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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-11
NO WORD YET
MATTSON Lad
|. is STILL ALIVE
Find of Abandoned Launch
in Puget Sound Spurs
Police Hunt
MAY PROVE CLUE IN
! ABDUCTION CASE

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. H.
(UP).-An abandoned launch in
Puget Sound and a recently-oc-
cupied shack on lonely Squaxon
Island, l5 miles north of Olympia,
spurred police and Federal agents
today in their search for the kid
naped l0-year-old Charles Matt
son.
Revelation of either as peril
nent to the kidnapping case would
fie closely with the visit a week
ago of n man at q Shelton saw
mill who told n gateman to ad.
wise DR.. William w. Mattson, the
boys father, that "all is WELL"
Shelton is located between Ia
coma and Olympia.
Investigators, whose hunt fol-
the kidnaper was halted temper
arily at DR.. Mattson's request, an
nounced that both the launch and
the shack were being examined as
possible important clues.
The launch was found by state
police who acted on information
Of residents reporting they had
seen two men and q boy on the
craft during the past several days.
Deputies from the Mason county
sheriff's office said the shack, re-
Gently examined by a yachting
party, had been occupied up un-
til a short time ago. Squadron Is
land is an Indian reservation, fal
from any densely inhabited area
Parts of the island have never
been visited by white men.
Meanwhile, the parents Of the
kidnapped youth awaited some new
word from his abductor that
Charles still lived. No direct COM
Imunication has been received since
Charles was taken from the spaci-
Gus Puget Sound home two weeks
ago last night.
TACOMA, WASH, Jan. IL
(UP)-Dr. William w. Mhttson
appealed frantically last night to
the kidnaper of his son, Charles,
10, to prove that "my son is alive
and WE'LL"
The Mattson family feared that
the boy was dead as the second
week of his abduction passed and
no further word came from the
brutal bearded kidnaper who
broke into the house December
27 and seized Charles for S2S,OOO
ransom.
az haven't heard thing Matt,
son said, i'm answer to continued
reports that he had contacted the
kidnaper.
His plea, carried in the person
al columns of the Seattle Times
Continued on page four.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-11
WEATHER

| ..d egn,ide, ciSS5, s'. sad
.,'s.Sb rain
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-11
GOOD AFTERNOON

Dora thinks the abdicated king
will live in Rhode Island, because
he signed his name Edward,
r. l."
The Washington times., 1937-05-29

/, 1887. SIS; accumulated excess of
precipitation since January /,
1887, 6.34; excess of precipitation
since May l, 1887, 0.67.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, SO; lowest, "A.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Ford Factory to Run
On 4-DaY Week in June

r DETROIT, May 20 QN.SO.-A
four.day week to thin out" work
for Ford Motor Company en-
ployes was planned today to Off
set the usual June slack season
lay-offs.
Under the plan, announced yes
terday by Personnel Direct Or
Harry Bennett, Ford employees dur
ing June will work four eight-hour
days weekly, receiving pay on that
basis rather than on the present
basis of the five-day week.
Meanwhile the United Automo-
bile Workers Union planned a
second attempt to distribute hand
bills in their drive to organize
Ford workers. The first attempt,
Wednesday, ended in riot in
which more than a score Of union
men, including Organizers Rich
ard T. FrankenSteen and Walter
Ruether, were beaten.
U. A. w. President Homer Mar
tin declared Ford workers were
signing with the union at the rate
Of "one a minute"
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
ACR0BAT|CB BOY
IN HOSPITAL

Antics at the recent circus were
held responsible today for the dis
comforture Of one small witness
and the serious injury of another
who endeavored to initiate the
acrobatS with more or less dis
astrous results.
John Robert Swart, II, was still
pouting today over his attempt
late yesterday to put on a one
man trapeze act in the basement
of his home at 3738 w st. N. w.
The exhibition was brought to an
exciting finale with the arrival Of
the Fire Rescue Squad, whose
members hastily repaired a gas
pipe, which gave way under
Johns flying grip.
Frank Hall, 8, Of 606 Fifth st.
N. w., Jared much worse in his
performance on a scaffold at Fifth
and F Streets Northwest, yester-
day, hurting some IS feet to the
ground.
At Emergency Hospital today,
physicians described his injuries
as decorations of the body, concus.
sion of the brain and. possible
fracture of the skull. His condi.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
P0PEYE HEADS
BIG PARADE
Continued from Page u

the big show and cash prize
awards to the best-dreSSed.
Disbanding at Fourteenth
Street and Constitution Avenue
Northwest, the youngsters were
escorted by squads of policemen
to the theater where everyone in
costume was admitted to see the
big show and receive cash prizes
for the funniest costumes. Many
autographed photographs and
original drawings of the famed
comic strip by E. C. Segar were
distributed to the youngsters.
The first six prize winners, who
were dressed either as Popeye,
Olive Oyl or Wimpy, are:
Thelma Thompson, 3 years old,
Glen Echo Heights, Md, first prize,
$40 Loring Edwards, sos B St. S.
E., second prize, SIS; Tommy Fern,
1927 Harrison st. N. W., third
prize, $40; Paul Hoffman, 609
Irving st. N. W., fourth prize
IS; H. c. Henry, 637 G st. S. W.,
fifth prize, So; Elijah Sweeney,
1918 F st. N. W., sixth prize, So
Forty-five other prizes of 81
each we're given to other boys
and girls in the parade and con
test.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
The Weather

District of Columbia-Fair to-
night and Sunday; slightly warm
er Sunday; Monday mostly cloudy,
showers Monday afternoon or
night; gentle northeast and east
winds, becoming Southerly Sun
day.
Maryland, Virginia-Fair to-
night and Sunday; slightly warm
er in the interior Sunday; Mon
day mostly cloudy, showers Mon
day afternoon or night.
Tide Table
High tide today at 1924 a. m.
and l0:55 p. m.
Low tide today at 4:45 a. m.
and 5:34 p. m.
High tide tomorrow at 11:06 q.
m. and 1l:41 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow at 5:35 a. m.
and GIL p. m.
Sun and Moon
The sun rose today at 4:46 a. m.
and sets at 1925 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at 4:45
a. m. and sets at 1885 p. m.
The moon rises today at 1928
D. m. and sets at 7:49 a. m.
The moon rises. tomorrow at
1927 p. m. and sets at 1853 p. m.
Temperatures
Yesterday Today
"A. m. 1910 "A. m. .....67
p. m. 1910 3p. m. .....67
Midnight SO Noon .....76
Departures
Accumulated excess of tempera
ture since January ], 1887, 1913;
excess of temperature since May
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
SKILL" GAMES
HELD LEGAL

ROCKVILLE, Md, May 80.
Games of chance where some skill
is required to win are legal in
Montgomery County under terms
of an act of the recent special ses-
sion of the State legislature,
States Attorney James H. Pugh
informed Chief j. William Gar
rett of the county police last
night.
While certain types Of slot
machines such as dice games and
jackpot machines are still banned,
the new law is broad in its in
depreciation of what constitutes
skill, Pugh said. Claw machines
are legal, Pugh ruled, as are the
pin ball" games.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
IS NURSES GET
DIPLOMAS

With the Rev. Calvert e. Buck,
superintendent of the Episcopal
Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, de-
livering the principal address, As
young women we're graduated
here last night from the Capital
City School of Nursing at COM
mencement exercises at Gallinger
Hospital;
Diplomas were presented by DR..
Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent
of Gallinger, while DR.. Charles
Stanley White, president of the
executive committee, made the in
troductory speech. Invocation
and benediction were pronounced
by the Rev. Charles O'Hara, OF
the Holy Comforter Church.
Miss ESsie Bass was Valedic-
torian of the class. Pins were
presented to the class members
by Miss Catherine E. Moran, sup
erintendent Of nurses, and music
was furnished by the United
states Marine bd1Qs
Those being graduated were:
Esther Hannah Anderson. Catherine
Louise Androulakis Essie Bass. Marjorie
Lucille Caddell, Dorothy Chace, Alberta
Evelyn Chapman, Elizabeth Cowman
Odetta Crawford, Esther Vivian Dial
Helen Lucille Dilday, Ida Dunbar. Ruth
Eloise Edmunds. Katherine Palmer
Foote. Lucille Freeman. Mary Elizabeth
Gates Bette Louise Harris. Marguerite
Harris. Mildred Frances Honeycutt, Fran
ces Virginia Hopper, Sara Margare
johnson, Virginia Mae johnson. Heller
May Jones. Minnie Eugenia Jordan
Glenn Howell Kenly, Minnie May Koch
Thelma Large. Frances Lucille Little
Charlyse Lee Long, Marian Jean Nc
Naught Martha Jane Mcknight, Vir
| ginia Murphy, Mary Jane OesterSe. Edith
| Dorothy Louise Schweigart. Goldia Eir
ginia Smooth. Ellis Mae Smith. Mona Lee
Tapley, Ava Crystal Van Lear. Helen
Hazel Wade. Florence Pauline Wesley
| Mar0arot Hazel Wilhurn. Ruth Clara
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Dionne Quintup|ets
Start on Fourth Year

CALLANDER, Ontario, May 90
GN.S0.-The Dionne quintuplets
today started their fourth year OF
public" life "whooping it UP"
without much insistance on the
part of DR.. A. r. Dafoe, for the
benefit of 10000, 900 radio listen
ers, they celebrated their third
birthday yesterday.
Singing land shrieking) into the
microphone, all five had a grand
time rendering their version Of
marching down the street" in an
international broadcast of nursery
doings.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
MODERN MUSIC
SELECTEDBY
MISSDUP0NT
"Swine" Tunes Barred
At June Wedding to-
Presidents Son
BY DOROTHY KILGALLEN


NEW YORK, May 20 G.N.SJ.
Ethel du Point and Franklin d.
Roosevelt, jr., will be married on
June 80 to the tune Of traditional
hymns and ultra-modern classics
but no Swing" music.
They will walk up the aisle to
organ strains of the time-honored
bridal chorus from Lohengrin,
and down the aisle to Mendels.
sohn'S wedding march, but the
rest of the nuptial music viii be
along less conventional lines.
This became known today when
DR.. Charles Courboin, organist
who will play at the wedding, re.
vealed his program would include
not only Bach arias and Shubert
hymns, but the melodies Of Deems
Taylor's Through the Looking
Glass" suite.
DR.. Courboin explained:
when I conferred with Mrs,
du Point (Ethel's mOther) at
Christ Church, where the mar.
riage will take place, 1 gave
her more or less a 'preview' Of
the selections.
"She requested q few cOmpo-
siti0nS that she and her daugh-
ter and the President especially
liked, and then she left the rest
of the program to my Judgment"
81 included modern music, be-
cause I consider it appropriate.
No, not swing music, I drew the
line"
DR.. Courboin said he understood
there will be additional requests
from President Roosevelt. Perhaps
Anchors Aweigh," it was sug.
gested, that being one Of the PreSi.
dents favorite tunes.
DR.. Courboin laughed.
Even that will play, If he
requests it-and with pleasure"
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
DEPRESSI0N'S
HERO LAUDED

Tribute to the unknown hero
of the depression" was paid here
last night by the Washington
Youth Council at open air serv-
ices in front of the Public Health
Service Building, by Representa-
tive Jerry Voorhis, of California,
who said:
zone Of Americas greatest
heroes is the man who has kept
his courage, his faith and his
hope, though he has been unem-
pIOyed for some time. Let him
be nameleSs. Let him be the
unknown hero of the depression.
You and / know him WELL"
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
POLICE R0UT
MARCH ON
FACTORY
Is Injured in Clash;
Workers Plan For
New Move

u "A n i " ~, OHIO1 way 80
LN.S.). - ArmOred cars and
armed forces we're hurriedly
modified here today by city
and county authorities on re-
ports C. /. o. strikers would at
tempt to force their way into
the alloy division Of the Canton
Tin Plate Corporation, a Repub-
lie Steel subsidiary.
Union officials claimed many
men inside the plant-eStimated
at nearly 1000 by company Of
ficials-were being detained
there against their will. Carl w.
Byers. vice president in charge
of operations here, denied this.
CHICAGO, May % GN.S0.
Eepulsed by police riot clubs in
their first attempt to close down
the South Chicago works of the
Republic Steel Company, nearly
1000 strikers were on their picket
lines today, determined to stop
all work at the lone independent
plant still operationg here in the
nation-w wide steel strike.
Eighteen strikers suffered in
juries and six policemen were hurt
in the sharp battle last night
when the demonstrators marched
on the main entrance of the Re
public plant. Three Of the Strik-
ers. one Of whom was seriously
hurt, required hospital treatment
for their wounds. Several ShoUS
were fired, but both sides denied
responsibility for the gunplay.
Workers Defiant
The defiant steel workers laid
new plans today for carrying out
their objective, and their leaders
announced they would close the
Republic plant or die in the at
tempt.
A few blocks away, q strong
force Of police in military forma.
ton determinedly blocked all roads
leading to the Republic works.
The battle was one Of the
fiercest yet seen in the steel strike
which has shut six independent
plants of the Republic. Inland Steel
and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.
and has 5000 C. I. o. union work
ers on the picket lines in the Chi
cago area.
Three Strikers Arrested
Three Of the injured strikers
were arrested on charges Of con
Spiracy after the rioting, and are
being held by police.
=, The short, sharp battle started
with a single terse sentence of
a policeman-"What are we wait
ing for?"-and terminated 10 min
utes later with Is workers needing
medical attention, and scores more
hurrying from the scene, in auto
mobiles and on foot, nursing cuts
and bruises.
Il. Forty policemen took part in the
hand-to-hand encounter, and be-
fore the ARRAY ended 80 uni
formed officers were engaged in
the melee.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
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The Washington times., 1937-05-29
DAY
0BSERVANCES
MANY HERE
Senator Clark to Talk
Veteran Units
At Arlington

With fair and warmer weather
forecast, thousands Of Capital
residents today were preparing to
leave the city for the Memorial
Day holiday, while an influx Of
thousands of visitors was also ex-
pected.
Government offices close at /
p. m. today and will not reopen un-
til Tuesday morning, since Mon.
day is a holiday. Beaches and
other resorts reported heavy reser-
Vations.
Memorial Day will be observed
tomorrow at Arlington National
Cemetery, when representatives Of
more than, 100 veteran organize
tions gather at 1890 p. m. in the
amphitheater for exercises. SEN
ator Bennett Champ Clark Of Mis-
souri, will speak.
Graves Decorated
Graves of all veterans in Airing
ton and in all city cemeteries will
be decorated.
The Tomb Of the Unknown Sol
dier will be decorated with wreaths
and flowers by all the organiza-
tions participating in the exer-
cises in the amphitheater.
Call to the colors will then be
sounded, and the exercises will be
opened by John M. Kline, 91-year-
old department commander OF the
Grand Army of the Republic.
Only a dozen G. A. r. veterans
are alive in the District, and all
who are able will attend the ex.
erciSes. James G. Yaden, president
of Memorial Day Corporation, will
preside, and the Rev. Robert j.
White, past national chaplain Of
the American Legion, will offer
the invocation.
Logan Order to Be Read
The original order of Gen. John
A. Logan establishing Memorial
Day will be read by John T. Ched'
ester, department commander OF
the Disabled American Veterans
On Monday the annual Army
Relief Horse Show will be held in
Fort Myer Gardens, with score
Of daring military and civilian rid
ers participating.
The show will start at 10 a. m.
and continue throughout the day
Judges will be Col. T. J. johnson.
chief of Army remount service:
Mai. Henry Leonard, Sterling Lar
rabee, master of the Old Dominion
Hounds, and Harry Semmes.
The show is being held for the
benefit of the Army Relief Society,
which cares for destitute widows
and orphans of officers and en-
listed men. =.
DR.. George E. Bowerman, Ii
brarian, announced that the cen
trail and all branch public libraries
will be closed Sunday and Monday
President Visits Mother
President Roosevelt will leave
Washington tonight for Hyde
Park to spend the Memorial Day
weekend with his 83-year-olo
mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roose
welt.
The three-day touch Of grippe
which confined the President
largely to his quarters in the
White House has been shaken off
according to his physician, DR.
Ross T. McIntire.
Before the presidential special
pulls out for Hyde Park. Mr.. and
Mrs. Roosevelt will entertain ap
proximately so members Of the
Roosevelt Home Town Club at 9
White House Buffet supper.
Also, at 7:45 p. m, E. S. T., the
President will press a key re
opening the Great Lakes EXPOSE
ton at Cleveland.
Mr.. Roosevelt planned to return
to Washington either Tuesday Of
Wednesday next week. He has not
visited his mother since election
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
CIubwoman Is Both
Suicide From BRIDGE

PASADENA, Cal, May 20
G.N.SO Unable Seeley, former
president of the Junior League and
prominent socialite, is dead here
today suicide on her birthday.
The 42-year-old clubwoman was the
eighty-sixth person to leap to death
from Pasadena's Colorado Street
suicide bridge" She left a note
in which she scrubbed:
"The conflict within myself
makes for complete confusion"
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Woman Kidnapped;
Bandit Takes Car

DETROIT, May % CUSD.-An
armed man, whose description an
SwerS that OF Al Brady, Indiana
desperate, yesterday kidnapped
Mrs. Susan Seymour, robbed her
Of $50, forced her from her car
and then fled in the machine, &C
cording to police.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29

time. Recently, she fell and hurt
an ankle.
Park Roses AbloOm
In anticipation of the arrival OF
the tens of thousands Of out-ot.
town motorists for the weekend
holiday, local park workers were
busy today preening flower beds,
bride paths and foot trails.
C. Marshall Finnan, Superin"
tendent of National Capital Parks,
reported the Rose Garden show
in West Potomac Park now at It's
best, with more than 1,500 blooms
representing about 800 variations
of the rose.
About 5,4OO mountain. laurel
shrubs are in full bloom in Fort
Bunker Hill Park, Thirteenth and
Otis Streets Northeast, Mr.. Fin
nan reported.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Catholic Editor Dies

PROVIDENCE, R. l.. May 90
TN.S0.-The Rev. Msgr. James P.
O'Brien, SO, pastor of the Immacu.
late Conception Church and for II
years editor of the Catholic Visitor.
large Catholic weekly newspaper,
died today.
The Omaha guide., 1937-04-17
AFTER YOU, KIT CARSON

1t has been truly said that 1.-THE American railroads are
Internationally recognized as the most reliable and progressive
transportation sys, EN- in the world" And so closely IS their ms
forical growth and development interviewer with that OF the
nation thai the glamorous story Of one cannot be told without
the other. Wherever the hardest of settlers dared venture, the
section gang soon followed. Faint and tortuous paths OF the
covered wagons were graded and spiked with steel rails, for
ever marking the way of the immigrants. The Job OF spanning
the Rocky Mountains, backbone of America, and other far west
err ranges, presented appalling obstacles, all of which were IL
naIly overcome.
Today Florida grapefruit and California oranges may be
enjoyed with equal relish in the dead of winter, from roek-bound
Maine to the stormy coast of Washington and Oregon. The rail
roads own and maintain a quarter million miles OF hne-anu
move commerce daily requiring more than a hundred thousand
railroad ears of many types, available for loading whenever and
wherever freight is ready to move.
In times Of national emergency the railroads must be
ready to serve efficiently and at a moments notice. During re-
cent floods in the Middle West the railroads gave Invaluable
help to the sufferers, and during the great droughts OF 1884
and 1885, the RAILROADS moved livestock out of the afflicted areas
MIthoit delay, thus saving millions of dollars worth OF cattle
and preventing a serious shortage of beef.
Few appreciate the amazing work of organization back
of modern, efficient railroading. Still fewer fully appreciate the
'extent to which yhe railroads make it possible for all OF us to
enjoy present-day comforts and luxuries.
The Omaha guide., 1937-04-17
FIRE! IRE FIRE!

Civilization began with the. discovery of fire by prehis-
toric man. And tcr Macy a human Icing, civilization, so far as
he personally was concerned, has ended with a fire
1t is a curious truism that one of mans essential aides is
likewise, under other circumstances, one Of mans worst en-
emies Controlled fire is a boon. Uncontrolled fire is a destroy
ing demon.
The problem of controlling fire is as old as history. I'M
mense progress has been made in the direction of perfectlng
fire-fightng apparatus and equipment, and developing mater
ials that resist fire. The fire department of yesterday is a ludlc-
rous thing in comparison to the amazingly efficient fire depart
ment Of today, even as the building construction of yesterday
Offered a veritable invitation to fire.
Aggressive effort has been given in recent years toward
educating the public in preventing fire-and here, too, progress
has been made, but on nowhere near a comparable scale. Some
of us have learned the simple lessons that win eliminate most
h~azards-manyo of us have not. 1t is a safe bet that at least one
home out of two-and this includes new as well as old ones
contains fragrant hazards which the owner disregards.
In the law, ignorance is no excuse, and il would be a fine
thing if that same principal were extended to cover the har-
boring of fire hazards. Each year, loss running into the millions
results from improper storage of inilammable liquids, needless
accumulations of waste, amateur tampering with electric fix
lures, carelessness with smoking materials. Such little" things
as these are responsible for a majority of fires.
Remember that fire is a good friend-employed respect
fully. Take no chances with il. Care will save you do1ars-and,
infinitely more important, perhaps your life.
The Omaha guide., 1937-04-17
EDITORIAL PAGE
CalU1n's Digest
BY Floyd J. Cabin


MERGE, is stepping out boldly
into the Negro field and at.
tempting t o render informa.
ton service to this group of The
nations entrepreneurs. In its
Notes and Comments we find
much material which will not
only promote 'lettl business
among Negroes, but can help
them without the Government
sending them a check.
In "Store Modernization
Needs, in the current release
from DR.. Eugene hnickle Jones,
chief of this service, we note
three results to be expected
from modernization, viz, in
crease of sales and profits "be-
cause customers tend to grayi-
tate to stores with better ex-
terror and interior appearance
and with more uptodate facil-
tiles, reduction of expense IRE
sulting from more convenient
arrangement or more efficient
equipment" and a more pleas
ant place in which to work-if
greater satisfaction is the re-
Concerning his innovation, DR..
Jones says: From time to time
the Division of Negro Affairs
of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce notes COM
ments on business trends which
it feels will be of special inter
est to businesses conducted by
Negroes and those persons in
terested in the general prob
lens of economic adjustment"