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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
COURT SPURNS
DR.. TOWNSEND

.tF.N.S.1 DR.. Francis Townsend,
old-age pension leader, today lost
an appeal to the Supreme Court
for review of his sentence to 80
days in jail for walking out" of
a congressional investigation hear
ing.
Townsend was convicted by a
jury on a charge of "wilfully max
ing default" before the House
committee when summoned as a
witness.
Townsend, in his appeal, said
that he staged his walk out"
after having given testimony be-
cause members of the committee
sought to elicit responses not per-
tinent to the inquiry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
Sir Leonard Cohen,
Charity Chief, Dies

LONDON, April 11.-Sir Leon
ard Cohen, who was knighted for
his philanthropies, died yesterday
at 10. For many years he was
president of the Jewish Board of
Guardians, chief Jewish charity
in England.
Sir Leonard's family came from
Holland to England $50 years ago,
and he was closely related to many
financially important Jewish fami-
lies on the continent. He retired
from active business in 1895.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
Dawes Loan Bond
Coupons to Be Paid

NEW YORK, April II Q.N.SJ.
The Hamburg-American Line to-
day announced that April Is cou-
pons of the German Government
Dawes Loan Is will be paid at the
offices of either the steamship
company or j. P. Morgan & Co.
at the rate of $25 on each $35 cou-
pom. This is the same rate that
is being paid for the october Is.
1895, April and october, 1886, and
April and October, 1887, coupons
Of this dollar loan. Those who
fail to avail themselves of this Of
fer may obtain Reichsmarks on
the basis granted in payment of
previous coupons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
PRESIDENT ASKS 800 MILLION FOR RAILS
40 Hurt AS Storm
Hits S. S. Queen Mary
Lily POns and Marc
Connolly JOIted
In Cabins

PLYMOUTH, England, April II
GNSD.-No respecter of persons,
the sea took a heavy toll of barked
shins and other injuries when the
palatial liner Queen Mary ran
into violent storm Friday, it was
revealed when the vessel arrived
today.
Those who experienced the bout
with Father Neptune included
Lily Pons, the diminutive song
bird of opera and screen. and Marc
Connolly, the noted playwright.
Forty persons required medica
treatment and four had to be sent
to the ships hospital. The Queer
Mary arrived four hours late as Q
result of the gale.
MISS PONS SAVED
Miss Pons was in her stateroon
when the mammoth liner encoun
tered the storm in mid-ocean.
my bed" she said. crashed
with such a boom into the state
room wall.
"The stewards, they had to
rescue me. It was truly an ex.
perience.
But the ships concert was to
be held and me, I had promised
I would sing. So I sang on the
stage that evening. And will
you believe 1t, I had toshold on
to a rope while I was singing.
cor should have held on to
the rope. I let it go for a little,
little second while was singing
a high note and I slipped, I
slipped-how shall you call it
end to end"
Connolly, more fortunate than
Miss Pons, acted as an objective
observer during the big blow.
"Some of those waves were a
hundred feet high, or they ap-
peared to be-" he said. 1.-THE
wind was blowing at 10 miles
an hour. 1t was like a West
Indian hurricane.
1.-THE passengers were flung
about like nine-pins. saw
dozens picked up by stewards
and taken away for medical at
tention.'
BANKER HURT
An outstanding casualty was
w. H. Surdam, an American
banker, who sustained a broken
arm.
IT was doing in the grand
salon when the storm broke" he
said. II woke up to find my
self in a tangle of wreckage
caused when the grand piano
careened the full length of the
room"
Furniture and crockery were
smashed as the immense ship
rolled and pitched, and the ex-
terror of the superstructure was
damaged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11

FOLLOWING is the tuH teri Of
the Presidents message to Con.
gresS on the railroad situG-
ton:
To the Congress of the United
States: During the past month
I have consulted with a large
number of individuals on the
increasingly difficult problem of
our railroad transportation. AS
the Congress is aware, the re-
lationship of the Federal Gov
eminent to the railroads has
been for SO years through the
medium of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission. This dis.
tinguished body was originally
set up with the primary pur.
pose of ending serious abuses on
the part of the carriers, such as
rebating and cut-throat com.
petition.
AS the years went by the
Congress from time to time has
extended the authority of the
Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion, vesting in its other quasi.
legislative and quasi judicial
powers and giving to it also a
number of purely executive
functions. While the latter
powers are. in all probability,
unconstitutional in that they
create executive authority in a
fourth branch of the Govern
ment instead of in the Presi-
dent, T do not at this time raise
that issue because for the pres
ent it is more important for all
of us to cooperate in preventing
serious bankruptcies among a
large number of railroad COM
panieS, great and small.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
Old Sol Returns, Grir1s;
Clear Easter Due for d. &.

Old Sol came back into his own
today after playing second fiddle
to clouds and rain all of last week.
The weather mans forecast for
today was fair and warmer, with
maximum temperatures of 81 or
81 about 2 o'clock. Moderate to
fresh southwest winds replaced
the clustering nor'westers. Condi.
tions points to faiE and warmer
days during Easter week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
By KENNETH T, DOWNS

BY KENNETH L. DOWNS
PARIS, April II G.N.SD.-The
new streamlined government of
Premier Edouard Daladier ran
into immediate difficulties today
when $4,000 additional workers
joined the nationwide wave of sit
down strikes.
In the face of a virtual ulti-
matum from Daladier to end
within 48 hours the strikes of
so 900 men which have tied up IS
factories around Paris, the $4,000
new workers either walked out Or
sat down at their jobs.
PAY RAISES ASKED
In the Renault factories alone
IS 900 men quit their jobs, while
/ 800 aviation workers joined the
strike. All are demanding a slid.
ing scale of wage increases and
new collective bargaining agree
mentS.
Operating with firmness and at
a pace which is dazzling in French
politics, Daladier called in heads
of the metallurgica1 industries and
labor leaders and laid down the
law to them in virile language.
MAY USE ARMY
The broad shouldered Premier
told labor the plants must be
evacuated before discussion Of
their demands for wage adjust
ments and contracts can begin.
One source close to Daladier
said he will use the army to force
the men out of the plants if he
finds it necessary, and he has so
informed the disputants.
Such a step will not be needed,
it was believed in governmental
circles. The speed with which
Daladier formed his cabinet Of
only Is members, the smallest
since the World War, and its
strong makeup, are said to have
overawed both sides in the labor
struggle.
GENERAL STRIKE FEARED
Nevertheless Paris was dis
turbed today by reports that the
metal industries strike may spread
into a general strike.
Daladier planned to go before
parliament tomorrow with immed-
late evacuation of the plants as
one of his chief detectives.
He also is believed to seek q
law requiring that strikes must
have the backing Of a majority
Of a concerns workers in order
to be legal.
Many of the strikes now going
on were, it is said, forced by a
minority in the plants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11

The cherry blossoms will be in
full bloom as the result of warmer
weather. Park police officers are
making plans to handle consider.
able crwodS of visitors in Potomac
Park and along the Tidal Basin
this weekend.
Large groups of spectators were
expected at the Botanical Gar.
dens' lily show.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
Mothers Auto
Kills Her Son, :

NEW YORK, April II G.N.SO.
Little Ronald James Mcknight, 2,
was dead today, victim of an auto,
mobile operated by his mother,
Mrs. Marie Mcknight. AS Mrs.
Mcknight drove the machine into
the garage of their Woodside
home, Ronald darted in front of
the garage door and was pinned
against the wall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
Marlene Dietrich's
Secretary Dead

HOLLYWOOD. Cal. April II
Q.N.SD. - Because he collapsed
suddenly and died before medical
aid arrived, the coroner's office
today planned an autopsy to de-
termine the cause of death Of
William E. Hetzler, 80, secretary
to Marlene Dietrich. film star,
Hetzler was said to have COM
planned Of severe pains following
a meal at q drug store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
100000 OUT
in GENERAL
PARIS STRIKE
Move Is "RevOlt'
Against Daladier

PARIS, April IL (I.N.SD.-A
general strike of 100000 metal
lurgicaI workers in the Paris
region was called today as H.
bOrerS launched a virtual revolt
against the new government of
Premier Daladier.
The strike, tying up the auto
mobile and airplane industries
as well as threatening progress
of Frances rearmament pro-
gram, was effective Immediately.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
Roosevelt Names
4 POstmaSters

u.N.SO President Roosevelt
today nominated the following
post masters:
Palm Springs, Calf. Ryland M.
Gorham: Bloomington, In d.,
George w. Purcell: Fremont, Ohio,
Francis j. Dauble; Enid, Okla,
Ralph D. Kestee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
Greta Carlo Buys
$4,000 Diamond

STOCKHOLM, April II U.N.S).
Greta Carlo, according to reports
here today, has purchased the
Half Regent" one of the biggest
and most beautiful diamonds
found in recent years. The gem,
worth $4,000, is now on exhibit
ton here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
TentatiUe Plan Offered

invited Chairman Splawn of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and Commissioners
Eastman and Mahaffie to pre-
sent, somewhat hurriedly and
informally, recommendations re-
lating to this serious situation
and I have kept the chair.
men of the appropriate COM
mittees Of the Senate and
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
Abyssinia Question
Pushed by London

GENEVA, April II GN.SO.
AS a step in the Anglo-Italian
settlement, Great Britain today
sent a note to the League Of Ma
tons asking that the Abyssinian
question be settled at the meeting
Of the league council May /.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
House Message
ShunS Question
OfCut in w ages
Creation of Governing Body Sought
To Plan Mergers and Economy
BY GEORGE DURNo

NNS) Warning that large number of railroads
the verge Of serious bankruptcies President Roosevelt
day called upon Congress to to their aid
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
SOVIET AIDES SHOT

MOSCOW, April II ON.S).
Shot for sabotaging, eight officials
of the Ministry of Agriculture in
the Tartar republic were dead to.
daV.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11

Judge Owen w. Bohan SEN
fenced Whitney to five to ten
years on each Of two indictments,
but ruled the sentences were to be
served concurrently.
RUSHED TO PRISON
Whitney gulped and his eyes
blinked as the judge pronounced
sentence. Less than a minute
afterward he was hustled by
guards out the back way of the
courtroom to a rear exit and taken
over the bridge of signs" to the
tombS.
Preparations were Immediately
made to take the prisoner to Sing
Sing.
whitney, accompanied ny his
counsel, Attorney Charles II, Tut
tie, entered the courtroom in gen
eral sessions Isl minutes before
the judge assembled the bench,
The ex-broker's face was pale, his
step tagging. The courtroom was
almost filled with well-dressed
men and women.
FAMILY ABSENT
The prisoners loyal wife and
his two daughters were nvt pres.
ent. Neither was his brother,
George, also a broker and a part
ner in Morgan & Co.
George Whitney wanted to
stand shoulder to shoulder with
his unfortunate brother but the
prisoner would have none Of that,
futile later revealed to the court.
Whitney was Immediately at
tired. His hair was carefully
combed back. Reporters tried to
question him but he shook his
head negatively and tried to smile.
DEWEY ENTERS QUIETLY
District Attorney Dewey, New
York's famous racket prosecutor,
entered and quietly took a seat
near counsel table.
When the clerk called notice of
Whitney's case Whitney rose and,
with Tuttle at his side, stepped
forward. He stood silently, hands
behind his back, his face expires
SiOnleSS.
Attorney Tuttle reviewed the
case in detail. He said never in
his SO years in law had he en-
countered a defendant Of the type
Of Whitney. He told how the ex.
broker came to him on March =
last, frankly admitted his guilt,
and said he was prepared to face
the penalty.
Judge Bohan looked over his
glasses at Whitney and began to
speak:
Richard Whitney, you have
pleaded guilty to two indict-
ments charging the crime of
grand larceny in the first de-
gree. The indictments involve
the specific misapprpriation of
sos, 900 and 100000, respec-
lively. At the time of your first
plea of guilty you made volun-
tary statement admitting the
commission of other grand lar.
cenieS."
Judge Bohan told Whitney that
although he was entitled to some
consideration because he pleaded
guilty, and had been helpful tC
the authorities, "the facts of the
case do not warrent mitigation Of
the intended sentence" which he
then fixed at 5 to 10 years.
(Other Details on Page Three)
100000 FIRE LOSS
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S POINT PROGRAM

S POINT PROGRAM
!. A $500, COO, 900 Federal loan
for purchase Of railroad equip
ment, the equipment to stand
for security.
2. improvement of the Re
construction Finance Corpora
ticn to make loans for the next
IL months without certification
by the I. C. C. that the applying
roads can meet their fixed
charges.
3. Consideration of 9th err
forms of Government credit
from the point of view of pub
lie policy"
4. Elimination of land grant
reductions so Government traf-
fic in the future will pay full
rates.
5. Creation of a single court
in charge of reorganizations,
this to be done through revision
of section 77B of the bank
ruptcy act.
WAGE QUESTION STUNNED
Mr.. Roosevelt reported that thu
ICC docs not feel justified in ex
pressing an opinion for or against
reduction of railroad wages" thus
leaving that ticklish problem
up to Congress:
The President expressed "defi
mite objection" to either Govern
ment subsidies for the road OF
Government ownership and opera
ton.
AS a long-term approach, the
Splawn report suggested:
/. Creation of a Federal trans
portation authority for two
years to plan and promote"
consultations, coordination and
elimination of waste.
2. Broadening of the powers Of
the I. C. C. with respect to pool
ing of earnings or traffic, elm
nation of the consolidation
plan" and approval of unifica-
tons; with the proposed trans
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
Whitney Given
S to 10 Years in
Sing Sing Prison
Broker Silent on Hearing Sentence
After Lawyers Plea for Mercy
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK, April IL (INS Ills folded behind his
back and glum expression his face Richard Whitney, five
time president of the New York Stock Exchange and former
head Of the bankrupt brokerage firm of Richard Whitney and
Company today sentenced to from five to 10 years prison
for emblezzlement and misuse of funds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
500, 900 FIRE LOSS

ROOSEVELT, N. Y, April IL
U.N.S0.-Fire which swept a row
of six stores here caused damage
estimated today at 100000.
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LOST

PoCKETBooK-Black, cont. papers. lost
in vicinity of 14th & G St. N. W. Re-
ward. Atlantic 4329-J.
DIAMOND and platinum bar pin on
Wednesday. April 8, reward. Call be.
tween 8 80 a. m. and p. m. Dist $3.50,
Branch 2111. Eberts.
additional Lost and Found Ads
on ~ Col. 6
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
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reach when you place
an ad in the Classified
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11
d. C. AIRPORT
SPEED URGED
BY Pre- S|DENT
Letters Back Site
At Camp Springs
By JULIA A, BONWIT

Declaring that Congress will be
to blame if serious accident oc-
ours at the Washington Hoover
Airport, President Roosevelt today
asked for immediate passage of a
bill establishing an airport at
Camp Springs, Md, and an auxili,
airy air terminal at Gravelly
Point on the Potomac.
In letters to the chairmen of
the Senate and House Military
Affairs Committees, the President
gave his approval to the closing
of Military Road at washington
Airport as a temporary expedienU.
POINTS TO DELAY
He called attention to the "se
rious, long-standing failure to get
an adequate airport or airports
for the nations capital"
THE situation is SUCH" the
President said, that if a serious
accident takes place, the blame
will fall, I fear, on the Congress
ITSELF"
He explained that the reason
for his letter at this time was the
fact that he visualizes this sub
ject not only as one of immediate
emergency to prevent serious &C
cidents, but also as one which
looks to greatly increased air traf-
fic in the future.
TEXT OF LETTER
The Presidents letter reads in
part:
IF you do not mind my offer
ing unsolicited but, I believe,
practical advice, here it is:
"A. The present Washington
Hoover field can never be made
of permanent service for COM
mercial planes entering or leav-
ing the Capital-because of its
low altitude and the impoSSi-
bility of providing long enough
runways in all directions. Until
better field or fields can be
provided, we shall have to con-
tinue the use of the Washington
Hoover Airport, and I am en-
tirely willing, as a temporary
matter, to have the Military
Road closed and any other slight
temporary improvements made.
This, however. is Of course not
a final solution.
"a bill providing for the clos
ing of Military Road is now
awaiting the Presidents sigma
ture.)
URGES SPEED
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URGES SPEED

"B. We need to get a full size.
al.weather airport as quickly as
possible. 7 have surveyed all
available sites and conclude that
the Camp Springs site is the
only one which can be bought
at a reasonable figure and put
into actual operation inside of a
year and a half. It requires lit
tie grading and the work can be
done in large part by WPA la.
Dor. At the Camp Springs site.
we should buy at least 1000
acres of land and on this land,
we can get runways of any re-
quired length in all directions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11

In a special message, the Presi
dent transmitted the report Of
Interstate Commerce Comm s.
sionerS w. M. w. Splawn, Joseph
Eastman and Charles Mahaffie
which recommended the following
means of immediate relief for the
stricken industry:
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Full Text
Of Rails
Message

FOLLOWING is the full teri Of
the Presidents message to Con.
greSS on the railroad situa.
ton:
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair. not so cold tonight with low
temperature about SO; tomorrow fair
and warmer. "Details on Page o.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-29
COPELAND ASKS EXTENSION OF J. s. BOUNDARY
Senator Proposes Establish ing Jurisdiction Over
 Boring Sea Area

WASHINGTON, March 29.- Senator Royal s. Copeland, New York Democrat, has pro- posed a resolution in Congress that the United States assert jurisdiction over portions of the Boring Sea. He said the shallow depths of the Boring Sea area must be regarded as slightly submerged margin of Alaska and that preservation of minerals, salmon and other fisheries d e m an d S that the United States declare such jur- isdictiOn.
 The resolution would include all waters and submerged lands adjacent to the Alaska coast, lying east of the international boundary between the United States and Russia and would include the waters over which the Japanese fishing dispute arose. The present jurisdiction is three miles off shore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-29
CHINESE ARMY PUSHING BACK
 JAPAN FORCES
Defenders Claim Victorious Sweep Along l00-Mlle
 Front, Central Area
BATTLE CONTINUES
 THROUGHOUT NIGHT
Invaders Repo rted With drawing from Gigantic
 Hairpin Area at Lini

SHANGHAI, March 29. - The Great Chinese Army is reported to be pushing back the Japanese along 100-mile front in a bitter battle for control of Central China.
 Fighting centers in the Shantung Province, eastward from the Tient- sin-Pukow Railway.
 The two armies total more than 100000 men.
 Casualties from the battle are said to run into the thousands.
 Fighting began yesterday and continued throughout the nj g h with the Chinese claiming they have made a victorious sweep northward with the Japanese fall ing back.
 The Japanese spokesman her disputes the Chinese claim but the best information available indicates the Japanese have withdrawn from the gigantic hairpin area between the Tientsin-Pukow Railway and the town of Lini.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-29
BROWER HERE,
 BARROW BOUND

Charles Brewer, veteran Arctic trader with his headquarters at Point Barrow for the past quarter of century, arrived on the Yukon and immediately boarded PAA plane for Fairbanks enroute back to the Arctic rim.
 Previous to departure aboard the plane, Brewer said Homer Flint Kellems, of Redlands, Cal, is or ganizing an expedition to cruise down the Yukon this coming sum- mer to establish Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial at the site of the plane crash.
 Brewer said this season he will supervise the erection of the Sl00,- 900 Indian Affairs Hospital for the Eskimos at Point Barrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-29
Bridges Faces New Contempt Citation

LOS ANGELES, March 29.--A new citation asking Harry Bridges, Pa- cific Coast Committee for Indus trial Organization leader. to explain why he should not be held in con- tempt of court has been issued by Superior Judge Ruben Schmidt. The citation requires his presence in court April 20.
 It was issued at the request of a committee of the Los Angeles Bar Association, which set forth that Bridges signed and caused to be filed an affidavit intended to influ- ence Judge Schmidt in his decision in a Committee for Industrial Or ganization- American Federation of Labor jurisdictional dispute at San Pedro.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-29
STAINS CIVIL WAR SPREADING; FEAR EXPRESSED
Both Germany, Italy Ac- cused of Aiding Franco
 Charges Made, Rome
(By Associated Press)

Europe is today struggling to keep Spain's Civil war from spreading
 The Spanish Government, back to the wall. has accused both Germany and Italy With supporting Gen. Franco'S insurgents.
 In Rome Fascist Editor Virgion Gayda charges France and Russia with obstructing withdrawal of for eign fighters in Spain but does not state directly, in which manner this is being done Gayda said Italy is ready to recall her forces when others do the same.
 In London the Non-Interyentlon Subcommittee prepared to launch what is hoped to be the death blow to the civil war but all plans are kept secret.