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The Washington times., 1938-11-14
Only Sound System

WHEN the passenger steps onto TWA plane
w the stewardess informs him seat No. So-and-
so is his and that he must sit therein. If the
plane is reasonably empty and his favor1te seat
is untitled she will permit him to move once
Thus is passenger the center of confusion
in swapping seats when, through the waving OF
a technicaty or exercise of common discretion or
initiative the passenger could be seated in his
favorite seat in the first instance.
I do not argue against the system of obllgmg
passengers to take the seats assigned to them
On the contrary, it is the only sound system to
1naugurate.
The point, however, is that passengers stepping
from an airline where prevails the catch-as-
Catch-can method of seating, to a line where
the stewardess assigns a specified seat and vice
versa, is the kind of haphazardness which ought
to be eliminated from air transport.
IF THE major air transport companies can get
together the way they do on the kind OF
The Washington times., 1938-11-14

One of Irving Berlins most profitable pieces
earning for him almost as much as "Aexander's
Ragtime Band"-was Pullman Porter's Parade"
He used nom de plume-Ren G. May, which if
dissected spells Germany" His idea was that
Berlin is the capital of Germany Ironic now
that Berlins songs are banned in Berlin
'1N PAN ALLEY has long roster of One
timers"-gentlemen who have one great smash
hit to their credit-and no others. Among them
may be included the composers of Three O'Clock
in the Morning, "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
Out of two songs alone "Oh, By Jingo" and
Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Albert Won
Tilzer earned more than 100000 in royalties
But Carrie Jacobs Bonds The End of a Per
feet Day" and Il Love You Truly" have lured
revenue far in excess of that amount
Thefted From Classics
THE great masters Of other days, Bach, Bee
thoven Mendelssohn. Schubert, Mozart. have
contributed heavily to the popular songs of mod
ern times but Tin Pan Alley believes that the
composer from whom the boys have stolen most
is Chopin.
I HAVE written on previous occasions how
difficult it is for a newcomer to invade the
feld-and warned against the heartbreaks. How
ever there is record of one unknown in which
the situation was reversed. An obscure little
girl wrote a song in 1905 Valentine and
came to E. B. Marks with the request that he
print it for her privately. Marks, after hearing
the song once pleaded with her to permit him
to publish it, The song was "Dearie." the writer
Clare Hummer
The Washington times., 1938-11-14
Voice of New York By Louis Sobol

COME columns ago I deplored the passing of
Tin Pan Alley that was-or, Mcintyre
once referred to it, Bngo.Bango Land. Our
The Washington times., 1938-11-14
Ewes Rib

HAVING been up in New York for almost q
week. it certainly is grand to get back to the
farm" 1t may be peaceful, but it's certainly not
The Washington times., 1938-11-14
1eBut''

VTNIE more air travel I do-and that includes
some 5000 miles in the last three weeks-the
more convinced I become that this business of
The Washington times., 1938-11-14

to the city? Of course. have to: but what fun
to stay on down here! After all, there's no place
like home, is there?
The Washington times., 1938-11-14
"Ti7 Pan" Actually Existed

THERE really was an alley called Tin Pan. 1t
was born in 1899 and was located on West
Twenty-eighth between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
with such reputable music publishers as Wtmark
g. Sons, Broder E. Scham, Charles K. Harris and
Leo Feist having their offices there.
The first setback to the publishers came dur
ing the war when the War Industries Board, be-
cause of paper shortage, issued ruling limiting
the supply Ruin came humping at the door
until General Bell ruled that such songs as "Oh,
How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" and
"Over There" were essential in winning the war.
The Washington times., 1938-11-14

responsible for the Tin Pan Alley label. He
was in Harry Won Tilzers office when Won Tilzer,
playing the piano, achieving a bizarre ef
feet by weaving strips of paper through the
strings Rosenfeld had just completed an article
on the music business and was scratching about
for a suitable title. When Won Tfzer finished,
the writer shreked: Il have it! That sounds
like tin pan. I'll call this place Tin Pan Alley"
The Washington times., 1938-11-14

which one has become accustomed.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-01

Two little victims the
orphans their Ruedge
Clyde killed
their car to neghbong storm cellar caught
the parents
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-01

Miss Miami of 1888, is Mary Joyce
Walsh, eighteen, talented singer,
musician and college student. who
won the title in competition with
more than 100 Miami girls. The To-
cal title gives her the right to COM
pete for the title of "Miss America"
in September. She is 5 feet ~
inches tall and weighs 125 pounds.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-01

Here's Mack Robinson, University
of Oregon's Negro star as he leaped
"a feet 25s inches to win the broad
Jump event in the Pacific Coast con-
ference meet at Berkeley, Calf, re-
Gently.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
D. c. Holders Reap $28, 665
Awards; ST, 925, 900 in U. S.

Hopes of the five Washington holders of Irish sweep
stakes tickets horses starting in the 155th derby at
EPSON Downs were dashed today by the unexpected
victory of Bots RousseI the French import.
Patrick Qurk SIS St. n W., who held Farce; Beauty
of COL st. N. w., Unbreakabe; Lena Emma, Of 1706
n Tory St., Arlington, Va, who held Slip On Mr.. and
Mrs George Lentz of 5OO7 Fifth st. N. w., with Fyon,
and Thomas Trescot of 1917 Thrteth St. n w. who held
Golden Sovereign will all receive $780, the five
Washington holders of nonrunners COL John F. Kahle,
2139 Wyoming Ave-; Mrs. Hudah Enlow, 3O13 Yost Pl.
N E. BILL" 942 Fourteenth st. S. E.; Mrs. Ely Harris,
3133 Connecticut Ave- N w. and Guy Ives 221 Thirteenth
st. N. E. The nonrunners bring Washington $21 165.
Fifteen Consolation prize winners in Washington will
be paid $1,000.
So Mr. and Mrs. Washington will reap grand total of
$28665 from this sweepstakes.
Only five Americans held counterfols Bots Roussel
Each $15O,OOO.
Eleven Americans however, had Scottish Union, the
second horse, and held tickets the "cinch"
favorite Pasch. The second place ticket holders
$4,000 each and the third winners received $4,000 Thus
total of 81 925 900 to America the results of
the Derby.
American ticket-hoders Bots Roussel were: G. E.
McAuliffe and wife, AS North Emporia Ave-. Wichita,
Kan Five Gamblers Shocks, 6O2 West 188th St., New
York city, Black Sheep 1924 Exchange Building Seattle
Wash William Schoenbeck, R. F. D. No. l, Everett, Ohio.
Mildred E. Meek, Millersburg Pa
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
Held
In LOrcenu

Philip A. Frear, member of the
brokerage firm of Frear and Com
pany, Inc, with offices in the
Woodward Building, was taken
into custody today at the tele-
graphic request of New York au-
thoritieS who said he was wanted
in connection with a 100000 lar
ceny.
Taken to the office of Assistant
United States Attorney John w.
FINELY by Detective Sergeant Guy
Rome, he said he would fight re-
moval to New York. Bond was
set at $4,000.
He was accompanied to the
courthouse by Attorneys william
C. Sullivan and Carroll Hayes.
Frear is a son of former Congress-
man James A. Frear of Wisconsin.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
Motor Shipments
Halted by Strike

PITTSBURGH, June l G.N.SD.
Long-diStance motor freight ship
ments in the Pittsburgh district
were at a standStill today as a
result of the strike of 1000 truck
ers employed by 81 western Penn
Sylvania trucking companies. The
strike became effective at mid
night when last-minute efforts at
negotiating fell through. The
strike was called to reinforce a
demand for a wage increase of 5
cents an hour, according to lead
ers Of Local 249, International
Brotherhood of Transfers, Chauf-
feurs, stablemen and Helpers, an
AFL affiliate.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01

Of Columbia at this session
The President called to his
office, Representatives Andrew J.
May CD of Kentucky, chairman
of the House Military Affairs
Committee, Fritz Lanham CD of
Texas, chairman of the Public
Buildings and Grounds Com.
mittee, and Jack Nichols Cd of
Oklahoma, a member of the House
District Committee.
They left the White House with
the distinct understanding the
administration will put pressure
behind the airport bill now on the
House calendar. If necessary, it
is understood this bill will become
as nearly must" item as
possible.
The President is known to favor
both the Camp Springs and
Gravelly Point sites, to be devel-
oped at the same time, and to be
used as the weather permits.
President ROOSEVELT has de-
scribed the Gravelly Point site as
one which is not practical in all
weather, but he believes that prop
erly developed, it could be used
advantageously IS per cent of the
time.
The Navy Department protested
against the Camp Springs site on
the ground it would interfere with
their radio station at Cheltenham,
Md. Ihe President is understood
to have compromised this diff
Guilty with the Navy and no fur
Their protest is expected.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
D. c. to "Swelter" Tonight
With Mercury Hitting 81

Dear Boss: 1t sure was a record
low this morning. The weather,
II mean. 1t hit As degrees at 5
a. M, which is the same thing it
did in 1890, and that was a rec
ord low, too. You had to sleep
under any old thing you could find
to throw on the bed, the overcoats
and blankets having been put
away.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
King, Half Million
See Race at
Epson DOWnS
BY CHARLES A. SMITH

EPSON, Eng, June 1 QN.S0.
In one of the most startling up
sets in years, Bots Roussel, a
French importation only slightly
favored, won the 155th running Of
the EPSON Derby today.
Scottish Union was second and
Pasch, outstanding favorite, third.
Bois Roussel paid 20 to l, Scot
fish Union, 8 to l, and Pasch,
9 to 4. The winner finished four
lengths ahead.
Found Foolish was fourth.
Pasch, owned by H. E. Morris
and ridden by Gordon Richards,
England'S premier jockey. had
gone to the post in a field of %
Continued on Page 81, Col. g.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
3 Appointments
Sent to Senate

G.N.SO President Roosevelt to-
day sent to the Senate for con-
firmation two reappointmentS and
a new appointment for the United
States Court for China.
The nominations: To be mar
shall of the United States Court
for China, Gordon Campbell, of
Carmel, Cal. To be United States
marshal for northern Illinois, Will
liam H. Mcdonnell. To be United
States attorney for central North
Carolina, Carlisle Higgins.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
Tasrnanian Devil
In New York Zoo

NEW YORK, June 1 GN.SO.
The New York Zoo had a new
animal on display today-a Tas-
manian devil. The animal looks
like a combination of a pig and a
dog and has a disagreeable growl.
It has a very large head out Of all
proportion to its body and is very
unfriendly.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
u. S. Asked to Take
Holmes Residence

A bill directing the United
States Government to accept the
deed to the Oliver Wendell Holmes
residence at 1920 st. N. w., was
introduced in the House today by
Representative Kent Keller CD
of Illinois, chairman of the House
Library Committee.
The residence is part Of the
estate of the late Justice Holmes.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
MAN AID NIT 5
BRUTAL ATTACK
ON MD. GIRL
Ex-COnvict Rushed
{ To Baltimore
BY TED KINCAID

A colored ex-convict, released
from prison only three weeks ago
after attacking a child in Phila-
deslphia, today confessed he Grim
inhlly assaulted and beat a r.
year-old Mont gomery county
schoolgirl until he thought she
was dead.
Appalled, at the ruthless brutal.
ity Of yesterdays crime revealed
! in the mans confession, Mont
gomery county police rushed their
prisoner, James A. Turner. Is, to
Baltimore city Jail for safekeeping.
SPECIAL JURY
States Attorney James Pugh in
dictated he will ask for special
session of the grand jury to con-
slider the charges against Turner
The regular grand jury is lot
scheduled to meet until November.
Before leaving Montgomery
county the officers took their COW
1ering prisoner to the Montgomery
County General Hospital at Sandy
Springs where the little girl is
fighting for her life.
So badly beaten was the child
that she was unable to open her
bruised and swollen eyes, but she
told the policemen she recognized
Turner's voice as that of her as
Eailant.
The child was dragged into the
woods near Germantown, Md,
while she was walking to school at
Gaithersburg yesterday morning.
Sergt. James L. McAuilffe said
Turner talked freely following his
arrest near Rockville shortly be-
lore midnight last night.
TELLS DETAILS
HE told u.s." McAuilffe re-
lated, shat he hid in the woods
until he saw the little girl COM
ing down the road, and then he
ran out and grabbed her. She
dropped her school books and a
basket Of eggs, and broke away
from him and ran into a wheat
field.
Turner said he caught up
with the child when she STUN
bled, and carried her into the
! woods. He said the little girl
I pleaded with him not to hurt
her, and he told her he would
not If she promised not to tell
on him.
after he attacked the child,
Turner said, he picked up a
small rock and began beating
her head. When she failed to
}lose consciousness he said, he
picked up bigger rock and be-
ayan hitting her on the head and
face. After several blows, he
(COntinue6 on Page IL, Col. g.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01

So that old stuff about what is
SO rare as a day in June is the
bunk! Tonight it will be positively
sweltering at So, but they promise
us down at the Weather Bureau
that it will be warmer tomorrow in
spite Of a few clouds. The winds
will be southerly. Brr!
P. S.-The only chatter you
could get out of the Weather Blu
reau's young lady was her teeth!
The Washington times., 1938-06-01

she did not want to be reap
pointed.
Mrs. Mcclure is the daughter
Of DR.. George H. Richardson, for
mer president of the Federation of
Civic Associations. DR.. Richard
son became a member of the
school board, then known as the
board Of school trustees in 1898
and served until 1900.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
FarinaCCi Named
Italian Minister

ROME, June l G.N.SO-Pre-
mier Mussolini today appointed
Roberto Farinacci, one of Fascist
Italy's leading pubIicists, as minis,
ter Of State.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
HULL DEMANDS.
JAPAN GIVE Up.
U. S. PROPERTY
Shanghai Univer-
sity Seizure Played

Q.N.S.) The American Gov
eminent today addressed a sharp
note of protest to Japan, demand
ing immediate restoration of
American mission property in
China to its owners.
U. S. Ambassador Joseph C.
Grew, under instructions from Sec
rotary of State Hull. delivered the
protest to the Japanese foreign
minister. 1t was the stiffest pro-
test sent Japan since the Panay
bombing last December.
In the note, Hull declared that
continued occupation of American
property by Japanese military
forces, sis giving the government
Iof the United States increasing
concern"
ACTION DEMANDED
Japan was accused in the note
Of flouting its own repeated as
surances" that American rights
will be respected.
The United States demanded
that Japan take immediate steps"
in keeping with such assurances,
to cause the return to their right.
fGI owners Of the premises of the
University Of Shanghai and other
American property under the oc-
cupation of Japanese forces: land
that the Japanese government
will issue instructions to have re.
moved the obstacles interposed by
tie japanese authorities in China
against return by American ma
tionals to places under japanese
military occupation"
Japan was reminded that its
troops have seized, occupied and
Continued on Page 2, Col. p
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
Cities
Face Air Raids

LONDON, June i dNsO.
spain's ambassador to Britain has
INFORMED BRUSH Foreign Secretary
Lord Han1ax that unless insurgent
bomolngs OF Spanish government
cities cease, government planes
will have to retaliate, the London
News Chronicle reported today.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01

ago.
Robert A. Maurer and Gratz E.
Dunkum were reappointed by jus
tees Of United States District
Court to serve three years as mem
bers of the board.
Mrs. Mcclure will succeed Mrs.
Mary A. Mcneil, member of the
School Board since 1926, who an
nounced several months ago that
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
LOST

BLACK RAT TERRIER Doc lost; collar
and tag: name, '.Bogo''; reward. MET.
6674. GIT 9TH st. n. W.
ENGLISH Settlers t2) male, black and
white: female. brown aid white: five
miles southwest OF LaHEeI on Columbia
Pike; reward Notify Whitney ]. Aitche.
son. Laurel F-5.
FHATERNlTY PIN, plain; Sister 8. A. E.;
1nltla1s Il E.: reward. col. CHOW.
GLASSES, silver rim. in Mt. Olivet Gene.
AEy. NAY 3O: reward. Line. S656-W.
WATCH lost-17 jewel, Hamilton hunting
case may 70; Reward. Lin. 1855.
IOtner Lost and Found Ads on
rage ~, Coils. and 81
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
BANK MAGNATES SAIL .

NEW YORK, June !, uN.SO.
Sir William Wiseman and Elisha
Walker, partners in the banking
firm of Kuhn. Loeb & Company,
are sailing for Europe today.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
BAY DRAGGED

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. June
1 GN.SO. Police and Omen
searched with graphing irons TO-
day in an effort to find the sew,
cred head of Peter Levine, 12-year.
old kidnapped son of Attorney Muir,
ray Levine.
The youthful Levine's torso. with
feet, hands and head missing, was
discovered in Echo Bay. near here.
The boy had been kidnapped "a
days before, and, in spite of his
fathers offer to pay the $4,000
ransom demanded, the child was
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
Mrs. Virginia M'Guire
Gets Education Post

Mrs Virginia R. MCGUIRE 1920 Ninth St. N. W, president
the local chapter of the National Association for the Advance
ment of Coored People, today appointed to be member
of the Board Education position her father years
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
Levine ErtOrt
Suspect Held

DETROIT, June 1 G.N.S).-An
extortion suspect in the Peter
Levine kidnapping was jailed in
Charlevoix. Mich. today, John S.
Bugas, chief of the Federal Blu
reau of Investigation here an.
nounced.
BugaS said the suspect, William
Morrell, 48-year-old upholsterer,
knew nothing of the actual kid
mapping of the New York lawyers
son, but admitted an attempt to
extort $4,000 from the LevineS.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
Begin
SEARCH FOR
MISSING BOY
Child Is Held Since
Saturday Night

MIAMI, Fla, June 1 Q.N.S).
One man was taken into custody
for questioning by Federal agents
today as 1900 searchers set forth
in systematic hunt for 5.year.
old James Bailey Cash, jr., held
by kidnapers since last Saturday
night.
The man, identified as M. F.
about so, was taken into
custody as he stood with a group
of other men near the scene Of the
kidnapping at Princeton, about IS
miles south of here.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
Roosevelt Presses
Airport for Capital
Congress Action Sought This Session
To Begin Work at Camp Springs
By EARL GOODWIN

President Roosevelt today virtually instructed Congress to
step the gas and enact airport bill for the District
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
OMEN SILENT

OGA@ASAN~
Two agents seized him by the
arm and hustled him into a watt
ing car. Federal agents positively
refused to discuss the incident, but
it was later learned Braxton, who
lives near the Cash home, was
rushed to the FBI office in Miami
for questioning.
It was also reported two other
persons had been taken into Gus
tody, but the rumors could not be
confirmed.
Shortly after Braxton was
taken into custody, It was learned
footprints have been found near
the scene where the child's father
paid the $4,000 ransom de.
manded by the kidnapers. This
footprints are expected to form
the principal clue in the search.
Start of the search had been de-
layed at the request Of the father
on the slim hope that he would re.
ceive some word from the kidnap-
ers. Cash had feared that begin
ming the search too early would
result in the Staying of the child.
But, as time went on and no word
was received, he consented to be-
ginning the hunt.
INTENSIVE HUNT 4
The seizure of Braxton occur.
red only a few moments before the
of one of the most in
tensive searches in the history Of
the State as approximately 1900
men set out in an effort to locate
the child, for whose release $4,000
ransom was paid early yesterday.
The search will extend over foot
of the ground for a distance Of
four miles from the Cash home.
The territory has been divided
into IS sections, and the 1900
searchers-divided into groups
were instructed to pay minute ar.
tention to all Swampy places. sink
holes, clumps of bushes or any
such place where the body Of Q
child might be hidden.
The search is being directed by
Sheriff D. C. Coleman, Of Dade
county, and Inspector E. j. Con.
molly, of the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation, who came here from
to direct the efforts
Of the Omen.
The Washington times., 1938-06-01
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair, not so cool, lowest temperature
about 50 degrees tonight; Thursday In
creasing cloudiness and warmer.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
ST. ELIzABETHS
WINS BUILDINGS

Two new buildings for st. Eliza
beths Hospital to replace old and
overcrowded structures are pro-
vided for in the 1899 Interior De-
partment supply bill reported to-
day to the House. The buildings
will cost $5sO,OOO.
The entire appropriation for
the hospital is $1,1s2,60O, which is
$50, $50 in excess of the current
appropriation.
And increases of $4,000 for Co
lumbia Institute for the Deaf, a
$23, 900 boost for Howard Univer-
sity and a $40 $40 increase for
Freedmen's Hospital also are rec
commended.
The bill includes an appropria-
tion of $4,000 for repairs to Ar.
ltngton Memorial Bridge.
(other details on Page ~
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
! War
Profits Bill
Advanced

QNS.) After three weeks OF
wrangling. the House Military AT.
fairs Committee today finally ap.
proved a revised version of the
sheppard-Hill bill to take the
profits out Of war.
Despite the objection of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, the revised bill
contained provision for the so,
called universal draft" empower
ing the Chief Executive to con-
script all men between the ages of
81 and 81 upon the declaration of
war. ...
The provision has the indorSe-
ment Of the American Legion, but
it had been stricken from the orig
inaI Sheppard Hill bill.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Stain Plans
NeW Purge
DOUBLE AILMENT

LONDON, Feb. IS G.N.S0.-A
new purge of Soviet Red army
chiefs, carried out by means of a
mass trial, is expected, the Lon
don Daily Express reported to-
dag in a Warsaw dispatch.
The paper stated that at a
three-hour meeting at the Krem-
lin, Dictator Josef Stain, Defense
Commissar Voroshilov and M.
Yeshov, head of the secret police,
discussed the situation with NJ.
Mechlis, political commissar of
the Red army.
Mechlis was reported to have
said that he faces "intolerable
resistance" and that many gen.
erals have opposed his efforts to
instill the right Communist spirit
in the Red army"
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Do You Know?---

DO YOU KNOW that the special radio Grand jury will open
Its investigation of the cOnaI murder of Ronald Brooks next
Monday night? ..--, ..-.,. t...-.s
DO YOU KNOW that Representative Case of South
Dakota will act foreman of which expected
to indict Baron Friedrich Wilhelm WOlfgang HOhenlO
Blau for the murder?
DO YOU KNOW that the proceedings of Jury
be broadcast nightly Station VOL $3.50 o'clock?
DO YOU KNOW that United Senators Washington
social leaders taking active
the case?
For other facts about The Washington Tines and
radio mystery by Kenneth Ellis of The
ienne Ware "The Trial Of Dolores and "The
Baron BIau," turn to page5
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
George Barse Dies
In Gas-Filled Car

NEW YORK. Feb. 25 Q.N.s).
Death today stilled the brush OF
George r. Barse, noted portrait
painter, whose body was found
behind the wheel of his car in the
garage at the rear of his home in
suburban Katonah. He was rs.
Doors of the garage were closed
and rags stuffed in the cracks.
Born in Detroit, Barse studied in
Chicago and Paris, where he was
a pupil of Jules Lefedore and
Alexander Cabanel. Some of
Barse's most famous works hang
in the Library OF Congress.