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The Washington times., 1930-04-08
HERALD HARBOR
ASKS HIGHWAY

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April "a
delegation Of more than 500 prop
erty owners Of the Herald Harbor
section Of the country will ap-
pear here today before the board
Of commissioners Of Anne Arundel
County to indorse improvement OF
the River Road from Iglehart's
station to Herald Harhor.
Many Of the delegation win be
residents Of Washington, who
have summer homes in Herald
Harbor. They will gather In
Washington, near Fifteenth and
II Streets Northeast and drive to
Annapolis in automobile caravan,
being Joined along the way by
other property owners Of the sec
ton.
"A short time ago when i'm.
provement Of the roads in the
Herald Harbor section was de.
cided upon, the question arose
as to whether the River Road
or the old, historic Generals
Highway should be improved.
The residents Of Herald Harbor
favored the. River Road. The
matter was left to the State
Roads Commission with the result
that the body favored the Cen
ara1sS TYiphuvav az being YS1nra
direct and otherwise more ad-
vantageous. ..
When the decision Of the COM
mission became known the Herald
Harbor advocates Of the River
Road began to organize their
movement In protest, resulting in
today'S demonstration.
The Washington times., 1930-04-08
Alexandria Puts Veto
On Fares Raise in City

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April g.
Acting under instructions from
the city council. City Manager
Lawrence and City Attorney
Carl Budwesky today attended
the hearing before the State
Corporation Commission on the
request of r. L. May to raise
the fares on the street car and
bus lines.
Council last night passed a
resolution opposing any increase
in the fare within the city limits
The commission will be told of
the councils stand by Lawrence
and Budwesky at the hearing.
The Washington times., 1930-04-08
Taft Mourning Ends,
Flags at FulI-Staff

Flags on public buildings were
again flown at full staff today as
the 30-day period during which
they were kept at half-Staff as q
token of respect to the. memory
Of the late william Howard Taft
has come to an end.
In addition to public buildings
here, postofficeS and other Fed
eral buildings throughout the
country observed the mourning
period.
The Washington times., 1930-04-08
Historic Virginia Sites
Viewed by Legislators

Historic sites in the tidewater
section Of Virginia were inspected
today by a committee Of the Pub.
lie Lands Committee Of the
House, accompanied by a group
Of Virginia state officials.
Yorktown, Jamestown and VIII
tamsburg are among the points
visited by the committee in con.
nection with the proposal to erect
Federal memorials there.
Representative era m ton, Of
Michigan, author Of the measures
appropriating funds for these
memorials, accompanied members
Of the COMMITTEES On the trip.
The Washington times., 1930-04-08
Grant to Tell of Plans
For RecreatiOnal Park

Lieut.. Col. U. s. Grant, Sd. will
outline the final plans for the
development of Burroughs Recre-
ational Park at Eighteenth and
Otis Street Northeast, at tonight's
meeting of the Burroughs Citi-
zens Association at the John
Burroughs School.
william Rabenhorst: president
Of the association, win tell the
members of the detailed arrange
ments made for the Fourth Of
July celebration.
The Washington times., 1930-04-08
Beard Cutting Contest
Over WMAL on Thursday

A blindfolded beard trimming
contest. the first of its kind
ever held, will be the unusual
feature of Thursdays broadcast
over WMAL by the Shampoo
Senators. TONY and Pete"
Three prominent beard wearers
have consented to sit for trim
mings. The contest viii be judged
by one barber from each of the
following cities, Baltimore, Wash
ington and Alexandria.
The Washington times., 1930-04-08
Fat Men Make Best
Husbands, Claims
French Critic

PARIS, April 8 U.N.S0-
Fat men make better huS.
bands, are generally in good
humor, are good eaters and
are filled with the joy of life.
More than that, nearly all thin
ladies like 'em. This is the
opinion of Georges Pioch, or.
ator and critic.
Lean men, he infers, are
consequently grouchy, selfish
and nervous. They are often
discontented with life and re-
sponsible for revolutions, he
goes so far as to say.
The Washington times., 1930-04-08
Inualid Wheels Self
IL Miles TO End
Life in Ocean

LONG BEACH, Calf, April
8 Q.N.SO.-How VILLA m
O'Brien, SIS, county poor farm
inmate and an incurable Grip
pie, pulled himself over IL miles
of country roads in a wheel
chair and then plunged into the
ocean from the end of a pier
was revealed here today. His
body has not been recovered.
The Washington times., 1930-04-08
Father Seeks Girl
Gone From Home a Day

A police search for Eva Box
well, 16, who has been missing
from her home in the 900 block
Ingraham st. N. W., for "a hours,
was instituted last night at the
instigation of her father, Marion
Boxwell.
The young miss when last seen
was wearing a blue coat and
dress and light shoes. She is
about 5ive feet, four inches tall,
weighs about 10 pounds, has
brown hair and eyes, and has a
dark complexion.
The Washington times., 1930-04-08
LIBRARY TO BE OPEN

ARLINGTON Va, April g.
The Arlington Community library
will be open to the public today
at 2 o'clock, according to an
announcement made by the presi-
dent. Mrs. J. B. Lowell.
The Washington times., 1930-04-08
WOMAN HURT IN FALL

Mrs. Harriet Fuller, SO, of the
1900 block Of I st. N. W., was
treated at Emergency Hospital
yesterday for bruises suffered in
q fall on the sidewalk at the
base Of Washington Monument.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Namesake of John Adams
Promises to Shun Rum

had issued a number Of times
during the morning:
Leave It alOne!"
o II sure will, Judge"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
SHEARER URGES
PAC|F|ST QUIZ

A demand that a Senate COM
mittee investigate the activities
of American pacifist organiza-
tons at the London Naval Con.
ference was made today in an
open letter addressed to Senator
Shortridge (RD of California by
William B. Shearer. who himself
was investigated by Shortridge's
committee because of his activi-
ties at the Geneva conference in
1927.
After citing press dispatches
from London concerning the
activities Of such organizations as
the Committee on the 'Outlawry
Of War. the Carnegie Foundation
for International Peace, the
Foreign Policy Association, and
the National Council for Proven
ton Of War, Shearer said:
II was investigated for up.
holding the Governments poll
Giles. Should not the above
named organizations be inveSti.
gated for opposing the Govern
ment'S pOIicieS?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

this depart
nent seemed
to be doing
the most bust
ness" of any
u n d er is
! ur tSdictton.
He DdS StDorn
in on Friday,
and on Sdtur-
day tDo muir.
derS occurred.
To make mat
tiers so m e.
WhGt worse,
there WdS an
attempted sui
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
LOAN
OPPOSED BY
SIMMONS
Warm Battle Is Promised
Over Plan to Have U. S. Aid
for New Municipal Center

Notwithstanding the develop
ment that Representative Robert
G. Simmons (R0 Nebraska, will
lead a House fight on the pro-
posal, the Senate District Com
mittee at its regular meeting to-
morrow will take up the recently
introduced Capper bill providing
that the Federal Treasury shall
loan the District government $15,.
100000 toward construction of the
Municipal Center. !
That sharp differences will crop
out between Senate and House
Committees having charge of Dis
trict legislation was forecast by a
speech made Saturday night by
Representative Simmons before
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations.
Hot Fight Li..ely
AS chairman of the District
subcommittee of the House APP.
preparations Committee Simmons
asserted he was against the $751;
100000 loan; that the District
ought to pay its own way. and
he would work for defeat Of the
bill.
However, this bill was said to
have been introduced by the Sen
ate District Committee chairman
with approval of members of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
now considering the District bud
get. Representative ; Simmons
therefore, may precipitate a lively
wrangle between Senate mad
House budget makers.
Taxi Insurance
At tomorrow's meeting the Sen
ate District Committee is also tc
conduct a hearing on the Cappel
bill empowering the Public Utili
ties Commission to require q
showing of financial responsible
ity" of all taxicab operators in the
District and to supervise and reg
ulate taxicab rates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

John Adams appeared in Po-
lice Court before Judge Robert
Mattingly to-day with a plea Of
guilty to a charge of drunken
ness.
Judge Mattingly asked the pris-
oner:
"Have you ever heard Of
John Quincy Adams, or Of
John Adams, his father"
Eyes, sir, I've heard Of John
Quincy Adams"
where does ne live?"
Adams pondered for a time,
then answered thoughtfully:
II think that gentleman's
dead now, your honor"
Judge Mattingly declared
Sternly:
"They were both Presidents
Of the United States. To think
that you would disgrace that
hOnOred name by coming here
to Police Court for being drunk.
/ will take your bond not to do
1t again."
AS Adams turned the Judge
repeated the warning which he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
EX-P0L|CEM MAN
HELD IN THEFT

Two men, one former police
man, were arraigned in police
court today, charged with the
theft of $50 from Charles r.
Sponge of Cabin John, Md, Thurs
day night.
William Murray, 80, Of the 1900
block Farragut st. N. W., former
policeman at the First precinct
and John "A. Reed, colored, %, are
alleged to have robbed the man OF
the money during Scuffle at
Reeds home in the 100 block
Seventh st. N. w.
The two men were arrested by
Detective Sergt. John Wise after
Sponge had furnished information
of their whereabouts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
TO Be
GIVEN CHARGE
Of STUDY
Preliminary Survey by Trade
And Official Groups Finds
Need of Remedy Is Urgent

Automobile parking in the Dis
trict is now so grave a menace
that the city must waste no
further time in tackling and ar
irving at a relief program.
This is the nubbin of a pre-
liminary survey made under the
auspices of the Park and Plan
ming Commission, the District
Commissioners, the local trade
bodies, and the Federation Of
Citizens Associations.
Expert Probe Asked
An intensive investigation will
develop a scientific plan Of
permanent relief is called for in
the report.
The business interests of Wash
ington are asked to raise a fund
Of $4,000 to conduct the probe,
along with assistance to be given
by the Federal Government and
the American Automobile Asso-
citation. q
It is proposed to employ as the
leading expert in the investiga-
ton DR.. Miller McClintock, Of
Harvard University, who is ma
tionally known because Of his
studies of parking and garage
conditions in many big cities.
Study Trade Needs
Primary attention will be given
to the central or congested dis
trict with special consideration Of
the problems of business and gov
ernmental areas and their inter-
relation, says the announcement
sent out by George Pitt, preSi-
dent of the Board Of Trade,
Charles w. Darr, Chamber OF
Commerce, and Mark LanSburgh,
president of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association.
The Traffic Bureau, the Police
Department and other interested
agencies will lend their assistance
in the inquiry. which will be put
under way before June If the
required funds are raised.
Direct benefits will accrue to
local business through the assur
ance that parking regulations will
be designed on the basis of sound
economic facts1 which will af-
ford a permanent protection
against unnecessarily restrictive
regulations, it is stated.
Stores Pledge Aid
Five leading department stores
already have agreed to give from
500 to $3.50 ach, and contribu
lions should be sent to Frank r.
Jelleff. treasurer of the special
committee on automobile parking,
Of which Col. U. 8. Grant Srd,
superintendent of public buildings
and parks, is chairman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House,
$3,565, 394.85. ..
New York Clearing House ex-
change, $519,OOO,OOO.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, $135, 100000.
Treasury balance. $240, 1852, 790.87D
Customs receipts, SIS, 500, 453 .48,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Memorial Exercises
" For MUlGSOLeunl Set

Arrangements for appropriate
memorial exercises at the Abbey
Mausoleum on Sunday before
Memorial Day were made at a
meeting held yesterday at the
Mausoleum. The services are
held annually. The committee in
charge selected at yesterdays
meeting are:
Edward c.. Potter, chairman;
Miss A. Boalo, secretary: r. E
Mitchell, M. G. Austrander, A. l.
Quesada, Mrs. F. x. Boucher,
Mrs. Chapman Trewhella, Mrs
c. Downey and Mrs. Lena V. Mac
InniS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
HO()VERS SEE.
| CH|LDREN'S !.
BIG FETE
Children Reap Real Harvest
BY Adopting As Parents
Tourists Who Seek Entry

AL the kids that could be
crowded into a 10 acre lot
damned into the south grounds
Of the White House today, had
themselves a grand and glorious
time, and, it must be related,
made considerable Of a mess.
The occasion was the annual
Easter Monday egg-rolling fete,
with President and Mrs. Hoover
aplaying host to juvenile Wash
ington.
Irrespective of race, color or
social position, the children
flocked down to the White House.
each clutching a basket of multi
colored eggs destined ultimately
to be ground into the grass Of the
south lawn through the involved
process of a series of games that
only kids can invent to play with
"a hard-bo1led egg.
Bargain in Parents
Egg-rolling, as it is called, Is
an event peculiar to the National
Capital. Every Easter Monday,
for years back, it has been the
custom of presidents to throw
open the south grounds and let
young Washington make a pic
mic Of it. About 10 of the 16
acres upon which the White
House is set are included In the
Vrear lawn, and within an hour
after the 9 o'clock opening OF
the gates they were teeming,
screaming mass Of budding hui
!. mainly.
By edict of George Akerson.
Secretary to the President, only
children 10 years of age and
under were to be admitted be
tween the hours of 8 and $3.50
One adult guardian could accom-
pany each child, and no more
This ruling, of course, resulted IN
a land-office business for a
group Of enterprising youngsters
who steered tourists past the pc
lice at the gate for so much
head, only to beat it out promptly
>on the street. find another Gus
toner and work" another gate
Concert to End Fete
The children of Secretary OF
Q Labor Davis. Secretaries AkerSon
and Newton Of the White House
staff, and a number of other so
cially prominent children were
early on the scene in the care OF
their mothers or prim governeSSeS
These youngsters found them
selves the targets for the photog
rapherS who ranged the lawn, but
they didn't have any better fun
than the little colored and foreign
born children from the poorer
section of the city who were
there with just as much right.
At $3.50 the gates were to be
thrown open to the general public
with the Marine Band rendering
q concert
While interest of the youngsters
in egg rolling centered chiefly in
President Hoover's back yard, u
other sections of the city had
tMneit. egg rolling too.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

GEN CnOSbh CIuS ana LJOO
cases of attempted criminal as.
SdtIt the same day.
. The new Commissioner re.
marked on this coincidence and
said he considered it an I'M
usual t0aVe OF crime for the
cftV. As q newspaper reader,
he said, he noted that these
events had been preceded By a
uave of quiet.
General CroSbu expects to de
uote considerable time in the
near future to becoming tDeu
acquainted NTH officials OF the
police department, he SGyS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
'SL.ANTSON
CAPITAL
PEOPLE

5 Mai. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby,
= new District Commissioner, has
the police department among
the branches of the municipal
government which he is to
Oversee.
Shortly after taking office,
GenerdG Crosby obSerUed that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Don't Endure Slipping
FALSE TEETH

Do your false teeth drop or slip
when you talk eat. laugh or snceze?
Don't be annoyed and embarrassed
to sprinkle on your plates holds teeth
firm, Gives fine feeling of security and
comfort. No gummy, gooey. pasty taste
or feeling. Get Fasteeth today at Lig-
gett's, peoples Drug Stores, or any other
drug store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
II. Diamond to GiUe
Talk on Radio Aid

Under the auspices of the
Standards Flying Club, H. Dia-
mond, Of the Bureau of Standards
will speak on radio Aids to Air
Navigation" in the East Building
Of the Bureau Of Standards, Con
necticut Avenue and Van Ness
Street, tomorrow night at 8
o'clock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-25
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Belligercnt Owl

A struggle between an owl and the
engineer of an electric express train
has been reported at Linkoeping, in
southern Sweden. The bird, probably
attracted by the headlights of the To-
connective, burst against one cab win
dow and broke the glass. Well in
side, it sank its claws into the Shout
ders of the motorman and attacked
him with its bill. The engineer could
not leave his grip on the switch, and
a fierce battle ensued while the train
raced on its way. At last the motor
man succeeded in strangling the bird,
which was an unusually large speci-
men.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-25
Cleanliness, but Hard
on Rest of the Outfit

After a 12-day voyage we arrived
at Brest, France in July, 1918. We
marched to the Pontanazan barracks
that afternoon. Our outfit was as
signed to two barracks, with prom
Use Of bath on Wednesday.
Water was very scarce there, and
at each end of the barracks assigned
to us was a barrel of water for
drinking purposes.
l happened to get up> about two
o'clock in the morning and leave the
barracks. On my return / saw Mike
Connors in the barrel taking bath.
/ told him that he should have known
better, as the water was very scarce
there. He said he knew that, but he
really did need the bath and couldn't
wait any longer.
"We'll drink out of the other barrel
at the other end of the barracks,
then" 1 commented.
II got my clothes in that one"
Mike assured me.-John ]. Boyle in
New York Telegram.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-25
Would you like to try
this doctors laxative
free of charge?

Every family has occasional need of laxative,
but it should be family laxative One that can't
form habit, but can be taken as often as needed.
When breath is bad or tongue coated Or appetite
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harmless herbs and pure senna It starts muscular
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is mild. Delicious Effective. All druggists keep
this famous prescription ready, in big bottles. Or
awite Dr. CdldaveUs Syrup Pebsin, Monticello, III,
for free trial bottle postpaid
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-25

historian OF this FESTIVAL. After these
walk demurely the pretty bride maid
ems escorting Maid Marian, the Queen
Of the May; follow other attending
girls. Comes a rumbling, creaking
sound-the oxen pull the great May
pole to its place of honor, and after
the May come medley of person
ages the hobby horses, the dancers,
the testers and the crowd All! The
The woodmen and the milkmaids dance
around it. The bagpipes play for
their steps; the testers and the hobby
horse are busy with buffoonery; ri
bald Friar Tuck attracts attention.
Now there is contest with the low
bow; prize of laurel and ribbons
is given to the winner, crown of ivy
to the second"
Finally the morris, or morrice, dane
ers come up to perform. These are
an energetic, talented crew. A Puri-
tan writer says Of them: "They have
their hobby horses, their dragons, and
other antiques, together with their
handle pypers and laundering drum
mers, then march this heather COM
pany, their pypers pyping, their
stumpes a dancing their bells ingling,
their handkerchiefs fluttering about
their heads like madde men,"
Morris dancing is a different thing
from the ordinary folk dancing done
by all at the May day fetes. Those
who did the morris dances were espe-
cially trained for it and were known
as 1.-THE morris men," Each village
of any pretension had its own troupe
The old men took pride in teaching
the youngsters the steps between
Easter and Whitsuntide each year.
Then on Whit Monday all went out
about the countryside dancing, and got
many piece Of silver for their
antics.
Their fiddler played early in the
morning ito entice 'em to dance"
and off they were with Screen Gar
tiers" around the pole The morris
men usually had their own fool. Some
times, too, they had in their troupe
that old-time burlesQue figure, the
''man-woman," who by the fantasy of
his costume and the indecency of his
conduct was constant delight to the
broad-minded Elizabethan audience.
Once the morris men have done
their turns the people, whose fete this
rightly is, may dance to their hearts
content. Men and girls dance prettily
together, doing the same steps that
their fathers and mothers did before
them.
The humblest of the village folk
had a share in the days merrymaking.
The chimney sweeps had their own
quaint dance to do. May day is the
sweeps holiday. They appear dressed
in fantastic costumes, little legend
of the sweeps dance is that once a
great lady lost her baby boy, and
some years later told an old sweep
about her misfortune. He replied that
his sweep, who was at the moment
up her chimney, had been a founding,
and when the boy came down she
"knawed'n be mark or summat on
'em,' and gave clothes and great
cheer to all the sweeps in the town
on the next May day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-25
Not Homesick

AIMS parents left her at her
grandmother's when they went East
last summer. The little girl seemed
quite contented for several days;
then one evening she wouldn't eat.
Her grandmother asked whether she
was homesick. NO" she answered,
I'm not. but my stomach wants to
go home"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-25
A UTOPIAN RHAPSODY

evil you be so good as to drive off
the track?" asked the motorman, and
the truck driver promptly pulled to
one side.
THANK you, ever and ever so
much" added the motorman with a
smile. you're a perfect dear!'
"You're very welcome" said the
truck driver, 'but you must pardon
my seeming carelessness: l really had
no idea your car was so near"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-25
Conclusive Evidence

"How do you know it was a stork
and not an angel that brought your
little brother?"
"Well, l heard daddy complaining
about the size of the bill, and angels
don't have bills"