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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18
Counterfeit Money

To prevent its clerks from accept
Ing these and other bogus bills, the
Post Office department described a
method of detecting counterfeits-a
method that every shrewd passer Of
the queer" already knew. says Time
dagazine. The method: Divide the
serial number on every bill Except
a national banknote) by 6. Compare
the remainder with the tiny letter
In the lower right corner. If the re-
maindor fS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

Basques and tunics are the new
blouses.
Bright green Il advancing to the fore
In spectator sports clothes.
Princess Marina pill-box caps are
In vogue for girls In London.
A popular triumvirate these days Ia
the fur giiet hat and muff-glcves.
Fancy buttons are taking over the
task of decoration In q whole hearted
mannR.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18
Sound From Earthquake

An earthquake of some intensity is
accompanied by sound. This Is vari-
ously described as resembling thunder.
roar of artillery or crashing glass. 1t
Is actually a low-pitched rumbling
caused by vibratory motion Of the air
In sympathy with the ground waves.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18
Housewives Idea Box

To Prevent MiIdew.
If your closets are not dry enough
to prevent mildew and that musty
smell, try this: Place bowl of
quicklime in your wardrobe. The lime
will also help to keep rats and mice
away and for this reason 1t Is well
to keep some In the cellar.
THE HOUSEWIFE.
Copyright by Public Ledger, Inc.
WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18
Not Settled Yet

Not Settled Yet
The drummer returned to his firm
and made his report.
$50 you didn't sell the people at
No. 40 vacuum cleaner, after all?"
said his boss.
AFRAID not, sir" said the traveller.
did you ask to see the head OF
the house?" asked the boss.
EYES," said the other.
swell, that should have been all
right" said the boss.
"On the contrary, 1t wasn't" en-
planned the traveller; sit simply start
ed an argument" STRAY Stories.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18
Strategy Centers

The two most strategic points on
earth are thought to be the Panama
canal and Singapore, one controlled
by the United States and the other
by Great Britain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18
Turtle Neck Collar

The turtle neck collar is feature
Of many sweaters and novelty Is the
posing of this collar in dark color on
a light sweater, such as wine red on
q creamy off-white.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18
Tucked Gloves

This season gloves entirely streaked
with parallel lines Of pin tucking will
be worn by the Parisienne with her
pin-tucked kidskin shoes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

Feathers on Gowns
Evening gowns trimmed with pleas
ant feathers are seen In London.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

If the letter is not correct, the
note is counterfeit. But even If II
Is, the bill may still be counterfeit
The Washington times., 1935-01-11

Crime Squad
TCheck Up
GdngSterS

Convinced Washington's crime
wave is the result Of the city'S
comparative prosperity, which
has attracted undesirable ele-
ments from other cities, Major
Ernest w. Brown, superintendent
of police, today announced the
formation of squad whose
duties will be to check out-of-
town gangSters arriving here.
This weeks roundup of col
ored suspects in a number Of
holdup cases by detectives work
ing under Capt. B. w. Thompson,
of the homicide squad, has
brought out the fact all persons
questioned are from other cities.
Gunmen who stole an automo-
bile at Seventeenth and v Streets
Northwest Tuesday and went on
a wild ride through the Capitol
grounds, colliding with another
car, were from New Jersey, he
said.
Inspector Frank S. w. Burke,
chief of detectives, will select the
men.
Major Brown said such men as
Detective Sergeants Frank o.
Brass, Larry O'Dea, and Floyd
Truscott know the local situation
exceedingly well and could, with
the help of plain clothes men
curb much crime,
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
House Bill Offered
BY Smith of virqinia

Construction of a $4,000, 900
airport at Gravelly Point is pro-
vided for in bill introduced in
the House today by Representa-
tive Howard w. Smith CD Of
Virginia.
This marks the third airport
measure to be introduced in the
House this year, two previous
bills having been introduced by
Representative John j. McSwain
(DO of South Carolina, who
recommends improvements on the
present Washington-Hoover Air
port and the one in College
Park, Md.
The bill requests an annual
appropriation of $5O0,00O for the
maintenance of the airport. 1t
would be a public field and could
not be leased to private individu.
ais for commercial purposes,
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
UTILITY BONDS
HIGHEST IN
Is YEARS
President Scents Propaganda
And Proves New Deal
B0StS All Values
BY EARL GOODWIN

President Roosevelt today put
critics of his electric power poll
cies on the defensive by showing
that a vast number of the bonds
and stocks of operating electric
companies are at a higher price
level than they were in the 1929
Wall Street boom.
For data he used a special re-
port made for him by the Federal
Power Commission, and made
public at his press conference to-
day.
The President explained that
about six weeks ago he began to
read statements that the New Deal
power policies, such as Govern
ment ownership of vast power pro
ducing dams, like the Tennessee
Valley projects, would wreck util
ity company securities and work
q hardship on widows and or
phanS and other investors, life in
surance policy holders, etc.
Saw Propaganda
President Roosevelt indicated
quite strongly that he believed
this was all a part of a propa
ganda plan aimed at soaring in
vestors and creating a backfire
against the Administrations
avowed policy of getting electric
light rates down to a proper leve'
and, as he said in his recent mes
sage to Congress, of Kidding the
country Of the evil features o1
holding companies.
In the report which the Presi
dent discussed today it is shown
that the average price of the Sc
curities used for comparison is
now six points higher than in the
boom of 1929.
The bonds used in the data are
exclusively of the class held by
life insurance companies and say
ingS banks. The security port
folios of six large insurance com
panieS in New York State were
examined: Metropolitan, Equi
table, New York Life, Guardian
Home and Mutual Life.
Bonds Seen Rising
OF 164 public utility bonds
legal for investment in New York
State, quotations are available
for 121 issues, showing that che
average bid price was 99.4, and
the asked price 1905 in Septem
ber, 1929; while in November
1884, the bid price was 106 and
the asked price 1867.
The report stated that applying
this increase to the actual bid
price of 81 standard life insur
ance companies, the market value
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Violin Technique
Subject of Lectures

Maia Bang, violin associate of
the late Leopold Auer and interna.
tionally known violin pedagogue,
will be in Washington for two days
of lecturing on the teaching Of
children and the principles of vio-
in technique, at the Homer L. Kilt
studios, 1880 G st. N. w., Thurs
day and Friday, January II
and 18.
Sponsored by the Kilt Com.
pany, these talks will be given free
at 9:30 a. m. and at 2 p. m. each
day, though registration must be
made in advance for cards of ad-
mission. Already registrations have
exceeded those of any piano classes
held here.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Mary Divorced; Doug,
Lady Ashley Dance

ST. NORTH, Switzerland, Jan.
II (IN.S.) - Chronologically-
minded observers in the lobby of
the Palace Hotel here today COM
puted that Douglas Fairbanks was
dancing with Lady AShley-in
whose husbands divorce suit he
was named co-reSpondent-at the
precise moment that Mary Pick
ford, 5000 miles distant, won and
interlocutory decree from him.
With Lady Ashley by his side,
Fairbanks braved a reportorial
army today and announced
nothing.
Badgered for a declaration on
the end of his romance with
Americas sweetheart, Fairbanks
had only this to say:
'NO statement of any Sort"
Fairbanks descended to the
lobby of his hotel with Lady Ash
ley at 2 this afternoon. Ques-
toned regarding possibility of
their own marriage, neither would
comment.
Douglas and the fair English
former-actress, danced until 4
o'clock this morning. Then Fair
banks, refusing to answer all tele-
phone calls, went off to his room,
leaving strict orders that he was
not to be disturbed until 1 o'clock
this afternoon.
Fairbanks and Lady Ashley fin.
ished dinner at II o'clock last
night. They then went into the
ballroom of the hotel for the an.
nual ball of the Toboggan Club.
He danced every dance with Lady
Ashley, except for a single number
with Lady Plunkett.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
NOTABLES HERE
FOR DINNER Of
AUTO MEN
Times Affair Tonight to Be
Held Midst New Models;
Marshall to Preside

Honoring the men who have
made possible the annual Automo-
bile Show, which draws thousands
Of persons to the Capital to view
the latest offerings of the motor
world, The Washington Times
will entertain members Of the
Washington Automotive Trade
Association at dinner tonight.
The setting will be the Wash.
ington Auditorium, where the fif.
teenth annual Automobile Show
formally opens tomorrow. The
tables will be set among the scores
Of cleaning new cars.
Distinguished Men
Distinguished men from all
parts of the country are coming
here to attend the gala affair.
Men high in Government circles,
as we'll as local business and civic
leaders, will be guests of honor.
George Preston Marshall, pub
Usher of The Times, will preside.
The principal speaker will be POST
master General James A. Farley.
Three distinguished men will be
toastmasters, in Arthur Bugs"
Baer, noted humorist and col
umnist; Eddie" Rickenbacker,
whose feats on the speedways were
overshadowed by his daring in the
air when he became Americas ace
of aces during the World War,
and Gov. o. Max Gardner, OF
North Carolina, noted speaker.
Honor Guests
Guests of honor at the dinner
will be Attorney General Homer
S. Cummings, John r. Hearst
William Randolph Hearst, jr.s
Comptroller of the Currency J.
F. T. O'Conner, Col. Marvin Mo"
Intyre, secretary to the President;
James A. Moffett. Federal HouS-
ing Administrator; Vincent Ben.
dix, J. N. Willys, former auto
mobile manufacturer and ex-
Minister to Poland; T. J. White.
general manager Of Hearst Pub.
lications; Gene Forker, assistant
to Mr.. White; Steve flanagan,
president of the Indianapolis
Speedway; Rodney Boone, Bill
Corum, Arthur Bugs" Baer, Nor.
ton Downey, Clark Griffith
Bucky Harris, James E. Coli.
flower, president of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers As
sociation; j. B. Trew, president
of the Washington Automotive
Trade Association, and Bill"
Cummings, winner of the 1884
Indianapolis Speedway race.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
GIBSON 'S PLAN
SEEN BACKED
BY ICkES
Aid to Hoover Port, Closing
Military Road Urged;
Board of 3 Asked

Establishment of a public air
bort at the Gravelly Point site
under a District of Columbia air
port commission is proposed in
a bill introduced in the Senate
by Senator Ernest r. Gibson OR0
Of Vermont.
It is expected that the measure
will be supported by PWA Admin
istrator Ickes, who recently re-
vealed that he believes the
Gravelly Point site the most suit
able for a public airport here.
Under the Gibson proposal, the
District of Columbia airport COM
mission would consist of the Engi-
neer Commissioner of the Dis
trict, the Director of National
Parks, Buildings and Reserva-
tions, and the District Engineer
for Rivers and Harbors.
Aid to Present Port
Pending the time when the
Gravely Point airport would be
placed in operation, the bill pro
vides, assistance would be ex-
tended to the owners of the pres
ent Washington Hoover Airport
in order to enlarge and extend the
area of the landing field at the
latter airport. Military Road,
which cuts the airport now, would
be closed.
The proposed commission would
be authorized to lease to the own
ers of the Hoover Airport for not
longer than five years the present
landing field area, or, should the
owners of the Westinghouse
Airport fail to take advantage Of
the assistance proposed to be Of
fered, the airport commission could
lease the area and operate the air
port itself.
Yearly Fund Set
The bill authorizes an appro-
priation of $75O,00O annually to
carry out the provisions Of the
PROPOSAL, including the purchase
of land, engineering materials,
etc., but the total cost Of eStab-
fishing the Gravelly Point port
would not exceed $2,500,000.
One half of the amount ex-
pended in completing the airport
would be paid by the District of
Columbia in five equal yearly in
StalrHentS commencing 10 years
after completion of the airport.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Mary Goes in Hiding
After DiVorCinu Douq

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. II GN.SO
Divorced from Douglas Fairbanks
almost as quietly as she married
him IS years ago, Mary Pickford
today was absent from her usual
Hollywood haunts.
She was hiding, somewhere in
California, travelling by automo-
bile, with only woman compan-
ion. AS she left the court room
of Judge Ben B. Lindsey Miss
Pickford said:
This has been too dreadful, I
have no comment"
It was learned that Miss Pick
ford will ride constantly, until she
The Washington times., 1935-01-11

is now $1O9,441,O 900 more than it
would have been in September,
1929, before the stock market col
lapse of that year.
Operating utility company
bonds are at the highest price
in is years, according to the re-
port. A table shows that the
average price ranged from 80.1
asked price, in 1920 to 1897 in
1884. For this table the COM
mission used 38 utility bonds,
ranging from Maine to California,
legal for investment by insurance
companies in New York State.
The report presented a graph
showing that the trend of utility
bonds is charply upward, causing
the President to remark that he
wished all financial pictures were
as pleasant.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11

'returns to Hollywood sometime
Saturday to rehearse for a radio
program. 1t was indicated Miss
Pickford and her companion,
whose identity was not revealed,
would not stop at any hotels dur
ing the brief trip.
Fairbanks in Europe
Fairbanks, now in Europe, was
not represented in court when Miss
Pickford, accompanied by her at
torney, Lloyd Wright, appeared.
The hearing was brief and the
questioning of the star perfume
tory.
Miss Pickford testified she had
been a resident of Los Angeles
county continuously for the past
three years." that the facts con-
tained in her divorce complaint
were true and that there is no
community property and a fair
and equitable" settlement had been
made.
Judge Lindsey then said:
II have read the complaint.
There is no need of going into
the details. 1 wih grana the
divorce"
SMILES THROUGH TEARS
Americas Sweetheart" smiled
with quivering lips and tear
dimmed eyes as she left the court
room.
Thus the "ideal romance" of
two Of the greatest stars of the
silver screen came to an end.
The romance of Americas
Sweetheart" and her athletically
inclined husband began with their
almost secret marriage on March
%, 1920. The marriage was not
announced until three days later.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Fire Auxiliary
Installs Officers

The newly elected officers Of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the District OF
Columbia Fire Department will be
installed tonight in the board
room of the District Building. The
officers are: Mrs. Myrtle Moffett,
president; Mrs. Madaline Barber,
sr., and Mrs. Mildred C. Bell, vice
presidents; Mrs. Grace Weitzel, Sec
retary;Mrs Violet Ratcliffe, treas
urer; Mrs. Ethel Davis, chaplain;
Mrs. Katherine Buchelerm, color
bearer, and Mrs. Carrie Berry
guard.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Hiring of Outsiders
By District Fought

Opposition to the appointment
Of outsiders to District positions
was expressed last night by the
Washingtonians meeting at the
Brighton Hotel. The association
also went on record opposing
control of the Board of Education
by the District Commissioners.
Restoration of the Government
pay cut effective January / was
urged.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Federal Employees
Talk Pay Tonight

Representatives Of 16 Govern
ment agencies will discuss the
prospects of immediate pay res
toration at meeting of the
Local Union No. 2, National Fed
GRAFTON of Federal Employees, to-
night. The conference will be
based on the So-called Feldman
Report which contained a person
mel program for the Federal civil
service.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Pupils Will Give
Play on Tuesday

A play to be given by students
Of the seventh grade of the
Ketcham School will be the prin.
cipal feature of the program at
Tuesdays meeting of the Ketch-
am-Van Buren Home and School
Association. The meeting will be
at 2 p. m. at the Ketcham school,
Mrs. Phyllis E. Plemmons. presi,
dent, announces,
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
WATCHMAN SHOT

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. II.
City Night Watchman William E.
Allen was shot through both
hands yesterday as he sat on duty
in a little shack at Montgomery
and Alfred Streets with his hands
crossed,
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
DIR. SIMON TO SPEAK

"How Odd Of the Jew" will be
the subject Of a lecture by DR..
Abram Simon at 8 p. m. today
in the washington Hebrew Con-
gregation. He also will speak on
Let My People Go" at 1890 a.
m. tomorrow in the synagogue.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
HOOVER A GUEST

]. Edgar Hoover, director of the
Division of Investigation of the
Department of Justice, will be the
guest of honor and speaker at the
George Washington Alumni lunch.
at lis tomorrow at the Mayflower
Hotel.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31

give them some fresh water they
were gone. The. footprints of
a man and a woman were in
the snow. They came through
the yard next door, and right
to the place where Jack and
Molly were sleeping. 1 don't
believe it was hungry people,
but mean people because they
knew much about the neighbOr-
hood. They knew no one was
at home next door. Our yard
is on a lighted corner.
81 couldn't eat much the next
day thinking about Jack and
Molly cooking. In your paper
you ask people to be nice to sick
and homeless animals. Will
you please ask people not to
hurt chiIdren's pets? Do you
think they know hSw much
children love their pets?"
The letter is signed: Francis
Kreek, 1922 Twenty-second st
N. E.
A footnote, written by a grown
up, says:
"AIthOugh this letter is writ
ten by a 7-year-Old boy, it ex-
presses the sentiment of the en-
tire neighbOrhOOd."
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
D.C.RENTPR0BE
PROMISED BY
SEN. CAPPER
Government Housing
To Be Urged to Care
For Employees

Investigation of the rent situa.
ton in the District will be asked
of the Senate District Commit.
tee, Senator Arthur Capper -(RO
of Kansas, ranking member of
the committee, announced today
He also announced that he will
favor the building of homes and
apartments here by the Federal
Government, unless private indus,
try acts to relieve the housing
shortage, explaining:
"Ordinarily, / am not in
favor of the Government going
into business, but the housing
shortage in the National Capt.
tai has created a different prob
lem.
1--WE bring Government EN-.
plOyes here, and it is up to
us to see they get proper living
quarters at a reasonable cost"
A bill is still pending before
the House, introduced by Repre-,
sentative Ellenbogen of Penn,
sylvania, calling for creation Of
a commission to study and han
die the rent situation in the
same manner as during the
World War. This bill will be
one of the first to be acted upon
when Congress conveneS.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
F00TPADS ROB
TWO WOMEN

While one woman fought off
two colored assailantS last night,
two other women had their pocket,
books, containing a total of $13.35,
snatched by footpadS.
Although thrown to the ground,
Mrs. Jane Gilbert, employe of the
Census Bureau, retained posses
sion of her purse when attacked
by two colored men near her home
in the l700 block Sixteenth ST.
N. W.
Miss Ruby Slickemaier had hel
purse, containing $685., snatched
in front of her home, 2718 Ontario
Rd. N. w. She was struck on the
back of the neck with a revolver
she told police.
Threatened with a knife, Mrs
Lola George, 5000 Connecticut Ave.
yielded her purse containing $3.50
to a colored robber on L Street.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
SMITH TO BACK
COMMISSION
FINDINGS
Virginian Will Press
Bill in House for
Early Approval

Preparations were being made
today by Representative Howard
w. Smith Cd, Virginia, to seek
congressional confirmation of the
District of Columbia Virginia
Boundary Commissions findings
as soon as possible.
Representative Smith said he
would introduce bill in the early
days of the session convening Fri
day in order to get Immediately
approval.
Since Thomas S. Settle, secre-
tary of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, has an
nounced that his organization
would carry it's fight against the
report to the Capitol, Representa-"
tive Smith is expecting a bitter
fight on his measure.
Land In Dispute
The report of the Boundary
Commission put the boundary at
the low water mark on the Vir-
ginia side of the Potomac River.
In doing this it returned to the
State OF Virginia land valued at
approximately 81, 100000 that had
been accepted in the past as Fed.
eral land.
This includes the strip Of land
around the Washington.H Hoover
airport, portions Of the Mt. Vernon
Memorial Highway and the Ma
tional Bird Sanctuary.
While this land was in dispute:
the Federal government spent
quite a good deal of money in its
improvement. 1t is to safeguard
the Federal governments au-
thority over this improved prop.
erty that the planning commits.
sion is making it's fight. Outlin.
ing his plans, Representative
Smith said:
DENIES U. S. RIGHT
81 will introduce the report
and a bill for its confirmation
at the earliest possible date.
"The bill will be sent to the
Judiciary Committee of the
House, where I expect to be
faced with a bitter fight by the
Park and Planning Commission.
81 believe that the Park and
Planning Commission is making
its fight to keep Federal control
over a lot of Property given to
the State of Virginia by the
Boundary Commission to which
the Federal government is not
entitled. Therefore, am going
to push for favorable and imme-
diate action on my measure as
soon as it has been properly
drawn and introduced"
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
Asbury N. f. Church
Marks Anniverasry

Asbury M. E. Church, Eleventh
and K Sts., N. w., will celebrate
the Tooth anniversary of it's found
ing tomorrow.
Participants in the anniversary
celebration will be Bishop Edwin
H. Hughes, Bishop William F.
Mcdowell, Bishop Matthew Clair,
Of Kentucky; the Rev. julius
Carroll, the Rev. J. H. jenkins and
the Rev. D. w. Hayes, all former
pastors of the church, and DR.. D.
w. Darby, secretary of the Fedora
tion of Churches of the city.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
Democrats 10 Hear
Herbert R. 0'Conor

CUMBERLAND. Md, Dec. 81.
Herbert R. O'Conor, attorney gen.
eral of Maryland, and Representa-
tive David j. Lewis will be among
the speakers at the Jackson Day
dinner of the Democratic CoSmo-
politan Club at the Queen City
Hotel here on January g. 1t is
thought former Gov. Albert c.
Ritchie may attend. The at
tendance of 200 Allegany county
Democrats is expected.
The Washington times., 1935-12-31
Ken MURRAY
Says:

A 1885 marital check.up on
Hollywood diSclOSeS that the
land of the movie stars hit an
all time high in marriage
We can now look forward to q
lot of new releases in 1886.
1t seems that the picture
colony had 33 more weddings in
1885 than in 1884 OF course,
a lot of that was repeat bust
ness.
After all, you can't really ex.
pect a movie actress to play the
part of a cOntented wife for very
long They know how dan
gerOus it is to be typed.
so, AS ZAZU PUTS
WOULD SAY:
Oh dear! Life out here in
Hollywood is very annoying for
a girl .. If it isn't one husband,
it's another.
Copyright, 1895, by McNauEht
Syndicate, Inc.)