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The Washington times., 1933-12-27
PROJECTS
GET O. K. Of
ENGINEER
Work in Prince Georges County
Is Recommended to State
Commission

Seven road projects in Prince
Georges county, two Of which are
to be handled by the CWA, have
been recommended to the Mary
land State Roads Commission by
H. D. Williar, jr., chief engineer.
he notified the board of county
commissioners at their meeting
yesterday.
The projects include oiling a
good surface portion of Jefferson
Avenue, in East Riverdale;
Strengthening, widening and sur
facing Defense Highway for two
miles; Cherry Lane. resurfacing;
Defense Highway to the Pennsyl-
vania railroad tracks near Ian
ham, one-fourth mile: Perkins
Chapel to Defense Highway via
Springfield, 21a miles, widening
and surfacing under the CWA:
the Glendale-Good Luck Road
from Folly Branch to the colored
school, a half mile; Oak Crest
Road from the Baltimore Boule-
ward to the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks, CWA project.
George N. Palmer, Democratic
leader in the Seat Pleasant area,
was given his oath of office as a
member of the Board of County
Commissioners at noon yesterday
by Brice Bowie, clerk of the cir,
cult court, and Immediately be-
gan work on the board. He sue
ceeds Walter M. Grimes of Oxon
Hill.
William L. Atwater, who said
he owns 40 per cent of the front
age on Harmon Avenue, Cheverly
protested the ordinance passed by
the town council for the con-
struction of brick cutters and con.
crete curbs to be paid by the abut,
ting property owners. Mr.. At,
water declared that 20 of the "a
voters in the Fourth Ward in
volved had filed objections with
the council against the project.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
WOMAN READY.
TO QUIT JOB IF
INELIGIBLE
Miss EngIe Insists, However,
She's Commissioner Until
Court Rules Otherwise

"Tf ruled ineligible by proper
authorities, I'll resign, but until
such time / am commissioner
for this district"
That was the reply made today
by Miss Lavinia Engle, whose ap-
pointment as a member of the
Board of Montgomery County
Commissioners was challenged in
the courts by John E. OXley, a
Rockville lawyer.
Oxley charged that Miss Engle
was a member of the Legislature
when an act was passed increaS-
ing the salaries of commissioners
from $1,000 to $1,000 a year. Miss
Engle declared:
"The papers relating to Mr..
Oxley's action against me were
served yesterday morning. l am
advised by my counsel that there
is some question as to whether
this action has been properly
taken.
consequently, / am leaving
the entire matter of young Mr..
OxIey's interesting action to my
attorney. The reason back Of
his action, and apart from his
legal implications are, of course,
personal and political, and d.
rected agaginst me as an indi.
vidual, and, I suspect, as a wO-
man Officeholder.
"The question that has been
raised as to my eligibility to
hold the office of commissioner
is one which, for my own sat
iSfactiOn, and in fairness to the
county, think should be settled
without delay and entirely apart
from young Mr.. Oxley'S action.
81 expect to go into the mat
ter with my own attorney and
secure a ruling from the proper
authority if l am ineligible, and
if satisfied by the proper author
ity that such is the case, 1 shall
resign Immediately. But until
such time / am the commissioner
for this district"
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
6 RECEIVE JOBS
IN COURTHOUSE

CWA made-work Jobs were
given six yesterday in the Prince
Georges county courthouse at
Upper Marlboro. They were as
signed the task of copying equity
records into bound volumes.
The workers are Mrs. Charles
Wyvill, Mrs. Joseph Wilson, Miss
Esther Pollock. Miss Mamie King.
all of Upper Marlboro; Miss Anna
Beaverbock. Brandywine, and Miss
Evelyn Cook, Meadows.
Fifty-four laborers and carpen-
ters were registered on the Re
employment Service rolls yester-
day at Upper Marlboro by T. j.
Camfield, employment director.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
SQlUn1iU Operator
Crushed to Death

WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. 27.
Thomas j. Johnson, SO, sawmill
operator and well-known retired
farmer of jefferson county, died
here of injuries suffered when
he was crushed by a water wheel
which operates his plant at Mid
dleway, w. Va. Mr.. Johnson's
leg became entangled in the
wheel and his body whirled
around several times before other
employees could reach him.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
D.C.LEG|SLAT|VE
ROSTER HEAVY
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bill. These associations will be
represented at the hearings.
Other association whose teri
tory covers the business sections,
have gone on record advocating
both on and off sale permits.
They urge that where liquor is
sold by the drink it may also be
purchased in bulk, but in the off
sale places it must not be con-
sumed on the premises. This is
to avoid drinking in drug and
grocery stores, should the law
allow sales in such places.
Civic Sale Opposed
The commissioners are opposed
to Government or municipality
operated dispensaries and they
favor a liquor control board, one
of whose members would be a
woman, to be given broad pow
ers in issuing licenses. They be-
lieve an applicant for a license
in residential neighborhood
should have the consent of 81
per cent of the residents of the
neighborhood. The right to re-
fuse a license, despite such con-
sent, would be reserved by the
Commissioners.
Considerable difference as to
how to handle the sale of liquor
in the city is manifest at the
Capitol. Senator King said he
has an open mind on the dis
pensary system, while Senator
James Couzens (RD, of Michigan,
would restrict the package sale to
municipal stores and confine pri-
Vate licenses to hotels. clubs, and
restaurants.
Senator Thomas P. Gore (D0,
of Oklahoma, advocates elimina-
ton of private profit by restricting
distribution to a Government
agency having complete control of
the liquor.
House to Speed Action
Representative Mary T. Norton
Cd, of New Jersey, chairman of
the House District Committee,
will endeavor to get the District
liquor bill before the House at its
initial meeting. Leaders have
promised their support.
Senator King has a bill pre-
pared which would change the
organic act and allow appoint
ment of a civilian Engineer Com
missioner instead of confining
such appointment to the Army.
The suggestion that the Dis
trict government be changed to
have it headed by governor in
stead of the present three-mem-
Der board of Commissioners may
come before Congress.
The Senate District Committee
chairman has remained in Wash
ington practically all summer, in
order to be familiar with all the
bills affecting the District which
will come up at the forthcoming
session.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
Power Company Sues to Bal
Culpeper Town Plant

sum Of $4,000, on the ground
that the recent State legislative
act empowering municipalities to
create such indebtedness without
the vote of the people is uncon-
stitutional.
In addition to the utility's ap.
plication, some Is or 20 local tax.
payers petitioned the court for
such an injunction.
Judge A. T. Browning, of the
Culpeper circuit, withheld his de.
cision and announced he would
probably give it Friday.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
Town's Jqiler
Spots Suspect
In Robbery

Jailer George Wiseman's men,
ory yesterday resulted in the
arrest in Hyattsville Of a man
wanted by washington police on
a charge of grand larceny.
Wiseman, custodian Of the
Hyattsville lookup, heard a de-
scription of a man wanted for
taking money from a K Street
garage proprietor, sent to Prince
Georges county police by Wash
ington authorities.
When John T. Brown, colored,
of North Brentwood. came to
the Police Court building to reg
lister for employment, Wiseman
identified him as the man
sought. Brown was turned over
to District detectives.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
Arlington Tax Sale
Scheduled For Jan. /

Auction of all Arlington county
property on which 1882 taxes are
delinquent will be held at Ar
lington Courthouse January l,
under regulations of Virginia,
County Treasurer Charles T. Jesse
said today.
The properties in the sale are
valued at more than $50O,O00. it
is said. The sale is an annual
affair held under Virginia tax
rules.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
FIVE RELEASED
IN BANK THEFT
MISS WIMSATT

Five suspects held in connection
with the $500 robbery of the Bank
of Galesville, Md. week ago,
have been released by States At
torney Theodore Brady, of Anne
Arundel county.
Those first suspected of con-
nection with the crime we're An
drew Ross, Pete Guide and Harry
Redmond, of near Hyattsville;
John L. Sullivan and William
Sullivan, both of washington.
Prince Georges county police to-
day continued their search for
yeggmen who broke into the Bowie
Bank, Bowie. Md, early Monday.
Although two safes were forced
open, nothing was taken. An ef-
fort is being made to trace an air
tank believed to have been left
by the yeggmen.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
SEEN
FOR N9iH}E: PAY

Congress can be counted on to
look very favorably" on any sug-
gestion to restore the IS per cent
pay cut imposed last year on Gov
ernment employees, Representative
Joseph w. Byrns CD Of Tennes-
see and House majority floor
leader, predicted today.
Not all members approve resto-
ration of the entire IS per cent,
he warned. but there is undoubted
approval of restoration of part OF
the cut.
Early action in the matter is
also seen by him despite posSibil-
ity of securing more representa-
tive commodity price indices in
the spring. 1t is important the
supply bill be acted on as soon as
possible, he said, in which pay
restoration would be included.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
BUREAU SAVES
S800,0OO

More than 100000 less was ex-
pended by the Bureau of Ento-
mology of the Department of Ag-
riculture during the past fiscal
year than during 1882, as a result
of the Federal economy program.
Of this amount. a decrease of
$392,040 was due to a cut in ap-
preparations made by Congress. it
was reported by DR.. C. w. Mar
latt, chief of the bureau. Savings
of $417,200 also were made by
bureau officials and employees in
accordance with the general Gov
ernment program of Tightening
UP on expenditures.
A total Of $2,526,700 was spent
by the bureau. of which $2.471 900
represented the congressional ap'
preparation, and $4,000 repre-
sented unexpended funds from the
previous year.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
OREM s THREAT
To Be ARGUED
TOMORROW
Prince Georges Educator De-
fies Commissioners Stand
On Liability

Threatening to close the Prince
Georges ,ounty public schools to
1900 children carried in school
buses, and fight his case out
in the courts, Nicholas Orem,
superintendent of schools, will
tomorrow beard the lion in his
den" in a conference with the
Maryland commissioner of motor
vehicles.
The fight is over the demand
of the commissioner that Orem
produce certificates of insurance
On the IS county school busses
before 1884 bus tags are assigned
them.
The buses do have insurance,
which exceeds the rules of the
commissioner in both public liza
bility and property damage, Orem
said, and he has offered to pro-
duce the insurance policies as
evidence. The commissioner
however, demands certificate" !"
which is neither the policy nor
the Identification card that &C
companies the policy, it is said.
Orem said that he had OBJ
tained legal counsel on provi-
sions Of the law and that the
motor commissioner was
evidently exceeding his red
tape power in demanding a
paper for which there is no
provision"
The Washington times., 1933-12-27

CULPEPER, Va, Dec. 21.-The
Virginia Public Service Company
has attempted to halt the program
of the town of Culpeper, Va, to-
ward the erection of its own
municipal power and light plant.
The attempt came in the form
of an application to the Circuit
Court for an Injunction 10 restrain
the town of Culpeper from issuing
it's general obligation bonds to the
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
BUS INSURANCE ROW MAY BAR 1900 FROM RURAL SCHOOL
Young Democrats Club Sends
Member List to More Than 1000

required to put up dollar as an
initiation fee, officials of the
club figure that hard times have
passed.
When young people begin to
spend that freely, they argue,
prosperity is not only just around
the corner, but poking its head
out preparatory to stepping forth
into full view.
The clubs new high record for
memberships is principally due
to a spirited campaign waged by
it's membership committee,
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
Holiday Arrests Jam
Jail at HydttsUiLLe

Arrests made over the holidays
by Prince Georges county police
filled the Hyattsville Jail to ca
p t y. Thirty-four prisoners
were docketed by Jailer George
Wiseman, the largest number
committed to the lookup since it
was acquired by the police depart
ment.
AS a result of the arrests and
postponement of court on Christ
mas Day, police court in Hyatts-
vile today was expected to be
crowded.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
j. s. EXPENSES
EXPECTED To
STAY HIGH
CWA Cannot "Taper Off" Till
Business Revives Enough
to Absorb Workers
By DUNCAN FORSYTH


Expansion of expenditures on
the part of the Federal Govern
ment on the elaborat9 scale un.
dertaken in the last month or
so is at least having the effect of
directing criticism of government
tai activities away from the pay
rolls of the established structure
and toward those aspects Of Gov
eminent spending where econ
amies can be more easily ef-
fected, it appeared today.
There will undoubtedly be
powerful demand in the next
Congress. on the part of the ad-
vocates of governmental economy,
for reductions in Federal ex
penSeS.
However, in view of the fact
that the Federal deficit is now
estimated to be running in the
neighborhood of one hundred
million a week, and that eight
weeks, or 10 at the most, at this
rate, would cover the entire Gov
ernment payroll, with the ex-
ception of he CWA. Federal
employees are beginning to hope
that they will be left alone.
Activity Has Started
Organizations which sponsored
the economy program, as result
of which the Is per cent pay cut
was put into effect, have been
quiescent during the summer, but
now, as Congress appears on the
scene again, are breaking into
new activity.
It is interesting, however, that
they have much more to say now
about the emergency expenses
than about the normal costs Of
Government, including the pay
roll.
Federal employees also comment
rather Sardonically that they do
not suggest, at any time. a reduc-
ton in interest or other debt
servicing charges, but on the con-
trary seem very much concerned
about the status quo, so far as
that aspect of Federal costs is
concerned.
May Get Break
In any event, the present out
look is that Federal spending will
be intensified rather than re-
duced in the next Congress, and
that as a result the Government
employees may come into their
own.
Apparently President Roosevelt
hopes to taper off" the CWA
program as the summer months
approach, but success in that re-
snect will depend Oh the speed
and volume of business revival.
The CCC program, originally
mapped out until October, is be-
ing continued through the winter,
and the CWA program, which
was initiated at first with the
idea that it would end on Febru-
ary 15,. was promptly extended,
as everyone expected it would be,
until May /, and more CWA
projects are being advanced daily.
Can't Count on 1t.
In view of this experience,
therefore, it seems doubtful that
any substantial reduction in CWA
and other extraordinary expenses
can be made unless and until
there is a substantial and nation
wide business improvement.
However definitely that may be
on the way. Congress cannot
count on it at the early date of
the coming session. and as a
means of bringing it about, addi-
tional spending, which may bene-
fit employees in the regular estab-
lishments, may be looked for.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
TygGrt Dam Project
HinQeS on NUUi0GtiOn

Approval of the twelve million
dollar Tygart Dam project in the
Kanawha Valley, West Virginia,
by the Public Works Administra-
ton, depends on it's value as an
aid to navigation, ra her than
flood control, Administrator Ickes
declared yesterday. Army engi-
neers have been asked to furnish
additional data to support a pre-
vious recommendation.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27

, Depression days must be over.
At least, more than 1000 per-
sons in Washington have been able
to spend a dollar apiece recently.
All of them are Democrats
And all of them are young.
This is what it's all about:
The District of Columbia Division
of the Young Democratic Clubs
of America today proudly an
nounced that it's membership
rolls have passed the thousand
mark.
Since each Of the folks was
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
TakOn1a Park Man
SC:L for Nassau

E. W. Brandt, of Takoma Park,
will sail from New York city,
January 9, on the Furness liner
Queen of Bermuda for vacation
trip to Bermuda and Nassau. The
Bermuda trip was won by Mr..
Brandt's company in sales con-
test,
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
BerryUilLe Man Dies
In Wreck of Auto

MARTINSBURG, w. Va
Norman Ashwood of Berryville,
Va, was instantly killed in a mo-
toring accident near Rippon, JEFF
ferson county. Lewis Allen, Rip
pom resident, first discovered the
wreck and a companion of Ash
wood, who was in a dazed condi-
ton. Ashwood's body. beneath the
wrecked machine was not found
until later.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
CARD PARTY DEFERRED

Members of st. Ignatius Church
at Oxon Hill, Md, have indefi-
nitely postponed card party
scheduled for Saturday for the
benefit of the church fund, be-
cause of the death of Father
Francis Cavanagh.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
PHILATELISTS TO MEET

The Washington Philatelic So
ciety will meet at 8 o'clock to-
night in the PoWhatan Hotel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-15
ROOSEVELT LEADS WORLD

MOST Americans, probably get thrill of
Az pride out of the fact that their President
is trying to lead the whole world back to nros-
perlty. To have an American President in
wiling the rulers Of nearly score of nations
to confer with him and with one another about
ways OF restoring good times, to know that
the hopes of the world once more are conferred
about the White House-all this is very graft
flying to our sef-esteem.
What we don't so quickly recognize is the
fact that very heavy weight of responsibility
rests upon us, as individual citizens in con-
nection with this venture.
1t is hardly going too far to say that one
of the biggest obstacles in President Roose-
velt's way, as he moves toward this world eco
nomic conference, is made up of the prejudices,
the misconceptions, and the mistaken judg-
ments of his own felow-citizens.
You can't get anywhere with a conference
of this kind without being ready to make some
sacrifices yourself. That goes without saying.
But there has developed in this country since
the war an iron headed obstnacy quick to
assert that We can make no concessions that
the other side must do all the sacrificing and
that We need not and must not relax any of
our old creeds.
This finds expression in various ways For
example:
There must be no cancellation of any part
Of the war debts.
We must not make any agreement under
which we shall buy any goods of foreign man
ufacture
We can not bind ourselves to cooperate
with European nations for more than two
weeks at time.
All American diplomats are helpless and
innocent babes and all European diplomats
are cunning and constituencies schemers so
that Uncle Sam is bound to lose his shirt every
time he sits in on international conference.
Those are some of the most widely held
planks in the platform on which some of us
have been standing for a good many years
And if this world conference is to amount to
anything at ALL those are planks which we
must be prepared to discard
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-15
A NEW RADICAL?

THE depression is said to be making few
radicals out Of the poor. What of the
millionaires2
Connecticut's G. O. P. Senator. Frederic
Collin Walcott, is a Yale man, former banker
manufacturer, one Of New Englands Brah-
Minis. In speech the other day, he made the
senate gasp by coming out for nation wide and
mandatory unemployment insurance to free
charity from paying industry's wages" for
public employment exchanges for a 36-hour
week, for big program of public works Said
he:
Individually we have set up high stand
ards for labor; collectively welding the club of
mass starvation for bargaining power, We use
labor to the point of physical exhaustion, slash
wages to a cruel subsistence level call the
chaotic protestatons of gnawing bellies and
outraged dignity radcalism, and in the name
OF liberty and the Revolutionary fathers attack
it with machine guns, night sticks and gas
bombs.
I'm the year of our Lord 1888 in the year
of our progress 1877 individually we stand
collectively we reel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-15
G.. B. S.

THE ancient kings had to have court testers
= to tell them the truth about their royal
selves Democracy has George Bernard Shaw
And like the old testers C. B. S." mixes lot
Of nonsense with the truth he speaks His
hour-and-a-half speech in New York was
about $3.50.
True were such comments as
When it comes to millions of UNEMPLOYED
then the capitalist system really has broken
down.
Your farmers are enslaved they are bank
rupt and they are in open revolt.
The employer of today belongs to the pro-
letariat He is an employed manager
Your country is run by f1nanciers At present
1t is run into the ditch by them
Instead of your ridiculous Uncle Jonathan.
your ridiculous 100 per cent American. YOU
really are coming to the point in which Amer
lea may take the lead and possibly help save
the world"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-15
CONTROLLING DRUG TRAFFIC

ONE of the bits of good news in recent dis
~ patches from abroad is the fact that
twenty-six nations finally have ratified the in
ternatonal convention under which the League
of Nations will be able to control world manu-
facture and distribution of narcotics.
Under this scheme, a board established by
the league will set strict limits on the amount
of narcotic drugs which each nation will be
allowed to produce and distribute.
This, incidentally, is something new in
world affairs, for the plan undeniably is an in
fringement upon the national sovereignty of
the governments involved-of which the
United States is one.
But it represents great step forward. Until
the world supply of narcotics is put under de-
finite control, no nation can handle the Illicit
drug trade within its own borders effectively.
splendid new implement has been put in
the hands of those waging war on the drug
curse.