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The Washington times., 1934-12-08
How to Save Money
Merit In Government Jobs

"Tbe merit system faces the most crisis
in more than fifty years. On every hand cOH services
rules and regulations being SUOePt 0srde ana the
1Uhoe structure of the merit system is beng under
mined 1t is only in the Federal agencies th0t
widespread spoils appointments are being made.
The condition preOortS IN tne 0'"e' e"'
branches WeL
We hope the members of the Senate ana house WIN
arriving in Washington in advance the opening OF ne
Congress will read this quotation from statement SS"eo "
the National Legislative Council Of Federal Employe orga
tions.
The council has lust finished meeting here at which 1t
mapped out its program OF leglsIaton 1or nnPlo'A"s ~
+ions in the Government service
And o think that the most significant thing about the meet
in was the fact that the council displayed MORE INTEREST
IN SAVING MONEY FOR THE TAXPAYERS than IN ad
vancng the selfish interests of those it represents
Because the the merit system Government service
which the seeks protect greater to those VINO pay
To run the Government than is those who serve it.
As matter of fact the system just about the sound
est possibly Economy which be made in the operation OF
the Government. , i.
We have lately seen Congress make great parade OF
plans of them actually accomplished any
great economy One or them have saved little
money temporarily but that money was more tnd eae up
the cost of sacrificed efficiency.
Congress actually wants save money on the operation
the Government do by following the lead Of the
Council.
can extend and strengthen the merit system and in this
way guarantee people that when the money they pay IN
taxes is paid out Government workers. will be
paid the worker qualified and able to DO the oo
to which he has been appointed.
The number of Government employees has shown tremen
dou increase in recent years. There almost
people regular payroll the United States as there were
when the wartime machine was demoblized in 1920
Unfortunately many of this huge number have been ap
pointed WITHOUT ANY SERIOUS REGARD TO THEIR
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THEIR JOBS
ism going far to say that of them ncompe
tent to hold the jobs they are trying to fill.
These appointments made possible without regard to the
system because of the acts of the last Congress which
specifically exempted of the newly created jobs from the
provisions of the civil service act
These exemptions insisted upon by Congress which
tried tell the public that it striving to bring about
economy the regular operations of the Government.
The council in its public statement discusses this phase of
the question, saying cit is direct and unnisakable
good and the traditional instttu
tions of country Furthermore experience has shOwn
concusUely that the only businesske public personnel
system is that based the merit principLe"
Those plain words and they should convey Congress
an idea which would result in REAL ECONOMY AND REAL
SAVING of the hard pressed taxpayers money
The Washington times., 1934-12-08

Life Begins. Any Day!
What a gallant old creature
she was, standing there, with
the wind squawling a. ! the
The Washington times., 1934-12-08

Corporation Counsel William
w. Bride, Democratic Political
Leader John Costello and Capt.
ed" Kelly, of the Third police
precinct.
The threatened naval race
with Japan, warned of by Am
baSSadOr.atLarge Norman H.
Davis, the chief of the Ameri-
can delegation to the London
parley, recalls certain sales
which this Government per.
mitted that may have an i'm.
pOrtant bearing on the situa.
ton.
Since the close of the World
War when the United States be-
gan to scrap its merchant ma.
rine there has been one large
purchaser of the scrap steel.
japanese organizations. deal.
ing through American agencies,
haze made large purchases OF
steel and iron from diSmdntlcd
freight ships.
Boston, New York and West
Coast companies bid in old ships
that were beginning to rust in
American rivers and harbOrs and
diSmantled them.
Tremendous tonnage Of the
scrap was then sold to Japan.
Americans living near the
graveyards of the United States
wartime fleet were unable to
purchase equipment from the
vessels.
Ropes, small boats, instru-
mentS and cable were much in
demand by persons living along
The Washington times., 1934-12-08
The Greatest Show
On Earth
By John SnUre, J.

Back to town comes Senator
William j. Bulow of South
Dakota, advocate of farm relief,
Evening star., 1934-08-30
DEFLAT|ON MOVE
PROMISED |NPAR|S
Cabinet Announces Econo-
mics and Seeks to Quiet
Unrest Over Stavisky.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 30.-The French
cabinet today announced a further
defiation to counteract the active de-
valuation campaign.
It announced economies tota1ing
i,000,00O,OOO francs (about S600,O0O,-
O0O) for the 1885 budget and promised
to refrain from additional taxation re-
eardless of the opposition's contention
that the budget deficit probably will
be 1000, 900, 900 francs.
The government sought to quiet un-
rest over the Stavisky pawnshop scan
dal which earlier in the year upset
three governments in rapid succession
by promising that judicial investlga-
ton will be completed in october when
Parliament reassembles.
A recent rise in the Price Of sugar,
which traders attributed to specula-
tion, has gone under government
study. with Henry Cheron, minister OF
justice, threatening prosecution since
the higher cost of sugar has been
taken to symbolic opposition conten-
tions that Premier Doumergue's de-
hation plan has increased the cost of
living instead of decreasing it.
For the twenty-fifth successive week
France increased its gold holdings, a
statement indicating its position on
August "a indicating that 442,000,O00
francs had been added to the reserve
the previous seven days. The reserve,
totals 81 ,75o, 900, 900 francs (about S.
396,000,000)
Evening star., 1934-08-30
BIRDS GET FREE FEAST

The Fall seeding program is taking
place this week in the parks Of Wash
ington, much to the satisfaction Of
the birds, who have been looking for
ward for weeks to free feasts.
approximately 10000 pounds OF
grass seeds is being spread over It's
acres throughout the park system
The work started in West Potomac
Park and on the Mount Vernon Me-
mortal Highway. All bare spots are
being reseeded after the wear and
tear of the Summer.
G. Marshall Finnan, director OF
National Capital Parks, who has
charge of this work, said the time Is
ripe for residents also to reseed their
lawns.
Evening star., 1934-08-30
r. H. A. POST FILLED

Stewart Mcdonald, former police
commissioner of st. Louis, and one OF
the original organizers of the time
payment plan for automobile pur-
chase, yesterday was named special
assistant administrator Of the Fed
eral Housing Administration.
In announcing his appoint .ent,
Administrator James A. Motfett said
his duties would be to act as haison
officer between Che F. H. A. and in
du7try. An engineer, Mcdonald for
merly was an official of the Moon Mo-
tor Car Co.
Evening star., 1934-08-30
HARRY PARKER, KEEPER
OF HOUSE DOOR, is ILL
Heart Trouble Lays Guardian OF
Ways and Means Committee
Low.
ny the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Smiling Harry Parker, guardian OF
the powerful Ways and Means Com
mittee in the House for the past two
score years, is sick in bed, suffering
from a heart attack, but his cheerful
motto has not changed.
For years Harry has greeted mem
bers of the House with the slogan
Everything is lovely. God takes care
of the righteous" Flat on his bacl'
and the weight of his 70-odd years
upon him, Harry still greets his
visitors with the same phrases.
His ancestors long were servants OF
notables. Harry claims his grand
father was body servant" to Gen
George Washington and that he him
self was the last child to be born al
Mount Vernon.
Evening star., 1934-08-30
SUITS FILED FOR SIX
PROMISS0RY NOTES
Receiver for Park Savings Bank
Starts Actions in Supreme
HorIrt

Suits for six promissory notes for
q total of $7,802.45 were filed in Dis
trict Supreme Court yesterday by
John r.. Moran, receiver Of the de-
funct Park Savings Bank.
Defendants and the amounts OF the
alleged notes we're: Fannie Jacobs,
s525 Holmead place, $3.50; Laura
E. and B. r. Campbell, 1916 Emer-
son street, $1,310; Joseph H. Nichol-
son, 62E Farragut street, $3.50; F.
A. and Ellen Logan, Ambassador
Apartment, $1,118; R. D. Miller, 1852
Pennsylvania avenue, $1,303.76, and
Harry j. Abrams, 1907 Randolph
street, $982.69.
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on the fly-leaf. James Cagney
and Pat OBrien are practically
the Siamese twins They've be-
come that chummy) Dolores
Del Rio will actually be off to
Honolulu as soon as her husband,
Cedric Gibbons, is free to go with
her.
The Hollywood Warner Broth
ers Theater makes all its usherS
attend a school to learn the
gentle art of first aid SOS if one
falls unconscious from watching
a bad picture they will be able
to revive you.
Robert Armstrong has been on
the stage, the screen, has been
playwright, a stage manager, has
directed plays, and now wants to
direct a picture. Una Merkel who
suddenly has a tremendous yen
for badminton had a court in
stalled at her house, but ever
since it was completed she's been
working so hard she's never been
able to use tiff they don't stop
re-taking the wishbone breaking
scene between Charles Butter
worth and Jimmy Durante in
Student Cruise" not a turkeys
life in the Americas will be
worth anything.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-07
MOVIE
4ACLOCK

FEATURE PHOTOPLAYS
in Washington's leading pic
ture theaters today and their
starting times are as follows:
FOX.
"VIVA VILLA"
10:15 A. NJ, lilo, 4:05, 7,
9:55 P. M. Stage shows at
1910, 3:O5, 6, 8 :55 P. M.
METROPOLITAN. ..
'RODNEY"
IL 80 A. NJ, 2:2O, 4 so, 7 20,
9:45 P. NJ.
COLUMBIA. ..
"THREE ON A HONEY
MOON"
IL :25 A. NJ, ITO, 2 :55, 4;4O,
6:25, $40, 9:55 P. NJ.
EARLE.
MERRY WIVES OF
RENO"
II BOA. NJ, 1:50, :35, 10,
9:55 P. M. Stage shows at
los, 3:45, 6:25, sos P. M.
HOWARD. =.
400 MILLION SWEET
HEARTS"
$50, $50, :O5, 1910 PM.
Stage shows at 2:45, As,
9:05 P. M.
RKO-KEITH'S
"WHERE SINNERS
MEET"
Ills A. NJ, :O4, 2:53,
4:42, 6:31, 500, 10 :O9 P. M.
PALACE
"MANHATTAN
MELODRAMA"
II A. M, los, 3;15, 20,
1.:55, GAS P NJ.
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cas- premier girl scout, seeing as
how she has adopted two starving
little bloodhounds that a couple
of would-be cowboys left leashed
to a post in the one-time Botani-
cal Gardens and has added them
to her collection, which already
boasts of five poochies.
Notes from the painted city:
Greta Carlo was seen on the
M-G-M lot for the first time the
other day since Queen Chris
tina" was completed Severa1
months ago, driving in her 1925
car which she has just recently
garniShed with windshield
wiper something said automobile
had never before possessed.
Josephine Hutchinson is the only
New York stage-actress who
wasn't put to work the moment
her movie contract started. Miss
H. refused to work for six weeks
after her arrival in Hollywood,
and during that period became
acclimated to the CALIFORNIA;, has
seen a picture a day to get "hep"
to the cinema technique, has
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A D.
o HaHF broadcast
Eva Was
GIenda $ First
Stage Role

Glenda Farrell, seen this week
at the Earle in Merry Wives Of
Reno" was born in Enid, Okla,
and made her debut on the stage
as Little Eva in "Uncle Toms
Cabin" at the age Of z. With
the exception of occasional pauseS
for education, she has been spend
ing most of her life, as she ex-
presses it, in a trunk
She was a member Of the Bris-
sac Stock Company of San Diego,
the Morosco Company of Los
Angeles and the Alcazar in San
Francisco. From there she went
to Broadway where she played in
such successes as Divided
Honors" Love Honor and Be-
tray" 1.-THE Rear Car" and
"Skidding." Her last stage play
was Life Begins" and her work
was so outstanding she was
selected by Warner Bros.-Ffrst Ma
tional to play the same part in
the picture. This brought her a
long term contract.
Her chief interest is now
centered in pictures, and she has
played with success in 1--WE Got
Your Number" Heat Lightning"
Hi, Nellie" 1.-THE Big Shake
down." Ozark Hazard" Havana
Widows" Bureau of Missing Per-
sons" and Mary Stevens, M. D."
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n. y. Theater Guild Making Ready
For New Subscription Season;
The Thin Mar" Coming
By ANDREW KELLEY

Picked up monday jaunt around and Streets and
vicinity Vivenne Sega dropped in Columbia broadcastng
headquarters rehease for the Abe Lyman program Makes
think of Vvenne pet hate Dennis King She despised him
but fate and contract decred that she must appear with him
nightly and twice week at matnees while he made love to
her in Ziegeds 'Three MusketeerS. Also hear that
Aubrey Sebe the pretty and contented NJ c. at the Earle
vacation furious and threatened to slap George
Price face right the stage if he forced any of his
O make LAUGHS for his act
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president Of the
or a n ization,
and Alice Gla-
ger will be host
ess. The club,
tits said, was
angeled by a
very rich Chi
cagoan. Sounds
elegant. M or e
will be forth
coming W h e n
t h ey actually
OPP n tn e i r
doors.
I hereby ap-
p o i n t ELISA
I.andi Amnri-
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see your show. On one Of the hot
test summers on record in Wash
ington a smart producer made
$4,000 at the Belasco with such
tabasco as Getting Gertie'S Gar
ter" Ladies Night in a Turkish
Bath" up in Mable'S Room"
and similar dramatic trivia.
Weather didn't seem to keep 'em
away. Il pass by LoeW's Palace
because that cinema magnificence
seems strangely cold to me with
Manager Angie Ratio on his va
cation. 1 miss his warm hoSpi-
tally and his weather predic-
lions. The lobby is advertising
Joan Crawford in sadie Mckee"
coming Friday. Joan and Marion
Davies are unique and diStinc-
tive. Neither has ever had an F
Street flop picture. In the air
cooled screening room Of Warner
Bros. they are running off "The
Thin Man" and Hollywood
Party" But it's time to go out
and watch Connie Mack'S ath-
letes VS.. Joe Cronin'S champions.
Who could tell at 2:45 that rain
was going to call everything off
in the fourth inning?
Stormy Weather
AL Stern jingles the phone to
moan that the weather Man seems
to have the jinx on Chevy Chase
Lake. Between thunder claps he
says he has Willard Alexander's
crack radio band all ready for
the dancers and the summer
showers arrived to keep most of
the crowd home. Slough luck.
Particularly as he has arranged
in the future that on rainy nights
name bands booked for Chevy
Chase Lake will transfer their mu-
sic right to the Wardman Park
ballroom.
On Wednesday night, a fort
night ago, it rained. Last Wednes-
day George Haefley's band failed
to show up and the box office had
to refund.
II will have Dukes Collegians
on hand Friday night and I am
assured by the Weather Bureau
the moon will be out and the air
right for freshmen and varsity
tunes" adds Mr.. Stern. "Also
everything will be forgiven if we
have moonlight Saturday night"
Beginning next Monday there
will be dancing every night at the
lake with visiting attractions play
ing on Wednesday,
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Lee Tracy Cast as
SONG, Dance Man

Discarding newspaper reporter
roles, Lee Tracy will begin his con-
tract with Paramount as a song
and dance man in you Belong
to Me-" Helen Mack will appear
opposite him with Lynne Over
man, just signed by Paramount
as a result of his work in Little
Miss Marker" in a major part.
"A Son Comes Home" originally
scheduled for Tracy, will be a
Richard Arlen vehicle.
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Party For Actors

Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Drury will
be reception hosts to the National
Players at their home, 1915 Ban
croft Pl., after the Saturday
night performance of Sailor Be-
ware" 1t may be a farewell re-
ception, since the E Street troupe
is in the farewell week, unless it
is decided to hold the naughty
farce, Sailor Beware" for a
second week. Business is jump
ing by leaps and bounds down on
E Street and holdover will be
decided definitely tomorrow ..
Broadway critics are amazed that
Jim Barton will black up and play
the lead role in Tobacco Road"
when Henry Hull answers Holly
wood summons. Well, my memory
tells me. Jim Barton palyed a
burn-cork role once before. It
was in a musical comedy called
'Dew Drop Inn" that opened at
our Polls and was written-un-
less my recollectionS err-by a
brother of Earl Goodwin, the latter
now on The Washington Times.
| From The Mail
A postcard from Audrey Sieber
vacationing in New York, who
complains they built the town
too high. why don't they live
on the earth like we do" queries
Audrey. While Miss Josephine
B. Lewis, Addie Hibbard's friend,
writes wanting to know where
she can buy a group picture OF
the National Theater Players, she
being in Ocean Grove, N. j., but
still thinking of E Street .
Buddy Ebsen pens from the
Shoreham, thanks for nice treat
ment, and sends a gag for good
measure. Here's the gag: "a
sergeant-major was mt ering
along on his horse Il don't know
why an S. NJ, but that's the
way it was told to mel, and his
foot slipped out of the stirrup
Since it didn't seem to bother
his riding he just let the stirrup
dangle. A minute later the horse
got its hind leg caught in the
loose stirrup, but continued on
three legs. So when the. ser
geant-major looked down and
gathered in the situation he said
to his horse: Alright. if you
want to get on-Iu get off!
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ICOVer
HOM yWOOd
By LLOYD PANTACE.
PUBLICATION RIeurs RESERVED

HOLLYWOOD, June 7.-Just
in case you don't think we're
elegant here in Hollywood and
exact duplicate of the New YORK
Bath and Tennis Club is just
about to open its doors for the
ladies and gentlemen Of the
cinema. Said club consists of
eight huge tennis courts, which
will be under the guidance of
Harvey Snodgrass; huge swim
ming pool, which will be manned
by Fred Cady "a gentleman who
has been responsible for many
Olympic stars. Nick Stuart has
given up his screen career to be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-07

Getting Ready
At the National Mrs. Sidney
Thomas, society matron, is busy.
She takes charge of the The
alter Guilds subscription sale and
she was notified to launch a sub
Scription drive for next season.
Soon we will know what new
plays the Guild plans. Mr.. Steve
Cochran is reading a letter from
q Georgetown student who calls
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o C c u p a n y IN
six weeks. "A
writer at MIG
M by the name
of Churn Mel
son has written
a book about
Flush" It h e
dog which plays
such an impor-
tant part in
ST he Barretts
Of w i'm pol e
Street"). When
the book is fin
ished "FuSh's"
paw-print W a S
taken to be put
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him down, right and left. be-
cause he and three college COM
panions unwilling stumbled in on
Sailor Beware" and found it a
dirty play. What can I do?"
asks Mr.. Cochran. IT give them
clean plays and go in the red.
Now with a snappy drama that
has the folks talking I offend
some of my best patrons. Well,
the consolation is that Tuesday
nights receipts were $3.50 more
than Mondays and the Wednes-
day matinee was packed.
What Do They Like?
The joke will be on Warner
Bros. For it seems as though they
have farmed out Maxine Doyle
to Metro Goldwyn-Mayer for a
good role in Student Tour" and
SO her first feature picture will
be booked by the opposition Loew
houses after a two-year build-up
at the Earle. I am reminded by
those who know that Frank
Capra of Columbia Pictures is
not the only director who has
never made a flop picture. There
is John M. Stahl, who since sound
pictures. has "a Lady Surren-
ders," '"Seed," Strictly Dishon-
orable" and Back Street" to his
credit. All hits. He is now work
ing on Fannie Hurst's limitation
Of Life" with Claudette Colbert
.. L wonder if the weather makes
much difference if they want to
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Thin Man Comine

"The Thin Man." which Alex
ander Woollcott calls the greatest
American detective story ever
written, will be the screen attrac-
ton at the Fox the week of June
Is. William Powell plays the
superdetective of the story DO
you remember Mae Marsh in
Birth Of a Nation" and the
earlier Griffith pictures? She
plays a small character role in
Little Man, What Now?" due at
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visited the studio every spare
moment to watch the actual shoot
ing Of productions, and plus all
his has had time to dip into the
local social swim. Smart gal. that
one.
The bridal mansion of the not
yet-married Adolph Menjou and
Verree Teasdale will be ready for
The Washington times., 1934-05-04
Society to Honor
Senator Smith

The dinner dance Of the
South Carolina State Society, to
be held at the Shoreham Hotel
Wednesday evening, May 16,
will be given in honor of SEN
ator and Mrs. Ellison D. Smith,
and in recognition of the
twenty-five years that the senior
Senator from South Carolina
has served in the Upper House
of Congress, this being the rec
ord from the Palmetto State.
Senator Smith was president of
the South Carolina State So.
ciety in 1881 and 1882 and he
and Mrs. Smith have at all
times taken a deep interest in
the meetings and activities of
their State Society, which is
one of the most active in the
Capital City.
This will be the last gather
ing of the season and q very
large attendance Is expected.
The receiving line, headed by
Senator and Mrs. Smith, will
form promptly. at 9 o'clock in
the Gold Room of the Shore
ham, with dancing commencing
Immediately thereafter and con.
tinuing until l a. M, with an
intermission for supper.
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Loew'S Palace Theater, this
evening.
Representative virginia Z.
Jenckes, Representative and
Mrs. Sol. Bloom, and Mr.. Daniel
Frohman, Of New York, will
also be in the large audience
invited by the management to
attend this outstanding film.
The Congressional Club will
give a benefit bridge on Friday,
May 1S, in the gardens Of the
Letter Mansion, at Nineteenth
Street and New Hampshire Av-
enue, at Dupont Circle. Tea will
be served and prizes awarded.
reservations are now being
made at the Congressional Club.
Mrs. ]. Bevan Wells enter.
tanned informally at the dinner
dance at Wardman Park Hotel
last evening.
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To Attend Preview

The Ambassador of Argentina
and Sonora de Espil, the AM
bassador Of Japan and Nine.
Saito, Nine. May, wife Of the
Belgian Ambassador; the Min
lister Of Sweden and Nine. Bos-
from, the Minister Of Denmark
and Nine. Wadsted, the Charge
d'AffaireS Of Poland and Nine.
Sokolowska, the Attorney Gen.
eral and Mrs. Homer s. Cum
mings, the Minister-Counselor
Of the Spanish Embassy and
Sonora de Yrujo, the Counselor
Of the Belgian Embassy and
Princess de Ligne, the Military
Attache Of the British Embassy
and Mrs. Day, the First Secre.
tary of the Italian Embassy,
Signor Bartolomeo Migone; the
Secretary of the Embassy, Sig.
nor Giuseppe Tommasi: the
Counselor of the japanese En-
baSsy and Nine. Fujii, the First
Secretary Of the Embassy and
Nine. Miura. the Counselor Of
the Rumanian Legation and
Nine. Boncesco, and the Secre-
tary Of that Legation and Nine.
Popovici, the Attache of the
Polish Embassy, Mr.. Edward
Weintal; Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Jones, Rear Adm. and Mrs.
William H. Stanley, and Mrs.
Blair Bannister, have been in
vlted by Mrs. j. Fred Essary to
attend the preview of "The
House of Rothschild," in which
George Arliss is starring at the