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The Washington times., 1934-09-17
Officials Warn New Students to File Birth
Certificates and Pass Vaccination or
Admittance Will be Denied

getting them at least partially
used to the idea that there would
be many long months of school
ing before vacation days beck
oned once again.
School officials warned today
again that no children entering
the local system for the first time
will be admitted without being
vaccinated or without presenting
a birth certificate.
With the opening of schools,
the local school department is in.
auguratinc its new character edu.
cation program.
The project will be tried out as
an experiment in 10 local schools,
five white and five colored, and,
if it proves a success, it will be
expanded.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
ROWbOat Sinks.
2 Boys Rescued

Two small boys who yesterday
played MORO Castle" in the rain.
swollen Beaver Dam Greek, near
Landover, Md, are recovering to-
day from their "too realistic" ex-
perience.
The boys, Donald Mansfield, II,
son Of Police Captain Richard
Mansfield, and Roy Stein, II, both
of Cheverly, ventured into the
stream in a rowboat, explaining
they were playing MORO Castle" Z"
When the boat. leaking badly,
sank with the boys in the center
of the creek, the youngsters, with
only their heads above the water,
set up a cry. John Carroll, a
farmer, heard their cries and, with
Roy Braley and Charles Riggles,
finally rescued them.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
PK|NS DENIES
REDS PLEA

Demands for further relief
grants were filed with Federal Re.
lief Administrator Harry L. Hop.
kins today by a committee repre-,
senting the Washington Unem-
ployed Council.
The committee, consisting of
Harold pencer, Communist
leader; Gertrude Thorpe, secre,
tary of the council, and four
colored persons, demanded $35 a
month rent for each family, abo
lition of the scrip now used, S. a
week for each head of a family,
So for children, and IS for single,
unemployed persons.
Mr.. Hopkins said he was doing
all he could for the unemployed
but considered these demands out
of the question,
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
z D. c. BOYS GET
SCHOLARSHIPS

An undergraduate scholarship of
Massachusetts, Institute of Technol
ogy has been awarded Norman G.
Bull, 10, the $500 block Northamp-
ton Street, Northwest, son of Nor
man E. Bull, of The Washington
Times and Herald, and Mrs. Bull.
Young Mr.. Bull is in his junior
year at the institute. He was
graduated from Friends School in
1892. He was a student at Friends
School for about eight years.
Prior to that he attended the Di-
strict public schools. He is study
ing chemical engineering.
A second Washington boy to re-
ceive a scholarship at the institute
this year is John E. Talbert, of the
100 block Twelfth Street, South
east, a graduate of Eastern High
School.
Both awards were made for
scholastic attainmentS.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
Fisherman's Body
Taken From River

Harbor Police have recovered the
body of Anthony Lee, 80, colored,
of the 1000 block Seventeenth
Street, Northwest, who drowned
Saturday while trying to untangle
his fishing line which had become
entwined in some piling in the Po-
tomac River near the Georgetown
Gas Light Company's pumping sta
tion.
Lee was fishing with Joseph
HooSier, 38, also colored, accord
ing to police. Hoosier said Lee
pulled his clothes off and dived IN,
failing to come to the surface.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
River Rise Causes
Bladensburg Flood

Due to yesterdays heavy rains,
BladenSburg, Nd, today is flooded
and traffic is being routed over the
Ellicott City road.
Yesterdays continuous downpour
on top Of last weeks rains raised
the Eastern Branch of the Ana
costa River. The water is stand
ing two feet deep in the center of
the town.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
SEN, KING. JOINS
CRITICISM Of
DC. RELIEF.
Believes, Inquiry Necessary
If Complaints to Him
Have Any Basis

Washington's chief spokesman
in Congress Senator William H.
King CD of Utah, chairman OF
the Senate District Committee
today Joined in the recent criti-
cism that has been heaped on local
relief agency officials for the lack
Of interest the officials have
shown in charges that there has
been "chiseling" on the part of
those on the relief rolls here.
The Utah Senator, who has
been in Washington only a few
days, asserted today that since he
has been here "a number of COM
plants have come to me concern
ing the manner in which the local
relief agency has been handling
it's affairs"
Sees Inquiry Needed
The chairman added:
81 have not had q chance to
investigate these complaints
myself, but 1 feel that If there
is any foundation at all to them
the District relief organization
should begin an immediate in.
quiry into the matter itself.
ut would appear to me that
since the charges have been pub
licized so widely, the heads Of
the local organization would
want to initiate an investigation
itself, as a matter of pride in
its own work."
While Senator King did not dis
close the nature Of the complaints
that have come to him, nor the
persons who have made them,
from his comment it was felt the
charges that have reached him
are similar to those disclosed by
The Times recently.
Flour for Whisky
They consist of the charge that
relief flour has been exchanged
for whisky, that money given re-
lief clients has been spent for
liquor, that many of the colored
drivers arrested for drunk and
reckless driving charges are relief
cases, and that many on the re-
lief rolls carry huge wads of
money.
When these conditions and COM
plants have been brought to the
attention of the local relief heads,
the tenor of their response has
been that if someone else will
gather sufficient evidence, they
will take the matter up, but to
date the officials have failed to
go into the matter themselves.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
Ken Murray
Says:
RHODE ISLAND REDS

That textile strike up in
Rhode Island has certainly
reached serious proportions. :.
The two factions have stopped
"slinging mud" and are now
concentrating on bricks.
In their efforts to make the
mill owners agree to shorter
hours and wage increases, it
looks like the strikers are "try-
ing to kill two guards with one
stOne."
The quick action Of the
Rhode Island Governor in dis
patching the militia from the
State Capital to the strike areas
is said to have prevented even
greater blOOd.Shed. i guess
that's what you'd call IAN act
of Providence"
so REMEMBER:
When the pipe of peace"
fails, strikers usually reach for
q piece Of pipe.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
Young Democrats
To Meet Tonight

The Oklahoma Division of the
Young Democratic Club in Wash
ington will meet tonight at 7::30
o'clock in the Blue Room ct the
Hamilton Hotel, the president, J.
c. Storm, announced last night.
A method of taking the 200 men,
bers of the club back to their
home State for the November elec-
ton will be discussed.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
DIR. Taylor Talks
At Masonic Rite

DR.. William A. Taylor, pastor
Of the Florida Avenue Baptist
Church, was the speaker yester.
day at the fifty-eighth anniver'
sary of the Supreme Council OF
Colored Masons of the District
of Columbia.
Special guests who participated
ir the exercises were r. j. Wood
general secretary of New York;
Mrs. Ella Poole, Johnstown, Pa;
C. T. Hamilton, Braddock, Pa,
and j. H. Campbell, grand master
of the State of Pennsylvania.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
Transit Company
Sale Is Discussed

The Capital Transit Company'S
request to purchase the stock of
the Washington Rapid Transit
Company for $843, 900 will be dis
cussed publically at hearing be.
fore the Public Utilities Commits
sion, it was decided today.
Members of the Commission
will meet late today to decide on
the date of the hearing.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
5000 Will Enter
5 Night Schools

Approximately 5000 are ex-
pected to enter the colored night
schools which open tonight under
supervision of Clarence o. Lewis.
Buildings at which classes will
be held are Cardoza, Armstrong,
Bell, Burrville, Lovejoy, Francis,
Briggs and Garnet-Patterson. Es-
tablishment of evening classes at
the new Phelp Trade School is
also being planned.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
Vessels Entering
u. Ports Gain

Vessels entering through Amer.
ican customs houses during the
fiscal year 1884 numbered 64,636,
an increase Of 5.4 per cent over
last year. Those directly from
foreign ports totalled 27,455, a de.
crease of 1.6 per cent. Net ton.
mage Of the vessels, however, was
61,599,596 compared with 59,487,.
SIS for the year ending July /,
1888, an increase of 3.5 per cent,
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
AerOnautiCs Body
To Meet Oct. l1-1S

The thirteenth annual conven-
tion of the National Aeronautic
Association will be held October II
to 13, it was announced yesterday.
The association will act as host
this year to the Federation Aero.
nautique Internationale at the
first conference of the world gov
erning body for aeronautic sport
to be held in the United States.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
KOhler Election
Ordered by Board

The National Labor Relations
Board has issued ruling that the
Kohler Company, Kohler, Wis.
had violated Section Ia of the
Recovery Act.
1t ordered an election by secret
ballot by employees to determine
representatives for collective bar
gaining, with the election to be
based on the company pay roll of
September Z, 1888.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
FLEES SHOOTING

Oxen Hill, Md, police today are
searching for man who late yes
terady shot and seriously wounded
Willard Brown, 80, colored, during
fight. The wounded man is at
Providence Hospital, where physi-
cans say he has a slight chance
to recover.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
King to. Discuss
Blue Eagle Plans

Sylvas King, chairman of
Washington's Blue Eagle week,
will speak over Station WRC at
Sis p. m. today on consumer
cooperation with the NRA pro-
gram. The speech will open a
campaign of consumer education
on the benefits of the Blue
Eagle, which will climax with the
program planned for the Blue
Eagle week, September "a to 20.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
Dance to Close
Summer Festivals

The final summer festival of
the season will be staged tomorrow
night at the National Sylvan
Theater under the auspices of the
Community Center Department
and office of National Capital
Parks.
The performance will be pre-
sented by the Marian Chace dance
group and the U. S. Marine Band,
conducted by Capt. Taylor Bran
son.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
BIC TAX BOOST
SEEN IN NEW
D, {. BUDGET
Building 0Wpers' Head Warns
Commissioners Levy Will
Rise 70 Per Cent

Budget requests for next year
will mean a 10 per cent increase
in real estate taxes in the District
of Columbia.
This was the warning of David
A. Baer, vice president of the
ruilding Owners and Managers
Association, the first spee.::er Of
the program at the District Build
ing today when hearings on city
finances opened before the heads
Of local government.
Huge Boost Asked
The Districts department heads
have made UP a budget for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1886,
amounting to $51 900 900. Current
appropriations are $33, ,400,0 900:
the tax rate is $3.50 per 100 of
real valuation.
According to Mai. Daniel j.
Donovan, auditor, for every $780,
900 increase in these annual
figures the tax rate must increase
S cents.
Mr.. Baer. in warning of a heavy
tax increase. reminded the Com
missioners that increased taxes
on real estate would naturally be
paid by the renters. He said:
"The proposed $51,OOO,OOO
budget would require S13,OO0,OOO
more than we can raise under
the present tax rate. This $13,-
100000 must come either from
real or personal taxes, which
the Commissioners have the au-
thOrity to raise, or from the i'm
position of new taxes such as
income Of inheritance taxes. We
not only oppose at this time any
new taxes, even though they do
not directly affect real estate,
but we also oppose and will con-
tinue to oppose any increase in
the real estate tax rate. This
| opposition applies TO cOntem-
plated water rates increases also.
"CONFISCATION" is CRY
|
eff all the requests are adopt
ed real property taxes would in
crease almost 70 per cent. In
the case of most properties this
would amount to cOnfiScatiOn.
1t is doubtful that any invest
ment property here could stand
such q tax increase, since few
earn more than 3 per cent or 4
per cent and hundreds are in
the red.
"The additional amount re-
queSted for relief alone, SS,OOO,-
600, may mean a accents in
crease in the tax rate"
Mr.. Baer said his organization
represented owners of 125 apart
ment buildings and II office build
ings; that there has been a re-
cent sharp increase of rented
apartments and offices and that
apparently the rental business is
on the upgrade.
Mr. Baer's warning evidently
had little effect on the Petworth
Citizens Association speakers who
followed. Headed by Horace j.
Phelps, president, group Of Pet
worth residents asked for $3.50, 900
for the proposed new public Ii
brary branch in their section, and
for an unnamed sum for an en-
largement of the Roosevelt High
School.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
LICENSED TO WE'D

Marriage licenses have been is.
sued at the Arlington County
Court House to David Summers,
26, washington, and Lena Wright,
81, Arlington, and Hugh Quigley,
40, Bradbury Heights, Md, and
Maybelle Norris, SO, Washington.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
CHURCH SUPPER

Members of the Patterson Meth
odist Church. on Wilson Boule.
ward, Clarendon, Va, will serve
chicken supper in the basement
of the church building from to
o'clock tonight.
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
MISS MILDRED GARLAND


NINETY THOUSAND children marched back to
public schools here today but thoughts of of the
pupils wandered from their lessons to the circus
parade that they unable to Aubrey Rowlan,
of the 900 block of Hamln St. N. E., is dreaming of
elephants and clowns while Miss Mildred Garland,
third grade teacher at the Crosby Noyes School, Tenth
and Franklin Streets Northeast, explains the opening
lesson Times Staff Photo
The Washington times., 1934-09-17


For years
and years the
smaller towns
and the coun-
tryside from
the Atlantic
to the Pacific
0p d tn e
ways Of tn e
B ig ow n.
Tried to have
O New York
manner q n d
pp earance.
II ide t h e
country h ay
Q tic k ing in
THAR hair
The Washington times., 1934-09-17
Now
Gotham Goes Rural
And America Follows
Barn Dances Back
BY HELEN ESSARY

It may be true that "as
Maine goes, so goes the nation"
There's never been a doubt,
however, that "as New York
goes so goes the national style
The Washington times., 1934-09-17

SchO0l days, school days,
"Dear old golden rule days,
"Readin' and writin' and 'rith-
metic-."
Sad as it seemed to them,
some 10000 children today
trooped off to school, to what
seemed interminable confine-
ment after three months of va
cation and freedom.
At 9 o'clock today, from all
sections of the city they were
going into classrooms in all kinds
of schools, elementary, junior
high, and senior high.
Lessons weren't much of an
issue during today's sessions. It
was merely a question of get
ting the pupils registered and
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
City High, Blue
Ridge Boys On
VINO Grid Team
Two Chosen by Asheville
Sports Writers; Five Get
Honorable Mention

Several Blue Ridge and Hen
Jacksonville football players won
positions on mythical All-Western
North Carolina high and prep
teams selected yesterday after
noon and this morning by Paul
Jones, of the Asheville Citizen,
and A. L. Banister. of The Times
Captain Jimmy Gianakos, of
the Hendersonville Bearcsts, won
a tackle berth on the teams Sc.
lected by both sports writer's.
Stewart Easterby, of Asheville,
Blue Ridge center, was placed at
center on the Citizen team, and
Sandfoss, Blue Ridge back, was
given a position on the Times first
team and the Citizen second team.
The Citizen team gave honor
able mention to Rankin. Blue
Ridge end; Brown, Blue Ridge
guard; Miller, Blue Ridge back
Shuford, Blue Ridge, and Yelton,
Hendersonville back.
Gianakos made the Times first
team last year at guard position
and the Citizen second team. Eas-
terby, who played with Christ
School last year, won a place on
the Citizen second team.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
|DAYS OF EARTHSHOCKS ARE
[ERRORIZING HONDURAS FOLK
Pusands Are Roaming Country Homeless, Expecting
Great Disaster to Climax Siege of Horror

of La Reunion and Pomola on It's
slopes. The frightened people
wafche- three other mountains,
hoping one of them would burst
omen releasing the violent pres
Srre which otherwise threatens to
devastate the entire area. Cerro
Ami in Copan trembled violent
Iv apparently sinking. Erapuca
and Carmencillo shook.
Casualties are unknown, due 10
the disruption of communications
and the fact that the living are
scattered. How many are buried
in the ruined villages cannot De
onessed. Many are injured, ana
probably at least so dead, accGru t
inc to meager reports. The tlr st
shocks, although sharp enough 70
send the people into . the open
saved heavy loss of life by warn
ing them in time. 81.
The earliest quakes were felt
all through Central America ano
down the Andes to Chile put no"
they seem conferred along the HON
mon-Guatemalan border
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
TO
sing CAROLS
Art Exhibit Will Follow
Sunday Night Event;
Public Invited

A custom which has been fol-
lowed ever since the angels sang
their message of peace on Earth"
over the fields of Judea, is that of
singing Christmas Carols. The
Glee Club of Fassifern School,
under direction of Miss Dorothy
Eckert, has prepared a very in
teresting program of carols, old
and new, from many lands for
their traditional Christmas vesper
service.
The public is most cordially in
vited to attend this program, be-
ginning at z p. M, Sunday, De-
cember 16.
The program follows:
Prelude on Old French Carols
Jules Grison -. Miss Eckert
Professional .oo
..... Adeste Fidelis, 17oo
I. Old English Carols
The First Noel
What Child Is This! :,
Jesu, Light of the Worlde
~ (Vesper Choir
Deck the Halls with Boughs OF
Holly.
II. Traditional Carols
To How a Rosebud Springing
(Vesper Choir
Good King Wenceslas
Solos-Nancy Weeks and
June Simmons
Silent Night
Duet-Jesu Bambino - Pietro
Yon - Lucy Howard and
Jeanne Snarr.
III. French Carols
Gloria in Excelsis
Bring a Torch, Jeanette,
Isabelle (Vesper Choir
Night Divine
Prayer 49,; Ut; SEVER
Recessional-Joy to the World
Miss Dorothy Eckert, director.
Miss Jane Stauff, accompanlst.
Glee club - Laurette Bodziner,
Doris Davenport, Maxine Dunlap,
Pauline Garrou, Ann Harris. Lucy
Anne Howard, Grace Milford,
Margaret Kittrell, Harriet Lu-
Their, Laura Neal Newton, Anne
Putnam, Sally Regensburg, June
CONTINUED On page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
City AllStar Team
Defeats Landrum
Will Meet Blanton College
Here Tuesday Night

The Hendersonville All-Star
basketball team downed the Lam
drum All-Stars in fast game
last night to the tune of SO to 81.
Harry Williams, lanky local
center went on a scoring spree to
cage 25 points during the eve
ming. Bill Arledge, former Ridg-
ian eager, tailed 10 points and
was closely followed by Orr and
Thompson with eight each.
Case led the Landrum attack
with IL points and Wood tailed
II.
The locals started off in the
lead and were never headed
throughout.
The Hendersonville All-Stars
set an enviable record last year in
their play throughout this section
and a strong aggregation has been
assembled this season.
The All-Stars will meet Blan-
tons Business college at the high
school gym on Tuesday night at
8 o'clock in what is expected to
be one of the best basketball
games ever witnessed here.
The line-upS:
Hendersonville Landrum
Orr 3 ...... Wood, II
Forward
Arledge. 10 ...... Carruth, 2
Forward
Williams, 25 .......... Burreli
Center
Thompson, 8 .,'' Case II
Guard
Shvtle. 7 Christopher, 2
Guard
Subs: Hendersonville, Brown, l.
Corpening; Landrum, D. Carruth,
8, G. Christopher.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
SLIGHT CHANGE
MADE IN CITY
PHONE RATES
Rates Here Reported Uni.
formly Lower Than in
Most Points Over State

Although official instructions as
to new telephone rates had not
been received by the office here
today, the new schedule of rates
is not expected to have any great
feet upon local rates.
The local office today had re-
ceived no instructions as to new
rates, but a comparison with rates
now in effect and those announced
in press dispatches from Raleigh
yesterday shows most rates re-
naming the same.
The rates now in effect for bust
ness telephones are as follows
One party, $3.50 per month; two
party, So per month; four party,
$3.50 per month. The new rates
are the same for the first two SER
vices and the new rate for four
party is 1925 per month.
The present rates for residence
services are: One party, 1926 per
month; two party, SITS per
month; four party, $3.50 per
month. There are no changes in
the new rates on this service.
1t was stated here this morning
that rates for telephone service in
Hendersonville have been uniform
ly lower than in most all cities of
the state. During the war when a
large increase in rates was put
into effect by the company the
rate here was not increased. With
in the past II years or more
there has been no increase or de-
crease in rates here.
The new rates provide for
slight change in the service for
cradle or French type telephones.
1t was estimated that less than a
hundred such phones were in use
here.
Formerly a charge of 25 cents
extra per month was charged for
these phones. The new rates pro-
vide for this extra charge for a
period of 10 months when the
charge is then discontinued. In the
event such phones have already
been installed for Is months or
more the extra charge is taken
off.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
TEMPERATURE
AVERAGE Low
Figure Here for December
to Date Is Five Degrees
Under Normal

A minimum temperature of 10
degrees above zero was recorded
during the cold snap of the last
week, according to figures by I.
w. Valentine, cooperating U. ).
weather recorder.
The reading of 10 degrees was
recorded on last Wednesday. A
temperature of Is degrees was
recorded on Tuesday. Tuesday
was the coolest day with the
temperature never rising above
% degrees during the day. After
the minimum on Wednesday
morning the temperature rose
rapidly to a high of Al degrees.
The average temperature for
the month to date is 5 degrees
colder than the average for the
month. The mean to date is 34.3
degrees while the average for the
month is 1913 degrees.
Only fraction more than half
an inch of rain has fallen while
the average for the month is 5.46
inches.
The figures for the month to
date are as follows:
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-15
COP. SOLONS-ELECT TO FIGHT
FOR ADEQUATE TEACHER PAY
Will Offer Solid Front in Efforts in Assembly for Ap.
preparations to Improve School Standards

HICKORY, Dec. 15.-Voting tc
stand four-square in their efforts
to carry out the pledges of the
Republican platform, North Caro-
lima G. o. P. representatives-elect
decided in a caucus here yester-
day to make a united fight in the
1885 general assembly for suffi-
cient appropriations with which to
raise state school standards and
provide adequate salaries for
teachers.
The caucus, called by W. c.
Meekins of Hendersonville, state
chairman, was attended by Is or
20 representatives from various
counties.
1t was decided to introduce
bill on the opening day of the
general assembly calling for re-
duction of automobile license fees
to SIS fiat, or less, and for lower
ing the state gasoline tax.
Appointment of state publicity,
steering and advisory committees