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PORT


uevelopment-that of trRnBunrtmm
ton.
Tie early waterway deVelnnmaDsM
the railway construction pr0grHcr1a
highway Improvements. airwAH@
and waterways in the modern Hnr
al OF which now link this seu
with the world, are to he sffN
both tn the parade and the paReN
which will feature Brownsville
port opening.
Photographs and articles descrin1
ing the port celebration, and NlvL
ing the background for the annk
are being sent to the Centennial NV
the chamber for usa ln lE6 publicly
and advertising.
, 1935-10-31
CITY BRIEFS

Flowers for all occasions. Los
Ebancs Greenhouse Company. Phone
l588.-Adv
ChrySanthemums. Gladiolus. ana
different kinds Of flowers for All
Souls Day, Nov. / and 2. Mrs Elena
r. Saldana. 1912 Washington. Adv.
Gasoline, gas and wood COOK
stoves at prices YOU can afford
Brownsville Hardware.-Adv.
Yellow Csb-Phone lO33.-Adv
, 1935-10-31
New Pacific Coast
Trouble Is Feared

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 80. Up
New trouble plagued Pacific coast
ports wednesday aS disputes re.
tween maritime workers and their
employers neared another crisis
Impending arrival Of a ship AZ San
Pedro with freight from Gulf of
Mexico ports. where VA ~longshurH-
mems strike Is In progress, caused
ship operators I'd express fear that
another "hOt cargo" controversy.
such as recently gripped 1he harbor
here. win result.
, 1935-10-31
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Oct. 3l@F-Material
upturns Of grain prices here Thurs
day accompanied Liverpool wheat
quotations much higher than expect
ed.
Opening X to ! cent up. December
9N-98, the Chicago wheat market
then held near to thse limits. Corn
started at Ma gain, December 584
and for the time being altered little.
, 1935-10-31

A suit for S3.725 against the City
OF Edcouch has been filed I'm federal
distric. court here by the Seagrave
Corporation for money allegedly due
on fire fighting apparatus purchased
Feb. /, 1929
The city purchased E 500-gallon
triple combination fire fighting hose
and pumper with a booster tank for
$500 on terms. The payments called
for $500 In cash on delivery with
annual payments OF SLABS. accord
ing to the contract.
, 1935-10-31

Az the regular session OF Town
send club No. 2. held at the court
house October IS, the president was
authorized To announce that the
club would meet on Friday night. Of
each week az 7:30 p. nm. at the court
house. beginning November I and
continuing each Friday night until
further notice.
, 1935-10-31
Hunters Charged
With Using Light

fbFEcIAI 70 Inc HeFhIuI
HARLINGEN, Oct. 30.-Four VAL
ley men were bound over 70 the coun-
ty court at law here Wednesday un-
der bonds Of $3.50 each after a hear
ing before Judge wv. O.. Fields on q
charge OF hunting with a spotlight,
The charges were filed by c. Sher-
rel, deputy constable.
, 1935-10-31
CIRCULATION

the Valley Baptist Hospital will gain by 500, and 50 on
for proof Of varying grades OF circulation figures.
Does Mr.. Tchenor dare accept the terms of the "A
and submit his comical and fictionized circulation figures
to an unprecedented audit?
We imagine that advertisers who are paying Mr..
Tichenor their good money at a rate based on this ficti-
tious and comical circulation figure Of 6,210 will await
his decision with much interest.
, 1935-10-31
DR.. Knights Class
Postpones Meeting

DR.. James Knights University OF
Texas Extension Service class viii
not be held here Thursday night
due TO conflicts in school dates. 10
was annQuncd Wednesday.
The next meeting OF the class
viii joe Thursday. November Z.
, 1935-10-31
NORTHER


similar 10 the one OF last week.
Temperatures In the Panhandle
and IN central Texas were expected
to plunge below the freezing marx
Thursday night. Extremely low
temperatures for this early In the
season prevailed throughout the
northwest Thursday morning. ana
temperatures were u~nHeaeonably
mild In the Gulf states Thursday.
Southeast winds on the coast are
expected 20 shift Co northerly by
Friday night.
, 1935-10-31
PIPELINE

Continued from Page one)
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
MD, j. BUILDING
RULED SAFE

COLLEGE PARK, Md, April 80
Answering charges that Morrill,
Hall, Maryland University's arts
and science building, is serious
fire hazard, DR.. Raymond A.
Pearson, president of the uni.
versity, today made public the
report of the Maryland State In.
surance Commission which said
that the building constituted mo
fire hazard whatsoever"
The report, submitted by Joseph
F. Dougherty, special investigator
for the commission, following an
inspection of the 37-year-old build.
ing. stated:
81 see no fire hazard what
SOever, as the building is ex-
ceedingly clean. The building
is old and the floors are worn
but I could not see anything
there that could be considered
a fire hazard"
AS a further evidence that the
building was quite safe, DR.. Pear
son pointed out that the premium
on the fire insurance which the
university carries on the building
was materially reduced April IL.
He added:
"Such action on the part of
an insurance company certainly
does not seem to point to the
fact that the building is a fire
trap. We lean over backwards
to make sure that every reason
able precautiOn is taken to safe
guard the students of the uni
verSity."
The charges that the building,
which handles approximately 200
students daily, constituted a seri-
GUS fire trap was made by The
Diamondback, student newspaper,
in an editorial several weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
IMPROVEMENTS
To RIVER COST
2M|LL|ONS
D. c. Board of Trade For Deep
Channels, 5 Piers and
4 Basins For Yachts

Aid for the enactment of q
two-millon-dollar program of i'm
provementS on Washington Har-
Dor and the Potomac River is
being sought by representatives
of the Board of Trade at the
thirtieth annual convention of
the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, which opened this
morning four-day session at the
Mayflower.
AS outlined by F.. E. Smith
and John A. Remon, of the
Board of Trade committee on
Rivers and Harbors, two distinct
projects are involved.
Want Deeper Channels
The first calls for deepening
all channels in the harbor to
"a feet. The cost of this work
is estimated at $325,00O, but &C
cording to Mr.. Smith would more
than save this sum in commercial
transportation rates. He points
out that shipping companies
could utilize larger boats on the
deeper channels with the result
that a scaling down of rates
would be effected.
Another advantage of the
dredging proposal, Mr.. Smith
says, would be the clearing of the
harbor directly up to the War
College.
The second of the proposed
projects contemplates the expendi-
ture of $1,65O,OOO involving the
construction of three commercial
piers, two District piers and four
yacht basins with suitable protect
ing bulkheads along the Potomac
on the north side of the Wash
ington Channel.
Well Worth Cost
Mr.. Smith believes that the i'm
provement in trade and recrea-
tional facilities along the river
would be we'll worth the cost.
About 200 delegates of civic and
business associations from every
corner of the country are attend
ing the convention. They bear
with them approximately 200 pro-
posals for flood control, harbor
and river improvements and pleas
for lettering the water commerce
of the nation from the Atlantic
to the Pacific and from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf.
Meetings today and tomorrow
are taken up with the Project Com
mittee which considers all pro-
posals and forwards them with
suitable recommendation to the
President and Congress if found
worthy of approval.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
DR.. NJ CLELLAN
CHEST LEADER

DR.. William Mcclellan, presi.
dent of the Potomac Electric
Power Company, has accepted the
Craftsmanship of the Washington
Community Chest campaign COM
mittee, it was announced yester-
day by Clarence Phelps Dodge,
president of the Chest.
Herbert L. Willett, jr., director
of the Chest, congratulated Mr..
Dodge on his selection, declaring:
with conditions changing
from day to day, as they are,
the Chest undoubtedly faces a
hard task this fall, and it will
take men of vision like DIR.
Mcclellan who know the Situa-
ton and needs of the city as a
whole to make the campaign
success"
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
FAIL
To At TEND
MEETING
Conference to Be Held Later;
Reps. Norton, Dirksen
Want Work Speeded

Senate District Committee mem
bers today failed to attend a
scheduled joint session with the
House District Committee to dis
cuss Washington rents.
Senators King and Gore were
the only two who presented them
selves at the appointed time. The
former asked to be excused to
attend White House conference
and Senator Gore asked to be
relieved so he could attend to
other business.
1t was agreed that an executive
joint meeting of the two groups
will be held later in the week
to hear James Ring, who made
a survey of the rent situation
here, and Corporation Counsel E.
Barrett Prettyman.
Mrs. Norton's View
In discussing the local rent
question following the postpone
ment of the meeting today, Rep
resentative Mary T. Norton CD
of New Jersey, chairman Of the
House Committee, declared that
there is no need for a further
investigation of the matter and
that the time has come for action.
She added:
There is no question as to
the need for some rent control
legislation for the District. We
have plenty of data concerning
the situation and I think we
may just as well vote the bills
up or down.
Every time I get in a taxi
cab, the driver begins talking
to me about the need for rent
control measures here and it
seems that everywhere go in
Washington / hear complaints
about the exhorbitantly high
rents charged here"
WANTS ACTION
Representative Everett Dirksen
(RD of Illinois expressed similar
views. He said:
1--WE don't want any investi-
CATION. That's just what the real
estate people would like to see
because they know that If an
investigation starts nothing will
be done for at least two years.
These investigations never get
you any actiO
"My idea is that we should
freeze the rents here, and then
create an agency to which COM
plants one way or the other
could be taken. The argument
that such action would not be
constitutional 1 think is ground
less. Here in the District we
could legislate SO as to treat the
renting Of houses as a public
utility, and give the Public Utili-
ties Commission a couple of ad-
ditiOnal men specifically to have
charge of this rent situation
and in that way we could con-
troll it,"
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
COUNTY To GET
BETTER POLICE,
FIRE FORCES
More Playground Funds Also
Provided in MiIIion-0oIIar
Arlington Budget

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, April 80. - Better fire and
police protec ton for Arlington
county and additional Fairgrounds
for children were among the out
standing items in Arlington coun-
tvs million-dollar budget adopted
here yesterday by the County
Board of Supervisors.
The new budget, for the fiscal
year beginning July i, carries total
expenditures of $1,O42,880 and
fixes the tax levy at $2.70 per 500.
The increase of $141,094 over the
present years budget, boosted the
tax levy from $2.40 to $2.70. The
school fund receives $120 of the
total levy and the remaining goes
in the general county fund.
Three More Policemen
Three additional policemen to
the present force of 10 full-time
men and two part-time men were
provided and an appropriation to
the fire department of $4,000 per
annum to provide for a full-time
general fire chief to supervise the
numerous volunteer departments
of the county.
A $4,000 boost was added to the
original $4,000 which had been ap-
propriated for Fairgrounds. An
other large appropriation was that
of $4,000 for additional road
equipment.
The original assessment against
property owners for lateral sewer
lines was increased from SIPS per
frontage foot to SITS. This in
crease, board members explained,
would place the charge of these
lateral lines only on those who
actually received the lines. The
38-cent general tax levy for the
sewer fund, which had already
been reduced S cents, will be still
further reduced by this plan,
County Manager Roy S. Braden
said.
Water Minimum
The water minimum of 10000
gallons per quarter to the domes-
tic consumer was increased to
$4,000 gallons.
A contract for property damage
and public liability insurance on
all of the county's motor equip
ment, including the fire appara-
tus, was awarded to J. M. Ma
gruder, of Arlington, representing
the Ocean Accident and Guaran-
tee Corporation, of New York
city.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
D. c. LOAN BILL
SLATED.

Hearings on the District small
loan bill will begin at 1920 a. m,
Thursday before the Judiciary
subcommittee of the House Dis
trict Committee, Representative
Vincent Palmisano CD, Mary
land, chairman of subcommittee,
announced today.
A similar bill is on the Senate
calendar but several attempts to
have it pass the Senate by unanl-
nous consent have failed because
of opposition of several Senators
to the interest rate allowed. Under
the provisions of the bill small
loan brokers would be allowed to
charge 2 per cent per month, or
"a per cent a year, on their loans.
Senator Borah, in opposing the
bill, declared that he did not think
people should be allowed to Dor
row at all if they had to pay such
high rate Of interest.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30

"DumbartOn Oaks" the home OF
former Ambassador and Mrs. Rob-
ert Woods Bliss, 3101 R st. N. w.,
will be open to the public tomor-
row from noon until p. m. as a
prelude to the opening of George
towns seventh annual Garden
Pilgrimage.
Famed for their lockwood shrub
berry, yew hedges and spring flow,
ers. the grounds will be thrown
open to visitors for the benefit OF
the Home for Incurables.
The annual garden pilgrimage
will be held Thursday, May 16, and
Saturday. May 18, dates which &C.
cording to the weather forecast,
are calculated to insure the great
est amount of beauty in the largest
number of gardens.
On the first day of the pilgrim
age, the Bliss gardens will again
be opened simultaneously with
about nine others. All will re-
Ceive visitors from 2 p. m. to 7
p. m.
Other Gardens Open
Although the list is incomplete,
other gardens to be shown in ad-
dition to "Dumbarton Oaks" in
clude those of Mrs. Herman Hol-
lerith, 1888 Twenty-ninth st. N.
w.; Mrs. Edmund Talcott, 1929 R
st. N. W.; Mrs. Ernest I. Lewis,
3099 @ st. N. W.; Mrs. Anne Arch
bold, 1904, Reservoir Rd. N. W.;
Miss Rose Greeley, 1903 Thirtieth
st. N. W.: Alexander Kirk. 1908
R st. N. W.: Miss Catherine
Weaver, 2101 Wisconsin Ave. N.
W.; Bernard Lane, 1927 Conduit
Rd. N. w.. and Mrs. Charles G.
Warden, 1914 S st. N. w.
On May 10 the rest of the
Georgetown gardens to be in
cluded in this years tours will be
on view. On this list, to which
others probably will be added
later, are "Evermay." the home of
Mrs. F. Lammot Belin at 1923
Twenty-eighth st. N. W.; the rock
garden of the Misses Bertha and
Florence LOCKER at 1912 Thirtieth
St. N. W.; Miss Katharine Dou-
gal, 5000 P st. N. W.; Mrs. Frank
S. Bright, 2723 @ st. N. W.; Mrs.
Lincoln Green, 3025 N st. N. w.,
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
Bliss Garden to Open
Georgetown Exhibit

and, for the second time, Alexan-
der Kirk, 1903 R st. N. w.
Tickets on Sale
Mrs. Robert F.. Whitehead,
1924 Twenty-eighth st. N. W., is
pilgrimage chairman this year
and tickets may be obtained one
week in advance of the tour at
the ticket bureau of the May
flower Hotel, or from the Ameri-
can Automobile Association.
Beginning the week of May 10,
Charles W. Ayars. PIT Maple
Ave. Takoma Park, extends to
the general public a blanket in
vitation to visit his garden COM
prising more than 400 varieties
of Iris, represented by some 1850
plants, which at that time will
have reached the height of their
bloom.
Out in Chevy Chase, IA old Co.
lonial gardens will be opened on
June l for the benefit of the
Montgomery Social Service League,
it was announced by Mrs. n. h.
Semmes. president of the Chevy
Chase Garden Club. Here too, ar
rangementS have not yet been
completed, but assurance was
given that the beautiful rose gar
den on the estate of Whitman
Cross at East Kirke and Brook
vile Road, will again be included
in the Chevy Chase tour, as will
the gardens of William S. Corby
at Chevy Chase Circle.
Taken by and large, all signs
point to a highly successful sea-
son and garden owners are en-
thusiastic over the present state
of their properties which, they
claim, the intervening weeks can
but enhance.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
Conics,Sports
louise Leaders Demand Action On Rents
Interior to Get
OnlyNew u. S.
BuildingHere

A new building for the De-
partmen5 of the Interior will be
the only new Federal Structure
to be erected in the Capital
under the new Public Works
fund.
This was revealed by Secre-
tary Ickes today at the first
press conference he has held
since named by the President
to assist in spending the new
4,880-million-dollar allotment.
Specifications for the new In.
terror Building are now being
drawn, he said, and it is ex-
pected bids will be called for in
the next few months.
No buildings are planned to
accommodate the thousands of
new Government employees ex-
pected to be put to work here
in connection with the new re-
covery plan. They will be in
stalled in the present buildings,
the Secretary said.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
Ken MURRAY
Says:

From the way Congress is
talking about communism, it
looks as if they're serious about
shipping the alien radicals back
to their own countries. This
should certainly boom business
for the tramp" steamers.
1t really seems ridiculous the
way those agitatOrS keep saying
that we Americans have no lib
erty. e. Why, we can either pan
gold and become rich. or pan
everything and become Reds.
Apparently, the world is sub
jected to these plaques every so
often. During the war it was
the "flu," and now. scarlet"
fever.
so REMEMBER:
Give a Communist an empty
SOap-bOx. and he'll work him
self into a lather.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
KELLEY BARES
D|CTAPHONE
RECORDS
Former Arlington Supervisor
Makes Public Account
Of Talk With Lamond
ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, April 3O.-Dictaphone records
of conversation with Clyde C..
Lamond, the States star witness
in the case last fall which resulted
in the removal of Lyman M. KEEL
ley from the county board of SUI
pervisors. were made public by Mr..
Kelley today for the first time in
connection with his "vindication"
campaign for clerk of the circuit
court.
The evidence, no wbefore the
Virginia supreme court with ap-
plication for an appeal of the case,
was recorded by Mr.. Kelley I'M
known to Mr.. Lamond. after the
latter had refused to confirm GER
tain statements in writing. The
dictaphone evidence was later adj
mitted in court by Mr.. Lamond to
be true.
Conversation Barred
In referring to a conversation
between the two men which was
used by the State to show Mr..
Kelley had attempted to solicit a
bribe from Mr.. Lamond, the fol
lowing telephone conversation was
recorded on the dictaphone:
''KeIley-YeS, but we both adj
NIT that I didn't solicit bride.
"LamOnd-YeS.
"Kelley-And you've been so
very nice about that, Mr.. La
mond; 1 know the position you're
in, and I was just little afraid
when 1 talked to you about it
before not to have Mr.. SebreH
there, because / felt the thing so
keenly.
"LamOnd-YeS.
"Kelley-And it was manly
act, indeed, to come out and ad-
nit the thing the way you did
before Mr.. Sebrell and then tell
Mrs. SemOnes about it, too
"LamOnd-YeS.
TAKEN WRONG
"Kelley-And tell all of them
that I'm not guilty of soliciting
a bride, and / certainly do APP
preciate it.
"Lamond: Yes, we'll, I think
it was very unfortunate that
the wording was used, right
at the time you know, when
YOU / think the whole thing
have been better If L the
whole thing about it is when
repeated that, somebody over
heard, you know, something we
said there, you know 1 verified
it, never thinking-never COM
ing to any kind of case or any
thing at all, and of course
that way it just put me in a
position where 1 had tOcarry
itthrOugh and-uh, stand by
my word.
"Kelley: Yes, and yet what
you said was taken wrong.
"LamOnd: Yes, it was taken
wrong. But it was very un-
fortunate that that sort of a
remark was made at all, and
1 didn't never registered in
my mind that you were asking
for a bride when you used
those words"
ASKED FOR HELP
At this point of the converse
ton Mr.. Kelley asked Mr.. La
mond to do anything he could
to help him clear himself of the
charges and Mr.. Lamond replied
that he wanted to do what he
could, but, according to the
record, he said:
"Well, that's just what I'm
hesitating in. 1 Couldn't
don't like to make myself out
uh-try to make myself a liar
because 1 had no reason in the
first place to testify against
you, only had to take-uh-
Substantiate what said before,
you See?"
CT WDDU
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
Girl Scout Heads
At Regional Farley

A delegation of Girl Scout
executives and leaders of the Dis
trict, headed by Mrs. Arson
Phelps Stokes, Girl Scout COM
of Washington. will at
tend the sixteenth regional con-
ference in Richmond, Va, today,
tomorrow and THU Iay.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
District Stores
Hold Banquet

The District Grocery Stores,
Inc, held it's fourteenth annual
banquct Sunday evening at the
Jewish Community Center. More
than 400 persons, including mem
bers CT the organization, their
families and employees, attended.
A program of entertainment was
provided, and dancing ended the
evening.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
BallOu to Address
Patriotic Society

DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin.
tendent of District schools, will
be the principal speaker at a meet
ing of the State Committee of
Sons and Daughters of the United
States of America at the Willard
Hotel at 8 o'clock tonight.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
d. G.. Girl Winner
OfHOnOr at Brown

Miss Bernice Bigelow. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Allan F. Bigelow,
1908 Ashmead Place N. w., has
been elected easurer of
ROMANS" dramatic society of
Pembroke College, Brown Univer-
Sity, it was announced yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-13
NICE DEFENDS
MD. RELIEF
ACTIVITY

BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 10.
(SpeciaD Maryland, poor but
honest" has not been passing the
buck to Federal authorities IN It's
present relief situation.
This was the essence Of the re-
My hurled at Federal relief off,
Gals by Governor Harry Nice,
after charges had been made
in Washington the Federal Gov
eminent was carrying most OF the
States relief burden and intima-
tions that Maryland was not in
terested in its unemployed.
Claims Demands Met
Governor Nice maintained Mary
land had furnished all the money
the Federal Government had re-
uuested last winter. His reply came
to statements made earlier in the
day in Washington by Aubrey Will
liamS, assistant to Harry Hopkins,
Federal Relief A d m i n / S traitor,
speaking to a delegation OF the
Peoples Unemployment L e a 6 u e.
The group went to protest cut
of $4,000 in the Federal allotment
to Maryland for the first half Of
September.
Nice said:
UNFORTUNATELY the impress
sion is abroad that Maryland is
q rich State, and capable Of
doing more than the facts per.
init us to do. Like most people
over the United States, our
backs are almost broken
through taxation. We have
been doing our part.
Humanity Shared
eve do have as much Of the
milk of human kindness in our
veins as can be found anywhere
in the world"
This last remark was made
as an answer to com m n t
by williams to the delegation
yesterday that he was glad to
find somebody in Maryland who
seems to be interested in the un-
employed"
Maryland now is contributing
proceeds from a gross sales tax
as its contribution to relief costs,
Nice also reminded Federal au.
thoritieS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-13
Army Orders

Current Army orders include the fol-
lowing:
Majors
Dillon, Lee S. c. E., rel. FIT. Lawton.
Oct /; to Portland, Ore" as asst to
dist. engr.
Taliaferro. Philip B., C. A. c., retired,
as major, Sept. 80.
Captains
Kengla, Leo F. jr., inf. Philippines,
order to Toxic, for study, revoked.
Wolf, Paul W., A. c., retired, Sept. 80.
Leaves of Absence
Prickett, Mai. Fay B.. G. S. c., days,
Sept. 16.
Peabody. Mai. Paul E.. G. S. c., mo-,
Sept. Is.
Tompkins Mai. William F., G. s. c..
5 days, Sept. II.
Corlett, Maj. Charles H, G. S. c., 16
Farnum, Capt. William c., A. C.. 2
mos, Oct. 8.