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The Washington times., 1933-01-21

Charges that the Fort Myer
laundry is competing with District
establishments and that local
laundrieS have entered into a gen.
eral conspiracy to raise the price
Of laundry were made yesterday
in the House during debate on the
War Department supply bill.
Representative William H. Stat
ford (RO of Wisconsin said the
House committee which investi-
gated Government competition
with private business shortly
would recommend that work Of
Army laundries be restricted to
soldier personnel. He added:
'What is the practice in the
District of Columbia? In many
instances people who are ac-
quainted with Army officers or
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
SHAW. PICTURES
CONGRESS AS
INDIFFERENT
Present Session Nearly Over
With Little Achieved,
He Complains

Whatever favorable legislation
Government employees expect they
must get out and fight for vigor
ously through strong organization
declares John Arthur Shaw, presi
dent of the American Federation
Of Government Employees.
Reminding that the present ses-
sion of Congress is nearly done
with little that is constructive
achieved for Federal workers, he
added:
"Even the employees them
selves sometimes lose sight Of
the fact they are free-bOrn
American citizens and have the
same rights to free speech and
. square deal as have other
citizens.
"a large proportion remain
In the service because Of the
pride and satisfaction they feel
in being able to serve the Gov
ernment. Having won his right
In open competition, they are
entitled to retain their jobs SO
long as there is work to be done,
and they must not lose them for
improper reasons for dismissal,
or because of false, penny
pinching economy. Similarly,
they have the right to demand
that their salaries and work
ing conditions be maintained
on at least the pitifulIy low
level Of 1881.
"ThOSe who have dishonesty
painted the Federal service as
incompetent and Federal work
ers as shirkers, have robbed our
citizens Of their faith in the
Government when it is most
needed"
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
DR.. W|LLOUGHBY
To RETIRE

BALTIMORE, Jan. 21.-Dr,
Westel Woodbury. Willoughby will
end his 36-year connection with
Johns Hopkins University in June.
He will retire as chairman of the
department of political science, to
devote more time to writing.
DR.. Willoughby says that IS is
an appropriate age to drop active
work and that work such as his
requires new personalities.
He has been the building hand
behind the Chinese delegation at
Geneva in the Manchurian dis
putes.
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
LEAGUE FOp!NED
To GUT TAXES

Formation of a Taxpayers
League of Arlington county with
a view to reducing county govern
ment expenditures and taxes,
was announced today by w. w.
woodward, who was elected presi-
dent at a meeting last night in
Clarendon. Other officers are w.
Thomas French, vice president,
and Boardman Munson, Secre-
tary-treaSurer.
A study of county salaries will
be made by a committee consist
ing of Lawrence Michael, Mr..
French, w. w. Wright and
Charles Darr.
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
'SCHANP
HA|RITSPR|CE

It was a big night in guppy-
land last night when C. S., Haw-
kins won the blue ribbon at the
Guppy Show in the Department
of Commerce Aquarium, under
the auspices of the National
Aquarium Club, which had gone
off the goldfish standard.
Mr.. Hawkins, receiving the
prize for raising the kingfish
amongst guppies, said:
'Tt took me seven years to
get a guppy like that"
The crowd stood Spell-bound as
Mr.. Hawkins confessed:
THAT'S how lost my hair
raising this guppy."
A strange fish, the guppy,
known to scientists as the lebistes
reticulatus-which might sound
ridiculous to you, but it's okeh
with the guppyites, fish-lovers
who look upon the guppy as the
best mosquito destroyer in the
seven seas.
Other winners were: John
Noble, James Witherite, Mrs. B. A.
Klucken, William P. Burke, Mrs.
j. A.. Stomar Ray, Ralph j. Bailey,
M. F.. Thompson, Ralph F.
Thompson, Richard Fl. Ridden, N.
r. Bouten, and Miss Betty Hoag.
Judges we're: William Brown,
vice president of the society:
Miss Alice Christine Young, 10,
youngest member OF the club, and
DR.. William Mann. director Of the
Zoo.
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
WMAL Lease Brings
Protest to Congress

In an open letter to members of
Congress, the National Committee
on Education by Radio today pro-
tested the leasing by the National
BroadcaSting Company Of Station
WMAL.
The communication, signed by
Joy Elmer Morgan, chairman, de-
clareS the proposal gives NBC.
two stations in Washington con-
trolled from New York. A third
station, WJSV, is likewise con-
trolled from New York, the letter
reads.
AS WMAL is scheduled to take
full NB.C. programs February /,
the Federal Radio Commission
probably will render a decision
next week.
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
NAVY To. ALLQT
!. CHAR|TYFUND

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. AT h e
home towns of midshipmen play
ing on Navy's football team will
receive 500 each for charitable
purposes, according to Rear Ad-
miral Thomas c. Hart, superin:
tendent Of the Academy, today.
Only a comparatively small
portion of the Navy's receipts
from the Army-Navy game. the
one played for charity this sea-
son, is being used to honor the
middieS in their home towns.
The major portion of the
money is to be distributed in
cities where distress is reported
to be the worst.
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
D. {. BULL N|PS
MATADOR

Washington this week is en-
tertaining two celebrities Baron
Giorgio Mario Suriani. of
Bologna, and Sidney Franklin,
the matador Of Brooklyn: Both
are at the Shoreham. ~
The baron recently offered his
hand and heart to, any American
girl who sought the honor for
q mere 100000, but eventually
married Mildred Monette, a
dancer.
Franklin put on a tussle with
q rather docile bull from the
Chestnut Farms Dairy back of
the Shoreham last night. The
bull had the better of the en-
counter, nicking Sidney in the
hand. He AYERS, nevertheless,
that he is the best bullfighter,
and opines that there will never
be a, real bull-fight in the United
States.
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
The Weather
WEATHER DETAILS

"EA1nHA6 DhA
District of Columbia - Cloudy and
warmer, probably occasional rain to-
night and Sunday: lowest temperature
ing winds, becoming moderate southerly.
Maryland-Cloudy and warmer, prob
ably occasional rain tonight and Sun
day.
Virkinia-Cloudy, probably occasional
light rain in interior tonight and
Sunday; warmer tonight and in east
portion Sunday.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Yesterday Today
I p. m........ So 4 a. m......-. Al
8 p. m. ...... 49 a. m........ 40
Midnight .... 80 Noon ......... 46
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January, /, 1888. III.
Excess of temperature since January
1, 1888, III. -
Accumulated deficiency of precipita-
Deficiency of precipitation since Jan
uary /, 1898, 1.5O.
TIDE TABLE
Today-High tides, 3:15 a, m. and
1854 p. m. Low tides, 9:40 a. m. and
Tomorrow-High tides. 4:2o a. m. and
500 p. m. Low tides, 1886 a. m. and
1855 p. m.
SUN AND MOON
The sun rose today 1928 a. m. and
sets SIT p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow 1928 a, m.
The moon rises today 3:15 a. m. and
sets 1898 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow 4:3o a. m.
and sets 1928 p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
GLOUer Park Group
Asks SIUin1n1i1aQ Pool

A campaign to have the District
Government construct an outdoor
swimming pool at Berry-Stoddard
school was launched last night by
Glover Park Citizens Association
meeting at Industrial Home
School.
Pointing out that the recent
,Archbold gift increased the Glover
Park area to SO acres, Myron r,
Walker, president, said an effort
should be made to secure the de-
velopment of this area.
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
Arlington Chamber
To Banquet Jan. "a

State Senator John w. Rust, of
Fairfax, and County Manager
Roy S. Braden will be speakers
at the annual banquet of the
Arlington County Chamber of
Commerce in I. o. o. F. Hall,
Clarendon, Va, January "a.
The Rev. Perry L. Mitchell, Of
Clarendon, will deliver the invo-
cation. Speciality dances will be
presented by Jane and Louise
Carl and by. SuSanne Hall. Roy
Gurley will act as Songmaster.
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
to Probe
Death in Rnthtub

An autopsy was to be per-
formed today on the body of Z.
Warren Wall, so, Richmond, Va,
lawyer, who was found dead in
a bathtub of his suite at the
Parkside Hotel late yesterday.
It is expected to determine
whether the hotel guest was
drowned in the bathtub following
a heart attack, Acting Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald said.
The Washington times., 1933-01-21
Montgomery 4-H
Girls VIII R0LLU

The Montgomery County All
Girls Club rally will be held Jan
uary 28 at the Rockville High
School gymnasium. Miss Dorothy
Emerson, All State agent. will
speak on Club Opportunities for
Girls in 1888"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
By PAUL HARRISON

experimenting with ordinary glass aiiegedy varieties will bring 25 botnd % cents strange liquid which slated time for social prestige Costly being installed in of Park building wealthy bachelors 
 cellar which daught will flow through pipes into both their kchenettes
 permitted between fearful that otherwise divcrsionss M flock the beer gardens refreshments vaudeville the bars with bamads who also sparkling gossip about the that of old there each hsater with buzzers to announce the end of ntermssions W sidewalk Taps -ttt 5s
 As beer literally plan exploit it, the Gay Way into Alley In addition gardens the be bartenders For nickel machine, the swing into fill from jet of amber brings the which clicks body Roy Johnson of shuddcrs at equipped and will that it's hot all right and will connde their whleunless mechanical things Broadway hopes they'll be declared illegal
 "AcI du
 district Tubc Cafe Zeppelin and the Resauant Platz al on sst old and recpe the old and the eent many another Jack Knnedy taproom until praccing with steins of more-or-less
 Luchow by establishment rich tradition dating back 1882 being spoiled
 elsewhere There with tables, and large chairs occupied the walls looking oversued hand feet long listing Gman dishes Here sucssknds the sauerbraen onekosse Ipot roast and poaopan cakes) dish orchestra still plays Wagner and Beethoven talks of the when clientele included Victor Pachmann and Richard
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
VISIT TO HURRY
 ECONOMIC MEET
MacDOnaId Starts For u. s. Next Week to Confer
 With Roosevelt
ANXIOUS FOR SESSION

London, April 6.-(UP)-Prem- fer J. Ramsay Macdonald told the house of commons today he hoped his impending visit to Washington would have the effect of hurrying the date of the world economic conference.
 His statement. in response to questions, was tantamount to an- nouncing his intention of starting for Washington next week, al- though no official announcement has yet been made by the govern ment.
 Macdonald inferentially admitted in the house of commons today that he planned to visit Washington during the Easter recess of parlia- ment.
 Captain Peter Drummond Mac Donald asked the prime minister if there is any truth in the state ment he is proceeding to America and what is the object of the visit ?"
 Premier Macdonald replied:
 "The Easter holiday is coming on and hope the prime minister can use the opportunity of doing as he thinks fit." James MaXton, independents laborite, interposed: "I hope no one in the house would dream of interfering with that but might the house ask if the prime minister's visit to Amer ica is going to take place soon and if 1t will have the effect of post poning the date of hte world eco homie conference? Quite the opposite" Macdonald replied. "I hope it will have the effect of hurrying it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
Weekly Meeting
 of the Lions Club
Featured By Four Dis- tinguished Guests
 This Noon

The weekly meeting of the Lions club this noon at the Hotel Elton was featured by the presence of four distinguished guests. namely District Governor Wilbur Dixon of New Canaan, William Bowes, dep uty distirct governor of Bristol. Major William HeSlett of New Haven, international director. and Attorney Walter r. Torrance, Unit ed States bankruptcy court referee who was the principal speaker.
 William Parker, chairman of the bowling committeee. announced that the annual banquet will be held at the Lift-the-Latch Inn Fri day evening April 21. The club meeting that week will be discon- tinued
 Immediately after the business meeting Frank Bailey called a meeting of the convention chair men.
 Attorney Torrance described tn" bankruptcy court, how IL was founded, It's functions. hls duties and the old and new federal laws IL was his opinion ibat the old and new laws were similar.
 Entertainment was furnished by Johnny Clark whose saxophone solos brought rounds of applause from tho Lions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
OBITUARY

BARBOUR-Miss Annie c. Bar bour of Mitchell avenue died yes- terday at Waterbury hospital. She of Alexander and Mary (McReath) Barbour. and was devoit com municant of the Second Congrega- tional church.
 She is survived by a sister, Mrs Jeanette Heseltine. Funeral ser- vices will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 9 o'clock at the AL derson funeral home, 70 Central avenue with Rev John Coombs of- ficiating. Burial will be in River side cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening between 2 and 9 o'clock.
 DOLAN-Miss Helen Dolan, age 21 years, died early this morning at the home of her sister, Mrs Cath erine Coyle of 58O East 164th street. New York city. She was a former resident of this city. the daughter of James and Catherine (Delaney) Dolan.
 Miss Dolan is survived by two sisters. Mrs Catherine Coyle and Mrs Elizabeth Parsons and two brothers. Edward and John Dolan.
 The body will be brought to the funeral home of Arthur J. >Lunny, 25 Central avenue from where the funeral will be held on Saturday morning to the Immaculate Con- ception church at a time to be an- nounced later. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
FARMS CALL CITY JEWELLERS
 BACK TO SOIL
Survey Reveals Population Flow Back to
 Country

Columbia, Mo.-City America Is going back home.
 Which is to say that the farmi reared city folks, tired of trying to cope with unemployment, are seeking to live on the soil.
 During 1882 the migration of city dwellers to farms exceeded the population flow in the other direc- tion by an estimated 207,0O0.
 The department of rural sociol- ogy at the Missouri College of Ag- riculture Is concerned with this, as are most agricultural agencies.
 Major farm adjustments mean an increasingly heavy problem for those who try to smooth out the farmers way.
 The shift In population vltally affects two great groups:
 Tho city dwellers, alarmed at the heavy load of emergency re- lief, are glad to escape part of their burden.
 The rural interest. concerned with its own rural problem and wary of having the numbers of its destitute unemployed increased by migration from the cities.
 Too many of the migrators Jack sufficient money to purchase land. Rented land has a tendency to de- teriorate under tenant manage ment.
 Many of the new farmers even lack money sufficient to care for the needs of their families while waiting for the first crop.
 Failure looms for those city dwellers who, unfamiliar with the manner of life on the farm and without capacity to adjust readily 10 the new environment, attempt to mako the change.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
Reciprocal Tariff
 Agreements Loom
Roosevelt and Hull Draft Resolution Giving President
 More Power

of a congressional resolution glv- ing the administration power to conclude reciprocal tariff agree ments with other powers. Submis- sion of the draft to congress IS ex- pected soon.
 The administrations, when en- dowed with the necessary power, expects to begin negotiations with the leading commercial countries of tho world to lower tariff walls and thus stimulate the interna- tional exchange of goods. It is HulPs view that tariffs and other trade restrictions are largely re- sponsibIe for the depression.
 Lowering of tariffs is one of the objectives of the world economc conference. This meeting. how ever. will not consider specific tariff rates. An attempt will be made there. rather. to negotiate more general agreements for the lowering of tariffs and removing of other trade restrictions.
 The authority which the admin istration will seek from congress will enable it to make the agree ments on rates to carry out the spirit of the more general confer ence agreements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
Bible May Identify
 Local Prisoner
Northampton Police Hold Man Having Grace M. E.
 Testament in Possession

mentally unbalanced or anxious to avoid being recognized. He gives his name as Earl D. Britton. Let ters found on him are addressed to Herbert Benson of sharon. Conn. In addition to the bible with the name of the Waterville church the authorities found three girls dresses in his travelling bag.
 Britton claimed that he was on his way to Portland, Me-, to visit his sister. He admitted that he had police record and that he served time in Worcester and on the state farm at Bridgewater. Mass, but inquiries at both places failed to substantiate his story. His statements account for the sus- picion that he may be suffering from some mental disorder.
 A teletype message to the Wa terbury police today requested that inquiries be made concerning Brit ton among the parishioners of the Grace church. It may be possible that the bible was stolen from some home in the 'yille.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
YOUTH ADDS
 KINGS NAME RECOLLECTION

Carthage, Mo, UP)-Little Billy Lawhead last week added a king to his collection of friends"
 The kind was added when Billy received special delivery letter bearing the insignia of the royal palace at Belgrade, capital of the Kingdom of Jugoslavia.
 The letter contained an attrac- tive card bearing the autograph of his Majesty King Alexander ].
 The signature was obtained for Billy through tho ministrations of an influential citizens of that country.
 Among the great who have sent Billy their autographs are: Presi- dent Franklin Delano Roosevelt. ex-President Herbert Hoover, Sir Malcolm Campbell, Prince Fred erick Wilhelm von Hohenzollern, the late Calvin Coolidge, Mrs Grover Cleveland, Mrs Benjamin Harrison, Mrs Woodrow Wilson, and many noted authors and ex- plorers and stage folks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
MYSTERIOUS FIRE DOES S2 2,50O DAMAGE
LURE OF GOLD
 CALLSHUNDREDS
 ITO MOUNTAINS
Craze Resulted in T W o Million Bullion
 Increase

Sacramento, Calif-(UP)-The lure of gold continues to draw hundreds of persons to the hills an dmountains of California.
 And the result in 1892 was an increase of $2,O00,O00 in produc- tion of gold bullion in the state, wit hpredictions by the state li- vision of mines that this increase will be exceeded in 1883.
 The department reported as an indication of continued interest that 1I,297 person personally visited the two state mine offices in Los Ange- les and San Francisco during the year.
 Ten thousand pamphlets on ele- mentary placer mining were dis tributed; 1900 copies of "commer- cial mineral notes" were mailed each month; SPAS samples were tested in the laboratory and 1900 hopeful prospectors were instruct ed in the rudiments of mining.
 Such discoveries as that of James J. Elliott, Portoda plumber, re- vive the tagging hopes of amateur prospectors. Elliott forsook his craft-principally because work was scarce-and went to the hills in search of gold. The other day he stun bled onto a nugget which con- tained 66 ounces of gold worth $1287.
 The great bulk of the amateur prospectors come from the ranks of California's unemployed. Thou sands of these men, chafiing under inactivity and drawn by that one chance-in- a million of striking 8 bonanza have gone forth int othe mountains equipped 'only with ele- mentary tools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
Calabrese Describes
 Mrs. Leach's Death
Tells How He. Backed Truck Which Crushed Head of
 Woman

soon after the court reopened after the noon recess so that arguments of counsel would be finished soon thereafter.
 Calabrese told of picking up Mrs Leach in the afternoon of last De- cember 18th and then after driving around the eastern section of the city where they made several stops
 and had glasses of wine. drove to the sand pit off the Plank road. Calabrese said he stopped his truck to permit Mrs Leach to get a drink of water at the spring in the pit, because she complained of be- ing i'll. After she went around to the rear of the truck he said he got into his truck and placed his engine in reverse. He backed up several feet when the rear of the car rose six or seven inches and he heard q scream. Hurrying to the back of the car he found the machine had run over Mrs Leach's head.
 Seeing she was dead he became terribly frightened and then pulled her body by the arm to the load ing machine several feet away from the truck. He went to the Gar barino store nearby and when no one would go with him to the pit. went to the home of John Dubiel who accompanied him back to the scene of the fatality. Calabrese told persons in the store and Du- biel that he had been held up by two men who dragged Mrs Leach to the pit. He testified to-day the reason he told that story at first was because he was afraid the in- surance policy covering his truck would not protect him in case of suit.
 Attorney Fitzgerald attempted to break down Calabrese in an hours severe cross examination just prior to noon recess at l o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
PLANES REPLACE COW PONIES ON
 SOME RANCHES
Holders of Huge Acreage Save Time With
 Ships

Valentine. Neb. (UP)-Substitu- ton of airplanes for COW ponies is the newest wrinkle of ranchers with large holdings here.
 Four ranchers. whose lands combined include more than 3Oo'- 900 acres, own planes, which they use to transport supplies, check on their vast cattle herds after severe storms and bliZZards, or to rush buyers to and from metro politan centers when they have been on the hoof ready for the market.
 Best known among the flying ranchmen" is Tom Arnold, pro- prietor of the XU ranch of 100000 acres, situated partially in North western Nebraska and Southwest ern South Dakota.
 Fly Supplies
 Arnold and his cowboys fly back and forth with supplies from the South Dakota headquarters to his leased holdings comprising some 6O,O00 acres in Nebraska. in his four-passenger cabin plane. The trip by truck would ordinarily con sume four hours. but tho plane nips 1t off in one hour flat
 During an emergency, the plane has more than proved it's value. Arnold's small daughter suffered a fractured skull when she fell off a horse last winter. She was rush ed to Omaha in tho plane. where she was given prompt attention. II probably saved her life, as 1t would have required tome IS hours to make the 35O-mile trip by train.
 Other Uses
 Further south in the i.oup Val Icy country. Leonard kyes. n ran cher. and his brother put their hi- plane to variety of uses about tho ranch and ut the same time give lessons in dull seadons to fiy-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06
Marshal Unable
 To Unearth Any Visible Evidence
North Main Street Tenement Gives Department Stiff Fight Early This Morning - Blaze Started in Rear Porch on First Floor

Damages estimated at $2.500 re- suited from an early morning fire today in the tenement house at 1239 North Main street. The en- tire west side of the building was burned away and 1t was only after a determined battle that firemen responding to two alarms saved the home from complete destruction. The flames reached the attic be- fore firemcn we're successful in cxtinguishing them.
 Notwithstanding, a thorough in- vestigation today by Fire Marshal D. J. Lahey and Captain William Russell no satisfactory explanation could be obtained as to the cause. The marshal intends to continue the probe.
 Members of the family of Mir and Mrs Mariana DeFeo were obliged to make a hurried exit when the fire was discovered. They spent the remainder of the night in the home of neighbors, Alarms were sent in from Box 1918 at the Robinson street gate of the Chase Companies and from Box 256 at the corner of North Main and Win chester streets.
 The first floor of the house is occupied. The DeFeo family re- sides on the second floor and uses the attic also.