Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1933, Page 4

HARRIS IDENTIFIED AT SLAYING SGENE Witnesses Testify He Waited Near Henry Residence Before Shooting. Charles Harris, on trial in District Supreme Court charged with the mur- der last April of Milton W. (Milsie) Henry, was seen fleeing from the scene of the crime with a sawed®off shotgun, and also was seen the day and night be- fore the shooting waiting in a car near Henry's Sixteenth street home, witnesses testified this morning. The trial opened vesterday after al- most a year's investigatiop of the al- leged gang slaying by police of Wash- ington, Philadelphia and New York. Justice Danjel W. O'Donoghue ordered the jury locked up at night during the course of the trial as a precaution against intimidation or attempts to in- fluence the jurors. Rhodes Testifies First. Carrol F. Rhodes, 3430 Brown street, a ! Federal Trade Commission attorney, was the first witness this morning. The mur- der was committed at the corner of | Brown and Meridian streets in front of Rhodes’ home. Rhodes testiffied he' awakened about 5:30 am. .on April 21 last year and a few minutes later-Heard five shots fired. He lcoked out the window, he said, and saw Harris cross Brown street from west to east and walk south to the ccrner of Meridian street, where he jumped on the running board of a waiting automobile 2nd said “step on it,” to the driver. .The car disappeared east tn Meridian street, after running cver the curb and the sidewalk in rounding the corner, Rhodes said. The attorney told the jury Harris had a_sawed-off shotgun in his hand when he fled. The previous midnight, Rhodes tes- tified, he saw Harris sitting in what ap- peared to be the sam: car, at the corner of Brown and Meridian streets. Defendant Iil at Ease. Rhodes later went to Philadelphia i , and also identified = at the District Jail. Under cross-examination by Defense Counsel Arthur N. Sager, New York,| Rhodes said it was his “conviction” that Harris was the man he saw. «James F. Hughes, 1756 Kenyon street, a driver for the Ambassador Laundry, the only other witness this morning, testified he saw Harris and another man sitting in a car parked near Henry's home, in the 3600 block of Sixtéenth street, on three different occasions on the afternoon preceding the shooting. He said one of the men spoke to him ‘when he blew his horn in-order to pass. Throughout cross-examination of wit- nesses this morning, Sager was prompted by the defendant, who appeared ex- tremely ill at ease. Yesterday, when the trial opened, he was unusually com- posed. . D. C. BEER REVENUE OF $1,000 A DAY SEEN Unofficial. Estimate . Based on Na- tional Consumption Figures. ‘With the legal motion of beer sales in the Capital, a revenue of $1,000 a da&‘; is expected to flow into the District coffers. This unoffidial, estimate was made tcday on the basis of the tax of $1 a barrel proposet. in the bill as reported by the House District Committee. The estimated yearly revenue of $365.000, however, is ‘calculated roughly on the amount of beer likely to be con- sumed here. Taking the brewers’ es- timate that the national consumpticn would be a glass a day, per person, one mathematician figured that, with the population of Wasnington at 475,000 and the average glass of beer at 8 ounces gross, there would be a daily consumption 'of 3,800,000 ounces, Since there are 128 ountes to a gallon and 31 gallons to the barrel, it was figured Washingtonians , would drink 1.000 barrels of beer a day. With a tax of $1 a barrel, the revenue would be $365,000 a year. ; ASKS U. S. TO REGAIN SENSE OF FELLOWSHIP Admiral Byrd Tells League That All Must Sup- port Roosevelt. By the Associated Press. ‘WHITE PLAINS, N, Y, March 22— Urging support of President Roosevelt's efforts to cut the cosi of Government, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd called upon the country last night to “regain that sense of fellowship in the house- hold of the Nation that made us in- vincible in the great war.” Admiral Byrd, addressing a meeting sponsored by the National Economy League, of which he is chairman, said the President must issue orders in his economy program that will “step on the toes of various groups of people.” And those groups, he said, must *from sheer, stark necessity, stand behind the President with understand- ing, unselfishness and encouragement, and take as good sports that which is best for the good of the whole.” BEER DEBATE DELAYED South Carolina House Takes Up School Measure First. COLUMBIA, S. C, March 22 (#).— The South Carolina House considered a bill to legalize beer in this State for 30 minutes today, but the measure was shunted aside when proponents of & school bill were sustained in a point of order that their measure should have preference in debate. British Commander Visits. HAVANA, March 22 (P).—Vice Ad- miral R. A. R. Plunkett, commander of the British West Indies and American fleets, was received yesterday by Presi- dent Machado. The cruiser Norfolk, his flagship, is in Havana harbor on a courtesy call. WHY NOT? Go South for Easter Railroad Fares Low as One Cent a Mile Similar Low Fares Periodically During Summer Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ' 1418 H St. N.W. Phone NA. 7835 Economy | Demand for Staves Booms Business in Ark 70 Mills Busy Supplying, Materials for Beer | Barrels. By the Associatad Press. = l FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, March 22— A demand for staves for beer kegs has caused & boom in the timber business in the Northwest Arkansas Ozarks and given employment to farmers and mill| workers in communities where stave mills are virtually the only active in- | dustry. I Stave manufacturers, operating about 70 miles within a radius of six coun- ties in this area, estimate that more than $12,000 a day is going into the | work of preparing for the return of legalized beer. The staves are going out of the State, | as Arkansas’ bone dry law will prevent | the ‘manufacture and sale of beer within its borders. The mills in this area make approxi- mately 234,500 staves a day, for which | they pay the farmers who cut the stave blocks and bring them to the mills 413 cents each. * The staves are made from mountain white oak. Because of a slump in the timber industry in the past few years, the supply of white oak is plentiful and offers employment and cash in a region where coal mining operations have been largely suspended, where peach crops failed last vear and cotton crops could not be marketed. FINAL INDOOR SHOW DUE FRIDAY: NIGHT Riding and Hunt Club Com- pletes Plans for Wind-up " of Season. Preparations have been concluded for the final indoor horse show of the Win- ter season at the Riding and Hunt Club Friday night and preliminary arrange- ments made for the Bradley Farms hunter trials, which will inaugurate the local outdoor season. Featuring the final indoor event will be award of the 1932-33 hunter cham- pionship to the horse which has scored highest in the recent series. Wilton J. Lambert, chairman of the committee, also has introduced the firs. class for five-gaited saddle horses scheduled in | the club exhibitions this year. ! Other Divisions Listed. Other divisions will be the hack and hunter Corinthian, saddle horse class for thoroughbred and park types and the touch and out. . The open hunter and hunters shown in hand classes com- . plete the program. Judges invited to serve are Miss Char- lotte Noland of Middleburg, Va.; E. E. Hale of Nokesville, Louis Leith of Mid- dleburg and John Gheen of Washington Serving on the committee with Mr. Lambert are Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Mrs, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Mrs. Alice Long- worth, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Mrs. Wilton Lambert, Justice Owen J. Rob- erts, Marvin McIntyre and Marcy L. Sperry. Proceeds from the’ hunter trials, April 8, will go to-the Thrift Shop. Three Trials Posted. Three trials of approximately 2 miles each have been posted by the sponsors. The first is the Master's Trophy, open to hunters owned by members of the Riding and Hunt Club which have been hunted at least three times with the cll:h pack this season. Owners are to Tide. I the second division, the Riding and Hunt Club Trophy, hunters owned by members of an organized hunt or by officers of the armed forces of the United States are to face the obstacles. Again owners are required to ride. The Naticnal Capital ‘Horse Show Trophy is offered to the winner of the | third “class, which is open to horses not in the preceding classes. Any one other than a groom or paid servant may ride. Maj. Wilfrid Blunt, M. F. H,, of the hunt club pack, is chairman of the com- mittee in charge of arrangements. IOWA OFFICIALS PROBE GASOLINE TAX REFUNDS Irregularities l'n_volving $500,000 Linked With Several State Road Building Companies. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, March 22.—County Attorney Carl Burkman last night said he would investigate alleged irregulari- ties involving nearly $500,000 in State gasoline refunds. ‘The inquiry will in- volve ® number of Iowa road building firms, he said. Apnouncement of the investigation followed discovery of asserted irregu- larities in preparing material for the trial of Theodore Wall, Des Moines attorney, on conspiracy charges in con- nection with refunds, Burkman stated. Actual discrepancies, Burkman said, were expected to total about $250,000 but investigation of payment of nearly $500,000 in gas tax refunds would be necessary. BET_I;AYAL CHARGED BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 22 (). —Charges that Rumanian- military secrets have been leaking out to foreign powers through the Bucharest agent 0f the Czech Skoda Munitions Co. have aroused Parliament and the prese. Opposition_deputies also allege that prominent Rumanians received _large bribes for placing orders with Skoda, whose agent here is an Austrian citizen. A raid on the agency was said by the deputies to have revealed Rumanian mobilization plans in the hands of the agent. Have White Teeth Safely Now, with the 1id of Dentox Tooth Paste, everyone may have sparkling white teeth « e o free from that ugly “yellowi; tinge. Besides safe, gentle cleansing and polishing agents Dentox contains a special ingredient which tends to keep the gums firm and healthy. Use Dentox for just one month and note the difference. Get a generous S0c tube for 29¢ today. at Peoples Drug Stores. DENTOX TOOTH PAS' 'HARRISON TO DECIDE | mittee will hear more prominent Amer- BEER BAN URGRD Citizens Opposed to Sales Within Mile of Soldiers’ Home Grounds, In preparation for the beginning of beer sales in the District.of Columbia, the Petworth Citizens' Associaticn last night adopted a resolution asking that restrictions be placed on selling the bev- erage anywhere within 1 mile of the Soldiers' Home grounds, or within two city blocks of a church’ or schoal.; The resolution was introduced by‘ Herbert P. Marlatt at the association’s meeting in the Petworth School. Such a restriction, it was pointed out by members, practically would prevent the sale of beer in the Petworth section. Several members protested that it was not g;oper for the citizens' group to act on the motion without taking a referen- dum in the section, but the motion was -Beer Zones Favored. ‘The resclution came up_after James G. Yaden, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, urged before the meeting that citizens' associations consider the matter of establishment of zones in which the beer may be sold. The association adopted a resdlution | approying in principal a lengthy repcrt on proposals for solving the unemploy- ment situation in the District. The, resolution was submitted by Washington Y. Boyd, chairman of a Special Welfare Comimttee working out proposals for unemployment relief. Mr. Boyd's re- port advolated utilizing certain lands in the District. acquiring land just out- side the Disirict to be worked by the unemployed and also placing the unem- ployed on farms now in operation. The 1eport was referred to the asso- ciation's General Welfare Committee | for recrafting, after which coples are ! to be sent to the President, the Gov- ernors of Maryland and Virginia, Dis- trict Commisisoners, the Senate and House District Comimttees, the board of directors of the Board of Public Wel- fare of the District, and to the news- papers. 2 Clayton Indorsed. The ascociation indorsed Wijlliam McK. Clayton of the Brightwood Citi- cens’ Association for appointment to the office of District Commissioner. It was decided to devote the next meeting | of the association to discussions of vari- | ous phases of national representation for the District of Columbia. Horace J. Phelps, president of tnel association, presided. ON PROSPERITY QUIZ New Chairman to Announce Flans on Hearing to Seek Depres- sion Remedy. By the Associated Press. Whether the Senate Finance Com- icans on how to break the depression is up to Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippl, new committee chairman. Harrison, author of the resolution un- der which the inquiry was launched, said today, “I'll have a statement about’| our plans in a few days. Some Senatérs said privately perhaps the investigation would be abandoned, while others felt it might be delayed for the present while Congress put into effect administration remedies. The committee began its hearings a month ago. Bernard M. Baruch, Dem- ocratic financier, the first witness, led a long parade of national notables sug- gesting ways and means to bring back better times. Virtually all advocated that the bud- get be balanced, while most of them opposed currency inflation and sug- gested war debts and tariff revision to aid world trade. B SON, 17, KILLS FATHER TO PROTECT MOTHER High SchoolBoy Slays Parent With Hammer During Attack on Other Parent With Irgn Bar. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 22.—A 17-year- old high school boy hammered his father to death today and told police he did it to protect his mother from a “tyrant.” The boy, Anthony Malandro, said he saw the father, Angelo, beat Mrs. Ma- landro with an iron bar. He seized a hammer and struck his father on the ead. The man fell to the floor, jumped up and seized his daughter, Josephine, 25, said the boy. Anthony struck again and the man fell dead. EISEMAN’S SEVENTH AND F $6 Monthly Will Pay for Your NEW SPRING SUIT NOTHING. DOWN Just Pay $6 IN APRIL $6 IN MAY $6 IN JUNE Greys, tans, browns, blues—in light and dark shades. All-wool ~mate- rials that wear and hold their “press. Open a charge account. - Nothing down. " Suffered 10 Years e | | pERTH ARG ation exists. others proposed action to license i the States. Virginia and Wyoming after dates shown HERE ere 14 States (indicated in solid black) in which beer can be sold as soon as the logalizes it, which will be 15 days after President Roosevelt signs the 3.2 per cent bill. In some beer can be sold after a specified time; in some it can be sold in or regulate the bevera, 'on map. Maryland and Delawal 22, 1933, Pederal Government others a varied situ- certain localities; in in is pending. Beer can be sold in North Dakota, West re laws permit sale in certain parts of ROOSEVELT TOMAP | MORTGAGE RELIEF Next Message Will Outline Program for Farmer and Home Owner. By the Associated Press President Roosevclt's next message to | Congress will recommend a program | of farm mortgage and small home mort- | gage relief, including methods of re- | financing. It will be ready for presen- | tation in a few days. The farm mortgage program will be |* embodied in a bill on which Henry | Morgentheau, jr, the Farm Board chairman, and Dr. W. I. Myers, his as- sistant, now are working. | By the time Congress ‘s ready to con- | sider the bill Morgentheau's plan for | consolidating Federal farm credit agen- cies will be complete. Most of this will be accomplished by executive order. Morgentheau conferred on the legis- lation today with Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic_leader, and | members of the Senate Banking and | Agriculture Committees. Robinson uld{ he expected the measure to be finished | within two or three days. Follows Canadian Plan. In some respects, the plan will follow the Canadian system which provides | for debtor relief or conciliation courts. | ‘These courts have broad powers to scale debts downward, but in this coun- try this would not be possible because | of constitutional limitations _except where debtor and creditor could be brought together through an agreement | to reduce the face of the debt. A system of farm debt arbitration | agencies was authorized at the last| session of Congress and plans for set- ting them up now are being considered by Federal District Courts under whose direction they are intended to operate. They have as their aim conferences between farmers and their debtors to arrange methods of working out debt difficulties by agreement. ‘The besis of the Roosevelt rellef plan, however, will be the refinancing of mortgages. The White House does not contemplate that a special bond | issue will be needed, but the measure may_authorize the credit agency to| sell bonds in the same manner as the | Federal Farm Land Banks now obtain capital for their cperations. | One method of refinancing which has | | With Itching Eczema” . and after spending hundreds of | it up, I tried Zemo writes G. C. G. of dollars to clea: and got relief, Texas. relieves itching in five seconds because of its rare ingredients not used in other remedies. 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The | agency will have regional offices and will handle both long and short term | loans and the administration of the | mortgage relief measure if it is en- acted. it Sy g thecouss | | AWAIT TRIAL MONDAY charges that prior to that time Mrs. Warner would stay out until. the early hours of the morning and not explain where she had been. The couple was married in Chi- cago, May 4, 1915. They have two daughters and a son. Attor- neys for the actor said a property seitlement had been reached and the children will divide their time evenly between mother and father. been proposed is contained in a bill in- troduced by Chairman Jones of the House Agriculture Committee. This | measure was explained by Speaker Rainey todey as cne which would allow mortgage holders to trade their mort- gages for Government bonds bearing | low interest rates. The bonds, in turn, would be guaranteed by the mortgages, which the Government would hold. ‘With the mortgages in the possession of the Government, they could be re- issued at much lower interest rates, Rainey said. The credit agencies which are to be consolidated under Morgenthau's plan are: The Federal Farm Board, the Crop Production Loan Division and the old Seed Loan Divisions of the Agri- culture Department, the agriculturel credit agencies set up by the Recon- struction Finance Corporation, the the Inte: N Seven Defendants in Scottsboro Case to Go to Decatur, Ala. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 22 (?).— | The seven colored men who faced re- | trial in the Scottsboro attack case have | been brought here from Kilby Prison | 2t Montgomery to await removal to the scene of the hearing at Decatur, Al next Monday. = Besides the seven, who have once | been tried, convicted and sentenced to death, but granted new trials by the United States Supreme Court, two oth- ers indicted also are in jail here. They will not be tried at the present term d1 | court because they are classed as juve- niles. Total tonnage of vessels entering Lerwick Haroor, Scotland, last year was greater than in 1931. A -.ree DELECTABLE DOLLAR y DINNERS 15 DAILY 6-8 P.M. 71708 9MRS. DOUGHERTY MRS. Decatur 3445 2 e HERR] Y Continuing Our Sale on the Better Grade of BROADLOOM CARP ETING Regularly $3.95 square yard * Cholce— $2.95 Sq. Yd. These soft-toned, deep-plle and this price removes them fro of 9. 12 and 15 feet. Rust. 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In revealing portions of the new ad- ministration’s policy, Mdrgenthau pre- sentec a detailed analysis of its cotton operations, which, he said. indicated a loss to date for that commodity of $159,254,349. He said he intends to make detailed examinations of board losses on. wheat and other commodi- ties “as soon as possible.” The balance from the revolving fund will be sufficient to carry out the board’s new loan policy under which it will continue making advances to co- operatives who are able to qualify. Each co-operative seeking financial aid hereafter will be examined thoroughly to determine its financial resporsibility, Morgenthau said He will require that get, and added that the paymeni of “high salaries” would not be approved Just what will be considered “high ries” Morgenthau ceclined to expla saying that he inten application “cn its own mer Speculation Barred. “No loans will be made available for speculation,” the chaiman declared “We want to help co-operatives continus their activities—we do not intend to do the sheriff act in cases where co-oper- atives now owe large sums.” Morgenthau_reported that the Cotton Stabilization Corporation, set up by th- board under the old administration to help “peg” cotton prices, wou abol- {ished when its present holdings are dis- posed of, as will the Grain Stabilization Corporation of Chicago. it present a bud- 10% DISCOUNT Made New it into a new one. charming new ti. will be done in one day vated or m will give a 10¢ BEDS....N Send your old mattress to us. 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