to him by
his mother, Mrs. Clara A. Greene,
was to have gone to a jewelers.
today to be cleaned. Suspects
Greene named knew he had the
valuable pin, he informed detec-
tiveS.
The Washington times., 1936-05-02
Canon Chase Named
In Biz DAMAGE Suit

Canon William sheafe Chase,
superintendent of the Interna-
tional Reform Federation, Inc,
and the organization he heads
were sued for 100000 damages
for alleged libel in District Su-
preme Court yesterday by ]. Ray
mond Schmidt, 64 v st. N. W., a
former field worker in the fedora
tion.
Attorneys L. H. Sothoron and
p. Michael Cooke represent
Schmidt, who charges he was lib
eled last May in letters and mem
oranda circulated by Canon Chase
among members of the executive
committee of the federation, in
which Schmidt was accused Of
failing to account for funds of the
organization that came into his
possession. Schmidt was dis
charged as a result Of the charges.
The Washington times., 1936-05-02
QUIZ SECOND
PURSE SUSPECT

Raymond Vidi, jr., of the 800
block E st. N. W., was being queS-
toned by police today in connec-
tion with a long list of local purse
snatchings, after his father, Ray
mond Vidi, ST., had arranged the
youths surrender to Detective
Sergts. James Tolson and D. H.
Jones.
The arrest of young Vidi fol-
lowed by more than a week the
apprehension Of William H. Carey,
10, with whom Vidi is suspected
in "a pocketbook robberies.
Carey was arrested at his home
in the first block of K st. N. w.,
after an auto, believed to have
been used in the snatchingS, was
found abandoned in the vicinity.
In Carey's room was discovered a
wooden pistol" painted black to
simulate metal. He is being held
for Grand Jury action.