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The Washington times., 1934-04-12
DC. MONEY BILL
DELAYED DAY

Consideration Of the 1885 Dis
trict appropriation bill will not be
given until tomorrow under last
minute plans revealed today by
majority floor leader, Joseph w.
ByrnS (DO of Tennessee.
The bill was expected to be
taken up today, but Representa-"
tive Clarence Cannon CD of Mis-
souri,, chairman of the subcom-
mittee in charge of the bill, is not
yet able to stear the bill through
the House.
Attempts to persuade Thomas
L. Blanton CD of Texas to sub
Stitute for Mr.. Cannon failed, so
the House planned to take up bills
on the private calendar.
Mr.. Cannon, who is recovering
from injuries received in a traf-
fic mishap last Monday, was suf-
ficiently recovered today to ap-
pear at his office, but not to take
the floor.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
To MAKE
TAX RETURNS
ON TIME
Notices to Be Sent, But No
LenienCy to Be Shown If
Delays Deliberate

Seventy-five liquor dealers who
have not filed their March liquor
tax returns face revocation Of II.
cense, it was announced today by
the District Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board.
All of the delinquents will be
sent notices to appear before the
board in person and explain why
the tax return was not filed by
midnight Tuesday.
Many Returns Inaccurate
If the dealers cannot give good
reason for not filing the return,
their license will be. revoked, the
board announced.
A great percentage Of the re-
turns were inaccurate, but no
action will be taken against
dealers in this group unless it is
found that the inaccuracy is de-
liberate.
Enforcement To Be Strict
George w. Offutt, chairman Of
the board, denied that any leni-
ency will be extended with de-
linquents, except in cases Of mis-
understanding.
About 100000 gallons Of taxable
liquor was sold here last month by
wholesalers. This sale will yield
a revenue of approximately $50.
900 to the District.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
School Fund Sought
For Orphans of War

Anxious to secure an appro-
priation of $500 to provide vo-
cational education for World
War orphans, Gen. P. c. Harris,
of the American Legion, today
appealed to members of the
House District Committee.
The generals request was
made after he had failed to get
the House Appropriations Com
mittee to promise to amend the
present bill. The fund would
send to school war orphans be-
tween Is and % who have re-
sided in the District for five
years.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Whites Classic Design of Man in the Field
Occupies 4O-Foot Space on Wall; Artist
Loses Money on lob

About a week ago, when a GER
tain man walked into the De-
partment Of Agriculture, attend
ants believed him to be a Con-
gresham.
He was large, wore his hair
long, had spats and cane, and a
10-gallon hat:
Surprise reigned when the visi-
tor revealed himself as Gilbert
White, the famous American
painter, who had come to de-
liver a mural ordered for the
main agricultural building four
years ago.
Painting Forgotten
Most officials had forgotten
about the painting. It had been
in a previous administration that
the $4,000 work OF art had been
commissioned.
However, the great mural, over
40 feet long, was ordered to be
placed in the spot originally
selected for it, a semi-circular stair
way leading from the first to the
second floors of the main agri-
cultural building. Workmen are
now engaged in the task.
The work was painted in Paris,
which may explain why some
farm officials had forgotten about
it. Mr.. White says:
I'm Paris it is quiet. am
more or less like q Tibetan
monk when I work."
The motif is classical, depicting
gods and mortals in the Greek
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
TWO District Bills
Set for He1rin0S

A public hearing on two bills
affecting the Public Utilities Com
mission will be held in the old
House Office Building next Mon.
day night at 8 o'clock.
The bills give the. Commission
the right to appeal adverse de-
cisions to the Supreme Court, and
make various changes in proce-
dure and methods of evaluation.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Catholic y. to Haze
Social Work School

To provide trained leaders in
Catholic social work in the
United States, a new school for
social work will be established at
Catholic University, officials an
nounced today.
The course will extend over two
academic years and the inter.
vening summer. Students will be
required to spend about half
their time during the first year
in academic studies and the re-
mainder in, practical work with
social agencies.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Rep. Norton to Head
Lafayette Committee

Representative Mary T. Norton
(D) Of New Jersey, chairman of
the House District Committee,
was today elected chairman Of a
joint congressional committee to
arrange for national observance
May 20 Of the Lafayette centen-
nial.
The celebration will be fea-
tured by elaborate ceremonies in
washington, a coaSt-to-coast radio
program and international ex-
changes Of goodwill messages on
the air. Sol Bloom D) of New
York, Of George Washington BIZ
centennial fame, is in charge of
arrangements.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Teachers Association
To Hold Conference

DR.. E. P. Davis, dean Of the
college of liberal arts at Howard
University and vice president of
the National Association of
Teachers in Colored Schools, has
issued a call for a regional con-
ference of the association cover
ing the East and South Atlantic
States in Baltimore Saturday.
The purpose of the conference
is to consider ways in which the
body may be more useful to
Negro education in this region.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
P. U. C. .Okays Trolley
Track Construction

Approval of the request Of the
Capital Transit Company to re-
construct tracks on Fourteenth
Street Southwest and to construct
a loop around the Agriculture
Building was granted today by the
Public Utilities Commission.
The request was made several
weeks ago. The changes will cost
about 100000 it was estimated.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Griffith and BL1ege
Will Attend Banquet

Clark c. Griffith, owner and
president Of the Washington Base
bal Club, and OsSie Bluege, fam
Gus third-baseman, will be present
tonight at the father-and-son
banquet and party in the st.
Stephen and Incarnation Episco-
pal Church, Sixteenth and New
ton Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Wallace, PWA Aide,
In District Visit

William r. Wallace, recently Sc
lected as the first citizen" Of
Utah, is a visitor in Washington
today. He is at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Mr.. Wallace was named by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as a member of
the Utah PWA committee. Prior
to that he served as chairman Of
the State projects committee.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Protests Restore
SelUer Connection

Following vigorous protests by
residents, Is D. c. Highway De-
partment workers today were
ordered to make a temporary
sewerage connection between a
row of houses in the 500 block
of Conduit Rd. N. w., and the
main, cut off Monday when
workers started excavations in
widening the road.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
SeabOQrd ZiONaists
To Meet in Richmond

Representatives from 40 cities
will attend the twelfth annual
conference of the Seaboard Zionist
Region in Richmond, Va, on
April % and %. One of the i'm
portant subjects to be considered
will be the plight of Jews in Ger
many. Plans will be made at the
meeting for raising part of a 3d.
100000 national fund designed to
assist the German Jews.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
True TO
Type
Good Eating and Luck
of "New Dealers"
Reported
BY GILBERT SELDES

Long before DR.. Writ exposed
the plot to supplant President
Roosevelt, the manuscript Of
"The New Dealers" was in the
hands Of the publishers; yet the
book Is up-to-date enough.
In fact. If you hunt far enough,
you will find the motives OF
many people who might want to
shelve the President and put in
someone else; and you might
even find, in certain chapters,
the motives Of people who would
elaborate q chance remark into
Q plot. Because this book is in
many ways better than a low
down; it Is q showdown. And, IN
other ways, it isn't as entertain
ing as the first group Of dis
closures in Washington.
Maybe the New Dealers aren't
as good subjects as the stupid
men who surrounded Hoover;
maybe the writer Of the present
book isn't as unsympathetic.
Good Eaters in Politics
This unofficial observer" un-
blushingly lays stress on one
thing: that the President has
q good digestion. Will Rogers,
7 fancy, had the same thing in
view when he said the PreS1-
dent was not "crisis-minded."
It is, Of course, a good thing
to have q cheerful man in con-
troll, q man who when he has
to solve grave proble-.S is not
irritated by petty things. But
there is one thing more i'm
'pt tant. The President is
lucky.
I do not say this to belittle
him, only to point out the cor
responding disadvantage Of
Herbert Hoover, who was un-
lucky, as President, almost
from the first.
Everything he put. his hand
to turned to lead. He couldn't
appoint a Seminole Indian to a
courtesy post as notary public
for a day without having a
whole tribe up in arms. He
had little skill in dealing with
the public, no magic by which
to charm people, and no incan-
tation against the evil eye.
Changes to Come
You get the impression from
The New Dealers" that most
Of the people in whose hands
our future depends, are aggreS-
sive, confident, cheerful and
lucky. This doesn't mean that
q year from now this book will
be adequate-haf Of the peo-
pie may be gone and the others
shifted in relative Importance.
The bright remarks which now
cheer these pages may then he
out Of place; and the philosophy
behind the book, which gener-
ally speaking is a moderate New
Deal philosophy may seem
either radical or outworn by that
time.
OF one thing you may be sure:
that Washington will change.
You get the effect from this
book as you get it from the
news. The author (probably
pluraO seem to welcome change
more than they seem to know
in which direction the change
will or ought to come. In that
respect they are like the rest Of
us. We are all muddling more
or less. In that sense, the au-
thors give an even more accu-
rate picture of the public mind
than they do of the mind Of
Washington.
I am one Of the forty thou
sand writer's who couldn't pos
sibly have written this book. If
I had, 1 think would have tried
to make a little clearer the re-
lation between the Oklahoma
Ice Case, Mr.. Justice Brandeis'
dissenting opinion, and the
Commonwealth Club speech of
Franklin Roosevelt during the,
campaign.
The heart of the New Deal
lies there, and it ought not to be
passed over with a phrase Or
two.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12

busy at agricultural
endeavors. Mr.. White states:
81 have tried to interpret the
underlying human element Of
agriculture-the human element
of the man in the field-a sub
ject of neither time nor place
there is nothing local in this
painting.
'Tf I had put in cotton pick
ing or asparagus growing, the
orange producers would object,
and rightly so. Art should be
to please all people"
He Loses Money
The canvas alone in the great
mural cost $700. And because OF
the three years necessary to COM
plete it. Mr.. White states that he
is losing money on the $4,000 he
is to receive.
Born in Grand Rapids, Mich,
in 1877, Gilbert White was edu-
Gated at various schools, including
Columbia University, and several
art institutions, among them the
Beaux Arts in Paris and Whistler'S
School.
He is a reserve captain Of in
fantry in the U. S. Army, a holder
of the Order of the Purple Heart,
and a brother of Stewart Edward
White, the famous author. Gil
bert Whites work hangs in three
State capitols, many museums, in
cluding the Luxembourg in Paris,
and several governmental build
ings here and abroad.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
DEMOCRAT CLUB DANCE

John Claggett. chairman Of the
entertainment committee of the
Young Mems Democratic Club Of
the Rockville District. has tenta-
lively engaged the Manor Club
for a dance which it will sponsor
on May II. Price of tickets was
fixed at $3.50 per couple.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Senate
The Senate District Committee did not meet.

The Senate District Committee did not meet
Miss Eta L. Taggar in letter to the chairman of the
Senate District Committee opposed the resolution crt-
cizng District Attorney Leslie c. Garnet adopted by the
local Womens Bar Association recently. (Story this
page)
The Senate conferees the proposal legaze boxing
the District may yield the House position which calls
for allowing professional prize fights, it indicated
day. (Story on this page.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Gasoline Burns Kill
Careless Smoker

Robert williams, colored, %,
who spilled gasoline last night and
then threw a lighted match in it,
died Of the burns he received to-
day in Emergency Hospital. He
was burned in front of his home
in the 200 block of K st. N. w.,
after filling the gasoline tank Of
his automobile, when he GNcided
to take a smoke.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Oil Wage Scales.
Aired at HedrinqS

Proposed wage differentials for
all employees in the oil industry
were aired at a public hearing be-
fore the Planning and Coordina-
ton Committee of the Petroleum
Administrative Board today in
the Interior Department Building.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Police Asked to Find
5000 Diamond Rin0

Miss Polly Freling, of the 1900
block Lincoln Rd. N. E., laid her
5000 diamond ring down in the
dressing room of a store in the
1900 block F st. N. w., and few
minutes later discovered it was
missing, she reported to police to-
day.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
FORUM ON DISCRIMINATION

A round table meeting will be
held at the Twelfth Street Chris
tian Church next Sunday under
the auspices Of the Civic National
Forum to discuss the recent racial
discrimination in the Capitol res
taurant and alleged police bru-
talitieS.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
ANTHROPOLOGISTs MEET

The Anthropologica Society Of
Washington meet Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock in the National Mu-
scum and will hear a talk on
Some Laws of the Early IroquoiS
League" by j. N. B. Hewitt, eth
nologiSt of the Bureau of Ameri-
can Ethnology.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
Board of Commissioners

The Commissioners did not meet as board.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board threatens to revoke
licenses of dealers who have filed liquor sale return
(Story on this page.)
District emergency relief allotment for April considered
sufficient (Story this page)
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
IS District Liquor Dealers Face Loss of Licenses
.iStriCtLOS

daily of all action in the House and Senate
dealing SOLELY with the District of Columbia, and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
House

The House District Committee did not meet.
Consideration of the 1885 District appropriations bill
postponed by House until tomorrow. TSory this page
District Committee asked to seek amendment to appro
priations bill to provide for orphans education
Public Utilities subcommittee to hold public hearing
Monday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-02
Bx JANTLEY MOLE

Billie Bronson heard the morn- ing train for the city pull out of Archwocd. Each impatient pun, as the engine strove for m0mer- tum, punctuated his dads final words when he was leaving for the station: ''No, Billie, you're too young to have bicycle this sum- mer."
 The morning light lay flat and futile over the boys clouded world.
 He beckoned to his pup, and when 1t l1osed under his half-re- clining form to dart pink and friendly tongue across his sadden- ed mouth, he took a few half hearted rolls with it over the lawn that was still wet with dew. Then he got up and went around to the kitchen door where his mother was doing her Saturday baking.
 ''Ma, how old were you when grandfather got you hour first bicycle?" he said.
 "Oh, I don't remember" ap- swered his mother hurriedly and went on busily tending her oven.
 Were you older than am now?" he tried again.
 "I--now Billie you run along, I haven't time to talk. The rest of this baking must be got into the oven. Go on, play with your sis- ters."
 Billie moved on. He thought he might go over to Harmon'S hard ware; Mir Harmon might have an errand for him to run; or maybe some one had ordered, a bike and MT Harmon would be uncrating the parts and getting it ready. He shuffled along, wondering how the bike he so often ordered by fancy might come packed for delivery to the store. When it arrived and MT Harmon was ready to uncrate 1t he would want to be there; those would be precious moments, put ting it together.
 As he stepped into the open back door of the store Billie heard low vituperations coming from the shop; MT Harmon had just banged up the telephone receiver. He glowered at Billie when he noticed him, then shifted his glare to the thing that had shattered his mel low mood.
 Te boys somber gaze, following the venomouS stare, came upon a vision standing in unridden new ness beside an empty crate that had spilled its stuffing of excelsior. Billie's head swayed in rigid ad- miration of the shiny bike before him, and into his eyes it cast back the brilliance that flashed off its blue angles and polished curves.
 "Who is that for. MT Harmon ?" Billie blurted forth in the face of the old mans poison.
 Nobody, drat it." snapped the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-02

When he rounded the corner Of the alley that ran behind his home, the late-day sun caught the polish- ed spokes of a wheel that was at the moment turning out onto the street at the other end, and fused them into burning red pinwheeI. That's Harry from the grocery; he thinks I could ride even if I can't reach the pedals, and said he'd let me try some time." Billie nut tered to himself.
 Suddenly animated by a bold idea, he dashed in pursuit, with the pup laughing at his heels.
 Hello, Harry" Billie began, s'Ill deliver all your groceries for you Saturday if you'll do me 8 favor. r
 Harry swung into the bike sad- de and considered. "What do I have to do?" he asked suspiciously. Billie gulped hopefully eyes meek with respect before the older boy. Just get Roger and be down at the station when my dad comes ing. Bring your bikes-both or you. will your"
 Harry seemed to consider doubt fully, then: Sure, kid" he said. Billie romped happily down to the station. When he had covered the five blocks Harry and Roger weren't far behind. The boys gathered to watch the engine wheeze to a stop, then hurried back to survey the passengers, Harry and Roger sitting their bikes casually before Biilie's worshiping gaze. When dad gets over here you fellows just yell so long and ride off, will you?" Billie pleaded. The | other two stared, puzzled, but Harry finally said "Sure"-grand- ly-and Roger echoed Sure" MT Bronson strolled over to the group, surprised to see them there.
 As he drew near Billie whispered
 NOW" and the boys pedaled of,
 calling farewells over their shout
 ders.
 Billie stared up at his dad. hid
 face screwed up with simulated
 anger. "Know what they said 2. he
 asked with a scowl. '"They said
 it's too bad my old man couldn't 1 afford to get me a bike. wanted
 to whip 'em. but they're bigger than me-
 "Humph," growIed MT Bronson. How much do one of those things cost?"
 After supper Billie sat on the lawn watching the darkness blot out the last red flare of daylight. Cuddled close to him, four little white legs stretched out from fuzzy fat body, breathing at rest.
 A cold, wet rose found the cup of his hand, and a warm tongue painted it with affection. Billie started as he heard his dads voice calling from inside:
 'I'n drve the car over to MT Harmon's store, dear. Billie will want to ride the bike home, guess"
 Daily News, Incl
 Tomorrow: "SmoEe Screen" by R. H. Davis, tells of a husband whose jealousy wore out his wffe's patience. But she reIented when her husband proved his love in a spectacular way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-02
ESTATE IN e5 BANKS

Springfield, Mass-(UP)- vii. liam c. Bowlen of Holyoke be- lieved in the saying, Don't keep all your eggs in the same basket. In his will filed recently for pro- bate it showed that his estate was valued at $399,745.02. He had de- posits of $500 to $5000 each in 65 savings banks in all parts of the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-02
Answers to Previous Questions

Answers to Previous Questions DRESIDENT LSON ap. A pointed Justice Brandeis on Jan. 2S. 1916. The Senate con. firmed the nomination on June 1. The Holmes and Hotchkiss Company of Waterbury. Conn. were the first hooks and eyes manufacturers. The Emeryville track was about 300 yards around. The rabbit" was car- ried by an arm extending from a trolley around the side of the track.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-02
- DAILY SHORT STORY
 BILLIE'S BIKE All the Kids Seemed to Have Bicycles Except Billie; When Dad Said No Billie Employed kuse

hardware man. '.Mrs Williams orr dered 1t and now can't pay for It Here, here. get that pup ok yours out of here. don't want nlM messing around my st0re."
 It was late afternoon when boy and dog headed for home; the boy, not anxious to refurn-not very much wanting to carry his unbuk+ dened longing to the darkness et his pillow; the pup, pretty hungTy by now, Billie thought, turning his footsteps toward the short cut across lots.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-02

Tomorrow: ''Smoke Screen" by R. H. Davis, tells of a husband whose jealousy wore out his wife's patience. But she reIented when her husband proved his love in a spectacular way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-02
|WHOM7UFI FIR5To|
 IN AMERICA |. By Joseph Nathan Kane
 Author of Famous First Facts"

Who was the first U. s. fish and fisheries commissioner? What city's public schools. were first to be supported by direct taxes?
 When was the first news. paper published at sea?
 Answers in next issue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
YOUNG C. 0. P.
TO Give DANCE
Pre- Holiday Fete Will Be
Held Friday Night at
Athenaeum.

Mrs. Fern E. Norris is general
chairman of a committee of the
Young Republican Organization of
Marion County making arrange.
ments for a pre-holiday dance and
card party Friday night at the
Athenaeum, Michigan and New Jer-
sey-stS.
Jack Tilson and his orchestra will
provide music and Harry Bason will
supervise the floor shows. On the
program committee are Louis
Fletcher, John Roessner, Harold
GeiSel, Arthur Black, Andrew Alex
ander, John Harvey, Mrs. Ina Steb-
bings, Mrs. Marie Tracey, Mrs. Edith
Wrinkle and Florence Whitemore.
The arrangements committee is
composed of James Ingles, Fay
Langdon, Walter Bruce, Miss Eve
lyn Wick, Miss Marguerite Conway,
and Miss Mabel Miller. Attending
to the card party are Mrs. Trela
Carlo. Miss Marjorie DeVore, Mrs.
Florence Holland and Mrs. Ruth
Reed. The floor show committee is
Larry Carlstedt, Ted Baker, Melorn
Thomas. George Henry, Leo Kuner,
Mrs. Title Kretzer and Mrs. Carter
Eltzroth.
Don Irwin, Republican state chair
man, will address the group.