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The Washington times., 1937-06-12
Mou|ton, Daughter
Honored At u. Of T..

DR.. Harold G. Moulton, presi-
dent of the Brookings Institution
here, and his daughter, Barbara,
stood on the same platform in the
chapel of the University Of Chi.
cago yesterday and received their
degrees during graduation exer-
cises.
DR.. Moulton, Chicago alum
nus, was presented with an hon
orary LID. degree by Robert M.
Hutchins, president Of the univer.
sity. His daughter was awarded
the degree Of Bachelor Of Arts fol-
lowing her completion Of four
years Of study at the University.
The MoultonS live at 3700 Oliver
S. N. w.
The Washington times., 1937-06-12
4 R0BBERIES
NET $3.50 LOOT

Armed robbers struck three
times in the District last night
and got $3.50. One burglary
yielded $500.
Dave Friedman, night manager
Of a gasoline station at Nineteenth
and L SITS. N. W.. reported two
men drove up, drew revolverS and
robbed him of $36.
Harry FleiSchman, employed In
a liquor store at Ills G st. N. w.,
reported a man entered the place,
drew a pistol and took $128 from
the cash register.
George Baker, ITO Columbia
Rd. N. w., a taxicab driver. re-
ported he was held up by two
colored youths armed with pistols
and robbed him Of IS. They
hailed his cab at Fourth st. and
Pennsylvania Ave. s. E., he said,
and directed that he drive them
to Eighth and T SITS. N. w. There
they drew the pistols, robbed him
and fled.
The Washington times., 1937-06-12
Police Head quarters
Damaged BY Fire

"ScOut II, and cruisers 7 and
3. Go to Police Headquarters
a fire there"
This curt announcement, flash
ing over the police radio system
today. was the first news received
by the outside world of a minor
fire which swept through a small
record room in the first floor of
the ancient building at 462 Indi-
ana Ave. N. W., destroying per-
sonnet records dating back to 1922
and sending more than two score
traffic division policemen pell
nell into Indiana Avenue looking
for firemen.
While two Of their number
The Washington times., 1937-06-12
TROLLEY
L|NES0USTER

Elimination Of all trolley-car
lines in the District of Columbia
to speed up transportation and
make for traffic safety will be
recommended by Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer.
Van Duzer now is in New York
with Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, Dis
trict highway director.
New York officials pointed out
to the Washington party that all
save two street-car lines have been
removed from the downtown sec
lions Of the city.
The Washington times., 1937-06-12

Rudyard Y. Heffe and j. J. Boyd
-emptied the foaming contents Of
hand extinguishers over the blaz-
ing records, fellow officers formed
a Gordon around the building and
directed arriving hose trucks to
the rear. Firemen, however, were
unable to reach the flames from
that point.
With Indiana Avenue fairly
swarming with coughing police
men, firemen fought their way
into the building from the front.
The blaze, confined to the one
room, was of undetermined origin
and cost the District approx
mately $3.50.
Evening star., 1937-10-29

A soft cotton blanket in
striking new pastel pen
Gil stripe plaids. Full
7Ox8O-inch size. An ex-
ceptional Record Days
value ----------------
Evening star., 1937-10-29
Dancing Bears to Quit.

Dancing bears of Rumania are to
"sit out" the rest of their dances. A
government decree just issued in
Bucherast forbids the bruins being
exhibited. The order is the result of
complaints that gypsies were cruel to
the beasts when training them.
Evening star., 1937-10-29
Want More Farmers.

Paraguay may compel boys between
Is and % to attend agricultural
schools.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
MORE REVENUE
ON Sis PASS

The Capital Transit Company
in the first month of the higher
priced street car and bus pass
lost 941,497 rides by pass users,
but derived $237,6O6 more from
passenger revenue, a monthly sta
tistical report for January, filed
today with the Public Utilities
Commission, revealed.
The company on January
discontinued use of the 81 weekly
pass for Street-car users. forcing
patrons to purchase the $1.25
weekly pass good on street cars
and buses or to pay the token OF
cash fare.
Rides on passes during last
month decreased 9.4 per cent from
10,034,038 in January, 1886, to
9,093,551 for the same period this
year.
However, the report showed that
passenger revenue increased Ia
per cent from 1882, ,S49 in Janu'
ary, 1885, to $lS,620,455 for last
month.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
FIGHT GROWS
ON u. 5. SHIFTS

Congressional forces opposing
the Presidents plan for Govern
ment reorganization today are as
much against the revised PROPOSE
ton being considered by the joint
congressional committee as they
were against the proposal first at
hand.
Although the leaders declined to
comment on the proposition, it is
understood that they do not be-
lieve any drastic changes have
been made in the newer plan. 1t
is basically the same, they point
out, and they will oppose it in the
same manner that they propose to
fight the original setup.
COmptrOller's Office
For instance, they point out one
of the biggest bones of contention
in the reorganization plan is the
section referring to the Comp
troller-G Generals office. They say
that in both Of the plans it is pro-
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
GREEN GUSTS
LABOR BODY

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 26
U.NSJ.-The charter Of the Co
lumbus Federation of Labor, which
endorsed the recent Detroit auto
strike, was revoked today by Fran
els ]. Dillon.
Dillon. personal representative Of
William Green, A. F. Of L. presi-
dent, was sent here on complaint
Of the Columbus Building Trades
Council to investigate &C. I. o. &C
tivities Of officers and committees
Of the central labor body, and to
Investigate radical political affilia-
tions Of certain members of the
federation"
1900 Men Affected
Between 10000 and $4,000 union
workmen in the Capital City were
affected by revocation Of the fed
Grafton charter. Dillon acted after
comforting with President Green
by telephone. He said:
1T was not the mere fact that
the Columbus Federation of La
Dor had expressed its interest in
the welfare Of striking autOmO-
Continued on Page Is, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
GRAHAM Recovering
After Attempt on Life

ROME, Feb. 26 Q.N.SD Al
though he developed pneumonia
Sunday, the day after an attempt
was made to aSsaSSinate him,
Marshal Roldolfo Graziani, viceroy
of Ethiopia, today had passed the
crisis and will recover. The wounds
he suffered in an Adds Ababa
bombing were slight.
At least 1000, including Ras
Desta Denatu, have been killed in
the Italian cleanup of Ethiopian
outlaws" following the attempted
assassination, it was reliably es-
&imatsds
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
Peggy and Husband
Held For BiSamy

dren, told authorities that La
Rocca was married to her.
Peggy had previously admitted
that she had not been divorced
from her first husband, but that
she regarded that marriage as
void because she was a child at
the time. Her suit against Rubi-
noff, radio violiniSt, was thrown
out in supreme court here after
her admission of the Virginia mar
riage.
Following his arrest, La Rocca
denied he was guilty of bigamy,
declaring he had never been mar
ried to the woman who claimed
to be his wife.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
D. +. MOVIE
PIONEER, s..
Ion Ell Y
HE WRITES
Planned for 6 Months
to Die, Message to
Reporters Says

Leaving a note addressed For
the Newspaper Boys" Harry M
Crandall, pioneer in the motion
picture industry in Washington
and once owner OF the ilLfated
Knickerbocker Theater, ended his
life by inhaling gas early today IN
the Parkside Hotel in the 1900
block Of st. N. w.
In a postscript to his note, Gran
dali, who lived at 1880 Sixteenth
st. N. W., said he had the room
in the hotel for about six months
for the purpose of ending his life.
Dependency was given by Gran
dali as the reason for his act. His
note read:
''PIease don't bs hard on me,
boys, not for my sake but for
those 1 am leaving behind me.
"YOu don't have to look for
the cause Of me taking my life.
I'll tell you have not committed
any crime. HaVs no love at.
fairs. Not insane. Have very
good health. No, none Of these
are the reasons. Only 1t Is one
despOndent and miss my thea
tiers, oh so much.
TRIED COMEBACK
'T have tried hard to get back
into the game but no luck. Boy,
never cid any harm to anyone
in my life and / don't rate head
lines. So just few lines on an
inside page. What do you, say
boys?
"Kind regards. H. M. G.
"P. s.: 1 just thought as I
got here I think 1 have read
some place that one who takes
his life is a coward. Oh, yes.
Well, / have had this very room
for I guess six months nov and
/ have not been able to do 1t
yet, and maybe I may lose my
nerve yet as it Is only 1880 a. m.
now and / am counting on turn
ing on the old gas at 3 a. m be-
cause no one is on this floor
after that. And I do want to
make a good jos Of it,. don't
want to be q wOuld-be.
$50, boys, If you think 1t
don't take nerve, Just try it
sometime. Ha! Ha!
Goodbye, boys. H. M. c."
LAST MESSAGE
In a second note addressed 'Tc
Whom It May Concern" he wrote;
"2:45 a. m. l am now turning
on the gas"
Hanging on the door Of hi
room on the ninth floor Of thc
Continued on Page 6 Col. p
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
'FIRESIDE CHAT
SET MARCH 9

On the same date, March 9,
that the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee starts its public hearings
to discuss the Presidents Supreme
Court message, the President HIM
self plans to address the nation in
a comprehensive radio broadcast
to discuss the state Of the nation
and the general problems con-
fronting the American people.
The President made this an
nouncement today in answer to a
direct question as to whether or
not he planned to "go on the air"
to make any statement regarding
the Supreme Court situation. He
was asked specifically if he would
mention the Supreme Court and
he answered that he planned a
regular "fireside" broadcast on
the many problems facing the ma
ton. He warned his press con-
ference against speculation as to
what he intended to say.
The Presidents broadcasting
date not only comedies with the
opening of the Supreme Court
hearings before the Judiciary
Committee of the Senate but 1t
also comes on or about the date
that Labor's Non.PartiSan League
holds a conference here on sub
jects closely related to the Su
preme Court and also comedies
with the day on which many
friends Of Senator Norris, inter
ested in constitutional changes
will hold a conference here.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 Q.N.S0.
Peggy Garcia, who became a bride
in Virginia when she was less than
IL years old, and Michael La
Rocca, 33-year-old salesman, whom
she married here last September,
were under arrest today, both
charged with bigamy.
This development in the career
of the former hat-check girl, culmi-
mating in an unsuccessful breach
of promise suit against David
Rubinoff, came after a woman de-
Scribing herself as Mrs. Kathleen
La Rocca, mother Of three chill
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
SPY GIVEN
4 10 z
YEARS
Judge Proctor Refuses
Farnsworth Plea for
Arrest of Judgment

John Semer Farnsworth, former
naval officer, who is accused Of
taking $4,000 from the Japanese
government as a peace-time spy,
was sentenced by Justice James
M. Proctor in United States Dis
trict Court today to serve from 4
to IL years in prison.
FarnSworth's motion for arrest
of judgment, based on the claim
that his plea for nolo contendere
is invalid in this Jurisdiction, was
withdrawn by his counsel, Richard
L. Tedrow, when they stood be.
fore Justice Proctor as court
opened today.
Tedrow declared his client was
ready for sentence and Justice
Proctor asked:
Have you anything to say be-
fore sentence is impOSed?"
'ABHORRENT OFFENSE'
When Tedrow informed the
court that all information that
might have an effect on the Sc.
verify of the penalty had al
ready been submitted, Justice
Proctor, characterizing Farms.
worth's offenSe as one "abhor.
rent to all good Americans, u
said:
'Tt is a very unpleasant duty
to impose sentence in any
case.
ut Is unusual in the case
of a man of your background
with a long record of honor
able service to your country in
the Navy, terminating in dis
honorable discharge"
Avoiding direct mention oi
either the names of the two
Japanese naval observers named
with Farnsworth in the indictment
or the name of the imperial Japa
neSe government in his remarks
Justice Proctor continued amid 9
deathly stiffness:
Especially in this case in
which you are charged and by
your pleas have submitted to
the penalty of an indictment
charging you with wilfuIly con-
spring to communicate and de-
liver to officers of a foreign gov
CONTINUED on Page 2. Col. ~
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
F AN 5 7 f f |
S|T-D0WN
ENDED
Deputy Badly Burned
When Grenade Hits
Wall and Bursts
By WILLIAM L. COLLINS

By WILLIAM L. COLLINS
CHICAGO, Feb. 26 (I.N.s.).
Defiant sit-down strikers sur
rendered to a force Of 1875
deputies today following a
three-hour battle for possession
Of the Fansteel Metallsrgical
Corporation plants in North
Chicago.
The sit-down strikers nine
day occupancy was ended after
a desperate battle in the half
light Of a cold dawn, when the
deputies stormed the plants
armed with tear, and vomiting
gas bombs and shells.
One deputy, John Anderson,
was severely injured. Attempting
to throw a gas grenade through
q window, the missile hit the build
ing near him and exploded almost
in his face. It was feared he may
be permanently blinded.
Max Swiren, counsel and spokes-
man for the company, declared
many of the sit-down strikers will
not be rehired, and all will be
considered ex employees tempo
rarily. He declared:
"ThOse held against their will
In the plants will be rehired.
We will resume operations as
soon as possible"
Men Stagger Out
Overcome by the gas fumes
some Of the strikers had to be
carried from their stronghold. At
least so of the 10 men, within the
plants in defiance Of a court or
der calling for their evacuation,
suffered i'll effects from the gas. it
was estimated.
Unable to cope with the billows
of nauSeating binding fumes I'M
loosed by the deputies, who had
been repulSed in q similar strug-
gle a week ago. the strikers stun
bled and staggered from the
plants into the arms of Sheriff
Lawrence Doolittle's men, many
Continued on Page IS, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
Laundry Girls Strike
For CLARK Gable

1t was not, as might be sus-
pected, the question Of higher
wages, shorter hours, improved
working conditions or union recog-
milton that curdled the sudS in the
Irthlingborough laundry and saw
irons cooled to desuetude inside the
plant where 300 outraged girls
screamed and shouted for return
Of Ernest GreaSley.
It was becauSe-"Ernie" to all
the blondes and brunetteS and red,
heads at whose bidding the starch
(Continued ON PagS lA. Col. q
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
Third Victim Of Gun
Duel Dies at ST. Louis
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26 Q.N.S).
The death toll exacted by the wild
gun battle staged here between
police and two escaped convicts
from the Michigan State Peniten-
tiary mounted to three today
when Detective Sergeant Thomas
Sullivan died.
The two convicts were shot to
death in the pistol duel which
begin in a hotel corridor and
ended in the street several blocks
away. The convictS were identi-
fled from fingerprint records as
Ray Rusch, 10, of Flint, Mich,
and Alvin Mott. 19, of Detroit.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
Two Alarm Blaze
Is Mostly Smoke

Smoke issuing from a garage in
the rear Of a linen shop at 1928
G st. N. W., early today sent fire
men to the scene in answer to two
alarms.
No casualties and only slight
damage was reported. The fire
was said to have been caused BY
the burning of trash stored in the
garage. Frigid temperatures ham,
pered the firemen.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
NEW COURT
PROPOSALS.
OFFERED
Amendments As k e d
To Constitution to
Gain Ends
international News serHica

With Administration leaders
hoping it will solve the Supreme
Court issue, the Senate this
afternoon passed the House bill
authorizing high court justices
TO retire voluntarily at the age
Of 20. The bill now goes to the
White House for President
ROOsevelt's approval.
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service
Friends and foes of President
Roosevelt'S proposal to enlarge
the Supreme Court today dis
cusSed alternative constitutional
amendments while the Senate
promised prompt passage of the
House bill authorizing voluntary
retirement of the justices at the
age of 10.
Administration leaders, reluct-
ant to enlarge the high court,
hoped enactment of the House
bill would lead to the retirement
of several justices, this giving Mr..
Roosevelt a chance to make some
new appointments. Six of the
present justices are over 10.
The bill also provides that re-
tired justices, if willing, may be
assigned to light work in the Cir
cult Court of Appeal.
Provision AssaiIed
This "work" provision was as
sailed from both sides. Senator
Borah (R), of Idaho, called it an
insult" to the justices to offer
them service on lower courts after
retirement.
Administration Spokesmen de-
clared- the House provisions set
tied all question of the bills con-
Stitutionaity.
Borah's action in proposing a
rewriting of the Fourteenth
Amendment to give States broad
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
BY DAVID P. sENTNER

IRTHLINGBOROUGH, HANTS,
England, Feb. 26 Q.N.SD-The sit
down strike movement, born Of
Gandhi's attempts to liberate In.
dia and nurtured to fruition in
the industrial centers of America,
gripped this tiny English town
today.
And all because the hard-hearted,
unromantic manager Of a Hamp-
shire laundry concern transferred
the local foreman to another
branch.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
Graham Paige Raises
PAY Of $500 Workers

DETROIT, Feb. 26 G.N.S0.-A
five-cent-an-hour wage increase for
its $500 workers was announced
today by the Graham-Paige Motor
Corporation, effective March l.
Graham joined the parade of
auto companies, including Gen
eral Motors, ChryBler. Packard
and Budd Wheel, which have
boosted pay envelopes Of auto
workers
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
HARRY CRANDALL IS GAS SUICIDE
CrN1UINIL Note
Left for
Press

PART OF THE NOTE
WHICH HARRY M.
CRANDALL LEFT FOR
NEWSPAPERMEN BE-
FORE HE TOOK HIS LIFE
WITH GAS. HE AS
CRIBED SUICIDE TODE-
SPONDENCY' OVER THE
LOSS OF HIS THEATER
PROPERTIES.
(PhOto Copyright by Washington Times
, An RfIhta
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair, continued cold tonight, minimum
temperature about 20; tomorrow fair; gentle
to moderate west and northwest winds; high
est temperature last "a hours, IS; lowest, 20.
(Weather Details on Page I'D
The Washington times., 1937-02-26

Entered 60 Second Glass Matter ct
Post Office as Washlngton. D. o.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

North Carolina
Ashe County
In the matter of the administration
OF the estate of Cordelia Davis.
deceased, by Floyd Davis, adj
miniStrator.
Having qualified as Administrator
on the estate of Cordelia Davis, de-
ceased, this is to notify all persons
having claims against said estate to
present them to the undersigned at
his residence in Helton township,
North Carolina, on or before the
29th day of June, 1888, or this notice
will be pied in bar of said claims.
All persons indebted to said estate
will come forward at once to settle
the same.
This June 10Th, 1897.
FLOYD DAVIS, Administrator
of Cordelia Davis, deceased. 8-5
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Will M. Miller, de-
ceased, late of Ashe County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all per-
sons having claims against the estate
of the said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned at Comet, North
Carolina, on or before the 18th day
of July, 1888, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This the 18th day of July, 1887.
EARL r. MILLER, Administrator
of Will M. Miller, Deceased. 8-25a
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22

undersigned at Sturgills, North Car
DINA, on or before the 10th day of
July, 1888, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This the 10th day of July, 1887.
JOHN GRIFFETTS,
GEORGE GRIFFETTS,
Executors
of A. C. Griffetts, deceased.
Grant Bauguess, Atty. 8-19p
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
ll-Week-Old Baby
Learns to Walk

Pennington, Utah, boasts of IL
weeks-old baby who walks.
Twelve-pound Bruce Thomas.
born April 81, has been picking his
sturdy little legs and placing them
down again since he was five weeks
old-and his mother, Mrs. Bernard
Thomas, has witnesses to prove it.
Doctors explain his ability to
walk because of unusually rapid de-
velvopment of his legs" said Mrs.
Thomas, preparing her blonde son
for a demonstration at their modest
home.
1.-THE first time he tried it, almost
six weeks ago, it surprised me so I
nearly let him fall. Since then, it
has been a regular thing, his walk
ing"
He is given massage to start
circulation. He then is placed on a
table, carpeted with a thick blanket.
Placed in a kneeling position, like
a sprinter at the star of a race,
Bruce struggles to his feet. He is far
too young to maintain his balance,
so his mother places her hand
against his chest. He stands almost
upright.
Then Bruce starts, leaning against
his mothers hand for balance, his
legs churning as fast as he can move
them. He walks to the end of the
table, is carried back and starts all
over again.
Il am very anxious to see how he
developes," confided Mrs. Thomas
with such a start, some day he
should be a great athlete"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22

RALEIGH, July 17.-Full-time
health service, with the consequent
protection it insures, is now avail
able to 2,469,210 residents of IS
North Carolina counties, it is an
nounced here by DR.. Carl V. Reyn-
olds, State health officer. Since
January l, he said, fourteen counties
have been added to the list, giving
the above totals on July /. This
means that IS per cent of the States
population now enjoy the benefits
of full-time, organized health SER
vice, while % per cent, or 701, 066
citizens are without its protection.
Counties that have taken advan-
tage of full health benefits since
January, l include: Arson, Burke
Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Greene,
Pennsylvania, Hyde, Tyrrell, Wash
ington, Johnston, Martin, Chatham
and Stanly. Added to these to make
the group of IS complete are: Avery,
Watauga, Yancey, Beaufort, BERTHE,
Bladen, Buncomb, Cabarrus, Colum-
bus, Craven, Cumberland, Davidson,
Duplin Durham Edgecombe, For
syth, tokes, Yadkin, Franklin, Gas
ton, Graham, Granville, Guilford,
Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Jackson,
Swain, Macon, Hartford, Lenoir,
Mecklenburg, Moore, Nash, New
Hanover, Northampton, Orange,
Pitt, Person, Randolph, Richmond,
Robinson Rowan, Rutherford, Samp-
son, Surry, Vance, Wake, Wayne,
Wilkes and Wilson.
In addition to these, there are six
North Carolina cities with full-time
organized health service, each locat-
ed in fully organized county. The
cities are: Asheville, Charlotte,
Greensboro, High Point, Rocky
Mount and Winston-Salem.
The full-time county health pro-
grams are under the advisory super
vision of the Division of County
Health Work, State Board of Health,
of which DR.. R. E. Fox is the direc-
tor, and this division maintains
close contact with local units at all
times.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-22
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administra-
trix of the estate of Mrs. w. J. Per
kins, deceased, late of Ashe County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at Helton,
North Carolina, on or before the
22nd day of June, 1888, or this no.
tice will be plead in bar of their re-
covery. All persons indebted to the
said estate will please make immed-
late payment.
This the 22nd day of June, 1887.
ALTA PERKINS, Administrative
of Mrs. w. J. Perkins, Decd. 7-29p