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The Washington times., 1938-01-24
MILTON TAKES
OATH IN SENATE

G.N.SO John Milton, of Jersey
City, N. j., today took the oath
as junior Senator from that State
as scores Of well-wishers from New
Jersey, each wearing a large red
Icarnation, sat in the Senate gal
leries.
Immediately after Senator Mil.
ton was sworn in, Vice President
Garner referred to the Senate
Committee on Elections sheaf Of
protests against Milton's appoint.
ment. Included were demands by
Labor's Non-Partisan League for
an investigation of the new Sena.
tors qualifications.
Governor A. Harry Moore, who
appointed Milton to the vacancy
in the Senate caused by Moore's
election to the governorShip last
fall, accompanied his friend to
the Senate chamber.
The charges that Milton is un,
fit to be a Senator because of
his connection with the political
machine of Mayor Frank Hague,
of Jersey City, will be considered
at a meeting of the elections com
mittee,
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
SENATE GROUP
0. ELLENDER
U. S. JOB PROBE
Bureaucratic Cars
Hit by Committee

BY unanimous vote, the Senate
Committee on Civil Service ia
vorably reported to the Senate
today the resolution of Senator
Allen Ellender CD of Louisiana,
providing for an investigation by
a select Senate committee of the
administration and operation OF
the classified civil service.
AS justification for the inquiry,
the committee expressed the be-
lief that bureaucratic czars" and
personal politics" have come to
govern promotions and salary in
creases in defiance of civil service
laws, resulting in the advance
ment of friends and relatives
while other Government workers
without influence are held back.
$4,000 TO FINANCE 1T
The Civil Service Committee
recommended enlargement of the
proposed investigating body from
three to five members and asked
$4,000 with which to conduct the
inquiry. This appropriation must
be approved by the Senate Com
mittee on Audit and Control.
Passage Of the resolution and
ALLEGATION of the money are ex-
pected. The resolution provides
for an inquiry covering two major
points: " ,..-
The extent to which discrimina-
tion is practiced by appointing
and supervisory officials with re-
Spect to appointments, promo
tions, transfer, reinstatement, dis
ciplanary action and ALLEGATION of
positions.
Adequacy of the opportunity for
impartial hearings given to EN-.
ployes who are Disseminated
against.
INQUIRY HELD TIMELY
Today's action followed the
presentation of the case for subse-
quent inquiry by Senator Ellender,
supported by several hundred an
swers to questionnaires submitted
by, Government employees contain
ing specific charges of discrimina-
ton.
"Your committee believes"
the Civil Service Committee re-
ported, "that this proposed in
vestigation is particularly timely.
There is a great deal of agita-
ton in Congress and throughout
the nation to extend the Civil
Service law upward and outward
to include all but policy forming
positions within the Federal
structure"
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
% Holding Firms
Control 400 Banks

QN.S.). Twenty-three bank
holding companies control 400
banks with about one-eighth of
the total deposits in the country's
banks, a survey by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation re
vealed today. There are 63 bank
holding companies controlling $50
banks. The 400 banks controlled
by the major holding companies
have $6,25O, 100000 of the $50, 1000,
100000 in the nations $4,000
banks.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
D. C. MATRON, 35
SUICIDE IN n, Y,

NEW YORK, Jan. "a G.N.SO
Her wrists slashed and lying face
down in a bath tub half filled with
water, Mrs. Fiona Furedy, 35,
Washington, D. c., was found dead
today in a Brooklyn rooming
house.
Police listed death as a suicide.
A blood-Stained razor, with
which two tWo-inch gashes were
inflicted upon Mrs Furedy's
wrists, was found beside her bed.
A bloodstained towel was discov-
cred beside the bath tub.
A brassiere was hanging from
an electric fixture in the bath
rom. and blac. fur-trimmed coat
was draped across the wash basin.
Mrs. Furedy's step-daughter,
Irene, said that Mrs. Furedy had
arrived from her home, at 1929
Ashby St., Washington, yesterday,
complaining of a nervous con,
dition.
Irene said her mother went to
the bathroom last night, stating
that she had a nose bleed.
Edward S. Furedy, head waiter
at HarVey's restaurant, and re-
ported to be the husband of Mrs.
Furedy, went to New York to-
day in response to a telegram
notifying him of her death.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
McNutt COnfers
With Yarnell

SHANGHAI. Jan. "a G.N.SO.
Carrying Paul V. McNutt, United
States High Commissioner in the
Philippines, the U. S. S. Augusta,
flagship of the Asiatic fleet, ar
rived here today. McNutt will con.
fer with Rear Admiral Harry E.
Yarnell, commander Of the fleet.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
U. S. Men in Spain
Hit Sales of Arms

/ Members of the Abraham Lin
coin Brigade, group of Amer
lean volunteers fighting for the
Spanish OoyalisD Government,
today sent President Roosevelt a
letter protesting the shipments of
munitions to aggressor nations.
Urging revocation of the Neu-
trality Act, with the O'Connell
Peace Resolution substituting, the
brigade brands the shipment of
munitions as a threat ito the
peace and democracy of the entire
world"
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
ILLINOIS FLOOD
MAROONS SCORE

ROCKFORD, Ill.,. Jan. "a
N.SO.-Hundreds of families
were abandoning their homes here
today as flood waters inundated
wide areas of the city. Many
others, unable to get boat trans
portation, were marooned in their
houses.
Two frozen creeks, tributaries of
the Rock River, were flooded by a
12-hour doWnpour, and the waters
poured into Rockford's southeast
end district, in some cases cover
ing the tops of automobiles.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
CUMMINGS HITS.
D. C. crime AS.
U. S. DISGRACE.
Demands Increase
In Police, Judges

1.-THE crime situation in the Dis,
trict of Columbia amounts to a
national disgrace" Attorney Gen,
eral Homer S. Cummings declared
today before the Washington
Criminal Justice Association, Inc.
Our reSourcefulness, as a
city and as a nation, is at low
level if we can't control major
crimes and racketeering in an
area of TO square miles," the At
torney General said. The Dis
trict of Columbia should be a
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
Barber Shop Bill
Passed by House

The House today passed a bill
to place regulation of barber shops
in the District under control of a
license board. The board, under
the bill, would be empowered to
establish regulations with which
BARRIERS would have to comply to
obtain licenses,
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
ACTRESS ENDS
LIFE ON estate
OF MILLIONAIRE
Victim Was Niece
OF Ex-Governor

NEW YORK, Jan. "a GN.SJ.
Rosamond Pinchot, niece of for.
mer Governor Clifford Pinchot, of
Pennsylvania, was reported by po-
lice today to have committed sui.
eide in parked car at Old West
bury, L. I.
The body was reported dis.
covered in a garage near the
estate of Harry F. Alexander, in
the heart of the Long Island mil
lionaire colony.
IN EVENING DRESS
Her body was clad in evening
dress. She wore no hat.
Police said the blonde social
beauty committed suicide by inhal-
ing monoxide gas. They declared
they found a garden hose leading
from the automobiles exhaust pipe
into her houth.
How long she had been dead
was not disclosed.
MARRIED IN 1928
Miss Pinchot was 80 years old.
She was married in 1923 to vii.
liam CASTOR.
The marriage was a runaway
match, the ceremony performed
in West Chester, Pa. CASTOR was
New York attorney and silk i'm.
porter.
They tried to keep the elope-
ment secret but failed. Later it
was revealed that CASTOR, previous
to his marriage to Miss Pinchot,
was divorced from Kay Francis,
film star.
A son was born to the Gastons
January 5, 1929.
1t was Max Reinhardt who
started the blonde society beauty
on her theatrical career, selecting
her for the leading role of the
nun in his stupendous production,
"The Miracle" in the Old Century
Theater here.
TOURED EUROPE
Subsequently, she toured Europe
with the impressario and appeared
under his tutelage in the role of
Hippolyta in his production of
"Midsummers Nights Dream" in
the famous Fesaspielhause at Salz-
berg, Austria, where critics hailed
her as great Shakesperean &C.
treSS.
She also appeared in THE Mir
acle" while abroad with Rein
hardt.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
French Freighter
Searched, Freed

MARSEILLES, Jan. "a QN.S0
Stopped on the high seas by an
unidentified warship and searched
off the coast of loyalist Spain. the
French steamer Prado was later
released, she radioed today.
After being forced to follow the
war vessel, the Prado was escorted
toward France by the French de-
stroyer Albatross.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24

model for the country, clean and
free from lawlessness. Instead,
it stands forth conspicuously as
crime center" he continued.
FIRST ATTACK
Cummings attack on local con
ditions in Washington is the first
to be made by a Cabinet member
1t comes close on the heels of at
tacks in the Senate on the preva
lence of crime in the District.
The Attorney General de
manded more policemen, more
prosecutors, more judges, and 6
larger budget for elimination Of
crimes. He demanded elimination
of Slums, modernization of the
Continued on Page 2, Col. p
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
Russia to Build
Giant DOckyard

HARDIN, Manchukuo, Jan. "a
(IN.S).-Soviet Russia has de,
cided to construct giant dock
yard at Vladivostok for construc-
tion Of battleships and other war
vessels, according to reports re-
ceived here today.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
Rail Shareholders
Show Increase

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. "a
qN.SD. - Pennsylvania r. r.
stockholders on December 81 to-
tailed 215,629 against 214,867 on
September 80. 1887. This is the
first time in three years that the
corporations shareholders list
has shown an increase, it was
stated.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
Robson Will Sing
For Spain Soldiers

BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. "a
uN.S0.-To sing for Americans
and others fighting for Loyalist
Spain, Paul Robson, American
Negro singer, and Mrs. Robson
were in Barcelona today. Com
ing here from France, Robson
planned visits to the front at
Teruel and Ma adrid.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
Bruno MussOlini Hops
With IA Others for Brazil

Young Mussolini, who served
for some week with Italian "vol-
unteers" fighting with the insur-
gent forces in Spain, was at the
controls of one of the three huge
Savoia. .Marchetti bombing type
planes participating.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24

ROME, Jan. "a GN.S) Bound
for Brazil on one-stop flight,
Bruno Mussolini, 20.year-old son
of the Italian premier, and IA
other Italian airmen, hoped off
from Guidonia Airport near Rome
at 7:25 q. m. today.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
D. G.. in First TO-
Of Crime Table

For the period July to
September, 1887, inclusive,
statistics show that out Of
SO cities with a population
of over 100000, Washington
ranks:
In the top 10 per cent Of
cities with most crime.
Tenth in number Of
murders and nOnnegligent
4 eAnanslaughters.
Eighth in the number of
aggravated assaults.
Seventh In the number of
automobile thefts.
Sixth in the number of
theftS under $50.
Third in the number of
theftS over $50.
Seventh in the number of
rObberieS.
Fifth in the number of
hOuSebreakingS.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
Gen. Brant Heads
Army Air School

Brig. Gen. Gerald C. Brant has
been ordered to take command of
the Air Corps Technical School,
Chanute Field, ILL.,, the War De.
partment announced today.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
Roosevelt Message
Calls for Huge Navy
Sea PO1Uer to Avert War Is Urged in VielU
Of Foreign Threats to Peace
By ROBERT G. NIXON

QNS In the most momentous national defense mesSag
since World War days. President Roosevelt today Tuesday
will ask Congress authorize Americas largest peacetme
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
: WASHINGTON FORECAST

Rain tonight, probably clearing Tues.
Gay morning; warmer tonight; colder
Tuesday; lowest temperature tonight 4s.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-08-26
|. &C. FIXES
MINIMUM RATES

Washington, d. G. (ILNS) The
Interstate Commerce Commission has
moved to stop truck wars by establish
ing minimum rates in practically the
entire region north of the Ohio and
Potomac Rivers, and east of the Mis-
sissippi New England, with part of
New York, were separated from the
rest of the territory in the two rate
decisions.
eve are convinced" says the l. G. c.,
"that an emergency does exist, which
requires action on our part, and this is
substantially admitted to be the fact
by all concerned. This emergency is
the product of the great and all per-
vasive element of competition from
within and without the motor carrier
industry, coupled with the very large
number of motor carriers. 1t has been
rendered more acute by the depression
in business which has materially re-
duced the amount of available traffic.
This is the first time the |. C. G. has
used the large powers given it by the
Motor Carrier Act; though such action
has been urged by railroad workers
and managers alike.
The commission, recognizing the ex-
perimental nature of its work, limited
the New England rates to one year
and required the carriers to present al
the end of six months new rate sched,
ules framed in the light of experience
with this minimum rate.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-08-26
In THE NEWS
THOMAS c. BLAISDELL

Thomas C. Blaisdell, 43 years old
as an individual and only little over
a month old as a member of the Sc
curities and Exchange Commission, is
already in the news, but is certain to
get more SO at an early date. With
an experience which ranges from
teaching in colleges in India and China
to being executive director of the con-
sumer's division of the NRA, Mr..
Blaisdell, by virtue of his position, as
well as of his natural bent, is taking
an important part in the monopoly in
vestigation.
Mr.. Blaisdell's faith in the common
folks Of the world may have bounds,
but they haven't been found yet. ~
never had better students in Columbia
University than / had in India and
China" he said recently; and before
that, he declared that the common
people Of any country could under
stand any pubic question II IL were put
up to them in the right way.
His work on the NRA, his studies
in writing a history of the Federal
Trade Commission, and many other
experiences and qualities should make
him one of the uncommonly valuable
men in the monopoly investigation.
Personally, he is about 5 feet 8, still
showing a youthful leanness. He is
fair-skinned, blue-eyed, with hair
which his Chinese pupils must have
considered red, for that color shows
through the everything brown. His eye
brows are much thicker than those of
most men so light in coloring; and he
has an oddly gentle voice.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-08-26
Governor Davey Urge es
All To Pay Visit To
Ohio State Fair

Ohio State Fair" says Governor
Martin L. Davey, in connection with
the 88th annual exposition at CO.
lumbus, Aug. 27-Sept. 2.
"This great agricultural and in
dustrial exposition, famed through
out the world, serves as dramatic
symbol of the continuing progress
and achievement Of seven million
people. 1t brings together the in
spring evidence of Ohio's develop
ment in agriculture, industry, COM
merce, education and art.
Naturally, as Governor Of this
great state, am happy to pay trib-
ute to those who have cooperated
to make the Fair this year the
greatest of all. The Ohio State
Fair, in all truth, is a cooperative
enterprise in which official, exhib-
itor and spectator play equally vi
tai roles.
ITO the many thousands who
view this magnificent exposition, ]
extend a warm welcome. You are
inspecting spectacle which reflects
accurately the enduring glory Of
Ohio. Let us all leave the 1888
Fair with a deeper appreciation of
our native state and frmer re-
solve to serve her WE'LL"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-08-26
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

that railway is poor, though vastly
better than in 1923.
Last summer" said Mr.. Cressey,
81 spent several weeks travelling back
and forth on the main line, and fre-
quently counted the freight trains GO
ing in the opposite direction. The av-
erage was one train every II minutes"
Fully equal to the development of
agriculture and the railway is the de-
velopment of manufacture, especially
that of iron and steel. The second
largest steel production of the Soviets
is in the Kuznetz area of Siberia. A
region which contained less than
100000 people dozen years ago now
has well over million; and Mr.. Cres-
sey tells of four blast furnaces pro-
ducing 1000 tons of pig-iron day.
X
Like other American visitors, Mr.
Cressey finds living standards in Rus
sia vastly improved-wit plenty of
room for further gains.
'''The development of Siberia has be-
come a major safeguard for world
peace" declares Mr.. Cressey; pointing
out that even successful war would
check the development now going on.
But if war comes between Russia and
Japan, Russia will not be fighting at
the end of the worlds longest fishing
pole, as she did 33 years ago. She
has big military supplies thousands of
miles nearer the fighting front now
than then.
Perhaps knowledge of these facts
explains why Japan took a slap in the
face few weeks ago.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-08-26
WAR PREPARATIONS

There is practically a unanimous
vote among observers of foreign af-
fairs that Nazi Germany has intensi-
fed her war preparations since May.
Smarting under Czechoslovakia' S fiat
refusal to hand over to Berlin control
of her internal policies, Hitler is
straining the already overstrained re-
sources of Germany. Industries not
directly engaged in war preparations
have been ordered to release vast num-
bers of men for this work. Men re-
tired for age are being drafted for it..
And the German railroads, already
tightly rationed on their use of steel,
are forbidden to buy any of that metal
which can be used for arms.
Also. there seems to be good deal
of method in this war madness. All
measures to increase the striking
power of Hitler's army are being con-
centrated on the Czechoslovakian
frontier; while at least 100000 extra
men are Strengthening the defenses of
the western frontier. The obvious
idea is to strike Czechoslovakia with
overwhelming force, while using a
minimum Of men to hold back a
attack from France.
When the crash will come, no one
really knows. It may come in Sep
tember with the Nazi army maneu-
yers; it may be delayed till next
spring; it may not come for years.
But what spectacle of insanity the
Nazis are showing!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-08-26

Now the Reds pursue different tao
tics in the unions. In Communist ter
minology, they follow different
Zine"
, They do not seek outright destruc-
ton, under the new "line," which
comes straight from Moscow
They "bore from within" with the
object of bending union policy and
action to Communist purpose.
They drive non-C Communist members
away from meetings by constant bick-
ering, fault-fnding and general noise.
They are strong on noise, everywhere.
By packing small meetings, they
often commit union to stand en-
tirely foreign to the opinion of ma
iority of it's members.
+ 4
A favorite stunt is to commit a
union to fervent denunciation of die
tatorship in Italy and Germany. They
are careful that nary a word is said
against dictatorship in Russia.
They inveigh against war and shout
for peace, but work to win American
aid for Russia in the event of what
they consider the inevitable clash be-
tween Communist Russia and Nazi
Germany.
They want America to side with
one dictatorship against another.
4 +
The barest outline Of some Com
munist activity has been mentioned
here.
Pages and pages could be devoted
to the subject.
People who are Informed on what
the Communists have done and are
doing, do not say, "Well, what of it?'
They know, as stated in the begin
| ming, that Communists in the labor
movement are an unmitigated nui-
sance.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-08-26
WPA WORKERS AID
FIGHT ON CRIME

Washington, D. G. (ILNS) Assist
ance in crime prevention is being given
by Works Progress Administration
workers through more than a hundred
projects in a number of the states,
Harry L. Hopkins, WPA Administers
tor, reports. All but 26 of these prof.
ects have been completed.
Hopkins cited among crime-curbing
aids the construction of radio tower
in Willard Park, Indianapolis, Indiana,
for use of the police department..
Workers on WPA project installed
the ground system, lighting, beacons
and wiring. Similar towers have been
constructed near Chesterton, Indiana,
and in Tampa, Florida.
Other types of projects which are
active or completed in. various parts
of the United States are projects for
indexing finger prints, making studies
of juvenile delinquency, building new
police alarm systems, constructing un-
derground police signal systems and
extending existing systems, repairing
police stations, equipping Easements
as practice shooting galleries for po-
| licemen and building outdoor rife
ranges.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-08-26

shown a sharp upturn, and PWA al
lotments will begin to count before
the year is over.
As samples of what the government
has done in the housing line, the
United States Housing Authority cites
two Cleveland building projects opened
for occupation almost exactly one year
ago. One houses 579 families at an
average rental of $5.o7 per room per
month, one $50 families at an average
rental of S601 per room per month;
and both are 100 per cent occupied.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-08-26

Harper's Magazine is publication
not much read by wage-earners.
Partly, this is due to its Accent price
and partly to its highbrow tradition.
But recent issue contains an article
by George B. Cressey on Siberia
packed with facts which everyone
ought to know-especially in these
days when world politics has a habit
of being on the front page. Some of
these facts are set forth below Mr..
Cressey makes no comment on the vir-
tues or sins of the Russian regime.
Siberia is nearly 60 per cent larger
than the United States. 1t used to
be the chief destination of exiles; now
it is the scene of an astounding col
onization. It's population has grown
from 10,400,000 in 1914 to 25,637 900
in 1933-a growth of LAG per cent.
Probably it has at least 30,000,000
people now. Cultivated land in the
same time increased 205 per cent-"It
is an impressive sight" says Mr. Cres-
sey, 0to see thousands of acres plowed
for the first time in history" In 1887,
two-thirds of spring plowing and rs
per cent of fall blowing was done by
tractors; and every railroad station in
Siberia has new grain elevator.
**
In Siberia as in Canada, majority
of the land is not fit for agriculture;
but in both cases, much of the land un-
fit for the plow is covered by timber.
Some of this timber is exported by the
Arctic Ocean; more of it by the Trans
Siberian railway and its European con-
nections. Much of the rolling stock OF