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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-24
Mrs. Lewis to Speak

Democratic Women's Statehouse
Club will hear Mrs. Alice Belden
Lewis in the third of a series of
contemporary European history lee
lures at $50 tonight in the palm
room of the Claypool. Her subject
will be "Remaking of the European
Map"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-24


The study of birds, their homes and their habits
is an interesting one each spring for number OF m
dianapols persons Mrs John Carey in her home at
Haverway Farm greets a. host of feathered friends
each year Not only in the spring, but in the winter
months she delights in watching their actions.
Just outside her bedroom window is rustic feed
ing tray where birds perch enjoy the meals she has
placed for them. 1t is not uncommon to see bright
red Kentucky cardinal through her window, and she
laughingly calls the chickadee her policeman, for
he is the who is brave enough to rout Saucy
English sparrows from the tray.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-24
Bird Houses at Mayors
Offered in Variety to
Suit Feathered Tenants
Largest Residence Required by Martins
Which Live in Clans; Willow Twigs
Used in Building Homes.
BY HELEN LINDSAY

is apartment building Indianapolis without
in it. But there's no need
inspector for it's the most modern dwelling for
collection OF
birds and migrate in families
When seeking nesting which will accommo
entire family.
valuable Of the birds Their food
chiefly mosquitoes One purple
of 1000 mosquitoes IN day
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-24

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the Jane Jor-
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man or WOnn-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-24
Alltnl1a0e to Meet

st. Mary-of the Woods alumnae
will be entertained at $50 tonight at
a buffet supper at the home of Miss
Catherine Lapenta, 2424 Park ave-
(nue. All former students. of the
academy and college will be guests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-24

Musicale and card party is
scheduled by the Daughters Of 1sa-
bella for Thursday. May 8, at the
Columbia Club. Mrs. Arthur j.
Schulmeyer is general chairman
with Mrs. Kathrine Mailman,
assistant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-24
Exhibit of Plaster Casts
and Water COlOrS Shows
Work of Two Musicians
Jean Orloff, Violinist, and Bomar Cramer,
Pianist, Display Creations at Art
Institute Tea.
Institute Tea.
BY BEATRICE BURGAN
Iimes Mnman.s Page Editor

TWO popular Indianapolis musicians another o
hobbies Orlof voinst and Boma Camer pianist
musical training
they with other mediums
afternoon Orof exhibited her collection plaster
a the
Conservatory They of then
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-24

XXTRENS will build convenient the entrance
w small enough keep other birds out Mayors has variety OF
juttng the opening wind and rain.
martins,
with
family
Most of the bdhoues at Mayors made of willow branches
thac
the elaborate made of tiny weaherboads with
peaked RI painted
for the robin who known be undy housekeeper
section of small trunk followed out with twg enwned
n it. similar with small roof
flicker at Mayors is followed piece
be placed the
will think they dug out themselves
Though these birds
will and
apartment habit houses
(Which families.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-24

College of Dental Surgery.
her they show character
midair keyboard So
the sound
Evening star., 1934-08-06
TAK0MA PARK POOL
LEADS D. C. ATTENDANCE
Leaps Ahead of Mckinley Despite
Fact Former Was Opened
Much Later.

Figures disclosed today by officials
of the Welfare and Recreational Asso-
citation Of Public Buildings and
Grounds, Inc, showed attendance at
the swimming pools at the Takoma
Recreation Center at Sixth and Van
Buren streets, has leaped ahead of
the Mckinley swimming pool at First
street and Lincoln road northeast, al
though the latter opened much earlier
in the season.
So far, r. w. Hoover, general man
ager of the association said, the paid
attendance at Takoma totals 43,245,
while 1921 children took advantage
of the free swimming afforded for
several hours before noon.
At Mckinley the paid attendance
aggregated only Al ,979, while the free
attendance reached 10,941.
At the Banneker Recreation Center,
which is for colored, and is situated
on Georgia avenue near Howard Uni
versity, there have been 22,728 who
paid and 1876 free. At the Francis
swimming pool at Twenty-sixth and
N streets, 1o,967 paid and 5,786 were
admitted free.
Evening star., 1934-08-06

The crow found a box Of matches
on a policeman's desk. He stealthily
emptied the box and was placing
them in precise patterns when his
sharp bill touched of several. For
time Jim thought he had been
shot and declined to come down from
the sill over the door.
He was coaxed down, however, with
tidbits from the lunch boxes Of the
force. Jim devoured these with
pleasure and even swallowed a large
rubber band which had been used to
hold up the station clerks sleeves.
This occasioned some anxiety
among Jim's captors. but he seemed
to suffer no Ill effects.
Warn He May Come Back.
Paula and Irving said the crow
could do tricks, although only a few
months old. They said he was a
neighborhood pet and had never ran
away before.
The children placed him in the
basket which Irving mounted before
him on the handle-bars of his bicycle.
Thus Jim was pedaled home after his
first big spree.
He may come back, now that he
knows the way" Paula called, so
please remember whose crow Jim isl"
Evening star., 1934-08-06
VOICE Of SAFETY
IS HERE TO STAY
Police Convinced That Trav.
cling Loudspeaker Brings
Results.

From present indications, the "voice
of safety" automobile is here to stay
as permanent equipment in the Traffic
Bureaus enforcement drive
Sergt. Walter H. Thomas of the bu-
reau, assistant director of the safety
campaign, announced today that police
are determined to keep the voice"
moving through the city's streets from
now on, broadcasting loud-Speaker
warning to all and Sundry.
The first week of operation has
demonstrated it's worth, Thomas said.
Two other machines used in regular
patrol duty for the Traffic Bureau
probably viii be equipped with loud
speakers for safety work in addition to
their original function, the sergeant
said.
Pedestrian Asks Aid.
A bewildered pedestrian implored
the voice" in a letter this morning
to take up stand before the Willard
Hotel and observe how those on foot
must take their lives in their hands
crossing the street He went on to say
the middle of the intersection was the
only safe place to cross, since auto
mobiles only came from two directions
there. The man complained that cars
turned left and right in addition to
running straight through.
One official traffic observer counted
nine automobiles which diSregarded
the stop" sign and ran onto Con-
necticut avenue from Tilden street
without slowing down, in less than 10
minutes, during Saturdays rush hour.
Spoilers Report 80.
This mornings mail contained SO
complaints in all from the bureaus
committee of 100 traffic violation
spoilers Ten machines whose license
numbers were furnished we're taxi
cabs. reported for passing through red
lights and stop" signs and weaving
through traffic in a reckless manner.
The safety drive was launched July
%, and officials Of the Traffic Bureau
called attention to the fact no death
had resulted from an automobile acci-
dent in the District since July II.
The collateral posted by traffic
offenders daily continues to run from
500 to 5000 under the former aver
ave, and Police Court cases have
fallen of at least 80 per cent.
Ten self-appointed traffic observers
reported offenSes in this morning S
mail. Letters of warning are dispatched
from the bureau as a follow-up on
each report.
Evening star., 1934-08-06
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
PLANS TO Be STUDIED
Business Association Meeting
Will Consider City's Refuse
Situation.

Plans for a campaign by southeast
citizens for removal of the garbage
disposal plant at New Jersey avenue
and K street southeast probably will
be discussed at an informal meeting
OF members of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Southeast Business
Mems Association between and 3
pm. tomorrow in the office of Clar-
ence F. Donohoe, president Of the
association. 3l4 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast.
Tomorrow's meeting has been called
to arrange a program for the next
regular meeting Of the association
next Monday night, it was explained
by Charles II. jenkins, secretary Of
the association.
1t is likely, he said. that a report
will be submitted by a special COM
mittee created to study the garbage
disposal situation and which is ex-
pected to demand the removal Of the
present plant from the southeast To-
cation.
The committee, jenkins said, is
making a thorough investigation and
has had number of photographs
made Of conditions at the plant which
have aroused dissatisfaction on the
part Of southeast residents. The COM
mittee is headed by Donohoe and
composed of Jenkins. r. b English.
vice president Of the association; Alex
!. Berlin and John Holland.
Evening star., 1934-08-06
PRETTYMAN DRAFTS
open BAR CHANGE
Will Be Submitted to Commits
sioners-0pen Mixing Of
Drinks Sought.

A regulation permitting bars where
alcoholic drinks are mixed to be
placed in sight of the customers is
being drafted for submission to the
Commissioners by Corporation C0un-
sci E. Barrett Prettyman
At a hearing before the Commis-
sioners last Friday, representatives OF
union labor, the Restaurant Owners
Association and others joined in ask
ing that the present regulation, max
ing it mandatory to screen the mix
ing bar from sight of customers, be
annulled.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
suggested the petitioners draw up q
form Of proposed regulation.
George w. Offutt, chairman Of the
A. B. C. Board, today said that the
fact that Prettyman was drawing the
regulation for the petitioners did not
mean that it would be adopted, or
that any change would be made The
Commissioners and the A. B. c. Board
viii take up the whole question later.
when the proposed regulation has
been drafted.
Evening star., 1934-08-06
Father Must Keep
Daughter Until 2I,
Says Court La,o
Decision Reuerses RuI-
ing in Which Support
Stopped at I8.

The Court Of Appeals held today the
old common law requiring a father to
support his daughter until she reaches
the age Of 81 is still in force in Wash
ington.
Although conceding that in several
instances, the common law rule has
been changed by statutes fixing 1S
years as the age at which a woman
reaches her majority. the appellate
court pointed out this is true only
where the statute specifically directs
the change.
The decision, reversing ruling by
the District Supreme Court, was made
in a petition by Mrs. BERTHE P. Jones,
divorced wife of William r. Jones, to
compel the latter to support their 18-
year-old daughter Doris. Jones had
stopped making payments previously
ordered by the lower court when the
daughter reached the age Of Is, but,
under the decision today, he must con-
tinue them until she becomes 81. Mrs.
Jones was represented by Attorneys
Raymond Neudecker and Jean Board
man.
Evening star., 1934-08-06
"ALICE IN WONDERLAND"
TO BE GIVEN AT SYLVAN
Washington Community Players
Schedule Play Wednesday
and Thursday Evenings.

Lewis Carroll's Alice. in Wonder
land will be presented by the Wash
ington Community Players, with the
assistance of the members of the Play
ers Club of Washington, Wednesday
and Thursday nights in the National
Sylvan Theater at the Washington
Monument under the auspices of the
Community Center Department and
the ONCE of the National Capital
Parks.
Aiding these groups will be the
members of the Lisa Gardiner
Dancers, members of Alice Louise
Hunters studio and the feminine
members of the recent Community
Players successful Midsummer Night
Dream" cast
Final rehearsals will be held tonight
and tomorrow night. Chair tickets
are now available at the Willard Hotel,
the Washington Hotel. the A. A. A.
headquarters and the Community
Center Office in the Franklin Admins
tration Building
Evening star., 1934-08-06

TIM. fiy-away crow Of Irving
Zirkel, u, and Irving's sister
Paula, a year older, 1908 Jenifer
~ street was borne home this
morning In a bushel basket,
after a day Of adventure which In
cIuded one Jail break and near con-
fagration.
Jim "crowed" with delight when
his young master and mistress found
him at No. precinct where ne had
played alternate roles OF prisoner, en-
tertainer and guest since he alighted
from the skies yesterday afternoon on
the window sill Of Mrs Mary SchwartZ's
home. 5420 Connecticut avenue, and
was captured
Jim liked the policemen. but life as
a prisoner was beginning to pail.
When Irving and Paula appeared he
Jumped to Irving's shoulder with
many squawks, and voluntarily en-
tered the basket which his master
brought along.
Sets on Matches.
Jim had been busy since coming
to the precinct. At first he was locked
in a cell. but few out between the
bars with derisive jeers at his captors.
Then they gave him the run Of the
precinct.
Evening star., 1934-08-06
BANDITS CAPTURE
POL|CEMAN'S GUN
Two CoIored Robbers Flee.
Blamed in Several
HoId-Ups.

Policeman R. E. Blick, adminiStra-
tive headquarters, was disarmed and
his pistol stolen shortly before dawn
yesterday when he went to the assist
ance of True Steinbeck, 43 Adams
street, victim Of two colored robbers
at First and Canal streets southwest.
Steinbeck had been robbed of $40
before Blick appeared. The officer
placed one Of them under arrest and
was awaiting the arrival Of a patrol
wagon, he explained today, when the
prisoners companion stuck pistol
against his body. One of the bandits
then grabbed his weapon, and the pair
fed.
Police blame the same pair for the
hold-up of Joseph Inorganic, Gospel
Mission, who was robbed of SO by a
pair of colored bandits at South Capt.
tol street and independence avenue
southwest.
Third Victim Attacked.
A third victim of a pair of colored
bandits early yesterday was William
Simmons, 729 Third street southwest,
who was attacked at Fourth street
and Maine avnue southwest. The
robbers took $5 from him.
DIR. Alma D. johnson, druggist at
143 Florida avenue, was robbed of $12
by an armed colored man shortly be-
fore last midnight. She was alone in
the store when the bandit appeared.
Miss Cornelia Roper, 2607 Brent
wood road northeast, stopped her au-
tomobile at New York and Florida
avenues Saturday night for the traffic
light, when one of two colored boys
standing nearby stepped on the
runningboard and snatched her purse
containing $102.71. Bystanders, re-
spending to Miss Roper's call for as
sistance, pursued the boys short dis
tance and frightened them into
dropping the pocketbook.
Woman Struck.
Rachael Parker, 1902 Ninth street,
was struck by an unidentified colored
man on Ninth between r and S
streets shortly before last midnight
and had her pocketbook containing 81
stolen.
AlanSon Kittridge, 80S Twenty-sec-
ond street, early this morning picked
up two colored men at North Capitol
and G streets and drove them to the
500 block of Fairmont street. There,
police were told, one Of the men drew
pistol and robbed Kittridge of 81.
Evening star., 1934-08-06
Mrs. John Boyle, Jr., Calls
Meeting-Howe's Office
TO Cooperate.
PRODUCERS TO DISCUSS
PROPOSED RAISE TONIGHT
One Cent of Boost Would Be
Passed on TO Public-Price Of
Feed in Drought Blamed.

Preparing for a vigorous battle
against o proposed increase Of 2 cents
per gallon In the price Of milk In the
Washington area. Mrs. John Boyle,
tr.. chairman Of the Consumers Coun-
Gil Of Washington, has called a spe-
cial meeting 10 be held In the Ouray
Building Wednesday evening.
The announcement was made as
soon as it was learned that the pro-
posed price increase would be dis
cussed by the Maryland Virginia Milk
Producers Association at Rockville.
Md. tonight.
Cooperating with Mrs. Boyle and
the local council will be representa-
tives of the Office of DR.. Frederic C.
Howe. consumers counsel Of the Ag-
ricultural Adjustment Administra-
tion.
The plan Of the association. 1t was
reported, is TO pay the 2-cent boost
TO the milk producer to offset addi-
tional costs for cattle feed made nee
eSsary by the drought. Their plan is
to have the distributor absorb / cent
of the additional cost and pass the
second cent on to the consumer by
O retail price increase.
Sees No Justification.
"I am calling a meeting of the
executive board OF the Consumers
Council and shall ask that 1t launch
a fight against any proposal to in
crease the present price of milk in
Washington" Mrs. Boyle said in an
nouncing that letters TO the members
win be mailed today.
There is no justification, so far as
I know, for any increase in the price
now being paid to the producer in this
milkshed"
Mrs. Boyle cited figures recently
compiled by the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration showing Wash
ington producers now receive 1923
cents per gallon or 257 cents per
quart more than the average paid
producers in 56 OF the largest milk
sheds In the country.
The average price per quart for the
country at large was placed at 498
cents, while the average received by
farmers In the Washington market
Is 7.55 cents per quart.
Questions Producers.
'In behalf of the Washington milk
consumers" Mrs. Boyle said. It should
like the producers association TO an
swer the following questions:
"Are they not making substantial
profit at the present price of 7.55 cents
per quart?
rs the plan to increase by cents
q gallon anything more than a scheme
concocted between producers and dis
tributors for each to make more profit
at the expense of the consumer"
Mrs. Boyle said she expects the full
cooperation of the milk division of
the A. A. A. and DR.. Howe's staff in
the flght here to keep the price of
milk as low as possible.
The meeting of the Maryland -Vir-
ginia Milk Producers Association was
called by Frank S. Walker, president.
Evening star., 1934-08-06

I'm Gov. Laffoon's absence from
the Office, it is my pleasure to well
come you as one OF his Kentucky
colonelS.
The commission appointing you an
aide e-de-camp on his staff Is being
mailed you today under separate
cover.
Permit me to add that this ap-
pointment is doubly pleasing to the
Governor since the suggestion first
came to him from Mrs. Catherine
Connor, Kentucky's national commit
teewoman."
Evening star., 1934-08-06
DRY LAW 0FFENSES
NET S425 IN FINES
H. L. Henderson and Peter Plotes
Given Stiff Sentences in
Police Court.

Precedents we're set this morning
in Police Court when pleas of guilty
were entered on two separate charges
of violation of the liquor control law
Of the District.
The stiffest sentence of its kind TO
date was imposed this morning by
Judge Isaac r. Hit when he fined
the Nichols Pharmacy, Inc, SIPS on
one count OF selling liquor outside of
the prescribed hours from am. to
midnight and $500 on a similar
charge H. L. Henderson of the firm
pleaded guilty.
For the first time. court officials
said, sale Of liquor TO an apparently
intoxicated person." a ruling Of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, was
charged against Peter PloteS, who
pleaded guilty to the charge and was
flned sl0A
Evening star., 1934-08-06
Lamond, Counsel for AppIl-
cantS, and Magathan
Give Statements.
DRYS FEAR BUSINESS
WILL HURT DISTRICT
Lawyer Says Vote of Entire Popu-
lation of Area Would Favor
Licenses.

On September the people of
Takoma, D. c., will 60 to the polls
to register their sentiment as to
whether liquor and beer licenses should
be allowed in that territory. In view
of the wide interest aroused by this
referendum, not only in Takoma but
in the District as a whole. The Star
has asked prominent representatives
on either side Of the question to sum-
Marie the opposing viewpoints.
The following statements have been
prepared by D. D. Lamond, who ap-
pears as counsel for four Takoma
merchants seeking licenses to sell
beer or liquor, and w. c. Magathan,
president of the Citizens Association
OF Takoma, D. c., which has circu-
lated petitions against the granting of
any licenses and has conducted an
active campaign to keep Takoma a
dry territory.
The statement of Mr.. Magathan fol-
lows:
This statement is on behalf OF the
large group of our citizens who petit
toned the Board of Commissioners to
establish Takoma, D. c., as a dry area.
This petition was circulated by the
association in canvass suggested by
the A. B. c. Board to establish that
the action Of the association in fact
represented the wishes of a majority
of the residents.
Canvass Shows Majority.
This canvass developed that a ma
jority of the people in the District
section of Takoma Park definitely
favored the exclusion of licenses from
the area. In any discussion of the
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Evening star., 1934-08-06
"CUTTING OUT OF LINE"
SEEN RISKIEST DRIVING
Practice Is Found to Increase
Chance of Accidents to
SO to /.

Cutting out of line is one of the
most dangerous OF all violations OF
traffic rules, according to a statistical
summary released today by the Key
stone Automobile Club. This prac-
tice, the statement said, increases the
chances of accident to so to /.
A speed of 40 miles per hour served
to increase the odds to 25 to l as
compared with driving at "a normal
pace"
Passing another car on a curve in
creases the chances of an accident 81
times. and neglecting to give signals
for turning or stopping raises the
chance of all accident five times, the
summary said.
Evening star., 1934-08-06
STROKE CAUSES
DEATH IN RIVER
D. C. Man Topples From
Fishing Cruiser and
browns in Patuxent.
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
SOLOMONS ISLAND, Md, August
6.-The waters Of the Patuxent River
were being dragged near here today
for the body of Russell j. Hicks. "a
years old, of 1909 Seventh street,
Washington, who toppled from fish,
ing cruiser and drowned yesterday
when seized with a heart attack.
Rivermen searched for more than
six hours after the drowning in a
futile attempt to locate the body of
Hicks, who served in the Army Air
Service during the World War, and
renewed their hunt this morning. An
appeal for assistance was to be made
to the Coast Guard, relatives said.
Stricken on Cabin.
The washington man, according to
his companions on the trip, was fish,
ing from the top Of the boats cabin
when he suddenly gasped, threw up
his hands and toppled into the water.
Lifelines were thrown overheard when
his body reappeared about two feet
from the surface, but he made no
effort to grab them and sank.
1t was said by members of the
party that Hicks appeared to be para
lyzed. 1t was said at the Naval Hos
pital, where he had been confined
several times during the last two
years, that Hicks was subject to
cramps, rheumatism, neuritis and
heart attacks. Ill health had recently
forced him to abandon a restaurant
business at 6707 Wisconsin avenue.
Capt. George W. Pilkerton, owner of
the boat, and five members of Hicks
party began an immediate search for
the body, but their efforts we're un-
availing. Hicks companions we're his
brother-in-law, Roger w. Souder of
539 Buchanan street; oscar Souder,
1874 Evarts street northeast; E. B.
Souder, 5722 Fourth street; NJ Major,
600 block of A street northeast, and
Oliver Stitler, 927 Maryland avenue
southwest.
Enlisted at II.
Hicks, who was born in Detroit,
August q. 1899, enlisted in the Army
Air Service in 1917 at the age of II
and served two years at Kelly Field,
Tex, and Mineola Field, N Y, being
given his honorable discharge in 1919.
He was engaged at various times in
the real estate and restaurant busi-
ness before illness forced him to give
up work
Surviving Hicks are his wife, Mrs.
Marguerite B. Hicks; a daughter,
Patricia Ann Hicks, years old: his
mother, Mrs. Charlotte Hicks of 642
Irving street, and a brother, P. E.
Hicks Of Hyattsville, Md.