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“A—2 %% A F. L PUBLISHES :.Uu-adrennial Report Fails to ¢ “Indorse Either Roosevelt or Landon. The quadrennial report of the | American Federation of Labor on the major presidential tickets last night | was on its way to all State federations ‘ and the nearly 40,000 national and local unions for distribution in every congressional district. Issued yesterday by a committee headed by William Green, president of thg A. F. of L.. the report, as is eustomary, indorsed neither President .Roosevelt nor Gov. All M. Landon, “t Green, who is supporting Mr. - Roosevelt, sald any working man who i“reads it should know for whom to JVore. 7. "To the ranks of labor it carried This admonition: “Stand faithfully by our friends and elect them. Oppose our enemies end defeat them.” As the report went out, George L. Berry, president of Labor's Non-Parti- : san League, which is campaigning for the Democratic ticket, said 33 State federations of labor and 20 interna- tional unions have lined up behind Roosevelt, but that no State body has indorsed Landon. The issue, Berry sald, is between liberalism and ! reaction, and “the Republican Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde act hasn't fooled " eny one.” Lewis Favors Resolution. From John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, came ™ declaration that organized labor is _almost unanimously” behind the President for re-election. In a broad- cast sponsored by the Labor League, + he attacked Gov. Landon and said in- .terests supporting him have plans “equivalent to the setting up of a + Fascist State.” .\ “They would place in the seat of power a quavering, quaggy dummy,” Lewis asserted. The A. F. of L. report, first giving a resume of the planks proposed by . federation spokesmen to the party platform committees. listed, side by side, the planks of interest to labor which were adopted. This showed both major parties were silent on 11 of the 20 subjects on which expression was sought, including anti-injunction legislation, immigration and techno- logical unemployment. N. R. A, Guffey Act Avoided. went back to his service in the New York Legislature, beginning in 1811, and closed with the list of New Deal _enactments approved by the feder- " ation, including the relief and publ and the Wagner labor disputes act. No mention was made of the invali- +dated N. R. A. or Guffey coal act, both of which the federation sup- orted. Six of the 30 pages were devoted to i * quotations from Gov. Landon's mes- sages to the Kansas Legislature and his address accepting the presidential ! nomination. ‘ mendations for relief taxes, efforts to ameliorate working conditions, ratifi- cation of the child labor amendment, an anti-injunction' act and amend- ment of the State constitution to en- sable co-operation with the Federal *social security act. The labor section of Landon's ac- ceptance address was printed in black= face type, as was his subsequent elab- oration of his position that -labor should have the right to organize “free from interference from any source.” . Reviewing Vice President Garner's record, the report said he was favor- able to labor in 11 instances and un- favorable in 18 during his service in | ,the House from 1808 through 1832. .No record was given for Col. Frank Knox, Republican vice presidential nominee, who has never seen legis- lative service. With Green on the committee were Frank Morrison, secretary of the federation; Matthew Woll, vice presi- dent of the lithographers; Thomas A. Rickers, president of the United Gar- ment Workers; G. M. Bugniazet, vice president of the electrical workers, and Felix H. Knight, president of the Street Car Employes’ Union, LEMKE IN PHOENIX PHOENIX, Ariz, October 17 .P).— Representative William Lemke, Union | party candidate for President, slipped into Phoenix by train today and had been in the city aeveral hours be- fore a reception committee awaiting his arrival at the airport learned of his presence, A group of his followers had been waiting almost three hours when Lemke called from a downtown hotel and asked airport officials if they had #een anything of his “reception com- mittee.” He was to deliver an address to- night. Church Decides To Quit Sending Army Chaplains Asks Others Sever “Connection With War System.” By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, October 17.—The International convention of Diseciples ‘of Christ determined today to sgnd no ;more of its ministers to serve as chap- lains in the United States Army. The resolution also requested the Federal Council of Churches “to sever its connection with the war system by dissolving its Chaplaincy Commission” and “to provide a non-military minis- try of religion to men in the armed services at the church’s own expense and under their own authority without involving the Church of Christ in any alliance whatsoever with the State or the military system.” * The Chaplainty Commission, J. Allen Watson of the Convention Pub- licity Committee explained, is made ‘up of representatives from each “church in the Federal Council and recommends ministers to the Army or Navy for service when vacancies oscur “An the quota of chaplains allotted any ‘church. ~ A committee was appointed to work “put a system of non-military ministry »to soldiers and sailors. <. Watson sald the Disciples of Christ chaplains now in service, numbering »from 18 to 20, would not be affected. Delegates said the action was the first sof its kinél as far as they knew to be 4aken by any denom?fifin, - ELECTONSURVE These included recom- | Readers' Guide and News Summary The Sunday Star—Oct. 18, 1936, PART ONE. Main News Section. POLITICS California G. O. P. pins hope on Lan- don’s dash. Page A-1 Landon and Knox hold final confer- ence. Page A-1 | James Roosevelt's statement on N. R. | A rouses controversy. Page A-2 | Hopkins contends W. P. A. is “99.99 | per cent pure.” Page A-3 | Wallace off for two weeks of campaign | speeches. Page A-4 G. O. P. success predicted in West Virginia, Carolina. Page A-4 | Supreme Court asked to require Com- | munists on ballot. Page A-5 | Warburg, New Deal critic, intends to | vote for Roosevelt. Page A-7 | Vote Club head thinks U. 8. section system “silly.” Page A-12 | NATIONAL. | Coughlin feathered by Hockaday dur- | ing address. Page A-1 | Four bullet-riddled bodies found in | _Nevada cabin. Page A-1 | | menaced by fires. Page A-1 | Vandenberg cut off radio chain; hits “censorship.” Page A-2 Towns in California and Oregon are | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON JAMES ROOSEVELT STIRS ARGUMENT Report on N. R. A. State- ment From Office at Odds With Papers. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 17.—An election- consclous Nation weighed tonight the import of a discussion by James Roosevelt, son of the President, of the outlawed national recovery act. At odds were two reports of the remarks he made on the N. R. A. in response to a query from the floor at a Democratic rally in Gardner last night. The Worcester Telegram quo(ed the President's son as saying: “If the N. R. A. had not been knocked out we would not have had as much unemployment. The way to correct this is to shorten the hours of labor. “In order to accomplish this, the President intends to continue the principles of the N. R. A. by going | before the people and seeking an amendment to the Constitution to make the principles of N. R. A, the | law of the land.” Quoted by Office. Young Roosevelt's office here, how- A. F. of L. report on presidential tick- ‘ Page A-2 | ets distributed. Five | forming combine. Page A-18 G-men capture two more in drive against white slavery. Page A-19 | Use of Federal funds to teach “rabble- | rousing” charged Page. B-1 Richberg calls for “planned national economy.” Page B-5 FOREIGN. Belgium to scrap arms aid pacts France informed Page A-1 Spanish Loyalists fight back Fascist | march on Madrid. Page A-1 | Mrs. Simpson is again King's guest 3t country estate. « Page A-1 ‘SChusrhmz: declares only Austrians | will decide monarchy. | | WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. | Meat merchant at O Street Market robbed of £1.800. Page A-1 | U. 8. official dies of pnuemonia caused by suicide attempts. Page A-1 | 600 members of bench and bar to honor Dr. Fegan. Page A-14 Fifth Maryland district scene of G. O. P. drive. Page B-1 Old Civil War trenches to be preserved in Shenandoah Park. Page B-1 ;| Maj. 2 sts competitive dril's ‘The review of the Roosevelt record | Ma BEONI SURTE S i for police. Page B-1 Red Cross drive exceeds goal, may enroll 75.000. Page B-1 Civic data is studied by Jacobs Fiscal Committee. Page B-1 diphtheria. Page B-2 | Arlington organizations continue study | of incorporation move. Page B-2 | Identity of Bennett accuser is de- manded by attorney. Page B-2 Streamline safety zone plan launches controversy. Page B-2 | Taylor “War of Roses” revived by | visitors here, Page B-2 D. C. elevator code being revised to | conform with rules, Page B-2 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside, Lost and found. Traffic convictions, Obituary. vital statistics, | Educational, | SPORTS. | Georgetown and Catholic U. score | over invaders. Page B-6 Yale defeats Navy; Princeton, Pitt bow in upsets. Page B-7 | Maryland wins; American U. bows in hot battle. Page B-8 | Sington assured job in Grif's 1937 out | field. Page B-9 | Jadick and Leto in welterweight figint { tomorrow. Page B-10 | D. C. Grid pros play Celtics here to- | day. Page B-1 | Triple Action and Fair Knightess win Laurel features. Page B-11 PART TWO. Editorial Section. Page D-1 Page D-2 Pages D-3-5 Page D-6 Page D9 Page A-2 Page A-3 Page A-17 Page A-10 Page A-6 Page B-1 Editorial articles. Editorials and comment. Political Round-Up, Civic news, Women's clubs. Military and veterans' news, Parent-teacher news, Winning contract, Stamps. Public Library. PART THREE. Society Section. Pages D-7- Page D-7 Page D-5 | Society news. ‘Well-known folk. Barbara Bell pattern, PART FOUR. Feature Section. Page E-9 | Page E-11 #oa FEF | News features. | John Clagett Proctor, Dick Mansfield, Radio programs, | Amusements. Automobiles. Children's. Highlights of history. PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. Autumn spurs wide expansion of trade. Page G-1 | Drive to reduce credit losses of billion | due. Page G-1 | Business finds stronger appeal for advertising. - Page G-1 Bankers to hold session at White Sul- phur. Page G-1 Commodities near year's peak in new rise. Page G-1 Stocks at new peak (table). Page G-2 Corporate bonds improve (table). Curb list moves ahead (table). Page G-1 Cross.word puzzle. Page G-3 (Answer—Page 10, Part 2.) Classified advertising. Pages G-5-11 ——— SNELL DENIES REPORT Says He Sent Only Limited Num- ber of Talks Under Frank. POTSDAM, N. Y, October 17 (#.— Representative Bertrand H. Snell, House minority leader, tonight took note of a report from Washington that he had sent out between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 pieces of campaign literature under the congressional privilege of free mailing, and said he had done “nothing of the kind." 2 Snell said he had called Re] icamn National headquarters and learned a “limited number” of his speeches had been sent out under his frank, He said also he had sent “some post Page F-2 Page F-2 Page F-3 Page F-5 Page F-6 Page F-7 Page F-7 Page G-3 trade associations accused of | Page A-5 . i e works appropriations, bank deposit in- | Ruhland asks public help in fight on ' gurance, T. V. A, railroad retirement | Page D-10 | Page D-10 | PagesE-1-11 | ' Pages F-1-4 | ever, quoted him as saying in answer | to the question: “The answer to the second part of the question (regarding recovery) is the necessity for shorter hours and better working conditions to eliminate the problem of the unemployed. “These are the purposes of the N. I{R. A. The administration is pledged to attempt to carry out the purposes of the N. R. A. in every constitutional manner. “Should there be no way in which this can be accomplished, which we do not admit, I as an individual see no alternative but to ask the people for the right to make those purposes constitutional through the Congress of the United States.” Roosevelt's office, in its statement— | once amended two hours after it was | first issued—declared the remarks had been taken from & public stenogra- pher’s record and had been given out “in order that there may be no mis- understanding and no misquotation of | the exact words used.” | Statement of Paper. | In a statement issued after the | one from Roosevelt's office, the Wor- cester paper said: “The Worcester Telegram stands on its report of James Roosevelt's re- marks in Gardner, Mass., last night, when thé Telegram quoted him as saying the President intends to con= tinue the principles of the N. R. A. by going before the people and seekinz | the law of the land. “The Telegram's report of the speech was taken direct from an unbiased stenographic record made at the meet- ing and is further supported by per- sons who attended and listened closely to James Roosevelt’s remarks.” Immediately after the Telegram's report that James Roosevelt said his father intended “to ma | President. 'WOODRING DERIDES | LANDON’S PROGRAM | Offers “Second-Hand New Deal at ! Second-Hand Prices,” He Says. By the Associated Press, DECATUR, Ind, October 17— Harry H. Woodring, Secretary of War, | declared at a Democratic rally here | tonight, Gov. Alf M. Landon. Repub- lican nominee for President, “is offer- |ing a second-hand New Deal at second-hand prices.”” “In 1932 we stood on the brink | of an abyss,” he said. “No democ- racy could have survived a- con | tinuance of the conditions prevailing | under Hoover. The conditicn today | is not all we plan or desire it to be— | we are willing to admit. There is much to be done, but compared with | | what it was before we left the place | where we were, it looks like Heaven on earth. “Agriculture is again on the road to recovers. Prices are appriaching normal. Business of all kinds is prosperous. Manufacturing industiies are booming. The automobile in- dustry is at a peak even above 1929. Commerce is increasing. Bank de- posits are mounting, Car loadirgs are on the increase.” UNION STRIKERS BLOCK OHIO MEAT DELIVERIES 30 Trucks Bound for Akron Mar- kets Turned Back, Labor Leader Says. By the Assoclated Press. AKRON, Ohio, October 17.—Philip Connors, business agent for Local 348, International Brotherhood of Team- sters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers of America, said tonight that more than 30 trucks loaded with meat for the Akron market had been turned back by striking meat truck drivers blockading highways into Summit County. Thirty automobiles of cruising pickets are maintaining the blockade, Connors said. Meat drivers of the union voted last night to go on strike for higher wages, union recognition and “better working conditions.” Packers’ representatives reported that dealers were well stocked for the week end. Connors said that no meeting with the large packing companies involved, Armour & Co. and Wilson & Co., were | “in sight.” Some smaller firms had | indicated a willingness to negotiate, he addegd. D. C. MAN HONORED CHICAGO, October 17 (#).—The Board of Governors of the American Association of University Professors voted today to hold the assoclation’s 11936 convention at Richmond, Va., December 28 and 29. Meeting in executive session, the Board of Governors, representing 13,000 members in 485 educational in- stitutions, discussed genéral problems confronting college and university teachers. Officers of the organization attend- ing included Prof. 'sfi H. sum xar; vard University, pres| an m Himstead of Washington; sec- an amendmen: to the Constitution to | make the principles of the N. R. A ke the prin- | ciples of the N. R. A.” into law came a | | request from the Eastern division of | | the Republican National Committee | | for corroboration or denial by the D...¢, OCTOBER 18, Feathers for Coughlin Father Charles E. Coughlin addressing a Lemke rally in Detroit yesterday after Woody Hockaday had showered him with feathers. | porting Gov. 1936—PART ONE. AIR CORPS TROPRY || W ashington WON BY STERLING Leads Nine Cra'ck Pilots to Shatter Mitchell Record With 217.546 M.P.H. BY ihe Associated Press. SELFRIDGE FIELD, MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., October 17.—-Pirst Lieut. John M. Sterling of New York led nine other crack pilots of the Army Air Corps across the finish line in record time today to win the John L. Mitchell Trophy, symbolic of speed supremacy. Despite low visibility and a 35-mile- an-hour adverse wind, both Lieut. Sterling and Lieut. Harold L. Neely of Huntington, Tenn., who finished second, shattered the Mitchell race record of 216.8 miles an hour, estab- lished in 1934 by Capt. Fred C. Nelson. ‘The winner's average speed today for the five laps over a 20-mile closed course was 217.546. Lieut. Neely's speed was 217.039. Lieut. Willlam J. Bell of Buffalo, who finished third, maintained an average of 216.162 miles an hour. Rain that fell until 2 p.m. delayed the preliminary events and dusk was falling before the Mitchell race began. S0 dark was it at the finish that the pilots flashed on their wing lights be- fore landing. Although the strong wind added a serious hazard, net a mishap marred the program, which included other races and aerial acrobatics. Lieut. Elmer E. McKesson of Rich- mond, Va. speed dash at 251.74 miles an hour for the 1-mile course. Lieut. Eugene Brecht, jr., of S8an Diego, Calif., aver- aged 20345 miles an hour over a 9- mile course to win an (Boeing) air- plane company trophy. Mrs. William Mitchell, widow of Gen. William E. Mitchell, who donated the trophy in 1922, presented it to Lieut. Sterling today. The trophy is » memorial to Lieut. John L. Mitchell, | brother of the general, who was killed in action during the World War. Rain and threatening weather re- duced the crowd to about 20.000, fewer than half the number that saw the race last year. CAPPER EXPLAINS LANDON SUPPORT Convinced Kansan Will Retain “Good” Abolish “Bad” of New Deal. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, October Senator Arthur Capper, Reoubiican, of Kansas said tonight he was sup- Alf M. Landon because as President he would retain the 17—~ won the junior birdman | | “good things” and abolish the “bad things" of the New Deal administra- | tion, Saving in a prepared radio | dress that he had received a letter | from & farmer asking why he had { supported New Deal measures and ad- on public speakers throughout the country. shown smiling through the bars after he had been taken to jail. Feathers (Continued From First Page) arose immediately and flinging feath- ers with both hands from a bulging | sack. The priest lunged upon him and grappled briefly with the intruder, and then, as others on the platform closed in, Coughlin drew back, smiling and waving at the crowd. The specta- tors were surging forward, shouting threats at Hockaday. “Don't touch that man,” Coughlin shouted, leaning over the railing on the platform. “Don't touch that man. We'll bring him up here and let him | | dress, brought a prolonged chorus of talk. I love to talk with Communists and New Dealocrats.” Rushed Away by Police. While police rushed Hockaday to a waiting squad car, Coughlin's asso- ciates brushed feathers from his shoulders and helped him adjust a | microphone worn hanging from his shoulders. It had been torn off in the scuffle. Meanwhile, a group of spectators had gone outside and were endeavor- ing unsuccessfully to get Hockaday | been “boasting about how he saved away from the police. They included one elderly, gray-haired woman who was among the loudest in shouting imprecations at the intruder. Hockaday, who has been seen in his Indian dress at other meetlings, goes about the country endeavoring to pro- mote the cause of peace by his show- ers of small feathers. When the meeting was over, numbers of the audience were seen picking them up for souvenirs. In his address Father Coughlin de- nied he had struck a reporter in New England early this week and asserted he would discuss that in tonight's weekly radio broadcast. He referred also to a suit filed by John H. O'Don- nell, asking an accounting of the funds of the National Union, the re- moval of Coughlin and the Board of Trustees and the appointment of a receivership. “The suit doesn’t bother me,” he said. “It will bring more discomfi- ture to Senator Guffey and Jim Far- ley than to any member of the Na- tional Union before we get through with it.” Introduced by Fitzgerald. Coughlin was introduced by Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald of Michigan, a candidate for re-election, who had called for the priest with his car at Coughlin’s residence in Royal Oak. “Gov. Fitzgerald,” he said, after his introduction, “it is too bad that the National Union cannot indorse you formally, but I hope you will get along without such -an indorsement. Per- sonally T am voting for you.” Frank Murphy high commissioner to the Philippines, Fitzgerald’s op- ponent, the priest said, was brought back “under duress and practically forced” to enter the race by the New Deal. “I am putting principles above men,” he said, “States’ rights must be preserved. We are not taking any dic- tatorship as to who the Governor from Michigan shall be.” ‘The purpose of the meeting was the furtherance of the candidacy of Wil- liam Lemke, and Thomas C. O’Brien, Union party nominees for President and Vice President, as well as that of Louis B. Ward, Coughlin-backed can- didate for the Senate. “This is the first time in history,” the priest said, “that a campaign has been conducted on the future eatings of future generations. And you ecan’s beat $4,800,000,000. That's impossible. But you can beat subversion.” s fw 1 his opponents. | he said. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. s f He asked that his hearers “stand by the third party,” the title under hich the Union party candidates are filed in Michigan. The National | Union, he sald, had indorsed no par- ties and that “the third party,” desig- nation was used here “as a vehicle.” Hockaday appeared on the platform with startling suddenness. Even the police who stood at the npprmches: to the dais were at a loss to know how | he had gained admission. After resuming his address Coughlin | referred to Hockaday several times as | a “Communist,” and charged that his appearance was the result of a plot by | A mention of the in-| toward the close of his ad- cident, boos. | “Don’t boo the poor fellow,” Cough- | lin said. “I think he’s sincere. But he’s misguided. I hope no person in this hall has laid a hand on him.| We'll never make a martyr out of a Communist.” “Don’t Worry about my voice being stilled from preaching social justice,” President Roosevelt, he said, has the bankers.” “When I start bragging,” the priest said, “it will be when we have won the battle for a living annual wage,” INCIDENT HERE RECALLED. Hockaday Was “Headed for Madrid” When Last Heard Of. Officials here were surprised to hear | that Woody Hockaday had showered Father Charles E. Coughlin with feathers yesterday, because he was in- tent on carrying his feather-scattering campaign to Madrid when they last saw him. Hockaday, former business man of Wichita, Kans, who has become & self-styled propagandist for peace, two months ago rushed into the office of Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring and littered it with feathers while shouting “Feathers instead of bullets.” As usual when playing the role which he calls that of ‘Chief Pow Wow,” he was attired on that occa- sion in bright red shorts, an Indian war bonnet and daubs of paint. Police took him into custody before he had time to carry out plans to spread feathers over the Supreme Court, but he escaped a short time later from St. Elizabeth's Hospital here and staged a demonstration at the banquet of the American Legion's State convention in Baltimore. The Baltimore banqueters at first thought the scantily-clad man’'s per- formance was part of the entertain- ment program, but when feathers got deep in important guests’ plates and Hockaday still pranced upon the ban- quet tables, veterans overpowered him. Returned to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, he announced that he would be there only temporarily and then would carry his crusade for peace, via feathers, to Madrid, Rome and other European capitals. On September 19 police at Rock- ville, Md., reported he had esciped from Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium, where he had been transferred. Krupp Director Dies. ESSEN, Germany, October 17 (#). ~—Wilhelm Buschfeld, 63, a member of the Krupp directorate, died tonight. He was associated with the giant Krupp works for 26 years. He leaves & widow, formerly Miss Dorothy Staerker of Cuero, Tex. Sy i | was now campaigning for Landon, Hockaday, who campaigns for peace by throwing feathers | | Oapper said: “That is a fair question. I did vote for many New Deal measures. And like the farmer who asked the question, I am glad that I did. * * * During the 18 years that I have been | in the Senate I have never allcwed partisanship to enter into my views and acts on the farm problem.” Explaining that he had voted for the A. A. A. and the subsequent soil conservation act and other farm measures, the Senator said he was convinced they would aid agriculture. “When I tell you why I am sup- porting Alf Landon I believe yeu will agree that there is no inconsistency in that position,” he said. “I am supporting him because I believe the Urited States and the | people of the United States—and that includes agriculture and the farm- ers—have need of his common sense, his complete integrity, his liberal views, his ability as an executive and his knowledge of government. * * * “The Republican farm program, as written in the national platform, and as amplified by Gov. Landon, is & better, sounder program than the Roosevelt program.” HAMILTON BOOSTS “VICTORY” MARGIN Predicts 315 Electoral Votes for Landon—Reports Fund “Pick-Up.” By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 17.—Chairman John D. M. Hamilton of the Republi- can National Committee tonight pri dicted Gov. Alf M. Landon, the party's | presidential nominee, would receive approximately 315 electoral votes. Two hundred and sixty-six electoral votes are necessary for election. Hamilton, who previously had claimed 300 elec- toral votes, said in a formal statement Landon “could count on about 315, with a prospect of approximately 350 if the trend toward him continues at its present rate.” He also said there was a “decided pick up” in financial contributions t> the Republican campaign coincident with Gov. Landon's stumping tour through Illinois, Ohio and Michigan. “On one day this week,” the state- ment set forth, “contributions were received from more than 11,000 indi- viduals.” MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION HITS TAX LIMITATION By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 7T.—Condemna- tion of the principles, purposes and results of over-all tax limitations was expressed by the American Municipal Association in a resolution adopted during its convention session today. Indicating disbelief that it is pos- sible for local governments to con- tinue exercising control over their per- sonnel, policies, services and expendi- tures when taxes are inflexibly limited by law, the resolution said the “chief proponents of tax limitations are not gonuinely concerned with tax re- duction.” “Their admitted purpose,” the res- olution read, “is to reduce governmen- tal revenues below minimum require- ments in order to force a shifting of the tax load, whlcl\ in general resulted in new c er taxes” The association elec! as its - dent Andrew Joyner, jr., city m&y of Greensboro, N. C. Morton L. - lerstein, Richmond, Va., executive retary of the League of Virginia Mu- nicipalities, was named vice president. Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. NICE LADY. F WE were a florist and knew the I name of a certain upidentified lady who played a Good Samari tan role at Eleventh and Pennsy vania avenue one recent evening we certainly would see that she received | an orchid. Two men, both considerably worse for alcoholic wear, stood a( the in- tersection, one supporting the other with considerable difficulty. Passersby snickered and passed until the wob- bliest one of the drunks gave up and collapsed to the pavement. A crowd gathered, but confined itself to either laughing, registering disgust, or satisfying idle curiosity. Not one of | the score of persons, mostly men, made | a move to help the prostrate drunk. | Then a brisk, middle-aged woman | reached the scene. Efficiently, yet unostentatiously, she | stepped to the curb and flagged a taxi. While the cab waited she re- | turned to the group, asked two of the men, who were somewhat shame- | faced by this time, to carry the sleeper to the taxi, gave the driver a coin and | KOREANSERVANT DENES PISONINGS Authorities Seek to Pierce Calm of Man Due to Inherit Legacy. By the Assoclated Press. WHITE PLAINS, N, Y., October 17, —Authorities tonight strove to penc. trate the inscrutable calm of a Korean houseman in an effort to solve the mysterious poisoning of two persons who might have deprived him of a sizable legacy, The victims, George Reeves, 50, res tired Indianapolis haberdasher. and his wife, Louise, lay seirously ill in White Plains Hospital. Chang Soo Lee, 36, employed by & wealthy Westchester widow, in whose home the Reeves were guests, was in jail awaiting grand jury action on first-degree assault charges. Assistant District Attorney Elberg T. Gallagher charged Lee with sub stituting a powdered poison for th baking soda with which the Reeves brushed their teeth. Coincident with Lee's arrest the prosecutor’s office asked the authorie ties of St. Petersburg, Fla., to invese tigate the death there last January of L. W. Churchill, 73. retired Man- hattan attorney, in whose home at White Plains Lee worked. Churchill collapsed in a public p said: “Use this to take the poor man somewhere.” | As she walked away a poorly dressed | man who had been keeping in the background murmured: “That's a real lady. I couldnt do nothin’ because I can't afford to get mixed up with the police myself, but don't you think that was a real nice thing for her to do?"” We did, * % ¥ % BUTCHER. THIS the butcher says is a true B He had just gone to work in a north- west Washington store, when a woman of imposing mien sailed majestically and pulled up at his block “Where,” she demanded, “is the | other man?” | t he's “Sorry,” was the answer, " got another job.” The customer's face fell and her | voice rose, “Oh, I dont know what Il do!" she wailed. “He is the only b » | who has ever ground meat for m | He knew just how she wanted it | as how 00. i The newcomer op could “cut hamburger RS SCALP TREATMENT. | UITE a few workers in an office building at Fifteenth and H streets are sitting home today won- dering what kind of time a neighbor of their's had over the week end been an life for therwise office d down t an ing on his hair. dyeing it. or just afternoon er he was some they could not | ganization said, Of course, it might have been one t-ditch fights against bald- ness, but whatever was it was mighty enjoyable to the people across the street. | * & ¥ = AFFLICTION. YOUNG Chevy Chase woman who suffers from near-sightedness has | a friend in the automobile business.| It is not unusual to see him in a! strange automobile of modern or an- cient vintage at most any time. | The other day the young lady saw s man she thought was her friend get into a battered automobile at| Eighteenth and Columbia road. She approacied with the remark: “Where'd you get that old wreck? I suppose I'll have to let you take me home in it."” Then she gasped. Never before had she laid eyes on the man behind the wheel. Muttering apclogies she fled to the bus stop. | * W % ok TARZANS. | HUMORIST with a paint brush added a Tarzan touch the other day to a sign in Iarragut Square, which said: *Caution, | Men at Work In Trees.” The humorist made the sign read, “Caution, Wild Men at Work in Trees.” TInnocent children on their way to school gave the “wild" men a wice berth. A few skeptics, however, had | | heard Mrs 40 DEAD, 390 { the close of the third day of riot | made, only Bronx cheers to offer. “So you're a bunch of Tarzans,” one cried to the puzzled workmen, “Oh, yeah?” * x x FACT. If you would like fo give the impression of knowing your Wash= ington intimately—its eflect on the ego is about the only compensation for taking out-of-town guests sight= seeing—here’s a fjact about the Capitol Building that might come in handy: The original sandstone walls are painted every four years at @ cost of $28,000. The dome alone uses up 40 per cent of the appro~ priation. If you can day that with just the right expression and intonas tion, you will sound quite impres= sive to the average out-of-towner, BEER SALE LAW ALLOWS WIFE, 18, TO PURCHASE By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, October 17. — The Maryland law’ prohibits the sale of beer to minors, but State Attorney General Herber; R. O'Conor ruled today s married wbman between 18 and 31 was exempted with the con- at the Florida resort, and died n afterward. His death was atinbuted to apoplexy. Lee disclaimed any responsi Churchill’s death. Assistant Di Attorney Gallagher said the bods cremated at Lee’s suggestion. When arraigned in City Court terday, the Korean said “Me no try to kill anybody, me hate nobody.” The Korean had been a trusted servant, chauffeur and butler for Mrz, Churchill for eight ve: Upon her husband’s death G. said zna promised Lee a share of her wealh, Then the Reeves couple came to make their home with Mrs. Churchill in June. Gallagher asserted Lee overe Churchill tell the Reeves they would in the greater part of her money. Mrs. Rooves is a niece of the widow. Lee was arrested while Mrs. Churehe ill was visiting f burg. Pa. She had isted the houseman was could not have had a h: poisoning. SMITH WILL SPEAK FOR JEFFERSONIANS Scheduled to Make Anti-New Deal Speeches at Chicago and Pittsburgh. By the Associated Press ST. LOUIS, October 17.—The Na- tional Jefl nian Democrats posing re-election of President Roosevelt, announced today former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York would deliver anti-New Deal ad- resses at Chicago October 22, and at Pittsburgh October 24 Others who will speak under i's auspices this coming week, the ore are Former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, at St. Louis. October Cincinnati. October 20 and Char’ W. Va.. October 23 Former Gov. Joseph Massachusetts, at Baltimore, ber 19. Henry Breckinridge of New York, at Pittsburgh. October 19 (afternoon) . Vaynesburg. Pa., October 19 (night): Rockforcy §ll, October 21, and New York City, October 23. Bainbridge Colby of New York, at Baltimore, October 19, op- ny B. Elv of Octoe POLICE PATROL CITY IN LETTUCE STRIKE By the Assoclated Press. SALINAS, Calif, October 17.—Pow lice stationed mselves in strategic positions tonight to forestall possible violence while hundreds of ncua-union lettuce shed workers, with about * $65,000 in pay checks, came out of their barricades for week end shop- ping and recreation Twenty-five officers assembled near the Salinas Labor Temple to watch s threatened parade of union workers, The parade did not materialize. Police Chief George Griffin denied | the application of A. S. Doss, Lettuce Workers' Union financial secretarr, for a permit to stage a parade en the ground it would impede traffic and violate the newly enacted anti-picke | eting ordinance, INJURED IN BOMBAY RIOTING By the Assoclated Press. BOMBAY, October 17.—Knives and guns had claimed 40 lives tonight at g between Moslems and Hindus. & least 290 were injured. Nine attempts to set fires were and one Hindu temple was burned to the ground. Police fired on six occasions into mobs of rioters. Troope, held in . readiness, were not called into action. The police wore protecting shieids of wicker three feet in diameter. o The rioting started during the cone struction of a Hindu place of worship near a mosque, . Kinney (Continued From First Page) was found lying under the first street car at Seventeenth and H streets be- fore noon Monday. The second time he was found beneath a street car 2 block away at Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue several houts later. After the second incident, police said Kinney was placed in a taxicab, but jumped out after riding several blocks. He later was found lying in a pa:< at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue. Coroner MacDonald said his inves- tigation revealed that Kinney had been suffering from melancholia. Kinney came here about thrce months ago, friends said, and had been living in the 700 block of Eight- eenth street. His wife, Mrs. Allene Kinney, hur- ried to Washington from Utah when she learned her husband was in tie hospital. They have a 2-year-old daughter. - Besides his wife and daughter, Kin- ney, s World War veteran, is surs vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. sent of her husband. A Willilam Kinney of California. I ]