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The Washington times., 1933-03-07
WAGE CUTTING
UNDER FIRE

Advocates of economy who are
fostering the campaign for wage
cutting in the Federal service are
given something to think about
in figures released today by the
education committee, American
Federation of Government EN-
ployes, which show that if every
Federal civilian employe, includ-
ing congressman, the courts and
the postal workers, were fired off
the Federal payrolls. the deficit
would still exceed $1,000, ,O0O,O 900
a year.
Treasury figures cited by the
committee, of which E. Claude
Babcock. secretary of the Civil
Service Commission, is national
chairman, show that the Federal
budget for 1888 was $3,915,724,-
4O4, and the deficit $2,040, ,419 500.
The entire civilian payroll, as
given in the official 1884 budget,
is only $97O,250,925.
It is pointed out, moreover,
that the average salary in the
Federal civilian service is $1,441,
which means that it would be
necessary to fire more than one
million such employees, if there
were that many, even to cut the
deficit by IS per cent.
There is strong feeling among
Federal employees that in view of
these facts, which presumably are
known to the economy advocates,
and which certainly are accessible
to them, the campaign is waged
not so much to protect the budget
as to facilitate wage cutting gen.
orally.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
BAR
ASKS COUNTY
WAGE GUT
Lower Tax Rate, Retaliation
of Realty and Slash in
Utility Rates Urged

Reduction of salaries, lowering
Of tax rates, reassessment Of reel
estate and reduction of public
utility rates in Arlington county.
Va, were favored late yesterday
by the Arlington County Bar AS
Sociation.
Following submission Of a
lengthy report of a survey made
by a special committee of the
association. Emory E. Hosmer,
chairman of the committee, asked
that the lawyers go on rec
ord favoring cuts in salaries OF
county employees SO that none
would be in excess of $4,000. The
tax rate of the county should be
cut IS cents, Hosmer's committee
recommended. This would make
the prevailing rate S" 20 on $100
assessed value.
Claiming that utility rates in
the county are in need of down
ward revision, the committee sue
cessfully requested a resolution
from the Bar Association to this
effect.
Pointing out that wartime as
sessments of real estate are not
near the present value, the asso-
citation asked a new and lower
assessment.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
TAX SLASH DUE
IN ARLINGTON

The Arlington county tax rate
will be lowered at least 10 cents
when the pending budget becomes
effective on July l, it was indi-
Gated following closed meeting
of the county commissioners in
Clarendon last night.
Savings of at least $4,000 will
be effected through the budget as
it stands, Harry A. Fellows, chair
man, said. The meeting lasted
until early this morning and cov-
cred all phases of county expendi-
lures.
The budget will be discussed at
a public meeting March IA in
Arlington courthouse and is ex-
pected to be adopted shortly after
ward.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
BANKERS READY.
FOR ORDER
BY WOOD|N
Provision Is Made for 80. Day
Loans to Keep Perishab!e
FoodStuffS Moving

BALTIMORE, March Clear
Ing House certificates to the
VALUE of $15,0OO,OOO are now be-
ing printed and will be placed in
circulation as soon as authorize
ton is receiI ed from Washington,
It was announced today by
Charles Rieman, president Of the
Baltimore Clearing House ASSo-
ciati0n.
The certificates, being printed
In Philadelphia on special type
Of paper similar to that used for
bonds, will be in denominations
ranging from 81 to $50.
Meanwhile steps were taken by
John j. Ghingher, State banking
commissioner, to finance delivery
and transportation of foodstuffs.
Keep Food Moving
Under the terms Of his orders
banks are permitted to make 30
day loans on adequate security
in order that the shipment of
perishables may not be halted.
A survey showed that Baltimore
has a 30-day supply of smoked
and cured meats on hand, but
only a seven-day supply of fresh
meats, with practically no incom-
ing shipments.
The action in allowing banks
to make loans for food shipments
came after it was pointed out
that dealerS would not be able
to cary on for more than a
week or 10 days unless some
action were taken.
Woodin Rules Follows
Tn, commissioner also issued
rules and regulations covering
the reopening of Maryland banks
today under the order received
from Washington late yesterday.
These rules follow closely those
laid down by Secretary of the
Treasury Woodin, covering all
banking activities permissible at
this time and during the balance
Of the national holiday pro-
claimed b. President Roosevelt.
TIE Maryland orders were
Issued under the emergency bank
ing laws last week by the legis-
letu-e, giving the commissioner
power to regulate every bank in
the State.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
BABY QUIZ
ABANDONED

SHENANDOAH, Va, March Z.
Following an investigation of sew
eral days, authorities here today
discontinued their search for clues
in the discovery of the body OF a
four-month-old infant in the Shen-
andoah River near here Saturday
night.
The body was found by Jasper
Thompson, who was setting musk
rat traps along the banks of the
river.
Examination of the infants
body showed that the child was
dead before it was placed in the
river. Sheriff E. L. Lucas said
today he would discontinue his
investigation.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
Chief
W|NSRUL|NG

Judge Charles w. woodward, in
circuit court at Rockville, yester-
day gave a verdict in favor of
Thomas Sullivan, deposed chief of
the Cabin John Park volunteer
fire department, compelling the
board of directors of the depart
ment to decide whether Sullivan
was entitled to the use of counsel
when he was tried before the
trial board on charges of neglect
while in office.
The former chief was denied
the right to bring his lawyers,
Peter and Simpson, of Rockville,
before the trial board of three
the night the charges were to be
heard. An appeal was made to
the seven directors, who made no
ruling. Mandamus proceedings
were then instituted to force a
decision.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
CRASHES PLA ANE
ON PURPOSE

Deliberately wrecking his dis
abled plane rather than risk kill
ing or manning golfers on the
White Flint Country Club course,
Paul Preston, 80, of the 24OO block
Alton Pl. N. W., yesterday crashed
in a plane belonging to the Rock
vile Flying Club on Rockville Pike
five miles north of Bethesda, Md.
He was uninjured.
In reconstructing the crash
Preston said his motor failed at
low altitude. He managed to
nurse the crippled ship to the
golf course, but when he saw
golfers directly beneath were un-
aware of his plight he headed
the ship for the highway, It
struck a light pole, severing two
high tension cables, and crashed
into a fence completely demol-
ishing the landing gear and the
right wing.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
URGE UN|FY|NG
WELFARE WORK

Institution of welfare board
to take over the joint work Of
the Social Service League and
the supervisor of county aid has
been suggested to Montgomery
county delegates in the State
legislature by DR.. j. w. Bird and
Robert E. Bondy, of the social
service board.
The plan would not eliminate
the office of aid supervisor but
would authorize emergency
control in emergencies, it was
said. The supervisor now regu-
lates the paying of county pen
sions and other relief work.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
GET"
NEWDESKS| IN
SENATE
Famous Webster, Clay, CaI.-
houn Writing Places Remain;
So on "lNeW Deal" Side

While the Senate was in ad'
journment today laborerS worked
on the chamber floor to re:
apportion members desks, many
of which were once occupied by,
such historical figures as Daniel
Webster, Henry Clay, John c.
Calhoun, jefferson Davis, Charles
Sumner and Allen G. Thurman.
The increased ratio of Demo.
Gratis necessitates the placing OF
SO desks on the Democratic side
of the aisle and 81 on the
Republican side.
Keep Famed Desks
Senator Frederick Hale (R) of
Maine will be given the desk of
Daniel Webster; Senator Pat
Harrison CD of Mississippi re-
tains jefferson Davis desk, while
Senator Carter Glass CD of Vir-
ginia will retain the desk once
occupied by Thurman.
Although it is known that there
are still in the chamber desks
of the other nationally historical
men, they are not positively
identified.
Webster's desk is the only one
which does not possess a liftable
top. When George Frisbie Hoar
was given the seat when he
came here from Massachusetts, in
1877, an attempt was made to
remodel the desk, but Hoar de-
clared if it had been good enough
for Daniel Webster it was there
fore good enough for him, and
would not permit it's alteration.
Sand Busters
On all of the desks remain the
old type sand busters. These are
small glass bottles which once
contained sand used in the days
before blotters.
Two snuff boxes which have
been in place on either side of
the Vice Presidents desk for
more than IS years will remain
we'll filled.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
RAID NETS
SIX ARRESTS

Six men, a 300-gallon still and
an expensive coupe were seized
by Federal agents in raid near
Clinton, Nd, last night.
One of the men arrested was
Temple Biggs, of Clinton, once
held by Prince Georges county
authorities as the key witness of
the murder of Barney Mcbride,
whose death has remained a
mystery for more than 10 years.
Others arrested, all of Clinton,
were Richard Jones, Sol Munita,
Paul Alvey, John Rogers and
Mitchell Davis. All we're charged
with manufacture and possession
of liquor, and were lodged in
the Jail at Upper Marlboro.
The raiding party also raided
a large still near Ripley, destroyed
the plant, but the operators
escaped.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
SmedLey Butler, Jr.,
FOrfeitS Collateral

Smedley D. Butler. jr., son of
the former Marine Corps officer,
forfeited $6.45 collateral yesterday
in the Hyattsville police court
when he failed to appear to an
swer a charge of speeding. He
was arrested Sunday by Corp.
c.. A. Wallenber, Maryland State
police. Butler lives in Newton
Center, Pa.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
Only Married Solons
Want Floggings
Abolished

State Senator Robert G. Hill
ton, of Rockville, is wearing
a smile these days as he dis
cusses the efforts of many Of
the legislators to abolish the
whipping post for Maryland
wife-beaters.
And, as the advertisements
say, there's reason" For the
Senator is unmarried and
doesn't mind telling his fellow
members about it. q.
He says he has conducted a
poll among the senators and
finds that all in favor of abol-
ishing the whipping post are
married men.
The few Senators who are
going to band together and con-
tinue to taunt the married
members saying that:
1--WE are going to see that all
wife-beaters are treated as they
should be-"
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
Drys. Meet Friday
To Plan CUn1pGiqn

Dry forces will gather at lunch
con at the Hotel Raleigh Friday
to plan independent political ac'
ton. Speakers will include DR..
Arthur J. Barton, of Whining
ton. N. c., and DR.. Ernest Cher
rington.
Mrs. William Tilton, announc'
ing the meeting, said the middle
class of this country has been
shelved by both parties, but that
the South and West are becom.
ing aroused to the combination
upper northumberland" that con-
trols both major parties.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
Berlin (Md.) Banker
Dies: Rites Tomorrow

BERLIN, Md, March Fun
e"al services for Edward Steven
son Furbush, ST., 76, banker and
former legislator who died yes
terday, will be held from the
home here tomorrow. Interment
will be in Evergreen Church
Cemetery.
Mr.. Furbush was president of
the Berlin Building and Loan
Association and director of the
Exchange and Savings Bank.
He served this city four years as
mayor and 16 years as member
of the city council. He was
elected twice to the general
assembly from Worcester county.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
3 Get Hearing Today
In Shooting Scrape

Three colored men, charged
with assault, will be given prelim-
mary hearings in connection with
the shooting of Robert Savoy,
colored, of Croome, Md, before
Justice of the Peace Horace Tay-
lor at Upper Marlboro today.
The men are: Thomas Savoy,
Elmer Spencer and Samuel
Hardy, all of Croome. Savoy is at
Casualty Hospital where it was
necessary to amputate his leg.
which had been almost severed
by a shotgun load.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
MOtOrist Can't Pay
Fine, Goes to Jail

William A. Green, colored, 200
block Canal st. S. w., was sent
to the Hyattsville Jail yesterday
for four days in default of a fine
of $11.45. He was convicted by
Judge j. Chew Sheriff of driving
without a license. A charge of
improper markers was dismissed.
He was arrested March l near
I,allrel.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
LandOUer MOtOriSt
Freed in HYattSUiLLe

Charges of driving while drunk
and reckless driving against Cur
tbs B. Porter, of Landover, Md,
were dismissed yesterday by Judge
j. Chew Sheriff in the Hyatts-
vile police court.
Porter was arrested February Is
in Colmar Manor.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
PHYSICAL PROGRAM

Pupils of the Marjorie Webster
School will present physical edu-
cation program at the meeting of
the Takoma-Silver Spring High
School Parent Teacher Association
tomorrow evening.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
LICENSED TO WE'D

Thomas N. Thornburg, 81, $500
block Fourteenth st. N. E., and
Lillian A. Wolfe, 18. 2800 block
Myrtle Ave. N. E., were licensed to
marry at Upper Marlboro yeSter.
day L.-L,-.-.--.-..A.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
County Group Picks
Nominating BOdu

Selection Of a nominating COM
mittee to chose a slate for the
election of officers in April by
the Arlington County Democratic
Women's Club was announced
today.
The committee consists of Mrs.
Isabel Simpson, chairman; Mrs.
Isabel Davis, Mrs. J. E. English,
Mrs. Louise Boelter and Mrs.
Mary Mackey.
The Washington times., 1933-03-07
S25.75 SPEEDING FINE

A fine of $25.75 was levied ON
Carroll Smith, of Baltimore, yes
terday upon his conviction in the
Laurel police court of speeding.
He was arrested February Is by
State police near Laurel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
C. C. Mathews, Local Sales
Manager, to Say His
FareWeIIS at Dinner.

Under auspices of the Kiefer-
Stewart Drug Company, local and
state distributors for Crosley prod
ucts, eighteen or more popular
WLW radio stars will be carded for
the feature attraction at the state
dealers meeting to be held after
noon and evening at the Casino,
July 20. Chicken dinner and other
refreshments will be served.
The meeting also will be the last
for G. G. Mathews, present man
ager of the local sales department,
who will leave shortly after to as
sumo full charge of national sales
promotion for one of the large radio
manufacturers.
Included in the $1,700 entertain
ment program will be Mary Rogers
Well-known violinist, vocalist, and
whistler. Tony Cabooch, known as
Push En- Up Tony" along with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
THOMPSON BAKERIES
HAVE HUGE OUTPUT
Enormous Amounts of Food
Used in 116 Restaurants.
By Times Special

By Times Special
CHICAGO. July. 17.-John r.
Thompson Jr. announced that his
own bakeries, which supply his 116
restaurants in thirty-six cities, in
Guiding indianapolis, represent an
investment of $1,541 900. Chicago's
is the biggest, with half a Million;
New York, 100000; st. Louis, SIS
900: and Pittsburgh, $4,000. There
is a special bakery in every city
where Thompson restaurants are To-
Gated. Those in the other thirty
two cities represent an investment
Of SO, 900 each.
Asked about the volume Of food
used every week in his big system Of
restaurants, Thompson reeled off a
list of figures that was staggering.
Coffee and doughnuts are way up at
the top-3,780 900 cups of coffee and
sc, 900 dOughnuts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
LONE STAR RAISES PAY
Cement Company Announces Slid
ing Scale of Increases.

The Lone Star Cement Company
with Offices in the Continental Bank
building. has announced an increase
in wages for all employees.
George z. Pierson. vice-president
said that the increase affects all
employees earning less than $1,000
a year. The increase is sched-
uled on . sliding scale. starting at
20 per cent for the small wage
Garner. and graduating down to 10
per cent for the larger wage earn
ers. A maximum OF forty-two
working hours a week has been put
in effect"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17

his daughter, will be seen in person.
The four Riff brothers will enter
tain, as we'll as other popular stars
of the air.
Miss Rogers went to the nations
station following a years engage
ment at an Indianapolis theater as
conductor of a girls orchestra. She
is we'll known throughout the mid
west as the result Of her many
lyceum, chautauqua and theater
successes and has been a featured
soloist with the nationally famous
girls band, the "Bricktops."
The daughter of talented must
clans, Miss Rogers began the study
Of the violin at the age of 5. At 10
she appeared is Soloist with the
De Paw university symphony or
chestra. While still in high school
she was awarded the Tri Kappa
scholarship to the De Paw univer-
Sity music school.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
Expert Workmen Busy on
Equipment Jobs; Mileage
Hits High Figure.

The raucous grind of fiat wheels
will be a thing of the past on city
street cars, if the indianapolis Rail
ways can end it. And its campaign
for nearer noiselesS operation is
bearing fruit.
In its shops expert Workmen r
kept busy keeping wheels in good
condition and working on new
wheels for the scores of cars used
on city lines.
The a mileage in Indianapolis
in 1882 was 10,205 SOL. With eight
wheels to the car, this means wheel
mileage of 81 ,644, 488. This, it might
be interesting to cite for the COM
parsiOn sharks, is not far from the
distance from the earth to the sun
-29, 900, 000-plus miles. 1t is equl
to I'll round trips to the moon, APP
proximately 238,800 miles each way.
Both cast iron and steel wheels
are used on city cars, and more than
1000 new ones are needed each year.
An average of 225 cars is operated
each day, in addition to ninety
buses.
All wheels are bored, turned down
and pressed onto car aXles in Indi-
annapolis Railways shops by Indian
apoliS Workmen.
More than $1,000 miles is average
life of a cast iron wheel! More than
10000 miles is the life of a steel
car wheel!
The averages street car runs about
$50 miles a day.
If tires on buses of the Peoples
Motor Coach Company are added,
the figures are even larger. These
buses opearted 4",478,312 miles in
1882. At six tires to the bus, $685.
872 tire miles were operated.
When added to the 81 ,644, 488
wheel miles, we find that a total OF
no. 94 800 wheel miles were Oper-
ated under indianapolis public
transportation units last year, or
equal to the whole distance to the
sun and part Of the way back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
LOWER DOLLAR VALUE
AID TO RADIO SALES
Encouraging Reports Received From
Distributors in New Zealand.

OlSAA AbhAOAS III ANCN 1CoiAAAus
By Times Special
WASHINGTON, July 17.-Lower
value of the dollar in terms of the
New Zealand pound is giving dis
tributors of American-made radios a
decided advantage in that field as
the new radio season opens, accord
ing to a report to the electric equip
ment division of the commerce de-
partment from Trade Commissioner
Julian B. Foster, Wellington.
The report stated that local trade
circles believe that a further decline
of the dollar of even a few points
would eliminate many of the New
Zealand assemblerS and leave the
market virtually in control of dis
tributors of American-made sets.
Improved business sentiment and
optimism among consumers indicate
that the current season. June to
September, will be much better than
last.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
WINTER SLUMP
IN BUILDING IS
HELD NEEDLESS
Construction Activity in
Cold Months Advocated
by Council Head.
By Times Special

LE 4 t"fc EPFAtAt
NEW YORK CITY, July H.
Benefits to labor and business,
growing out of the spending Of bill
lions on public works, will be i'm
paired seriously unless the work is
carried on as vigorously in winter
as in summer, according to F. w.
Morse, president of the Producers
Council.
IF the starting of needful public
works is delayed because of cold
weather, or if projects mark time
until winter passes, much of the
tonic effect of the public works pro-
gram will be lost" said Morse.
Some Of the work will be begun
at once" he continued, but many
projects will not be ready for actual
construction for four or five months.
With winter ahead, many old-faSh-
toned builders will be tempted to
hold off, clinging 70 the old super
stition that construction can not be
carried on in winter. And the thou
sands who are depending on the
resumption of construction for a
living will be forced to fall back on
public relief.
Work as Well as Winter
"It had been definitely proved
that, even in the severeSt winters,
there are very few days-usually
less than two WeekS-on which work
can not be done as we'll as in mid
summer. Indeed, many contractors
say that their men do better work
in the cold season.
Technically, there is no reason
why work can not go on in spite
of the weather. We know how, for
example, to handle concrete with
out danger from freezing
The old winter slump" Morse
pointed out, was one of the most
vicious elements in industrial life.
Men were thrown out of work
and forced either to find a different
type of job or TO subsis5 on scant
savings from a summers earnings.
The buying power of whole COM
munities was Curtailed, with a cor
responding depression in it's bust
ness life. And many an organiza-
ton, serving the architectural and
structural crafts, found itself doing
a drastically seasonal business.
No Reason for Slump
IF there were some sound, rea-
sonable basis for the winter slump"
said Morse, "the trouble it brings
could be written off as unavoidable.
But there is no reason for the
slump. 1t is one of the greatest evils
faced by the varied elements of
our construction industry"
Morse recalled that, some years
ago, President Roosevelt, made this
statement:
"One of the surest steps toward
permanent prosperity is the putting
of American industry on a steady
basis, the year round. . Winter
construction not only is feasible and
practicable, but economical, and
worth the serious consideration of
everyone planning to build, regard
less of whether it is a home, factory,
school, hotel or public utility"
Elimination of the winter recess
in building, Morse concluded, is one
of the essential steps in bringing
about the new deal, not only for the
men and industries Immediately
concerned with construction, but for
the nation as a whole.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
EXPAND FUNERAL HOME
Harry w. Moore Will Spend $1,000
in RemOdeling.

At an expenditure of more than
$4,000, the Harry W. Moore funeral
establishment, 205O East Michigan
street, will be remodeled into one of
the finest funeral homes in the city.
According to Moore, the most
modern of funeral homes now are
divided into rooms set off from the
home proper. To follow out this
idea, a new preparation room is be-
ing built, with every feature needed
to assure absolute sanitation. A
new showroom also will be built to
contain a complete stock of funeral
merchandise at all times.
Fred T. Moore recently became
affiliated with his son, Harry w.
Moore. Fred T. Moore has been con-
nected with the undertaking bust
ness for twenty-eight years.