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Evening star., 1934-02-04

delay before the building is COM
pleted. In the meantime, the chill
dren continue to suffer. No one
will assume responsibility for the de-
lay.
Demands Proper Training.
"The amount Of money spent on
public education, resulting in future
generations of better trained citizens
is a beneficial investment and will pay
dividends to the community in time
to come. There are organizations in
existence whose sole purpose is to
ton of Citizens Associations will be
among the first to demand that the
children of this city be given proper
training, by proper teachers, In proper
buildings and under proper condi-
tions
your committee makes the follow.
ing recommendations:
81. That we pledge ourselves to as
sist in every way in our power to re-
store to the 1885 budget the items
eliminated by the Commissioners and
the Bureau of the Budget.
20. That we also pledge ourselves to
assist our constituent bodies in secur-
ing the acceptance Of any worthy
project for inclusion In the next an
nual budget.
''3 That We request the Board of
Education to Immediately formulate a
policy looking to the elimination of
the conditions herein before COM
planned of, having In mind the prob
able shift in population and the con-
templated excess enrolment in senior
and junior high schools, and that
such recommendations be made pub
lie, so that all civic bodies interested
in public education may assist the
board in carrying out its program"
Evening star., 1934-02-04
TWO CLOSED BANKS
S7O,795,3OO TO GOOD
Detroit Institutions Receivers
Mole First Report Since
Holiday.
BY the AS ocia ed Press.


DETROIT February 3.-Receivers
for Detroit's two closed national
banks today revealed that assets Of
the two institutions exceeded liabili-
ties by s7O995.So on February II,
the last day Of business before the
Michigan bank holiday.
The report, authorized by the con-
troller of the currency, was the first
made public since the First National
Bank and Guardian National Bank of
Commerce were placed in the hands
of conservators last March
After write-offs in the First Ma
tional roughly placed at $4,000 900
the report of c. o. Thomas. receiver,
indicated book assets totaled $685.
615.208, compared with liabilities of
S4l5 $50 1872
B. c. Schram receiver for the
Guardian National. said in his report
that institution had book assets Of
sl3l.l32,808 and liabilities of sll3,-
213,334.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
WOMEN ENDURANCE
FLYERS TO VISIT CITY
Frances Harrel1 Marsalis and
Helen Richey Will Be Here
Tuesday and Wednesday.

Frances Harrell MarsaEs and Helen
Richey, who last December established
the new world refueling endurance
airplane record for women by flying a
total of 237 hours So minutes at Mi
ami, Fla, will visit Washington Tues
day and Wednesday as guests of the
Womens National Aeronautical Asso-
citation.
The record holders are expected to
arrive at Washington Airport at 80
am. Tuesday from New York In their
plane, The Outdoor Girl, in which
the record was made.
They will be the guests Of the as
ISOLATION and Mrs. Jack Stearns Gray,
president of the local chapter. at a
banquet at the Willard at 8 pm.
Tuesday. An entertainment by the
National Woman's Party Is to be given
during their stay. They will leave for
Baltimore Thursday.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
D. c. DOGS TAKE
H0NORS AT SHOW
Four Win Right to Compete
in Variety Class at Bal.
timore Event.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE. February 3.-FouI
dogs owned by residents of Washing
ton and vicinity won the right tc
compete in the variety groups at the
Maryland Kennel Club here tonight
Two were placed third, one was not
in the first four selected and the
fourth did not appear in the ring fol-
the Judging.
Champion Galen Kola Of Scot.
sward. owned by Mrs. c. B. Ward
Florham Park, N. j., was awarded the
coveted honor of best in the show.
Champion Meanders Pepper. q
pointer owned by the Meander Ken
nels. Locust Dale, Va, placed third
in the sporting dog speciality group.
Champion Sandbrilliant of Mean
der, a whippet also owned by the
Meander Kennels, won third place in
the sporting dog (hounds) group.
In the working dogs group, Lam
dova Icon, a Samoydes belonging to
Henry I. Raley. 6611 Fifth street
completed but was not placed among
the first four.
Reserve Winner.
Princess Norma of Triple Brook, q
bull terrier owned by w. E. Ander-
son, 1910 Tenth street, was reserve
winner bitch and also took second in
the novice bitches class Anderson is
Flash O'White was first in American
bred dogs.
Washington and vicinity were we'll
represented among the winners In
the English setter classes.
Patron Tariff Racket, owned by
George E. Mattingly, 3158 Eighteenth
street, was first in puppy dogs and
second in the local class. His Sir
Orkney Lally took first in the local
class and second in novice dogs.
Patrons Sonny Boy of Ruffcote, be-
longing to Mrs. Richard H. Johnston,
Silver Spring, who did considerable
winning with several breeds. was first
in novice dogs and third in Ameri-
can-bred dogs.
Mrs. Johnston and Mrs. Louis H.
Skinner, Chevy Chase, Md, scored a
record in the classes for Dandie Din
mont terriers. Mrs. Johnston's ELL
wyn Edron O. the Ark was best Dandie
Dinmont In the show. best of winners,
winners dogs and first in the limit
dogs and members classes. Her
Ladoie of Durroon Of Ruffcote was
reserve winners dogs, first in puppy
dogs and second in members dogs.
Mrs. Johnston's Scale Twinkle Toes
was winners bitches and first in open
and members bitches. Her Snnellan
Evening star., 1934-02-04
BAD LANDS DUST STORM
AFFECTS AREA IN IOWA
Lack of Snow in South Dakota
This Winter Blamed for Visi-
bility Destroying Blow.

BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa, February s.
Borne on a light wind. dust from
South Dakota's plains and bad lands
settled over Iowa tonight.
At Sioux City visibility was consid-
erably impaired but indications were
that the storm would not be as severe
as that of last November. Council
Bluffs likewise reported clouds of dust
and poor visibility. The storm reached
here about pm.
South Dakota reports attributed the
storm to a high wind at Pierre and
Aberdeen which swept up clouds OF
dust from the bare ground, left abnor-
mally dry and loose by the lack Of
snowfall this season.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Nat Fields Dies at IS.

DETROIT, February 3 R)-Nat
Fields, S., brother Of Lew Fields, the
comedian. died suddenly at his home
here today, apparently of a heart
attack. Fields, comedian in his own
right. and known as Fashion Flash
Fields, was born in New York's
Bowery and began his stage career
at the age of 9.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
PACIFIC LINER AGROUND
President Grant, Bound for Orient,
Halted Hours Off Victoria.

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Feb
ruary 3 P.-The outbound Ameri-
can Mail liner President Grant, which
left here at pm. for the Orient,
reached q point off McCauley Point,
OF the outer harbor, and then ap-
parently went aground early tonight.
From shore it could be seen that
Its position had remained unchanged
three hours later. No confirmation
that the vessel was actually aground,
however, could be obtained. Oficials
Of the line declined to comment.
The vessel apparently was In no
danger.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Botanical Society to Meet.

The Botanical Society of Washing
ton will hold its 254th regular meet
ing Tuesday st 8 pm. In the assembly
hall Of the Cosmos Club. DR.. A. s..
Hitchcock, Mrs. Agnes Chase and Dr..
Z. b. Lambert will conduct brief dis
cussions, after which there will be
the usual social hour.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
CLUB TO GIVE PLAY
Proceeds of Wellesley Group to
Provide Scholarships.

Provide Scholarships.
The Westinghouse Wellesley Club is
sponsoring the opening performance
Of THE Loves Of Charles II" at the
National Theater February II. Pro-
ceeds will be used for the scholar
ship fund which enables at least two
Washington girls to attend Wellesley.
During 1932-1933 needy students
received an appropriation of s124,618
at Wellesley, of which $45,390 repre-
sented income from scholarship funds
throughout the country. The COM
naittee in charge of the benefit per-
formance includes Mrs. Lyman
Beecher Swornstedt, chairman; Mrs.
John J. O'Connor, Mrs. Walter
Brookings, Miss Margaret Merrill,
Mrs. Oliver Hoyem. Mrs. A. j. Mont
gomery, Mrs. Spencer Gordon and
Mrs. John Pluggs.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Gives Lecture on DELINQUENCY.

Earl Moses. formerly assistant in
the research department at the Uni
versity of Chicago and director of re-
search of the Chicago Urban League,
will give an illustrated lecture on
Community Factors in Negro Delin-
quency' at the regular forum of the
Twelfth street branch Y. M. c. A.
Tuesday night
Evening star., 1934-02-04
AUTO SHOW CLOSES
Gate Receipts Exceed Last Years
by $4,000.

Attended by greatly increased crowds
during the last two days, the four
teenth annual Automobile Show, held
the past week at the Washington
Auditorium, closed last night.
The show was viewed by sparse
crowds from Monday through Thurs
day, but the turnstiles clicked merrily
Friday and yesterday, and after final
tabulations officials announced the
gate receipts this year exceeded by
$4,000 those for 1888
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Primitive Music Shown

Primitive Music Shown.
More than 1000 musical instru-
ments made by primitive tribes are
In the collections Of the Smithsonian
Institution.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
RESTORING SCHOOL.
SLASHES IS URGED
Citizens Federation Hits at
Shift in Responsibility
for Delays.

Continued From First Page)
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Situation II Critical.


we know that the situation in Ger
taan high schools is critical; that GER
tain pupils have been required to at
tend elementary schools when the
temperature in the school rooms is so
low as to endanger their health; that
within the last few days certain junior
high school class rooms were closed
because the cold weather made 1t i'm
possible to heat them. Certain junior
high school pupils are being accommo-
dated In annex buildings; classes are
being held in Railways Of certain
sohools. and. as above stated, two SEN
Tor high schools are on double shift.
In the face of all this, the School
Boards recommendation were sliced
10 the bone and all new projects elm
mated, despite the fact that q surplus
was found to be accumulated in the
Treasury.
Handicapped as we are without the
means Of representation in the halls
Of Congress, we are under the neces-
6tg Of pressing our demands upon
committees of Congress who are prone
70 regard the recommendations of the
Budget Bureau as well nigh infallible
Even when We do succeed In obtaining
a appropriation for a new school
building. we are met with delay after
Evening star., 1934-01-13
Urges Traffic Lights
On Mount Pleasant St.

To the Editor of The Star:
DR.. Louis I. Dublin, statistician of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. states:
Automobiles were responsible for more
than $4,000 fatalities in the United
States during the past year; 10000 Of
these $4,000 preventable" Congress
man McLoud states: There were 78
deaths in Washington in the past year"
We all know there have been also hun
dreds of non-fatal automobile acci-
dents also in Washington during the
year. The director of traffic, from the
first day he was in Office up to a week
ago. has been requested to have in
stalled 'go-stop" lights at the corner
of Irving and Mount Pleasant streets
northwest. He has given one excuse
after another the latest being mo
money" Irving and Mount Pleasant
streets have more auto traffic, east, west,
north and south than any other streets
in the Mount Pleasant section Irving
street is a two-way street and not a
foot wider than Columbia road and
Harvard street, one-way streets with
"go-stop' lights at their corners. Irving
street has so to rs per cent more traffic
than either Columbia road or Harvard
street in this section There are
stores at three corners of Irving and
Mount Pleasant streets. Autoists go
at full speed, never blowing a horn.
going north and south ON Mount
Pleasant street. People are crossing
at this point all day long. Auto traffic
on BOTH streets, especially Mount
Pleasant street, from to 10 o'clock
am, and from to 8 o'clock pm daily,
is heavy There is nothing like it
elsewhere in this section, save on Four
teenth street There is great danger of
accidents. I personally came near
serious accident once with little child,
three times at Irving street and Mount
Pleasant. Why are "go-stop" lights not
installed. w. E. RYAN.
Evening star., 1934-01-13
Dictatorship for New York
Wins Approval, Raises Doubts

ing?" asks the Cincinnati Times-Star,
quoting from Senator Borah. who ques-
tions the merit in wild grasping for
power: the New York Herald Tribune
comments: IF the mayors bill creating
a financial dictatorship is needleSsly
broad in scope or lacking in proper re-
straint. by all means let its faults be
corrected. 1t seems altogether probable
that some changes will be advisable.
It may be better either to repOse the
needed emergency powers in the Board
of Estimate instead of in the mayor
alone, or, at any rate, to give that body
some sort of veto power upon the
mayors acts"
"As a general proposition advises
the Providence Journal, lit may be
safely. even emphaticallv, affirmed that
the American people cannot afford to
throw recklessly overheard the Separa-
ton Of governmental branches that have
stood US in such good stead for CEN
tury and a half. Rather it is time
when whatever that is good in the
system should be understood and safe
guarded We heard much about the
breakdown of parliamentary democracy
in Europe The reason lies in very
large part in the failures of the law
making branches to equal their reSpon-
SibilitieS Historical students OF Amerl-
can politics will hope that the day has
not yet come to confess that Parlia-
ments, Congresses and State Legisla-
lures have outlived their appropriate
and hitherto invaluable usefulness"
The wreckage of long years of Tam
many rule" suggests the Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot, lis scattered all over
the place. the disorders and the in
justices and the criminalities of loot
ing system are plainly evident, and the
need for cleaning up the mess and al
laying the odors is everywhere appar-
ent. The man who can plunge in'O
this extraordinary situation and some
how convert misgovernment into first
rate government, will perfrom a JOB
which will not only relieve and re-
inspire the people of New York, but will
hearten every decent municipal eXecu-
tive in the country"
X
The New York Times applies to the
mayor the statement about public
man in France at the time of the Revo-
luton in that country: Watch him. for
he means every word he says" The
Scranton Times predicts "a compro-
mise with certain additional powe~s
given to the mayor in conjunction with
the Board of Estimate"
Evening star., 1934-01-13
Alley Clearance Stopped Again.

The Commissioners, like those who
have preceded them, are heartily in
favor" of legislation that would begin
Che systematic elimination of Washing
tons alley communities. But. like those
who have preceded them, they are viz
tIaHy without authority TO do anything
about it. The Bureau of the Budget
has again turned thumbs down on a
carefully drawn bill which had won
the approval of agencies interested in
alley elimination and which had gained
helpful sponsorship in Congress. But
the bill meets the fate of at least one
of its predecessors by falling to be "in
accord with the financial program of
the President"
The problem Of alley elimination has
been almost constantly before the
Washington public since the early days
of the first Wilson administration. The
World War brought complications which
prevented the success of the most di-
rect Of various attempts to clean up
that attempt was attributable to failure
to make any provision for the alley in
hahitantS, once they were removed from
their alley homes
Consequently, alley elimination has
become linked with the equally impor-
tant matter of adequate housing for the
present alley dwellers. And. while every
body, generally speaking. favors clean
ing up the alleys and supplanting them
by model housing" developments. prac-
tical considerations involving the ex-
penditure of public or private funds
have stood in the way. Public funds
have been withheld because of past and
present considerations of economy. pri-
Hate funds have not been encouraged
by the promise of even limited profit.
The interest of the Public Works Ad-
n1inistra hon in the alley situation here
has been regarded hopefully, fH it
promised a solution of difficulties other
wise insurmountable. The wide lat
titude given to the P. w. A. by the leg
hIatlon creating 1t would permit ma
tionally financed aIley-elimination pro-
gram here as demonstration in model,
]ow-eost housing There have been
many considerations favoring such a
demonstration. 1t is to be hoped that
something of the sort can be done, and,
even if it is carried out on small
scale, that Washington and other cities
interested in slum clearance and model
housing can see the possibilities of
model housing projects under ideal
conditions
Unless the Public Works Administra-
ton is willing 10 undertake demon
stration project in Washington, the
alleys promise to be with us for many
more years. Direct action by the COM
rnunity, with so many cooks involved,
Is apparently impossible.
Evening star., 1934-01-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| very good patter is totally unrewarded,
even by single sale.
What you need, my dear fellow
Jones used that combination perfectly,
in his minds to put those mice out
OF sight, and stick to traps. You'd sell
more, honest you would
| \
Those who know Templeton Jones
need not be told that that honest man
did not make the speech. but only
imagined it,
Perhaps Jones Is no different in this
than the great mass of men, forever
thinking up speeches which are never
delivered
Such addresses are excellent vents
for irritated. outraged feelings, for
| amused feelings, for exalted feelings.
There Is scarcely any sort OF human
emotion which will not stir your av-
erage person to the pleasant necessity
OF composing a speech
Jones often had wondered why he
did not deliver some of the very fine
speeches which he had composed over
the years
Perhaps he was one of these "timid
souls who never, positively never, say
what they think.
X X
Templeten Jones preferred to believe
tnat ne was simply one who refrained
from saying what was unnecessary.
Ihe man trying to sell mouse traps
would nnd out quickly enough. perhaps.
tilat MS exhibit Of mice would not go"
mere, although 1t might excite the de-
SIRE 10 ouy OF residents Of other cities.
II this theory Of Jones were correct.
.ne people would not buy. as they did
.Io. ouy Wilie ne was present, and the
man would begin to ask himself whv.
nho When man begins to ask him
happen. "
II the Jonesian theory of how IN coll
traps to Washingtonians were incorl
rect, then the man would begin to sell
traps. ~ 0e'i
so why should Templeton Jones say
anything? '
| 1t was all as simple as that; life often
was as simple as that. only people tried
to complicate it by a perpetual urge
to butt in"
butt out. or, rather. keep out, should
De the amending slogan OF more per-
sons
Jones sometimes wished he had a
temperament which would urge him on
10 make the many speeches which he
composed from time to time.
! An omnlvorous reader. he had a store
OF phrases from the literature of the
! past which held curious modernity.
IL was queer, If one knew something
about language and literature. how old
words and expressions and ideas. could
be used with effectiveness in modern
! speech. so that even the most unread
| and ignorant man recognized their ap-
| propriateness.
Templeton Jones probably would
nave made an especially effective orator
/ largely because Of his real grasp of
strange old words and phrases which
rolled mystery into language coming
as they did out of the very heart Of
the people
He smiled to himself as he thought
! OF the possible effect of his uuspoken
speech to the mouse man. Would the
fellow have resented 1t. or would he
have taken a tip from it?
Jones would never know. and it was
Just as we'll Why should people want
to know as much as they like TO think
they know? Surely there is room for
ignorance, of sort, in such a world
as this.
Templeton Jones grinned to himself.
and made another speech. a very short
one, which We are privileged to set
down here for the discriminating.
You'll never sell mouse traps that
way, buddy he said, 'or anything
else"
Evening star., 1934-01-13

and its present leader will continue to
be the regular Democratic organiza-
ton" of New York County.
New York is an Overwhelmingly DEM
ocratic city in politics. If enough OF
the Democrats in the city, and more
particularly in New York County. which
is one of the five boroughs of the great
er city, are sufficiently disgusted with
Tammany and its leadership as 1t is
now constituted, they can, Of course
build a new organization. This seems
a particularly opportune time for new
Democratic deal there. Curry has not
been a successful leader. Indeed, he
seems to have made error after error
ever since he took control about four
years ago. He threw in his power
against the nomination of President
Roosevelt, against the nomination of
Gov. Lehman; he sought to preserve
Jimmie walker for mayor, and finally
he sought to have former Mayor John
j. O'Brien reelected as the Tammany
candidate. He was unsuccessful all
along the line. He has the opposition
of the Roosevelt administration He
has been stripped of all patronage ex-
cept in New York County, and that has
long since been distributed. The op-
position controls the Federal patronage
through Postmaster General Farley and
other strong Roosevelt supporters.
If new Democratic organization Is
to be built in Greater New York, the
principal interest OF the people lies In
scrapping the old system" with its
graft and corruption. 1t will not help
them to have new machine set up
with a new set of Democratic leaders
who will carry on that old system.
Evening star., 1934-01-13

played the poorest base ball Of fifteen
years. Now he slides down to the
paltry $35,000 which has just been
agreed upon as his ''cut" for the coming
season.
In all, during his twenty years Of pro-
fessional "big-time" base ball Ruth has
received $837,o00. Undoubtedly he has
brought to his employers much more
than that in gate receipts. Base ball
magnates are not in business for charity
or for sentiment, and the "Bambino"
has been a valuable asset to those who
have held his contract. But it does
seem bit Iike imitation to rate even
SO mighty a batter and, until lately, SO
excellent fielder at rates so far above
the compensations of all men of science,
many captains Of industry and even
some financial administrators. 1t stands
as remarkable phenomenon of Amer
ican life that this valuation has been
put upon the capacity of one man to
hit a leather-covered sphere with a
wooden stick out of the reach of oppo-
sition fielders.