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The Washington times., 1933-02-10
CARPENTERROW
UP To HEATH

The prevailing wage scale" to
be paid carpenters in the District
of Columbia working on Govern
ment projects will be definitely
set today by Ferry K. Heath, as
sistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Both sides in the controversy,
which has threatened to halt all
Government building operations,
have been presented to Major
Heath, and he must now decide
between the $11 daily rate the
carpenters are holding out for,
and the SO rate some contractors
are paying.
No matter which side wins in
the Heath decision, appeal is open
to the other to the Department Of
Labor.
James A. Wetmore, acting super
vising architect, was given the
case last night and is now null
ing over reports from various Sec
tors, reports showing what wages
are paid carpenters on private
and public works in the city.
A checkup by Henry w. Blum
enberg, general representative of
the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and JoinerS of America,
showed that "a carpenters were
"locked out" at the Agriculture
Building this morning.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
Restoring Fourth Precinct
Urged at House Hearing

The old Fourth precinct may
be restored soon as unit, it was
revealed today with the release
of hearings on local police affairs
before the House Appropriations
Subcommittee. /
Representative Clarence Can
non, Democratic chairman of the
subcommittee which considered
the 1884 supply bill for the Dis
trict, said Southwest residents
had vigorously protested the clos
ing of the station, making the
Fourth precinct part of No. 5.
Headley Protests Merger
A statement by Inspector Al
bert j. Headley, inspection district
commander, presented to the com
mittee, declared the present Fifth
precinct territory is too highly
populated and too extensive to
justify the merger.
Headley showed that the Fifth
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
FETE BALL PLAN
COMPLETED
Times Staff Photo

Final plans for Transforming
the Washington Auditorium into
scene fitting for the inaugural
ball were mapped out today at a
meeting of the inaugural ball
committee and its cooperating
agencies.
All structural alterations, in
Guiding construction of special
boxes and arranging for radio
hook-ups, will have to be done
between March 3 when the COM
mittee takes over the Auditorium
and the following evening.
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty,
chairman of the committee, said
she expected at least 1000 per
sons would attend the ball. The
decoration scheme, mapped out
by Admiral H. V. Butler, will
transform the place into a huge
mass of flags and bunting.
The ticket committee today
addressed letters to chief clerks
and personnel officers of all Gov
ernment departments, urging
their cooperation in making res
ervation for seats for Federal
employees.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
SH|F IS.
SAVE S188,750

Five transfers Of Government
office space in 1882 saved $685.
750, H. A. Candland, Public Build
ings Commission secretary, re-
ported today.
The meeting, held at the Capt.
tol, was the last to be presided
over by Senator Reed Smoot (R0
Of Utah, creator and moving spirit
of the commission, of which he
has served continuously as chair
man.
Vacating Tempo Building D on
Sixth Street effected the greatest
saving, $89,804. Other changes in
cluded demolition of Tempos 3
and 6 and transfer of the Alien
Property Custodian offices from
the Tower Building to the Hurley
Wright Building, and of part Of
the General Accounting Office
from the Emory Building to the
old Patent Office.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
5 SEWER JOBS
AWARDED

The District Commissioners to-
day awarded contracts for con-
struction of five sewers at a
total cost of $15,246.
Three contracts were awarded
the R. D. Schlegel Company,
Bethesda, Md, for the Piney
Branch Road service sewers be-
tween Georgia Avenue and Van
Buren, Street Northwest, at
$2,623.45; the Klingle Street
sanitary sewer, at $1,099.34, and
the North Dakota Avenue service
sewer, at $1,870.05.
Contract for the I Street re-
placement sewer went to the M.
Cain Company, Washington, at
$6,071.93, and that for the Nine
teenth Street replacement sewer
to James Parreco & Son, Wash
ington, at $3,581.23.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
Mr.. John w. Keeper
Helps Python
Hatch Her Eggs

Mrs. Python, the Zoo, has had
to give way to mans ingenuity
in the serious matter of hatch
ing IA eggs. Mrs. Python, it
seems, has lost the art of wrap
ping her long self about the
eggs to hatch them as nature in
tended.
And so, while the lady slept,
Keeper Roy Jennifer entered
the cage and stole the eggs. He
will try to hatch them in a
basket of moist earth, heated to
a temperature Of 70 degrees. In
so days, if all goes well, Mrs.
Python's children will be given
to her.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
BIGGER SCHOOL,
C|T|ZENSPL

Immediate action for relief Of
congestion at the Paul Junior
High School was demanded today
by the Manor Park Citizens
Association.
Pointing to severe overcrowding
at the school, the association sent
letters of appeal to the Senate
and House District committees,
the District Commissioners and
the Board of Education.
The association requested that
action be taken Immediately to
provide an addition to the school,
which, despite additions at various
times during the past IL years,
has never kept pace with the
school enrolment"
The association pointed out
that the enrolment is now
approximately 1,160, whereas the
capacity is only $40.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
HOLDS
UP MONEY ON
CONTRACTS
Engineering Firm Declare S
1t Will Refund Levy on
AnacoStia Project 4

The contractors for the new
Kenilworth School today promised
to repay workmen on the project
the money these workmen ''in-
vested" in a So-called subdivision
in Anacostia.
Corporation Counsel w. w.
Bride received letter from James
D. McQuade, counsel for the
Industrial Engineering and Con-
struction Co., following on the
heels of a heated hearing which
lasted nearly three hours late
yesterday. Mr.. Bride said he will
write a letter today to each of
the workmen asking them whether
they wish to be paid back the
money they invested" He said
he will specify in his letter than
a reply should be received at his
office by 10 a. m. Tuesday.
Meanwhile. further payment of
District funds to the, contractors
is held up, and work on the
school is at q standstill. The
Kenilworth job is about 40 per
cent completed. The contract
cost is $54,698. OF this amount
$16,397 has been paid the con-
tractors.
$12,15O At Stake
The amount the bricklayers
invested" in the real estate de-
velopment is $12,150. They testi-
fled yesterday they were com.
PEELED to turn back $1.05 of each
hour of base pay of $1.75. Ten
per cent went into a sinking fund.
the purpose of which officials of
the firm had difficulty in ex-
planning. = q,
Mr.. Bride today said he would
demand the contractors refund
the money with a certified check.
The latter told Mr.. Bride in the
future they would pay off in cur
rency.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10

precinct area numbers 66,414
persons, while the old Fourth
housed only 1906. He said the
Fifth precincts present popula-
ton makes too great a RESPONSE
bility for any one captain of
police to assume.
Crosby Cites Arrests
Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby,
District Commissioner in charge
of police, presented reports show
ing there were 100,775 arrests in
1882, as compared to 102,458 in
1881. The report showed also
there were 35 murders in Wash
ington last year, the same num-
ber as in 1881.
Major Ernest w. Brown, police
superintendent, joined with the
Commissioner in asking an ap-
preparation to equip all precinct
stations with radio 1oudspeakers
to be connected with the police
radio station.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
Georgetown Asks
Market ReOpeninq

Reopening of Georgetown Mar
ket, Thirty-third and M SITS. N.
W., was urged on District Com
missioners by the Georgetown
Progressive Business Club at a
luncheon yesterday. 1t was
charged the market property was
decided to the District with pro-
viso a market be maintained
there.
The club also urged the re-
moVal of street car tracks from
Wisconsin Avenue. Capt. Maui
rice Collins, Seventh precinct, was
guest of honor. John Paul Jones,
president, presided.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
JUSTICE WHEAT
PRAISES JUR|ES'
LAND AWARDS
Tells House Committee T hat
He Does Not Believe
Prices Excessive"

Despite a statement made by
Representative Clarence Cannon,
Democratic chairman Of the
House Appropriations subcommit-
tee of the District Committee,
that condemnation awards made
by juries amounted to highway
robbery" Chief Justice Alfred A.
Wheat, of District Supreme Court,
told the body he did not believe
the amounts paid were excessive.
Justice Wheat testified before
the subcommittee during hearings
on the appropriations for the Dis
trict Supreme Court. These hear
ings were released today by
Chairman Cannon, although the
District supply bill is not expected
to be reported until next week.
Questioned At Length
Justice Wheat was questioned
at length by Chairman Cannon
about the method of selecting
condemnation juries. The judge
pointed out they are selected by
the jury commission "in the first
place and then, when one OF
these cases is brought on for
trial, the panel is summoned"
The judge further pointed out
that these panels from which the
jury is selected vary from Is to
100. In answer to a question as
to qualifications of condemnation
jurors, Wheat said:
"They have got to be free
holders in the District of Co
lumbia and in practice we get
very high class citizens on these
EXAMINATION THOROUGH
After quizzing Wheat as to the
number of men selected for q
jury, the subcommittee then went
into a thorough inquisition Of
how and where the jurors were
picked.
Associate Justice Jesse C. Ad-
kins then took the stand and told
the subcommittee that he had
impaneled a few of such juries
and that counsel for each side
had agreed on the men selected.
Adkins stressed the fact that many
men were disqualified because
they had Government contracts
or were related to some one who
did.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
Mass to Celebrate
ADDaritiOnS of 1858

A solemn high mass in honor OF
the diamond jubilee of the APP
partitions of Our Lady to Berna-
dette Soubiroux, at Lourdes,
France, in 1858, will be celebrated
Saturday in the Church of the
Immaculate Conception.
The Rev. Francis j. Hurney,
pastor, will celebrate the service
and the Rev. S. A. Czyz, the Rev.
j. Kelly Reese and the Rev.
George F. StrohaVer will assist.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
Foreign War Vets
To Honor Officials

Admiral Robert E. Coontz, ma
tional commander, and Mrs. Con-
Suelo Peart De Coe, national aux
iliary president, will be the guests
of honor at a testimonial dinner
of the District department of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars tomor-
row night at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Among the distinguished guests
invited will be all members of
Congress who served in the armed
forces of the United States.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10

wondered what it was that vexed the
Bermudas then or could vex them
now, for among the delights of civili-
zation these islands have two, both,
negative, which are rare: they suffer
from virtually no taxes and abso-
lutely no taxis. The only motor
vehicles in 1929 were a few trucks
owned by the government; taxes /
knew nothing about from personal
experience, and l was a visitor for
half a year. but understood that
the rates were low and the incoming
tourist never has any trouble about
customs duties. Since l have been
away l have read with interest that
a new grand hotel, the Castle Har-
Dor, had been built; that an artificial
water system was being tried to aid
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
Jail Board Named
For Alexandria

Judge William P. Woolls, of the
Alexandria corporation court, has
appointed the Rev. Pierce Ellis,
j. William Goods and Clarence
N. Moore as Jail commissioners
for 1888. They will soon inspect
the Alexandria Jail and report to
the corporation court.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
NeW Deficiency Bill
For DC. Asks S6O5,349

The Districts second 1888 def
cheney bill, for $6O5, ,349, was for
warded today to the Bureau of
the Budget by District Auditor
Daniel j. Donovan.
Of this sum, $325, 900 goes for
refunds for street improvements,
under the Borland law. Nearly
$4,000 is for other judgments
against the District.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
Retired Captain Dies
InCO0St HOSDit1L

Capt. Archie w. Deubery, U.S.A.,
retired, died yesterday at Letter
man Hospital, San Francisco, the
War Department announced to-
day.
Captain Deubery was born in
Ottawa, Canada, in 1867, and re-
tire das captain of the Philippine
Scouts in 1916 after more than
20 years service. His widow, Mrs.
Bertha M. Deubery, survives.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
Archives Building
Rites to Be Feb. 20

The corners nteofo. anhrdlu an
The conestone of the new Ar
chives Building on Pennsylvania
will be laid February 20, it was
announced today. The Secretary
o fthe Treasury is in charge Of
ARRANGEMENTS.
The Washington times., 1933-02-10
True to Type
NEWS ISN'T NEWS
WHEN YOU'RE
ABROAD
-By GILBERT SELDES-

WHEN was last in Bermuda, about four years ago.
w ran the passage in "The Tempest" where
Shakespeare speakes of the "st vext Bermoothes and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-24

Someone's been careless with the dishes. This tuEnblcr has a nick ln the stem and 90 does the one like lt in the Fectangle below. Cut out the seven pieces and see fl you can form . glass just like this one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-24
Yesterdays Solution

Did that penguin's kick upset you? Here's the way the puzzle pieces are assembled to form his silhouette.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-14
(Bridgeport Post)

Care of the poor in Connecticut cost $13,009,481 for the two years of 1881 and '32, according to re. port emanating from Hartford. With characteristic inexactness the report says that this sum is what 1t cost "the state and the counties though actually the greater part of the money was expended by the towns and the cities, and neither by the state, as such, nor by the counties as political units.
 However the figure Is large enough to give an impressive idea of the staggering direct cost of un- employment in Connecticut during the worst of the depression. And it also brings reflections on other wastes involved.
 This cost fell directly upon the taxpayer. meaning those who were lucky enough or unfortunate enough to own some property on which the towns could levy. The indirect cost, really far larger. is represented in the loss of earning power by the idle unemployed: the loss to societey in their productive. ness, stilled by idleness; the loss to commerce of their purchasing pow. CT; the loss to the individuals themselves of a freer and richer life. owing to their dependence up on the dole.
 The sum of these losses was faI greater than the $13,000,00O actu' ally expended-perhaps ten times as great. That would be putting Il conservatively.
 We must never be betrayed. ai England has been. into measurint likeness solely by the cost of th' dole. That is the least of the cost Involved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-14
SATURDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1883
Newspapers Your Best Bet

A good many people have toyed lately with the idea that the news-hungry eiti- zen ought to be able to, sit at home in his arm chair and have the news of the day waited to his receptive ears from the loud speaker of his radio. In theory, it's not bad idea. In practice, it seems to be completely non-explosive dud. Not long ago a gang of eonviets escaped from the Indiana state prison.
 An Indiana radio station immediately set to work to broadcast the story of the man hunt The man hunt wasn't having great deal of luck right at the moment, and some radio official decided that the listeners-in deserved more excitement than the plain facts were likely to provide So that part of the public which tried to get its news out of the ud-speaker began to hear wild and woolly tale of a running gun battle, with juicy slice of trumped-up melodrarla substl- tuted for facts.
 As result, the listeners-n were hoaxed and the enforcement officers who were try inc to catch the conviets found the work ser- iously hampered. In protest to the red eral Radio Commission, Captain Matt Leach of the Indiana state police asserted: his broadcast seriously interfered with the work of the 65 state police under my command and considerable number of other enforce ment officers. We wasted several hours of precious time. Telephone wires ot the state police at their barracks In Chester ton. Ind, were tied up for several hours by persons who apparently had heard the broadcast and were calling for infornia- tion."
 So the net result of all this was that the attempt to catch the conviets was hampereo, some scores of citizens were frightened badly - and nobody knew just what was happening until the daily papers came around with the real facts Tn the case. his IS just the sort of thing that has happened over and over again in radio news broadeasts he Los Angeles earthquake some time ago took on the proportions of one of the great dis- asters of all time - until the newspapers came out with the truth.
 Widowed announeers have told us of frenzied and sensational prize fights-whieh' next day, turned out to be affairs so spirit less and slow that the participants were almost tossed out of the ring for failing to try, The Indiana man hunt was desperate gun battle until the newspaper reporters turned in their reports. So 1t goes. l he loud speaker may be- a fine medium for hearing feminine-voeed tenors and third rate vaudeville. For accounts of the days news it seems to be a good deal less than reliable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-14

The right to strike. as most Americans now agree, is fundamental. While our eco- homie individualism lasts. man. may re- fuse to work for another. just as man may refuse to employ another. Collective re- fusal to work is labor's natural weapon. But it is one to be used with great discretion. especially in times like these. William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor has done wise thing in asking his people not to act rashly. Rights prove most valuable" he reminds them. when used with sound judgment and exercised only when necessary. This right ought to be used. only as last resort" Under NRA. better machinery exists than ever before in this country for adjusting controversies be- tween capital and labor and giving workers square deal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-14
Easier Agreements

A bulletin of the Anti-Opium lnforma. ton Bureau at Geneva presents an tnter' esting table of certain League of Nations accomplishments. It lists six conventions or protocols with the dates of their adoption, the number of notifications obtained in one year and nine months. and the time required to obtain 34 ratifieations
 The first dealt with suppression of inter. national traffic in women. It required years and } months to get 34 notifications. The second, suppression of traffic in ob. scene publications, required only years and 4 months. The prohibition of use in war of asphyxiating gases required 6 years 8 months. The second opium convention reached its goal in 4 years and 10 months, the slavery convention in 4 years, and the latest convention. the limitation of manu. faeture of narcotic drugs, in 2l months. The notable thing about the table is the obvious speeding up of international agree. ments. It suggests that the international technique of cooperation is improving.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-14
Theater Prices

Sometimes George Bernard Shaw makes people pretty sore with his sharp comments. but his recent remarks about the cost of theater tickets must awaken widespread and cordial approval. He has insisted that theater prices be cut 50 per cent for his latest play. adding: No theater in the world is worth visiting if it costs more than five shillings (less than $l.25) to be seated"
 Many Americans have paid more than that to see one of Mir Shaw's plays, but the number of persons willing to pay $3 and S4 for a single evening at the theater has diminished greatly in recent years. It isn't necessarily. that former patrons consider current shows not worth the price. It IS that they do not have the price. However many of the lost patrons who decline to go to. a play when a seat costs $3 might rise quite happily to going to two shows at Sl.50 each. They would feel that they were getting more for their three dollars and if would be easier to serape up the smaller sum twice in season than the larger sum at one time. Producers. managers and others might profit by thinking the matter over wah Mir Shaw's statement in mind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-14
Facing Facts

"The effects of alcohol cannot be repealed and the children will be the sufferers, says Mrs Ella A. Boole. president of the Wo- mems Christian Temperance Union, speak ine in Jamestown, N. Y. "The liquor traffic cannot exist without customers. and the customers of the next generation must be drawn from the youth of today
 Repeal of prohibition, she adds, would bring an appalling situation because un' der new conditions both men and women would drink. whereas before prohibition linen were mostly the victims
 A reader may wonder where Mrs Boole has been during these prohibition years, in which the women have been drinking with the men - and sometimes by themselves, too. It is strange how many hish-minded and .well-meaning> people are scared from necessary changes by fear of future evils which already exist. and which realistic folk are determined to reform by practical means.
 The youth of today is already supplying customers in unprecedented numbers for harmful liquor. Another change is certain. Federal prohibition is doomed. And it seems fair to ask now what any organization standing for Temperance proposes to do about 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-14
Community Funds

The community fund drives arc starting again. when it must seem, to the workers end contributors, that the last drive IS hardly over It is hard for everybody con- cerned, but it must be done
 Local aid from public treasuries, com bined with state and federal relief, cannot take care of all the needy. Despite the irn' pressive pickup in business and employ ment, and the prospect of continuing im- provement, the need this winter will prob ably be greater than ever before. Millions of independent, self-respecting families have exhausted their last resources and are forced to call for help. In many cases, too, public resources are exhausted. Even Uncle Sams pocket is not bottomless. So pr' vate generosity is called upon again, for contributions not so large as usual, but seeming larger because all resources have shrunk.
 This will be the hardest of all community fund campaigns. There is every reason to expect that, after this winter, reviving pros' perity will ease the burden. There should be no eompusion on anyone. Ability and conscience alone should determine the giv- ing, when the facts are presented. Many cannot give because their own personal charities arc draining their means. But this time, particularly all should give what they