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The Washington times., 1931-03-09
POLICE HEADS
PLAN SURVEY :
MISS BOWIE

Major Gen. Herbert B. Crosby,
District Commissioner in charge
of police, said today that he
plans to meet with Representa-
tive William P. Holiday, of
Illinois, now chairman Of the Dis
trict Appropriations Subcommit-
tee, before the next session Of
Congress for a general review Of
the police department.
The conference is in line with
the proposed plans Of Mr.. Holla-
day to introduce legislation
which will give the District Com
missioners greater authority in
police organization matters.
Just what plans will be worked
out at the coming conference
Commissioner Crosby was unable
to state. He said, however, that
he plans to take Representative
Holiday on a personal tour OF
all branches Of the police de-
partment in order that the Con
gresham may Get a personal IN,
sight into the workings of the
department.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
BANNING.
DISCUSSION
ASSA|LED
All Resources Should Become
Available, Witness Holds;
Admiral FavorS Referendum

Immediate conscription of every.
thing in the nation in The event
Of war was advocated bv Repre-
sentative Royal johnson Of South
Dakota today before the commits
sion studying the elimlne tiCn Of
profits from war.
Representative Johnson at.
tackled the provision of the law
under which the commission is
acting and which fOrbids cOhsid-
Grafton of the cOnscriptiOn of Ia
Dor. He asserted that this prOvi-
sion was inserted by enemies of
labor disguised as its friends.
Admiral Offers Plan
Capital, labor. property and
men and women would all be con-
sCripted in the government SER
vice under Johnson's plan. He in.
sisted that no group or individual
should be treated differently from
another.
Representative johnson said
that in his remarks regarding
conscription of labor he did not
wish to be considered as reflect.
ing upon the patriotism of that
group.
The commission heard Rear Ad.
miral Samuel MCGOWAN, retired,
who, during the war, was supply
officer of the Navy, advocate a
constitutional amendment which
would require the making Of a
referendum before a declaration
of war.
Would Regulate Prices
Under Admiral McGowan's
plan, if a referendum showed q
disposition to go to war, all citi.
zens between the ages Of 18 and
so would be drafted for either
military or industrial service.
There would also be provisions
that there should be no increase
in prices or wages during the war.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Milk DralUs Patrons
To GrOcerH Stores

Milk sales were responsible 1o1
a greater than average volume
of store traffic in a grocery sur
vey made by the Commerce De
partment, it was announced yes
terday.
With less than one-half Of ! per
cent of total inventory investment
for all stores in the group. milk
produced about 5 per cent by value
of total sales but over 8 per cent
Of the total number of sales, 1ndl,
eating diSproportionate number OF
customers were brought into stores
to purchase milk.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Sen. White to Address
Wireless MeetiH1Q

Senator-elect Wallace H. White,
jr., of Maine, will preside at
the dinner and annual meeting
of the American section of the
international Committee on Wire
less Telegfaphy at the Univer'
sity Club today at Z ,. m.
Col. Samuel Reber will report
on the international conference
of the organization at Liege,
Belgium. After the conference
Colonel Reber took trip around
the world to visit radio stations.
Officers for 1881 will be elected.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Sailor Is Arrested
For Fleeing MishGp

A man giving his name as AL
bert C. Stellern, %, today is fac
ing charges of leaving the scene
of an accident after he is alleged
to have driven his car into
parked machine on Rhode Island
Avenue near Mills Avenue N. E
last night.
Policeman Carl r. Burr was
sitting in his parked car nearby
gave chase and overlook the flee
ing machine, he said. Stellern
told police he is a sailor on the
receiving ship Reina Mercedes at
ANNAPOLIS,
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Maj. BrGttOn Named
For JQp0neSe Staff

Major Rufus S. Bratton has
been selected by Secretary of War
Hurley to attend the second-year
course at the japanese General
Staff College, commencing Decem-
ber /, 1881, the War Department
announced today. Major Bratton
is at present a student at the
command and general statt
school at Fort Leavenworth, Kan
sas, and completed a Japanese
language course in 1926.
At the request Of the Japa-
nese war office, it was arranged
last year to exchange officers at
the general staff schools. Major
Masafumi Yamauchi, of the Jap
anese army, is at present attend
ing the school at Fort LeaVen'
worth, Kansas.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
PdLestinidn Bazaar
To Feature PLGyLet

The second annual Palestinian
bazaar opened yesterday at the
Jewish Community Center under
the auspices of Poale Zion organi-
cations in Washington.
The Maccabee Your.g Poale
Zion choir gave yesterdays fea-
tire, characteristic songs and
dances of Palestine. A dramatic
sketch under the leadership Of
Solomon Goldenberg will be given
today.
Many products Of Palestine are
for sale at the bazaar, which will
continue through Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Lane Church Ends
6ISt Anniversary

The sixty-first anniversary cele-
bration of Lane Colored Metho-
dist Episcopal Church came to a
close yesterday with Q sermon by
Bishop e. D. w. Jones, Of the
A. M. E. Zion connection.
Among the other speakers was
the Rev. c. n. Fox, pastor Of Mt.
Horab Baptist Church.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Licenses Retained
Bu Radio Stations

Overruling the recommenda
tions of Examiner Elmer w.
Pratt, the Federal Radio Com.
mission today renewed the
licenses Of the following stations:
With. Of Brooklyn; WWRL,
Of New York; WKBQ, Of New
York: WKBO, Of Jersey City;
WELL, Of Battle Greek, Mich.
WBRE, Of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
These stations had been cited
for violations Of regulations.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Pageant Presented
By Church Groups

A mass meeting featured by a
sacred pageant was held last night
at the colored Masonic Temple
under the Joint auspices of the
Institutional Union Mission and
the Cosmopolitan Baptist Church.
Tickets to provide food and fuel
for the unemployed were issued
by the Rev. Simon P. Drew, pas.
tor Of Cosmopolitan Church.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
MISS ROUCHE
M'CARL
Guard Camp to Get
More Water SeIUerS

An allotment of $14,757 for eX-
tension of the water and sewer
system at the National Guard
Camp Albert C. Ritchie, at Cas-
cade, Md, was approved today
by Secretary of War Hurley.
For overhauling the United
States seagoing hopper dredge
Chinook at Norfolk Harbor, Va,
an allotment Of $4,000 was ap-
proved.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Gun Threat Brings
S6O-Day Jail Term

Frank J. McGrath, 26, of 106
First st. N. E., was sentenced to
1870 days for carrying a deadly
weapon and an additional 180 days
on a charge of intent to use it,
or a fine Of $500 in Police Court
today.
Ruth Rogers, Of 48 H st. N. E.,
told Judge Isaac r. Hit that NC
Grath accosted her at Seventh
and D Streets Northwest, Friday
and threatened to shoot her.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
MiLLiOn-DOLLGr Rain
Pays CAPITAL Visit

What nearby farmers have been
looking for in the way of drought
relief happened yesterday when
Washington enjoyed one of those
"million-dollar rainfalls."
With a "fair and slightly
colder" forecast for today, how.
ever, there is little prospect OF
any more rain in the near future.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Forced. Wife to Sit
On Radiator. Jailed

Earl r. Pollen, 400 Twelfth St.
S. W., today was sentenced to
six months in jail and fined $40
after his wife testified in Police
Court that her husband came
home intoxicated last Friday.
stripped off her clothes and sat
her on a hot radiator.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Sister From Alaska
Visits Mrs. d. A. Hart

Mrs. Paul Beran, of Anchor
age, Alaska, is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. David A. Hart, wife
of the Assistant District Attor-
ney, at her home in Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Beran is visiting the
United States for the first time
in is years.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Hoover Back Home,
Finds Son Improved

President and Mrs. Hoover re,
turned to the White House IN
time for breakfast today, after
spending the weekend in Ashe,
vile, N. c., with their son, Her.
bert, jr., who is recuperating from
tubercular infection.
They found his condition
greatly improved.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
MARINE CONCERT TODAY

A piccolo duet by Bartley c..
Moor and Luis Guzman will
feature a concert Of the u. S.
Marine band at the Marine Bar
racks auditorium today at 4 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

ARTHUR. o. PRICE
THE GUEST of honor at
the luncheon meeting tomor-
row of the Advertising Club of
Washington at the National
Press Club will be Arthur o.
Price, Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-10
Nations Wealth Compared.

The richest country in the world is
America, with $4,000, 00o,O 900. Next
comes Great Britain with $112, 5OC ,000,-
900. Cermany's total wealth is $97, $780,
100000, CT which $4,000, 100000 is in
or-ign hands. While the United States
has 15,000000,000 invested in other
countries, similar investments by Great
Britain total $4,000, 100000 These fig
ures have just been made public by the
Dres6ner Bank of Berlin, Germany. in
a comparison of the wealth of nations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-10

Five hundred film theaters. in Swe-
den have installed talking picture equip
;ncnt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-10

Across.
/. Animal resin.
4. Border.
T. Father
10. Spanish hero.
10. Confusion.
IA French indefinite article
u.s. Old French coin.
16 ANY.
II. Eccentric rotating piece.
49, Intrinsic nature.
20. Born
81. Girls name.
% Retaliation as form o. justice; obs.
"a. State.
IS. Odd Scot.
81. Exempt.
%. DerVishes.
80. Runs at top speed.
80. High mountain.
IS. Short jacket.
80. Attend.
80. Girls nickname.
20. Proof of being elsewhere.
90. Evaporation.
43. Legendary burial place Of King
Arthur.
16. Sudden outourst.
48. Productive rock.
DO. Settles.
81. More meager.
So. Edible tubes of the arum family
SIS. The eldest of the Pleiades mother
Hermcs.
Sc. Household receptaclcs for food.
SIS. Connect.
90. Sport
So. Exercise
"a. Empress.
&C. Small bit Of land; Fr.
81. Repeat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-10

6s. High, in music.
SO. Lofty heights; ABR.
70. Coarse part of fax.
II. Balaam'S SteeG.
70. Expression of assent.
70. Native of: suffiX.
IA. An affirmative.
Down.
!. Net work
.. Biblical character.
! 3. Triteness.
4. Be sorry.
5. Directly.
6. Plateau.
7. Twilled cotton goods.
8. Compilations.
9. Owed.
10. Action established by custom.
II. Arrow poison.
IL. Fleet animal.
10. High priest.
%. Special aptitude.
"a. Black birds.
IS. Fish eggs.
%. Swiss canton.
90. Dinner course.
80. Living.
81. Peruvian coin.
80. Land; FIR.
"a. Grimace of contempt.
81. Pare off edges.
Il. Nevertheless.
"a. Covers.
as. Not even.
AZ. Aunt, in Spanish.
so. Legislative body.
50. Bite, as frost.
81. Mans title.
Sc. SaXhorn.
ST. Egyptian goddess.
SO. Period.
81. Succulent herb.
GO. Evergreen trees.
Ga. Pagoda.
G5. Ibsen character.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
DOWNTOWN STORES
FIND SHOPPERS EARLY
Christmas Buyers Needing Mer-
chants Plea to Avoid Eleventh
Hour Hysteria.

Promoting early gift shopping and
tending to avert "eleventh-hour hvs-
terra" Washington storekeepers today
stood prepared for the full swing of
Yuletide purchasing, launched in the
Capital earlier this year than ever
before.
A check-up Of downtown stores. made
by Arthur j. Sundlun. chairman of the
Shop Early Mail Early Committee, Of
the Merchants and Manufacturers As
ISOLATION, indicated the movement to-
ward early Christmas shopping is well
under way here.
Action of Washington merchants IN
meeting this new demand with an ear
Tier display Of their full Christmas
merchandise stocks has accelerated the
movement. Those who visited stores
today found complete stocks from which
to make their selection. The selling
was under the guidance of regular store
employees.
"A survey by the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association last year
proved to us that thousands of p>ople
liked the idea of making their gift pur-
chases in November or carly December.
providing they could make their selec
tons from complete holiday stocks" Mr.
Sundlun said. This year Washington
merchants. therefore. made this mer-
chandise available several days in ad-
vance of former years. The result has
been very gratifying to all concerned"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
What's What and Where
Attractions Soon to Be Seen in Washington Theaters

individual could not penetrate even
II be had the time and means.
The afternoon tour" will begin
at 2:30 O'Clock and the evening show
ing at $50.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock
Mr.. Holmes will wind up his season
in Washington with the first pres
entation on any screen of the
magnificent Colonial Exposition
which attracted such vast crowds to
Paris during the past Summer.
Paris itself will be shown with new
fllmings made last Summer and little
picture journeys will be made to the
various colonies represented at the
exposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
REMOVAL or CLINIC
FOR VETERANS SEEN
Proposal to Transfer Work to
Mount Alts Is Being Consid-
cred by officials.

Removal of the medical clinic of the
Veterans Administration from the Ar
lington Building on / street near YER
mont avenue to Mount Alto Hospital
appeared as a possibility today, al
though no decision has been made.
The proposal is said to be under con-
sideration as part Of the general policy
OF the administration to combine these
regional clinics with docal hospitals
wherever possible. This has been done
in several cities.
Completion CT an addition to Mount
Alto Hospital recently has increased
the likelihood that such a move might
be made. 1t is known the Arlington
Building is crowded with the work of
the Veterans Administration.
Some officials of World War veteran
organizations are opposed to the move,
however. as they say it would take the
CLING away from its present central
location and place it farther toward
the outskirts of the city, more inacces-
Gible- to veterans.
Among the arguments advanced for
consolidation are known to be pro-
posed increase in efficiency of the sys-
tenn. elimination of one examination
and elimination of the transfer of the
veteran from the clinic to the hospital,
where necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
ROBERT MCPHERSON
WEEDS GEORGIA GIRL
Young Man, Whose Wife's Death
2 Years Ago, Caused Police
Upheaval, Is Remarked.

Robert Mcpherson, jr., g. who was
charged with murder in the death of
his wife Virginia Hurley Mcpherson, in
September, 1929, and subsequently re-
leased, was married to Miss Marian
Lilies in small town in Southern Geor-
gia. near Kingsland, Wednesday, his
parents and friends in Washington have
been advised.
Mcpherson. fellow employees at the
Washington Loan 81 Trust Co said,
left several days ago for vacation in
Georgia He met the girl, 1t was said,
while vacationing at Kingsland at the
home of his uncle, r. e. Price, in 1880.
He Is employed in the accounting de-
partment at the bank.
Since his wife'S death young Nc
FhersorS had made his. home with his
parents mt. 405 Upsllur street. His
mother is a secretary to Secretary of
War Patrick j. Hurley.
The couple is expected to come to
Washington to live after short we'd
ding trip in the South.
McPheEson's indictment was set aside
when the grand jury was found to
have been illegally impaneled and
second grand Jury did not consider the
evidence warranted an indictment. The
case6 caused q sensational Investigation
of the police. for their methods of
handling it. The inyestigatton exoner-
atedS the police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28

Henry S. Gregor--they were varied
and unconventional sometimes and
sometimes too conventional. What
seemed particularly likable, for in
stance, was the pattern of Mrs.
Howe's accomplishments, which are
modernly graceful and full of kind
of Deems Taylor rambling eeryneSS;
Mr.. FinckeIS ability to be himself
while treading dangerously near the
toes of Cesqre Franck; Dorothy
Radde Emery's ability to fit mood
to the tempo OF the words. and
Henry S. Gregors spirit" in that
brief but clever Caucasian dance"
What, perhaps, sh~uld be put on
the other side of the fence: Does,
for instance. the intricate flow of
melodious accompaniment not de-
tract sometimes from the effect Of
the whole in Mrs. Howe's songs?
Don't the continued appliances CT
modernism tend to make them
sound somewhat alike? Isn't that
allegro tempestuoso" movement Of
Mr.. Finckels Trio in D Minor a
pleasant but rather too fanciful
hodge-podge toward the end? And
aren't Dorothy Emery'S duets rather
too close together in voice some
times to get quite the proper effect?
These minor "wonderings" &C
CURED only occasionally during the
rendition Of the program. Mrs.
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be presented on this program as So
loiStS.
Among the members Of this or
chestra are Sidner Harner, cellist,
formerly with the Cleveland and
Philadelphia orcheStras; Holly F.
Stanley, fiutist Herbert Sokolov,
Jerome Rosenthal and oscar Levine,
violiniStS, who now are associated
with the National Symphony Or
chestra.
A few vacancies have been an
nounced among the clarinet, flute,
oboe. basSoon. English horn and
tympane sections. and all those who
are interested are urged to get in
touch with George Sklar. 1920 Con-
recticut avenue. or Phillip Mudd.
care of the British United Club, 1923
N street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
LEADER OF c. 0. P.
|NMARYLAND QUITS
Jackson Will Not Run Again
for National Committee
Membership.
Nv the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, November 29-Wil-
liam P Jackson of Salisbury. fer a
years a member of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, has retired from &C
tive politics.
The national committeeman. who, ac-
cording to mis- own statement, has
helped to elect Presidents Taft Hard
ing, Coolidge ana Hoover, will not be a
candidate for reelection to the ma
tional body.
His retirement he blamed on the
press of private interests, and by 1t in
tensified a fight for party control IN
Maryland which has been gaining mo-
mentum for week..
! Former Member of Senate.
Mr.. Jackson was a former United
States Senator. and in the last few
weeks his position as titular party chief
has been threatened by former Senator
Oyington E Weller. conducting a fight
to have himself named to the National
Committee in place of Mr.. Jackson.
Mt weller. in seeking control OF the
party. has bucked the faction headed
by Senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough,
with Galen L. TAFT State Committee
chief and former Mayor William F.
Broening of Baltimore as his chief lieu
tenants.
kLevin Leads Baltimore Fight.
The Weller fight in Baltimore has
been led by former state Senator Harry
Levin in his efforts to gain control Of
the Republican City Committee.
Senator Goldsborough. in a last des-
perate attempt to control the party and
make himself its chief, has threatened
to seek the vacated national committee
ship for himself
Mr.. Jackson, in announcing his re-
tirement from the National Committee,
said he would continue to work for the
party, but as "a soldier in the ranks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28

ers would earn the same In the S5h
hours they now earn in 48.
Henry Boothman, SECRETARY Of the
If the federation persists the whole
British trades union movement will
back the cotton union and a desper-
ate struggle will result. He said the
proposal was "lunacy."
The British textile business has been
reported booming lately. partly because
of the increased business that followed
suspension of the gold standard and
partly because of the Chinese boycott
OF Japan, which brought new business
to English mills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
BRITISH COTTON MILLS
PLAN TO SLASH PAY
Desperate Struggle Predicted as
100000 Workers Face Owners
Decision.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MANCHESTER. England, November
pa desperate" labor struggle was
predicted in England as $50, 900 textile
workers today faced decision of cot
ton mill owners to put into effect lower
wage scales and longer working hours
The owners decided at meeting here
last night to give the workers the re-
quired months notice that the present
agreement will be terminated. Notice
given by the Master Cotton Spinners'
Federation will expire on December 81
The present agreement was negotiated
in 1919.
While the proposed changes were not
specified, 1t was understood the en-
ployers intend to establish 55ik hour
week instead Of the present 48 hours,
with wages reduced so that the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28

OF l a lie l. I 10
round out a
program which,
IL not stirring,
was at least SO
interesting that
it was all wed
to overflow the
u S Il al o n e.
hour limit of
these morning
SeanceS.
Taking these
W ork S as a
whole. and the
c o m p o S ers as
well-.hey were
NJ airy H o W e.
Alden Finckel.
Dorothy Radde
L m e 7 Y a II d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
Works by Local Composers
Presented at Friday Music CIuI

A GOLDEN opportunity was
" given members of the Friday
a Morning Music Club yester-
4 \ day TO become acquainted
with what some of its mem
bership is doing in the way OF
musical composition Four 'front.'
rank artists in the local music
world supplied a generous amount
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
RENO PAPER BOUGHT
F. w. McKechnie Buys Nevad,

F. w. McKechnie Buys Nevada
State Journal for 100000.
RENO. New, November 20 (P.-The
Nevada State Journal, daily morning
newspaper, has been purchased by F.
w. McKechnie, former publisher of the
Marysville, Calf, Democrat, for ap-
proximately $4,000. Ex-Gov. Scrag-
ham, publisher of the Journal since
1926, retains a slight interest in the
paper and will write a daily column.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
ST. LOUIS FUND SHORT

ST. LOUIS, November % LP).-The
ST. Louis community fund was 1851 IT'S
short of its $3OOO,OOO goal last night.
the closing night of the campaign and
It's leaders decided to continue the drive
until the goal is reached.
The amount collected and pledged.
according to the final report, was
So, 348.225, contributed by l39,085 in
6iViduals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
United Symphony Orchestra
Formed by British United Club.

ONE of the most interesting musi-
cal activities that has developed
this year in Washington is the for
nation OF symphonic orchestra,
which has been called the United
Symphony Orchestra, by the mem
bers OF the British United Athletic
and Social Club. This recently
formed orchestra of over 35 members
has been assembled under the di-
rection of George Sklar, who also is
conductor. Announcement has been
made that the further possibilities of
the orchestra will be determined
after the first concert, which will be
given sometime in January. At this
concert the program will include
works by British composers. as we'll
as Shubert's Unfinished Symphony"
and Rubenstein'S 'Kamenoi Ostrow."
Two well known local artists also will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
Burton Holmes Repeats
Real Hollywood" Today.

THIS afternoon and tonight at the
National Theater, by special re-
quest. Burton Holmes will repeat
his travelogue THE Real Hollywood"
a fascinating pictorial expose" of
Hollywood life and manners as Mr..
Holmes found this so-called citadel
of culture and commerce.
It reveals the amusing and color
full daily life Of the movie colony,
with intimate glimpses Of Mary
Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks. Dolores
Del Rio, Jean Harlow. Phillips
Holmes. Edward Everett Horton,
Billie Dove, Thomas Meighan, Laura
La Plante, Lois Wilson, Leo Car
rillo and Joe E. Brown. 1t also
pictures a journey to the lots"
Showing the directors and scenes Of
pictures in the making: in fact, it
makes tour Of the movie capital"
with its inside life that the average