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Evening star., 1934-12-02
.CH|LDREN'S RADIO
FARE IS STUDIED
PIT. A. and Child Study
Bodies Would Promote
Better Programs.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

RE the adventure, mystery and
~ thriller stories Of after-schooJ
II radio menacing the proper up
4 4 bringing of American child
hood? Is radios low comedy
baneful influence on the child
mind?
Many child psychologists and more
parents will confess they don't know.
They are frankly puzzled about the
merits or dement's of providing chill
dren with vicariouS thrills and ad-
ventures via the loud-speaker. Their
first impulse is to condemn many of
the children's programs carried on
the radio, while praising such endeav-
ors as the Walter Damrosch concerts
and other educational features des-
tined largely for the class room.
The whole subject, manifestly, is one
worthy of research and study, and at
least two major organizations have
just undertaken to go into it ex-
haustively. They are the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers and
the Child Study Association of Amer
lea. Their leaders are convinced that
radio. instead of being merely an
amusement or advertising device,
should be enlisted as IAN ally of the
father and mother who demand
wholesome food for not only the bodies
Of their children, but also for their
minds and spirits"
Potentialities Big.
The educational potentialities of
the radio, especially with the keen in
terest already displayed by children
in many of its offerings. are obviously
tremendous. To most primary school
educators, however, it is not very
well understood medium. AS for
parents, most Of them have given far
less thought to the selection of proper
programs for their children to hear
than to the selection of proper movies
for their children to see.
The Parent-Teacher Congress is
convinced that not only the children.
but the parents and teachers. must be
educated to the proper use of radio.
Indeed, the education of parents and
teachers must come first. Accord
ingly, it is urging local cooperation
with its State and national organiza-
tions in its work and is making avail
able many pamphlets and leaflets on
the subject at its headquarters in
Washington. 1t is also inviting sug-
gestions, in the meantime, urging the
utmost caution in selecting programs
fit for children to hear.
The Child Study Association, follow
ing a conference with educators and
broadcasters in New York last week,
has decided itself to develop expert
mental programs for the purpose of
demonstrating types Of programs that
appeal, that are educationally sound
and that are not already in use" It
proposes to advise constituent organ
izationS in planning national and
local programs and to render an ad-
visory service to broadcasting COM
panies and commercial interests to-
ward the same end.
Like the parent-teacher organiza-
ton, it is also setting up a clearing
house for information in connection
with radio programs for children.
Problem Is Difficult.
Between them, these two organiza
tions are undertaking work that will
command respect and attention, par
ticularly among the broadcast man
ayers, who confess that the task of pro.
viding II or 18 hours a day of diverse
prooro y,,c for all nloccae and oil 70 etoe
Evening star., 1934-12-02
MAJOR FEATURES AND PROGRAM NOTES.

"Rigoletto," starring John Charles
Thomas, baritone.
Albert Spalding, violinist, will con-
tribute to the "Sentinels Serenade"
program on WRC at S.
The New York Philharmonic Or
chestra on WJSV at will feature
three familiar symphonic works and
the lesser known tone poem "Tapiola"
BY sibeuuS.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
CAPITALS RADIO PROGRAMS


Eastern Standard Time.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Foreign Station "Lost"
Unless Fan Is Careful
Directions for Best Short.Wave Reception
Issued by Firm-Daylieht Programs
Popular With Columbia.
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

WAVE reception of foreign boadcasng stations Is
admittedly not always all that is claimed for it, no matter
ctve and sensitive the receiving set used There's
- definite difficult than the
simple setting receiver The short
the vagarieS OF atmosphere
distance that absent from local nearby reception max
following certain
cdu designed to aid the human element often obtain
reception enjoy the music and speech of
foreign stations inevitably dis
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
Story Of Nude Guest at Champagne Party
Blasted by Royal Witness; Scouts Tales
of Intimacy With Prince

when my husband visited Mrs.
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Thaw shared
a bedroom with her, and Mrs.
Morgan lived in the same house.
"They tried to prove that
the princes engagement to
Mrs. Vanderbilt was just IAN
affair." We produced letters
written to my mOther.in-law
proving beyond doubt that
they were really engaged"
Princess Hohenlohe said she
believed
"The judge thought the
prince was merely an adven-
turer when his name was first
mentioned, but he changed his
mind about that when he APP
peared in court.
MAID FLEES TO ITALY
"As for the maid who caused
SO much trouble. she received
SO many anonymous threaten
ing letters that she left the
country aboard the Rex for
Italy,"
Mrs. Vanderbilt threw no
mud" when she was on the wit.
ness stand, said the princess
because she thought there had
been enough of that done al
ready"
The Washington times., 1934-11-16

LONDON, Nov. 16 G.N.SO In
London today to attend the we'd
ding of her cousin, Princess Ma
rina, to the Duke of Kent, Princess
Hohenlohe revealed for the first
time sensational allegations
against Mrs. Gloria Morgan Van
derbilt that were made and denied
behind the closed doors of the
New York courtroom in her fight
to regain custody of her daughter
One story that Princess Hohen-
lohe repudiated was, she said, ''The
allegation that Mrs. Vanderbilt
gave a party where prominent
society woman was supposed to
have wandered about nude with a
glass of champagne in each hand.
Denies Intimacy
AS for the testimony before the
press was barred, to the effect
that Prince Hohenlohe and Mrs.
Vanderbilt had been intimate, the
princess declared:
"He was supposed to have
had an affair with Mrs. YAM
derbilt, but only one occasion
was mentioned.
"Yet two witnesses who testi-
fled against him said the event
took place on two different
dates.
Besides, during that summer
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
0R|A'S MOTHER MAPS APPEAL
Board Backs
Parole of
Donovan

After q thorough investigation,
members of the Parole Board to-
day declared they are satisfied
they acted prudently in granting
a parole to James Buzz" Dono-
van, local convict with a long
criminal record who was released
Wednesday after he served only
two years and six months of a
1O-year sentence.
Donovan is not in Washington,
but travelled alone to farm in
Indiana, according to Hugh Riv-
erS, secretary to the Parole
Board. He is under strict SUI
pervision there, Mr.. Rivers stated,
and is under the personal super
vison of persons known to Capt.
M. NJ Barnard, superintendent
of District penal institutions.
Donovan while at Lorton Re-
formatory was recently made a
trusty, Wilbur La Roe, member of
the Parole Board. disclosed today.
Donovan. in fact, Mr.. La Roe
added, was assigned to a farm
outside the prison and acted for
the most part as free man.
This fact influenced the Parole
Board in granting a parole to the
prisoner, Mr.. La Roe said. He
added that Donovan's status in
Indiana is much the same as it
was while the prisoner was at
Lorton, especially since the time
he was made a trusty.
Peak Objected
It is true, Mr.. La Roe explained,
that Col. w. L.. Peak, superin-
tendent of Lorton, objected to the
parole of Donovan on the ground
he was a poor risk" Mr.. La Roe
said this objection was made some
time ago and that, in the eyes of
the board, Donovan had suffi-
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1934-11-16

produce it. DR.. Park explained:
"This vaccine is made from
the spinal cord of monkey
which has been given the dis
ease experimentally, We first
tested out the vaccine on mon
keys. When the results proved
wholly satisfactory. and we felt
absolutely sure that the vaccine
was harmless, we tried it out on
our own bodies before giving it
to any of the children.
1--WE are now going ahead to
give the vaccine to a new group
of so children"
Discussing the development OF
the vaccine, DR.. Park said:
"a group Of IL children, most
of them about 6 years old, were
vaccinated about six weeks ago.
Then a week later another
group was vaccinated. All of
them have developed i'm
munity."
It takes several months to pro-
duce the vaccine, and at the pres.
ent time one monkey provides
only enough vaccine for IL chill
dren.
DR.. Maurice Brodie. who worked
with DR.. Park, said the serum is
solely a preventive. DR.. Park
and DR.. Maurice Schaefer are
now working on a serum which
they hope will act as a cure also,
he added.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
New Vaccine Prevents
Infantile Paralysis

NEW YORK, Nov. Is G.N.S.).
A definite immunization against
infantile paralysis was reported to-
day.
DR.. William H. Park, director of
the health departments research
laboratories, announced the sue
cess of experiments in the immun-
ization of Is children. This means
that the dread disease which for
years has puzzled medical science
is at last relegated to the class of
preventable" conditions, he said.
Two months ago, DR.. Park an
nounced that he had immunized
monkeys against infantile paraly-
sis with a vaccine he and his as
SociateS had developed.
From now on, he said, the vac
cine will be administered to chill
dren as fast as it is possible to
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
Fatality Quiz Finds
AutOist a Defective

On evidence of Gallinger Hos
pital alienists, District Supreme
Court lunacy jury today found
George Reynolds, 40, of defective
mentality. He was indicted
earlier this week on a charge of
manslaughter in connection with
the traffic fatality of Maurice
Otteroack, 79-year-old Anacostia
banker.
Mr.. Otterback was struck by
an automobile driven by Reynolds
October % at Nichols Avenue
and U Streets Southeast.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
c. D. P. SPLIT.
ON REFORM
METHODS
Leaders Agree Party Is 'A|ive,'
But Differ Widely on Need
for Reorganization
By GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

Republicans struggling back to
Washington from the election
wars, some of them beaten, others
victorious, some chastened and
some belligerent, are plainly at
odds as to the future of the party
and Republican policies in the ap-
preaching Congress.
About the only point OF agree
ment between the old guarders'
the new guarders and the Pro
gressive Insurgents is that the
party is not dead" 1t is when queS-
tions of reorganization and meth
DDS of resuscitation are raised that
the deep-seated differences appear
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg,
of Michigan, one of the few Re
nublicans to win impresSlVely
enough to start talk of his possible
nomination for the presidency IN
1896, returned to the Capital call
ing for new deal' in the party.
Virtual Coalition
Senator Vandenberg proposed a
virtual coalition Government dur
ing the Seventy-Fourth Congress
with the Republicans supporting
President Roosevelt wherever pos
sible. He called for liberalism
in the G. o. P. This was in line
with the Michigan platform, and
the Senator's own campaign, in
which he promised to support MI.
Roosevelt and New Deal policies
whenever they are right"
Contrasted to this is the attl-
tude of old guarders like National
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher, Sen
ator Dan Hastings, and Represen-
tative Chester Bolton of Ohio, who
contended after the election that
it was the plain duty and mission
of the party to continue unrelent-
ing opposition to the New Deal
and all it's work.
This view also was shared by
Senator David A. Reed of Pennsyl-
vania, a conservative of the deep
est dye, who vent down to defeat
(C.nti-ued on Page IL, Col. y
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Nov.
16.-This is rather a personal
affair, but feel there is enough
besides M interested in it, that
we would like to have an answer
pubIically. Does this Huey Long
debt cancellation apply to a man
that moves in from another
State? II it does the Sinclair
movement into California will be
made to look like a lone hitch
hiker compared to the pilgrim
age going into the old State Of
Louisiana. Don't let the Bank
of America Of Beverly Hills
know anything about this, but
I am thoroughly interested.
Wire collect Huey land that
means that am desperately.
Copyright. 1884, by Mcknight
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
INSULTS SIDE
RESTS CASE

CHICAGO, Nov. Is 1.N.SO,
The defense in the insult trial
rested shortly after II a. m. today
when Samuel insult, jr., COM
pleted his testimony. This ended
the direct testimony in the trial
which began october 2.
Samuel insult and Is codefend-
ants made their final thrust at
the Governments charge of mail
fraud when the younger insult
gave his concluding testimony.
Young insults manner was very
emphatic when he was making
flat denials of the Governments
insinuations. His tone was conf
dent throughout.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
Father Wants Sons
Football Salary

c CARLISLE, Pa, Nov. is
d.N.So.-A suit for back wages"
for a student football player was
on file in the Cumberland county
court today against Mrs. Evelyn
M. Beckley widow of the founder
of the now-defunct Beckley Bust
ness College. 1t was filed by r.
c. Balm, of fredericksburg, who
asserted his son was hired" to
play football at the college and
now claims his salary" of $275
a year and interest. Balm fur
Their contended the college failed
to provide facilities for a course
in aeronautics in which his son,
Paul, had enrolled.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
Missing Mail Pilot
Is Found Unhurt

BURBANK, Cal, Nov. Is GN.
SD,-George Rice. air mail pilot,
missing since 80 p. m. yesterday,
was found alive in the mountains
near Newhall, Cal, shortly after
7 a. m. today. it was reported at
the TWA offices here. Jack Frye,
executive vice president of the
TWA, had headed a plane search
ing party that found the missing
pilot. Mr.. Frye reported the
plane had wrecked it's landing
gear in a forced landing in the
mountains.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
Fay Webb Loses
In Suit on Vallee

NEW YORK, Nov. Is G.N.S).
Fay Webb Vallee failed today in
the Appellate Division in her suit
to end the agreement under
which she is receiving 500 a
week from Rudy Vallee. The
Appellate Court refused to strike
out her husbands counterclaim
in her suit for increased alimony
and separation.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
Nv EDWARD B. LOCKETT

HARRODSBURG. KY, NOV. 10
1.N.S.). - President Roosevelt
paid tribute to Americas pioneers
of the past here today, and com
pared the leaders of 1884 with
them as men having no less an
adventuresome spirit and courage,
and no less knotty problem to
solve.
Mr.. Roosevelt told the people
who crowded in the George
Rogers Clark Memorial Park to
hear him talk that pioneering is
needed today just as much as it
was when the West was in the
making.
In the beginning of his address,
Mr.. Roosevelt paid a smiling trl'
butte to the thousands who gath
cred before him. More than 10000
of the citizens of this part of the
Blue Grass country were assembled
here to hear the Executive speak.
They clapped heartily as he ar
rived. Throughout the address
they interrupted time and again
to drown out his words with ap-
plause.
The weather could not have
been better. Mr.. Roosevelt faced
the sun. He spoke from a plat
form constructed especially for
the ceremonies which were carried
out here.
Now, Just as then, said the
President, new efforts and ex-
periments must be tried to prove
what is best, to map the path
which the Nation must take. Be-
cause the path which must be
marked today is economic rather
than geographical does not mean
that this path is less hazardous,
easier to travel rightly, he added.
Dedicates Memorial
The President stopped here to
dedicate the 100000 George
Rogers Clark Memorial, and after
his talk left Immediately to again
board his special train which will
carry him on an inspection tour
of the Tennessee Valley. and to
Warm Springs, Ca, for a two
weeks rest,
Gov. Ruby Laffoon of Ken
lucky presided at the ceremonies
marking the dedication and un-
yelling of the Clark pioneers
monument today. With the Pres
ident came Senator Alben Bark
ley, of this State, who intro
duced the Executive. Beside Sen.
ator Barley, the dignitaries d.
rectly in the presidential party
included three officers, Secre-
taries Cordell Hull of the State
Department, Harold Ickes of the
Interior and Secretary of War
Dern.
Praises Pioneers
The President paid glowing
tribute to the heroes of the past
who blazed the American trail
westward. To the Blue Grass
State of Kentucky he attributed
the beginning of that great west
ward movement which carried
these United States from the
eastern soaboard to the Pacific
coast.
(See text of speech on page 49,
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
NEW FIGHT
FOR CHILD
||V|PENDS
Farley With Counsel Due To-
day After Mrs. Whitney Wins
Limited Custody

NEW YORK, Nov. Is GN.s).
Virtually certain she had suf-
fered a crushing defeat in her
bitter fight for custody of her
child, Mrs. Gloria Morgan
Vanderbilt was to confer with
her attorneys today on a relent-
less campaign in the higher
courts to upset the expected
verdict.
While no official word of the
decision in the savagely-fought
case was forthcoming, it seemed
almost assured that Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney, aunt of the little
$2,80O,000 heiress, would have
custody of the child until she is
IA, and that the mother would
be permitted to have her only on
Week-ends.
Mother Indignant
Informed of the imminence Of
this arrangement, Mrs. Wander
bilt, pale and indignant, told an
intimate friend:
81 shall repudiate any deci-
sion of that kind. i shall take
the matter to the highest court.
Mrs. whitney shall not be per
mitted to keep my child!
"Why, suppose I have to go
to the old Westbury estate of
Mrs. Whitney to claim my
daughter for the week-endS.
My child will be nervous and
upset. Any child would, under
the circumstances.
Suppose a doctor is called
to say that Gloria is too shaken
or hySterical or feverish to be
allowed to leave with me.
Where would I be then? The
situation is utterly impossible,
and I won't gut up with it,"
Supreme Court Justice Carew'S
enigmatic decision will be ap-
pealed by Mrs. Vanderbilt on the
common sense grounds that the
court cleared her name, found her
to be a fit mother and then de-
MED her complete custody of her
child.
A close friend of the family, in
officially announcing today that
the appeal will be taken through
to the Court of Appeals, said:
"JuSt consider what it means.
Mrs. Vanderbilt is to have her
child for two days a week and
Mrs. Whitney the remaining five
days.
"The one point at issue in
the trial was whether Mrs.
Vanderbilt was a fit mother.
If she was a fit mother she's
entitled to her child. Justice
Carew decided she was a fit
mother. Otherwise he wouldn't
have given her the child for
even two days.
"Naw, if she is good enough
mother to have her child for
two days, why shouldn't she be
given complete custody?
"She established that right
and she ought to have her
child-not for one day or two
days but every day. AS soon
as Justice Carew signs the order
an appeal will be filed with the
appellate division. Then, if
necessary, Mrs. Vanderbilt will
90 to the court of appeals"
From an authentic source, the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. p
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
Liberty Leaguers
Open Frisco Drive

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Is GN.
s.. - Three outstanding repre-
sentatives of the AmS 'ican Liberty
League, John j. Raskob, Irenee
DUPONT. and E. F. HUT on,
launched a drive in northern Cali
fornia today for the founding of
division of the league here. The
three pointed out that the purpose
of the league is to combat grave
threats of radicalism and to de-
fend and perpetuate the United
States Constitution,
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
President PardOns
Ex-COnvict Mayor
By International News Service

BY International News Service
DIN R. Holt, mayor-elect of
Kokomo, Ind, has received a presi-
Dental pardon which settles all
question as to his right to hold Of
flee, it was said at the office of
Senator Van Mugs CD of Indi-
ana today. Mr.. Holt was con-
victed of conspiracy to violate the
prohibition law and later was pa
rolled.
He was elected mayor in the
last election, but his right to hold
office was questioned. The presi-
dental pardon restored his full
civil rights.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
Ohio Slayer Gets
39-Year Sentence

SHAWNEETON, ILL.,, Nov. Is q.
N.SD Harold st. Clair, Ohio ex-
convict, who had been sentenced
to the electric chair on his plea
of guilty to Staying DR.. Homer
Meyers, wealthy Eldorado GllO
dentist, but who later was granted
a new hearing, today was found
guilty of the dentists murder and
sentenced to 80 years in the peni-
Tertiary.
st. Clair, the only defense wit
ness, testified yesterday that he
shot the dentist after the latter
had advanced on him with a
wrench.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
President Lauds
Grange in Note

HARTFORD, Conn, Nov. Is
G.N.SO.-Spurred by President
Roosevelt's telegraphed words Ito
help build the new American
democracy" the National Grange
convention today settled down to
the task of initiating between
$4,000 and 10000 members into
the seventh degree, highest
Grange honor.
The Presidents message, read
before the assembled delegates
last night, praised the Grange
for expressing in useful activity
the highest sentiment and deep
est loyalty of Americans.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
MERCURY TO RISE

The mercury dropped to q de-
grees early today, equalling the
new low for the season set yester-
day, but fair and warmer weather
is in prospect, the Weather Blu
reau announced.
After setting the record low yes
terday, the temperature mounted
to 48, and Is expected to go even
higher today.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
G. O. P. Hints Place
For Mrs. Lands

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. Is
G.N.SD.-Mrs. Frederick Lands
will be offered a chance to sue
coed her husband as the Repub-
lican nominee for Congress from
the second district. if a number
of powerful G. o. P. leaders have
their way.
Death of Frederick Lands, the
only Republican to be elected to
Congress from Indiana, will force
a special election.
The Washington times., 1934-11-16
Mrs. Helen Gault
Seeks Reno Divorce

RENO, New, Nov. 16 GN.SO.
Alleging cruelty. Helen Harlan
Gault yesterday filed suit here to
divorce Matthew Gault. The
Gaults are socially prominent in
Baltimore, where they were mar
ried January IS, 1916. An agree
ment has been reached out OF
court as to the custody and sup
port of their one child and also on
alimony. A decree was expected
to be granted Immediately.