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The Washington times., 1935-05-20

paging Tigers
yesterday, but
sine tn e
Browns are in
eighth pla C e,
there is hope
that maybe a
three.game win
ming streak will
be launched by
the GriffS. Our
W a r r j o r S
trimmed tn e
Browns twice in
c o n S e c ut i've
days out West,
and really look
The Washington times., 1935-05-20

TIC ITO aver Un0 SIM
age represents a four-point jump
over his best previous seasons
performance. Hollis average last
year was 1O6.
Roy Greer, captain of Atlas
Bros, was runner-up to Hollis
in every department, and also
far excelled his last years rolling
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
Baseball
Standings

sGameS behind leader.
Yesterdays Results
Detroit, 10; WASHINGTON, 9.
Cleveland. 1; New York, 0. III inningO.
Chicago, g.: Boston, 5.
Philadelphia, 6; st. Louis. 5.
TOday'S Games
St. Louis at WASHINGTON.
Cleveland at Boston.
Detroit at Philadelphia
Chicago at New York.
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
GriB Aim
ToSweep
Br0wnS
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
Times Staff Writer

The st. Louis Browns roll into
town today to open a three-game
series with the Griffs.
Our noble athletes were dubbed
down into sixth place by the ram.
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
dub" Becomes Star
In Seven Weeks
By GINO SINH

From dub" to star in seven weeks.
That's the achievement Of Cliff Hollis, last year Dub
Sweepstakes champion who turned in record high average
1850 for 80 games the Temple Minor League rolling
with Camden Tavern.
The Washington times., 1935-05-20

And he hammered his way up
to that mark in seven weeks Of
terrific maple spilling, in which
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
CAME FROM LOUISVILLE

John Marcum joined the Ath-
letics at the close of the 1888
season from Louisville and never
before had a major league trial.
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
7 tommy Bones Aiming
For Golf Comeback
Bv GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Tommy Bones jr Manor Clubs star southpaw golfer who
has absaned local tournaments for the past several
years. aims pull comeback in this weeks Manor Club
invitation play
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE

SGames behind leader.
Yesterdays Results
Pittsburgh. 9; Brooklyn, q.
Philadelphia, 8; Chicago, 2.
New York, 6; Cincinnati, 5.
st. Louis, Z; Boston. 8.
TOday's Games
Boston at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Philade mia at St. Louis
New YS3E ct Pittsburgh.
The Washington times., 1935-05-20
Tiers Are Hrowback
.%Dqys When Cobb
Ran Rampant
By KIRK MILLER
Times SPORTS Editor

The Detroit Tigers have and gone and thereby the
Griffmen have something for which to be glad.
Those of you who Mickey Cochranes Bengals per-
The Washington times., 1935-05-20

Bones, entered in tomorrow
afternoons qualifying round, shot
a 34-35, 50, two under par, over
his home course yesterday. That
reveals he is in fine form and
eager to cause some eye-lifting
The Washington times., 1935-05-20

This writer wonders if the die
hards will concede that perhaps
something akin to a pitching
problem exists on the washington
ball club. Here we are with tho
first month Of the championship
season completed, and the Grift
pitchers have just five complete
games to their credit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-16
DIRECTOR HURT
At PAGEANT

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 16
U.N.SD william Anness, 81, Of
Chicago, was in serious condition
in Charity Hospital today and 90
ClevelanderS were nursing cuts
and bruises as the aftermath Of an
accident in Cleveland's huge pub.
lie hall last night.
Mr.. AnnesS suffered a brain
conclusion, a possible skull frac-
ture, and body bruises.
The accident occurred as q
crowd of some 1900 persons
crowded into the hall in response
to an advertisement for 200 per.
sons for minor parts in a pageant.
Mr.. AnneSs was to be assistant
stage director.
Many of the injured we're
caught in a shower of falling de-
briS, when a section of the heavy
marble baluStrade beside q stair
way gave way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-16

cash register. They're easiest to sell and
they stag sold-require little or no service"
Used-car buyers aOant Plymouth's great
safety features. Genuine hydraulic brakes
are alaOays self-equalizing.. and safe. An all
steel body is alaOays snug. and strong.
THAT'S JUST A SAMPLE of the story we dug
up in used-car salesrooms and lots. 1t indi-
Gates the value built into the 1885 Plymouth
1.-THE greatest Plymouth of them all!
Drive "All Three Find out what a thrill
ing car this big new Plymouth IS. Ask your
Chrysler, Dodge or De Soto dealer to ar
range it and let him tell you how the
official Chrysler Motors Commercial Credit
Plan makes it easy to buy new Plymouth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-16
YACHT Staying
YIELDS CLUES

NEW YORK, July 16 Q.N.S0'
Reshuffling the cards in the re-
newed investigation Of the Staying
Of Benjamin P. Ceilings, police
today Tipped out a new lead-the
rogues gallery photograph Of Ed
ward B. Huntley, jr., 27.year-old
exconvict, whose whereabouts are
unknown.
The Ceilings murder created
one Of the greatest-and most
fruitless police furores in years.
The yachtman's body, trussed
hand and foot, was found four
years ago in Long Island Sound
near where his cabin cruiser
swung idly at its moorings.
Inspector Harold King, working
on information from an undis-
closed source, planned to seek a
court order releasing the finger
prints and police pictures of Hunt
ley, whose criminal record in
cludeS a term in the Missouri
State penitentiary.
King then plans to lay the
photographs before Mrs. Lillian
Ceilings, eyewitness to the attack
on her husband by a man who
invaded the Ceilings motorboat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-16
Singer Faces New
Quiz in Staying

BOSTON,, July 16 U.N.S).
Forest R. Wells, 80, midwest street
singer and alleged mercy slayer"
was in Charles Street Jail today
charged with murder as police
challenged several discrepancies
in his confession" into the death
of his sweetheart. Hazel AmmonS,
80, former Columbus, Ohio.
waitress, whom he allegedly hurled
from a third floor window Of q
hotel.
Police disputed the claim that
Miss Ammons was blind or faced
blindness as the musician allegedly
confessed. :
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-16
DUKE DRIVES SHIRTLESS
Kent Goes Home From
Golf Course In
His indies

PORTSMOUTH, July 16 I.N.S.)
The Duke of Kent lost his shirt
at golf today.
First, his big brother, the Prince
of Wales, trimmed him on the fair
ways in an 11-hole match.
Then, when the Duke sought to
retrieve the shirt he had taken
off during the match, he was un-
able to find it,
So
The handsome Duke casually
left the course and drove through
the streets in his undershirt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-16
NEW PHONE OFFICE

A branch business office Of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele.
phone Company in the telephone
building at Wisconsin Avenue and
Stanford Street. Chevy Chase,
ND. was opened for business yes
terday. Tie office will be In
charge of H. j. Waters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-16
CONTRACTORS TO MEET

Members of the Electrical Con
tractors Association will hold their
monthly meeting at 8 p. m. today
at the Concord Club Roof Garden
third floor Arcade Building, Four
tenth st. and Park Rd. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-16
Critical, Impartial Judges of Used Cars agree
Plymouth Sells Quicker and brings Best Prices

T7sED-cAR DEALERS can tell you how cars
u stand up. they have to k'ao'O what's
left in car after it has given somebody two
or three years service.
To get that side of the story for you we
went to used-car dealers in so cities.
'You Look at All Three impartially," we
said. ''Tell us about used Plymouths. Are
they good value? Do people want them?"
Answers were almost unanimous. used
Plymouths command top prices. and read
lest sale. :. of all the low-priced cars. They
show finer engineering and construction -.
they stand up better.
1--WE can never get enough Plymouths to
meet demand. first owners hang on to them.
"a used Plymouth is like money in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-16
FARMER DIES

BOONSBORO, Md, July 16,
(SpeciaD Thomas J. MoSerm,
II, farmer, died at his home here
of a heart attack.
The Washington times., 1935-06-15
TaXicab Regulation

The Public Utilities Commission is acting promptly to
strahten out the mudded axcab situation result of add
onal authority conferred it in the District appropriation
bill recently signed by the President.
The commission the day the bill signed ordered
public hearing to be held July the of uniform
rates and regulations to govern the cabs.
It is the hope of the general public well the taxi drivers
themselves that something EFFECTIVE will from the
hearing.
commission to establish uniform rates and STILL how
contains restrictions the commission which hardly
compatible with the original laws under which the commission
acts The bill contains proviso that the commission may not
impose meter system Of rates on the local taxlcabs
Whether the meters would be good thing for drivers
good thing for the riders aside from the point The mpor
thing that the commission is still robbed Of its freedom
of action and cannot matter what the circumstances order
That unfortunate condition because presumably
the commission composed of experts who should be free to
determine the best method of taxicab regulation.
The additional authority granted the commission however
should certainly help improve the situation It is safe to say
that had the commission had this week or two earlier
it could handled the taxcab strike much effectively
The taxicab business in Washington is admittedly comp
Gated problem We have remarkably low rates and remark
ably large number of cabs.
It is safe assumption the low rates responsible for
the large number Of taxi riders in the city AN INCREASE IN
THE Rates WHILE IT WOULD PRESUMABLY IMPROVE
THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE DRIVERS MIGHT
HAVE JUST THE OPPOSITE EFFECT It might very likely
drive large number Of the present taxi patrons back to the
street and buses.
That could only result in conditions for the drivers
than those they suffering under 1t would likely throw
large number of drivers out Of work and force them onto
relief.
The commission faces the difficult task trying improve
the lot of all the drivers at the time That lot won't be
improved If the commission fixes rates which greatly cua the
patronage of the cabs.
While the commission is preparing for the rate it is to
be hoped that advantage will be taken of the apparent sentiment
exists Congress for improving the legal position OF
the commission Members have offered under the Of the
commission with ample authority Advantage should be taken
Of these offers.
The Washington times., 1935-06-15

ing the granddaddy Of them
all, Atlantic City.
Now there's a seashore resort
for you. High, wide and hand
some, it does everything on q
huge scale. Always holding con.
ventions to fill its miles OF
boardwalk hotels, it has a con-
vention hall which covers seven
acres and seats nearly $4,000
people.
Away from the town, with its
piers and Fairgrounds, there
are lovely residential suburbs
with villas Of the Spanish type
and white colonial houses
Atlantic City dwarfS the
nearby towns, but these are
we'll worth a visit just the
same. There are wildwood ana
Ocean City, the latter a fav-
orite family resort and farther
along, at the entrance to Della
ware bay, there is Cape May
City, famed as the earliest
bathing resort along the Jer"
sey coast.
The Washington times., 1935-06-15
Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, T.

his philosophy on taxes in
these words:
"'The ideal way to raise
money is to get the most
feathers with the least squawk-
ing of the gOOse.'"
That speech that Senator
Huey P. Long made the other
night Dhen tilibusterin0 cost
the taxpayers approximately
$4,704.
At $50 per page. Huey used
"a pages of the Congressional
Record for his filibuster.
He quoted from the Bible.
He quoted from everything
else he could think of to dis
Cuss.
He talked about this, that
and the other thing.
Housewives should find his
speech interesting.
He gave his recipe for "pot
likker," a recipe for frying
oysters and one on Roquefort
cheese salad dressing.
And in his speech he spoke
about Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace, whom Senator
The Washington times., 1935-06-15
12O Million Angels

Much the public sympathizes with unemployed actors
the latest project the Federal Government to spend mil
lions of dollars staging plays throughout the country
read with mingled emotions by those who in the last analysis
will foot the bills.
The FERA which is sponsoring the plan, says it will be
'self-iquidating."
That MEANS we gather that the box office receipts will
equal the costs of production
It is that Uncle Sam may have hitherto unsupported
ability in the show business but he pick winners as
the FERA confident that he his talents wasted
on mere government He ought to his headquarters
from Pennsylvania Avenue to Broadway.
may prove however that your Uncle Samuel is better
guesser than the of producers
In the customers apparently will have pay for
the shows whether they them not and if they do
them will pay twice.
That sounds like any managers dream Of theatrical
paradise paradise with 100 million angels to defray running
expenses.
What the angels think about it is another matter.
The Washington times., 1935-06-15
Listen, World
BIZ Elsie Robinson

probably. Dreams in which
they always overcame all OBJ
stacles and emerged victorious.
But it was only dream.
They never faced reality and
were actually as incapable Of
meeting it as so many pale
pink worms. Yet they did not
realize this. Therein lay their
menace.
I keep thinking of lazy lads
lately. Within a short lifetime,
the Machine Age has turned
America into a sort Of Lotus
Land. Life is just one slick
"labor-saving device" after an
other.
Where, in Dads day, adam
delved and Eve SPAN, they now
have practically everything
handed to them ready made and
wrapped in cellophane. We're
no longer Creators. We've be-
come just Ultimate Consumers,
absorbing service as the Lotto.
phagi munched lotuS-and kid.
ding ourselves, all the while,
what we're the strongest, smart
est, Swiftest race that ever in.
habited this earth.
SAFER PROGRAMS
But, of course, we're not. We
have as much punch in all our
beautifully groomed bodies as
Grandpa had in one callouSed
finger. We don't do as much
real thinking for ourselves in a
year as he did in a day. And
as for our muchly advertised
swiftness- all in the motor.
In short, most Of our citizens
under 80 are half-baked humans.
They've never grown up, never
had a chance to. FOR YOU
CAN'T GROW UP WITHOUT
TACKLING TOUGH REALITY.
You can't learn the answer until
Life has asked you some mighty
mean questions. You can't read
about character in a book and
then proceed to grow one in
IL lessons.
And the most dangerous crea-
ture on earth is the human who
thinks he's a Live Wire, but is
really only a Powder Puff.
Yet America is presently going
to be handed over to just such
deluded SoftieS.
Why do I look askance on fun
and comfort? That's why-be-
cause I've lived long enough to
see what they can do to human
beings-and what they can cost
nations. The American Stand
ard of Living"-it is a beautiful
phrase. But I wonder if a little
less gravy and a little more
gumption wouldn't be a safer
program?
Copyright. 1898, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-06-15

Under the leadership Of the
Representative in Congress from
the Twentieth New York Con-
gressional DiStrict-Mr. Marcan.
tonio-of New York city, who
calls himself a Republican, de-
mand has been issued for the
call Of a constitutional conven.
ton to make over the Constitu.
ton of the United States.
Mr.. Marcantonio, who rattles
around in Congressional shoes
formerly worn by the present
Mayor of New York City, Mr..
La Guardia, is serving his first
term in Congress.
Uniting with him in this de-
mand are congressman Schnei-
der and Amlie of Wisconsin and
Lundeen of Minnesota. The
first two call themselves Progress
SiveS and the third is a member
Of the Farmer-Labor Party.
These national legislators evi.
IDENTIFY think very poorly, both
Of the Constitution and Of the
Supreme Court Of the United
States. They attack the latter
in this contemptuous language:
I'm no uncertain terms it
(the Supreme Court has served
notice on Congress that the
Constitution is not a flexible
document to be interpreted
literally and in the light of
preSent-day conditions, but
rather an instrument that
must be interpreted with rela-
ton to the time, conditions,
and Ox-cart economy Of the
days when it was written"
WRITTEN INSTRUMENT
This is not a quotation from
any decision Of the Supreme
Court. It cannot be found in
any such decision. It is merely
an assertion by a group of politi-
clans who are evidently more
concerned with misleading the
public than they are with tell
ing the truth.
The Supreme Court took an
oath to support the ConStitu-
ton of the United States as
written. It did not take an
oath to support the Constitu.
ton only in so far as its pro-
visions are approved by Mr..
Marcentonio and other politi-
cal sappers who are dissatisfied
with the Constitution as writ
ten and seek to Supplant it
with a new one.
"The Great Tribunal" in a
decision handed down in 1905,
said in the words of Mr..
Justice Brewer:
"The Constitution is a writ
ten instrument. AS such its
meaning does not alter. That
which it meant when adopted
it means now. Being a grant
Of power to a government, its
language is general. and as
changes come in social and pO-
The Washington times., 1935-06-15
Constitutional Powers
By James T. Williams, T.

} NticaI life It embraces in its
grasp all new conditions which
are within the scope Of the
powers in terms conferred. .
These things which are within
its power, as those grants were
understood when made, arc
still within them, and those
things not within them remain
still excluded.
ut must also be remembered
that the trainers Of the Con-
StitutiOn were not mere vision
aries, toying with SpeculatiOnS
or theories but practical men,
dealing with the facts Of pO-
litical life as they understood
them, putting into form the
government they were Great
ing, and prescribing in Ian
guage clear and ineligible the
powers that government was to
take"
This is the Constitution
which the Supreme Court, ur-
der it's solemn oath, undertakes
to interpret.
PEOPLES PRIVILEGE
Ill.informed politicians some
times make the mistake Of say.
ing that the only difference be-
tween the American and British
Constitutions is that the former
is a written document and the
latter an unwritten body Of law.
Their error in this regard Is
clearly set forth by Mr.. Charles
Warren in a book on Congress,
the Constitution and the Su-
preme Court" which all political
sappers in Congress seeking to
undermine the Government Of
the Constitution would do well
to read.
Mr.. Warren declares that the
real difference between the
American and the British Con.
stitutions is that "the American
Constitutions (the Constitution
Of the United States and the
Constitutions of the several
StateS) are unalterable and un-
amendable by a majority of the
legislature ITSELF"
Mr.. Marcantonio is within his
rights when he advocates the
calling of a Constitutional con.
vention to make over the Con.
Stitution of the United States.
But when he attacks the SUI
preme Court, or its refusal to
make over the Constitution, he
either advertises his abysmal ig-
norance of the American System
of Government or his complete
contempt for that system.
Making over the Constitution
Is not the duty of th> Supreme
Court. That is the exclusive
privilege of the American people.
And Mr.. Marcantonio insults
their intelligence If he pretends
otherwise.
Copyright, 1898. The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1935-06-15
Three-Minute Journeys

Holidays mean a change
of scenery, and so we cross
from coast to coast to spend
a few weeks in surroundings
that are different from those
to which we are accustomed.
From the East, we like to
head for California, visiting
Lake Tahoe, Yellowstone and
the other glorious national
parks that are such splendid
Fairgrounds. There are dude
ranches in Wyoming and Ne
Vada awaiting the tenderfoot.
WesternerS and folks in the
Middle West are consulting
road maps and railroad sched-
ules getting set for a holiday
in the East, taking in New
York, the beauty spots Of Long
Island and the beaches Of New
Jersey. It is Of the latter that
we write today. For we lately
have discovered that many Wis.
itors who come East return
home without visiting New Jer'
Sey coastal towns, even Scorn'
The Washington times., 1935-06-15

result of all this Sitting Soft
n Pretty that has me worried.
Already we can perceive these
results if we wish. And they're
not so hot. They remind me
of the old story of the Lotus
Eaters
The ancients, as you prob
ably know, had a fanciful
realm which they called 1.-THE
Land Of the Lotus Eaters"
From all reports, it must have
been a real estate advertising
writer's paradise. The place
had Everything-and then
some.
Nobody ever did anything in
the Land of the Lotus Eaters"
except MUNICH lotus-yet they
all had everything they desired.
Day after day life flowed along
in q rosy dream for the Lotto
phagi." Which would seem per-
fectly dandy to the weary, wor-
ried citizen of today.
A NIGHTMARE
Yet, to the old Greeks, that
lotus land was one of life's
worst Nightmares. For the Lotus
Eater, through ease and in
dolence, speedily became a mon
ster instead of a mana stu.
pid, sluggish, shameful creature
incapable of healthy effort or
honest judgment. A fate which
even the poorest Greek slave
Stunned. AS well he might!
For when a man gets as help
less as that he's a menace to
himself and society in general.
The Lotus Eaters were a men
ace not because they were de-
liberately bad-which they
were-but because they were
SOFT. Life was too easy for
them. They were drugged with
dreams. Delightful dreams,
The Washington times., 1935-06-15
Once Overs
Social Position

It is so much easier to insist
that wives and other members
Of the family make a good ap-
pearance than it is to pay the
bills when they come in.
Men sometimes forget that
when women accept invitations
to social affairs they create
debts that should be paid in
kind.
The amount expended in social
amenities depends, to a great
extent, upon the class of society
in which the woman mingles.
Naturally, the more elaborate
the entertainment enjoyed, the
greater the outlay in reciprocal
affairs.
It sometimes happens that a
woman retires from a circle in
which she formerly moved be-
cause Of the family rows which
result over the expense incurred.
Frequently when a wife fol-
lows such a course of retrench.
ment, the husband complains
because she is not invited to
events which he would like to
have her attend.
He is dissatisfied if she be-
comes associated with a crowd
which he does not consider as
high in standing as the one he
prefers, while not giving her
money to keep up with her obi
cations in the circle he'd like to
cultivate.
There are numerous instances
where either husband or wife
endeavors to maintain a position
with an expensive clique.
This, for no good reason,
causes much family unhappi-
ness.
Copyright. 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, 1ne.)