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The Washington times., 1934-01-03
CRITICS GUST 8.
ON CNA BOARD

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan.
3.-Prolonged public criticism Of
appointments to Civil Works Ad-
ministration positions in Freder-
icksburg, brought to a head by a
vigorous attack by Cecil L. Reid,
city councilman, on the Freder-
icksburg unemployment commit
tee, has resulted in the resigna-
ton Of three members of the body.
Those resigning were City Man
ager L. j. Houston, jr., chairman
of the committee; Ray c. Hop
kins, and James A. Shipp. Mr..
Houston will continue to act as
local CWA administrator and Mr..
Hopkins will continue in his po-
sition as district CWA administra-
tor. Shipp is in charge of the
Salvation Army.
Councilman Reid protested
against the employment of five
persons by the unemployment
committee who he pointed out
were not in need of help and were
taking jobs that some person who
was in distress might just as well
fill
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
NEW " PARKWAY
ALONG RIVER
SOUGHT
Maryland Residents Near Po-
tomac Plan Drive for
PWA Funds

Potomac River residents on the
Maryland side are being petitioned
to sign a round robin for the PWA
to construct the George Washing.
ton Parkway, a mate on the Mary
land side for the Mt. Vernon Park
way on the Virginia side.
Public works officials are said
to have tacitly approved the
project and declared there were
ways and means" Of pushing the
two and a half to three million
dollar project through If a pub
lie demand was shown for it.
Surveys Already Made
The Federal Government has:
made surveys of the road, while
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission has paper
plans for the highway. 1t was in
cluded in the Cramton act, but
Maryland refused to share in the
cost on the theory that the road
would benefit District residents
more than Maryland residents, it
is said. The road leads from
Washington to Fort washington,
10 or IL miles.
Efforts to enlist the support Of
residents, among whom is Sumner
WelleS, now Assistant Secretary OF
State and former ambassador to
Cuba, and civic bodies Is to be
made within the next week, and
the Prince Georges board Of
county commissioners will be can.
vassed for their support next
Tuesday, it is said.
Funds for Land Needed
Walter r. Tuckerman, real
estate developer, and Charles Col
lins, late director of the currency,
are said to be interested in the
project.
The park and planning COM
mission has not suggested the prof.
ect to the PWA because mem
bers understood that no works
funds could be used to purchase
right -of-way, said T. Howard
Duckett, of the commission.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
FLAY
ECONOMY ACT

Six members Of the Senate were
among speakers who last night
assailed the economy act at q
meeting in Central High School
auditorium, sponsored by Victory
Post, American Legion.
Veterans and Federal employees
made up the audience, and they
applauded vigorously pledges Of
the legislators that they would
work for the repeal of the meas
ure.
Senators Robinson (R0 Of Indi-
ane, Long (DD Of Louisiana, Dick
inson R.) Of Iowa, Wheeler CD
Of Montana, McCarran CD Of
Nevada, and Nye (D) Of North
Dakota declared their opposition
to the economy act, which they
regarded as unwarranted and out
of line with the policy urged by
the NRA on private enterprise.
Senator Robinson criticized the
President for his alleged unWill-
ingnesS to give preference to
veterans. Long received an ova'
ton when he rose to speak.
Rice w. Means, former Senator
from Colorado and present Dis
trict Department commander Of
the American Legion, presided at
the meeting and declared that
veterans and Federal employees
had been made the targets Of mis-
leading propaganda by the in.
terests clamoring for economy
in the Government.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
MINERS STRIKE.
POSTPONED

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Jan 3
Q.N.S0.-Threats Of another gen.
eral strike call in the anthracite
fields were allayed today as the
convention Of United Anthracite
Miners Of Pennsylvania adjourned
until January 13 to allow the Ma
tional Labor Board additional
time to adjust differences between
miners and operators.
A committee will be sent to
Senator Robert F. Wagner, chair
man of the board, to demand i'm
mediate action.
Thomas Maloney, district pres
ident of the insurgents, in asking
postponement of strike call,
promised:
"If nothing is done by the set
date, thereII be no more pussy
footing. It will be just too
bad"
Maloney demanded coal compa-
nies cease discrimination against
members of the United Anthra.
cite Miners, a newly formed
union; recognition of the unions
executive board so that it might
settle email strikes now in prog
ress, and recognition Of the
unions colliery committees.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
FELON ESCAPES
CRASH INJURY

A car driven by a girl using a
beginners permit collided yester-
day with one returning to the pen
itentiary with a man who had
just lost his sixth attempt to OBJ
tain legal freedom, and the "lifer"
narrowly escaped serious injury.
Louis Berman had just been re-
fused a writ of habaes corpus be-
fore Judge Arthur D. Willard,
Montgomery county, and was rid
ing back to Baltimore in a car
with Frank Hedgepath, trusty-
chauffeur, and William L. Booker,
a guard.
At the entrance to Mt. st.
Joseph's College on Frederick
Road the machine hit and over
turned one driven by Miss Cath
crime McGuirk, Baltimore, while
Miss McGuirk was attempting to
make a left turn into the college
grounds.
Police sent Berman and Booker
to the penitentiary to be treated
for injuries, gave Miss McGuirk q
summons for failing to give the
right-of-way, and charged Hedge
path with reckless driving.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
NGTON LEADER. DEMANDS VIRGINIA COUNTY MERGER
BLantOn Decks
His Office With
Steer'sHead

Some rugged, outdoor Con-
gressmen cherish mounted tro-
phies Of big game they have
bagged, but Representative
Thomas L. Blanton CD, Of
Texas, sprung a new one when
he arrived at his office today
with the mounted head Of 9
mammoth "long-horn" steer.
There's not q steer to be
found in Texas today like the
wearer Of that head, Blanton
claims proudly, and hes going
to hang it on the wall to warm
the hearts and memories Of vis-
iting Lone Star State cattle:nen.
The head, which Blanton ex-
plains was given him by admir-.
ing constituents and so is not a
hunting trophy, boasts deeply
colored, long horns Of approx
mately six feet spread.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
EdnaOnStOn Woman
Granted Divorce

Nettie Mae Clarke, 20, Of Ed
monston, Md, was granted an
absolute divorce from Clarence
P. Clarke, 1000 block East Capitol
Street, Washington, in a decree
signed by Judge Joseph c. Mat
tingly in the Prince Georges
County Circuit Court yesterday.
on a charge Of desertion.
Wed when she was fifteen, &C.
cording to the testimony, her
husband deserted her on his
birthday, April /, 1929, after
living ten years together. Gus
tody of their two children, Ger.
aldine, 13, anu Dallas, II, was
awarded the mother.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
Phony $1OBMs
County
Merchants

Prince Georges county police
at Hyattsville today continued
their watch for spurious SO
bills, two of which were cashed
yesterday along the washington
Boulevard.
The bills are said to be Of
series "B," with a picture Of
Alexander Hamilton on the
face, and. to have smudged scroll
work. Police, however, warn
that other types Of $40 bills
may be counterfeits also.
One was passed over a coun-
ter in HyattSville, and the
other at College Park. A neatly
dressed man, travelling in a
car and said to have New York
license plates, is said to have
passed both bills.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
NAME
DELEGATES

G. j. Thompson, William Hines,
and Stanley Stabler will be the
Montgomery county delegates at
the annual convention of the
Maryland Farm Bureau Fedora
ton at the Lord Baltimore Ho-
tel in Baltimore January 8 to IL.
w. M. Magruder, w. c. Poole
and Ulysses Griffith have been
named as alternates.
The convention, which Is the
annual meeting of all farm bu-
reaus in Maryland, will hear
Henry A. Wallace, Secretary Of
Agriculture. Mr.. Wallace will ad-
dress the convention during its
second session.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
Hartman Praises
Recovery Efforts

Hopes for further recovery
progress and recommendations for
alterations in the recovery pro-
gram were combined by Henry I.
Hartman, president Of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce, in
his annual New Year message to
the members, made public last
night.
He had high praise for many
sides Of the Administration pro-
gram. Hartman cited a list Of
indications Of domestic business
Improvement,
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
ADVERTISER EMIT
No More Gas
In Stomach
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The Washington times., 1934-01-03
JUDGE
DEAD At So

Judge Henry M. Scott, 65, Of
Laurel, Md, a justice of the
peace in the town for seven
years, died early yesterday at
his home Of heart disease.
The magistrates death came
suddenly as he had only been
i'll a few days. Before Mr..
Scott became a magistrate in the
town he held the post Of munich
pal councilman.
Funeral services will be held
from the residence tomorrow
morning at 1O:30 o'clock. The
body. will be taken to Upper
vile, Va, for burial. Mr.. Scott
was born in the Virginia town.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
COUPLE ENTERS
! DAMAGE SUIT

Albert Anderson, Prince Georges
county policeman, and his wife.
May Anderson, Of Hyattsville, en-
tered suit for a total Of $4,000
against the Washington Railway
and Electric and the Capital Tran
sit companies, in the Prince
Georges County Circuit Court yes
terday, with j. Wilson Ryon and
A. r. Hassall as legal counsel.
The suits allege Mrs. Anderson
was injured when the car in which
she was riding was jolted by the
motorman and that her injuries
are permanent. She asks $4,000,
while the policeman asks $1,000
for being deprived Of his wife's
services, help and assistance.
The same lawyers also entered
the suit of Leona and Garvin c.
Balm, for $500 jointly against
Bonnabell Apitz, over an automo-
bile crash near Beltsville in Oc-
tober.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
Maryland Driving
improves rs Per Cent

BALTIMORE, Jan. 3.-Mary-
landers drove 25 per cent better
in 1893 than they did the preced-
ing year, according to report
today by e. Austin Baughamn,
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
Various violations, including
charges growing out Of fatal acci-
dents, resulted in the revocation
Of $50 licenses, as compared with
1,240 in 1882. The decrease in
the number Of licenses, forfeited
for driving under the influence Of
liquor, was $50.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
Virginia Considers
Restoring Salaries

RICHMOND, Va, Jan: 3.-Aboli-
tion of at least one of the pay
cuts which Gov. John Garland
Pollard handed the States 1000
salaried employees in a futile ef.
fort to dodge a deficit in his ad-
ministration, will be sought from
the general assembly session to
convene January 10, it has been
learned here.
Many think the cuts were too
drastic and that resulting inef-
ficiency has more than offset the
saving.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03

departments are A. J. DRIsCoLL
working for shorter hours and
increased earning power, while
the police and firemen Of the
District are compelled to work
overtime, and surrender annual
leave without compensatory time
being given, Mrs. Jenckes urged
the association to lend it's sup
port to corrective legislation.
Schools Lack Funds
In a recent conference with
Superintendent Of Schools Frank
w. Ballou, the speaker said she
had been informed that school
appropriations had been reduced
to a point where children are
studying under a direct disad-
vantage.
Voicing surprise that the people
Of the District should pay taxes
without representation, she urged
that the present Congress give
the people the right Of suffrage.
Lillian Chenoweth was named
to confer with the Civil Works
Administration to secure a play
ground site between johnson
School and Sixteenth Street.
In submitting report on tax
alton, Max Kohner said 10000
pieces of real estate were listed
for tax sales. He was instructed
to confer with the District Com
as to why II per cent
interest is demanded if the legal
rate is placed at 6.
Congress will be requested to
appropriate funds to operate an
incinerator recently built in
southeast Washington, in order
to eliminate trash burning on
open dumps.
Car Service Hit
Any curtailment Of car service
on the Eleventh Street line Of
the Capital Transit Company will
be resisted, the association de-
cided. Marie T. Maddox was
directed to request that more cars
be placed in operation.
The association reaffirmed its
former action on liquor control,
which provided that no alcoholic
beverages be sold within one mile
of the Soldiers Hame. Joseph
w. LoudeTdale, of the Columbia
Heights Business Mems Associa-
tion, said that should the sale
of liquor be denied in the Co
lumbia Heights section, purchas-
ers would visit the downtown
section, as well as the dispen-
saries in nearby Maryland for
their supply, thereby denying
Of his section revenue
that rightly belonged to them.
It would also encourage the boot
logger, Louderdale said.
Resolutions were adopted pro-
testing the appropriation Of
funds by Congress to erect a new
armory at this time, when funds
are needed for schools, libraries,
and a new municipal center.
ADVERTISEMEN1
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
is Oystern1en Held
For ILLeqQL ScrQpiElq

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan.
3.-Sixteen Virginia oystermen
charged with illegal "scraping"
operations for oysters in the
Potomac River were indicted by
special King George county
grand jury. Judge F. w. Cole
man, who presided, continued
their trials until the February
term Of court.
Most of those indicted were
caught December IS, when ap-
proximately so Maryland officers
in. speed boats swooped down
on the oystermen off Of Pope's
Greek in the Potomac River.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses have been is
sued at Upper Marlboro to Hugh
B. Hall, 26. Cheltenham, and
Lois r. Hamlin, %, Southern
Pines, N. c.; Leslie A. Appelman,
25, and Blanche F. Butler, 26, both
of the $500 block Thirteenth St.
N. W.: John w. Mason, 81, and
Beverly A.. Brown, 18, both Of
Alexandria.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
County to Replace
POLicen1QN's Auto

His patrol car wrecked in an
accident in Montgomery county
several days ago, Sergt. Ralph
Brown, Of the county force, will
be given a new machine or re;
pairs to his damaged one, the
Prince Georges County Commis-
sioners decided yesterday.
Policeman Brown was driving
q prisoner to the Hyattsville Jail
when the man, according to the
officer, grabbed the steering
wheel of the machine. overturn'
ing the car. Neither Brown nor
his prisoner was injured. Damage
was estimated at $3.50.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
EXCESSIVE TAX
CHARGED BY
ATTORNEY
People Will Not Stand for
Present Conditions Much
Longer, Says W. C. Cloth
BY JOHN E. TAYLOR

Dy OOAAGN u n - AOAS
People Of Virginia who are be-
ing taxed to death, will stand for
the present form Of county gov
ernment "just so long and no
longer"
That is the opinion Of William
c. Cloth, Arlington county law
yer and former Commemorative
attorney Of that Jurisdiction.
Would Go the Limit
Cloth Is heartily in favor of
consolidating the counties to the
greatest possible extent, ridicul-
ing the arguments of politicians
that local pride" will keep people
from doing away with the ancient
counties and their traditions.
Cloth pointed to the cities with
their large populations and asked
why the counties couldn't be run
as well as some of the more
progressive cities with their new
types of business-like government.
He also said there is no rea-
son why one commemorative
attorney cannot handle the crim1-
nal business of an entire circuit
as is done in the Federal courts.
In those courts the prosecutor
travels with the court.
mo Excuse" He Declares
He added:
"The present county govern
ment is as antiquated as the
things that brought it about.
/ mean horses and buggies,
saddle horses and the OK cart
days.
There is no excuse for the
duplication and tripIicatiOn we
have in our Virginia county
governments.
''This business Of cOnsOlida-
NOn has got to come. The
people are being taxed to death
and they will stand for present
cOnditiO- just so long and no
longer.
IT am heartily In favor Of
the Washington Times cam
paign to save the taxpayers
millions Of dollars and hope
the forthcoming session Of the
General Accembly will do SOme-
thing about it."
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
County Board Asks
Petitions for Road

Approving the move to widen
the road from the Ritchie highway
to the Prince Georges almshouse
the board Of county commissioners
yesterday asked for petitions from
nearby residents that the road be
made a county road.
The petitions are to be pre-
sented at next weeks meeting. The
board also postponed considera.
ton yesterday of the fire depart
fnent's move to locate a town fire
and police headquarters on court
house property.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
Mrs. Ickes to Speak
Before Girl Scouts

Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife Of the
Secretary Of the Interior, will
speak to the Girl Scouts Friday
night at 7:30 o'clock on Mesa
Land, the History and Romance
Of the American Southwest" The
talk will be given in Pierce Hall,
Fifteenth and Harvard Streets
Northwest.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
False
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Don't allow your plates to drop or
slip when you eat, talk or laugn'
This improved powder forms a com
fort cushion, heals sore gums, holds
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The Washington times., 1934-01-03
Sanitation Chief
Named for County

Richard NJ. Clark, Of Chevy
Chase, has been appointed super
visor for Montgomery county for
community sanitation projects un-
der the CWA, and will work I'm.
der direction of Dr.. v. L. Ellicott,
Montgomery county health Of
ficer, who is launching a county,
wide sanitation program this
month.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
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The Washington times., 1934-01-03
CITIZENS TOLD.
FEDERAL PAY
IS TOO LOW
Rep. Jenckes Urges Columbia
Heights Association to
Fight Salary Cuts
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Government clerks as a whole
are underpaid, Representative Vir-
ginia E. Jenckes said in an ad-
dress before the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association last night,
The Washington times., 1934-01-03

in urging civic
organizations in
the District to
petition Con
gress to restore
the Is per cent
cut.
Few Govern
nnent clerks can
get ahead on
W a g eS p al d
t h e m, M RS.
JenckeS said. ,
Claiming the
National r e -
covery act and
other New Deal
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-09-08
Ward Line Steamer Moro
Castle Hit By Lightning
MOST OF THOSE MEETING DEATH HAD RE-
FUSED TO ENTER LIFEBOATS; GREAT
TALE OF HORROR RELATED; CAPTAIN OF
SHIP DIES OF HEART ATTACK FEW
HOURS BEFORE TRAGEDY
tBy Associated Press,

SPRINGLAKE N. j.. Sept. S-The Ward Liner
MORO Castle burned at about eight miles off the
Jersey coast early today when the ship was struck BY
lightning during storm.
Latest reports indicated that $50 Of the crew of
24O and 200 out of 31S passengers on the ship had
landed safely from the burning vessel
The first report received stated that u was be-
leved that most of the passengers and had per-
ished in the disaster.
AT the New York office of the line il was reveal
ed that one of those on board was a Key West man.
but it was not stated whether he had been reported
safe not.
The MORO Castle left Havana ON September , on
its proposed voyage and many of the passengers took
passage the ship at the Cuban capital while the
others were made up from sections of the United
States and also from foreign lands.
Further details are being awaited as TO the exact
of the catastrophe, which befe the liner and
its many passengers and crew.
The steamer had 81 passengers from Havana 20
New York. and 259 in transit a special cruise i'm
Guiding party OF 80, all members of the COnCOrdia
Club of German singers. who had just concluded an
engagement in Havana.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-09-08
COUNCIL HOLDS
BRIEF SESSION
OCCUPATIONAL Lie EN- SEES
COME UP FOR DISCUS
SION LAST NIGHT

A regular meeting of the City
Council was held last night, with
Leo Warren, president of the
body. presiding, with all other
members present with the excep-
ton of Councilmen Cabrera and
Symonette.
A letter was read from the Flor
ida League of Municipalities deal
ing with the issue of the Home
stead Exemption Amendment, re-
questing information from the
local councilmen as to what their
sentiment was regarding this
measure. The council decided to
take the matter up with the league
in the near future.
Several matters pertaining to
Occupational licenses were discuss
ed, with other routine business
disposed of.
The session was brief one due
TO the fact that many Of the city's
affairs are now under the super
vision of the FERA, which finan-
ces and directs these operations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-09-08
GREAT NUMBER ON BOARD SHIP
ARE TRAPPED BELOW DECKS

SPRINGLAKE, y. J.. Sept. 8.-Tyvo hundred or more
of the Steamship MORO Castle who death
aboard the flaming ship, eight miles early TODAY.
died because of their refusal life boats member
of the crew of the vessel said today.
Twenty five Of the members of the crew. Intervene
separately, told practically the story.
1t a tale of horror Of and women freuzied bv
raging flames and thick pail of smoke resisting all az
tempts of sailors to get them into life boats and % safety
Estimates of the loss of life high 300 Score,
of passengers spending their last night aboard before h
end of the weeks holiday trapped below deck
the flames breaking out in the library Ia the foepa
of the boat and ranged aft to leave the superucure only
a hulk
One hundred and eighty-two reported rescued
either by other liners put ashore in life boats Lightning
struck oil tank the vessel at Eastern standard
Time and almost Immediately Flames enveloped much
the liner returning to New Ork from eght-day
to Havana.
Captain Robert Wilmot, master of the vessel had
died at sea- only few hours before the tragedy of heart
attack, and First Officer w +. Warns n command
The time. Bodies started wash ashore few hour after
he fire. and National Guard observation plane reported
5eeing several bodies floating in the sea