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The Washington times., 1934-04-09
GU. T0OBSERVE
FOUNDERS DAY

Founders Day exercises, mark
ing the one-hundred and forty
fifth anniversary of Georgetown
University, will be observed to-
night with academic honors being
bestowed on Gov. Albert c. Ritchie
Of Maryland, and the Most Rev.
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apos-
tolic Delegate to the United States.
Governor Ritchie will be awarded
the gold medal of the William
CASTOR Academy of Law, and
Msgr. Cicognani will receive the
John Carol School of Foreign
Service medal.
The first honorary degree ever
conferred on a woman will be
given to Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady,
president of the Girls Scouts of
America, who will be named Doc
tor Of Laws.
The gold medal of the Angelo
Secchi Academy Of Science will be
presented to DR.. Sofie Nordhoff-
Jung, noted Washington physician,
for her research work in cancer.
DR.. Coleman Nevils, S. j.. pres
ident Of the University, will pre-
side.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Two Groups Watch
Mcleod Bank Bill
By . Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, April 9.-TWo con-
Spicuous groups are watching the
progress of the Mcleod banking
bill, now before Congress-the
measure which will, if enacted,
permit the Federal Government
to pay off depoSitorS Of closed Fed
eral Reserve Banks.
The first group, quite naturally,
comprises the hundreds of thou
sands of men and women whose
life savings are now tied up in the
frozen assets of the closed finan-
cial Institutions.
The second group is composed
o. merchants, big and little, which
view the Mcleod measure as one
of the most effective steps yet
taken in the Governments cam
paign to release hundreds of mil
lions Of dollars into legitimate
trade channels.
IF these frozen bank accounts
can be thawed out, the merchants
declare, much Of the funds win
find themselves in commercial
channels again as the financially
crippled depositors discharge some
Of their long-over-due monetary OBJ
legations.
Many Of the depositors, who
have written to the New York
American, express the determine
ton to utilize the moneys now tied
up in making vitality necessary pur.
chases for their personal needs.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
I HURT, 7 HELD.
IN STREET RIOT

CHICAGO, April 9 G.N.S).
Seven men received hospital
treatment today and seven other
persons were under arrest as the
aftermath of spirited street riot
between two Armenian factions.
Four of those arrested were
women.
After questioning the injured
and those under arrest, police as
scribed the violence to the same
factional feud blamed for the
murder of Archbishop Leon Tou-
rain, head of the Armenian
Church in this country.
Clubs, knives, and bricks were
welded in the rioting, precipi-
tated when 200 parading Armen-
ian Communists interrupted a
meeting Of 1000 members of the
Armenian National Club.
Fifty police, in answer to a
riot call, finally subdued the
struggling combatantS with clubs.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Poll of Both Houses Shows
McLeod Bill In Great F avor

posits from closed national banks
through the aid Of the Reconstruc
ton Finance Corporation.
They are Representatives James
L. Whitley (R), Of this city;
James M. Mead, (D). Buffalo, and
Alfred E. Better RO, Williams
vile.
In a telegram from Washington
Mr.. Whitley said:
cam heartily in favor Of Nc
LeOd bill for release of deposits
in closed banks. The banks were
under supervision Of examiners
who should have known COndi-
tiOnS.
"The Government made every
effort to prevent boarding, urg-
ing money to be deposited In
banks, and the Government is
morally bound as everyone had
q right to assume the banks
were sound.
"The Government could take
the assets and hold until recOv.
cry, which is bound to come"
Rep. Beiter'S wire of approval
follows:
81 am in favor Of the Nc
LeOd bill, which would release
frozen bank deposits and assist
hundreds Of thousands Of
worthy citizens.
81 believe some such legiSIa-
ton is necessary to recover
confidence in banking institu-
tiOns which were under Govern
ment supervision and examin-
alton.
I'm my opinion the Federal
Government is morally obligated
to aid these depOsitOrS."
Rep. Mead telegraphed:
81 favor Mcleod bill with
minor amendment. It will have
. wholesome effect generally"
The Washington times., 1934-04-09

well-defined territory and that
they are ideally suited for the task
Of conducting primaries which
would give the District represen-
Ration at the conventions without
their delegates being under the
heel Of politicians.
= The suggestion was referred to
the committee on fiscal relations
and local suffrage for report.
Highway Plan Backed
Endorsement was given the six
year highway plan calling for the
erection of bridges over Eastern
Avenue and also at Franklin
Street over the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracks.
The Copeland pure food bill also
was Endorsed after its provisions
had been explained by Dr.. c. B.
Campbell and Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley.
The District Commissioners, un-
der the terms of a resolution
adopted, will be asked to request
an allotment Of 100000 for q
sewerage disposal plant.
Jesse c. Suter, Major A. M.
Holcombe, and Elaine Eppley were
named to a committee to discuss
with the Board of Trade and
other organizations the problem of
getting Congress to appropriate
money for a new Chain Bridge.
Other Bridges Sought
An appropriation also was asked
by the Federation for study of
plans for a Michigan Avenue via
duct and for various bridges. It
also was suggested that a bridge
be constructed across the Ana
costa River at East Capitol Street
instead of continuing MaSsachu-
SettS Avenue.
An amendment was submitted
by George E. Sullivan which
would bar from future member
ship in the federation all profes-
sional, occupational, or business
organizations. It was referred to
committee for study.
AS chairman of the federation'S
membership drive, I have asked
all organizations to make immedi-
ate returns of members and COM
missions to me at the office of
David Babp in the Bond Building.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
THAYER PROBE
HITS SNAG
~

= ALBANY, N. Y, April 8 GN.SO.
Bewildered by the flood of criti-
cism which followed its decision
to confine the investigation of
Senator Warren T. Thayer, Re
publican whip, to the latter's al
kged 1927 correspondence with
Che Associated Gas and Electric
Company, the Senate was to meet
today to determine upon the next
step in the inquiry, scheduled to
start this afternoon.
The chief problem of the body
IS that two outstanding lawyers,
Attorney General John j. Ben
nett, J. Bennett, jr., and Ferdi-
nand Pecora, scourge of the
banking interests, have refused to
act as counsel to the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee, Mr.. Bennett
said.
The investigation resolution
was too confined in its scope,
and Mr.. Pecora said the task
would conflict in point of time
With his present duties in Wash
L-gton as counsel to the Senate
Banking Committee.
Both Mr.. Bennett and Mr.. Pc
cora declared that a proper in
veStigation should go into the
entire field of public utility op-
erations in legislative halls.
, Senate leaders insist, however,
that the only charge against
their colleague is that he made
allegedly improper references to
campaign expenses" and killing
pf detrimental bills" in letters he
b said to have written the util-
ty company, and that the in
tuiry cannot go beyond that
Ndarge.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
123 Sign Mt. Rainier
Vote List First Dan

In the first registration day Of
the election year in Mt. Rainier
a total Of 1913 new residents were
registered for the town election,
according to figures announced
today by Bird H. Dolby, corpora
ton counsel.
A second registration day will
be held next Saturday. in prepare.
ton for the election May I.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Sef-Centered VieU
DepLOred by Pastor

Christianity as taught by Christ
3 far from being a majority re-
tgion today, the Rev. Irving w.
Ketchum declared in his sermon
1t the Peck Memorial Chapel.
He spoke on the topic "Are
Many Saved?" and pointed out
hat the self-centered view Of
many Christians is what prevents
hem from fulfilling the teachings
u the Saviour.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Relief Agency Puts
Ia in MGrVL1Id y.

The Federal Emergency Relief
Administration has placed IA stu
dents in the University Of Mary
land. it was learned from univer.
sity officials.
The students are helping to pay
their tuition by working in the
school library, .
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
SchlInlUH1n-HeinE
AskSCheck OnLalUyer

Madame Ernestine Schumann-
Heink, famous singer, asked the
New York Surrogate's Court to
compel John A. Weekes, a lawyer,
Of 76 william ST., to give an ac-
counting as executor of the
$4,000 estate left to Marie M.
Heink, Madame Schumann-H Heink'S S
sister-in-law. The singer, named
residuary legatee, said she had
been unable to get details from
Weekes for more than seven
months. ....-
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Retail Code to End
Price-CUttinq Here

Price cutting and "chiselers"
among retailers in the District will
be eliminated under the pricing
provisions Of the retail code.
which go into effect April 20, it is
believed by the local code author.
ity for the industry.
Under an order from Brig. Gen.
Hugh s. johnson, no retailer may
sell merchandise for less than 10
per cent above the price it cost
him, except during bona fide
clearance sales"
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commensurate with 1926 market
conditions.
Little money would be lost to
the Government, believe sponsors
of the bill, and the bast resultant
benefits to the nation would
readily justify such loss.
The bill is still in the hands Of
the RFC subcommittee of the
House Banking and Currency
Committee awaiting action.
A confidential report from the
RFC, in the meantime is be-
ing awaited by Representative
Aiming S. Prail D) of New York,
chairman of the subcommittee.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Burns Bring Death
To Mrs. PitchLVTIn

Burns sustained when her dress
was ignited by a gas stove last
January yesterday resulted in the
death Of Mrs. Florence Pitchlynn,
90, of GOA Bates st. N. w. Mrs.
Pitchlynn was alone at the time Of
the accident, and after beating
out the flames, collapsed and lay
unconscious for eight hours before
she was found by her husband.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
8 States May Get
u. s. Tax Control
BY International News Service

BY InteFnatiOnaI News Service
Legislation to wipe out the
advantage held by income tax
payers in eight Southern and
Western States having commu-
nifty property laws will be con-
sidered by a House Ways and
Means subcommittee. Chairman
Doughton CD of North Carolina,
Of the committee, announced he
expects to name a subcommittee
today.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
Police Begin Search
For Kidn1ped Child

CHICAGO, April 9 UN.S)s
Police launched a search today for
Dorette zietlow, 3, reported kid
naped from in front Of the homo
Of her grandmother, Mrs. Dora
Witte, by youth about 10 years
old. The child was playing with
q sister, Lois, II: when the youth
grasped Dorette's hand and or.
dered her to accompany him.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
STATE SOCIETY MEET

The Minnesota State Society
will meet next Monday night at
the Washington Club, Seventeenth
and K Streets Northwest. Keith
Merrill, Of the State Department,
VIII be guest Of honor Of the
affair.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
FALL FRACTURES SKULL

Mrs. Harry Hollinger, 48, is in
Emergency Hospital today suffer-
pg from q skull fracture suS-
aimed Ia . fall down stairs at her
loEne. 400 block Newton Pl. N. w.
Ae 9s expected to recover.
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
DR|SCOLL PLAN
; FORPR|MAR|ES
I SCRUT|N|zED
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Associations Editor

Z Washingtonians would be al
owed to vote for delegates to the
national conventions of the two
major political parties and such
primaries would be conducted by
tne Federation of Citizens Associa-
uonS. under q suggestion made
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
New York Representatives
Favor Mel Gods Bill

ROCHESTER, N. Y, April 8
U.S0.-Three Representatives
from Western New York today
told the Rochester Evening Jour.
nal that they favor passage Of the
Mcleod bill to release frozen de-
The Washington times., 1934-04-09

Saturday night
at the meeting
of the fedora
|tion by the
writer, who Is
president of the
Mid-City Citi-
re n s. ASSocia-
! ton and Citi-
z e n s. AsSocia-
ton Editor Of
t he Washing
ton Times.
I pointed out
there are 81
citizens aSsocia-
tions in the Dis
The Washington times., 1934-04-09
GEIST TO SPEAK

Ellsworth Geist, Of Boston, will
be the guest-Speaker at a meeting
Of the Advertising Club Of Wash
1ngton at the Raleigh Hotel to-
morrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
W6101E GAh0k

Sending an original story to
a scenario department is useless
because most departments re-
turn them unopened. The
original may have an idea
worthy of a picture, but it prob
ably isn't new. We have had
many examples Of wOuld-be
writer's going to q theater and
seeing what they think is their
idea, stolen, on the screen.
"T sent them an original
story about an unfaithful wife,
and lOOk-they sent mine back
unopened and yet made it, the
thieveS!' exclaimS the victim.
"The truth is that the un-
faithful wife idea has been used
over and over again. But, with
new and unusual treatment, it
always makes for entertainment
and drama.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06

armor It seemed was living the story of Anthony and his
Egypt all again. convincing were the surroundings
Once in a while took time out to watch Alexander
Hall making "The Pursuit Of Happiness, Revolutionary
War picture, which found almost interesting Cleo
patra.'
One of the most attractive things about was the
accurate and complete every detail within sound stage,
and it really ideas for doing some decorating
at home.
Henry Wilcoxon and watched nearly the whole
''bundling" sequence which built around quaint
old custom they had in New England in the early days.
It that rewood in those days. and each
family allowed itself only many logs each day. Out of
this situation the custom of "bundling,' which
recognized IN economic necessity
When Minute Man called his sweetheart the two
Of them would be bunded into bed together by the girls
mother and sisters and there they would lie and talk with
the blankets round their necks and centerboard between
them.
Francis Lederer and Bennett had the "bundling
scene which they did delightfully."-. The whole picture
that the reviews of the prevew all very favorable
Then, Marene Dietrich has just finished "The Scarlet
EMPRESS story Of Catherine the Great, and for long
while Russian courtier ladies and soldiers out of past
studio lot.
Bustes and "walrus' musaches frequently to be
too, during the making of Mae Vests Bee of the
Nlneties And them of there the odashoned
costumes of 'Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage Patch.'
Several other costume pictures-incuqing mississippi"
with w. G. Fields; "Red Woman with Sylvia Sidney and
Cecil B. DeMies The Crusadesare booked for produc-
tion soon, and Olives of Bengal Lancer and Cline
house Nights just finishing you see how seri-
ously Hollywood is taking its history and pictures
nowadays.
And I remember reading only little while ago that
such pictures "Out!'
It's wise who do any accurate predicting in
Hollywood. Just try it sometime.
Sincerely,
0I2~157z GAA0N
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06

HOLLY WOOA1 wv O'-G4CAC
comes the percentage marriage.
you've heard about trial mar
riages. companionate marriages,
$3.50 agreements, but this is some
thing brand new, adapted strictly
to the 1884 economic structure
and the strange fantastic pattern
of the Twentieth Century where
the husband makes far less money
than his beautiful, talented wife.
It is being worked out in Holly
wood by blonde Bette Davis, mo-
ton picture star under contract
to Warner Brothers studio at
81 900 per week and her husband,
Harmon o. Nelson, young mus
ician who averages 500 weekly.
Bette'S Lavish Needs
Bette has smart frockS and
lovely. lavish evening clothes, is
chartered about town in a big
black Packard, looks and fills the
glittering role of movie star.
Harmon buys ready-made, if well
cut. suits just as any young man
in his twenties starting out IN
business, drives an old Ford
roadster for which he paid $3.50.
They live in a comfortable, not
too large, house in Beverly Hills.
And they are happy. Here are
the rules of their agreement:
l. Each to contribute a percent
age of income to the household
budget-this worked out, accord
ing to moneys made, by a
neutral third party, a business
manager.
2. The wife to buy things neces-
sary to keep up her business
position, such as expensive
clothes, wraps, big car, out Of
her income. -,
8. The husband to buy all
things necessary to his business,
his clothes, his car, his trips.
Dutch" Excursions
T. The husband and wife to go
dutch" when stepping out to
expensive places just for their
own enjoymen inexpensive
jauntS, he to pay the bills. No
"gigoIoing" or wife footing pleas
ure bills, permitted.
S. Tolerance, faith in one an
others ability and work and
a goodly measure of love.
Occasionally, We have to
add cOdicils to this agreement
in emergencies, but in the main
this is our agreement and we
stick to it, Bette told me. $50
far, it has worked beautifully
and enabled each to keep our
self-respect and the respect Of
the other. 1t seemed the only
way, unless / wanted to retire
from work and be just a wife,
which didn't. / love acting
and I love the movies.
I'VE wanted to be married
yOung-there's so much more
fun in companiOnship and work
now than if we waited until
we were Staid and old. If you
wait-yOu never marry, and I
wanted to marry Harmon and
ne, me.
But Harmon in the role of q
gigOlO to o movie wife? 1t was
unthinkable, although I have
seen many o man in Hollywood
who seemed content in that
part. Harmon couldn't and yet
why should he pay for all the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
CAUDETTE COLBERT HOLLYWOOD HISTORICAL SPREE
DornedIf HeWonts To Be Called Mr.. Bette Davis

Swank and show that is neceS-
sary for q Hollywood actress?
That's q business expense upon
my part and the studio would
be the first to complain II
didn't wear lovely things and
be seen places. It Is o part Of
what IL called glamour.
HARMON'S PROBLEM
ct takes much more intesti-
nal fOrtitude upon the part Of
Harmon to carry ON under this
agreement than ]. So far, he
has been swell about it, a.
though when things come up
like an item in q morning paper
two Sundays ago which told of
my going down town and buy
ing a suit Of clothes, which I
never did!-it makes it difficult
for him. You can imagine our
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06

Sunday morning breakfast table
conversation.
do 1 think this would work
for the ordinary young couple
WHEREAS 80 often happens in
this freakish, economic world Of
1934-that the wife makes more
money than the husband? It
might not, II the man is in q
business world and in office
all day. We happen both to be
professional people with an
understanding of the demands
of q profession. Harmon is q
musician and he understands
my love of acting as much as 1
do his love for music. We both
lead exciting lives in our work"
Bette and Harmon were mar
ried two years ago n l-uguSt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Just q Few FPS on Writing
Stories for the Screen

The best way to write for mo.
ton pictures is not to write for
motion pictures, maintains Howard
J. Green, who is responsible for
the scenarios of "I'm a Fugitive
From a Chain Gang" Morning
Glory" Shoot the Works" land
the current Lemon Drop Kid
"In looking over the lists of
successful screen authors, you
will find that practically every
one of them have come to Holly
wood from some other form Of
writing" explains Green. "Play-
wrightS are signed; nOveliStS are
summoned after one book; short
story writer's are cleaned from
the magazines. Perhaps one
half Of / per cent of the persons
in the various studio writing de-
partments worked up from the
bottom Of those departments.
"Why, you ask? Because
writer's who have proved their
ability in treating some outside
form of writing can be depended
upon to be able to treat the pic
ture form. 1t isn't the idea be-
hind q picture so much as the
treatment of it that counts.
There are no new ideas in the
world. But there is always a
novel approach to some old idea,
and to get a producer to risk
hundreds of thousands of dol
lars that a production costs on
a writer who hasn't proved his
worth in novel treatment of a
book or play is almost impOSSi-
hle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06

in the past than in the pres
ent.
Nearly every movie set rep
resents some historical period
these days, and as for the
studio cafes, they re peopled
with characters out OF
so many periods that you
get the impression Time has
gone mad and scrambled
everything into a fantastic
hodge-podge.
AS for Paramount, it's
nothing unusual to see three
or four Minute Men seated
at one table, a couple OF
Roman soldiers behind them,
a few courtiers of Catherine
the Great nearby, and may
be three or four dancing
girls out Of the Gay Nineties
at another table.
To a stranger it must ap-
pear all very weird.
In cleopatra, " which Mr..
DeMille has just completed,
I spent my days and half my
evenings in Egyptian CO.'S
tune and m k cup, sur
rounded by Nubian slaves
and dancing girls and men in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Answers
To ProfiIes

The movie stars pictured on
page three are: !, John BoleS;
2, Clark Gable; 3, Ann Harding;
4. Phillips Holmes; S, Bing Crosby;
6, Edward Arnold; 7. Cary Grant;
8, Andy Devine; 9. Leila Hyams:
10, Kay Francis; II, Frederic
March; IL, Joan Crawford; IS.
Fay Wray; il, Helen TwelvetreeS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Star Writes That Love-Moking,
Colonial Style, Is O. K.

This is the seventeenth IN series of personal letters
from Holvavood celebrities to Andrew r. Kelley Motion
Picture Editor of The Washington Times. Another 1DM
appear in neat Saturdays Hollywood on Parade section
Dear Mr.. Kelley:
It looks like Hollywood has gone historical.
For reasonperhaps because of the current popu-
larity Of biographe-most of find ourselves living