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The Washington times., 1933-03-04
Big Inaugural Show
Now at Club Michel

Bobbie Moss, blues singer, Nor
gan and Columbus, dancers, and
Fred Kelsey, comedian, have been
added to the floor show to be
presented in the special Inaugural
celebration at Club Michel to-
night.
Pete Macias and his orchestra
will provide the dance music,
which will continue until 5 a. m,
and the floor show will be seen
at $3.50, midnight and 2 a. m.
Sunday afternoon tea dance will
be held from 4::3O to $50,
The Washington times., 1933-03-04
RROADWAYS
OF The WORLD
By Mark HeIIinger

up data for other columns about Cairo start this
by telling you that my present home unquesonaby
of the worlds famous hotels. The charges
pretty hgh there telephones in any of the rooms
there heating apparatus and the nights doggone
cold. But when you speak to Egyptian along those
lines, he raises his hands in horror.
"What of it," he cries. "Dont you realize that you
living in institution? Isn't it enough that you
the guest of of the worlds beknown establishments?
Have you considered the royalty that has preceded you
perhaps in your very room9 Do you know how many
people would give ten of their lives be where you
areS'
The Washington times., 1933-03-04

have done a little shopping for
bargains that they could have
bought more cheaply at home,
you're practically finished.
Beside the Pyramids
You can't swim and you can't
fish and your golf courses are
plenty Of miles from nowhere.
Miami and the Riviera have it
beaten a thousand ways to one
as reSorts-and the weather
isn't different either. But when
you go to Miami, you can't have
your picture taken beside the
Pyramids. The best you can do
it to buy a sailfish and have
somebody snap you with that.
So I guess that, as a satisfaction
Of ego, Cairo is the best place
to visit.
More than that, when it
comes to tea-drinking, this is
unquestionably the worlds fore
most drinking spot. If you can
squeeze into the lobby of this
hotel any afternoon around five
and tell me that you're a better
man than I am, dunk-it-in.
And if that's a thrill to you,
I guess you'll have the best time
you ever had in your life. What
with the social background of
the hotel and the fact that the
English are the greatest Gus
toners, you find tea-guzzling
what Is real tea-guzzling. The
inhalationS are just as noisy as
the inhibitions.
The gossip, it goes without
saying, comedies. What is tea
drinking without a little gossip
to go with it? It's just as neces-
sary, I presume, as the lemon,
the cream or the sugar. Or, for
that matter, the tea.
Every new guest who enters
the hotel is given the double "o''
in the double-quick. I had on a
blue shirt and two-day growth
Of whiskers when marched
through the lobby for the first
time, and even 7 caused a GER
tain amount of comment. So
you can imagine what would
have happened if had been
wearing a green shirt and only
q 0ne-day growth of w1iSkerSl
The Washington times., 1933-03-04
Dangerous City

The change from the old
Shepherds to the new. of
course, is very great. Modern
Cairo didn't really begin to
get going until the beginning
Of the present century and the
old joint was a mighty perilous
community. Most of the for
eigners were housed in a re-
stricted area behind locked
gates, and the government re-
fused to guarantee the safety
of any visitor who remained
outside the gates when they
were locked at night.
Situated as it was, then, it
Is small wonder that the name
of Shepherds Hotel has been
flung at most Of us ever since
we were kids. Explorers, dip
lomats, writer's, kings and what
nots have all made Shepherds
Hotel their headquarters at one
time or another. And the
hostelry has been named in
novels, love stories, adventure
yarns and after-dinner stories
as far back as 7 can remem-
ber.
Today, naturally, the thrill
Of adventure has been vastly
removed. Writers, unless they
are of the old school, no longer
think Of Shepherds Hotel and
Cairo in terms of love and
excitement. For, with the place
q tourists hangout and with
the police on every side, the
worst than can happen to you
is that you'll be bitten by a
sandflea.
And fleas are Of very little
help to writer's. They don't
help an adventure story-and
you certainly don't want to
bring them in when you're
speaking of love.
The lobby of this hotel is just
about the hottest place in
town. I'm using the slang
expression, Of course, and I'm
not referring to the heat.
Speaking frankly, Cairo as a
resort is pretty much of a
dud. After you've seen the
Pyramids and the Sphinx and
the museums and the women
The Washington times., 1933-03-04

tenn on the market and In little
or no time the bridge bug has
burrowed deep into these two
lovers who saw only the pile Of
gold at the end Of the rainbow.
Of course they eventually win
and vow to give up bridge forever,
but one doubts If they really quit.
The Washington times., 1933-03-04
Mae West as a LadyKnown osLou
At Loews Palace

that when a gal goes wrong, men
go right after her as fast as they
can. Cary Grant, Owen Moore,
Noah Beery and other celebrities
appear in support.
Andy Clyde and Mickey Mouse
bring more comedy to the bill, if
that were needed; there is a re-
markable film about bull fights,
and the news shots.
The Washington times., 1933-03-04

the appeal OF
the m u Sica ]
story.
For here we
h a We son G S
and tap dane
inc, routines by
.pretties W it h
graceful curves
a nd linn b e r
limbs and the
tale of the lit
tie chorus girl
who gets her
C h a n C e and
makes it spell
opportunity.
The Washington times., 1933-03-04

nothing surprisingly new in
"Forty-second Street." but the
treatment is fresh, the dancing
masters Of California have tossed
in ensemble scenes Of striking
pictorial value and trimmed as
it is with lively melody this mu-
sical bon-bon adds up to 80 min
utes of dandy entertainment.
The Washington times., 1933-03-04
Serious Matter

SSfIOuS Mattef
The Egyptians take this
hotel very seriously. So do the
English-and so do many other
folks around the world. The
original hotel was established
back In 1S41, or some thirty
years before the Suez Canal be-
came an actual fact. The Jour-
ney from Europe to the Far
East was a matter Of many,
weary months-and the traveller
was only too happy to stay
over in Cairo for q nip of
brandy or a new camel before
resuming his journey.
Along came an EngliShman
named Shepheard-evidently the
Barney Gallant Of his day
and saw a big opportunity
pounding at his tent. He opened
q small hotel under his name
and, while I don't know about
the camels, he handed out
plenty Of nips Of good brandy.
And before he knew it, he was
So successful that he was able
to change his underwear every
month. Mr.. Shepheard, mean;
not Barney Gallant.
Since those days, the hotel
has been rebuilt so many times
that even the contractors have
lost count. It is now. of
course, a very modern estab-
lishment-if you are willing to
forget about telephones and
heat-and it draws a highly Sc
1ect clientele from all over the
world. One of the directors
told me that the operating COM
pany split a profit Of over
$180,000 for the last season.
And that-when you stop to
consider that the hotel really
enjoys but three good months
and that there was a slight de-
preston last seasons not so
bad,
Evening star., 1933-02-01
RADIO MEN TO MEET
200 From Capital Area to Hold
Dinner and Sales Session.

Two hundreds representatives of the
radio industry in the washington dis
trict will attend dinner and sales
meeting tomorrow night at the May
flower Hotel.
Plans for an intensive sales cam
paign will be perfected, and dealers
and jobbers will make reports on the
trade outlook with particular refer
ence to the tube market The Ma
tional Carbon Co. will be the host.
Labor and wage disputes have caused
the closing of textile mills in the Puebla
district of Mexico.
Evening star., 1933-02-01
COBLEKTZ APPEAL
HEARING is BEGUN
Defense Hopes to Gain Reversal
cf Conviction in Allegany
Court.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, February l.
Arguments on the appeal of State
Senator Emory L. Coblentz of Frederick
for reversal OF Judgment of the Cir
cult Court CT Allegany County, which
convicted him on a charge of accepting
funds in the Washington Trust Co. of
Ellicott City when he knew the insti-
tuition to be insolvent, were being heard
in the Court of Appeals here today.
Defense counsel pinned its hopes of
gaining the reversal upon the ground
that Coblentz never personally proflted
in the least by a single transaction, or
misappropriated single penny OF the
depositor's money" as pointed out in
brief filed with the clerk of the court
yesterday.
The brief, signed by William Curran,
George NJ Brady. David A. Robb and
Leo Weinberg, contends that the sound
administration of the law, as well as
natural right and justice, demand that
the Judgment be reversed" 1t is held
in the brief filed for the State that
there was mo error in any of the rul-
ings shown on the record and, therefore,
the judgment appealed from should be
affirmed"
Evening star., 1933-02-01
WARDMAN RECEIVERS
ALLOWED $4,000 FEE
Justice Luhring, in Review, De-
clares Additional Sum Thor
oughly Merited

The three receivers for the so-called
Wardman Properties today were al
lowed an additional fee of $4,000 for
their services. by District Supreme
Court Justice Oscar r Luhring
The receivers. Julius l. Peyser,
Thomas D. Carson and Joseph Tu-
multy, had already been paid 100000.
They asked for an additional S45, 900.
The payment of such a second fee was
opposed by Attorney William B. O'Coh-
nell, representing minority holders of
bonds secured ON the properties.
After reviewing the work of the re-
ceiverS, Justice Luhring said:
"The court has been unable to find
anything in the record in connection
with the administration of this trust
to justify even an intimation or sus-
picion that these gentlemen have been
unfalthful or dishonest. On the con-
trary, the record clearly indicates a
sincere devotion to the trust and un-
stinted and impartial effort by them in
furtherance of the best interests of the
receivership"
The properties, including the Ward
man Park and Carlton Hotels and the
Department of Justice Building, were
sold recently at public auction to a
committee of majority bondholders.
Ihey are now being operated under
new corporate management
Evening star., 1933-02-01
CREDIT
URCEDf0R FARMER
for Cotton Co.
operatives Urges Senate
Committee to Act.
By the Associated Press.


Taking for the cotton co-operatives,
Charles G. Henry of Memphis t-day
urged Senate Banking Subcommittee
to approve an emergency credit program
to help in the financial rehabilitation Of
the farmer.
Henry told the subcommittee he sat
in on the conference Of farm leaders
at which four-pcint plan for financial
Rehabilitation Of the farmer was drawn
up.
Three of the four elements of this
plan were described as contained in the
Robin on measure now before the COM
mittee. These features are:
Creation Of billi n-dol,ar "emer-
gency agricultural refinance corpora
ticn," to lend up to $4,000 to farmer
Oh first or second mortgage security to
enable him primarily to meet taxes and
sec ndary obligations
Strengthening the Federal Land
Banks SO they could take over sound
farm mortgages privately held, grant
extensions and reduce interest rates.
Merging the Joint stock Land Banks
with the Federal system
Henry said the fourth point in this
program was a bill by Senator Rooin-
son. Democrat Of Arkansas. to set up
Nationwide system of Cancellation
commissioners to adjust the farmers
debts.
Before the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee, meanwhile. John B. Gordon Of
Washington. secretary of the fnrzican
Laundry Soap Manufacturers. LED off
for group Of soap, paint and other
interests in opposing the fice-cent-a-
pound tariff on imported oils and fats,
called for in the domestic allotment
farm relief bill.
The duty vas intended to protect
butter against increased competition
from olco-margarine.
Evening star., 1933-02-01
COMMUNIST PART
IN STRIKE PROBED
Detroit and U. S. Officials Act
as Briggs Company Work.
erS Return.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DETROIT. February An investi-
CATION to determine what, If any, Com
muniStic agitation was connected with
the strike of 5000 Briggs Manufactur-
ing Co. employees which tied up produc-
ton for more than week and forced
a shutdown of the Ford Motor Co.. was
begun today by Federal, county and city
officials
With the Briggs Co. reporting pro-
duction at full strength" at its High
land Park plant here where bodies fer
Ford cars are made, and picket lines
diminishing in strength at all plants,
members of the Strike Committee were
questioned as to the origin of the strike.
Robert M. Pilkington Of Washington,
commissioner of Cancellation of the De-
partment of Labor; Prosecutor Harry S,
Toy OF Wayne County, and police Off
cials conducted the investigation.
Await Output Schedule.
Meanwhile, Ford officials said they
were awaiting definite information from
the Briggs Co. on their production
schedule before making any announce
ment regarding the reopening of their
factories throughout the country. M.
l.. Briggs. assistant general Manager Of
va AAA6AiidAil a. pldIll, Sdlu w II OS
shipping bodies to the Ford assembly
plants today and hauling them by truck
to the Rouge plant tomorrow"
Phillip Raymond, one time Communist
candidate for mayor of Detroit and
hired by the strikers to direct their
campaign. was under arrest. The strik-
ers insisted Raymond was hired as an
individual and declared the walkout
was "a 100 per cent Briggs employees
strike" Prosecutor Toy, however, or
dered Raymond before him for ques-
tioning. while Pilkington held lengthy
conferences with George Cornell and
Fred Gray, members of the strike COM
mittee.
More than a score of persons have
been arrested during the strike. five ar
rests coming last night following
furry Of minor disorders at the COM
pany's plants. Charges against them
range from disorderly conduct to incit-
ing to riot.
Strike Completely Broken"
Briggs officials today declared the
members of the strike committee in
sisted that skilled workers still hare
refused to return to the plants.
Prosecutor Toy announced that Ray
mond is being held for investigation of
criminal syndicalism. He was queS-
toned by other officials of the prose-
cutor's office, by police officials and by
investigators from the sheriff's office
The prosecutor said Raymond was
scheduled to appear before a circuit
Judge late today on writ of habeas
corpus and declared he would ask for
more time to question him.
Evening star., 1933-02-01
MAN
HELD IN SHOOTING
and Four Companions
Sought in Robbery Attempt
Near La Plata.
BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

LA PLATA, Md, February flames
Wilmer. 20, Of Alexandria. Va, was
being held without bond in the La
Plata Jail today on charges of assault
with deadly weapon and housebreak-
ing with intent to rob while search con-
tinued for four other men and woman
with whom he is said to have attempted
to rob the horne Of A Dent Gamble, jr.,
near here, carly yesterday.
The warrants against Wilmer, who
was wounded in the leg during the gun
battle i'll which Wilmer and two COM
panlons repulsed the band, were sworn
out before Justice of the Peace Robert
E. Lee Reich late yesterday by Sheriff
Robert " Cooksey Of Charles County,
who is investigating the shooting.
Search for the woman and four other
men who fed from the scene when
trapped in a cleverly- arranged ambush
prepared by Gamble who told police he
had been anticipating" an attempt to
rob his home following a similar effort
which was frustrated without gun fire
several months ago, is centering in Vir-
ginia and Washington, D. c.
Wilmer told police following his cap
ture that the woman who accompanied
the band was his sister and gave police
hsr name, while officers also quoted
him as duplicating two Washington
colcrcd MN in tle attempted robbery
They announced that Wilmer denied
Knowing the other men in the party
Sheriff Coo.ssey went to Fairfax
Courthouse yesterday in search of the
woman. hut returned empty handed
He declared, however, that he had OBJ
tain3d valuable information" on the
case and that his trip turned out to be
very profitable"
The six, according to Gamble, drove
up to his home early yesterday in three
machines, battered down the door Of
shed and started inside when he flashed
on powerful electric lights, which had
been placed on poles and buildings IN
the farmyard in anticipation of just
such an attempt to rob his place, and
opened fire on them.
The first shot in each gun. Gamble
was quoted as saying, was filled with
beans instead of regular shot, While
the second was loaded with rock salt
and the remainder with ordinary shot.
1t was only after the first two had been
used that Gamble end his men opened
fire with the regular ammunition.
Police declared that If Gamble and
his companions had fired regular buck
shot from the start of the battle Will
mer and his companions would have
been "Slaughtercd." At it was, they
said the majority of the regular shots
were fired at them as they retreated.
Evening star., 1933-02-01
MANCHURIAN TROUBLES
TOLD CIVITAN CLUB
George A. Finch, Carnegie Founda-
tlon, Says 3 Nations Have
Fought for Land.

Although all recognized treaties
plainly uphold the claims of China to
Manchuria, that territory, now Man
chukuo, has been fought for by at
least three nations since 1900, George
A. Finch, director of the Washington
headquarters of the Carnegie Founda-
tion for International Peace declared in
an address at the weekly luncheon
meeting Of the Washington Civitan
Club yesterday in the Hamilton Hotel
Japan herself recognized Chinese do
minion over Manchuria in treaties signed
after the Russo-Japanese War, Mr.
Finch said. Other nations of the world
have recognized Chinese rights in Man
churia.
Through settlement by nationals
and through recognition in treaties"
the speaker said, Chinese dominion is
clear. However, the Japanese policy
Of protecting not only nationals, but
also property Of nationals, has kept
Japanese troops In Manchuria with the
eou ued outbursts Of fighting.
Evening star., 1933-02-01
DEMOCRATS SPLIT
ON TARIFF FIGHT.
House Leaders at Odds Over
Caucus to Have Been Held
on Unity Of Action.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
The Democratic House leadership to-
day was at odds over a plan to unite
In opposition to a Republican proposal
Tor increased tariffs against countries
off the gold standard
Representative Rainey of Illinois. the
majority leader, had said yesterday q
Democratic caucus would be held late
today for the purpose Of taking a stand
on such legislation. Then, three hours
later. he announced that the plan had
been temporarily abandoned"
Republicans have made the tariff
question a party issue and have placed
the Democratic leaders. some Of whom
favor action to build up the tariff walls
in difficult position
Dropping of the plan for q caucus
Rainey said, had been decided upon
without consulting either Speaker Gar
ner or Chairman Collier Of the Ways
and Means Committee. Garner de-
clned to comment on Rainey's move,
but Collier said:
Il don't want to cross Mr.. Rainey.
but we agreed In conference on the
caucus"
Hearings Are Awaited.
Rainey said no action would be taken
until hearings are completed on the
Hill bill, which would set up auto
matte tariff increases against coun-
tries with deprecated currencies
He added that: I'VE are going to
consider the question Members of the
Tariff Commission are going to be called
to give their views
Earlier. in announcing the caucus.
Rainey said the conference of leaders
had decided that since the tariff was
All issue in the last campaign. the ques-
tioli should be left to the new Congress
A ways and means subcommittee
continued hearings today on the Hill
bill. This measure, sponsored by Rep
resentative Hill Of Washington, Demo-
crat Is similar to the Crowthe- measure
which is to be forced to a vote in the
House February l3 by petition signed
by l45 members.
Hatfield Demands Action.
Immediate action on ta.if legislation
was demanded in the Senate yesterday
by Senator Hatfield, Republican, West
Virginia, who said it was needed to
protect the American market for do
meStic industry to compensate for de-
preciated foreign cu.rencies and to pre-
vent dumping" of cheap foreign gooas
into this country.
Describing the influx Of fore gn goods
becauce Of deprecated currency as pre-
senting national crisis" Hatfield said
foreign nations were using deprecated
currency IS "a tool or weapon to force
cancellation of the debts TO America"
"A year and a half ago. the West
Virginian said. "the international bank
ers tried to make US believe the debts
forced England of the gold standard
Now we learn the truth CT why Eng
land and the other nations have gone
off the gold standard. to force Congress
to take action et:imental to the Amer
lean people"
Evening star., 1933-02-01
HEART ATTACK FATAL
TO ROCKVILLE MAN
William E. Morgan, 20, One of
Towns Best Known Residents,
Dies Suddenly.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpeCldl DlSpdlCH W Hc oval
ROCKVILLE, Md, February L.
Seized with a sudden heart attack,
William E. Morgan, 10 years old, per-
haps Rockville's best known resident,
died at his home here early today. He
had been suffering from heart trouble
for several years.
Morgan was connected with the
Montgomery Advocate, local weekly
newspaper, as foreman of the compos-
ing department and press room for
more than so years before it suspended
publication, and in addition was active
at the same time as an auctioneer,
pursuing that occupation until his
death.
He also was prominent in the activi-
ties of the st Mary's Catholic Church
and formerly was president of the Holy
Name Society and the National Catholic
Welfare Council in that congregation.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs. Emma
Gardner Morgan, and daughter, Mrs.
Charles c. Allies of Chevy Chase. Fu-
neral services are to be held at St.
Mary's Church Friday morning.
Evening star., 1933-02-01

T embers Of the committee were Gov.
Ritchie's dinner guests last night. when,
1t Is understood, the fiscal problems of
the State were discussed.
Coincident with announcement by
several delegates that they believed the
appropriations for the University Of
Maryland could be trimmed, Chairman
James J. Lindsay of the Ways and
Means Committee set next Wednesday
for nearing on the items involving
operation Of the College Park institu-
ton.
Next Tuesday the committee will con.
duct hearings requested by the ferry
companies and the Board Of State Aid
and Charities.
Evening star., 1933-02-01
ASKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE
By a statr correspondent of The Star.

BY Staf Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md, February
Suit for absolute divorce was filed
in Circuit Court here yesterday by
Lloyd Rollins. 3514 Eastern avenue,
Mount Rainier. against Mrs Clara Rol-
Inns, 3415 Bunker Hill road. Mount
Rainier. A correspondent was named.
The couple were married June, 1928,
Attorneys H. N. Blaustein, Robert H
McNeill and George H McNeill. all of
Washington, represented the plaintiff.
Evening star., 1933-02-01
$4,000 Stolen From Floor.

Having no faith in banks, George Bar
ry hid his money in candy boxes under
the floor of his house in Leigh-on-Sea
England When he counted it six
months ago, $6.000-his entire fortune
was intact. When he investigated re-
Gently, all of it had disappeared. South
end police are looking for the thieves.
Evening star., 1933-02-01
EDGAR MARKHAM QUITS
AS FARM BOARD AIDE

By the Associated Press
Edgar Markham today resigned as
secretary of the Farm Board and ac-
cepted a post with the Grain Commit
tee on National Affairs, an organization
consisting of grain exchanges.
Markham began service with the Farm
Board as administrative assistant to
Alexander Legge. its first chairman.
Soon after Legge's resignation, he was
appointed secretary of the board.
Before entering Government service,
Markham served for more than 10 years
as Washington correspondent for the
st. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch.