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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
Injuries Kill Attacked Wife
AS Husband PAGES D.. &. Cell

ing. Then he said he lost his
head. Fearful he would get into
trouble for being away from the
fireboat, he left his wife by the
roadside and returned to duty.
BURNED EVIDENCE
He cut off the bloodstained
sleeves of his shirt, and burned
them in a stove on the boat along
with a heavy sock, he told police.
At the attack scene detectives
found a crude blackjack, made of
"a similar sock filled with sand.
This sand also was found to be
like some found in a box on the
fireboat, detectives said.
Detectives first became sus.
picious of Lands when they no
ticed blood on his shirt, and he
said it came from a cut he acct
dentally inflicted on himself while
shaving.
Unable to find any cut on his
face, they questioned him until
he broke down and admitted the
blood came from his wife but con-
tinued to insist he had not struck
her.
Lands was then ordered held on
an open charge. Yesterday after.
noon his attorneys, Jean Board.
man and E. Edward O'Connell,
sought a writ of habeas corpus
from Justice Jennings Bailey in
United States District Court.
WE'D AT ANNAPOLIS
Justice Bailey agreed with the
attorneys that police had no right
to hold Lands without a charge,
and said he would issue the writ.
1t was then Inspector Thompson
ordered a charge of assault with
intent to kill placed against Ian
dis.
The couple were married at An
napolis in November, 1886, and
separated the following August.
Lands told reporters they sepa'
rated because of financial trou,
bles. They had been paying up
back bills recently, he said. and
only last Sunday decided on a
reconciliation and a fresh start as
soon as they were financially able
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DODDS IN PLEA
FOR SPAIN ARMS

The ION and daughter of former
Ambassador William E. Dodd, who
recently resigned his post to Ger
many and has bitterly assailed
the Nazi government since, viii
appeal to Secretary of State Hull
to lift the ban Oh the sale of arms
to loyallst Spain.
Miss Martha Dodd and her
brother, William E. Dodd, jr., will
be in a group OF representatives of
the League of American Writers
who will make the plea.
Representative Byron Scott CD
of California will accompany the
group, and has made an appoint.
ment with the Secretary for 1890
"a. m. Monday a. the State Depart.
ment
Miss Dodd and her brother are
now at The Dodd family home near
Round Hill, Va.
Ambassador Dodd is in Wash.
ington at the Cosmos Club, and
tomorrow night will speak on at
fairs in Germany before the Ma
tional Open Parish at the Cove
nant-F1rst Presbyterian Church,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
Girl, z, BOUND,
LEFT IN WOODS
special to the washington Times

Special to the Washington Times
CHARLOTTE WILLIE, Va.
March ga piece Of rope is the
only clue with which Charlottes-
vile authorities are today at
tempting to locate man who yes.
terday tied up a 12-year-old girl
in a thicket near here,
Seized as she was riding to her
school on bicycle, Truth Smith,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Smith, of Rio, small com.
munity on the Southern railway.
was dragged into a thicket nearby
and tightly bound by her assailant.
The girls frantic screams fright
ened the man and he fled.
Howard F. Swartz. principal OF
the McIntire School, which the
young girl attended, said Truth
escaped with only a few minor
scratches.
The frightened girl was able to
describe her assailant to police
only as a medium-sized white man.
Sheriff j. Mason Smith found
the rope in the thicket. The girl
told him she had wiggled out Of
the rope after about 80 minutes.
Efforts are being made to find
out if such a piece of rope was
purchased at any local store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
Tobacco Farmers
Vote for Va. Quotas

Virginia tobacco farmers voted
87.2 per cent in favor of marl-et.
ing quota on flue-cured tobacco,
and 65.3 per cent in favor of a
quota on f1re.cured and dark air.
cured tobacco, Secretary of Agri.
culture Henry A. Wallace said to.
day, announcing the result of re.
cent referendums.
Consequently the marketing
quotas proclaimed by Secretary
Wallace on February 10 will be in
effect during the coming marketing
year. The flue-cured tobacco
marketing year starts July /. The
year for dark tobaccos starts
October !.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
5 men KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH

WoONsoCKET, r. T.. March
26 I.N.sO.-Ffve men we're killed
and two others perhaps fatally in
jured today when an automobile
crashed into tree at a curve on
the Mendon Road. One Of the
victims was a policeman and
father of seven children. All were
local residents.
The dead: Nobert Arsenault,
SO; Joseph Dubois, "a; Denis Fatsy,
%; Emile lie Due, 81, and ISaie
Tanguay, 26. Reported dying at
Woonsocket Hospital were Edward
Dupre, 26, and Arthur Gaulin, 81.
Arsenault was on leave from the
police force since last December,
when he was injured in a motor
cycle skidding accident. His
crutches, in splinters, were found
in the wrecked car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
Paris Set to Recognize
Regime of Gen. Franco

today, claimed sweeping successes
on the Aragon front, including
capture of % villages, 100 loyalist
prisoners and quantities of wal
materials.
Further advances south of Hue
sea and occupation of several vii
lagos to the north also were
claimed by the Salamanca high
command.
GERMAN SHIPS
The Spanish govern n
charged German warships were
sighted off the Spanish coast,
Iescorting seven merchant vessels
loaded with troops and war ma
terials for the nationalist.
A communique containing this
allegation attempted to show BY
means of circumstantial evidence
that large German forces anc
quantities of supplies are nearing
nationalist ports under proteC
! ton Of the German navy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
Green,Leuis
Fear Pau
SIUshes
Rx WILLIAM s. NEAL

GN.s) Leaders of the two
major labor groups - William
Green, of the AFL, and ohm L.
Lewis, of CIO-were revealed to-
day as fearful of widespread wage
cuts and united in their determine.
to resist them.
The attitude of the labor chief.
tain, was disclosed in conferences
with members Of House Labor
subcommittee, struggling to frame
a compromise wage-hours bill,
which can be pushed through Con-
gress before adjournment.
ISSUE IN DOUBT
AS a result of a compromise pro-
posal by Green and insistence by
Lewis upon a minimum wage be-
ing written into any new legiSla-
ton, with both demanding that
hours of labor be shortened, the
otherwise warning pair neared sub
stantial agreement on this issue.
House leaders in the wage-hourS
drive, however, were still doubtful
whether O bill can be foamed that
would melt the bitter Southern
and Western opposition which has
thus far throttled the legislation.
NEAR ACCORD
"As a result of new discus
sions of the problem with rep
resentatives Of organizations.
particularly the two major labor
groups, it appears after all there
is not much difference in their
views as to what minimum
wages and m mum hours
should be-" said Representative
Schneider (P) Of Wisconsin.
and their opinion is one with
the reference to the great need
for legislation, particularly be-
cause of the threat Of reduction
in wages"
They are agreed in principle,
but not exactly in accord as to
details" said Representative
WEIGH (R.l of California.
"They agree that if a law is en-.
acted 1t should not be placed
under one administrator"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
Roosevelt
Gets Rail
Report

WARM SPRINGS, Ca, March
as U.N.SO.-Thrusting aside in.
ternational and domestic problems
which for two days had interfered
with planned vacationing in his
second State" President Roose'
welt today began what he hopes
will be a quiet weekend.
In turning his attention to get
ting the rest he came for, Mr.
Roosevelt temporarily forgot his
reaffirmation of Americas tradi,
tional policy of offering a safe
harbor for members Of European
political minorities to the limit OF
immigration restrictions.
DOMESTIC PROBLEMS
He also turned his back-even
more temporarily-upon domestic
problems, the most pressing OF
which is the current business
recession. At his press conference
yesterday Mr.. Roosevelt expressed
concern over the problem OF
capital loans for business, par
ticularly small business, and also
revealed he viii study proposed
bank holding company legislation
during his stay in the Little
White House on Pine Mountain.
This morning a bulky report,
suggesting ways of aiding the
railroads out Of their financial
difficulties, was placed on his desk
by Secretary Mcintyre. The re
port, prepared by three members
Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission at his order, arrived late
last night from Washington.
BUSINESS BARRED
In the luxury of loafing the
President had as company William
C. Bullitt, American ambassador
to France: Frank Walker. finan
cial adviser to the Democratic
party, and Basi' O'Connor, one
time Roosevelt law partner, who is
a trustee of the foundation here
and head OF the National Infantile
Paralysis Foundation. It was I'm
derSto1 all business was barred
from conversation at the expressed
orders Of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Tomorrow the Chief Executive
will be joined by Mrs. Roosevelt
who has been visiting their daugh
ter, Mrs. Anna Boettiger, her two
children, and her newspaper-pub
Usher husband, John Boettiger, ii
the Boettlger home at Seattle
Wash.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
CORN SQUEEZE
FIRM EXPELLED

CHICAGO, March IS GNS).
The famous corn squeeze" on the
grain market last September today
led to the expulsion of the Cargill
Grain Company of Illinois from
the Chicago Board of Trade.
Custer was made by directors of
the board who found the company
and three of it's officials guilty OF
attempts to manipulate and cor,
ner the grain market.
Cargill refused to defend itself
at the trial, and the expulsion
order was based entirely on the
evidence of two special investigat
ing committees of the board.
The busted officials are John
H. Mcmillan, jr., president of Car.
Igll, Incorporated, the parent con,
Germ; Philip C. SayleS and Ed.
ward j. Grimes.
During the corn squeeze" last
September the price of corn fu.
lures fluctuated wildly for two
weeks. and finally the exchange
had to order all trading in that
future stopped and decreed set.
Element price per bushel. It was
charged Cargill overbid shorts in
cash grain markets as far distant
as Texas by at least one cent per
bushel when the shorts attempted
to buy grain to deliver on con.
| tracts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
G. U. Pays Honor
To DIR. Herzfeld

Three hundred year old st.
Mary's City church bell, which
once hung in the first Catholic
church in America, will toll to-
night at Georgetown University in
memory of the founders of the
university.
Honors in science and law will
be conferred in CASTOR Hall upon
DR.. Karl F. Herzfeld, distinguished
physicist, and Senator David I.
Walsh of Massachusetts,. DR.. Herr
field is head of the physics depart
ment at Catholic University.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
COST COMPARISONS

Bone said he will produce cost
comparisons which show that the
contemplated naval construction
program could be carried cut in
aforementioned yards at an out
lay for additional facilities not
in excess of $27,0OO,O00 and that
similar savings could be made by
expansion of government facili-
ties for army supplies aud ma
terials.
Under the bill the Secretaries of
War and Navy would be author
lied and directed to construct ad.
ditionaI facilities for the program
and acquire private properties by
condemnation proceedings if nee,
essary.
The Senate Naval Affairs Com
mittee, meanwhile, will begin con.
sideration of the naval expansion
program Tuesday. It will confer
with high naval officials in eXecu
tive session to go over the general
features of the program before
plunging into details.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
Legislature Saves
Writer From Jail

EDMONTON, Alta, March 26
QNsJ.-Instead of going to jail,
Donald C. Brown. Edmonton Jour
nal reporter and columnist. was
free today in accordance with a
motion passed by the Alberta
legislature.
Brown had been convicted by
the social credit legislature OF
breach of privileges in misquoting
DR.. J. L: Robinson, of Medicine
Hat. A warrant for his committal
never was signed by Speaker Peter
Dawson, however.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
NEWEST FISH STORY

SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 26
QN.S0.-Twenty-five trout with
one cast and one hook! That's
the fish story of Emmett Edison, of
Los Angeles. Edison made the
cast while fishing the MERGED
River in Yosemite Park, hooked a
five-pound Lockleven and found
"a lingering trout in the stomach
of the cannibalistic whopper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
"RLACKLIST"

PRAGUE. March 26 G.N.sD.
Prague tailors, in a common eff
fort to remedy the Oldest of bad
manners of customers, have made
up a blacklist" of customers who
fail to pay their tailors' bills
punctually. It is reported that
many names of CzechosloVakian
society members are on the list.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26

By Times staff Artist.
VIOLENT DE ATH has
struck twice in the Northeast
section shown. At "a Mrs.
Blanche Lands lived; at ~
she was fatally beaten. At ~
lived COrinna LOring; at ~
her body was found.
the boat around 1870 O'Clock that
morning, after his companions
we're asleep, and drove to the house
where his wife had been living
since their separation last August
They went for drive. he said,
and were discussing their marital
affairs when she became fright
ened and jumped from the car,
the rear fender striking her head
and inflicting deep cash.
Lands said he jumped out OF
the car to give her first aid, and
in doing so got blood on his cloth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
BABE SURVIVES FALL

WAUKEGAN, III, March 26
GNSD Despite fall from a
second story window to board
walk, one-year-old Shirley Matt
land today was reported to have
suffered only minor injuries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26

States as nearly as possible self
sufficient in national defense, in
time of war as well as in time
of peace -"
Bone and other members of the
bloc claimed increasing support
for their program in view of the
foreign situation.
Enactment of this legislation
would not only create a high
degree of efficiency in our mill
tary establishments" he added,
"but would at all times enable
us to maintain a degree of pre-
paredness which would enable us
to meet any emergency at a
saving of millions of dollars a
wear" ...
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
L. S. Rule of War
Plants, Senate Aim
By ROBERT A. McGILL

GNS.) Government ownership and operation of all war
industries was the goal set today by small but determined
grOu DOfS Senators.
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Continued from Page II
tody few hours after his ,es'
tranged wife was found uncon.
scious beside the road at Twenty
fourth and Taylor Streets North,
east, has told a number of con.
flicting stories.
Lands CHANGES STORY
At first he said he had been on
duty On the fireboat all night,
and first knew of the outrage
when police arrived to notify him
After being grilled for several
hours by Inspector Bernard w,
Thompson, Lands admitted he left
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under Administration spur.
These assets were said to be
static because of Sky-high rates
clamped onto personal holding
companies, with a view to scotch
ing tax evasion by escape from
surtaxes that apply to individuals.
Through liberalization Of the
levies, it was argued, dissolution
of personal holding companies
frequently owned by members of
a single family-can be expedited
and the Government gain revenue.
NO REDUCTION
Completion of the committees
labors on the bill was expected by
next Wednesday, though with to-
days session all major issues will
be acted upon, committeeman said.
No reduction in surtaxes upon in
dividuals or lowering Of exemp-
tons upon married and single per
sons will be voted by the commit
tee, it was indicated.
In tapping the personal hold
ing company situation, Senators
Walsh of Massachusetts,, George
of Georgia, Connally of Texas,
King of Utah and other commit
teemen said a vast amount of
frozen capital may be released and
these companies be induced to
liquidate.
Testimony of witnesses at re-
cent hearings on the revenue bill
was before the committee con-
tending the tax rates on personal
holding companies had caused
owners of these firms to "sit
tight" on investments they would
sell if an inducement were given
by the Government.
STATE LEVIES
AS the law now stands, it was
explained, capital transactions re
Sulting in profits to personal
holding companies are taxed 16
per cent plus rs per cent if un
distributed and as much as 70
per cent on stockholders if the
profits are distributed to them.
On top of that States impose
levies. Thus, if the persona
holding company makes a profit
the Government takes most of it
| tax experts commended.
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ADMITS LOSSES

ADMITS LOSSES
At the same time, the loyalist
defense ministry issued a commu-
nique admitting further losses on
the Aragon front from San Julian
to Mas de las Matas despite des-
perate resistance by government
troops.
The communique confirmed
nationalist claims that Franco
troops, pouring across the Ebro
River, had extended their grip on
the north bank and had captured
Buiaraloz. The national j ST
claimed the government troops
retreated without offering re
sistance against occupation of thu
city.
In addition, the nationalist, II
q communique isued at Salamanca
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26

Even if all the 90 countries in
vited Joined the United States in
setting up committees to facili-
tate evacuation Of these political
refugees, Germany's viselike anti
emigration net will permit few to
slip through. Those few who do
will be faced with virtual pauper-
ism as the price of departure from
Germany and newly-conquered
Austria.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
Personal Holding
Firms Plea on Tax
Studied by Senate
Finance Committee Seeks to Free Frozen
Assets Blamed on High Rates
By ARTHUR HACHTEN

QNS Aiming to unfreeze assets Of personal holding
panies estimated hundreds of millions Of dollars the
Finance Committee today weighed demands Of of ito
bers for drastic revision Of ax loopho" legislation enacted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
Hitler Is Expected
To Block Refugee
Plan of President
Fuehrer Would Make 1t Extremely Difficult
For Foes to LenUe Germany or Austria
By EDWARD B. L0CKETT

(copyrgh
Only light influx of Austrian and German immigrants
NAV be expected from this Governments offer of asylum
victims of Adolf Hters Nazsm in the enlarged Germany
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-26
HITLER DISPLEASED

There are two reasons for this
First, Hitler wants no escape OF
German wealth. Second, his rep
resentatives here in Washington
frankly admit he wants no foes
Of Nazidom moving to the four
corners Of the world to agitate
against the Hitler regime.
Hitler's diplomatic agents here
made no secret of their govern
ment's feeling that the American
initiated move to provide refugees
for political malcontents within
Germany and Austria was a de-
liberate slap at the Nazi regime.
That is, Of course, not pleasing
to Hitler. and probably will engen-
der little cooperative spirit in
him.
State Department officials in
terpreted as referring to the fu,
ture, President Roosevelt's verbal
expansion of the American action
to include political refugees from
Russia, Italy and Spain.
PRIVATE FINANCING
If it works with German and
Austrian refugees, it might work
with refugees from other coun-
tries" they said.
The inference was that later in.
vitations to the world to provide
Ravens for Russian, Italian and
Spanish refugees may be issued by
the United States.
The United States plan calls for
private financing to provide as
surance that Germans and Aus
trians seeking to leave their native
country would not become public
charges. German diplomats here
pointed out that much more than
this assurance was necessary to
get these people out of Germany.
First, German laws require that
natives leaving secure permits. APP
plication for these permits brings
searching investigation, and the
would-be emigrant must have a
clean slate to secure one. Ger
man authorities, if they feel the
applicant will prove an active
enemy Of Hitler once abroad, can
and will turn down the applica
ton.
NOT MUCH LEFT
Further, the German or Aus
trian native must abandon a large
part Of his assets in order to leave
even after permit has beer
granted. German embassy Off
Gals here would not reveal what
portion must be given up, but
made it plain there wouldn't be
much left.
Efficacy of these anti-emigra
ton methods is illustrated by g
glance at statistics. During the
current fiscal year, which has
only four months to run, Ameri
can immigration quotas opened
the way for about $4,000 Germans
to come here. With Hitler dras
tically pursuing his anti-JewisE
drives, and with conditions TO,
even Aryan foes of the Hitler re
gime anything but pleasant, Their
, are still 10000 vacancies in tn
German quota.
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The drive to give the Govern
ment full control over manufac-
ture of implements of war and
munitions will be launched in the
Senate when the $1,000,00 900
Naval expansion bill is called up
for debate. 1t will be sponsored by
members of the Senate Munitions
Committee.
Senators who have attached
their names to a bill which would
carry out the program are Bone,
of Washington, Clark, of Missouri i,
Pope, of Idaho. Democrats; and
Nye, of North Dakota, chairman
of the Munitions Committee, and
Frazier, of North Dakota, Repub.
licans.
POLICY DECLARED
One of several that followed
the Senate's long investigation of
the munitions committee, the bill
carries the following declaration
i of policy:
ut is hereby declared to be
the policy of the Congress, as
expressed in this act, to make
the Government of the United
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Continued from Page u

TOUMLIHUtU 4EUm rage II
the internal situation of LoyalSt
Spain and the entire foreign
aspect.
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M, MArr. SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE
m ADVANCE
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ing. Then he said he lost his
head. Fearful he would get into
trouble for being away from the
fireboat, he left his wife by the
roadside and returned to duty.
Evening star., 1938-11-19
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

Walter johnson was the best
pitcher in the American League,
official records for the 1918 sea-
son showed. He took part in 80
games for 1926 innings and al
lowed but 1923 earned runs per
nine-inning game. OF the 1,149
batters that faced him, PAL got
hits and scored II runs, 162 were
struck out, II received bases on
balls and 8 were hit by pitched
balls.
Jack Dempsey knocked out
Porky Flynn in 2 minutes 16 sec
onds of the first round of their
scheduled six-round fight at Phil
adelphia.
George Washington dropped
out of the District Basket Bail
League and American University
was offered its place.