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SPANISH PLANES
BOMB MOROCCO
REBEL TROOPS
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1
Reported Uprisings
in Spain Denied
Officially.
INSURGENT FORCES
FACE GIBRALTAR
President Manuel Azana
in National Palace
for Precaution.
BACKGROUND
Radical Front victorious in
Spanish election February 16. Gen
eral amnesty decreed for 25,000
Leftists, whose places in jail have
now been taken by 2,000 Fascists,
violently opposed to movement of
• Spanish government leftwards.
Unrest reached high point early
this week when Jose Calvo Sotelo,
monarchist leader, was assassinated
by a group of men wearing Assault
Guard uniforms.
Army and political police leaders
split over support for or overthrow
of Left government. Political prob
lem complicated by differences in
ranks of the Leftists themselves.
BULLETIN.
HENDAYE, France, July 18 UP).
—Reports from Spain tonight in
aisted that a rebellion which broke
out in Spanish Morocco today had
spread to Spain itself and that
garrisons in cities throughout An
dalusia were in revolt.
(Copyright, lyse. By the Associated Press.)
MADRID, July 18.—Army planes
bombed rebellious troops in Morocco,
the ministry of the interior announced
today, in quelling a sudden revolt
which broke out at Mellila and spread
to other parts of the Spanish zone.
The undersecretary of state who
made the announcement denied wide
apread reports that there had been a
similar revolt on the Spanish main
land. but acknowledged that Ceuta,
Morocco, just opposite Gibraltar, was
In the hands of rebels.
Fighting In Spain Reported.
(Reports reaching French border
points, but not confirmed from any
official source, said there was fighting
at a number of Spanish cities, in
cluding Cadiz, Sevilla and Barcelona.
Direct advices from Barcelona, how
ever, said that Catalonian City was
calm!
Mosi oi tne Domoing was at wrum
and Mellila, the ministry of the in
terior statement said.
In an official communique the gov
ernment said:
"A new criminal attack on the
republic has been frustrated. The
government did not wish to address
the country until It learned exactly
what had happened and put into ef
fect urgent, inexorable measures to
combat it.
"Part of the army representing
Spain in Morocco has risen in arms
against the republic, revolting against
its own country and performing a
ghameful criminal act of rebellion
against the legitimately constituted
power.
"The government declares that the
movement has been limited exclusively
to several cities in the Moroccan pro
tectorate gone and that no one. ab
solutely no one on the peninsula (Spain
itself) joined this absurd scheme.
"On the contrary, Spaniards have
reacted unanimously and with pro
found indignation against this shame
ful act which has been frustrated a:'
birth.
"The government is pleased to an
nounce that heroic centers and loyal
elements are resisting sedition in the
military bases of the protectorate, de
fending with honor their uniforms, the
prestige of the army and the authority
of the republic.
“Government Dominates.’*
“At the present time the forces on
land, sea and in the air of the re
public, except for the absurd excep
tions mentioned before, remain faith
ful to the fulfillment of their duties,
directing themselves against the reb
els to quell the mad and shameful
movement with all energy.
"The government of the republic
* (See REVOLT, Page 37)
-•
NEW SULTAN OF SULU
FACES STORMY RULE
Reports From Moroland Indicate
Princess Dayang Will
Cause Trouble.
Mr the Associated Press.
MANILA, P. I., July 18.—Reports
from Moroland today indicated the
path before the new Sultan of Sulu
will immediately become a rocky one,
with obstacles provided by Princess
Dayang Dayang.
Although Sultan Hadji Muw&llil
Wassit. who was proclaimed spiritual
ruler of 500,000 More*, was reported
by authorities to have the support of
a large majority of his subjects, the
princess’ followers have possession of
the official palace at Maibun.
It was at Maibun, on Jolo Island,
that the Sultan was crowned yesterday
at ceremonies the princess refused
to attend.
The princess, adopted daughter of
the late Sultan and acting Sultana
until the coronation yesterday,
claimed that as acting Sultana she
•lone waa eligible to call the datus
(chieftains) together to elect a Sul
tan.
Reports stated the princess’ fol
lowers in possession of the official
palace may make trouble if Wassit at
tempts to move in.
The Princess’ consort, Datu Umbra
Amllbangs*, who is a member of the
Philippine Commonwealth Assembly,
said here today that his wife would
not recognize the new Sultan. The
princess was to have left Jolo last
sight for Manila.
PRESIDENT MANUEL AZANA.
NEW ARREST SEEN
IN GIRL SLAYING
White Suspect Sought as
Police Quiz Asheville
Hotel Bellboy.
Pt the Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE. N. C.. July 18 —Chiel
| of Detectives Fred Jones announced
| today he expected the Immediate ar
! rest of a white suspect in the mys
terious assault killing of blond Helen
Clevenger of New York.
He declined to discuss the forecast
' further, pending developments.
The announcement came as polici
1 questioned a colored bellboy whc
j Sheriff Lawrence E. Brown said fitted
| the description of a man seen in th«
doorway of the darkened hotel room
of the pretty New York Universltj
honor student several hours before het
body was found.
The bellhop, 27-vear-old Joe Urey
who went off duty at fashionable
Battery Park Hotel just before the
time investigators believed the New
York University honor student wai
shot and stabbed by an attempted
ravisher, was lodged ir. jail by police
last night, with no charge preferred.
Police Question Relative.
As they delved into his actions dur
ing the tragic period early Thursday
morning. Sheriff Brown went into
conference with J. F. Clevenger, the
girl's father, who arrived here last
night from their home at Great Kills,
Staten Island, N. Y. Also present
were the girl's uncle. W. L. Clevenger,
professor at North Carolina 8tate
College at Raleigh, who found her
body about seven hours after she was
slain, and another uncle, C. B. Clev
enger, also a member of the college's
faculty.
Sheriff Brown said the crime ap
peared of local, spontaneous origin,
but that he wished to get all possible
Information from the father as to
connections of the petite coed which
might have played a part in her
death.
The body of the 18-year-old girl,
whc«e assailant gashed her face before
killing her with a pistol to her breast,
will leave tonight for Piqua, Ohio. Her
parents are natives of Ohio. The girl
was bom in Washington, D. C.
There was no specific charge against
(See GIRL SLAIN, Page“T)
CANTON AIR FORCE
DESERTS TO CHIANG
Sixty Planes Purchased in U. 8.
by Gen. Wong Given to Na
tional Leader.
By the Associated Press.
HONGKONG, July 18.—The deser
tion of scores of Canton aviators fly
ing 60 airplanes, which they presented
to the National Chinese government,
was reported through Chinese sources
today.
The flyers were said to be turning
their backs on the southwest forces
and entering the command of Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek on the
understanding that he would not ally
himself with Japan.
Gen. Wong Kwong-Yui, former
commander of the Canton air force,
landed here in one of the planes and
said the entire southwest air force
was deserting. Most of the planes, he
said, were flying to Siuchow. He said
the flyers were unwilling to engage in
civil war against the Central govern
ment of Nanking.
Gen. Wong is one of the best-known
military figures in China. Many of
the Canton airplanes were purchased
by him personally in the United
States.
Bath Disturber Held by Police
Revealed as Wealthy Architect
Alden Freeman, 74, who was ad
mitted to Qalllnger Hospital Thursday
because he disturbed patrons of a
Turkish bath by talking about his great
wealth, today was revealed to be not
only wealthy, but also prominent as
an architect, author and political
reformer.
Forty-eight hours after his com
mitment, however, Qallinger officials
and police admitted they had taken
no steps to get in touch with relatives
to verify his story or take care of him,
and still were “passing the buck” on
whose responsibility it was to do So.
Freeman, listed in "Who’s Who,"
was arrested Thursday while visiting
a bath in the 1400 Mock of Q street.
On his person, in pockets pinned
*' 4.
gether with safety pins, was some
change and $100 In traveler’s checks.
The name Alden Freeman was signed
to the checks.
Lieut. Horace W. Lineburg, who
took Freeman into custody, said:
“He didn’t make any objection
when be learned he was to be locked
up. He just talked in a rambling
way. Perhaps the heat had affected
him. He seemed to be very agree
able."
Mental Trouble Rejected.
Dr. Joseph U Gilbert, chief of Gal
llnger’s jwychlatrlc ward, said Free
man la smering mental trouble of
some kind, but that it will require
"some little time and study” to de
(8ee AfeCHTOCT. Page 4.)
A '
OU OF SIM
WILL BE PRESSED
BY DR. TOWNSEND
Pension Leader Declares
Feelings Toward Okla
homan Unchanged.
ACTION WILL BE TAKEN
AFTER CONVENTION ENDS
Norman Thomas Will Address
Session Today—Demonstration
Aimed at Bell.
•»* ,ne Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, July 18.—With gaps
in their official ranks apparently
at least temporarily closed, delegates
to the second National Townsend Con
vention convened today for commit
tee and business reports and to hear
Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate
for President.
Thomas was on his way here from
Charlottesville, Va„ for an after
noon address. Representative William
Lemke, Union party presidential candi
date. is scheduled to address the con
vention tomorrow.
Invitations extended to President
Roosevelt, and Alf Landon, the Re
publican nominee, were declined, and
Prank Arbuckle, convention chairman,
said no attention would be paid to a
demand by Earl Browder, Communist
party candidate, that he be allowed
to speak.
By resolution the Townsendites al
ready had declared their official non
partisanship. and the chairman yes
terday held that any resolution urging
third-party affiliation would auto
matically be out of order. Today the
convention adopted a resolution de
claring that the old-age pension or
ganization "shall not at any time dur
ing this campaign, directly or indirectly
• • • indorse any presidential or vice
presidential candidate."
Townsend to Press Demands.
|
Just before the session opened Dr
| Francis E. Townsend, leader of the
j movement, told newsmen that he would
' nense Kir Unmans) //-»*» tKs mmaiia 1 a 1
I Gomer Smith, Townsend vice presi
| dent, after the convention waa over.
The doctor said his feeling toward
; Gomer had not changed in the slight
est. Dr. Townsend said he was still
! very unhappy over the speech Oomrr
; delivered before the convention de
fending President Roosevelt and the
New Deal administration.
Gomer, In a speech before the con
vention Thursday, criticised Rev. Ger
ald L. K. Smith, who claims leader
ship of the share-the-wealth move
ment and a Townsend director. He
! attacked Father Charles E. Coughlin
! of Detroit for the priest's speech in
which he called the President a "be
trayer and a liar."
"My statement still stands that I
never intend to sit on another meeting
of the board of directors attended by
Gomer Smith," the doctor said.
"The situation still is that the
board had not finally acted on the
matter.”
As the convention opened the re
striction on demonstrations was lifted
and delegates paraded. Chairman
Arbuckle said it was a demonstration
against Representative Bell. Democrat,
of Missouri, chairman of the congres
sional committee which Investigated
the Townsend Plan.
Board Makes Statement
A threat by Townsend, the move
ment’s founder, that he would not sit
with the Board of Directors until the
ouster of Gomer Smith drew the fol
lowing statement from the board early
today:
"No action will be taken by Dr.
Townsend or the national board to
censure any of the speakers that have
appeared.”
The elderly pension chief then is
sued a statement which read:
"In view of the stress of other busi
ness of the convention, no further
action will be taken regarding Mr.
Gomer Smith remaining upon the
(See TOWNSENDITES, Page 3.)
TEMPERATURE DROPS
AS HUMIDITY RISES
Thundershowers Are Expected
Probably Late Tonight
or Tomorrow.
Unusually high humidity readings
this morning gave promise of making
the day uncomfortable for Washing
tonians, despite a break in high tem
peratures. A temperature of 76 de
grees at 10 am. was accompanied by
a humidity reading of 68 per cent.
Local thundevhowers are expected,
probably late tonight or tomorrow.
Cooler weather is forecast for tomor
row and Monday.
The mercury slipped into the 90’s
again yesterday, reaching its peak of
#3 at S p.m. The lowest reading was
71, at 5 am. today.__
AND AUTO CRASH
Members of Two Pennsyl
vania Families Hurled 30
Feet Into River.
B/ tbt A.'soeistea Press.
DUNDEE. Mich., July 18 —Nine j
members of two Pennsylvania families :
were killed today when the sedan in ;
which they were riding was struck by j
an Ann Arbor passenger train a few
minutes after they Mt the home where
they had been visiting here.
The locomotive smashed into the
automobile, dragged it 75 feet to a
high trestle, and hurled the bodies of
the victims 30 feet into the shallow
water of the Raisin River. Wreckage
of the automobile burst into flames.
and Ignited ties of the bridge, but the
Are was quickly extinguished.
The victims were identified as Mr. >
and Mrs. Harry 8cbuster and their
daughters, Vina, 1ft; Anna, 12. and
Sandra Jean. 6 months old, and Mr.
and Mr. Sam Pisano and their daugh
ters. Betty, ft. and Mary, ft.
The Schusters lived in Farrell. Ps
and the Pisano family In Wheatland
Brother Collapse*.
The two families had stayed over
night with Schusters brother, Carl,
who collapsed on learning of the
tragedy. Mrs. Pisano and Mrs. Harry
8chuster were sisters.
The northbound train operating
between Toledo and Ann Arbor
smashed into the car at high speed. |
witnesses said. The crossing is guarded j
by signal lights, but the view to the
south is obscured by buildings. There
is a sharp rise in the highway as itj
reaches the crossing.
Ray Wilson, operator of a filling
station nearby, was the first to reach
the scene.
"I heard a temffic crash,” he said,
"and rushed out. I saw the bodies in
the river, and the flaming wreckage
scattered along the trestle and far
down the right-of-way. Parts of the
car dropped off each side of the
bridge and the bodies were hurled in
all directions. All of them fell in
the river in about a foot and a half
of water.
Signal in Operation.
Wilson said the warning signal was
in operation.
State police and local officers re
covered the bodies, which were taken
in Mnnrnp hv f!ornn#»r FHwnrH Runn
Carl Schuster, who had gone to
Pennsylvania for the funeral last
Tuesday of another niece, Mary
Schuster, 14, accompanied the two
families when they crme here. He
rushed to the scene of the crash, un
aware that the victims were members
of his family, and collapsed as the
bodies were dragged from the river.
The crossing is in the east part
of Dundee. The crash occurred less
than 10 minutes after the two fam
ilies had left Carl Schuster’s home.
Used Boats to Recover Bodies.
Officers were obliged to use row
boots to retrieve the bodies, and to
row about 300 feet upstream In order
to take them to the waiting ambu
lances from Monroe. The bodies were
badly mangled.
Members of the train crew said the
train was traveling about 45 miles
an hour when the crash occurred.
The train traveled about half a mile
before it could be brought to a halt.
It was backed up, and crew members
tested the signal light and said it was
functioning properly.
The Schusters leave one son, Harry.
Jr., 31, who did not make the trip,
and the Pisanos are survived oy seven
boys, all at home.
Mrs. Schuster and Mrs. Pisano are
survived by a sister, Mrs. Sadie Black
of Hew Castle, Pa., and two brothers,
Joseph Baker of Sharon, Pa., and
Conrad Baker at Farrell.
Hairy Schuster was a welder em
ployed at a steel concern In Sharon.
Both he and Mrs. Schuster were 46
years of age. Pisano was 50 and his
wife 4S.
CRONIN’S MOTHER ILL
Bad Box Manager Will Fly to
San Francisco Today.
B08T0H, July 18 (#)■—Joe Cronin,
manager of the Boston Red 8ox, said
be would fly to Ban Francisco today,
where his mother was reported seri
ously 111.
Cronin will take off at 4 pm. (East
ern daylight time), arriving in San
Francisco at $ o’clock (Pacifit time)
tomorrow morning.
The nature of Cronin's mother's ill
ness was not disclosed.
Home-Made Outfit
Of Youthful Diver
Results in Death
Garden Hose Connected
to Gasoline Can Hel
met Springs Leak.
By the Associated Press.
SANTA MONICA. Calif.. July 18.—
A boy’s attempt to explore the bottom
of the yacht harbor here with a home
made diver’s outfit ended in.death
today.
With a gasoline can for a helmet
and a garden hose fastened to a
bicycle pump, 16-year-old Robert Fety
and two young companions had been
making dives for two years. Two hun
dred feet offshore yesterday Harry
Wollin, 15. and Hunt Albert, jr„ 16,
felt a feeble signal to hoist. They
had patched a leak in the hose with
tape
Groggy when he reached the sur
face. Fety relaxed his hold on tha
anchor rope and sank. Lifeguards
sought the body today.
IRRIGATION PUN
Drought Area Survey to Be
Made in Rural Rehabili
tation Program.
8’ the Associated Press.
RAPID CITY. S. D.. July 18.—Plans
to study small irrigation works as part
of a rural rehabilitation program In
seven North Central States were an
nounced today by Rexford Tugwell,
head of the resettlement administra
tion,
Tugwell ordered that two irrigation
engineers be assigned immediately to
investigate the possibilities of develop
ing irrigation in North and South
Dakota, Nebraska. Kansas. Colorado,
Wyoming and Montana, after viewing
nearly 400 miles of the drought areas
in Central and Western North and
South Dakota.
Immediate Aid Plans.
Coming here from Pierre, he met
with a group of resettlement official*
to discuss plans to extend immediate
aid to thousands of destitute fanners
in South Dakota and Eastern
Wyoming, affected by the drought.
He planned to leave for Bellefourche
by automobile late today, and tenta
tively purposed to investigate condi
tions in Eastern Wyoming and Mon
tana before returning to Washington.
"A survey will be undertaken as to
uae of available water supply at once,”
Tugwell said. "On every hand
throughout the parched area we have
traversed, this need waa present.”
Tugwell, In passing through the Mis
souri River area yesterday, expressed
interest in irrigation possibilities in
that region.
Program an Emergency.
"The emergency is the present pro
gram of the Resettlement Administra
tion,” Tugwell said. “Subsistence
needs of farm families, the making
available Of sufficient funds for live
stock feed, and the marketing and
purchase of surplus live stock is the
work that resettlement field forces
must concentrate on to aid the
drought-stricken area.”
Gov. Tom Berry, here for the con
ference, expressed “gratification" that
the Federal relief program would be
in full swing by Monday, as promised
by Tugwell.
“I am confident that there will be
no downright suffering because the
Resettlement and Works Progress Ad
ministrations are moving swiftly to
meet the emergency,” Berry said.
HEAT BROKEN IN S STATES.
■ *
Foreeast Glad News to Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota.
CHICAGO. July 18 OP).—The heat
wave which for 15 consecutive days
took thousands of lives was announced
as ended today in Michigan, Wiscon
sin, Minnesota and probably North
Dakota by Weather Forecaster J. R.
Uoyd.
Seasonable temperatures will pre
vail in those States for the next three
or four days, at least, the meteorologist
said.
In addition, rains and cooling
breeaes will bring relief over the week
end to most of the other States to the
Western and North Central drought
ana. with the exception of SouSh'Da
(See IRRIGATION^Page a.)
MAN IN BALTIMORE
BELIEVED GOINGS
Tells Police of Bus Trip to
Philadelphia While Being
Sought Here.
Special Dispatch to Th« Star
BALTIMORE, July 18. — While
Washington and the Kensington. Md..
police continued their search for
Robert L. Gittings, reported missing
at. the Maryland town since Wednes
day night, a man walked into the
Frederick road police substation here
and identified himself as Sittings.
Gittings, manager of a Washington
dry cleaning establishment at 1925
New York avenue, in Washington,
failed to come home from his place of
business after an argument Wednesday
; with a colored employe, who, accord
ing to Oittinga, said "111 get you to
night."
Gittings' abandoned car with a note
addressed to his wife was found neat
the Potomac River water front. It
aaid. "I am going down on the moon
light."
Telia of Bus Trip.
He told Baltimore police, however,
that he did not take a nearby moon
light excursion boat as he originally in
tended, but went to a bus terminal,
the Great Eastern, bought a ticket for
Philadelphia and left to try to find the
colored man, who was said to have
threatened him.
The colored man's father, the man
said, operates a blacksmith shop in
Philadelphia. He failed to locate the
place and boarded a return bus yes
terday afternoon, getting off just north
of Baltimore about 6 p.m. Althouh
Gittings said he read the story of hie
disappearance in the Evening Sun, he
said he "didn’t want to bother any
one” and therefore did not then com
municate with his wife and mother in
xkciwuigion.
Police Capt. John L. Carroll of the
Southwestern police district, contin
ued to question the man and is check
ing on the details of his story.
Given Breakfast by Felice.
The man. who said he was Cittings
explained he took the bus be< ..use he
had but (14 with him and feared thh
would not cover expenses of an auto
mobile trip. Without funds, he wat
given breakfast at the Southeastern
district police station.
The colored laundry employe, whc
! supposedly told Glttings “I’ll get you,’
was absolved of all suspicion by Wash
ington police today.
Officers questioned the man. they
said, and satisfied themselves he knew
nothing of the case.
The complete note left by Gittingi
in the car he parked on Water street
follows:
“Dear Kltt: I can’t stand these hourt
any longer. I am through. I am go
ing down on the moonlight. Take care
of Sonny. I love you allways.
“BOB.”
australia7s leading
GERMANY IN TENNIS
Interxone Davis Cup Series Open
ing Match 1-0—Anita Lixana
Retains Title.
WIMBLEDON, England. July 18 (JP),
—Australia took a 1-0 lead over Ger
many today in the opening match ol
the interaone Davis Cup Tennis Seriei
as the veteran Jack Crawford won by
default over Heiner Henkel. The young
German player retired after Crawford
won the first two seta. 8—2, 8—2.
Later it was announced Henkel had
been confined to bed for aeveral days
suffering from chills. His weakened
condition made it difficult for him to
cover court.
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SHOWDOWN NEAR
I ~ 1
BY SECRETSERVICE
Treasury Officials Question
Head of St. Paul Office
on Activities.
QUIZ OF OTHER AGENTS
IN WEST WILL FOLLOW
Joseph Murphy, Assistant Chief,
Ordered Here From California
for Interrogation.
BT REX COLLIER.
The mystery of the "misconstrued”
orders which led Secret Service agents
in St. Paul and Chicago to stray from
their legal field of operations into an
••Ill-advised” undercover investigation
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
ia expected to be cleared up with the
arrival here of Joseph Murphy, assist
ant chief of the Secret Service.
Murphy, quoted as being "horrified”
that any of his men might have mis
construed "anything I told them,” has
been ordered here from Califoria,
where he was reached by telephone
Wednesday night.
Meanwhile Treasury officials were
interviewing Grady L. Boatwright,
head of the St. Paul office of the
i sprrpt who. it is said, has
named Murphy as the official who in
structed him to check up on F. B. I
gunplay In the fatal shooting of Eddie
Green, Dlllinger gangster, in 1934.
Thomas J. Callahan, head of the
Chicago office, and Harry Schaetzel,
Secret Service agent, also are to be
questioned in connection with an in
quiry as to whether the fatal shooting
of John Dlllinger in Chicago, two years
ago, was justified.
Nat Authorised Under Law.
Such Inquiries are outside the au
thority of the Secret Service, which,
as a result of similar activities in 1908
under orders of President Theodore
Roosevelt, was restricted by Congress
to investigating counterfeiting and
protecting the President and his
family.
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen
thau Id understood to have expressed
displeasure over the activities of the
! Secret Service men and to have tele
! phoned assurances to Attorney Gen
eral Cummings and to Director J. Ed
gar Hoover of the P. B. I. that the af
fair will be thoroughly sifted.
Disclosure that the "check-up” bj
the 8ecret Service men on the Dil
linger case has been going on for sev
eral months has made the matter
more puzzling than ever. Persons in
St. Paul are said to have informed
I the O-men they were approached by
Secret Service men as long ago as
1 April and May. More than a dozen
j citizens in St. Paul, including under
world characters, police and witnesses
to the Green shooting were questioned.
President Roosevelt is away, but it
is believed the White House is being
kept advised of developments in the
Treasury's inquiry.
Conference Long One.
Boatwright was in conference foi
several hours yesterday with W. H
; McReynolds, administrative assistant
j to Morgenthau, and with W. H. Mo
I ran. chief of the Secret Service. Both
I officials have expressed concern ovei
the investigations in St. Paul anc
! Chicago.
Apparently none of the persons in
terviewed by the Secret Service mer
gave information to the discredit ol
the G-men. Several tipped off agent
of the F. B. I. that an apparent effort
to "get” them was under way. It
was the belief of these citizens thai
Secret Service men were being im
personated by enemies of Hoover, anc
this led to the sensational disclosure
SkaS Ska iniamian-«» «iraM 4m.
posters but actual Secret Service
operatives.
Green, bank robber and machine
' gunner and the man who arrangec
medical treatment for Dilllnger aftei
the latter was wounded by G-men ir
St. Paul on March 31,1934, was fatallj
shot when he reached toward his gur
pocket after being trapped by F. B. I
agents. He survived for a week, mak
ing a full confession of his participa
tion with Dilllnger in numerous bloodj
forays
In his apartment were found tw<
machine guns, the stock of anothei
belonging to Dilllnger, a shotgun, ar
automatic rifle, a .45 caliber automatic
pistol, a bullet-proof vest and mucl
ammunition.
Details of the Dilllnger shooting lr
Chicago are too well known to repeal
here.
•-•
HUEY’S BROTHER RULES
It’s Long Again in Louisiana at
Earl Takes Charge.
NEW ORLEANS, July 13 (fP)
Louislana had another Gov. Long to
day.
With Gov. Richard Leche en route
to Washington for conferences on re
lief funds, Ueut. Gov. Earl Lons
became acting Governor.
He is a brother of the late Hue;
Long, who waa Governor before he
became 8enator.
i in-1
FIDELITY LOAN CO.
ORDERED CLOSED;
EX-HEAD ARRESTED
Fred B. Rhodes Is Charged
With Larceny of $13,000
of Deposits.
WARRANT IS SERVED
AFTER FEDERAL PROBE
Use of Funds to Cover Overdraft
in Personal Account Laid
to Attorney.
BILLETIN'.
The controller of the currency
today closed the Fidelity Building
& Loan Association and appointed
a receiver for the company
William Prentiss, jr., acting con
troller of the currency, in a state
ment, said he had appointed M. L.
Barnett, jr., as receiver, and that
the receiver has taken possession
of the assets and the books and
records of the association.
“The action of the controller wps
taken while an examination of the
condition of the building and loan
association was being made by ex
aminers from his office. The exam
ination revealed apparent irregu
larities and losses which exceeded
the profits and reserve accounts of
the association, and which in the
judgment of the controller ren
dered the association insolvent.
"All offices of the association will
be closed to the public for a period
of at least 10 days in orler to
give the receiver and his staff suf
ULieiu unit' lu pirpcue tuc uctca
sary records of the receivership.
“The main office of the associa
tion is located at 610 Thirteenth
street. It operates fix branches,
located at 3072 M street, 3008 Four
teenth street. 735 North Capitol
street. 1427 H street northeast.
Eighth and K streets southeast and
431 11th st."
The Treasury's action followed
the arrest earlier in the day of
Fred B. Rhodes, an attorney in the
National Press Building, and for
mer president of the association, on
a charge of larceny of *13,000 of the
company's funds.
The warrant was served on
Rhodes at l p.m. and he was im
mediately taken to police head
quarters, booked, fingerprinted and
then released on bond of *5.000.
The Fidelity Association has about
16.000 accounts, most of which are
small. It does not belong to the
District of Columbia Building &
Loan League, which includes most
of the city’s building and loan as
sociations. and its accounts are not
insured. It was incorporated in
March. 1929. Rhodes became presi
dent in 1933.
A warrant charging Fred B. Rhodes,
well-known attorney and former
president of the Fidelity Building &
Loan Association, with larceny of $13,*
000 from the association was issued at
12:15 p.m. today by Police Court Judga
! John P. McMahon.
Rhodes’ arrest will culminate an in
vestigation by Treasury and Justice
Department examiners and the office of
the United States attorney, which be
gan some time before last February
when he resigned as Dresident of the
financial institution.
The Fidelity is one of the city'#
larger building and loan associations,
having a main office located at 610
Thirteenth street and six branches.
Warrant Given Detective.
The warrant was issued at the re
quest of Assistant United States At
torney Henry A. Schweinhaut and was
immediately placed in the hands of
Detective Sergt. P. E. Ambrose for
service.
I Schweinhaut said other transactions
; of Rhodes' besides the one described
in the warrant are under investigation.
Rhodes was specifically charged
with obtaining a S13.000 loan from
the Fidelity last November 8 through
a "straw” party, and with credit
ing the money to his own account
at the Fidelity to meet an over
draft. The loan reportedly was for
construction on land in the Guilford
subdivision, Fairfax County. Va. When
the overdraft had been met only *398
was left of the *13.000. Schweinhaut
stated his investigation showed.
Larceny Under Code.
The former banker was charged un
der a section of the District code
which states that misappropriation
of money of a building and loan as
sociation by an officer of the associa
tion shall constitute larceny.
Schweinhaut said the Fidelity ha#
some four and a half million dollars
of deposits.
Schweinhaut said both the Treasury
and the Department of Justice will
continue their investigations.
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