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The Washington times., 1934-04-18
FLIGHT TOUR JULY 20

Squadron VJ-7MR, local Marine
Corps aviation reserve unit, will
begin it's second tour Of duty at
the naval air base at Cape May.
N. j., July 20, according to Lieut..
James E. webb, commanding Of
ficer.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
JAPAN'S ENVOY
To HAVE PART
IN PAGEANT
250,000 Visitors Expected to
Witness Festivities Near
Tidal Basin

japanese will hold a cere-
monial procession around the
Tidal Basin a 6 a. M, tomorrow,
marking the opening Of the
Cherry Blossom Festival.
The coronation of the Queen,
followed by a horse show, will
take place at 2 p. m.
The trees will be illuminated
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock.
Cool winds and a mild sun gave
renewed life to the cherry blossoms
today as the Nations Capital
garbed itself in festive settings for
its colorful spectacle tomorrow.
While the city sleeps at dawn
tomorrow, impressive ceremonies,
marking the opening of Washing
tons first annual Cherry Blossom
Festival, will be held on the banks
of the Tidal Basin.
Later in the day, Miss Eleanor
Roosevelt, daughter of the Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy, will be
crowned Queen of the Festival on
canopied platform erected on the
old polo grounds near the Tidal
Basin.
Horse Show Follows
The coronation will be followed
by a horse show, while at night
the cherry blossoms will be bril-
liantly illuminated to round out
the first of the three day celebra-
ton.
Officials estimated today that
Washington will play host to
more than 250,000 visitors over
the weekend.
At sunrise tomorrow dazzling
pageant of music and dancing
will be staged under the cherry
blossoms near the Tidal Basin.
Manifesting in a tangible way
the spiritual coalition between
the japanese and the Yankee,
Hirosi Saito, japanese AmbaS-
sador, will bring greetings from
his country as the three-day fete
gets under way.
Marine Band to Play
Notables from every walk of
life in Washington will be on
hand to witness the opening,
which will be featured by a con.
cert given by the Marine Band.
Two dance programs by the
Misses Evelyn Davis and Marion
Chace also will be given.
Special busses will leave the
south end of the Treasury Build.
ing beginning at $50 a. m. and
leaving every 10 minutes there
after. The early morning cere-
monies will begin promptly at 6
o'clock. There is no charge for
admission.
Meanwhile, plans for the other
functions of the three-day cele-
bration were being completed to-
day.
30 Floats in Parade
More than 80 floats depicting
almost every development in the
history of the country have al
ready been entered in the parade
to be held Friday afternoon.
GrandStandS are now being
erected along Pennsylvania and
Constitution Avenues. Traffic will
be rerouted during the parade
which is expected to last more
than two hours.
One of the outstanding features
of the festival will be an elaborate
display of fire works to be held
Friday night near the Washington
Monument. About 5000 chairs will
be available at the Monument
Grounds. Tickets are on sale at
1419 G. st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
alumni 10 DANCE

The annual dinner dance of the
Washington Alumni Club of Ohio
State University, will be held Fri
day night at The Admiral, Seven
teenth and Rhode Island Avenue
Northwest,
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
POSTMASTER PICKED

F. G.. Montuori will preside as
toastmaster at the annual ban
quet of the Dental Laboratories
Association at the Mayf1ower Hotel
next Friday night.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
True To
Type
Soviet Russia
Save Gold Money
for u. S. A.?
BY GILBERT SELDES

A little advertisement has been
appearing in newspapers and
magazines, a chart on which
the line goes UP! We have
grown so accustomed to the
chart with the great downward
Swoop October, 1920 that we
shy a'iay from all diagrams;
but in this one the line is stead
lily upward and is confidently
projected into the future.
It is the progress line Of the
Russian Sov.ets-the growth OF
ind 5trial production. From 18
billion roubles in 1928 to 43 bill
lion in 1885,; from At billion in
1888 t. 50 billion in 1887. Boom!
The advertisement, however,
Is not for tourists; :; is not
propaganda; it is sales talk for
Soviet Union gold bonds. There's
irony for you. The great anti
capitalist country is advertising
in the great capitalist country
an issue of bonds and "hoIderS
are. protected against loss re-
sulting from possible further re.
duction in the gold content OF
the dollar"
Where's Gold?
The ominouS sound of that
guarantee suggests that in a few
years Russia will be the last
stronghold of the gold standard
while the countries based on
gold Gas the backlog of capitaD
won't know what to do with 1t.
I suppose if you had one OF
these bonds and took it to Rus
sia, you might actually get your
interest in gold.
I do not wonder that some
Of the firstflush friends of
Communism in America, and
the old line Anarchists and lib.
erals Shiver a little at the
progress of Russia and her
five year plans. They can't see
why Russia wants to have the
same kind of progress as the
great industrial nations. They
think that possibly it would be
. good idea not to have vast
factories and great Subways and
huge investments. They are ire
mendously willing for Russia to
remain backward in comfort
provided they do not have to
live there themselves.
Correcting F. D. R.
President Roosevelt may be a
good President, but he will never
make a good novelist. In his new
book, ION Our Way" he tells Of
reporting to Secretary Woodin:
~ haze to announce that the
United States has gone off the
gold Standard" Mr.. Woodin be-
ing a good sport, as the author
says, threw up both hands,
opened his eyes wide and ex-
claimed, my heGveus! What,
AGAIN."
Perhaps Mr.. Woodin did. But
It is the business of a good writer
not to tell what actually hap
pened, but to make you believe
that what he tells happened.
Mr.. Woodin should have cried
out either my heavens!" or,
much better, What again?"
But not both. If he wanted a
good snappy remark, What,
again?" was excellent, but he
spoiled it by the weak introduc-
ton Of my heavens!" Brevity
is the soul Of wit; and to use
four words where two are suffi-
cient, it a technical error.
I think the President has for
gotten exactly what Mr.. Woodin
said. I think that there was a
lapse in judgment as well as in
memory. And later editions
ought to cut out the my Heav-
ens!" and give Mr.. Woodin his
place as a sharp commentator
with his two words-they are
plenty.
nnII1T IInII0Inn
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
MISSES BESSIE AND CARRIE DICKERsON

! and was burned on the face and
left hand.
The twin sister of Bessie, Miss
Carrie Dickerson, also aided in ex-
tinguishing the fire that was burn
ing on the mothers clothing.
The mother was taken to Provi-
dence Hospital while Miss Bessie
was treated at home. The fire
which followed the explosion did
slight damage and was quickly ex-
tinguished by flremen.
The Washington times., 1934-04-18

Mrs. Esther Dickerson, Sc, was
seriously burned today when a
pan of water and gasoline she
placed on a stove exploded.
Mrs. Dickerson was saved from
further injury by her daughter,
Miss Bessie DickerSon, II, who
rushed to the kitchen of their
home, 400 block E st. S. w., when
she heard her mothers screams.
The daughter beat out the flames
The Washington times., 1934-04-18
Cher7y Blossom Fete Opens Tomorrow at Da1Un
DiStrictLOS

daily resume of all action in the House and Senate
dealing SOLELY lith the District of Columbia, and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.
Senate
The Senate District Committee did not meet
Congressional approval of the proposal authorize the
District borrow $20OOO00O from the PWA for build
ing program will be pressed by Senator William H. King
(Story this pageO
Hearing will be held tomorrow old pension sys-
tenn here (story page 2, second secton)
House
House District Committee meeting scheduled for today,
postponed until next Wednesday.
Federation of Citizens Associations urges passage Of
barberbeauty shop licensing bill and bill extending time
for recovery of illegally assessed paving taxes Story
this page)
Amendment to War Department bill making possible 80
days training for 37500 youths urged (Story this
page)
Commissioners report unfavorably on amendment to law
which would make contractors public buildings con.
srucon and works jobs liable for payment of wages and
materials (Story on this page)
Abolition of Board of District Commissioners House and
Senate District Committees and the Public Utilities Com
mission and set-up in government here urged by
Columbia Heightss Citizens Association (Story this
page)
House resumed consideration of the 1885 District appro
priations bill. (Story on Page 81
House adopts conference on District and pro-
fessonal boxing bill Measure goes to Senate (StOry
on sports page)
Board of Commissioners
The Commissioners did not a board
The Commissioners issued order curailng activities
OF the Fire Rescue Squads (Story on this page)
The Washington times., 1934-04-18

daily resume of all action in the House and Senate
dealing SOLELY Uith the District of Columbia, and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
$4,000 Theft Laid
To Store BOOkkeeper

Charged with the theft OF $751;
900 from a downtown department
store where he was employed for
IS years, Maurice Jailett, 80, Of
the 140O block Meridian st. N. W.,
faced Police Court today.
Jailett, q bookkeeper, Is alleged
to have forged check Endorsements
over a period of years. The short
age was discovered BY an audit OF
his books.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
BOOSTS
SALES TAX

James G.. Yaden, president Of
the Federation of Citizens ASsocia-
tions, indorsing a Federal manu-
facturers' sales tax at an enthuSi-
astic meeting Of the Kalorama
Citizens Association in the John
Quincy Adams High School last
night.
At the invitation Of John
Walker Holcombe, of the 2100
block Of Bancroft Pl. N W., presi.
dent of the association, Mr.. Yaden,
spoke on the measure, sponsored
by William Randolph Hearst. say.
ing it would go long way toward
restoring better times throughout
the nation. He added:
1.-THE manufacturerS' sales
tax is q very live question In
the District Of Columbia, and
1 should like to see some action
taken by the citizens assOci.
atlOnS on 1t.
Personally I favor such o
bin, which would offset many
Of these nuisance taxes and
mean the eventual elimination
Of the income tax.
'Tt Il up to you as members
Of citizens associations to make
q thorough study of the queS-
ton and decide upon what &C
ton should be taken to have
Congress pass this legiSla atiOn."
Mr.. Tolcombe said he also
favored the manufacturers sales
tax and believed it the duty OF
Congress to pass legislation max
ing it a part of the National
Recovery machinery.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Girl in License Office Goes
To Next County for Hers

years were married by a Catholic
priest in Laurel, Md, February q.
The bride, who will make her
home in Laurel, is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Wheeler,
of Burnt Mills, and is a clerk
in the office of Clayton K.
Watkins, clerk of the circuit
court at Rockville.
The groom, a craftsman, Is the
son of Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Everard E. Hatch. He is %.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Free Chicago Trip
AU1itS Smart BOU

That member Of the Boys Club
Of Washington who is adjudged
outstanding in art, woodwork and
print shop classes Of the club dur
ing 1894 will be given a free trip
to the Chicago Fair next year, it
was announced today by Charles
M. Fyfe, club director. Frank B..
Jelleff, president Of the club. is in
charge Of plans for the contest.
Directors Of the club will pay ex-
penSeS Of the trip.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13

Sweethearts forever are
these two. The dia-
mond solitaire sparkleS
in a, lovely 1S-kt. gold
mounting, and a slen-
der little wedding band
is charmingly engraved
to match.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13

So new-so very high
style. The lovely, clear
diamond cleaning in
the center of this smart
ring accentuated by q
diamond on either side,
all in a lovely shining
1S-kt. W hite gold
~ anIJnfin1
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
TRIAL IN APRIL

they allegedly accepted contribu-
tions from o New York capitalist
without reporting to the proper
Congressional committee.
Neither defendant has faced
trial to date. First they attacked
the validity Of the corrupt prac-
tices act, which was upheld
promptly by the Supreme Court,
Later they claimed the indictment
was insufficient.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13

Bishop James Cannon, jr., and
Miss Ada L. Burroughs, charged
with conspiring to violate the
corrupt practices act, probably
will be tried here April 2, it has
been revealed by John j. Wilson,
assistant United STATES Attorney.
Indicted two years ago, the
bishop and his aide headed an
anti-Smith campaign in Virginia
during the 1928 elections, when
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
PenitentiGry Service
Announces VncnncU

In order to fill q vacancy n
the United States Penitentiary
Service, Department Of Justice, at
Fl Reno, Okla, the Civil Service
Commission will accept applica-
tions for the post until March l..
The entrance salary Is $4,000 a
year, less a deduction not exceed
ing Is per cent under the econ
omy measure, and retirement
deduction Of 312 per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13

Although her desk is located
not more than 10 feet from that
of the clerk who issues the mar
riage licenses at the Rockville
courthouse, Nan Wheeler, 90,
Burnt Mills, Md, had to go over
to Marlboro to get her own.
What's more, she kept it secret
for nearly two weeks.
Miss Wheeler, now Mrs. Edward
s. Hatch, Is today sending out
announcements to the effect that
she and her sweetheart Of four
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
COuHaty's 4-H Clubs
Plan Athletic NiQht

Members Of Montgomery coua-
tvs All Clubs will hold their fifth
annual athletic night in the gym
nasium of the Rockville High
School, Friday, February 16, be-
ginning at 7:30.
Albert A. Ady, assistant county
agent, is in charge of the general
arrangements and has urged all
residents of the county to at
tend.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
BY WILLIAM TRUMAN
A Told to an International News
Service Staff Correspondent

service Statt Correspondent
WALLA WALLA, Wash, Feb.
1S UN.S0.-I have often won
1ered as I read of prison breaks
and officers taken as hostages by
rioting inmates what would do
under similar circumstances. Now
know. That's to do just as you
re told by those in command
scause they mean what they say
nd are desperate.
The outbreak here yesterday
iternoon was led by real trouble
lakers and when they first laid
Ands on me as a hostage I knew
was in for whatever they
anted to do. Fortunately for
Is who were their captiveS they
didn't have one real leader or
things might not have ended as
veil as they did.
Tied Up With Wire
Whe rioting inmates were In
he library building, where they
@ok me and then took S.. B.
Sowen, chief engineer. They
used wire to tie us together by
our wrists and also used wire
N A. W. Ballou, turnkey, but
hey treated him rougher than
- by tying it around his neck
D that he almost strangled.
While they were doing that,
{. M. Williams, assistant chief
rnkey, argued with them about
te foolishness of what they were
Ding. He stalled them off just
ng enough for guards UP front
cover the wall under Warden
M. McCauley's orders.
Outside they started us toward
q gate with Bowen and myself
front. When within 100 feet
I the wall, the tower guards
ppeared and the prisoners start
d to turn for another gate.
Thought He Was Hit
Just then Buster" Clark, mur'
derer from Walla Walla, was shot
by a bullet that went over my
shoulder. AS the bullet WhizZed
by I happened to get a kink in
my shoulder and my first thought
was that the bullet had hit me.
With shooting general by then,
Bowen and made a dash for
the main gate and got out of
range Of the craftsmanship Of
the guards, one Of the real
reasons why the riot was so short
and unsuccessful for the convicts.
All in all, I spent about 20
mighty uncomfortable minutes
that I'll never forget-nor en-
tirely regret.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
CORD TILTS DIVIDEND

Cord Corporation increased divi-
dends with a declaration Of Is
cents a share, payable March is to
stock Of record February %. On
September Is, last, a dividend Of
20 cents a share was paid.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
OFFICIAL TELLS
Of CAPTURE
BY FELONS

The tolloDing eyewitness story
ot the Washington State peniten-
ttGry riot tDGS giuen exclusively to
International NetDS Seruice By VII
tam Truman, chief of the prison
bureau of identification, tOho tDGs
oUerpo1Dered By the rioting con-
Otcts and held as a shield tDtth
SeUerGl other guards as the telonS
rushed into q stream OF bullets.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

BILE to observe still further, he
would see that the only young
people whose affairs interest us
are those with either ten million
dollars or those who have killed
someone. Movie love affairs
don't count. They come under
the head of Production Costs.)
With all the excitement that
is displayed over the (shall we
hope) late Astor-G Gillespie brawl.
and in the reasons which
brought little Norma Millen to
realization that she had not
married Prince Charming, one
might think that we all might
be reading, with great aVidity,
notices like the following every
day (but we dont):
July II. The engagement be-
tween Enid After and Joe FEEDER
ber, Of the North End, which
was announced last Thursday by
the Ventricle Athletic Club, ap-
preached a serious stage of NAL
adjustment today when Miss AT
fer's parents gave out a state
ment that Mr.. Federber was
persona non grata in the After
menage. "I'll grata them" was
all that Mr.. Federber would say
to reporters.
July 1S. The mystery sur
rounding the breach between
Miss Enid After and her fiance,
Joe Federber, was reopened to-
day by the latter's statement,
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Avoid Bootleg
Buy Advertised Beverages


About the silest thing person do these days is
to buy and drink bootleg liquor
While inclined to discredit the reports about
floods of bootleg booze, there is no doubt that con-
siderable amounts of illicit liquor are being consumed
THE PERSON WHO BUYS BOOTLEG LIQUOR IS
AIMING TO PERPETUATE THE HORRIBLE CON
DITIONs WHICH LED AN AROUSED NATION TO
REPEAL THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
He is encouraging the continuance of the gangs and
racketeers.
He is supporting outlaw industry.
MORE THAN THAT, HE IS UNDERMINING A
LAWFUL INDUSTRY AND HE IS INDIRECTLY
HELPING TO MAINTAIN HIGH PRICES FOR LEGAL
BEVERAGES.
He is giving gangsters and thugs jobs and is keeping
the honest, law-abidng citizen in the bread line
The advertisements of reputable manufacturers and
distributors of alcoholic beverages contain liquors to
meet every taste and every pocketbook.
When buying your beverage buy advertised brands
and be sure that you are getting the product of a.
reputable plant, plant which is bearing its share of
the tax burden and is giving employment to men and
women such as yourself,
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
T Iuman Side Of the News - ByEdwm c. I'LL

research men appears to be that
certain malignant growths were
associated with abnormal condi"
tions of the nerve centers, and
that these nerves induced &C.
tivity in certain cells, which con-
gregated and built up malignant
tissue. Also that cobra venom
has very powerful effect upon
the nerve centers, and that
diluted solution of the venom
brings about a shock in the
nerve centers and induces re-
juvenation.
Interesting to know that there
is a large demand from these
pioneers in reptilian venom re-
search for the deadly fluids they
require. DR.. Raymond L. Dit
mars, curator of reptiles at the
New York Geological Park, main
tains a source of supply, as do
several biological laboratories.
Truly, mankind is only on the
threshold of thrilling knowledge,
and the millennium may exist in
the chemical laboratories of the
great research institutions.
X X
The black spider and the
baboon, two of natures mon
strosities, are brought to our at
tention in tales of death and
destruction. A three-year-old girl
in Mississippi, bitten on the eye
lid by a black spider, Succumbs
to the poison, while a doctor
in Idaho RECEIVERS from the same
insects venom only after a
struggle during which he was
unconscious for five days.
These are two interesting
cases, coming, as they do, one
after the other and in widely
separated sections of the coun-
try. It is not often that a spider
bites a human and the death Of
the child in the South is a very
rare occurrence.
The depredations of the ba-
boons are reported from the
British colonies in Africa. There
the monkey that walks like a
dog has become a serious prob
lem because of his raids on the
cultivated lands of the natives.
1 have just seen a picture sent
back by Martin johnson, the
explorer, of one of these repul-
sive creatures taken at mo-
ment when Mr.. Baboon was
thoroughly enrage at the
gentleman with the camera.
One look at those fangs and
it is not difficult to understand
the sad state of agriculture in
darkest Africa. Banded together
in troops, these long-muzzled,
medium-tailed monkeys are
fierce enough to take care Of
the leopard, their hereditary
enemy.
Copyright. 1894, King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.l
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

Most Of us have wondered
why on earth the Creator Of so
much beauty and beneficence
ever brought into being those liv"
ing lances of death, poisonous
snakes. There has seemed to be
no place whatever in the general
scheme of existence for the ugly
serpents, tinged with horror,
which infest the Southwestern
deserts and the Southern
swamps, the rattlesnake, the
moccasin and the copperhead.
Or the most deadly Of all, the
cobra of the hot East.
But science, which Stumbles
upon curious truths, seems to be
finding an answer. There is
some reason to believe that ven
omous reptiles were created for
the good of mankind, rather
than its pain and peril. There is
some reason to believe that the
venom of the most deadly snakes
may some day be utilized for
the cure of one of the most ter.
rible Scourges Of humanity
cancer.
A pioneer in that amazing
field of research is DR.. Adolph
Monaelesser. well-known New
York physician and one of the
founders of the Reconstruction
Hospital. More than a quarter
of century ago, while DR.. Mon
aelesSer was serving with the
Red Cross during our war with
Spain, he observed, by chance,
that leper, stung by a taran-
tula showed, very shortly there
after, a marked improvement in
nervous condition. He tucked
that fact away in a brain cell
where, it rested until he was
ready to use it. And when he
retired from the practice of sur
gerry to interest himself directly
in reptiles toxicology he used it
as the basis for remarkable ex-
periments.
He had no thought that can.
Ger could successfully be at
tackled by reptilian venom, but
he believed that pain could be
relieved by injections and an
improvement brought about in
nervous conditions.
But presently he found that
tumorS could actually be dimin-
ished by injections of highly di.
luted cobra poison, and few
months ago, in a formal report
to the French Academy of Medi-
cine, DR.. MonaeleSSer stated that
in numerous cases Of various
types of cancer there has been
distinct amelioration and a few
complete cicatrizationS.
The general conclusion
reached by the scientist and his
confrereS was that the treat
ment by the venom Of the cobra