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Evening star., 1938-01-25
trict and establishment of 4 behavior
-.

trict and esta blishment of 4 behavior
clinic.
L believe behavior clinic" he said,
is as necessary to the successful
treatment of crime as a diagnosis is
to the successful treatment of a dis
ease"
Informal tWo-minute talks from the
floor brought numerous suggestions.
One delegate favored the whipping
post as the only deterrent to bur-
glaries and hold-ups. Another sug-
gested that persons with criminal rec
ords be required to register with the
police on arrival in the city, with a
penalty for failure to make themselves
known. Another urged abolition Of
juvenile detention homes as crime
breeding spots.
DR.. James A. Nolan, managing di-
rector of the Criminal Justice Asso-
clatlon. explained that the organiza-
ton was aiding law-enforcement
agencies by providing statistical
studies never made before, including
report on bail bonds.
OF SO defendants released on bond.
he cited, 1t was found that 81 had
been rearrested total of $40 times,
or an average of 94 times each.
Curtis McCalip and Clarence p.
Dodge were co-chairmen of the ses-
sion yesterday afternoon.
A Senate-approved bill designed to
smash the numbers racket in WASH
ington probably will be considered by
the judiciary subcommittee of the
House District Committee when it
meets Friday at 1920 am. to finish
hearings on measure to establish a
small claims branch in Municipal
Court
Chairman McGehee originally had
planned to consider the anti-gambling
bill yesterday, but protracted discus
sion over the small claims court plan
forced a delay.
Twice the Senate has passed the
anti-gambling bill, but House action
was blocked each time by refusal Of
Representative Palmisano, Democrat,
of Maryland when he was chairman
OF the judiciary subcommittee. to
permit its consideration. Mr.. Nc
Gehee, however, has promised to sup
port any other legislation that will
abolish organized gambling in the
District.
Evening star., 1938-01-25
M'KELLAR HITS
UTILITIES BUYING
Senator Urges President to
Turn Down Tennessee
Governors Proposal.

By TIC Associated Press.
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat, of
Tennessee urged President Roosevelt
today to turn down a proposal Of Gov
Gordon Browning OF Tennessee that
the Federal Government and the State
purchase the private power systems of
Tennessee.
Senator McKellar made his protest a
short time after the Tennessee Valley
Authority authorized Director David
e. Lilienthal to negotiate" for the
purchase OF private utility properties
IN the Tennessee Valley area.
Gov Browning will confer with the
President here Thursday on his pro-
posal.
Senator McKellar said he had pro
tested vigorously in the name of my
self and what I believe TO be a large
majority OF the people of Tennessee
against the published proposal"
Declared Power Company Proposal.
"As look at it," he added, lit is the
power companies proposal coming this
way after they have been defeated by
the courts"
Questioned by reporters. the Sen
ator said he was not opposed to all
purchase plans.
III the T. V. A. wants to purchase
these properties. I have no objection
and will cooperate with them" he
said. GOV. Browning and Senator
Berry are going to have the strongest
kind OF political opposition in the
Senate and they are simply irving
Evening star., 1938-01-25
JOBLESS RISE SEEN
IN ROAD FUND CUT.
State Highway Official Tells
House Group 100000
Would Be Made Idle.
BY ]. A. FOX.

A vast increase in unemployment
would follow the slash in Federal road
funds urged by President Roosevelt,
it was testified today as the House
Roads Committee started hearings on
the highway authorizations for the
fiscal years 1904.
W. c. Markham, executive secretary
of the American Association OF State
Highway Officials, estimated that two
thirds of the highway workers of
the country would be thrown into
idleness. On the basis Of total en-
ployment in this field of 100000 per-
sons-a figure given c. H. Purcell
president of the association-this
would total more than 330, 900 persons.
Representative Walcott, Republican,
OF Michigan. a member of the COM
mittee, sought by questioning to de-
velop this unemployment figure from
Mr.. Purcell but the witness said he
had no definite information on that
point. Representative Cartwright.
Democrat. Of Oklahoma, chairman of
the committee, said that witnesses
from the Bureau of Public Roads to-
morrow would give information on
this point.
Mr.. Purcell, who is State highway
engineer for California and director
OF construction of the monumental
San Francisco-Oakland Bridge, said
however. that President Roosevelt's
proposal which also entails cancella-
ton OF the 1899 ALLEGATION already
made for roadwork would greatly in
crease the relief load.
Discrimination CHARGED.
Today's hearing was on the Cart
wright bill to continue the present
authorization Of approximately $685.
100000 for l94O-41. President Roose-
welt has asked Congress to hold this TO
$l25, 5000
The Districts pro rata share under
this bill would range from about $780,
900 to s750OOO.
The bill also would set up certain
safety standards for State partici-
pating in Federal righway aid and
would make the District a party to this
participation.
The interest raised by the question
was apparent in the crowd that gath
cred at the hearing. The Senate Com
| mlttee this afternoon in taking up a
companion measure with the same
witnesses.
MI. Markham was decidedly critical
OF the proposed cut. saying that those
interested in highway construction
felt that this Government activity was
70 be disseminated against in favor
OF other Government functions,
9s,lsl Miles Needed.
He brought out also that the Pub
lie Works funds assigned for highway
work were virtually exhausted. only
about S9l 900 remaining.
Mr.. Markham said that despite the
contention of those who argue that
the United States is well up in its
major road building program, that
there are still 98.l8l, miles or % per
cent OF the total that need rebuilding
widening, and relocating in order TO
meet the increasing demands of
trafnc. He presented voluminous data
to support his argument and also
showed the committee a batch of
pictures of inadequate highways and
bridges.
Have you got a picture Of that un
derpass at Silver Spring" Representa-
tive Wolcott asked laughing.
We've got pictures of lots worse
places than that answered the
witness.
The committee evidenced a great
deal OF interest in the gas tax di-
version situation, which. it was
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numbers racket as an evidence of gang
activities which marked other forms
Of crime.
Mr.. Dayton emphasized that 25 per
cent of the people convicted of crimes
4. in the District were outsiders, with 81
States represented. He pointed out
that the crime problems did not end
with convicting guilty persons, but
was concerned as vitally in dealing
with these convicts when they we're
released, with trying to rehabilitate
them.
The public forum. to continue twice
daily, through Thursday. at 1880 am.
and 4:40 pm, have been featured by
lively discussions, but with this thesis
every speaker has agreed:
Crime is not merely the concern Of
agencies. but the responsibility of the
community, the problem OF every law
abiding citizen.
And communities, civic leaders con-
tended. are all as we'll policed as their
citizens demand. as free from crime as
public opinion warrants.
Judge Curran Gives Views.
! Judge Edward NJ. Curran Of the
Police Court told the forum that "the
problem of crime is one which should
interest every respectable and law
abiding citizen"
Discussing the vital role OF crime
prevention in reducing criminal enter
prise. Judge Curran pointed out as the
most important factors, the family,
the school, the church and the COM
munity.
Conceding that the problem of crime
lis vast and complicated subject" !"
Judge Curran predicted that there
will be no lasting change for the
better unless the people not only
become aroused but stay aroused until
they force their representatives in the
administration of criminal justice to
perform their duty" He added:
There is tendency in the direc-
ton Of aroused public opinion against
crime. Now and then something hap
pens. The great dificulty is to keep
that interest continuously The GRIM
inal is always on the job; the good
citizen acts occasionally and spasmod-
ically.
Pour important elements to be con-
sidered in the crime situation are the
public, the police, the prosecuting
agencies and the judiciary. These,
functioning together. become an ef-
fective instrument In the suppression
of crime.
Operating independently, they
hearten the criminal element to the
detriment of the law-abiding citizens
Sometimes they work at cross pur-
poses. Sometimes they may criticize
each other. and sometimes they may be
more intent upon preparing alibis than
in harmonizing differences to the end
that the common veal might be
served.
Il call upon all four for better and
closer cooperation az q bulwark o1
defense against this war on crime"
Judge Curran urged the appoint
ment OF q public defender for the Dis
Evening star., 1938-01-25

brought out. has become almost uni
versal. According to Mr.. Markham
only IA States now retain the tax COL
lected on gasoline entirely for high.
way purposes. Mr.. Markham, under
questioning. added that the Federal
Government also takes in more on the
one-cent levy on gasoline than 1t
turns back to the road building pro-
gram which the States match dollar
for dollar.
In orther words" Representative
Gehrmann, Progressive, Of Wisconsin
interrupted, "the Government is do
Ing the same things we are criticizing
the others for doing-diyerting the
tax"
Yes" replied Mr. Markham, But
you can't punish the Government"
Evening star., 1938-01-25
to cook up a plan that will win them

to cook up a plan that will win them
some support"
Senator Mcclellan said the T. " A
is making a splendid job Of it In
Tennessee. and In my judgment
nothing ought to be done to interfere
with their plans. especially since the
courts have upheld the act"
He said he had found the President
was not familiar with the provisions
Of Gov. Browning's proposal.
Earlier. an announcement from the
T. V. AS board of directors said Mr.
Lllienthal was given power to "con.
duct negotiations with private utilities
and with municipalities, mutual asso.
cations, rural associations and other
public agencies, looking toward the
possible sale by private utilities OF
electric properties to such agencie.
and the T. v. A."
Prompted by Willkie Proposal.
The directors said the action wa.
taken in view Of recent develop.
ments." They explained they referred
to the recent suggestion Of Wendell L
Willkie, president Of Commonwealth
IL Southern Corp, that the Govern.
ment purchase his subsidiary operat.
ing companies in the valley and to tn,
White House utilities conference
Thursday.
Mr.. Lilienthal said last week T, v
A. would buy only useful physical as.
sets" Of the private utilities. His as.
sertion prompted Mr.. Willkie to repl,
that his systems must be bought q.
systems to save the investment.
Senator Norris of Nebraska. con
Evening star., 1938-01-25
SHIP ROW IS LAID
TO 0RED TECHNIQUE
Decline of U. S. Merchant
Marine Is Dep|ored by
Father Walsh.

The sit-doWn strike on American
merchant vessels was laid to Com
munist technique by the Right Rev.
Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., vice presi-
dent Of Georgetown University and
regent of its School of Foreign Serv-
ice, testifying today before the Senate
Committee on Commerce and the SEN
ate Committee on Education and
Labor.
Father Walsh offered TO submit to
the committees the stenographic notes
Of the Communist International in
Moscow in 1885, at which two Amer
ican delegates discussed the maritime
Evening star., 1938-01-25
MOVES TESTIMONIAL
TICKETS EXHAUSTED
More Than 800 Guests to Honor
Editor, With 100 Seated
at Head Table.

More than 100 persons will be
seated at the head table at the testi-
monial dinner in honor Of Theodore
w. Noyes. editor Of The Star, on the
occasion of his 80th birthday ami
versary tomorrow night at the Willard
Hotel, the committee in charge said
today.
The head table will run the length
of the ball room. Tickets have been
sold to the capacity of the place, so
no more are available, the committee
announced. More than 800 will at
tend
Three radio stations will broadcast
the principal part of the program
WMAL. WJSV and VOL.
The dinner is scheduled to begin at
7 pm. and to close promptly at
II pm.
Evening star., 1938-01-25
BANK HOLDING BILL
PASSAGE IS SEEN
: Little Opposition Expected
to Legislation AboIishinu
Companies.
- the Associated Press.

~ tHc AssOClAte0 FfeSS,
Senator's Barkley, Democrat. of
Kentucky and Wagner, Democrat of
New York forecast easy sailing today
Tor legislation designed to abolish
bank holding companies suggestion
originally made by President Roosevelt
Mr. Wagner is chairman of the
senate Banking Committee. which
Will study bill being drafted by Sen
ator Glass. Democrat, of Virginia to
achieve that objective.
Senator Glass has been author or
partial author OF much of the Nations
banking laws, including the Federal
Reserve Act. He said he was con-
0dering legislation to give bank hold
Ing companies five years in which to
liquidate. The bill. he said, would not
affect branch banking.
Not Declared Administration Bill.
The Virginian long has been a
critic OF bank holding companies. He
said his measure was not an admins
sratlon bill, although he had conferred
on it with Secretary Morgenthau.
Senator Glass frequently has criticized
administration policies
Mr.. Morgenthau told his press con-
terence that he was going to confer
this week with other administration
officials in an effort to agree on leeis-
lation regulating or prohibiting bank
holding companies.
He said he was going to study the
proposition with members of the Sub
committee of the Interdepartmental
Banking Committee. including Mar
rlner S. Eccles, chairman of the Fed
eral Reserve Board; Leo Crowley.
chairman of the Federal Deposit In
surance Corp; Jesse Jones, chair
man OF the R. F.. c., and j. F. T..
OConnor, controller of the currency,
From my own standpoint" Mr..
Morgenthau said, "it is a clean-cut
question of whether holding COM
panies should be permitted to control
banks through stock ownership. I
nave already given my own view, that
this is an unhealthy situation"
Legislation Long Pending.
For many years legislation has been
penang IN Congress to extend branch
banking by national banking institu-
tlons, but it has encountered strong
opposition
Branch banks are Suboffices of a
main institution, While holding system
banks are individually complete banks
with common ownership.
The F. D. I. c. has reported there
are % bank holding companies in the
United States. owning 400 banks
whose s6.5ooooooOo deposits agsre-
gate one-eighth of all deposits in Fed
orally insured banks In addition.
there are 40 minor holding companies
owning l60 banks.
Evening star., 1938-01-25

sressional father Of the T. v. A., said
Yesterday he was considering propos-
ing legislation to permit the T. v. A.
to buy whole power, companies.
At the same time, he said he would
oppose compelling the Authority to
take over property at q price fxed
by someone else"
Evening star., 1938-01-25
L0YALIST VICTORY SEEN
AMBASSADOR Fernando de los Rios
and Correspondent Give Talks

ana correspondent Give Talks.
Final victory for the Loyalsts In
the Spanish War was predicted last
night by Spanish Ambassador Fernan-
do de los Rios at dinner meeting
sponsored by the Washington friends
OF Spanish Democracy at the Har-
rington Hotel.
Samuel Rodman, foreign cores
pondent for the London News Chron-
icle and the New York Evening Post,
who has just returned from a tour OF
Spain, commented on the growth Of
government resources and the disci-
pline among the people and the army.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-15
Japan, China Locked
In Bifferesf Battle

SHANGHAI, April Is. tUP)-The
bitterest battle of the Chinese
Japanese war ragged today along a
go mile front from HanchWang TO
Linyi in southern Shantung prov
ince, scene of the recent japanese
defeat.
More than 100000 Chinese troops
we're deadlocked with an estimated
$4,000 japanese in a battle which
foreign military observers believe
may be a turning point in the war.
Thousands of japanese reinforce
ments were rushed into Shantung
province, as the japanese fought to
recoup their losses. They came
from Tsingtao, Jehol and northern
Honan in an effort to halt the
Chinese drive on the city of Yihsien.
The Japanese claimed they had
outmaneuvered the Chinese and in
flicted "irreparable losses. How
ever, they made no claim to gains
and admitted openly for the first
time the fall of Taierchwang to the
Chinese.
At Tokyo reports of an impending
cabinet reorganization were circu
lated as Japan faced reverses in the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-15
YOUNGSTERS HAVE A DATE
SATURDAY AT BALL PARK

Saurdayat the Ell ball park-at oclock-eyerv
child in Imperial Valley IL under the Monns
date with BENJAMIN Bnnv
tory will take place.
The hunt is all children. All do is fill in the
coupon elsewhere in this will
to bring will
principal D. W. Ketcen charge
OF the gate and will children separated groups
five and other six Separate egg
hunts will be held the
Five thousand will be hidden throughout
park, awaiting lucky
a marvellous big in
In addition Benjamin and his tribe rabbits
captures
will order from company
captures Bunny
a
DON'T FORGET the Ball park Centre o'clock
Saturday morning for a world of fun.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-15
PU MP PRlMlNG
IN
COMMENT HERE
Ell CentrO Business Men
Express Vehement
DisapprOval

Vehement disapproval to
President Roosevelt's pump
priming" program marked
reactions of businessmen IN
Ell Centre Friday, with only
a few voices raised in its defense.
An overwhelming majority OF
merchants, called in a clty-yloe
survey. condemned the S4 ,ooo'ooo
relief plan in strong contrast 10
the popular support that greeted
the presidents relief measures oui
ing his first term.
Principal criticism among a ma
ioritv was: THE pump pruning
theory has been tried before, ana
has resulted only in temporary
prosperjty." Few elaborated upon
substitute recovery methods, pc
yond emphasizing the need 10 al
low private business every possible
opportunity to expand.
Bankers Dubious
Bankers reactions were generally
dubious regarding the beneficial
! effects of credit expansion, point
ing out that banks already nave
| more than sufficient cash on mana
to meet normal requirements. Busl-
ness would be bolstered to some ex-
tent. they admitted, but forecast
only a temporary boost.
Favorable comment was restrict
ed almost entirely to small ousi-
ness" in El Centro. One small buSi-
pacSmap declared.
Private industry had its chance.
With millions joblesS the presi-
dent has no other alternative than
to spend. l am willing to pay my
part of it in taxes, if it will ad-
vance business"
Few Defend Plan
Defense comment largely GEN.
tered on the point that IF private
industry can't take care of the un-
employed, then the governments
must. in one way or another"
Other small businessmen, how
ever, attacked the spending pro-
gram as 'unsound business" and
advocated government efforts to
expand markets, domestic and
abroad, rather than increase re-
StrictionS upon business.
A majority of businessmen pre-
ferred not to be quoted. A few.
however, with their comments:
"A temporary measure of no
lasting benefit - B. L. Ham
burger.
In every business one must
spend to make, but l am afraid
this time the opposition will be
too great for Roosevelt, great sales
man though he is :" Jno. Robert
son.
Defeat of the dictator bill will
do more for business than a tenn
porary pump priming :" Alice :.
| DuSold.
Sane legislation, leaving the bur
den upon private employer, is need
ed - M o. King.
Get money in circulation
that is the important thing :"
M. Marcot.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-15

custody after neighbors reported
smoke was coming from his home.
Deputy sheriffs said they found
McLachlan burning bloody overalls
and a child's undergarments.
A few minutes later the Moreno
child's body was found. 1t lay in
a clrmp of weeds only about 100
feet from McLachlens home. One
hundred neighbors sWarmed about
the suspects home, shouting lynch
him,' McLachlen was saved by
deputy sheriffs.
Sheriff BiScailuz said the stocky.
Irish Mexican confessed he had
mistreated the girl but had not
actually attacked her, in his home.
When the child started to scream,
McLachlen killed her with a ham
mer. the sheriff said the painter
confessed.
The blood stained hammer was
found in McLachlen's house early
today when the painter was ar
rested while he attempted to burn
his clothing.
After killed her" Biscailuz
quoted McLachlen as saying, Il
left the house and started drink
ing.
Il was with another man while
l was drinking.
Then I went back to the house
and carried the body out to the
weed patch and then did some
more drinking"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-15

EOdy. Inc corpse wore only SnOeS
and socks. Where a bullet entered
the body could not be determined
Immediately.
Identification was established by
personal belongings and automo-
bile registration. Decomposition had
altered features so that even close
friends did not recognize the man.
An autopsy will be necessary before
cause of death is definitely deter
mined
Kildow had been in Imperial VAL
ley several months, attempting to
organize truck drivers and other
laborers in the Transfers union.
He was regarded as the spearhead
of the unions drive in this terri
tory.
Sheriff Robert w. Ware, who was
called to Plaster City by report
that two bodies had been found in
an automobile near there, said only
one was found. It's position in the
motor car-one foot propped over
the steering wheel against the
windshield and the head and
shoulders hanging out of an open
car door-led to the report of two
bodies.
Ware Immediately launched an
investigation of Kildow'S recent ac-
tivities in an. effort to determine
if he had reason for suicide.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-15
BROKERS BARE.
PLOT TO SELL
GUNS TO CHINA
Blue Sky Raiders Block
Fantastic Schemes
To RecOup Loss

CHICAGO, April Is. (UP)
Three officers of a New
York and Chicago broker
age firm who face fraud and
embeZzlement charges re-
vealed today they planned to sell
guns for the war in China to re-
coup their company's shortgage OF
100000.
Their strange account of pro-
posed deals with China and Euro
pean counties was disclosed by
blue sky division investigators
who raided the Hoagland and AL
lum Company, Inc, yesterday-lo
hours after one of the firms VICE
presidents was found dead from
poisoning by motor exhaust gas
The raid resulted in immediate re-
ceivership for the firm.
Arrested were George F. Alum,
so. Wheaton, H., president; Olaf
Larson. 46. Evanston, Ill, one OF
two vice presidents; and Henry
Adolf Engel AZ, secretary treasurer
The other vice-president, Russell
w. Brown. As, a past commander
of the Illinois Knights Templar,
died yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-15
MOST HUNTED MAN
QUIETLY GIVES UP

NEW YORK, April Is. UP)-A
sWart, lumpy man with hard face
and expensive clothes, walked up to
George Seiss, a guard at the federal
house of detention.
Il want to surrender he said.
I'm Jacob Shapiro"
Seiss' jaw dropped. He seized
the man by the arm. hurried him
to the superintendent's office. and
in 10 minutes the building was
sWarming with G-men.
One of the most hunted men in
the world, a racketeer with $500
on his head the suspected assassin
of Dutch Schultz, the rival of Jack
Leggs) Diamond. a pal of the
Barker-Karpis and Pretty Boy Floyd
mUbs, had given up
He was wanted by federal and
state governments which had in
dicted him as the operator of a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-15
Employer Blames
StevedOre Action

SAN FRANCISCO, April Is UP)
-Almon r. Roth, president of the
Waterfront Employers association,
said today that union longshore-
men are engaging in a program of
"slow down" on individual man
hour production, which is a con-
tributing factor to loss of business
by the port of San Francisco.
AS a result of loss of coastwise
trade, San Francisco longshoremen
suffered a loss of more than SO 900
600 pay in 1887 compared with 1888,
Roth said,