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Plentywood herald., 1934-02-08

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With fun Administration sup
port the construction Of ships ne
cessary 10 bring the American Navy
TO treaty strength seems TO be as
sured- Last week the House passed
the Vinson ball. authorizing the ex-
penditure of nearly half a billion
dollars In a nve-year program. which
includes 1.lsf new 1irpl1nes-
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Opposition TO the bill was slight.
as the largest naval building pro-
gram ever authorized by an Amers-
Iacularly pointed Was the decaar1-
ilon of laaHorns1 Dsxnocr7fs- with
plaIn references 40 Japan. In Ad-
dafion 10 naval construction now
peans financed oy Enf INA the new
measure woaiad authorize % de-
sfroyers. one 7arTaane carrier fhir-
y SUBMARINES. ana 81 CRUISERS
When prohibition ends In the
District OF Columbia ON February
18th, it will be legal to serve wines
and whiskey- Some interest at
laches TO the attitude of the White
House and. taking notice OF this.
Mrs Roosevelt has announced that
no distilled liquors will be served :.
fixed rule IN regard TO the serving
on wines. preerence Will De gwen
to American wines when any are
served Incadent7aay. 1t Is said that
ciaret and sherry we're available
for guests In the household OF the
President before prohibition al
though Mrs- Roosevelt drinks moth
Ing containing an alcoholic content
Convinced that thousands ~
workers are now stranded i'm dss-
tricts where large industries have
closed and tafat for manv of Them
there Is no hope uf employment tn
their former occupations Harry L.
Hopkins. Relief Administrator. isI
planning to start moving these
stranded people To communities
where new opportunities exist. HI
is estimated that one million people
are without reasonable prospect OF
future employment i'm certain coaI
and copper mining districts. I'm In
dus4rial ceners. and ON farms
where land fs SO poor that mo one
can make q living on IT,
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that the principle OF Senator
Johnson's bill TO prohibit financial
transactions with nations TN de,
fault on their war debts Will be en-I
dorsed by the Administration I'll
Is presumed that the ban wousd ap-
ply to nations In defauk on debts
TO the government. as distinct frUm
Plentywood herald., 1934-02-08

This week the Herald received
Esx1ers from two different subscrib-
ers Ear Your Column" Neither Of
rhexn can he published.
One letter signed, IAN Outlook
Eemder.- VAS we'll written ana
wurrhy OF publication insofar as
EFs contents were concerned, but
rhe writer failed to sign his or her
HaHae. which Is one Of the first re-
guirszmenfs OF the publisher While
w~ will withhold the name OF the
writsr from publication In the pa
p@x lit requested, Me insist on know
Eng who the writer is- When the
writer Us unwilling to give has
nzmer some doubt immediately
ARISES rs TO the veraEity OF the con-
srSasuhSUn- and quite naturally a
newspaper does mot care to assume
sh1 risk of publishing something
which mxzy be founded purely on
spsFs nr rum0r-
The second letter WAS undoubd-
edfy sent In by one Of our readers
Em good fzifh, bHf III Ii Oh Sucn
Fersun~E character that We would
onEy open our columns to riddeule
by printing such lehters. Please
hesp - keep the columns OF the
Herald ezean and constructive.
Rexnember- we invite liberal use
II ~Tour Column" and TX your
cnmtribusica Is not published, you
mzy he sure there will be a good
re~&nn-
We received = splendid commen-
sx1inu On the work of the Legislature
during the special session by Sena-
bur Lars Anvik and Representative
Anarrw Ue1and this week, but toe
1nfe kor pubIication- 1t will be print
- nezt week
Plentywood herald., 1934-02-08

a proposal fer q three cents air
heefxxxr1M and 4 two cents air.
pa&n~ pustzl card II proposed In a
III fufrodu<ed In the house
Plentywood herald., 1934-02-08

Administration leaders. however,
hope that by May 1-t recovery will
have put agriculture and prfvxkg
industry In = position to absorb
many workers and that the Prezf-
dent will be able to begin hrs plan
to balance the budget within = year
or 50. Meanwhile. fhe Prezident
has asked 500 million doIIzm for
direct relief during the r1nnninder
Of this fiscal year and the next
year. and 350 mAAou dollars for
CWA operations nnfiI May Isl
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
Mail Order Cash Buys
Of Whisky Approved

Mail-order sales of whisky and
other alcoholic beverages were
approved today by the District
Commissioners, who gave formal
APPROVAL to an opinion by Cor
poration Counsel William w.
Bride.
The opinion, one of the last
to be rendered by Mr.. Bride,
holds that ordering beverages by
mail for delivery within the Dis
trict is permissible if payment
accompanies the order.
If, however, the order is
shipped c. o. D., its delivery
here would be a violation Of
local laws unless the distiller or
distributor shipping it has a
local license. Mr.. Bride held
that a c. o. D. sale would be
consummated within the District
and hence subject to local laws,
while a cash-with-order trans
action would not be so regarded.
No local tax could be collected
on liquor purchased on the cash.
with-order mail plan, Mr.. Bride
added, since the law provides no
tax on liquor bought by a con-
Sumer outside of the District.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
Were Puritans Sour?

I am more impressed by the
churches on economics than by
the churches on their own sub
ject, which is morals. In the
past few weeks representatives
Of nearly all the principal
denominations have attacked
paganism and immortality, with
terrific. blows at obscenity and
vulgarity. The obScenity and
vulgarity exist and every seri-
Gus writer who wishes to deal
with life fully has to worry
about mean little smut maya
zines, because censorship
hasn't time to separate the
sheep from the goats.
But I can't connect any of
this with paganism. The i'm
plication always is that the
paganS were roistering fellows
who always had a good time,
and their enemies were Puri-
tans who drank vinegar.
My records shows a lot of
dim and dreary pagans, not
particularly pleased with life
and not exactly enthusiastic
about death; and also a num-
ber of PuritanS who had a
fairly cheerful time, lived well,
drank a good deal, spoke freely,
and went to church regularly.
think we need a new set
Of words.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
COOPER To GET
NEW PROBE

Investigation into charges Of
conspiracy and misapplication Of
Commercial National Bank funds
against Colonel Wade H. Cooper
and Bates Warren were reopened
today by the District Grand Jury.
Both Colonel Cooper and Mr..
Warren will testify. Colonel
Cooper claims that the entire af-
fair is a persecution by the
Treasury Department, with which
he has had a number of contro-
versies over banking policies.
The first indictment against the
pair was thrown out of the court
yesterday by Justice Peyton Cor
don.' The indictment was at
tackled by Attorneys William H:
Collins and William E. Leahy on
the ground it failed to charge a
crime against the defendants.
The charges grew out of the
merger Of the bank with the Con.
tinental Trust Co. three years ago
when Colonel Cooper was presi-
dent of both institutions.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
To
Type
Preachers Advised
Paganism Wasn't
Cay or Dirty
BY GILBERT SELDES

Some time ago I was gather
Ing material for a long report
on how human beings of various
kinds had taken. the economic
crash and I promised myself
a long and hilarious chapter on
the clergy.
I already had a few clippings
OF Sunday sermons in which
preachers who were in the con-
f1dence of the Almighty told us
that the Wall Street panic was
an act Of vengeance or of kind
ness, sent from Heaven, and
there were other, more purely
economic announcements, which
seemed "naturals" for a chapter
of rollicking. farce with a trace
Of satire.
Unfortunately for me, I took
the trouble Of checking my in
formation: I read the Monday
morning reports of sermons COW
ering two years. My chapter
went to pieces. The clergy as a
whole had been more intelligent
than the financiers, the indus
trtaliSts, and the politicians.
Actually the Christian
churches have in the New Tes-
lament, a parable directed
against the good business" idea
OF paying as little as possible.
The laborer in the vineyard who
came only at the last hour was
TO be paid as much as the man
who worked through the dust
and heat Of the day.
It always seems unjust to the
man who came early; but as
pure economics, in our own time,
It is perfect. Because, as Mr..
Ford announced in 1914, you
have to pay people not only for
work they have done, but for
the general good of the COM
munity. The more you pay
them, the more they can buy,
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
D. K.
FOR UTILITIES

Public utility concerns in the
District may make extensions and
improvements to their properties
without approval of the Public
Utilities Commission, according to
an opinion by the Corporation
Counsel.
The opinion involves a ruling Of
the commission, adopted in Jan.
uary. which required sanction Of
the P. U. C. before any utility
could make improvements costing
more than $4,000. The order was
challenged by several companies.
The invalidating will not permit
unlimited improvements, however,
since the opinion provides that.
after such Improvements are
made, the P. U. C. may decide
whether or not they were neces-
sary and decree that the cost can.
not be used in valuation proceed
ings for rate-making purposes.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
D. c. 'CUT-RATE'
. L|QU0RF|GHT
PROBE DUE
ABC Board Finds DistiIIerS'
Refusal to Sell Violates
Presidents Suggestion

Charges that diStillers are re-
fusing to sell liquor to "cut-rate"
retail dealers, who are forcing
the market price down, will be
probed by the District Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board, George
w. Offutt, chairman Of the
board, said today.
The findings will be sent to
the District Commissioners with
the recommendation that they be
forwarded to the Federal Alcohol
Control Administration for ac-
ton.
Favored BY President
This action on the part Of the
liquor manufacturers is against
the spirit of the law, Mr.. Offutt
pointed out, the President favor
ing low.priced liquor to drive the
bootlegger out of business.
Washington now has 750 estab'
lishments selling liquor, a sur
survey reveals. The board has
licenses to 86 applicants.
More than 400 applications still
remain to be acted upon. To-
morrow hearings will start on
more than a score of applications
held up because the places are
in the vicinity of schools.
The control board has ruled
that no licenses will be issued
within 400 feet of school grounds
unless testimony is presented to
show that no children are al
lowed in the places seeking to
sell liquor.
New Rulings
The board yesterday ordered
that no licenses be issued within
half a mile of st. EliZabeths Hos
pital, and that no on-sale licenses
be issued within two blocks of
Soldiers Home.
The board yesterday issued the
first "Class F"' license designed to
permit the sale of beer and wines
at picnicS and banquets. The Ii
cense was issued to the German
Theater Club for an entertain
ment Sunday night in Knights Of
Columbus Hall.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16

did you get much work
done?"
"Yes-but plenty still before
me-"
"Aren't you going to the hos
pital for David? He expects
you. He has all those specimens
you were asking about"
Pippin stuck her fork slowly
through a tomato. She said
with a sudden, excited rasp,
but softly:
II can't make it. I have a
test Monday"
"You better phone and tell
him."
She nodded, but went up to
her room without doing it.
That night Chickie passed the
small room in the hall where
the telephone was. She heard
Pippin say:
"Oh, Bill, please let me off!
I'm so tired. I can't go dancing
tonight" Then almost Sob
bing: "Oh, no, it's nothing you
did. I'm just fed up on par
ties"
Chickie felt limp and leaned
against the wall. There came
a long pause. Bill must be
begging very hard. Pippin be-
came excited:
II know it's your last night.
I can't help it. I can't go-I
can't. don't want to ride.
Leave me alone, Bill, please.
I'm writing a paper. Say good
by now. I won't have time to-
morrow. Oh, all right, then!
Come in the morning"
She looked white and beaten,
Then she saw Chickie. Her
eyes blazed:
Mother! You are listening!'
"You left the door open and
you talked very loud!" Chickie
lifted a hand. It felt terribly
heavy. She pressed it against
her throat. "Pippin-What is
it?-oh, won't you tell mel"
What are you getting so dra-
matte about, mother? I've just
been gadding too much. I want
to study. Last night left me
with a bad hangover-That'S
ALL"
Don't take it out on your
father, Pippin. You scarcely
answered him at dinner. And
you know how you can hurt
him."
"Oh mother please don't
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The Washington times., 1934-03-16

"Oh, hello, mother I
wasn't at all tired. The party
was a waShout and we came
home early. I've a lot of study
ing to do and thought I'd pound
the volumes and be through
with it"
Chickie came over and sat
in a little chair at Pippin's side.
II heard you return. You got
to sleep in a great hurry. Your
light was on as came down the
hall. When I stepped into the
room everything was dark. I
almost thought you were pre-
tending, Pippin, dear"
"After the party, mother?
Why, the very ideal"
"And I stopped down to kiss
you. There were tears on your
face"
"You must have dreamed it.
never heard anything so
funny"
Chickie happened just then to
glance at her daughters face.
It was perfectly white and the
eyes had a hard, dark defiance.
She got up and touched Pip
pins hand.
Something happened, Pippin.
You were crying. You're suf-
fering now."
"Oh, well, mother, it was one
of the messy parties where peo-
pie get terribly drunk. Strange
men come up and put their
arms around you. Girls you
know pass out. It's true felt
pretty cut up about it.
Pippin WeepS
''But didn't want to talk.
Nothing happened to me and
I'm just a fool to get excited.
I was awake last night, but I
didn't want to bawl in your
face and that's the way I felt.
It just makes you ashamed"
Suddenly she gave the books
a shove, and reaching up
caught her mother in her
arms. She said with her voice,
breaking:
"Oh, mother. ="
For a long moment she hid
her face, her arms tight about
Chickle's neck. She gave a
high, sobby laugh:
Thanks for the weeping
place. Better now. Will you
send my breakfast up? I've got
to dig awfully hard today"
At / o'clock Chickle called
her to lunch.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
WOULD REOPEN
|NC|NERATOR

Declaring closing the Southeast
incinerator has resulted in lao saw
ing, Engineer Commissioner John
c. Gotwals today requested Con-
gress to reopen the plant, during
testimony before the House Ap-
preparations Subcommittee prepar.
ing the 1885 District appropria-
tionS bill.
Reopening the incinerator, he
said, would entail no extra eX-
penSe unless the District were re-
quired to destroy there trash from
Federal departments as we'll as
commercial trash, entailing an
additional $4,000 appropriation.
Other witnesses appearing be-
fore the group toiay to discuss
funds necessary for operation next
year of sewers for refuse disposal
included the District Commission
ers, Major Daniel j. Donovan,
District auditor, and Sanitary En-
Rineer j. B. Gordon.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
Armstrong Pupils
In Arts Exhibition

Plans have been completed for
the fifth annual exhibit of the in
dustrial arts department of Arm
strong High School to be held on
next Thursday evening at 8
o'clock.
Teachers heading the arts dis
play include Mrs. R. c. Armstead,
chairman; G. c. Brown, o. C.
Renfro, M. j. Matthews, P. A. Roy,
R. A. Lee, F. c. johnson, S. A.
Keys, L. j. Hunter, R. M. Alexan-
der, r. c. Dowson, w. N. Buckner,
G. A. Ferguson, F. A. Gregory,
James Webster, N. w. Cuney, E. P.
WeStmoreland, Mrs. A. N. Viii
liams, and Miss G. L. Watkins.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
NOW READ ON
CHAPTER XVII.

Chicke stood at Pippins bed staring at the face which,
in the moonlight looked pale The girls head rested
her and her hair flutter of gold But she
didn't stir.
Then Chicke her fingers the soft white fore
head and through the hair Pippin drew deep breath
and jerked her hand little
With cold alarm Chckie thoughts
"She knows I'm here. She's pretending to be asleep.
She moved to Pippin's window and stood long while
watching the svery fall of light to the dark waters She
thought distractedly: "Something has happened and
wouldn't admit to her thought the depths Of
her fear.
Early the next morning Chckie heard the girl stirring
about her She opened the door and called softly
''May I come in?
Pippin fully dressed sitting at her desk with great
stack of books before her. She answered Chcke surprise
with rand.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
Officials to Make
Bridge Inspection

Members of the House and
Senate District Committees and
members of the House District
appropriations subcommittee will
be guests of the Washington
Board of Trade tomorrow on a
tour of inspection of local bridges.
The party will leave the Capt.
tol grounds at 2 o'clock. The trip
was to have been made last Satur-
day, but was postponed because
Of bad weather. The board is
trying to get a new span to re-
place the present Chain Bridge.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
~H|CKIE'S DAUGHTER
Pippin Returns From Dance Hard
And Defiant; Strange Mood
Persists for DAYS
WHAT HAS HAPPENED

Pretty Pipp 15 daughter of Chkte and Kathie Mce
taken their first dance By KeUn Malone a. physician
recalling first fearing that the
into the strange woh of adolescence too
bond OF understanding beDen Ppp
Ddvid, her father. ->>N
Keun sails study Ppptr promises
his Shortly GtterDdrd
Lodge handsome ensign, and Dh him dance
sails
Pppir and KGthe wen first
criticized iodeSt She WriteS diary that likes
but not in the that she likes KeUn
1t than 20 since other There
Is bitterness in Chice heart BGrrS the most tragic
she had remarks that Pippn like
Chickie afraid she to tell Ppptn Pippr
to college.
Attending party there With Kathleen Pppin is shocked at the
gotngS on Ed1Dard K1hleenS brother, them tere
only one nay to play that gGnreStop before begn
One PtppinS father
the South Seas and she to party i him. but le1UeS early
strangely perturbed.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
Board of Commissioners

The Commissioners did not meet board.
E. Barrett Prettyman sworn in corporation coun-
sci. (Story Page 81
Tax officials reported final figures the 32 beer tax
(Story Page 2, this section)
Mail order liquor sales sanctioned by the Comms
sioners (Story this page)
Representative Shoemaker expected to appear again
before the Lorton Investigating committee (Story
Page 2.)
The Commissioners and other District officials attended
budget hearings at the Capitol
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
A Pagan" Book

The best selling book in Eng
land just now is "Magnus Mer'
riman," by Eric Linklater who
wrote a very funny book about
us called Juan in America"
His new one will be called
''pagan," I suspect, because it
Is full of heartiness, drinking,
wenching, thievery, politics, lit
erature, fine bulls, and finally,
a little late for morality but in
good time for the christening,
marriage.
It has a lot of fun in it and
If I knew anything about best
sellers, would say that it is
too intellectual for the top Of
the heap. Farr"r and Rine-
hart, however, publish AN"
thony Adverse" and, apparently
annoyed that their baby has
had it's nose pu. out of joint
by Sinclair Lewis, are boom
ing this one.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
POLICE PROBE
'5-CAR CRASH
FATAL To z
Driver Is Held; Investigation
Waits Recovery of Seven
BIadensburg Rd. Victims

Police investigation into two
separate automobile crashes, in
volving five cars, on BladenSburg
Road, near Earle Street, last
night, causing two deaths and in
juries to 10, was at standstill to-
day because of the serious condi-
ton of seven of the injured per-
sons.
Four automobiles and a truck
were involved in the two crashes.
which occurred about 10 minutes
apart. wrecked automobiles
blocked the heavily travelled high
way for some time.
Driver Held
One Of the drivers involved
in the second wreck is held for
investigation" at the Twelfth
precinct station and police also
took into custody the two drivers
involved in the original wreck in
which the fatalities occurred.
They are Warren H. Himelrlght.
38, of Kernstown, Va, and Rob-
ert r. Brown, 80.
Himelright escaped the crash
with a shaking up and shock and
Brown is in Casualty Hospital.
Himelright is held at the Twelfth
precinct station. He and Brown
are held for DR.. A. Magruder Mac
Donald, coroner.
Detective-Serg William j. Liv'
erman, of the Homicide squad, is
conducting the Detective Bureaus
investigation and plans to ques-
tion the drivers today.
The dead:
MISS BABE PARDEE, IS. Of
Capitol Heights, Md, a nurse
at st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
DANIEL j. EGAN, %, of the
800 block K st. N. E.
The seriously injured:
Ernest A. Kendrick, 30, 5400
block Kansas Ave. N. W., at
Casualty Hospital.
Edwin Cook, 30, 5000 block
Vista st. N. E., at Casualty
Hospital.
Harry l.. Wilhelm, IS, Of
Cottage City. Nd, at Casualty
Hospital
Robert R. Brown, 80, of the
first block Third st. N. E..
one of the drivers, at Casualty
Hospital.
Kenneth w. Himelright, II.
of Kernstown, Va, at Casualty
Hospital.
Mrs. Helen Mccarthy, %.
1900 block East Capitol St., at
Providence Hospital.
Richard Turner, %, 800
block Eighth st. N. E., at Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Less seriously injured:
DR.. Stephen A. Mccarthy, 26.
1900 block East Capitol Street,
at Providence Hospital.
John Onyun, II, 5000 block
Channins st. N. E., treated at
Sibley Hospital and sent home.
James w. Taylor, 35, 100
block Spring st. Chevy Chase,
Continued on Page 2, Col. 2
This Section)
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
\. |, GAGE TO SPEAK

Harry L. Gage. vice president
of the Mergenthaler Linotype
Company and president of the
American Institute of Graphic
Arts, will address the Washington
Club of Printing House Craftsmen
at their meeting Tuesday at the
lafayette Hotel.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
Senate
House

The House District Committee did not meet
American Automobile Association urges passage Of
pusory automobile insurance bill.
Inspection of local bridges to be made by members Of
Congress in trip arranged by Board of Trade
(Story on this page)
Independent offices supply BILL carrying Federal pay cut
provisions due for vote again today in House. Story
on Page ~
Operation of Southeast ncineraor is discussed at hear
ing held by House Appropriations subcommittee the
District 1885 appropriations bill.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
DiStriCtLOS

daily resume of all action in the House and Senate
dealing SOLELY uUith the District of Columbia, and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.