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The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Cherry Fete to Bless
Blossoms Tomorrow

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, May
Is G.N.SO.-A $3,0O0.000 prayer
will 60 up from the Threats Of
cherry orchard owners here to-
morrow when several hundred OF
them gather for a now-traditional,
colorful ceremony-th he annual
blessing of the blossoms.
The custom originated II years
ago and during those years there
never has been a crop failure in
the Grand Traverse region, the
largest cherry producing area in
the world.
Orchardists estimate that the
crop this year will be worth about
100000. and the ceremonies to-
morrow will ask for divine pro-
lection against frosts. hail storms
and parasites.
All Unite in Rite
All denominations unite in the
unique rituals and through the
years a set ceremonial has devel-
oped in which hymns and psalms
are sung and recited. A prayer
is offered by one of the clergy
men and then the orchardists
unite in their own simple but i'm
pressive prayer. as follows:
"GOd of our fathers, whose
all protective love descends on
all mans efforts with his bless
ing from above; protect, we pray
Thee, Father, our orchards and
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Alumni to See
SonsGrQduate
AtMaryland

COLLEGE PARK, Nd, May
25.-Three sons who followed in
the collegiate footsteps of their
fathers will be among the grad
yates next Saturday at the Uni
versity of Maryland.
I. r. FARRELL of Hyattsville,
a four-year education student,
is the son of Town Councilman
T. D. FARRELL. who was gradu-
ated here in 1909 and has since
become chemist in the De.
partment of Agriculture.
F. S. Hoffecker, jr., will be
graduated, his father being a
football and baseball star be-
fore his graduation in 1914.
They live at Sparrow'S Point.
N. B. Merryman, Ruxton and
Baltimore broker. will see his
son, N. B. Merryman, jr., grad
uate. The father was an en-
gineer. completing school IN
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
GIRL, IS, FOUND.
|NLOVE:NEST

KINGSTON, N. Y. May Is Il.
N.SD .-"Why couldn't they leave
us alone" Sobbed 13-year-old Ele.
more Schmaus, Brooklyn choir
singer, today as she and Henry
w. Simpson, 80, handsome choir
master, awaited arrival of New
York police to question them
about their idyllic three-week ex-
istence in rustic camp near
SaugertieS.
Widespread search for the
couple had been made since Ele-
more disappeared from home
three weeks ago. Behind, she
left a note begging her parents
to "save my good name" e~
A wandering hiker located the
couple. He gave Saugerties police
the license number on Simpsons
car. Authorities on learning that
the pair were wanted in New
York for questioning, went to the
camp and detained them.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
S|ZOO To LEAVE
FOR ENGLAND
NEXT WEEK

DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo will preach
tomorrow for the last time until
September at the New York Ave
nue. Church. He sails this week
on his mission of good will to the
churches of Great Britain where
for the next two months he will
interpret the religious life of the
United States in preaching en-
gagements in England and Scot
land.
Sunday morning DR.. Sizoo will
preach on the theme, THE Road
Of Fellowship" and at 8 o'clock
his subject will be, Tested BY
the Travail" a sermon being re-
peated by request.
During the absence of DR.. Sizoo,
DR.. Albert Evans, associate min
lister will carry on the ministry Of
the church.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
NEW X-RAY UNIT
SHOWN IN TEST

With a group Of distinguished
medical authorities attending, a
demonstration of the rapid X.ray
unit now being used in tubercular
tests in the Washington high
schools was given today in the
gymn asium of Central High
School.
This unit is being used in the
Health Departments campaign
to discover early traces of the
disease among the students so
that it may be checked.
Among those attending the
demonstration today were Sena-
tor Royal S. Copeland, a distin-
guished physician; Senator Arthur
Capper, Senator William H. King,
chairman of the Senate District
Committee; DR.. George C. Rub
land, District health officer; Dr.
Luther H. Reichelderfer, former
District Commissioner; Dean Will
liam Gerry Morgan, of George
town Medical School; Mrs. Ernest
R. Grant, of the tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION, and others.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Mt. Bethel Group
COnvenes Here

All Mt. Bethel men and women
in Washington and vicinity are
requested to assemble in the
main auditorium of the Mckinley
Memorial Baptist Church, corner
Fourth and L Streets Northwest,
Sunday, May 26 at $3.50 p. M, to
hear a special message to be de-
livered by DR.. Junius Gray, Of
Baltimore, Md. moderator of the
Mt. Bethel Baptist Association of
Washington, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, to all members Of the asso-
citation in this jurisdiction. DR..
C. T. Murray. pastor the Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church and chair
man of the board Of education,
will preside.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Church Announcements
CHURCH NOTES

BETHESDA BAPTIST-Rev. B.
M. Osgood, II q. m, "The Ger.
tainties Of Christian Experience;
8 p. M, THE Greatest Need Of
Our Times" Mrs. Isabel Garvin
Shelley, guest soloist. Sunday
school, 10 a. m, young people,
Z p. m.
CALVARY M. E.-Dr. Vernon
N. Ridgely, II a. M, THE Grace
Of Cod; 8p. M, Joy"
CHEVY CHASE BAPTIST
Rev. E. C. Clark, pastor: II q.
m, "All Things Common; 8 p.
M, religious drama, The Rich
Young Man" by the Sunday
Evening Club.
CHURCH OF CHRIST-James
E. McBroom, minister, 10 a. m,
Bible Study; II a. M, sermon,
"The Cloud Of Witnesses; 8 p.
m, THE Mind of Jesus; 1880
Fourteenth st. N. w.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL -
DR.. Allen A. Stockdale, IL a. M,
'"The Father-All We Need; 8
p. M, "Dens and Daniels" Paul
DeLong Gable, organist. Ruby
Smith Stahl, choir director.
FRANCIS ASBURY M. E.
SOUTH-Dr. E. C. Berry, II a.
M, THE New Order of Citizen
ship; 8 p. m, anniversary
services for Boy Scout Troup So;
addresses by Scoutmasters Percy
Smith, Lin c. Drake and Robert
Crowder.
HOLY ROSARY, CATHOLIC
May procession, 3 p. m. Sermon
by the Rev. Superior, Capuchin
College. First Communion service,
9 a. M.
EVANSVILLE BAPTIST-Dr.
B. P. Robertson, ii a. m, Christ
Making a New Heaven and a
New Earth; 8 p. m, THE Ideal
Young Man"
MARVIN M. E.-Rev. c. Car.
roll Burruss, pastor, ii a. m,
Opened Eyes; Young Peoples
Missionary Service, 8 p. M, Mid
week Prayer service, Thursday,
8 p. m.
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA
Rev. G. w. Raines, conductor;
Lieut.. Maj. H. Mills Eroh, speaker,
THE Young Mans Chance" All
Pennsylvania Ave. N. w., 3 p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Beauty a Shield
For Filthy Dump

To the Editor of The Times
Why behind the beauty of
Washington and the Old World
charm of Alexandria should there
lie filth? That offensive dump
heap on Route No. /, Four Mile
Run, is an eyesore and menace
to public health, endangering the
lives of children who dig in this
debris, making it their play.
ground. Bad in winter, it is worse
in summer, swarming with flies
and filling the air with obnoxious
odors. Now and then small fires
are lighted to destroy this Pan
dora Box; it would take a con-
flagration to do so.
Why not remove this dump
heap further from the touch Of
the public highway?
VIRGINIA DAINGERFTELD.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Southern Belle
Aids Workers.
Field Day

An introduction to Anita I'm.
FAINT" Moore, the loan of an
ear to take in the enhancing
drawl she brought here from
her native Georgia, and it be-
comes easy to understand why
she is selling tickets hand-over-
fist to the Department of Agri-
culture field day and outing
Sunday at Marshall Hall.
Infant-that'S the nickname
her colleagues have given her
is in the Agriculture Adjust
ment Administration, doing
stenographic work for the wheat
section down at the old Post
Office Building. For the past
10 days she's accomplished
more than her share of pro-
motional work for the event
planned by the departments
Athletic and Recreational AS
ISOLATION.
She said today she thought
she'd take in everything in the
outing, which is quite a pro-
gram, inaSmuch as it will
include varied sports, picnick-
ing, music, a ball game and
other fun.
Miss Moore has been in Wash
ington about a year, accepting
her appointment from Avon
dale Estates, Ga. Her best &C
complishment, she said, is cook.
ing Southern-style fried chicken,
adding with a drawl:
But that's nothin'; every
girl do9.n South can do that"
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
AN n UAL FLAG
SERVICE At
CATHEDRAL

The eighth annual massing Of
colors service will be held under
the auspices of the District Of
Columbia Chapter, Military Order
of the World War, at Washington
Cathedral tomorrow afternoon at
4 o'clock. One hundred veteran.
patriotic and civic organizations
will participate. The Right Rev.
erend James E. Freeman, DID,,
LID, major in the Chaplains
Reserve Corps, will deliver the
sermon, and Maj. Gen. John H.
Russell, commandment of the
United States Marine Corps, will
make an address.
The United States Marine Band
under command of Capt. Taylor
Branson. will play sacred music
from $3.50 to $50 p. m. The pro.
cession of more than TOO color
bearers and escort5 will move out
from the flag pole in the Cattle
dral grounds promptly at 3;45
under command of Major Walter
w. Burns. They will march by
the cathedral foundations and
down the Pilgrim Steps into the
amphitheater. The national
colors and organization flags will
be massed on the knoll above the
outdoor altar where huge
wooden cross will be decorated
with crimson peoples. Taps Will
be sounded by Second Leader
Arthur Witcomb of the United
States Marine Band in com.
memoration Of the heroic dead.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Money, Not Statues,
Is Veterans Need
To the Editor OF The Times:

To the Editor OF The Times:
I would like to express my ap-
probation for the interest The
Times is taking in the payment of
the money due the World War vet
Grams to be paid under the Pat
man bill. You rightfully say the
veterans need the money now.
World War veterans cannot pay
back bills or buy shoes for the kids
on the strength of a $4,000 ma.
tional memorial to World War vet.
Grams to be erected here or any
other place. Of course the $780,
900 to be used for the selection Of
a site is small change.
Why not use this money where
1t would do the most good. Ask,
and you will find the greatest
number of veterans do not want
memorials and do not need me-
MORALS. What they need and
want is the passage of the Patman
bill over the Presidents veto and
hope the statesmen on Capitol
Hill have "guts" enough to put it
over. Again thanking you.
ONLY ONE VETERAN.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
DE A 7 H CLAIMS
sidewalks"
COMPOSER

NEW YORK, May Is dN.S),
Death halted a tune in New York
today-that famous ditty written
in 1894 and still selling at 5000
copies a year, THE Sidewalks OF
New York"
Today it means that a man
who might have won fame and
fortune-with a break-lies dead
in poverty, mourned by his penni.
less sister and blind brother,
simply because a gay city forgot.
He is James w. Blake. quiet
drygoods clerk, who in 80 min
utes on a bright spring morning
in the COS, penned the words
that marked AL Smiths campaign
for the presidency and left q
never-dying tune on the lips Of
millions. His co-composer, Charles
B. Lawlor, q vaudeville actor
died similarly in 1925-blind.
Aided by AL Smith
For eight days recently, Blake
lay in his tiny apartment on West
Twenty-second Street, seriously i'll
his condition unknown to those
who might help because, in his
pride, he forbade his sister and
brother to appeal. At the end OF
eight days a friend discovered his
plight and contacted former Gov
ernor Smith, who arranged for
hospital care with his personal
physician in attendance. An oper
alton was performed.
But Blake, 49,, and suffering
from cancer, failed to rally. He
died in st. Vincent's Hospital last
night.
Forgotten Before
It was the second time Blake
had been forgotten, then remem'
bered. It was in 1888 that the
aged writer of lyrics-he had done
many but none ever clicked" like
"Sidewalks"-was found wander
ing about Manhattan pavements
with his sister and brother, home
less and without money or food.
The depression had taken his job
and his savings, they had been
forced to give up their small Bronx
apartment. One night they stayed
in a dollar-a-night hotel-but were
forced to leave there, too.
So they cached their few belong
ings in a railroad checkroom and
he appealed to newspaper. His
plight was published, aid came
from Governor Smith, the society
of composers, authors and publish.
ers and others. But soon he was
forgotten again, except for an al
loWance from the A.S.C.AP.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25

} our fields Look down upon
us Father, accept our prayers
and then, we pray Thee, bless
our blossoms and make them
fruit"
The cherry crop this season will
total about 100,000,000 pounds
with a price of 3 cents a pound
or more in prospect. In most
cases, the cherries form the only
farm income of the orchardists
and if the cherry crop is lost,
many will be in financial diff
Guilty.
Many of them are retired bust
ness men who came to the Ira
verse area originally as resorters,
became intrigued with it, pur'
chased tracts of land and then,
during their producing years,
financed the development of the
property. Now the orchard takes
care of them and they have
moved from their Detroit or Chi.
cago homes to become gentleman
farmers.
Annual Institution
Mingling with them in the
Blessing of the Blossoms will be
the native sons who have taken
over their fathers orchards.
The ceremony started II years
ago with only a few spectators
and a handful of clergymen pres.
ent. There was no program and
the rites were somewhat of a
hodge-podge. But that year, the
trees bent toward the ground with
their heaviest crop.
Since then, the custom has
grown to become an annual insti-
tuition.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May Is.
Police here have been called
into something unique in the
way of marital tangles.
Little Miss Jessie Clyde Cav
ender, Is, had two sweetheartS.
She Just couldn't decide which
she loved more, so she married
both the same day and now is
being held for juvenile court
action.
Jessie and sweetheart No. /.
Earl Longmire, 20, went to
Marion, Ark, and were wed.
Two hours later she changed
her mind, told her mother to
call Marion and have her first
m arriage annulled, and
promptly looked up her other
sweetheart, Dennis Manning,
80, a bookkeeper. They went
before a Memphis magistrate
and were married.
Later the same day the two
husbands met, both claiming
Jessie. The police were called
in when they couldn't come to
an agreement.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
TERMS EASED,
SPEEDING WORK
PROJECTS

liberalization of terms for loans
and grants to States, cities and
other public bodies on public works
projects is expected to open the
way for a wider range of short
time building and work activities,
work relief officials asserted today.
The new regulations approved
by President Roosevelt permit Fed
eral grants of up to As per cent
of the cost of projects, and loans
at 3 per cent rate. The old max
imum on grants was 80 per cent,
and the PWA interest rate was 4
per cent.
Compromise Adopted
In its recommendations for the
more liberal program, the advisory
committee on allotments stated:
"The change in terms recon-
nended opens the way for COM
fnunities to obtain projects of
the type that are permanent as
sets for their localities which
otherwise they would have diff.
fully in obtaining unless they
would undertake to share with
che Federal Government the fl.
nancial burden. .
Localities with plans COM
pleted for nStructiO Of
schools, hospitals, waterwOrks,
buildings, sewers and similar
types Of projects Of permanent
value thus would be encouraged
to proceed with such reemplOy-
ing construction at once"
The As per cent grants was a
compromise. Many cities. the adj
visory board and the President
have been told. would not be able
to participate in the 1000 million
dollar work.relief program if they
were required to provide larger
part of the cost.
so Pct. Proposed
Many cities are up to the limit
Of their power, according to their
reports to the works administra-
ton. Grants as high as so per
cent were proposed, as against the
old 80 per cent limit.
While grants of As per cent are
authorized, Public Works Admins
traitor Harold L. Ickes is author
lied to recommend to the COM
mittee" variation in the amount
Of the grant, where it is found
that the applicant is financially
able to bear a greater burden Of
the cost.
Easier to Borrow
Thus Administrator Ickes may
advise against making any grant
on project and require an appli-
cation to borrow all funds sought
for a project.
The lowering of the interest
rate lis designed to make it easier
for communities to borrow funds
on collateral security from PWA,
instead of requesting outright all
Federal grants" the committee
recommendation to the President
stated.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Nice Appoints Two
To Charity Board

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May Is.
Two Baltimoreans were appointed
to the Maryland Board Of State
Aids and Charities yesterday by
Governor Harry w. Nice.
They are Lee L. Dopkin. presl-
dent of the Hebrew Home for Aged
and Infirm: Levindale, Balti-
more business man, and Morris
A. Rome, attorney. Thomas B.
Finan, who has served one year
on the board was reappointed.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Group Will Study
Traffic Program

A committee to study the three
point traffic improvement pro.
gram advocated by Peoples Coun-
sci William Roberts, was ap-
pointed yesterday by George w.
Offutt. chairman of the District
of Columbia Motor Club Advisory
Board. The committee: Walter
B. Guy, chairman; Harold Doyle,
Stanley M. Horner, Robert Bondy
and Clarence Ahalt.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Biblical Drama
At PetWOrth NJ. E,

The biblical drama Sacrifice. "
by William Ford Manley. will be
given by members of the Petworth
Methodist Episcopal Church. New
Hampshire Avenue at Grant
Circle. tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock.
The minister, Rev. R. L. Wood,
will conduct the service Of morn
ing worship at IL o'clock and will
preach on "Life's Unrealized
Visions" The story sermon to the
children will be entitled: THE
Row With the KEYS"
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Does Congress Represent
Or Does 1t Rule?

To the Editor Of The Times:
AS one of the bonus wives"
wish to express my appreciation
to the Hearst newspapers for the
unflinching fight they consistently
made in this last bonus campaign.
Word has just come over my radio
that we have lost.
May reply to question asked
by one of your columniSts in to-
days Washington Times, namely:
why it isn't more decent to vote
ones convictions than ones con-
stituents?"
Aren't we a far cry from the
original American idea Of a rep.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
q UniOnists Held
In Chicago Raid

CHICAGO, May Is GN.S).
Twenty-eight prisoners seized in
a surprise raid on headquarters
Of the Chicago Teamsters. Truck
Drivers and Helpers Union were
being questioned today at the
detective bureau.
States Attorney Thomas Court
ney has branded the labor union
as an outlaw" The prosecutor
refused to comment on reports
that the arrests were made in
connection with an attempt to
assassinate Courtney recently.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25

resentative government when we
can even ask such q question?
The original Americans had their
town meetings, in which every
man voted. The population grew
and this was no longer feasible,
and thus was evolved the idea Of
a representative government-one
in which groups of equal numbers
chose one man to go to the town
meeting to be their spokesman;
not to speak as he deemed fit, but
to speak as the majority in his
group spoke, and thus truly repre-
sent them, in order that in prin'
ciple each man was still voting at
the town meeting, though this was
no longer physically possible.
And now my question: Do we
still have representative govern
ment, or is the voice Of the people
something to be disregarded, while
those We send as our spokesman
become our rulers?
VERA S. KNIGHT.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Johnny Nolan May
Race in Regatta

Out of danger last night after
an emergency appendicitis opera
ton, Johnny Nolan, 13-year-old
boy sportsman. may drive his
speedboat in the Shrine Regatta
next month. He is in Georgetown
Hospital. He flew to Washington
from South Bend, Ind, for the OPP
Grafton. The boy, son of William
Nolan, automobile dealer, was at
Culver Military Academy.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
DOwned Nazi Filler
Freed by French

ST. QUENTIN, France, May rs
G.N.SO young German stu
dent aviator, seized by peasants
and handed over to police when
he was forced to land at Avesne,
near here. yesterday was released
when authorities decided his land
ing was accidental. The flyer,
Adolf Bauer. %, was arrested be-
cause he had flown over the for"
est of Mormant,
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Trinity to Mark
College Founding

Thirty-fifth anniversary Of the
founding Of Trinity College will
be celebrated June and 2. Miss
Marie R. Madden, Brooklyn, N. Y,
alumnae association president, will
welcome visiting alumnae. Miss
Adele Cavanaugh and Miss Ellen
Caney are directing arrangements.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Report Due Soon
On HarbOrs Bill
international News Service

Senator Copeland CD of New
York, chairman, announced today
that the Commerce Committee
hoped to report out an omnibus
rivers and harbors appropriation
bill late next week, but refused
to predict the committees atti-
tude on the proposed Beaver
Mahoning canal project.
Senator Copeland declared a
decision on the canal will be
announced when the report is
filed for the whole bill"
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Science Theme,
Soul and Body

Soul and Body" is the subject
of the lesSon-sermon in all the
Churches of Christ, Scientist, to-
morrow. The golden text is from
Psalms 84:2: MY soul longeth.
yea, even fainteth for the courts
of the Lord: my heart and my
flesh crieth out for the living
God"
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
DIR. Miller Gives
New Subjects

''The Authority of Christian Elk.
perience" will be the sermon
theme Of DR.. Raphael H. Miller,
pastor of the National City Chris
tan Church, Thomas Circle, to.
morrow morning. At the evening
service he will use The Hound of
Heaven" as his sermon topic.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
MEMORIAL SERVICE

Annual memorial services Spon-
sored by the Student Council will
be held at Howard University to-
morrow in Rankin Memorial
Chapel. The sermon will be deliv-
cred by DR.. Howard A. Thurman,
of the School of Religion faculty.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Sc HOldup Brings
15-Year Jail Term

PITTSBURGH, May Is G.N.SD .
A IS to 30-year prison sentence
was the penalty Joseph Lambert,
80, Canton, Ohio, started to pay
today for the murder Of Frank
Ritter, so, during a holdup which
netted him a watch and So in
cash.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
County Veterans
Plan Poppy Sale

TAKOMA PARK, Md, May Is
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion posts through
out Montgomery county will con
duct their annual poppy sale
May q, % and 20, it was an
nounced today.
Proceeds will be used to help
carry out the charitable pro,
grams during the coming year.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Bethel Tabernacle
Holds Baptism

DR.. j. E. Miller. special evan
gelist at Bethel Tabernacle. will
assist the pastor. Harry v. Schaef.
fer in baptismal services tomor-
row at 3 p. m. in the font Of
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Letters to the Editor

Letters Editor 200 Words They must
signed By the Drter Nth and address, These tDH
confidential initials publication writer
deSionGteS discuss subject OF