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ing at the age of II; fired from a job for asking more pay when 16; in business for himself at l9;;= mar ried and home-owner at 21.
 Son of Miner
 Born the son of a miner May g, 1873, at Kladno, a small town about 50 miles from Prague in what was then Boh e m a.. now Czechoslavakia, Cermak was brought to the United States. when he was less than a year old. The family settled in the coal mining com munity of Braidwood, H., and as a boy Cermak drove mine, mules or swung doors on the various levels. Summers he worked on Illinois farms, . ss
 At 17 be trudged off to Chicago, finding employment as cowboy for the, street car company and saving enough to embark in a modest business for himself-hauling away waste food of the International Harvester Company and selling it to poor families. |
 He supplemented his. country town schooling with night school work during this period, continuing on through night business college.
 Within five years he had run his wood hauling project into a pros pering coal and teaming business employing 40 men, and had begun accommodating a few corner lots which in another decade led to establishment of a real estate busi- ness that demanded all his time except that which he was giving, now in steadily increasing measure, to politics. From real estate he eventually stepped into banking, establishing two home loan asso- citation" banks. {
 Works Way Upward
 | Gaining political recognition first as a leader of young people of his own nationality in the Chicago stockyards district, Cermak worked his way through the usual minor elective offices until he became President of the Board of Com missioners of Cook County, about two-thirds of whose people are resi- dents of Chicago.
 The board had republican ma- jority, and faced deficit of $2,- 100000. Cermak persuaded the ma jority to adopt his program, wiped out the deficit and. in his tenure of 8 years, built up system of forest preserves and public parks fringing the city on the west from north to, south. He was also cred- ited with making the county, hos
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The barometc n the of AL aska southeast Alaska the Te Southeast Alaska portion of the Gulf Alaska moderately high in North western Canada with clear ing Sea coast Temperatures Central Alaska and the eastern portion Gulf fNl vs44
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BRIDGE AND SUPPER GIVEN IN HONOR OF
 MISS P. REINHART I

In honor of Miss Pauline Rein hart whose birthday it was, Mrs. Ray c. Day entertained number of friends last evening with a bridge and birthday supper.
 Mrs. Day was assisted by Miss Alice Palmer and Miss Enid Burns in serving the declicious supper following an evening at bridge. The table was attractively decorated in pastel shades with lovely cen terpiece of hyacinths, and large birthday cake was given place Of prominence in front of the guest of honor.
 The other guests wer Mrs. Lance Hendriekson, Mrs. O. E.. Rice, Mrs. c. P. Jenne and the. Misses Alleine Apland, Mariette Shaw, Mary Ko- lasa, Ann Easton, Mable Monson, Marjorie Tillotson, Helen Starr, Helen Gray. Elma Olson, Blanche Turner and Ernestine Pulver.
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pitaI, the tuberculosis hospital and the children's hospital, among the most complete of their kind in the world. .as ,s.,
 AS Mayor he was called upon to act as official host to the two national political conventions in 1892 and to try to bring order out of chaos in the city's finances. His efforts along these lines almost ex- hausted him and he was forced to take a trip abroad. He went to his native Czechoslovakia, but re- ceived so much attention there that be had, perforce, to go to Austria for the rest he sought.
 Cermak's wife. who was Mary Horejs of Chicago, died three years before he attained the Mayoralty. They had three daughters.
 Attended to Business
 Never a "colorful" figure. Ger mak won deep-rooted popularity through strict attention to busi- ness. He had none of the theat- ricals or flamboyance of his pre- decessor in the Mayors chair, yet he was a forceful speaker.
 The platform from which ne stepped into the Mayors office was composed of such blanks as sweep the city hall clean," restore Chicago's standing before the world" and a vigorous champion ship of personal liberty, which in- cluded anti-Prohibition, sentiments. Hels always described himself as "wettest of the dripping vets" Among Cermak's first acts as Mayor were the wholesale discharge of 5000 city hall employees and the appointment of an official "city greeter," with white automobile and motorcycle escort, to represent
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A Peruvian aear Colombian n the predicted clash bewee
 
 heavy fighting captured the town of Taapaca Leticia the katched shows territory dispute Dotted section the 1920 Below ft) Colombia and President Luis M Sanchez cerro of Peru Associated Press Phoo)
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PROCLAMATION ISSUED SUNDAY
 BY ROOSEVELT
President Takes Actio n Calling for Embargo
 on Gold Exports

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MT. Helgesen temporary clerk. MT. was then elected Speak CT and MT. Helgesen, Clerk and adjournment was taken until p. m. ..,
 Action on the remainder of the House employees was expected to be taken after it reconvened this afternoon, as. the entire slate was reported to have been agreed upon,
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Classified ads pay.
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Read the ads as carefully as you read the news articles.
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M'DONALD HEADS HOUSE,SHATTUCk IN I HE SENATE
Eleventh Alaska Legisla- ture Meets I oday and
 Completes Organization

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EXECUTIVE OF CHICAGO DIES
 EARLY TODAY
Comes While Pa
 tient in State of Coma, ',si Miami Hospital ieA

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assumed that redemption of currency in gold by the Treas ury would be suspended dur ing the holiday.
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The Washington times., 1933-04-11

Pennoyer asked Wiley if he had
noticed any abnormal electrical
action on the ship during her last
flight. Wiley said:
"NOthing that surprised me.
AT times we heard the thunder
crashes a second after the
flashes of lightning. At times
the flashes blinded us in the
control car. 1 think / can
venture the opinion that the
ship discharged lightning like
. cloud. 1t is perfectly possible
we were struck by lightning
without any damage"
Wiley explained that to avoid
lightning damage, a dirigible
should haul in its antennae and
keep away from high, sharp struc.
lures or mountains.
Denial was made by Wiley that
the mishap to the Akron last year,
when the wind dashed it against
its hangar as it was about to take
O party of Congressman aloft, had
left the air-liner. permanently in.
3ured.
Overlooking Denied
Wiley also denied that the
Akron was overloaded on the
night Of April 3.
Revising his opinion Of yester-
day, Wiley said he now is con-
The Washington times., 1933-04-11
PAY.
ASSA|LED BY
FIRST LADY
Time to Awaken Women to
Plight of Garment Workers,
She Says in N. Y. Speech

NEW YORK, April II G.N.S0.
"This Is the psychological time
to awaken women to the dis
tressing situation garment work
ers confront today"
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
speaking at a conference Of the
Women's Trade Union League
here, thus spoke today.
Her Personal View
The conference was called to
discuss a plan to combat the ris'
ing tide Of sweatshop conditions
under which women are working
for 81 or So a week. Mrs. Roose'
velt said:
81 am speaking as an indi-
vidual and not as the wife Of
the President and / want that
very carefully understood.
81 have felt for a long time
that any movement of this kind,
to be successful, must have the
backing Of the mass Of the
women. 1 do not question that
employers are as interested In
good wages and conditions aS
employees, because intelligent
employers know today that their
greatest market is the workers"
II do not question the fact
that the average woman iS
really interested, however, we
need better organization in the
labor group and employees and
employers. 1t is a question Of
seIf-interest.
"This is our real hope today,
because the public is suffering
from the depression and for the
first time to show the public
how to think on economic sub
jects. So now is the time to
show the public how they would
benefit if working people had
good conditions.
"YOu can agree on q label
for the dresses, of course, but
if nobody asks for the labels in
the stores it won't do the least
bit of good. You have got to
sell the labels to remedy cOndi-
tiOnS.''
GOODBY TO SON
Mrs. Roosevelt left the meeting
Immediately after her speech and
hurried to Grand Central Station
to bid her son, John, farewell on
his return trip to school. Earlier
today Mrs. Roosevelt saw her
other son, Franklin, jr., off by
motor.
The Presidents wife wore a
dark blue coat with gray fox col
lar and a brimmed blue straw hat.
She was warmly greeted at the
conference because Of her long in
terest in women's working condi-
tions and especially the needle
trade, conditions which, accord.
ing to Miss Rose Schneiderman,
president of the league, match the
conditions which led UP to the
strike of the Shirt-waist makers
in 1909.
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MOFFETT BODY
HERE;FUNERAL
ON THURSDAY
Sorrowing Family at Station
As Casket Arrives; Rites
to Be Impressive

Stilled forever by the very ele-
ments he longed to conquer, the
body of Rear Admiral William A.
Moffett, chief of the Bureau Of
Aeronautics, today returned to
Washington.
The flag-draped casket, guard.
ed by Lieut.. T. H. Robbins, aide
to the late air chief, arrived at
Union Station at 2 o'clock.
Family Meets Train
Members of the Moffett family
and q small group Of Sorrowing
naval officers met the train which
also brought back to the Ma
tion's Capital the body Of Comdr.
Frank c. McCord, commander Of
the Akron when it crashed off
Barnegat lightship q week ago
today.
Transferred from the, train to a
private hearse, the body Of Ad-
miral Moffett was taken directly
to his home in the 1000 block Of
Connecticut Ave. N. w. The
body of Commander McCord was
removed to Speare'S undertaking
establishment in the 1900 block
Of Connecticut Avenue.
Funeral to Be Thursday
The entire Navy Department,
headed by Secretary of the Navy
Claude A. Swanson, accompanied
by high official dignitaries, mem
berS Of the Cabinet and the Dip
lomatic Corps, will attend "the
Flying Admiral's" funeral in Ar
lington Memorial Cemetery
Thursday.
The funeral procession will as
semble at Fort Myer gate at /
o'clock. BluejacketS, marines, and
the Navy band will head the cor
tege, followed by the flagdraped
caisson bearing the casket Of Ad-
miral Moffett.
On foot, Secretary Swanson
and naval and Government Off
cialS, friends, and members Of the
family will follow the body to the
Arlington Cemetery chapel to hear
services read by Capt. Sidney K.
Evans, Of the Navy Chaplain
Corps.
PalIbearerS Named
PallbearerS will be Admiral
William v. Pratt, chief of naval
operations; Rear Admiral F. B.
Upham, chief Of Bureau of Nav.
igation; Rear Admiral Alfred w,
Johnson, assistant chief of nav,
igation; Rear Admiral Emory S.
Land, chief Of construction: Capt
Arthur B. Cook, acting chief OF
aeronauticS; and Capt. Elwood
A. Cobey, Of the supply corps.
Thursday .-lorning, several
hours before Admiral Moffett'S S
funeral, Comdr. Frank c. McCord
will be buried in Arlington after
services in the Chevy Chase Pres.
byterian Church with the Rev,
j. Hillman Hollister officiating.
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Pennoyer asked:
''Was the last descent Of the
Akron 50 rapid that dropping Of
emergency ballast tanks was In
sufficient to check her fall into
the sea?"
eyes, but the drop Of the bal
last would have brought quick
action. On the first call I
dropped ballast from service
bags. There was no reaction.
I then dropped the bow emer-
gency bags. She started to
climb"
Very Little Roll
Wiley testified the Akron was
equipped with an inflated air life
raft capable of carrying IA men
AL pillows, mattresses and sleep
ing bags were designed for flota
ton and were considered life
equipment.
"Were any life preservers
Carried?"
II don't know. We did some
times"
"Was there any rolling Of the
0hip?"
81 very seldom rolled, even in
storms. Never more than four
degrees"
"Why did you go on this ship
when you knew the weather
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No Sign of Life PreserUers, Wiley Says,
But Akron carried Inflated Life Raft

would be bad for radio calibra-
tiOn?"
my idea was that We could
do other operations, other prob
LENS"
Wiley was then questioned by
one Of the members Of the naval
board, Comdr.. Sydney M. Kraus
manager Of the aircraft section
of the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
''What were the engines do
ing when the Akron hit the
water?"
Full speed ahead. all en-
gineS."
Three Minutes Pass
Wiley estimated three minutes
elapsed from the time the second
descent Of the Akron began until
it hit the water.
KrauS asked wiley what duty
he was performing in the con
troll car. The witness replied:
Assisting the captain as
executive officer"
Questioning was then taken
over by Judge Advocate Pen
noyer.
"What was the condition Of
the sea when the Akron hit
the Water?"
1T was rough and chOppy.
Swimming was difficult. It was
raining"
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Shaw Ignores Sights of New York City;
Plans to Stick to Stateroom

to one composed by the newspaper
crowd. which read as follows:
"The New York Press feels
that unless you see fit to grant
a personal interview, there is
no story to be written. We
feel sure that you do not wish
to be represented by a printed
hand out, which Of course Is
unacceptable to U.S."
Shaw had warned previously,
however, that he would not con-
sent to interviews on his arrival.
He had said:
II can't fight Tunney in the
morning and Dempsey at night"
Reporter Turned Down
One daring reporter attempted
to beard the playwright in his
chosen den. He met with this
sharp rejoinder:
Didn't you get my note?
That was eloquent enough"
Despite his determination to
remain deaf and dumb, Shaw
proved amiable enough for the
photographers. He posed smilingly,
and waved to a girl reporter, but
that was as far as he would 60.
So far as could be aScertained,
New York'S far-famed skyline
went unnoticed. Shaw remained
in his Stateroom or in the dining
room while the ship passed the
Statue Of Liberty and noSed up
the North River. He had warned
that New York wouldn't intimidate
him, and he stood by his guns.
Earlier Ideals Gone
Shaw previously had admitted
that time and events had COM
PEELED him to revise some of his
earlier ideas. He said that his
youthful theory of putting social
ism into practice through the par
liamentary system of government
had been proved wrong, pointing
out that a number of good social
lists had turned out to be bad con-
servativeS. He cited j. Ramsay
Macdonald, prime minister Of Eng
land, as a case in point.
He declared, however, that he
had believed in communism long
before Vladimir Lenin and Leon
Trotzky overturned Russia and
said he had gone further than
Lenin in communism.
Shaw drew a sharp contrast
between the Russian moujik, or
peasant farmer, and the Ameri.
can farmer. He said:
"Put the Russian alone in q
room and he will go mad. The
difference between him and the
American farmer is due to the
pioneer spirit in the American.
The moujik always lived in the
same land"
Defends Violence
Defending the principles Of vic.
lence and social upheaval, Shaw
said he had always advocated
the principle Of everybody hav.
ing to appear in court every so
often to justify their existence"
He said he believed the aims
Of HitleriSm in Germany had be-
come muddled. He declared:
anyone who persecutes the
Jews will lose the public Opin.
ion Of the world"
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First Saw Water When Dirigible Was
Within 300 Feet of Choppy, Rough Ocean

thought drastic action" was
advisable when the ship reached
800 feet on its second descent
shortly before the crash. He
thought so. But he had this to
say, too:
II have been trying to give
q picture Of the discipline and
actions in the control car. I
cannot definitely answer some
questions regarding, for example,
the dropping Of ballast.
II am sure the court realizes
1t would have been Q violation
Of discipline for me to have
gone over and taken part in
the dropping Of ballast when
the captain and lieutenant were
already doing 50. continued
at my usual station 1t the
rudder."
Lieutenant Commander Wiley.
who was second in command,
said there was no confusion, no
feeling Of panic, and that orders
were given in a low tone. He
lauded the conduct Of McCord
as well as all the officers and
men aboard the doomed dirigible.
The Washington times., 1933-04-11
HOlUard GLee Club
To Present Recital

The Women'S Glee Club Of
Howard University will present it's
annual recital tonight at 8:15 in
Rankin Memorial Chapel.
SoloiStS will be Miss Louise
Burge and Miss Ethel Wise. A
speciality for two pianos will be
played by Misses Lillian Morris
and Cozetta Payne. Several negro
Spirituals will be included in the
program.
The Washington times., 1933-04-11
Binding Lightning May Haze Struck
Airship Without Doing Any Damage

vinced that gusts Of wind did
not give the ship the first lurch
it experienced before the plunge.
II am convinced, after ma
ture recollection, that IL was
the stern hitting the water
and not the gust Of wind"
He said it was not unlikely the
altimeter was as much aS $50
feet in error in its readings.
"COnsultatiOn with Deal and
Erwin (the two other sur.
vivOrs) has led me to the be-
lief the stern hit the sea first.
They tell me Of an order which
bears this out, All hands for.
ward from the keel"
Headed Westward
Pennoyer reminded Wiley he
had testified Comdr. Frank C.
McCord had at one time during
the flight ordered the course
shifted is degrees, but the ship
had been turned 50 degrees.
Wiley said he did not think
this Misunderstanding Of orders
(the incident happened about
9:45 p. NO. had any bearing on
later events. The Akron was
then being headed westward,
which Wiley thought was the
proper direction to have taken at
that particular time.
The Washington times., 1933-04-11

The presiding officer, Rear
Admiral Henry V. Butler, asked
wiley to explain from what alti-
tude the ship fell on its final
plunge.
Wiley told what happened in
the final three minutes, during
the second descent Of the Akron.
The ship fell from an altitude Of
1900 feet. He could tell from
the feel" that they were falling.
"I sounded landing stations.
We were being thrown about
quite q bit. I had time to dis
connect the lower ruddcr. The
steersman turned his wheel
right and left. I first saw the
water, just before we struck,
from a height Of about 800
feet"
Admiral Butler wanted to know
the, height of the waves when
Wiley found himself in the water.
'"Ten to IL feet"
Examination of Wiley was con-
eluded at 11:40 a. M. Before leaV-
ing the stand Wiley said:
81 think that before and dur
ing the flight the captain and
all the men did their duty to the
best of their ability. If any
errors were made they were be-
yOnd the skill and experience
existing today. have no, criti-
cism Of any officers or men.
They all did their duty"
Highlights Of Wiley's testimony
yesterday were:
/. That an order was mis-
understood by the helmsman
when the Akron was trying to
dodge the thunderstorm which
Had sprung up the night of
April 3.
2. That an inexperienced man
was at one Of the elevator
controls.
No Confusion on Board
wiley praised Commander Nc
0Ord highly. He was asked II he
The Washington times., 1933-04-11

JOHN r. CURRY dictator.
The war clouds hang thick
and black over Tammany Hall
and sounds Of discord come
from the historic Wigwam as
the successor to Tweed. Croker
and Murphy makes ready fo1
the coming municipal battle.
Curry's four years arS
crowded with amazing blunderS
land now he is reaping the
whirlwind. In spite Of five Of
the greatest triumphs at the
polls in the history Of the State
and city Democracy, achieved
under his leadership, Curry
goes into his fifth year and
the municipal battle which
must determine his future, with
national and State administra-
tions against him and threats
Of revolt spreading within the
city organization.
The Washington times., 1933-04-11
AccOtiH1k Man Gets
10 Years For Assault

Paul Shalzley, 80, Accotink, Va,
was sentenced to 10 years in the
Virginia Penitentiary by circuit
court jury in Fairfax, Va, yes
terday, for a criminal assault on
a 60-year-old woman.
The offense occurred several
months ago. Shalzley has served
prison terms in other juriSdic-
tions, the prosecution said, point
ing out he had recently been 1e-
leased from a penitentiary in
Ohio,
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BEER SHORTAGE.
CROWS ACUTE
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mittee today from the Congress
Heights Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Church members complained
that patrons of an "off sale"
establishment about half a block
from the church leave the place
with bottles of beer and drink it
as they walk past the church.
The Abner-Drury Company,
Washington's only brewing con-
Germ, will not raise it's prices, it
was announced. Abner Drury,
president of t: company, said:
"Our beer is sold to retailers
at a price low enough to enable
them to sell it for 10 cents .
glass or Is cents q bottle and
make an ample profit. We
shall not raise our prices"
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Beerbohm's famous cartoon) "I
actually stand other people on
their heads"
No News for Ship Men
But there were none of these
Shavian quips and cracks for the
case-hardened ship news men who
boarded the liner shortly after 10
a. m.
The picturesque visitor barri-
caded himself in the ships dining
room, buried his nose and bristling
beard in a copy Of Upton Sin
clair's biography Of William Fox,
and in almost so many words told
the New York reporters to 60
about their business. In scrubbed
note, he said:
The New York press: A re-
turn to its fireSides and nurse
The Washington times., 1933-04-11
DQLLnlan Offered
Post at Treasury

A post as Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury has been tenta-
lively offered to Vincent Y. Dali
man, Illinois editor, and he now
has it under consideration, it
was learned today. Dallman has
been in Washington several days,
conferring with Administration
leaders. He is understood to have
told them that he is reluctant to
leave Illinois.
The Washington times., 1933-04-11
1,104 CIVIL AIR
.M|SHAPS|N'3 81

Civil aircraft used in miscel-
laneous flying operations flew
.4O,26S miles per accident in the
last six months Of 1882, and
393,416 miles were flown per
fatal accident, according to Col.
Clarence M. Young. Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for
Aeronautics. Miles flown per
passenger fatality were 4,94S.
There were 1,104 accidents in
such flying, involving 1885 per-
sons, Of whom 1,472 were not in"
jured. OF the others. 1877 suf-
fered minor hurts. 1877 suffered
severe injuries and 1s0 were
killed.
The Washington times., 1933-04-11
FAY PUTS SUIT.
Up To RUDY

SANTA MONICA, CAL, April II
QN.S0-Rudy Vallee, radio Groom
ing orchestra leader, must make
the move to obtain a divorce from
his pretty wife, Fay webb Vallee.
Mrs. Vallee declared today as
she rested at her home following
a train trip from New York with
her father, C. E. Webb, police
chief of Santa Monica:
''That silly lawsuit had moth
ing to do with our separation"
Mrs. Vallee referred to the
100000 alienation of affections
action lodged in New York by
Mrs. kathleen Leon, who accused
the crooner's wife of stealing the
love Of Garfield Leon, dancer.
The Washington times., 1933-04-11
GeOrgiG51S to Fete
d. A. r. Declaration

Members Of Congress from
Georgia, distinguished Washing.
tonianS, and others prominent in
Washington society will attend q
reception, dance and entertain
ment by the Georgia State Society
in honor Of the Georgian dele.
gates Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution Thursday
night at the Shoreham Hotel.
All GeorgianS and their friends
are invited.