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The Washington times., 1938-10-29

Nobody will be able to say, not
even the local paper which "got
mixed up" on the day of the an
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
UumYzzaVY-nzaelme Co4oD
Society lodA1o
BY PETER CARTER

T IEUT. COL. THOMAS GALE, UsMC, was just married
II this week to the beautiful blonde Faith Healy. And-if
you remember this column of October the 25th you will
remember that told you about this.
Commander and Mrs Robert Clark have from the
West Coast to take up their residence in WASH
ington which very very good to all their friends
Commander Clark onetme aide Admiral Joy Peoples
has retired and gone into private business Both Com
mander and Mrs. Clark attractive clever and good fun
and Mrs. Clark, who is extremely goodooking is most
artistic with flair for designing clothes and interior dec
Grating At the moment the Carks at the Brighton but
really exquisite things they have brought back from
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
HOUSING WORK
Of iva UNDER
FIRE AT PROBE
WoIverton Raps Cost
As met Losses"

GN.S) An item Of $2,l86,017
carried on the books of the Ten.
nesSee Valley Authority as an as
set should have been listed as a
net loss, Representative Wolverton
(R0, New Jersey, q member Of the
congressional committee inveSti-
eating iva, contended at today'S
hearing.
Representative Wolverton said
he would show the people Of this
country that each of the wide.
spread iva activities shows .
loss"
E. L. Kohler, comptroller for
iva, disputed Representative VOL
verton's charge that the $4,000 900
item was a loss instead Of an as
set, and the two launched into a
technical discussion of the New
Deal agency'S bookkeeping.
AS the argument continued, Rep
resentative Wolverton conferred
his attack on iva expenditures
for recreational and housing facili.
ties in the development of the
huge project. He declared the
expense items for parks and work.
ers villages should have been
charged to the met losses" in
the iva power yardstick calcu-
lation, rather than to the met
expense" items.
Using the annual report of the
authority, Wolverton pointed out
that iva property operations"
showed a met expense" of $751;
1872 for the fiscal year ended June
80. and a total of $2,186,017 since
iva was organized.
Meanwhile, Republican mem
bers of the iva committee de-
manded an independent audit Of
the iva, petitioning the six Demo
cratic members of the committee
for an unprecedented survey"
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
O'Conor out
Short Time

Attorney General Herbert r.
O'Conor, governor-elect of Mary
land, will be out Of a job from
noon today until January II.
His successor. william c. Walsh,
Of Cumberland, Md, was to be
sworn into office by Governor
Harry w. Nice Immediately on ex-
piration of O'Conor's term today.
Until January II, when O'Conor
will be officially inaugurated gov.
ernor of Maryland, succeeding
Governor Nice, he will be without
an official title or a State job Of
any kind,
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
Ndzi Vessel Given
Sombre Welcome

SANTIAGO, Cuba, Dec. 20
Q.N.SD.-Black ribbons Of mourn
ing were worn by sympathizers
with the Spanish government
when the German training ship
Schleswig. Holstein arrived here,
officials said today. No incidents
were reported. The black ribbons
were part of q demonstration OF
displeasure" staged by the San
tiapo Federation of Labor.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20

FAIRFIELD, Conn.,, Dec. 20
G.N.SO.-Fairfield police today
planned a new search of the man
sion of the late Philip Musica in
the hope of finding evidence that
may link the Super-felon with still
another crime-that Of murder.
A report that the signature Of
John j. OHara. killed by gangsters
in Sunnyside, N. Y, several weeks
ago, was found on the forged
Dun & Bradstreet report Of w.
w. Smith & Co.. fictitious agent
for the wholesale drug depart
ment of McKesson g. Robbins,
caused Chief of Police Arthur j.
Bennett to redouble efforts to find
a 80 caliber revolver missing from
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
BigSpe1ding
Drive Seen


Q.N.SJ. The new Con-
gresS faces the greatest de-
man for appropriation and
spending than any i'm recent
history, Representative Car
ence Cannon, Of Missouri,
ranking Democrat on the
House Appropriations Com
mittee, said today.
Cannon said although the
last Congress appropriated
more than $1O,OOO,O 900, 900
demands are being made for
appropriations far exceeding
this figure.
There b more pressure
for spending this year than
ever before" said Cannon.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
SENATE BATTLE
FORMS IN MOVE
FOR WPA PROBE
Relief AgenCy's Friends
Demand Proof of Guilt
BY WALTER HACHTEN

Q.N.S) Administration Sena
tors today struck back at plans
for q senatorial investigation OF
the WPA with demands that
WPAs' critics produce evidence Of
wrongdoing before launching q
probe. -,
Senators Norris d.R0, OF
Nebraska, and Murray, New Deal
Democrat from Montana, charged
that anti-New Dealers are attempt
ing to smear WPA.
However, in Republican and old
line Democratic circles plans went
forward for a battle royal over the
relief administration when the
new Congress gets under way
January 3.
FORM COALITION
A coalition was being formed
to turn over relief administrator
to bipartisan State boards, to be
guided by standards prescribed
by Congress.
senator-elect Chan Quincy tR)
of South Dakota said:
Relief should be admins
tered locally by county commits
sions or local boards, with Fed
eral allotments.
1.-THE people pay the taxes to
the Federal Government. Inc
money comes from them in the
final analysis"
Significance was added to the
row over relief administration by
reports President Roosevelt will
appoint WPA Administrator Harry
4. Hopkins as Secretary Of Com
MERGE to succeed Daniel G. Roper,
whose resignation becomes et-
fective Saturday.
The Sheppard Senate commit
tee which policed the November
Senatorial elections will meet to-
morrow to consider its report to
the Senate. Committee investi-
gators have reported alleged CO
ercion and intimidation Of relief
workers to vote for administration
supported candidates.
WPA DEFENDED
There Is a movement afoot
to kill the WPA," Norris said.
I'll not vote for a Senate in
vestigation of WPA, unless they
can show there has been wrong
doing. There was lot OF talk
about the TenneSSeSS Valley Au.
thority being another Teapot
Dome scandal, but the inveSti-
CATION being made by Congress
has proven those charges to be
false. %
They can get all kind Of
people to make charges, but I am
not going to support any reSo-
luton that has for its purpose
mud-Slinging at the WPA."
Murray defended the WPA, say
ing its record for efficiency and
honesty will compare favorably
with the honesty and efficiency
of big business firms.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
Return
From Spanish War

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 Q.N.S0.
Another group of American volun-
teers who had fought for the
loyaliSt side in Spain, 322 OF
them, returned today on the
liner Ausonia. 'The war will go
on for q long time but if the
government forces can get food
they will win," said John Gates,
steel worker from Youngstown.
Ohio, and political commisSar"
IN the Abraham Lincoln Brigade,
to which the $40 men were at
tache0.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
SIovaks End Peace
Talks With Hungary

PRESSBURG, Slovakia. Dec. 20
GN.SO.-The Slovakian border
commission was under orders from
Premier Tiso today to discontinue
frontier demarcation negotiations
with Hungary, as a result OF
clashes between Slovakian troops
and Hungarian terroriStS. Author.
tiles here charged Hungarian raid
ers shot and killed two Slovakian
customs officials and wounded
one along the railway between
Kaschau and Ungvar.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
C0Ster Linked TO Murder
Of Gang Victim in Fraud

Musicals home since his suicide
Friday.
Nov, more than ever, it will
be necessary to find that gun"
chief Bennett said. 1T may
have been one of the murder
guns"
Meanwhile, it was learned here,
Musica's will, which is expected to
be placed on file either today or
tomorrow, names the widow, Mrs.
Carol Jenkins Coster, as execu-
trix and recipient Of the bulk of
the Coster estate.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
COSTER PROBE
PUSHED IN n. Y.
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Continued from Page II
From Boston came word that two
businessmen, their names thus far
withheld by Federal agents, had
served as Coster's representatives
in a plan to sell 100000 worth
of rifles, ammunitionS and bomb
ing planes to Mexico.
RESALE PLANNED
The plan, which came to naught
when the Mexican government de-
clined participation, contemplated
resale of the instruments of war
by Mexico to a foreign power, for
use either in the Spanish civil
war or the Sino-Japanese conflict.
Panama also was named as hav-
ing been contacted. The Boston
consul for Honduras, in denying
he or his government had been
approached, said that If any at
tempt was made. to sell the weap-
ons to Honduras, sit is certain that
it was German or Italian money
making the purchase. and the.
purpose would plainly be an at
tempt to obtain commercial domi-
nation of Central America"
Three brothers, all of whom un-
der assumed names were aSSo-
ciated either directly or indirectly
with Phillip and the drug firm,
are confronted with Federal and
State charges.
District Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey charged the MuSica quar-
tet had taken nearly $4,000,0 900
in cash from McKesson g. Rob-
bins, a firm with listed assets of
$87 100000, but $18,000,000 Of
these cannot be found. When his
investigation is completed, Dewey
indicated thefts from the drug
concern might go as high as $751;
259,375.
RETURN INDICTMENTS
These disclosures came when a
New York county grand jury re-
turned indictments charging grand
larceny and forgery against Arthur
Musica, better known as George
Vernerd," George Musica, who as
George Dietrich" was assistant
treasurer and assistant vice preSi-
dent of McKesson & Robbins, and
Robert Musica, who, as Robert
Dietrich" worked for the firm
purchased by Philip in 1926, a.
John Doe" and a Richard Doe"
The Federal Government, hold
ing each in default of 100000
bail on charges of filing false in
formation with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, made it
clear it would press its case first.
I'VE have evidence of defalca-
lions where actual cash was
TAKEN" said Acting U. S. Attor-
ney Gregory Noonan who. when
asked if any member of Con-
gress seemed to be involved in
the case, replied:
IF any is, he will be granted
no immunity. This is probably
more widespread fraud than
any in my memory. The princi-
pals operated in 48 States"
The Washington times., 1938-12-20

RATES By MAIL FOR VIRGINIA.
MARYLAND. WEST VIRGINIA
AND NORTH CAROLINA
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
CAPITAL CLUES

AS the investigation continued
into CoSter's affairs. investigators
were known to be following Wash
ington as well as New York clues
in an effort to learn what Mem
berS of Congress were identified
with the legislative battles in
which he interested himself.
They were looking also for rec
ordS of campaign contributions
which might be traced to Nc.
Kesson and Robbins officials.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
I'D. Has 5 Messages
In Sight for Congress
First Is Expected
To Deal With
Foreign Policy
By EDWARD B. LOCKETT

UN.SJ President Roosevelt
has mapped q busy schedule for
the new Congress that conveneS
January 3.
So far, the Executive has plan
ned five messages to the Congress,
either specifically recommending
legislation or suggesting for study
proposals that If carried through
would mean new laws.
First Of all will be his opening
message to Congress, to be de-
livered during the first two or
three days Of the session. That
alone viii contain certain recon-
mendations for congressional &C.
ton in several fields.
MORE PLANNED
In addition, White House aides
and callers have either formally
announced or indicated there will
be four more special messages as
follows:
1. A message transmitting the
report Of the joint management
labor committee appointed to
draft q rehabilitation program
Of legislation for the railways
and recommending action Of
some sort by the Congress.
2. A special national-defenSe
message, setting forth the needs
Of the military establishment
and recommending appropria-
tons to meet them.
8. A message transmitting the
report Of the special advisory
committee which has studied so
cial security laws and recon-
mending comprehensive expan-
sion of their coverage and q
strengthening Of the general pro
visions Of the law.
4. A message transmitting the
report of the inter-departmental
committee to study health and
welfare needs, and recommend
ing q national program for i'm
provement of the n atoms
health. Miss Josephine Roche,
former Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury, who heads this
committee, indicated this would
propose an appropriation Of at
least $50, 100000 to handle this
problem.
BUDGET MESSAGE
Presumably the vital national
issues, such as foreign policy and
pressing domestic issues, will be
dealt with in the opening mes
sage to the Congress. PreSiden-
tial aides felt that the Executive
would give more than ordinary
attention to his foreign policy ex-
pressions, in view Of the situation
in Europe and the work now being
carried forward by the American
delegation to the Pan-American
Conference in Lima, Peru.
Besides all these questions the
annual budget message must be
submitted within the first several
days Of the new Congress.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20

Faculty Meeting'' and "Student AS
sembly are two pages devoted to the
interests Of students, teachers and
parents each week in the Big Sunday
Washington Herald.Times. If yOu
have not been reading them telephone
Re. 1884 and arrange to have home
delivery Of the Patterson NeWspapeRs.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
FARMER ATTACKED BY
TWO POULTRY THIEVES

Thomas J. Todd, 70, prominent
farmer and a former director of the
National Bank of fredericksburg, was
in a serious condition last week af-
ter being attacked by two men whom
he surprised in his poultry house, near
fredericksburg.
Todd was convalescing from a long
illness and had been patient for sew
eral weeks in the Emergency Hospital,
Easton.
Early Thursday of last week, he told
police, he Investigated noises in the
poultry house, believing an opossum
had broken in.
When he opened the door, Todd said
he found two men. They threw him
to the ground and kicked and punched
him, he added, before fleeing with sew
eral chickens.
Mrs. Todd heard her husbands cries
for help and brought him to the house
after summoning the police.
Tire tracks leading to the poultry
house were found.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
OLD COLONIAL ESTATE
SOLD IN SOMERSET co.

Kingston Hall, one of Somerset's
oldest and most picturesque colonial
estates was sold at public auction, in
front of the Court House in Princess
Anne. Senator Harry T. Phoebus and
Mrs. Phoebus were the purchasers.
The estate was bid in at $12,500.
The large estate, near Kingston in
that county was purchased by men,
Der of the King family who came to
this country from England and settled
near Kings Creek in 1745. Kingston
Hall, was built soon after and since
that date has been occupied by some
of the leading families of old Somer-
set.
This magnificent colonial home built
a generation before Beverly" at
Kings Creek is and always has been
one of the show places of the lower
Eastern Shore, and is now in excellent
repair.
In 1882 Kingston Hall" and the
vast estate was purchased by Colonel
Herman A. Melville, retired British
Army Officer, of Kingston, Jamaica,
who spent several thousand dollars in
extensive repairs restoring the palatial
home to it's former Colonial state.
At the time Colonel Melville stated
that upon completion of the restora-
tion he would move his family to Som
erset county and occupy the estate but
for some reason he never did.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
ADVISES ROTARIANS AS TO
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Addressing the Salisbury Rotary
Club, Chief BENJAMIN A. Johnson, of
the First Judicial Circuit, suggested
that each Rotarian constitute himself
a committee of one to aid in discover
ing actual or potential cases of juve-
nile delinquency in that community
so that such conditions could be abat-
ed in the future.
The guest speaker stated that, al
though 85 per cent of delinquency
cases come from "broken" homes, that
foster homes as a rule do not prove
satisfactory. Poor homes, where both
parents find it necessary to work,
contribute about per cent of the
cases, the jurist said.
Juvenile delinquents Of today,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30

Board of County Commissioners We'd
nesday evening of last week after it
had accepted the resignation of An
thony P. Orban, who has served as
fire chief since 1885.
Wednesday afternoon Orban was
threatened by the Board with a public
hearing of charges which had been
lodged against him by the Board con-
cerning phases of his conduct of the
Fire Department.
Late Wednesday afternoon, after
he had received notification of the
hearing, Orban presented his resigna-
tion, which he had refused previously
in a defiant letter to the Commission
ers.
Since July 1884 Maisel has been
employed as deputy clerk in the of
flee of C. Willing Browne, Clerk of the
Circuit Court.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
CAPE CHARLES FERRY
DISABLED BY PROPELLER

The "Delmarva" Virginia Ferry
Company steamer operating between
Cape Charles and Little Creek, missed
a run recentlv due to a badly bent pro-
peller. The ship was taken to drydock
where a new wheel was installed inn
mediately and the Delmarva returned
to regular schedule.
According to report the ship was
coming out of the. Little Creek slip
en- route to Cape Charles when she
met an incoming ship and one pro-
peller struck a sand-bar damaging it
to such an extent that it could not be
used. She made her regular run to
Cape Charles and returned to Little
Creek but cancelled the next run in
order to undergo repairs. The run
lost was that on which her Cape
Charles leaving time was seven forty
five and from which she would have
left Little Creek at nine forty-five
o'clock at night.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
COLLECTOR NARROWLY
ESCAPES BAD ACCIDENT

Marshall Harding, of near Melfa,
Va, had narrow escape from being
killed by fast freight train between
Keller and Painter, last week. Mr..
Harding, who is engaged as a collec-
tor for the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance CO., was going south in his auto
mobile. He was trailing a truck. An
ether truck was trailing him and it is
thought that this kept him from see
ing the freight, which was south
bound also.
AS Mr.. Harding turned to take a
private crossing into the home of Da-
vid Northam, he was hit by the
freight. The car was rolled over sew
eral times and completely demolished.
The glass windows were smashed and
the wonder is that Mr.. Harding was
not thrown out of the car. The crash
was so sudden that Mr.. Harding hard
ly knows just what did happen. How
ever, when he found himself, he was
standing on his head in the back of the
car. He crawled out of the wreckage
and waited for the train crew to back
up and come to him.
Mr.. Harding was taken to the Me-
mortal Hospital at Nassawadox for
treatment. He was badly shaken up
and bruised but did not have any
broken bones.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30

Facing the death penalty Salazar
held for trial at Austin connection
OF the parents of his dream g Wilma &c. Salazar
was said police to have admitted shooting Mr. and Mrs Paul
Kennedy to death and hacking other daughters with
AK before abducing Wilma Miles, sisters
critical condition. with slight
ney said Saazar forced her his gnpot held
for
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30

Mr.. Asa Hall of Connecticut has
returned after spending the weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Darius
Hall.
Miss Doris Byrd of Norfolk, was
the weekend guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Byrd.
We are very sorry to report Mrs.
Roland Gladding and Mr.. E. M. Tay-
lor on the sick list.
We welcome Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Taylor to our community.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
LIONS OF DELMAR RE-
MEMBER NEEDY FOLK

The Delmar Lions Club announced
it would provide baskets for so needy
families at Christmas as a result of
q theatre party sponsored by the club
on Wednesday of last week. Food
stuffs as we'll as toys and clothing,
were accepted as the price of admis-
sion to the theatre. The toys have
been turned over to the manual train
ing classes of the two high schools for
repairing and repainting while home
economic classes repaired and dress
ed dolls and girls toys.
George Stephens, president of the
club named committee consisting of
Frank Baker, chairman, Harold White
side and Lester Hall to investigate
the possibilities of obtaining a pub
lie library for Delmar.
The Delmar New Century Club will
aid in the work
There was considerable discussion
over the possibility of a community
house in Delmar. The Town Board
of Delmar, Del, agreed to give the
lot gratis if tho citizens would con-
struct the building.
Thomas Nelson was named chair
man to distribute the baskets.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
PRINCESS ANNE ROTARY
CLUB TREATS CHILDREN

With the sincere desire of trying
to encourage better citizenship in the
community, the Rotary Club of Prin-
cess Anne gave outstanding boys and
girls in each class of the Elementary
and High Schools of Princess Anne,
beginning with the fifth grade.
These pupils were selected by the
teachers of the schools on the follow
ing basis:
Scholarship 30%6, perseverance,
30 per cent, initiative 10 per cent, per-
sonal hygiene 10 per cent, coopera-
tion 10 per cent and leadership 10
per cent.
Some seventy students were select
ed bv their teachers to enjoy the fine
holiday Rotarian banquet held in the
Antioch Methodist Church Social Hall
at 600 P. M. on Tuesday, December
27, and those scholars and all their
small friends were also invited to be
the guests of the Princess Theatre
at a special show on the afternoon
of that day at $3.50 o'clock.
The Rotary Club plans to make this
holiday banquet an annual event in
the years to come and something that
every scholar NAV work for and en-
joy during the Christmas season.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
made the following statement:

made the following statement:
81 move that the Denton Rotary
Club approve the site selected and
approved by the Post Office Depart
ment at Washington, known as the
land controlled by the Masonic Lodge
and a part of the land known as the
Court House Green, on which the Uni
ted States Government proposes to
erect suitable building to house the
postal service for Denton and it's vi
cinity, the Federal Court and such 9TH
er governmental agencies as may
seem WISE"
This motion was carried by a vote
of 33 to 5. The Rotary Club is COM
posed of the leading business and
professional men of Denton and vi
cinity. This, therefore, expresses the
sentiment of the majority of the peo-
pie toward this project.