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The Washington times., 1934-12-01
To SEEK
APPEAL BOARD
FORCLERKS
Kentucky Senator Would Set
Up Body to Hear Pleas
of Federal Workers

Plans now being made by Sen
ator M. M. Logan (D), of Ken
lucky, to sponsor legislation for
creation of court of administra-
tive justice may tie in with a
proposal of the American Fedora
ton of Government Employees for
the establishment of a Civil Serv-
ice Board of Appeals, it was indi-
Gated today.
The Kentucky Senator revealed
today that he is working on a
proposal for establishment of the
administrative justice court which
would have jurisdiction over set
tling disputes between Govern
ment agencies.
To Assist Employees
He pointed out that the tribu-
nal that he will propose to be set
up would rule on many of the
matters now decided by the Comp
troller General, by the Court of
Customs Appeals and in some
cases by the departments or indi-
pendent Government establish
ments themselves.
Informed that the AFGL is
sponsoring a measure which would
create a Civil Service Board of Ap-
peals, to which employees may
bring any complaints they may
have concerning working condi-
tions, Senator Logan suggested
that the tribunal he expects to
recommend could easily consider
employees cases, too.
One More Point
The AFGE proposal grew
out of the controversy which took
place at the time of the Donovan
case last summer in which John
Donovan, an NRA employe was
dismissed by Gen. Hugh S. john
son, and later was reinstated by
the Board of Labor Review after
several weeks of agitation.
There is one detail in the
AFGE measure, however, which
may not fit in with Senator Lo-
gan's plan. That is that the en-
ployes' organization wants employe
representation on the tribunal
which would decide the cases.
Whether this point of difference
could be worked out is a moot
question.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
State N W'
president APPROVES BUDGET FOR CAPITAL
Yuletide Season
Ushered In Bv
9TH Street

With colorful ceremonies the
official Yuletide oppin
season was ushered in, to down.
town Seventh Street last night
by a group of merchants and
city officials.
Red and green lights strung
along the streets and on Christ
mas trees and Illuminated, to
stay lighted until after De-
cember Is.
District Commissioner Mel
vim C. Hazen and Major
Ernest w. Brown, Superin-
tendent of Police, Joined the
merchants in the opening of
Santa Claus Lane. Merchants
all along the lane had de-
corated their show windows
with special Christmas exhibits
and decorations.
Sylvan King, was chairman
of the committee in charge of
the ceremonies, which were de-
clared by all a huge success.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace, who before he became a
brain truster" had his fling at
school teaching and editing a
newspaper. was the speaker at the
closing session of the National
Council of Teachers of English at
the Mayflower Hotel this after
noon.
The 1000 college and high
school teachers went into the
third and final day of their con-
vention pondering the speeches OF
educational leaders who pictured
a thorough revision Of teaching
methods and subjects.
Change in Taste
After a survey by a council
committee was reported to have
shown English and literature pro-
fessors centuries behind their stu
dents in their reading interests,
the convention was urged by
speakers TO foster the use OF
modern rather than ancient writ
ings in their class romS.
The survey showed students
preferred Eugene O'Neill, Somer-
set Vaughan and Sinclair Lewis,
while the professors insist on
their reading Spencer, Chaucer,
and Victorian writer's.
Dictionaries and textbooks do
not contain eternal statutes; in
fact, they are always changing
and are always behind the times,
Alfred S. Dashiell, managing edi-
tor of Scribner's told the teachers.
He said:
Textbooks are cluttered with
requirements which no longer
are observed in the current
speech and writing of educated
men and women.
BEST IN PRESS
"The secret of good usage,
good speech and good writing
is to make the meaning clear,
to express thought and feeling.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
WOMAN FIRED,
UNION OF|GHT

Charges that a woman worker
with the local Emergency Relief
was discharged without just cause
were laid before relief officials to-
day by the NRA Employees Union.
The labor group, potent because
of it's affiliation with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and its
recent victory in the famous
Donovan case," made a formal
protest today against the dis
missal of Mrs. Myra Callas, for
merly a case worker with the
Southeast division of the Emer
gency Relief Administration of the
Board of Public Welfare.
A resolution adopted by the
labor group, which is known as
Lodge No. 81, of the American
Federation of Government EN-
ployes, stated that Mrs. Callas
was "summarily dismissed with no
definite charge against her and
without a hearing"
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
KRAMER WANT IS
LARGER FUNDS
FOR SCHOOLS
Assistant Superintendent Sees
Need for More Student
Seat Space

The new Congress should take
cognizance of changing conditions
in Washington which make a sub
stantial school appropriation a
necessity for the next fiscal year,
DR.. Stephen E. Kramer. first as
sistant superintendent Of District
schools, declared today.
Stating that the financial de-
preston is the basic reason for
the great increase in school en-
rollment. DR.. Kramer urged that
the new Congress make a gen.
erous appropriation for the local
school system so it may accommo-
date the increased numbers of
school children.
Can't Get Jobs
Children now stay in school
much longer than in the days be-
fore the financial crisis, the
school chief stated, because they
are unable to secure jobs.
In addition to that fact, he con-
tinued. the city is growing because
of the large numbers of new Gov
ernment employees added to the
city's population since the crea-
ton of the new Federal emergency
agencies.
He added:
"There is another factor
which we cannot disregard.
That is what 1 have termed the
"SOcial expectancy" that chill
dren will go to school.
"A few years ago, it was not
expected that children would go
beyond a certain point in their
education. The average age at
which child left school was
after the sixth grade.
CONDITIONS CHANGE
Conditions have changed
now to the point where most of
our boys and girls complete
high school, with the result
that our senior high schools are
crowded beyond capacity"
DR.. Kramer continued that the
increase in the number of boys
and girls seeking postgraduate
work in the local high schools is
another indication that they are
turning to the schools as a substi-
tute for employment,
In many cases, because of the
congested conditions in the high
schools, these boys and girls are
denied entrance.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Library
Bid Is Approved

The District Commissioners to-
day approved a bid by the Bahen
& Wright, Inc, of Washington, for
the construction of Georgetown
branch library on Wisconsin Ave-
nue. between Reservoir Road and
R Street N. w., for $138,206.
The bid by the local concern
was the lowest of nine submitted.
The contract calls for completion
of the structure within 240 days
from the date of receipt of notice
to proceed.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Forum Schedules
Marriage Debate

"Companionate Marriage as a
Panacea for Divorces" will be the
subject debated before the Young
Peoples Forum at Lincoln Temple
Congregational Church tomorrow
at Z p. m. Supporting the af,
firmative side of the issue will be
Miss Julia Eberhart and John
Willis; the negative, Henry Branch
and William Boyd. DR.. Julia D.
Brown will be mistress of cere-
monies.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Teacher Elected
Howard Club Head

Miss Muriel Milton. teacher in
the local public schools, has been
elected president of the Howard
Women's Club for the ensuing
year.
Other officers elected include
Miss Charlotte Corbin, secretary:
Miss Sophia Edelin,, treasurer, and
Mrs. Edna Forrest, assistant secre-
tary.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Ice Cream Theft
Sends Boy to Jail

Charged with stealing 20 quarts
of ice cream, valued at SO, a IT,
year-old colored boy, arrested for
the first time, was sentenced to
serve so days in jail, after plead
ing guilty before Judge Isaac R.
Hit in Police Court today.
Two juveniles, arrested with the
boy, who gave his name as Isaac
Compton, will be tried in Juvenile
Court this week. The boys were
arrested by Policeman Charles
Sine, Eleventh Precinct, two days
ago. They were accused of taking
the ice cream from Francis Davis,
1900 block Avon st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
DIR. Tyler Urges
i. S.-Run Radio

Establishment of a Federal and
State chain of broadcasting sta
tionS was suggested yesterday by
DR.. Tracy F.. Tyler, secretary and
research director of the National
Committee on Radio Education.
This would be the best means
of giving radio service to the
half of the United States that
does not receive it at present, DR..
Tyler told the National Council
of Teachers of English.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
1000 Teachers Hear
Sec. Wallace Talk

} Some of the best writing today
appears in the newspapers and
magazines, some of the worst in
the treatises of scholars"
Rev. Francis P. Donnelly, S. j..
professor of rhetoric at Fordham
urged that a degree be given for
original literary work.
At the banquet last night. Mar
jorie Nicholson, dean of Smith
College, called for a return to the
classics, declaring IN o. ern'
courses taught in 1915 have been
forgotten, while beauty is still to
be found" in Milton and Words
worth. She charged child pSychol
ogists are confusing students with
their "rattle-in-a-maze expert
mentS."
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
RenOn Is Elected
Cup Regatta Head

John A. Remon was elected pres
ident of the Presidents Cup Re.
gatta Association at the annual
meeting yesterday. Others named
were: R. Lyman Sexton. vice pres.
ident; R. V. Fleming, treasurer;
j. A. Councillor, director, and Ad.
miral H. c. Hamlet, director.
The nominating committee was
composed of L. Gordon Leech
chairman. Curtis Hodges an d
Thomas T. Keane,
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Christmas Carols,
Topic of Address

DR.. Valaurez Spratlin of Howard
University will speak on Christ
mas Carols" at the third Of a
series of vesper musicales by the
Musicians Guild at Peoples Con
gregational Church tomorrow even
ing at 8 o'clock. Mrs Elizabeth
Thornton will be Soloist. Miss
Camille Nickerson of the Howard
School of Music will preside.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
TWO HIT BY AUTO

While repairing a tire on Rich,
mond Highway near Nabsco Greek
last night William Johnson, 28,
colored. of Baltimore, and his
wife, Harriet, q. were hit by a
passing automobile. They were
treated at Emergency Hospital
for cuts and bruises. The driver
OF the car that struck them IS
unknown.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Alumni to Observe
Duke Anniversary

The tenth anniversary Of Duke
University will be celebrated py
the Alumni Association of Wash
ington with a dinner at 7 p. m.
Monday at the Women's National
Democratic Club, 1926 New Hamp'
shire Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
DR.. Mays to Talk
At Zion Church

DR.. Benjamin Mays, dean OF the
school of religion at Howard Uni
versity, will be the guest speaker
at Zion Baptist Church, Third and
F. Streets Southwest, tomorrow at
II a. m. Prof. Hitomi Yamasaki.
Japanese lecturer, will speak at
joint services at p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
DU BOIs TO SPEAK

The National Genealogical So
ciety will meet at the Y.W.C.A.
today at 8 p. m. Arthur E. Du
Bois of the Quartermaster De-
partment, U. S. Army. will speak
to the group on "Heraldry in the
Arn1v."
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

Phyllis says it's pretty for
tunate that most people haven't
the courage to break down their
moral scrupleS until they are
past so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
PAGE %

car. Wheel action is controlled BY
dubIe-acing hydraulic shock abb
sorbers.
In commenting upon the new
Oldsmobile models, L. c. Burnett,
manager of the Indianapolis zone
office of the Odds Motor Works, Inc.
stated that with this construction
each wheel steps over" bumps or
depressions in the road without COM
municating bounces or jars to the
passengers. Pitching OF car or pas
sengers is eliminated. Ursprung
weight is lessened and a more scien-
tific distribution of spring weight is
obtained. The center of gravity is
lowered.
Center control steering, made
possible by the new wheel mount
ing, lessons effort. The ride sta
bilizer, bar or spring steel join
ing the rear shock absorber, over
comes tendency to roll.
The new brake. Superhydraulic,
self-energizing. gives a braking ac-
ton that is progressive throughout
the pedal range and thus stopping
the car without jolting or Earring.
The brakes are identical in their in
ternal construction with the me-
chanical brakes used by Oldsmobile
in 1888, except that they are actu-
ated by piston within q hydraulic
cylinder in place o. a mechanically
operated cam.
A mechanical hand brake for
parking and emergency actCates the
brake shoe within the inclosed rear
brakes through straight line
hook-up.
The new six, with an 84-horse
power engine, will do seventy
seven miles an hour, the company
announces, and accelerates from
five to sixty miles an hour in less
than 271a seconds, delivering seven
teen miles to the gallon at fifty
miles an hour. The 90-horse
power engine of the new straight
eight delivers eighty-two miles an
hour actual, stop-watch speed.
The new radiator grills slope OUT
wardly toward a decided angle from
top to bottom, the bottom curving
beneath the chassis to conform with
the contour of the front fender and
radiator shell.
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results in less wind roar by permit
ting air currents TO flow past quietly
and smoothly. Quietness is further
aided by effective body insulation In
every panel.
Interiors are roomier than IN pre-
vious models. Seats are wider and
deeper. leg room is more abundant.
Headroom has been increased, yet
the bodies are lower.
An example of greater roomineSs
is found in the fact that Dictator
sedans have front seats fifty inches
wide. Commander and President
models have front seats of similar
proportions.
For ventilation and air-condition-
ing of interiors the front windows
have been provided with ventilating
vanes, which are glass panels 10
Gated at the door tops to create a
ventura effect which draws off stale
air or smoke. The entire front win
dow may be rolled down If desired.
The rear quarters windows are
hinged at their forward sides and
may be swung outwards, producing
another ventura effect for drawing
off air. Safety glass windshields are
adjustable. Flush-type cowl venti-
lators also are provided Six differ
ent systems of ventilation are pos
sible by different adjustments Of all
of these features.
Lamps Add to Safety
Another feature of the new cars
is the six-poSition headlamps, which
add greatly to driving safety. The
headlamps have beams that are adj
Unstable to three different levels
by instrument panel toggle switch
and toe-button on the floor board
permits the beams to be thrown to
the right of the road when passing
on-coming automobiles.
The beams are unusually power
full, the globes being thirty-two-
candlepower.
Bodies are of steel, reinforced
with steel and are unit welded. A
new type of cowl, termed dual
dome" which because of its semi
spherical shape adds strength, is
pioneered in these new cars.
Into the interiors of the new cars
Studebaker has put choice of mo-
hair velvet or. broadcloth upholstery.
Seats are of the approved "ortho-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
Sturdy Lafayette Makes
Bow in Low Price Field

and from this field also it has taken
an array of fine car features.
The new car is devoid of 'gadg-
cts" and trick" features, produc-
ton expense, according to its
makers, having been concentrated
on building into the Lafayette size,
mechanical efficiency, safety and
all-around huskiness to insure trou-
ble-free miles of motoring.
Interior appointments are in
keeping with the cars beauty.
Hardware is of bright nickel and
upholstery of broadcloth. The air.
plane type speedometer and instru-
ment assembly are indirectly light
ed on the dash, while the package
compartment is at the right of the
panel and ample seat widths full
fill the external promise of roomi-
ness.
Rear arm seat rests in the four
door sedan, disappearing ash re-
ceivers, assist cords, dome lights,
foot rails, robe cords and radio.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
Two Six-Cylinder Cars
Added to Auburn Line

entirely new feature in UNDERWOOD
engine ventilation. They perform
the function of air scoops and thus
provide more efficient cooling of the
engine when driving at sustained
high rates of speed.
In keeping with the streamline
design of the body is the gradually
sloping shatter-proof glass wind
shield. The windshield is set per-
manently into the body structure
tending to defect the glare from
sun rays in the daytime and head
lights in night driving.
Dewdrop shaped headlamps
mounted on the tenders at the front
are finished in the same color as
the body. Chromium bumpers,
sturdy, yet graceful, adorn the car.
Brakes Are Hydraulic
Bendix misunderstanding hy-
draulic brakes on all four wheels
are standard equipment.
The springs, two inches wide, are
38 inches long at the front and SAY
inches long at the rear. Spring
shackles have live rubber bushings
installed under compression. Metal
spring covers on all four springs are
provided as equipment on all
models.
Lycoming has designed new en-
CINE for the new Auburn skies.
Bore is 8 lis inches, stroke AZ
inches with a total piston diSplace-
ment of 210 cubic inches. Both
skies are equipped with aluminium
cylinder heads.
Graded in Rubber
The carburetor is single Jet type.
with down draft Swan manifold
in conjunction.
The four-point air-cushioned rub
Der mounting eliminates vibrations
from the engine to an unusually eff
fective degree.
A new packless water pump re-
quires practically no attention be-
cause the stufflng box has been elm
mated and substituted by metallic
seals. The use of waterproof lubri-
can't is not necessary because of the
seal design and absence of fabric
for packing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
AUBURN SHOWS
STRAIGHT EIGHT
Six and TWeIve-C Cylinder
Models Complete Line
for 1894.

The 1884 lines of straight eight
motor cars are being exhibited at
the automobile show by Auburn.
They are in addition to the Auburn
six and 12-cylinder lines also on ex-
hibition.
They incorporate an array Of fea-
lures which include au-Steel unit
weld body structure, controlled
ventilation, new-type frame con-
struction, automatic clutch, new
shock absorbers and refinement in
exterior and interior design.
p In the custom straight eight, dual
ratio has been included as standard
equipment.
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avoiding the extreme in areo
streamnning. the car is new in ap-
pearance, with long, graceful lines.
The Skirted tenders are wide and
wing-typed at the front, and mar
row. They blend with the sloping
radiator shell, also of new design,
and with the unusual sweeping lines
Of the rear end.
Special Hood Treatment
There are long, slightly curved
louvres, three on each side of the
hood. Two small grillS at the base
Of the radiator shell enhance the
Smartness of the front end ensem-
bic. and at the same time offer an
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
Nash Offers Companion to
Standard Skies
and EiqhtS.

The Lafayette, built and pre-
sented by Nash as a low-priced
companion to its standard line of
Nash skies and Fights, makes its
debut in Indianapolis at the auto
mobile show, and is the newest
member of automobile row.
According to E. L. Shaver, dis
tributor for Lafayette and Nash
automobiles in this territory, with
headquarters at 500 North Capitol
avenue, sturdiness and roominesS
built into the streamline styling
characterize the six-cylinder in
vader of the low price field. 1t is a
large car for its class in more than
just added length of wheel base.
It has taken it's name from the
fine car f1eld-the de luxe Nash
built Lafayette of a decade ago
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
SIoping Windshield Gives
Higher Degree of
Visibility.

"Skyway style and speedway
stamina" is the slogan adopted for
the 1884 Studebakers on exhibit at
the automobile show. The "skyway"
style was chosen by Studebaker last
october for its new models. The
prices start at s665, +. o. b. factory.
Benefits of the new streamlining
design are many, according to T. E.
Byrne. general manager, and George
D. Hartwick, sales manager of the
Citizens Motor Company. 1910 North
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
SHOW REVEALS
OLDSMOBILE SIX
AT LOW PRICE
Eight Cylinder Models Also
Available in Line for
This Year.

Two lines of Oldsmobiles for 1894
"a six as an entry in the low-price
field and straight eight-are max
ing bows at the show. The new
cars inaugurate Oldsmobile's thirty
seventh year of automobile building.
Knee action" wheels, center con-
troll steering, a ride stabilizer and
scientific weight distribution, all
new engineering principles, are fea-
tured. Added to these is another
advancement-hydraulic self-ener-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
Features Include Unit Weld
Body and Controlled
Ventilation.

Two brand new lines of six-cylin-
der cars, designed for comfort, APP
pearance and performance, are Of
fered by the Auburn Automobile
Company for 1884. The cars, ex-
hibited at the automobile show, are
in addition to Auburn'S new straight
Fights and its line of twelve-cylin-
der salon models.
Foremost among the features of
the new lines, according to Earl
Schott, head of the Schott Automo-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
new CHEVROLET
ENGINE OFFERS
GREATER POWER
Roomier and Smoother Car
With Knee Action Is
on Display.

The new 1884 Chevrolet with
''knee-sction" wheels. SO-horse
power Blue Streak" engine. stream
lined body and other Improvements
and refinements is on display at the
automobile show.
In the design and development Of
the new models particular attention
has been given to driver and pas
senger comfort. and every effort has
been made 70 eliminate the sensa-
lions Of both sound and feeling that
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bile c o m p a n Y,
1904 North Merid-
ian street, distrib-
utors for this
territory. are all
steel unit W e | d
body structure. a
n e WY designed
controlled venti-
lation system. a
box cha n n e !
frame with X
type bracing, new
type shock alb
sorbers, a n d a
new Lycoming en-
CINE on a chassis
with a 11e-inch
WheelhaSe While
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

Meridian S ire e t,
Studebaker dis
tributor for this
territory.
Bodies approach
the shape of weld
ed steel spheres.
Top speeds are
higher and are
achieved with less
power plant en-
ergy. The sloping
W i n d s HELD per-
mits better visi-
bility; one may
now observe over
head traffic sig
nails with ease
Also streamlining
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each coil indi-
vidually wrapped,
are standard.
The front seats
are adjustable by
a push button at
the drivers left.
A new style of in
terror top cover
ing on the closed
models gives a
dome effect. Rear
seats have arm
rests.
Door pockets,
grip cords, robe
strap and foot
rests are provided.
-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

giving brakes.
The new Olds-
mobile bodies fol-
low the aerody-
manic t h e m e.
Bodies are longer
and lower. Fisher
no-draft ventila-
ton has been i'm
proved.
The "knee &C.
ton" wheel sus-
pension permits
each front wheel
to be cushioned
on its own strong
coil spring, more
resilient than the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
Builds 100000 Cars

Chevrolet in the twenty-five years
of its existence built more than nine
million automobiles, of which nearly
half are six-cylinder cars.