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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15

authority and meth
DDS, laid their dispute
before sid e n t
Roosevelt, with the re-
suit that the powers
of tn e A A A were
sharply curtailed, part
Of its code work being
transferred to the Ma
tional Recovery ad-
ministration. Stephen
T. Early, one Of the
Pre- s ident's secreta-
ries, issued this state
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15


facture and sale of liquor now Is or
soon will be legal. The state laws un-
der which 1t can be sold vary from
those providing wide open" saloons
in Nevada to a strict system OF dis
pensing hard liquor in Montana only
through state-owned stores, one IN
every county. Most widely enacted OF
the laws is one providing for serving
of hard liquor only with meals.
Governmental agencies in Washing
ton were swamped with preparatory
measures to deal with the importation
of foreign liquors, many huge cargoes
of which were waiting for entry; and
with the federal restrictions neces-
sary to protect the states that remain
dry. Joseph FL. Choate, Jr., of New
York, son Of the famous lawyer and
statesman, had been appointed direc-
tor of the federal alcohol control adj
ministration, and he arrived In the
capital to take up his duties. Mr..
Choate halted the issuance Of import
permits until a few hours before re-
peal became an accomplished fact. and
In the meantime officials checked the
financial standing of importers and
worked out quotas for foreign coun-
tries.
It was understood that between four
and FIVE million gallons Of foreign
spirits and wines would be allowed
entry during December and January,
and that, If the demand were greater
than the supply, the quantity might
be increased in order to discourage
bootlegging. The government sought
to prevent food Of foreign liquor
from swamping the American market
to the detriment Of domestic produc-
ers.
Codes for the distillers and import
ers already were in effect, and those
for the brewers, the rectifiers and
blenders and the wine growers were
being completed. When congress meets
In January one of the first matters to
be taken up win be legislation to In
crease the taxes on liquor and for
permanent control Of the traffic. To
draw up such legislation the house
ways and means committee and the
senate finance committee were called
to meet In joint sessions beginning
, December IL.
CECRETARY Of Agriculture Wallace
~ and Director George Peek Of the
agricultural adjustment administra-
ton. disagreeing radically concerning
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15

worried over the ex-
pansion Of emergen-
cy obligations Of the
government and has
warned against any
further increase, but
almost certainly his
warning will not be
needed when congress
meets.
Mr.. Douglas thinks
that the entire bud
get, including both
~0nnwn1 onA nvnow~nyS-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15


probably three weeks.
Its deliberations are
managed by Enrique
e. Buero as secretary
general. He is one Of
Uruguay's most prom
inent young diplomats
and was summoned
from his post as min
lister to Germany to
this duty in the con-
ference.
In his speech in
ouOt,ru fipO tho Co.'S
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15

on that day, making
the necessary thirty
six. and Immediately
on being notified by
telegraph, Presi d e n t
Roosevelt and Acting
Secretary + S t a t g
William Phillips is
sued proclama tt on 8
that the Eighteenth
amendment was n o
longer a part of the
Constitution. In twen-
ty-four Of the forty
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
National Prohibition Passes Out and Foreign Liquor
Comes In-Johnson Put in Control of AAA Codes
Will Budget Director Douglas Resign?
BY EDWARD W. PICKARD

NATIONAL prohibition went into
the discard on December 5. State
conventions in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Utah ratified the repeal amendment
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15

MYTH considerable ceremony and
wv military display the seventh Pan
American conference was opened In
MnnteviGpn. Uruguay. to continue
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15

ECRETARY Of Agriculture Wallace
~ and Director George Peek Of the
agricultural adjustment administra-
ton. disagreeing radically concerning
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15

MYTH his experience as delegate
w to the disarmament conference
at Geneva clearly in mind, Secretary
of the Navy Swanson in his annual
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
INDIAN GRAF I
ST|RS TIFF

Is the Welfare and Recreational
Association exceeding its author
ity in establishing a store in the
Navy building for sale Of Indian
handicraft?
That is the question today puz-
Zling local merchants who long
have fought the association on
grounds it is a Government agency
competing with private industry.
Action Of the association is de-
Tended by Capt. F. w. Hoover,
executive manager, who points
that out his organization is sell
ing Indian goods at the specific
request Of Secretary Of Interior
1ckes. Previously the goods were
sold by individuals in the Indian
Office interested in helping desti-
tute Indians.
The welfare association, other
officials explain, is under contract
to the Interior Department to
operate such concessions as may
be DESIGNATED,
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
F FRAUD EXPERT
GIVES SPARE
TIME To ART
W. C. 0'Brien, P. 0. Official,
Has Just Completed Oil POr-
trait of Roosevelt

It's q far cry from art to legal
work in cases Of using the mails
to defraud.
But william c. OBrien, assist
ant chief Of the fraud section OF
the Postoffice Department, is
proud to say he has bridged the
gap between the two.
Not that Attorney OBrien
thinks he is a good artist. Far
from that, he deprecates the
merit of his portraits. Yet he loves
to paint.
Hanging in his office in the
Postoffice Department are two oil
paintings Of the chief himself,
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley, which Mr.. Farley has never
seen because Of OBrien's mod
esty.
O'Brien says he cloves art as a
pastime-a relief from law" and
as such he spends his hours at
home daubing away at his canvas.
At present he is hard at '. ork
at a portrait of President Roose-
velt. So far as he is concerned,
the painting is complete. He has
completed the head Of the Presi-
dent and, in his characteristic
style of just a few daubs of paint
to dress up his subject, he has put
a coat and collar and tie on the
President.
Mother His Critic
But his mother, to whom he re-
fers as his Severest critic, COM
plains of the portrait that the
Presidents clothes "look as
though they need a good cleaning
and pressing"
Sartorial splendor in his por-
traits is something that O'Brien
doesn't strive for. He feels that
the important thing is the per-
sonality Of his subject.
O'Brien, a Tennessean, lives in
Chevy Chase, Md.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
PERKINS G|VES'
CAFETERIA |
PRIVILEGE
Welfare Body to Operate One
In New Labor Department
Building in February

Ignoring findings Of the Shan
non Committee, which last winter
condemned as unfair to private
business operation of cafeterias in
Federal buildings by the Welfare
and Recreational Association, Sec
retary Of Labor Perkins reveals
that the association will be al
lowed to operate the large cafe
terra in the new Labor Depart
ment building on Constitution
Avenue when it is placed into use
next February.
The cafeteria will serve thou
sands Of employees of the Labor
Department and the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Miss Perkins said she would
take no action other than turn
the cafeteria over to the Interior
Precedent provides for the In
terror Departments turning the
in turn over to the Wei.
fare and Recreational Association,
since the latter is under contract
to handle such concessions.
Arno B. Cammerer, director Of
National Parks, Buildings and
Reservations, admits if the Labor
cafeteria is turned over to him he
will instruct the welfare aSsocia-
tion to take charge.
The Shannon Committe on in
vestigation into Government COM
petition with private industry last
year condemned the associations
operation Of cafeteriaS in Federal
buildings.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
JUST|CEAGENTS
ARE COLLEGE.
GRADUATES
95 Per Cent of Special Staff
Under ]. Edgar Hoover
Own Their Diplomas

Detectives Of the Washington
police department frequently may
be criticized for bad spelling and
such, but not SO the agents of the
Department Of Justice.
It was revealed today that IS
per cent of the field service of the
division of investigation in the
Justice Department-that is Spe.
cial agents of the division-are
college graduates, trained in either
law or accountancy.
j. Edgar Hoover, director of the
division, has required over a pc
riod of several years that all his
special agents be especially trained
for their jobs by college educa-
ton.
The remaining IS per cent, .
relatively small number of the
356 special agents, are men who
have long been in the service and
by experience have acquired the
qualifications which the younger
men, newly appointed to the serv.
ice, have achieved through their
education.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
j. 8. WILL FEED
PANHANDLERS

Panhandling and the system of
Kicking along" homeless wan
derers will be curbed in the Dis
trict within a few weeks by the
establishment Of Federal care for
destitute transients.
Plans for the work, for which
$4,000 has been requested from
the emergency relief administra-
tion, will probably be ready next
week, it has been announced by
Arthur S. Rosichan, director. Aid
may not be inaugurated, however,
until neighboring States also take
action, because of fear that beg
garS might flood Washington.
It is believed that the wanderers
will be given shelter, food and in
Struction to rehabilitate them
selves,
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
SHE'LL FLY IN 20 NATIONS
Tiny Aviatrix Plans
Trip on Every
Continent

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Mrs.
Margery Brown, aviation enthu-
siast, was sailing today on the
Dollar liner, President Wilson, in
tending to log some certified fly
ing time in every continent in the
world and in some 20 countries
before she returns to New York in
1885. She said:
81 want to make my log book.
an international document such
rs few men and no women pilots
have to show"
She is among the first dozen
women who sprouted wings in the
United States, and is one Of the
organizers of the "99" Club, the
only national organization limited
to licensed women pilots.
It happens that Mrs. Brown is
only 4 feet II inches tall, weigh.
ing SO pounds. She was afraid
that some airport manager is
Samoa or in Singapore might say:
"SOrry lady, but we're all out
Of airplanes in your size."
So one Of the most important
items in the five bags with which
she Is starting on her tour around
the world today is a pair Of rudder
extensions to fit a Moth plane.
The odd-looking gadgets are 41a
by 912 inches and weigh 10
ounces apiece. She said:
"You see with these exten-
IONS I'll be able to bring the
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
ASSAULT NETS
3-YEAR TERM

Convicted Of assaulting James
F. Dalton, worker at the Oxon
Hill Government farms, last Sat-
urday, John Jackson, 80, colored,
of Anacostia, was sentenced to
three years in the House Of Cor
rection by Judge ]. Chew Sheriff
in Upper Marlboro police court
yesterday.
The colored man was said to
have been stealing chickens when
discovered by Dalton. He was
charged with assault and battery
and with house breaking.
William Sullenger, 1900 block
Massachusetts, Ave. 8. E., noted an
appeal to fine of $1O3.70 on
traffic charges. Bond was set at
$500 pending trial in circuit court.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
Blind to ShOO Work
Chamber Exhibit

A living exhibit Of the indus
trial activities Of the Columbia
Polytechnic Institute for the Blind
will be an outstanding feature
Of the ninth annual industrial
exposition Of the washington
Chamber Of Commerce.
Workers Of the institute will
carry on the same work done at
the organizations headquarters.
BY the time the exposition opens
in the Washington Auditorium
october %, a loom will be in
stalled. to be operated by a blind
woman.
One blind man will specialize
in the manufacture of rush chair
seats, a process seldom witnessed
in Washington, according to
Ralph H. Campbell, executive Sec
retary Of the institute, who is
arranging the display.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
COAL FIRM FIRE
LOSS $4,000

Fire which started last night in
the Dickey Brothers Coal and
Feed Company at Kenilworth
Avenue and Bennings Road North
east, was extinguished by firemen
today only after a battle against
the flames that lasted for several
hours.
Three alarms were turned in be-
fore the blaze was brought under
control, and firemen were forced
to don gas masks because Of the
thick fumes from burning hay and
lumber.
Damage from the blaze is esti-
mated at more than $4,000.
Smoke was so thick that motor
lists for several blocks around had
difficulty in driving.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
3 YOUNG H|KERS.
RETURN HOME

Three youngsters, who set out
to tour the world yesterday morn.
ing from Baltimore, travelled over
five Maryland counties in a hap
hazard manner, and then found
a policeman who is a traveller
himself. He persuaded them to
return home.
Everett Chapman, 10, a brother,
Stanley, IL, and Frank Stasiuk,
II, left home without any money
and with only the clothes they
wore. A truckman gave them
their first ride, then they hitch
hiked from the District Line to
Largo and Mitchellville, where
they "thumbed" County Police
man Willie Gray.
The officer took them to the
Upper Marlboro police head
quarters to call their parents. The
parents refused to come for the
boys.
The boys finally decided they
would rather be policemen than
globe trotters and went home
with a Marlboro driver.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
FIRST LADY AIDS
HOUSING PLAN

With Mrs. Roosevelt and Fred
eric A. Delano, uncle Of the Pres
ident, heading q committee ap-
pointed yesterday to plan con-
struction of Government-financed
housing projects in the city's
slums, preparations were being
made today for the work to start
in two or three months.
Delano was named chairman Of
the committee selected at a meet
ing of officials of the Public
Works Administration and dele
gates from the National Confer
ence on City Planning and the
American Civic Association.
Besides Delano and Mrs. Roose'
velt, members Of the COMMITTEES
are Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Clar'
ence Phelps Dodge, Col. q. s,
Grant, Sd, Canon Anson Phelps
Stokes, Mrs. Carroll Glover, Stan.
ton c. Peelle, Bernard Wyckoft
and John Ihlder.
Robert D. Kohn, director Of
housing for the Public Works Ad'
ministration, said:
1--WE are anxious to get under
way with these projects as soon
as possible. Work may be
started in the next two or three
months. Our plans will be
rushed"
Kohn said it is planned to eS.
tablish a modern colored section.
a modern white section and pos
sibly rehabilitate another section,
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
ROBBERY GANG
SOUGHT HERE

Washington police today were
searching for a gang of four men
who staged a $1,000 daylight
holdup in Baltimore yesterday and
drove away toward the District.
Belief that the gangsters were
Washington men was strengthened
by the fact that they were driving
a car with tags stolen from a ma
chine here.
The robbers held up Leo
Heaphy, cashier of the Maryland
Biscuit Company, as he left the
company office for a bank to de-
posit the days receipts.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
To TRIM
MA WAGES

Emergency units exempted by
the laws creating them and by
rulings Of Comptroller General
J. r. McCarl from the 15-per-
cent economy act cuts will be re-
quired to take the cuts, never
theleSS, If and when an executive
order, said to have been drafted
by Budget Director Lewis w.
Douglas, is signed and promul-
gated by President Roosevelt.
Three classification expert bor-
rowed from the Civil Service
Commission have been making a
survey of the emergency units
with the idea of adjusting sal
aries to a basis comparable with
those effective in the older bu-
reaus Of the Federal Government.
A start was made in the NRA,
where work has been under way
for about two weeks and is now
completed.
The emergency units, compris.
ing the NRA, the Public Works
Administration, the Tennessee
Valley Authority, the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration, the
Federal Surplus Relief Corpora.
ton and the Farm Credit Ad.
miniStration, were built up
hastily and in some instances
two employees on the same job
would be hired at considerably
different rates Of pay.
It was understood today that
the emergency order would not
be signed until classification has
been completed throughout the
emergency groups, but the new
scale Of pay was expected to &c
into effect November /.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
'SchOOIbOy RObber'
Gets $50 in HOLdUD

A youth, who hitch-hiked his
way to Laurel. Md, yesterday and
then robbed his benefactor at the
point Of a gun, is being sought
by State and Prince Georges
county police today.
Lyman Carpenter, of Kansas
City, Mo-, reported that q man
about 20 years old, carrying school
books, hailed his car in Baltimore
and asked for a ride to Hyatts-
vile. When they reached Laurel
his passenger drew a pistol and
forced him to the curb, Carpenter
said. The "schoolboy robber" took
$50 and disappeared.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
Fraternity PGrLey
Picks Editor Chief

Cecil j. Wilkinson, executive
secretary and editor Of the maga-
zine of the Phi Gamma Delta
Fraternity, yesterday was elected
president of the National Inter-
fraternity Conference at Chicago.
His headquarters are in the Otis
Building, washington.
He was vice president Of the
conference and also had served as
it's secretary. The conference has
a membership of 100000, more
than 2,5OO undergraduate chap.
ters, and fraternity houses valued
at more than $6O,O00,0O
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
Sea Lions Refused
Zoo Lodging, Meals

Free board and room at the Ma
t1onal Geological Park has been
requested by troupe Of actors.
Yes, you read that first sentence
correctly. A group Of thespianS,
after a summer before the foot
lights at Atlantic City, desires to
become guests Of DR.. William M.
Mann, zoo director.
If their appetites were not so
large, they might have succeeded.
They are very expensive to feed,
said DR.. Mann in turning down
the plea, and besides he already
has three sea lions and needs no
more Of the trained actors.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
OUerIy Firm Gets
N0Du ReD0i1' Job

w. F. Overly and Sons, Of
Greensburg. Pa, is apparently low
bidder Of five firms bidding for
the task Of repairing roofs of the
Munitions and Navy Buildings on
Constitution Avenue.
The Pennsylvania firm made a
lump sum offer of $16,9O3 for the
project, underbidding four Wash.
ington firms.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
Raymond Robbins
Luuds Soviet Gains

The Russian people, in putting
up with conditions at which Am
orleans would rebel, have made
Russia one Of the most progress
Sive countries induStrially in the
world, Raymond Robbins, who
used to be a prohibition leader,
told President Roosevelt yester-
day.
Mr.. Robbins, who dropped from
sight for months and was found
wandering in the North Carolina
mountains q victim of amnesia.
has Just returned from tour Of
Russia.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
Adj Club VIII Hear
Traction Officers

President John H. Hanna and
other officers and directors Of the
Capital Traction Company will be
guests of the Advertising Club Of
Washington at a luncheon meet
ing next Tuesday at noon in
Raleigh Hotel.
The event will be in honor of
the new management in Washing
ton street car and bus transporta-
tion. President Hanna will speak
on "What Street Cars and Buses
Mean to Washington"
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
DRIVE PLEDGED
FOR MORE PAY,
LESS WORK
Whole Program of Clerks Gets
Endorsement; High Stand
ards Urged in Service
BY DUNCAN FORSYTH

r"'' BY DUNCAN FORSYTH
Adjournment Of the convention
Of the American Federation Of
Labor last night brought to a close
two weeks of rapidly coursing de-
Velopments charged with unusual
interest for government employees.
A comprehensive legislative pro-
gram has been worked out in be-
half of Federal workers, embody-
ing the principle Of the 30-hour
week, restoration Of salaries to
the figures in effect prior to the
economy act cuts, and mainten.
ance of high standards in the
Federal employ.
Clerks Views Supported
The Federation has gone on
record in favor of program
which includes everything the
government employees have asked.
It even goes further than their de-
nandS, in certain respects.
No pains were spared on the
part Of officials Of the organiza-
tion to pledge support to govern
ment workers. The executive
council report promised q cam
paign that would continue until
all. pay and privileges lost by Fed
eral employees were restored, and
at the opening session President
William Green assured the con-
vention that the welfare Of this
class of workers was Of great inter-
est to the Federation.
It is admitted that the interest
Is not wholly altruistic, since the
A. F.. of L. wants wages and work
ing conditions in the government
service to set standards for labor
everywhere.
Garment Union Joins
The reception of the Anal
gamated Garment Workers into
the ranks Of the A. F. Of l.. was
4 significant occurrence that had
outwardly the appearance OF the
most routine happening.
j, For 20 years or more Anal
gamated and the A. F. OF L.
have been at odds, and even war
time stimulus to labor organiZa-
tAon did not serve to bring them
together. What the war failed
to accomplish, however, NRA
achieved.
The union of the two organiza-
tions was viewed by E. Claude
Babcock, president Of the Amer
ican Federation OF Government
Employees, as highly importan! to
members of his organization. He
said:
'This union Of the Anal
Ramated with the A. F. Of L.
shows the growing tendency to
unity in the labor movement
and the growing strength Of
the federation. 1t means that
q labor organization to be ef-
fective must remain within
A. F. Of L. ranks.
''It has, therefore, o special
significance to members Of the
A. F.. G. E., who are affiliated
with the A. F. Of L."
No DiSsensiOn Shown
The convention accomplished
great deal Of work, for the most
part in the utmost harmony.
There were no dissensions in
volving Federal employees, for the
"A. r. G. e. supported a resolu-
tion sought by other units which
would maintain the identity Of
the Employees Compensation Com
mission, and also favored a resolu-
tion on jurisdictional principles
affecting government workers.
On the other hand, all the re-
forms in the government service
sponsored by the A. F. q. E. and
the postal unions were supported
by the Federation generally.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
WAR HERO CELEBRATES
Sgt. Mike Captured 78
Germans IS Years
Ago Today

Fifteen years ago today in the
shell-torn Meuse-Argonne sector
Of France a member of I Com
pany, 165th United States In
fantry, Single-handed stormed and
captured Hill 288, silenced IL ma
chine guns, and returned to his
outfit with 78 German officers
and men as prisoners.
This soldier was Michael Au-
guStin Donaldson, t amiliarly
known to his host Of friends as
Sergeant Mike, a name bestowed
upon him by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
when she was the Nations First
Lady.
HOnOrS Given Him
His valorous deed, one Of the
outstanding feats Of the World
War, won for the sergeant 80
decorations and citations, among
them the Congressional Medal Of
Honor, Medaille Militaire, Mon
tenegro Medal of Valour, Amer
lean Distinguished Service Cross,
MeuSe- -Argonne Citation and the
Croix de Guerre with Palms.
A bill awaits action by Congress,
backed by many of the Sergeant'S
influential friends, which provides
him with $4,000 and monthly
pension Of $500.
Club Medal
The Los Angeles Breakfast Club
Medal, awarded for exceptional
service to. humanity, was at one
time pinned on the sergeant's
breast by Gloria Swanson. Mike
in turn presented the medal to
Mrs. Stanley Dollar, of the noted
shipping magnate Dollars.
Sergeant Mike, who has stead
fastly declined all political affilia-
tons, is quietly celebrating the an.