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The Washington times., 1937-09-29

could not do anything to stop them.
The Red purge by murder of her seven army
generals and her continuous execution of her
citizens since August 20 tell the story better
than a secret Japanese military report Russia
has an absorbing problem at home.
Real ReUOlutiOnaries Shot
The highest have heard yarn that the seven
executed Russian generals were Germans with
Russian names The story is that the Russians
employed German military officers some years
back to whip the Russian army into shape, that
these Germans assumed Russian names and
The Washington times., 1937-09-29

This action removes the last of
the conditions prescribed by Com
missioner Melvin C. Hazen before
policemen and firemen would be
authorized to sell tickets for the
big benefit boxing show in Griffith
Stadium on October 10.
Permission to use the central
kitchen for preparation of the
lunches by WPA workers was also
granted, the board agreeing to
furnish the necessary gas, heat
and light.
Efforts to have the Community
Chest underwrite the project
until the money-raiSing activities
The Washington times., 1937-09-29
MOORE INDICTED
IN B|CAMY CASE

Franklin ]. Moore, 41-year-old
WPA worker, who won a brush
with the law last January when
police arrested him after he and
his 26-year-old wife left their eight
months-old child locked in their
auto while they attended a movie,
found himself confronted with a
more serious difficulty today when
the District Grand Jury indicted
him for bigamy.
Moore's marriage to his present
and third-wife, Mrs. Lucille
Moore, on September 80, 1885, is
invalid, according to the grand
jury, for the reason that Moore
had never obtained q divorce from
his second wife.
The second wife, Mrs. Ina L.
Moore, of Detroit, mother of three
Of Moore's children, is the COM
plainant in the present case.
MARRIAGE DISCLOSED
Policeman Allen B. Baker,
attache of the United States At
torney's Office, arrested Moore
several weeks ago as a result of an
investigation made by Juvenile
Court authorities in connection
with the alleged baby abuse cpl
sode. The investigation disclosed
the alleged undissolVed second
marriage.
The second Mrs. Moore is said
to have come to Washington and
testified before the Grand Jury.
Moore'S first marriage is not in
volved in the present case, since
it is said to have been terminated
by divorce.
The cruelty charge against
Moore was dismissed in Police
Court and the custody Of the
Continued on Page 80, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1937-09-29
$4,000 7HEFTS.
.LA|D7OFORMER
.U.S.PARKS AIDE
Unit Chief Cited
AS FOrger

Said to have taken more than
$4,000 of Government funds dur.
ing the past five years, Reno E.
Stitly, former chief of the voucher
unit of the National Park Service,
was indicted by the District Grand
Jury today. Twelve counts charge
forgery and presenting false
claims.
Special investigators of the De-
partment of Interior inquired
into Stitely's activities several
months ago. He was arrested
shortly afterward in connection
with an alleged defalcation Of a
comparatively minor nature.
GOSSIP BRINGS PROBE
Investigators reported that the
accused, whose salary was $4,000
a year, lived in surroundings that
apparently exceeded his income.
Other civil service employees, en-
vious of his home at 2704 Cort-
land Pl. N. w., his modi5h attire
and a reday supply of cash, Cos
siped among themselves and when
the gossip reached the ears OF
Stitely's superiors, the investiga-
ton followed.
Eight of the counts accuse him
of forging government checks.
The other four are based on false
payrolls he is said to have pre-
sented to chiefs of various depart
ments for approval.
DUMMY" NAMES ALLEGED
According to the investigators,
Stitely would place dummy"
names on park service payrolls
and when the checks would come
to him for distribution he would
take the dummy" checks and,
forging the names Of the payees,
would cash them at different banks
in the city.
The present indictment was
brought at this time because the
grand jury term is about to ex-
pire. Investigators said they would
continue the probe, since it is
possible the alleged defalcations
may greatly exceed those with
which he is charged at this time.
The Washington times., 1937-09-29
Seeing America Last By Helen Esu,y

scandals, the ones that have lasted, have taken
on responsibility with age.
The excitement about Hugo Blacks early mem
berShip in the Ku Klux Klan was godsend to
the people whose past had not included that par
ticuar kind of mistake. But I'll lay bet with
anybody that the very people who are most self
righteously criticsing that pale, passionate Ala
bama crusader will be fighting hardest this win
ter to have him and his charming wife for dinner
guests.
Mrs. Black, Josephine, is an exceedingly nice
person. She's pretty and gentle with a soft
voiced Southern way, plus twinkle in eyes.
She's enterprisng and smart without advertis
ing it and used up her spare time last winter
studying political economy at George Washington
University.
That particular Washington pastime, pursuing
the Distinguished Citizen, continues to flourish.
One Cabinet hostess received note, today from
leading pursuer.
Engaged From NOGO On
MAY I have the honor" the letter said, "of
opening my social season with a dinner at which
you and your husband will be the guests Of
honor any night during october, November or
December?"
The Cabinet hostess wrote back: "Sorry, but
we are engaged not only every night during
those three months, but every night during JAN
uary, February and March"
The first big Washington reception Of the sea-
son, though very delightful, takes on the towns
eternal sameness. A little King somewhere is eel
ebrating his birthday. The Ambassador and his
wife stand in polite row and smile at 1.-The list"
as it goes by. THE list" as look about, includes
about the same stock faces including mine,
as it did last year.. After quick "how-doyoudo"
to the receiving line "the list" moves as fast as
decorum will permit into the rooms where food
and drink await.
The Washington times., 1937-09-29

planned actually bring in money
failed yesterday when the budget
committee rejected this request.
Explaining the action Herbert L..
Willett, jr., said Community Chest
resources had already been prom
iSed to other agencies.
At a meeting of the committee
sponsoring the campaign for
school lunches at Opportunity
House yesterday it was stressed
that house-te- house canvaSSing and
thigh pressure craftsmanship"
would be avoided in the drive for
the 100000 needed.
The Washington times., 1937-09-29
The Listening Post By Carlisle Borgeron

firing Justices against this experience. Well, now,
did that increase their "emoluments" or did
it not?
Funk and Wagnalls gives this definition Of
"emoluments":
1.-THE remuneration connected with any office,
occupation or service, whether as salary, fee or
PERQUIsITE; compensation.
General advantage, benefit gain, profit"
Now, it will be difficult to convince layman
that mo. 2" doesn't cover Hugo Under the old
act Congress could do anything it wanted with
the pay of retired Justices. Under the one which
Hugo helped to pass it cannot.
Just to show you what layman's interpreta-
ton of this would be, we have in the past 10 days
made at least so inquiries and Hugo lost every
time.
Layren Are "Wrought Up"
Not only that, but lot Of 'Iaymen" are
wrought up about Hugo's past and they would
resort to almost any device to keep him off the
Court.
What Hugo needs now is not layman's interpre
tation of the Constitution. He needs one Of those
highpriced corporation lawyers against whom it
has been his wont to rail- He needs somebody who
can switch language around, who can make it
appear that "emoluments" means something else
than what Funk and WagnallS says.
If the newspaper boys ask Hugo at Norfolk to-
chances are 100 to that he will say:
mo, not yet. On that we had better not move
with haste"
The Washington times., 1937-09-29

supposed to have several hun
dred thousand men and a
thousand planes on the Man.
chukuo border line, ready to go.
Yet none Of the diplomatic
elite here believes he will I'M
leash his hordes. Their reason
is convincing. They have
learned the Japs made a very
careful inside investigation of
the Russian military situation
before moving into China. In
fact, that is why they moved.
They were convinced the Reds
The Washington times., 1937-09-29
GAELIC CLASS OPENS

Free Gaelic classes will open in
Thompson School tomorrow at
1870 p. m. These classes have
been conducted during the last
seven years under Dr.. Dunn and
later under Rev. James A. Geary,
both professors of Gaelic at Catho-
lie University,
The Washington times., 1937-09-29
Horton G. Wells
Body Recovered

The body of Horton G. Wells,
so, of 1913 Twenty-second St. N. w.,
yesterday was found floating in
the Georgetown Channel, near the
foot of Constitution Avenue, by T.
j. Jones, of 1901 Connecticut Ave.
N. w. Harbor police removed 1t
The Washington times., 1937-09-29

seemed surely that Washington
would have developed a few
new quirks in my absence.
But it's the same old Wash
ington. Always changing but
always the same. In the streets
near Union Station the same
newspapers and cigarette stubs
blow about in the cutters.
The Monument, the lofty
condescending Monument, rises
clean and remote above the
cars, parked like huddled black
beetles at it's feet. The Poto-
The Washington times., 1937-09-29

Orld copyright 1887 by King Features Syndicate, Inc
All rights reserved. Reproduction in full in part
strictly prOhibited.)
The question of whether Russia will join the
Chinese war against the Japs is the point upon
which world peace hangs at the moment.
Stains notes have been belgerent. He is
The Washington times., 1937-09-29
Big U.S.. Crime Toll Is Blamed
On Bank, Business RaCketeerS
'"EviI Example" Cited
By Father Walsh

Bank and business racketeers at
the top o. the social heap were
blamed today by the Rev. Edmund
A. Walsh, S. j., vice president Of
Georgetown University, for much
of the violence at the bottom
which has made the United States
the most crime.ridden country in
the world.
Greed for money, he told the
twenty-third annual convention Of
the International Association for
Identification. is responsible. He
appealed for higher ideals and
moral standards, coupled with a
more highly developed sense Of
social responsibility. The old for
mula of catch, convict, confine"
is no longer a guarantee of law and
order, he declared.
Several hundred delegates to the
convention, meeting at the Willard
Hotel, applauded his eXcoriatioa
Of money changers" who, he as
serted, set the pace for the under
world. Among the delegates were
several Identification experts and
police officials from Canada and
Cuba, as we'll as officials from the
FBI and nearby police depart
ments.
1.-THE public greed of licensed
money changers" said Father
Walsh, "of certain INSCRIPTIONS
bankers and legally incorporated
buccaneers provided. alas, the
evil example for the criminal
whose methods lacked only le-
gality and the comfort Of
respectable name. The former
plundered through legal loop
holes, the latter at the point Of
a sawed-off shotgun. Both had
the same bjective-other peo-
pies money-though they
stalked their prey by different
paths.
"When greed in high places
operated through bucket shops,
fraudulent investment trusts,
price pegging, rigging the mar
ket, closed pools, short selling
end the dumping of worthless
securities on unsuspecting eli
ents, crime in low places retail
ated with racketeering, assassin
alton, kidnapping. eXtortion, boot
Logging, corruption of public Of
ficials, suborning Of juries and
by mobilizing flock Of unscru-
pulous criminal lawyers skilled
in paralyzing the nerves Of
judges, witnesses and public
prosecutors.
100000 LIVE BY CRIME
IT do not palliate the guilt Of
the underworld. am but ana
lying the genesis of much Of
the crime that has shocked the
community these latter years.
Criminals were created by the
NIPPLES and opportunity
Haunted in their very faces.
They determined to have their
share in the prevailing orgy Of
extravaganza"
A total of 100000 individuals in
the United States live by crime,
Dr.. Walsh estimated, placing the
cost of law enforcement at 15
billion dollars a year. Racketeer.
ing. he estimated, costs the coun-
try another 18 billions.
Here" he said, lis national
problem that presents an imper-
alive challenge, not only to the
police but to the moral forces
OF the community. The police
alone and unaided will be pow
erless to stem the tide of crimi.
nality unless supported and sup
plemented by the moral force
Of the community, modified to
concerted and concrete action"
The Washington times., 1937-09-29

seasickness was the "layman's
Interpretation of the Constitu-
ton" movement which Mr..
Roosevelt has launched in his
absence.
We would have given any.
thing to see Hugo's expression
when he heard Of this. We will
bet that suspicious mind Of his
perceived a stab in the rear.
Because a layman's interpreted
ton of the Constitution right
at this time would do him no
good.
The Washington times., 1937-09-29
School Board Okays
= Hot Lunches Drive

In special poll taken by Robert A. Mauer vice president
the Board of Education has Endorsed the o lunches for hun
cry school children campaign being conducted by the citizens
committee headed by Mrs John Boyle, jr.
The Washington times., 1937-09-29

Of all those worries which have attended Hugo
Black on his homecoming trick, it is a safe bet
that one that gave him feeling closely akin to
The Washington times., 1937-09-29
It's the same old washington!

thought it wouldn't be. I've been so far away
and seen so much in the last three months that it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
HARVARD MAN TO
 HEAD WILLIAMS

Boston, July 20--(uP)-Trustees meeting today at Bostons Union club were expected to name ~ year old Dr. James Phinney Baxter, Sd. Harvard history professor and Q Williams alumnus, to succeed Dr. Tyier Dennstt as president of wn- Hams college.
 pr. Dennstt, . former Princeton university professor and Pulitzer prize winner, announced Sunday night that he he'd resigned June 2l because of discord with the trustees over whether the president is an eEnploye of the trustees, merely com miasloned to carry out their poli- cies, or . leader of the trustees and faculty"
 Only three years ago, pr. Bax- ter declined an invitation to become williams president at request of President James Bryant Conant of Harvard.
 A native of Portland, Me-, he graduated from Williams in 1914 with an AZ degree sumlna Gum Laude. He was senior class presi- dent, vAledictorian, student council president and editor of the college tri.weekiy.
 He received his masters degree from Williams in 1921 and two years later received Q similar degree from Harvard,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Scouts To Exhibit
 Jamboree Trophies
Recent Visitors to Washington, D. C., Invited to Camp Pershing to Relate Experiences CampRres

and by the surveyors" who went with "Chief" Babson and Sandy" Donohue to investigate a new camp site, The tribe campfires were un- der the leadership of their Senior Patrol Leaders Ralph Armbruster of the Pawnees, and Edward La France of the Powahatans.
 District Commissioner Milton Coer of Southbury, accompanied by o. W. Tyler visited camp late this evening and brought with them a special treat for the staff members. Five scouts from Southbury are are irving at camp tomorrow.
 Closing Campfire
 The closing campfire of the first week of camp wili be held this evening. Swimming and camping awards will be made to scouts who qualified for them during the past week.
 The week opening Wednesday will be known aS "Jamhoree" Week. Many of the scouts who went to the Jamboree in Washington will be attending camp. All of them have been invited to come to camp on Sunday to join in a special "jamhoree" campfire, at which time they will exhibit their trophies horned toads, alllgators, tom-toms, and other articles they got by swapping" ct the Jamboree.
 Auto Race.
 Cub Pack 6 of Middlebury Is holding Q midget auto road race on South street. Middlebury this eve- ming at seven o'clock under the direction of John Hornbecker, Cub committee chairman, The cars have been built by these nine and ten year old Cubs themselves. Con- testants entered are Cubs Alan Hanson, Howard Peterson, John Hornhecker, Jr., and Edward Hart of Den 3; William Pope, Gordon Lasher, John Carragan, and Ralph Swift of Den 1. Following the mid- get auto race there will be q ball game, and a brief program, The Cub Pack will adjourn formal meetings until September.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
MOTHER COMING
 HOME TOO LATE

Halifax, N. s., July 20-(UP) - Mrs. T. c. Holbrook, Brattlehoro, Vt, today awaited the arrival of her brother-in.iaw. Merrill Haskell, Yarmouth, Me, in a chartered plane which will take her home for the funeral of her six-year-oid son, William.
 Found yesterday as she drove toward Sydney, N. S., Mrs. Hol. brook was advised by her sons death by drowning near his home Sunday.
 Police. prsss and radio coopsratsd in the search for Mrs. Holbrook who was on a vacation trip. The numbers Of her automobile license markers were broadcast and her car was stopped hy Mrs. 0. 6. Mal. gard at Arlchat, \. 8.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Playground Activities
GLEE CLUBS

GLEE CLUBS
 One Of tho best developed phases of the local inter.playground pro- gram, the vocal training set-up will get off to It's first formal start of the year on Thursday evening at the Hamilton park headquarters when the members of the Hamilton and Fulton glee clubs present Q formal program of vocal selections, The singing will be done from the steps of the Hamilton pavilion.
 The Hamilton group will open with its theme song, and follow with "old Folks ct Home" Loves Old Sweet song," Yankee Doodle, " Home on the Range" and "oh Susanna"
 Some of the members of the Hamilton group are Jllbert and Riga Provancher, sabina Crane, Mary and Patricia Lord, Philip anr Joseph Qoulet, Nancy Walsh, Mary Shea, John Stepinilis, WFil- liam Sullivan, Charles Hudson, Rosalind Shea, Ethel Stevens, Bet ty Barry, Shirley Manfredi, Hem " Houhcer, Ruth Mccullough, Shirley Monroe, Winfred Monroe, Lawrence Graham, Virginia Coss, Nita Catan1aso, Jean Mac Farlane, Marie Calvin, Lucy LaVigne, Mar guerite Shea, Helen Lond, Mary Lou McQivney, Eleanor Walsh, Dorothy Maxwell, Emy Maxwell, Stewart Dileer. Carmella Verrastero and Jack Barry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
ALICE GALLO IS
 SOME IMPROVED

Boston, July 20.-(UP)-Alice Elizabeth Gallo, iS, who plunged 45 feet to a cement pavement after being tied to q table and ailegedly beaten by her mother and a sister, rallied slightly at a hospital today following an emergency brain oper- ation.
 Summonses for court appearance July 27 on assault charges were served yesterday on Mrs. Antoin- cite Gallo, the girls bother and Philomena Gallo, l0, a sister.
 Alice suffered a compound skull fracture, internal injuries and null tiple cuts and bruises Sunday when she broke bonds that held her to a table and plunged from a fire escape. Police said her mother and the sister beat her for an hour and a half because she did not come home Saturday until midnight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
FORD COMPANY
 CHARGED AGAIN

Washington, July 20 -- CUPl - The federal trade commission charged the Ford Motor company and General Motors corporation to- day with utilizing misleading ad- vertising.
 Complaints were issued against the two concerns and General Motors sales corporation - . sub- sidiary of the motor manufacturer --and they were granted 20 days in which to answer the charges.
 The commission asserted that the two companies--which with Chrys- Ter corporation manufacture the major portion of American automo- biles-were reproducing pictures of expensive models in their advertise. ments and listing the cost price of cheap cars beside these pictures, thus creating a false impression.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Rearrested

After serving two and one half years in Wethersfield on @ sent- ence for breaking and entering charges imposed In Waterbury, Leonard scarritt, 24, of this city, faces similar charges in Bristol.
 Upon his release from prison yesterday, he was immediately ar- rested by Bristol police, and will be arraigned in Bristol city court today. The Bristol police claim scarritt broke into a First Nation. al store in Bristol, December l2, 1884, and took numerous articles and cash. While this break was under investigation, Waterbury police apprehended Scarritt for similar charges and he was sen- fenced from the Waterbury super for court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
} Hurtl

The Misses Dorothy McCor. mack, ie, of i28 Laval street and Rita Frageu, 2i, of 3e2 Sylvan avnue, this city, were reported resting comfortably in St. Rap haers hospital today, where they are recovering from injuries sui. fered in an automobile.bus crash in New Haven on Sunday.
 Arthur J. Johnson, i7, Of Davis street, Oakville, was the operator of the car in which the girls were passengers. He was charged with violating the motor vehicle laws. The collision occurred at the cor. ner Of Edgewood avenue and the Boulevard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
A Little Reminder

Rise In the price of fuel oil thls winter Is predicted by local dealers. The prevailing price Is ! l.2 cents . gallon but con. tracts now In force call for . maximum price of 6 1-2 cents.
 The maximum price fixed by similar contracts last winter was l.4 cents while the average charge was c 3-l cents, an In. crease over the corresponding period of the preceding year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Wanted-l,O0O Names

Check of signers of the petition being circulated locally by sup- porters of the merit system showed 6 total of b,400 names, 1t was reported last night at . meeting Of the committee at the University club, Hotel Elton. Another meet ing Is called for Thursday night when the measure's proponents expect to report the e,400 signers necessary to presentation at the meeting of the board of aldermen, August 3, If the petition is to have e place on the voting ma. chimes this fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
TWO MEN KILLED,
 FIVE BADLY HURT

New Lebanon, N. r., July 2o.-- (up).-Five Massachusetts men were injured, two fatally, early today when an automobile sideswipsd q truck on the Albany highway.
 Joseph N. Keegan, a, of Pitts field, said to have been owner and operator of the car, was killed in- stantly.
 Joh Silvia, Jr., 22, also of Pitts field and e passenger in Keegans car, died several hours later ct Pittsfeld hospital.
 Seriously injured and in Pittsfleld hospitals were Jacob Freedman of lle Nonatuck street, Holyoke, Mass,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

operator Of a truck owned ny t6 Daniel Schwartz company oI sprlnsfeld. Masss and George nbl ton, n. of plttsneld. Freedman sul- fered a rib fracture and n pozalhIe hip fracture. Horton suffered sef' ous head injuries. His name WeS placed on the danger list. Horton also was e passenger in Keesant car.
 Less seriously hurt was Morrla Chester 24 of 5e 0rosvenor street. Springfield. He suffered lacerations.
 The accident occurred 1a miles west of Pittsfield. The truck was travelling west and the automobile was east-bound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
SPOTLIGHTZNG- Brass City News
Rescued!

A local resident, Mrs. William l.. Harkins, 50, Is reported to have narrowly escaped drown. ing at Bay View yesterday. Mrs. Harklns, vacatloning at Bay View, was pulled from the water, and saved by the use of artl- iiclal respiration, then taken to the Milford Hospital for treat- ment,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Plan Convention

Five members of local chap ter No. ii of the Irish War Veterans were appointed to the Commodore John Barry Com. palgn Committee and will assist In preparations for the annual national encampment to be held in Philadelphia, Pa, in September. Jospeh ]. Cunning. ham of this city was appointed . vice chairman and pr. Ber- nard A. O'iiara, Lleut-Col. William ]. Shanahan and Frank x. Downs, members of the sen- eral-committee on convention arrangements.