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The Washington times., 1932-02-02
MR., GROUNDING
STAYS OUT

Rain and Sleet, the nastier the
better, were welcomed in Wash
ington today by faithful adher-
ents to the old grounding tradi
tion.
There are some scoffers who
profess not to believe in Mr..
Groundhog'S reputation as a
weather prophet, but the true be-
lever will point triumphantly to
records of years past.
There seems to be some differ
ence of opinion as to the time
the grounding should appear
above the ground on this, Can
dlemaS Day.
One theory holds that noon is
the fateful moment and if he fails
to see his shadow at just that par
ticular time the back of winter is
broken and the householder can
look in his coal bin with satisfac.
tion.
Others hold that if the ground
hog sees his shadow at any time
today he will scurry back into his
hole for another long nap before
spring.
Both, however, were satisfied to
day that no matter when the lit
tie beast appeared he would be
content to hang out a new sign on
his winter quarters, knowing
spring to be just around the cor,
nPr
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
House Doon1s Last Hopes
For u S. Wage Increases

filling of vacancies will be when
the President gives his written
approval.
Representative Joseph w.
Byrnes, chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee de.
clared:
"Any loyal emplOye would be
willing to accept this sacrifice
when general wages throughout
the country in many instances
are being reduced"
The movement to prevent
salary increases and filling of
vacancies is part of a concen,
trated effort to reduce the Amer
lean standard of living, Repre-
sentative Fiorello LaGuardia R.)
of New York, declared.
Apprentices in Government de-
partments, the Army and the
Navy and the Postoffice Depart.
ment will be vitally affected, La
Guardia said.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
MIDNIGHT HA[TS
10000 CARS

More than 500 persons stood
shivering in the drizzle at police
headquarters today hopeful that
they would not be among 10000
who would be without automobile
tags tomorrow.
William A. Van Duzer, Director
of Traffic, said approximately
10000 tags had been issued to
date and about 1000 will go out
today. Under regulation of the
traffic bureau any person driv-
ing an automobile on dead
tags" will be subject to maxi
mum fine of $500 or 10 days in
Jail.
A warning today was issued to
all District motorists who have
failed to obtain 1882 license tags,
to keep the automobiles off the
streets. Inspector Ernest w.
Brown said that all automobiles
bearing 1881 tags and parked on
the street for more than 18 hours
were to be confiscated by police.
An automobile with 1881 tags
cannot be driven after midnight
but must be towed. Inspector
Brown suggested that motorists
who have no garages and cannot
afford to have their cars stored,
should put them on vacant lots.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
BIGGEST SINGLE
DAY 'SRECE|P
REPORTED
100000 Standing Between
Workers and Objective
ENDING Tomorrow

Stirred by appeals made yes
terday by Community Chest
workers to raise the last $780,
900 that stands between an
army" of workers and sue,
cess tomorrow night when the
campaign ends, preliminary fig
ures today indicated return
of approximately 100000 dur
ing the last "a hours, workers
at the Willard Hotel were told.
This leaves 100000 to be raised
by tomorrow night.
This is the largest amount
workers have reported in a single
day and they are optimistic in
the belief that Washingtonians
will respond to the limit.
According to Elwood Street, di-
rector of the drive, the task Of
the workers until tomorrow night
is to impress on those they call
upon the Importance and serious
ness of the situation existing
here
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Chest Drive Brghtens With $780, 900 More in Golfers
Cannon Suit
For libel
Lost

The privilege of members OF the
United States Congress to speak
their minds freely was upheld by
Justice Peyton Gordon, in the
District Supreme Court, today. in
a decision which also said that
individual members of the Con-
gress may not or cannot divest
themselves of the immunity given
them by law.
The iecision was handed down
in the $50O,000 libel suit against
Heprc cntative George H. Tink-
ham of Massachusetts,, brought
by Bishop James Cannon, jr, be-
cause of allegedly libelouS re-
marks.
Representative Tinkham origin
ally made the remarks on the
floor of Congress, but later re-
peated them when the Bishop
dared him to do so over his sigma
ture and without claiming the
protection of immunity granted
members of Congress.
After the libel suit was filed,
Representative Tinkham claimed
that he could not discard the
privileges which the law gives
Congressman in their remarks,
and the decision of the District
Supreme Court today upheld him
in that view.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
MILD WEATHER
To RETURN

Following today's light snow
and rain, which will probably
continue throughout the night,
Washington is due for another
spell of mild weather, it was
predicted by the U. S. Weather
Bureau today.
The lowest temperature last
night was at midnight with 50
degrees, 10 degrees higher than
the previous nights low tempera-
ture.
At 10 o'clock this morning, the
temperature had risen to 81 Ind
will climb to A or higher by late
afternoon, it was predicted.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
CENSUS BUREAU.
T0DR0P 1900
BY APRIL |
1000 Apply for Places With
Dawes Board; Director
Steuart ASSaiIed

More than 1,5OO men and
women will join Washington's s
army of the unemployed on
April l, when the Census Bu-
reau will make it's next drastic
cut, it was learned today.
The final compilations of the
Fifteenth Census, taken in early
1880, are nearing completion, it
was stated by officials. which will
necessitate the dropping Of most
of the balance of the temporary
employees.
so Get Notices
Approximately so employees of
the tabulation division received
notices yesterday of their termi
nation as of February %, and
quite a larger number received
the same bad news in the popu-
lation branch.
A Year ago the Census Bureau
was at is peak, when there were
6,998 employees on the rolls. Now,
there are a few more than $500,
which leaves more than 2,1OO
"temporaries" to be let out be-
tween this date and July l, Of
this year, according to officials.
There are 1873 permanent clerks.
These employees are from every
State in the Union and all the
outlying territories and posses
sions, and come from all profes-
sions and walks of life.
All Are Recommended
More than 1000 of these en-
ployes to be dropped soon have
filed applications with the Recon
struction Finance Corporation,
and make up a large percentage
of the $4,000 jobless who desire
to help Chairman Dawes dole out
the $2,000,000, 900 recently appro-
priated by Congress To help the
banks. All of these have been
recommended to Dawes en- maSSe
by the Bureau of the Census.
According to some officials of
the bureau, this large cut is not
necessary and reports are that
the present director, VIM. C..
Steuart, will retire at the end
of the present Census and is anx-
ious to establish a record by re-
turning to Congress more money
than any preceding director.
Director Steuart has been in
the Census Bureau for more than
80 years. He started in as a
messenger and after the long
period of service will retire as it's
head.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
TWO Youths Nubbed
For Dr1inin0 GAS

Jack Monroe. 18, and Charles
Smoot, 10, were arrested last
night at Portner's Arena in Alex.
andria when Patrolman Stewart
caught them, he says, draining
gas from the tank of an auto,
mobile.
Shortly after the arrests, Police
man Matthews of the District of
Columbia Department found his
tank had been drained.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Vern1Onters to Hold
Card Party Feb. 10

The Vermont Association of the
District will hold a card party at
the home of Senator and Mrs.
Porter H. Dale, 4331 Blagden
Ave. N. W., Wednesday night,
February 10. The public is in,
vited and reservations may be
made through Mrs. Frank E.
Hickey, 1401 Columbia Rd. N. W.,
or Mrs. Mabel r. Pierce, 1905
Tenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02

The House today voiced its
opposition to salary increases or
filling of vacancies in Federal
departments when it adopted a
special resolution providing for
the inclusion of prohibitive sec
tions in all appropriation bills.
No salaries may be increased
or vacancies filled before July /,
1898. The only exception in the
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Woman Who SuccOrs
Blind YiSitinn Here

Working for the prevention of
blindness, Mrs. Winifred Holt
Mather lis in Washington for
several weeks with her husband,
Rufus Mather.
Founder of the Light House
for the Blind" in New York,
Mrs. Mather has worked for
years for relief of the sightless.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Cameras to Check
PLnneS' Behavior

Because even aeronautical eX-
perts differ in their observation
of test dives and spins of Navy
planes during test flights at Dahl
gren, Va, officials at the Ana
costa Air Station have installed
Photographic apparatus on the
ground at separate stations to
record from different angles the
behavior of planes in the air.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02

philosophy, l recall quotation from
Hegel to the effect that the owl Of
Minerva only flies after the sun has
set and the eagle of Mars has gone to
rest. The place of fiction in such a
classification l do not know; but 1t
seems to me that among novelists, our
English cousins have somewhat has
tily followed their country off the
gold standard. Far too many OF them
are writing fantasies which aren't
funny; they are still under the lntiu-
ence of "Zuleika Dobson," which, was
written by a man not particularly in
sympathy with the big dominant
Engiishman of about 1910 and which
symbolically foretold the decline OF
Empire by showing how the whole u
i TfCnIf fnH
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Alexandria Alters
Bi-Fete Parade Route

The George Washington Birth
day Association last night adopted
a modified route for the February
% parade.
The parade will pass Gadsby's
Tavern as planned but will turn
west on Cameron Street. It was
decided to incorporate the asso-
ciation.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Lieut.. TrapneU Gets
Transfer to Akron

Navy orders today transfer
Lieut.. Frederick NJ. Trapnell
from the Anacostia Naval Air Sta
ton to duty on the Navy dirigi-
BILE Akron, effective July / and
relieve Lieut.. Gilbert L. Burt, of
the photographic Office at the
Navy Department, of all active
duty.
Other orders bring Lieut.. Rich
ard r. bennett to the Bureau Of
Aeronautics from the U. S. S.
Akron, and Lieut.. John A. Hollo-
we'll from the Hampton Roads
Air Station to the Navy Yard.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
AVERAGE SAVING
To Be NICKEL
ON GAS RATE
Company Files Figures With
P. U. c.; Public Hearing :
May Be Called

The Washington Gas Light
Company's schedule of re-
duced rates was filed today
with the Public Utilities Com
mission, providing only a
meager monthly saving for the
more than $4,000 domestic
customers and large cut in
the monthly bills of wholesale
consumers.
The company asked that the
new schedule of rates be put in
effect March /. but the commits.
sion undoubtedly will conduct
public hearing before setting up
new rates.
A total of $211, 900 is set aside
by the company for the reduc-
ton, using 100000 to reduce the
domestic schedule and $111,000
for commercial schedule reduc-
tionS.
Keep Minimum Rate
The new domestic schedule pc
titioned by the company is: 81
for the first 1000 cubic feet; 80
cents for the next 1000 feet; IS
cents for the next 4,500 feet and
80 cents for 5000 feet or over.
The present schedule is 81 for
the first 1,50O cubic feet and 80
cents for all gas thereafter. The
minimum monthly charge OF Is
cents is retained.
The new schedule provides a
saving of cents to the average
consumer. The average monthly
consumption is 3,4O0 cubic feet,
the monthly charge for which
under the present rate is 1921
and under the new rate, $S.16.
Under this schedule, there are
25,752 customers, who use less
than 1000 cubic feet monthly,
whose bills would not be reduced;
61,67O customers, who use be-
tween 1000 and 5000 cubic feet
monthly, who would have so
cents each a year; 1887 custo-
merS, who use 5000 to $4,000
cubic feet monthly and who
save $2.98 cents each a year,
and 68 customers, who use over
$4,000 cubic feet monthly, whose
yearly saving would be $115.86.
Summer Charge Out
No change is petitioned for the
house heating schedule, except the
abolition of a 81 minimum bill
charge to customers who turn off
their gas furnaces between April
and october. This charge yielded
the company $10.750 last year.
but caused considerable trouble.
A new commercial schedule,
schedule c, provides a charge Of
80 cents per 1000 feet. for the
first $500 feet; IS cents for the
next $4,000, and 80 cents for
over 100000. Schedule D, also
a commercial schedule, SetS up
rates of 921a cents per 1000
feet for the first so feet used a
month per foot of maximum
| hourly used; 77H2 cents Tor all
above and up to 100000 feet
used monthly; 65 cents up to
1000 900; so cents for the next
100000, and 40 cents for over
1000 900.
Off.Peak Schedule
A new seasonal off-peak sChed-
ule provides a 81 maximum
charge in December and January
and SO maximum in November
and February, with no maximum
for other months, plus IS cents
per 1000 feet up to $4,000 feet
and 40 cents per 1000 feet in
excess of $4,000.
An apartment house rate for
cooking and refrigeration to be
calculated on master meter
provides charges Of 80 cents for
the first 5000 feet; 80 cents for
the next 10000 feet and rs cents
for over $4,000.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Economist Position
Omen at Civil SerUice

The Civil Service Commission
announces that applications will
be received until February % for
the position Of assistant indus
trial economist in the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Department of
Labor, with entrance salary at
$4,000. The duties include prepa-
ration and publication of investi-
CATION reports.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Labor Bond Reuse
Asked bv D. C.. Heads

A recommendation that law
passed in 1878, providing that for
NAL written contracts be required
with bonds for day labor projects
up to $1,000. be amended so as to
raise the figure to $4,000. was sent
to Chairman Mary T. Norton, of
the House District Committee. by
the District Commissioners today.
The Commissioners pointed out
that at the time the law was
passed a sewer job could be per-
formed within $1,000 which could
not be performed today for less
than $4,000.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Tax Bills, Dance
Marathon RGDped

Denunciation of the Mapes
bills increasing taxation of Dis
trict residents featured a meeting
last night of the Washington
Highlands Citizens Association.
The association also passed reso-
lutions condemning the recent
dance marathon and praising the
Capper bill to regulate the sale Of
fire arms.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
$50 Days in Jail
PenQLtu for Assault

Convicted of assault on Bernice
Anderson, colored, at her home,
86 I st. S. w., yesterday, Willie
Jones, colored, 81, of 931 Second
St. S. w., today was sentenced to
1870 days in Jail by Police Court
Judge John P. Mcmahon.
The girl said Jones came to her
home yesterday while her mother
was away and asked for Mary" !"
Upon being told that Mary did
not live there, she said. he struck
her and tore her clothing. He was
arrested after a chase of several
blocks.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Fitzpatrick Named
To COLLege Post

John R. Fitzpatrick, Assistant
United States Attorney, has been
appointed assistant dean of Co
lumbia University TO succeed
Seton Darr, resigned.
Fitzpatrick has been secretary
of the university for over a year.
He is a graduate of the school
and before his appointment to
the district attorneys office in
1919 was secretary to the late
Justice SiddonS.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Baltimore to Join
Alexandria Parade

Assistant Chief August Enrich.
of the Baltimore fire department,
will lead two battalions and the
120-piece drum and bugle corps of
the department in the parade in
Alexandria, February %. More
than twoscore departments will
be represented.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
HONOR RUDOLPH

The directors of the Municipal
Fairgrounds department, meeting
for the first time this year, today
passed resolution expressing
sorrow over the death of former
Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph,
one of the playground department
founders,
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
HOWGrd DebGterS
To Meet Ohio Team

The Howard University debaterS
will meet the Ohio Wesleyan Col
lege team tonight in Rankin Me.
mortal Chapel.
Socialism has more to offer the
people than capitalism" is the
subject to be argued. The local
debaters have not been defeated
this season.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
COL. RAYMOND DEAD

The death of Col. Henry I.
Raymond, retired, at Letterman
General Hospital. San Francisco,
last Saturday, was announced at
the War Department today.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Church to Present
Bible Drama Sundav

A biblical drama entitled Sac
rifice" will be presented next
Sunday at 8 p. m. by the young
people of the First Congrega-
tional Church. The play is un-
der the direction of Miss Nell M.
Berghout, director of religious
education.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
W. F. Connolly, J.,
Gets License to Wed

William Francis Connolly, jr.,
%, of 1340 Connecticut Ave-, yes
terday obtained a license to wed
Helen Isabel Schofield, %, of 157
East Seventy-second Street, New
York city. Connolly is a student
at Georgetown Law School. Miss
Schofield is a graduate of Welles-
ley College. Both are natives Of
Detroit.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
woodward Veterans
Elect l.. H. RObinette

L. H. B. Robinette was elected
president yesterday of the Twenty
Year Club of Woodward and Lo-
throp'S store. Others elected
we're I. E. Fronani. vice presi-
dent; j. j. Donovan. secretary;
Clifton F.. Gray, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
True to Type
ENGLISH WRITERS
ABANDON GOLD
TOO SOON
-Ry GILBERT SELDES-

THERE seems to be claw" that certain arts flourish
during periods of prosperity and expansion and
others prefer the mellow light of an approaching DOOM
Architecture is in the first class; music believe is IN
the second And somewhere, in a primary textbook on
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
Exhibits A and B

pretty wench
Exhibits A and B
There is, for example, "a Strong Man Needed" about
girl nine feet TALL who the fortunes OF an tgsn
family by becoming professional boxer and winning the
worlds championship It contains amusing descrptlo1
of party at which the gin instead OF beng out Oh eHe
s e IS. ne hs Teow yOU eye at me as evil as
Christian" But that is not quite enough 1or "0'
book.
fantasy this time about an eccentric lord who starts
the crusade of Nudsm in London 1t also has its anus
ing passages, although cant place them at the mo-
ment. And two three books which are not yet re-
leased for review are in the spirit. You can
identity these books and all of their kind because on
the first page there will always be character named
Lord Camphor the Duke of Dirtywater
Good Old Lucia
am not making any premature reference to Aldous
Huxleys Utopian satire, "Brave New World" which is
something else again because Mr. Huxley has mind.
For the moment the sterling, if not the solid gold
standard is upheld for by Mr.. E. F. Benson, whose
"Mapp and Lucia" brings together two characters
from previous novels and makes them almost as de-
lightful as they before they met. The Lucia
series ("Queen Lucia" and Lucia in London') still
mains Incompatible in the vein of farcical satire.
people has ever been treated with so little and
much attractive malice. "Mapp and Lucia" brings
the queen of one little village into conflict with the
tyrant of another, and the results hilarious We
have made much of many bad English books
that we might, for change, do something for Mr.
Benson. y
Who Can 1t Be?
My copy of Forever and Ever" is inscribed to me
'Wth the best wishes and sincere admiration of nv
friend Warren Spencer but the Warren Spencer
not the of the author and my first impulse is
to be extremely snooty and say that friend of mine
could possibly write book which liked little. On
the other hand, few friends of mine could write books
which Burton Rascoe and Alec Waugh and Rupert Hughes
and Theodore Dresser would like much. Mr. Rascoe
speaks of it's "solid merit and "Dreiserian ntegry
Mr. Dresser cannot exactly return the compliment but
finds sound psychology in the book Mr.. Hughes says
ts Greek tragedy in modern garb which to the local
mind would the equivalent of Mourning Becomes
Electra It is said that Warren Spencer is the literary
editor of one of popular magazines.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02

Oxford's student
a pretty wench.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-10-06
Griffith May Take
JOhnsOn's Place

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-tU.P)-
Clark Griffith, owner of the Wash
ington baseball club, believes he
could step in and manage the
team himself if trouble is encoun-
tered in finding a successor to
Walter Johnson.
Griffith managed the club from
1912 to 1920 but retired when he
acquired a controlling interest. In
mentioning himself as a possible
pilot for the next season, Griffith
indicated such an action would
be taken only as last resort.
Joe Judge, veteran trst baseman,
is regarded as the most probable
selection. Rogers Hornsby probab-
ly would like the job but it was
said that no negotiations with him
had been started.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-10-06
FILIPINO GIRLS
FIND HUSBANDS
AMONG CHINESE

MANILA, P. T.. Oct. 6. QIp)-
Marriages between Oriental imrni-
grants and Moros are increasing in
Mlnoanao TO the extent that a
mixed-blood class Of appreciable
Numbers is being created.
These marriages are so frequent
tnat they promise TO make i'm
portant inroads into the pure stock
OF non-Christian Malays of the
Southern Philippines.
Marriages between Chinese i'm
migrants and Moros are common.
japanese in Davao also are re-
ported to be taking Moro women
az wives.
Ieopisto Guingona, director of
the insular bureau. of Chris
tan tribes, estimates that there are
more marriages between Chinese
and Moros than between Christian
and non-Christian Fi!ipinos.
He said most of these Sino-Moro
marriages are between Moro wom-
en- and Chinese men of the mer-
chant class.
Both Chinese and japanese.
Guingona declared, frequently &C
quire land grants in the name of
their Moro wives.
Although no official figures of
marriages between Chinese, jap
anese and Moros. are available.
Guingona believes inter-marriages
between the two peoples are rapid
~ increasing.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-10-06
Elks Will Hold
Dinner Meeting,

Members of the Elks lodge in Ell
Centre will gather at the lodge hall
on Main street at 7 O'Clock tonight
for the first dinner of the fall sea-
son, according to Ed Nance, secre-
tary.
The dinner will be followed by
meeting expected to have the lar
gest attendance of any meeting for
several months. Business of the
lodge, including a membership cam
paign, will be discussed and dis
posed Of.
Because of coming ritualistic con-
test in which officers of the lodge
will contend for the state cham
pionship, this meeting assumes es-
pecial importance.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-10-06
Coach Praises
Sing Sing Team

ALBANY. N. Y. Oct. 6. U.P)-
Sing Sing prisons "steamroller"
football team is as "docile as a
lamb and almost as gentle as
ladies tea society,"" according to
Coach John Law, captain of the
undefeated 1929 Notre Dame elev-
en-.
Law, in Albany to attend the
Democratic state convention, is
serving his first season as coach
of the prison team.
Most people think prisoners are
big, tough eggs, hard to handle on
the football field" Law declared.
Let me tell you there's no group
Of men easier to handle than the
gang at Sing Sing.
when they think the game is
being played straight they're docile
as lambs and almost as gentle as a
ladies' tea society. But when they
think anybody is doing them dirt,
they raise a fuss. They're about
the straightest going crew of men
you could hope to bump into as
far as football is concerned"