The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-13
World Goes On

textile workers continue on
strike, the nation Shudders at
the Moro Castle catastrophe,
Hitler hints at further reStric-
tions on non.AryanS, the Para
guay-Bolivian war continues un-
abated with heavy casualties
but midnight of Monday comes
and Prophet Glenn Voliva is
heart heavy because his pre-
diction Of the worlds end re-
mains unfulfilled. However,
the prophet sees. a ray of hope
in his VIGOROUSLY defective ma
thematical intuitions and con-
cludes that perhaps he is few
years off in his calculations.
Adele Schwartz, once stage
star of Yiddish theater, takes
the "Only way out" by opening
q gas jet. What passed on in
her mind before her death IS
indicated in the dozens of
photographs on the floor de-
plotting various stages Of her
career. "A cat abandOnS her
two-headed Off-spring-A human
wouldn't do that-he'd place
the freak in . COney Island
SideShOw.
In California, Upton Sinclair
Q Socialist with pronounced
radical tendencies, is picked by
progressive Democrats as its
top man for the gubernatorial
post and proudly proclaims his
campaign slogan: END Poverty
in California. This is the
man whose book "The Jungle"
panicked the meat packers into
cleaning house. The New Or
leans burleSque continues, but
to some parents whose boys are
enrolled IN the militia surround
ing Huey Long. it's serious bust
ness and one determined
Louisiana pappy threatens to
kill the loose-tongued Kingfish
if his son is, hurt.
A President of the U nite d
States finds his parental heart
tretted as 1Uord comes that his
SON is missing at sea. The
rulers of another great country
insist it is "1pith the greatest
pleasure" that they announce
the "betrot1Gl of their dearly
beloved SON, Prince George" to
the daughter of a Greek Prince
.. DO royal parents worry, /
aDonder, if their spirsster dGugh'
tiers remain HnDed?
Sir Basil Zaharoff, mystery
man Of Europe, breaks into
headlines again -. Fascinating
old man Che claims he's 80,
who plays with nations and is
reputed to be the wealthiest
man in all the world-wealthier
than Rockefeller and Ford com.
bined, if you are to believe all
the fanciful tales. "A leading
department store cancels all in
stallment payments due, an
nouncing proudly: 1--WE owe no
body and nobody owes u.s..
But none Of the automobile
firms have followed suit, un-
fortunately. "A scientific So
ciety is willing to spend $10,-
600 900 in the next 10 years to
make it possible to accurately
forecast climate, according to
Sir Hubert wilkins. One bets
10 they'll guess wrong the first
weekend I want to get away.
KIu KIux Party
DIR. Raymond L. DitmarS, who
likes snakes-the kind that
crawl around in jungles and not
on BrOadway-is happy. He's
finally brought back alive, after
. 2S-year quest, the deadly, un-
sociabIe buShmaSter, gran d.
daddy Of the RATHER. Also q
few boa constructors and grega-
rious centipedes. The hooded
knights Of the Ku Klux Khan
foregather again in Westchester
with burning crosses and wild
exhortatiOnS .CrulIerS and cot.
fee are served before the cOllec-
ton Is taken.
Henry Ford announces a pro-
posed expenditure of $4,000, 900
for further expansion, and on
exhibit in one of the Showrooms
here is a special bodied Ford
which looks like a high-priced
foreign car and is said to be
retailable at $4,000 the copy. j..
Newspaper friends help Olive
Jones get national breaks as she
invadeS Hollywood. This dept.
first discovered" her at the
Stork Club, when she insisted
that her real career was mar
riage."
Variety reports trained lion
at Rochester Centennial erpoSi-
ton, fused because the horse
on, Which he rides W1S slipping
ON the net flooring, kills it and
continues lOith its act. Gunner
Schulz refused to shoot the lion
and insists he lOill put another
horse into training despite pro-
tests of humane society. BobS
l0ill be longer, it appears, this
season and will be dressed
around the ears so that the tips,
aDhich should be fon1ed. MAJ