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The Washington times., 1939-01-20
US. Legion
Chief, 10 Talk on Air

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 Q.N.S0
Stephen j. Chadwick, national
commander of the American LIE.
|gion, will speak on "Americanism'
to- the State and county com
manders in the New York area
February i. AMI his speech will
|be broadcast from $50 to 5:45
b. m. Chadwick's address, which
will be delivered at a special
meeting called by the Phoebe Ap'
person Hearst ..Aemorial Post, will
be followed by a reception at
which Chadwick will meet more
than a dozen New York publish
ers and wire service heads.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
BATTLE NEARS
SHOWDOWN ON
RELIEF SLASH
Fund For 2 Months
Only Proposed
BY ARTHUR HACHTEN

Q.NSO. A showdown in the
Senate Appropriations Subcom-
mittee upon the pending WPA
emergency fund allotment
appeared likely today as agitation
grew for q compromise.
With President Roosevelt recon-
mending an allowance Of $685.
900 900 to last until June 80, and
the House having slashed this
$3.50, 100000 to $725, 100000, the
subcommittee considered a pro-
posal to allot 100000 for
two months.
Probe in Meantime
During these two months
February z to April Tan in.
vestigation of relief needs would
be made by the House end Senate
appropriations committees.
There would be no decrease in
the 100000 persons now on the
work-relief roll during the two
months, but they would receive
pay of $61 a month, compared
with a present average Of S62.
Another compromise suggestion
was that the so-called Woodrum
amendment. which requires
spreading the relief funds over q
lspecified period, be repealed. In
that event, the Administration
could spend all Of the appropria,
ton as it deemed wise, and return
to Congress for more money If
necessary.
Heat Turned On
Administration leaders claimed
they were gaining recruits for the
$S75 900 900 asked by the Presi-
Continued ON Page 6, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
3 Women
Inherit
'YnnkS'
Rupert Willed
Riches to Nieces
And Friend

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 O.N.SO.
Control of the hard-hitting New
York Yankees, the worlds finest
baseball machine, will pass into
the hands of three women under
the terms of the will of Col. Rup-
pert, filed today for probate.
Helen Rupert Silleck and Ruth
Rita Silleck, nieces, and Helen
Winthrop Weyant, a friend, are
the principal beneficiaries. The
three women share equally in
trust funds composed of the resid-
uary estate and Helen Winthrop
Weyant in addition receives a
specific bequest of 100000.
MAY REACH $7O,OOO,OOO
Extent of the total estate is esti-
mated at from thirty million dol.
lars to seventy million dollars.
Under the terms of the will all
the capital stock of the Rupert
Holding Corporation, which holds
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Two MORE CHA
DOCTORS join
GARF|ELDSTAFF

Drs. Charles Albright and Rus.
sell F. Cahoon, Washington prac-
titioners and members of Group
Health Association, have been ad.
mittec to the courtesy staff of
Garfield Memorial Hospital, it
was learned today.
This is an increase to five of
CHA physicians to be admitted to
Garfield. The others are: DR..
Clark P. Halstead, assistant sur.
geon; DR.. Roy A. Boe, eye special
ist, and DR. Richard H. Price, gen.
eral internist. DR.. Price since
has resigned from CHA.
GROUP GRATITIED
Gratified over the extension of
Garfield courtesy. officials Of
Group Health Association feel
that recognition of Group Health
Is assured. Heretofore, no CHA
physician has been admitted to
practice in Washington hospitals.
One of the charges against Or
ganized medicine in the indict.
ment recently handed down by
a Federal grand jury is that the
Medical Society and other organ
izations Of medicine and 21
doctors "conSpired" to violate the
Sherman antitrust act in their
tactics lin restraint of trade" of
CHA. And one Of the specific
charges is that CHA doctors were
prevented from practicing in hos
pitals of the city.
mo GRIEVANCE"
The hospitals themselves were
not made defendants in the in.
dictment.
Garfield officials, in discussing
admission Of the first three
doctors. declared:
"The Group Health Associa-
tion has nothing to do with that
at all. The hospitals have never
had a grievance against the
CHA"
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Retrieved Five Times,
Robber Dies in Chair

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 20
G.N.S0-Reprieved five times by
Governor Price when questions re-
garding his sanity were raised,
Irving Brooks, colored, 80, was
electrocuted today in the State
penitentiary. He was convicted Of
robbing and assaulting Mrs. Eula
p. Hand. an aged widow, in her
King william county home last
February 2. A month later Mrs.
Hand died while visiting friends
In Yonkers, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Girls Last Seen on
Bus Bound for
Washington

A girl student of the University
| Of Maryland was questioned at
length today as search widened
throughout the East for her col
lege roommateS, missing for two
days from the Maryland campus
The girl shared a dormitory
room with Joan Matheke, 10, q
sophomore, and Joy Heaster, 10
a freshman, both of whom were
last seen Wednesday at 6 p. m.
when they boarded a bus in front
of the university for Washington.
Both missing girls are pre-medi'
Cal students at the university. Miss
Matheke is the daughter Of a
Newark, N. j., physician. Miss
Heaster is from Salisbury, Md.
After several hours Of question
ing, Maryland University authori-
ties were unable to give any ex.
planation for the girls disappear
ance or where they had gone.
Meanwhile, by radio, police in
States along the Atlantic seaboard
were advised to be on the lookout
for the attractive goods.
Both girls were carrying luggage
as If contemplating a long trip
when they vanished.
When the girls failed to appear
to take examinations yesterday
morning their absence was re-
ported to university officials. who
Immediately launched a search
for them without success.
Maryland State police were
called into the case, and the
search turned to Washington when
it was learned that Miss HeaSter
has an aunt residing here.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Rublee Farley in
Confusion;Funk
Heads Bank
BY PIERRE ]. HUSS

BERLIN, Jan. 20 G.N.SO.
Completely disorganizing inter.
national efforts to solve the acute
problem Of Jewish emigration
from Germany, Reichsfuehrer
Adolf Hitler today removed DR..
Hjalmar Schacht from the presi.
dency Of the Reichsbank in O
move foreshadowing drastic
changes in the Reich's economic
and financial setup.
Schacht will remain a member
Of Hitler's cabinet, being kept on
hand for special assignments"
Rublee Efforts Futile
The Fuehrer's order brought to
a sudden end the negotiations be-
tween DR.. Schacht and George
Rublee, American director of the
International Refugee Conference,
at the very moment a workable
agreement on the Jewish question
appeared to be in sight.
SChacht was replaced as presi.
dent Of the Reichsbank by DR..
Waltller Funk, who will also re-
tain hts old post q minister Of
economies. Funk, leading pro-
tagonist Of German trade and
financial expansion in Eastern Eu-
rope, will thus be endowed with
the joint fiscal and governmental
powers once enjoyed by Schacht
himself.
Schacht Opposes Hitler
DR.. Schacht for years held these
two important posts. but was re-
moved from the economics minis
try some time ago because of 70.
ported disagreements with Hitler
on the subjects Of trade conces-
sions, controlled initiation and re-
Strict!ons Of foreign exchange
which are present characteristics
Of the Nazi regime.
The sudden removal of Schacht
from the ReichSbank presidency
came as crushing blow to Rub
lee and his associates on the
Continued ON Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Kin Of Ciano Seized
Near Tunisia As Soy

LONDON, Jan. 20 G.N.S0.-An
italian journalist, described as a
relative OF Foreign Minister Count
Galeazzo Ciano, was arrested near
Mareth, Tunisia, today on charges
Of hotographing Frances desert
'Maginot line" it was stated in
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Tunisia. The prisoner was
taken to Tunis for interrogation
on suspicion of espionage, it was
stated.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Paul Shannon DrOwned;
Veteran Baseball Writer

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 90
Paul Shannon. 64, veteran Boston
sports writer and president Of the
Baseball Writers Association, was
drowned here today. His body
was found floating in Pass-a-G Grille
Bay.
Magistrate John T. Fisher ex,
pressed the opinion that Shannon
had fallen accidentally from a sea-
wall. He left his home last night
to go for a walk and was last
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Roosevelt Approves
Cotton Conference

GN.SO President Roosevelt to-
day endorsed the proposal to con-
vene a world cotton conference as
q possible means of dealing with
Americas current huge surplus. AT
his press conference he said it
would be a good thing to do, and
noted that latest reports showed
the wheat conference was progress
sing very well. Secretary of Agri.
culture Wallace and Senator Bank
head CD Alabama discussed the
possibility Of such a conference
with the Chief Executive yeSter-
day.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
New York Closes
Bridge Bonds Dea!

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 UN.S).
Port Of New York Authority has
completed arrangements with sew.
eral insurance companies for the
sale or exchange of $16.7OO, 900 par
value 3A per cent ponds, it was
announced today. The transac-
tions are part of the refunding
of George Washington Bridge
serial Az per cent bonds which
are first callable November /, 1889.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20

'seen sitting on the seawall. When
he failed to return at midnight.
his wife notified police and search
was started.
Shannon, baseball writer for
the Boston Post for IS years, had
been coming to st. Petersburg for
vacation for is years before join
ing the Boston baseball club for
the spring training trip. He is
survived by his wife and a sister,
both Of Boston.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
SENATE SPEEDS
HOPKINS VOTE
By ROBERT A. McGILL

G.N.S.0 Although confident OF
Senate confirmation Of Harry l.
Hopkins as Secretary Of Com.
merce, Senate Administration lead.
erS today prepared an organized
reply to a bipartisan attack on
the relief policies Of the former
WPA Administrator.
The Administrations battle
lines were hurriedly being drawn
by Senate Majority Leader Barkley
D) of Kentucky. after a bipar-
tisan group opposed to the ap-
pointment laid down a steady as"
sault on politics in relief" and
held Hopkins accountable.
Sheppard BGlks
While Barkley and other Ad-
ministration stalwarts work e d
with dispatch to line UP recruits
for the counter attack, Senator
Continued ON Page 6, Col. II
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Sheppard BGlks
japanese Bombs Hit
u. 5. School, Mission

CHUNGKING, China, Jan. 20
G.NS0.-Japanese bombs in two
air raids Monday struck the
American school and the EpiSco-
palian and Methodist missions at
Kuling, advices today said, but it
was understood no Americans were
wounded. Some so foreigners,
mostly Americans and Britons,
were imperiled in the Kuling at
tacks.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Probe Of Red Caps
Pay Status Asked

Investigation of redcaps' en-
ployment conditions at Union Sta
tion has been urged by the Ma
tional Women's Trade Union
League in a resolution sent to
Elmer H. Andrews, wage-hour ad-
ministrator. The resolution, signed
by Elizabeth Lyle. corresponding
secretary, raised the question
whether the redcapS relied largely
on tipS,
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Pay Raises S|ashed
In Chicago Budget

CHICAGO, Jan. 20 U.N.S)
Chicago will have to pull its corp
crate belt a little tighter in 1899.
Looping off 100000 in proposed
pay increases for city employees,
the council last night adopted an
annual budget of $57 500, ,369. The
amount was $36,5OS under last
year. Expected revenues this year
total $57.818,022.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Mother, 80, and TwO Others
Of Family Perish in Flames

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 U.N.S.).
Three members of one family, In.
cluding a 9O.year-old woman, were
burned to death today when fire
swept a four-story brownStone
mansion In Brooklyn.
The dead were: Mrs. Amelia
Clement. 90: her son, George
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Hitler Sister-in-Law
Behind With Rent

LONDON, Jan. 20 O.N.SO.
Mrs. Bridget Hitler, sister-in-law
Of the German chancellor,
appeared in Highgate police court
today to answer her landlords
charge that she owes $45 in rent.
The court accepted her offer to
pay the $45 within six weeks.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Slayer Of Wife,
Friend Gets Chair

WARREN, Ohio, Jan. 20 G.N.SO
Nick Babich, So, today faced death
in the electric chair for the first
degree murders of his wife, Bar
bara, and a neighbor, Dan Gross,
SIS. A jury of eight women and
four men found Babich guilty after
celebrating an hour and 40
minutes. 1t failed to recommend
mercy, making death mandatory
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
D. c. WARNED
Of TAX RISE
BY ROOSEVELT
evyTOOLOwHere,
Says President

U.N.S.) Responding to Presi-
dent ROOsevelt's special mes
sage, the House Ways and
Means Committee today decided
to hold hearings next week on
proposals to relieve State and
other local employees Of the
danger of retroactive Federal
income taxation. The special
message yesterday urged taxa
ti0n of State securities and sal.
aries of workers.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Waterman S Heir
Cut Off With 500

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.
Elisha Waterman. the fOun-
tain.neM heir, had 500 more
to his name today, the legacy
of his mother cutting him
off from further share in
her fortune. The bequest
was disclosed I'm the will Of
Mrs. Helen ID. Waterman
filed In Surrogate Court.
Waterman, through his ia
ther's death, was heir to $S,-
600, 900.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Treasury Condition

U.N.S0. Treasury balance Jan
uary 18: $2,973. 1876, 6,443.56: mis-
cellaneouS internal revenue, S.,
602 ,25O.31; customs receipts, $14.
2O1 1851 .O2; receipts, $3,1O6, ,174.479;
expenditures. $4,965, ,06O, ,160.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20

Clement, 81; and Mrs. Grace
Clement, his wife, 81.
Arthur Clement, another son of
the aged woman, was overcome
by smoke, but was revived.
Cause Of the fire was not i'm.
mediately determined, but it ap.
parently originated in the base.
ment Of the old mansion.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Earthquake Rocks
Kishu Peninsula

TOKYO, Jan. 20 U.N.S).-A
strong earthquake was felt at Wa
kayama on the Kishu peninsula
today. Frightened inhabitants
rushed to the streets but no DAM
age was reported.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
UNDUPLICATED VALUE

More individual - DIFFER
ENT-families read the
PATTERSON NEW SPA
PERS than read any other
Washington newspaper. UN.
DUPLICATED VALUE for
the reader makes UNDUPLT-
GATED VALUE for the ad-
vePtiser.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
BY EARL GOODWIN

While groups of Federal and
District officials and civic leaders
were in the midst Of a tussle over
an increased tax program to sup
port the Districts 1910 budget,
President Roosevelt announced
today that residents here must get
ready to pay even more taxes.
The President made this state
ment when asked at his press con-
ference whether the annual Fed
eral contribution to the local gov
ernment-which has been $5,00O,-
900 for a number of years-should
be increased.
The Presidents announcement
creates the possibility that the ex-
perts now engaged in preparing
q program for the coming fiscal
year tax levies may be asked to
make a further study for increased
taxation.
Health Problem
President Roosevelt said he had
been concerned for some time over
the hospital, health and general
welfare problems Of the city. He
has discussed the situations, which
he termed unsatisfactory, with
Representative e.nnings Ran
dolph, chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee, and Representa-
tive Ross Collins, chairman of the
House District Appropriations sub
committee.
Today, however, he declared
that a solution of the problem Of
District health and hospital and
general welfare needs involves tax
alton. The Districts taxes are
far too low, in the Presidents
opinion.
He referred to the Jacobs re-
ports made to Congress three
years ago. The President said
that report showed a contrast be-
tween the District and cities Of
comparative size throughout the
United States. The District, the
President said, in his explanation,
was at the bottom Of the list, and
lower than cities Of comparable
size.
u. S. Aid Pondered
With the Districts human and
welfare needs in mind, and the
proposition firmly in the Presi-
Dental mind that the Districts
taxes are too low, the question pre-
Senting 'tself is:
Should the Districts taxes be
increased to bring in more income
to meet the human needs: and
having determined that question,
the next inquiry would be as to
whether the Federal contribution
should be increased.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
LOST

1OST
BLACK BOOK, price book with shorthand
notes. Reward. Wisconsin 1855.
birth certificate. etc.: reward. q. W.
Martin. ME. 1851.
FOUNTAIN PEN, black, Sheaffer; down.
down. Reward. DI. 1876, evenings.
POLICE DOG (mixed). female. Northeast
Betty: child's pet; Reward. Ii. 1887
PURSE, ladys brown, vic. Buckingham
Apis. Arlington. Reward. CHI. 4864.
sCoTTIE. black. female. name "Inky";
blind in l eye; reward. CO. 664O.
(Other Lost and Found Ads on
Page 81, Col ~
The Washington times., 1939-01-20

LlgIt snOW,
FaFmeF, low TEN.
psraturp 20 d.
Hsss fsalght;; 10
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warner.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Heat Turned On

Administration leaders claimed
they were gaining recruits for the
$875, ,OOO, 900 asked by the PreSi-
CONTINUED ON Page 6, Col. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-18
Museum Sound Effects

Realism in the American Museum of Natural History, in New York city, is to improved by the addition of sound ef- fleets to some of the silent exhibits al- ready there. Listeners will be able to hear not only an occasional lions roar, but also the background sounds of the African jungle There will be folk dances and native music, plus the animal and bird calls of region.
 Later the museum authorities hope to add to their repertory authentic musi- cal backgrounds for Mexican, Indian and other exhibits. There will be three 15- minute performances daily, which should allow plenty of undisurbed sightseeing time for those who prefer quiet, as well as plenty of opportunity for others to hear the true sounds and calls of distant, un- familiar places.
 Earlier explorers carried guns and brought back stuffed animals. Explorers these days are just as likely to carry the finest cameras and most scientific sound recording devices and to make moving pictures and "talkies" that convey truer impression of the regions explored than anything they've brought back be- fore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-18
Clean-Up Time

It didn't require the recent admoni- tion of Governor Raymond E. Baldwin to remind everyone that this is the time of the year to start cleanup programs. You can smell it in the air, for bonfires are on every side of us as householders and property-owners take the easiest means at hand of getting rid of the rub Dish and debris that accumulateS during the winter months. It's surprising how dirty piece of property can get if left alone for several months. You don't realize what trash can be found after winter until you start cleaning up your yard
 Other than suggesting community CO., operation throughout the state in this cleanup movement Connecticut should be prepared to go on dress parade this spring, summer, and autumn. The Worlds Fair in New York will attract not thousands, but millions of people to the East. Many of them will be paying their first visit; to others it will be an old story. But all will probably come into New York from the three directions. They will come from the South, the West or the North. And before they leave it is safe to say goodly proportion will visit New England.
 Connecticut being the closest state to the Fair, exclusive of New York we must look our best for the benefit of the visi- tor. We want to share in any of the profits that we have come to connect with tourist and recreational trade. Ger tainly it is up to us, then, to look our best and make supreme effort to remove all eyesores along our roadways. Com- munity cooperation with the state in dressing up the countryside will more than amplify the natural beauties that are ours. Let everyone play some small part in this program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-18
Lots of Eudemonists

Will Hays, whose job is to keep the movies pure, knows all the big words. He needs them all. In his annual report on the industry, he launches dandy. The popularity of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in world devoted to isms and schisms, shows, Hays deduced, that "there are still number of eudemonists left in the world"
 An, there, Will! Eudemonists, eh! Well, our trusty old dog-eared dictionary in- forms us that eudemonists are people who think it is worth while to work for happiness as a very fine thing in itself. So movies which help to give people few moments of happiness are still popu- with heavy social problems. Yes, Will, there are still lot of people who go to the movies to be amused. But probably not one in hundred suspected that he was just an old eudemonist..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-18
The More The Merrier

Judging by the way names are being advanced for the position of judge o1 the Federal District Court of Connecticut, recently vacated by the resignation of Judge Edwin s. Thomas, considerable pressure will be brought to bear on those who will be responsible for the naming of the new judge It seems to be agreed that the name proposed by U. s. Sena- tor Francis T. Maloney of Meriden to President Franklin D. Roosevelt will meet with the 1atter's approval and will be sent by the President to the Senate for confirmation.
 In short Senator Maloney seems to be saddled with the responsibility of pick ing out in this entire state the one man tor woman) whom he believes best suit ed and capable of holding this very ina- portant judgeship. It must be remem- bered that appointment to the federal district court is for life and only reslg- nation or removal for cause can make a change over long period of years. The Meriden legislator, therefor, has the choice of naming young man who can give long years of vigorous action to the court as was done when Judge Carroll c. Hincks was appointed, or he can choose an older person, mature in judg- ment and perfectly able to endure the rigors of prolonged court sessions.
 Many of the names suggested for the appointment are presented> more for the purpose of keeping their owners in the lilnelight. If they have packers they must realize that there are in this state many who are qualified to hold this office not so much by their political activities in the past as their discharge of duties as public servant. At the head of any such list as this is natural to find the name of Augustine Lonergan, former U s. Senator. We note that many state newspapers accord him the honor of being the leading candidate for the judgeship. That is as it should be for man who has given the best years of his life to public service. While recog- nizing that many others, whose names have been mentioned, are fully as capa- ble as he, we do not overlook the fact that his has been the experienced career "a long and honorable one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-18

chen" and eDonau," and all the rest. On letters going to foreign cities, it is cour- teous, though not required, to use the native spelling provided we know it and can use it correctly.
 As for returned travellers who love to show off by airing their knowledge of foreign place names, probably nothing can be done about them. The English peo- pie don't seem to have the trouble we have got into about this matter. They mostly keep right on spelling and pro- nouncing foreign names just as they have done for centurieS-and we ourselves did before the World War made us self conscious about it.