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The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Hutchins Silent
On NRA Job Hint

CHICAGO, Oct. 13 Q.N.S).
Robert Maynard Hutchins, presl-
dent of the University of Chicago.
declined today to confirm or deny
reports that he is to accept a
post of high Importance in the
National Recovery Administration.
The report circulated in uni
versity circles was that the youth
full educator was planning to take
a one-year leave of absence from
his duties to become head OF the
NRA National Labor Relations
Board.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
D. {. Shiuers
AsMercury
Hits 36

Did you feel chilly this morning?
You should, for the mercury staged
a 30-point drop. ending up at 36
degrees, just four above the freez-
ing point.
The first real frost Of the
season was reported in the sur
rounding country.
A moderate northwest wind was
blowing in the morning, giving
promise of a snappy day for foot
ball fans. Tomorrow will be fair
and slightly warmer, it was fore
cast,
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Presidential Party
Cruising on Bay

President Roosevelt and q party
of friends are cruising on the Ches-
apeake Bay today aboard the
yacht Sequoia.
The party, which includes Secre-
tary of the Treasury Morgenthau,
Gov. George L. Harrison of the
New York Federal Reserve Bank,
Admiral Cary T. Grayson and
Capt. Wilson Brown, naval aide to
the President, embarked at Anna
polls yesterday.
They will land at the Washing
ton Navy Yard tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Startling Squad
Gets Three Men

BALTIMORE, Oct. ia score
Of Starlings and three colored men
were victims of the police de-
partment's starling-extermination
squad yesterday.
Patrolman Joseph r. Barnes
added to the report that the ac-
cident occurred while he was un-
loading his 12-gauge shotgun after
the days hunt. The gun explod-
ed, he declared, and the shot
ricocheted from the pavement,
scattering a crowd of colored per-
sons watching the battle"
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Noted Engineer, 20,
Dies on West Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13
GN.SD.-M. M. O'Shaughnessy,
famous engineer, and the con-
structor of San F'rancisco's great
Hetch Hetchy water project, died
at his home here today. In addi-
ton to supervising the construc"
ton of Eleanor Dam, O'Shaug h"
messy Dam, Priest Dam, Twin
Peaks Tunnel, Stockton Street
Tunnel and the completion Of the
system of tunnels of the Hetch
Hetchy project, Mr.. O'Shaugh-
messy served as consulting engi-
neer for the cities of Detroit, Seat
tie, Portland and San Diego.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Independents Fight
Gasoline Price Cut

NEW YORK, Oct. 13 GN.S0.
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey today slashed prices again
in northern New Jersey and in
Camden, and raised violent pro-
test from Independents. The cut
was a cent a gallon, and makes
the reduction 4.44 cents a gallon
in northern New Jersey and Sd
cents in Camden this week.
AS a result, Allen B. Tint, OF
the Regal Oil Company, Eliza
beth, N. j.. wired Secretary of the
Interior Ickes, petroleum "czar"
under the code, protesting the
clltS
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
{ n D.
MARKET QUIZ
By International News Service


A new program of financial leg
islation. designed to curb alleged
abuses in banking and allied fields.
was forecast today as the Senate
banking committee submitted con-
clusions on it's long Stock Ex-
change investigation.
While the committee failed to
make definite recommendations in
its final report, Senator Fletcher
OO, of Florida, chairman, an
nounced that he will present a
definite program.
He also said that the entire
banking committee, after further
study of the results of the inveSti-
CATION, may draft another report
for consideration of the Senate.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Johnson Picture
Is Selling Poorly

Frances Robbie" Robinson =
her photograph-can be bought
for the small sum of 81. And it's
autographed.
General Johnson's signed like
ness can be had for the same
tariff by NRA employees who
would keep the pictures for "mem'
orv's sake"
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
G. O. P. FLAYS
POL|T| les IN
RELIEF
Fletcher Calls on President
To Halt Candidates Use
of Data on Grants
BY International News Service

The vast outpouring of public
funds in various kinds of Federal
relief is being employed in such a
way as to influence votes for the
Democratic party in the forth
coming election, in violation Of
President Roosevelt's pledge Of a
year ago, Henry P. Fletcher, chair
man of the Republican National
Committee, charged today.
Democratic State leaders. Mr..
Fletcher said, are making political
capital of Federal relief eXpendi-
lures in direct violation Of PreSi-
dent RooSevelt's pledge of last No
vember that the distribution of
Federal funds would be entirely
divorced from politics.
Quotes From President
Mr.. Fletcher quoted from Presi-
dent Roosevelt's speech of gov
ernorS and mayors assembled at
the White House a year ago, in
which he said:
81 want to tell you very,
very simply that your national
government is not trying to
gain political advantage one
=, way or the other out of the
needs of human beings"
Democratic party workers, Mr..
Fletcher said, in many instances
have disregarded this pledge and
have been supplied with relief
totals allotted to various States
to make campaign material, He
added:
"The President could not be
ignorant of this sort of thing
if he read the newspapers.
VOTES INFLUENCED"
II do not insinuate that the
relief funds have been en-
plOyed dishonesty or in buy
ing votes, but / do insinuate
that the distribution of this
money has been used to influ-
ence votes"
Mr.. Fletcher'S charges were made
orally in a press conference. He
was asked:
"Is it your position President
Roosevelt should do something
about the SituatiOn?"
He replied:
81 should think it is up to
him to take some notice of it,
in view of his speech last No
vember."
what could he do?"
I'm not President of the
United States"
PARTY BOASTS CITED
Mr.. Fletcher cited the state
ments of numerous Democratic
party workers in States where
elections are being held, boasting
of the amounts of public funds
that have come into those States.
He said:
"The Republican party is not
opposed to relief, but it is Op-
posed to the method of diStri-
button and to the political CAPT
tai being made of these funds,
and the intimation that they
will be cut off unless Demo
Gratis are returned to office.
"If the central government
can go along on this basis it
can select the representatives it
wants in Congress, and it can
break down State organizations
and make them SubServient to
the Federal Government"
Mr.. Fletcher said the Repub-
licans expected to make "Some
gains in the November election,
but declined to forecast how many
or in what sections of the country.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Cardinals and HOyas
Face Tough Foes

Today's contests will make
clearer two puzzling questions:
Does the smaller ball affect the
game to any marked degree?
Does the new forward pass rule af.
feet scoring considerably?
Thus far this season the first
question seems to be answered in
the negative, the latter in the af-
firmative.
Because of remarkable victories
scored this season, the Spotlight of
football today is turned full on the
grid teams of Rice Institute and
Southern Methodist, down Texas
CONTINUED on Page 15e, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
White House Callers
May Face Gag

sition and only diplomatic dis
avowalS.
But the situation at present is
said to have become particularly
embarrassing to President Roose-
velt because of complicated con-
ditions with which he is dealing
and the habit of some visitors OF
adding confusion to the compli-
cations by ill-advised attempts to
make clear what they think is
the Presidents attitude.
Too often, also. it is said, the
President is being embarrassed
because Of his frankness toward
(cOntinued on PGge 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Trial Transferred
In Bank COLLAPSE

CUMBERLAND, Md, Oct. Is
(SpeciaD-The October criminal
docket here carries the removed
case from Carroll county of
Emory L. Coblentz, Charles McD.
Matthias, Grove C. Michael, C.
Thomas Summers and S. Elmer
Brown, officials of the defunct
central Trust Company of Freder-
ick. Md.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
BY HARRY COSTELLO

After last Saturdays series Of
upSets. grid coaches all over the
country eye with concern today's
games. many of which have an
important bearing on the final
standing OF teams in public esti-
nation.
East and west, North and South
today's competitions in many in.
stances will prove measures to de-
eide the class Of a number of
teams.
Intersectional battles dot the
schedule, with the Pitt-Southern
California game topping all others.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Highway First Aid
Station Is Opened

WINCHESTER, Va, Sept. 13
(SpeciaD Fort Loudoun Chapter.
Daughters of the American Revolu-
luton, of which Mrs. D. w. Rite
nour is regent, is sponsor for the
newest Red Gross highway first
aid station opened in Frederick
county, at Shady Rest Inn, near
Gore,
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Gasoline Prices
Cut Again Here

Dropping for the second time
within three days, the retail price
of gasoline was cut a half cent to-
day by several major chains here.
The price dropped two cents
Thursday, and with today's addi-
tional cut, regular gas is now SELL
ing for 14.3 cents a gallon. GaSo-
line dealers deny there is a price
war, pointing out that the drop is
due to normal changes.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Staying ExtraditiOn
Postponed by U. S.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 13
G.N.SO-Judge David B. Head,
United States Commissioner, an
nounced today Harold w. YER
milyea, wanted by Canadian au-
thorities for questioning concern
ing the ak Staying of his mother
at Montreal october 4, would not
be turned over to Toronto police
until next week.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Politics Charged
In Pa. Home Loans

Specific cases Of the use OF
political influence in obtaining
loans from the Federal Home
Owners Loan Corporation in Penn
sylvania will be submitted next
week by Senator Reed (Ro Of
Pennsylvania, it was stated at his
office today.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Bv FRANKLIN G. SARTWELL

Use of a White House visit to
spread the idea that the Admin
istration is behind this or that
policy of interested politicians is
causing considerable turmoil
within the Executive Mansion
and is expected to result soon in
either a curtailment of the visit
ing list or a more emphatic de-
scription of what departing visl-
tors may and may not say.
A mild use of the White House
as a sounding board" for lead
ers Of the party in power has
heretofore met with little oppo-
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
P. u. C. SETS HEARING

The street car rerouting ques-
ton will be taken up and disposed
of by the Public Utilities Comm1S-
sion as soon as it has decided the
matter Of the proposed sale Of the
capital stock Of the Washington
Rapid Transit Company
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Allen Raps Ross
AS Arms Lobbyist

WATERBURY, Conn, Oct. 13
N.N.SO Representative Edward
w. Goss, of the Fifth Connecticut
District, was branded as the
worst and most constituencies
munitions lobbyist who ever sat
in Congress" by De Ware Allen,
Socialist Senatorial candidate,
who spoke at a political rally. Mr..
Allen added:
"The Democratic party is
lust as bad
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
Treasury to Help
Sayles Keep Job

Special legislation to permit
Capt. William r. Sayles, U. S. NJ,
etired, to continue serving as dep
uty commissioner of the alcoholic
tax unit of the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue will be sought in
the next Congress, Treasury Of
ficialS announced Yesterday.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
i. S. Stands Firm
On Silver Policy
By International News Service

By International News Service
An American note of reply to
China'S communication concern
ing the American silver price-rais-
ing program has been handed to
the Chinese minister, Undersecre-
tary of State Phillips announced
today.
The note, it was understood,
states that this government is not
in a position to abandon it's policy
of increasing the value of silver.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13
CLUE HUNTED NEAR ST0LL HON E
Belgrade Wildly Cheers as Beuwd Boy King Assumes the 7hon
STILL IN KIDNAPERS' HANDS

Although
Berry V.
Stoll,
Louisville
(Ky.) oil
company
executive,
has made
all arrange
ments for
the pay
ment of
$4,000
demanded
as ransom,
kidnapers
continue
to hold
his wife,
Mrs. Alice
Speed Stoll,
28 years
old, who
was beaten
over the
head and
carried
away from
her home
in an auto
mobile.
Stoll
anxiously
is awaiting
word re-
garding
the release
of his wife.
The Washington times., 1934-10-13

WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and continued cold today, followed by
heavy frost tonight. "Details on Page 12O
MEAN TEMPERATURES
Evening star., 1934-06-19
Uncle Ray
Folk of Far Places.
= Maori Customs.

pRIESTS Of the Maori tribes were
in the custom of blessing certain
shrubs before new canoes were placed
in the water.
At the time of actual launching,
one OF these shrubs was pulled up by
the roots. If the roots were not
broken, 1t was sign that the canoe
would bring good fortune.
The next step was to strike the
canoe with the shrub to make 1t safe
for men. Then a woman of high
rank stepped into it to make 1t, safe
for women.
To bring about even greater safety
a priest chanted prayer to the
Maori gods, asking them to guard 1t;
and a sacrifice was made. Sometimes
the sacrifice was a human being, a
relative of the chief offering him.
self for the purpose. If all the chiefs
relatives felt that life was too dear to
give up (and that seems to have been
the usual case). the heart of sparrow
hawk was used instead.
At last the crowd gave chant oi
welcome to the new canoe.
When we remember the Importance
Of boats to these island folk, we un-
derstand why they made so much ado
As men of the sea they earned theil
living by fishing.
To cook their food the Maoris usec
an earth oven." Stones were heated
In a bonfire and were then dropped ir
a hole In the ground. Green leaves
were placed over the stones; and the
food was laid on the leaves and COW
cred with mats. Often water was
Evening star., 1934-06-19
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
(Copyright. 1a341

mo one will ever think Of looking
way out here for babies of mine"
thought she as she worked. IF later
they suspect have babies they will
look for them in or close to the dear
Old Briar- patch. Yes, sir, that is
what Whey will do. No one will ever
think to look way out here on the
Green Meadows for my nursery, not
even Peter. If he goes looking for
clover he won't come here, because
there isn't any clover here, and so he
isn't likely to find it by accident, and
he certainly won't find it in any
other way"
Mrs. Peter was not digging a hole
deep In the ground, like the holes
Johnny Chuck digs. 1t really was not
a hole, but just little shallow de-
preston or hollow about five inches
deep, about as wide and only little
longer. 1t was only a little deeper
than the grass roots.
Il am told that Polly Chuck and
Mrs. Skunk have their nurseries deep
down in the ground" unused Mrs,
Peter. ."I don't like that idea. I
don't like it at all. A hole isn't easily
hidden, and I wouldn't feel that nv
babies we're safe at all in such a
place. I suppose Polly Chuck feels
that she can fight well enough to
keep out most enemies who might
find the hole and try to get in. and
certainly Mrs. Skunk can. But I can't
hight. and never do feel really COM
Portable in a hole in the ground. I
always feel trapped. But aside from
that, I think babies should have sun
shine. 1t keeps them warm during
the day, and it is good for them.
Now they will get plenty of sun out
here. l suppose most people would
think this a dangerous place, right
out in the open as it is, but think it
is the safest place because no one
will think to look for it out here"
Having carefully dug out the little
hollow to suit her, she carefully lined
it with grass and grass roots and
what do you think? Soft fur from
her own breast Yes, sir. with her
teeth she pulled out little tufts of
hair from her breast. Didn't it hurt?
I suspect that it did. But that made
no difference. Mrs. Peter wanted
that bed to be soft and comfortable
for the helpless babies when they
should come, and she put a lot of
loving care into making it So.
She didn't do this work all at once.
She did it little at time when she
was sure that no one was about, and
she was very anxious and nervous
while she was doing it. She kept
constantly sitting up to look and lis
ten. When at last it was completed
to her satisfaction she was quite sure
that no one knew her secret. not even
Peter Rabbit. AS said before. it
was too precious a secret to share
even. with him.
Copyright. 1934J
Evening star., 1934-06-19
(Copyright, 1934.)
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLS
Hidden Laws


THE laws of mental life are gen.
orally hidden in the unconscious
minds of men. That is why it is hard
to figure out why human beings are
what they are.
Suppose you hold grievance
against another. 1t is next to i'm
possible for you to ascribe a virtue
to that person, no matter how plainly
his virtues may appear to others. This
is fundamental law of human
nature.
This law gets its force and direction
from powerful unconscious urge, to
maintain a high opinion of oneself.
1t seems that we are all easily hurt
And we don't like to admit this fact.
We will go to almost any extreme to
cover up this fact. In order to do
so, we sidestep all situations that
might possibly injure our good opinion
of ourselves. We cannot endure the
suggestion that we might be mistaken.
So we thrust the idea out of our con-
scious minds into the unconscious.
There the sense Of sound and ade-
quate self is left free to work out its
own methods of dealing with painful
social situations. We therefore can
not find good word for an enemy
Our unconscious forces us to obey
the hidden law of elf-suficiency.
Copyright, 19341
Evening star., 1934-06-19
Who Are You?
Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HAsKINs ELLIS.

Saxons we find the word "thweotan."
meaning ito cut down." This term
was used in the sense of an open space
mated the termination "thwaite," which
occurs in the spelling Of so many To-
calities in England, such as Gross
thwaite." "Cornthwaite," "Bracken-
thwaite," "Hathornthwaite," and a
number Of others.
John Dwight was one Of the first
of this name to settle in the New Eng
land Colony. He lived first in Water
town, Mass, and from there moVed to
Dedham in 1885. In 1889 he was
freeman. He brought with him to
America his wife, Hannah, and his
children John, Hannah and Timothy.
Timothy Dwight, a brother of John.
located in Medfield, Mass, where he
died in 1877. In his will are men,
toned his wife Dorcas and two chill
dren. These Dwight settlers were from
Essex County, in England.
Another settler Of this name in the
Plymouth Colony was william Dwight
Of Ipswich, Mass.
The name of Dwight Is today rep
resented in every part Of the United
States. There are various branches
of the family and every generation
has produced sons and daughters of
outstanding endowment and achieve
ments.
tCopyright, la34)
Evening star., 1934-06-19
Flower Glory
BY ID. C. PEATTIE.

BY ID. C. PEATTIE.
WITH the coming Of Summer OF
dream-castle clouds and cricket
songs and burning fields, the flowers
of the District meadows come into
their glory. Spring flowers we have
in enchanting variety, but they are
flowers of the woodland. Later come
the pasture rose, the black-eyed
Susan, ox-eye daisy, yarrow, the regal
lily, milkweed and butterfly weed. On
the last two look for butterflies in
abundance. Sometimes the blossoms
are so covered by these frail and
lovely visitors that not a f1eck Of the
flowers own colors can be seen.
Ox-eye daisy, called by innumerable
names, such as Marguerite, and in
cluding plain daisy, is the haunt of
innumerable insects other than but
terf1ies. This is fine flower on
which to catch those insects which
biologists specially designate as bugs.
On the whole they are just the
creepy things" that ladies do not
like, but some of them are really very
handsome, running to brilliant colors.
often find the cinch bug, his dark,
red back spotted with black, on the
ox-daisy. Just now the cinch bugs
are making the front pages in the
newspapers, at least in the Middle
West. The drought seems to agree
with them! They must be considered
unique n this respect!
For strange creatures, one must
turn to Queen Anne's lace. There
turks the assassin bug, who hides be-
meath the flowers, only waiting to
leap out and seize any unwary insect
visitor. Woe to the poor creature
who alights on those flowers, unless
it happens to be a hunting wasp.
Then woe to the assassin bug!
If by any chance there is no as
sassin bug in ambush under the umbels
of this wild carrot, even so the pass
ing fly, butterfly, or beetle Is not
safe. For the center Of the big. white.
umbrella form flower head is usually
occupied by a small. white spider, who
can practically not be seen until he
moves. And when he does move 1t
is only to pounce upon his gullible
prey.
verify, pretty Queen Anne's lace is
a death trap. I have even heard that
there is another monster in these
flowers called the ambush bug, but ]
confess that I should not know him
if I saw him, nor do wish to.
prefer not to think of Queen Anne's
lace as a place of sudden death.
Providing that there is no spider on
it, the central little flower of each
umbel is usually dark purple. Nc
one knows why this should be So
One of the rarer forms of Queen
Anne's lace is pink instead of white
Has any one ever seen this form in
the District?
Evening star., 1934-06-19

the emperor. The orange patches on
the sides of the head stretch them
selves into narrow bands down eacn
side of the throat, meeting in deep
collar at the base of 1t. This fades
into the white Of the shirt.
Their eyes are bright ana aier'
when above water. Wishing to ave,
there is a tilm that Is dropped over
them. The ears are filled with oil,
pumped there by the swimmer, ana
the feathers about the ears make
waterproof covering, as they fold COM
pactly over them.
penguins of today are the descend
ants of an ancient race. At one time
they pursued their prey through the
air. Then they descended to the
water and became the fastest swim
mers of their kind in the world. a
husky penguin can cover hunoreo
miles in a day. They sleep on the
surface of the water and are car
ried far.
Diving birds hold their wings close
to their bodies. The penguin uses
his alternately as paddles. He cleaves
the water with speed, and his enemies,
the sharks and whale, have to- hurry
some to catch him.
The wings have developed into effi-
| cient propellers. Increase in the sur
face of the arm and hand is with re-
duced thickness. They resemble the
bladelike paddles of the whale and
| turtle.
twice a year the penguins come to
shore. Here they establish homes
raise families and change theii
clothes. The older couples soon find
| their mates and stroll away. In spite
of the shortness of their legs, they
can make pretty good time. II hur-
ried. they 60 down on all fours. True
II Is a bit awkward, but they get
there.
The younger generation parades UP
| and down the beach, the bachelors
ogling the shy damsels. Deciding tna'
a maiden is just coy, a handsome
| young suitor marches up to her. bow
| ing low. Then he places f1ippei
about her waist-or where the waist
Is supposed to be. If she does moi
spurn him, he holds her close AND
| they walk away together.
He selects the home site. They talk
| It over together. When she approves
of it, they embrace each other and
kiss repeatedly. The happy young
man lies down, in order to begin the
| excavations of the new home. The
flipper soon makes the dirt fly and
the feet kick it out Of the way. The
young lady now takes her turn. After