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The Washington times., 1934-07-25

am asking YOU to speak to your reporter and have him
raise my salary its previous standing need the money
The governor not long ago. gosping with group of
old friends One of the crowd mentioned speech made by
the governor on controversial and politically delicate
subject.
"'Tha" said Governor Pollard, sis masterpiece of
rhetoric and perfect example Of how should be used in
such speech The words roll sonorousy forth and say
nothing!'
This brings to the tragic story OF my clever friend,
Paul Malon.
Paul recently had invitation to address bankers con-
venon He accepted should have done He speaks
we'll as he writes Having misgvngs to opening
of his address, consulted his colleague Henry Grimes,
Washington correspondent Of the Wall Street journal Henry
is an authority upon all matters financial bright boy
Henry offered this suggestions Say to the bankers Paul.
that they should all retire from the banking business and
the relief roll You will get good laugh as an opener
After that all will 60 welL'
Mallon thought it smart idea When the time came for
him to salute the bankers he literally followed Henrys ad
vice But the sally fell flat There not smile in the
audience. Much less laugh bit abashed at the failure
of his opening, Paul paused. Waited hopefully Then
shouted desperately.
But, gentlemen that oke!''
Whereupon banker far back in the audience beloved
Joke hell That was no joke"
Strickland Gillian another of the group of Journalistic
lecturers who go out from Washington to tell anxious
country what all about also had banking experience
while the oratorical platform.
"Srck his friends call him, urged by his hosts,
who knew penchan for unmakng at the of his
audiences be cautious He to nothing directly or
Indirectly about certain bankers of whom at the mo-
ment were on trial sundry crimes and msdemeanors
Gillian gave his promise And he probably meant to keep
it. But he an audacous speaker When he had been IN
troduced he looked his for moment then said
great pleasure to stand before this body Of bankers
These who represent the best there is in this community
The fact is many bankers in group
since had privilege of addressing the prisoners at Leav
enworth, six weeks ago."
Like the Washington ball team this columns is in
slump.
have take the heat give it to in the tropics where
nights COOL and the work to let the
trade winds out the midday warmth The fascinating
wavs calling YOU back tropics where beautiful birds
do sing and the beautiful flowers have scent Too
much effort Enough be just beautiful AS for the Amerl
can from the States said of him and her. The first of
living the equator walks and eats and sleeps
The second eats and sleeps. The third sleeps
r Marriage from the Biblical Romance Department:
+ CAIN-ABELL-Orvile F., a. Washingtonj Marga-
ret c., 21
We trust history will not repeat itself!
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
DAMAGE $4,000
!. IN BOW|EF|RE

Three stables, a grain store
house and a two-story frame build
ing were destroyed by fire at the
Bowie race track stables, causing
damage estimated today at ap-
proximately 100000.
The fire was discovered at
dO:45 o'clock last night and all OF
the fire apparatus Of nearby COM
munties was called out. Starting
in the grain room, the fire spread
quickly, menacing the new $780,
900 Bowie grandStand. There
were no horses housed in the sta.
bleS.
Among the buildings burned
were living quarters of the Ad-
miral Cary Grayson stable and OF
the H. M. Stevens stable.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

Hsummers old with perhaps a few
winters thrown in. Mr.. Given first
started his clowns career at the
age of seven when he would rig
up a circus ring in the barn and
lead parades. He later went into
vaudeville and played with Nat
Wills in the latter's first engage,
ment which saw Mr.. Wills get so
stage7struck he had to be literally
dragged out before the footlghts.
Barnum Raised Him
Mr.. Given said the late P. T.
Barnum practically raised" him.
Mr.. Barnum used Mr.. Given's face
for the smiling clown on his huge
posters, the same face which is
shown on the Elks Clown Bands
big bass drum.
He says he wouldn't give a mil.
lion dollars for his experiences
and the fun he gets out of max
ing others happy.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
Sen. Joe Robinson
/ Leaves For Europe

Democratic Senate Leader Rob-
Inson, Of Arkansas, returned to
Washington yesterday for brief
conferences with officials and left
last night for New York to sail to-
day for six weeks in Europe. Rob-
inson will be accompanied by Mrs.
Robinson on the trip, which he
insisted was strictly a vacation
with no governmental signifi-
canoe" Stopping first in Eng
land, Senator and Mrs. Robinson
will spend a few days in France
and then tour Central Europe,
particularly Czechoslovakia and
Austria.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
OWENS F ACES
LUNACY TEST

Petition for a lunacy inquisi-
ton on behalf of William Owens,
73, barge captain, who is under
a first degree murder indictment
in connection with the fatal shoot
ing two years ago of a 15-year-old
girl, was filed today in District
Supreme Court.
Shortly after his indictment,
Mr.. Owens went before a lunacy
jury and was declared of unSound
mind. He was confined to st.
Elizabeth's Hospital. A month
ago, acting as his own attorney,
the aged man filed a petition for
writ of habeas corpus, contend.
ing that he was sane and wished
to stand trial on the murder
charge.
AS a result of his petition, the
court ordered him removed from
the hospital to the District Jail,
where he is now confined, and pre-
parationS were being made by the
District Attorneys office to bring
him to trial this fall. AS result
of the petition filed today, Mr..
Owens will face a lunacy jury in
about two weeks.
The barge captain was accused
of killing Elsie Bryant, who had
acted as chauffeur for him. They
quarreled and when the girl re,
fused to become reconciled with
him he is alleged to have shot her
and wounded her sister.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

Miss Alice M. Hill to the post
of Director of Relief. At that
time, two months ago, District
officials had only hazy idea
of what was being done in the
relief organization and how much
money was being spent, and there
was not even an adequate method
of reporting the number of re.
lief cases on hand.
Further Slash Due
Speaking of the situation, Mr..
Street said:
Right now we are cutting
down the staff. Sad as it is,
over two hundred and fifty
employees, largely in the cleri.
cal group, will have been
eliminated when the present
process of staff reduction is
finished"
Mr.. Street said many of those
who will be dropped by the re.
organization may have to 1
taken care of by the relief unfcs.
He declared, however, that eff.
cient organization required the
reduction of the pay roll and
the elimination of wasted effort.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
8Fiirms' Seeking
White House
RepairJ job

Moving to speed repair and
alteration of the White House
executive offices and, if possible,
have part of the new quarters
completed when President Roose-
welt returns next month, the
National Park Service has in
dicated that the contract for
the work will be let late today
or tomorrow.
The bids of eight firms, all
eager for the honor of enlarg-
ing the executive offices, were
opened yesterday and the N. P.
SEVERN Company, of Chicago.
was announced as the lowest
bidder. The company, which
put a new roof and a third
story on the White House proper
seven years ago, asked $318,757
for the work. The highest bid,
by the David Wick Rosen-
garten Co., Inc, was 1915, 900.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

A man from st. Louis has been
appointed as superintendent of
the District Training School.
The appointee, who has just re-
ceiVed the official sanction of the
District Commissioners, is DR..
James Lewald, who for several
years past has been the Superin-
tendent of the st. Louis Training
School in st. Louis, Mo. The posi-
ton to which he has been ap-
pointed was made vacant by the
resignation of DR.. K. B. Jones.
When the post became vacant a
subcommittee of the Board OF
Public Welfare canvassed the
available experts in other cities.
Finding that DR.. Lewald was dis
satisfied with the political situa-
tion in st. Louis, as it affected his
school, the board looked into his
qualifications and reported that
he was qualified to head the train
ing school here. DR.. LeWald is
about 46 years old.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
| louise BLAKE
BACK HOME

Louise Blake, 14-year-old daugh'
ter of Major M. H. Blake, U. S. A.,
retired, of Oakcrest, Va, is back
home again after disappearing
Monday following luncheon with
her father at a cafe in the Federal
Warehouse.
Louise returned last night after
staying at the home Of friends
about a half mile from the Blake
house. Major Blake said:
1--WE are a little Old-faShiOned
at our home and it developed
Louise was dispIeased with GER
tain parental restrictions that
had been imposed"
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
Burial Service Held
For Meat Merchant

Funeral services were held to.
day for Clement Krogman, 78, one
of the earliest merchants to begin
business in the former Center
Market. He died at his home, 200
block Fourth st. N. w., on Mon
day night.
Born in Germany, Mr.. Krogman
came to America in 1853, and en-
gagged in the meat business until
his death. He was a charter mem.
Der of the Columbia Building
Association. He was buried in
st. Mary's Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
Elks Entertaining Orphans
At Glen Echo TODAY

Washington's orphans are due
for a big time today when the an
nual Elks Clubs orphans outing
is held at Glen Echo Park.
If the. inmates of the city's or
phanageS don't have stomach
aches by nightfall, they'll have
only themselves to blame, because
all the sandwiches, ice cream, and
cake they can eat and all the lem
onade and pop" they can drink
will be theirs for the asking.
Rides Are Free
The coaster dips, the merry-go-
round, the "dodgem," the scenic
railways, and all of the other
forms of amusement will be free
to them, and the Elks Clown
Band will be on hand to tickle
their funnyboneS.
The chief clown again will be
Harry Given, who says he is SO
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
DRINKS POISON
IN HOTEL

Robert Daniel Bowen, 81, of
Knoxville, Tenn, is being held at
Gallinger Hospital for observa-
tion, following his attempted
suicide today by taking poison in
the lobby of the Harrington Hotel.
Bowen arrived in Washington
Thursday from Lorton, where he
was paroled in the custody of j.
E. Dayton, 400 block Fifth st.
N. w. He had been convicted of
unauthorized use of an automo-
bile.
Byron Dement,, clerk at the
hotel, called police and Policeman
]. E. Yost, of the First precinct,
took Bowen to Emergency Hos
pital in a taxicab.
Bowen never lapsed into uncon-
sciouSness. but refused to tell po-
lice anything about himself. A
parole slip was found which,
police say, identified him as
Bowen. After treatment at Emer-
gency he was removed to CALM
ger,
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
Ban on Automobile
Repair Noise Asked

An ordinance prohibiting the
operation of machine and auto
mobile repair shops in the con-
gested area of Alexandria between
10:30 p. m. and z a. m. was sub
mitted to city council last night
by Councilman L. C. Barley, fol
lowing a stormy session over the
right of council to settle a dispute
between citizens and the A. B. anc
w. Bus Company.
Citizens have been complaining
regarding noises made during the
night by repairs on buses at the
station at Pitt and Cameron
Streets.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
Aided Group Unites
On SeLf-HeLD Plans

Approximately 200 persons now
ON relief met at Giddings School
Third and G Streets s. E., last
night to organize a local unit that
will eventually become a part of
the proposed District Self Help
Corporation. Owen Woodruff.
representing the Public Welfare
Board explained the idea Of CO.
operative effort. Miss Ivy Taylor
acted as chairman.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
Relief Mattress
Contracts GiUen

Contracts for 56.626 bales Of
American upland cotton were
awarded yesterday by the Federal
Surplus Relief Corporation to 26
organizations. The cotton will be
made into mattresses and COM
forters for needy unemployed by
relief workers under State emerg.
encv relief units.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
Aerial Inspection
Tour Starts Fridnu

Four members of the new Fed
eral Aviation Commission will
take off Friday for a 12,00O-mile
aerial inspection tour of the
United States and Caribbean out
posts as the first step in the probe
of aviation activities in their rela-
ton to the government. The in
veStigating group will be headed
by Edward P. Warner.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25

keeping his present job as chairman of the
board of review of the Veterans Bureau or
taking another job. The article mentioned
the salaries of both offices, but Topped off
several thousands from his present one.
Governor Pollard-I can see the twinkle
in his eye as he did it-sat down and gravely
wrote the editor of the paper:
MY Dear Sir: see that your reporter,
without word of warning or explanation
to me, has had my salary cut by several
thousand dollars Now, feel that every
man, whatever his position, is entitled to
some warming before such q thinr occnrs
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
CHURCH EEIE PLANNED

Plans are being made by mem
bers of Immaculate Conception
parish for a Heidelberg festival
to be held in the parish hall
August Is to 18.
The Washington times., 1934-07-25
News Scribe SIashes Pay
. or Ex-Gov. Pollard;
No, No! Protests He
By HELEN ESSARY

Former Gov John Garland Pollard of Virginia picked up
his Richmond paper the other day and discovered of the
leading articles to be discussion of the possibilities of his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-19
By Joe Williams
Mickey Hopes to Do Better
Not Bad Now for Sax Tooter
Sympathizes With DOpesters

NEW YORK. June 19-I am beginning to think the music
world owes Mr. Mickey Cochrane debt of gratitude
That if may be conceded that the instrument known as
the saxophone properly be associated with the art OF
music.
You see Mr. Cochrane is confirmed saxophonlst, and
yet he in the world At the present moment he
his Detroit Tigers swapping at the heels OF the Yankees
and when say heels mean nothing personal
glance standings shows Mr. CocnTaaes
than full game out of first place lnat
sho Sst the TeGS hope any even o er
MI The S NOW ad n 1T very soothing the
explains without explaining just whose nerves
WANTED to know what Mr. Coctrane the
this date in view Of the fact that MS tbs team was %
the best that's ALL the gentleman answered
that the box Oes decided sa long
the pe n it was inevitable the washingtons
shook bs h mG ann very sorry he said have
number of friends in the press box ana IT pa e gea SG g
THIS with Detroit and his first year as
Always vibrant electric personality on Inc no ne
young has succeeded in mfusng his players with naming pr
know we haven't got
spirited team and that means we are gong TO
getting pretty good pitching he had break when
b @ e at third @ PS d Ds anS f
Tigers and Gosn frankly long gamble
CHARLEY ER1NR the fine second baseman hasn't exactly
handicap either This young man hitting almost 100 points
better n @ year s PRe cam se no the e
o baseball"
pitcher,
He has turned in four games a. row and sd Looks as ne m and be
he reported the
of Fl old
the training and finally concluded that most of
trouble mental Mr. Cochrane could tell that by the
and schoolboy warming
grabbed the big mtt and yelled at the
ball of What
institute?"
Schooboy wound cut loose
sizzling pitch the plate See there beamed Mr.
nothing with It's all in head
a a handicap anyway"
the Schooboy predicts
wi Hes good fast ball
there's nothing with his curve Mr.
the Tigers that don't
have swing him"
incidentally swinging his usual
10 suggers
responsibilities had
thing do with this situation.
whispered "The responsibilities
haven to the pitchers"
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Fistic Pictures
in City Thursday
Baer- Camera Movies In.
CIude Slow Motion.

The official pictures of the Baer-
Camera worlds heavyweight cham
pionship boxing contest will be
shown exclusively at the Lyric the
alter commencing Thursday of this
week, instead of on Friday, as previ-
ously announced.
In order to present the fight pic
lures a day earlier than they were
scheduled, Ted Nicholas, manager of
the Lyric, has arranged to change
the theater's entire screen program
on Thursday. The usual program
feature will be Affairs of Gentle
man." starring Paul Lukas and
Leila Hyams. This picture, together
with the fight films, will run
through eight days.
Taken at the ringside, and re-
corded in sound, the pictures of the
Baer- Camera fight are said to show
every detail of the spectacular bat
tie, shot from various camera angles,
blow-by- blow and round by round.
Many of the knockdowns scored by
Baer, and the entire eleventh round
are reproduced in slow motion, it is
said,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-19

during the 1933-'34 sports season.
The basketball squad captured all
available honors in the Big Ten
race, winning the title undisputed
with a mountaineering total of 512
points. Norman Cotton, all
America selection for forward, won
individual scoring honors with 100
points.
One Grid Defeat
Purdue's football squad lost only
one game in eight starts to add to
a five-year winning streak in which
the Boilermakers have lost only four
games. Their record for consec-
utive games in which one or more
touchdowns have been scored
reached forty-eight. Duane Purvis
was selected an all-America half
back
The tennis squad was undefeated
in Big Ten dual engagements. Cap
tain Emmett Lowery went to the
semi-finals in the Big Ten singles
championship. The golf squad took
runner-up honors in the state cham
pionship and finished fifth in the
Big Ten.
Track Team Shines
In track Purdue's medley relay
team ran the second fastest race in
collegiate history to set new rec
ord at the Drake relays. Kenneth
Sandbach set a new world record
for the sixty-yard indoor high
hurdles.
The baseball team hit hard and
dropped only six games in seventeen
starts. A Purdue pistol squad won
runner-up honors in the national
championship and lost only one out
of fifteen dual meets. Purdue fenc-
ers placed fourth in the Big Ten
championships, with Silverman TAX
ing third in the foils.
Of eleven Purdue squads which
participated in intercollegiate COM
petition, only two failed to finish
with a record below 500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-19

The defending champion had a
couple of lapSes in her game, most
ly due to poor putting. She three
putted two greens on the first nine.
Miss Ellis not only three-putted sew
eral greens, but on two occasions re-
quired three approach shots to get
on.
Miss Dunn also had trouble in get
ting down from the edge after her
excellent wood shots consistently
took her to the green in the right
number of strokes.
Miss Ruth White of the Indian
apolis Country Club also had an
easy time winning her f1rst-round
match from Miss Mary Gorham,
Highland, s and 5.
Miss White was out in A, four up
on Miss Gorham at the turn. She
won two more holes in succession,
and when they halved the twelfth
the match was dormie. They also
halved the thirteenth, ending the
match. Miss Gorham did not win
hole.
Miss Harriet Randall of Pleas
ant Run played steady golf to
emerge victor over Miss Althea
Miller of South Grove, and 4.
Miss Randall was out in 46 and two
up at the turn. After halving the
fifth hole, Miss Randall won four
consecutive holes with pars to elm
mate her public links rival.
Mrs. Freeman Davis, Highland,
scored a top-heavy victory when
she defeated Miss Claribel David
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-19
HeavieS POiSe
for Clash at
Sports Arena
BoneCruShers of Mat, Speer
and RaineS, Headline
3-Bout Bill.
ON NIGHTS CARD

MAIN GO
Dick (TOrnado) Raines, 2S2, Houston,
Tex, VS.. Frank bad Boy Speer. $50, At.
lanta. Two falls out of three.
SEMI-FINAL
Andy Rascher, 2I2, Cedar Lake, Ind, vs.,
White Hewitt 23O, Memphis. One fall.
OPENING BOUT
Jim High. 2lS, Seattle, VS.. Lou Plummer,
228, Baltimore. One fall.
First bout at $3.50.
Referee, HeZe Clark.
Two nationally prominent heavy
weight wrestlers, both experts at
the rough style of graphing, will
clash in a pad mans champion
ship" as the feature attraction on
the Hercules A. c. outdoor wrestling
card tonight at Sports Arena, 500
North Pennsylvania street.
The match brings together Dick
Raines, 232, the powerful Texan,
and Frank Speer, 230, Atlanta bad
boy" The huskies are reported
keyed up and prepared to "have it
out" when they come to grips in
what promises to be a bout filed
with action.
Tonight's -windup will see
Andy Rascher, popular Hoosier mat
artist, in a tough assignment against
White Hewitt, 230-pound Memphis
grappler. Rascher scales around 212.
Rascher made an impressive Show
ing here last week when he dis
posed of Floyd Marshall.
Lou Plummer, former Notre Dame
athlete who specializes in bone
crushing tactics, will return to the
local ring after an absence of sew
eral months. He will meet Jim
High, Seattle, in the opening bout
at $50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-19
Western Tennis
Players Survive
Former Mexican Davis Cup
Stars Also Win.
By United Press

By United Press
RIVER FOREST, Ill, June 49,
With the field of almost $50 players
cut in half by yesterdays play, seed
ed stars of the western tennis tour
nament ran up against stiff opposi-
ton at several points today.
Predicted leaders won easily yes
terday, with one exception. John
McDiarmid, lanky Fit. Worth star,
met tartar in Cliff, Olson of Chi
cago. The local boy carried the
Texan to 81 in the first set and 8-6
in the second.
Henry Prusoff of Seattle; Karl
Kamrath, Austin, Tex; George Hall
of Ell Paso, and Milton Ruehl, Mil
waukee, won handily.
Esteban Reyes and Angen Roldon,
former members of the Mexican
Davis cup team, also advanced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-19
Alfred Campbell
to Coach KOkOmO
By Times Special

By Times Special
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, June 49,
Alfred (PeedaO Campbell, captain
of the Indiana university basket
ball team during the 1892 sea-
son, will coach at Kokomo high
school next season, he announced
yesterday.
Campbell succeeds Paul Jones.
The former Crimson star has
coached at Stinesville and has had
charge of the summer recreational
program at Shelbyville since his
graduation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-19
BOSTON CROWDS SOAR

By Times Special
BOSTON, June 19.-Times are
getting better for Tom Yawkey,
who has $3,OOO,OOO invested in the
Boston Red Sox.
Attendance figures compiled last
night showed that to date the Sox
have played before 365, 900 specta-
tors at home, $1,000 more than we're
present all last year-and this sea-
son is but half completed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-19
CONNIE JUNIOR WILL
WE'D SUSAN SHEPPARD

By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 19.-Susan
Sheppard, daughter of Senator and
Mrs. Morris Sheppard of Texas, is
to be married to Cornelius McGilli-
cuddy Jr., son of the manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics, tomorrow.
Announcement of the wedding was
made by Senator Sheppard.