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AIRMtPOUCY
Tells Senate Group Trials
for Contractors Should
Have Been Ordered.
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hands with committee members,
smiling.
Told to give his views In his own
tray, the aviator explained that he
brought no prepared statement.
McKellar remarked that invalida
tion of the contracts was a fact, and
said the present question was to sub
stitute for them.
Senator Barbour, Republican, of
New Jersey, brought up that section
of the bill prohibiting contractors
whose contracts were annulled from
bidding on new contracts unless they
waived any claims against the Gov
ernment.
Terms Clause T7njust.
Lindbergh called that clause the
most “unjust section ever placed Into
American legislation.”
That point was dropped for the
time, the flyer telling that his serv
ices with aviation concerns dealt
mostly with "technical details.”
As to the bill, again he expressed
the view that the section with regard
to pay would ‘'limit the size of planes
carrying the mail.”
”1 feel It is to the best Interests
ef American aviation ” he said, “to
encourage the use of large planes
when the traffic calls for it.”
McKellar said the legislation as he
read it was not intended to limit the
size of planes.
But Senator Logan said the lan
guage with regard to pay might limit
the size.
"I don’t know about that, Lind
bergh replied, ”1 repeat it is not to
the best advantage of aviation to
limit the size of planes."
Lindbergh, questioned by McKellar
as to his financial connections with
air companies, said he received $6,000
a year from Transcontinental &
Western Air up to the first of this
month and $10,000 a year from Pan
American Airways.
Barbour suggested Lindbergh could
have received much more in other
fields, because of his ability and popu
larity.
More Interested In Aviation.
“I felt mors Interested In aviation,”
the colonel replied promptly.
McKellar asked the extent of his
holdings of stock, Lindbergh said he
didn't recall, but they were all listed
In replies to a questionnaire from the
Black Committee.
McKellar asked If he knew any
thing about the events leading up to
the cancellation of the contracts.
“Very little,” he said.
"Did you attend any meetings?”
“No. sir.”
"That was our understanding. Now
if these contracts were honest, you are
for them and if they are not you
would not condone them?”
“I feel,” Lindy said, “these com
panies have the right to trial before
being convicted of guilt which is only
implied and not proven.”
“Of course," Lindbergh told the
chairman, “I wouldn’t approve any
thing illegal, I’m simply giving you
my views on this situation.”
"And what you say is to your
eredlt.” McKellar replied.
Senator O’Mahoney, Democrat, of
Wyoming, put in:
"If you had a contract with an In
dividual and discovered it was fraud
ulently obtained, you would think it
was right to cancel wouldn’t you?”
Nothing Has Been Proven.
"I don’t know,” the flyer replied.
“Let me say that I feel that nothing
has been proved in this case and that
nothing has been submitted for trial.
So far as I can see, nothing has been
clearly proved.”
“No criminal action has been taken
in the airmail case,” O’Mahoney said.
“I think you are confusing criminal
and civil actions.”
“I am not a lawyer.” Lindbergh an
swered.
“I think the right to trial Is so ob
vious that it is not a legal question.”
Barbour broke In to say he didn’t
think Lindbergh had confused "any
thing.” Senator Davis, Republican,
of Pennsylvania agreed.
Lindbergh said the Army Air Corps
was “not designed” for meeting such
emergencies as carriage of the mail
and had not had ‘‘adequate time to
study the routes.”
“How long does it take to train a
military pilot and a commercial
pilot?” Senator Hayden, Democrat, of
Arizona, asked.
“That Is difficult to say," Lind
bergh replied. “A man can learn
to fly with reasonable safety in a
week or two as a student, while it
would take years to fly passengers and
mail with a reasonable degree of
safety.”
Asset for Military Purposes.
He regarded commercial aviation
as one of the "greatest reserves we
have” for military purposes.
"The commercial pilot is constantly
facing all kinds of weather and has
more meteorological experience than
the military man has,~ ne said. "The
commercial pilot has had no forma
tion training, but has had a great
amount of flying under adverse
weather conditions.”
Commercial aviation radio had been
a “little more developed" than mili
tary radio.
He agreed there should be a limita
tion on the number of hours per
month to be flown by pilots, but said
he was not equipped to discuss the
pay question.
“The Army mail carrying was not
as efficient as that of private com
panies,” Lindbergh said. “The Army
had only 10 days to take over a sys
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh (right), in his testimony before the Senate Post
Office Committee today, declared the bill to return airmail transportation to
private hands was "unjust,’’ and that the private contracts should not have
been cancelled "without a trial of the operators.” Chairman McKellar of the
! committee is shown at the flyer’s left. —Star Staff Photo.
•
i tem that was built up by private com
! panies over 10 years.
“The Army equipment was not de
signed for mail carrying. The pilots
were not familiar with the airmail
routes. It was not possible to take
over in the short time that the Army
was given.
“If you changed the experienced pri
vate pilots from their ordinary routes,
it would take weeks for them to be
come familiar with their new lines.
“If I went back to my old line be
tween St. Louis and Chicago, it would
be weeks before I could handle It
as well as I did.”
“If this bill passes,” Senator Davis
asked, "wouldn't the private companies
that formerly held the contracts have
to make ruinously low bids to regain
the contracts?”
Lindbergh said he was not familiar
with the rate field.
Senator Schall, Republican, of Min
nesota. said he had been told it would
cost the Army around $30,000,000 &
year to carry the mail where the pri
vate companies had carried it for
about $14,000,000, but the witness said
he had no information on this.
Favors Large Units.
To the suggestion that contracts for
transcontinental service might be
broken up between several small com
panies, Lindbergh said “several small
units can not give the same service as
a few larger units.
“If a great number of contracts
were let, it would decrease service
and complicate technical features. I
expect that soon passengers will be
able to cross the continent without
stop.”
In answer to questions. Lindbergh
said “so far as commercial avlatioa
is concerned, America leads—or rather
did lead the world.”
“Do you think Postmaster General
Brown was right in establishing trans
j coi ‘mental lines?" Barbour asked.
"I am not sufficiently acquainted
■ with the details of setting up those
lines to comment on his methods,”
Lindbergh replied. “But I do know
that commercial aviation Improved
greatly while he was in office."
Barbour asked whether competition
between "United T. W. A. and Amer
ican Airways was keen.”
“So far as technical details are con
cerned, competition was keen,” Lind
bergh said.
“Do yqu mean to say they competed
in bidding for mail awards?" McKellar
asked.
"That's something I know nothing
about,” Lindbergh said. “I have no
reason to think there wasn't com
petition.”
“But you know nothing about it?”
“No.”
ii a a itigni w> iriai.
“Your position is whether there were
grounds for cancellation of these con
tracts or not,” Logan said, "that these
companies are entitled to a hearing.”
“Exactly that is the point I tried
to make. I believe these companies
had a full right for a fair and im
partial trial.”
| Asked by O’Mahoney regarding the
! advisability of continuing subsidies,
| Lindbergh opposed “a permanent sub
i sidy.”
| “If used at all,” he said, “it can
be used to advantage in encouraging
aviation in its first years.
“I feel American aviation can still
be encouraged materially a little while
longer, and that can be done to the
advantage of the country.”
"Do you know,” O’Mahoney asked,
“that the company with which you
are associated paid another company
$1,400,000 not to bid on an airmail
award.”
“I have absolutely no knowledge of
that.”
“But if it were true you wouldn't
approve it?”
“I don't feel with my background,"
Lindbergh said, “that I should make
any comment on the question.”
“It’s just an accusation now, isn’t
it?” Barbour said.
“There’s a difference of opinion
about that,” McKellar interposed.
Hypothetical Question.
“If an officer of your company
testified under oath that his concern
paid $1,400,000 to persuade another
company not to bid,” O'Mahoney
asked, “and if it were established by
the terms of the contract, would you
consider that proof of the charge?"
“That’s a hypothetical question,”
Lindbergh said, “and it is out of my
field. I don’t want to answer that.”
McKellar asked about stock bonuses
Lindbergh received from aviation
companies.
O'Mahoney objected, saying “it has
no relation to this bill.”
■ The flyer smilingly said he had no
objection to answering.
"Let me say that I have never re
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panies,” he said. "I received some
stock from T. A. T. and some war
rants to purchase stock from Pan
American Airways.”
In response to questions by McKel
lar, he said the warrants entitled him
to buy Pan-American stock.
“Let me say,” he smiled, "that I
have invested more in Pan-American
than I have received.”
O'Mahoney asked if the warrants
were not generally used "to buy stock
at less than the market cost.”
"I don’t know,” Lindbergh said,
"I am not a stock manipulator.”
Opposition Is Definite.
Prior to today’s testimony, Col.
Lindbergh had gone on record three
times in definite opposition to Army
mail flying. On the first occasion, it |
was a strongly worded telegram to
the President himself. His second ex
pression of criticism came in a com
munication to Secretary Dern Wed
nesday declining appointment to a
committee which is to survey Army
flying in all its phases.
Yesterday, in turning down a sec
ond appeal from Secretary Dern to sit
with the committee, the “flying
colonel” said:
“I want to thank you for your tele
gram and to assure you that I deeply
I appreciate the honor of being asked
' to serve on the committee.
"I do not feel that I can take part,
directly or indirectly, in the opera- I
| tlon by the military forces of Ameri
can business and commerce. ,
i “The Army is now being Used to
; operate the commercial airmail sys
i tern. Consequently I regret extremely
! to reply' again that I' do not feel I
! can serve on a committee which is
! charged to study and report upon the
performance by the Army Air Corps
in its mission to carry the airmail
and directed by executive order.”
Subject Still Explosive.
The airmail subject in general con
tinued an explosive one in both the
Senate and House, with word of new
attacks and counter attacks to come.
Senator Fess of Ohio, the Repub
lican whip, served notice he would .
answer an attack by majority leader
Robinson, who assailed both Fess and
former Postmaster General Walter
F. Brown In a speech yesterday. He
accused Brown of “connivance’' in
fraud.
Robinson intimated that if the Re
publicans desired to make a campaign
issue out of the airmail contract
cancellations and Army deaths the
Democrats would accept the issue.
Indications came from the War
Department of some of the uses to 1
which the President intends to put
the $10,000,000 special Army aviation
fund voted by the Senate and now
awaiting House approval.
Officers quoted Maj. Gen. Benja
min D. Foulois, chief of the Air
Corps, now on an airmail Inspection
trip, as saying considerable money
would be used in developing Army air
safety devices.
Projects Recommended.
Among definite projects recom
mended by Foulois to come from the
fund were:
Development of mechanical instru
ments or other methods of preventing
and eradicating ice forming on wings
and propellers, one of the major
causes of air accidents In Winter
weather.
Expansion and continued develop
ment of weather forecasting and
broadcasting, with special reference
to aviation requirements.
Development of mechanical safety
da vices.
At the start of Robinson's Senate
speech. Senator Fess drummed on the
edge of his chair, but when Robinson
mentioned Fess’ son, Lehr Fess, in
connection with the air mail episode,
the Ohio Senator moved over and took
a seat only a few paces from the
Arkansan.
“We have the testimony of Col. Paul
Henderson, vice president of the
United Aircraft & Transport Co.,’’
Robinson said, "that he had engaged
Lehr Fess to expedite the passage of
the Watres bill, under which Post
master General Brown had sought to
escape the obligation to submit con
tracts to competitive bidding, and we
CLOSE OF LORTON
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in Response to New
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Investigation of alleged irregulari
ties in tile management of the Dis
trict Reformatory in Virginia was to
be concluded this afternoon unleu
seme additional new questions were
raised at a Anal hearing, scheduled
to begin at 1:30 o’clock at the Dis
trict Building.
Representative Francis H. Shoema
ker, Farmer-Laborite, of Minnesota,
who precipitated $h investigation by
charges made on the floor of the
House, was Invited to make an appear
ance at the final hearing.
Members of the Investigating Com
mittee sent the new invitation to
Shoemaker, planning to ask him if he
had any further statement to make,
or if he now was willing to give the
names of prisoners or guards at the
reformatory who could throw any ad
ditional light on the investigation.
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Shoemaker said he expected to at
tend the hearing. He declared: “It
is the first Investigating Committee I
ever heard of that didn't want to get
Information.”
Shoemaker also disclosed that he
had writtena letter to Judge Michael
M. Doyle, member of the committee,
on Tuesday, March 13, offering to
assist the committee. The letter fol
lows:
“It has come to my attention from
the evidence given before your hon
orable investigating committee re
garding the Lorton penitentiary that
those who are doing the interrogat
ing are somewhat unfamiliar with the
subject matter and the manner by
which to get desired results. I do
not say this with a thought In mind
of belittling the efforts of the com
mittee, but most of the questions are
in the nature of a defense of those
being lnveatlgated. I sincerely believe
that I can render a valuable service
to your committee and it Is with this
constructive thought in mind that I
hereby tender my services to your
committee, and further request the
privilege of questioning several wit
nesses and officials and with further
knowledge In mind that if opportunity
is afforded me I will be able to expe
dite your entire investigation and
bring out the Information necessary
to cause indictments and convictions.
Trusting In behalf of honesty and
justice that you may see fit to accept
my services, I am, sincerely and re
spectfully-”
.■same* at first urniru.
When Shoemaker testified the first
time he declined to reveal the names
of prisoners and guards who. he said,
had provided him with some informa
tion on the subject.
The investigating body, a special
committee of members of the Board
of Public Welfare, headed by W. W.
Millan. had three other witnesses in
mind for this afternoon’s session.
Thev are Maj. Daniel J. Donovan,
District auditor; M. C. Hargrove.
District purchasing officer, and a pat
ent attorney, George E. Muth. The
latter was asked to appear to give
testimony regarding tha charge that
Edmund Rheem, former mortgage
banker, serving a term at Lorton, had
been permitted to leave the institu
tion on several occasions. This charge
has been denied by Rheem.
Donovan and Hargrove were asked
to appear to testify as to accounting
methods and procedure of purchase
of materials at Lorton, as a check
against statements made by J. E. C.
BLschofT, Lorton business manager.
Unless new evidence is produced at
this afternoon's session, the commit
tee plan to proceed with an examina
tion of the transcript of the hearings
and to prepare a report to the Dis
trict Commissioners on their investi
gation. One member estimated this
might require three or four days.
have the admission of young Fess
himself that he was so engaged.
Summing up the testimony before
the Senate committee which investi
gated the airmail situation, Robinson
saiu:
"As a result of the disclosures of the
illegality, the collusion and the fraud
involved in the airmail contracts, the
administration felt compelled to can
cel those contracts."
“Any other course," he said, “after
the truth had been disclosed. x/ould
have meant condoning the crimes and
would have resulted in Government’s
continuing to pay out millions of dol
lars to corporations and to people who
were piling up great fortunes for
themselves on contracts obtained by
fraud and collusion."
The Arkansas Senator said critics
of airmail cancellation “such as Sen
ator Fess, Senator Arthur Robinson
of Indiana, Chairman Sanders of the
Republican National Committee,
former Senator Bingham of Connec
ticut and a few others” were attempt
ing to describe the Army mishaps as
"political murders."
Robinson said “that Mr. Bingham
is the only Senator in 100 years to
have been officially censured by the
Senate for unethical practices.” He
added that Bingham had introduced
a “lobbyist into an executive tariff
hearing under the guise of his clerk
or secretary.”
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Noted Flyer Looks Scarcely a Day
Older Than When He Came Here
i Following Hop to Paris.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
A very young Daniel came to judg
ment In Washington today. Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh told the Sen
ate Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads, which is considering per
manent airmail legislation, that he
considered the cancellation of all
the airmail contracts by the admin
istration, without first giving the
company an opportunity to be heard,
as an un-American act.
Nothing said by members of the
Senate committee was able to dis
lodge Col. Lindbergh from this posi
tion.
The committee sought his advice
on the McKeilar-Black bill and Col.
Lindbergh, America's leading airman,
gave his views with an engaging
frankness that seemed to win prac
tically all the members of the com
mittee to him.
Given Warm Greeting.
He came into the committee room
unaccompanied by an array of legal
talent, wearing a boyish and rather
diffident smile. The huge crowd
which filled the caucus room In the
Senate Office Building burst into im
mediate applause when he came into
the room. Col. Lindbergh was warmly
welcomed by Senator McKellar of
Tennessee, chairman of the commit
tee, and the other Senators. Together
they were the target of scores of pho
tographers for several minutes, and
then the tall colonel seated himself
in the witness chair, curling himself
into a kind of ball, and proceeded,
without notes or any prepared state
ment, to give his views on the pro
posed legislation and on the technical
side of aviation.
Looking scarcely a day older than
when he came to Washington soon
after his eventful solo flight from
New York to Paris years ago. Col.
Lindbergh listened with deference to
the questions propounded him by the
Senators and replied with great;
frankness. He declined, however, to
be drawn into a discussion on their
merits of the airmail contracts which
were cancelled, saying that he had !
nothing to do with obtaining or j
framing these contracts and had no
knowledge of them.
inmovM m seller.
His text so far as the cancellation j
of the contracts was concerned was
that the Government had no moral
right to annul these contracts without
giving the companies a hearing and
to that he stuck unwaveringly.
Lindbergh has a way of looking di
rectly at his questioners, leaning for
ward with a smile on his face with
great intentness.
One clause in the pending bill to
which Col. Lindbergh directed the at
tention of the committee was that
provision which says "no person shall
be eligible to bid for or hold an air
mail contract if it or its predecessor
is asserting or has any claims against
the United States because of a prior
annulment of any contract by the
Postmaster General."
"That leaves untouched the funda
mental question,” said Col. Lindbergh.
That question, he Insisted, was
whether the contractors should be
considered guilty before they are tried.
Hypothetical Question.
Senator OMahoney sought to draw
Col. Lindbergh several times Into a
discussion of the airmail contracts on !
their merits. At one point the Wy
oming Senator, who was formerly As
sistant Postmaster General, asked
whether Col. Lindbergh thought that
a contract by his company should
be considered valid if that company
had paid $1,400,000 to prevent a com
petitor from bidding. To this Col.
Lindbergh replied that he knew noth
ing about the alleged act on the
part of his company and that It was
a hypothetical question since it had
never been proven so far as he knew.
Col. Lindbergh told the committee In
reply to questions that he received
$10,000 a year salary as technical ad
viser of the Pan-American Co. and j
$6,000 as technical adviser of the j
Transcontinental Western Airways. He
added with a smile that he had re
ceived a salary monthly from the
Transcontinental company "up until
the first of the month," and he added
that he did not know' what had be
come of it since that time.
America was Once Leader.
Lindbergh declared that America
led the world in the development of
commercial aviation. He made this
statement unqualifiedly, saying "Amer
ican commercial aviation is by far
the leading service in the world—
or was." The last part of his state
ment had to do with the situation
which has arisen since the cancel
lation of the airmail contracts by
the Government. He said that com
mercial aviation was very definitely
ahead in the United States.
Senator Barbour of New Jersey,
who was questioning the colonel at
the time, asked whether Col. Lind
bergh thought the policy of former
Postmaster General Brown In estab
lishing transcontinental services was
sound. Col. Lindbergh, declined to
express a view about the matter, but
he did say that from the time Brown
went into the office of Postmaster
General until he came out commer
cial aviation in this country had
greatly Improved.
Favors Large Company.
With regard to the transcontinental
services, three In number. Col. Lind
bergh told the committee he believed
there was real competition for service
and he took the position that better
service could be rendered the public
by a big transcontinental company
instead of having a lot of smaller
companies hooked up.
The colonel took the position that
it was unwise to have a permanent
subsidy for the aviation industry, or
for that matter, for any other indus
try. He was replying to a question
by Senator O’Mahoney asking whether
aviation needs a subsidy.
"I am opposed to a permanent
subsidy," replied Lindbergh. He
added that while a subsidy was Justi
fied to help build up the aviation In
dustry, he believed that it was only
justified when the Industry "Is pro
gressing."
Speaking with particular reference
to the transcontinental lines and
whether they need a subsidy, Col.
Lindbergh said that he thought that
the two northern transcontinental
lines could exist for the postage they
carry, plus what they get from pas
sengers. He said, in fact, that these
companies had turned back in post
age a little more to the Government
than what they received for carrying
the malls.
Urges Separate Commission.
The Southern transcontinental line,
he said, was not yet capable of stand
ing alone and needed a subsidy. The
territory through which it operated,
he said, was sparsely populated.
One feature of the bill which CoL
Lindbergh criticized was that which
proposed to place the regulation of the
commercial air lines under the Inter
state Commerce Commission. He did
not attack the idea of Government
regulation, but what he did urge was
that there should be a separate com
mission dealing alone with aviation
and free entirely from the duty of
passing upon train services and so
forth.
And while Col. T.indoergh agreed
that commercial aviation was a great
reserve for the military in war and
national defense, he said he was op
posed to compelling the commercial
planes to carry military co-pilots as
is proposed. He said this would make
it impossible for the commercial com
panies to carry their own co-pilots
without increasing the size of the
crew.
Avoids Legal Discussion.
Col. Lindbergh declined to discuss
legal questions with the committee,
saying that he had no legal back
ground. or to try to write the lan
guage which should be put into the
pending bill. He said that he had no
training along those lines whatsoever.
But with regard to the technical side
of aviation, he did not hesitate at all.
His comment, when he was asked by
Senator Gibson of Vermont whether
the Army Air Corps had failed in fly
ing the mail, was simple and to the
point. He said frankly that the
Army has not been as efficient in
carrying the airmail as the commer
cial companies have been.
“The Army had 10 days to prepare,”
said Col. Lindbergh, "and the com
mercial companies had 10 years.” He
said the Army planes were not as
well equipped for this work as were
the commercial planes, and he said
that if the commercial companies
should undertake to shift their serv
ices around so as to cover new routes,
it would take them months.
Testifying in regard to his own ex
perience. Col. Lindbergh said he had
been a flyer for 12 years. He gave the
committee a picture of commercial
aviation companies which worked for
years before they undertook to carry
the mails and passengers. He said that
it took a long time to build up these
services and a long time to develop
a morale and the personnel. To de
stroy this morale would be a tremen
dous detriment to aviation in this
country.
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(Evergood Brand)...lb. 15c
SMOKED HAMS
(Large). lb. 12 Vic
SMOKED SHOULDERS
(Large) .lb. llVfec
rRtan nAivia \
(Large, Half or Whole) lb. 13c
Fresh Shoulders (lean) lb. I2V2C
PORK LOIN ROAST ..lb. 16c
LEAN PORK CHOPS ..lb. 15c
Loin Pork Chops (Fancy) lb. 19c
11 CHllKhn a (Frying and Baking) Freih Killed_ ,b. 2Zcl
ROUND STEAK .lb. ISc
SIRLOIN STEAK .lb. 16c
CHUCK ROAST..Ib. 10c; 12c
LAMB CHOPS .lb. 15c
BREAST LAMB.lb. 8c
SHOULDER LAMB ....lb, 14c
BREAST VEAL .lb. 12c
SHOULDER VEAL...lb. 12V2c
VEAL CUTLETS.lb. 25c
Spareribs (Shoulder) 4 lbs. 25c
Sauerkraut (Bulk) ...3 lba. 25c
VEAL CHOPS .lb. 14c
H A FULL LINE OF FRESH FISH I
ALLSWEET OLEO
(Fine Butter Substitute) lb. 12c
SLICED BACON (Palace) lb. 18c
BACON SQUARES _lb. 12c
Pure Lard (1-lb. pkgs.) lb. 8%c
BEEF LIVER (Fancy)., lb. 12c
BAKED BEANS
(Gibbm) .......6 cam for 25c
Tuna Fiih (very fancy) can 13c
Salmon 1*■« Cham) 2 can* 25c
Sauerkraut <tarw can*) can 12Vie
Pumpkin l‘“K «“•) ...can 11c
i Jour «. vuiy j«r, ijv
Pickles / Sweet ...-qt. jar, 23c
' Sweet Mixed, qt jar, 23c
MALT SYRUP—
Large can, 39c; 3 for $1.10
▼ AID bill ■ VAIIUp V. <|C- DOI> f A VC
Ritter’s Catsup (Ige. bot.) . 11c
FANCY RICE.2 lbs. 11c
HONEY—
(5-lb. can, $1 ralue), 59c
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| NORTHEAST PTBLIC MARKET, 12th end H Str—U HA |
AVOIDING TRIAL
Woman, 60, Facing Em
bezzlement Charge, Victim
of Heart Attack. ;
Mrs. Mary Elisabeth Purdy, 80 years
old. died today of heart disease in
Galllnger Hospital, where she was a
prisoner awaiting trial on a swindling
charge. Her husband, Or. Prank L.
Purdy, a co-defendant, la held in the
District Jail.
The'trial had been delayed because
of the condition of the woman. She
was so ill when brought here In Sep
tember from Detroit, where she had
been captured after a Nation-wide
search, that she could only be car
ried In a stretcher. Dr. Purdy had
been arrested some time previously
in Detroit.
The Purdys were fugitives from
justice for many months, following
Indictment on a charge of getting
$19,000 from Mrs. Florence Means
Kay, 1800 block of Mlntwood place,
by representing falsely to her that the
money was needed to enable them
to claim an English estate of vast
worth. She was to be reimbursed
when they got the money.
At the time the charge was placed
Dr. Purdy was arrested in a fash
ionable hotel here, but his wife evaded
apprehension. Afterwards Purdy left
the city.
Mrs. Purdy was In a Detroit hos
pital when found, and was accom
panied here by a nurse. Two months
later when she was to be arraigned
in District Supreme Court, Justice
Gordon refused to allow her to be car
ried in on a stretcher and the matter !
rested there. The then district at
torney. Leo A. Rover, said he had been
advised by a Government physician
that her condition was not likely to
improve, but he felt the charge too
serious to drop.
THREE DROWN AS AUTO
PLUNGES INTO* RIVER
Mother and Two Daughters Vic
tim*—Car Bumped Off Boad
by Another.
Bt the Associated Press.
NORTH WILBRAHAM. Mass.,
March 16.—Three women were found
dead In the auto that went through
the ice of the Chicopee River here
early this morning when the car was
raised. The women were identified
as Mrs. Edward T. Crimmlns. sister
of Police Chief Timothy Crimmlns of
Palmer, and her two daughters.
State police and firemen blasted
away the ice with dynamite to reach
the car.
The car bounced off the road into
the river after colliding with a ma
chine driven by Nazaire J. Pourder
of Chicopee FaUs. It skidded across
the ice for more than 75 feet before
breaking through In about the center
of the Stream.
Fourcler and two passengers in his
car were unhurt.
b 1 ^
JO MAKES TAX RETURN
Earned $18,000 by Showing
World Tricks of Chimpanzee.
1 DETROIT, March 16 (Ar).—Jo Men*
dt of Detroit yesterday fulfilled his
civic duty by making out his income
tax report for Uncle Sam.
Jo Mendl's name may not cause $
flutter in Washington when his report
arrives, but Detroit knows him as the
most famous citizen of its zoo. Jo is
a trained chimpanzee, owned by John
T. Millen, zoo director.
I His tax report will show a deduction
| of $2,500 allowed for his mate and a
deduction of $18,000 which he earned
as a city employe putting on exhlbi*
tions. Millen submitted the report in
behalf of Jo.
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In Lower Prices on Paints
Because we are eat ef the hith
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en first-quality paints. Butlnr Flynn
has been in the paint business ter
MB year*. This means we know
all about paints....We ean tell
you what'a best te use and how to
apply It to art efteetire results.
Drop in tor color charts and prices.
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607-9 C St. N.W.
MEt. 0150
Pre-Easter Special
Oil Croquignole
Permanent
Push-Up,
$6 Value.. .....
WINDS FROM ENDS TO SCALE
To be smart this season, have wide,
aoft, natural locking waves with lota
and lots of high or low curli. We use
oil on the hair In this special method.
You can care for this wave yourself.
French Oil for long hair.
25c and 35c Servica
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Warner Beauty Studio
1318 F St. N.W.
Becker BnildJnr
Tike Elevator to Third Floor
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ill
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