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The Washington times., 1933-10-31
ROOSEVELT HAS
NEW PROBLEM
IN D. {. RUM
Liquor Control of District May
Be Model for Nation; Bride
Scans License Systems
BY International News Service
President Roosevelt, it appeared

BY International News Service
President Roosevelt, it appeared
today, will be called upon to
answer a question which is agi-
tating many States-shall the
saloon be brought back after
repeal?
The question is expected to
confront the President as a result
of proposals of many Congress
Sional leaders to draft a model
liquor law for the District.
Convinced the necessary 36
States will have voted for repeal
after the elections next Tuesday,
advocates of a model law already
are making a comprehensive
study of liquor control plans.
Legally Dry
The President, while urging
repeal, has thus far refrained
from interfering with the efforts
of States to draft liquor legisla-
ton. Since Congress acts as law
maker for the District of Colum-
bia, however, the problem also
becomes one for the President.
Under present rulings of the
Attorney General, the District OF
Columbia is expected to remain
legally dry until after Congress
acts.
Drafting of liquor law for
the District is expected to be one
of the first tasks of Congress.
Many former drys have Joined
in the effort to provide system
that will be hailed as model by
the entire country.
Sharp conflict on the questlon
of return of the saloon already
has confronted the lawmakers
studying the question.
Plans Ready
At least three or four plans
for local liquor control will be
submitted to Congress when 1t
reconvenes, Corporation Counsel
William W. Bride said today.
The four plans which Bride now
has under consideration are a
licensing system under which in
dividual dealers would be granted
permits to sell liquor; the Ontario
system, under which liquor is
handled through Government dis
pensaries: the Bratt. or Swedish
plan, under which a liquor
monopoly is set up under direct
control of a liquor commission,
and a liquor commission plan, the
commission to have control Of
licensing dealers, promulgating
regulations and otherwise control
ing the liquor trade.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31

Ever gaze on a genuine COB
liz. gallivantin in a ghostly
gambol?
Or a real, live witch a-ridin'
on broomstick?
If you haven't, wash little
Jimmy's ears, put out the cat,
and take the family down to see
tie Halloween parade tonight.
Therell be big doings on the
Avenue about 7:45 p. m. At
that time the colorful process
sion that annually marks Wash
ington'S celebration of the night
when black cats and ghouls
reign supreme will be under way.
Many Floats
Gorgeously decorated floats,
blaring bands, groups Of fan
tastically costumed marchers,
private vehicles all dressed up
with plenty of places to go, and
contingent of distinguished
guests will participate.
Everything is in readiness to-
day, it he been announced Ly
Col. John w. Oehmann, build
ing inspector of the District AID
grand marshal of the parade.
After the units have formed
around Pennsylvania at AZ
street Northwest, the procession
will swing up the Avenue to Fiji
teenth street, south to Consti-
tuition, west to Sixteenth street
il front of the reviewing stand,
and finally to the disbanding
space on the Ellipse.
Brown in Parade
At the head of the cavalcade
will ride Chief of Police Ernest
w. Brown, with his staff. Fol
lowing will be Grand Marshal
Oehmann and his escort, the
District Commissioners, distin-
guished guests, and the Halloween
celebration committee of the
Washington Board of Trade,
which sponsors the annual affair.
Next will appear the Queen"
of the brilliant pageant, Miss
Mary Ellen Yates, accompanied
by the ladies of her court. Then
the bands and the floats ard
the goblins and witches will come
stepping down the street.
Floats and groups of marchers
are under the auspices of local
business houses, civic organiza-
tions, schools and individuals.
Bands to Play
The bands will be from George
Washington University, Loe w's
Fox, Vincent B. Costello Post,
American Legion, Drum and
Bugle Corps, the Washington Gas
Light Company, Improved Order
of Redmen. Victory Post, Amer
lean Legion, Drum and Bugle
Corps, 121st Engineers, and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
There will be no street dancing
this year, it has been announced.
Arrangements for the celebration
have been made by Edgar Mo-
ris, general chairman; Col. Och
mann and Curtis A. Hodges,
chairman of the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
RIGGS DAMAGE
SUIT NEAREND

Final arguments in the 100000
damage suit of Mrs. Louise T.
Chambers against the Riggs Ma
tional Bank and 18 former officers
of the Farmers and Mechanics
National Bank began today before
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue and
a jury in District Supreme Court.
Severely criticizing Harry v.
Haynes, former Farmers Bank
president, and the erstwhile Off
GERS, Vernon B. Lowrey, counsel
for Mrs. Chambers, opened the
arguments. He told the jury that
the defendants took advantage of
Mrs. Chambers lack of knowledge
of financial matters and dissi-
pated her fortune by gambling in
the stock market.
The court limited argument to
two hours on each side. Lowrey
will be followed by Frank j. Hogan
and Edmund Jones, attorneys for
the defense. The case will be
given to the jury late today.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
DISTRICT HEADS
TALK BUDGET

District officials again today
went to the Bureau of the
Budget for a continuation of
hearings on the District budget
for the fiscal year 1888, which
opened yesterday.
Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, Dis
trict auditor and budget officer,
said several department heads of
the local government probably
will appear before the bureau be-
fore the hearings are completed.
Donovan refused to say what
items in the budget are under
consideration.
The hearings will be consider
ably shorter this year than in the
past, it is expected, since a num-
Der of items on which there is no
controversy were disposed of at
preliminary conferences between
Donovan and Budget Bureau Of
ficials before the start of the
hearings.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31

Threat Letter
Lands Wife
In Court

"Now william, there is no
need for you trying to live. My
mind is made up to see you
die. (Signed) EVELYN"
So shocked was William
Smith, colored, of the 1900
block of r st. N. W., that he
had his 26-year-old wife, Ev-
elyn, haled into Police Court
today on a charge of threats.
He told Judge John P. Nc
Mahon that Evelyn sent him
clippings from newspaper ads
entitled Chambers Funeral
Parlors."
Evelyn pleaded not guilty but
Assistant District Attorney
Roger Robb made her write a
coupy of the letter in court.
Both he and the judge agreed
the handwriting looked suspi-
ciously like Evelyn's. However,
the court continued the case
until November II pending in
vestigation Of Evelyn;s charges
that William had been hailed
continuously before Judge Sci
lerS in Juvenile Court for non-
support.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
TWOARRA|GNED,
STATE PLEAS
To NJ 'MAHON
Grand Jury Ready to Hear Man
Arrested BY SChIeichert
and Bauer, Accused

While witnesses waited to tell
the Grand Jury of the alleged ex-
tortion of $50 by two members Of
the headquarters liquor squad,
the accused policemen appeared
in Police Court today and pleaded
not guilty to charges of extortion.
The preliminary hearing, held
before Judge John P. Mcmahon,
was cut short when Michael F.
Keogh, Assistant United States
Attorney, asked for a continuance
of the hearing until next Tuesday.
The request was granted.
Board Action Waits
Mr.. Keogh told Judge Nc
Mahon the case was to be taken
Immediately to the grand jury.
If indictments are returned be-
fore next Tuesday there will be
no further police court action for
Harry G.. Bauer and Rudolph
Schleichert, the suspended po-
licemen.
No Police Trial Board action
will be taken, pending outcome
of the criminal charges, it was
said at police headquarters.
Bauer and Schleichert, who had
spotless records until their ar
rest yesterday, were taken in
custody Immediately after Alfred
H. Dudley, %, whom they had
arrested Saturday on charges Of
possession of % quarts of liquor
and 26 quarts of alcohol, had
allegedly handed them an en-
velope containing $50 in marked
money.
"Briber" to Testify
The arrests were made by Capt.
James E. Bobo, Lieuts. Oscar j.
Letterman and Emil Desch. The
policemen had hidden in a large
moving van and watched the
transaction, which, they said, oc-
Cured at Eighth and L Streets
Northwest.
Dudley, who lives in the 1900
block Calvert st. N. w., is at
liberty on $500 bond on the liquor
charge. He will be one of the
principal witnesses before the
Grand Jury.
Police officials said they did not
know yet whether the mems places
on the liquor squad will be filled
in view of the almost certain re-
peal of the Eighteenth Amend
ment.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
Buy in Washington
Launches C0n1paigI1

Buy In washington, Inc. is
launching campaign intended to
keep thousands of dollars in Wash
ington in the next few weeks in
the purchase of Christmas pres
ents, printing, clothing. building
materials, furniture, shoes, monu-
mental works, automobiles, tires
and accessories. r. P. Andrews,
chairman of the executive COM
mittee, has appointed member to
five committees,
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
GAS VALUATION
HEAR|NGSON

With presentation of drawings
showing real estate holdings OF
the Washington and Georgetown
Gas Light companies, hearings on
valuation of the companies prop.
critics began today before the
Public Utilities Commission.
Herald E. Doyle, valuation en-.
gineer for the gas companies, was
the first witness called by Stod.
dard M. Stevens, jr., counsel for
the companies.
Argument on the motion of Will.
liam NICK. Clayton, of the Fedora.
ton of Citizens Associations, to
postpone the hearing was de.
ferred until p. M, due to the alb
Sence of Major John C. Gotwals
member of the commission, at
the morning session. Clayton
asked that the hearings be de.
layed until a court ruling could
be obtained as to the legality of
the purchase of gas company
stock by out-of-toWn interests.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31

pay tribute to the prince at the
burial today.
The royal funeral was held at
$50 o'clock from the chapei of
Timonthy Hanlon's undertaking
establishment in the 600 block H
St., N. E., where the Rev. Nicho-
las De Carlo officiated. The cor
tege then went to the Holy Ros-
ary Church, where a requiem
mass was said. Burial was in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
He was buried in a casket
carrying all the worldly goods he
may need in his next world, in
Guiding clothing, perfume and
soap.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
Stanton Is Elected
Bud. &. Firemen

Battalion Chief T. B. Stanton
last night was elected president
of the Officers Association of the
District of Columbia Fire De-
partment at a meeting at the
Hamilton Hotel.
Other officers elected were: T.
S. Porter, vice president; R. E.
Hunt, secretary; H. A. Chap
man, treasurer; F. Literal, SER
geant-at-arms. President Stanton
is battalion chief of Engine Com
pany No. 8, North Carolina Ave
nue., between Sixth and Seventh
Streets N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31

With all the tribal pomp and
ceremony attendant upon his
royal estate, Prince John Steve,
son of King Baco steve John, the
regent of all the Stevens tribe,
was buried here today.
Last night nearly 100 gypsies of
the Steve tribe gathered at their
quarters in the 1900 block Sev-
enth st. N. w. to prepared for the
funeral.
Meanwhile, caravans of tribes
men were arriving in Washington
from all parts of the country, and
more than 500 were on hand to
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
Writer to Address
Sponsors of NnUY

Paul Wilstach, writer, will talk
on Mount Vernon and the His
toric Potomac" at a celebration
of the Navy Society of Sponsors
at the Carlton Hotel tomorrow
morning. The society, composed
of women who have chriStened
warships for the Navy. has for
one of it's activities the prepara-
ton of sons of deceased Navy
and Marine officers for admission
to the Naval Academy.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
DISTRICT FACES
/ $4,000 SUIT

Naming the District Govern
fnent and Clara T. May. of Chevy
Chase, Md, as defendants, Eliz-
abeth Yesbek, 100 block North
Capitol st. N. w., asked $4,000
damages for injuries suffered in
n fall through a trapdoor in front
of a house in the 1900 block
North Capitol st.
Through Attorneys James C.
wilkes and James E. Arts, she
charged the defendants with
negligence in failing to properly
safeguard the door.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
GOBLIN PARADE
ALL SET FOR
TONIGHT
Bands, Floats and MarChers
to Turn Out in Annual
Halloween Event

IN CASE of rain tonight,
the Halloween parade will be
given on the next clear night.
If in doubt, telephone the
Washington Board of Trade,
District 1885, for all infOrma-
ton.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
Cruelty Charge Wins
Decree for D. e.. Wife

Mrs. Ruth Aull Cerick was to-
day granted divorce in Reno,
New, from Slavko N. Cerick, 5400
block Caroline Pl. N. w. Mrs.
Cerick charged cruelty.
The Cericks were married here
in 1929. Mr.. Cerick is an en-
ploye of the Library of Congress.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
HOUselUGrn1ings Set
At2D. G.. Schools

Two elementary school house
warnings will be held next week.
The Bancroft School Parent
Teacher Association will hold a
reception Tuesday at 8 p. m. to
mark the opening of the new ad-
dition to the school.
Friday night, the Kenilworth
School will hold it's houSewarm.
ing in celebration of new school
building.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
"A Book, Today

If YOU think all this is Utopian, recommend to you Ed
ward Beamy's Looking Backward" repu6lished few few
fhe name when was small child, when people were i'm
pressed by Beamys idea that the dirty work of life not
racketeerng but washing dishes could be done by ma
nerod of common labor from which exempt fore
sallng Mrs Martin and myse and system of distrlbu-
ton of and of its rewards which makes the MIA seem
in 1888 far less impossible than the promises Of Eugene Debs
seemed in 1916.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31

may be more Impressive thdh the GA
cerpts l have seen.)
In essence it calls for eight years Of
work from "the nations young" be-
tween their eighteenth and twenty
sixth year; during that time "as a
continuation of their public school
education" they are to produce and
distribute goods and services" to
everybody, but without buying or
selling. They are to be industrially
organized and scientifically directed
and, I regret to say, they are to be
called the Commons.
After they graduate, they can enter
another class, and be called Capitals.
Here, I gather, they could let their
possessive and luxurious instincts have
free play, run up a little (probably
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
REP. RANDOLPH GUEST

Representative Jennings Ran.
dolph will be the guest of honor
at a reception tomorrow night of
the West Virginia State Society
of the District of Columbia at
Meridian Mansions, 2400 block
Sixteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31

lmited) balance the bank, and otherwise behave IKE
little rugged ndvdualists burning candle to Heroert
Hoover looking back at the SHRINE Oh MARX
and the other Utopans under whom they had spent an
arduous adolescence and early maturity
Frost and Love
am not impressed because Mrs Martins description Oh
life under her plan is not aluring She begins WIN
HONEYMOON of supreme happnessyoung strong healthy
independent free and Each will receive daily their
necessary raons The whole country before them we
can picture them wandering hill and dale WIN
a copy of middle aged novel by H. w. Wells " l'"
aloud one to the other. H.,
But before you know it cold weather. soon drives them
indoors. desire for luxury for occupations ana @
ionshp awakes The young husband tires OF loa1ng oVe
making begins to pail love begins to seem to both OF tnem
not quite enough So he takes job in the Capitals ana
proudlv brings home MONEY! Unless my timing is wrong
the ecstasy of life love has lasted only until the sC
frost. 1t is not the author says enough
but Mine Own''
particularly because about two years ago
I proposed what still to me BETTER ana perlecty
workable scheme Like Mrs Martini held that we are TOO
tender with the Young and ought to put them to work
placed the starting point much earlier around the age Oh IT,
So that at 10 or 90 young people could off, marry or NOT
and for 10 years voupuous luxury out OF the proceeds
Of the labor they had amassed in their youth ana with
ing account the future For gave tnem ~ years VI
ing travel lovemaking reading and lesurey unworTleu
contemplation of the world Then orougnt ne" OdcA ~
work again for another 10 years.
This YOU see would berate the mddeaged Perhaps from
40 TO 4 there would another period OF from when
all the common worry of impending old age would De re-
moved From 55 small mechanical labor might be done
Init not yerv much person would in the course OF
lifetime put in some Is 20 years of work and would get
between 20 years of leisure This
on present system of working men ana women on a
the have become mature and keeping them at work until
thew wear out giving them long, uninterrupted ho
days with plenty Of money
Ten Good Years
There are about 100000 young and women eligible
for Mrs Martins working groups and sure they could
easily do all the work now by 40OOOOO0 and women
twice their age That part easy The incentive offered
however is not enough After you have shaved for eight
wears for the community you allowed to 60 to work Tor
yourself and money! doubt whether there will be
many takers In pan after you have worked 1or ~
wears YOU arrive the of intelligence love and ynlclsm
and Won have decade Of whatever DESIRE with fixed
income from And you do not relish the thought
of going work again at 3d. remove yourself sure
cverything-and have done your duty to society.
The Washington times., 1933-10-31
True tOType
|Whc'd Be Commons With 8 Years Work
And Little Love?
BY GILBERT SELDEs

In spite of Mrs Rooseves enthusiasm not bowled
by the Martin plan for Prohibiting Poverty Mrs
Martin has written book by that name and the whole plan
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-28
by a sharecropper COrrespOnde


BIRMINGHAM, Ala am send
ing another letter this week. am
glad to write to the Daily Worker
and see it come out. want to see
it every week. I only started in the
movement in october, but see how
bad we need workers to fight with
us and build our organization all
over the country.
I went to Montgomery to share
troopers meeting. My wife's brother
went, too. He is a sharecropper OF
Blunt County, Ala. One Of the big
landlords didn't like him, told lies
on him and sent him to prison, and
the Governor Of Alabama paroled
him to make a crop, and the mer-
chant that furnished him to make
this crop took everything he had
and also forged mortgages on his
mules and tools and wagon. Said he
would have everything that ne owed
if he took the last bit of bread out
Of his house.
He has four children and his wife.
The oldest child is seven years old
and they .ave no decent clothes nor
board anu 81 go can see what the
ass ti,!-.ks of the poor white
shares n, ,}e: IN this part of the
country, and that is not the worst
of it, He is now working at saw
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HKI.xN LURx

Prices went up in other
places than the dime store, as
revealed in an article in the
Women's Wear Daily of Dec.
20. 1t gives a report that a
representative of the International
Ladies Garment Workers Union
bought a block Of dresses here
and there about town and held them
as evidence that an unusually high
"markup" was made on them In pric-
ing them for retail sale.
He claimed that some stores added
" to 100 per cent to prices. The
complete figures are given for the re-
tail and wholesale costs of the dresses
so purchased. also the per cent of
selling price received by labor (gar-
ment workers.. This fell as low as
7l2 per cent. And wasn't that swell
Christmas present from our big
hearted merchants who are so enthu-
siastic about the Christmas spirit Of
, giyingl
Is Capitalism Lousy!
That reminds me-mousetraps have
gone UP too. (Somebody evidently
took the check for $4,000 and In
vested 1t in mousetraps). They used
TO be two for a nickel, now you only
get three for a dime-so In case you
too have any little unlimited guests
running around the pantry, better get
your mousetraps now, before they
want half a dollar for one.
Capitalism, forcing up the prices Of
commodities, makes 1t bourgeois lux
ury to be free of mice, lice, cats. rats,
ha S, ccckroeches, flies, neas, ct ce.era
Speed the day when we, the workers,
will tear down these moth -eaten, flea
bitten, 1opsided old ratholes and build
proper homes, bugless apartments
with tile bathrooms and kitchens.
g Culinary Department
To speak of more savory things, here
is standard recipe somewhat WELL
known, but too meritorious not to
reprint once. 1t is for overnight (alias
ice-box) cookies It takes strong
arm to mix them, but making them is
ncA rs messy business as making
other cookies, because they are not cut
GU with cookie cutter, but sliced
from the loaf of dough with knife
Their other prime virtue Is that they
are made with brown sugar, 30 the
dieticians cannot frown quite so dark
Iy ON them as on other cakes.
Cream together four cups brown
sugar with one cup shortening. Add,
and mix in, four eggs, one-quarter
teaspoon salt, and one teaspoon va
nilla. Then work in six cups unsifted
Cor seven cups sifteD flour with four
teaspoons baking powder sifted in
with it, The last Of the flour must
be kneaded in.
Then roll out with long uniform
round or square loaf and keep very
cold over night. Slice off cookies with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-28
Detroit Prepares for Peak
Mass Sale of "A Page Daily

DETROIT, Mich. The largest
mass sale of any issue Of the Daily
Worker recorded in this city will be
reached by the 24-page, tenth an
niversary edition, coming off the
press on Jan. g.
Machinery is being set up for a
sale of at least 10000 copies of this
historic edition.
1t must be reported, however, that
WHILE in Detroit proper the response
by workers to assure sale of the
10000 copies ordered is of the most
spirited sort, responses from Mich
igan towns outside of Detroit are so
far poor.
There is no doubt that we can ex-
coed our minimum sale of 10000
copies of the anniversary issue if
comrades from the other towns take
up the matter at once and mobilize
forces for reaching the workers with
the popular and historic 24-page
Daily Worker.
We call on all workers to help build
our revolutionary movement by colun-