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The Washington times., 1934-01-20

enforcement and adminiStra-
ton Of Blue Eagle regulations in
Washington will be seriously Grip
pied soon, it was learned today,
unless the National Recovery
Administration takes immediate
steps to avert it.
Major Raymond J. Walter, ex-
ecutive officer Of the NRA Com
pliance Board for the District,
who for seven months has han
died most Of the details Of local
NRA work on a purely voluntary
basis, today admitted that his
private law practice is suffering
so much from his absence that
he must resign his post "some-
time In the future"
Place Hard to Fill
Since it is Major Walter to
whom all local disputes about
codes have been presented, and
to whom all WaShingtonianS de-
string information about any
phase Of the NRA have been sent,
his loss would leave . void which.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Htch-Hike Trip
Of 2 GirkEnds
In Arrest

Two young girls were taken
into custody by police yesterday
after they were discovered at
tempting to hitch-hike a ride
from Bladensburg, Md.
The girls, who gave their
names as Patricia Kefef and
Consent Hillston, both II, Of
York, Pa, were taken to Hyatts-
vile police headquarters.
Policeman William Clifton
found the youthful feminine
wanderers. He turned them over
to welfare authorities who plan
to send them home.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
FINDS SHER|FFS
PROFIT FROM
JAIL TERMS
Field Service Urged to Parole
Deserving Prisoners Held on
Fines, Reform Old System
b Y JOHN E. TAYLOR
Times staff Correspondent

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 90
Members of the commission
named to study prison sentences
mdeterminate sentence, parole,
probation and goodtime allowance
today submitted a report which,
II the recommendations are fol-
lowed, will save Virginia tax.
payers, particularly in counties,
much money.
The commission would set up
q State probation and parole
field service which would study
convictions in all courts. magiS-
terial and circuit, throughout the
State.
When a country magistrate SEN
fenced a local boy to a Jail term
on a misdemeanor charge because
the boy couldn't pay his fine, the
field service representative would
step in and study the case, with
. view to putting the youth on
parole with the understanding that
he would pay his fine in install
mentS.
Profit for Sheriffs
In that manner the fine would
be paid and the State and county
relieved Of feeding him, while
otherwise he would be locked up
in a county Jail.
Sheriffs are paid so much a day
for prisoners food, this money
coming from the State when the
prisoner is convicted OF violating
a State law. The sheriffs often
receive more than the cost OF pr1s-
oners' food and pocket the differ
ence.
The commission has estimated
that a staff Of 40 field officers
will be necessary to cover the
entire State in the beginning
and recommends an appropria-
ton of $130,000 to cover costs
Of operating a central bureau,
salaries of a director, stenogra-
pher, and clerk, plus office and
travel expense and the salaries
of field workers and their ex-
penses.
Big Saving Seen
The commission said in its re-
port:
"The expenditure of this
sum at q time when rigid
economy in Government is i'm
perative is justified by the
savings made possible under
the proposed plan. In the
main these savings will come
from the increased use Of pro-
baton in place Of short jail
and penitentiary sentences.
"a recent survey Of the Jail
population in Virginia shows
that about 1S per cent Of the
inmates were in jail for nom
payment Of fines and COSTS"
On the commission are Judge
G. Vernon Spratley, Of Hampton;
commemorative Attorney Charles
l.. Pollard, of Petersburg; Rice M.
Youell, superintendent of the Vir-
ginia penitentiary; William R.
Stands, director, Division Statu-
tory Research and Drafting, and
Arthur w, James, Commissioner
Of Public Welfare.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
TAKOMA ENDS
FIGHT OVER
HIGHWAY
East-West Road To Be Ex-
tended, Providing Direct
Route From Virginia

Opposition to the long-proposed
extension of the East-West High
way through Takoma Park via
Philadelphia Avenue, has been
ironed out at a meeting between
County Commissioner Ben G.
Davis, County Engineer Harry B.
Shaw, and the mayor and town
council of Takoma Park, accord
ing to announcement today.
The main question was gaining
the consent Of the town author1-
ties for a right of way through
the municipal playground sur
rounding the school on Philadel-
phia Avenue, to eliminate the
dangerous S curve at the inter-
section of Philadelphia, Park and
Maple Avenues so to make a
safer highway.
Play Space Available
The proposed right of way was
objected to a few years ago on
the ground that, as it cuts prac-
tically through the middle Of the
playground, a large portion OF the
ground would be Of no use to the
children. To overcome jhis OBJ
lection it was explained that the
school site extends several thou
sand feet west of the building,
where a playground could be
made for the Junior students,
leaving the old playground for the
senior students, thus giving both
groups ample room.
The mayor and council agreed
upon the proposed Strengthening
of the highway, upon presenta-
ton of the plans by Commissioner
Davis and County Engineer Shaw.
and gave their consent to the i'm
provement, which will be done by
the State Roads Commission.
Work to Start Soon
This approval will insure early
completion of the project, for
which an allotment has been
made. Work will begin as soon
as weather conditions will per-
NIT.
The completion of this impor-
tant project will make a direct
eaSt-and- west traffic route from
the extreme Western boundary of
Mon tgome cry county through
Prince Georges county to the
MISREPRESENTATION Pike. It
will give motorists from the South
and West, going East, a direct
rout from Virginia across Chain
Bridge to the East-West High
way, then to the Baltimore road,
missing the congested traffic con-
ditionS in Washington.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
UNION |NSTALLS
NEW CHIEFS

President Luther C. Steward of
the National Federation of Fed
eral Employees last night installed
officers of Local 26O, composed Of
employees of the Bureau of Stand
ards, at District Federation head
quarters, ITO Fourteenth st. N. w.
Victor E. Lowe, president Of the
Bureau of Standards credit union,
outlined the progress of that or
ganization, and Miss Belle Trou-
land, chairman of the hospital
committee of the District Fedora.
ton, spoke Of the work of the
hospital guilds.
DR.. j. Franklin Meyer, of the
Bureau of Standards, presided.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
LEADERS ASSA|L
REDUCTION IN
CNA HOURS
Montgomery Earning Powers
Badly CurtaiIed by Fed
eraI Action

Reduction Of the number Of
hours in the Civil Works projects
from 80 to Is is being vigor-
ouSly protested by members Of
the Montgomery county CWA
board.
Mrs. Walter E. Perry, eXecu-
tive secretary of the board, said
yesterday that she had never
been so pleased with the sue
cess Of anything in Montgomery
county as she was with the Civil
Works enterprises. She consid-
cred it a serious blow to recov-
cry to cut the working hours Of
employees on these projects, add
ing:
"In all my experience in the
county 1 have never seen any
thing which worked with such
q degree Of perfection and so
little, in fact I might say no,
political discrimination. In the
Civil Works Administration
there has been no allotment
Of jobs because q person be-
lOnged to this or that political
party"
Another protest was registered
by John B. Diamond, chairman
Of the Civil Works Board, and
president of the board Of Mont
gomery county commissioners. Mr..
Diamond, who sadly deplored the
cut in hours announced by head
quarters Wednesday, sent tele-
grams to several of the members
of the Maryland Delegation in
Congress urging them to work for
the extension of Civil Works pro.
grams as they were originally.
His message read:
"The cut in hours from q
3O-hOur week to a 15.hOur week
for CWA workers in MOntgOm-
cry county reduces the income
in this community. to such an
extent that the community
wide situation is distressing.
The reduction in wages now
places the dependent labOrer's
income so low as t. destroy de.
cent standards Of family life
and the morale and hope of the
persons in the greatest need Of
having these preserved"
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
VIRGINIA HOUSE
RECESSES TILL
MONDAY NIGHT
Long Rest Approved Despite
"BuII" English Protest;
Senate Holiday Shorter
BY Times Staff Correspondent

by Times SCaII Correspondent
RICHMOND, Jan. 20.-.Vir-
ginia's house of delegates took a
Maryland recess" until 8 p, m.
Monday following adjournment
yesterday, featured by a roaring
speech by Delegate Edgar B.
c'Bull') English, of Richmond
City, over the long recess.
He was thrashed soundly, in q
parliamentary way, by Delegate
Ashton Dovell, floor leader, for
his speaking up, and the house
adopted Dovell's motion of ad.
journment. The house confirmed
the 10 appointments announced
Wednesday night by Gov. George
c. Peery.
Liquor hearings by a joint Sem
ate and House Committee also
will be resumed Monday night,
The House members took the long
recess in order to take care Of
business at home. The Senate
will convene at noon Monday.
Bills to forbid the changing
OF school text books more often
than every seven years, and to
abolish State-owned automobiles
used by State employees, were in.
troduced in the Senate. The lat.
ter bill would include all but the
governors automobile, a few in
the highway department and the
automobiles assigned to State po-
licemen and others in the de-
partment of motor vehicles.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Fall Off Memorial
Starts DQn1GUe Suit

Damages of $4,000 for personal
injuries were asked by Harland E.
Hughson of Baltimore from the
George Washington Masonic Ma
tional Memorial Association in a
suit filed in District Supreme
Court.
Hughson claimed he visited the
Washington Memorial near Alex
andria last June 9 and was injured
when he fell 10 feet from an un.
guarded retaining wall of a ter
race.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Officials Donate
To CLOthe 5 PuniLa

Welfare and school officials at
Upper Marlboro yesterday all
chipped in to buy shoes and
clothes for five children of Harry
Adams, colored, Of Poplar Hill,
who could not go to school be-
cause they didn't have the neces-
Sary apparel.
!. Judge j. Chew Sheriff of the
Police Court also asked a social
worker to investigate the case,
Charges against the father for not
sending his children to school were
continued in court a week.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
AIexandriGn Named
To GOuernOr's Staff

Charles w. King, Alexandria,
has been appointed a member OF
the staff of Governor George C..
Peery of Virginia. He Is the first
Alexandrian appointed on the gov
ernor'S staff since Col. Kenneth
Ogden was appointed more than
10 years ago.
King has been chief Of staff in
charge Of arrangements for a ma
jority Of the parades held in Alex
andria in the past several years.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
CWA Man Injuries
Self by Heavy Lift

Jesse A. Day, At, of Camp
Springs, Md, employed on a CWA
project at the University of Mary
land, was rushed to Providence
Hospital by the Bladensburg Res
cue Squad yesterday after he in.
jured himself while picking up q
bag Of cement.
Day about a week ago was op.
Grated on for appendicitis, fellow
workers said. He collapsed when
he attempted to lift the heavy
bag.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Lecture to Picture
Yellowstone Bears

Antics of Yellowstone National
Park bears, the only popular
chiselers" in the country, will be
portrayed in a movie-illuStrated
picture by Joseph Joffee, assistant
superintendent of the park, in the
Interior Department auditorium
January 25. Employees of the de-
partment have been invited to at
tend.
Joffee has been in Washington
for several weeks, working in the
office Of National Parks, Buildings
and Reservations.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Wool GrOuUers Slate
P1rLeu at Baltimore

Members Of the United Wool
Growers Association will hold
their annual conference in Balti-
more, at the Lord Baltimore Hotel,
February IA, it was announced
yesterday by Josiah w. Jones,
president of the organization.
Directors for the coming year
will be elected and policies for the
new year formulated.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Contracts Awarded
For Air Field Work

Contracts aggregating $4,000
for construction work at Langley
Field, Va, have been awarded by
the War Department to Philadel.
phia and Chicago firms. The
work is in connection with hangar
buildings at the airport.
For dredging Upper thorough
fare, Deals Island, Maryland, an
allotment of 21,105.60, and for
construction of seawall and bulk.
head at Fort Monroe, Va, $867,-
1880 have been approved by the
War Department.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
MARLBORO PLANS FETE

Upper Marlboro will join the
observance of President Roose-
velt's birthday like other towns
throughout the nation January
80 with a program and dance at
Gibbons Hall, it is announced
The affair is being sponsored by
the Knights of Columbus.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
HELD TO JURY in KILLING

John Green. colored, "A, Of the
$500 block I st. N. W., was held
Tor the Grand Jury by coroner's
jury yesterday in connection with
the shooting of his wife, Levina
Green, 80. She died Wednesday
IN Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
C0NNALLY TO SPEAK

"The Roosevelt Road to Re
covery'' will be the subject of an
address by Senator Connally, Of
Texas, at a meeting Of the Young
Democratic Clubs of America at
the Willard Hotel Monday night.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
HOME TO ELECT

The annual meeting and elec-
tion Of officers of the Hebrew
Home for the Aged will be held
in the auditorium of the home to-
morrow at 2::30 %. m.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20

'How will 1 get there9" "Where will
we go over the week-end?" These are
every day they can be answered,
and economically, too, by the purchase
of one Of the good used cars advertised
today in the WANT AID SECTION Of
this newspaper.
Evening star., 1934-07-12

added Recruiting now is in progress,
with $4,000 to come from the Mid
western drought area.
All told, the c. c. C. has 1895, ,000,-
900 in sight with which to pay the
youths $50 a month. They work 40
hours a week cleaning up the forest
land, building trails, planting trees
and preventing fires.
Within a short time. the Agricul-
ture Departments drought relief otflce
will start putting impoverished farm
ers to work digging wells, planting
trees and damming streams to pre-
vent future droughts in the Midwest.
Congress appropriated $525 900 600
for drought relief. Not all of this,
however, will go directly for that pur-
pose. But the intention is to give
as much work as possible to farmers
whose crops were ruined. Relief
grants are to be held to minimum.
More than $1,000. 900 is paid every
week directly to about i 900 eco men
and women employed by the Emer-
gency Works Administration, successor
to the Civil Works organization. The
men are doing such tasks as building
feeder roads and school buildings.
The women are working in sewing
rooms making blankets, sheets and
towels.
Officials said there were other thou
sands employed by emergency funds,
but figures we're not complete. Among
these works they listed the, naval
building program under public works
funds and activities undertaken by
the Biological Survey and Other gov
ernmental units.
Evening star., 1934-07-12
POPE CITES HUGE
DU POINT PROFITS
Accuses Munitions interests
OF Laying Smoke Screen
Prior to Probe.
By the Associated Prexs.

By the Associated Prexs.
Senator Pope, Democrat. of Idaho.
today accused the Du Pont munitions
interests of laying a smoke screen"
in anticipation Of the Senates in
quiry into the war materials busi-
ness.
The Senator. member of the hives
tigating Committee, said Du Pont
profits jumped nearly 1000 per cent
during the World War.
He answered a recent statement
attributed to Irenee Du Pont, vice
chairman of the board Of the E. /.
Du Pont de Nemours Co. This state
ment had said attacks on munitions
makers were inspired by:
"A SubServient force instigated by
the Third (Communist) Information
ale and allied interests to weaken the
defensive powers of capitahstic coun-
tries; efforts of idealists to prevent
war through mistaken notion that
Evening star., 1934-07-12

works officials said. will be stepped up
considerably as money goes out from
the $500, 900 900 set aside just before
Congress went home In June.
In addition to these thousands di-
rectly employed. public works officials
estimate more than a million receive
work indirectly through the manu-
facture, transportation, etc, OF ma
terials needed in construction.
Mr. Roosevelt has been striving for
months to stir new life in the heavy
goods industries by pushing both pub
lie and private construction. To aug
ment the public works undertaking.
he obtained from Congress power to
start home building and repair cam
paign. With the Government guar
teening loans and making some loans,
officials said they hoped 100000 men
would find jobs when the drive is in
full swing
A report on this phase of his re-
covery program will be given the Pres
ident upon his return a few weeks
hence. At that time also he will re-
ceive the latest figures on the high
way program.
Yesterdays reports to the Bureau
of Public Roads showed 27000 on the
job at 1850 road projects. These
projects are being expanded. An
other 10000 have or will find work
under a $4,000 900 appropriation for
use in forests, national parks and In
dian reservations
officials said 25o,o00 young men
we're in Civilian Conservation Corps
camps, with another 100000 to be
Evening star., 1934-07-12

preparedness IL q cause Of war and
q desire on the part Of many news
papers and magazines 10 sell copies
by handing 10 the pubic lurid read
ing which win help their sales"
Senator Pope declared:
mfr. Du Pont. not having been
accused of anything officially. Is max
ing a somewhat premature defense
of recrimination. IL is interesting
however. that the Du Pont interests
should begin protesting and laying a
smoke screen in anticipation Of the
work Of the investigating Committee. "
He added:
The legislative reference division Of
he Library of Congress, however, sub
mits figures to show that the average
annual profits of the du Pont Co.
jumped from s60ol .673 for the four
years prior TO the World War to an
annual average of $50, ,s36,s1o for four
years during the World War.
An increase in income Of almost
/ 900 per cent produced by a war
Evening star., 1934-07-12
SCHOOL FUNCTION
CHANGE OUTLINED
Specialized Training Held
Wrong Today With Call
for Versatility.

The trend in educational and voca-
tional guidance is away from speciali-
zation and toward the development
of versatility to meet present eco
nomic conditions. Dr. Charles r.
Mann. director Of the American
Council on Education. declared yes
terday in a discussion before the
guidance conference for teachers and
school officials being held this week
at George Washington University
Today other speakers were discuss
ing various phases of the problem.
They included Carl Jensen of the
United States Office of Education,
William H. Lowman Of the George
Washington faculty. Dwight N. Burn
ham. Miss Ruth Culbertson and Miss
Irene Blythe
DR.. Mann said that during the war
and Immediately afterward a tech
nique was developed for fitting the
job to the man. This was due. he
pointed out. to the fact that there
were more jobs than men, and to the
need for skilled workers.
Now the situation has changed and
there are more men than jobs. This
situation probably will endure for
many years to come, DR.. Mann pre-
dicted, and said it places an entirely
different responsibility on the school
and guidance worker.
The fundamental problem in edu-
cational and vocational guidance to-
day is the working out of procedures
in education which will develop every
individuals character and interests
most desirably for purposes of good
citizenship, and to create new types
of work and new ways of making a
living that will utilize these talents"
he asserted.
Robert Hypock. assistant director of
the National Occupational Confer
ence. told of the groups work.
Special educational problems Of the
Indians and the program of the
Government for providing them with
education in keeping with their racial
background, were discussed by Miss
Mary Stewart Of the United States
Indian Office.
Evening star., 1934-07-12
EMERGENCY Jobs
GIVEN TO2,25O,0DO
Accurate Figures, However,
Are Lacking Because Of
Shifting Projects.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AbSoClatcu fTeSs,
Emergency appropriations are esti-
mated by administration officials to be
giving employment to more than g.
$50, 900 men and women at the pres
ent time.
Governmental chiefs made the esti-
mate yesterday In surveying the
administration Summer drive to put
dollars into the pockets of those who
have been idle. Mostly the jobs are
of the pick and shovel kind.
Complete figures are lacking. The
total number varies constantly with
shifting projects. However. officials
expressed satisfaction with the show
ing made with the billions put into
the emergency tills by Congress.
They said approximately SOC, 900
we're at work under public works con-
struction jobs. This number, public
Evening star., 1934-07-12

certainly could not be considered
moderate and furnishes a strong temp
tation 10 the recipient 70 encourage
more international strife. There have
been many rumors and unofficial dec
laratons that this Is being done"
Pope declared 1t should be made
clear to every citizen of the United
States that tlle purpose Of the Senate
Investigators Is not to reduce the de-
fensive force of the United States but
to end war propaganda, inSidious
lobbying and excessive war profits"
He said II was vicious and COM
temptible that armament makers for
the sake of profits carry on campaigns
of insidious propaganda which always
floods Congress when Army and Navy
appropriations are being considered
and when world armament confer
enceS are held"