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The Washington times., 1934-04-06

grand entrance? Or slip and go
down in the middle of a dance
floor?
Did you ever find yourself
TALKING too much, or telling
too much or confeSSing too much
or Dragging too much or being
too clever or too affectionate or
too ardent or too romantic?
Painful ghosts, these silly
memories, which sneak back,
every now and then, to haunt
Q a woman. A man only chuckles,
when he chances to recollect his
follieS. But woman never for
gets the times she made a fool
Of hersen. And never forgives
herself!
Copyright. 1894. King Features
Syndicate 1pc.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-06

lion dollars worth of bright,
yellow gold, by the Union Cas-.
tie liner, "Ablmoral Castle"
It was locked in the ships
strong room and guarded every
minute of the voyage. It was
checked and rechecked under
the keen eyes Of the police at
the docks. It was carried to
the Bank of England in an
arlnored van, locked by special
contrivances.
Yet, when the seals were
broken, the box held about nine
cents worth of cement and
nails, which weighed exactly
what the gold would have
weighed-if the gold had been
there.
Now and then, the film peo-
pie out in Hollywood turn out
a motion picture which rings
the bell of exceptional merit.
This is distinctly true Of "The
House of Rothschild," a Twen'
tieth Century production star
ring that splendid actor, George
Arliss.
For many years, it was the
tradition Of the family to inter
marry, and there are no less
than % recorded marriages IN
the Rothschild family Of blood
relations. Marriage of first
cousins was not at all infre-
quent. Still living in England
is the Dowager Lady Emma
Louis Rothschild.
Another interesting lady OF
the great banking family is the
Dowager Baroness Th erese,
widow of James de RothSchild
of Paris and the mother OF
Baron Henri. the most talented
and able of all the living Roth
childs.
Fate Of Nations
For many years. Baron Henri
was a practicing physician. He
has done much valuable work
in cencer research. He is also
a noted playwright, and might,
indeed, be called the Otto Kahn
of Paris. The present head OF
the English branch Of Roths-
child is Baron Lionel Walter,
one of the poorest. financially,
of all the clan. But he is noted
for geological attainmentS, and
possesses, of all things, the
greatest collection Of fleas in
the world.
1t was away back in the
latter part of the eighteenth
century that the House of
Rothschild had its origin, and
from Frankford went forth the
five sons of old Maier Am
schel to establish themselves
in five capitals Of Europe
Amschel in Frankfort, Solo
mon in Vienna, Nathan in
London, Karl in Naples and
James in Paris.
No single family has ever
exerted quite so much in
fluence as the House OF RothS'
child. They have raised up
nations and they have hurled
kings headlong from their
thrones.
Copyright. 1894. King Features
Syndicate Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

Did you ever fancy that you
had met "your Fate" at dinner
dance-only to discover that he
was some other woman's Fate;
and that she was watching him
like a detective guarding the
family heirlooms?
Did you ever decide to call up
the man who had been so des-
perately devoted to you at the
weekend party-to find that
he'd forgotten not only his
ardent plea for a date but also
your name and the fact that
you were there?
Do you remember the time,
after a quarrel, when you made
up your mind to forgive and
forget" and held out both hands
cordially to the enemy, only to
receive an icy glare or a frigid
bow in return?
Did you ever gush up to some
popular celebrity at a tea and
try to recall yourself to him
and go all goose pimples at the
blank stare of surprise behind
his conventional smile of cour.
tesy?
Do you remember the time
when you bawled man out for
nearly running into your car
and then discovered that you
were making a wrong turn?
Did you ever work overtime,
dolling yourself up to make a
hit at a swanky party only to
find all the other women in
sports clothes? Did you ever
trip, just as you were making a
The Washington times., 1934-04-06

for her charms. and how red,
her face was when he suddenly
turned glacial, and gracefully
got out Of the picture, never
to return.
Almost every woman can re-
member that first terrible
"crush"-usually for a radio
singer or a popular screen lover
or a football hero-which in
Spired her to do all sorts Of
foolish things, from writing
gushy fan letters, to trying to
meet him accidentally"
The Washington times., 1934-04-06

The Duty of Enthusism
! didn't know 1t, but 7 had
become a wet blanket! A care
less bit Of chatter between two
youngsters wised me UP.
Evening star., 1934-04-27
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
The investigation would be con-
Quoted this Summer and Fall by the
Commerce Committee, headed by the
Washington Senator, with s25,000 as
initial expenses.
1t would cover every line Of activ-
ity, including alleged nonopolistic
control, by the A. T. g. T. and its
subsidiaries and their relationship.
either direct or indirect, through in
terlocking directorates in other cor
porations.
IF Congress passes the communi-
cations bill (setting up commission)
we should make this investigation
anyhow" Dill said. Gin order to fur
nish Congress with further informa-
tion which the commission will not
have time to secure, and which is
needed for additional legislation on
the subject of controlling communi-
cations at the next session."
Evening star., 1934-04-27
BANDITS SURRENDER

PINE BLUFF. Ark, April q fP.-
Three bedraggled bank bandits who
by their own admission were glad to
be captured after trudging all day
through Arkansas swamps, we're jailed
last night and $815 of the $3.50 taken
during a holdup of the Merchants
Bank of Dumas yesterday was
recovered.
Members of posse which trailed
the trio all day through sloughs and
underground climbed onto a roadside
embankment near Tamo, Is miles
from here. last night and discovered
the bandits wading along just below
them.
The three. William Cantrell, 18;
j. o. Hiltibrand, "a, and Thomas
Richmond, 26. surrendered without
resistance. All carried pistols, but
welcomed arrest, they said. because
they were wet and out of cigarettes.
Evening star., 1934-04-27
ST. PATRICK SHOW
TO AID NEEDY HERE
Friendly Sons to Give Perform
ance Night of May 8 for
Undernourished.

For the benefit of Washington's un-
dernourished families, some of whom
are threatened with tuberculosis, a
group of charitable Washington wom-
en- have arranged with the Friendly
Sons of st. Patrick to give perform
ance of "A Night in Ireland" at the
Press Club auditorium May at pm.
George O'Connor and Matt Horne
will present the show. which the
Friendly Sons have never put on ex-
cept before their own organization on
ST. Patrick's day.
Money raised by the show will be
used to purchase milk for nurturing
convalescents who have been released
Evening star., 1934-04-27
CHILD HEALTH DAY
PROGRAM IS MAPPED
Organizations Meet to Perfect
Plans for Celebration on
May !.

Arrangements are nearing compile
tion for Washington's observance of
Child Health day on May /. accord
ing to an announcement by Mrs. Will
liam A. Roberts, chairman Of the COM
mittee in charge of the celebration.
Mrs. Roberts called a meeting We'd
nesday of representatives of various
organizations to participate in the OBJ
will be announced later this week.
In addition to Mrs. Roberts, those
attending the meeting were: Mrs. Err
nest r. Grant, the tuberculosis Asso-
ciation; DR.. Joseph A. Murphy, chief
medical examiner for the public
schools; DR.. Rebecca Stoneroad and
Evening star., 1934-04-27
Miss Anita Turner, physical training

Miss Anita Turner, physical training
directors of the public schools: Mrs.
Lucien Jordan, the Parent Teacher
Association; Miss Evelyn Sheridan,
the Fairgrounds Department; Miss
Irene Richards, the Y. w. c. A.; Miss
Caroline Sweeney. Child Welfare So
ciety; Miss F. G. Springer, League for
the Hard of Hearing; DR.. e. H. Allen,
Howard University Health Service:
Ray Everett, Social Hygiene Society,
and Edwin S. Potter, secretary Of the
committee.
Evening star., 1934-04-27
DILL ASKS PROBE
OF A. 7. & 7. SCOPE
Democratic Senator Would
Investigate Monopoly
Charged to Firm.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Explaining that the data was need
ed for guidance of Congress in enact
ing broader communications control
legislation at the next session. Sem
ator Dill, Democrat. of Washington.
yesterday offered a resolution pro-
posing a broad inquiry into the vast
relationships and operations of the
Evening star., 1934-04-27
SMOKING BAN LIFTED

Zion City Also Will Permit Eat
ing of Pork.
ZION, Ill, April 27 R).-After
June, you may smoke cigarettes and
eat pork In Zion without fear of
arrest.
Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva spon-
sored that announcement. Smokers
have been arrested In Zion.
Evening star., 1934-04-27

from hospitals. All cases to which
donations are made have been investi-
gated carefully to make certain they
are worthy.
Evening star., 1934-04-27
Picture Brings $4,000.

A Madonna and Child" painted by
Bondinelli and Bellini, renaissance
artists. brought $4,000 at an auction
in New York City.
Evening star., 1934-04-27

mean maximum comfort for the
child, and minimum of laundering
for they require no ironing. In
gay stripes. Sizes to IA.
CH1LDRENs SPoRrswEAR FOURTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
WILL DISCUSS CANCER
DR.. Charles Stanley White Will
Speak Tonight.

DIR. Charles Stanley White, surgeon,
will discuss latest developments in
mans effort to conquer cancer in the
weekly Y. M. c. A. health forum to-
night at 7:45 o'clock in the audi
torium of the Central Y. M. c. A.,
Eighteenth and G streets.
Taking as his topic What We
Know About Cancer" DR.. White,
widely known for his achievements in
surgery, will describe possible causes
and approved treatment, together
with symptoms of the scourge. He
will lecture on the disease so that the
layman can understand, it is an
nounced.
The public is invited to attend the
forum, which is one of a series ar
ranged by the Department of Physical
Education of the Y NJ c. A., with CO.
operation of the District of Columbia
Medical Society. Women as well as
men are welcome. There will be no
admission fee. Ralph w. Foster, di-
rector Of physical education of the
Y. M. c. A., will preside.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
STAGGERING URGED
TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC
Van Duzer Proposes Plan of Les
sening Rush Affected by
D. c. Employees.

William A. Van Duzer, director Of
traffic, today recommended to the
Commissioners that the District make
trial Of staggering" the reporting
hours Of employees in a move to lessen
the rush hour traffic.
The suggestion was made in a re-
port on a survey Of what transporta-
ton facilities are used by District
workers going to and from work. The
matter is to be laid before the Com
missioners for action In the near
future. The suggestion was made first
BY Commissioner Ha1en, who asked
Van Duzer to make a study of the
subject.
Van Duzer found that 1920 per
cent of the District government en-
ployes used private automobiles in
travelling to and from work. He found
an equal percentage used street cars.
It was estimated also that 81 per
cent used both street cars and busses,
IL per cent use busses only and that
85 per cent walk to and from work.
Van Duzer found that seven-tenths Of
/ per cent use taxicabs and that an
equal number use the steam railroad.
The survey consisted of reports by
855 employees Of the District.
The tentative proposal is that Dis
trict employees begin their days work
at 8:45 am. and stop work at
Ais pm.
Evening star., 1934-03-01

Joseph w. Engel, scout for the
Washington ball club, was given a
compulsory 15-day jail sentence in
District Supreme Court today for non.
payment of alimony.
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue held
that Engel, who is also president of
the Chattanooga, Tenn, ball club, was
in contempt OF court for having fallen
$1,000 in arrears in payments to his
divorced wife, Mary P. Engel.
Mrs. Engel was awarded a limited
divorce in November, 1880, and the
husband at that time was directed to
pay her $500 a month
Engel is believed to be in Chat
tanooga. The courts order directed
the marshal to attach his person and
commit him to the District Jail" It
was said the order for the Jail SEN
tence could not be put into effect un-
less Engel should return to the Dis
trict.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
BEDELL PHONES
LORTON PROBERS
Former Convict Promises to
Appear at Reformatory
Hearing Saturday.

Investigation Of alleged irregulari-
ties in the management of the District
Reformatory at Lorton, Va. will be
resumed at 10 o'clock Saturday. The
probe was precipitated by charges
made recently in the House BY Repre-
sentative Shoemaker, Farmer-Labor,
of Minnesota At the Saturday ses-
sion, the Special Investigating Com
mittee, consisting of members of the
Penal Committee Of the Board of
Public Welfare, will start the taking
of testimony.
George S. Wilson, director of the
board, received a telephone call today
from a man who said he was Edward
Bedell, former convict, on parole from
Lorton, who is listed as the principal
complaining witness. The man said
he would appear to testify at the
Saturday meeting.
Yesterdays session was adjourned
after the committee waited in vain
one hour for Bedell to appear. Beden
had been released" from Gallinger
Hospital prior to the meeting, but
stayed there saying he had such q
bad headache" he could not go to
the District Building. If Bedell should
not appear at the session Saturday,
officials announced, the committee will
call to the stand either Capt. M. M.
Barnard, general superintendent Of
penal institutions, or J. E. c. Bischoff,
Lorton business manager.
Bedell was taken to the hospital last
Saturday after he had been found
lying at Seventeenth street and Con-
stitution avenue He said he had been
thrown from an automobile by two
men who had warned him Ito get
out of town."
w. W. MILAN, chairman of the Wei
fare Board, who heads the investigat-
ing body, put into the committees rec
ord yesterday copies Of the charges
made by Representative Shoemaker
and Bedel and other documents.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
WOMAN CONVICTED
ON FRAUD CHARGE
Wife Of Self-Styled International
swindler Found Guilty in
Check Case.

Mrs. Thea Best, 90 wife of Albert
w. Best, self-styled international
swindler, was found guilty of false
pretenses by a jury in District Su-
preme Court yesterday.
The jury deliberated but short
while before convicting Mrs. Best,
although her husband assumed entire
responsibility for the crime. Best
pleaded guilty in January to similar
charge. They were accused of obtain
ing $500 In travellers checks from Mrs.
Laura L. Waters, operator Of a local
travel bureau. through a bad check
transaction.
When Best was on the stand Assist
ant United States Attorney Irving
Goldstein asked him to describe his
past criminal record.
IF started in on that" Best re-
piled, ''the story would fill an ency-
clopedia.''
Justice Joseph w. Cox, who presided
ct the trial, will impose sentence later.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
District Reduces Army of
SnoW-Shovelers From
$500 to 1000.
STREET CAR SERVICE
SEEN ALMOST NORMAL
Mercury Rises Toward 80 Degrees
and "a Lowest Forecast
Tonight.

Warmer weather and the prospect
Of rain and a general thaw by ton1or-
row night may rid Washington Of the
ice and snow left by Sundays storm.
The Weather Bureau predicted ris-
ing temperatures and rain tomorrow
afternoon or night. Meanwhile, the
District reduced its army Of snow
shovelers from $500 to 1000.
C. w. A. Workers Relieved.
The men engaged in snow removal
today were employees Of the city's
highway, refuse, sewer and water de.
partments. Approximately $500 G.
w. A. workers were taken OF the job
yesterday afternoon after shoveling
snow for two days.
Street car service was almost back
to normal this morning, officials of
the Capital Transit Co. reported. A
10-minute delay resulted at Four
teenth and r streets from a broken
spring shortly after o'clock, and at
about the same time street car
pulled q plow at Seventh street and
Constitution avenue. The jam was
cleared in Is minutes, officials of the
company said.
The work OF snow removal in the
downtown section was nearing COM
pletion, and the reduced force was
concentrating on through boulevards
and streets having street car tracks.
No effort was made to clean side
streets.
The mercury BY noon was rising
toward 80 degrees and the Weather
Bureau predicted It will not fan salov
"a tonight. The minimum W. 10 d.
grees at 7 this am. The forecast 4
for cloudy and warmer tonight and
tomorrow followed by rain tomorrow
afternoon or night"
Coolest February Reported.
Last month was the coldest February
in the records of the Weather Bureau.
averaging more than 10 degrees under
normal. Temperatures for the month
averaged approximately 24.6 degrees,
as compared with q normal of 35.3
degrees.
With the Potomac sheeted over with
thick ice, any sudden thaw or con-
tinued rain may result in considerable
damage along the waterfront, rivermen
said. In previous years the breaking
up Of the ice crushed houseboats,
destroyed several boat houses, swept
| a number of dredges from their moor
ings and backed water into the streets
Of lower Georgetown.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
POLICEMAN GUILTY

James H. Calk, second precinct po-
hceman, was found guilty yesterday
by the Police Trial Board Of charges
Of intoxication while off duty and
conduct prejudicial to the good order
Of the police force. Fines of S25 on
each charge were recommended by
the board.
Calk was alleged to have been under
the influence of liquor February Is.
He was suspended by order of Lieut..
c. j. P. Weber. Later his gun and
badge were said to have been found
In the possession of his roommate,
John Reese, rs, of the 1400 block N
street. This discovery resulted in the
second charge.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
BODY OF "JOHN DOE"
LIES IN D. c. MORGUE
Police Renew Search for Mother
of 6-Month Wait Abandoned
in .Theater.

The body Of John Doe" e-month-
old iwaif. who died Of pneumonia at
Gallinger Hospital yesterday, lay at
the District Morgue today while po-
lice renewed their search for the
woman who abandoned the child sew
eral weeks ago in q downtown thea
ter.
Pneumonia developed from the
baby's undernourished condition and
he died as physicians prepared for
a blood TRANSMISSION. The body will
be kept at the Morgue until 1t is
reasonably certain the mother cannot
be located.
Mrs. Emma Delaney, 1900 block Of
v street southeast, has offered to pro-
vide . funeral for the baby and a
burial in her own family plot. The
coroner's ofiice would not release the
body, however, until satisfied the
mother cannot be found.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
WILL HONOR PRESIDENT

President Roosevelt will participate
in ceremonies at Continental Memo
rial Hall Saturday afternoon, Incl
dent to the inducting into office Of
Rev. Joseph M. M. Gray Of Detroit
as the new chancellor of American
University, on which occasion the
President will receive an honorary
degree of doctor of laws
Similar degrees win be conferred
on Bishop william Mcdowell and
Rev. Harold w. Dodds, president Of
Princeton University. The ceremonies
will be presided er-by Bishop Edwin
Holt Hughes, who has been acting
chancellor Of American University for
the past year.
Evening star., 1934-03-01

ing ice for a while. conditions rap
idly returned to normal.
Bad as it was, however, the snow
fall had served to focus public at
tention on the miserable unprepared-
ness of the city to cope with the
problem, and Engineer Commissioner
Bell set to work to develop technique
for meeting future problems Of the
kind with more satisfaction to the
public
He called a meeting OF representa-
tives of the Chamber of Commerce.
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association and the Board Of Trade
to see If there would be public support
for a large appropriation for the pur-
chase of snow-removing equipment.
After several conferences the figure
1858 900 emerged as the proper one.
There also was an effort to place
once more in the District aprropri-
alton act a separate fund to be used
for snow removal only, not to touched
in years when snowfall was so light as
not to necessitate special treatment.
There had been such an appropriation
up to 1918, but it was limited to $l0,-
600, a figure which had always proved
inadequate.
Evening star., 1934-03-01

The program was put up to the Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations for q
vote. The various civic and business
organizations met with difficulty in
reaching an agreement, fact which
later led to the foundation Of the
Citizens Advisory Council.
The program. however, was par
TALLY successful, at any rate as far
as the purchase Of new equipment
was concerned. The rotary snow
leaders and the hydraulic snow lifts,
now used to attack large piles Of
snow for quick loading into waiting
trucks, are among its fruits. These
pieces of apparatus are illustrated in
an adjoining column.
Other results of the storm of 1925
were the development of routes for
snow plows, attempted coordination
of work between the Districts forces
and those of the street car and bus
companies, and a well organized sys-
tenn Of quickly transferring men from
District Engineering Departments to
the Street-Cleaning Department for
emergency work.
Another article in this series tomor-
row will discuss the ups and downs
Of this program during the inter-
vening years.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
with II snow plows and ITS men
shoveling snow.
Fund Has DwindIed

With II snow ploWS and ITO meI
shoveling snow.
Fund Has DwindIed.
cleaning appropriation was $4,000,
of which there was unexpended $685.
900 when the snow fell. Nine years
later, in spite Of the growth of the
city, the appropriation has dwindled
to s375,O0
In 1925 the city refuse division hes
itated about attacking the snow on
large scale at first for the Identical
reason which made it hesitate in 1884
1t feared to incur a deficiency which
would cause it to lay off men later in
the Spring, when they would be most
needed for other cleaning activities.
BY January 3. however, after much
public indignation, the force reluc-
family was increased to 400 men,
Their efforts we're so negligible, in
comparison with the task in front Of
them, that on January 4 the halls of
the Capitol began resounding with
complaints lodged by indignant Sena-
tors and Representatives whose cars
had been showed in or who had been
forced to wait endless hours in the
hope of getting street car.
On that day the plows were brought
out again in an effort to get the
streets clear, but meanwhile the snow
had frozen solid, so that after a few
attempts the plows went back to the
stables. A Star reporer, sent out to
investigate the progress Of the attack
on that date, reported that it was not
visible to the naked eye"
Conditions "Abominable."
January dawned bright and clear
The condition of the streets was de-
scribed in news accounts Of the Pc
riod as "abominable The American
Automobile Association had filed q
strong protest against the inaction
of the city authorities, and public
clamor had reached such a pitch that
]. Franklin Bell. then Engineer Com
missioner, hurried over to the Budget
Bureau and down to the Capitol and
obtained temporary unwritten
agreement from influential men on
the Appropriations Committees that
the District could 60 ahead and spend
what was necessary and that the
money would be forthcoming in
supplemental appropriation. The con-
ferences of that day mentioned $685.
900 as an appropriate figure.
Promptly. therefore, the force was
raised to 1000 men, although some
District officials feared there would
not be picks and shovels enough to
go around for SO large a force. The
men went to work. but after that the
sun came out and did what the city
had failed to do. and although traf-
fic sloshed around in the rapidly melt