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The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Gas Station Tank
Burns After Blast

Fire in a gasoline station at
goth and M SITS N. w. last night
caused when a reserve tank ex-
ploded threatened serious damage
until brought under control.
The tank exploded as it was be.
ing filled from a 100-gallon truck
at the curb. Ffremen believe
that a lamp near the truck ig.
nited gasoline fumes. Damage
was estimated at $500. The sta
ton is a part of an auto &C.
cessories store owned by M. E.
Buckley, 1900 block New Hamp-
shire Ave. N. w., according to
police.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Hungry Hero's Kin Is
Revealed AS Fraud

gentleman an imposter. The
wire, from John Lorimer Worden
I'd. read:
party posing as grandson Of
Admiral WOrden is an impOster.
am the only grandson he ever
had. My address is the Rae
quet and Tennis Club, $40 Park
Ave., New York."
Expressed Its Sorrow
Prior to the receipt of today's
information that the destitute
John Worden is an imposter, the
Navy Department had expressed
its sorrow that the Admiraps
grandson" was in need of a job
but said it didn't see anything 1t
could do about it.
Officials said there appeared
no record of the Admiral's grand.
son ever having sought employ
ment in the Navy.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09

Bleriot. English Channel con-
queror and vice president of the
federation, accepted the medals
on behalf of his countrymen.
Award for Speed Record
On behalf of Francesca An
CELLO, italian flier who has
flown faster than any other liv-
ing human being by driving a
speed plane 424 miles an hour,
Duke della Vittoria Diaz accepted
another of the replicas. Two
others were presented to Lieut..
Comdr. Thomas Settle and Maj.
Chester L. Fordney for their
stratosphere flight to a height OF
61,236 feet last November.
Introducing Prince Bibesco,
former Senator Hiram Bingham,
president of the National Aero
nautic Association, pointed to
Americas records in the air.
At l o'clock delegates were to
lunch at the Carleton Hotel as
guests of the Aeronautical Cham
Der of commerce. This was to be
followed by an executive session
at 3.
Two hours later President and
Mrs. Roosevelt were to serve tea
at the White House to delegates
and their wives. Tonight at 10
o'clock the visitors will attend a
reception at the Rumanian lega-
ton in honor of Prince and Prin.
cess BibeSco.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
represented President Roosevelt
in greeting delegates.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09

A destitute and hungry man,
grandson" of a famous Civil
War hero, knocked at the door
of the Navy Department yester-
day for aid and today hurriedly
sped away, the charge of "im-
poster" following him rs he ran.
Yesterday the Navy Depart
ment received a communication
from Alderman Lambert Fair
child, of New York, criticizing
it's action in naming destroyer
for Admiral John Lorimer Wor-
den, Civil War hero, while his
grandson" is in "dire need of
employment, which a grateful
government can and should sup.
ply"
Now Called ImpOster
Today Secretary of the Navy
Claude A. Swanson received q
wire declaring that destitute
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
international Aviation
Farley Here Awards
Medals to Five

Assembled in the flag-draped
auditorium of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, members
of the Federation Aeronautique
International today formally
opened their twenty-ninth annual
congress.
Opening the congress, Prince
Bibesco, Rumanian president of
the federation, paid glowing trib.
ute to American aviators for their
skill and daring.
He paid special tribute to the
work of Wilbur and Orville Wright,
Americas pioneer filters.
Awards Three Medals
The speaker then awarded two
gold and three silver medals to
noted pilots.
The Federation's gold medal
was bestowed upon Wiley Post for
his solo flight around the world
in less than $50 hours. Former
Senator Hiram Bingham accepted
the award in behalf of Mr.. Post
Marshal Balbo, intrepid italian
flight commander and air min
lister, was awarded the original
gold Count de La VaulX medal
in recognition of his transatlantic
flight last year at the head Of
an italian air squadron.
Silver replicaS of the Count
de La Vaulx medal were next
p csented to Rossi and Codes
for their long-distance record
breaking flight from New York
to Syria in August, 1888. Louis
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Ken Murray
Says:

TORONTO STOCK MARKET"
That $5OO,OOO prize offered up
in Toronto for the family hav-
ing the most babies in 10 years
is causing so much production
that the city is thinking of send
ing out a call for extra Storks.
So great is the desire Of some
mothers to win the money, that
if there is anything to the idea
of prenatal influence, it wouldn't
be surprising If some babies were
born with dollar marks on them.
Imagine the disappointment
of the husband and wife who
come in second, get no prize and
have about Is children left on
their hands.
so REMEMBER:
In Toronto, the man who used
to walk in the moonlight with
one arm full. now walks tho
floor in the bedroom with both
arms full.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
D. A. R. Will Open
Radio Round Table

Miss Helen Harmon, vice pres
ident general of the National So.
ciety, Daughters of the American
Revolution, will open the 1934-35
radio round table at lis WedneS,
day from station WRC.
Mrs. Alice B. Haig, well known
local singer, will give several vocal
selections at this first broadcast.
The programs will follow the same
general outline as during the past
two seasons,
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Church to Give
Minstrel Show

Bethesda Presbyterian Church
will sponsor production of the
Dixie Blackbird Minstrel" Octo-
Der IL and 13 in the Bethesda Ele-
mentary School, it was announced
today. The presentations will
start at 8:15 p. m.
More than so residents of the
Maryland community are taking
part in the show.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Women to Form
Democratic Club

Mrs. June Fickel, assistant di-
rector of women's activities Of the
Democratic National Committee,
will speak to Democratic women
of the Brandywine District in
Prince Georges county, who are
meeting Thursday afternoon at
the Ole Fireside Hall, T. B., Md,
to organize a club.
The meeting, to be directed by
Mrs. Frances E. McFadden, of Mt.
Rainier, Southern Maryland
chairman, will seek to establish
the first women's club in the
lower section of Prince Georges.
The meeting will begin 2 p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Three Men Held
On Gaming Charge

Police put another gambling es-
adjustment "out of commission"
following a raid in the 100 block
Of Pennsylvania Ave. N. w. late
yesterday.
Three men were arrested in the
raid on the alleged gambling room.
They were released early today in
$4,000 bond each. They gave their
names as Thomas Ryan, 81; Jo-
seph Castell, AZ, and Frank Pape,
40.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Bankers to Hear
John T. Garrett

John r. Garrett, of the bank
relations department of the Fed.
eral Reserve Bank of Richmond,
will address the District of Co.
lumbia Bankers Association at its
luncheon at the Willard Hotel to.
morrow, it was announced today
by Frederick P. H. Siddons, presi-
dent.
Mr.. Garrett will speak on dis,
counts and loans by the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond which
provide working capital for estab.
lished industrial and commercial
businesses.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
SENATE INQUIRY
INTO UTILITIES
HERE ASKED
McCarran Advocates Municipal
Ownership for Efficiency
And District Revenue
By LOUIS E. WHITE

Investigation of WaShington'S
public utilities by a Senate COM
mittee, with a view to bringing
about a substantial reduction in
rates, will be sought in the coming
session by Senator Pat McCarran
Cd of Nevada.
The Nevadan, a member Of the
Senate District Committee, made
this announcement today while he
was in the city for short stay
Municipal Ownership
He asserted that if he is success
full in having the investigation
made, information may be OBJ
tanned which can be used as a
basis for bringing about eventual
municipal ownership of at least
some of the utilities here. He
said:
"The rates charged by the
public utilities companies in this
city are too high.
II will propose that the rates
of the gas, electric and tele-
puOuC CVAApdAASS UC AHNOSVA6%
gated.
Furthermore, 1 believe the
District of Columbia should
own and control these utilities
that is, all except the tele-
phone company, which, per-
haps, has q different signifi-
canoe.
SOURCE OF REVENUE
municipal control, in my
opinion, would provide a great
source of income to the District
treasury, besides bringing about
increased efficiency. and . re-
ductiOn in costs.
"The Federal Government is
probably the greatest patron of
the telephone and light COM
panieS, and since the District
Government is here to serve
the Federal Government, the
latter, it seems to me, should
be glad to have the District take
over these public utilities so as
to provide lower rates and give
greater efficiency"
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Citizens Arrange
Dinner to Davis

Prominent citizens associated
with the old Business High School
and members of the Roosevelt
High School Business Association
will be present at a dinner to be
given in honor of Allan Davis,
November II. Plans fer the din
ner are being handled by a COM
mittee composed of Ethel Ginberg,
Margaret Ryan and Elizabeth
MenSh,
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Ezekiel to Talk
For Open Forum

DR.. Mordecai Ezekiel, economic
adviser to Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace, will be the speaker
at the first of the Washington
Open Forum meetings to be held
Saturday at 8 p. m. in the caucus
room of the old House Office
Building.
DR.. Ezekiel will speak on "Why
the Government Should Control
Production Up as Well as Down"
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Legion Drum Corps
Holds Card Party

Wives of members of Fort
Stevens Post Drum and Bugle
Corps are assisting in a bridge
and 500 party to be given Wednes.
day evening at $50 p. M, in the
auditorium of Paul Junior High
School, Eighth and Oglethorpe
Streets Northwest. The funds
raised from this affair will go
toward helping send the Bright.
wood veterans to the national
convention at Miami.
During the evening Clarence W.
Grosner. president of the Raleigh
Haberdashers. Inc, will present
the Fort Stevens Legionnaires with
corps colorS.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
SOCIETY TO ELECT

West Virginians in Washington
will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in
a downtown hotel to organize
and elect officers of the "West
Virginia Democratic Club" Plans
will be made for the return of
part of the $500 West Virginians
living in the District to their
native State for the fall elections.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09

may take an.
other step out
Of it's bland
q d o | eScence
into early ma
turity-if the
plans of Ger.
tain Cabinet
hostesses are
successful.
Cabinet "at
homes" prob
ably will be
limited to one
. month for
each wife Of
. Ca bin e t
memharI
The Washington times., 1934-10-09
Now
We're Growing Up.
Brakes ON Merry-go-round.
Dolly MadisOn's Legacy.
By Helen ESSary

Social Washington may grow
up this winter.
The Capital Of the country
The Washington times., 1934-10-09

That was more than a hun
dred years ago. Washington
really isn't the provincial town
It was in the early 1S00'S, though
some rude critics insist it should
have kept the ideals it had
when it was "the mud flats
along the Potomac.
The Washington times., 1934-10-09

With such a precedent estab-
1ished, women of the diplomatic
group, Congressional hosteSses,
and hostesses of the Little
Cabinet" may likewise limit
their reception days. AS the
years go by, the frequent and
exhausting "open houses" of
official Washington may be
abolished entirely.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Bar RevisiOns Group
Enthusiasm Cheers
Committeeman

Chairman Of the various bar as.
sociation committees which COM
pose the machinery of the com
prehensive program of revisions
inaugurated by President F. Regis
Noel, are expressing surprise at
the cooperation Of the members
Of their committees, a checkup re-
vealed today.
Virtually every committee has
held at least one meeting since
the new administration began
and each meeting showed prac-
tically a 100 per cent attendance,
it was said by the chairmen.
One committee-the mail ballot
committee, to determine whether
women should be admitted to the
association, has completed its task
and other committees have, in
many instances, taken construc-
tive steps toward accomplishment
of their respective missions.
A special committee including
Stanton C. Peedle. chairman: 10
v. Morgan, vice chairman; John
]. Wilson, secretary; Joseph C.
McGarraghy, Enoch A. Chase,
Dion, B. Libby, John j. Darby,
Richard E. Stands, James E. Shift
flette, H. Mason Welch, Mark
Stearman and William B. O'Con-
nell has held a meeting with all
the judges of the District Su-
preme Court present.
This committee was designated
to work out a coordination be-
tween the court and the bar on
admissions to the bar and is ex-
pected to make partial report
at the next directors meeting.
The Municipal Court Com
mittee. headed by Seton Darr,
has held at least two meetings.
Its most recent meeting was with
all judges Of the Municipal Court
present. Together the COM
mittee and the bench outlined a
plan of revision in that court
which may be effectuated by
court rule without recourse to
LEGISLATION.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Chemical Prices
Advance Further

Prices of heavy and fine chemi-
Gals were very firm and a number
of items in the fine group were
quoted higher in the past week,
according to Paint and Drug Re-
porter.
Demand for the most part was
irregular, the spot market being
generally dull. Contract ship
ments were fairly large to the auto
mobile, glass, tire and nickel
plating industries. Phenol was
moving out in good volume, and
there was a strong interest in
coal-tar solvents. The textile and
leather industries were buying for
immediate needs only
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
What's s Doing

Meeting-Internal Revenue
Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
8 p. M, Hamilton Hotel.
Meeting-Delta Sigma Delta
fraternity, 8 p. m, Hamilton
Hotel.
Dlnner-Jacobi Medical Society,
Z p. m, Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting-Garden Club Of Chevy
Chase, 2 p. M, Brock Farm Tea
House.
Instruction-Esperant n to, 1880
p. M, Northeast Public Library
Branch, Maryland Avenue and
Seventh st. N. E.
InStruction-E S p er a nto, $3.50
p. M, 3437 Oakwood Terrace N. w.
Meeting Northeast Washing
ton Citizens Association, 8 p. m,
Ludlow School.
Meeting-Takoma Park Citizens
Association, 8 p. m, Takoma
Branch Library.
Meeting - Kalorama Citizens
Association, 8 p. m, Washington
Heights Church.
Meeting View Citizens
Association, 8 p. m, Park View
Platoon School.
Meeting - Brookland Citizens
Association, 8 p. m, Masonic
Temple, Twelfth and Monroe
Streets Northeast.
Meeting-Congress Heights Cit
izens Association, p. M, Con-
gress Heights School.
Meeting Connecticut Avenue
Citizens Association, 8 o. M, All
Souls Church.
Meeting-East w Washington
Heights Citizens Association,
p. m. Bradbury Heights M. E,
Church.
Meeting-Piney Branch Citizens
Association, 8 p. m, Roosevelt
High School.
Meeting-Stanton Park Citizens
Association, 8 p. m, Peabody
School.
Meeting-Hillcrest Citizens AS
ISOLATION, 8 p. M, East Washing
ton Heights BAPTIST Church.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Pavement Patter

Wonder where Mary Connor,
the gal fourth from the left
end in Joe Cooks Hold Your
Horses" received those strange
bruises that were exhibited all
week. these days Of snow and
rain, Deputy Coroner Chris
topher j. Murphy dons knee
length rubber boots. the other
eve, when a group of men gath
cred at one of the old-time
downtown hotels for a little
banquet and recreation, one Of
the boys was going downstairs
and decided that walking was
too difficult, so did a swan
dive, skated down the incline
on his tuxedo shirt and came
up smiling without a rip. :.
although Phoebe Gale was once
considered one of the best
Songbirds at Central High
School, she doesn't sing over
the radio for that broadcast
ing company where she is
now employed. and one Won
derS if they have given her a
fair addition. Senator Jimmie
ByrneS has one of the firmest
handshakes of any man in
Congress, and his strength may
be ;ttested by Senator Simeon
D. Fess Of Ohio, who began an
attack on the recovery program
the other day and received in
reply one of the strongest ar
gumentS he ever heard from
Senator Byrnes, who hurled
quotation after quotation from
Ohio papers at his Republican
opponent to show that business
was on the upgrade . Herman
Wendell, who spent considerable
time in town looking for a job,
without much success, returned
to his home at Terre Haute,
but no sooner arrived there
than he came back and is now
working in a fair position,
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
SLATED
FOR NRA POST

Possibility that a woman may
be named to succeed Prof. Paul
Douglas as chief Of the section on
consumer education of the NRA
Consumers Advisory Board was
intimated today in high circles of
the NRA.
Professor Douglas, it is under
stood, will retire from his duties
as section chief on April i, to re-
sumo his post at the University
of Chicago, which he left early in
November to come to Washington.
He will not resign from the board,
however.
Professor Douglas was appointed
to organize consumers councils
throughout the country.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
MARKET BULLS
ARE GAINING
STRENGTH
BY WALL STREET SPECTATOR

BY WALL STREET SPECTATOR
NEW YORK, March IL G.NS).
For reasons as yet unexplained
there is an under current of hope
in Wall Street that the week will
bring something to pep things up,
This combined with the improve
ment in the markets internal
position after the recent steady
selling is bringing back some de-
serters to the bull side. AS yet,
though, there isn't much money
betting on a new rise until a
break in the news develops.
The Government has that bill
lion left over from last years
Liberty Loan offer to refund on
April IS.
The exchange is putting a flock
Of the former 10-share-unit issues
at the active post this week..
Some of these companies whose
stocks have been in the inactive
class have been doing we'll, Of
course. In the old days, though,
the boys wouldn't have given these
a tumble unles something startling
happened. Now, however, the So
called market leaders haven't had
a dime in them for so long that
any stock with some kind Of
activity is welcome.
The wheat growing season is at
hand, and the weather is becom.
ing an important speculative fac
tor. Considerable attention is
being paid to the long-term in.
fluence of the new streamline
trend on rail equipment. This, it
is expected, will be particularly
important in the case of competi.
tive railroads.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
American Metal Co.
Will Get Bank Loan
Bv International News Service

BY International News Service
American Metal Company has
concluded a loan agreement for
$4,000, 900 with a group Of banks
headed by First National Bank
of Boston.
The group included the follow
ing banks: Chase National, 1rv'
ing Trust, Manufacturers Trust,
Chemical Bank & Trust, National
City Bank, Commercial National
Bank & Trust and Bank Of Man.
haitian.
The financing is designed to
meet in part April matur1tleS to-
taling $13,620,000.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
AROUND
THE
CAPT AL
By JOHN SNURE, Jr.

One of the most complacent
and mild-mannered men around
town is diminutive Jimmie
Conroy.
Yet, in a bygone day. he
thoroughly trounced Monk"
Eastman, one of the toughest
men of the time.
Today, however, few suspect
that Jimmie was fighter.
Some time back, Ike Conroy,
an associate of Jimmie's, was
In the office, alone.
A veritable giant entered and
demanded: ...
els this Conroy a little man
with a pug nose??"
Ike admitted that Jimmie
fitted the description.
Said the stranger:
"Well, tell him when he
comes in that he is in for a
beating!"
Jimmie was told, and Jimmie
boiled.
The stranger came back.
He was Tim Cronin, a friend
whom Jim had not seen for 80
years.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
No Kiddin'

Before the afternoon session
Of the District Appropriations
subcommittee the other day,
Commissioner George E. Allen
was standing outside the door
when a Capitol guide led a
party of tourists through the
halls.
Said the Commissioner:
"See that man! Before long
Z will be doing that and people
will be pointing me out as the
man who was once q District
Commissioner, but now is show
ing people where Robert E. Lee
made his last stand"
Waving his hand toward the
committee room, he continued:
"And as for that in there;
I can't keep up with them. I
have to count on my fingers"
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Holy Name Society Hears
Senator Walsh Speak

Scoring personal greed, and
urging unselrlsh service to COM
munity, country and God, Sena-
tor David I. Walsh Cd of Massa-
chusetts, was the principal speaker
at a celebration marking the
twenty-fifth university of the
founding of the Holy Name So
ciety in Alexandria yesterday.
After services in st. Marys
Catholic Church, members Of the
HolE Name Society had breakfast
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Army Orders

Col. William H. Richardson, as
signed to Fort Sheridan, III.
Major John F. Davis, to Fort
Myer.
Major Alexander M. Brailsford,
home to await retirement.
Capt. Ralph Mills, assigned to
Savannah, Ga.
Capt. william S. Conrow, to
Preside of Monterey, Calf.
Capt. Mark A. Devine, jr., to
Fort Des Moines.
Capt. Harry Knight, to Fort
Meade, S. D.
Capt. Alexander G. Olsen, to
Sixth Cavalry, Fort Oglethorpe.
Ga.
Capt. Herbert v. Scanlan, to
Fort Ethan Allen, VT.
Second Lieut.. Thomas =. Taylor,
to Fort Meade, S. D.
Capt. Hugh G. Culton, to Fort
Bliss, Tex.
First Lieut.. James W. Clinton
to Fort Jay, N. Y.
Capt. Donald r. Dunkle. to Fort
Bliss.
Capt. Harry w. Mas, to Fort
Brown, Tex.
First Lieut.. Willet j. Baird, to
Fort Smelling, MINI.
First Lieut.. James w. Clinton.
to Fort Jay, N. Y.
First Lieut.. Theodore A. Seely,
to Fort Smelling.
First Lieut.. Carl w. Westlund,
to Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
First Lieut.. Cyril E. Williams, to
jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Second Lieut.. Horace L. Beall,
jr., to Fort Washington, Md.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Dixie Hospitality

Members Of Congress these
days are receiving letters from
Anon G. Carter, vice president
Of the Southwest Exposition
and Fat Stock Show to be
held in Fort Worth, Tex.
In the letters Mr.. Carter
points out all the details of
the excellent show that will be
held. and outlines the enjoy.
able features of entertainment.
In conclusion, Anon writes:
"The Hired Hand will have
everything on tap that has not
already been tapped) and we
will be glad to see you.
"There is only one thing that
keeps US from sending you
transportation, and that's a Sc
cret which the NRA protects"
The Washington times., 1934-03-12

The star occasion in the
sprir program of the District
Of c.. lmbia League of Women
Voters will be an all-day con-
ference to discuss government
service, qualifications for en-
ployes, the merit system, and
related subjects, on Saturday,
March. "a, at the Washington
Hotel.
This meeting will be the first
citizenship school to be held
by the local group, with the
leagues main idea based on
education of the voter"
Prominent speakers will talk
on "The Merit System Versus
the Spoils System in Govern
ment Personnel Administra-
ton"
Although part of the national
program of the League of Wo-
men Voters always has been to
advocate the merit system,
speakers at the session will
represent all points of view.
DR.. w. w. Stockberger, di-
rector of personnel in business
administration for the Depart
ment of Agriculture, will have
as the title of his talk, Does
the Present Personnel System
Serve the Best Interests of the
Public?"
The taxpayers" view will be
given by Mrs. w. w. Ramsey,
Of Chicago, a former member
of the League of Women Vot-
ers' National Board. who has
organized voters schools in
many parts of the country.
The third speaker, DR.. Lewis
Merriam. of Brookings InStitu-
ton, will base his talk on the
opinions. of the students of pub
lie affairs.
The days program will be di-
vided into three sections-the
morning meeting. luncheon, and
afternoon session.