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The Washington times., 1936-06-20
0HI0AN JOINS
GOVERNORS
STAFF
Two Others Are Added
ToCampaign Force
at Topeka
BY ROBERT HUMPHREYS

TOPEKA, Kan, June 20
'U.N.SO.-Governor Alfred M. Ian
don, G. o. P. Presidential nomi
nee, will win in November by
carrying a vigorous fight into the
industrial East" Charles P. Taft
son Of former President Taft and
latest addition to the Landon
campaign staff, declared here to
day. He said:
"That is where the battle will
be-in the East, the Governors
prOgreSsiviSm will gain for him
more States West of the Miss
iSsippi River than is generally
conceded at the present time"
Taft arrived here late yesterday
from his home in Cincinnati and
conferred last night with Govern
nor Landon.
Counts Ohio Safe
Referring to the Ohio River val
ley, Taft predicted:
"OhiO will go Republican.
Kentucky and Indiana will take
q lot of hard work"
Asked which major party he
thought the Lemke-O'Brlen third
party woul injure, Taft said:
"The Democratic Party-par-
ticularly in Ohio. In the FIRST
and Second Ohio congressional
districts which comprise Hamil-
ton county, the Democratic con-
greSiSOnal nominees are supper
tiers of Father COughlin. If
Democratic candidates file as
Independents, as now expected,
Cincinnati will go Republican
beyond q doubt"
Taft, who was Ohio's favorite
son candidate at the Cleveland
convention, revealed he has beer
asked to revise his book, "You and
land Roosevelt" for use as a
Republican campaign document
In the original copy he presented
to Governor Landon on March IL
Taft wrote ITO the man who fits
the blue print set forth in this
book"
Staff Additions
Taft joins a staff of campaign
aides here which includes E. H.
Taylor, former associate editor OF
a National Farm Journal, and
Ralph West Robey, Columbia Uni
versity economist.
Another addition to the govern.
or's forces today was Ross BARLEY,
of Chicago, one-time secretary to
Charles G.. Dawes and publicity
director for Chicago'S Century OF
Progress Exposition, who has re
ceived the temporary assignment
of press contact" man for the
Republican presidential nominee
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
ROBBERS TAKE
FIGHT MONEY

Two newsboys lost. their fight
extra papers and money in hold
ups here last night following the
Louis-Schmeling match.
Walter Logue, IT, of TAG Third
st. N. w., told police he was set
upon by a gang of about Is col
ored boys in the 1900 block of
Eighth st. N. w. and so news
papers grabbed from his hands
and $1.5O taken from his pockets.
Although showing a few cuts on
his face and hands. he told police
he was unhurt.
Martin Dickens, Is, colored,
2146 Newport Pl. N. w., was
robbed of $1.95 and several news
papers by two colored men, one
carrying a gun and the other a
knife, when they pulled him into
an alley on Twenty-Second Street
between M and N Streets North
west.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
D. A. R. T0F|GHT
RED MENACE

Ranks of communism are gain
ing recruits through lack of per.
Sonal interest on the part of COM
munities and societies in the down.
trodden and destitute, Mrs. Will
liam A. Becker, presidentgeneral
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, declared in revealing
the organizations summer pro-
gram to aid youth.
The youth, she declared, is the
battlefield sought by the forces
of revolution" and the program
planned embraces the com.
munity, the school, the organized
group of young persons and the
individual boy and girl to whom
we may give hope and encourage
ment."
Lack of personal interest in the
cases of the down-trodden and
destitute, she declared, soon saw
the unfortunate persons drifting
into communism and other anti
American organizations.
Mrs. Becker said relief undoubt-
edly had been administered with
due regard to emergency, but
the understanding and concern
that were part of the neighborli.
ness of former days have been re-
placed by the chaSm of growing
distrust and hate. Neglect and
isolation and grinding poverty are
driving many into the camps Of
the enemy"
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
BANK RETAINS
VETS BONUS

The right of a bank to with
hold from a World War veteran
his bonus certificate, which had
been deposited with the bank as
collateral for a loan, was chal-
lenged in the local courts today.
Robert Granville Coleman, 1914
Quebec Pl. N. W.. field suit in
Municipal Court to recover his
$500 adjusted service certificate
from Robert F. Moran, receiver
for the defunct Park Savings
Bank. Through Attorney Jacob
N. Halper, Coleman says that
Moran obtained possession of the
certificate op May 9, 1885, and
now refuses to turn it over to him
to be exchanged for "baby bonds"
The court is asked either to COM
pei Moran to return the certificate
or enter a judgment for its face
value.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
BL|MP PILOT
TO RIDE Yep

Lieut.. Comdr. Karl Lange, di-
rector of the Goodyear airShip
operations in Washington and
chief pilot of the blimp Enter
prise, will cross the Atlantic on
the new German dirigible linden
burg next week.
Commander Lange will leave on
the dirigible from Lakehurst, N. j.,
on June "a, and will remain in
Germany for several weeks in COM
pany with United States Navy Of
ficers as unofficial observers in
the handling of the largest airship
in the world.
The purpose of the trip is to
learn the German methods of han
ding the airship in event the
United States should again con-
struct ships of that size. Com
mander Lange will return to the
United States on the Hindenburg
around July IA.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Postal Merit System
Defeated i'm House

place their names on a record
roll-call vote.
The vote was on a special rule
which required a two-thirds ma
jority to allow immediate con-
Sideration of the bill. The roll
call vote showed 205 in favor of
the rule and 112 in opposition.
Failure to muster the necessary
two-thirdS was tantamount to the
defeat of the bill.
Representative r mspe k,
chairman of the Civil Service
Committee, pleaded for support
of the Democratic majority, de-
claring that President Roosevelt
was an active supporter Of the
committee bill.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
FARLEY HINTS
RESIGNATION

PHILADELP HIA, June 20
OS0 A. Farley, embat'
tied campaigner for the Roosevelt
administration, soon will resign
one Of his dual roles as Postmaster
General and chairman of the
Democratic national committee,
according to well-defined reports
which trickled through this festive
preconvention city today.
Farley, himself, gave credence
to the assumption that he is pre-
pairing to quit one of his formid-
able posts.
At a press conference yesterday
Farley first was asked:
"Are you going to run for gov
ernOr of New YOrk?"
He replied:
"NOt a chance"
He then was asked:
care you going to quit as Post
maSter-General and stay on as
chairman of the national COM
mittee to run the Roosevelt
campaign"
He answered:
Fellows, don't want to duck
the question. 1 want to be
frank.
81 will say this: I'll discuss
that matter positively right after
this convention and the meeting
Of the national committee"
President Roosevelt is said to
have manifested an increasing
disappointment in the handling of
his campaign by Farley.
Farley'S attack upon Governor
Landon as merely the Governor
of typical prairie State" was said
to have injured the Presidents
campaign west of the Mississippi.
The other New Deal strategiSts are
said to believe that Farley came
out second best in his recent col
loquy with John Hamilton, red
haired, square-jawed national
chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
JR. EXECUTIVES
REWARDED

Thirty,six Washington C h DOL
girls and boys today were the
proud possessors of certificates
showing that they operated the
government of the Nations Capt.
tai for one day last April.
The children, who filled the
District offices on the first an
nual Junior District Day, re-
ceived the awards at a ceremony
in the Times-Herald building last
night when a number of civic
officials addressed them.
Cups also were awarded to
groups and individuals who won
prizes in the big parade which
was a feature of the day.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Girl Among 5 Slain
In Spain Strike Riots

MADRID, June 20 U.S0.
Five persons, including a young
girl, were killed and six were
wounded yesterday in shootings
that punctuated the strike crisis
gripping Spain. The girl was
shot to death when caught in the
cross-fire of gun battle at Bilbao.
In a fierce clash between FaS-
ciSts and Socialists at Santander
two of the RightistS were shot
and killed and one Leftist was
wounded. In Valladolid cafe
proprietor and his wife were
slain.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
AAA PAYMENTS
REPORTEDTO TO
SENATE
Figures Intricate,
Puzzling in Big
Wallace Memo
International News Service

The partial report Of Secretary
Of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace
on AAA payments of $4,000 and
over, submitted to the Senate, at
it's request, today revealed a maze
of intricate and puzzling figures.
Contrary to preliminary re-
ports, the Wallace 84-page mem
orandum showed only one pay
ment of more than $1,000,000,
and that to an Hawaiian sugar
company.
No United States producer or
producing company, according to
the report, received that much.
The highest listed was a $685.
O38.54 payment to the U. s..
Sugar Corporation Of Florida on
its 1884 sugar cane production
or rather, for reducing its sugar
production.
The highest cotton payment
totaled 1892, ,704.32 to Lee Will
sun and Company of Arkansas,
for 1933-34 and '35.
COrn-HOg Payment
The biggest corn-hog payment
was $155,375.42 to the Fontana
Farms. of California; the biggest
rice payment, $73,659.37, to the
Louisiana Irrigation & Mill Com
pany; the biggest beet sugar pay
ment, SGT 1863. "a, to the California
Packing Corporation; the biggest
wheat payment, $54,608.27, to the
Sutter Basin Corporation, Ltd,
and the Sutter Basin Improve
ment Company, Ltd, of Cali
fornia; the largest tobacco pay
ment, SAL ,454, to the American
Sumatra Tobacco Company, of
Florida.
Thomas Campbell, the So-called
Montana wheat king, earlier re.
ported to have received more than
million dollars, partially on land
rented from the Indians, received
only $51, 1,06693 in the 1888 and
1884 wheat programs, the only
two years which the preliminary
report covered.
A feature of the report was the
revelation that five Southern
State governments received a total
of $441,148.83 for reducing cotton
and sugar cane production on
State lands. These payments were
Huge Payments
Alabama State Board Of Ad
miniStration, cotton, $48,523.47;
Arkansas Board of Penal Insti
tutions, cotton. $33,520; Missis
sippi State Penitentiary, cotton
$155, ,056.32; Texas Prison System
cotton, $57,924.23, and Louisiana
State Penitentiary, sugar cane
$146,124.81.
The huge payments to Hawaiian
and Puerto Rican sugar produc
ing companies totaled $26, 1907,
1883, while the United States
beet and sugar cane producers Gov
cred by the report received only
$17,131,774 for their crop produc
tionS.
Thirty-nine sugar companies OF
Hawaii received the total $13,
1923 1851 .58--a the SO companies
are managed or controlled by six
ment. The company receiving the
largest payment wa Sthe Hawaiian
Commercial g. Sugar Co., Ltd,
which received $1,022,037.87. The
report lists the company repre-.
sentative as R. D. Mead, also listed
for five other companies. His six
companies received a total of $2,.
668,775.91.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20

Stampeding away from party
leaders, campaign-conscious Dem
ocratS in the House yesterday re-
pudiated the Civil Service merit
system, and voted to continue the
spoils system in the Post Office
Department.
Labeled as a must" measure,
the Ramspeck bill to place first,
second and third class poStmas-
tiers under the classified service
seemed assured of victory when
on a standing vote it mustered
1872 applicants with only 63 votes
from opposition.
But party lines were kicked
overheard when the campaigning
Representatives were asked to
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
HOUSING Bill |
IS TABLED
International News Service

Despite a plea by President
Roosevelt, the House Banking
Committee today voted to table the
Wagner 460-million-dollar housing
bill.
While there was a possibility an
effort might be made to pass the
Senate-approved bill in the House
under suspension of the rules,
Speaker Bankhead said passage
was unlikely.
The Banking Committee, which
previously had voted to consider
the bill, was called into session
again by Chairman Steagall (D0
of Alabama.
Members were told the White
House wanted the bill passed.
After sharp debate, however, the
committee voted to drop the mea-
sure for the session.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
40 Held in Strike

KENT, Ohio, June 20 Q.N.S).
Pleading not guilty to charges Of
shooting with intent to wound, 46
Strikebreakers arrested in connec-
ton with the uprising in which six
men were wounded outside the
Black & Decker Company plant
here Wednesday, were bound over
to the Portage county grand jury
yesterday,
The Washington times., 1936-06-20

HOLLYWOOD, June 20 G.N.S).
The "elopement" of Fred Mac
Murray, screen star, and Lillian
Lamont, blonde New York art
lists model, expected by their
friends for the last seven years,
apparently had come to pass to-
day when the couple boarded a
plane for Las Vegas, New.
Although they refused to make
any statements and went to the
airport with no companions, their
friends nodded wise heads today.
MacMurray, a Kankakee IllO
boy, has been engaged to Miss
Lamont since he played on the
New York stage.
She recently came out here,
where the two have been seen
together constantly. They bought
round trip tickets on the plane.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
46 Strike-Breakers
Held for Grand Jury

KENT, Ohio, June 20 Q.N.SO
Pleading not guilty to charges of
shooting with intent to wound, the
46 strikebreakers arrested in con-
nection with the uprising in which
six men were wounded by gunfire
outside the Black & Decker Co.
plant here were bound over to the
grand jury. The men waived pre-
liminary examination when ar
raigned before Mayor w. I. Har-
vey in municipal court. Bond for
each was set at $500.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Residents Warned
As Texas Storm Grows

NEW ORLEANS, June 20
U.N.S). - Residents at remote
places south Of Galveston, Texas,
were warned today to seek safer
ground as storm off the Texas
coast gained in intensity.
The weather Bureau issued a
bulletin saying the tropical dis
turbance, some 225 or more miles
from Brownsville, was attended by
strong winds running to gale force.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Carpenter Recovering
From Gas POISONING

Kemp Roger, 46-year-old car
penter of the 1900 block Leland
ST., Chevy Chase. Md, found un-
conscious in the gas-filled kitchen
of his home yesterday, is reported
improving at Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital.
He was discovered by a neigh
Dor, Mrs. Roy w. Davis.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Adm. Sims "ComfortabIe"

BROOKLINE, Mass, June 20
O.N.SO.-Rear Admiral William
S. Sims, IT, retired, commander
of the American Naval forces dur
ing the World War, was reported
resting comfortably" at Deacon
ness Hospital today following an
operation.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Entertain Bridge Club

The Salami and Chatter Bridge
Club will be entertained tonight
by Mr.. and Mrs. John E. DWyer
at 1910 Quesada st. N. W.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
.LEMKE BACKED
FOR PRESIDENT
BY C0UGHLIN
Radio Priest AssaiIs
"Sham Fight" Of
Old Parties

NEW YORK, June 20 G.N.S).
Plan to support a program Of
driving the money changers from
the temple, of permitting the
wealth of America to flow freely
into every home" had been left
with voters today by Father
Charles E. Coughlin, Detroit radio
priest, in indorsing the presiden-
tial candidacy of william Lemke,
Republican Representative from
North Dakota.
At the end of a long radio
address in which he flayed both
old parties as determined to
sham battle their way through
this November election" Father
Coughlin fulfilled predictions that
he would support a third party
movement by declaring:
'My friends, there is a way
out, a way to freedom. There
is an escape from the dole
standard of Roosevelt, the gold
standard of LandOn. No longer
need you be target in 'nO-man'S-
land for the financial crOSS-fire
of the sham battlerS.
"The new candidate for PreSi-
dent, together with his sponsors,
formally requested my support
as they handed me this plat
form. 1 have studied it care
fully. / find it is in harmony
substantially with the principles
of social justice"
Praising Lemke as IAN American
and not an Internationalist, lib
erty lover and not a slave trader,
who will fight for financial free
dom as did his prototype, Lincoln"
Father Coughlin continued:
eve declare him, on the
strength of his platform and of
his splendid record, eligible for
Endorsement"
The Washington times., 1936-06-20

Representative William Lemke,
Republican inflationist, of North
Dakota, announcing himself presi-
Dental candidate on a third
Union" party ticket, said his
platform would be:
No foreign entanglementS.
Congressional power to coin
and issue currency and sole au-
thority to regulate value Of
money and credit.
Refinancing of agricultural and
home mortgage indebtedness.
Assurance of an annual living
wage for labor.
Assurance of profitable produc-
tion for farmers.
Old-age security.
Protection for agriculture
against foreign production.
Adequate national defense with
a prohibition against foreign mill.
tary alliances.
Abolition of spoils system.
State sovereignty.
Conservation of natural re.
sources.
Decentralization of monopoly.
A prohibition against confisca'
ton of private property by tax.
alton.
Taxation to limit incomes and
inheritanceS.
Assurance for youth of a decent
living while establishing them
selves in trades or professions.
The Washington times., 1936-08-05
Jesse O1Uens Cracks
Third World Mark

Iof England, set the pace in the
final lap, followed by Lovelock,
with Venzke fourth.
The American was in the same
place entering the stretch, but
outran Little, of Canada, and
fins ally passed Lovelock and
CorneS, who were then jogging to
the tape. Venzke'S time was
4.004. Cornes won second place
and LoveloCk third.
Although he won his heat in
the Olympic modern pentathlon
swimming event, Charles F.. Leon
ard of st. Petersburg, Fla, fin
ished sixth in the swim competi-
ton today, but achieved the dis
tinction of being the only Ameri-
can to place among the first 10
leaders.
Leonard negotiated his 300
meters heat in 4:40.9. The winner
of the contest was Lemp of Ger
many, who went the distance in
4:154. Orban Of Hungary was Sec
ond and Thofeld of Sweden, third
Yesterday Leonard took first place
in the pentathlon pistol shooting
contest by making the first per
feet score ever achieved in that
event.
Owens won his Semifinal heat
in the 200-meter dash today, while
Matt Robinson, fleet Pasadena
Negro, finished first in his heat
also.
Owens showed all the speed
and form needed for title
honors by starting off leisurely
in the second lane, pulling up
gradually on the turn and then
going away in the stretch TO win
from OSendarp of Holland by six
feet in 21.3 seconds.
Osendarp'S time was 21.5. Hanni
of Switzerland finished third
Robinson finished the heat in
oil, bettering the listed Olympic
record. Orr, of Canada, finished
second in 2l.3 and Van Beveren,
of Holland. third in 21.5.
Robert Packard, of Rockford,
ILL.,, freshman at the University
of Georgia, finished fourth in this
heat and was eliminated.
Robinson got away fast, round
ing the turn in the lead, and fin
ished easily to win by IL feet.
Packard was third entering the
stretch, but was outrun by Van
Beveran, who cleared the tape a
foot ahead of him.
The Washington times., 1936-08-05
Lacks
C0CkSureneSS

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Meeting
for the first time, Jack Sharkey
and Joe Louis exchanged reserved
greetings yesterday as boxing com.
mission physicians pronounced
them fit to begin intensive train
ing for their 10-round bout August
18 at Yankee Stadium.
The doctors expressed surprise
at Sharkey's excellent condition,
the former champion explaining
he had trained ever since he left
the ring.
But lack of his oldtime cock
SurenesS was detected in his at
titude.
81 expect to win easily" he
said, "but I'm not kidding my
self into believing can score 4
knockout. / never could hit hard
enough to bust an egg with an
AK. and 1 don't expect to bring
Louis down."
The Washington times., 1936-08-05
OLYMPIC GAMES
SUM MARES
FOR TODAY

, BERLIN, Aug. ) U.N.SD SD.-Summarie
of leading events in the 1896 Olympics:
2OO-METER DASH
First Heat-Mat Robinson. 4. $. first,
gil seconds. bettering listed Olympic
records; Orr. Canada. second; Van
Beveren, Holland, third: Robert Pack
ard. L. s., fourth. eliminated.
Second Heat-Jesse Owens. L. s., first !;
Osendarp. Holland, second; Hanni, Switz-
erland. third.
WOMEN'S 8O-METER HURDLES
First Heat-TestOne, Italy, first; Tiff
fen. Britain, second; Lanitis, Greece.
third.
Second HPat-Webb. England. first
ECkert, Germany, second; Pickett, L. -,
third.
Third Heat-TayIOr, Canada. first:
O'Brien, I. 5. second; Steur, Germany,
third.
Fourth Heat-SchalIer, L. s., first !;
Valla, Italy, second.
MEMS DISCUS THROW
Discus ThrOw-Kenneth Carpenter, L.
s. first Q65 feet 7sS inches, new OIym-
pic recOrd) Gordon Dunn. L. =, second !;
Oberwager, Italy, third; SOrlie. Norway.
fourth; Schroeder, Germany, fifth; Syllas,
"io0'e' siN AurpIcAN
The Washington times., 1936-08-05
Sport Worlds
Passing Show

Led by Jesse Owens Spectacu-
lar performances. United States
Olympians walked off with four
more Olympic championships.
Owens won broad jump with
record leap of 26 feet, 53-5
inches; John Woodruff took 800
meter final: Glen Hardin
triumphed in 4OO-meter low
hurdles and Helen Stephens set
new mark in ladies 100-meter
dash.
Eighty-three points maSsed by
Americans virtually assured
them of retaining mems track
and field title.
Great Britain'S sixteenth chal-
lenge for Americas cup filed
with New York Yacht Club by
T. o. M. SOpwith, wealthy
manufacturer.
Marion MiIey, Lexington, KY,
took lead at halfway mark in
wOmen's western golf derby at
Chicago.
Joe Louis and Jack Sharkey
met briefly at physical examina-
tiOn in New York and then re-
tired to training camps for
August Is bout.
The Washington times., 1936-08-05
Boys
Swim Today

City-wide championships for
boy playground swimmers will be
at stake this Afternoon in the
Rosedale pool, with competitors
representing the eastern and
western sections.
Girls from the eastern section
yesterday ended the five-year
reign of mermaids from the
western section, winning the
meet in the Georgetown pool,
68 to So.
Josephine zanelotti and Anne
Tilson featured the victory for
the eastern delegation. The for
mer took the free style and nov
city races in the 1O-12-year-old
class and Miss TilSon annexed
the free style and candle races
in the IT years old and over di-
vision, also placing second in the
side stroke. This latter event
was won by Anna LieguS. George
town, who was runner-up to Miss
Tilson in the candle race.
The western division provided
a double winner in Doris Mae
Coleman, who placed first in the
25-yard side stroke and back
stroke in the 13-14-year-old class.
-VOTE AMERIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-08-05
FISHIN G.
According to Izaak Walton

On the west side of the Bay, the
run is rather small, in particular
spots as small as a half pound
or less. BY all means, release them
if they are unhUrt by the hook.
First Blues Appear
The outstanding exception to
this at the present time are the
catches being made around the
last black can buoy off Annapolis
Roads, where three and four
Founders are the general run.
But then this place has always
been good and is pretty thor
oughly fished, both through the
week and over the week, k,end.
The first stragglerS of the blues
for this section were caught there
about a week ago. True that they
we're but four in number, but even
that is encouraging. and it can't
be many more weeks before they
will be present in great numbers.
To hazard a guess, based on ap-
pearanceS of other years, about
three weeks.
VOTE AMERICAN
ossie BIueges Beat Eagles
The Ossie Blueges, winners of
the first half title in the S. E. c..
c., yesterday defeated the Eagles,
1916. Six homers helped the win
ners. The Blueges want games
to be played at Eastern High. Call
Manager Thornton, Emerson 9177.