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The Washington times., 1935-08-28

PickpOckets
Enjoy Elks'
COncIaVe

PickpocketS on the fringes Of
the colored Elk's convention yes
terday had a good day.
Police records show six persons
lost pocketbooks, mony, or other
valuables.
Generald ]. Ford, 1888 Fifteenth
st. N. w., reported that his pocket
book, containing SIT. was taken
at a dance last night at the
colored Masonic Temple at Tenth
and u Sts., N. w.
Napoleon B. Staley, 1909 Fourth
st. N. W., while at the Elks' Club
on Rhode Island Ave-, last night,
was relieved Of his bill fold and
$50.
Ed letter, 400 I st. N. W., re-
ported that while in his parked
automobile at Fourteenth and H
Streets last night, his gold watch,
valued at $25 was taken.
Walter Rouse, East Clifton Ter
race Apartments, had his bill fold
taken yesterday afternoon at Fiji
tenth and T SITS. N. W., but it
contained only an operators per-
NIT and other papers.
While standing in front of the
Lincoln Theater, on U Street yes
terday, Ed B. Wilson, 1883 On
tario Rd. N. w., had his bill fold
containing 500 stolen.
Free L. Hill, 5201 East Capitol
St., was watching the parade at
Eleventh and U Streets yesterday
when someone relieved him Of his
bill fold containing his permit,
registration card and papers.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
Ken Murray
Says:

Well, thank goodness, it's all
over! Congress finally h q d
enough of maxim whOOpee,"
50 decided to call off its ex.
tended spree, and 90 home. :.
Yes, sir! That session was
WaShingtOn's biggest hangover
.. And what a headache!
After all, those boys certainly
deserve the rest and peace Of q
home. Now they'll h ave a
chance to sit down, read their
newspaper, and find out what
they've been voting for.
They would have adjourned
last Saturday If it hadn't been
for the persistent OratOry Of
those Congressman comprising
the "cOttOn bloc" Evidently,
that boil weeviI isn't the only
plague from the South that's
hard to get rid Of.
so REMEMBER:
If each Congressman would
only think twice before speak.
ing then we could really say,
"All's quiet along the Potomac"
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
WORKS Flu NDS
GIVEN D. {.

Additional grants for public
works in the District and Virginia,
totalling more than three million
dollars, were recommended by the
Advisory Committee on Allotments
for the Works Program today.
Two grants for the District, one
Of $3.50, lot, and one Of $114,516,
were approved by the committee,
while the Virginia allotments total
$3,001, 1893.
Details of the projects which
will be made possible by these
grants will not be made public
until they have been approved by
the President.
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DOUBLE SHIFT
EXPECTED AT
EASTERN
Admission Tickets to
Be Given Out Here
Sept. 20 and FL

Congestion in District public
schools during the coming school
year was predicted today as school
officials prepared for the opening
Of the new term September %.
Approximately $4,000 children
are expected to enroll in District
elementary and junior and senior
high schools, with larger number
expected for the opening of the
second term in February. There
were $4,000 enrolled last year.
I Jere j. Crane, acting superin.
tendent of schools, said school Of.
ficialS expect overcrowding to de-
velop in schools throughout the
city, although at present there Is
no way to judge just where it will
occur.
Eastern High School, which last
year had staggered hours, prob
ably will go on a double shift this
year, because of anticipated heavy
enrolment, he said.
New School Ready
The new Woodrow Wilson High
School will probably be ready for
occupancy at the opening Of
school, it was said. But AnacoS.
tia Junior High School will not
be ready until November i and
the addition to the Deal Junior
High School will not be com.
pleted until some time after the
opening Of school.
Information concerning the
opening Of schools was issued by
school officials as follows:
New pupils will be admitted to
the kindergartens provided they
are five years by November /, or
older, and to the first grades il
they are six years old by Novem-
Der or older. Parents are re-
quired to present birth certifi.
Gates.
All children on public school
rolls at the close of last year who
desire to enter the graded schools
and kindergartens should apply
for admission tickets at schools
nearest to their homes. Princi.
pals will be at buildings on Fri.
day and Saturday, September 20
and 81, from 8 a. m. to 10 a. m.
and from 4 p. m. to 6 p. m.
Vaccination Rule
Vaccination certificates must be
presented to the principals. The
law requires that no child shall
be admitted into the public
schools who shall not have been
duly vaccinated or otherwise pro-
tected against smallpox.
All pupils except those regu.
larly promoted to the high schools
or ninth grade of the junior high
schools from the public schools
Of the District must be admitted
through the High School Board Of
Admissions. This board will meet
at the Thomson School, Twelfth
and L SITS. N. w., September 10,
10 and 20, beginning at 9 a. m.
Pupils presenting themselves
for admission should bring with
them diplomas, report cards or
other credentials upon which
they base their claim for en-.
trance. Pupils who cannot pre-.
sent acceptable credentials, but
who are able to convince the
board that there is a probability
of their being prepared for high
school work will be given an ex.
animation on September 20 to
determine their qualifications for
admission,
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
6. 0. P.
NAMES FULL
TICKET :
Convention Keynoter
Lauds Hearst Fight
On "RaW Deal"

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, Aug. 28.-William Randolph
Hearst was highly praised here
last night for his stand against
the RAW Zeal" as DR.. William
MoSeley Brown, Virginia guberna-
torial candidate in 1929, sounded
the keynote address before Re.
publicans gathered in convention
at the Lyon Park Community
House.
Displaying a cartoon from The
Washington Times of yesterday
depicteing Uncle Sam struggling
to free himself from the Raw
DEAF bureaucracy, DR.. Brown de-
clared there is a Democrat to
be highly commended for his
fight against the Raw Dealers
for their utter disregard of the
Constitution Of the Unite d
States"
Full Slate Picked
Opening and closing their con-
vention to the strains of "Ameri-
Co." G. o. P. leaders of Arlington
county, including 81 delegates
from the II precincts of the
county, tremendously nominated
candidates for all major offices in
Arlington county to carry the Re-
publican banner in the general
election in November.
Establishing q precedent for the
party in Arlington, the delegates
unanimously nominated woman,
Mrs. Marian Hagen, Of the Bali
ston precinct, for the office of
commissioner of revenue. Mrs.
Hagen, the wife, of j. FSster
Hagen, Arlington attorney, has
been prominently associated with
the Organized women Voters.
Without a dissenting vote, can
dldateS for all the major offices
were nominated in record time,
Nominees included one lifelong
Democrat who bolted the Demo.
cratic party in protest against the
Raw Deal" This was Judge
Bryan Gordon, former associate
judge Of the trial court, who was
unanimously chosen for Common
wealth attorney to oppose the in.
cumbent and Democratic nominee.
Lawrence w. Douglas. Mrs. Hagen
will oppose the incumbent and
Democratic nominee, Harry K.
Green.
Hedrick Renamed
Judge Benjamin M. Hedrick,
one of the successful Republican
candidates four years ago in the
race for county Judge, was nomi-
mated to succeed himself. He will
oppose Walter U. Varney, Demo.
cratic nominee.
Capt. John H. DeBaus, retired
Army officer, was selected as the
G. O. p nominee to oppose the in
cumbent and Democratic nominee,
Sheriff Howard B. Fields in the
race for county sheriff.
Frank G. Campbell, patent at
torney and real estate dealer, was
the choice for county treasurer.
He will oppose the incumbent and
Democratic nominee, Charles T.
Jesse, who was appointed to the
office to fill the vacancy created
by the removal of Wade Ball.
For clerk of the county court,
which is the highest paid county
office with a salary Of nearly
$4,000 yer year, Joseph L. May
was chosen. Mr.. May, who served
on the county board for a short
time during the temporary custer
of two members last year, had an
nounced himself as an Independ-
ent candidate for this office, but
later pledged his support to the
Republican nominee when it was
considered likely that DR., Brown
would be the candidate.
While there was no candidates
nominated by the convention for
CONTINUED on Page rs, Col. ~
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Alexandra CANNING
Food for the Needy

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. %
(SpeciaD Gaming the bumper
crop of vegetables raised in the
community gardens this summer
under the direction of Mrs. L. E.
Peabody, FERA director, has
started. The food will be dis
tributed this winter to those on
relief rolls.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
Injuries Fatal

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. % (spe-
ciaD .-Gilmer Gordon Garland,
taken to Memorial Hospital Sun
day after having suffered a frac-
tured skull when he fell from a
speeding automobile, died yester-
day. He remained in an iron
lung" for SO hours.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
.E|ks Club Is Robbed
Third Time in Month

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Aug. %
(Specia D.-Thieves entering
basement window escaped with
more than $55 in merchandise
from Elks Club here club Of
ficials reported today to police.
It was the third robbery of the
premises in 30 days.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28
Baltimore in Search
For Kidnap Suspect

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. %
Especially The hunt for William
Mahan, suspect in the Weyer-
haueser kidnapping, who was re-
ported to have been seen twice
near Westminster, Md, turned
to Baltimore city today as
State, city and Federal officers re-
doubled their efforts to effect his
capture.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28

I thought that putting things
off until the last minute and
then tearing the hair was sup
posed to be q characteristic Of
women-until I watched Con-
gress adjourn.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28

Tall, handsome Bob Will
loughby, assistant deputy ex'
aminer Of archives. now work
ing on old Treasury records,
rolls his own cigarettes. He car
ries a little rolling machine in
his coat pocket. Likewise a
waterproof pouch Of tobacco.
He gave a demonstration on
how to get the unadulterated
flavor Of tobacco at Miss Ray
McKay'S swimming party. Mr..
Willoughby got the machine in
Canada.
The Washington times., 1935-08-28

Mrs. George B. Simmons, ex.
plotted by the G. o. P. land
by mel as a naive daughter OF
the soil, has had for months, I
learn, with humility, a literary
agent. The agent probably fol-
lows Mrs. Simmons out into the
fields and guides her typewriter
as she ploWS.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-01-10
VERA Road Project
Construction Begun

Construction work on the Horn road'
between the White Bluffs ennewlck
highway and Benton City, which Will
provide shorter highway between
the Priest Rapids valley and Benton
citv and Prosser, was resumed Monday
Of this week, County Commissioner
Ira Hawley announced this week.
Present work consists Of building 10
concrete culverts, and is done by men
on the relief roles. Each man Is given
sufficient work to earn his budgeted
amount and then another man Is put
on the project. At present there are
twelve men employed Materials are
furnished by the county.
The, Horn road project was sub
mitted to the VERA by Benton county
as two projects, Mr.. Hawley explained
One project was the construction OF
culverts, for which material was pur-
chased by the county last year, ano
the other project is the grading ano
surfacing of the remaining five miles
of road. AS soon as there is additional
relief labor, this project will undoubt'
edly be approved by the VERA ane
work begun, it was said.
Construction of the Horn road wa
begun last winter under the CWA, bu
only six of the eleven miles were fin
ished before the CWA was disbanded
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-01-10
DUDLEY WILKINSON
TO TEACH AT MORAN

Dudley Wilkinson, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. S. Wilkinson, left last Monday
for Atascardero, California, where ne
has accepted a position on the stall
of the Moran School for Boys. Since
receiving his B.A degree from Whit
man College last spring, Dudley has
been studying in the business admin
istration department of the University
of Washington.
There are two Moran schools, one
on Brainbridge Island, in Washington,
and the other in California. The latter
school gives four years Of accredited
high school work and two years OF
junior college. Dudley will be the
youngest member of the fifteen teach
ers there and will have two classes OF
English and one of science to teach
as well as acting as assistant to the
athletic coach and having charge OF
the junior college dormitory. There
are a hundred boys registered at the
school. Mr.. Wilkinson took his son te
Yakima where he joined one of the
professors with whom he drove tx
Atascardero.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-01-10
MRS. GRACE DEWEY
DIES IN TENNESSEE

Mrs. Grace Dewey, IS, mother OF
Mrs. Charles Foster of. Hartford, passed
away January at her home in Grand
view, Tennessee. Mrs Dewey was born
in Irving, New York, August IL, l849.
In November, 1875 she was married
to Loren Dewey, moving later to Wis
consin and again to Tennessee. MIR.
Dewey died in 1902 and one son passed
away in Vancouver, BE-, in 1919.
With her daughter Carrie, Mrs,
Dewey came to Hartford about seven
years ago. leaving four years later for
her old home in Tennessee. She had
Joined the Methodist church in her
youth and was faithful member
throughout her life. While in Hartford
she and her daughter were faithful
in Sunday school, missionary and
church work. While she was unable tc
attend often, she contributed gener-
ously to the work of the church anc
her sweetness of character and faith
in her Maker left their impress moi
only upon her family but upon all witt
whom she came in contact
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Foster
of East Hartford, Mrs. Dewey is sur
yived by a son, Lewis and daughter
Carrie, of Grandview, Tennessee.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-01-10

OF WINERY WILL
TALK TO GROWERS

Drawing up a temporary organiza-
ton, group of nine men, consisting
Of three representatives from each OF
the three communities In the valley,
met Sunday at White Bluffs. Ray
Slavens Of Hanford was elected tenn
porary chairman, and r. s. Reierson
of White Bluffs, temporary secretary.
Next Sunday, permanent organiza-
ton will be formed and set OF BY
laws and a constitution adopted.
The group plans to investigate and
work out ways and means OF improv-
ing conditions within the valley. A
winery representative has been Sc
cured to meet with the group next
Sunday to discuss the cost OF pro-
ducing grapes, the varieties most IN
demand, and other phases OF grape
production. Everyone in the valley in
terested in raising grapes is invited by
the body to meet with them at this
time. The meeting will be held Sun
day afternoon at the shop in back OF
the telephone company's Office
A committee of two, R. S. Reierson
and G. F. Wooten, was appointed al
the meeting to discuss the matter o.
reducing water costs with the board Of
directors of the irrigation district.
Members of the group are: Ray Sla'
VEINS, c. F. Wooten and j. H. Evett
Hanford; L. N. Fry, G. L. MCGEE ant
Levi Austin, Allard- Vernita; R. $
Reierson, Fred Gilhuly and F. A. En-
glish, White Bluffs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-01-10
Scholarship To
Oxford W on By
Donald w heeler
Rhodes Award Gives Three
Years At English
University

One of the richest and highest OF
all the scholarships offered students
of the United States was awarded
Monday to Donald Wheeler when, With
three other successful candidates, he
won a Rhodes scholarship which Will
give him three years at Oxford Uni
versity, England. Donald is senior IN
the economics division of Reed Col
lege at Portland, Oregon, and the son
of MIR. and Mrs. F.. NJ Wheeler of
White Bluffs.
The Rhodes scholarship plan was
established under the will of Cecil
John Rhodes who accumulated vast
fortune in South Africa, to maintain
British, American and German stu
dents at Oxford in the belief that "a
good understanding between England,
the United States and Germany will
secure the peace Of the world Inc
basis for the selection Of students Is
| Cd literary and scholastic attainments
| co success in outdoor sports, CD moral
qualities, "a qualities of leadership.
Ninety-six three-year scholarships are
provided for the United States, sixty
for the British Empire and fifteen Tor
Germany.
The northwest district competition
is between the twelve candidates con-
sidered suitable, chosen from WASH
ington, Idaho Oregon, Wyoming, Mon
tana and North Dakota, two students
being selected from each state. once
this selection has been made, no fur
Their notice is given to state lines
Of the twelve candidates who were
put through the ten-hour examination
at Spokane Monday, one other wash
ington boy, Thomas H. Mcbride, OF
Seattle, won scholarship. The other
successful candidates were John /.
, Hays, Jr of Bohemian, Montana, and
William, A. Era1ntf,.....of -Iidgerwood
= North Dakota.
The young men will enter Oxford
next October. During holidays they
are privileged and expected to trave
upon the continent The yearly value
of the scholarship is approximately
$175O
Although this is the finest plum Of
all, other scholastic honors have beer
won by members of the Wheeler fam
d lily, Miss Margaret Wheeler (now Mrs
y Torvald Danielson while attending
e Reed College won a scholarship which
= entitled her to years study IN France
j. and George Wheeler was given
e teaching fellowship at an importan
g mid western university
=, - News of the awards was broadcaste
~ over the radio Tuesday morning an
=, appeared in all of the Tuesday papers
- Donald's parents, however, did nc
learn of it until letter from Mr.
N Danelson was received on Wednesda.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-01-10
MRS. BARGE'S TALK
GREATLY ENJOYED

An enthusiastic audience attended
the Woman's club meeting Wednesday
afternoon to hear Mrs. Cecil Barge
read paper on Life in Santo DO
mingo." Mrs Barge lived in the Do
minican Republic for two years while
her husband worked on an engineering
project there A number OF women
from the Allard- Vernita Womens club
were present as we'll as other guests,
there being total attendance OF
thirty-siX
Musical numbers for the afternoon
were provided by Mrs. G. M. Bromling
who played Moskowski's Spanish
Dance" as a violin solo, and John Real,
who played Debussy's "Golliwog Cake
walk"
Mrs. Barge began her talk with a
brief survey of Santo Domingo's his
tory The island of Haiti is reputed to
have been discovered first by Christie
pher Columbus, who is buried at Santo
Domingo in church the construction
of which he began. The city is the first
one on the western hemisphere to be
founded by Europeans. With seventy
five per cent of it's population Negro,
Indian and Spanish, it presents truly
foreign spectacle to the traveller MOI
until 1928 was water system bunt,
and in the same year the first tele-
phone system and first fire department
J were organized.
Plagued by disease, living in squalor,
the native produce, some objects OF
which Mrs. Barge displayed, is rude
and uncultured. Although Roman
Catholics of a very demonstrative ma
ture, they nevertheless indulge in un-
I tutored superstitions. Wood 0 ois m
however, seems confined to their fearee
neighbors, the Haitians. Mrs Barge
told of their custom Of lighting thu
graves of their dead on All-Saints Day
E evidently to ward off evil spirits. Sh'
also remarked that the natives con
!. slider all white people enormousl.
= wealthy and have no qualms abou
robbing them on all possible occasions
= The first month that she and MI
. Barge lived there, their home was bur
" elarized three times. The natives stri
. and grease themselves in preparatio
for such an expedition SO that eve
rs if they are discovered it is almost i'm
n possible to catch them
J. At the conclusion of her talk, variol
n. things which she had purchased
De Santo Domingo were examined and te
was served, Mrs. F. A. English pourin
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-01-10
WHITE BLUFFS AND
HANFORD BATTLE
FRIDAY EVENING

White Bluffs and Hanford basket
ball teams will meet Friday evening,
January IL, In the third conference
game of the season for both teams.
The two are tied with Richland for
second place in the league, and with
both teams anxious to advance IN the
standings, the fans can be assured OF
plenty of action. The games will start
at 1880 in the White Bluffs gym.
The Richland- Hanford game, to have
been played last Friday evening, was
indefinitely postponed when the Rich
land school were closed on wednesday
of that week due to measles cpl
demic. Riverview defeated Benton City
by a close margin that evening, STEP
ping into first place and putting Ben
ton City in the cellar.
Both Hanford and White Bluffs
teams played practice games last Fri
day night, White Bluffs going to
Othello, where the girls lost by score
of 22-l1, while the boys managed tc
stage a last-minute rally to win by a
score of 16-14 Othello lead through
out the first half, but the local boys
managed to tighten up their defense
during the last half, and basket D.
Ray Wade, just before the final whistle
broke last minute tie, giving Whit
Bluffs the game.
The Hanford teams played the Han
ford town teams, the girls winning D.
a safe margin and the boys com1n
from behind in the last half to over
come big lead and win with scor
/. of 1921. Hanford lost to the Prose-
high school team by a score OF 37-l
the previous week.
On Saturday night the White Bluff
girls team will go to Bickleton, playln
the Bickleton girls team that nigh
and returning on Sunday. The locs
girls won from Bickleton, 26-l4 o
the home floor, and are anxious to re
: peat with another win.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-01-10
A. L. Brockway
Quits Code p osition

A. L. Brockway has resigned his po-
sition with the growers code and re-
turned this week to Hanford.
Mr.. Brockway says that the appoint
ment of an advisory committee OF
seven dealers and one lawyer to WORK
with the executive board Of the grow
ers' code-the director of agriculture
not to issue any new orders without
the consent of this dealer committee
removes the code from the growers
control. This action, taken behind
closed doors in the Commercial hotel
in Yakima, January Z. Mr.. BrockWay
believes to be in violation of the in
tent and purposes of the growers code
and not in the interest of the growers
He states that, in his opinion, fur
Their efforts of the code officials will be
directed to the collection and the
spending of the assessments OF some
100000 that have been levied by the
code on the growers and that he will
not be a party to that injustice.