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The Washington times., 1938-08-20
I'M JUST DISGUSTED:
Man Hurt in Leap
From Third Story
Is Broken as
Jumper Hits
Pedestrian

A 26-year-old colored transient
leaped from a third floor window
Of a building at Twelfth and F
Streets Northwest early today be-
cause, he told rescuers who rushed
to his aid, I'm just disgusted."
At Emergency Hospital he said
he was Frank Mills, of 100 West
115th St., New York. His fall
broken when he struck another
man walking on the street below,
he suffered a severe scalp lacera-
ton and injuries to his left arm.
Mills entered the unlocked street
door of the Civil Servcie Pre-
paratory School on Twelfth Street
and climbed to a classroom on
the third floor, where he found
the window opens. AS he ieaped
to the sidewalk AZ fe It below, his
body struck the shoulder of Ma.
than Irving, colored, Of 20S Fifth
st. S. E.
Irving said he lifted him to q
sitting position. and asked where
he lived. Mills, he said, gave q
series of Iowa Avenue addresses,
none of which exists. and asked
him to hail a taxi to take him
to a hospital.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
BORDER UNREST
RENEWS CZECH
FEARS OF WAR
New Protective Moves
Studied by Cabinet !

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Aug.
20 U.N.S0.-After yielding . con-
cession to the Sudeten Germans.
the Czech cabinet today consid'
cred advisability Of strengthening
its police precautions In border
areas to prevent possible renewed
incidents between pro-Nazi Ger"
mans and Czechoslovaks.
Possibility that the government
may take added protective meas
ures arose as tension grew in the
Sudeten regions adjoining Ger.
many, where Reich troops are
holding their huge war maneu-
vers. .
CABINET MEETS
A cabinet meeting was held
after Premier Milan Hodza dis
closed to British Mediator Wis
count Runciman the Prague Gov.
ernment's intention Of naming adj
ditional sudeten Germans to I'D.
ministrative and judicial posts in
Sudeten districts Of Czechoslo.
vakia.
Hodza'S pledge to Runciman
was regarded as the first major
step toward solution Of the Nazi-
Czech crisis-even though 1t did
not come anywhere near fulfilling
the demands Of the Sudeten
party, which seeks autonomy for
this country's 3,5oO,0OO Germans.
It Is understood the Prague
regime already has appointed two
German district administrators
and several German poStmasterS.
CALLED gesture"
Belief that the Czech govern
ment will have to go much further
in concessions was expressed
after Sudeten circles character
lied Hodza'S pledge to the British
mediator as q mere gesture" to
Runciman.
The pro-Nazi SudetenS also re-
iterated their demands for COM
plete administrative Sef-govern-
ment.
At the same time, it was indi-
Gated they would press forward
with their campaign for q funda-
mental shift Of Czech foreign pol
icy-away from France and Soviet
Russia and closer to Germany.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Average 1900 Fl.

Hughes said that the mask
would be valuable to airline pilots
who lose their maximum Of eff.
cheney as soon as they leave sea
level because they lose oxygen and
get sleepy.
On the flight the plane was
held at an average altitude Of
1900 feet, Hughes said, although
it was originally planned to fly
at $4,000 feet.
Bars Personal Query
Hughes said he would remain in
New York a week or two. Think.
ing of his romance with Katherine
Hepburn, a reporter asked:
II have a personal question
to ask"
Hughes, apparently reading his
mind, stopped him with a gesture
and warned:
IF anyone asks me any per.
sonal questions I will leave this
room Gin the hangar) imme
diately."
els that the hat you wore
around the world?" he was
asked.
mo, someone swiped that hat
at the city hall reception" he
replied.
Hughes said he plans q Serie!
of flights for next winter to "shoV
what an ordinary ship can dt
under ordinary conditions"
He was particularly anxious K
debunk the story that his round
the.world plane cost $500, 600.
That's a lot Of baloney," he
said. 1T cost $50. 900 and not a
cent more"
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

another, that George Weinberg
was on the inside" and close to
"the Dutchman" in the running
of the big, money-making racket" !"
Weinberg, Pompez and Ison
were three of the top witnesses so
far heard. The latter two are
colored. They were both policy
bankers" until Schultz took them
over. Weinberg and his brother,
"Bo," were both members of the
Schultz gang. "Bo" is now dead.
It is commonly believed his
body was encased in a block OF
cement and dropped into the East
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

River. Schultz himself was
rubbed out" by hail of bullets
in a Newark IN. j. cafe.
The jury naturally listened with
rapt interest to the stories of the
goingS-on in the underworld. At
times it must have seemed
stranger than fiction to them
They heard choice tid-bitS as well
as the sinister stuff.
For eaxmple, that story told by
the substantial Wilfred Brunder
colored, who now owns $500, ,00C
worth Of real estate. He was In
the lottery game as a banker,
but the time came when he
thought it advisable to leave town
for aWhile-which he did.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Kaiser's Officers
Ordered 10 REGISTER

BERLIN, Aug. 20 G.N.SD
Former officers Of the old imperial
German army and officers of the
ReichSwehr. including serves,
were ordered today to register with
the NaA army control board.
The order does not refer to
major generals or superior rank.
ings, or to officers who have ex.
ceeded the age limit of IS.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Treat for Jury
Fu11nieS and Wives
International News Photo
OF COURT BATTLE

NEW YORK, Aug. 2O-The II good-men-and-true on
the Hines jury allowed to visit with their wives for
hour each evening" one of the wives disclosed.
eve go to the hotel from p. to 10 p. M, she said
Everyone sits in the with guards all around
so they hear everything We don't dare mention the
trial"
She said her husband put out because the news
papers he got to read began about page and didn't
have much left to read except the funnes.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Wild Chicago Crowd
Welcomes CorriqdT

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 U.N.S0.
Flashing a broad smile ana wav.
ing his hand in greeting, Douglas
Corrigan arrived in Chicago at
1858 a. m. E.D.TD today and re-
ceived a tumultuous reception.
Corrigan landed his famed 5000
transatlantic "crate" at Municipal
Airport before several thousand
spectators.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
|NAzIS RELEASE
BRITISH OFFICER
SEIZED AS SPY
Passport Head Sent
Out of Country

| VIENNA, aug ~ NA'N"0''
Capt. Thomas Kendrick, British
passport officer here for 13 years
who was arrested by the Naz
secret police on espionage charges
left Vienna this afternoon fol
England.
He had been released from Gus
tody at the Metropole. Hotel after
the German government askec
British diplomatic authorities tt
remove him from the country a.
speedily as possible.
ACTION FOLLOWS PROTEST
Yesterday, Great Britain in
formed Germany it took a serious
view" of Hendricks arrest ano
demanded a complete explanation
of the circumstances surrounding
it as well as his immediate re
lease.
An official announcement here
said Kendrick had been seized
while motoring through forbid
den military zone on Tuesday
while en- route to a resort near
Innsbruck for his vacation.
That same night, however,
agents of the Gestapo Nazi secret
police), called at Hendricks hotel
in Vienna to arrest him. An
nouncement to this effect was
interpreted as meaning the Nazi
authorities felt they had evidence
against him prior to the motor
trip through the military area.
UNDER "HOUSE ARREST"
AS the result Of two days OF
hectic activity by British AmbaS.
sador Sir Neville Henderson Ken
drick was released by the military
authorities and placed under
house arrest" The official an
nouncement of his detention and
the charges against him read:
"The chief of the British
passport division in Vienna,
Captain Thomas Kendrick, has
been arrested because proof has
been established that he was
engaged in espionage"
THE British Ambassador to
Berlin, who inquired into the
case," the announcement con-
tinued, has been requested to
see to it that Captain Kendrick
leaves Reich territory within the
shortest time possible.
FOREIGN COLONY STUNNED
News of the charges stunned
the foreign colony and diplomatic
circles here and in Vienna. An
extremely popular official, Captain
Hendricks has been besieged dur.
ing the past few weeks by applica,
tions from hundreds Of Austrian
Jews seeking British visaS, ano
had acted in the cases of such
distinguished eXiles as DR.. Sig
mund Freud and the widow of the
slain Chancellor Englebert Doll
fuss.
Rumors spread that he may
have incurred the ire of the Nazi
government by extending toe
great "leniency" in the case oi
Jews wishing to flee from the
neWly-eStablished Hitler regime ir
Austria, but the tone of the Ger
man announcement sought to give
the impression Kendrick was 6
long-established fixture in British
espionage.
MOVE A SURPRISE
Attitude Of the British govern
ment toward the charges wa!
eagerly awaited here, both by for
eign observers and the German
government. Publication Of tn
charges against him came as {
stunning surprise, as not tht
slightest inkling of Germany's sus
picions had leaked out prior tt
the official announcement.
In this connection, the Londol
Daily Express reported Kendricl
had been charged with havinI
permitted his diplomatic mail t.
be used for illegal negotiations il
currencieS md securities" a
though it was not suggested Ker
.. drick himself participated in Sucl
activities.
iii Wa'ua Rui
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Schultz Deal

Perhaps the most sensational
testimony Of the trial to date was
the assertion Of George weinberg,
one-time Dutch" Schultz lieu.
tenant, that he was present in an
apartment in East Ninety eighth
Street when Schultz made q deal
with Hines whereby the Tam
many leader would act as "fixer'
for the racket, offering him
81 900 down and a promise Of
$500 q week and necessary" ex
penses thereafter UP to $1,000 6
week.
weinberg pointed Hines out II
court IS the man who agreed, fol
pay, to "fix" courts in behalf oi
the lottery racket"
Ever since Weinberg testified
witnesses have been trooping tx
the stand and agreeing, one aftel
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
HINES JURORS
PONDER GIAN 7.
RACKET PROFITS.
CONTINUED from Page ~

IVOnGIMU0U IFUW EWBU ~
trade in 1881 and 1892 and put
the racket" on "a business basis"
They have heard witnesses say
how they were forced to contribute
thousands of dollars to support
Tammany candidates in the city
election in 1898. They have been
let in on what transpired at con-
versations between the gang
leader, Schultz, and the policy
bankers" he took into the organ
iZation,"
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
"kicked In"

Pompez testified he had been
required to contribute $4,000
from his bank" to the Demo
cratic campaign fund at the city
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Hughes Makes
Record Hop

Continued from Page II
can pick up on the side. BY
this new mixture you don't get
the concentrated flow Of oxygen
that raises hell with your
throat"
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
! Hines Plans 10 Golf
/ During Trial Recess

NEW YORK, Aug. 20
(I.N.S.). - Justice PecOra'S
decision not to hold court
today met with the approval
Of James ]. Hines.
Hines said he planned to
play golf at a Long Island
club with friends over the
weekend.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Know Slang NOW

They have had a good ear full
of numbers racket" slang. Now
they know the meaning Of such
terms as the arm" meaning to
use force, runner" the man who
collects the policy slips. bank, d"
the place of business-and 50 on.
They have heard one witness
tell of being threatened with be-
ing taken for "a ride" and an
other witness tell of actually haV'
ing been taken for a "a ride
but allowed to live when he list
ened to reason.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
RED OPPOSITION
COST HIM POST,
ACTOR CHARGES
WPA Theater Project
Dominated, Claim
Continued from Page II

Continued from rage ~
one of the founders Of the party
In this country.
AS the committee questioned him.
Verde sat easily in the witness
chair. His shirt front was open
and a wide collar. in the best
actors tradition, fell over his
shoulders. His hair. turning gray,
was longiSh. The committee sat
like an audience under the spell
Of his resonant voice.
Asked whether his demotiou
was caused by his opposition to
the "communistic" alliance, he
testified:
This was done by Archie Hill.
assistant projects head, by i'm.
plication. But this is cru
Sade."
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Drink 1t In

It has been edifying-and the
jury drank it in. They listened
intently, their heads moving back
and forth from Americas No. !
racket buster" District Attorney
Thomas E. Dewey, who was hurl
ing most Of the questions, to the
men and women on the stand who
were giving the answers.
Typical of the testimony given
was that offered by two onetime
independent" policy bankers
who didn't remain independent
once Dutch" Schultz told them
where to head in. They were
Alexander PompeZ, named as
conspirator in the Hines fndict
ment, and Joseph M. Ison, known
also as 'SpaSm."
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Authority Limited

Chairman Dies Cd. Texas. eau
toned the witness at the outset
that his committee has no juriS'
diction to inquire into any alleged
tnefficiency or management OF
any WPA project. asserting:
1--WE are solely concerned with
un-American activities"
Verdi then resumed. He said
he was appointed to investigate
the WPA actors project by Mrs.
Halle Flanagan. director OF the
WPA theaterS project, and Frank
Gilmore, head of Actors Equity.
He testified that ITS Actors
Equity members or professionals
were dropped from the WPA &C
tors project in New York while
ITS Workers Alliance members
were kept. This, he added, hap
pened during an economy wave
In 1887.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Dodge Elected

It was in 1888 that william c.
Dodge was elected district attor.
ney on the Democratic ticket.
Dodge was Dewey's predecessor
in office. In his opening state
ment to the jury, Dewey charged
that Hines picked Dodge to be
district attorney because he was
stupid, respectable and his man.
Dewey also charged that Hines
ordered the Schultz mob to raise
campaign funds for Dodge anc
directed illegal voting by gangstel
floaterS to elect him.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

election in 1888. Big Joe" Ison
said he was assessed 5000 for
the same purpose.
Ison also told the jury the
Schultz mob nicked him for $125
a week, telling him the money
was going to the Jimmy Hines
Club"
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Flanagan Hands OFF

Mrs. Flanagan. verdi ex'
planned. informed him that the
matter of the report was up to the
New York project.
To Illustrate his charge Of sub
verSive influences, he told OF the
dismissal of Miss Dorothy Nolan.
Her case was taken to an appeals
board. The board said her work
should be revaluated.
I'VE worked for 10 weeks to
reinstate her." he said. I'VE
failed. But one day a member
of the Workers Alliance asked
her If she wanted to get back
on the project. She said she
did. Within "a hours she was
reinStated."
He asserted that the Workers
Alliance attacks any one and every
one who does not agree with their
views"
Representative Thomas (RD,
New Jersey. sought unSucceSsfully
to read into the record a letter
written by Charlotte Lillard tc
WPA Administrator H. L. Hopkins
dealing with alleged communism
in the Federal theater project in
Los Angeles. He said that she was
a relative Of William Jennings
Bryan, jr.
Because the letter was not Sworr
to, Chairman Dies refused to per
NIT Thomas to read it. He sale
that the matter will be considered
In executive session,
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Report Spurned

II was about ready to make
nv report last April when I
was called to the office of Archie
Hill and was told that the prof.
ect was no longer interested in
my report" he said. Il insisted
that Mrs. Flanagan ordered
the survey"
Did Mrs. Flanagan or anyone
have an intimation of the nature
Of the report?" asked Represent
alive Starnes CD of Alabama.
mo, but they knew it would
be unfavorable to the Workers
Alliance"
why do you say that?" Rep
resentative Starnes pursued.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-08-11
VALUE OF THE sECRETARY's VISIT

Value of the visits of high government officials
to the Territory has often been stressed Not only
are we in Alaska honored to have them but the first
hand contacts they make with Alaska problems is Of
nestimable worth both to the Territory and the Of
ficials in the conduct of their business Particularly,
is this emphasized in the visit Of Interior Secretary
Harold L. Ickes. under whose department the largest
part of the Territorys affairs is administered The
Secretary an especially observing man and already
well informed Alaska, will get an intimate know
ledge on his visit which doubtless will prove of lasting
benefit to the Territory.
For example yesterday at Seward he expressed
himself as interested in the Kenai Peninsula de-
velopment which million dollar highway connect
ing Seward and the lower Cook inlet region has been
proposed Roads all Alaskans know are one of the
major needs The Kenai road like countless other
suggested routes aimed at opening up mineral and
agricultural lands which be brought into pro-
duction to create greater wealth and support more
people
This but one example of the vista OF possibilities
which will present themselves to the Secretarys dis
corning eye His broad knowledge coupled with the
first hand observations of the needs Of the Territory
should mark an important milestone in the progress
toward ultimate development
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New York Is Bored
CLEVELAND Plain Dealer

cleveland Plain DeaeD
If there is any poetic justice in basebal-whch
we doubt-the Yankees and Giants will not win pen
nants this year Instead, the pennants will go to
such cities as Cleveland Boston Pittsburgh and Chi
cago which taking their baseball seriously and
turning out good crowds
New York apparently has been surfeited with
pennants and world championships AS a conse-
quence the metropolis takes its baseball in a ho-hum
fashion and assumes its two maj or league teams will
breeze in as usual.
Connie Mack has learned than in his
long career as a major league manager that too much
good baseball is not good for the fans and better
for the box office. 1t because Philadelphia had
seen so much of pennant winning teams that Mack
broke up his last great team, which Lefty Grove
and Jimmy Foxx the headliners, and set out
again to build from the ground with ow-saared
players which the attendance at Shbe Park would
support.
There has been a good deal to indicate that New
York fans in much the same mood with respect
to baseball that came over the Philadelphans when
the AS were winning with cock-like regularity and
when they got fiendish glee out of seeing star
pitcher on the home team driven from the box.
1t begins to look as if the Giants had faltered
and that New York will not again be bored by a
subway series. But if the metropolis is to be spared
at least pennant this year someone will have to
begin to knock off the Yankees more than OCCASION
ally They are not the Yankees of the Ruthian days
or the AS of the Grove and Earnshaw regime, but
their competition finds them formidable in the clutch.
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PHILADELPHIA Recordl

philadelphia Record
Settlement of of the mightest issues before
this nation has again been postponed Norma Shear
ers decision not to play Scarlet OHara in Gone
With the Wind" throws the controversy wide open
Just after 130OOO0O0 Americans had sighed with relief
believing the debate over
We are not quarreling with Miss Shearer's de-
csion. But it is imperative that somebody play
Scarlet OHara quick and get it over with
All this fair land girls cultvating nasty
tempers and cold-blooded attitude toward romance
the hope that the boy friend is talent scout
in disguise who will, when slapped over the head
with an umbrella, excaim: Darling you're what
I've been looking for just the type for Scarlet o.
Hara."
This sort Of thing is menace to society. What
kind of mothers for the next generation will girls who
have trained themselves to be Scarlet OHara make?
OF course, the indecison makes good publicity,
but that can be carried too far "Gone With the
Wind" highly readable book but it will scarcely
be immortal. Unless the producers find star and
make that picture pretty it's going to be greeted
with: Gone With the Wind? Oh, yes. That was
the book about the four men who went around the
world in a sailing vessel"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-08-11
ROOSEVELT POPULARITY AGAIN
REFLECTED

Results of the Democratic primaries already held
in some of the States the nominations in some OF
which tahtamomt to election gives strong indi-
cation that the popularity Of President Roosevelt with
the voters of the nation is almost potent force
as it was in the election of 1886.
With only few exceptons-two so far which can
actually be called setbacks for the administration
policies Missouri and Roosevelt approved can
didates have been successful with substantial ma
jorites.
Day before yesterday two more New Deal victories
were recorded in Ohio and Arkansas, Senator Buckley
in the former and Senator Hattie Caraway IN Ar
kansas. In Idaho Senator Pope, supporter of the
President apparently has been defeated, but in Ken
lucky last Saturday Senate Majority Leader Alben
w Barley turned back the challenge of Gov. Happy
Chandler handily.
While local issues doubtless have bearing in
virtually all the elections it is significant that those
candidates which have supported the President and
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Horoscope
"The stars incline
but do not compel
FRIDAY, AUGUST -, 1898

FRIDAY, AUGUST II, 1888
Benefic aspects are strong today,
according to astrology. But the
morning is the most favorable time
for pushing business.
There is a promising sign for ad-
vertising which should be carried
on actively. Publicity will be effec-
tive under this direction of the
stars.
Candidates for public office
should take advantage Of all oppor-
tunities today Labor leaders may
be difficult to enlist as supporters
of legislators, owing to threatened
international difficulties affecting
industry.
Land owners will be deeply con-
cerned by taxes, assessments and
the costs of upkeep of property.
Real estate will present problems,
but The seers stress the Importance
of home-owning.
Extravaganza and the careless use
of money will prevail. Desire to
live for the day. ignoring future
hazards, will be stronger than ever
before
Relief demands will grow and ire
mendous difficulties in administer
ing just allowances to the INDECENT
will arise.
Corruption in political bureaus
and government departments will
be uncovered, but public insistence
on reforms will be of brief concern,
the seers prophesy.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury of year OF good luck.
Both men and women may expect
financial easement. Many will in
herit money.
Children born on this DAY prob
ably will be strong in body and ag-
gressive in character The subjects
of this sign of Leo usually have dis
tinct artistic talents.
George w. Bellows, American
painter. was born on this day 1882
Others who have celebrated it as a
birthday include Benjamin Frank
lin Bache, journalist, 1859; James
w. WadsWorth Jr., Congressman,
1877.
Copyright, 1889
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LOOK dnd LEARN
BY A. C. Gordon

l. How does the light reflected
by the earth compare with that re-
Elected by the moon?
2. Who was the strongest man in
Biblical history?
3. What color are sugar beets?
4. Which has the warmer eli
mate, Greenland or Iceland?
5. What is a minaret?
ANSWERS
l. The light reflected by the
earth is equal to more than a dozen
full moons.
2. Samson.
g. White.
A. Iceland
5. A slender tower characteris-
tic of mosques, built of several
stories, each surrounded by a bal
cony, from which is sounded the
stated summons to prayer.