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The Washington times., 1935-05-20
TON|CDR|NKERS
DISAPPEARING
WITH REPEAL

Drinking of hair tonic, toilet
and medical preparations of high
alcoholic content, popular in the
Capital during the arid days Of
prohibition, has declined to a
point where today it almost is
unnoticable, a survey Of local
authorities revealed today.
Down at the First precinct,
which was the most popular
stopping off" place for imbibers
of bay rum" and kindred tonics,
Capt. William E. Holmes and his
men said arrests of such offend
ers have diminished greatly.
Back in the arid days, the
police reported, arrests of tonic
drinkers ranged from 30 to so a
week. Today they have declined
to an average of five week.
Are of Poorest
The 'boys" who still carry on
the old prohibition practices Of
drinking whatever is cheapest,
are Migrants, inmates of missions
and otherwise identified with the
poorer element of the city, po-
lice declare. Besides ebay rum"
the police listed as the favorlte
drinks of this class hair tonics,
rubbing alcohol, the liquid from
canned heat and flaVoring ex-
tracts.
Judge Gus A. Schuldt, chief
of the Police Court magistrates,
said there are only few of the
"bay rum" and tonic drinkers
who appear in the District
branch of court these days. He
declared:
1.-THE favorite alibi among the
folks charged with intOxicatiOn
these days when asked what
type of liquor was responsible
for their arrest is, Judge, it
was legal liquor They seem
to think that since it is legal
to buy liquor, it is legal to get
drunk off it."
DRINK "HIGH MOON"
But the poorer colored residents
still stick to their high moon"
and unfortunates among the
whites, too poor to buy taxed legal
whiskey, still "go for" cheap
bootleg liquor.
Lieut.. George M. Little, chief of
the vicesquad, said the drinking
OF thigh moon"-a preparation
made from cheap alcohol, lemon
juice and other liquids-ts just
about as popular among the poorer
colored class today as it was in
the waning days of prohibition,
chen it was introduced.
He declared that bootlegging of
Whistles from stills of nearby
Maryland and Virginia still flour
ishes an a small scale. Liquor
runners, who used to number
among their patrons operators of
swanky speakeasies, now sell to
"alley bootleggers, who in true
dispense to a white trade too poor
to buy legal whisky. Prices of the
bootlegged Whistles now are as
low as IS and Is cents half pint,
the police said.
The Washington times., 1935-05-20

ADVERTISEMENT
The Washington times., 1935-05-20

WHY the corporate milkman
pays different prices for milk
from the same cows is a
persistent riddle to the con-
sumner.
The public hears that the milk
man pays one price for milk
sold as fluid milk.
And it also hears that he pays
another price for milk used
in making butter, cheese,
evaporated milk, condensed
milk, ice cream, milk powder
and the like.
There is nothing mysterious
about the So-called "clas-
sifed plan" of purchase and
sale.
The reason is plain to see.
A higher price can be paid for
milk to be Immediately sold
in bottles than for milk
which must be procesSed
into by-products.
Suppose the corporate milkman
gets &c a quart of the price
of fluid milk sold to the con-
sumner.
Then suppose-and the sup
position is the ever-present
fact-that the supply ex-
ceeds the demand.
Some of the excess fluid milk
will be worked into butter.
Say also that butter is SELL
ing at SOC a pound, and it
takes 10 quarts of milk to
produce a pound of butter.
The logic of the situation is
irresistible.
The milkman cannot pay the
fluid milk price for milk thus
processed and stay liquid
himself.
He must know simple arith-
metic as we'll as milk.
A..xhA-,.,.>Q
PRESIDENT
CHESTNUT FARMS
CHEVY CHASE DAIRY
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
Trolley on Fire,
Taken Right to
Firemen!

When the street car he was
plotting on Connecticut Avenue
caught fire today, Motorman
T. r. Stewart wheeled it non
chalantly up to the front Of
No. % engine company and
called to the firemen:
"COme and get it,"
The blaze, in the control box
on the rear platform of the
car, was extinguished without
any of the fire engines moving
from the station house on Con-
necticut Avenue between Porter
and Rodman Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
Spent Night nShOp
For Shave; Is Jailed

SEATTLE, Wash. May 20
G.N.SD Harold Wyble,22, mus.
ician on the minelayer Oglala,
was so tired he broke into water
front barber shop and fell asleep
in the barber chair. The porter
came in the next morning to find
the tar calmly snoozing.
He called police and when they
arrived one of them gave Wyble
a shove. Shave me once over
lightly" Wyble said drowsily. The
customer" was taken to jail
without his shave.
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
COney Landmark
Being Torn Down

NEW YORK, May 20.-Another
Coney Island landmark, Raven
halls Hotel on West Nineteenth
Street near the Boardwalk, is be-
ing RACED. The hotel, a three-story
building of 10 rooms. was a rem
devious for perSonages of the
theatrical and sporting worlds dur
ing the ZOOS.
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
Spanish War Vets
To Meet Saturday

Survivors of Company c of the
District of Columbia Volunteer In.
fantry met Saturday night to com.
memorate the thirty.seventh ami
versary of the company's muster.
ing into the Spanish American
War. Capt. Charles Domer was
named head of the committee for
Memorial Day arrangements.
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accused woman. Brown testified
he declined the offer.
Thomas and BOrrell
Harry Thomas and Irwin Bor-
rell were ready to testify today
before the grand jury. Thomas,
according to his testimony at the
preliminary hearings, said he had
been approached in connection
with the plot and that on two
occasions he visited Rockville to
talk over the deal with the woman
he said had been pointed out to
him as Mrs. Lyddane. Borrell, of
Reading, Pa. has testified that
he brought Thomas to Rockville
and that he waited outside what
he thought was the Lyddane resi-
dence while Thomas went inside.
Two witnesses whose names un-
til today had not been mentioned
in the case appeared at the court
house today. Presumably they
are the surprise witnesses" which
Mr.. Pugh some time ago said he
had found. They are James Nc
Donald, a house painter. and
George C. Esworthy, former
garage employe of Arthur Beall,
both of Darnstown, Md. Mr..
Mcdonald is a next-door neighbor
of Mr.. Beall.
ID. C. Police There
Detective Sergeants Floyd A.
Truscott and Robert j. Barrett,
of the Washington Police Depart
ment, were scheduled to testify
today. 1t was Mr.. Barrett who
received the first tip on the MUIR
der plot, while Mr.. Truscott made
the first arrest in the case.
Mrs. Lyddane remained in Sc
clusion in Washington today,
while defense attorneys began
consideration of the strategy they
will employ in the event an in
dictment is returned by the grand
jury. It was learned today de-
Tense counsel would seek an early
trial, if there is to be one.
No defense witnesses, will be
brought forward to TESTIFY before
the grand jury, todays procedure
being for the benefit only of the
State.
Other Defendants
Held with Mrs. Lyddane on the
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The Washington times., 1935-05-20
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The Washington times., 1935-06-26
Georgia Avenue Merchants
Oppose Bus Fare TiIts

Continuation of prevailing fares
in all cases wherein buses are sub
stituted for street cars, was urged
by the Georgia Avenue Business
Mems Association meeting last
night at 5000 Georgia Ave. N. w.
Members declared where buses
supplant street cars there is re
duction in operating costs that
should be passed on to the public
and eliminate need for an extra
fare for any express service put
in operation.
The association asked the
Traffic Bureau to extend the
parking ban on the 5400 block of
Georgia Ave. to 10 p. m. It now
ends at 6 p. m.
It was voted to join with the
Columbia Heights Business Mems
Association for an annual outing
at Bay Ridge, either July "a or
25.
William McManus, Eugene Min
oux and Oscar Felter were named
representatives to a joint COM
mittee on arrangements.
William F.. DiSmer, a past pres
ident of the Columbia Heights
Association. and Henry j. Smith,
manager of the Georgia Avenue
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone exchange, spoke briefly.
John S. Daniels was elected to
membership. E. L. Edwards, pres
ident, presided. The association
adjourned to meet the last Tues
day in September.
The Washington times., 1935-06-26
Griffith, NeWsOm
TOTalk Before BOYS

Prominent sportsmen including
Clark Griffith, Buck Newsom and
Joe Judge will speak tomorrow
at the annual father-and-son
luncheon to be held by the Co.'S
mopolitan Club at the Carlton
Hotel for officials and outstand-
ing members of the Northeast
Boys Club.
The club member who has been
outstanding as a gentleman and
an athlete will receive a trophy
to be presented by Dutch" Berg
man. Catholic University football
coach. Eighty members will re-
ceive awards for football, basket
ball, boxing and swimming. Those
who will get three-star awards in
clude Paul Burke. Leslie Cooksey,
Francis Flanagan, Sammy Fusco,
Roy Michael and Edward league.
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Times
Table
TODAY
CIVIC AND SOCIAL

$50 PM.-Banquet, National
Sojourners' Association, Lafayette
Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting Washing
ton Philatelic Society, Carlton
Hotel.
800 P.M-Meeting, The Bar
risters, Mayflower Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Chi Sigma
Sorority, Mayflower Hotel.
1890 PM. - Luncheon, Opti-
mist Club. Hamilton Hotel.
800 P.M.-Dinner Dance, The
Little Club, Shoreham Hotel.
$50 PM.-Dinner Dance, Pi
Sigma Tau Sorority, Shoreham
Hotel.
$50 P.M-Card Party, Sisters
of the Kesher Israel Congregation,
Raleigh Hotel.
CONVENTION
All Day-American Automobile
Association, Shoreham Hotel.
TOMORROW
CIVIC AND SOCIAL
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Kiwanis
Club, Mayflower Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, CoSmo-
politan Club, Carlton Hotel.
400 P.M.-Broadcast by Will
lard E. Givens, National Con-
greSs of Parents and Teachers,
WRC. Subject, Fathers Place
in Modern Education"
TOO P.M.-Dinner and Initia-
ton, Phi Delta Sorority, May
flower Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Reciprocity
Club of America. 1913 U ST.,
Arthur Smith, host.
8:15 P.M.-Duplicate Contract
Bridge Club, Carlton Hotel.
$50 P.M.-Meeting. Psi Lamb
da Tau Sorority, Raleigh Hotel.
TRADE BODIES
1000 A.M.-Meeting. Ticket
and Coupon Manufacturers,
Shoreham Hotel.
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trict Governments.
The Federal Government, 1t was
asserted, controls 80 per cent OF
the airport business in and out OF
Washington. Copies of the reso-
luton 60 to Senator William H.
King, chairman of the Senate Dis.
trict Committee.
Want Bus Hearing
A resolution was adopted asking
the Public Utilities Commission to
compel the Capital Transit Com
pany to continue present fare
ratio wherever the busses supplant
street cars. It was voted to ask
the commission to call public
hearing to establish reciprocal
free transfers between the Capital
Transit and Washington Rapid
Transit lines.
E. H. Young was named to rep
resent the association before the
Public Utilities Commission at
a hearing July 3 to consider taxi
cab zones and rates, with instruc-
tions to oppose any increase in
the present rates.
One.Way Traffic
The director of traffic will be
asked to make N Street Northwest,
between Ninth and Fifteenth, one
way traffic.
Following the business meeting,
the last until September, enter
tainment was furnished by Mrs.
Henrietta Flynn, Jean Talbot,
Jane Thompson, Mrs. Ella M.
Thompson, Annie Tresselt and
Mrs. Charles o. Wilson. Mrs.
Fred Haig was mistress of cere-
monies,
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was voted by the
House in pass
ing the airport
bill, was con-
demned by the
Logan Thomas
Circle Citizens
Association last
night. A unani-
nous vote call
ed on the Sen
ate to restore
the orig / n a |
prov Isl on of
the bill dividing
the cost equally
between the Ma
f.innal and Dis
The Washington times., 1935-06-26
GIRLS WATCH LOST

Sally Tennyson, 1907 Kansas
Ave. N. w., told police she lost a
gold wrist watch valued at $40
in a taxicab or in a down town
hotel.
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WAN 7
AIRPORT BILL
COSTS SPLIT
BY A. ]. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Saddling the entire cost for con-
struction of a municipal airport,
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The Washington times., 1935-06-27
The Issue of 1886
By James T. Williams, Jr.

Capitol into a political hatchery
for all sorts of schemes to
change our system of govern.
ment from an American system
to a European system.
Unlike the "Old Guard" Of
Napoleonic fame, which never
surrendered, the Congress now
in session always SurrenderS
when it's members hear the
crack of the Executive whip or
when they can smell" the pork
barrel.
Yet this is the Congress in
which a group of political sap
pers is now organizing a move
ment to cut the jugular vein of
the Judicial Branch of the Gov.
eminent and give to its Legis-
lative Branch absolute power
over the life and belongings, and
even over the liberty, of every
citizen of the United States.
The sapping expedition, the
objective of which is to Euro
peaniZe the American system of
government by establishing q
despotiSm in the Congress, has
its main headquarters in the
House of Representatives.
This is good fortune for the
country because the country has
only a year longer to wait for
the chance to go to the polls
and determine whether the Gov
eminent. of the Constitution,
under which the American peo-
pie have advanced to the leader
ship of the world, has outlived
its usefulness and ought to be
Supplanted by the kind of gov
eminent toward which Europe
has turned since the Great War.
A year hence, unless the signs
Of the times are a false guide,
it is going to make very little
difference on election day wheth-
er the voter affiIiates him in
ordinary times with one poll.
tical party or another.
A GREAT CHANCE
The issue will be the Ameri.
can system of government YER
Sus the European system of gov
eminent. And in the battle of
the ballots which will determine
the issue of 1886, the candidates
for Congress will be compelled
to choose between the govern
ment of the Constitution and
government by a deSpotism,
either of Congress or the Fed.
eral agent or agencies to which
Congress may abdicate despotic
powers.
Next year will offer a great
chance for the American people
to pump new blood into the
House of Representatives by re-
placing sappers and weaklings
with red-blooded Americans.
Such requirements will quickly
prove to an apprehensive world
that "the progressive political
career of the American people"
is not tottering toward its fall.
Copyright 1885, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1935-06-27
Three-Minute Journeys

ton hall. Nearby is the busy
harbor.
Night life is abundant in
Copenhagen, with vast, magnifi-
cent cafes VIII food is served
on huge blocks Of ice, the inte-
riors of which house electric
bulbs, a typical northern touch.
The Tivoli has been described
in this column before, so we
will just pause here to state
that it is the perfect amuse-
ment park for the masses.
The amusement park is al
ways jolly. There are numer-
Gus bands and performers, as
we'll as a concert ball, and the
simplest place is flower-filled.
It is comparable only to the
Wienerwald, the famous woods
o. Vienna.
The gardens of Amager seem
to have been borrowed from
fairyland, and the porcelain
from Denmark's famous porce-
lain factory must also be from
a fairy workshop. so lovely it is.
The modern has its place in
old Copenhagen, too, as you will
find when enthusiastic residents
point out to you the museum
that houses the works of Bertel
Thorvaldsen. considered one Of
the greatest sculptorS Of all
time. He has a statue in a
church that draws all who view
it and holds them spellbound.
The sheer simplicity of this
Sculptor'S work is modern. No
wonder the city idolizes this
artist.
The Washington times., 1935-06-27

Funny thing - speech. It's
easily the most uncivilized part
of our lives. We've learned to
cover our tummies and control
our fists. We hesitate plenty
before we heave bricks at a
passer-by, or dump garbage
upon them. And the dumbest
moron knows that it's a Com
plete Social Error to send
poisoned gum drops.
But we ruthlessly inflict a
hundred times as much dam
age in five minutes converse.
ton by INDECENT EXPO
SURE OF THE VOICE.
Now speech is the mechani-
cal result of a physical ma
chine which any babe can learn
to control perfectly.
We cannot all be Grace
Moores or Lawrence TibbettS.
but we can all have clear,
friendly voices. And we can
all nave SUCH NOlCcS AOSoAA
less of our personal destinies.
VOICE CONTROL
We do not have to be happy
or hopeful to speak pleasant
ly. We can be angry. grief.
stricken, discouraged. worried.
burdened by endless miseries.
and yet so manipulate our
mouths and Threats that they
will produce agreeable sounds.
In short, our voices can be,
and should be, as disasSociated
from our private states of
mind as the door hinges OF the
room in which we sit. the bed
springs, the can openers or
any other noise-makinq mocha
nism.
But do we-and are they?
Don't all speak at once!
You know the answer to
those questions and so do
you, and you end you! we
DON'T-and they AREN'T.
The Washington times., 1935-06-27
Celebrations Cost Money

It costs money to shoot off fireworks.
And what Fourth Of July celebration unless you do have
fireworks.
Washington this year going to have Fourth of July cee
braon worthy of the occasion and is going to have plenty
of fireworks and other things.
It's all being arranged by committee of good citizens who
believe that Independence Day should be wory observed in
the National Capital.
But in order to put the show the committee has to have
little money.
has only of and that is the sale of
tickets for reserved seats from which watch the fireworks
hear the band concert and enjoy the other features
These tickets will cost you twenty-five cents EACH
They well worth it and patriotic Washngtonans will buy
them though they can't attend the big party.
The Washington times., 1935-06-27

Not one person out of a
thousand exercises the slight.
est control over his speaking
sounds-or what he reveals
thereby.
Has Jim Jones had a fight
with his wife? The first stranger
to whom he bares his tonsils
gets the accumulated backfire.
all the pent up rage and re.
sentiment he dared not hurl at
the Mrs. - to the complete
decentralization of the poor
chaps disposition. Has the
stranger done anything to de-
serve such a bombardment? He
has not. But what of that?
Jim's got it off HIS chest
and if the stranger happens to
be in the firing line that's just
his bad luck.
Is lilly Smith indulging in
an orgy of self-pity7 Does she
feel that she has Been Done
Dirt by her family in particular
and the universe in general?
Forthwith she spills it all upon
her unoffending neighbor.
Said neighbor may be, prob
ably is, carrying a heavy load of
her own. She may be even more
badly treated than Tilly-more
discouraged and desperate. But
that's nothing to lilly. With
out q qualm, she unloads her
peeve in one Shrill yelp.
A RECORD
Nor are such outburstS linn.
tied by emergencies. Go out
on a scouting expedition any.
where and get an earful. You
may have only the most rudi.
mentary knowledge of psy-
chology, yet it's safe bet that
after five minutes addition
you'll have the fundamental
facts of the speakers character
and life history.
There-as plainly as though
blazirG from an electric sigh
is the story of all his. or her,
grouches and griefs, regrets and
rebellionS, terrors and failures.
Each chapter revealed and
recorded on your protesting
nerves by humble and mutter.
wheeze and whine, snarl and
rasp.
And all for what? All be-
cause the owner of that voice
hasn't the common decency or
consideration to cover up his
moods and keep his troubles to
himself.
THERE OUGHTTA BE A
LAW AGAINST VOICES LIKE
THAT. Maybe not capital pun.
ishment. But 20 years, at
least-and most of 'em spent in
hard labor! What say?
Copyright. 1895. by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1935-06-27

If the day should eDer arrive
tUhen the people from the dit
terent parts of our country
should dllow their local affairs
to be administered by projects
sent from Washington, and
tDhen the Selt-gouernment of
the States shall haze been so
far lost as that of the Depart
nlentS OF France, or eUen so far
as the counties OF England, on
that day the progressive po-
HticGl career of the American
people will haze come to an
end, and the hopes that may
haze been built upon it for the
future happiness and prosperity
of mankind will be tDrecked for
ever. JOHN FISKE.
AS the first session of the
Seventy-fourth Congress nears
its end, all sorts and conditions
of thoughtful Americans will
find comfort in the following
reflections:
Under the American system
of government, Representatives
in Congress are elected every
two years.
A year hence, people will be
engaged in nominating their
candidates for the Seventy
fifth Congress.
CRITICAL PERIOD
A year from next November,
the people can, if they wish, de-
feat every one of the 435 Repre-
sentatives who make Up the
membership of the present Con-
gress, or they can retire some,
and reflect the remainder.
The evidence on which the
verdict of "the great jury of the
people" will be returned a year
hence will include far more than
appears in the issues of the Con-
gresSional Record.
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lean history enters a critical
period, is apt to turn upon the
character of a Congressman as
a national legislator rather than
upon his capacity Ito bring home
the bacon" in the form of Fed
eral expenditures for mis- district,
Federal favors for his political
supporters, and Federal largesse,
of one sort or another, for him
self.
This is one of the critical
periods of American history. The
dark day described by Fiske in
writing of another critical Pc
Rod in American history" ap-
pears to be not so far away as
this eminent historian believed.
Projects" are daily sent from
Washington by train and bus,
by motor and plane, to the four
corners of the country to ad-
minister the local affairs of the
people of the several States.
The Congress now in session
has turned the United States
The Washington times., 1935-06-27

ing beauty, but If she enjoys
staging her raves, he Is soon
driven into the arms of the first
chrome who has a soothing ef-
feet.
Men like Jolly women. The
wedding service should read
Love, humor and amuse." A
ready laugh Is more seductive
than a perfect SO, and a spon-
taneous smile more potent than
dangerous eyes. A man can
forgive a woman for almost any.
thing, except being unhappy or
bored.
Men like popular women. Like
sheep, they follow the flock. The
average man would rather be
last on a popular girls telephone