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The Washington times., 1934-01-04
BUDGET CALLS
FOR WARD At
GALL|NGER
New Unit Will Cost $3.50, 900;
Relief Work in D. C. Kept
At Present Level

Providing for three construction
projects and maintaining the cost
Of emergency relief at the current
81 300, 900, public welfare estimates
for the fiscal year 1885 trans
mitted to Congress today are set
at Sc, ,476, ,476, an increase Of more
than six hundred thousand dollars
over the 1884 appropriation.
The increase is due, not only to
the construction items, which total
$376, 900, but to several hundred
thousands Of dollars in salaries,
predicated on President Roosevelt's
recommendation for restoration of
S per cent Of the legislative slash
enacted last year.
New Ward Okayed
The largest building project
recommended in the estimates is
for completing construction of an
additional ward for contagious
diseases at Gallinger Municipal
Hospital. The estimate for this
item is set at $290,000.
Construction of a permanent
water supply filtration system for
the WorkhouSe and Reformatory
is provided, at an estimated cost
Of $4,000. This estimate also in
cludes purchase Of land on Oc-
coquan Creek and Elkhorn Run
for the water supply system.
The third construction project,
for which an estimate Of $1,000
is made, is for an addition to
the colored women's ward at the
Home for the Aged and Infir1n.
The estimates also include an
item Of $51 ,498 for full-year oper-
alton Of the new Children's
tuberculosis Sanatorium, which
has just been completed.
A total Of $4,000 is also recon-
mended for repairs and improve
ments in buildings and grounds,
including roads and sidewalks,
at the new sanatorium.
Relief Kept Up
The budget recommends that
the $1,3OO,000 appropriated last
year for emergency relief Of resi-
dents Of the District be main
tained at the same level. The
fund is to be made available, it
is explained, to afford relief to
residents who are unemployed cor
otherwise in distress because of
the existing emergency"
For the District Jail, the esti-
mates are set at $138,823. In ad-
dition to the salary increase,
there is a $4,000 jump in the
estimates for medical and surgical
supplies for prisoners.
Increases in several Of the in
stitutionS under the jurisdiction
of the board Of public welfare
are recommended because of an
increase in the number of in
mates. In this category are in
cluded such institutions as the
Workhouse and Reformatory, the
National Training School for
Boys, and st. Elizabeths Hospital.
The estimate for st. ElizabethS
is set at $1,874,092, which is an
increase of $66,412 over the cur
rent appropriation.
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BUREAU DELAYS
|NC|NERATOR

Refusal Of the Bureau Of the
Budget today to recommend an
appropriation for the operation Of
the incinerator in Southeast
Washington blasted the hope OF
Washingtonians that the plant,
which has been idle for a year,
would get into operation with the
start of the new fiscal year.
That no appropriation was rec
commended for operation Of the
plant was disclosed in the budget
estimates sent to Congress today
hv the Bureau Of the Budget,
which carries an increase over
last years estimates Of only
enough to meet the salary i'm
creases necessitsted by the restora-
ton of S per cent Of the employees
pay:cut. ..,
wear 1895 are $1.353,100. as com.
pared with $1,295, 900 for the cur
rent fiscal year.
Clrtailment Of trash and garb-
age collections in the city, which
has prevailed during the current
fiscal year because Of reduction
in appropriations for this service,
also is to be continued If the
budget recommendations are to
be followed.
Previous to the beginning OF
the current fiscal year there were
as many as three collections OF
trash and garbage made weekly,
and this was cut-and this ap'
parently is to continue-to two
and in some cases, one collection
O week.
The Southeast incinerator was
constructed comparatively recently
and because Of failure Of Con
Rress to appropriate for its opera
ton it he's remained idle.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
Budget for District Police
Increased by $234,422

Funds for the operation of the
Metropolitan Police Department
during the fiscal year 1885 would
be $234,422 more than the cur
rent appropriation under the
budget submitted to the House
today by the Bureau Of the
Budget.
Nearly all Of the increase in the
estimates for the department is
due to the provision restoring S
per cent of the Is per cent pay
cut.
The budget item for the Police
Department is $3,113,442, as COM
pared with the 1884 appropri-
alton of $2,879, 900. The budget
figure is 1925, 1874 less than the
amount recommended to the Bu'
reau of the Budget by the Dis
trict Commissioners.
A provision for the payment OF
salaries of Al crossing policemen,
formerly paid by the street rail,
way companies, is responsible for
$76, 1000 of the increase. The Sala'
ries of these policemen was shifted
to the District under the act which
authorized the merger Of the Cap
ital Traction Company and the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company.
Other increases in the Police De.
partment estimates include an
item of $4,000 in the fund for the
purchase, exchange and main
tenance of automobiles and equip.
ment, and a $4,000 boost in the
estimate for uniforms and equip
ment.
Total estimates for salaries Of
policemen and policewomen are
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
ASPHALT PLANT
To Be BOUGHT
FORD|STR|CT
Bureau of Budget Provides
$4,000 For Project Under
Increased Estimates

Purchase by the District Of a
municipal asphalt plant, to cost
not more than $4,000, is author
lied in the budget estimates re-
ceived today by the House from
the Bureau Of the Budget.
This item, the provision Of
$675,0 for completion Of the
Calvert Street Bridge and restora-
ton Of per cent Of the Is per
cent pay cut represent the major
part Of the increase Of $765, 100
in the budget over the appropria-
ton for the current fiscal year.
The total estimate in the budget
is $2,567,09O.
The purchase Of an asphalt
plant for the District has long
been recommended by District
officials, who point out that such
a plant would enable the city to
do many minor street paving jobs
which now have to be let to con-
tractors. Under the provision in
the budget, purchase Of the plant
would be authorized, should the
Commissioners deem such action
to be to the advantage Of the
District Of Columbia"
Bridge to Be Completed
The Calvert Street Bridge item
will provide for completion Of the
bridge, for which $575 900 already
is available. This $575 900 was not
included in the highway appro-
priation for the current fiscal
year, but was part of the $780,
600 gasoline tax surplus made
available to the District at the
discretion Of the Director Of the
Bureau of the Budget. Plans for
the bridge are near completion
and the contract will be let in the
near future.
Other items in the budget in
clude $500 for grading of streets
and alleys; $4,000 for surfacing
of block pavements and paving
center strips; $4,000 for minor
sidewalk changes; $225,000 for
curbs and cutters; $35O,O00 for
Surfacing and resurfacing Of
streets; $65, 900 for construction,
maintenance and operation of
bridges; $750,000 for current re-
pairs, including the $4,000 item
for an asphalt plant.
Salaries Increased
Salary estimates for the De-
partment of Trees and Parkings
is $23, $40, increased from $22, 900
for the current year. In addition,
this department is given an esti-
mate of $91,600 for the salaries
of per diem employees and mis-
cellaneouS operations, this repre-
Senting an increase Of $1,000 over
the current appropriation.
The highway budget provides
for no new street construction
work, but included is recapitu-
lation of highway projects now in
progress under the Public Works
Administration. These projects
total $1,91S,416, being expended
on Is jobs.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04

The first public showing Of the
1884 Chevrolet models will be held
here on Saturday at the Washing
ton Building, simultaneous with
the opening Of the New York Auto
Show.
Chevrolet's 1884 exhibit will in
clude a complete display of all
models and will be free to the pub
lie. c. J. Peters, Chevrolet zone
manager who has charge Of ar.
rangements. said the show on Sat
urday will open at p. m. It will
not be open on Sunday but will re-
open on Monday and continue
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
FUNDS
INCREASED

Estimates for the Electrical De-
partment of the local city govern.
ment are increased by the Bureau
of the Budget by $52,67O for the
fiscal year 1885 over those for the
current fiscal year.
Of the increase, it Is anticipated
that 7,400 will be spent on ad'
ditional lighting facilities in the
city.
The estimate for 1885 is placed
by the Bureau Of the Budget at
$l,011, ,670, and compares with an
estimate Of 1853 made last year.
It is explained that there is an
unexpended balance from last year
of $25, 900 for lighting purposes.
and this amount is included in
the total expected to be spent for
this purpose during the next fis-
cal year.
The other increases are: $6,7O0
for personal services: $4,000 for
general supplies and $500 for the
installation of the various fixtures.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04

throughout the week from 10 a. m.
to 10:30 p. m.
Considerable interest is antici-
pated at the showing, Mr.. Peters
stated, because the new models rep
resent radically improved cars de-
signed to further entrench Chevro-
let in the position It has enjoyed
for five Of the past seven years.
Mr.. Peters explained:
"Our 1884 cars represent more
than annual new models. They
are radically, decidedly and baS-
ically new.
1--WE are unusually fortunate
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
10000 white Collars
Go to Work on Census

While President Roosevelt was
speeding the New Deal onward
in his message to Congress, the
Department Of Commerce yester-
day took 10000 white collar"
workers out Of unemployment
and put them on payrolls. Thou
sands more will be added in the
next few weeks under a five mil
lion dollar fund allotted the
Census Bureau by CWA for ma
tional census projects.
The census started yesterday
by the 10000 workers covers all
national business.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
S395,393 FUND
WILL PROVIDE
PAY GAINS
No Construction Items In.
cIuded In List $9,504,105
Is Total of Money Asked

Although carrying an increase
Of approximately $1,000,000 over
the current appropriation for the
public schools Of the District Of
Columbia, the 1885 estimates as
submitted today to Congress by
President Roosevelt fail to provide
for any new school house con-
struction.
The total estimates are $9,504,-
los, as compared with the 1884
appropriation Of $8,54O,713. In
creaSes in salaries, predicated on
the Presidents recommendation
for restoration Of one-third Of the
16 per cent salary slash, and two
building items, one providing for
continuing q school begun last
year and the other for an addi-
ton, responsible for the increase
In the estimates.
Although school officials are
known to have been anxious for
construction of new buildings to
replace antiquated structures and
to accommodate the overflow in
crowded schools, construction es-
Inmates amount to only $56S, 900.
One Construction Item
Provision Is made for continu.
ing the construction Of the Wood
row Wilson High School, Forty
first and Chesapeake SITS. N. W.,
which was begun last year with
IN appropriation Of $475,000. The
estimates include 100000 for con-
tinuing this school, the entire cost
Of which Is not to exceed ST.
10000.
This item is the only estimate
for construction Of . school for
white children.
An estimate Of $16s,OOO is rec
commended for construction OF an
addition to the Browne Junior
High School, for colored children.
to include 10 classroomS and one
gymnasium.
The estimates also include an
item of $36, 900 of the unexpended
balances from the 1888 approprl'
alton for construction Of a gym
nasium at the Powell Junior High
School.
S395,393 Pay Boost
An increase Of $395,393 in sal
aries is included in the estimates
predicated on restoration OF one
third of the IS per cent salary
clash enacted in the last session.
The largest item in the school
estimates is for salaries Of teacn'
ers, which in the 1885 estimates,
amounts to $5,728,500, as COM
pared with the current appropr1a'
ton Of IS, 5,432, ,76O. The estimates
include no provision for add1-
tional teachers.
Night schools would receive
kS3, ,4O7, Of which $4,000 (the
same as last year, is for equip
ment and materials, and the re-
manning for salaries.
An estimate of $500 is recon-
mended for "Americanization
work and instruction of foreign
ers of all ages in both day and
night classes"
Despite petitions by numerous
citizens associations advocating
increasing the Community Center
Departm ent appropriation to
100000, the estimates provide
for $31,664 for this department.,
an increase Of only $1,664, predi-
Gated on the salary restoration.
Care Of school buildings and
grounds is estimated to cost
$79l, 800, no increase other than
the salary restoration being al
lowed.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04

$2,790,000 for personal services, IN
cluding stenographers, photogra-
pliers, etc., $1O9,980; for fuel,
$1,000; for repairs and improve.
ments to police stations and
grounds, $4,000; for miscellaneous
and contingent expenses, $67 500;
for purchase, exchange, repair,
and maintenance of vehicles,
$65, 900; for purchase, cleaning
and repairing Of uniforms, $780,
900, and for the House of Deten-
tion, $15,962.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04

to be able to hold these advance
ShOwingS in a number Of the
larger cities of the country. We
are coming to Washington with
q big display because we consider
this one of the most important
cities in the United States.
1--WE are holding the local dis
play because we have q large
number of dealers and interested
people in this section who want
the earliest possible view Of the
new car. In q week or two it
will be displayed at every dealers
showroom In the United States"
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
HO1Uard University
To ShOW Paintings

Conservative and modern
paintings will go on display IN
the Howard University Art Gal
iery omorrow and remain
through February 4. African
bushmen painting circulated by
the Carnegie Corporation and
the American Federationof Arts,
has been on exhibition at the
university since December 9. The
travelling art exhibition for this
term will conclude March s.
From February 6 until the clos
ing date contemporary Argentine
art and u etchings and Htho-
graphs from the Roerich Mu-
scum will be on display.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
CiUitUns to Continue
BOus Garden Club

Continuation Of the Civitan
Boys Garden Club, in which 80
boys are taught gardening by w.
R. Beattie, senior horticulturist,
Department of Agriculture, was
recommended yesterday by the
directors of the Civitan Club.
Thomas j. Crowell, newly
elected president, presided. Ralph
M. Wolfe was elected treasurer,
and Charles G. Morgan, secretary
for the coming year.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
KINGS TO FLY AT MIAMI

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin King,
Of 400 Cathedral Ave. N. w., are
included in the long list of par
ticipants in the combined cruise
and race for sportsman pilots at
Miami, Fla, January 10.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04

covered it-a marvellous
vapor that stops cold suf-
fering where 1t STARTS
in the nose.
Just breathe il from
your handkerchief:
No D'wSS, no fuss.
The instant you inhale
Vapex from your handker-
chief, you feel the cooling
vapOr way in the back Of
your nose. Every tiny part
Of the cold infected area 10
covered with this pure,
full-strength vapor medi-
cation. Every StuRed-up
passage In penetrated and
cleared.
VAPEX-and only
Vapex-hasa a triple action
that brings complete and
lasting relief from colds
and wards OF coughs.
Refuse any of the IS
limitations that may prove
worthless. Real Vapex
costs only half a cent an
application. Handy bottle
usually lasts all winter
and should be in your
RIGHT NOW. Get il from
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
Wartime vapor
CUR BS
COLDS
Dosing
Gets 60 the rect Ge tine
Geld I'm halls o 0ecOn@

Here's how to take the misery right ouS
Of q cold, without dosing the body OF
stufnnR your nose. English chemists dis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-18
5 REPUBLICANS
 10 BE OPPOSED
 BY LABOR MEN
American Fed ration Makes Direct Drive
 Against Reelections
DEFEAT OF ENEMIES
 NOW URGED IN PLEA
Another Precedent Estab- lished in Organization s
 Political Activity

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.- The American Federation of Labor has opened direct drive against the candidates of five Republican stall warts seeking reelection to the United States Senate and establish ing another precedent in it's politi- cal activity.
 The American Federation of La bor has called upon organized La bor to work for the defeat of the following Republicans:
 Senator David A. Reed, of Penn sylvania.
 Senator Frederic c. Walcott, of Connecticut.
 Senator Simeon D. Fess, of Ohio.
 Senator Henry D. Hatfield, of West Virginia.
 Senatorial nominee Judge Bour- quin of Montana.
 The American Federation of La bor urged labor to support tour friends and elect them and oppose our enemies and defeat them"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-18
TOLL AS
 GUNS ROAR, ONE MIGHTY D|RGE
Body of Assassinated King Is Laid Away in Tomb
 in Native City
|TRUMPETERS SOUND
 THE FAREWELL TAPS
Secret Service Agents Pro tect Attending Mem
 bers of Royalty

BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Oct. Is. The body of murdered King Alex ander was placed near that of his ancestors in the Royal Memorial Chapel in his native city of Topolo as massed hundreds of thousands of mourners were held back by troops.
 Spectators were not allowed to carry canes or umbrellas despite the rain. This was done as a pre- caution against any attempts that might be made on the lives of King Peter, King Carol and King Boris.
 Secret Service agents arrested many as they mingled among the crowd seeking firearms or bombs.
 Trumpeters sounded the farewell taps for the dead soldier sovereign.
 Queen Marie took leave of her dead royal consort and the doors of the tomb were closed.
 Church bells throughout the country tolled as King Alexander was laid in the tomb which he recently completed.
 The bells mingled strangely with the heavy guns on land and sea ! hieh roared out 6 mighty dirge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-18
EXTENSION OF
 HOUSING PLAN
 PROPOSED NOW
General Public w or k < Scheme to Go to Con-
 gress, President Says

WASHINGTON, Oct. Is. Ex- pansion of the slum clearance and rural building activities are be- ing figured on to carry out one Housing program, President Roose- welt has in mind, he told news men, and added that the Housing plan is almost certain to be part of the general Public Works to be submitted to Congress.
 The Housing operations consid- cred are outside the scope of the Federal Housing Act which aims to stimulate private building and repair work without direct Federal expenditures.
 Officials said a considerable amount of direct Federal construc- tion is needed to round out the general Public Works program, now being drafted. The prime aim of this plan is to transfer persons from the relief rolls.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-18
PRESIDENT AND BUSINESS ARE
 GETTING CLOSE
New Signs Are Seen at White House Harri-
 man Makes Address

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18-Efforts to bury the hatchet that gleamed in several exchanges between Presi- dent Roosevelt and some business leaders are becoming apparent with new signs at the White House.
 Some spokesmen for business are finding more common ground in their approach on certain recovery problems.
 This was .underscored when it became clear that the Presidents intentions on rural housing bear marked resemblanees to the views of President Henry I. Hartman of the United States Chamber of Com merce.
 Ideas Consolidated
 President Roosevelt's plans for home building in rural communities fits into President Harriman's ideas for decentralization of industry de- scribed as aimed to get people off the relief rolls.
 President Hartman, in an ad-
 ft t;0nr1nlIad nn paUa T.uol
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-18
Nebraska Patch Yields
 Huge Tobacco Harvest

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Oct. IS. The drought didn't preve n t Charles Starr harvesting so much tobacco from small patch here that he doesn't know what to do with it all.
 Tobacco experts III Tennessee told him that the crop couldn't be rais- ed in Nebraska but his plants grew seven feet high and leaves meas ured more than 20 inches in length. The patch was irrigated.
 He has leaves stored in his base ment, in his garage and in an- other building on his property and still has some plants left from which to cut leaves. He can't find enough space in which to dry the leaves properly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-18
ONE CLUE IN
 KIDNAP CASE
 IS REPORTED
Auto of Thomas Robinson, IT,, Found-Grand
 Jury Called

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 18-A special grand jury to inquire into the Kidnapping of Mrs. Berry V. Stoll has been ordered impaneled Saturday by Federal District Judge Charles Dawson. The order was is- sued on motion of District Attor- ney Thomas Sparks who announced he will demand the death penalty for Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., be- cause of injury to his victim.
 Search for Kidnaper
 Meanwhile, in Springfield, Ohio, the police announced they found an auto in which Robinson fled from Indianapolis. He rented a room and paid for it week in ad- vance with a $5 bill identified by the serial number as one of the ransom bills. Robinson slept in the room one night and said he was going downtown, but failed to re- turn, the landlady said.
 Woman Is Held
 Mrs. Robinson, who pleaded not guilty to the Kidnapping conspiracy is held under $50,000 bond. She demanded counsel services after a nervous night in which physicians were called to her cell twice.
 Mrs. Robinson smokes almost in- cessantly.
 Upon being jailed, officials re- vealed, she surrendered a pairing knife when told she would be searched.
 Chicago police fear Robinson may fall victim of hoodlums because of the ransom money carried. It is said he would be perfect vic- tim for hoodlums.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-18
DECLARES OLD
 DAYS ARE HERE
Anti-Saloon League Super intendent Makes Report
 on His Observations

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-F. Scott Mcbride, Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, said that everything that belonged to the old order of the saloon is coming back. I have not found a Gov ernor in any of the 30 States l visited since the first of January, who openly defended the present liquor regime"
 Mcbride declared that conditions are becoming such that one dis tilery circularized Brooklyn high school sorority girls inviting them to a cocktail hour expiating on the delights of drink as the result of the growing interest in temperance work"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-18
Woman Performer Is Killed in Sight of Audience ;ShorC Goes On

NEW YORK, Oct. 18.-Death rode on a tandem with Mary Lukin de Phil on a tight wire at the Roxy Theatre last night as her husband had just step ped forward on the stage to receive the plaudits of the audience for the double act.
 Mary rode a unicycle to the end of a wire to the platform and alighted. She missed her footing and fell with a thud to the stage floor and died as the result of fractured skull.
 Six women in the audience tainted, men gasped and paled.
 The curtain swung down and then up again few minutes later and the show went on.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-18
CONTACT WITH
 KIDNAPERS OF
 NEW YORK MAN
Letter Received from Louis Esposito, Victim, by
 His Brother

NEW YORK, Oct. 18-Contact has been established with the kid napers of Louis Esposito, 23-year- old son of a wealthy junk dealer, according to report given out by a brother. The latter said only &C., cord as to the terms of the ran- som remains to assure release.
 The contact was made in the form of letter in Louis's hand writing assuring the youths we'll being.
 Young Esposito was snatched in the Bronx last Monday evening and held for $20,OO0 ransom.