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The Washington times., 1933-03-09
a HOUSE SEATS
ARE INVOLVED
IN CONTESTS

The new House of Representa-
tives, which assemblies today, faced
the necessity of deciding contests
for IA seats for the two-year
term which opened March 4.
The contestants, a record
breaking number, are for the
most part Democrats seeking to
add to the already overwhelming
Democratic majority.
One contest was expected to
break today, while others prob
ably will go through the process
of long committee hearings before
being settled.
One Contest From Maine
With Representative Utterback
(D.D of Maine ready to claim his
seat, friends of Ralph Brewster
(R0 were expected to ask Utter
back to stand aside. Four mem
.bers of the governors council OF
Maine, including the governor,
sent in papers showing Utterback
entitled to the seat, while four
others said Brewster should be
Seaved.
Clerk South Trimble was ex-
pected to place Utterback's name
on the unofficial roll of the
House, and he was to attempt to
take the oath.
Another contest may be post
poned for a few months. Henry
Ellenbogen CD of Pennsylvania
will not have been citizen for
the seven-year period required by
: the Constitution for about three
months. He may wait until that
time to take the oath.
Shoemaker Expects Fight
Representative M. H. Shoemak-
er (F.-L.) of Minnesota who
boasts that he comes to Con-
gress from Leavenworth Peni-
tentiary, said he expected his
seat to be challenged, but he had
a valid certificate of election and
was certain to be seated.
Other projected contests are:
Claude Chandler CD against
Georg Burnham (RD Of Cali
fornia; William Fox CD against
William Higgins CR) Connecti-
cut, Martin Gormley CD against
Edward GoSs (RO Connecticut;
James McAndrews CD against
Fred Britten CRO Illinois; Charles
Weber CD against James Simp-
son CR) Illinois, Lloyd Reece
CD against Representative ELL
Zey D0 Mississippi, John j.
Shanahan CD against Repre-
sentative Beck (RD PennSyl-
vania, John j. Casey CD against
Representative Turpin (R0 Penn
sylvania, Anne E. Felix CD
against M. j. Muldowney CRO
Pennsylvania, o. B. Lovette (RO
against Carroll Reece (R0 Ten
nessee, Lloyd Ellis CD against
Representative ThurSton (RO
Iowa, F. H. LaGuardia R0 Of
New York against James Lanzetta
CD New York.
The Washington times., 1933-03-09
First HOOUer Board
Dies In 'NeID Deaf

The Conference on Home
Building and Ownership Is the
first casualty Of the Roosevelt
economy program. This minor
Government activity, a Hoover
creation, is abolished, and its en-
ployes have been stricken off the
payroll.
The Home Loan Bank Board is
expected to go the same way, and
promptly. This also was Hoover
device, theoretically to extend re-
lief to small home owners. 1t has
been functioning for several
months with small success, and
has loaned thus far only to build
ing and loan associations, not to
home owners.
The Washington times., 1933-03-09
CONNECTED Banker
To Be GiUen Parole

A parole, effective July IA, has
been granted John Wesley Price,
former cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of WEIGH, w. Va,
who now is serving a five-year
term in the Atlanta Penitentiary,
the Department of Justice an
nounced today.
Price was convicted of irregu-
1arities in handling the bank
moneys and was sentenced by
Judge McClintic in June, 1881, in
the Federal courts in West Vir'
ginia jurisdiction. His parole was
recommended by the mayor of
Welch and Republican Senator
Hatfield.
The Washington times., 1933-03-09
Gas Company Head
Speaks to ROt1ri0nS

Marcy L. Sperry, president Of
the Washington Gas Light Com
pany, was luncheon speaker at
the Rotary Club yesterday, con-
trasting economic activities in
various parts of the country.
New England's reaction to eco
nomic stress was held up as a
model for the rest of the country.
Mr.. Sperry said the city Of Fall
River, Mass, guided by a board Of
finance appointed by the gov
ernor, is operating within it's
budget and paying off its debt at
the rate of million dollars a
year.
The Washington times., 1933-03-09
Y. F. W. Gives Garner
GOLd-PLGted GUUeL

Vice President Garner yester-
day was presented with a gold
plated and engraved gavel con-
structed from shell fragments
gathered on the st. Mihiel battle
front. The gift was handed to
the Vice President by Earl R.
Clements, commander of the De-
partment of Texas, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, on behalf of his
department.
The inscription on the gavel
reads: "To John Nance Garner,
U. S. Vice President, from Vet
eranS of Foreign Wars of U. S.,
Department of Texas, E. r.
Clements, commander, 1932-33."
The Washington times., 1933-03-09
Vets IndOrse CuSick
As District Attorney

Appointment Of Ralph A. Gu
sick, as United States attorney
for the District Of Columbia, was
urged yesterday by the District
chapter of the Democratic War
Veterans Associations, Of which
Cusick is president. A copy of
the resolution was sent to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Norman A. Landreau, depart
ment commander of the Ameri-
can Legion, withdrew his candi-
dacy and will support Cusick.
The local chapter of the D. A. v.
likewise indorsed his appoint
ment.
The Washington times., 1933-03-09
THE sun AND MOON

IHAN1 5O4N EA4ND 1VHVVIN
The sun rises today at $3.50 a. m.
and sets at 500 D. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at 20 a. m.
and sets at $40 D. m.
The moon rises today at 3:39 D. m.
and sets at 514 a. m.
The moe rises tomorrow at 4:4S
o. m. and sets at 5:42a. m.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
TAX RATE CUTS
HIT COUNTY
REVENUE
Decrease Of $152,502 Seen
From 1882 Figure; Levy
SIaShed al Cents

Tax cuts totaling Al cents for
each $100 assessed valuation are
blamed for the decreased tax
collections in Prince Georges
County during the past five
months, in the semi-annual report
Of Treasurer Thomas N. Magruder
to the Board of County Commits.
sioners.
If the tax cuts had not been in
effect, collections would be only
$4,000 behind those of last year,
estimates Deputy Treasurer Ernest
R. Smith. Total collections were
$152,502.11 behind 1882, according
to the report.
Other reasons for the decrease
were given as economic conditions
in general and the cut in assess
able basis of stocks and corpora
ton issues.
Total collections for the five
months were $522,813.13 as COM
pared with $675,315.24 for last
year. Divided into individual
parts, the collections included,
under the State tax of Is cents,
$75, ,369.O2 for 1888, and $76,673.24
for 1882; for the county levy of
$1.08, $353,112.06 for 1888, and
$486,537.31 for 1882. The 1882
levy was $1.49.
Under the 7-cent Suburban San.
itary tax, $13,435.53 was raised,
compared with $13,651.36 for 1882,
and in the park and planning tax,
$5,651.28 as compared with S.
740.01 for last year. The only
tax to show an increase was the
sanitary front foot benefit tax
which went up $161.52 due to in
creased home building.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
SLASH|NG CASE
HOLDS YOUTH

Robert Alexander, 20, colored,
100 block S Street N. w., was
held under $4,000 bond on a
charge of assault and attempted
murder, when arraigned before
Judge John P. Mcmahon in Police
Court today.
Mrs. Louise Zimmerman, 81, the
prisoners alleged victim, is in a
serious condition at Emergency
Hospital with knife wounds in her
throat.
Alexander is alleged to have
slashed the woman when he at
tempted to hold up her shop IN
the 100 block Seventeenth Street
N. w., October 5.
A shoe left behind by the assail.
ant led to AleXander's arrest. He
pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
WOOdring Heads
Vets Ball Patrons

Harry H. Woodring, Assistant
Secretary of War, will be chair
man of the patrons committee for
the annual Armistice Day celebra.
ton of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. The event will be held at
Wardman Park Hotel to carry on
relief work of the organization.
The executive committee arrang-
ing the ball will hold a meeting
tomorrow. Nathan D. Golden is
chairman.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
SALARY FIXING
. METHOD ALSO
UNDER FIRE
Determination of Pay on Basis
Of Living Costs Declared
To Be UnameriCan
BY DUNCAN FORSYTH

Federal employees gained an
other point at the convention of
the American Federation of Labor
today in approval of the execu-
tive councils recommendations
concerning them, which call for
restoration of salaries and stigma
tie the determination of salaries
on a basis of living costs as un-
American.
The point of view of the council
IN this respect was that such pro-
cedure ties salaries to past condi-
ttons, whereas changes in living
conditions are continuous, and as
a corollary it is held that salaries
should be independent of any
basis fixed on living costs at some
former date.
Want Standards Preserved
The council also contended
that dismissa1s, furloughs and
wage cuts in the Federal employ
had stimulated wage-cutting tao
ties by private employers, and
that maintenance of standards
in the Government service is es-
sential to orderly development
Of industry.
Growing indications appeared
today of a rising tide of protest
against the present procedure
with respect to merging Of bu-
reaus, in the course of which
all employees of the merged uits
lost their status and reve15 to
that Of temporary employees.
This means not only loss of
leave and other privileges but
Of civil service protection when
1t comes to unemployment.
Wherever bureau mergers have
taken place, employees have been
weeded out while they are on
the temporary status, and those
. whom it is desired to retain are
kept, without necessarily paying
any heed to civil service pro-
cedure.
Veterans Among Those Hit
A new angle in this situation
appeared today when it was
learned that advantage has been
taken Of this condition to remove
veterans, who, under the civil
service laws, are entitled to spe-
cial preference both as to appoint
ment and as to retention of their
jobs when staffs are being cut.
BY putting all employees on tenn
porary status, and hence beyond
protection of civil service laws,
veterans can be removed as
readily as anyone else, and heads
of the units concerned are under
no special obligations to restore
them to the payroll in the new
organizations created.
E. Claude Babcock, president Of
the American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees, today issued a
statement with reference to the
practice of consultations as now
carried out. He said:
"This practice is legal but in
defensible. Workers for the
Government should be given a
fair deal. They do not have it
now"
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
HOSPITAL S|FTS
ILLNESS OF 36

Gallinger Hospital authorities
today were investigating the cause
of an illness which yesterday
gripped SO nurses and several in
terneS and doctors.
Claimed by the nurses to have
been brought on by an egg salad,
officials are more inclined to the
belief that improperly cleaned
cabbage was the cause. DR.. John
Kelk, chief of staff, is heading
the probe.
No patients were affected, au-
thorities said, since food for pa
tientS and employees is prepared
in separate kitchens. Four of the
nurses and a physician are still
in bed as a result of the poisoning.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
COURT DENIES
ARREST SUIT

Prince Georges County Police
man Claude A. Reese yesterday
won a damage suit in Circuit
Court, as the jury affirmed the
right of police to hold suspect
during investigation of a case.
The Hyattsville policeman was
defendant in a suit brought by
Norman L. Pinkard, of Hyatts-
vile, who asked $4,000 damages
as the result of his detention
during investigation of re-
ported $4,000 diamond robbery in
washington.
The diamonds and money were
lost from a Washington home at
which Pinkard was working. Po-
liceman Reese received a tele-
phone message to go to Pinkard'S
Hyattsville home and ask him
what he knew about it.
Reese took Pinkard to the
Hyattsville station a short time
before a second telephone mes
sage came that the articles had
been found in washington. Pink
ard was then released, said Reese.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
Girl Guidance Group
ParLey Tomorrow

Opening sessions of the three
day conference of the Girl Re.
serve Adult Guidance Council will
be held tomorrow at the Y. w
C. A. New Programs for New
Need" will be the theme. Miss
Grace Abbott, chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau of the Labor De.
partment, will address the confer
ence.
Mrs. William Mcclellan Ritter
is chairman of the arrangements
committee, and Miss Elsa M. Pc
terson and Miss Mabel R. Cook
are directing the general com
mittee.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12

Honoring the 441st anniversary
of the landing of Christopher
Columbus in the western hemi-
sphere, 200 members of the
Knights of Columbus of the Dis
trict gathered at the Columbus
Monument on Union Station
Plaza today for ceremonies.
A large wreath was placed at
the foot of the monment during
the ceremony by D. j. Callahan,
supreme treasurer.
Among other K. of C. officials
attending the ceremonies were
the Rev. Francis x. Cavanaugh,
State chaplain; w. A. Mulligan,
State warden; Walter I. Plant,
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
SUIT To UPHOLD
MERIT SYSTEM
IS ARGUED
Baltimore Mayors Right to Ig-
more Classified Service Is
Challenged by Woman

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. IL.
Whether or not the Baltimore
city ordinance authorizing Mayor
jackson, of that city, to organize
the Bureau of Controls and Ac-
counts, appoint the employees and
place them in the classified SER
vice under the merit system, Is
questioned in a case argued be-
fore the court of appeals here
yesterday.
Mayor Jackson's brother, Will
liam A. Jackson, and William j.
Edelen were appointed general
bookkeeper and Junior account
ant, respectively, for the bureau
without competitive examination
and their names were added to
the classified roster.
Francis King Carey and Miss
Victorine K. Robertson filed q
bill of complaint in the Balti
more city circuit court asking
that that portion of the ordi-
nance authorizing the mayor to
appoint employees in the bureau
be declared null and void be-
cause it is in violation of the
merit system rules. The court
sustained a demurrer to the bill
filed by the city.
Miss Robertson is former
city employe and is on the re-
employment list of the Civil Ser.
vice Commission. For that rea-
son she claims she is entitled
to one of the positions, since at
the time of the appointments she
was the only senior accountant
clerk registered as such on the
unemployment list.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
Ceremonies at Plaza Honor
Christopher Columbus
FATHER CAVANAGH

District deputy; Michael Racioppi,
grand knight of the Washington
council; Edward I. Tucker, State
secretary; DR.. G.. R. Ellis, faith
full navigator of the fourth de-
gree, and P. j. Haltigan.
Leo A. Rover. United States
district attorney and former
State deputy of the K. of c., will
deliver a radio address honoring
Columbus over station WMAL
at 6:15 p. m. today.
The celebration will end to-
night with an entertainment and
program at the Knights of Co.
lumbus Hall Senator Patrick NC
Carron, of Nevada, will speak.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
TROOP To RIDE
At ROCKVILLE

Col. Kenyon A. Joyce, command
ing officer at Fort Myer, Va, an
nounced today that Troop F.
Third Cavalry, under the COM
mand of Capt. George I. Smith,
will participate in the Rockville
Horse Show Saturday.
The troop is famous through
out the country for its Wild West
and rodeo riding. First Sergt. T
D. Moffitt, with 80 years Army
experience behind him, will lead
the troop, garbed in typical COW
boy chaps, bandannas, and ten
gallon hats.
Outstanding among the cavalry,
mems exhibitions will be a series
of jumps through flaming hoops,
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
Transient Problem
To Be Topic Monday

"NeXt Steps in the Solution of
the Transient Problem" will be
discussed by two speakers at a
meeting of the Monday Evening
Club, to be held at the Willard
Hotel next Monday at 8 p. m. The
speakers will be Morris Lewis, ma
tional director Of transient relief
of the Emergency Relief Admins
tration, and Arthur Rosichan,
district director of transient relief
under the Board of Public Welfare.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
LICENSED TO WED

Marriage licenses were issued
in Rockville yesterday to Samuel
Poms, 20, and Freida Pincus, 81,
both of Washington; Thomas
Rodda, jr., 81, and Francis Irma
Mouchens, 10, both of Alexan-
dria; Charles Humphries Mum
day, %, Washington, and Audrey
Lee Mcintosh, %, Chevy Chase,
Md; John Kirby, 20, and Daisy
Prescoval Francum, 20, both of
Washington, and Bruce Linville
Taylor, %, Bethesda, and Lillian
Gorton Brockway, %, Washing
ton,
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
Staying Suspect
Is Held by Court

John Arthur Minor, colored,
Bethesda. held on murder
charge in connection with the
killing, Friday night, of John
Pelham, also colored, was bound
over to the Montgomery county
grand jury by Judge Donald A..
DeLashmutt, in Rockville police
court yesterday.
Pelham was stabbed to death
at a party in the home Of Col.
Alexander Powell near Chevy
Chase Circle, where he was en-
ployed as a chauffeur. Police
claim that he and Minor fought
over a girl,
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
F. S. SdndfOrd Heads
Citizens Association

F. S. Sandford, 1900 block Al
bermarle st. N. w., has been
elected president of the American
University Park Citizens Associa.
tion. The post of vice president
has been given to Mrs. Blame
McCollum, who had been Secre.
tary of the association for five
years. Mrs. Anna B. Smith is
secretary, and Mrs. Orr G.. Visel
treasurer.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
GR0CERS PLEAD
To END ABUSES
BY International News Service


Provisions intended to correct
a chain of abuses in the grocery
industry were urged today by
spokesmen for chain stores and
independents before the Farm Ad-
justment Administration.
These provisions, ranging all
the way from ban on CONNER
cial bribery" to the prohibition of
false or derogatory statements
against competitors, are incor-
porated in the proposed master
code for food and grocery dealers.
The code would embrace brok-
ers, wholesalers and retailers.
Many firms engaged in canning
and the handling of special food
products have sought exemption.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
Wife Tries Mate in Court,
Then He Fades Out

Mr.. Briscoe suddenly disappeared,
Mrs. Briscoe raced hack into the
court room and informed Judge
Sheriff that her husband had
fled.
II asked to have him back
and no sooner does he agree
than he is gone again."
Judge Sheriff assured the wife
that there was nothing that could
be done about it. She had tried
the case herself.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12

James Briscoe, of Riverdale,
Md, was tried by his wife yester-
day in HyattSville Police Court.
Briscoe was arraigned on a
charge Of nonsupport of his wife,
Mary. Judge j. Chew Sheriff
asked Mrs. Briscoe if she wanted
her husband held for the action
Of the grand jury. She could not
make up her mind.
The court then permitted the
woman to decide the case herself.
She did, asking the return of her
husband if he would stay home
and support her. That was salts
factory with the court.
In fact, it was satisfactory all
around until the trial ended and
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
A. F. OIL DEMANDS RESTORATION OF FEDERAL PAY
Fractures Arm
Trying to See
Red Grange

Sidney Martin didn't see his
gridiron hero play last night.
Sidney, 15-year-old school boy
living in the 1900 block G st.
N. E., wanted to see Red
Grange play.
He attempted to enter Grif.
fifth Stadium via the fence.
Slipping, he fell and fractured
his left arm.
Nurses at Emergency Hos
pital gave him the final score
of the game.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
IOWdn Appointed
TOP0rkS Position

BY International News Service
Appointment of Hillory A. Tol-
son, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as
assistant director of national
park buildings and reservations,
was announced today.
The Washington times., 1933-10-12
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The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-06-16
BUCK OFFERS NEW
THRILLS
(Playdate Reader)

Buck Jones, Columbia's herman of
the great open spaces, has arrived in
town in his newest Western feature,
Hello Trouble" which is said to have
more thrills than four or five average
pictures.
Buck plays the role Of Texas Ran
ger in this picture that is, at first.
But after he kills friend in the per-
/ Torrance of his duty, he quits the SER
vice and goes to an Arizona ranch,
hoping to lead quiet life. Instead he
finds girl there, and more trouble
than before A pack of desperadoes and
rascally cowboy on the ranch, have
found silver, and they exert every vile
to get Buck and the girl to sell the
ranch to them. There is plenty of hard
riding and fast shooting before Buck
cleans up the gang.
Lima Basquette, raven-haired beauty,
formerly starred in the Ziegfeld Follies,
plays Bucks heroine.
Wallace Macdonald, who has died
many times on the screen while carry
ing out his dastardly roles, is again
cast as the heavy, this time as LIE
Tango a quick on the trigger cowhand.
Alan Roscoe is his confederate in
crime. Other well known actors in Hell
10 Trouble" are Otto Hoffman, Ruth
Warren, Ward Bond, Late Mckee,
Spec ODonnell, King Baggott and Al
Smith.
Lambert Hillyer directed this latest
Buck Jones picture, and also wrote
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-06-16
EDITOR RETURNS FROM
EXTENDED TRIP

Rev. r. L. Young, Editor of the Wee
ky Echo, returned from his extended
trip in which Birmingham, Atlanta
and Augusta, Georgia were visited Fri
day night Of last week he preached at
st. Mark c. M. E. Church of Birning-
ham. Rev. Young states that he was
shown many courtesies by Rev. L. S.
White, popular pastor of St Mark and
Mr.. E. F. DUR and family of Birming-
ham. He states that the Summer
School at Atlanta was we'll attended
by 10th men and women who were
interested in religious work. A short
visit was paid "a Miles Memorial Coll
ege at Birmingham, where the summer
school for pastors, as well as a sum-
mer school for teachers, was in ses-
ion
A large number of friends was met on
this trip.
Bishop James Arthur Hamlet has
extended an invitation to Rev Young
to visit the young peoples Jubilee that
is to be conducted in Memphis some
time in June.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-06-16
UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE
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PAYING BIG POLICY
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June 5, 1888

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The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-06-16

Mrs. Velma Beal Young has returned
to Meridian, after spending eleven
weeks under the expert instruction of
Madame Burchett in Burchett's Beauty
College, Memphis. Tennessee, where
Mrs. Young's fine type of work over
this period of time led to her Diploma
indicating thorough knowledge of the
finer points of beauty culture.
Madame Young who is the charming
young wife of Mr. E. F. Young, Jr. will
be found daily at 40S-25th Ave at
Young's Beauty Parlor and Barber
Shop.
Madame Burchett exhibited much
enthusiasm over Mrs. Young's ability
declaring that her protege is one of the
most apt ever to secure diploma from
that institution.
Miss Samantha Jones, of Meridian
accompanied Mr. Young ON his motor
trip to Memphis for his wife.