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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-05-07

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The Washington times., 1937-07-31
TYD|NGS RIDER
ON TAX BILL
OPPOSED
White House Favors
Separate Measure
On Price-Fixinq

Administration leaders, urged on
by the White House, will endeavor
to untangle the Tydings-Miller
price.fixing rider from the District
tax bill, and to that end the con-
gressional leaders at both ends Of
the Capitol today have been ad-
vised Of the Presidents views on
the Tydings-Miller amendment.
whether the President would
veto the District tax bill unless
Congress unfastens the Tydings-
Miller rider is problematical: the
present probabilities are that he
would be reluctant to veto the
tax measure simply because Of the
Tydings-Miller rider.
DisIikes Method
However, the President has been
advised by members Of his cabinet
that the Tydings-Miller bill Is not
the best way to prevent disastrous
price cutting. Today's informa-
ton is that the President is in
formed that the detectives Of the
Tyd1ngs-Miller proposal are good
but that it is not the best New
Deal method of preventing unfair
competition and ruinous price cut
ting.
Between today and the time the
:eaference report on the District
TX bill comes up in Congress next
Ieek there will be several quiet
conferences on the subject, at
which congressional leaders will
separate the pricecutting measure
from the Districts tax bill. The
probability today is that both the
tax bill and some form of anti
price-cutting measure will pass,
but separately.
House approval Of the District
tax bill, which was agreed upon
by the Senate House confereeS yes
terday, will be sought Tuesday,
with the hope that the measure
will become law by the end Of the
week.
victory for House
The agreement reached by the
conferees is considered a definite
House victory as regards the tax
provisions. The bill, under the
provisions Of the conference re-
port, calls for imposition Of the
House-approved business privilege
tax, although the rate is reduced
from three-fifths to two-fifths Of l
per cent; the House-approved in
crease in the realty tax, although
the increase is hiked from 20 to
IS cents, and the HouSe-approved
increase in the tax on insurance
premiums.
It also provides for the motor
vehicle weight tax and the tighten
ing Of the personal property tax
law, both of which were approved
by both Houses, and the Senate
rates on inheritance and estate
taxes.
Senate Wins Point
The Senate won its proposal to
permit the commissioners to Dor
row from the Federal Treasury,
its proposal for a survey of the
tax structure here, but the amount
provided was reduced from $40, 600
to $1,000, and the Tydings amend
ment, which is considered it's
major accomplishment.
The conference report cannot
come up In the House until Tues
day because, under House rules, a
conference report cannot be acted
upon until "a hours after it has
been filed, and Representative Vim.
cent Palmisano CD, Of Maryland.
chairman Of the House confereeS,
failed to get the report filed yes
terday and the House is not in
session today.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
FAIRGROUNDS
LOT SOUGHT

Acquisition of an additional lot
in the Northwest section to be
converted into a playground, a
plan for preserving the large elm
trees on the site for the proposed
National Art Gallery, and renewed
efforts to name the four new Mall
driveways fro the first four Presi-
dents of the country was an
nounced here yesterday by the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
The playground will be devel-
oped from a vacant lot at Six
tenth and Lamont Streets North
west which has been purchased
for this purpose. Plans for the
development have already been
drawn up by Lewis r. Barrett's
recreational coordination commit
tee and will Immediately go into
effect, Thomas Settle. commission
secretary, said.
The fate of the elm trees on the
art-gallery site. between Fourth
and Seventh streets on Constitu-
ton Avenue will find eight of the
trees moved to new locations on
the four corners of the site Of the
proposed gallery. while the re-
naming number would be left
where they now stand.
In its efforts to carry out plans
to name the four Mall drivewayS
stretching from the Capitol to the
Washington Monument after Mad
ison, jefferson, Washington and
Adams, the commission said if the
States Of Ohio. Maine, Oklahoma
and Missouri did not insist that
the Mall driveways bear their
names that the commission would
let them take their pick from
among almost any number Of
streets in different parts of the
District"
Contending that the whole his
torical meaning of the Mall is be-
ing jeopardized by the demands Of
the four States, the commission
explained that the drive the
closest to Constitution Avenue
would be named Madison. after
the father of the Constitution that
next to independence Avenue
would be named jefferson, after
the author of the Declaration of
Independence, and the two middle
drives after Washington and
Adams.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Laid
To2SuspeCts

With two suspects identified by
two victims, police today believed
they had solved the recent series
of holdupS in the city.
The suspects-Orville j. Daley,
SO, of the 900 block E St. N. w.
and George P. Clokey, 20, of the
1900 block Kennedy st. N. W.
were arrested late yesterday on
Wisconsin Avenue Northwest by
Motorcycle Policeman G. L. Norris.
Norris reported one of the men
attempted to draw a pistol but
that he disarmed him and hand
cuffed both. Norris became suS-
piciouS when he saw the men run
to a car and speed away. He fol-
lowed and halted them.
Taken before a lineup last night,
Robert Parkinson, night manager
Of a service station at 5340 Wis
consin Ave. N. W., identified the
pair as the men who robbed him
several days ago, and C. H. Fox,
manager of a liquor store. identl-
fled one of the pair as the man
who held him up at the point of
a pistol and took 1921. Police said
the men had made confessions.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
ANDERSON UP
AS FUGITIVE

Harry Anderson, 31-year-old
electrical engineer, arrested two
days ago on the complaint of his
wife, a California high school
teacher, was arraigned in police
court today on a charge Of being
a fugitive from justice.
Anderson was granted 30-day
extension by Judge Edward M.
Curran, who set bail at $500.
Anderson, who, according to his
wife, took their two-and-a-half-
year-old daughter, Elizabeth, from
their San Luis Obispo (Cal) home
after a court had awarded her
custody of the child, said he would
fight for his daughter. The child
is at the Receiving Home here.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
BANK
FUTURE STILL
UNSETTLED
Mrs. Bulls Predicts
Reopening; Treasury
Reports Unchanged

mo change" was the answer
Of the Comptroller Of the Cur
rency's office today to reports
that the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board intended to take over the
defunct Fidelity Building and
Loan Association.
With the collapse this week Of
negotiations for the acquisition
Of its assets by the newly organ
lied First Federal Building and
Loan Association, and withdrawal
Of the latter from the reorganiZa-
ton picture, it was announced
that the Fidelity would be nqui-
dated.
A day or two later the Comp
troller's office acceded to q re-
quest from a group Of Fidelity's
larger stockholders, that the
liquidation program be held up
temporarily, to give them a
chance to see what could be done
in other ways. ..
Mrs. Mark C. Bulls, chairman
of the shareholders committee,
was on record today as predicting
that the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board would take Fidelity's assets
off the ComptroIer's hands, de-
claring:
Everything is going to be all
right. am of the opinion that
the board is going to take over
our institution"
AT the Treasury Department,
however, it was said today no new
reorganiza ton proposal had
reached the Comptroller's office
from the FHLBB or other sourses.
and that the situation therefore
remained unchanged since Comp
troller O'Connor agreed to delay
liquidation.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
QUITS
NAVY YARD

With the well wishes of his
superior officers and associates
ringing in his ears, Edward j.
Kenney, with a continuous rec
ord of 81 years at the Washing
ton Navy Yard, retired yester-
day from service.
It was during the noon hour
that Kenney, seated on an i'm
provised stage in the machine
shop, a place he loved SO well,
listened to commentator of
Comdr. E. L. Woodside, produc-
ton officer, and Robert Janson,
a fellow employee, and was handed
a chest containing a miniature
set of the type of equipment he
so long had used and a gift Of
$50 accompanied with an attrac-
tive morocco holder.
Entertainment was furnished
by the Navy Yard Hill Billie
band and the machine shop
quartet, consisting Of Ray Dix.
on, Willard Smith, George Downs
and Philip Austhaus.
Mr.. Kenney was born in south
west Washington in 1877, and
served in the Spanish American
War. He and Mrs. Kenney in
tend to retire to farm he owns
down Suitland way in Southern
Maryland. He takes special
pride in being the daddy of six
children and grandpap to 10.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
RALLY HEARS
! CANDIDATES

FAIRFAX, Va, July 31.-Con-
Guiding their campaigns for the
Virginia House of Delegates, Fran.
els Pickens Miller and Walter T.
Oliver, jr., addressed a political
rally held here last night under
auspices of the Young Democratic
Club of Fairfax county.
Advocating a change in the
States tax program to benefit the
farmer, Miller said:
I'm proportion to agriculture,
industry in Virginia is not bear.
ing its just share of taxes"
He expressed opposition to con-
centration of power in the State
government, and favor of a mini
mum wage law and maximum
wage hour labor law and a pro-
gram for advancement of the pub
lie schools.
Oliver outlined his platform by
advocating an increase in teach
ers' salaries, legislation outlawing
sit-down strikes, an increase in
the State appropriation for local
schools and a practical retirement
law for teachers. He expressed
opposition to any change in the
poll tax as a prerequisite for vot-
ing.
John Galleher. of Leesburg, can.
didate for attorney general, also
spoke.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
AMENDED PLAN
IS BRANDED
IMPOSSIBLE
Price of U.S.Fa Land
Feared Prohibitive
BY Company

Advised by Washington Hoover
Airport officials that his amended
bill for expansion Of the port was
impossible" Representative An
drew j. May CD, of Kentucky,
acting chairman of the House
Military Affairs Committee. will.
call a meeting Of his committee
Tuesday to seek a revision of the
bill to make it workable" it was
learned today.
Under provisions of the bill, as
approved by the Military Affairs
Committee, the airport company
would be required to pay $25 900
toward construction of a new road
for Arlington County in return for
a 25-year lease on Military Road,
which crosses the airport.
The bill also authorizes the De.
partment of Agriculture to deter.
mine the sale value Of So acres
of its experimental farm adjoin-
ing the airport and sell that acre
age to the airport if the COM
pany agrees to the price.
Price Feared Too High
Sam J. Solomon, vice president
Of the airport company, today de-
clared that in his opinion the
price the Department Of Agricul.
ture would place upon the farm
land would be prohibitive, since
department officials made it plain
in testimony on the bill that they
were loath to give it up.
Furthermore, Solomon pointed
out, his company never would con-
sent to giving Arlington county
sos, 200 toward the construction Of
a new road in return for permits
sion to lease Military Road. He
explained that his company would
be willing to pay $1,000 a year to
lease the road for rs years, but
that the interest on $25, 900 in
Is years would be about $4,000.
so that the cost would be $4,000.
Would Restore Features
Solomon is hopeful that in its
reconsideration of the bill the COM
mittee will restore most Of the
original features. Originally the
bill provided that the airport pay
Arlington County $4,000 toward
construction of a new road, in re-
turn for which Military Road
would be leased to the airport for
81 year Indefinitely, as long as
the area was used as an airport.
1t also proposed that the air
port company lease for 81 a year
the SO acres of the experimental
farms and the lagoon area, which
Continued on Page 10, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
District Cancels
Auto Permits
Of 1852

More than 1880 automobile driv-
ing permits have been suspended
in the District Of Columbia since
the city's safety responsibility law
was put into effect. it was revealed
today by the American Automo-
bile Association.
Reporting a total Of 1882 per-
mits suspended, the report showed
that 1,142 of this total, or 80 per
cent of the suspensions, were made
against operators driving while un-
der the influence of liquor; SO Of
them were made for failure to sat
isfy a Judgment, and IL Of them
for hit-and-run driving. In 281
cases permits were restored after
drivers had established proof Of
responsibility. OF 11.058 accidents
involving property damage last
year, 9,119 involved damage of less
than 500.
A possibility that a picture Of
the applicant may be required
some time in the future was seen
in a suggestion made by Traffic
Director William Van Duzer, who
offered this as a means of break
ing up a new racket. by which I'M
successful applicants for driving
permits can obtain same by paying
a fee to a ring Of experienced driv-
ers, who guarantee issuance Of
permits.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
5 Little Kittens
Seeking Homes

Offered for adoption today are
five kittens, about two months old,
that Mrs. ]. D. Cornett, 1925 B
st. N. E. eli. 1640-O is anxious
to place in good homes.
One of the kittens is black, one
is maltese; one tiger, and two
others are black and white. They
are a cute group. Notify Mrs.
Cornett if you want one Of her
pets.
Communicate with the pet edi-
tor of The Times if you have pets
needing homes.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Soldiers to Graduate

Parents day and graduation ex-
ercises for 100 cavalry men from
the Third Corps Area, now in
training at Fort Myer, Va, will be
combined in special ceremonies at
the Fort Myer training camp Tues
day.
A mounted parade will be held
on the field adjoining Arlington
Cemetery. Col. ]. M. Wainwright,
commanding officer at Fort Myer,
will review the event.
Mrs. David j. Rumbough, 1870
The Washington times., 1937-07-31

wyoming Ave. N. W., will present
the gold medal awarded by the Ma
tional Patriotic Council to the win
ner of the councils essay contest
on what the C. M. T. c. Means
to Me-" Victor L. Woodbridge, de-
partment commander of the Wash
ington Veterans Of the Spanish
War, will present a gold medal
donated by his organization to the
outstanding trainee from the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Franklin 10 Address
Youth on D.C.Suffraqe

Charles Franklin, vice chairman
Of the Citizens Committee for Pro
gressive Action, will speak before
a meeting of the Washington
American Youth Congress on the
subject of Suffrage for the Dis
trict Of Columbia" Monday night
at 8 o'clock in the Y. w. C. A.,
The Washington times., 1937-07-31
Concert
Is Scheduled Aug 3.4

EVANSVILLE, Md, July 81.
A band concert will be given here
for the benefit of underprivileged
children of Prince Georges coun.
ty by members Of the county XII
wants Club, August 3 and 4.
The program is scheduled to
start at 7 p. m, at the intersection
on Marion and Oliver Streets.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-02-19
%favorite games Of chance, and they

favorite games of chance, and they
operated full blast day and night.
Shooting ARRAYS were frequent but
c~uriously enough very few resulted ia
tally. One of the first. fatal shooting
scrapeS took place in 1878. This was
the killing of Bill Reese, n of the
proprietors of Reese's dance hall, by
a physician.
Almost every dance hall man, sa-
loon keeper or gambler in Miles City
in those days had his sweetheart, who
usually was known by her mans
name. Reese's mistress was known as
Dode Reese. Almost all of these men
were jealous of their women, and re-
sented any attention shown them by
other men.
On the night of the shooting of
Reese, Dode, who had not been feeling
well during the day, remained in her
room instead of taking her place among
the girls in the dance hall. Shortly
that the doctor had been seen going
to her room. Reese, who had been
drinking steadily during the night,
went behind the bar, secured a revol-
YER which he thrust down the waist
band of his trousers, n went out
telling the bartender he would be back
soon. The bartender paid little atten-
ton to Reese's leaving, as it was moth
ing uncommon for him to leave the
hall and be absent for an hour at a
time.
Shortly after Reese left the dance
hall, a barroom rounder known as
whisky Dick" came in. He seemed
much excited and told the bartender
Bill Reese had been killed a few min
utes before.
The bartender notified the marshal
who went to the room where he found
the woman in bed in a half fainting
condition, the doctor standing by a
table, and the dead body of Reese
spraWled upon the floor. He had been
shot just above the heart. In Recess
right hand was grasped a 45-caliber
Colts revolver, which contained two
empty cartridge shells, both of which
had been fired but recently. The doc
tors revolver was lying on a small
stand. 1t showed one recently fired
shell in the cylinder. The doctor testi-
fled at the inquest that, about mid
night of the night before, he had been
Dick" who told him that Dode Reese
was i'll and wanted him to come at
once; that he hurriedly dressed and
went to her room where he found her
in bed, and that upon examination
found she was not really very sick, but
he gave her some medicine to quiet
her nerves. He further testified that
he was mixing a powder for her to take
when the door was thrown open and
Reese rushed into the room, berating
both the doctor and the woman in an
insulting manner, finally pulling a pis-
tol from his waist and firing two shots.
The doctor said he then drew his gun
and shot, Reese falling to the floor,
dead. The doctors testimony was cor
roborated by the woman, and whisky
Dick" testified that Dode had called
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-02-19
Miles City Once Rated as Second "Wildest" Torun
i'm United States; Dodge City, Kan., First Choice

period of IL or IS years. Then, as it is
said in the movies-"Came the home
.steader," seeking a home for himself
and family IN the open government
Land. He took up land, fenced in the
water and began to till the gumbo soil,
the day of the cowboy began to wane,
and it was but a short while until
'roundups ceased to be. No more large
nerds We're driven up the trail, and
the cowboy, like the proverbial hens
teeth, were a thing hard to be found
only on the silver screen, and the
country settled down to quiet business.
Miles City Gas Calamity Jane once
said of herself), had been brought up
tough, but unlike her Miles City had
outgrown its bringing up and turned
itself into a city of fine buildings Of
brick, concrete, and stone, broad paved
streets and walks instead of the n
and two story log and frame shacks,
board sidewalks, and streets that were
a sea Of mud in wet weather, electric
lights in place of the old kerosene
street lights, and autos instead of COW
ponies.
But still, down deep in the heart of
the old-time resident there often
comes a yearning for the Miles CITY of
the cattle days. He will look up and
down h street and gaze on the mag
nificent change in the place, and then
say to himself, "She's fine, but it amt
my old Miles City"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-02-19

Carmichael next morning and found
guilty of disturbing the peace. He was
given the alternative Of leaving town
within three hours or serving six
months in the county Jail. He chose
the first and left town within the
stated time and was never seen in
Miles City again.
1t had always been said that the ar
rest of "Bismark' was the nerviest ar
rest eve made at Miles City.
Dance halls and saloons were located
in various parts of the town, but the
majority of them seemed to favor Park
street. On this street could be found
the toughest dives in Miles City, among
them being "Reeses Dance Hail."
"~Flannigan's Place." Kit Hardiman's,"
Leonard and Turner's" Trailer Jacks"
and Splitter Jacks"
John Chinnick ran a combination
saloon, dance hall and variety show, or
the corner of Main and Sixth streets,
and another saloon on Main street be-
tween Park and North Eleventh streets.
On Bridge street at Ninth was a large
building used as a dance hall run by
a mulatto woman known as Fannie
French: This place was known as
"French's Coon Dive" Here the ma
jority of soldiers, tin-horn gamblers,
and cheap skates, could be found. There
were a number of smaller places of
similar kind located on Sixth street
from Main to where the railroad aft
erwardS cut through the town.
Not a saloon in Miles City was with
out its gambling tables. One could find
any game on which he desired
to risk his money, but faro, draw poker,
stud poker, and Spanish monte, seemed
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him from a back barroom where he
was sleeping and had sent him to call
the doctor.
Doctor Exonerated
The doctor was ~eXonerated by the
oroner's jury on a verdict of justifi-
BILE homicide in self-defense, and the
flair was soon forgotten.
When the railroad came and the
ullwhacker faded from the scene, the
cowboy came in evidence and Miles
City, instead of quoting down, seemed
to pause for a short while and then go
wild again on a larger scale.
Cattle we're driven into Montana in
arge herds from Texas, and Miles City
became the center of the cattle indus
ny. Every herd had its crew of riders
who had been on the trail all sum-
'mer, and when a herd was turned loose
on the range, the cowboys were paid
off. Miles City was the attraction for
them, some going there to outfit them
to starting back to their southern
homes, some to look for jobs on the
range, and all desiring to celebrate a
little.
RoundupS were In progress on the
ranges around Miles City and cowboys
from there were constantly coming
into or going out of town-and the
little town started out on another
career of wildness. Every day the
treets were filled with horses tied to
or standing at the hitching racks, that
in those days could always be found
on both sides of a street. teams were
everywhere, while the riders or drivers
were in the saloons and at the gamb-
ling tables. When night came the wild
ness and FOSTERING increased-shoot-
ing was more frequent than in earlier
days, and more often resulted fatally
to those concerned, and Miles City held
well to its reputation of being the Sec
ond widest cowtown in the United
States.
This condition of affairs held for a
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The height of the White House is
So feet.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-18

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kormanyz6 tartezott volna a
bird parancsra a sit down
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verni.
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a munkasok hatan felkusztak
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Az sem szerencses dolog,
hogy a CIO olyan kozeli rokon
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