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The Washington times., 1934-12-01

Suzy is an American lady of
considerable beauty and no means.
She realizes, from the time the
reader first meets her in pub in
an unfashionable London thor.
oughfare, that work is not e neces.
sary adjunct to success.
From the Lamb and Woolpack,
a Small, untidy public house"
owned by her uncle and aunt, the
latter described by the author as
extraordinarily ruddy-visaged and
always with a gin-and-tonic water
(very little tonic-water) in one
pudgy beringed hand" Suzy goes
to the Ascot races with a newly
acquired benefactor, Mr.. Bexley.
Here the fine clothes and glamour
of royalty stir a hitherto dormant
ambition in the languid beauty.
Mata Hari
Fortunately for her, a jealous
employer of Mr.. Bexley's sends a
henchman to kill him and Suzy is
so terrified at the sight of blood
and the possibility of being in
volved that she steals his wallet
and scamperS to France just as
the World War breaks out.
Here, joining a friend named
Maisie, she starts out by singing
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Skipper ReWsits
Old Scenes

The departure of the Empress
OF Britain from New York on
January 10, for her annual
cruise around the world, will
reintroduce a well-known figure
to port and harbor officials
right around the globe.
Capt. r. N. Stuart, v. c., D. S.
O., U. S. N. c., r. D., r. N. r.,
whose succession to Captain
Latta in command of the worlds
largest round the world liner
elevated him to the rank Of
Commodore Of the Canadian
Pacific fleet, last visited world
ports in 1925. He was then
staff-captain of the 25.000-ton
Empress Of Scotland.
This year he will revisit many
Of the ports of his first and sue
ceeding cruises and several that
have been added to the world
cruise itinerary during the past
few years.
At many of the ports Captain
Stuart will meet old friends,
most of whom have risen in
their own services since he last
met them,
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

IN 3 nlgnC CluD. from THIS prO1eS'
sion she rises in the social scale,
via charming. rough-haired Com
munistic newspaper reporter to
marriage with a handsome scion
of French nobility. At this point
the story begins to develop in a
crazy but exciting fashion. The
SinuouS, myst teriouS, yellow.
skinned Mata Hari becomes the
predominating figure and though
she appears but twice in the book,
graphically and pretty revoltingly
described, she proceeds to gum the
works for Suzy.
| All this is accomplished in
scenes in the base hospital at
Vittel, where Mata Hari is dis
guished as nurse, in the Paris
of Montmartre and in the Paris
of the Champs ElySees.
Twisted Romance
Poor Suzy is fanatically in love
with the young French captain.
When he finally proposes to her
and her father-in-law, the Baron
d'Eze, not only becomes recon-
ciled to the match but developes
a great affection for Suzy, it
seems as though all would be
we'll. But, for SuZy'S husband,
Charles, the sheer physical appeal
of the famous spy is stronger
than any other feeling and the
climax is reached when he is
ordered to command the shooting
squad that kills Mata Hari and
finds out, on his return home
that Suzy, not knowing of his
passion, had been instrumental in
sending her to her bitter end.
In the final chapters Charles
dies at the front and eventually
Suzy marries an even finer title,
the Due de Miraumont. Tech
nically speaking she is all right,
although life seems to stretch out
in a drab fashion for her emo
tionally. This is the way she
describes her future:
always to be human but
neither to seek nor to avoid
people, to listen with sympathy
but never to be curious, to ad-
wise when advice was sought
but to stop short of prOferring
it. to be natural in the un-
natural way Of having = COM
pletely unprejudiced mind and
emotions"
Gay and Cory
For gay and cozy reading, we
recommend highly THE Jasmine
Garden" by the author Of Eliza
beth and her German Garden"
published by Doubleday-Doran. 1t
is written with all the light
heartedness typical of this author,
whose sense Of the ridiculous is
unique. No better description of
the plot can be given than the
one printed On the opening page
of the book, as q sort Of tactful
lure for the hesitant reader.
ut was ut one of Lady Mid
hurst'S parties that gossip first
whispered how her daughter,
Terry, had deceived her.
DAISY Midhurst was pure,
really awfulIy pure. Her sole
passion for years had been con-
Thence. Nothing could make
her believe that the rumOrs
about Terry were true until
Terry herself pointed out that
they had been for seven years.
LADY Midhurst collapsed and
fled to her jasmine farm on the
Riviera. The aggrieved wife Of
Terry's lover ate q liqueur chOc- :
Olate and her mother, MumSie,
leaped into action.
"Of course Mumsie couldn't
resort to Out-and-Out blackmail
but, as she said to Daisy,
You and I are connected now
by adultery and an alliance
Of friendship and silence was
NAAAAaMaw~ a&aO
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

The Blossom" leaves Eastern
cities in the afternoon and
early evening and arrives at
South Florida resorts the fol-
lowing afternoon. En- route
from New York it passes
through historic Philadelphia,
Washington and Richmond. the
beautiful CarolinaS an d
Georgia, thence to wildwood,
Fla, where it divides into two
sections.
One section proceeds through
the scenic highland lake region,
Winter Haven, West Lake
Wales, Mountain Lake, close
to the Box Singing Tower,
Avon Park and Sebring to the
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
HUGE SUGAR MILL

The huge sugar mill at San
Fernando, Trinidad, is the larg-
est in the British Empire and
the second largest in the world.
Forty thousand tons of sugar
were turned out here last year,
according to Captain Peel of the
Mauretania.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
MODERN COMFORTS AND CONVEENCES ATTRACT TOURISTS TO
Passport Visas
Increasing
Rapidly
BY BETSY CAsWELL

It is an interesting fact
that, according to travel
statistics, the Egyptian visas
on American passports have
increased more than 300 per
cent during the last two
years.
The reasons for this are
many. Egypt has always
lured the traveller, with her
ancient mystery and histori-
cal interest = but formerly
only the most indefatigable
tourists fingered long within
her confines, due to the in
conveniences and discom-
forts of getting about to the
places they wished to visit.
Now that is all changed. ana
travellers throng to the beauti'
full country Of the Nile. secure
in the knowledge that, not only
will they see some Of the great
est wonders of the Old World,
but that they may do 80 with
every modern comfort and con-
Venience.
The charm and desirability OF
modern Egypt as a winter resort
has been greatly enhanced by
these improvements. Transpor'
tation by train, river steamer.
airplane, private motor-car and
bus make it possible to see the
great historical ruins, the desert
life, the cultivation of the Nile
Valley, and the ancient canals
with the maximum of comfort
and the minimum Of time.
Ideal Climate
Cairo, the center Of all Egyp-
tian activity, offers countless di-
versions. There one may enjoy
Italian and Viennese opera, the
theaters, night clubs, golf, polo,
swimming, horse racing, and so
on. The broad paved streets are
lined with excellent shops, and
thronged with the many types
of people who form the ever
fascinating panorama Of ORR
entail life. There are wonderful
hotels and pensions, where one
may live most reasonably, and
the climate in the winter is ideal
warm and pleasant by day,
and cool and bracing after dusk.
There Is 50 much to be seen
that each day brings q new ex.
pedition to the sightSeer. Driv-
ing along smooth asphalt roads
into the desert one comes to the
great Sphinx, built about 1000
years before Christ, and for Gen.
turieS half buried under the
drifting sand. No one knows
why this great animal Of stone
and masonsry was set there in
the desert, and the riddle Of
the Sphinx" will probably re-
main that until the end Of time.
Solid Mass
Near by are the three great
pyramids Of Gizeh, the oldest
known Egyptian tombS. The
chief Of these, the Great Pyra-
mid Of Khufu Cor Cheops) was
constructed solely to enshrine
the body Of that king Of the
Fourth Dynasty. What q tomb!
A solid. mass Of granite and
stone, nearly 500 feet in height,
built on a plateau Of rock leveled
to receive it. Like its two neigh
bors, the smaller pyramids, it
was finished on the outside with
q coating Of polished stone. It
contains three chambers, and an
intricate system of passages.
There are many such tombs
to visit, among them that Of
Tutankhamen, and the beauti-
full one built for Thi, who was
the architect for some of the
pyramids. Also, there are the
gloriously beautiful temples,
built here and there along the
Nile banks, with their entrance
pylons, and symbolic carvings.
The most wonderful of all these
Is the Great Temple of Amen
Ra, the chief of its group at
Karnak and Luxor. It was be.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

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The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Seaboard Line Adds to De Luxe
Service to Southland

Edward Plack seaboard Air Line Railways representative
in Washington yesterday stated that due the exceptionally
heavy exodus of Noherners Florida this season.
petely aircondtoned Orange Blossom Special leader of
seaboards famous fleet Of arcondtoned trains makes its
first trip from New York and Washington December is
the fastest schedule which was ever operated The
first trip southbound last season was January 2.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Suzy,With SoiIed Charm, Gives
World War SideIiohts
By GRACE HENDRICK EUsTIs

suzy written by Herbert German and published by Farrar
and Rhinehar did not to good book Nevertheless
lit has peculiar, rather soiled charm.
Obviously Mr.. German is devotee of James Joyce He
has copied much Of his detail of which, without Joyce
strength and pattern is shocking Ao though there 43
pages which deal continuously with the heroine suzy she
remains to the end paper woman.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
NOW DESOLATE WASTE

Near Cairo, Egypt, once stood
El-Askar, built in 75O by Sulei-
man as his capital. 1t is now a
desolate waste.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
House Likely
To Win On
D. T.. Loan

The Senate probably will be
asked to concur in the House
amendments to the District PWA
loan authorization bill, Monday,
according to Senator William H.
King, CD of Utah, chairman of
the. Senate District Committee.
He said opinion among mem
bers of his committee differs and
he desires to take the weekend
to study what course to pursue.
His informants have indicated
that to disagree to the House
amendments, which reduced the
amount which the District would
be allowed to borrow from $20,00O,-
900 to $10,750,000, would jeopar-
die passage of any loan measure
for the District.
Should the Senate concur in the
House position the bill would go
directly to the President for his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
CHARGES NAME.
8 POLICEMEN

Detective Sergt. James E. Ken
ney, who is in Emergency Hos
pital with bullet wounds received
when another policeman shot him
by error, and Detective Sergt.
Frank M. Alligood, i'll at home
with erysipelas, were named to-
day with Policeman L. A. How
ard, Fourth Precinct, in a COM
plant charging brutality.
j. V. Giovinazzio. TOO block
Quebec Pl. N. w., alleges the
policemen beat him while they
were arresting him April 81 in
the 900 block Third st. S. w,
The policemen are said to have
gone to the scene after receiving
a report that a dead man was in
an automobile there. Mr.. Giovi-
nazzio was said to have been
asleep in the car and a tussle en-
sued when the police awakened
him.
Later he was taken to the
Fourth precinct station and sub
sequently forfeited $40 collateral.
Inspector Albert j. Headley will
investigate the complaint.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
P. O.DED|CAT|ON
GALA AFFAIR

If it rains Monday, it certainly
will be one grand disappointment
to the Post Office Department,
not only that, but it will mean an
awful lot of money, time and
energy wasted.
Because the Post Office Depart
ment is working, and has been for
a long time, on elaborate plans
for dedication of its new build
ing-and the plans all look toward
an open-air party in the north
courtyard.
OF course, there's a rain check
that goes with the invitation to
the big shindig, which means, in
effect, that in case of rain, the
party will be held in the giant re"
ception room on the inside Of the
building.
But in that event, the spacious
platform in the courtyard, with
all its red, white and blue bunt-
ing, and the wooden platform on
the fountain to give a vantage
point to newspaper photographers
and the elaborate seating arrange
ment will all go to waste.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
D, c. OIL FIRMS
DENIED EAGLE

The new Code Eagle has been
denied several oil companies here
by the petroleum code committee
for the District.
L. S. Scott, chairman of the
committee said there is positive
evidence" that the companies are
guilty of repeated and fragrant
violations of the code discounts
and labor provisions.
Mr.. Scott stated:
''The action of the committee
I'm this respect is final and does
not have to be approved by
Secretary Of the Interior Ickes,
the oil administrator, or any
one else. The Secretary can
override us if he sees fit, but
that is our decision and we in
tend to stand by it,"
Mr.. Scott added that B. w.
Boyer, secretary, had commune
Gated with ali members of the
committee and the policy of with
holding the Code Eagle from any
company known to have violated
the code was approved unani-
mouSly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
INJURIES
POLICEMAN

Following serious injuries to
Traffic Bureau Policeman R. A.
Cunningham, who received a
compound fracture of the right
leg and internal injuries when a
car knocked him 80 feet, Richard
Keefer, "a, of the $500 block
Myrtle Ave. N. E., was charged
at the Twelfth precinct early to-
day with leaving the scene of an
accident.
Policeman Cunningham was
pursuing a speeder last night
when his motorcycle crashed head
on into a car in the 1900 block
Blandensburg Rd. N. E.
Police said Mr.. Keefer came to
the station and said he was the
driver of the car that struck the
policeman. Mr.. Cunningham is
in Emergency Hospital where his
condition is described as serious.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
TRACK
CHANGE ASKED

Permission to change the rout-
ing of the Chevy Chase car line,
abandoning the Calvert st. bridge
and using the Taft Memorial
bridge, was asked of the Public
Utilities Commission by the Capt.
tai Transit Company today.
Such change would result in
saving six minutes in the running
time, it was pointed out. The pro-
posed plan calls for changing the
line and running new tracks from
Columbia Road and Leroy Place
over the bridge, installing a pillow
pit at the south end of the bridge
and overhead trolleys, connecting
with the present Connecticut Ave-
nue. tracks at Calvert Street.
Officials of the P. U. c. said that
public hearings would be held at a
later date on the request. They
pointed out that engineers would
first have to make a survey to
determine if the bridge is strong
enough and wide enough to carry
street cars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
z DEAD, 4 HURT
IN COLLISION

Two persons were killed and
four others injured, all colored
Washingtonians, in a collision be-
tween an automobile and a truck
on the Observation-Disclosures
highway near Dumfries, Va,
early today.
The injured were taken to the
Marine Hospital at Quantico, Va.
The extent of their injuries has
not been determined. A sixth
occupant of the automobile and
the driver of the truck escaped
injury.
George Mitchell, 10, and Theresa
Brown, %. were killed. The in.
jured are Louis Brown, 81; Leroy
Washington, Is; Eva Holmes, 20,
and Robert Taylor, %.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
D. T.. Doctors
ASsail D. s.
Rivalry

Bitter charges against the
Government practice of providing
medical care for members of Con-
gress and division executives were
made today by the D. C. Medical
Society on grounds it constituted
unfair competition.
In a report submitted to Gov
eminent officials and the House
District Committee, DR.. c. B.
Conklin, secretary of the society,
made the following charges:
Cabinet members and members
of Congress are treated at the. ex-
pense of taxpayers; their servants
are given free treatment; noncom-
personnel of the Army
and Navy are given treatment for
nonservice connected illness, and
records of Federal hoSpi-
tails and clinics are withheld from
private practitioners.
All of these constitute unfair
competition, the society believes,
and should be corrected immedi-
ately.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
5C|T|EST OSEEK
KENDR|CK

Three cities next Thursday will
put in claims to press charges
against John Kendrick, reputedly
the fifth member of the notorious
Tri-State gang to be arrested in
a sensational roundup, after a
vengeful woman gave Department
of Justice agents and police valu-
able tips.
Kendrick, 80, an escaped in
mate of Lorton Reformatory, was
arrested yesterday as he walked
from a theater in johnson City,
Tenn, and faces hearing there
before a Federal Commissioner
Thursday.
Shooting of Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Fontaine, sweetheart of the
late William Phillips, gang leader.
led Mrs. Fontaine to tell police Of
the gangs activities after they Of
fered her protection.
Yesterday police revealed it was
Robert Mais, member of the gang,
who is now wounded in Baltimore,
who shot Mrs. Fontaine during a
brawl several weeks ago at a cot
tage occupied by some of the group
at Upper Darby, Pa.
Round-ups in several cities
have resulted in trapping of five
members OF the gang. The
leader, Bill Phillips, was slain
here by Policeman John eaton,
Ruth Nash, alias Jean Ramsey,
said to have been with Kendrick
before he went to Tennessee, is
under arrest in Asheville, N. c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
BRIDGE OPENED
To TROLLEYS

Street car traffic across the Cal
vert Street Bridge was resumed
today, following extensive tests to
ascertain what load the structure
could sustain after having been
moved 80 feet.
The tests were made last night,
two street cars carrying many
street car company officials as
we'll as District engineers, shut
ting back and forth on the road
way.
Automobile traffic will be de-
toured away from Calvert Street
and across the Taft Memorial
Bridge until the carpenters strike
is settled and certain work on the
bridge approaches can be finished.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
WAGNER LABOR.
BILL 'SHELVED'
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
Copyright, 1894, by Internationa!
News Service)

News SerV1ce)
President Roosevelt has decided
to abandon the present highly
controversial Wagner labor dis
pute bill in favor of a simple
measure, authorizing him to Gre
ate Federal industrial Cancellation
commissions to settle labor trou-
bles, International News Service
learned today on high authority.
The new measure will be sent
to Congress by the first of next
week. It's prompt enactment was
predicted, since it would termi-
nate the long controversy over
the original Wagner bill.
The proposed new commissions
would be modelled after the in
duStrial relations boards, created
under MIRA codes for the cotton
textile, automobile and soft coal
industries. The existing boards,
however, have only a sort of vol
untary status, whereas the PreSi-
dents proposed legislation would
give the commissions q legal
status.
The Presidents change of
heart" probably will hasten ad-
journment of Congress. There
will be little or no opposition to
the suggested legislation, Republi-
can leaders said, while the original
Wagner bill was certain to pro-
woke prolonged debate. The Wag-
ner bill would have given en-
ployes a Federal right to organize
unions of their own choice and
made it an unfair practice" for
employers to interfere with that
right.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
NeW Plane Service
To Start Tomorrow

Tomorrow at 1918 a. m. the
first plane of the American Air
lines new passenger service link
ing Washington with Chicago,
diana oils, Cincinnati, and
Charles Town, w. Va, will take off
from Washington Airport.
The plane will arrive at Chicago
at 4:41 p. m. and connect at
Indianapolis with the company'S
sleeper plane to Los Angeles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
Memorial Mass Held
At GeOrqetOIUn u,

Memorial mass for deceased
faculty members and alumni of
Georgetown University today
opened the 135th annual COM
mencement week exercises of the
university.
Glass day exercises will be held
at 1880 tonight, with alumni being
the guests of the seniors. The
traditional Cohonguroton grafton
will be delivered by Philip A. Hart,
president of The Yard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
PanhQndLer Takes
$40 From Broke Man

Today Willis w. Tolson. of the
100 block of Fifth st. S. E. is
short $40 because he told a colored
man he didn't have quarter. Mr..
Tolson told police he was accosted
last night at New Jersey Avenue
and P Street N. w., and asked
for 1.-TWO bits" which he denied
having. Then the man held his
hand in his coat as if pointing a
gun and took all his cash, $40.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
DELAYS.
SILVER BILL
BY International News Service

Senate Administration leaders
today feared a decision on the
silver bill would not arrive before
next week.
The Senate began it's session
early today, but argument con-
tinued at length, with little doubt,
however, of the measures final
passage.
Republican Progressives were
rallying behind the bill, multiplying
the opposition of the "old guard
ers" of the party.
Senator Thomas CD, of Okla
homa, made little progress in his
attempt to line up votes for his
amendment which would make
silver a mandatory primary
money.
Senator McCarran Cd, of Ne
vada, also was prepared to wage
battle for his amendment to in
crease the issue Of silver certifi-
Gates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
Warming Is Issued
On Ads for Parade

Warnings against buying tickets
or advertising for the Labor Day
parade were issued today by the
Better Business Bureau on re-
ceipt of a statement from z. j.
Roche, chairman of the National
Labor Day Parade Committee.
The statement says:
"The above committee re-
quests you to inform your
members that the sale OF
tickets or advertising for Labor
Day Parade is not q part Of
our program. We are opposed
to the sale of tickets and re-
quests for Eaid advertising"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
300 Coal Dealers
VIII Attend OUtinQ

More than 800 washington coal
merchants will attend the ninth
annual outing of dealers June 20
at Bay Ridge, Md, it was an
nounced today by r. s. Miller,
chairman of the outing commit
tee. A program Of aquatic and
land sports is planned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
SO GET DIPLOMAS

Graduation exercises of the
George Mason High School in
Alexandria were held last night.
with DR.. William MoSeley Brown,
former professor at Washington
and Lee University, as the speaker.
Diplomas were awarded 80.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-09
NeW Keene School
Building Dedicated

The new eight-room Joseph r.
Keene Elementary School at Rock
Greek Church Road and Concord
Avenue, Northeast, was dedicated
last night with school officials
and civic leaders participating in
the ceremonies.