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The Washington times., 1938-08-01
WOMEN CROWD.
DEPUTY'S TRIAL.
in TWO KILLINGS
Youth Serving Life for
Murder of Couple
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

SOUTH PARIS, Me-, Aug. l
GNS).-In a court room packed
largely with women spectators,
Francis M. Carroll, 43-year-old
former deputy sheriff, went on
trial today charged with the slay-
ing of DR.. James G.. Littlefield
who was beaten and Strangled on
the night of October 13 last.
Ninety-three talesmen, from
among whom the jury will be.
selected, reported at the red brick
oxford county courthouse where
the trial is being staged.
DR.. Littlefield, 81, was murdered
in the home here of 18-year-old
Paul N. Dwyer who used to keep
company" with CarrolPs 17-year-
old daughter, Barbara. Less than
48 hours later, the physicians
wife, Lydia, SO, was also strangled
while on a motor trip with Dwyer.
REPUDIATES CONFESSION
Young Dwyer confessed COM
mitting both crimes, then re-
pudiated the confessions. He told
a new version and his former
sweetheart's father was arrested
and charged with the crime.
Dwyer is now serving a life term
in prison for the double murder.
Carroll, a husky man nearly
six feet tall, wore a brown suit
with belted back, blue shirt and
a brown tie. He was led into the
court room by a deputy sheriff.
His small eyes narrowed as pho
tographers took pictures.
Judge William H. Fish er
assembled the bench and the case
of "The People Versus Francis
M. Carroll" was under way.
Judge Fisher Immediately
sounded a warning that the trial
is to be mo spectacle"
WARNS SPECTATORS
'It is important that this de-
fendant receive a fair trial"
the Judge said. "The jury will
The Washington times., 1938-08-01

Richard whitney Sings walls, OBJ
served his fiftieth birthday teach
ing in the PRISONS school. Whit
ney is serving a three-and-a-half
to five-year term for misuse of
securities while heading a broker
age firm bearing his name.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01

International News Photo
HARVEY AULBACK, JR.
month ago, before he 1OGS
bOrn!
Shortly after his birth
three weeks ago he Was
photographed for his role
that of the me1Vly born
DGuphin In Marie An
tOinette."
CamerGmen agreed he
displayed no temperG-
ment or stage fright.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01

Geraldine
Spreckles
(dbOUe)
former Wife
of the sugar
n1dgnate, is
frequent
Uisitor at
beach house
of Charles
Chaplin,
film come
dian.
Paulette
Goddard
(left)
recently
entered golf
tournament
as "Mrs.
Chaplin"
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
Soldiers Home Painter
Drowned in MARYLAND

John H. DeVries, civilian painter
at Soldiers Home, was drowned
yesterday at Herald Harbor, Md.
Missed by friends late yesterday
afternoon, the painters body was
recovered by 9 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-08-01

tury mark to-
day.
Richard Whit
ney, in good
health and ap-
parently m a k
ing the best Of
life behind Sing
IN u
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
By Arrangement
With the StOrk:
A Film Star
Before He
Is Born!

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. I.
Harvey AulbGck, jr, of
Venice, Cdl., today aVus
revealed as the 1OorId's
youngest mOVie star.
He 1OGs actually signed
to q starring contract q
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
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The Washington times., 1938-08-01
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Whitney So; Teaches
In Prison School

OSSINING. N. Y, Aug. / G.NSD.
The one-time strong man" of
Wall Street passed the half-cen.
Evening star., 1938-02-26
Representative Kennedy
Answers Star Editorial
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
read with interest the editorial in
your issue of Wednesday, February %,
1898. regarding my attitude with respect
to the business privilege tax I am
afraid that my position in this matter
Is not clearly understood.
am IN no way committed to this form
Of taxation. My attitude before the sub
committee on Monday was that il q
business privilege tax was to again be
imposed for the coming fiscal year, then
those people residing outside the Dis
trict should pay on the same basis as the
residents Of the District. I know of
many instances in which people who do
considerable business in Washington
maintain no ONCE or organization Of any
kind In the District. To permit these
people to escape the payment of this
tax and to apply it to residents, bona
hde business residents. would give out
siders advantages over the residents of
the District. Personally, am strongly
OF the opinion that if the government of
the District of Columbia was properly
reorganized. economies could be effected
and the administration of same made
more efncient to the end that q budget
the size Of which is now required for the
District of Columbia could be very mate
rally reduced.
have for many months been working
on such . proposed reorganization, and
hope to have definite plan ready for
introduction in this Congress I believe
that 50 long as the Congress insists on
maintaining its power to legislate for the
District Of Columbia, then those serving
on the House District Committee should
consider legislative matters dealing solely
be guided by any outside influence
AMBROSE ]. KENNEDY,
Evening star., 1938-02-26
Favors Taxes Based on
Benefits of Government
To the Editor OF The Star:

10 the EDITOR OF Inc star:
Your issue of last Sunday contained
three letters from readers on the subject
of District taxes. The first advocated 4
sales tax, the second land. tax and the
third an income tax. During the past
two weeks have attended several of the
sessions of the hearing before the sub
committee of the House on the same
subject, and have noted q similar diverg.
ence of opinion on the part of the wit
nesscs and partly by reason of this di-
vergence and partly on account of the
apparent lack of interest on the part of
those most vitality concerned, but little
progress has been made. However, the
chairman of the subcommittee has re-
peatedly warned those present that
neither sales tax nor an income tax
will be passed by the present House,
necessitating reliance upon the business
privilege tax and the land tax. Since the
former is almost universally condemned,
on account Of its inequities and difiiculty
of administration, all signs point to the
land tax as the final goal.
can see no reason for rejecting any
form Of taxation that has been found
sound and workable in other jurisdic-
tions. All who enjoy the benefits OF gov
eminent should contribute, In proportion
to their ability, to its support. This
principle is commonplace. but I have not
heard it recently mentioned. It seems
obvious that resort to a variety of forms
Of taxation will better conform to this
principle than would the selection of a
particular target. If the chairman of
the subcommittee has correctly reported
the views Of the House, shall be greatly
interested In noting the justification
given. C. v. BURNSIDE.
Evening star., 1938-02-26

or Young Children crying. - Is it for
Mans Health to travel with tired
Jades -"
"For passage to London being SO
easie, Gentlemen came to London oftner
than they need, and their Ladies either
with them, or having the Conveniences
Of these Coaches, quickly follow them.
And when they are there, they must be
in the Mode, have all the new Fashions,
buy all their Cloaths there and go to
Plays, Balls and Treats, where they get
such a habit of Jollity, and a love to
Gayety and Pleasure, that nothing after
wards in the Countrey will serve them. "
Thus the world was going to the dogs
in 1873. 1t seems to DR.. Harold G.
Moulton Of the Brookings Institution
that the fears of the 18th English alarm
list were slightly exaggerated.
Yet only the other day an emminent
American anthropologist voiced SINH
lar concern over the tendencies OF the
present. He spoke, as quoted by DR..
Moulton, of "the once erectly striding
biped who abandons human locomotion
and whizzes through the landscapes.
crouched over wheels and levers worked
by his still prehensle hands. and his
nat, vestigial feet no less useful for this
purpose than those of his simian
ancestors"
Thus man is going to the apes in 1888.
This also, 1t seems to DR.. Moulton, is
somewhat exaggerated. In fact, it seems
to him, the two cries Of alarm may seem
equally ludicrous in the clear light of
history.
Evening star., 1938-02-26
Bladensburg Congestion.

Bladensburg Congestion.
An obviously sound suggestion for i'm.
proving trafnc conditions at the Blad-
ensburg Peace Cross has been advanced
by the Prince Georges County Comnis-
sioners. '."
Their plan is to have roads built from
the Defense highway, some distance east
OF Bladensburg, into Northwest and
Northeast Warrington. The idea de-
ssrvedly is winning support from various
groups, including m automobile club
whose engineers have made q scientific
study Of the situation.
Because the county Is without SUI
dcisnt funds to build such highways,
and because tranic ovsr the Defsnss
highway is largely through" rather
than local in nature, the Prince Georges
board has asked the State Roads Com
mission to build the proposed cutoff
roads. It Is suggested that one follow
the general route Of IN untmprovsd road
from Lanham 70 .Kiverdals. Tramc
would thsrs join, tn. .1alttmees beulsvard
Evening star., 1938-02-26

receive good suggestions from those In
the lower brackets.
To do 30. Of course, would be to admit
that some one else could tell them some
thing, which Is unbelievable.
Yet many an old slow poke in the ranks
could tell many big shot that he Is not
taking enough time for his midday meal,
that he is eating too much too quickly,
and that he hurries back to his chair
before he should.
The need for q real lunch hour is i'm
perative for these people. 1t should be
for every one, but the economic fates do
not always decree 1t. The hands" will
have to struggle along the best they can.
You see them racing for lunch every
where. At some Of our more moderate
downtown eating places the lunch hour
so-called Is merely a mad scramble to
see who can get In and out first.
A good suggestion for executives and
others who have the time would be this:
Select an eating place at least q mile
from the Office.
Walk to it. This will require at least
IS minutes, on an average, or even 20
minutes, in some fatty cases.
Eat small lunch.
The person who sits all morning and
all afternoon Is biting of more than
he can chew" indeed, If he thinks q
farmland dinner Is good for him at
lunch time.
The meal should be leisurely, and pre-
ferable with pleasant companions, but
this Is not as essential as some think.
The walk back-15 to 20 minutes, at
. minimum-is what counts.
Don't ask how we know.
To slide down in an elevator and into
. chair, Is not good for the physical
being.
All Of us know that, so why don't we
practice what we know? Perhaps, be-
cause we have observed that people who
are on their feet all day long are no
more healthy than any one else.
The point is that the ONCE man has
the chance, provided he has, to diversity
his life daily, not just once a week.
Half an hour of walking at lunchtime
Is 80 much more than many get that it
looms very large, indeed. 1t is daily habit
that counts.
The inimical thing that may happen
TO the stomach. the blood pressure and
the muscular system by too close appli-
cation, are many and terrifying.
We would even go SO far as to recon-
mend two hours for lunch to the highest
paid executives
II time hangs heavily on their hands,
they could utilize it to good purpose by
listening to some of the modern record
ings in the phonograph stores.
1t is surprising how many people you
see doing it. Maybe some of them are
executives.
Music Is one of the best soothers of
the internal system; it aids digestion
by increasing the flow of the necessary
digestive juices. Nothing Is better for
this than fox-trots.
Any one who breaks up his day in this
pleasant fashion will profit from it, but
the steady otace man will reap the most
gain.
Evening star., 1938-02-26
Protection of Parkways
Against Trespass Urged
TO the Editor OF The star:

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Please allow me to express through you
my sincere appreciation for the ones who
were responsible for Mr.. Kings resig-
nation.
In my opinion this was not political
move on the part Of any one. It was q
sincere effort to protect all the taxpayers
In the metropolitan area.
I own property miles from this piece
OF property, but am paying q parking
and planning tax. This property was in
the parkway. We are paying q very
heavy tax for this parkway. What will
the taxpayers receive for their money, If
these parkways are cluttered up with
apartment houses. These parkWays
should be protected for us by the Park
Ing and Planning Commission, but If the
people OF Montgomery County will look
into the many little streets and alley
ways the planning commission has
planned for our future. they certainly
will see that we will have q large group
Of siums In the very near future, In the
section of Montgomery County we
thought few years ago would be the
pride Of Maryland.
We voted for the parking and planning
sAAAAAAn6 VIC WOu4u llAVc commission
who would understand planning many
years ahead and prevent dead-end roads
and alleyways. thereby saving the future
generations millions of dollars, besides
making our county q more beautiful
place In which to live.
Where are any through roads planned
from Rockville to Washington since we
have been paying this huge tax?
know OF one road which was q
through road long years ago and it was
one Of the first roads on the Parking and
Planning Commissions map to be i'm.
proved and connect up with Rock Greek
Park, but millionaire closed it up
since then the parking commission has
wiped this road of their maps.
The millionaire used this road to do all
his hauling, but after he was through
using 1t he closed it. notwithstanding the
fact that the citizens association re-
quested him not to close the road.
All taxpayers in this special taxing
area should interest themselves and form
groups to 60 into the parking planning
and see If We are receiving any future
savings.
We should not be compelled to 70
through what has Just happened Our
commissioners are paid as trained men
to protect our interests
MRS. DAISY I. WILTON.
Evening star., 1938-02-26
Analy Yves New Statement
OF Economic Obiectives

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Conservative coalitions being out Of
order, opposition seems to consist of
drifting in and out Of ONCE by depend
ing, not on constructive thought. but
on the fact that neither of the Grand
Old Parties has a program that can
keep it out Of trouble with the business
cycle"
To a man up tree the late admin
istration statement of economic objec-
tives sounds like an invitation from the
bear to have confidence" and come
down and partake in program of con-
trolled abundance-abundan enforced
by restriction.
Does public deficit squandering prime
the pump"7 Isn't it obvious that when
1t stops, the flow stops because the cycle
Of spending has come to lean on the
motivation Of legislative appropriation
instead Of the profit motive2 When the
pay roll tax was surreptitiously used to
balance the budget. what happened?
And doesn't that happening suggest that
we face a series of financial crises like
those France is enduring, operating un-
der the same fiscal policy Of public
spending Of bank debts? Is q system of
perennial banking insolvency the way
out?
It seems inept, too, for the Govern
ment economists who fixed up the Pres
idents statement to even 10 much as
mention the general price level. A
price system Is like any other mathe-
lnatical system; motion within the sys-
tenn cannot be referred to the whole
system but only to point within it. If
We want to define price movements 10
~ to conduct our economy accordingly
In . balanced production Of It's various
values, q realistic, not an imaginary,
standard Of value is essential.
The Farm Bureau Federation in its
recent Chicago resolutions came out for
limited index Of prices as standard.
The new farm bill was advocated only
~ . way Of getting in on the game Of
restrictive monopoly, not Is Z proper
means Of attaining Q price standard In
m economy Of abundance. When our
monetary authorities stop trying to ape
the British and run the whole earth
through the banking system, and ret
up Q farm price level as q reference
point for al business accounting, then
and then only will the national income,
price relations. debts, costs. and en-
ployment, fall into line and keep step
without any need for meddling.
l.. ALDEN A. POTTER.
Evening star., 1938-02-26
Shooting Stars
~ PHHANDKR JoHNsoN.
A NeSativ> Est;sS,

A Negative Satisfaction.
I'm proud Of vhat-I left unsaid,"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Though oratory oft has led
To very splendid things,
Impressions which have tempted me
To speak before the throng
Have faded, and I must asree
That maybe I was wrong.
ITS great to make an audience roar,
But it will bring a sigh
II you should and you've started more
Than you can verify.
Though my remarks have never led
To flames loud trumpetings,
I'm proud Of what I haven't said"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Evening star., 1938-02-26

was picked for the district attorneyship.
While many cases Of . purely Federal
nature arise In the District Court, the
bulk Of the work Is OF . nature demand
ing the services Of one thoroughly IA
miliar with conditions In the Nations
Capital.
The ONCE, ss Mr.. Pine undoubtedly
has found out, is no sinecure. WASH
inston has law enforcement problems
peculiarly its own and vigilance and
prompt and. effective prosecution are
necessary.
Mr.. Pines real test Is Just beginning.
He will have the sympathy and the sup
pert Of al public-spirited citizens in any
move he makes to meet these problems
fearlessly. faithfully and effectively.
Evening star., 1938-02-26
Political Bedfellows.

1t may be- true that politics makes
strange bedfellows, but 1t does not neces-
sarily follow that they will sleep well
together. BY way Of illustration, one
might cite the chaos in which the
Democrats Of Pennsylvania are now
struggling.
-Four years ago the Democratic State
machine combined with organized labor
to break = Republican stranglehold on
the State that had withstood all chal-
lenees for forty years. Herbert Hoover
carried Pennsylvania by safe margin
in 1882 but in 1895, with the new alli-
ance working at top speed, the State
landed in the Roosevelt column with an
overwhelming vote. At that time 1t
seemed that the Democrats and labor
were sailing before the wind with all
sails flying and that nothing could stop
them.
But the passing of year brought an
astounding change and 1t now appears
that the bed is not big enough to accom-
modate both parties. Governor George
H. Earle is leaving the State House to
run for the Senate and the labor group,
as represented by John L. Lewis, presi-
dent Of the United Mine Workers. and
the Democratic State machine, headed by
Senator Joseph GufYey, are locked in q
finish fight to name his successor. The
rupture may not reach point that will
split the Democratic vote In the forth
coming election. but 1t is quite clear that
the invincible harmony that once pre-
vailed is now thing Of the past.
All this, needless to say, is most en-
barrassing to the Roosevelt administra-
ton. And the embarrassment is not re-
lieved by the fact there is little the
President can do but sit back and watch
a struggle that may break his party's
hold on the State that casts the second
largest electoral vote in a presidential
election.
When the unhappy situation in Ken
lucky is added to the Pennsylvania head
ache any one can see that the plight OF
the Democratic peacemakers is not an
enviable one. Down in the Bluegrass
State Governor Happy" Chandler has
announced himself as a candidate for
the Senate seat held by Alben Barkley
who not only served as the party's key
note speaker at its 1885 convention, but
was backed by the President against
Senator Harrison OF Mississippi for the
post OF majority leader OF the Senate
Senator Barkley is an able campaigner
and has not been beaten yet, but II he
should go down to defeat it would be a
heavy blow to the Presidents prestige.
Evening star., 1938-02-26
No Scuttle From China.

Although circumstances are not quite
the same, or the perils involved so acute,
there is reminder of our attitude toward
Germany, twenty -one years ago this
month, in the notification just sent
Japan concerning American rights and
property in China. The United States
IN early 1917 was adjured to circumvent
danger to its citizens and shipping from
the Kaiser's submarine campaign by
agreeing to navigate the Atlantic under
certain conditions prescribed from Ber-
lin. American vessels, it was represented,
might hope for immunity from U-boat
attack, If they would 60 to sea only at
fixed intervals be marked in conspicu-
ously distinctive manner, chart an ap-
proved course and proceed to destina-
ton agreeable to the German naval high
command. Because this country de-
clined thus ANONYMOUSLY to renounce
its neutral rights was one Of the reasons
we finally went to war.
After the sinking of the Panay, Toxic
pledged that the right OF Americans to
live in China would be respected. Three
weeks ago, at the outset Of the japanese
army's drive into Central China, the
imperial government urged that our ma
tionals be evacuated from the battle
region. Secretary Hull now informs
Japan not only that this Government will
not order Americans to leave, but that
Japan will be held to strict accounta-
biljty for any damage which they or their
property suffer as the result OF the in
vaders' military operations There rests
upon American ofncials Toxic is remind
ed, no obligation whatsoever to take re-
,Quested measures looking to the safety
Of American interests. Our people have
been repeatedly advised to leave perilous
Chinese areas. If they care to do so. In
many cases, they have needed that coun~
sell The United States adheres to this
policy Of suggesting voluntary departure
from danger zones. but denies Japan's
right to urge it or to injure any Ameri-
cans II they choose not to run.
It Is indicated that the latest Hull
note is one of the bluntest Washington
has 80 far dispatched to Toxic. The
attitude 1t reflects is not only welcome
in itself, as far as American citizens in
China are concerned, but it is no less
gratifying as fresh evidence that the ad-
ministration is not being stampeded by
the recrudescence of isolationist senti-
ment At Washington, which would COM
init this country to some such spineless
and stultifying inaction as the European
democracies are now exhibiting toward
arrogance in their part Of their world.