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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20

TOmorrOw'S article will discuss
the reasons why the mutual
mortgage plan" Is so important.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
HOUSING UNITS
To PLAY HOSTS

Government housing officials
in Washington, including those
Of the Federal Housing Admins
tration, the Subsistence Home
steadS Division and the Public
Works Administration, will be
the hosts during the latter part
of this week to three housing
authorities from Europe.
The visitors are Sir Raymond
Unwin, former British housing
director; Miss A. J. Samuels,
representing the Women's Hous-
ing Estate Managers of England,
and Ernest Kahn, former general
manager of housing developments
in Frankfort-on-Main, Germany.
The Europeans will arrive here
Wednesday, and spend four s
in inspecting national plans on
housing and in studying the lay
out of the Capital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
To WAR
On NUMBERS

Spurred by the Staying OF Henry
irving. alias Harry Slatko, 49,
police opened a widespread fight
against the numbers racket" IN
Washington today.
It was this, they believe, that
led to the killing of Irving satur'
dav night at New Hampshire Ave
nue. and Quincy st. N. w. when
he attempted to hold up reputeo
numbers collector and his BODY
guard.
AS war to the finish was de-
clared, at police headquarters, II
was learned that one of the al
legged leaders here had Cracked"
after hours of grilling and re-
vealed much information, with
which the police hope to run
other operators to earth. There
are three major gangs operating
the lucrative gambling game here,
police declared after the grilling.
Police reported that Irving had
been definitely identified as a New
Jersey gunman. They believe ne
may have been endeavoring TO
muscle in" on the industry here.
William BEDFORD, colored, SIS,
wounded in the battle with Irving,
is in Gallinger Hospital under
police guard. He is reported to
have admitted Staying the gun
man, who, he said, attempted to
rob his employer, Walter j.
Harper, reputedly a collector in
the numbers racket.
Mr.. Harper, along with another
bodyguard, Clarence Gomillion, So,
colored, is being held for investi-
cation.
An automobile that drove up in
front of the Homeopathic Hospi-
tai shortly after the shooting and
dumped the body of Irving onto
the sidewalk is being sought by
police. 1t is believed to have been
occupied by one or more of his
accompliceS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
j. 8. SPENDING
300 MILLIONS
A MONTH
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL
Copyright, 1884, by International
NewR SerVicel


Government money and credit
is being pumped into the nation
at the rate of $500 100000 a
month as many New Deal" agen-
cies neared a peak in spending,
a survey disclosed today.
In a dull drive to relieve dis
tress and prime the pump Of bust
ness almost every emergency
spending agency of the Govern
ment now is showing unusual &C.
tivity.
Expenditures such as drouth
and direct relief are controlled
by need. Public works and SINH
lar expenditures have been rising
as the result of intense effort.
Parallels Campaign
More than $60o,000,000, Off
Gals estimate, will be returned to
the Treasury in repayment OF
loans being made to farmers,
home owners, banks, railroads,
municipalities and others.
The gigantic outlay of money
and credit is coming ahead OF
the usual seasonal slump. 1t also
is coming during the fall cam
paign. Administration officials
insist this is q coincidence.
The chief credit and spending
agencies are:
Farm Credit Administration.
Official report Of commitments OF
all agencies, including land banks,
for June was $191 900, 900. Amount
estimated to have increased since
that time because Of drouth credit.
Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton. Commitments now being
made at the rate OF approx
mately $500 100000 a month. The
total has dropped in the past lew
weeks.
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To WAIT
UNTIL 1885
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property owner is capable of pay
ing, thus curbing the practice Of
granting mortgages based on ap-
praised value of property but not
scaled to the income of the mort
gagor.
Government sponsorship Of this
type of mortgage will accomplish
many beneficial results. TIL e
principal purposes, however, are
two. The first is to permit hol.
ders of oppressive first and second
trusts on existing homes to re-
finance their holdings with the
new mortgages.
The second is to permit persons
Of good character, steady income
and favorable credit reputation to
erect new homes.
Types of Property Specified
The national housing act itself
contains what is perhaps the best
explanation Of the type of prop
erty upon which these mortgages
may be granted. The law states:
"The term mortgage means
first mortgage on real estate
in fee simple or on a leaSehoId
% under a lease for not less
than SO years, which is renew.
able, or (2) under a lease having
period of not less than so
years to run from the date the
mortgage was executed, upon
which there is located a dwelling
for not more than four families
which is used in whole or in
part for residential purposes, ir.
respective of whether such dwell
ing has a party wall or is other
wise physically connected with
another dwelling; and the term
first mortgage means such
CA@SSCS VI lASL AACALS dS dAC GOALA'
monty given to secure advances
on, or the unpaid purchase price
of, real estate under the laws of
the State in which the real eS-
tate is located, together with the
credit instruments, if any, Sc
cured thereby"
It is expected that the Federal
housing administrator will inter
pref these provisions to mean that
persons desiring to build new
homes must either own the real
estate or hold it under a 99-year
lease, and that persons desiring to
be relieved of present mortgages
must either own the real estate
outright or hold it under lease
having at least SO years to run.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
IF YOUR
BREATH HAS
A SMELL YOU
CAN'T feel WELL

When we cot TOO much; our food decays
decay coming out Of our mouth and call it
bad breath. We feel the poison Of thi.
gloomy, Rrouchy and no good for anything:
what makes the food decay in the bowels ?
Well. when We eat too much our bill, bils
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body. UnIeO. 3 pint. Of It are flowing ing from rom
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
POsIeL
Fans Association Charter Member Lannents
Passing Of Spectacle; Wants Children
OF New Generation to Share Event

They talked about them for
weeks. 1t was almost a bigger
thrill than the circus itself"
Traffic Disrupted
Circus parades were discon-
tinued in washington because OF
the objection of traffic officials,
who contended they disrupted traf-
fic. Says Mr.. Hildreth:
"What if traffic was disrupted
for an hour or two? Good gra-
ciOus, should think the chill
dren's enjoyment would make
ND for a little inconvenience to
the police"
Mr.. Hildreth is sponsoring a
movement to bring back the cir
Gus parades. His organization, he
says, hopes to give the children
of the Capital at least one more
opportunity to witness such spec
tacle.
He says:
"It's a crime that any child
should be allowed to grow up
without just once having seen
a parade such as we OldSterS
knew and loved"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
BY RILLA SCHROEDER

Every once in SO long Melvin
Hildreth, Washington lawyer and
a charter member of the local
top" Of the National Circus Fans
Association, takes time off to Ia
ment the passing Of the circus pa
rade.
In times past, Mr.. Hildreth says,
spring and fall meant circus pa
rades to Washington children.
But
"A generation Of children has
grown up who have never seen
such = parade, never heard a
calliope or thrilled to the sight
Of the prancing horses and beau
tifuI ladies going down the
street."
Last Parade in 1924
The last circus parade was held.
he recalls, in 1924, when the old
John Robinson Circus was given
permission to parade in celebra-
ton of its Tooth anniversary.
Up to 1920, circus parades were
twice-a-year occurrences. And
"How the children loved them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20

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It's sold at regular gas price from Maine to
Florida and inland
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
Anti-Fat Medicine
Warming Offered

BALTIMORE, Aug. 20.-Warn-
ing of the harmful effects of GER
tain anti-fat compounds recently
flooding the markets here was
issued today by DR.. Robert H.
Riley, director of the State de-
partment of health. Such medi-
cine should not be taken with
out the advice of a physician,
the director said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
KiWanians to Give
Party for Orphans

Arlington County CVa0 Kiwan1s
Club will entertain children Of st.
Johns Orphanage, Arlington. Va,
August 20 with a party on the or
phanage lawn.
The committee in charge in
cludes Arthur c. Stickley, I'd,
chairman; william Robey, Jack
Cummins and DR.. Bert Sasher.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20

POWER 1.-The retaining Of eff
cheney between refinery and road performance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
PIT. A. Committee
To Map Fall Plans

The Arlington County Parent
Teacher Association executive
committee will hold an all-day
session, September 10, at the
Patrick Henry School, Arlington,
Va.
Plans for the fall and winter
term of school will be completed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
FILES FOR SENATE

BALTIMORE, Aug. 20.-Doug-
las Huntly Gordon, assistant
United States district attorney,
resigned today and filed as a can
didate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for the State senate in the
Second legislative district.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
Steady Increases
In Jobs Revealed

Steady and substantial in.
creases in employment in whole
sale and retail trade and service
and amusement enterprises dur
ing 1888 were noted in Commerce
Department survey yesterday. Elm
ployment gains in these fields ag-
gregated 1877 per cent, the survey
Oh oTyad
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-20
TOURNEY REVIVED

EASTON, Md, Aug. 20.-Re-
Stunning a custom which lapSed is
years ago, residents of Talbot
county will hold a riding tourna-
ment August 20 at old st. Joseph's
Catholic Church, near Cordova.
The riders follow the styles of the
ancient jousters and knights,
charging with poised lances.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
INDIAN VILLAGES
UNCOVERED BY c.c.c'
Vestiges Of Early Trench War
fare Found in North Da-
kota Settlements.

BISMARCK, N. OAK, October g.
Indian civilization of more than 200
years ago is emerging from tfe dust
of centuries near here as c. c. c.
workmen reconstruct two villages Of
the early redmen.
Vestiges of early shrewd planning
of trench warfare at a time when
that type of combat was new in
Europe have been uncovered, and the
ancient moats and trenches are being
rebuilt.
Russell Reid, superintendent of the
State Historical Society, places the
two villages being uncovered at a
time before the coming Of the white
man. They were deserted in 1780,
when the first white explorer travelled
up the Missouri River To the site Of
the Mandan Indian villages.
Mound houses of dirt are being re-
built, the fences Of protection around
the villages are rising again. and 1t
is hoped Indian families will live in
the villages in Summer.
No metal or glass has been found
in either place, indicating the passage
of the group before arrival Of the
white man. Many bone jewels and
necklaces have been discovered, to-
gether with o number OF bone
weapons.
An early epidemic Of smallpox is
believed to have wiped out the pop
ulaces of the two villages. The few
survivors are believed to have merged
with other Mandan tribes.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
CH|CAGOAN ASKS
MORE POLICEMEN
Only Cure for Growing
Crime, Says ChamberIin,
Commission Head.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, October 6.-When rob-
berries continue despite police and
courts, there's only one thing to do,
says Col. Henry Barrett Chamberlin,
operating director of the Chicago
Crime Commission, and that Is hire
more policemen.
And that's the predicament in
which Chicago finds itself, says Col.
Chamberlin, on the basis Of robbery
statistics compiled by the commits
sion.
While figures for 1884 show a de-
cided decrease from year ago in this
kind of crime, Chamberlin says the
situation is still serious enough to
warrant immediate attention before
Winter.
From January I to August 81 this
year, Col. Chamberlin says 8,752 rob-
berries were reported to police, as COM
pared to 10,410 during the same
period in 1888. For the entire IL
months of last year, 1857 robberies
and hold-ups were reported in
Chicago.
Commissioner Altman and Chief
of Detectives Sullivan are to be con-
graduated on the excellent work they
and their men are doing" says Col.
Chamberlin. but we are taking an in
ventory and we find an alarming con-
dition.
Every day we note the heroic ac-
tions of our policemen in battling
bandits. We are proud of the de-
partment and sad that it isn't twice
as large"
So far this year 10 Chicago police
men have been killed in line of duty.
In most cases attempting to thwart
gunner during hold-ups and rob-
berries.
1.-The chief protection against hold
ups is the uniformed man walking the
Streets" says Col. Chamberlin. GAS
fast as Chicago finances can bear the
strain the Police Department should
be increased. Young men out of en-
ployment are resorting to robbery and
they must be stopped"
AS a further means of checking up
on firearms, Chief Justice Denis E.
Sullivan of the Criminal Court says
the Judicial Advisory Council Is con-
sidering a State law requiring the
registration and licensing of all pri-
vately owned guns in Illinois.
He sees such a law as a curb on the
distribution of firearms and a means
for identifying guns used in crimes.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
MEMPHIS REDUCES
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
Youthful Police Head Forces Auto
Owners to Test Machines
Regularly.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated PreSS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, October g.
Clifford Davis, 36-year- r-old police
commissioner here, has public Of
f1cials in all parts of the country
studying some of his methods of re-
ducing traffic accidents.
Since the Inauguration of the
Memphis police compulsory automo-
bile testing station few months ago,
police officials from a score of cities
have written for information or made
visits to Memphis to see it in oper-
alton. Subsequently, stations have
started up elsewhere
Davis started attracting attention
in this territory, when at the age of
Is, he was elected as an independent
as city judge.
He inaugurated a $50 fine for
speeders. The law provided a fine
of 81 to $50, but with Davis it was
$50 or nothing.
1t was through Davis insistence
that the Memphis City Commission
early this year passed an ordinance
creating the Memphis Motor Vehicle
Inspection Bureau and required semi
annual inspections by the bureau of
every automobile in the city.
The inspections require about three
and half minutes and cost so cents
Davis credits the bureau with re-
ducing automobile fatalities by Is per
cent.
The idea of regular inspections was
not new, and some States had a plan
similar to the one Davis succeeded in
putting into effect here, but Davis
believes Memphis Is the first city to
adopt an ordinance requiring COM
pulsory inspections by police exam
liners.
"The plan is working" he says,
"and there has been little grumbling.
What little there was has disap-
peared"
Supp1ementing the testing station,
Commissioner Davis gives talks on
traffic safety, and a police cruiser
equipped with a loud speaker makes
the round of dangerous corners every
day, advising motorists and pedestrians
when they are in error.
When the cars of Memphis were
first tested, 40 per cent were rejected
because of faulty brakes.
The station can handle 1900 cars
a day. It is not operated for profit,
and If suficient revenue 10 received
fees will be reduced.
Evening star., 1934-10-07

Democratic National Convention in
San Francisco. Throughout the cam
paign of 1920 his name evoked jeers
at Democratic rallies.
Won Despite Wilson.
Two years later. when Reeds term
expired, friends who had stood by him
advised him to step aside. They were
convinced his star had set, but Reed
Enthusiastically waved them back
and jumped into the race for re-elec-
ton. Wilson came out of his post
presidential retirement to ask defeat
for the ''willful one" The odds ap-
peared great, but Reed campaigned as
only MiSSourians fully know he can
and won.
Reed went back to the Senate, and
by the end of his third term much of
the feeling against him had died down.
In its place new respect had grown,
Democracy offered him to the Nation
in 1928 and 1882 as its candidate for
the presidential nomination.
Reeds criticism of the present ad-
ministration-the first about his party
since WilSon's-haS revived some of
the old antagonism toward him. Typi-
cal of this feeling is a communication
he received after a recent attack on
the New Deal.
"As hell-raiser and destructionist, -
it said, you have no equal in this or
any other country"
Oddly enough, the senatorial nomi-
nee, Truman, is the candidate spon-
sored by big Tom" Pendergast, So
called boss" of the powerful Kansas
City Democratic organization. It was
this organization that brought Reed
into the limelight and supported him
in all his battles.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Adrersity Prores Capital
For BiIbo's Political Wars
Fipe Successful Fights to Tuo Lost
Present Score in Fortunes of NeU
Mississippi Senator.

Of Judge Paul johnson. who is now a
candidate for Governor.
In the meantime Lee Russell, po-
litical ally Of Bilbo, had become Gov
ernor. But Russell and Bilbo split
ever a pardon and are bitter politi-
cal enemies today. During the Rus
sell administration Bilbo and two
other lawyers are charged with hav-
ing accepted pardon money to get
executive clemency for colored man
Of Vicksburg, who got out of the peni-
tentiary long enough to attend a
National Republican Convention in
Chicago. OF the three lawyers, Bilbo
admitted accepting the money as an
attorneys fee. The two other lawyers
have dropped out of political sight
and one is now facing disbarment
proceedings in Mississippi.
1t was during the Russell admin
istration that Bilbo launched his
campaign for Governor as he emerged
from the Lafayette County Jail, where
he had completed 15-day sentence
for contempt of Federal Court. And
Bilbo came near being elected, only
to be defeated in the second primary.
His jail sentence was due to the fact
that he had disappeared as a witness
in the suit of Miss Frances Birkhead,
now dead, against Gov. Russell. Bilbo
did not appear in court and could not
be found during the suit. The woman
had charged the Governor with Sc
duction Bilbo was supposed to know
the facts in the case and had been
summoned. The political signifi-
canoe of the jail sentence, however
was that the Federal judge who sent
Bilbo to Jail was a son-in-law of
John Sharp williams, who had de-
feated Vardaman for the United
States Senate. Although the sentence
was not political one in reality, it
was political capital for Bilbo in Mis-
sissippi, especially among the varda-
man followers.
Founded Weekly Paper.
Bilbo after his defeat for Governor
by Henry l.. Whitfield in 1923, then
launched a campaign again for Gov
ernor. For four years he campaigned
in Mississippi through a weekly news
paper he founded for political pur-
poses and rode into Office a second
time as Governor In 1927.
Through the lean political years
he bided his time. He saw a chance
to win seat in the United States
House OF Representatives through the
redistricting controversy and an
nounced as candidate at large. The
court upheld the redistricting bill
and Bilbo did not run. He had sup
ported Senator Pat Harrison edi-
torially against Earl Brewer, former
Governor. Thus during the lean
years Bilbo, through Senator Harri-
sons influence, was appointed to
$4,000 year political post in the
Of Agriculture. Bilbo re-
signed the job to enter the race against
Senator Stephens.
No doubt he will attempt to vie with
Huey Long of Louisiana in Snowman
ship if he lives up to his campaign
promise. But Bilbo has not been as
of his political enemies in
the past as has Long in Louisiana, and
the general belief in Mississippi is
that he will keep his ear to the ground
in this State before making a decision
to vote against an administration plan
in Washington. q.
Evening star., 1934-10-07

evidence. In q senatorial investiga-
ton which shattered many political
fortune in Mississippi, Bilbo came
out the hero in spite of close escape
from impeachment, Master political
orator that he is, Bilbo stumped the
State as q candidate for Lieutenant
Governor and hurled his bribery mes
sage from Yellow Rabbit to Vinegar
Bend.
Beaten With Pistol Butt.
A political enemy, because of Bilbo
criticism, caught the candidate on a
train and proceeded to hammer him
with pistol butt. This, perhaps, was
one of the causes of Bilbo's election
to the Office OF Lieutenant Governor,
because he became, through his po-
ntical strategy, the martyr of the
people. -.
Gov. Earl Brewer and Lieut.. Gov.
Bilbo did not gibe. During the
Brewer administration they were
setting traps for each other and out
of 1t all came q court charge Of
bribery against Bilbo over the legis-
Humphreys. Bilbo was tried in Dis.
trict Court in Vicksburg, Miss, was
acquitted and then became the out
standing martyr of the State and =
candidate for Governor.
Twice he had weathered the bribery
deals. >r
On the whole, Bilbo made a good
Governor despite the political hatreds.
During the World War, although he
was considered at first a coat-tail
rider of United States Senator James
X. Vardaman, Bilbo as Governor
supported the war administration.
Incidentally, Vardaman's non-sup-
port of the Wilson war administra-
ton cost him his seat, which was
won by Senator Pat Harrison.
Meets First Defeat. >f
Then Bilbo took to the field as q
candidate for q seat In the United
States House of Representatives and
met his nrst defeat, that at the hands