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The Washington times., 1934-12-19
M'LEOD PLANS
NEW FIGHT
FORPAY
Showdown in House Certain
on Restoration Of Full
Salaries Jan. |

Unless President Roosevelt rec
ommends full restoration January
/ of the remaining per cent
Government pay, Representative
Clarence j. Mcleod (RO, Of Michi
gan, will offer an amendment fol
that purpose to the first appro
priation bill presented to the
House.
The Michigan Representative
made this announcement today
characterizing the pay cut as "a
previous injustice to thousands OF
Government workers"
Mr.. McLeod's plan assures q
showdown in the House on the
January / restoration proposal
early in the session, and it is be-
1ieved the House will adopt such
an amendment if the necessity to
propose it arises ~, 81. 3. =
In his statement Soda AfE'
Mcleod said:
"After a careful study and .
thorough investigation, / find
that the commodity price level
has advanced to the point where
to delay restoration of the pay
until next July would cause an
unwarranted degree Of hard
ship and suffering TO many
thousands of Government en-
plOyes.
81 hope and trust that the
Presidents message upon the
cOnvening of Congress in Janu-
ary will include a notification to
these faithful Government work.
ers that the sOrely needed per
cent of their wages will be re-
stored at once. If such action is
not taken, 1 intend to offer an
amendment to the first apprO-
priatiOn bill to restore, effective
January 1, the balance of the
pay and thereby prevent this in.
juStice,"
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Needy Await
Cheer Clubs Help

A few dollars would give this
youngster a happy Christmas.
Her faith in Santa Claus would
be preserved. Her parents belief,
not in Santa Claus, but in human
ity would be restored.
Mrs. D. B." was once in fortu-
nate circumstances. The father
had a good position, the children
were well provided for.
The first of last year the father
died. For a time, the mother
writes, the family "got along all
right"
But now:
"There just isn't any money
for anything but bare necessi.
ties of life. If one of the chill.
dren need clothes, we must go
on short ratiOns until we catch
up. 1t has been so hard for my
babies and they have been so
good. They understand we are
pOOr-very poOr-but that to
them is no reason \ ny Santa
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lntofnaU1OnaI news SeENC0
President Roosevelt expressed
sorrow and added that he was
deeply shocked to learn today
of the death of Eugene r. Black.
of Atlanta, former governor of
the Federal Reserve System.
Mr.. Roosevelt said Mr. Black
seemed in good health at their
recent meeting here.
ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 19 GN.S0.
Death today close the career of
one of the South's most distin-
guished sons, Eugene R. Black,
governor of the Sixth District Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta,
and until his recent resignation
governor of the Federal Reserve
Board of the United States.
Governor Black died suddenly
at his home here early this morn
ing of a heart attack. He was 81.
His unexpected death shocked
financial circles and a host of
friends throughout the nation.
Kisses His Wife
Governor Blacks last conscious
act was to kiss his wife after
she brought him a glass of
water. A few moments later he
died.
Governor Black awakened Mrs.
Black shortly after 4 o'clock this
morning and asked for glass Of
water. She brought it, and after
drinking it he kissed her. In
a moment he collapsed and few
minutes later was dead.
Mr.. Black had been indisposed
for several days, but was not
confined to his home. He visited
his office daily, and few of his
associates suspected he was i'll.
Sunday, however, he had post
poned a scheduled trip to Wash
ington on business.
Chosen by President Roosevelt
from among the Nations bankers
to guide the Federal Reserve
Board through the trying finan-
cial period that followed the ma
tional bank holiday, Governor
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"Fireside Talk
toBeCancelled
ByPresident
BY international News Service

President Roosevelt probably
will abandon the idea of going
ON the air for another of his
famous fireside chats to the ma
ton within the next three
weeks.
He said today that in less
than a month he will present
his annual message to Congress
and that he is not now certain
whether there is anything which
he wants to say to the country
which will not be in the message.
In this connection, the Pres
ident revealed that he intends
to make the message a brief one.
Last year, the Presidential
message ran less than 5000
words and the Executive said
today that he hoped to be able
to keep the 1885 message to
the same length.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19

In thousands of Washington
homes today wistful little chill
dren, weary mothers and fathers
are waiting for word from the
Christmas Cheer Club.
Their only hope of a happy
Christmas depends upon the gen.
eroSity of their more fortunate
fellow citizens.
These fathers and mothers have
made a gallant struggle to keep
their little broods sheltered, fed
and clothed. The job of making
a Christmas for them is too much.
Just Another Example
For example, a neighbor writes
Of the &C." family:
There is little girl of 5 and
she is wholly unaware of the
tragic plight Of her parents, who
are unable to provide her with
any Christmas. The father is
honest, sober and industrious,
but has been unemployed for
many months"
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Kiss Costs $1,000
Whoever Gave 1t

LOS ELES, Dec. 10
G.N.SO A kiss, which he stead
fastly maintained he didn't get.
today cost Lew Brice, theatrical
agent and brother of Fanny Brice.
$1,000.
Marchen JorgenSen, blonde
musician, won the judgment de-
spite testimony by John Fisher,
Hollywood liquor dealer, that it
was he and not Brice, who kissed
the girl,
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
Cold TO Fouou,
Rain Storm
In CAPITAL

Storms will lash the full length
of the Atlantic Coast and some
inland cities tonight, but Wash
ington probably will get no more
than a heavy rainfall with fresh
winds, the Weather Bureau said
today.
A rain and snow storm is
raging in the vicinity of Cincin-
natl and storm warnings have
been issued from Boston to
Norfolk.
Fair and colder was the pre-
diction for washington tomorrow,
yet motorists were given good
news in the forecaster's state
ment that freezing weather is
unlikely and that, should the
mercury tumble very far, it is
probable today's and tonight's
rain will have disappeared before
it is transformed into sheets of
ice on the streets.
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BRITAIN HANGS
GRANDMOTHER

HULL, England, Dec. 19 G.N.SO
A black flag rose slowly over the
somber walls of Hull Prison at 9
o'clock this morning, and a small
crowd of women outside the gates
knelt in prayer.
The first woman to be executed
in England since 1926 had been
hanged.
She was Mrs. Ethel Lille Major,
42-year-old grandmother, who was
condemned for poisoning her huS-
band, truck driver.
Led by the Lord Mayor of Hull,
a fight for reprieve that was car
ried direct to King George failed.
All night long Mrs. Major was
hysterical, following a final word
that she would not be granted re-
prieVe.
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FACES
CENSORSHIP
IN WAR
Bill to License Materials
For Printing Is Drawn |
By War Department
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service

strict Government censorship of
the American press can be i'm
.sed in war time under a bill
already prepared by the War De-
partment, Senator Bennett Clark
CD of Missouri, told the Senate
munitions inquiry today.
Senator Clark placed in the in
uuiry's record copy of the pro-
posed bill, which would be sent to
Congress for enactment at the
outbreak of war. Under it, Sena.
tor Clark said, the President could
declare paper and printers ink to
be necessary wartime materials
and license their use. This, he
added, would constitute a censor
ship of the press. He said:
ut would give the President
absolute control of the press.
/ could writ ClamatiOn In
40 different aisppOse
that censorship. s&-GS-s--&...sss----ssSa-"
Col. C. r. Harris, Army ord:
nance expert, agreed the DILL
would empower the President to
deprive a newspaper Of Its ma
terial necessities"
Constitution Cited
Pierre du Pont, head OF the
great powder company, pointed
out that newspapers would be
protected by the freedom of the
press" clause of the Constitution.
Senator Clark, however, argued
the President could get around
that clause and in any event the
newspapers would have to go to
court to obtain their rights.
Senator Clark announced he
would introduce the War Depart
ment's eight preparedness bills
as soon as Congress convenes.
He declared his opposition to a
plan that called on Congress to
enact hastily a mass of legisla-
ton after war is declared. He
said he preferred to set up the
whole war program in time OF
peace. He explained:
II do not intend to sponsor
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j. s. BUILDING
DEMOLITION
BANNED
President Blocks Wrecking OF
Old Offices "For Arts Sake"
Till Space Is Ample
By EARL GOODWIN
-esident Roosevelt today made

President Roosevelt today MAGE
it clear that there will be no %ld
Government buildings in this city
torn down for years to come; that
the Government needs all the
space it can get for its rapidly ex-
panding activities; and that the
new War Department building,
when erected, will be somewhere
along the Mall.
He scrapped large part OF the
plan of the Commission on Fine
Arts which last year suggested the
new War Department Building be
erected somewhere west of the
present State, War and Navy
Building, and he made it perfect
ly clear that, ugly as they are, the
Navy-Munitions Buildings in Po-
tomac Park must stay where they
are.
Utility Comes First
AS he explained it today, utility
ast AkesPracedence over art.-.rwr,
The President also made It
clear that he has not instructed
anyone to tear down or revise
the Library of Congress, denying
the published statement that he
had given specific instructions to
David Lynn, Architect of the
Capitol, to proceed with plans
for bringing the old library build
ing with it's gold dome into archi-
tectural harmony with the Capt.
tol and it's office buildings and
the beautiful new building for
the Supreme Court.
He said he always had re-
gretted that there was not a
harmony among the buildings on
Caitol Hill. However, any spend
ing of Government money on
Government buildings at present
will have as the objective more
space instead of beauty.
Will Save Two Million
It was also indicated at the
White House that the 100000
allotted in the Hoover admins
tration for taking the ginger
bread" off the State, War and
Navy Building will not be used
for that purpose, and, if used at
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The Washington times., 1934-12-19
Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, Dec.
18.-Read all the papers through
today, and I can't find a new
plan to save the country. Kind
of slack season before Xmas, I
guess. Boys amt thinking as
pert as they usually are.
That JugOslavia-they just
seem to want to fight, anyhow.
Be a good joke on them If no
body prevented 'em.
We had heard Of all kinds Of
likely wars between nations,
but this one that MuSSOlini dug
up is a new one. Italy versus
Ethiopia. That's going a long
way for an enemy. Yours,
WILL.
Copyright, 1894. Mcknight syndicate)
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
Bernard Shaw Defends
Hanging of Woman

LONDON, Dec. 10 GN.S0
"WOmen are not exempt from
ordinary law"
George Bernard Shaw, saying
this, plunged into a nationwide
controversy which developed to.
day with the hanging at Hull OF
Mrs. Ethel Lille Major.
Mr.. Shaw told the London Star
when informed the woman had
been hanged:
"I've no fault to find with it.
If it had been a man, no one
would have suggested a re-
prieve. Women are not exempt
from ordinary law"
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Bell Lawyers Voice
Fails In Last Plea

but the tears of a man genu-
inely overcome.
AS Mr.. King, young and Wig.
orous, with a voice that filled
the courtroom, painted a picture
of the loving husband, indulgent
father and deeply religious mem
ber of his church, his own voice
failed, at the end of his plea,
and he sat down with the last
words inaudible.
AS far as appearances 60, the
packed courtroom was not sWayed
by the plea of Mr.. King or the
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Suspect Arrested
In Runner HOldup

A suspect in the shooting and
holdup of Frank Laporte, Riggs
National Bank runner, in front of
Union Station last Monday, was
arrested today. Police withheld his
identity and he will be taken be.
fore Mr.. Laporte, in Casualty Hos
pital, in an effort to identify him.
Mr.. Laporte was shot in the
right leg by one of two men who
robbed him of $1,000, the Wash
ington Terminal Co, payroll.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
HOPED
He EWQJ[D
GOFREE
Jury Fails to Agree, So Judge
Orders Figure in Poison
Trial to Institution
Times staff Correspondent

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec.
19.-Weeping bitterly, broken
man, Deacon Edward C. Bell, once
one of the most prominent citizens
of this historic community, was
today taken to the Southwestern
State Hospital for the Insane, as
a dramatic finish to his trial on
charges of poisoning his invalid
wife, which ended last night with
a hung jury.
Under orders of the trial judge,
Deacon Bell will be placed under
observation until State alienists
can determine whether or not he
; is. insane. If pronounced sane, he
win be returned here and again
placed on trial on charges Of feed"
ing poison to his invalid wife, Mrs.
Madge Bell.
Just before he was taken to the
asylum, his daughter, Miss Irma
Bell, who had been summoned as
a State witness, but was not called
to the stand, and his son, Edward
C. Bell, jr., University of Virginia
student, came to his cell in the
Fredericksburg Jail, and bade him
a fearful farewell.
Couldn't Eat Breakfast
Overcome with emotion, the 60
year-old churchman who attempted
to poison his wife, the State
charged, because of his infatua-
tion for another woman, was un-
able to eat breakfast before start
ing the 300 mile drive in the rain
in custody of City Sergeant j.
Conway Chichester.
A tray of breakfast was brought
to him, but he merely slipped cof'
fee.
1t was a great blow to the
churchman when the foreman Of
the jury, A. L. Dodd, announced
late last night that no verdict
was possible.
He had confidently stated that
he expected to be acquitted on
the charge. But the jury, it was
learned, never for a moment be-
lieved him innocent Of the States
charges.
The only question they debated
in the five hours they had the
case was whether he should be
found not guilty by reason of in
sanity entailing a sentence to the
asylum, or guilty and peniten'
tiary sentence.
Five For Prison Term
Five of the jurors held out for
insanity, while the other seven
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The Washington times., 1934-12-19
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Times Special Correspondent.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec.
19.-Edward C. Bell, accused of
slowly poisoning his invalid wife
over a period of months, wept
softly yesterday as his trial came
to an end when w. Marshall
King, associate counsel for the
defense, described him as a
model husband before he became
a victim of senile dementia.
1t was not the open and un'
ashamed weeping Of a defendant
who desires to impress a jury,
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The Times Index

For the correct time telephone
the office of THE WASHING
TON TIMES, District 1000, at
any hour of the "a.
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LABOR HEAD DIES

CLEVELAND, Dec. 10 G.N.S)
Thomas S. Farrell, SIS, secretary
of the Cleveland Federation OF
Labor, died suddenly at his Shaker
Heights home today of coronary
thrombosis. He was born in
West Rutland, VT.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19

If you wish to know the correct
time Of day or night telephone
THE WASHINGTON TIMES,
District 1000,
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Elementary Schools
Halted bV Rain

DR.. Frank w. Ballou. superin-
tendent of District schools, is
sued an order today excusing all
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Rain this afternoon and tonight,
Tomorrow fair, colder.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
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Five of the jurors held out for
insanity, while the other seven
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The Washington times., 1934-08-24
Advice to the Lovelorn

it again though I believe I'm
really in love this time.
I look at my mother and father
in perfect wonder. They've been
married 80 years and are still
devoted to each other-how can
that be? tire of a man as soon
as I discover his faults. Mother
knows all fathers weaknesses
and still she cares, makes eX-
cuses for them. Often I wish I
were like that.
YOUNG AND DISILLUSIONED.
Love like everything else in
life has to be cultivated. But so
many of you young people re-
gard married love as an inde-
Structible picture book. You prob
ably had one of these volumes
in your nursery. Full of lovely,
htgh-colored pictures, and yet
when you vented your RACES on
its tooth-and-cl -claW-defying pages
it" remained there for your
gentler moods.
Your mother and father have
shared joys and sorrows, &C.
cepted the good with the not so
good. Meantime, you've been a
matrimonial monitor looking for
faults. Better not try it again
till you give up the role of house
detective.
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LISTEN, WORLD! = By Elsie Robinso

romantic traditions of a horse
n buggy age. There's a scheme
that would save AL and Amy
from divorce, and keep our
American homes from going out
in the big wind!
But of course it's just a
theorists dream?" Not at all.
That's an actual description Of
a real situation. In America?
No-Worse luck! In Russia!
You're mot for Russia?
Neither am I. We don't need
to be. But we DO need to
know all it's possible to learn
about any country which can
put over a program like that.
And you'll find plenty that will
keep you thinking in that book
I've just quoted-'RUSSIA,
YOUTH, AND THE PRESENT
DAY WORLD" by Frankwood
E. Williams, M. D. CFarrar &
Rlnehart, PubllSherS)
There's a book which every
American woman should read.
1t is, of course, as dangerous as
any bomb. 1t will raise Cain
with all the A1S-and some of
it will shock and Sadden any
decent-minded person. That
description on page 43, for ex-
ample. But, on the other hand,
there's their treatment of street
walkers, dope alcoholics, unwed
as well as married mothers,
homeless girls.
T don't like to admit it, but
I know many a gentle, intelli-
gent American woman who'd
give anything to have as decent
a deal as the most stupid,
coarse Moscow peasant woman
receives as her natural right!
Copyright 1894, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

and apply the shampoo with abb
sorbent cotton. Rub the scalp
we'll; the ends of the hair SPAR
ingly. When your scalp is en-
tirely treated, take a bath towel
and rub your hair vigorously for
a minute or two. Then brush
your hair dry.
1t is the brushing that does
the trick. Brush upward and
outward and wipe the brush oc-
casionally on the towel.
Comb your hair into place and
you will be beautifully haloed
for the evening. Your hair will
have the same luster that it &C
quires after a soap and water
shampoo.
This same lotion claims to
check oil on the scalp if it is
applied after the shampoo and
allowed to dry without brushing
before the hair is combed.
If you want to know where
you can procure any article men,
toned in this column, phone The
Washington Times, District 1000,
Extension 2S3, between 9 a. m.
and 5 p. M, daily, and up to 1
p. m. on Saturdays. Please do
not write unless you live outside
the city, in which case incIose a
stamped, self-addressed envel-
Ope.
Copyright. 1894, by King Features
SyndlCate, InC.l
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removed from the syrup, add
the jelly to the syrup, mix well
and pour over the apricots.
COMPOTE OF PEACHES
IL peaches
l pound sugar
u cup water
Using some what unnpe
peaches, cut them in two and
stone. Put the peaches into
boiling water and let them
stand until they are soft, then
throw them into cold water to
chill.
Peel, and put them in the
sugar, adding a little water,
and let them boil up several
times. Lift them gently out
onto a dish. Reduce the syrup,
and pour over them. Serve
with whipped cream if desired.
COMPOTE OF PEARS
Z large pears
Juice of l lemon
l pound sugar
- cup water
Scrape the skin from the
pears lengthwise. Remove cores.
Place the sugar and water on
the fire, and add to them four
of the pears which have been
cut in pieces.
AS this becomes Syrupy, place
the whole pears in it, and let
them simmer, adding lemon
juice to keep them white. When
done, place in a dish, reduce
the syrup, pour it over the
pears and serve.
COMPOTE OF PINEAPPLE
1 pineapple
y pound sugar
y cup water
Peel the pineapple, and slice
very thin. Put into sugar and
water syrup, and let boil up
once. Remove, reduce syrup,
pour over pineapple, and serve.
COMPOTE OF PRUNES
l pound prunes
Il pound sugar
Soak the pruneS in cold water
over night. In the morning,
drain, and boil them in fresh
water in a covered saucepan
over medium flame. When
they begin to soften, add the
sugar and let boil, stirring often,
until the pruneS are we'll cooked.
Remove them from the fire.
Rub a lump of sugar over
half an orange, and when it
has completely absorbed as much
juice as it will hold, place it
in a dish, pour the prunes and
their juice over it, and allow it
to melt before serving.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24

quated sentimentalities of 1884
to guide them?
"Woman's suffrage" "te-
male equality. That means Amy
can work in an office. But who's
going to run the home while
she does so? How's she going to
find time off to have a baby?
Who's going to take care of that
baby after it comes?
And how can someone make
AL see that he cane eaC his
cake and have it, too. can't
have a modern working wife and
pay check, yet all the service
Grandma gave Grandpa?
I was thinking about it
picked up a book-read this:
"There is no differentiation Of
work-men's work and Women's
work. Work is work and is to be
done by who ever likes to do 1t
and can do it best. Every woman
works, but not on a double shift
one shift in the office, fac
tory, school, laboratory, library,
wherenot-and another after re-
turning home. If she works out
side the home the work in the
home is done for her-not for
HER, which implies a special
responsibility, but for the fam
ily."
It is not a FAVOR done her;
it is her right. She has worked as
many hours as the husband,
and if there are dribbles of
work left over from the general
care it is the husbands respon-
Sibility as much as the wifes,
and he can do his share with
no loss of dignity. He has no
dignity, in this sense, to begin
with.
A woman is economically de-
pendent upon no man. She is
UcpS41UcL1C upO4A 11O udA 1dNO1O
or good will. She enters into
life as a self-respecting, assured
person, because nothing can
happen to her that will en-
danger her except such things
as may happen to all men.
THE husbands responsibility
as much as the wife'S." An
equality that's more than skin
deep. marriage based on our
modern world and its institu-
tions, rather than on the
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BY JULIET SHELBY

Dy JOAkC1 OAAGAOA
To keep your hair a halo Of
loveness during these dog days
is not a simple task. Heat, moiS-
ture and perspiration soon
make your head an unSightly
mess and it takes frequent
shampoos to keep it fresh look
ing and nicely groomed.
And that is a trial, for fire.
quent visits to the hairdresser
are not only costly, but no
woman enjoys sitting under
dryers at the end of a hot day.
So when you come home limp
from the heat, and feel you must
somehow make your hair pre-
sentable for the evenings ca
vorting, try using dry shampoo.
In fifteen minutes your hair is
cleansed and fluffy with your
precious wave or curl still intact.
Oily hair can stand such a
cleansing once a week, or even
twice if necessary. But girls with
dry and brittle hair should re-
sort to such a shampoo only in
frequently.
The dyy shampoo I have in
mind contains no alcohol and
dry haired girls should jot down
it's name. 1t is not a dry
cleaning" process such as
wrote about several days ago,
but it is a shampoo that requires
no water.
Part your hair into strands