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Evening star., 1933-08-02
4O-HOUR WEEK ASKED
Standard Oil Co. Acts in Antici-
patton of Code o. X.

CLEVELAND, August @.-The
Standard Oil Co. Of Ohio last night
announced immediate adoption of the
40-hour week in all its marketing ac-
tivities. "in anticipation Of the approval
of the oil industry code now before the
National Recovery Administration"
The announcement also declared that
when the oil code is adopted it will be
Immediately signed by company. Late
yesterday the Ohio N r. A. headquar-
ters announced 22,526 employers in this
State had pledged themselves to the
NJ r. A. blanket code.
Evening star., 1933-08-02
MEETS TONIGHT

Association of Oldest Inha bitants
to Convene at Engine House
The Association Of Oldest Inhabitants
will meet tonight in regular monthly
meeting at the Old Union Engine
House, at Nineteenth and H streets.
Evening star., 1933-08-02

way, so what do you care? But
maybe you can do me favor. A
mob of con-men have knocked our
books over for a hundred grand in
the last month"
I'm heartbroken," the inspector
said sarcastically. That Is, almost
heartbroken. But how do these
fellows work?"
Simple. They work on street
corner and news stand bookmakers
who only have time to look hur-
These exposures of rackets a,
the
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-11
BY
POLICE AT
RALLY

n. E. Whitehead, Negro worker,
was mercilessly beaten up and half
killed for attending a Communist
Party election rally, at 138th Street,
and 18th Avenue, on the night of
October 18th, Betty Patterson, young
Negro woman, was knocked uncon-
scious by the club Of Police Officer
1927 and several other workers were
beaten in an orgy of terror INDUCED
III by a dozen white and Negro cops.
The police rushed up and down the
sidewalk in their cars, an officer on
the running board swinging his club
viciously right and left, Whitehead,
who did not move fast enough to
suit the protectors Of law and or
der" after being knocked ~senseless
to the ground, was stamped on,
kicked in the face and brutally slug
ged by the rubber hose and clubs Of
the police. Even his shirt was lifted
up, 50 his bare back could be exposed
their VICIOUS blows. "A white wom-
who rushed to his defense was
told to "get out and damn quick" by
a cop who pulled his gun on her.
It is interesting to note that as the
bleeding body Of the Negro worker
Whitehead, his clothes orr off his
back, was being dragged off to the
l35th Street Police Station, Mr.. Nc
NELL well-dressed, gray haired Ne
gro was in a high-class restaurant
across the street with a party Of
friends, to whom he several times
ooasted: eyes it was I, John R. Nc
Neill the Democratic leader Of this
district, who called the police-and
III do it again."
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
NYE To INSIST
On Dc RELIEF

The Federal Government has
contributed in part to the unem-
ployment in Washington and
therefore should bear Il portion
of the District appropriation for
unemployment relief, Senator Ger
aid P. Nye (R0 of North Dakota
said today.
Nye, a member of the District
subcommittee of the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee, said that
if the District supply bill comes
from the House minus e. direct
appropriation for relief, he will
do his utmost to have the item
reinstated.
On the matter of relief, Nye
asserted that the Government,
through it's retrenchment pro-
grams, has dismissed many EN-.
plcyes. thereby contributing to
the local relief problem.
This factor and the fact that
many men are drawn to Wash
ington as a mecca for work"
should be sufficient, he said, to
convince Congress that it should
contribute a share to District re-
lief.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
4 HEAT PLANT
DUE SCHOOLS

Money appropriated last year
for the installation of new heat
ing plants in four schools will be
put into service after the winter
school term is over, according to
a communication received by the
Board of Education from Engineer
Commissioner John C. GotWals.
The letter points out that plans
and specifications for the heating
apparatus will be prepared be-
tween now and July /, and con-
tracts awarded so the work can
be completed during the summer.
July l, is set as the "deadline" so
that the work can be charged to
the 1888 appropriation, which ex-
pireS then.
Hot-air furnaces in the H. D.
Cooke, Morgan, Cleveland and
Towers Schools will be replaced
by new equipment. A report re-
Gently submitted to the board by
Jere j. Crane, first assistant
superintendent of schools, revealed
that there are 102 of the anti
quated heating plants in 35
schools.
Commissioner Gotwals also in
formed the board that work on
the repair of the grounds on the
Ross School site will be done by
unemployed labor within the next
few months. This school was
razed and the grounds are to be
used for playground.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
GIRL IS JAILED
FOR REFUSING
To TESTIFY
Ruth Rogers Was Complainant
In Assault Case Which
Is Dismissed

Ruth Rogers, 200 block First
st. N. E., was sentenced to 48
hours in Jail by Judge Gus A.
Schuldt in Police Court after she
had refused to testify in an
assault case today,
The girl had accused John j..
Campbell of striking her in the
eye February 7. She complained
on that day to John Little, De-
partment of Justice agent, who
turned the case over to Police
men j. R. LeFoe and j. E. Ben
nett.
When the case came to trial
today Miss Rogers refused to
testify and Assistant U. S. At
torney Milford F. Schwartz, after
hearing the other witnesses, sug-
gested dropping the case. Judge
Schuldt directed verdict of not
guilty and Schwartz then asked
that the Rogers girl be cited 1or
contempt.
Miss Rogers failed to reply to
an order to show cause why she
should not be held in contempt
and was given the maximum
sentence allowable in Police
Court for the offense. Court at
taches say it is the first time in
many years that a witness has
been jailed on such a charge.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Self-Appointed Dry Agent
Gets Setback in Court

Capt. Edward Page CASTOR, self
appointed inaugural dry agent
and prohibition enforcer extraor-
dinary. appeared in Police Court
today to ask dismissal OF charges
against man accused of holding
up one of his aides.
Captain CASTOR expressed a be-
lief that John G.. zicopoulos,
charged with robbing Roland V.
Parker, the 100 block Eleventh St.
N. w., is not guilty. He received
something of a setback in the be-
ginning of his plea when ne
began:
T have a feeling, your
honor. -"
Judge John P. Mcmahon inter-
tupted quickly:
1--WE don't care anything
about your feelings; we want to
know what you know about the
facts in this case"
Parker said Zicopoulos. who is
employed in a restaurant at 90
CCIVo a udy 1OI q 1o-IlOuLe working
day, forced him into a yard in the
1900 block K st. N. W., and robbed
him of IS cents. Although Parker
identified zicopoulos as the rob
ber, the latter denied any knowl-
edge of the alleged hold-up.
Captain CASTOR then volun-
teered his belief in the mans in
nocence and Judge Mcmahon con-
tinued the case until tomorrow to
summon a woman living in the
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
STRIKE HALTS
WORkON MAR. 4
GRANDSTAND
Carpenters Erecting 81 Seats
at Lafayette Park Demand
$11 a Day Wage

Work was halted today on the
$7-seat inaugural stand at La
fayette Park, opposite the Court
of Honor Presidential reviewing
stand, as the result of a wage
controversy.
Carpenters, who have been paid
SO a day, laid down their tools in
a demand for a $11 day wage.
Despite the inactivity, Waddy
Wood, chairman of the inaugural
committee on grandstands made
the announcement that there is
no strike.'
Contract for erection of the
stand was awarded to the R. P.
Whitty company, Inc, but Of
ficialS of the company declined
to comment on the situation.
Today was payday at the stand,
and a detail of policemen were on
hand to preserve order and guard
the payroll.
Officials of the carpenters
union, it was understood, are to
meet today to discuss the wage
situation.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Bic CONSUMERS
GET BENEFITS,
SAYSP.U,C,
Officials Study 2 Schedules
Submitted Yesterday BY
Potomac Electric

If the Public Utilities Commits
sion approves either of the sched.
ules proposed yesterday by the
Potomac Electric Power Company,
approximately $4,000 residential
consumers will receive no reduc-
ton in electric rates this year.
P. U. C. officials, working on
the proposals, today pointed out
this fact. Two proposals were
offered by the power company.
one which would reduce from
residential bills $99,1O6 and the
other $8,108. But such a sched-
ule would effect only the largest
consumers.
The present rate for 100 kilo-
watt hours amounts to $4.45 for
so hours, $2.33 and $685. for 200
kilowatt hours. The first sched-
ule proposed for 100 kilowatt
hours, so kilowatt hours and 200
kilowatt hours, $4.15, $2.31 and
1920, respectively. The second
schedule, on the same kilowatt
basis, would be $4.45, $2.33 and
$6.35.
The largest saving would go to
commercial users under Schedule
D and the next largest to the
District government in a reduc-
tion of street lighting charges.
The P. U. C. is expected to
make a decision Monday.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
"Parent" Note Cites
Schaaf in D. C..
Boxing Tiff

The Ernie Schaaf tragedy,
in which the young pugilist
died following a boxing con-
test, is sufficient reason why
boxing should be kept out of
the schools, according to "A
Parent"
Harry o. Hine, secretary of
the Board of Education, today
received a bulky envelope from
"a Parent" including numer-
Gus newspaper clippings on the
Schaaf incident and a note
which said:
Gust a few clippings of the
unfortunate results of folly.
Boxing does not tend to ele-
vate our boys. Please do what
you can to keep it out OF
our public schools"
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
HOOVER SIGN 8
MERGER BILL

President Hoover today signed
the new street car merger bill.
The signing was made necessary
because of a typographical error
in the bill which he signed Jan
uary IA.
The error occurred in the pre-
amble of the bill dealing with the
right of the merged company to
operate through subsidiaries.
The words directly or indi-
rectly," which were amended in
the original bill, were improperly
placed in the preamble. The er-
ror was discovered within a short
time, a new bill drafted and
passed by both houses Of Con-
gress within eight days.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
BUFFALO KEEPS
zoo K|NGSH|P

The king still reigns in the
buffalo pen at the zoo.
The new boss, who won his
right to rule in a battle a month
ago with the old buffalo herd
leader, last night battered to
death his rival. a young bull who
had objected to his kingship.
According to keepers at the zoo,
such conflicts are unavoidable.
It is the old law of the plains, the
old bull falls before his younger
rival. And the youngster must
demonstrate his ability before he
is permanently established as
herd leader.
The young buffalo has been
dubbed Battling Bill" by the
ZOO attendants.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17

young man not to worry because II babies can get milk
and be kept away from veradoring aunts and
grandmothers their future is bright enough.
Radical Optimism
Optimism isn't all side, however. letter
signed with name | cannot read (it might be Greek)
suggests that for the first time in generations parents
ought to be proud to bring children into the world be-
the world is changing and a is being
born. The point is we'll made that in 1915, Russian
couple might we'll have sad "Why should have chill
dren to suffer under the czars," but that couple
be happy that they did have children to work and
triumph under salin This implies that the children
lived through the terrible years and enjoy Salnsm My
correspondent takes these things for granted)
And all the rest take for granted that happiness is
the chief end of man and that our childrens children
will still be happy unto the seventh generation. To
them, and to others, recommend few words from
play by Bernard Shaw, who used to be first-cass
speaking:
i "When was foolish, l did what liked. Now
that Caesar has made wise it is my liking
or disIikng; do what must be DONE and have time
attend % myself That is not happiness; but it is
greatness"
What's Left to Woman
A Southern woman writes: "In prosperous times the
average annual family income was about $500
year. Only trifling per cent of the population lived
in cities $4,000 and more year. Yet most metro
poitan writers, speakers, preachers, etc. never OBJ
served any but this trifling per cent. Their doings
and msdoings ceaseessy recorded, analyzed
criticized, pubcized Today many of them in
want. And again we hear only of them, and what will
bring back their former affluence Nothing is men
toned of the vast underpaid units; of the millions of
comfortless mean homes. And maybe nothing is
thought of the women, bound like galley slaves to the
machine whose running didn't anything to their
, lives but TOLL anxiety, prlVaton'
She adds that under prosperity the wife of a
with job had only dependence, drudgery and slav
cry Now she has only the last two, and gets nothing
whatever of it. In this struggle between the
see, regrettably nothing But l think the more
serious argument in her letter is that in the years be-
fore 1929 everyone in great cities assumed that
else prosperous-which wasn't at all the
Millions of workers paid only just enough to
crawl under the invisible line set by experts the
decent standard of living; millions fell under;
and the majority of farmers losing money by
their labors That is why the process of reconstruc
ton and recovery has to begin simultaneously at the
top and the bottom, for the top layer longer
are shaky.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
PLANNERS HEAR
CITY SCHEME

Illustrating his talk with graph
slides, Col. D. H. Sawyer, of the
Federal Employment Sterilization
Board, today presented the Dis
trict Commissioners and members
of the Park and Planning Com
mission basic facts for use in
formulating a longtime city
planning program"
Considerable interest was evil
denced by the planners and Com
missioners, who met jointly at
the Navy Building to discuss the
future of Washington.
Colonel Sawyer, who has been
working many months on six
year building program for the
United States, presented exhaust
i've statistics on the growth Of
Washington, its population, police
and fire department activities,
and other facts relative to city
growth.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
PARENTS HONOR
PHOEBE HEARST

The memory of Mrs. Phoebe
Apperson Hearst, mother of Will
liam Randolph Hearst, was
honored today throughout the
country as the nationwide parent
teacher organization celebrated
it's thirty-sixth anniversary.
Mrs. Hearst. who, with Mrs.
Theodore w. Birney, of washing
ton, founded the organization in
Washington SO years ago, was the
subject of a FOUNDERS Day" ad-
dress today by Mrs. Hugh Brad
ford, president of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers,
in the National Education Asso-
citation Building, Sixteenth and M
Streets Northwest.
Mrs. Bradford, who lives in Sac
ramento, Cal, and who knew Mrs.
Hearst personally, eulogized her as
a great influence on modern edu-
cation and child welfare.
She spoke at length on Mrs.
Hearst'S work at the University
of California and her interest in
kindergartenS. Mrs. Hearst
founded several kindergartens in
Washington and also a teachers
training institution.
Parent-teacher groups through
out the nation today and next
week will be celebrating the ami
versary with appropriate exer-
ciSeS.
The official celebration of the
District of Columbia Congress of
Parents and Teachers will be held
Tuesday night when the group
holds its regular monthly meeting.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Prominent Guests
At u. S. Bar Banquet

Clarence E. Martin. president
of the American Bar Association;
Seth w. Richardson. assistant at
torney general, and Herbert F..
Goodrich, dean of University of
Pennsylvania law school, will
speak at the meeting of the
Federal Bar Association tonight
in the MayfloWer Hotel.
Guests of honor will include
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes and associate justices of
the United States Supreme Court,
members of the Cabinet and a
number of distinguished lawyers.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
stop Sign Robbers
FACING Jury Today

A jury in the Alexandria Cor
poration court today is trying Ed
gar McGhee and Harold Bowman,
colored, alleged "stop sign" rob-
bers, who on January % jumped
on truck driven by Louis Henry,
colored, and took it away from
him. They were arrested when
erratic movements of the truck
attracted the attention of Sergt.
Padgett, of the Alexandria police,
who found Henry struggling with
the two men.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
ROUer Qudshes Case
AQdinSt 5 GuDSieS

An indictment charging Mary.
Bolita, Thomas, Steve and Louis
Stanley. Washington gypsies. with
taking the $490 from Tinker De.
metro was nolle pressed today by
District Attorney Leo A. Rover in
District Supreme Court.
The woman, who had claimed
she was robbed refused to prose
cute.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Mother EL0nd Dies,
NeUbOrn Baby Well

The birth of her baby cost the
female Gland, one of the prize
exhibits at the ZOO, her life last
night.
The "blessed event" had been
eagerly awaited by zoo attendents
as the eland is extremely diff
cult to breed in captivity.
The baby, a sturdy youngster,
will be raised on a bottle until
it is old enough to feed itself.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
D. of A. Plan Dance
And Minstrel ShOW

A minstrel show, colonial drill,
and dance will be given under
auspices of the State Council,
Daughters of America, at 9 p.
m. tomorrow in Almas Temple,
1900 block K st. N. w. Proceeds
will be applied to the general
fund of the council,
The Washington times., 1933-02-17

because the present is dark and the
future not exactly rosy. One an
swer is, What would have happened
if our ancestors thought as you do"
with suggestions that worse times
than these have occurred.) Another
reader says that marriage and bear
ing children are about the only ways
left for us to get out of our trou-
bles, for if both stopped, what
would the employees of the marriage
license bureau do? What about new
modern apartments rented mostly by
young married couples? What about
furniture stores?" The same letter
speaks of free schooling and greater
opportunities than children ever had
before" And a somewhat cynical
vOI1nO woman advises the tinid
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Card Party to Help
Eastern Star Board

A card party for the benefit of
the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home board will be held at $50
p. m. tonight in the Southern
Diaries Building, First block M
st. N. E., under the auspices of
the Congress Lodge Chapter, Or
der of the Eastern Star.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Hearing March s
On RiUer Project

A public hearing will be held
in the Civic Club Hall, Chesa.
peake City, Md, Wednesday after
noon, March 6, in connection
with the report to be submitted
to the House Committee on Rivers
and Harbors regarding the pro-
posed enlarging of the anchorage
and mooring basin in Back Greek.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Rabbi Metz to Talk
On "LadV Beruri1''

Rabbi Solomon H. Metz will
speak on Lady Beruria" tonight
at 8 p. m. at the Adas Israel
Congregation Synagogue. Sixth
and I Streets Northwest. Fol
lowing the services, Mrs. Sol
Merlman will lead a round-table
discussion on The Jewish Home.
land and the Pan-Arabic Move
ment."
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Citizens
Will Meet MOnd1u

The Sixteenth Street Highlands
Citizens Association will meet
Monday night in the Brightwood
School Auditorium. Paul Grove
is chairman of the entertainment
committee,
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Coast Players Here
For Church Drama

The Omsted Platform Players
of Los Angeles will present "St.
Claudia" at the First Reformed
Church, Thirteenth and Monroe
Streets Northwest, Sunday night.
st. Claudia vas the wife of
Pontius PLATE and was sainted
by the Greek Orthodox Church.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17

house where Parker said he was
held up.
Parker is assisting CASTOR in
his self-inaugurated campaign to
stop the flow of liquor in Wash
ington during the Inauguration.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
True to Type
HOPE FOR CHILDREN,
LESS HOPE FOR
WIVES
BY GILBERT SELDES-

VNHE intimidated correspondent who wrote me, about
Il two weeks ago, on the slim future child born
can expect got little sympathy from his readers. They
spurn the idea that anyone should feel hestant about
marrying and bringing children into the world merely
The Washington times., 1933-02-17

Worry! Worry! Worry! The sOlu-
tIOn to many of your varied problems
can be found in the WANT AID SEC
TION Of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1933-01-31

DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 81 q.
N.S9.-Iowa farmers, fighting to
save their homes, today saw new
hope. t,sit ,.ss.
A MORATORIUM has been declared
against evictions and mortgage
foreclosures. In all more than
$40O, 100000 worth of mortgaged
property will probably be saved
from going under the hammer.
The moratorium on evictions
and foreclosures, announced by
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany and the Chicago Joint Stock
Land Bank, was victory for the
farmers. For weeks they have
fought to save their neighbors
from being dispossessed.
Gov. Clyde Herring ten days
ago issued a proclamation asking
all mortgage holders to stop fore
closures until the legislature had
an opportunity to act on the
problem. Today the legislature
was in executive session conduct
ing secret deliberations in an
effort to overcome the acute farm
debt problem.
The Washington times., 1933-01-31
KAISER AWAITS
BERLIN CALL
CONTINUED from Page y

(Continued from Page y
Hitler victory by active partictpa-
ton in a restoration scheme
seized upon the fact that Prince
Henry, consort of Queen Will
helmina, of Holland, motored to
Germany on January q with a
quantity of luggage belonging to
the former kaiser.
Preparing to Bolt?
They also made much of the re-
port appearing in the local labor
newspaper Hetvolk that Wilhelm
recently bought four new high
powered motor cars.
One rumor even went so far as
to say that the ex-Kaiser, in de-
fiance of orders from his ply
sician, had completed plans to
bolt the Dutch chateau where he
has lived in exile for ID years,
and proceed to Berlin with all
speed.
Former Crown Prince Friedrich
Wilhelm was with his father
when the news of Hitier's ap-
pointment as chancellor was re-
ceived. The prince came here
from his 30,000-acre estate at
Oels, Silesia, to celebrate the ex-
Kaiser's seventy-fourth birthday
and remained after most of the
other guests had departed.
The Washington times., 1933-01-31
BOLIVIA LOSES
300 IN BATTLE

ASUNCION, Jan. 81 G.N.S0-
Three hundred Bolivian troops
were killed in a fruitless attack
on Fort Ayala in the Chaco, the
Paraguayan war ministry asserted
in a communique today.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Jan. 81
G.N.SO.-A strong Paraguayan
contingent attempting an assault
on Fort Corrales has been re-
pulsed by its Bolivian defenders,
the Bolivian war office stated to-
day. Casualties were heavy.
Bolivian airplanes bombed Fort
Ayala, inflicting considerable dam
age. the announcement said.
Bombing Of the Isla Poi Hospital,
as charged by the Paraguayans,
was denied.
The Washington times., 1933-01-31

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 U.S0
The death of Sara Teasdale, noted
American poet, found dead in her
tub yesterday, was caused by acci-
dental drowning, Medical Exam
iner Norris reported today, after
an autopsy.
The ashes of the poet, whose
verse won wide recognition both
here and abroad, will be scattered
at sea, 80 that there may remain
neither trace nor remembrance" "
in accordance with her wishes.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at Fresh Pond, Long
Island.
Miss Teasdale, former wife Of
Ernest B. Filsinger, had been i'll
since last summer.