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The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Carpenters Boss Here, Finds
No Strike, Just a Feud

White House he will find a
strange situation. Some people,
including the public press, have
called it a strike. It is not a
strike so much as it is a feud.
Here is what has happened:
The carpenters working on
the Court of Honor, in front Of
the White House, on the south
side of the street, are getting So
day.
The carpenters working on the
plain, ordinary stands across the
street, on the north side of Penn.
sylvania Avenue, are said to be
getting the union scale-$11 a day.
The carpenters on the south
side of the street are laughing at
the carpenters on the north side
of the street, saying Let 'em try
to get it-$11 a day."
Open and Above Board
E. A. Perry, foreman of the
Skinker and Garrett Company,
building the court of honor, says:
1--WE are open and above
board. We can get all the men
we want for So a day-and that
is what they get"
He points with pride to eX-fore.
men and superintendents work
ing as ordinary carpenters-and
glad to have the work.
Charles Taylor is foreman Of
the job across the street, on the
north side, the work being done
by the Whitley Company. He
says:
1--WE are paying the union
scale"
So, there is no strike-except
when a hammer hits nail.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Roosevelt Will Be
The Thirty-first
President

Whether Franklin D. Roose-
velt is to be the thirty-first or
the thirty-second President of
the United States depends on
the point of view-that is,
whether you count Grover Cleve-
land as one or two presidents.
On the official inaugural
medal, Roosevelt is the thirty
first President, Notwithstanding
the fact that historians call him
the thirty-second.
The difference in opinion
rises from Grover Cleveland'S
administrations. he having been
elected President four years
after his defeat in the initial
running for a second term.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
SLAVERY
CASE |ND|CTS
SHROPSHIRE
Youth Denied Right to Marry
Dorothy Pollard, Who
Appears Before Jury

Homer Shropshire, 10, was in
dicted by the Grand Jury today
on charge of white slavery
after Dorothy Pollard, pretty
young expectant mother, whom
officials refused to allow him to
marry, had given brief testimony.
Court house observers said that
the speed in the Governments
case against the youth was very
unusual. He was arrested last
week and held to answer by
United States Commissioner
Needham c. Turnage.
Marriage Blocked
Shropshire stated his willing
ness to marry the girl the Gov
ernment claims he brought here
from Roanoke (VaO and forced
into a life of shame, and the girl
stated that she wished to marry
him.
Instead, she was rushed off to
the House of Detention and held
incommunicado.
Members of the district at
torney's office said that the mar
riage would not be allowed.
Disregarding the fact that the
girl is to become a mother, they
pointed out that a wife under the
common law cannot give evi-
dence against her husband, and
so the case against the youth
would be weakened.
Before Grand Jury
Clad in a modish brown coat
and close fitting hat, the veil Of
which did not hide the tears in
her eyes, the girl appeared be-
fore the Grand Jury, then was
rushed into the district attorneys
office.
Leo A. Rover, United States at
torney, curtly refused to discuss
the case and ordered newspaper
men to keep out of the room
where the girl was held.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Navy En1pIOye Quits
After I5-Yedr Term

Ralph E. Dittoe, of the first
block of Bryant st. N. E., re-
tired from the Navy Department
yesterday after Is years service
in the Bureau of Navigation.
Mr.. Dittoe came here from
Somerset, Ohio, served in the
Navy during the World War and
worked many years at the Gov
ernment Printing Office. A let
ter complimenting him on his
loyal and faithful service was
sent him by Rear Admiral F. B.
Upham. chief of the Bureau Of
NAVIGATION,
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
HeGd-On Collision
Hurts 2, Ties Traffic

A head-on collision between
two automobiles at Fifth Street
and Florida Avenue Northeast,
early today. injured two men,
one seriously, practically de-
molished the cars, and tied up
street car traffic nearly an hour.
Edward Anderson, 21, the 100
block Grafton ST., Chevy Chase,
Md, received severe cuts and
brusies and a possible skull frac-
ture while the driver of the other
car, Harry Cooley, 26, of Berwyn,
Md, was cut and bruised and
may have a broken right leg.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Alexandria Police
Arrest 222 in Month

Only 222 arrests were made by
the Alexandria police last month,
according to the report of Capt.
John S. Arnold submitted to the
city manager today. Prohibition
arrests numbered 35, drunkenness.
A, and traffic, 81. The rest Of
the arrests were for miscellaneous
offenses. Thirty-three persons
were arrested for investigation.
One person was injured in the
nine auto accidents reported
during the month.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Joe Allen is in town.

Joe, it seems, is the head man
for the Carpenters Union in
seven States and the District of
Columbia-and what Joe says
"goes."
Joe hasn't said anything, yet;
but they are waiting for his edict
on the situation confronting the
carpenters working at the White
House and the Capitol, building
stands for the Roosevelt-Garner
inaugural.
Not Strike, Just Feud
When Joe Allen arrives at the
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Ton of Grain Gone
in Incendi0ru Fire

A ton of grain valued at about
$50 was burned last night when
a firebug is believed to have set
fire to the granary of the Balti-
more Feed and Grain Company
in Alexandria. According to Fire
Chief James M. Duncan, jr., oily
waste was placed in a ventilator
of the granary but the flames
were smothered by loose grain
before any great damage was
done,
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
DC, INCOME TAX
FILE GAINS

The reduced exemptions of the
Revenue Act of 1882 will make it
necessary for a larger number of
persons in the District to file tax
returns.
Last year, $4,000 returns were
filed in the District. In 1924,
when the same exemptions were
in effect as in 1882, about 10000
returns were filed.
Whether a tax is payable or
not all single persons with a net
income of $4,000. must file.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
BIRTHDAY FETE

With a dinner. entertainment
and dance. the Columbia Heights
Business Mems Association will
celebrate the eighth anniversary
of it's organization in the New
Amsterdam Hotel, Fourteenth and
Fairmont Streets Northwest, at
8 p. M, February 16.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01

any were wanted by their native
land. Henry James and Whistler
are, l suppose, the exceptions, and
we have good reason to believe
that they knew, after it was all
over, that they had ceased to be
Americans; in fact, a great many
people used to infuriate Whistler
by reminding him that although he
lived in England he advertised and
hustled like New Yorker. 1t was
one of the grand things about be-
ing an American 20 or 80 years
ago that we knew all the time of
hundreds of thousands of foreigners
who wanted nothing so much in
the world as to become one of us.
l think that passion has diminished
a little and, in any case, the poor
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
For Second Time Fire
DESTROYS BOyd Store

A fire of undetermined origin
last night completely destroyed
the store of Roland B. Day at
Boyd, Md, in building owned by
Mr.. Days father, Charles T. Day.
In December, 1881, fire de-
stroyed store on the same site.
Damage to the place is estimated
at $4,000, partly covered by insur-
ance.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
JOHNSON TO BE GUEST

An inaugural supper dance will
be given by Vincent B. Costello
Post No. Is in honor of Louis A.
johnson, national commander of
the American Legion, March
at the Villa Roma.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
True to Type
FRESH EYES WANTED
TO SEE CHARMS
OF AMERICA
BY GILBERT SELDES.

A MERICA has always been rather lucky in re-
spec that few of it's citizens have succumbed to
the temptation, made famous by Gilbert and Sullivan
to belong to another nation and of those few, hardly
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12
M'DRIDE TENURE
 IS SLONGEST IN LOCAL HISTORY
Retiring Customs Collector Sets New Record for Length of Service
Continued from Page One)

flee until 1920, when he became a candidate for and was elected Re
 publican National Committeeman for Alaska. He held that office
 for more than four years. In 1922,
 he was appointed Collector of Gus toms by then President Harding. He continued to serve, however, as National Committeeman until 1926. In 1924, John w. Frame re- ceived a majority of the vote for that office, but the Republican National Committee failed to recog- nize him. George Sexton, of Sew
 ard, who had been delegate to the Republican National Conven-
 tion in 1924, was eventually ap- pointed by the National Committee to the post in 1926.
 Goes South Shortly
 MT Mcbride recently disposed of his residential and apartment house property here. He has suf- fered from ast hm for several years. On the advice of physicians, he, accompanied by Mrs. Mcbride, will go to California for the winter
 at least. They will leave about August 1, and will make their home
 for the time being at San Diego.
 MT. Mcbride said he hoped it
 would be possible for them to re- turn to Juneau next Summer.
 T have lived here most of my
 life. I like Alaska and Juneau IS
 my home. My friends are here, and
 sincerely hope that I can come
 back in the near future to resume
 residence" he declared.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12
NEW DEAL SOURCE OF JOB FOR AL BREUGER

Albert Breugger well known t. Anchorage and throughout Interior Alaska, is enroute to Seattle on the steamer Aleutian, and from there to San Francisco where he is to resume after a long interval his occupation of brewmaster in San Francisco brewery. MT Bruegger is a native of Germany where he learned his trade. He is an enthusiast for the New Deal" which has dealt him a winning hand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12

Tomorrow, the last links of the chain fan. into place, A..--
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12

K M M@1ICHOLAS BOYD crashed from the gold-lined E4a9 clouds of movie fame to the depths of oblivion kupG in few flashing seconds. Synthetic deeds of uAN\ courage before camera had lifted him to the pinnacle of public adulation but ironically of
 Anunknown xtra-grlwast thrown rom horse in film
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12
BANKERS WIFE HOMEBOUND

Mrs. Harry s. Balderston, wife of the Seward banker, is a passen- ger for her home aboard the Yu- kon. She has been in the states for the past six weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12

Stmts Friday, July "A, m The Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12

In order to stimulate travel by train, $500 employees of a New England railroad system have been selling railroad tickets to consumers in their homes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12
MISS ALEXANDER WILL
 VISIT AUNT AT HUNTER

Miss Donnagayle A1exan der daughter of c. J. ''Kinky" Alex ander, left on the seaplane Baran-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12

of, piloted by Gene Meyring, today, for Funter Bay, where she will visit her aunt, Mrs. Clarence With row.
 Daily Emp-re Want Ads Pay
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12

scene BOYD forgot he ealIife hero rushed in the girl tramped emerged crippled broken Lucrative movie contracts adoring an friends and even his wife fell away-BOYD was 'by the world forgot
 RUBY uAYRES writes this gripping story of man; deserted whenhe needed help and the unexpected love and romance that rebuilt his life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-12
SAM SHUCKLIN LEAVES FOR
 SEATTLE ON NORTHWESTERN

Sam Shucklin, of Sam Shucklin and Company, Seattle, and repre- sentative of the Goodrich Rubber Company, left on the Northwest ern this morning for Seattle.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
SHIPPING BOARD
CUTS FORCES

There will be no mass dismissals
by the Shipping Board, it was
said at the Department of Com
merce today.
The force is being reduced, it
was admitted, because the work
of the Shipping Board is declin-
ing in Importance. It is now being
administered as a bureau of the
Department of Commerce.
Reductions are being made
through the natural processes Of
deaths, retirementS and resigna-
tions without filling vacancies,
and other employees are being re-
leased as their work is diScon-
tinued. Secretary of Commerce
Daniel c. Roper is said to favor a
policy of creating as little change
and disturbance as possible in
personnel and in administrative
methods.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
BUY CAMPA|G
BOOMS SALE Of
FURNITURE
Steady Rise in Sales Noted
by Local Dealers as NRA,
Hearst Drive Progress

Beds, chairs, rugs and dining
room suites are selling much
faster today in the District OF
Columbia than they have for
many months past.
That is the latest development
in the survey of washington re-
tail trade being made by The
Washington Times to determine
whether or not the NRA and the
"Buy in September" drive are
actually increasing business.
Others Note Gains
Furniture dealers here have
Joined with many other retailers
in assuring The Times that
things are picking up. Among
the other industries so far re-
ported upon have been florists,
druggists, movie theaters, photog-
raphers, employment agencies,
book dealers, jewelers., haberdash-
ers, restaurants, depart m n I
stores, confectioners and Women'S
clothiers.
NOG1CSdU4C 4AAAPAONCA4SAO AAA ANA
niture sales is reported by w. q
j. Sloane. The spokesman for
the firm, E. j. O'Connor, states:
Business began to pick up
within the past 30 to 60 days.
I would personally say that
your Buy in September cam
paign has done much good"
M. Newhoff, of the Julius Lans-
burgh Furniture Company, also
says that business is increasing,
and corroborates the statement
that the rise has become apparent
within the past four or five weeks.
People Less Nervous
Pointing out that people are
less nervous about their economic
conditions, an official of the Hub
Furniture Company characterized
present buying as being without
hesitancy or fear. He stated:
'I think the public is having
q little more hope and faith
than it<has in the recent past"
Ell. Geasey, advertising man
CONTINUED on Page 10, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
Hamilton Bank
Opens Doors
Monday

Although the public opening
of the Hamilton National Bank
will take place next Monday,
the bank will actually open on
Saturday, after banking hours.
This peculiar situation will
arise because of a provision Of
the. national banking act under
which only a "going" bank can
be given a charter.
E. c. Graham, president of the
bank, worked out the solution of
the problem in this way: Satur-
day, shortly before noon, he will
take his staff of officers to the
Treasury and apply for the char
ter. They will then take the oath
of office and return to the new
bank, which figuratively, will be
open for business.
Graham explained today that
depositors may draw on their &C
counts before the temporary pass
books have been exchanged for
permanent ones.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
DEALERS STUDY
CAS- TAX LAWS

Retail gasoline dealers in north
ern Virginia shortly will COM
plete plans for aiding the drive
to secure legislation to provide
nationwide uniform gasoline tax
rate.
Senator Harry F. Byrd Of Vir-
ginia GENTLY announced he
would seek such legislation at the
next Congress.
The dealers under provisions
of the NRA code and other agree
ments recently have faced possi-
BILE loss Of business because OF
the wide difference between the
tax rate of the District of Co.
lumbia and Virginia. The same
situation holds true in the south
ern and western sections of the
State. The recent legislative ses-
sion provided for zoning of the
State so that the tax or a por-
tion of it might be remitted.
This was designed as a tenn
porary measure, however, and it
is held that national legislation
will be necessary in order to
clarity the muddled situation.
The dealers contend If they
are forced to bear the full tax
rate they will not be able to re-
main in business.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
MILK DISPUTES
! CREATE JOBS

An increase in the staff of Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra-
ton experts handling the milk
situation throughout the coun-
try has been necessitated by the
rapidly growing number of cities
adopting milk marketing agree
ments, it was announced today.
With milk.shed pacts between
farmers and distributors already
in operation in four cities, hear
ings concluded on 20 more, and
10 requests for agreements in
various stages of preparation, the
administration has been forced
to borrow experts from the De-
partment of Agriculture's dairy
industry. bureau, and from various
state agricultural colleges.
Twenty States are represented
IN the milk agreements so far
proposed, it was added.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
HALBERT PROBE
DUE To START
ON MONDAY
Federal Funds Said to Be Used
In Part to Hike Pay of
Relief Employees

A probe of the conduct Of the
office of the District Emergency
Relief under which the salaries
of Leroy A. Halbert and 81 en-
ployes were raised while those of
q others were reduced will be
started next Monday when Harry
L. Hopkins, head Of the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration,
returns to the Capital.
Hopkins expressed great in
dignation when he learned Of
the increases just prior to start
ing for the Middle West and
threatened to suspend Federal
funds to the District if they are
to be paid out of this money.
Part From U. S.
George S. Wilson, director of
the Public Welfare Board, ad~
mitted to C. M. Bookman, acting
administrator, that part of the in
creases were coming from the
Federal appropriation for relief.
The salary of Halbert was
raised from $4,400 to $4,000. Sev.
eral months ago Halbert was
raised $400.
The new raise Of $500 was ap-
proved by the District Commis-
sionerS on the recommendation
of the Board of Public Welfare
after "hours of study" of the
work being done, DR.. Luther H.
Reichelderfer said today.
DR.. Reichelderfer planned to
confer further with Wilson rela-
tive to the increases, he said.
Three Resign Today
Angered by the pay cuts, three
of the q employees who were
slashed today rendered their
designations.
One of these said:
eff Halbert couldn't get along
on $4,4OO a year, how do they
expect me to get along on
$1,O14? I've got wife and two
children to support"
The raises were made effective
September /.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21

Private Child Care Groups Here Retarc
Adoptions of Welfare Board Wards
Record Of DC. Agency
Is Defended By
Miss Morss

Reports Of the Children's Bu-
reau that the District is not keep
ing pace with the rest of the coun-
try in substituting foster-home
care for dependent children for
institutional care are answered by
Miss Patricia Morss, Of the Board
Of Public Welfare.
Miss MorSS said:
The explanation lies in the
number Of private child-caring
agencies in the Capital. The
agencies are as a rule sectarian
an6 church groups, in seeking
homes for dependent children,
60 to them rather than to u.s."
Miss Morss said that three
fourths of the children in care OF
the Board of Public Welfare are
in foster homes.
System Gains Favor
The system, which the Chill
dren'S Bureau reports is rapidly
gaining in favor throughout the
country, is entirely approved by
the board. She said:
"The child, under the family
plan, leads a more normal life
and receives more of individual
attention. We believe that a
yOungster needs to feel that he
or she is wanted. And that is,
Of course, difficult in an institu-
tiOn."
Great care is taken by the
board, according to Miss MorSs
in selecting the home in which
the child is to be placed. So far
she has found it advisable to
seek such homes in semi-rural
communities in nearby Maryland
or Virginia.
Small Towns Better
The smaller communities, she
says, are apt to be more Sympa'
thetic toward the waif. The child
on the average city block is
"lost" and misses the community
feeling of less thickly populated
areas.
Boarding arrangements are
made for a number of the chill
dren, but Miss Morss is always
anxious, whenever possible, to
have the dependent child adopt.
ed. The boarding system is apt
to give the waif too great a feel
ing of mot belonging" They miss
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
Stole Gas From Car,
Fined in Alexandria

Garry Tutt, Of Braddock
Heights, Va, was fined $40 and
costs and given a 30-day sus-
pended Jail sentence by Judge
Snow in the Alexandria Police
Court this morning when he
pleaded guilty to syphoning gas
from a motor shovel of the West
Brothers Brick Company last
night. Two companions with
Tut escaped and left a car, which
was turned over to the Washing
ton police.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
GOTHAM POLICE
HUNT SUSPECT
IN SLAY|NG
Local Detectives See Early
Solution of Jones Killing
Laid to RacketeerS

Search for the gangland killers
of Charles Jones, alleged head Of
local liquor ring who was shot
to death in Shows Court last
Monday night, today turned to
New York when Washington po-
lice asked New York authorities
to arrest a suspect.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed, de-
tectives who have been combing
Washington's underworld have
found a As caliber pistol they
believe was used in the killing.
The gun, which was found in
speakeasy, has been turned over
to Lieut.. John Fowler, police bal
listics expert. He is comparing
bullets fired from the weapon
with those taken from the walls
in the court and the slug taken
from Jones head.
Gunmen Imported
The request to New York police
bears out the first theory held by
police that the killing was done
by out-of-toWn gunmen imported
for the job.
Several empty As shells were
found in one of the two auto
mobiles seized by police as the
cars used by the gunmen, and
Lieutenant Fowler is attempting
to determine if they were elected
from the gun turned over to him.
Jones, who died at Sibley Hos
pital an hour after he was shot,
will be buried tomorrow after
noon.
Rum Ring In War
Services will be held at a
funeral chapel in the 400 block
H st. N. E., followed by in
terment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Homicide squad detectives con-
tinued grilling the persons held
for investigation in the killing
and combing underworld hauntS
for information about the case.
The killing was a climax to 8
booze ring war that started sew
eral weeks ago when 200 gallons
of liquor en- route to the WASH
ington market were hijacked, po-
lice said.
U. S. Investigates
Federal prohibition agents are
carrying on their own investiga-
tion of the killing, following
rumors that the gang warfare
is between a local ring and a
New Jersey outfit that came to
Washington a few months ago
to break into the racket here.
An inquest into the death of
Jones will be continued until
police have completed their in
vestigation, Acting Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald said to-
day.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
Newspaper Code Aim
OF Writer'S Session

Gentlemen of the press-and
ladies-will meet tonight at the
Mayflower Hotel to discuss forma-
ton of an association Of press
writer's and the drawing up of a
newspaper code under the NRA.
Haywood Broun, noted liberal
and columnist, will preside over
the gathering. Representatives
from New York, Philadelphia.
Cleveland, Akron, Buffalo. Newark
and other cities will meet with
Washington newspapermen.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
WA|F,16,H|NTED
K|DNAP VICTIM

Washington and Pennsylvania
police today began searching their
records for a kidnapping case in
Morristown, Pa, 13 years ago,
after receiving information of an
alleged resemblance between a
homeless waif at the Receiving
Home and kidnapped boy.
Washington police received a
letter from a local woman in
which she said that John Ben,
16, who was taken from freight
train here September 6, bore a
remarkable resemblance to the
child kidnapped in Morristown, her
former home, 13. years ago.
The woman'S identity was not
disclosed.
Ben, who is held at the Receiv-
ing Home, told police authorities
he never remembered having a
home, that all his life he had
been a "road kid"