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The Washington times., 1935-01-07
BAKERS union
PLANS DRIVE

Bread and cakes made by non.
union bakers in other cities and
imported into the District, as we'll
as those made in non-union shops
here, have resulted in close to 10
per cent of union bakers being
thrown out of employment.
This was charged today by
union officials as a policy of
mobile picketing" was decided
upon in an effort to halt the i'm"
portation of non-union goods and
to unionize the local shops.
Under this plan, union members
in automobiles will follow non
union trucks, noting where they
make deliveries. Then members of
the union will call on these stores
and residences and urge that only
union bakeries be patronized.
Non-union bread and cakes are
brought into the District from
Baltimore, Philadelphia, and York.
Pa, Charley McClosky, business
agent for the Bakers Union,
charged today.
There are "a union bake shops
in the Capital, Mr.. McClosky
pointed out, and only four large
shops which are non-union. OF
the $50 union bakers in the Dis
trict, about 80 are out of work,
largely as a result of importation
of non-union goods, he asserted.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
Ken Murray
Says:

Senator Huey Long was
plenty sore when the President
told him If Louisiana repudi-
ated her debts, she would get
no more Federal aid. After all,
Huey, you can't bluff the man
that runs the bread-Iine.
While the Senator may put
up the lOudest squawk, he'll
soon discover that money is the
most convincing talker.
In trying to repudiate debts,
Huey OverStepped his position.
:. He should have been salts
fled to just continue repudiat-
ing campaign promises.
With those PWA funds cut
off, he'll discover that Louisiana
will soon tire Of a diet of Just
Kingfish. and no gravy"
so REMEMBER:
Many a politician thinks he
is climbing the ladder Of fame
=. when he is merely running
on a treadmilI.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
SEN. KING ASKS
ACTION ON 10
D. {. BILLS
Calls Meeting of Committee
for Today; Half Dozen
Minor Measures Aired

Determined to expedite Senate
consideration of District legisla-
ton, Senator William H. King
CD of Utah, chairman of the
Senate District Committee, today
called a meeting of his group. for
late today as a score of local
measures were offered in the up
per house.
The Senator declared It to be
his purpose to have 10 bills which
were approved by the committee
at the last session, favoraoly
acted upon today so they can
Immediately go to the Senate
calendar and thus be in position
for early passage.
Half Dozen More
Besides these 10 bills, Senator
King, at the request of the Dis
trict Commissioners, today intro
duced another half dozen local
measures.
There also was introduced today
by Senator Arthur Capper (RD of
Kansas, ranking minority member
of the Senate District Committee,
a bill proposing a constitutional
amendment which would provide
national representation for the
District.
The Kansan Joined Senator
Royal S. Copeland CD of New
York, a member of the committee,
in offering District old-age pen
sion bill.
10 Old Measures
The 10 old measures which we're
reintroduced by Senator King TO-
day: To amend the usury law to
reduce interest charges on loans:
a bill to require motorists found
guilty Of a major traffic violation
to take out automobile insurance;
a bill to strengthen the anti-gam-
bling laws, especially with refer
ence to the numbers racket; a bill
defining the qualifications of GER
tain lawyers; a bill regulating re-
cording and leasing of deeds of
trust; changing the rules for sale
of property by the police property
clerk; permitting stepchildren of
Government employees to attend
public schools free of charge; to
change the personnel of the Heal
ing Arts Commission; making un-
lawful entry on unoccupied private
property; an excess condemnation
bill.
The six new measures which
Senator King introduced for the
Commissioners were mostly of a
minor nature. They have to do
with condemnation Of buildings,
the establishment of a lunacy COM
mission, methods dealing with the
distribution of estates and fees to
be charged by the Recorder of
Deeds.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
Woman Injured
By Motor Truck

Edna Donaldson, colored, Of
Redland, is confined at Mont
gomery County General Hospital
today, suffering a fractured skull
and severe decorations of the head
and body, received when she was
reported to have walked into the
side Of a truck, operated by
Milton G. Woods, Of the first
block Of Florida Ave. N. w. yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
BRAND|SH GUNS
AS THEY TAKE
$3.50 TOTAL
Make Escape in Car Bearing
D. c. Tags; Police Jump
Into Wild Chase

Within 10 minutes of each
other, managers of two grocery
stores today were held up at pistol
point by the same two colored
men and robbed of a total of $3.50.
With description of the colored
gunmen from both managers tai
lying, police headquarters dis
patched a squad of more than a
score of detectives and privates in
two patrol wagons and a scout car
to search for the holdup men.
Garry Tear Gas
The police secured Brookland
and Takoma Park, travelling at
high speed over the rough roads
OF Brookland and carrying tear
gas equipment.
The colored gunmen first en-
tered Sanitary Grocery store in
the 100 block N st. N. w. Bran
dishing pistols, they held up
Richard Compton, manager, who
lives in the 900 block K St. N. w.
While one of them guarded the
door, the other colored man forced
Mr.. Compton to open a safe hid.
den in corner of the store. They
escaped with $40 in a Chevrolet
sedan bearing District tags.
Then Get $50
Ten minutes later, in the same
car, two colored men held up
James E. Cannard, of the 100
block R st. N. E., manager of an
other Sanitary Grocery store in
the 1900 block Fourth st. N. w.
This time the holdup men es-
capped with the days receipts of
$50,
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
Sec. Dern to Speak
To Alexandrians

Secretary of War George H.
Dern and Mrs. Dern will be guests
at the January meeting of the
Alexandria Association this eve
ming at 8 o'clock in Gadsby'S
Tavern. Secretary Dern, who will
address the meeting, will be in
troduced by Representative How
ard Smith, of Alexandria.
The Alexandria Association was
formed several years ago by a
group of old Alexandrians and
newer residents for the purpose
of preserving the historic places
of the city, as we'll as beautifica-
ton of the water front.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
Cummings Acts toFree
Two in Arson Case

The District Court of Appeals
took under advisement today the
confession of error filed by Attor.
ney General Homer S. Cummings,
which seeks reversal of an arson
conviction against Edward j. Parl-
ton, %, of Derby, Conn.,, and H.
Albert Smith, 26, of Humphries,
Mo.
When the court convened today,
Percy H. Marshall, of defense
counsel, announced the confession
of error had been filed and that
he did not wish to argue against it.
Under Amusement
Assistant United States Attorney
David A. Pine asked the court to
consider the case with the con-
fession Of error included. Chief
Justice Martin announced the case
would be taken under advisement.
The two young men were con-
victed of setting fire to the Sigma
The Washington times., 1935-01-07

Chi fraternity house, 1900 block
N st. N. w., July 9, 1888. The
Governments case was based on
circumstantial evidence. The de-
PENDANTS claimed they were en-
route to New Freedom, Pa, in a
motor car at the time the fire
originated.
Seeks To Free Men
Attorney General Cummings, in
his confession of error, said he had
personally reviewed the case and
was confirmed that upholding con-
viction of the young men would be
a miscarriage of justice.
He asked the court to reverse
the conviction. Previously United
States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett
and his assistants had filed a brief
in the court supporting the con-
viction, but Attorney General
Cummings confession contained a
request that it supersede all prior
Government briefs in the case.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
NJ 'CARRAN BILL
FOR FULL PAY
INTRODUCED
Nevada Senator in Drive to
Restore U. S. Salaries,
Provide Other Relief

Senator Pat McCarran CD, Of
Nevada, Senate champion Of the
cause of the Government EN-.
ployes, today opened his cam
paign for immediate restoration
Of 100 per cent salaries with the
introduction in the Senate of a bill
for that purpose.
The measure also proposes
other relief for Government en-
ployes, including increases in
travel allowances, a provision for
the reallocation of grades in the
Government service, and a section
dealing with promotions.
The proposal was offered by the
Nevadan on behalf of the Ameri.
can Federation of Labor Wage
Conference, which is composed of
a group of Government employe
organizations affiliated with the
A. F. of l..
1t is a companion bill to one
offered in the House last week by
Representative Griswold D), of
Indiana.
Senator McCarran said he will
make an effort to have wage res
toration effected through an ap-
preparation bill, or, if that fails,
through a separate measure.
It was Senator McCarran who
last session led the fight in Con-
gress which resulted in the enact
ment Of the "five and five" pay
restoration law.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
Democratic Club
To Install Officers

Winship Wheatley, jr., of
Hyattsville, will be installed as
president of the Prince Georges
County Young Democratic Club
Thursday at the Mt. Rainier
Democratic Club room.
Ralph Powers, Of Hyattsville,
has been nominated for first vice
president; Leo Dunn, second vice
president; j. Robert Sherwood,
treasurer, and Waverly Webb, Sec
retary. Committees are to be ap-
pointed following installation.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
President Praised
In Labor Broadcast

Tribute to President Roosevelt
was paid in the first 1885 broad
cast sponsored by the Labor News
Review, when John B. Colpoys
hailing him as "the apostle OF
mankind" cited the accomplish
ments which have brought new
confidence to the people. The
broadcast was over a nationwide
chain yesterday.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
TIP
WEEKS BEST

Information on the shooting
Of John Mears, 28-year-old Gov
eminent employe, in a rooming
house in the 800 block Nineteenth
st. N. w., for which Henry P.
Parrish, an employe of the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra-
ton, is being held for the Grand
Jury, captured first prize last
week in The Washington Times
newstip contest.
Second prize was awarded for
information on the parents
strike at the Seat Pleasant
school, in which mothers refused
to permit their children to go to
school until the school boiler is
repaired.
Other awards were made for
the following tips: The steamer
Lexington, sunk in collision with
another vessel, was the old Wash
ington, of the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Com
pany; the death of Frederick
Walker. of Beltsville, when a fast
train struck his car; the depart
ure Of a contingent of CCC men,
and the case of William John
son, colored, Of Merrifield, Va,
who almost set a hiccoughing rec
ord.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07

able to care for the pet yourself
by all means get in touch with
this department.
In the mail today we received
the following letter from Mrs
James Brannon, Of Alexandria
Va. She says:
"I want to thank you for
helping to get homes for my
fox terriers. Before an hour
after the paper reached here,
both dogs were gone. About
thirty-five people called to give
the dogs a home. Thank you
again for your help"
If you are interested in obtain
ing a white kitten for a pet. we
have received a communication
from Mrs. Leila G. Burhans, OF
BOT V st. N. E., and she wants to
dispose of a half grown cat. She
says:
"Her grandfather was a pedi-
greed Persian, but her hair is
not long except when she sees
a dog. She is affectiOnate and
would make a nice companion
for a child or an elderly lady.
I work all day and she gets
lonesome. If anyone wants her,
will they please come on Sun
days or in the EVENING""
On one side of the house the
kittens ancestry appears doubtful,
but then blue blood and red blood
mixed produces very superior
types-so this kitten should be an
ideal pet.
If you have any pets to get rid
of, or want one, get in touch with
Liz Hume, Pet Editor of The
Times.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
Ebenezer Church
Notes Anniversary

Anniversary exercises Of the
Ladies Aid Society featured activi,
ties at Ebenezer M. E. Church yes,
terday. DR.. Edgar Love, superin,
tendent of the Washington dis,
trict of the Washington Con,
ference, and Rev. w. A. English,
pastor, spoke.
Tonight the life Of Christ in
motion pictures will be given at
the church,
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
Congressional Club
To Elect Officers

Election of officers will feature
the meeting Of the Congressional
Club to be held next Wednesday
at the clubhouse, 1000 block New
Hampshire Ave. N. w. Candidates
for president are Mrs. William
Madison Wilmington, Mississippi,
and Mrs. Frank Crowther, New
York
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
Holy Name Heads
To Meet Tonight

The quarterly meeting Of the
executive committee of the Wash.
ington Section Of the Holy Name
Society will be held today at 8
p. m. in Immaculate Conception
Hall. Plans for the annual vesper
service to be held January 13
The Washington times., 1935-01-07
SPEAKS IN COUNTY

Helen Norris Cummings, presi-
dent of the Cameron Club of
Alexandria and chairman of the
American Citizenship Committee
of the Virginia Federation of
Women's Clubs, will be the guest
speaker at the special luncheon
meeting of the Woman's Club of
Arlington county today at Com
munity Hall.
The Washington times., 1935-01-07

appeals Mount
For Pet Cats
And Dogs
BY LIZ HUME

Haven't you a dog or a cat
you would like to give away? So
great is the demand for pets
that we are swamped with re-
quests.
Possibly you have dog or a
cat that would make someone
very happy and, if you are un-
The Washington times., 1935-01-25
FAIL
To PUT |CKES
ON SPOT
FDlCtator,' 'Hard-BoiIed Egg
! Charges Leave Head of
PWA Serene
BY EARL GOODWIN

As the Administrators unparal-
leled 1000 million dollar work
relief measure rolled through the
House yesterday; and while Sena-
tor Pat Harrison, of Mississippi,
was blowing off steam at the
White House because Of Secretary
Ickes' alleged part in distributing
some anti.Mississippi propaganda,
the Suave Mr.. Ickes himself was
holding a press conference.
At that conference, as it was ex-
pected, Secretary Ickes had some
thing to say about the recent erup-
tionS in the House Of Representa-
tives, wherein it has been charged
that the PWA Administrator is a
dictator, a hard boiled egg, and
extremely discourteous to Con-
greSsmen.
Asked about these charges, Sec.
retary Ickes replied:
'If the only criticism they
can bring against the admins
tration Of the Public Works Is
that I am impOlite, say bless
them"
He is Not On Spot
The fact of the whole matter Is,
as was pointed out by an Admin
istration leader, Secretary Ickes is
no where near being ION the spot, "
as has been alleged by both poll
ticians and newspapers.
In fact, the Administration is
proud Of the manner in which
this Scotch Presbyterian has car.
ried on; and a bit of proof of this
is in the fact that after the House
Of Representatives got through ITS
verbal chaStisement it passed the
1000 million dollar bill just as
the President wanted it, without
removing Secretary Ickes from the
field of possibilities as to who will
administer the fund.
Financed Nightmare
Secretary Ickes, however, has
been pulled and hauled between
the Power Trust and the politi-
clans. The Power Trust has been
trying to burn him up because he
has financed, out of PWA funds,
some Of those huge dams which
will furnish electricity at low
-'-ices in competition with private
industry.
Secretary Ickes financed the
Tennessee Valley Authority, chief
nightmare for the Power Trust;
also the Grand Coulee Dam, the
Bonniville Dam and the Boulder
Dam. For these things he has a
price on his head, figuratively
speaking.
The Washington times., 1935-01-25
GIRL RISKS LIFE
To SAVE BOY

PITT s B u r q H, Jan. as.
Friends Of Dorothy Barton, Of
Elizabeth, Pa, near Pittsburgh,
are planning to bring her action
in saving the life Of 10-year-old
Bobby Dobrich, a neighbor, when
caught by the heel in the path Of
an onrushing train, to the atten.
ton of the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission.
First tagging the train with q
small handkerchief, Miss Barton,
daughter of a railroader, rushed
to the track and extricated the
boy as the locomotive came to
a stop 10 feet away.
Except for the her presence of
mind the train would have ground
the child to death, and but for
her quickness and courage might
have taken the lives of both.
The Washington times., 1935-01-25
Director COnfers
On Ohio Relief
International News Service

AHUekH1L4UASA NVWB S0EVICV
William A. Walls, Ohio'S new
State relief director, conferred to-
day with Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administration officials on
the Ohio program.
In the absence of Administra-
tor Hopkins Mr.. Walls saw Deputy
Administrator Williams and other
officials. He will return to Ohio
tonight, -.
The Washington times., 1935-01-25
Potato Boosted AS
Basic Commodity
International News Service

Potato producers Of 16 States
want the lowly "spud" elevated
to the dignity Of a basic com.
modify, and subjected to Congress
sional control legislation similar
to the Kerr-Smith Act for to.
bacco, the potato advisory com.
mittee, representing the 16 chief
potato producing States, reported
TODAY.
The Washington times., 1935-01-25

CROSSING tracks near
Elizabeth, Pa, Bobby Dob
rich, 10 years old, was
caught by the heel in the
path of an onrushing train.
Imminent death was mar
rowly averted when Doro-
hty Barton, daughter of a
trainman, waved her tiny
handkerchief and tagged
the train. Then she rushed
back and extricated Bobby
as the train came to a
grinding halt 10 feet away.
POSTMASTER o. K.
BY International News Service
The Senate confirmed the nomi-
nation of Jonas r. Myers to be
postmaster at Athens, Ga.
The Washington times., 1935-01-25

Chase & Sanborn's
Coffee lib. Tin 33c
Royal Gelatin Desserts Pkgs. 19e
Royal Baking Powder. .can 19c, 35e
Bosco (3-Food Drink. -. jar 25e
Evening star., 1935-08-06
Continued Safety Work.

Commissioner Hazen's order to the
Police Department to continue it's cam
paign of traffic regulation with concen-
tration upon three particular types of
rule breakers, SpeederS, those who weave
in and out of traffic lanes, and those who
turn from wrong lanes. is certainly in
the interest of the public safety. Much
good has been accomplished by the in
tensive drive of the past two weeks
against dangerous motoring. Many ar
rests have been made and it may be as
sumed that most of those thus taken
into custody and hailed to court and
fined, some with Jail sentences, have
learned a wholesome and possibly a
lasting lesson from their experience. But
the habit of bad driving is difficult one
to break. The arrests during these
weeks of the campaign have not included
all rule breakers, by any means. Many
"weavers," speeders and wrong-turners
have escaped notice and penalty. They
have yet to be shown that these prac-
tices are detrimental to themselves as
we'll as dangerous to the other drivers
and the passengers in their cars.
Street safety can not be assured until
every operator of a motor car in the
District of Columbia is brought to the
point of scrupulous observance of the
regulations. Those rules are for the
IF ol1 fLo noroIocc &c Tuall q tho
careful Disregard of them may be due
to ignorance. If so, the best teaching
is through the arrest and penalty process.
1t is supposed that every driver of a
motor car licensed in the District knows
the rules. Ignorance of them is in itself
an offense. Certainly it is no defense
against the charge of bad driving.
The police can do no more important
work than this of correcting the bad
driving habits of the motorists of the
Capital. There is more law violation by
drivers in the streets in the course of a
single day than in other form through
out the District in week. And that law
violation in the streets is more deadly
dangerous than the other forms. If the
record of accidents since the drive
started is a test of its success it proves
that the police have through this activ-
ity been instrumental in saving many
lives and preventing many more or less
serious injuries. And that is good and
valuable police work for the community.
Its continuance is justified. Indeed
year thus spent, at the pace of the past
fortnight, would not be too much If
thereby the motorists of the District
were made to know that the driving of
a machine is to be permitted only if
the rules of safety are scrupulously OBJ
served.
Evening star., 1935-08-06
Offers a Model for
Chain Letter Writers

To the Editor of The Star:
AS the chain letter still persists in
staying around, I feel that probably this
one that copied out Of an Eastern paper
might be of interest and send it on to
The Star so others might be able to
peruse it, as did.
THE latest chain letter.
ANDY Gump, Hickory Corners, Sucker
County, Mo.
George Gullible, Wayward Inn, Lord
helpus, Iowa.
sally Easymark, Do Tell, Misery
County, Calf.
Maybe True, No. Easy street, Lazy
burg. Greg.
Hope I. Gettit, Idle Hour avenue and
N. R. A. street, Washington, D. c.
Faith, Hope in Grafters.
"You who get this letter was selected
as being at the top of five suckers who
probably will bite. Instead of sending
a dollar to the one named at the top Of
the above list, go and buy something
useful for your own family or give 1t to
some honest person more unfortunate
than you are.
Nov copy this letter five times and
mail to five persons who may know some
worthy person who is in need and who
Is good sport to enter into the game
and you will show a greater faith in
humanity than you will by trying to get
something for nothing.
yours for the return of true Ameri-
caniSm." FELIX A. URY.
Evening star., 1935-08-06

element, to hold the would-be escaper
until capture is effected.
That may be good plan. But there
will remain need of some further I'M
provement in the means Of detention,
such as the correction of the abuse OF
the parole privilege. The lawbreaker
who goes to Jail relies upon either the
breach of the prison or the procurement
of ticket of leave" from board Of
parole. He has no intention OF staying
in confinement for the duration ct his
term of sentence if he can contrive
escape by one means or the other. He
purposes to regain his liberty to con-
tinue his criminal practices.
Let the iron bars Of Jail become water
pipes to foil the escapers and let the
parole system be remedied by the adop-
ton of a standard of remission which
gives the benefit of the doubt in all
cases to the public welfare rather than
to the convict, and then there will be
abatement in the criminal practices Of
those enemies of society who are
chronically unable to conform to the
legal standard of behavior.