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Evening star., 1934-04-08

Mrs. r. w. Durant's Free Wheeler,
ridden by ]. Ball, running alternately
second and third. Cog Girls came in
first with Tereus second and Free
Wheeler third, but the latter was dis
qualified because he cut a flag. This
put Brandon Brander, owned by
Thomas B. Gay and ridden by Ran
dolph Duffey, into third. The time
was 4:33as.
Crowd Onto Track.
During the races the people crowd
ed out onto the track despite warnings
from r. Beverley Campbell, secretary
of the Race Committee, who shouted,
yelled, even screamed. at the fans who
preferred to risk getting trampled
and upsetting the horses to staying
behind the fence.
The second race, the Ruddock
Plate, 51z furlongs, on the fiat, was
the only race to beat last years time.
1t was run in 1:6Ks. The winner was
Larissa. owned by Mrs. T. w. Durant
and ridden by E. Malley. Mrs. T. H.
Somerville's Brigade Rose, ridden by
E. Jennings, was second and Mrs.
Frank Caravans Sea Chart, ridden by
Charles White, was third
In the fourth race, which was about
one mile on the fiat and called the
Curles Neck, Noel Laing on Mrs. T. E.
Proctor's Starwink, rode close and
beautiful race to victory. He raced
neck to neck with Arundel, Mrs. Fran
cis P. Caravans bay gelding with Ray
mond Woolfe up. Britannicus End,
Mrs. Somerville's horse with Carol
Bassett riding, came in length behind
for third. Arundel led all the way
around until they were coming down
the home stretch, when Starwink edged
him out. The time was 1:4835.
Two-Horse Race.
The fifth race, the Richmond Plate,
was a two-horse race. Everything
scratched except Noel Laing, who rode
his own Fairy Lore and Carroll Bas-
Evening star., 1934-04-08
SILVER TEA PLANNED
St. Patrick's Alumnae Sponsor
Party Today.

The st. Patrick's Alumnae Asso-
ciation will give q silver tea this aft
ernoon from to 6 o'clock in the
Kennedy-Warren Hotel as the first
Of q series of Spring entertainments.
Preparations are being made for q
hingo and card party May /.
The entertainment today Is In
kharee Of Miss Nellie Mccormick.
Evening star., 1934-04-08

IWO-HOrSe Race.
The fifth race, the Richmond Plate,
was a two-horse race. Everything
scratched except Noel Laing, who rode
his own Fairy Lore and Carroll Bas-
Evening star., 1934-04-08
MARINE C0NFESSES
Said to Have Admitted 8 Bur
glaries in San Diego Area.

BIdTIes III 0uH O2e6V ~@Re"'
SAN DIEGO, Calf, April R-
Francis M. Sayre, 81, Marine Corps
private, confessed today, Chief OF De-
tectives Jack Berg reported, that he
perpetrated nine burglaries in the city
and county.
Sayre and Mrs. Ruth Foster, 23,
were arrested Thursday. The woman
has remained silent and defiant, but
police said they have evidence to
show she was involved in several bur-
glaries.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Cabaret" Advertises "Bar. "

CHICAGO R.-Illinois has q law
against liquor sellers using the word
bar" So the latest competitor In
the night club field put up q sign
"cabaret"-with the three center let
ters enlarged.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
SWISS EXHIBIT TO OPEN

DT. MHTC 1GCtT ALHUuR OUtSCS UI
Hecht Co.
DR.. Marc Peter, Minister from Swift
zerland, and a distinguished group OF
guests will open the exhibit of home
industries of Switzerland on the fifth
floor of the Hecht Co., tomorrow
at pm.
Previous to the formal opening OF
the exhibit, DR.. Peter will be host to
a selected group OF distinguished
guests at a private reception to be
held at pm. in the Office Of Harold
Levi, vice president of the Hecht Co..
on the seventh floor.
The Washington times., 1934-03-13
Truth About Army FlierS
Certain to See Light
By James T. Williams, J.

' fraudulent, so Secretary Roper
who before Congress praised the
efficiency of the AeLonautics
Branch began reorgarizing it
a few months later upon the
excuse that it was not efficient.
AS a result of a series of So
called reorganizationS, staggered
over last summer and autumn,
the Aeronautics Branch of the
Department of Commerce has
been changed from an highly
efficient and nonpolitical agency
for the regulation and develop
ment of commercial aeronauticS
into a political a>>cncy for the
reward of jobless relatives and
constituents of Senators and
Representatives in Congress,
contributors to the campaign
fund and disgruntled, because
unsuccessful, bidders for con-
tracts.
Until some committee of this
or the next Congress subjects
the Aeronautics Branch to a
thorough ventilation, the Amer
lean people will be denied the
whole truth about the tragic
fate which has befallen Amer
lean aviation since Secretary
Roper became responsible Tor
the regulation and development
of it's commercial activities and
Postmaster General Farley be-
came responsible for the main
tenance of the Federal air mail.
OUGHT NOT TO BE SECRET
Until some committee of this
or the next Congress turns the
searchlight of a fearless invesd-
cation upon the AeronautlcS
Branch of the Department OF
Commerce how far it's reorgani'
zation has been dictated by out
side parties at interest, by Sen
ators and Representatives and
by campaign contributors and
seekers after Government con-
tracts will remain a secret to
the American people.
It ought not to have been
kept a secret this long. Had
Congress looked into this
scandal as soon as it convened
many subsequent mistakes might
have been averted.
Meantime, it is not surprising
that the airline pilots are pro-
testing to Congress against CIV
ing any power to Secretary
Roper or his political ap-
pointees to determine the fly
ing hours or wages of airline
pilots. These pilots know what
has been going on in Secretary
Roper's department. They have
known it for months and they
know also why all investigation
of this maladministration has
been headed off until now.
The Washington times., 1934-03-13

days and with so per cent in
terest. He had done so.
Puzzled financierS, knowing
that something must be wrong,
investigated, but gave up. The
affable, keen-eyed Charles Ponzi
was too much for them. Po-
lice inspectors assigned to the
case promptly handed over
their own savings.
For months the authorities
could do nothing with him. He
seemed to have discovered the
secret of unlimited wealth, a
perpetual motion picture of
finance. He was keeping his
pledge to repay all investments
with SO per cent interest, and
every person he repaid brought
him at least five new investors.
It was at this precise time that
I called on him in his office at
School Street and Pie Alley. I
asked him how he did it. "I
will tell you everything but the
real secret" smiled Charles
Ponzi. And he explained.
The Secret
BY chance he had received
from Madrid, in Spain, a letter
requesting him to forward a
magazine to the Spanish CAPT.
tai. AS payment for postage,
the Spaniard had enclosed an
international reply coupon good
for five cents in American
money. But the Spaniard in
his own country had paid less
than a cent for it.
The coupon was merely a
courtesy and convenience
arrangement between the two
countries, and it's value was not
affected by the fluctuations of
foreign exchange. pointed
out to Charles Ponzi that the
supply of these coupons was
extremely limited - that only
So WOIGIl udu UCC44 4CSC4ECO AL
this country in the previous
week, and that it seemed incred-
ible that he could have secured
enough of them, in a steady,
supply, to produce such enor-
nous profits, running to millions
of dollars. His reply was: "Ah,
that is the secret. How I
arrange to buy and sell them I
will not tell"
But the Boston Post cracked
down on him and showed him
up as a common swindler, in the
old-get-rick-quick game, with i'm
provements, and presently he
was on his way to prison for
four years. He ran away from
a Federal charge but was caught
in New Orleans and again
clapped behind the bars.
Copyright. 1894, King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-03-13
The Human Side of the News
By Edwin C.. Hill

Charles Ponzi, prize get-rich-
quick operator of the century,
Is selling prunes and potatoes,
grubbing in groceries where
he once scared in securities.
How long he will be able to
continue as Grocer Ponzi de-
pends upon the decision of the
Federal Government, as to
whether or not he shall be de-
ported as an undesirable alien
and an ex-convict.
It's a curious fact that at
least three Of these celebrated
get-rich-qllick swindlers turned
to selling groceries after they
got out of Jail. It was true
Of the notorious "Five-hundred
and-twenty per cent Miller"
and Elmer S. Huckins, of Wis
conSin fame. There must be
something spiritually akin be-
tween groceries and godliness.
Going Full Speed
This reporter was privileged
by the fates to have a look-in
on Plunger Ponzi when he was
going at full speed, and this
was the way it came about.
The city editor spoke: Better
take a run up to Boston and
look that fellow over" So to
Boston I went and found my
quarry in an office at q
School st.
He was a slim man of 38
and didn't weigh more than a
hundred and twenty pounds.
He was dressed like a tailor'S
dream, and down below his big
Rolls-Royce waited ~ the curb.
His pockets were crammed with
money. The office in which
he sat was over-running with
money. Office waste-baSke5S-
several of them, were crammed
with green and yellow oils.
There was even money on the
floor.
It looked like some kind of
fantastic dream-the kind that
down and cutters have, -7hen
they go to sleep on park
benches. No wonder the place
was stuffed with money. For
the young man with the shrewd
black eyes, bland manner and
persuasive voice, who sat at the
desk. was taking in a million
dollars a day at that particu-
lar time, which was in July,
1920. BY the next october he
could boast that he was forty
million to the good.
Men, women and even school
children-rich man, DOOR man,
beggar man, thief-were throw
ing their money at him, beg
ging him to take it They be-
heved him when he said he
would pay it all back in As
The Washington times., 1934-03-13

afternoon, even II you boys
haven't"
"You try it, Bob" said Mike,
trying to dislodge the clapper.
So I took out my gun, and, hold
ing Rasputin at arms length,
said: "One to get ready-two
to start-and three to go-o!"
"Hey, what is this?" he said.
"Let somebody else be 1t for a
while. I'm all out Of breath"
20. K, Rasputin," I said: "let
bygones be bygones, and don't
be a baby all your life. What
about a little stroll down to the
lake to throw fire-crackers at
the fish?"
He was pleased as Punch at
the idea, and we walked arm
in arm, down to the lake, which
was frozen over, except around
the edges. Rasputin tried to
hypnotic me on the way, but I
slapped him down. None OF
your mad monkey business" ]
The Washington times., 1934-03-13

For more than month and a half now Congress has
been passing the buck on the Independent Offices Ap
preparation Bill with it's McCarran Amendment restor
ing Federal salaries to decent level.
WE HOPE THAT WHILE THAT MEASURE IS
BEING DELAYED THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
ARE KEEPING SOME TRACK OF THE CONDI-
TION WHICH THE McCARRAN AMENDMENT rs
DESIGNED TO ALLEVIATE-THE RAPIDLY IN
CREASING DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE COST
OF LIVING AND THE SALARIES PAID GOVERN
MENT WORKERS.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has just issued bulle
tin on the cost of living for the first two weeks in Feb
ruary The figures contained in that bulletin should
serve as SPUR to Congressional action the pay
restoration.
THOSE FIGURES SHOW THAT IN A SINGLE
TWO-WEEK PERIOD THE COST OF LIVING IN
FIFTY ONE CITIES INCREASED ON AN AVER
AGE OF "a PER CENT.
IN WASHINGTON, WHERE LIVE THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES THE
COST OF LIVING FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN
CREASED 80 PER CENT.
PRICES AREN'T WAITING ON ANY FURTHER
GOVERNMENTAL ACTION TO ADVANCE THEY
ARE ADVANCING EVERY DAY AND IN VIRTU-
ALLY EVERY LINE.
BUT THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF SALA~
RIES HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO DEAD HALT BY
THE INACTION AND EVASION OF CONGRESS IN
The Washington times., 1934-03-13
.J'ACCUSE

Let's have on end of all this
shilly- -shallying. I killed Ras-
putin. The thing has dragged
on long enough, with Prince
Youssoupoff claiming that he
did it, Mike Romanoff claiming
that he did it, and my uncle
claiming that it was done by
the boys of his curling-club.
We were sitting around in
the cellar of the Winter Palace,
RaSputin, Mike Romanoff, a
grand duke whose name I have
forgotten, and I.
According to a prearranged
plan between Mike Romanoff
and myself, a tray of hors
d'ouvres was brought in for us
to dip in our vodka. Each
canape consisted of a little
mound Of elk-poison, covered
with grated egg. and to make
things safer, the egg had been
poisoned, too.
Naturally, the tray was
The Washington times., 1934-03-13

passed first to Rasputin, for,
if anyone else was served first,
he was one mad monk, I can
tell you. He took four canapes
in one hand and two in the
other, and put them all in his
mouth at once.
He wiped the crumbs from
his beard, took a swig of vodka,
and said: "These are mighty
nice cookies. Where. did you
get them?"
Rasputin turned to see what
was up, just as Mike crashed
down on him with the heavy
clapper we had taken from the
church of st. Sophia earlier
that day. The hair on the Mad
Monks head went down so far
that it got into the hair of his
beard. but he opened up a little
space in it with his fingers, and
said:
Come on, cut out this kid
dingI RYa got work to do this
The Washington times., 1934-03-13

Truth is as impossible to be
Soiled By any ontUGrd touch as
the Snnbe1mS.-Johr Milton.
The truth about these 10
heroes of the Army Air Corps,
who have been sent to an unnec-
essary death in the last 20 days,
cannot be soiled by cowardly
politicians in Congress, by pub
licity seekers there or elsewhere
or by propaganda bureaus of
Government.
The truth about those DEATH
less heroes will shine as brightly
as a sunbeam, as long as the
American people prefer truth to
falsehood and a brave defender
with the colors to a political
nincompoop.
The truth about the sacrifice
of these 10 pilots, who dared
death a thousand times to earn
their commissions as military
aviators, will ultimately come
out, regardless of whether this
Congress faces it's responsibility
or continues to shirk it. It is
only the latest bitter fruit of a
series of blunders that began
last summer.
If this Congress persists in its
refusal to investigate the NAL
administration of the Aeronau-
tics Branch of the Department
of Commerce since Secretary
Roper began last summer to dis
rupt it, the people will elect a
Congress next November that
will obey their mandate and re-
fuse to be hoodwinked by Mr..
Roper.
AIR MAIL WRECKED
The debauching of American
aviation to politics, which has
eliminated in the Wrecking Of
the Federal air mail, the Grip
pling of the American air trans
port and the paralyzing of the
Army Air Corps as an arm Of
the national defense, started in
the Aeronautics Branch of the
Department Of Commerce after
Secretary Roper took hold of it.
The maladminiStration Of this
branch under Secretary Roper,
who has been aided and abetted
by a hand-picked wrecking crew
of political favorites, is one of the
most costly and unnecessary
scandals of this or any other
administration of recent years.
This maladministration began
soon after Congress adjourned.
1t began under the pretense that
the branch needed reorganiza-
ton. Just as Postmaster Cen
eral Farley Cancelled contracts
upon the excuse that between
January 80 last and February 6
last he discovered all were
The Washington times., 1934-03-13

The price advance here in two weeks, as shown by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was 80 per cent
DURING THOSE SAME TWO WEEKS, 1T IS
SAFE TO ASSUME, THE PURCHASING POWER
OF WASHINGTONIANs DID NOT INCREASE AT
ALL
IT COULD NOT HAVE INCREASED BECAUSE
THE BASE OF PURCHASING POWER HERE IS
THE GOVERNMENT PAY ROLL, WHICH, IN
STEAD OF INCREASING HAS BEEN STEADILY
DECREASING DUE TO THE CONCEALED BUT IN
CREAsING PAY CUT KNOWN AS THE ADMINS
TRATIVE FURLOUGH.
The result of this increase of prices on hand and
the anchored income the other must be obvious
THE RESULT HAS BEEN THAT PURCHASES DE-
CREASED BY JUST THE PERCENTAGE THAT
THE PRICES INCREASED.
That means that business dropped off to just that
extent. It means that the working and the work
ing woman unable to buy the amount of goods to
which they accustomed and which are necessary to
their welfare.
IT MEANS THAT SOMEWHERE SOME FAC
TORY WAS UNABLE TO SELL TO WASHINGTON
MERCHANTS JUST THAT AMOUNT OF GOODS
IT MEANS THAT JUST TO THAT EXTENT THE
EMPLOYEES OF THE FACTORY WERE UNABLE
TO JOIN IN THE RECOVERY PARADE.
WITH THESE OBVIOUS CONSIDERATIONS BE
FORE THEM, HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DELAY THE RESTORA-
T1ON OF THE PURCHASING POWER OF MASSES?
The Washington times., 1934-03-13
By Robert Benchley
By T. E. Powers

said, and, while he was laughing
at my play on words. 1 rolled
him under the edge of the ice
so far, that 1 had to put skates
on to get out to where he was.
I skated around him for
while, cutting figure eights,
until Mike joined me, and then
we two went fishing through
the ice for him. Everytime we
caught him, we threw him back,
until finally, tiring of our sport,
we replaced the block of ice over
the hole, stamped it down and
left him.
Now that is the true story OF
how RaSputin was killed, and I
don't think there's a jury in the
country that would convict me.
So let's have no more talk about
it, please.
Articles by Robert Benchley
appear each Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1934-03-13
Prices DO Not A1Uait Congress Action But Waqes D

DEALING WITH THE WAGES PAID THE MIL
LION MEN AND WOMEN WORKING FOR THE
GOVERNMENT.
Members of Congress can take it as automatic that
private employers not going to do for their work
what the Government refuses to do for it's workers.
AS LONG AS THE McCARRAN PAY RESTORA-
TION AMENDMENT REMAINS A FOOTBALL TO
BE TOSSED FROM COMMITTEE TO CAUCUS AND
FROM CAUCUS TO COMMITTEE THE EFFORT TO
INCREASE THE PURCHASING POWER OF CON-
SUMERS IS SIMPLY WASTED.
The Congressional example of delay and temporiza-
tion is naturally being followed by the indusriast
IT IS JUST AS NATURAL FOR HIM TO FOL-
LOW THIS EXAMPLE AS IT WOULD BE FOR HIM
TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE WHICH CONGRESS
MIGHT SET FOR HIM IN THE OTHER DIREC-
TION-THE DIRECTION OF ADVANCING sALA-
RIES
The forces which at work to increase prices are
not working to increase those prices in connection with
increased purchasing power. THEIRS IS AN ABB
STRACT GOAL. ALL THEY WANT IS FOR PRICES
TO ADVANCE.
THAT MAY BE VERY WE'LL, BUT IT MEANS
THE END OF TRADING UNLESS OTHER FORCES
ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THE ATTEMPT TO RAISE
CONSUMING POWER.
Take for example conditions in Washington-and the
same situation obtains with only slight difference in de-
gree-n every city and town in the country.
The Washington times., 1934-03-13
WORDS OF WISE MEN

It is sometimes necessary to
play the fool to avoid being de-
ceived by cunning men.-La
Rochefoucauld.
Spare not, nor spend too
much, be this thy care; spare
but to spend. and only spend to
spare.
Mans love is of mans life q
thing apart, it's woman's whole
existenca.-Byron.
The Washington times., 1934-03-13

The end of man is an action,
and not a thought, though it
were the noblest.-Carlyle.
Let no man presume to give
advice to others that has not
first given count to himself
Seneca.
A miser grows rich by SEEM
ing poor; an extravagant man
grows poor by seeming rich. -
ShenStona.
The Washington times., 1934-03-13
ONCE-OVERS

too weak to combat you, should
expect to be crushed by you and
others.
A time will come in your life
when all that you have gained
at the expense of brushing
others will bring you only hours
of regret.
Copyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1934-03-13
Survival Of the Fittest

Survival or the FlLCeSG
You have gone through your
life in a roughShod, heartless
manner.
You have pushed through
your undertakings irrespective
Of the sorrow you have caused
others.
Can you console yourself with
the thought that those who are
The Washington times., 1934-03-13


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The Washington times., 1934-03-13

Truth is as impossible to be
Soiled By any OUTWARD touch as
the SunbeamS.-John Milton.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-11
SWEEP
tribute TO STATE,
NATIONAL SET.UPS
Endorsement Of Cabinet Mem.
Der Apparently Effects
G. @. P. Battle
SPEAKER RAlNEY NOMINATED
Oscar Do Priest, Only Negro
Member Of Congress, u
Renominated

Chicago. April l1.-(R-Leaders Of
organized Democracy In illinois,
whose candidates won nomination in
Tuesdays statewide primary almost
as they pleased, labelled "the tremen-
dous Democratic vote" as tribute
and q compliment to the Democratic
administration, both national and To-
cal.'
Henry T. Rainey, congressman from
the 10th district and speaker Of tho
house Of representatives, scored .
five-to-one victory over James Kirby
a state representative.
The possible nomination Of q Re-
publican candidate in the 10th dis
trict came closer to having idminis~
tration significance, perhaps, than
did the wide victory Of Speaker Raj
ney. That was the apparent success
Of Ralph E. Church, who contested
for the Republican congressional
nomination against the incumbent
James Simpson, Jr. Church was en-
dorsed by Roosevelt cabinet meme
ber-Harold Ickes, secretary Of tho
interior, who said Simpsons polo
playing did not qualify him for con-
gress. Returns, however. were far
from complete. and Church's lead Wa
slender.
Oscar De Priest, only Negro meme
Der Of congress, was renominated BY
Republicans In the first district.
Michael Igoe, long . figure In Chic
cago and state Democracy, was nome
mated for congressman-at-large. to-
gether with Martin A. Brennan, In
cumbent.
With the exception Of Simpson In
the 10th, Republican incumbents ap-
peared safely nominated.
In Cook county the Democrats, on
the basis OF 'incompaete returns.
polled an indicated vote Of around
400, 1000, or slightly less than double
that Of the Republicans. Downstat0
the indicated vote was 10000 for the
Democrats and 100000 for the Repub-
licans.
Dry territories which voted On thu
local option proposition at tho pri-
mary election-with . few outstand>
ing exceptions-turned thumbs DOWN
on liquor.
Twenty-one Of the q Chicago pre-
cincts in which the question Was puS
to voters went dry Is did four pre-
cincts in mo Mans Land" between
Wilmette and Kenilworth-the only
unincorporated area in Cook county
where the issue was presented.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-11
NYE HITS MUNITIONS
MANUFACTURERS AS
'S0UL-LESS' MADN|EN
Says Defense Necessary, 6ut
Only Enough to Resist In
yasion Of Country

Washington. April 1l.-(P-Muni-
lions manufacturers of all nations
were pictured Tuesday night by Sen
ator Nye Rep. N. d. as profit
hungry. soul-less madmen who are
making lunatics Of the people Of the
world by their inceSsant propaganda
for increased defense appropriations
Nye, in radio message. predicted
the senate would adopt the Nye-van-
denberg resolution asking an investi-
CATION Of the munitions industry.
Truth concerning the methods and
programs Of our munitions-makers
might fetch an awakening which
would demand the removal Of the
element Of profit from national de-
Tense and war;" Nye said. 1T most
assuredly will reduce the danger OF
more war and the terrific burdens OF
expense now required In the name Of
adequate defense"
The senator admitted the necessity
Of adequate defense, but insisted the
term meant preparation to resist in
vaSion.
Americans left to their good sense
and Judgment" he said, will declare
that never again will our country en-.
gage IN war away from home. But
never at any time is there let-up Of
that propaganda intended to convinct
us that other nations are more ade-
quately prepared for war than we are.