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The Washington times., 1934-03-31
West Plans Transfer
OF Welfare Work Control

Assistant Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West has completed a
tentative draft of a proposed bill
to change the control of welfare
administration in the District, and
will submit it to Commissioner
George E. Allen early next week.
The new plan would place ad-
ministrative control of all welfare
matters in the hands of the Direc-
tor of Public Welfare who, in turn,
would be directly responsible to
the Commissioners. The Board of
Public Welfare would become
purely advisory body.
At present, administration Of
welfare matters is in the hands Of
the Board of Public Welfare, which
is composed of non-Salaried cit
liens. Mr.. Allen feels that con-
troll should be placed in the hands
of full-time worker and brought
more directly under the control
of the Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
|NUMPS SPREAD.
IN AAA HALTED

Threats of a serious epidemic
of mumps in the Agricultural Ad-
juStment Administration were
lessened when officials of the
United States Public Health Ser.
vice announced that only one new
case was discovered today.
It was believed that the total
number of workers contracting
the disease would not go above 20.
When discovered few days ago,
prompt action was taken to quar-
antine the affected section from
all other AAA units.
Last night the basement of the
South building of the Department
of Agriculture was thoroughly
fumigated.
It was in this basement that the
affected workers, forming the
a. m. to $3.50 p, m. shift of the
contract records section, had been
at work.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
CIVIC AIRPORT
PLAN SNAGGED

Proposed legislation for estab-
lishment of a municipal airport
for the District at Gravelly Point
probably will not be approved by
Congress at this session, it ap-
peared today.
Yesterday the District Commis-
sioners in a letter to the Senate
District Committee expressed op-
position to the proposal on the
grounds that it will cost several
millions of dollars annually, and
that this money could better be
expended for other projects, the
demand for which is greater.
The bill is now before Senate
District subcommittee headed by
Senator Carter Glass (D0 of Vir-
ginia. No hearing has been held
nor har the subcommittee chair
man announced any plans for
calling his group together to con-
slider the proposition.
Some members of the Senate
who are interested in District
legislation agreed today with the
thought expressed by the Com
missioners and added that it
would seem unWise to go ahead
with this proposition at present
when conditions concerning the
aviation industry are so confused.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
2 Injured Men Deny
Driving Crash Auto

Two men are in Freedmen's
Hospital under police guard while
authorities try to ascertain
which of them was driving an
automobile involved in a fatal
crash early today at Fourth and
Bryant Streets Northwest.
Each of the men accuses the
other of being the driver, &C.
cording to police, who said their
permits had expired. one about
six months ago and the other
in 1881.
Both Men Injured
The men are Charles Gass, %,
of the 700 block Park Rd. N. w.,
and John C. Harris, of the 800
block Randolph st. N. w.
GaSS suffered a skull fracture
and other injuries, while Harris
suffered severe lacerations of the
face and head.
John johnson, 30, of the 2100
OIocK Eighth st. N. w., was in
jured in the crash and died of a
skull fracture in Freedmen's
Hospital shortly before nine
o'clock.
Police said the automobile in
which the three men were riding
is listed to Albert A. Gass, of the
700 block Park Rd. N. w., a
relative of Gass.
Hits a Tree
The crash occurred when an
automobile driven by Mrs. Mary
E. Brown, 33, of the first block
of V st. N. w., was struck and
overturned by the other automo-
bile. Mrs. Browns automobile was
overturned 27 feet from the in
tersection; the other car skidded
IS feet, overturned and hit a
tree. The men were picked up 16
feet from their car, police said.
According to the police, two
empty whisky bottles were found
in the GaSs car.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
zoo EXPECTING
FEW BABIES

Blessed events will be few in
number at the Zoo this spring.
William Blackburn, head keeper,
said today that with the excep-
ton of several varieties of deer
practically no babies were ex-
pected.
The jaguar cubs, now several
weeks old, will be the only spring
babies at the lion house. The
lions themselves are not expecting
any new arrivals.
Lions, according to Mr.. Black
burn, have become common in
recent years and he has been
unable to sell or give away the
babies born at the local Zoo,
which has a good display and
doesn't want any more.
The jaguars are thriving. Their
nursery cage is still boarded up
to prevent the mother from being
overexcited, but the ha abies'
squeaks and growls are audible all
over the building. They will be
the last jaguars born at the Zoo
for some time, unless officials are
able to sell the two cubs born
last year.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
|NRS.ROOSEVELT
WILL ATTEND
DAWN RITES
DR.. James S. Montgomery
To Conduct Services at
Arlington Cemetery

Joyous celebration of the feast
of Easter will mark the end of
Christianity'S 40 days Of prayer
tomorrow, with traditional Easter
rites to be held in nearly every
church in the District.
One of the most colorful cere-
monies of the day will take place
in Arlington National Cemetery,
where sunrise memorial services,
with the First Lady and members
of the House and Senate in at
tendance, will be conducted.
It is the annCAl observance con-
Quoted by the Grand Com
mandery, knights Templar, Of
the District.
DIR. Montgomery Leads
At this ceremony, DR.. James
Shera Montgomery, chaplain of
the House, will conduct the serv-
ice. Other participants will in
clude DR.. Thomas E. Green, past
grand prelate of the Grand Com
mandery of Iowa; Capt. Sydney
Key Evans, chief of Navy chap
lains, anl DR.. John c. Palmer,
grand chaplain of the Grand
Lodge, F. A. A. NJ.
Several thous and cut-of- town
visitors, many of them high in the
order of the Knights Templar, are
expected at the sunrise service.
Trumpets will herald the opening
of the observance at z a. m.
Special street car and bus
schedules have been arranged to
convey visitors to the cemetery.
Special bus service has also been
arranged for those attending the
sunrise service to be held in Wal
ter Reed Hospital grounds. This
service begins at 7::30 a. m.
Army Band Plays
At Walter Reed Hospital Capt.
William j. Stannard will direct
the Army Band in a program of
sacred music, and the Memorial
Chapel Mems Choir will sing
anthems.
The Walter Reed services will
be held in the auditorium instead
of on the grounds because of the
wet weather.
Good Friday was observed in
churches throughout the city
yesterday. with special services
given to commemorate the Three
Hours OF Agony.
At the Washington Cathedral,
the Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of washington, conducted
passion service, with hundreds at
tending.
At the Church of the Inmacu-
late Conception, services were con-
Quoted by the Rev. S. A. Czyz.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
COUNTESS DEBT
CLAIM DENIED

Denial of a $9,150 indebtedness
to Countness Marjorie Pilson Sal
voni, of Florence, Italy, his di-
vorced wife, was made today in
District Supreme Court by Edwin
H. Pilson, HOO block Eighteenth
st. N. w.
The countess instituted the suit
recently, charging she was di-
vorced from Mr.. Pilson in October,
1923, at Rockville, Md, and, under
terms of the decree, he was
ordered to pay her maintenance of
.$75 a month. She charged the
maintenance is now $3.50 in ar
rearS.
In an answer filed through At
torneyS Raymond Neudecker and
Jean M. Boardman, Mr.. Pilson
stated that the countess told him
in December, 1923, she would not
press the maintenance allowance
upon condition he stayed away
from their three children. He re-
lated he has lived up to this agree
ment.
The answer related that in De-
cember, 1923, the divorced wife
married Alexander Britton, who
died in June, 1926, and then went
to Italy, where she married Count
SalVOni.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
BRIDE ELOPERS
OFF To MIAMI

Secretly married yesterday in
st. Johns Church, William Bride,
81, son of w. w. Bride, former
Corporation Counsel, and his
bride, the former Miss Patsy Ben
ton, 10, daughter of Mrs. George
M Marx, of the 1000 block
Cathedral Ave. N. w., are enjoy
ing a ten-day honeymoon IN
Miami.
The couple obtained a marriage
license at Rockville, Md, and
were married by the Rev. Joseph
E. William. Only the bride
groom's brother, Noel, and Miss
Marion Sommerville, we're aware
of the elopement. They accom-
panied the couple to the church
and then to Union Station.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

Democrats Ban
Reporters at
D. T.. Dinner

Democrats-party leaders and
office holders-will dine at the
Willard Hotel tonight, but the
press and public is not sup
posed to know about it. Great
secrecy wells the occasion, even
to the extent that reporters will
be excluded.
Strangely enough, however,
political discussions will be ta-
boo at the dinner, it is declared.
It is reported that some 260
Democrats will attend, but the
identity of the diners will not
be revealed.
The invitation committee of
the strange affair is composed
of Vice President Garner,
Speaker Rainey and Senators
Robinson, Arkansas: Pittman,
Nevada, and Tydings, Mary
land.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
MARINE KILLED.
AS AUTO HITS
FRUIT TRUCK
Corp. |. W. Hood Dies in
Highway Collision; Ex-D. c.
Policeman Is Held

Corp. I. w. Hood, Marine
assigned to the barracks at Guam
tico, was killed almost instantly
early today when an automobile
driven by him swerved into the
side of a truck driven by Ken
meth P. Greenlow, retired Wash
ington policeman.
The crash occurred on the
Richmond Washington highway
at Dogue Run, about a mile
from Fort Humphrey.
Auto Strikes Trailer
Police said the Marines auto
bile struck near the rear Of the
truck and caused a trailer loaded
with oranges to overturn.
Hoods body was taken to an
Alexandria undertaking estab-
lishment, while Greenlow was
held by State police for a cor
oner'S inquest to be held some
time today by DR.. C. A. Ransom,
Fairfax county coroner.
Lives in Florida
Greenlow was widely known as
"Sparky" when he was a motor
cycle patrolman on the Washing
ton force.
He retired about two years
ago because of heart trouble and
for some time has been making
his home at Mount Dora, Fla.
He was bound north with oranges
for the Northern markets. He
was unable to raise $1,000 bond.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Citizens Group Urges
DC Inheritance Tax

Passage of a bill introduced
last year by Representative Carl
E. Mapes (RO, of Michigan,
which would create an inherit
ance tax in the District, was
urged today upon the House Dis
trict Committee by the Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations.
The federation also indorsed
changing the name of Four-and-
a-half Street Southwest to Fourth
Street Southwest.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
LEAGUE 10 MEET

The monthly meeting Of the
Takoma Park Community League
will be held Monday evening at
8 p. m. at the home of Mr.. H.
C. Heffner, in the 100 block Of
Carroll Ave-, Takoma Park. Sev-
eral important matters will be
taken up and all members have
been urged to attend.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
100000 GIVEN
To DATE ONLY
BEGINNER
District Heads Unnecessarily
Alarmed, Hopkins Asserts;
100000 Required

Federal relief authorities as
sured The Washington Times to-
day that District relief needs for
April would be met as far as
possible.
This assurance was IN answer
to complaints by District officials
that the relief administration had
granted only 100000 to carry on
relief work here during April, for
which it is estimated nearly
100000 is required.
Local authorities had charged
that the cutting down of the Dis
trict relief grant for the month
would seriously curtail work on
relief projects here, throwing
thousands of men out of work.
Today Federal relief authori-
ties declared that the 100000
granted this week was for sal
aries being paid today and not
for relief work in April. One re-
lief official said:
EITHER District officials are
trying to make goat of the
Federal Emergency Relief Adj
miniStratiOn or the funds
granted this week were misin-
terpreted. AS yet no applica-
ton has been made to US for
District relief funds for April.
When this application is re-
ceived it will be given every
consideration and the funds
will be granted.
Not April Grant
"The 100000 granted the
District this week was made
after Commissioner Allen said
this much was needed to tide
the District over for the re-
mainder of the week. OF this
amount S15O;O0O was for work
relief and $4,000 was for di-
rect relief. That was all he
asked for. AS for the April
funds, we haven't been asked
for that"
At the District Building, when
Capt. Howard F.. Clark was in
formed of the statement made at
relief headquarters, he said:
"This situation seems to have
come about through our misun-
derstanding of Mr.. Hopkins
telegram, which informed us of
the March grant. OF course we
are glad to hear that we had
no reason to be alarmed, and
that the Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administration will give us
every consideration for April
funds"
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Cart0Onist "Ding"
To Address GrOup

Jay N. CDingD Darling. IA
nous Iowa cartoonist, recently ap-
pointed chief of the Bureau of
Biological Survey, Department of
Agriculture, will be the guest of
honor and speaker at the Iowa
State Society's reception and
dance to be held at the Willard
Hotel at p. m. April II.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
TlUO Capital Men
Get Reserve Posts

Two Washingtonians have &C
cepted appointments as officers
in the Army Reserve corps, the
War Department announced today.
They are Farrell Clayton Grain,
jr., Of the 1900 block Tilden st.
N. w., and Max Ellis Feldman,
Gallinger Hospital. Both were ap-
pointed first lieutenants in the
Medical Reserve.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
4,581 PAY POLL TAXES

A total of 4,581 persons have
paid their poll taxes in AleXan-
dria for 1881, 1882 and 1888, and
are qualified to vote in the city
council primary next Tuesday
when nine candidates are to be
nominated. The number paid is
slightly above the average spring
election.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Candidates Speak
At ELkS' Meetinn

In the last scheduled meeting
before the Alexandria city coun-
Gil primary Tuesday, six of the
seven at large candidates ad-
dressed colored voters in the col
ored Elks' Home last night.
Those who spoke were Mrs. c. M.
Shepperson, Paul L. Delaney, w.
j Greenan, DR.. ]. T. Ashton, A.
S. Lamond and E. C. Dawson.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
True TO
Type
iTaximen-Critics T
and Friends
Recalled
By GILBERT SELDES

We pride ourselves in our Sec
ton Of town on our taximen.
They are personal friends, and
II you haven't the change in
front Of a theater, with dozens
Of taxiS hooting behind you,
they nod and say they'll come
around tomorrow. Or if the
meter shows 70 cents and you
have exactly. 70 cents, you nod
and say, Double tip next time,"
and that's all right, too. The
relationship is personal.
OF the half dozen men regu-
larly stationed at the rank,
every one knows whether you
prefer to 60 west on Eighty
sixth Street or through Exterior;
and everyone plays the lights
In your favor, so that you are
never held up at an eastbound
street when you are going west.
Whenever I am on the air I
get my most direct criticism
from the drivers. They do not
criticise what I write, assuming
that I am a professional and
am doing my best. They ask
advice on a good book to read;
they discuss Hitler and Frank.
lin D. Roosevelt. Half of them
are middle-aged; none of them
look like the men who marched
and jeered and burned taxis in
the past fortnight. Yet am
not sure that they weren't in
the crowd.
Rumored Injustice
A few weeks ago one of them
told me that proposal had
been made to account for the
drivers share of the extra five
cents which every patron now
pays. To avoid intricate book
keeping it was suggested that
the driver receive half of the
five cents for each of four
separate fares, whether he had
had four that day or not.
The driver who told me about
this was troubled; he said he
got between eight and ten fares
a day. He didn't think the pro-
1osa1 was just.
there was another taximan,
not familiar friend, who told
ms that repeal had cut into his
eerningS and the earnings of
MS friends. The out-of town
innocent who asked to be driven
% e good place some time after
midnight, and out of whose
Soerdlngs the taxi tout got a
sl1Sre he was gone; and the
general business of taxing to
and from liquor wasn't as salts
factory. He was rather resent
fll, He had an indulgent atti-
tude toward minor crime.
Against the Public
I didn't see the worst of the
Times Square mobbing last
week, but what I saw was not
exactly nice and can't see how
any Communist, expecting the
revolution round the corner, can
take any pleasure in it either.
The whole thing was too hap
hazard to be of any use as a
demonstration of strength; and
it was nervous enough to dem
onstrate all Of the dangers of a
breakdown.
It was not a good play for
public sympathy. If the taximen
had wanted the public on their
side they needed only to estab-
lish a fleet of SO or 100 cars
and give notice that they would
take care of every emergency
need. Instead, they tried guerilla
warfare of the 1850 type against
a modern force. Naturally it
didn't work.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
I16 NeU Measles
Cases ReDOrted

With 116 new cases reported
to the District Health Depart
ment today, the local measles
epidemic total was Swelled to
1885 cases since January l. No
deaths were reported.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Man Suffers Burns
When Grease SDiLLS

Minor burns were suffered by
James Elliott. "a. last night when
a pot of grease spilled in the
kitchen of his home. 100 block
C st. S. E. He was treated at
Providence Hospital.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
LIQUOR BLANKS

Persons who have advertised
their intention to apply for beer
and wine licenses under the new
Virginia Alcohol Beverage Con-
troll Act may secure application
blanks from offices of daily news
papers in the State.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Virginia Druggists
To Meet In CULDeDer

Alexandria druggists are ex-
pected to send a large delegation
to Culpeper, Va, next Tuesday
for the meeting of section / and
2 Of the Virginia Pharmaceutical
Association. Following the bust
ness sessions there will be
banquet in the Lord Culpeper
Hotel.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Board of Commissioners

The Commissioners did not meet board.
Drafting of proposed welfare legislation
pleed. (Sory this page.)
Uniform hours for sale of light wines and beer
provided in proposed amendment to the liquor regua
tlons. (Story Page g. this section
Commissioner Allen was absent leave.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Senate
rict Committee did not meet.

The Senate District Committee did not meet
Legislation proposing the establishment of District
ncpa airport at Gravely Point probably will await
gressiona action until the session. appeared today
(StOry this page
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
)iStriCtLOS

daily resume of all action in the House and Senate
dealing SOLELY Dith the District of Columbia, and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
House

The House District Committee did not meet
Imposition of an inheritance tax here urged by the
Federation of Citizens Associations. (Story This
Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-13
MURAL ART CLASS

The increased interest in mural
decorations has resulted in a great
number of artists desiring to study
the technique of this branch of
art. Such a course will be added
at the Hill School of Art, 1917 Fl
st. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-13
THE PROSPECT AHEAD is
BRIGHTER FOR STUDENTS
BY P. ] HARTMAN, Director
StruYer Business College
StroYer Business College

TODAY we are starting together new school year,
and if could look within your minds am sure tnat
would find uppermost in your thoughts, not the daily
problems of shorthand typewrltng or accounting,
not the usual high school attitude OF When does our
are or are not be invited to the dance next Friday
night-no, none of these-but instead great and
important question: 'What will the situation be when
l graduate year, two years. three years from now
will be able to get job?'
Patrick Henry remarked that he knew of no better
way of judging the future than by the past, and ne
might we'll have added, "and by the present, also
AS begin my thirty-firs year in Washington educa
tiona field am conscious that we have just been
through most difficult period in the lives of almost
every of Yet have other difficult times
come and co. and with their going even better times
than ever before have been experienced. While no
one can forecast with absolute accuracy, yet it
to me that despite these troubous times we are def
nitely on our way up and out OF the Great Depres-
sion.'
On the front page of one of the local newspapers,
August 81, 1884, appeared a news story which, it
seems to me- that all-important question of
yours-"Will be able to get JOB" Under head
line reading "796 New Workers Put on U. S. Rolls
Here During July" the article pointed out that ST. 987
persons employed in the Government service
in the city, of Washington alone 1t continues:
"Since the first of March, last year, permanent
ployment here has increased by 1852 and temporary
1894, for total of 21176 The report indicates
that there tendency during the month (of July,
1884 to shift workers here from temporary to per-
manent bass'
This boom in public employment has been reflected
in the calls made by private employers upon the
Strayer Employment Service. Not since the World
War has there been such increase in the number
of positions generally available. Since January 1,
1884, for instance, the Strayer Employment Service
has received SEVEN TIMES many calls for en-
ployes there have been students graduating from
the College during the period of time!
So far it is humanity possible to foretel, we may
expect this happy employment situation to continue
The persons being employed by the Government, for
instance mainly engaged in projects designed to
put people to work. If a cut should come in the
number of Government employees, it is logical to as
sumo that more and more people have gone back to
work in private employ and thus made emergency
measures unnecessary the part of the Government
And in that case the dismissed Government workers
am not prophet but do believe that the nros-
pect ahead is brighter than has been for many day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-13
EXPENSE LOW
At ST. AGNES

st. Agnes School, located IN
suburbs of Alexandria, was found.
ed in July, 1924, by a group OF
church men and women in Alex.
andria to meet the need of local
private school for girls. 1t was de-
cided to accept boys from the
kindergarten up to the seventh
grade, at which time they are pre-
pared to enter Episcopal High
School. The founders from the
first, however, planned to develop
the boarding department as be,
ing essential to the type of school
they had in mind-a school OF
fine ideals and simple life at mod
crate cost.
The old Lloyd mansion, with it's
broad halls and StairWayS, its
spacious rooms, high ceilings and
large windows, provides unusual
conditions for both school and
home life.
Two wings have been added,
the one on the north containing
kitchens, pantries and servants
rooms on the first floor, and bed
rooms on the second; the newer
south wing houses lavatories and
two classroomS on the first floor,
and four bedrooms and bath on
the second floor.
A laboratory equipped for gen.
eral science and chemistry has
been added to the west, and plans
are under way for a separate unit,
containing bedrooms and class
rooms, to be connected with the
main house by an inclosed arcade.