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The Washington times., 1934-02-07
FIGHT
To co To DERN

Washington's airport problem
will be dumped squarely into the
lap Of Secretary of War Dern un-
der an amendment to be made to
the McSwain airport bill, The
Washington Times learned today.
The amendment will be offered
by Representative Edward w,
GosS CR), Of Connecticut, a men,
ber Of the House Military Affairs
Committee, before that group re-
ports out the McSwain bill.
At present the measure provides
for creation Of a commission to
study local conditions, purchase,
improve, and operate a Federal
airport.
Because the field would be
taken over by the Government in
time of war and involves many
problems related to national air
defense, GoSs believes the Secre-
tary of War should be given abso-
lutte control of the proposed field.
Meantime consideration Of the
local airport problem is at a stand
still with members of the Military
Affairs Committee concentrated
upon problems Of greater national
Significance,
The Washington times., 1934-02-07

EboSom OF her family. Her only
close relative Is a sister, totally
blind, who lives in Pennsylvania,
She has several nieceS and
nephews, and she very carefully
kept news Of her accident from
them because "She didn't want
to spoil their holidays" Now
she Is well on the road to re-
covery, however.
She was born in the shadow
of Washington and Jefferson
College near Pittsburgh, but has
spent most of her life in Wash
ington. She is a prolific reader,
of course, and while recuperat'
ing at the home of a friend in
the 1900 block Irving st. N. w.
whiles away the dreary hours by
peruSing her favorite authors
Shakespeare, Byron, Kipling
Dickens and Longfellow.
There is one ambition she
hasn't realized. That's a career
in the movies. But she hasn't
given up hope yet. Hollywood
may still get a chance to i'm
mortalize Washington'S most in
ou s! ~ pue 'spunod OG Su!qSEaA
! durable optimiSt.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07

sent q radio program over
WMAL.
Despite these viciSsitudes, how
ever, her denial of downhearted
ness is emphatic.
Always Smiling
Her twinkling eyes merrily
lighting up a face that would in
spire another Mark Twain mas
terpiece, she said today:
"The Lord must have some
definite plan for me to do
some good in the world, be-
cause I've had so many accf-
dents and haven't been killed.
I'm always trying to make
somebody happy. / don't want
to take the joy out Of life;
/ want to put it in.
"My father was an Old-time
Presbyterian minister who
thought 1 would go to the
devil if 1 went on the stage.
That why 1 didn't go, SO I
chose the closest thing to it.
I must have inherited my
mothers disposition. She had
q very keen sense Of humOr."
And Miss Wilson carries hel
thoughtfulnesS right into tn
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
u S. Buildings
In Baltimore
Bdnne Water

BALTIMORE, Feb. IA new
prohibition law went into effect
here today-prohibition Of ice
water in Federal buildings.
More potent liquids may be OBJ
tained any place. But try and get
a draught Of cooling ice water-it
just can't be done.
And all because Baltimore Is 2
degrees and II minutes north Of
the thirty-seventh parallel.
For it seems that, according to
Government regul a tionS, any
building north Of that parallel
cannot have ice water between
November and April /.
So If any Government worker
should want to mix a highball on
the quiet, he will have no ice at
Government expense.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
READY
To EXTEND
CWAL|FE
By International News Service

By International News service
President Roosevelt is willing to
continue operations Of the Civil
Works program beyond May l.
the date originally scheduled for
its end-if conditions at the time
warrant such action.
This became known at the
White House today as Administra-
ton leaders in the Senate pushed
a drive to enact the $50 million
dollar CWA appropriation within
the next three days.
Must Pass This Week
Mr.. Roosevelt has studied con-
ditions and is reluctantly leaning
toward the belief that unless the
normal spring employment pickup
brings startling results, extension
Of the CWA will be justified.
The new appropriation must be
enacted into law this week to keep
1000, 900 citizens on Civil Works
projects. The funds now on hand,
which were only $40, 100000 last
Saturday, will be exhausted by the
end of the week.
A bipartisan group sought to
gather support for an amendment,
increasing the total appropriation
to $500 million dollars. They
would use two billion of this total
for Civil Works rejects and 500
million for direct relief. This cam
paign was led by Senators La Fol-
lette (R.) of Wisconsin and Cut
ting (R.) Of New Mexico.
Opposition Voiced
Administration eaderS an
nounced they would oppose the
increased sum. The same attitude
was taken by Administration lead
ers in the House Monday when
that body approved the $50 million
dollar appropriation.
Federal Relief Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins declared the $50
million dollar appropriation was
sufficient to keep the CWA going
unit" well into the summer"
The need for the civil works
funds was considered so urgent
Senator Robinson CD of Arkan-
saS, majority leader, announced
the $50 million dollar bill would
be given the right Of way over all
other legislation.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
DRIVE ON GRAF 7
W|DENED BY
PRESIDENT

A constantly widening trail Of
graft and scandal involving Gov
ernment contracts and the activi-
ties Of lawyer-lobbyists today
created an unprecedented situa-
ton in the National Capital.
Both Congress and the Admin
istration invoked extraordinary
measures to stamp out incipient
Irregularities threatening the New
Deal and to punish the perpetra-
tors Of frauds against the Gov
eminent during the last three
Republican regimes.
Not in the memory Of the old
est WashingtonianS has the fight
against favoritism and corruption
preceded on such a broad front,
or developed new angles with such
rapidity.
Among the governmental agen-
cieS involved in the welter Of
charges, old or new, were the
Army, Navy, Post Office and War
OGpdI IL1IIGI1GS, I1lS NAVl1 "O1h 1AA-
mtnistration, and the Marine
Corps.
The White House, the Depart
ment Of Justice, War Department
high officials, Post Office inspec-
tors, Treasury Department agents
and four Congressional committees
worked to cope with this Situa-
ton.
The Senate, meanwhile, pre-
pared to try four defendants Fri
day on contempt charges develop
ing from the destruction Of air
Hnai1 records.
President Roosevelt's demand
for the divorcement Of Democratic
party posts from all suspicion OF
political horsetrading before Gov
ernment departments gave ire
mendous impetus to the cleanup
movement.
An entire new crop Of legislative
safeguards against waste, graft,
laxity and lobbyist activities in the
awarding of Government con-
tracts was in prospect, with senti'
ment on Capitol Hill increasing
hourly in favor Of drastic laws to
protect tax money.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
Bald! Don't Lose Hope

Mr.. r. E. Proctor, Cinco. W. Va.
lDriteS.
'T was partly bald for 10 years. Re-
Gently 1 used . bottles Of japanese
Oil and now have hair inches long
on the bald spots"
JAPANESE OIL, the sntiseptic counter irritant
is used by Thousands for badness. falling hair.
loose dandruff and scalp itch Price Soc Econ-
omy size. 81. All Druggists. FREE booklet. Truth
StIS NstIonsI II Remedy c.. Sc W. 4sth st.. n y.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
|Always-and Often-Snatched|
From Death, So Why Not Smile?|
lean Wilson Believes
She Has Reason
to Hold On"

''If you can force your heart and
nerve and sinew
To serve their turn long after
they are gone,
And so hold on when there is
nothing In you
Except the will which says to
them: Hold on;
Out Of the grim stiffness Of an
Emergency Hospital ward rolled
the sonorous rhythm Of Kipling's
"f," it's bracing philosophy per-
meating the House of Pain and
bolstering many a tagging spirit
to renewed combat with disease
and death.
Note Of Cheer
The voice-lucid, confident and
inspired with the inspiration Of
conviction-came from a wizened
little broken body which, despite
the propinquity Of its allotted
span, has valiantly survived the
ravages of fate and time. 1t was
a prayer uttered in the hope that
less domitable spirits would take
arms against their "sea of trou-
ble." Little did the owner Of the
voice know that her gesture would
reunite her with one who bowed
to the plaudits Of admiring crowds
when both were in the springtime
Of life and death seemed q hazy
improbability.
Soon after dawn broke, how
ever, q woman with a broken
wrist wheeled her chair to the
side Of Miss Jean Wilson and
peered intentely at the little form
on the bed. She said:
I'D know your voice any
where"
And with this remark there was
reestablished a friendship sealed
many years ago when Miss Will
son, as a dramatic reader, and
Miss Elizabeth Morrison, premiere
danseuse, gave recitals in cities
all over the country, the great
and the near-great paying tribute
to their talents.
Hit by Trolley
Miss Wilson'S last brush with
death was but one Of several.
Knocked down by a trolley car,
she sustained fractures Of the
shoulder and arm, but she came
up smiling. At the hospital her
smile and sturdy optimism won
her the affections of doctors,
nurses and patients alike.
"Tell us a story, Miss Wilson"
That was the keynote of new
day. And she always obliged.
Several years ago she was
snatched-literally-from the
path of a hurtling train at Ian
caster, Pa, by taxicab driver.
Soon afterward she was struck
by an automobile in washington,
and her hip was broken.
Then there was the day she
was rescued from drowning as
she was going down for the
third time. But that was years
ago. Her latest misfortune oc-
Cured at time when she was
just beginning to feel healthy
again and was preparing to pre-
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
BOARD Of TRADE
RENEWSF|GHT

Disregarding advice Of both
Army and Navy fliers, members
Of the Washington Board OF
Trade have reaffirmed their be-
lief o commercial airport should
be built at Gravelly Point and
will recommend it again to the
House Military Affairs Commit
tee.
The action was taken last night
at a meeting at which T. S,
Settle, secretary of the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, and Samuel J. Solomon.
manager of the Washington
Hoover Airport, spoke. q
The Gravelly Point site was
considered seriously by the House
committee three weeks ago but
was abandoned after Army and
Navy aeronautics experts advised
against it on the ground that
Boiling Field operations would
be impeded by commercial and
private air traffic.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
SENATE PROBES
RECOVERY UNIT
PROGRAM

The Senate sought information
today concerning the operations
Of four Of the Administrations
recovery units established during
it's recess.
Meanwhile Senator Nye, North
Dakota, who, with Senators
Borah, Idaho, and Dickinson,
Iowa, all Republicans, have
severely criticized the NRA for
"favoring big business" pressed
for adoption of his resolution re-
quiring that Recovery Admins
traitor Hugh S. Johnson report
the business connections Of all
members of authorities admin
istering codes; all responsible
NRA officials; those officials who
have quit the recovery admins.
tration, and a list Of the codes
these officials helped draft.
Nye said these rosters would
reveal to small business the ex
tent Of the major corporations
domination over codified indus
tries.
The Senate has required the
following emergency agencies tc
submit information on what au
thority they were established
copies of their articles Of in
corporation, their specific func
tions, money they have received
and spent and the number o1
their personnel and their pay:
Federal Surplus Relief Corpo
ration, Community Credit Cor
poration, Federal Emergency
Housing Corporation and the
Electric Home and Farm Au
thority.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
Race Relations
Observance Set

The Twelfth Race Relations
Sunday will be observed February
II at the Asbury Methodist
Church, Eleventh and K SITS. N.
W., at 8 p. M, with a program Of
speakers representing several
races.
Bishop William Fraser McDow-
ell, retired bishop Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church; DR.. Rus
sell j. Clinchy, pastor of Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church!
DR.. Benjamin Brawley, of Howard
University. and Rabbi Abram Si-
mon, of the Eighth Street Temple,
will talk. Music will be furnished
by the choirs of the Mt. Pleasant
Congregational Church and the
ASbury M. E. Church.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
COlOred Lights
Seen for Future

Recent developments in artifi-
cial light sources point to a time
when monochromatic illumination
will be a common thing. Samuel
G. Hibben, director of lighting Of
the Westinghouse Lamp Company,
told a meeting of opthalmologists
at the Raleigh Hotel last night.
In connection with demonstra-
ton of a sodium vapor lamp,
which casts only yellow light, he
S91d that such light brings sharp
definition of objects, thereby con-
tributing to acuteness of vision
On highways sodium lamps will
allow motorists to detect objects
more easily.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
Army Lets Contracts
TOtdLinq $500, 900
BY International News Service

Award of contracts totaling
more than 100000 was an
nounced by the War Department
today. They include:
The Smith-Pew Construction
Co., Atlanta, Ca, $53,829 for
construction of a veterinary hos
pital at Fort Benning, Ca; the
Hoard Engineering Co., Seattle,
Wash, $97,594 for construction
Of officers quarters, and $72, $50
for construction of a headquar-
ters building at Fort Lewis,
wash; and Busboom Bros, Fair
bury, Neb., $24,7OO for construc-
tionary of a veterinary hospital
at Fort Sill, Okla.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
RITES FOR LINCOLN

The Jewell Downs Studio quar-
tet will feature the musical pro-
gram at the Lincoln birthday
celebration FEBRUARY II at the
First Congregational Church
Twelfth and G SITS. N. w., under
the auspices of the Allied Patri-
otic Societies. The songs will in
clude Home on the Range" and
"In a Monastery Garden"
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
C0pOne's Brother
TO Be Free Feb. 27

Ralph Capone, brother of AL
Capone, Chicago gangster now
serving time at Atlanta, will be
released from Mcneil Island
prison, Washington, February 81.
On that date his three year term
for failure to pay income taxes
expires. He was sentenced June
80, 1880, but deductions for good
behavior bring the expiration to
the February date.
The Washington times., 1934-02-07
DR.. BARTCH TO SPEAK

The Torch Club, of Wilson
Teachers College, will be ad-
dressed by DR.. Paul Bartch, cura-
tor Of molluSkS and cenozoic in
vertebrates of the Smithsonian
Institute, at 8 tonight in the
auditorium of the college. "Ex-
ploration of the Atlantic'S Great
est Deep" q five-reel film de-
picting undersea life, will illus
trate the lecture.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
Officers Honored

The newly elected officers OF
the Young Democrats Of the
District of Columbia were the
guests of honor at a luncheon
given Tuesday at the Madrillon
by the members of this organi-
Zation. The occasion was en-.
tirely informal and of q "get-
together, character.
The guests Of honor included
Mr.. Raymond j. Walter, preSi-
dent; Miss Mary Ellen Taggart,
national committeewoman; Miss
Lefty Wills. recording secretary;
Mr.. Graydon , McGuffin, treas
urer; Mr.. Howard j. Stafford,
finance chairman: Mr.. Thomas
SWetz, program chairman; Mr..
Leo MCGUIRE, District of Colum-
bia Affairs chairman; Miss Mary
Lee Sullivan. assistant recording
secretary; Miss Janet Rutter,
vice chairman Of District Of Co.
lumbia affairs; Mr.. Alva Pat.
ten, secretary for District of Co
1umbia affairs; Mr.. Ralph Law.
= renee, campaign committee
chairman; and Mr.. George j.
HILL parliamentarian.
Others present included Miss
Florence O'Donohoe, Miss Grace
Louise Shackelford, Lieut..
Thomas Early, Mr.. w. S. McGill,
Miss -Genevieve Wimsatt, Miss
Louise Ayhill, Mr.. Edward Noyce.
Miss Catherine Randall, and
Mr.. Claude Switzerland.
9 Rear Admiral Thomas H.
1Iicks, who lives at the May
Flower, will leave Washington
stoday, accompanied by his niece,
miss Betty Hicks, daughter of
MRS. F. F. Hicks. Of Cambridge,
md, who is a student at Vas
ssar. They will motor to VAN
scouver, and from there will sail
sfor Hawaii, where they will
sSpend several weeks before re-
stunning to the Capital in Sep
stember.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
Reception After
Ceremony
Continued from Page 10

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veil was held with q coronet Of
Rose Point lace and she carried
q shower bouquet Of Bride roses
and lilies Of the valley.
Reception Follows
Miss Louise Jaquette, the maid
Of honor, and the brides other
attendants, Mrs. Eugene Hough-
ton and Miss Alice Bauer, Of st.
Mary's, Pa, wore gowns Of the
sheerest organdie over taffeta
slips, one yellow, one blue and
one coral. Their leghorn hats
were trimmed with ribbon TO
match their dresses. The brides
maids bouquets were Of Shasta
daisies with shaded delphinium
and the maid of honor carried
TaliSman roses.
DR.. George Ball acted as best
man and the ushers were Mr..
Eugene Houghton and Mr.. vii.
liam Darmody.
A reception for the relatives
and intimate friends followed in
the apartment Of the brides
mother in Cathedral Mansions.
Here summer flowers formed
the decoration and the young
couple were assisted in receiving
by Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Straw
Nbridge.
DR.. Strawbridge and his bride
left later for their wedding trip,
the latter travelling in a brown
The Washington times., 1934-07-12

Mrs. George Calvert and her
daughters, Miss Margaret Cal
vert and Miss Eleanor Calvert.
will leave on Saturday for
Jamestown, r. I. where they will
spend the summer.
**A
Sail July II
Col. Walter c. Sweeney,
U. S. A., Mrs. Sweeney and
their daughter, Miss Anne Eloise
Sweeney, have arrived in Wash.
ington from Fort Hays, Ohio,
and will spend several days 1T
the Martinique before going to
New York where they will sail
July II for San francisco,
Coloney Sweeney's new station.
Mrs. Thomas Anthony Wad-
den. accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Edward w. Pou,
and her three children, Caro-
line, Edward Pou and Thomas,
jr., left yesterday for an eX-
tended trip to Canada.
X Il
Mrs. Marc G. MitScher and
Miss Elizabeth HAMS, both Of
San Francisco, have come to
the Martinique to spend a few
DAYS,
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
St. t.AIban S Church
Wedding Scene

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couple receiving in q bower Of
palms. assisted by Mrs. English,
who wore q handsome gown Of
, pale blue lace with hat to
match: Mrs. Poor. mother Of the
bridegroom, and his grand
LnotheP, Mrs. Samuel Cleveland,
Of New Orleans.
Going to Florida
The brides table was centered
with q huge wedding cake,
which was wreathed with lilies
Of the valley and white roses.
Mr.. Poor and his bride left
later for their wedding trip, the
latter travelling in a smart white
linen suit with white accessories.
They will make their home for
the next three months in Pen
sacola.
The bride who is a graduate
Of Holton-ArmS has been active
= in Red Cross work since leaving
school. Mr.. Poor attended st.
Pauls School in New Hamp-
shire and graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1888. He
also graduated from Kelly Field
this month and Is being sent to
Florida for station. He Is a
descendant Of General Long
street of the Confederate army.
The out-of-town guests here
for the wedding included Mrs.
Lindsay Maus, Of Baltimore,
Mrs. Roscoe Carlisle Bulmer, of
Annapolis, Mr.. and Mrs. Throop
Geer and Mr.. Throop Geer, jr,
Of New York, DR.. and Mrs. Win
throp Wilcox, of Collingwood,
N. j.. Mrs. william Austin. of
Long Island, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Murphy and Miss Dora
Wilcox and Miss Gladys Wilcox,
of WellSboro, Pa.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
To Reside Here

The former United States
Consul in Berlin Mr.. George
Gordon and Mrs. Gordon, have
arrived in the Capital following
a trip around the world. They
will remain in Washington as
Mr.. Gordon has been detailed
to the State Department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Orme
Exnicios and their two small
daughters will leave tomorrow
for Cape May, N. j., where
they have taken a cottage for
the remainder Of the summer.
Mr.. Exnicios will remain with
his family for two weeks and
then return to the Capital,
joining them only for week
ends. In September Mr.. Elk.
nicios again will spend two
weeks at the resort.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
Senator and Wife
Entertain Guests

Senator and Mrs. Key Pitt
man entertained at q buffet
supper in the garden Of Ridge
lands" their suburban resi-.
dence, last evening. Their
guests included former Senator
Charles b. Henderson, Mr.. Ray.
mond T. Baker, former state
Senator A. L. Scott, Miss Diane
Fisler, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse H.
Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Glad
stone Ruymann, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan +. Taylor, jr., Mr.. John
r. Worden, jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin c. Luther, .Mr. M. p.
McInerney, Miss Pauline w.
BerTllln, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
H. Howe. Mr.. Bert Mahlon
Brown. Mr.. Harvey E. McDon-
alds Mrs. Mary Dale Barnhard,
Mr.. Ben o.. Coleman, Mr.. o.
W. Davey, Mrs. Davey, Mrs. E.
p. Caffrey, Mrs. Russell High,
Miss Frances ArmbruSter, Miss
SaIlie Chapman. Miss Virginia
Harrison, Mrs. Dudley p. Har.
rison, Mrs. Naomi L. Cornell,
Mr.. Nick BaSta, Mrs. Ada M.
Klein-Peter, Miss Dorothy M.
Pfeiffer, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis
Capelle. Mr.. and Mrs. Reynald
C.. Feldt, Mrs. Loretta M. Lucas,
Miss Dense benson, Mr.. Frank
Healy, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Trent, Mr.. Walter c. Lamb.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Sew
ard, Mr.. and Mrs. James A.
White, Miss Gladys Wood, Mrs.
Lucille Haseman. Mr.. and Mrs:
Louis Titus, Mrs. Rooney. Miss
Eleanor Golden. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence e. Burton. Miss Mary
Patten, Miss Josephine Patten.
Mrs. Corbin, Miss Nellie Pat
ten, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward j.
Trenwith, Mrs. Hilda Mayer
and Mr.. Leo w. Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strickland Gil.
lf1an, who are visiting Mrs.
Henry Thomas, of Baltimore,
at Ocean City, Md, will re.
turn TO the Shoreham today.
X
Rear Admiral Edward c.
KalbfuS. president of the Naval
War College at Newport, and
Mrs. Kalbfus. who have been
visiting in washington for sew
eral days, returned to Newport
yesterday,
The Washington times., 1934-07-12

Capt. Won Lennep and Mr..
Carlos del Mar supping together
on the shoreham Terrace and
enjoying looking on" at the
dancing.