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The Washington times., 1933-09-13
THE LADIES'" FIRST NOVEL
Stanley Hopkins, Its
Author, Reared
Near Here

Stanley Hopkins, who was reared
in the vicinity of Washington and
whose family still lives here, is the
author of "The Ladies'" her first
novel, which will be published by
Harper & Brothers September q.
She was born in Staunton, Va,
and grew up in Baltimore, where
she attended Bryn Mawr and later
sweet Briar College. She spent
the years from 1922 to 1926 abroad
and in 1926 married Robert Kings
ley Hopkins, an engineer who was
in Germany on business. She now
lives on Staten Island.
Her novel has won the praise
of Sinclair Lewis. Fannie Hurst,
Dorothy Garfield and Harry Han
sen.
She is working on another novel
but work is being held up at the
moment because one of the chill
dren has broken the typewriter"
She is the niece of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Charming Johnson, 1900
block Wyoming Ave. N. w, and Of
Miss Anne Magill Fauntleroy, 100
block Church St. N. w.. and of
Mrs. Powell Conrad Fauntleroy
and the late Colonel Fauntleroy,
of the Brighton Hotel. She is a
relative of DR.. and Mrs. Radford
Brown, 1900 block P st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
|NSUR|NGBANKS
SPEEDED Up
BY International News Service

by international News Service
The three finance agencies Of
the Government, the R. F.. c.,
the Treasury and the newly
named Bank Deposits Insurance
Corporation, have begun prelimi-
nary work leading to operation Of
the Deposits Insurance machine
by January !, President Roose-
velt announced today.
The objective is to have as
many banks as possible insured
by January /.
The three finance agencies are
busy collecting information on
the condition of all banks in the
United States. AS fast as this
comes in, it will determine which,
if any, banks need additional
capital. Then the communities
in which these banks are located
will be asked to do their part in
providing this additional capital.
When President Roosevelt is
satisfied that each community has
done it's share and that this is
not enough, then the R. F. C.
will provide the additional
amount. In this connection, it
was pointed out, very few Fed
eral Reserve Banks need any
emergency help.
The various Federal finance
agencies will try to bring about
consolidation and mergers in
localities where there are OBJ
viously too many banks.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
SEAL PROBES hNTER OCNNG MARYLAND MILK CONTROL
'Back Patting''
Costs County
Man SIS

It's an accepted trait Of
human nature that everyone
likes to be patted on the back,
but william E. Howes, of SUM-
shine, Md, will probably
manhandle the next person
who tries it on him-particu-
larry If the person happens to
be a Gypsy.
Howes was working in the
field near his home yesterday
afternoon when a carload OF
Gypsies drove up. A woman in
the party approached HoweS
and wanted to tell his fortune.
Once before Gypsies had tried
it on him and departed with
his bank-roll, so Howes would
have none of it.
Discouraged, but not de-
feated, the Gypsy began pat
ting Howes on the back and
shoulders, evidently with the
idea of making her sales talk
more convincing. Still Howes
was adamant.
Finally the palmist departed
and had not gone 500 feet
when Howes missed his bill
fold containing $18.
He shouted and gave chase,
but the dark limousine bearing
Illinois license plates faded in
the distance.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
BOWMAN STOCK
OWNERSHIP
CHECKED
Cleveland Farms and National
Dairies' "Tie-up" Hinted;
Seal Now in Baltimore

An effort to learn the present
ownership of 4,490 shares of
stock in the Cloverland Farms
Dairy which were owned by the
late Charles Bowman at the
time of his death, was begun
today by Elwood H. Seal, counsel
for the Senate Milk Committee.
Bowman owned the shares at
the time he sold the Western
Maryland-Fairfield Dairy to the
National Dairy Products Corpora
ton, Seal said.
Studies "Tie.Up"
He continued to own the
Cloverland stock and at the same
time to serve as a director of
National Diaries until his death
several weeks ago. Seal is study
ing these facts in an effort to
show a "tie-up" between the
Cloverland Farms and Maryland
Fairfield Farms Diaries.
Seal today went to Baltimore to
confer with Samuel M. Shoe
maker, president of the board of
regents of the University of Mary
land. Shoemaker is said to have
recommended DR.. Clyde King,
now an arbitrator in the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration,
as arbitrator in the Washington
Baltimore milk markets in 1929.
Force To Join
j. While he was holding this post,
et was charged recently before the
subcommittee, he attempted to
fix retail milk prices here.
~ It also was revealed today by
Seal that dairy farmers in
Loudoun and Fairfax counties and
in several Maryland counties are
forming protective committees to
combat alleged lawless tactics of
the Maryland-Virginia Milk Pro-
ducers Association. Officials of the
association have been accused of
forcing farmers to join and then
paying them low prices for their
milk,
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
NRA CHECKS Up
ON NEW JOBS
DUE OCT.1
1854 D. C. Firms Now Under
Blue Eagle; Buying Gives
Recovery Fine Impetus

Washington business houses to
the number of 1854 have &C.
accepted the NRA program, and
the drive comittee is now making
canvass to determine how
many new jobs have thus been
provided.
A QUESTIONABLE, which will first
be sent to business establishments
employing 20 or more persons,
will ask how many workers have
been taken on the payrolls since
July l and how many will oe
added on october l. It will also
ask how much payrolls have been
increased.
Buying Is Help
Calls will also be made on those
who are not yet under the Blue
Eagle to discover why they are not
on the list.
Two Cabinet members last night
cited benefits that have already
accrued through the NRA.
In an address to the meeting Of
the Affiliated Better Business Bu-
reaus, at the Shoreham, Secretary
of Commerce Roper said that buy
ing is giving an impetus to NRA.
More in Schools
He warned, however, that con-
slant vigilance and cooperation
will be needed for recovery, and
that progress cannot be made if
the laws embodying the national
program are violated.
Secretary of Labor Perkins,
speaking to newspaper representa-
tives, said that the NRA will bring
more children back to school, but
that the Federal Government must
guard against malnutrition of
these children. About one-fifth
of all school children, she said,
are affected, and a conference to
combat malnutrition will be held
here october 6.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
F OWL HUNTING
FEE IS CUT

Short-term nonresident hunt
ing licenses, at one-third the cost
Of regular nonresident licenses,
are now available for the ap-
preaching waterfowl season, it is
announced from the office Of the
clerk of the Circuit Court at Up
per Marlboro.
The licenses are good for five
days, and their use is a solution
for the hunter who does not want
to pay $3.50 for a seasons Ii
cense. Yesterday nine had been
issued.
Over ATS county licenses for all
kinds of hunting have been is
sued for the year ending next
June, it was said.
The season for shooting Squir-
rels opens Friday and closes Oc-
tober IS, opening again November
Is and until December 81.
Greater and lesser yellowlegs can
be hunted until September 80,
subject to Federal regulation;
rails and railbirds until October
81, and jacksnipes from Novem-
ber ! to January 81.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
TWO FACE TRIAL
IN RUM RAID

-- James F. Brown. Al. Marshall
Corner, Md, and William Taylor,
as, Ponfret, Md, both colored,
were turned over for Federal
Court action on liquor charges
by U. S. Commissioner j. Frank
Parran yesterday.
A third colored man. Andrew
Pryor, 26, Marshall Corner, was
released.
Federal agents arrested the
men September /, in a raid near
Bryans Road, Charles county, in
which a 150-gallon still was con-
fiscated, along with 1000 gallons
Of rye whisky mash and IL gal
Ions of white whisky.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
Chest Unit Headed
Bu COrcOr0n Thorn

Corcoran Thorn will be chair.
man of the special gifts units of
the Community Chest campaign,
it was announced today by Frank
j. Hogan, chairman of the gen.
eral campaign committee. Mr..
Thorn, president of the American
Security and Trust Company, has
had a great deal of experience
in social welfare work, having
been a board member of the
Associated Charities, Holiday
House and the Citizens Relief
Committee,
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
Falls Church PIT. A.
ChQirn1en Are Chosen

Appointment of com m i t tie e
chairmen for the Falls Church
Parent Teacher Association was
announced today by Mrs. Lester
Powell, president. They are:
Mrs. w. Carson Ryan, program;
Mrs. w. L. Covington, ways and
means; Mrs. Macon Ware, grounds
and property: Mrs. Albert Lester,
publicity; Mrs. Charles E. Kel.
logg, publications; Mrs. c. A. Ran.
som, welfare; Mrs. j. o. Bellies, Ii.
brary; Mrs. j. st. Claire Cooke,
membership; Mrs. D. j. Shear, so.
cial; Mrs. j. V. Brown, music, and
Miss Nancy G. Edwards, hospital
itY.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13

About 100000 years ago,
when a certain large turtle was
crawling about in prehistoric
slime, it probably had no idea
that in 1888 AID. science would
call it MIRA, in honor of the
national industrial recovery act.
In those days, when dinosaurs,
pterodactyls and ring-tailed wam-
pus cats occupied the earth, the
only depression" was the one
of sand into which MIRA the
turtle fell, to become a fossil.
And NIRA's only recovery"
came in 1880, when a National
Museum expedition lead by DR..
C. w. Gilmore, chief of the Sec
ton of paleontology, recovered
him from his geologic resting
place.
The naming of MIRA came
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
10000 From District
Visit ChicQ0O Fair

Century of Progress in Chicago
announced t h al approximately
10000 Washingtonians have Wis
tied the fair, according to a tabu-
lation made by the official regis.
tration bureau of the exposition.
Naturally; the State of Illinois
leads the list with 3,675, 900 visi-
tors, with Indiana and Ohio, Sec
ond and third. Wisconsin, New
York, Michigan. Pennsylvania,
California, Texas and Iowa follow
in that order.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
Bids on Avenue Job
To Be ODened buU. s.

Bids for widening and paving
Constitution Avenue from the
Navy Building to Arlington Me.
mortal Bridge, providing the lat
ter with its first adequate ap-
proach from the Washington end,
will be opened by H. j. Spelman.
principal highway engineer for the
Bureau of Public Roads, in the
Winder Building tomorrow at II
a. m.
The project will give employ.
ment to 100 men for several
months and entail an expenditure
of public works funds of approx.
mately 100000.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
Alexandria Strike
Ends in COMPROMISE

Pacified with compromise un-
It'll their NRA code is adopted, the
100 employees of the Century Man
ufacturing Company, Of Alexan'
dria, who make work shirts, quit
their strike yesterday.
The new wage scale provides
for a minimum of So a week, ex"
cept for beginners, and a piece
work rate that allows workers to
make SO or more, depending on
their speed. The NRA wage
would be $l2.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13

about today under unusual cir
cumstances.
DR.. Gilmore was showing a
reporter from The Washington
Times a collection of approx
mately As fossil tortoises, gath
cred by the 1880 expedition in
southwest Wyoming. Pointing to
one 14-inch long petrified shell,
DR.. Gilmore said:
"This is a new species Of the
genus Echmatemys, as yet un.
named"
The reporter gulped.
"Echma-Echma-"
But the word was too much
for him. It takes the larynx of
a scientist to handle a cognomen
like that.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
KIN Of HARDING
LEAVES j. 8.

DR.. Warren G. Harding I'd,
nephew Of, the late President
Harding, will sail from Los Ange-
les, Calf, for Sydney. Australia,
September 20 to take up duties as
staff physician and surgeon at the
Seventh Day Adventist SAM.
tarium there, it was announced to-
day at the general conference Of
the Seventh Day Adventists, Ia
koma Park, Md.
DR.. Harding qualified to prac-
tice medicine in British posses
sions at the Royal College Of Ply
sicians, Edinburgh, Scotland, about
a year ago. Prior to that he stud
led at the Washington Missionary
College, Takoma Park, and at Ohio
State University.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13

Then inspiration struck him.
He said:
"Dr. Gilmore, why not call
this species MIRA, after the
national industrial recovery
act?"
The paleontologist looked
puzzled, then smiled, and said:
Cali right, but want it un-
derStOOd that you are the per.
son who did the naming.
Henceforth science will know
this extinct tortoise as Ech.
matemys Mira"
For your information, Echma-
temys is pronounced ek-mah-tee-
mees, with the accent on the
"tee." And Mira is pronounced
Mira,
The Washington times., 1933-09-13

Miss Sallie Cissel, Mrs. NJ. B. Van
Wagner, Mrs. Jonathon Burnes,
Mrs. George Hall, Mrs. T. C. Tay-
lor, Mrs. c. F. Myers, Mrs. May
Souder, Mrs. Alan Neuman, and
Mrs. S. S. Belt.
The society is planning a dinner
Tuesday night, for the benefit of
the church.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES

The Rev. w. L. Turley, pastor
Of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church,
will preach tonight at Simpson
Memorial M. E. Church. The
services are part of the twenty
ninth anniversary program
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
RectOr's Aid Group
Admits 10 Members

Ten new members have 'ust
been initiated into the Rector's
Aid Society of the Church of the
Ascension, Silver Spring, Md.
They are Mrs. j. R. Crockett,
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
All CLUB TO MEET

The Takoma Park All Club will
meet Friday night in the home Of
Mrs. George Robertson.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13

buy In September and Buy American"
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
SPECIAL GUARD
FOLLOWS NY.
SLAY|NG
ReprisaI Danger Stirs Local
Chinese to Caution of
Asking Protection

The 800 block of H Street North
west, Washington's Chinatown, is
being given special police protec-
tion following an outbreak Of tong
trouble in New York.
A member of the On Leong
Tong in New York last week was
slain by a Chinese identified as
one of the Hip Sing Tong and
reprisals are feared here.
The On Leong Tong numbers
among its members local mer-
chants while the Hip Sing Tong
is represented by laundry men
and restaurant employees largely.
On Leong leaders said they ex-
pect no local outbreak but told
police precautionary measures
might be advisable.
Several years ago heavy police
details patroled the Chinese sec.
ton when it was located on lower
Pennsylvania Avenue, following a
series of tong outbreaks.
Most of the former residents
Of lower Pennsylvania Avenue,
since the demolition of buildings
there, have moved to H Street.
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
MAYOR WILL SEE
TOURNAMENT

Mayor Howard w. Jackson, Of
Baltimore, will lend political color
tomorrow to the Southern Mary
land Day tournament, as several
thousand residents Of the five
counties gather at Upper Mari.
boro to see the annual fete.
Gov. Albert c.. Ritchie, likewise
invited, will not appear, it was
previously said. The eact that
these two may be opposed for the
governorship in the coming State
campaign, however. may lead
Governor Ritchie to come for a
short time as he has before, after
refusing, on learning that Mayor
jackson is attending.
The colorful gathering will
witness some 80 knights partici-
pating in the games. with Sen
ator Pat McCarran, of Nevada,
delivering the charge to the
knights. At night festivities in
Trinity Hall, Representative John
Phillip Hill, of Baltimore, will
lead the coronation exercises.
The event is being sponsored by
the Upper Marlboro Volunteer
Firemen and will begin at 2
p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
VIRGINIA VOTES
FOR GOVERNOR
IN PRIMARY
George 7. Peery Due TO Win
Democratic Nomination;
Backed by H. F. Byrd

Virginia Democrats today are
choosing candidate for governor
who will run in the November
election. Three candidates are in
the field, Judge George T. Peery,
of TazWell, Va; State Senator w.
Worth Smith, Of Louisa, and
former Representative Joseph T.
Deal. of Norfolk.
Unless there is an unexpected
upset. Peery will win the election
by large majority. The runner.
up in the contest is still unde-
cided. Senator Smith seems as
sured Of a good vote in the old
Eighth district. which elected his
brother, Howard w. Smith, to
Congress. Save in Richmond and
the district he apparently has
little strength.
Deal is strong in Norfolk but it
is none of that spontaneous
strength that sent him in to Con-
gress for several terms. Old-tim-
ers will vote for the former Repre-.
sentative but the younger genera
ton is not favorable to him and
it is expected he will not fare as
we'll as expected in his home
territory.
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
Montgomery Bar Seeks
Clash on Diamond

Baseball is at a feyer-pitch in
Montgomery county.
Hardly had THE Old-Timers"
of Rockville and Gaithersburg
played a 3-3 tie, before the
county police played the Rock
vile Volunteer Firemen. Saturday,
in a game which the fire laddies
won, 14-10.
On the heels Of that game comes
a challenge to the firemen as win
ners, from Kenneth Lyddane,
Rockville attorney, who signs him.
self as chief counsel for the Mont
gomery County Bar Association,
which Graves action on the ball
field.
Written in legal terminology,
the challenge says in part:
1--WE pledge that any answer
to this challenge will not be held
against you as direct evidence.
We will issue no writs of habeaS
corpus and orders Of restraint.
Everything will be conducted on
strictly ethical and legal grounds
in SO far as lawyers can be ex-
pected to govern their distorted
viewpoint. If the game should
result in q fracaS we promise
than any criminal action will
be nOlle pressed and in this we
have the pledged cooperation
of the States Attorneys office.
in the prosecution of the pro-
posed contest we definitely and
unequivOcably promise that the
defense will rest after each in
ming. AS umpireS we suggest a
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
1G WAR FEARS DRAW POLICE TO DISTRICT CHINATOWN
office That's
Not Rushed

One of the most prominent
office-holders in Upper Marl-
bcro doesn't think much Of
these reports about crowded
Home Loan offices.
AS a member of the Prince
Georges commission in charge
of the work, Brice Bowie, clerk
of the Circuit Court, was
named to handle applications
under the act for the Marlboro
area to save citizens a long
trip to the county office at
Hyattsville.
To date he has received a
half-dozen applications, all Of
which, he said, had more rela-
ton to the farm loan Set-up
than to the home loan idea.
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
LUtherQnS to Hold
Meet at Frederick

The twelfth annual convention
of the Luther League Of the
Evangelical Lutheran synod Of
Maryland will be held September
2. 3 and 4 at Frederick. The
convention will be attended by
delegates from Lutheran churches
in Washington.
The Rev. DR.. Henry w. Snyder,
of this city. will be one of the
principal speakers at the session.
Delegates are invited to COM
municate with Miss Mae Mercer,
convention registrar, at Frederick.
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
Alexandria GrOcerS
PrepGre Code Draft

Over three-score Alexandria
grocers met last night in the
Jewish synagogue to consider a
code for their business under the
recover plan. They will submit
a plan to a mass meeting of the
retail merchants of the city to-
morrow evening at the Virginia
Public Service auditorium when
code prepared by the board OF
the Retail Merchants Association
also will be presented for discus
sion.
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
D|ET|ST QUITS
LARGER LIFE

DR.. Alice M. Caporn, who has
been acting in an advisory capac-
ity as physical culturist and diet
specialist at the camp main
tanned by the League for Larger
Life on Chesapeake Bay, has
voluntarily severed her connec-
ton there.
According to Guy H. Gerald,
chairman of a committee ap-
pointed to investigate charges
that members of the camp were
bathing in the nude, DR.. Caporn
Is an avowed adherent of The
nudist cult. He said:
members Of the league feel
that DIR. CapOrn is entirely sim
cere in her attitude on the sub
ject. Our theories, however, do
not coincide and she herself
felt it wise to reliyquiSh her
position at the camp. There
were no hard feelings and we
parted the best of friends"
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
COUNTY WHEAT
BOARD NAMED

An advisory committee to
serve with hin1' in an advisory
capacity in initiating the wheat
allotment campaign for Mont
gomery county was named today
by o. w. Anderson, county
agent.
The committee, which holds
it's first meeting today in Mr..
Anderson's office, includes:
w. w. Hodges, of Boyd, for
the Barnesville district; J. Furr
White, of Poolesville, for the
Poolesville district; Thomas C.
Darby, Of Germantown, for the
Darnestown district; Walter Ma,
gruder, of Gaithersburg, for the
Gaithersburg district; r. L.
Hickerson, of Germantown, for
the Clarksburg district; Ulysses
Griffith, 4th, Of Gaithersburg,
for the Damascus and Laytons-
vile districts; j. w. Jones, Of
Olney, for the Olney district,
Robert Miller, Of Spencerville. for
the Colesville district, and Ches-
ter F. Clagett, of Rockville, for
Rockville, Potomac and Bethesda
districts.
Mr.. Anderson said that, while
the committee is a temporary
one pending the appointment of
a board of directors, the work
which they will do is of great
Importance as it lays the foun-
dation for the later results.
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
Police Seek Identity
Of Victim of Train

With only a laundry mark and
the name "Brandmasher" printed
in ink on a shirt, Prince Georges
county police today were still at
tempting to identify the body of
an aged man found lying on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad d
tracks at HyattSville yesterday
morning.
The man had either been
struck or fallen from a train.
He was badly crushed. The body
is at the Francis GaSch under.
taking parlors. No inquest will
be held.
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
Drama Guild Plans
Play Writing Contest

The Drama Guild Of Washing
ton will sponsor a citywide one
act play writing contest this sea-
son, according to an announce
ment today. Three prizes will be
awarded to contestants and their
plays will be presented by the
Guild players.
Rules for the contest will be
announced soon, it was said, and
the contest will last until Janu-
ary Is, 1884. Mrs. w. j. Peters,
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith and DR..
Dewitt c. Croissant compose the
committee in charge. The Drama
Guild session will open early in
November,
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
Young Democratic
Club Plans Report

The Young Democratic Club, of
Arlington county, Va, will hold a
special called meeting Thursday
night in Democratic headquarters
in Clarendon, it was announced
today.
The group will draft a report OF
the club to the State convention,
which will be held in Richmond,
August 16.
The Washington times., 1933-08-01
PARDON HINTED
# B|GAN|ST
AIDS No. 8
Witt Sentenced to 3 Years,
But May Get Chance to
Support Third Family

Joseph Witt, 33, suave and
good-looking husband of four
wives, was sentenced to- serve
three years in the Maryland pen
itentiary today by Judge Joseph
c. Mattingly in Circuit Court at
Upper Marlboro.
Judge Mattingly told the pris-
oner the court may recommend
him for a pardon when he frees
himself from three Of the wives
so he could care for the three
children by wife No. 3, La
Vaughan Nairn, of Capitol Heights.
She was the only wife to appear
in the court.
States Attorney Allan Bowie,
who had said wife No. 2, Sere-
fina Witt, of New York city,
would also be brought into the
case, today told the court he
did not think her appearance
necessary.
Eager For Chance
The man, who did not have a
lawyer, said to Judge Mattingly
when asked for a statement:
'T am sorry it happened.
Three months in prison have
changed me quite q lot. 1
really wish there was something
1 could do to make up for it
and 1 would like a chance to
prove it."
The man, known as John Amos
Witt, was charged with bigamy
by the May term of the Grand
Jury. He was arrested in Nor
folk, May 81, and yesterday he
sent word to Sheriff w. Curtis
Hipkins that he wished to plead
guilty.