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The Washington times., 1933-12-02
insufficient Paint
Cause of |SDOttinU'

insufficient number of paint
coats on wood surfaces often re-
suits in "spotting" g"-characterizeo
by loss of gloss. fading and early
chalking. due to absorption of oil
from the finishing coat by the
porous surface underneath.
"Spotting" is likely to occur on
new work that is given only two
coats or an old work painted with
only one coat.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
PUBLIC WORKS
INSUFFICIENT,
SAYS BELTS
$4,000, 100000 Worth Of
Building Delayed BY Lack
of Financing

Revival of private building con
struction as a necessary part Of
the Administrations program il
putting men back to work is ad
Vocated in an article by Benjamin
F. Belts. of the American Insti
tute of Architects.
Entitled Remove the Obstacles,
the article was published in thu
November issue of the American
Architect. It follows:
"TO stimulate unemployment
the National Industrial Recovery
Act authorizes the expenditure
of $3,3OO,OOO,OOO for Public
Works within a period of two
years.
"This act is commendabIe.
But it should be further recOg-
Mized that a revival of private
building construction is import
ant in accomplishing the Ad-
ministratiOn's objective of put
ting men to work.
MOVES SLOWLY
'To spend $4,000, 900, 900 in
two years implies the distribu-
tiOn of $1,65O, 10000 in one
year. Government work moves
slowly. The first year of the
Public Works program is al
ready more than half gone. But
little of the appropriation has
been put into circulation.
"The Public Works apprOpria-
tion includes expenditures for
the Navy, highways, forest
parks, homesteads, power de-
velOpments and other engineer
ing operations. For housing
and public buildings there will
be available about $1,000, ,OOO. 900.
Spread over two years this
means the spending Of $500, ,OOO,-
900 a year. This in itself is q
big contribution toward re-
covery. But if the stimulus of
private building construction
were coupled with it, ten times
this sum would be spent.
"A large amount of planned
construction is today lying idle
in architects offices. A con-
servative estimate is that more
than two billion dollars worth
of planned construction of all
kinds is being delayed for lack
of financing. During the past
three years a large shortage in
the field has developed. Many
buildings are rapidly becoming
obsolete and must be mOdernized
or demolished and rebuilt. And
it is estimated that some $780,
100000 worth of property is
destroyed by fire every year.
ORGY DEPLORED
"On orgy of speculative build
ing or the erection of unneces-
sary buildings is to be deplOred.
Real estate inventories can be
obtained and are a good guide
to what may be safely built. In
every community there are
needed buildings that would be
built provided the necessary fl
nancial credit could be obtained.
Presumption of building is es-
sential to general business pros
perity, because the building in
dustry employs more workers
and consumes a greater variety
of materials produced through
out the United States, than any
other single industry.
"The Federal Government
should take steps as may be nee
essary to remove the obstacles
to a revival of building con-
Wkrucfinn
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
CLEAN METAL FURNITURE

Metal, garden and porch fur.
niture should be thoroughly
cleaned and. if scaly. scraped
with a wire brush. before paint
is applied. A special metal paint
or a metal primer with finishing
coats Of exterior enamel or out
side house paint will prevent cor
rosion of the exposed metal.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
Tin Cans Adapted
For Kitchen Use

Ordinary tin cans may be
made into a set Of useful kitchen
containers by enameling or lac
quering q set of similar size and
shape, and labelling them with
the words Coffee" "tea," etc.,
or decorating them with stencils
or decalcomanias.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
KITCHEN CONTAINERS

Ordinary tin cans may be made
into a set of useful kitchen con-
tainers by enameling or lacquer
ing a set Of similar size and
shape. and labelling them with
the word coffee" "tea," etc., or
decorating them with stencils or
decalcomanias.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
FINISHING FURNITURE

Unpainted wood furniture
should be sandpapered lightly.
primed with a paint consisting
of three parts wall primer to
one part turpentine, and finished
with two or more coats of some
high grade enamel or lacquer.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
PUTS HIS HEAD
ON RAILS, DIES

Alton C. Bell, SIS, of Washington
Grove, Md, was killed early today
by a freight train of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at Washington
Grove, Md.
Mr.. Bell was a director of the
Farmers Banking and Trust Com
pany, of Rockville, and an en-
ploye of the county commissioners
office for about Is years.
He had been in poor health for
the past six months and was
given a leave of absence by the
commissioners about two months
ago in order to rest up when
threatened by a nervous break
down.
According to Montgomery
county police. F. R. Lake, of
3100 block Monroe st. N. E.,
flagman. told them that he saw
Mr.. Bell put his head on the
track just before the train ar
rived.
The back part of the skull was
mashed. The body was removed
to the w. Reuben Pumphrey
Funeral Parlor in Rockville.
Harry Hilton, of Baltimore, was
the engineer and w. E. Clark, of
Relay, Md, the conductor. Mr..
Bell leaves a wife and two chill
dren.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
WOMAN FOUND
UNCONSCIOUS

Believed to be the victim of a
hit-and-run driver, Mrs. Eva Cum
berland, SO, of the 700 block
Ninth st. S. E., was found un-
conscious today in an alley !
few doors from her home.
She was taken to Gallinger
Hospital, where she is in a crit
ical condition. suffering a frac-
tured skull and bruises over her
entire body.
She was discovered in the alley
by James Lowe, coal-wagon
driver, who notified police.
Belief that she had been hit by
an automobile and dragged into
the alley was strengthened by the
fact that one of her shoes was
missing.
Her hat lay on the ground
near her and her coat had been
dropped across the lower portion
of her body.
There was a large cash back
of her right ear and cuts and
bruises on her back and legs.
Mrs. Cumberland lived alone.
Identification was made by her
son, William Charles Cumber-
land ZOO block F st. N. E,
The Washington times., 1933-04-03

To the Congress:
AS an integral part of the
broad plan to end the forced
liquidation of property, to in
crease purchasing power, and
to broaden the credit structure
for the benefit of both the pro-
ducing and consuming elements
in our population, I ask the
Congress for specific legislation
relating to the mortgages and
other forms of Indebtedness of
the farmers of the nation.
That many thousands of
farmers in all parts of the coun-
try are unable to meet indebt-
edness incurred when their
crop prices had a very different
money value is well known to
all of you.
The legislation now pending,
which seeks to raise agricul-
tural commodity prices, is a
definite step to enable farm
debtors to pay their indebted
ness in commodity terms more
closely approximating those in
which the indebtedness was in
CURED, but that is not enough.
Seeks to Save Homes
In addition, the Federal Gov
ernment should provide for the
refinancing of mortgage and
other Indebtedness so as to ac-
compliSh a more equitable read
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
Beer at White House O. K.
When Legal First Lady

Beer may be served at the
White House when it is legal in
the District, Mrs. Roosevelt said
today.
In response to a question as to
whether she was planning to
serve beer to White House guests,
Mrs. Roosevelt issued the follow
ing statement:
"When it is legal to serve
beer in any Government house,
it will naturally be proper to
do so for any one who desires
it at the White House.
81 hope very much that any
change in legislation may tend
to improve the present cOndi-
tiOns and lead to greater tenn
perance.
"There has been a great deal
The Washington times., 1933-04-03

justment of the principal of the
debt, a reduction of interest
rates, which in many instances
are so unconscionably high as
to be contrary to a sound public
policy, and, by a temporary re-
adjustment of amortization, to
give sufficient time to farmers
to restore to them the hope of
ultimate free ownership of their
own land.
I seek an end to the threat
ened loss of homes and produce
tive capacity now faced by hun
dreds of thousands of American
farm families.
The legislation 7 suggest will
not impose a heavy burden
upon the national Treasury.
1t will instead provide a means
by which, through existing
agencies of the Government,
the farm owners of the nation
will be enabled to refinance
themselves on reasonable terms,
tighten their harassing burdens,
and give them a fair oppor-
tunity to return to sound con-
ditionS.
To Extend Law
I shall presently ask for ad-
ditional legislation as a part
of the broad program. extend
ing this wholesome principle to
the small home owners of the
nation, likewise faced with this
threat.
Also, I shall ask the Congress
for legislation enabling us to
initiate practical reciprocal
tariff agreements to break
through trade barriers and
establish foreign markets for
farm and industrial products.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03

of bOOtlegging in beer, and once
it is legal, this will be unprOfit-
able, and / hope that q great
many people who have used
stronger things will be content
with legal beer, so that the
cause of temperance will be
really served.
"NO matter what the Iegisla-
tiOn; 1 myself do not drink any
thing with alcoholic content,
but that is purely an individual
thing. 1 should not dream of
imposing my own conviction on
other people as long as they live.
up to the law of our land"
Mrs. Roosevelt said she felt
that her own particular prefer
ences should not deprive her
guests or family Of the beverage
if they wished it.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
Lindys Abandon Hopewell,
Shrine of Tragedy

of it. 1t is a subject which, be-
cause of its sad associations, is
unmentiOned in the house.
"The furniture has been taken
away from HOpewell, and is in
storage some place. They are
not planning to return"
So far as friends know, the
place has not been offered for
sale. That, to Colonel Lindbergh,
would be complete reversal of
himself.
Memories too Bitter
The decision to return to Hope.
well eventually was made shortly
after the birth of the second
Lindbergh baby, in the same
spirit that the colonel exhibited
when, after crash with his then
fiance, he took her into the air
again to prove it was safe. His
is the kind of nature that
doggedly defies fate. He built
the house as a permanent home.
1t took great emotional effort to
abandon that home.
But the memories that hang
ove4 the famed house like troup
of ghosts have been too much
for the Stalwart Lindbergh and
his quiet, your5 wife.
That corner nursery room
where the baby Charles Augustus
Lindbergh, jr., slept and laughed
and was suddenly silenced could
not be used as a resting place
for little Jon Morrow Lindbergh,
who was born less than seven
months after his brothers
murder.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
BY DOROTHY DUCAS
Copyright, 1898, International News
SorVica

Copyright, 1888, International News
Service.)
ENGLEWOOD, N. j., April 3
QN.SD The big white house
that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
built for his family in HopewelI,
N. j.. has been abandoned for
good.
All the furniture has been
moved out of it. The unseeded
lawn never will be planted to
make grassy playground for
Lindbergh children.
For the famous pair whose first
born was kidnapped from that
house and murdered have decided
at last that they cannot go back.
To Reside Elsewhere
This was learned today from a
close friend of the family, follow
ing a report that Mrs. Audrey H.
Morgan, sister of Anne Lindbergh,
was looking for a house for the
Lindberghs else where in this
State. This friend said:
"The LindberghS are not 60
ing to leave the country. 1 be.
lieve they will stay right where
they are, in Mrs. Lindbergh'S
mothers home here. They have
their own wing of the house and
are very comfortable. 1t seems
to be the place for them.
eff they were going back to
HOpewell. they would have gone
by spring. 1 think they have
given up the idea of returning
to the place. They never speak
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
FIRST LADY HAS
GOWN READY

Mrs. Roosevelt isn't planning a
new Easter outfit. She says she
bought all the new clothes she
would need for "ages and ages"
when she came to Washington
and she is planning to wear that
day one of the frocks, dark
blue silk, in which she has not
yet appeared.
Speaking of Easter clothes,
Mrs. Roosevelt suggested that the
old superstition of something
new for Easter" should not be
entirely disregarded this season
by the economizing women of the
nation. She said:
81 suggest that when they do
buy something, it be reason
ably priced and that they make
an attempt to find out if the
article was made under reason
ably decent conditions"
Mrs. Roosevelt is deeply in
tereSted in working conditions for
women and is planning to attend
the conference called by the
Women's Trade Union League of
New York, on April IL. She will
not speak but is going "to hear
what is said" She is a member
of the league and also of the
Consumers League.
The latter publishes a list of
concerns where working condi-
tions for women are satisfactory.
She suggests the list might be
helpful to women who wish,
when buying, to protect their less
fortunate sisters.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
HOUSE SENDS
BEER BILL To
CONFERENCE. .
Rejects All Amendments Put In
Measure BY Senate; BIan-
ton Tries to Block 1t

The House today disagreed
to all Senate amendments and
sent the District beer bill to
conference by a vote of 1875
to $50.
Speaker Henry T. Rainey
named the following House con-
ferees, all of whom are mem.
bers of the House District Com
mittee-Mary T. Norton CD Of
New Jersey, chairman; Vincent
L. Palmisano CD of Maryland,
Loring M. Black, jr. CD of
New York, Gale H. Stalker (RD
of New York, and James L. Whit
ley RO of New York.
tn roll call vote was taken
after Representative Thomas l.
Blanton CD of Texas had used
every available parliamentary loop
hole in an effort to block the bill
and to force the Houee to agree
to Senate amendments prohibit
ing the sale of 80 per cent bev,
erages in the Capitol and Govern,
ment buildings and in beer gar
dens and barbecue, stands.
Defeated Three Times
Blanton was defeated on three
votes. First by viva voice
second by a division vote and
third by roll call.
ConfereeS are expected to meet
late today or tonight as soon as
the Senate names it's five men,
bers who will participate. 1t was
indicated that the House con-
ferees would adopt a stand pat
attitude on the Senate amend
ments prohibiting sale of the
beverages in the Capitol and
other Government buildings.
Highly Aroused
During Blanton'S command of
the situation by his parliament
tary tactics, Representative Black,
who sponsored the original
beer bill in the last Congress,
sought unsuccessfully to persuade
Blanton to recede from his atti-
tude. Blanton, however, remained
adamant.
Highly Aroused
At the time he offered his orig
inal objections to Chairman Nor.
tons request he was in the we'll
of the House chamber, having
just completed a speech to correct
(Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
ALLEN LYNCH.
DIES FROM
WOUNDS
Japanese Taxi Man Beaten
BY Mystery Man Sought
BY Police Probers

In a row with the husband
Of his 19-year-old sister, Allen
Lynch, 26, was shot and
fatally wounded early today
at the husbands home in the
100 block Of 18th st. N. w.
Lynch, who went to the house
with another brother in the belief
that the husband had been mis-
treating their sister, became in
volved in an argument which led
to the shooting. He died several
hours later in Emergency Hos
pital.
Husband Held
Melvin Theodore Salter,, the
husband, is being held for the
Coroner's jury,
According to police, about four
months ago, Salter, "a, of the 100
block Thirteenth st. N. W., was
married to the girl, Martha
Georgia. Salter, 10, who halls
from nearby Virginia.
Mrs. Salter is the sister of Al
len Lynch, of the 1000 block Thir-
teenth st. N. W., and Somer
Lynch, 1000 block Eighteenth St.
N, w.
Kin Visit Salter Home
The brothers, police said, early
today went to Salter's home in
the HOO block Thirteenth st.
N. w.
They were said to have been
driven there in an automobile by
Tame Shima, Japanese, 33, of
the 1400 block Thirty-fifth st.
N. w.
In an argument at the house,
Allen Lynch, 26, was shot in the
head with .25-caliber pistol held
by Salter, police say, and was
taken to Emergency Hospital in
q serious condition.
Shima was attacked several
times with a stick by a man who
was at the house with Mr.. and
Mrs. Salter. This man escaped
and is now sought by police.
Shima Arrested
Shima was given, first aid at
Emergency Hospital and later was
held at the Second Precinct sta
tion for investigation.
Mrs. Salter and Somer Lynch
are also held.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
T0DAY'S SCRATCHES
TANFORAN

TANFORAN
Weather, clear:. track, fast.
SECOND RACE-HIt thp Deck,
FIFTH RACE-Play Bird.
SEVENTH RAC~Chepera.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
Text of Message On
Mortgage Relief

Foong President message Congress
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
2B|LL|ONS
IN BONDS
o BACK
PROGRAM
President Indicates He Will
Ask Power to Dicker for
Drop in Trade Barriers

President Roosevelt today
moved to relieve the Ameri-
can farmer from the burden
of his mortgages.
In a special message to Con-
gress he asked for legislation to
permit the refinancing of this
type of Indebtedness with a re-
duction of interest rates and "a
temporary readjustment Of amor
tization."
At the same time, Mr.. Roosevelt
indicated he would ask Congress
shortly for legislation enabling
this government to initiate "prac.
tical tariff agreements to break
through trade barriers and estab'
lish foreign markets for farm
and industrial products"
$4,000, 100000 Bond Issue
simultaneously with the mes
sage, legislation was introduced
providing for a Federal bond
issue of $4,000 ,0OO, 900 to refinance
the mortgages.
The bill would authorize the
Federal Farm Loan Commissioner
to refinance farm mortgages by
issuing new mortgages and giving
Federal Land Bank bonds to
mortgages in exchange for old
mortgages. The bonds would bear
4 per cent interest, guaranteed BY
the Government.
A scaling down of farm mort
cages was proposed by giving the
mortgage new mortgage either
for the unpaid balance of the
old mortgage or a sum equal to
so per cent of the normal value
of the mortgaged lands plus 20
per cent of the value Of improve
ments as valued in present day
appraiSement.
Interest Rate Cut
The benefit to farmer would
lie in an amortization Of his
mortgage Indebtedness over a 30
year period. The interest rate
on the new mortgage would be
AZ per cent as compared with
6, 7 and per cent at present.
The bill would appropriate
$50, 100000 for the Secretary Of
the Treasury to purchase new
stock in the Federal land banks.
This fund would start the re-
financing operations pending sale
of the propose new bonds.
which would carry per cent in
tereSt.
Prrvision was made for new
loans to farmers at AZ per cent
interest. These loans would be
permitted only in sections where
no farm loan association existed.
The borrower incidentally would
have to purchase SIS worth of stock
in the Federal Land Bank for
each 500 borrowed.
The bill arried one SETON on.
templating the volontary liqoida-
ton of joint stok land banks.
They were forbidden to issue any
new tax-exempt bonds hereafter
except to refinane loans or bond
issues.
r. F. C. to Figure
The r. F. C. was directed to
set aside $1O0,OO0,0OO for loans
to these banks to help them AIRY
mortgages but only on ondition
that they redue the interest rate
on outstanding mortgages to 5
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
THE WEATHER

Cloudy and slightly cooler, possibly light rain
tonight; Tuesday fair; gentle to moderate
winds, mostly westerly.
Temperature yesterday-Highest, II; lowest,
So. C932-Highest, "a; lowest, 41.)
Humidity yesterday-Highest, 90; lowest, IS.
Full Weather Report on Page 2.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
BOIUerS Nominated
To Be EnUOY to Spain

Claude G. Bowers, widely known
journalist and orator, whose
editorials appear daily in The
Washington Times, was today
nominated as Ambassador to
Spain. President Roosevelt sent
his nomination to the Senate this
afternoon. along with that of
Sumner Welles to be Assistant
Secretary of State. Welles
occupied a similar post in the
Wilson administration.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03
Young Lloyd George
Divorced BY Wife

LONDON, April 3 G.N.SO-A
divorce decree was granted today
to Mrs. Roberta Lloyd George,
wife Of the former British prime
minister's eldest son, Major Rich.
ard Lloyd George. Mrs. Lloyd
George accused her husband Of
misconduct with an unknown
woman" in a London hotel. The
suit was not defended.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-24

Lake Naivaslla, in East Africa, is II
miles long, IL miles wide. and has no
visible outlet, being entirely surround
ed by mountains. It never floods. al
though there are two rivers which
daily pour into 1t more water than is
taken away by surface evaporation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-24
Tax Commissioner

Though born in Canada. ]. ].
Weeks, North Dakota tax commits
sioner, has lived in this state more
than so years. He practiced. law at
Bottineau for many years.
For 16 years he was states attorney
Of Bottineau county. Weeks Is We
teran Of the Spanish american war
and Is a member Of the Masonic lodge
at Bottineau and Ken Temple Of York
Rite Masonry at Grand Forks.
Mrs. Weeks still resides in Bottin-
eau but will move to Bismarck In the
near future when Mr.. Weeks ar.
ranges for a residence here. Theft
son, Maurice Weeks, at present 4
practicing law at Bottineau. Also Al
Bottineau Is James J. Weeks, Jr., an.
other son, who last spring was grad.
uated from the journalism depart
ment at the University Of Minnesota
Mr.. and Mrs. Weeks have two
daughters. Miss Frances Weeks, WHIT
is q teacher at Mott, and Miss Mar.
garet Weeks, who Is dietician In .
hospital at st. Paul.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-24
RUGBY Lions issue
| DISTRICT CHALLENGE
Expect to Have Highest Per-
{, csntags Of Members At
Convention Here

Rugby's Lions club expects to have
a higher percentage Of its members
here for the district convention Of the
club in June than any other club in
the district, O. o. Troyer, president
Of the Rugby organization. told men,
bers of the Bismarck Lions club at
their luncheon meeting Monday noon.
Troyer issued q challenge to all
other clubs in the district In an at
tendance contest.
F. H. Hankins, Lion from Lidger-
wood, promised the Bismarck club
that his organization would have q
good representation here for the gath
ering.
Other guests at the luncheon in
Guided A. p. Primising and r. g. Hill
lizard. Lions from Lidgerood; James
D. Gronna. Bismarck, deputy inter-
nal revenue collector: and Oscar Wal
stead, employee of the state highway
department here.
w. S. Ayers. chairman Of the gen.
eral committee on arrangements, re-
viewed plans for the convention,
which will be held June 8, and 8. He
read a letter from Rev. w. Murray
Allan, Grand Forks, district governor,
in regard to the convention and called
attention Of club members to q zone
conference Of the club at Fargo May
4. He urged Bismarck Lions to attend
the conference and several indicated
that they would.
Roy Neff was program chairman.
Two songs were presented by the
Lions club trio. including Henry Hal
version. A. p. Simon and E. b. Klein.
A. A. Doerner was accompaniSt.
F.. E. McCurdy gave a short talk
on cleanup week and lauded the Boy
Scouts for their assistance in the pro-
gram and other activities.
Several members of the local club
will 60 to Watford City Tuesday eve
ming. to attend an installation pro-
gram Of Lions club in that city.