Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1935, Page 4

WALLACE FIGHTS 00 COST BLAME Pleads With U. S. Not to| Attrihute All High Prices toA. AL A, By the Associated Press. Secretary Wallace pleaded with consumers and farmers today not to blame all high food prices on the crop control program. | “One of the most amazing things about the public attitude toward the | farm program in general and the processing taxes in particular,” Wal- | lace said in a radio address, “is the extent to which that attitude is net based on facts. I mean simple facts, not complex ones: facts which must be admitted whether you favor, oppose, or are indifferent to the program.” | Wallace said complaints came from eity residents against the processing tax on beef, but he pointed out that there has never been a processing tax on beef. Other complaints, he said. have been that A. A. A. caused high prices for potatoes, veal. lamb and chicken. He pointed out that there had never been & control program for any of these foods and that the new Potato program was not yet in effect. “The complaint about the price of potatoes is difficult to understand.” Wallace said. “With potato growers getting around 50 cents a bushel, as they have for two years now, the price to the farmer is the lowest in many | vears. Compare it, for instance, with | $1.31 a bushel in 1929 or $1.66 in | 1925." | o RECOVERY FORECAST | FOR STABBED BOY = | LTad Attacked by Youth Who Wanted Checker Board, Leaves Hospital. Twelve-year-old William Decker, who was stabbed three times in the back by one of two colored boys when he resisted their efforts to take a checker board away from him Sunday. | returned to his home, 816 Seventh street northeast. last night. Hospital attaches said he would soon recover. William was walking in the 900 block of H street northeast with George Roberts. 11, of 814 Seventh street and two little girls when the two colored boys demanded the checker board and then attempted to wrest it away. Wil- liam was stabbed by one of the boys during the scuffie | The checker board was being taken to the home of one of the girls for a game. planned by the three friends to make William forget his sorrow over the loss of his dog earlier in the day. The dog jumped from the win-| dow of a moving car while William | was delivering newspapers. In jump- ing he struck a traffic sign and was 80 badly hurt he had to be destroyed BOYCOTT IS PLACED BY LONGSHOREMEN Dock Workers on Atlantic and Pa- cific Coasts Refuse to Handle Gulf Cargo. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, November 5.—Union dock workers on Atlantic and Pacific Coasts today clamped a boycott xcne.—s on Gulf shipping and mari- P interests which refuse to recog- ni% the International Longshoremen's | Association Joseph P. Rvan, president of the International Longshoremen's Asso- ciation. announced here that he was issuing orders for the immediate boy- cott at North Atlantic ports of all ships from Alibama, Louisiana and Texas in cases where “the owners have refused to do business with us.” Pacific Coast longshoremen refused to handle “hot cargo” ships—those loaded by non-union labor—coming from the Gulf. They acted under in- structions from William J. Lewis, dis- trict president. ‘The International Longshoremen’s Association has been on strike along the Gulf Coast for five weeks, seeking to force recognition of the union. MERCHANT \;VRAPS up SUIT THIEF PICKED OUT Youth Pays With Gun Threats and Walks Out—$460 in Postal Savings Stolen. Jacob Bass. a merchant of 1722 Seventh street, last night was robbed of a suit of clothes at the point of a revolver by a young colored man who made his selection from Bass' stock, had it wrapped up, then cowed Bass and some customers with the weapon and walked out. Two other robberies were reported. Mabel Matson, housekeeper at the Tabard Inn, 1739 N street, said her pocketbook, containing $460 in postal saving certificates and $48 in cash, was taken from a desk. Grace Ken- drick, 6338 Piney Branch road, told police a satchel containing $100 was stolen from her automobile on Fourth street between New York and Florida avenues, | seen this.” he said to Mrs. Taft New Supreme Court, Taft’s Vision, Acclaimed by Widow The new Supreme Court Building, conceived by the late Chief Justice William Howard Taft, was visited f widow. kitchen in the building. By the Associated Press. RS. WILLIAM HOWARD M TAFT, whose husband con- ceived the idea of a new Su- preme Court Building while serving as Chief Justice, Vvesterday paid her first visit to the magnificent | structure housing the Nation's high- est tribunal. “Lovely! Lovely!" said the widow of the former President who pushed | through the Supreme Court Building project by a 5-to-4 decision. Then, when she had seen it all:| “Even though I was familiar with the plans I didn't know it was going to be so spacious!” As she gazed at the bench where | her husband would have presided had he lived, former Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania entered the chamber, showing his law partner through. 1 Choked by Emotion. “I wish your husband could have Too moved to speak, she nodded | her head in agreement. Reed advised her not to miss the law library up- stairs, which he called “the most beautiful public room in America.” Mrs. Taft recently returned from a Summer trip to England and Canada Present-day Washington owes some —_— CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Supper dance, Government Printing Office executives, Wardman Park Ho- tel, 10 pm. Dinner, Trilla B. Young Bible Class, Western Presbyterian Church, 1906 H street, 5 p.m. Dinner, Legal Club, University Club, 7 pm. | Dinner. Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity, | National Press Club, 6:30 p.m. Meeting, St. David's Society, Powell Junior High School, Hiatt place and Lamont street, 8 p.m. Meeting. Botanical Society of Wash- ington, Cosmos Club, 8 p.m. TOMORROW. Luncheon, Edmonds-Kingsman- Maury Parent - Teacher Association, Kingsman School, Fourteenth and E streets northeast, 12 p.m. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Mayflower | Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, R(;v.ary Club, Mayflower Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayflower Hotel, 12:30 pm. | Mrs. Taft, escorted by Capitol police, is shown inspecting the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO.\;, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1935, or the first time yesterday by his —A. P. Photo. of its charm to the quiet. grav- garbed, black-hatted woman who said “This is grand!” as she got her first glimpse of the new Constitution avenue, the new Archives Building, the new Botanical Gardens. It was she who planted the famous Japanese cherry trees. The Taft re- gime in the White House resulted in the development of Potomac Park. Inspects Kitchenette. In the private portion of the Su- preme Court Building, Mrs. Taft peer- | ed down the self-supporting spiral marble stairway, rested a few minutes in the quiet comfort of the justices’ private reading room, lined with law books, admired the oak panelling and | young widow not guilty of murdering | prosecution. MRS. SVITH FREED INFATAL SHOOTING Denies Remembering Point- ing Gun Handed Her by Husband. BY WILLIAM H. SHIPPEN, JR., Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Novem- ber 5.—A jury of men here last night ignored the State's plea for a man- slaughter verdict against Mrs. Dorothy Dodd Smith, and found the attractive her husband, Wade Le Roy Smllh,l 26, a former Maryland State police- man. The 24-year-old blond defendant | took the stand late yesterday to re- | late her version of the protracted marital quarrel which preceded the shooting on the morning of July 28 in the Smiths' bungalow at Laurel. |She said her husband threatened her life. Mrs. Smith wept for joy when the jury of solemn-faced farmers returned at 9 o'clock, after an hour's delibera- | tion do announce they had absolved the widow of blame. Attorney Frank M. assisted Hall | State's Attorney Alan Bowie with the | Tells of Mistreatment. Mrs. Smith told the jury her hus- band had thrown her about as she lay in bed, stormed at her like a mad- man, threatened her life and finally | | thrust a pistol into her hands with | | the suggestion that she shoot herself. | made the suicide suggestion. She recalled that he advanced upon | |her with clinched fists upraised and | day, Attorney Hall said the State | staring eyes, crying, “No, you won't shoot yourself, I'll do it my way.” but zould not remember having the gun | in her hand, raising or aiming the weapon, or pulling the trigger. Attorney Hall pointed out to the | jury that the defense apparently based | its case both on sclf-defense and the theory of accident, a contention he described as impossible Beyond the defendant's story, the only testimony as to what happened in the Smith bungalow prior to the shooting was given by a neighbor, | Raymond McKitrick, who said he was | awakened by sounds of the quarrel. Has 4-Year-Old Son. Mrs. Smith, who married the former State policeman in March of 1034 | dark Alabama marble fireplace in the Justices’ stately dining room, was pleased at the view from the window of the adjoining smaller dining room, and even inspected the handy house- hold arrangements of the little | kitchenette. from Frank Kay Green, the marshal, on down tc the page boys, welcomed her. As Mrs. Taft left the building. she mentioned that the history of her husband’s part in it was sealed into the corner stone, and that he was re- sponsible for its hill-top site. Presi- @ent Hoover wished to place it in the Mall, but Taft held out for Capitol Hill. | | | | Meeting, Wome: Board, George | ‘Washington University Hospital, May- | flower Hotel, 10 am | Luncheon, Electric Institute, Carlton Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, University of Missouri Alumni, University Club, 12:30 pm. | Luncheon, Democratic Club, Univer- | sity Club, 12:30 p.m. | Luncheon meeting, Midweek Lunch- eon Club, Hamilton Hotel, 12:30 pm. Meeting, Atlantic Coast Line Rail- | road, Hamilton Hotel, 10 am. Bingo party, Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street, 3:30 pm. Meeting, Washington Society of En- gineers, Cosmos Club, 8 p.m. Dinner, Brightwood Chapter, No. 42, O. E. 8, Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth | street, 4:30 p.m. Meeting, District Optometric Society, room 516, Washington Loan & Trust | Building, 8 p.m. Meeting, Lambda sfim- Delta Soror- ity, Carlton Hotel, 8:15 p.m. ot buy ] 'T'S a regular “chiseler”, this Model ‘W Petro-Nokol for home hesting. Guaranteed ance Fund Deposits Capital Stock Surplus --- Undivided Profits __ Reserve for Contingencies-o.--- shortly after she divorced her first | husband, Nuncy Greco. an Italian | barber, is the mother of a 4-vear-old son, Vincent Greco, by her first husband. The widow said the fatal quarrel| : was the outgrowth of Smith’s jealousy All of the Supreme Court attaches, | State and Municipal Bonds Stock in Federal Reserve Bank_._ Other Securities oo oca-e-- 4,019,672.66 and quick temper. She told of going to a firemen's carnival on the night prior to the sheoting. where she and Smith played games with several companions, danced and had a tintype photograph taken This tintype showed the Smiths seated on a barrel over the caption, “Barrels of Love." Mrs. Smith later showed the photo- graph to an Italian employe of her former husband, who laughed. Her! | when they returned home. | Mrs. Verdon D. Herberson of Balti- Welfare Speaker ARTHUR W. JAMES. husband, the widow said, resented | this bitterly, and tock her to task for showing his picture to a “Wop” | “Don't say ‘Wop,'” Mrs. Smith | said she replied, “for my son is half Italian.’” Whereupon Smith, ac- cording to the widow, became abu- sive and left the room. He returned a moment later, the witness said, and found her kneeling beside her bed, saying a prayer for her son. Then Got Out Gun. 1t was then, Mrs. Smith said, that | her husband got out the gun and | In his closing address late yester- was not seeking either first or second degree murder verdicts, since the evi- dence had shown no malice or pre- meditation. the facts in the case fully warranted a manslaughter verdict. Testimony of Smith's was given by fil his father-in-law, temper drink of water about a year ago. How the Smiths had been a loving couple, gay and light-hearted, on the night preceding the tragedy was re- lated to the jury by their three com- panions at the carnival, Mr. and more, and Herberson's mother, Mrs. Ella Herberson of Laurel. Dr. M. D. Stuart of Laurel testi- fled he examined Mrs. Smith after the shooting and found heavy bruises on her arm and another bruise on an ankle. "WILL YOU LET US EXPLAIN WHY He said, however, l)mt[ who | said Smith had slapped Mrs. Smith | to the floor during a quarrel over al WELFAREEXHBIS OPEN 0 PBLE WorkA of Children and Adults Shown at the Commerce Department. Hundreds of exhibits of work done by children and adults at the several | District welfare institutions were dis- played today at the Commerce De- Minus Trousers, Prisoner Taken on Long Train Ride Wife’s Strategy to Halt Trip Fails as Deputy Ignores Dress. By the Assoc: :ted Press. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., November 5. —Without ‘his trousers, W. H. West- phal arrived yesterday by train from | Chicago in charge of a sheriff's deputy | ¢, to face a charge of disposing of mort- partment as a feature of tonight's an- | gaged property. nual public meeting of the Board of | Public Welfare. The officer, Will Cabler, said West- | phal's wife took her husband’s trous- Arthur W. James, commissioner of ers, believing Cabler would be “too public welfare for Virginia, will be!embarrassed” to travel with a trouser- one of the principal speakers. He will discuss public welfare as a function | of the Government. In addition oy holding his Virginia post, Mr. James has been chairman of the State Emer- | gency Relief Committee and was relief administrator in 1932 and 1933. He also has served as chairman of the Legislative Commission on Proba- tion and Parole, chairman of the General Hospital Board and a mem- | ber of the State Planning Board. Other speakers will be Frederick W. McReynolds, chairman of the Board of Public Welfare, and Elwood Street, | District Welfare director. | ‘The exhibits are to be on display all day tomorrow so they may be seen by hundreds in addition to those who attend tonight's meeting. i LIFETIME | June of the total solar eclipse. | first observable in that country for Australian parrot, who talked all come less prisoner, but “that is where she was wrong.” “I wasn't embarrassed a bit—be- cause I sat in another seat, behind | him " Cabler explained. “The passengers snickered a bit, but it didn’t bother me. I felt sorry for Westphal in St. Louis, because we had to walk about four blocks to change trains. It was almost freezing and the wind was blowing strong.” Japan Prepares for Eclipse. Astronomers and other scientists in Japan are making special preparations for observation in the Hokkaido next the 40 years PAY ROLL BANDITS | HUNTED BY POSSES Ohio Hideouts Combed by Police,’ Deputies and Citizens After Motorist Is Shot. By the Associated Press SALEM, Ohio, November 5.—Posses of police, deputy sheriffs and citizens | mobilized today to search Northe eastern Ohio hideouts for three robe bers who shot a motorist after obtaine ing a $25,000 pay roll late yesterday. A belief the gang might have been e same one that robbed banks re- | cently in Madison, Ohio, and Con- neautville, Pa., spurred the widespread search. United States officers were reported to be assisting. The currency was taken from L. B, Vincent, assistant cashier of the | Farmers' National Bank, on the steps of the Salem post office. Herman Stratton, 30, of Salem, was shot in the head when he overtook the robbers’ car outside this city. Police Chief Ralph Stouffer said Stratton gave chase in the belief the men were automobile thieves. Hospital attendants said the wounded man probably would lose the | sight of his left eye, but had a “fair” | chance to recover. Parrot World Talk Champion. 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