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The Washington times., 1933-05-16
GIRL VAGABOND.
ARMY SEEN

Americas army of wandering
youth. which has created so
much apprehension in the last
few months, is not composed en-
tirely of homeless boys, accord
ing to information from the Labor
Department.
Mary Anderson, director of the
Woman's Bureau, believes that
there are possibly 100000 young
women and girls, averaging 20
years of age, who are roaming
about the country, looking for
jobs, living in hobo "jungles" and
hopping rides on freight trains.
Economic conditions have forced
this aimless wandering, just as
has been the case with the boys,
it is said. The department. is
planning to assist this girl vaga-
bond army.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
RUN DOWN
Z CHILDREN

Three small children are being
treated today for injuries suf-
fered in traffic accidents.
Robert Brown, 3, of the 1900
block K st. N. w., suffered pos
sible internal injuries and was
taken to Children's Hospital
after he was struck by a bus
near his home late yesterday.
Police said the driver was Lenley
Cox, 81, of Silver Spring, Md.
Wilbur White, colored, 7, of the
1000 block Sixth st. N. E.. is in
serious condition in Casualty Hos
pital of injuries suffered when
knocked down by an automobile
driven by Daniel C. Lee, 81, of
the 100 block C st. S. E. The
boy has broken left leg, cuts and
possible internal injuries. The
driver is held pending outcome of
the injuries, First precinct police
said.
Doris Ann Wright, 81 months.
old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dorsey Wright, of Rockville, fell
from the back seat to the floor of
the family car while riding yester-
day in the 1900 block Pennsyl-
vania Ave. N. w. She was treated
at Emergency Hospital for head
cuts,
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
LAGS
NRENT CUTS

Rents in 80 large cities have
been cut considerably more in the
last four years than they have in
Washington, according to state
ment today by the District De-
partment of the American Fedora
ton of Government Employees.
The IS per cent salary cut In
the Federal departments is based
on the decline in living costs be-
tween 1923 and 1882, and, there.
fore, those two years are used for
the rent survey, which was made
by C. M. Mears, president of the
Washington office, Panama Canal
Lodge.
There were reductions Of 20
per cent or more in half the 80
cities covered, but Washington
rents were lowered only 65 per
cent, the statistics show. AS COM
pared with 1914 rentals, District
rents advanced from a base of
100 to 131 per cent, in 1923, and
had dropped to 1925 per cent in
December, 1882.
Birmingham showed the largest
rent reductions in the four years,
SOL per cent.
Boston, New York and Rich
mond we're next to Washington
in showing small reductions. A
mas meeting to protest high rents
will be held tomorrow evening at
Central High School.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16

Two colored men early today
hired the taxicab of James NC
Kav of the 1900 block Sixth st.
N, W., and held him up at
oath and E Streets Northwest,
taking his watch and 81.
Mckay gave such a good de-
scription of the holdup pair that
policemen j. R. Martin and A.
r Davis, of the Third precinct,
recognized them as answering
the description of two colored
men they knew. Marion John
son %, of the 400 block Twen-
tieth st. N. w. and Benjamin
p Diggs, %, of the 2300 block
n St. N. W., were arrested at
their homes. The money taken
"a, the watch and a pistol we're
found. The pair at police line
no tonight will be brought before
several taxicab drivers recently
robbed. ,ooo .,oo,,
Congress St. Ct., driving a taxi.
cab of C. C. Lee, the 200 block V
Ct N W.. was robbed of $1.8O by
a fare in North Takoma, at mid
night last night.
Other Drivers Robbed
louis Brown, colored, of the
1nn block Thomas st. N. W.;
Arthnr AU CLAY Kelly, colored, of the
enS M block @ st. N. W., and James
Sco+t So of the 900 block French
e. N. W., were other taXlcab
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
DEATH CLAIMS
TOM HARVEY

Thomas M. Harvey, 64, court
reporter for the Evening Star for
the past 80 years, died early to-
day at his residence, 4700 block
Connecticut Ave. N. w. He had
been i'll for several months and
failed to recover from an opera
ton in March.
Mr.. Harvey was the son Of the
late Thomas M. Harvey, one of
the founders of Harvey's Restau-
rant, famous landmark in
Washington for many years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Katherine B. Harvey; a son, Her
bert M. Harvey, of this city; three
daughters, Miss Maurita Harvey,
also of Washington; Mrs. C. j.
Book, of Birmingham, Mich, and
Mrs. V. D. Callahan, of Lakeland,
Fla. and two sisters, Mrs. Clara
Weatley, of Chicago, and Mrs. Mae
CoStell, of Washington.
Figure of the Court
Mr.. Harvey had covered the
courthouse for nearly 40 years and
was regarded as a walking encyclo-
pedia of past performances Of
lawyers, judges, and criminals.
His memory was perfect and he
recalled the time Charles j. Gui-
teau, slayer of President Garfield,
was taken out a side door of the
courthouse to be hanged.
Theodore Roosevelt was a civil
service commissioner, and Justice
Peyton Gordon a mere title clerk
at the court house when Mr.. Har-
vey took up his reportorial duties.
He fraternized easily with all the
judges and was permitted to call
every chief justice the District
Supreme Court had in the last 40
years by his first name.
Mr.. Harvey "broke" into the
newspaper fraternity via legal
paper called the Real Estate and
Court Record in July, 1891, fol-
lowing his graduation from
Georgetown University with an
A. B. degree. At 81 he was editor
of this paper.
1869. \
In the public schools of Wash
1ngton he received his elementary
education, and completed the
secondary step in Georgetown
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
BOY CHAR GE s
UNCLE WITH
MURDER
LuttreII Donaldson Depicts
Deaths of His Father,
Brother and Sister

A handsome, dark-haired, H.
year-old boy took the witness
stand today in District Supreme
Court and related how his uncle,
Charles Donaldson, So, crazed
with liquor, shot and killed his
father, his sister and his brother
last January 5.
Donaldson, former engineer at
Police Headquarters. is on trial
for his life, charged with the
Staying of the boys father, Silas
Donaldson. The other victims OF
his drunken rage we're Mary Don
aldson, Is, and George Donald
son, 18.
Had Threatened Her
The young witness, Luttrell
Donaldson, said his uncle had
previously threatened Mary. On
the night of the shooting, the
boy said, his uncle came to their
home in the 900 block Maryland
Ave. S. w. He demonstrated with
Mary, the boy said, and she
sought refuge in the upstairs
room of her brothers.
In a clear, steady voice, the
boy related how his sister rushed
into the room and exclaimed:
"UncIe Charles got his
guns"
They locked the door, he said,
but the uncle broke it down. He
ordered them all out of the
house. The boy said his brother,
George, exclaimed:
you're crazy"
Then Opened Fire
The uncle then opened fire on
George and next turned his guns
on Mary, according to the young
witness. Luttrell said his brother
Allan. 8. escaped death by hiding
under the bed and that he him
self climbed out of a window.
On cross S-eXamination by Henry
Schweinhaut and Lucian H. VAN
doren, defense attorneys, the boy
said his uncle, when sober. was
always kind to them. Assistant
United States Attorney Irwin Gold
stein is prosecuting the case.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
HAS
PLACE, THOUGH
IN DECISIONS
AnnuitieS Safeguarded for All
Dismissed, for Any Reason
Whatsoever

Overruling it's subcommittee
which yesterday elm i n a t d
quota clause" from the inde'
pendent offices supply bill, the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee today inserted in the measure
a provision which would force
executive officers, when making
dismissals, to take regard of eff.
cheney and State quotas of en-
ployes under civil service.
Although not as lenient as the
subcommittee action, the full
committees provision is less dras.
tic than the House clause, which
provided that when dismissals
we're made due regard should be
given to the apportionment of
appointments as provided by the
Civil Service Act.
Will Protect Annuity
A second major change made
by the committee affects the
House provision which provided
that when employees of 80 years.
service were involuntary separated
from their employment for
reasons other than misconduct,
they would be entitled to an
annuity computed under the Civil
Service Act.
The Appropriations Committee
altered this wording so as to
effect the same type of employees
who were separated voluntarily or
1nvoluntarily from their employ.
ment.
Thousands in Danger
The new apportionment clause
will endanger the position of
thousands of employees from Vir-
ginia, Maryland and the District.
Senator James F.. Byrnes CD
of South Carolina. on whose mo-
ton the subcommittee acted yes
terday, said of the new provision:
"In the event an executive
officer was forced to make dis
miSSalS and had to choose be-
tween men who were efficient
and those who were from States
which exceeded their appOrtiOn.
ment, he should act on the basis
of efficiency"
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
CITIZENS WAN 7
TRAFFIC QUIZ

An investigation of traffic con-
gestion in Lincoln Park was
launched today by the Lincoln
Park Citizens Association.
Characterizing as an "enorm-
GUS jig-saw. puzzle" the traffic
light situation in Washington.
creation of excess boulevard
streets and the general congested
conditions of motor traffic, the
association last night protested
the Lincoln Park situation par
ticularly and ordered the investi-
cation.
The association recommended
that some plan be initiated to
direct traffic to other streets,
contending that the excess num-
ber of boulevard streets has
caused a centered traffic flow.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
LABOR LEADER
HITS CAPITAL.

Edward F. Grady, legislative
representative of the American
Federation of Labor, levelled
broadside at the capitalistic sys-
tenn last night at the Catholic
University of America.
Mass poverty and human de-
gradation are the result of the
systems administration, the speak
er said. adding:
Fifteen million persons are
alive only because they are fed
by charity. and 100000
school children are walking the
streets because schools are
closed"
Grady paid tribute to the en-
cyclical of Pope Leo XIII, claim
ing that if capital and govern
ment had followed the advice
therein the world would not be
in it's present plight.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
Liquor Restrictions
Lifted, But Public
Proves Apathetic

The restrictions on prescrip-
tions for medicinal liquor were
lifted yesterday but drugstores
report the public displayed an
amazing lack of interest in
the matter.
Business was "as usual" no
better and no worse.
Capital druggists believe
that liquor sales will increase
but not on any large scale.
They say:
"In the first place, honest
physicians are not going to
misuse their power; and in the
second place, people haven't
any money to buy liquor in
quantities. Even if medicinal
liquor is cheaper, it is still more
expensive than bootleg stuff.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16

III 1917, just before the revolution DToke OuC'
Nothing Inevitable
Mr. Beard is reviewing four of the many volumes OF
Lenin work and every word he has reference to
the present time. l find Lenin hard reading Trotzky
much simpler; and grateful for such guide as Mr..
Beard offers. Particularly grateful for an authori-
tatve criticism of the Russian revolution. Some months
ago proposed the statement that nothing IS inevitable
not even revolution Mr.. Beard says that from Lenlns
papers cannot believe that the Russian revolu
ton was necessary and Inevitable
After the first revolution in Russia moderate"
party took control and the final steps put this control
into the hands of Kerensky. Usually you find Com
munists and their sympathzers saying that the Kerensky
government could not hold destined to crum
BILE. But we discover that Lenn himself seriously and
publicly proposed plan by which the moderates could
remain in power and, by reorganzng the country could
avoid a Communist upheaVa.
Worth Saving
Here again the position is neat parallel to our
Communists in America assure me that it isn't worth
while doing anything to correct the abuses of current
SYSTEM they suggest that my belief in the probability
of recovery due to nasty capitalist notions of my
own. But Lenin had capitalist notions, and Lenin
said that if the moderate semsocastc, semcaptallstlc
rulers of Russia wished to save and control the state
they could do it. He pointed out that the czarlst
regime had prepared for control with its industries
committees
He then points out that you can have naturalization
of banks without taking away cent from any depostor
and control of industry without introducing Commu-
nsnl-without taking away property from Its owners
Of course for Lenn all this only step on the way
toward Socialism, as he called it-COmmunism, as we
call it. But it was step which would have delayed
revolution and given the capitalist regime time to
establish itself. Time enough perhaps for something
even more appropriate to Russia than Communism to
develop
Finally Mr. Beard cites another writer who believes
that Leninism and Stalnism are penetrated with the
spirit of state capitalism and the middle cassWhereas
Trozkyism is no-and that therefore the world has no
need to fear revolution at the hands of Boshevsm be-
cause is too Russian and tnctured with the unpro-
letarian spirit of the bourgeois
Boards Own Work
tboolJ for
reform in America in the that reform and change
are the great enemies of revolution is in book review
he set out to write book on his His latest book
is "A Charter for the Social Sciences" For the lay
reader can again recommend book dealing with ms
own country "The Rise of American Civilization, writ
ten in collaboration with Mary Beard. | have not yet
seen the edition. which comes down to the present
the earlier one ended few years ago. And 1t remains
fr me- the one essential book on American history the
one which tells most-and tells it brliantly-about the
making of our country, what it intended to be- what
rLo+ Oht he
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
Virginia, Maryland
Clubs to Hear Chief

Carl Endicott. president of XII
wants international. will address
meeting of Virginia Kiwanis
Clubs at the Mayflower Hotel
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Endicott, Huntington, Ind,
banker and manufacturer, will ad-
dress members of Kiwanis clubs
in Maryland tomorrow evening at
the Rodgers Forge Golf and
Country Club, Towson, Md. Edwin
F. Hill, governor of the Capital
district, will preside.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
NEW BANK NAME
NEAR D. K. BY
TREASURY
Proposed Designation Under
U. S. Scrutiny; Directors
in Session Tomorrow

Approval by the Treasury De-
partment of a name for the new
national bank to be formed
through merging Of several local
institutions which have been
closed since the banking holiday
is expected today.
The name suggested by Off
cials of the four local banks
which have been definitely COM
mitted to formation of the new
bank is being studied by Treasury
officials, Edwin C. Graham, presi-
dent of the new bank, said today.
Final Details Studied
Care must be taken, Graham
said, to make certain that the
name shall not be confused with
those of existing banks, that it
shall be appropriate and that it
meet other Treasury require
ments, one of which is that it
will not resurrect the name of an
institution which existed in the
past generation, and about which
some stigma might cling.
Pays 30 Per Cent
The Northeast Savings Bank
and the Woodbridge -Langdon Saw
ings and Commercial Bank are
to take favorable action today,
officials of new bank said today.
The United States Savings
Bank, the Seventh Street Savings
Bank, and the Chevy Chase Say
ings Bank are said to be conSid-
ering the proposal favorably and
action is expected daily.
Col. Wade H. Cooper, president
and owner of the majority Of the
stock of the United States Say
ings Bank, however, stated en-
phatically today:
II see no reason for the
United States Savings Bank
entering the merger. The bank
has been paying a 80 per cent
dividend"
Treasury officials made it clear
today that efforts of stockholders
of banks to evade liability will not
be countenanced. The stock
holders liability began, so far as
/ the 13 local banks which failed to
reopen at the end Of the banking
holiday, March ID, is concerned,
on that day.
No Name Selected
This does not necessarily mean,
however, that assessments will
have to be made.
Details of plans to be followed
by the member banks are being
studied by joint organization
committee today. This committee
includes Capt. Chester Wells,
chairman of the reorganization
committee of the District Ma
tional Bank; William John
Eynon, of the Federal-American
National Bank and Trust Com
pany; George w. Offutt, jr., of
the Potomac Savings Bank, and
Thomas E. FARRELL, of the Wash
ington Savings Bank, with Mr..
Graham presiding.
Directors to Meet
These plans will be explained
to the directors of the participant
ing banks at a meeting in the
small ballroom Of the Willard
Hotel at l p. m. tomorrow.
Forecast of when the new bank
will begin functioning cannot be
made at present, Mr.. Graham
said today. Although the organi-
zation work is to be pushed as
rapidly as possible decision on
capital quotas of each member
bank, selection of directors and
other officials will have to wait
until the composition of the new
institution is definitely deter
mined.
Several other local banks are
expected to join the merger dur
ing the week. Organization is
being carried through under the
direct supervision of the Treasury
officials.
In the meantime, the inter
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The Washington times., 1933-05-16
Pair Arrested for Taxicab
Robbery, Loot Found

drivers held up early today by
men who entered their cabs as
fares, while Harry Kassel. of the
140O block Girard St. N. W., said
he was the victim of similar
robbery yesterday.
Brown was robbed of $4.25 and
his cab; Kelly of rs cents and
his cab; Scott of 81, and KasSel
of S3.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
Gas StOUe, 4 Baby
CQrrid0es Needed

An appeal for a gas stove and
four baby carriages was sent out
today by the District of Columbia
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, 170O block E st. N. w. Mem
bers of the organization will call
for the articles if those who wish
to donate them will telephone to
Red Cross headquarters. The chap
ter is caring for families of desti-
tute eX-Service men.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16

ceptlOn or goal, always reallSClc,
sometimes cautious almost to timid-
ity in his thinking. That events are
in the making he seems sure, that
he and his party can make events
he is sure; how far at given mo-
vent he can go is elouded with un-
certainty. The possibility of i'm
mediate failure is present in his
mind. The nature of the contingent
cies presented daily and hourly ap-
pears almost battling, and yet he
makes choices on the basis of facts
and his judgment of the facts. He
triumphs."
Is this a description of Franklin
D. Roosevelt today? With a few
changes it might be. But it is Mr..
Boards description of Nicolai Lenin
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
BISHOP TO SPEAK

The Rt. Rev. James E. Free
man, Bishop of washington, will
speak tomorrow at the Northern
Convocation of the Diocese of
Washington in Pinckney Memo
rial Church, Hyattsville.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
O. &, S. CARD PARTY

Arlington Chapter No. 80, o. E.
S., viii sponsor a card party
Wednesday at 8 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. Leah Goodrich, Lee
Terrace, Lyon Village.
The Washington times., 1933-05-16
True tOType
Beard on Lenin Bears Hard on Today
-By GILBERT SELDES

INSTEAD of reviewing book today l recommend
book review recently published by Charles A. Beard.
Perhaps can best indicate it's Importance by quoting
few lines: "He proposes advances retreats, modifies
and compromises within the range of his supreme
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-06-27
Here And There
In Sport World
BY United Press

HOLLYWOOD. June 81. =
John Vusich, former Los Angeles
outfielder, was signed by Manager
Oscar Witt of Hollywood before the
team left for San Francisco where
tine Stars open a weeks engage
ment today with Missions. VuSich
replaces the injured Doug Taitt
Witt also signed Zip Dimovich,
southpaw pitcher, to replace Jack
Costa, released Sunday.
PASADENA, June 81. Tiny
Roebuck. Oklahoma heavyweight,
capitalized on greater mat exper-
fence last night by throwing Tor
Johnson of Pasadena in two out
of three falls in the feature match
at Pasadena arena. Each scaled
$50. Roebuck took the last two
falls.
SOUTHPORT, Eng, June 27.-A
close fight for the Ryder cup be-
came imminent today when the
rival British and United States
team completed the morning rounds
of the eight singles matches with
nonors virtually even.
NEW YORK, June Piles Ken
nedy, Los Angeles heavyweight. and
Isadore Gastanaga of Spain have
been matched for a 10-round bout
at Fugazy Bowl, July 4. Charley
Massera of Pittsburgh VIII meet
Bob DIN. New York heavyweight,
in the 10-round semi-final
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-06-27
Urban, OUTLAWS To
Play Return Game

Night ball fans are in for another
treat tomorrow night at the Wilson
school grounds. The Urban Out
laws of San Diego will play a re-
turn game with the local All-Stars
and from every possible point OF
view this game ought to be a real
tussle from start to finish.
In their first appearance here
three weeks ago, the Outlaws drop
ped a close decision to the locals, the
final score being 10. This game
was replete with thrills and to-
nights encounter will be every BIT
as good as the first game.
Comstock, pitcher for the visitors
is one of the best on the coast and
has turned in two no-hit, no-run
games this season. Joe Hurst will
be on the mound for the locals and
if Joe is just half as good as he was
last time therell be nothing to it.
Arrangements are being made to
handle the largest crowd of the
season and Sc fans are urged to
come early and get seat while
that is possible. The game will
start promptly at 8 O'Clock.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-06-27
PACIFIC COAST
LEAGUE GAMES
BY United Press

10y SHittu
First division clubs of the Pacific
Coast league open this weeks Sc
ries today against teams in the low
er bracket.
The league-leading Sacramento
Senators should maintain their Lead
of four full games over Portland
in view OF their opposition-tne last
place Seattle Indians.
Despite its six losses last week TO
Sacramento, Oakland has beaten
some of the uop-notchers and should
furnish the Beavers fair COMPETE
ton. Portland has demonstrated in
the last two weeks, however, that
it has a rst-class team and is GO
ing to make a strong bic for cham
pionship honors.
LOS Angeles will be III a position
tc remain almost -and-neck
With Hollywood for thirG place, tax
Ing on the San Francisco Seals, who
got out of the cellar IN their series
with the Missions. The Angels have
been playing excellent ball. They
are three games behind the Stars.
the Stars will be entertained by
the Missions in San Francisco The
Missions are in a slump, losing TIE
majority of their games with the
Seals last week. Hollywood has not
been playing any TOO we'll and The
Reds have a record Of winning
against teams higher in the league
than themselves.