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10 SUCCEED DERN Murphy, McNutt' ‘and ‘ La Guardia, All Veterans, By the Associated Press. Three veterans of the World War were mentioned prominently today in speculation over the probable succes- sor to the late George H. Dern as 8ec~ retary of War. They were Frank Murphy, high commissioner to the Philippine Is- lands; Paul V. McNutt, Governor of Indiana, and Fiorello La Guardia, mayor of New York. There was no official indication, however, as to whom President Roose- velt might have in mind for the cabi- net post nor whether he would desig- nate the new member of his -official family before or after the November election. Some expressed the belief that if Murphy was successful in his cam- paign as the Democratic candidate for Governor of Michigan he would be eliminated from consideration for the War portfolio. He now is on leave from the Philippines. An attorney and former mayor of Detroit, Murphy served as a captain of Infantry in the American overseas forces during the war. Gov. McNutt conferred only recently with President Roosevelt aboard the special train carrying the Chief Ex- ecutive on an inspection trip of the drought area. Like Murphy, the Indiana executive long has interested himself in national defense and served one term as national com- mander of the American Legion. Mayor La Guardia, & major in the United States Army during the World ‘War, was elected once as a Socialist Representative in Congress and later es a Progressive, —_— Dern (Continued From FPirst Page.) buria] will be in Mount Olivet Ceme- tery, Salt Lake City, beside a daugh- ter, Margaret, who died in childhood. Another daughter, Louise, who also died a number of years ago, is buried in Fremont, Nebr. Dern, who preferred the unosten- tatious, simple life of the average Ameri family man, will have that kind of a funeral, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Salt Lake City. Thousands of the Utah citizens whom Dern served 12 years as State Senator and Governor are expected to flle past his casket in the pillared Capitol Building, in the shadow of the Wasatch Mountains. Military and Masonic honors will be accorded at the grave. Mourning Guns Boom. ‘The booming of the mourning guns, at half-hour intervals, at every Army post in the United States and its possessions will continue from reveille to retreat this evening. At retreat, the final 19-gun salute to the departed Secretary of War will be fired-at every post as flags are rajsed from half staff to full staff and then lowered for the night. The Nation's leaders joined today in messages of tribute to the late Cabinet ‘officer. From his special train, i North Dakota, the Pfell dent issued a statement sa “able and honest public servant” hnd been lost to the Nation and “a de- voted leader” to the Army. He re- called their associations when he was Governor of New York and Dem Chief Executive of Utah, and added: “I am deeply grieved that he has left us.” By direction of the President, Sec- retary of State Hull issued a public proclamation advising the people of the United States of Dern's death. Other cabinet members who had been closely associated with Dern since 1933 joined in tribute and Mrs. Dern today was receiving messages of sym- pathy from all parts of the world, among them cables from Gen. Douglas MacArthur, former chief of staff, now In Manila, and from Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, commander of the Hawaiian department, in Honolulu, Lawyer (Continued From First Page.) counter immediately by placing charges against him, One of today's charges specifically involved Tomlinson with the $3,000 pay roll robbery of two Fairfax Farms Dairy employes. The other case was the hold-up on August 18 of Samuel Siratonis, proprietor of a tailor shop at 3003 Fourteenth street, who was beaten and robbed of $785. Robbery Last March 14. The Fairfax Farms Dairy robbery occurred at 10:30 a.m. on March 14 th as Lewis Black and Charles J. Weidman, dairy employes, parked their car near First and Q streets, where the dairy is located, after a trip to the bank for the pay roll. One of the -colored men displayed a gun, seized the money and fled in a car driven by a second colored man. Although Tomlinson has been prac- ticing here for many years, his most important case involved the defense of Means, in which he was asso- clated with T. Morrls. Wampler. Wampler later was found guilty of income tax law violations, sent to the Penitentiary and disbarred. Maintains Innocence. Police arrested Tomlinson after they said they had obtained signed confessions from two of the colored men purporting to reveal details of a carefully planned series of hold-ups The colored men, according to po- lice, named Tomlinson as the “master mind” of the alleged robber ring. These disclosures, according to Chief of Detectives Bernard W. Thompson, are expected to result in the solution of a number of crines committed here in recent months, Tomlinson, who has been held in- communicado at the eleventh pre- cinct station house, has steadfastly maintained his innocence, according to his questioners. TRAIN SPEED RECORD British Express Makes 113 Miles Per Hour. Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. STRANGE BEDFELLOWS. UCH is said and written these days about “cut-throat” poli- tics—but sometimes sarcasm, irony, the retort courteous or “give him plenty of rope” policy seems to prove at least equally as effective. Roosevelt’s campaign manager, “Jim” Farley, in his other capacity as Postmaster General, has just as< signed office space in the Post Office at Fargo to Representative Lemke, third party candidate for President, one of Roosevelt'’s bitterest critics— where he can hold political confer- ences. * %k % MUSIC. An operative who asks please to be believed tells of a lunch counter customer who provides his own music with his meals. Without missing a word, dbut being wrong on quite a few mnotes, the man hummed his way through eight popular song choruses, two sand= wiches and a cup of coffee the other luncheon. The way he could enuwciate through a large Dbite of sandwich was something that should have been an inspiration to the average crooner, our informant says. * ok oKk X CONSIDERATE. 'HE Ancient and Accepted Order of Excavation Oglers has found & true friend. He is the man in charge of foundation work for the new theater to be erected at New York avenue and Fourteenth street north- west. Having probably known, by sight, several thousand steam shovel watchers he came to the humane conclusion that depriving these big- hole-in-the-ground enthusiasts of their perennial sport would be one of the cruel and unusual punishments for- bidden by the Constitution and that life, liberty and the pursuit of their calling is among their inalienable rights. So he was impelled, when inclosing the site with a 7-foot high board fence, to amputate a section several yards long and cover that with chicken wire. Now all members of the A. A. O. E. 0. may view operations within without let or hindrance. * x k¥ COSMOPOLITE. Luggage plastered with foreign labels no longer makes a very big impression on a colored bell boy at a local hotel who recently re- turned from a one-day holiday in Harlem. The bell boy took his suitcase to a novelty shop and had it decorated. “When I got home, the boys asked me where I'd been,” the bell hop said. “I just pointed to my suitcase and said, ‘Look for your- self, I been to 27 countries, includ- ing Harlem!"” * ok % X VARIETY. ESIDENTS of one of the streets that intersects Oak Ridge Boule- vard, in Aurora Hills, Va., may take their choice among its three names. A municipal sign calls it South June street; two concrete gate posts not 5 feet away proclaim it Valley avenue, and another municipal sign just across the boulevard says it is Twenty-eighth street south. * % k% SAFER. THE'R.ES a barber in town who is sorry to see Representative Tom Blanton leave Capitol Hill, although he admits he feels a bit “safer” now that the flery Texan is sporting an ‘“ex” before his title of United States Reperesntative. It seems that a few years ago this barber went to work in the glistening tonsorial parlor which had just been opened in the new House Office Build- ing. One of his first customers was the well-known Mr. Blanton. Anx- fous to make a good showing in his new post, the barber did a particu- larly good job on the Blanton locks. When the haircut was completed the gentleman from Abilene appeared well pleased and asked the man's name. “Hagood,” replied the barber. “Well, that's fine,” remarked Blan- ton. “My doctor's name is Hagood, my lawyer's name is Hagood, and I have & very good friend in the Army named Hagood. I guess it's a good idea to have a barber named Hagood, too, so I'll be back to see you.” ‘Thereafter all of Blanton’s Wash- ington haircuts were performed by Barber Hagood. Now the Texan has been defeated for re-election (by a LONDON, August 28 (#)—A new record of 113 miles an hour for British trains was established today by the stream-lined Silver Jubilee Express of the London & Northeastern Railway, running from Newcastle-on-Tyne to London. The mark was believed to be a world record for a steam-hauled T man not named Hagood) and the barber is. out one steady customer. Philosophically, however, he sums up his feelings thus: “I guess it's just as well Mr. Blanton won't be up here on the Hill any more. He never did nothin’ to me, but you never could tell what he might do. Why, he might get after us barbers like he did those doctors and school teachers.” DIES FOR SLAYING SON Brooklynite Quakes on Way to Electric Chair. NEW YORK, August 28 (#)—His body shaking as he was led into the death chamber, Charles Rogas, 35, of Brooklyn, N. Y., convicted of kill- |- ing his 3-year-old son Alfred, was put to death in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison last night. Rogas allegedly poisoned his son Alfred and then killed his wife, Lil- lian, with & hammer. As he struck her, police charged, she fell over their child, =Winifred, - 10 months old, smothering her to death. Rogas was convicted only on -the mdflflh’hh‘. THE N MONTGOMERY Supt. Broome Announces Appointments for Term Starting September 14. Special Dispatch to The Sta:. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 28.—Ed- win W. Broome, county superintendent of schools, has announced appoint- ment of teachers for the public schools of Montgomery County for the school year, which begins September 14, as follows: La; omvmo—onu Roberts, principal; Elizabeth Gri; Unity—Ch lo"' Oland. Etchison—Esther P. Armuruu. Redland—! lum P Hyattstor Cllrllbu!l %‘l‘lrv mmmnuur. prinel- 'y Les !l!dtll-—-l!hul ‘G. Van Hoessen, Germantown—Ara Lee Hicks. prlnelnll. Emma Upton and Edwina Mullinix, Poolesville High l‘u-lu. Poolesville High School—C. Merrick Wilson. principal; Olivia Green. ~Louise lersperger, lerdy e ho Mabel Coats- Raymond ¥ Hapriet, A, gihel B Gorich & Reed. Mar: ‘White, Virginia Hersperger. )llry Chill‘el Ruth Compher and Mary E. Horner. Richard Montgomery (Rockville) Hllh School—L. Fletcher Schott. principal: Edn Hiauke, Catherine Cockburn: Abell A. Nor- ris, Frank McClung. Katherine Buliion, Miriam C. Rhoads, Leland J. R. Wi Mary Modinger. Allen Voght, El more. Margarétta Voght. 'J Winifred Sherwood. Olive E. Carr, Gertrude Nichols, Rowdybush_ Alfred Johnson, Genevieve 8. Blew. Eileen Canada, Wilbur . Mary S. Mills and Harold B. Fried- Frances m Rockville Eiementary =School_Eristin Nilsson. orincipal: Elberta Rice James W. White, Virginia Karn, Clarice Peters, Hat- tie Kingdon. Elizabeth Banks, Lucy Barns- ley, Sarah Ward, Ruth S. Gue. Alta Mor- ris, Grace Ryan and Dorothy Schott. Montrose—Grace Howes, principali El- sle Brooks. 0d—Virginia Carroll. D:l;::ud!’nk"-—cuhlnne Fenby. lc»luvwm:m; 1ribesler Eleanor e and Irene Burtonsville—Laura G. Klnl. principali Eloise DIrh er gitn_ Reuih, Batneriae Principal; rrlnalnll M Barioniak. Gr aimy Darnestown—Julla Allnutt. - principal Jean Nic Trlvl]lh—OlIVlD K. 8ims, principal; Elizabeth Watkin: ‘&ince Orchard—Bvelyn Thomas, Bethesds and Glen Echo. Bethesda—Ruth B. Clapp. principal: Elenor Linthicum. Pauline Duey. Eleanor Darby. Elizabeth Robertson. Letty Souder. Lillian Ellington, Phyllis Ridgley, Miriam gmith Emily Lobr. Nell MacGill. Helen Mc- Intyre. Irene Scates. Augusta Forsythe. Elizabeth Tawes, Helen K. Jopes and Hilda R. Walker. —T. W o rer Micy's ' Magrider Myrtie Taglor. Gl soomaker and Richle Benson: Chevy Chase—Anna 8, Rose. principal; Margaret Hess. Ocie Dodd. Ma ary Singles, abel Heavener. Hazel Phiilips. Zaidee Du ro. Frances Diller. Mildred Smoot. Ruth Daly, L 8mith, Anne Fearnow. Mary Pisher m(ce ‘stup. Frances M. Cosion And Eiste Irvin Leland Junlnr High 8chool—Helen P, Bready. principal: Gertrude Rusk, Maud R. Cora Sasscer, Janet Broadbent, Virginia Mullinix ! Helen EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, TEACHERS LISTED THOUSANDS SEE ANACOSTIA PARADE March Climaxes Field Day. Trophies Awarded Young Athletes. > ‘The pages of Anacostia history were turned back three and a quarter cen- turies last night when thousands of residents of this southeast commun- ity thronged the streets to view a colorful street parade, climaxing the :elehflum of Greater Anacostia Field 2y, A band of gayly-colored whooping “Indians,” reminiscent of the days of Capt. John Smith, who landed on the and other prominent officials and civic leaders at the head of the pa- rade. The line of march extended from Thirteenth and S streets, through the business section to the reviewing stand at Minnesota avenue and Good Hope road. The first division of the parade in- cluded the Fire Department Band, in- vited guests and decorated private cars. The second division included “Miss Congress Heights” and her escort, the Saint Theresa Drum Corps, Boy Scouts, “Old Tom,” the only sur- iving veteran of horse-drawn fire pparatus in the District; Fire De- partment entries, the Elks' Band, commercial and comic floats. Plays Princess Role. Miss Ira Belle Culbertson McAbee of Lorens, 8. C., played the role of “Princess Patowomeke,” on an his- torical float depicting the Anacostia of 300 years ago. First prize for the best decorated commercial float was awarded to the “King Cotton” entry of Edward Si- monson, Good Hope road merchant, and second prize was won by the Anacostia Motor Co, Capt. Frank M. Dent, grand marshal of the parade, won first prize for the best decorated passenger car, with the Summit Park Citizens’ Association annexing second prize. The Thompson Bros. Furni- ture Co.'s entry was judged best in the comic features. Winners in the track and field meet and the baby contest held during the day were presented loving cups by Isaac Gans, civic leader and member of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Three-year-old Sue Anne Wiley, daughter of Mrs. C. E. Wiley, 2217 Thirty-second street southeast, won first prize in the baby contest with her Easter bunny costume. Joan De- lores Smith, 5, daughter of Mrs. George P. Smith, 1715 Seventeenth d | street, was awarded second prize for avid Friedman. Ruth B. Smith, Jane Mad- dox. Mary Kingdon, clerk. Others Appointed. Somerset—Katherine Bricker. principal: tty Alder. Parepa Linthicum. Virginia le. _aura 8. Burrows, Mary E_McAn- drews. Lucille Fletcher and Helen Merritt. -Chevy, Ghase Senior h mas W. Pyle, prmcinnl: Angy l %, Hilda 8 “Nutter. Edna Goodw Beatrice Crocker. 'Katniyn. M. TFernun Kunll Mrls Wfllllml Howard ‘Metcalf. R. Vic- tor Caoney Mary B. Mohler, :v Sperte, elia_ H' Wight. Bernadette Sheehan, usan Bover. Katye Womac Lenore Ajkes. An\hnny Kupksa, Florei eth W, Frishie. Cllh!rlne RAN Slover. Reveccu Fields. . 1 W Bender. Helen H. Dawson. Alta Vista—Louise 8, Wllker, principal; Hazel Gough and Hilds Wilso hdy Bpring) Hish School—— Aulun Dorothea B. Greene, Gertrude C. Woesley. Zesnne Molynenux “Anne G, Boyd. Mary Pulks. C. Claire Hutton. Carolyn vey and Doris V. Wyckoff Gaithersours ~ High J Burdetie, brincipal:, Katherine Severance. Harry Bertschy. Ruth Davis. Wie. M. Loulse Howard. Ruth J. Seior M. Bickmore. Wilma_ Watki Eleanor 8 Boland. Ora King. Edith B Ward. Prances Z Dites, “Edith ‘Stijes. Efe K Marian Walker. Helen M. Rice. Nicol, Mary A. Rice Mary School — Maxw Ternent. Mury B, Ward. Thelma Thomas. Elsie Greene and | Mapel Becraft. lsthlurt Grove—Olive K. Pasma. Poty lla Copes. principal; Loulse lle—Courtney B. Wade. arie Keesee. D.cn.mn—l(-mnn Soper, princips School—Edgar _Guy Hi Mariorie Chiswell Damascus Hich principal: Julis W Holley. Helen urdette, Louis W. Hilbert. Bernadine ones, Donald Watkins. John R. Mary' Lee Watking, Arria M. MeGinnls, Constance Mullinix. Giadys Day Dorothy f,l;l;fit‘l{': Knhelilnc Riggs, Byrtle Bates » Bosw Clagettsville—Albert Warthen. Kensinston Staff. Kensington—Ruth W, Session. prinel- pl; Gertrude Staniey Katnerine Etchison ler' Nan Nesly. Etnel B m’x’n Grose. A. Elaine zlch a ie Ritter oods e—Donnhv Nichols, oprincipal; l ret Stevens, Eileen H. Simmons. Hattie Montgomery. June Harmon, Blanche Helen keits. Helen tcival: Gladys Bowers. princi. ‘Marion W neva Clark. A 8. irginia Pyfle_Anne E. lnnle Reynolds, teve: Dorothy Howard, Esther thlsl d unior o Rose” Hoorichs" Helie 15° n-xdefl. Pe d e and B\l eni,e Hard 'Ver: ‘akoma P Bl AR Fooks. Anne &, Orem Vir&lmna Wi Oermme Wei Taki Bchool—Williar thelene Morgan, . Bosley. Wood. lcose B, Cleo C. Cum Efngem 6:}&" ‘Simionds- Gaiie g Vivien, ulia H. anor Cissel, Margaret nsdaie, Knherlne E. Kesler. Eilzabeth R. Stclener, Mary D. White, Louise Fenton. Margaret E D. Mullinix, Gertrude u et Hardy. Hathe lm P,«nk- " George r= Mary Nicoh ™ Hasrierts Harrert ver urrlnz—mnncfl Monred. prin- w et v Bl V. Haractt, Lena Barwic H!hn Willard, Il!.;lei asson and Elleri Greig. cler] Dou; Hontlom:ry Blair Benfor Hllh School— E 5 nrlnc)n 1: Owen Knight. B ickley. ~Antoinette Santini, ] tz, Ell e C 1. Crescent Bride Erlnh B e h c"]'i;'" n B ;! c bm er! Hay, Jane ci King. her hula-hula dancer costume, and Maxine Elizabeth Benhoff, 3, daugh- ter of Mrs. William H. Benhoff, jr., 1345 Valley place southeast, took the third award with her aviatrix cos- tume. The judges were newspaper reporters. Outstanding Athlete, A bronze trophy was awarded to the Randle Highlands Citizens’ As- sociation soft ball team, winner in this feature of the celebration. | Charles Davis, 19, of 1347 Ives street southeast, was awarded the prize as the outstanding athlete in the track meet. Novelty races, tug-o-war con- tests and horse-shoe pitching con- tests were other events. The program closed with a street dance and entertainment by Ana- costia talent. Summaries of the tract and fleld meet: 50-yard dash, 90-pound class—Won by Harris Faircloth; second, Parker Scott; third, Peter Hicks. Time, 6.8 seconds. 65-yard dash, 115-pound class— Won by William Spencer; second, Arthur Frederick; -third, Harris Fair- cloth. Time, 8 seconds. 100-yard dash, unlimited—Won by Charles Davis: second, Harold Speith; third, James Dean. Time, 10.4 sec- onds. 220-yard relay, 90-pound class— Won by Faircloth, Scott, Hanson, Hicks; second, O'Steen, Donovan, Col- lins, Padget; third, Coakley, Moran, Corbin, Langley. Time, 30 seconds. 440-yard relay, 115-pound class— Won by Brinsfield, Clarke, O'Steen, King. Other two teams disqualified. Time, 55 seconds. 660-yard relay, unlimited—Won by Davis, Kiesling, Boyd, Ehrmentraut; second, Streitberger, Vicino, Acton, Speith. Time, 55 seconds. 440-yard dash, unlimited—Won by Otto Streitberger; second, Donald Acton; third, Harold Speith. Time, 1 minute 4 seconds. Standing broad jump, 90-pound class—Won by Parker Scott; second, Richard Faircloth; third, Robert Hanson. Distance, 7 feet 21 inches. Standing broad jump, 115-pound class—Won by William Spencer; sec- ond, Shirley Clarke; third, Charles Distance, 8 feet 2 inches. Standing broad jump, unlimited— Won by Harold Speith; second, Doug Morgan; third, Charles Davis. Dis- tance, 9 feet 71, inches. SPY GETS 10 YEARS METZ, France, August 28 (#).— Hans Volger, 19, a French youth con- victed of spying on frontier fortifi- cations for a forefgn power, was sen- tenced yesterday to serve 10 years in the penitentiary. The sentence was one of the sever- est terms meted out for espionage in France in recent years. Johann Hel- fer, 23, was convicted of hiring Volger to obtain information and was sen- tenced to serve five years. The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. ACKESON HOLE, Wyo., August 28.—The Spaniards are learning that their neighbors are going to have a good deal to say about how the !plnhh civil war is to be run. Russia sends money, France and Italy send planes, Germany sends ships, and there is hardly a nation that doesn’t send at least a warning. Great Britain and the United States demand freedom of the seas and will not tolerate search of their ships by Spanish authorities. The English also deplore the cruel manner in which the Spanish warring factions kil But the British have never been slow to insist upon the right of search when they were at war, and the United States fought the War of 1812 with them largely on account of it. Stern British military justice has been known to strap rebels Alies I.ll"-\\ & to cannon mussles and blow them to bits; €nd 1t any foreigners have deplored the massacre of Hindus n a prayer meeting, they have been told to mind their own business, for the sun never sets upon British rifies. Spain is the kind of country that can’t afford to tell the neighbors to attend to their knitting while her citizens slaughter one another in thelr own way. {(Copyright, 1036.) . | and that Landon “gradually discarded D.-C, i s Upper: One of the many colorful floats in the decora- tive street parade which cli- mazed the celebration of Greater Anacostia Field Day. Old Tom of the famous team of retired fire horses—Bar- ney, Gene and Tom—was one of the outstanding features of the fmrade. With old Tom are William T. Martin, as- sistant marshal of the parade (left), and Fireman John Schallcross. (Continued From First Page.) radio broadcasting stations in Texas and Oklahoma. He also serves him as his representative in negotiations with the Federal Communications Commission in Washington. * * *" Hard added that “the efforts of New Deal spokesmen to blacken the character of Gov. Landon by blacken- ing the character of Mr. Hearst also should be brought earnestly to the attention of Mr. Charles Michelson (director of publicity of the Demo-\ cratic National Committee). “Mr. Michelson had 20 years of | training on Hearst newspapers to fit him for the task of writing New Deal speeches, which he ¢oes admirably and | to the great gratification of the Dem- ocratic party. * ¢ * “It is also odd that Mr. Ickes cannot | remember that President Roosevelt was nominated for the presidency at Chi- | cago in 1932 with the direct help of Hearst delegates from Hearst's own State of California.” | Hearst's name also was mentioned last night by Senator McAdoo, Cali- fornia Democrat, in an address to a dinner which launched Mr. Roosevelt's | campaign in the Coast State. McAdoo described the publisher as | “the Fascist.” Secretary Ickes, taking “Hearst over ‘Topeka” as the theme of his address, declared Landon had evaded issues during his Eastern trip “except for his | promise last night at Buffalo, if elected, to reduce taxes on corporation sur- | pluses.” The cabinet member declared | Hearst's antagonism to the New Deal was attributable to the curtailment of “certain special privileges.” He said the publisher set out last Winter to “build up” Landon for the nomination every conviction that would link him with the progressive movement of the country or the New Deal.” Ickes said the court memorandum to which he referred was included in de- positions between Harding and Addie Clark Harding. It evidently had no bearing on the case and was used in explanation of Harding's absence from an earlier hearing. “While there is no written evidence to prove that Mr. Hearst also has told Gov. Landon that he should say as little as possible, and then only in unctuous inanities on those occasions when he could not avoid making speeches, who can doubt that he has done 507" said Ickes. “How otherwise explain the Republican candidate’s elo- cutionary efforts? Has any aspirant for the high office of Chief Executive ever said so0 little that is worth listen- ing to? “He may ‘condemn’ in conventional fashion, he may ‘view with alarm,’ but this seems to be the limit beyond which he is not permitted to go. If he is a Trilby, who, except William Randolph Hearst can be the Svep- gali?® Called Thompson Crony. Before citing the Harding case memorandum, Ickes said Col. Frank Knox, who was formerly associated with Hearst in business, had given Harding an introduction to Hearst for & meeting in late June. He described Harding as a one-time “political crony of Willlam Hale Thompson,” who “wanted to do & good deed for the Chicago Tribune's candidate for Governor of his State, Mr. ‘Curly’ Brooks.” Brooks was said to have -accom- Harding on the trip West, from which the Hearst memorandum resulted. It was included in_deposi- tions about the case between Harding and Addie Clark Harding, the nature of which Ickes did not disclose. Ickes quoted Harding as saying: “I have since then written Mr. Hearst my views as to how the campaign should be carried on, and sent them to him, and it is probably in Gov. Landon’s hands by now.” “This sworn testimony, based upon documentary evidence, of & leading Republican politician of Illinois,” Ickes proceeded, “relieves both Gov. Landon and Col. Knox of any necessity of ad- missions that might be embarrassing to them relative to the close identity of Mr. Hearst with their campaign. “The record is abundantly clear: If you want to get to Mr. Hearst, and Col. Knox will supply you with a ‘letter, you will find open sesame wherever Mr. Hearst may be. And if you want to get into communication with the Republican candidate for President, the surest way is through Mr. Hearst. “Let us turn back for a minute to the written communication from Mr. Hearst to Mr. Harding. Note this sig- nificant sentence: ‘It (what you say| he FRIDAY; AUGUST 28, 1936. |BRIBE OFFER TOLD | | AT GEOGHAN TRIAL Grand Jury Testimony Ad- mitted as Evidence by Gov. Lehman, By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., August 28.—Grand jury testimoney about bribe offers in the Sam Drukman murder case was admitted Into evidence today at Dis~ trict Attorney Willlam P. Geoghan's removal hearing before Gov. Herbert H. Lehman. Gov. Lehman ordered the testi- mony read “in fairness to Mr, Geoghan.” “I dont’ think it has do with the charges a Geoghan, but there should be no mystery about it.” The testimony related how Carmine Anzalone, former BState Assembly clerk, tried to offer a $100 bribe to & grand juror last April. Anzalone later pleaded guilty to grand jury tampering. First Jury Failed to Indict. An April grand jury last year failed to indict anybody for the murder of Samuel Drukman, an obscure clerk in the Brooklyn garage of the Luck- man Brothers, March 3, 1935. A subsequent grand jury indicted Harry and Meyer Luckman and Fred J. Hull, and the three went to prison for murder. Anzalone’s statement implicated Henry G. Singer, a former assistant United States attorney, who was also convicted of conspiracy to tamper with a grand jury. Gov. Lehman barred the first ef fort by Special Prosecutor Hiram C. | Todd to introduce the name of Leo P. Byk—a man who has been described |by a Kings County grand jury as a “notorious trafficker in slot machines.” Objection is Sustained. At the first mention by Todd of Byk's name, Defense Attorney Lloyd Paul Stryker leaped to his feet. “I object to the question about Leo Byk at this time, because that matter is under another specification in the charges against Mr. Geoghan,” he shouted. “I sustain the objection,” Gov. Leh- man said quietly, leaning back in his chair. Geoghan was on the stand at the time. HEARST IS TARGET OF TEACHERS' UNIT Federation Plans Boycott of His Newspapers, Dr. Davis Says. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 28.—Rev. Dr. | Jerome Davis, president of the Amer- | municated his views to his undldnu.l Mr. Hearst is even on such intimate terms with the candidate that he can | even venture, as this letter shows, to express his opinion as to what he be- I lieves the Governor feels. Probably his opinion as to Gov. Landon's views is a pretty shrewd one at that. | “This illuminating record makes | clear another point that has puzzled those who have been astonished at the sudden taciturnity of the friendly and ordinarily expressive Gov. Lan- don. Mr. Hearst early in the game hed cautioned him against talking too much and a word of caution from that source was all that Gov. Landon needed. Belittles Landon’s Efforts. “However, no one yet has pussy- footed his way into the White House and the precedent will not be broken | in this year of grace. The American people want as their President a man | of conviction, of courage, of capacity | for leadership—a man who stands on his own feet and is no man's man but his own. /“I venture to say that there are | those high in Republican circles who wish that Mr. Hearst had a styptic éffect upon the vocal organs of Mr. John D. M. Hamilton equal to that which he seems to have upon those of Gov. Landon.” Sees Part of Press Silent. Later, Ickes said: “Another significant aspect of the national campaign, in addition to the pregnant taciturnity of Gov. Landon and Col. Knox upon this important Hearst issue, is the almost equally impenetrable silence of a certain part of the American press with reference to it. It would almost seem that to some the cherished right of freedom of the press, about which Mr. Hearst and Col. McCormick can become so excited when there is no occasion for it, is often merely freedom to distort news and to suppress news. “It might not be unreasonable to affirm that a section of the American press, to the degree to which it wears blinders upon this and other issues involving Mr. Hearst, regards him not only as its political but as its intellec- tual and ethical leader. Be the ex- planation what it may, it is note- worthy that what in other circum- stances would be regarded as im- portant news cannot break into the columns of some newspapers which today, like the Republican party, have surrendered their judgment and their conscience to William Randoiph Hearst.” Speaking of the pre-convention sit- Uation, Ickes described what he called “the relationship between Mr. Hearst and Gov. Landon.” “Every one knows,” he said, “that it was the result of a carefully planned Hearst bufld-up that made it pos- sible for the pleasant gentleman who is Governor of Kansas to appear upon the national stage in the charac- ter of a presidential candidate.” Sees No G. O. P. Timber. Mfld that the Republican party Was “surprisingly shy of men who measured up to presidential stature,” Ickes said Hearst “proceeded to gear up his great publicity machine to make a candidate.” “Mr, Hearst and his fellow wise menrranthemt went to Topeka to look Landon over,” he added, “and found him good. Whereupon Mr. Hearst let it be known to the world that he had discovered & veritable Ppolitical prodigy, s nugget of great Vvalue, a simple but rugged soul, whom Proceeded to offer, with his ap- Dmvll. to the Republican party as elnduau for President.” Until the time of the Hearst visit, !ekuld.wundnm mzpvnnhr He an the | ple can always be depended upon to Kansan had “applauded practically every act of the Roosevelt administra- tion,” and named the A. A. A. and N. R. A. in that connection. ICKES ROLE ASSAILED. Eastern G. O. P. Manager Calls Him “Chief Mud-Slinger.” | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, August 28.—Repre- sentative Joseph W. Martin, jr., East- ern Republican campaign manager, said today that Secretary Ickes “ap- parently has been glad to assume the role of chief mud-slinger” in the present campaign. Commenting on Ickes’ speech last night, in which the Secretary char- acterized William Randolph Hearst as “the new Republican boss,” Mar- tin said: “Chairman Farley is apparently trying to make good one of his pre- dictions, the one given several years ago, that this was to be a dirty cam- paign, and Mr. Ickes apparently has been glad to assume the role of chief | | mud-slinger. “When a fighter hits below the belt he generally pays the penalty. Mr. Ickes has not helped Mr. Roosevelt by his unfair and unjust attack. Peo- insist upon fair play.” LAPSE SUFFERED BY MAGNUS JOHNSON Former Senator in Semi-Conscious Condition After “Very Bad Night.” By toe Associated Press. LITCHFIELD, Minn., August 28.— Former United States Senator Mag- nus Johnson, critically ill in a hos- pital, spent & “very bad night,” his physicians reported today, and has lapsed into a semi-conscious condi- tion. Dr. K. A. Danielson said his pa- tient was “in poor condition.” The physician said Johnson was not responding well to intravenous feed- ing and that opiates administered for a heart condition did not have the desired effect. The former Senator was kept in an oxygen tent at intervals. Members of Johnson's family were at his bedside. ek e Free State’s Population Drops. Dublin, August 28 (#).—The popu- lation of the Irish Free State de- creased slightly in the past decade, a government census disclosed yes- terday. The loss in population, ap- proximately 02 per cent, was at- tributed to heavy emigration to the United States between 1926 and 1930. Night Final Deli ican Federation of Teachers, said today the federation had adopted a “strong resolution” concerning Wil- liam Randolph Hearst. The resolution, Dr. Davis said, pro- vided that the federation form cen- tral and local committees “to organ- ize a boycott against Hearst news- papers and all other agencies of communication ‘under his control" and to oppose candidates ‘“‘whose principles and program are those of | Hearst.” The resolution was adopted August 21 at the federation's national con- vention in Philadelphia. Dr. Davis, who is an associate professor at the Yale Divinity School, said the federe ation represented approximately 20,- 000 public school and college teachers throughout the Nation. Hearst was characterized in the resolution as the country’s “oute standing jingoist,” a “constant en- emy of academic freedom” and “ths chief proponent of fascism” in the United States. Trotzky (Continued From First Page.) if he failed to do so, disclosed the chief of the French Trotzky group was & German, but declined to tell his name. Should the man be identifled, Trot- zky said, his relatives in Germany might be punished by Nazi authorities. Later crowds outside the heavily guarded court room saw Trotzky leave for the ministry of justice, where he conferred with officials concerning the conditions imposed on his residence here. NEW HITLER MOVE SEEN. Russian Press Gives Warning of European Slaughter. MOSCOW, August 28 (#).—Official organs of the Soviet government and the Communist party sounded a simul- taneous “warning” today that Adolf Hitler is preparing & new surprise which will bring Europe closer to “slaughter.” Izvestia, the government organ, and Pravda, the official newspaper of the party, professed to see in violent anti- Soviet attacks by the German press & “provocative campaign of preparation for new foreign political adventures.” “It is just a smoke screen for Hitler to spring a new surprise which is de- manded by his venturesome program,” said Pravda. “German Fascism, armed to the teeth, is preparing new slaugh- | ter for Europe.” The newspaper declared increased preparations for war were sapping Germany and bringing its workers to the verge of food shortages and even- tual starvation. —_— Jewish Toll 77. JERUSALEM, August 28 (Palcor Agency).—David _Nishri, 19-year-old student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, became the seventy-seventh victim of Holy Land disorders today. He was shot and killed early this morning while motoring near the Jew- ish settlement of Motza. vered by Carrier Anywhere in the City [ ] Full Sports Ball Scores, Race Results. Base Day, ever | THE carrier- start by will at once. Complete Market News of the Latest News Flashes from Around the World. What- t is, yow'll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered —170c & month. Call National 5000 and service

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