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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

mostly Jews, with the traditional Eastern habit of bartering inbred in them.
 Tn wanter, when 1t gets too cold, they retire to doorways, anybody's doorway. It doesn't matter to them. They even have their own unofficial "bourse." It is a cheap tea shop, where for the price of 8 cup of coffee they can sit all day, arguing, haggling and selling in every language under the sun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
LONG CASE HAS
 NOT YET ENDED

New Orleans. Nov 24-(UP)- Testimony of anu-Lcng witnesses to-day completed the first phase of the senate campaign expenditure committees investigation of Sem ator Huey P. Longs Louisiana pos litical machine. For two weeks anti-Long witnesses paraded before the committee and related in- stances of alleged fraud in the conduct of the senatorial primary of 1882, in which Senator John H. Overton, the Long candidate, de- feated Edwin s. Broussard. Brous- sard had charged that the election was fraudulently and corruptly manipulated, and is seeking to have Senator Overton busted.
 Beginning tomorrow Senator Overton will present rebuttal witt nesses in an effort to disprove charges that political trickery, pat rpnage, bribery and ballotbox stuff fing by Long forces won the elec- ton for him. Senator Tom Con- nally, democrat, Texas, and Senator Ebert D. Thomas, democrat, Utah, conducting the hearings, an- nounced tha available funds would not permit continuation of the probe after December 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
FULL WEATHER REPORT

Washington, Nov 24.-UP)-The weather forecast:
 Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont: south portion tonight, Saturday generally fair, colder.
 Massachusetts: Mostly cloudy and slightly warmer, probably light rain or snow in north and west portions tonight: Saturday generally fair and colder.
 Cloudy and slightly warmer to- night; Saturday fair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
AMBASSADOR TO
 CUBA IS NAMED
WelIes Withdraws and Jef- fersOn Caffery Has Been
 Sent to Island

Warm Springs, Ga, Nov 24-(U. P.) - President Roosevelt to-day moved for early re-eStablishment of tranquility in Cuba as he de- fined in clear language his policy toward that island republic and announced withdrawal of Sumner Welles as American ambassador. |.
 Welles, thorn to the provision al government of President Grau San Martin, will return in the near future to resume his original duties as assistant secretary of state. Jef- ferson Caffery, now an assistant secretary. will replace him.
 In going to Cuba Caffery will be following out an original intention of the president that he serve as envoy. Meanwhile, it was insisted that the dispatch of a new ambas- sador did not constitute recogni-1 ton of the present Havana regime.
 An automobile highway between
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

An automobile highway between Shanghai and the important city of Wusih is being boosted in China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
SQUIRREL RAPs FOR F6oD

Ajo, Ariz, (UP)-A squirrel has developed the idea of humping on the door of MT and Mrs H. A. Lusk for food, they claim. Other squirrels bring mesquite beans from the desert country in ex- change for bread Mrs Lusk places on a white pillow slip she says.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
BONA-DOMS PICK
 DANCE COMMITTEE
Frank Sullivan Named Chairman for Annual
 Event Tomorrow

Unique lighting effects, novel necorations, deluxe entertainment and an enviable orchestra will feature tho annual Bona-Dom club
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
Agriculture Plans To End
Midnight Shift

A plan to eliminate the mid,
night shift at the Agricultural Ad-
iustment Administration is under
consideration, under which ap-
proximately 500 employees, who are
obliged to work from midnight un-
til 7::3O a. M, would be absorbed
by the other two shifts. An official
said:
"Such a move would not mean
dismissal of any employees. We
are relatively caught up on the
work at present and the only
problem facing us is ample space
to move the additional work.
ers. BY shifting several sections
around, it is probable that the
change will be made within a
few days"
1t was also announced that en-
ployes will not be required to work
further on Sundays.
W. F. Callander, chairman of
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
CAPT. HAR|NG c
SHIFT ASKED

The White House will get back
Capt. Ellis E. Haring, administra-
tor of White House affairs, if
Secretary of War Dern approves
a recommendation made to him
today by Secretary of the Interior
IckeS.
Secretary Ickes made the rec
ommendation that Captain Har-
ing, who was ordered by the War
Department yesterday to repot to
the chief of enginees, be sent back
on special duty to the White House
Immediately.
Captain Haring was removed
when six army officers were sent
back to duty by merger of the of.
flee of the Office of Public Build.
ings and Parks with the Interior
Department.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09


to the fraternity of writer's for good newspaper re-
minding that was once on the staff OF tnat agaze M
myself What Bill probably doesn't know IS that tHe
editor and hacker of that magazine relative OF the
Thayer who wrote casey at the Bat
Hard Lines
From Bills own account gather that the way of the
prizegver is hard; that his coat pockets bulge with
manuscripts and his brain is full of technical worries
about rhymes spondees prosody, grammar and the like
He could get out of his difficulties by changing the offer
to five hundred dollars for the best by Babe Ruth
or for the best poem NOT about Babe Ruth IAN idea
from Joe Cook who has, in his house, under glass, the
only baseball not autographed by the Babe) AS IL
stands Bill is in for trouble.
Not that sport and poetry do not go together When
Bernard Shaw made play out of his prize fighter (was
called "The Admirable Bashve"?) he wrote it in blank
verse because he sad was easier than writing it in
prose. A lot of Homer and of Verg is good sports,
wrtng and of there is John Masefeld and the
author Of "The Wild Party. The catch is that their
writing about anyone who signing (or refusing to
sgn) contracts eating beef and cabbage and driving
good small
Present Slams
1t is odd that the only good poems about living people
are vicious personal attacks Whittier wrote one about
Daniel Webster, Victor Hugo burned the skin of Napoleon
ILL., Browning wrote The Lost Leader But poems in
practically nothing. At least until the subject is dead
The best poem about Buffalo Bill written only few
years ago by E. E. Cummings. do not recall really
good about Theodore Roosevelt. The song said to
be popular called Lucky Lndy not outburs of
lyric inspiration.
The Great WaddeII
So suspect that Bill Corum is beating the gun and
loading the dice for poserity The baseball player about
whom poem should be written is Rube Waddell
the heroic drunken fantastic figure who made pitcher
out of me-f he had only been assisted by any ability
on my part he might have carried the good work and
saved me from being writer. l saw Waddelps name in
the the other day-hs srkeout record beaten
at ast and of the old thrill of baseball returned
It was my illusion that Waddel's games were a per-
petua series of stkeous and that he caled in the field
ers every afternoon and that the old Athletics had
9TH rrifoho 70
worked while Waddell drunk now know that these
stories not accurate; but they damned good
baseball.
Let Bill make up list of heroes of the past Is years.
who will be celebrated in song and story 20 years from
now. Let him write the list in indeibe ink, seal it
hermetcaly and place in the cornerstone of the first
skyscraper to be built after the depression Then in
1858, he and will totter to the ruins of that building
dig up the list, and whether Babe Ruth, Lindbergh
Red Grange Hugh Johnson, Matt Brush Franklin D.
Roosevelt Huey Long, and the champion hog caller of
Iowa have received their due from the world.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
Randolph T. Warwick Leaves Bequest in Will
to Treat Victims Of Dread MaIady;
. =. Admiral Crayson in Charge

To the reverence of a man for
his mother Washington owes one
of its most humanitarian philan-
thropies, the Warwick Memorial
Clinic. which opened yesterday at
2542 Sherman Ave. N. w., for the
exclusive treatment of cancer.
The late Randolph T. Warwick,
local hotel operator, made the
clinic possible and in his will pro-
vided that it be named in honor
of his mother and her sister, both
Of whom were victims of the dread
malady.
DR.. Cary T. Grayson is direc-
tor Of the institute and has as
sociated with him staff of special
lists in cancer treatment who will
employ the most modern and ad-
vanced equipment in fighting the
plague. In announcing opening
of the clinic yesterday, DR.. Gray
son said:
II was asked to organize the
clinic by Mr.. Clarence Aspin-
wall, one of the trustees of
the fund, but as far as treat
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
BRIDGE PLANS
READYSOON

Plans for multiple-arch ma.
sonry bridge over Rock Creek at
Calvert Street are expected to be
submitted shortly by Modjeski,
Masters & Chase, of Philadelphia.
The design will be in keeping
with the wishes of the Fine Arts
Commission, which refused to ap-
prove the plans of the Commits
Sioners for a single-arch steel
bridge.
The District has no furVls avail.
able to pay costs of the new plan.
1t is understood the plan will be
submitted for approval and paid
for by an appropriation after it
has been given the saction of the
Commissioners and Fine Arts
Commission.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
CLERKS To ASK
PAY RESTORED

Resolutions to be introduced at
the annual convention of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal EN-.
ployes, to begin at Kansas City,
Mo-, September 4, will ask Con-
greSs and the President to elimi-
nate wage cuts and furloughs and
to establish a living wage in the
Government employ, it was an
nounced today.
From every part of the field
have come resolutions protesting
the Governments deflationist pol
icy, and pointing out that it is
quite at variance with the policy
it is urging on business.
The local unions of he N. F.. F..
E. are requested, in a communica-
ton from President Luther F..
Stewart, to give 100 per cent CO.
operation to the NRA program,
even though it does not affect
them. Commenting on the resolu-
tions to be presented at the ma
tional convention, he said:
"The Federal Government is
urging business and industry to
raise wages, reduce working
hours, and ado more employees.
Yet it diSmisSeS workers, con-
tinues the pay cut in force and
frequently works employees IL or
IA hours a day, with working
weeks of six and half or seven
days by no means unusual"
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
8 HIGHWAY JOBS
GET APPROVAL

The Bureau of Public Roads
today notified the District that
three more local highway projects,
totaling 100000, have been ap-
proved.
Projects approved are widening
and repaving of Constitution Ave-
nue. Northwest from Pennsylvania
Avenue to Fourteenth Street,
$250,00O; improvement of Good
Hope Road Southeast from Mich
OILS Avenue to Naylor Road, $110,-
900, and improvement of Wiscon-
sin Avenue Northwest from Massa-
chusetts Avenue to River Road,
$4,000.
Bids for the work will be adver-
tised in the near future. Funds for
the work are to be provided under
the $1,918,OO0 grant made the Dis
trict under the highway section OF
the national recovery act.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
TAUNTS DRIVE
WIFE To SUE

Asking a limited divorce, Mrs.
Nancy M. Bourne, 46, of the 100
block North Carolina Ave. S. E.,
complained in District Supreme
Court today that James C. Bourne,
"a, forced her to leave their home
and is now taunting her by his
associations with other women.
The wife declared that last
last March her husband piled all
her clothes in packing boxes and
placed them on the front porch.
He nailed up the back door of
their home and securely bolted the
front door, she said. For three
days the wife declared, she made
futile attempts to enter her home,
but finally went to live with
friends.
Prior to this, the wife said, her
husband frequently beat her.
After the enforced separation,
Mrs. Bourne charged her hus-
band frequently drove past her
home in his automobile with
other women and to make sure
she saw him often stopped and
footed the auto horn long and
loudly.
The parties were married in
May. 1929. The suit was filed
through Attorney Marie E. Nc
Cathran.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
TAX|MEN' CODE
DELAYED BY
DISPUTE
Use of Meter, Special Cab and
Rental System Cause
Meeting in New York

The submission of code for
the taxicab industry to the Ma.
tional Recovery Administration is
being delayed by a dispute be-
tween groups Of operators over
various items, including the use
of meters.
The dispute was revealed today
by Albert w. Jacobson, attorney
for the City Cab Company, who
issued statement in regard to
the conference on the proposed
code held last Thursday at the
United States Chamber of Com
merce.
Made an Objection
At the conference, sponsored
by the National Association of
Taxicab Owners, a code was pre-
sented and ratified section by
section. When the schedule as
a whole was presented for rati-
fication, Jacobson said, he OBJ
jected to certain items and the
final approval was held up pend
ing another meeting, to be held
in New York, at which the dis
puted sections will be discussed.
The sections in dispute in
clude a provision for the uni
versal use of meters, the use Of
none but built-for-the-purpose
cabs and elimination of the
rental system. The City Com
pany and other concerns here
all use a flat rate system, 10 not
use built-for-the-purpose cabs and
practice cab rental.
Promises Cooperation
In his statement Jacobson said:
"When a code is presented to
the administrator, mutually ac-
ceptabIe to the taxicab industry,
the City Cab Company wishes
to take this opportunity of ad-
vising the public that it also is
planning to adopt the code and
to cooperate with the NRA."
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
SENATE To FIX
MILK HEARINGS

The Senate subcommittee
which is conducting an investiga-
tion of milk prices in the District
will meet tomorrow at 2:3O p. m.
to set date for the holding of
public hearings.
The meeting will be held in
the office of Senator William H.
King CD of Utah, chairman Of
ElWood H. Seal, counsel for the
the Senate District Committee.
subcommittee, said today he had
completed the gathering of data
for the investigation and is ready
to proceed with the hearing.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
Husband Reports
Wife, BGbY Gone

Mrs. Edith Turner, 20, of the
600 block of Florida Ave. N. w.,
has been missing from home
with her eight-month old baby
for the past two days her hus-
band, James c. Turner, told
police last night.
He said she was last seen
getting into taxi with another
woman and a little girl. She
is 5 feet 8, weighs 10 pounds,
has dark hair and wore a white
dress and tan shoes.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09

Crop Reporting Board, will leave
for a tour of the Middle West for
an inspection of field offices and
to gather county statistics of
wheat allotments. The trip will
carry him through North Dakota,
South Dakota, Kansas and Ne
braska. Work on wheat contracts
is expected to start September /,
it is said.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
LOUe Bird Escapes;
Police Hunt Asked

A love-bird, described as very
valuable by it's owner, Miss Isabel
Burton, 1900 block Park Rd.
N. w., today flew through an
open window there and she has
asked the police to help her find
it.
Miss Burton said she will pay
a reward for information leading
to capture of the love-bird, which
has green feathers.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
HOPKINS D. KS
JOHNSTONE'S
PROGRAM
Plan Now Goes to the District
Commissioners; HaIbert
To Be In Charge

Consolidation of all the relief
organizations in the District
under a single head was urged
today by Alan Johnstone, field
representative for the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration.
The recommendation was one
Of many made by him calling for
drastic changes in relief dispensa-
ton in the District. His report,
approved by Federal Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins, now goes to
the District Commissioners.
Halbert to Be In Charge
The new organization, which
would be built around the present
District Emergency Relief Admin.
istration, would be responsible to
Leroy A. Halbert, present admins.
traitor, who would report to the
Board of Public Welfare.
Realizing the District faces a
shortage of funds for relief work,
Johnstone asked the Commission
ers to effect the reorganization
and report to Mr.. Hopkins by Sep
tember how much money will be
needed for work thereafter. Hop
kinS already has indicated willing
ness to give the District whatever
it needs from Federal funds.
Other Recommendations
Other recommendations include
establishment of branch relief Of
fices throughout the District, en-
ployment of many more relief
workers, and a thorough survey Of
local conditions. 1t is the intention
of the Federal organization to
make the District relief body q
model for the rest of the country.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09

ment of cases is concerned,
that will be up to a special
staff highly qualified in radium
and surgical treatments of can.
Ger.
"We are not hospital, but
a clinic. Cancer patients here
will have the blessing of i'm
mediate diagnosis. If a pa
tient can pay for the treat
ment which we offer, he will
be expected to do so, but if
the patient cannot pay, he will
be given every possible care
without charge.
Expenses will be reduced
to a minimum. Many of TIE
staff will serve without salary,
charging only the nominal fees
for material and equipment.
have given my services in
the organization and feel that,
under the present arrangement,
the institution, with the be-
quest it has, will be self-sus-
tanning"
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
JOBS FOR 1900
PLANNED HERE
BY YSEC.|CKES
Ousted Workers to Get Pref
erenCe;; Dry Agents Lose
Civil Service Status
By DUNCAN FORSYTH

Important developments in
volving the affairs of Federal
employees today included the pros
pective large expansion of the
Public Works Administration
with likelihood that many dis
missed workers would be re-
employed, and the "unblanket-
ing" of most of the employees OF
the reorganized Prohibition Serv-
ice, including particularly the
prohibition agents who will re-
main on duty.
This latter step, effective to-
morrow, in line with an executive
order by President Roosevelt, is
of special interest in view of the
fact that only a short time ago
Congress placed the prohibition
force under the civil service, and
required prospective prohibition
agents to take competitive ex-
aminations for their jobs.
Blow to Civil Service.
The executive order indicates
that all employees of the new
service, which combines the Bu-
reau of Investigation in the De-
partment of Justice with the in
vestigative functions of the pro-
hibition outfit. will be placed in
excepted positions" except the
fingerprint experts. In other
WORD. only the fingerprint MEN
would have civil service status
and ratings.
Were Congress out of sympathy
(Continued on Page II, Col. p
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
Turner To Be Heard
In Air Race DISPUTE

Col. Roscoe Turner, racing
pilot, will be heard today by the
National Aeronautic Association
on his appeal from the decision
OF the 1888 National Race Con-
test Board, disqualifying him in
the Thompson trophy race in Los
Angeles. Turner failed to circle
one of the pylons, but circled it
twice on the next lap. The con-
test board ruled him out.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
d. C. AutOist Fined
$50 in Alexandria

Roy Harding, $500 block Veasey
st. N. w., was sentenced to pay
a fine of $50 or serve 80 days in
jail for reckless driving yesterday
by United States Commissioner
John Barton Phillips in Alexan-
dria. Melford Spiess, a passenger
in Harding's automobile, was fined
SIS for intoxication.
Harding's machine left the road
at Mt. Vernon and climbed side
walk, scattering guests seated in
front of a tea house.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09

dollars more than Ernest Thayer got
for honoring the Babe Ruth of Mud
vile, about half a century ago.
AS l remember the story, Thayer
was Harvard man-it would be
Harvard man who wrote the most
popular of all baseball poems-and
went out to San Francisco to work
on the first of William Randolph
Hearst's newspapers-so it is fitting
enough that Mr.. Corum, of the Eve
ming Journal, should look for a mod
ern equal.
But the relationship is even
closer. When Mr.. Corum was Bill,
a boy in long pants, he worked on
an exceedingly highbrow journal,
The Dial; he confessed that himself,
a few wears ago, when he welcomed
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
1865 VET DIES

Samuel Fletcher, 90, Confeder-
ate soldier, who lived at Vienna,
Va, died at the Alexandria Hos
pital last night from the effects
of a broken rib received when
he fell at his home about 10
days ago.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
HELD AS HOUSEBREAKER

Sherman Hibbits, 26, of Jen-
kins, KY, was held for the Grand
Jury on a housebreaking charge
in the Alexandria Police Court
today. Hibbits was arrested in
a vacant house. He told the
court that he had broken into
the house to get a drink of
water.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
Telephone En1plOye
GiUen Promotion

J. A. Deuterman yesterday was
appointed sales supervisor of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company of Virginia for
the Alexandria district.
Deuterman was formerly maR-
ager of the Clarendon, Falls
Church, Fairfax. Herndon and
Vienna exchanges. He will be
succeeded by ]. A. Cummins, of
Norfolk, Va.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
CRAB FEAST TONIGHT

The Old Dominion Boat Club
will hold its annual crab pick
for members and friends tonight
at $3.50 at the boat house on
King Street, Alexandria. The
committee in charge is composed
of Alvin Friendlander, E. E. Law
Ter, jr., and M. Rosenberg.
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
MARGERY MOORE DIVORCED

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9 (U.SO.
Margery Filhoil, known in the
films as Margery Moore, today
divorced AL Roland Filhoil, COM
mercial artist,
The Washington times., 1933-08-09
True to Type
Advice to Corum on Babe Ruth and Poetry
-By GILBERT SELDES

ID ILL CORUM may not know it, but he appointed
ID by Fate to find to "Casey at the Bat"
He is offering five hundred dollars for the best
in honor of Babe Ruth which is probably five hundred
The Washington times., 1933-02-18
DOLLAR RA|D|NG
LURES GOLD

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 Q.N.S).
Further raiding by Amsterdam,
Paris and Frankfort spectators
brought renewed weakness in the
dollar today.
Weakness was reflected in a
gold loss of $1O,O99,7OO yesterday,
through earmarking and a ship
ment of 100000 to Holland, the
first export to that country in
months.
Yesterdays earmarkings brings
the total loss of gold to this coun-
try since New Year to approx
mately $9O,OOO,O0O, more than
$50,OOO,00O estimated to England.
Sterling lost 1-16 of a cent at
$3.44 3-16 because of official con-
troll selling, but the franc scared
to 3.94Ts, a new high since last
spring. Belgas, guilders and Swiss
francs touched new highs for the
year, but Scandinavian exchanges
were slightly easier.
Canadian dollars rallied 3s OF
a cent to 833s cents on short COW
ering.
The Washington times., 1933-02-18
COTTON STEADY
AND HIGHER
At CLOSE

NEW YORK, Feb. 18 GN.SJ.
The cotton market extended its
gains today with active demand
by cooperatives, Wall Street,
japanese interests and the trade,
offsetting pressure by the south,
hedge selling and liquidation from
professionals.
Domestic mill forwardings fell
to 10000 bales from $4,000 a
week ago and $4,000 year ago
while total mill forwardings
Showeda gain from last week but
continued less than last year.
Exports likewise were better
than a week ago, but below last
years total. Decreases both in
the visible supply of American
and of all cottons were encourag-
ing factors.
Closing quotations were up to
5 points, with March up 4 at
SOB; May up at 6:18; July up
5 at 6.31; october up at 6.49;
December up 4 at 6.61; and
January I'D 4 at 6,67.