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The Washington times., 1938-03-22
MONEY
TAKEN BY NAzIS

LONDON, March % GN.S0,
Their passports and all ready
money in the possession of DR..
Sigmund Freud, 82-year-old psy.
choanaliSt, and his wife, nave
been seized by, police in Vienna,
the London Daily Mirror said to.
day, as new reports reached here
of further Nazi pressure against
Jews and non,AryanS in the
former Austrian capital.
The Mirror said police in Vienna
raided Freud'S home, confiscating
the passports and all the money
they could find. .,.
The London Daily Herald said
thousands of anti-Nazis are under
arrest in Vienna and that between
10000 and 10000 men and women
are held in concentration. camps
and prisons. ..y
A Vienna radio station, accord
ing to this paper, claimed between
60 and 70 persons in Vienna COM
mitted suicide last Friday night
Declaring its figures based on
"well-informed sources" the World
Jewish Congress at Geneva an
nounced that 1,700 Vienna Jews
have committed suicide since Aus
tria was taken over by Nazi Ger
many.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Berlin WARNS
RIO ON GERMANS

BERLIN, March % G.N.s0..
ENazi Germany was on record to.
day with a thinly-veiled warning
to Brazil that further moves by
the Rio de Janeiro government
against German organizations
there might have an adverse ef-
feet on relations between the two
nations.
The Diplomatic, Correspond dence,
organ of the German foreign Of.
flee, claimed Domestic discord in
Brazil has brought political un-
rest in which orders Of the Cen.
tral Authority are not carried out
everywhere in the land with the
proper spirit" =
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
GOES
SOUTH TONIGHT
q q
IntsrDatIohaI News Fhoto

U.N.S.), President Roose v e ! t
cleared away his desk today in a
series of last minute conferences
in anticipation of a Today rest
at Warm Springs, Ga. ...
The presidential special is sched.
uled to leave Washington early
this evening". At Warm Springs,
the Little White House., as Mr..
Rooseyelt's cottage is known, has
been made ready.
Tomorrow morning the Presi-
dent will pause at Gainesville,
Ca, to participate in ceremonies
ded1cating a public square in his
honor. He will deliver a 15-min:
ute speech there over a local
broadcast.
Senators George and Russell
and Representatives Frank Wheel
chel and Emmett M. Owen. rep
resenting the Gainesville and
Warm Springs districts, will &C
company the President. Basil
O'Connor. the Presidents former
law partner and active head OF
the new National Infantile Paral
ysis Foundation, and Frank A
Walker, former director Of the
National Emergency Council, also
are making the trip.
Presidential Secretary Marvin
H. Mcintyre and Personal Secre
tary Margarite LELAND will head
skeleton office staff that will
establish temporary executive
offices at the Georgia health re
sort.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
91O AMERICANS
ARE LUCKY IN
DUBLIN. DRAW
Local Bridegroom
Offered $4,000
BY CHARLES A. SMITH

DUBLIN, March % QN.S).
More gold was tossed across the
Atlantic Ocean into the pockets
Of lucky Americans today as the
drums of fortune revolved in the
Dublin mayoral residence to con.-
plete the twenty-third Irish Hos
pitals' Sweepstakes draw, based
on the Grand National Steeple-
chase at Aintree, England, to be
run March IS.
Twenty-nine Of the so residual
cash prizes-each worth $1,152
were drawn by Americans, 10 Of
them residents Of the New York
New Jersey area.
In addition, $50 of the consola-
tion prizes went to ticket holders
in the United States. Each cash
consolation prize is worth $500.
II LUCKY HERE
Eeventeen Washington, D. c.,
residents drew consolation prizes
today. Yesterday IT citizens Of the
District of Columbia drew chances
on the starters in the race. Among
the latter group was bridegroom,
who an English syndicate has Of.
fered $4,000 for his ticket on
Blue Shirt. second choice horse.
Yesterday. Americans kept up
their traditional reputation for
good luck by drawing a total Of
81 tickets on the first five
favorites. Holders of residual
prizes included:
"All of U.s." Ill Parke West,
Pittston, Pa.
Lucky Break" 900 East Wal
nut ST., Louisville, KY.
Henry F. Krown, 811 N. La
trobe Ave-, Chicago. Ill.
J. P. Connolly, so3 Macy St.,
Los Angeles, Cal.
ANNE VOIGT, HOLLYWOOD
A. F. Begole, lis Elm St..
River Rouge, Mich.
Mary Ann Maria" 49h
South Camp Road, Kingston,
Jamaica.
Anne Voigt, 952 N. Crescent
Heights Boulevard, Hollywood,
Cal.
"Once for Two.". Canada.
Frank White, 713 Kennedy
Ave-, Johnstown, Pa.
A. r. Lightsey, Centerville,
Ala.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Blum Offers Bills
To Aid Armament

PARIS, March % U.N.SJ.
The government of Premier Leon
Blum today laid before the cham
ber of deputies two financial bills,
designed to aid Frances speedy
rearmament. The first author
ICES the autonomous defense fund
committee to issue bonds on its
own account when necessary. The
other authorizes the Bank Of
France to authorize the state sums
needed for current expenses.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
u. 5. TAX Chief
HITS BUSINESS
RELIEF APPEAL
Neutrality-suspicious.
Bill Levies

I.N.S). A flat mo" was the
Roosevelt administrations answer
today to demands of the nations S
business for drastic revision in
New Deal taxation.
Undersecretary of the Treasury
Roswell Magill, appearing before
the Senate Finance Committee,
clashed with business and the com
mittee itself by rejection OF
appeals for repeal of the corporate
undistributed profits tax and
modification of the capital gains
levy in the new revenue bill.
BEMOANS LOST REVENUE
Even revival Of the principle OF
the third basket" tax proposal
sky-high imposts upon closely-held
or family corporations-was sug.
gested by DR.. Magill, 43-year-old
mild-mannered tax expert who
served in the Treasury Depart
ment under Secretaries Mellon
and Mills.
Bemoaning the loss of revenue
to the Government because of tax
EXEMPT governmental securities
DR.. Magill said he thought the
supreme Court would now uphold
a statute to tax income from
future issues Of governmental
securities; that is, a law permitting
the Federal Government to take
income from State and local bonds
and giving the States power. to taz
Federal bond issues.
"SOME DOUBT" CITED
While observing there was
some doubt" on whether a con
stitutional amendment would bt
necessary to plug that tax loop
hole, DR.. Magill said:
However, I believe that the
Supreme Court would uphold
such a statute, although they
might not have done so several
years ago."
Reminding the committee thai
President Roosevelt is insistent
that there be no net decrease ir
the amount OF revenue through
the pending revision of the ta1
bill, DR.. Magill said the Treasury
Department does not expect bust
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
President Gets Final Plans
For Jefferson Memorial

Final plans for a revised $3..
100000 jefferson Memorial were
laid before President Roosevelt to.
day and practically approved by
him. /
The plans, taken to him by the
Jefferson Memorial Commission,
headed by Representative John j.
Boylan of New York, incluoe the
erection of the memorial at a
point ass feet south Of the Tidal
Basin away from the cherry trees
which caused so much discussion
when it was found that the origi-
nal site would necessitate removal
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
6 on ''Last RAT" !"
Objects of Search

MUNCY, Pa, March % (I.N.SD.
The dreary search for six persons
missing in the crackup Of Penn
sylvania's Last Raft" continued
today as survivors of the disaster
were called to testify this after
noon at a coroner's inquest. The
raft smashed into a railroad pier
near here as it was repeating the
historic runs of log craft from big
timber sections Of central Penn
sylvania to Harrisburg. Authori-
ties placed the death toll at seven.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22

of hundreds of trees, and at a
spot which the architect believe
will not interfere with the contour
of the Basin or with any existing
roads in east or west Potomac
Park.
Final action of the Jefferson
Memorial Commission is expected
when the Commission meets at
O'Clock today in room 456 OF the
old House Office Building. At that
time. Chairman Boylan is ex.
pected to issue a complete public
statement with all the details oi
the proposed design.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
BritOn Would Aid
Austrian Refugees

LONDON, March % GN.S).
A bill designed to facilitate entry
of Austrian refugees into Great
Britain wa: introduced in the
House Of Commons by Col. Josiah
Wedgewood today. Victims of the
terror in Austria are worse off
than those Of the French Revolu'
tion," he said.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
18 Women Freed
In Vice Crusade

The cases of vagrancy against
18 women arrested last week in an
anti-vice drive by police were nolle
pressed in Police Court today by
Assistant Corporation Counsel
John O'Dea. O'Dea pointed out
there was insufficient evidence to
hold the women on soliciting
charges and that the vagrancy
charges could not be subStanti-
ated.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
2 Boys Drowned
On Fishing Outing

MASONTOWN, PA, March %
Q.N.SO.-Tragedy marked finis to-
day to a first-day-of-spring fishing
trip for three Fayette county
youth. Plunged into the icy
waters of the Monongahela River
when their skiff was caught in the
backwash of a Stern-wheeler ano
capsized, two of the lads were
drowned while the third narrowly
escaped a similar fate. Victims
were Charles strude, 20, and
Joseph Carney,17.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Plunge
Fatal to Workman

Injuries sustained when he fell
last Saturday from a scaffold IN
which he was working in the 4500
block of Connecticut Ave. resulted
in the death last night at Emer-
gency Hospital of James Clayburn,
81, colored, of the 1900 block D
st. S. E. Floyd Webb, "a, colored,
of the 100 block Myrtle st. N. W.,
who also fell from the scaffold,
escaped with minor injuries.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Keep Cash Handy
For Auto Fines

Warning motorists to keep a
reserve fund to pay fines for traf,
fic violations, Judge John P. Nc
Mahon in Traffic Court today
granted several defendants time
to "pay up" rather than go to
jail. Persons who drive cars. he
said, should keep sufficient funds
on hand to take care Of emergen-
cies. He indicated that in the
future he might not be so lenient.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
II MORE IN D. c.
Get RACE CASH

Whoops Of joy continued to
echo in Washington today as
cables from Ireland clicked off
the names Of II additional Wash
ingtonians who held prize tickets
in the Irish Sweepstakes.
Today's winners are being no
titled that they have beer
awarded consolation" prizes oi
$500 each, although they failed
to draw any of the SO horses en-
tered in the Grand National
Steeplechase, to be run at Ain
tree, England. Friday.
OFFERED $4,000
The list Of consolation prize
winners was added to the names
of II lucky Washingtonians who
drew tickets on horses yesterday.
The II will receive $2,302 whether
their horses are in the money or
not.
Most distracted man in Wash
ington today was Philip KouSen,
of 229 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E.,
bridegroom of six months. He drew
ticket on blue Shirt" second
choice horse, and last night he
had received six offers, five
of them from England, for a halt
interest in his ticket. Highest
offer received thus far was $24,'
900.
phillip don't know what to
do" said his friends. Hes got
q headache"
CONSOLATION WINNERS
Among the consolation prize
winners who received news OF
their luck today were:
M. S. Goldnamer, Homer
Building.
1.-TWO Graces", 2SO7 Connecti-
cut Ave-, N. w.
Porinda Holmes, 1925 Twenty.
second st. N. w.
John Lucky Star" Carroll,
145 Twelfth St., S. E.
Joseph E. WinSlow, 100
Argonne Place, N. w.
R. Wolf, 1908 K ST., S. E.
Mrs. Fannie Carren, Dupont
Circle Apartments.
"FriSkie" ia 8 St., N. w.
"Al and Nell" 23O Eighth st.
N. E.
Walter Leftwich, IA oxford
St., Chevy Chase Md.
Cooke" 2121 New York Ave.
N. w., $500.
"Pique." 1902 Trinidad Ave.
N. E.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias C. Rem,
3OO2 Twenty-fifth st. N. E.
John Wade, 525 Eighth St.,
S. w.
Martin Cashwell, 915 o St.,
N. w.
Zenna Belle Kyle. 1907 Nichols
Ave. S. E.
"see Them Rum" 261S Woodle!
Pl. N. W,
The Washington times., 1938-03-22

afternoon.
Chairman Morgan was back
in his Yellow Springs. (Ohio)
home today, prepared to con
test in every legal way Mr.
RooSevelt's power to GUST him.
AT BOILING POINT
Prompt repercussions on Capitol
Hill were certain. A debate was
in prospect in the House this after.
noon. that promised to produce
oral fireworks unless leaders slip
on the gag. The Senate was pre-
pairing an independent investiga'
ton. 80. t.#
House debate will be touched
Off when the Gilbertsville, KY.
dam conference report is brought
in. iva originally asked through
the Budget Bureau for $4,000, ,000
to start this project. The House
cut it to a little over 5000, 900, but
the Senate restored the budget
figure, Conferees accepted the
Senate version and Representa-
tive Clifford Woodrum ,D.) OF
Virginia will ask the House to re
verse itself this afternoon.
BATTLE TO FOLLOW
This move will precipitate a
battle Immediately. Led by Repre-
sentative George w. johnson CD
Of. West Virginia, and others, q
group Of House members is pre-
pared to argue that no iva prof
ectS should be voted additional
money until the Morgan-Lilentha
Morgan row has been thoroughly
aired by a congressional commit
tee.
Congressional leaders were
agreed that suspension or oustel
of DR.. Morgan will have no effect
on the proposed congressional in
veStigation Of iva.
Speaker Bankhead said today
the investigation would go for
ward. He also expressed the opln
ion President Roosevelt had thl
legal right to remove Morgan.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Income Tax Return
Rises 81 Per Cent

G.N.S.) Income tax collections
for the first 81 days of March were
ST. per cent higher than for the
same period last year, the Treas
ury announced today Collections
totalled $685., ,689 ,562, as against
$652, ,307, ,522 last year.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
TREASURY CONDITION

QNS) Trea asury balance
March 19: 5000, 1927, ,920,49; in
ternal revenue, $500, ,673.33; Gus
toms receipts. $16,682, Its, 40; re-
ceipts, $4.603, ,S02,316; expendi,
lures, $5,462, ,000, ,536.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
AUTO Staying
FOLLOWED ROW
WITH OFFICER
Quarrel of Victim
and Scheid Barred
Rx GEORGE M. GREEN

I BY GEORGE M. GREEN
The stage was set for the death
Of Theodore B. Daugherty, 81
year-old Washington musician,
when he quarreled violently with
one of the policemen accused Of
killing him in front Of the officers
Falls Church (Va.) home.
This startling revelation came
today as plans were being made in
both Falls Church and Arlington
County to hold public indignation
meetings in protest against the
allegedly unjustifiable shooting.
HEARD BY NEIGHBORS
The quarrel started. witnesses
said, when Daugherty drove his
brother-in-law. Harry F. Frazier.
who lives across the street from
Falls Church Policeman Edwin
Scheid, 25, to his home on the
Leesburg Pike.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence r. Barg-
hansen, neighbors Of Scheid, said
they were awakened early Sunday
morning by the loud voices Of two
men quarreling violently.
Peeking from their window, the
Barghausens said, they saw Po-
liceman Sc heid's automobile
parked in their driveway. Then,
they said, they heard Daugherty
order someone off the Frazier
property.
VICTIM TRAILED
A few moments later, the Barg'
hausens related they saw Daugh-
erty's car drive off, followed by
the polcieman's car, which was
without lights.
AS the two cars turned into the
Lee Highway, according to Scheid
and his companion, Policeman
Herbert Knox, "a, wild chase
through Fairfax and Arlington
counties got underway, climaxing
in the shooting.
Daugherty was killed just south
of Cherrydale on the Lee Highway.
One officer fired five shots and
the other shot only once. Three
Continued on Page 4. Col. II
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Morgan Maps Fight
To Supreme Court
Custer of TVA Head Also to Bring Battles
In Both House and Senate
By GEORGE DURNo

GN:S9 The ultimately the Supreme Court-wl be
called upon to rule President Rooseves right
Dr. Arthur E. Morgan chairman of the Tennessee Valley
Authority scheduled for formal $50 this
The Washington times., 1938-03-22

" Fair, low temperature SS tonight: to-
morrow cloudy, mild: showers in after
noon or at night. "Details on Page 250
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-31

park is made up of four units: The
Garrison area which begins at
Boulder park and extends north
ward to Carriso creek, between
Coyote and Fish Greek mountains,
the Vallecita area including VAL
lecito and Mason valleys; the Bo-
rego Desert park, which takes in
Borego valley and Borego palms.
and SaltOn Sea park, which lies
along Highway U. S. SO between
Kane Springs and Travertine
Point.
The entrance to the park where
several desert roads meet. at a
point a few miles from Coyote
Wells has been designated as the
Ell CentrO Gateway of the park
A siX-page bulletin briefly de-
scribing the principal points of in
terests within this area, already
has been prepared by the FL Cen
tro Chamber of Commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-31
ANA STATE PARK BECOMES
OFFICIAL NAME OF NEW AREA

ANA Desert State Park became
a definite reality this week when
the California State Park Com
mission. sitting in executive ses-
sion, voted unanimously to confer
the name of Anza on this scenic
area of nearly a million acres of
the most colorful desert land in
the southwest.
Manager Robert Hays of the FL
Centre Chamber of Commerce VISA
informed Thursday by Dan Blood
Newton Drury. and Guy L. Flem-
ing, of the park commission of the
decision.
Blood, Drury and Fleming came
to Ell Centro on a final inspection
tour of the park that begins at
Coyote Mountain and extends west
to the 6l00 foot high Monument
and Garnet Peaks and north to
the Riverside county line.
For administrative purposes. the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-31
Charlie Mccarthy
Enraged by Charge
That He's A Fake

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 81. CUP =
Charlie Mccarthy bit his lip until
the sap flowed today, so enraged
was he over being called a fake by
Francis x. Coyne, the Massachu-
setts legislator to whom Hollywood
is one long string of phoney names.
Charlie was riled over Coyne's
charges that he was carved out of a
Spanish forest and that his real
name was Pedro McCartio.
I'd like to chop him down with
a buzz saw" he rallied I'D like
to bark my shins on his neck. I'd
like to flip that Coyne-"
Edgar Bergen interrupted to re-
mind him to stick to the facts.
Charlie opened his shirt and
pointed.
Does that look like Spanish
cork?" he demanded
He was pointing to a couple of
pine CMichiganD knots.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-31
BLAZE FOUND
IN FIRE CHIEFS
OWN CLOTHES

FAIRPORT HARBOR, o., Mar.
81. (UP)-George Knuttinen, new
fire chief, received a scorching
iritia ton into his duties today.
RuGtling with efficiency, he en-
tered a st3re where he had smelled
smoke. The manager also had
smolled smoke. They searched
the building, attic to basement.
The CdOr of smoke followed them,
but they found no fire.
The chief went outdoors and
checked automobiles at the curb.
None was burning. At that point
in the search, the chief suddenly
found the fire - in his pants
pocket. Ii was he who had been
burning, a Scorcher of a blaze
having started from a pack of
matches which had ignited i'm his
pocket.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-31
SO MILLION FACING
TYPHUS EPIDEMIC
III CHINA WAR AREA

ing epidemic"
Mooser is a short, stocky, hard
boiled public health officer who
has spent much of his life COM
batting mass diseases. He broke
an incipient epidemic of typhus in
Mexico in 1880 he recalled, by de-
lousing the populations of entire
towns and cities.
No InnOculatiOn
l met the physician when I
reached Stan-Fu after a tour of
the Lung Hal defense lines. I was
lousy myself, after a fortnight in
the field with Chinese soldiers.
and l hurried to one of the League
of Nations clinics for delousing
and inoculations.
1 got delouSed but 1 could not
get inoculated.
MY best friend was inoculated
but it didn't prevent him from
contracting typhus," Mooser said.
And besides our vaccine is all
gone. If you get typhus youn lust
have to go ahead and die"
Indicative Of the thorouehness
of the physicians delousing meth
ods I might mention that he shaved
my head.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-31

the screams of my brothers ringing
in my ears" Pigeonhead said.
My mother was shot down by
the soldiers while she held my
hand My father was killed. Every
thing we owned was stolen or
burned
Rep. Francis Cose. r.. ND, who
introduced the bill to recompense
the Indians. said he expected the
committee would report the bill
for action at this session of con-
gress.
Department of interior officials
described the massacre as the
bloodiest and most shameful epi-
sode in the nations relations with
the Indians. The Indianss account
of the mass Staying is borne out
by a report of Gen. Nelson A.
Miles in 1917.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-31
100000 Asked for Aid
To Massacre Survivors

WASHINGTON, Mar. 81 up
Jim Pigeonhead returned to the
Sioux Indian reservation in South
Dakota today to wait for a gov
ernmenC check 10 sooth his mem
ories of the massacre Of Wounded
Knee.
Through an interpreter. he ask
ed congress to appropriate ap-
roximately 100000 for the sur
viVors and relatives of the Sioux
Indians slain by United States
cavalry near Wounded Knee Greek,
South Dakota, in December 1890
The interior department. which
paid the expenses of Pigeonhead
and Dewey Beard. another sur
ViVor, to come here for the plea
before the House Indian Affairs
committee. announced it is sup
porting their claim
Il awake sometimes at night
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-31
BY JACK BELDEN

tCOpyrIght lJ36 by United PreSS)
SIAN-FU, Shensi Province, Mar
81. (UP)-More than $4,000 900 peo-
pie in the war areas of central
China face one of the greatest
typhus epidemics in modern his
tory, DR.. H. H. Mooser of Zurich,
Switzerland, told the United Press
today in an exclusive interview.
The disease already is here and
may reach epidemic proportions
at any time" DR.. Mooser, head of
a health mission sent to China by
the League of Nations. said. The
Idanger is imminent Refugees thru
out central China are simply filthy
With typhuS carrying lice.
There are no Chinese delouSing
stations and we are half-crazy try
ing to get cooperation from the
Chinese military and civilian Off
cials.
Without Supplies
Members of my mission (the
Leagues Epidemic Commission are
doing what they can but we are
practically without supplies.
we are right in line for a major
catastrophe which may spread to
much of China. All the Chinese
soldiers in the Lung Hal line (the
Chinese line defending Generals
simo Chang Kai-Sheks temporary
capital of Hankow) are lousy and,
with the hordes of travelling refu-
gees, are spreading lice rapidly.
"TyphuS, indeed, is likely to
cause a collapse of all the Chinese
armies in the central area. don't
see how they can escape it. Every
condition is right for a devastat-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-31
JURY DECLARE
WOMAN GUILTY
IN POISONING

ST. HELENS, Ore. March 81.
CUP)-A circuit court jury today
convicted Mrs. Agnes Joan Ledford,
35, of the first degree murder in
the arsenic poisoning death of her
stepdaughter, Ruth, 13.
A life sentence was recommend
ed, and state law makes passing
of that sentence mandatory.
The defendant in the trial which
opened more than three weeks ago.
was nearly Frustrated when she
heard the verdict.
Ruth Ledford died last Sept. 3
from what doctors who testified
at the trial said was acute arseni-
cal poisoning Ruth's sister, Dor
othy, Is, died two days earlier from
similar clauses and Mrs. Ledford
was indicted in both deaths.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-31
Two Found Safe
Inside School Bus

CALGARY, Alta, Mar. 81. CUP)
"A searching party reached a
school bus, marooned "a hours in d
southern Alberta blizzard, and found
the only two persons aboard safe
and unharmed today
1t had been feared that II school
children were trapped on the bus,
but the searching party learned the
bus on which they found the wom-
an driver, Mrs. K. Brown, and a
mechanic, Austin Nixon, Parkland,
had been unable to reach the chill
dren Mrs. Brown was to have picked
up.
The searchers found the bus
stalled in a SnoWbank.