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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-04-19
EDITORIAL STAFF

Monday, April 1G, marked the be-
ginning of a series of one minute typ
ing tests to be given Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday of each week, in
addition to the regular 10-minute
tests. At the end of a period of time
Miss Anderson will award pin to
the student of each two classes who
has made the geatest number of per-
feet one-minute tests. Accuracy and
not speed is the object of the tests.
At the present time there are TWEEN
ty-one enrolled in tipping classes and
last Monday eight students made per-
feet tests with speed range Of from
81 to So words per minute.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-04-19
APOLOGIES ARE IN ORDER

Lauretta says: 1.-THE dignity of my
years was insulted by my being omit
ted from among those interviewed for
the publication of the last Blackboard"
She demands to know who omitted her
name and why it was left out, but
maybe there was a reason for it. She
said she would forgive the Editorial
Staff as long as it doesn't happen
again.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-04-19

Interest in sports and activities is
tagging now that warm weather is
here. Except for an energetic few who
turn out consistently for track or ten
mis-, the students are content to stay
in the study hall or wander listlessly
about the grounds.
An effort is being made to maintain
the interest of the few, and to revive
the interest of the many, in sports. If
enough interest is shown, program of
group games in the gymnasium may be
initiated for the girls.
Miss Anderson: can anonymous per-
son is one who does not wish to be
that laughing in the
CLASP"
John: An anonymous person, teach
en-"
Jack: Tim sorry, but I make it a
rule never to lend money. 1t ruins
Elroy: Still, old chap, we never were
what you might call especially good
friends, were we?"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-04-19

Art sT WI: Right at the peak of Chevrolet popu-
AasaA larity-with nationwide dema nd
sending production to new all-time 'highs'-comes
the second big announcement Of the year from
Chevrolet: Four additional models Join the Chev.
rolet line! New cars that America has never seen
before. Identical in quality with all 1884 Chevrolets.
And the prices have been set at such incredibly low
figures that you can now buy Chevrolet for $500!
ID Chevrolet for S49Or That's the worlds lowest
price for sixcylinde And price that sounds
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-04-19

Mr. Carboneau: did you get your
hair cut?"
Mr.. Janney: ono, just washed it
and it shrank"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-04-19

A track meet is to be held at Ben
ton City Friday, April 20. The meet
includes only the boys, and cars will
leave the high school about noon. The
schools that are participating are
Hanford, Benton City, and White
Bluffs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-04-19

The White Bluffs 7th and 9Th grade
boys held track meet with the Han
ford 7th and 9Th grades last Thurs
day, April u, and won, with a score
Of 40 to 81.
White Bluffs took first place in the
following track events: 50-yd dash,
75-yd dash, $40 run, hurdles, broad
jump and the relays. They tied for
first place in the high jump.
Hanford boys took first place in the
shot, javelin, and pole vault
The Hanford girls defeated the
White Bluffs girls the same day with
q score of 44-24
Hanford took first place in the 5O-yd.
dash, 75-yd. dash, hurdles, baseball
throw, high jump, broad jump and
relay.
White Bluffs took first place in the
basketball throw.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-04-19

1t has been decided not to use the
track meet held here on March 80,
between Hanford, White Bluffs, Ben
ton City and Bickleton, as basis for
awarding track letters The meet was
ruled out because it came too early
in the season to be an accurate judge
of improvement made
An entrant who makes five points
in the county meet on Saturday, April
3d. however, will be eligible for let
ter, provided he meets any other quail
fications decided upon by the coaches.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
SALE Of: WINE.
NEAR SOLDIERS
HOME D. KID
License Granted by ABC Board
To Upshur Street Store
Despite Protests

Despite objections from resi-
dents of the neighborhood, the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
today granted a license for sale
of light wines and beer to Paul E.
Hansen, 100 block Upshur st.
N. w.
Those opposing the license
pointed out that the place was
near Soldiers Home and asserted
that, since the advent of 80 beer,
the neighborhood had been the
scene of frequent disorder.
In a written opinion, the board
quoted a letter from the Com
mandant of Soldiers Home, in
which he said he did not oppose
sale of light wines and beer near
the home. AS to the disorder, the
board heard testimony from a
number of policemen stationed in
the neighborhood, who said they
never had observed any disorder
at Mr.. HanSen'S place.
The board expressed the opin-
ion that a wine and beer selling
establishment was needed in the
neighborhood, since a SpeakeaSy
had been known to be operating
there for a long time, and the
board members believed that open
ing a licensed establishment would
help to keep patronage from the
illicit place.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
LIQUOR MEN ASK
WHICH IS LAW?

District liquor wholesalers are
between the devil and the deep
blue sea when it comes to the type
of sign they shall display outside
of their buildings.
This developed today when a
wholesaler pointed out to Corpo-
ration Counsel E. Barrett Pretty
man that, while the Federal law
requires a sign advertising the
wholesalers business, the local
regulations forbid it.
Under the Federal statute, a
wholesaler must have a sign con-
tanning the words wholesale liq-
uor dealer" Local regulations pro-
vide that no one engaged in the
liquor business, except a manufac-
turer, shall display a sign, visible
from the street, on which liquor is
advertised.
One District official jocularly
suggested that the dealer might
have a portable sign, to be dis
played only when receiving a visit
from Federal agents. In the mean
time Mr.. Prettyman is drafting an
amendment to the regulation TO
make it conform with Federal law.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
AWAITED.
On RACE BILL

Senator Pat McCarran Cd Of
Nevada, chairman of the Senate
District subcommittee in charge Of
the bill to license horse and dog
racing in the District, said today
he will not call his subcommittee
together until the House acts on
similar legislation pending in that
body.
The house District Committee
has favorably reported a horse
race licensing bill for the District,
but no action has been taken by
that body.
Senator McCarren pointed out
that there appears to be a fairly
strong sentiment in the House
against the legislation, and that
it would be futile for the Senate
Committee to spend time on the
matter unless the House acts faV-
orably.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
D, {. BO|LERB|LL
RAPED ANEW

Proposed boiler inspection legis-
lation for the District was pro-
tested again today by James McD.
Shea, president of the Building
Owners and Managers Associa-
ton, at a conference with the
District Commissioners.
Features of the proposed bill,
now under consideration by the
Commissioners, which were pro-
tested include charging of a fee
where an apartment house license
is paid; requiring inspection where
boiler insurance is carried; dou-
bling fees for Sunday and holiday
inspections, and requiring inspec-
ton of low-pressure boilers.
The bill was protested several
days ago in a letter to the Com
missioners from the association
and today's conference was to
permit Mr.. Shea to present addi-
tional arguments in support OF
his objections.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Bonded Liquor Urged
For OrD.C.PrescriptiOns

Liquor prescriptions should be
filled only with bonded whisky
in the opinion of the District
Medical Society.
This belief was advanced by
them today in a letter to Repre-
sentative Mary T. Norton CD
of New Jersey. chairman of the
House District Committee, which
explained the society's stand on
a bill introduced by Representa-
tive Everett M. Dirksen CRO of
Illinois, which, if passed, would
permit druggists to fill prescrip-
tions with blended liquor
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
D. c. CHURCHES
HOLD RITES Of
GOOD FRIDAY
Thousands Drawn to Services
Observing Christ's Agony
During Crucifixion

Good Friday services, commem-
Grating the day on which Christ
suffered three hours of agony and
died on the cross, were conducted
in District churches today.
The day, one of the most i'm
portant in the church year, was
expected to attract thousands of
worshipers.
At Immaculate conc ceptio n
Church, the Rev. S. A. Czyz cele-
brated the mass of the presancti-
fled at 10 a. m. The Rev. DR..
John Keating Cartwright will pre-
side over the Three Hours of
Agony at the church between noon
and 3 o'clock, and the sermon will
be by the Rev. DR.. George John
son, of Catholic University.
The Rt. Rev. James E. Free
man, bishop of Washington, will
conduct passion service in the
washington Cathedral between
noon and 3 o'clock, with Canon
Raymond L. Wolven and Canon
G. Freeland Pater assisting.
The Cathedral choir will take
part in the services there, rem
dering interludes from the
"Crucifixion," under direction of
Edgar Priest.
Services at the Cathedral be-
gaA at 7:30 o'clock with cele-
bration of holy communion.
Morning prayer and litany were
said at 10 o'clock. Evening
prayer is scheduled for 4 p. m.
The bishops garden will be open
today and tomorrow from 8
a. m. to S p. m.
Special services were also being
conducted at the Salvation Army
headquarters and other institu-
t1ons. At the Salvation Army,
services were conducted in the
temple, 606 E st. N. w., under
direction of Major James Asher,
divisional commander.
The National Capital Choir
will present its annual Good Fri
day musical service tonight at
the Universalist National Me-
mortal Church. DR.. Albert Harmed
will conduct. Justin Lowrie. of
Foundry Methodist Church and
Representative Clifton A. Wood
rum, will be soloistS.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
DEATH Of WIFE
CAUSES ACTION
BY ATTORNEY
Couple Were Facing Charge Of
Obtaining $4,000 Under
False PretenSeS

Doors at the District Jail swung
open today for DR.. Frank Leroy
Purdy, 60, at one time one of the
most prominent physicians in the
East, after seven months in
generation.
He was liberated today on his
personal recognizance to answer
an accusation of obtaining $19,-
900 through false pretenses.
United States Attorney Leslie c.
Garnett said the case against him
will be dropped.
Indicted With Wife
The doctor was indicted jointly
with his wife, Mrs. Mary E.
Purdy, who died several weeks
ago at Gallinger Hospital while
awaiting arraignment. Mr.. Gar
nett declared he had been in
formed it was virtually impossible
to press the case as a result OF
the death of Mrs. Purdy.
The couple was charged with OBJ
tanning the money from Mrs. Flor
ence Means Kay two years ago
under the representation that with
it they would bring over vast
fortune in gold from England and
more than reimburse her.
Caught in Detroit
After the indictment was re-
turned against them, nation
wide search last summer resulted
in their capture in Detroit, where
Mrs. Purdy was gravely i'll at .
hospital. DR.. Purdy was brought
back here almost Immediately. He
pleaded not guilty.
Mrs. Purdy, brought back under
medical attention, was taken to
court on a stretcher for arraign-
ment, but Justice Peyton Gordon
declined to permit her to be car
ried into court, due to her condi-
ton. She never pleaded to the
charge.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30

Expressing himself in SYM
pathy with President Roose-
velt's pay restoration veto, Orval
Grim, young attorney in the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion, today declined to accept
the S per cent pay return. He
has sent a letter to the Chief
announcing his stand.
At the same time, he an
nounced he had requested the
Treasury Department to with
hold the additional pay on his
salary checks. If the Treasury
refuses his request, he said, he
will turn the money over to a
charitable organization in his
home State, Oklahoma.
His letter to the President read,
in part:
81 want to be among the
first to decline the restoration
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Ratification Due
On NeW Coal WUge
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Final ratification of the Appa-
lachian bituminous coal wage
scale, by which miners are granted
a Seven-hour day and a basic daily
wage Of IS, was to be given the
new contract by the general wage
conference today, following it's &C
ceptance by the operators. The
only exception to the contract,
which becomes effective on May
/, is the smokeless coal group of
northern west Virginia.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
County CWA Uses
$4,000 on Roads

Thirty thousand dollars was
spent in the lower part of Prince
Georges county on CWA road
work from December to the pres
ent, it was reported to District
CWA officials today, as the CWA
program closed, by Joseph CLANCY,
district engineer for the Mary
land State roads commissioner.
Work done included so miles of
cleaning and grubbing roads to a
30-foot width, 10 miles of grading
and 20 miles of graYeling.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
FUND FOR CHILD
CAMP SOUGHT

Children of Washington's needy
and unemployed families will have
a permanent summer camp if the
Central Union Mission succeeds in
it's campaign opening today to
raise $4,000.
The campaign will get under
way at a meeting in the Y. w. c.
A. building at Z p. M, when more
than 200 volunteers will be organ
lied to solicit funds.
1t is planned to establish the
camp on the MISSIONS subsistence
farm of 240 acres, near Olney, Md.
E. H. Degrott, jr., president OF
the MISSIONS board of directors, in
charge of the campaign, said it Is
hoped to raise the money by
April 16.
Mrs. John S. Bennett, of the
Children's Emergency Home, con-
Quoted by the mission, will be in
charge of the woman's division
during the campaign, and her huS-
band, superintendent Of the mis-
sion, will head the mems division.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Navy Band Heard
In Classic Concert

Haydn's Surprise Symphony" r"
"Wotan's Farewell and Fire
charm Music" frc / Wagner's
"Valkyrie," and a fantasy based
on themes from Mussorgsky's
Boris Godounow" r. played
by the United States Navy Or
chestra at the Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, Monday evening at 8
o'clock.
Other concerts at the Sail Loft
this week will be Monday and
Thursday mornings at II o'clock,
and Tuesday afternoc at 4.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Traffic Altered
At Silver SDrinQ

Several new changes in traffic
regulations for Silver Spring have
been prescribed by the board Of
Montgomery County Commis-
sioners to become effective April
Is.
The new regulations call for no
parking at any time on several
streets in Silver Spring, and one
hour parking from Z a. m. to 9
p. m. on Georgia Avenue, from Sill
yer Spring Avenue, to the Coles
vile Road. 1,n
The Washington times., 1934-03-30

of pay, and 1 shall not accept
it until you so order. 1 have
been in the employ of the Gov.
ernment since your inaugura-
ton and have enthusiastically
supported your recovery pro-
gram.
II do not mean by this letter
that I am not ambitious for
promotion, but I do not think
that one should strive for higher
earnings at the expense of his
Government until the recovery
program is safely at rest upon
the sound foundation of the
rock of stability"
Mr.. Grim declared his action
had been praised by many fellow
workers in the RFC and that
many had expressed like senti'
ment. He said he hoped his &C
ton in supporting the President
would be followed by others.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
NeW Measles Cases
ShOLU Decrease Here

Measles cases reported to the
District Health Department indi-
Gated a sharp decrease today,
with only SO new cases being
listed. Yesterday there were ITO
new cases.
The total number of cases re-
ported this year now totals 4,740,
as compared with 539 for the
whole of 1888. There have been
18 deaths this year, as compared
with four last year.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Fall From Plane
Kills Capt. SkQggs

Capt. R. H. Skaggs, 81, flight
surgeon at Randolph Field, Tex,
and former staff physician at
Walter Reed Hospital, was killed
instantly in a fall from a plane
yesterday, the War Department
announced today.
The plane was piloted by Lieut..
Samuel w. Van Meter, who told
his superiors he did not know
Captain Skaggs was missing until
he landed his plane. The body
was found a short time later near
Randolph Field. A board of Of
ficers has been appointed to make
an investigation, the War Depart
ment said.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Final CWA Projects
Given Last Impetus

In an effort to get maximum
work done m Alexandria before
the CWA is abandoned tomorrow
night, workmen are going at top
speed. Activities of the CWA are
to be taken over by the FERA.
A. w. Boehringer, local FERA
director, who will take over the
work, said that there probably will
be a lapse of a week before work
can be resumed on many of the
projects.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Cherry Blooms
Lure 100000
To Capital

Approximately 100000 visitors
are due in the Capital City dur
ing the next few weeks, it is eS-
timated by Ernest N. Smith, ex-
ecutive vice president of the
American Automobile Associa-
tion.
Mr.. Smith had received re-
ports from numerous A. A. A.
clubs within a radius of 500
miles from here and from steam
ship, airline, bus and train COM
panies.
He said the publicity given to
the cherry blossoms is one of the
main causes for bringing so
many visitors here this year.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
True TO
Type
Pre-War World
in Story Of
Nijinsky
By GILBERT SELDES

In a little while we will all
forget what the pre-war world
was like and only a few CULVER
ing moving pictures, some photo
graphs, some memoirs written in
self-defense, will remain to re-
mind us that our desperate
world was made by the gaiety
and cruelty of 1900 to 1914. In
another 20 years, probably,
everyone will become romantic
about the great pre-war years,
and nice lies will be told, and
we'll be ready for another break
down, if we get out Of this one.
I have just been reading two
documents, not intended as pic
lures Of that old way Of life,
which, I think, ought to be filed
for reference.
One is a little, S0-cent reprint,
in the Worlds Classics, Of Some
People," by Harold Nicolson.
Nicolson's father, Lord Carnock,
was a great English diplomat;
the son went into the foreign
office and has recently written
"Peacemaking 1919"-his diary
of Versailles.
But this little book, which is
fiction, is almost accidentally,
the history Of the kind of people
who created the pre-war world.
It is wickedly amusing, SUI
premely intelligent, and in the
story of Lord Curzon's valet,
Arketall, who drank and wasn't
above taking a bow in place OF
his distinguished master, it is
altogether of the first order.
ITsars and Dancers
The other book is more Sc
riouS and even more faScinat-
ing. It is the story of Nijinsky,
told by his wife, Romola. Nj
jinsky means the Russian Ballet
and the Russian Ballet means
Tsarist Russia.
A million dollars a year went
from the Imperial Treasury to
support ballet schools in Mos
COW and st. Petersburg; a bal
lerina was the first mistress OF
the Tsar, according to common
report and was transferred to a
Grand Duke; the appearance Of
the Russian Ballet in France
was a political and Diplomatic
event, in which the election of a
French president and the busi-
ness of lending money to Russia
might become involved.
And all the time, in spite of
this tyrannical b a ckgro oun d
perhaps because of it, the Rus
sian Ballet. as it developed
under Serge de Diaghilev, was
the finest and most completely
satisfying art work of all Eu-
rope.
The great painters, the great
writer's, the great composers,
were all drawn into it, and the
great dancers were only part Of
its SplendorS. Even after the
war, even today, the ballet
which got it's first push across
the international boundaries in
Russia, is a tremendous in
fluence.
A Superb Record
OF the dancers, the greatest
of all was Niiinsky. Telling his
story, his wife has had to face
incredible difficulties.
Nijinsky began as the favorite:
of Diaghilev; when he married,
the impresario dismissed him
from the company; today Nj
jinsky lives in darkness, in an
insane asylum in Switzerland.
Yet his wife can tell everything,
with the utmost simplicity, with
absolute truth where her re-
lations to Nijinsky are con-
cerned, with an effort not
usually successful-to be i'm
partial where Diaghilev is af-
fected.
The book is whole life, it
Is full of small incidents and
events which moved the world.
It is very touching, and it re-
leases again the magical flight
of the worlds greatest dancer.
(Simon and Schuster).
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The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Court Holds Youth
For JlLrU'S Action

Francis Gray, 10, colored, Of the
100 block Third st. N. E., pleaded
not guilty to a housebreaking
charge and was held for Grand
Jury action under a $4,000 bond
after being arraigned before Judge
Isaac R. Hit in Police Court
today.
Gray was charged with breaking
into the Bell Clothing store in the
TOO block Fourteenth st. N. W.,
and taking a hammer and chisel.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
First Lady GiUen
Lilies of Bermuda

Bearing the Easter greetings Of
the Governor of Bermuda, Sir
Thomas Ashley Cubitt and Lady
Cubitt, a crate of Easter lilies to-
day was delivered to Mrs. Roose-
velt at the White House.
Sir Thomas and Lady Cubitt
sent a similar shipment of Easter
blooms last year.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
JOINS
DEAD CHUN

George H. Fisher, 81, was
found dead today in rooming
house in the 200 block of Indiana
Ave. N. w. Police said he appar-
emily had been drinking and died
during the night.
Mr.. Fisher was treated at
Gallinger Hospital March IA,
after he reported the death of a
drinking companion, Maurice
Elmer Dyer, at one time manager
of the Wardman Park Hotel.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Board of Commissioners

The Commissioners, meeting board heard protests
proposed boiler inspection legislation Story this
page)
District authorities notified of Federal grant of
$15OOOO for local relief work (Story on Page ~
The liquor board overrode objections beer and wine
license to an applicant Soldiers Home. (Story
this page.)
Commissioner Allen was absent on leave
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
2 District Youths
Held in Auto Theft

Arrested in Alexandria yester-
day in an auto they are alleged to
have taken without permission of
the owner. two Washington
youths, C. Raymond Cooper, 13,
of the 600 block E st. S. w., and
George Wade, IA, of the 200 block
Tenth st. S. w., we're turned over
to Washington police.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Forest Hill Citizens
Back Taxi Measure

Passage of a bill now pending
in Congress which would require
Washington taxi drivers to hold
liability insurance policies was
urged today by the Forest Hills
Citizens association.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Church Club Plans
Three-DOu Bazaar

Plans for a bazaar to be held
April 2, 8, and 4, have been COM
pleted by the Hymnal Club of AS
bury M. E. Church, Eleventh and
K Streets Northwest.
Proceeds of the affair will go for
the church funds.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Missing Youth, Is,
Hunted bu Police

Mrs. Robert Johnson, of Fort
Myer, Va, asked Alexandria
police today to look for her son,
Glen Avery Johnson, IS, who
has not been home since Wednes-
day. She said she believed he
had gone south.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
WOUNDED, NEAR DEATH

Said by police to have been
shot by Henry Ward, 81, colored,
during an argument at Queen
and Henry Streets in Alexandria
last night, Clinton Harding, 81,
colored, is dying in Alexandria
Hospital from a bullet wound in
his stomach. Ward fled.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Silver Stars GiUen
To TlUO From N. Y,

Award Of the Silver Star for
gallantry in action to Vincent F.
Browne, machine gun battalion,
and to Herman Moss. field signal
battalion. was announced at the
War Department today.
Brownies present address Is
New York City and that of Moss is
Brooklyn, N. Y.