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The Washington times., 1935-10-01
JUDGE WARNS
EVADERS OF
JURY DUTY
Severe Punishment to
Be Given Here for
Dodeing Service

A warning that persons under
questioning while qualifying for
jury service would be severely pun.
iShed for evaSive or untruthful
answers came from Justice Daniel
w. ODonoghue as he opened
Criminal Division One of the Dis
trict Supreme Court today.
Justice ODonoghue's warning
was partly inspired by the fact
that the new law, modifying the
qualifications for jury service in
the District of Columbia, is being
applied for the first time since
its enactment last summer.
Exemptions Limited
Under the new law, exemptions
are restricted and approximately
Is qualifying questions have been
stricken fro mthe list prepared
by William S. Adkins, clerk of the
criminal courts.
It is now legal for poStmaSterS,
Army and Navy officers, those hav-
ing contracts with the Federal or
District Governments, and even
pensioners and retired Federal
and military employees to serve
on jurieS.
The 2O0.andodd prospective
jurors were brought into Justice
ODonoghue's court at an early
hour and the dors were locked
against diSturberS as he laid
down the law" to the venire.
Veniremen Warned
After celebrating on the serious
ness of untruthful answers, the
juriSt said:
"And / want to make It fur.
ther understood that such a viO-
lStiOn will not be handled in
the ordinary course of indict-
ment and prosecution. / will
have such viOlatOrs brought be.
fore this bar as soon as such in
fractions are revealed and will
then and there punish them Sc
verely for contempt Of this
court"
The Washington times., 1935-10-01

With approval by the Federal
Bureau of Public Roads regarded
as practically assured. Maryland
is hoping to start on its new high
way program by the middle Of
December.
At least rs per cent of the
projects should be under way by
that time, Nathan l.. Smith, chief
engineer Of the State roads COM
mission, said, provided Federal ap-
proval is granted as anticipated.
At the bureau here today it was
said that the Maryland projects,
which total close to nine million
dollars. are now under conSidera-
ton and decision will be reached
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Maryland Road Plan
Due I'm December

shortly. It was also said that IN
view of the fact the projects have
been approved by WPA that favor
able action may be expected.
The program includes:
From a WPA grant, $3,800,0 ,00O
for construction of farm-to-market
roads.
A WPA grant of $2,061,751 for
grade-croSSing elimination.
A $2,900,000 PWA State roads
program.
The State roads commission's
$1,025, 900 plan, to be matched by
a similar Federal grant.
A WPA ALLEGATION TO $1,750,00O
for general road construction.
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Mail Tampere1' E1'1'S.
He Picked COPS Box

the White House at that-it's just
like playing with dynamite.
According to White House Po-
liceman ]. H. Mulgannon, who
lives in an apartment house in
the 1400 block of Columbia Rd.
N. W., Walter Bonville, 26, was
removing a bill from his mail box
late yesterday.
Bonville took to his heels with
Mr.. Mulgannon in pursuit.
Followed a brisk pace to Six
teenth Street and Meridian Place,
N. W., with Mr.. Mulgannon the
winner.
Arraigned before United States
Commissioner Needham C. Turn
age today, Bonville waived pre-
liminary hearing on a charge of
stealing mail from boxes and
pleaded guilty. He was held for
action of the grand jury under
$4,000 bond.
According to postal inspectors,
the defendant has been stealing
monthly bills from mail boxes
and netting profit by presenting
the bills, with a check larger than
the amount of the bill, at the
business establishments from
which they came. A suitcase full
of bills from all over the country
was found in the defendants
room after his arrest, police said,
Besides being charged with
stealing Policeman Mulgannon's S
mail, Bonville was also charged
with stealing mail from Thomas
F. Edmunds and Miss Abbie King
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Ken Murray
Says:

Looks like the President Is
in no hurry to get to those
Southern California fishing
grounds, judging from the num-
ber of speeches he is making
en- route. Evidently. in poll
tics, the most fish are caught
from the stern end of a Spe-
cial train.
There is some talk that Mr..
Roosevelt may pay a visit to
Hawaii, the land Of the "hula
dancers" Coin to check up
on the Straw.vOte, eh?
Yesterday, the crowds at
Boulder, Colorado, received his
dedication SDeech, very enthu-
SiaStically. Guess it's q relief
to know there's somebody in
Washington, who gives a dam.
so REMEMBER
A President has to travel
in order to find out how the
land lies. and also, how much
the politicians lie.
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Boy, IA, Breaks Leg
While PLAYING Soccer

William Glascock, IA, 800 block
Ingraham st. N. W., was treated
at Emergency Hospital last night
for a broken leg suffered in Soc
Ger game on the Paul Junior High
School playground.
The Washington times., 1935-10-01

A curriculum that runs from a
history of police work to study
of the District and Federal crimi-
nal codes faces the next class Of
rookie policemen who are Sched-
uled to begin their three-month
course october IS in the Districts
Police School.
There are 10 items in the cur.
riculum. The rockies are Startea
off on the Police Manual. which
outlines the rules of conduct for
policemen, and on a study of the
police regulations for the District.
Other early subjects are the traf-
fic and motor vehicle laws and
the laws and regulations relating
to the erection of signs.
Must Study Crime
But the real work comes with
the study of crime in general:
How to conduct Investigations and
write coherent and intelligent re-
ports; learning the difference be-
tween larceny, robbery and OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses,
etc. The bad check laws also are
explained to embryo policemen.
Criminal evidence is explained
by Lieut.. Walter H. Thomas,
professor" of the school, who, be-
fore joining the police force, was
a school teacher. In this study
the men are taken through the
intricacies of direct and circum-
stantial evidence. confessions, ad-
missions and dying declarations.
They are taught the law of arrest
and when a police officer may
slay in making an arrest.
Involved as these subjects are,
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
S22,736 TO GO
FOR PROJECT
INCAPI7AL
Students Between l6
and IS Years Are
Eligible for Help

Applications from nine local
educational institutions for ai1
for needy students under the Ma
tional Youth Administration pro
gram in the District were received
today by Commissioner George E.
Allen, in charge of the project.
Students in high schools and
colleges, both in undergraduate
and post graduate courses, be-
tween the ages of 16 and Is are
eligible for NYA aid. The District
has been allotted $22,736 for the
opening of the local program.
Institutions applying for aid did
not reveal the number of students
for whom aid is sought, but noti.
fled Commissioner Allen they in
tended to take advantage of the
project.
Those which submitted applica.
tionS are George Washington Uni.
verSity, Georgetown University,
Catholic University, American Uni
versity, Howard University, Gal
laudet College, Southeastern Uni
verSity, Miner Teachers College
and the American Association for
the Study of Neoplastic Diseases.
Free Lunches Served
Cold sandwiches were on the
menu today and yesterday, when
serving of free midday lunches to
6,043 needy public school children
got under way, but District Off
cials said a hot meal will be served
tomorrow.
Financed out Of District and
work relief funds, the school lunch
program was started a week later
this year than last, but 1000 more
children were added to the list.
The children are certified by their
teachers as belonging to families
which are on relief rolls.
Meals to be served after today
are to be prepared in
central kitchen, located at 1910
Wisconsin Ave. N. W., and taken
by truck to the various schools
where they are served. Mrs. Kath-
crime M. AnSley, who SuperviSeS
the preparation at the central
kitchen, says the meals will con-
siSt of sandwiches, a hot dish,
fruit and milk.
With over 10000 pupils enrolled
in the public day schools. the night
schools, conducted chiefly for the
education of adults. has recorded
an enrolment Of over 10,000-an
increase of almost 5000 over the
largest enrolment in previous
years.
On Three Nights
The night school classes, held
every Monday, Tuesday, and
Thursday evenings in six different
white schools and eight colored
schools, offer instruction similar
to the work in the day schools.
Since the standardization of
the night school programs by the
Board of Education in 1882, stu.
dents are provided with instruc-
tion enabling them to secure a
diploma in five and one-half years.
Approximately q per cent of
the students enrolled in the night
schools are adults over 20 years
old. The largest number of night
school students, however, ranges
between the ages of 20 and "a.
Approximately so per cent are be.
| tween these ages
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Purse Snatcher Gets $40

Miss Emery M. Haney, 2O31 o
st. N. W., reported to police a
colored boy snatched her purse
last night while she was walking
near Twenty-fourth and Calvert
Streets Northwest. The thief OBJ
tained about $40. Miss Haney told
police.
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
2 Rob Liquor Dealer

Two colored men last night held
up Joseph Tregor in his liquor
store at 4347 Hunt Pl. N. E.. and
took $172 from the cash register,
and Mr.. Tregor's pockets. One
man stood at the door with a re-
volver while the second man, also
armed, rifled the cash register and
the proprietor'S pockets.
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
D. {. CLERG
T0REPLY TO
PRESIDENT
Ministers, With Only
Few Exceptions, Will
Heed Plea

Washington clergymen today
continued to discuss President
Roosevelt's letter to the clergy Of
the nation, asking their assis-
tance in finding solutions for
pressing public problems, and
made plans to answer the appeal
before the Chief Executive re-
turns from the West Coast.
Although the Presidents letter
was made public, many of the
clergymen expressed the feeling
that it was a personal letter and
should be answered accordingly.
Here is what additional Wash
ington clergymen said:
The Rev. DR.. Joseph R. SiZoo,
pastor of the New York Ave.
Presbyterian Church:
81 received the Presidents
letter with a sense Of perfect
frankness and sincerity. The
President has consulted with
business leaders, bankers, social
workers in an effort to solve
the problems confronting the
nation, and it is in order that
he should turn to the religious
leaders Of the nation to gain
their views. / intend answering
his letter in the same spirit
that prompted him to write it."
Held UnwiSe Step
The Rev. DR.. George Dudley,
rector of st. Stephens and the
Incarnation Episcopal Church:
'T received the Presidents let
ter, and l intend to answer it,
but do not consider that it
was a wise step for the PreSi-
dent to take.
while believe the President
was sincere in his letter, I think
many persons will consider it as
a political move, leaving the
clergy in a position of being
criticized for indulging in poll
tics"
The Rev. DR.. Franklin J. Bo-
hanan, rector of Rock Greek
Parish:
81 received the Presidents
letter and intend to answer it
this week, but at the present
time would prefer to make no
comment on the matter"
HELPFUL REPLIES ASKED
The Rev. DR.. Frederick w.
Perkins, pastor Of the Universal
ist National Memorial Church:
81 have received the PreSi-
dents letter and read it care
fully, but / do not know il l
shall answer it, for l can not
understand his motives in writ
ing it or what his purpose is.
However, / do not look for any
concealed motive. If / find II
can give some assistance,
shall answer the letter, but 1t
seems to me it does not call for
an answer unless one can give
concrete information"
The Rev. J. Raymond Mills,
pastor of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church.,
Il do not have my answer to
the President prepared yet and
prefer to withhold comment on
Mr.. ROOSevelt'S move at this
time"
The Rev. James H. Miers, pastor
of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church:
II have a copy of the letter,
but 1 think it a personal matter
and am not going to make a
public statement concerning 1t.
am going to answer it in a per
sOnal way"
The Rev. DR.. Herbert Scott
Smith, of st. Margaret's Episcopal
Church:
'T have the letter, but don't
know if 1 am going to answer it
or not. Nor will l comment on
the letter."
The Washington times., 1935-10-01

It's bad enough to tamper with
mail anytime, but when a fellow
picks on a mailbox belonging to
a policeman-and one attached to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-24
ICOVer HOLLYWOOD

'M.-G.-M to carry on with the fin
ing of it. If it offens Turkey i
any way, shape or form, it W.
have to be rewritten, but ad.
vance reports say that it will or
fend no one, so soon we will see
this marvellous story made even
more marvellous by the medium Of
the camera. Jules Furthman, the
scenarist, sent Is giant orchids to
the Norma Shearer-1rving Thai
berg new daughter who has been
Observation-Disclosures. Sounds
extravagant, but don't be silly
he merely plucked them from his
own dollhouse. He raises orchids
as a pastime.
Carl Brisson, in his stage and
screen career, has received gifts
from his fans ranging from a box
of gardenias to a crate of 1000
bottles of beer. Just today some
kind soul sent him an aviary,
eight feet square, planted with a
miniature garden at the bottom,
and filled with dozens of exotic
birds. Mr.. B. would suspect Harry
Gribble, the ace writer, were he
in these parts, for Mr.. G. is noted
for travelling from the East to
West Coast with a fleet of tropical
birds snugly slowed away in his
train compartment. That's being
a bird lover, in any key.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-24
Plays Tonight
At Monument

The first of the 1885 drama fes-
tival programs at the Sylvan The
alter in the Monument Grounds
will take place tonight, unless in
clement weather postpones the
event to Tuesday at 8 p. m.
More than go Washington play
ers will take part in the three
short plays to be presented on
this occasion by the Washington
Community Players directed by
Bess Schreiner, who has chosen
Arthur Rhodes to direct rehears-
ais of Moon Maiden" by Ed
ward DoWSon, in which VERIFY
Panni I'd and Howard Whitfield
will appear, and for which special
music will be played by the Roose-
welt string trio, comprising Mar
garet SWEET, Kalman Mariner and
Irwin Errerra. The costumes for
this play have been done by
Christine Stewart, and the light
ing is by Mr.. Whitfield, assisted
by Harold Snyder and Louis More
teau.
Lord Dunsany's Goods of the
Mountain" will be the second play
on the bill staged by Esther Gal
braith, Howard Whitfield and
Christine Stewart, with a cast in
Guiding John Sikken, Robert Duke,
James Rawls, Stanley Protheroe,
Paul Murphy, William j. Mclean,
Herman P. ReisS, George Wilcox,
Howard Whitfield, A. L. Diket,
Hugh c. Smith, Ted Freter, Henry
J. Bradford. Harry Niohter, Fred
eric Cole, Christine Stewart, Mar
jorie Beall, Dorothy Manning,
Edythe Lazaroff Goldman, in the
speaking parts; and Geraldine
Wells, Lillian Harris, Betty Brain
ard, Betty Sleeper, Lee Drummer,
Judy Rawls, Virginia Brown, VERIFY
Pannil, Mildred Baitz, Lorraine
Rakusin, Doris Linz, Rachel Lane,
Dan Derrick, Lewis Shallenberger,
Nathan PopoWsky, w. K. Lazaroff,
Robert Rieseberg, Elmer Freemire,
Lewis Sasser, as the people of the
ancient city of Kongros; and Rob-
ert Linz, Robert Marcy, Charles
Moser, Jack Miller, Leroy Swab,
Terry McPhearSon, William Goch-
enour, as the others.
The final play on the bill is the
gay satire of the Trojans and the
Spartans, entitled "Helena's Hus-
band" by Philip Moeller; staged by
Paul Bradbury Walter, and played
by Adele Whiteside, Jean Smith, j.
Edmond Veitch. Kent Dyer and
Paul Walter.
The program Of plays will be
preceded by a half-hour of music
by the Community Center Sym
phony Orchestra, conducted by
Sam P. Ford, associate director, in
place of Bailey A. Alart, who is ill
in the hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-24
"Oil Returns
To MET"

"Oil for the Lamps of China, 4"
Warner Brothers film version of
Alice TiSdale Hobart's novel of
American pioneers in the Orient,
returns to the Metropolitan The
alter on Friday, June %, for a spe-
cial repeat engagement.
Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchin-
son, Lyle Talbot, Jean Muir, John
Eldredge and Arthur Byron are
prominent in the all7Star cast
which was directed by Mervyn LIE.
Roy. The story centers around
O'Brien, who represents an Amer
lean business firm in China, and
Miss Hutchinson, the girl he mar
ries after his own finance had
refused to leave home and friends
to take up life in a foreign land.
The picture was more than a
year in the making, atmospheric
shots being made in Manchuria,
before the studio work. The
scenes are for the most part laid
in the Orient, including the snow
swept plains Of Manchuria, Picking,
Shanghai and the torrid interior.
Director Leroy spent several
months in the Orient, studying
China and its customs, before he
began work.
A musical reel with the Three K
Sisters, Pardon My Gloves" and
Is minutes of news events will
complete the program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-24
Diamond Studded

Diamond Studded
He met Diamond Jim Brady"
twice and had fair idea of how
the hero of the Parker Morrell
biography looked. When he was
playing with Ethel Barrymore in
"Mid-Channel," the famous Broad
way epicure and bon-vivant
dropped back stage to see the
star, and later he saw him while
with Maxine Elliott in 1.-THE
Chaperone." Although he was a
young actor he was very much
impressed because Brady had the
reputation of being New York's
greatest Spender.
I noticed Eds huge diamond
cuff buttons, with a trolley car
design. On the lapel of his dress
coat another huge glistening orna-
ment in the shape of a Pullman
coach. Diamond Jim made his
vast fortune selling railroad equip
ment and he carried these COM
mercial souvenirs into his social
life and his elaborate dress.
The Arnold career in the movies
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-24
Rogers Movie
COMING to Columbia

Doubling Thomas" the latest
Will Rogers fun-feSt will be the
new attraction at Loew'S Columbia
Theater starting next Friday.
Based on the bowling stage hit,
1.-THE Torchbearers," this comedy
of errors is a rollicking satire on
the little theater movement. It has
Will Rogers in the role of a small
town sausage manufacturer whose
peaceful domestic life faces an up
heavel when his wife is "bitten"
by the stage bug. How he places
an end to her unauSpiciouS career
makes delightful entertainment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-24
Fox Additions
July |, 7, 3

Additions for the third annual
Going Native" All Washington
Revue, sponsored. by Loew's Fox
Theater, will be held at the Ma
tional Theater on the evenings Of
July /, 2 and 3, Carter Barron,
Loew'S divisional manager, and
Gene Ford, producer, announced
today.
Use of the National Theater was
secured through the cooperation
of Steve Cochran, managing di-
rector of that legitimate theater.
Previous additions for the shows
of 1884 and 1888 were held at the
auditorium of the National Press
Club and the Willard Hotel.
In securing the National The
alter, Mr.. Barron, Mr.. Ford and
Mr.. Cochran are of the opinion
that by using a regular theater
and stage, those seeking additions
can be judged more adequately
than if they we're presented from
the floor of a ballroom.
Additions will begin each eve
ming at 8 o'clock sharp and will
run until II or IL o'clock.
Marjorie Hartoin. ballet mis-
tress of the Capitol Theater in
New York, who directed the
dances for the line numbers last
year, has been signed to direct
dance routines again this year.
The revue is open to any resi-
dent of Washington and its
suburbs. There is only one stipu-
lation, and that is that entrants
must be ID years old or over due
to the rigid child labor law of
this city which prohibits anyone
under 10 appearing on the stage.
Application blanks for the re-
vue are obtainable from attaches
of Loew's Fox, Palace and Colum-
bia Theaters and from the
dramatic editor of this news
paper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-24

("Romeo and Juliet" which she is
giving at the Fox Theater.
Arrangements for the theater
party are being made by a COM
mittee of National Woman's Party
members including Mrs. Harvey
Wiley, vice chairman; Mrs. Lucia
Hanna Hadley, chairman of the
District of Columbia branch of
the party, and members of the
board, as we'll as Miss Martha
Souder and Miss Mabel Van Dyke.
Even though the new equip
ment at RKO Keith's is hardly
more than a month old, Manager
Meakin had it painStakingly
checked and rechecked before the
Becky Sharp" running.
This was most unusual and was
a precautionary move to keep from
tanning, scratching, marring or
defacing any of the film. For your
information this technicolor film
costs five times as much per foot
for replacement, as the standard
black and white film. And there's
approximately $500 feet of cellu-
loid in Pioneer Pictures Becky
Sharp"
Friday patrons of the Fox Thea
ter were treated to the first D. of
C. appearance of 17-year-old Larry
Rich, jr. Larry jr. sang several
melodies in a grade A voice, and
might still be thrilling the ticket
buyers, but after all, you have to
be 10 to sing even one song in any
kind of voice, on a Washington
stage.
Larry ST.. commercially, would
not fib to the policewomen for
even one year.
The striking brunette in Larry's
act is his wife. Mrs. Rich left the
home town of Sidney, Australia, to
become one of the first Mack Sen
nett bathing beauties.
Larry met her when he was
working his comedians art into
the lenses on the same lot.
The petite personality who sings
and dances in this act. is Jane
Shirley. Little Miss Shirley is the
adopted daughter and has been
with Larry and Mrs. Rich since a
tot of two and a half years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-24
M OVIF


EARLE-Kay Francis, George
Brent in stranded" IL
a. M, 1:40, ABS, 7:25. 10:45
p. m. Stage, 1910, $3.50, $40,
9:05 p. m.
FOX-Warner GLAND. Stepin
Fetchit in Charlie Chan In
Egypt" HOO a. m, 1870,
AIT, 7:04, 9:51 p. m. Stage
1898, 1925, 6:12, $3.50 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Charles
Ruggles, Mary Boland in
People Will Talk" 1925
a. M, ITO, ESQ, 4:35, $40,
sos and GAS p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-Miriam Hop
kins in Becky Sharp" at
1874, lit, 3, 4:43, 6:26, 500
and 9:52 p. m.
COLUMBIA - Lionel Barry.
more, Jean Arthur in Public
Hero No. l." 11:15 a. m.
1920, 1925, $50, 7:25 and
9:45 p. m.
PALACE-Joan Crawford, Rob-
ert Montgomery in mo More
Ladies'" II a. M, ITO, 1920,
$50, 7:40 and $3.50 p. m.