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The Washington times., 1938-09-12
J. A. BROWN
Sn1thtOlUn Man Dies
After Iona Illness

SMITHTOWN, L. l., Sept. IL.
James A. Brown, retired mechan-
ical engineer and major in the
ordnance department during the
Werld War, died here Saturday
after a long illness. He was 68.
Mr.. Brown, who was born in
Philadelphia, was plant engineer
at the Frankford Arsenal and as
sisted in building the Pickatinny
Arsenal at Dover, N. Y. He also
served as Government representa-
tive at the EddyStone plant at
Chester, Pa. He was a member
of the Engineers Club of Philadel-
phia and the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Rockville Chamber
To Discuss BRIDGE

ROCKVILLE, Md. Sept. IL.
Annual election of officers Of the
Rockville Chamber of Commerce
will be next Thursday evening in
the local firehouSe, the executive
committee announced today. One
of the important matters to be
discussed following election of
officers will be the proposed bridge
across the Chesapeake Bay, accord
ing to Robert s. Bilhimer. secre-
tary.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
FINANC|ERS HERE.
JITTERY WAITING
H|TLER'S SPEECH
ToWson Says Future Is
'Anybody's Guess

Washington business and finan
cial leaders, like those of the rest
Of the world, are intensely inter
eSted In an exceptionally intricatC
guessing contest"
This summary was made today
by Norman e. TowSon, assistant
treasurer and manager Of the for
eign department Of the Washing
ton Loan and Trust Company.
FINANCIERs JITTERY
Everyone and everything in
the world of finance and buSi-
ness is jitteEy," he said.
Everyone Of them is waiting
on what Hitler will say.
upon the words that Der
Fuehrer utters across the sea de-
pends momentouS decisions that
are confronting every business
man and manufacturer, banker
and broker in all parts Of the
world.
"The same thing is true in
Washington. We may be many
miles removed from the scene
where war is threatening and
where the scenes Of the next big
military conflicts will in all prob
ability be laid. Nevertheless the
monetary and economic affairs
Of the world are so closely inter-
woven that a major disturbance
in one country is felt in every
d other"
Towson called attention to the
statement by Roger BabSon, IA
nous statistician, that this week
witnesses the arrival Of the eco
nomic New Year"
The "jittery" state Of things in
general, Towson said, is reflected
today in the activities in stocks
and bonds.
The stock market is decidedly
nervous, with stocks opening weak
and then picking up. The same
holds true for bonds. Even Gov
ernment bonds opened weak and
then made a slight gain. Irregu-
larities in standard stocks" show
the same uncertainty and nervous.
ness.
There is absolutely no news
locally so far as financial con-
ditions CO." Towson asserted.
Everyone is marking time until
Hitler has spoken.
IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS
1.-THE reaction will doubtless
be reflected tomorrow morning
when the world begins a new
day. Hitler's statement will not
be made until after the New
York market has closed for to-
day.
"That will give those inter-
ested a short breathing spell in
which to try to estimate the
probable effect of his words.
Their decisions will be based on
these things, and also, of course,
on the lessons learned through
experience.
What is about to happen is
anybody's guess right now"
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
DEATHS

Susan G. Wright, SO, 1884 Columbia
Rd. N. W.
Salvatore Amato. rs. 1903 V st. N. w.
George Ambrose, IS, Emergency Hos
pital.
George e. stonnell, S. sibley Hos.
pital.
william Rose. So, 4sI7 Kansas Ave.
N. W.
Roscoe E. shealey, SO, George Wash.
ington Hospital.
Margaret Barnes. S3 Raleigh Hotel
Henry P. Bleaser, SO, Emergency Hos
pital.
Cletus c. Miller. 50. s12s Sixteenth
st. N W.
Sharon Torbett, months, Gallinger
Hospital.
Infant Jarboe, sibley Hospital
Infant Lescallett, 526 Ninth st. 8. f.
Frances Fletcher, 81, 627 w 81. N. W
Sanders Harris SO. sO7 Florida Ave.
N. w.
Laura Norvell. IS, Home for Aged and
Infirm.
Carrie Purnell So. Gallinger Hospital
Birge Clarke, 49, Freedmens Hospital
Flossie Dickerson, 27, Gallinger Hos.
pital.
Roy Muse, 20. GaIlinger Hospital.
Edith NJ. Alston, %, ST. Elizabeths
Hospital.
Infant Gibson, Freedmen's Hospital
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
VOSBURCH
E:r Race HGndicGpper
Dead, Aged 50

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. Sept.
12.-Walter Spencer Vosburgh,
former Handicapped and steward
of the New York Jockey Club,
died here yesterday at the age Of
SO, after outliving all the original
members.
Mr.. Vosburgh's first connection
with racing began as a special
correspondent of The Spirit of the
Times, a sporting periodical. He
wrote under the nom de plume Of
"Vigilant."
Upon the formation of the
Jockey Club in 1894, Mr.. Vosburgh
was appointed racing secretary,
forfeit clerk and Handicapped. He
was internationally known in the
latter capacity. He was appointed
steward of the Jockey Club at all
race tracks in the State Of New
York.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
]. S. Clernence
TOBe Buried
Tomorrow

Requiem mass for John s.
Clemence, retired pharmacist, who
died yesterday of heart diease at
his residence, 1851 Sixteenth St.
N. w., will be celebrated tomorrow
at 9 a. m. by the Rev. Michael w.
Hyle, assistant pastor, in the
Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Six
teenth Street and Park Road
Northwest. Burial will follow in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Born in the District Of Co
Iumbia, March 8, 1865, Mr.. Glenn
ence was the son of John s. Glenn
ence and Ida Harriet Sanner
Clemence. He attended st. Charles
Seminary in Baltimore, Md, study
ing to become a diocesan priest,
but was forced to discontinue his
studies because of Ill health. He
returned to Washington and
entered Columbia College, now
George Washington University,
where he received his degree in
pharmacy in 1889.
Subsequently, he established the
Portner Pharmacy in the Portner
Apartments, Fifteenth and U
Streets Northwest, conducting the
business for Is years until his re-
tirement ten years ago. Although
bedridden for the past year, and
inactive in clubwork, he retained
his membership in the Holy Name
and st. Vincent de Paul societies
of the Sacred Heart Parish.
His widow, Mrs. Grace M. Clem-
ence; a son, DR.. John s. Clemence,
jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Mannix, and two grandchildren,
Grace and Thomas Mannix, jr.,
survive,
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Lions Club TO Hear
Alexander HoItzoft

Alexander Holtzoff, special as
sistant to the Attorney General,
will be guest speaker Wednesday
at the regular meeting Of the
Washington Central Lions Club
at the Mayflower Hotel. He will
talk On the Constitution in COM
memoration of the 151st anniver-
sary Of the framing of the Con-
stitution, September IT, 1887.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
CHILD SAVED
Silver Tube: Put in
BOY'S Windpipe

Surgeons at Gallinger Hospital
saved the life of three-year-old
Boyd Martin, 900 block of Morton
Pl. N. E., by inserting a silver tube
in his chest after diphtheria
threatened to Strangle him.
The child was rushed to the
hospital gasping for breath Satur-
day night by his father, Harold
Morton. Surgeons of the nose and
throat department performed an
immediate operation, inserting the
silver tube in the child's windpipe.
Boyd was playing happily at the
hospital today and as soon as he
RECEIVERS the tube will be removed
and he will go home as well as
ever, physicians promised.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Pat Ends Clio Rift
With Garment Firm

(IN.S.) On the basis of an
agreement entered into by all
parties, the National Labor Rela-
tions Board today ordered Jacob
Finkelstein & Sons, Woonsocket,
R. l., to end efforts to interfere
with the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union Local
223, affiliated with the Committee
for Industrial Organization. or
any other labor organization.
The company manufactures
raincoats, jackets, mackinawS,
sportswear, and other products.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Insurance Ad Group
Opens Convention

OYSTER HARBOR, Mass, Sept.
IL Q.N.S0 sixteenth an
nual convention of the Insurance
Advertising Conference opened to-
day at the Oyster Harbor Club.
The opening session was devoted
to reports Of the officers and COM
mittees and to group sessions
Charles Harrington, MasSachu-
sets State insurance commits
sioner, made an address Of wei.
come.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Inventory Started
On Texas Power Co.

AUSTIN, Tex. Sept. IL U.NSO.
Lower Colorado River authority
engineers have started a prelimi.
nary inventory of the properties
of Texas Power & Light Co. in
sixteen counties adjacent to four
power dams of the authority. Last
week Texas P. & L., member of
the Electric Bond and Share syS-
tenn, offered to sell these properties
to the authority.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Stand on Labor Fund
Pondered in Canada

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario,
Sept. IL ,Q.N.SO. - The trades
and labor congress of Canada,
comprising international unions
with membership approximating
10000, convened here today.
One Of the most important
questions is whether the congress
shall continue to shelter unions
that are locked in the struggle in
the United States between the
American Federation of Labor and
the Committee for Industrial
Organization.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
c. F. BUTLER
Rail Official Dies in
Baltimore

ROANOKE, Va, Sept. 12.-Gil.
bert F. Butler, Of Roanoke, vice
president in charge Of traffic Of
the Norfolk and Western Railway
Company, died In Baltimore hos
pital yesterday after an illness Of
several weeks. He was so.
Mr.. Butler began mis- railway
career as a messenger boy. He
had been with the company for
AZ years and had been vice preSi-
dent for the last four years.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Ldther Is Injured
In ScaffoId Fall

James Klima, IS, of Baltimore,
Nd, q lather, was painfully in
jured late today when he fell from
a scaffold while working at the
Congressional Library. Taken to
Casualty Hospital, Klima was be-
lieved to have suffered a Sprained
back and q fractured ankle.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
1t. BREATHITT.
FUNERAL RITES
At ARLINC CTON
Young Officer Killed
In AirpIane Crash

Lieut.. James Breathitt, 3rd,
Air Corps Reserve, will be buried
with full military honors tomor-
row in Arlington National Gem
etery, after services in the Fort
Myer Chapel. Time Of services
will be announced upon arrival Of
his widow, Mrs. Edith Wadling-
ton Breathitt, from Hopkins
vile, KY.
Lieutenant Brea hitt, who
had been visiting his mother, Mrs.
Natalie M. Breathitt, of 3811
Massachusetts Ave. N. w., Federal
Housing Administration en-
ploye, last week, was killed in a
crash near London. Ontario, on
Saturday. He took off from Boil
ling Field Saturday to return to
his post at Selfridge Field, near
Detroit. He was instantly killed
when his plane struck a treetop.
ATTENDED v. M. 1.
Lieutenant Breathitt was born
in Frankfort, KY, Is years ago.
He attended Virginia Military In
Stitute, later pursuing his studies
at the University of Michigan, re-
ceiving two bachelor of science de-
grees in aeronautical engineering
and engineering mathematics. He
received his master of arts degree
from Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology in March, 1887, and
was graduated from Kelley Field,
Texas, flying school as a second
in the Air Corps Re-
serve.
FATHER IN POLITICS
His father, the late James Breat-
hitt, jr., Democratic lieutenant
governor of Kentucky during the
governorship of Republican Elem
D. Sampson, died in 1884.
Besides his mother and widow,
he leaves an uncle, Lorenzo Mar
tin, Washington correspondent for
the Louisville Times, and three
aunts.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Gilbert F. Butler, so,
Rail Executive, Dies

BALTIMORE, Sept. 10 d.N.sJ.
Gilbert F. Butler, go, vice presi-
dent in charge of traffic Of the
Norfolk and Western railway,
died at Johns Hopkins Hospital
yesterday. A native of Richmond,
Va. Butler was an expert on
rates. He lived in Roanoke.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
SEC 10 Hear Plea
OF Detroit 'Chanue

U.N.S) Securities and Ex-
change Commission has called u
hearing for September 29 on the
application Of the Detroit Stock
Exchange for unlisted trading in
Dow Chemical, Simplicity Pattern,
Divco-Twin Truck and other
shares.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Deaths,
BIRTHS

Maynard and Elizabeth Cooper. girl
Matthew and Amelia Jarboe, boy.
Melvin and Doris Lutrell, boy.
Julius and Vircie simon. girl.
John and Harriet Brown, girl,
Morris and Irene HageI, girl.
Jesse and Marion Heaton. boy.
William and Mary Du Bose, hoy.
Paul and Lorraine Grasso boy.
Robert and Ruth Hall, girl.
Edward and Margaret Sykes girl.
Alphonso and Lula Reed, boy.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
In MeEnOriam

3 In MemOriam
NETTZEY, ROBERTA Fin sad but
loving memory of our dear mother,
ROBERTA F. NEITZEY. who passed
away IA years ago today, September
12, 1924.
Peaceful be thy rest, dear mother.
1t is sweet to breathe thy name:
In life we loved you dearly,
In death we do the same.
In our hearts your memory fingers,
Always tender. fond and true;
There's not Q day. dear mother.
We do not think of you.
LOVING CHILDREN
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Deaths

September IL. 1898, at sibley Mem
orial Hospital. IRENE HAS s A N
DEANE, the beloved wife of Charles
D. Deane and mother of Ida Marie
Deane and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Funeral services from the W. W. Cham
bers Company Southeast Funeral Home.
517 Eleventh st. 8. E.. on Wednesday,
September IA. at 2 p. m. Relatives and
friends invited. 1nterment, Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
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Funeral Directors
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Deaths
fContiuu0dl

DE GROOT, FRANK A.-on Sunday, Sep
FRANK A. DE GROoT. beloved husband
Of Carrie J. De Groot. father of Mrs.
Edith v. Brown, of Arlington, Va, and
brother OF John W.. Harry T. and Al
fred z. De Groot and the late Henry B.
De Groot. Funeral from his late resi-
dence, oil 10th st. N E., on Tuesday,
September II. at 2 p. m. Relatives and
friends invited Interment Glenwood
Cemetery. Arrangements by william
sardo { Co.
GOROMBEY, GUsTAVE-on Sunday, Sep
tember IL, 1898, at Georgetown Hos
pital. GUSTAVE GOROMBEY, q. 8.
Marine Corps. 1nterment, Chicago, Ill.
T. Frank Murray funeral service.
HARDY. THEODORE MARsH.-on Sun.
day September II, 1898. at Sibley Hos
pital. THEODORE MARSH HARDY. of
Edmonston Road. Md. beloved husband
of Mary R. Hardy. Remains resting at
the W. W. Chambers Company suburban
funeral home, 9lS Cleveland Ave,
Riverdale, Md. Notice of funeral later.
ROSE, WILLIAM A.-On Saturday. Sep.
tember 10. 1888. at his late residence,
4917 Kansas Ave. N W., WILLIAM A.
ROSE beloved brother of George E. and
Fred T. Rose and Minnie E. Dixon.
Funeral services will be held in the
w. W. Chambers Company Funeral
Home. 400 Chaplin ST. N. W., on Tues.
day. September 13, 1888, at 10 a. m.
Relatives and friends invited. Inter.
ment in Oak Grove, Va.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-17

I Of ,Je,l.y'S. "SOme where snort Vi
Deal there's a wretched fishing
! village where this smuggIer puts
/ in
VIII I know the place when
see it she vas asking herself. Her
| fingers were automatically break
| ing the seal of the letter, and
| opening it. And now she began to
read. BY the time she had reached
the second line she was sitting
erect, gripping the paper.
This will surprise you no lit
tie. Your Sweetheart Jeremiah
Whitfield is now in His Majesty $
Navv against his will. | was the
one hc!ped put him there and J
rcyrc. same because it made YOU
think he had gone off with An
other. For some days | worried
ovcl. this and then went to the
Unicorn and Cr'n to tell you. You
had gone and my troubles were
added to when lent you were
American and frcnd!csS. Mr..
Toby says you arc trying to get
to france. | hope this catches
you first. | hereby confess |
never saw this J. Whitfield be-
tore the day he was pointed ont
10 me in your company and |
waved to him so friendly. The
hackney coach driver was the one
employing me. That night this
nan went into the Unicorn and
Cr'n taprOOm and set at table
with J. Whitfield and pretended
70 be drunk and | came in and
pretended TO look for him be-
cause nc was the driver of a hack
| was riding in. Then | saw this
J. Whitfield Of yours and told
him was having trouble with
the hack driver. Your sweetheart
got coffee and sObcrcd the man
up AID then went with us to the
ychicklc. It was nothing but
kindness on his part and it
shamcs me to say he was then
Ill vi IllC HCtN anu SdIlit " a
ship. They said he was a deserter
from His MajeSty's Navy but on
thinking it over / realize this may
be Il lie as our navy is snort Of
men and sometimes they are not
to careful. they would as soon
have an american as not. maybe
rather. But whether he was a
navy deserter or not, he was not
Il dcsertcr Of you and this is
what | had TO tell you. My adj
vice to you is 90 to the fishing
town of Corly south Of Deal and
ask at the Inn there for a man
named John Mclean. He is a
smuggler that don't mind a pass
enger. And now good luck and
God bless you from your friend
Maize Miller.
P. S. The ship they took ].
Whitfield to was the Sun Rise
ankOred out in the harbor but |
think it has already sailed. This
is very sad situaShion.
(To be continued)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-17
PAYNE, TURNER CASE
REVIEW is EXPECTED
DURING SEPTEMBER

ASHENILLE, Feb. 1.-THE APP
peal of Wash Turner and Bill
, PAYNE from frst-degree murder
convictions in Buncombe county
superior court is expected to De
reviewed by the North Caroliha
supreme court next September
counsel for the prisoners SAID mere
yesterday.
Payne and Turner. no" on
death row in Raleigh. were SEN
fenced to die in the states letnal
pas chamber March 18th for the
Shaving of State Highway Patrol
man George Penn, bat their pend
ing appeal is expected to stay eN-
ccution.
Judge Felix F. Alley, who pre-
sided at the trial, allotted the de-
PENDANTS SO days within which 10
perfect the appeal. Their attof-
news said the record proper, Judge
Alleys order. affidavltS and a VIII
of certiorari have been forwarded
to the high tribunal.
Meanwhile Attorney General y.
\. F. Seawcll has lodged a motion
before the supreme court to dis
miss the appeal on grounds 1t was
not dockcted at the term follow
ing their conviction, as required
by law. The law, however, re-
ouires the court to review all cap
ital cases whether or not an APP
peal is perfected.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-17

believe in Him. After recounting
the miracles Of Jesus, including
the healing of the blind and rails
ing Of the dead, the speaker cited
Simon Peter, Paul the apostle.
John Knox, John Calvin, John
and Charles Wesley and other
saints" as having performed
miracles" in their own right in
that they revealed to the world
the power and purpose Of God.
John Weslcy's heart W a ;
warmed 200 years ago; today
there are 100000 Methodisrs in
the United States, and in Hen
Jacksonville there is magnificent
church." he said.
The Rev. Mr.. Smathers said
the Aldersgate commemoration Is
the second phase OF the Bishops,
Crusade, and that its principal
purpose is to increase and deepen
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-17
PLEASANT GROVE

PLEASANT GROVE, Feb. II.
Rev. Jess Ownsby delivered a
splendid sermon at Pleasant
Grove Sunday morning.
Miss Daisy Hamilton Of Ashc-
vile is spending a few days with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah
Hamilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. }. Fletcher
and Preston Justus were dinner
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. R. f.
Fletcher Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin HathcOck
of Ashcvillc were dinner guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. f. Hamilton
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-17
| SENATE MAY HIKE
DEFICIENCY FUNDS
.(Continued from page onc)

Continued from page onc)
where action is expected early
next week.
The fund roll call vote was 81
to %. \ motion to rccommit b!
Representative John Tabcr, r. \
Y, was shouted down.
Before passage, the chamber:
Rejected an amendment by
Representative jerry Woorhis, D.,
I Calf. to increase the appropl'ia-
lion to S400.O00,000 in order to
add 100000 joblcss TO WPA
rolls next month when the peak
of recession idleness is expected
to be reached. The vote @53 to
23.
Defeated. 1876 TO 40, an
amendment by Representative
Martin Dies, D., Texas, proposing
that works progress sadminlStra-
ton construction be turned over
to the public works administra-
ton. The American Federation
of Labor sponsored the amend
mcnL in an effort to cmcumvcnt
VIVA restrictions that unemplOy-
cd must be given preference.
Adopted an amendment by Rep
rcscntativc Fritz Lanham, d.,
Texas. which would prohibit WPA
aid to aliens who have not de-
clarcd their intention of becoming
American citizens. The vote was
1877 to %.
Hootcd at an amendment by
Representative Robert l.. Bacon,
r., y. Y, to bar use Of WPA
runds for political purposes and
ban solicitation Of political con-
tributions from WPA workers. 1t
was killed on point of order
Rejected an amendment by
REPRESENTATIVE Alfred F. Better,
d.. y. Y, prepayment Of PWA, TO
prevent WPA from buying heavy
construction machinery.
Conservative Democrats joined
with Republicans in biting criti-
cism of New Deal reform and re-
lief policies preceding passage Of
the measure. Representative Joe
Starnes, D., Ala, led the fight to
strip the relief rolls of aliens and
also advocated a policy which in
the future would compel states to
match federal dollars in the care
Of the INDECENT.
Warning that there are some
aliens who have been on relief
rolls for five years, Starnes said:
"If they are going to be per-
manently on our rolls, they
should be sent back to the coun-
tries from which they came. If
Uncle Sam is going to play Santa
Claus, let's play Santa Claus to
our own nieccS and nephcws.'
Majority Leader Sam Rayburn,
d., Texas, opposed the Lanham
amendment but the proposal car
licd just before the final vote.
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Reed Of
Blantyre visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Gray Saturday. -
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. c. Orr. Nh.
and Mrs. Dewey Orr and little
daughter, Ann, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. w. W. Orr Sunday.
Mrs. Robert Wilson and son,
Billy, and Mrs. J. NJ. Wilson
spent last Thursday with Mrs.
Dewey Orr Of Hendersonville.
Mrs. Lee Shook and children
of Stanley returned home Mon
day after spending a few days
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Hamilton.
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DECENTRALIZATION
OF CHURCH IS AIM

CONTINUED from page one)
Iookcd that Wesley's heart
,,'o,rn;ne, led to the organization
Of Methodism and that the prIn-
cipal aim of the church is to save
At the conclusion of the ad-
dresses, Miss Aimee Hackney Of
Ashcville, the Rev. Frank Smath-
crs of Weaverviile and the Rev.
VI. T. Smathers conducted unit
conferences on missionary Work,
Sunday school activities and
evangelistic effort.
Dr.. Hutchins' address was baS-
ed on the remark of Jesus that
His disciples can do greater
things than He did if they will