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The Washington times., 1932-01-09
D. {. TAX BILLS
FACE BUREAU
! SCRUTINY
Mapes Measures Hit Snag in
Senate; Efficiency Heads
to Report to Capper

The bills passed by the House
increasing the District tax bur
den $4,O0O,O00 and reducing
the Federal contrib b u tt on
$3,OOO,OOO will be sent to the
Bureau of Efficiency today by
Senator Arthur Capper (R.) of
Kansas, with the request that a
thorough study be made and a
report returned as soon as
possible.
Senator Capper's action is in
line with a decision reached yes
terday by the Senate District
Committee of which the Kansan
is chairman.
Senator William H. King, CD
of Utah interposed a mild objec-
ton to the Bureau of Efficiency
move.
No action is contemplated by
the Senate District Committee
until the Bureau report is ready.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09

Charges of involving charity
cases in tangles of red tape. have
been brought against the Board
of Public Welfare by the Rev. DR..
John O'Grady, head of the Board
of Catholic Charities.
Father O'Grady and the Wei
fare Board are at loggerheadS
over the case of Charles Mills,
so, a Washington resident max
ing his home temporarily with
his sister in Maryland.
Mills is in need of medical at
tention which the board refuses
to give him until he returns to
the District.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
NEW MAGAZINE
CASES HOLD 6

Charges against six magazine
dealers arrested in the recent
police drive against indecent"
literature here, we're quaShed in
Police Court today and new
papers were filed, charging each
dealer with a sale Of a specific
magazine.
The men, selected from 1873
dealers in test cases, we're
charged with the sale of 'Bally-
hoo" "Hooey" and "Slapstick."
Under the new charges each
dealer is charged with selling
one of the magazines. Assistant
United States Attorney Michael
F: Keogh said the change was
made in order to obtain ruling
on the propfiety of each maga-
zine.
The six dealers go on trial be-
fore a Police Court judge Wed
neSday.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
Plate Glass Windov Crash Injuries 8 Women Shoppers
PhOnOgraph
Acquitted
In Court

Using a phonograph to talk
back" to a policeman is not dis
orderly conduct, Judge John P.
Mcmahon decided in the case
of Evelyn Smallwood, colored,
321 Virginia Ave. S. w.
Testimony revealed the
woman was throwing pecan
shells out of a window of her
home yesterday when Police
man w. A. Fish passed. He or
dered her to stop. The woman
left the window, it was said, and
started the phonograph, play
ing:
"I'll Be Glad When You're
Dead, You Rascal You"
Fish arrested her on charges
of disorderly conduct and
throwing refuse in the street.
Judge Mcmahon dismissed both
charges.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
ELECTRIC RAT TE
HEARING SET

The Public Utilities Commits
sion today, fixed January Is as
the opening day for a hearing to
consider the 1882 rates of the
Potomac Electric Power Co.
The inquiry will be the first
since the commission, by an order
issued last June setting up a
new sliding scale for the fixing
of rates, abandoned the scale in
the Equity Court consent decree.
The decree was handed down
in 1924 and rates have been fixed
under it ever since.
An appeal from the June order
has been filed by the company
in the District Supreme Court.
Arguments on a motion by the
company to advance the date OF
the appeal hearing will be made
in court Monday.
However, the commission is de-
termined to hold its 1882 rate
hearing whether or not the ap-
peal is decided before January
25
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
Auto Hits Pole, Then
Is Banged by Trolley

An automobile operated by Hugh
o. House, %, of College Park,
Md, was badly damaged when he
ran it into trolley pole on Rhode
Island Avenue Northeast, near
Twenty-eighth Street, last night.
A few seconds later, the car was
demolished when it was struck by
a street car. House escaped in
jury. James Thren, of the Eek
ington car barn, was operated the
street car,
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
WashingtOn's Mill
Is to Be Restored

George Washington's mill, To-
Gated between Mt. Vernon and
Woodlawn, the home of Nellie
Custis, his adopted daughter, is
to be restored by the State of
Virginia.
The mill will stand close to the
Mt. Vernon -Woodlawn Highway
when that road is completed and
will be included among the his
torical points of interest con-
nected by the highway. The
Ford Motor Company has donated
stone for restoration of the mill.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
Not a Comic Figure
Memorial Service
To Honor Doctor

A memorial service for the late
DR.. George Martin Kober will be
held Wednesday night by the
Medical Society of the District
of Columbia at its building, l718
M st. N. w. '''.''..
Speakers will include DR.. Henry
C. Macatee, the Rev. W. Coleman
Nevils, S. j.; Surgeon General
Robert U. Patterson, Mrs. Ernest
r, Grant, George S. Wilson and
DIR. AleS HrdliCka.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
IS HELD.
UPON HIS OWN
CONFESSION
Detective Tells Coroner'S Jury
TiIburg Admits Killing
Woman in Cellar

A corOner's jury, after hear
ing Detective Sergeant John
Flaherty etll today that War
den Lowe Tilburg, 40, had con-
fessed that he killed Mrs, Jean
nette Hendricks, 45, with a
poker, today ordered Tilbcrg
held for the action of the
Grand Jury.
Mrs. Hendricks was found by
Wess Coleman, boarder, shortly
before noon yesterday in the cell
lar of the rooming house she con-
Quoted at 1918 Eighteenth St.
N. w. Her skull was crushed.
COnfesseS on Arrest
Sergeant Flaherty said Tilburg
confessed his guilt when arrested
early today in his room at 6O4
Massachusetts, Ave. N. w.
The detective said Tilburg said
he met Mrs. Hendricks three
years ago in Baltimore imme-
diately after she was divorced
from her husband, Earl Hen
bricks. He said they lived to-
gether in that city later coming
to Washington where they oper-
ated a rooming house at $685.
Geirgia Ave. N. w., and at GOT
M St. N. w.
During that period he enlisted
in the Army and served as cook
at Walter Reed Hospital. He
was discharged from the Army
in November, 1880. He told the
police, Flaherty said, that he and
Mrs. Hendricks parted last Novem-
Der, because she was "entertaln-
ing other men,
Asked Her to Return
Tilburg, the detective testified.
said he called on Mrs. Hendricks
Wednesday night and pleaded
with her to give up the "life she
was leading" and return to him.
He said Mrs. Elsa Bozeman, a
roomer at the house. was with
them from II until l and that
after she left thenr> he and Mrs.
Hendricks consumed a quart Of
gin. At 6 o'clock, he said, Mrs.
Hendricks prepared coffee for
him after which they went to
the cellar to fix the furnace.
Told Him to Stay Away
AS they entered the cellar, Til
Hendricks told him never to visit
berg said in his confession, Mrs.
her home again. He said some
thing in him broke" and ne
struck her across the head soy
eral times with the poker.
Mrs. Nettie Hickman, of Relay.
Ma, said the Hendricks lived
near her for several years until
they were divorced. She said
that Hendricks has remarked
and is sergeant in the Army
stationed at College Park.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
IA Scouts to Play
lincoln in Pageant

Fourteen Boy Scouts of Wash
ington will portray the young
Abraham Lincoln in various
phases of his boyhood life. in the
pageantry on Following the Lin
coin Trail" to be portrayed at
Mckinley Technical High School
the night of February IL.
Receiving instruction at his
mothers knee, serving as a coun-
try postmaster, carrying letters in
his tall hat, are among the varied
events of the Presidents Ken
tucky-IllinoiS days to be depicted.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
Students ErOnerGted
Of School BuruLUru

Alexandria school officials deny
published reports they believe the
office of Principal Moncure, of
the Alexandria school, was en-
tered for the purpose of changing
the grades of students on record
there. They point to the fact
that the various schools have
several times been ransacked by
persons who believed funds of
the school banks were kept in
the buildings.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
Full Military Rites
GiUen Lieut.. BObbitt

Funeral services for the late
Second Lieut.. E. H. Bobbitt, jr.,
killed in West Virginia air
crash, were held in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery, with full mill
tary honors, this morning.
The following officers of the
Army Air Corps served as hon
orary ballbe Irers: Capt. Hugh M.
Elmendorf; First Lieuts. E. Abbey,
w. M. Lanigan, M. Longfellow,
C. w. Sullivan and Second Lieut..
E. F.. Maughan.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
HOId-up By Pair
Yields Them Nothing

Two white men were sought
today for the attempted robbery
of Leroy Cans, 1910 Morse ST
N. E.
Cans was walking along Fifth
Street Northeast, between E and
F. Streets, when the men held
him up. They got nothing.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
Bald Eagle Wounded,
Makes Attack
On Hunter

An eagle may look like a
turkey, but it's a lot harder
to kill, Policeman w. C. Will
liams, of the First precinct,
reflected today in recounting
the battle which followed when
he shot a huge bald specimen
in Stafford county swamps, Va.
The bird, which measured
seven feet from tip to tip, saw
agely attacked Williams after
being shot, forcing him to use
his shotgun barrel as a CLUB
to defend himself.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
Six-Mie-an-HOur
DriUer Is Fined
As Reckless

Driving at six miles an hour
on an arterial highway is more
dangerous than driving so,
Judge w. S. Snow. Alexandria
police judge, told John R.
Bean, colored. today in filming
him $25 and costs for reck-
less driving.
Bean was arrested last night
on the Alexandria Washington
Road. Nearly a hundred cars
were behind him unable to
pass.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
F. V. SMITH TO SPEAK

Frank v. Smith, of the General
Electric Co., will speak on
Engineering Aspects of Marine
transportation" before the Amer
ican Institute of Electrical En-
gineers Tuesday night at the
Cosmos Club.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
Worker at Bureau
Hurt in EXPLOSION

Dudley P. Overton, 1886 Gar
field st. N. W., is recovering to-
day from serious burns received
late yesterday in an electrical
explosion at the Bureau of Stand
ards.
Overton, with three other en-
gineers, was testing a 2,300-volt
electric switch when oil in the
case exploded, enveloping him in
flames. He is seriously burned
on the head and right arm.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
NORTHEAST MEET

The Northeast Washington Citi-
Zens Association will discuss Dis
trict taxation at its meeting Mon
day evening at the Ludlow School,
Sixth and G Streets Northeast.
Alley dwellings and Casualty Hos
pital legislation also will be topics
az interest.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
BOWMAN TO TALK

The Piney Branch Citizens AS"
sociation will meet in Hamllne
M. E. Church, Sixteenth and ALI
son SITS. N. W., Monday at p M.
Representative Frank L. Bow
man will address the meeting.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
$500 Pane Shattered,
Indian Admits Guilt

George Fred Butler, 26,. an In.
dian, is held by police after he
is alleged to have admitted break
ing a 5000 window of the WhcIan
drugstore, 1349 E st. N. w, early
today.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09

experience and us increasing IlIVUIVe-
ment in paradoxes. DR.. Dewey's
special point doesn't matter at the
moment; it is a prediction about
philosophy which is also interesting;
but most important is the warning
that the very sciences which, a few
generations ago, were expected to
clarity everyday experience and to
continue to build on them forever
have gone far away from us. 1t
verifies the suspicion some of us
have had for long time that we
are putting our trust in an instru-
ment, science, which we do not un-
derstand.
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
True to Type
SCIENCE RUNS AWAY
FROM EVERYDAY
EXPERIENCE
Rv GILRERT SELDES :

TN book review by John Dewey (the New Republic,
l. dated January g. there is half sentence which
would have asonished and annoyed our grandfathers
and which gives comfort to us. 1t concerns the IN
creasng remoeness of physical science from everyday
The Washington times., 1932-01-09
POLICE CHIEF RECEIVERS

Chief Albert Anderson, of the
Hyattsville police force. is re-
covering in Sibley Hospital from
an appendicitis operation per-
formed last Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Brooke School
Opens January l6.

Mr.. Clifford Brooke returned
Thursday morning from a brief
visit to New York and is again
at his desk at the National
Theater interviewing those who
wish to enroll in his academy.
He expects the enrollments to
reach the full limit set for the
number Of students before the
academy opens its term on
January Is.
S. E. Cochran, who is asso-
ciated with Mr.. Brooke in the
academy. states that the site of
the school will be selected within
a few days and that the location
will be excellently suited to the
purposes of the institution.
Mr.. Brooke win make Wash.
ington his home from the pres
ent time until the end of the
term of the academy and follow
ing the term win remain here for
the resumption of his work as
director Of the National Theater
Players. He expects to give
actual stage experience to stu
dents Of the academy through
the medium of appearances with
the players.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Pollock and Birthdays

Playwright Claiming Pollock is
a thoughtful scribe. A year ago
he was here with his House
Beautiful" and Critic Jack DAILY
told him it was the birthday of
his beloved first-born, little John
j. jr. Yesterday arrived a sweet
message from Claiming at the
DAILY Chevy Chase domicile. Don't
think me too good at memorizing
dates" he says. II can't forget it
because my daughter enjoys a
birthday on the same day."
40 MeSSrS. Shubert have decid-
ed to combine their revues,
Americana" and ''Ballyhoo," re-
tanning, as a famous publisher was
wont to say, the best features of
each. Frances williams will be
added and sharsAbilling with Phil
Baker. The combined attraction
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Yates and Yeats

Those three pretty Yates sisters,
two of whom are planning to sign
up with Clifford Brooke's drama
school, drop in to let the world
know that william Butler Yeats,
the distinguished Irish poet and
playwright, finds that their fami-
lies are related and traces the an
ceStry right back to the Ould Sod.
Poet Yeats writes a darling letter
about it and hopes that he can
get together with his distant rela.
tiveS when he lectures in Wash
ington in the near future.
You will help Radio pictures out
a lot il you can devise a way to
apprise the movie public that
THE Animal Kingdom" Is not q
jungle thriller. The title may
sound like one of those Bring
EN- Back Alive" excitements, but,
as a matter of fact, the new pic.
ture is one of the most sophisti-
Gated of fictions. It is a Broad
way play made over for Leslie
Howard and Ann Harding and
concerns tangled love. They do
say that when THE Animal King
dom" is released William Gargan
will share honors with the stars.
He has a comedy role so good
that it brought him Immediately
into the spotlight on Broadway,
That's why Mr., Gargan is now i'll
Hollywood.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
CurIey Club in
Gay Comedy

Leave It To Me-" a three-act
COMEDY, written and directed by
Miss Angela Kier, was presented
by the Curley Club last night in
St. Paul's auditorium.
Joseph J. McGarvey, in the part
of Paul Hay, bridegroom during
the first act, was the outstanding
actor. The. play, too, scored a
truly deserved hit with a capacity
audience. Each player was per-
fectly attt1ned to his part.
It was meant to be a comedy,
and it was SO played by the tai
ented amateurs.
A young man, preparing to at
tend his Wedding, receives fake
telegram saying his bride, Dolly,
does not love him and cannot
marry him. His hopes are shat
tered. He does not know ne mas
been duped by a vampire-widow
He then complicates things by
wishing to die, and makes a bar
gain with a tramp, whom he pays,
to come back and kill him in a
few days. The next two acts, full
of comedy, finally bring the death
lodging husband peace. and the
play ends with all happy.
The bride was Ellen Haddod,
one of the outstanding characters.
The cast also included Irene P.
Silvio Hugo Poll, Felice
E. Lloyd, Edward J. Pospisiel, Ber-
nard Folliard, Margaret c. Collins,
James r. O'Connell, Albert ].
Frank A. Pearson and
John L. Donnelly. M. P.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Late Stage News
From Broadway

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Despite
an earlier announcement that 1t
would continue, The Great
Magoo," by Ben Hecht and Gene
Fowler, has been definitely with
drawn from the SelWyn Theater.
Arch Selwyn is expected to ar
rive here tomorrow on the Bremen
after a brief visit to London dur
ing which he is reported to have
purchased a number of plays. At
Mr.. Selwyn's office it was said
yesterday that he had abandoned
plans to present Rodney Ack.
lands Strange Orchestra"
Marion Saki, who last appeared
on the Broadway musical stage
in Polly" about four years ago,
has been engaged for the leading
feminine role in the Shuberts'
Forthcoming operetta, Land of
Smiles" in which Charles
Hackett will be starred. ~
Prior to opening at the Ma
jestic Theater in Manhattan jan
uary 2, Pardon My English" "
with Jack Buchanan, will spend
the week of December 26 at the
Majestic in Brooklyn.
George Houston who recently
appeared in "Roxane," the musi-
cal version of "Cyrano de Ber.
gerac," is the latest to be signed
for George Whites new musical
show, Love Story" now in re.
hearSal.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Huckleberry Finn
Here Saturday

Robert Josse1yn, one Of the
juvenile matinee idols who will ap-
pear in "Huckleberry Finn" at the
National, next Saturday morning,
is no stranger to the city. Not so
long ago he played here in Five
Star Final" when that production
was on tour.
But long before that play was
ever heard Of, Mr.. JoSselyn had
begun his theatrical career. When
he was only S, his infantile lisp
ingS had been approved by vaude-
vile audiences throughout his ma
tive New England. At Is, he
Joined the late John Craig's rep.
ertory company in Boston, and
had several years of the stern dis
cipline of stock before going to
Broadway.
Now, therefore, although Mr..
JoSselyn is young enough to play
children's parts convincingly, he
brings to those parts a mature
Judgment and a finished skill &C.
quired only through years cf pro-
fessional stagep experience.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
AL and His Mimics

The same Variety reports that
the ad agencies who check up on
the response to air entertainment
complain that AL JolSon is q. COPY
of Harry Richman, George Price,
etc. That is to say his method
registers with rustic listeners as
an attempt to initiate earlier
favorites on the air.
This I suppose will give Broad
way laugh. It ought to. For
Uncle AL is not alone the nanny
of all stop and pause singers but
the daddy of this particular type
Of harmonizing. Comedian Price
acknowledges his art springs from
the JolSon technique, and there is
absolutely no question about
where Harry Richman got his in
Spiration,
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Tracy Saves Six
Lives-Iust. a Movie

Spencer Tracy saved a man
from drowning six times in one
day, the series of rescues taking
place at the moat on the Fox lot.
The fact that the heroic efforts
took place during the making Of
ME And My Gal" did not allie
viate the wetting that the star
got. Will Stanton, the comedian,
playing the role of a drunk who
falls off a pier, was the rescued
victim each time.
In the story, Tracy plays the
role of a young detective and,
for his deed of valor, earns a
promotion to rank of detective.
six reScues ought to means
as many promotions and I should
now be chief-of-police," declared
Tracy.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
When the Feature Is
Shown On the Screen

FOX.-Joan Bennett in ME
and My Gal" at II a. M. 1:45,
4:30, 1920 and 1905 p. m. Stage
shows at 1885. 3:2G, Sis and
8 p. m.
PALACE - Jean Harlow in
"Red Dust" at 1850 a. m. 1850,
$3.50. 5:45, 7:45 and GAS p. m.
EARLE-Lili Damita in "The
Match King" at 11:05 a. M, 1875,
4:25, 7:20 and 1910 p. m. Stage
shows at 1885, 1925. $40 and
9:10 p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S-Gwili Andre in
Secrets of the French Police" at
1901, 1859, 1857, 5:55, 7:35 and
9:51 p. m.
COLUMBIA Ann Dvorak in
stranger in Town." at 11:45
a. m. las. sos. 1850. $50. 8:15
and 9:55 p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cast
in "Goona-Go Goona," at 1885 a. M,
1:1S, 3A1. 4:44. 6:25, 500 and
9:S2 p. n.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14

program will be w. G. Fields in
a short comedy and the latest
issue Of the Paramount news reel.
PALACE-Jean Harlow and
Clark Gable in Red Dust" will
hold over for a second week be-
ginning Friday. In this saga of
love in the tropics of Indo-C China
these box office favorites are cast
in an interesting story. Tully
Marshall, Gene Raymond and
Mary Astor are in the supporting
cast. Victor Fleming directed.
Charlie Chase in a short comedy,
Now Wen Tell One; a Mickey
Mouse cartoon comedy. "Klondike
Kid" and the latest issue of the
Hearst-Metrotone news real COM
pletes the program.
R-K-O-KEITH'S-"The Unwrit-
ten Law" a picture which has
as its featured players Greta
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Mary Pickford
DeviseS New
Xmas Plan
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1882, King Features


syndicate. Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14.-There
will be a new kind of Christmas
at Pickfair this year. The tree
will be decorated as usual, but no
presents will be exchanged. Mary
and the members of the house
hold have agreed to take the
money and buy things for the
needy.
Each employe at Pickfair will
be asked to report the name of a
family in want. On the day be-
fore Christmas, Mary will dis
tribute boxes in which there will
be the customary holiday trim
mings, but also canned goods,
staple groceries, blankets, clothes
and a sum of money. These
baskets will be delivered per-
sonally by the members of the
household.
At the studio, the star has
asked her associates to take the
money they would have spent on
her and give it to charity Spe.
cializing in Christmas dinners for,
the poor.
OF course, Doug and Mary will
have gifts for each other. And,
just as predicted, he has cabled to
expect him home for the holidays.
He sails from Plymouth and will
arrive here December %.
Hollywood Parade
After spending $29 on punch
boards trying to win football
tickets for her hair dresser and
prop boy, etc, Lupe Velez had
to plank down $50 in cash to
buy the pasteboards. She gave
her own pair of tickets to her
chauffeur and went to the game
with Winfield Sheehan, or at
least she had a date to.
All Hollywood was at the titanic
between Notre Dame and U. S. C.
and thousands of dollars passed
hands. saw Joel McCrea and
tall blonde, Lila Lee, Joan Bet
nett with husband Gene Markey,
George Cukor, and dozens of
other celebrities. In the face of
determined actors and directors
the studios declared a half holi-
day which they made up on Sun
day.
Who was the blonde with Buddy
Rogers at the La Boheme Cafe?
And Joe E. Brown, was suffi-
GENTLY recovered from flu to en-
tertain a party at the same late
spot. Ralph Farnum is organiz-
ing a West Coast polar bear club
at Malibu. The idea is to go
swimming all winter. At last re-
ports they were waiting for the
first ice to form on the Pacific. =.
Saw Sylvia Dreamer lunching at
Paramount. She is little thin
now, but has the same haunting,
dark eyes. =.
hid Won Knnw
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Five New Motion Pictures Arrive
For Before Xmas Programs

entertainer conducting the Hardy
Brothers orchestra and dancing
to the hot music supplied by that
well-known band. A supporting
company of SIS entertainers will
assist. The screen attraction will
be Richard Dix and Ann Harding
in THE Conquerors. Midnight
shows will be presented, as usual,
on Tuesday and Friday.
LOEW'S FOX-GeorSe Raft in
Night After Night" comes as the
main screen attraction Night