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The Washington times., 1934-01-11

thousand. In the Fifth Georgia
81 per cent fell in one fight;
68 per cent were lost to the
Eighth Tennessee. And now to
the beautiful Capitol on the
hill the end Of all things was
approaching-invisible as yet
moving just beyond the smoke
fringe across the river, and the
conclusion Of its awful tread
shook all the world.
Beautiful Sight
On that beautiful June morn
ing the beautiful Miss Cleburne
chose to ride her beautiful Eng
liSh riding habit which, nodded
to her as elastically as her
own delicately beautiful skin,
displayed beautiful horseman-
ship and her utterly beautiful
proportions for the benefit Of
heaven and earth alike. John
Scobel, immaculate in his
groom's braSs-buttoned Skirted
coat, breeches and boots,
ambled along behind her.
Cherokee rose hedges were in
snowy glory; knocking birds sang
in China trees; orioles in elms,
and the James rushed daShing
between its tumbled rocks. She
proceeded slowly along the river
because so many demoiselles
and gallants hailed her with
gossip gay or grave that she
was some little distance from
the city before the road became
clear and solitary.
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
Pavement Patter

Reports that newspaper men,
temporarily employed up at the
Geological Survey, are soldier
ing" on the job aren't borne
out by the repeated informa-
ton that Guy Mitchell has
them doing every task under
the sun to earn their keep. ..
There is no more enthusiastic
huntsman in nearby fox hunt
ing country than Frank Fraley.
huntsman for the Redland
Hunt, a contention which is
upheld by the sight of Frank
persuading that little mare to
take strenuous wire jumps
rather than let Reynard and
the hounds get far ahead Of him
That lovely blonde, Louise
Logsden, who formerly worked in
the bill room at the House, re-
turned from Texas to pay q
visit to friends recently and
from all reports looked more
lovely than ever. Gene Bal
lard has been named a junior
attorney in the Home Owners
Loan Corporation. Julia Fol-
ger, pretty South Carolinian
who went to school here a
while back, has returned to
town to investigate the employ
ment situation. Harry Bus.
Sard was seen fox hunting the
other day on a huge horse
that wore, instead Of the Gus.
tomary bride, one with blind
ers on it so that his mount
could not see all that was go-
ing on around him. Senator
Logan. who once sported one
of The Senate's most luxurious
leonine names, appeared in the
,hamber the other day freshly
Clipped and looking like .
young school boy. Hero wor.
ship was certainly evident at
the Hangar Club the other
night when the girls rushed
up to Max Baer while he was
dancing just to "feel his
:uscle," which Bill Levy is
willing to admit that he has
plenty Of after Max gave him
. friendly grip"
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
Wifey Pays

Criticism often Is cast when
a young married man takes
his young and attractive Sec
retary to lunch.
A young Washington hus.
band goes the customary
philander one better.
His wife works and at the
place where she gets her noon
day meal has a charge account
SO that she merely signs the
luncheon checks from payday
to payday.
The husband took his secre-
tary to lunch the other day at
the place where his wife usually
goes.
And charged the sumptuous
meal that he and his secretary
ate to his wife's account!
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
Pole TransPIanted

Periodically, Bondsman Jim.
mie Conroy makes a trip to New
England.
Recently he went to the town
in New Hampshire where his
wife had lived, and took her
there with him.
They reached the place when
the temperature was 46 degrees
below zero.
The next morning Jimmie
awakened, realized how cold it
was, and said to his Minnie:
'If you hear an airpIane
landing out in the yard, don't
be surprised.
1T will be Commander Byrd.
'He could easily mistake this
country for the South POIe!"
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
Around
The
Capital
BY JOHN sNURE, Jr.

Betty Hooper, who wrote
Virgins in Cellophane," works
daily at the Congressional Ii.
brary and often relates hap
penings from city life.
Recently she announced that
her married sister was going
to have a baby.
The news reached the ears
OF George Novosiltzeff, a
former captain in the old
White Army of Russia, who
works at the library but has
some difficulty with English
words, including those relating
to relatives.
The baby was born. It was
a boy.
Since then George has adj
vlsed all who listened:
"Aha! Betty Hooper Is an
uncle!"
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
Times
Adventure
Club
Two Sisters
Two Sisters

VETERAN members Of the
Adventure Club are Muriel and
Eva Marinelli, of Seat Pleasant
Md. We made these little
pictures Of them some time ago
when we visited the District
Line School. This is the first
opportunity we have had to
print them. Times Staff Photo.
The Washington times., 1934-01-11

(Republished from COsmO"
politan Magazine and soon to
appear on the screen as Cos
mopolitan Production made by
Metro Goldwyn-M0yer and star
ring Marion Davies.
The Washington times., 1934-01-11

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The Washington times., 1934-01-11

An old friend of ours is John
Murnane, of Vienna, Va, the
had whose picture we are pub
fishing today.
Johnny lives on a farm at
Vienna and has a pony and all
sorts of pets. He wrote us about
them once before and, you will
remember, we published the let
ter in the column. A recent
letter from him tells us:
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
By ROBERT w. CHAMBERS
Chapter S6

CnapGcE DO
Operator 1875 reports to Col
onel Sharpe were clear, unhur-
ried, concise, all written in
No. Z cipher. Sometimes SEQ
bell took them into Glendale
for Jack Babcock: sometimes
Billy Dix, in busted boots and
jagged dress Of a farmer boy,
peddling vegetables and eggs,
drove his bony mule and cart
across from Drewry's Bluff and
always sold Scobell something
at the kitchen door, and took
the dispatches back to the
lood-drenched territory near
Cold Harbor.
One day he saw a huge
wounded officer in st. Pauls
Churc44, Major Won Borcke, and
experienced a tiny pang Of
fright. But the big cavalry
man could have no recollection
of the little mulatto laundreSS
at Jeb Stuart's quarters.
The only real anxiety that the
girl had was dread Of the real
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Celebrating their birthday
anniversaries today are Violet
L. Grasso, 6 Manor Circle,
Takoma Park, Md; Margaret
Gilbert, Landover, Md; Fred
Mitchell, 1881 D st. S. E.;
Mary Eta Hughes, 1347 Sixth
st. N. w.; Elizabeth Calls,
906 Manor Circle, Takoma
Park, Md, and Otto Olsen,
Indian Head, Md.
Many happy returns, chill
dren.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17
RITES
FOR FIREMAN

Funeral services for Thomas A.
Fox, driver for the local fire depart
ment, were held yesterday afternoon
in the B. E. Lemons funeral par
lors at 2:30 o'clock. v. E. Butter
worth, pastor of the Christian
church presided Following the SER
vices here the body was shipped to
Seymour, Iowa, for burial.
Fox died at the county hospital
early this week while on the road to
recovery from an attack of scarlet
fever. The severe warm spell felt
here recently brought heat stroke
to Fox while recovering and he was
unable to rally from its effects.
All members of the fire depart
ment with police and other city Off
cials attended the services yester-
day while many other friends of the
deceased paid him their last re-
spects. He is survived by his mother,
three sisters and three brothers.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17
LONGSHORENEN'S STRIKE MAY BE
SETTLED BY GOVERNMENT HELP
Shipping Interests Looking To Federal
Agencies For Relief From Complete Tieup
Of All Industry.

forced to unload cargoeS against
their will were hurled at shipowners
today by representatives OF 1900
striking longshoremen at Los Ange-
les and Long Beach harbors.
Strike leaders asserted many
strikebreakers were being imprison-
ed in stockades by private guards
who refuse to permit them to leave.
Employers flatly denied the charg-
eS.
In a formal complaint with the
harbor commission, strike leaders
also charged steamship companies
with violating harbor regulations by
lodging men in harbor sheds, load
ing automobiles with gas in the
sheds and laxity in enforcing no
smoking regulations.
The strike broadened yesterday
when crews of five ships staged a
sympathetic walkout, according to
Duncan Mckenzie, local union rep
resentative. Mckenzie said shipping
would be further paralyzed if marine
firemen, oilers, water tenders, and
wipers carried out their intentions
of joining in the walkout. Union
teamsters voted to refuse to haul
cargoes handled by strikebreakers,
effective today.
Despite the assertion of union Of
ficials, employers denied sailors had
struck on the United Fruit liner
Chiriqui, the Matson freighter Maui
ma Ala, the Richfield tanker Larry
Doheny and the coastwise freight
ers BERTHE M. Hanlon and Kather-
inc.
No disturbances have occurred
here since a youthful striker was
killed and 26 persons shot or club
bed in riot early Tuesday. An in
quest in the single fatality was
scheduled for this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17

PRAISE HEWES
FOR WORK ON
FLAX TARIFF

Now that the flax harvest is on
in Imperial Valley it is interesting
to know that had it not been for
the farm bureau representative in
Washington, Chester Grey, and for
Evan T. HeweS, president of the I'm
perial Irrigation district board, the
tariff on flax might very easily have
been removed before this date, ac-
cording to the Imperial County
Farm Bureau.
1t is conceded that the tariff is
necessary to bring profit to growers
in this country and yet a congress-
ional committee very seriously con :
sidered its removal. This came to
the attention of HeWes while in
Washington a few months ago. He
Immediately contacted Grey who
represents the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation in Washington and
the two of them appeared before the
committee to protest the removal of
the tariff. There were many men
present urging that flax come in
free, but because of the representa-
tions made by Hewes, Grey and a
flax grower of the north west, the
tariff was allowed to remain.
That the matter of removal of the
tariff will again be brought up is ex-
pected and was mentioned at the
last meeting of the Imperial Coun-
ty Farm Bureau directors. However,
the farm bureau is closely watching
the matter and hopes again to be
able to put up winning fight for
the industry which gives so much
promise to Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17
GERMAN LEADERS DENY THEY ARE
DESTROYS OF HAVING NEW WAR

all when he says that We want
peace. We re ready to prove it!'
Seldte, in an interview with the
United Press, was answering flat
question as to whether the volun-
tary labor service, 250000 young
men strong, over which he was ap-
pointed commissar by President
Won Hindenburg, was being trained
for military purposes under former
army officers.
A quarter of a million youths,
given to parading to and from their
work, often with their spades and
pick-axes on their shoulders like
rifles. A quarter of million
young Germans being hardened
day by day under strict discipline,
strenuous physical labor and on
plain food, epcamped in all parts
of the country.
Plans Misjudged Abroad
"Public opinion abroad" Seldte
said, "often judges by externals
If we are going to bring 250,000
young people Excluding secretar-
ial and administrative staffs) into
community life and community
labor, we have to put them under
discipline. That is only possible by
using leaders who know how to
handle large groups of different
types of men. 1t was perfectly
natural that. under such circum-
stances we thought of former army
men, of whom a great many were
unemployed anyhow.
Parades and "shovel drill, "
Seldte declared, we're included in
only as a sort of publicity for labor
service idea, and to train the men
in precision.
The twin essential ideas behind
the voluntary labor service, Seldte
pointed out, were the actual physi-
cal upbuilding of young men who
otherwise would be unemployed and
a social problem, by getting them
into the forests and onto the sea-
coast and making them work with
their hands: and, secondly, the
abolition of class distinctions
through putting the lads side by
side in dungarees, making them CO.
operate in a common effort in
which the question of high birth or
low birth did not matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17
DIGEST POLL FAVORS ROOSEVELT
New Deal Given Two o-One Approval In
First Returns On Ballot

whatever change in political senti-
ment that has occurred since Pre-
sident Roosevelt S Inauguration
slightly more than a year ago. Vot-
ers are asked to state whether they
voted for Mr.. Roosevelt or Mr.. Hoo
YER.
Only one city, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, showed majority against the
President. 1t neighbors Hyde Park,
the Presidents home.
Officials of the magazine point
ed out that the first count was not
indicative of nationwide sentiment.
Officials also announced that the
administration had expressed no
opinion of the poll. They denied ru-
mors that the President had asked
postponement of the poll until after
coming congressional elections, or
that Postmaster General Farley had
threatened to ban from the mails all
issues containing tabulationS.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17
CLAIMS
GEORGE HARGIS

George F. Hargis, formerly a we'll
known valley resident but lately liv-
ing in Los Angeles, was found dead
in his bed at a camp ground in
Westmorland this morning.
According to an investigation con-
Quoted by Coroner Underwood, Har-
eis came to the valley three days
ago from his home in Los Angeles
for relief from asthma from which
he had suffered for several years.
Attendants at the camp ground
investigated when he failed to ap-
pear this morning and found his
body
Hargis formerly lived in Heber,
operating a service station and
owning property there several years
ago. He is survived by his wife who
is at the family home. 1922 East
Eighth street, Los Angeles, and a
son, Dan Hargis, who lives in Brint-
wood, Calf.
The body is at Thornton's funeral
parlors, Brawley, pending funeral
arrangements.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17
WILL FORCE
PAYMENT Of
CITY LICENSE
Council Orders Police Chief
To Collect Delinquencies In
Occupation Tax.

Local merchants who are delin-
quent in the payment of their oc-
cupation license fees will face legal
action for the collection of these
fees unless the delinquency is taken
care of Immediately, according to
action taken by the city council at
its meeting last night.
This decision was reached after
a long discussion of the matter and
particularly when it was pointed
out to the council that several of
the merchants and others subject
to this fee who are at present de-
linquent had indicated that it was
not their intention to pay this fee
or else put off the collector with
promises of future payment which
never materialized.
1t was brought to the attention
of the council that several of these
persons had become rather "hard-
boiled' in this matter and it was
the unanimous opinion Of the board
that the chief of police should be
authorized Immediately to force
the collection of such delinquent
occupation license fees and that
court action is to be taken should
other representations fail to secure
the desired effect.
This was closely connected with
suggestion offered to the board
by Councilman Roy H. Womack
that this delinquency in occupation
tax payments might be worked out
in cleaning up certain vacant lots
in the business section and else
where in the city. Many of these
lots, he said, are eyesores because
of the accumulation of weeds and
refuse and by applying the amount
of work done in removing this
rubbish to the delinquency owed by
the individuals doing the work both
situations could be remedied satis-
factorily. This suggestion also met
with favor by the council and af-
ter being thoroughly discussed it
was referred to Phil Knights, city
engineer, to devise some plan
whereby this might be done.
Salvation Army Aided
The council appropriated sum
not to exceed $25 a month to the
Salvation Army providing the Army
should be in need of this money,
for period of five months start
ing on June /. Army officials had
been consulting with the council
for the past several weeks regard
ing this matter and after investi-
cation the situation and the needs
of the Army to carry on its work
this appropriation was approved
Permission was granted the Sig
nal Oil company to erect service
station on the northeast corner of
Imperial and Adams avenue. An
ordinance which amends the pres
ent building code in the matter of
constructing sleeping rooms in the
city was read to the board and
passed to its second reading.
1t was voted by the board to give
automobile dealers of the city an
opportunity to submit bids for a
new patrol wagon to be used by
the police department.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17
FOURTH MAN
ARRESTED IN
GETTLE CASE
Charged With Letting Kidnap-
ers Use His Car For Commits
sion OF Crime.

LOS ANGELES, May IT. U.H-A
complete solution to the kidnapping
of William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills
millionaire, was claimed today by
county authorities with the arrest
of Clyde Stoddard on suspicion OF
kidnapping charges.
A few hours after James F. Kirk
Roy Williams and Larry Kerrigap
were whisked away to San Quen-
tin to begin serving terms of life
Imprisonment, Stoddard was ar
rested and charged with providing
the automobile in which an attempt
was made to collect 100000 ransom
money from the Gettle family.
Stoddard denied actual compli-
city in the kidnapping. He said he
and Kerrigan owned the machine
and that he loaned it to Kirk and
Loretta Woody, reputed feminine
member of the gang, without know
ing their purpose.
The car was registered to a
George Slater. Officers said the
name was fictitious. The machine
was found parked outside the kid
naperS' haunt when Gettle was
liberated and Williams and Kerri-
gan were arrested Monday night.
Federal indictments, charging the
use of the mails for extortion, were
voted against Kirk, Williams and
Kerrigan, shortly before they were
removed to San Quentin under
heavy guard. The indictment
were designed to Illustrate any
chance of their parole.
Women Also Named
The trio sought to block tteir
removal by pleading not guilty to
the federal charges but Peirson M.
Hall, U. S. attorney, agreed that
they should be confined in prison,
pending trial.
Named with them in the indict-
ments were Joan Burke, alias Gal
lighen, and the Woody girl The
women also are charged in state
complaint with conspiracy to COM
init kidnapping. Prosecutors said
they were aware of Gettle'S IN
prisonment.
Hall said the federal charges
permit a maximum penalty of 20
years in prison. If convicted, a
federal "hold' will be placed
against the three men, thus bar
ring or impeding any attempts to
gain their release on parole. They
will be returned here for arraign-
m2nt May 20.
One of Kirk s final visitors was
his estranged wife, Mrs. James
Kirk, of San Francisco. For 80
minutes she chatted with him in
county Jail, discussing the future
of their three-year-old daughter.
"I'm forgetting this and start
ing all over,n she said when she
left.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17
SEEK To HALT
BOLIVIA AND
PARAGUAY WAR

GENEVA, May II. U.P)-Leading
powers at the council table of the
League of Nations, insisting that
the cruel and bloody war between
Bolivia and Paraguay must stop,
clamored today for an international
embargo on shipment of arms to
either nation.
Great Britain took the lead, with
Anthony Eden proposing as the first
step that telegram be sent at
once to the chief powers of the
world, asking them to join the en-
barge. He was backed at once by
France, Italy, Spain, Argentina and
other nations.
But the chief question concerned
the United States participation.
All agreed, however, that unless
the United States and neighboring
countries of the belligerents join the
embargo would be futile. Speak
ers appealed to the United States to
rush through legislation that would
permit President Roosevelt to de-
clare an embargo.
OTedC 6rlCdlIl, NlediiWiiilo, do I"
separate and individual move, sent
representations from London to Bo-
livia and Paraguay, urging the ces-
sation of reported war excesses in
the Chaco. including the bombing
of civilian towns and reprisals
against prisoners.
After more than year of futile
international effort by argument
and conciliation to stop the Chaco
war, the powers appeared inclined to
take strong joint effort.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17

SAN FRANCISCO. May II. U.P)-
Pacific coast shipping interests
turned toward the federal govern
ment for assistance today in break
ing the stagnation of commerce and
industry caused by the strike of
longshoremen, sailors, marine fire
men and othSr union workmen.
The government was represented
by Ward F. McGrady, assistant sec
retary of labor McGrady, on his ar
rival by airplane, was to confer with
shipping and union leaders on the
possibility of immediate arbitration.
Shipping, meanwhile, was at a
virtual standstill from San Diego to
Seattle. Ship owners declared an
embargo on shipments to Seattle,
Tacoma, Portland and other north
western ports because of their in
ability to move cargo to or from the
docks
Teamsters joined the longshore-
men in refusing to handle goods at
those ports. Lumber mills and other
industries dependent on the ships
for raw materials and supplies were
forced to close down. Steamship
concerns gave their clerks and
other office help vacations pending
adjustment of the dispute.
Sailors joined the longshoremen
to make the tieup more complete.
At San Pedro the crews of five
vessels walked off their ships in a
sympathy strike. Marine cooks
and stewards planned a strike
vote to affect all coastal ports. The
Masters, Mates and Pilots union
instructed it's members to use their
discretion in joining the strike but
opposed the use Of deck officers on
ships employing strikebreakers.
SAN PEDRO, Calf, May II. W.P)
CHARGES that Stevedores are being
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17
PETITIONS To
FORCE VOTES
insufficient 7
Thirty Hour Week And Mcleod
Bills Also Fail To Draw
Enough Signatures.
JUNE IL NEW DEADLINE
Measures Cannot Be Brought
Up Again Before That Date
Under House Rules.

WASHINGTON, May II. U.P) -
Currency initiation and 30-hour
week legislation went down to de-
feat in the house today when advo-
Gates of the proposals failed to win
over enough members to force votes
on the bills May %.
AS result of failure of the petit
ton fights, the measures will be
killed for the session unless congress
delays adjournment until after June
IL.
The leadership's victory came as
1t was indicated that the President
was anxious to shelve labor-aid bills
this session pending a broad study
of social legislation to the end of
putting new deal' labor program
through the next congress.
Supporters of the Mcleod $2,000,-
100000 bank deposit pay off bill, the
Frazier-Lemke s2,800,OO0,00O infla-
tion-farm relief measure, and the
Connery 30-hour week bill were
faced with the task of getting 145
signatures to each discharge petit
tion before today's adjournment
deadline. None of the blocs succeed
ed. Under house rules the bills can
not be brought up by petition until
June IL.
The 30-hour bill defeat amount
ed to a sharp rebuke to the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, officials Of
which had been lobbying for 48
hours to complete petition action.
The 30-hour petition had 76
names, the Frazier-Lemke 1877 and
the Mcleod petition 127 when the
house adjourned.