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The Washington times., 1935-02-25
FAIRFAX OPENS
HIGH SCHOOL

FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. 25.-The
new $4,000 high school, COM
pleted here recently, opened to.
day. Supt. w. r. Woodson stated
delay in installing lockers had held
up opening several weeks.
The $50 pupils who have been
attending Oakton High School
have been transferred to the new
school. It is expected the enroll
ment next fall will be about $50
when the pupils from the Clifton
High School also will be trans
ferred to the new building.
The Oakton and Clifton schools
will be used as elementary schools.
M. Harris Nipe will be principal
of the new school.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
!. 9.-T.W|LLCAR
SALARY FIGHT
To COZ. NICE

EDMONsTON, Nd, Feb. 25.
Carrying on their fight for restor-
alton Of teachers salary cuts, the
Federation Of Parent Teacher AS
Sociations Of Prince Georges
county, in conjunction with other
parentteacher associations in the
State, is planning to send repre-
sentatives to interview Governor
Nice, according to Louis A. Day,
president of the Prince Georges
Federation.
Mr.. Day says that he has been
assured by members Of the Prince
Georges delegation to the Gen.
eral Assembly that any increase
in school appropriations, or res
toration of teachers salary cuts
must come from Governor Nice in
the form of supplement to the
1888 budget.
Ir a recent letter to members
of the legislature and to the
governor, the Prince Georges fed
Grafton, said:
eve believe that State aid to
education should be increased
rather than decreased. Saving
on education is false and low.
ering Of educational stand.
ards should be a last resort.
The 1888 slash in apprOpria-
ti0nS was made at the expense
Of our youth. Such q cOndi-
tiOn must not continue"
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
Jean Acker Tries
Movie Comeback

LOS ANGELES, Feb. Is (U.sO.
Jean Acker, first wife of Rudolph
Valentino, today began work at
Warner Brothers studio in a small
role in "Oil For The Lamps of
China" Miss Acker, herself a
star in silent film days, obtained
a divorce from Valentino about
the time he reached his fame as
a screen idol.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
COlOred Candidate
May Win in Texas

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. Is G.N.SO.
White voters in Texas were in.
censed today over the entry in the
race for State representative Of
A. S. Wells, colored attorney, at
the special election March 3 to fill
the vacant seat of Judge Sarah T.
Hughes. Wells has a good chance
to be elected because the race is
hotly contested by 81 candidates.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
'Hexed' Boy, 5, Held
Mentally Deficient

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa, Feb. IS
fuN.S0.-District Attorney John
NJ. Youngman today asked the
Lycoming county court to send
John Fritz, jr., 5, to a mental
institution. asserting the boy was
mentally deficient.
Reiterating their faith in a
woman "hex doctor" employed to
drive an "evil spirit" from the
!. boy, his parents took issue with
>the district attorney, asserting
,2John had been missed upon" by
unfriendly neighbors.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25

Walton of 3lo Plum St, Danville, Va, said:
girl was tired and weary all the time, had
terrible dizzy spells and tossed all night
could not sleep. started taking DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription and improved from the
start. took only two bottles when l was
New size, tablets so cts, liquid 81 90. Large
size, tabs or liquid, Sl.3S. All druggists.
Write DR.. Pierce's Clinic, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
COST Of RELIEF
SCARS HERE

(Continued from Page 13.)
triet of Columbia is l::rger than
that of some of the Western
States"
: There was q big jump in relief
expenditures a year aCo when the
CWA program came to an end,
throwing it's beneficiaries on di-
rect relief. This was true through
out the country. In Washington it
was reflected in an increase of the
number of persons on relief from
8,196 at the end of 1888 to 22,726
in April, 1884. In December of last
year the number stood at 22,301,
and for January, 1885, at 22,938.
the load has been fairly well sta
hilized in the DistricsS since the
CWA went out of existence.
: 100000 a Month
: At present, relief expenditures
average close to $780, 900 month.
For the last six months of 1884
the average was $581, 1895.
Unlike many of the States, the
proportion of relief expenditures
borne by the District government
is determined by the amount of
} the appropriation for this pur-
pose by Congress. A fixed amount
has been appropriated in recent
years. The difference between
this and the total required by the
relief organization is made up by
the Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration.
Comparisons with other States
show that the District has Jared
well in the ALLEGATION of FERA
funds.
= Relief expenditures from Dis.
trict and FERA funds for relief
here in 1888 and 1884 were:
= 1888 1884
District .... $342,376 $1,000, 1886
FERA ..... 2,180,129 7,358,000
Totals ...$2,522,505 $8,378,836
Expenditures here last month
were among the highest of any
months since the FERA took
charge of the relief program.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
Girl Asks $25,OOO
For Blackened Eve

NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-Lillian
Lamont, a dancer, has Started
suit for $4,000 damages against
James Mont, designer and deco
rator. She charges Mont, in his
apartment, blackened her left eye.
Mont denies the charges.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
Smithsonian Gets
AbOrigines Lore

!, New light on the curious
c>"Chorotegan" culture of Central
America is contained in a report
by DR.. william Duncan Strong,
of the Bureau Of American Eth.
Gnology of the Smithsonian In
>Stitution. It tells of the culture
>of the aborigines found on the
Bay Islands of the Caribbean
by Christopher Columbus.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES
BIRTHS

Edwin B. and Billie Albaugh, boy.
Randolph NJ. and Mary c. Browne, jr,
boy.
John r. and Elizabeth z. Simmons,
boy.
Charles c. and Marguerite v. Wall
girl.
George L. and Mamie Fisher, girl.
Lewis NJ. and Dorothy Smith, girl.
Lee F. and Dorothy Burleson, girl
John A. and Marion E. Roberts, boy.
Ernest L. and Dorothy V. Smith, hoy
James R. and Florence l.. Mercilliott,
boy.
James and Juanita Howard, girl.
John w. and Lessie Spearman, girl
The Washington times., 1935-02-25

Queenie and Lady Love, English
foxhoundS, and three puppies Of
the same breed at the District Dog
Pound, South Capitol and I
Streets, are ready to answer your
call for pets.
In other words, Poundmaster W.
r. Smith will let you have any
one Of the dogs if you promise to
give it a good home. According
to Mr.. Smith, Queenie and Lady
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
Clean Out .
Kidney PoisonS

Wash Out YOW IS Maos e Kiansy fabes
Il kidneys don't pass 3 pints a day
and get rid Of more than 3 pounds Of
waste matter, the Is miles Of kidney
tubes and filters may become clogged
with poisonous waste and the danger
Of acid poisoning is greatly increased.
Bladder passages are dimcult, which
often smart and burn like scalding
water and cause discomfort.
This acid condition, brought about
by poor kidney functions is a danger
signal and may be the beginning Of
nagging backache, leg pains, loss Of
pep and energy, getting up nights,
swollen feet and ankles, rheumatic
pains and dizziness.
Most people watch their bowels
which contain only 27 feet Of intes.
tines but neglect the kidneys which
contain Is miles of tiny tubes and
filters. If these tubes or filters be-
come clogged with poisons, it may
knock you out and lay you up for
many months. Don't run any risk.
Make sure your kidneys empty 3
pintS day.
Ask your druggist for DOAN'S
PILLS, an old prescription, which
has been used successfully by mil
lions Of kidney sufferers for over 40
years. @ 1894, Foster Milburn Co.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
ADVERTISER EMIT
ARE YOU MISERABLE?

THOSE WON e n
who suffer every
month or who may
have weak e ming
drains, side-ache or
other misery, also
prospective mothers,
will find DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
tion a dependable
tonic. Mrs. I. S.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25

Love are very well bred, and will
make excellent pets for hunters.
Getting one Of these puppies is
an opportunity, for they can be
trained easily to hunt.
Write to The Times Pet Editor
if you have a dog, cat or some
other pet that you would like to
give away. We are receiving many
requests daily from persons seek
ing pets, especially dogs.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25

private services Will preceoe the
burial Of John Kirby, 40, widely
known newspaper and magazine
writer, tomorrow at Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Mr.. Kirby died last night at
Mount Alto Hospital after a brief
illness brought on by a cold. The
services will be held in the Cham.
bers' funeral parlors, Fourteenth
and Chaplin Streets Northwest.
Mr.. Kirby was a native Of the
Capital and was educated at St.
Johns College and Georgetown
University. He entered newspaper
work with the local bureau of the
New York World.
Later he accompanied Gen.
John j. Pershing on his Mexican
expedition, and during the World
War went to Europe as a CORE
Spondent for the New York World.
After the war Mr.. Kirby became
associated with the late Col.
George Harvey, publisher Of Har-
vey's Weekly. The later years of
his life were devoted to special
and magazine articles.
Surviving the celebrated journal
ist are Thomas Kirby, a brother,
Of Chevy Chase, Md, and two sis.
ters, Katherine Kirby, of this city,
and Florence Kirby, of Berkeley
Springs, w. Va.
COL. FRANK OLIVE JOHNSON
Funeral services for Col. Frank
Olive johnson, U. S. A., retired,
76, who died Saturday at Walter
Reed Hospital, will be held to-
morrow at the hospital chapel at
10 a. m. Private burial will be
in Arlington Cemetery.
A native of st. Peter, MINI,
Col. Johnson saw more than 40
years Of military service with the
cavalry, mainly in the Indian
and Philippine wars.
He was graduated from West
Point in 1877. During the World
War he commanded Fort Hayes,
Columbus, Ohio.
Colonel johnson resided in the
2100 block Connecticut Ave-, N.
w. He is survived by two
brothers, Brig. Gen. Arthur
Johnson, U. s. A., retired, Will
liamette. ILL.,, and aaron johnson,
of Alaska.
MRS. ANNA STILES CHESTER
Mrs. Anna Stiles Chester, SO,
died yesterday at the home Of
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
John Kir by, Writer.
Dies Here at 48

her son-in-law, Rear Admiral
Emory Land, U. S. ~, chief Of
the Navy Department bureau of
construction and repair.
She was the widow of Dwight
Chester, of Newton Center, Mass.
She is survived by her daughter,
Mrs. LanC..
Mrs. Chester had resided in
the Capital since the death of
her husband in 1914.
Private services will be held to-
morrow at 5 p. m. in the Land
residence, $500 block MasSachu-
setts Ave. N. w. Burial will be
in Newton Center.
The Washington times., 1935-02-25

HARPER. MARY ELLEN-On Sunday,
February. "a, 1885, at 7:1O a. m. at her
residence, 1880 Irving Street Northwest,
MARY ELLEN HARPER (nee DaceyD. the
beloved wife of the late Charles E. Harper.
Funeral from the above residence on
Wednesday, February 81, 1885. at $3.50 a
m. Requiem high mass at the Shrine OF
| the Sacred Heart Church, Sixteenth Street
and Park Road Northwest at 8 a. m.
| Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
DIR. MARIE B. LUCAS

High mass will be observed at
rites for DR.. Marie B. Lucas, 60,
prominent colored physician, who
died Saturday at her residence,
1888 Fifteenth st. N. w., to be
held tomorrow at 10 a. m, at
st. Augustine's Catholic Church,
Fifteenth and M Streets North
west. Interment will be in
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
DR.. Lucas, who has been prac.
ticing here more than 20 years,
had been Ill since october. She
was a graduate of the Howard
University Medical School and
for some years was teacher in
the local public schools. She is
survived by her husband, M.
Grant Lucas, principal Of the
Wormley School; a son, DR.. M.
Grant Lucas, jr., local physician:
a brother, Richard Thomas: four
sisters, Mrs. Lydia Marshall, Mrs.
Mamie Holland, Mrs. Ruth Grin.
mage and Miss Martha Thomas,
and granddaughter, Peggy
Marie Lucas,
The Washington times., 1935-02-25
ERrIsEMENr
False Teeth

Don't allow your plates to drop or
Just sprinkle little King on them.
This improved powder forms a COM
fort cushion, heals sore gums, holds
plate so snug, 1t feels and acts like
your own teeth. Killing 10 guaran-
teed better than anything you ever
used or money refunded. Large
package $50 At druggists
The Washington times., 1935-02-25

EWING, ALBERT EUGENE (Sammy
BrIttl-on Monday. February 20, 1885,
ALBERT EUGENE EWING Sammy
Brooks.
Remains resting at the W. W. Chambers
Co. funeral home, Fourteenth and Chaplin
Streets Northwest.
Notice of funeral services and interment
hereafter,
The Washington times., 1935-02-25

BEAN, ELIJAH THOMPSON-On Satur.
day, February 90, 1885. at the home OF
his sister, Mrs. Margaret B. Welsh Der
wood, Md, ELIJAH THOMPSON BEAN,
in the sixty ninth year of his age.
Remains resting at Gartners funeral
home, Gaithersburg, Nd.
Funeral services win be held on Tues
the above funeral home.
Interment in Forest Oak Cemetery,
Gaithersburg, Nd.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09
FIGHTING MSEY RIMSON
IS RING VICTIM
II, =. T. Holland

Sherman for the state welter-
weight title. Rimson should get IT.
The semi-final bout keyed the
crowd TO a pont of Mysteries. L. 8.
Chocolate. short stocky feather
weight. tossed his dynamic right
hand for ten rounds at X. o. Nor
gan. Toledo's boxing buffoon, but
always found the elusive Morgan
in other parts ot the ring. Choco-
late took a pasting and lost every
round
! Franklin Young former state
flywelght ch.'npic J. entered the
ring. hog-fat and on. OF conlucn
In his bout with Lefty" Gwynne
OF Toronto and took six round
Ishelacking. Young has gone back
considerably and TO compare him
with what he was several wears
Iago would be cYininal. Too much
dissipation and fast living have
Isapped his strength and vitality to
the point where he cannon cope
with medioce opponents. Frank
lin should quit the game before he
is seriously injured.
Eddie Wells. Detroit middle
weight. gave Johnny Murphy a
first class lacing In another six
rounder but couldn't put his foe
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09
FEATHER Divine, God' So His
Angels Declare

Church. q leading disciple exhort-
ed the assembled congregation 10
hold together and be not dismay-
ed. for their Father Divine would
sentence the judge to death II the
Judge dared to sentence him to
prison.
The court was unable TO elicit
about the antecedents of
Father Divine, since he insisted
that he had been divinely projected
into existence and had no record
of his life. Thereupon the Judge
committed him to Jail to obtain fur
ther information and to have his
mental condition determined by a
pyschiatrist. When the case came
up for final trial. the Judge SEN
fenced Father Divine to a year in
prison and $500 fine. Curiously,
three days after the sentence the
judge died suddenly. He was very
old and had been stricken by heart
disease. To the Divine disciples
the hand OF their Father har struck
the judge dead. They even report
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09

Promoter Louis Newman. stag
ed dandy show last Wednesday
night at the Arena Gardens. In
the main event Amsey Rimson,
promising Detroit welterweight.
clearly outfought Chuck Woods
hut the best he got from Referee
Clarence Rosen was draw
Woods started off fast and
knocked Rimson into the ropes but
the latter came back fighting and
puffed up Woods right eye with
a well timed wallop. From then on
il was a thrilling hard fought bat
tie. Woods. who has engaged in
over 140 bouts, put UP swell
fight and was lucky TO get draw
He also holds the state lightweight
title and Is pretty good dukes
man.
Rimson was the most aggres
sive. landed the cleanest and hard
est punches and was really entitl
ed to the nod. He isa former
amateur champion and is unde'
feated in nine professional bouts
Ne weighed l4s pounds to Woods
i42.
ih winner of this bout war
promised a match with Morrie
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09

Clerical Error May
decide Texas Murder

Dallas. Texas---A clerical error
made by an employee in the office
|of former Governor Ferguson, who
wrote 1884 instead OF 1885 on 9
proclamation committing to life
imprisonment the death sentence
OF Cecil Short. for the staying OF a
seventy-five-year-old colored man
In an eleven dollar robbery,
brought the condemned prisoner
In the shadow OF the electric chair
Wednesday night
Judge Noland G. Williams ruled
that the error invalidated the pro-
clama'A.n, and sentenced the
twenty-three-year-old white defen
dant to die March s.
There remains a probability.
however. that the minor sentence
OF life imprisonment may be the
one imposed The proclamation
which was enormously dated.
bore the date OF January 4. 1884.
which was seven months prior TO
the murder OF the aged colored
victim
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09

Claude Mckay writing for the
Nation. in a special interview.
relates the following:
Father Divine was a name un-
known to the large public little
more than two years ago. Az the
leader of a holy-rolling kind Of
black-and- white cult he was known
only In Sayville, Long Island.
There Father Divine had acquired
property, upon which he had built
a house. The house was called a
l"kingdom.' He had lived there for
about ten years. Actually he was
supposed TO be in retirement after
many years OF preaching. But some
of his faithful white and colored
disciples. mainly from New York.
continued TO visit him, eating.
sleeping, and worshiping in his
house AS their numbers increased,
their presence disturbed the respec
table white residents and Father Di
vine was prosecuted for maintain
ing a pubic nuisance. That colored
and white persons of both sexes
were united under a Negro leader
seemed particularly TO incense
the presiding judge. In his preli-
minary examination OF Father Di-
vine he laid special emphasis upon
the fact.
Meanwhile the case had attract
ed wide attention, especially
among Negroes, because of its
feature. A clever
Negro lawyer with some political
influence offered his services free
to Father Divine. In Harlem his
followers organized large protest
At one of these meetings.
held at the Rush Memorial Baptist
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09
Polo for Cowboys
Replaces the Rodeo

Dodge City. Kan. The polo
playing cowboy is replacing the
he-man. straight shooting cow.
hand OF the fiction cowland :,
In the prairie country. where
cowboys formerly were chosen
because they could nail n coyote
nj 100 yards. with a ~. marks.
manship doesn't count unless II
Is with a polo mallet. The dis
appearance OF the hero IN chaps
for the wcarer ~ the open.
necked shirt and spiffy pants
who packs Lon Gehrlg eye
for the polo ball In due to the
rivalry that has come between
ranches over polo cups
The ranchcrs have just dis.
covered their COW ponies mny
he trained for nrst-rate polo
performance and polo mntches
bel zen ranches have replaced
The rodco.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09
PURCHASING YUWER HIGH
FOR NEGROES

purchases are food; almost 15
per cent for clothing; IL and four
tenths per cent for rent; four and
seven-tenths per cent for fuel and
light; one md four-tenths per
cent for furniture and household
furnishings; seven and one-haif
per cent for savings, principally
in the form OF life insurance. and
the balance 81 and nine-tenths per
cont for miscellaneous purposes
including education, recreation.
motorcars accessories and fueD
and radios. In 1880 sets were own
ed by 2os.77s Negro families.
Negro Newspapers Important
"The Negro small retail mer-
chant annually sells more than
$101 100000 worth of merchan-
disc directly to members of his
race, and many OF the over 800
Negro newspapers and periodi-
calls are excellent media for ad-
vertising articles and services OF
good quality. Quite contrary to
current reports the average Ne
gro consumer. despite his low
ave age income. d e n
not necessarily seek inferor grades
Of merchandise. His tendency Is
to select little better grade than
do others OF similar incomes.
"ln view of the national cam
paign for renovation and moderri-
zation of homes, one should not
overlook the approximately zoo. 900
Negro-owned farm and non farm
homes with a total value OF three
fourths OF a billion dollars. III
these homes have repairs or i'm
provements averaging annually
only $50 each. here Is a purchasing
power in home improvements OF
approximately s27.5O0,OOO. mucn
Continued on Page -
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09
cleveland NEGROES NOT
TO BE SEGREGATED IN US.
HOUSING PROJECT WORK

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland col
lored leaders were elated Tuesday
when the report came from Wash
ing. from Col Horatio a.
Hackett. chief OF PWA Housing
Division. Informing the Cleveland
Councilmen that any assumption
that the Housing Division OF the
Government would segregate
whites and colored people In Gle
veland projectsN was erroneous"
In a letter TO Councilman Err
nest ]. Bohm. who expressed in
strongest terms his disgust when
the segregation report leaked out
last week, Colonel Hackett said:
II wish TO thank you for your
letters of Jan. 2l and %, setting
forth the view point of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment OF Colored People and the at
titude OF Councilman Payne for the
occupancy OF the Ceder-Central
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09

and Outhwaite properties il
cleveland. | also note the adoption
OF the resolution by the City Coun.
Gil and protesting against racia
segregation in Government pro
jects"
He further stated THE resolu
tion is based on the erroneous as
sumption ~ AS the Constitution
Of the l. :. clearly provides that
the Government cannot dscrimi-
nate against race. creed. or coll
or. there seems TO be no need for
Qualification OF this matter. AL
though the three projects in Gle
veland will be designed by differ
ent architects, the same funda-
mental principles of design. con-
struction. and accommodation will
he followed throughout.
This official report from tho
Housing chief at Washington cas-
es up the tension under which 10.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09
Girl Mysteriously
Wounded By Gun
AtAHouse PARTY

Thelma Austin, 20 years oia,
1850 Greeley street. was admitted
TO Receiving Hospital Jan. "a. suf-
fering from a gunshot wound In
the head over the left ear. and a
possible skull fracture. He condi-
tion Is serious.
According to police. the young
woman refused 10 state who shot
her or the reason for being shot
II was later learned by officers.
however. that the shooting occur
red AT the home OF George Baugh.
Jr iiiz1 Orleans. near Modern
street: also that the girl was shot
by Frank Mattox. 1864 Fleming
street
\ number OF persons were pre-
sent at the party. but did not see
the shooting. as II is reported TO
have happened in a bedroom.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-09
ROMuLus, sICH- NEWS

A twilight tea was given Sunday
Jan. q. at the residence OF Mrs
Alma Frazier. In interest OF the
Romulus Civic League This lea
que was organized in Aug, 1884.
by Mrs. Mary A. Hutchins and
Mrs Grace BRYANT. both Of De-
troit
The speakers were: Robert Sim
mons. of Inkster. Mich: Rev. A.
G. Randall. Detroit l. Manner
read some OF his original poems.
and brief remarks were made by
Mr. and Mrs. Littleiohn and Mrs.
4 Butchlns.