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The Washington times., 1932-09-24
Meals to Be Served
Niqht School Pupils

For the first time in the history
of District night schools, supper
will be served each school night,
Monday, Wednesday. and Friday,
in the cafeteria of Mckinley High
School.
For a small sum students COM
ing directly from work to school
may get a full dinner. The
cafeteria will be open from 5
p. m. to $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-09-24
Republican Lawyers
Meet Aqdin TUesddu

The second meeting of the
District Lawyers Hoover and Cur
tbs Club will be held at 8 p. m.
Tuesday in the National Capital
Republican Club Building. Six
teenth Street and Scott Circle.
Henry F. Woodward is its preSi-
dent.
The Washington times., 1932-09-24
Judge and ALtrOck
Will Attend Carnival

Three members of WaShington's
baseball team are expected to
attend the st. Anthony'S carni-
val. Seventh and Monroe Streets
northeast, tonight to autograph
baseballs. They are Joe Judge,
Nick Altrock and Johnny Kerr,
who will leave Philadelphia i'm
mediately after the game there.
The carnival closes tonight.
The Washington times., 1932-09-24
Justice Department
Employe Robbed in
Own Building

The practice of pocket-pick-
ing has finally invaded the
house of justice-Where great
er crimes have met their
nemesis.
John H. Dickerson, an en-
ploye of the Department of
Justice, yesterday had the ex-
perience of having his pockets
looted right in the Depart
ment of Justice building.
1t happened while he and
many others we're waiting for
the rain to let up yesterday
afternoon. He said the thief
took $40 in cash and his
Department of Justice card.
The Washington times., 1932-09-24

the stand complained that cruis-
ing drivers were taking away
fares from them.
A warrant was issued for a
sixth driver who failed to ap-
pear in court.
The Washington times., 1932-09-24
Cruelty, Reno Plea
Of Capital Woman

Charging cruelty, Mrs. Mildred
Falk, of this city, has brought
suit to divorce Donald A. Falk,
according to advices from Reno.
They were married February IS,
1925, in MarySville, Kan.
The Washington times., 1932-09-24
True tOType
TRUE TALK OF 1929
VERY SUITABLE
FOR TODAY
BY GILBERT SELDES

THE editors of the Business Week must have felt that
they were getting dirty deal back in October 1929;
be ending q can sympathize with them because pub
lished little book in London trying to explain to the
The Washington times., 1932-09-24

Whatever your wants may he, there
II always a possibility that they can be
satisfied through the many services sd-
vertised In tOday's Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
Swiiss Sculptor
TDO Bust of
First Lady

Mrs. Hoover has commissioned
Ernest Durig, the Swiss sculptor,
a pupil of Rodin, the eminent
French artist and creator of lie
Penseur," to make a portrait bust
of her. 1t is to be completed in
marble.
The artist began his work yes
terday when Mrs. Hoover gave
him her first sitting. 1t is under
stood she will pose twice a week
until the work is finished.
Durig received much public at
tention recently on account of his
presentation to President Hoover
of heroic seven-foot head bust of
Washington, finished in plaster.
The unusual size of this piece of
statuary proved somewhat of
puzzle for proper placement. 1t
was entrusted to Representative
Bloom, who, it is understood,
placed it in safekeeping with one
of the fire-proof storage company
establishments. Durig recently fin
ished the portrait busts of Repre-
sentative Bloom, Mrs. Bloom, and
Miss Bloom,
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
HOWAADUNREST
EXPLAINED

Mrs. Alma j. Scott, president
of the local Howard University
Alumni Association and a men,
Der of the executive committee
of the general alumni body, de-
MED today that special COM
mittee of the organized alumni
has made an investigation Of
affairs at Howard University.
Mrs. Scott says the fight
against DR.. Mordecai johnson,
president of Howard, is being
made by a group of disgruntled
alumni who are not bonafide
members of either the local or
general association. DR.. Johnson
has co-operated with the activi-
ties of the alumni bodies and no
such unaccord as was reported
is being manifested at the uni
verSity, she says.
The report made public this
week is alleged to have charged
the president with maladminis-
tration and assumption of auto
cratic powers, and copies were
sent to Congress urging a speedy
investigation of affairs at the
university.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
URGES
Bic JOB LOAN

Americas vital need today is
that something be done, and
quickly, to restore the purchasing
power of the millions who are out
of work, according to Senator
Henry F.. Ashurst, of Arizona,
who spoke last night over WRC
to urge public works program
financed by a Prosperity Loan.
He said:
"HOw is purchasing power to
be restored? There can be no
other way except by giving
men the opportunity to work
and to earn-in other words,
by giving them jobs. Private
business has not the resiIiency
to expand at this time; many
States and cities are in desper-
ate financial straits. The
process of elimination leads in
eScapably to the conclusion
that the initiative must be
%dACH ny VIC CCuCIaA OONcFH-
ment.
"ObviOusly, these millions of
persons cannot be placed on
the Federal payroll. 1t is equally
clear that the Federal Govern
ment cannot do more than it
has already done to assist the
banks in making credit avail.
able to industry; and industry
seems unable to take advantage
of this credit. In what form,
then, shall the Governments
initiative be manifested? There
is, I think, only one way, and
that is through the initiation
of a great program of public
works.
"a S5,OOO,OOO, 900 Prosperity
Loan would give immediate
employment to two million men
or more"
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
POSTAL CLERKS
HARDEST HIT

The Senate economy bill for
a 10 per cent pay cut for all
Federal employees reported by the
Appropriations Committee would
impose a double, and in some
instances, a triple. pay cut on
postal night workers, according
to Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary
treasurer of the National Fed
Grafton of Postoffice Clerks.
The proposed pay cut, because
of their schedule Of working
hours, would impose a 20 per
cent cut on 10000 postal clerks,
whose earnings are but slightly
in excess of $4,000 a year.
Flaherty declared that in some
instances night work employees
earning $2,100 will also lose their
earned automatic promotions,
which means a total loss in earn
ings of $500 for the next fiscal
year.
Thus, instead of receiving $2.-
100 next year, their pay will be
$1,000, a contribution out of all
proportion to the Governments
economy program from a rela-
lively low paid group.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
PUBLIC HEAL TIL
BODY MEETS

Warning against any reduction
Of budgets of public health Or
ganizations at this time was
sounded today by DR.. T. B. Beatty,
State health commissioner Of
Utah. and president of the Con-
ference of State and Provincial
Health Authorities, in his open
ing address to the conference at
the Willard. He said:
"Never has the need of health
protection been so pressing. The
expense of preventable sickness
and disability far exceeds the
cost of their prevention"
He said pre-school work of great
value has already been hampered
in Utah, though mortality among
small children from epidemic
diseases had been greatly reduced.
Increasing undernourishment of
children in Utah is being met, he
said, by community gardening on
tracts near industrial centers.
DR.. Bolivar j. Lloyd, medical
director of the Public Health
Service, said yellow fever is not
yet eradicated and that interior
regions of Brazil still constitute a
menace.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
R|TCH|E URGES.
UNITED PARTY

ASHEVILLE, N. c., June "A
united, national Democratic party
rising above factional and sec
tional and class divisions to
fight in unified manner the ills
of the country, was urged in two
addresses here yesterday by Gov.
Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland,
who is in western North Carolina
in the interest Of his presidential
aspirations.
Governor Ritchie spoke at the
luncheon of the Civitan Club and
last night addressed a mass meet
ing in the courthouse under aus
pices of the jefferson Democratic
Club of Buncombe County.
He was dinner guest at the
Biltmore Forest Country Club of
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Redwood,
the latter formerly of Baltimore
and an old friend of the COVER
nor. He spent much of the day
comforting with political leaders.
Tonight, the Maryland COVER
nor will address rally at Green's
boro under auspices of the JEFF
ferson Democratic Club of that
city, returning tomorrow to Bal
timore.
Increased income taxes and
manufacturers sales tax were
advocated by Ritchie in his ad-
dress. He also warned against
rushing headlong" into unem-
ployment relief measures which,
he said, may be radical.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
HOWARDR.O.T.C.
To COMPETE
JUDGE ADAMS

The annual competitive drill of
the R. o. T. C. unit at Howard
University will be held tomorrow
at l p. m.
The battalion will pass in re-
vieWD before President Mordecai
johnson and his staff. The name
of the winning company will be
inscribed upon the cup donated
by Gen. Hanson Ely and held
permanently at Howard.
twenty-five candidates will re-
ceive commissions for the en-
suing school year with a like
number receiving commissions as
second lieutenants in the Army
Reserve Corps.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
HAD SEEN
CHECKS DRAWN
UPON It
Walker, Treasurer, States
He Compared Books With
B. {. Clark, Accused

With the trial Of Berry E.
Clark, clerk to the Mont
gomery county commissioners
on trial at Rockville for en-
bezzlement of county funds,
speeded up by an agreement
between the prosecution and
defense whereby checks Of
fered in evidence by States
Attorney Stedman Prescott
will be accepted as having
been made by the persons
whose signatures they bear,
the State hopes to rest its case
today.
Attempts to show that Mont
gomery county officials we're
aware of the fact that Clark
had an account as Berry E.
Clark, clerk" besides a personal
account in the Montgomery
county National Bank, were made
yesterday by Clark's attorneys.
Had Seen Checks
The defense obtained admis-
sionS from Sheriff Richard H.
Lansdale and County Treasurer
j. Forest Walker. both State
witnesses. that they had seen
checks bearing the signature,
Berry E. Clark. clerk to the
Montgomery county commits
sionerS."
F.. Barnard Welsh, who with
Attorneys Thomas L. Dawson,
Albert M. Bouic and E. Barrett
Prettyman, is defending Mr..
Clark, said there could be no
secrecy about the questioned ac-
count, for Sheriff Lansdale had
seen the Endorsement of Berry
E. Clark, clerk"
After Mr.. Walker admitted
seeing such a Clark signature on
several checks, he was asked if
all were not similarly signed.
He could not recall that they
were.
Compared Their Books
In answer to cross-examina-
ton, Mr.. Walker said he and
Mr.. Clark had compared books
with regularity to check errors.
Mr.. Welsh wanted to know if he
found any, but Prescott objected,
saying the books were the best
evidence. Chief Judge Hammond
Urner sustained the objection.
Earlier in the day Prescott in
troduced numerous witnesses who
testified they had paid to the
commissioners office sums of
money for partial maintenance of
insane relatives being cared for
in state institutions by county
funds.
He also offered testimony to
the effect that fees for licenses
and civil fees collected by the
sheriff were turned over to that
office.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
M|DD|ES GIVEN
DIPLOMAS
HARRIET

ANNAPOLIS, June with
421 members of the graduating
class of the Naval Academy re-
ceiving their diplomas today. the
main features of June Week and
graduation close tonight.
Of the graduates. AZ are re
signing to enter civilian life, and
S79 are commissioned as ensigns.
Presentations of prizes yester-
day, and the farewell ball last
night, we're features of the clos
ing of the years work. R. S.
Mandlekorn, honor man of the
class, received most of the
awards.
Yesterdays long stand at atten-
ton in the hot sun; in heavy
formal blue uniforms and the
strain of immobility during the
presentation rites, were two much
for many of the youths. One
after another. overcome by heat,
was taken off the field in an
ambulance.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
9 Capital Students
Graduate at Bliss

One hundred and eighty elec-
trical engineering students were
graduated last night at the thirty
ninth annual commencement ex-
erciSes of the Bliss Electrical
School in Memorial Continental
Hall. Washington graduates in
cluded William A. Brown, Charles
r. F. CasaSsa. S Armistead Col
man, William o. Grant, William
G. Lester, John A. McNaughton,
Harry B. Ragland, Charles w.
Smith, jr., and Richard B. Stet-
son. Among the others are Rob
ert A. Hilder. Glencarlyn, Va;
Robert P. Mcleod, Alexandria,
Va, and Harry A. Stacy, jr.,
Takoma Park, Md.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
ART HEAD QUITS
ct. JOHN :

ANNAPOLIS, June 2.-Students
of St. Johns College here are
today discussing with amaze
ment the announcement that
fourth member of the faculty
had resigned.
The latest is DR.. R. T. H.
Halsey, for the past two years
professor of Colonial Art and for
four years a member of the
Board of Visitors and Governors
of the College. Neither DR..
Halsey nor President Douglas
Huntley Gordon would discuss
reports that there had been a
disagreement.
DR.. Halsey said he would move
to Huntington, L. l., and write
some books he has been
planning.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
TlUO Men Acquitted
Of 2 Rum CHARGES

James Wenk and Allie Yates
were cleared of charges of manu-
facture and possession of liquor
while Richard Dent, arrested
with them, was placed under
$1,000 bond pending Federal
court action, after a hearing
before U. S. Commissioner j.
Frank Parran at Upper Marl-
boro, yesterday. Wenk and
Yates, according to testimony.
had visited the still to get q
drink.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
xBOdenheim
HotoOts 1t
ToHospital

NYACK, N. Y, June 2
G.N.SO.-Whether it was a
kettle of boiling bean soup or
a pan of hot water that he
stepped into was in dispute, but
the result was that Maxwell
Bodenheim, Greenwich Village
poet and novelist, was in Nyack
Hospital today with a painfully
Scalded foot.
He was at a camping party
with friends in the woods in
Rockland county when he
stepped into whatever it was.
Police said it was the soup,
and that he inadvertently
came in contact with it as he
improvised a dance by moon.
light.
But Bodenheim said it was
hot water.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
Chevy Chase Group
Chooses NOnlindtOrS

A nominating committee Of
five to choose a slate of officers
for the coming year was named
by the Chevy Chase Gardens
Citizens Association last night
The committee is composed of
Robert A. Littleton. chairman;
Ralph P. Huff, John Galbraith,
Charles Cquire and Joseph w.
Clary. The association closed
its years activities with a dinner
dance at Olney Inn,
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
DEPUTY FREED
IN BR|BE CASE

ANNAPOLIS, June 2.-Deputy
Sheriff Robert Flannery today
stands acquitted by the Anne
Arundel Circuit Court on charges
of bribery, after only Is minutes
of jury deliberation.
He was indicted on a charge
of receiving $35 rom Patterson
Colfelt and Morris Legum for pro-
tecting slot machines. He is the
fourth deputy to be tried on such
charges recently.
A. Theodore Brady, States at
torney, has made no definite plans
for trying other deputies likewise
accused.
The Washington times., 1932-06-02
HELD IN STILL RAID

Gwynn Williams, of st. Marys
county, was placed under $1,000
bond by U. S. Commissioner j.
Frank Parran at Upper Marlboro
yesterday, before whom he was
arraigned on charges of manufac-
ture and possession Of liquor. He
was arrested at a 75-gallon still.
Milford chronicle., 1932-12-02
NEWSPAPER OPENS DOORS

A beautiful illustration of how
newspaper reading opens doors of
opportunity to young persons and
others, was given in the recent find
ing of Col, Raymond Robbins, famous
social welfare worker, who disap-
peared early in September. Accord
ing to Sameul Levinson, intimate
friend of the colonel, the tip that
the distinguished missing man was
in the little town of Whittier, North
Carolina, came from IL year old
boy, Carl Fisher, who saw Col. Rob-
ins' picture in newspaper.
Every day in the year, the news
paper press is disseminating such
useful information which we all
need to know. Through this serv-
ice, missing people are found, GRIM
inals caught, and facts given upon
which people should act. Are we
all using this precious information
as we might?
Some boys won't read newspapers.
But down in that little mountain
town, there was kid whose vision
rose above the mighty SUBMITS that
hemmed in his secluded village. He
wanted to know about the big world
outside, so he read newspapers.
He saw that picture of a famous
missing man. Instead of letting the
idea pass idly through his mind, as
most persons would, his intelligence
began to work. He connected the
picture with the stranger who had
taken his Sunday school class on
hikes. He followed up the thought
by writing to Col. Robbins friend,
and the discovery followed that
thrilled the country.
A boy with such bright wit will be
heard from. People want that kind |
of fellow working for them. But |
that bright mind would have been
helpless, if it had not been a news
paper reader. Such things happen
The newspaper gves all
Of us information on which we can
act to our advantage. Parents
should encourage their children to
read the newspapers, as the path
eading up to the door marked "Op-
Milford chronicle., 1932-12-02
BUSINESS BEGINNERS

When people are thrown out of
work, the first impulse of many of
them is to try to sell something.
So we have seen a procession of
folks ringing our doorbells, many of
them telling a pathetic hard luck
story, all trying to persuade us that
our welfare will not be complete un-
less we buy this or that And some
of these folks, having little money
or being able to borrow it, have
launched out on the treacherous
seas of business, and have set up lit
tie stores.
To an inexperienced person, it
seems easy enough to open such a
place and earn a living. They see
visions of a stream of people buying
their goods. They think they can
sell so many articles a day at such
and such a profit. The better es-
tablished store may be able to do it,
but the newcomer faces the indiffer-
ence of the cold world.
Many of these newcomers do not
last long, and soon are forced to
close out and remove the freshly
painted sign which they so hopefully
erected. Their money is gone, they
are still without a job, and they
have nothing to show for their effort
but experience. Someone should
have given them wiser advice. Prob
ably the essential trouble was that
in most places there are already too
many business concerns. Unless the
new one has some special power of
it was doomed from the
start.
1t is not much use for people to
go into business, unless they know
their trade thoroughly, and even
then they must be prepared to do a
good deal of waiting until they ac-
luire reputation. If they adver-
tise judiciously of course, their
chances of doing so quickly are
greatly increased.
If people are green at their trade,
hey offend more customers than
hey can expect to win. But there is
always a chance for a bright and
aggressive person, who thoroughly
Understands his business, and who
will push it aggressively.
Milford chronicle., 1932-12-02
WHY TOWNS GO AHEAD

If you compare one growing town
with one that is not growing, in the
majority of cases the real reason
for the difference is in the charac-
ter of the people. Specially favor
able locations, possession of indus
tries that benefit by fads and fash
ions, etc., may push some cities
ahead without special merit.
But usually the difference is that
the advancing town is gifted with
set of hustling, energetic, and am
bilious people, who are not satisfied
with old ways or what was good
enough years ago. They put pep and
determination into their own busi-
ness, and they push their own trade
ahead by their incessant effort. They
put the same will power into public
and these causes go
ahead. If people are determined to
achieve business and community
they can do so.
Milford chronicle., 1932-12-02
TAX TRUTHS

The unfair and misleading
propaganda of the National Eco
nomy League and the Chamber of
Commerce against veterans pen
sions in the name of Economy is
intended to prejudice the average
citizen and taxpayer against vet
Grams.
Pound home these simple truths
to every citizen and taxpayer in
your community.
The entire Nations tax bill is
divided one-third for Federal
taxes and two-thirds for State and
local taxes.
Veterans Pensions are paid
only by the Federal Government.
The farmer, mechanic, clerk, la
borer, ami professional man pays
his taxes direct to the State and
local treasuries-not one cent of
which goes to pay veterans pen
sions.
Where does the money come
from that is paid to veterans?
From the Federal Government
which receives it as the result of
income tax payments and certain
indirect taxes as the result of
tariff and license legislation. The
great bulk of it comes from in
come tax.
The Treasury Department sta
tistics for the prosperous year
1928 show there were 100000
persons who paid Federal income
taxes for that year. Ninety-nine
per cent paid only one-fifth of the
total taxes. In other words, one
per cent or 40,700 people paid
four-fifths of the income taxes,
amounting to $1,080,O0O,0O0. The
statistics further prove that for
each 81 the average income tax
payer paid to the Federal Govern
ment the big taxpayer paid $3.50.
This clearly proves that the op-
position to the payment of veter-
ans pensions comes from that
group of 40,700 who constitute
big Business" Incidentally, the
total net income of this group as
disclosed for the year 1928 was
Sc, 1909, 100000.
The truth of the matter is these
40,700 big income taxpayers are
trying to relieve themselves of the
burden of paying veterans pen
sions and place upon the commun-
tiles the responsibility Of caring
for the aged and disabled veter-
ans, their widows and dependents.
Milford chronicle., 1932-12-02
THE ELECTION BETS

When people are licked in an
election, they usually feel a desire
to crawl out of sight, and escape the
joshing of their successful oppon-
ents. But here and there are found
those hardy gentlemen who have
agreed that the loser shall give the
winner a wheelbarrow ride, or push
a peanut with their noses over some
long distance, and so on. At Do
wagiac, Michigan, one gentleman is
due to ride cow through the bust
ness district, and probably has done
so by this time to the applause of
the populace.
Most of us might not relish thus
furnishing a spectacle for a derisive
crowd, but the people who perform
such stunts as a penalty for mistak-
en- Judgment have at least had the
wisdom not to lose any of their
money on anything as uncertain as
an election.
Milford chronicle., 1932-12-02
LIES GOAL LINE

The last football for the season
has been kicked on most fields. What
have the years games brought to
these titans of the gridiron?
President Hamilton Holt of Roll
Inns College, Florida; says football
is the only thing in America that is
well taught Perhaps the learned
educator did not mean that literally,
considering all the faithful work
done in colleges and schools. Still
the boys do learn football with a
not often found in
their book work. Their whole heart
went into their study of the fine
points of this dramatic game.
One truth it has taught well, is
that results come only through con-
on definite detectives. A
team that did not map out its plays
specifically in advance, would sell
dom cross any goal line. Now these
boys must apply that principle to
life. They must have the plays on
hat greater field carefully and in
planned in advance, or
hey will never carry the football
If their hopes over any of life's goal
ines.