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The Washington times., 1933-12-29
TAX|CABS MUST.
DISPLAY RATE

Drivers of zone taxicabs have
been warned by the Public Utili-
ties Commission that they must
display on and in their cabs
signs which indicate the rate they
charge.
The warning was the result of
complaint filed by Jouett
Shouse, former chairman of the
Democratic national committee,
who wrote that he took what he
believed to be a 2O-cent cab, only
to be informed upon reaching his
destination that the charge was
35 cents.
Shouse also wrote to Senator
William H. King, chairman of the
Senate District Committee, and
Mrs. Mary T. Norton, chairman
of the House District Committee.
He said:
'I feel that if the public is to
be bilked by taxicabS such as
that with which / came in con-
tact yesterday, Congress should
have full knowledge Of the fact
and should perhaps take proper
steps to rectify what seems to
me an unjust and an unwise
situation"
The commission regulations re-
quire that zone cabs shall display
rate signs on the windshields,
doors and inside Of the vehicles.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
BURNHAM JOINS
PAY GUT FOES

Federal employees found another
friend in Congress today when
Representative George Burnham,
Republican, of California, Joined
the ranks of those Congressman
favoring full restoration Of the
Federal pay cut.
Stating emphatically he belieevs
in full and MT partial restoration
of the IS per cent pay cut, Burn.
ham said:
Federal employees have usf-
fered hardships eerv since the
pay cut went into effect. Prices
are rising and 1 believe the full
Is per cent should be restored.
ut was grossly inconsistent
for the Government to urge in
dustry to increase wages, yet
reduce the wages Of its own
employees"
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
TAX-FREE
UNDER CHANGE
IN D. {. BILL
Schedule of Treasury Depart
ment Provides Levy OF so
Cents a Gallon on Liquor

Beer for the District without
any tax was the outstanding fea-
ture of the tax list for beverages
inserted in the proposed liquor
bill today and made public by
Commissioner George E. Allen,
after a conference with Acting
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
thau. The list provided these tax
rates:
Spirits, so cents a gallon.
Wine, with more than IA per
cent alcohol, so cents.
Champagne and carbonated
wines, so cents.
Light wines of less than IA per
cent alcohol, so cents.
Alcohol, $1.10 per gallon.
combined Opinion
The schedule was drafted after
lengthy consideration by Com
missioner Allen. Corpora ON
Counsel William w. Bride and
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West. The Commits
"TheSe taxes represent the
combined opinions, of the Treas
ury Department and the District
Commissioners, and are believed
to be in agreement with the
Presidents ideas"
It was planned to eliminate the
present tax of 81 a barrel on beer
If the Government adopts a
volume tax and returns part of 1t
to the respective States" The
license rates we're expected to be
given out later in the day.
Speedy Action Needed
The liquor bill was to have gone
to the Capitol Wednesday, but
was held up pending the confer.
ence with the Treasury Depart
ment. Isabel Horton, clerk of the
House District Committee, said
that unless the bill reaches the
Capitol sometime today the Gov
ernment Printing Office will be
unable to run it off before the
House convenes Wednesday.
Major Daniel j. Donovan, Dis
trict Auditor, who has been study
ing license and tax rates in Mary
land, is believed to have made his
report before the issuance Of the
list today.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
SCHOOL LUNCH.
PLANS MADE

Plans for the feeding Of 1000
undernourished children in the
District public schools we're ad-
vanced further today at the
Franklin Administration Build
ing, District public school head
uuarters, when a committee met
under the Craftsmanship of Robert
L. Haycock, assistant superin'
tendent Of schools.
A representative Of Leroy A..
Halbert, District relief chief, at
tended the meeting. Details in
Rolving the serving of lunches
and q general understanding with
D downtown cafeteria, which will
both serve and cook the lunches,
we're discussed.
Later, Mr.. Haycock met with
Me supervising principals to dis
suss the serving of the lunches
m schools under their super
Vision.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
1883 TAGS GOOD.
. 6 6DAYSLONCER

Districts motorists will be al.
lowed the use of their 1888 auto
mobile tags until midnight, Janu.
ary 6, Traffic Director William A.
Van Duzer, announced today.
Ordinarily the day of eXpira-
ton falls on December 81, but in
view of the three-day holiday
starting tomorrow the deadline
has been advanced six days, Van
Duzer explained. He also said
many motorists are inexcusably
without their 1884 tags because
of the last-minute rush and that,
therefore, it would not be fair to
make arrests Immediately after
midnight, December 81.
The District Commissioners
complied with Van Duzer's sug'
gestion to advance the time and
gave their approval TO the extern
sion.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
Temperature Takes Dive to 10 Above Zero;
Cold to Last at Least Another
Day, Says Official Forecast

serious, and firemen responded,
between Z and 8 a. m, to three
automobiles that burned in the
streets.
Montreal experienced the cold
est day in years with 80 to 40 de-
greeS below zero.
Tupper Lake, N. Y, reported an
official reading Of IS below zero,
when unofficial observers noted it
at 10 degrees lower.
In Quebec, it was IS below, and
Lake Edwards. Que, which is used
to cold weather. shivered with a
mark of minus so.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20 G.N.sJ.
On the crest Of stinging north
west winds, record-breaking cold
gripped New York and the North
east Seabord today, sending the
mercury down to an official low
of 2 below zero here at $3.50 am.
The mercury stood at 6 below
zero at nearby PaulSboro, N. j.
Upstate New York was turned
into an Arctic region with the
mercury nose diving to 81 below
zero at Auburn.
The drop in New York shat
tered a record Of II years stand
ing.
Reports were received that two
cean-going freighters were
trapped in the ice packs of the
Hudson River below Albany. Two
Coast Guard icebreaking patrol
cutters were dispatched to their
relief.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
PHYSICIAN SEES
NO DANGER Of
EPIDEMIC
Fairfax Farmers Wife Dies at
Alexandria; Lived Near
First Victim

Sleeping sickness. which has de-
fled research efforts of an army
of medical experts since a near
epidemic in st. Louis. today
claimed it's second victim within
a week in Alexandria Hospital.
The victim, Mrs. Wayne Flynn,
35, was the wife of farmer near
Clifton Station, Fairfax county,
Va, the same vicinity in which
lived Mrs. Gertrude Dean. 40, the
other woman whose death from
the malady followed an attack Of
influenza.
els Not Contagious"
While DR.. A. l. Carson, Fairfax
county health officer, was assur.
ing the public that the disease
was noncontagious and that there
was no fear of an epidemic, Mrs.
Flynn died. Her physician, DR..
H. A. Latane, wrote on the hos.
pital record book:
Sleeping Sickness"
Mrs. Flynn was brought to the
hospital two days ago in a coma.
and remained unconscious up to
the time of her death.
At the time of the St. Louis
outbreaks Of the disease the
Public Health Service launched a
nationwide study to find the
germ causing it, and to determine
II symptoms in all cases were
Identical.
DR.. Margaret C. Smith, profes.
sor of pathology in Washington
University Medical School, ST..
Louis, told Of evidence pointing
to the presence of germ in tho
victims bodies. It was described
as "an element for communicating
infectious disease or Infection"
Paralysis Follows
Later it was declared by ex.
perts that if the victim did not
die of sleeping sickness he would
Oe le1t paralyZed. crippled or
with some sort of physical de.
formity.
In the death of Mrs. Dean, DR..
Carson said the immediate cause
was the disease that preceded the
sleeping sickness. In a report Of
his investigation, published just
before Mrs. Flynn died, he said:
"Mrs. Deans death was not
due to the contagious type of
the germ. Laymen do not diff
erentiate between two types of
the disease, but medical au.
thOritieS do. One type similar
to that in St. Louis is the
epidemic type. The other that
affected Mrs. Dean is no more
contagious than influenza,
pneumonia or similar diseases"
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

Washingtonians on the way to
work today were nipped by the
coolest weather of the winter,
when a thermometer that waver-
ed around Is above at midnight
skidded to 10 above at 8 a. m.
While the sun was shining,
like it has for the three days that
the cold wave has had the city
in its grip, there was prediction
of only a slight rise during the
day and a continuance of frigid-
ity at least until tomorrow.
At 9 a. m. park police permit
ted a number of eager skaters to
use the reflecting pool at Lincoln
Memorial. 1t took three days
Of cold weather to bring about
the thickness Of 212 inches re-
quired for the safety Of the
skater.
Zero Weather Feared
The early official forecast OF
CLOUDY and continued cold"
brought visions to some old-timers
of a recurrence of the coldest De-
cember day the city experienced
-13 below on December 81, 1880.
The Central and Northeastern
States were still Shivering in
freezing temperatures. but there
were no new reports of deaths
from exposure.
Three Automobiles Burn
Despite the cold, District fire
men had a comparatively easy
night. A number Of chimney
fires were reported, but none was
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

tect For Larkman had it appeared killed paymaser
had been idened-perfecty, because eight people
saw the killing and one, woman, had the killer for
three seconds in profile and two in full face If there
set-up for ynching, there it
Lucky Larkman
Edward Larkman released from prison the other day
because appears again. that the murder committed
by Anthony Kakiewcz gangser who confessed For
added turn of the the confession in 1929
and Mr. Larkman is only Just out to rejoice in the
holidays He reioice also that his conviction be-
fore the rabbe formed and before could
We at least there's murderer shyser lawyer will
get out of jail.''
So far know few innocent have been convicted,
few executed To make the list impressive, have to
work through century of trials and you up against
natural circumstance: that when innocent has
they do confess in the case you find
grave and serious authorities who will reject the cones
sion So the argument against ynchng is not that the
rights of the innocent violated but that the rights of
the guilty are violated. and much important, the
rights of all other private citizens thrown the dung
heap
Figures Wanted
And merely as matter of satisfies would like to know
how murderers outside Of fraternal gangsers killing
their own kind have been "sprung by lawyers do not
from the death penalty because the law pro-
vides various punshments and I do reckon life i'm
prsonment for Leopold and Loeb escape from punish
ment I actually walking out Of court, acquitted
The rabbe must have something in its favor and these
figures might Just be the turning point would like to
with these figures the number of brought to
trial for murder who convicted and suffered what
ever penalty the law imposed. Merely for the record.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
Clarendon Church
To Present COnledu

"The Travelling Salesman" a
four-act comedy by James Forbes,
will be produced by st. Georges
Players, of Clarendon. Va. in the
parish hall of St. Georges Epis-
copal Church. Clarendon, Febru-
airy 8, 9 and 10, according to
Frank Davis, director
Davis, Mrs. Beulah Friess, and
Miss Nancy Trott will play the
leading roles.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
DC. GROUP GETS
z NEW FACES

In addition to enacting District
legislation. the coming Congress
must fill two vacancies on the
House District Committee, it was
pointed out at the Capitol to-
day.
The vacancies result from the
death last summer of RepreSen'
tative Lynn S. Hornor, Of West
Virginia, and resignation OF
James q Sorugham Of Nevada,
from his committee assignment.
Both were Democrats.
SucceS Ors will be named by
the Ways and Means COMMITTEES
early this session, it appears.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
LEGISLATION, TOPIC

Proposed legislation will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the Dis
trict Public School Association in
the board room Of the Municipal
Building January 3 at 8 p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
Unitari0ns to Hear
Herbert G.. Parsons

Herbert C. Parsons, president of
the Unitarian Laymen's League,
will speak at a dinner meeting of
the Washington Chapter Of the
league, to be given Thursday
night at $3.50 o'clock in the parish
house Of All Souls Church,
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

missed. There was, for instance,
Edward Larkman, who was convicted
of murder in 1926. Since we have
taken to lynching not only those who
confess crimes, but those whom grand
juries turn away as innocent, we can
suffer in memory at our lack of enter
prise in the case of Edward Larkman,
and we can grow indignant at the
courts of the State of New York which
somehow have not encouraged lynch
ing and furious at Ex-Governor A. E.
Smith, who commuted the death
sentence to life Imprisonment.
The mob in 1926 or so lacked lead
ers, that's ALL and hadn't been told
at that time that it was a rabble,
God bless it, defending the sanctity
of lifo which tho law fai1od IN nro
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
Figures Wanted
New Deal Notes

If you make ice steel clay tiles the chances that
you expand your plant for time to (The
chances also that you do not want to- but that doesn
mater If you make certain glass containers and business
is at it's best you probably will be sharing orders
with your competitors The thing you do is to
install better machinery than you possess. But you
cannot in certain circumstances cut into your rivals bus
and you cannot throw your weight about You have
signed codes to that effect.
All these temporary measures, to be but they
mark 1888 the which the old capitalist system IN
America if abandoned, transformed out of all like
to itself The change without violence except
in the emotions and considering how profound the change
is the cries Of pain have been comparatively gentle.
suppose the is that great of thought we
for surgical operation and found that wouIdnt
have to lose the leg after all We beginning to suspect
that it wasn't fit leg to stand on anyhow.
No Collapse
Another item in the "revo7uton from Wisconsin,
q desperately progressive State armed with job in
of the kind Europe has known for several
atons The the books in 1882, but provided
that full effectiveness must wait until employment of
rolls had risen and stayed up for three consecutive months
employment 20 per cent December 1892 payrolls
so per cent At the of last October employment had
risen SO per cent and payros SO per censo Wisconsin
has the latest thing in unemployment Insurance. And the
Statue of Liberty still stands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-20
Did YOU KnO7O

THAT Regal Stores all over Indiana,
A Ohio and Kentucky, buy collect
lively through Regal Stores Warehouses
to bring about lower money-saving
prices for you on the finest foods OBJ
tainable.
Besides lower prices on better foods,
you are assured of intelligent, courteous
service at your favorite Regal Store be-
cause each Regal Store is owned and
operated by hometown individual
owner.
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
CHRYSLER ADDS
4 NEW CARS

The Chrysler line for 1888 com.
prises four entirely new cars:
the six of 117-inch wheelbase and
83 horsepower; the royal eight
of 120-inch wheelbase and 90
horsepower; the imperial eight
of 126-inch wheelbase and 108
horsepower, and the custom i'm
perial of 146-inch wheelbaSe and
1876 horsepower.
Inspection of the new cars
proves that Chrysler engineers
have. been extremely energetic
during the last year and have
succeeded in perfecting num-
ber of important and original
features that contribute to per
formance, safety, economy, COM
fort and appearance.
The innovation that probably
will most quickly impress anyone
driving a new Chrysler model is
an all-silent transmission intro
duced on all models. It is silent
in all speeds including reverse.
Another feature is an improved
automatic clutch of the vacuum
controlled type which makes it
impossible to jerk even when
starting from a standstill. All
models are equipped with CO.
incidental accelerator type start
ers. In the six the mechanism
is controlled mechanically, in
the eights it is electrically con-
trolled.
All the engineering features
first introduced in the Chrysler
line a year ago will be retained
either in their original form or
an improved form. These COM
prise floating power, auto
matte clutch, free-wheeling, Ailite
squeek-proof springs, double-drop
girder-truss frame and centrifuse
brake drums.
The "sWank" and sickness for
which ChryslerS are famous is
accentuated in these new cars.
The V-type radiator has been re-
tained, but has been slightly
changed in design in a manner
that gives it greater utility as
we'll as greater beauty. The
curve of tenders is deeper. New
headlamps harmonic with the
improved front end.
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
Clean Spark Plugs
AbOLiSheS Trouble

Sixty to 10 per cent of today's
motor ills are directly traceable
to faulty ignition, and spark plugs
as an important part of the igni-
tion system must assume their
proportionate share of this indict-
ment, according to Sumner s..
oWard, service manager of AC
Spark Plug Company. He adds
that through the simple applica-
ton of inspecting spark plugs and
the ignition system at least twice
a year, a large proportion of
these troubles can be eliminated.
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
Tire Company ShOWs
Biz Increase in Year

A phenomenal advance in
sales right through the depres-
sion period is the remarkable
record scored by the Pharis Tire
and Rubber Company, of Newark,
N. j.
This company, one of the old
est in the industry, closed its
1882 books showing a "a per cent
increase over 1881, and an in
crease of 76 per cent over the
year 1929.
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
'CheUrOLet's Trucks
Include 3 Models

Chevrolet's 1888 commercial
vehicles while no ton exhibit at
the auto show, go on view to-
day at the dealers salesrooms,
and include three distinct lines,
the half-ton, with a wheelbase
of 100 inches; a 131-inch 11a ton
wheelbase truck; and a 157-inch
~ ton wheelbase truck.
Engine in all three lines is a
special truck type, and in the
half ton includes the new helical
Synro-mesh gears of increased
quiet. 1t is not only more power
full this year but operates more
smoothly and with still greater
economy than formerly. Horse
power output is increased
throughout the speed range.
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
SIGN HALTS MOTORISTS

Police no longer have to shout
at motorists to stop in Newton,
Mass. The new radio-equipped
police cars are provided with a
red headlight mounted on the
front mudguard which flashes the
words STOP" Police
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
HAS SPLASH GUARD

A new and exclusive front
fender splash guard provides a
new conception of front end
tailoring for the new Continental
cars, which make their initial
bow to the Washington motoring
public this week.
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
'33 CHEVROLET.
BOASTS NEW
FEATURES
WheeIbase Has Been Length
ened and Motor Stepped
/ Up to 65 Horsepower

The new Chevrolet at the 1888
auto show differs radically from
previous models. It's wheelbaSe
has been extended, the engine
has been stepped up to IS horse
power, skitted tenders and a
lower running board conceal all
working mechanism, and several
controls are eliminated, adding
greatly to driving facility. The
motor if stalled can be restarted
without removing the foot from
the accelerator thus freeing the
hands for attention to the wheel
and keeping the eyes on the
road.
Vibration Damped Out
Outstanding among features is
the Cushioned balanced" motor
which effectively dampens out all
vibrations, a heat control button
which makes for better perform
ance and economy and a Selector
which advances or retardS the
spark according to the grade of
gasoline in use thus resulting IN
uniform cost per mile, regard
less Of the type of fuel.
An important new engineering
feature is the sub-frame, so
located that the motor is bal
anced on its center of gravity.
Each lateral support consists of
q rubber biscuit" or layer of
rubber between two metal sur
faces, one attached to the motor
and the other to the frame, and
so situated as to permit the
engine to rotate about it's prime
iple axis. The whole design of
the mounting is to deal with all
vibration as it effects the driver
or passenger. and yet provide a
rigid mounting.
The new larger, lower and
finer Fisher bodies, embody no
draft ventilation, windows are
longer and lower, affording bet
ter visibility, windshieldS have
shatter proof glass and the
instrument panel is of the air.
plane type.
Radiator Features
The new Chevrolet has a "V"
radiator. sloping sharply and thus
accentuating the impression of
speed. The shell of the radia-
tor, instead of being chrome
plated, harmoniZes with the hood
color thus apparently lengthen-
ing the car. Headlights are of
improved design and a trumpet
horn is mounted just behind the
left headlamp.
Beneath the hood is a six
cylinder engine, which despite
increased size and power, oper-
ates very smoothly and with
economy. The spark plugs are
smaller and so arranged as to
prevent trapping of dead gas and
making for smoother combustion
and reduction Of fuel consump-
tion. 1t also has a new COM
bined air cleaner, air intake
Silencer and flame arrester to
accommodate the increased horse
power.
In line with the increased per-
formance of the engine, brakes
were redesigned and enlarged.
Additional ease in steering has
been achieved and improved
shock absorbers and improved
exhaust silencers adapted. The
clutch has been improved and
transmission made exceptionally
nlIiet aarticularlv in secnnd gear
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
DIRTY OIL HARMFUL

Whether or not oil ever wears
out, from an academic standpoint
it becomes useless from a prac-
tical one. Worse than useless, in
fact. The chief reason is the dirt
which gets in. despite oil filters.
Dirty oil must be changed.
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
S0APSUDS BEST CLEANSER

Plain suds from good soap and
water is the best cleanser for au-
tomobile tops. These materials
have an inner coating of rubber
which would be ruined by any
cleaner containing gasoline or
benzine.
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
WORTH Remembering

Tho air pressure in all tires
should be equalized. Low air pres
sure in the tires on one side of a
car will cause hard steering,
shimmy, unequal tire wear and
misalignment of the chassis as
semblY.
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
Auto Indutys Freight Keeps Men Railway PavosBUY NOW
CAUSES OF STALLING

Broken windshield wiper hose
connections no longer affect vac
uum tank operation on new cars.
But a defective hose connection
will contribute to slow starting
and to excessive stalling Of the
engine.
The Washington times., 1933-01-28
100000 CheUrOlets
Provide Manu- Jobs

Five million man-hours of labor
are furnished the steel industry
by every 100000 Chevrolet SKIES
delivered to the consumers, Paul
Mackall. vice president and gen
eral sales manager of the Bethle-
hem Steel Company, reports.
The Washington times., 1933-05-15

Joe Heving, rescue man for
Lyons, held Cronin and his men
in the ninth, however, and the
Sox won the game, 10 to 8.
Develops Into Slugfest
The second game turned out
to be another slugfest with events
reversed in regards to the score.
The Griffs, in this instance, got
off to a big lead, saw it dwindle,
then had enough in reserve to
keep in the van until the final
out in the ninth. The final
score was II to 8.
Tommy Thomas began on the
mound for the Griffs but had to
be rescued by Bill McAfee in the
second when the Sox counted five
times. The former Boston Brave
hurler proceeded to be an excel
lent selection as Cronin's relief
pitcher as he held the Sox at bay
until the ninth when Gen. Alvin
Crowder was rushed to the mound
after the Fonseca clan had
scored two runs. The Gen" re-
tired the side without further
scoring.