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The Washington times., 1933-07-08
COAL, OIL CODES
PREPARED

Regional industrial codes to
conform with variations in con-
ditions are being developed by
coal and oil industrial groups,
Brig. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, In
dustrial Recovery Administrator,
said today.
Four different coal codes are
in preparation by the bituminous
coal industry, Johnson said. He
will permit these variations which
allow for different conditions in
the several areas.
AS soon as he receives a coal
code johnson will invite the other
coal interests to confer in an at
tempt to harmonic the codes so
there will be no serious conflict.
He will follow the same procedure
with oil codes. Several of these
also are expected to be ready
shortly.
The independent operators are
said to be preparing a code OF
their own.
A leading figure in attempts of
the coal operators to compose
their differences is Frank E. Tap
lin, railroad financier, questioned
about his sale of railroad stock by
a Senate committee
The oil industry has not Of
ficially submitted a code. john
son said a steel code is nearing
completion and he is leaving the
matter to their leaders.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Weekend Motorists
CrOlUd RiUer Ferry

COLONIAL BEACH, Va, July
8.-The Colonial Beach-Morgan-
town ferry did a land office busi-
ness over the past weekend when
arly $500 automobiles and
trucks were taken across the Po-
tomac from Saturday until Tues
day night.
Four boats were kept in service
and on Tuesday the number of
cars became so great that it was
impossible to maintain the regu-
lar schedule. At one time there
were 40 cars waiting for boat.
AS many as 80 cars were carried
on the larger boats on a trip.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
EASTERN STAR
BODIES VISIT
SEASIDE

The return of warm weather
and a reduction in weekday fares
to Seaside Park have combined
to bring a great increase in Wis
itors to the Chesapeake Beach re-
sort the past few days.
The reduction in round-trip
fares to IS cents for adults and
10 cents for children was an
nounced after the July 4 holiday
by the Chesapeake Beach Rail-
way. The new rates will be ef-
fective throughout the season on
every day except Saturdays and
Sundays.
Seaside Park experienced one of
it's most successful Fourth Of July
holidays in years, despite the un-
seaSonable weather. The salt
water pool was well-filled with
bathers and the various park
amusements we'll patronized. The
general pickup in the amusement
park business is regarded as one
of the best indexes of the return
to normal times.
A large outing is being held
at Seaside today, members OF
the Eastern Star lodges of Wash,
ington and Maryland visiting the
resort. The excursion is spon-
sored by Areme Chapter.
A varied program Of enter
tainment including freak races,
bathing beauty contest and a
splash party in the Seaside Pool
and dancing in the ballroom has
been arranged.
A crab feast will be served the
members and their families at
Sellinger's pier in the evening.
This is the first outing OF
this kind sponsored by the chap
ter and efforts are being made
to make it a memorable affair.
Mrs. Mabel Hagen is chairman
of the outing committee and
Mrs. Selma Klein heads the
stunts committee.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
'ActOrs" Fired
As Common
Pests

LOS ANGELES, July 8
G.N.S0.-A monkey that re-
fused to stay anywhere except
on a curtain rod of the women'S
dressing room in a theater-a
cockadoo that insisted on using
the stars plug hat for a nest
a goat that was so dirty the
other members of the cast re-
fused to work with him
These were the reasons Ed
ward Belasco, theatrical pro-
ducer, "fired" the trio of animal
actors, he testified in court
today in answer to a suit for
$50 filed by j. H. Kerr, pet
merchant who had sued Belasco
for breach of contract.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
HEARST SCHOOL
AID PRAISED

CHICAGO, July 8 U.S)
High tribute to the Hearst news
papers for their support of the
cause of public education was
paid by leading educators Of the
nation at the final meeting Of
the representative assembly of the
National Education Association.
Thunderous applause greeted
the address of Dr.. A. r. Hatton,
professor of political science at
Northwestern University, and con-
tributing editor of the Chicago
Herald and Examiner, who told
of the work of the Hearst news
papers in defending the schools
from the assaults of sinister in
fluences now at work. DR.. Hat
ton said:
Unfortunately, some Of the
Newspapers of the country
have taken the side of a group
of people who do not believe
in the Democratic ideals of the
democracy and who have taken
advantage of the economy hyS-
terra to attack the schools.
"It is my good fortune to
be able to tell you that in a
conversation with the manag-
ing editor of the Chicago Her
aid and Examiner ! was author
lied to say to you that the
Chicago Herald and Examiner
and other newspapers Of the
Hearst system will continue to
do all in their power to pro-
mote the cause of public edu-
cation and to see to it that the
school systems are not wrecked
or damaged by these unwiSe
attacks F."
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Sherry's on Severn
Lure to ReSOrterS

A fine beach, good food, good
music, plenty &C parking space
a. reasonable prices are COM
bining to make Sherry's on the
Severn a popular rendezvous for
NaShingtonians.
The resort is reached from
Washington over the Defense
Highway to Annapolis and the
Baltimore Boulevard to the Sew
ern River Bridge. It overlooks
the Naval Academy.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
TRIP TRAVERSES MOUNTAINS
RICH IN SCENIC BEAUTY
AND TRAD| T|ONS

Hregion, an east and west rail-
road, and highways into both
Maryland and Virginia. The
town now lies entirely in West
Virginia.
In it's hey-day, Harpers Ferry
had a flour mill, saw mill, a
machine shop, cotton factory, a
carriage factory, and a Govern
ment arsenal and armory.
The town was founded by Rob-
ert Harper, a Quaker, who landed
at Philadelphia in 1875. It was
incorporated in 1853 and the
Government, through George
Washington, purchased land there
in 1895 on which to erect an ar
senal and armory.
It is famous as the scene of
John Browns abortive attempt
to free the slaves.
Fought For Two Days
On the night of october 16,
1859, Brown and a small band OF
followers captured the arsenal.
With ten prominent men held as
hostages, Brown took refuge in
small building and fought
troops commanded by Robert Z.
Lee, then an officer in the
United States Army, for two days.
Several were killed on both sides.
John Browns fort, as the build
ing came to be known, stood by
the side of the B. and o. and
today the site is easily found.
The site is marked out by stones.
The building, of brick, was taken
to Chicago for exhibition during
the Worlds Fair and is now on
the campus of Storer College, an
institution for Negroes, at the
top of the big hill which stands
back of the original town.
A long flight of steps carved
out of the living rock of the
mountain, lead to the Catholic
Church which was used as a hos
pital by the Federal forces during
the battle of Harpers Ferry in
1862. These steps, according to
accounts of old inhabitants, be-
came so slippery with the blood
of the wounded that they could
not be used.
Ruins of Old Church
Continuing up the steps, visitors
see the ruins of another church.
It was once the Episcopal Church,
destroyed during the war and re-
built on the other side of town.
Robert Harper's grave is in the
cemetery by the side of the steps
and beyond is Jefferson's Rock.
Thomas Jefferson sat on this
rock and wrote:
"YOu stand on a very high
point of land; on your right
comes up the Shenandoah, hav-
ing ranged along the foot of
the mountain a hundred miles
to find a vent; on your left
approaches the Potomac, in
quest Of a passage also.
I'm the moment of their
junction they rush together
against the mountain, rend it
asunder and pass off to the
sea. The scene is worth a vOy-
age across the Atlantic"
1870 FLOOD LEFT RUINS
The ruins of a large mill can
be seen on ''The Island" standing
in the Shenandoah. Houses there
and the mill we're washed away
in the disastrous flood of 1870.
The highway from Harpers
Ferry to Charles Town climbs
steeply up the mountain-hill it
is called thereto Bolivar, a
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Roosevelt Praised
In Green MESSAGE

LANCASTER, Ohio, July 8
G.N.SO O.-William Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation
of Labor, highly praised President
Roosevelt's national recovery pro-
gram in a message which today
had been sent to the Flint Glass
Workers Union, now in conven-
ton here.
The union was congratulated
for voting its support of the Pres
tdent's attempts to hasten busi-
ness recovery.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
4 WGshingtOnidns
Get FiShinU Licenses

Four Washoingtonians who were
fishing in streams near the Mt.
Vernon Boulevard we're given Sus-
pended sentences by Judge Snow
in the Alexandria police court to-
day on condition they purchase
Virginia fishing licenses.
All were arrested by Game War.
den Harry johnson who recon-
mended that the fines be sus-
pended,
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
MISS ENGLE TO SPEAK

Lavinia Engle, a Montgomery
county representative in the
Maryland House of Delegates, will
speak at the International Con-
ference of the National Confer
ence Of Women Voters in Chi
cago. Julv 10.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08

The eastern section of West
Virginia, known as the Pan
handle, consists of three coun-
ties-Morgan, Berkeley and jeff
erson-two of which lie in the
Shenandoah Valley. Morgan is
entirely il the mountains and
contains two we::-..'.Swn resorts,
Great Cacapon and Berkeley y
Springs.
These counties were settled so
long before West Virginia was
made State and are so close to
Virginia that they are more like
the Mother State than like the
one they now are in.
Historically, Jefferson county,
containing HarperS Ferry and
Charles Town, is the most JIM
portant. Berkeley is famous for
Martinsburg, for years one of the
most important points on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroa I'd.
Morgan county has it's mountains
and resorts.
This Weeks Tour
A day-and-a-half trip from
Washington to the Panhandle
has been selected as this weeks
Washington Times tour. The
trip has been planned for those
who leave the office at / o'clock
on Saturday afternoon and wish
to get NWay from the city about
an hour later and drive leisurely
through Maryland to Frederick
and on to HarperS Ferry.
United States Route $40 leads
from Frederick to Harpers Ferry
through jefferson, Petersville,
Knoxville and Weverton. The 20
miles are through rolling country
and the road crosses rich farm
ing country, dropping from a hill
near Knoxville to the side of the
railroad.
Towering hills overhang the
road as it winds along the edge
of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
and the railroad toward the
bridgehead on the Maryland side
opposite Harpers Ferry.
some HlSCOr1C Br10geS
The bridges across the Potomac
and the Shenandoah at Harpers
Ferry have been through some
strenuous days. They have been
washed out by floods and dyna-
mited by Confederate and Fed
eral troops during the civil war.
The old Baltimore and Ohio
bridge was rebuilt nine times
during the four-year war. The
vehicular bridge is privately
owned and toll is charged to
cross it.
Harpers Ferry stands out on a
point of land running into the
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
which join at that point. Going
into Harpers Ferry from Mary
land the motorist has the Mary
land Heights on his right and
behind him; the Loudon Heights
in Virginia on his left and Boil
var Heights, above HarperS Ferry,
ahead of him.
In the old days, military men
regarded the town as one of the
most strategic points in the East.
During the civil war, it was re-
garded as the key to Washing
ton and the only time the Con,
federates got to the city-when a
battle was fought at Fort Stevens
out on Georgia Avenue near the
Petworth car barn-General Early
and his Confederate troops
reached Washington by way OF
Harpers Ferry and Frederick.
Commands Best Pass
It's Importance lay in the fact
that it commanded the best pass
through the mountains in this
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
AHbi Fails, Narcotic
Suspect COnUiCted

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 8
G.N.SO His alibi exploded by
bus drive, Rudy j. Boardman, of
Louisville, KY, was convicted in
Federal Court on charges of pos
sessing and transporting narcotics
yesterday. He will be sentenced
July II.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
BAND TO PLAY

Featuring the overture from
Wagner'S "Rienzi," the U. S. Sol
diers' Home Band will give con-
cert there tonight at 8 p. M, with
John S. M. Zimmerman conduct
ing, and Anton Pointer assisting.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Kiss of Death Girl Seeks
Her Ninth Mate

the Bulldog is through-definitely
through. And Margaret Mary
WiStfully seeks No, 9.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
SECOND ULT|MATUM BY JAPAN ID CHINA
 ON HEELS AT TACK

PEIPING, Feb. 24,-An ultima tum demanding the evacuation of Chinese troops in Jehol was again served by Japan on China and re- jected At the same time Tang Yu Lin, Chinese Governor of the Province, announced a Japanese force of 3O,O0O launched fierce onslaught on the city of Chaoyang after a three-day bombardment from the air.
 Governor Tang said Japanese used infantry artillery, tanks and aircraft in the attack which was preceded by an air bombing pre- paration not only at Chaoyang but also at surrounding villages.
 In the face of the onslaught, the Governors announcement said the Chinese have withdrawn their out lying attachments in the Nanling- Peiping area in order to form a stronger line at Chaoyang and along the hills overlooking the val ley thru which the Japanese must pass as the offensive develops
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
NINE MEN AND ONE WOMAN ARE NAMED
 ROOSEVELT CAB|NET !

WASHINGTO. ..., Feb. 24,-Presi- dent-Elect Roosevelt has complet- ed his Cabinet of nine men and one woman who will bring to the new administration the views of nearly every section and every shade of party opinion.
 Barring last minute changes, the Cabinet which will help Mir Roosevelt shape his promised new deal" will be:
 Secretary of State, Senator Cor dell Hull of Tennessee; Secretary of Treasury, William H. Woodin New York industralist; Secretary of War, Governor Dern; Attorney General, Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana; Secretary of Navy Senator Claude A. Swanson of Vir- ginia; Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace of Iowa, pub fisher; Postmaster General, James A. Farley of New York, chairman of the Democratic National com mittee; Secretary of Commerce Daniel c. Roper, South Carolina lawyer and veteran Democratic strategist; Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes of Illinois, lawyer ano one-time Bull Moose" Republican; Secretary of Labor, Miss France; Perkins of New York, Industrial Commissioner and authority or labor problems.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
ONly ONE FARM
 RELIEF BILL DESTINED
 REACH WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3, - If any direct farm relief legisla- tion reaches the Whitehouse this session it is expected it will be an emergency measure to aid the hard hit cotton farmer.
 The bill has passed the Senate and was approved by the House agricultural committee; it is pro- missed consideration on the House floor by Democrats.
 Republican opposition is seen in the curtailment of production by offering growers an opportunity to participate in a government cotton pool.
 The Senate had an independent office bill pending while the Navy appropriation measure is before the House today.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
AMERICANS, SLAVES
 AT THE MERCY OF
 MONEY TRUSTS, NORRIS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, With a long pointer in hand and with huge chart labeled the spider web of Wall Street" as his subject, gray-hared Senator Norris assum- ed his role of school master in the Senate and lectured his colleagues on the interlocking directorates.
 AS the veteran chairman of the Judiciary committee aSsailed eight large New York banks for what he termed their vice-like grip on the trade and industry thru a web of directorships, Senator Logan, Dem ocrat from Kentucky and a new conner to the Senate, proposed that the government take over the pro fits of industry above a fair return to capital and labor.
 We are just slaves at the mercy of this money trust, said Norris, as he pointed to the eight spread ing legs of the great spider on the wall.
 He said they represented J. P. Morgan Co.,, Guaranty Trust Co.,, Bankers Trust Co.,, First National, Irving Trust Co.,, Central-Hanover, National City, and Chase National Banks.
 He said the map, eight feet square, did not come anywhere near being large enough to show all the corporations under the in fluence of the financial center.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
CORO0vA BUILDING WAS DESTROYED TODAY
 EARLY MORNING FIRE

CORDOVA, Feb 24,-Fire, fan ned by a fairly high wind, destroy ed the Johanson bull din g this morning at 6 o'clock, collansing about 10 minutes after the fire broke out. A fire wall between it and the Lathrop Building prevent ed the blaze from spreading.
 The Johanson building included apartments, a dry goods store, pool hall and barber shop. U. s Signal Corps equipment, in an ad- jacent building, was removed fol safety, as a result, cable communl- cation is being utilized today by the Signal Corps.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
LEADERS OF DEMO PARTY IN COMPLETE
 ACCORD, FUNCTIONS

NEW YORK, Feb. 24,-Party re- sponsibility for the conduct of the government by the new Democrat ic administration is already engag- ing the attention of President Elect Roosevelt and other Demo cratic leaders.
 These men are in complete ac- cord as to the necessity of nation alizing 90 percent of the presiden- tial elections since the Civil War.
 It became known that MT Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith, Sena- tors Glass and Cordell Hull, New ton D. Baker, Vice-President-Elect Garner and other prominent party chieftains, are considering a pro- gram to mobilize their party on a national basis. MT. Roosevelt and Smith have already met for this purpose
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
CHARGES HURLED AT CHANCELLOR HITLER BY
 BAvAR|AN LEADER

BERLIN, Feb. B, Charges that the door to the President has been closed to the public since Hitler be- came Chancellor, were made be- fore the electorate by Fritz Shaefer, Bavarian peoples party leader in a campaign speech.
 He charged the HitleriteS seek ing to curb free speech and the press.
 He also charged that Hitler is seeking to curb the free will of the former Field Marshal, although the Presidents powers exceed that of the Chancellor.
 These charges followed close on the heels Of sensational report of a plot to kidnap President von Hindenburgh after the March 5 election which was published in Swiss newspapers and which plot was denied by the Hitler govern ment.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
LAST MINUTE NEWS
 FLASHES OF THE DAY

Read details in Saturdays issue.
 The League adopted the commit tee report condemning Japan, but Japan has not yet withdrawn.
 Japan official began her military campaign in Jehol. Chinese dazed at suddenness and fear drive may embrace Peiping and Tientsin.
 Mayor Cermak had a bad night at Miami and for a time his heart indicated failure.
 Cuban revolutionary movement assumes definite form with ex- plosion of eight bombs in Havana
 Senator Walsh is flying to Hay ana to bring home a bride.
 Political killings continue in var ious German cities.
 Senate and House busy with several matters, mainly farm aid appropriation bills and the case of Judge Louderback.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
MEN AND WOMEN
 R|0T SALT LAKE CITY

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 24,- Rioting broke out at the City and County building here when the Sheriff's office attempted to con- duct an auction of six Salt Lake homes to satisfy mortgage fore closures.
 A crowd of 800 men and women stormed the building, attacking police and deputies with clubs and stones. Gaining entrance to the lower floor of the building, the rioters smashed chairs and tables and broke windows.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
PREVENT PLEDGES FOR
 DEFENSE IF RUSSIA
 MARKS CELEBRATION

MOSCOW, Feb. 24.-F erven pledges to defend the Socialist Fatherland" against foreign enc mics, marked the nationwide eel ebration yesterday of the 18th an niversary of the organization of the Red Army.
 Thousands of mass meetings in factories and army barracks enl- phasized danger of war and the necessity of vigilance.
 Josef Stalin sent special mes sage urging the armed forces to master modern military technique in readiness to repulse Soviet enc mics.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
LONG TOLL ROAD

LOS ANGELES, Feb. g, -Chas. F. Abbott has propounded a new idea for a revenue paying high way, from San Francisco to New York, a project which would cost $20,OOO,0OO. He would make it a toll road, or one cent mile, and the system would miss all large towns and cities; there would be no speed limit.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
DAY SExY, CANISTER PICTURES AT AN END,
 DECLARES PRODUCER

NEW YORK, Feb. 23, Samuel Goldwyn, film producer, said the day of sexy motion pictures are over.
 They are through, finished; sex and gangsters are passe. I believe quite seriously that the time has arrived for us to go back to cos tune pictures and cut clean away from shoddiness and cheapness. believe we will find old costume pictures like a breath of fresh air after an avanlanche of sex and gangster pictures that have been inflicted on the industry"
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
JIM LONDOs WON
 FROM JAP WRESTLER

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24,-After one session of Jui Jitsu wrestling and 15 minutes, g seconds of the catch h-as-catch-can type, Jimmy LondoS, Greek heavyweight Wrest- Ter, was declared winner over Oki Shikina, Japanese Jui Jitsu expon ent in their mixed bout here.
 Shikina was injured by series of body slams and was unable to return for the third 20-mjnute session.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
THREE ULT|MATuMS
 PREPARED BY JAPAN

RANKING, Feb. 24,-China re- ceived a Japanese ultimatum de- manding withdrawal of Chinese forces from Jehol and immediately replied that any aggressive action would be resisted.
 Three ultimatums were prepared by the Japanese, dispatches dis closed. One was from Tokio to Ranking, this has been delivered. Another is expected from Chang chun, capital of Manchukuo, Gen. Tang Yu Lin, Governor of Jehol.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
KENTUCKY JUDGE ID BE
 AMBASSADOR, ENGLAND

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. q, - Judge Robert ". Ginghan, Louis vile, Ky, will become American ambassador to Great Britain, it was reported yesterday.
 His selection comes at time when Anglo-American negotiations are under close scrutiny by the rest of the world because of the leadership English speaking na- tions are expected to take in res toring normal economic condi- tiOnS.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
BRITAIN DECIDES JAN
 NOT ACT INDEPENDENTLY
 JAPAN ARMS EMBARGO

LONDON, Feb. 23, Revival of fighting in the Far East was re- flected in London yesterday when the British cabinet decided Brit ain could not act independently for an effective arms embargo in that area.
 The cabinet said France, Italy and Britain could apply an arms embargo by the simple process of refusing licenses to export arms but that the procedure in other arms-producing nations, including the United States, was not so sim ole.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
SIGN CONTRACTS

CINCINNATI, Feb. g, - The signed contracts of Outfielder Chick Hafey and Infielder Otto Bluege have been received by the Cincinnati Reds. Hafey, Reds slug ging star, was ill during much of kat season, but he informed the club he has regained his health by living in the outdoors near Berkeley, Calif., during the winter.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
WENDLER GIRLS VISIT

The Misses Myrtle and Clarice Wendler, popular daughters of MT. and Mrs. Wendler of Anchorage, were among the arrivals Thursday and are house guests of Mrs. H. Thody. Miss Myrtle is a member of the Alaska Railroad office staff, while Miss C.arice is an operator on the Anchorage telephone ex- change.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-24
COMMISSIONED

BOSTON, Feb. 24,-The Navy's newest cruiser, the 10,0OO-ton USS. Portland, was formally commis- stoned today at Navy Yard by Rear Admiral Louis M Mutton, Com mandant.