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The Washington times., 1934-09-07

care OF themselves. More Jnan
200 eggs have been found on
the back of a single female.
Well, as the Frenchman said.
leach one to his taste" I
couldn't go for that sort Of
thing myself-but then, I
couldn't go for any of the other
of DR.. Ditmar's hobbies.
Copyright 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
Articles by Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedneS-
day and Friday.
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S p ! e n d i d
W ord was
given to me
and I could
express in
u n d y i n g
phraSeS-t the
t h in G that
had m e a n t
most to me
in all my
life, do you
know W h a t
S u b j e ct I'd
choose?
w ould I
talk of the
w n r | d s
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can, well-versed in political lore,
said:
"He had kept quiet for so
long! Why couldn't he have re-
Trained from verbosity a few
months lOnger?"
Ask our Secretary of the
Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, jr.,
about the honesty, integrity and
general good morals of the
agents in the Alcohol Tax Unit.
The Secretary will tell you
that their records have been
carefully checked. Investiga-
tiOns have been made to deter.
mine their capabilities.
Be that as it may.
In those days of prohibition
a certain young man lOorked
long and tedious hours around
the Nations Cap tai,
He ferried whisky from Balti-
more to Washington for a time
and a fee. He made few
honest dollars by selling pints
and half-pints of alcohol and
water here and there under the
guise of gin.
Prohibition has gone. His
IabOrS in that line were neceS-
sarily ended. But he has a new
job and it is one that he likes.
He has been named an alcohol
inspector!
Conditions in the Virgin Is
lands under the administration
of GoU. Paul M. Pearson are
showing little Improvement.
Despite the fact that funds
have been sent to the tiny is
lands by this Government,
squalor and poverty continue in
existence. The continuation in
office of Governor Pearson, who
was appointed by President
Hoover, apparently is having no
beneficial effect in the minds of
the islanders.
Democratic Judge T. Webber
Wilson, of the District Court at
st. Thomas, who went to the
islands from Mississippi, recent
ly said in a letter:
81 sincerely hope that it will
not be long until a new sun
will rise to bless these people
here!"
Having made a survey Of the
situation in the islands, Judge
Wilson is we'll acquainted with
the deplOrable conditions that
exist.
Copyright 1894 The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-09-07
Physical Culture Note
For Young People and Older Ones

Not since Leander the Hellespon has there been
more picturesque deed of aquatcs than that of 1year
old Lewis Deane, who struck out across Long Island
Sound the other day towing 16-foot sailboat with
young lady passenger-and with the painter in his
teeth He made the trip too total of about four miles
by zigzag route
Not many Channel swimmers, we imagine, could do it,
And what will interest many young is that Deane
was sickly boy few years ago.
By careful program of physical exercise, however,
he built himself up to weight of 10 pounds with
muscles that Gene Tunney might be proud Of.
If you're feeble and scrawny don't despair.
You may not be able to develop yourself into human
tugboa like Deane but you make yourself healthy
and husky.
All that is needed is sensible set of exercises and the
determination to stick to them.
The determination is the hard part
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LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

If could have my choice of
what I'd write
If, for one hour, the gift of
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And Uncle Sam as sailorman
From merchant ship or cruiser
In parley or in conference
Has always been the loser.
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HooUer retains an important
hold oUer many voterS of the
nation.
But as one staunch Republi.
can, well-versed in political lore,
said:
"He had kept quiet for so
long! Why couldn't he have re-
Trained from verbosity a few
months lOnger?"
The Washington times., 1934-09-07


G..
j. j. FitErD rick managing editor.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
How to Obtain Loans
Under Housing Act

Would you like to obtain q loan at low rote
OF interest," on easy terms, for repairing or inn
proving your home, store or other property?
Would you like to convert your present short
term, expensive mortgages on your home into
new, long-term, per cent, omortized mortgage?
Would you like to obtain such new mortgage
to tinonce the construction Of new home?
All OF these benefits to property owners ore pro-
vIded under facilities being developed by the
Federal Housing Administration For all informo-
ton and help, write your questions to the Housing
Editor, The Washington Times Enclose q
stamped, sef-oddressed return envelope to insure
q prompt personal reply. Do NOT telephone or
coll in person.
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eligible, unless it is under one roof
with a home.
AS has been previously ex-
planned in this series, of which the
present article is a recapitulation
on the mutual mortgage plan"
the mortgages cannot call for an
amount in excess of $4,000 or in
excess of 80 per cent of the total
valuation of the improved prop
erty.
Up to $4,000
Hence, a home worth up to $780,
900 can be refinanced.
The old debts would be wiped
out in favor of one new debt, rep
resented in a mutual mortgage. :"
bearing not more than per cent
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
Cotton Growers
Listing Surplus

Cotton growers whose produc-
ton this year will exceed their
allotment under the Bankhead
limitation act, have ordered sur
plus certificates for 638,260 bales.
E. L. Deal, manager of the Ma
tional Surplus Cotton Tax-Exemp
ton Certificate Pool, said indica-
tions are that the total demand
will be for certificates equivalent
to 100000 bales. Purchasers will
pay at the rate of cents pound
for the certificates.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
By JOHN DEAN MILLIGAN

BY JOHN DEAN MILLIGAN
Possibilities for refinancing in
debtedness on homes, under the
plans being developed by the
Federal Housing Administration.
may aid thousands of families in
escaping mortgage burdens.
Present-day home financing is
a costly procedure in many cases.
Thousands of families are having
difficulty keeping up with their
payments.
The mutual mortgages" pro.
vided in the national housing
act may cure the trouble for
many families.
Pay All Debts
The procedure is to pay off all
existing debtS-like trusts, street
assessments, etc.-in cash from
the proceeds of a "mualal mort
gage"
The new mortgage will, of
course, represent the cheapest
form Of home financing or re-,
financing ever known in this
country.
The plan is designed to be OF
special aid to those $4,000 900
Americans who still have in.
comes. In order to obtain a "mu.
tual mortgage" it will be neces.
Sary to show a reasonable ability
to repay the loan.
The property to be refinanced
must be residential or semiresi-
Dental. Business property is not
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
Ladies' Aid Society
Plans Ham Supper

Annual oyster and ham supper
of the Hunting Hill Ladies Aid
Society of the Hunting Hill (Md0
M. E. Church will be held Fri
day, October 26, from S to 8
p. m. in the parish hall The
committee in charge includes
Mrs. Arthur Henley, chairman;
Mrs. c. D. Long and Mrs. M. c..
Simms, president of the society.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
CUSTER REPORT DUE

A committee report on activities
connected with the dismissal of
1900 employees of the Treasury
Department on December / will
be made at 8 p. m. today at
meeting of the Reinstatement
League in Thomson Community
Center. Other committee reports
also will be made.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
Disabled Vets
Lay Off Bonus

The Disabled American Veterans
will keep hands off agitation for
cashing the soldiers bonus, in
sisting first consideration for vet
Grams relief must be given the
disabled, National Comdr. Volney
P. Mooney, jr., said yesterday.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
MISSION SOCIETY

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct,
is Especially "A meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Society of
the First Methodist Church was
held this noon in the Wesley club
room of the church. DR.. Harry l..
Smith outlined his recent travels
in Russia.
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
TAX CASE LOST

The Supreme Court yesterday
denied a petition of Standard Oil
Company of Indiana for review of
it's unsuccessful suit in lower
courts to obtain a tax refund of
$1,645, 400 for the years 1918 and
The Washington times., 1934-10-16

TOmOrrOw's article will con.
tinue this recapitulation of the
previous articles on the "mu-
tual mortgage plan."
The Washington times., 1934-10-16
FILA EASES UP
ONMORTGAGES

This is another of a series of
articles on the Federal Housing
Administration. The Washing
ton Times is the only newspaper
in the United States giUing com.
plete information on this prof.
eCt.
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interest in most cases and amor,
tized over such a long period of
years that the monthly payments
would be small.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Reception October 80
By Women's League

The League of Republican Women
will give a reception and tea Tues
day afternoon, October 80 from to
at Sixteenth street and Scott circle.
The party was originally planned for
Tuesday, october 16, but as many
members of the league are still out
of town, the party has been postponed
until October 80. The new president,
Mrs. William Fitch Kelly, elected in
the Spring, will be the guest of honor
with the members Of her board, the
members of which are: Mrs. Bruce
Baird, Miss Edna Patton, Mrs. Harry
Hull, Mrs. James s. Parker, Mrs. Louis
G. Weller, Mrs. ELLA A. Yost, Mrs.
Edmund S. KocherSperger, Mrs. Will
liam Lee Corbin, Mrs. Earl Venable,
Mrs. John Otto johnson, Mrs. Will
liam M. Guthrie, Miss Ruth Brown,
Mrs. Arthur Vandenburg, Mrs. Harry
K. Daugherty, Mrs. Charles Alger,
Mrs. Russell Harrison, Mrs. James
Watson, Mrs. Frisbey Eiker, Mrs. Wal
lace S. Dempsey, Mrs. Guy Despard
Golf, Mrs. William Gilbert, Mrs. Carl
A. Droop, Mrs. Frank w. Mondell, Mrs.
Warren Haines, Mrs. Branson, Mrs.
Charles j. Williamson, Mrs. Flora
McGill Keefer, Mrs. Joseph Keys,
Mrs. Henry Albers and Miss Daisy
Prentice.
The league has gained many new
members and Is planning very inter-
estlng program for the Winter.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Tacky Ball Teens With
Fun for the "

Fun tor the Young Set
A Jungle Rhythm Orchestra will
play for the Tacky Ball Saturday
night, October 20, which is less than
two weeks away, in the garden Of the
Mayflower. This is the sixth season
of the Tacky Ball, sponsored by Mrs.
William Laird Dunlop, jr., and given
in the honor of the debutantes of this
season by the debutantes of other
years. self-styled girls on the shelf"
The debutantes are busy arranging
their costumes, as they are to appear
as movie stars. or tacky if they prefer.
on this occasion. Many of the girls
have already indicated that there will
be represented at the Tacky Ball
Greta Carlo, Mae West, Kay Francis,
Joan Crawford. Zasu Pitts, Claudette
Colbert and Shirley Temple. The
Tacky Ball is just as informal as the
Black-and-White Ball is dignifed,
which presents the debutantes in in
teresting and diverting contrast.
The Tacky Ball begins at 10 and
enoS, as the invitations read, good
ness knows when" Supper will be
served at 1890 O'Clock in the usual
Tacky Ball style, consisting Of beer
and hot dogs and like dainties. Prizes
will be awarded for the most amusing
costumes.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Army and Navy Folk
Returning to Capital
For Winter Season
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Will
liam Dougal MacDougall
Open Apartment.

Rear Admiral and Mrs. William
Dougal MacDougaIl have returned to
their apartment at 2101 Connecticut
avenue for the Winter.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Mark L.
Bristol are again in their Washington
home after spending two months mo-
toring in the North, stopping for
visits at Newport, Narragansett Pier
and in Canada. as well as on Lake
George and Westchester County, N. Y.
Mrs. Adolphus E. Watson, wife OF
Rear Admiral Watson, U. S. NJ, with
their daughter, Miss Priscilla W.
Watson, has taken an apartment at
the Wardman Park Hotel, where they
will be in residence during the Win
ter.
Col. and Mrs. Morris Ernest Locke
will return to their Washington home
this week after spending the Summer
at York Harbor, Me.
Col. and Mrs. M. Robert Guggen-
helm will leave New York next month
for Mexico City, where they will spend
Christmas with the formers son and
daughter-in-law, young Mr.. and Mrs
Guggenheim, who were married In
New York last Summer.
Col. and Mrs. Guggenheim will re-
turn to this country early in the new
year and will be at Miami for the sea-
son, coming to Washington in the
late Winter or early Spring, and will
be here for the National Capital
Horse Show in May.
Maj. and Mrs. Edward Keys, who
took up their residence at the Ward
man Park Hotel last week for the
Winter season, were among those en-.
tertaining informally for small group
at dinner on Thursday evening.
Comdr. William Thomas Madison
has returned from Hawaii, where hs
was in command of the U. S. S. Ogalla
and is on duty at Army Industria
War College. With Mrs. Madison hs
Is now established at 2801 Wisconsin
avenue. William Thomas Madison
jr., is attending Swavely School al
Manassas, Va; Warner Madison is al
Woodberry Forest School at Wood
berry Forest, Va, and Miss Mary
Louise Madison is day student a.
Continued on Pase 3, Colusn a..
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Ambassador of Poland
To Attend Club BANQUET

The Ambassador of Poland, Mr..
Stanislaw Patek, has been invited to
be an honor guest at the first New
berry prize banquet, which will be
held at the Mayflower Hotel Friday
evening. The banquet is being given
by the Torch Club (library) of the
Wilson Teachers College.
Nine. Wladyslaw SokalowSki, wife
Of the counselor of the Embassy Of
Poland. is sponsoring table for the
embassy, in honor of Eric P. Kelly,
one Of the Newbery winners. Al
though now the head of the depart
ment of English at Dartmouth COL
lege, Mr.. Kelly taught for many years
at the University of Krakow. in Po-
land. and for his trilogy of books of
Polish background. THE Blacksmith
of Vilno," THE Golden Star of Ha-
Itch" and THE Trumpeter of Kra-
kow," has received three decorations
from Poland, including the Gold Cross
of Merit.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Official Personal Notes
Of Week End Activities
Secretary of Treasury, With Family, at New
York Summer Home-Secretary of War
and Mrs. Dern to Return.

Representative Mary T. Norton, who
spent a few days in her apartment at
the Wardman Park Hotel last week
has returned by motor to her home in
Jersey City, N. j.
Mrs. Emil Hurja has returned to
Washington from seven-week stay
in the mountains, motoring in the
White Mountains and in the Lake
Placid region of the Adirondacks. Mr..
and Mrs. Hurja will remain in the
house at 14O9 Thirtieth street. which
they have occupied for some time.
The Solicitor General, Mr.. James
Crawford Biggs, has been Joined by
Mrs. Biggs, and they are again in the
house at 1900 Kaloram& road which
they have leased from Mrs. Sidney A
Cloman for the Winter.
Mrs. Cloman has taken an apart
ment in the Cordova and will remain
in Washington through the Winter
She will have with her her niece
Mrs. Campbell Prichett, and the lat
ters niece, Miss Natalatie Keeney.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Attorney General
And Mrs. Cummings
Guests at Dinner
Party Is Entertained by
United States Minister to
Hungary.

The Attorney General and Mrs.
Homer s. Cummings were guests at
dinner last evening Of the United
States Minister to Hungary, Mr.. John
Flournoy Montgomery, who enter
tanned in the patio of the Hotel Carl
ton. Others in the company were
the counselor Of the Hungarian Lega-
ton, M. Anton Balasy; Mrs. Davis,
wife of Senator James j. Davis; Mr..
and Mrs. James Bruce Kremer, Mr..
and Mrs. Jay Pierrepont Moffat, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert English, Mr.. and
Mrs. Basil Manly, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Frost. Mr. and Mrs. Bucknell, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Grady, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fletcher Warren, Mr.. Joseph Flack,
Mr. Joseph E. Davies, Mr.. Rudolph
Shoenfeld, Mr.. George Creel and Mr..
Tom Wilson.
The general counsel of the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue and Mrs.
Robert jackson will be the guests of
honor at dinner October II at the
Congressional Country Club, given by
the Federal Bar Association, of which
Mr.. Ralph Cornell is president.
Mr. William r. Valance, assistant
to the legal adviser of the State De-
partment, Is chairman of the COM
mittee in charge, and on the commit
tee are Mr.. Roland Dyer, counsel, N
r. A.; Miss Louise Mccarthy of the
Public Works Administration; Mr..
Harold Jacobson of the ReconStruc-
ton Finance Corporation; Maj. Wal
lace Streeter of the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue and Mr.. William E.
Reese of the general ACCOUNTANTS Of
flee.
Capt. Clarence Nelson Hinkamp,
U. S. N, and Mrs. Hinkamp were
hosts at. midday breakfast yester-
day, preceding the Virginia
foot ball game, and with their guests
later attended the game. The party
was in compliment to Mrs. Hinkamp's
cousins, Col. and Mrs. F. S. Tainter
Of Far Hills, who are guests of Capt.
and Mrs. Hinkamp for several days.
Capt. and Mrs. Hinkamp recently
returned to their Georgetown home
after spending some time on Long
Island and in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Mayo enter
tanned at dinner last evening at the
Chevy Chase Club. preparatory to
leaving today for Elkins, w. Va, where
(continued on PaM 3, Column %
Evening star., 1934-10-07

The Secretary Of the Treasury, Mr..
Henry Morgenthau, jr., is with his
family at their farm at Fishkill, N. Y.
Mrs. Morgenthau is expected TO re-
turn to washington this week for
the Autumn and Winter season.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
George H. Dern will return to Wash
ington this evening from Elkins, W..
Va, where they went to attend the
farm festival held there yesterday.
Mrs. Harry Baxter has returned from
a visit of several days in New York.
The Postmaster General, Mr.. James
A. Farley, is with Mrs. Farley and
their children in New York, and is
expected to return to Washington the
latter part of the week.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson attended the Navy
Virginia foot ball game yesterday,
when they had as guests in their box
Mrs. woodrow Wilson, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Capt. and
MIS-. rlclCIlCI, Nnloc .ndl ooVSiiS eaAAS'
Capt. and Mrs. Edgar L. Woods.
The Secretary Of the Interior, Mr.
Harold L. Ickes. will return to Wash
ington the, first of the week from q
trip to Chicago and Cincinnati. Mrs
Ickes, who has been at their place in
New Mexico, is expected to come to
washington this week. ...---
The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr.
Henry. A. Wallace, will leave Wash
ington the first Of the week for In
diana, where he will deliver an ad-
dress. He will be absent from Wash
ington for several days.
Representative and Mrs. James M
Beck will close their Summer home al
Seabright, N. j., the first Of this week
and return to Washington for the
Winter.
Mrs. Beatrice Beck Tuck and hel
children, who have been with hel
parents through the late Summer. viii
accompany them to Washington fol
the Winter. ..'---..''. $500
Mrs. Britten, wife of Representative
Fred A. Britten, will leave Tuesday tt
Join Mr.. Britten in their home ir
Chicago. where he has been for sont
time in connection with his campaign
for reelection to the Houst -
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Program of First Lady
Embraces Items From
Domestic to National
White House Repairs May Delay
Winter's Social Events,
Harris Ewing Photo.

by Mrs. Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey and
the National Symphony series in
Continental Hall. There is scarcely a
while name on Washington's
social roster that is not included on
the list of these two concert series
and on Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's S
morning concerts.
Two dancing events, one a really
beautiful ball, the black and white,
and the somewhat hilarious tacky
ball are registered for the early season,
the tacky party to be given the night
of October 20, and the black and
white ball December l. Mrs. William
Laird Dunlop, jr., sponsors both events
and the ball of Thanksgiving night
enables the men of society to be pre-
sented in formal manner to the debu-
white costumes give the ball its name
and the dancers under moonlight and
spotlight make a picture long to
cherish. The ball will begin at IL
o'clock and end at and there will
be an especially arranged supper and
program.
While official society is quietly plan
ming to receive a new Speaker, the
widow of Representative Rainey is
slipping quietly back into her apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel, and
there is hope in the hearts of her
hun, Teds of friends that she may
speno the Winter in the scenes of her
illustrious husbands political triumphs.
Always interested in Washington's
civic life and helping whenever she
could, Mrs Rainey bore her official
social burdens handsomely but never
permitted them to interfere with her
personal help to her husband.
Mrs. Roosevelt has been invited to
attend the sixth national orchid ex-
hibition in the greenhouses at Long
wood, Kennett Square, Pa, the mag
nificent estate of Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre
S. DUPONT, which opens Friday after
noon from 2 to 5 o'clock and lasts
through Saturday and Sunday. Fri
day there will be a buffet supper for
invited guests like the Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. Wallace, the
Minister of Panama and Sonora de
Alfaro, Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin and
many others of Washington, and
there will be organ recitals and other
entertainment.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Tea at Women S City Club
First of Annual Series

The Women's City Club will hold
the first of series of Sunday teas
at the club house on Jackson place
today, with the president, Mrs. John
S. Bennett, heading the receiving line.
Members Of the Board of Directors
assisting Mrs. Bennett include Mrs.
Dorothy K. Butler, DR.. A. Frances
Foye, Mrs. Merritt o. Chance, Mrs.
Frank G. Stewart, Mrs. William Part
ridge, Mrs. Frank A. Birgfeld, Mrs.
Clara May Downey, Miss Alice M.
Heaven, Miss M. Pearl Mccall, Judge
Mary O'Toole, Mrs. William L. Corbin.
Mrs. Mary liant Couch, Mrs. Gladys
B. Middlemiss, Mrs. William w. Spaid,
Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen, Mrs. Charles
H. Curl. Mrs. Grattan Kerans, Miss
Elva Mcnamara, Miss Nell v. Price
and Dean Grace Hayes Riley.
A musical program will be furnished
by Miss Jewell Downs.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Daughters of u. S. Army
Tea at A. and N. Club

The Washington Chapter OF the
Daughters of the United States Army
will meet for tea Tuesday, from a
until O'Clock, at the Army and Navy
Club. There will be q short business
meeting preceding the tea. in order
that new day for the meetings
may be chosen. Miss Isabel Cham
berlin Of the Ontario Apartments will
have charge of Teseryatiozs.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Famous German Aviator
Guest of Military Attache

The military attache Of the German
embassy Lieut.. Gen. Friedrich Won
Boettieher, entertained at an informal
dinner last evening in his home in
honor of the famous German aviator
Herr Hans Wolfgang Won Gronau,
who is here to attend the congress of
the Federation Aeronautique Interna-
tionale.
Herr Won Gronau was the first avia-
tor to fly over Greenland, and in 1882
made a trip around the world by air.
plane, starting July % and returning
November 8.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
British Ambassador Host
ToAeronautique Members
Sir Ronald Lindsay VIII Receive Delegates to
Internationale Congress-Ambassado of
Italy Will Entertain at Dinner.

return at the end of the week and
will be joined later in the month by
Mrs. Bewley.
The second secretary of the Mexi-
can Embassy, Senor Don Francisco
Vazquez- -Treserra, has left for Mexico
City. where he will spend two or three
months.