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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
mo More Babies for Me" Young Dads Swear

} Nurses make all sorts Of excuses
to visit the "sweat box" They
say the sights there pack more
laughs than any movie version of
the incident could possibly pro-
vide. The amazing thing, the
nurses say, is that all of the men
lose their sense Of humor at this
particular time, which only serves
to make the scene more ludicrous.
Of course, the nurses don't ex-
plode with wild, hilarious outlaws
right in the papas' faces-they
give a stifled laugh, up the sleeve,
as it were. The fathers must be
taken seriously at such a time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
HORSE s DEATH
KILLS RIDER

Lee Gill, 81, who was crushed
beneath falling horse in hunt
on the estate of Patrick Hurley,
former Secretary Of War, at Lees
burg, Saturday, died yesterday
without regaining consciousness.
Mrs. Hurley was riding directly
behind the youth when the fall
occurred. Although considerably
upset, Mrs. Hurley denied that
she would give up riding.
Gill, who lived with his parents
on the Chicester estate, was rid
ing Pa, aged thoroughbred be-
longing to L. Clark Hoge, when
the horse dropped dead. The
youth is survived by his parents
and two sisters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
in Rockville Saturday to Francis
Cross, 81, and Lenora E. Hackner,
81, both Of Garrett Park, Md;
Leroy Coleman, Is, and Luella
Dorsey, Is, both of MartinSburg,
Md; James w. Frazier, %, and
Blanche Campbell, %, both of
Spencerville, Md; Ralph Nc
Ready, %, Clarendon, Va, and
Marie Sullivan, 10, Fredericks-
burg, Va, and Angela E. Edwards,
"a, and Margaret r. Wood, 20,
both of Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20

of the specially constructed wait
ing-room:
mo more babies for me-"
Because of the putting and fun
ing and sweating of the papas, all
atwitter, the waiting-room has
been facetiously christened the
sweat box"
Sometimes the boys get together
sort of a mutual consolation
gathering-and compare notes.
OF course the newcomers swallow
every word of the veteran papas.
Consoled for moment, they begin
all over again to work them
selves into the SWEETEST lather
imaginable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
Job Bureau to Give
ReUieU of Its Work

Work of the Hyattsville office
of the National Unemployment
Service will be reviewed tonight
at meeting of the committee in
charge of the job bureau. The
meeting will be held in the Hyatts-
vile Police Court Building.
Mrs. George w. Musgrave, chair
man of the committee, will pre-
side. T. j. Garfield, manager of
the employment office, will out
line the work to the members.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
BREWERS WANT
5-CENT BEER
AGAIN
BY International News Service
What this country needS-and

BY International News Service
What this country needs-and
will eventually GETS the old
time foaming scent glass Of beer
So declared the nations brew
ers today as they threw their
weight behind proposal to re-
duce the 80 per cent beer tax
from SIS to SO a barrel and impose
a tax Of ST a barrel on beer OF
higher alcoholic content.
The executive committee OF the
United States Brewers Association,
and the American Brewers Asso-
citation, proposed presentation OF
the new tax plan to Congress as
their contribution to the tenn
perance movement in the United
States"
The brewers contended the
plan would promote consumption
of q mountaineering beverage and
bring the greatest amount of rev.
enue to the Treasury. At the
same time they conceded a de-
mand would exist for beer Of a
higher alcoholic content but SAID
the consumers from whom the
demand would come would not be
averse to paying the ST a barrel
tax.
C. D. williams, secretary Of the
U. S. Brewers Association, re-
marked:
"The resultant increase in the
consumption Of the 30 per cent
beer will in the long run bring
in q larger revenue for the Gov
eminent and, we hope, will re-
suit eventually in q Scent glass
nR konVsO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
DR.. A. Mel. Frazer
Dies in Stanton

STANTON, Va, Nov. 20.-Fu-
neral services will be held today
at the First Presbyterian Church,
Staunton, Va, for DR.. Abel Nc
liver Fraser, IT, who died here
Saturday.
DR.. Fraser served at the First
Presbyterian Church from 1893 to
1929. Surviving him is his widow
and three children, Miss Margaret
Fraser, Douglass Desassure Fraser
and Mrs. Freeman S. Hart.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
LEAGUE STRIVES
To KEEP ROME
ALLEGIANCE

GENEVA, Nov. 20 GN.S).
plans for a last attempt to induce
Italy to remain in the League Of
Nations were seen today in an
nouncement that Joseph Avenol,
secretary general of the League,
would leave for Rome tonight.
Avenol is going to the Italian
Capital for the ostensible purpose
of attending funeral services for
the late Senator Sciloja. But
League circles believe he will take
advantage of the opportunity to
interview Premier Mussolini re-
garding Italys threat to withdraw.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
WAXEY GORDON
GOES ON TRIAL
IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 ON.S).
Waxey Gordon goes to trial today
charged with failing to pay his
income tax. The Government
considers this case the most i'm.
portant Of its kind ever brought
IN the East, and second only to
the successful prosecution in Chi
eago of Al Capone on the same
charge.
Gordon allegedly was a pick
pocket until prohibition. Then
his income mounted until it was
one Of the largest in the United
States. Most of the money came
from beer.
Paid $1O.57 Tax
During the first year Of the
depression his net income (ac-
Cording to the indictment) was
41,38S, 900.
He paid the Government tax
Of $10.57.
Thomas E. Dewey. a slim dap
per young lawyer, will prosecute
the case. Before the trial he
outlined to international News
Service the case which has taken
three years to prepare during
which more than 1000 witnesses
were examined, some Of them 10
20 Is times.
Here are some Of the high
fights:
A doctor is now serving q five
month Jail sentence rather
than to reveal minor financial
dealings with Waxey.
Many Obstacles
A bank officer has served a
oO-day sentence rather than to
answer questions about four
bank accounts in which $4,000
900 had been deposited in two
years.
Dewey said:
81 have never known nor
heard Of case In which so
many obstacles were put in the
Path Of the Government. Off
GERS Of banks now closed would
let the Treasury agents wait in
the front office while they
telephOned the racketeers who
enter q back door and with.
drew their money on deposit.
''Every time the Treasury
agents entered HObOken, N. j.,
they were arrested on the street
by the HOboken police, taken to
headquarters and held under
the pretence that their creden-
tiaIs were false while the police
tipped off the racketeerS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
"No more babies for me-"

4NW NIHWNO U'UHNV NWH HNNNs
What q laugh this utterance
brings forth from doctors and
nurses in Columbia Hospital,
where babies are a speciality.
Periodically, the assertion is
hurled by the big he-men just be-
fore the Stork arrives. Women,
doctors say, never make the state
ment.
StOrk Kept Busy
Five times a day or more
that's how often the baby-laden
birdie flies over Columbia Hos
pital-the same statement re-
sounds throughout the four walls
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
knights of Columbus
To Hear Leo RODer

Washington General Assembly,
Fourth Degree. Knights of Co.
1umbus, will be addressed tonight
by Leo A. Rover, United States
attorney for the District. The
meeting will be held at the May
flower Hotel and will begin at
8 o'clock. An entertainment pro-
gram will be given and buffet
supper will be served.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20
WEST END CITIZENS

West End Citizens Association
will hold it's regular monthly
meeting at 8 p. m. today at the
Grant School.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

NEW YORK, Sept. "a little
Southern Cinderella named Elise
Sparrow, who flew north from the
Alabama hinterland to chirp her
way into a marriage with the sole
heir to $22,OOO,O00, is just one of
many "Christy Girls" to claim the
pot of gold at the end of the rain
bow, Howard Chandler Christy,
famous illustrator, declares in the
October Cosmopolitan.
Model Lives" the illustrators
"reminiscences written by Isabel
Leighton, reveal the stories of
many girls, originally models for
the artist, who rose to fame and
fortune.
He first met Elsie, he says, at
an Atlantic City beauty pageant
where she represented Birming.
ham. He knew she didn't have
chance, he says, because "her
nose wasn't classic
adopted" by Family
But she didn't need a classic
nose or a perfect mouth to in
terest Christy, and when she
went job-hunting in New York she
became a literal "Christy Girl"
and was adopted unofficially by
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
F IND DILEMMA
SOLVED BY MD,

BALTIMORE, Sept. 8.-Mary-
Land authorities yesterday dis
covered method under which its
counties will be able to borrow
funds from the Public Works Ad-
ministration without calling spe-
cial session of the General AS
sembly to specifically give the
counties this authority.
It was pointed out by Abel VOL
man, State engineer for the Fed
eral Emergency Administration of
Public Works, that the State
Board of Health has the power to
order any county or other munich
pality in the State to borrow up
to per cent of it's taxable basis
to finance needed sanitary pro-
jects.
Also. he said, under an act of
the 1929 legislature, the counties
are authorized to borrow up to 5
per cent of their taxable basis to
finance needed sanitary improve
ments, subject to referendum in
the county in question.
Between these two provisions,
Wolman explained, the counties
will be able to make loans of Z
per cent of their taxable basis,
which will be about as much as
any of them need under the pub
lie works program for the sanitary
projects they propose.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
cHRISTY TELLS OF HIS "CINDERELLAS'

more than she could manage.
1t fell to the floor with a great
clatter.
81 shall never forget Mrs.
Coolidge in that moment. In
a sentence she convinced even
me that dropping a coffee cup
and spilling its contents was
exactly what any well-brOught-
up girl should do in the cir
cumstances, and in less time
than it takes to tell all sense
of embarrassment fled and the
room filled with laughter. The
President, who was at work in
his study, decided to investi-
gate the source of all this mer-
riment.
Why do they call you Miss
Sparrow he asked, when
presented Elise. is it because
you chirp?'
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

the painters family. He adds:
"SoOn after this, Mrs. Christy
and 1 left for the White House,
where we were to stay while 1
painted the portraits of Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge. We
had been there only a few days
when the thought of having
left Elise alone in New York
depressed US both, and on the
pretext of needing her to bring
down and answer the mail that
had accumulated in our abb
Sence, we wired her to join us.
"When word was sent to
Mrs. CoOIidge's sitting room
that Elise was in the reception
hall 1 suggested that Ike
Hoover, chief usher of the
White House, divert her by
taking her on a tour of the
building, but Mrs. Coolidge, in
her infinitely sweet way, in
sisted that the girl be brought
upstairs to join us in a cup Of
coffee.
elise made her entrance,
but she was so thrilled at
meeting the Presidents wife
that holding a coffee cup was
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
KiuUanis Club Urged
To Preach Optimism

Strickland Gillian, well-known
local humorist. told the Kiwanis
Club what optimism can do for
the country as he addressed the
club at it's weekly luncheon at the
Mayflower Hotel yesterday. Gill
lilan, introduced by President
Dewey Zirkin. said:
"OptimiSm is not constant
cheerfulneSs over the situation
but the cheerfulness that comes
from hOp3 and cOurage-it puts
q ray of hope into every tear of
encouragement that comes out
of our eyes,"
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
S240,383 FUND
FOR REPAIRING
NAVY YARD
Storm Damage Met by Public
Works Allotment; Total
For Navy Is 1856, 1896

The Federal Board of Public
Works today allotted $240,383 to
the Navy Department for repair
ing damage to the Washington
Navy Yard, Anacostia Air Sta
ton, and other Naval establish
ments as result of the violent
rain storm August 1924.
The departments entire allot-
ment, announced by Public
Works Administrator Harold l..
Ickes was $856,985.
Other AIIotments
The Navy Yard will get the
bulk of the $4,000, receiving
$215,8OO. Other allotments were:
Bellevue Research Laboratory,
$2,13O; Anacostia Air Station,
$18,35O; Bellevue Naval Radio
Station, 5000; washington Naval
Radio Station, $1,000, and Arling-
ton Station, $2,700.
Other naval establishments at
nearby points also receiving re-
pair funds are:
Indian Head, Md, ordnance sta
ton, $6,500: Dahlgren, st. JulienS,
Yorktown, $57,950; Norfolk Navy
Yard, operating base, air station
and Marine Corps post received
a total of $350,935.
QuanticO Gets $32,5OO
Quantico's air station and Ma
rine Corps post received $32,500
and Annapolis Naval Academy
and experimental station received
$71 ,450.
Approximately IS per cent of
the work done at the local yard
will be performed by Navy Yard
laborers already on the rolls.
A few projects, Navy officials
believe, will have to be done by
private funds on contract.
The amount of their work will
be determined by Rear Admiral
Henry v. Butler, commandant OF
the yard.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
IDLE Of COUNTY
To REGISTER

Hundreds of unemployed men
and women are expected at the
Rockville courthouse Monday
morning, when the public un-
employment bureau opens for
business.
George w. Davis, manager of
the bureau, declared the unem-
ployed will register without
charge and that all services Of
the bureau are free.
Davis will be assisted by
Thomas M. Young, of Boyds, and
Miss Naomi Bogley, of Rockville.
The bureau is operated under the
Montgomery county reemploy-
ment committee, o. which States
Attorney Stedman Prescott is
general chairman.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
FLOODED AREA
DECLARED NOT
HAB|TABLE
Commission Head Will Seek
Federal Funds for Moving
Out Families

Evacuation of residents from
the flooded area of Bladensburg
will be proposed to the town
commissioners by w. R. Beattie,
president, it was made known
today.
Mr.. Beattie declared that he
believed the only way to remedy
the flood situation in the town
would be to move the residents
from the affected territory to
homes on higher ground. I'm
provement of the section into
o park which would eventually
extend we'll into the lowland
portion Of Hyattsville was ad-
Vocated by the town official.
To Cost S1,OOO,OOO
The cost of the work was es-
timated at $1,000,000.
The section of BladenSburg re-
Gently inundated by 10 feet of
water is at sea level, it was
learned. Years ago all of the
territory was submerged by water
and boats from Chesapeake Bay
loaded tobacco there.
The center of the affected area
where the Northwest Branch runs
is the Peace Cross. Damage
caused by the flood to residents
living within so feet of that point
was estimated at close to $4,000.
Federal Aid Urged
Mr.. Beattie, when he made
known that he would bring the
question up before the town COM
missioners next Monday night,
said that he would recommend
that the Government pay the
expense of evacuation and i'm
provement.
The money would be derived
from the fund set aside for flood
control. Mr.. Beattie said.
The town official declared:
''In my personal opinion
there is no way to prevent
floods in the low sections of
Blandenburg. The only remedy
would be to move out the resi-
dents there and establish
homes for them on the high
lands"
The majority of families living
In the flood section are colored.
The Bladenburg post office is
situated there. as are several
roadside restaurants.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
EMPLOYERS
APPLY CODES
R|G|DLY
Many Ask Exact Requirements
So They Can Make Their
Practices Conform

Scores upon scores of Washing
ton employers are so eager to
cooperate with the Blue Eagle
that they are besieging the local
NRA headquarters to determine
whether or not the maximum
hours and minimum wages they
have adopted in their businesses
are in strict accordance with the
national recovery regulations.
In their earnest desire to make
certain that they are doing all
that is required of them to Gre
ate more jobs and raise wages,
local business men are calling in
person at the District NRA Of
fices at the rate Of about 20 a
day. and telephoning for intor-
nation at the rate of 80 to, 50
a day.
UnseIfishness Shown
This surprising evidence of the
unselfish patriotism with which
private industry in the Capital
has responded to President Roose-
velt's recovery program was made
public today by Raymond ]. Wal
ter, "major" in charge Of the in
formation bureau of the local
NRA campaign.
When his offices in the Board
of Trade rooms we're opened this
morning, says Walter, three local
employers were waiting to be ad-
mitted, and five we're interviewed
within the first 10 minutes after
the doors were unlocked.
Rulings Are Applied
Explaining that one of the rea-
sons why business men seek in
formation as to the Blue Eagle
regulations is the difference be-
tween a code for a specific in
dustry and the blanket CODE"
Walter states:
eve all know that industry
is signing up under the Blue
Eagle at a wonderful pace, but
it is surprise to find that en-
pIOyerS are so enthusiastic
about the Presidents plan that
they wish to make sure they are
cooperating with it in every
way.
"The fact that business men
have voluntarily sought inter
pretatiOns of their codes from
us-and upon explanation
agreed to put our rulings into
effects a pleasant indication
# the way in which the Capital
is responding to the Blue agle."
The number of Washington
pledged to the Presi-
dents unemployment agreement
reached 9,521 today, according to
postal authorities.
Spend a Dollar and Make job
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
BAILEY To RULE
MONDAY ON
BANK CASE
Finding on Cooper Suit Due
to Settle Full Scope of
Hamilton Merger

Justice Jennings Bailey Monday
is expected to decide whether .
bank conservator may sign a con-
tract for the sale of assets of the
bank he is conserving to another
bank in which he is a stock
holder, and of which he expects
to become a salaried employe.
Justice Bailey yesterday stopped
for the time being the suit of Col.
Wade H. Cooper to enjoin partici.
patton of the United States Saw
ings Bank, of which he is majority
stockholder, in the Hamilton Ma
tional Bank merger. The question
was raised during testimony Of
Wilbur H. zepp, conservator and
director of the United States
Bank, when Zepp said he was
promised a place on the Hamil-
ton Bank staff when the trans
fer If assets was completed.
3-Day Delay Seen
The litigation over the United
States Savings Bank has delayed
the opening of the Hamilton Bank
not more than three days at the
outside, it was said by bank Of
ficials today.
While the litigation has been in
progress, officials have gone ahead
steadily with the mechanical de-
tails necessary to the opening.
1t was pointed out that the
United States Savings Bank sub
scriptions to the capital stock of
the Hamilton Bank amount to but
$4,000 and this amount can be
easily made up, partly by the
oversubscription at the time the
reorganization began.
Dual Duty, Is View
The only real inconvenience en-.
tailed by the litigation will be the
amendment Of certain papers and
the withdrawal of the United
States Savings subscriptions from
the original capital.
Attorneys Roger j. Whiteford
and George P. Barse, who repre-
sent the Hamilton Bank and the
Treasury, respectively, feel that
the conServator of a closed bank
may have dual personality.
zepp, they say, is the agent Of
the Comptroller, and when he
signed the Hamilton contracts,
he signed as the conservator, re.
gardless of what personal inter
est he might have in the new
| bank.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
BEATTE URGES EVACUATION OF BLADENSBURG LOWLAN
Like Murder,
4 Needle
Will Out

DUMONT, N. j., Sept. 8
G.N.SO.-Nine years ago, Eliza
beth Seaman, %, swallowed a
small needle while sewing.
A doctor was called, pre-
scribed treatment, and every
one forgot about it when no
i'll effects manifested them
selves.
Monday, Miss Seaman felt
pain in her left leg. A physi-
clan treated it as a bruiSe but
the pain increased.
Yesterday she consulted DR..
j. G. Gershaman, who X-rayed
the leg and saw a needle. He
removed it with forceps.
Today Miss Seaman was
handling sewing material with
extreme caution.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

Spend a Dollar and Make a Job
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
DEMAND
LOCAL OPTION

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept. g..
The vote on prohibition repeal
here next Tuesday will be COM
plicated with the fate of the
Washington county local option
law of 1916.
1t is expected that the county
will vote against the Eighteenth
Amendment. but the drys are
making strong efforts to preserve
local option.
Dry work is through an organ
ization of local ministers and lay
men, the Women's Christian
Temperance Union and the
County Christian Endeavor Un-
ion. The two latter groups are
circularizing the voters and it is
understood there will be dry
workers at the polls.
The vets appear to expect To-
cal option to wash out with ma.
tional prohibition.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
KOtz Will Address
TakOn1G AdUentiStS

Ernest Kotz, of Takoma Park,
Md, who recently returned from
a tour of Europe, will preach at
the Seventh-Day Adventist serv-
ice in Columbia Hall, Washing
ton Missionary College, Takoma
Park, tomorrow morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-21

Entries still are being accepted and in
formation may be obtained from Earle
Moser of the Federal News.
As a result OF a serious abdominal
injury requiring several blood trans
flsions, Antonio Bitonti, outstanding
Federal athlete, will be out of athletic
activities permanently. A member Of
the champion basket ball and base ball
teams of the Adjutant Generals ONCE
Tony has sparkled on a half dozen
trophy winning teams In tennis, foot
ball, basket ball and base ball. 1t was
foot ball that got him.
T>HE Sunday School League, a H.
team organization playing at the
"Y," began play this week with
out last years title holder, Kenilworth
Baptist.
The Community Center League, FORE
most independent loop Of the city, has
not drawn up its schedule as yet, but
plans to get under way early next
month.
Uncle Sans colored gladiators begin
hostilities in the Departmental League
at the Twelfth Street 'Y" on December
2. The nag was whisked away by the
Army War College last year. And
If you think the dusky brethren are not
def with the leathern spheroid, drop
around some evening and watch
namesake, Stats jackson, trip dainttly
down the sidelines, handling the ball
with o precision that would do credit
to Sally Rand's fans.