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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
Rules Guiding Quest
For Typical Girl

I This IL a seIectiVe search, not
L motion picture, popularity ar beauty
contest. 1t IL an honest. sincere
effort 10 find the girl who best repre-
eents the Typical American Girl. The
quest will end at midnight March 81.
8 A national committee Of judges.
q appointed by Smart Set Magazine.
will make the final DECISION. and
award the $4,000 prize to the national
winner at a date set by the publisher
Of Smart Set Magazine. in New York
city.
. A l0caI committee Of Judges. ap-
. pointed by The Washington Times
and to be announced soon, will select
the regional winner for the Washing
ton metropolitan area.
A A candidate cannot propose her.
4 self. She must he proposed by
some individual or some club or or
ganiZatiOn. This proposal must he
sent to the Quest Editor. Washington
Times.
2 Each candidates proposal must be
y accompanied by her photograph,
biographical sketch. listing age,
weight. height. cOIOring, education
and her aOcial, business and athletic
activities.
e The girl choAen a. the regional
meeting In New York city, at which
gathered.
y The minimum age for candidates
Is II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
Question Mark Officer
Tells of Endurance Flight

Major Carl Spatz. commander of
the Question Mark last night re.
counted the experiences of the five.
man crew of the record-breaking
monoplane during its 150-hour flight
last January at a meeting of the
Reserve Officers Association in the
auditorium of the Interior Depart.
ment Building.
Supplementing Major Spatz's talk
moving pictures of the flight were
shown. Major Charles Demonet
president of the local department
of the association, presided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
.. A. A. STUDIES
DATA ON TAX
REVISION

National officials Of the Ameri
can Automobile Association today
are studying data on the campaign
for the downward revision of the
Federal tax on earned incomes.
with a view to determining what
part the membership as a unit or
individuals. shall take in the cam.
paign.
Full information on the progress
made by the movement throughout
the country, and its enthusiastic
reception by business and profes.
sional men, was placed in the
hands of the A. A. A. officers for
their guidance in formulating a
policy in connection with the lower
tax cause.
1t was pointed out at headquar-
tiers of the organization in the
Mills Building that thousands Of
A. A. A. members, in various lines
of professional and business en-
deavor, are burdened with a heavy
tax upon their earned incomes.
OF Vital Interest
Several national ORGANIZATIONS,
while having no specific taxation
policy in their programs, neverthe-
less are impressed with the fact
that the tax reduction movement is
of vital interest to great numbers
of their members and affects their
personal welfare.
A. J. Driscoll, president Of the
Mid:City Citizens Association. today
added his endorsement to the cam
paign. stating that Ito continue to
tax working men and women at the
same rate as the big business man
is to drain upon Americas greatest
stitution--namely the family and
the home"
Sign the Petition
You can help in this campaign by
signing the petition to Congress
which appears in The Washington
Times today.
Obtain tbs signatures of your
friends to this petition, and send it
to the Income Tax Editor of The
Washington Times. Every name will
count when these petitions. from all
over the count y. are sent to CC.-
gress to convince them of the neces-
sitY of just tax for the man who
earns his living.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
225 Reservations Made
For Brotherhood Meet

More than 225 reservations have
already been made for the third
biennial convention of the National
to be held here on Sunday and
Federation of Temple Brotherhoods,
Monday, April Z and s.
Leon Pretzfelder is general chair.
man of the convention committee.
The committees are headed by the
following: Finance. Alexander Wolf;
entertainment, Allen V. de Ford;
railroad transportation, Harold Lich-
tenstein; hotels. r. B. H. Lyon; mo.
tors. Lawrence Gassenheimer; lunch.
Julius Refs; decorations, Henry
Jaffa; badges, S. Sherry Stein: ush.
ers and pages. DR.. Bernard Baer;
registration and information, Sam
H. Hirshfeld; publicity. E. r. Haas.
For the third consecutive time,
Roger w. Straus. of New York.
will preside He has been the fed
erations president ever since its
establisIsSsS.spt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29

Scores of photographs and nomi-
nations have been received at The
Washington Times office of girls
whose friends and relatives have en-
tered them in the quest. One of the
candidates has already shown that
she is we'll known in several sections
of the country.
Miss Gladys NJ. Keer, of the Roose
welt Hotel. has been nominated four
times in the quest. The letters of
nomination are from Charlestown.
S. c., and Scranton, Pa, and each
are accompanied by photographs.
Nominations have been received of
girls from the State Of Florida, as
we'll as others from Pennsylvania,
Maryland, West Virginia, kentucky
and other States that are served by
The Washington Times.
Trip to New York
The Typical Washington Girl will
be chosen shortly after the close of
the local quest on Sunday night. and
the lucky girl selected then will re-
ceive a trip to New York at the call
of Smart Set Magazine and will lie
in line to receive the $1,000 award
offered to the winner of the national
quest.
The local committee of Judges
selected by The Times are persons
who understand the modern girl
and who have made a thorough
study of her qualifications and
characteristics.
The committee is composed of
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president
of the League of Parent-T Teacher
Associations of the District; Mar.
jorie Webster. president of the
Marjorie Webster School of Ex-
preston and Physical Education,
and Felix Mahoney, local artist
and head of th3 National School IF
Fine and Applied Arts They are
the authorities who will select the
winner in the quest.
Artists N Quest
Thousands are waiting for the
typical American girl to be found.
Hundreds of artists alone have been
trying to find the ideal girl of
today.
Physical training experts have de.
olared that the athletic girl is the
typical American girl. The girl who
possesses a keen sense of judgment
and business sense has also been
proposed. The quest will settle the
question of What represents the
typical American grip"
1t is really a golden quest, a
search for an ideal. and cannot be
connected in any way with a cheap
ening popularity, beauty or movie
contest. Every girl who has been
proposed in the quest stands a good
chance of being selected the typical
Washington girl, for in the eyes of
the person or persons who nOmi-
mated her she possesses the qualifi-
cations that go to make up the typi-
cal American girl.
Send in the nominations of your
girl before the quest is ove,. Rules
of the quest are printed elsewhere in
this paper. They must be followed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
Milton B. Medary, Jr.,
Renamed on Park Group

The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission yesterday an
nounced that President Hoover had
reappointed Milton B. Medary, ir.,
of Philadelphia, a member of the
commission for term of six years.
Mr.. Medary was one of the four
original appointees to the commits
sion when it was first organized in
1925 and the first whose term had
expired. Other members of the COM
mission are j. c. Nichols, of Kan
sas City. Mo-; Frederic L. Olmsted,
Brookline. Mass, and Frederic A.
DelanO. of this city.
Mr.. Medary is a former mem
her of the National Commission of
Fine Arts and former president of
the American Institute of Archi.
tects. He is also a member of the
board Of architectural consultants
assisting the Treasury Department
in the Federal building program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
U. S. Agencies Study
Oil Control Action

Plans of the nations oil kings to
curtail production this year were
under scrutiny today by two agencies
of the Federal Government.
Both the Department Of Justice
and the Federal Trade Commission
are studying the question of whether
such action does not run counter to
the Clayton and Sherman antitrust
acts.
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
has asked Attorney General Mitchell
for an opinion on this phase Of it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
Pictures Taken on Sea
Floor to Be Shown

DR.. W. II. Longley. in charge of
the laboratory for the study of
marine biology which Carnegie In
etItute maintains on one of the
Tortugas Islands in the Gulf of
Mexico, will give an illustrated lee
ture next Tuesday evening at Car
negie Institute Sixteenth and p
Streets northwest.
His subject will be Celebration NJ
Fishes" and the illustrations will he
colored lantern slides made from
photographs taken beneath the sea
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
ANACOSTIANS TO MEET

The AnaCostia Citizens Association
will meet tomorrow night at s o'clock
in Masonic Hall, Fourteenth and Z
Streets Southeast
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
HEALTHY IS AS HEALTHY DOES

Settng-up exercises from 625 to 655 a.. and
vigorous half hour with the ''Medcne Ball Cabinet
the Presidents daily dozen in working breakfast
appetite He has sent the White House horses to Fl Myer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
Classes for Cripples
Planned in 2 Schools

Establishment of special classes
for crippled children in the Hubbard
and Weightman public school build
ings is being considered by school
ting now with only a few regular
classes.
The two schools would open next
September, one for white and the
other for colCred. The buildings
will be used only until Congress
appropriates funds for special build
ings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29

Three days left to file your Per.
sonaI Tax Return. II you were in
business January I. 1929. and have
since disposed. of it, inquire at Room
1903, District Building. as to pro-
redure,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
D. C. YOUTH HoNoRED

Gordon New, of Washington, has
the distinction of being one of II
senior students at Lehigh Uni
versitv elected to membership in
the LehiGh Chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa, national honorary fraternity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
TWO MORE DAYS IN QUEST
FOR TYPICAL AMERICAN GIRL

Two days after today, then the quest will be
At the stroke of midnight Sunday the lists in the quest for
the typical American girl will close and other entrants
will be allowed the lists unless the posmarks show that
they in the mail before the closing hour.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Retiring U. S. Prosecutor
Presented With Watch

Joseph c. Bruce, whose resigna-
ton as Assistant United States
Attorney takes effect Monday, was
today presented with a gold watch
by friends who frequent the Police
Court where Bruce has been a
prosecutor nine years.
The presentation speech was made
by Judge Ralph Given under whom
he served when the judge was an
Assistant United States Attorney.
Contributions to the fund for
Bruce were SO numerous that an
additional gift was bought by the
committee in charge, a mahogany
desk which will be sent to his home.
Judge Given. one of Bruce's
closest friends, told Of his personal
attachment for the young attorney
and mentioned the popularity which
Bruce has won through a genial
and friendly disposition. Bruce re.
piled in a brief speech Of thanks.
Those who contributed to his fare.
well present included scores of
lawyers who handled the defense
side when he prosecuted cases,
many policemen and practically
every attache Of Police Court.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
MAINE DECIDES
HYDRO FATE

AUGUSTA. Me-. Sept. 8 Q.N,sl
Water power equal to the present
output Of Niagara Falls on both the
american and Canadian sides, 60O..
600 horsepower developed and close
to a million horsepower unde.
veloped, dashed over the dams or
swept down the rocky beds of
rivers to the sea In the BACKGROUND
in the Pine Tree State TO-DAY, al
voters at the ballot boxes were as.
serting their views on the 20.year.
old power question.
To ship or not to ship surplus
hydro-electric energy outside of
Maine was the chief question on the
referendum ballot The referendum
called for ratification or rejection
of the Smith-Carlton act, which
passed the legislature. 1t would
amend the FernalS law, passed 20
years ago, which forbids export of
Names water-power energy.
The weather was generally fair
and a good-sized early vote was
cast all the way from Fort Kent to
kttter. according to reports. The
cities were said to be voting heavy
for the measure. The strength of
the opposition in the rural com.
munities was problematical,
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
IS ARE INDICTED
IN STAUNTON

sTAUNToN. Va, Sept. S.-Nine-
teen indictments have been returned
by special grand jury in the Sep.
tember term OF Rockbridge county
Circuit Court, sitting at Lexington.
Va. Judge Jos. A. Glasgow, Of
Staunton, on the bench.
One indictment is in a homicide
case, three for grand larceny, two
for housebreaking and 1S for vio-
lation of the prohibition laws.
The indictments follow:
Against Walter e. Sentelle, homi-
eide in driving an automobile, felony.
Against Avis Reynolds, Frank
Dock and William Jones, for grand
larceny, three true bills. felonies.
Against King Bruce and Frank
Davis, for housebreaking, two true
bills, felonies.
Against w. Ashton walton, Harry
Ellinger, Harve Clark. Walter Par
ker, Clarence Wilhelm. Jake Siron,
John Hickman, Paul Siron and John
Siron, prohibition felonies.
Against Charles Berry, Harry
Ellinger, William Kelley, Walter E..
Sentelle. prohibition misdemeanors.
The grand jury was composed of
Rice Hottinger, foreman; j. G..
Johnston, A. ]. Paul, o. d. Chap
man, Scott Lindsay, j. M. Bradford,
w. L. Snider. w. E. Wilson and C.
l.. Clayton.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Congregation Invited
To Nuptials by Bride

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Sept. 9.
Miss Frances Wagner, daughter
of the Rev. DIR. r. r. Wagner, pas.
tor of st. Johns Lutheran church,
this city, and Mrs. Wagner. became
the bride Of Winfred Warren, Wash.
ington, D. c.. here Friday at her
fathers church. The ceremony was
one of marked simplicity, to which
the entire congregation of st. Johns
and friends had been hidden by pub.
lie invitation.
Ushers were John ana Richard
Wagner, brothers of the bride. Miss
Carrie Chamberlain, this city, played
a program Of nuptial music. Mrs.
Dudley Raines, of Baltimore, was
matron of honor; her husband was
best man.
Mrs. Warren, who taught school
for two years at New Market, N, j.,
is a graduate of the high school
here, and studied two years at Hood
College, Frederick. Md. Mr.. War.
rem is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Warren, Pawpaw, I'll.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
MASONS GUESTS
Of CHURCH

Several hundred members of
Masonic orders in Washington and
numerous members Of the Eastern
Star attended religious services at
Temple Heights yesterday after
noon. Members OF KallipoIis Grotto
were invited and attended in a
body.
DR.. Homer ]. Councillor, assistant
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church
stressed the value of fraternalism
in the principal address. DIR. John
c. Palmer, pastor of the Washing.
ton Heights Presbyterian Church
and grand chaplain of the Masonic
Grand Lodge of the District pre-.
sided.
Similar services will be held next
Sunday with the Matrons Associa.
ton of the Eastern Star of the
District OF Columbia as guests of
honor.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
!. c. RIF[ENEN
H0NORED

CAMP PERRY, Ohio. Sept. e.
Nine members Of the District Of Co.
lumbia team were listed today IN
the Presidents Hundred" bIuebook
Of Workmanship aristocracy, as 4
result Of their excellent shooting
against 1904 other competitors "a
the Presidents match, one OF the
greatest events in the national rifle
and pistol matches entering its secs
ond week today. q.
Lieut.. w. w. Davidson, Lieut.. II
A. Holm and Gunner Sergt. Morris
Fisher, OF the Marines; Lieut.. III. 81
easy, Engineers; Ensign c. G. Pyn&
and Walter Tender A. BushlxovsIxl
OF the Navy, and Capt. J. c. Jensen
Sergts. II. 3. Parsons and p. a.
Geraci, District Of Columbia Ma
tional Guard, were the marksmerll
so honored.
District of Columbia shooters were
awarded bronze brassards and re-
ceived their share of the $4,000 prize
money being distributed to the win.
nefs in the various events.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Policeman Badly Cut
Trying to Prevent
Va. Suicide

WINCHESTER. Va. Sept. a.
Policeman Massie OF the Win.
chester police force was cut sew.
eral times by Jack Ross. an auto
mobile upholsterer. when he tried
to prevent Ross from stabbing
himself with knife.
Massie subdued the man with
his night stick and succeeded in
getting him into car, where he
rammed his head through a glass
door, cutting himself.
Ross is at present in the Win.
chester Hospital. and will be re-
moved later to the Jail.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Fairfax Courthouse
Will Be RemOdeled

FAIRFAX. Va, Sept. 9.--Early in
October at the close of court, the
work Of reroofing the courthouse
will be started by the county engi-
neers office. The new slate roof is
planned to match the roof on the
recently constructed wing for the
county clerks offices.
The interior of the courthouse
will be repaired in close conformity
with the plans of the original build.
ing constructed in 1899 and resi-
dents who are best versed in county
traditions have been requested TO
assist County Engineer Larkin in
this the work of restoration. The
old courthouse which holds the
original will Of George and of Mary
Washington is considered one of
the most historic monuments in
northern Virginia,
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
One Skinny Man
Gained 2S Pounds
''Feels Like a Real Man Now
Thanks to McCOy's

That's just what one man wrote
from Atlantic City ana thousands
of men and women know by expert
ence that McCoy's Tablets, known
the world over as the great flesh
producer do put on flesh where
flesh is most needed.
It doesn't take but a few weeks
for hollows in cheeks, neck and
chest to fill out and what change
for the better this will make in
your personal appearance.
And besides looking better you'll
feel better for in McCoy's Tablets
is a combination of health building
agents that increase strength and
bring vigorous health to weak run
down nervous men and women.
Mccoy takes all the risk-Read
this ironclad guarantee. If after
taking 4 sixty cent boxes of Nc
Coy's Tablets or 2 One Dollar
boxes any thin, underweight man
or woman doesn't gain at least S
pounds and feel completely salts
fled with the marked Improvement
In health-Peoples Drug Stores or
your druggist is authorized 10 re-
turn the purchase price.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
'DRY GOVERNOR
AGAIN URGED

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. S.-occupying
the pulpit of Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church OF Annapolis
yesterday, George w. Crabbe
superintendent of the Anti,Saloon
League of Maryland, reiterated that
the Governor of Maryland should
be at all times sober.
The church is within 100 yards
of the executive mansion occupied
by Governor Albert c. Richie,
whose attitude on the liquor ques-
ton. Crabbe has criticized re.
peatedly.
The statement was made recently
at Mountain Lake Park, and to as
sure correct quotation. Crabbe to-
day reduced to writing the following
statement:
II reiterate the statement made
at Mountain Lake Park: The
Governor Of the State Of Mary
land should be ut all times sober.
"Any man who might become
y candidate for the office OF
governor should be one whose past
life would not belle his promise
when he takes the oath OF office
to enforce the Constitution OF the
United States and the laws made
Hereunder"
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
united EUROPE
. STATES URGED

GENEVA, Sept. 9 Q.N.sl.-"I
see no reason why an economic
United States OF Europe cannot be
realized Foreign Minister Gustav
stresemann, of Germany, told the
League of Nations assembly today.
Speaking further upon the pro.
posals OF French Premier Aristide
BRAND for such a confederation
the German statesman continued:
Many reforms can be accom-.
plikhed economically without dis.
turbing Europe politically. firmly
believe 1t is possible to institute
universal stamps and money
throughout Europe without caus-
ing the least harm"
Premier BRAND invited the chiefs
OF the various delegations to a
luncheon this afternoon to discuss
his project.
M. BRAND Is understood to be
gratified over the cordial reception
given his United States of Eu.
rope" idea by the statesmen gath
cred here.
While the delegates to the League
meeting are discussing the Soviet
Chinese crisis in Manchuria, the
Moslem-Jewish flare-up in Palestine,
naval disarmament and the scheme
for an European economic union,
the campaign for compulsory ar.
bitration Of international disputes
has continued to make definite prog.
ress.
1t Is expected that additional ma
tons soon will sign the optional
clause making arbitration of inter-
national squabbles by the World
Court compulsory.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Wife of Va. Minister
To Be Buried Today

WINCHESTER, Va. Sept. e.
Mrs. Mollie v. Hooks, wife Of the
Rev. ]. C. Hooks, who died Friday
at New Market, Va, will be buried
in Mt. Hebron Cemetery this after.
noon.
She was q native Of Mississippi,
and leaves her husband and one
son. John c. Hooks, Kansas City,
Kans. The Rev. Mr.. Hooks, a
Confederate veteran who saw &C.
tive service in Forests cavalry, is
said to be the oldest member of
the Baltimore Annual Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
still in active service.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
HITS ARLINGTON
INCORPORATION

CLARENDON, Va, Sept. 9.-De.
claring that any move looking to
the incorporation OF Arlington
county at this time would be most
disastrous. Harry C. saffell said:
There are many different forms
Of Government which the county
could enjoy that would not mean
the loss Of State aid for schools
and roads.
For many years the people OF
Arlington county have been com.
planning Of the alleged inefficiencies
G the county government but up
to the present time no concrete plan
which might offer a more modern
form has been presented.
Under the amendments to the
state Constitution, the people have
IT in their power to adopt a com.
mission form of government and
elect any number of commissioners
from the people at large, who shall
give their entire time to the admin.
istration of the affairs of the
county; they may adopt the city
manager form or we may contfn,le
the old county form with such
changes as may seem best
In any case, whatever form "a
adopted, 1t will not take from
Arlington county State aid for roads
and schools and its share of the
gasoline tax unless the form Of
government be to incorporate the
county into a city. To take thai
form would be most disastrous
Besides losing State aid, it might
have a bearing upon what the
Federal government may have in
view for Arlington county"