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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
100000 ON FORD
ROLLS TOMORROW
"ThouSandS of Others to Re-
sumo Work in industries
Supplying Plants"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
DETROIT, January 10.-The Ford
Motor Co., which yesterday announced
the recall of additional workers In its
various plants throughout the country,
today said the total pay roll strength
on Monday will reach 100000 men.
OF these, $4,000 will be employed at
the Rouge plant here The daily wage
of the latter, the company statement
said, will be in the neighborhood Of
$500, 900.
Most of the men ordered to return on
Monday were laid of December ID,
when an inventory suspension was an
nounced. For three months prior to
that time they were on three-day-a-
week schedule. Today's announcement
made no reference to a change in that
program.
The statement said that simultane-
ously with the resumption Of produc-
ton thousands of others will resume
employment in the various industries
that supply Ford with parts and mate
rails, on the railroads and In other bust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

Palestine has twice as many textile
establishments as before the World War.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

So that pre,show buyers may have
an opportunity to Buy NosV and
Buy Right Peerless makes YOU
a proposition Today that means
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
transportation at the same time.
Peerless is offering trade allow
ances SC liberal that you can't
afford to turn them down. Peer,
less gives you SO much more for
your old car that it is cheaper to
trade it than to drive it through
the winter and pay the extra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
ARCHBISHOP INVITED
TO BE BANQUET GUEST
League Of Laymen Retreatants ia
Hear Prominent Clerical and
Lay Speakers January 81.

Archbishop Michael ]. Curley of Bal
timore will be guest of honor at the
fifth annual banquet Of the League of
Laymen Retreatants at the May
flower Hotel January 81.
Prominent clerical and lay speakers
viii address the gathering. Walter D.
Beller of st. Gabriel's parish, is gen.
eral chairman Of the committee in
charge Of arrangements. Harleigh H.
Hartman, vice chairman of the Public
Utilities Commission, Is heading the
Committee on Reception George H.
O'Connor, Washington entertainer, Is
chairman of the Committee on Enter
tainment and Anthony j. Barrett heads
the Committee on Speakers.
William Joseph Neale of st. AIMS
parish and Dolen s. Donohoe of st.
Peters will receive loving cups this
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
WILL HEAR |. B. SWIFT
Reports and Election VIII Also
Feature 4eth Anniversary Meet
ing Tuesday.

The forty-ninth anniversary meeting
Of the Associated Charities, which vii
Be held at 8 O'Clock Tuesday evening
"a Barker Hall, IN the Y. W. @. A
building at Seventeenth and K streets
via be featured by q discussion OF
Present Trends In Family Social
Work"
The principal speaker viii be Linton
D. Swift, executive secretary Of the
Family Welfare Association Of America.
It was under the auspices Of this or
Ranization that the recent study OF
family welfare work In Washington
vas made for the Council of Social
Agencies by Francis H Mclean, the
associations field secretary.
Brief reortS by members Of the As
ISOLATED Charities and the annual cleo
ton Of officers and directors also are
scheduled. Coleman Jennings, presi-
dent of the charities group, viii pre-
side
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

nesses whose operations are linked with
those Of Ford"
The most recent employment figures
announced by the Chevrolet Motor Co.
placed the total at ,101 workers. w.
S. KnudSen, president and general
manager, said today that the total was
expected to reach 10000, a normal OPP
Grating force, during the current month.
Chevrolet went into new-model pro-
duction in November, when it turned
out As, 900 cars. December production
totaled 64,018 units, Knudsen said, with
the January schedule calling for 10000
units.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

service and repair charges that
are sure to face you.
Selling conditions have changed.
This is buyers market. Margins
must be cut. Values must be in.
creased. Extra inducements must
be offered. Peerless knows this
and has been the first to adjust its
plants and plans to newconditions.
That's why Peerless today can
give you the biggest dollar worth
Of automobile value ever put
before the people of Washington.
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BRAND NEW 1881 PEERLESS FIGHTS
INCLUDING DUPLICATES of SHOW CARS

and colors-complete equipment-no extras to
buy Exact duplicates of special show cars with
special equipment at no extra cOst-and offered
the same liberal trading basis as other models.
We unhesitatingly state that in our opinion,
these beautiful new 1891 Peerless Eights-ofered
at such astounding cOncessions-represent the
greatest transportation value ever offered. This is
Your OPPORTUNITY. Take advantage Of it NOW!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

F r E E
IS dollar heater In.
stalled in every car.
Special free oiling
and greaSing service
for six months. Free
equipmentandmany
other special fea.
lures included with
every car purchased.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
SONG Racket
|ND|CTS Z
Times Staff Photo

The first of the "song sheet
racketeers" to be hit in the war
of the copyright owners were in
dicted by the District Grand Jury
today for alleged violation of the
copyright laws The complain,
ants were Harms, Inc, Carl
Fischer, Inc, and Famous Music
Corporation.
Joe Dafostino. 937 H st. N. W.,
and Abe Schrott, who is said to
conduct a newsstand at the
Veterns Bureau, are those in.
dicted. The songs alleged to have
been sold in vxiolation of the
copyright laws are Three Little
Words" Betty Coed" and
"Baby's Birthday Party"
Both defendants are said to
have sold to the public sheets
containing both the words and
music to parts Of the songs. Un
der the law, it is claimed that
the copyrighted words and music
cannot be sold without pernis
sion of the copyright owners.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
SCHOOLS To FIX
RESTRICTION

A policy regulating attendance
of nonresident children from the
District public schools probably
will be formulated at a meeting
of the Board of Education this
afternoon, it was indicated today.
This actiOn will follow an
opinion handed down yesterday
by Corporation Counsel William
w. Bride in which he declared
the board has the right to ex-
cIude nonresident children il their
attendance creates congestion.
The opinion was handed down
following a request from DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of schools, regarding the inter
probation of the law governing
the admission to the local schools
of pupils living in nearby Mary
land and Virginia.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
ROVER PONDERS
HUFF'S PLEA

United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover is taking under advisement
the request of Albert Huff, of
Hume Springs, Va, to place the
Staying of his son, William Huff,
before a new Grand Jury with
view to obtaining a murder in
dictment against Hurtha Ira
Dulaney.
The elder Huff came to Mr..
Rover's office with a declaration
that his son was shot down in
cold blood and that his slayer
should be punished. He asserted
that the rush in presenting the
case to the present Grand Jury
had resulted in Dulaney's exon
Grafton and that the presentation
should have waited until public
opinion had cooled.
Mr.. Rover was nOn-cOmmittal
as to the course he will follow in
the matter, but indicated that he
would present the case again if
additional evidence should be dis
covered to warrant a new hearing.
Young Huff was killed by Du-
laney when the latter found him
in his wife's apartment after he
had been warned to cease his at.
tentions to her. He admitted the
shooting. but claimed the "un-
written law" as his defense. The
couple are now reconciled.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
EP WOMAN TELLER
{ AGAIN INDICTED.
WOOD To KEEP
GAS JOB HERE

George A. G.. Wood president
of the Washington Gas Light
Company, is soon to be made vice
president of the Central Public
Service Corporation of Chicago,
it is reported. He is scheduled
to remain here as president of
the local gas company.
At a meeting of the board of
directors of the Washington Gas
Light Company today the follow.
ing resolution was adopted:
''In view of the statements
which have recently appeared
in the public T-esS and rumOrs
which have been circulated con-
Cerning an alleged change in
the personnel of the presidency
of the Washington Gas Light
Company, the board of directors
expresses regret that such false
reports have become current
and announce that at the or
ganizatiOn of the board, held
in February, each of the pres
ent officers. including President
Wood. were elected for the year
ending February IL, 1882. and
that no changes are COntem-
plated"
Assistant Corporation Counsel
William A. Roberts returned last
night from Boston and New
York, where he has been investi
eating the possible connection OF
the local gas companies with the
Central corporation.
Corporation Counsel William w
Bride announced the findings will
be turned over to the Department
of Justice, which is also investi
eating ownership of the gas com
pany.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
SLUMP CAUSES
SCRAMBLE FOR
j. s. JOBS
Positions That Brought Few
Applicants in Past Years
Now Sought by Thousands

A Government job is the objec-
tive of thousands throughout the
country who are suffering from
the national-wide wave of unem-
ployment. The scramble for places
in the Federal service has been
markedly reflected in the huge
number of applications which
have flooded the Civil Service
Commission in the examinations
held so far this year.
For many positions open in the
Government service as many as
five times the number of appli-
cants have sought the jobs this
year as applied in 1890. Nearly
double the inquiries concerning
Federal jobs are being received.
Engineers Crowd Lists
During recent years., it has been
difficult to fill minor engineering
positions, recruited from techni-
cal schools. This year, the examl-
nation for junior chemist brought
4,370 applications as compared
with 1,241 last year.
A similar increase has been
shown in the number seeking the
lower paid positions for which
special training is unnecessary
In the last examination for assist
ant and junior messenger for the
departmental service in Washing
ton, 2,411 applied, whereas fewer
than 1,1OO applications were filed
in the previous test.
5000 Compete for Job
Announcement that positions
as assistant lay inspector in the
Bureau of Animal Industry were
open this year brought more than
5000 competitors for those places.
There were $500 applications who
had answered the previous call.
According to officials Of the
commission, the result OF the
greater demand for Federal jobs
has been the opportunity Of the
Government to obtain a much
higher type of persons for posi-
tions in the Government service.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
MEASURE
FOR ECONOMY,
EFFICIENCY
Navy and Shipping Agents
Would Manage Vessels by
Marine, Presidents Plan

Requisition of all ships of more
than $500 tons by the Shipping
Board at the outbreak of war
was recommended today to the
War Policies Commission by
Philip A. S. Franklin, president
Of the International Mercantile
Marine, and wartime chairman
Of the shipping control commit
tee.
Mr.. Franklin said that afer all
the ships had been requisitiOned,
the Shipping Board should turn
over to the Navy all of the YES
sells which it desires to use as
transports. The remainder would
be operated by owners as agents
for the Government.
U. S. Would Rule Cargo
Under Mr.. Franklin's plan, the
government would specify the
kinds of cargo and amount to be
transported, but would not state
particularly what ship was to
carry each cargo. After the war
the ships would be restored to
their original condition and re
turned to their owner, who would
be paid a fair compensation, thus
preventing profiteering.
Homer L. Ferguson, president
Of the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing and Dry Dock Corporations,
told the commission that the prin-
cipal thing to be considered in
regard to shipping in wartime
was the knowledge on the part
of the government of the kind
and types of ships which it would
want.
Would Cut Profits
The best way to remove ex-
cess profits from war, Mr.. Fer
guson said, is through the re-
capturing method under the
taxation power.
Howard E. Coffin, wartime
chairman of the Aircraft Pro
duction Board and member Of
the Naval Consulting Board, ad-
vanced two suggestions for pre-
arrangement for war.
He advocated the placing by
the War and Navy departments
with industrial firms of "educa-
orders, made without bidding,
tional orders" Through these
Mr.. Coffin said. industry would
be able to maintain an effective
plant for wartime production.
His other suggestion was the
creation of an industrial reserve,
made up of highly skilled men
essential to industry, who would
be exempted from military SER
vice in the event of war,
The Washington times., 1931-03-18

Despite her acquittal several
weeks ago on charges of making
false entries on the books of the
Second National Bank, where she
was employed as a teller, Miss
Dora L. Davis, of Laurel, Md,
today was reindicted on similar
charges by the District Grand
Jury. The alleged peculations
covered in the new indictment oc-
Cured at later dates than the
ones specified in the previous
charge.
Eight counts are contained in
the present indictment. Four &C.
cuse Miss Davis of making false
entries en- the banks books and
the other four allege embezzle-
ment of the amounts covered by
the false entries. The alleged
embezzlements were 5000 on April
80, 1923; $323.75 on October IS,
1923; $184 on May 16, 1929, and
$189 so on May 81, 1929.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
Policeman FACING
Charge of Assault

The police trial board today Is
considering charges of a55aulting
a prisoner filed against Policeman
Joseph H. Ellinger, who IS alleged
to have struck a 19-yeAc lid boy
with a crank handle Oh Febru-
ary "a.
The trials of Policemen Cecil
Showalter and Olin D. Rogers,
charged with intoxication, were
deferred until later date. Sho-
walter is paymaster of the Police
Department, and Rogers IS assist
ant property clerk.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
WILL 60 To.
COvRT,H
ASSERTS
Peoples Counsel Responds
to Letter of P. U. C. Asking
Company for Agreement

Peoples Counsel Richmond B.
Keech declared today he will
intervene in the event the Public
Utilities Commission and the
Potomac Electric Power Company
90 into court with an agreement
in the electric rate consent de.
cree wrangle.
Wants Decree Scrapped
Mr.. Keech favors scrapping of
the consent decree, the absolute
divorce of the court from the
fixing of electric rates and bi-
lateral agreement between the
company and the commission in
the fixing of rates.
If the commission and the
company come to an agreement
to modify the decree, Mr.. Keech
declared he will go into court
and urge it's vacating.
Mr.. Keech made this state
ment in response to the letter
written by the commission yester-
day to the company, urging an
agreement and limiting at court
action in the event no agree
ment is reached in an effort to
modify the decree.
Slap at Mr.. Keech
A portion of the letter, inter-
preted by many as a. slap at
Mr.. Keech, declared:
"The argument that the
procedure just outlined is not
feasible because the Peoples
Counsel has announced his Op-
position thereto is manifeStly
unsound. The decree in ques-
tion was handed down after an
agreement between the litigants
and if they Jointly ask for
modification of it, it seems Ger.
tain that the court would not
be influenced by the interven-
tiOn of any other party who
attempted to interpOse an OBJ
lection or who chose to attack
the validity of the decree or
the courts jurisdiction"
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
NEW WAGE BILL
MAY DRIVE OUT
CONTRACTORS
Deadlock Is Reached on Davis
Act Fixing Pay Scale for
U. S. Government Work

Withdrawal of leading con-
tractors from new Federal build
ing projects is threatened as a
result of the impending enforce
ment of the Davis act, aimed to
stabilize wage scales on all pub
lie works.
This is the result of a split
over the manner in which the
law is to be applied and the pro,
cedure to be followed by the
various departments in the process
of bidding and the awarding Of
contracts.
Completely At Odds
The Associated General Con-
tractors and it's members are
now so completely at odds with
the Budget Bureau, the Supervis-
ing Architect of the Treasury,
over the new legislation that a
compromise does not appear
likely before the law goes into
effect next month.
The contractors believe the law
should be so construed as to have
the Federal Government itself Tx
the prevailing rate" of wages at
the time bids for new projects are
announced, so that the competi'
tive bidders may have some OF,
ficial guidance on this point in
framing their offers.
Unless there is some eleventh
hour change in the situation, no
agency of the Government will
consent to do this.
Secretary DOak Balks
Secretary of Labor Doak de-
clared today that his department
was not in the wage-fiXing busi'
ness. He said:
"The law does not compel the
Government to pre-determine
wage scales. There is no rea-
son why we should do so. The
contractors will have no diff
Guilty in 80 per cent Of eases in
determining what the prevailing
rates in the different trades
and in different cities are. 1t
does not seem to me that their
contention is well founded"
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES

ROCKVILLE, Md, March 10
Marriage licenses we're issue
here to John H. Alcorn, 36, of
Philadelphia, and garet
Brooks, 21. of Baltimore; George
F. Shaw. 81, and Lucy H. Paul,
80, both of Washington; William
@. Chisholm, %, and Dorothy
Fout, 3d. both of Washington;
John r. Frey, 81, of Silver
Spring, Md, and Ruth Harvey
Proctor, 18, of Capital View, Md,
and Charles F. Urquhart, jr., 25,
of Sacramento, Calf, and Dor.
othy Harper, 81, of Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
Germantown Grange
Picks Degree Teams

ROCKVILLE, Md, March 18.
The first and second degree teams
weer appointed at the meeting
of the Germantown Grange held
at the grange hall in Gelman-
town, Md.
The grangers voted upon the
applications of new members and
the degrees will be given in
April. Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. King
and Miss Rebecca Leaman were
appointed to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
w. c.. Iglehart, whose home
burned down, and offer eny as
sistance possible.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
Thief Cracks WindOW
To Seize JeWeLru

Hurting a stone through the
window of a jewelry store at 7
H st. N. W., early today, a thief
escaped with jewelry valued at
over $3.50.
John H. Defibaugh, owner of
the store. told police that the
loot included five watches, sew
eral watch chains and a ring.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES

ROCKVILLE. Md, March 49,.
Marriage licenses were issued here
to Edward j. MCGEE, 81, and
Jeannette F. Lowe, 18. both of
Washington; Thomas H. Alexan-
der, 81, and Rosabe1le White. 18,
both of Fredericksburg, Va; Clyde
M. Bywaters, 80, and Mary F. Ed
wards. Is. both of Culpeper, Va,
and William H. Wilson, As, and
Louise E. Sykes, 43, both of
Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
WARE NAMED DELEGATE

TAKOMA PARK, Md, March
18.-Irvine H. Ware, councilman,
was appointed delegate to repre-
sent the town of Takoma Park
in the Montgomery County Civic
Federation, to succeed Lisle Nor
rison, who resigned. These alter
mates were also appointed: c. c..
Waters, Joseph c. Bruce and
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
Rep. SWain Stricken;
Blood CLOt on Heart

REPRESENTATIVE John J. Nc
Swain CD of South Carolina is
dangerously i'll at his home here
suffering from a blood clot on
the heart. Physicians today enter
tanned little hope for his recovery.
He is 56 years old and has
served in Congress since 1920.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
DIAMOND VkNISHES

Police yesterday were asked to
search for a diamond ring valued
at $1,000 which disappeared from
the apartment of Rebekah K.
Pedigo in the Conrad Apartments,
Thirteenth and I SITS. N. W., Sun
day night
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
HOward Is Holding
Spring Registration

Final examinations and regis
tration for the spring quarter is
now going on at Howard Univer-
sity.
On Saturday a psychological
test will be given the freshmen
of all the undergraduate divi-
sions.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
AMENDMENT ADVANCES

ANNAPOLIS, March 18.-Fol-
lowing debate lasting an hour
the house yesterday passed to
its third reading a proposed con-
stitutional amendment whi c h
would strip the legislature CT
power to extend jurists terms
beyond the legal retirement age.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
ChincOtedglIe Dry
As Pine Line Breaks

BERLIN, Md, March 18.-Wa-
ter became precious among Chin
colleague Islands 3,164 residents
as a result of the breaking of
the pipe line which supplies the
island with fresh water piped
from Accomack county, Va.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
MASS. AVE. CLOSED

Massachusetts, Avenue N. W.,
from California Street to Sheridan
Circle, yesterday was closed to
traffic for repaving work, which
will require about 20 days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-30

can become law. l, is relatively easy thing for congressman 10 present petition or file bill. But to get it through the tangle of conflicting requests coming in from AS states. takes powerful pull and great deal of agitation and influence. and often pres- sure from public sentiment all over the country.
 It often seems too bad some very meri- torious proposition sleeps in some dusty pigeonhole. so to speak. lacking action be- cause there is no powerful public movement behind it. But the dusty pgeonhole fre- quently serves very useful purposes Many freak propositions are offered each year. many supposedly remedial measures that would do more harm than good. The more dust gathers on such proposals in those dark pigeonholes the better of the people will be.
 Congress meets in few weeks, and a perfect flood of propositions will be offered with the idea of improving business. The majority of them will come from theorists who could not manage any business if they tried, who have no conception of the mo- tives which sway conduct and affect human psychology. Yet they are confident that they know how to run the country
 There are plenty of useful things that can be done to remove obstacles to prosperity. The political parties show general will ingness to work together along many of these lines which will help lot. But they need to be on guard against many theoretical ideas that will be presented, and see to it that such plans are quickly deposited and al- lowed to remain in the most appropriate pigeonholes.