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The Washington times., 1934-05-25
P.-T. A. ELECTS
OFFICERS

The election of officers featured
the last meeting of the season of
the Parent-Teacher Association of
the Takoma Park Elementary
School yesterday afternoon in the
school auditorium. Officers elected
follow:
Mrs. o. M. Johnson, president;
Miss Helen Wilkinson, first
vice president; Mrs. John Scott,
second vice president; Mrs. H.
]. Halstrick, secretary, and Mrs.
w. H. Walker, treasurer.
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MAY DAY SPECIALS
Take advantage of the special services offered by these
recommended firms

Animal Clipping
Dog clipping now going on at s107 e.
Ave-. north Of Warrington. 81. $780,
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MIDDLE HONORS
MISS MUMNA

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May Is.
Miss Sara Mumma of Evanston,
Ill.,, will present the regimental
colors at dress parade here Mon
day, May %.
Miss Mumma was selected for
the honor by Midshipman John
Murray Wilson of Scottsburg, Ind,
commander Of the company which
won the Academy competition.
Miss Mumma is the daughter Of
Col. M. C. Mumma, U. S. A., re-
tired, and is sister of MidShip-
man George Edwin Mumma, COM
mander of the battalion of which
Wilson's company is a part.
She has two other brothers in
the Navy, Lieuts. M. c. Mumma
and A. c. Mumma, both on duty at
the Naval Academy. She is senior
at the University of Iowa and will
arrive in Annapolis Saturday.
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Official Notices

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL
BOARD. Washington, D. c.. May l9'
1934-Notice is hereby given that the
following persons have applied for licenses
under the District of Columbia Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act, that remonstrants
are entitled to be heard before the grant,
ing of such licenses, and that hearing will
be had on such applications for licenses
on June 4. 1884, at 10 A. NJ. in Room
221. District Building: 1S47, P. Kara
zikas and G. Garoufes. TIA Unicy Delica'
lessen. Retailers Glass B, 29O0, Eleventh
ST., N. W: 1S4S, Dolan B. Moore and
Raymond Settler. TIA NJ. and $. Lunch.
Retailers Class D. 400 Thirteenth St.. N.
W.: 1S49. Andrew A. Wasman, Retailer .
Glass C. 1868 &c" St. s. W; 1850. Joseph
Brooks. Retailers Glass B. 1868 Thirty
fifth St.. N. W.: 1851. joseph George.
TIA Joes Lunch Room Retailers Class D.,
1909 You St. N. w; 1852. Edwin w.
Skiff TIA Minute Lunch. Retailers Glass
D. 1910 Twenty second St. n. w.
GEORGE W. OFFUTT. AGNES K. MA
SON. ISAAC, CANS. Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board.
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Legal Notices
WILTON J. LAMBERT q r. II. YEATMAN,
Attorneys, Munsey Bldg.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Probate Court.
No. 46,443. Administration. This is to
Give Notice: That the subscriber, of the
District of Columbia, has obtained from
the Probate Court of the District of CO.
lumbia, Letters Testamenary on the
estate of Horace A. Mann. late of the Dis
trict of Columbia. deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are
hereby warned 20 exhibit the same, with
the vouchers thereof. legally authenticated,
to the subscriber. ON or before the Gath
day of April. A. D. 1885. otherwise they
may by law be excluded from all benefit
of said estate. Given under my hand this
4th day of May, 1894. THE MUNSEY
TRUST co. By c. D. RATCLIFFE. Vice
President. (Seal) Attest THEODORE
COGSwELL. Register of Wills for the Dis
trict of Columbia Clerk of the Probate
Court.
The Washington times., 1934-05-25

Talk about magic, the good
old trick of taking a rabbit out
of a silk hat is nothing COM
pared to the marvels that Bar
bara Holmes can do in finding
you the ideal place to live.
1900 BLOCK OF 18TH
STREET:
Directly across from Univer-
salist National Memorial Church
is a three-room kitchen and
bath corner suite that has so
much room space it easily
could be called a four-room
suite. You enter into a recep-
ton hall which leads to a huge
living room running thru
the center of the apartment.
Off the living room is a bed
room with a group of windows
that look out to the magnifi-
cent architectural structure Of
the Scottish Rite Temple.
Throughout the entire apart
ment plenty of windows along
with white woodwork and light
wallpaper add to the cheerful
ness of this suite. A kitchen
completely equipped with up
to-date improvements and a
fair size pantry lined with
many shelves gives one ample
space for meal preparation. Hav-
ing three exposures and a sum-
mer door makes it possible 10
have a cooling breeze at all
times. To visualize this apart
ment you can not do it JUS
tice. You really must see it to
appreciate it's value. All night
elevator service and switch.
board are outstanding features.
SIXTEENTH AND HARVARD
STREETS:
At the corner of 10th and
Harvard, just across the street
from the beautiful new Nor
mon Church is a four-room
kitchen and bath apartment.
One bedroom faces 18th and
gives you an excellent view
of the church, the other faces
both on 10th Street and on
Harvard and you can see
down 10th Street. French
doors lead from the dining
room to the porch where you
could spend some delightful
evenings. In the living room
is a fireplace with an ar
rangement of book shelves on
both sides. Dividing the liv-
ing room from the dining
room are wall cases making
a most attractive addition to
the room. With elevator serv-
ice and the electric refrigeTa-
ton on the house current
this apartment is reasonable
for $500.
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Hotels and Resorts

WILDWOOD CREST, N. j.
WILDWOOD CREST-Family resort, safe
beach. boating. fishing: mod. prices.
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Costumes
BICKERToN COSTUME SHOP. Ira D.
Baker. prop. now located at 1908 st.
N. W., over Goodacre's Restaurant. an"
nounces their 18th anniversary. MA. 3786.
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HUNTING
nEfL
BaAAoAn
AoHmQA
s1OO BLOCK OF R STREET:

O1VV DAOOA w ~ OANLG1 IL
In lovely old Georgetown
just across from Montrose
Park I located a nice two
room kitchen and bath apart
ment at $45.00. Within five
minutes walk of Western
High School and near the
buss line, this would make an
ideal little home. The apart
ment I inspected was on the
front and looked out TO a
beautiful estate. AS there
were only two vacancies in
the apartment house I would
suggest you get in touch with
the agent at once.
OAKWOOD PLACE
TWO BLOCKS WEST OF
10TH STREET:
For the people who like
atmosphere and something
unusual in selecting their liv.
ing quarters, I earnestly rec
ommend your inspection of this
studio apartment. This build
ing was built by the owner.
who is an artist, for her own
use but due to circumstances
has been forced to rent. Sit.
uated on the side of hill
overlooking Rock Creek Park.
it is a most attractive spot.
The spacious living room, three
times the size of an average
room, has a large wood-burn.
ing fireplace with long win.
dows on either side of it. On
the north side of the room
was an arrangement of case
ment windows with long win
dows on both sides, which gives
plenty of sunlight and let one
have a view of the lovely gar
den. Off the south side of
the room was a bedroom and
bath and a kitchen completely
equipped with a large electric
refrigerator. One. especially
nice feature was an extra en-.
trance from the bedroom to
the hall which you could use
without going thru the liv.
ing room. If you are lover
of unusual and quaint places,
this place would certainly please
you. If interested .all my office
and will arrange for inspec-
ton.
1900 BLOCK OF PARK ROAD:
If you are interested in a
very nice two-room, kitchen
and bath apartment at the
most reasonable rental of
$45.00, I can easily recommend
this suite. Located near the
18th Street busses and just one
long block from the 14th Street
cars you can ride to office in
a few minutes, and if you like
to walk you are about fifteen
minutes to the Zoo Park. You
will find this part of town
most conveniently located to
the 18th Street shopping center.
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RidinO Hobifa rrE
PREECE & CURTIS correct riding clothes
for hacking and hunting. Appointments.
Town and country. sport clothes. 10L4
Conn. Ave. N. W. MET. 0672.
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MORTGAGES BARGAIN
3402 18TH ST. N. E.
OUR PRICE, $3.50

$5,95O-sIX ROOMS, BRICK
Conveniently located near 18th and
like brand ana mas Just nice
rooms. built-ln garage, three big porches,
new equipment such as shades. tabletop
range, etc This home is offered at a
very reasonable price and well worth
Phone R. N. HooKER-MEt. 1868
Evenings to call Columbia 232G
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Apples and Doctors
Bv Frank Sullivan

being called upon to help these
youngsters with their home
work in algebra, and the ma
ton, consequently, is in a state
of turmoil.
The medical profession, the
experts point out, is tradi-
tionally hot-blooded and impul-
sive, and the adage under inves-
tigation, regardless of whether
it is true or not. has at least
served always as a rein or check
upon the natural impulse OF
every normal doctor to seize all
passersby and extract their ton
sis. So, if doctors get the idea
that no apple can stop them,
they will arm themselves with
scalpels and fall upon the citi-
zenry, and the air will be full Of
flying tonsils.
And, as Postmaster General
James A. Farley put it, With
important elections to be de-
cided in November, this is no
time to fill the air with tonsilS,
or the voters with sponges."
DR.. Mounce has been conduct
ing his experiments in great Sc
crecy in Washington and the
AAAA has carefully guarded
against any attempt to discover
their nature prematurely. It is
known, however, that the ex-
periments are being conducted
with the aid of volunteer doc
tors, and that every possible
method of keeping them away
with apples is being tried, from
dropping Northern Spies on
them from the Washington
Monument, to serving them with
apple sauce made from green
apples.
It is pretty definitely estab-
lished, despite the AAAA's at"
tempts at secrecy, that Prof.
Mounce's verdict will be that
the apple saw its best days when
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

was gone. But still the dead
wings opened to majestic spread
the great neck jutted for
ward with the fighters lunge-
the talons clutched with
strength which once tore lambs
apart.
That huge and kingly bird in
that small, fly-blown room!
That great, free thing, hung
stuffed within a hole where
freedom never moved!
The little man saw my amaze
ment. Timidly his glance Wa
vered up with mine toward the
dead bird, and something
stirred beneath his face, like a
small spark in ashes long since
cold.
II shot that bird" he said at
last as though he spoke to him
self.
I went out wondering. Some
time, before age turned his eyes
to dusty glass and left him
stuffed within that dingy room,
THAT MAN HAD HUNTED
EAGLES!
Somewhere within him leaped
a lust for hills-for lonely trails
and dangerous mountain tops!
And somewhere still there
stayed the memory of the wind
the scent of pines-the JOY
of a free camp beneath the
stars.
And yeti thought he was
plain, gray man.
I wonder what we'd find If we
could look within the souls of
those we think so old, so hope
less and SO dull. Perhaps-an
eagle!
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Syndicate IncD
The Washington times., 1934-09-25

WOII11y T. y IL EA'
stituents, some of the boys
wanted to establish a patron
age clearing house" in the Capt.
Gol.
At the office they wanted a
liaison officer to whom they
could tell their patronage trou-
bleS and allow him to contact
any agencies where jobs might
be found.
It would have obviated the
necessity of making lengthy
telephone calls, writing letters,
and going to see department
heads and bureau chiefs for
more important job seekers.
The conservative Democrats
turned thumbs down on the
proposition, however.
1t was pointed out that such
an office would have turned the
tremendous tide of job seekers
from Government offices down
town to the doors of the Capitol.
Members who now haze a
hard time ducking their con-
Stituents Mould haze met them
at every turn.
So the boys are going to con-
tinue their steady trek to down
town offices, write their letters,
and make their calls.
And the man who would have
been in charge of the office
probably will live a longer life.
1t would have been the tough
est job on record.
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TimeS)
The Washington times., 1934-09-25

estheticians administration
summoned DR.. Mounce to
Washington several weeks ago
to analyze and report on the
maxim that an apple a day
keeps the doctor away. Con-
siderable interest has attached
to DR.. Mounce'S investigation,
Hobbies having been established
at Washington by the North
ern Spy, Baldwin and Winesap
crowds, and the medical pro-
fession.
The interest of the apple
people is understandable in
view of the fact that approx
mately Sixty-five per cent of
all the apples consumed an
nually in the United States go
to people DESTROYS of keeping
the medical profession at a
distance. The apple interests
point out that any serious
drop in this percentage would
upset trade considerably and
throw many million bushels of
apples back into the Skookum
Chuck country, where they
would decay and give out an
offensive odor.
It is also understood that the
apple crowd have the support
of a bloc of the experts at
Washington, who, although
they are quite ready to admit
"off the record" that the apple
in itself has no value at all as
a means of keeping q doctor
with any kind of spunk from
Selling a person he believes
would make a good patient,
they nevertheless are firmly
convinced that the present is
no time to give the doctors free
rein.
With children all over the
country returned to school, tens
Of thousands Of fathers are
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T human Side of the News - By Edwi
By T. E. Powers

was discomfort among the
people. The court was sup
ported largely from the revenue
from the casinos. and the popu-
lace, demanding a larger share,
became menacing.
Prince Louis, old and be-
fuddled, fled to Paris. 1t was
then that the Princess Char
lotte turned to good account
her friendship for the people.
She went out among them, and
in their own patois, told them
why she thought they should
not rebel.
The revolution was ended.
Prince Louis returned.
All went on as before at the
palace, but the Princess home
was broken. She was divorced.
Early in 1888, there was an eff
fort to dislodge her, said to
have been inspired by Prince
de Polignac.
Old Prince Louis stood by her
as well he might, for she had
saved his throne-but in order
to simplify matters for her
benefactor, she renowned her
rights to the throne, reserv-
ing the succession for her son,
It was in 1925 that Sir Basil,
then rs years old, had bought
the controlling interest in the
great gambling concessions.
Only a year before he had mar
ried the beautiful Spanish
princess whom he had loved for
40 years and it was only a
year later that she died.
The attachment between the
strange old man with the sill
yer poniard beard and the In"
verness cloak, and the beauti-
full princess grew with the
years.
His castle was a great, me-
diaeval fortress on a frowning
precipice. In its great halls
there was a stately function,
in honor of the beautiful prin-
cess. That was last May.
Paris insists that it was a be-
trothal there signalized by Sir
Basil's gold plate, which, it is
whispered, he has bequeathed
to the princess.
He is a lonely man, so deep
in the shadowy intrigue which
has amassed his millions, that
one thinks of him as lurking
always in the moonlight in the
shadow of a bastion-a pastel
figure, quite unreal unless one
bears in mind the blazing
reality of all he has wrought in
war and peace.
Strange caprices of destiny,
thus to bring together those
waits of other years-one a boy
fugitive from a Turkish mas
sacre, the other laSsie helping
her mother with the washing
as the Prince rode by!
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syndicate. 1ne.)
The Washington times., 1934-09-25

with following papers, torn
calendar spittoon.
And, in the midst of the
dinginess-sunk in its great tide
"a little. faded man, with
filmy eyes through which all
ambition or curiosity had faded
long since.
A little old failure of a man
whose age lay upon him with
out pride or dignity. A hope
less soul within a hopeless
house-so 1 thought. Yet even
as I turned away my eye caught
something which made me
pause. Above some cluttered
shelves-half hidden in the
shadows of the ceiling-there
hung a great bird. An eagle
stuffed. The feathers were
motheaten and one glass eye
The Washington times., 1934-09-25

James A. Far
ley and Emil
HurjG, assist
q n t to h e
chairman of
t h e D e m o.
cratic Nation
al Committee,
has tGll e n
through.
Tire d of
r o m p / n G
a r o u n d t o
G o Vernment
d e partmentS
seeking jobs
for allegedly
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Apples took a sharp drop on
the Curb recently and medical
circles were openly jubilant at
the circulation of a rumor that
in his forthcoming thesis en-
titled "Some Fallacies in the
Theory That Apples Are a De-
terrent to the Medical Profess
sion," DR.. Jethro Mounce, the
famous investigator, would
brand the apple as an untrust-
worthy and outmoded method
of keeping the doctor away.
The AAAA (Apples and Ana
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
New Taxes
Let the District Beware


Washingtonians who are urging the development Of
ne tax sources to meet what to be inevitable
increase in the local budget for the fiscal year 1885 should
realize the dangers which would follow in the train of
such course.
Faced with the probable necessity of raising additional
revenues to meet the cys expenditures various citizens
at the recent hearing the budget suggested variety
of new taxes These included local sales tax, local
income tax an increased gas tax and inheritance
estate tax.
The expressed desire of the citizens suggesting new
taxes was to lift some of the burden which is carried
almost entirely by real estate upon which the tax rate
10 now $3.50.
Unfortunately the opening of the tax would
not tend to keep down the realty tax rate It would
simply mean putting additional burdens upon our citi
zens putting them largely upon the shoulders OF those
who now must pay the real estate tax.
THE HiINUTE THAT DISTRICT OFFICIALS OR
DISTRICT CITIZENS GO BEFORE CONGRESS WITH
PLEA FOR NEW TAXES THEY CAN EXPECT TO
HAVE CONGRESS PILE TAXES UPON TAXES.
Probably it is unfair to have real estate bear such
heavy share of the tax burden as it now carries.
BUT TT WILL BE MORE UNFAIR TO EMBARK
THE DISTRICT UPON AN ORGY OF SPENDING AND
TO TAKE ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM THE SAME
CITIZENS WHO ARE PAYING THE REAL ESTATE
TAX SIMPLY BY CALLING THE TAX BY SOME
OTHER NAME
Probably the most common plant heard in Congress
against the District is that the rate is too low This
charge every session and almost every day of every
session.
It has been heard frequently since the tax
rate was cut recently from S1.7O to $3.50.
IT, in view of that charge and in view Of the recent re-
duction the District goes to Congress and pleads for
further reduction the charge be expected continue
with the likelihood that Congress will act upon the charge
and increase the rate.
PARTICULARLY IS THIS SITUATION LIKELY TO
DEVELOP If THE CITY GOES TO CONGRESS AND
MAINTAINS THAT IT CANNOT MEET ITS Elk
PENsEs WITH CURRENT TAXES BUT MUST HAVE
NEW ONES.
THE RESULT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THAT
WE WOULD GET THE NEW ONES AS WELL AS
GETTING AN INCREASE IN THE OLD ONES.
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MS I1C11CSG 1udu Ill Europe,
IS years old, may marry a
washerwoman's daughter. Such
is one of the little facets of news
in the Washington munitions
inquiry-love and war, as in
the standing chronicle of the
ages.
It is Sir Basil zaharoff, in.
Scrutable master of world do.
minions of cannon and steel,
who, Paris persistently reports,
may take to wife the dazzling
beautiful Princess Charlotte Of
Monaco.
The story of their lives out
runs all the sweating invention
of the penny thrillers. The
world knows the tale of the
Greek street urchin of Constan'
tinople, tossed to affluence and
power by the upheavalS of the
Near East-hiS intrigue, his
palaces, his treasures, his gam.
bling houses, his Richelieu
beard and his ghostly DONNA
ton of chancellory and bourse.
Less is known of the beautiful
princess, also out of the land of
Make Believe. The handsome
Prince Louis of Monaco, richly
caparisoned, rode his prancing
stallion along a country road.
BY a roadside howell, a wash
erwoman was at work at her
tubs, and helping her was a
beautiful child. He tossed the
child a coin and stopped a mo-
ment to chat with her curtsey-
ing mother.
The end of it was that he
made the winsome and ingrati"
ating miss his ward. The mother,
too, left her wash tubs to live
in a palace, to dazzle Paris
with her jewels and silken
gowns.
The best tutors in all the
principality were found for
little Charlotte. She was an
apt pupil. Easy it was to
fashion her speech and be"
havior to court requirements.
She had beauty and grace and
tact.
Her origin was forgotten, or
at any rate. nobody seemed to
mind.
She herself, however, had not
forgotten. She often spoke
frankly of her cottage days and
she kept real friendships among
the commoners-a circumstance
which was to save the little
principality later on. She mar.
ried Pierre de Polignac, prince
of the blood.
In Paris salons, in the IA.
nous watering places of Europe,
at the casinos, she was a "a
nous and distinguished figure,
sought by famous couturiers to
wear their gowns. They had a
son, Renie, and for a time
their home life was happy
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
Something for New Dealers
To Think About
If They Think

When Robert Burns pointed out that it was a good
thing and then to ourselves others see u.s.
he was not thinking of the New Deal But his advice
might be taken profitably by the New Dealers and an
excellent opportunity to do has been afforded
them by the distinguished British railroad magnate and
economist Sir Josiah Stamp.
Sir Josiah has played large part in Engands re-
markable recovery, and his advice to America though
reluctantly given is well worth listening to- In an in
terview the other day he said:
ave haze things England President Roosevelt
has labor the has taken wear.
evolution try force these thing.
business already confused by the New Deal
is asking much of private enterprise
"SUSPEND, temporarily many of the yesc;ve
regulations of the codes order enterprise
get headWay again. At any rate, GET THINGS STARTED
regulating
private that the policy UiN
But the United States TOO BIG A COUNTRY TO RUN
BY PLANNED ECONOMY. You must depend private
PRISE And a present you unquesionnbly to
CUTTING PRIVATE ENTERPRISE WORK"
Such talk will not appeal to Mr.. Roosevelt's more
radical advisers who apparently seeking to proong
The depression indefinitely in order to introduce sys-
tenn which is perilously the Communism of Soviet
Russia.
But to the many millions of Americans who are not
radical and who unfortunately not able to give Mr.
Roosevelt advice it sounds like the highest degree of
common sense-or uncommon sense.
That sort of sense has certainly been uncommon in
this country in the last year, and it has been
in England for the last several years.
Possibly this explains why England is steadily in
creasng her production, and consequently her wealth.
while have slipped far behind in both respects and are
SLIPPING FARTHER EVERY DAY.
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it served William Tells famous
purpose and later when it
dropped upon Sir Isaac Newton
and caused him to exclaim, You
may fire when ready, Gridley."
It may also be stated on au-
thority close to DR.. Mounce that
his report will recommend that
the onion supersede the apple
as a method Of Tending off not
only the doctor, but also the
dentist.
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Syndicate, Inc.)