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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
NERVOUS
AS MARRIAGE
APPROACHES
Mrs. WarfieId CaImest
Person at Chateau,
Servants Tense
BY KENNETH T. DOWNS

MONTs, France, May 81 GIN.
S.. - Wedding week at the
Chateau de Cande today found
everybody in a state of high ex-
element except the bride-to-be,
Mrs. Wallis Warfield.
While final preparations went
forward for the ceremony Thurs
day, the Duke of Windsor nerv-
ously kept himself busy with ten
mis- and golf and even seized a
scythe to help Jock Chisholm, the
kilt-wearing superintendent, NOW
grass.
Mrs. Warfield is spending
hours these days with the hair
dresser, manicuriSt, dressmaker
and others who have undertaken
to have her brunette beauty at
its best by Thursday, but she
still finds time to supervise all
work in connection with the we'd
ding.
Never Loses POiSe
Never losing her serenity and
good humor, she oversees the
tasks of decorating the music
room, where she will become
Her Grace" the Duchess Of
Windsor, and preparing for the
guests, some of whom are ex-
pected tonight.
Rehearsal" today included
one for the wedding cake. Chef
dot cooked a small cake, using
the same recipe to be employed
Wednesday.
Boyishly, the Duke sampled 1t
and pronounced it excellent"
Gifts and letters-more than
100 q day-now are pouring in,
but Herman L. Rogers, spokes-
man for the Duke, would not say
whether any had arrived from
the British royal family. Most
Of the letters are from the United
States-increasing as each trans
atlantic boat arrives-but most
of the presents are from Eng
land.
Service Informal
Among the happiest Of those
who will attend the wedding is
Mayor Charles MERCER of Monts.
He has been granted the priv
lege of making a speech. Seven
minutes of a service that will
take q total Of about IS have
been allotted to the village
mayor.
The ritual itself is more or
less synthetic. Since the French
civil ceremony provides no set
time for placing the wedding
ring on the brides finger, the
Duke has decided that he will
slip on the circlet Immediately
after they both pledge their
"oui."
A champagne breakfast will
follow and then the Duke and
new Duchess will leave by motor
car on the first stage of their
honeymoon.
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Banker Baker Leaves
$lOO.OOO.OOO Estate

NEW YORK, May 81 (I.N.sJ.
Death today had ended the career
of George F. Baker, chairman of
the First National Bank of New
York and one of the worlds
wealthiest bankers. 1t was esti-
mated he was worth 500, 900 900.
Baker, who was SO, died yester.
day aboard his palatial yacht, the
Viking, in Honolulu Harbor, Of
peritonitis, a complication which
set in following an attack of ap-
pendicitis last Monday while 400
miles from Hawaii.
A radioed appeal brought the
Canadian Pacific liner Niagara
and DR.. John A. Newell, 70-year-
old Australian specialist, and a
nurse were transferred to the
yacht. DR.. Newell aided DR..
Alfred S. Amber, the bankers
personal physician, in an emer-
gency operation.
The yacht then raced for Homo
lulu while the Coast Guard cutter
fancy put out to meet it with a
Public Health Service surgeon and
three nurses. A Navy plane took
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
'F0RG|VES'
MACHAD0

HAVANA, May 81 G.N.S).-Six
thousand political and criminal
prisoners will be freed and many
political exiles will be allowed to
return under a sweeping amnesty
bill which went from the house Of
representatives to the senate to-
day.
Former President Gerardo Ma
chado, now in Europe, will be for
given by the bill, which blotS off
all offenses committed before May
20 of this year, and which is re.
garded as having a good chance to
pass the senate.
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off with seruns an hour later
and overlook the cutter.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Edith Kane
Baker, the financier's wife. flew
from New York to Alameda, where
she boarded the Philippine Clipper
for Honolulu. arriving a few hours
after the Viking got there Friday.
She was at her husbands side
when the end came.
Baker, accompanied by party
of friends, left New York in Feb
ruary for an extended cruise to
the South Sea Isles on what he
called "the first vacation since I
was married 80 years ago"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-31
WEALTHY FACE
NEW DEMAND
ON INCOMES
Low Treasury StIrs
Roosevelt to Stop
Legal "LoophoIes"
BY GEORGE DURNO
International News Service Staff
Correspondent
Correspondents

Correspondent
HYDE PARK, N. Y, May 81
,G.NS0-On the aristocratic up
per reaches Of the Hudson River,
President Roosevelt secluded him
self today to put the finishing
touches on another blast at the
millionaire" class.
The setting was ironic. Tomor-
row, from his 1,000-acre family
estate, the President will urge
Congress in a special message to
put q stop to "glaring" evasions
Of income tax payment by the
wealthy.
Works in Mansion
Mr.. Roosevelt was drafting his
proposal to reclaim millions of
dollars in avoided taxes ut the
ancestral Hyde Park mansion
over which his patrician 83-year-
old mother, Mrs. Sara Delano
Roosevelt, presides.
Immediately adjacent to "Krum
Elbow" the Vanderbilt estate, al
most joining the Roosevelt prop
erty is that Of Ogden H. Mills, Re
publican Secretary Of the Treas
ury under the Hoover Administra-
ton.
Across the Albany Post Road is
DECENTRALIZATION Valley re-
treat Of Henry H. Rogers. "Krum-
valid" is now closed. It's master is
engaging international attention
at his Chateau de candle, near
Monts, France-closest friend and
host Of the Duke of windsor and
Mrs. Wallis Warfield.
Son to Wed a Du Point
President Roosevelt was setting
forth to take another bite out of
the nations wealthiest taxpayers
in the face of the fact his third
son, Franklin, jr., will marry Ethel
Du Pont on June 80.
His ire has been aroused by
Treasury reports that 1886 income
taxes fell approximately $4,000
900 in payments evaded or avoided
by recourse to technical loopholeS
in the law. c-., .,......
Yacht Story Example
The millionaire who incorpor-
ated his pleasure yacht to save
himself $4,000 in taxes while still
enjoying full use of the boat, it
was understood, will be held up as
a prime example of tax-dodging.
The yacht in question costs $780,
900 a year to operate. The owner
incorporated it, turning over to
the yacht $3,000,O0O in securities.
From the accruing interest and
dividends, the yacht paid the
wages of the master and crew.
bought the fuel and struck off
depreciation estimates.
Under a special contract, the
owner LEASED" his yacht from the
corporation for 500 year.
Mr.. Roosevelt'S appeal to Con-
gress tomorrow will be aimed def
nitely against such practices. It
was reported he will recommend a
drastic tax on personal corpora
tions-designed to prevent the
wealthy from Incorporating them
selves, their families, their estates
or their personal holdings.
Visits With Mother
The President was at home over
the Memorial Day weekend for
the first time since election.
Primarily, he had made the jour-
ney to "Krum Elbow to visit his
mother, who is convalescing from
a recent ankle fracture.
Tuesday night the President
will entrain for Washington to
take up in person his battle
against tax evasion in the upper
brackets. Today and tomorrow,
he will enjoy himself as Hudson
River squire in the midst of his
economic royalist" neighbors.
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Transport Outing

The annual summer outing of
the Washington Transportation
Club, will be held Tuesday, June 8,
at the Kenwood Golf and Country
Club, 1t was announced yesterday
by C. w. Nickless, president of
the club.
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G-NEN'S CRIME
WAR TOLD

CONTINUED from Page u

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Yard into past supremacy in law
enforcement, and the exploits of
the French Surete have for dec
AIDES captured the imagination Of
the public, the Omen today are
the acme of scientific crime detec-
ton.
It has taken the drama of
hideous crimes to make possible
the present prominence of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
There was a time when Senti-
ment wavered toward the criIni-
nal, and any attempt to employ
efficient methods in the extermi-
nation of criminals aroused waves
of protests from ill-advised senti-
mentaliStS.
RacketeerS flourished and rack
cts developed into big business.
It was a business that garnered
both political support and partial
civic sanction. Its leaders even
pretended to heroic roles, and
ruled their gang domains free Of
prosecution.
Today that business levies an
annual tax of $4,000, 000, 900 on
the citizens of this country.
Every man, woman and child
pays a tribute of $12O a year to
racketeers, but the first step in
eradicating this malignant growth
has been taken.
Public Apathy Ends
Public sentiment has veered
sharply away from the criminal
and has allied itself with law en-
forcement agencies.
The Oman and the policeman
on the beat now have the full sup
port of a civic-minded public.
Through the halls of the Wash
ington headquarters of the F.B.I.
hundreds of visitors pass each day
paying tribute to the achieve
mentS of the Omen.
Representatives Of Scotland
Yard and of the French Surete
are frank to admit their wonder
ment of the facilities Of the bu-
reau here. These experts have
been shown the same exhibitions
that are open to the public and
have praised them in the highest
degree.
There are two phases of the ex-
hibition shown the public. One
has as its purpose the graphic il
lustration of the futility of crime.
The second phase Of the exhi-
bition shows the method and sci
ence employed in modern crime
detection.
GangSters "Museum"
In the reception room which
leads to the office of j. Edgar
Hoover, director of the bureau, is
an exhibit of gangSter weapons
and personal effects Of John Dill
linger.
On the wall above the glass
cases which house this exhibit is
a bronze plaque bearing the
names of special agents Of the
F. B. I. who were killed in the
line Of duty by gangster bullets.
A door to the left leads to the
office Of Mr.. Hoover, who is per-
hapS the most accessible man in
the country. In the event Of a
serious crime in any section of
the country, he can be reached
by telephone over a wire that has
priority over any other.
In the event of a kidnapping,
regardless of who it is that is
talking to the director, the con-
versation is broken into so that
the Omen can begin immediate
work on the crime.
This element Of speed Is one
Of the most important elements
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-09-23
WAR ON SYPHILIS
is PLAN or BOARD
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
sh the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Sept 23.-" Peacefully if
we can, forcibly if we must we will
protect the innocent against syphilis"
declared DR.. Carl v. Reynolds. State
health officer. Persons infected with
this disease will not be able to evade
compulsory treatment, or imprison-
fusal," he continued, simply by NOV
ing from one county to another, or
from one State to another.
II am in receipt of letter from
Virginia asking me to notify the au
thorities here to be on the lookout for
a syphilitic from that commonwealth
who left to come to North Carolina.
I am contracting the health officer in
the community to which he is sup
posed to have gone, in order that he
may be located and compelled to con-
tinue treatment, or go to Jail.
"In the future, when a syphilitic
moves from one North Carolina coun-
ty to another the health officer will
be requested to notify promptly the
State Board of Health and, in turn,
the health authorities in the COM
munity to which he is supposed to
ha,-a gone will be notified.
$50, you see, we mean business. The
only way to see this thing through
is to make thorough job of it, and
with the cooperation of our co-Work-
ers, we will do just that thing. have
a letter from a health officer who
requested official blanks. He has in
mind syphilitic who will be formal
ly notified to take treatment. Ii ne
refuses he will be put in Jail and ne
will stay there until he becomes non
infectious and will then be treated
until he is cured.
"There is law enough on the BOOKS
to wage an effective campaign or era
dication, if it is enforced; and, so Tar
as the State Board of Health is con-
cerned, the provisions will he utilized
to the limit. We will muster all the
forces available to fight this disease
from now on. No one who wishes 70
cooperate, whether infected or NOT
need have any fears-but, once AGAIN
4Peaceably if we can, forcibiy II we
must" That goes!"
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as well as making himself useful at

| as well as making himself useful at
the surgery. !!
Kennedy was not sure that he
liked the man particularly. He had
claimed to have saved Kennedy's
life during the war. Kennedy had
no clear recollection of the episode, !
but did recall him as an officious
little corporal. Thus, when Adams
had aecosted him on the street, he
had given the fellow chance
and had not regretted it.
Adams was inclined to drink too
much, but he had never let that in
terfere with his work. Tim also
suspected him of picking up occa-
sional trifles, but he appeared to be
scrupulously honest about money,
though in fifteen years good
many opportunities must have
come his way.
Kennedy addressed him pleas
antly, Lovely morning, Adams"
Adams, buster in hand, stiffenedl
to a position of attention.
Eyes, sir. Real spring weather.
sir"
Kennedy let himself into his front
door, and changed his light gray
jacket for a white linen one that,
was hanging in the hall. 'sWhae
have we this morning?" he asked
Adams, who had followed him in.
Young Master Johnson at half;
past nine, sir. Mrs. Shepherd at
ten. Mr.. Ross at ten-fifteen. Then
Mrs. Leeming at ten-thirty."
1.-TWO hours job that, EN-? He
had entered the surgery, and was
washing his hands in the basin be-.
hind the Chinese screen. He was
disconnected to find he had been so
careless as to give Ross an APP;
pointment at just that time. He re-
called the occasion-Ross had tele-
phoned, and in a hurried searching,
through his book for an odd quarter,
Of an hour he had noted the work,
amounting to very little, which hol
had to do with Mrs. Shepherd,
while unaccountably forgetting
who she was. He picked one of the
half dozen spotless hand towels off
the rail to the basin and came out
into the room. /
"Is that the lot, then ?"
"Mrs. Truelove at half past
twelve, sir, with the anesthetist."
Kennedy nodded approvingly.I
With his more expensive patients
he always engaged separate AM
esthetist for extraction. It was the
practice of better class London den-
lists, and it gave him cachet.
There were certain patients who
could wen afford the luxury, and
liked the Importance of it. /
"Of course. may be a little
late for Mr.. Rosa quarter of AM
hour or so. Apologize to him, tell
him I've difficult case-the usual !
stuff. Also to Mrs. Leeming, Of !
course, if she's delayed"
Eyes, sir"
"Not that she's likely to be in a |
hurry. I'll have to give her bad
time, I'm afraid"
Adams features relaxed into a
smile.
Eyes, sir"
| (To Be Continued)
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Tim Kennedy, who has been writing
a suicide note to himself in his wife s
handwriting, graduated into homicide
from the school of armchair murderers.
At middle age, having made q fortu-
nate marriage to Esther. Ashwell. and
possessing a lucrative dental practice
rand an enviable social position in a
and secure. Then Esther was run
down by truck Weeks later she was
brought home, a physical wreck and a
cripple for life, with only hint of her
former beauty left. Tim loses. all in
,terest in his wife because of her APP
lpearance. He suggests they hold their
annual tennis party despite her condi-
ton.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY:
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fore, starting a slight but per-
sistent ache, he had seen at once
that it would be impossible to
make the work last for more than
two sittings. There was small
cavity in one Of the bicuspids, a
simple affair that he could have
polished off in less than half an
hour.
But because a careful inspection
revealed no other trouble whatever
he was far too conscientious pro-
fessionally to make work where
there was no legitimate ground for
it-he decided to give the job an
extra session, applying cocaine and
putting in temporary filling at the
first one. The second appointment
was for today, Tuesday, and I'M
less he could make one now, an OPP
portunity Of seeing her again might
not recur.
He left his car at Bentwich's
Garage and walked slowly down
the High Street, nodding affably to
half a dozen people on the pave
ment. It was five past nine later
than usual, but today he had no ap-
pointment till $3.50. He liked to
reach his Office early, to fiddle with
his instruments, put everything in
the meticulous order he loved. He
was feeling little nervous. Alma
Shepherd was second on his list, at
ten o'clock.
It was not customary to extend
social invitations on a purely pro-
fessional acquaintance and so
short a one at that. It was for
tunate Esther had been so easy.
But then, she had never been con-
ventional in that way, though of
late she had grown sharper, more
possessive, almost jealous at times.
+. +. He wondered if Mrs. Shepherd
would think the invitation bad
form. He did not believe she was
that sort. She had been very
friendly and natural with him,
though they had not spoken a great
deal.
He turned into his entrance by
the florists. Adams was polishing
the banisterS of the stairway.
Adams slept at The Wilderness, but
always cycled down to the Office,
where he had a small retreat on the
back landing below, about half an
hour before his master. He gave
Kennedy a cheerful, if slightly too
servile, good morning. He was a
thin man of medium height, with
dark hair, a heavily corrugated
forehead, and pursed mouth that
seemed to bespeak perpetual medi-
tation. His manner was that of a
certain type of regular non-com-
missioned officer or commissionaire,
deterrent to the officer class,
sharp with !: rangers of uncertain
standing, rc-axingly affable with
his cronies.
He was famous billiards and
darts player at the Goose Quill,
but did not seem to have any other
interests outside his work. He was
paid twenty-five shillings a week
with board, aad gave full value for
it, for he did certain amount of
valeting and work about the house
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BOOKLET AVAILABLE
ON WATER SYSTEMS

College Station, Raleigh, Sept. 20
Directions for installing inexpensive
hand-pump water systems in the Ia.li
home have been published by the
State College extension service.
The circular, prepared by y. ?.
Weaver, agricultural engineer, ~
cludes illustrations designed TO .idAe
the directions as clear and slmpie dS
possible. sos;re
North Carolina farmers VINO uesa.S
copies of the free circulaN may oD.ol.
them from the agricultural edi'oi @
State College, Raleigh. NJ
The circular is extension 1oioc 80. 49,.
SO, "A Complete Hand-Powef "A'e'
System for the Farm Home.
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CHAPTER 8

THE HEARTENING lie came
easily to Tins lips when he TOLD
Esther she would be playing tennis
again in another year. He paused
IA moment, then added, with gentle
insistence:
"Well, then, We'll settle for Sat
urday on the tennis party, shall
we?"
She made a gesture of resigna-
tion.
VERY well, Tim, I suppose you're
right. I mustn't be selfish"
He sat down happily on the win
dow seat, and took out notebook
and pencil.
well, then. There's Harold
and the Doughtys = our hardy
perennials. And Cox his wife's
away, he must be bit lonely. :. .
And I think we ought to have
someone a bit younger this year"
what about Mr.. Mower 2" sug-
gested Esther surprisingly.
!. Kennedy frowned.
Mower. I don't know about
that. We hardly know him."
THE Doughtys like him. And
we never did much about it, after
he called. Of course, there wasn't
the chance. But think we
ought to invite him. His being a
Identist-it would be ungracious
mot to do something. AS if we
looked on him as a rival"
rival what an idea" Ken
nedy considered for moment,
tapping his teeth with the pencil.
Eventually he decided to concede
Mower, for reasons of his own.
Every well, dear, if you think
we ought to. Put him down.
!. It seems to me we're rather
short of ladies'"
"Why not Phyllis Grantley?"
"All right, down with her. :.
Perhaps she'll pair off with Mower.
We must find somebody for Cox.
:. I have it, Mrs. Shepherd"
: Esther looked up quickly.
1.-THE woman who's taken May
bank ?"
That's her."
"She's a widow, isn't she?'
II believe solve no official in
formation. But she, was in the
surgery the other day, and she
seemed a nice person. I think
you'd hit it of with her." 81
"Is she attractive ?"
Kennedy laughed easily.
81 didn't notice particularly.
Beautiful teeth; she looks after
them properly. Tall woman. Il
think her hairs brown, but didn't
get the color Of her eyes,"
"Well-have her if you like,
dear"
Right that's seven; just
about enough" Kenneth closed
the notebook and looked at his
watch. "Ten to nine-I must be
trotting. I'll ring 'em all up be-
tween whites this morning"
When Tim Kennedy said that he
had not noticed the color of Alma
Shepherds eyes, he was guilty of
a falsehood. They were Of very
vivid blue, almost cobalt, and quite
impossible to overlook. He had.
also noticed her warm, brown!
skin and full, rather dropping
mouth, and her full, rich body,
with its deliberate grace Of move
ment. He thought she must have
Spanish blood in her. She could
not be more than 32-just the
right age.
The lie about the eyes was not
the only one he had told that
morning at least by implication.
Up to last Thursday he had not
thought about the tennis party at
all It was only during the week.
end that it had occurred to him
that the party was the simplest
and most natural means Of insur-
Ing. further contact with Alma
Shepherd. "
1t was necessary to act quickly.
When s1e had come into the sur
gerry on Thursday, telling him with
her lazy smile how she had broken
q tooth over an osso buco in a
Soho restaurant few weeks be-
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some red faces.
Just exactly one day after telling
newspaper men he is opposed as
matter of principle to issuing PRO
clamations," Governor Clyde r.. Hoey
was practically forced into making
the first of his administration.
He has proclaimed" Air Mail Week
October II to 16, and mailed his pro-
clamation to Major Paul YOunts,
postmaster at Charlotte. i
The governor says he is always glad
to issue "statementsY backing any
project he thinks worthy, but he does
not like the formality of prociama-
tons.
The report on Greensboro A. and
T. Negro college, to be submitted by
Holt Mcpherson, High Point Enter
prise editor, on Saturday will not be
public matter and it's contents will not
be divulged except at the complete
discretion of Governor Clyde r. Hoey.
Mr.. Mcpherson has conducted an
intensive probe of affairs at the Gull
ford school since he was named as a
result of repeated charges of various
irregularities made by alumni and
students of the college.
Word has been received here of the
death of James Kelly, brother of Paul
Kelly, assistant director of the Board
of Conservation and Development
"Now that the farmers of Eastern
North Carolina have money in their
pockets as a result of TOBACCO sales,
we are beginning to have a hard
time" said j. M. Granger, engineer
of the State Rural Electrification Au-
thority with money, they want to
get electricity and they cannot see
why they shouldn't have service just
about one day after making an ap-
plication. wish it were as simple as
that, but it isn't.
Governor Hoey hit the speech-mak-
ing trail again today, talking at the
dedication of farm building in Tyr
rell county, under auspices of the
Farm Bureau, and at Tarboro, where
one Of the Institute of Governments
educational programs is to be held
with both Democratic and Republic
can county chairman participating.
Webb Williams, associate member,
is holding down the desk of Guitar
Moore, liquor board chairman, while
the latter is in New York adding his
bit to the fun and frolic. being held
by the American Legionnaires in the
big metropolis.