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The Washington times., 1932-07-23
VET SQUATT|NC
VEXES LAWYERS

Legal minds of the Federal and
District Governments united to-
day to clear up, if possible,
mess of legal requirements which
caused the District Commissioners
to withdraw the order for evacua-
ton Of the Bonus Expeditionary
Forces from Government-oWned
buildings and parks.
Acting Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West went into confer
ence with lawyers of the Treasury
Department in an effort to find
the status in which the B. E. F. is
viewed through the eyes of the
law.
The lawyers poured over Sec
tions of the District code relat-
ing to "forcible entry and de-
tainer," unlawful entry on
private property" and other sec
tions dealing with tenants, evic-
ton and the like
In some instances, it was
argued, action would have to be
taken by the contractor in charge
of razing buildings purchased by
the Government. In virtually all
instances the lawyers decided,
the Government will have to re-
sort for relief to the civil courts.
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HOOVER DRAF IS
SLUM- -RAZING
PROGRAM
"SeIf-Liquidating" Projects of
R. F. C. to Be Given "Broad
Interpretation"

President Hoover was paving
the way today for injection Of a
$1,625, ,000, 900 shot of adrenalin
into the faltering heart Of Ameri-
can industry.
It's rejuvenating effects will be
such. he hopes, that before No
vember's election the fever of eco
nomic stress will be broken.
The dose that is expected to
brighten the Republican party's
chances at the polls is to be ad.
ministered through the Recon,
struction Finance Corporation, au'
thorized by Congress to under,
write "SeIf-liquidating projects
throughout the country up to a
billion and a half, and the $125,'
00O,00 system of home loan
banks about to be established.
Sees Salutary Effect
Mr.. Hoover, according to well,
informed sources, is preparing to
have very liberal Interpretation
placed on the term "self-liquidat-
ing projects"
He announced only yesterday, in
connection with signing the home
loan bank bill, that between $780,,
600, 900 and $500, 900, 900 of imme.
diate construction is in sight as
soon as small home builders can
be financed, and predicted it
would have a very salutary effect
on employment.
The Presidents plans. however,
go much further in this general
direction. 1t is reported reliably
he is smoothing the way to make
it possible to undertake a gigantic
remodeling Of city slumS into
modern, airy, low-rent tenements.
Visions Many New Jobs
This would be done through
financial aid from the Recon
Struction Finance Corporation
under a ruling that tranSforma-
tion of the poor districts of the
nations great urban centerS into
attractively liveable areas should
constitute a "Self-liquidating"
undertaking.
Employment for thousands of
idle is visualized by Mr.. Hoover
along this avenue. In addition,
he foreSees an overwhelming
circle of industrial activity that
would be prompted by the neces-
Sary orders for steel, lumber, ce-
ment, coal, and all the allied
products that go into big building
enterprises.
Other "Self-liquidating" projects
into which the reconstruction
Finance Corporations money will
be poured already have been ad-
vertised. They include, among
others, electrification of railways
and construction of subways, toll
bridges, and tunnels.
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disappeared from the masthead.
Day and night, rehearsals went
on. The show improved; it
seemed to catch on a little.
Young Ziegfeld made a hurried
trip to New York and returned
with the German strong man.
Sandow. Sandow had been some
thing Of a joke in Manhattan,
so completely had he failed. But
in Chicago, things were different.
A novel newspaper campaign her
aided his arrival. His featS.aa Of
strength performed under amaz-
ing circumstances captured the
imagination of the carnival
crazed town.
Young Ziegfeld's first show be-
came a success. Florenz, jr., took
his novel attraction on a tour
throughout the country with
Ringing Brothers circus. Great
crowds awaited SandoW's arrival.
He soon became the biggest draw
mig card in the outdoor amuse-
ment field, due largely to the
novel exploitation of his youth
full manager.
Tired of Circus
When that began to grow dull
and monotonous, Ziegfeld went to
Europe for a holiday. He was
tired of strong men and the cir
Gus. He wanted recreation. The
great music halls of Paris and
London and Berlin held that
promise for him.
In Paris. he saw Anna Held
for the first time. Her striking
beauty, her Gallo piquancy, her
quaint manneriSms fascinated the
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junior Ziegfeld. He thought they
would fascinate an American au-
dience, too, so Anna Held was
soon America-bound.
Miss Held's first play was a
revival of "A Parlor Match
The audience stared stolidly at
the much-touted French star. The
feeling was unmiStakably cold.
Perhaps it was the excess of pub
licity with which Ziegfeld had
heralded the debut of his great
find. AS Miss Held sang her ditty,
Wont You Come and Play Wiz
Me?" the audience turned uncom-
fortably and Shuffled about. Fail
ure was certain.
But a minor player in the piece,
who happened to be in the line of
Miss Held's gaze as she sang the
song, suddenly answered Eyes" to
her vocal query. The audience
roared it's delight. The song was
a success. Miss Held was estab-
lished. Ziegfeld had another gold
mine. 1naC was In 1898. A year
later he married her.
ziegfeld created countless novel
means of bringing her name be-
fore the public. The famous milk
man suit, in which it was revealed
that Miss Held bathed daily in
milk, still stands as one of the
most resourceful publicity stunts
ever put over on a gullible public.
In 1898, there was The French
Maid" revealing for the first time
the combined Ziegfeld-Held talent
for improvising elaborate stage
presentation.
"Papa's Wife" and "The Little
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P|NCHOT GIVES
VETS TRUCKS.

HARRISBURG, Pa. July %
GN.SD Acting on the plea of
Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, super
intendent of Washington police,
Gov. Clifford Pinchot today au-
thorized use of highway depart
ment trucks to transport a con-
tingent of about 900 bonus-seek-
ing veterans across Pennsylvania.
The contingent left Washing
ton early today, according to the
telegram from Glassford. About
40 trucks have been ordered to
the Pennsylvania State line at
Emmittsburg to meet the vet
erans' group. The Pennsylvania
trucks will carry the group west
ward on the Lincoln Highway
and expect to reach Bedford to-
night.
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VETERANS WAR
ON WATERS
(Continued from Page ~

(COntinued from Page ~
General Glassford is the choice
of a majority Of men in the B.
E. F. for the post of dictator.
If he refuses, which it is un-
derstood he will do, the position
will be open to General Butler,
who captured the imagination
of the men not only by his ser
vice record, but also by two
speeches he made early in the
week.
Waters, police say, learned
that today'S issue of the B. E. F.
News was to advocate a break
with him and to boost Glassford.
However, he was unable to stop
the edition, since the newspapers
name is copyrighted in the name
of Scott B. McCafferty. Waters
recently preferred charges against
McCafferty and took over the
newspaper, but the charges later
were disproved.
Loyal Paper Issued
Another edition of the B. e. F.
News was issued by men loyal to
Waters. 1t contained no news
concerning the controversy over
the replacement of Waters.
D. j. Kelliher, business manager
of the loyal sheet, said:
"Our paper is the real organ
of the bonus expeditiOnary
force. The issue today is the
first which McCafferty has put
out since he was removed as
editor by Commander Waters.
Claims of McCafferty that his
sheet is the organ of the b. E.
F. are erroneous"
At Waters headquarters, the
commander-in-chief made no COM
ment. Members of his staff,
however, said McCafferty's pub
lication was not the official B. E.
F.. News.
Robertson Starts West
Roy w. Robertson, leader Of
the inSurgent group of bonus
marchers who picketed Capitol
Hill last week, left Washington
shortly after noon. He travelled
in his own automobile, driven by
his colored chauffeur and expects
to reach California within four
days, travelling day and night.
Robertson intended to lead his
men out in a group today but
his plans went awry for an un-
explainable reason.
The Washington times., 1932-07-23
PHny at Birth, Leaves
80 Grandchildren

HARRISONBURG, Va, July %.
Mrs. Henry Blosser, II, who died
this week in Rockingham county,
weighed only one and one-half
pounds when she was born and
could be placed in a quart cup.
She grew into robust woman
hood, however, was twice married
and became the mother of Is
children, who survive. She is
also survived by 80 grandchildren
and 18 great-grandchildren. She
was called a dwarf when she was
a child.
Mrs. BloSser was a daughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Shank, OF near Dayton, Va.
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nounced that
he is filing a
d v o rec aC-
tion h ere,
charging de-
Sertion. Max
is the boy
who said that
he didn't OBJ
jeCt to his
wife's contin-
u ing h e r
stage career
after t h e ir
maria
B a Ck in
1927, W h e n
she was only
The Washington times., 1932-07-23
DEBTS SUBJECT
Of ROOSEVELT,
YOUNG CONFAB
Economic Problems at Home
and Abroad Reviewed,
Says Governor

HYDE PARK, N. Y, July
23 (I.NS.).-Gov. Franklin d.
Roosevelt and Owen D. Young,
industralist and economist,
discussed Americas interna-
tional relations, including Swar
debts, the Lausanne agree.
ment, and kindred other eco
nomic subjects for two hours
today at the governor s
country home.
When Young emerged from the
governors study, he refused to be
interviewed.
Facts, Trends, Needs"
Young was indignant when
asked if he intended to support
Governor Roosevelt for the presi
dency, and exclaimed:
"Why ask me a question like
that?"
Governor Roosevelt said:
"We discussed the whole eco
nOmic problem, both home and
abroad. We talked about facts
and trends and needs"
ROOSEVELT REVEALS LITTLE
Did Young offer any sweep
ing proposals concerning the
International situatiOn?" ROOSe-
welt was asked.
"He did not" he replied.
did Young seem optimistic
about the international future?"
IL am not going to say any
thing about that"
Just before Roosevelt concluded
his conference whit Young, w
Averill Hartman, railroad execu
tive, arrived and was ushered into
the governors study. Hartman
remained with Roosevelt to dis
cuss the railroad problem.
Jane Adams Guest
Henry S. Hooker, of New York
former law partner of Roosevelt
and a leading Republican, was a
luncheon guest of the governor.
The governor was scheduled to
confer later in the day with
Senator William H. King of Utah
Jane Addams, of Chicago, and
Lillian d. Wald, of the Henry
Street Settlement in New York
have been invited to dine at the
Roosevelt home tonight.
The Washington times., 1932-07-23

throne in Chi
cago and his
winter palace
in Florida,
tolls patiently
these days in
the ailor
shop at the
Atlanta Fed
eral peniten-
tiary making
rough prison
garments.
A lon ely,
silent m an
the one-time
boss of beer
and h00Zp
The Washington times., 1932-07-23

Duchess" both followedS with
equally complete popularity. zieg-
field was already rich. His stand
ing as a producer seemed estab-
liShed.
A series of failures set in.
Red Feather" an operetta, lost
a great deal of money. "Hig-
gledy-Piggledy' was Immediately
withdrawn; Napoleon" was ut
ter disaster. Exhausted by his
feverish activity and depressed
by his heavy losses, ziegfeld
went to Europe again, accom-
panied by his wife.
Meets Billie Burke
In 1906, just before he re-
turned to New York, he planned
to replenish the family exchequer
by a particularly advantageous
contract with the rising Klaw-
Erlanger combine. This seems
to have marked the decline of
the ziegfeld-Held partnership.
In 1913, ziegfeld met Billie
Burke, then a Frohman star,
and already well known on the
New York stage There followed
a romantic and tempestuous WOO
ing on the part of Ziegfeld, and
much to the surprise of Broad
way, they were married. They
have one daughter, Patricia, the
idol of her father.
At about this time, Ned Way
burn, the dancing master, came
under Mr.. Ziegfeld's eye, and
together they created the Mid
night Frolic, a famous Broadway
resort until prohibition swept it
aside.
Wayburn staged many of his
"FollieS," OF which the 1922
edition was the most successful
of all. 1t included Will Rogers,
Gallagher and Shean, Gilda Gray
and Mary Lewis, running Ct
weeks in New York and 40 weeks
on tour.
Enrol, Cantor, Others
With the popularity of the
"Follies" waning, Ziegfeld fol-
lowed up with Sally" starring
Marilyn Miller; kid Boots" with
Eddie Cantor. and Louis the
Fourteenth" with Leon Enrol.
Again money poured into the
Ziegfeld Golfers, Only to diSap-
pear again in a series of dis
asters. Four costly flops all in
a row appeared, The Comic Sup
plement," Betsy" mo Foolin'." "
and Annie Dear"
But he rallied once more, and
with the erection of the ziegfeld
Theater in New York, an ex-
penditure financed by William
Randolph Hearst and Arthur
Brisbane, again came the rise of
ziegfeld and the recovery of his
fortune.
Rio Rita" "Rosalie," "The
Three Musketeers" and "Show
Boat" were enormously success
full.
Success Of "WhOOpee"
In 1927 his "Follies" had a star
for the first time in the person
of Eddie Cantor. 1t, too, was a
complete. success. In 1928 "Whoo-
pee" appeared, with Cantor again
as star. 1t played until March
of 1880, its box office receipts be-
ing larger than those of any other
musical comedy in the history of
the theater.
The Washington times., 1932-07-23
TWO Thugs Hold Up,
Beat DriUer of Cab

ElWood Austin, colored, 79 o
st. N. W., a taxicab driver, re-
ported that two colored men rob-
bed him of $40 early today.
Austin said one of the men hit
him over the head with a bottle.
He was given treatment at the
Homeopathic Hospital for a lacera-
ted scalp.
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That is the
OPT n 10 n Of
Mrs. Tayloe
Ross, former
G ov ernor of
wyoming and
n o W vice
chairman of
t h e De m o.
CT a ic n a.
\ l U II d l COIIl-
nittee and di-
rector of the
W o m e MS di-
vision.
In New York
to confer with
other leaders
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Women to Put Hoover
Out, Says Mrs. Ross

NEW YORK, July 23-"The
wOmen's vote put President
Hoover in the White House and
the wOmen's vote is going to
put him out"
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in the party Mrs. Ross vigor-
ously called on all women to
get rid of the administration
whose policies have proven dis
aStrouS" to the country.
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Success of "WhOOpee"
Havana Bomb Blast
Kills One, TLUO Hurt

HAVANA. July % UNSD Al
fredo Betancourt, 18, was killed
and two girls were wounded by a
bomb explosion today which
wrecked q dwelling in Vibora, a
suburb.
The Washington times., 1932-07-23

stands aloof from all but COM
pulsory penitentiary duties.
After his month in prison,
Capone has the pale appear
ance which confinement usually
brings.
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Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Earl Carroll Actress
Sued for Divorce

CHICAGO, July 23.-Thelma
White. an Earl Carroll show
girl, is losing another husband.
Max Hoffman, jr., who mar
ried her in. June, 1880, an
The Washington times., 1932-07-23
Al Capone Gets
Prison PaIIor

ATLANTA, July % GNSO.
AL Capone, the deposed en-
peror of gangland, who once
divided his time between his
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IS, Thelma was secretly mar
ried to Claude Stroud, one of
vaudeville'S Stroud twins.
Three years later, when she
applied for an annullment,
there was some confusion as
to whether she had married
Claude or his brother, Clarence,
but Thelma finally decided it
was Claude.
The Washington times., 1932-07-23
SandOw Saves Show

Florenz, jr.. frantically began
to change the whole program. Old
acts were eliminated and new
ones add%. His fathers name
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-30
- A Observation-Disclosures
~ ADVENTURE CLUB

MES are Little Annie Rooney,
Blonde, Mickey Mouse and
Just Kids"
Anna Virginia
Here is a long letter from
Anna Virginia Campbell, Of
Vancluse, Va. She writes:
81 would like to join your
club. 1 am also writing for
my little sister and brother,
but they do not know it. Please
put my letter in the paper as
1 wish to surprise them.
"My brothers name is Hugh
Thomas and my sisters is Betty
Jean.
81 like to read the funnies
in your paper and my favOriteS
are Blonde, Little Annie
Rooney, Mickey Mouse and Tim
Tyler Luck. 1 have been read
ing your column a long time.
Recently our family, two
uncles, an aunt, three cousins
and some friends, went camp
ing in Fort Valley. 1t is not
very far from our home. AS
soon as we arrived we went
swimming in Passage Creek,
also called Goose Creek. The
Boy Scouts from Boyce, Va.
were camping there, too. We
only stayed over night, but 1
wish we could have stayed long
er. However, 1 am thankful
that 1 did go, as there are lots
of people who can't get away
even for a day.
"My little sister fell off the
bridge across the creek. 1t is
a very wObbly bridge and she
was running. But she was not
hurt, as the water was not
very deep. We did not go to
sleep until very late at night.
Pets Galore
eve have a pet duck called
DuddleS, but my father calls it
Flippy. We have a pet kitten
called LO RinO and a pet rabbit
called FlOppy. We had a crow
but we had to open its mouth
and poke food down to make it
eat, so we killed it. We were
sorry.
Il would like some of the
members to write to me and
send me pOstmarkS and cello
plane paper. My mother and
I are saving pOstmarks and I
want to make a belt for my
teacher with the cellOphane.
81 wrote the Swami girls
(they live at LandOver, Md
yesterday and 1 hope they will
write back. Please send us our
membership cards as soon as
possible"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-30
Listen to Kit KarSOn every
Tuesday and Friday night
over VOL at 6 o'clock

An old member of the club
comes forward today with some
nice things to say about Kit
Karson and his program. She
is Margaret Lieb. 406 Eighth
st. S. E., who writes:
Il am a very old member of
the club. I Joined the first day
the column appeared in the
paper and received my card on
January 9th. This is the first
time 1 have written however, SO
1 am very anxious to see my
letter in the paper. 1 will send
my picture later.
81 read the column every day
and listen to Kit KarSon over
VOL every Tuesday and Fri
day. I think the new orchestra
is very good. My favOrite fun
MES are Mickey Mouse, Blonde,
POpeye, Just Kids, Tim Tyler's
Luck and Little Annie Rooney.
81 am 10 years old and in
the sixth grade at st. Cecilia's
Academy. I am going to write
again sOOn."
More Letters
Mildred cCauley, 28l3
Quarry Rd. N. W.:
II read The Washington
Times every day and about the
Adventure Club. 1 would like
to be a member, but 1 cannot
find a coupon. So am writing
this letter to join the club.
II am IL years old. 1 hope
you will let me be a member
of the club. My girl friend,
June, is member. So would
like to be also. I read the fun
mics every day and like Little
Annie Rooney and POpeye the
best"
Note: We wonder what is
wrong with Mildred's eyes. The
coupon appears at the bottom
OF this column practically every
day. We only leave it out
when we are crowded for space.
Sophie Ceppos, 2017 Bunker
Hill Rd., N. E.:
81 am IL wears old and in
the seventh grade. read your
column every day and like it
very much. My favorite fun
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-15
GRADE SCHOOL oPERETTA

The pupils of the Kennewick
grade school, directed by Miss
Goodrich, local music teacher, will
present the operetta, when
Christmas Comes. on December
%, 1882. A dress rehearsal will be
given in the morning at 1920 for
the school children, and the main
performance for the parents will
be given in the afternoon at 1:30.
The speaking parts are as fol-
lows: grandfather, Henry ST. Lau-
rent; grandmother, Joyce Mulkey;
Mr.. Pipkin, James Thrasher; King
Herod, Anthol Robertson; two
guards, Jack Oliver, Willis Taylor;
the Kings scribe, Sidney Brown
ell; three Wise Men, Billy Helm,
Gerald Kelso, Robert Mitchell; the
Three Shepherds, Jack Woodring,
James Hill, Chester Dague; the
Virgin Mary, Florence Zicha.
The story: Grandfather and
Grandmother are quite unhappy
because their children cannot
come home for Christmas. While
they're talking about it, there's a
knock at the door, at which a bus
driver appears. He says he has
load of children outside, who are
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-15
SMALL WONDER GREEKS
yENERATED .GAS PLANT

Among the old inhabitants of
country gardens, cultivated for
their snowy flowers and frag-
rance, there is none more endur-
ing. once established and few
which possesses more unusual
characteristics than Dictamnus
fraxinella, commonly called the
gas plant or burning bush. In the
English gardens, where it is more
extensively cultivated than IN this
country, it is known as fraxinella
and dittany. Dittany or ditamy
(obvious contractions of dictam-
us) was the popular name OF the
plant century or more ago. One
finds reference to it and its pro-
perties (real and imaginary IN
old prose and verse.
The ancient Greeks, no doubt,
were familiar with the inflam-
mable nature of the inflorescence.
It would be only natural for those
old Greeks to regard these strange
burning bushes, growing on Mount
Ida, the mystic birthplace of Zeus,
with awe and superstition. Even In
this enlightened day and age there
is something almost uncanny about
the way in which the flower heads
are enveloped in blush flame
when q lighted match is applied on
a warm summer. evening.
Al well-established specimen of
the gas plant will continue to
thrive in the same spot for sever
al generations. Instances have been
Of gas plants being in
gardens, in the same position, for
more than a century,.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-15
Methodist Church

sBy- ISLANDERS and Stand-Bys at
the Cross" will be the subject of
the pastors sermon on Sunday
morning. Special music. You are
invited to worship with us.
At 7:30 pm. the choir will give
the cantata, "King Allglorious,n
which will prove real treat to
all lovers of good music. Come and
hear it.
On Saturday night, Christmas
Eve, the Sunday School will give
its program and have its Christ
mas tree and treat, beginning at
7:3O. "Nuf sed."
On Sunday night, Christmas
Day, some young people will give
a choral pageant, appropriate to
Christmastide. Put this on your
calendar. You will like it.
All other meetings of the
church are as per regular sched-
ule.
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
F. A. SMITH
On December 5 at his home near
Finley, Washington, F. A. Smith,
70, passed away. He was born at
Boaz, Wise, February IS, 1859. AT
the age of twenty he moved to
Minnesota near Big Lake and
married Miss Hattie l.. Craig. To
this union was born six children,
four of whom are living; Merle
Smith at Big Lake, Bruce w. at
Clifford, N. D., and Glen and Miss
Floyce of Pasco, and his wife by
second marriage to mourn his
passing away. He lived at Spokane
five years, coming to his place
near Finley 26 years ago. He is
well known and loved and trusted
by all who knew him. The COM
munity and valley has lost a pro-
gressive farmer and friend. Inter
ment was made in River View
cemetery at Kennewick.
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
CARD OF THANKS
To the friends and neighbors
who so kindly assisted US in our
bereavement in the loss of our
dear husband and step father, +.
A. Smith, We express our sincere
thanks; also for the beautiful flor
al offerings.
Mrs. r. A. Smith
Aubrey Kirby
Irene Kirby
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-15
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
Get Acquainted Club
Met with Mrs. Bennett
EAST KENNEwICK
BUY CHRISTMAS

The Get-Acquainted club had a
good turnout Thursday at the
home of Mrs. d. j. Bennett. Mrs.
Harvey Coult was assistant host
ess. The next meeting viii be with
Mrs. Serier and Miss Lois Brue
will exhibit her outfit in which
she won second prize at National
exhibit.