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The Washington times., 1930-01-22
8 YOUTHS To CO
To AIR SCHOOL

Three young men from Wash
ington have been chosen to at
tend the Army Flying School at
Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas.
They are: James c. I.enihan, 1860
block Thirty-sixth st. N. W:
Walter G. Edwards, 100 block II
st. N. W., and Burns D. Price,
800 block II st. N. e.
The selections were made by
Mai. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief
Of the Air Corps. The training
school will open March l.
Altogether 239 candidates were
named for the school. 80 Of them
being civilians. There were lot
civilian candidates named for the
school at Riverdale, Calf.
The following candidates from
Maryland were also appointed: E,
Paul Fairbank, Charles B. Harbin
and George e. Horton, of Balti
more; Donald Eppley and Joseph
Leonard Jones, from SpellsCown.
The Washington times., 1930-01-22
ARE
PREPARED FOR
|. MERGERF|GHT

/ With the House District Com
mittee having already held q pub
lie hearing at which the objec-
tions Of the street railway COM
panies to the resolution permit
ting a merger Of transportation
facilities in the District were
aired, the Senate District Com
mittee tonight viii hold q public
hearing at which representatives
Of the riding public are expected
to express their views.
The Senate hearing win be con-
Quoted in Room 212 Of the Senate
Office Building, starting at 3
o'clock. The committee aban.
doned It's regular meeting room
In order to accommodate the large
crowd which is expected to attend
tonight's session.
viii Fight Measure
In addition to opposing the
form of the merger resolution
sponsored by Senator Arthur Cap
per, the Washington Railway and
Electric Company and the Capital
Traction Company have revealed
that they will fight the measure
on two principal points. These
are:
That the resolution curtails the
constitutional rights Of the coul-
panieS to appeal to the courts for
review of the decisions of the
Public Utilities Commission, and,
That it should not require that
the present rates Of fare be con-
tinued for a two-year period.
The section of the new merger
resolution dealing with the right
of the companies to appeal to
the courts is virtually the same
as the Blaine amendment to the
merger proposal Of the last Con-
greSS.
No Delay Expected
Prospects for a joint hearing
on the bill before subcommittee
of the Senate and House Dis
trict committees were rather in
the background today.
The subcommittee are likely
to work independently, but pro-
tracted hearings by either are
not likely. The street car merger
proposal has been before Con-
greSs for some time and there
seems a general disposition to
act upon it without further delay.
Representative Mcleod, as
spokesman for his subcommittee,
was to have seen Senator Cap
per late yesterday afternoon to
discuss "joint hearings" This
plan has been abandoned, at
least for q day or so.
The Washington times., 1930-01-22

N00NAN PLEADS
. FOR FARES IN
!. RAD|OGRAM

When John J. Noonan, erst,
while largest Of minority stock
holders in the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company, sup.
ports an idea he goes down the
line for IL.
NOonan Is the city's leading ex-
ponent Of half fares for school
children on the street cars. The
merger resolution now before
Congress would give the Public
Utilities Commission power to or
der such rates.
Noonan is In Brussels, Belgium,
but he hasn't forgotten his self.
appointed task Of aiding Wash.
ington's youngsters. Consequently
the Senate District Committee TO-
day received from Noonan In
Brussels a radiogram more than
800 words
The Washington times., 1930-01-22
Morris Cafritz Elected
Community Center Head

Morris Cafritz was elected
president Of the Jewish Com.
munity Center at the annual
election Of officers at the center
last night. Other officers named
were:
E. I. Kaufman, first vice p:esi.
dent; Morris Gewirz. second vice
president; Morris Garfinkle, thlcd
vice president: Charles A. COLD
smith, treasurer; Harry Viner, as.
sistant treasurer: Abe Shelter.
man. recording secretary and Moe
Gutenberg, corresponding secre.
tary,
The Washington times., 1930-01-22
POLICE DENOTE
DETECTIVE

Ernest e. Thompson, O de-
tective sergeant for several years,
yesterday was denoted to private
at the Sixth precinct, and his
place win be filled by Charles E.
Mansfield, assigned heretofore as
a private at police headquarters.
It was stated that Thompson's s
demotion resulted from q com.
plant made by q woman that
she had seen him under the In
fluence Of liquor. The woman,
however, refused to testify against
him before the police trial board,
saying he had committed no i'm.
proper act.
Private John C. Dahlglisch was
transferred from plainclOtheS
duty at Union Station to take
Mansfield'S place on the narcotic
squad at headquarters. Private
Sidney II. Miles was transferred
to Union Station.
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Apartments Of all sizes and types can
be located through uePtsaRl Of TimAa
The Washington times., 1930-01-22
MAJOR CAMPBELL PROPOSED AS CITY HEAD
MEN
! SEE HOOVER IN
HIS BEHALF

Another Richmond in the field
lot candidates for the District
Ccmmissionership made his bow
today.
The name Of Major Bruce r.
Campbell, u. s. A., retired, whose
home for the past eight years
has been In this city at 1916
Emerson st. N. W., was presented
TO President Hoover by a group
Of members of Congress from
Kentucky, including Representa-
tives Blackburn, Craddock, Ken
dali, Langley, and Walker.
! The President was Informed
that Major Campbell, who is 40
years Of age and who retired
from the Army in 1922 because
Of physical disability, was ex.
ceptionally qualified as an execu.
tive to become a Commissioner OF
the District. He served 20 years
in the Army, rising from the
ranks to become a major In the
World War, in which he served in
the Rainbow Division in France.
Merely Feelers
While this name was being
added to the White House list
Of candidates for the post, rumors
and counter-rumors were afloat
with regard to the plans of PreSi
dent Hoover for the new admin
istration Of the municipality
which he will soon whip into
shape.
For the most part these rumors
are without the shadow Of an
authoritative source and are
often put out as "feelerS" to
find out what reaction the White
House shows when it is con
fronted with them.
D A mere inquiry by the Presi
dent regarding the advisability OF
the qualifications of q, certain
candidate is sufficient to start
q new crop of these rumors
Friends Of various candidates in
& dulge in this rumor-mongering
often to the distinct disadvantage
Of the men whose claims they
are intended to promote.
There seems to be no doubt
| that the President is giving long
and hard consideration to the
problem Of making Washington a
model city.
He regards the appointment of
two District Commissioners as one
Of the most important choices
that have come before him. There
! will be no haSty action on his
part, 1t has been indicated. He
win make every effort to obtain
the type Of men he wants for the
post.
No local appointments are to be
expected from the White House
for a week or more, it was learned
today. It is even possible that at
least one Of the current District
Commissioners may be asked tc
, serve beyond the expiration of his
present term in February to per
NIT the President more time tc
look over the field of candidates
The Washington times., 1930-01-22
Mercy Asked for Boy
Who Fled Lorton

Leniency has been recommended
for Archibald Lyles, 20-year-old
Lorton Reformatory prisoner cap
tured in Washington a few days
ago following his escape to see
his mother who is Ill In q District
hospital. Many persons, moved
by the thoughtfulneSs of the
youth, have sent letters to Cap
tain Barnard asking that the boy
be treated lightly for his escape.
1t became known yesterday,
however. that LyleS had stolen
the clothes he wore to his
mothers bedside and other ap-
parel valued at $179 from cloth.
The Washington times., 1930-01-22

ing store in Alexandria, Va.
He will be tried on the grand
larceny charge, Alexandria police
said, when he Is released after
finishing his two-year sentence at
the reformatory.
The clothes were stolen from
the Cohen Clothing Company In
the Virginia city, police charged,
after they had checked up the
clothes worn by Lyles when he
was captured at the hospital and
other clothing he left in a room
ing house at Fourth and H
Streets Northwest. He entered
the clothing store through a tran.
som, 1t was charged.
The Washington times., 1930-01-22
Annul1nent Suit Filed
BY Mrs. Sarah F. Hilton

That he was married previously
and never divorced is alleged in
the annulment suit of Mrs. Sarah
r. Hilton. 1000 block K St. N. W.,
against Raymond M. Hilton, Of
Jessup, Md, filed in Equity Court
through Attorney William Wen
dell.
Mrs. Hilton says she married
Hilton last May % only to dis
cover later that he was the un-
divorced husband of Rena Mont
gomery, whom he had married
september 26, 1928.
The Washington times., 1930-01-22
Building Employer
Executives Hold Meet

The first meeting Of the execu.
tive committee Of the newly or.
ganized Building Trades Employ.
ers Association was held at the
National Press Club.
Members Of the association de
MED published reports to the ef,
feet that the Operative Builders
and the Builders and Manifac.
turers Exchange were CONNECTED
with the new organization,
The Washington times., 1930-01-22
HEAD HURT IN FALL

Falling on the ice at Vermont
Ave. and N. st. N. W., yesterday
morning, Gresham Cole, colored,
81, of the 900 block N st. N. W..
severely injured the back Of his
head. At Emergency Hospital,
where he was treated by DR.. E.
G. Pfanner. his condition was
said to be serious.
The Washington times., 1930-01-22

the Murphy
boys of Rock
Valley. Iona,
to make good
In the big
city. He is a
broth er OF
DR.. Emmet
J. Murphy,
already eStGb-
HShed as q
C h troprGctW
OF the Ma
tion'S Capital.
Paul came
to Washing
ton in 1922.
His ambition
The Washington times., 1930-01-22
CITIZENS TO MEET
Times Staff Photo

The AnacoStia Citizens Associa.
ton will hold its regular monthly
meeting this evening at 8 o'clock
in the Masonic Temple, Four
teenth and U SITS. s. e.
The Washington times., 1930-01-22
SLANT son
CAD nTAl
The power Of suggestion Is
one reason why epidemics Of
diseases seem to run in cycles,

according to
D r. w IL
Ii A M c..
FOWLER, vet
eran Health
Officer Of the
District.
When Stor-
les arc pub
liShed in the
n e W s pepers
t ellin & Of
waves Of flu.
or parro t
fever, or any
other popular
and modiSh
illness. many
The Washington times., 1930-01-22

IAN Around The Town are the de-
strable vacancies advertised IN Times
Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-01-22


persons read them, including
in the perusal of the epidemic
stories the account Of symp-
toms.
Such Of the readers as may
be feeling badly are mighty
likely to think that their own
symptoms check up with those
described and will so state to
their private physicians The
physicians, DIR. Fowler says, are
also themselves not above being
moved by the power OF Sugges-
tion in some cases.
PAUL JAMES MURPHY, gen.
erGl counsel for the Capital
Title Company, is the second of
The Washington times., 1930-01-22

Apartments Of I'll sizes and types can
be located through peFHsRl OF Times
Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-02-12
Have You Written a Letter Yet
Regarding COmmissiOnership?

mouse letters OF endorsement OF
Maj Gen. Herbert B. Crosby District Commissioner
twenty times those received opposition
to the appointment
indication letters come per-
sona friends Of General Crosby speaking only for themselves
from organizations representing large numbers of citizens
is also quite possible that many citizens who firmly BE-
ieve in the principle of home rule that
White House Judging sentiment by the number letters
written to the President.
Any false impression of the real attitude majority
citizens of the capital very easily be corrected by
tensive letter writing campaign if that is necessary.
The impressive thing the Board of Trade represent
ing $500 of the leading business and professional of the
city the Chamber of Commerce. representing 1000 cit
similar high caber both have gone op
posed to the appointment.
The Trade unonist official organ of the Central Labor
Union of Washington representing $4,000 workers. also
opposing the appointment.
The Northeast Citizens Association, the Piney Branch
Citizens Association and the Stanton Park Citizens Asso
ton have adopted resolutions uphodng the home rule pnc
pie and indicating that General Crosbys appointment would
be unacceptable.
When the trainers of the organic act incorporating
municipality specified that two Of Commissioners should
be civilians they doubtless had distinct They did
want the capital entirely under rule of military officers
There many Washngonians who still think that it
would be mistake to put the balance of in
city the hands of military who represent
the Army, and Army methods, and Army viewpoints
The lawmakers in specifying civilians had in mind that two
three Commissioners should truly represent the people
of Washington, should know their problems and their desires
should be chosen from among their own number.
Our civilian Commissioners should be persons who have
identified themselves with civic affairs, who have taken
real part the activities Of civic organizations who
known acquainted with the Capitals problems and the
views people regarding merely estmable and
capable individuals whose knowledge of the Cys affairs
limited newspaper reports and firesde discussions
The last vestige of self that the danchsed
people the Capital retain is the privilege Of having two Of
their Commissioners picked from among their active civic
spirited fellow citizens
they deprived of this privilege they will be dis
! Gfranchsed indeed. ,--4---->
The Washington times., 1930-02-12
DON'T HIT A TACK WITH A
TRIP-HAMMER
RH Herbert Kaufman

ESPERATIoN cannot pause split hairs crisis must be
met with the abest nstrumentalites that emergency
affords
Thus dynamite used check the spread Of an extraO
dnary confagration The fact that structures within
the wrecked be unnecessarily destroyed In the pro-
cess is unfortunate, but unpreventabie' . =, 49,
War cannot be waged without given percentage OF non
cOmbaan fatalities Wherever the clock takes arbitrary com
mand of military civic institutions ana maj
vdua caught in the line Of fire. are apt TO be numbered
with objective victims go
The conviction of Ruth st. Claire Just condemned to life
imprisonment for shopfng apty illustrates such situation
The Baumes ac which Judge Levine prOtestngy
compelled to impose capital penalty intended its drastic
provisions only to discourage crimes of violence
The Baumes invoked for the very reason that
martial law is declared-to meet extremity with which
moderation could not cope.
There are times when society forced to fight terrorism
with terrorism with brutality The outlaw creates
the vigilante.
The ncapacy of previous deal with bandry
and rakeeerng left alternative but equivalent ruthless
ness.
The Baume act is an outraged publics incent
anarchy The Baumes is Aexandrne sword, forged
to cut the tricky knots with which specous legal practice
had tied the hands of prosecution.
national police system suddenly found ineffective against
gangstes operating in automobiles and armed
with machine guns stink bombs and smoke daily
demonstrated its impotence halt the epidemic of assaults
killings and hdnappngs, which being staged
crowded streets and in the hearts of every metropolis.
camora of hired assassns and backmailers was roofing
and fourshing Crooked politicians etaking off
as and greedy legal emnence were rapidly taking service in
the organization
And these dirty pickloc daily blocking retributve
action.
Citizens finally lost faith in integrity the courts
themselves demanded from the arsenals of authority
weapon which could be DETECTED by wardboss influence
academic technicality.
The Baumes act was so designed. But it essentially
signed for crimes against the not crimes against
property.
Legislation plan revive the barbarc codes that
categoried counerfeng forgery poacng and pocket
picking gallows offenses.
It did not weave this unbreakabe pcaroons
ngs milk bottle raiders poor drug wastrels who
might occasionally loot store counter.
The St. Claire conviction won't stand. The Judge who
sentence pleads for its reversal District Attorney
the inappropriate verdict The united press
of Manhattan insists upon executive interference
Ruth St. Claire shan join the fer colony Sing Sing
and the Baumes will commit any other shopfter
to expiate behind bars TO her last hour.
The Baumes will be amended-ust the Vosead act
will be amended-o conform with and enlightenment
The punishment that does fit the crime unworthy
of discipline and with the humane
and logical moods of progress
by the MrrorIn
The Washington times., 1930-02-12
LISTEN WORLD!
Should Oar Courts Help This Racket
By Elsie Robinson

, affections are hers for exactly
as long as he voluntarily gives
them to her and for
not a second longer. Love, like
the wind, bloweth where it
liSteth.
A gentleman may be an utter
idiot to prefer a blonde when
he has perfectly good bru-
nette at home. And he should
undoubtedly exert all decent ef-
forts to keep his heart from
Straying. BUT HE DOESN'T
COMMIT A CRIME IF HIS
AFFECTIONS COOL
AND NO COURT SHOULD
HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUN
ISH HIM AS IF HE HAD
OR EXACT DAM
AGES" FROM THE OTHER
WOMAN.
The Other Woman may be
as great an idiot as the man,
but she Is NOT a thief. No
one can break up a home"
that isn't already badly dented
from within. No one can alien
ate a love that doesn't want to
be alienated.
A wife that can't keep a huS-
bands love, or husband that
can't keep a wife'S love, may
be entitled to sympathy, but
certainly not to damages.
But if such awards serve to
protect other women?"
That theory is also OUT. No
sensitive, proud woman would
want or welcome such pro
lection" Such women do not
desire loyalty that is given
through force or fear and they
resent such practices as an in
suit to their sex.
Ladies who seek compenSa-
ton for "alienated affections"
are in exactly the same case
with those who. through
breach of promise suits" seek
damages for impaired purity.
IF MONEY CAN FIX EN-
UP THEY AREN'T WORTH
FIXING.
And we. as citizens. are in
mighty small business when we
lend our courts to promote their
racket.
The Washington times., 1930-02-12
THE MARRY
.GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland
SideIights on Love

SideIights on Love
A LAS, poor man! After all,
"A his life is something Of a
struggle. living up to his
mothers ideal, his wife's am
bitions, his daughters demands
and his mother-in-law'S "rredic-
tions."
The modern girl has learned
to use her MIND-but three
quarters of her heavy thinking
is devoted to the problem of
whether to let her hair grow
out or not.
Rivalry only adds flavor to a
mans love. It gives him rather
a kick to have to stand in line
and struggle with a lot of
others for woman'S favor. But
no woman relisheS the thought
that she is only among those
present" in a mans affections.
When a man starts in for a
love affair these days the first
thing he does is TO make a
mental note Of all the exits and
emergency escapes.
The old-fashioned woman
used all her wits and both
hands to hold on to her nus
band; but the modern girl fan
cieS that she is sufficiently
ambidextrous to hold on to her
job and her independence with
one hand and keep a man in
line with the other.
Many a wife is aStoNiShed to
see her husbands gallantry sud-
denly burst into flower at a
party. long after it has gone
into such a coma at home that
she has to pry his feet off a
chair before she can sit on it.
Take away a mans fountain
pen, his pocket knife, his key
ring and his watch. and some
how he feels as though you had
robbed him Of his last claim
to masculine distinction
Perhaps all these fluffy new
fashions merely signify that
woman has reached the point
where she has discovered that
in order to be a mans equal
there is really no necessity for
being his counterpart.
A woman may lose her jllu-
SionS about man and still love
him, but when he wrecks her
illusions about HERSELF, her
love turns to vinegar.
The Washington times., 1930-02-12

AN irate female, by name
"A Mrs. Mabel Manton, wants
the court to award her $780, 900
damages against Marjorie Ram
beau, the actress, for aliena-
ton of Mr. Manton's affections.
And as we go to press it looks
as if the court would do what
she asks.
Nothing unusual in that.
Such suits are going on every
day. This alienation idea has
become one of oHr Most Profit
able Rackets. And far be it
from me to spike any hard
working girls guns. But as
taxpayer, who helps support
the courts of the country,
rise to ask
HOW COME? WHY SHOULD
OUR EXPENSIVE LEGAL MA
CHINERY BE USED BY MAD
MAMAS FOR STICKUP PUR,
POSES? ON WHAT GROUNDS
ARE ALIENATION SUITS
GIVEN LEGAL STANDING?
The answer, of course, is OBJ
viouS on the grounds that
marriage gives men and women
a property right in each other.
and that the theft" of
such property constitutes lar
ceny, as surely as Stealing the.
family plate. This idea origi-
mated way back in the good old
days when gentlemen rated
their wealth according to the
amount of female-on-the-hoof
they possessed. Suffrage has
merely made a bad matter
worse by giving women recip-
rocal rights in papaS. But the
whole theory is still a hang
over from the dark ages and
has nothing to do with civilized
standards. 1t is also an absurd
violation of all psychological
facts.
No one can rob you Of any,
thing you don't possess.
And wives do not own hus-
bands.
Nor do husbands own wives,
A wife has a claim upon a
husbands support and a share
in his property, but she does
not own the man himself. His
The Washington times., 1930-02-12
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY Dr.. Louis e. Bisch-

THE easiest thing in the world
= to do is to follow the lines
Of least resistance.
That is what hundreds and
thousands of individuals do.
And that is why so many just
get by and why so many fall.
When we feel tired and worn
out, it's natural to leave well
enough alone" and rest con-
tent.
When we have tried hard and
failed, it's SO easy to say, "Oh,
what's the use!"
When we see others of lesser
ability succeeding and leaving
us behind. We are bound to won
der whether there is any justice
in the world.
Encouragement always lays
us low. It incapacitates us and
puts us out of the running ex-
actly like a disease. It blinds
us to the possibilities of the fu-
ture. It diStorts the whole out
look. 1t is paralyzing!
When encouragement comes
Is just the time we must be
careful! When encouragement
grips us. the danger of compro-
missing with life is imminent!
Never. never accept second
best, when once you have set
your heart on reaching a GER
tain goal:
Don't falter! Keepson try
ing!
What does it matter if you
fail a dozen times. if finally
you do at last succeed?
Whatever is worth achieving
is worth fighting for. If it
were easy to achieve, everybody
would get there as quickly as
you. Would the object of your
desires then appear as worth
while and desirable as it does
now?
Each year thousands o:
young men and women start
joyfully and hopefully on the
road of life. Were it suggested
to any of them that some day
they would feel discouraged and
be willing to compromise and
be satisfied, they would con-
slider themselves inSulted.
Yet, is it not true that thou
sands who have gone before
them have done that very
thing? They. too. thought they
were exceptions. They also be
lieved that nothing could daunt
them. But they succumbed Just
the same. They did. sooner OF
later. compromise with life!
Don't consider yourself an
exception! You may be, olu
don't think it! Play safe and
be constantly on the alert. Be
ever watchful of the easiest
way that is willing to accept
Second best and leave well
enough alone!
Such constant alertnesS on
your part will take you a long
way toward success.
You will reach the goal of
your ambitions quicker Dy that
route.
And all the while you will be
happier and more content.
You will feel that you have
lived worth1ly and that life Is
worth living,