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The Washington times., 1934-11-21
OFFICIALS TALK
PHONE RATES

The schedule of telephone rates
proposed by the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Company to
effect 10 per cent rate reduction
will be considered at a conference
at IL o'clock tomorrow morning
between officials of the company.
Public Utilities Commission and
Peoples Counsel William A. Rob-
erts.
Company officials agreed to re-
duce the rates in accordance with
an order of the commission which
was affirmed in a ruling last sum-
mer by Justice Jesse c. Adkins,
of the District Supreme Court.
The commission, in statement
to Mr.. Roberts made public to-
day, pointed out that its members
were interested in sustaining the
order to reduce the rates and the
refunding of money to telephone
users who have been paying the
present rates since the commits
sion's order.
The commission will analyze the
rate schedule presented by the
telephone company and present a
report at the conference tomor-
row.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
Ken Murray
Says:

With the armament prelimi-
naries on, Japan is certainly
putting up a stiff fight for naval
equality. . Judging from the gas
around the conference rooms,
the diplomats must be discuss
ing "blimps" instead of ships.
The fact that Japan is buying
up all the old automobiles is
causing some apprehension :. ..
But why worry? Even If she
converts those old cars into
shells, they can't kill as many
as they did running around over
here.
Japan, asking for a few more
ships, shouldn't cause our ad.
miralS 50 much uneaSinesS ..
II they asked for Jock Suther.
land and the Pittsburgh team,
then our Navy would have some
thing to worry about.
so REMEMBER
Wars are like babies. Some
people always want to have an
other before the last one is paid
for.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21

Lion tanning and the care OF
wild animals is not a business for
brave boys and girls, according to
William Blackburn, head keeper
at the Washington ZOO.
Mr.. Blackburn has been in the
wild animal game, circus and ZOO
for 56 years. He is the oldest lion
tanner still in the game, and
knows more about the wild an
imals behind bars than almost
any man in the country.
Have To Be Afraid
But, says Mr.. Blackburn:
ut is the wOuId-be heroes I
am afraid Of. the boys who
boast that they aren't afraid of
anything. In our business that
is just fOOlishness. You have to
be afraid-good and plenty
scared at timeS-tO survive
Mr.. Blackburn has been clawed
and scratched on occasion but
never very seriously. All, he says
because he has always maintained
a good healthy respect for the
animals in his charge. Respect,
tinged not a little with fear.
To the casual observer Mr..
Blackburn might seem to be tax.
ing, at times, liberties with his
beasts. But he never scratches a
lions head or tickles a chimp's
chin without being on the alert
for an unexpected move on the
part of the animal. One unsched-
uled gesture, no matter how in
nocent, on the part of Mrs. Lion
or Mr.. Chimp and Mr.. Blackburn
is at respectable and respecting
distance.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
Brenizer Co. Wins
Sewer Contracts

Two contracts for sewer con-
struction in the District were
awarded to the Warren F. Bren-
izer Co., 1901 South Capitol St.,
by the District Commissioners
yesterday.
The Branch Avenue sewer which
will run between Pennsylvania
and Alabama AveS. S. E. will cost
$7,205.16 and will be completed in
IS calendar days after notice to
proceed is given. Modification of
the Old Tiber Sewer in the vicin-
ity of Second st. and Pennsyl.
vania Ave. N. w., will cost
$3,952.65 and is to be completed in
80 calendar days,
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
Two Youths Struck
By Pistol Bullet

Two youths we're victims Of one
pistol bullet late yesterday. One
is in a critical condition at Provi-
dence Hospital.
Anthony Barry, II, Of the 300
block Beck Ave-, Capitol Heights,
Md, was cleaning the weapon
when it was accidentally dis
charged, the bullet piercing his
left hand. Leroy Payne, IA, a
neighbor, playing nearby, was
struck in the left shoulder by the
bullet,
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
BUDGET SHOWS
STEADY TREND
DOWNWARD
Less Money Is Appropriated
Each Year Here Despite
Boost in Enrolment

AS the need for greater educa-
tional facilities has increased in
the District within the period Of
the depression local schools have
been caught deeper and deeper in
the maelstrom of economy.
An analysis of school statistics
in the District revealed today that
appropriations for the local school
system, despite a consistent up
turn in enrolment, have decreased
by leaps and bounds since the fis.
cal year 1881.
Attendance Increases
School officials, in their an.
nual pleas for budgets sufficient
to carry the load of a steadily
increasing burden, have pointed
out that the financial crisis has
added to the necessity of gen.
erous appropriation. Attendance
figures have jumped as unem.
ployed youths turned to the
schools for surceaSe from idleness.
Educators have cried for a more
educated youth to prevent recur-
renee of another economic COL
lapse.
But despite these pleas, educa-
tional budgets for the District
have dropped almost 80 per cent
in the last four years.
In 1881, the last year in which
the school appropriation was nor.
NAL, the District educational sys-
tenn received $13,892,390 for
operation and construction Of
schools.
Cut Of $3,5OO,OOO
The last appropriation, the one
under which the local school sys.
tenn is now operating, was for a
total of $10,490,927, cut of
almost $3,5O0,000.
In the year preceding the cur
rent fiscal year, the total appro-
priation was only $8,54O,713.
This figure, although apparently
less than the current year, was
smaller only because of the Is
per cent cut in salaries. In the
current year, operation and con.
struction costs were curtailed to
a point beyond the preceding
year.
Yet in spite of the school off,
Gals reiterationS that, within the
past year, school attendance
figures have increased to a new
high, with the result that all
schools are crowded and con-
gested, the District Commissioners
pared the school estimates $2,111,.
949 below the requests of school
officials.
Schools Need Repairs
School officials asked for total
of $14,117,911, the increase based
on the boosted school population
and on the fact that many build.
ings need repairs which could not
be performed because of previous
drastic cuts in the budgets.
When the District Commits.
sioners completed their slashing,
however, the estimates stood at
$12,005,9 1862, which is only $780,
600 less than the current appro-
priation, and which, if the prac-
tice of the past applies, will be
further cut when the Budget Bu-
reau gets through with them, and
still further Slashed when Con-
gress gets to them.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
D|SC|PL|NAR|AN
IS WANTED
IN POST
Colonel Peak Faces Opposition
For Appointment to Job
of Retiring Chief

eve want a man at the head
of the Districts penal inStitu-
tions who will remember he is
a custodiaI officer, and will not
lean too strongly to the idea
that the men in his custody
are to be treated too leniently."
This is the assertion today OF
Judge M. M. Doyle, chairman OF
the Welfare Boards Penal Com
mittee, charged with the duty OF
considering the possible success
sor to Captain M. M. Barnard,
superintendent of District Penal
Institutions, whose term has ex-
pired and who will retire from
office as soon as his place can be
filled.
Members of the board today ex-
pressed views similar to those OF
Judge Doyle, who went on to eX-
plain that some of the men who
had been examined by him are evi-
dently of the opinion that prison
ers should have a hand in run
ming the prison.
Raps "Soft" Treatment
While Judge Doyle favors mod
ern humane treatment of prison
ers, he is opposed to the sort of
soft treatment which in several
instances has resulted in prison
control almost getting out of hand,
he said.
Col. w. L. Peak, superintendent
Of the District Reformatory at Lor-
ton, is a likely candidate for the
job to be relinquished by Captain
Barnard. But, while he is favored
by members of the Board of Wei
fare, there is a possibility that he
will not have the full support of
District Building officials. Elwood
Street, Director of Public Welfare,
is not favorable to Colonel Peak.
Mr.. Street, it is understood, favors
man of a more liberal type in
the way of social and sociological
views.
The Prison Association, ma
tional organization for welfare
among prisoners, has made sew
eral suggestions to the boards
penal committee, but that body
is Of the opinion that the views
of these candidates are entirely
too liberal.
Colonel Peaks record is well
thought of by the Board of Wei
fare. The members call atten-
ton to the fact that he handled
the recent near-riot at the re-
formatory with thoroughness and
dispatch and that, in addition to
preserving discipline, he has also
made changes in the serving of
food which has placated the pris-
oners who were complaining of
cold meals.
Street Wants Change
Mr.. Street is understood to
favor a change in the supervision
of prisoners at the reformatory,
whereby the so-called hard.
boiled" inmates would be sepa.
rated from the convicts of less
criminal tendency, and promote
the hard boiled" to a regime of
easier restriction as they proved
their merit.
This idea, it is understood, Is
to be thoroughly canvassed by the
Board of Public Welfare before 1t
is put into effect.
The entire matter is to be up
for settlement at a full meeting
of the Welfare Board December 4
Colonel Peaks name will un
doubtedly be prominent.
The board makes a nomination,
but the District Commissioners
must approve the appointment.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
$50 DRESSES STOLEN

One hundred and fifty women's
sample dresses was the loot OF a
thief who early today broke into
a parked automobile in the 1900
block of Seventh st. N. w. Milton
Aaron, of Philadelphia, owner OF
the merchandise, valued the
dresses at $3.50.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
GUEST SPEAKER

DR.. Howard Thurman, instruc-
tor in the School of Religion at
Howard University, will be the
speaker tonight at the meeting
of the general membership com.
mittee of the Human Betterment
and Civic Association at Phyllis
Wheatley Y. w. c. A.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
Newest Army Tank
Glides Around DC.

The Army's latest war machine
cruised around the District yes
terday.
A new type of tank, weighing
eight tons, yet capable of making
a speed of go miles an hour, the
machine carries three heavy ma
chine guns and costs $4,000.
Army officers hope this tank will
be the first of several fleets to be
built.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
"SAND PAINTING"

The art of creating miniature
landscapes on trays with sands
and stones will be demonstrated
by Mrs. Earle Reischauer at a
meeting of the Arts Club of
Washington tomorrow evening at
2017 st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
Now
Christmas Bustle.
Musical Poetry.
Railroads and the Drama.
BY Helen ESSary

And now it's Christmas again.
I discovered this when
went down town to buy a few
The Washington times., 1934-11-21

e o dS and
c h a ttelS in
the h u S E.
furnishing de-
partment.
The double
boilers W ere
d r e S Sed in
tinSel. And
he S h e If
p a p er was
wreathed in
holly.
"Next ele-
vator, please, ="
said the dis
patcher brisk
The Washington times., 1934-11-21

Progress on the Eastern Shore
Of Maryland:
Phyllis cousin Ethel decided,
ct the age of 73, that she
couldn't stand her husband an
other minute-so she divorced
him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20
ORATORS ARRIvEICH HOSTLY HANDS
 ON ALASKA FORSTER BAYCHIM0 ANNUAL C0NTESTIN ARCTIC ICE

HALIFAX, N. S., March 20.- The phantom ship of the Arctic still sails the northern ice lanes, guided past unseen shoals as though by ghostly hand at her wheel and steering always towards some destination she never reaches.
 Trapped in the ice Hoes off the far Alaskan coast, the derelict Baychimo has become one of the ghost ships of the seas. She has been drifting now for three years, her staunch hull withstanding the battering of the ice, still as strong as the day she broke her anchor off Wainwright, Alaska, and drift ed off into the northern mists.
 But the valuable cargo of furs the Hudson's Bay Company steam CT carried then has almost wholly disappeared-prey to venturesome Eskimos and the two shiploads of white persons who have sighted her in her wanderings. Isobel Wy lie Hutchinson, who collects Arctic specimens for two English institu- tions, was with one of these two groups, the only white woman to board the derelct.
 Woman Visits Craft
 The little Scotswoman was in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20
Tea to Be Given Tomor- row Afternon at High
 School for Visitors

The southern high school ora torical invasion is on and Juneau's representatives in the Southeast Alaska Declamation Contest are facing outside competition as the result of the arrival today of the teams from Ketchikan and Pet ersburg. The contest is to be held tomorrow night.
 Those arriving on the Alaska from the southern end of the dis trict to compete in the annual con- test are:
 From Ketchikan: the Misses Nilda Larsen, Marion Lund and Marjorie Johnson.
 From Petersburg: Lillian Nor berg, Randi Molver and Margaret Anderson.
 The visitors, including the Doug las contingent, will be entertained tomorrow afternoon at a tea in the English room of the Juneau High School at o'clock. The tea will be served by members of the Sophomore Class.
 Entries for the Declamatory con- test and their subjects are:
 Juneau High School-Humorous Emily Dalton, Gladys Goes ir For Baseball" Dramatic, Alint Goldstein, Daddy Doc" Oratori- cal, Joe Sterling, The New South"
 Douglas High School-Humorous Jennie Johnson, Sis Hopkins Beau" Dramatic, Elsie Lundell "As the Sign of the Cleft Heart. Petersburg High School-Humor- ous, Lillian Norberg, China Blue Eyes" Dramatic, Randi Mohver "A Murderer's Confession" Ora torical, Margaret Anderson, War" l Ketchikan High School-Humor ous, Hilda Larsen, "Tilly and tht Twins" Dramatic, Marion Lund
 The Tell Tale Weart." Orator.. cal Marjorie Johnson, Salvage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20

eration a plan of settlement pro- posed by NRA Administrator John son. This plan is for cessation of strike preparations and appoint ment of an impartial Board of Re- view to hear complaints of dis elimination against unionists and also a vote of the workers to decide whether they want the American Federation of Labor or company unions to represent them in mak- ing demands of uninns which will include a plebiscite of the work CTS in company unions.
 The auto unions demand rein statement of men alleged to have been dismissed for union activity.
 The National Automobile Cham Der of Commerce announced that it will refuse to deal with the American Federation of Labor and declared it is trying to get control of this industry"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20

Halifax recently on the way back to England with botanical speci- mems and Eskimo curios. And she told reporters of her visit aboard the Baychimo when it loomed up twelve miles off Wainwright = it's starting point-last summer.
 Miss Hutchinson was travelling along the coast in the Beaufort Sea on the little schooner Trader, manned by an Icelandic crew Capt. Peter Palsson steered a peril ous course through the floes to the big steamer, lifted almost fully out of the water by the tighly packed ice.
 Before this, another crew had visited the Baychimo, and the hulk had been stripped then of every thing the visitors could carry. The hold still contained some caribou skins.
 Odd Assortment of Cargo
 The rifled hold. open to the winds, held an assortment of min eral ore, typewriters, curios, writ ing paper and Hudsons Bay Com pany ledgers. A pair of rusted handcuffs lay on the hatch.
 It was several days later that those on the Trader sighted the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20
5 RUSSIAN PLIERS ARE
 HERE TODAY
May Change Plans, Bound for Arctic on Rescue of
 89 Marooned Men

Three Russians, two airplane pilots and a professor, are in Ju- neau this afternoon enroute to the Arctic to attempt rescue of 8s marooned men on an ice foe.
 Instead of going to Seward, then by rail to Fairbanks, where they will charter a plane for Nome, their base in the rescue work, the party will probably go to Skagway, then by train to Whitehorse where they will be met by Pilot Joe Crosson and flown to Fairbanks, thence to Nome.
 Secure Interpreter
 Gov. John W. Troy received a radio this morning from Lyman s. Peck, of the Pacific Alaska Air ways, at Fairbanks, to persuade the Russian party to go to Skagway, then Whitehorse and be flown to the interior by Joe Crosson. MT. Peck also requested that an inter preter be secured here to accom- pany the Russians to Nome and remain with them as long as they are in Alaska and at the expense of the Pacific Alaska Airways. Peter Victor was immediately ob- tained as interpreter and arrange ments are being made this after noon for a change in the plans of going to the interior.
 Marooned on a drifting ice floe since their ship, the Chelyuskin, was crushed by ice and foundered on February 13, 89 Russian east aways are awaiting rescue in the Arctic Circle, 200 miles west of Point Hope, Alaska, and 400 miles from Nome.
 In Alaska Before
 The two fliers in Juneau this afternoon bound on the rescue work are Commander Mauritz Slipnev, who found the frozen bodies of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, American fliers, in Siberia four years ago, and Sig mund Levenevsky, who flew Jim my Mattern from Siberia to Nome after the end of the Americans globe-circling attempt last year The third member of the party is Prof. George A. Ushahov, former Commandant at Wrangel IslanC whose knowledge of Arctic flying conditions is said to be second tC none.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20

their own representatives for col lective bargaining.
 Prepare fer Walkout
 This morning preparations for a strike which may affect the plants employing one quarter of a million men went on.
 Employees of more auto plants voted to strike at 9 o'clock to- morrow adding to the list of walk out votes previously recorded. The latest plants in which the workers voted to strike include 2,500 em- poyees of the Chevrolet Company in Flint, Michigan They voted to join other strikers if walkout is declared effective tomorrow morn ing.
 Union Claims
 Union officials claim this added 2,500 brought to a total in Chevro- let plants $500 workers who will strike.
 Tn the Fisher Body plant No. the workers also voted ot join the strike.
 Labor leaders said this morning that 14,0O0 workers at the Pontiac plants are ready to walk out on Wednesday. Frcm Other Plants Union workers who have voted to go out include the Hudson in Detroit and Fisher Body plant No l in Flint; Fisher Body in Lansing, Michigan; American Forging and Socket plant at Pontiac, and Motor Products at Detroit.
 Key Men Meet
 When the key men of the auto industry met here this morning they had before them for consid-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20

Baychimo again. Far off on the edge of a ghttering ice pack they saw the phantom ship reflected in mirage. She was steering at a good five miles an hour past the shoals and ice that held Trader, heading toward Point Barrow with the pack.
 You'd think" said Captain Pete, that someone was steering her. l guess she's haunted. She steers clear of the shoals as if a master hand was at her wheel"
 The Trader stayed trapped in the ice fifteen days as the Bay chino sailed on to her will-o'- the wisp destination.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20
CONFERENCE OF AUTO AND LABOR MEN IS CALLED
Roosevelt Invites Both Elm ployers andEmployees
 to Meet Him
Continued from Page One)

see what President Roosevelt will do.
 All Day Session
 Leaders of the industry's code authority gathered for a second session behind carefully closed doors.
 Only the terse sentence progress is being made" came from the in dustrialists last night after a day spent in conferring among them selves and with Gen. Johnson.
 Charge Against A. F. of l..
 The National Automobile Cham Der of Commerce issued a state ment calling the American Fed eration of Labor unAmerican and unpatriotic and this was followed swiftly by President William Green making an answer declaring the issue is whether workers will be permitted to organize without CO., ercion and intimidation and choose
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20
INFANT SON OF HILLS
 TO BE BURIED TOMORROW

Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at c. w. Carter's Mortuary Chapel for the infant son of MT. and Mrs. E. H. Hill, who died yesterday morning at St. Anns Hospital The services will be conducted by the Rev Erling K. Olafson of the Res urrection Lutheran Church.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20
KIRK COMES BACK

w. B. Kirk, candidate for the Territorial senatorial nomination in the Democratic primaries, April A, who has been in the States for the past six months, returned on the Alaska from Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20
STOREYS IN JUNEAU
 ON WAY TO CORDOVA

R. J. Storey, Bridge Engineer of the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad, accompanied by Mrs. Storey, are passengers aboard the Alaska today bound for Cordova They have been south on a months vacation trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20
WILCOX ABOARD ALASKA

c. H. Wilcox, Chief soeputy United States Marshal of the Third Divi- sion with his headquarters at Val dez, is a passenger aboard the Alaska enroute to the Westward after trip to the States. He is accompanied by Mrs. Wilcox
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20

Machinery for a new z5-toi mill for mine near Hyder ar rived in that city recently. The equipment for the mill includes a ball mill and a classifier.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-20

Georgia claims to. have been the first state to pass a vital statis- tics law, requiring the registra- tion of births. The statute was enacted in 1923.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

Japan'S younger
generation has it's
day. The young
sters held by these
proud pare n t S
were adjudged the
healthiest in a ma
tion-Wide contest
concluded at To-
kio.
@ Wide World Photos.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

California also
can boast of a bit
of early snow.
Enough of it fell
in the mountains
at Truckee the
other day to bury
motor cars and
what not.
q Wide World Photos.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

Carved by the
ages. An oddity Of
nature in South
Africa is this bal
anced rock forma-
ton near the west
frontier of Natal.
The rock at the left
is known as the
"Policeman'S H e l.
met"
g Associated Press Photo.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

Snow S c u l p
ture at DavOS. A
visiting sculptor
expresses h m
self in the nat
ural element of
the Swiss resort
and calls the
creation Three
Boys"
Evening star., 1934-07-05
REV. c. F. WELLS,
DRY EDITOR, DIES
Played Prominent Part in
Temperance Movement
for so Years.

Rev. George r. Wells, editor, min
lister, and for so years leader in tenn
perance and prohibition activities of
the Northwestern States, died yester-
day at his home, 5403 Seventh street.
Born at Keesevlle, N. Y, on August
81, 1853, he was the son of Rev. and
Mrs. George c. Wells. In 1875 he en-
tered the ministry Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, serving charges
throughout Southern Minnesota. Later
he became an editor and publisher in
the temperance movement Of the
Northwest, In which he developed a
unique and popular style of publica-
ton that circulated widely in Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and the Dakotas. He
edited, successfully, Backbone, Public
Veal, the Northwestern Patriot and
the Minnesota Patriot.
Rev. Wells was especially active in
the State and national activities OF
the Prohibition party, then at its
height, as chairman and secretary
Of the Minnesota State Committee,
chairman of the Reception Commit
tee of the st. Paul convention, one
Of the largest held, and at one time
candidate for mayor of st. Paul. He
was also active In religious affairs.
He came to this city in 1928. He
is survived by his widow. Mrs
Frances A. Wells, and two daughters,
Marjorie and Mrs. Florence w. War
ner.
Funeral services will be held at
the Brightwood Park Methodist Epis-
copal Church Saturday at 230 pm,
with Rev. S. Carroll Coale, pastor
officiating. Burial will be at Chat
field, Mimi, July 9.