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The Washington times., 1937-02-08

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capacitated judges at the end G
their terms.
Hits Unlimited Power
The author Of the Twentieth
Amendment. which eliminated tn
lame duck" sessions Of Congress
and changed the date of presiden
tial inaugurationS, said:
"If we want n democracy, we
should have no officials in 1t
with unlimited power for life. No
one lives who can safely be
trusted with unlimited power
for life. It is human nature
and I have no particular indi.
vidual In mind-it Is natural to
take all the power given us by
Law and then reach out to grab
all the power we can acquire
in addition to 1t. When men
have unlimited power for life, it
Is not democracy. And that
goes for the Supreme Court and
the President and everybody
else"
JUDGES RESPONSIBLE
Norris was asked:
"At present, the Federal judi
ciary is anSwerable to nobody.
Wouldn't your proposal make
the judiciary. including mem
bers of the Supreme Court, sub
Servient to a President, eSpe-
cially when they were coming
up for reappOintment"
Norris replied:
"There is that danger but it
Is less formidable to me than
the present situation, where
Judges have unlimited power
for life and are answerable to
nobody"
Declaring he would not quarre
over the length of the fixed terms
Norris added
"If / had my own way, l
would fix their terms for nine
years. l want to establish the
principle that no Federal Of
ficial should have unlimited
power for life in a democracy.
We ought to have no official
who is above the people. We
have no right to place q judge
50 far above US that he forgetS
the tOling masses below"
Norris would retain the preSen
size Of the Supreme Court-nin
justices. To avoid giving any Pres
dent the right to appoint all min
justices. Norris would divide tn,
court into different classes, 81
that the term of only one justic,
would expire in any given year
He added:
II won't quarrel about the
methods of appointment. l want
to see the principle adopted.
Naming six more justices for life
won't correct anything. 1t mere
ly adds to the present situation.
Whenever a man gets unlimited
power for life, there Is some
thing in his nature that makes
him seek more power. You don't
make = man divine by putting .
Mother Hubbard on him."
The Washington times., 1937-02-08
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Treasury Condition

Treasury balance February 5.
$50, O,834,319.16; internal ra"""1le,
$11, 1,194, 1921; customs receipts.
$8,095,171.57.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
Son of Michigan
Official Is Missing

Lansing, Mich, July 18.--tU.R)-
Michigan state police were asked
tonight to search for Robert Nc
Farland, 20-year-old son of the
chairman of the Michigan state
liquor commission, who disappear
ed yesterday.
Young Mcfarland, who is a
student at Wayne University in
Detroit, left Detroit for Lansing
by automobile yesterday morning
to meet his father. Edward W.
Mcfarland, but never arrived.
State Police Commissioner Os-
car G.. Olander asked all state po-
lice and Michigan police depart
mentS to be on the lookout for the
youth. He was driving a Buick
sedan.
Olander said there were no notes
or other evidence to make it ap-
pear the youth had been kidnap-
ed.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
Woman Lawyer
Dies After Beating
Continued from Page One)

after the alleged beating.
The quarrel was described by
DR.. w. w. Starr, who said he had
been treating Mrs. Garland for
alcoholism. When he went to her
home last Wednesday, he found
Allen and Mrs. Titwiler present.
Climaxing the quarrel he said,
Mrs. Tutwiler leaped upon the bed
on which Mrs. Garland was lying
and began pummeling her before
he could intervene.
Upon being admitted to the hos
pital, the woman attorney was
found to be suffering from bruis-
es. The coroner's oice also report
ed that she may have incurred
internal injuries. An autopsy will
be performed tomorrow to deter
mine if she died from these in
juries or acute alcoholism, police
announced.
Several weeks ago, Mrs. Gar
land was named defendant in a
$4,000 alienation of affections
suit brought by Mrs. Marie Var
nell, divorced vie of Harold Var
nell, a police officer. Mrs. Yarnell
accused the attorney campaign
ed for three years" to win her
husbands love and that the two
had carried on the asserted ro-
nance at the defendants ranch
at Pala in San Diego county.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
Refracted Rays
In Color Film

st. Paul, UR)-Believed the only
one of it's kind, a three-minute
motion picture of the colors
formed by light relracjed through
crystals forming molten material
has been made by Kent Bracewell,
instructor at Hamline University
here.
Bracewell who teaches physics,
conceived the idea for the color
pictures last winter as demon
ltration for his classes. After eX-
perimentation on various chem
icalS, he picked acetamide crystals
which are doubly refracting-
for the actors" in his picture.
The acetamide in a molten state
is placed on a glass microscope
slide under a miScroScope equipped
with an auxiliary eyepiece so
Bracewell can watch and control
taking of the picture. The FIT
lensed motion picture camera is
connected with the regular eye
piece of the microscope.
Bracewell's chief difficulty, he
explained, was getting a film
which could make use OF the
amount of light he could force
through the set up. He succeeded
with a fine grade color film.
when polarized light passes
through the crystals" Bracewell
explained, lit is broken into two
beams which vibrate in planes at
right angles to each other. When
this light is forced to pass through
second polaroid, as we do, the
light is broken up into beautiful
colors, which can be photo
graphed."
Although at first the instructor
had no thought but to use the
films for his own classes, he now
thinks they may be of some value
to schools throughout the coun-
try. Only drawback, he said, was
that the nature of the film pre-
vents reproduction and therefore
each set of pictures must be orig
inals.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
i. s. Has a New
Type War Plane
Continued from Page One)

plane, that 1T is the answer"
The plane was secretly develop
ed, and many of it's features re-
main military secrets. The formal
announcement issued on its COM
pletion, however, indicated the
Importance with which air corps
officials view its try-outs.
This new type was designed
and built the announcement
said, Ito fill an imperative need
by the air corps. in view Of the
present trend toward giant bomb
ing planes of the flying fortress
type now flying in the leading ma
tions of the world.
This experimental fighter, mul-
ti-seater. has been pronounced by
flying men who secretly have
watched it grow from drawing
board to a completed article ready
for flight, as a formidable fight
ing machine which should prove
itself capable of coping with these
bomberS.
The plane contains some radi-
cal departures from conventional
military design. To begin with, 1t
is pusher-its propellers are be-
hind the wings. The builder de-
clares that this gives increased
propeller efficiency. Equally i'm
portant, however, is the fact that
! this arrangement permits the
wing gunnerS, one on either wing
to have a free field of fire and
observation to the front, uninter-
rupted by engine or propeller. This
chance in desig nalso frees the
gunners from having to work in
the propeller blast, formerly a
tremendous handicap to gun ma
neuver and accuracy.
ITO be a successful fighter, a
flying machine must be much
faster than it's target. 1t is be-
lieved that this plane can over
haul any air targets"
The speed of the plane is one OF
the carefully guarded secrets, but
the above indicates air corps Of
ficials believe it is one of the
sWifteSt ever developed.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
New rambling Game
Comes Into the State

A,a".,lc. July IS.-UPl-A new
amUlng racket callsd "bolito"
aid 70 Aa"- 5oea imported from
YER Orleans has been uncovered
aca
V :. McLaycn. Negro reported
Z .a@ A-.aI.a. introduced the
2@e mere TO a group of Negroes
1c promptly landed in jail. His
ase vas ordered continued after
~ lad ben confScated.
8ol.tO consists of selling num-
f:ed tickets UD TO 100. after
Ta 'a 100 c7!Tcsponding balls are
paced u a )ag. The bag is tossed
lau ami. he last man compet-
-- catches i. He grabs one of
-e 0a..s. while the others are al
SEec 70 fa,, out. The winning
lumber Is on that ball.
In" house" ocr5 So and the
'.aaer $40 from each $50 worth
y tickets sold. according to re-
ports.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
Second British Ship
Captured By Spain
Continued from Page Onel

NCOnClQueQ 1IOIu rage Olle'
The Spanish Loyalist news
agency reported from Santander
that two Rebel WalShipS, the Vel
asco and Plus Ultra, opened fire
on the Candweston Castle and
another British ship, the Sara
stone, off Port Musel.
The British merchant men were
enroute to Santander TO pick up
war refugees.
The SaraStone repeatedly reach
ed Santander under the protect
ion of Loyalist coastal batteries.
Collapse of the neutrality nav
al patrol of the Spanish east coast
from Almeria to Cerbere, dis
tance of $50 miles, because Of the
withdrawal of German and Ital-
ian warships was reported to have
resulted in intensive gun-running
activity.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
Elizabeth City Men
In Famed Troop
Continued from Page One)

VauX and raised their voices in
song as one Of their members
played the deep-toned organ. A
photographer took a flashlight
photograph of the group in the
midst of their song, and when a
copy of the picture was shown to
General Pershing his face lit up.
The most typical soldier troop
in the A. E. F." he exclaimed,
and the picture became famous.
A large copy Of the photograph
now hangs in the Hall of History
in Raleigh. Mayor Flora is sup
posed to be in the photograph, but
his likeness is not recognizable.
There was a fourth Elizabeth
Citizen in the 317th Ambulance
Company, man by the name Of
Albertson, whose present where
abouts is not known.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
Rebel Attack Fails
To WinL0St Ground
!Continued from Page One)


in Madrid, where a huge civil
ceremony on the first anniversary
of the war was taking place.
Smoke and fire from the artil-
lery units of both sides filled the
air, while more than 160 planes
flew over Brunette and the near
by lines. The Rebels sent aloft as
many as 100 bombers and fight
ing ships at one time.
Government air forces from
Madrid arrived and engaged the
Rebels in the longest air battle
of the war. Four Loyalist mach
ines were shot down while Is in
surgent planes repeatedly went
down in flames
Bombs rained on the govern
ment underground entertainments
at Brunette, where the LoyaliSts
reported they Withstood the worst
artillery and air bombardment of
their experience
The Rebels threw battalion af-
ter battalion Of Moors and foreign
troops at the Loyalists, who kept
up a deadly machine gun fire
Then government anti-tank
corps swept over the fields torn
up by bombs toward the advanc-
ing Rebels under a heavy cannon
fire Crawling from shell and
bomb holes to other temporary
places of protection, the anti
tank troops managed to halt the
first line Rebel tanks a short dis
tance from Brunete's outer de-
fenSe lines
Loyalist general staff officers
said they believed today's Rebel
offensive was a last effort to re-
gain lost ground. The government
had been prepared for the insur-
gent drive for a week.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19

Il believe the plan for flight
with as many of 1000 balloons is
feasible"
Today's flight was an expert
ment to determine whether the
multi-balloon ship is practicable
for StratoSphere survey work and
probably was the first in which
the principle of harnessed multi
pie balloons was employed.
Picard believed a second pre-
liminary flight should be made be-
fore a record flight is attempted.
He compared this flight and its
climax to that of the Explorer I
of the National Geographic So
ciety which crashed in a Nebraska
cornfield.
The scientist went unrecogniZed
when he walked into the hotel this
morning with Joe Manton, the
farmer to whose home he went af =
ter landing.
Mrs. Neva Vincent, hotel pro-
prietress, pushed the hotel regis
ter forward for him to sign.
He did SO and then explained
he had no cash. He was allowed
credit.
Il still didn't know who he was, "
Mrs. Vincent said, land it wasn't
until he went upstairs that I
opened my morning newspaper
and read about him."
Before he went to bed Picard
sent telegram to Mrs. Picard,
who was awaiting word of the
flight at Rochester.
Il am safe" the telegram said.
Saved the silver crucifiX the
priest gave me-"
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
Pay Homage
To Robinson at
Funeral Service
(Continued from Page One)

Burton K. Wheeler, D., Montana;
Senator Arthur Vandenburg, r.,
Michigan; and others who this
week will resume the conflict with
perhaps even greater intensity.
There, too, was White-haired Vice
President John Nance Garner, who
came from his Texas home and
who goes back to the front lines to
aid in rallying the leaderless DEM
ocratic forces to carry on the ad-
miniStration program.
They knew, even as they turn
ed away from the grave, that the
battle will be a bitter and perhaps
a long one.
Two problems, in which the re-
turn of Garner to the capital may
have a definite effect, faced the
senate delegation of 38 members
upon their return to Washington
the apparently final stage of
the fight over the substitute judi
ciary reorganization bill and the
selection of a new majority lead
er.
In both controversies the out
come appeared to hinge on a few
votes with neither side positive of
success. 1t was generally agreed
that developments this week are
likely to settle both disputes and
might easily have a far reaching
effect on the future of the Dem
ocratic party.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19

NSOIlGllluCO lIOlIl rage OI16)
they were issued. He said he prob
ably would introduce legislation
which would prevent the use of
federal facilities in search for
fliers who disappear while not on
government missions.
Rep. Charles FaddiS. D.. Pa. a
member of the house military af-
fairs committee. supported Scott's
demand.
If it had been some poor fa-
ther of a family who had been
blown into the Pacific in a fish
ing boat, do you think the Navy
would be spending S250.OO0 a day
searching for him?" he asked.
Scott. in a letter to Fred D.
Fagg. Jr.. director of the bureau
of air commerce, demanded to
know what Miss Earhart sought
to achieve by her flight.
Has the department determin-
ed, at any time, that nothing
would result from the flight eX-
cepting publicity for her and her
backers?" he asked. If the per-
mission were granted, may I in
quire as to what result the depart
ment thought might Gomez"
Fagg is expected to reState to
Scott the departments position,
which. as outlined by Assistant
Secretary of Commerce Col. Mon
roe Johnson, is:
No more permits for stunt
flights will be issued. Miss Ear
hart's permit was allowed to stand
because the department thought it
would be unfair to revoke it. after
instituting its new policy, in view
of the fact that she had spent
thousands in building the plane"
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
Partners Fall Out
Over Finding Gold
Continued from Page One)

lett IN charge of the find while he
went TO Bugaba to file a claim.
Hill allegedly told employees of
the three discoveries that Van
Steck would not return and had
no intention of paying them.
Van Steck said that when he
returned to the mine and quieted
the workers, Hill fled into the
mountains. On July Is, he said,
Hill fired at him from ambush and
when he tried to pursue his as
Sailant. he became lost and did
not return to the mine for two
days.
During that time, he said, Hill
allegedly stole some of the gold. AS
a result of Van Steck's account
Police Chief Col. Manuel Pine and
several aides chartered three
planes and flew to the mine.
The buried treasure" was found
IN a tunnel located near the set
tlement of Piedra Candida at the
foot OF the Santa Maria noun
talns on the Costa Rican-Pana-
manian frontier. Authorities be-
lieved it belonged to the almost
legendary La Estrella gold mine
worked by the Conquistadores. The
mine became lost" in the pass
ing of centuries and had been
sought for more than 200 years.
Thorpe, Van Steck and Hill
found the tunnel when the ground
caved in while a claim stake was
being driven.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
PWA Has Done Well
By County of Orange

Hillsboro, July 18.-UH-Ap-
proximately $1,160,186 has been or
is being spent on projects in Or
ange county partially aided by
PWA funds, Stanley H. Wright,
state WPA director, said here to-
day.
Projects completed or now un-
der construction we're listed as:
The county school buildings and
additions; Hillsboro water works
system; Chapel Hill municipal
improvements; University OF North
Carolina gymnasium, and the uni
versity's new Women's dormltory,
Total cost of Chapel Hill prof.
ects was given at $Sl1,O0o, OF
which the federal contribution
was approximately $365,OoO.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
|One-Legged Men Use
Co. operative Buying

New Bern, July 18.-(U.P)Being
one-legged has its good points
provided the crippled person can
find another tC. match his defect
it was proven here today.
Walter Hayes and Walter Moore,
both one-legged men from near
New Bern, labored into a shoe
store on crutcheS.
Robert L. Pate, head of the
store, said one was minus a right
leg and the other a left leg. Both
men wore a size Sd. They bought
a pair of shoes at S., each Clipped
in $3.50.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19

&ASA4A o6S SAAS'
they moved northward to aid in
the defense of Peiping.
Three air raids were reported,
with more than a score of Chin
ese casualties, including two pas
sengers killed when the planes
swept over a train on the Peiping-
Hankow railway at Changhochia,
south of the Hopei border.
The Chinese answered with
rife fire.
The air raids occurred almost
simultaneously with reports from
Peiping that Gen. Sung Che
Yuan had capitulated to Japan
ese demands for full apology
for anti-Japanese activities in
North China and had agreed to
the withdrawal of nationalist
troops from that section.
That situation presented itself
as follows:
japanese demands that the So
called Lukouchiao incident be To-
Called, barring the central gov
ernment at Marking from taking
part in negotiations, has been ac-
cepted by General Sung. COM
mander of the 29th route army
garrisoned at Peiping.
The central governments arm
les poured into North China
across the Hopei border, which is
mythical dividing line between
China proper and the Hopai-
Chahar governments area of
control, spurred by the demand
of nationalist leaders not to yield
IAN inch of Chinese soil to the
Japanese"
Japan's war machine, with 400
boiling planes, tanks and heavy
guns, continued to increase its
strength, prepared to ;Inforce
Tokyo's demand that the Nank-
ing government keep out of af-
fairs in North China.
The raid on the Chinese troop
trains presumably was intended
as a warning TO the. central gov
ernment to this effect.
The planes were on a scouting
mission to determine the strength
of the nationalist columns.
Flight officer Takai reported
huge movement of central gov
ernment troops into Hopei.
Dispatches from Nanking said
the first attack occurred at Chang
Hochiao, near Honan and below
the Yellow River, in which two
were killed and several wounded.
Two subsequent raids occurred at
Kwanchuangtsan and Tuanszeh-
sien on the Peiping -Hankow rail-
road, both in Hopei province.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19

NCOntlnued from Page One)
preference between Barkley and
Harrison but Barkiey is generally
considered to be the administra-
tons faVorite. Postmaster Gener-
al James A. Farley said yesterday
that he is taking no part in the
contest and Vice President John
N. Garner said. 1t is none of my
business.
Barkley's Record
Barkley, with an almost perfect
new deal voting record, has strong
support among Democratic liber-
ais and rSt-termers. He agrees
Whole-heartedly with MIR. Roose-
velt on the need of reorganizing
the supreme court and his selec-
ton by the caucus would mean
that the senate fight on the
measure would go on to a show
down. At times when other DEM
ocratS, including Robinson, were
struggling to curtail administra-
ton spending, Barkley became the
White House voice in thWarting
restrictive legislation.
On the other hand, Harrison is
the almost unanimous choice OF
foes of the court bill even though
the MisSiSSippian has indicated he
would vote for it. He has the sup
port of such conservative Demo
Gratis as Sen. Carter Glass, D..
Va, and Sen. Josiah Bailey, D.. N
c., who have battled against most
of the presidents reform legisla-
ton and are in the forefront of a
struggle being Waged to recapture
the party from the hands of Mr.
Roosevelt and his new dealers.
Harrison, if elected majority
leader, would be expected to seek
some compromise settlement OF
the court issue, enact legislation
to plug loopholes in the revenue
laws and then adjourn congress
1t is this strategy which liberals
fear. Opponents of the court
measure are complaining private
ly that the White House has
started a whispering campaign
to the effect that they are using
the court issue to block action on
government reorganization, wages
and-hours, farm and other ad-
miniStration legislation.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
Jail Population Is
At All-Time Low

Hendersonville. July 19.-U.R)-
Hard times have fallen upon the
Henderson county Jail.
Only three prisoners comprise
the population, all being TRUSTEES.
The new jail's prison list is at It's
lowest ebb since its construction.
The Jail has held as many as 70
prisoners at various times.
County authorities attrlouteo
the depression to the fact most
prisoners have arranged bond.
The daily independent., 1937-07-19
[;.h Asks Confirmation
OF Ruling On Income Tax
guIr That Applied to
w.. Roosevelt Should
,npl, to Everyone

.,.,,. ~. July IS. -iU.R)-
N",,..,,...nn Fish. r.. n. Y. to-
;:2 '.' ..y,,5cd that the treasury
,, q ruling by Assistant
2.,,, ,sr General Robert H. Jack
',S,[ .,,r,gsn which Mrs. Franklin
Ja a',.,r.- avoided payment of
~ ~ her radio income. or
is,> .,a,, benefits available to
.rone.
..,r while general counsel
ID, IN, .r..rna. revenue bureau,
.'. M Roosevelt that 1t was
d. ~, INV her 10 assign directly to
., american Friends Service COM
60" - , charitable organization
-.,,, ~, size IS interested. her
,,r,,.rs>. II she had receiv-
,''r ~. money and then donated it
~, .,' charity. the amount would
,' ,s.r included in her taxable
~ .,,,nr and she could have
.,,,~.rt au.v - per cent.
y q Letter TO Secretary of the
- -,..,. Horny NIorgenthau. Jr.,
- asked .r>r if such a ruling
r,e;,nr made is in existence
Ss,~ and. !. 50. whether it had
', ~ ~,.as>gt 10 the public as an
,..,-, w.. ruins Of the treasury de-
...-men-
~ NOT. I woU'd ike to know
-,..rs~ or nor the treasury still
.,,rcres of such a ruling" Fish
-,,,s T am sure YOU will agree
-,.r ma thar equal enforcement
--- .aw and special privilege to
.,os IS q fundamentally sound
-,.s of government. and that it is
~gotar,. therefore. that any
-Ir-, which are made privately
r., re,Dec, 10 the tax returns of
--m5rys Of ne administration or
aa,r families should be applied
ra..v 70 the public as a whole"
Is. recently appeared before
aa i5.r- confessional tax inveS-
rating committee and demanded
a- the group examine the in
rne tax returns Of Morgenthau
nd III, father. Of James RoOSa-
ri, a.Ces- son of the president,
nd of MIS-. Anna Roosevelt Boet-
-.er the chief executives daugh-
a..
James Roosevelt told the COM
r!,tee he never had been asSociat-
! With q foreign personal holding
Umpany n order TO reduce his
axes. MOggeuchau volunteered to
zom.t his lax returns to the
ymm!t,ee and answer any queS-
inns