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The Washington times., 1934-03-31
I HOUSE BILLS
To SPEED WAR
ON CRIME

With the Administration press
ing for action, Congress today was
preparing to speed legislation CIV
ing the government wide powers
in its efforts to crush organized
crime in this country.
The Senate already has passed
seven bills which will provide the
Department of Justice with a
powerful weapon against gang
dom and vice.
Similar measures are being
studied by the House Judiciary
Committee which is expected to
report most of them for passage
next week.
Interstate Check
Attorney General Cummings
has Shuttled between the House
and Senate Judiciary Commit
tees for the past month urging
this additional crime legislation
be enacted into law. A majority
Of the pending measures were
drafted by Justice Department
criminologists.
The most Important bill under
consideration in the House pro-
videS for the protection of inter-
state commerce against any in
ter1erence by violence, threats,
coercion or intimidation. It has
been estimated that racketeers
are reaping $13, ,000, 100000 a year.
Cummings is particularly anx-
1ouS this measure be approved
since it casts off the burden
some limitations Of the Sher-
man antitrust act under which
the Federal Government has
been forced to proceed in COM
batting crimes Of this character.
Under the proposed measure
these crimes are punishable
with prison sentences as high as
S9 years and heavy fines.
Ext0rtiOniSts Hit
Additional power also has been
asked by the Justice Department
in proceeding against extortion
cases. AS a result a bill has been
drawn to mete heavy punishment
to individuals who use the tele-
phone, telegraph, radio, or any
other means to convey threats
with the intent Of extortion.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

Karloff and Victor McI.aglen in 'Lost
Patrol; Wynne Gibson in Crosby
and Fs H5f obise e nv.
Your Number: Clark and Mccullough in
Devil Dog House; Ted Lewis stooges
in Roast Beef and Movies" Thursday
and Friday: Jackie, Cooper in Will
The Song You Gave Me-; Charlie
Chase comedy. Saturday: Edmund
Lowe in Bombay Mair'; Buster Crabbe
and Robert Armstrong in Search for
Beauty: technicolor cartoon.
CoLoNY;asunday and Monday, Eddie
and Wednesday. George Raft and Carole
Lombard in "Bolero": cartoon; Thurs
Sons Of the DESERT; traveltalk: Chap
lin comedy. Saturday, Jackie Cooper In
clone Cowboy; Pirate Treasure No. s;
Chase comedy; cartoon.
HOME.-Sunday and Monday. George
Raft in "Bolero"; cartoon. Tuesday and
Wednesday. Charlie Ruggles. Mary Bo-
land and Burns and Allen in six Of =
Kind; Frank McHugh comedy. Thurs
day and Friday. Ramon Novarro in Cat
and the Fiddle" Saturday. Genevieve
Tobin and Donald Cook in '"rhe Ninth
Guest; comedy and cartoon.
sAVoY.-sunday and Monday. Lew
Ayres in Gross Country Cruise; Silly
Symphony. Tuesday and Wednesday.
Victor McLaglen in Lost PATROL; Bing
Crosby short. Thursday ''Alico in Won
derland"; Mickey Mouse. Friday, Tim
Mccoy in Voice in the Night: comedy.
Saturday, Claudette Colbert in -Four
Frightened People: Clark and McCul-
Tough comedy.
TIVOLI.-Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Claudette Colbert and
Clark Gable in ut Happened One
Night" Thursday and Friday, Ruth
Chatterton in "Journel Of a Crime;
comedy; screen song. Saturday. Edmund
Lowe and Ann Sothern In Lets Fall in
Love-; comedy; cartoon.
YORK.-sunday and Monday. Wheeler
and Woolsey in Hips. Hips. Hooray":
comedy. Tuesday and Wednesday, Kay
Francis in "Mandalay"; Bing Crosby
short. Thursday, John Boles and Gloria
Stuart in Beloved; comedy. Friday.
Wynne Gibson in "The Crosby Case:
comedy. Saturday, Laurel and Hardy in
Sons of the Desert; Pirate Treasure
No. !: cartoon; comedy.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Hawaiian Band Is
Held Over At
Hi-Hat

When Gordon st. Chad sings
"Asleep in the Deep" his rich bass
voice provides a thrill for guests
Of the Hi-Hat Cafe, the smart
cocktail room of the Ambassador
Hotel. Leading his troupe in a
repertoire ranging from grand
opera to the tunes Of their native
isles, these versatile entertainers
have provided an unusual musical
treat.
There is always something new
at the Hi-Hat Cafe and business
men as well as shoppers are dis
covering this new place for lunch
con and the cocktail hour. The
food leaves nothing to be desired
and the special menus prepared
by the Ambassador chef tempt
spring appetites.
Mr.. Frank A. McNey, manager,
has some surprises in store for his
guests in new drinks which he is
constantly adding to his list. This
experienced host, with a back
ground of Canfield's at Saratoga
and the old Shoreham in pre-
prohibition days, really knows how
to add to the life of a party.
Mr.. Louis Robichaud, in charge
Of the mixing room, does the rest.
These are but a few of the reasons
why smart Washingtonians are
Hi-Hatting it these days.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Next Weeks Movie Bills at Neighbohood Theaters

ans srhAMS Monday D'"nTSG FCies Gar 0Snnr5S No f7
with Tim Mccoy and Evalyn Knapp;
also Headline shooters" with William
House on 56th street." with Kay
Francis and Ricardo Cortez; "Horse
Play" with Slim Summerville and
Leila Hyams. Wednesday and Thurs
ney and Marguerite Lindsay; Charles
Laughton in Private Life of Henry
the Eighth" Friday: Girl without a
Room" with Marguerite Churchill and
Charles Farrell; Race Track" with an
all-star cast. Saturday: Dancing
Gable; Wheels Of Destiny" with Ken
Maynard.
sYLVAN-sunday and Monday: ely
ing Down to Rio," with Dolores Del
Rio and Gene Raymond: cartoon +;
"Rafter Romance" with Ginger Rogers
Room" with Charles Farrell and Mar
guerite Churchill; pictorial; screen SOU
venirs. Wednesday and Thursday !:
Ann "A Vickers." with Irene Dunno and
with Claudette Colbert and Herbert
Marshall; Charlie Chaplin comedy;
Phantom of the Air" final chapter.
odluIudy: OOuDl0 Ace or
Aces" with Richard Dix and Eliza
beth Allen; Jaws of Justice" with
Kazan, the wonder dog also Chapter
2, The Wolf Dog: Silly Symphony.
Matinee p. m.
TAKOMA-sunday and Monday: Lillian
Harvey and Gene Raymond in II Am
Suzanne" Tuesday and Wednesday:
Give Brook in III Were Free" +:
Charles Ruggles in Girl without a
Room" Thursday and Friday: Wheeler
and Woolsey in Hips, Hips, Hooray"
saturday: Charles Rugges and Mary
Boland in 'Six Of a Kind: Wynne
Gibson in Slippers East"
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
MISSING,
TH|EVESD DUCK

Park Policeman w. c. McFeeley
has a lot of patience, but when it
comes to lying around Potomac
River swamps for hours to track
duck thieves, he "just can't take
it."
So he reported today to Capt.
c. j. Carroll at U. S. Park Police
headquarters. He described how
he concealed himself in under
brush at Reaches Run to snare
the stealers Of wild ducks there.
Nearly a dozen Of the game birds,
placed on the run by park Off.
cials, have been stolen recently.
In his report to Captain Carroll,
Private McFeeley said:
Railroad wOrkmen told me
several colored men and a red
headed white boy had been
stealing ducks at Reaches Run
between 8 and 9 o'clock every
night. 1 went there last night
and lay on the wet ground from
7 until 10 o'clock. Then the
chilly atmosphere got the best
of me and I went home to get
warm"
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
COLLEGES HERE.
IN CONFERENCE

Local universities will be repre-
sented at the eighth annual
conference Of the Catholic Asso.
citation for International Peace
which will be held at Catholic
University Monday and Tuesday.
Trinity College, Georgetown,
Catholic, Columbus and George
Washington Universities and the
National Catholic School of Social
Service will participate.
An international Dinner" will
be given at the Mayflower Hotel
Monday and a special luncheon
session on education and world
, affairs will be held Tuesday at
Catholic University. Mrs. George
E. Bremen, Of Chicago, will pre-
side at the luncheon. Prof
Parker T. Moon, Columbia Uni
versity, president of the associa
ton, will preside at the dinner.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Girl andFather
Oppose Release
OfBetrqyer

NEW YORK, March 31.-There
is no forgiveness in the hearts Of
Charlotte Gibson and her father,
Robert Gibson, for Sidney Home
wood, the handsome young riding
master convicted in 1882 Of the
betrayal Of Charlotte, whose in
fant died a few weeks after birth.
Their attitude was shown when
Mr.. Gibson, an attorney, filed an
affidavit in supreme court, White
Plains, objecting to Homewood's
plea that a $500 fine-part Of the
penalty imposed upon him by the
jury which convicted him-be re-
mitted.
That $500 fine is all that re-
mains now between Homewood
and freedom from the Jail at Wall
kill, N. Y. He was transferred
there from Sing Sing prison some
months ago.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

his light fantastic maneuvers to
RKO films. In other words,
Freddie can't show off at Holly
wood parties-and that's an
AWFUL blow to lot Of hostesses.
Wanderings Around Hollywood
=. "A young, up-and-coming actor,
who has just received his finest
role in a recently completed mus
ical, is slated for a break he
doesn't expect nor desire. He will
probably be named in a rather
SENSATIONAL divorce case-but
he hasn't any idea the angry
hubby is wise to him!. Rita
Kaufman NEVER tells anyone the
brand Of perfume she uses-and
she's driving some social rivals
DAFFY by her silence. Al Jol-
sonll be back in Hollywood next
week, and Ruby Keller'l be so
HAPPY.
Super-snoopings - Gene Ray.
mond is STILL tossing orchids
in Janet Gaynor's direction,
which. if you MUST know, is
annoying a certain married &C.
tor to no end!
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
ACCIDENT PLEA
IN Staying

PETERSBURG, Ind, March 81
G.N.SO.-1n the face Of renewed
questioning Ward Davis, 20-year-
old athlete, today maintained
that the moonlight Staying Of
pretty Annavieve France, his
former sweetheart, was accidental.
The University of Alabama
freshman was questioned in the
Davies county jail at Washington,
Ind, where he was rushed by
authorities when a mob threat
ened to take him from the
sheriff.
From the youths friend, Lon
Spade, authorities learned that
Davis had told him that the shoot
ing occurred when the boy stopped
his automobile in a secluded coun-
try lane and tried to force her to
marry him. The young couple
were on their way to a high school
party.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Jewish Drama

Jewish Drama
News Scoops-E. H. Griffith
and Horace (the Scenarist) Jack
son have purchased that heavy
and dramatic Jewish drama,
"Mein Kindt," by Sarah Living
Ston, which has been running
with great success at Yussov's
Theater in New York, for filming
on the so-called super scale.
Ed Hatrick, general manager
for Cosmopolitan Production,
yesterday signed Director Gregory
La Cava to a two-year contract,
Joe Train reveals a Hollywood
sidelight: A leading man who had
telephoned his best girl said, 1--WE
had a blessed event at our house
my wife left mel"
Probably the strangest of all
film contract clauses has been
inserted in Fred Astaire's ticket
with RKO. The clause prohibits
Freddie, rated as Americas finest
dancer, from giving any free ex.
hibition; that he must confine
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Earl Hines Sta'
OfHoward Bill

Earl Hines, called the "king
Of jazz pianistS" and his orcheS'
ira are the stars Of the stage
show which opens today at the
Howard Theater.
Hines, who recently played ,
lengthy engagement at the Grand
Terrace Cafe in Chicago, brings
with him an elaborate Sepia re-
view, with many well-known names
in the company. A fast-dancing
chorus rounds out the cast Of so.
On the screen is "Sleepers East, "
with Wynne Gibson and Preston
Foster.
A special midnight show will be
given tonight with all seats re-
served.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Bulkley Wedding Barred
By Brides Superstition

NEW YORK, March 81 GIN.
S0.-Superstition defeated Sena-
tor Robert j. Bulkley's elaborate
plan to keep secret his impend-
ing marriage to Mrs. Helen
Graham Robbins, Of Lindsay,
Ont, today.
The Ohio Senator is to be wed
late today in the Chapel of Grace
Episcopal Church, with the Rev.
DR.. Russell Bowie performing the
ceremony.
Senator Bulkley is So and a
widower. His first wife, the
former Katherine Pope, died in
1882. Mrs. Robbins is 80 and the
widow of Henry S. Robbins, of
Chicago, who also died two years
ago.
Senator Bulkley had connived
with friends in the press to keep
the matter dark until after the
ceremony. On this account, he
had planned to meet Mrs. Rob-
bins at the marriage license bu-
Teau this morning.
Mrs. Robbins, however, insisted
on getting the license yesterday,
and the secret was out. It was
unlucky, she argued, for a hus-
band to see his bride-to-be on
their wedding day until both
stepped up to the altar.
And the Senator had to be
philosophical about the matter.
He said:
Its q new one on me. The
superstition must have grown
up since my first marriage"
Pressure Of business, he said,
would prevent an extended we'd
ding trip. and he and his bride
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Million to Attend
Easter DalUn Rites

LOS ANGELES, March 81
O.N.SO.-More than 1000, 900 per.
sons today were prepared to greet
the Eastern dawn at sunrise serv.
ices tomorrow along the historic
trail of the old missions in Cali
fornia. And worshipers will
gather also on scores of mountain
to d from Death Valley to
the fic Ocean-and on Cata-
lins nd. With perfect weather
fore :, sunrise, occurring at $40
a. m will be the signal for the
impr >sive start of the Easter
serviC IS in the outdoor settings.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
ALerandria's CWA
PrO0ran1 Is Ended

The CWA program ended in
Alexandria today with several
projects unfinished. A. w.
Petersilia, administrator, esti.
mated that $4,000 will be re-
quired to complete the work.
Preparatory to turning over
records to A. w. Boehringer, To-
cal FERA director, the Alex
andria CWA Board has dis
solved. Work on majority of the
projects will be resumed in about
a week under the FERA, the city
supplying materials.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
HUT !: 8: {: From
HOLLYWOOD!
By JIMMIE STARR

HOLLYWOOD, Cal March 31.-Heo Although he didn't
say in many words could read between the lnes
wer George Brent who returned to work and salary
at the Warner studio the day Ruth Chaerton announced their
marital split felt his marriage Ruth and her demands had
definitely nterfered with his cinema That they would
be divorced, and that he was every happy
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

AVALON-Sunday and Monday: Eddie
Cantor in Roman Scandals; pictorial
Tuesday and Wednesday: George Raft
in "Bolero"; screen song. Thursday !:
ber": comedy. Friday: John Boles and
Gloria Stuart in "Beloved": cartoon.
saturday: Laurel & Harding in ''Sons of
the DESERT; comedy; Popeye.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

AVENUE GRAND-Sunday and Mon
day; Laurel and Harding in Sons Of the
Desert: comedy. Tuesday and Wednes-
day: Greta Garbo in Queen Christina" :"
Thursday and Friday: Joan Blondell and
Pat O'Brien in 1--WE Got Your Number" |:
comedy. Saturday: Victor McLaglen
and Boris Karloff in Lost PATROL:
comedy; Pirate Treasure" episode No. 8.
CENTRAL-Sundaya and Monday: Boris
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
WARNER BROS. rHEArERs

AMBASSADOR-Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday: Wonder Bar" with Kay
Francis, Dolores DelRio, All Jolson,
Ricardo Cortez, Dick Powell. Wednesday
and Thursday: Greta Garbo in Queen
Christina" souvenir. Friday: Fay Wray
In Once to Every Woman" Saturday:
Randolph Scott in THE Last Roundup" "
edy, Popeye,
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

APOLLO-Sunday and Monday: Mary
Allen in six Of a Kind; comedy.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Ramon Novarro
in Cat and the Fiddle; cartoon.
Thursday: Victor McLanglen in Lost
PatroI'; comedy. Friday: Lew Ayres
IN Gross Country Cruise; comedy.
saturday: Randolph Scott in Last
Roundup"; Pirate Treasure" episode
No. 3; cartoon; comedy.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

were to return to Washington in
a few days.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

BOOKER To-day, and continuing
until Thursday: Ramon Novarro and
Jeanette Macdonald in The Cat and
the Fiddle" Usual added attractions.
Friday: Change of program.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

RAPHAEL-Today and until Friday:
Carolina" with Janet Gaynor, Lionel
Barrymore and Stepin Fetchit Usual
subsidiary attractions.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

REPUBLIC-Today: Sixteen Fathoms
Deep" with Sally O'Neill and Creighton
CLANCY. Sunday ana until Thursday:
Robert Montgomery in Mystery Of Mr..
X" with Lewis stone. Friday: Change
Of program.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

CENTRAL-sunday and Monday: Boris
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

STATE, Bethesda, Md.-Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday: IT Am Suzanne" )"
with Lillian Harvey. Mickey Mouse and
Act Matinee, Monday 900 p. m Thurs
day: Friday and Saturday: Janet Gaynor
in Carolina" Comedy. Cartoon.
Evening star., 1934-03-16

Of tn epeople: hence II the people are
Impoverished and cannot get money
taxes default, governments fall and
the inevitable results are revolution
and chaos"
He said the Nation had had enough
Of deflation and that the demand now
Is for an expansion Of currency.
who is there among us who can
say that 1t is not yet time to act?"
he asked.
Points TO Two Courses.
'"The record before US demonstrates
that we have but two roads open to
possible travel. One Is the continu-
alton Of dehation, leading to bank
ruptcy and Reputation Of debts, pri-
vate and public.
1.-The other road is an expansion OF
the currency, leading to more money.
hence, cheaper money, higher prices
for commodities, wages and salaries,
and thereby reinvesting the people
with added buying power"
Senator Thomas said that more
money means the payment OF taxes,
interests and debts; the saving OF
homes, farms and factories; the res
toration of personal, corporate. city.
county, State and national solvency.
Evening star., 1934-03-16

Chapter Of the Phi Delta Kappa,
honorary educational fraternity. at
the Mems Faculty Club of Columbia
University, Thomas advocated also
wider use Of silver.
THE longer the adjustment Of our
monetary system Is delayed the
cheaper the dollar must be made and
the greater the danger Of real in
flation.
"If confidence is to be restored. If
business is to be revived and If taxes,
interest and debts are to be paid,
the people must be able to secure
both money and credit; hence, to
dispel the money famine is the para
mount issue before Congress and the
country"
Denies He Is Infiationist.
Thomas reiterated his denial that
he was an tnfiationist, adding that
neither is he repudiationist.
THE American economic system Is
the capitalistic system" he said. This
system grows, thrives and expands
upon profits and withers. dwarfs and
decays upon deficits: hence the life
and continued existence of the capi-
talistic system is now in the balance.
Governments, great and small.
live off the taxes paid by the masses
Evening star., 1934-03-16
MONEY EXPANSION
URGED BY THOMAS
Senator Asks Greater Cir
cuIation and Increase
of Credits.

Hy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 16.-Senator
Elmer Thomas. Democrat. Of Okla
homa, said last night the Nations
monetary problem would not be ad-
iusted until these two steps were
taken:
Il. More actual money must be
placed in circulation.
q. Credit or deposit money must
be expanded and made available for
the people and for industry"
Addressing the Teachers College
Evening star., 1934-03-16
Kitten Stops Organ.

Me-e-e-ws instead Of bass notes
came from the organ Of the Princes
Theater, In London, during recent
matinee. A kitten had been brought
into the place by the management to
bring good luck to "On With the
Show" but 1t succeeded in stopping
the organ and nearly stopped the
show. The pet got into the organ
chamber and climbed into one Of the
larger pipes.
Evening star., 1934-03-16

He then asked what program the de-
dationists have to offer.
Without plan they are in WASH
ington borrowing the peoples credit
and spending some Of the money in
parading Russian and German In
nation ghosts before the public"
Evening star., 1934-03-16
Skates for Guests.

At a tea in London recently, Sir
Samuel Hoare, secretary for India,
gave an ice-skating exhibition to his
guests, he being silver medalist of
the international Stating Association
of Great Britain.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
81. 8:
II ca.

Including wilson Clubs
Autographed by Johnny Farrell
Fine persimmon wood heads,
with plain or fancy faces. Plain
or sheathed steel shafts with long
calfskin grips. Sets including
brassie, driver and spoon. Also
irons with chrome-plated heads
and chrome or sheathed steel
shafts. All have fine calfskin
grips. Match them up in sets of
from 5 to 9. Both mems and
ladies' clubs included!
tsport Shop. Main Floor. The Hseht ooJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17
BLUE LAW IGNORED

BALTIMORE, Aug. 17.-Blue
law charges against Charles Ross
berg, jr., druggist, who police
declared sold a 25-cent knife to
a customer Sunday, were dis
missed by grand jury here yes
terday. The knife had been pur-
chased by a detective.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17
CLUB PLANS LUNCH

A number of members of the
Alexandria Business and Profes-
Sional Women's Club, with their
president, Miss Elizabeth Ramey,
will motor to Fredericksburg to-
morrow to attend a tea given by
the Fredericksburg club in ken
more"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17
F|REMEN OPEN
FETE TONIGHT

The Rockville Volunteer Fire
Department will open its third an
nual carnival at the Rockville
Fair Grounds tonight at 8 o'clock.
The affair will run through Au-
gust 25.
This carnival, designed to raise
funds for the company to carry
on its work during the year, is
expected to Surpass its two prede
ceSSorS.
Climax of the eight-day celebra-
ton will be the GROWING of Queen
Montgomery I in a public cere-
mony a week from tomorrow
night. This young lady, who will
receive the title of Montgomery
county's most popular miss as well
as a complete outfit of clothes
and beautiful loving cup, is be-
ing selected by popular vote from
among nearly half a hundred con-
testantS.
Leading contenders for the GOV.
eted crown are Audrey Anders,
Maude Wilson and Ruby Brig
ham, all of Rockville.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17
To TEST.
LABOR RULING
PAUL HERMAN

PITTSBURGH, Aug. II (IN.SO.
A court fight to test the powers
Of the new steel labor relations
board doomed today on the threat
of the West Virginia Rail Com
pany to "resist by every legal
means" an order for an employees
election to choose collective bar
gaining representatives.
John H. Meek, counsel for the
rail company, indicated he would
test the boards authority after it
held that collective bargaining
election should be held, and in
structed the Amalgamated Associ,
alton of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers to submit for approval a
sample ballot.
Previously the board refused the
company's request that the Anal
gamated produce the membership
roll of the Huntington lodge. The
association claims 80 per cent
membership in the rail plant, and
charges the concern refused to
bargain with them.
In making the decision, the
board ruled that Section IA of
the national industrial recovery
act relates only to employees and
not employers.