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The Washington times., 1935-10-10
HAZARDS
TO BE STUDIED

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. 10.
Inadequate water supply and lack
of a systematic way of naming
and numbering the streets and
houses in the northwest section of
Alexandria are proving two major
fire hazards here, the city council
was told last night by Fire Chief
James M. Duncan, jr., and City
Manager E. C. Dunn.
Examples of confusion caused
by lack of uniformity in street
numbering were cited to the coun-
Gil. A committee was named to
lay out a new system of house
numbering in the northwestern
section. Mt. Vernon Avenue would
be used as the east-weSt dividing
line, and the houses numbered
from that line under the plan
tentatively suggested.
Those named on the committee
to work out the plan were Mr..
Dunn, Mr.. Duncan, and the chief
of police, Capt. John S. Arnold.
Nine miles of six-inch water
mains in the newly developed Sec
tions of Alexandria are urgently
needed for adequate fire protec-
tion, the council was warned by
City Manager Dunn. Elimination
of the fire hazard will require II
miles of such mains, he added.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
D. {. WILL GEL
1000 TREES

Thousands Of trees will be
planted in washington within the
next year as a part of the local
WPA program, Director of High
ways H. C. WhitehurSt told the
American University Citizens ASso-
citation last night at a meeting
in Hurst Hall.
Captain Whitehurst said in a
normal year between $500 and
$500 trees are planted. He said
a WPA allotment of 500, 900 had
been added to the regular tree
planting fund of the same amount,
which will enable planting of
$500 trees now and $500 in the
spring.
Thomas E. Lodge awarded certi-
ficates to the winners of the as
Sociation'S annual garden contest.
William T. Belts was reelected
president; Mrs. Blaine McCollum,
vice president; Mrs. Ora G. Visel,
treasurer; Mr.. Lodge and Henry
A. Donovan delegates to the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Association, and
Linnaeus T. Savage was elected to
succeed Mrs. Anna B. Smith as
secretary.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
JObleSS Board Asks
ID. c. Fingerprints

Proposals for the compilation of
a card index system for all per
sons employed in private enter.
prises in the District and for the
fingerprinting of each employe by
the District Unemployment Com
pensation Board, which begins
operations January /, drew favor
able comment from members of
the board today. The proposals
originated with the board.
Commissioner George E. Allen
appeared as the only member of
the board opposed to both pro-
posals. He branded the finger
printing proposal as "absurd" and
the card index system of giving a
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
Sixteenth St. Housing
Plan Up to FILA

A privately promoted housing
project contemplating the erec-
ton of group houses in an IL
acre tract at the end of Sixteenth
Street is before the Federal
Housing Administration for ap-
proval.
1t is being promoted by the
Blair interests of Silver Spring.
The project calls for an expendi-
ture of one million dollars. 1t
would cover the tract in question,
bounded by Sixteenth Street, the
East-West Highway and the Coles
vile Pike, with brick houses built
in groups of three or FOUR just
over the District line.
1t was said today that the pro-
The Washington times., 1935-10-10

gram has received the approval of
the County Commissioners of
Montgomery County and the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
ZOning Change Needed
Approval of the plans of the pro-
moters involved a change in the
zoning of the area from Residen-
tial A to Residential e, making it
possible to build apartments on
the property instead of the de-
tached houses required by the orig
inal zoning order.
The property just over the line
in the District is all Zoned for
private, detached houses, and con-
tains some of the handsomeSt
homes in the Washington area.
E. Cortland Parker, attorney
for the Blair interests, predicted
today that the project will be ap-
proved by the Federal Housing
Administration, which would have
to assist in financing it.
Today's development followed
closely on the heels Of another
project initiated by a Washington
real estate concern, contemplat-
ing a similar housing development
on Wisconsin Avenue in Mont
gomery county, not far from the
District line.
In both i--5tanceS the al of
the FEEDER i Housing Administra-
ton is sought in working out the
project.
FHA officials said no special
consideration was being given the
two applications, and that they
would take their routine course
to approval or. rejection.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
Ken Murray
Says:

Represent a tive Hamilton
Fish, jr., having just finished
a speaking tour, says a liberal
Republican can positively beat
President Roosevelt in 1886. =.
Okay! But Vhere are you going
to find a Republic N who has
five billion dollars to be liberal
with?
The Congressman from New
York claims that in its present
condition, the country really
needs the Republicans. And,
Mr.. Fish. vice versa.
He goes further to state the
acceptable candidate would cure
the nation of FaScism, Social
ism, Hitlerism and Communism
What about Rheumatism?
so REMEMBER:
Henry Clay once said: I'D
rather be right than President"
But the Republicans amt so
particular.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
TIMES ERROR
CORRECTED

In The Times of September 13,
1885, there appeared a story Of
the remarriage of Superintendent
Frank T. Gartside, of the National
Capital Parks office, in which it
was said "Mr. Gartside obtained a
divorce from his first wife, Doris,
in 1888"
Court records show that a di-
vorce action instituted by Mr..
Gartside here at that time was
later dismissed, and that the first
Mrs. GartSide obtained a divorce
in Reno on the ground of incom-
patibility.
The Times regrets the error.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10

number to every employe as "im-
practical"
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen,
Commissioner Dan I. Sultan and
the other two members of the
board, D. j. Callahan and John
Locher, said they could find no
objection to fingerprinting en-
ployes, but both Commissioners
agreed it should not be "crammed
down the throatS of an unwilling
public"
The two civilian board members
were in accord regarding the pro-
posal of compiling a card index
of employees with a number for
each, but Commissioner Hazen de-
clared he had not given the pro-
posal much consideration.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
MAKING
CHARGES OF
DISHONESTY
Letter to D. c. Heads
Gives His Stand
on Local Affairs

James q. Yaden, president or
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations, told the District Com
miSSioners today he has mo per-
sonal knowledge of any graft in
the District government" and
that he was misquoted in the
press regarding an address he
made before a citizens asSo-
citation last week.
Mr.. Yaden wrote lengthy let
ter to the city heads in reply to
letter, which they sent to him
asking him to turn over all data
he had concerning graft in the
local government. The CommiS-
Sioners wrote Mr.. Yaden after
reading newspaper accounts Of
his address before the Burroughs
Citizens Association last Friday.
Mr.. Yaden also went before the
District Grand Jury this week to
explain his statements. He wrote:
II am quoted as having made
the statement that the District
Government is not free from
graft and that 1 received this
information from the District
Building.
DENIES STATEMENT
'PIease be advised that I did
not make the statement ex-
actly as quoted in the press.
What 1 did say in substance
and probably in exact words
upon this point was:
"'The government Of the Dis
trict of Columbia is free Of
bonded indebtedness and for
this reason we do not have to
set aside a sinking fund to re.
tire bonds and to pay interest
on outstanding bonds. There is
not so very much waste in the
government of the District and
it is comparatively free of graft.
There may be some petty graft
in the District; two District
employees now stand indicted,
charged with having accepted
graft and there does not seem
to be much disposition to bring
them to trial."
Mr.. Yaden informed the Com
misSioners they could obtain in
formation regarding one of the
pending cases from Peoples Coun-
sci William A. Roberts and AS
sis a n t Engineer Commissioner
Robert York and the other case
from the corporation counsel's Of
flee.
"Not Well to NEEDLE"
Declaring he took the position
that ''it is not well to NEEDLE in
the conduct of the District of Co.
lumbia government" since that
was the duty of municipal Off
cials, Mr.. Yaden added:
81 may say to you, however,
that for several years numerous
complaints have come to me Of
petty graft and waste in the
District government, but / have
given such complaints very lit
tie consideration.
81 have received many COM
plants of the manner in which
relief is handled in the District
of Columbia. However, on this
point, I know it is a very diff
ficult problem. I know that no
one could handle the problem
without complaints arising and
1 believe that Commissioner
Allen has performed a splendid
job and performed it WELL"
Mr.. Yaden concluded with a
statement that he had no personal
knowledge of graft in the District
Government and suggested, "in a
friendly spirit" speedier investiga-
tior Of complaints,
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
Heads Honor Society

Charles Byrd has been elected
president of the Honor Society
for this semester at Armstrong
High School. Other officers
elected include Benjamin Parker,
vice president; Nathelma Jack
son, secretary; Robert Fiels, ser
geantat-armS, and Frances John
son, chairman of the program
committee. Mrs. Emory B. Smith
is faculty sponsor of the club.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
SHAM BATTLE
MARKS FETE
OF N|DDIES
Throngs See Brilliant
Show on Academy's
goth Anniversary

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 10.
Cracking rifle fire, the thunder
of cannon and roar Of planes over
head today greeted visitors to the
Naval Academy as midshipmen
and officers celebrated the nine
tieth anniversary Of the founding
Of the institution.
Following the opening exercises
at Mahan Hall, featuring speeches
by Rear Admiral David Foote
Sellers and Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy Henry Latrobe Roose-
welt, midshipmen staged sham
battle on Worden Field, in which
the defending infantry was routed
by force landing. from the Sev-
ern.
Sham Battle Realistic
MidShipmen of the Army of the
Severn were entrenched on the
field theoretically unaware Of the
presence of a powerful landing
force across College Greek, which
had been brought ashore the
night before $50 the official orders
saidO.
Under the protection of a roll
ing barrage the attackers, in white
uniforms, stormed across College
Greek bridge to meet their blue
clad foes defending the field.
Bodies" Litter Field
The infantry left the trenches
to rush forward to temporary
breaStworks erected in the field.
Behind them the artillery poured
a hot fire on the advancing foes.
Then from the Severn six sub
chaSerS taking part in the attack
opened fire on the hard pressed
infantry on their right flank. A
landing party of white-clad mid
shipmen swarmed over the sea
wall to follow up the gun fire
from the ships and the battle was
over.
Six Admirals Watch
Among those witnessing the
battle were Governor Harry w.
Nice and six admirals: Admiral
William H. Standley, Admiral
Hilary P. Jones, Rear Admiral
R. H. Leigh, Rear Admiral Frank
H. Scofield, Rear Admiral Henry
B. Wilson and Rear Admiral
David Foote Sellers.
A luncheon at the Officers
Club for the guests of Admiral
Sellers followed the sham battle.
There was a football game be-
tween the Navy and the Uni
versity of Virginia in the after.
noon.
Alumni roll call by classes and
an alumni dinner to be followed
by costume ball are on the pro-
gram for the evening.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
Sorority to Dance

Omega Chapter, Beta Gamma
Phi Sorority, will give their open
ing fall dance of the year at
Beaven Dam Country Club on Sat
urday, October 10. Bernie Jar.
boe's band of hot syncopatorS will
provide the music.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

Norman Gill
Election of Norman Gill as
president Of the Alpha NJ Chap
Ter, Beta Phi Sigma Fraternity,
is announced. Others officers are:
Robert Sherf1ck, vice president;
William Curlee, secretary, and
Clifford Hanning, treasurer.
Leon Trotzki Seriously Ill
BV IHitcd Press
COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Oct. 10
Leon Trotzki, eXiled former
Bolshevik leader, was seriously i'll
of tuberculosis today at a hospital
near Oslo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
HAPCOOD TRIAL
is POSTPONED
UNTIL NOV. s
Local Man Is One of Trio
to Face Judge at
Terre Haute.

BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Oct. 10.-Trials
of Powers Hapgood, indianapolis,
and two other Socialist organizers
have been postponed by City Judge
Joseph Nj. Duffy until Nov. 8.
Mr.. Hapgood, Socialist candidate
for Governor in 1882, was taken for
interfering with an officer when he
protested the arrest of Aaron Gill
martin, Des MoineS, La, national
executive secretary of the Socialist
and Labor Defense League, and Leo
Vernon, 23-year- Madison (WiS.)
Socialist.
The trio participated in vigorous
campaign against military dictator
ship in Vigo County growing out of
turbulent labor situation.
Mr.. Hapgood, who is free under
$1,000 bond, has continued the cam
paign, making speeches almost
daily in Indiana and surrounding
states. Mr.. Vernon and Mr., Gill
martin were released under $500
bonds.
Earlier arrests Of Mr.. Hapgood
and Mr., Vernon precipitated a visit
to Terre Haute by Norman Thomas,
titular head of the Socialist Party
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
ARMY OFFICER
TO AID STATE
WPA PROGRAM
Maj. w. D. Spyer Will Give
Most of Attention to
Speeding Activity.

Seeking 10 speed relief work in
Indiana, President Roosevelt and
Administrator Harry Hopkins today
announced appointment Of Maj
w. D. Spyer as the Army Engineer
ing Corps officer who will work with
Wayne Coy, state and regional WPA
director, in Indiana. Maj. Spyer's
area also includes Kentucky, Ohio
and West Virginia, much Of which
is under Mr. Coy's supervision.
Maj. Spyer, who will make his
office at Columbus, O., which also
is Mr. Coy's regional headquarters,
conferred last week with Mr.. Coy.
They discussed the Indiana situa-
ton.
Maj. Spyer and other engineers
assigned TO the areas were informed
by Administrator Hopkins that:
The consulting engineers soon
are to visit areas to which they are
assigned and state works progress
administrators are requested to af-
ford them every facility for obtain
ing fun information concerning the
program in every state with par
ticular regard to matters which are
hampering the speedy development
of the program
Indiana is included in the ma
tional drive to place 100000 per-
sons to work by Nov. /. Several
thousand Indiana families are af-
fected
Maj. Spyer has been located in
Pittsburgh as an army engineer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
Kernville

Val McLeay, handsome sec
retary-engineer of the City
Plan Commission, sat among
the maps and tri-squares in his
office at the City Hall today
and pondered about life and
politics.
An idea struck him and he
jumped to his feet and began
pacing the Office floor.
That's the way we'll do it.
Well put Mayor Kern's full
name on all these II new wad-
ing pools we are building" he
said.
You can't cross bridge in
this town without seeing the
name Of a Republican mayor
tackled on it somewhere. That
will have to be evened up some
way. School kids see those
brass plates and think Demo-
Gratis never do any work when
they are in office"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

public inspection for two more
weeks.
Officers and directors of the aSso-
citation will be chosen at a meeting
Oct. %.
Candidates are: Robert L. Mason
and FREQ c. Tucker, president.
Charles o. Grinslade and Forest B
Kellogg, vice president; Harry D
Dillehay and Joseph j. Klee. score
tary; Walter NJ Evans and Thomas
F. Carson, treasurer; j. Arthur
Rentsch, Carl w. Lindemann, Clyde
E. Pike and Norris P. Shelby, di-
rectorS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
WINCHELL ASKED TO
OPEN BAR SHOW HERE
Officials Keep Ears to KeyhoIe for
GOSsip's Answer.

Walter Winchell, columnist and
radio gossip, has been invited to pre-
side at the opening ceremonies Of
Indiana's first annual bar and res
taurant equipment exposition Mon
day Oct g. in the Manufacturers
Building at the State Playground.
Officials of the show have not as
yet received MI Winchell's accept
ance The exposition will continue
through Saturday Nov 2.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
BUILDERS WILL
ERECT SECOND
MODEL HOUSE
Tentative Arrangements for
Site Being Made by
Local Group.

A second model house will be
built by the indianapolis Home
Builders Association, which spon-
sOred the construction Of "Beautility
House" at 5815 N. Delaware-st At
present, the association is making
tentative arrangements to secure a
site.
Association members have de-
cided to defer their fall outing I'M
til Beautility House" is sold. Several
prospective buyers are considering
the property, which will be open for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
BREWERS WARNED NOT
TO CONTROL OUTLETS
Gifts Rebates, Financial Backing,
Are Prohibited Fry Repeats.

Paul p, Fry, state excise admins
traitor, today warned breweries not
to attempt to obtain control of re-
tail beer outlets by gifts.
He pointed out that the 1885
liquor law prohibits gifts, rebates or
financial backing. Retailers or
wholesalers who accept them are
subject TO license revocation, he
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
BEEKEEPERS TO MEET
500 Hoosiers Expected to Attend
Farley Here Oct. 50.

Between 500 and 800 beekeepers
and members of their families are
expected to attendy the annual state
convention Oct. 80 at the State
house. Nor ethan $50 beekeepers
from Marion County are expected
Speakers for the two-day meeting
include William NJ Weber, M. j
Deyeu and Frank Wallace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
OCT. 10, 1885

agels yesueIGay. Pending applica-
tons are in the cooperation legal
department. ready for final dispo-
sition
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
LOAN APPLICATIONS
READY TO DISTRIBUTE
1000 Probably viii Be Disbursed BY
Oct. 20. Mckinney Saws.

Seven thousand Home Owners
Loan Corp. applications may BE-
distributed by Oct. 20. E Kirk Nc
Kinney, Hole state manager. said
today.
Mr.. Mckinney and Martin H
Walpole, assistant, met district man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-17
EMBARGO ON KEY
 PRODUCTS OF ITALY
(Continued from Page 1.)

partly or largely controlled by non- league states.
 It was planned to continue dis cussion today on British proposal for an immediate, complete boycott of all Italian products.
 Swiftly as the league was moving with the difficult business of apply ing penalties, interest turned for the moment to what was regarded as growing French-British tension.
 Tension Is Gaining
 It was generally felt here that unless France would agree to sup port Britain against Italy, British would turn more and more toward isolationism - a distasteful outlook to France, with Germany on its eastern frontier.
 It was even feared in some French quarters that British-German en- tente was possible.
 There were rumors, which were not confirmed and seemed un- founded, that Premier Pierre Laval of France might be replaced either by Edouard Herriot, radical social ist leader and minister without portfolio, or Georges Mandel, inde- pendent and minister of postoffices.
 War Rumbles
 Alexandria, Egypt, October 17 - (UP) - Egyptian infantry is mov-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-17

to explain the decision to ban news paper men.
 Military experts have said since the invasion of Ethiopia began that success of the Italian force depends ed upon capture and control of the Trench operated railroad between Djibouti, French Somaliland, and Addis Ababa. With that lone rail- road of the country in hand, the invaders could isolate Emperor Halle Selassie'se government from contact with it's loosely knit forces, prevent importation of supplies and transport its own forces rapidly from one side of the country to the other.
 So long as Ethiopia holds the railroad military suplies will pour into country and into the hands of warriors who now have only spears, knives and clubs.
 Ras Nasibu is reported to have fortified Jijiga, at the head of the valley leading to Harar and Dire dawa on the railroad, and appar- ently expects to challenge Grazian- nj there in the first pitched battle of the war.
 PICK UP TAKE 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-17
The New Coats, Suits, Dresses and Ev

British quarters agreed in express ing the belief that 8 Djibouti report of a clash between an Italian force and British Somaliliand nationals was fantastic.
 The Italian spokesman said that Italians would not think of eperat- ing on British territory; the British that 1t was impossible for British native troops to be on either Italian or Ethiopian soil,
 It was admitted that there was possibility that an incident might conceivably occur on Ethiopian ter- ritory because for centuries British Somaliland tribes have grazed their flocks on both sides of the frontier. No Gas Was Used
 The Italian spokesman emphati- cally denied that gas had been used against Son1ali hecks and added Italian troops are not operating against peaceful natives but only against armed groups"
 There are several caravan routes from British Somaliland into Ethio- pia, connecting with the Somaliland ports of Berbera and ziela.
 A United Press dispatch from Rome to-day emphasized the im- portance of the advance toward Ji- jiga in view of the lifting of the arms embargo against Ethiopia.
 At least two of the caravan routes have their functions on the British Somaliland- Ethiopia border. They diverge into Ethiopia to more important market towns along the route of the Italian advance from the south.
 Reports of Clash Djibouti, French Somaliland, Oct. 17-(U.P.)-A report was received to-day thaS Italians killed a num- Der of British Somaliland subjects along the Ethiopian frontier, includ- ing members of the camel corps which is part of the colonial army.
 E. c. Lowe, British vice consul, received reports from zeilla, on the British Somaliland coast, that Ital- fans gassed and shot British Somal- iland herds of cattle and ogats along the Ethiopian border.
 The camel corps which is the main military force of the British somaliland protectorate consists of 437 officers and men with a reserve of 150 men. There is police force of 555.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-17

Mary's church, Willimantic. Assist ant.
 The Rev. George w. Butler to the Church of the Holy Name, Strat- ford. Assistant.
 The Rev. Richard D. Curtin to St. Donatos church, New Haven. Assistant.
 The Rev. Louis B. Blecharczyk to St. Mary's church, Jewett City. As- sistant.
 The Rev. Anthony J. Bomboliski to St. Joseph's church, Norwich. Assistant.
 The Rev. John J. Byrnes to St. Patrick's church, Hartford. Assist ant.
 The Rev. Anthony R. Caron tc St. Joseph's church, North Gros- venordale. Assistant.
 The Rev. Alphonse J. Fiedorczyk to the Church of the Sacred Heart, New Britain. Assistant.
 The Rev. Francis A. Fries to St.. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield. Pro- lessor.
 The Rev. Charles E. Hagerty to St. Johns church, Stamford. As- sistant.
 The Rev. Joseph V. King to St.. Ann's church, HighWood. Assistant.
 The Rev. Patrick V. Lavery to the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, Hartford. Assistant.
 The Rev. James A. Laws to St. Johns church Plainfield. Assistant.
 The Rev. Arthur J. Marchesseault to All HalloWs' church, Moosup. As- Sistan5.
 The Rev. Bertrand E. Parent to St. Patrick's church, Mystic. As sistant.
 The Rev. John J. zyskowski to St. Johns church, Montville. Assistant.