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The Washington times., 1933-07-22
BUILDING BOARD
POWERS GUT

"A definite move to end the
controversy between the Public
Buildings Commission and In
terror Department over President
Roosevelt's merging of the two is
under way today.
This was learned by admission
by H. A. Candland, secretary of
the public buildings body, that
officials of the National Park
Service have asked him to submit
a confidential report showing
how the duties of the Public
Buildings Commission might be
divided.
From this request, it is indi-
Gated the Interior Department
may take over only administra-
tive duties of the commission and
leave to that body its legislative
functions.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
MERGED B A n K
OPENS SOON

With reorganization of loans to
the component banks by the Re.
construction Finance Corporation
expected momentarily, Chester
Wells, chairman of the general
subscription of the proposed Ham
ilton National Bank into which
eight restricted banks are being
merged, today said:
"This new bank will open
shortly under the most auspi-
ciOus circumstances.
ut will have more than 5000
stockholders and an unprece-
dented number of accounts for
a new bank. 1t will have eight
conveniently located branches
all part and parcel of the main
bank, protected by its assets.
1t will do a conservative ma
tiOnaI banking business"
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
SYLVAN FETES
NEED PIANO

Wnated-a good upright piano.
This is the plea of the Com
munity Center department. to citi-
zens of Washington. The piano
will be used in the summer feSti-
val programs now being held each
week at the National Sylvan The
ater at the Washington Monu-
ment.
The present piano, which has
given service for the past three
summers, is in a condition beyond
repair. So unless someone donates
piano, the Community Center
department officials are in per-
picking position, for nearly all
future programs require piano
accomplishments. National 1900
is the Community Center depart
ment's telephone number and
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples is di-
rector.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
BURGLARS FLEE
UNDER COVER
Of SMOKE
Trio Loot Store and Escape
as Fumes Cause Milk
Wagon Horse to Bolt

In a getaway from a $3.50
jewelry robbery early today at a
store in the 340O block Fourteenth
st. N. W., three colored men
utilized a smoke screen on their
automobile when they saw a po-
lice car approaching and the
fumes frightened a milk wagon
horse so that he ran away and
became entangled in a parked
car.
The horse, owned by Thomp-
sons Dairy, caught one foreleg
between the spare tire and a rear
bumper of a car a block from
the scene OF the robbery and
was extricated by the fire rescue
squad. The horse was unhurt.
The robbers eluded the police
and escaped with watches, silver
cigarette cases and rings taken
from window they smashed at
the jewelry store of Sol Lazero-
vitZ.
G. P. o. Worker Beaten
Two thugs, who last night in
vaded the apartment of John T.
Kearney, IS, retired Government
Printing Office employe, $500
block Thirteenth st. N. W., and
struck Mr.. Kearney after trying
to hold him up, were sought by
police today.
He said they knocked at the
door and asked for Brown -
When told he did not live there
they pushed in and demanded
money.
Kearney resisted and succeeded
in routing the pair. One man
struck him on the head with the
butt of pistol.
Thieves Get $500
Lawrence H. Baer. 400 block
Tenth st. N. w., told police $500
was stolen from a pocketbook at
his home yesterday between II
and 1880 a. m.
A robber entered the home of
Ray Staples, Potomac Electric
Power Company employe, First
block Rhode Island Ave. N. w.,
through an unlocked basement
door last night and stole his iden-
tification card and a street car
pass book, he said.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
CASHIER At FOX
N|PSFRAUD

Quick action by Marva Dean,
cashier at the Fox Theater, after
recognizing a spurious $40 bill,
resulted in Paul Montfort, 80, be-
ing held in $4,000 bond today
after arraignment before U. S.
Commissioner Needham c. Turn
age.
According to the complaint,
Montfort presented the bill at the
box office last night. Miss Dean,
believing the money counterfeit,
pressed an alarm button which
resulted in the mans arrest.
Secret Service agents said Mont
fort, who had another fake $40
bill in his pocket, told them
where he had passed several
others. They recovered two, they
said.
Montfort told the agents he
found the bills in front of Union
Station. They believe, however,
he is an agent of a counterfeit
ing ring which has headquarters
in New York.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
VICTIM Of AUTO
ASKS 100000

Suit for 100000 damages ws
filed by Eugene Houghton, 1900
block Clifton st. N. W., today in
District Supreme Court against
Ivor and A. T. Massey, of Rich
mond, Va, as the aftermath of
an automobile mishap last Janu-
ary 25.
Houghton informed the court
he was standing in a safety zone
at Fourteenth and Euclid Sts.
N. w., when he was knocked un-
conscious by an automobile of the
defendants.
He charged the defendants per-
mitted him to be taken to Gar
field Hospital and later trans
ferred to Gallinger Hospital as a
drunk"
While in one Of the hospitals,
Houghton claimed, $1,000 which
he had in his pockets was taken.
He claimed that he suffered a
fractured skull and was uncon-
scious for nine days. The suit
was filed through the law firm of
Toomey & Toomey.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
Home Loan Offices
Ready in Alexandria

District office of the Home
Owners Loan Corporation at Alex
andria will open Monday in off,
ces in the rooms of the Alexan-
dria Chamber of Commerce, 100
block North washington st.
H. Bruce Green, of Clarendon.
will be manager, with Lewis M.
Ansley, of Alexandria, as chief
appraiser. Furniture for the new
office was installed today.
The new office will handle
loans for Alexandria, Winchester
and Fredericksburg and the coun-
ties of Arlington, Clarke, Culpep-
er, Fairfax, Fauquier. Frederick,
King George, Loudoun, Madison,
Orange. Prince William, Kappa
hammock, Stafford, and Spotsyl-
vania.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
DR.. Potter Is GiUen
Federal Relief Post

DR.. Ellen c. Potter, Of Tren-
ton. N. j., today was appointed
to the staff of the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration by
Harry L. Hopkins, relief admin
istrator.
DR.. Potter was the first wo,
man in this country to hold a
State cabinet office, the Secre-
taryship of Welfare for Penn
sylvania, from 1923 to 1927. She
will handle problems in connec'
ton with relief for transient un.
employed.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
MORTGAGE HOLDERS PLEDGE AID TO JONES
Judge Schuldt "Educates" Motorists in Court;
Quick Learners Often Escape Fines
preventive Medicine" Is
Applied 70 Check
Future Violations
BY FRANK M. SMITH

AS I sat on the bench beside
Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Traffic
Court yesterday there passed in
review three of the strangest
classes ever seen in a school
room" Judge schuldt, who is a
strong advocate of preventive
practices, was holding his daily
lectures on traffic violations.
For the past several months the
judge has gradually built up a
system of warning and instruc-
ton for minor violators in the
District, which is becoming most
popular with judicial systems and
city heads throughout the coun-
try.
Penalties Are Varied
Everyone who appears at Judge
Schuldt's school room" finds his
way there because he didn't learn
his lessons. Marks for cheating
on their home work, which re.
suited in the pupils" being ar,
rested for overtime parking, first
offense speeding or similar viola
tions are from zero to more than
$25 each.
If you get zero, or, in court
terms, have your personal bond
taken, you graduate into the
alumni. If you are caught again
the lesson Is shorter. A word of
rebuke from the Judge and:
"Mr. Clark, this man is q
second offender; he'll have to
take a $40 fine"
Speeder Escapes Fine
The first class yesterday was
composed of three men. Two were
charged with speeding and one
with parking overtime. Each had
driven in the District for more
than six years. One of the speed
ers explained that he was caught
at 2 o'clock in the morning on
BladenSburg Road. Judge Schuldt
remarked:
There are too many of these
Paul Revere rides going on in
the outskirts of the city. 1t will
have to stop. What's the speed
limit?"
The defendant stumbled out
with:
"Twenty-twO miles an hour,
your honor"
Correct. Now the Corpora
tiOn CounsePs office has looked
into your case and suggests
leniency. I think you should
have another chance. / will
take your personal bond"
The defendant received his
diploma in the form of a receipt
for the return of his collateral
CONTINUED on Page IS, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
SOLDIERS HURT.
IN BIKE CRASH

Thrown from a motorcycle, two
soldiers from Fort Myer are being
treated at Walter Reed Hospital
today for serious injury to their
heads, feet and arms as the re-
suit of a collision between their
vehicle and a truck.
The accident occurred early to-
day on Fourteenth Street near
the tourist camp.
Those injured were Dennis Bax-
ley, Is, and Oscar Copeland, 23'
both attached to the Sixteenth
Field Artillery at Fort Myer.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
Minus His Pants, Man
Hunts Domicile,
Gets SIS Fine

Last night it was very hot
in the 31OO block Connecticut
Ave-, as it was about every
where else. Robert Frazier, who
lives in an apartment in that
block, was suffering from the
heat, internal and external.
He said in Police Court to-
day that he couldn't find his
apartment. That prob a bly,
would have been all right, only
Frazier was wandering about
the building looking for his
domicile, and he had on NO
pants.
It cost him SIS when police
testified that he was drunk.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
HONELOANU UNIT
STILL LACKS
QUARTERS
Local Manager, However, Acts
To Help Property Owners
Facing Foreclosure

Despite the fact that the local
division of the Home owners
Loan Corporation does not yet
have a home of its own, Charles
A. Jones, local manager, is carry
ing on activities on behalf Of
washington home owners in
danger of foreclosure.
Jones says he is receiving sat
isfactory cooperation from mort.
gage holders whom he has asked
to delay action in cases of i'm
minent foreclosure. He has
asked the postponement until
he has found offices for his or
ganization.
In the meantime. the family
of Jerome L. Michaels, of the
1000 block East Capitol ST..
whose home has been bought by
the mortgage holder, will be
permitted to remain in their
home pending action by the local
home loan office. The mortgage
holder has agreed to cooperate
with the loan office if the home
can be refinanced through that
agency.
William S. Quinter, executive
secretary of the District Council
of Building and Loan Associa-
tions, said yesterday that asso-
Citations affiliated with the coun-
Gil are prepared to lend 100 per
cent cooperation to President in
his plan to aid the small home
owner. The council will hold
meeting Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
WJSV Is SiIenced
Bu Break in Studio

Radio station WJSV was sill
enced for 20 minutes last night
because of a breakdown in the
transmitter. A musical program
at 1855 p. m. was interrupted.
Application by WJSV for a
permanent license was docketed
for hearing yesterday by the
Radio Commission after WHOM
lodged a protest, claiming that
WJSV interferred with its wave
length.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
Kilvanis Club Camp
Lure to Poor Boys

Five boys have registered at
the Alexandria Kiwanis Clubs
camp for underprivileged youths
at Franconia, Va, and 10 more
will be sent to the camp Mon
day. After staying 10 days, they
will be followed by other groups.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22

(nOthlng personal, OF cOurSeJ, Ine
announcements of five publishing
houses (what confidence in the fu-
ture they display and an offer of
custom shirts, semi-formal, at So
each. A new night club is opening
in New York; haven't been to the
old one.
Three people in Chicago want the
address of the Progressive Fascist
party which I mentioned two months
ago-I haven't got the address. A
gentleman in Milwaukee wants "to
see the day when our Government
will regulate mans salary for labor,
his dividends from investments and
his royalties from patents, copy
rights, etc., and his number of hours
of labor" Il wonder why he had to
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
Youthful Justice Clerk
Leads College Class

during the day, was graduated
from the Hilltop with magma
cum laude" diploma-highest pos
sible-and ranked second in his
first wear in law school.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22

Two Cherokee Indians were held
for further investigation today
when arraigned in Police Court
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
True to Type
Yours Received and Contents Noted
.Bv GILBERT SELDEs

G OMETHING happened to my mail and after few
~ anxious days received several pounds of letters
and papers, including bills, warnings of penalties if in
come tax nstallments not paid, gentle reminders
of insurance premiums DUE the usual amount of abuse
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
Long Novels Ahead

From the publishers announcements l gather that we
are in for long novels and winter nights will be we'll
filled Two at least already receiving applause:
Jules Romans "Men of Good Wi which will be of an
undetermined number of volumes, and Hervey Aliens
"Anthony Adverse" which to have been three vol
umes but is all compact in single (Motorlng IS
not good for sustained reading can give no personal
report on either far) Several other three-deckers
promised
NV own feeling is that if novel is going to be as long
as "War and Peace it ought to be good as War and
Peace" Or it should be entirely simple like the con-
nected works of Anthony Trolope In my office sign
(which always seems to to be personal attack says
"You can say anything in 500 words. My contract as
recall it. demands daily column of about 1000 words
and do not think that the intention for me to
say everything twice. Perhaps am in for two every
things per day.
Who Has Money
The ghtdolar shirt mentioned above interests me
lust as the 1888 model interest me. can AFFORD
neither but glad them being made and bought
In fact the number of on the roads mas I'M
pressed me enormously and when read announcements
of output approaching passing the level OF 1881 oe
gin to wonder whether all this business about depres
sion wasn't all newspaper talk.
In nv ignorance of peoples wealth figure that no
one should have made money in 1882 than IN 1881
(excepting public utilities of they seem to be
priveged So the money for new cars must represent
savings from the pastand vast confluence IN the Iu-
ture But if the savings existed and confidence could oe
created why did people hold off year ago. 1t doesnt
affect too much personality but should think that
we ever discover that our depression unnecessary
and could have been relieved and shortened we will have
few sour words to say to certain people.
The Washington times., 1933-07-22

drag in royaes-by all odds the incest form of income
on which to live)
The latest bulletin from Consumers Research is mot
confidential" but full of fighting spirit out
for propaganda in favor of the consumer-and very
skepca of the new deal affects the Food and Drug
Administration-and what you buy and eat
The Washington times., 1933-07-22
Good Business

OOOd BUSINESS
Mr. August w. Hutaf quite unconscously shows why
will never be successful business man. 1t is not that
nv ideas are bad but that do not know how to apply
them A few weeks ago I wrote something about the
beauties of American scenery, complaining a little that
our poets and artists had neglected them Mr. Hutat,
lust returned from trip round the Poconos has seen
he mountain laurel in full bloom the climbing roses,
honeys1ckle and mown hay" They made him forget
the city.
Then he says:
II quite agree with you that there unfortunate
lack Of coordination of effort in duplicating what the
artists other side have done have seen posters in
the travel bureau windows that make want to take
trip to the Cote dAzur and other places There are
places in this country that could be posterlzed in this
manner and it would be mighty good business"
never thought of that, but it is true.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-11
Automotive Evolution

A British automotive engineer; speaking in Chicago at the international congress of motor men, made criticism of American cars which perhaps will not impress casual hearers greatly. but which probably deserves consideration. The American ear' he said, lis the triumph of effectiveness over efficien- ey." That is. it is built capable of perform ing marvels of speed which will never be re. quired of it. While that may be matter of opinion and national temperament, it is certainly true to-day that it is possible to drive good car faster than it ought to be driven for safety. If American cars are to be used to their full speed capacities, Areri. can highways will have to be revolutionized with speedways entirely separate from other thoroughfares.
 In the matter of weight, too, the American car is doubtless heavier than necessary for all normal pleasure and business use. The added weight increases gas consumption without meeting any sound need. We may turn up our noses at the Brton's comments but that does not answer his criticism. At the same international congress, William B. Stout, an American motor designer who usually knows what he's talking about, voiced the opinion that automobiles to-day are all wrong and that the sooner we admit it and do something about it the better off everyone will be. It is not improvements they need. but completely new design. In the matter of automobile design and engi- neering, apparently, there is as much ad- vaneement ahead as we have already had in this amazing industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-11

board as outlined in the act are upheld by Judge Maseolo. We think that he will find himself universally supported in this through out the state. There seems to be no disposi- ton in any court to declare either the board or the law unconstitutional.
 But with regard to finding such violators. as the local milk dealers clearly were. guilty of crime. His Honor refused to concur in the opinion it constituted one that should be brought before the courts for correction. He believes that the violation of the milk law in this city. as seen by the evidence, was clearly one to be taken care of by the board as is provided under the control act. That should end aa avalanche of cases being brought be- fore the courts of the state, unless the board disagrees with the finding of Judge Maseolo or the case is carried farther. At any rate it is disposition of an episode that seems eminently fair to both sides,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-11
Stronger Beer

One of the less solemn signs of the times is an American Beer Exposition in Cleve- land, lasting week, showing the most im- portant brews now made in this country and promising some new ones for the near future. In the main area of the exposition hall an army of walters has been serving the largest beer garden. in the world. with a seating capacity of 5000. The hall must be good place to study beer drinkers as we'll as the beverage itself. They are said to be happy erowd-not too orderly. if by order you mean quietness and dignity, but good.natured and seldom rowdy. Beer it seems has become more than mere bev. craze. It now stands. in the minds of mil. lions. for sentiment. poetry, music and freedom. f %l
 All this. be it understood. is 3.2 stuff, generally accepted and literally consumed as non intoxicating Probably it is the intans- ible constituents of the brew that produce the easy fellowship, effectiveness and mus. ieal abandon. Most of the brewers say they are now making stronger stuif up around 5 per cent, and as alcoholic as potent German brews That, of course. is not on the mar ket They are getting ready for repeal of the dry amendment. The latter part of the winter there will be- still more enthusiastic choruses of How Dry am" with less wis. ible reason than ever for that sentiment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-11

Close on the heels of the centennial issue of the New York Sun the New York Eve ming Post which is older than the Sun by some few years. announces that it's daily pub lieation on and after September l4 will con- sist solely of five-eolumn pages. The small size paper is quite departure for any news paper Jet alone in New York. save in the tabloid field But the Post is not going in for tabloid edition. It is simply restrict ing itself to five columns per page. The ex- pertinent may prove interesting from a pub fishers or editors point of view. but we're wondering what the reading public will say and do. The Post was founded in 1901 by Alexander Hamilton. Its most famous editor was William Cullen Bryant. s,s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-11
This Blue Planet

Dr V. M. Slipher. director of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff. Ariz, has been studying the color of this earth by looking at the earth shine visible in the moon un- der certain conditions. He concludes that just as Mars looks red, Jupiter yellow and Mercury white. our earth shines in the heav. ems with blue color If there are Martians and Venusites. it looks blue to them. if they have eyes capable of pereeivins color.
 This sounds reasonable. Anyone might arrive at the same conclusion by looking at the sky or at mountains, or at the ground from an airplane. Both air and water arc blue. The greenness of vegetation is modi- fled greatly by the atmospheric color. How ever, blue the cart hmay look, it feels bluer sometimes. But that's another story.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-11
A Ruling To Follow

Judge Edward Maseolo's finding in the cases of the local milk dealers who were brought before him in court should be quoted widely in this state now that the first actual cases of alleged violations of the milk control law have been heard. While the milk dealers accused of undersellng the estab. Iished price of milk in this section did not suffer the ignominy of being accused of crime. they had pointed cut to them the need of regarding the dictates of the. control board ss governing them and their businesses.
 Judge Maseolo showed no disposition to find the milk control board illegally eonst. tufed nor the law under which it operates illegal or unconstitutional. On the contrary he interpreted the law nicely and with due regard for the consequences of what might happen to q total disregard at this period in our economic history. The duties of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-11
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Finds Degradation In England's Dole

When you read "The Plebeian's Prokress," by Frank Ttsley. you feel that you arc watching the slow death of an entire people.
 This novel, which examines the industrial depression in England by tracing the fortunes of two helpless youngsters who got caught In 1t, does not talk giibly about "economic forces which cannot be controlled" It remarks bluntly that blind greed and appalling stupidity are responsible for Eng lands plight, and 1t charges that the lower classes are being sacrihc.. ed wholesale, to the cupidity oi the capitalists.
 The story is built up around the careers of Allen and Anne, . young married couple who are not in the least remarkable but who begin their life together with the high hopes that are the heritage of new. lyweds everywere.
 They start as happy occupanti of a pleasant suburban bungalow Then, bit by bit, the depression do. stroys thcm. Aliens job goes first They move into cheaper quarters He tries frantically to find work fails, goes on the dole, waits pathe. ticaiiy for a change in hts luck and, nt last, slips over the edst into the abyss. ~
 Mir Tinsley is not impressed by tho beauties Of England's system of unemployment relief. He showi us q system which destroys self. respect, robs life fits Joy and doei unpardonable things to the souli of tho men and women it is design. cd to help. And he, writes with . passion, a skill and tenderness which makes his book deeply con. vincing and profoundly touching. Published by Covici- Friede, tho ! book is priced at $2.25.