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The Washington times., 1931-07-10
HEARS
REPORT ON
"SHACKS'
School Building Program Is
Being Rushed as Rapidly as
Possible, Says Major Robb

The District engineering de-
partment is striving to expedite
construction of authorized school
buildings in order to do away
with the use of portable build
ings. according to a report made
to Senator Arthur Capper (RD
CT Kansas. chairman of the Sen
ate District Committee.
Senator Capper had expressed
dissatisfaction when the Board
of Education announced it would
have to use 30 pOrtabIeS when
the next school year started.
Major Holland RObb, assistant
engineer commissioner, conferred
with Senator Capper and ex-
planned the situation.
Major Robb said it had been
impossible to speed up the school
building program fast enough to
eliminate the "shackS" for the
next term, but it is hoped. he
added, that the program will be
far enough advanced by next
spring so that virtually all the
portables then can be abandoned.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
U.S.-tO-PGnGnlG Road
Will Be ReddY Soon

It will just be a matter of a
few more years before the United
States. Central America and
Panama will be connected by a
modern automobile road, Senor
Guardia, chief engineer of the
Central Highway Board of
Panama told a group of Latin
American diplomats at the Metro
politan Club, yesterday.
Senor Guardia said that of the
1929 miles only 1,248 remain to
be built, and that the route even
under present conditions can be
travelled over. Two-third of the
roadway between Laredo. Tex,
and Panama already have been
constructed,
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
DRINKING
|SFLAYED> BY
BAPTIST
B. Y.P. U. Hears Dr.. oCrradini
Praise Dry Law; Won't Let
Smoker in His Home, He Says
pictures on Page 15)

Americas "heavy drinking" is
due to the national superiority
complex, which makes an Ameri-
can want to be the biggest and
best" in everything, even in bev-
erage consumption, delegates to
the Baptist Young Peoples Union
of America convention were told
today.
DIR. Robert COrradini, conduct
ing an open forum on THE Truth
About the Eighteenth Amend
ment," reminded that Frenchmen
drink more temperately. hut
added that 30 per cent of French
insanity cases are traced to alcO-
hOI.
European countries which do
not have prohibition are worse
off that America with all our
bootlegging," said DR.. Corradini.
who is executive secretary of the
alcohol information committee Of
New York city.
Hits at Smokers
The way drinkers are turning
to varniSh, SOlidified alcohol.
denatured alcohol and other
dangerous substitutes, he said, Is
"the best argument for the com.
plete eradication of booze by
enforced prohibition" since this
shows how previous use of al
cOhOI has depraved the human
system, he asserted.
The cigarette also came in for
his attack as doing 1882 times
the damage of alcohol. DR.. Cor
radini, who said he did not al
low smokers to enter his home,
declared that smoking by girls
is deadening the minds of their
children to come"
To Mount Vernon
Mrs. ]. M. Dawson, of Waco,
Texas, in her open forum on The
Home" said that solving the
problem of a happy, congenial
and moral home life for young
people will automatically solve
most other world problems.
The B. Y. P. U. delegates, about
1000 strong. are scheduled to go
to Mount Vernon this afternoon.
half going by bus and half by
boat, returning by opposite meth
ods. They will place wreath OH
Washington's tomb. The sessions
continue tonight, and will end
Sunday night.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
DriUer in Hospital
After Taxi Crash

David A. Quick, q, of Boiling
Field, suffered a fractured col
lar bone and cuts when his auto
mobile was demolished in a col
'lision with a taxicab at Seventh
and F. Streets Southwest early to-
day.
He was taken to Emergency
Hospital.
The taxicab with which he col
lided was diven by William Gar
ner, %, of 203 E st. N. E.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
Boys Undress in Public,
Fined, Then Released

with several others who got
away. All Of them took off all
their clothes right there at the
street, with buses and street
cars and cars going by. You
could see them for a long
way"
Judge Given remarked that the
days of the old swimming hole
are gone and fined the boys $25
each. Later, however. as the day
wore on and the courtroom be-
came hotter and hotter, he swung
over to the boys point of view
and recalled them. Suspending
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Police to intercept
YOunQ ELODerS Here

Washington police were asked
today to intercept Helen James,
is, and Melvin Bayne. 10, of Fred
ericksburg, Va.
The appeal stated that the
boy and his young sweetheart
will try to obtain a marriage
license here and police are asked
tc hold them as fugitiveS.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
Police Probe Death
Of Gas Victim, so

Police today were investigating
circumstances surrounding the
death of William Zeithler, 80,
who succumbed in the basement
of his home, 626 A st. S. E.,
from gas poisoning.
According to police informa-
tion, Zeithler arose early today
and going to the basement put
the tube from a gas Jet In his
mouth and turned on the gas.
He was found several hours later
by a member of his family,
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
Right Plumb In Center of
Cit-7hey Love 1t

beautiful. wouldn't want to
move away from here for any
thing in the world. Why, it's so
easy to go to the movies that
1 go most every day."
The family has had just long
enough to acclimate itself to the
Eleventh Street section. One year
ago, they moved here from Stras,
burg. in the Shenandoah Valley Of
Virginia. Their friends back
home predicted that their stay in
the city would last only a month,
but the Jenkins knew different.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
Walton Car-Theft
ALibi AcQUitS Him

Charged with stealing an auto
mobile in which to go to see his
mother who was i'll in Roanoke,
Va, Charles Walton today was
acquitted in Police Court by
Judge John P. Mcmahon.
Frank G. Collin, 1918 Pennsyl-
vania Ave. N. w., said Walton
borrowed the car on June 90 and
failed to return it. leaving q
note saying that he had gone to
Roanoke.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
District Delegates
To Attend Institute

Six Washingtonians will attend
hhe Institute of Religious Educa-
stion to be held at Star Island, off
Portsmouth. N. H., by the Uni
tartan Laymen'S League and the
Unitarian Department of Reli-
cious Education July lib. accord
ing to announcement yesterday.
They are Miss Marjorie Brock
ett, 1903 Highland Pl. N. W.: Miss
Alice w. Cushman and Robert w.
Cushman, 4217 Thirty-eighth st,
N. W.; Mrs. H. Y. Dawkins, 8 Ia
koma Ave. N. W.; Mrs. Philip H.
Groggins, 1709 Surrey Lane N. W.,
and Mrs. William Trauty, 1882
Park Rd. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10

The center of population in
Washington is situated right in
the midst of a family that thinks
the city is "juSt grand"
The spot was located at 1919
Eleventh st. N. w., by the Poto-
mac Electric Power Company i'll
order to better analyze the COM
pany's problems connected with
distribution of electric power.
A. N. Jenkins his wife and their
four children think highly of their
section of the city. Says 11-year-
old Oneida Jenkins:
II think where we live is just
The Washington times., 1931-07-10

The present heat wave will go
far toward excusing many things,
even to removing ones clothing
in public, Judge Ralph Given re-
marked in Police Court today in
commenting on the case of two
18-year-old colored boys.
, The boys, Joseph Gordon and
Harry s. Burns, we're said to have
removed their clothes near Sixth
and Water Streets Southwest,
Yesterday. apparently in prepa,
ration for a plunge into the
cooling waters of the channel
A scar1dahzed policeman told the
court;
"Judge, these boys we're
The Washington times., 1931-07-10

FL days left to file your per
SOnal tax return. Persons hold
ing intangible property on July l
which will pass from their pos
session before the tax bills are
rendered in September may pro-
cure their bill by applying at
1OS, District Building. at any
time after the return is filed.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
TRIBUNAL GIVES
Gn0n MILL
Times staff Photo

NEW YORK, Oct. ga lot of
sweetness and light is being dis.
pensed - absolutely free - to all
kinds of people with a "kick''
against all kinds of injustices who
come around on Monday nights to
the Goodwill Court" at 26
johnson ST., Brooklyn.
The court hasn't any official ex.
istence and some of the nice things
about it are that nobody perjures
himself because nobody swears to
tell the truth anyway. nobody
ever wins case or loses one, no
puniShments are inflicted, and
whether you're crank or a poor,
pitiful individual afraid to go to
a real court you never get any
thing but goodwill. The Judges
serving without remuneration. are
always a Catholic, a Protestant
and a Jew, and are changed each
week.
It was started more than three
years ago by Magistrate Nathan
Sweedler, who thought that many
trivialities brought into the Magis-
trates' Courts could be settled
elsewhere. thus saving the city's
money It is Magistrate Sweedler
who asks the Judges" in the Good
Will Court to serve.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
INDIAN SPRING
CANVASSED
IN Gas
Service to Be Extended BY
Capital Company If Enough
Names Can Be Secured

Under auspices of the Indian
Spring Park Citizens Association
a canvass is being made looking
to procurement of gas service,
If a sufficient number Of resi-
dents will subscribe to such SER
vice.
Officials of the association have
had several conferences with the
Public Service Commission Of
Maryland looking to a solution
of the difficulty in obtaining gas
service on an equitable basis.
It is now learned that the
Washington Gas Light Company
will bring it's mains from Seven
Oaks through Franklin Avenue as
far as Carroll Avenue, without
extra charge to residents along
that route, if sufficient subScrib-
ers can be obtained and that ad.
ditional mains may be laid under
plan whereby for each addi-
tional new subscriber the main
will be continued along Carroll
Avenue for a prescribed number
of feet.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
RACKET TARGET
FOR EXPOSE

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-To prove
that rackets can be exposed and
their leaders prosecuted. the COM
mittee of 1000, of which William
Jay Schieffelin is chairman, has
decided to set up a racket inveS-
tigation of its own, with a special
trained investigator to do the
work.
The name of the investigator,
who, according to Maurice P. Da-
wilson, chairman Of the organiza-
tons executive committee, has
offered his services without charge,
was withheld. It is the purpose
Of the plan to select one racket
and explore it as thoroughly as
possible.
BY direct contact with the vic
tins and the racketeerS involved,
it is expected that the Investigator
will be able to develop a strong
case against the leader. When
this is done the whole matter will
be placed in the hands of District
Attorney Grain or Police Conmis-
sioner Mulrooney.
Because of the manner in which
the investigating will be done, the
committee members declared no
further announcements on the
subject would be made. It was
hoped. however. that if the prof.
ect succeeded it would lead the
way to the determination of rack
eteers. Although the committee
has received 324 complaints
against dozen or so rackets since
it's organization last March, no
complainant was willing to tes.
tify publicly against the extor-
tiCniStS.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
RORER GUILTY
Of PERMITTING
DANCING
Prince Georges Jury ConWcts
Proprietor of Garden Club;
First Conviction of Kind

An unusual verdict was rem
dered in the Prince Georges
county Circuit Court yesterday
when Langhorn Rorer was found
guilty Of operating a road house
and permitting dancing on more
than one night a week at the
Garden Club, near Meadows.
The law, invoked in 1927, has
been responsible for many cases
in the courts. but, it is said, the
Rorer case was the first in which
a conviction was obtained.
Rorer admitted that there had
been dancing in the club, but
said that there was no profit in
volved. An electric piano, he
said, furnished the music, but
slugs were provided, and no
money had ever been inserted in
the machine.
A guilty verdict was returned
after As minutes by the jury.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
COURT D|SP0SES
Of RUM CASES
international Photo

Otto F. Gillians, colored, was
fined 5000 by Judge j. Chew
Sheriff in Hyattsville Police Court
for rum possession yesterday and
on an additional charge of speed
ing he was fined $25.
A fine of $50 was imposed on
C. j. Duvall, of Seat Pleasant,
for possession of II pints of liquor.
Samuel Sweeney, charged with
attempting to assault his wife,
Mildred Sweeney, with an ak and
possession of a concealed weapon
was fined $5 on the latter charge.
The assault case was dismissed.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
HUGE ELECTRIC
CONTRACT LET

Electric power to supply the
Pennsylvania Railroad line be-
tween washington and Havre de
Grace, Md, will be furnished by
the Consolidated Gas, Electric
Light and Power Company, Of
Baltimore. the utility company
has announced.
Electrification of the railroad
between New York City and the
National Capital is now wen
under way. and a delivery Of the
first current under this contract
is slated for early in 1888.
The contract, covering period
of 20 years, is said to total one
of the largest sales of power ever
covered by a single contract.
The utility company had this
contract in mind when it pro-
ceeded with the $30,0O0,0O0 Safe
Harbor development.
This latter project. now near
ing completion, can supply when
finished a total of 100000 horse
power from its steam and water
generating units, and space has
been reserved for units which
could supply an additional $50, 900
horsepower.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
Merle Thorpe Sues
MOLesterS of Estate

Injunction proceedings have
been instituted at Rockville by
Merle Thorpe, editor of "The
Nations Business" against Daisy
L. Wilton and unnamed defend
ants, whom he accuses of tres
passing on his property on the
Rockville Pike.
The bill says Mr.. Thorpe owns
a 46-acre estate and on the land
is a wagon track made by the
former owners for their private
use. Mr.. Thorpe erected a fence,
part of which was placed upon
the track. Three times, he said,
he was forced to rebuild the
fence which had been torn
down. Stones also were left on
the track and on his land, the
petition states.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
ADVERTISEMENT
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The Washington times., 1931-10-08
Bad Check Charges :
Hold COLOred Cleric

BALTIMORE. Oct. 8.-Facing a
charge of passing bad checks on
the religious organization Of
which he is head, the Rev. r. An
derson Lowe, colored, yesterday
was held for the grand jury on
bond of 81, 900 by Magistrate Paul
Johannsen, in Northwestern Pc
lice Court. %.
The prosecution charges that
the clergyman obtained $46
change for a bad check which he
had rendered in payment of a $13
gas bill, and that he gave a de-
partment store a $50 check for
which he had no funds.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
Candidates to DrGIU
Lots as Sneakers

The ancient method of drawing
lots to select the winner will be
brought into play this week by
the 81 candidates for the five
places on the newly created
County Board of Arlington
County, to choose from among
that number to speak tomorrow
night at the first of a series of
county mass meetings. The first
rally will be in the Patrick Henry
School.
The scramble of the half-hun-
dred candidates for the five board
seats is attracting countrywide in
terest, with election fast ap-
preaching. At present, it looks
like a three-sided contest, with
the ticket of five chosen by the
Republicans, the five picked by
the Better Government League
and the Al unattached candidates
engaged in a triangular SkirmiSh.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
County Buys $4,000
In Bonds of TOLUn

The Fairfax county board of
supervisors yesterday confirmed
the action of County Treasurer
F. w. HuddleSton in purchasing
$4,000 worth of road bonds Of
the town of Falls Church.
These bonds are recallable next
year but are not due until 1912.
The bond issue sinking funds Of
the county had formerly been
deposited in banks at a rate of 4
per cent interest. The bonds pay
5 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
Girl Fatally Burned
Buried in Cedar Hill

A 5-year-old girl, whose early
celebration of Halloween ended
fatally Monday, was buried yester,
day in a tiny grave in the fire
mems section of Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Eva May Dixon, Of 1912 Jack
son st. n. E., daughter of George
M. Dixon, fireman attached to
No. 6 Engine Company, died at
Children's Hospital of burns re-
ceived during the lighting of a
pumpkin near her home.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
FARM EXPERTS
IN WRECK

Four Ohio agricultural experts
expected to attend the public
hearing here today on the exten-
sion of the Japanese beetle quar-
antine, despite minor injuries
they received yesterday in an
auto collision south of the city.
The OhiOans' machine and one
driven by Robert L. Norfolk, So,
of $40 Tenth st. S. E., cOllided
at Aurora Hills, Va, at the juno
ton of Lee Highway and Villa
Road, Overturning the car of the
visitors.
In the Ohio car were I. s.
Guthrie, Ohio director of Agri-
culture; j. S. Houser, entomol-
ogist in the State experimental
station at Wooster; State Senator
w. w. Farnsworth, and DR.. D. M.
Delong. professor of entomology
at Ohio State University. Charles
A. Reese, the driver, attached to
the Ohio Department of Agricul-
ture. remained at Georgetown
Hospital for treatment.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
STUDENTSROMP
NATURE TRAIL

NEW YORK, Oct. s.-More
than 1900 pupils Of Public School
SO, a denSely populated area OF
lower Manhattan, romped along
an Autumn Nature Trail" right
in their school house. The occa'
sion was the opening of a three
day exhibit for the pupils and
their parents by the School Ma
ture League.
Children and grown-ups from
Grand, Canal, Broome and Domi
nick Streets flocked to the class.
rooms at dismissal time to gaze
upon live pollywogs, snakes and
Salamanders, a squirrel, a bluejay
and other creatures. They even
saw a skunk, and to most of them
it was their first view of this un-
popular animal.
For the more aesthetic there
were tables laden with wild
flowers and their seed pods, gar
den flowers, fruits and vegetables
In another corner of the big
hall was a woods, reconstructed
with its trees, bushes and ferns
There was a miniature swamp
such as the Canal Street district
was when a canal ran through
the area, and in it were frogs,
lizards, snakes and cat-tails, to
make it seem real.
Mrs. Ruth Pratt, the former
Representative, and other friends
and officers Of the School Nature
League, contributed the flowers,
fruit and vegetables from their
gardens. The Bronx Botanical
Garden and the Dobbs Ferry Gar.
den Club also sent material for
the display.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
Winchester Blaze
PrObed By Police

WINCHESTER, Va, Oct. g.
Police today continued investiga-
ton of a fire which Tuesday night
wrecked large frame abattoir in
the eastern suburbs. They are
proceeding on the theory that the
fire was incendiary.
The building was owned by
Mayor F. A. Shyrock and leased
by the operators of the abattoir
Loss from the fire was estimated
ct $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
Husband Dr0lUs $50
Daus for Bad Checks

Pleading guilty to three charges
of bad checks, Finn Demmer,
alias William Morgan, who says
he is from Colorado, yesterday was
sentenced to a total of $50 days in
Jail by Judge Ralph Given in
Police Court.
Selma M. Demmer, his wife,
was placed on probation for a
year after Judge Given had suS-
pended a sentence of 18O days on
similar charges. The couple
passed the checks at local stores.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
Garbage Plant Irks
Anne Arundel Folk

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. "a
hearing on the injunction filed
by residents of Anne Arundel
county against the Sanitary Re
duction Company, which operates
q garbage disposal plant at Bod
kin Greek, will be. held before
Judge Robert Moss. in the circuit
court here tomorrow morning.
Bodkin Greek residents claim
that odorS from the plant make
living in that territory unbear-
able.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
ADVERTISEMENT
WAKE UP YOUR
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For they can't do it. They only move the
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If this bile is not flowing freely, your food
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The Washington times., 1931-10-08
OUSTED BY j, s.
/. PROJECT ON
+. AVENUE
Society Acquires Frontage on
Two Sides Of H ST., Between
Sixth and Seventh, N. W..

Negotiations for the entire
frontage on both sides of H
Street Northwest, between Sixth
and Seventh Streets, for head.
quarters Of the On Leong Tong,
the most powerful in Washing
tons Chinatown, have been com
pleted. It was announced today
BY Anton T. Kontella, president
Of the realty firm which bears
! his name.
The negotiations were con-
Quoted with great secrecy. BY
purchase and lease, the Chinese
society has acquired the land
and soon will move from its
present quarters in the 800 block
of Pennsylvania Ave. N. w., to
give way for the new triangle
development. The deals figured
at approximately 100000.
$4,000 improvements
An additional $4,000 is to be
expended by the tong for i'm
provements, including the re-
habilitation of one of the build.
1ngs which is to be used for
headquarters.
This building will be completed
In December and a dedication
ceremony will be attended by
many of the Occidental friends
Of the tong.
Opponents Blocked
Little difficulty was expert
enced by the negotiators in &C.
quiring the property, Mr.. Kon-
telia said, but the matters were
conducted secretly in order that
uniformed occupants of the
area would not block the move.
which, he said, will greatly i'm,
prove the present aspects Of the
locality.
The Hip Sing Tong. rival so.
Ciety. which has had its quarters
in the vicinity of the old On
Leong location. has not an
nounced its new locality.
The Washington times., 1931-10-08
Thug Locks Woman
In Room. LOOts Home

A prowler. who by a display of
nerve, forced a woman who had
interrupted him into a closet. is
sought today by Tenth precinct
police. The robber escaped with
jewellery and clothing value at
more than Sis.
The woman. Miss Clara Bard. of
324 varnum st. N. w., told police
she encountered the burglar on
the stairway Of her home. The
man escaped with his loot after
locking Miss Bard in q room.