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The Washington times., 1934-12-07
BAN PUT
ON TROLLEYS

Public Utilities Commissioner
Riley Elgen today addressed let
ter to the Capital Transit Com
pany warning officials of the
transportation agency that street
cars must comply with the Dis
trict'S speed laws.
The letter points out that street
cars are subject to the same regu-
lations in regard to speed as are
busses and private vehicles and
that violations will bring police
action.
Mr.. Elgen stated that most Of
the complaints to the commission
have been to the effect that the
street cars are too slow, but he
said that in outlying sections
street cars may be making exces-
sive speeds.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Tax Reassessment
Asked in TakOma

A number of residents of Ia
koma Park, Md, have joined to-
gether in a drive urging the
mayor and town council to au,
thorize a complete reassessment
of all property in Takoma Park,
in an effort to equalize assess
ments on properties of compar-
able valuation.
Leaders of the movement say in
many instances property improved
and assessed during the peak in
1928 and 1929 is assessed much
higher than that built prior to
this time and since the depression,
when labor and materials were
cheaper.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Dance, Card Party
Dec. Is to Aid Poor

Arrangements were completed
today for a dance and card party
to be given December is by en-
ployes of the Treasury Department
for the benefit of Washington's
poor.
Chairman Edward Ferneyhough
announced that the first ticket
was purchased by Assistant Sec.
retary of the Treasury L. w.
Robert, jr., and that early sales
of tickets indicate large attend.
ance. The dance will be held at
Almas Temple, proceeds being
used to buy Christmas baskets
for the poor.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Red Cross Plans
Annual Meeting

Plans for the annual meeting
of the Arlington county chapter
of the American Red Cross were
announced at a meeting of the
chapter board at the home of
Vice Chairman E. C. Butterfield,
last night.
A feature of the annual meet
ing will be the election of a
chairman to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Mrs.
Bertha Kelley. The date of the
meeting was tentatively set for
Monday, January IA.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Ken Murray
Says:

XMAS MARKS THE SPOT"
As Santa Claus is just around
the corner, it's time to be doing
your Christmas swapping"
early Forget the past, and
think of the present"
Due to the last-minute rush,
lots Of presents are miS-mailed
every year. and a lot more
should be.
We should naturally think Of
the kiddies first. They believe
that Santa really comes down
the chimney OF course, we
grOwn-ups know that he enters
through a large hole in the
pOcketbOOk.
AND REMEMBER:
Christmas is the time Of the
year when family ties are
stronger and also louder.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
HOPES TOF|N|SH.
CONSTRUCTION
IN 1885
PWA Contract Ready to Sign;
Work Due to Begin BY
February |, 1885

With the District Auditor and
Corporation Counsel examining
the PWA contract for the $780,
900 tuberculosis hospital construc-
ton as to it's correctness, Engineer
Commissioner Daniel I. Sultan to.
day proceeded with plans to COM
plete the structure by July l, 1886.
The contract, returned to the
District Building today, sets the
completion date at July /, 1885,
but PWA officials assured Com
missioner Sultan that this was a
typographical error.
Begin In February
Under the terms of the contract
the District must complete the
hospital within year and six
months. The Engineer Commis-
sioner said construction could be
started in February. with early
bids being advertised in January
He said:
even that is crOwding things,
more than 1 like, but it can be
DONE"
Commissioner Sultan said COM
pletion of the plans for the hospi-
tai so that the contract require
mentS as to time can be fulfilled
will require overtime work on the
part of District engineers.
He added that construction OF
units such as the warehouse and
boiler room probably will be
started in February and that the
foundation of the main building
will be started in March with the
building of the superstructure
beginning some time in July.
The Engineering Commissioner
said the Board of Commissioners
will sign the contract as soon as
the District Auditor and Corpora
ton Counsel have examined it.
Commissioner Sultan asserted
that the problem of adequate
water supply for the new institu-
ton at Glenn Dale, Md, would not
hamper the early completion OF
the structure. He said that, in
his estimation, we'll water would
be ample for the needs of the hos.
pital.
Test Filtration Plant
The pressure filtration plant
constructed by the District to
purify the well water will be tested
this week by the Health Depart
ment and the Bureau of Stand
ards.
At the same time PWA officials
stressed one clause of the con-
tract-that the Administration be
satisfied" with the water supply
system. The two wells now on the
site, sunk to 1913 feet, have proved
inadequate and Geological Sur.
vey experts declare well must be
driven to 1000 feet before suffi-
cient water can be found.
Clarence McDonough, engineer.
ing director of the PWA, said to-
day that if the new well failed, it
would cost between $150,O0O and
100000 to "tap" the nearest
water supply system, 10 miles
away. This sum would have to
come from the lump allotment OF
$1,5O0,OOO, Secretary Ickes has de-
clared.
The Secretary of the Interior
still holds the power to cancel the
contract should the District gov
ernment fail to satisfy" him on
the water problem.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
D. G.. Driver Held
For ReckleSsness

Joseph Bingham, colored, of
the 1900 block S st. N. w., was
held by police today on a reck-
less driving charge after his au.
tomobile is alleged to have struck
a pedestrian at Wisconsin and
Massachusetts, Avenues North
west. John Mahon, SO, of the
3700 block Massachusetts, Ave.
N. w., the victim. was treated at
Georgetown Hospital for lacera-
tions and a broken right leg.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
GROUPS
SEE BENEFITS
IN PROPOSAL
Proponents Deny Program Is
Start of General Abolition
of Night Parking

Labelling the proposed parking
ban on 58.3 miles of Washing
tons streets and boulevards as
"too drastic" James G. Yader,
president of the Federation Of
Citizens Associations, today stated
that parking restrictions should
be put into effect gradually.
The federation head explained
that his statement represented
his personal view, and that a
special meeting of the federation
would be called for Saturday
night to consider the ban.
Asks Action Deferred
Speaking at a hearing called
by the District Commissioners to
consider the recommendation of
the Traffic Advisory Council that
parking be prohibited from De-
cember Is through March l be-
tween 2 a. m. and 9:30 a. m,
Mr.. Yaden appealed to the Com
miSSioners not to take any action
until the citizens could express
their views.
Supporting the proposed ban
were representative of the Board
of Trade and the Merchants and
Manufactured Association.
Sundlun Backs Ban
Arthur j. Sundlun, of the mer.
chant group, stated that the block
ing of Washington's streets by
parked automobiles injured busi.
ness by blocking a large number
of would-be buyers from the down.
town section. He said:
"The association is not inter-
ested in the ban to work hard
ship on motorists, but merely as
an experiment to reveal what
the effect of blocked highways
is on business"
Wallace Robinson, chairman of
the traffic committee of the trade
body, stated that the Board of
Trade fully supports the ban. He
pointed out that his organization
viewed the measure merely as an
expedient during heavy snowfall
and not as an entering wedge for
the prohibition of all-night park
ing.
He said:
"We look at it as a means to
benefit a great number of
motorists, incOnveniencing only
a few"
Arthur Clarendon Smith, preSi-
dent of the Federation of Busi-
ness Mems Associations, explained
that his organization was opposed
to the ban, fearing it would work
a hardship on smaller merchants.
FavOrs it Himself
He said, however. that per-
sonally he favors the measure.
B. w. Marsh. representing the
American Automobile Association,
stated that the association favors
the proposal with notifications.
He said the measure is too op'
preSsive to motorists, especially
those living in the downtown
areas where there is no parking
space available. He added:
I'm the closely built-up Sec
tiOns where there is no prOvi-
sion for parking, you not only
can't park within two blocks,
but there is a question if you
can park at ALL"
The Washington times., 1934-12-07

lily she was unhappy at school.
She went to New York where
she was visiting a family friend
when the police broadcast told of
her disappearance.
The friend sent Maxine home.
On the way back, she saw The
Times story and picture.
Arriving home, she told her
family:
II never realized that you
would be so worried"
According to Maxine, it is her
last runaway.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Girl Returns
Home Wiser. Sorry
MRS A r STEVENIN

Her picture, published in The
Washington Times, clutched to
her, 14-year-old Maxine Stevenin,
700 block N st. N. W., last night
returned to her home after hav-
ing been missing since Sunday.
The girl, according to her
mother, Mrs. A. E. Stevenin, left
home Sunday afternoon to "go to
a show" When she failed to
return the family broadcast her
description both in Washington
and New York, their previous
home. Maxine had told her FAM
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
d. C.. Shaft Will Have
Rundown Recorded
CARL AHLENFELD

It happens only once century
or thereabouts, so the fact that
the Washington Monument had a
through-going bath and a rub
down is going to be etched deeply
in the shaft itself-555 feet above
the ground, where no one can see
it.
Carl Ahlenfeld, a map etcher
in the Geological Survey, went
aloft again today to put the
finishing touches on the lines he
carved into the aluminium cap of
the monument yesterday. The
rub down" cost Uncle Sam a
mere 100000, but he's modest in
tie way he tells posterity about
it. The message visible only to
birds and birdmen, reads:
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Rev. Murray Talk
Banquet Feature

Rev. Phillip Murray, assistant
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
Washington, will be the guest
speaker at the sixth annual
father-son banquet of the Wood
side Methodist Episcopal Church
tonight in Church Parish Hall.
The Mems Glee Club of the
University of Maryland will furn-
iSh music for the affair.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
DIR. STEELE TO TALK

DR.. Douglass v. Steele, profeS.
sor of philosophy at Haverford
College, will be the religious
speaker at Howard University
Sunday at II a. M, in Rankin
Memorial Chapel. Music will be
furnished by the all-university
choir.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Woman Is Found
In Gas-Filled Room

The Fire Rescue Squad, answer
ing a call in the 300 block of
Ninth st. S. E., found Mrs. Ida
v. Welland, A, unconscious in
the bedroom of her home, with
gas flowing from an open wall
jet.
After reviving Mrs. Welland,
they removed her to Gallinger
Hospital, where physicians said
she would survive.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
"Repaired, 1884
National Park Service
Department of Interior"

1t was only a coincidence that
Mr.. Ahlenfeld started the job
yesterday, the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the placing of the alum
mum cap on the monument. Mr..
AhlenfeId sketched several de-
signs for the inscription, one of
which was chosen, but when he
won the job of doing the etch-
ing he didn't know it would be
so cold it would be necessary
to build a shelter for him at
the peak.
In about two weeks the steel
scaffold at the monument will
be taken down.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
BACKS BONUS PLAN

Although he is committed
against full cash payment of the
soldiers bonus, Senator-elect Sher.
man Minton CD, of Indiana,
said today he would favor the
Harrison compromise Of paying
the bonus to needy veterans.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
DUKE CELEBRATES

Duke University Day will be
observed by the schools alumni
association here with a dinner
Monday in the Women's Ma
tional Democratic Club head
quarters, 1926 New Hampshire
Ave. DR.. w. H. GlaSSon, dean of
the post graduate college of the
university, will speak.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
William A. Prater
Gets Catholic Post

William A. Prater has been
elected president of the local
chapter of the Federation of Col
ored Catholics in America. Other
officers elected include Mrs. A. j.
Greenfield, vice president: Miss
Marguerite Lemons, secretary;
Daniel Spriggs, treasurer and
John Brown, Sergeant-at-arms.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07

Now
Ode To Motormen.
The Monument Moves In.
A Gifted Hostess.
BY Helen ESSary

I've been trying for two hours
to write this column. Whenever
I get the added brain on a suit
able subject, the phone rings:
Hello? Oh. hello, my dear E.
No, indeed, not at all busy e.
Yes. Yes. =. Mrs. ROOsevelt's
party? AS the Goddess of Lib
erty? Simply marvellous. Are
you wearing chains. oh, bound
In clothes lines? Great. 1t will
be the best costume there Why,
you know it will. So glad you
phOned. GOOdby, darling"
7 turn to the typewriter. Let
me see. Oh, yes, I read in the
morning paper that street cars
were a menace to motorists. De-
termined with my coffee to write
bitter paragraph about the men,
ace of motorists to street cars.
About the motorists who de.
hberately clog a street car track,
because they know motorman
must stay in his own narrow
road. I've always liked motor
men. Patient and long-enduring,
undoubtedly they will be re-
warded in heaven. Certainly not
here. Reflect briefly on nature
of motorman'S paradiSe-prob-
ably a place where he can run
over automobiles all day long
and still keep his job with the
angels.
AS for street car conductors,
there are two or three on the
Chevy Chase line who have been
my friends for about thousand
years. Automobiles were rare a
thousand years ago, and
'HellO! Oh, hello, dear. Not
30 awfuIly busy. What are you
going to wear to the White
House tomorrow? I'd love to
know. Disguised as the Wash
ingtOn Monument? Gorgeous!
Practically everything else has
been taken into the White
House. This will be the first
time the Monument has ever.
The scaffOlding will be difficult
to initiate? should think so.
Why not be the Monument after
it's face has been lifted? Of
course, you'll win a prize. Good
bye, dear"
Next, I summon Lulu Wash
ington and tell her the next time
anybody phones me say I've
gone to the South Pole. Say
I've left to borrow Admiral
Byrd's little hunting suit for the
White House costume party
the little suit he wears when he
is out discovering frozen conti-
nents.
Lulu w. wonders what any
body would want with frozen
continent, anyhow Before it
got thawed out we'd all be dead.
But there were other inter-
esting people at the party. I
found myself listening to Mrs.
William S. Culbertson telling
about women in Chile, where
she lived recently when her
husband was American Ambas-
Sador there.
Chilean women, it seems, gen.
orally stay at home when their
husbands go to parties after
dark (exactly contrariwise in
my family. The laws of Chile
give men control of their wives
property. Too bad!
Mrs. Harry A. Mcbride, wife
Of the Assistant to the Secre-
tary of State, I begulled into
talking about Liberia. Mrs. Nc.
Bride had not been as far down
the African coast as Freddie
Hibbard's new post. But she
did persuade Freddie, when he
departed to be American minis
ter to Liberia, to take some OF
his own furnishings and books
and his automobile. To make
himself feel at home in so
strange an environment.
whenever you wish to know the
correct time of Clav or night tele.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Will Play
Santa to Children

Fifty school youngsters of Ana
costa and vicinity will know it
is Christmas Day when they sit
down to a real holiday dinner as
guests of the Naval Air Station.
An up-to-date Santa Claus will
arrive by airplane at 12:48. Fol
lowing distribution of toys, the
children will attend a talking
picture entertainment.
For the correct time telephone
the office of THE WASHINGTON
TIMES, District 1000, at any
hour of the "a.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07

phone District 1000, the office OF
THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
At the other end of the table,
Mrs. S. M. Robinson was say.
ing that, although her husband
is an admiral in the U. S. Navy,
and undoubtedly knows his way
about on the high seas, he is
easily lost on land. He's had a
map made of Virginia roads.
This he uses when he calls on
Naval officers temporarily set
tied down in +nose parts.
Other guests at the party
were Miss Grace Roper, discuss
ing with the hostess somebody's
romance; Mrs. Alvin Hanson,
whose husband, formerly a pro-
fessor at the University of Min
neSota, is now here working on
trade agreements; Mrs. Basil
Manly; Mrs. A. B. Hall, whose
husband was president of the
University of Oregon before he
came recently to conduct Sclen-
tific research for Brookings In
Stitute; Mrs. Samuel Herrick,
Mrs. Cyril Wynne, Mrs. John
Herrick, Mrs. Bulkley Griffin,
Mrs. Louis G. Caldwell and Mrs.
Clarke Wren.
almost forgot to say that
the luncheon wine came from
the Royal Hungarian cellars.
And was of bouquet and color
that convinced me all over
again that literal Anglo-SaxonS
should never attempt to change
the juice of the grape into mel.
low inspiration.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07

AS for street car conductors,
there are two or three on the
Chevy Chase line who have been
my friends for about a thousand
years. Automobiles were rare a
thousand years ago, and
Evening star., 1934-08-14
S9D,OOO,OOO LOAN
TO Be COLLECTED
Jones Says Dawes Bank
Has Already Paid Back
s2e,OOO,OOO.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Jesse Jones expects the
r. F.. c. to collect all of its $50. 900 900
loan to the Central Republican Bank
and Trust Co. if it takes 10 years.
Already, he said yesterday, $58,211,-
937 in principal and s3,0OO,00o in in
terest was in arrears on the loan made
in June, 1882, and due six months
later. But he added:
We've collected more than $29,-
100000, and that isn't so bad"
The Central Republican Bank has
long been known as the Dawes Bank"
because it was once headed by former
Vice President Charles G. Dawes. The
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Noted Musician Dies.

BOSTON, August II CP.-Darius
A. Ives, SO, whose band was said tc
be the first musical organization
called into the service during the
World War, died here yesterday after
a long illness.
Ives. prominent in New England
music circles for almost 40 years, was
a native Of Des Moines, Iowa. but
had lived here since childhood.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
D. c: GUARDSMEN
RESUME PROGRAM
Sun Breaks Through Clouds
for First Time in Four
Days.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP ALBERT C. RITCHIE, Cas-
cade, Md, August 14.-The District
National Guard awoke this morning
to find the sun trying to break through
the heavy fog for the first time in four
days. Regular schedules were fol-
lowed throughout the day, with the
division staff continuing the solution
of the command post exercise, assisted
by the Headquarters Detachment, and
the 121st Engineers training In gas
attacks and riot duty.
Conference was held this morning
by the division staff and the develop
ment of the maneuver was discussed.
Mai. L. Med. Sylvester presented the
requirement for the day The theo-
retical troops marched from Monte
rev, Pa, to the vicinity of Letters
burg, Md, advancing on Hagerstown.
A stronghold of the Red" troops de-
ployment of the troops from the for
mer to the latter area was the require
ment. Early this afternoon the Off
GERS discussed the various solutions.
Mai. William T. Roy, commanding
the special troops of the 29th Division,
led the Military Police Company
through the combat area, marking the
road functions, etc, that will require
police.
At the regimental parade yesterday
afternoon c. H. Warrington was pre-
l1n
of a march written in his honor by
Meyer Goldman, Commanding the
regimental band The march was
played at a special ceremony before
the troops passed in review. Maj
Gen. Milton A. Reckord, commanding
the 29th Division, pinned medals on
Lieut. Col William D. Triton. division
aviation officer and Lieut.. Arthur A.
Callahan for meritorious service in
the Maryland National Guard. Gen
Reckord and his staff then reviewed
the troops with Col John w. Oehmann
and Mr.. Warrington.
Boxing Matches Held.
The semi-finals of the boxing tour
nament were held last night resulting
in one technical knockout and five
decisions, Roger Jordon, Company A.
defeated John M. Whalen by a tech
nical knockout in the second round
Edward H. Evans, Medical Detach-
ment, won from Bernard Stromberg,
Of the 58th Brigade Headquarters
Company. Vincent Ceccarelli, Com
pany D, took the decision from Will
liam H. Barnes, Company C; Gilbert
B. jenkins, Military Police Company,
won from Charles D. Gates, Company
r: William L. Thoma, Company F,
won from Lawrence P. Perkins, Com
pany B, and Daniel Howard. Company
B, defeated Milton H. Powell, Com
pany F. The finals will be held
Thursday night.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
BIDS ASKED FOR TREE
WORK IN TWO PARKS

C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent
of the National Capital parks, yester-
day called for bids for surgery and
protection to trees in Franklin and
Lafayette Parks. Nearly 200 trees are
involved in this program, for which
bids will be opened August % at II
am. in room 1915, Navy Building.
Large dead or undesirable limbs
will be removed, girdling roots will be
removed, tree cavities will be filled,
IL trees will be removed and support
ing cables and protective covering will
be placed around some of the trees.
The work is made possible by a
Public Works Administration alloca-
ton. Ninety days will be given the
contractor to complete the job
Evening star., 1934-08-14
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. TUESDAY

loan to the institution, Jones asserted,
was well secured" by good col
lateral"
There remains" he explained,
either IA or % millions in securities
as well as other substantial property.
We've got every bit of it in our hands.
There's quite enough to secure the
balance.
Jones said some Of the Substantial
property" consisted of notes by Chi
cago merchants and business men,
adding that I'VE consider these good,
too"
The liquidation process, the chair
man asserted would continue until
it is completed.
1T may take five, 1t may take ten
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Starring a foursome of new
fabrics: SatinS and crepes,
pure dye silk! And the smart
new cereal crepes - oatmeal
and Sharimur. In beautiful
fitting, slenderizing types for
larger women, average and
small women. Jacket types in
satin. One-piece types in Shar-
imur crepe with marquiSette
braided shoulders. Oatmeal
crepe in wrap coat model.
Canton crepe combined with
satin. All in fashionable, fiat
tering black. For women SO
to A, 16z to 221z.
Dress Shop-Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1934-08-14

years." he said. I'VE keep after those
things until they're done"
He waved aside a suggestion that
the $11 100000 of insult securities,
put up by the bank but since declared
considerably deprecated, would en-
danger collection of the balance.
That's only a part of the coll
lateral" he said.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Rail Receipts Decline.
Railway receipts in France continue
tn decrease