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Evening star., 1934-08-10
bAGHDAD FLIGHT
HALTS|N ENGLAND
Future of Trip Undecided as
Bad Luck Grounds Pair
After Atlantic Hop.
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, August lo-After a sound
nights sleep Leonard Reid and James
r. Ayling appeared fully recovered
today from their fatiguing flight over
the Atlantic in which they battled
fog and dense clouds.
Their future plans were undecided
The two landed at Heston Airdrome
late yesterday, having travelled ap-
proximateiy 3,7o0 Of the $500 miles
from Ontario to Baghdad. their goal.
Since their dream OF breaking the
distance flight record has been shat
tered, 1t was assumed Reid and Ay-
ling would not continue on to Europe
and Asia Minor.
The most splendid thing I ever
saw" was Reid's description of the
waters Of the Atlantic when he
glimpsed them after flying blind for
eight hours. Dense fog on the sur
face and heavy. low-fiying clouds
worried the flyers all the way across,
AT the start we took turns Of
three hours each at the controls" he
continued. But later, when this be-
came boring, we did two hours each.
Our food consisted Of orange juice,
coffee and water
Sir William Ayling, "Jimmy's" IA
ther. said he was delighted with the
flight"
Carburetor trouble. the flyers said.
used up their gasoline supply at q
rapid rate. The engines consumed IT
to Is gallons an hour instead of the
usual 10 and they had only about 200
gallons left when they landed.
This and weather conditions forced
them to give up the Baghdad goal.
Evening star., 1934-08-10

2i53 Newport place; Victor Isaac
Grossman. TOO F street northeast:
Morris Boumel, 1901 S street; Buffers
Beer g. Liquor Store. 1929 Columbia
road.
Eleventh Street Pharmacy, 300 Elev-
enth street southeast; Ida Liberman,
1900 X street; Anna zamer, 1888 M
street; NJ c. KontSoukoS. 3l5 First
street northeast. Sidney W. Leech.
Geological Park: Newton Market. l440
Newton street; Charles z. Cornell. 100
B street southeast; Charles w. Ellis,
305 Ninth street; Krucoff's Market,
1880 street northeast: Tru Blu Res
taurant, 1916 H street northeast, and
Herman's Liquor Store, 1875 Benning
road northeast.
Evening star., 1934-08-10
Honors Irish Mayor.

Col. Ernest K. Coulter, general
manager Of the New York Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,
recently called at the Mansion House
In Dublin, Irish Free State. and pre-
sented an honorary membership OF
the American Humane Society to Lord
Mayor Byrne.
Evening star., 1934-08-10
Mother Paws Tribute.

A red rose was kissed by his mother
and thrown into the grave Of Flight
Lieut.. Cyril r. L. Shaw. one OF three
victims Of an airplane crash, when he
was buried at Almondsbury, England.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Major GOtwalS
An Excellent Commissioner

The announcement that Major John G. Gotwals will be
retired from the Army September 30 presages the
termination of his services Engineer Commissioner for
the District of Columbia.
The departure of Major Gotwals from the District
Building will be Of sincere regret the part of
all Washingtonians.
During his service as Engineer Commissioner Major
Gotwals has abored earnestly and effectively for the
city and for it's residents
His has 1een minor contribution toward the reaza-
tion of the aspirations which all Americans have for
their National Capital.
He has been in charge of the engineering affairs of the
city during time which has been vital to its develop
ment.
The tremendous changes and advancemens which have
been made during his administration reflect the greatest
credit upon the skill and ability Of Major Gotwals.
The office of the Engineer Commissioner deals with the
material things of the city, When that office fails to
function to perfection its msdeeds gng and readily
apparent to every citizen it constructs faulty bridge
builds bad road there is way of CLOSING the
error. It stands for all to see.
Under Ma or Gotwals the office has spent millions of
dollars upon innumerable projects Not has failed to
please and to serve as it was intended.
The Army has sent excellent to the post of
Engineer Commissioner. Major Gotwas stands out
in such brilliant list.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

RGiney formula.
They who are candidates for
the once coveted position have
learned that it is easier to listen
to the White House than to turn
a deaf ear with thoughts of in
dividual leadership.
MIR. Roosevelt, ObServant,
knows the trend of candidates
thought and has no fear that
the next Speaker will drive his
colleagues under the giant
thumb of the Administration.
Disseminating bGllyhOo 1Olth a
capital "B" is one of the pr1nc1-
pal Jobs of the Federal Housing
Administration employees. And,
unless they put it out by the ton,
q bit of a shakeup may occur.
Almost dozen press agents
are engaged in the work that
put another New Deal organlza-
ton on the spot.
When the NRA began a sell.
ing campaign was launcheo
for that organization.
Promises were made, broken
and allowed to drop on the
public in the shape of disap-
pointment. Condolences that
were constructed were quickly
destroyed in the aftermath OF
forgotten pledges.
The general public, keyed to a
hazardous pitch, was allowed 10
see and feel the result. Far less
disappointment would have been
known if the selling campaign
of the NRA had been less e1"
fective.
Paying little attention to the
NRA campaign, the Federal
Housing Administration goes
ahead Dith its program OF
verbiGge.
When the organization first
began to function the boys
started the press agent cam
paign. A bit later they lessened
the pace only to boom forth
again with reams of propaganda.
The Federal Housing Admin
iStratiOn must sell itself accord
ing to all observers. But an over
sale may prove a boomerang as
did the balIyhOO campaign of the
NRA unless James MOffett,
housing administrator, watches
future developments with the
utmost care.
Copyright. 1894. The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Realty Assessments
Cut Will Be Helpful

The announcement that assessments real estate IN
the District will be reduced by approximately $4OOOOOOO
for the 1885 fiscal year again raises the question as to
why there has been no general cut in the assessments
during the depression years.
There can be doubt that during the last few years
real estate values even in Washington dropped from the
high point of 1929 They dropped if for other reason
than that there were few buyers and little activity in the
real estate market.
Yet that drop has not been reflected in assessments for
taxation purposes.
Annually there has been pecemeal cut in the total of
assessments these cuts have been made in consdera
property.
THEY HAVE HAD NO RELATION TO THE GEN
ERAL DECLINE IN VALUES WHICH, WHILE 1T
HAS NOT BEEN GREAT, HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY
GREAT TO HAVE WARRANTED GENERAL RE-
DUCTION IN ASSESSMENTS WITH CONSEQUENT
TIGHTENING OF THE LOAD UPON INDIVIDUAL
TAXPAYERS.
Tax Assessor William P. Richards is justly proud of
the fact that his Office keeps assessments near to the
actual value of property, as required by law
Obviously no one would urge him to drop the
ment figure below the 100 per cent Of value at which he
is required to appraise
And it is equally obvious that wishes Mr. Rich
ards to depress the value Of local realty by heedessy
marking down assessments
Nevertheless the fact that the real estate market has
been less stagnan in years would to
the layman to have been sufficient reason for general
application of assessment reduction.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

,.u,.4uS CIaud1uS DruSuS Nero
Germanicus cit was, as a mat
ter of fact), which gave quite
a lot of leeway for anyone
who wanted to call him quickly.
The only trouble was that his
uncle's name was Tiberius, and
his brothers name was Ger
manicus, and his successors
name was Nero, all probably
ending in the other four names.
A Russian characters name
could very ell be Stepan
Nikolaevitch Gubaryov, and lie
be called Grisha, which is the
nickname for Gregory. Or
sometimes he is called Stepan,
sometimes Nickolaevitch, some
times, Gubaryov, or sometimes
just Pishtchalkin, meaning
boy with the long ear lobes." "
It would be only poetic JUS
tice if a bunch of Russians
should find themselves in a
novel about ancient Rome.
Confusion would be, for the
moment, rife.
Vastly Ivanovitch Popof Tchit-
chorna Grushenkov comes to
see Caius Gallus Drusus Pos
tumus Galba OF. business.
May I speak to Gallus?" he
asks the secretary.
What name shall I Say?"
asks the secretary.
"Popof," he replies.
In a few minutes the secretary
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
I Human Side Of the News - ByEdwm c. Hill

phrases. A man of action with
the gift of recognizing the dra-
matte and making it live. But
he has even more than that.
He has the power Of looking
upon mankind as a whole, and
of seeing, however dimly, the
dangerous road it is travelling.
Man has finally got into his
hands the tools by which he
can unfailingly accomplish his
own determination. That is
the point in human destiny to
which all the glories and toll of
men have led them. Death
stands at attention, obedient,
expectant, ready if called upon,
to pulverize, without hope of
repair, what is left of civiliza-
ton. Death waits only the
word of command. He awaits
it from a frail, bewildered be-
ing, long his victim-noW, for
one occasion, his master.
Russia, brooding over her lost
Baltic provinces, bides her time.
From one end of Germany to
the other an intense hatred of
France unites the whole popula-
ton. German youth, growing
to manhood, are inspired by the
fiercest sentiments, and the soul
of Germany shoulders with
dreams of a war of liberation
or revenge. Disarmed now, Ger
many is a far stronger entity
than France, and cannot be
kept in permanent subjugation.
Only the exhaustion of Eu-
rope-of the world-stays war
today, and when exhaustion
passes, as it must, war will flame
forth again, in Winston Church
ills opinion, for the story of the
human race is war. 1t must
flame forth again unless the
world heeds the signs, and man.
kind pauses on the brink OF his
own suicide.
And of all thoughts Mr..
Churchill offers in this remark
able book, Amid These Storms"
the most arresting is his con-
clusion that today mankind has
the strength of civilization with
out it's mercy. His science has
run beyond his wisdom. 1t has
run beyond his very nature.
Under sufficient stress-starva'
ton, terror, warlike passion, or
cold, intellectual frenzy - the
modern man We know so well,
will do the most terrible deeds,
and his modern woman will back
him up.
Material progress has out
distanced moral progress. And
one may wonder, with Winston
Churchill, if all this material
progress, in itself so splendid,
has met any of the real needs
of the human race; if, after all.
we are really any better off, any
happier, than the Is or 16 races
that rose and fell in the thou
sands of years that have
faded into the past.
Copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nf.)
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

At this distance from White
hall, British craftsmanship ap-
pears to be more or less in the
doldrumS. With the Liberal
Party merely a ghost of it's
once luSty self, with the La
Dor party split into two or
three irreconcilable factions
and a furious quarrel flaming
between the one-time dear
friends and political partners,
Ramsay Macdonald and Philip
Snowden, the Tories, the Con-
servatives are again in actual
power, with Stanley Baldwin,
lord president of the council,
as the real head of govern
ment.
And on the sidelines, a kind
of British Bill Borah, the most
remarkable parsonage of them
all, barks at all and sundry
and bides his times. I mean
Winston Churchill, of the Marl-
borough line, half-American
through his mother, the one
time New York belle, Jennie
Jerome.
This distinguished English
man whose blue eyes regard
one with an expression half
quizzical, half challenging, has
held, I believe, every worth
while post in the British gov
eminent except that of prime
minister.
No British subject that I know
of has surged through a career
of such energy, color, dash and
high adventure. AS a young
man he rode with the British
cavalry in the border warfareS
of India. He was in the front
lines of the Spanish Army in
Cuba-but that was before, not
after, the United States had
taken up the Cuban cause. He
was captured in the Boer War
and made a spectacular and dar-
ing escape from a Boer prison
camp.
Giving up the admiralty post,
he commanded a regiment Of
Scotch Fusileers in France. AS
government minister he has held
eight posts, and his latest job
of craftsmanship was as chan
cellor of the exchequer when he
kept the British credit up to the
notch. He is so celebrated for
his slashing independence and
tart originality that they call
him "The Bad Boy of British
Politics" But they say this
that next to the Prince of Wales
and His Majesty. the King. he
is probably the best-liked man
under the Union Jack.
He is an orator who fills the
benches and the galleries of the
House of Commons. AS an
author, he is the most glamor-
Gus of English writer's today.
He has written biography, es-
says. fiction. history. He is a
polo player. does not take golf
too seriously. and is probably
the best mah-jong player west
OF Suez. He is a bricklayer, a
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

knows that the selection will
not cause trouble.
In a bygOne day the Speaker
Of the House ruled with an iron
hand that received its firm
tendencies from the man who
possessed it.
That day has gone, hoWeUer,
and the SpeaEerShip is little
more than an honorary title for
a man 1Dilling to Submerge his
o1Un Uie1DS in the general legiSla-
the scheme suggested by the
White House.
No other session witnessed
the abrOgatiOn of constitutional
privileges as did the Seventy.
Third Congress. Under the
cracking whip of the Admins
tratiOn Speaker Rainey directed
his colleagues toward a course
of derelictiOn of the duties pre-
Scribed by the Constitution.
Powers granted the Congress
by the founders of the Republic
were transferred to the other
end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
History probably will record
the Rainey Congress as the
greatest transgression from con-
Stitutional teachings.
Those men Uho are eligible
for the SpeGkerShip knoW the
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

NuIEy dI1u MI. hep. MCDut1le
McCooey, of Tammany Hall, ar
rived in washington and sur
veyed the situation, Congress-
man McDuffie of Alabama
seemed to be reasonably certain
of election as the successor of
Speaker Garner.
Natural Choice
In the preceding Congress, at
Mr.. Gamers request, Mr.. Nc
Duffie withdrew from the race
for floorleader, in order that
Mr.. Rainey might be elected to
that important position.
When the Democrats gained
control of the Seventy-second
Congress, it soon became evident
that Mr.. Garner would be the
overwhelming, if not unanimous,
choice Of his party for Speaker
in succession to his Republican
friend and political opponent,
Mr.. LongWorth.
Mr.. Garner preferred Mr..
Rainey for floor leader for party
reasons. He wished to national
lze the Democratic leadership of
the House by electing as it's
floor leader Democratic Repre-
sentative north of Mason and
Dixon's Line. The long and de-
voted service of Mr.. Rainey
made him the natural choice
for this position because, in ad-
dition to his other qualifications,
he hailed from Illinois.
When Speaker Garner was
elected Vice President, Mr..
Rainey and Mr.. McDuffie be-
came the leading candidates to
succeed him, with Representa-
tive Byrns of Tennessee next in
the race.
Had the Tammany delegation
and it's allies thrown their sup
port to Mr.. McDuffie, he would
have been elected Speaker. Rep
reSentative Mccormack of Massa-
chusetts floor leader and Rep
reSentative Rainey would have
become chairman of the power
full Committee on Ways and
Means.
But the Tammany delegation
and its allies supported Mr..
Rainey for Speaker and Mr..
Byrns for floor leader, and car
ried the Democratic caucus.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
"THe Name, Please"
By Robert BenchIey

announces: "Drusus will see you
noW!"
IT said I wanted to see Gal
lus."
That's Drusus."
"Gallus is DruSus, eh? That's
fine! Oh, and, by the way, if a
call comes for Grushenkov,
please tell them that I am here
and will be leaving in about half
an hour"
Il beg your pardon, but I
thought you said your name
was Popof."
Il did. Popof is Grushenkov
same thing"
Il see. And, if I might sug-
gest, it would be better if you
left word that you would be
through in fifteen minutes. 1
know that Postumus has an ap-
pointment in that time"
II am not caring what Postu-
mus has. I'm calling on Gal
lus."
Sorry, sir, but Postumus is
Gallus, you know"
20. K! Postumus, Gallus.
Drusus-so long as 1 get in"
He enters the inner Sanctum
and the following greeting
takes place.
Hi, Galba!"
well, I'll be darned-Vas-
ily!'
The natural outcome would
be that the Russians daughter
marries the Romans son, and
they have little boy named
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Difficulties BeSet SpeakerShip
By James T. Williams, Jr

Whether the Roosevelt ad-
ministration keeps out of the
contest now beginning, which
will determine the successor to
Mr.. Rainey in the next Con-
gress, will doubtless depend
upon the number of candidates
that announce for the Speaker
ship, the strength they develop,
and the record they made III
the Seventy-Third Congress.
1t seems reasonable to assume
that the Administration will in
sist upon the election OF
Speaker who will not only go
along with the President in sup
port of his legislative program
but will be able to take the
Democratic majority with him.
Doubtless all the candidates will
declare that to be their intention,
but the Administration may pre-
fer to compare their promises
regarding the Seventy-fourth
Congress with their performance
in the Seventy-third Congress.
AS floor leader of the House,
Congressman Byrns will insist
that he is entitled to promotion
to the speakership, Congressman
Bankhead of Alabama, chairman
of the powerful Committee on
Rules, having withdrawn from
the race in favor of Congress-
man McDuffie two years ago,
may be less willing to step aside
for his fellow Albanian again,
should Mr.. McDuffie yield to the
pressure that will doubtless be
put upon him to renew his
candidacy which came so close
to success in 1888.
There will be other candi-
dates for the Speakership, most
of whom will in reality be run
ming for the position of floor
leader. If the South retains
the Speakership, Northern and
Western Democrats will try to
unite their efforts to elect one
Of their number floor leader.
House Less Docile
This much seems certain: the
job of Speaker of the House
in the next Congress will be
beset with greater difficulties
than faced the Speaker of the
House during the first two
years of the Roosevelt admins
tration. The Democratic ma
jority in the House may be re-
duced; in any case it will be
less docile than during the last
two years, harder to lead, more
disposed to divide on lines of
regional interest.
Most of the patronage at the
disposal of the President has
been disposed Of. The Repub-
lican opposition may not greatly
increase it's numbers in the
next House but what there is
of it will be more articulate,
better organized and more ag-
gressively directed.
If the leadership Of the
President is to be strongly sup
ported in the new Congress, he
must have in the Speakership
of the next House a powerful
ally, regardless of whether he
halls from the North, South,
East or West, and regardless
of whether his name is Byrns,
McDuffie. Bankhead or some,
thing else.
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

Speaker Rainey'S death is
expected to start a spirited race
for the speakership of the House
in the Congress to be elected
next November.
Speaker Rainey owed his elec-
ton at the beginning of the
Seventy-Third Congress to the
neutrality declared in that con-
test by President Roosevelt and
Vice President Garner and to
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
Circus ParadeS
We Need Them

The lament of MIR. Melvin G. Hdreth the passing
of that grand galaxy of youth and beauty that mammoth
procession of the greatest aggregation of cinatng
stars known generally the circus parade sounds re-
sponsive echo in the breasts of thousands
Mr. Hldreth who is Of the ctys most enthusiastic
fans of the tentcovered shows, is joined in his audible
lament by Dr. William M Mann, who, the director Of
the Geological Park daily puts on quite menagerie act
Dr. Mann fears for the upbrnging of the younger gen
Grafton which he feels being deprived of its naenable
rights to stand the curbstone and watch the gaudy
wagons and the elephants and the trick horses and the
padding cames and innumerable other and deect
able visions pass before their eyes.
There much that is sound in the expressions of these
gentlemen.
They advocate for the city return of the days when
enthusiasm could be aroused something less ponder
GUS than brain trust; the days when relaxation was
found in discussing something besides the devousness of
economic law.
We join them in their advocacy and hope that the
next circus that to town does the right thing by
the youngsters and parades its beauty and pageantry
through the city.
It would be good thing for all of us to see.
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

the Executive
Mansion.
The un-
timely death
of S p e a k er
H e nry T.
Rainey, who
so closely fol-
! o W e d die
tates of the
President will
force h e
House mem
b e h ip to
select a new
speaker, but
Mr.. Roosevelt
The Washington times., 1934-08-22
The Greatest Shoe
On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

When the boys meander into
the House of Representatives
early in January to select a new
Speaker, the White House will
view the situation with slight
concern.
Mr.. Roosevelt knows that the
choice of the majority will be a
complacent gentleman who will
be readily convinced that all
words of wisdom emanate from
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

In reading books about Rus
slams or the ancient Romans,
there is an extra hazard which
makes the going very difficult
for us old plodders. The
names of the characters don't
mean a thing.
For example, a Roman en-
peror's name may have been
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

t h e support
6 iv N M r.
Rainey's can
didacy by the
T a m m a n y
delegation in
Congress and
the D e m o.
cratic delega-
tionS fro m
New Jersey
and Illinois.
These three
d e ! e g ations
held the bal
ance of power.
Until Mr..
Curry and Mr..
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

landscape painter, and a collec-
tor of old hats.
His old friend. the late Earl
of Birkenhead, said this of him
and it expresses a volume:
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

'Mr. Churchill's tastes are sim
pie. He is easily contented with
the best of everything"
Few can touch him for the
vitality of his marching
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

Vastly Caius Ivanovitch Gallas
Popov Drusus Tchitchorna Post
umus Grushenkov, Galba, or
Jimmy" for short.
Articles by Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedneS-
day and Friday.
Copyright. 1894, by King Features
Syndicate 1nN1
The Washington times., 1934-08-22

Remember in "Gullivers Travels" when Lilliput
was at with another nation of tiny people, how
Guver captured the enemy fleet by gathering the
ships cables and dragging them ashore?
Now Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace would be
The Washington times., 1934-08-22


H Street NOFthw
J. j.. editor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-24
RAPED
At TRIAL Of 4

Members Of the police vice
squad were accused indirectly to-
day of permitting two we'll
known gamblers to escape prose
cution in a trial wherein four
men are accused before Justice
James M. Proctor in District SUI
preme Court.
The accusations were made in
questions propounded a. Lieut..
George M. Little and members of
the vice squad by Attorneys Will
liam H. Collins and John J.
Sirica.
The members of the vice squad
admitted that when they con-
Quoted the raid they saw both
men in the establishment, but
neither was accused because he
was not identified as q principle
in the operation of the place.
The men on trial are Harry
Smith, Winfield j. Flagg, Will
liam O'Neill and Edgar j. Behrle.
The raid was conducted last June
Is, in the 500 block Thirteenth
Street, N. w.