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The Washington times., 1934-04-14

The "molesta" is Latinization
of "molest," a verb applying to
the habits Of the insect when it
finds a peach, plum, ounce or
apple.
One Smithsonian scientist said:
"The cherry trees make nice
bouquet, but they cost the Fed
eraI Government alone over
100000 a year for control meas
ureS over the mOth-nOt to
speak of the money expended in
upkeep and the untold millions
of dollars damage to fruit trees"
Once introduced, the pest spread
rapidly, finding its way into New
York and New England within re-
cent years. Various State agricul'
tural departments spend thou
sands annually in combating it.
The moth is less than half an
inch wide. It does no damage it.
self, but lays eggs which hatch
into larvae, or caterpillars, which
eat into newly formed twigS and
ripening fruit.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
DEALERS SCORE
FISH SALES

Merchants at the Muicipal Fish
Wharf today protested the retail
sale of fish by boatmen at the
wharf, in a hearing before Melvin
c. Hazen, president Of the Board
of District Commissioners.
Through H. C. Espey, attorney
for the Fishing Code for the Dis
trict and the Washington Sea-
food Association, the dealers said
the boatmen retail fish directly
from their boats without sanitary
inspection or supervision, an d
undersell merchants who rent
stalls at the market.
Commissioner Hazen advised the
group to draw up a set of proposed
regulations covering the practice
and submit it to the Commission
ers for their study.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Defunct Banks
HehMeaIhr
Liquor Shops

Out in Iowa they are talking
about turning closed banks into
liquor stores. They don't need
banks any more, but they do
need liquor stores, and the
buildings are well adapted, it
is said, for use as distributing
centerS.
Over in England they have
something along the same idea,
the Commerce Department re-
ports. They have a lot Of
abandoned cotton mills over
there, around Manchester, and
they are planning to turn them
into greenhouses.
One mill has already been
converted and is producing
tomatoes, cucumbers and muSh-
rooms. Some of the weaving
sheds, it is understood. will be
used for grape culture.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
D,C,REPA|RSH0P
HEAD SHIFTED

L. C. Wormington, engineer in
charge of the District Repair Shop,
today was transferred to the posi-
ton of associate engineer in the
office of the Municipal Architect.
Charles B. McGew, associate
engineer in the Architects office.
will replace Mr.. Wormington as
head of the Repair Shop. Both
positions pay the same salary,
$4,000 per year basic pay.
The transfers, ordered by the
District Commissioners to become
effective at once, were made after
several complaints had been lodged
against Mr.. Wormington by colored
civic groups and others. relative
to heating conditions in certain
public school buildings. Colored
groups also protested his failure
to employ colored mechanics.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Citizens FAVOR NelU
Rules for Firemen

Passage Of three bills pending
in Congress creating a Fire De-
partment trial board, giving fire
men 80 days leave with pay and
limiting fines to $50 was urged
today by the Lincoln Park Citi-
zens' Association.
In a letter to Representative
Mary T. Norton CD, of New
Jersey, chairman of the House
District Committee, the associa-
tion expressed a belief that a
trial board comprised of one Of
ficer, one private, both of the
Fire Department, and a civilian
lawyer would provide a better
cross section of public opinion. "
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
CALVERT BRIDGE
MOVING SET
FOR MAY Z
Span Will Be Shifted on Steel
Rollers; Expected to Take
Eighteen Hours

Work of moving the Calvert
Street Bridge to a point 30 feet
south of it's present position will
begin May 2, it was announced to-
day by Major John C.. Gotwals,
Engineer Commissioner.
The bridge is to be moved to
make room for construction of the
new, triple-arch masonry structure
which is to replace it.
48 Hours to Finish Job
The contract calls for compile
ton of the moving, including re-
establishing Street-car connections,
within 48 hours. It is expected
the actual moving will require
about 18 hours of this time.
The bridge will be shifted on
steel rollers which will run on
special tracks, according to Capt.
H. c. Whitehurst, director of
highways, who will supervise the
job.
Horses To Provide Power
During the moving process Cap
tain Whitehurst will have engi.
neers from his department sta
toned at various points with
transits through which they will
check levels and alignments of
the structure as it is rolled along
the runway.
The moving will be accom-
plished by use of three wind.
lasses, each of which will be mo-
tivated by a horse.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14

Washington's cherry trees are
quite famous. They are also
beautiful. And they were given
to the country free.
But it was an expensive gift.
The trees have cost the country
millions upon millions of dollars.
This revelation came today
from scientists of the Smith
Sonian Institution, who explained
that the lovely plants brought
over from Japan an insect pest
that has wrought havoc in or
chards throughout most of the
Eastern United States.
The marauder which lurked
in twigS when the trees were on
their way here is a tiny moth,
known to science as Laspeyresia
molesta.
It's presence in America was
first discovered at the Arlington
experiment farms of the De-
partment of Agriculture in 1915.
Taken to August Busck, ento-
mologiSt with the Smithsonian
Institution, the moth was given
It's scientific name.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
CROWDS FILL
HOTELS, MORE
ON THE WAY
Trains, Buses Unload Tourists
Bent on Seeing Blooms and
First District Festival

With fair weather promised for
the weekend, the Capital is ex-
pected to play host to at least
$4,000 visitors here to witness the
cherry blossoms, which are now
almost in full bloom.
Every train and bus entering
the District carried full loads Of
visitors.
Hotels Crowded
Practically every hotel in the
District reported capacity reservaA
tions for this weekend and next,
and at least 250,0OO visitors are
expected for the first annual
Cherry Blossom Festival which
will be held next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
Special traffic regulations were
placed in effect today to assist
the visiting motorists.
The rainbow fountain at the
Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool
was turned. on today, and will
be in operation each day from
9 a. m. to z p. m. during the
blossom period.
Mrs. Roosevelt has accepted an
invitation to attend the sunrise
japanese ceremonial service,
which will officially open the
festival next Thursday morning.
The First Lady will also occupy
a box at the festival ball which
will bring the three-day fete to
an end next Saturday night at
the Mayflower Hotel.
In Receiving Line
Those in the receiving line at
the reception and ball will in
clude Vice President and Mrs.
Garner, Senator and Mrs. William
H. King, Representative Mary T.
Norton and Commissioner and
Mrs. Melvin C. HAGEN.
Announcement of the appoint
ment of the train bearers and
crown bearer to Queen Eleanor
Roosevelt, who will rule over the
festival, was made today.
The train bearers will be Miss
Elizabeth Goring Bliss and Miss
Grace Colgate Rumbough, while
Miss Betsy Baker will be crown
bearer.
Plan Debated
Question of the appearance of
the queen and her court in the
great parade next Friday was
causing some debate among fes-
tival officials today.
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chair.
man of the parade committee,
insists they ride in the parade,
while Brig. Gen. William E. Hor-
ton. chairman of the reception
and ball committee, feels it would
be most inappropriate"
Four cups will be awarded for
the best floats in the parade, the
committee announced.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
DC. BOXING BILL
|NEETSDELAY

Postponement of the confer
ence between representatives of
the House and Senate on the
bill legalizing amateur and pro-
fessional boxing in the District
was made necessary today due
to the pressure of other business
upon Senator William H. King
CD of Utah, chairman of the
Senate District Committee and
head of the Senate conferees.
Senator King asserted today.
however, that he will be free on
Monday to attend the conference,
If that is agreeable to other
members of the conference COM
mittee.
The Senate passed a bill
legalizing only amateur boxing
in the District. but the House
amended the proposal so as to
allow professional bouts as well.
It is believed the Senate con,
fereeS will yield to the House
proposition and that both Houses
will accept the conference COM
mittee recommendations.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Rochester Mayor
Sends HQzen Bouquet

Accompanied by a card ex-
pressing the good will of the citi-
zens Of Rochester. N. Y. a large
bouquet Of flowers was delivered
to Melvin C Hazen, president of
the Board of District Commis-
sioners today.
The flowers were sent by
Charles Stanton, mayor of
Rochester. IN celebration of the
opening OF the fifteenth National
Flower Show in that city today.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
3 Couples BrGUe
Fridnu 18th link

Friday the 18th failed to keep
three couples from applying to
Clayton K. Watkins, clerk of the
Montgomery County Circuit
Court here, for marriage Ii
censes. Those who braved the
well-known "jinx" are Norman
R. Bord. 81, and Gladys M. Sny-
der, 18, both of Lebanon, Pa;
Milliard Fillmore Roberts, jr., %,
Tappahanock, Va, and Frances
Powers Holloway. 20, Port Royal,
Va, and Thomas w. Quinn, o.
and Virginia B. Hopton, 81, both
of washington.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Triangle Club Trip
For Business Girls

A weekend trip to New York
will be given by the Blue Triangle
Club of the YWCA for Washing
ton business girls. The program
calls for leaving here next Satur-
day afternoon, attending theater
that night, church services Sun
day morning, a tour of New York
in the afternoon, and return to
the Capital that night.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
HEAD Of D. A.. R.
PRES|DES At
UNWILLING
Portrait of Mrs. Mary CabeII,
First President General of
Society, a New Gift

Thousands of delegates and
alternates from every State in
the country and from several
foreign countries were pouring
into washington today in prepa-
ration for the forty-third annual
congress of the National Society,
Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton, which gets officially under
way Monday morning at ConSti-
tuition Hall.
Details of the congress were
outlined today at a meeting OF
the national board Of manage
ment, called by Mrs. Russell Will
liam Magma, president general Of
the society.
Portrait Unveiled
Following the meeting, the en-
tire board convened in the presi-
dent generals reception room in
Constitution Hall, where Mrs.
Magma unveiled a portrait Of Mrs.
Mary v. E. Cabell, honorary
president, presiding at the society
during the administration Of Mrs.
Caroline Scott Harrison, wife Of
President Benjamin Harrison.
Mrs. Harrison was the first presi-
dent general of the organization.
The portrait was presented to
the D. A. R. by Miss Elvira D.
Cabell.
Memorial services will be held
by the society tomorrow afternoon
in Memorial Continental Hall for
members who have died during
the past year.
The services will be conducted
by Mrs. Magma and Mrs. Raymond
Grant Kimball, chaplain general.
The congress will begin at $50
a. m. Monday, with a concert by
the United States Marine Band
and will be called to order at 10
a. m. by Mrs. Magma.
Commissioner Melvin G. Hazen
will welcome the Daughters to
Washington. Others who will
greet the delegates will be the
Rt. kev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington; Mrs.
Charles Alexander Swami Sin
clair, national president Of the
Children Of the American Revo-
luton; Arthur M. McCrillis, presi-
dent general of the Sons of the
American Revolution; DR.. Thomas
Edward Green, general chaplain
of the Sons of the Revolution,
and DR.. L. S. Rowe, director gen.
eral of the Pan-American Union.
The evening session on Monday
will be featured by addresses by
Secretary of War George H.
Dern and Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt.
NOtables to Speak
Other featured speakers during
the weeks congress will be Mrs.
Roosevelt, who will address the
delegates Friday morning; Attor-
ney General Homer S. Cummings,
who will speak on Crime as a
National Problem" Thursday eve
ming, and Secretary of Commerce
Daniel c. Roper, who will ad-
dress the congress on the same
night on "The Opportunities for
Women"
The Children of the American
Revolution will hold their thirty
ninth annual convention concur
rently with the D. A. R. in the
National Red Cross Building.
Delegates to the c. A. R. con-
vention will be received at the
White House on Tuesday after
noon and the D. A. RS will be
received by Mrs. Roosevelt Friday
| at $3.50 D, m,
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Taxi Insurance Not
To Increase Fares

Denial that compulsory insur-
ance on taxicabs would raise
the zone rates was voiced today
by Robert S. Bendell, president
of the American Highway Pro
tective Association.
Mr.. Bendell asserted that in
other cities where insurance has
been made compulsory there mas
been no rise in rates. He urged
that some action be taken on
the bills now pending in Con-
greSs which would require every
cab to carry $4,000 insurance.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Lansburgh's to GiUe
D0iLu Movie ShOIU

cinderella and Her Cinderel-
latives," a sound movie with pup
pet actors. will be shown from
II through 3 o'clock, Monday to
Wednesday afternoon in LanS-
burgh's Department Store.
The film follows the life Of
Cinderella with puppet characters
and progresses with the puppet
heroine becoming a lovely mod
err girl who reveals the secret Of
her charm.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Charging DesertiOn,
Wife Asks Divorce

Myrtle j. Serrin, of Prince
Georges, yesterday entered suit
for an absolute divorce from
Thomas H. Serrin of the 1900
block L st. S. E. in Prince Georges
County Circuit Court, charging de-
sertion. In the bill of complaint
filed by William A. Coombe of
Washington. she asks for custody
Of their six-year -old child, Peggy.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
GOtUUGLs InSpects
d. C.. HighUau Work

Accompanied by Capt. H. c.
Whitehurst. director of highways,
Major John c. Gotwals, Engineer
Commissioner, today made a tour
of the various street and bridge
projects now under construction
in the District. Major Gotwals
said the trip was made in order
that he might keep in touch with
work now underway.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
NATURALIZATION FETE

The spring festival Of the
Americanization School Associa.
ton of the District of Columbia
will be held in the United States
Chamber of Commerce, Connecti.
cut Avenue and H Street, at 8
o'clock April 20. The evening
will be featured by an adult
education exhibit, band concert,
entertainment and dancing.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Capitol Pages to Vie
In Water Polo Meet

Swimming and diving events
and a water polo match will oc-
cupy pages Of the Senate and
House tonight at 8 O'Clock in the
Ambassador Hotel pool. It's a
toss-up which side Of the Capitol
will win. The House pages are ex'
pected to win the polo match, but
the Capitol experts wont speak
for publication.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14


dealing SOLELY th the District Of Columbia, and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.
Senate
The Senate District Committee did not meet.
Conferees on the District boxing bill postponed their
meeting until Monday (Story this page)
Hearings the King usury bill have been completed and
subcommittee action is expected next week.
Senate District Committee action the nomination of
Richmond B. Keech member of the Public Utilities Com
mission delayed awaiting the nomination of William A.
Roberts as Peoples Counsel. (Story this page)
House
The House District Committee did not meet
Local tax rate reduction be opposed in House next
week.
New regulations for Fire Department indorsed by Lincoln
Park Citizens Association. (Story on this page)
Washington schools greatly congested DR.. Frank W.
Baou, superintendent tells Congress- (Story page ~
Board of Commissioners
The Commissioners did not meet Is board.
Plans for moving the Calvert Street Bridge
nOunced. (Story this page)
L. c. Wormington removed head of the District Repair
Shop. (Story this page)
Fish dealers protest retail sales by boamen at the munich
pal wharf (Story o this page)
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
SIDNEY HOOK TO TALK.

Sidney Hook, assistant pro-
fesSor of philosophy at New York
Uni 'ersity, will lecture on Marx
ism Today" at a meeting Of
the Washington League for So
cial Action tomorrow afternoon
at 1911 H st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
GARDEN CLUB SESSION

Members of the Neighborhood
Garden Club of Gaithersburg will
meet Wednesday with Mrs. w.
D. Barnett and Mrs. Merle Jacobs
as hostesseS. Mary M. Stabler, of
Sandy Spring, will address the
organization on Rock Gardens" !"
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
TO GIVE "KiNG LEAR"

The Washington Jewish Dra-
matte Society will present king
Lear" at the Jewish Community
Center tomorrow night at 8:15
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
True To
Type
Scott Fitzgerald
Writes Superb
Tragic Novel
By GILBERT SELDES

~J ~AAAS~S~
About ten years ago I met
Scott Fitzgerald because he
wanted to meet anyone who
thought as little Of his work as
I did. It was the time when
we were getting up lists Of peo-
pie and marking them plus and
minus.
Fitzgerald had published
"This Side of Paradise" and
"The Beautiful and Damned"
and one or two volumes OF
short stories and was generally
the top boy of young American
letters-and I gave him minus
80 per cent.
No explanations went with
the ratings, but in my own
mind I said that he had more
talent-more positive genius
than anyone else writing IN
America and was throwing 1t
away on everything trivial and
insignificant.
Three years or so later Fitz-
gerald wrote 1.-The Great Cats
by" the turning point in his
career, the first novel which in
dicated that he could control
all his powers and would event
ually write a great novel.
Now he has written the great
novel: Tender Is the Night"
The publishers, Scribners.
sent me an advance copy about
two weeks ago and I read Snis
beautiful and profoundly tragic
story at once. It has been in
my mind ever since. You feel,
as you read it, that you will
never forget it.
Lasting Satisfaction
This is exactly the reverse Of
the feeling made famous by re-
viewers, that you cannot lay
the book down." I haven't met
many # these and don't care if
never do again.
The great books are the ones
you have to put down because
they bring life to you so in
tensely that you are compelled
to stop, to think and to feel.
Reading Tender Is the Night"
was for me the satisfaction Of
in appetite; a long, deep salts
saction.
The book begins with a group
of people on the French Riviera
seen through the innocent eyes
of a young American girl, a
movie actress, as it happens.
They seem to her the most at
tractive human beings in the
world.
All Fitzgerald's romantic
talent is expended on this over
ture t" his dark tragedy. Bizarre,
absurd, half desperate events
occur: quarrels, drunkenness, a
duel, a murder which acciden-
tally touches the lives o. the
principal people. Then the
book takes hold of its principal
theme.
At the Top
Below the surface of the lives
of Richard and Nicole Diver lies
the tragedy of Nicole'S recurrent
madness. How the madness
came, how Doctor Diver met
and married Nicole, how their
lives went on, and how their
lives separated, form the ma
terial of the book
Fitzgerald's triumph is that
without a trace of symbolism
or allegory, he makes this
special story universally inter
esting. The emotions are not
special: they are devotion, ex-
ASPIRATION, love, hatred. de-
pair. Lie pcOpAe are u1eu d1Au
yomen, or tremendous passions,
DING fine things and ignoble
things; living.
Gertrude Stein said that Fitz-
gerald "realIy created for the
public the new generation" It
is easy to say that in his new
book he has shown to what that
generation tended. But 1 think
he has done more. He has
gone behind generations, old or
new, and created his own image
of human beings And in doing
so has stepped again to his
natural place at the head of
the American writer's of our
time.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14

MISS BELL WITH BOX OF MOTHS
SEVERAL DOZEN tiny moths, of type injurious to
orchards and originally introduced into America from
Japan when Washington's cherry trees imported
shown being examined by Miss Fern Bell of the
Smithsonian Institution staff. Times Staff Photo.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14

DiStricfLO6

daily resume of all action in the House and Senate
dealing SOLELY uOith the District of Columbia and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.
Evening star., 1934-04-10
PARLEY ON TARIFF
HELD IMPRACTICAL
British Trade Board Head
Sees Negotiations With
y. S. Useless.
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, April 10.--Walter Runci-
man, president Of the British Board of
Trade, told the House Of Commons
today that .tarin negotiations between
the United States ana Great Britain
were Impractical at present.
Runciman said: II do not think
commercial conversations between the
two governments could be usefully
considered at present."
His statement was in reply to q
members question whether in view of
the fact that "a free interchange of
commodities would secure additional
employment in the two countries" he
would initiate talks with the United
States designed toward the mutual
lowering or. preferably. abolition Of
tariffs.
The reply was interpreted as at
least a partial answer by the British
government to Richard Washburn
Child's recent tour of European capi-
tails at the behest Of President Roose-
velt. Child sounded out various ma
tions on tariff questions.
Runciman added that he under
stood the United States commercial
policy was under review" in connec-
ton with Roosevelt's activities in seek
ing permission from Congress to nego-
tiate reciprocal trade agreements with
other countries.
Evening star., 1934-04-10
SHOEMAKER FAILS
TO ANSWER SUIT
Verdict by Default Entered and
Jury Will Decide Dam
age Case.

A verdict by default was entered
against Representative Francis H.
Shoemaker Of Minnesota in District
Supreme Court today In the $l00, 900
damage suit filed against him on
March 9 by Charles Newman, taxicab
driver, whom Shoemaker is alleged
to have assaulted March S.
This action was ordered by Justice
Jennings Bailey after Shoemaker
failed to answer the suit in the 20
days allowed him by law. The case
now will be assigned to a jury for
determination Of the amount Of dam
ages to be awarded.
A non-suit was taken on the fourth
count of the action, which was merely
a repetition Of former counts. The
default was ordered on the first three
counts, each Of which demands $685.
600 damages.
The suit now goes into the regular
calendar for assignment. When 1t
comes before q jury Shoemaker may
appear and argue as to the amount
Of damages, but he Is estopped from
denying his guilt.
The default can be set aside, how
ever, it was said. II Shoemaker can
show q valid reason why he did not
answer the action In the time allotted
him.
Shoemaker also is facing an assault
charge as the result Of the incident
with Newman. He was tried in Police
Court last week. but the case ended
with q hung jury. Retrial was set for
April IS.
Newman's suit was fled by Attorney
Harry Friedman.