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The Washington times., 1934-10-22
DISTRICT READY
FOR F STREET
WIDENING
$4,000 Necessary for Start
Is Available, Declares
Captain WhitehurSt

Despite reports to the contrary
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, Director
of Highways, today reiterated his
announcement that the District
of Columbia is prepared to go
ahead with its share of widen
ing F. Street between Seventh
and Ninth Streets, Northwest.
Captain Whitehurst said that,
when the time comes, the $4,000
necessary for the actual widen
ing of the street will be made
available.
No Delay Expected
Federal officials pointed out
that, while some time necessarily
will elapse before the entire beau
LITIGATION program for the F.
Street area is completed, there
will be no delay. The officials
added it would be unfair to them
and the District officials to inter-
pref a routine and necessary pro-
cedure as delay.
Officials also said there never
was any understanding on their
part that the $4,000 for the
actual widening of the street was
to be paid for from an allot-
ment of 100000 by the Public
Work Administration.
AS a matter of fact The Wash
ington Times, which initiated a
movement which eliminated in
the allotment of the funds for
the remodeling of the old Patent
Office Building, has pointed out
this fact all along.
AS was to be expected, it will be
some months before F. Street at
its congested intersection actually
is widened. The probability is
the work will not be finished be-
fore March, 1885. But the fact
remains the funds have been
made available for the project.
Times Led Drive
Allotment of the funds for the
remodeling of the old Patent Of
flee Building was the direct re-
suit of spirited six-week cam
paign inaugurated by this news
paper. For more than a year
there had been sporadic attempts
to have the project approved, and
the funds appropriated.
Washington faced the paradox
cal situation of having civic as
sociations, trade bodies, Federal
officials, and the board of the
District Commissioners, in favor
of the project.
But no definite action was
taken until, as one official re-
marked:
"The Washington Times took
up the problem and brought it
to the attention of the proper
officials"
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
D. {, JAIL NEEDS
MORE SPACE

Need for increased facilities at
the District Jail was pointed out
by Superintendent Thomas M.
Reeves in his annual report sub
mitted to the District Commission
ers today.
The total, number of prisoners
received at the institution in the
past fiscal year was 20,851, an in
crease of $3.50 over the previous
year.
While the Jail was badly over
crowded, the conduct of the pris-
onerS was generally satisfactory,
Captain Reeves reported.
OF the prisoners received, 4,438
had other prison records.
OF the prisoners, three were
under Is years of age, 1924 be-
tween II and 20; 6,615 between 81
and 80; 1872 between 81 and 40;
$500 between Al and so: 1850 be.
tween 81 and 60, and 563 over so.
Intoxication led to the commit
ment of 13,1O1, the greatest single
factor.
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
Mission Group
Continues War
On Alcohol

Support of the still struggling
movement for "outlawing the
liquor traffic" and of conscien-
tious DIRECTORS to military train
ing were voted today by the
Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church at the conclusion of
its sixty-eighth annual meeting
in the Foundry Methodist Epis-
copal Church.
Characterizing the use of alco-
hol as a "hindrance" to a moral
life, a resolution pledged:
ITO refrain from its use, to
use every opportunity to teach
the young and the ignorant of
its true nature, and to support
agencies in operation that will
outlaw the traffic."
Mrs. Thomas Nicholson, of
Mt. Vernon. Iowa, was re-
elected president of the society.
Other officers elected were
Mrs. Dorr DiefenGorf, New Jer-
sey, and Mrs. Charles L. Mead,
Missouri, vice presidents; Mrs.
F. F. Lindsay, Minnesota, and
Mrs. Francis j. Mcconnell,
New York, vice presidents-at-
large; Mrs. H. E. Woolever,
Washington, D. c., recording
secretary, and Miss Florence
Hooper, Baltimore. treasurer.
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
IN SANITY PLEA
FOR ROBERTS

Awaiting trial on charges of kill
ing three of his wife's relatives,
George D. Roberts sits in his cell
in the Alexandria Jail smoking
cigarettes and reading magazines
brought to him by the men he
served with on the Alexandria po-
lice force.
Roberts is held almost incommu-
nicado in the Jail where he was OH
duty for several years. Only the
officers he worked with and his
young wife are permitted to see
him.
Charles Henry Smith, his at
torney, is still i'll, but has indicated
the defense will be insanity.
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
NURSING STAFF
At GALL|NGER
INADEQUATE
81 Graduates at Hospital to
Care for Average of 700
Patients Each Day

With only 81 trained nurses to
take care of an average of 700
patients, there is a serious lack
of adequate nursing facilities in
Gallinger Hospital, it was learned
today.
These 81 trained nurses are sup
plemented by $50 student nurses,
but of this number one-third have
just started training and are Of
no great value.
so Admitted Daily
About so patients are admitted
to the hospital each day, with q
like number being discharged, and
this constant turnover makes
great demands on the nursing
staff.
DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, superin.
tendent of the hospital, admitted
that there is a serious shortage
also of physicians, orderlies and
clerical assistants.
Some Are Neglected
Referring to the treatment Of
patients at the institution, he
said:
Everybody doesn't get the
attention we would like to give
them"
DR.. Bocock said that his present
staff of nurses was inadequate,
and that he has asked the District
Commissioners in his budget for
the fiscal year 1886 for 43 addi-
tional trained nurses.
There are now in the hospital
only 81 trained nurses, supple
mented by $50 student nurses, one
third of whom have just started
training.
1t was claimed that there Is a
shortage of bandages and appli.
ances at the institution.
Adhesive Tape Lacking
A prominent local surgeon last
week needed some adhesive tape
to complete an operation, and was
told by the nurse:
There's none in the ward"
DR.. Bocock denied hat there is
any shortage of such materials.
He also discounted reports that
there are many beds in the wards
which have no pillows.
Training School Thre, tened
The hospital director said that
there has always been a shortage
of nurses at the institution. He
said:
IF we continue to function
as we have been there is a dan
ger that our nurse training
school will lose its Al rating"
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
Democrats Gain
1851 Voters in
Md. County

Complete 1884 registration
figures just completed for
Prince Georges county reveal
that Democratic voters outnum-
Der Republicans by 5,081, the
largest majority ever held by
either party in the county.
This figure shows a gain in
Democratic majority of 1851
voters since the last registra.
ton period in 1882.
Democrats in the county
gained 1890 votes in the last
registration, as to a Republican
gain of only 339 votes during
the past two years. Prince
Georges county now has 29,-
1874 voters, a gain of 1929 since
the 1882 election.
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
Church Aid Sought
For Housing Drive

Aid of churches in the District
in assisting the Washington Bet
ter Housing Campaign will be
sought at a luncheon meeting to
be held tomorrow, under the
auspices of the campaign COM
mittee.
More than so local pastors of
all faiths are expected to attend.
The luncheon will be held in the
Y. w. c. A.. Seventeenth and K
Streets Northwest, at II o'clock.
Speakers will include Thomas
P. Littlepage, general chairman
of the drive, and John Poole,
executive director.
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
COST Of ROUTES
ESTIMATED At
S1,265,000
Traffic Engineer EndeaVors to
Foresee Future Need; Hear
inqS Are Resumed

Recruiting hearings on the local
public transportation system were
resumed today by the Public Utili-
ties Commission with plans calling
for the construction of a new loop
at Fourteenth and Kennedy
Streets for street cars, rerouting
Of cars around Stanton Square
Northeast, and the retention Of
tracks on New York Avenue and
Fifth Street, between North Capt.
toll Street and G Street Northwest,
under consideration.
Two very similar plans were
submitted by John A. Beeler at
the request of the commission.
They retain the operation of the
bus service between Chevy Chase
Lake and the downtown section,
subject only to possible revision
OF the location of stops. They
eliminate the operation of express
bus service in the territory served
by the Takoma Park car line
operating along Fourteenth Street.
Plow Pit to Go
Establishment of a new loop at
Fourteenth and Kennedy Streets,
on property owned by the Capital
Transit Company, was recon-
mended, so that street cars will
not loop across Fourteenth Street.
This will permit the removal of
the pillow pit in the center of the
street, as there will no longer be
a connection between the under.
ground and overhead lines there.
At Stanton Square, street cars
are now operating along a one
way street in opposition to street
traffic. 1t is proposed to cross the
car tracks at Third and Massa-
chuSetts Avenue, so that the cars
will travel with traffic.
The cost of changing the trans.
portation routes in the various Sec
tions of the city was estimated at
$1,265,000. The difference in the
two plans submitted is based on
the capacity to take care of pas
sengers in the event that the
growth of the city requires add.
tional transportation facilities.
Traffic Is Increasing
Mr.. Beeler reported:
"While either of these plans
will take care of the immediate
street car patronage and leave
a reserve for increased travel,
it is realized that passenger
movements on the car lines are
increasing rapidly and that this
increase is varying on different
routes and in different local
tiles.
This is due to increased
Government activity with its
resulting stimulus to business in
general, to the enlarged use of
the weekly pass and the free
transfer privileges and to the
increasing difficulty in finding
ample free parking space for
automobiles"
The report stated that the pro-
cess of shifting Government en-
ployes into new buildings will
continue to have an effect on the
future transportation require.
mentS,
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
Open
Classes at Center

The Community Center, in CO.
operation with the Washington
Esperanto Chapter, announces the
following Esperanto classes will be
opened to the public starting to-
morrow: Every Tuesday, 9 to 10
p. m, at Powell Junior High
School advanced class; every
Wednesday, 7:30 to 9 p. m, Lang
ley Junior High School; every
Thursday, 1880 to 9 p. M, at Pow.
ell Junior High School; every Fri
day, 7:30 to 8 p. m, at Hine Junior
High School.
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
Now
Roses On the Stairs
Poor Brides Father.
Handsome Men.
By Helen ESSary
Do look, my dear, rose leaves
on the Embassy stairway! White
for the pretty bride, Gertraud

Luther. T h e
groom, G e r
rift Won Haef-
t e n, looked
awfully hand
S o m e, t o,
didn't he. The
church W a S
simply W o n
d e r f I'll. The
music oh,
how do you
do, Madame
Espil, and Mr..
m baSsador.
It is, indeed,
q charming
occasion.
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
Fraternity to Hear
Judge Ralph Given

Judge Ralph Given. Of District
Police Court, will address mem
bers of the Sigma MI Delta legal
fraternity of Southeastern Uni
versity, Wednesday night.
1.-THE Lawyer and the Police
Court" will be the subject Of the
judges address. Ellis w. Meeker,
president of the fraternity, is in
charge of the program. He is be-
ing assisted by Stanley w. Hall,
C. Allen Sherwin, and Carroll
Hickman.
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
City Forum Hears
Housing iscussiOn

"Low Cost Housing" was the
topic discussed by John A. Lang
ford, local architect before the
National City Forum at the Good
will Baptist Church yesterday.
A. special musical program was
given by the church choir under
the direction of Mrs. Daisy Hemp
hill. Mrs. Josephine Gregg was
mistress of ceremony.
The Washington times., 1934-10-22
Ken Murray
Says:

That Judge out in Reno Gre
ated quite a sensation when he
refused to allow a fair Divorce
to appear in court wearing
shorts. Who said justice was
blind?
OF course, you can't blame the
girl. Apparently, she was just
trying to obey the law and bare
everything"
From her photographs. I
should imagine that it would be
a pleasant relief for the Judge
to see a shapely young woman
in shorts e. Especially after
years of seeing family skeletons
exposed.
so REMEMBER:
In q courtroom. shorts are
considered little breeches Of legal
etiquette.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-23

A Photographic History Of the World War
There nothing in the past to Judge them by Wesin
cerely believe that these hundreds of pictures taken
in the heat of battle and in the stiffness of death will
tell you more about the late World War than all of the
books that have been written to date They truly
monumental work. caption of genius Let nothing
keep you from viewing them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-23
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-23
War as Every Veteran Remembers IT.!

in their power and ability to convey the awful truth
You obtain here the most vivid impressions of the hor
rors the crueltes the suferings and the barbartes
of war. View these pictures showing RAW WAR and
you will understand why veterans remember it onl
with shudder why they condone it in silence. Here
you are going to see war as it actually existed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-23

Vvidly portrayi1g the horrors of zCar; its deep
seated causes its terrible campaigns dozen to its
tragic afterats. Three long years in the making.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15

must do his work. The meters are
not allowed to send out for another
man.
Only two days after the rule went
into effect, a melter in No. open
hearth failed to line up enough men
to come out, with the result that
the men had to work short-handed
because the boss made a mistake
Not only that, but the men who fail
to show up on the day for which
they are lined up are laid off for
two weeks.
This means that we are being
speeded up and more work is being
piled up on our now overburdened
shoulders. The open hearth men
have more work than they can
handle now, let alone having to do
another mans work. Just so the
company can cut it's labor costs.
We were working hard organizing
for a time, that things died down,
but this new rule has famed the
sparks up into flames again! Let's
go fellow workers, and show them
they can't rub it in. Come down
and visit our headquarters at 1885
Broadway of the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union.
e. P. M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
PARTY LIFE
Cleveland Party Pledges Full
Support to Trade Union Line
Comrode Tack RemOUed From Al FunctiOnary
Positions Because Of Continued Opposition

The Party and Y.CL. function
aries Of the Cleveland organiza-
tons endorse the report of Com
rade Williamson regarding the &C
ton of the Central Committee and
District Committee in removing
Comrade lack from all commit
tees and functionary positions, be-
cause CT his opposition to the line
Of the Party in trade union work.
We endorse the statement of the
delegation of the Ohio District at
the National Convention which re-
iected and disapproved the line Of
lack, as one that could only lead
to sectarian isolation, and con-
fusion and was in opposition to
the line of the Central Committee
Of our Party. The Cleveland
functionaries associate themselves
with the will Of the entire Party
as expressed in the convention, in
endorsing the line and activities
of the &C. Of our Party.
Instead Of correcting his posi-
ton following the stern action of
the G. c., Comrade zack has stub
bornly resisted the sharp warnings
of the Party that he change his
attitude. Beginning with Com
rade lacks speech at the conven-
ton where he charged Comrade
Stachel with liquidating the revo-
lutionary unions, now since the
convention, he brands the whole
Pol BTo with pursuing the same
line. This accusation would mean
that the Party line in trade union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
Gary Relief Jobs
Go Glimmerin.e
By a Steel Worker Correspondent

by a SLOSl bOThtT SOIlCSPOAAuOho
GARY, Ind.-Roosevelt's program
for business recovery and unem-
ployment relief has done little for
the thousands who we're thrown out
of the factories here. How low pro-
duction is can be seen from the fact
that, Of IS machines in operation,
only two remain.
They promised work for 10000
of unemployed. but these promises
remained on paper.
The price of products of immedi-
ate necessities rose close to SO per
cent. Out of several thousands of
unemployed of the city of Gary
only a few hundred got jobs. They
began the sanding of dunes. OF
which there are many around Gary,
carting the sand from place to
place, but an end has come even to
this work. Again the army of un-
employed is left helpless.
The 30-hour week, with so cents
pay for the week; So a month cash,
place to sleep, and black coffee,
is all there is. And if an unem-
ployed worker is unable to come
early in the morning to work, he is
left in the evening without this
meagre Happiness"
Comrades, it is time to wake up.
Join the ranks of the fighting I'M
employed in the Unemployed Coun-
ellis and only through struggle will
we improve our conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
Otis Elevator Go.
Allows Workers To
Dig for a Living
By a Metal worker Corresnondent

BY Metal Worker Correspondent
YONKERS, N. Workers of the
Otis Elevator Co. are very much
loved by their employers. They
are given an opportunity to dig in
the Mother Earth for living. Just
as the chickens scratch for their
living, so are the Otis workers al
lowed to do so by their very big
hearted bosses.
They are Offered plots in the Sub
sistence Gardens. OH What big
tomatoes we had last fall; you
should have seen them. But by
the time tomatoes and beans grow,
why workers may live on the JOY
that those tomatoes will bring in
the fall
Jobs that have been already timed
are at present being REFINED over
again. Bosses are running around
with stop-watches, and they tell us
workers to never mind them, that
they don't mean anything. Look at
the tomatoes you'll eat next fall!
But the workers are awakening.
The bosses don't even have faith
in their loyal spies. They put two
or three on with stop-watches at
each machine, so that what one does
not see, or care to see, the other
one will.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
May Day Spirit
SCareS Boss in
Tractor Plant
By a Metal Worker CORRESPONDENT

By Metal Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO.-We had a real May
Day struggle in the Tractor Plant
of the International Harvester Co.
this year. The workers were all
aroused by the Tractor Worker"
shop paper of the Communist unit
in the plant, when it came out in
the May Day edition.
The workers all talked about May
Day and the slogan of Down Tools
May First" that the paper carried
The spirit was good. The workers
are plenty sore at the rotten condi-
tons here.
We couldn't pull a walkout on
May First, but the bosses we're wor-
ried. In one department the boss
came around on May Day and shut
off the power, calling us to meet
ing. He gave us the usual line of
soft soap:
Now, boys, I understand you are
thinking about walking out. What's
the matter?" He said that he knew
wages were too low, and promised
us raise The workers wanted an
immediate raise, and told him so.
He lodged around, and finally said
we would get raise around June 1.
In another department in the
tractor plant, a bunch of workers
went to the boss demanding higher
wages. He gave them the same
story a raise on June /.
The spirit in the plant is good,
and the workers seem to realize
that these promises won't be worth
boot unless we organize strongly
enough to make the bosses come
across
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15

fort to forestall this move, by
giving small wage increase the
same day. At this meeting, the
representatives of several of the
other aluminium plants pledged
their support to this local, but their
promises were not kept.
The case was brought up before
the Regional Labor Board composed
of hand-picked Mellon men. They
fixed a settlement which the work
ers rightly refused. The local news
paper, daily, controlled by the
Mellon interests, came out with the
headlines screaming the lie that the
workers returned to their jobs.
A. F. of L. organizers went among
the workers trying to persuade them
to return to work. Rotten whiskey
was fed to the men on picket duty
by employees of the company. The
final blow was when a Federal gov
eminent representative, namely Col
vim, indirectly ordered the men back
to work.
Stool-pigeons and spies of the
company are stationed in our union,
but in time these will be sorted out.
The company is still making efforts
to disrupt the union. Under the
cloak of forming a good-fellowship
club, they made moves to have the
workers sign card, which, if they
had done So would automatically
enroll them in a company union,
but this plan was exposed and
nipped in the bud by the workers
refusing to sign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
Sargent e Go. Cheats
Workers On Overtime
Men in Foundry Department of Hardware Plant
Must Work More Than Eight Hours
Because of Low Piece Rate

to make up for the increase which
the day workers got. At the same
time, the piece workers were speeded
up so inhumanly that it is absol-
utely impossible to make the rate
per hour which the code so gen.
erously gave to us. Also, the ma
chimes are so old that anybody
working around near then is liable
to get hurt from some piece flying
loose.
In the brass and iron foundry, the
mouldars are supposed to work only
eight hours a day, but how does it
actually work out? Our rates are
so low that we have to come in long
before 8 o'clock in the morning to
get the sand ready for our molds,
and we have to rush through our
lunch for the same reason, so that
it comes nearer to 10 hours than
8-and then we don't make enough
to eat.
Just now the whole shop is work
ing on three days a week-you can
imagine how much money we make.
In most of the departments there is
only a skeleton crew of workers, they
have been so thinned out. And yet
there are plenty of orders to hire
back all the hundreds of laid-off
workers and keep them all working
five days a week.
Even the bosses say there are
plenty of orders, but they claim the
company can't get them out because
it has no money. OF course, it has
plenty of money to pay the salaries
of the big shots. It's funny, too,
how towards the end Of the month
we are always speeded up to get out
the orders, so the company can rake
in the checks.
Well, we're not going to stand all
these lay-offs and speed-ups and
much longer. A lot of
the workers are talking about or
because they see now the
need for it. And we're not going
into any A. F. of L. union either to
be split up and be sold out. We're
going to organize into real fight
ing industrial union, one that is
really controlled by us. That's the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union, and if we are ever to get
satisfaction from the company for
our grievances, that's the only
union that1l get it for us, with
every worker in the shop solidly
backing it.