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The Washington times., 1934-02-06
CHEMIST
DEAD At 50

Death today ended the notable
career of DR.. Edward Wright
Washburn,. for the past eight
years chief chemist of the Bu-
reau of Standards. He was SO.
Born in Beatrice, Neb. DR..
Washburn attended the Univer-
sity of Nebraska and later the
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology. where he received his
doctors degree in 1908. He taught
at the institute until 1916, when
he became engineering instructor
in the University of Illinois.
DR.. WaShburn came to the Bu-
reau of Standards IN 1926, where
he established a physical chemis-
try department that has made
valuable contributions to the
study of petroleum composition.
The deceased made his home
here in the 440O block Lowell st.
N. w. He is survived by two
daughters and two sons, Janet,
Barbara. Roger and William.
DR.. Washburn was a member of
the Cosmos Club, the National Re-
search Council, the American
Chemical Society and the Wash
ington Academy of Scientists.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06

Open Cars Out,
But Not for
Passengers

Downtown washington got a
big scare this morning.
The Capital Transit Com
pany has been playing Santa
Claus to the riding public
lately, what with weekly passes
for a dollar and other econo-
mics.
But today residents got ex-
cited when they saw several
summer cars-the open type
with long seats-proceeding
down the tracks near the Capt.
toll. Was this the kind of
service they were getting in the
midst of winter weather?
The Washington Times trac-
ton experts, however. got the
whole thing Strengthened out
and were able to assure Wash
ingtonians that the company
wasn't going to let its patrons
freeze. 1t was merely moving
the cars from the barn on
East Capitol Street to the one
on Four and-a-Half Street to
make roomier accommodations.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
ISLAND BEAU TY.
SPOT PLANNED

Roosevelt Island may join the
ranks of the Capitals beauty and
recreational spots under plans
being formulated by c. Marshall
Finnan, superintendent of Ma
tional Capital Parks. The 75-acre
tract of wilderness will be cleared
of underbrush. graded, roads and
sidewalks built and developed
similar to Columbia Island.
Finnan indicated he will ask
for the establishment of Civilian
Conservation Corps camp on the
island this summer to clear the
land.
He said he will "dovetail" his
plans with any the Roosevelt Me-
mortal Association has made re-
garding the long proposed build.
ing of memorial there in honor
Of former President Theodore
Roosevelt.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
VANDALS' WORK;
GOLDFISH DIE

Vandals last night smashed
six gold fish bowls and caused
the dea hs of 20 goldfish; broke
open "a lockers and desks, in
cluding the teachers desk, and
scattered their contents over the
floor: stole a $25 typewriter. a
set of lantern slides, and other
property at the Bauneker- Jones
School, Third Street near L
Street Northwest.
Mrs. Elsie P. Derricottee, prin-
cipal of the school, today re-
ported the depredations to po-
lice and said she had no idea
who was responsible.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
SAVANTS FIGHT
TUBERCULOSIS

Methods of combating the
dread menace of tuberculosis are
being discussed at the tuberculosis
institute under way at the George
Washington University.
On yesterdays program. which
opened the institute, were heard
DR.. William Charles White, chair
man of the medical research COM
mittee of the National Tubercu-
losis Association and president of
the local association, and DR..
Philip P. Jacobs, director of pub
lications and extension service of
the national association.
Cloyd H. Marvin, president of
the university, Joined with DR..
White in welcoming the scores of
students enrolled in the institute
from eight States and the District
of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
Milk Gouging
Probe Is
Asked

Resolution demanding nation
wide survey of profiteering by milk
distributors will be referred to the
House Interstate Commerce Com
mission today.
The proposal was made late yes,
terday by Representative Herman
P. Kopplemann CD of Con
nectiout, who said:
"The District investigation re
vealed testimony which abun-
dainty suStains the contention
that over a period of years milk
distributors have attempted to
create a monopoly in the Dis
trict, and largely as a result of
these efforts the farmers have
received low returns and been
placed at a serious disadvan-
tage."
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
100 APPLICANTS
GREET BOARD
At MEETING
Staff Not Employed Yet, Al
though Announcement
Was Expected

More than 100000 poured into
the District Golfers today as
400 persons jammed the District
Building to obtain liquor licenses.
Up to noon today 222 of the
applicants had gone to the office
Of the Collector of Taxes and paid
the fees, a receipt for which must
accompany the application when
it is filled in and returned.
MayflOwer Pays $1,000
The first fee to be paid was by
the Mayflower Hotel. This license
application cost $1,000.
More than 100 persons were in
line when the Alcohol Beverage
Control Board started issuing ap-
plication blanks at 8 o'clock.
From this on there was a steady
stream Of applicants, receiving in.
formation as to how to prepare
the license blanks.
AS yet none of the ABC boards
staff has been appointed. It had
been expected that the appoint
ments would be announced today.
but illness of Commissioner
Melvin C. Hazen prevented this.
Commissioner George E. Allen,
who has been confined to his
home for several days by illness,
returned today. He announced
that no appointments would be
made until he and Commissioner
Hazen could confer on the matter.
More than 1000 applications
have been received for the twenty.
odd positions on the board. All
of the applicants today were in
structed to return the blanks by
mail to avoid crowding the
District Building.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
Charles SChrom Seen
As Watson Successor

Charles Schrom, deputy chief
engineer of the Fire Department,
will be appointed to fill the va.
cancy created by the death OF
George S. Watson, according TO
predictions at the District Build
ing today.
Schrom, who is acting head Of
the department until Watson's
successor is named. will reach the
retirement age within two and a
half years, but is expected to be
appointed despite that fact.
Calvin G. LAUDER, fire marshal,
who has been prominently men
toned for the job, is not eligible
now because ne has not had the
five years service required by law.
Since LAUDER is from Newark,
N. j., rumor nas it, his later ap'
pointment is being backed by Rep,
resentative Mary T. Norton Cd,
of New Jersey, chairman OF the
House District Committee.
7aul E. Jameson, attorney for
the City Firefighters Association,
which recently filed charges Of
undue harshness against Watson,
announced today that he will op-
pose the appointment of Schrom
and will advocate the naming OF
Battalion Chief Charles Gill. He
said he is opposing Schrom be-
cause he was a member of the
trial board which, Jameson
charges, imposed unusually harsh
penalties at the instance OF Wat
son.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
'Jukeses' Feature
Hereditv Lecture

Is heredity or environment the
essential thing it1 a mans life?
Heredity, in the opinion of DR..
Donald B. Young. professor of
zoology at George Washington
University.
Lecturing last night, DR.. Young
cited two American families as
proof. The family of Jonathan
Edwards. eminent Colonial di-
vine, shows all of it's members to
be respected citizens, occupying
high places in their communities,
while the Jukes family, starting
at the same time, shows most of
its members to be thieves and
moral degenerates.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
JENCKES URGES
INDIANA STONE

A second member of the House
District Committee to urge the
use of Indiana limestone in the
construction of Calvert Street
Bridge~is Rep. Virginia E. Jenckes
CD OF Indiana.
In a letter to Rep. Mary T
Norton CD of New Jersey, chair
man of the District Committee
Mrs. Jenckes said District Off
cials would save $4,000 by using
limestone instead of granite, as
proposed.
She added that limestone pos
sesses natural beauty in color and
texture and is durable.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
MRS.R0OSEvEL7
URGES PENSION

Immediate passage of the Old
Age Pension bill. now pending be.
fore Congress, was urged by Mrs,
Roosevelt at a meeting of the
Washington Chamber Of Com
merce last night.
Pointing out that the nation
watches with keen interest what
is done in the District, the First
Lady said:
1--WE help not only the old
people but their children by
granting such a pension, as
most young people are not able
to support their parents.
old people should not be in
want, and therefore I favor low
ering the age limit for those to
receive pensions to 65."
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
NEW DANCING CLASS

New classes in tap and rhyth-
mic dancing will be formed by
the Chevy Chase Community
Center at p. m. today and
Thursday in the E. v. Brown
School. The center also will
organize classes at 3 p. m, Fri
day, in the Lafayette School and
at $50 Saturday morning in the
Ben Murch School.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
I, HELD
IN AUTO THEFT

Some people just simply can't
observe the dignity of the law.
For instance, when Capt. Jere.
miah Sullivan. of No. 4 police pre-
cinct, went to the District Build
ing to attend liquor board meet.
ing the other day. he parked his
car in front. When he came out
the car was gone.
Later a police scout car found
the missing vehicle with Lester
Blackwell, colored, II. of the TOO
block Third st. S. w.. at the
wheel.
Today Judge John P. Mcmahon
held the youth for the Grand
Jury under $1,5O0 bond.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
COrcOrdn Gallery
Exhibits CWA Art

CWA artists who have been
working on mural designs for the
public schools will have a chance
to exhibit their work during the
next three days.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art
opened an exhibition of CWA
paintings and murals yesterday
The exhibit will be continued TO-
day and tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
S15O,OOO Is Granted
Local CWA PrOpects

Continuation Of the local civil
works projects through February
Is is assured by an additional
grant of $15O,00O for materials
made to the District yesterday by
Federal authorities. it was an
nounced today by Capt. Howard
F. Clark. chairman of the work
planning committee of the local
CWA.
The grant will be used for mate
rials used on both District projects
and Federal projects under local
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
Contract Awarded
For Mall Drainage

Award of a $17,614 contract
vor installation of a water supply
and drainage system in the Mall
hetween Third and Seventh
streets has been made hV tie
office of National Ca"ital " :
to peter and A. j. Ellis, Inc. of
washington.
The work will be part of the
Mall development program, and
will he financed from the $780,
kNO fund allotted by the Public
works Administration.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
ScOttebOrO Case
Topic Ut Session

Freedom for the Scottsnoro boys
and the passage Of the civil rights
bill formulated at a recent anti
lynching conference will be the
main issues discussed at a meeting
to be held by the local lnterna-
tional Labor Defense group tonlo1
row night at Mt Carmel Baptist
Church. Among the speakers will
be William Patterson, national Sec
retary of the defense group.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
THOMAS TO SPEAK

Norman Thomas, Socialist party
candidate for the Presidency at
the last election, will speak at a
general assembly of the students
of the University of Maryland
tomorrow. His subject will be
"The Student at the End of an
Epoch"
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
HOLMES TO SPEAK

Representative Pehr G. Holmes
(RO of Massachusetts,, will be the
guest speaker at the ninth annual
banquet and dance of the Colum-
bia Heights Business Mems Asso-
citation at the Shoreham' Hotel
tomorrow night.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
True TO
Type
Marx in Pictures; An
Immigrant Returns
By GILBERT SELDES

ny OALDGN i SGLDES
Hugo Gellert has done q
courageous thing: he has illus
trated the Bible of Communism.
q work less crowded with Incl.
dent and picturesque settings
than the Bibles of religion. I
find the Autographs superb;
harsh or tender, argumentative
or prejudiced, or full of action,
they are all absorbingly inter
esting. Sometimes they are in.
Spired in theil quick rendering
Of the subject: a woman and a
child tied to cogged wheel2 illus
trate the effects of machinery
on human beings. Sometimes
the symbolism is powerful; the
great closed fist of the prole.
tariat emergeS from ingots Of
gold or breaks through cams
and levers of a vast machine.
There are CHASTITY pictures OF
capitalism as swollen money
sack on which a deaths head
reposes: there are memorable
pictures of cruelty and tyranny
Opposite each picture is a page
from the text of "Das Kapital."
Made easier reading by Gellert'S
illustration. these pages are
still terrifying in the accuracy
with which they foretell so
many things which have hap
pened to us. There is a page
on gold which might have been
written any time within the
past three weeks by a particu'
larly able student of finance.
There are other pages which
may have to be written again in
the next few years.
Who Reads Marx?
Ray Long and Richard Smith
have made a good book OF these
pictures to Karl Marx. and it
may be only quibbling to point
out two shortcomings. Gellert
writes that this book is made
for "the huge army of workers
without jobs and farmers with
out land" But the workers
and the farmers have not been
the great readers of Marx at
first hand, and the jobless will
not find, except through our
bourgeois CWA's and PWA's
and NRA's, any three dollars
with which to buy book.
The second point is that the
book either goes too far or not
. far enough. It ends outside OF
Marx, with a picture of Lenin,
a very fine poster. But Len1a'
ism was not the last step, and i
was almost obligatory for Gel
lert to draw us a picture OF the
future as full of aspiration as
his pictures of the present are
full Of indignation. 1t is not all
Gellert's fault that this picture
is missing; it is fundamentally
missing from Communist litera,
ture and doatrine The class
less society of the future has. so
far, not been embodied in any
form which human beings can
easily take to their hearts.
Adams Reports
There are pretty girls in Car
niola and there is a dictator IN
Belgrade; Louis Adamic took
photographs of the first and
talked to the second, who is a
king, with little friendliness;
his book, 1.-THE Natives Return
(Harpers) is like his Laughing
in the Jungle" simple and ire
mendously honest and straight
forward. In his book on Amer
can life, Adamic wrote as an
immigrant who loved and found
no need to lie about his new
country; in his book he tells OF
a year back in his homeland,
with the same excellent quail.
ties The story of how he and
Guggenheim (mines and tel
lowships) became a legend IN
Jugoslavia is splendid.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
ALUMNI 10 MEET

NeWly-elected officers will be
installed at a meeting of the
Clemson College Alumni Associa,
ton tonight at the Kennedy
Warren, 3133 Connecticut Ave.
N. W. Edgar Morris, retiring
president, will preside.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
Board of Commissioners

The Commissioners did not meet board.
Commissioner Allen returned after several days illness
Commissioner Hazen confined to his home by illness.
More than 100000 received in liquor license appca
ton fees 40O application blanks given out Story
this pare)
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
House

Use of Indiana limestone urged for construction of Cal
vert Street Bridge by Representative Virginia Jenckes
(Story on this page
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
l)iSlrictLOS
daily of all action in the House and Senate
dealing SOLELY lUith the District of Columbia, and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.
Senate

The Senate District Committee did not meet today.
The Senate subcommittee the independent offices appro
pration bill further delayed meeting today Senators Nc
Carren and Stewer panne do Chairman Brns to fix
time for meeting. (Story Page ~
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
cNoney
for
Newstips

Cash Prizes Each Week
Phone News Tip Edi-
tor, Washington Times,
District $3.50. Keen
Your Eyes Open for
Unusual Events
Don't Write Phone
Between 6:3O A. M. and
6 P. M.
Evening star., 1934-04-29

The dog with the most spots is an
easy class for a mathematician; skin
diseases and irritation spots do not
count. A dalmatian is generally the
winner, but I have seen these beaten
by settlers and Mexican hairless dogs.
The judges can test the spots to see If
they wash off,
The ugliest dog is rather problem.
No one believes he owns an "ugliest
dog" It is usually one of the Dor
rowed" mongrels, beaten in another
class, which leaves all other competitors
behind.
Class * Is the dog with the prettiest
owner. Shy judges will probably take
this opportunity to retire for a little
refreShment and ask an innocent friend
to officiate. The longest-tailed dog Is
less perilous to judge.
IN CLASS XII, each dog with tricks is,
Of course, taken separately, the owner
and his dog occupying the ring alone
while the pup is put through his parlor
tricks.
In the blindfold race, which follows,
it is the owners and not the dogs that
are blindfolded. If two dogs start a
Evening star., 1934-04-29

fght-which they often do-leaders may
not uncover their eyes; if they do they
are disqualified. The best way to win
this race Is for the owner to get friend
to lead the dog, the master standing
at the winning post and encouraging
Fido to pull his blindfolded friend up
the course. AS soon as the dogs are
past the winning post it is wise to catch
the leaders, otherwise they may end up
at the home kennel.
In the fancy dress parade have had
as many as so dressed-up dogs in the
ring at once. Jealousy makes the ami
mails more likely to fight in this event
than in any other.
The egg -and-spoon race, leading a
dog at the same time, explains itself,
but the race after the semi-electric hare
needs some further explanation. Races
are best arranged in classes, running
large and small dogs separately. The
machine which controls the hare is very
simple. It is half an old high-geared
bicycle fixed on a wooden stand with
200 yards Of fishing line running out
over the wheel. At the end of the line
is attached large and woolly toy rabbit
or cat, which Is hidden in the long grass
when the line is pulled out to its full
extent A handle is fixed to one Of the
Evening star., 1934-04-29

start from a white line, each with dog
on a lead which must not be more than
one yard in length. This is important.
The owners must never stop moving
forward from the moment the gun fires
but they can walk with such short
steps, If they please, that the right heel
touches the left toes, or vice versa. But
they must continue to move forward. A
steward with megaphone walks behind
them to remind them Of this; one def
mite halt disqualifies. Ten yards from
the starting line is another white line
the winning line for the dog-and three
yards beyond this Is third line. No
owner may stop until he Is over this
last line. The last dog to cross the
middle line is the winner Of the tortoise
race! No owner may let 60 Of the chain
at any time.
THE dog with the most sympathetic
eyes comes next. Every lady owner
on the ground will enter her dog for
this event. The eyes of the lady owners,
however, are not to be taken into con-
sideration by the judges; it, therefore, is
best to select, as judges, married men
whose wives are present. The winners
Evening star., 1934-04-29

in this class consider that the judges
have a thorough knowledge of their
business; all the losers think them COM
plete duds!
In the fifth class, for the fattest dog,
the judges have measuring tape and
must compare girth with length of dog;
otherwise it is all quite simple, After
this comes the most important event
of the day-the worst mongrel! Some
dog show breeders and exhibitors may
not be anxious to win in this class. On
the other hand, there is always super
fluffy of worst mongrels" in every vii
lage. If you are an exhibitor and do
not own such dog yourself, you can
always borrow or, better still, annex a
mongrel for few hours. The handler"
is the owner, according to all the rules
and regulations governing mongrel dog
shows.
Two dog showing friends of mine en-
tered Welsh corgi dog and a border
terrier for this class and, much to the
CONSERVATION of their dogs, received first
and second prizes! Judges should be
warned beforehand that there are such
things as thoroughbred dogs, and If
they give prizes to thoroughbreds in
these classes they may need police pro-
lection themselves. s-s,- dis. "a.
Evening star., 1934-04-29

until this class came into the ring; then
suddenly, to my horror, saw her beau
tiful leg for a boot" developing a dis
tinctive curvature. It was heart-break-
ing; those wonderful legs should never
be bent in comic curves! Luckily it
was not large class, and as soon as it
was over they began slowly to straighten
up again-to the intense relief of the
whole audience!
No one knows more about dogs and
dog show judging than my friend.
After the show was over thanked her
for her valuable help.
"But, my dear, you don't know what
happened" she replied. IT have made
a most terrible mistakel The owner
now tells me that the dog I gave first
prize to in the worst mongrel class has
won many prizes!"
Even the eye of a distinguished dog
show judge can be put out of focus
and become affected by that comic dog
show feeling! That is why now advise
that the less the judges know about
dogs the better.
The next class should be something
different to give variety to the show.
The tortoise race with dog attached)
does this. In race Of this sort, obvi-
ously, the slowest wins. Competitors
Evening star., 1934-04-29

and gradually, as the owners Of smaller
and smaller dogs get over their first
shynesS and enter the ring, working
down to the tiny ones, until it is won
In the end by miniature Yorkshire
terrier, papillon or petit griffon!
CTEWARDS should be busy hunting up
dogs, pointing out to them that 1t is
money for nothing if they will only
rush round and enter their small dog;
and soon the ring is as full as at
Madison Square dog show.
The dog with the bandiest legs comes
next. It is a most extraordinary thing
that judges and owners in this class in
voluntarily initiate the exhibits when
Judging or showing them! Even lady
judges have been known to develop
handy legs through constantly judging
bandy-legged classes! I have seen the
most knock-kneed officials legs form a
complete oval in this way.
There is an art in showing these
handy legged dogs. You should not just
ledu GIlcuu dIOullO dIlQ III 1lOut Va IAic
judges. You should lure them to show
their bandiness by a process of sugges-
ton from your own legs. Like master
like dog; the handler you get, the more
eliptical will your dogs understanding
become, both in front and behind. A
dog that has handy legs at both ends
is a sure prize-winner, as the judges
aIx F1-
greater beauty and much more rare than
only the two front ones.
own Sealyham named Susan that
has the most beautiful pair of handy
hind legs. Comic show judges 60 into
ecStaSieS over them. They are valuable
as the understandings of Mistinguette,
the actress in Paris; but unfortunately
no insurance company will insure my
sealyham's legs. What Susan doesn't
know about championship winning at
comic dog shows is not worth knowing!
The proper way to Judge this class is
to pull each competitor and owner out
separately into the center of the ring
and make them exhibit themselves
standing, walking and trotting, enabling
the judges to see them both fore and aft.
ADY HUNLOKE, the celebrated judge
= of dog and horse shows, who has
often officiated in that capacity at New
York shows, is a friend of mine Some
years ago we met at Porlock in the
Devon and Somerset stag-hunting coun-
try, and I asked her to judge at my
first comic dog show. All went well