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The Washington times., 1932-06-22
CREDIT MEN LAUD HOOVER

Charles M. Keefer, credia man.
ager of Kann's and first presi-
dent of the local Retail Credit
Association, today was appointed
a member of the board of direct.
ors of the national organization.
Guests at the White House this
noon, the delegates presented to
President Hoover a resolution,
unanimously adopted, expressing
their appreciation Of his services
when as Secretary of Commerce
he aided in inaugurating a
nationwide retail credit survey.
The thousands of bonus march.
ers now encamped in Washington
is evidence of something radically
wrong in our economic structure,
Representative Edith Nourse Rog-
ers of Massachusetts, told the dele
gates yesterday.
General sessions of the dele
gates we're resumed this morning
with three Washington business
leaders on the program.
Harold H. Levi, vice president
and general manager of the
Hecht Company, told of the evo-
luton of that establishments pol
The Washington times., 1932-06-22
BROWN. SWORN
AS JUDGE

Paul E. Brown, justice of the
Fairfax county court of juvenile
and domestic relations, took office
today as trial justice of the
county court following his ap-
pointment last night by Judge
Walter T. Mccarthy of circuit
court.
Judge Mccarthy ordered all
justices Of the peace to certify
cases before them to the county
court. Under the new law the
justices of the peace will have
only the powers Of issuing war
rants and taking bonds.
The Washington times., 1932-06-22
Foes of Cigarette
Observe Anniversary

The Anti-Cigarette Alliance Of
the District of Columbia will OBJ
serve its tenth anniversary in
the church in which it was or
ganized when the organization
meets tonight at the First Con-
gregational Church to hear Or.
D. H. Kress, DR.. Sinclair Bowen,
and Mrs. Giles S. Rafter.
A motion picture will be shown
by DR.. Kress, who advances the
assertion that the money spent
on tobacco would provide a good
income for every unemployed per.
son in the United States. DR..
Kress broadcast last evening over
Station VOL.
The Washington times., 1932-06-22
Alexandria MOUes
To Get Back Taxes

City Collector Purvis Taylor Of
Alexandria will inaugurate a per
sonal canvas for the collection OF
delinquent taxes tomorrow in an
effort to speed up collections.
Approximately $4,000 in delin
quent taxes, a large part OF
which are the so cent tax as
sessed when no real or personal
taxes are levied, is still to be
collected, it is understood
The Washington times., 1932-06-22
RESCUE SQUAD SAVES GIRL

The Bladensburg Rescue Squad
yesterday saved Edna Thornton,
8, colored, Of Linwood, Nd. from
possible death when they checked
the flow of blood from a cut foot
that had been bleeding steadily
for more than an hour. The girl
stepped on broken bottle.
The Washington times., 1932-06-22

icy of deferred payments.
The use and abuse Of credit
was discussed by H. H. Mckee,
president of the washington
Clearing House and Of the Ma
tional Capital Bank. John
Guernsey, in charge Of the retail
census, outlined many of the &C
complishments and problems Of
credit managers.
The Washington times., 1932-06-22
AMELIA HOPS BACK HOME

ton Hall, attended by Chief Jus.
tice Charles Evans Hughes ard
other notahleS.
President Hoover presented the
medal after he and Mrs. Hoover
had entertained Mrs. Putnam and
her party at dinner at the White
House.
Mrs. Putnam plans to enter
the Cleveland air races in Au-
gust with. the same plane she
used in her oversee flight.
The Washington times., 1932-06-22
HONOR SCHOOL HEAD

The Parent-Teacher Association
of the Bell Elementary School
will hold a testimonial tonight
at o'clock in honor OF Miss
Fannie E. Page, principal of the
school.
The Washington times., 1932-06-22
False Teeth
KING Gives Solid Comfort

If your plates drop or slip when
you eat, talk or laugh. you sufter
needlessly. Just sprinkle a little
Killing on them. This new improved
powder forms a comfort cushion,
heals sore gums, and holds plate so
snug it cannot rock or slide. Your
mouth is comfortable. Your plate
acts as we'll as your own teeth did
Eating is again a joy. Don't suffer
another day. A large package Of
Killing costs only 35c at druggists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08

ander was alleged, in testimony, to
have left-hooked Mrs. Edney and
then swung a right from the floor
on Mrs. Baynes. Both women fell.
they told Shaeffer, and Alexander
fed.
III say I hit them" Alexander
admitted. "All Mrs. Edney is doing
is trying to cause me trouble. I
used to be married to her. She's
had five husbands already"
That's not true-just two hus-
bands" Mrs. Edney interposed.
Why. Henry Hobart has served
time in Virginia"
Alexander admitted this as read
lily as he did his attack on the
woman, asserting the sentence was
for criminal assault.
Il lived with her for six months
and now she trails me wherever 1
CO." Alexander added.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08
MAN ADMITS he
STRUCK WOMEN;
GIVEN SENTENCE
Alexander Wins First Bout,
but Loses in Final
Decisions.

A previous knockout decision was
held by Henry Hobart Alexander,
$40 Sheffield avenue, when he ap-
peared in municipal court today to
renew his battle with Mrs. France
Baynes, 1548 Aston street, and Mrs.
Bertha Edney, 1882 North Sherman
drive.
But, after the hearing before
Judge William H. Sheaffer, Henry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Hobart lost his fighting crown, and
a decision of the court DEGREES he
must spend five days in jail and
pay 81 fine and costs.
Mrs. Baynes and Mrs. Edney ex-
hibited face wounds and body inju-
ries to prove that Henry Hobart
had struck them when they APP
peared at his home Dec. 2.
The women we're searching for
BABY Dog the 6-months-old pet
of Mrs. Edney, they told the court.
The bout opened, according 10
testimony today, with the women
demanding custody of the dog,
which they charged Alexander had
stolen.
The second round consisted of
Alexander demanding why they
wanted to cause me trouble"
When they came out of their
corners for the third round, Alex
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08
They TELL NE

on one side or the other Of matter
Of this type.
The retain sales tax speeches are
sponsored by the organization
formed by Bert Fuller, manager of
Leslies campaign for Governor in
/ 1923.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08
Oonaethi11g every smoker
wants to knOw!

. Absolutely pure =. that's what you
expect in the things you eat and drink =.
and in the cigarettes you smoke.
''Chesterfelds are as pure as the water
you drink noted scientist writes.
There's no way to make purer cigarette.
Starting with tobaccos >. the ripest,
finest, pureSt leaf that grows is selected for
Chester6elds. Mild to start with ;. Cross
Blending makes it milder still. Then it's
wrapped in paper that is so pure it burns
without any taste or odor.
The phrase scientifically Purer" is en-
tirely justified. By our use Of highly
scientific process which was worked out by
DIR. Paul Gross, the Head Chemist of our
Research Department, Chesterfield reaches
a state Of purity unmatched, to our knowl-
edge, by any other cigarette.
In addition, scientists check every In
gredient, every method. Even the factory
air is washed, and changed every ~ min
utes. More purify!
Notice, too, the clean, white, attractive
package g.. =. moisture proof. Chesterfelds
come to you as good and as pure as they're
made. Good :. they've got to be good!
Change to Chester6elds and see.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08
MINER, FRIENDS
| WERE FRAMED,
/ REPORT STATES
Harlan County SheriffS
Planted Evidence, Mer
Testify.

This is the fourth of series on con-
ditions in the Harlan county tKy.) mine
strike zone, where terror conditions have
prevailed for months. II is written by
John Moutoux. a staff writer of the
Knoxville (Tenn.) News-sentineI,
scripps Howard newspaper. barred from
courtroom because Of an editorial in his
newspaper dealing with the verdict in
murder trial in the district.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08
EYE MEN TO MEET
Speaker Announced For Cit.

Speaker Announced For City
Session of Optometrists.
The thirty-fifth annual conven-
ton Of the Indiana Association Of
Optometrists will open here Sun
day.
Leading speakers Of the three-day
session will include DR.. G. S. Grub,
DR.. o. I. Crawford, DR.. H. Riley
Splitter, DR.. w. A. Springborg, and
DR.. John Glazier.
Election Of officers will be held
Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08
A WONDERFUL NEW RADIO PROGRAM.

Tonight >. at 1880. Chester6eld's Radio Program.
Light Chesterfield. lean back and relax while
Nat Shlkrets Orchestra and Alex Gray soloist charm
away your cares. It's on the entire Columbia Net
work broadcast from coast TO coast every
night except Sunday. And the hours 1890 E. S. t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08

Sheaffer believed the assault and
battery charge was substantiated by
the testimony and Alexander's adj
mission. and meted out the sem
tence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-08
nv BEN STERN

IF you have been listening IN on
Il the radio and have been too
lazy or tired to turn to another pro-
gram, no doubt you have heard sew
eral exhortations to support re-
tail sales tax law.
The evolutionary effects that
come from the loud speaker are
those of Charles Parker, the one
man lyceum bureau.
"Chiseling Charlie" as they now
call him over at the statehouse, is
clerk for the state banking depart
ment and his efforts along lines
not connected with his duties have
given rise to much caustic criticism
among his colleagues.
AS soon as he was appointed to
the post a couple Of years ago, after
working as a salesman, he hustled
around and organized the State
house Republican Mems Club, or
something like that. His experience
as an organizer and salesman in an
other order, it is said, stood him in
good stead.
Ait I1uD AlOul 2oAlCu q COQplG VI
months and then died, mainly be-
cause of Charlie and his oratorical
proclivities, it has been unkindly
said
Then during the last session of
the general assembly, when several
vain efforts we're made to take awav
from loan sharks their annual ~
per cent interest, Parker appeared
as a pleader in their behalf before
the house committee.
What business have you appear
ing as lobbyist in this matter when
you are public employer" members
of the committee Indignantly queried
and then verbally burned him down.
But not one whit abashed, Charlie
has continued using his oratoricaI
and sales talents for various and
sundry causes.
He used them to such effect when
it was seriously considered slashing
governmental salaries, Parker got a
raise in his annual salary from
$4,000 to $4,000.
n
1t was felt that now he would be
quiet, but imagine general astonish-
ment when he was introduced as "a
tax expert over the radio and
spoke in behalf of a retail sales tax.
Again state officials are asking
by what authority Parker speaks on
this controversial question, when it
has been an unwritter rule that no
employe has right to appear either
Evening star., 1932-06-07
Full-Time Tiremen.

In its decision which reverses the de-
cree of the District Supreme Court and
sustains the Commissioners order of
September 1s, 1880, forbidding members
of the Fire Department to engage in
gainful occupation during unemployed
hours the Court of Appeals holds that
q different standard of continuous avail
ability for duty may reasonably be re-
uuired of this particular branch Of the
municipal organization. The nature OF
the service the fremen are called upon
to render, says the court, frequently re-
uuires the exercise of every facility, phys
ical and mental, for the preservation Of
life and property, "and there is no
schedule by which these emergencies
may be anticipated" The Commits
sioners' rule is therefore Upheld and
hereafter. unless by legislation the con-
dition is changed, no members Of the
District Fire Department may engage
In compensated employment during their
hours of freedom from routine duties
under the department schedule.
When the three-battalion system was
installed, made possible by an enlarge
ment of the District department, the
reason urged for the change was pri-
marily that the firemen were thereby
given opportunity to maintain family
relations, which previously had been
diflcult ana even impossible In some
Evening star., 1932-06-07
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

of special and complicated type. max
ing it impossible for any stranger to
gain access to the rooms. These meas
ures, however, do not entirely quiet the
apprehensions Of the wealthy, who have
babies as well as money. They fear
that the atmosphere of tension. and
closer confinement. unnecessary in ac-
customed and normal conditions, will
affect the health Of their offspring. So
already a certain number Of these rich
and aristocratic families have adopted
alternative measures Of sending the
children to Europe for safekeeping.
"Roundabouts" Help
Curb British MiShapS
Evening Times, Glasgow w-During the
past few years road accidents in and
near London have given the traffic au-
thorities of the metropolitan area an
infinite amount Of trouble and no eff
fort has been spared 10 find a cure
Recent results of most satisfactory
kind in the elimination of accidents
have directed attention to the north
circular road. a traffic avenue of tre-
mendous importance for the fiow of
vehicles from and to the midlands and
the north. Experience at several points
with central islands or "roundabouts. u
which compel vehicles to slow down
considerably to circumnavigate them.
has proved very effective indeed, at
dangerous crossings, one black spot
having had clean sheet for some
months past In time it is hoped to lay
down a large number of these round
abouts" along the whole length of this
busy bypass.
Evening star., 1932-06-07

and q half per cent Of money loaned
to banks has gone to institutions In
cities Of over 100000 IN population
It is estimated that altogether over ten
million individual dcpositors and bor-
rowers have been benefited by the mar
gins provided by the ReconstructiA N
Finance Corporation to the banks 1t has
helped
All this aid is apart from that given
to more than two hundred and fifty
building and loan associations and $685.
900, 900 placed at the disposal Of Fed
eral intermediate Credit Banks for re-
lieving agricultural distress. Yet an
other $75.O0G.O0O was loaned to some
$4,000 farmers through the Depart
ment of Agriculture for seed purposes.
It is throughout stirring and graft
flying account OF itself that the r. F. C..
under Gen Dawes skillful leadership
has given.
Americans of all classes will wish
the soldier banker -diplomat-statesman
continued success in the private under
takings that now are to claim his un-
divided attention. AS controller OF
the currency, as general purchasing
agent of the American Army in France,
as first director of the budget. as head
of the Dawes Commission on German
reparations. as vice president OF the
United States, as Ambassador to Great
Britain. and, finally, as president OF
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion. this sturdy son of Illinois has
rendered his country and the world q
full need Of patriotic, constructive
service. 1t insures Charles Gates Dawes
an honored place in the republics his
tory.
His type of unselfish devotion to ma
tional service is none too common. The
Nation never needed 1t more than 1t
does today
Evening star., 1932-06-07

cases. It was not then contemplated
that the reduction of the number OF
hours on duty would lead to the en-
gagement Of the firemen in compen-
sated employment outside Of the public
service during their free hours. Soon
however. that came to pass. and the
Commissioners order OF 1880 resulted
to insure potential one hundred per
cent efficiency at all times In emer-
gencies.
The fact that the District suffer.
from few large fires requiring full at.
tendance in service on the part Of every
member of the department does moi
ahect this case of the manner In which
the flremen in their of duty time may
be otherwise occupied. Every alarm
is potential confiagration. Pullman
service may be required ut any time
and, Of course. without warning. Il
the firemen who are of duty are scat.
tered in various occupations preciou,
time may Be lost In assembling them
Ihls Is q condition that cannot be fore.
seen and no arrangements can be mads
to insure immediate response to cal
when the necessity arises for the pres.
ence Of every member Of the depart
mnt at the scene Of the fire or in the
engine houses for secondary protection
The Commissioners rule, now finall,
sustained by the court. may impose g
hardship upon some members Of tn.
department. but the public security 1.
paramount and the individual interes,
Is subordinate. Furthermore, at thi.
particular time Of widespread unem.
ployment there Is no justification IL
permitting salaried public servants tt
take Jobs that are needed by others les
fortunate.
Evening star., 1932-06-07
The Rockefeller Letter.

Some of the more ardent members of
the dry cause may seek TO minimize and
to discount the importance and effect
Of the Rockefeller letter, just as the
more ardent members Of the wet cru
sade will initiate its importance and
capitalize its effect beyond all reason.
But between these extremes there are
those millions of earnest, consecrated
people to whom Mr.. Rockefeller ex-
plains change of point Of view that,
for q number of reasons. is highly i'm
portant These are the millions who in
the end, will write the next chapter in
the history of Americas experiment in
the control of an ancient evil. Mr..
Rockefeller's statement is significant to
them because of the character, record
and reputation of its author. Mr.
Rockefeller enjoys q widespread con-
fidence in his personal integrity, and
his good works in behalf of science and
Of religion have created for him an ex-
tensive following. He has been listed
among those sincere advocates of tenn
perance through prohibition whose con-
victions were honestly held and highly
respected.
Those convictions as to the evils the
remedy of which has been sought by
prohibition, are still as strongly held
as ever. Mr. Rockefeler's recantation
is on another point. With millions Of
other Americans, he has viewed with
distress and increasing alarm the growth
of other evils which, in his opinion,
outweigh the first. With admirable
candor and frank willingness to meet
the issue squarely, he has reached the
opinion that the first attack has been
a failure and that new attack on
another flank is necessary. One is
left with no doubt as to the fact that
the material and moral assistance he
has given to the first will be trans
ferred to the second.
The manner in which Mr.. Rockefeller
has made known his change of mind as
to methods of forwarding the cause Of
temperance should silence criticism on
that point, for he has been completely
frank about it. But his statement is
another challenge to intelligent thought
upon the solution of the new problem
to which he addresses himself. For,
like 50 many others, Mr.. Rockefeller
has become converted to a theory
without supplying the practical sug-
gestions of how to make that theory
accomplish what has been held out as
its desideratum. The solution that is
suggested in outright repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, accompanied
by . repetition of the statement that
everybody deplores the return of the
saloon, is far from convincing. What
Il needed is a guarantee that every
body does, in truth, deplore the return
of the saloon. and neither Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler, TO whom the letter is
addressed. nor Mr.. Rockefeller furnishes
that guarantee nor attempts to outline
those essentially important details of
how the return of the saloon is to be
prevented If the eighteenth amend
Hnent Is repealed
Evening star., 1932-06-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Figures.
Figures in sculpture are dear to the
heart,
Figures are fair in pictorial art:
But the figures that orators place In our
reach
Are elusive creations called figures OF
speech"
When figures are small little errors
appear,
But they soon fade away and are not 20
severe;
But when you add ciphers by threes IN
What's going to happen, nobody Will
know.
But We figure along to the end OF our
On old calculations in new-fangled
ways.
The figures in which it is hardest to
think
Are those that the bookkeeper writes in
red ink.
Evening star., 1932-06-07

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing to our informa-
tion bureau, In Washington, D. c. This
offer applies strictly to information.
The bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medical and financial matters 1t does
not attempt to settle domestic troubles
Or undertake exhaustive research ON any
subject. Write your question plainly
and briefly. Give full name and address
and tnclose cents in coin or stamps
for return postage. The reply Is sent
direct to the inquirer. Address The
Evening Star Information Bureau Fred
eric J. Haskin, Director, Washington,
D. c.
Q. How good a golf game is it pos
sible for q girl Of II or 16 to develop?
&C. A. L.
A. 1t depends upon the training
There are a few girls, daughters of
professional players. who have handled
golf clubs from infancy and have devel-
oped games Of which men would be
proud. They play consistently in the
low sos Miss Frances Williams Of
Allentown, Pa. at the age of 20. plays
in the 7os on the Ormond Beach, Fla,
course.
of the French Islands in the Southern
Pacific?-C. M. S.
A. 1t Is at Papeete, the seat Of gov
eminent OF Tahiti and of the French
Islands In Oceania. Tahiti Is the CEN
ter, both Enthusiastically and cultural
ly, of all the widely scattered posses
sions in the South Pacific known as
French Oceania.
O. Is tobacco raised in Australia of
as good quality as American tobacco?
H. K. M
A. The once of Tobacco Investiga-
tons says that the types of tobacco
being raised in Australia for cigarette
production are not of a quality equal to
that of the cigarette tobacco raised in
this country Attempts are at present
being made by the commonwealth gov
eminent to improve the Australian
tobacco situation.
O. What are two-syllable words call
ed which sre equally accented on both
syllsbles?-H. r.
text. foot bail and amen are called
spondaic.
O. What is meant by gainfully en-
ployed?-E F. E.
A. A gainful occupation in census
usage is an occupation for which the
person who pursues it earns money or
a money equivalent, or in which he
assists in the production OF marketable
goods The term gainful worker does
net include women who do housework
in their own homes without wages and
having no other employment. nor does
it include children who assist about the
work at home.
@. Does the brain OF the average
man exceed in weight that of woman?
W A. w
A. From 1000 brains weighed, Top
inard finds an average weight OF 1851
grams for man and 1920 grams for
woman.
@. About how many books are there
in the collection Of the British Museum?
p. c.
A. The exact nunber of books in
this London library cannot be definite
" stated-probably 5000 600 printed
books, including newspapers maps and
music; $3.50 manuscript volumes, 85,-
600 charters and rolls, $4,000 seals and
casts of seals, 1850 papyri, 10000
Oriental printed books and l6,40O ORR
entail manuscripts.
@. How are the time signals sent
from the Naval Observatory in Wash
ington?-B. r.
A. The observatorys time signals
based on precise star observations, are
sent out at am, noon and 10 pm,
Eastern standard time, on telegraph