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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Sen. Overman Proposes
Symbols for New Bridge

Changes in the decorat tons of the
Arlington Memorial Bridge are
recommended in a resolution intro
duced in tho Senate by Senator Lee
T.. Overman of North Carolina.
Senator Overman's resolution re-
quests the Memorial Bridge Commits
sion to consider placing a statue OF
General Grant on the north side of
the bridge facing south and statue
of General Lee on the south side Of
the bridge facing north. Midway
across the bridge, the resolution pro-
vides. there would be erected q
sculpture depicting two women rep.
resenting the North and the South
clasping hands in token of the union
Of the States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Service School Gives
Two Children's Plays

Two plays. one in English and
the other in French. were presented
by pupils of the Service School for
Boys and Girls at closing exercises
in the 1900 block Mintwood Pl. The
Oldest player was nine years and
the youngest four.
The two plays, 1.-THE Secret Gar
dem and LA POupee." were Wei
received by the audience. The
Secret Garden" closed with May
pole Dance in which all children
taking part in the play Joined in
Following the play in French,
which was a comedy, a program of
songs and Rotations in French was
presented. Constance c. Tuthill IL
principal. Of the school,.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
PATROL
GET MEDALS

F'ifty-seven elementary schools
yesterday sent their very best
schoolboy patrols to the platform
one bronze medal each by George
keneipp and Howard NJ. Startling,
of the American Automobile Asso.
citation.
All the students who have sat.
isfactorily directed traffic during
the past school year were awarded
certificates at the semi-annual rally,
but only one boy from each school
who had achieved outstanding pa
troll service was given the medal
Gales School had five honor men,
all of whom had assisted in saving
lives endangered by traffic near
the schools. They are Meyer Aze-
movitZ, George Tarr, John Mandes,
Charles Burrows. and Raymond
Tanducci.
West School also had five boys
who received medals. Fran k
Mitchell, John Beers, Norman Jes-
ter, Delbert Whedon, and Walter
Basitan. Each had at least one life.
saving feat to his credit.
Gales school has one of the best
patrols in the school system. Some
of its secrets leaked out yesterday
when it was said that among the
cars stopped by patrol boys while
school children were crossing the
street. were those of Vice Presi.
dent Curtis, and Major Henry Pratt,
superintendent of police.
Robert l.. Haycock, assistant
superintendent of schools addressed
the students, while Seldom M Ely,
supervising principal, presided.
All members of the patrol will be
guests today of the Washington
team at the game with Detroit in
the American League Stadium.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08

The committee recommended that
public hearings on the budget be
held and that citizens should have
the right to make recommendations,
In addition to the recommends
ton regarding the airport, the com.
mittee urged that the school item
be increased to 100000.
1t also favored the widening of
H Street Northwest, from Seven
teenth to Massachusetts Avenue;
the widening of Thirteenth Street,
from Massachusetts, Avenue to Iowa
Circle Northwest; an appropriation
for a National Guard armory, to
be used in the event that the Pen
sion Building could not be used
and an appropriation for the i'm
prOvement of the port of Washing.
ton. the cost to be divided between
the Federal and District govern
ments and the amount to be speci-
fled by engineers.
The committee closed it's report
with a recommendation that Con
gress increase its proportionate con-
tribution to -1he District in 1891.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Will CT I
STA DAY
SOON

The five-day week, object
of all building trades unions,
has been won by the local
plumbers union.
1t was learned today that
formal new wage agreement has
been entered into by the union
and employing plumbers and con.
tractors under which the men not
only get a wage increase, but also
are assured of the five-day week.
Under the agreement the plumbers
receive an increase of wages from
$11 a day to $11.5O a day until
August Is. After that date the
wages will again go up, becoming
$12 day.
The agreement will be in force
for a period of two years.
Various other local unions in the
building trade are also seeking the
five-day week, and it is expected
by those in touch with the situat ton
that within a short time the five
day working week will be accepted
generally by building trades en-
ployers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
REPORT
ON PAY BILL

Congress will redeem a promise
made to its employees at the last
session, when the legislative en-
ployes' pay bill is reported out Mon.
day to the House and Senate. for
speedy enactment into law.
The joint committee appointed at
the last session to study the dispar-
ity between salaries in the classified
service of the Federal Government
and among the unclassified en-
ployes of Capitol Hill has finished
it's work.
The pay bill affects hundreds of
workers in the Capitol. the Congress
sional office buildings and the Iii
brary OF Congress. 1t is expected
to increase salaries all along the
line. to bring these workers pay To
a level with the general run Of
Federal employees.
The bill was practically completed
yesterday. but a last minute hitch
in certain details prevented it from
being reported out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Wilbur's Committee
Studies School Problem

The advisory committee on educ1-
ton of Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur yesterday entered upon an
extensive study which it hopes will
lead to the recommendation of a
future program governing the Fed
eral governments relations with the
entire field of education.
The committee, composed of lead
ing educators spent the day con.
sidering the problems before 1t and
resolved itself into sections to col
lect the necessary material for
future proceedings under the gem
eral Craftsmanship of Charles r..
Mann, director Of the American
Council of Education.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Hoover Urges $500, 600 Airport Fund for District
FIGHT To
. GUT FARESFOR
CHILDREN

The fight to force local
street car companies to reduce
fares for school children has
been reopened by John j.
Noonan with former Repre-
sentative Ralph Gilbert as his
| lieutenant.
Noonan has again marshalled the
forces he led in past years in fight
ing for reduced fares for school
children, and today appealed to
members of Congress to take action
on the question before a merger of
the traction companies is effected.
Gilbert. a former member of the
House District Committee, has been
retained by Noonan to appear be-
fore the Public Utilities Commission
and any Congressional committees
holding hearings on the merger, or
on a fare increase. to fight for a
reduction in rates for school
children.
Open Letter to Congress
Congress. Noonan points out that
children of Washington, in many in
stances walk as much as eight miles
each day in going to and from
school. Because their parents can
not afford the present high rate of
fare. these children are exposed to
all kinds of weather and their health
is needlessly jeopardized. Noonan
said
IA reduction OF fares for school
children would he general all
around boon to the pocketbooks Of
the poor" his letter declared.
There Is just one objection to the
granting of reduced street car fares
to children, Noonan said. That is
the attendant jam that would be
caused in traffic at the rush hours
in the morning. This could be
avoided, Noonan points out, by put
ting in force a new system of school
hours that would send the children
10 school either 4 half hour before
the present time or half hour later.
Other Cities DO 1t
Other cities have granted reduc, i
fares to school children and no cor
pirate Interest so lar dS lS hHpNH'
has suffered, according to Noonan.
The asking of reduced rate for
the school children of Washington
is not an unreasonable or unheard-
of request" says Noonan. at has
been made throughout the country
and abroad. If it Is ever to be ac-
complished in the city of Washing
| ton, it seems to me that now is the
time; before the merger takes
place." he concluded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Playing Card Tax
Nets Uncle Sam
$4,000, 900

Do you play bridge? Contract
or auction, 1t makes no differ
ence--you are helping Un"le
Sam.
More than co 900. 900 decks Of
playing cards have been produced
in the United States during the
year which ends June 30, the
Internal Revenue Bureau esti-
mated today.
Manufacture and sale of play
ing cards have increased so
enormously during the last few
years that the tax revenue from
this source now totals more than
$5,0oe,000 a year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
NO OPPOSITION
EXPECTED
IN HOUSE

President Hoover today sent
to the House a budget mes
sage recommending the i'm
mediate appropriation of $780,
900 to allow a start to be made
this summer on the purchase
of land or options for sites
for the proposed municipal
airport.
Bingham Sees Hoover
Senator Hiram Bingham of Con-
necticut, chairman of the joint Con-
gressional Commission on Airports,
after a conference at the White House
today said the President evinced
He said the President evinced
keen interest in the need for an i'm
mediate appropriation, and was i'm
pressed with the fact that a consid-
cradle amount of money would be
saved by action at this time.
The resolution providing the ap-
preparation was introduced in the
House late yesterday, and leaders
of the House Appropriations Com
mittee have promised to consider
the budget message as soon as 1t
is received and to recommend the
passage of the resolution in the
House.
ID. c. to Pay for Rest
No opposition is expected as the
resolution clearly stipulates that
while this $500 600 will come from
the Federal Government, the re-
rainder of the cost of the airport
will be borne in forthcoming DIS"
trict bills in the normal manner.
President Hoover also conferred
today with Speaker LOngwOrth,
Majority Leader Tilson and Minority
Leader Garner. of the House of
Representatives, to get tneir views
on the emergency feature of the
airport appropriation.
Tilson said he had been convinced
that an emergency existed as far as
the resolution is concerned. and felt
that its passag e. would he to tbs
public interest from the standpoint
of time and money saved. Speaker
Longworth shared these views. Gar
ner said he would take under con-
sheraton the question of whether
an emergency existed.
The action of the President in
sending the budget message to the
House was regarded at the Capitol.
however, as proof that he also is
convinced that passage of the air.
port resolution at this session is
necessary for the best interests of
the District.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Blue Triangle Club Will
Install New Officers

The weekend party of the Blue
Triangle Club of the Y. w. c. A,
to be held tonight and tomorrow at
Vacation Lodge, Cherrydale, Va,
will be featured by the installation
Of new club officers.
Miss Flora Robinson, is the new
president; Miss Josephine Holman,
vice president: Miss Mona 'Eldridge.
secretary, and Miss Evelyn Woolard,
treasurer.
The installation of officers will he
followed by candle-Iight recogni'
ton service for new members. Miss
Evelyn Woolard, chairman of the
club recreation committee, is in
charge of the entertainment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Hoover Will Forego
Vacation This Summer

There will be no summer vacation
for President Hoover, who, held here
by Congress and other important
matters. feels that he has to delay
the continuation of his planned good
will trip begun before he entered the
White House.
Instead of paying visits of State
to the various governments in the
Caribbean or taking a rest at his
home at Palo Alto, Calf. the Presi.
dent probably will remain at his
desk at the White House during the
summer dog days, going each week,
end. weathre permitting, to one of
his three nearby fishing retreats to
rough it,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Trade Paper Reporters
To Visit White House

\ A committee OF which Paul Woo
ton, well-known correspondent, is
chairman will regulate the admis-
sion of Washington representatives
OF trade papers to White House
press conferences conducted by
President Hoover, it was yesterday
announced by WootOn.
Not all of the representatives Of
such publications are to he excluded
as was stated in certain newSpa per
reports. The White House has
given assurances TO wooton that
hcna-tide representatives of trade
publications which serve the general
M@Atc will. BE- admitted in, the future.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Howard Severe Held
As Hit-and-Run Driver

Trial on charges of being a hit
and.run driver was faced today by
Howard Severe 25 of the 200 block
Primrose ST., Chevy Chase, Md.
Police charged SeVere's car struck
Earl Heatwole, 25. of the 700 block
Thirty'first st. S. f., at Thirteenth
and I Streets Northwest. The man
was only slightly hurt.
Severe is alleged to have failed to
stop after the accident. He was
arrested short time later in the
downtown business section.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Loren Freund Winner
In ElOcutiOn Contest

Loren Freund was declared the
victor in the senior division at the
annual elocution contest last night
at Gonzaga Hall. Harry ]. Cooksev
won first honors in the junior diyi-
sion.
Second place in the senior division
went to Jerome J. Downing, while
John II. Dougherty was second
place in the junior division.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
GNU. Diplomacy Chairs
Get S265,OOO in Funds

Two endowment funds, of $4,000
and S250,0O0 We're contributed to the
chairs of diplomacy at George
Washington University by the ma.
tional convention of Masonic clubs
at Cleveland yesterday, it was re.
ported today.
Two Washington men, it is said,
are figuring in the elections. They
are Capt. Cheney L. Bertholf, unop-
posed candidate for president, and
Melville ID. Hensey, of the Veterans
Bureau. candidate for third vice
uC9SI pnt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Fifteenth Street
Paving Work to Begin

The east side of Fifteenth Stree
between Pennsylvania Avenue and
New York Avenue Northwest will
be closed to traffic Monday morn
ing when the District will start re-
paving that thOrOughfare.
The work probably will be COM
pleted in two or three weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
STUDENTS TO HEAR ROVER

District Attorney Leo A. Rover,
will he the guest of honor and prin-
cipal speaker at dinner tn he given
At the Mayflower tonight by the jun.
Tor class of the Columbus University
Law School. other speakers will be
Charles ". Darr, president of Column
bus University, and william y.
ILeafy,. dean. of the Law ReheOh,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
Capital Is Becoming
Contention CITY

Efforts of Washington business and civic leaders
make Washington the convention city of the East
with shown several meetings yesterday
of IOcaIo nzatio
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
MoreFunds UrgedFor
District Schools

Recommendations that appropriations be given for IN
crease school allowance and 100000 for municipal
airport here made yesterday by the finance commit
of the Washington Chamber of Commerce a meeting at
which the needs Of the city in the 1880 budget and the five
financial plans considered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-08
TIMELY TIPS

Instruction Courses
PUPILS to learn Embarrassing and
beauty culture; high-schOO Eradu-
ates preferred; interview.
Unfurnished Apartment
ST. n. E.-SecOnd floor.
rooms. Kitchen! bath. ANIL, cleo,
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House for Sale
SIX IaEe rooms and BATH gas
and electricity. Large front porch,
screened rear porch; M-Rcre ground,
fruits. Reasonable.
Waterfront Property
SALE or Rent-4-rOOm cottage at
Herald HarbOr; furnished. screened
pOrches, garage; rent week, month
or season; season, $3.50.
Buick for Sale
BUICK-Standard Sport Roadster,
1921; rumble seat: in excellent con-
ditIOn throughout; good tires and
paint: many extras.
Room and Board
CLIFTON ST. n. W.-NIceIy fur
niShet, single room, second floor:
convenient to bath: near cars.
The above wants and offers
are only a few of many inter
estinR advertisements you DiH
find in todGy's Times and
Herald eiassifisd adVsrtisins
sections,
The Washington times., 1929-05-09
TRADE IN SOUTH
2-WEEk TOPIC

RICHMOND, Va, May s.--Major
Leroy Hodges. managing director
Of the Virginia State Chamber OF
Commerce, has been selected by the
third institute Of public affairs
to lead it's round.table discussion on
"The Economic and Industrial De-
velopment Of the South" at the In.
stitute, to be held at the University
Of Virginia August 4 to II. inciu-
sive.
Six sessions of the round table are
planned, the first to be on August
6 when "The South's Industrial
Progress will be discussed. On
August 8 a second round table will
take up "The Natural Resources OF
the New South" and on August ~
Financial Resources" VIII be re-
viewed.
The fourth session. August IL,
will be on the subject industrial
Diversiffcation and Decentralizatto
in the South" "State and Local
Policies Encouraging Industries,
is the subject for August Is, while
the round table win close ON Au-
gust IL with discussion Of Trans
portation in Relation to Southern
Industrial Development.
On the day that the round table
begins an open forum win be held
on the subject: Els the South Fol-
lowing the Right Policy with Re-
gard to LaborY
The Washington times., 1929-05-09
GIRLS
IN TEST SHOW
9BRUNETTES
ID. hara hlnu fnr the heIief

Here's a hard blow for the oenei
that gentlemen prefer blondes!
Eighteen young women have Just
been picked by leading newspapers
as Typical American Girls from
among thousands of candidates IN
Is key cities of the country.
The majority of the judges ON
most Of the juries were men, ahu
they have chosen nine brunettes'
Five others are definite blondes.
Two are medium blondes, or girls
with light hair and brown eyes. ano
one has titan hair and brown eyes.
All the girls are to spend next
week in New York as the guests OF
Smart Set magazine. where ma
tional jury will pick the Typicai
American Girl.
The average age of the eighteen
Typical American Girls is nearly
10. Two are II, three are IS. six are
10, two are 81, two are % and three
are "a.
The winners were chosen by the
newspapers not only because or
their good appearance but because
of their superior intelligence, fine
character. and wholesome outlook
upon life. Thirteen of the 18 are
either college graduates, college
students, or studying in institutions
of higher education, two are still
in high school, and three are high
school graduates occupying re-
sponsible posts in the business
world.
The cities represented in the
quest for the Typical American
Girl were: Washington, Baltimore,
Boston, Chicago. Cleveland. Denver,
Houston, Los Angeles, Miami. Nil.
waukee, New York, Pittsburgh,
Rochester, Sacramento, San Antonio,
San Francisco, Syracuse a 4 d
Tacoma.
The Washington times., 1929-05-09
Eats Spinach, Stom-
ach Trouble Gone

cleansing. Adlerika checks the
growth Of intestinal bacteria"
DR.. j. Weaver: I'm my SO years
practice, have found nothing to
excel Adlerika.
J. e. Puckett: After using Ad.
lerika | feel better than for 90
years. Awful impurities were linn.
mated
II will surprise you the great
amount Of poisons Adlerika brings
out--you would never believe they
were In your system. In chronic
constipation. GAS. sour stomach and
sick headache. Just ONE spoonful
Adlerika brings wonderful relief. At
LEADING druggists. Sold in Washing.
ton by Peoples Drug Stores. Send
for FREE checkerboard. ADLER
IKA. Dept. Y-32, st. Paul. Mimi.
The Washington times., 1929-05-09

~ especially like spinach. but
eat anything since taking Adlerika.
1t. has given me complete relief
from stomach trouble. "-E. Fallon.
The simple mixture of glycerin
buckthorn bark, etc. known as Ad-
lerikal, has a most surprising DOU
BILE action. Il acts on BOTH upper
and lower bowel trnost medicines
act on lower bowel. only and re-
moves foul matter that poisoned the
system for months. II clears GAS
and sourness from the stomach and
bowels bringing INSTANT relief
from stomach trouble. And IN addt-
ton, AdIerika removes metabolic
poisons which cause neuritis and
rheumatism
DIR. H. L. Shoub, New York, re.
ports: I'm addition to intestinal
The Washington times., 1929-05-09
Georgetown Programs
Debate and Rannuet

The final prize debate Of the
Georgetown Law school and the an
nual banquet of the Georgetown
Hoya staff will be held tonight.
Those in the debate are Alfred
Joseph Loda, Donald Andrew Rock,
Leo Nugent Mcclure and Robert
Granville Burke. Justice Josiah A.
Van Orsdel. of the District Court
Of Appeals, will be chairman Of the
board Of judges, the others being
Col. Hugh c. Smith and United
States Attorney Leo A. Rover.
The Hoya staff viii be addressed
at the Mayfiower Hotel by Charles
Nicholson. of the New York World,
and Willmott II. Lewis. Of the Lon.
don Times. The new editof-in.chief
is Joseph B. Brunini, Hilltop junior.
The Washington times., 1929-05-09
Canal Zone Engineer
viii Head Institute

W. A. e. Doying. OF the Panama
Canal Zone. has been nominated
to head the American institute of
Electrical Engineers for the ensuing
year. and his name will be presen.
ted for election at the annual meet
ing Of that body on May IA, at
the Cosmos Club.
other nominat tons include w.
A. Danielson. major, Quaftermaster
Corps. vice chairman; @. L. Weller.
Chesa peake and Potomac Telephone
Company, secretary and treasurer;
w H. Fellows. Potomac Electric
Power Company. and G. W. Vinal,
Bureau of Standards. members Of
the executive committee.
The Washington times., 1929-05-09
Passion For Radios
Nearly Costs
Liberty

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, May 9.--
Dennis Smith, farmland from
Franklin county. Pa, came near
losing his liberty because Of his
love for radio. Police saw Smith
prowling around homes on Null
berry Avenue and took him to
headquarters. His explanation
was that he stopped in front Of
several houses to listen to radio
programs. He was advised to get
a radio or stifle his desire. Smith
promised to Immediately return
north Of the Mason and Dixon
line.
The Washington times., 1929-05-09
Shipping Board to Sell
8 Mediterranean ShiDs

The Shipping Board yesterday di-
rected the Merchant Fleet Corpora
ton to. invite bids for the sale of the
Gulf-West Mediterranean Line, to
be opened June 10.
There are eight ships in the line.
operated by the Tampa Interocean
Steamship Company. of New Orleans.
between Gulf ports and Portuguese,
Spanish and North African ports.
The Washington times., 1929-05-09
on MT. VERNON BOARD

LEEsBURG. Va. May 8. Wilbur
C. Hail. Of Leesburg, has been ap-
pointed BY Harry Flood Byrd, gov
ernor OF Virginia. to the board Of
visitors of Mt. Vernon.
The Washington times., 1929-05-09
CIVIL LEGION MEETING

The national executive committees,
Civil Legion. will meet here June
15s to complete arrangements fol
the holding Of the fourth national
convention Of the body. to be held
here November 8 and 3.
The Washington times., 1929-05-09

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