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The Washington times., 1938-08-13
Alexandra TO Open
Street Bids Auo, u

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. Is.
Bids for the resurfacing of more
than Is miles of city streets are
being advertised for opening on
august "a, City Manager Carl
Budwesky announced today.
The work, expected to be started
by September I, will require six
weeks for completion, City Engi-
neer H. g. Mccartney said. Speci-
ficationS are available at the city
managers office in City Hall.
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
Manassas Pastor
Guest Preacher Here

"Defeat-What Can We Do
About It?" will be the subject Of
the sermon by the Rev. Frank l..
White, Of the First Baptist Church
of Manassas, Va, who will preach
at Lincoln Temple Congregational
Church tomorrow at IL a. m.
Percy Williams of the Peoples
Congregational Church choir will
be guest SoloiSt.
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
Prison Fugitive
Entitled 10 Parole

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Aug. 10
Indiana State prison officials to
day puzzled over the escape of
Vance Armstrong, Is, who might
have obtained q parole for the ask
ing. Armstrong, a trusty, walked
away from prison grounds. He had
served 10 years and six months of
a life sentence as an habitual
criminal.
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would be done in that direction
for considerable time.
'NO MOUe At This Time"
IT will make no move what
ever at this time" said Attorney
E. Walker Abbott, who was
Dryers counsel at his trial here
last December.
Prosecuting officers were known
to be ready to resist any pardon
attempt, holding that even though
Carroll were the actual killer OF
DR.. Littlefield, the youth, by his
own testimony and confessions
proved himself an accessory
even if an unwilling one.
The town OF South Paris be-
came suddenly tranquil upon the
departure of Carroll for prison.
Reporters, photographers, tele,
graph operators and lawyers left
town and for the first time in a
fortnight normally had come to
the community.
At II o'clock this morning q
black armored car with only one
side door, drew up to the court
house. It has been dispatched
from Thomaston by Warden
John H. WEIGH. In it were two
armed prison guards.
Carroll emerged from his cell at
11:15 a. m, having said good-by
to his relatives and some Of his
old associates around the court
house - deputy sheriffs and the
like.
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
MONTGOMERYCO,.
TO CONFISCATE.
SLOT MACHINES.
PinbaII Games O. KID
As Skill Test

ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. 10.
Montgomery county police today
were notified by States Attorney
James H. Pugh to confiscate all
slot" and so-called CLAW" ma
chimes found in operation in Mont
gomery county after September /.
Pugh took his cue from a recent
decision of the Maryland court
of appeals in which the court
ruled that operation Of such
alleged games Of chance within
the State of Maryland is illegal.
The decision was rendered on two
cases appealed from the city Of
Baltimore, Pugh said.
PRINCE GEORGES
Alan Bowie, States attorney Of
Prince Georges stated that he had
been informed of the court de-
cision but would take no action
until he had received official
notification from the clerk of the
court.
Although both counties operate
under the same State law pro-
hibiting machines lacking skill de-
vices, police authorities of Prince
Georges have made no effort to
enforce the law.
PINBALL O.K.'D
According to the States at
torney pinball machines will be
permitted to operate within the
county since they require a small
measure of skill to operate sue
cessfully, but the addition of a
ball and plunger on slot machines
will not place them within the
legal limits.
A recent act Of the State Leg.
islature placed the game of
Skill" clause in the law and I'M
til now it was believed that as
long as a ball and plunger was
placed on any type of slug-paying
machine which had to b: operated
before the payoff made them
legal.
DEADLINE SET
It is estimated by the States
attorneys office there are several
hundred of this type machines in
in Montgomery county
for which licenses were issued but,
in the words Of States Attorney
Pugh, they must be removed be-
fore September /. or the owners
will face the loss of their ma
chimes in addition to q fine"
Automatic games of chance
have ben barred from Montgom-
cry county on several occasions
but in each instance the owners
were able to add certain controls
to them which made them legal.
Pugh declared today:
This decision of the Court
of Appeals will be followed to
the letter and have instructed
the police to confiscate all ma
chimes found operating after
expiration of the above date and
to bring in the owners when
they are found"
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
Poses With Guards

Photographers flashlight bulbs
flared, again and again. Carroll
stood between the two guards,
posing a minute or so for the
cameramen.
The prisoner was hatless. He
wore a brown suit, tan shoes, a
yellow tie and a white shirt. He
wore no vest. The big, barrel
chested ex-deputy sheriff's de-
meanor was calm and restrained.
Have you anything to say"
he was asked by International
News Service.
Not q word" he replied.
When asked that question by
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
Sheriff "Stunned"
So Bari UD

SOUTH PARIS, Me-, Aug. 13.--The most incredible
figure in the most incredible Francis NJ Carroll murder
tral-Corrolls 18-year-old daughter Barbarawen to
local beauty paror to have her blonde tresses waved
the jury was celebrating her dads fate.
Then while her father hearing life sentence pro-
nounced, Barbara calmly stroed to movie house and
film called "Booloo."
The Washington times., 1938-08-13

wanting to jump up and down."
And then there was Robert
Kuhn, 314 Seaton Pl. N. E., who
was dancing with 16-year-old Betty
Afford, 1914 Florida Ave. N. e. II
practically one voice they said:
Flat Foot FlOOgee' is the
worlds best swing tune. OF
course the words don't m a N
anything, but who cares? We like
it because you can't help dancing
when you hear 1t. And it makes
you think up the grandeSt
steps,"
The Washington times., 1938-08-13

''They look like new! They ride like
newt That's the comment everyone
makes about the modern used cars of 80
and '37 vintage which are being offered
nv Washingtons used car dealers. See
the complete selection listed in the CLASH
fled Section Of the Herald and Times.
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
YOUTH is SLAM;
POLICE HUNT z,
ONE With WOUND
Victims Body Left at
ChiIdren's Hospital
Continued from Page II

Continued from Page u
two or three men talking in an
alley at the rear Of his home.
Smith reported he heard one
say:
George, we will have to take
him to q hospital"
Investigating police found traces
OF blood in the alley, an empty
wallet, two keys and O mans
straw hat.
When the victim was carried
into the hospital the youth who
called himself Evans explained to
Nurse Cobb that his friend had
been shot in a holdup at Four
tenth Street and Park Road
Northwest.
Police records disclosed there
had been no holdup reported in
that vicinity during the night and
no shots had been heard.
Nurse Cobb, while awaiting an
inferno to come and tend the
man shot, said she noticed q bullet
wound in Evans hand and started
to dress 1t when he said he was
going to park his car.
Pair Slip Away
The nurse warned him he must
remain until police arrived, but
he handed her q card with Evans
name and address and said:
THAT will identity who I am.
I am just going to park my car"
While the nurse and inferno
were examining the dead man,
the two youths slipped out of the
hospital before the arrival of DO
lice who had been called by the
nurse and notified Of o shooting
case.
DR.. Edward Lane, night physi-
clan, told police he was asleep
when he was called around 3
o'clock and told there was an
emergency case in the dispensary.
On Operating Table
He found the man on an op-
Grating table, a bullet wound
through the chest. He had been
dead about IS minutes, the doc
tor estimated. DR.. Lane said the
two companions had left when
he reached the dispensary.
Robert Lanier, night Waterman,
told NnIInA fhA $HH1N
parked their car on Thirteenth
Street and carried the bullet w.
tim into the hospital.
He noticed one of the men had
been shot in the hand, and the
wounded one explained that they
had been held up and the same
bullet struck him that entered his
companions chest.
Toe Nervous to DriUe
One of the men then went out.
side to park the car, but was too
nervous to drive and returned to
the hospital, Lanier said, where
Miss Cobb told them they must
await the arrival of police.
The men talked together, then
one remarked:
We'll be right back"
They went out, entered the car
At the address given by Evans
it was said he had rented q room
there a month ago. About 10
years old, he told the landlady he
worked at a local hotel. Two
weeks ago he lost his job, he told
her, and had been unemployed
since.
He left the place early last night
and did not return home.
Sanford, police disclosed, left
his home about 8 o'clock last night
He left with a man police believed
may have been the one who Iden.
titled himself at the hospital as
Evans.
Nurse Cobb told detectives she
would be able to identity the man
who gave his name as Evans.
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
NAMES Bull C E
MARYLAND LIST
OF CANDIDATES
So Many Entered, Vote
Machines Are Useless
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY


Lists were closed in Maryland
political Semi.finals today, as
party and fractional leaders pre-
pared to go before the voters on
September IL in a triple test of
organization strength, personal
popularity and the New Deal.
Republicans generally were
united in support of a single State
ticket headed by Gov. Harry Nice,
candidate for reelection.
RUNNING WITH NICE
His running mates will be Judge
Oscar Lesser Of Baltimore, seeking
the Republican nomination TO-: the
United States Senate; Attorney
Leo Weinberg of Frederick, or
ganization choice for attorney
general; William T. Jack of Port
Deposit, candidate for State comp
troller; Secretary Of State E. Ray
Jones of Oakland, running for
clerk of the Court of Appeals.
differentiation entries for top
places on the Republican ticket
were Galen L. TAFT of Chevy
Chase, formerly collector of inter
nal revenue for Maryland, oppos-
ing Judge Lesser for the senatorial
nomination; and State Senator
Harry T. Phoebus of Somerset
County, running for governor.
There will be no first and Sec
ond choices on the Republican
ticket, as there will be on the
Democratic ballot.
In the Democratic primary vot-
CTS will have a choice between
two complete states Of candidates
for all statewide offices except
the senatorship, one headed by
Mayor Howard Jackson of aBlti-
more, candidate for the governor
ship, and the other by Attorney
General Herbert r. O'Conor OF
Baltimore, running for the same
office. The O'Conor ticket was
completed last night. There will
also be several independents in
the field, not allied with either
Of the two principal Democratic
factions.
The Washington times., 1938-08-13

" VA AS
How did it start, how far has
it gone, and what does it mean?
How do those who have come
under its spell explain the strange
lure of the tune? And what do
those who bitterly oppose it have
to say about it?
Exhaustive Study
This reporter has made an ex-
haustive inquiry into the subject,
purely in the mood of scientific
research, and in an unSelfish
effort to add to the store of
human knowledge. We are now
ready to submit our scholarly
thesis to a palpitating world.
First, the history of the thing.
Flat Foot Floogee," known to
those who are hep" as a killer
diller song" came into being in a
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
TYDINGS AND LEWIS

For the Democratic nomination
for United States Senator, in
which the principals have declared
their neutrality as to the candi-
dates for governor, the race is re-
stricted to Senator Willard Tyd-
ings of Baltimore and Represent
alive David j. Lewis of Cumber-
land, as anticipated for weeks past,
with Arthur E. Hungerford of
Cumberland trailing along in the
certainty that he will come under
the wire nextmonth as an "also
ran"
Omitting the senatorship, the
Democratic factional lineup for
State offices follows:
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
"Musical Nuisance''

Miss Martha Wellington, a pi-
ano teacher, vino wishes her young
pupils would caCch on to Brahms
and Bach as easily as they pick
up Flat Foot Floogee," said:
Its just a musical nuisance,
like boil weevil or termites. And
it spreads as rapidly as do these
pests. The music is monotonous
and the words are repetitious. I
should say that it reflects the
dizziness and monotony of the
people whose taste it satisfies"
Never Heard IL
T. Sterling Wheelwright, promi,
nent organist of the Latter Day
Saints Church, was one musician
among MANY interviewed, who was
caught unaware. He hung his
head in well lnerited shame as he
confessed his ignorance of the
existence of Flat Foot Floogee.
You see," he apologized hum
bly,, 1--WE been so busy taking
my masters degree at Columbia
University that I've been OBJ
livious to Ghings about me. That
just shows you how a man can
neglect his education for more
frivolous interests. I shall turn
on my radio at once and wait
breathlessly for 'Floogee.' Who
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
Million Requests

Bill Strickland, orchestra leadc,
at the Lotus Club, disposed of i
with an airy Shrug:
Its just one of those nov.
city numbers that come in with
a rush and go out with q yawn,
The beat is right for swing
dancing, so the customers de-
mand it. But the boys in the
band are sick to death Of 1t al.
ready.
1--WE get a million requests for
it every night, and we have to
play it at least a couple of times
even If it gags us. We make fun
of it by combining it with 'Mu-
sic Goes Round and Round
Yes, We Have No Bananas and
a few others that have had their
day and died without mourn
ers."
''Strictly on the Beat''
Marty Emerson, trombonist
with the Dixieland Swing Band
and q self-confessed jitterbug, ex,
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
Clemency Held Barred BY Confession
Admitting Being Accessory

Judge William H. Fisher in court
last night, he replied:
"All I have to say is I'm not
guilty"
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
Hundreds Gather

Several hundred persons, mostly
local folk, many of them girls and
women, stood at a distance, awed
by the most thrilling spectacle Of
its kind this little town has ever
witnessed.
Standing alone-off to one
side was Sheriff Fernando F.
Francis, who used to be Carroll S
superior. 1t was Francis who ar
rested the ex-deputy sheriff last
May 81 on q morals charge in
volving his daughter, Barbara. At
that time Francis had his suspi-
cions that Carroll was involved in
the Lttlefield killing. Less than a
month later Carroll was indicted
for the murder, to which Dwyer
previously had confessed commit
ting.
Sheriff "Stunned'
The sheriff's face was q study
as he stood there. He had said
the revelations concerning Carroll
stunned him. He had no COM
ment to make as the prison car
drove away. ThomaSton is 100
miles southeast of here.
The coupling of the handouts
on Carroll was done by strapping
a thick black belt around his
waist. In the front of the belt
The Washington times., 1938-08-13

istence, something to make
them forget their worries and
hardships. If it does that, it
serves its purpose. and I'm all
for it."
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
JACKSON TICKET

JANNf5OAN AANAADA
GovernOr-MayOr Jackson.
Comptroller - L. Millard
Tawes, Crisfield.
Attorney General-William c.
Walsh, Cumberland
O'CONOR TICKET
Governor - Attorney General
O'COnor.
COMPTROLLER p. watson
Webb, Cambridge.
Attorney General-JOhn b.
Centrum, Baltimore county.
Clerk of the Court of Appeals
Mrs. Elizabeth r Menefee,
Cumberland.
RUNNING INDEPENTLY
GOyernOr-State Senator Lans-
dale G Sasscer, Upper Marlboro;
Comptroller William S. GOrdy'
jr, Salisbury.
Comptroller-Daniel II. Car
roll, Baltimore
Attorney General-Omar d.
<1thers, Elkton; Willis r.
Jones' Baltimore.
CIerd of the Court of Appeals
Jam Is A YOun, incumbent.
At midnight last night, final
hour. for filing and withdrawal fol
statewide offices, Baltimore City
foand itself with exactly $50 can
e;idates on it's hands, with add
tional candidates for Congress ano
local offices still to come between
now and August %.
MACHINES INADEQUATE
With comparably long lists fielc
in the counties, it was apparent
that the voting machines in Bal
tinaore. each with a capacity 0!
800 names, cannot be used in tht
primary, and that both in Baltl
more and the counties voters will
have to mark the most cumoer
some ballot they have ever seen
one which will have to be Severa
feet long in some districts, lnclud
ing Baltimore, to accommodate
all Of the candidates.
Chief interest in the State a
large centers in the Democratic
contests for the governorship ant
senatorship. Now that the list
are complete, political leaders lool
forward to a series Of development
calculated to tighten and in som
instances, modify factional align
fnenfS.
The Washington times., 1938-08-13

| AoA4O OOSbOASA4 IA 3SV4NN 4ONAAA 43A &NSW
York where Slim and Slam, two
young colored swing musicians,
were idly improvlsing over their
several musical instruments last
January 6.
Liquid Aid?
Slim and Slam have not record
ed the fact, but certain witnesses
to this Notwithstanding moment
infer that there was also bottle
of gin involved.
The boys, Slim Gaillard and
Slam Stewart, who up to then had
enjoyed a modest success entirely
local to Harlem, suddenly ran
into what is known in the trade as
a "riff"- is a series of
chords or notes that JAM" or
harmonic.
Twin Fortunes
/ Wise in the ways of swing, they
knew at once that they had some
thing but they couldn't grasp all
at once that this brief furry of
notes would net them shared fame
The Washington times., 1938-08-13

escape Northumberland Og.
den Stewards nonsense his
tories and Lewis CAROLS de-
lightful nonsense. They are
relished for their very lack Of
meaning in a world that Is all
to harShly real"
The Washington times., 1938-08-13

tion-brought forth some learned'
and revealing opinions.
"Th~ Rest of -"
The Washington times., 1938-08-13

to the case agreed that nothing
would be done in that direction
for a considerable time.
The Washington times., 1938-08-13
BY CAROL FRINK

The flat foot fLOOgee With the fLOy fOy
The flat foot fLOOgee Nth the fLOy fLOy.
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-11
Tuesdays Defeat Is First Rebnke
To Be Received By Men Deal
Republicans NOLU Look FOrOOrd TO 1910 With Increas-
ed Confidence; NeIO Deal March Is Halted; Third
Term Question Certainly Checked As Voters OUer-
UheLn ROOseUeIFs Supporters In Nation.

The Republicans counted their
winnings Wednesday with a wistful
eye toward 1910.
For the first time since 1928 they
had found pay dirt in the election
booths of the nation. It was not
enough to give them control Of ma
tional affairs. Still, it was more than
the Democrats had figured they
would gain.
Hopes ReklndIed
They piled the new winnings
against the thin electoral backlogs
Of Maine and Vermont and kindled
them into a new glow OF hope.
This came more from the COVER
norships they had captured and the
spirited voting their candidates had
inspired than from their congress
sional gains. Their winnings in
House and Senate were not strong
enough to give them more than a
stage whisper of opposition to the
Roosevelt program, except when
coupled with dissident Democrats.
Yet, whatever the election may
betoken for the Republicans in 1910.
it may easily be set down as the
date for the opening Of new era in
the annals ~ the Roosevelt admin
istration.
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-11
Williams Is Elected Congressman;
MoJord New attorney General;
Republicans Pile Up Mgorites
For Entire Delaware State Ticket
Wilmington, RMral Men Castle And
Sussex Turn In Large Republican
MgOrities; Kent County, Normal
ly Democratic, Elects Democrat
Co. Ticket By Reduced Majority

Republicans elected three out Of
four in New Castle county, two Of
the three in normally Democratic
Kent, and all three in Sussex.
The Wilmington Senatorial fight
if it could be called a ight-between
Capt. Paul R. Rinard and DR.. Julien
Lewis-left Lewis beaten two to one.
Ten members Of the lower house
were elected by Republicans IN New
Castle county, three in Kent, and
seven In Sussex. la,...s5ss.a, $40
In Appoquinimink Hundred, the
race between John w. Derrickson,
Democrat, and Randolph p. Rey-
nolds. Republican, ended in a tie on
the basis Of the unofficial returns,
each receiving 542 votes.
If the official returns bear this
out, Governor Richard C. McAIulIen
may call a special election in the
district. The law empowers him to
do this.
The Independent Republican Par
ty failed to take a single seat in the
House or Senate and its legislative
vote throughout the State was
sparse.
RecOrd-Breaking Vote
True to advance surveys, the cleo
tion brought out a record-breaking
off-year vote, passing the 100000
mark for the first time in an Off
year. The total of 107, ,430 surpassed
by more than 5000 the 99,163 total
for the last off-year election in 1884,
but was still 20.175 below the all
time record of 127, sos established in
the 1886 Presidential election.
In New Castle county, 1912 per-
sons went to the polls; In Kent. 15.-
SIS, and in Sussex, 20,005. The
Democratic plurality of 1858 Of two
years ago for the entire State be-
came a Republican plurality Of H.
S42 this year, on the basis of the at
election.
Williams Plurality 1885
At the head of the ticket. George
CTun to Page Z. Pleass)
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-11
TYDINGS SWEEPS
MARYLAND With
RECORD VOTE
Governor Nice Beaten By
Herbert r. O'COnOr In
Bitter Reelection Fight.
By $1,000 Majority.

Normally Democratic Maryland,
ruled for four years under the Free
States first Republican administra-
tion in two decades. fought itself
free on Wednesday and saw the G..
o. P. swept from Office by vote ap-
preaching landslide proportions.
Attorney General Herbert R.
O'Conor, the Democratic guberna-
torial nominee. and Senator Millard
E. Tydings. survivor of the New
Deal purge" IN a bitter reelection
fight, were carried into Office by ma
jOrities that mounted steadily.
Governor Harry W. Nice. roundly
beaten in his effort to become the
first Republican ever reelected as
Maryland's chief executive. conced-
ed O'Conor's victory before noon on
CTum to Page 9. Pleassl
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-11
new LINEUP OF
LEGISLATURE
Ten Republicans, Seven
Democrats In Senate, 20
Republicans, IA Demo-
Gratis In House.

Membership in the 107th General
Assembly of Delaware, which will
meet January 2, will include ten Re
publicans and seven Democrats in
the Senate. and twenty Republicans
and fourteen Democrats in the
House. as follows:
STATE SENATE
New Castle County
First district-Paul Robert Ri
nard. r.
Second-sDaniel E. Kelly, d.
Third-Burton S. Heal, r.
Hector w. Hannah, r.
Firth George r. Clark. R.
Sixth-%Frank Moody, ID.
Seventh-RObert A. Derrickson,
d.
Kent County
First district - George Leslie
GoOden, d.
Second-tWilliam Jennings PoOre,
D.
Fourth-tEarl Sylvester. D.
Fifth-John Burton Hendricks. r.
Sussex County
First district Charles Edward
Brown, r.
Jennings H. Moore. d.
Third-Alden p. Short, r.
Fourth-%David w. Steele. r.
Fifth-HarOld w. T. Purnell, R.
*Hold-Over members.
HOUSE
New Castle County
First district-EllwoOd s. Leach,
r.
Second-Frank r. Zebley, r.
Third-Henry NJ. Candy. r.
Fourth-Fred Brown, r.
Fifth-James Carl McGuigan, d.
Sixth-Thomas A. Kellum. r.
SeVenth-Abner Woodward. r.
Eighth-Frank H. buckingham, r.
Ninth-George w. Rhodes, R.
Tenth-Richard E. Pinder, Sr,, D.
Eleventh-George T. Bierlin. r.
william X. Pennington,
R.
hirteenth-HarVey E. Moore, d.
Fourteenth John w. Derrick
CTnra to Page }. Plsasel