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The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Col. Grant q Speaker
At Civic Convention

Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant. Sd, di-
rector of Public Buildings and
Public Parks, gave an illustrated
address last night on the progress
being made in the development
of Washington and suburbs be-
fore the annual meeting of the
American Civic Association. con-
vening in Detroit. Lieutenant
Grant left Washington Monday
to attend the convention.
The convention opened Monday
and will continue through today.
Miss Harlean James. executive
secretary of the association. left
Washington last week to attend
the early sessions of the meeting.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
At. RENO;
SPL|CED ANEW

A Washington girl of 10, who
went to Reno for a divorce only
to succumb to new matrimonial
lures while there, will begin her
second honeymoon Saturday at
the Nevada divorce mart.
Less than a year ago, Miss
Audrey Yonce, 1S, of 1928 Twenty
eighth st. N. w., married TheO-
dOre Walters, of Washington.
They lived together five months,
and the bride went to Reno to
be freed.
While remaining there the re-
quisite six weeks. she met Martin
Hoyt, son of a Reno hardware
merchant, a graduate of the
University of Nevada. So while
one romance was dissolving, an
other was taking form.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
REFUGE IN JAIL
BEST SHE GETS

Isabelle H. Smith, colored, 40,
thinks she has had a tough break.
She asked police protection and
got Is days in jail.
The woman was sentenced by
Police, Court Judge Gus A.
Schuldt on a charge Of intoxica-
ton brought by Ninth precinct
police. She told the court she
had gone to the station seeking
protection from her brother, and
added:
"YOur honor, if get on that
gangpIank that leads to heaven
and meet my brother there, I'll
back right off and go the other
way. No, sir, / don't want to
90 to heaven with my brother"
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
STREET BEGGAR
CURB SOUGHT

Business and industrial firms
Of the National Capital are urged
by the Washington Chamber of
Commerce to sponsor floats and
to take active interest in the
city's first municipal Halloween
program. Action to this effect
was taken by the directors last
night following outlining of plans
by William A. Roberts, assistant
Corporation Counsel, who is chair
man of the general Halloween
committee.
The charities committee of the
organization was instructed to
seek q remedy for the increase
in the number of beggarS on
the streets here, many of whom
''fIaunt their defOrmitieS," accord
ing to Col. william o. Tufts.
The directors also received a
report of progress from Albert A.
stern, director of the Industrial
Exposition which opens at the
washington Auditorium October
26.
The board went on record as
favoring the present left turn,
opposing the vending of gasoline
from tank wagons Oil the streets
and directed special committee,
headed by Allen v. DeFord, to
cooperate in seeking a solution
for the present "deplorable taxi,
cab situation"
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Taxi. Driver Held
On LiOUOr Ch1rQe

William G. Green, a taxicab
driver, who gave his address as
636 Twelfth st. N. E., was ar
rested in his cab near Upper
Marlboro yesterday on a charge
of possession of whisky.
Green, who was arrested by
Policemen Elton Turner and Will
liam Gray, was committed to Jail
in default Of bond set by Justice
of the Peace Horace Taylor
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
CANN0N|NQU|RY.
|. FIRST To GET
STARTED
Theodore B. Cuttings, Aged 80,
Is Foreman, One Of Young
est Ever Chosen to Serve

Selection of the District Grand
Jury which will re-investigate the
police brutality scandal and con-
slider cases for the next three
months was completed today by
Justice James Proctor in the Dis
trict Supreme Court.
Cannon Case First
The jury. tomorrow will begin
consideration of the Bishop Can.
non case, and will not reach the
police third-degree scandals until
Monday, when about 200 wit
nesSeS have been summoned. 1t
is expected the jury will not com"
pIete the hearing Of these wit.
nesses Tntil Thursday and that
it will delay its report to the
court until the following week.
The jury, which was selected
with the utmost care and which
courthouse officials declare to be
"impeccable," is headed by Theo-
dore B. Cuttings, 80, manager OF
the delivery department of the
Western Union Telegraph Co., He
lives at 1922 Illinois Ave. N. w.
Sits Until New Year
Mr.. Cuttings is one Of the
youngest men ever to serve as
foreman of the District Grand
Jury. He will be in charge OF
the body until after the first OF
the year.
The new jury, in addition to
conducting the police inVestiga-
ton, will inquire into allegations
that Bishop James Cannon, jr.,
misused political funds in the
1928 campaign.
Three married women are on
the jury Of %. Only one cOlOred
man is included
The jury selected today sue
ceeds the July Grand Jury upon
which it was found a pensioner
was serving, thus jeopardizing
179 indictments, including several
against police officers involved in
the third-degree inquiry.
Members of Jury
In addition to Mr.. Cuttings,
those on the jury are:
l.. Harry Rider, 619 Fourteenth
st. N. W.; Thomas H. Dennis, 1118
Owen Pl. N. E.; Mrs. Catherine
Ormentrout, 291O Twelfth st. N.
E.; r. Frederick Daw, 824 Aspen
st. N. W.; Elmer F. Hayes, 1920
Brothers Pl. N. E.
Also Lawrence P. Dorr, 1913 r st.
N. E.; William P. Moran, 1928 Alli-
son st. N. W.; George E. O'Rourke,
724 Tuckerman st. N. W.: Harry
A. Cassel 5307 Connecticut XAve.:
Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman, 424 Della
field Pl. N. W.: Benjamin T. Hen
derson, 1912 K st. S. E.; John w.
Saunders, 1901 st N. E.
Also Francis j. Haske, jr., 1903
Brentwood Rd. N. E.: Cornelius
Ford, jr., lilo East Capitol st.;
Oscar L. Thomas, 1924 Benton st.
N. w.: Frank x. Gross, 1904 K
st. N. W.; Charles S. Conner, 1927
Allison st. N. W.; Joseph H. Gill,
TIA E st. N. E.; Guy M. Grant,
1917 Seventh st. N. w.; Howard
F.. Phillips, 5308 Colorado Ave:
John F:Lyons, 1928 Massachusetts,
Ave. N. W.: Mrs. Matte M. Sims,
1888 New Hampshire Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
D. C.. Boy at Purdue
Poisoned bU Food

Bradford Baldwin, Washington
student at Purdue University, La
fayette, Ind, is one of eight
undergraduates still in the hos
pital as the result of food poison
ing.
In all, 119 students were
stricken Sunday night after eat
ing chicken sandwiches. The food
is believed to have been spoiled
by heat.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
POcketbOOk Thief
Gets $50 Days in Jail

Charged with having stolen a
purse from an automobile while
the machine was parked Monday
at a downtown department store,
william Redmond, colored, %.
of Cumberland, Md, today was
sentenced to $50 days in Jail by
Judge Mattingly in Police Court.
Mrs. BERTHE Ney. 4701 Con-
necticut Ave. N. W., owner Of
the car, identified the pocket
book.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
CrOxtOn to Speak
On unemployment

Fred c. CroXton, assistant d.
rector of the Presidents organi-
zation on unemployment relief,
will speak on the work Of the as
sociation at the first fall meet
ing of the Council of Social
Agencies, Monday at 1890 p. m.
in the Young Women's Christian
Association, Seventeenth and K
SITS. N. w.
Prof. Frederick F. B1achly,
faculty member of the Brookings
Institution and lecturer on Com
parative Government and Ad-
ministration at American Univer-
Sity, also will speak.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Police Probe Theft
Of $500 Painting

Police today are investigating
the mysterious theft of a $2.5OO
oil painting, depicting Lindbergh
Crossing the Atlantic.
The painting. was stolen from
the second floor of an art shop
operated by Isadore Kune, at
1928 Connecticut Ave. N. w. The
paintin--, the work of James War.
ring, of 1926 M st. N. W., is six
feet tall, four feet wide and sur
rounded by a heavy gilded metal
frame.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Telephone Co. Head
Addresses KilU1niS

E. Donald Preston. office man
ager of the Chesapeake and Po.
tomac Telephone Company here,
was the speaker last night before
the Fredericksburg (Va.) Kiwanis
Club at its farewell to the Rev
Ernest w. Aaron, who is leaving
the pastorate of the M. E. Church,
South, on transfer to Alexandria,
Mr.. Preston was introduced by
Edwin F. Hill, vice president OF
the Washington Kiwanis Club.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Montgomery County
Conference Slated

Under auspices of the East
Montgomery Council of Religious
Education, the Young Peoples
Conference of Montgomery county
will be held Saturday. october "a.
in the Sherwood High School at
Sandy Spring.
Miss Pauline AlbertSon, State
counsellor for the young peoples
division of the State council. is
arranging the program.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Auto Accidents Kill
TIUO Here in Month

Two persons were killed in
Washington by auto. accidents
during September. In the same
period last year four deaths oc'
Cured.
These figures were announced
today by Capt. L. I. N. Edwards,
personnel officer Of the Metropoli-
tan Police, in his monthly report
to the superintendent.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
SUMMER HOLDS
ITS OWN

With the prediction, Fair and
continued warm today, showers
tomorrow" autumn and summer
still competed today for suprem.
acy, with summer retaining the
edge.
The mercury stood at 70 at
6 o'clock this mroning. dropping
/ degree by z o'clock and return
ing to 10 at s o'clock. At IL, it
stood at 81, and still was rising.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Army Men Back Bill
BU Gen. M0cArthUr

Efforts to establish a separate
promotion list for the Army Air
Corps virtually has been aban-
doned and Army personnel today
was rallying to a new general pro-
motion bill framed by Gen. Doug.
las Macarthur to increase the
rate Of promotion of every Off
Ger below the grade of colonel
from five to eight years.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Improvement Club
. ArrUn0in0 Meetinq

The Women's Improvement Club
Of Silver Spring will hold its
regular meeting tomorrow at 8
p. m. in the clubroom on Georgia
Avenue. Mrs, Henry Alden is
arranging the program.
Among those who will take part
are Mrs. Leroy Leizear, Mrs.
Walter Oliver, Mrs. Mary Ham
aroSs and Mrs. w. E. Perry.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
BRIDE DRAFTING
EMPLOYMENT
MEASURE
Congress to Be Asked Tighten.
Curb on UnethicaI Agencies;
New Law Will Be Model

Congress will be asked to give
the District Of Columbia an IRON
clad employment agency law, &C
eording to Corporation Counsel
william w. Bride.
Mr.. Bride has canvassed every
State in the Union for copies OF
employment agency statutes. The
best features of these various
State laws will be incorporated in
the act which he will draft and
ask Congress to pass. t.,
Two States Favored.
Under the Pennsylvania law en-
DIOyment agencies which require q
fee for registration are compelled
to refund the money If a job is
not obtained for the applicant.
In Cincinnati agencies are re-
uuired to report to authorities con-
cerning every applicant for a job,
charting what is done in every
case from the time an applicant
registers until a position is found.
That the new law will attempt
to make illegal the red-tape which
some alleged unethical agencies
now wrap around their activities
was indicated by Mr.. Bride.
will Broaden Powers
The new law, which Mr.. Bride
will draft, will give his office
prosecution powers it does not
now hold. So far only one prose
cution of an employment agency
operator has been initiated and
that was launched through the
office of United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
DRIVER FREED

Conflicting testimony won the
freedom of Frances Boyd, colored,
of 522 Twenty-fourth st. N. w.
who was tried yesterday in the
Montgomery county police court
for driving while under the in
fluence of liquor.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Falling Stone Hits
BuiLdin0 Workman

Struck on the head by a piece
of falling stone while employed
at the American Security and
Trust Company Building, at
Fifteenth Street and New York
Avenue Northwest, Willis Candy,
colored, of 2212 I st. N. W., was
treated for minor scalp wounds
at Emergency Hospital today.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
COLUMBIA PARK MEETING

An informal open air meeting
Of the Columbia Park Citizens
Association was held last night in
front of the TrueSdell School
Because the building was locked,
the meeting was held outside.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
Johnson COLL0pses;:
Removed to HOSpitUI

Ernest johnson, 43, advertising
director Of the Washington Post,
collapsed at his desk at 10 O'Clock
this morning. A heart attack is
believed responsible. He was re-
moved to Georgetown University
Hospital in a condition appar-
emily not serious. Mr.. JohnSon'S
home Is at 1856 Kalorama Rd.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
COUNTY WOMEN'S LUNCH

The Federation of Catholic
'Women's Clubs Of Montgomery
county viii meet today at 1890
p. M, in st. Johns Church at
Forest Glen. Luncheon will be
served.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
JUSTICE TAKES SEAT

George N. Cox, Of Oxon Hill,
Nd. recently appointed justice Of
the peace, took office yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

Bananas shipped from Colombia last
year totaled 1874, 900 punches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
MERCHANTS OUTING
SET FOR JUNE 1915
River and Bay Trip Planned for
This Year by Board
of Governors.

Decision to. hold the annual booster
outing" Of the Merchants ana Manu-
facturers' Association on June II. -
IA and is this year was made by the
board Of governors of the organization
at . meeting in the associations head
quarters in The Star Building. The
outing, which had been q regular
annual feature Of the merchants group
up to last year, will be made down the
Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay,
stopping at q number Of points Of In
terest on the way TO convey the greet
ings Of Washington business men.
DR.. Malcolm q. Gibbs, chairman Of
the 1881 Booster Committee, has called
q special meeting for April to formu-
late plans for the trip.
President Mark Lansburgh announced
the following committee TO arrange for
and conduct the trip: DR.. M. @. Gibbs
chairman; Bert L. Olmsted, @. H. Dixie
man. William e. Russell, Charles II
Frame, James z. CollihoweT, A. J. Sund-
lun, Lewis A. Payne, r. P. Andrews
A. A. Auth, P. M. Dorsch, Franklin W.
Harper Ford z. Young v. w. Potter
A. c. Case, NJ A. Leese, Louis Levay
]. C.. Callahan, S. M. SelinRer, Gen
Anton Stephan, T. r. Fitzgerald, Charles
German and Dewey Zirlin.
The board protested vigorously against
unlicensed vendors Of all kinds of goods
locating along the curbs Of downtown
streets.
The board went on record in favor
Of the District Commissioners providing
greater illumination In the H stree
underpass beneath the approach to the
Washington Terminal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
ROOSEVELT HOLDS
|PROBE IN ABEYANCE
Governor Reported to Have
Broken With Tammany
Over Immunity Pleas.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 2l.--Spring to-
day failed TO clear away lowering
clouds labeled investigations, charges
and countercharges."
AS a winter which flooded New York
with corruption and inefnciency charges
passed into history, the status Of the
four major inquiries stood somewhat as
follows
Walker.--Goy. Roosevelt, at his Hyde
Park home, considered accusations OF
nonfeasance on which the City Affairs
Committee seeks the mayors removal.
The Governor reached no decision as to
whether he would order an inquiry.
Tafnmany Break Seen.
Newspapers said break between the
Governor and Tamnnany Hall threat
ened over legislative bill requiring
public officials to waive immunity. The
bill is an outgrowth Of several Tam
many oficials' refusal to sign waivers
before q grand jury last year.
Cratn.-Charles c. Birmingham, pres
ident of the Bar Association, was dis
closed as having a hand in drawing up
Governor against District Attorney
Thomas c. T. Grain. Attorney Emory
P. Buckner made public Burlingham's
role In contradicting a statement by
Assistant Mayor Charles F. Kerrigan
that the charges, on which Grain is
awaiting investigation, were a plot to
block investigation into the closed Bank
Of the United States. Buckner is at
torney for two men indicted for misuse
of the banks funds.
Mclaughlin Dismissed.
ADMINISTRATIONS Andrew g..
Mclaughlin, who arrested Vivian Cor
don on a vice charge eight years ago,
was dismissed from the force. The
woman had charged she was framed"
but McLaughlin's dismissal was based
on his refusal to answer questions be-
fore Referee Seabury, inquisitor into
Magistrates Courts.
Magistrate Leo Healy OF Brooklyn re-
signed, saying he was i'll. He was re-
Gently under fire for allegedly suspend
ing sentence on an intoxicated hit-and-
run driver.
Magistrate Edward We'll was ques-
toned privately before Referee Seabury
for more than an hour and q half on
undiscloSed matters. Emerging from
| the conference he denied he had any
| intention of resigning
Bank of United States-Isidor J..
KreSel, i'll counsel for the closed Bank
of United States, may give testimony ct
home as preliminary to the trial Of
! four indicted bankers, scheduled to start
March 80. Kresel has been indicted,
but his attorney said there was no pos
sibility he would be. able to undergo
trial before May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

Of the prospective Marine Corps officers
as follows:
Thomas w. Rogers, Waukesha. Wis;
Dale A. Bauer, Holdrege, Nebr.; Aus
tin r. Brllnelli, Van Houten, n. Mex;
Lewis c. Hudson, jr., Sherard, Miss;
Edmund B. Games, Coshocton, Ohio;
George r. Schultz. Columbia City.
Ind; Albert J. Keller, Detroit, Mich;
Luther 8. Moore, Newton, Mass; Mel
son Kenyon Brown, Pittsburgh, Pa;
John H. Cook, IT,. Clarksdale. Miss. 4;
Harry S. Leon, Belmont Mass. Cliff
ford H. Shuey, Grand Rapids, Mich;
Wayne H. Adams. Danville, ILL.,; Charles
r. Jones. Georgetown, Del: Edward II.
Forney, IT., New York, N. Y; John A..
White, Fort Wayne, Ind; Edward J..
Dillon, Little Britain, N. Y; Harold
Isidore Larson. Murdoch, Mimi; George
S. j. Forde. Philadelphia, Pa: Samuel
@. Taxis, Gloucester. Mass. Clifton r.
Moss, Evansville, Ind: BanksoT T. Hol-
comb, jr., Peiping, China; Frederick l..
Wieseman, Palmyra, Wis, and Harlan
c. Cooper, Stilesville, Ind.
These midshipmen upon graduation
will be assigned to the Supply Corps:
Peyton p. Galloway, Clinton, Mo-;
Marshall H. COX, Pasadena, Calf. !;
John Crumpacker, Michigan City.
Ind. Sidney A. Freeberg, Sciota, MINI. !;
Charles L. Keithley, Lubbock, Tex;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
Six Pairs Pants
$1.80 Cost, but 81
From Pocket Lost

BY the Associated Press.
HAMMOND, Ind, March al
Albert Scott" Burgess knows
bargain when he sees one.
He bought six pairs Of pants
for $1.S9 from a peddler and then
hurried over to the police station
to tell his police friends.
Twas a great bargain" he
said. Imagine, they only cost
81 cents apiece"
Then his Scottish chuckle
turned into q groan as he tried
to dig his hands deeply into the
pockets Of q pair Of his new
pants.
WHAT" asked 3 policeman.
''is the matter"
Nothing" he said, except
they forgot to stitch up the
pockets and I lost 81 I put in
one of them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
|M|DSH|PMEN TO co
INTO MARINE CORPS
"a at Naval Academy viii Be
Commissioned at June
Graduation.

The Marine Corps will commission
"a midshipmen of the class to graduate
in June at the Naval Academy, and IS
of their classmates will enter the Nays
Supply Corps. This announcement,
made yesterday at the Navy Depart
ment, said that the new Marine on
GERS will receive commissions as second
lieutenants, while the new members of
the Supply Corps will be commissioned
ensigns.
The department announced the names
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

Frederick A. Kinzie, rTiawatha, KAfas.
william z. Moring, Sonatobia, Miss.
Stanley Mumford, Ocean City, N. j.;
Joseph F. Tenney, f1tchburg, Mass.
Edward p. Trenholme. Columbia. Mo-:
Ignatius N. Tripi Brooklyn, N. T.: Rob-
ert M. wilbur, Sikeston, Mo-, and Wal
ter n. Wright, Akron, Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
SHRINE CIRCUS THRWEs

Because OF exceptionally heavy de-
mand, tive performances Of the shrins
Circus. being held at the washington
Auditorium, win be conducted today,
1t has been announced These two
added shows. one In the afternoon and
the second IN the evening, win be staged
under the auspices OF the Hotel Greet
ers Of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
Two Given Commissions.

Commissions in the Reserve Corps Of
the Army have been issued by the War
Department to Frederick A. Burr,
Takolna Park, Md, as a captain OF
Coast Artillery and TO Foster o.
speicher, Oakland, Md, as FIRST lieu
tenant of Infantry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
PIT. A. VISITS HOME
Inmates Entertained by Group
From Brookland School.

Inmates of the District Receiving
Home Friday we're entertained by
the Brookland Parent Teacher Associa-
ton In the home, el6 Potomac avenue
southeast. There were about IS pres
ent.
Entertainers were Charles I. Merillat
pianist; Ralph ThraSher, who offered
several trombone solos; Virginia Lee
Petty and Charlotte and Gladys Sauter,
fancy dancers.
At the conclusion Of the program all
Joined in singing familiar ballads. Mrs.
Annie Robey natron of the home, con-
Quoted the Parent Teacher Association
on tour of the home following the
singing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
Spanish Club to Hear LazO.

Hector Lao viii address the Spanish
Club Of George Washington University
at q meeting to be held In Building *
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Mr.
Lazo viii discuss conditions In the
Hawaiian Islands. His talk will be &C
companied by appropriate news reels.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-12-31

There is one job in the House OF
Representatives that sometimes leads
to political advancement. There is
always parliamentary clerk, per-
SON well versed in parliamentary law,
who assists the speaker in making
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-12-31
Blackboard Chances

Word a few that Ward
Joseph Tyson filed Aptz filed alderman
Thomas Sloan died California
have taken the Willard Kink Ella Werder, w.
Zieske Margaret Rawlings William Arnsdorf Martha Matzke
A. Lille McTaggaTwny bankers
H.
in this
Skating "full old mill pond-Sma
rapidly throughout Blue Earth otyA house
Chicago Charlie
H. Tousey a busy
banchesM Ella left Redwood Falls
and wlm her in her
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-12-31
With Beatty
IN Washington
by J. TED BEATTY


A Christmas oddly: / saw bare
foot boy in Washington on December
twenty-6fth.
Numerous holdups featured the
Yule period here. Three of these
operations alone Melted the perpet-
rators thirteen hundred dollars.
+
You have often read about the
roses I see here at the Navy build
ing. On Christmas Day Washing
ton reporter finally made the discov-
cry that roses were blooming in De-
cember and he took picture of them
for prominent position in his paper.
Several weeks ago told you about
the Glastonbury Thorn tree at the
Episcopal cathedral and mentioned