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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-05-08
The NaW's New Deal

In response to a national de-
mand from listeners, the United
States Navy and Marine bands
are coming back to the air on
the N. B. C. networks, beginning
today.
Discontinued by former Secre-
tary of the Navy Adams several
months ago, they have been re-
instated by Secretary of the Navy
Swanson.
The Marine Band will be heard
four times weekly on Monday,
wednesday and twice on Friday,
while the Navy Band will go on
the air on Monday and Saturday.
Race on Air
The 150th running of the Eng
lish Derby. the worlds most ia,
nous horse race, will be described
over an N.B.C. network in an
international program May 81.
The colorful scene at EPSON
Downs also will be described by
R. c. Lyle, racing expert of the
British Broadcasting Corporation
Welcome Lewis, N.B.C. contrac-
tor, has enough conductors batons
to open a music store. She has
baton from every conductor that
ever accompanied her on the air,
and the stage. :. The Show
Boat cast, one of the largest
assembled for any one N.B.C. pro
gram, is planning to organize a
club to be known as the Kill
Three Hours Club" the object
being to pass away the time be-
tween their 8 p. m. Eastern broad
cast and their midnight broad
cast for the Pacific coast. ..
Amos n Andy have competitors
in the hotel business. A hotel
recently opened block from the
Chicago N.B.C. studios named
1.-The o. K. Hotel"
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
B|LLPOSTPONES
TAXPAYMENT

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 5.-Bills
postponing the time of tax collec-
tions in Montgomery county and
reducing the contribution Of Prince
Georges county to volunteer fire
departments were among those Of
sectional interest signed by Gov
ernor Ritchie last night.
Others provided for postpone
ment of the time for paying Of
paving assessments in iIyattsville,
permitting the town Of Somerset,
in Montgomery county, to borrow
on it's credit; allowing the town
of Ridgely to borrow $25, and
authorizing the city Of Cumber-
land to borrow specific. amounts
Of money.
One of the first to receive the
governors signature declares Anna
Mae Harris of Frederick county
the adopted daughter of Uriah G..
and Sallie L. Heltibridle and per-
mitS her to use that name.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
ARMY PARADE
TOMORROW

Police arrangements for the
Army parade to start tomorrow
at 80 p. m. have been concluded
The parade musters at New
Jersey Avenue and B Street s. E.,
moves north past the east front
Of the Capitol to Constitution
Avenue, west on Constitution to
Pennsylvania Avenue, west on
Pennsylvania Avenue to Fifteenth
Street, south on Fifteenth Street
to Constitution Avenue, and west
on Constitution Avenue to Sew
enteenth Street, the point Of dis
persal.
Assistant Police superintendent
L. I. II. Edwards has general sup
ervision Of arrangements.
Inspector B. A. Lamb is In
charge Of a motorcycle escort OF
policemen. Parking restrictions
along the route Of the parade,
at some points in force several
hours before it starts, have been
ordered.
First-aid stations have been To-
Gated in the National Hotel, in
the old Parker.Bridget store build
ing, in the District Building, and
at Fifteenth Street and Consti-
tuition Avenue N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
Asbestos Pants
Sent, Wo0din
Bv Admirer

DENVER, April 5 Q.N.S0.-
Secretary of the Treasury
Woodin will have a pair Of as
bestos breeches (pants to YOU'D
to protect him in what his pre-
decessor, ogden Mills, described
as "hot seat"
Upon his retirement, Mills
warned Woodin that he was
taking over one of the hottest
seats" in Washington, and sug-
gested that the new Secretary
secure a pair OF asbestos
breeches.
After his first few days in
office, during the bank holiday.
Woodin agreed publicly that
Mills was right.
Today G. M. Fiechtner, OF
Denver, wrote Woodin that he
was taking the liberty Of for
warding a pair of asbestos
breecheS to the Secretary.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
SENATORS BACK
GLASSFORD

Backed by several Influential
Senators, Brig. Gen. Pelham D.
Glassford, former superintendent
Of washington police, is being
considered for Federal relief ad-
ministrator under the $500.000, 900
measure awaiting final Congress
Sional approval.
It was learned at the White
House that Glassford's name had
been proposed to the Chief Execu-
tive formally and that he will be
considered for the appointment.
General Glassford's friends re-
ported him receptive and "par-
ticularly qualified to administer
the office efficiently" in view of
his extensive efforts in behalf OF
the nations unemployed.
He is assured of the cooperation
Of Senators Costigan, Colorado;
Wagner, New York. and La Fol
lette, co-authors of the measure.
and Cutting, New Mexico; John,
son, California; Reed. Pennsyl-
vania, and Walcott. Connecticut.
Since his resignation as police
chief, Glassford has been working
to establish camps for unem-
p1oyed men and has studied the
entire problem of unemployment,
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
FIFTH CONCERT
A|DSJOBLESS

The Washington musicians, Rob
ert Ruckman, pianist, and Milton
Schwartz, violinist, won new hon.
ors in an excellent program pre-
sented at the washington Club
last night.
It was the fifth concert of the
series sponsored by the Ten
O'Clock Club for the benefit of
joblesS local musicians.
Ruckman opened the program
with a Debussy group. He plays
easily and achieves a good flow.
ing tone with a minimum Of ef-
fort. Africa" a two.piano fan
tasy of Saint Saens with Emerson
Meyers at the second keyboard,
brought q prolonged ovation.
Schwartz chose an old concerto,
Vieuxtemps No. 4, a Ravel, and
then stopped the show" with de
Falla's Fire Dance. His growing
mastery Of his instrument was
brilliantly illustrated in an encore,
Novacek's Perpetual Motion, a diff
ficult work. He was. accompanied
by George Cornwall.
Schwartz and Ruckman eli
NAKED a good evening with an
emotional and colorful reading of
Franck's famous sonata, this re-
viewers favorite.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
CUSTER WIDOW
DEADAT 81

NEW YORK, April 5 Q.N.SO.
One of the last remaining figures
intimately connected with the
"Custer Massacre" on the little
big horn in 1876 was removed
today in the death Of Mrs. Eliza
beth Bacon Custer, widow Of the
"boy general" She was 81 years
old.
Funeral services will be held at
West Point, where her famous
husband was graduated in 1861,
from where he went Immediately
to join the Federal troops at the
front in the Civil War. Three
years later he was a brigadier
general in command Of a brigade
of Michigan volunteer cavalry.
With Mrs. Custer when she
died were two nieces, Mrs. Charles
w. Elmer, of Brooklyn, and Miss
Lula Custer, who had come here
from the old Custer farm at
Monroe, Mich.
Married to the dashing cavalry
commander in 1864, Mrs. Custer
accompanied his com m n d
through his campaigns in the
Civil War, and later on his ex"
peditions on the western plains
against the Indians. She was at
Fort Abraham Lincoln, at Bis
mark, N. D., when Custer and
his 3O0-odd troops were wiped out
by the Sioux.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
Crew Of Akron
Had Faith In
DiriigibR

The crew of the airship Akron
fought to retain their posts,
even to appealing for Congress
sional aid.
This tragic sidelight Of the
fatal crash was revealed today
by Representative Sutphin CD
of New Jersey, whose district in
cludes Lakehurst. He said:
"They all liked the ship, all
had faith in her, and all wanted
to keep their posts.
"Only recently I had the case
of a nan who was being trans
ferred. The Navy Department
wanted to put q single man in
his place. He strenuOuSly OBJ
jected, but the Navy Overruled
him and thus saved his life.
"The case of COmdr. G. E.
Rosendahl, who formerly COM
manded the Akron, is in point.
1--WE fought hard to keep him
from being placed on sea duty"
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
DAVIS IN PARIS;
AIRS DEBT VIEW

PARIS, April 5 G.N.SO.-The
United States Government refuses
to become involved in any way in
the four-power European peace
pact proposed by Premiers Mus
solini of Italy and Macdonald Of
Great Britain.
Norman H. Davis, American am
basSador-at-large, to whom has
been entrusted the task Of pre-
senting European statesmen with
President Roosevelt's views, made
this plain to PRIMER Daladier Of
France, in a 40-minute converse
ton today.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
P P0L|CE ASSIST.
NEEDYFA|N|LY

The ''hard boiled coppers" at
the Alexandria police station are
committing another act which be-
lies the appellation.
A man, his wife and five chill
dren arrived in the city Monday
night. They asked for aid from
police. The wife, an expectant
mother was taken to the Alex
andria Hospital and placed under
care of physicians.
The father and children were
housed at the police station until
last night when arrangements
were made for quartering them
until the wife became better.
The man, Jesse M. AmoSon, 80,
an unemployed meat cutter, said
he was attempting to take his
family back to their home in
Admission, Ala. Police are seeking
a job for him so the family will
have funds to continue their
journey.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
CHILD
To Be BURIED

Funeral services for eight-year-
old Nicholas Loreto, whose body
was found Monday in the Eastern
Branch of the Potomac, will be
held tomorrow.
Services will be held from his
home, 1900 block A st. N. E., at
$50 followed by mass at Holy
Name Church at 8, with burial
in st. Marys Cemetery.
The boy had been missing from
home "a hours when his body
was found. Detectives and the
coroner's office concluded that he
fell into the water.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
Seek Single
Executive for D. e..

Abolition of the commissioner
system Of government for Wash
ington as a means Of breaking
official red tape was urged last
night by the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association.
The organization adopted a
resolution favoring a single ex'
ecutive for the District, after
attempts had been made to block
introduction of the measure.
Approval Of efforts Of Senator
Arthur Capper to bring about
rent reductions was also voted.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
800 MEASURES
PUT THROUGH.
BY DRIVE
Most Desired Bills Passed BY
Overtime Action; Economy
Chief of TriumphS

ANNAPOLIS, April 5.-With
the adjournment Of the general
assembly yesterday, Gov. Ritchie
had the satisfaction Of seeing all
Of the administration bills passed
and all major measures ready for
his signature.
OF the. nearly 1000 bills intro
duced during the session, approx
mately 800 were passed by both
House and Senate. Beginning as
just another session, the legisla-
ture soon found itself involved in
the banking crisis and other
pressing but controversial prob
lens that threatened to hold up
passage Of the budget bill.
All Night Sessions
BY application Of extra pres
sure in the final five days and
through overtime and all-night
sessions. however, the legislators
worked their way through the
jam and finished their task in
the required 80 days.
Among the chief administra-
ton measures sanctioned by the
general assembly was the revised
budget bill which pares $4,000, 900
for each Of the next two years
from State expenditures.
Bet Law Wins
One of the hardest fought pro.
visions was that giving Baltimore
city 80 per cent Of the Ia cent
gasoline tax funds.
Other measures for increasing
revenues included a bill impos-
ing q per cent tax on all money
wagered at Maryland race track
meetings, and one authorizing a
$4,000, 900 bond issue to improve
the Philadelphia and Hartford
roads, and another which is ex-
pected to double the yield from
motor truck licenses.
The State unemployment bill
lost out in the Senate.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
Victim Gets Blame
For Fatal Car Crash

A coroner's jury last night
decided Bernard E. Jones, 81, Of
the 1000 block Bennett st. N. E.,
met his death Saturday in an
automobile crash at Berwyn as
the result of his own negligence.
The inquest was conducted at the
home Of Magistrate George C..
Phillips in Berwyn.
Jones' car struck a light pole
while going more than 70 miles
an hour. He was killed, but
Private Arnold G. Phillips, on duty
at Walter Reed Hospital, sustained
minor cuts and bruises.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
BUS FARE CUT,
COUNTY AIM

Reduction of bus fares in Arling.
ton county, Va, is being sought
by members Of the Arlington
County Public Utilities Commits
sion, it was said today by Edmund
D. Campbell, chairman Of the
commission.
Representatives Of the utility
board have conferred with agents
of bus companies operating in the
county and hope shortly to bring
about a reduction. The utility
board is also considering asking
the county commissioners to desig-
nate bus stops in the county.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
FiUe Caught in Raid
TZDO More SOunht

Four men were arrested and
two are sought by Federal agents
after a raid on a 200-gallon still
near Trinity Church, Charles
county, Md, yesterday.
Those arrested were Samuel
Sinclair, of Charlotte Hall; Ste
phen Austin, of Riceville; James
Raley, Of Charlotte Hall, and
Charles Wiley, of Wicomico. All
were charged with manufacture
and possession Of liquor and
placed under $1,00 bond.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
Trout Season Opens
April Is in VirqiHaia

Open season for trout fishing
in Virginia streams will start
April IS, according to w. Harry
johnson, State game warden, of
Clarendon. A list of streams
stocked by the Virginia conserva-
tion commission has been posted
in the office of Sheriff Howard
B. Fields, Arlington courthouse.
Probably the nearest good trout
streams to Washington are more
than IS miles away. Many Of
those nearer have been contami-
mated.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
HISTORIAN TO TALK

The history of the Sandy Spring
neighborhood for the past year
will be read by Mrs. Henry T
Nichols, historian, Monday eve-
ming in the Sandy Spring Lyceum
where seventy years ago the Gus
tom was ,inaugurated by William
H. Farquhar. The history gives
the listings Of weddings, births
deaths, crop conditions and the
weather.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
CLUBS INLUNCHE0N

A joint luncheon Of three clubs
Of Arlington county-Rotary, XII
wants and Monarch-was held to-
day in Windsor Arms. Glebe Road,
Arlinpt0Y1
The Washington times., 1933-04-05

"If at first you don't succeed. Try.
try again." An aEe-Old saying. but
ever true. II you haven't been able to
locate the apartment yOu want, read the
timely selection offered daily in the
WANTAAD 6EcZ1ON 8 this >nsWSDapsr.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
DAGOBERT DUERR

DAGOBERT DUERR
NEWSPAPER EDITOR, who
has been made chief of press re-
lations for Berlin. Notice the
Hitler moustache. Photo by In
ternational News Photographic
E. Service.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

very eve" He checked him.
self with an oath.
Lucille whimpered. "She
seemed lax a kind, good lady,
sub. Only when I found out
she was a Yankee"
"She'S a devil. She's been in
our lines before. Chancellor
nearly caught her once. We've
got her this time, anyway"
Captured Spy
The clustered candle lights
in the great hall dazzled the
little laundress as they entered
Bower House. Sentries on guard
held them; then they went into
a lamplit library where several
officers sat at a table; and Pau
line Cushman lay apparently
asleep in a huge upholstered
chair.
She opened her eyes and sat
up when the laundress came
into the room.
We'll, Sir?" demanded a ma
Jor Of cavalry, very quietly.
Captain Gailliard. at attent-
ion, said: THE girl is a genuine
Negro. and is perfectly truth
full, sir"
The officers decided to exam
Inc her, and she was formally
called and sworn,
oh. gentlemen" said Pauline
CuShman quietly, there is no
need for all this, is there?" And
She looked at Gail Loveless with
a pallid smile and said: Poor
little Lucille Lyndon. You were
a good maid"
A captain of cavalry said to
the laundress: "You recognize
this-lady?"
"YaaS, suh."
"She is the actress, Pauline
Cushmanz"
"YaaS, Suh."
He turned to an officer of
horse artillery, who shook his
head and said: IT have no oues-
ton to ask this coIored girl"
To Lucille this captain of cav.
airy said: That is all. You NAV
60" -'
She looked at Pauline Cush-
man, who looked steadily back
at her. Il loved yuh, ma'am"
SAID the little laundreSs-"only
yuh turned Yankee"
Il love you STILL" said Pauline
II hope. ma'am, that yuh'l
come to no HARM" faltered the
little laundress.
Nothing really can ever harm
me SOUL" said Pauline Cush-
man.
So they acted the last scene,
and parted; the ruling passion
strong in death, and both of
tnem perfect in their art, even
IN the shadow of deaths de.
Scending curtain.
Gailliard followed the girl to
tne veranda; and here she
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
lIversal Service Special Cable


MOSCOW, Dec. 4.-Russia has
some roosters that hover protect
ingly over broods Of fluffy chicks,
cluck like hens and even lay an
occasional (but unhatchable) egg
Also, hens that strut like rooSters
and crow triumphantly as they
preen newly acquired plumage.
These living biological phenom-
ena we're shown by Prof. M. M.
ZavodoSki at the physiological de-
velopment laboratory of the ALI
Union Institute Of Animal Hus-
bandry, of which he is director.
For years, Professor ZavodoVski
has been experimenting with sex
mutation, and says he has def
nitely determined the dependent
and independent sex characteris-
tics in birds and mammals" He
transforms animals by glandu-
lar transfer known as the
"Zavodovski operation"
Having achieved identical re-
suits in tranSplantations in pleas
ants, ducks and other birds, zavo-
dovski is ready to let the scientific
world battle over his conclusions:
That his experiments prove that
among the dependent sex char
acteristics of male birds are comb,
waffle, voice and sex instinct,
while feather-coloring and mark
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Read This First

young was-just 2O-had thorough
actress utelage
pshed artist the professional Pauline
Cushman Miss CuShman had served for the Union
Army Now for her to again into the Con-
federate lines at Marinburg Va j. E. needed
watching intended his reckless
jacketed devastating raid.
Miss Cushman might Gail LOveess with
PnkertOn head Of the Federal Secret Service and his ade
Colonel Sharpe seeing the girl mpeOnae
ability fool said
Ghe might assigned the Secret
the 49, which another
Gently captured by the Southern and hanged
later Gail L0veess Lucille Lyndon "yaler gal
iaundress Iu assigned headquarters
Of General Stuart hrse while shirt
In swift little river Capt Jack Galard foremost Of
General Suars spies to f with her lazly in the mellow
shine. kissed the thrill him.
Shortly aferward Pauline Cushman Op
erOr IS herself spy offered
her the chance to
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Russian Scientist Alters
Sex of Animals, Birds

ings are independent sex charac-
teristics and that among the de-
pendent sex characteristics Of the
hen are her plumage. voice and
sex instinct" He is also con-
vinced that in birds, the female
species is bisexual, put with ma
turity of the male glands inhib-
tied" unless science interfereS.
Director zavadovski further
said:
Having determined the char
acteristics in birds, 1 performed
similar experiments in man.
mails and found they possess
reverse characteristics.
Il could change sex at will
and just as with birds, the re-
viSed-male and the female Of
antelopeS resemble each other
closely. But contrary to birds,
the coIOring of the made ante
lope depends upon sex, while the
female cOIOring is Independent.
This / found true also Of other
mammals subjected to trans
plantation"
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
By ROBERT w. CHAMBERS

Sue turned her back him and walked away through
the dewwet grass hurying the trees concealed
her and breahless and anxious the cooktent and
shany where the headquarters black estab
lished.
The girl giggled.
"Huh Co tin long O. nocount ngger!" shifted
Bob "Mars Gaiiard he done been askin'
Her heart stood still "What does he want, Bob she
managed to ask lightly
"Mo' co tim said Bob ominousy "but not de kim Of
co tin youh been adoin Yuh gotta go Mrs cambridge
ober dar to de big house. Dar's co'tmara holden ober
dar. Das de kin ob cot gwine teach you sumfn y'h
don't know gall"
~who, me9'' she asked saucily, but with death in her
heart
"Yaas yuh Long OBJ all de debbln an de gwineson in
dis bvab
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
ADVERTISER EMIT
To End Cough
haHurry,M Mix
This at Home
Saves Big Dollars! No Cooking!

Millions Of housewives have found
that, by mixing their own cough medi-
cine, they get a purer, more effective
remedy. They use q recipe which costs
only One-fourth as much as ready
made medicine, but which really has no
equal for breaking up obstinate coughs.
From any druggist, get 21a ounces
of Pinex. Pour this into a pint bottle,
and add granulated sugar syrup to fill
up the pint. The syrup is easily made
with 2 cups sugar and one cup water,
stirred few moments until dissolved.
No cooking needed. It's no trouble at
all, and makes the most effective
remedy that money could buy: Keeps
perfectly, and children love its taste.
Its quick action in loosening the
phlegm, clearing the air passages, and
soothing away the Inflammation, has
caused it to be used in more homes
than any other cough remedy.
Pinex is a highly concentrated com.
pound of Norway Pine, famous for its
healing effect on throat membranes. 1t
is guaranteed to give prompt relief or
money refunded.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
PLEADS
FOR RUSSIA

Religious leadership should rec
ognize Russia, the Rev. DR.. Jos
eph r. Sizoo told his congrega
ton yesterday at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
He said:
Communism has no chance
in the world outside Of Russia
as long as peace exists. Rus
sia is ending its dreams Of
world control. 1t low wants
only the right to its own gov
ernment: BOlshevism itself is
a religion. 1t grows from a
passion similar to that from
which our own religion devel-
Oped. It has leaders and ideals.
We may not think it moral, but
it is a religion"
DR.. Sizoo commended Americas
action in recognizing Russia ano
suggested it was high time" re
ligious leadership did likewise.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
GET $500.
BEAT Up MAN

Seized by a gang Of five thugs,
John w. Daily, of the 1900 block
Half st. S. E., was abducted early
today, driven to the District Line,
robbed Of 5000 and beaten.
Daily was walking at South
Capitol and N Streets when the
men jumped on him and forced
him into a truck with Maryland
tags. He was warned by his cap
tors to keep silent.
At Alabama Avenue and the line
the truck was halted. The men
robbed Daily, beat him severely,
threw him from the vehicle and
drove away.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
j.. O'C0NN0R SPEAKS

John j. O'Connor, of the
faculty of Georgetown University,
speaking yesterday at a meeting
in Franklin Park sponsored by the
Catholic Evidence Guild, said that
the Catholic possesses standard
of conduct and a guide for living
that Is the work of God, and
that a man cannot live intelli-
gently unless he knows the pur-
pose for which he was created.