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The Washington times., 1934-08-27
AID SAVES
CHESS|N HOME

Informed that the owner of
first and second trusts on the
home of Bernard CheSSin, in the
1900 block of M St. N. W., had
agreed to accept HOLC bonds in
sted of foreclosing on the prop
erty, Justice Joseph w. Cox, in
District Supreme Court today, con-
tinued an injunction suit to pre-
vent the foreclosure until Oc-
tober /.
Through Attorney William H.
Collins, Mr.. Chessin, last week,
asked for an injunction to restrain
a forced sale of his home and to
force the trust holder, Albert Ger
cero. to accept the HOLC bonds
for the debt.
The suit was instituted when
the trust holder threatened to
foreclose unless he was given S.
500 in the Government bonds.
Mr.. Chessin contended his debt
totaled only $500, including in
terest. The settlement was af-
fectde out of court by Attorney
Collins and Mr.. Cercero.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
NAVY To BUILD
IS DESTR0YERS
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Further details of plans for the
Navy's 1885 construction pro-
gram to carry on the work of
building up the American fleet
to full strength became known
today.
The "a new warships which
the Navy's general boar d
planned to recommend to the
Budget Bureau next year will in
clude the following vessels:
One $4,000 ton aircraft
carrier to replace the Langley.
Two six-inch gun 5000 ton
cruisers to replace the Mil
waukee and Omaha.
Three heavy 1850 ton de-
stroyers.
Twelve light 1900 ton de-
stroyers.
Six submarines.
This program is subject to
White House approval, but high
ranking naval officers were con-
fident it would be received.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
HERE
AGAIN To Be
CROWDED
Building Program Fails to
End Jam; Higher Grades
Affected Most

Schools in the District of Co
lumbia will be overcrowded again
this year, despite the building
programs catching up with its
schedule, Stephen E. Kramer, as
sistant superintendent of schools,
said today.
Each year the attendance in
creases about per cent, which
should bring it up to between
$4,000 and $4,000 for the new
school year, which opens Septem-
Der IA for the teachers and Sep
tember II for the pupils.
High Schools Jammed
High schools and junior highs
again will suffer most from lack
of space. Both Eastern and West
ern High Schools are running un'
der a stagger system.
The new woodrow Wilson High
School, in the Chevy Chase Sec
ton, is expected to permit West
ern High to go back on full time.
The woodrow Wilson is expected
to be ready for use by next Feb
ruary, but Eastern will receive no
aid until the new Junior high in
Anacostia is completed, a year
from September.
Board to Rule on Entries
New pupils from outside the
public school system or from
other cities are to apply to the
board of admissions at the Thorn
son School, September IL.
The board will sit for three
days to examine credentials
brought by those entering the
public schools of washington for
the first time. If the credentials
are not satisfactory the appli-
cants will have to take examina-
tionS.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
F|REMEN READY
FOR Bic FETE

Streamers, flags and other deco
rations adorn the streets and fire
houses of Alexandria today in
preparation for the celebration of
the National Firemens' Associa-
ton which convenes in Alexan-
dria Saturday for a three-day con-
vention.
Prizes of $4,000 and so trophies
will be awarded for the various
contests to be held during the
session. One of the features
will be a three-hour parade Mon
day on Washington Street.
Another feature will be the
naval display on the waterfront
of two destroyers and numerous
boats from the Washington yacht
clubs. Fire Chief James M. Dun
can. jr., of Alexandria, is chair
man of the arrangement commit
tee.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
8 FROM CAPITAL
DIE IN CRASH

Three Washington vacationiSts
are dead and another is believed
to be dying as result of an auto
mobile crash near WoodStoWn, N.
j., yesterday.
The dead are Morris AbramSon,
1900 block Eighth st. N. w., local
clothing merchant: Mrs. Bessie
Teplitsky. 600 block Princeton Pl.
N. w., sister of Mr.. Abramson, and
James Goldstein, $500 block Illi-
nois Ave. N. w. Seriously injured
was Mrs. Clara AbramSon, TOO
block Princeton Pl. N. W., wife OF
David Abramson, treasurer OF
Abramson Bros, Inc.
Mr.. GoldStein was formerly an
employe of the advertising depart
ment of The Washington Times.
The accident occurred when the
car owned and driven by Morris
Abramson and occupied by the
other three Washingtonians, COL
lided with another machine driven
by Leroy Purgsglove, %, of Salem,
N. j. According to New Jersey
police, the car driven by Mr.. Purgs-
glove entered the highway from d
side road directly in the path OF
the AbramSon machine.
Mr.. Purgsglove was arrested by
New Jersey State police and is be-
ing held on technical charge of
manslaughter.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Wilson China Serves
Mrs. Roosevelt

Either Mrs. Roosevelt has not
had time to think about providing
new china for the White House,
as used to be the custom with
every incoming administration, or
she is satisfied to use that which
graced the table presided over by
President and Mrs. Woodrow Will
son, and which was ordered by
Mrs. Wilson. the Presidents Sec
ond wife, and consists of 125 COM
plete sets.
There has been no new china
since the Wilson period, and this
has been used for Harding, Cool
idge, Hoover and present Admin
istration functions.
There are at present 25 groups
of china and glassware housed in
the basement of the White House,
the johnson administration being
without representation in the col
lection. Mr.. Taft used the Theo-
dore Roosevelt china.
The wares are arranged in cabi-
nets and present examples of fine
and costly porcelains, the choicest
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
SLUM CHARGES
EXAGGERATED,
D. {. TOLD
Conference Says Conditions
Improve Yearly; Much
Up to Congress

While Commissioners Hazen and
Sultan today conferred with de-
partment heads at the District
Building on the subject of the al
legged insanitary conditions in
some of the alleys, there was a
general feeling that the charges
were greatly exaggerated.
The two commissioners today
called together the following de-
partment heads: Health Officer
Fowler, Chief Inspector Dram,
Building Inspector Oehmann, Sani-
tary Engineer Gordon, Director Of
Puplic Welfare Street and one or
two others for a showdown on the
recent blare of charges that the
capitals alleys are pest holes, that
thousands of houses are breeding
filth and immortality, to say moth.
ing of being dangerously built.
Improvement Cited
The sum total of that confer.
ence was:
First: That the alley and slum
condition in Washington is not
growing worse but is improving
year by year.
Second: That many of the con.
ditions could be cured immedi-
ately but for congressional stingi.
ness.
Third: That the ideal living
conditions sought for by re.
formers would not be recognized
by many slum dwellerS today as
worth having.
Bathtubs for Gin
In this class Colonel Oehmann,
building inspector, placed those
families with whom he has had
some experience-families who
used bathtubs solely for making
gin in the summer and for the
storage of coal in the winter.
Capt. Hugh Dram, chief in
Spector, told the commissioner
that these alley and slum
troubles were of ancient vintage;
that he and other officials for
years had been trying to get
Congress to enact revisions of
present laws that would permit
a better administration of the
laws against unsafe and insani.
tary dwellings. At present the
corporation counsel has proposed
language for these laws which
will be sent to the next Congress
for enactment.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
KensingtOn to Hold
Field Day Sept. Is

The annual field day at the
Kensington municipal playground
has been postponed until Septem-
ber Is, it was announced today by
the playground committee.
The committee said the log
cabin which is being erected near
the playground for the use of boys
and girl scouts of the community
and students of the Kensington
school, which is to be dedicated
on field day, will not be COM
pleted for several days.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
New FERA Lodge
Formed by A.F.G.E.

Formation of a new local lodge
of the American Federation of
Government Employees in the
Federal Emergency Relief Admin
stration has been announced. 1t
will be known as FERA Lodge, No.
139.
The first meeting will be held
Thursday at p. m. at place to
be announced later, according to
Irving Richter, temporary presi-
dent. Other temporary officers
are Theodore Jung, treasurer, and
Constance Kiehel, secretary.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27

output Of Sevres, Dresden, En-
gIsh and Oriental potteries. Ex-
quisite design, color and form
characterize several of the groups.
The Polk china shows a dainty
bird design in brilliant colors,
while the Pierce and Lincoln
groups are recognized by their
broad bands of rich color and
graceful forms. The snowy Hayes
and Arthur specimens are re-
minders of the mid-Victorian art
sense. The Cleveland and Benja-
min Harrison groups claim atten.
ton for the quiet elegance OF
their decoration and the Roose-
velt exhibit is noted for its simple
elegance.
China or glassware which has
seen service at the White House,
even though broken or damaged,
never is sold or disposed of to out
siders. Pieces of this kind are
broken up to prevent even frag-
ments to find their way into the
hands of collectors or curio
seekers.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
RISE HERE
DUE To STIR
CONGRESS
Senate District Committee To
Take Up Housing Question
Early In Next Session
By LOUIS E. WHYTE


Washington's rent situation
probably will be given more than
cursory attention by the coming
session of Congress if current
rumors that real estate operators
here plan to raise rents in the
very near future materialize.
Undoubtedly the Senate District
Committee will take up the Dis
trict housing question soon after
Congress convenes, regardless OF
what develops meanwhile, since it
has before it now the complete
report made, at it's own request.
by the Public Utilities Commission.
In the report, written by James
Ring, who supervised the greater
part of the investigatory work in
connection with it, a prediction
was made that an attempt would
be made this fall to increase
rentals here, largely because of
the fact that the Government en-
ployes were being returned two
thirds of the pay taken from them
in the economy wave.
Informed of the content of
this section of the report, some
members of the Senate District
Committee, who reside in this
city at least while Congress is in
session and thus are acquainted
with rental charges here, as
serted that if the predicted in
creases were made they would
certainly take the matter up in
committee at the next session.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
56 Veterinarians
Pay Visit to D. c.

A group of Sc veterinary sur
geons from foreign countries, who
attended the Twelfth international
Veterinary Congress in New York
last week, arrived in Washington
yesterday to inspect the labora-
tories of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry of the Agriculture Depart
ment.
The delegates, eight Of whom
are women, will study the system
of research on animal diseases and
related subjects at the bureaus ex-
pertinent station in Bethesda, Md.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Labor Board Views
Aluminium Strike

Representatives of the aluminium
workers and the Aluminium Co. of
America conferred today with the
National Labor Relations over the
strike now under way in the alumni
mum industry.
A decision in the case may be
reached late today according to
Chairman Lloyd Garrison, of the
Labor Relations Board.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Gas Dealers Meet
To End Price War

Early termination Of the gaSo-
line war which has ragged in the
District for the past two weeks
was seen today as representatives
Of the major companies and the
independent dealers planned a
secret meeting to iron out differ
ences.
Meanwhile gasoline still sold at
IL cents a gallon for the straight
fuel, with some stations selling
the third-rate gas at 10 cents, in.
Guiding the District and Federal
taxes,
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Man Shot in Feet
In Fight at Home

One man was in Georgetown
Hospital today, with gunshot
wounds in both feet, and another
was out on bond pending hearing
on an assault charge as the after
math of a shooting at Glen Echo
Heights. Md, yester day. The
wounded man is Benjamin Cats.
According to witnesses he was
shot by Basil R. Frizzel during
q partv at the Frizzell home.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Young Democrats
Hold Rally Tonight

The New York State campaign
committee of the Young Demo-
cratic Clubs of America, District
OF Columbia division, will hold
meeting at the Willard Hotel to-
night.
The committee plans to get out
5000 absentee votes in New York
State during the fall campaign.
Edward j. Sheridan, vice chair
man, will preside at the meeting.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Order of DeMOlay
To Install Heads

Installation of officers will be
held by the Alexandria Chapter.
Order of DeMolay, tonight in the
ElkS' Hall.
Special guests will include H. L.
Mcconnell, grand representative
Of the grand council. At the con-
clusion of the ceremonies an invi.
rational dance will be held by
alumni of the organization.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
HARVEST SUPPER

Ladies of the Epworth M. E.
Church of Gaithersburg will hold
their annual Harvest Home
Supper" August 20 from to s
p. M, on the lawn of Ernest c..
Gartner's home on Diamond
Avenue.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Ft. Myer Soldier
Injured In Crash

Charles Faulkner, "a, private
at Fort Myer. Va, received lacera-
tions of the arms and face in an
automobile accident today about
so yards from the Fort Myer gate.
The accident occurred, Mr..
Faulkner told attendants at the
post hospital, when he was crowded
off the road by another car.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Southeast Group
To Plan Cannery

The Southeast Cooperative AS
sociation will meet tomorrow at
7::3O IN. at Emergency Relief
headquarters in the 900 block
Eighth st. S. E. to discuss a can
ming project and arrange future
entertainment.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Arlington Police
Wait Radio Sets

Arlington County, Va, police
automobiles will be equipped with
radios in the next few days.
The cars we're ordered and re.
ceived some weeks ago, but de-
livery of the radio receiving sets
was DELAYED
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Bids Opened Today
For Is Airplanes

Bids will be opened today for
25 small tWo-seated airplanes to be
used by aeronautical inspectors OF
the Commerce Department. The
specifications embody advanced
characteristics in design, construc-
ton and performance but the
price is expected to be low.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Picnickers to Hear
Three Candidates

John Philip Hill, Oliver Met
zerott, and L. Harold Sothoron,
candidates for office in Maryland,
will speak at the annual Labor
Day picnic and dance at the St.
Barnabas Church Grove near
Iceland.
Teams from Langdon and Land
over will play baseball, and other
sporting events are on the
schedule.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
TO VISIT MARLBORO

Senator Phillips Lee Goldsbor-
ough, Republican candidate for
governor of Maryland, will tour
Upper Marlboro next Wednesday
to meet Republican leaders and
speak personally with voters.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27

one-time Pres
ident has not
t he wander
lust as notice
ably as the
wife of the
present Dem
ocratic PreSi-
d e n t, M r S.
Wilson d o e S
m a n a g e TO
see a la r G e
part Of the
W orld now
and then.
j u S t a t
present Mrs.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27

His skull fractured, James
Goldstein, %, of the $500
block of Illinois Avenue N. W.,
died last night in a Salem. N.
j., hospital from injuries re.
ceived in an automobile crash
near Woodstown, N. j. Two
other Washingtonians were
killed and a Capital woman in
jured in the accident.-Times
Staff Photo.
The Washington times., 1934-08-27
Now
Mrs. Wilson a Nomad.
Gods Country
Bona Eide 'Injuns.'
BY HELEN ESSARY

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson does
some travelling, too.
Although the widow Of the
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Monte Carlo Ballet

Renoux Smith, manager Of the
T. Arthur Smith Concert Bureau
here, announces two performances
Of the remarkable Monte Carlo
Ballet Russo, new in America this
season, to be given at the National
Theater Sunday, March 4, at 2:30
and $50 p. M, respectively. This
will be the first appearance in the
National Capital of this much-dis-
cuSsed dance organization recently
imported from the Continent.
The Monte Carlo Ballet Russo
combines a group each from the
two most famous ballet organiza
tions Of the music world--Serge
Diaghilieff's and Anna Pavlowa's
The company presents both the
best Of the classics and modern,
sophisticated ballets Of Soviet Rus.
sian inspiration,
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Westminster Choir

The Westminster Choir, sched,
uled to give q concert here Tues
day night, February 8, at $3.50, at
Constitution Hall, will be directed
by DR.. John Finley Williamson,
recognized as one of the foremost
authorities on choral singing.
DR.. Williamson organized the
first Westminster Choir about 13
years ago. Since that time it has
undergone many changes. Today
it emerges as an organization Of
40 mixed voices, schooled in an
enormous repertoire Of classic and
secular music, with powers Of ex'
preston, tone and technique
which have won highest praise
from critics in all the largest cities
in both Europe and America.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Double Door, Hit MeIodramal
Comes to National Monday

Carminatti have the principal
male roles. Elaborate dance Sc
quences and tuneful musical
scores are introduced during the
action.
EARLE Fashions Of 1884"
with william Powell, Bette Da-
Wis, Verree Teasdale and Frank
McHugh, will have a pre-releaSe
showing here Friday. The busi-
ness Of dreSs-designing forms the
theme of the film, which intro
duces many new fashions styles,
as well as several lavish musical
numbers. On the stage will be
Jack Whiting, dancing star Of
many shows; Donald Novis, we'll
known singer; Talent and Merit.
comedians, and Ray and Sum-
shine, acrobatic dancers.
FOX-Meyer Davis, Washing
ton maestro, will bring his or
cheStra to the Fox stage as the
headliner beginning Friday. Other
acts on the stage will be Buster
West and his company; Mary
Haynes, comedienne; and the
Lynton and JAMS revue. On the
screen will be the German star,
Dorothea Week, in Miss Fane's
Baby Is Stolen" perturbation Of
Rupert Hughes story, with Alice
Brady, Baby Leroy, George Bar
bier, Jack LaRue and Dorothy
Burgess in a tale Of the kidnapping
of the child Of a Hollywood movie
actress.
COLUMBIA-The pas sengers
on a railroad train are the central
characters in "Orient Express" "
which will be the screen attrac-
tion Friday. Heather Angel, Nor
man Foster, Ralph Morgan, Her
bert Mundin, Una O'Connor, Irene
Ware and Dorothy Burgess have
the principal roles in the picture,
adapted from Graham Green's
well-known novel.
Riding in Rhythm, I"
the new show opening Saturday
at the Howard, brings back the
popular dancing mermaids" and
a company Of well-known enter
tainers in q fast-moving musical
show. The screen attraction is
"As Husbands Co." with Warner
Baxter, Helen Vinson and Warner
GLAND. The regular midnight
show is given every Saturday
night.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31

NATIONAL-One Of the first
hits Of the present season in New
York, Double Door," will play
here for O week beginning Mon.
day. The original Broadway cast
will be seen in the production.
Mary Morris has the role Of a
tyrannical and domineering head
Of q rich Gotham family. Others
in important roles are Granville
Bates, Anne Revere, Thelma
Paige. Ernest Woodward, Foth-
ringham Lysons and Marjorie Dal-
ton. Potter and Haight produced
the melodrama, written by Eliza
beth McFadden. Matinees on
Wednesday and Saturday.
RKO KEITHS Opening to.
night at 8 p. m. will be the latest
comedy starring Wheeler and
Woolsey, Hips, Hips, Hooray."
Several musical and dance num-
bers are included in the film
written by Ruby and Kalmar
Dorothy Lee has the principal
feminine role, with Ruth Etting
Thelma Todd and a bevy OF
chorineS also featured.
METROPOLITAN-Warren vii
liam plays q philandering doctor
IN Bedside" beginning today at
the Metropolitan. Two new fem
tnine players are introduced to
screen audiences in Bedside. u
They are Kathryn Sergava and
Jean Muir. In the cast Of the
film are Allen Jenkins, David
Landau, Henry O'Neill, Donald
Meek and Philip Faversham.
RIALTO-The intrigues of the
Russian and Austrian courts dur.
ing the war form a colorful back
ground to Madame Spy" which
will be seen at the Rialto, start,
ing Thursday. Fay Wray and
Nils ASther are co-featured in the
cast, which also includes Edward
Arnold, John MILAN, Noah Beery
Vince Barnett and Oscar APPEL
Karl Freund directed Madame
Spy"
PALACE - Constance Bennett
plays q dual role in Moulin
Rouge" which will have its local
premiere at the Palace, Thursday
midnight, with many Hollywood
stars in person at the perform
ance. Franchot Tone and Tullio
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Holmes Pictures
World Cruise

Burton Holmes, having done
Java pretty thoroughly two weeks
ago, yesterday dealt in consider
able detail with it's neighboring
island Sumatra, in the course Of
his world Cruise" lecture, fourth
in his series at the National
Theater.
AS a special treat and a marked
innovation, he introduced at the
close Of the lecture Bradford
Washburn, whom he has fire.
quently shown in feats Of noun
tain climbing, and Washburn de-
scribed a mountain range in
Alaska which he conquered last
summer and which is practically
unknown to the average Ameri.
can.
Holmes began his world tour
in Hollywood, crossing the con-
tinent by air, with glimpseS en-
route of Death Valley and the
Grand Canyon. Thence to Lon
don, Paris, Vienna, Budapest
ana COnSCanC1nop1e, ana Cnen
bit Of exotic atmosphere in Beirut
and Damascus.
The Suez Canal and Djibouti
next claimed attention, on the
way to India. whose marvels at
Bombay, Jaipur and Agra were
revealed briefly. But after Ceylon
came journeys off the beaten
track in the Netherlands East
Indies, notably in Sumatra, where
much that was new to Holmes,
apparently, as well as to his
hearers, came to view.
The homeward voyage over,
WaShburn told Of AlaSka'S won
derS and the return to Holly
wood by air from Vancouver.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Madame Jeritza To Sing Here

Nine. Maria Jeritza, the cele-
brated prima donna soprano who
d o m mated the Metropolitan
Opera for more than a decade,
and who recently created a new
sensation as star Of the opening
performance Of the new Chicago
Grand Opera Company, will be
the next attraction presented at
Constitution Hall by Mrs. Doro-
thy Hodgkin Dorsey's concert
bureau.
Jeritza will appear in recital
at Constitutional Hall next Sun
day afternoon, February 4. at 4
o'clock, in a program Of songs
by Schubert, Schumann, Strauss,
Debussy, Franz Lehar and others,
including q new song from the
The Washington times., 1934-01-31
Saw First Show at 13

Thirteen is a lucky number for
Francis Lederer, in RKO Radios
Man Of Two Worlds" at Keith's.
He's considered it that ever since
his thirteenth birthday, when, as
a present, his father gave him the
price Of a gallery admission to a
theater. It was then that he saw
his first show, although he had
decided long before that he wanted
to be an actor.
The Washington times., 1934-01-31

Fritz Kreisler operetta, Sissy"
recently produced in Europe.
The diva will also sing an aria
from Ponchielli's opera, La Clio
conda," "Ah, Suicide!" as well as
a number of encoreS not yet an
nounced.
Seats are now on sale at Mrs.
Dorsey's Concert Bureau, in
Droop'S, 1900 G st.