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such a thing is suggested is:
AT least we will have an Or
ganizatiOn when we get
through"
One of Guffey's first moves
in the Senate was to introduce
a bill providing $50 he thinks)
for the relief of the bituminouS
operators of his State.
It was his first bill and was
an effort to find solidarity in
certain Pennsylvania quarters.
When Guffey becomes boss
of his delegation he will have
a job.
There are % Democrats in
the Pennsylvania delegation at
preSent-the largest number on
record for that State. NelD York
has % and TEXAS 21, but the
Pennsylvania cro1Dd is one tOith
(Which to reckon.
1t was the big bloc of Penn
Sylvania votes that helped to
swing the tide t. Byrns for
Speaker and Bankhead for
majority leader Of the House.
And Guffey "bosSed" the job.
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes is chuckling
up his sleeve.
The recent memorandum cas-
tigGting Postmaster General
James A. Farley, Attorney Gen.
eral Homer S. Cummings and
Senator Pat Harrison because
OF their alleged connection Dith
the appointment of Judge T.
Webber Wilson, OF the Virgin
Islands, has been weu publ
cised.
Ickes announces that it was
q mistake" But the bulletin
was marked Memorandum for
the Press" and he can't laugh
that off.
The vituperation has been
The Washington times., 1935-01-28
A Letter on Traffic
Death Is Stronger Argument

President Roosevelt has sent to the District Commissioners
letter urging that action be taken cut down the terrific
death toll of traffic accidents.
The President is powerful letter writer and would
like to believe that his traffic letter. which also went
State Governors, will be effective
The fact is, however, that the Commissioners and the
Governors received much powerful argument for
action the traffic problem last year than the Pre
dent write.
Here in Washington the Commissioners that 1876
killed in traffic accidents during 1884 Similarly
startling death figures compiled in the various
If the knowledge of those figures won't bring remedial
action don't think the Presidents letter will be very
successful
After ALL though it is doubtful if Commissioners and
the city officials directly charged with traffic matters will
be able do any effective work the problem until
the public itself has change of heart.
The city impose all the regulations that be thought
of but that won't stop the slaughter the streets That
be stopped ONLY BY THE DRIVERS and the pedes-
trians
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MarylandBeats theRap
The District May Still Take 1t

Our neghbos in Maryland who startled the other day
to find themselves threatened with State income tax to
have been able convince their State authorities that they
want part parcel of that niqous scheme Of taxation
We congratulate the Free Saters but think only fair
to them that they will have keep alert they want to
preserve the victory that they have apparently won
In city succeeded several occasions in AP
PARENTLY beating the local income tax proposal but every
time kill it develops lease life and pops up to
plague
Citizens Maryland of course have powerful weapon
the vowh which to let their and legislators know
how they feel about this discredited tax plan.
Over here can't vote and can't effectively convince
legislators Of what want don't want because these
legislators aren't ALL They chosen by and respond
the wishes of the folks who have the votes which them
to Congress.
About all in Washington do prevent the imposition
Of this unnecessary and devsh tax is to petition and petition
and petition Congress not to add it to burdens
Fortunately have heretofore been able to find few
bers of Congress who willing to listen to the petition and
then give what aid they could in blocking the
While Marylanders with their votes available dsposng
Of the State income proposal within few days after
advanced the Washington income tax bill again being
introduced in the House by its persistent advocate Representa-
tive Carl Mapes, Of Michigan.
The bill is designed shift the burden Of taxation FROM
THE WEALTHY who pay the intangible property tax
TO THE MAN OF MODERATE MEANS, who salary.
We hope that the Marylanders that they have saved
themselves from such proposal will find opportunity
let their Senators and Representatives understand that they
don't want such tax foisted the people Of the District
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dered addresses when taking Of
flee.
Gerry's speech, however, was
not a condemnation of the men
or their rules.
When the document was dis
covered in the files it was Inn
mediately shown to the junior
Senator from Rhode Island.
He is Peter G. Gerry, great
grandson Of the Vice President
Of MadiSOn'S day.
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1935-01-28

probably are the result Of
events of cataclysmic proper
tions, beyond the power of the
human mind to even imagine.
BIRTH OR DEATH?
DR.. R. A. Millikan, American
physicist, suggests that cosmic
rays may be the birth cries OF
new matter being created in re-
mote places in the universe. Sir
James Jeans suggests they
may be the death rattle of mat
ter being annihilated in inter
stellar space.
Some day we may run down the
truth. When we do, we shall
probably interpret the message
these strange visitors bring to
us from across the cosmos, and
perhaps gain a hint as to
whether the great machine is
running down m ham S m,
which must end in universal
death and extinction, as Jeans
believes, or whether, as DR..
Millikan suggests, it is a self
perpetuating mechanism which
will go on forever.
Copyright 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Articles by Mr.. Maxim appear
each Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. The subject of the next
article will be Burial on the
Moon Very Difficult"
The Washington times., 1935-01-28
Once-OVers
By J. J. MUNDY
Avoid the ROcking-C Chair
Stage

Are you allowing yourself to
get into the rocking-c chair stage?
Still vigorous, you prefer to
sit and rock, while the active
world goes by.
Gradually you become less
and less able to do the things
which others of your age enjoy.
BY so doing they maintain a
good physical condition.
You are becoming flabby and
more and more susceptible to
illness of one kind or another,
while they are forestalling at
tackS.
You don't want to beStir your
self because it requires effort
and you seek to avoid any sem
blance of working activity.
Many persons give up before
physical condition warrants it.
Decline in health is sure to
follow.
Lessening strength may be so
gradual that it is hard to de-
tect.
Idleness gives the mind too
much opportunity to dwell on
ailments that are only to be
expected with advancing age.
Continually dwelling upon
declining years" becomes a
fetish.
Don't think yourself into
invalidiSm.
If you haven't work Of any
kind, make yourself take reg
ular exercise.
1t does not pay to cultivate
the rockingham as long as
you can move without crutcheS.
Copyright, 1895, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1935-01-28

CRIME wave, l keep thinking OF
Spot.
Spot was a dog who shambled
into our camp one day, one eye
gone, bleeding from a dozen
wounds. We're pretty strong for
dogs at our place, but even we
couldn't admire Spot. He was
one Bad Number, sly, suSpi-
cious, vicious. Nor did he i'm
prove under kindly treatment.
There was, indeed, little time.
He was near the end when he
came. Nothing else, suspect,
would have forced him to ac-
cept our aid. Having taken it,
he skunk into the darkest corner
and there, after couple Of
weeks, died.
BRUTE FORCE
An ugly brute, yet when we
heard his story We pitied and
understood. He had, it seemed,
belonged TO some wandering
wood cutters, creatures hardly
human themselves. From birth
he had known nothing but
blows, foul surroundings, star
vation. There was nobody he
could love or trust.
It was always beast against
beast, with the stronger win
ming. Small wonder that he
hated and distrusted everyone.
Listening in on those Crime
Conferences, I keep thinking of
Spot. Spot was what life made
him. He hated because he had
been hated-used vicious force
because that was all he had
known. What else could one
expect of him? What else can
one expect of human beings
bred as he was?
For, make no mistake, crimi-
The Washington times., 1935-01-28
Penetrating POWer of COsmic Ray May
Unlock Secrets of Universe

the balloon OSoaviakhin gave
their lives after reaching an alti-
tude of about IL miles, the
greatest height ever attained by
man. The Germans have de-
Scended into the bowels of the
earth in deep salt mines.
All that can be said yet is
that these rays come from
every direction in space, and
The Washington times., 1935-01-28

appeared no particular increase
in the rays.
It is not known with certainty
what causes these amazingly
penetrating radiations, or
whence they originate.
Scientists in many countries
have riSked their lives in flights
into the stratosphe1e to make
observations. The Russians in
The Washington times., 1935-01-28

V c e PreSl-
dent in the
Coolidge re-
gime, spoke
to the Senate
and spanked
it verbally for
"antiqu a t e d
rules"
Since Dawes
made his re-
marks about
pompous leg
islators, vice
pre- / d e nts
have not rem.
The Washington times., 1935-01-28
Build a BreakWater
BIZ Robert BenChLey

The world is certainly full of
nice people. Here I have an
offer to take over any old Pull.
man cars that may be foisted
on me, provided I pay the
postage on them to California.
The Ocean Park Business
Mems Association of Ocean
Park (Santa Monica, CALI has
written me a charming note,
stating that old Pullman cars
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thing!" you
say. Bunch
of thugs hold
in G up a
whole nation
Outrageous!
More laws
harder p u n
is h m e nts-
that's W h a t
we need"
Yes, indeed,
But is that
ALL we need?
me hO W.
W h e n eV r
people dis
Gu SIS ur
The Washington times., 1935-01-28

CATION in the
House an d
Senator JO-
seph E. Cuff
fey, political
observers see
a possibility
that a new
Boise PenrOSe
may be in the
making, with
q Democratic
instead of a
r e p u blican
label.
All Senator
Guffey W i'll
S ay W h e n
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way, 40 feet
b e low the
S t r e e t, a
group of sci
entiStS sought
t o | e a r n
S o m e t hing
about the cos
mis- ray. They
W e r e impris-
oned by $50
tons of con-
ere tie a n d
C h r O m iun1
steel. Above
their heads,
the buildings
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quotable letter, and I hereby
constitute myself as their East
Coast representative for contri-
buttons. Forty-four West Forty
fourth Street, New York city,
and ring Hyman's bell.
Copyright. 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Articles By Robert BenchLey
appear each Monday, WedneS-
day and Friday.
The Washington times., 1935-01-28
The Greatest Show
On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

In the rise Of Pennsylvania
Democrats to power in Congress
and in the close cooperation be-
tween the big Pennsylvania dele
The Washington times., 1935-01-28
Hiram Percy Maxim

Locked in bank vault under
the Rupert Building, corner of
Forty-fourth Street and Broad.
The Washington times., 1935-01-28
They'll Still Get Married
In 23,053 A. D.

Gloomy folk who foresee the disappearance of the nstu
ton of human marriage find the latest rock slide
at Niagara Fals-the third in three years.
The Falls folding up in disappointment the de-
in the number Of honeymoones who them
they say
We counsel these pessmsc persons to be of good cheer
When the Falls goneby the year $685. if the present
rate Of recession continues and will be
honeymooning Mars
The Washington times., 1935-01-28
Words of Wise Men

evident insanity to live penury order that you
die rch.-Juvenal.
Many things wanting poverty, all things to avace
-SyruS.
With patience bear with prudence push, fate-yrgl
Change your pleasures but do not change your friends
-Voltaire
The Washington times., 1935-01-28

Searching through the Uener.
able records of the Senate, en-
ployeS recently found yel-
loDed document that had been
in the files since March 4, 1913.
1t was the address rendered
by Elbridge Gerry, Vice Presi-
dent to James Madison, when
he took over the rule of the
Senate.
Written in his own hand, it
related in flOwery language
the concern that he felt when
taking over the second high
est task in the land.
In thus addressing the Senate,
Gerry used a custom that has
faded since Charles G. Dawes,
The Washington times., 1935-01-28
We're Tackling Crime At
the Wrong End

These Crime Conferences
they interest you, don't they?
bout time We did some
The Washington times., 1935-01-28
Pension the Babies
End the Depression

Fred Allen the air the other night solved the problem
Of old age pensions.
Instead of giving 5000 month to everybody 65 he
said give $50 week to every baby at bthand then buy
the baby whatever he points to- This in Mr. Aliens opinion
would put money into circulation and pull the country
Of the depression
We hope the Brain Trust listening in.
The Washington times., 1935-01-28

spread, so Mr.. Ickes can, cali
it all a mistake"
CaStio1tion of Judge Wilson,
howeDer, seems not in order
Uith certain reports from the
Islands.
A DR.. J. Sumner Stone
writes:
"The man most loved by the
Islanders is Judge T. Webber
Wilson. Our ice man, black
as night, is but one of hun
drcdS who call him Father
The Negroes of st. Thomas
gather at the doors Of his
court to accompany him to
his home lest he be hurt by
his enemies"
And the man that DR.. Stone
writes of is the same one that
1ckes' department castigateS
in a press release that is "a
mistake"
The Washington times., 1935-08-10
TOMORROW'S
FEATURES

: liza l. ~ 4S6S
WRC-PenthOuSe Serenade,
2:3O-3 p. m. Uncle Charles
Tent Show, go p. m.
WMAL-InternatI Broad
caSt-SalZburg, Musical Fes.
tival Concert, 1O-11 a. m.
Grand Hotel, 5:3O-6 p. m.
Alexander Haas Gypsy Orch,
9:3O-1O p. m.
VOL - Browns Riddles,
2:3O-3:30 p. m. Voice, Lily
POns, 5-5:15 p. m. Good VIII
Court, 8:45-9:3O p. m.
WJSV-NatiOnaI Amateur
Night, $500 p. m. Wayne
Kings Orch, $3.50 p. m.
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harmonic Orchestra in the first
American Radiator broadcast
from the Salzburg music festival
tomorrow on WMAL at 10 a.. m.
The Washington times., 1935-08-10

Felix Weingartner, recognized
throughout the music world as
one of the greatest living inter
prefers Of Beethoven's sympho-
MES, will direct the Vienna Phil
The Washington times., 1935-08-10
RADIO HIGHLIGHTS
ToDAY's FEATURES

TODAY's FEATURES
WJSV-COIumbia's Concert
Hall, $3.50 p. m. Jan Gar
ber's Orch, 9:3O-1O p. m.
WRC-JambOree, 6:3O-6:45
D. m. G-Men, $3.50 p. m.
M Eddie Duchin's Orch, IL
1880 p. m.
WMAL-Operatic Gems,
6:45-7:3O p. m. Goldman
Band, 1908 p. m. Lotus
Orch, 11-11:3O p. m.
VIOLIN a n d Olin and
Guitar Orch, 5:3O-6 p. m.
Eddie BOnelli's Orch, 10000
p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-05-27
DecIassee Was
Great Success

"Declassee," which the National
Players will offer with Ethel Bar
rymore in the leading role, the
week beginning June 3, was one of
the greatest successes of the stars
career.
Many of the regular patrons of
the National Players have re-
quested the history of this Zoe
Atkins play and it's original cast,
and in response Manager Coch-
ran offers the following from the
record books:
"Declassee" was produced by
Charles Frohman at the Empire
Theater in New York on october
6, 1919, with the following cast:
Lady Helen Haden. Ethel Barrymore
Sir Bruce Haden. ...u..H Harry Plimmer
rudolph solomon. '''...".. Claude King
Edward Thayer. Vernon Steel
Harry Charters. Charles Francis
Sir Emmett Wilderin.. Julian Royce
Lady Wildering. ........ Claire Eames
Charlotte Ashley. Beatrice Beckley
Mrs. Leslie. .......... katherine Harris
Alice Vance''''.' Madeline Delmar
Zellito. ................Ga Gabrielle Ravine
Count Paolo Del Magiore. .Raif Belmont
Jean. Alfred Hesse
The Three Wonder Waltons,
Meyer Berenson. Maurice Sommers
V. Donegin
Servant. ............ Edward 10 Hay
The play ran for 266 perform
anceS in New York. On the road
and in SO cities it accomplished
433 performances including four
months engagement at Chicago.
It was offered originally on the
National Theater stage in 1921.
The Washington times., 1935-05-27
Echo Pool
Lures Divers

With the opening of Crystal
Pool at Glen Echo Park Saturday,
swimmers are splashing and div
ing to their hearts content in
one of the most Sumptuous out
door natatoriums in the country.
Boyd A. Hickman, former George
Washington University athlete, is
again pool supervisor. Guards are
university athletes selected for
their aquatic skill, and all are
qualified Red Cross examiners.
One of the most popular fea-
lures of Crystal Pool is its beach
of white seashore sand. Other
features are the float, or rest
island, between the deep and shall
low sections; showers at each en-
trance and exit; covered observa-
ton stand that seats 800; and
floodlights with giant reflectors
that provide daylight brightness
for night bathing.
In addition to Crystal Pool, all
the more than SO diversified at
fractions for which Glen Echo is
noted are in full swing, including
the Coaster Dip, Midway of Fun,
Dodgem, Whip, Airplane Swings
and Pretzel - Glen Echo'S new
ride, which is the talk of the
town.
Popular, however, are the penny
arcade, skee-ball game, shooting
gallery and Madame Garcia,
gypsy fortune teller, who is start.
ting her thirtieth year at the
park.
The Spanish Garden Ballroom
is a favorite rendezvous, with
Dave McWilliams' 12-piece orches.
ira of entertainers, directed by
Phil O'Brien, providing irresistible
rhythms from 9 till II every night
except Sundays.
The Washington times., 1935-05-27
Copyright, 1895, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
BY LLOYD PANTAGES

HOLLYWOOD, May 27.-Some,
body, methinks, has made a mis-
take. LYDIA Roberti has just re,
ceived fan letter from a gentle
man which contains a marriage
proposal and also the glad news
that he certainly enjoyed her
performance in "She Done Him
Wrong" He further adds that
he is an acrobat and can prove
it. Now this little missive won't
do anything about pleasing Mae
West, that's a cinch. {. The spirit
of youth no end: Patricia Ellis
celebrated her nineteenth birth
day on the Joe E. Brown set the
other day so he gave her an old
fashioned spanking and a new.
fashioned bouquet of roses.
Give a ScenariSt an inch and
she'll probably write a screen
play around it. Bess Meredith,
one of our most famous lady
writer's, was ordered to the hospi
tai for a complete rest by her
physician and what do you think
she's doing? Writing a play
about the inmates and politics OF
the place, and, what's more, using
her doctor as the central charac'
ter with a slight pathological kink
Is he happy -. Lily Damita is
having a round robin test at MIG.
M. which spells only one thing
She will probably get a longer
term there, by the by. Just to
prove that she can do other things
besides just looking beautiful, will
do a dramatic play in New York
next winter.
If her pals and the producers
have anything to do about it.
Kathryn Carver will do a return
to the cinema. She's so beautiful
that it seems a pity to waste her
phySiognomy on just social gather
ings. Possibly the reason for her
indifference is that she's been
playing Wall Street heavily and
what's more, doing very nicely
very-with her investments -.
Dolores Del Rio and her husband
Cedric Gibbons, have taken g
beach at Waikiki. It was there
some six years ago, that Dolores
The Washington times., 1935-05-27

roles in Annapolis Farewell" a
drama involving the lives of mid
shipmen at the Naval Academy.
Tom Brown, Jack Cox and a
dozen other young actors from
Hollywood and New York also
have important roles.
The only girl role in the pic
ture is that which Miss Keith has
been selected to play and because
the film has only one feminine
part, studio officials deliberated
six weeks before making a de-
cision. Miss Keith was born in
Belleville, near st. Louis, Mo-, and
started her dramatic studies when
a few years old. At five she was
playing little princesses and Lord
Fauntleroys in amateur produc-
lions and later made a name for
herself in st. Louis with the Ken
dali Players, the st. Louis Theater
Guild and other companies, ap-
pearing in 1.-THE Valiant" "Peg O.
My Heart" and other faithfuls.
In small role in a Hollywood
production of Small Miracle"
Miss Keith attracted the atten-
ton of Paramount, took a test
and went into the leading femi-
nine role in 1.-THE Glass Key"
This part led to a contract with
Paramount, signed three weeks
ago.
Miss Keith arrived in Baltimore
Yesterday.
The Washington times., 1935-05-27
Marshall Hall
Opens May 30

Although large crowds gathered
at Marshall Hall Park yesterday
when the Women Of the Moose
held their first annual outing, and
again today for the Agricultural
Administration picnic, the grand
official opening is set for Thurs
day, May 80.
All the new rides and amuse-
mentS at Marshall Hall Park will
be in readiness for this gala day.
Enlarged picnic groves and new
tables invite those families seek
ing a cool shady grove in which
to spread their outdoor feast.
The large athletic field will be
ready for ball games, kite flying,
contests, etc. AS usual there will
be free parking and free admis-
sion.
The park may be reached on
the Wilson Line steamer City of
Washington, which leaves Wash
ington at 10 a. m. and 2 p. M,
$50 and $3.50 p. m.
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Lloyd and Adolphe Menjou in
1.-THE Milky Way" This latter
production is based on the stage
hit of the same title. United Art
lists will swell the list with Call
of the Wild" which brings to-
gether as its stars Clark Gable
and Loretta Young. This is Jack
London's celebrated story.
In addition to the features from
this list that will play at the Fox
Theater, there will be presented
each week a new and diverting.
stage show embracing outStand.
ing stars from the stage, screen
and radio.
A bang-up list Of short subjects
will augment the presentations at
each show, along with newsreels
and other supplementary enter
tainments.
And when the temperature scars
highest the cooling plants of the
three theaters will be providing
the ultimate in indoor comfort. :
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O'CLOCK

EARLE-Ben Bernie, George
Raft, Grace Bradley in Stolen
Harmony" 1900; 1877, 4:21
7:13 and 9:59.
Stage-Paul Whiteman'S Band,
at 1929, 1924, GIG and 900
p. m.
FOX-Paul Lukas, Madge Evans
in cage of Indiscretion," 1880
a. m, 1870, AIS, 7:05, 9:55
stage-12:25, sos, 500, $50
p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S-H enry Hull,
Warner GLAND in Werewolf
of London" 11:15 a. m; 1902,
2:49, 4:36, $40, 9:57 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Jeanette MacDon-
aid, Nelson Eddy in Naughty
Marietta" ii a. m; ITO, $3.50,
500, 1880, $40 p. m.
PALACE-Mae West, in Coin
l. To Town." 11:1O a. m; 1:20,
SOS, 5:35, 7:45, $50 p. m.
MISUNDERSTANDING Gag
ney in Omen" 1920 a. M,
1875, 1925, 5:25, 1880 and
$3.50 p. m.
BELASCO Chandler,
Marta Eggerth in Unfinished
SYMPHONY" 1904, 2:04, 4:04,
6:O4, 1904, 1904 p. m.
LITTLE-"Sins Of Love-" At
10:30 q. M. 1890, 2::30. 4:30.
$3.50, $3.50 and 1890 p. m.
HOWARD -Screen feature.
l1:45 q. M; 1:45, 3:45, 5:45,
7:45, 0:45. Stage, Fats wal
Ter, 12:45, 2:45. 4:45, 6:45,
0:45, 10:45 p. m.