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The Washington times., 1932-10-10
B. {. F. BLAMED
FOR CROWDED
SCHOOLS
Stranded Families 0vertax
Educational Facilities in
Prince Georges

Struggling families of the
Bonus Expeditionary Force,
families stranded and living
in tents and auto obile trail
ers, together with an unnatu
raj growth in county popula-
tion, has placed the Prince
Georges county school system
in a des~p"ate position, it was
learned today.
Nicholas Orem, superintendent
of the county's public schools, said
that enrolment has increased two
fold and that there are no funds
to increase facilities. He said:
1--WE have schools, rooms, and
teachers for $4,000 children. At
present we have q daily aver
age attendance of 760 over this
capacity, and at the present
rate of increase we will have
nearly $4,000 pupils by NOvem-
ber.
DkSIh1C1S HAI
Practically all of this in
crease in enrolment has been
experienced in the suburban sec.
tiOnS where the unemployed of
the cities have brought their
families in an effort to exist.
These schools already have been
crowded to the limit"
Discussing relief measures, Mr..
Orem continued:
"The county board of educa-
ton, all sources of income in
cluded, has the same apprOpria-
ton this year as we had last.
This sum amounts to approx
mately S65O,OOO. 1t is not
enough to extend our facilities.
In many sections of, the
county civic OrganiZa tiOnS are
discussing improved conditions.
I do not believe it will be long
before they appear before
the county board of COM
miSSioners seeking permission to
place the S275,OOO bond issue
approved by the last General
Assembly on the market. This
issue was once ready for sale,
but we had to withhold it be-
cause Of the poor bond market"
Mr.. Orem declared that chill
dren of families left by the B.E.F.,
rs we'll as other stranded groups,
ire attending the schools. He
said that the bonus marchers
nave, in many sections of the
county, erected small shacks and
ire attempting to keep their fami
les together in them.
The Washington times., 1932-10-10
D. {. FIRE CURB
RATES HIGH

The District of Columbia today
received commentator from the
United States Chamber of Com
merce in the 1881 Inter-Chamber
Fire Waste contest, a competition
conducted among cities, according
to population, for fire prevention
education, public Improvements
and reduced fire losses.
The District was rated seventh
in a list of 18 cities having popu-
lations ranging from 250,000 to
100000. Portland, Ore, was win
ner of the class.
The Washington times., 1932-10-10
Sister and Brother,
Each Driving,
Collide

FIRE DERICKSBURG, Va,
Oct. 6.-Mrs. Marion Strickland,
wealthy resident was seriously
hurt yesterday afternoon when
cars driven by a brother and SIS
ter collided.
Mrs. Strickland was enroute to
her home in "Snowden" in a
car driven by her trained
nurse, Mrs. Edith A. Hicks,
when the machine ran head
long into one driven by Wardell
Farmer, Mrs. Hicks brother.
Mrs. Strickland's knee cap
was broken.
The Washington times., 1932-10-10
Troy Norris Fined
For Suicide Atten1nt

Troy Norris, 20, who gave his
address as 906 B st. S. W., and
last night tried to commit sui
eide by slashing his wrists with
mandolin pick while in a cell
at the Alexandria police station,
pleaded guilty to disorderly con-
duct in the police court today
and was fined $5 and costs.
The Washington times., 1932-10-10
Maryland Enjoys
Drops in Spinach

Here's good news for the boys
and girls of Maryland.
The early spinach crop won't
be nearly as great this year as
in 1881.
At least, that is the prediction
of the Maryland Crop Reporting
Service at College Park.
The Washington times., 1932-10-10
Forest Fires Stopped
Ru Rain in M1ruLt1nd

A threatening forest fire sea-
son has been stopped by recent
general rains throughout Mary
land, Richard Kilbourne, exten-
sion forester at the University of
Maryland, said today.
The Washington times., 1932-10-10
Alexandria Chamber
To Scan '33 BudQet

The Alexandria Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight to
discuss the 1888 budget, which
will be brought before the city
council tomorrow night.
The body will also diSSHss
present water rates.
The Washington times., 1932-10-10
SORORITY TO ELECT

New officers for the year are
to be elected at the meeting of
the Takoma Park unit of Delta
Phi Sigma, meeting at the home
of Miss Edna Davis on Cedar
Street on Wednesday evening.
The Washington times., 1932-10-10
Benefit FOR CAFETERIA

A steak and waffle supper for
the benefit of the East Silver
Spring School cafeteria is to be
held tomorrow evening by the
Parent-Teacher Association at the
school.
The Washington times., 1932-10-10
Profit by
Experience

Profit by the experiences Of
the last three years. Specula-
ton is hazardous. The sound
way to build for financial in
dependence is through con-
servative investment that will
Withstand the tests of most
adverse conditions. Why
gamble in doing otherwise?
Hearst Class "A" 10 pre-.
ferred shares have an out
standing record of uninter-
rupted dividends and stabil-
ity Of earning power. The IL
thriving properties in this
group, furnishing a steady
stream of dividends, have
shown earnings averaging
over two and one-half times
dividend requirements for
over five years. Here is an
opportunity for immediate
income.
The Washington times., 1932-12-08

and Louisa Sheldon stood.
Joyce had tossed her hat to a
couch, her bag on a table. She
stood with her hands behind
her, alert, waiting, not defiant.
They had driven directly to
Washington Square. Mrs. Shell
don, on reaching the street
before Basil's apartment, had
found Joyce waiting beside the
smaller car. She had gone to
her, ordered, "You will follow
me-" And Joyce had answered
scornfully, did you think I'd
run away?"
Now they were together, the
three of them. Elizabeth was
crying.
stop your noise" demanded
Mrs. Sheldon, disdainfully.
SOrriest of All
Joyce moved a step nearer
her mother. I'm sorry for
h err Sorriest of ALL" she
thought. She wondered, tleetIy'
why.
Louisa Sheldon spoke. Her
voice was restrained but it had
not lost the hoarSe. jerking
quality. She looked directly at
Joyce, she stood, Strengthening
her bent shoulders, one hand
laid heavily on the back of a
chair
You are a disgrace to your
name" she said. "a bad
woman, an unspeakably un-
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
A Girls Fight for Independence in Love

old woman. They were of an
equal height, they looked one
another directly in the eyes.
II am not to be threatened"
she said. ''I am quite free. I
will not marry Basil. And what
can you do? Publish the story?
Oh, I don't think you'll do that,
Grandmother. I'm sure you
won't!"
She picked up her hat, her
little bag and started toward
the doorway. Basil stretched
out his arm, halting her.
Joyce, don't go. Don't let
this influence you, don't feel
that it's the having-to that
makes you obstinate" he beg
ged incoherently. II under
stand. I think. But"
There's no uSe," she told
him. Goodbye, my dear"
She reached up, kissed him.
before them all. Then she was
gone. Mrs. Sheldon and Eliza
beth stood there a moment.
Basil faced them, angry.
ashamed, terribly hurt.
"I-don't blame her." he
urged suddenly. "It wasn't her
fault. I loved her so much, you
see, and she thought she loved
me. I never dreamed that she
really meant it-when she said
no."
His voice broke. Mrs. Shell
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
.Bv FAITH BALDWIN
By Cliff Sterrett
BY Mnt Gross

grateful child. All the affec-
ton have given you, the care
I have lavished on you-gone
for nothing. And there's moth
ing left but to hush this up
and go on as if it had not hap
pened. But you'll account to
me, from this day forword,
You'll drop your ridiculous
classes. I know now what
they were-blipdS, so that you
might meet your lover unqueS-
toned. You have neither
decency nor honor in you." =
Go on as if it had not hap
pened! Year in, year out, day
after day, this, sword of shame
and knowledge suspended above
her head.
oh" she told Louisa,
urgently, cant make you
understand? I've not been un-
grateful-believe that. BUT,
equally, 1 can't go on. You
needn't bother about me any
more. can earn my living.
I'll go. You may tell people
c.--.ything you like. 1t doesn't
matter to me. But I won't live
here, Grandmother, nor any
where, with you. Can't you see
how absolutely impossible it is?
I'll work out my salvation, by
myself, in my own way"
ITO Be Continued)
Copyright. 1882. by Faith BALDWIN
Distributed by King Features
Syndicate 1no
The Washington times., 1932-12-08

don turned away. She said,
Come" to her daugtEer-in-law.
; They had left, Basil stood. look
ing after them. He thought he
heard Joyce's light feet on the
stairs. Was she coming back?
Oh, she must come back.
He listened. The steps were
Silenced now. He heard the
sound of the electric motor, the
lift was descending.
All Is Lost
His head ached, he felt bat
tered, Singularly let down, an
unheroic figure. He stepped
forward, mechanically closed
the door, looked at it blankly.
Ended. Over. He had lost
her. She had never cared
never!
He whirled sullenly about and
began to pitch things into a
trunk.
Three women faced one
another in an empty, echolng
house. The furniture looked
Ehostlike, shrouded. Dust
danced golden in the sun, a hot
breeze limped through an open
window, the trees of the park
outside were dusty, detected.
FOOTBALLS sounded in the base
ment, where Mrs. Hurst, the
caretaker moved about in agi-
tation.
Elizabeth sat, tense, upon q
STRAIGHTFORWARD chair. Joyce
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
THREE WOMEN"
Continued from Magazine Paes)

(continued from Magazine Page
situation. He found his words
coming thickly.
1--WE asked her to marry
me-over and over"
Recently" inquired Mrs.
Sheldon.
"oh-my God!" He flung
himself about the room. he
seized Joyce by the arm. Tell
her-tell her"
Joyce disengaged herself.
"It is quite true" she an.
swered, Basil asked me to
marry him-as recently as 10
minutes ago."
Mrs. Sheldon drew in her
breath. Her face was without
expression. If she felt relief
she did not exhibit it. She
asked, "And when are you to
be married?"
'Never!"
Sorry for Basil
That was Joyce'S voice, clear,
huoyant. Now she knew. She
would not be forced into mar
riage, not by this terrible old
woman, not by her mothers
working, pleading face, not by
BaSi ! and his poSseSSive pas
sion-by none of these would
she be compelled. She was
sorry for Basil, this thing was
her fault-but neither pity nor
passion could move her now.
Basil turned to the elder
woman, his arms dropped to his
The Washington times., 1932-12-08

Herewith is the solution to yes
terday's Puzzle.
The Washington times., 1932-12-08

side, lax, in a gesture of futility.
You See?"
Mrs. Sheldon went on again,
her voice roughened.
"You shall marry him,
whether you wish it or not
and at once" She turned to
her daughter-in-law and asked
her, still in that voice that was
like stones grating, "She will not
find it so hard. will she, Eliza
beth-if history is bent on re-
peating itself?"
Joyce saw her mother go
white. She knew a puzzled
wonder, a dim foreshadowing,
but it passed. She was alb
Sorbed by the moment itself.
She turned to Basil.
The Encounter
I'm sorry" she said, "sorry.
You see, I thought loved you.
do love you, Basil, in that
way. But not in any other.
And it's not enough. I'm so
sorry. I can't marry you, dear,
I can't"
Elizabeth stumbled forward,
laid a vibrant hand on the girls
arm.
"Oh, Joyce" she begged her,
"think! Think"
II have thought" said Joyce,
gently, land that's why 1 can't"
Mrs. Sheldon said, with sud-
den fury. You shall-and II
you don't"
Joyce walked up close to the
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
FAIRY STORY FALLS FLAT

SAYLESVILLE, r. I. dN.So'
Joseph H. Ladoucer, 40, of Woon-
socket, rushed into the State
Police barracks here and informed
Lieutenant Ernest Stenhouse that
he had been held up and robbed
of $525 by a man to whom ne
had offered ride. After ques.
tioning by Stenhouse, Ladoucer
admitted the holdup as a myth,
and that he had thought it up in
an effort to delay payments which
we're soon to fall due.
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
TOURISTS VISIT BELGIUM

BRUSSELS.-According to the
Belgium tourist office, the num-
ber of foreigners who came to
Belgium this summer was greater
than last year. Hollanders came
first, in the matter of numbers,
followed by French and German.
There were few Americans and
British. The tourist office di-
rected it's advertising efforts TO-
ward Holland, Northern France
and Central Europe. Much is
being done tn attract "f
school children. with their
teachers.
The Washington times., 1932-12-08

HORIZONTAL
IA bird
+What American led a famous
Rebellion" in 1886?
S-WhO was the first Chief jus
tice of the U. s. Supreme
Court?
12-Girl's name
13-Forbidden by social usage
14-Beverage
15-What is the capital of Russia?
17-What division of central Italy
10 coextensive with PeruRia
province?
19-Curse
21-Spanish article
22-Two-wheeled vehicle
25-Central part Of a wheel
T-Wind instrument
31-Constellation
32-ln what manufacturing city Of
Pennsylvania did a great steel
strike occur in 1892?
34-Myself
35-Through
36-Greek goddess of dawn
37-Note Of the musical scalG
SS-Fatherhood
4l-Fondle
42-Liquid spilled about
43-Sense organ
44-Male children
45-Biblical pronoun
47-Short. informal letter
49-What seaport city Of Ukraine,
on the Black Sea, is . famous
grain market?
53-What is the missing name:
William III Of England was
the Prince of ....?
57-Regret
Shrugged crest of a mountain
range
60-Rowing implement
61-Important Babylonian deity
62-Official decree
63-Hardy perennial cereal grass
VERTICAL
Dull
2-Fuss
31Existed
-Portico
I S-Who created the character Of
Hester Prynne?
6-Month in the Jewish year
7-Pronoun
S-Any
9-Broad-mouthed vessel
The Washington times., 1932-12-08

10-Charaeter in the Arabian
Nights"
11-Ahirmativ vote
16-Folding bed
18-BlemisheS
20-Sing with closed lips
22-Collections of tents
23-Pertaining to a plane surface
24-Egyptian sun god
26-Roots of the beet
2S-Have existence
29-Made of oats
3O-Prepares for publication
32-Possessive pronoun
33-Chinese sauce made from beans
35-What English Secretary OF the
Admiralty kept . famous di.
4ry covering the years 1860
1859?
39-Towards
40-Seottish name
41--River in Italy
44-Body of water
46-Elder son of Isaac
4S-Woody plant
49-Sphere
50-Owing
51-Elongated fish
52-Noah's vessel
54-Correlative of neither
SS-WhO wrote 1.-The Beggar'S
OpeFa"?
56-Sooner than
59-Each (abbr.)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-06-03
Elijah" Sunday Night
Chapel Hill OratOriO Society VIII
Give the Performance

The Chapel Hill Oratorio Soci-
ETY. will give the Elijah Sun
day night in the Hill music hall.
Harold S. Dyer, who is to direct
the concert, reports that the
chorus. chosen from the best
voices of the faculty. townspeo-
pie and students, has shown ex-
cellent results with the dramatic
and colorful music which Men
delssohn wrote to the stirring
Biblical story Of Elijah. Nelson
@. Kennedy will be at the organ,
and Mrs. A. S. Wheeler at the
piano. Incidental solo parts will
be sung by Mrs. r. H. Wettach,
Mrs. l.. c. Mckinney, Rev. Eu-
gene Olive and R. H. Wettach.
Major solo parts viii be. taken
by Carl G.. n. Cronstedt, director
of music in Statesville, baritone
Miss Martha Simons, of New
York City, contralto; Miss Nir-
ginia Hufty of Wilson, soprano !;
and G.. Oliver Beard Of Char
lotte. tenor. Although the con-
cert is given as a compliment to
the senior class and others re-
ceiving degrees on Monday, tick
cts are available in limited num-
Der on application at the depart
ment of music office. All seats
are reserved, but there is no
charge for the tickets.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-06-03
Farm Relief Hard on Farmers

(SioUr Falls Argus-Lcoder)
If there are any real friends
of agriculture in Washington
they will move heaven and earth
in an effort to get the surplus
wheat held by the Federal Farm
Board out Of the way before the
American farmers begin to mar
ket this years product.
Far too little attention has
been given to the depressing in
tluence of the boards supplies.
Its l00, 0,000,000 or more bushels
act as a powerful threat to an
advance.
And this in the face of the
most bullish statistics the market
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-06-03

has encountered for years F! Late
Government reports indicate
that production in the United
States this year is likely to fall
below domestic requirements.
Under normal conditions, such
news would be a tremendously
strong influence in the direction
of higher prices.
Disposal of the Farm Board
wheat to foreign nations may be
the one action necessary to bring
the country out Of the depres-
sion.
Members of the Farm Board
remain hostile toward plans for
an immediate sale Of their prod
uct. Possibly they are interest
ed in retaining their jobs as long
as they can.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-06-03

The people Of the village
have engaged this week in live
" exchanges of opinion about the
action of the school board in not
re-electing certain teachers for
next wear. There has been some
talk Of holding public meeting
to discuss the matter, but this
plan seems to have been given
up. The board is ready to re-
ceive any group of citizens who
ask for hearing.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-06-03
Commencement Begins
University Seniors Will Hold Their
Class Day Exercises Tomorrow

The first of the University
commencement ceremonies will
take place tomorrow (Satur-
day. Senior prayers will be
held at 9::30 in Memorial hall,
and, these will be followed by the
class day exercises under the
Davie Poplar. The Mangum
medal contest is scheduled for
4 O'Clock in the Hill music hall,
and the Presidents reception to
the class for 5.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached Sunday morning by
Rev. Franklin s. Hickman of
Duke University. Nelson O.
Kennedy will give an organ re
cital at 5 o'clock in the Hill mu-
sic hall; the chimes in the bell
tower Will be played; and Clyde
A. Miller will conduct the yes
per services under the poplar.
Elijah will be performed in
the evening in the music hall.
Monday will be both alumni
day and graduation day. Alumni
assembly at 1890 in Gerard
hall; alumni luncheon at /
o'clock in Swain hall; band
concert under the poplar at A +;
class suppers from S to Z.
The academic procession will
form on the south campus at Z
O'Clock. There will be a march
to the Kcnan stadium, and there
the commencement exercises will
be held
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-06-03
A Protest
(MinneopoiiS JourH0lJ

(WtNN60 DOtlS JOUfH0t)
Here is hopeful sign. The
doors of the Federal Building in
a small city in the Southwest
were out of order. About 500
worth of hardware would have
fixed them. But the Federal au-
thorities at Washington decided
to install new doors, and adver-
tiSed for bids. The lowest bid
der asked more than 5000.
And then the local Chamber
Of Commerce stepped IN and
urged that the Government
spend, not $4,000 for new doors,
but 500 for the hardware need
ed to repair the old doors.
We hope this news reaches the
halls Of Congress also the sane
tums Of the bureaucrats. For it
may be significant Of a sharp
about face in the public's erst-
while attitude toward Federal
expenditures.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-06-03
Cigarette Paper in France

The manufacture of cigarette
paper in France was undertaken
by two small mills (still in ex-
istence) soon after the Franco
Prussian war. From such small
beginnings the industry has
grown until now it represents
one of the principal French in
dustries with millions of francs
invested in it.
The French government, hav-
ing a monopoly on the manufac-
ture of cigarettes. also has
stimulated greatly the develop
ment of the cigarette-paper in
dustry by granting contracts to
mills, The continued demand for
the French product is said to
be due to the excellent quality
maintained, and which has been
possible because of the ample
supply Of rag stock. the water
employed and the technical skill
exercised in the manufacturing
processes. American factories
rank among the principal GUS
toners for the French product
and several cigarette paper mills
are reported to be working eX-
clusively for leading American
cigarette factories.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-06-03

The. singing was followed by a
tea on the school lawn.
w. C. Coker's fox, which es-
capped several weeks ago, was
found dead in the Prouty gar
den by Mr.. Edmister last week.
The Garringers and Miss
Johanna Gjerulff will stay with
the Proutys this summer.
Chip Prouty was class orator
for the graduating class at Oak
Ridge this year.
The r. f. Cokers will spend a
few days in Washington next
week. Their house will be oc-
cupied by the Seawells this sum-
mer.
H. w. Odum went to Jackson
vile, Fla, this week to attend
the funeral of his brother, James
Edward Odum.
Mrs. Sam Fisher of Asheville
and Mrs. Eben Alexander of
Knoxville, Tennessee, were in
the village Wednesday.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-06-03
Village Night Life
Car Roars Down Street and Plunges
Over Wall; Spectators Assemble

It is around a o'clock Tuesday
morning, and Dawn has just be
gun to stretch her rosy fingers
up the eastern sky. All at once
the silence is shattered by a
tremendous roaring. A car is
coming down the main street.
Citizens are shocked out of
their slumbers. The roaring
demon passes the post-office and
the Presbyterian church. It
passes Mrs. Fred Patterson's
and awakens Shipp Saunders,
the Latin professor. The Law
sons hear it coming, and Miss
Estelle Lawson runs to the tele-
phone and calls the fire depart
ment. She knows what's going
to happen. where the road curves
in front of her house, and she
remembers that once before the
fire company engine had to be
summoned to lift a car off driver
and passengers.
The car can't take. the curve
because it is moving too fast.
1t goes over the Royster wall.
spins about. and falls to the
ground four or five feet below
A youth named Prosser (the
driver), another named Goode,
and Henry London. Jr., are in
the car. Luckily none of them
is seriously injured.
Nearby residents come on the
run. scantily (but decently)
clad. The rays of the street
light are reflected family upon
the dome Of the law dean. VI. T.
Van Hecke. Mrs. Mckinney
comes from her home on the
edge Of Battle Park; perhaps
this chronicler is not certain
perhaps she wears the scarlet
sashed kimono in which she
looked so. fetching in the per
formance of "The Mikado' the
evening before. And there are
other spectators.
The fire engine comes clang
ing down the street, with the
mascot bulldog on top making
more noise than the gong. But
when it arrives the occupants of
the car have been taken into the
Walker home and examined by
DR. Walker. Thence they go TO
the infirmary, and one is sent
to a hospital in Durham.
The spectators have dispersed.
The fire engine, with the bull
dog and the gong still making
a big noise, has gone back to
its quarters. The village is
Quiet again.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-06-03
The Children's Library

The Children's library will be
open from 2 to 5, P. NJ. every
day except Saturday and Sun
day from June 6 to July l. Miss
Gladys Evans will be in charge
until July !. The rest of the
summer the library will be open
from 3 to 6 Tuesdays and Fri
days.