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The times-news., 1937-11-03
French Courts
Free War Bride
After Homicide
Blanche Davis, Married to
Tennesseean Slew No.
torious Gangster

PARIS, Nov. 8. (UP)-Blanche
Davis, 81. described as the wife
of Floyd Davis of Tennessee, was
acquitted in Seine ASSizeS last
night of charges that she murder
ed a notorious Montmarte gang
ster-Francois Lannou.
Mrs. Davis, a "war bride" and
legally an American citizen de-
spite the fact she cannot speak
English. pleaded self-defense.
She said she stabbed Lannou,
with whom she long had been
friendly, to keep him from killing
her.
The woman testified she mar
ried Davis during the war and
went TO Tennessee in 1919 but
returned 10 France in 1923 be-
cuase she was unable to learn
English. She said she had not
heard from her husband since her
return home.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
NEW ECONOMIC
SET-UP GOAL
AT CAPITAL
Three-Fold Processing Tax
May Fund New Farm
Program
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. (UP)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. (UP)
Chairman Marvin Jones, D., Tex,
of the house agriculture commit
tee today said his committee is
considering processing taxes on
wheat, cotton and rice in seeking
additional funds to finance the
new farm program.
Administration fiscal officials
revealed last night that the gov
ernment is working out careful
ly coordinated program to reshuf-
file the New Deal economic setup
and readjust tax laws and credit
controls to the changing needs Of
the nation.
Primary detectives Of the uni
fled program are to achieve the
ends recently called for by Presi-
dent Roosevelt when he said the
domestic monetary machine must
be perfected and coordinated" to
maintain a prosperity "free from
disastrous extremes of booms and
depressions."
Initial changes may be expect
ed in the field of taxation, it was
said, and, after a new revenue
program has been devised, further
security markets and shot money
controls are expected to be init
ated.
The Securities and Exchange
commission is now conducting @
careful inquiry into the activity
of foreign capital in the recent
market collapse and at the same
time is checking up on the sales
of members of the New York stock
exchange during the past ten
Continued on page six)
The times-news., 1937-11-03
WINDSORS WILL SEE TEXTILE
MILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA,
TENNESSEE IN DIXIE TOUR
Tentative Schedule for
Visit Calls for To-Day
Stay in South

NEW YORK. Nov. 8. (UP)--
\ spokesman for the Dukc and
Duchess of Windsor today an
nomced a tentative partial itin-
Crary Of their American tour as
follows:
The duke and duchess will ar
rive in New York on the Bremen
November II and 20 to Washing
ton. The same evening they will
be dinner guests Of the British
embassy. The next day and that
afternoon they will inspect the
Grccnbelt rcSettlcment project
near Washington.
That night the duke is TO
broadcast from the capital and
then go back to New York for
two OF three days. Following this
they will go upstate to inspect the
Mohawk Valley industries and
then 20 straight south through
Washington to the textile mills of
Tennessee and North Carolina.
They plan TO tour the south for
ten days, then to go westward.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
Old Case Against
Hawaiian Prince
Called By Court

HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. q
(UP)-District Judge H. E. STAFF
ford yesterday ordered playboy
Prince David Kawananakoa, de-
scendant of Hawaiian kings, to
face sentencing on an old man.
slaughter conviction as result OF
disclosures in the death of pretty
Arvilla Kinslea in the princes
Waikiki Beach apartments last
Sunday.
Attorneys for the prince imme-
diately filed notice of appeal in
an effort to save him from going
to prison. The judge revoked pro-
baton which was granted after
the conviction several years ago.
Stafford suspended execution
Of his order for 80 days to per-
nit Prince David's attorneys to
take the necessary appeal steps.
The prince will be arraigned
Friday on charges of second de-
gree murder, arising from Miss
Kinslea's death from cuts suffer-
ed, apparently in a fight.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
Two Pay Costs
For Speeding In
City School Zone

Two defendants paid costs in
city court this morning for speed
ing through the school zone, and
Mayor A. V. Edwards stated that
he will continue a policy of as
sessing $7.70 against any persons
arrested for exceeding the speed
limit.
The two fined for speeding were
w. II. Simpson and W. G. Nc
Call.
Meridy Hydcr was given 80
days for being drunk and disor-
derby, and commitment will issue
on Monday morning if the de-
fendant is found in the city.
c. T. Blankenship was given 80
days on charge of being drunk
and disorderly.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
Soup Kitchen At
School Opened
Sponsors Will Be Glad to
Have Donations

The soup kitchen which was in
auguratcd three years ago at the
city high school for undernour-
ished children by the Junior We'll
fare club has been put in opera
ton for the season. Mrs. w. ?.
Andrews today said that lO7 chill
dren are being given soup daily
and added that if anyone wishes
to make donations to this cause.
they will be gratefully received
by club workers.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
IN
ASIA SOUGHT
AT BRUSSELS
Italy Sounds Only Note of
Discord as Conference
Is Begun
CHINESE VIEWPOINT
GIVEN BY DR.. KOO

BRUSSELS, Nov. 3.-(UP)-
China will continue to fight until
Japan halts her aggression, DR..
Wellington Koo declared today at
the opening session Of the nine
power treaty conference, called
to seek an end to the Far Eastern
conflict.
DR.. Koo said Japan's actions
might lead to a world war.
China, DR.. Koo said, will only
accept peace which conforms with
the stipulations Of the nine-power
treaty, guaranteeing China's in
dependence and territoria. integ-
rity.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 3.-(UP)-
The United States, Great Britain
and France today took the lead in
an international effort to end the
Chinese-Japanese war.
Norman H. Davis, official Uni
ted States delegate, opened the
conference of 10 nations, conven-
ed to promote a speedy armistice
with an offer of full cooperation.
Britain and France announced
their support.
Davis appealed for an "equita.
BILE adjustment" of the war and
warned that its end is essential to
the peace of the world.
British Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden said Britain is Sin full
agreement with every word" Da-
Wis said.
Italy sounded the cnly note Of
discord, warning the powers they
cannot quarantine Japan. The
Italian representative said the con-
ference can merely invite China
and Japan to enter direct negotia-
tions.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
REBEL RAID FATAL
TO 120 SPANIARDS

MADRID, Nov. 8. (UP)-The
war office said today that more
than 120 persons, including 5o
children, were killed last night IN
a rebel air raid on Lerida, loyalist
city midway between Saragozza
and Barcelona on the Aragon
front.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
Bible Teacher To
Speak Tonight

Mrs. ]. s. Poindexter. of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, a noted Bible
teacher, will speak at the mid
week prayer meeting service at
the Presbyterian church tonight.
Mrs. POindexter is here for
three meetings. She was heard
yesterday afternoon by a large
crowd of women, representing
many of the local denominations,
and is speaking to the women
again this afternoon.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
Church Stewards
To Meet Tonight

Election of officers for the new
conference year will take place
tonight at a meeting of the board
of stewards of the First Meth
odist church. The mid-week de-
votional service will be held at
1880 o'clock, followed by the
stewards meeting at 8 o'clock.
Plans for years activities will be
discussed, and an effort is being
made to have a full attendance
of the board.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
RAILWAY RATE
RAISE FOUGHT
Coal Commission to Resist
New Advance; Wants
Recent One Cut

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. (UP).
The national bituminous coal com
mission today prepared to fight
the $I59.000,000 rate increase
asked by railroads and to ask the
interstate commerce commission
to cut S27,0O0.0O0 from the $47-
100000 annual freight rate in
crease recently granted.
The coal commission is the fed
eral agency set up to fix mini
mum prices in a move to aid the
coal industry.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
Rotarians Hear
Asheville Man

The Hendersonville Rotary club
today heard an address by c. n.
Walker, member of the Asheville
club, who gave a detailed descrip-
ton of the past international con-
vention at Nice France, last June.
and of his impressions on a Euro
pean tour following the conven-
finn
The times-news., 1937-11-03
ELECTION HOLIDAY
PREVENTS INJURIES
In PLANT EXPLOSION

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3. (UP)
One hundred workers escaped pos
sible injury yesterday in an ex-
plosion at the Masland Duraleath-
er company's plant because it was
election day. The employees had
been sent home early to vote just
FIVE minutes before the blast,
which injured one man.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
MRS. BRUCE A. cox TO
UNDERGO OPERATION

Mrs. Bruce A. Cox was admit
ted to Patton Memorial hospital
today and was to undergo seri-
Gus operation during the day.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
WEATHER

Fair and increasingly colder to-
night and Thursday.
The times-news., 1937-11-03
GOOD AFTERNOON

Halle Selassie sues in British
court to prove title Emperor OF
Ethiopia" Wonder If Mussolini
will be called as defense witness.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
sweet, clear or amber-colored LIQUID

sweet, clear or amber-colored liquid
secreted by many flowers, as honey.
This is very wrong The sweet, thin
drink is not honey at all, but nectar
that is sometimes fragrant Besides,
most of the nectar Slippers have very
small tubelike tongues that act like
syphons, and who ever heard of a
creature being able to draw through
the drinking tube, anything as heavy
as honey would be? So the drink pro-
vided by flowers for their special guests
is nectar. In reaching for it, the
guest often has her face powdered
with golden pollen or she brings 1t to
her hostess on her fur or velvet coat.
The drink Is an ase-old agreement BE-
Evening star., 1937-06-12

and 60 in the early morning hours
after dance among them in the
moonlight.
This is Western flower, dainty
little blossom that loves the eastern
slopes Of the Rockies and the Pacific
Coast. 1t IS member Of the phlox
family, and all phlox, as you know,
are said to be in partnership with the
fairies. The reason for this is the
very small but perfectly shaped trump
ets Humming birds are also said to
visit the miniature trumpets at even-
tide. The slender tubes are often two.
inches deep. Here is found by the
clever guests an abundance Of nectar.
So many people, find, speak Of the
Evening star., 1937-06-12

tween the flower and insect tribe for
values received.
The trumpet flower loves pink In all
shades. Sometimes you will find some
that are very deep colored and again
the merest suggestion Of it.
The fairy trumpets have stems that
are as tall as 18 inches, and some grow
into the air even to 3 feet. Along
the sturdy stem, the fairy trumpets are
set so thickly on one side, that you
wonder whether the fairies can blow
them If they are calling the clan to-
gether. There are dainty buds, half
open flowers. and full-blown ones on
the same stem. What . Joy to study
Evening star., 1937-06-12
them as they hold their dainty faces to
REGISTERED q. 8. Patent Office.

them as they hold their dainty faces to
the sun.
Fairy trumpets have another lovely
trait. They begin to bloom in early
Spring and keep up the procession Of
merry trumpets under middle Sum-
mer or even early Autumn.
So if you are climbing the mountains
where the fairy trumpets blow, you
may find these charming flowers grow
ing in open, sandy soil at attitudes Of
six to ten thousand feet. The fairy
trumpet is mountain climber to be
proud Of. Place some Of her seed chill
dren for her in another spot close by.
Her children often fall right at her
feet, and there are too many at home
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Natures Children
FAIRY TRUMPETS
(Gilia aggregata.)
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

IHE fairies, it would seem, have
many fascinating flowers. We
have fairy rings, fairy bells, and now
fairy trumpets, just to recall few to
you. OF course, most nature lovers
know that fairies dwell among the
flowers. Some folks claim they have
even seen them. Certain it Is. many
Of the flower children are At COM
panions for these tiny folks, who come
Evening star., 1937-06-12
St13i ny TRiSvNa lae
BY REX COLLIER

to make really fine living. Do your
good turn by giving them a chance to
flourish away from mothers apron
strings"
Evening star., 1937-06-12
100000. 900 Fish Planted,

Nearly 2o0.0o0,oOo fish have been
planted in forest streams and lakes by
Civilian Conservation Corps workers.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
By Phillips

I 4. Make ready.
5. Stonecrop.
6. United firmly.
I. Measures Of type.
8. Myrtaceous tree.
g. County in New York State.
TO- Military provision store.
II. Range.
IL. One of an ancient people Of Great
Britain.
13. Surfeit.
10. heterogeneous.
81. Morsel.
"a. Large web-footed bird.
Is. Catechu palm.
rs. Heroism.
q. Public storehouse.
%. Madness.
80. City in Italy.
81. City in Italy.
81. Deep blue pigment.
"a. Spanish title.
IS. Pronoun.
81. Blush green quartzes.
40. Captivates.
Al. Bacteria which grow only in the
presence Of oxygen.
"A. Queen Of the fairies.
46. Within: prefix.
~. Brewing materials.
48. Sloping way.
40. Chills and fever.
so. Dolphinlike fsh.
81. Mean
81. Rows.
53 Cuff.
81 Fowls.
S. Fish.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

Across
!. Large umbrella.
5. Kind Of trapshooting.
TO- Crowns.
IA. Winged.
IS. Tedium.
Is. Melody.
II. Mouseuke rodent.
1S. To part.
20. Blennylike fish.
%. Excite.
%. Limb.
"a. Overlay with metal.
IS. Preclude
%. Ancient Algerian title.
29. Reposes.
80. Appraise.
"a. Larkspur.
IS. Note Of Guido scale.
81. Prudent
SO. Period of time.
80. Ancient Polish astronomer.
II. Dye plant.
~. Place OF public contest.
43. Ethiopian title.
"a. Signifled.
IS. Oriental.
~. Impair.
<6. Clothing.
81. Oriental slippers.
IS. Atheistic.
81. Large bundle.
So. An Alaskan glacier.
80. Perch.
80. Persia.
81. Vegetables.
81. American mountain range.
SO. Vipers.
Down.
I. Presented.
2. Resin Of the agalloch.
3. Public walk.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Busiest FLYING Field.

More than 100 planes come and 90
daily at the Newark. N. j.. airport,
said to be the busiest flying field In
the world.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

Presently Jane felt unaccountable urge to turn
back She wondered why. Was 1t womans
Intuition directing her for her own good? Was
it benefcent rlalign influence? At first the
urge was only a faint suggestion then 1t grew
gradually stronger
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-06
FILM CARRIES NOVELS

to Gone With the Wind" were
photographed.
Between two and three complete
telephone books like that of Man.
haitian can be reproduced on a
piece of film as large as an ordi-
nary book page.
This entails a Photographic re-
duction, it was said, Of about SO
to in length or width, or an area
reduction of about $500 times.
This is considered the present
commercial limit of reduction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-06

NEW YORK, July 6.-Some of
the wonders of micro-photography.
by which entire books, telephone
directories and other pieces of
literature are reduced in size many
hundreds Of times and printed on
films, were displayed at the Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria in connection with
the Fifty-ninth Conference of the
American Library Association.
On 100 feet of film like that
utilized for motion pictures, 10
whole novels of a size comparable
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-06
Jersey Uses Planes
To REGULATE Traffic

NEWARK, N. j.. July 6 0.N.SO.
Use of airplaneS to regulate trat-
fic, put into effect for the first
time yesterday by New Jersey au-
thorities, was commended by mo-
florists.
BY means of short wave radio
sets, pilots communicated with po-
lice cars, anticipating traffic jams
and aiding in routing traffic on
the least congested highways.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-06
TEACHER FIGHTS CUSTER

cast Of the school play at a cock
tail party.
Miss Hallen, denying the al.
legged episode, retained attorney
Daniel j. Canning to fight any
attempt to GUST her. He circu.
lated petitions seeking a hearing
for her and said her case would
be considered at the school board
meeting sjuly 80.
Two years ago, Miss Hallin took
a screen test with the idea of
becoming a moving picture star.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-06
Ulcers Of Stomach
Fatal 10 Bridegroom

NEW YORK, July 8 0.N.SD.
A week after returning from his
honeymoon, John P. Flynn, 36,
was dead today as result OF COM
plicationS following an operation
for ulcers of the stomach.
He was married June 10 to Miss
Irene Flautt, of Detroit. Flynn
was controller of the Guerln
Mills of WoonSocket, r. I.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-06

SAUGUS, Mass, July 6 (I.N.S0.
"A tempest in a cocktail shaker
conjured out Of pure gossip"
That today was the way friends
and supporters of Miss Isobel Hal
lin, English and dramatic teacher
of Saugus High School, described
the alleged incident" which re.
suited in the school board ere.
questing" her resignation by a
vote of three to two.
Miss Hallin allegedly enter
tanned student members of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-06
Police Hold Z Horses
Found on D. {. Street

Persons in the neighborhood OF
Thirteenth and Monroe Streets
Northwest noticed two horses, one
white and one bay, wandering
around yesterday and notified po-
lice.
The horses are being held at
the Tenth Precinct, waiting Tor
their owner to appear and claim
them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-06
y More Executed
On Soviet Spy Charge

MOSCOW, July 6 U.NS).
Twenty-Five Soviet Eastern Rail.
way officials have been executed
at Vladivostok for terrorism and
espionage on behalf of Japan,
bringing the number executed to
date to 1853, the Khaborovsk news.
paper Pacific Ocean Star reported
today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-06
CHAIRS and TABLES:

Reg $3.50 Attractive Occasional Chair SO 40
Reg. $5.o5 Boudor Chair, cretonne cover -. 3.7S
Reg. 1898 Coffee Table, removable glass tray 4S
Reg. $2.79 Book Trough End Table ........ s. ~
Reg. 1898 Lamp Table, walnut finish ..... .$1 80
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27
WOMAN IN PERIL AGAIN

Frantic telephone calls for aid
in Glen Echo, Md, where residents
near the Potomac River were saio
to be fleeing their homes, were
relayed today by The Washington
Times to the Maryland State
police
The first appeal from the flood
stricken area came from Mrs. Viii
liam Swanson, the former Eva
Dell Myers, rescued from a tree in
the Potomac during last years
inundation, who told The Times
her home on the bank would be
swept away in IS minutes."'
Three other dwellings. she re-
veaIed, were in imminent danger
Of being torn from their founda-
tions. About q dozen people were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27
DANGER PAST.
AT J0HNST0WN

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, April 81
GN.SO.-Workmen today began
clearing up the muddy traces Of
yesterdays unexpected overflow
of the Conemaugh and Stony
Creek Rivers as this historic flood
city reaxled safe from another
disastrous deluge.
City officials estimated the dam
age at 100000, of which $4,000
represented the cost of a temper
airy footbridge which was washed
away. Pumps were operating on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27
WATER RISING
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April q.
Although the Potomac was over its
banks at King, Cameron and
Prince Streets this morning, mer-
chants along the river front had
moved supplies and office equip
ment in time to avert damage.
High water again prevented the
Norfolk and Washington steam
boat from docking today, refilled
Ketland'S waterfront cafe with
several feet of water and flooded
more than dozen anchored
households, whose occupants were
driven out yesterday
The Potomac here was a mass Of
driftwood, floating trees and
debris.
A high east wind, which threw
choppy waters against the river.
front Sunday night and yesterday
to sink a dozen small pleasure
boats, died out last night. Prln.
cipal damage at the Old Dominion
Boat Club was the sinking of q
speed boat owned by j. Frank
Carlin, jr.
Employees at the Ford Motor
Co. plant removed new automo-
biles being serviced there to
higher ground.
High water threatened to flood
the Mount Vernon Memorial High.
way near Gravelly Point when
the Potomac overlooked its bank
between the highway and railway
bridges this morning. The Gov.
ernment's plant nursery at Four
Mile Run also was flooded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27

removing valuableS and expect
ing the worst"
Mrs. Swanson was saved from
certain death last March when
her present husband, then I'M
known to her, was employed by
The Times to rescue her from the
top of a tall sycamore in the
middle of the raging current. The
heroic episode, during viii c h
Swanson braved the turbulent
river in a flimsy rowboat after a
picked Coast Guard crew had
turned back in Staunch lifesav-
ing craft, led to romance, for he
married the then Mrs. Myers
about two months ago.
Last year Mrs. Swanson lived
alone in an island on the Potomac.
around which the waters rose,
forcing her to take to a tree.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27
FLOOD DANGER
IN PITTSBURGH
AREA PAST

PITTSBURGH, April ~ G.N.S0.
Wreaking surprisingly little dam
age, Pittsburgh's rivers began
rapid recession today after reach
ing a crest of 35.1 feet, more than
10 feet above flood stage of Is
feet.
The crest was reached at 8 a. m.
as the rise slowed from almost
foot an hour to two-tenths Of a
foot an hour.
And as water.logged Pittsburgh,
Johnstown and Western Pennsyl-
vania breathed a collective sigh of
relief, U. S. Weather Forecaster
w, S. Brotzman predicted dire suf-
fering for points farther down the
Ohio.
Damage Is Small
Amazed Pittsburgh merchants
looked out from behind bulkheadS
and sandbag parapetS in surprise
at the small amount of damage.
Today's crest was higher than the
34.5 last January but did not COM
pare with the As feet of st. Pat
rick's Day, 1886.
Highways Blocked
Sandbag barricadeS were
thrown upon sidewalks in front
of stores and office buildings.
Street cars in the lower streets
were re-routed.
Several thousand were thrown
out of work when the Jones &
Laughlin Steel Corporation closed
its plate mill and II open.hearth
furnaces.
Many highways were blocked by
slides carrying an ever-present
menace to motorists.
Two-Score crippled occupants of
the Sewickley Fresh Air Home at
Fair Oaks were endangered by q
slide.
Pitiful scenes were reenacted in
Sharpsburg, Etna and McKees
Rocks, low-lying Pittsburgh sub
urbs, as acknowledgement families
moved their possessions to upper
floors for the third time in little
more than year and were evacu-
ated by boat.
Salvation Army Busy
Red Cross headquarters were
placed on emergency footing and
provisions were made to care for
an anticipated 1000 homeless
families.
At Harrisburg, Governor George
H. Earle threw the entire re-
sources of the State into the bat
tie to prevent widespread flood
suffering.
Several hundred striking en-
pIoyes of the P. McGraw Wool
Company here called a truce and
helped carry goods from the base
ment to higher levels. The ram
paging Allegheny was within a
foot of the floor when the work
began.
Salvation Army shelters were
ready with coffee and douehnuts
for rescue squads.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27
$4,000 Is Allotted
For Cape Cod Canal

The War Department yesterday
allotted $4,000 for completion
of dredging of a 2O-foot channel
depth in the Weymouth Fore
River, Massachusetts,. Boston dis
trict. OF the amount, $160,000 IS
for application to the Cape Cod
Canal, $4,000 to Weymouth Fore
River and $4,000 for new fuel oil
bunkers in the U. S. hopper dredge
Minquas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27

reports were that the skies were
clearing.
Although mud was cleared away
in stores, stocks we're left at
higher levels because of the fear
of another unexpected rise.
Schools will remain closed for