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The Washington times., 1930-08-27
Illustration Debate
StGqed bY Alliance
Times staff photo

A debate on the question Of the
licensing Of amateur boxing bouts
in the District last night marked
the beginning Of a debating unit
of the Junior Citizens Alliance.
No winner was announced,
since the debate was held as an
illustration of the work to be
taken up by the unit. The af-
firmative of the question was
argued by George j. Adams, j.
Marks Trice and John D. Fitz-
gerald, while the negative was
supported by Richard B. Schulze,
Samuel Lightmen and Rufus s.
Lusk. Judge Mary O'Toole, OF
the Municipal Court, presided.
The next debate viii be on the
question of abolition Of downtown
parking of automobiles.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
Census Workers Pay
Due Saturday But
DELAYED 4DQvs
international Newsreel

It may be pay day for some
Government employees, but, for
Census Bureau workers, Satur-
day will be just another day.
Then, to add further to the
woes of the bureau workers,
the bureau will be closed Mon
day, Labor Day, and their wages
will not bO distributed until
their return to the bureau after
the weekend holiday.
Arthur j. Hirsch, chief clerk
Of the bureau, stated it would
be virtually impossible to pay
the members of the bureau on
Saturday because of the lack Of
a sufficiently large force in the
disbursing office. coupled with
the fact that a majority of the
employees work on a per diem
basis.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
PLANS DRAFTED
To FACILITATE
AUTO TAGS
Applications to Be Available
In Advance Of Sale Jan. z;
AppraisaIs to Be Speeded

Plans were drafted yesterday
by the District Commissioners
whereby applications for automo-
bile license tags VIII be distrib-
uted throughout the city before
the actual sale Of tags begins on
January. 2.
According to present arrange
mentS, banks, Government depart
ment chiefs and other agencies
will be given large blocks Of
applications and after they have
been made out by the car owner
the agency will turn the appliea-
ton in to the District personal
tax office for tax appraisal.
Following this the banks or
department chiefs will be notified
when the tax office has atteSted
the blanks and the car owner will
merely have to present his apph-
cation at the District Building
with check and get his registra-
ton.
It was also decided that tags
for buses, trucks and taxicabs
In blocks of five or more would
be issued during the latter part
of December. -..
With more than 100000 tags to
be issued in January, and an in
crease expected annually, new
system such as approved by the
Commissioners is expected to do
away with loss Of time and con-
fusion.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
]. B, THOMAS CO.
FACES FAILURE

Involuntary bankruptcy proceed
ings have been instituted in Dis
trict Supreme Court against the
j. Benson Thomas Company, a
Delaware corporation engaged in
the real estate business, by three
creditors of the company, who
claim that the latter recently
committed an act of bankruptcy
by preferring another creditor.
j. Benson Thomas, president OF
the company, was found dead in
Potomac Park recently after a
mysterious absence of several
days and the coroner subse'
quently found that his death was
due to natural causes.
According to the petition filed
by Attorneys Kenyon and Nc.
Farland, the firm was bankrupt
at the time it preferred another
creditor by offering SIT curtail.
ment on a bill. The petitioning
creditors and the amount Of
their claims are: Mark NICK.
Sloan, $5,14S: New York Decorat-
ing Company, $401.25, and w.
Gilbert Dent, 500.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
Col. Grant Leaves
For G.. A. r. Meeting

Bound for the convention OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic
at Cincinnati, Ohio, Col. U. s.
Grant, Sd. director of Public
Buildings and Public Parks left
last night. He is scheduled to
address the convention and lead
q pilgrimage to the birthplace Of
his grandfather, the famous Civil
War general and President, at
Point Pleasant, near Cincinnati.
During Colonel Grants absence.
Capt. Edward N. Chislom will
serve as director Of buildings and
parks. Colonel Grant is expected
to return in time for the next
meeting of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
September 10.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
INJURY Total.
DROPS, SAYS
HARLAND
Annual Report Lists Decline
In Auto Casualties For the,
Fiscal Year Ended June 80

Although the total number Of
accidents during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1880, shows an
increase over the number in the
same period for 1929, . better
traffic picture is presented this
year, according to the annual re-
port Of Director Of Traffic Will
lam H. Harland, which was CON-
pleted today.
A total Of 9,576 accidents Of all
types occurred during the past
fiscal year, as against q total Of
6.684 during the fiscal year Of
1879.
63 Deaths In Year
The number Of fatalities from
traffic mishaps fell off appreci-
ably in 1890. According to the
report a total of SO deaths resulted
in the last period, as against SS
in the fiscal year 1929.
OF this number In the. 1880
period, A were due to the care
lessness of pedestrians, the report
stated.
The number of injuries as the
result of traffic accidents also
declined sharply from 3,243 IN
1929, to 2,8lO in 1880. The re-
port also indicates that pedeS-
trians are becoming more care
full in going about the city, as
accidents for which they were to
blame fell from 1s644 to 1889.
Permit Losses Rise
Two more driving-while drunk
cases in which persons were in.
jured were reported for the 1880
period, the total being 140. In
1O1 cases where pedestrians were
hurt, intoxication on the part OF
the pedestrian was responsible,
the report shows.
In the revocation Of permits
the Traffic Bureau frightened
up" In the 1880 fiscal period,
Assistant Traffic Director M. o.
Eldridge revoking 1889 permits.
as against 1908 in the fiscal
year 1929.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
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The Times.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
MODEL PLANES
SET RECORDS

Flight records for model air
craft were broken yesterday at
Boiling Field, at the Second Dis
trict aircraft tournament. Ly a
plane built by Frank Salisbury,
is, 1000 block Vermont Ave,
which remained aloft IA minutes,
80 and is seconds.
The plane was finally lost to
sight and the time in the air can
be counted only so long as the
plane can be seen.
Other record plane flights were
those of Lloyd BuShing, 8 minutes
% and 3-5 seconds; Everett Meeks
8 minutes, 10 seconds, and John
Sullivan, 6 minutes, 10 seconds.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27

RoolaS, houses and apartments for
rent aFe featured today I'm the rental
columns of the Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
1851 TAX|CABS
ARE LICENSED
THIS YEAR
Half of Those Running Streets
Are Financially irresponsible
For Accidents, Is Estimate

This Is the third of O. series OF
articles on the tart cab situation
In Washington.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
NJ M'CARL RULING
WILL AFFECT
25 MEN
Drew Increase Too Soon
Under Law, According to
View of Comptroller General

Because Comptroller General j.
Raymond McCarl ruled that those
metropolitan and park policemen
who completed an extra years
service shortly after they re-
ceived an increase in pay, re-
ceived their increase too soon,
approximately $500 received by.
IS Of the policemen, through the
recent police and firemen's pay
increase, must be returned to
the District.
Answer to. Grant
Comptroller McCarl's opinion.
In writing, was in answer to
queries BY Col. U. s. Grant III
in regard to the exact amount
park policemen should receive
under the new act.
Each policeman received at
least 500 increase in pay when
the bill became effective January
/, 1890. Those who served seven
years or more received $500, an
increase Of from $2,10 to 81, 400;
those who had served six, but
less than seven, were raised to
$4,000, and those who had served
less than six years received $1OO
increases.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27

The next and final article in,
this series will discuss the pos.
sibIe and probable solutions Of
the taxicab tangle.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27

This Is the third OF q series OF
articles on the tart cab situation
in Washington.
According to figures released
from the office Of Superintend-
ent Of Licenses Wade c. Coombs,
2,516 hack licenses and 1,165 hv-
cry licenses have been issued
since the first Of the year.
The hack or H-tags allow the
drivers to solicit business on the
streets and to occupy designated
stands: while the livery or L-tags
are allowed to occupy certain
hotel stands and at the station,
or must operate from garages on
call.
OF course, the license chief
said, not all the number of tags
are in use. Some cabs have been
withdrawn from service and q
large number have had tags re-
iSued. In one case half Of the
largest fleet in the city changed
their licenses from L to II.
1850 irresponsible.
But to the point Of the 5000
or more cabs in operation only
about half are financially re-
Sponsible to care for suits,
brough up in case Of accidents.
One company carries no in
Surance or indemnity bond, yet
it maintains that It has sufficient
resources to provide funds in
case Of suits.
But for the most part, outside
Of the physical investment in the
automobile or cab, owners have
no resources to fall back on in
case. Of litigation.
II fare is injured, he may
sue for damages and collect
whatever the cab owner may be
able to provide, often only the
value Of the cab.
Commission Is EnjOined
The Public Utilities, in its
regulations Of December 30, 1929,
provided that all cab owners be-
fore they are allowed to operate
on District streets must be able
to show that they are financially
responsible.
Either personal assets, bond,
indemnity assurance, securities
or liability insurance were ac-
ceptable to the commission, which
was to have final voice In the
matter.
When the date Of enforcement
Of the new regulations came, few,
if any, Of the cab drivers were
provided with proper credentials,
and one owner took the case into
court, where an Injunction was
issued against the commission.
What the commission tried to
put across was similar to regula-
tions in other cities, protecting
the riding and cab-minded public.
They set a standard liability in
surance per driver, and recognized
certain asset values in property.
How Scale Was Fixed
For instance if a firm main
tanned five cabs. the value was
set at $4,000, and the bond value
asked was $1,000. For six to 10
cabs the assets were listed at
$4,000 and a bond Of $4,000
was asked, and so on.
Congress was asked to assist
the commission in its troubles,
but in the press Of business the
House passed up the matter after
the Senate had enacted a law.
Meanwhile the public for the
most part rides in cabs that,
while mechanically in good shape,
are unable to furnish them with
any assurance Of financial return
In case Of accidents.
The next and final article in
this series will discuss the pos.
sibIe and probable solutions Of
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
Shenandoah Valley
Hit By Rain Storm

A heavy rainStorm, accompanied
by lightning, thunder, and ter.
rifle winds, swept over areas
parched by the drought in the
vicinity of the Shenandoah
Cavesns and Mt. Jackson. Va,
last night, according to reports
received here today.
Telephone wires were blown
down throughout the Mt. Jackson
section and communication with
other points was i'--noSSible during
the night.
Reports stated that the storm
continued up the Shenandoah
Valley, quenching the arid regions
in the vicinity Of Winchester.
Roolns. houses and apartments for
- - AL
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
Navy to Contract
For Plane Carrier

The Navy Department is pre-
pairing to let the contract for
fourth airplane carrier, to join
the Lexington, Saratoga and Lang
ley. While under construction
the fourth carrier viii be called
the eva. .s~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23

Motley as director with Miss
Hermoine Tolles the accompanist.
Mrs. Motley has been in the
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo high school
for a number of years and during
that time she has been instrum-
entail In causing the music depart
ment to win several honors in the
county and district contests Mrs.
Motley has hopes OF giving the
other towns OF the Valley some
real competition. The vocal soloist
quartettes. trios and other arrange
ments are being practiced in order
that the best or showing may be
made later on.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23

OF the local Hi-Y club for the COM
ing year.
=. J. Thornton. field represent
alive OF the state Hi-Y orzanlxa-
tion. Was a guest ~ the meeting
n spoke on work Or the Hi-Y.
". ". Housewright. president Of
the Rotary Club, was a guest or
the Lions.
Inc Lions are reported the first
local civic organization 10 achieve
1907 membership i'm the Red Cross
during the current roll call.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
Active Program Of
Music Is Planned

PHARR. Nov. 22.-The music
department of the Pharr-San Juan
Alamo high school Is planning to
put on several public performances.
The first will be Friday evening
when the orchestra will put on a
program which is sponsored by the
Boy Soa~ - Pharr. The
program as arranged follows:
Numbers by the orchestra, trio by
Misses Sorensen. Wahlers and
Swim: high school band: reading.
Elizabeth Britton: violin trio by
Messrs. Polk, Goldberg, and Nc
Tendon.
The high school band and
orchestra leader Is Mr.. Hugh Butler
and Miss Vivian Bigger Is the ac-
companiSt. Friday evening, Deem
Der II. the girls and boys trio will
give a public concert at the high
school auditorium with Mrs. Carl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
Union Thanksgiving

The union Thanks1ivinE ErrvIcr
VIII be held this year a. the Cen
tral Christian church. on Thanks
giving morning from ten to eleven
o'clock. The local choir will furnish
the music. and Rev. Fisher. pastor
OF the Methodist church Will deliver
the Thanksgiving message. The Of
fering viii 10 10 work OF the
Volunteers of America. The fun
program Will be published nsxt
week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
High School
| Doings
BY EILEEN PITTMAN

Mrs. Del Perkins attended the
second annual meeting Of the Tex
as Branch, American association OF
Collegiate Registrars held at Col
lege Station November IA ard 10.
Mrs. Perkins was elected vice-presi-
dent of the organization.
Some fifty registrars from the
leading senior and junior colleges
we're present. /,
Friday night they yer guests OF
tic A. and NJ college faculty at a
dinner in the banquet room Of the
mess hall.
The place of the meeting next
wear is TO be determined by the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
fep Rally Held

The usual pep rally was held
Thursday night in front Of the post
office. There vas quite a good
crowd there. and plenty Of noise and
shouting was enjoyed by all. At
ter a few yells in front of the post
office a snake dance was formed,
ana rne crowd went down Elizabeth
street and Levee making all kinds
Of disturbance, and rousing up a lot
of pep. too.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23

Brownsville have seen them by
now. but there Is one thing you
missed and that Is the rush that was
made for those stickers at four
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. We
feel that these stickers helped
greatly in rousing up a lot of spirit
for the game Friday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
San Benito Lions
To Sponsor Hi-Y
(Snecial 10 The lie.

Especial 10 The Herald
SAN BENITO. Nov. 22-Directors
OF the Lions club met after regular
luncheon OF the organization at the
Stonewall Jackson hotel Friday
and voted TO continue sponsorship
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
M-other-Daughter Dinner

After roll call in the Girl Reserve
meeting wednesday, a diSCussryl
was held about the mother and
daughter banquet. Another thing
that was talked about was the ring
that a Girl Reserve gets at the end
OF a certain time for observing the
rules.
Thanksgiving Day baskets are be-
ing arranged by the girls Of the
club to take to the poor families
Wednesday.
Those that are on the committee
for the Thanksgiving basket are
: AYES Williams, chairman: Theresa
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
Grid Stars Talk

In assembly Friday morning. Mr.
Dodd made the announcements anc
then he called on the football boys
to say a few words. They all said
in a few words. that they would
show us what they could do rather
than talk about it. And since the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23

game has been played. re know
that they did their test.
After the boys spoke Coach Ben
Brite came in. and. OF course,
everyone wanted him to make a
speech. Ben said that he had a
funny feeling-not so funny as 1t
was peculiar, and that was because
he hated to see this game come
around because I was the last
game that the boys would play this
year. Also he - $500.
had not been whipped this year. but
it had been scored en-. He said
that you could tell those boys what
to do and they would 60 out and 90
it like nobody's business" And
that's what they did Friday after
noon. even If they did come out
with the small end Of the score.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23

II the suns light completely
failed, the earth would be in dark
ness in about eight minutes. as
that is the time it takes the suns
light TO reach the earth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23

executive committee IN n neaI
future.
Discuss Invitations
President Ayeliffe Cobolini called
a senior class meeting Tuesday &c
check their orders for their invita-
lions. The orders yer not definite
however, as most Of the seniors ore
waiting until the next term to e II
they will be eligible for graduation
In a previous meeting the invita-
tionS were voted on. and the one
was selected from four. AS a whole
the class was pleased with the out
come of the vote.
The invitations this year are of q
foreign make in a fine grade of pa
per. having a simple design. and the
only decoration is the school decora-
tion in gold.
Rush For sickcrS
Wedr esday afternoon Barney
Moore came strolling in the office
with a bunch OF stickers. I sup
pose that most OF the people OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23

Hill, Ester Mae Patterson. and
Martha Jane Butts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
Discuss Invitations

executive committee in the near
future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-18
Los ANGELES
BLAST PROBED;
FIFTY INJURED
Origin of Garment Capitol
Explosion Is Mystery
to ProberS.

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1s.-Origin
OF the terrific explosion that
wrecked the eleven-story Garnet
Capitol building. injuring fifty per-
sons and caused property damage
of S1,500,000 by shaking the entire
Los Angeles wholesale district was
a mystery today.
1t was believed Hyman Schulman,
proprietor of the fifth floor estab-
lishment in which the explosion
originated, started it, accidentally.
when he opened the suite Of the
Beverly Hills Frock, Inc, and pulled
a switch to turn off the burglar
alarm.
Sparks which flew from the
switch were believed to have ignited,
gas in the room, but the presence
of the gas itself was mystery.
Captain Earl M Haguewood. in
charge of the bureau of fire investi-
cation, said he believed the gas
might have been generated by
chemicals sureptitiously thrown on
the floor during the night.
A strike had been called against
the twelve firms in the building OH
Sept. /. but seven had resigned
their union employees. Union labor
erS were not suspected.
Communists were under sus-
picion by the police red squad.
which had been guarding the build
ing for several weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-18
De PRIEST PAYS
OGDEN TRIBUTE
ON MOB STAND
G. O. P. AbSoIved of Blame
for Marion Killings by
Negro Congressman.

Oscar De Priest, Negro Repub-
Ican congressman from Chicago,
absolved the Republican party of
blame in lynching of two Negroes at
Marion Aug. Z, at reception in mis-
honor at Phyllis Wheatly branch
of the Y. w. c. A. Friday.
Two hundred Negro Republicans
heard De Priest.
Because a weak knead sheriff
with two deputies, ancl a Demo-
cratic mayor with a police force Of
twenty-five failed to do their duty,
that is no reason to blame the Re-
publican party for the recent hap
pening at Marion" De Priest de-
clared.
Sheriff Jake Campbell, against
whom part of his TRADE was di-
rected, is Grant county Republican
chairman.
AS James M. Ogden, attorney
general, walked into the hall, De-
Priest exclaimed:
Il want to pay my respects per-
sonally to the man who has had the
CUTS to do his duty-and he is a
Republican, too
Other speakers included Clyde E.
Robinson, Republican county chair
man: Schuyler A. Haas, district
chairman; Archibald NJ. Hall, nom
inee for representative in congress;
Judson L. Stark, prosecutor, candi-
date for reelection; Robert L. Bro
kenburr, deputy prosecutor, and
Ward B. Hiner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-18
Host to Thousands Each
Week: Brings Baseball
to Havana.
BY X. ID. GILMORE,
United Press staff Correspondent

N"AteSAfS~N~-~--N
HAVANA, Oct. 18.-Free beer and
baseball are the two hobbies OF
Senior Julio Blanco Herrera, one Of
Cuba's wealthiest citizens.
Needless to say Senior Herrera is
regarded by his countrymen and
by nearly all American visitors TO
Havana as the worlds greatest
philanthropist.
Hardly. week goes by that from
5000 to 10000 persons do not take
advantage of his generosity and
drink the cool brew in his tropical
gardens free of charge.
This Cuban Santa Claus, a
medium sized chap of pleasing per-
sonality, rubbed his slightly bald
head and explained his interest in
baseball.
Baseball" he said, is the
greatest game in the world. If all
nations played it, there wouldn't
be any wars. They would all be
arguing over the respective merits
of their teams"
And Senior Herrera really is in a
position to know about baseball.
He has just brought twenty National
and four American League players
to Havana for a series of nine
games.
While the expense was 100000,
Senior Herrera anticipates that the
enthusiasm of Cuban fans will re-
turn his investment many times.
The games will be played in Tropi-
cal stadium owned by Senior Her
rera and larger than the Yankee
stadium in New York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-18
FREE BEER HOBBY
OF CUBAN SENATOR
AUiatiOn
Map Bombing Test

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. - The
army's war birds will Swoop down
on Camp Stanley near San Antonio
Tex, on Nov. / and let loose power
full bombs in an attempt to destroy
a fleet of twenty worn-out, ground
ed airplanes.
This program of destruction, out
lined by the war department today
is designed to show whether frag-
mentation. or demolition bombs
would be more effective in a war
time raid against any enemy air.
drome.
First, the attackers will drop low
over Stanley field and drop de-
structive cargo of augmentation
bombs on the planes below. Then
they will rise to Swoop again, this
time letting loose 100-pound demo-
lition bombs.
What remains of the grounded
airplanes after these two raids viii
be attacked again with incendiary
machine gun bullets.