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The Washington times., 1934-01-06
SMALL DEALER
To GET RELIEF

Protection for small business
men is the aim of a committee
appointed by Gerard Swope,
chairman Of the business advisory
and planning council for the De-
partment Of Commerce, it was an.
nounced today. Instances of dam.
age to small companies caused by
NRA activities will be received
and considered by it.
NRA offices are cooperating in
collecting these complaints, which
should be mailed to Thomas r.
Taylor, Room 1923, Commerce De-
partment Building, Washington.
Henry s. DeniSon is chairman
Of the committee, and Ralph e.
Flanders and Morris E. Leeds are
the other members. The precise
cause Of damage, and the amount,
are sought in each case, if rec.
concentrations of practical value
are to be made, the Department
of Commerce stated today.
NRA effects on small business
have varied widely, it was said.
Some have been greatly aided,
but others have closed down COM
pletely. It is hoped that some
preliminary conclusions may be
announced within the next three
weeks.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
|. D. D. F. NAMES
COMMITTEES

Committees of Arlington Lodge
No. 1913, I. o. o. F., of Clarendon
Va, were announced today by Nor
bert Melnick, noble grand Of the
lodge. They are:
Finance, Joseph E. Crack, T. E.
Gaylor, and M. S. Good; executive,
H. c. MeSSner, j. B. Swecker, W.
S. Shanholtz, C. P. Helms, E,
w. Newman, C. F. Edwards, w,
L. Bragg, and w. B. Huffman; in
struction, E. w. Newman, w. S.
Shanholtz, and w. B. Huffman;
press, William Crockett, w. M,
Whitlock, Fred Gadd, and H. w,
Beattie; bulletin, w. M. Whitlock.
w. E. Smith, j. S. WachSmuth
and Paul E. Scheffel.
Delinquent, c. S. Richey, ]. Dan
ton, I. L. Finks, and j. B. Swecker;
refreshment, H. C. MesSner, Carl
Sandherhoff, w. S. Shanholtz, w
j. Willet, w. E. Clever; memorial
w. L. Bragg, H. w. Beattie, and
G. w. Much; ways and means, c.
P. Helms, G. w. Much, I. L. FinkS
w. e. Smith and Frank Sobolew'
ski.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
CLERKS To ASK
DOUBLED PAY

If the value of the dollar is to
be cut so per cent, salaries OF Gov
ernment employees should be in
creased correspondingly, accord
ing to an editorial in The Govern.
ment Standard, official organ OF
the American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees.
The editorial, headed 80 Cent
Dollar-200 Per Cent Salary
reads in part as follows:
"The dollar is avOwedly on its
way to a 5O-cent purchasing
power.
"When the dollar is placed at
o 5O-cent value, the person with
a fixed salary is the loser. II .
$1,000 salary remains at that
level, it will only purchase one
half as much if the salary is
paid in 5O-cent dollars.
I'm other words, reduction Of
the purchasing power Of the
dollar is q pay cut.
"The 5O-cent dollar must in
fairness be accompanied by q
200 per cent salary. This would
not constitute pay raising! 1t
would simply mean maintenance
of pay levels"
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
J. B. Kremer Quits
Democrat Committee

j. Bruce Kremer, dean of the
Democratic national committee,
resigned last night as national
committeeman from Montana. The
national committee made public
a cordial exchange Of communi.
cations in which it was made evi.
dent that the resignation was due
solely to the fact that Kremer has
set up a law office here and feels
he cannot longer reasonably rep
resent Montana on the committee.
Kremer had served seven consecu.
tive terms and was the oldest
member Of the committee in term
Of service.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
DARBY To HEAD
CREDIT BODY

Thomas c. Darby, Darnstown,
has been named temporary chair
man of the Fourth district of
Maryland, State Farm Production
Credit Corporation.
Four countie Montgomery,
Frederick, Carroll, and Washing
ton, make up this district, and
were organized into a corporation
with a capitalization of 1925 900.
This, according to o. w. Anderson,
county agent, will give them a
borrowing capacity of $1,000, 900,
which will be advanced to needy
farmers, in short-time loans for
purchase Of seeds, fertilizer, dairy
feeds, etc. Loans will be secured
by liens on coming crops.
Other local directors named for
Montgomery county are Windsor
w. Hodges, BarneSville, and Eu-
gene s. walker, Damascus. The
other three counties were allotted
two each.
It is expected that the perma-
nent officers will be elected soon,
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
3 Rob, Hold CGptiDe
Family in Chicago

CHICAGO, Jan. 6 Q.N.SO.-
Authorities today sought three
gunner who seized and robbed
Louis H. Harrison, Lincoln Park
Commissioner, his wife, and their
1O-year-old daughter, holding them
captive in the Harrison automo-
bile for more than half an hour.
The bandits drove the Harrisons
about the city while they stripped
the robbery victims of 500 cash
and $7OO worth of jewelry. One
gunman during the terrorizing
ride patted the daughter, Hattie
Jane, on the head and said
nothing would happen to her"
If her parents kept quiet.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS

If your skin is yellow-complexion
pallid-tongue coated-appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your
mouth-a lazy, no-good feeling-you
should try Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets sub.
stitute for calomel-were prepared
by DR.. Edwards after 20 years OF
study.
olive Tablets are a purely vege-
table compound. Know them by
their olive color.
To have a clear. pink skin, bright
eyes, no pimples. a feeling of buoy.
ancy like childhood days. you must
get at the cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on
the liver and bowels like calomel-
yet have no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and help over
come constipation. Take nightly and
note the pleasing results. Millions Of
boxes sold yearly. 15c. 30c. 60c. =
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

rooted with same; ending in
three stakes of wood, three and
One-half feet long; 1S inches
wide and 4 inches thick, crudely
COlOred and Sculptured.
"The three pyramids are Of
reedwOrk trimmed with pointed
canes to prevent one climbing
to the three figures; the body
and tail Of which represent
turkeys and the head that Of
the eagle, which seemed to us
the most like it."
Authority for these statements
is F. M. Settler, assistant curator
of the Division of Archaeology o.
the Smithsonian Institution. ThC
scale model of the village as il
now stands on display was made
by W. H. Egberts. chief preparatol
of the Smithsonian, and the datt
for the reconstruction, outside o1
the DEBATE drawings, were sup
piled by DR.. j. r. SWanton, eth
nologist with the Bureau Of Amer
ican Ethnology. y
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
McNalIy May Retire
For BreWery Post

Mike McNally, former Bing-
hamton, Wilkesbarre and Will
Transport manager in the NYP
League, and who played the in
field for the Boston Red Sox and
New York Americans, may not
return to the game next season.
Mike has become a field agent
for a brewery and finds the po-
sition so much more lucrative
than, baseball that he is not like
ly to give up his new job when
spring comes around. However,
it is understood that he has a
verbal agreement to return to
manage the Williamsport club.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

One of the most authentic and
interesting exhibits of early Amer
lean Indian life to be found in
any museum has just been placed
on display in the new National
Museum.
It IS a miniature reconstruction
of q village of the Choctaws in
lower Louisiana. just as it stood
In 1882.
There are a tiny temple, several
nuts, and many groups Of toy-like
Indian figures at work and play.
Over in one corner a warrior
is approaching the town along a
forest path. He is dragging a
bear cub on a rope, and the dogs
of the village are running to bark
ut the strange animal.
HOME HABITS SHOWN
In ,ther spots in the exhibit
there can be seen Indian boys
playing ball; man hunting
birds with & blow.pipe; a squaw
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Condemning regulation of vet
Grams compensation by the various
review boards throughout the
country as unfair to veterans,
Representative Kathryn O'Lough-
lin Mccarthy D), of Kansas, to-
day urged Congress to liberalize
soldiers legislation enacted in the
economy bill last session.
Mrs. Mccarthy, who asked to be
transferred from the House Insular
Affairs Committee to the Com
mittee on World War Veterans
Legislation because Of her inter-
est in veterans, declared that the
burden of proof for adjustment Of
veterans compensation must be
placed on the Government.
President Roosevelt indicated
his desire last year when the vet
Grams legislation was under con-
Sideration that the Government
should bear this responsibility,
Mrs. Mccarthy stated, however,
taat Army doctors in many States
are reversing this order, with the
result that veterans are placed on
the offensive.
The legislation itself, Mrs. Nc
Carthy declared, is not faulty, but
Congress should liberalize the
measure to correct the injustices
of regulation"
Mrs. Mccarthy, who is serving
in her first regular session of Con-
gress, was active on many fronts
in behalf of veterans before she
was elected to represent the Sixth
district Of Kansas in the House.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
LOW BRACKETS
IN GREAT NEED
Of INCREASE
Inclusion Of High-Priced Off,
CiaIs Found to Throw the
Average Out of Line
BY DUNCAN FORSYTH

Statistics as to the average
salary of government workers have
been figuring prominently in local
affairs of late because of the cost
Of living inquiry made by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics as q
base for President Roosevelt in
connection with administration Of
the pay cut during the coming
six months.
Accurate figures are difficult to
obtain, for a number Of reasons,
but of late the feeling has de-
veloped that even if they were
available, the average salary
might not present a true picture
Of the situation.
Median Is Better Basis
Averages for certain groups un-
douhtedly would be Of value, but
any average obtained for the Serv-
ice as a whole would be over
weighted by the high salaries at
the top. The median salary, it Is
felt in many quarters would be
o better basis for calculations
concerned with the living stand
ards Of government employees.
Luther C. Steward, president
Of the National Federation of Fed
eral Employees, gives $2,051, as the
average salary Of the $4,000 per
sons in the classified civil service
In Washington prior to the impo'
Sition Of the first pay cut in 1882
Average Cut To $1,744
With a deduction of IS per cent,
the average salary for this group
would be reduced to $1,744. This
figure, however, makes no allow
ance for any furloughs that might
be imposed.
In addition to the $4,000 classi-
fled employees there are some
10000 others, Steward says. Navy
Yard and Government Printing
Office employees, in his opinion,
probably are paid higher, on the
average than the classified group,
and postal workers probably about
the same.
II the relatively small group Of
high salaried officials is included
members of Congress, judges,
cabinet officers, etc.-in any tabu-
lation involving government en-
ployes, their salaries would tend
to throw the average out of line
with what the majority receive.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
CIVIL SERVICE
SHOWS LOSS
DURING 80
Report Reveals 12,799 Were
Dropped Up to June 80;
Politics FIaiIed

Analysis of the report of the
Civil Service Commission shows
that the postal service comprises
47.79 per cent of the entire Fed.
eral personnel, with 270,235 en-
ployes. The other agencies have
295, ,197 employees.
These are figures as Of June 30,
1888, On that date there were
1879 less employees in the Gov
ernment service than on the
same date of the preceding year,
and of this decrease 11.065 occur
red in the competitive classified
service.
Increase Known
It had been recognized that the
competitive positions were being
eliminated and that non-competi,
titive positions, particularly in
the new agencies, were increasing
in number, but the figures were
not hitherto available.
The report also reveals that
1894 appointments have been
made in the Federal service since
1919, and that 24.98 per cent of
the appointeeS were veterans
The commission recommends leg.
islation to limit veterans prefer.
ence, and this is expected to lead
to vigorous opposition on the
part Of veterans organizations.
14O Cases Handled
In connection with the com.
MISSIONS recommendation that
more severe discipline be pro.
vided for political activity, it de.
velops that the commission acted
during the last fiscal year in 14O
cases Of alleged undue political
activity, So more than in the pre-.
vious year.
OF five employees who became
candidates for elective office one
was required to withdraw, two
were warned, one was removed
and one suspended. Four were
charged with soliciting support
for a political organization, and
of this number one left the Serv-
ice,
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
MISS HELEN B. CROUCH
Material for Broadcasts Gathered in Washing
ton and Distributed to More Than
100 Radio Stations
PREPARES Talks

broadcasting studio using the pro-
gram.
U. s. Prepares Talks
For, you see, material for the
broadcaSts is made up in Wash
ington and syndicated around
the country, so that every station
must utilize one of it's own women
speakers to present the talk before
a microphone.
Aunt Sammy" is the name
used by the Department of Agri-
culture to personalize and hu-
mamie the program.
However, the lady who comes
closest to being the real Aunt
Sammy is a pretty young en-
ploye Of the Department of Agri-
culture who prepares the broad.
casts, and who does the actual
speaking for the Washington sta
ton that utilizes the program.
She is Miss Helen B. Crouch,
authority on home economics.
She presents her own material
over WJSV every Tuesday at
9:10 a. m.
Bureaus Cooperate
Wide and varied is the nature
of her syndicated talks. She OBJ
tains the background of facts
for each program from one Of
the many bureaus Of the De
partment of Agriculture.
Thus, the Biological Survey
supplies the data on killing rats
and mice; the Bureau of Home
Economics gives information on
cooking, clothing, sewing, ETC.:
the Bureau of Chemistry and
Soils vouchSafes material on
painting and soap-making, and,
last but not least, the Bureau
of Entomology once explained
the best method Of exterminating
cockroacheS.
Programs Popular
The "Aunt Sammy" programs
are so popular with housewives
throughout the country that the
mail about this one feature once
amounted to nearly 10000 letters
q month.
Miss Crouch, who was born and
reared in Syracuse, N. Y, studied
her life work at the University Of
California. Later she was an in
structor in home economics at a
Mexican school in Arizona, and
for a time she instructed future
lumberjackS and forest workers
in the art of camp cookery at the
University of oregon.
Three years ago she came to
Washington, succeeding Miss Jo'
Sephine Hemphill, the first "Aunt
Sammy" in the interesting work
Of telling wives how to cook, sew
and-yes-get rid of cockroaches
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
WOMEN VOTERS
DISCUSS USE
Of LEISURE
400 Teachers, Members, and
Guests Attend Meeting Of
Montgomery League

Approximately four hundred
teachers, members and guests at
tended an all-day meeting held in
Rockville yesterday by the Mont
gomery County League OF Women
Voters.
Public schools were dismissed
at noon to give the teachers. an
opportunity to attend the after
noon session. The morning seSs-
ion, held in the commissioners
hearing room at the Courthouse,
was presided over by Mrs. w. I.
Ellicott, of Baltimore, secretary
of the State league.
Speakers discussed "The Use
Of Leisure Time" County Super.
intendent of Schools Edwin w.
Broome, emphasized the import
ance of education to people Of
all ages. He cited the recently
organized CWA classes as an
example of the proper use Of
leisure to improve the mind.
Mrs. Walter E. Perry, Of
Bethesda, president of the county
league, presided at the afternoon
session, held at the Rockville
High School. The principal
speaker was Miss Lavinia Engle,
member Of the State legislature,
who urged the return to early
American arts. She said:
This movement must be
made community affair and
other organizations should par.
ticipate in the work. Good gov.
ernment owes its existence to
good citizenship and both have
their inception in the proper
training of children"
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
SPEEDIER LIFTS
ORDERED FOR
INTERIOR
New Elevators Expected To
Be Put in Operation Be-
fore April

New high-speed elevators in the
Interior Department Building will
be in operation by April /, it was
predicted today by o. G.. Taylor,
assistant chief engineer Of the
Engineering Division Of the de-
partment.
The new lifts will have auto
matically controlled doors and
quicker acceleration, and will be
nearly twice as fast as those now
in operation. The IL now being
used, all nearly 20 years old, have
double doors which have to be
operated by hand.
Traffic Is Heavy
A survey of the traffic on the
elevators has been in progress for
several days, according to Tay-
lor. The survey yesterday, he
said, showed that more than TOO
persons used the lifts during a
one-hour period to go to the cafe
terra on the seventh floor.
Specifications for the new
equipment are expected 10 DC
ready for distribution to prospec-
tive bidders by January 20. &C
cording to officials of the en-
gineering division, and bids
opened by February 20.
Personnel Increased
Until the opening of the Pub
lie Works Administration offices
in the Interior Building, the pres
ent lifts were capable Of handling
the traffic, but with the hundreds
of PWA employees added to the
regular workers, much time has
been lost during rush hours.
An allotment of 100000 re-
Gently was made by the Interior
Department for the new elevators.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Millions of housewives know
and love Aunt Sammy"
She's the feminine counter
part of Uncle Sam, and as part
of the extension service of the
Department of Agriculture she
speaks over more than a hundred
radio stations once each weekday
on problems of home-making.
Few of her listeners know, how
ever, that there are really about
100 Aunt Sammies," one for each
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
7-FOOt Pipes Made
For Job at ROSSLy1l

Those big pipes and that COM
plicated layout of machinery at
the intersection of Wilson Boule-
ward and Military Road, Rosslyn,
Va, are a demonstration Of the
manufacture of modern sewer
pipe in the larger sizes, according
to officials at Arlington Court
house.
The pipe is being made in sizes
some as large as z feet in diameter
by a pipe firm that wants to show
how it is done, officials said.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
INQUEST IN CAR DEATH

Inquest will be held into the
death of jefferson D. Anderson,
IA, of HyattSville, who walked
from behind a parked automo-
bile and into the path of one
driven by Vernon F. Zirkle, 80,
of the 900 block K Street, N. E.,
Sunday night. He died yesterday
in Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
at Upper Marlboro yesterday to
Norris Simpson, 25, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Omdorff, 81, both of
Capitol Heights, Md; Albert e.
Cross, 80, of the 900 block K ST.
s. w., and Bette F. Goode, 38,
Of the 2800 block Douglas st.
N. E.; Earl P. Howard "a, and
Helen o. Ryan, 81, both Of Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

broadcaSting studio using the pro-
gram.
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ADVERTISEMENT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-29
tuberculosis Hospital
Action At Last

AT last there has been definite determination Of the
location of the adult tuberculosis hospital and at last
funds for its construction are forthcoming
The report of the Presidential committee recommend
ing the Glenn Dale Md site for the hospital was exactly
what was to have been expected.
There was never any reason for the hullabaoo which
attempted to divert the hospital from this ste which the
District has owned for many years and upon which has
already constructed hospital for children.
It will probably always be mystery what influences
brought to bear to change the plans at the last
minute. While mystery it will be matter Of very
interesting speculation.
But the delay caused by the propaganda for another
site seems to be over at last
Public Works Administrator 1ckes has announced the
allotment of the money necessary to build the hospital
That is gratifying decision.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLANS FOR CON.
sTRUCTIoN OF THE HOSPITAL IT IS NOT AMIss
TO URGE UPON DISTRICT OFFICIALS THAT EFF
FORTS BE MADE TO AVOID THE ERRORS AND
MISTAKES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
The plans for the chldren's institution crucifed
upon the altar of false economy The District started to
build that hospital with inadequate funds.
The hospital which was finally built is not the hospital
which originally planned Even with the curtall
mens of plans which have been made, its opening has
been delayed and postponed almost beyond reason
Such conditions will not be tolerated in connection with
the building of the adult hospital.
THERE IS NO REASON WHY THEY SHOULD RE-
CUR. THE DISTRICT HAS AT IT'S DISPOSAL THE
SERVICES OF MEN WHO ARE TRAINED IN THE
HANDLING OF TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS THEIR
WISHES SHOULD BE THE GUIDE IN PREPARING
AND EXECUTING THE PLANS FOR THE NEW
HOSPITAL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-29
T human Side of the News - ByEdwin c.

Tiny Andorra, which lies high
up among the peaks and
plateaus of the Pyrenees, on
the border-line of France and
Spain, has dismissed its anus
ing monarch, Boris I, Prince Of
Andorra, Count of Orange and
Baron of Skossyreff."
A Dutchman of colorful
career, a kind of European edi-
ton of New York's entertaining
Prince Mike Romanoff, Boris
landed in the little musical
comedy republic just at the
time when it's 5000 people were
angry at both their overlords.
the French republic and the
Spanish bishop of Urgel.
Coming to Andorra with
rich American woman, his wit
and shreWdness so impressed
the simple Andorrans that they
actually permitted him to set
up himself as prince of the
domain, with a string of titles
a yard long.
He was all for declaring war
against the Spanish bishop, and
even made faces at the august
French republic. but his &C.
Invites were too strenuous for
the AndorranS and eventually,
recently, they expelled him, told
him to go away and return no
more.
They could have had an
American for king, those An
dorrans, and 100000 to boot.
if they had cared to accept an
offer made by one Leopold
Parillo of Chicago. Parillo &C.
tually offered 100000 for the
honor, but the Syndics turned
him down with a gesture Of
boredom and nothing more was
heard from Mr.. Parillo. Still
and all, Americans do turn up
as kings in far places. I once
knew one who was king of a
Fiji Island through one of the
most romantic twists of fate
you ever heard of.
was in a sailors bar one
night, years ago, on the old
Barbary Coast in San Fran
cisco. Staggering into the
place came a whacking big
imam, broad-shouldered and with
a flaming red beard tanning
across his chest. He had the
bluest eyes I think 1 ever saw.
He shouldered up to the bar
and downed a bottle of cham
payne at a draught, ordered
drinks for the house and tossed
a double eagle on the counter.
All quite with the royal man.
ner, for a king he was sure
enough, back in San Francisco,
aboard his trading schooner af-
ter an absence of ten years. And
presently, over something tall
and cool, he told me his amaz-
ing story.
His name was Edward
Thompson. and he came orig