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The Washington times., 1931-03-10
7 v D INDICTED
IN CAR DEATHS

Manslaughter and joyriding are
charged in two indictments re-
ported by the Grand Jury today
against Harold A. Blucher.
According to police, Blucher
stole the car of Mrs. Katie I.
Scott, 1881 K St. N. w., from in
front of the Racquet Club last
February "a and later run down
and killed Edward T. Ryan, at
Anacostia Road and N Street
Southeast.
Harry Leonard Frissell is
charged with manslaughter in
connection with the death Of
Thomas Carey, IA, on March 4.
Carey was struck by the machine
as he was crossing the street at
the H Street viaduct.
Coleman Duckett, colored, is
charged with housebreaking and
larceny in connection with the
entering of the fur store of Isa-
dore Rosendorf, 923 G st. N. w.
Robbery also is charged against
Horace I. Lancaster, colored, who
is said to have snatched the purse
of Katherine Kirby, Cairo Hotel,
near Seventeenth and o. Streets
Northwest on February %, last.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
BLUE SKY QUIZ.
DUE TUESDAY

The report of the Department
of Justice auditors on the investi-
cation of the books and records
OF Country Club Properties, Inc,
was received today by United
States Attorney Leo A. Rover,
who announced that he would
place the matter before the
Grand Jury next Tuesday.
The investigation of the con-
Germ, engaged in promoting the
sale of a Maryland subdivision,
was precipitated in a large part
by the investigation conducted
last summer by the Blaine sub
committee into local real estate
conditions.
The concern was said to have
used high pressure methods of
salesmanship through a lunch
room lecture plan" It had al
ready attracted the attention Of
the Senate subcommittee when
complaints reached the office of
Mr.. Rover of purchases Of lots in
the subdivision. Mr.. Rover sub
poenaed the records of :he con-
Germ and turned them over to
Department of Justice investiga-
tors.
Recently the concern filed suit
for a mandamus in District Su-
preme Court to compel tie 1eturn
OF the records, but the, case is
still pending.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Mothers Protest
At Methods Used
To Collect Fares

A strong protest against the
present method of collecting the
scent fares from school children,
under a recent order of the
Public Utilities Commission, is
being voiced by parents of a
number of children.
One of the protests which The
washington Times received today
was from Mrs. May Webb, Oil
Potomac Ave. S. E., who said
that when her children boarded
a Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company bus at Eleventh
street and Potomac Avenue
Southeast today on their way to
school, they were put off the
bus after they had offered the
conductor q Scent cash fare.
Unfair, She Says
Mrs. Webb protests that many
school children have not yet re.
ceived their books Of tickets and
that it is unfair to make them
pay full fare.
Under the order of the Public
Utilities Commission, the pupils
receive application cards which,
when signed by their teacher or
principal, permit them TO pur'
chase books of 10 tickets.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Judge Gives War Veteran
Sympathy and 80 Days
Times Staff Photo

sion with a barrage OF roCCeIl
eggs. He told Judge Hit the
man had been receiving a lib
erap pension from the Govern
ment. Judge Hit said;
"Do you mean to say you
consider SIT a month for a man
who served his country a lib
eraI pension? The man, l
understand, is almost blind, has
injuries to his hip, making 1t
impossible for him to work.
How can any man live on that
amount? I ask you, could you
live on SIT a month";"
"TOo Bad" Says Judge
Mr.. Hazard admitted SIT a
month would not be enough fol
living expenses but asked that
something be done to restrain
Isaac.
Judge Hit said it was "toc
bad" that nothing more could be
done to remedy the condition
under the status of the present
law but felt that it was his duty
as a jurist to mete out sentence
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
ALnlGs Temple Has
Street March, ShOW

A parade of the uniformed
bodies of Almas Temple, followed
by an entertainment at the tenn
pie, on K Street near Thirteenth
Street Northwest, will be held to-
night under the auspices of Louis
J. Raebach. Forming at Thir-
teenth Street and New York Ave-
nue. Northwest at 9 o'clock. it will
proceed down New York Avenue
to Fourteenth Street, where it
will turn north to K Street and
thence east to the temple.
Upon arrival at the temple, the
Shriners will witness an entertain
ment program, which will be
broadcast over radio station
WJSV.
Grand Master Fred c. Cook will
be among the guests.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Er-HOlUdrd Student
Wins Scholarship

Collins George, of 1919 @ st.
N. w., student at Harvard Uni
versity, has received a scholar
ship award for further studies in
anthropology at the Cambridge
institution.
Since his graduation from How
ard in 1929, George has been
working for masters degree in
anthropology at Harvard. Be
cause of his brilliant work in this
field, he attracted the attention
Of DR.. Hooton of the school of
anthropology,
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Mother Who Stole
Baby Carriage
Escapes Jail
! - 3

A mother who stole a baby
carriage in which to wheel her
baby out into the sunshine,
will not be prosecuted.
The young woman, whose
name is withheld by police, is
said to have admitted taking
q perambulator belonging to
Mrs. Nellie G.. Nelson, whose
home is near Third and F
Streets Northwest. In the per
ambulator were a camera and
pocketbook.
An investigation resulted in
the recovery of the property
and the arrest of the young
mother. Upon learning the
circumstances, and thai the
woman under arrest was the
mother of four children, Mrs.
Nelson refused to prosecute.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

Judge Isaac R. Hit, hlmSeH
a World War veteran, voiced
sympathy today for another ex-
service man when he learned the
defendant was receiving SIT a
month for disability suffered in
line of duty. The judge said he
regretted having to send the man
to jail.
Paul Isaac, the defendant, was
charged with making threats
against the Bureau of Pensions
and when the judge learned that
the man had threatened to crash
down the roof over their heads"
he was forced to regulate his
decision with the law.
He Gets 80 Days
Judge Hit sentenced the man
to 80 days in jail in lieu of post
ing $10O bond to keep the peace.
w. Lawrence Hazard, assistant
chief clerk of the Pension Bureau
testified that Isaac had written
many letters to the Bureau,
threatening to storm the commits
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
ALDR|DGE WINS
DEATH STAY

Alfred Scott Aldridge, colored,
slayer of Policeman Harry j. Nc
Donald, who was sentenced to
die in the electric chair on March
20, today was granted a stay of
execution until May 8, by Justice
Peyton Gordon at the request of
Attorney James Reilly, who as
serted that an appeal from the
sentence is now pending in the
United States Supreme Court.
Policeman Mcdonald was killed
July 6, 1929. at Seventeenth and
Q Streets Northwest. He had
arrested Aldridge and his brother,
Albert, in an attempted drug
store robbery and had taken
them to a police call box in his
car when they opened fire on
him. The officer returned the
fire, killing Albert, but was
mortally wounded himself. Alfred
escaped and was arrested several
days later.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
BECOME
3-CENT FARE
RIDERS
Purple Tickets Carry Daytime
Students; Night Pupils Use
Yellow Pasteboards as Fare

More than 10000 children are
riding street cars and busses to-
day for the first time under the
new Scent fare rate which be-
came a law three weeks ago.
Following the sale Of tickets
yesterday in the Secon d ary
schools and at agencies desig-
mated by traction companies, chill,
dren this morning boarded the
cars and buses and presented
their brandnew bright purple
tickets.
Pupils between the ages Of 5
and 18 years, who are permitted
under the law to pay three-tenths
of the adult fare, climbed the cars
this morning, beginning at 1880
o'clock, paid their Scent tickets,
and saved their extra pennies for
lunch.
Night Cards Yellow
The sale Of tickets will be con-
tiziued at the agencies.
Night school students will use
their tickets for the first time
tonight. The tickets, which are
yellow in color, are good from
4:3O p. m. to IL p. m.
Have Separate Agencies
Upon the expiration Of the
tickets now in use, children will
be requested to make out new
applications for each additional
purchase, in order to prevent the
use of the tickets after children
have ceased to qualify for the
use of them.
The street car companies and
the bus companies are selling dis
tinctive tickets and both are
maintaining agencies for the sale.
The traction companies will
issue transfers on the reduced
fare between street cars and
busses and vice versa, and free
transfers will also be issued be.
tween the Capital Traction line
and the Washington Rapid Tran.
sit line at Fourteenth Street and
Colorado Avenue Northwest.
Sale of total Of $17,024.40 worth
of three-cent school students
tickets were reported by the trac.
ton companies to the Public
Utilities Commission under the
first day of the reduced fare.
The Capital Traction Company
reported that 661 books, costing
S1.2O each, had been sold and
2,117 books costing 30 cents had
been sold.
The Washington Railway and
Electric Company sold 9O2 of the
$1.2O books and 1887 of the 30,
cent books. The Washington
Rapid Transit Company, which
canvassed only one school, sold
19 of the $1.2O books and 8S of
the 3O-cent books.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
*V|RG|NIAN HURT
IN TRAFFIC

Wallace Weeks, 40, of Walkers
Chapel, Va, is in Emergency Hos
pital in serious condition from
injuries received when he was hit
by an automobile in front of the
Earle Theater today.
The driver of the machine, Miss
MARY s. Gibson, of 29l1 Seven
teenth St. N. E., Immediately re-
ported the accident. She was
not held.
A number of witnesses of the
accident made statements to the
effect that Weeks, apparently not
watching traffic, walked into the
side of the car. The impact
broke the glass in one of the win
dows Of the machine. Weeks is
believed to be suffering from a
? fractured skull and possible in
ternal injuries.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Capt. J. r. W. DiehI
Dies at PHILADELPHIA

The death of Capt. job r. w.
Diehl at the Naval Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pa, yesterday, was
announced at the War Depart
ment today.
Captain Diehl was 81 years old.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pa,
and entered West Point, July /,
1914. He was promoted captain,
November 26, 1926, and was on
duty at the quartermaster school,
Philadelphia, at the time Of his
death.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Consuelo S. Diehl.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Newcomer Is Named
.J1dlUin PdLLbedreI

On account of illness, Mai.
Gen. William M. Black, retired,
yesterday announced as one OF
the honorary pallbearers at the
funeral of Lieut.. Gen. Edgar
Jadwin, retired, will not be able
to serve, according to a War De-
partment statement today.
Brig. Gen. Henry C. Newcomer,
retired, has been substituted for
General Black.
It was also announced that
the Thirteenth Regiment Of Eli
gineers from Fort Humphreys,
Va, has been added to the
funeral escort with the head
quarters company of this city
furnishing the firing party.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
MERCHANTS ASK
ALL VENDORS
BE BARRED
Protest to Commissioners Is
Followed by Application for
Opinion; Flower Carts Hit

A formal opinion, which will
decide whether itinerant vendors
may sell their wares on the side.
walks of the city, probably will
be handed down by the Corpora
ton Counsel within a few days.
The question involved is that OF
unfair competition with local
merchants.
Recently a delegation of flower
merchants, who rent stores in the
downtown section appealed to
the District commissioners to
drive the vendors of flowers and
balloons from the streets.
While no formal opinion has
been rendered by the Commis-
sioners the matter is before
Corporation Counsel William w.
Bride, it was learned today. >
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Francis HI. Stephens said last
night that in his opinion street
vending, where a pushcart or
other vehicle is not employed, is
a violation of the law.
In the event that such a ruling
is made by the Corporation
Counsel, driving the flower ven
dors and balloon men from the
streets, similar action must be
taken against the apple statesmen
and all others as they will fall
within the unfair competition"
category.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
DestitutiOn Called
Federal Problem

Calling destitution as much
Government problem as adequate
highways, Frank Bane, commits
sioner of public welfare for the
State of Virginia and member of
President Hoover's Committee on
Unemployment, yesterday told the
, Council of Social Agencies. meet
ing at the Y. w. c. A., that public
relief organizations should take
over some of the work now accom-
plished by private agencies.
Other speakers included DR..
William C. Fowler. Walter S. Uf-
ford, Mrs. Fereba CroXton, Mrs
Whitman Cross, George Wilson,
DR.. Percy Hickling and Mis- Ger
trude H. Bowling.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
LAGUARD|A
To WAR ON
USURERS
Will Make First Move When
Released From Hospital; His
Suggestion Unprecedented
BY THEODORE TILLER

The legislator who started a
House filibuster that killed the
small loan" bill for the District
of Columbia in the final days Of
the past Congress will soon pro-
pose to department heads and bu-
reau chiefs of the Government a
panacea for existing loan shark"
evils. His will be an unprece-
dented and drastic suggestion.
Representative Fiorello H. La
Guardia (R0, New York, was pre-
pairing the draft of a letter to
dozens of departmental executives
when he was sent to the Naval
Hospital for brief treatment on
advice of the House physician,
Comdr. George w. Calvert, U. S.
Medical Corps.
It is assured that when Repre-
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The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Mrs. StinchcOn1b
Awarded Decree

Mrs. Alice V. Stinchcomb, 2515
Thirteenth st. NJ w., who sued
her husband, John Marshall
Stinchcomb, for absolute divorce,
was awarded an interlocutory de-
cree today by Justice Jesse c..
Adkins in Equity Court. Attorney
Raymond Neudecker appeared for
her.
Mrs. Stinchcomb complained
that her husband Inundated her
by asserting that he preferred
the society of another woman. He
ordered her from their apartment
in October, 1927, the wife com.
planned. and thereafter openly
went about with the other woman.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Patient "LOses" SIS
While Mdkinq "CGLL'

Police have been asked to
search for the person or persons
who "rolled" James Bottroff, 55,
a patient at Walter Reed Hospi-
tai. yesterday.
According to the report made
to police of the Ninth precinct,
the veteran went to 1925 B st,
N. E., occupied by a colored
woman. While there he went to
sleep in chair and was robbed
of SIS, he claimed.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

MRS. CLARA BLAINE
POLICE HAVE been asked to
search for Mrs. Clara Blaine,
who disappeared from her
home, 1877 Tenth st. N. W.,
last Sunday, according to a
report made by her husband,
Roger E. Blaine.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Meat Wagon Robbers
Bring Home Bacon

Someone brought home the
bacon last night.
James E. Wood, of Bennings
Station, driver for a provision
company, told police that some
one had rifled a truck he was
driving and made away with Is
pounds of sliced bacon and a
boiled ham. The robbery oc-
Cured at Twelfth and U Streets
Northwest.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
HOTEL LOBBY ROBBED

Clothing, valued at about $50.
was stolen from hangers in the
lobby of the Hotel Everett late
last night, according to a report
made to, police today.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
SiLUerUQre Stolen
In RObberu of Home

Robbers broke into the resi-
dence of Charles E. Galliher,
3848 Harrison St. N. w., and
stole a quantity of silverware.
Entrance was gained by Jimmy
ing" a side window.
Used-Car transportation can be yours
for a low down payment and a little
each month by turning to the cars
advertised in tOday's Classified Ads.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02

others. To some, the cannon were
the most interesting things aboard
These guns were twenty-four poun-
ders like the ones which had wreck
ed the Java, the Cyane, and the Le-
want long years ago. Beside them
were the rammers, water buckets,
sponge buckets, and other things
needed to set them off. Looking out
over them into the water one could
not help thinking of those brave
ones who had stood fighting for lib
erty and their homes in this same
place where countless people now
walked paying homage to them.
other things of interest on the
boat were the Commodore's cabin,
the crews quarters, the thick heavy
anchor cables, the wheel and COM
passes, the crews bathtubs, the
sailors chests, the water pumps,
the sail-maker's cabin, the curious,
old windlass, and the numerous
show cases filled with relics and
trinkets of all types. The windlass
was a large affair and took a num-
Der of men to turn it, slowly wind
ing in the rope as they walked
around. AS for the show cases, they
contained everything from antique
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
School Orchestra
To Play "SalOme''

The school orchestra led by Prof.
Hudson has had the honor of being
asked to supply the music for the
play CDR. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" to
be given by "The Kings Daughters"
at some future date. .s-
Professor Hudson has picked for
the music "The Vision of Salome." T"
The music is written in accordance
with the story of Salome. She was
a dancer at about 72 B. c: King
Herod liked her dancing so much
that he told her she could have any
thing. in the kingdom. Salome, be-
ing in love with John the Baptist,
asked for his head. When this was
brought in on a platter she carress-
ed it and danced before it. AS she
finished her dance, she dropped
deA.
The orchestra is now practicing
this music.
Stevenson "a
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02

ing to eat the pasteboard under the
pie crust and wondering why it wa:
so tough. Most every piece of card
board that was thrown out had al
least one big bite out of it. How
ever, none seemed to feel any the
worse and the sightseeing progress
sed.
At Independence Hall some of the
most interesting sights were-a
cross-section of the famous "Treaty
Elm," a real Indian scalp dried and
stretched out on sticks, tiny chariot
models, cannon models, tiny ships,
Franklin's Calendar, the splendid
array of all the allied flags on eth
er side of portrait of Franklin, and
the types of clothing worn by our
and mothers, including
silk stockings, queer silken Slip
pers, dresses, suits and even baby
Clothes
When we left this place where
several hours might have been
spent with pleasure, the guide found
that he had very little time left and
we would not be able to see much
more. We therefore had to be sat
isfied with merely riding past the
grave of Franklin, plain and deco
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02

full of life in spite Of the rain and
ready for big day.
The first thing on the program
was "Old Ironsides" of course. Our
bus was ahead of the others and as
we rode along Delaware avenue to-
ward pier 80 every eye was strain
ing to get the first glimpse of the
famous ship. There she is" shout
ed several voices, and surely enough
there against the dull gray sky be-
fore us were the masts, yards and
rOlled-up sails of her rigging. No
doubt thrill passed through every
one, for in comparison with the
other ships at the wharves it was
like a fairy-tale ship. From a dis
tance it seemed that she had sailed
out of the dim past to remind us all
of that great part she played in win
ming our independence on sea and to
fill our hearts with love and rever-
ence for all she represents.
The crowds of people ON the boat
made it hard to see everything be-
cause one couldn't get around. How
ever they also made it very inter-
esting because of the many and var
led expressions on their faces-cur-
iosity, respect, interest, and lots of
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02

rated only with an American flag,
fitting honor for that great Ameri-
can. OF course we also rode past
the home of Betsy Ross and found
it decorated with flags and one "old
glory" still flying, a symbol of the
undying love of America for the
birthplace of our flag.
Still another place we saw was
the New Museum of Art finished
only a short time ago. Before it
was a statute of Washington on a
horse, and all about the pedestal at
his feet were the images of Indians,
Puritans, Patriots, and other early
figures. We could not stop and go
into this beautiful place although
everyone wanted to, as it was we
didn't have much time left in which
to make the train for home again.
And so the stay ended, very sue
cessful in spite of the rain. Probab-
ly no one who sees "Old Ironsides"
will ever forget it. Since Washing
tons time she has served under ev-
cry President, and if they have any
thing to say who have walked on
her decks and seen her proud rig
ging against the dull sky as we did
on that rainy Saturday, she will
continue to serve.
Alice Breme !
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02


Last Saturday, the twenty
eighth of September, a small group
of school children left the station at
Milford, boarded the morning train
and started out for a days sight
seeing in Philadelphia. Because of
the weather conditions, meaning a
pouring rain, not many were on
hand, but those who were, especial
ly the small boys, enjoyed them
selves to say the least. The one
thing everyone wanted to see and
the one subject that interested them
most was "Old Ironsides." Every
thing else, even the long, tiresome
trip, seemed of minor Importance.
Upon arriving at Broad Street
Station in Philadelphia, the guide,
who got on the train at Wilmington,
led all who were in our train to the
buses. Pupils from Milford who
got good seats had a chance to
watch more and more children come
in from other trains. By the time
we were ready to leave there were
seven buses filled to oVerhowing
with noisy, happy school children.
They came from all over Delaware,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania, as far
as Stroudsburg. All of them were
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
MANUAL TRAINING
DEPARTMENT. IS
BEING EXPANDED
New Equipment and More
Pupils. One Class Max
ing Wooden Dogs

In Mr.. McGee's manual training
department, there are being added
several new machines. A Stanley
grinder and a Jig saw are two OF
the machines.
One class is making wooden dogs
which will have a stick with a
pointed end on them, so that it may
be stuck into the ground. These
little dogs make an attractive show
on your lawn. Justus Hudson is
making a model of a sailing boat.
Manual training this year must
be more interesting to boys than
last year, because there are one
hundred and twenty-eight boys en-
rolled. That makes eighteen more
than last year. A new lathe is also
being added to the workshop this
year.
H. J. Derrickson
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02

pitchers and silverware to fint-lock
pistols and old documents. Among
them were several sheets of old mu-
sic one of which was entitled "The
Old Constitution, the Pride of Our
Navy" 1 don't think anyone re-
members it. Then too, they had two
very odd-looking musical instru-
ments labeled key Bugle" and
"Valve Trumpet" If some of our
present-day cornet players could
try playing those things modern
music would certainly be revolu-
tionized with capital r. No won
der they didn't have bugles in the
fife and drum corps. Besides these
were photographs, medicine bottles,
and numberless other very wonder
full things to see. An antique lover
would certainly have revelled in
that collection.
After taking a last look at "Old
Ironsides" we returned to the bus
where everyone was served with a
dainty little "Vos" box luncheon,
consisting of three sandwiches, a
twisted roll, cherry pie, a banana,
an orange, salted peanuts, and a
candy bar. There was much fun be-
cause most people insisted on try