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The Washington times., 1932-01-25

{polar bear "How can he bear it-uh-uh think they
caught the trick from radio announcerS. Like radio
announcers they not within stones throw
Reel and Paper
The newsreel has always been one of the best and
surely one of the most important parts of the movie
program Today it stands in peculiar relation toward
the newspaper which gets the news first, Whch gets
pictures first and then has the neWsreel come along TO
give verficaon 1t is not yet competitor OF the news
paper it will not be until immediate transmission OF
moving pictures from Oregon to Boston, from London
to Moscow, has been achieved. The neWsree theaters
great success but not because they ever beat the
newspapers with news So, without overpralslng the
older art of journalism might not be inappropriate
to tell the newsreemen that the first duty of reporter
is to let the story tell isef
In. the First Line
On my first big assignment (and very neNry> my ast
/ came back to the city of the Pittsburgh Sun
and engaged in half hours fight with the city editor
because he insisted that get my story into the first
sentence 1t at the time of peaceful penetra-
ton into Vera Cruz; local boy had made good for
his country by getting killed and, for the funeral Pres
dent Wilson had sent wreath. When the box arrived,
the boys mother had broken down, because she was
sure it contained her sons clothes, shipped back from
headquarters; then she the Presidents flowers
wanted to begin with the mothers emotion, her mis-
take and the climax of her pride in the presidential
offering but the city editor insisted that must begin
with president Wilson today sent. -" He won.
What? No Drama? -
can still remember my anger, still remember how
embittered because he wouldn't what l prob
ably then called "the drama of it." But matter
of principle, he right. He telling that for
newspaper, events important than any
porters guesses to feelings; that my duty to let
the story unfold itself in natural way. The style
has been modified for great events the cold
agencies appoint special and sometimes flowery) writer's
But it is still good newspaper practice to tell the story
and let the reader get the feeling of it naturally.
suggest that the newsreemen learn this. suggest
to them that newspaper reader would tolerate
their puns and weak wittcisms in the columns.
And If, in the comic newsreel features they have to
make jokes, let them do of two things Make such
jokes do not need apologies, make bad jokes with
out apology. And drop dh-ah, and drop uh-uh.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
MERGER Of j. s. AUTO RACE ENDS
OFFICES ASKED PL0P At GRAVE
Staff Photo

The traditional leap from the
frying pan into the fire is little
more embarrassing than the pre-
dicament in which John Helm
baugh, 1911 H st. N. E., found
himself last night when he was
pursued by police car on
BladenSburg Road Northeast.
According to Policeman c. L.
Blackwell, Heinbaugh was driv-
in3 at IS or so miles an hour,
with the police machine in close
pursuit, when he attempted to
take" righ-hand curve.
The car driven by Heinbaugh
crashed through a high iron
fence surrounding a cemetery
Hating with the front bumper
a few inches from a tombstone,
Heinbaugh found himself in the
tolls of the law.
Today he was convicted in
traffic court of reckless driving.
Judge Hits suspended sentence
and placed Heinbaugh on proba-
ton for one year.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

Consolidation of the personnel
activities of the government is
advocated as an economy meas
ure in bill introduced in the
House today by Representative
John j. Cochran Cd of Mis-
souri,, chairman of the committee
on expenditures and executive
departments.
The bill, if adopted, would
create an administrator of civil
service and transfer various
duties of numerous boards and
commissions to his Jurisdiction.
Abolition of the Bureau OF
Efficiency was also urged by
Representative Cochran, who de-
clared that the Budget Bureau
had taken over the functions OF
the efficiency bureau, which he
said was no longer a necessity.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
ALL MUST HELP,
ASSERTS WISE
IN KEYNOTE
City Must Give First Aid Re-
gardIesS of Federal Action,
Says Noted Rabbi

Speaking at a mass meeting
of Community Chest workers,
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, of
New York city, yesterday
made a dramatic appeal to
Washington citizens to give
generously for the city's
needy.
The Community Chest drive
was formally launched with yes
terday's meeting at Constitution
Hall. A concert by the National
Symphony Orchestra. and ad-
dresses by former Assistant At
torney General John F.. Crosby,
Rabbi Wise and others we're fea-
lures.
$2,6O1,OOO Is Goal
The drive will end in eight
days. The goal Is $2,60t,oO0.
Rabbi Wise, in addressing the
5000 Chest workers, said:
Regardless of whether there
is to be Federal aid for the re-
lief of unemployment, first aid
should begin with and through
the people of Washington, act
ing through the Community
Chest. Even if Federal aid is
given, it must not serve as an
excuse for our own failure to
give to the maximum of OTr
power and capacity"
DR.. Wise advised the workers to
be firm in seeking donations and
to make Washingtonians feel that
it is their common duty to help
in this drive.
Chest Needs Stated
Comprehensive talks on the
needs of the chest were made by
John Poole, Washington banker
and president of the Community
Chest; Edward F. Colladay, chair
man of the chest, District Com
missioner Luther H. Reichelderfer
and others.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover will be the
luncheon guest today at the Will
lard Hotel of Mrs. John Jay
O'Connor, chairman of the Com
munity Chest information de
partment. Other notable women,
including Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
will be guests at subsequent
luncheon meetings.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
JObLesS Reserves
Ur0ed to Go to Sea

Unemployed men who belong to
the Merchant Marine Reserves
are advised by the Navy Depart
ment to take training duty afloat
in naval vessels for period of
Is to 80 days.
Although these men are re-
quired to furnish their own trav-
cling expenses and pay for their
meals while in training, Navy Of
ficialS point out that their leisure
time may be used TO good advan-
tage in seeking promotion.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
CUTS
SLIGHT SMALL
CONSUMER
Domestic Users of Current
To Get Average Reduction
OF Only IL Cents

The Potomac Electric Power
Company has singled out its
124 900 users of domestic light
service to receive the least
benefits of its rate reduction
program, it was disclosed at
the opening of the Public Utili-
ties Commission hearing on
1882 rates today.
The new schedule for these
customers, which will save them
on an average of IL cents a
month, was explained after Will
liam F. Ham, president of the
company, stated that the pro-
gram called for $271,000 in
domestic light rate reductions.
New Schedule Explained
Under the present schedule, the
domestic customer pays 40 cents
a kiloWatt hour, with minimum
charge of rs cents for all under
100 kilowatt hours. The new
schedule, explained by Harold A.
Brook, commercial manager of
the company, provides. charge
of 4 cents for the% first 100
hours, 25 cents for each addi-
tional 100 hours and a retention
of the 75-cent minimum charge.
He testified that the average
monthly bill today was $2.48
and, under the new schedule, it
will be $2.36. He also testified
the domestic light customer pur-
chases more than "a per cent
of the current and pays 35 per
cent of the company's revenues.
Each domestic customer, he
said. uses on an average of SO
kiloWatt hours a month.
215,42O Minimum Bills
It was further testified that
the company sent out 215,420
bills of 75-cent minimum charges
during 1881, and averaged nearly
$4,000 bills a month. From these
customers, an average of nearly
$4,000 a month was collected.
Clayton Hits Secrecy
The behind closed doors" pol
ICY employed by the PUBIC UCll-
titles Commission and the Power
Company in effecting the $860,000
rate reduction compromise, was
protested vigorously by William
NICK. Clayton, of the Federation
of Citizens Associations, at the
opening of the hearing.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
William A. Roberts opened the
hearing by reading the compro-
mise stipulation. He pointed out
that this was to last only until
litigation resulting from the COM
missions order setting up new
sliding scale for reductions, was
disposed of in the courts.
Mr. Clayton then made his
objection. He stated that the
hearing was called to consider
rates, tolls and charges of the
company, but as result of the
compromise, the purpose of the
hearing had dwindled to distri-
button of the $86O,O00 over the
various schedules of the company.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
GRANT ASSIGNS
CREDIT OFFICE

Space in the old Department of
Commerce Building at Nineteenth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest, to be used by the new
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton, will be officially turned over
to that organization by Col. U. S.
Grant Sd, director of Public
Buildings and Parks, tonight.
Assignment of the office space
follows a general cleaning and
repairing of the lower floors of
the building, vacated several
weeks ago, by a crew of 20
painters and carpenters. 1t will
be ready for use Immediately.
Among the pieces of office fur
niture provided will be a ma
hogany table used by the Wick
ersham committee.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Reception Planned
Bu Lutheran Church

The Church Council and con,
gregation of Luther Place Me
mortal Church will hold a recep-
ton in honor of the Rev. Carl c.
Rasmussen, pastor, and Mrs. Ras.
mussen, in the church parlors,
Vermont Ave. and N ST. N. W.,
Wednesday, at 8 o'clock.
The reception will mark the an
niVersary of DR.. Rasmussen's first
18 months with the church.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Santa;s Old Tree Is Done;
Sherman Square Yields 1t

If Santa Claus comes to Off
cial washington next year he
will have to bring his own Christ
mas tree.
That is, unless some kind soul
is willing to donate a 20-foot
spruce to replace the one that
for three years has twinkled
Christmas cheer from Sherman
Square.
The heat of the electric bulbs
has destroyed each years new
growth and now, if the present
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

tree is to be saved at all, park
officials warn, it must be trans
planted.
At a joint meeting of Com.
munity OCnter officials, park Of
ficia!s and representatives of the
American Forestr ry Association
this morning, it was agreed that
the forestry group should assume
the task of finding a new Christ
mas tree for Washington. It
must be at least 20 feet high and
preferably spruce.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
NeW Treasury Notes
Reach Market TOdUu

To meet initial needs of the re-
construction program financing,
the Treasury Department yester.
day announced subscriptions
would be taken, beginning today,
for $350,000,000 of certificates.
Applications will be received at
the Federal Reserve banks.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Capts. StOtt, Kidd
To NaUu Department

Navy orders issued today will
bring to Washington Capt. Ar.
thur C. Stott, chief of staff for
the destroyer division, who will
serve as assistant chief of the
Ordnance Bureau, and Capt. Isaac
c. Kidd, chief of staff, COM
mander base force, who will come
to the Bureau of Navigation.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Typist, II, Charges
AttenlDted Attack

Herbert o. Bryant, 36, of 1880
Rhode Island Ave. N. W., is being
held by police today, charged
with an attempted criminal at
tack on a 17-year-old girl.
The girl told police she was en-
ployed last Friday by Mr.. Bryant
when she answered an advertise
ment for a typist.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Judge HdLts Court
To Give Good Wishes

Traffic Court Judge Isaac r.
Hit today suspended court long
enough to call Policeman M. G.
Randall to the bench and con-
gratulate him upon the birth of
a son. The baby, weighing 7
pounds, 1872 ounces, was born
Saturday and Randall Smilingly
reported that mother and son are
doing fine"
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
COrcOrGn to ShOW
Miniatures in Wax

A special exhibition of minia-
lures in wax by Catherine Bar
jansky, famous Russian sculptor,
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
will open February / and con-
tinue to February 7.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
ENGINEERS TO MEET

The Washington Chapter of
the American Society of Mechan-
ical Engineers will meet in the
Cosmos Club tomorrow night at
8 o'clock. Norman C. McLoud
and Robert Thomson will speak
on the history and use of screw
threads.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
ELKS TO INITIATE

The Alexandria Lodge of Elks,
at it's meeting tonight, will re-
ceive the applications of the
candidates for the George Wash
ington prosperity class, which will
be initiated the night of Febru-
ary %.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
.ELKS HEAR REV. STEWART

The Rev. Charles E. Stewart,
pastor of Trinity A. M. E. Church,
Baltimore, was the guest speaker
at the social hour session of Co
lumbia Lodge of Colored Elks
yesterday. The program was pre-
Sented by the Carnation Travel
ing Club of Columbia Temple.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

| find myself mumbllng them on
quiet walks, people are beginning to
stare at me in the Streets thought
for a time that like the victim of
Mark Twain's punch, broth er,
punch with care" l could be eased
if l could pass the obsession on to
someone else. But the devilish thing
is that the sounds are hard to make
exactly right and impossible to re-
produce in print. They lie some
where between "dh-ah" and "uh-uh"
and you hear them used, as term
of self-reproach, by newsreel re-
porters when they have just made a
particularly feeble pun. They show
a picture of a COB trying to get off
with a girl and then say, "but she's
L e
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Baseball Training
Lists CASUALTY No. I

Alvin Dennis, II, of 119 East
Lloyd Ave-, Alexandria, was the
first casualty of the baseball
training season in Alexandria. He
sustained head injuries when
struck by a baseball bat.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Alexandria Dogs
Haze Had 30 D1uS

Game Warden w. H. johnson
will begin enforcing the dog law
in Alexandria next Monday. Dog
license tags expired January l
but the State allows 80 days for
the purchase of new tags.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Capital Couple Wed
In CULpeper Church

Gerald Curtis, reporter for the
Washington Post, and Miss Ethel
Brand, 1477 Newton st. N. W.,
were quietly married Saturday
night in Culpeper. Va, by the
Rev. DR.. Thomas H. Hooper, of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Culpeper.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
TURKEY DINNER

Bethany Chapter of the East
ern Star will give a turkey dinner
at Almas Temple. 1915 K st.
N. W., from to 7 o'clock Wed.
nesday night.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
DENTISTS TO DINE

The Columbia Dental Society
will hold a dinner meeting TO-
night at the University Club.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
True tOType
WRITER'S MIND BECOMES
BROKEN DOWN BY 49,.
CRUNTS
Rv GILBERT SELDES-

MY INTELLECT, usually in fine shape during the
AVA winter months, is crumbng under the impact of
tyo syables they not words not together do
they compose a word but hear them wherever CO.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
VICTOR DANIELS SPEAKS

A lecture and lantern slides by
Victor H. Daniels, president of
the Cardinal Gibbons Institute OF
Southern Maryland featured a
special program at st. Augustine's
Catholic Church yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
LEAGUE TO PARLEY

The Epworth League of Bells
Methodist Episcopal Church,
Camp Springs, Md, will hold a
business meeting tomorrow eve
ming.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
CLOTHES STOLEN

Clothing valued at $140 was
stolen from the store of Rose
Eholock, 1925 North Capitol ST.,
Saturday night. he reported to
police yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
HOLD MIDWINTER DANCE

A midwinter dance will be held
In the University Club tomorrow
night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-23
U. ". CO-Ed Rides 100 Miles
 In Skin Boat On Bering Sea

NOME, Alaska, June 23.-A Uni versity of Washington co-ed ex- citedly recounted thrilling incidents of the past ten months spent stu dying customs and lore of the Eskimo cliff dwellers of King Is- land.
 Miss Frances A. Ross, daughter of Capt. Thomas A. Ross of Nome, returned dramatically in one Of six walrus hide skin boats with eighteen Eskimos.
 Overdue on Trip
 The quaint flotilla arrived here after being long overdue in the l00-mile journey from King 1s- land in Bering Strait.
 The hazardous trip was made without mishap. Miss Ross and her Eskimos appeared even less excited than old residents of Nome, who welcomed the adyenturers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-23
John Wanted to Be ''Cop''
 Until He Met ? Real Ones

CHICAGO, July 23. The life ambition of John Lenardo was to be a cop"
 Life could hold no more happi- ness for him, if he could swing a club, pick peanuts from the ven- dor's stand, pat little children on their heads and be addressed as officer"
 So John became a policeman. No one told him he could. In real life he was a railroad clerk, but he managed to squeeze out AS min- utes a day of his spare time for his police duties.
 In a novelty shop he bought a star and a toy pistol. For his beat he chose the ghetto. Daily he strolled for AS minutes, the star on his breast and the top gun bulging on his hip.
 "A nice day, officer" the mer-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-23
13 OFFICERS ARE INDICTED,
 MANS DEATH
Grand Jury Co mpl e t e s Work in Terrific Third
 Degree Case

NEW YORK, July 23.-The forces of the law received both black and white marks last night as in vestigations of police treatment of prisoners came to climax.
 The Grand Jury at Mineola, New York, returned batch of indict- ments against 13 policemen for the third degree death of 22-year- old Lyman Stark, the charges rang ing from second degree murder to second degree assault. The prisoner died as the result of strangulation following a terrific third degree.
 In Raiford, Florida, prison of ficials and employees received a clean bill of health for the deaths of Harold Bradley and Frank Powell, convicts, who died in the prison camp earlier in the day.
 Capt. P. H. Randall, Warden of the County Penitentiary at Griffin, Georgia, was indicted for invol- untary manslaughter for killing a negro convict.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-23
ANOTHER AID TO BUSINESS
 IS NOW LAW
Home Loan Bank Bill, Sign ed by Hoover, Will
 Be of Help
MONEY TO BE GIVEN
 TO HOME BUILDERS
Various Institutions Will Be Assisted to
 Create Work

WASHINGTON, July 23.-While Congress in it's recent session saw the enactment of a great many reconstruction measures, it will have before it when it returns in December still other proposals de- signed to better business conditions.
 The lawmakers have accepted q good number of President Hoover's recommendations, intended toward this end, but at the same time wrote into the nations statutes a good many of their own.
 Added to the construction bills is the Home Loan Bank Bill, signed yesterday by President Hoover which makes it possible to establish eight to twleve Federal banks to make loans to home owners who cannot get money elsewhere, to building and loan associations, saving g s banks, homestead associations and insurance companies.
 Preliminary work toward the new system can begin when the PreSi- dent names five men to constitute the Federal Home Loan Board.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-23
DISARM A M E NIT RESOL U ION IS. PASSED, GENEVA.
World Conference Ad- journs for Recess of
 Indefinite Period
GERMANY AND RUSSIA ANNOUNCE THEIR VOTE
Both Delegations Not Sat isfied with Procedure
 Further Work

GENEVA, July 23. - The World Disarmament Conference adjourned today for an indefinite period after adopting a resolution promising substantial reduction in armaments in later deliberations.
 Russia and Germ any voted against adjournment.
 Resolution Is Weak
 Representative of both Germany and Russia, announcing their vote for disarmament, said they did so although they did not support the resolution.
 The Russian delegation previously described the resolution as not suf- ficiently specific.
 Want Equality
 The German delegation objected to the omission of any reference to equality of all nations in the right to arm.
 During the recess, important com mittees of the Conference will cons tinue negotiations on various phases of disarmament
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-23
He Didn't Like the Sermon:
 Cam He Get His Money Back?

and wrote a letter to the pastor, It said:
 After hearing your sermon, l decided it would be better for you not to be contaminated by any money coming from me"
 And he suggested at the same time that he would like to have his crisp dollar bill returned.
 T have" said the minister, mo power to return MT. Brannigan's dollar It is now a part of the general church funds"
 But the pastor notified the trus- tees of the request and it's up to them to say. Special action by the board is necessary.
 Meanwhile MT. Brannigan is wait ing and wondering. He recently emerged victorious from an ex- tended municipal political fight in which the city manager was oust- ed from office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-23
U. 5. PLEASED
 WITH ACTION,
 OTTAWA MEET
Liberal and Labor Party Representatives Placed
 on Committee
MAY BLOCK HIGHER
 TARIFF ON IMPORTS
Preferential Treatment De- manded by Canada May
 Be Knocked Out

OTTAWA, July 23.-The appoint ment of Walter Runciman and J. H. Thomas as Great Britain's mem- bers of the important Committee On Commercial Relations with for eign countries was heard with sat- isfaction by American observers at the British Imperial Economic Con- ference in session here.
 Runciman and Thomas are mem bers of the Liberal and Labor parties respectively and because of their affiliations they are expected to oppose any move by the con- ference which would result in high food costs to British consumers.
 Bennetts Stand
 When Premier Bennett, of the Dominion of Canada, said Canada preferential treatment of exports to the United Kingdom in return for a tariff adjustment on imports, it was inferred he con- templated asking the British to raise import barriers against non- Empire countries behind which the Dominions might find guaranteed markets. It was argued that this could mean nothing less than dis elimination against the United States and also against Argentine wheat and meat, and also implied higher costs to British consumers.
 World Economics
 It is believed that with Runci- man and Thomas on the commit tee, N will become natural bridge between it and the proposed world economic conference and suggests the British may predicate Elm pire economic rehabilitation on elimination of trade restriction be- tween the Empire nations rather than on a higher tariff wall against other exporting countries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-23

chants said. Johns chest swelled with pride and he felt sure at last he had tasted all of the joys of life
 Good things end. Two detectives saw him, took him to the detec- tive bureau.
 T just walked up and down the ghetto" said John. 'The life of a policeman is grand. I want to be one"
 The policemen couldn't under stand. They don't get paid very regularly and work hard. They told him they would have to turn him over to the Federal authori- ties.
 Because the star John selected wasn't a policemans at all It was the badge of a United States mar shal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-23
NOMINEE WILL
 INVADE STRONG
 SMITH DISTRICT
Going to New Jersey h. dustrial Center for
 First Speech
MAYOR FRANK HAGUE MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
Unverified Rumors Persist ent About Important
 Happening

NEW YORK, July 23.-ln the State of New Jersey, the heart of the Eastern indus trial section and one of Al s mith' s strongholds, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt will launch his personal campaign for the Presidency on August 27.
 The announcement is made by Mayor Frank Hague, of Jersey City, Smiths floo o r leader at the Democratic Ma tional Convention in Chicago, who has thrown the entire support of the New Jersey organization behind the man he sought to defeat for the nomination.
 There are also persistent but unverified reports that the m e e t ing, at Seagirt, w here the speech will be made, will also be marked by a public reconciliation be- tween Gov. Roosevelt an d former Gov. Smith.