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The Washington times., 1934-01-12

'cent properly aged liquor and the
rest of the mixture is green whisky
Bliss said. In some cases they use
alcohol and aged whisky for their
blended products, he said.
When the rectifiers use alcohol
the blended result is not so bad,
according to Bliss, but the alcohol
demand has far exceeded the
present supply with the result that
green whisky has been used.
The first point of the Govern
ment's program to compete with
the bootlegger consists of unre-
stricted permits for the with
drawal and use for blending pur-
poses of alcohol made from
molasses. Heretofore the AAA
code and marketing agreement
allowed only 10 per cent of
molasses-made alcohol for blend
ing purposes. The ban on this
type of alcohol, which comes
II1dA1l1y 41OIu NuUd, WILL Nc AACSN
for a period of As days.
This move will supply rectifiers
with plenty of alcohol for blend
ing purposes and eliminate the
necessity of using green whisky.
More Imports Due
The second point in the attack
on the bootlegger allows unre-
stricted permits for importation
of American type whiskies, such
as bourbon and rye: These
brands may now be imported re-
gardless of the allotment given
various countries. They will be
used as the basis of future
blends.
The third point allows importa-
ton of American-type whisky in
bottles so that in the future Il
buyer can obtain real stuff" at
any legal dispensary. Due to
tariff, these brands will be pro-
hibitiVe to most persons.
Bliss said this is the first time
rectifiers ever have used green
whisky for blending purposes.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
GUT IN GAS TAX
IS PROPOSED
IN VIRGINIA
Bills Offered in Richmond
Also Provide Reduction in
Registration Fees
Times Staff Correspondent


RICHMOND Va, Jan. 12.-Leg-
islation proposing cuts in auto
mobile registration fees, gasoline
taxes and liberalization of the
libel laws and to set up a commits
sion to study judicial restricting
were dumped into the General
Assembly hoppers today.
The bill proposing a one-cent
reduction in the states five cent
gasoline tax was introduced by
Delegates Ralph w. Daughton,
Norfolk, and Walter H. Scott,
Roanoke.
Highway Bill Offered
They also introduced a bill to
have the highway commission
apportion to counties, cities and
towns highway construction funds
ION the basis of incompleted road
mileage of the primary system of
state highways" in the areas of the
counties, cities and towns to re-
ceive the money.
Delegate Robert F.. McMurran,
Portsmouth, sponsored the bill re-
ducing automobile license regis
tration fees. He would have the
State charge $40 for cars of 5000
pounds or under; SIS for cars of
5000 to 1000 pounds; $25 for
cars between 1000 and 5000
poun DIS; $35 for automobiles
weighing between 5000 and 5000
pounds, and $45 for all automo-
biles weighing over 5000 pounds
The reduction would be applicable
only to privately owned cars which
are not used for hire or contract,
The present Virginia autoTo-
bile license tag fee is 10 cents per
hundred weight. Many cities and
counties have an additional tax
of 20 cents per hundred weight,
making the total cost in chose
communities 80 cents for every
100 pounds of automobile.
Election Change Proposed
Delegates w. Stuart Moffett,
c. G. Quesenberry and L. STAN
ford Finney introduced the bill
liberalizing the libel laws.
Liberalization of the electoral
qualifications by doing away for
three years with the payment OF
poll taxes as prerequisite to the
right to vote is asked in a pro-
posed constitutional amendment
sponsored by Delegate Edgar B
English, Richmond.
Mr.. English filed in the House
a copy of the liquor control meas
ure offered in the Senate by Sen
ator Henry T. Wickham, of Ash
land, which provides for private
licensing, the revenue to go to the
counties and cities and for a
state excise tax of SO cents a gall
lon and a bottle tax of 10 cents
a quart. Licensees would be for
sale in sealed packages for off
premises drinking, except for ho-
tells. restaurants, dining cars
boats and clubs, which would be
granted on-sale licenses.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
BR|BE CHARGE
VERDICT DUE

A verdict in the police trial
board case against two Metro
politan policeman charged with
having accepted a bribe from a
bootlegger was expected to be
rendered today. The trial was
concluded yesterday.
The pair, Policemen H. G..
Bauer and Rudolph Schleichert,
contended they were framed" I"
Bauer also intimated high
official was back of the prose
cution. He did not disclose the
name of the official after the
line of testimony was dropped
following a conference between
Harry T. Whelan, defense counsel,
and Assistant Corporation Counsel
Elwood Seal.
Bauer told the trial board that
Alfred H. Dudley, whom he had
arrested for liquor running, had
promised him information about
a bootlegger with extensive trade,
and that when Dudley gave him
the envelope last October 80, he
thought it contained the informa-
ton.
Bauer said when Lieut.. Oscar
Letterman asked him for the
package" he did not think he
meant the envelope. The envelope,
containing $50, was found on him
after a search.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12

High prices and low quality of
the present legal liquor supply
have combined to swell the
Golfers of the bootleggers, who,
when it comes to giving the pub
lie what they want, are just two
steps ahead of legitimate pro-
ducers.
In many cases bootleg liquor is
far superior to certain types of
blended wl1iskies now being dis
pensed with governmental per-
mission.
Bliss Makes Charges
These startling revelations were
made today by Capt. D. Spencer
Bliss, Commissioner of Industrial
Alcohol. He said:
"a good quality Of bootleg
liquor seasoned in a charred
barrel under sanitary conditions
for a period of six months is
far superior to the blended
legal whisky which is COM
pOsite of only a small portion
of aged whisky and green
whisky"
Already the public is wise to the
difference and the sale of legal
liquor is dropping off rapidly,
Bliss said. Faster. than Uncle Sam
would have them, people are re-
turning to the bootlegger for a
supply of "the drink that cheers" :"
BOOtleggers Face Attack
However, bootleggers with all
their wisdom will not be able to
cope with the attack launched to-
day by the Government. Under a
three-point program, competition
with the bootlegger by the Govern
ment will be so keen that soon the
illegal dispenser will be a thing OF
the past, Bliss stated.
The fault with the present
blended whisky-BlisS calls it
"atrocious suff"-is that it is made
principally with green whisky;
that is, whisky not properly aged
in charred barrels, according to
Bliss. Rectifiers use only five per
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
TAXI LICENSES
UNDER FIRE

Charging that Washington had
6ecome dumping ground for
secondhand pleasure cars licensed
as taxicabs, j. Dolton, president Of
. local cab corporation today
urged Representative Mary T.
Norton CD N. j., Chairman of
the House District Committee to
Introduce remedial legislation in
Congress.
Her bill, he said, should set up
q control board to regulate taxi
cab regulations, which are now
enforced by divided authorities,
and urged compulsory liability in
Surance for passengers.
Sanitary and safety standards
also should be more stringent, he
declared and rates should be read
justed to be more fair to owners
and drivers.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
RULE BY COUNTY.
HELD NATIONAL
IN SCOPE
Republics Existence Hangs
on Local Government,
Declares Pollard

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 12.
County government, though local
in its operation, is national in
its Importance, Gov. John Gar
land Pollard, retiring chief ex-
ecutive of the Old Dominion,
said today
Continued existence. of tn e
United States as a republic is de-
pendent to a large measure on
authority being left to local
government, he said, and to wipe
out local governments would cut
the very foundation from under
the national existence.
He declared:
County government is a neg.
lected field in the study of pO-
htical science. Much more has
been written on Federal, State
and city government, yet
venture to assert that county
government is at least equally
important.
1T so happens that just
at this time the cost of county
government in Virginia approx
mates the cost of the State
government and the aggregate
debts of the counties are in
excess Of the debt Of the State.
THE county government
places a very much heavier bur-
den of Girect taxation on the
rural citizen. And yet in many
counties we find voters display
ing very much more interest in
State government than they do
in local government.
ut does not seem to occur to
them that county expenses may
afford a better field for re-
trenchmc It than State expenses.
We hear much about the waste
of the States money, but little
about the, waste of the counties
money"
In his message to the general
assembly when it convene
Wednesday, Governor Pollard re-
ferred at length to the county
governments and the abSurdity OF
maintaining many Of the small
units of government, and he de-
clared he did not believe half of
the 100 counties could maintain
county governments without fl
nancial distress.
His reference to the county gov
ernments and the campaign being
waged by The Washington Times
for elimination of the waste and
inefficiency in county governments
has the general assembly upset.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
{. B. LEE DENIES
POLITICS SNAG
PNA JOBS
Maryland Leader Says State
Roads Commission Has
Cooperated Fully

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. IA
Charges that politics" have de-
layed putting men to work unde1
the Public Words funds of IL
million dollars allotted to Mary
land for highway construction,
made by PWA officials in Wash
ington, were denied today by
E. Brooke Lee, a member of the
State Roads Commission.
Although no one was named
in the charges, Lee took it upon
himself to answer the allegations.
Stating that progress on the pro-
gram has been delayed by an
unavoidable chain of circum,
Stances" Lee aSsailed the i'm
putation that the procrastination
was due to desire to place men
in jobs as close as possible to
election time next November,
He said:
"GOOd politics requires the
earliest possible start and COM
pletiOn of this work, including,
as it will, the employment of
many citizens of the State who
need and must be given work.
That the State roads commits
sion has cOOperated TO the full
est extent is evidenced by the
number Of men employed on
CWA road projects throughout
the State outside of Baltimore"
Official figures on the number
of persons employed. however. re-
vealed today that out of a quota
of 1878 CWA jobs for Maryland,
only 1870 are new filled. and
that only 130 persons are at work
on PWA projects.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Business Census
Returns ReceiDed

Returns from the census of
American business are now COM
ing in rapidly to the Census Bu-
reau, partial returns having ar
rived from number of States,
including Maryland, Virginia and
the District of Columbia. Super
visory officials comment in their
reports on the speed and accu-
racy that have been achieved in
the census to date.
More than $4,000 white COL
lar' men are employed in the
project, which is primarily a
census of wholesaling and retail
ing trades.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Gaithersburg PIT. A.
To Hear School Head

County Superin e d ent Of
Schools Edwin w. Broome and
DR.. Frank Taylor, pastor of the
Grace M. E. Church South, will
speak at meeting of the Cal
thersburg Parent Teacher Asso-
citation Monday evening, January
IS, according to Mrs. Paul
Thomas, chairman of the pro-
gram committee. A musical pro-
gram has been arranged.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
so Singers to Aid
In Benefit Musicale

More than so persons will take
part in the chorus of the musical
entertainment to be given in the
auditorium of the Woodside
School, Monday night, February
IL. for the benefit of St. Mich
aels Parochial School in Silver
Spring.
This will be the largest affair
of its kind ever given by mem
bers Of the church, according to
the director.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
BILL REPORTED
BEING WRITTEN
. IN VIRGINIA
"FoIIoW-Up" Proposal Would
Provide One Attorney for
Each Judicial Circuit
BY JOHN E. TAYLOR
Times Staff Correspondent

RICHMOND, Jan. 12.-What
may be one Of the first steps in
eliminating a number of office
holders in the 100 Virginia coun-
ties may come with filing of
bill. understood to be in the pro-
cess of drafting, which would
; place the Commonwealths at
; torneys on a salary basis.
Such a move Is sure to bring
forth an amendment or sub
{ stitute bill that would eliminate
many of the county prosecutors.
One to a Circuit
The amendment or substitute
would provide that there be but
one commonwealth attorney for
each judicial circuit. At present
there is a commonwealths at
torney for each of the 100 coun-
ties.
: The prosecutors are reported to
have reached an agreement
among themselves to lobby for
q bill that would place them on
q straight salary basis. The
same thing was done at the last
meeting of the General AS
sembly for county treasurers and
commissioners of revenue.
Behind it all lies repeal Of
the Eighteenth Amendment and
the State prohibition laws.
Once Got High Pay
During the heydey of prohibi-
6on enforcement in Virginia the
Commonwealths' attorneys were
among the highest paid Off
cials. However, the general as
sembly some time ago began
trimming their fees and the will
to prosecute such cases with
igor began to die out. Accord
.ng to well-authenticated reports
here, the prosecutors have de-
cided among themselves to ask
for salaries based on an average
Of their total pay during the
past four years, thus getting the
6enefit of two good years to
offset the effects of two bad ones.
The Commissioners of Revenue
md the treasurers put over what
,uld be called a fast one" in
ny mans legislature. They had
heir salaries based on their fees
in 1880, their peak year, and
State officials say the cost of
tax collections has risen about
33 1-3 per cent so far as the
State is concerned.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12

Classmates Of Carolyn F. Pear
son, daughter of Mrs. Mary Beck
ley Pearson, 1000 block Fifteenth
st. N. w., rendered her a fare.
we'll surprise dinner last night at
the Madrillon Restaurant.
Miss Pearson, a graduate of St
Marys College. Alexandria, Va,
in January, 1881, is entering the
Holy Gross Order at Notre Dame,
near South Bend, Ind.
Miss Pearson's mother and
Miss Virginia Grove were also
guests.
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
Warner BROS, THEATERS
EARLE

stage-Wheeler and woolsey and Dor.
othy Lee in Person and Other Acts.
Screen-Paul NUM- in Hi, Nellie"
with Glenda Farrell and Ned Sparks
The Washington times., 1934-01-12
CARD PARTY

The annual card party of the
Council of Jewish Juniors will
be held Thursday in the Press
Cafeteria. Mrs. Ethel Dubit is
in charge.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-06-28

"It's a very cruel letter. 1t
sounds little like East Lynne.
Are you going to write to herr"
81 don't know, but ] believe l
shall. She's SO alone. Do you
think | ought not to write?"
Mrs. Lowe was puzzled for an
adequate reply. Amy" she said
at last, "if you feel you ought
to write to Jane, 90 ahead and
do it, only do be careful what
you say and don't start long,
painful controversy which will
lead to nothing except to keep
you unsettled and on edge"
Any's letter was much shorter
than James. She did not take it
to her mother to read.
Dear Darling Jane (she
wrote) "If there is ever anything
in the world ! can do to ! show
you that I did not intend to, make
YOU unhappy or to make mp tn
YOU for the way you feel, ! will
do it. Anything. am always
your friend, no matter what you
think. Amy" .
And, having written this, she
cried almost as frenziedly as Jane
had done.
Copyright, 1884, by Sophie Kerr
ITO be continued Z
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

Wien Howard Jackson, young
geology professor. comes to the
small middle-wsstern town of
Marburg Jane Terry, the pref
tiest girl in town, determines to
win his heart. .r..r.r o..
q Howard isa attracted by. James
friend, Amy Lowe, but Jane
schemes ito keep them apart.
Then one evening Howard calls
on ANN ard almost Immediately
they fall in love. 4.
Later that niGht Jane ccnfronts
Howa'.l and accuses him Of
breaking Ler heart. When he
tries to calm her she interprets
his words as declaration of love
and announces their engagement.
A. da, latel Howard is trying
10 explain to AM what, happen
cd when Jane sees them, .togeth-
er. Sc flies, into rage. How
ard tells Jane he Ices nos and
never did want to marry her and
that it is ANY. he loves. Jane
teaves. Amy admits her love Cor
Howard and agrees to marry him.
Jane decides. to 90 t. New
York, &c.,. t.....,,.. ,,... -.,.,, "a ID.
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SOPHIE KERRS SUPERB LOVE STORY -------- 7EH-
STAY. OFT III MY LTEE.. V
m ~ ~ w ~ "

a fiatness in its place and great
loneliness.
Various other strollers, mostly
elderly men, glancel at her with
speculative admiration, all of
them only too ready and willing
to start conversation. Jane saw
!. that and it pleased her. 1t
breaght back her feeling of i'm
Iportanee and an increased dislike
Eof iaaetiyita
4 She nlpsts indicate herself She
inust do something quickly to
show her Superiority to Amy and
| all the mieaeer, stupid life of
Maffurg, and, to make, Howard
Jackson fealize what he had lost.
A vague. brilliant vision Of her
self returning to dazzle and to
condescead rose in her mind, but
she. could not evolve any definite
guide toward its realization.
There must be something she
could study with immediate re-
suits and she would find out at
once.
Ha = ....'...
But the registrars office of
the Columbia summer school was
baffled by Jane AMI bewildered
lby her. No, che didn't want a
ceurEe of Chaucer OF any other
early English literature. No more
did she went Romance languages.
Or. Greek history. Or renaissance
ant Or pedagogy OF any variety.
One of the secretaries, more
oGservant than the others, had
seen the tight nerves, the de-
2pairing eaeernesS behind James
apparent ainlessneSs and took
her aside. Look here" she said
kindly, "why do you bother with
IT, sort of thing? It's mostly
for teachers, YOU know. You
seem to me, | don't know exactly
why. hut you do seem to me to
be looking for something quite
practical. outside the fell of
education. Why don't you take d
couse in one Of these hi"h"raie
secretarial schools and get into
some business-publishing or adj
vertising, maybe? My sister went
to one and she's done awfullv
we'll, got a position as secretary
to the editor of. a big magazine
and worked herself onto the
staff I'll give you a couple of
addresses"
1t was the first line Of direc-
ton Jane had found and she prob
ably would not have followed it
but one Of the schools was near
her hotel. She passed it as she
went back there and after a mo-
ments hesitation returned and
entered. 1t was competent place
with more than a suggestion of
swagger. At once Jane felt her
self at ease. She was understood.
She caught their possibilities. She
liked the very smart frock and
makeup, the detached capability
lof the director, Miss Jardine. In
no time at all she was enrolled
for as much work as she could
induce them to heap upon her.
"You simply can't do all these
things at once" Miss Jardine
told her, breaking through her
cool elegance for human mo-
ment.
"Oh, yes can. | must" Jane
m
impression she was making.
That night she wrote two let
ters. One was to her aunt, an
answer to the letters and tele-
Grams which poor Miss Rosa had
been heapinq on her ever since
her arrival and which Jane. so
far. had not noticed. "You need
not worry about me-" wrote Jane.
~ am perfectly all right. I've
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M'KINLEY used the telephone
N1 in 1896 and spoke from his
home at Canton. O.. to his cam.
paign managers in 50 states. The
call for organization OF the Re-
publican party was made by
David Wilmot Of Pennsylvania,
Lawrence Bainerd Of Vermont,
William ". White OF Wisconsin,
A. p. Stone of Ohio. and J. II.
Goodrich of Massachusetts. The
Maryland Tolerance Act ordered
tolerance 10 all who protessed
faith in Jesus Christ and sub
scribed to the orthodox interpre'
tation OF the Trinity, but pro
scribed death for Arian heretics'
atheists and Jews.