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The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Kicking about the cold lately?

Kicking about the cold lately?
Maybe you had the kick coming.
But while you were insisting on
more heat, cussing your car for
not starting, and turning your
overcoat up around your ears, out
on a wind-swept knoll near East
Riverdale family of eight were
living, as snug as a bug in a rug.
in a canvas tent.
Interviewed while the ther-
mometer was still lowering around
8 above, the spokesman for the
group that has adopted intensive
living" to beat the depression said:
1--WE don't mind the cold. Or
we didn't mind the hard wind
the other night. Our only worry
was that a branch from q tree
overhead might fall and punc-
ture the top of our tent"
Three Generations There
Which is by way of introduc-
ing the White family-grandpa,
and two other genera
tons running the scale down to a
3-year-old child.
Believe it or not, in a 12-by-14-
foot tent live the following per-
sons: Mr.. and Mrs. William White,
three daughters, Mrs. Ina King,
q. Christine. 81, an invalid; Mar
garet, 13, a school girl; Mrs.
Kings two sons, David, five, and
Malcolm, three, and Alfred White,
II. And in addition to these
there is crowded into the small
tent the following:
Two beds in which all sleep, two
dressers, one cupboard, tent-high:
two trunks, and aOtable in the
center on which is a two-plate oil
burner which serves for heat and
cooking.
Three other sons of the Whites
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
REPORT SAVES
z MILLIONS
ON DRY UNIT
Supply Bill Recommendations
Ignore Sec. Perkins Plea
For Employment Body
BY international News Service
Increased funds for the Govern

By International News Service
Increased funds for the Govern
ment's war on kidnapping and
racketeering and a 12-million-dol-
lar savings on liquor enforcement
costs was recommended to the
House today by the Appropria-
tionS Committee in presenting the
annual supply bill for the De-
partment of Justice, State, Com
merce and Labor.
The committee gave full back
ing to Attorney General Cum
mings, who urged a ceaseless war
against kidnapers, racketeers and
other criminals.
The committee proposed an in
crease of $29O,50O for the Bureau
Of Investigation, which will make
possible employment of more
agents and $136,067 more for the
antitrust division, which is striv-
ing to stamp out business and
labor racketeering.
For New Rum Plan
The estimated savings of IL
million dollars in liquor enforce
ment is due partly to a disagree
ment between the Justice and
Treasury Departments over the
methods of protecting dry States
and hunting down bootleggers.
The committee reported that
President Roosevelt has taken
charge of the situation and an
effort is being made to provide
o new liquor control plan.
Pending legislative action, the
committee slaShed last years en-
forcement fund of $8,440,000 to
1925 900. John S. Hurley, chief
Of the Alcoholic Beverage Section,
said $4,250,00 is necessary to pro-
tect dry States and halt bootleg
ging.
Because prohibition repeal is
expected to cut work Of Federal
courts and reduce the prison popu-
lation, the committee recon-
mended a reduction of more than
$4,000, 900 in the prison fund and
more than 90 thousand for fees
Va WACA4CSSCo dAAN JuAOAo'
In urging funds to carry on the
anti-crime war, Attorney General
Cummings told the committee the
drive has been successful "but it
takes persistence, and if the peo-
pie want these things done they
must be prepared to meet the
necessary COST"
The committee cut the budget
estimate for the Federal Employ
ment Service under the Wagner
bill $2,100,000. Secretary Perkins
had made a special visit to COM
mittee to protest against the &C
tion.
To aid diplomatic and other
foreign service offices who have
suffered from deprection of the
dollar, the committee recon-
mended an emergency appropria'
ton of $7,125, 900.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
SanitdriILna Names
Board of Trustees

Members and officers Of the
board of trustees for the Wash
ington Sanitarium, in Takoma
Park, were elected at a meeting
held at the sanitarium yesterday.
The members and officers elected
will hold office for a two-year
term, are: Mr.. J. L. Shaw, chair
man of the board; Mr.. F. M. Will
GOV, vice chairman; DR.. A. w.
Trueman, medical director; and c.
L. Pulver. secretary, treasurer and
business manager. Other members
of the board were, Elder !. H.
Evans, Elder H. ]. Detwiler, Prof.
H. H. Hamilton, Elder J. w. Mac
Neil, DR.. D. H. Kress, and DR.. o.
s. Parrett.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
DIRT BARRED
IN AIMEE SUIT

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 81 Q.N.S0 .
Superior Judge Leon YankWlch
today had barred dirt" in the
$24O,O 900 breach of contract suit
brought against Aimee Semple
Mcpherson Hutton, evangelist OF
-Angelus Temple.
The suit was brought by ad-
ministratOrs of j. Roy Stewart,
who was an actor and film dl-
rector. and alleged that Mrs. Hut
ton broke a contract to make a
picture. CLAY in the Potter's
Hands," for which Stewart had
written a scenario.
Judge Yankwich'S admonition
that mo dirt, as such, be
brought into my court room, l"
came at a point when Homer
Johnstone, one of the Stewart
estate attorneys, began to testify.
Said the judge:
'Mr. JOhnStOne has informed
me he wants to testify regard
ing a conversation which al
leges that Mrs. Mcpherson was
in q house with a man. I'm
not interested in dirt"
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Lawyers For TOuhy
Plan Surprise MOUe

CHICAGO, Jan. 81 QN.S0.
Their strategy cloaked in secrecy,
attorneys for Roger Touhy and
two gangster henchmen on trial
for the $4,000 ransom kidnapping
of John Factor today were ready
to present a defense designed to
save the accused kidnaperS from
the electric chair. Only three of
the four original defendants who
went on trial a week ago re-
manned. Prosecutor Wilbert Crow
ley. in a surprise move, nolle
pressed the indictment against
Edward McFadden. the only de-
fendant whom Factor, the wealthy
stock promoter, was unable to
identify as one of his abductors.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Author Will Play Hit
At Concert Here
On Feb. 8

washington has inspired many
men and women to great achieve
ments, and frequently the dis
covery of that inspiration is a
belated event.
The latest news from tn e
archives concerns such delayed
discovery and reveals that that
well.knoWn composer and pianist.
George GershWin, conceived his
equally famous Rhapsody in
Blue" in a Washington cafe IN
1922.
All this happened before Gersh-
win, of course, beca me "the
George GerShwin," and occurred
when one of the composers very
early musical plays-and a fall
ure-"Our Nell" played here at
Polls Theater, now extinct by
virtue of the Mall development.
Mr.. GerShwin. who contributed
only half of the musical numbers
to the score of "Our Nell,". had
lust begun. in 1922 to sow his
rhythmical oats. One of his tunes
in the show was a gay affair
called, Innocent Ingenue Baby"
The lyric was written by no less
a celebrity than Professor Brian
Hooker of Yale-turned Broadway
rhymester with success. "Inno-
cent Ingenue Baby" started
Rhapsody in Blue"
Before GerShwin and Our
Nell" had finished a week in
washington. this eager and in
tense young fellow had started
many sketches upon a work that
''he hoped might be a long piece
for orchestra" employing the
rhythms and syncopations that
were so much a part Of these
famous "only yesterdays" the
1905.
"a 1919, George Gershwin COM
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
AIR FLEETS Win
WIDE BACKING
IN CONGRESS
House, Senate Groups Swift
: Action Stuns Pacifists;
DefauIter Ban Upheld
BY international News Service

A tremendous wave Of Senti-
ent was sweeping Congress
today to build the American Navy
up to treaty limits, construct the
greatest protective air fleets in
the world, and direct a legal bar
rier against further loans to de-
faulting debtor nations.
The speed with which Congress
acted upon preparedness legiSla-
ton literally shocked the "pacifist
blocS."
In a single day, the House
passed the Vinson bill, authoriz-
ing construction of 102 new war
ships over five-year period at a
cost Of $475,OOO,OoO under NRA
values.
Senate Action Speeded
While the House was acting,
the Senate Naval Affairs Commit
tee approved a similar bill after
a two-hour hearing.
Both measures carried provi-
sions giving the Navy modern
fighting air units.
The program would permit con-
struction of 1,184 new fighting
planes to join the 1000 already
authorized for the Navy. The
new planes would cost sos, ZOO, 900
over a five-year period. Then the
Government would be authorized
to keep its sea and sky fleets on
a modern basis, replacing all OBJ
Solete equipment as time required.
Johnson Bill Backed
A separate Army program was
initiated in the House by Repre-
sentative McSwain D), Of South
Carolina, chairman Of the House
Military Affairs Committee.
It called for construction Of
5000 new Army war planes, prob
ably at a cost of about $120,O0O,-
900 over a five-year period.
Congress appeared ready to ap-
prove the johnson resolution out
lawing loans to and securities Of
defaulting debtor governments.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
GraUelly Point Out
As Site for Airport

Gravelly Point will no longer be
considered as a possible site for
Washington's future airport by
the House Military Affairs Com
mittee, Representative John j.
McSwain CD of South Carolina,
chairman of the committee, re-
veals.
Although no action was taken
at yesterdays meeting. it was
tacitly agreed that Gravelly Point
is too close to Boiling Field to
guarantee safe operation Of COM
mercial and private planes. The
committee will meet again today.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
GONDOLA CRASH
KILLS 3STRATO
BALLOONISTS
Soviet Scientists Meet Fate
After Soaring 13 Miles;
Metal Ball Smashed

SCOW, Jan. 81 uNS).
Flung to the earth when the
metal gondola of their strato.
sphere balloon became detached
from the gas-bag, the three Soviet,
aeronautS who set a new unoffi.
cial worlds altitude record Of
1919 miles were instantly killed
yesterday Afternoon, it was Off
cially announced today. 10
The accident occurred near the
village of Potiisoy-Ostrrog. sev-
eral hundred miles southeast Of
Moscow.
Red Farley Told
M. UlikedZie, a member of the
government police bureau, APP
peared before the Communist.
party congress and made a per.
functory announcement of the
tragedy:
"On January 80, between $3.50 =
and 5 p. M, at the village Of
POttiSoy OstrrOg, eight kilOm-
eterS south of the Kotoshkin0
StdUAUu III tAC AASdAONO uASGLACb
and the MOrdOvskaya region,
several hundred kilOmeterS
southeast Of Moscow, the stratO.
stat broke away from the bal.
loon and hit the earth.
Under the shock, the balloon
rose and disappeared.
"Eye-witnesses report two ex-
plOsiOns were heard at the time
of the crash.
GONDOLA YIELDS CORPSES
"In the gondoIa, three corpses
were found, one of which was ~
mUtilated beyond recognition.
"All the scientific instruments
and everything inside was
smashed.
"A special commission of in
veStigatiOn has left Moscow for
the scene of the catastrophe"
The victims were Paul Fede-
seemko, commander; Ilya OuSuS-
kin, his assistant, and Audrey
Vasenko, designer of the balloon.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Fay Bentley To GiUe
Course In Welfare

Miss Fay Bentley, nominated by
President Roosevelt for judge Of
the Juvenile Court of the District
Of Columbia. will give a course in
child welfare at George Washing
ton University during the second
semester opening Friday. Th e
course, offered last year by the
department. of sociology, is to be
repeated at the request of stu
dents. It is scheduled for $40 p.
m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
CABNAN FREED
IN TAXI DEATH

Albert e. Reed, Baltimore taxi
driver, was freed of blame in the
death of Lillian Lewis Hoenig,
81, three weeks ago, by q coro-
ner's jury held by Justice of the
Peace George Phillips of Ber-
wyn, Md, last night.
The blonde girl was first identi.
fled as Baltimore girl and later
as the wife of a suspect in the
robbery of a Baltimore bank,
who now is in a New York prison.
The accident occurred when
the taxi crashed into the rear
of a truck from which lumber
was protruding, on the Baltimore
Boulevard,
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Frank N. Doubleday,
Publisher, Dies dt "a

MIAMI. Fla, Jan. 81 GN.S).
Stricken suddenly while convalesc-
ing from a long illness, Frank
Nelson Doubleday, New York pub.
Usher, was dead today at the age
of 70. Doubleday, one of the ma
tion's outstanding book and maya
zine publishers, suffered an inter!
nal hemorrhage at his winter
home here last night. Mrs. Flor.
ence Doubleday, his wife, was with
him when death came. ID
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
SILENCE RULES
BREMER CASE

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 81
Maintaining an unbroken silence
for two weeks. the kidnapers Of
Edward G. Bremen, 37-year-old
banker, today had made no ef-
fort to inform the victims
father, Adolph Bremen, how or
when to pay the 100000 ran
som that has been provided.
Walter w. Magee, intimate
friend Of che Bremen family, ex-
pressed a hope that the kid
napers will communicate with
the missing mans father shortly.
Meanwhile friends were grow
ing anxious over the health of
Mrs. Emily Bremen, wife Of the
kidnaped man,
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
|CKES To DODGE.
HOUSING BAN
BY International News servic

ny 1NteFnaClOnaI NEWS SeTVIc0
If Public Works Administrator
Ickes and U. S. Comptroller
General McCarl can't soon see
eye-to-eye on the legality of the
Public Works emergency housing
progrem, now held up because
of McCarl's uncertainty of its
constitutionality, Ickes is going
to establish a new set-up.
Approximately 100 MILAN dol
lars in new Federally-financed,
low-cost housing Developments in
key cities are involved in the
dispute.
Ickes indicated today he ex-
pected an understanding in the
next day or two.
If no agreement can be reached
his legal aides are prepared to
form an entirely different organi-
zation to push the housing plan.
This would operate through
Ickes instead of through a houS-
ing corporation, as at present.
The new plan would be so drawn
as to eVade the technicalitles
raised by McCarl against the
present arrangement.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Bethesda Church
Plans Card Partu

Members Of the Church Of Our
Lady Of Lourdes, in Bethesda.
will hold a benefit card party in
the parish hall Of Sacred Heart
Church, Sixteenth st. and Park
Rd. N. w., at S:15 Thursday, Feb
ruary 8.
William Buckley is acting as
chairman Of the arrangements
committee
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Sn1ythe and DUUyer
Will Select JurieS

Judge Walter T. Mccarthy, OF
the Alexandria Circuit Court, has
appointed James S. Smythe and
M T. Dwyer jury commissioners
for the Circuit Court. They will
draw the names Of 100 jurymen to
serve during the year.
Evening star., 1934-05-18
FavOrs Restoration of
Discharged Policemen

To the Editor of The Star:
Your issue of Tuesday. May Is,
contained an article in reference to
a resolution of the Kalorama Citi-
Zens' Association opposing the return
of Officers William r. Latin and
James A. Mostyn to the police force.
I would like to comment on this
situation. I wonder if the Kalorama
Citizens Association considered what
is to be done with these two men,
bers Of our community. They must
either obtain employment or be a
burden on the community. They have
committed no crime Of burglary,
murder or otherwise and. in my
opinion, have simply taken the rap"
for the police precincts misguided
activities, which I believe have since
been corrected.
happen to be a neighbor of Mr..
Latin and consider him a high-type
citizen and father and see no reason
why he should be refused the oppor-
tunity to make an honest living. I
agree there are many people with un-
blemished records seeking jobs, but
If the truth were known there are
probably also people who have jobs
who are not so unblemished in their
records
I just can't help expressing myself
when our citizens attempt to kick a
man when he is down. I know from
actual experience that almost any
resolution can be introduced in our
citizens association meetings and
they will Immediately be seconded
and, if not watched, will be passed.
hope our citizens will think twice
before condemning, and let the one
who is innocent cast the first stone"
LOUIS c. CARL.
Evening star., 1934-05-18
Senate Tackles the Tariff.

The defenders and opponents Of
the Roosevelt reciprocity tariff bill
went at it hammer and tongs in the
Senate yesterday. The defenders argued
that an emergency warranted the grant
of power to the President to engage
in reciprocal trade agreements with
foreign nations and to grease the
wheels by lowering or raising tariff
duties within limitation of fifty per
cent of existing rates. The oppo-
nents replied that the Constitution
has placed the authority and the duty
upon the legislative branch of the
Government to levy all taxes and
tariffs. Does an emergency justify
doing violence to the Constitution?
The proposed law would create a
precedent which would rise to plague
the Congress and the people in the
future, the opposition warned. In ad-
dition, the opponents of the measure
argued that such power placed in the
hands Of one man, to do as he might
desire, would have q paralyzing effect
on industry, since industry might be
wiped out over night by the lowering
Of tariff duties.
Why not give notice in the pending
Evening star., 1934-05-18

bill to those industries which it was
proposed to trade of for supposed
favors from other nations. it was sug-
gested. Why not, indeed? The an
swer was that any such notice would
effectually kill the entire measure, for
then the country would understand
clearly what might happen to any and
all industries. Supporters of the
measure contend, on the other hand,
that the President has at heart as
strongly as has the Congress the in
terests of the American people and
American business and can be relied
upon not to act to their detriment.
Senator Borah of Idaho pleaded
with the Senate not to infringe upon
the liberty of the people by making
this attack upon the Constitution.
This constitutional democracy of
ours is the only form Of government
which preserves or intends to pre-
serve the rights of the individual" he
said. In the course of an onslaught
on personal liberty and free institu-
tions, conducted by the Fascists. the
Nazis and the Communists, he said,
democracy seems to become apollo
getic, distrustful of its own weapons
of warfare and defense" And he
added: I'VE need something Of the
ancient faith"
Senator Borah's was an eloquent
appeal. That it will fall, however, on
deaf ears has seemed certain. But
tressed by the declaration of admin
istration leaders in the Senate that
the power delegated to the President
is carefully defined and limited by
the Congress in this bill and merely
provides for an administrative
function by the Chief Executive, 1t Is
expected that eventually the tariff
bill will pass by large majority. How
long the debate will continue will de-
pend upon the Republican opponents
of the measure and to how great an
extent the Democrats will be prodded
into defending it.
Evening star., 1934-05-18
All-Night Parking
And Garages to Rent

To the Editor Of The Star:
If there should perchance be a
modern Diogenes prowling around the
streets of Washington with his Ian
tern looking for an honest man his
quest should not be a fruitless one.
His man is Mr.. Henry F. Ash. This
gentleman's stirring philippe against
all-night parking in a recent issue of
The Star was gem. The altruistic
and noble sentiments he expressed in
regard to the price of his garage Eyes,
he has a garage for renD are some
thing to be cherished while memory
liveth. He says he got SIS month
for his garage as long as he could
get it. He then had to rent 1t for
Sl2 for a while. Reduced to the
necessity of cutting the rental to $40
he let 1t remain vacant two years
because he could not get his $40 price.
Recently he cut the price to $6. The
most remarkable statement in his
letter was that even If ali-night park
ing is banned he is not going to &C
cept more than $6 month for his
garage. His next step, I presume,
will be to send a rebate to the poor
devil who paid him SIS month.
move that the all-night parkers arise
and give him three rousing cheers
Bronx ones.
In the same issue of The Star Mr..
Nicholas Chaconas suddenly discovers
that his esthetic susceptibilities nave
been deeply wounded by the horrible
sight of automobiles parked on the
streets at night. He agrees with
Mr.. S. r, Candano who made the
brilliant remark that "a person who
cannot afford to pay rs cents DAY
for a garage is a menace to our city" "
If MIR. Chaconas wants to see real
menace let him try to drive his auto
mobile around one of these big huck-
ster vans as it stands parked, taxing
I'D the space of two ordinary cars
with its vegetable bins extending away
out on each side of 1t. He also says
if night parking is banned it will
mean giving work to carpenters and
brickIayers building garages. All!
In Mr.. Ash's case he already has a
garage for rent. 1t would be inter-
esting to know whether Mr.. ChaconaS
also does or whether he merely owns
or has an option on some nice choice
lots on which garages could be built
to rent for about $40 apiece in the
event of a night parking ban. His
deep solicitude for the poor carpen-
ters and bricklayers is very touching,
butt wonder! His enthusiastic and
rosy portrayal of the great architec-
tural beauty garages would bring to
the alleys is also noble. if somewhat
doubtful.
In 90 per cent of these communi-
cations TO The Star against all-night
parking, it takes only casual read
ing between the lines to detect the
colored gentleman lurking in the
woodpile. S. H. MUMFORD.
Evening star., 1934-05-18
Cass Gilbert.

Cass Gilbert was the supreme mas
builder of his time No other
architect of the age surpassed him in
either endowment or achievement 1t
was his privilege to attain the ulti-
mate apex of his art and to hold his
laurels to the end. His genius suf-
fered no decline, the final works to
come from his hand were among his
best. and he has left a name whose
glory will increase rather than fade
His monuments stand on the sure
foundation of authentic beauty, and
his celebrity is an expression of q
Nations grateful heart.
No readymade theory of psychology
is adequate to explain such a career
Gilbert's sources were average and
commonplace He came of honorable
but undistinguished stock, his birth
place was an obscure Ohio village,
his preparation was that Of humble
public schools, he had no teachers