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The Washington times., 1933-04-21
To AIR
SHOOTING

Circumstances surrounding the
fatal shooting early yesterday of
Harry CDoc") Davis, gambling
figure and brother Of Police In
spector Ogden T. Davis, are to
be aired at an inquest tomorrow
Principal witnesses will be
George Paul Harding, %, of the
HOO block Tenth st. N. W., who
is said to have fired the fatal
bullet, and Bennie Olewack, %,
of the 800 block Second st.
N. E., who is said to have aided
Harding to make a getaway.
Surrendered Yesterday
The pair surrendered to detec-
tives late yesterday and both
were charged with murder.
Seven other men who were in
the vicinity of an all-night lunch
room on Ninth Street Northwest,
in front of which the shooting
OOOA N4dSCS 140O WALL VIC W4U44CooCO'
Popularity Of the slain gambler
was attested when IA persons. men
and women, appeared at Sibley
Hospital yesterday before he died
and offered" blood for a trans,
fusion.
Gangster reticence handicapped
police in seeking the gunman.
First indication that Davis was
shot while acting as a peacemaker
in an argument was given in a
statement to his wife that the bull
let was mot meant" for him. The
wife. Mrs. Anna Davis, was pros
trate today. Inspector Davis col.
lapSed yesterday when Informed of
his brothers death.
Aid in piercing the gangster
code of silence was offered detec.
tives by the wives Of the two
fugutives who were said to have
prevailed upor. their husbands to
give themselves up.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
BANKS AWAIT.
WOOD|N WORD

Any statements. regarding the
possibilities sof reopening, reori
ganizing, OF. merging of banks
closed since the banking holiday
ended will be made by Secretary
of the Treasury Woodin, Walter
]. Cummings, executive assistant
to the Secretary, said today.
Following conferences with Of
ficials of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation and COVER
nors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn, Mr.. Cummings had said yes
terday he expected to be able to
make public a general plan for
furnishing. new money to closed
banks, including those in the
District. He has concentrated
on the District situation in the
past week.
Secretary Woodin has discon-
tinued scheduled press confer
ences, and attaches of his office
said it was unlikely he would
issue any statement today.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
TRANSFER
GIVEN OKAY

A three-way exchange of land
in the vicinity of Boiling Field
among the District, the War De-
partment and the office of Pub
lie Buildings and Public Parks
was approved today by the Dis
trict Commissioners.
The transfers will result in a
slight enlargement of Boiling
Field and will enable the Dis
trict to open up South Capitol
Street, Overlook Avenue and
Newcomb Street. The Office of
Public Buildings and Public Parks
will gain control of a strip of
land now in the Boiling Field
era.
The transfers previously had
been approved by the Secretary
of War and the Director of Pub
lie Buildings and Public Parks.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
ROUTE CHANGED
FOR BUSES

Rerouting the Washington
Rapid Transit BUSES between
Illinois Avenue and 10th Street
Northwest, will be ordered by
the Public Utilities Commission
as the result of a conference
today with residents at the
western end of the line.
The change was made to take
the busses off 18th and Allison
Streets, after persons living on
those streets complained about
the noise. The change will be
approved officially Monday at
the regular meeting of the COM
mission.
The eastern end of the route
will be unchanged but at the
western end tha buses will run
southwest on Arkansas Avenue
to Sixteenth Street and loop
back on Sixteenth to Buchanan.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
RE ETI2EMENTS
NOT To OFFSET
OTHER CUTS
Reorganization Scheme Will
Still Necessitate Many
Personnel SIaSheS

Analysis of the independent Of
fices bill reveals that the effect Of
the Federal reorganization pro-
gram as to personnel will be fully
as drastic as had been expected.
The number Of employees who
will be dismissed from the service
will be reduced considerably
through the compulsory retire
ment of employees Of 80 years SER
vice, but there will, nevertheless,
be necessity for numerous other
cuts.
The policy laid down in the in
dependent offices bill will, Of
course; be followed by other Fed
eral organizations.
2 Bureaus Hard Hit
The is per cent cut in the new
economy bill will figure in the
savings indicated by the estimates.
Then will come the savings that
can be effected otherwise than
through personnel, and next the
savings that can be made through
the compulsory retirement fea-
ture. Everywhere, however, it ap-
pears that further dismissals will
be required.
The General Accounting Office
and Civil Service Commission are
among the important offices
where savings will have to be
made largely at the expense Of
personnel. Even though retire
ments in boSh will be greater
than in some units, curtailments
will be necessary, in all
probability, to a considerable
extent.
Ship Board Off Scene
The Shipping Board, which
has been in process of destruc'
ton for some time, will be almost
eliminated from the Federal
scene this year.
The Tariff Commission, Radio
Commission and Power Commits.
sion, which are relatively new
will have fews 30year employees, if
any, and their appropriations are
cut considerably more than can
be made up by the Is per cent
pay reduction.
The Board for Vocational Train
ing sustained a relatively small
cut, but it has many fixed
charges that 1t must pay.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
ELks Set Back Their
Stan1pede Till MUu /

]. E. Gresimer, chairman Of
the committee of the Alexandria
Lodge Of Elks in charge of the
Elks' Stampede, announced today
that due to difficulty in obtain
ing the best show the stampede
will be postponed until May 1
to 6
On the night of May /, $500
will be distributed to churches
and organizations that have par
ticipated in the Elks' Prosperity
Campaign during the past six
months. Two automobiles will be
given away on the last night Of
the week.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
ALerandrians Back
r. L. MQy's PROPOSAL

The annual meeting Of the
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
last night voted to continue the
work of nearly all the committees
until after the election of new
officers and directors.
A resolution was passed asking
the city council to accept the
proposition made by r. L. May,
owner of the street car line, Of
fering the city the street car right
Of way in return for being ex-
empted from taking up the street
car tracks which are now on Co
lumbus, King and Royal Streets.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
Getting Somewhere
Vanished Greatness

In addition to noble tribute to Henry George the
founder of the Single Tax movement Bernard Shaw IN
his recent address, repeated his praise OF Flinders Pet
whose researches have proved that several as
elaborate as our own have existed and have vanished
leaving few cosmetic jars, few bits of stauary lew
kitchen utenss-and nothing ese The chances are nat
no Cretan in the great days of Crete bothered to wonder
whether any improvement could be made on the way me me
was going on and if did, others must have told
him that that sort of worry not one hundred per
cent Cretan and sign Of bad liver; the critic was
probably called decadent. And the decadence OF Crete
followed within few centuries.
The best situation for who wants to crlticze
whole civilization is that of dictator There IS only one
of these jobs each country and dctators live long
and active lives They have the advantage OF being aoe to
change what they do not like Thus far Hitler feeling
that the art of Germany has too far away from the
common people and has become degenerate can bansn
the artists and through the support of the State can
create healthier and Hitlerite form OF art
dictator could actually make motorists obey the speed
limit The Russian dictatorship makes education COM
pulsory another might limit education to the small num-
ber of people who could make living in spite OF being
educated Our poor democracy must take criticism from
amateurs-and improve itself haphazard is miracle
that it has survived long and that people still care
for it.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
WOMAN FL|ER.
URGES WAR
EQUALITY"
Miss Earhart Chief Speaker
As Annual Congress
Approaches Close

Entering the burning issue Of
national defense, Amelia Earhart,
noted woman flier, told the forty
second Continental Congress OF
the Daughters of the American
Revolution today that unless they
we're willing to bear arms for their
country, they had no business
adopting resolutions favoring in
creased ornaments.
Immediately after the congress
had voted overwhelmingly to iso-
late itself from other patriotic or.
ganizations involving national de-
fense issues, Miss Earhart was
called on to make the principal
address of the morning session.
Advocates Equality
Advocating equality Of men and
women, she declared that in the
event of war women should be
drafted for service on an equal
basis with men.
Concerning the D. A. r. stand
on Army and Navy defense in the
air Miss Earhart declared that 1t
was equally important to develop
industrial and commercial avia-
tion as means of security.
She asserted that national Sc
curity is "as much a question OF
spirit as of armament" and said
that in this respect women have
great responsibility.
Mrs. BrOsseau's View
Mrs. Grace L. H. Brosseau, past
president general, who has been
closely affiliated with the fight
against the resolution, rose from
her seat on the platform follow
ing Miss Earhart's address to
clarity her stand and vote.
She declared that she under
stood the organization had voted
to sustain the policies of the
national society and that some
had not voted on their personal
feelings"
She asserted that she knew that
tion.
BY an overwhelming vote the
there were women in the audience
who were not in favor of the res.
olution but, she said:
"CertainIy the law of the land
permits us to assume our own
individual privileges"
Revolt Is Put Down
The administrations ste a M
roller today crushed out all re-
volt in the ranks Of the organiZa-
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The Washington times., 1933-04-21
Teachers to Hear
Letter MnnnlkSSOIl

The Wilson Teachers College
will have a faculty dinner Mon
day night at Z p. m, at. the
American Association of Univer-
sity Women. Letter MagnuSson,
American representative of the
International Labor Office, will
be guest speaker. His talk will
be on present Day Economic
Trends"
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
Beer Being Sold to Students,
License Board Told

serve high school students from
a nearby school, q neighboring
merchant held no such compunc-
tons and so was getting all his
trade. The beer board will send
a policeman to investigate.
Other complainantS state they
aren't getting as much trade as
they expected anc would like
their permit fee refunded. This
will be impossible, Captain Dram
said, unless the board refuses to
issue the permanent permit, or
unless the Commissioners act
separately on each case in favor
of the complainants.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
YEGGS GET S289
IN THEATER

Safe crackers broke into the
small safe at the Takoma Thea
ter, Fourth and Butternut Streets
northwest, and took $3.50.
The money was receipts for two
days. said the manager, James
w. Cleveland, to police who in
vestigated the theft this morning.
No fingerprints were found.
Entrance was gained by cutting
the bars on a rear window and
then drilling the safe with an
electric drill.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21

The wild wave Of enthusiasm
which included beer dispensers as
well as beer drinkers has subsidized
and left in its wake at least a
dozen restaurant owners sorry
they took out permits.
This was revealed by Capt.
Hugh P. Dram today Wcen he
said the Beverage Permit Board,
Of which he is a member, has
received that man; requests for
refunds Of "oa and off sale"
license fees.
one complainant said he was
unable to profit by selling beer
iaecause while he was refusing to
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
GETS HIS MEALS
FOR $50 DAYS

Judge Ralph Given arranged
things today so that Jerome Fair
child, colored, 100 block S st.
N. w., will have three square
meals a day.
When arraigned in Police
Court, Fairchild said he struck
Lena Shaw, also colored, of the
same address, with a coathanger
during an argument.
Assistant United State Attor-
ney Roger Robb then asked Fair
child why he struck the woman.
Fairchild replied:
II have been living at this
place for some time and this
woman gave me only two meals
a day. wanted three"
Judge Given interrupted and
said:
"WelI, I'll see to it that you
get three square meals a day
for $50 days in jail"
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
McCQrL Issues Rule
On SuppLH Surplus

Comptroller General J. R. Nc
Carl announced ruling today to
the effect that bids need not be
advertised for Federal supplies of
which some other Federal unit
already has a surplus. or which
can be obtained legally without
advertising,
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
BUYS MOTOR TRUCKS

A fleet of IL motor trucks for
the Office Of Public Buildings
and Parks were purchased by the
supply officer of that department
today. Bids were opened at the
Navy Building at 2 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
Rockville Citizens
In ReDenL Protest

A community mass meeting will
be held in the Rockville Metho-
dist Church Sunday at 3 p. m,
under the direction of the Rev.
E. H. Sheppe, jr., to protest
against repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment and the return of
the saloon.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21

from his lectures in China, ana as
we were discussing travel, he re-
marked that he had been over
charged for his passage owing to his
own ignorance. II didn't know" he
said, "that the line charged half
price for missionaries. If l had I
would have applied Of course, as
missionary from China to convert
the Americans and the English;
And the other day Will Rogers said:
"When an American starts telling a
Chinese how to live why it's like
a new dude telling an old cowman
how to run his ranch. Now can
see some sense in a Chinese coming
over here and trying to teach us ease
contentment, no worry, greater ap-
nreciation of our parents and tre-
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
Al CLUB PROGRAM

An entertainment by the All
Club girls of Vienna, Va, will be
held next Friday night in the
Vienna School. Movies and dane.
ing will be included in the pro-
gram.
The Washington times., 1933-04-21
True to Type
Rogers and Russell Agree on Merits
of Chinese
By GILBERT SELDES

It is a pleasure to find Will Rogers and Bertrand
Russell in agreement on subject of world Importance.
met Mr. Russell several years ago. after he had returned
The Washington times., 1933-04-21

mendous regard affection and Vene[aIlon TOT 4 u @
All those things China has got to offer US What nave
we cot to offer them And contrasting the actual con-
dtons Of life (and death) in the two countries, Mr.
Rogers confesses II would soon be heather ana ole
because the town didn't have as to be an Epsco
palian and get bumped off by fellow members Kols
Royce Cearheaded to the last he adds that no sane
person gets into arguments like this one 1or 70"
never get anywhere"
Getting Somewhere
It might be good thing if few persons devoted
themselves to this argument and to nothing else for
generation We might get somewhere-and it probably
would not be to China. We would probably arrive at
more idea of the rights Of motor cars TO run oyer
Of sitting at home and keeping out of the Of motor
cars entirely. Mr.. Rogers question: like Mr. RusseLs
sardonc remark, breaks down our supreme confidence
that what have created in the past fifty years the
best possible civilization in the world Both throw baek
the burden of proof that it is cVlhzaCon at a
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
FARLEY GROUPS
IN ) BUREAUS

Three Federal departments
Treasury, Commerce and Labor
have informally indicated to the
Civil Service Commission concili-
alton committees similar to those
already in operation at the COM
mission itself. The exact Set-up
of the committees in those de-
partments, however, is not yet
definite.
Three other OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
culture, State and Interior-have
had proposals for the establish
ment of such committees under
consideration. A memorandum is
now in the hands of the Secretary
of Agriculture, it is understood,
and the State Departments action
awaits the return of one of the
principal officials of the agency.
No information has been received
by the Interior Department as to
the status of the plan there.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
2,200 To KEEP
CLERK JOBS

Although officials at the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra-
tion claim there will be no re-
ductions in the force Of 1900
temporary clerks after the pres
ent work on the 1888 cotton re-
duction campaign is finished
shortly, it has been admitted that
not all of the staff may be neces-
sary for handling the forthcoming
1884 wheat program.
While the mailing and cnecking
of 1,037 900 contracts with farm
ers were involved in the cotton
drive, only about 100000 contracts
will come under the wheat control
plan.
Even if the entire force Is re-
tained to handle the wheat
drive, it has been pointed out
that under the greatly increased
rate of production achieved by
the temporary clerks, the work
might be cleaned up shortly after
the end of this month.
Further employment for the
workers might then depend upon
whether or not there will be con-
tracts arriving for a 1884 cotton
reduction campaign.
The pressure applied to get out
the contracts and payment checks
to farmers under the 1888 cotton
drive, however. will not be neces-
,Sary during the work on the
wheat drive, it has been said.
Scheduled to be cleaned up by
October l, the cotton work has
actually dragged far into this
month and may not be finished
during next week.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE SHEAKE-UP IS F4INTED
Hard Times to Foster Sturdier Race,
Says Puerto Rican Welfare Head
MaInutrition Research
Acclaimed as Prob
Iem's Solution
By RILLA SCHROEDER

From the present depressing pc
riod of undernouriShed millions
may come a brighter future for
the race, says Mrs. James Bourne,
supervisor of social welfare of the
department of education of Puerto
Rico.
Mrs. Bourne, who came to
Washington to attend the Child
Health Recovery Conference, held
yesterday at the Red Cross Audi
torium, believes the subject of
malnutrition has never been thor
oughly understood.
The emphasis placed today on
the subject will. she hopes, result
in research that will prove of
great value in the future.
Study Is Urged
She says:
1--WE are going to try to per-
Suade the relief administration
to do something along this line.
Such a study would be of per-
manent value and add greatly
to our limited supply of knOwl-
edge on the subject"
Puerto Rico, says Mrs. Bourne,
always has had the problem of
malnutrition to face. Genera
tions have grown to manhood and
womanhood underfed. Quantity
she says:
"The manana (tOmOrrOw) at
titude of natives of the tropics
may be due to their aver (yes-
terday)."
The School of Tropical Medicine
of Puerto Rico already has begun
work on the study Of nutrition,
says Mrs. Bourne, with interesting
results. For example, she speaks
of the achiota plant, used by
Puerto Ricans for seasoning,
which has been discovered to have
a high nutritive value.
Pride Brings Hunger
The white collar class of her
island, she says, has been the one
to suffer most severely from the
depression.
"They are too proud to ask
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
TIFF At FARLEY.
ON CHILDREN
ST|RS FEUD
Grace Abbott Disagreement"
Cited; Mrs. Roosevelt In
Child Plea

The possibility of shake-up in
the Public Health Service loomed
today as an aftermath of the
Child Health Recovery Confer.
ence, called by the U. S. Chill
dren's Bureau to discuss malnu-
triton among children.
Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cumming,
head of the Public Health Serv-
ice, did not attend the conference
but representative of his office,
DR.. Estelle Warner, did, and took
occasion to question the premises
upon which the conferences was
called, that malnutrition is wide
spread in the United States as a
result of the economic situation.
Splits Recalled
The fight recalled the differ
ences between DR.. Cumming and
Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the
Children's Bureau, which arose
at the White House conference on
child health.
Since the White House confer
ence the rift between the Public
Health Service head and Miss
Abbott is understood to have
widened, with Miss Abbott, as a
rule, the victor.
Yesterday Miss Abbott made no
response to DR.. Warmers charges
that the Children'S Bureau had
been misinformed regarding the
increase of undernourishment of
children in this country. Later.
however, when DR.. Haven Emer-
son, of New York. president-elect
of the American Public Health
Association, Endorsed DR.. War
ner's statements and reinforced
them with ideas of his own Miss
Abbott said:
"WelI, doctor, we disagree
with yOu."
Later Miss Abbott refused to
permit members of the confer
ence to answer Dr. Emerson.
First Lady Speaks
Earlier in the day, before either
DR.. Warner or DR.. Emerson had
spoken, Mrs. Roosevelt addressed
the conference, urging the neces-
Sity of following up feeding pro
grams in the schools by study of
home conditions. Mrs. Roosevelt
pointed out the grave social re-
suits of permitting an underfed
generation to grow to maturity.
The conference was opened by
Secretary of Labor Frances Per
kins and addressed early in the
day by Federal Relief Administra-
tor Hopkins. The latter declared
100000 children were now re-
ceiving public relief.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary Per
kins and Mr.. Hopkins all seemed
confident that the children of the
nation were suffering from NAL
nutrition and that the situation
was increasing daily in gravity.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
SHOE
LINKED IN
STABB|NG
CoIored Youth Held for Quiz
on Wounding of Woman
In Bakeshop HoIdup
Detectives today sought to CT

Detectives today sought to con-
meet Robert L. Alexander, colored,
20, of the 100 block S st. N. W.,
with the stabbing Thursday of
Mrs. Louise Zimmerman. They
said a shoe the assistant left be-
hind him fitted Alexander's foot.
Mrs. Zimmerman was stabbed
in the throat in an attempted
robbery of her bakery, 100 block
Seventeenth st. N. w. Detectives
Sergeants Elmer F. Lewis and j.
j. Tolson arrested Alexander and
four other colored suspects.
The detectives today took Alex
ander to his home seeking a mate
to the shoe. The man denied the
assault.
Lewis and Tolson also ques-
toned Alexander concerning an
attack September "a on Miss
Trula Kepple, 2300 block F st.
N. w., a Government worker, who
was beaten by a colored man at
Eighteenth Street and New Hamp-
shire Avenue Northwest.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
MALL PROJECT
IS SPEEDED BY
COMMISSION
$500, 900 Available, Jobs for
Many in Sight; Naval Test
ing Basin Approved

With 100000 available, work
on the proposed development Of
the Mall will be speeded, 1t was
expected today. by the action OF
the Commission of Fine Arts in
approving a plan submitted by
Arno B. Cammerer. director of
National Parks, Buildings, and
Reservations.
The Commission is completing
a two-day session today, with sew
eral important local projects up
for consideration.
The Public Works Administra-
ton has allotted the money for
the Mall project, and the plan
already has been approved by
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. The project
will make large number OF jobs
available.
A model of the proposed Naval
testing basin, to be built in the
metropolitan area of the District,
also was approved by the Com
mission, as were plans for a
change in the entrance to Fort
Humphreys.
Plans submitted by the Depart
ment of the Interior for a pro-
posed interneS' residence to be
built at Sixth and College Streets
Northwest as part of the Freed
mans Hospital group also were
approved with a few suggestions
for changes in detail.
Several other local projects are
being considered by the commits
sion TODAY