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The Washington times., 1935-02-27
VIDAL STRESSES
NEED Of GOOD
D. c, AIRPORT
Separate Provision Urged
For Commercial and
Private Flying

A broad program for establish
ment of a modern airport should
contain provisions only for COM
mercial flying, Eugene Vidal, chief
of the Bureau Of AeronauticS OF
the Department of Commerce, de-
clared today before a House Dis
trict subcommittee holding hear
ings on the Gravelly Point site.
There are two classes of flying,
distinct in all respects, and the
ideal solution to modern air en-
tanglements is to separate them,
Mr.. Vidal said. The two classes
are air transport flying and pri-
vate flying.
No Preference
Mr.. Vidal did not express a
preference for the Gravelly Point
site for Washington's airport. He
said the present Washington Air
port is we'll located and that it
should not he swept aside when
the committee draws up its con-
illusions.
There is no knowledge today
concerning the future of air.
planes, of how they will look, and
Of how they will approach and
leave fields, Mr.. Vidal told the
committee. Private aircraft prob
ably will not need airports within
a few years, he said. This type
of plane, he explained, will rise
vertically and can be used near
private dwellings.
Neither washington airport nor
the Gravelly Point site is ideal
for bad weather landing, Mr..
Vidal said. Another problem con-
fronting the committee, he added,
is the fact that Boiling Field and
Gravelly Point site are close to-
gether and as a result there is a
definite hazard to filters.
Field Needed Badly
To consider establishment of
an airport with facilities for both
commercial and private flying
would "be going backwards" he
said. Washington airport could
be made into a satisfactory field,
he admitted.
Mr.. Vidal disclosed his depart
ment has made regular calls at
the Post Office Department, War
Department and Public Works
Administration in an effort to
stimulate action toward develop
ment of a washington municipal
airport.
He declared there is a very Sc
rious need for an airport here and
it seems an unusual situation
where the National Capital is de-
prived of such a necessity"
Major Brehon Sommerville, of
the United States Army Engineer
Corps, told the committee his Of
flee is equipped with dredges to
fill in the water-soaked Gravelly
Point site. He said the original
estimates of construction of an
airport there were $2,3OO,000.
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
Dance,P arty Marks
Biology Birthday

Celebrating the Fiftieth ami
versary of the founding Of the
Bureau of Biological Survey, De-
partment of Agriculture, employees
of the unit and their friends will
hold a dinner-dance and card
party this evening at the Roose-
welt Hotel, starting at 8 p. m.
James Silver, Albert M. Day,
Mrs. Margaret Leonard, Howard
Cannon. DR.. j. E. Shillinger,
Howard Zahniser and Margaret
Roberts compose the committee in
charge.
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
Medical Bureau
To Serve Needy

The new Medical Dental Service
Bureau will open Friday at Eighth
and I Streets, Northwest to serve
needy persons unable to meet med
ical bills without making them
objects of charity.
A non-profit organization, the
bureau is being established by four
local medical and dental societies
for patients of the members. The
organizations are the Medical So
ciety, the Medico- Chirurgical So
ciety, colored. the Dental Society
of the District and the Robert T.
Freeman Dental Society, colored.
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
I'D. G.. Clubs Sued
On Song Copyright

For playing a group Of copy
righted songs, allegedly without
permission of the copyright own
ers, four night clubs today were
sued for royalties by the American
Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers. The suit seeks $3.50
each from the Club Troika and
the Cotton Club and $700 each
from the Sugar Bowl, 700 block
Eighth st. S. E., and Louis Ka-
vokaS, TOO block H st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
Ken Murray
Says:

That's quite a stunt Of Irene
Dunno, the movie star, and her
husband, going on a second
"honeymOOn" after being mar.
rieu for over five years. ..
Imagine two people being that
absent-minded?
OF course, in Hollywood.
there's nothing unusual in
going back to the same place
for a second honeymoon. :.
The novelty is going back with
the same husband.
Most Of those couples out
there start off by spending
their honeymoon on the sands
and end up spending their
anniversary ION the rocks"
so REMEMBER:
There is nothing so rare as
a picture star who takes her
marriage vows seriously. It's
usually "in one ear and gone
tomorrow"
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
AID Club Luncheon
Addressed by KatZ

Joseph Katz, of Baltimore, ex.
ponent of simple writing in adver'
Using, spoke at yesterdays lunch.
con of the Advertising Club at the
National Press Club auditorium.
A plea to discard some of the
tricky and insincere copy appeals
in retail and national advertising
was made by Mr.. Katz, who
pointed out how the frank adver-
Using writing of so and 100 years
ago had a more "believable ring"
The Washington times., 1935-02-27

Mrs. William A. Becker, chair
man of the powerful national de-
Tense committee of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution
and presidential candidate in the
forthcoming D. A. R. triennial
election, today denied that she
had ever Endorsed 1.-The Red Net
work." a recent book which lists
Mrs. Roosevelt as a Socialist SYM
pathizer.
Immediately following the an
nouncement of the ticket Of Mrs.
Flora Myers Gillentine, her elec-
ton opponent, the denial was
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
d. A. r. Leader Denies
Indorsing Red Book

taken in D. A. R. circles as Mrs.
Becker's opening campaign fire.
Mrs. Becker is quoted on the
jacket of the book as stating that
the information in the book,
which lists a who's Who in
Radicalism" is Every valuable"
In her denial today she stated
that acknowledgment of books
received at the national defense
committee headquarters has never
been offered as an Endorsement
and IF so used, has been done
without the permission of the
chairman"
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
K. OF c. BINGO SOCIAL

A bingo social will be held by
the Knights of Columbus Kermess
Bingo Bazaar in the K. of C. Club,
Tenth and K SITS. N. w.. it was
announced by Alfred P. Neff,
chairman of the committee. Dane
ing will follow the social in the
new "Old Heidelberg" grill of the
clubhouse.
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
RETIRED U. S. WORKERS

A meeting of the National AS
ISOLATION of Retired Federal EN-
ployes will be held at 2 p. m. Sat
urday in the National Museum.
The election of officers will be
held.
The Washington times., 1935-02-27
Lions, ROtarians
Will Hear Ickes

Secretary of the Interior Harold
L. Ickes will be the principal
speaker at luncheon of the Lions
Club today in the Mayflower
Hotel. The members of the Ro-
tary Club will be guests of the
Lions Club at the luncheon.
The Washington times., 1935-02-27

Someone referred to Carter
Glass in the Senate as the
Honorable Gentleman from
Virginia" Senator Glass, when
1t was his turn to speak, said:
II suppose this remark was
intended as : compliment. But
when 1 consider the other Hon
OraDle Gentlemen mentioned at
the same time as myself, must
think it quite the contrary"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11

Experts in Paris have estab lished that 6tavisk, the swIndler, disposed of $17,5O0,O0O handed to him by various financial concerns and pawnshops between 1928 and 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
AZ BIRTHS HERE
 IN PAST 2 WEEKS
Same Number of Each Sex; 30 Die, 2I, WOnl.
 en, Reveals Report

Boys and girls broke even during the past two weeks in Waterbury In the number of births. Tn all there were 42 children born and there were 2I of each sex. This figure was disclosed today in the bi-mOnthly report of the Water bury Credit Rating Bureau. At the same time. the women outnum- bered the men in the number of deaths during the two-week per- Iod.
 During the two weeks 39 per- sons died in Waterbury and 21 Of them were women. therefore leav. ing the men on the short end with a total of IS. Eleven marriages were recorded with the town clerk during the two weeks and four marriage intentions were filed.
 Ten new families came to live in the city during the same period, three coming from Hartford, one from Milford, one from Norwaik, one from Philadelphia, another from Bridgeport, another from Boston, one from New York city and one from New London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11

the kind of show they wanted. T tried vaudeville in Jacques after we were stopped at burlesque and 1t cost us about $2,5O0. The vaude- vile was good, and contained high class features. But Waterbury did not patronize 1t.
 After careful consideration we decided to try burlesque again. We obtained opinions from leading cit- izens and they seemed to be that the comedians were too rough, that tteir comedy was smutty. There were some objections to the un- draping of the featured artists. but it has to be included in burlesque or 1t isn't burlesque. Your night clubs and musical comedies in New York go much farther In that re- spect than we do.
 "1n presenting burlesque 10 Wat erbury we have attempted to keep the comedians clean in their jokes and yet maintain comedy. We wel- come criticisms and have been at- tempting to present the kind Of show that is wanted here. If we are left alone for awhile, we believe we can do that"
 Cl rgymen in several churches yesterday claimed the burlesque Is not suitable for Waterbury and one clergyman claimed the manage ment has not maintained its prom ise to keep the shows clean. They urged authorities to step in nnI stOp the show again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
POSTMASTER IS
 STILL IN LEAD
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 experience, not on politics. Tn the very first months of the present administration, Postmaster Gen. eral Farley promoted 28 assistant postmasters to the rank of post master. In the same connection, recent appointments to postmaster ships have been made mainly from the postal force. Cities falling in this category include New York. Boston, Springfield. Bridgeport, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Cleveland and other cities.
 In addition to the fact that he has an enviable service record of almost quarter century behind him, MT Kelley has strong support from manufacturers. business men, the 31 organizations in the Build ing Trades union. which assures him of labor support, also the Irish- American club. the Sedgewlck Guards Veterans association, and other local clubs and organizations.
 4,OOO Sign Petition
 A petition containing more than 1000 signatures of' persons favor ing the appointment of MT Kelley has been submitted to Senator Augustine Lonergan at Washington and Is now in the hands of Con. gressman Joseph Smith. It can be said without any question, after study of the situation, that a very large majority of public opinion is in favor of promotion of MT Kelley to the permanent postmas- tership. It is difficult to see how the appointment can be given 10 Commissioner Babin, without caus- ing widespread public protest.
 Should the appointment be made on the basis of politics. 1t Is still difficult to understand how the choice can be anyone but the act ing postmaster. He has been ufe- long democrat. and has constantly supported the party. When the vacancy first existed. MT Kelley consulted with local democratic leaders and was informed that If he were selected as can didate there would be no interfer- ence. He was also told that If he were appointed acting postmaster. he would be made permanent post master as a matter of course.
 It is understood that the demo- cratic town committee is giving it's support to MT Babin, but it h questionable in view of the circum. stances whether the committee will seek to jeopardizing its standing by insisting on MT Bapin for the post. The general impression prevail ing, even in political circles. is that the post office department will fol low precedent by promoting man from the service, who, in this case would be Acting Postmaster Kelley. Highly interesting in this regard 's statement made in 19S3 by Pres ident Roosevelt: ''When vacancy occurs in the position of post master at an ofiice of the first. second or third class. the post master general may submit to the president for promotion. the name of some qualified person in the
 competitive classified civil serv- ice."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
LEGISLATURE TO
 DISCUSS PENSION
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(Continued from Page l.D al care and who are not inmates of penal institutions or on probation. order to apply for aid would re- suit in denial of aid.
 The pensions would be admlnis- tered by board of five, named by the governor.
 Applicants would receive $7 weekly, or in extraordinary cases. $1O 6 week. persons earning less than $7 a week would receive the difference from the state.
 How to raise the money was 6 bothersome question. Income taxes, legalization of horse racing and sales taxes have been suggested with scattering of support.
 The sales tax, proposed by the governors special tax study com mission as general means of bol- stering the income, met with oDpo- sition from the three socialist sen- ators.
 The bill, now in skeleton form is patterned after the Michigan and Illinois statutes and only profess sionaHservices would be exempt. It was estimated 1t would yield $S,- OOO,OOO Q year.
 Within few days after Mayor Jasper McLevy, Bridgeport, social ist guardian, expressed opposition to the measure. "in principle al- though under certain conditions "it sometimes becomes necessary to deviate from set party policies," his party hatly turned thumbs down on the recommendation.
 tnNA Vt,Sk tf,f. Sunday declared the tax "unsound from every angie" and threw It's support to an income tax on all family earnings more than $5.000.
 We are against any measure which asks the poor to care for the poor and allows the more privi- legged elements of the community to escape their responsibility" a resolution stated.
 A batch of 50 bills await judi ciary committee hearings this week. Among them arc provisions for increasing the state police per- sonneI; Imprisonment of radicals. licensing of real estate agents, lib- eralization of the liquor laws and motor vehicle changes.
 Liquor laws hearings will be held Wednesday afternoon. The princi- pal aim of liquor interests is to le. galize sale of hard liquor over the bar and permit It's sales in hotels, restaurants, taverns and clubs.
 Friday a special senate commit tee will open public hearings into the charge of Senator David R. Robbins. republican. Wallingford. he was offered bribe for his vote In organizing the upper house early in January.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11

because he isn't guilty.
 "Now the police bungling or tne case. Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopi' the head of the state police, puhsF ed this job.
 "What would you have done ? Why. within 15 minutes you wou'u have had every bloodhound Tn the section out. na you would have called out every dog. x,..
 "And the night passed while Mrs Ilndbergh stayed downstairs ana prayed. Who wouldn't? And tne Colonel prayed. Who. wouldn " But I can't imagine any prayers coming from the lips of the wom- an who contacted Red Johnson that night. No one person could have done
 "This crime was horrible. It could not have been planned py one, it must have been, a group: "You can't send a man to HIS death on circumstantial evidence and then later find he was noI guilty. You couldn't say # was an l honest mistake.
 Let us go on with the bungllng of the state police. say 1t waa their duty to close every avenue' every ferry, every road of escape. 'eThe police have bungied the case right until today.
 ] ssNOw if you want to convici
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
SHOW
 IS CALLED CLEAN
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 is puzzled. "I only decided to re- sume the shows after being as- sured that I would be uDdisturbed ns long as kept the shows clean" Mir Hanover said. We have tried to do that"
 "I was about to cali the entire project a fizzle here after our last effCrt when petition was present. ed to me. signed by practically every business man of the city. This petition was circulated by members of the Waterbury chap, ter of the Musicians and Stage Hands Union asking that the bur. lesque be resumed. They secured signatures on the grounds that rcarly 40 Waterbury residents were thrown out Of work by the stop ping of the show three weeks ago. and that if the show were started again, these people would be given their ssbs back. Tssos0 employees are paid good union wages"
 Mir Hanover said he has endeav- ored to give Waterbury audiences
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11

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 rushed next door to call on La- Selva for aid. The man and she rushed back to the dwelling, and she went inside, handing out the children to him one by one. La- Selva suffered a hand laceratiOn when he smashed open the glass on the back door to allow the smoke to get out.
 LaSelva then ran to the Walnut street fire house, more than q mile away, to give verbal alarm, passing at least one fire box on the way. Bremen found 1t extremely difficult to reach the blazing build ing for Walnut street extension, a hilly street, was covered with ice and snow and badly rutted. A Connecticut Light and Power Co. emergency car was dltched while attempting to climb Walnut street extension, and a police motor pa- trol car was forced off the road.
 All that remained of the house after the blaZ was the four walls, everything else being virtually destroyed. Walls on the inside of h'N iE'hot' NCIllIIbS anu were all ruined. Windows were shattered by the force of the alco- hol explosion and the heat of the flames.
 Still in Basement
 The still of 200 gallon capacity, was in the basement, with the coils going straight upward toward the other floor. Equipped with q three- quarter inch coil, it was apparent ly capable of a tremendous out put. Four large vats. one of them used for cooling system, were on special platform halfway up the basement walls. but were hurled down to the floor in the explosion. Alcohol fumes must have per- meated the house much of .the time, for the usual vent for the fumes was lacking. Instead the piping led to q window on the sec ond floor, the only window in the building which did not have glass
 An unusual feature of the build ing construction was that the sec ond floor was equipped with ce. ment flooring. Part of the flooring was cracked by the heat of the blaze. while the explosion cracked several portions of the stucco walls of the house. Investigating fire officials found several fire insurance policies, but 1t was not immediately learned whether the policies were still IT. force.
 Federal agents will undoubtedly take a hand in the investigation oi the ownership of the still. and fl was believed that Chief Inspector Joseph O'Kane of Hartford would arrive in Waterbury this afternoon Co take hand in the probe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
TRIAL SPIN IS
 SOME DELAYED

Daytona Beach. Fla, 11-(UP) A rough racing strip and poor visibility today caused Sir Malcolm Campbell to postpone his scheduled trial spin in .the giant Blue Bird. in which he later will attempt 10 break his own worlds land speed record of 272.108 miles an hour. Several thousand spectators dot. ted the dunes along the measured mile when Campbell. through a loud speaker apparatus at the press tower, announced he would not make tho run.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
HOUSE DESTROYED
 BY AN EXPLOSION

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
TAKEN FROM BUS

Normal, III, Feb 11-(U.P)- Mary McElroy. missing daughter of City Manager Henry McElroy. of Kansas City, was taken from q Chicago. bound Greyhound bus by police here to-day after she had teiegraphed her father that she was frightened" and didn't know what she was doing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
Hauptmann because the mob wants

Hauptmann because the mob wants it-I mean the world--then my prayers and pleadings will not help. But I don't believe that Is the way you value your oath.
 "I want to continue after lunch. I want to leave with you the point, wEere is there any proof that Hauptmann was ever in that room or touched the baby, or any proof as to where tho baby died." At this point, Justice TreDchard ordered noon reccss,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-16
behind the Scenes
" WASHINGTON
By RODNEY BUTCHER

WASHINGTON Jersey whispering that
Jersey
Michigan whispering that
Republican
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friends that he feels
the administrations than
likely that the
thing declare Democrat
He senate
usually voted with the administration and
criticisms of it have been negligible
all for his colleague Senator
vandenbeg Mhgans candidate for the c. presidential
nomination
nations most famous his
enemies would saw traceable Senator
Harry of New a protege
ideaist Dealers that such
appointment would give Others
though come
bitter Roosevelt at the 1882 chicago coVe-
ton. ..o.
nickel OF politics. That
determined keep cabinet that the POLITICAL
that obviously is the man who answers
the qualifications Also they say Farley approves Hague as MS
,
All anv nder can Roosevelt has been
disagreement las to whether ne
has the vaguest thought OF appointing him.
RUORS almost thick njunc-
against Deal laws.
Your correspondent the suggestion that there
be cabinet changes at all TWO Things INSPIRE ' o' III w
First Roosevelt intimates that he would just as
appontees until after election
TO OF
resignation which Jim and every
one expected that Farley under fire;
effective and vocal OF ShaIsnooC-
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ocrac hasn't been heard from for months
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-16
JUST ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
THE CANAL WAS STARTED

On the afternoon of Dec. 16 1924
more than 5000 persons saw history in
the making at Potholes, near Lagl,na
dam IN the eastern part of Imperial
county. 1t was the day when Imperial
valley celebrated the beginning of the
All american canal, the day when a huge
dragllne bit into the first piece of dirt
excavation on the S0-mile line of the
huge ditch. At Pilot Knob, another drag
line had already started but its work
was among rock, and its scope confined
within mile of the scene of its first
operation.
Today, one year later, Imperial county
already is beginning to see the immense
benefits which will come from the great
ditch, every part of which is on Ameri-
can soil. Marvellous progress has been
made in excavation and construction.
Every part of the canal except a short
sector near CaleXico has been provided
for, and all will be under construction
or excavation shortly after the first of
the year. Additional thousands of dol
lars will be spent in this county as a re-
suit. Additional men will be given work
Business and industry will feel the stim-
illus of the increased tempo on the All
American canal
Immediate cash benefits are the least
important of all to the county and its
residents, however. The canal already
has been instrumental in attracting ma
tion-wide attention to Imperial Valley.
As a reclamation project, it is without
equal. Drawn by knowledge of the ad-
vantages here, private capital from out
side sources has become increasingly in
terested in the valley and its opportun-
tiles.
Above all in the list of canal benefits
is that of its original intention-assur-
ance to the valley of clear, steady water
supply without fear of foreign interven-
ton or need of international horse-trad-
ing. The additional acres which will be
brought under cultivation, the greater
agricultural wealth, the more abundant
prosperity, all are becoming increasingly
evident-only year after work was
started