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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-05
Wahluke

A very interesting Fourth OF July
celebration was spent at Wahluke with
Mr.. and Mrs Glen Slower as hosts.
The guests, laden with baskets OF food,
arrived at noon and a most lucious
picnic lunch was spread and enjoyed
by Mr.. and Mrs Gabriel Jadden, Mrs.
Stella Fielding, Mr.. and Mrs. Ivar
Holmskog and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Moody and son, and Verne
Olsen.
After lunch many stories were told
on Pioneering in White Bluffs, fol-
lowed by games and swimming.
At twilight huge log was set on
fire at the rivers edge and weiner
roast with all the trimmings was en-
joyed, after which violin and accordian
music were played by Mrs. Slower and
Mr. Holnaskog and singing by the
group. "a Perfect Day" climaxed the
celebration when the guests departed
after having enjoyed grand display
of fireworks.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-05
Legal Notices

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PRO-
PERTY
No. 1906
Ia the Superior Court Of the State Of
Washington, In and for
Benton County
In the Matter of the Estates of AL
BERT STEPHENSON, Deceased, and
CARRIE STEPHENSON, Deceased,
Consolidated.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-05
St. Mary's Catholic

Rev. Arthur .IOs1a, Pastor
Mass on second Sunday al ii am
Mass on fourth Sunday at 8 am
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-05
YAKIMA DIRECTORY

These merchants urge you to trade
in your own community, but wish you
to remember that if you can't get it
here, they will be pleased to serve
you.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-05

avoid gaybrds
hatch and Immediately had worken
Major police dog
left
the little grabrd family
about balls which
too the nest
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-05

in condition for restocking Fire, In
the face of unselash measures such
as these, is doubly distressing, says the
forest service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-05

Dudley Wilkinson is at present in
Portland, Oregon, visiting with friends
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
TAKES
OATH Of OFFICE

John B. Colpoys was sworn in
as United States Marshal for the
District today at the District Su-
preme Court at the most elabo-
rate ceremonies staged in recent
years for the induction of a local
Official into office.
The oath was administered by
Judge Robert E. Mattingly, of the
Municipal Court, long friend OF
Mr.. Colpoys, in the marshals Of
flee. A crowd of several hundred
packed the room and flowed into
corridors.
Among the guests were Secre-
tary of Commerce Daniel Roper,
United States Attorney Leslie c..
Garnett, Chief Justice Alfred A.
Wheat. and Justices Daniel w.
O'Donoghue, Jennings Bailey. Jo-
seph w. Cox, oscar R. Luhring,
F., Dickinson Let's, James M.
Proctor, and Jesse C. Adkins and
John F. Costello, Democratic ma
tional committeeman for the Dis
trict.
Following the oath, Mr.. Colpoys
and Secretary Roper made brief
talks. The new marshal stated he
had no immediate plans for re-
organization of his office, but in
tended to go along surely, safely
and carefully"
Mr.. Colpoys succeeds Edgar G.
Snyder. Mr.. Snyder was presented
with a radio by the deputy mar
shals, while numerous floral tri-
butes were sent to the new mar
shall.
The first official duty under
taken by Marshal Colpoys was the
signing Of rs commissions for dep
uty marshals. The terms Of all
deputy marshals expired at MID
night with the term Of former
Marshal Snyder. Each deputy
took a new oath.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
GARDENS DRAW
TOURISTS

Advance inquiries have indicated
a larger attendance of tourists
this year than ever before for the
annual garden week, sponsored by
the Garden Club Of Virginia, which
began today. More than $50
homes and gardens are open to
the public.
In the Alexandria area there
are six private homes and gardens
in addition to public buildings and
restored shrines. The homes are
Wellington, Gunston Hall, Holm
Hall, Ordleigh, Rippon Lodge and
Woodlawn.
Today'S outstanding event will
be opening of the Governors pal
ace at Williamsburg, restored in
replica by the Rockefeller inter.
eSts,
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Board of Commissioners
FINE ARTS BODY.
EYE|NG STEPS

Moving definitely to settle the
proposal to remove the south steps
of the Pension office Building as
part of the F Street widening pro-
gram, members of the Fine Arts
Commission will inspect the build
ing today.
The commission has gone on
record as favoring removal Of the
steps, but has yet to approve sew
eral architectural details for the
remodelled structure.
The commission today also
studied a plan for relocating the
Joseph Henry statue, now in front
of the Smithsonian Institution.
The statue must be removed be-
cause it is in the way of the
Mall Road program.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
CRIME IS SEEN
At PEAK HERE

Criminal conditions in the Dis
trict are worse than at any time
in its history, the washington
Federation of Churches charged
today in a letter to Representa-
tive Mary T. Norton (D0 Of New
Jersey, chairman of the House
District Committee.
The Federation charged that
gambling places are running
openly, that solicitation on the
streets is increasing, and that
arrests for drunkenness have in
creased SO per cent.
The Federation praised the
efforts of Superintendent of
Police Ernest W. Brown and the
District Commissioners, but urged
the passage of legislation to give
police more power to cope with
the situation.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
TIP ON WEDDING
WINS PRIZE

Exclusive information on the
marriage of Mrs. Alberta Averill
Paz of New York and William
Phelps Emo, prominent in Cap,
ital society. captured first prize
last week in The Washington
Times newStip contest.
Second prize was awarded for
a tip on the injury to seven per-
sons when a derrick fell on a
street car on the Benning Bridge.
Other awards were made for
the following tips: The death
of Thomas Griffith, 2-year-old
grandson of Thomas D. Griffith,
magistrate of ForeStville, Md.
when struck by a truck near his
home in Forestville; death OF
Mrs. E. Russell White, wife of
the chief of authorization ser
vice Of railroad adjustment
Washington postoffice, in an
automobile accident at Freder
icksburg, Va; holdup of a gaSo'
line station, and sentence of
three robbers and housebreakers
to long terms in the penitentiary
by Judge Walter T. Mccarthy
in Arlington County Circuit
Court.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
DISTRICT CAN 7.
CARRY OLD-AGE
FUND LOAD
Commissioner Allen Writes
Rep. Morton That Burden
Is Too Heavy a One

Approval of the proposed old
age pension for the District, with
the warning that the District at
present cannot carry the finan-
cial burden which would be set
up under such legislation, was
expressed in a letter to Congress
today by District Commissioner
George E. Allen.
Mr.. Allen wrote to Represent
ative Mary T. Norton CD of New
Jersey, chairman of the House
District Committee:
"The aim of this legislation
is directed to the correction of
a situation deserving attention
in an extreme degree. There is
no question Of the value or
need of a well-drafted and care
fully administered Old-age PEN
sion bill. Thus far, the Com
WASS1VAACLS SAVC ~ AO0AVJ ONNNANs
"The chairman Of the District
Committee is as fully aware as
are the Commissioners of the
very drastic financial reStric-
tiOnS imposed upon the District
government. In view Of these
restrictions, the Commissioners
must state that the District
budget cannot possibly carry
the financial load of support
ing Old-age pensions in the
manner prescribed by this bill
at this time. With this reStric-
tiOn, the Commissioners en-
phaticalIy state their accord
with the general nature and
the objective of this legirlatiOn."
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
CHILDREN HURT
IN ACCIDENT

-Four persons, hurt in auto
accidents in Alexandria and near
Fairfax Courthouse yesterday,
were treated at the Alexandria
Hospital. Traffic was the heavi-
est in months.
Marjorie Driscoll, 6, and Joan
Hottie, z, of the $500 block
Georgia Ave., received cuts when
cars driven by William L. Driscoll,
of the $500 block Georgia Ave-,
and H. v. Murphy, Of Honey
Brook, Pa, were in a collision at
Washington and Franklin Streets
in Alexandria.
Lillian Humphrey, of the 100
block Prince Street, Alexandria.
had her scalp badly cut when
hurled from a car driven by C. j.
Underwood, of the 100 block Lin
den St., Alexandria, when it was
in collision with another car near
Fairfax. Underwood received cuts.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
WOMAN SAVED
FROM BASIN

Mrs. Mary Roberts, colored, 1900
block Sixth st. N. w.. selected the
Tidal BaSin-for a suicide attempt
today.
She jumped into the Basin
shortly after 3 a. m. according to
police, but screamed for help as
soon as she landed in the water.
Harry johnson, colored, heard her
cries and called park police.
Mrs. Roberts was treated for
exposure and immersion at Emerg-
ency Hospital. She later told
police she had jumped into the
Basin because her husband had
deserted her.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
BROUGHT
.RECORDCROWD

With the cherry blossoms fold
ing up for another year and
Washington's first annual festival
in their honor a smashing sue
cess, a steady stream of ears
poured out of the city today.
It was unofficially estimated
that the blooms this year at
tracted some 100000 to 100000
visitors to the. National Capital
and that approximately $4,000, 900
poured into the Golfers Of local
business houses.
Meanwhile plans will get under
way this month for another
Cherry Blossom Festival next
year. A meeting will be called
this week by the District Com
miSSionerS.
It was estimated at the Wash
ington Board of Trade, sponsors
of the Cherry Blossom Festival,
that more persons came to
Washington over the weekend
than for any other celebration,
including inaugurals, ever held
here.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
3 Cleaners Face
Trial for Code
Violations

Three Washington cleaners
and dyers will go on trial in the
next few days on charges OF
violation of the NRA code, it
was announced today.
This will mark the first local
prosecution under the National
Industrial Recovery Act. The
legal department Of the NRA
today completed gathering evil
dence against the firms, which
are charged with underselling
their competitors in violation Of
the fixed prices set by the code.
Prosecution of the firms was
recommended by Major Ray
mond j. Walter, local compli-
ance officer of the NRA, and
the code authority.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
SENATOR ASKED
To MANSION
FOR TALK
Presidents Wife Denies She
Profits by Position in
Factory Operation

The attack by Senator Thomas
Schall (RO of Minnesota, on Mrs.
Roosevelt was answered by the
First Lady almost before the first
papers were on the streets today.
The Senator intimated that Mrs.
Roosevelt was using her position
as wife of the President to sell
furniture from her factory at
Hyde Park, N. Y.
After reading the Senator's
charges, Mrs. Roosevelt invited
him to the White House to dis
cuss the matter with her. But
at II o'clock, her usual hour for
Monday press conferences, the
Senator had not arrived.
One Project Given Up
Mrs. Roosevelt told press repre-
Sentatives that she wished it
understood that the proposed
factory at Readsville, w. Va, re-
ferred to by the Senator, was
not to be furniture factory,
according to the original plan, but
to manufacture post office boxes.
The plan was discarded when
objection was raised on the floor
of the House that this factory,
employing not more than 200 men
would be in competition with
established concerns.
Might Be IncOnvenient
Mrs. Roosevelt stressed that
while such a small plant could not
answer the demand for such
boxes, it could be a measuring log
by which charges by other con-
Germs could be checked. He said:
81 can see where it would be
extremely incOnvenient to have
such type of factory in opera
tiOn."
Her own factory, she said, was
established eight years ago by
herself and three friends to pro-
vide work for men in the farming
communities around Hyde Park,
during seasons when farm work
was slack.
Employ No Statesmen
Neither she nor her cooperatorS
of the factory have ever re-
ceived a cent of interest on their
investment, she said. It has been
the custom for some years for
certain pieces of the furniture
to be autographed Eleanor
Roosevelt for the purchaser, as
desired. There is no extra charge
for the autograph, Mrs. Roose-
velt said. She asserted:
"We have never employed
statesmen. We can't OffOrd
them."
Referring to another one Of
the Senator's statements in
which he said the factory was
selling Roosevelt suites" to
hotels, Mrs. Roosevelt said she
knew of no hotel possessing such
a suite. All sales, she said, are
made direct to department stores.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
BUDGET PLEAS
1 Ahf 1f

Hearings on the District sup.
ply bill for 1885 will begin
Wednesday before the Senate
Appropriations subcommittee, it
was announced today.
The hearings, which will be
held in executive session, will be
opened with testimony Of the
District Commissioners, who last
week were notified by Senator
Elmer Thomas CD Of Okla"
homa, chairman Of the subcom'
committee, to prepare their rec
concentrations to present at the
hearings.
It is generally believed that
the Senate will vote to give the
District the lump sum recon-
mended by the Budget Bureau,
instead of agreeing to the re-
duction of $1,S35, 900 voted by the
House.
Meanwhile, it appeared that
the House leadership is ready to
accept such potential Senate &C.
ton. Representative Joseph w.
Byrns CD of Tennessee, House
majority floor leader, said today:
"If it is true the District Com
missioners did not Obligate the
District to repay the Federal
Government the funds allOcated
to the District for sewer work
by the PWA, when I believe the
Senate should restore the
S1,35O, 900 the House struck out
Of the $5,7OO,OOO lump sum
appropriation"
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
TakOn1a Park Man
Held in Store Theft

Charged with breaking into a
store in the 210O block Pennsyl-
vania Ave. N. w. and taking
a quart Of whisky, William S.
Ennis, Is, Of Takoma Park, Md,
pleaded not guilty at a prelimz
mary hearing before Judge Ralph
Given in Police Court today, and
was held for Grand Jury action
under $4,000 bond.
A witness testified he heard
the crash Of glass and saw the
defendant dart into an alley
near by. called police. Ennis
is out on probation for a similar
offense, according to police.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
True TO
Type
1926 Not Heaven
in Figures
or Fact
BY GILBERT SELDES
BY GILBERT SELDES

The most important news OF
the week is that 1925 wasn't
Heaven.in-America after all.
Ever since we began Juggling
with charts and index numbers
and comparisons of prices and
employment and all the dis
agreeable things which spoil a
good depression, we have been
asked to think Of 1925 as a
sort Of ideal year.
Nineteen twenty-six was 100
per cent in all the figures and
as q good 100 per cent nation
we began to imagine that 1925
must have been in. all things
perfect and beautiful. Now the
Bureau of Labor Statistics
dumps 1925 into the sea.
Heaven.in-America Goo per
cent? was not a year but an
average. The average of the
years 1923-25.
Do You Remember?
Now that the illusion is gone,
I can look over the record of
the once-perfect year and dis
cover what really happened
then. The British troops left
Cologne, Germany, one day
ahead of schedule and the
Countess Cathcart was first
barred and then not barred
from the United States on the
grounds of moral turpitude."
A lard coal strike was settled
after five months. (There were
strikes in heaven, them And
income taxes were LOWERED.
.(HeavenD
Mabel w. Willebrandt said
that the Volstead act could be
enforced and was being en-
forced with increasing success.
Funding agreements with varl'
GUS European war debtors were
ratified. Sinclair Lewis refused
the Pulitzer Prize and Richard
E. Byrd, then a lieutenant
commander, flew over the
North Pole. MRS. A. S. Mac
Pherson, evangelist, vanished at
Ocean Park, near Los Angeles"
(She reappeared0 Chewing
gum was restored to the list
of commodities Salable to sail
orS on U. S. warships. The
Earl Carroll Joyce Hawley bath
tub perjury trial was on.
Valentino and Ederle
Philadelphia, not knowing
when it was well off, opened an
exposition. The World War
debt agreement with France was
approved by the House. A crowd
Of 10000 rioted to view the body
of Rudolph Valentino. The
world was encircled in 28 days
and Gertrude Ederle swan the
Channel. (Remember? Heavenly
Florida was swept by a hurri-
cane and the Ku KluX Klan's
support of politicians began to
be a drawback. Queen Marie
visited fmcrica. The great SEN
Sation toward the end Of the
year was the Hall-Mills murder
trial. An autograph of Button
Gwinnett sold for $25, 900. East
ern railroads were ordered to
raise pay by about 2 per cent.
The Fall-Doheny oil lease con-
Cpiracy trial came to court.
Not So Wonderful
It sounds like an active year,
but doubt whether the people
who lived through it ever meant
it to be taken as the standard
average or perfect year in
American life. It was an Up
year, making the grade for the
boom, but one or two millions
were out Of work and the vast
majority Of workers in America
earned less than Is dollars a
week. And every single factor
which produced the crash and
let us in for what we now enjoy
was active all through it.
7 dca't know how to compute
an average, but I hope 1923-25
was a better time than 1926. At
least, a better measuring rod.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
arguments Near End
In 'PhOne Rate Suit

Final arguments were opened
today in the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Company's ap.
peal from an order Of the Public
Utilities Commission to reduce
phone rates 10 per cent, before
Justice Jesse C.. Adkins in Dis
trict Supreme Court.
Attorney r. A. Van Orsdel
opened the argument for the
phone company. He will be fol-
lowed by Assistant Corporation
Counsel William A. Robert, on
behalf Of the commission, while
the closing statement will be
made by George P. Hoover, also
for the company.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
C.. NJ. T. C.. Applicants
Warned to File NOW

District youths contemplating
attendance at the Citizens Military
Training Camps this summer were
warned today that they must file
their application Immediately. The
District quota for the CMTC
camps during 1884 is rapidly being
filed, Major Charles Demonent,
chairman, declared.
The camps this year will be held
from July 10 to August 8. The
District members will be sent to
the following camps in the Third
Corps area: Fort Meade, Md:
Fort Howard, Md: Fort Hoyle,
Md; Fort Washington, Md; Fort
Monroe, Va; Fort Myer, Va. and
Fort Monmouth, N. j.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
SEEDS GIVEN NEEDY

Distribution of fertilizer and
seeds for 200 subsistence gar
dens to be operated in Alexandria
this summer under the Welfare
Department will start this week.
Over 125 families have been Sc
lected so far and more plots are
being sought so gardens can be
started,
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Man, 73, Hurt; DriUer
OF Crash Car Held

John Whelan, colored, Of Adam
ston, Md, today faces charges Of
reckless driving following an acci-
dent on the Seventh Street Pike,
near Aspen, in which Alfred C.
Warthen, 73, and Mrs. Mona
Warthen, 81, of Kensington, were
injured. They were treated at the
Montgomery County Hospital for
cuts and bruises. The colored
man was released on 5000 bond
pending hearing in Rockville po-
lice court May l.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Priest
st. Luke Speaker

DR.. j. Alvin Mayo, one Of the
younger priests of the church, was
guest speaker at st. Luke's Pro
testant Episcopal Church yester-
day.
The Rev. Mr.. Mayo was or
dained at st. Luke's a year ago
and since has had charge of COL
ored mission work in southern
Maryland at Croome, Charlotte
Hall, and ACuuaSco,
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
WRONG TAGS, $50 FIME

Arrested by State Policeman E.
j. McDermoot last week for haul
ing in Alexandria on District Of
Columbia tags, Frank Fastnaught,
Sc, truck driver, Of the 1400 block
of Twenty-second st. S. E., was
fined $50 and costs in Alexandria
Police Court today.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
TAG SALES GAIN

Sales Of State auto tags in
Alexandria this year exceed the
same period last year by 1900.
Due to the reduced fee. however,
receipts show little increase.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

DiStrictLOS

A daily of all action in the House and Senate
dealing SOLELY lUith the District of Columbia, and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Senate

The Senate District Committee did not meet
Hearings the District supply bill may be begun be-
fore Senate Appropriations subcommittee. (Story this
page)
Federal and District government officials will be the
principal witnesses at the hearing before the Senate Dis
trict Committee tomorrow the bill authorizing the Dis
trict to borrow $2O,OOO,O00 from the PWA.
House
The House District Committee did not meet
District Day observed in the House with number OF i'm
portant local bills to be acted upon. (Sory Page ~
Criminal conditions here very bad the Federation Of
Churches charges in urging legislation to meet the situation
(Story on this page)
Board of Commissioners
The Commissioners did not meet as a board
Endorsement Of the oldage pension bill sent to Con-
gress by Commissioner Allen acting for the board (Story
this page)
Commissioner Hazen absent on leave,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
Hungary Sells More.

Hungary's shipments of electrical
machinery to the outside world are
mounting.