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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
D. c. FIRE TRUCK
So OLD, PARTS
HANDMADE
Manufacturers No Longer Can
Furnish Repairs, So Local
Mechanics ImproviSe

A fire truck now doing duty
at the fire house on Georgia
Avenue between Madison and
Nicholson Streets, is so old that
when parts wear out-which hap
pens about once a month-the
mechanics of the Fire Depart
ment have to make the neces-
sary gadgets themselves. There
isn't manufacturer in the world
who keeps on hand spare gears,
nuts, ETC., for this old apparatus.
Prize Exhibit
This truck is one of Chief
Charles E. Schrom's prize exhi-
bits in his plain,Spoken story Of
the needs of the District Fire De-
partment. It is not the only
museum piece which is on the
National Capitals first line of de-
tense against conflagration; in
fact. there are about a dozen
machines, trucks and engines, all
told, which could be retired with
honor and add to the efficiency
of the organization.
For instance, there are 80
engine companies, of which only
% have the modern type OF
booster engines"
These are the machines which
start to throw water on a fire
the minute the firemen arrive,
getting a start on the bigger
engines, which has to wait until
they can be hooked up to the
water main and the hose run
out.
Allotment Cut
Congress allowed Chief Schrom
$23, 500 for a new fire engine and
two new hose wagons to be
bought in the 1934-1935 fiscal
which started Sunday. He had
asked for about $4,000.
The fire department will also
ask to be put back on its full
force of 1856 men. Congress cut
the force to $40 and this reduc-
ton of IS works out so, that
there are seven fire companies
reduced to five men on active
duty, which Chief Schrom says is
less than enough.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
DR.. StelUUrt Talks
At Lincoln TEMPLE

DR.. Charles E. Stewart, former
pastor of Metropolitan A. M. E.
Church and now president of Kit
trell College, Kittrell, N. c., spoke
at both morning and night serv-
ices at Lincoln Temple Congre.
gational Church yesterday.
The Mems brotherhood of the
church was addressed by DR..
Robert H. Brooks, pastor, who
has just returned from the an.
nual meeting of the General
Council of Congregational and
Christian Churches at Oberlin,
Ohio.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
CRASHES KILL z;
ONE BROWNS
F. w. HUBBARD

Traffic accidents in and near
Washington caused two deaths
this weekend, while one man was
a drowning victim.
Comparatively moderate temp
eratureS yesterday curbed the toll
Of prostrationS and deaths in
which the heat was a factor.
z Mrs. Mary Brennan, So Of the
1900 block B st. s. E., was fatally
injured when she was struck by
an automobile near her home, and
Robert L. Swami, "a, Of Issue,
Nd, died from injuries received
near Thompkinsville, Md, when
his car struck telephone pole
blown down in Saturday nights
thunderstorm.
Private william H. Wright, 81.
stationed at Walter Reed Hos
pital, was seized with cramps yes
terday and drowned while bath
ing in the Severn River near An
napoliS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
FLIGHT BALKED
BY NEW SHOES

ut was q new pair of shoes
I had on, your honor, and 1
couldn't rum"
Such was the plea made today
to Police Court Judge Ralph
Given by William Frazier, col
ored, 80, of the 900 block r ST..
N. w., who was arraigned on a
gambling charge.
Frazier was one of four colored
men engaged in a game of dice
yesterday in the 1900 block of
Seventh st. N. w., when two
policemen interrupted them.
The other three escaped, but
Frazier, who was all dolled up in
his Sunday best, blamed his new
shoes for his capture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
Maryland Lawyers
Return From P1rIeH

Southern Maryland lawyers re
turned home yesterday from the
Maryland bar convention in At.
lantic City with one Of their
justices. Chief Judge w. Mitchell
Digges of the circuit court, named
president of the State body, and
Marvin Peach of Upper Marlboro
named a vice president for the
seventh district.
A dozen Southern Maryland
lawyers were named on commit
tees, which are to be announced
later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
D. C.. COlOred Schools
Omen For Summer

Approximately 1000 colored
children are expected to enroll
for the Summer sessions Of the
public schools opening today.
Dunbar High School will be the
only senior high school to open
and Garnet-Patterson the only
Junior high school, while nine
elementary buildings will, be used
for class work.
Miss Ruth Weatherless has been
named principal at Dunbar: Mrs.
E: w. Payton at GarnetPatter.
son: Mrs. C. w. Elliott, Bell:
Mrs. s. p. Newton, Burrville:
Mrs. I. B. Darlington, John F.
Cook; Miss N. Y. johnson, Gid
dings; Miss v. E. Rice, Lovejoy:
j. w. Sewell, Phillips, and Mrs.
j. G. Reed, Sumner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
Cab Inspectors Haze
Is Days to Finish Job

The annual inspection of taxi
cabs is under way by inspectors
of the Public Utilities Commits
sion. Twenty-Five hundred cabs
already have been examined and
fifteen hundred remain, with
only IS days in which to COM
plete the job.
Tests are made as to safety,
cleanliness and availability for
cab work. This is the annual
inspection prior to the issuance
of licenses at $25 apiece.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
st. Joseph School
Will GiDe PROGRAM

Two thousand visitors are ex-
pected next Saturday afternoon
and night at the first Eat home
of the st. Joseph's Home and
School, sponsored by the Com
munity Chest.
Several Boy Scout troops are
to cooperate with the school in
providing a program that Com
munity Chest leaders say will be
of interest to everybody in Wash
ingtOn,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
Alexandria offices
TOCIOSe Hour ENrLU

Beginning today all Alexandria
city offices will close at 4 instead
Of 5 p. m. The usual closing
hour Of p. m. will continue on
Saturdays. The new hours will
prevail until September IS.
City Engineer E. c. Dunn, as
sisted by Fire Chief James M.
Duncan, jr., today took over the
duties Of city manager for a
period of a month during the
absence of City Manager Wallace
Lawrence, who mas taken a
months leave on advice of his
physician.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02

in the Alabama primaries few weeks ago. Couldn't make
that.
And now New Dealish favors will be gratefully received
It seems to me if we intelligent people would
realize by this that for part Of the at least live
in Tropical Climate And conduct our lives accordingly
In the Real Tropics which are never as hot the North
Temperate Zone everybody stops work Hides
behind windows and doors hung in wet until three
four o'clock. -.
But we poor idiots toll away when the thermometer is at
hundred
Who was it who said that nobody but Anglo Saxon
and Mad Dog ever went out in the midday sun?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
TEACHERS HEAR
DEMAND F Or
NEW SYSTEM
Readiustment to Meet "SociaI
and Economic Revolution"
Plea to N. E. A. Session

Direct Federal aid to public
schools, an entirely new system Of
school financing, and readtust-
ment of the school systems
throughout the country to meet
"the orderly social and economic
revolution" were urged today at
the Seventy7second annual con.
vention of the National Educar
ton Association in the Washing.
ton Auditorium.
Declaring that for the first
time in the history Of America,
a depression has brought serious
harm to the schools and has re-
suited in restriction and even de.
NAL of educational opportunities
to millions of children" John K.
Norton, Of Teachers College, Co
lumbia University, declared:
MANY of the current diff
cultieS of the schools have their
roots in conditions which existed
long before the onset of the de-
preston.
"KEY PROBLEM" SEEN
"The added weight of the de.
preston has caused certain weak
supports in the educational
structure to crash. We cannot
achieve q satisfactory recovery
until these weak timbers have
been replaced by stronger ones"
In a plea to the entire teaching
profession to launch a united at
tack on the "key problem" of re-
financing the schools, DR.. Norton
declared that in the next decade
the plan for financing education
in this country must be funda-
mentally redesigned and recon-
Structed."
In his advocacy of Federal aid
to education, DR.. Norton was
joined by DR.. George F. Zook,
until recently U. s. Commissioner
Of Education, who told the con-
vention delegates that the little
red Schoolhouse" Is entitled to
Federal funds as much as, or more
so than the road system of the
country which has been receiving
millions of dollars from the Fed.
eral Government.
Polling Speaks Tonight
DR.. Zook declared that some
form of permanent Federal aid to
education must replace the present
temporary expedient Of Federal
relief to needy teachers, such as
is provided in emergency allot-
meats granted to the States.
The general session Of the con-
vention will be addressed tonight
by Daniel A. Polling, president Of
the Worlds Christian Endeavor
Union, on Americas Real Brain
Trust" and Glenn Frank. presi-
dent Of the University of Wiscon-
sin, will speak on 1.-THE Alterna-
tive to Revolution"
The session today heard ad-
dresses of welcome from DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent :. Of
Washington schools, and Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle, vice preSi-
dent Of the Washington Board Of
Education.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
Woman Is Injured
When Hit BIZ Auto

Stepping from the curb into the
path of an automobile near her
home today, Mrs. Ethel Miller, At,
of the $500 block Fourteenth st.
N. w., was knocked down and SUI
fered cuts and bruises. She was
removed to her home and treated
by a private physician. Mrs. Hilda
Sale, 400 block EmerSan st. N. W.,
driver of the car, was not held.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02


Its hard to think of you Disciple Of Rest
Further notes the Roosevetian
The building of the addition to the Executive offices
being discussed:
And what becomes of the Press Room in the switching
about, while the work is being done? somebody asked
'Now that is real difficulty, said Mrs Roosevelt. 1--WE
going place for the Press downstairs in the
reception hall just by the entrance door, Put partition
there and desks and telephones and hope that everybody
will be comfortable"
It's the cubbyhoe that the Marine Band plays in at
receptions There will be music of different sort when
the press is tucked in.
Attention of Senator Scha of Minnesota who is in such
Other about the Freedom of the Press under the New DEAL
who believes says daily in loud voice, that the
wise!
Perhaps Senator this business of doing the Executive
offices just mean low scheme of putting complete
press censorship the President has the hayward press
under his roof tree how be critical in single type
written telephoned syllable?
| Most anything is likely to happen.
Gracious Cold and apprehensve shvers down the spine
( Delightful cold and apprehensive shivers!
Mrs James F. Curtis will about July Is for her home
in Long Island and wait there mpatenty become grand
mother The blessed which will change the delightful
Laura Curtis from Mommie her friends call her) to
sort of personality expected in the family Of Mrs Curtis
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Bostwick.
Elsa Maxwell who visited Mrs Curtis twice in the early
spring gave Washington hint of her charm and clever
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
Woman Cut, Bruised
In TrOLLeU Accident

Mrs. Elizabth johnson, Sc, Of
the 500 block Nineteenth ST.,
N. W., was seriously injured to-
day when she was struck by a
street car at Sixteenth and
H Streets Northwest. She was
removed to Emergency Hospital
suffering a fractured skull, cuts
and bruises.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
Gen. Buffers Son
Fined For SDeedinQ

Smedley Butler, jr., son Of Gen.
eral Butler, retired Marine Corps
leader, was speeding at so miles
per hour on New York Ave. N. E..
early today. when along came
Policeman w. A. Major Of the
Twelfth precinct and handed him
a ticket. ,
Judge Gus A. Schuldt imposed
a fine of $40.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
LelUtOn ReGppOints
TnkOn1G Park Police

FREDERICK L. LeWtOn, re-eIected
mayor Of Takoma Park, Md,
completed filing the appointive
offices Of the town last night
when he Swore in for another
term the members of the police
force, Those sworn in were Sergt.
Earl Thomas, who will be in
charge of the station, and police
officers AL Thomas and Frank
Lane. =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
ATTENDS INSTITUTE

Mrs. E. E. Carver, of Alexan-
dria, former president Of the Par
ent-eacher Council there, is at
tending the Institute of Public
Affairs in Charlottesville from
.JllV / tn IA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02

offices of his old friends "to see what ideas
they have" As a prelude to his request
he just happened to remember little story
he heard the other day. And when his vic
tim was laughing heartily, Tom crept up
with the hope that maybe there might be
ga little good news"
Tom Helm got lost in his own political
prejudices before the New Deal was men,
toned in government. Way back yonder
he was in stew about Cap Smith and the
Pope and lost his seat in the Senate as a
result of mis- frantic anxiety. He tried to
oonnn hanlr tn the House of REPRESENTATIVES
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02

ness, is the subject of remarkable article in
the July issue Of Fortune.
Fortune, in its authoritative way, declares
that Elsa Maxwell made the Lido what it is
today. "Alone and single-handed she put it
on the social map" Gave it such vogue
with the festivals the boat races, the mad
dinners she engineered (at one charity fete
Elsa, in bathing suit Of 1890, sang Cole Por-
ter's might and Day" and Glove for
Sale'O, that naughty Venice, led by the
Countess Annina Morisini, decided to accept
the resort across the canal. Even took to its
patrician heart the exotic Princess Jane di
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02

separates the COnI6FenC6 ,hOOm IFOm inc
Private Life of the Roosevelts.
President Roosevelt's valet swished by the
screen with arms piled with at least hun
dred white suits to be rushed to the laundry
and brought back in time for the cruise to
Hawaii.
When Mrs Roosevelt said her "plans for
the summer were vagueness itself" one of
the newspaper women whispered-not too
loud, 81 don't believe word of it. She is
up to something as sure as you live"
And when Mrs. Roosevelt insisted that her
principal hope for the summer was relaxa-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
VETERANS TO MEET

The Russell Mitchell Post. Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, Alexan-
dria, will hold a meeting tonight
In the Pythian Temple. Norman
Roberts will preside.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02

San Faustna once of Rome but first Miss Jane Campbell
of New York.
"iss Maxwell changed the Lido from pleasantly smart
Adriatc beach to THE Place.
Tom Helm back in town for several weeks-looklng
for job Practically any job The former Senator from
Alabama is back the Democratic band wagon now-tooth
and nail
As cockv and full Of himself he dropped in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02
Ladies Of the Press Believe
Mrs. Roosevelt Is Up
To. Something
BV HELEN ESSARY
By HELEN |

Notes on a Rooseveltian summer.
Collected Mrs Rooseves last conference while listen
ing between the lines and looking toward the screen that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-02

[axwell who visited Mrs. Curtis twice in the early
I'd gave WASHINGTON hint Of her charm and clever
Evening star., 1934-02-04
FIRST LADY TO TALK
TO PROBATION GROUP
Council Of Social Agencies An
nounces Plan for Conference
Here Feb. ~.

Mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt has
consented to head a group of speak
ers for Washington's first conference
on probation, it was announced yes
terday by Chairman Walter David
son of the Council of Social Agencies.
The conference is scheduled to open
February a. all sessions being held
in the Y. w. c. A. Building. The
purposes of the conference are to
outline the development of probation
work in the District, to show the
value of probation services to courts
and social agencies and to point out
future needs.
Arrangements for the conference
are in the hands Of general COM
mittee and special committees in
CLUBBING Judge and Mrs. Jsese Adkins
Miss Fay Bentley, Mrs E. w. Brandes
Maj Ernest w. Brown. DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, Joseph E. Dayton. Adjt
Gilbert Decker. Miss Jeannette Eze-
kiels, Miss Estelle Foster, Charles M
Fyfe, Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith,
j. B. Gwin, Mrs Charles S. Hamlin
r. L. Huff, Dorsey w. Hyde, jr.: Miss
Agnes Leisy, Miss Rhoda Milliken,
Joel Moore, Allen Pope. Mrs. W. A.
Roberts, Mrs. j. N Saunders, Amos
Steel, Elwood Street, Miss Mildred
Terrett. Carl Wideman, DR.. D. w.
Willard and George S. Wilson.
Evening star., 1934-02-04

issue of its paper, Seventy's Pulse,
Friday. Robert Duffy Is editor of the
paper.
Applications for Eagle rank must
be filed at Scout headquarters, 1918
Vermont avenue, not later than Mon
day, 1t was said. and Life and Star
applications should be filed by Feb
ruary II.
Col. E. L. Mattice announced that
more than 10000 hours Of Scout
service is tabulated on a report Of
good-turn deeds for the year. Scout
ing advancement for 1888 was shown
to be the greatest in the history Of
scouting at the meeting of the Dis
trict Boy Scout Council at the Will
lard Hotel last Monday.
The Spring Court Of Awards of the
District Boy Scout Council will be
held at the Powell Junior High
School, February II. at 7:30 pm,
according I'd Scout headquarters.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
ALLEN WILL GREET
DISTRICT SCOUTS
Commissioner to Attend Mo.
bilization to Hear Roose-
veIt's Speech.

Commissioner George E. Allen will
be on hand to greet the Boy Scouts
forming part of the general mobili-
zation at the Washington Auditorium
next Saturday, when they will hear
q radio address by President Roose-
velt in celebration of the twenty
fourth anniversary week of the found
Ing of scouting in America. Scout
headquarters announced yesterday
Information on the President's s
broadcast has been wirelessed to Paul
Siple. a Boy Scout and chief biologist
on the Byrd Antarctic expedition
now in the South Pole regions. 1t
is expected the expedition will tune
in on the address, headquarters an
nounced. Scouts at Berlin. Paris. the
Philippine Islands and other foreign
points have been notified of the
broadcast. The address will be made
from the White House
Scout troops of the White House
division will hold their divisional
flrst-aid contest at the Western Pres
byterian Church on Saturday at 2:3O
pm. A special church service for
Scouts will be held at the church
on Sunday at pm
Troop No. 70 published the first
Evening star., 1934-02-04
CIRCUS TROUPERS'
TO ATTEND BALL
sBiq Tent" Atmosphere Ar
ranged for Arts Club Ce|e-
bratiOn Here.

Bespangled trouperS-from daz-
Uiingly-clad blond bareback perform
ers to raucous clowns. from death-de-
fying animal trainers to silk-tighted
scrobats-will take part i'll the elev-
enth annual Bal Boheme of the Arts
Club of Washington.
From the big top down to the
three saWdust rings, the frolic Febru-
hry IS at the Willard Hotel will eXude
the atmosphere of that typically
American institution-the circus.
Washingtons artists and hundreds
Of the public are nearing completion
of arrangements for the annual event
which will include a pageant in
which more than 200 circus costumes
will be worn. The costumes for this
and other parts of the ball are being
selected and assembled now by Mrs.
Charles Bittinger. wife of the clubs
president; Mrs. Oliver Owen Kuhn
end others.
Woman Is Chairman.
The chairman of the ball, Anne
Fuller Abbott. is the first woman
painter to guide the destinies of the
pre-Lenten festival She is aided by
Hugo linden, who was a celebrated
artist in Dusseldorf, Germany, before
coming to this country. linden has
designed the ball and it is his idea
of the American circus that will pre-
vail
Mrs Maud Howell Smith and Mrs
William j. Peters have charge of the
circus parade, which is the pageant
spectacle of the occasion; Harold AL
len Long is master of the side show,
John Paul Jones is chairman of the
Floor Committee; Henry Jay Staley is
IN charge of the plans for the famous
Bal Boheme supper; Hans Kinder is
chairman of music Mrs Theodore j.
Pickett is chairman of patronesses
and boxes: Mrs. Ridgely Chapline is
chairman of tickets on sale to the
public and Beverly Harris, Susan B.
Chase, Harriet Garrels, Lewis Lotion
Moneyway, Felix MahOny and Frances
Benjamin Johnston are taking a spe-
dial part in the preparations.
Schools Represented.
Leading roles in the circus process
sion will be played by these and other
people we'll known in Washington's S
artistic circles, and there will be
groups representing the art schools
and other schools. studios and clubs
In general. Groups to participate in
the event will come from the Amer
icanization School, Abbot School of
Art, National School of Fine and Ap-
piled Art, Lisa Gardiner Studio, Sha-
fer-Chace Studio, Evelyn Davis Stu
dio, Helen Griffith's Studio, Donna
Taggarts Studio, Marjorie Webster
School, and many others in the city.
In the side show will be Anne Ives,
Mildred Klein. Helen and Elizabeth
Gray, Violet Wachter. Margaret Scott,
Lila La Garde. Jack Perry, Ralph
Fowler. Andrew Archer and others, all
headed by Brooke Johns, and all di-
rected by Harold Allen Long of the
Arts Club
Evening star., 1934-02-04
LEDGER EVIDENCE
IN CLEANERS CASE
$4,000 Entries Shown for In.
stitute Alleged to Have
Racketeered.
RY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
| CHICAGO, February 3-The ledger
book of the Cleaners and Dyers' In
stitute, alleged by the State to have
| been a huge racketeering combine,
| was brought into court today at the
racket conspiracy trial of 18 de-
PENDANTS
Records in the book. said Special
Prosecutor Edwin j. Raber, covered
only short period of time, but
showed disbursements of more than
s116,OOO
The institute was headed by DR..
Benjamin NJ. Squires, Federal labor
mediator. Through it. the State
charges, thousands of dollars were
extracted from cleaners under threats
of union strikes and sabotage. Squires
is a defendant. along with Alderman
Oscar Nelson, Attorney Aaron Sapiro
and others
Raber earlier had announced Ma
chine Gun" Jack McGurn, terrorist
and founder OF outlaw labor unions
under Al Capone, would be called as
a witness Monday to tell about
methods allegedly employed to gouge
money from cleaners and dyers.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
CASE is POSTPONED
Cudahy Divorce Suit Delayed fol
Maids Testimony.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, February 3 Op)
The date for trial Of the divorce
action of Michael F. Cudahy. million
aire packer, against Mrs. Alice Dick
son Pinto Cudahy has been postponed
to February 26 to enable his attorneys
to obtain dispositions from a former
Cudahy nursemaid now in Liverpool,
England.
If the testimony Of the maid, Miss
Greta Mueller, does not arrive by
February 26, the case will be delayed
until March 5, the absolute deadline,
Judge Gustave Gehrz said today.
The packer said he planned to use
Miss Mueller's testimony in support
Of his application for the custody of
his 7-year-old son Dicky.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
HEADS RACING BOARD
Carey Selected as Chairman o1
Illinois Commission.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, February 8 L4)
fPeter B. Carey, president of the
chicago Board of Trade. was ap-
pointed chairman of the Illinois
Racing Commission today by Gov.
Henry Horner.
Named to the commission of three
members at the same time were Leo
Spitz and Walter c. Peacock, both of
Chicago. Spitz is an attorney and
Peacock y member Of a family Of
Jewellers.
The commission was created by the
General Assembly last June and is
given control of horse-racing activi-
ties In Illinois.