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The Washington times., 1937-05-11
RAISING FUNDS
BIG T0PIC0F
RED CROSS
Annual Roll Of Honor
Citations Feature
Farley Session

Delegates to the Red Cross ma
tional convention, in session
at Memorial ContinentaN Hall,
plunged into consideration Of
pressing local needs during times
of distress and disaster as the
main point of discussion Of to
days program.
Louis Wizard, chairman Of the
Genesee county IN. " chapter,
spoke on Raising the Flood Re-
lief Fund" while Philip K. Robin
son, chairman Of the Milwaukee
(Wis.) chapter, discussed techni-
cal problems concerned with Fl
nancing a Chapter Budget"
Features of the morning pro-
gram were the annual roll Of
honor citations. Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, national head Of the Red
Cross, awarded the membership
honor flag to /. T. Emmett, Of
Washable, Wyo., in behalf Of
work done by members Of his
State.
wyoming led all other States
in percentage Of population en-
rolled in the Red Cross with 9.S7
per cent. Nevada, winner Of the
award in 1884 and 1885, finished
second with $40 per cent, while
New Hampshire was third with
6.64 per cent.
Last night the delegates wit.
messed q dramatic reenactment Of
Red Cross participation in the
Ohio and Mississippi River floods
Of last winter, presented from the
platform Of Consultation Hall.
Motion pictures and sketches
presented by radio and stage stars,
in addition to a group Of Cincin-
natl radio players who portrayed
relief work in their ravaged city,
featured the presentation.
Speakers on the program in.
cluded James L. FieSer, vice chair.
man in charge of domestic opera
lions of the Red Gross; Gen. Malin
Craig, U. s. A., chief Of staff; Rear
Admiral r. r. WaeSche, CON-
mandant of the U. S. Coast Guard,
and Dewitt Smith, general direc-
tor of Red Cross Ohio Mississippi
Flood Relief.
Ffeser praised the spirit Of CO.
operation between Red Cross work
erS and governmental agencies in
coordinating flood relief efforts,
and the efficient campaign waged
against what he called the "unholy
triple alliance" of flood, flu and
winter. Recovery, he said, is al
ready well on the mend in the
stricken areas.
General Craig outlined the work
Of Army units along the MisSis-
sippi River from Cairo. H., to
lower reaches Of the river. He gave
an account of executive work done
in Washington and the tense
periods Of anxiety occasioned by
the disaster.
The work Of the Coast Guard in
transporting almost 10000 refu.
gees to safe ground and the con-
voying of thousands Of doctors,
nurses and relief workers was
graphically told by Rear Admiral
Waesche.
Describing the floods as a chal-
lenge that was met simply because
it chad" to be met, Dewitt Smith,
who directed the Ohio Mississippi
Red Cross work, stressed the or
ganization's watchword Of "pre-
paredness" as the keynote Of ad-
ministering to recurring catastro-
Plies.
In such administration, he said,
the Red Cross has come to be
known as the nerve center of or
ganizational activity for the relief
of human suffering.
The convention banquet will be
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Kingsley's Book Out;
CeIIiHli Work Next

order at one Of the SO coupon e3.
change stations, giving the car
rier boy 80 cents, and he will have
your book ready Saturday.
If you want to begin this series,
call District 1000 and place your
order for home delivery service Of
The Times and sunday Herald.
Summer vacations will soon be
here. Catch up on your reading
of the Worlds Greatest Literature
in this convenient, inexpensive
way,
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| ETTS GRANTS
C0NDEMNED'S
CUSTER PLEA
Garden-T Shop Slayer
Apologies for At
tack on Judge

John M. Holzworth, New York
lawyer and big-game hunter, who
interviewed in a last-minute fight
to save Thomas Jordan from the
electric chair for the Garden-T
Shop Staying Of Mrs. Lizzie James,
six years ago, was dropped from
the case today at Jordan's re.
quest.
Justice F. Dickinson Let's, who
presided at Jordan's trial, grant
ed the request Of the former bus
boy for Holzworth's discharge,
an dordered all papers filed by
the latter to be stricken from the
record.
Makes Plea In Court
Jordan personally addressed
Justice Let's in court, and apollo
gized for an attack made on the
jurist by Holzworth in the Court
Of Appeals. He said:
From the very first I have
Sensed q feeling of friction and
incorporation between my
original counsel, Mr.. Harry p.
Whelan, and Mr.. HOlZwOrth, and
/ am being put in an unfavOr.
able light with the public.
II feel that Mr.. HOlzwOrth
has not properly cOoperated
with Mr.. Whelan, and has put
me in a very false position with
regard to my former record.
II am not proud I am an ex-
convict, but / q Mitigating for
my life, and / feel the complete
truth should be told at this
time"
HIS LETTER QUOTED
At this juncture Jordan re-
vealed that he had written a let
ter to Holzworth asking him to
withdraw. In the letter, he said:
"My position has demanded
absolute truth and fairness. In
this you have failed"
Mr.. WheIand advised Justice
Let's that he would continue his
efforts on Jordan's behalf, but
said it was difficult to cooperate
with Mr.. Holzworth. Justice LeetS
was emphatic in his praise Of Mr..
Whelan's conduct Of the fight.
Whelan's Work Praised
He told Jordan:
'YOur counsel has merited the
esteem Of this court for his at.
tainmentS and as a man. Mr..
Whelan will do everything pos
sible as a lawyer in your behalf"
Jordon explained that although
the papers in the Court of Appeals
had been signed by him, he had
affixed his signature at Holz-
worth's request entirely in a spirit
Of cooperation. He added:
81 will never make another
mistake like this in the choice
of counsel"
After Justice Let's had granted
Jordan's request, Assistant U. s.
Attorney Roger Robb told the
court an executive stay until June
Is, recently granted Jordan, would
cause the execution to take place
Sunday. The court granted his
request to recall the death war.
rant and set Monday, June IA, as
the new execution date.
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The food for the Ceremonial Cor.
onation dinner included. according
to record, $50 treens Of soup
(s0of turtle, 40 of rice, 40 Of vermi-
cellD, 100 dishes Of fish $50 Of tur-
bot, 40 Of trout, 40 Of Salmon) -,
100 hot joints $50 Of veniSon, 40 Of
roast beef with three barons, 40 Of
mutton and veaD, 100 dishes Of
vegetables, potatoes Undoubtedly
cold and boiled last week., peas
and cauliflower; 80 dishes Of
praised ham, so saVoury pies, 80
dishes Of daubed geese a on each
dish), 80 dishes Of savoury cake,
80 pieces Of praised beef, 80 dishes
Of praised caponS, 1,190 side
dishes, $40 dishes Of mounted
pastry. $40 dishes Of small pastry,
400 dishes Of jellies and clotted
creams, 100 dishes Of Shellfish ESQ
lobster and 80 crawfish), 100
dishes Of cold roast fowl, 80 dishes
of cold house lamb"
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Community Singing
AT Church ToniQhi

Community singing for members
Of the Temple Baptist Church,
Tenth and N SITS. N. W., will be
held today at 8 p. m, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The Washington times., 1937-05-11
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED

Fenimoe Copes The
William Makpeac
Fankin AHobcgEsphy Volume No Dumas
Scott; !vanhS Nc POs1 Tags ss Of
CeLns Autobiog
N. w, Washington D. G.
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SENATOR'S RAP
RECALCITRANT
EMPLOYERS
Compromise to .FIay
VioIators Of MIRA,
Labor Spies

Pressed for q statement Of pol.
icy condemning the Sit-down
strike, Senate leaders today an
nounced a compromise that would
denounce q certain class Of en-
ployers as well.
The compromise agreement calls
for q resolution which would have
Congress condemn employers who
fell to comply with the National
Labor Relations Act and employ.
ers who sponsor industrial espion-
age, in addition to the sit-down
strike. ....
The plan was offered as amend.
ments to a resolution condemning
the Sit-down strike submitted BY
Senator Pittman CD Of Nevada.
Act For Joint Action
Senate Majority Leader Robin.
son Of Arkansas, said the program
will be carried in q joint resolution
which must be voted upon by the
Senate and House.
Administration lea d erS pre-.
dicted the resolution would re-
ceive the support Of q large labor
bloc in the Senate which refused
to condemn the sit-down strike in
the form Of an amendment to the
recently-passed Guffey coal bill.
The amendment to the coal bill
was offered by Senator Byrnes
Cd, Of South Carolina. It was
defeated by a wide margin.
Similar Move in House
The House, meanwhile, was
studying a similar program
adopted at q conference of some
80 members. House labor bloc
leaders will offer amendments to
a resolution calling for q sweep
ing investigation of the Sit-down
strike by Representative Dies
CD, Of Texas.
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Old Note Explains
Generals Custer
In Civil War

NEW YORK, April z G.N.S0.
New historical data on the contro-
versy over the discharge Of a Con-
federste. general by President JEFF
ferson Davis during the siege Of
Atlanta was disclosed here today.
The new evidence. in the form
of q faded letter from Davis to
Judge J&mes Lyons, indicates
Davis did not replace Gen. j. E.
Johnston with General Hood be-
cause of pressure" put on him
by influential Georgians as his
torians contend.
John Pemberton, great grand
son of Judge Lyons; and New
York attorney. revealed that the
letter had been recently discovered
in the effects Of Miss Mary Maben
Lyons, granddaughter Of Judge
Lyons, who died in Richmond, Va,
last fall.
In the letter, Davis explains mo
personal feeling entered into my
action" but that he had learned
from Johnston that he did not in
tend to defend Atlanta with his
army, "but to entrust the holding
Of that important point to the
militia"
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
SAVAGE FIGHT
LOOMING ON
/. RELIEF
Capitol Hill Divides as
New Estimates Are
Awaited
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

A battle Of epic proportions
loomed in Congress today over the
whole problem Of Federal relief
the largest single drain on the Fed
eral Treasury, and responsible for
the unbalanced budgets Of recent
year. 49,
President Roosevelt expects to
submit his relief estimates to Con-
gress next week. In his January
budget message he said he hoped
to hold relief appropriations to
$500, 900 900 for the next fiscal
years. Z
Since then he has been urged
by the national committee Of may.
ors to virtually double the amount
mentioned.
Governors of industrial States
have also appealed to him against
any widespread slash in Works
Progress Administration funds. A
committee Of governors are Sched.
uled to confer with the President
again before his recommendations
60 to Congress.
Congress appears to be splitting
into blocS on the relief controversy.
One stable group wants WPA
to be put on permanent Federal
lied basis to take the strain off
the States and municipalities in
taking care of their employables,
This would mean the saddling Of
a fixed annual charge on the tax:
payers of anywhere from one to
two billion dollars. Any such pro
gram would inevitably mean in
creased Federal taxation, for cur
rent revenues, even though 70 pei
cent ahead Of last year in some
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categories, would still be INSULT.
Gent to take care Of such a load,
Any proposition to make the
WPA q permanent institution will
be savagely fought. The bloc that
favors it will be offset by another
bloc that will insist that relief e.
Inmates be pared down instead Of
boosted, and the whole problem
shifted back to the States and the
cities where, they insist, it properly
belongs. The governors and the
mayors, Of course, are strongly op'
posed to that, and they are in a
position to make their weight felt
when the fight begins.
Still another bloc wants PWA,
as distinct from WPA, to get an
other large appropriation.
Representative Maverick CD OF
Texas. led this group in demand
ing q new appropriation Of 50, 400
900, 900 for public works to take
care Of the, 100000 workers he
said, were without employment of
any kind.
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LAW DEAN HITS
COURT PLAN
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Continued from Page II
system of checks and balances"
erected by the constitutional
fathers to safeguard human lib
critics. He urged Congress to dis
card it in favor of a constitu-
tional amendment, calling for
compulsory retirement of Federal
judges at the age Of IS.
Wilkinson was to be followed
before the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee by Fred Taylor Wilson,
author and historian.
Foes of the Presidents plan.
meanwhile, we're incenSed by the
announcement of 70-year-old Sen
ator Hughes CD of Delaware,
that he would offer q motion to-
morrow to close the Senate hear
ingS. His proposal was assailed
as an effort to Invoke gag rule"
and to keep information from
the people" -.
It appeared the motion would
be defeated, since it is opposed
by Senator Ashurst CD Of Ari-
IONA, committee chairman. who
promised the opposition "un-
limited time" Opponents have in
vited a number of constitutional
authorities and law professors to
testify over the weekend.
In the House, meanwhile, there
was a, possibility of action on the
Summers bill, to give the Govern.
ment a direct appeal to the Su.
preme Court from any district
court on issues involving the con
Stitutionality of an act of Con
gresS. The bill also would author
ize the Attorney General to inter
vene in the lower court in private
cases involving q constitutional
question.
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
FOUR WOMEN
: ON NEW JURY

Albert Winter Tucker, Al. Of
1910 Locust Rd. N. w., chief au-
ditor and statistician of the Ma
tionals Geographic Society. is fore.
man Of the new District Court
grand jury, impaneled todayato In
veStigate criminal matters, i11clud'
ing the series Of gambling raids
made by police recently, during
the ensuing three months.
-Four women are included in the
new grand jury list, which is com
posed as follows:
Henry C. Althoff, Francis A.
Baker, Richard D. Barrett, Ches'
ter F.. Bernard, Herman w. Bowen,
Dwight E. Carlton, Mrs. Paula
Chase, Mrs. Mary McLane Ed
wards Harry Enrich, James p
Geagan, Frank Goodman, Alexan
der, F. Hagedorn. Mrs. Margaret
Morgan Harry, Robert T. High
field, Benjamin S. Jackson, Mrs
Ross P. Lewis, George T. Long
cope, Jennings H. Racey, Ernest
N. Reid, jr., Clarence j. Russell
Frederick Schwab, and Samuel E
Wolf,
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
The two wounded men had been

The two wounded men had been
taken to the emergency room.
Meanwhile, neighbors had tele-
phoned police of the gun battle,
and several squad cars responded.
Cation was taken to Walter Reed
Hospital.
Mrs. Groves said the robberSsob-
tanned only $2.15 from the cash
register, as she had concealed $78,
the evenings receipts, in the rear
room.
Police later found q pistol 'be.
hind the State, War and Navy
Building, along the route taken
by the cab, and believe it. to be
one of the guns used by the trio.
The weapon was reported stolen in
the burglary of q grocery store in
the 300 block Third st. s. w.
Their Records Revealed
Records of the Juvenile Court
show that Louis Knight has ID
charges Of illegal entry against
him, one of petty larceny and two
of turning in false fire alarms.
William has So charges Of IL
legal entry and two false fire
alarms. Thiebolt has only one
charge of illegal entry, for which
he was committed to the school.
Records also show that Louis
has another charge Of illegal en-
try while he was in the school.
One day he and a number of other
boys got out of the grounds and
committed a burglary before they
were caught. &c.. -,
It was April 10, 1884, when
Cation, then an acting sergeant,
was detailed to work with De-
partment of Justice agents on the
trail of the Tri-State gang, headed
by Albert MaiS and Walter Le-
genza, later executed in the pen
itentiary at Richmond for MUIR
der.
Phillips, one Of the trigger
men," came out of an apartment
with companion armed with a
machine gun, and was shot by
Cation when he attempted to draw
q pistol. His companion escaped.
Ferguson was only released from
reform school about four months
ago his aunt, Mrs. Regina Hol.
ford, said. His mother died when
he was only five months old and
he went to live with his grand.
parents, who died when he was
IA, and it was shortly after that
he got into trouble and was sent
to the industrial school, she said.
The Knight boys father died
several years ago. Their. mother
recently married T. G. Young,
The boys lived with the Youngs
in the Columbia Road apartment,
Louis had been working recently
his mother said, but William was
unemployed.
Louis left the house about 8
p. m. yesterday and his brother
went out after the Youngs had
left to go to the movies.
please Go Away"
Several hours after they re.
turned they were notified that the
boys were in trouble. Mrs. Young
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MILLER'S PLEA
EXPLAINED
CONTINUED from Page u

Continued from Page II
believe the ends Of justice will be
met by a plea Of guilty in the Sec
ond degree DR.. Miller is expected
to make"
In an effort to prevent today's
hearing and compel the jury trial
scheduled for April IL, MRS. Lulu
SprouSe, mother Of the slain girl,
yesterday had Charles Curry,
Staunton attorney, consult with
Fife and J. Tinsley Coleman, Of
Livingston, retained by SprouSe
kin to aid the prosecution. Later
she fell in with the compromise
agreement when Fife explained
that his sole purpose was to see
that justice is done.
Records Of Case
On March 2 Miss Strouse was
reported missing by her mother.
Several hours later her body was
found by the wall of the cemetery
on the University of Virginia cam
pus, the mouth stuffed with cot
ton, a towel and can Of chloro-
form over the face.
The next day Miller was ar
rested, grilled for several hours
and taken to Richmond late that
night. On the way, police said, he
admitted the girl died accidentally
while he was preparing to perform
an illegal operation.
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i'm
Congress
Senate

Sen8SS
Meets at noon.
Debates Pittnan resolution con.
demning Sit-down strikes.
Judiciary Committee resumes
court reorganization hearing.
Appropriations Committee con-
SiderS State, Justice, Commerce
and Labor supply bill.
House
Meets at noon.
Begins consideration Of Mitchell
antilynching bill.
Appropriations subcomm t e e
considers Interior, War, and sec.
ond deficiency supply bills.
Military Affairs Committee con.
SiderS resolution Of Shipbuilding
investigation.
immigration Committee consid-
erS actors exclusion bill.
Public Buildings c o m m t tee
studies Pan-American monument
resolution.
Rivers and Harbors Committee
considers Bonneville Dam resolu
ton. 4.
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went to Emergency Hospital and
was taken to the ward where
Louis was held under police
guard. AS his mother came to the
bedside he opened his eyes, smiled
at her and said:
"HellO, please 60 away"
Police declined to let her see
william who had been taken to
Gallinger Hospital and sadly she
returned home. ~,
Mrs. Young told reporters she
had warned her sons against
aSSociating with Thiebold.
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
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Snatcher Gets SIS

Anna McLafferty, 1901 Belmont
Street N. w., reported to police
that her purse containing SIS
was snatched by q colored man
last night while she was walking
at Sixteenth and T Streets N. w.
Evening star., 1937-01-29
CIVILIAN FUNCTIONS
DENIED ARMY men
Defense Study Commission Says
Job of Military Leaders Is
Not Domestic.
ny the Associated Press.

py the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. January pa recon-
mendation that military men stick
to their job of planning for the de-
fense Of the Nation" and leave
civilian functions to other Government
branches came today from the Study
Commission on National Defense, an
arm Of the Conference on the Cause
and Cure Of War.
The commission advised delegates
to the twelfth annual meeting of the
conference that it believed munitions
control, industrial mobilization and
military training involved 'one Of the
most serious aspects of military or
ganization in any country today
the potential rule OF the armed
forces in the internal affairs Of the
Nation"
TT is particularly dangerous for
the military organization to foresee
itself as . factor in domestic policies. /"
The report continued. For the basic
principle Of democracy Is that the
citizens shall work out their problems
without the use of force.
Military men are frequently remote
from civilian life, and the only people
in the country who make an effort
to get to them and win their support
are the very ones who have the most
to gain by the use Of force at home
and abroad"
The report asserted that the r. o.
T. c., "as 1t is handled today in most
institutions Of higher learning" on a
compulsory basis, was contrary to the
American peace-time principle of vol
untary military service. It described
the corps as an example of limited
conscription.
Evening star., 1937-01-29
z NAVAL PLANES
LAND IN HONOLULU
Fl Hours and 48 Minutes
Time for 2,553.MiIe Flight
From San Diego.
~ the Associated Press.


HONOLULU. January 29.-Ba' ling
through thick weather In the last
stages of their record-breaking flight,
IL huge United States naval seaplanes
completed the longest over-water
mass flight in history at $3.50 am. to-
day (9:20 am. Eastern standard
time).
They oficially covered the 1853
miles from San Diego to Honolulu in
II hours 48 minutes elapsed time.
During the last 800 miles the squad
ron maneuvered between attitudes Of
1000 and $4,000 feet to escape what
Lieut.. Comdr. William H. McDade
described as "very bad weather"
Arrive in Formation.
They came out into bright moon
light, sparkling on the calm waters,
as they flew over the Pearl Harbor
Naval Base in perfect formation, their
flying lights twinkling.
The first plane came down on the
harbor at 4:29 am. (s:59 am. Eastern
standard time).
The oficial takeoff time from San
Diego was announced as 6:02 am,
Honolulu time, yesterday, and the
arrival at Pearl Harbor at $50 am
today.
Six In Previous Flight.
The only previous mass transpacific
flight was three years ago when Lieut.
Commander Kneffler McGinnis led q
squadron Of six naval planes on an
other routine" flight of 2,40o miles
from San Francisco Bay. The elapsed
time then was "a hours, As minutes
about three hours longer for the
shorter distance.
Today Comdr. McDade led his
squadron in circling the harbor for SO
minutes before the first plane swooped
down to perfect landing on the calm
flood-lighted channel. Only $50 spec
tators, mostly families Of the 80 flyers
were on hand to watch the end Of the
spectacular demonstration of the pre-
cision of naval flying.
McDade. who did not appear tired
related bitter struggle with q storm
which n1omentarily stopped the planes
1T was cold" he said. For an hour
and a half we battled q severe storm
when we were about 800 miles from
Honolulu. The storm extended $50
miles along our course. We could not
get through or around 1t.
Forced to Turn Back.
Finally we had to turn back and
climb to $4,000 feet to get over 1t.
The weather was as thick as pea soup
and trapped us completely"
Throughout the flight, even while
battling the storm, the planes flew in
squadron formation. The commander
expressed satisfaction with the per-
formance of the flying boats.
As weather conditions varied, the
speed ranged between 81 and 1852
miles an hour.
The thick weather shut of visibility
so badly that McDade said he was
uncertain Of his navigation at times
The planes did not sight the U. S. S
Pelican, last of seven surface boats
patrolling the course. and new into
Pearl Harbor on bearings.