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The Washington times., 1938-10-27
FAIRFAX SCHOOL
CONTRACT LET

FAIRFAX, Va, Oct. PA con-
tract for more than $10O, 900 i'm
provementS to the Fairfax High
School was awarded yesterday by
the county school board.
The contract was given to the
Northern Virginian Construction
Company, whose bid Of $1O5,9S5
was the lowest Of six. The prof
|ect will consist Of an auditorium.
six additional class rooms, q gym
|naSium, locker rooms and i'm
proved plumbing and heating.
Work Is expected to start within
10 days.
At the same time the school
board rejected all bids for an ad-
dition to the Chesterbrook School
because they were too high, and
voted to purchase q site for q
Mount Vernon School.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Vdndenberq
In DeUeu
Boost

PORT HURON, Mich,
Oct. 27 (I.N.S.). United
States Senator Arthur II.
Vandenburg, often men,
toned as a possible Repub-
lican presidential candi-
date in 1910, today said
Racket Buster" Thomas
Dewey, COP gubernatOrial
candidate in New York,
may be the next president.
In a speech here, Van
denburg said:
Il have a hunch if Tom
Dewey wins out in New
York, he will be the next
President Of the United
States"
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

One Of them is Mrs. Werner
George Gutenberg, wife Of a
fugitive defendant. The other is
Mrs. Curl Rumrich, wife Of
Guenther Gustav Rumrich, who
pleaded guilty and testified for
the prosecution.
Mrs. Rumrich, mother Of two
small children, was brought here
secretly this week from MisSoula,
Mont.
Mrs. Rumrich's testimony is re.
quired to corroborate her huS.
bands story that two Of the de
PENDANTS on trial, Johanna Hof-
mann and Erich CHASER, visited
her apartment and conferred with
her husband.
Mrs. Gutenberg will be asked to
established the present where
aboutS Of her husband, and also
to reveal his connection with the
German agent, william Lon
cowski, and with Otto Hermann
Voss, third defendant on trial.
Gutenberg, one of the II
named in the indictment, col
Elaborated with LoncoWSki, rated
as a genius" in the spy ring, ir
stealing and photographing planI
of warfare aircraft-plans avail
able to Gutenberg because Of hi
work as expert mechanic in q air
plane factories.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
WALLACE OFF
FOR PA. talk

0N.S) In militant mood. Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace to
day headed for Pennsylvania,
where he will resume defense Of
the farm program against Repub-
hcan charges it has failed.
Wallace win address q represent
ative group Of producers Of gen
eral farm crops tonight In Read
ing. He win speak under the
auspices Of the Senate Democratic
Campaign Committee.
Wallace goes to Pennsylvania
after issuing o blast at Republican
attacks ON the Administrations
farm program,
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

for United States Senator. The
latter was opposing Earle.
Earle demanded that Margiotti
produce proofs. Whereupon Mar.
giotti enlisted the services of Dis
trict Attorney Shelley, who peti.
toned the Dauphin County Court
an all-Republican body-for a
grand jury investigation. The pc.
tition was granted.
APPEALS TO COURT
Denouncing the courts action as
partisan, Earle appealed through
counsel to the State Supreme
Court for a writ Of prohibition,
which was granted him. The high
court, however, allowed Shelley 20
days in which to file an amended
petition setting forth specific de-
tails Of the charges. Shelley COM
piled and the tribunal revoked the
writ of prohibition.
It appeared that Margiotti and
his charges were going places, but
about this time-late July-Earle,
declaring an emergency existed,
convened q special session Of the
Democratic controlled legislature
In six days the legislators enacted
four remarkable measures:
l. Giving . House investigating
committee precedence over .
grand jury.
2. Setting up procedure for such
q house committee.
3. Giving Attorney General Guy
K. Bard. appointed by Earle to
succeed Margiotti, the right to
supersede any district attorney in
any criminal case.
4. Causing any grand jury in
vestigation to be postponed until
that of the house investigating
committee was completed,
Acts number one and four were
speedily declared unconstitutional
by the State supreme court as In
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
VOTERS train
Specials Are Provided
For AbSentees

A fleet of special trains to
carry absentee voters to their
homes in New York, PennSyl-
vania and New Jersey in time to
cast their ballots in the general
elections has been arranged for
by the Democratic Absentee Vot-
ers Bureau, 1406 G st. N. W., it
was announced today.
Trains for New York city, Phila-
delphia, Trenton, Atlantic City,
Newark and Elizabeth City will
leave Washington on November 4,
5, 6, 2 and 8, while a special for
Pittsburgh will leave on Novem'
ber 5. Voters living in Connects
cut, New Hampshire and Massa
chusettS can use the New York
trains, the bureau said.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
AF:GE MEETING
Houston Delegates to
Report Tomorrow

Delegates and alternates to the
District Department, American
Federation of Government Em.
ployes, have been urged to attend
the regular October meeting to.
morrow, scheduled at the Hamil.
ton Hotel at 8 p. m.
President Charles stem gle,
Treasurer Cecil Custer and Secre.
tary Berniece Heffner, delegates
to the recent AFL Houston con-
vention. will report at the
meeting.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

GEORGE II. EARLE-DeEno-
cratic Governor and candi-
date for United States Sen
ate.
JOSEPH F. GUFFEY-Unfted
States Senator and PennSyl-
Vania'S No. / New Dealer.
DAVID L. LAW RENEE
Democratic State Chairman
and Secretary Of the Com
monwealth.
MATTHEW HI. MeCLOSKEY,
JR.-State Democratic Fl
nance Committee chairman,
millionaire contractor and
political boss Of Philadelphia.
CHARLES ]. NEARGIOTTE-
Republican who turned
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
SENATE SLEUTHS
.SIFT BULKLEYS
CAMPAIGN COST.
Contributions by u. S..
Workers Checked
BY ARTHUR HACHTEN

O.N.S.) Sleuths Of the Senate
Campaign Expenditures Commit
| tee today spread q dragnst over
Ohio, questioning Federal officials
and employees who are said to have
contributed to the campaign fund
of Senator Robert ]. Bulkleyr
Democrat, seeking reelection.
STATEMENT SOUGHT
Bulkley himself will be asked
for q statement on some 50 donar
tions by Internal Revenue collec-
tors, Federal marShals and others.
the Senate group last night having
issued a finding that such eOntri-
buttons are Illegal. A committee
statement said:
"The examination Of the fl
nancial reports made to this
committee by the Bulkley cam
paign committee seems to indi-
cate that this campaign COM
mittee accepted. in Senator
Bulkley's behalf, contributions
from approximately SO individ-
uals that are now known to be
Federal officials or employees, In
violation OF Federal law"
At the same time, committee
Investigators were ordered to con-
ttnue their examination Of cam
paign expenditures by campaign
committees operating for Robert
A. Taft, Republican senatorial
nominee in the Buckeye State.
On q complaint that Taft's or
ganization did not report all Of its
expenditures during the primary
election, the committee found that
it had so far discovered no evi-
dence in an audit to support the
charge. g.,
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
|AUTOISTS TOLD
|TO CUT SPEED.
in HYATTSVILLE.
Signal Light Is Ignored,
Says Chief

HYATTSvILLE. Nd, Oct. ~
Neither police nor lights can stop
the flight,
This seems to be the attitude OF
motorists driving through this mu
nicipality.
For years officials of Hyatts
vile stationed q police officer be
tween the overhead bridge and
Franklin Street to slow down
through traffic. After the officer
reported. finally, that his life was
IN danger In his continued efforts
to dodge" fast moving through
traffic, officials decided that Chief
OF Police Howard w. Holmes
should be given q chauce.
LIGHT INSTALLED
Only one way to give the officer
Q chance" could be decided ON,
that being to install traffic light.
The light was put In operation
yesterday, but q majority Of the
motorists just breezed past the
light, be it red, or be it green.
Today, Chief Holmes said he
would give the motorists several
days" to become aware Of the fact
that q light was at the intersection,
and after that. he would arrest
them.
Explaining the Inconvenience to
the motorists rushing to nearby
race tracks or Baltimore, Chief
Holmes said:
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
He'd Forbid Radio
Swinging Of Bach

NEWARK, N. j., October q.
Alfred L. Dennis celebrated his
eighty-first birthday by re-
vealing that he had asked the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion to revoke licenses of radio
stations broadcasting swing YER
sions Of the music Of Johann Sc.
baStian Bach.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

The casus belli is a series o1
graft and corruption charges
against Governor George H
Earle's administration brough!
by Charles j. Margiotti, for.
mer attorney general, whose
gubernatorial ambitions cost
him his job when he entered
the May primaries against the
wishes of Earle.
HELP FOR G. or.
Margiotti, with the aid Of Carl
B. Shelley, Republican District At.
torney Of Dauphin county, has
persiStently sought Grand Jury &C
ton. The governor and his asso-
ciates have Just IS persiStently
blocked them by series Of extraor-
dinary maneuvers. The object,
of course, has been to delay pro
ceedingS so embarrassing until
after election day. It looks now
as if the Earle forces win succeed.
They declare the whole business
to be a Republican-inspired plot.
But even though Margiotti and
Shelley have failed Of their major
purpose, they have brought their
sensational accusation to public
attention, much to the satisfaction
of G.. o. P. candidates, who have
freely used the material as cam
paign ammunition.
HUGE GRAFT CHARGED
Highlghts Of the allegations are:
/. Dunning Of State employees
at the rate of from 3 to 5 per cent
of their salaries, the take running
up to $4,000 o year.
2. Kick-backS from architects
and others doing business with
the State, the take from aFchi-
tects alone being estimated at
$1,3O0,00O.
8. FavoritisIn in building con-
tracts to Matthew H. McCloSkey,
jr., chairman of the State Demo
cratic finance committee and po-
litical boss Of Philadelphia. 1t Is
charged that McCloSkey holds con-
tracts under the general State aT-
thority worth nearly $4,000 900.
He is also alleged to have made
loans totaling $26.5OO to Gov
ernor Earle.
4. Profits Of $2,5OO, 900 by David
L. Lawrence, State Democratic
chairman, through his insurance
companies" on State insurance
and the bond business.
DESERTED BY GUFFEY
The situation is a legacy Ct the
split last spring In the Democratic
leadership over selection Of pTi-
mary candidates.
United States Senator Joseph F.
Guffey deserted his organization
mates, Earle, McCloskey and Law
renee, to line up with John L.
Lewis and Publisher J. David
Stern in support Of Lieut.. Cover
nor Thomas Kennedy, secretary
treasurer Of the United Mine
Workers, for governor. and Mayor
9. Davis Wilson, Of Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

In tho bag! The cruel ''Lamp-P0st
OR the Green Hell' added q brunette to
his blonde haRem--and really lost haa
head. Soldiers chopped II off, stuffed
Il in . Gunny Sack carried it from the
Jungle and then sent cut Photographic
Of IL a. proOf that BRasilAs public
enemy No. 1 was actually dead. Don't
miss thls vivid account Of the life and
death Of the notorious Lampac0 I'm the
American Weekly, the magazine dis
tTlbuted with next Sundays Washing
NOn Herald-Timea,
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

vaSions Of the judicial process
However, the house investigating
committee, headed by Herbert B
Cohen, Immediately began fIInc
tioning with what the Republican
press calls the "whiteWaSl quiz. /"
It has now been in session fol
eight weeks with negligible results
The most interesting disclosure
has come from Albert n. Green.
field, chairman Of the board Of the
Bankers Securities Corporation, OF
Philadelphia.
Answering charges by Margiotti
that Earle and Guffey had each
borrowed $50, 900 fro m0reenfield's
banking house Greenfield said the
500, 900 didn't represent loans at
all, but notes which the two had
put up for bonds in Stern's New
York Post. Supplementing Green
fields testimony.
INQUIRY BLOCKED
BY one legal stratagem after
another the Earle forces have
continued to block the Dauphin
county grand jury probe engi-
'neered by Margiotti and District
Attorney Shelley. Earle's At
torney General Bard had sought
to supersede Shelley Is pr0secu-
tor, but the State supreme court
ruled he could not because he
owed his position to one Of the
accused. He was, however, given
permission to argue against Shel-
ley'S eligibility.
This he did last Monday. Both
he and Shelley were required to
file briefs. As q decision either
way win be appealed, the result
assures the Earle forces that the
ease win be delayed until after
election.
Asother article bg Mr.. Paisley
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

TattOOed his VIII on q girIs back
50 1t would last. That's what Rider
HaEgard's fiction character did and
now the last testament Of an eecen-
tric and fOuR-yeaF~dead multi-mllliOm.
aire may prove just as Interchangeable.
A streamlined record Of Q famous
romance with q surprising new reVela-
tiOn about the cause Of all her
trouble. Read about Il In an Illus
trated feature in The American
Weekly, the magazine distributed
with next Sundays Washington
Herald-Times.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

Democratic to become Eafle,s
attorney general but lost
his job because Of his own
gubernatorial ambitions.
CARL d. SHELLEY-Republf-
can district attorney Of
Dauphin county.
ALBERT M. GREENFIELD-
Philadelphia realtOr, chair.
man Of the board Of the
Bankers Securities Corpora
ton and Democratic power
behind the scene.
]. DAVID STERN Staunch
New Dealer and owner Of the
New York Post and the
Philadelphia Record.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
lO-Ct. Wage or Chaos

Ten cents an hour.
Hardly mu,ifcent aoage. Yet claims one executive
of the pecan sheuing industry, 1t must suffice
In fact, says the spokesman F. A. Coar head of the
d. CGGnari Company of Chicago, the industry sUH go
into IAN era of chaos If 1t is forced to pay shelters
Is cents hour wnder the provisions of the sUGge
hour IaW.
Thirty thousand pecan shelters ont of Jobs
pending settlement of the controversy over increasing
their qOGges, CoGri said
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
RELIEFER' VOTE
IS OUT OF HAND,
HUNTLEY SHOWS
WPA Tainted? mol"
Shouts Hopkins
By THEODORE HUNTLEY

By THEODORE HUNTLEY
It has been shown quite def!
nitely that votes and handouts ar
blood brothers. The bigger tn
handout, the bigger the vote. Il
short, reliefers do not bite tn,
hand that feeds them.
That may be a cruel commen
tary on the state of the union, bu
happens to be a fact. The 1885,
figures show it clearly. The 1884,
election returns proved it also.
TIDE Is TURNING
But this year, something seem:
to be happening either to the re
lief vote or to the other half who
are not in need of handouts. Fol
there is nothing in the rising tide
of relief expenditures to account
for the trend back to something
approximating normal polit1ca.
&hgnmentS.
The only two conclusions pos
sible are that some Of the relieferS
themselves are getting tired Of the
existing order and ready to vote
for o change, or that the rest OF
the country is mad enough to try
to force a change.
OF these two conclusions, the
latter seems to be the more sound,
since the revolt against the New
Deal, such as it is, appears to be
stronger in the rural regions than
in the cities. Nor does it follow
that it's the AAA rather than the
WPA at which the bricks are De-
ing thrown.
The farmers are getting fed up
with the AAA. There's little doubt
as to that. But the whole country,
apparently, is beginning to think
that something ought to be done
about the WPA.
AND WHY NOT?
IdealiSt Harry Hopkins can't
conceive that things are as bad
as they are. Every time the WPA
investigates itself, the WPA gives
the WPA o clean bill Of health.
"It amt true!" Mr.. Hopkins
shouts. "The economic royalists
are lying!"
AffidaVits mean nothing in his
administrative life. The discov-
cries Of trained investigators mean
less. The Senate Campaign Com
mittee can discover definite evi-
dence Of corruption and coercion
without causing him to change
his opinion that the WPA is as
Ilntainted by politics as a new
born babe.
Even Assistant Aubrey VIII
iams' frank appeal to reliefers to
''vote for their friends" fails To
shake Mr.. Hopkins complete and
oracular confidence that the WPA
b pure and holy.
THE OTHER SIDE
Yet the Senate Campaign Com
mittee, Of which Democratic Sen
ator Morris Sheppard, of Texas, Is
chairman, and which contains q
substantial majority of Demo
Gratis in its membership, has re
ported unanimously that irregu
1aritieS exist in the WPA Set-up in
more than q dozen States stretch
ing from New Jersey to Califor
mia and Minnesota to Florida
And there have been indictments
in two States-New Jersey and
New Mexico-aS climax Of other
investigations.
States Smeared with relief scan
dals. in addition to these two, in
clude Pennsylvania, Ohio. Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Okla
homa, North and South Dakota
Minnesota, Florida and Califor
mia.
HOUSES CLEANED"
It has been shown by the Sen
ate Investigators that civil servic'
employees Of the Federal Govern
ment are being asked for cam
paign contributions in violation ot
law, and that in Illinois, Federal
aid road funds have been jugglet
for political purposes. With theS'
offenses, however, Mr.. Hopkin
hiss nothing to do.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
CHIEFS WARNING

'TIhe light would not be there
had I been able to properly di-
rect traffic. On numerous occa-
sionS, I had to run to the side
walk to keep from being run
down. Now that we flave a light,
II they don't heed this signal.
then I'll just have to take them
to court"
County policemen stationed here
agree with Chief Holmes that traf
fic moves 'ttoo fast" and are In
favor of this signal.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

Another Publie Enemy Nc. 1 snaffed
Oat. The cruel "Lamp-pOst Of the
Green HELP was BFAE1Ps King Of
brunette to his blonde haFem-and
really lost his head. A thrilling
true Iife stORy I'm the Americas
weekly, the magazine Distributed with
next Sundays Washington Herald
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Two Wives to Testify
In Spy Trial Today

NEW YORK. Oct. 27 CNS.).-Two young women, drawn
the Naz spy by the activities Of their husbands
scheduled to play important roles today in the Federal trial
of three accused German agents.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
AUDIT CONTINUED

A complaint that payments Of
IS each for workers at the polls
ON primary election day were not
included in the report for primary
expenditures, was found to be un-
sustained, but the committee is
continuing it's audit Of Taft's
balance sheet.
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Mud-SIineine Reaches New High
In Hot Pennsylvania Campaign
By FRED PAISLEY

HARRISBURG GA mudsgg unparalleled in America
ud William eliminated
aphappy gasc may
on vembe
The Washington times., 1938-10-27
Eight Stars Shine
In Political Drama

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 27.-Here the dramatis
personae in the potcOegal Battle of the Century
raging in and about Pennsyvanias State Capitol:
The Washington times., 1938-10-27

Af1other article b. Mr.. PdSIe1
mil appear soon In The Times.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31

The universal appeal of fairy
stories shows in the appearance
of Walt Disney's full length fea-
ture Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs." You haven't
forgotten your fairy stories have
you? Check up yourself on the
questions beicw-and renew your
youth!
/. What are the familiar words
with which most fairy tales
begin and end?
2. Who wrote Snow White
and the Sever Dwarfs?"
Hans Christian Andersen
Grimm brothers Walt Disney
3. How was Snow White" de-
scribed?
4. Which of these heroineS
tried all the beds and fell asleep
in one?
Goldilocks Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
5. Who was the first famous
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
YOUR 10: Sb!!g5 SszszI

writer of fables in which the
length of 5,565 miles.
animals. insects, ETC., were en-
dowed with human traits?
6. A famous American modern
writer of fables will celebrate
his Seventv-second birthday next
month, Who is he?
7. What famous opera, based
on a fairy tale, has a witch in
it?
8. Name three other names be-
side dwarfs by which the fabu-
lous little creatures of fairy tales
are known?
9. What was the nationality Of
Hans Christian Andersen? The
Grimm brothers.
10. Name three of the most
famous of the characters of the
n m a t ed cartoons of the
movies?
ANSWERS on Page ~
5,565 MILES LONG
The Atlantic coastline of the
United States has an estimated
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
MILLER URGES
'NOBLER LIFE

The possibility of a nobler, purer
ife is open to everyone. Dr.
Raphael Harwood Miller, pastor
of the National City Christian
Church, said at the morning serv.
ce yesterday.
We are all bruised by life,
sin and unlovelineSs," he said,
but not one of us has fallen so
low that there is no possibility
of a nobler, purer life.
we are too critical, hard
hearted and harsh in dealing
with humanity. We withdraw
from the stains of the lonely
and forlorn, all of whom have
within them the power of re-
storation. Me must have the
power to see the best within the
worst, the truth within the un-
truth, and the purity within
the impurity."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-11
They Cross Serge River In
One of Bloodiest Battles
of Catalonia Of
fensive
BITTER DEFENSE BY
LOYALIST SOLDIERS
Bayonet Attacks Used by
Insurgents To Consolidate
Positions in Preparation
for Advance on Govern
ment Capital, Now Nearly
Isolated

Hendaye. France, April 11.-(AF)-
The Spanish insurgents crossed the
Segre river at Balaguer today in one
of the bloodiest battles of the Cata-
lonia offensive, and put themselves in
position today for direct assault on
Barcelona.
Under cover of heavy artillery fir ;
and airplane Dombardment, often
sive of General Moscardo's Navar-
reese and Galician troops affected tn
crossing on pontoon bridges. Unex-
pectedly strong resistance from gov
eminent forces imperilled the crossing
operations time and again but finally
the defenders were driven from their
lines.
Bayonet attacks enabled the insur-
gents to consolidate their positions
east of the river with four-mile
thrust along the road leading to the
provisional capital of government
Spain, rs miles away. BaIaguer is IA
miles northeast of Lerida, which has
been a quiet sector since its capture.
While Moscafd de- centrai body of
Continued on Page Five.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-11
Whitney Is
Given Term
SO Years
Former Stock Ex-
change Head Sent
enced for G a n d
Larceny

New York. Apri! 11.-(AP)-Rich-
ard Whitney bankrupt broker and
'ornner president of the New YORK
Stock Exchange. was sentenced TODAY
20 serve from five to ten years ir
prison for grand larceny.
Whitney whose brokerage firm,
Richard Whitney & Company, failed
on March 8, had pleaded guilty to two
indictments charging first degree lar.
ceny in the misuse of securities en-
trusted to his care by the New York
Yacht Club and members of his IA
milyo
Judge Owen Bohan, in General Ses-
sions, sentenced Whitney to the five
to ten year sentence on each indic+-
ment, the sentences to run concur
rently.
Whitney had faced a possible maxi
mum of 20 years in prison
Within a month and three DAYS
from the date when the New York
Stock Exchange CURLY announced the
suspension of Richard Whitney g.
Company the aristocratic broker
clubman appeared in General Session
court.
Nothing less than a substantial
and punitive sentence would satisfy
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey,
who hailed Whitney into court two
days after the exchange suspension
notice.
William McShesney Martin, Jr., 81
year-old member Of the st. Louis firm
of A. G. Edwards & Sons, mean while.
stood in line to becomc,stl1a, volln onst
head of the New York Stock Ex-
change in it's 146 years of history.
Martin was named by the nominal
ing committee of the exchange for
the craftsmanship, which is top cleo
tive office of the big market under
it's new constitutional set-up.