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The Washington times., 1934-02-23

permits had expired and should
be removed.
On motion by Frank Shull, the
association opposed the Smith
bill to raise the gas tax in the
District Of Columbia. The secre-
tary of the association was d.
rected to communicate with the
Standard Oil Company, Of New
Jersey, to ascertain what change
in production warranted the re-
cent increase of 31a per cent in
the price Of gasoline.
Divorce Law Change
A recommendation by Albert
Lyman to hberalize the divorce
laws in the District of Columbia,
10 include drunkenness and
cruelty as grounds for court &C.
tion, was referred to the law and
legislative committee and will be
the special order of business at
the March meeting.
The Capital Transit Company
will be requested to established a
15-minute schedule and to inaugu-
rate an express street car service
from the business center to con-
meet with Cabin John cars at
Georgetown.
The Potomac Electric Light and
Power and the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone companies
will be urged to place all wires
underground or relocate them in
rear alleys.
A resolution was adopted oppos-
Ing the efforts Of the washington
Gas Light Company to include
merchandising business in the
company's valuation hearings now
before the Public Utilities Com
mission.
More Playground Urged
On motion by J. r. Lyddane,
the National Park and Planning
Commission will be requested to
secure the entire area of Palisades
Playground for recreational pur-
poses Only a portion Of the land
now is owned by the Commission.
In reporting on the membership
drive, to be conducted by the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations,
February 26 to March Z, Mrs. H
j. Steiner, committe chairman,
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
FRANCE PUSHES
SLAYER HUNT

PARIS, Feb. % G.N.S0-The
French government today placed
a price of 100000 francs upon the
heads of the slayers Of Albert
Prince.
Prince, noted jurist, was killed,
it is believed, because he knew too
much about the 40-million-dollar
Stavisky swindle, which caused
the fall of the Daladier cabinet
and led to the recent serious riot
ing in Paris.
Judge Prince was lured from his
home by a fake message that his
mother was i'll in Dion. His body
was found on the railroad tracks
near Dion.
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
Abuse of Traffic Signs
Assailed by Citizens

said it was the aim Of the associa-
ton to double its membership.
The following were named to as
sist Mrs. Steiner: Mrs. j. Lyd-
dane, Robert Lee, ! P. Cochran,
Mrs. Charles Got e Mrs. B. G,
Morris, the Rev. F. 4. Warren, the
Rev. Louis Vaeth, the Rev. L. B.
Rice, j. j. Keane, j. P. Minor and
w. F. and E. A. Woody.
President Ellis r. King pre-
sided.
The Washington times., 1934-02-23

special COM
mittee consist
ing Of F r a n k
Shull, AL b e TT
Lyman and j.
p. How ey to
confer with the
director of traf-
fic to protest
the unwarrant-
ed use Of no
parking S l g n S
in the down
tow n section,
It was claimed
that m a n y
signs were left
standing at ter
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
SPEAKS AT. LUNCHEON

Ray H. Everett, of the Washing
ton Social Hygiene Society, was
the speaker at the luncheon meet
ing of the Washington Round
Table at the University Club today.
The Washington times., 1934-02-23
NJ A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Conduit Road Citizens Associa-
don, meeting last night in the
Community Church, appointed a
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs w. F. Shaw entertained
Sunday at diner in honor of Donald
Wheeler and his guest, Joe Lukes.
X 4 X
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Modeland and
Mr.. and Mrs. Field of Spokane were
guests at the Clyde Modeland home
here on the Fourth of July
X X
Jess Brown spent Sunday at Yakima
Park, where he enjoyed picnic with
friends. He left here Saturday evening,
returning Monday morning.
4 4 X
After a weeks vacation, spent on
Camano Island in Puget Sound, the
G. q. Anderson and Clyde Wilson
families returned to White Bluffs Tues
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Campbell of
KenneWick and Mr.. and Mrs A. W.
Campbell and family returned to
White Bluffs Wednesday morning after
a vacation of several days spent at Ia
coma.
x X
Joe Lukes came in on Thursdays
train TO visit Donald Wheeler, fellow
student at Reed College. Before leav-
ing for Russia, where he will engage
in research work, Mr.. Lukes accom-
panied Don, Gilbert Walker and Earl
Wade to Priest Rapids where they
they made up a raft of wood.
Miss Flora Montgomery, who is at
tending summer school at the Ellens-
burg Normal, arrived in White Bluffs
last Wednesday to spend short vaca-
ton at the home of her mother, Mrs.
G. Montgomery. She returned to Ell
lensburg Sunday, driving as far as va
kima with her brother, Bartou Mont
gomery, who had spent that day her
y X X
According to an item in Saturdays
Wenatchee World, the body of Eddie
Petit, nine-year- Cashmere lad
was found in the Wenatchee river
about mile from Cashmere Saturday.
The holy of Gerald Boyd, II, his COM
panion, was also recovered. The two
boys had been missing since June II,
when they left home on fishing trip
Eddie Petit lived with his parents
in Hanford for several years, and was
well known here in the valley. He was
an accomplished clog dancer, and even
while of pre-school age was featured at
q number of entertainments.
X y =
Mr.. and Mrs. George Corwin and
children, Lauren and Joan, arrived in
White Bluffs Sunday evening after a
trip to the Worlds Fair and a visit
with George Wheeler, who was Mr.
Corwin's roommate at Reed College,
They brought with them Helen Wheel
er, who has been with her brother dur
ing the past year, and her sister-in-
I law, Mrs. George Wheeler, who went
directly to Seattle to visit her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Bert Mitchell The Cor
wins remained in the valley at the F.
M. Wheeler home until Tuesday, when
they left for Cotton, Oregon, where
MIR. Corwin is principal of the high
school.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-07-12

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VIOLINS-hand graduated, values up
to $3.50 for sale from $25 up. j. G.
VOLTS Violin Shop, w. Yakima
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Evening star., 1934-09-09
English

Fundamental Technique. Grammar.
Rhetoric and Composition. Common Err
rors. Vocabulary. Mastery of your
mother tongue. Tuesdays, SEQ pm.
Evening star., 1934-09-09

ute arrangements for the opening Of
the Fall term.
Registration will begin formally at
pm. next Saturday at Hurst Hall on
the campus. for freshmen in the COL
lege, to be followed by a freshman
dinner at the college dining room, to
be addressed by Chancellor Gray.
There will be discussion afterwards
on the subject "Why Go to College,"
A complete program has been ar
ranged for freshmen beginning next
Sunday, with many conferences and
opportunities for new students to be-
come acquainted with eXtracurricular
activities.
The new School of Public Affairs of
the university completed its first SeS-
sion of eight weeks in August, and
plans now are being made for another
session to start in the second semester
for intensive study of the Government
at work This new school offers to
other colleges and universities a service
agency to provide their students with
the proper governmental background.
Graduate School Year.
The graduate school under Dean
Tansill opens its first academic year
since receiving last Summer the dis
tinction of place on the approved
list of the American Council on Edu-
cation. The Graduate Schools work
for the doctorate in political science
was given what was known as a
three starred vote" by the council,
which friends of the university feel
is a coveted honor rejecting great
credit on the whole institution.
In addition to work leading to the
doctorate of political science. the
graduate school offers program of
courses leading to the degrees or
master of arts and doctor of philo-
sophy in the following fields: Eco
Monies and finance, education, Eng
lish, history, philosophy, psychology,
and the physical sciences. In addi-
ton to the regular full-time faculty
staff, the Graduate School also has
the advantage of supplemental staff
OF experts in the various Govern
ment agencies to give special lectures
and conduct special courses.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
BOARDING SCHOOL
IN SECOND YEAR

The Countryside School, a modern
country day and boarding school, will
open its second year October in its
new home, 9401 Georgia avenue, Sill
yer Spring, Md.
Because of a need for expansion,
the school purchased the Colonial
estate, Kirkside. 1t is a picturesque
place of old trees and gardens on a
knoll 800 feet back from the road.
There children from nursery age
through sixth grade can romp, play
and work
An activity and nature curriculum
is carried on through all the grades
and each activity has a definite pur-
pose seeking to develop qualities for
good citizenship.
Mrs. Lucille L. Miller, director. has
had IL years experience in the Wash
ington schools. She is assisted by
a corps of experienced teachers, in
Guiding Miss Lorraine B. Long, Mrs.
Evelyne Morgan and Miss Mary T.
Stephenson.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Graduates Making Good.

A recent study of records shows
that more than 100 graduates of
Southeastern University's School of
Accountancy are certified public ac-
countantS in more than 20 States,
Evening star., 1934-09-09

doing graduate work and last June he
received the degree of juris doctor from
Georgetown. Mr.. Kane has had sew
eral years experience in practice and
has made a notable success in trial
work. During the past Summer he
was a student in the Summer course
of the University Of Michigan Law
School.
The work of the graduate course at
Georgetown has been enlarged and
several new courses added. There will
be research courses for graduate stu
dents in the following fields: Consti-
tutional aspects Of recovery legisla-
ton, current problems in taxation
and Federal trade regulations. DR..
James Brown Scott, secretary of the
Carnegie Foundation for international
Peace and a former solicitor of the
State Department, will continue his
course in international law.
The entire Law School building has
been renovated during the Summer,
under direction of Rev. Francis E.
Lucey, S. j., regent of the school.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
LAW
STAFF INCREASED
Several FuII-Time Profess
sors Added for 64th Year,
Beginning Sept. 19.

Several full-time professors have
been added to the faculty Of the
Georgetown Law School for the sixty
fourth academic year, which starts
September l9, for both the morning
and late afternoon sessions.
Students with the necessary quail
fication of at least two years Of COL
lege credits now are being registered
at the school, which offers exceptional
advantages to young men employed
during the working hours of the day
by providing classes that start at 5
pm. This is regular four-year
course and has been a feature of the
law school since its beginning. The
morning course is of three years
duration.
Years Of Prominence. Il
For years the Georgetown Law
School has held a prominent posi-
ton among the law schools of the
country. 1t Is a member of the As
sociation of American Law Schools
and is also listed as an approved law
school by the American Bar ASSocia-
ton and by the regents of the State
of New York.
Although only two years Of college
work is necessary for admission to
the school, about three-fourths of its
senior class last year were college
graduates and lot colleges and uni
versities were represented among the
graduates. In the graduate depart
ment of the school only graduates
of approved law schools are admitted.
This course leads to the degrees of
master of laws, juris doctor and
scientle juris doctor.
The school also offers a special
course in patent law, which is i'm
portant at this time, as new regula-
tions require all persons handling
patent cases to pass an examination.
This has been a long established and
successful course at the school.
Securities Act Research.
Among the new full time profess
Sors is Prof Harold Gill Reuschlein,
who will give a research course deal
ing with the new Federal securities
act. His other courses will be per-
sonal property, corporations and trusts
Prof. LeuSchleln obtained his bachelor
of arts from the University of Iowa
and then graduated from the Yale Law
School. During the past year he re-
ceived the degree of j. S. D. from Cor
nell Law School, his thesis being en-
titled, "A Study of the Influences of
Roscoe Pound in Jurisprudence" He
has taught history at New York Uni
versity.
A recent graduate of Georgetown
College and the Georgetown Law
School. AL P. Kane, who attained very
high rank in his academic work, also
has been added to the faculty. He
will teach property and torts. Dur
ing the past two years he has been
Evening star., 1934-09-09
PUPILS
TO BE GIVEN TESTS
Registration and Physical Exami-
nations Will Begin To-
morrow.

Registration and physical eXamina-
tions preliminary to the opening of
the Fall term of the Woodward School
for Boys, conducted by the Washing
ton Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton, will begin tomorrow, according
to announcement by Head Master
James j. King.
First classes will meet September
II at headquarters of the school in
the Central Y. M. C. A. Building,
Eighteenth and G. streets.
Physical examinations are an i'm
portant requirement of the school,
which has for its announced purpose
the building of "a strong mind in a
strong body" Physical development,
as we'll as mental and moral training
is stressed.
Head Master King will feature ''indi-
vidualized'' instruction for the boys,
under guidance of college-trained man
teachers. The staff will include DR..
Arthur L. Maiden, instructor in Eng
lish and history; Edward G. Comegys
mathematics; Robert M. Evans, Ian
guageS; Warren D. Hayes, history and
coach in athletics; Peter Valaer, SCI
ence; Page NICK. Etchison, Biblical
instruction; Bernath E. Phillips, ply
sical education; James D. Shirley,
swimming instructor; James c. In
gram, guidance counselor; Fred L..
Dawson, secretary, and Miss Mar
garet E. Belts, registrar.
The school, established in 1905 as
Y. M. c.. A. Summer school, be-
came a regular day school for boys
in 1919. It was named in memory
of the late s. w. Woodward, merchant
and philanthropist, who was deeply
interested in the Y. M. G. A. program
of character education.
Students are from II to 20 years
old and courses are provided from
the sixth grade through high school,
The institution is an accredited
member of the Middle States Associa-
ton of Colleges and Secondary
Schools.
Evening star., 1934-09-09

LEARN TO WRITE 100 WORDS
a minute in 2-4 months for only $50
by studying BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORT
HAND. the simplest system known.
BYRNE INSTITUTE, 1910 N. Y. Ave. .
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Public Address

lie Speaking. Speeches for special oc-
casiOns. Approach Of various vocations.
Mondays, pm.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
CHARACTER TEST
TO TRAIN PUPILS
Experiment viii Affect Eight
Separate School
Buildings.

(Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-09-09
RENSHAW
School of Speech

For all v0cations In which the
spoken word is significant.
Evening star., 1934-09-09

Music Study ErGlfs Life"
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Individual Psychology

Personality. Reconstruction. Re-edu-
cation. Problems in Personal Efficiency.
Compensation for the Inferiority Com
plex. Find and remove your "blind
spots" Private.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Conversation

Principles of Social Exchange. Spoken
English. P0ise. Educative contacts
with topics of classic and modern cul-
ture. A general culture course. Tues
days, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Educational BACKGROUND
Drannatics

Story Telling. Cultural and teaching
values of the 0ne-act play. Platform
reading. Students sent out on request.
Fridays, pm.
The Washington times., 1934-06-01
MERCURY. TOPS
100; SHOWERS
IN SIGHT
Wheat "Pit" Prices Soar With
Fields Burning Up All
Over Middle West
BY International News Service
Blistering temperatures con-

BY International News Service
Blistering temperatures con-
centrating on the drOught-rav.
aged Middlewest continued to-
day in almost the entire cOun-
try. In most sections, however,
weather fOrecasterS predicted
showers and relief from the
scOrching heat. The mercury
scared again today in Chicago
where a new May record of SO
degrees sent citizens to the
shores of Lake Michigan for re-
lief.
A preliminary allotment Of
$5,476,OOO was announced to-
day by the Federal Relief Ad-
ministratiOn for drought relief
in 10 states. Additional funds
will be allotted as fast as re-
ports are received, showing the
increasing need for Federal aid,
said Harry l.. Hopkins, Federal
relief administrator.
CHICAGO, June 1 GN.S0.-
Record breaking heat chung with
tenacious grip today to the
drought-ridden Middle West,
I. tightening crop destruction in
the vast plains area to an alarm
ing degree.
Three deaths here were attrib-
uted to the heat.
The temperature reached 1868
degrees at Minneapolis, 10 at
Aberdeen, S. D.; 106 at Rockford,
ILL.,; 107 at Eau Claire, Wis,
and 1O4 at Peoria, ILL.,, and
Ottawa, Ill.
Heavy Rain Only Hope
The only hope of rainfall held
out by weather forecasters was
for meager local showers in scat
tered areas of the affected re-
gion. Meanwhile crop experts,
after surveying the growing dam
age, declared that only copious
rainfall can save the country
from shortages.
Alarming reports from all parts
of the corn and wheat belts sent
grain prices soaring here on the
board of trade. July wheat
closed here at $1.02?, a rise OF
five cents. July corn jumped
3T cents to close at 607sc. 1t
was the first time wheat had
passed the dollar mark here since
last August.
Spurs Stock Shipment
Shortages of feed and water
brought a heavy shipment of live
stock to the Union Stockyards.
So great was the influx that local
markets were disrupted.
Wheat farmers are losing
million dollars a day because of
the drought, according to an es-
innate announced by George E.
Farrell, of the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration, at Kan
saS City.
BY International News Service
Possibility of a food shortage
in the drought area was denied
by officials of the Agriculture
Department today, while Acting
Secretary Tugwell indicated the
departments program could be
reversed to increase production, #
condition warranted. A possible
drop to 125,OOo,ooo bushels of
spring wheat, due to drought,
was predicted.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 1 GIN.
SD.-To preserve the dwindl-
ing supply of feed and fodder
of drought-stricken Minnesota
farmers, Gov. Floyd B. Olson to-
day planned an embargo on in
coming livestock shipments, he
announced.
The Washington times., 1934-06-01
MARYLAND TAX|IDLE CHILDREN
LAW SNARES5 STUDY OPENS
JOSEPHUS DANIELS

misunderstanding of the re-
Gently enacted Maryland taxi
liability law brought five Wash
ington taxi drivers before Judge
Donald A. De Lashmutt in the
Rockville police court today.
Accepting their plea that they
had misinterpreted the law,
Judge De Lashmutt, upon recon-
mendation of States Attorney
Stedman Prescott, nolle pressed
the case against two of the
offenders and gave the remaining
three suspended sentences.
The three given suspended SEN
tences are Carlyle E. Lewis, 700
block Virginia Ave. S. E.; Harry
C. Ridgeway, 600 block New York
Ave. N. w., and Frank Trallins,
$500 block Nineteenth st. N. w.
The cases against Ernest M.
Rowe and Dudley A. Stinson,
5000 block Fourteenth st. N. w.,
were dropped.
The Washington times., 1934-06-01

What to do with 100000 boys
and girls who do not attend school
but have no jobs was taken up at
a two-day conference opening here
today in the auditorium of the In.
terror Department.
The conference was called by
Commissioner of Educa tion
George F. Zook and is being at.
tended by relief workers and
education officials from all parts
of the country.
Commissioner Zook pointed out
that this group of youths, all be,
tween the ages of IA and 18. pre-
sents one of the most serious
problems confronting the nation
today.
The Washington times., 1934-06-01
TALK On PHONE
TR|PPED FOX,
JURYHEARS
Mrs. Mclean, on Witness
Stand, Says She Objected to
Being Called "DefiCient"

After hearing Albert w. Fox in
a telephone conversation state
she was considered mentally de-
ficient" and "a laughing stock"
by her bankers, Mrs. Evalyn
Walsh Mclean, wife of the for
mer Washington Post publisher,
told District Supreme Court jury
today she dismissed him as a
member of her legal counsel.
Listened In On Phone
The conversation occurred in
June, 1882, according to her tes-
timony. Mrs. Mclean said she
listened in on an extension phone
while her friend, Miss Elizabeth
Poe, called Mr.. Fox. She said
she heard Mr.. Fox tell of her
bankers opinion and also say
that A. A. Hoeling, also one of
her attorneys and former Dis
trict Supreme Court justice, had
got "all the money he could out
of her" and was trying to dis
miss her as a client.
Mr.. Fox is suing Mrs. Mclean
for $22,700 counsel fees. He
based his claim on work in the
divorce suits between Mrs. Nc
Lean and her husband. Edward
3. Mclean, and in the CASTOR B.
Means-Lindbergh baby kidnapping
hoax case.
Final Arguments Today
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat,
who is hearing the case, PROBABLY
will give it to the jury following
final arguments later today. Mrs.
Mclean is represented by Attor-
neys Wilton j. Lambert, Rudolph
Yeatman and Charles Baker,
while w. C. Sullivan appears for
Mr.. Fox.
Formerly reporter on the
Washington Post, Mr.. Fox took
up the legal practice about four
years ago. Mrs. Mclean testified
that shortly after he became a
member of the bar. the first Nc
Lean divorce litigation arose and
she instructed her attorney, Mel
son Harrison, to take him in the
case as it would be good thing
for him, just starting out in law
practice"
The Washington times., 1934-06-01
Be Nice TO Wife
Move Makes
Great Hit

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla,
GN.SO.-The results of an ex-
pertinent by the Husbands
Gratitude Club" was so satisfac-
tory that the organization will
be continued indefinitely.
The 80 members had pledged
themselves to the following for
a two weeks test:
l.. I solemnly pledge myself
daily to embrace my wife. kiss
her and tell her I love her.
2. I promise to compliment
her at least once each day on
some particular part of the
menu she prepares.
3. I promise to perform at
least one kind and unexpected
deed for her daily.
The wives reported that they
thought the idea was great"
and want the experiment car.
ried on indefinitely.
The Washington times., 1934-06-01
EbLe to Protest
Match 'InUdSiOn'

Arriving in washington to pro
test the findings of the Darrow
Board as related to the match In
dustry, Capt. F.. x. A. Eble, gen
eral manager of the American
Match Institute in New York, yes
terday declared that if steps were
not taken Immediately to prohibit
the enormous inflow of foreign
made matches the American
match industry would be seriously
endangered, if not destroyed.
Fifty per cent of the common
box matches consumed in the
United States last year were of
foreign make, Captain Eble said
More than three-fourthS of these
outside matches were manufac'
tured in Japan, he added.