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The Washington times., 1931-06-29
ShOWer Bath
Leads to S25 Fine

Perhaps there are many people
in Washington during the present
heat wave who would enjoy
having a few gallons of cooling
water poured over them, but
Denny o. Davis, colOred, did not
welcome the impromptu bath to
which he was treated yesterday
by Alphonzo Smith, also colored,
he said in Police Court today.
Davis told Judge Isaac r. Hit
that he was asleep in Reeves
Court Northwest when Smith
threw several gallons of water on
him. The incident led to an alter
cation in which Davis was struck
on the arm with a brick. Smith
was charged with assault, and
Judge Hit sentenced him to pay
$25 or serve Is days in the work
house.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
CLUB OFF
To CAMP

The first group of boys to go on
a vacation to Camp Reeder, con-
Quoted by the Boys Club of Wash
ington, left, today. The, camp is
on the Wicomico River, near Mt.
Victoria, Md.
Frank R. Jelleff is president of
the club and other officers and
the board of trustees include
more than a score of Washington
business men. C. M. Fyfe is di-
rector.
The recreation field. prepared
by Foster M. Reeder. will be the
scene of constant activity, includ-
ing tennis, volley ball and base
ball. =,
Harry Childs. whose baseball
career in professional ranks was
checked by an injury, will be in
charge of athletics. A. E. Mascara
announced that the new kitchen
and administration building are
ready. A donation from Conrad
C. Smith has made possible the
repainting of the camp buildings.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
TITLE LAW
DEBATED
Times staff Photo

The proposed new automobile
title law was opposed and de-
Tended at a hearing before Com
missioner Herbert B. Crosby to,
day with representatives of local
automobile manufacturers and
dealers taking opposite sides.
Unable to come to an agree
ment after a two-hour meeting,
the conferees decided to conduct
a further study of the proposed
law and meet again on July 10.
The manufacturers, headed by
R. B. English, local manager of
the Ford Motor Company, assured
District officials that they were
in favor of the principle of the
law. which requires an automobile
owner to have a certificate of
title before license tags are is
sued to him.
The manufacturers objection
is to feature of the law where
by title will originate at the au-
tomobile manufacturing plant.
The objectors hold that this will
place too great burden on the
manufacturers.
The local dealers, headed by
Richard j. Murphy, are strongly
in favor of the law as it is now
proposed.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
DENIED.
$4,000
VERDICT
Had Sued Rear Admiral Moi
fett for Patent infringement
of Bomb Device for Planes

Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske,
United States Navy. retired, who
was awarded $4,000 in District
Supreme Court against Rear Ad-
miral William A. Moffett, chief
of the Bureau of Naval Aeronau-
tics, for infringing on patent
on a device for dropping torpe-
does from airplanes, lost his judg-
ment in the Court of Appeals to-
day.
Long Imperative
The higher court to which the
case was carried by Admiral Moi
fett held that Admiral Fiske had
conceived his patent long before
airplaneS were capable of carry
ing bombs and when only a few
were in existence and that his
rights were invalid because of the
long inoperativeness of his de-
vice. 1t was also pointed out in
the Appellate Court opinion, writ
ten by Justice William Hitz, that
Admiral FiSke was an officer of
the Navy at the time and that the
time and money necessary to de-
Velop the idea was furnished by
the Government.
The suit between the two Of
ficers high in the ranks of the
navy attracted considerable at
tention at the time it was de-
cided in the lower court nearly
two years ago. Admiral Fiske tes-
titled that he had only seen two
planes in flight and had never
seen a Seaplane. His invention
was dream which he had drawn
on paper, he said, but it had
been used on 397 seaplanes with
out his permission.
Dream Not Invention"
Referring to Admiral FiSke'S
testimony that his invention was
"We think his amazement
was justified; but a dream, like
an idea, is not an invention and
cannot be patented until en-
bodied in a physical cOntrivance
making it practically useful and
the useful cOntrivance cannot be
patented, even if new, unless its
novelty amounts to discovery.
Until the inventor has done this
as a matter of reasonable legal
certainty, and not as a matter
of mere conjecture or prophetic
possibility, he has given nothing
to the public in return for the
monopoly which he seeks by let
tiers patent"
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
SCOTTISH RITE
:, DAY OBSERVED

With DR.. John C. Palmer,
grand chaplain. directing Scot
tish Rite Day was observed with
open air religious services on
Temple Heights yesterday.
DR.. Charles T. Warner, of st.
Adams Protestant Episcopal
Church, stressed the lofty charac-
ter Of st. John and the lasting
influence which he has had on
civilization.
Honor guests at the services in
cluded officers of a number of
Scottish Rite and Eastern Star
chapters, and C. Fred Cook, grand
masters of the united Masonry of
the District of Columbia, and Ell
wood P. Morey illustrious deputy
of the Supreme Council of the
Scottish Rite Masons of the Dis
trict.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
JOBLE5S FORCE
STILL STANDS

Lack of space in the dark. ill
ventilated basement-roon head
quarters of the District Employ
ment Committee may force the
renting of outside auxiliary quar-
ters, George J. Adams, secretary
of the committee, said today.
The committees staff Of six is
still struggling along with only
two chairs in the office. The SUI
perintendent of the building has
told Mr.. Adams that the two
chairs were all allotted to the
room and no others can oe found.
Meanwhile. six chairs remain un-
occupied and gathering dust in
the fifth floor room of the Dis
trict Building. which the commit
tee was forced to vacate last
week.
Another ironic touch was added
to the predicament of the COM
mittees staff today. They we're
furnished with an electric fan 10
aid the rooms ventilation, but no
plug could be found in the room
to set the fan in operation.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
JOBS AGENCY.
HELD To BLAME

The provision in the District
Code providing for the licensing
of employment agencies which re-
quires that applicants for employ"
ment must be investigated. cannot
be met by perfunctory investiga-
ton and must be recorded.
The Court of Appeals, in an
opinion by Justice Hitz, laid down
this rule today in reversing judg.
ment of the Municipal Court,
which refused to award damages
to Mrs. Bertha Janof, who sued
Mrs. John T. NeWsom, trading as
the Eureka Employment Agency,
which a servant recommended by
the latter disappeared with valu.
able jewelry within "a hours after
she was employed
Mrs. Janof had applied over
the telephone to the agency for
servant, according to the state
ment of the case, and was told
a servant was in the office of the
agency at the time. This servant
was sent to the home of Mrs.
Janof and disappeared the fol-
lowing morning with $1,000 worth
of jeWelry.
The defendant claimed she had
been told by other employers that
the servant was alright, although
it developed the servant had been
arrested once before while in the
office of the agency.
The court pointed out that the
law required a record of the
correct address and references be
kept of each client of this
agency and held that in the
present case only a perfunctory
compliance with the law was
q onnarpnt
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Car Strikes Woman
Fracturing Her Hip

Mrs. Charlotte Powers. 40, of
IA Hesketh ST., Chevy Chase, Md,
received severe injuries last night
when an automobile driven by
John w. Merritt, of 9312 Connec-
ticut Ave-, North Chevy Chase,
Md, hit her as she was crossing
Connecticut Avenue near Chevy
Chase Circle.
Mr.. Merritt rushed the woman
to Georgetown Hospital where she
we treated for decorations of the
right arm and fracture Of her
hip by DR.. j. F. CuSick.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Dead Infants Body
Left, TIUO Men Flee

A newly-born colored child, ap-
parently dead at birth, was
found in a cemetery near Suit
land, Md, by Edward Schlosser,
of Good Hope Road. who told
Prince Georges County Iolice he
saw two colored men in taxicab
leave the baby and speed away.
Mr.. Schlosser told police that
the cab left the scene at such
great speed it was impossible to
get the tag numbers. The infant
was taken to the Ritchie Brothers
undertaking establishment at
Ritchie, Md.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
His Bottle BGrrGge
FOILOWs Burning Up

John ]. Whelan, 81, of 1926
Lincoln Rd. N. E, was sent to
Gallinger Hospital for 10 days
mental observation by j u d g e
Isaac R. Hit in Police Court to.
day after he had been arraigned
on a charge of destroying prl-
vate property.
Miss Margaret Turner, "a, Sea
ton Pl. N. E., told police that
Whelan had been throwing milk
bottles at her house and using
Objectionable language and that
he tore down the fence around
her yard. Whelan is said to
have told police someone was
throwing a light on him and
burning him up.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Police Seek 4 Men
On Assault ChdrqeS

Washington police today con-
tinued a search for four men
whom Maryland authorities are
seeking in connection with an at
tempted assault on three girls in
Prince Georges county.
The girls appeared at the home
of brother of Maryland deputy
sheriff with their clothes torn and
suffering from shock.
An immediate description of
the men was sent out by radio
last night.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
5PGrGdes Nude; Cash,
Clothes Are Stolen

Robert E. Sherman. 25, of 3O15
Cambridge Pl N. W., was diScov-
cred parading around practically
nude yesterday morning by po-
lice of the Fourth precinct. Taken
to the station house, he explained
his condition, saying that he had
been robbed of his clothing and
$45 while in a house on Virginia
Avenue Southwest Two colored
women and a colored man are
being held in connections with the
theft.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Cripple Beaten Up,
Robbed, -Four Held

Four colored men were held for
the grand jury by the Alexandria
Police Court this morning on
charges of felonious assault pre-
ferred by Alfred Morales. a Grip
pie, and Ed Sherier. who lives in
an lark" on the Potomac River
shore.
According to the complainants,
James Adams, Claude Butler,
John Wabash. and James Nit
chell late Saturday night beat
them and stole $18.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Glen Echo SlUinlnling
Races on TOniQht

The first annual Glen Echo
swimming championship races,
under the auspices of the Dis
trict of Columbia A. A. u. will
be held tonight at the amuse-
ment park.
The races will be so and 100
yard free style and 60-yard back
stroke, to be judged by j. Kip
Edwards, Jerome S. Shear, Carl
Ahlenfeld and r. o. Eliason.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
CHILD PRODIGY
GETS DIPLOMA

Plainly speaking. she's a gen.
ius.
Her name is Bertha Gordon.
She's is years old and has Just
received her teachers diploma
from the Washington College of
Music. and that isn't all.
Bertha is also junior at
George Washington University
and we'll on her way to medical
school, which she hopes 20 enter
in September, 1888.
She was graduated from Cen
tral High School in three and a
half years and completed elemen-
tary school in three years less
than the customary time.
She also was graduated from
the Washington College Of Music
in five years, while the normal
course is eight years. She re-
sides at 1870 Fourteenth st.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
MILITARY IDEA
To PREVAIL
IN FORCE
"0Id No. |" Yields to New in
Consolidation With No. s;
Traffic Rule Also Changes


Sweeping changes in the Dis
trict government, most of them
in the Police Department, will be
made Wednesday morning when
the 1882 funds are available for
expenditure by the District Com
missionerS.
The Police Department will be
reOrganized along military lines
and the city divided into three
inspection districts. A police in
spectOr will head each district,
which will include four precincts.
New Traffic Head
Incidentally. the issuance of
license tags, now under Wade B.
Coombs, superintendent of licenses,
will be transferred to the Traffic
Bureau. and this work will be
done under the direction of Will
liam A. Van Duzer, who enters
upon his duties as Traffic
Director
Tomorrow midnight the old
First precinct. long landmark
and the despair of those who
drink not wisely but too well of
a Saturday night, will pass into
history and the personnel will
report at the Sixth precinct with
which the first has been COM
bined.
The Sixth will now be known
as No. /, ming in Inspection
District No. /. which will also in
clude precincts, 2, and 10, and
will be under the direction of
Inspector Louis J. Stoll. The in
spector'S headquarters will be at
the present Second precinct sta
tion which has been merged with
No. 8.
StOtt to Headquarters
Captain Holmes will be in COM
mand of the new First precinct,
and Capt. William G. StOtt, pres
ent commander of the Sixth,
will go to headquarters where he
will be in charge of uniforms and
equipment.
The Second inspection district,
which includes No. 7. IL, l3 and
IA precinc :, will be headed by
Inspector Albert j. Headley with
headquarters at the Twelfth pre-
cinct station.
The third inspection district,
which will be in command of In
spector o. T. Davis, will include
precincts 4, to be combined with
the present Fifth and to be known
as the Fourth; 9, II and the
Harbor. Headquarters will be at
No. 4.
Sullivan at No. 4
Capt. jeremiah Sullivan will be
in command of the new Fourth
precinct. Each inspector will be
given the aid of a lieutenant, a
sergeant and about eight privates,
the duties of whom will be more
or less administrative.
Capt. Edward j. Kelly will re-
main at headquarters as assistant
to Inspector Frank F.. S. w. Burke.
Lieut.. John Fowler will head the
homicide squad. Other minor
changes will be made after the
new system is in effect.
The Commissioners will have
made available to them $45,672,.
OOC when they report to their
offices Wednesday morning. This
is the sum carried in the District
Appropriation Bill and it, too, will
permit numerous administrative
changes.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Ammonia Fumes Put
Market Men to ROUt

A loose gaSket on the ammonia
line to the refrigeration plant in
the Frank KidWell Northeast
Market at Twelfth and H Streets
Northeast, released fumes which
drove employees and customers to
the street early today. The fire
department rescue squad, don
ming gas masks. entered the
building and cut off the ammonia
supply.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Automobile Hits Man
Standing on SideLUGLE

Wallace Baldwin, so, was
knocked down by an automobile
operated by Jack J. Bour, 25, OF
the Naval Hospital. while stand
ing on the sidewalk at First and
B Streets Southwest late last
night. Bour was attempting to
avoid a collision with another
automobile.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
MISS SHIRLEY

ALTHOUGH 1T IS ILLEGAL to buy fireworks here,
such as firecrackers bombs and skyrockets, Washing
tonians journeyed to nearby Maryland and Virginia to
lay in their supply for celebration of the Fourth of July
1t is also against the law of the District to shoot off
giant thunderbos but what's feller going to do when
the Fourth comes but year? The pictures show
number of persons stocking up at stand near Chain
Bridge, Va. At the right Misses Mary Shirley, of
Mclean Va, and Helen Marks, 1912 K St. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29

Your rental worries room. bOuse
or apartment can be solved to6av
through the Rental Columns OR the
Classified Section.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-16
GIlWFYTW NJRSElT
 HALHAHR|
0 lo3l BY NfA SERVICE. INC:

If you are going in for an indefin-
 ite period of reducing, don't keep
 10th eyes on your waistline. watch
 that chin line of yours too!
 Too rapid reducing or other un-
 wise reducing can cause terrific fiab-
 biness under your chin. Also sag
 ging cheeks.
 The two other great causes of
 sagging chin lines are, of course,
 sickness and age.
 If you have fiabby skin under your chin for any of these three reasons, spring is the hopeful time of year to do something about 1t. Don't be discouraged. Nothing on earth Is so lad that you can't do something about it!
 First of all you can exercise your chin. Those muscles are so spoiled. They have so little to do, since none of us reach high into the air to snatch for our food, or none of us srend day chinning on bars. We never even twist our necks this way end that looking for lurking enemies which of course, may be bad on our
 peace of mind but efficacious exer- else for those sagging muscles. The best way to exercise your
 sugging throat muscles is to throw back your head, then slowly bring 1t up and let 1t sink onto your chest. Rest Q minute. Then throw your head back again and stretech those inactive muscles taut and then make them bring your head upright again. Next try to lay your head down on your own right shoulder, without raising the shoulder to help you out. Of course you can't do 1t. But make the gesture. Then try the left one. End up by moving the head from as far as you can get it down on one side. up to a normal position and then down on the other side with enc slow, continuous movement. i Last of all, rotate the head in a circle letting 1t drop forward and then swinging it up onto the shoul-
 der position. then back and around.
 If you are conscientious about this 1t will help tremendously. But you should begin doing 1t immediately and continue not only morning and night, but at noon too. if you have time. And massage your neck thor oughly after doing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-16
YOUR CHILDREN wNieNubezs6arznp
N0l9oIBY MA SERVICE. INC [

ouse-cleaning time again! This Is not a lecture on how Dad hates It. or how the children hate 1t. but 1t Is a good word for them just the same.
 Dad can do his own storming. He can fuss because his pet chair is be- ing done over. He can swear about bills for new rugs and rage over curtains that keep out the light. But
 that Is his war. He is old enough to look after himself.
 However, the children just now need a champion, and while mothers are ouse-cleaning- minded just now.
 am venturing to put in word. The other day I read stunning article on decorating chiid's room. 1t was stunning room and thought cost stunning price. Any child with a room like that should be the happiest small person on earth. kept nodding my approval as read. for this Is exactly my ideal for any child.
 But the whole thing, 1t seemed to
 me. was beyond the reach of so many
 mothers that I wondered just how practical those suggestions were. It Is true that many families are living in expensive small apartments, or expensive small houses, who really could manage to live farther out and
 have all the room they need for
 their children at the same price;
 but aside from these exceptions
 there are also many families in cramped quarters who cannot
 manage any more room than they have now and for each child to have his own room, much less playroom as this article suggested,
 would be out of the question. But I suggest this. Whether there Is one child in a room or two,
 believe that room can be made into a real child's room with very little expense if we use our wits. No one wants a clutter, but
 there are certain things that chill
 dren take pride in that they want
 about them.
 Small bookcases can be made
 out of smooth pine boards at home and painted. There should be a
 low desk and chair, or table, at which he can write, with a tiny lamp on it. Saw the legs off a big
 one and paint 1t if no other one is lavailable. Low stools or hassocks
 or hard stuffed pillows for the floor
 are fine for extra. A low shelf along the wall is a great thing too
 to hold prized possessions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-16

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buII[QrQ0ru f1QIe 0 se3f aY NeA sEKkscg. INC.

iBut 1t had taken q grim play oz fate to bring him to her. Out In tho Icorridor Sue met Donald Payne, tho | Ired- headed newspa per reporter. | You and Corrinne seem to share the breaks. You're both page one stuff," he told her. "But we've caught Sybil Lester in her last trick. She trumped her own
 ace and lost the game"
 How? What do you mean 2" l Sue asked.
 "The taxicab did 1t. Sit down and I'll tell a story. You see she must have reasoned 1t would be . nice piece of spite work to get hold of that taxicab. She grabbed lthe first loafer at the station that might and had him drive the bus lin. Then she put 1t in a desert- ed garage on her fathers own grounds. Nobody ever goes into lit. She was just keeping 1t in case M "How do you know?" Sue inter- Irupted. brushing the dark curls
 away from her clear blue eyes. "Just minute, my dear young
 lady," Donald Payne answered in a lhalf-mocking, half-laughing voice MyStcEy btoiiCb dtWdJS 6hSt sASb solutions last. you know. When Sybil saw that her accomplice had
 been frightened into giving the
 whole thing away when she
 saw how many of her tricks you had lunraveled E. she was desperate.
 So she got out the trusty old taxi. "She picked up Bedding and sug- gested that he ramble along with her. A nice arrangement, you know. Taxing without a meter. And he went She wanted to get him out of the way. She had to save herself. And here was her scheme. If she
 could shoot him {. kill him, if you don't mind she could plead self-defense. She could say that in
 asmuch as it happened in your taxi-
 cab. and Bedding had swung over to your side, that she was the victim
 of plot
 And how did you find all thie out ?" Sue asked when the reporter paused. "And can you prove it?" NEXT: Jack brings more news.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-16

The graduating class was looking forward to the dinner which the Junior class gave them. It Is true that the mothers of the community
 prepared the dinner. and the food
 was quite like what the class mem
 bers ate at home, but someway 1t
 had different flavor when served at the long tables in the school gymnasium.
 This year the menu was simple lin keeping with the pccketbooks and the times.
 First came clear tomato soup, piping hot, well seasoned and thick ened ever so slightly with roux of
 Drowned flour and butter. Then came creamed chicken with plenty of gravy and feathery bis- cults. Mashed potatoes, new peas with butter. peach pickles. and jel- lied vegetable salad made up the main course. There were crisp rolls not buns nor biscuits since soft
 bread stuffs had been used when the biscuits were served.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-16

After the main course came lemon sherbet served with a mixture of fresh pineapple and strawberries, small cups of coffee and home made cake.
 Here is the recipe for the salad. It serves 50. Three quarters cup of unfiavored, granulated gelatin is softened in three cups cold water and then dissolved in two and one- half quarts boiling water. This mixture was allowed to cool and thicken while one-half cup lemon juice and threc cups weak vinegar were mixed with two tablespoons salt. This was added to gelatin mixture. Then three cups sugar were added. Now six cups finely chopped celery and six cups finely !, chopped cabbage, one finely chopped green pepper and two shredded pimentoes were mixed and stirred
 into the gelatin when 1t was partial | ly set and as thick as heavy mo- lasses. This salad may be served ! with mayonnaise or boiled dressing 1 Copyright 1881, Publishers Syndicate)