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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
Speedy Farm Loans
Promised bY MyerS

Predicting that the number Of
loans closed will increase rap
idly, DR.. w. I. Myers, new gov
ernor of the Farm Credit Admin
istration, said yesterday the pol
icy Of expediting farm mortgage
loans will be continued. Myers
was sworn in yesterday to sue
coed Henry Morgenthau, jr.
Loans by the Federal Land
Banks the first IS days of this
month totaled almost as much
as for the entire year 1892, Myers
Sai6. The IL Federal Land
Banks are making loans at the
rate of $50,0O0,000 a month, he
revealed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
Cold Pedestrian
Steals Senator's Rug

1t was cold last night. And
someone feeling it passed the
home of Senator David A. Reed
RO of Pennsylvania in the 2200
block S st. N. w. The Senator's
car was parked in front of the
house. In the car was a nice
warm rug.
The cold pedestrian lifted the
rug, which was monogrammed D.
A. R. and valued at $50, Senator
Reed reported to police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
HOME AID UNIT
SPEEDS LOANS

More than 1000 loans on prop
ertes valued at $5,927,316 were
paid out by the Home Owners
Loan Corporation last week, it
was announced today.
The average loan on individual
property was $2,921. In addition
1888 additional loans were ten
tatively approved, following first
appraisal and agreement by the
mortgage to accept bonds of the
Government corporation in eX-
change for existing mortgages.
Refinancing operations are be-
ing completed at a rate of almost
$50 a day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
Problems Of Banks
Explained to Glover
Park Citizens

ployes, advocated parking space
convenient to all public buildings
in the Federal building program.
The following were nominated
for offices, to be voted on at
the December meeting:
Myron R. Walker, president;
w. c. Cunningham, vice presi-
dent; Ben C. McQuay, secretary;
H. o. Kephart, treasurer; H. E.
Juenemann, Sergeant-at-arms; Mr..
Walker and w. D. Harris, dele
gates to Federation of Citizens
Association.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
WINS
PROMOTION

Robert E. F'ellers. disbursement
officer of the Postoffice Depart
ment, today was appointed chief
of the division of stamps by
James A. Farley, Postmaster Gen
eral.
The appointment is effective
December l. Fellers will succeed
Michael L. Eidsness, who has re-
signed.
Fellers is ~ and a native Of
Maryland. He has been in the
department II years and has
been disbursement officer since
1880. He lives in the 440O block
Of Fifth st. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
Responsible Drivers
Urqed bY Chamber

Plans were formulated yester-
day by the Washington Chamber
of Commerce to obtain legislation
giving financial remuneration to
victims of automobile accidents
from drivers found guilty of trat'
fic violation.
A delegation will call on Sen
ator King, chairman of the Sen"
ate District Committee, urging
passage of bills providing for
such protection.
One bill would fix financial
responsibility of drivers of private
cars, and the other of taXicabs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
Auto Thief Escapes,
Sins Off Handouts

Police today were once more
searching for James H. Harley,
colored, who is under sentence of
five years in jail on an automo-
bile theft charge.
In the van on the way back to
District Jail from court, Harley
managed to slip off his hand
cuffs, and when the van arrived
he ran away unnoticed in the
dark.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
JOHNSON IS SAID
To WELCOME
MOVEMENT
More Hopeful Spirit Observed
At Recovery Headquarters
Following Action

Any opposition which may have
been shown to the organization OF
Lodge No. 81, American Federation
of Government Employees, in the
MIRA, has been created, it ap-
peared today, by feeling on the
part of certain MIRA executives
that the information plan was
simply a part of concerted drive
against NRA.
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson evidently
has never held such an idea and
does not appear to be opposed to
unionization. 1t is also evident
that unionization was not at
tempted either by the A. F.. G.. E.
or the MIRA employees with any
such aim in mind.
SubOrdinates "Jumpy"
However, so many attacks have
been made of late on the MIRA
that some of the subordinate
executives are rather "jumpy,"
and they appear to have mis-
understood the motives behind
the unionization.
MdIly OD6C4 NSA0 4AoSNO 4NAV OAASSS
General johnson actually well
comes the movement because it
serves as a demonstration to the
nation of his sincerity in calling
upon private business to permit
organization OF its employees. He
has indicated readiness to rem
edy any injustices that appear
in the present working condl-
tons at NRA.
A somewhat more hopeful
spirit is in evidence there than
has been the rule Of late. It
is felt that the Snag the recov-
cry program encountered is being
Surmounted, and that the prin-
cipal problems have been due to
failure of the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration arJl the
Public Works Administration to
get started.
PWA Not Blamed
The PWA is not held respon-
6ible for delay in the public works
program, but States and munich
palities that have been diliatory
In making their wishes known.
Particularly, it is said in we'll
Informed quarters, this has been
true in the farming States, where
the farming public has been bit
terly opposed to bond issues that
would provide employment. even
at the low wage scales provided
by PWA contracts, on the ground
that men were available there who
would work cheaper.
The PWA is expected to provide
q substantial lift now to business,
and with the return of optimism
to NRA, the organization program
Is likely to be seen in its proper
perspective as nothing more nor
less than a plan of the employees
to combine for better wages and
working conditions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
DR.. W. J. ShOWaLter
To Give Club Talk

, DR.. William Joseph Showalter,
chief of the research division of
the National Geographic Society,
will be the speaker at a meeting
of the st. Thomas Mems Club
next Monday night at the Shore
ham Hotel. A musical program
will be offered by the George
Washington University Glee Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
CLUB TO MEET

Mrs. Adelaide Johnson, sculp-
tress. and Mrs. Grace Hays Riley
will be the principal speakers at
a meeting Tuesday night of the
Susan B. Anthony Foundation.
The meeting will be held at the
Arlington Hotel at 8 o'clock.
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secretary of the
American S E.
urity a n d
Trust Company,
W no S t a t e d
operating costs
of banking in
StitutionS have
increased due
to the various
types of service
W h ich banks
now are called
upon to furnish
by depoSitors.
The speaker
said that his
bank even had
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-18
BY A. ]. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

The Glover Park Citizens ASso-
citation, at it's meeting last night
in the Industrial Home School,
was addressed by Frederick P. H.
Siddons. first vice president and
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
RENOV|ZE PLANS
To BE Barred

Plans Of the "Renovize Wash
ington" campaign will be de-
described at the annual meeting
Of the Washington Board Of
Trade at the Mayflower Hotel to-
night.
I. D. Gindhart Of Philadelphia
will describe operations and re-
suits in a similar drive in that
city which is said to have boosted
employment in the building trades
20 per cent in March.
Material and labor has been
volunteered for the remodeling of
a 70-year-old house which for
merly was located on the Colum-
bia Hospital grounds. Design for
the renowned house will be Sc
lected by competition. Close &C
counts will be kept Of the costs
and progress may be watched at
the new location at Fifteenth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest.
Sixteen candidates to fill 10 va
cancieS on the board Of directors
Of the Board of Trade have been
named.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
POLITICS
EARLY, IS PLEA

Political mindedness springs
from the home, in the opinion OF
the First Lady of the Land.
Speaking last night at the gen.
eral council dinner of the Ma
tional League of Women Voters
in the Washington Hotel, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt urged early
inculcation of an interest in po-
litical affairs, declaring that
what children learn at an early
age, they are apt to keep with
them for years afterWard.
Mrs. Roosevelt was confronted
with the problem of being two
places last night at almost the
same time. She had accepted an
invitation to address the Women
Voters, and was also due at the
White House for a State dinner.
After delivering brief address
to the council, Mrs. Roosevelt
rushed away to the White House
to perform her duties as hostess.
The council of women voters
also was addressed by Prof. Ray
mond Moley, Assistant Secretary
of State, who stressed the need
for hard and real thinking in
present-day politics.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
|N|DD|ES STAGE.
DRESS PARADE

ANNAPOLIS, April 27.-Passing
in review before the board of
visitors, the Naval Academy regi-
ment of midshipmen staged the
first dress parade of the season
yesterday.
A fair crowd of visitors watched
the maneuvers from the stands
erected along the edge of Worden
Field.
Admiral William S. Sims, re-
tired, a member of the board,
took the salute from the middies
with Rear Admiral Thomas C..
Hart, superintendent of the Naval
Academy. The board completed
its four-day tour of inspection
today.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
LONE VET BEARS
BONUS PLEA

A petition, calling for immedi-
ate payment of the soldiers
bonus, will be presented to Rep
resentative William E. Evans, Los
Angeles county delegate in the
House of Representatives, at 10
o'clock today by John Alferi,
credited with being the first to
lead a band of bonus seeking
veterans to washington last year.
The petitioner has just COM
pleted 5,000-mile journey from
his home in Los Angeles to Wash
ington by freight train. He said
in his petition the plight Of vet
Grams in the South and South
west was very bad.
Alferi, however, has urged vet
Grams to refrain from staging
another march on Washington,
and he is here now as an in
dividual and not as the leader
Of the first contingent to march
on the Capital.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
FAMILY DOCTOR
EULOG|zED

That old-fashioned institution
known as the family doctor-now
somewhat of a rarity-waS upheld
as the ideal form Of practical
medical service by DR.. Dean Lewis,
professor of surgery at Johns Hop
kins Medical School, in closing
the annual scientific sessions of
the District Medical Society last
night.
DR.. Lewis, president-elect of
the American Medical Association,
was guest speaker at a public
meeting in the Medical Building.
Citing the old family doctor, often
a picturesque figure, as the best
guide for the public, DR.. Lewis
said:
"The middle classes and the
class just below the middle
class know their doctors much
better than the intelligensia,
who are better at differentating
between cooks"
DR.. Lewis, commenting on medi-
cal fees, said that he thought, as
a whole. they were very reason
able and that the American pub
lie is well cared for medically. He
said one Of his best paying clients
was a "gangster,"" who pulled out
a roll after the operation and paid
in cash. He caused laughter
when he said:
'I operated on his wife later
and again the big roll came into
view. A doctor can learn a lot
about human nature when it
cOVnoS tn fees"
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
PENALTY EASED
IN MANN ACT
VIOLATION
Judge Grants 5-Year Probation
on Strength of Liie-Saving
Act in Pittsburgh

CAMDEN, N. j., April 27.-A
broken down. virtually pennileSS
hero appeared before Federal Dis
trict Judge John Boyd Avis here
on a charge of transporting g.
14-year-old girl from one State
to another for immoral purposes.
His sight almost gone, his mind
q blank at times, his chest and
spine but mere shell of what
they once had been, John Duke
Vansant, SIS, of the 400 block
Third st. N. w., Washington,
D. c., entered a plea Of guilty
30 the indictment.
Terrible Accident"
The heroic side of Vansant's
life was barred after he had told
the court a terrible accident"
10 years ago had caused a brain
storm" and led him off the
straight and narrow path.
my mind went blank"
Vansant pleaded with tears
streaming down his face:
81 don't know why I did it,"
That was his explanation for
transporting Frances Louise
Grove from her home in Haroer's
Ferry, Va, to Wilmington, Del,
Gettysburg, Pa, Philadelphia, and
later to Atlantic City. It was at
the New Jersey coast resort that
he and the girl were apprehended
June 3, last.
Ten years ago-May 9, 1923
Vansant was sales manager of the
piano galleries in Pittsburgh de-
partment store.
That day he went to see a boy
attending a Junior high school in
the north side of the city. AS he
was about to enter the school the
MONDAY recess bells sounded and
the Ehildern streamed to the
street.
Quells Runaway Horses
Almost simultaneously, a team
Of horses, owned by the city of
Pittsburgh, broke loose and started
racing towards a group of so or
more children.
The driver of the wagon was
thrown from his seat. A patrol
man who sought to stop the
horses was knocked down and
run over. Then Vansant jumped
at the horses.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
Forest Corps Learns
Art of Tree Surgery

BALTIMORE, April 27.-Mem-
bers of the Civilian Conservation
Corps in training at Fort Howard
are being taught tree surgery
by Capt. Norman D. Finley,
adjutant, and three non-commis-
stoned officers to whom he has
taught the art.
The 500 Baltimoreans at Fort
Howard are also being taught how
to drain swamps, build roads and
clear away dead timber. The
tree surgery includes the pruning
and topping of trees, removal Of
dead branches and filling of holes
with concrete to prevent decay.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
Guinea Cock Battles
Wildcat; Owner
Kills Both

LURAY, Va, April 27.-A
fighting guinea belonging to
Charles L. Fincham, of Madi-
son county, saved Fincham from
severe lacerations-and perhaps
death-from a monster wildcat.
Fincham found a large wild
cat inside his hen house and
just as he opened the door a
guinea rooster sprang on the
back of the wildcat.
The animal gave it's attention
to the guinea and meanwhile
Mr.. Fincham went in search of
his gun. When he returned he
found the wildcat and guinea
still engaged in battle, the lat
ter maintaining it's grip on the
wildcats back, sending its beak
into the flesh.
The shot from Fincham's gun
killed the wildcat and the fight
ing guinea.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
VINCENT
Garden Week Opens
Many Old Estates

WINCHESTER, Va, April q.
Garden week in Virginia. April
24-29, gives many the opportunity
to see some of the famous estates
which, with exception of this
annual event, are closed to the
public. More than hundred of
Virginia's most famous old homes
and gardens in this section are
attracting many out-of-town peo-
pie. Mrs. Fred l.. Glaize, sr.,
president of the Winchester and
Clarke County Garden Clubs, an
nounced yesterday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
AXF|GHT TST|RS
HYATTSV|LLE

The fight for the mayoralty
and councilmanic posts in
Hyattsville has gotten beyond
the fire department limits and
is now engaged with taxes, both
sides charging the other spent
money hand over fist.
Caesar L. Aiello, corporation
counsel, candidate for mayor,
in a statement yesterday bear
ing the intriguing title, "The
New Deal in Hyattsville," pledged
continuation of the public Ii
brary-"the work Of education
must go on unimpaired"-
night street Lighting; trash and
garbage collection; street repairs,
and park and playground de-
velopment.
c. D. Anderson, aspirant for
reelection to the town council,
issued a pamphlet called "Dr.
Willis Record in which he
charged DR.. Hillary T. Willis,
twice mayor and now opposing
Mr.. Aiello for the post, had
spent more money than any
other mayor.
These statements were an
swered by E. B. Hilley, former
councilman and Willis supporter.
He said the present administra-
ton is spending more money
than it is collecting.
The election will be held
Monday. The polls will be open
from 7 a. m. to z p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
MRS. MOORE

MRS MOORE LIEUTENANT MOFFETT
49, READY TO CARRY on the Navy tradition Lieut. Will
liam A Moffett 2nd has returned to his station the
Pacific from Washington, where he had been summoned
by of the death of his father Rear Admiral W. A.
Moffett, in the Akron disaster. With his sister, Mrs.
Eliot MacFarland Moore, Lieutenant Moffet flew from
Washington to Los Angeles They are pictured arriving
at the United Airport Los Angeles. International News
Photographic Service.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
COLOred SuUin1 Meet
Will Be Held MQH -

The fourth annual Twelfth
Street Y. M. C. A. marathon will
be staged Saturday, May 13, in
stead of April 20, as was previous
ly announced.
The event was postponed to
give the entrants more time to
get in condition. Teams from
Baltimore and Philadelphia have
entries.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
Armstrong Student
Wins History AWUrd

Charles Howard, Armstrong
High School sophomore, was
awarded first prize yesterday in
a Negro history contest spon-
sored in the colored high schools
by a local business concern.
The award, a set of books on
Negro history, was made by
Michael Jones. Honorable men
ton was given Mary Nell Brown,
also a Armstrong sophomore. G.
David Houston, principal of the
school, presided at the ceremon-
les.
The Washington times., 1933-04-27
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville to Harden B. Byrd,
Is, of KiSsimmee, Fla, and Doris
Boisseau, 25, of Washington, and
Robert Benjamin Collins, %, and
Egurtha P. Smith, 81, both of
Washington.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
Christmas Play

THE Truth About Blayds," A. A.
Mines delightful comedy, will be pre-
sented by the Dramatic Club of Amer
lean University in the gymnasium on
the campus this Saturday evening, De-
cember is at $50 pm. This will be
the annual Christmas production of the
club, which is under the direction of
Prof. Will HutchinS.
The story of a great poet and his
family. particularly their reaction to
evidence that the great man stole his
verses from another writer, makes up
the play. Written more than 10 years
ago, it has remained one of the most
popular of the talented Englishman's
writings.
Five Washington high school gradu-
ates are included in the cast. Central
is represented by Ruth-Martin Simpson,
Earl Kernahan. Hazel Kirk and Robert
Brundage, and Western by Elbridge
Church. Ariel McNinch, Carol Furst
and Jay Burlington complete the cast.
Barbara Anne Pierce is stage direc-
tor for the production. Reserved seats
are now on sale at the college.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
CURLEY CLUB PLAYERS.

"a Full House" three-act comedy, by
Fred Jackson. will be presented by the
Curley Club Players at Gonzaga Hall,
43 1 street northwest, tomorrow night
at 8:15 for the benefit of the Arch
bishop Curley Scholarship Fund for
country parishes.
The play is under the direction of
Miss Adelaide Borah and the cast of
IA includes Helen Regan, Helen Morris,
Edna Moreland, Ruth Rice, Ellen Had
dad, Eleanor Swami, Cecilia Regan,
William McGarvey, Frank Kirchoff
Jospeh McGarvey, Joseph Fallon, Frank
Morgan, Jack Morgan and Arthur
McGreevy
A. ]. Agricola, chairman of the Dra-
matte Committee, is in charge of ar
rangements, assisted by Irene Sheehan,
Joseph McGarvey. Ruth Rice, Helen
Morris, Frank Kirchof and Eleanor
Swami.
Evening star., 1933-12-12

Whlle the MeSSrS. ShQDert SnOulQ be
reprimanded for presenting only
grade c version of a grade A operetta,
they are to be congratulated for having
persuaded Miss Carlisle and Mr.. Jones
to head the cast of their company.
Miss Carlisle. one of those talented
) ladies who can sit down at piano on
the stage and play her own accompani-
mentS, sings that difficult "Ziguener'
song which was recently left out of the
film She does this with great charm
of voice and manner, speaking her
! words clearly and breaking her heart
gently all over the piano.
Mr.. Jones is no less effective. When
he plants his head next to Miss Car
isles and tosSeS off that III See You
Again" ballad, he is perfect in patch,
extremely refined in tone, and never
tries to submerge his singing partner.
His solo vocalizing is, too, a reminder
that the American light opera stage
still has its talent.
X X
THE cperetta itself, of which Author
Coward speaks very fondly in his
introduction to a new edition of his
! plays, is probably the only Coward work
to which the word mellow" can be ap-
piled. 1t is a quietly dignified operetta
] with some of the most lyric music this
generation has produced. 1t is, too, the
only Coward work which has not got
some sort of syllable or situation which
} certain moral researchers are likely to
misinterpret or get mad at. It is plain
sailing into the realm of romance, hand
somely mounted in thought and deed
and bound together by the sort of
music which stringed orcheStras do well
, with at pm. on tea terraces in Euro
pean watering places.
The story starting with this age and
waltzing back even further than the
gay '9Os and then eventually up and
through them, concerns the hearty love
adventures of a couple. one of whom is
rich and the other poor. The high
strung Sarah Millick. falling in love
with her music teacher, runs off with
him Just as she is about to enter into
: matrimony with a rich lord who looks
! and talks and acts like nothing so much
as a Dodo bird. In a Viennese cafe this
musical couple-she has profited by
her music leSSons-earns their own liv-
ing, the husband leading the orchestra
and the wife grooming gay '90s dit
ties and preferring not to dance with
Frau Schlick's amorous customers. Due
to this virtuous restraint, the latter
finally displeases a young officer, who
when he embraces the lady in mo-
ment Of exhiliration on the dance
Evening star., 1933-12-12
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

NationaI-"Bitter Sweet" at s:15 pm
Gayety-"Victory Girls" at 2:15 and
8:15 pm.
Palace-"Duck Soup" at 11:2o am.
1:30, 3:35, 5:45, 7:50 and 955 pm.
Rialto-"The Invisible Man." at II
am. 12:51, 2:35, 4:19, 6O3, 7:55 and
9:47 pm.
Loew's Fox-"Hoopla," at II am.
1:25, AIS, Z and 9:45 pm. Stage shows
at l2:40, 3:25, 6:l5 and 9 pm.
Columbia-"Tillie and Gus" at 1:35
am, 1:2o, sos. 4:50, 6:35. 800 and
1905 pm.
Metropolitan-"Swee Of Sigma
Chi" at 1880 am, 1:50, 3:45, 5:45, 7:4s
and GAS pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Little Women" a,
10:44 am, 1888, 1902, Sill, 7:20 anc
9:29 pm. Three Little Pigs" at 10:34
am, 12:43. 2;52. Sol, ITO and els
pm.
Earle-"Take a Chance" at 11:1C
am, 1:45. 4:30, 7:15 and $50 pm
Stage shows at 1855, 3:45, 6:25 and
9:05 pm.
Tivoli-"After Tonight" at 2:35
4:20, 6:10, 7:55 and GAS pm.
Ambassador-"Take a Chance" al
Sis, 8 and 9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
GIVE SECOND PLAY.

Tonight at $3.50 the Columbia Play
ers will offer the Owen Davis drama,
"Icebound," as the second play of their
subscription season. The play will be
given at Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and
Harvard streets, with the following cast:
Virginia Rand, Betty Clark, Helen
Mead. Lois Alexander, Orel Belle Claf-
lin, Dorothy M White, Steele Kennedy,
r. H. Stringfellow. Robert Alexander,
Harold Norton, B. A. P. Doehrer and
Vernon Lyden.