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The Washington times., 1933-09-02
WAR COLLEGE
OPENS CLASS

Numbering among it's students
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, former
director of Public Buildings and
Public Parks, the twenty-eighth
course of instruction was started
yesterday at the Army War Col
lege.
There are S6 officers in the
College this year, II from the
Army, six from the Navy and
three from the Marine Corps.
They were welcomed by Maj. Gen.
George S. Simonds, commandant,
and started Immediately in class
work.
Among the Washington officers
attending the college are Lieut..
Col. Frank M. Andrews, 2800
block Twenty-ninth st. N. W.:
Mai. Jacob L. DeverS, 5000 block
N st. N. w.; Maj. Paul x. Eng
lish, 1900 block Montague st. N.
w; Maj. William M. Grimes,
800 block Hawthorne Pl, and
Mai. Cedric Lewis, 3400 block
Porter St. N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
ON COSTS
DEMANDED IN
BREAD QUIZ
Bakers Threatened With Grand
Jury Action If They Refuse
To Open Books

Local bakers apparently are to
be compelled to open their books
for inspection in the bread price
increase investigation now being
made.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert E. Lynch, who is conduct:
ing the inquiry at the request OF
Senator King, asserted today he
probably would request the De
partment of Justice to appeal for
Grand Jury investigation if the
bakers do not willingly submit
their books for inspection.
Bakers Asked For Data
Speculation as to whether or
not the local baking concerns will
permit investigators to peruse
their books-unless they are COM
PEELED by the courts-began yes
terday after Mr.. Lynch on Thurs
day had requested L. A. SpeisS,
attorney for all the large baking
firms in washington, to have his
clients agree to open their books
for inspection.
No word had been received to-
day at Lynch's office from the
bakery attorney, but the assist
ant corporation counsel said he
is expecting to hear "any day
now"
Speiss, however, asserted this
morning that he "had other things
to do beside run around to see
all the bakers and indicated he
had not taken the matter up with
his clients as yet. He declined
to say when he thought he might
reply to Lynch, or even If he
would answer for all of MS clients
as a group or let them answer to
Lynch individually.
Jury Probe Suggested
Asked what he intended to do
in case the bakeries refuse to
grant his request, Mr.. Lynch said:
"It is probable that 1 will turn
that matter over to the Depart
uCuG VI JuSCACC 0AU ACt GAC1G WO-
partment appeal for a Grand
jury investigation. That would
compel the bakers to open their
books"
Mr.. Lynch today set next Thurs
day as the probable date on which
he expects to have sufficient data
to determine what his future
course of action will be. It is
possible he may recomend that
hearings be held before a congress
sional committee, or he may turn
the matter over to the Department
of Justice for investigation Of VIC.
lation of the antitrust laws if he
finds evidence to indicate the ex'
istence of a combine.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02

Young Takoma Park Naturalist Injuries
Wrist in Quest of Butterflies
Onnie Lehto StumbIes
On Rock; Taken to
Sanitarium

A shy 16-year-old lad is Onnie
Lehto, 500 block Of Elm Ave.,
Tacoma Park, whose ramble
through the fields round his
home yesterday led to a painful
injury.
Stalking caterpillars as his de-
light. Onnie stumbled on a rock
and cut his wrist on the milk
bottle in which he impriSons his
prey, a piece of the glass piercing
a vein in his arm.
Policeman Frank Lane came
to the rescue and hurried Onnie
off to the Washington Sanitarium
where he was all bandaged up
and dismissed shortly afterward.
Onnie is never happier than in
his long rambles through the
fields round his secluded home,
stalking butterflies and returning
laden with specimens for his re-
markable butterfly collection.
Very Modest Boy
WI1GCL1SE VI 11OG O11114C AAAAALoA4
extraction endows him with mod
esty, modest he is about his
hobby.
He attributes this beautiful col
lection of brightly-colored butter
flies to the hobby of his brother
Toivo, a forest warden in College
Park, who, he says, proposes to
give it to the National Museum.
The -colored specimens
are carefully mounted in individ-
ual display boxes and are ex-
hibited to all who visit Onnie,
his mother, brother and two Sis
terS.
Good Nature Student
Onnie spoke hesitatingly but
with accurate knowledge of nat
ural history. He said:
81 am going to Silver Springs
High School next year, but
when I was at Prince Georges
School last year they said 1 was
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
JOBLESS WANE,
NRA WORKERS
REPORT
Small Percentage of Men at
Home Held Indication of
Employment Increase

Employment is increasing in the
District if the number of men at
home during the daytime is an
indication.
So says Mrs. Grattan Kerans
captain in charge of publicity for
the women'S division of the local
NRA campaign, in reporting that
women volunteers canvassing from
door to door to sign up consum.
ers under the Blue Eagle are met
by women in SO per cent of their
calls.
Few Men Haye Signed
Less than 2 per cent of the
consumer cards have been signed
by men, she states. This is the
figure gained in a preliminary
survey of the canvassing com
pleted today.
Since the women volunteers
push doorbells only in the day.
time, the figures are considered
representative of the number of
male Washingtonians who are
now at home. out of work.
An example of increasing en-
ployment, cited by Mrs. Kerans,
is that of a home she visited in
which three weeks ago the hus-
band, a grown son and a male
roomer were all jobless. Within
the last three weeks these men
have found work with local bust
ness firms.
Another development in the Dis
trict Blue Eagle drive is the prof
fer of assistance from the Wash
ington sections of both the Senior
and Junior National Councils of
Jewish Women, made by their re-
spective presidents, Mrs. E. Held
ingsfeld and Miss jeanette Mai
men.
George w. Beas1ey, major in
charge of the colored division.
believes 10000 colored Washing
tonians will sign the Blue Eagle
pledge, and has taken that many
consumer carQS TO sign I1leIH uP'
5000 Negroes Join
Officials of the colored division
announced at a meeting in the
Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. c. A. last
night that 5000 colored citizens
already had been signed under the
Blue Eagle, although their drive
has been in progress but six days.
Miss Eta L. Taggart, lieutenant
general in charge of the cam.
paign, reported that she had per-
sonally signed every person in the
offices Of the Recorder of Deeds.
The total figures in the drive
to place all of Washington's com
mercial interests and citizens
under the Blue Eagle stood today
as follows: 9,303 business houses
and about 10000 consumers
have signed the pledge.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
CAPITALS FAIR
READY To OPEN

The National City Fair will
make it's official bow to the public
tomorrow at 2 p. m. at the Benning
Fair Grounds.
Religious ceremonies will pre-
cede opening Of the festivities.
Officiating will be the Rev. v. o.
Anderson, chaplain of the Police
and Fire Post, Veterans of For
eign Wars, sponsors of the fair;
Rabbi Aaron Volkman, of the
B'Nai Israel Congregation, and
the Rev. Joseph V. Buckley, of
st. Francis Xavier'S Catholic
Church.
More than 10 weeks of prepare,
ton have gone into the Seven-day
event and the sponsors anticipate
that more than 10000 persons will
view the show.
Three hundred attractions and
features, including government
civic and business exhibits, are
listed for each days program
which will begin at II a. m. and
last until midnight.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
KING TOPURSUE.
MILK INQUIRY

Regardless of what the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration
may do toward fixing milk prices
in the District, the Senate sub
committee investigating the pos
sible existence of a milk trust"
here will complete its inquiry.
Senator King, chairman Of
the subcommittee, said today:
There is no doubt in my.
mind that while we are making
our investigation the Agricul-
tural Department will be work
ing out an agreement designed
to fix milk prices in Washing
ton, the same as it has in other
cities of the country.
"NevertheleSs, we will con-
tinue our investigation and
when the hearings are con-
cluded we will report findings
to the Senate, on the infOrma-
tiOn we gather.
"If the Department of Agri-
culture, meanwhile, has set up
a price-fixing agreement for
Washington, we will not hest
tate to include in our report
any criticism we may believe
should be made"
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
Car Stripper Caught;
To SerUe Six Months

Another stiff sentence was
meted out to an automobile
stripper by Judge Ralph Given
in Police Court today.
In response to radio call early
Thursday, Policeman P. E. Am
brose of headquarters drove to
the 700 block of New Jersey Ave.
N. w., just in time to catch Lloyd
Burgess, 81, colored. removing a
rear wheel from a sedan belong
ing to Mrs. Mary Norton of the
Stanhope Apartments.
Burgess admitted he was going
to sell the wheel for what he
could get. He was sentenced to
six months in the District Jail.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
WIFE "SLEUTH'
KSD|VORCE

When Mrs. Georgia R. Bowyer,
1400 block of Massachusetts, Ave.
N. w., goes into action, she really
goes into action.
Last night Mrs. Bowyer, doing
a little private detective work of
her own, trailed her estranged
husband to a local hotel and
found him with another woman,
she claimed. Today she petitioned
the District Supreme Court for an
absolute divorce.
The suit, filed through Attor-
ney William R. Lichtenberg, stated
she was married to George R.
Bowyer, of Upperville, Va, in May,
1880, and six months after the
marriage he deserted her. She in
formed the court she learned her
husband was coming to town a
few days ago, and then went de-
tecting.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
Man In Hospital:
Fall Held to Blame

Believed to have tainted and
struck his head on the sidewalk
in falling, Anarian Leland, 1900
block Upshur st. N. w., is in a
serious condition in Emergency
Hospital today, suffering a frac-
tured skull.
Leland was found unconscious
yesterday on the sidewalk at
Ninth Street and New York Ave-
nue. Northwest. Police at first be-
lieved he might have been the
victim of an assault.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
Purple Heart GiUen
Marine CORPS Hero

The Order of the Purple Heart
was conferred on Sergt. Francis
Warnecke, Marine Corps, retired,
today.
The decoration was conferred
on Warnecke for a wound received
in France in 1918, when he served
with the Fifth Marines.
Warnecke, who lives in the 1900
block of M St. N. w., holds the
Croix de Guerre with star, the
Victory Medal with five battle
clasps, and several other medals.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
White House
ASH Is Suits
President

The customary White House
repair jobs, usually undertaken
whenever a President leaves
town, are not being made this
year, by order Of President
Roosevelt.
Notified aboard the yacht
Nourmahal that this and that
ought to be done to the White
House rooms, Roosevelt replied:
"Leave them alone. 1 like to
see the old place as I left it,"
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
Sentenced Youth
Free on Probation

Thomas Carter, %, of the 800
block of Delafield Pl. N. W.. who
was sentenced to 80 days in the
District Jail three weeks ago for
assaulting two policemen, was
placed under six months proba-
ton by Judge Ralph Given in
Police Court today.
Considerably subdued, Carter
promised to keep the peace. Judge
Given took his personal bond and
released him in the custody of his
sister.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
'Alky' Seized in Car;
BaLtin1OreQn Held

Clarence Gibbs, colored, Is, of
Baltimore, was arrested by Con.
stable Chrysler, of Bowie, last
night when he found Is gallons OF
alcohol in the car, and placed him
in the Upper Marlboro Jail. He
is held on charges of transporta.
ton and possession and bond was
set at $1,000, pending a hearing
in Prince Georges police court Fri
daV
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
Firen1en SdUe Man
Overcome bY "GaS"

Oxygen tanks of the fire rescue
squad yesterday saved the life Of
a man overcome by gasoline
fumes while at work. Stanley
Ferguson, %, of the TOO block
Fourth st. N. w., was working
at Fourteenth Street and Ohio
Avenue Northwest when he col
lapsed. The rescue squad revived
him and took him to Emergency
Hospital, where it was said he
will recover.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
Outdoor Group Code
ExiLeS Park Slams

BY International News Service
A code containing "ethical''
provisions which forbid outdoor
advertising companies to erect
signs that obstruct beautiful
vistas" has been submitted to the
NRA by the outdoor Advertising
Association of America. The code
also forbids erection of signs that
would directly encroach or in
trude upon the beauty or dignity
of any park, monument, or his
torical structure.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02

the mental litter which the reporters
allowed themselves. Yet the R. F. G.
served one good purpose: it prepared
part of official Washington for its
much more intimate relation with
business and business men under the
national industrial recovery act.
A year ago business men were
coming to Washington asking for
loans for professionally loans were
made-and the officials of the r. F. G.
met the men who had conducted the
business of America right to the edge
Of the abyss and were now looking for
help. One of these men, an engineer
by profession, gave me quick sketch
of the men he had met and summed
them up in a single terrible sentence:
ct must have discussed important
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
COOPER CLAIMS
PLOT To RUIN 8
INSTITUTIONS
Treasury Heads Named in Plea
To Keep U. S. Savings
As Independent

Col. Wade H. Cooper, president
of the United States Savings
Bank, and holder of 56 per cent
of its capital stock, today ap-
pealed to the District Supreme
Court for an injunction to re-
strain Treasury officials from
forcing his bank into the Hamil-
ton National Bank merger.
Through Attorneys w. BisselI
Thomas, John w. Staggers and
Louis L. Whitestone, the same
counsel which represented him in
blocking court approval of the
Hamilton contracts yesterday,
Colonel Cooper names as defend
ants William H. Woodin. Secre-4
tary of the Treasury; ]. F. T.
O'Connor. comptroller of the cur
rency; his deputy, F.. G. Await:
Walter j. Cummings, assistant sec
retary of the Treasury; w.. R.
Milford, and w. Irving Shuman
OF the reorganization division.
Treasury Department; Wilbur H.
Aepp, former vice president of the
United States Saving Bank. and
E. c. Graham, president of the
Hamilton National Bank.
Rule Signed
Justice Adkins signed ruIe
requiring the defendants to show
cause Tuesday why the iniunc-
ton should not be granted. The
rule will be heard before Justice
Jennings Bailey, who will at the
same time have placed before him
petitions of the conservators Of
the eight closed banks partici-
pating in the merger for court
approval of the transfer of assets
to the Hamilton Bank, including
over 100000 of those of the
United Staes Savings Bank.
1t is charged that since March
5, when the national banking
holiday began, the defendants
have been engaged in a con-
spiracy to gain control of a large
part Of the banking assets in
the District of Columbia, and in
furtherance of that conspiracy
are about to deliberately wreck
eight prosperous banks of the
District.
Bleeding" Seen
These eight banks at the time
of the banking holiday had a capi-
tai structure of $5,000,000 and de-
posits totaling $27,000,0O0. Under
the Hamilton Bank plan tn ese
eight banks would bleed their as
sets to build a capital structure Of
$1,000,000, with available deposits
approximating $10,000,000, the
court is told.
Colonel Cooper says that his
bank has always been prosper
Gus one, earning from 40 to so
per cent on its stock of 100000
up TO the time of the banking
holiday.
During the period of panic pre-
ceding the holiday his banks de-
posits fell from $2.5O0,O00 to ST.
100000. it's securities shrunk in
value, but its capital structure Is
yet unimpaired, he said.
Farce Charged
The defendants have conspired
to force his bank into the Hamil-
ton system by taking 100000
of it's quick assets on the promise
to pay depositors so per cent Of
their claim. leaving in the hands
of the bank conservator frozen
assets which will be difficult to
liquidate, Colonel Cooper alleges.
Left to it's own devices, Colonel
Cooper claims, under a plan sub
mitted to the Treasury but re-
jected because of the alleged con-
spiracy on the part of the de-
PENDANTS, his bank could have
paid IS per cent of depositor
claims Immediately, and liqui-
dated sufficient assets to pay the
remainder within a short time.
QonfonooH Vn1Tf1
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
Holiday Will Keep
Prisoners in Jail

An extra week in Jail confronts
prisoners at the Hyattsville lock-
up as the result of a postpone
ment of police court. Monday,
Labor Day.
The next regular session of the
criminal court at Hyattsville will
be held the following Monday.
Judge j. Chew Sheriff and Clerk
James Lauderdale will rejoice at
the vacation, however.
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
True to Type
Leaders of NRA Tower Over Laynen
-By GILBERT SELDES-

The R. F. c., Mr.. Hoovers bulwark against the depres
son outmoded that people surprised to hear
that it is still in existence at ALL and when General john
son said he was discussing credit with the r. F. c. we'll
with the Federal Reserve Board could almost hear
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
PICNIC PLANNED

The Church Of the Ascension,
Silver Spring, will hold a chicken
dinner on September 19.
Snoud nOlIop oud Moka JOh
The Washington times., 1933-09-02

matters with thousand business men, he said 'and
the fingers of hand the who mpresse
competent and intelligent The fngers-I don't nee
the thumb.''
The Washington times., 1933-09-02
Why Business Yields


This interested me because had trying discover
why business had completely surrendered to
in the past six months Several obvious:
Business in bad and would turn to any promis-
ing savaon business frightened and the Adminisra
tion not; business pessmisc and Roosevelt and
his cheerfu business had and the Gov
alone could raise money. But felt there
more and watching the of codyng in Washington,
I became of it,
Ny impression that American business shrewd,
calculating margin of time, unable to break
themselves of the habit of looking for quick profits totally
incapable of changing fixed habits and unwilling to
pertinent without guarantees They selfish to this points
that they put aside personal interest IN favor OF the
welfare of their industry their branch of but
beyond that they CO. (The thing is probably
true of DOCTORS novests and organgrnders it, unortu-
natey happens that the burden and opportunity of bus
greater at the present time
Not Quite Bright
1t seems that after you eliminate the great and
highly organized industries such steel and motor
featuring and coal and OIL you into field where high
degree intelligence has not been necessary where dao
day policy of making profit has been enough and where fun
branwork has been baggage Business
preparing their codes founder all over the place. unable to
stick point unable to drive directly to the of sub
jec-and terribly anxious to talk These practical
takers than politicians.
On the other side who speak little from Director
his deputies and his expert advisers What they
has been thought ou they state point give the reasons
for it, the objections and DONE They trained
Of them trained in business in law-t does
matter because is their minds which functonnot the
vantage because they forbidden have small interests
They may be personally selfish and personally ambitious
ese but their in their jobs depends on
large-scae operation long period of time.
More Mind-More Will
The between the administrators and the business
unfair because the business at their lowest
point and the administrators their highest with and
glory beat down the fear and tmidy Of who have to
their stores and factories Naturally the administrators
have understood the main idea of better than the
business It is also to their advantage that they
building for the future while the of business trying
their best to salvage what they of the past.
&c. the only fair basis of comparison in quality Of mind
and there johnson and Rchberg giants compared to
pgmies have been told that General johnson had labor
policy worked out when he began work and that he g
norant of many theories and principles Of economies But his
mind is fuzz-t brushes unmportant details away and
gets down to business Richbergs legal training has, of
course sharpened his WITS but he avoids the other danger Of
making delicate points for the pedantc pleasure of making
them. Labor leaders like Hman have the power with
feor added Between them they have caught the average
business vse because their minds are stronger and
because their wills stronger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-14
INDUSTRY, THE SAVIOR

IT commonly is said these days that we are
in the midst of bloodlesS revolution in
the United States.
The statement either is pleasing or terri
flying, depending on your mental attitude
and, perhaps, on the number Of high-pow-
cred securities you have in your safety de-
post box. But it is not quite accurate.
That there has been a. revolution in the
realm Of ideas is too obvious to need COM
ment. Both the boom-time psychology of
the Coolidge era and the what's-the- at
titude of more recent years are gone for
good. But whether we are to have an actual
revolution in political and economic life
full transfer of power from one class to
another-still is a matter for the future to
determine.
We haven't had 1t yet. Whether we are
to have it depends largely on how we'll the
owners of the means Of production, trans
portation, and distribution are willing to play
ball under the new rules that have been
devised
Willis Thornton pointed out recently in a
dispatch from Washington that there are two
courses open to the NRA set-up.
1t can go ahead to more or less complete
Specialization of industry, under full control
OF Uncle Sam; or it can become a referee in
the competitive struggle, standing by to
enforce the rules of fair play and to see that
every contestant gets ali the breaks that are
coming to him.
That the capitalist would prefer the Sec
ond alternative goes without saying. Whether
the second alternative is what he gets de-
ponds almost entirely on him. If he plays
ball, well and good; If not, he is likely to
wake up some morning and find that this
bloodless revolution which people are talking
about already has taken place.
What does all this mean, in actual prac-
tice? Simply this: Industry must adapt
itself to the new rules as they are drawn up
in Washington. The industrialist who shuts
down plant rather than deal with strikers,
who chisels at his NRA code, sabotages the
new deal and tries to continue in industrial
relations the attitude of a steel baron of
1919 simply is persuading people that the
evils of capitalism can't be abolished with
out abolition of capitalism as well.
Given the present temper Of the Arneri-
can people generally, it is certain that fail
ure Of the NRA will be followed by measures
immeasurably more stringent. And success or
failure of the NRA depends in the last
analysis on the intelligence and good will of
the rulers Of industry.