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The Washington times., 1938-02-14
|"SILVER SHIRTS"
TO Be PROBED
BY LA Toilette
Employer Relations Also
SCrutinized

GN.s) The Senate Civil Lib
critics Committee today prepared
to swing its spotlight on a grour
of so-called vigilante organiza
tions, including the Silver Shirt
Legion Of America.
At the same time, the commit.
tee headed by Senator La Toilette
(PO Of Wisconsin, will investigate
employers associations, with the
National Association Of Manufac-
turers heading the list.
HEARINGS IN TWO WEEKS
Open hearings are expected
within two weeks, La Toilette said.
Meanwhile, committee investiga-
tors are busy arranging sub
poeaned material for the inquiry
Spencer J. Warwick, Of Youngs
town, Ohio, chief ranger, will be
the principal witness for the Sill
yer Shirt Legion. It Is also pos
sible that william Dudley Pelley
president-commander, OF Ashe
vile, N. c., will be called.
AS the committee prepares tc
question officials Of the Legion
It faces o petition filed by the
Legion in Q Federal court asking
for q restraining order against
the committees subpoenas.
OFFICIALS CALLED
In addition to the National As
sociation Of Manufacturers, the
committee has summoned officials
Of the following groups for the
hearings:
The National Civic Federation
| Of New York, Constitutional Edu
cational League Of New Haven
the JohnStown (Pa.) Chamber o,
Commerce, the Citizens Commit
tee Of Jof1nstown, League Of In
dustrial Rights Of New York, New
York State Economic Council
Citizens Alliance and Associated
Industries, Inc, Minneapolis, anC
Hill & Kncwlton, Of Cleveland
said by committee members to b.
publicity directors. for Republic
Steel.
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Dorothy LaROe
Ends 18-Day Coma

Miss Dorothy LaRoe. 17-year.
old daughter Of Wilbur LaRoe,
chairman of the District Parole
Board, recovered consciousness at
Emergency Hospital last night
after a coma of 1S days..
She was injured January ~ in
an automobile accident at Tilden
Street and Reno Road Northwest,
while returning from q dance.
Her condition was reported as
favorable. David Crocker, injured
in the same accident, also was
reported improved.
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Topic of Sermon
Is Original Sin

Father Wilbur F. Wheeler, in a
pre-Lenten sermon during high
mass at st. Matthew's Church
yesterday, defined original sin as
the lack of sanctifying grace.
Declaring the subject pertinent
because the period Of Lent centerS
about the great mystery Of the
redemption, Father Wheeler urged
application Of ones soul to the
merits Of the death Of Christ.
Sanctifying grace, he said, was the
power to know and love God as
God knows and loves Himself.
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language, Is a doctrine of
foreign entanglements?"
The radio priest read a letter
from an unnamed Pittsburgh stee
worker, who asked Father Cough
lin to discontinue his fight against
war because:
"On Sunday night I went to
q labor meeting and my labor
boss told us that you did not
know what you were talking
about. He said that If Mr.. Roose-
velt can't stir up a war, we peo-
pie in the steel mills will go
without jobs, and he proved to
us that every time we had q
war, things doomed in Pitts
burgh. We have to have
another war or else this town
will 20 to pieces"
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Such Calm!
Girl, Months, Found
In Wet Streets

DETROIT, Feb. IA G.NSO.
Fourteen-month-old Mary Benja-
min laughed and gigled today, as
if nothing had disturbed the tran
guilty Of her young life.
A motorist found little Mary
last night in the center Of . busy
thoroughfare. It was pouring rain,
the streets were wet and he
Swerved just in time to avoid hit
ting her.
Soaking, she was taken to q
beer garden, washed and wrapped
in blankets. Later police took the
child home to its mother, Mrs.
Frances Benjamin, who explained
that Mary probably crawled
through the back door Of their
home.
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To-Day.
In his Sunday broadcast, the
radio priest flayed the "mer
chandizers of murder" who spread
propaganda among working peo
pie to make them believe pros
perity comes only after q war.
He demanded q clear-cut defini.
ton Of the new word quarantine
as applied to foreign aggressor
nations"
Father Coughlin asked:
Does it mean we shah con-
tinue minding our own business
or begin minding other nations
business? Does 1t mean that
the laborers Of America shall
applaud a doctrine Of quaran-
tine, which, reduced to plain
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Ants Add to Woes
'OfPOliCe RadiOmen

SACRAMENTO. Cal, Feb. Il
Q.N.S0-When Fresno radio pa
tromen switched on their short
wave radios recently they heard
cries Of pain and agony instead
Of the familiar calling all cars
The reason? A swarm Of big.
white ants, freed from rottine
plankS in the police station had
set up housekeeping inside the
trousers Of police a dio broad
casters. -
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Dutch Celebrate
Village Founding

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Feb. Il
Descendants of the Hollanders who
founded the first settlement IN
Western Michigan 81 years age
gathered at Holland to celebrate
the event. Jacob Vanderveen OF
Grand Haven, 81 years old, sole
survivor of the original colonistS
was unable to attend because OF
illness.
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by privately
slipping per-
Sonal orders
on the White
House florist
to ev e raj
others. Word
h as CO m e
down from
on hig h
thro u 6 h
first, second
and third
parties that
"the Presi-
dent is for
(this or that
GaNat0P and
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OLD FAMILY TREATMENT FOR COLDS
AND BODY BUILDING ~
Father Johns Medicine Not
Only Helps Break Up Colds
But Builds Up the Body.
Was Named by the People-Its 80 Years
Of Success Is Convincing Proof of Merit

This medicine originally prescribed for Rev Father John
O'Bren, Of Lowell, Mass, 1885, by physician.
He afterwards recommended parishoners
In this became popularity Father Medicine,
and thousands bnid this
scrpton.
No amount Of advertising alone could possibly have built the
aon that Father Johns Medicine has earned maintained
eighty colds bodybuder
it had proven value and merit.
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wants him to know It," one
such billet was delivered through
the wife of Senator last week.
The idea is the President will
come out for these additional
favorites eventually by: (A)
sending his secretary to a testi-
2nonial dinner for the Senator
as In the Barley case; CD
sending a "Dear Leo" letter to
q friend Of a Senator staging
o testimonial dinner as in the
Duffy case; (C) permitting son
James to express approval Of a
Senatorial candidate as in the
Pepper case; CD getting an
opponent out of a favored SEN
ator'S way as in the Thomas
case. .rN
AS 81 Democratic Senators are
"A up for reelection this year,
the posey-tossing thus far has
left 27 waiting at the White
House gate. Their position is
very embarrassing because the
President has created a situa-
ton where he may make wall
flowers out of them merely by
failing to take notice of them.
BY doing a little checking
among themselves, these wait
ing 27 have discovered that the
seven anti-court Senators among
them have heard no hints Of
hearts and flowers from 1900
Pennsylvania Avenue. The four
Senators favored so far are pro.
courters. The others who have
received inklings are also.
Thus an impression has spread
on the inside that it is too late
for the hapless seven to get any
thing except q comic cold
shoulder. en.rll . -ts- 49,
IT seems to be a shrewd Roose-
4velt maneuver. Surface Bit
terness and playfulness have q
well planned purpose behind
them. Mr.. Roosevelt is simply
trying to regain control Of Con-
gress by personal pressure, using
the only weapon at his COM
1nand.
Oldtimers on the Democratic
side in Congress were held in
line through the early New Deal
by the obvious means Of Mr..
RooSevelt's overwhelming pop
ularity, his ability to allocate ex-
penditures and dispense patron
age. Since the latest recession,
political awe has diminished.
Patronage is just about gone.
So are the PWA and its works
projects.
It has been increasingly evi-
dent this session that with these
old strings played out, Mr.. Roose-
velt is contending with appar-
emily insurmountable passive
resistance. Reorganization bill,
wage-hour defeat, etc.
ITO an extent his valentine
L campaign seems to have
restored temporary fear, but
whether it will be successful in
the long run is yet questionable.
For one thing it is as danger
Gus as fire to handle, because
Farley is on record pledging the
impartiality Of the national
Democratic organization In
primary and convention Strug-
giles. Apparently the President
Is trying to differentiate be-
tween his partial personal views
and the impartiality Of the
organization, but the hair line
there has tripped him in Florida
and may cause Stumbles else
where.
NoTE-Apparently there is
~ to be no stumble in Wis
consin. The Lafollettes do not
seem to be offended, although
they will put a candidate in
against Duffy in the general
election.
OFFICIAL inside gospel spread
" In Congress is Mr.. r. will
not ask for more than the bill.
lion dollars of relief in the
budget for next year: but he
will seek repeal Of the Wood
rum amendment so he can
spend it as fast as needed.
This plan probably will be fol-
lowed, but the President will
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Mr.. r. IS TOSSING
FRIENDS BOUQUETS!
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
BY PAUL MALLON

oId copyright 1885, by King Features Syndicate Inc
AU right reserved. Reproduction in full
in part strictly prokibited)
OLITICAL boquets tossed by Mr. Roosevelt to Senators
Barkley, Duffy, Pepper and Thomas of Oklahoma,
have started a valentine panic in Congress.
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Peddlers of War
Hit By Coughlin

DETROIT, Feb. IA NS.).-Americans have right to
learn on Washngtons Birthday whether the Washngtonan
advice to avoid foreign enanglements will be followed by
their Government the Rev. Father Charles E. Coughn held
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While these few posies have
been flung more or less openly,
Mr.. r has accentuated his love-
Ene-love-my-Senator campaign
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Slonal bIoc Will try to require
IS to 10 per cent contributions
from cities.
NOTHING has caused more
AN private discussion lately in
legal circles than Justice Black
sitting on the Electric Bond and
Share case whereas he was q
Senate leader for legislation in
volved. Even some southpaw
Congressman who want favor.
able action from the court are
questioning this breaking Of old
court custom.
Incidentally, New Deal attor.
neys are confident from the
questions asked by the court in
the hearing that they will get
a favorable decision.
ELAT stories that No. / New
l. Deal Lawyer-Lobbyist o. Max
Gardner had been chosen presi.
dent of the Stock Exchange
were thin as cellophane and
just as transparent. They were
manufactured by a stock group
who thought the suggestion
might catch on. Two things
are certain: (A) the Securities
and Exchange Commission did
not make the suggestion; (B)
Mr.. Gardner will not be presi.
dent Of the Exchange.
Influential Exchange authori.
ties want Jesse Jones or a New
York lawyer with a New Deal
slant.
DERENNIAL advent Of the
l. Thomas initiation bill from
the Senate Agriculture Commit
tee means nothing except that
the great financial experts on
the farmers committee have
again unanimously decided what
the Treasury should do. The
resolution which directs Mr..
Morgenthau to restore the 1926
price parity level by some none
tary hocus-pocus not mentioned; !;
will not get 80 votes in the Sen.
ate If it ever gets to q vote,
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have more trouble getting the
billion for next fiscal year than
he is having with the additional
$3.50, 600, 900 for the next five
months.
A congressional bloc is form
ing to require increased con-
tributions from cities as relief
is developing into a large city
problem almost exclusively. Now
the cities contribute an average
Of 10 per cent in materials, get
ting 80 per cent from the Fed.
erel Treasury. The congress
Sional bloc will try to require
IS to 20 per cent contributions
from cities.
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OFFICIAL inside gospel spread
" In Congress is Mr.. r. will
not ask for more than the bill
lion dollars of relief in the
budget for next year; but he
will seek repeal Of the Wood
rum amendment so he can
spend it as fast as needed.
This plan probably will be fol.
lowed, but the President will
The Washington times., 1938-02-14

NoTE-Apparently there is
~ to be no stumble in Wis
consin. The LafolletteS do not
seem to be offended, although
they will put a candidate in
against Duffy in the general
election.
The Washington times., 1938-02-14

ADVERTIsEMENT
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-24
TRYOUTS FOR PERRY TEAM
 ANNOUNCED
Competition Will Close on August l for Selecting l2
 Men for Rifle Tourney

The twelve members who will make up the Alaska rifle team which will attend the Camp Perry matches this year will be selected by compe- tition and tryouts will close on Aug ust I. it was announced today by G. H. Leonard, who is handling ar rangementS. Manager Leonard met with the Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club this noon at which time ar rangements were worked out.
 Any citizen of Alaska more than Is years of age is eligible to com plete for the team and notices were sent out today to secretaries of rifle clubs throughout the Territory ad- vising of the qualifications.
 The competitors will shoot over the following courses twice for their records:
 Ten shots at 200 yards. off-hand, Army A target; 10 shots at 200 yards, rapid fire, same target; 10 shots at 300, rapid fire. same target, and 20 shots at 600 yards, slow fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-24
KATHERINE PORTER
 IGNORED AT PARTY

Honoriug Miss Katherine Por- ter, house guest of Geraldine Bedding, Marie Nelson entertained a group of friends in her home in the Mead Apartments last evening The evening was spent in playing cootie after which refreshments were served. Prizes were won by Roberta Dooley, first, and Etolin Coulter second.
 Guests for the evening were Eto- lin Coulter, Mary Simpkins, Rober- ta Dooley Rosa Danner, Marian Lee, Mrs. Verne Soley, Geraldine Bedding, Mrs. George White, Chede Paul, and the honoree and hostess.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-24

dark Africa, or may stay at home in their own back yards. but the Marco Polos do both It is said that during the v/ter months they may be found questing about the city seeing Chinatown, dining in flavor ous old-world restaurants or pulling Holsters out of scalding pots on Fisherman's Wharf.
 Summer months and they're off to far lands. July IS. Latin-minded members of the club made the fourth annual trip to Mexico, which trip was also conducted by Margaret who is the regional di- rector of the Explorers Club.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-24
RRANT SAILS

The Bureau of Fisheries vessel Brant sailed at 5:30 o'clock yester- day afternoon for Seattle with AL aska Agent L. G. Wingard aboard. She is scheduled to sail from Seat tie north on July 2, bringing Dr. Ernest Gruening, Director of the Division of Territories and Island and Fisheries Com missioner Frank T. Bell to Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-24
Margaret HaIv0rsen
 Heads Tour Party

Heading a tour party on board the Princess Charlotte, due to ar rive in Juneau tomorrow afternoon is Miss Margaret Halvorsen, sister of Miss Christine Halvorsen, we'll known Juneau business woman. The party is composed of members of the Explorers Club, Marco Polos of San Francisco.
 Imaginative persons finli their own adventure. They may trek to
The Washington times., 1938-01-28

plan whereby IL districts now
without autonomy would be per-
mitted to elect all district officers
except for the important posts Of
president and secretary-treaSurer
The latter two will continue in
the appointive Power of the inter
national officers in Washington.
The convention today also
adopted officers recommendations
approving a finance report which
showed a balance on last Novem-
Der 80, Of $2.5S4,66S. despite
especially large expenses during
tire past two years."
Another proposal put the miners
on record in favor Of Federal
legislation withholding all govern
ment business from manufactur-
ing firms interstate or within
state boundaries that do not COM
ply with the National Labor
Relations Act.
Another recommendation ap,
proved Federal development of
hydro-electric power.
Action on proposals to oust from
the mine union, William Green, a
member of more than 80 years
standing and president of the rival
American Federation of Labor,
was delayed until next week.
The Washington times., 1938-01-28
CREEK PREMIER
MADE DICTATOR

LONDON, Jan. % G.N.S0.-Pre-
mier John Metaxas has proclaimed
an absolute dictatorship" in
Greece, Reuter- dispatch stated
today.
The Reuter- dispatch reported
troops had been mobilized through
out Greece in readiness to sup
press any disturbances.
Virtually all leading parliamen-
tarians, including M. Sophulis,
leader of the Liberal party; M.
Theodokis, chief of the Mon
archy party, and M. Kaphandaris,
Progressive leader, have been ar
rested and interned on remote
islands.
A proclamation issued by the
premier accused opposition parties
of allying themselves with "crimi.
nal interests"
The Washington times., 1938-01-28

The measure authorized con.
struction of At new warships, in
cluding three battleships, 1000
additional airplanes, % auxiliary
vessels. and would require an in
crease of 1900 officers and 10000
enlisted men in the Navy.
OLD TREATIES WIPED OUT
Wiping out the last vestiges of
the Washington and London treat
les, and going far beyond the ex
isting Vinson-Trarnmel act, the
measure called for a flat 20 pei
cent increase over currently au,
thorized tonnage for combatant
ships.
Dropped into the House hopper
Immediately following the reading
of Mr.. Roosevelt's message, the
bill held forth the inferential
hope that the worlds armaments
race might some day stop. by re,
serving in the President the right
to suspend the program to meet
any future limitation treaty to
which this nation might be sigma.
tory.
In specific authorizations, the
bill provides for:
Three 35,000-ton battleships,
bringing the total dreadnaught
strength to 18 ships.
MORE PLANE CARRIERS
Two 15,OOO-ton aircraft car
riers in addition to six already
in service or under construction.
Eight additional cruisers with
a total tonnage of 68,754 tons,
to bring the cruiser stregnth to
At ships.
Twenty-Five destroyers having
total tonnage of $4,000 tons, to
complement 122 in service or
under construction.
Nine new submarines of 49,.
658 total tonnage, to bring the
submarine fleet to SO ships.
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Rosemeyer Killed
In Racing Crash

FRANKFORT ON MAIN, Ger
many, Jan. % Q.N.S0 Bernard
r Rosem eyer, Germany's most
famous automobile racing driver,
was killed today on the. Darn
stadt auto highway while trying
to establish a worlds record for a
flying mile"
He met death when the wind
swept his car off the road.
Rosemeyer was the winner of
the Vanderbilt Cup race last sum-
mer in the United States.
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LONDON, Jan. % IN.S).-In-
dicating he has abandoned all
hope Of ever returning to Ger
many, former Kaiser Wilhelm
has read his will to his sons and
asked to be buried at Doom House,
the London Daily Herald reported.
On the occasion Of his seventy,
ninth birthday yesterday, the
Herald said, Wilhelm gathered his
eight sons and grandsons in his
study. He then walked to the
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Market Erratic,
Trend Higher

NEW YORK, Jan. % QN.SI.
The stock market moved irregu-
larly higher in quiet dealings at
the opening today, after the sharp
declines in the two preceding ses-
sions. Gains were limited. how
ever, and a number of pivotal
issues were slightly under last
nights closing levels. steels, mo-
tors and rubbers were about the
firmest groups. Utilities and rails
were quiet and mixed.
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TOkyOWeighs
Reply to y. S.
BY JAMES r. YOUNG

TOKYO, Jan. % Q.N.SO The
japanese government may soon
answer the new American protest
against japanese outrages on
American citizens and property
in China, a japanese foreign Of
flee spokesman said today.
The protest, in note form. was
handed to the Japanese govern
ment January II by United States
Ambassador Joseph c. Grew, but
it was not made public until
yesterday.
The note demanded that Ameri,
can lives and property in China
be safeguarded by the Japanese
military forces there. 1t accused
the government Of flagrant viola
tion of the pledges given following
the sinking of the American gun
boat Panay in the Yangtze River.
(Other details on Pages 6 and u
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Mary PickfOrd
Sued by Teacher

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 20 G.N.S)
Mary Pickford was made a de-
fendant in a $4,000 suit today
filed by Robert Majors, dramatic
teacher. Majors alleged that Miss
Pickford and Henry Duffy had
hired him to teach dramatics at
their College of the Theater on a
years contract, but dismissed him
without pay.
The Washington times., 1938-01-28
2 Burn to Death
In Apartment Fire

TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 28 1N.S).
Robert G. Stewart and Dorothy
Schaub, both 2S. were burned to
death and eight others were in
jured today when an explosion and
fire destroyed an apartment house
here.
Fire department officials said
they believed the explosion was
caused by gas.
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Resolutions sharply critical of
widespread abuse of the National
Guard in violation of the public
policy of the United States" was
adopted with enthusiasm.
This action came after propon-
ents of complete District auto
non1y in the UMW-defeated yes.
terday when a rising vote adopted
a partial autonomy compromise
proposed by officers-failed to
the 30 per cent of the
1000 delegates to compel a roll
call.
This failure made UNIV law a
The Washington times., 1938-01-28
Crew Dies
In Boiler Blast

MELBOURNE, Iowa, Jan. %
Q.N.SO.-Both the engineer and
fireman were killed today when a
Chicago and Great Western Rail
road engine exploded south of
here. The blast tore the engine
to fragments.
Engineer Frank A. Holmes, 46,
and Fireman William Krautz, As,
both of Des Moines, the victims,
were hurled yards away from the
wreckage. Seventeen box cars
were piled up. A brakeman was
seriously injured.
The Washington times., 1938-01-28
Two Score Escape
Big Montreal Fire

MONTREAL, Quebec, Jan. %
GN.SO.-Two score families fled
to the street in freezing cold TO-
day when fire swept an apart
ment house in Montrea's vest
side.
Soon after the hurried evacua-
ton, the roof of the structure
collapsed, tumbling inward amid
a shower of sparks. A furnace ex-
ploSion was assigned as the most
likely cause of the fire.
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Ex-KQiSer Asks Burial
At Doom, Without Fuss

window and turning his back tc
his hearers, said slowly:
IT would dearly love to be
buried at Potsdam beside my
first wife, but am afraid this
would be used for propaganda
and lead to demonstrations"
Il have here my last will and
testament. want to read you
the part dealing with my burial.
want to be buried here on the
grounds of this house without
any fuss or complications"