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The Washington times., 1934-01-06
AUCTION YIELDS
S225,532

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 G.N.SO.
An orgy of auction-buying which
all week has affected thousands
of New York's best people more
strongly than at any time during
the depression will come to an
end late this afternoon, when the
public sale of the collection of
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCor-
mick draws to close.
It will come to an end after
having piled up we'll over a quar-
ter of a million dollars for the
estate of the late daughter of
John D. Rockefeller, whose real
estate holdings and mortgages at
the time of her death shrank her
vast fortune so that even a
$4,000 annuity to her business
manager, Edwin Krenn, could not
be paid.
With one days selling yet to
come, $225,532.50 has been col
lected, and important antique
silver, Chinese carvings, bronzeS,
French furniture, tapestries. and
Oriental carpets are yet to be
sold.
If the previous days augur any
thing for this last, the figure
should reach 100000.
Park Avenue has scrambled to
acquire the possessions of Mrs.
Mccormick, known as a collector
of taste and judgment. Her
things have sold at what are, for
the items offered, very low
prices.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
US. Attorney Fired Sought
Probe of Davis Case

NASHVILLE, Jan. 6 (U.S).
Tennessee's political circles were
stirred today when A. v. McLane
declared he was ousted this week
as U. s. attorney here because
he suggested Federal investiga.
ton Of reports concerning Of
ficers Of the American National
Bank, Of which Paul M. Davis Is
president.
Davis, brother Of Norman H.
Davis, ambassador-at-large, is un-
der arrest on a charge Of con-
Spiracy to defraud the State Of
$22,800 and using the money to
elect Governor Hill McAlister in
1882.
McLane told Universal Serv-
ice he recommended the inves-
tigation as a result of a letter
he had received from a national
bank examiner. After making
the recommendation, he said,
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
LYNN WILL ASK
CAPITOL FUND

Bills are expected to be offered
in each of the Houses of Con-
gress in the near future for funds
with which to make certain
architectural features of the Cap
itol symmetrical.
The proposition has been re-
vived by David Lynn, Capitol
architect, and is designed to bring
the center of the building on
the east front to the line of the
wings. AS the building now
stands it makes it appear that
the dome rests partly on the
portico.
Two plans to correct this fea
ture were submitted by two New
York architects in 1904, and it is
these plans that Lynn is reviving.
He will submit cost estimates to
the Senate and House Commit
tees on Public Buildings and
Grounds as soon as he completes
them. It is then expected that
the bills will be introduced.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
6 ARRESTED AS
ARSON RING
SUSPECTS

MORRISTOwN, N. j., Jan. 6
Il. N. S).-Charged with arson
In connection with a series Of
recent fires in this section, James
H. Bolitho, former Morris County
prosecutor, and five other per-
sons, including a woman, today
were held by police.
Similar charges have been
lodged against the prisoners in
Chattanooga, Tenn. authorities
said
Besides Bolitho, those taken
into custody were Eugene Bison,
Whippany; James Applin, Nor
ristown; Louis Bloom, Montville;
Mike Donifrio, Dover; and Mrs.
Elizabeth Kingdom, Hurdton.
Bolitho, who served a 3.year
term in the state prison follow
ing a conviction for malfeasance
in office in 1925, and Bison are
alleged to have been the leaders
Of the gang.
Bison, according to police. ad-
mitted he acted as the torch" in
the fires occurring in this region.
The six were taken into custody
by local, State police and investi-
gators for the National Board Of
Fire Underwriters following an in
vestigation which has been pur-
sued for a year and a half.
The investigation started, police
said, shortly after a fire and ex-
plosion destroyed Applin'S home
here. Applin is said to have col
lected $4,000 insurance on the
residence.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
NRA PERSONNEL
MAY Be GUT

Gen. Hugh s. johnson still
expects that NRA will need less
help, once the codes are com.
pleted, than it required during
the process Of codification.
He admitted, however, that this
opinion was little more than "a
pious wish"
NRA finances. he said. had
been adequately provided for, in
his belief. The organization is
operated on PWA funds.
In view of the reopening Of
many codes, however, the feeling
persists in many quarters that
the administration of the codes
will be a much more difficult
process than the codification, and
that NRA personnel will continue
to grow.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
CLERKS PAPER
WANTS NAME

Announcement is made in the
Government Standard. ewly
established organ of the Amer
lean Federation of Government
Employees, Of a contest, open to
all members Of that organiza-
ton. for q permanent name for
the publication.
Prizes will be given to the
person who submits the best
name, and to the person who
is most active in the contest.
Certain words are barred from
proposed titles-"Federal," Fed
eration," National" Employees"
and News" presumably because
these names are identified with
the rival organization, the N. F.
F. E., or with its publications.
The contest will close March
81, it Is announced.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
TOUnshend to Head
Md. Credit Agency

H. w. TownShend, of Mitchell
vile, was named Prince Georges
county director in the Southern
Maryland Production Credit AS
sociation at an organization meet
ing last night in Washington.
Other directors are Carl I.
Shipley. Anne Arundel county:
Goodman Goldstein, Calvert: IS.
B. Balton, Charles. and r. H.
Pembroke. st. Mary's.
The association. with head Of
fices in Upper Marlboro, will loan
up to $75O,000 to farmers for pro-
duction if the farmers can put
up adequate security.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
THROAT RAW?

1--WE minutes after you rub on
l. soothing, warming Musterole, q
raw, burning throat should feel much
easier and free Of irritation! Relief
generally follows, if the application is
continued once an hour for fUe hours.
Musterole gets such marvellous re-
suits because it's NOT just a salve.
It's a "cOuHter-iTTitGnt' t''-easing,
warming, stimulating and penetrat-
ing - quick and helpful in drawing
out pain and infection.
Used by millions for 25 years,
Musterole is pure, clean, safe and
easy to use. Recommended by many
doctors and nurses. All druggists. In
three strengths: Regular Strength,
Children's (.nild), and Extra Strong.
Radio: Tune in the "Voice Of
Experience" Columbia Network.
See newspaper for time.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

were responsible for many Of
the painstaking productions.
Chancs Of seeing the Ripley
inanimates are much better in
the afternoon, before the crowds
become so large. Doors to the
odditorium open on week days
at l o'clock, and patrons may
remain as long as they like.
On Sunday, continuous per-
formances will begin at 2 p. m.
and continue until II p. m.
Today holders of high school
athletic tickets are being ad-
mitted from noon until 6 p. m,
at half price-20 cents.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
Who Counts
4.OOOWOrds onCard
Irks "Cash" Miller
Those Who Linger at
"SiIent" Oddities
Hold Up Show

Cash" Miller, major domo Of
the Ripley auditorium, likes
crowds, but there is one crowd
at the Believe 1t or Not" ex-
hibition washington Auditorium
that suits him too well.
His big problem is to satisfy
the thousands of cash customers
who go for a look at Mr.. Ripley's
inanimate curiosities, after max
ing the rounds Of odditorium
stages. He grieved yesterday:
"Just look at that line! Some
Of those people have been wait
ing an hour"
Surely enough, just inside the
hall entrance were hundreds of
patient people, waiting their turn
to make a tour Of the displays.
Miller said:
cat the Worlds Fair we had
the cases arranged end to end.
On the road we have separated
them, hoping thereby to give
folks q better chance to see the
curiOsitieS. They come into the
hall, make the rounds Of the
stages, see all the living wOn-
derS, and then spend whatever
time they have, looking at the
silent display.
CAUSE OF 1T ALL
"The trouble is that Bill
Smith finds a freak pistol and
spends 10 minutes looking it
over. Meantime, the entire line
is being held up. Then Mrs.
Penelope Smythe sees q post
card upon which 1000 words
have been written. There is q
convenient magnifying glass
northumberland she feels
duty bound to count those
words and see If the explana-
tory card tells the truth. Maybe
she gets 1899 the first time,
and has to do the job all over
again.
Cali we can do, The sighed
rather hOpeless) "is turn them
loose and let them battle it out
among themselves. We keep
two or three ushers over there.
They try to keep the crowds
mOving-but what luck!"
The odditorium inanimates in
clude some of the best Believe
It-or-Nots" collected by Cartoonist
Ripley.
Bottles Nailed Together
It is difficult to believe that
nails can be driven through a
bottle without breaking the glass.
Three unbroken, uncracked bot
ties. nailed together, are in the
Ripley exhibit.
The replica Of monkeys head
has grown on a tree.
A pair of baby shoes made of
stiff, heavy leather, more than so
years ago, is in the same case
with the piece of tree. Said one
woman Scornfully:
I'm a gine a baby wearing
things like that"
An older woman, Immediately
behind her, spoke gently:
1--WE seen babies wearing
them, in the old country"
Costly Seeds Shown
Flower lovers look enviously at
a small packet of petunia seeds,
and the one-128th of an ounce
cost $3.50, says label.
"Here, boy, take this $4,000
and get yourself a pound of
petunia seeds. Keep the change,
If any,"
There is a pansy four inches
in diameter.
A bottle is shown containing
four compartments-very con-
venient for the family dinner
table.
Feather furniture, with quill
legs; freak violins, checker
boards made of matches, a chair
made Of bottle caps-all tell how
patient and clever some folks
really are. Invalids, perhaps,
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
Fall on Wet Street
IniUreS Woman, 50

Mrs. Mary Bishop, So, of the
140O block of Kennedy St. N. w.,
slipped on a wet street last night
and fell beneath the standing
automobile of DR.. Louis Sacks, of
the TOO block of Rittenhouse st.
N. w. The accident occurred at
Colorado Avenue and Kennedy
street. Mrs. Bishop was uncon-
scious for several hours.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
SCREAM SAVES WOMAN

Police are seeking today the
colored man who last night at
tempted to assault Mrs. Cath
crime Bowie, 33, of the 1900 block
Twentieth Street, N. w., at Sec
ond and I Streets. The man ap-
parently had followed her for
several blocks and fled when she
screamed.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

the Department Of Justice noti-
fled him l.e would be relieved
Of that matter by Wayne Will
liams, special assistant attorney
general, who was sent here from
Washington.
McLane also said today that
he wrote the Department Of
Justice last autumn that an at
torney for the bank had told
him he would lose his job II he
persisted in the investigation.
He was relieved Of his duties
Tuesday by Horace FrierSon, an
adherent Of the DaviS-McAliSter
political machine. McLane is a
Republican, but had another year
to serve.
BIOLOGISTS TO MEET
Geological Society Of Washing
ton will meet Wednesday at 8
D, m, in the Cosmos Club,
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Left - Glenwood Console
Model. Insulated. Oven heat
control. Sturdily built. Choice
of left or right hand oven.
Available in cream and cream
and green. Regularly $3.50
now S69.5O.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

RIGHT - Tappan "Spinet."
Graceful in appearance. Com
pact. Insulated. Oven heat
control. Ivory enamel trim.
Regularly $S0.O0-now $3.50.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Left - Modern Oriole Table
Top" The last word in de-
sign. Insulated. Oven heat
control. Rounded corners and
smart black base. Regularly
$112.5O-now $89.75.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Left - 4 cubic foot model.
Porcelain interior. Chromium
plated hardware. Bakelite trim
on door edges and interior Of
door sill. Standard equipment.
including hydrator. Was $3.50
now $124.OO.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Once in a great while you find values like
these, selling far below their regular prices.
All of these ranges are brand new, most of
them latest 1888 models marked down for
one grand sale in preparation for 1884 stock.
The refrigerators are used models, COM
pletely. reconditioned, carrying our regular
new refrigerator guarantee. Never before
in our memory has it been so easy to mod
ernie your kitchen with both range and
refrigerator at such extreme low cost.
Check these items carefully and select the
size or style range and refrigerator you
need Then come in and let us explain their
many features.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Rtoht-4 cubic foot table top"
model. Easily used as extra
working space in the kitchen.
Standard equipment. Plenty Of
ice cubes. Was $139 .50-now
$3.50.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Rioht-Glenwood De Luxe Con-
sole Model. Large oven. In.
sulated. Heat control. Auto
matte lighter. Comes in two
pleasing colors. Regularly
$l19.5O-now $9S.5O.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Rioht u cubic foot model.
Hardwood trim finish on door
edges and interior of door sill.
Chromium plated hardware.
Large REFRIGERATOR at a very low
price. Was $185 (after use)-
now S115.00
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Lett-51a cubic foot model.
Standard equipment. Roomy
interior. Ribbon.type shelves.
This is an excellent size for the
average family. Was $275-
now $144.OO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-19
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1894. by International
News SerViCe)

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 1S.-Her
divorce from John Gilbert now
six months old, Virginia Bruce to-
day advised all young motion pic.
ture actresses to marry, even If
happiness is brief and the expert
ment an eventual failure.
The blonde star, who has re-
sumed her maiden name and her
film career, was emphatic in her
opinion. She said:
"NO woman should hold a ca
reer before marriage and, par
ticularly, no actress.
Il am not a bit sorry I halt
ed my career to marry Jack.
had my share of happiness and
/ feel come back to the screen
much better qualified to por-
try emotions.
For marriage is an expert
ence very beneficial to a young
player. Acting is a portrayal of
life and certainly the best and
the quickest way to get the
knowledge of 1t is in matri-
mOny."
Though many of her Hollywood
colleagues will dispute it, Virginia
declares that most young actresses
have to grope about in playing a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-19
Farley Says Mail
Shows Recovery

Taking the mails as a barome-
ter of general business conditions,
Postmaster General Farley sees a
steady, upward trend. In a radio
address yesterday he said:
"The mails are gradually in
creasing in volume. During a
recent trip which I made in
New York and Pennsylvania,
the trains upon which Travelled
were delayed at a number of
stations to permit the loading
of many additional sacks of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-19
BANK ADS SUIT
MORGENTHAU
By International News Service

By International News Service
Hearty approval was extended
by Secretary Morgenthau today to
the policy Of a Los Angeles bank
in advertising for borrowers.
This was described by Mr.. Nor
genthau as a constructive plan
(which, if carried out over the
country, would have an important
influence on business recovery.
This institution was the Secu-
rity Trust National Bank, headed
by Henry M. Robinson. close
friend of former President
Hoover. It showed the amount of
loans to individuals under the Ma
tional Housing act, loans that
would bring about the hiring OF
labor and purchase of material,
real estate loans and commercial
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-19
Virginia Bruce Urges
Actresses to Wed

role. They may be sure of them
selves, she says, but not of their
emotions. She declared:
Marriage removes this uncer.
tainty. Therefore a young &C.
treSs should marry, even if a
career is uppermOSt in her
mind"
Right now, Virginia is busy fin
ishing up the role of Jenny Lind
in THE Mighty Barnum," and pic
lures are her main concern. But
she hopes to marry again some
time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-19
OPIUM MENACE
THREATENSU US.
SAYS EXPERT

LONDON, Oct. 10 UNS0.-A
new dope menace-the clandeStine
manufacture of opium in the Far
East-threatens both Europe and
America today. according to Sir
Malcolm Delevingne, international
authority on the dope traffic.
Sir Malcolm, former British
representative on the opium
advisory committee of the League
of Nations, outlined the present
situation in an address before
= the society for the study of
inebriety.
Although there still is an
illegal trade from Turkey, Jugo-
slavia, and Bulgaria. According
to Sir Malcolm, this problem is
being handled adequately, and
the chief menace to the western
world today lies in the Far East.
He says:
"The tables will indeed be
turned, If the Far East which
has been one of the chief vic
Tins of the illicit traffic from
the West, should now, armed
with the knowledge which the
West had given it, turn back
the tide on the West itself.
"The danger does not only
threaten from the Far East.
We must face the fact wher.
ever the opium poppy is grown,
as it is in many parts of Asia,
there will always exist, in the
absence of efficient control by
the state, the likelihood of
clandeStine manufacture for
the Illicit trade"
AS to the traffic itself, Sir
Malcolm believes some progress
has been made through the sys-
tenn of international conference
and cooperation instituted by
the League of Nations IA years
ago, although the trade is so
lucrative those engaged in it do
not abandon it lightly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-19
ANOTHER ROBERT E. LEE IN UNIFORM

GREAT-GRANDSON of the leader of
the Confederate forces during the Civil
War, Robert E. Lee 4th, in the uniform
of the Knickerbocker Greys, of New York,
gives a smart salute to Mrs. Spotswood
D. Beers at the Seventh Regiment Armory,
where he and Is other rockies" receive
training. Photo by international.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-19
D|VORCEE HELD
IN BANK THEFT

LYNN, Mass, Oct. 10 G.N.SD.
Fearing an attempt at suicide, a
police matron today was stationed
outside the cell of Mrs. Pauline
Ada Crabtre, 42-year.old divorce,
accused of looting the Lynn Co.
operative Bank of $19,749.10 to
hold the love of George w. Bishop,
man-about-toWn.
Mrs. Crabtre, who was assistant
treasurer of the bank, was
charged with embezzlement, and
Mr.. Bishop, formerly of Provi-
dence, R. l., with receiving stolen
money.
Although Mr.. Bishop had a
marriage license and wedding
ring and told police he and Mrs.
Crabtre were to marry, Mrs.
Crabtre declared her love had
turned to hate.
The arrests followed a year and
a half of secret investigation on
the part of Police Inspector
Joseph Coyne, who said Mrs.
Crabtre told him she had misap-
propriated $500 of the bank
funds. She also gave him half
of her $50 week salary, she said.
EVENING OF HUMOR'
Woodfield, Nd, Grange will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-19
EVENING OF HUMOR'

Woodfield, Md, Grange will
sponsor can Evening of Humor"
in Woodfield Hall, November s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-19

Send four Silver Dust box tops
for a dish towel. or twenty for a
pair Of full fashioned hose. Silver
Dust. SO Lexington Ave.. New
York CITY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-15
CHINESE FAVORINC
 AMERICAN GOODS
l933 Imports Into China i Valued at $S.35S,97S,-
 l65 Silver

Peiping, China ,CUP).-America' s trade in the China market re- mains unchallenged. The leader ship of the United States as a salesman to old Cathay is empha-
 sized by statistics just published by
 the inspectorate general of the Chi nese maritime customs.
 Last year imports into China were valued at $S,35S,97S,165. sil- yer. Of this total China bought from the United States goods worth .S297,468,131. Thus. with 21.S6 per cent of China's imports coming from America, the United States led all other countries ir the value of merchandise sold ,to The United States also is good customer of China: Last year China exported goods worth $612,292,722, silver. Of this amount Americas purchases totaled $113,- 146,444, or 18.48 per cent. The customs figures show that 19.75 per cent of China's exports went to the British Colony of Hong kong. ,f
 Customs figures, as during the past few years, continue to show the effect of the impaired Sino- Japanese diplomatic relations on the trade between China and Ja. pan. In 1882 Japan, except for the United States, sold more goods in China than any other. country Last year, however, the Japanese dropped to third place as impor- ters to China. with the United 1 States in first place and with Great Britain second. In 1882 Japan bought more goods from China than any other country, bu; last year Gerat Britain held first place as an importer from. China
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-15
Economic Reasons
 Cause OF Jewish- Arab Dissension
Is Not a Religious One Hold of EffeDdi on Peasants Broken By zionists

exploited them, told them. to be content ito work from sunrise until dark for one piastre Give cents) a day, with a few whip lashes thrown in for good measure.
 Peasants Are Enslaved So the fellahin plowed on, under the hot sun. He was content to spread his abaya Goose cloak) out on the burning sands, whenever the muezzin called him to prayer and to kneel and thank Allah for his life, hard as it was. It is easy to understand how the dolorous sounding music heard in Arab villages; in the cof- fee houses, where the peasants congregate to smoke their mar gilia; in the fields, where they tend their orange and black col ored sheep, originated. It is like the. wall of soul. pleading to be released from tor. ture.
 In 1923, the intensive program of rebuilding the Holy Land be- gan, when the Jews who had settled there before the war, re- turned, many other European and American Jews with them. The land began to flower. The rocks that infested the hillsides were taken out and broken, roads were made and hidden wells were tapped. Money POursS In
 The River Jordan, which had been both an object of religious respect and one of fear, because it overfiows every once in a while, bringing tragedy to those who have their homes on it's banks, was har- messed and night was turned into day in Palestine.
 The radical change in Palestine was commented upon by the pres ent high commissioner, Sir Arthur Wauchope, who last November re. ported: "The economic condition of Palestine remains sound. Many local industries continue to enjoy a marked degree of prosperity: there is considerable activity in the building trade"
 As the $200,O0O,0O0 was being received and spent in Palestine, the Arab fellahin found that he was getting his share. New ave- nues of work were opening up daily for him. The pay was mi- raculously high.
 Better Toiler in Heat
 Accustomed to the heat, the Arab peasant could work longer hours that the European immi- grant at such labor as building roads, and found that the Jew had plenty of work for him.
 And the Arab peasant found that many piastres could be earned for such work as dredging the potash out of the Dead Sea, pushing carts of valuable chemicals. tearing chemicals, tmh nh nh nh h. rocks out of the hills, and making them into cement, building pipes into which the thick oil from Iraq could flow.
 In Tel Aviv, the modern city built on sand dunes, the fellahin found that many visitors came from far-off lands. They liked to ride around in carriages and were willing to pay generously.
 The peasant found that he could earn for an hours work, ten pias- tres (50 cents) and it used to take him ten weeks to earn that. So the square in Tel Aviv and those in Jaffa, in Jerusalem, and in Haifa began to be filled with carriages and smart new cars, with Arab drivers.
 Find Profit Everywhere
 Selling fish, shining shoes,
 mending umbrellas, carrying lug
 gage, all proved profitable occupa-