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The Washington times., 1935-05-22
2 MEN ROBBED
IN H0LDUPS

Hugh v. Roberts, of the $500
block First st. N. W., was held up
and robbed of SAL early today by
two colored men while walking on
R Street, near Fifteenth Street,
Northwest. He reported to po-
lice that while one man engaged
him in conversation a second
thrust revolver against his side
and took out his billfold. The
robbers gave him back one dollar
and hisspocketbook and fled.
George Babaklis, employee of a
restaurant in the TOO block North
Capitol ST., was held up by a
white man last night in the rest
aurant. The man rifled the cash
register of $3.50 and stole a box
containing $25 in pennies. He
escaped in car driven by another
man.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
HADASSAHP|CKS
|TSOFF|CERS
TOMORROW
BY MARY PADGETT

Election of officers will be
the principal business at the
annual meeting of the Wash
ington Unit of Junior Hadas-
sab. tomorrow night at 8
o'clock in the Jewish Commun-
ity Center.
Rose Kornblatt, president OF
the Seaboard Region Of Junior
Hadassah. will speak. The pro
gram will include vocal selec'
tons by Sylvia Paul, accompan'
led by Elizabeth Mensh.
The groups annual donor
banquet will be held Wednesday
night, June S. at the Shoreham
Hotel. Miss Sophie Baynard
is chairman of arrangements.
Next Monday night Junior
Hadassah is sponsoring a bene-
fit theater party at the Ma
tional, when Florence Reed
will star in THE Shanghai Ges-
ture." Miss Hilda Siegel and
Miss Sophie Baynard are in
charge of tickets.
M. Leon Dostert, associate
professor of French at George
town University, will be the
guest of honor and the speaker
at the annual dinner of the
French Section Of the Women's
Titv Cluh tonight in the club
house, with Miss Hannah M.
Blandford, presiding.
Members planning to attend
include Nine. Felian GarAa'
Miss Susan Baker, Miss Roberta
r. Tull, Mrs. Anna H. B. Kin
ney, Miss Julia E. Lehman.
Miss Hazel Hartman. Miss
Gladys Gordon. Miss Grace R.
Osgood, Miss Thelma A. Schm1tt.
Mrs. GUSTS r. Perry, Miss Eta
H. Austin, Mrs. A. G. Dodge
Mrs. william C. McSparren'
Miss Marie K. Saunders, Mrs.
Viola Baker. Mrs. Harriet E.
Post, Mrs. Lila B. Graves, Mrs.
M, J. Mccarthy. Mrs. T. E.
Cook, Mrs. George Perkins, Mrs.
william Weber. Miss Helen M.
Hawley, Miss Edna E. Mitchell,
Miss Agnes Wolford, Miss Re
gina Butzen, Miss Alice MarloWe.
Miss Norma Burwell and Mrs.
E. S. Kochersperger.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
professor of English at the Uni.

professor of English at the Uni.
versityD
Mr.. O'Brien recalled viewing
Reeds grave near the tomb Of
Nicolai Lenin in the Red Square
of Moscow. He added:
Eyes, John Reed was a very
nice and a very able fellow"
The portrait, work of Robert
Hallowell, Harvar 'd10, Of New
York, a classmate of Reed, was
formally accepted by the univer-
Sity yesterday. 1t was hung near
paintings of American Revolu-
tionary heroes in Adams House,
unit of the so-called "house plan"
constructed on the site of the
house where Reed lived during his
student days.
Presentation was made by an
alumni committee to commemo-
rate Reeds graduation Is years
ago this June.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
Tax Collections
Rise $567,OOO,OOO

Increase of 1857, 100000 in Fed
eral Government tax collections
in less than ii months of the
current fiscal year was reported
today by the Treasury De.
partment. In the current fiscal
year from July to May 10, tax
collections of all kinds amounted
to $2,795, 499,23O, compared with
$2,228,125,234.
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
Liquid Measure,
What He Meant

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, May
81. Q.N.SO.-"Any Wheat?" asked
Mrs. Jeanne Willis of a farmer
she was examining for an emer.
gency feed and seed loan.
mo-, the farmer replied. ANY
oats?" NO" ANY corn?" eyes,
O gallon and a half"
The Washington times., 1935-05-22
The Story Behind This Event

Four Of executives examined the 4Ol suits chosen for
this sale. Each asked the question why
didn't these suits sell at the regular prices? And in every
case the answer the same Merely that the law Of
averages certain suits ore bound to be left In style,
in quality and in vulue they up thousands and
thousands of good suits we have sold regular wdY So
here's offering cleorowoY that hits the buTseYe.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
FOOD COST RISE
HERE DOUBLE

The price of food in Washing.
ton, one of the chief arguments
presented by organized Govern.
ment employees for pay restora.
ton, has risen exactly twice as
much in the District Of Co
lumbia as it has throughout the
rest of the country, according to
figures released today by the
Bureau Of Labor Statistics.
The Bureaus compilation re.
veals that food in general has
risen IL per cent over the United
States for the two-week period
ended January 20, while in Wash.
ington the retail price line rise
was estimated at 90 per cent by
the Government statisticians.
For the four-week period ended
January 20, the bureau revealed.
Washington'S price increase was
40 per cent.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
To BOOST
DEFENSES Up
|NCONGRESS
international News Service

International News Service
Early approval Of the nations
greatest peacetime military pro-
gram was sought today by Con-
gressional sponsors of national de-
tense legislation.
Approximately 1000 million dol
lars would be expended to in
crease the strength of American
land, sea and air defenses from
the Atlantic seaboard to far-off
Samoa.
The House Naval Affairs Com.
mittee submitted three new Ad-
ministration bills calling for 1882
new Navy line officers, $38,098, 900
for public works construction, and
creation of an aviation cadet
corps.
o. X. Army Boost
A bill increasing the enlisted
strength of the Army by $4,000
men during the next five years
already has been approved by the
committee. The measure also
calls for absorption of 400 addi-
tional Air Reserve officers and
active annual training for 1000
Army reserve officers.
The Navy appropriation bill is
expected to provide approx
mately 400 million dollars. This
will include 110 million dollars for
continuing construction of 68 YES
sells already authorized and $29,-
100000 for the first year cost of
the 1885 program of "a additional
ships. The total cost Of the latter
is 1877 million dollars and their
completion will give the United
States treaty strength Navy.
Since the treaty Navy will re-
ruire additional men, the regular
ppropriation measure also will
rovide for an increase of 11,000
the enlisted strength.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, Army
hief of staff, last week submitted
405-million-dollar War Depart
,ent construction program to the
Eouse.
Enlarge Facilities
With these funds the depart
,ent expects to modernize and
llarge existing Army facilities
throughout the country and the
erritorial possessions. This fund
ill be over and above the regular
apartment appropriation, esti-
1ated at 381 million dollars.
In addition an elaborate air de-
,ense program was submitted by
Army officials.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
8 UP IN COURT
IN ROBBERY

Unable to give bond on the
charges of conspiracy to rob,
three men jailed by Montgomery
County Policeman Jerry Hobbs
will be arraigned in Police Court
today.
The policeman, who success
fully posed as a convict looking
for q job" and became zone Of
the boys" is expected to be the star
witness. They are ALLEGED to have
askd him to aid them in a series
Of robberies here which they ex-
pected would net them nearly
$4,000.
One of the holdups to be
staged by the gang, according
to Hobbs, was at the Capital
Transit Company. It was the
policeman'S hunt for the slayers
Of two Capital Transit Company
employees at the Chevy Chase
(MdO car barn January 81, that
led him to "join" the gang.
Those held are Lawrence F.
Petit, 81, former employe Of
the transit company, 1900 block
Third ST., N. W.; Richard B.
Boyle, 26, Berwyn, Md, and
George T. Bruffey, 80, of the 100
block New York Ave. N. w.
Petit, according to police, was
discharged by the street Car firm
last November.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13

Mr.. Murphy is 8 years old. His
disposition, the headkeeper says,
is as ugly as his face and he
loves to fight.
He lives on vegetation but, un-
like the domestic hog. he does not
care to wallow in the mud.
Wart hogs do not have the
heavy bristly coats of the common
hog and their ears are large.
They use their tusks for digging
up roots and shrubs, and to pro-
tect themselves from other wild
animals.
Most wild animals are difficult
to raise in captivity but the wart
hog is husky and thriveS in any
moderate climate.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Ugly and Proud Of It
Is Mr.. MurphV'

Mr.. Murphy shook the hair
from his eyes, grunted peevishly
and buried his double tusks in
the straw. He submitted ungra-
ciously to being photographed.
Mr.. Murphy is one Of the wart
hogs at the Zoo He's pretty
snooty about it, too. In British
East Africa, where he was born,
the natives eat wart hogs just as
they do any other member Of the
swine family.
But in the United States things
are different. Here he has a
cage to himself and people come
from all over the country to- ex-
claim over his ugliness. They
point with awe to his curved dou-
BILE tusks and the big warts on
his face.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Veterans to Meet
TakOma Park

TAKOMA PARK, Md, Feb. 13
Members Of the Veterans of For
eign Wars Post, and the Junior
Post, composed of sonAe of vet
Grams, will meet tonight in the
auditorium of the Philadelphia
Avenue school.
A resolution will be presented
to reduce the regular monthly
meetings Of the post from two
to one.
The veterans annual State en-.
campment will be held at Ocean
City, Md, this year from June
% to 80 inclusive.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
BUS THAT
co D
WI WDEO o EN-
Don't Merely Check 1t With
Halfway Measures!

Deal with a cold in earnest. Deal
with it in seriousness.
A cold is too fraught with dan
ger to be taken lightly. Many a
case of flu and pneumonia has
started with nothing more than a
common cold".
Treat q cold for what it is -a
internal infection. Therefore, in
ternal treatment.
Treat a cold with preparation
made for colds and not a "cure-all".
Groves Laxative Bromo Quinine
Is your answer to a cold.
It is cold tablet, made expressly
for the treatment of colds and not
for all kinds of ailments.
1t is internal in effect and it does
four important things.
First, it opens the bowels, an
important step in overcoming a
cold.
Second, it checks the infection in
the system, a vital step.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13

Third, it relieves the headache
and fever.
Fourth, it tones the system and
helps fortify against further
attack.
These are the four effects cold
calls for and only in Bromo Quinins
do you get them all in the form Of
a single tablet.
Play safe - make sure! The
moment a cold threatens, 60 right
to your druggist for a package Of
Groves Bromo Quinine. Begin
taking the tablets Immediately, two
every four hours, until relieved.
Usually that will be in the space
of "a hours. For, that's how fast
Bromo Quinine acts when taken
promptly.
Bromo Quinine contains nothing
harmful and is safe to take. Ask
for it with your mind made up that
you're not going to accept a substi4
tute.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
WART HOG AT WASHINGTON ZOO
ReUeLS in His Sheer. UgIineSS!

PARADOXICALLY, the
British East African wart
hog at the Washington Zoo
is so unattractive people
come from all over the
country to see him. At
the Zoo "Mr. Murphy" as
the hog is called, leads a
vicious anti-social life.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
TEACHER SOUGHT

A teacher, not more than As,
who has a masters degree in
mathematics from an accredited
university and with at least two
years Of successful teaching expert
ence, will be chosen to fill a va.
cancy at Miner Teachers College,
The Washington times., 1935-02-13

short time ago, Pontiac announced new six and
an improved eight. And America gave them
truly royal welcome. Today Pontiac presents
addition to the Pontiac family-the Standard Six
Ine-eUen lower in price and offering many of the
features that the 1895 De Luxe Six and Improved
Eight introduced with such sensational success. All
models have the speedlined styling that gained
Pontiac the of the most beautiful thing wheels.
The bodies are the same solid steel 'Turret Top"
Bodies by Fisher. The brakes are the same-big
hydraulics, trple-sealed against dirt and moisture.
PONTIAC MOTOR COMPANY. pONTl
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Macon Disaster
Halts Navy Leaves

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Feb. 13
G.N.S) All officers and men of
the United States Navy stationed
here today were called back from
leave, and so destroyerS and 100
airplanes were ordered to stand
by" in connection with the crash
Of the U. S. s. Macon off Point
Sur,
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
Sorority Group
Will Give Dance

Members Of Alpha Province. Chi
Sigma Sorority, will hold dance
Friday evening at the Willard
Hotel, it was announced today.
Arrangements are in charge Of
Isabelle Croson, audit files section,
room l3, Agricultural Adjustment
Administration.
The Washington times., 1935-02-13
An zzaAMz@44z line of cars whose az4zzzZ
and Mzzzzy make the price phenomenal

The rest of the chassis, too, is sealed-completely
barring water and dust from vital parts. The new
ride, the happy result Of stabilized, synchrOnized
sprirgng, is every bit gentle and comfortable as
you could ask for. The engine, with its silver-aOy
bearings provides dependable performance SO smooth
and lively that you will doubt it is six And, best
of all, it operates with an economy of gasoline and
oil that will literally amaze anyone who has had
experience with other low-priced cars! Come in
today and see these great new Pontiacs. 4 look,
q ride and you'll decide you simply can't do better.
:, MICHIGAN Division Of General Motors
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02

Postal receipts here for April amounted to $42.ss2,44, an in- crease of $4.O52.7s over March's total. it was announced today by Assistant Postmaster James T. Kelley, who served his last full month as acting postmaster during the month just ended. The increase represents jump of 1O.4 per cent over March's total receipts of sss,- 92a.66.
 The increase proved highly gra- tifying to local posta; officials and Is considered an excellent index of general business conditions locally. Stamp sales showed by far the largest gain in the various sources of revenue, totalling almost $5,000 more than March.
 It Is expected that May receipts will likewise be above those of previous months, with the. sale of tercentenary stamps counted on to raise stamp revenue greatly over normal months. Thus far, about 50,000 of the tercentenary stamps have been sold, and the post office today reported that a brisk de- niand for them is continuing. Though the commemorative stamps are sold only on request, they are being asked for by many post office patrons. Collectors
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02
April Postal Receipts Here Increase ,052 Over Marc
MORTORISTS ARE
 TO MAKE RECORD
Driving Reel klessIy Toward Great Number of Deaths
 This Year

Chicago, May 2-(UF )--The na- tion's motorists are driving reck- toll of accident deaths in 1885, the National Safety Council warned fO- day. The warning was written into the councilss double checked rec ords for the first three months of
 the year-long columns of figures listing a death every 19 nlinutes around the clock. The three-nonth tabulation showed 7,O60 deaths, "a slight decrease from the 7,e3O deaths in the same period of last year. but the council hastened to add that other factors point to an all-tifne record.
 The most dangerous cities, from the standpoint of automobile acci- dents, are those between 250,00O
 and 500,000 population. the safety councils report dic1osed. New York
 the nations largest city, was cred ited with the lowest automobile death rate for the three-month pe-
 riod-slightly less than 10 dead for every 100000 population. Yonkers,
 N. r., and New Bedford, Mass, es- caped a single traffic death during the three months. Both are cities
 of more than 100000 population
 Providence, R. l., it was reported, had automobile deaths in the l first quarter of 1895, against in the corresponding period of 1884 The rate per 1000 population was AT per cent, the lowest of its group.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02
BOSTON PARADE
 HAD HARD TIME

Boston, May 2.-(UP)-Boston left-wingers were refiecting today that there are times when the "cos- sacks'-the mounted poiice-are handy persons to have around. The customary observation of May, tn- ternational labor day, was turned topsy-turvy here yesterday, with police bending all their energies to protecting the. demonstrators from opposition groups. The paraders were received by water bombs. rot ten vegetables, and raids into the ranks as it wound through narrow streets of north end chanting 'sdown with fascism." Members of the police radical squad received the brunt of the attack as they act cd as buffers between the. two groups. The paraders, several with battered features, tarrived at Bos- ton Common with b4nds of north enders hanging on their Hanks. Theyorganized their meeting be- hind police cordon while other officers In the crowd kept. after gangs of boys who let fly barrages Of deceased canftaioups. The sDeet- Ing. presided over by Jack Mt- carthy Of the united front conn mitteo. heard speakers attack cnp- ltniism and fasclsm for two hours. They broke up an hour before their permit expired. :
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02
46 VESSELSIN ,.
 SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco, May 2--(UP)--A wing of 46 vessels of the most pow erful United States fleet ever as- sembled in peacetime swung at an- chor in San Francisco bay today in a brief respite from mid- Pacific maneuvers. Out at sea, rolling to- ward Alaska, were the rest of the 153 vessels in the battle fleet. They were taking up positions in the great war game now underway. Visitors were barred from the ves- sells here.
 Friday, the units will steam out for an encounter with the wing commanded by Vice Admiral Ar thur J. Hepburn in which will be worked out naval problem No 16." The theatcr of operations will be a vast stretch of sea bounded by the Pacific coast, the AIeutian Islands and Hawaii. Watching as umpire from the flagship Pennsylvania will be Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, com- mander in chief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02
ILNOISLAW
 MAKERS BATTLE

Chicago, May 2-(UP)-Thou- sands of Illinois families. thrown of relief rolls when EZRA funds were denied the state. faced their desfitution bravely today as state legislators wrangled in a political deadlock. The forces of Governor Henry Horner. fighting for two measures to provide $3.000,000 a month demanded by the federal government, returned to the fight after q defeat by a republican minority.
 It was doubtful. however, wheth- CT the deadlock at Springfield could be broken before next week when relief stations in all except 20 of the state's l02 counties will be closed.
 OfIicials of the Illinois emergency relief commission said 64 counties would be without any organized unemployments relief by tonight and that IS others, skimping food orders from scanty fund balances, will lock their dors tomorrow or Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02
|SPANIARDS ARE
 PLOT SUSPECTS

Havana, May 2- (UP) = Six Spaniards were held today as pos- sible acomplices in a plot to burn the Ward Liner Morro Castle, whose destruction off the New Jer- sey coast last September 8 cost 124 lives. The suspects, all from the semi-autonomous Spanish Province of Catalonia, center of radical ism, were arrested last night. On one of the men was a document which, police asserted, contained the instructions:
 "Take the necessary action to precipitate disaster to the steam ship Magallanes similar to that on the Moro Castle" The Magallanes a steamship of 9,6S9 tons. belongs to the transatlantic Company of Barcelona, capital of Catalonia. It is sdue here in few days. Police suspected that the men might be members of group responsible for the Moro Castle and other marine disasters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02
MAE WEST WILL
 .. TELL, IF TRUE

Hollywood, May 2 (UP)--n you happen to see Mae West in public with a man, don't start putting two and two together for you'll probably be wrong. That's the way the blonde, buxom movie star cooled off sossips today after she made a public appearance with Paul Cavanaugh, film actor.
 s'Mr Cayanaugh," she said in s.that" kind of a voice, twas with me for business reasons only" Cavanaugh, Miss Vests leading man in her new picture, escorted her to a radio studio, making the first time Mae has appeared out side her film colony apartment a- pertinent since she was linked by rumor in q trancontinental series of marriages with New York actor and others. "As far as those reports go." she commented. "The answer is still the same. If and when decide to pick up . hus- band I'll mako the announcement myself aud won't be bashfuI about it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02
ROOSEVELT IS
 WITHOUT AUTO

Boston, May (UP)-Theodore Roosevelt 3rd, grandson of the late president and son of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, has been deprived of the privilege to drive an automobile ip Massachusetts by the state registry of motor vehicles. The action of the registry followed an accident April when young Roosevelt, a student at Harvard, allegedly drove his car into a parked truck at Shrewsbury. His brother Cornelius who was returning with him from the funeral in New York of their uncle, Warren Delano Robbins, was slightly injured in the crash.
 The registry said that Roosevelt lost the right to drive on charges of being an improper person to operate an automobile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02
SEEK STATEMENT : OF LLOYD GEORGE

London, May 2-CUP)-Members of parliament, their anxiety reflect ing that of the acountry, crowded the benches of commons today awaiting a statement on German arms by Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald. The statement opens a full dress debate on foreign affairs calculated to inform Germany and Europe of Great Britain's attitude toward it's violation of the Ver- sailles treaty in building subma- rines, providing for compulsory army service and forming an air force now regarded as double the size of Britain's.
 It was forecast that Macdonald. war time pacifist, labor party lead CT of a coalition government dom mated by conservatives, would warn Adolf Hitler that on him depend ed the possibility of disastrous race.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02
MRS BERCDOLL | WEARS NEW YORK

Aboard s. $. Washington, May 2 -(UP) - Mrs Grover Cleveland Bergdoli awaited eagerly today the arrival of the Washington at New York, in hope that her visit may bring permission for her husband. World war draft dodger. to return to the country of his birth.
 With their four children. born during the fathers exile in Ger manyi, Mrs Bergdoll was due to arrive at New York about noon to- day. The children do not know the circumstances in which their father, member of a wealthy Phil= adelphia brewing family. escaped from custody of soldiers in 1920 after conviction of draft lodging which brought him a hve-year prison term.
 He fled to Germany via Canada, married there, and has remained.
 Mrs Bergdoll intends to fight TOT permission for her husband to re- turn a free man, and may remain for some. months.