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The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Thief's Trousers
Clue In Robbery

Thieves last night broke into the
Arthur Jordan Piano Company
building at Thirteenth and G SITS.
N, W., and escaped with $57 in
cash.
The building had been ransacked
from the fourth floor to the base
ment. Only clues were fingerprintS
taken from an abandoned radio
and a pair of trousers, found in a
shaft leading to the roof. Detec-
tives believed the thieves hid until
employees locked up for the night.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Stocks Squirt:
Level Off
By LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK. July l G.N.SJ.
The stock markets advance was
resumed today, following yester-
days wild session in which prices
sold off after a spectacular first
hour.
After a quiet and mixed open
ing, utilities led a vigorous rally
with the ticker tagging 2 minutes.
Gains ran from l to almost 3
points for a time, but light profit
taking again appeared in the Sec
ond hour and best prices were
shaded.
Close behind the utilities were
the steels, motors, electrical equip.
ments. rubbers, and farm imple-
ments.
A few new 1888 peaks were
chalked in the strong power group,
including Consolidated Edison and
North American. Western Union
also worked into new high ground.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
National Museum
Loses Mail Pouch

Postal authorities and police to-
day were trying to trace a sack of
valuable mail sent from the Ma
tional Museum and lost.
Herbert S. Bryant, chief of cor
reSpondence at the museum re-
ported that the mail had been
either "lost or stolen" from a mail
truck some place between the
Smithsonian Museum, Tenth and
Independence Avenue Southwest,
and the Southwest Branch of the
Post Office in the 400 block of
Seventh st. S. w.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
France, Turkey
In Military Pact

PARIS, July 1 Q.N.SO-Con-
clusion of a treaty between
France and Turkey, embodying a
military agreement for policing
and defense of the Sanjak of
Alexandretta, was announced to-
day. The pact also included
mutual friendship pledges. Alex
andretta is the most northwesterly
corner of Syria and embraces one
of the most strategic harborS in
the eastern Mediterranean.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
HUNDREDS DIE
At SWATOW IN
JAP BOMB RAID
Planes Rain DEATH
100000 in Panic

HONGKONG, July 1 GN.S0.
In one of the most horrible bomb
ings of the year-old war, large
Japanese flying squadron tonight
killed hundreds of civilians in the
South China port Of Swatow.
The Japanese flew at such a
great height that accurate aim
was impossible, and their deadly
missiles burst haphazardly in the
crowded streets Of central Swatow.
For two hours the bombers
wheeled overhead, driving the
10000 inhabitants of the port
wild with terror as explosion after
explosion shook the city. Hundreds
more were wounded, and wide
areas wrecked.
The attack was one Of q series
visited on Swatow, which followed
warning dropped from the air
that raids would be intensified If
Chinese resistance continued.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
DIVORCE ENDS
lamont TIES

DENVER, July 1.-The matri
monial ties between Robert P. La
mont, jr., and his wife, Frances
Kent Lamont. former actress, were
severed in a divorce court here
yesterday.
The son of the Secretary OF
Commerce in the Hoover Admin.
istration and the former actress
were married almost eight years
ago.
Shortly after their marriage
Mrs. Lamont, daughter of William
Kent, retired New York architect
made her debut as a professional
actress in the role Of "Sadie
Thompson" in Rain"
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
$25,OOO Job Gone,
Man Dies in Plunge

NEW YORK, July Q.N.sO
DeSpondent because he lost a
$25,OO0-a-year position, Cyril E.
Brown, 3s, of New Rochelle, either
fell or leaped to his death today
from the eighteenth-floor window
Of a midtown hotel.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01

Sobolewski was held after a
Coroner's inquest found the shoot
ing was not justified. He will be
arraigned Tuesday.
USED GUN AFTER CHASE
According to Investigating off.
GERS, Sobolewski was patrolling his
beat when he saw Mcknight with
a suspicious bundle under his arm.
The officer approached the man
at Fifteenth and M Streets North
west and Mcknight ran.
Sobolewski pursued the fugitive
up Fifteenth Street to Massachu-
sets Avenue, then along Massa.
chusetts Avenue to a point near
Thomas Circle. Then the police
man, finding himself being out
distanced, is said to have fired
at the suspect and then to have
Communicated a passing auto to
continue the pursuit.
SHOT IN STOMACH
When Mcknight was finally
oVertaken it was found he had
been shot in the abdomen. Taken
to Emergency Hospital in a taxi.
cab, he died Monday.
1t was found that the package
he carried contained large guam.
tity Of food stolen from the ice
box of restaurant where he had
been employed.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Rain Is Likelu
Over Fourth
ON OPPOSITE SIDE

The Weather Bureau was pes
simistic as Washingtonians today
planned their Fourth Of July week
ends.
Clouds prevailing today will,
turn into probable showers to
night and tomorrow. AS for Sun
day and Monday, the forecaster
refused to guess.
The temperature will rise slight,
" tonight,
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Hoover FaVOrs
Prayer, Fishing

VANCOUVER, British Colombia
July / G.N.S0.-Former President
Herbert Hoover said here:
"There are only two avenues
of privacy left in these days
when it is harder and harder to
get away from telephones and
people. They are prayer and
fishing. I strongly recommend
both"
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Strike of 5000
Ties Up World Fail

NEW YORK, July 1 Q.N.SO
AL construction except structural
steel work was tied up at the New
York World Fair site today by a
general strike of 5000 workers
Pickets paraded outside the fair
grounds as officials sought to set
tie the controversy, involving a
jurisdictional dispute over the lay
ing of telephone wires.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
BY w. A. S. DOUGLAS

GETTYSBURG, Pa, July /.
Here, on the green grass of Get
tysburg College stadium, bitterness
over a cause lost and won seems
as far away as the smoke of the
guns that roared on July l, 1868.
Old men totter to seats Of honor,
Blue fraternizes with Gray, and
quavering voices inquire after the
health of an ancient enemy.
The nation is honoring the
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Hint u. S. Ready
To End Isolation

LONDON, July 1 GN.SJ.-The
London Daily Telegraph today
published a dispatch from its New
York correspondent, attributed to
high Washington sources, stating
the United States Government be-
lieves the time has come for
America to emerge from her post
war isolation"
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
NO INTENT TO KILL

The last witness before the de
tense rested its case, young Scheid
who has been on the force les,
than a year, insisted he did no
intend to hurt Daugherty anc
that he did not aim his gun a.
the musician.
Scheid described a wild chase
over Arlington county roads al
more than 80 miles an hour before
the police car overlook Daugher
tvs machine and forced it to halt
He and Herbert Knox, his com
panion, got out of the police cal
to place Daugherty under arrest
Daugherty backed his machine
up, then speeded up forward and
attempted to run down the two
policemen, Scheid charged.
JUMPED OUT OF WAY
He said:
II thought the car was going
to hit me. It only missed me
Continued on Page 8, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
TREASURY CONDITION

Q.N.S) Treasury balance as
of June %: $2,285, ,387, ,O31.32; in
ternal revenue, $4,225, 1920; Gus
toms receipts, $20,675, ,089.67; re
ceipts. $6,213,910,824; expendi
lures, $7,647.589,747.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Lloyd George Ends
Versailles StOrv

LONDON, June 80 G.NS).
David Lloyd George, Britain's war.
time prime minister, has com.
pleted his long-awaited story of
the Versailles Peace Conference.
IL was announced today. The
narrative is contained in two new
volumes of memoirs, which the
Daily Telegraph will begin pub
fishing July 7.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Mr.. BRoWDER!

NEW YORK, June 80 G.NSO.
Earl Browder, head of the Com
munist party in the United States,
said here: The people of the
United States in an overwhelming
majority are not prepared to sup.
port communism or socialism"
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Women, Children
Slain by Scores

SWATOW, July / Q.E.S0.
More than 100 large bombs were
dropped by nine Japanese air
planes in tonight's air raid. Many
women and children were among
the victims as the bombs fell
largely in residential sections.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01

In a brief hearing on charges
brought against him by the
countess, the Danish nobleman
was granted bail of $4,000 on his
own surety and two other suretieS
Of $4,000 each.
HEARING ADJOURNED
While crowds milled about the
grimy court house, the count stood
nervously in court as he listened
to his attorney, Norman Birkett,
unfold his case. After bail was
granted, the counts assurances
given and other legal technicalities
completed, the hearing was ad-
journed until Tuesday.
The count gave verbal aSsur-
Continued on Page II, Col. II
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
No Intent TO
Kill Says
SCheid

Senator Frank Ball closed his
defense Of Edwin Scheid in the
Staying of Theodore Daugherty
at 1880 today. The court re-
cessed until 3 p. M, when final
arguments will be heard, each
side being allotted approx
mately an hour and a half. The
case will go to the jury before
s p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Babs' Count Free
On Peace PLEDGE
BY CHARLES A. SMITH

LONDON, July NS)-Pae grim-faced and with twitch-
ing fingers Count London today
and assured Bow Street police magistrate he
tended bodily harm to his wife, the former Barbara Hutton
American-born Woolworth heress
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
RUGGED PEAK
HOLDS BODY OF
MCCORMICK BOY
.ROughness Delays
Recovery

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, July l
G.N.S). - Mountaineers crawled
along the rugged face of Sandia
Peak today to recover the body
of Medill Mccormick, scion of a
wealthy publishing family.
Lost for more than week after
starting out to scale the mountain,
the body of the 21-year-old youth
was found late yesterday by a
searching party of Indians.
The spot. however, was so in
accessible that forestry officials
said it probably would be late to-
day before the body could be re-
covered.
ON OPPOSITE SIDE
The Indians reported finding
the body on almost the opposite
side of the solitary mountain from
that at which the body of Richard
Whitmer, McCormick's companion
on the climb, had been discovered
Friday.
While po oSitive Identification
could not be made until the body
was returned here, Regional For
ester Frank w. Pooler said iden
tification marks reported by the
Indians established it as that OF
young Mccormick beyond any
doubt.
MOTHER RECONCILED
Mrs. Ruth Hanna Simms, the
youths mother, was said to be
reconciled to the fact that it is the
body Of her son. He was her child
by her first marriage to the late
Senator Medill Mccormick. A
former Illinois Congresswoman
she is now the wife of Albert
Simms. Albuquerque attorney.
Whitmer, a 20-year-old Prince
ton student, had been a school
mate Of Mccormick in Denver
and was a guest Of the Simms
ranch near Albuquerque, 10 miles
from Sandia Mountain. Both were
inVeterate mountain climbers and
had undertaken far more hazard
GUS attempts in the past.
| It was believed, however, they
had been caught in a sudden rain
storm and lost their footing on
the slippery bare rock slopes.
Gov. Clyde Tingley of New Mex.
leo took personal charge in di
recting the hunt for the two, and
engaged the help of 400 CCC work
erS, Indians and forest rangers.
(Other details on Page g.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
INDICT POLICEMAN in KILLING
ROOKIE MUST FACE
COURT ON TUESDAY
IN FATAL SHOOTING

John E. Sobolewk suspended Third precinct policeman
indicted for mansaugher by the District Grand Jury
day in connection with the fatal shooting last Sunday of
Wallace Mcknight 33year-od colored restaurant worker
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Bitterness Disappears
As Blue, Gray MingIe

heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg
on the hallowed field where the
first blood of the three-day holo-
caust was spilled.
THEY WALK SLOWLY
They come slowly. these old
men, scores of them in wheel.
chairs, hundreds leaning on the
arm of escorts. A few, a pitiful
few, march stiff and straight and
Continued on Page 4, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
By CARROLL PEEKE

ny N1ANNANONA I LNNE
II wouldn't hurt anyone in
the world. I shot at the gas
tank and the tires. I fired be-
cause I believed it was my duty"
That plea was voiced by Edwin
Scheid, 23-year-old Falls Church
Va. policeman when he took tn,
witness stand in his own defens
in Arlington Circuit Court today
where he is on trial for the mu1
der of Theodore Daugherty, Wash
ington musician.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Set Your Radio
at 1910 KC on
Sunday Morning

And t ell
the chill
dren to
turn it on
at 8 a. m.
and listen
to Uncle
M a c k S
F u n n y
F a m i | Y
over Sta
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
HEARING ADJOURNED

Continued on Page IL, Col.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
Heads Cancer Control
Committee

DR.. Ira Burns of Wilmington,
specialist in radiology, has been
elected executive chairman of the
Delaware State Committee for the
Control of Cancer. He succeeds
Adolph A. Rydgren, who resigned
because of pressure of private
business.
DR.. Burns, graduate of Havre
de Grace High School and the Uni
versity of Maryland, is chairman CT
the scientific committee of the Della
ware Academy of Medicine and of
the cancer control committee of the
Medical Society of Delaware, radio
logist at Wilmington General and st.
Francis Hospitals, Wilmington, and
consultant radiology for the Kent
General Hospital. Dover.
DR.. Burns is brother Of Messrs.
Walter E., J. Isaac, Alfred G. and
Charles B. Burns of Havre de Grace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
Uncertain March Weather

March is maintaining its reputa-
ton as a month of uncertain weather
conditions. Thursday brought snow
to the depth of between four and
five inches, but Old Sol made short
work of the heavy white blanket on
Friday and Saturday, when his
warm rays made the snow disappear
like magic.
Bright skies, robins and black
birds gave promise Of spring just
around the coner on Monday. but
it was only a feeting promise, as the
day soon developed into drab one,
with a dizzle of cold rain that con-
tinued into Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jack Frost helped to convert the
entire landscape into fairyland Fri
day morning, the fog of Thursday
night freezing ON every tree and
bush, Transforming them into things
of wondrous sparkling beauty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
Canal Dredging Work
Finished

Final dredging contracts for the
deepening and widening of the
Chesapeake and Delaware canal have
been completed.
Draft restrictions are still in ef-
feet. but with the channel now
clear all the way through the canal
to a depth of q feet at mean low
water it is expected that the U. S..
Engineer office at Philadelphia will
soon issue regulations permitting
use of the canal by larger vessels.
The largest ship yet to pass
through the canal was the 39S foot
freighter Barbara, of the Bull Line,
New York City. The previous largest
boat was the Swedish treighte.
Stockholm which measured 1872 feet
in length.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
Held Up And Robbed

Edwin Carter, Is years old, an
employee at the Pure Oil filling Sta
tion in Elkton, was held up and rob
bed by a Negro ON Thursday night
last.
Carter was walking along the
street near the Elkton M. e. church
when the Negro grabbed him and
pulled him up dark alley, demand
ing his valuables.
Carter being no match for the as
sailant, gave the man his wallet COLI
tanning a 81 bill, and his wrist
watch.
The Negro then demanded ring
he had on his finger.
When the youth pretended to be
having difficulty getting the ring
off, the Negro loosened his grip.
Carter took advantage of the move
ment and fed.
He notified the police who sooL
arrested suspect, but the youth
was unable to identify him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
Ask Return Of The Milk
Bottles

Our milkmen, who supply their
customers daily with bottled milk,
wish to call attention to the fact
that a large number of their patrons
lail to return the bottles. which in
addition to being great inconveni-
ence to the milkman, Is an item of
no small expense as well.
These bottles are the property OF
the milkman supplying you with
milk, representing large outlay for
their purchase, and should be re-
turned to him.
Due to the oversight Of 80 many
patrons in failing to return the bot
ties, the dairyman supplying the
milk loses hundreds of his glass con-
tanners needlessly, and persons who
give no thought to the matter,
small when considered by the single
bottle, can readily appreciate how
the loss mounts day after day, and
week after week.
You are urged to kindly return
the bottles to their owners, and help
save the milkman an ever growing
item of expense.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
County Board Of
Education
New School Asked For Chesa-
peake City---Schools Will
Close On June 18th

The Board of Education met ir
regular session ON Tuesday, March 8
1898.
The name of Mrs. Mary B. Wiley
was placed on the Elementary sub
stitute list
All bids received on the school
properties recently advertised for
sale were rejected by the Board.
These properties will again be adj
vertised for sale-bids to be receiv-
ed at the next regular meeting Of the
Board ON Tuesday, April 18th.
A delegation of patrons from
Chesapeake City with Mrs. Nelson
Cooling, President of the p. T. A. as
spokesman, came before the Board
with the request that new school
be provided for that town. The
Board expressed sympathy for their
request and promised consideration
as soon as possible.
"A SOLuiHiILSG lIOm Zig rOul III
District School Improvement Asso-
citation appeared before the Board in
the interest of an enlarged high ana
elementary school at Kenmore. Tn
Board took the matter under con-
sideration.
Tuesday, May 31st, was ap-
proved as the date for the Field Meet
of the White Schools. The Meet will
be held on the North East High
School Grounds.
Schools of the County will close on
Wednesday, June 18th. The high
schools will hold their graduation
exercises on Tuesday, June 14th
while the seventh grade closing ex-
ercises will be held on Wednesday,
June 18TH
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
Cases. Before Cecil
Circuit Court
Sentences Imposed On Con.
victed Criminals
Jury Discharged

The Grand Jury of the Circuit
Court for Cecil County, In the March
term in session at Elkton, completed
Its labors after three days, and was
discharged. The Jury examined So
witnesses, and found 20 present.
ments. % true bills, and ignored
SIX cases.
The jury requested that the old
records which are now stored on the
third floor of the Court House be
removed or placed In fire-proof
storage.
Hiram M. Sellers of Sixth district
was adjudged guilty of failing to
comply with the courts order to pyy
mis- wife 81 per week, and was sent
enced to Maryland House Of Correc~
ton for 10 months.
George Donald Lux, alias Gerard
Lux Of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty
to bigamy. Sentence has been de-
TERED until later.
The appeal case Of Elihu K. Boyd,
from the docket of Magistrate Geo.
l.. Ewing, Of Rising Sun, was placed
on trial before the Court. He was
found guilty by the magistrate on q
reckless driving charge. The Court
reserved it's decision until q later
date.
E. Day Moore, ST., was convicted
of maintaining nuisance. The Court
deferred passing sentence for Q
period of ten days.
Chester Dempsey was sentenced
to six months in Maryland House of
Correction on the charge of operat-
ing motor vehicle while under the
influence of liquor.
Found guilty on charges Of at
tempted robbery and holdup Edward
Draco was sentenced to four years
IN the House of Correction, while
his two companions, George Angelo
and John Diana were each setenced
to five years in Maryland Penitenti-
airy.
For assault upon Arthur Lee
Price, Alvin Carroll was sentenced
to pay fine of $40 and costs and
serve sixty days in the county jail:
the latter not to be enforced upon &c
he kept on his good behaviour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
Cecil County Chapter Of
Red Cross

AT meeting of the Cecil County
chapter, American Red Cross, held
at the church house in Elkton, with
representatives from all the districts,
officers were elected for the ensuing
year.
The new staff is as follows: Chair
man, Mrs. A. V. Davis, Elkton; vice.
chairman, Miss Grace w. Price,
Elkton; secretary, Mrs. Lynn b.
Gillespie; treasurer, George Edward
Lawrence, Rising Sun; production
chairman, Mrs. Sterling E. Dunbar;
recreational chairman, Mrs. Walter
G. Miller; home service chairman,
Miss Mary Ellen Davis, Cecilton;
publicity chairman, Miss Anna Mary
Brown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
Draw Span Favored For
Proposed Bridge

Elkton residents have scored
point in their fight against this
State Roads Commissions plans 10
erect a fixed span bridge over Big
Elk Creek between Elkron and
Cedar Point.
John H. Burnley has received q
letter from Rep. T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough saying he had found Colonel
johnson Of the U. s. engineers
very sympathetic" with the view
point of the Elkton residents and
that he felt sure the War Depart.
ment would rule that a draw span
would have to be provided II DER.
mission is granted. In such event.
the congressman said, a draw span
Of not less than so feet In the clear
would be required.
When the hearing was held rec
emily at Elkton by U. s. engineers
the opposition to the plans Of the
state board to build a bridge with
out a draw span was unanimous M
far as Elkton residents were CON.
cerned. Only the state roads enei-
neers spoke In favor Of their plana
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
Personal And Social

Mrs. e. G. Dixon, of Philadelphia,
spent the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. B. H. Brown.
Miss Mary Bechtel, of Washington,
d. c., is spending some time with
Mrs. w. B. Bechtel.
Mrs. G.. Clinton Logan has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Paul McCabe,
Dagsboro, Delaware.
Miss Ruth c. Wilson. Hood Col
lege, Frederick, spent the weekend
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
+. Wilson.
M. U. Zimmerman, principal of
Rising Sun High School, attended
the Youth Training Conference, in
fredericksburg, Md, on Monday and
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. Henry and MIR.
and Mrs. Halus Ewing and son
Halus, of Prospect Park, Pa, were
visitors Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cecil Il. Ewing.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Hartenstine, of
Furnace, returned last
week from an extended trip to
Florida and were the Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. M. Pogue.
A dinner was given by Jesse
Wood. ST., and Margaret Anthony of
near Lees Bridge, in honor OF the
S9th birthday of Mr.. Wood. Guests
were: James Wood, Oxford; Mrs.
Galen Eshelman and Roberta Kill
Tough, Quarryville; and James
Brown and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Green and William Mooney.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-18
Primary Election Date

Primary elections this year will be
held on Monday, Septembe: IL, The
chairmen of the two party commit
tees, w. David Tilghman, Jr., Re-
publican, and Joshua N. Warfeld,
Democrat, agreed on that date and
Notified ]. George Eierman, presi-
dent of the Board of Supervisors.
Under the law, the party chair
men were empowered to choose any
date between September and Sep
.ember Is. If they had failed to
agree, the date of September IL, the
one chosen, would have been set by
statute.