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The Washington times., 1936-12-22
F. B. I. ThespianS
Planning For
Another PLAY

Some time in the latter part of
January, after the confusion Gre
ated by the Yuletide in Govern
ment offices has disappeared, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
plans to sponsor another of its
interesting plays.
A committee headed by Clar-
ence Moore, former director of the
F. B. I. Theater Group, is now
considering a number of plays
that will "go over" after the holi-
days, and is expected to announce
it's decision after election January
l of officers for the F. B. I. Ath-
letic Association-parent body to
the dramatic unit.
The final choice will then mean
appointment of various commit
tees for producing the play, for
handling casting, scenery, props" :"
rehearsing and other necessities,
and the theater group will go to
work.
100 Active Members
It includes approximately 100
active members, so of whom had
speaking parts in its last produc-
tion at Roosevelt High School,
and any of the 1,500 employees now
holding membership in the ath-
letic association is eligible to speak
for a part should he or she feel
an impulse to seek an amateur
stage career. Wardman Park Ho-
tells new Civic Theater has been
tentatively selected as site Of the
next play.
Plans for more action are more
than pleasing to Donald w. Chase
and Mrs. Dorothy Allen, who were
active in "Merrily We Roll Along"
and Three Times the Hour"
recently produced by the Theater
Group, and who have consistently
found stage activity an entertain
ing recreation for leisure hours
after they have left their desks.
Mr.. Chase is a graduate of
Massachusetts State College and
is enjoying his first Government
position, meanwhile eking
further higher education by at
tending George Washington Uni
versity's evening classes.
Native of Haverhill
He Is a native of Haverhill,
Mass, and came to Washington
almost two years ago to accept
position as fingerprint expert in
the Identification unit of j. Edgar
Hoover'S renowned law enforce
ment agency. One of his most
hard-ridden hobbies is amateur
photography, and folk employed
within the Justice Department
Building say he plays an excellent
brand Of tennis.
Mrs. Allen, a brunette whose
smile has made her popular with
her fellow employees, is a Washing
tonian educated in the District Of
Columbia schools, graduating
from Central High School and
beginning her career as an office
worker in private business.
In 1884, however, she obtained
an appointment as typist with the
F.B.I. and has remained there
since, prefering Government work
to "outside' 'endeavor. In addition
to active dramatic work, her re-
creational preferences include fol-
lowing football and basketball, the
F.B.I. having one of the best teams
in the Government service in the
latter sport.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
D. {. STADIUM
SOUGHT BY
M'CARRAN

The giant stadium which Sena-
tor Pat McCarran hopes will be
erected to the memory of Thomas
Jefferson should be fashioned
after England's Hyde Park, where
a man can speak his mind" the
Senator said today.
The gray-haired, silver-tongued
Democrat from Nevada announced
he will lay his proposal for a
stadium before the Thomas Jeffer-
son Memorial Commission as soon
as Congress convenes next month.
He also stated he will attempt to
interest the Senate District Com
mittee, of which he is member,
in his plan.
Free Speech Champion
Concerning his hopes for a
Washington Hyde Park, he said:
Thomas Jefferson was a
great exponent of free speech.
What more appropriate memo
rial to him, then, than a place
where the American doctrine Of
free speech could be exercised to
the limit, a place where there
would be no inhibitiOns on a
mans tongue in the matter Of
political principles.
81 am a firm believer in the
principle Of letting a man speak
his mind. The greatest boon to
SubversiOn is suppression. ALI
rebellion is cOddled in suppress
sion. Therefore, we should have
a place where the rebelliOuS can
speak to whOmever are foolish
enough to- listen"
The memorial to the great Dem
ocrat which Senator McCarren
has proposed would be an athletic
stadium of mammoth proportions
to which the great athletic events
of the world would come. He wants
it to be "a thing of beauty appro-
pirate to Jefferson's memory"
How to Get Sum
He said today he thought part
of the money should be appropri.
ated by Congress and the rest,
possibly, should be raised by con.
tributions from sports magnates.
The National Capital, Senator
McCarren said, is a fitting place
for such a stadium, where "the
country at large can be repre-,
sented in sports" adding:
"A nation whose citizens be-
lieve in and encourage play and
recreation is a healthy nation"
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
COUNTY LIST )
DECORATION
CONTEST

{ SILVER SPRING. Md, Dec. %.
Community Christmas decoration
contests sponsored by two or
ganizations in the eastern sub
urban area of Montgomery county
has insured the most colorful Yule
season residents of this area have
ever witnessed.
The Silver Spring Business
Mems Association is sponsoring a
decoration contest with three
prizes to be awarded to the best
decorated business houses, and
three awards for the most color
full home decorations in the sub
urban area.
Judging of the winners of this
contest will take place Christmas
Eve when a special committee ap-
pointed by the Association will
travel about the suburban area
and select the winners.
In the nearby Sligo Park Hills
subdivision the local Citizens AS
Sociation is sponsoring a similar
contest for home decoration.
Trophy Donated
A large silver trophy donated
by Tallman Peel, will be awarded
to the winner of this contest
which will be selected by a COM
mittee of local residents.
In a d dition community
Christmas celebration, featuring
the planting of an 18-foot Christ
mas tree, at Hill Top and Park
Valley Roads, will be held in
Sligo Park Hills at o'clock Christ
mas Eve under the auspices OF
the Sligo Park Hills Citizens AS
sociation.
Children Feted
Several hundred Takoma Park
(Md0 children will be feted at
the annual Christmas party given
by the auxiliary to the Takoma
Volunteer Fire Department at the
fire hall today at p. m.
A kiddies' entertainment with
a Santa Claus to distribute candy,
fruit and toys to the children
will constitute the program. A
doll and wagon will be awarded
to a lucky girl and boy during a
contest to be held during the
evening.
In addition, the auxiliary today
announced that it had sent 66
bags Of fruit and candy and a
doll and wagon to the Ridge Ave
nue. elementary colored school to
be distributed among the students
on Christmas Eve. The ladies' aux
iliary to the American Legion
and local storekeeperS are cooper
ating with the fire auxiliary in
this enterprise.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
TAKEN
FROM DRIVER

Continued from Local Page)
Those convicted in Traffic
Court yesterday:
Driving While Drunk
Eddie L. Walker, 316 South Capi
tol ST., 500 or 30 days.
Reckless Driving
Wayne Redmon-4, jr., 211C
Eighth st. N. w., $3.50 or $50 days
Joseph Smith, 1929 I st. N. w.
$100 or 80 days.
ColIiding
Irbine H. Perkins, Maryland, $40
First Offense Speeding
Cullen Cade, Maryland, SIS.
James P. Sutton, 1103 Park Rd
N. W., $40.
James C. Burroughs, Virginia
$40.
James A. Hogan, SIS M. st. N. w.
$40.
Francis w. Jarboe, 614 Four
teenth N. E., $40.
Stanley W. White, 1888 P st. N
W., $40.
William Cleveland, 1901 I st
N. w., $40.
Arthur w. Meade, 1924 wiscon
sin Ave. N. w., $40.
Charles H. Wagner 1902 Thir
teenth st. N. w., SIS.
Lynn o. Gage, Maryland, SIS.
William H. Sarton, jr., Mary
land, $5.
David J. Hunt, Maryland, $5.
Dave Canton, 800 B st. N
E., $5.
Homes S. Berkley, 1928 Florida
Ave-, N. w., IS.
Walter D. Murphy. Mary
land, IS.
Winston L. Steward, 1907 Capt
tol Ave. N. E., SIS.
James F. Chrismond, Mary
land. IS.
Paul ]. Daniele, 1900 Prout st
S. E., IS.
Joyce Babner Smith, 2722 On
tario Rd. N. w., SIS.
Joseph spriggs, 1876 Half st
S. E.. S..
william F. Minson, 1928 Irving
st. N. E.. S..
Hugh C. Claggett. 1918 w. xii
bourne Pl. N. w., SIS.
Harry A. Janzig, 2011 Six
teenth st. S. E., $5.
Ernest o. Fakes. no address
given, IS.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
Today's Foreign Short-Wave Radio Schedule

BERLIN-5:15 p. m.-Concert
by an Army Band. DJD, 25.4 NJ,
11.77 meg.
BERLIN-6 p. m.-The Kaleido-
scope of Opera. DJD, 25.4 m,
lit meg.
SCHENECTADY p. m.-
Science in the News. W2XAF,
31.4 M, 9.35 meg.
LONDON-6:45 p. MA Re-
cital Of Scots Songs. esd, 25.5
m, 11.75 meg. Csc, 31.3 m., 9.58
meg. GSB, Bis M, 9.51 meg.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
Won't Drop
Any Needy Artists

WPA Administrator Harry l..
Hopkins, in a letter yesterday to
Sherwood Anderson, the author,
said no needy artists, writer's,
musicians or actors would be
dropped by WPA in it's program
of cutting down on expenditures.
Anderson had written that "the
artist class is always the last to
feel the benefit Of improved con.
I
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
Arlington Sheriff
Bans Slot Machines

ARLINGTON COURTHOUSE,
Va, Dec. 21-Sheriff Howard B,
Fields today served notice on
owners of "any and all types of
slot machine games" in Arlington
County that they must get rid of
them before midnight, December
81, or face arrest and prosecution.
The order was issued in COM
pliance with terms of a recent act
of the State legislature. 1t is esti-
mated that several hundred of
these machines are now in use in
the county. Penalty for violation
of the new law is $25 to $1,000
fine, or 30 days in Jail, or both.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22

} BOSTON-8:45 p. m.-The Pan
American Nations. W1XAL, 49.6
M, 6.04 meg.
MONTREAL-9:3O p. m.-"Ara-
besque," patterns in melody.
CRCX, 49.2 M, 500 meg. CJRO,
48.7 m, 6.15 meg. CJRX, 25.6 m,
11.72 meg.
LONDON-9:46 p. ma Re-
cital of Christmas Pieces by Cecil
Banner Pianoforte). GSD, 25.5
M, Ills meg. Csc, 31.3 M, 9.5S
meg.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
Paul Junior Pupils
Give Music PAGEANT

Pupils Of Paul Junior High
School will give a Christmas music
pageant at 8 o'clock tonight for
the Parent Teachers Association.
Tomorrow the pageant will be re-
peated twice.
The production is being given
by the glee clubs in conjunction
with the music and art depart
ments. There will be solos and
girls, boys and mixed choruses.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
Bullet Just Misses
Captain Sullivan

An accidentally discharged bull,
let narrowly missed Capt. Jere-
niah Sullivan, commander of the
Fourth precinct, in the precinct
station yesterday.
officer j. S. Miller was clean
4ag his .38-caliber service revolver
on the second floor when the
weapon went off.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
Mrs. Mason Reappointed

Mrs. Agnes K. Mason, a member
of the District Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board, today was reelected
for a four-year term beginning
February 4,
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
TODAY'S RADIO FEATURES

EARL GOODWIN, Times Radio News,
heard daily except Sunday, 9-9:l5.
q. M, WMAL.
7:30-Jackie Cooper, Conrad
NaEel, V. YOung's Orch. ...WRC
S:3O-Al JOIsOn, Martha Raye,
and Victor YOung's Orch. .WJSV
o:OO-WashingtOn's Amateurs ...WOL
9:3O-Caravan ,..............W .WJSV
9:3O-Fred Astaire, j. Green's Or. .WRC
INSTRUMENTATION Of Radio Sets
to Washington Winners,
NBC Letter Contest .WMAL
TALKS
6:2O-Inter Am. Peace Conf WMAL
6:45-LOwell Thomas ...........W .WMAL
7:45-BOake Carter. .WJSV
1O:3O-Pan Amer. Broadcast ..... .WJSV
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-02-27
One Hla1yV/7m0ypu, tie other 0hh0yygdZ
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union

fuenza and pneumonia followed
the long cold spell, reaching ser
ious proportions in various parts OF
the state. Spokane reported TOUR
deaths from influenza, Yakima re-
ported several hundred pneumonia
patients in the hospitals during the
past three weeks with % deaths,
and other centers reported like cpl
denies.
The rising temperatures Saturday
caused slides in the. mountains
which did great damage. On Sno-
uualnaie Pass, one slide a quarter
of mile long and from 30 to 50
feet deep buried a number OF cars
including one bus, and killed three
people. Other slides also covered the
road and it was some time before
traffic could be resumed. On We'd
nesday another large slide covered
the highway, but no damage was
reported. Train service was likewise
DELAYED as slides covered the rail
road tracks.
Damage to fruit trees in the
Priest Rapids valley is as yet I'M
determined, but according to N. P
Anglin, horticultural Inspector, it is
unlikely that the damage will be
general, except in the case of april
cots and cherries. Little damage has
been reported done to peach trees
and it is thought that other var
ieties of fruit will escape.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-02-27
DISTRICT SELECTS
PLANT OPERATORS

Work was started this week by
the Priest Rapids irrigation district
at the power and pumping plants
preparatory to the 1896 irrigation
season The machinery is being in
spected and needed repairs made SO
that all will be in readiness when
the season begins.
Operators at the two plants were
appointed this week by the board
of directors. At the Coyote Rapids
pumping plant, Sam Allard will be
chief operator and Vernon Chase
assistant. This season will be Mr..
Allard's last at the pumping plant
and at the end of the irrigation
season he will move to his farm at
White Bluffs.
Cecil Barge will be chief operator
ait the Priest Rapids power plant
this year, with Russell Webber as
second operator and Winston Brown
as third.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-02-27
CHINOOK SWEEPS
OUT COLD SPELL
Continued from page y

have been expressed that bridges,
as well as construction work at
Bonneville and Coulee dams, may be
endangered if the ice goes out sud-
denly.
To other sections of the nation
the sudden thaw has brought as
much damage as the cold wave it,
self. Central California farm lands
were flooded this week by rivers
swollen by 16 consecutive days Of
rain. Sudden thaws in Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Iowa
brought fears of floods as ice jams
began to break up.
In this state, an epidemic of in
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-02-27

Whenever the subject Of consolidation of cour-
ties is broached opposition to the plan increases
by leaps and bounds In many ways, the OPPOSE
ton is right In it's contention that larger admin
istratve districts will increase the cost OF local
government and that nothing is better simply be-
cause it is bigger. =,
On the other hand there is much to be said In
favor Of changing county boundaries which were
laid out good many years ago when conditions rs
we're much different; when travel was more dill
ficult and when the industrial agricultural &C
tiyities we're different from those of the present
day. -
Merely wiping out present boundary lines to
reduce the number of counties from 80 to IL may
or may not increase the efficiency of local gov
ernment Changing many Of these boundary lines,
however would result in better administration for
the people Of many districts.
The work Of county commissioner has IN
creased greatly in the past few years. Formerly,
his main consideration was the improvement OF
his districts road program, and he usually re-
tanned his private practice while working for the
county Now, his work consists mostly OF relief
and socia welfare and he is busy day and night
In large majority Of cases county boundary lines
could be altered to bring about more efficient ad-
ministration of this work.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-02-27
WASHINGTON HAS
100000 RANGE EWES

Grazing permits were issued Tor
$4,000 sheep in the national forests
of northern Idaho and the Umatllla
forests of eastern Oregon last sea-
son, according to the department.
of animal husbandry at Washing
ton State College. In Franklin,
Adams, Grant, Douglas, Lincoln
and Spokane counties Of Washing
ton, 10000 sheep were pastured In
the Colville national forests; 5000
in the Chelan national forests; g.
OOOO in the Wenatchee forests and
more than $1,000 in northern Idaho
and western Montana.
OF the northern tier Of counties
east of the Cascades in this state,
including Chelan, Okanogan, Ferry,
Stevens and Pend Oreille, approx
imately $4,000 were ranged in the
Chelan forests and 11,7o0 in the
Colville forests. The Yakima valley
wintering ground, including Kit
titas, Yakima, Benton and Klick-
itat counties ranged 10,700 ewes in
the Chelan forests, $4,000 in the
Columbia, practically 5000 in the
Colville, $4,000 in the Wenatchee
and $4,000 in the Snoqualmie for
ests; while $1,000 were shipped east
to the various forests in northern
Idaho and eastern Montana.
The state of Washington is ae-
credited with about 100000 range
ewes and 10000 farm sheep. The
f, forest permits account for 255,000
of the range ewes, while the re-
n1ainder of the range sheep are pas
tured on private lands in this state,
northern Idaho and eastern Mon
taa. The national forest service ad-
ministers some of these lands that
lie within it's boundaries and &C
count for approximately 81 900 head.
Lands owned by the timber COM
panies are used quite largely by
the hundreds of thousands of sheep
not accounted for through the ma
tional forest permits.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-02-27


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Many advances have been made In the eouca-
tional system of the nation. At one tine 1t was
considered sufficient to educate perso" tor tne
first eight or ten years of his life and gradually
this period increased to sixteen or eighteen
followed by an elective college education, which
is becoming more widely used each year. thus
bringing the educational period of persons life
up to twenty-five or twenty four years
There is however, too great tendency by those
so educated to consider their education complete
at the end Of that period. From that time on, they
show little or no interest In furtherlng their IN
teectual activities, and after few years OF men
tai lethargy have retained little of the knowledge
that was forced upon them during the educational
period
Further advances in our national educational
system must take into account the increase OF ed
ucation among adults we'll as Improvement In
the technique of educating children. 10 large
extent this is being accomplished by the adult ed
ncation classes of the welfare department. Adults
who have neglected studies they now find import
ant and those who wish to study new fields OF
thought, have an opportunity to further their ed
ucation.
There are number of subjects most of us could
proftably investigate. There is cooperative mar
keting, factor which promises TO become all
important part of agriculture within the next lew
years Already great strides have been made IN
this SYSTEM but there is much yet to be learned II
it is to serve the farmers to it's full advantage.
And then there is the constitution and the gov
eminent of the United States subject which is
comparatively little known. Few OF us, who come
into contact with the government every day, know
as much about it's theories and it's purposes as the
school children who not yet vitality concerned
nv it, Our education in such matters should never
cease and we should avail ourselves OF every op-
7portunity to further it.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-02-27
HERE & THERE
in the
HEADLINES

THE RISING TIDE of liberalism
in Japan was halted momentarlly
Wednesday when young mllltarlsts
began a revolt in Tokyo against the
government, killing three cabinet
members and wounding two others.
A new cabinet was Immediately
formed and law and order were
slowly resumed.
Since the inception of a constNu-
tional form of government in Japan
in 1889, there have existed virtually
two governments. The army, which
had always been supreme in Jap
anese affairs, demanded that they
have two cabinent members, who
should not be responsible to parlia-
ment
Under this system, they were able
to force the government, through
independent actions of their own,
to approve of policies ad to recog-
nze activities which were contrary
to the liberal governments policies.
An outgrowth of this dual system
of government was the formation
, by militarists of patriotic societies
which pledged themselves to assas-
sinate all officials whose policies
were at variance with their own.
| The formation of a new cabinet,
headed by Fumio Goto, a national
list, gave the militarists some degree
of power, but reports that this cab
met had resigned within day after
taking office indicated that liberal
ism and i1lter1nationalism in Japan
may be too powerful to be upset.
| DEMANDS THAT congressional
appropriations be reduced to bud
getary proportions were made We'd
neslay by President Roosevelt IN
vetoing the $4,000, 900 seed loan bill.
Needs for loans to produce crops
can be met through an ALLEGATION
from the emergency relief fund
and without the necessity of en-
acting authorizing legislation, the
President said, adding that he
would issue an executive order in
a few days to meet any needs for
seed loans.
YOU'RE IN the army now i
as pote1ltly applicable to generaE
as to buck privates, Major Genera
johnson Hagood discovered thi'
week when he was relieved from
his post as commander of Fort San
Houston and sent home to avail
further orders after delivering I
political address in which he crit
icized the work relief set-up.
Army officers belong to a non
political branch of the government
and are supposed to take no par
in politics. Criticism of the gov
ernment's policies has brought cour
martial and dismissal to more thai
one
The most famous case in recen
years was that of General William
Mitchell, who died last week. 1
1926 he was court martialed an
suspended from service for f1v
years after criticizing the govern
mental supervision of aviation.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-02-27

Miss Jane Remlinger left Tuesday
to spend few days visiting with
Miss Cassie MCGEE at Priest Rapids.
X X X
Kelley Matteson was business
visitor in Yakima Saturday.
X x
Mrs. Harry Coleman left for Ken
newick Monday to remain there for
a few weeks under physicians
care.
X X 4
Mrs. Anna Jaeger was taken 70
the hospital in Pasco Saturday
morning by her son Edward. She
has been i'll for some time.
X X X
w. H. Keal was a Kennewick
visitor Wednesday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-02-27

Walter Faulkner left Tuesday for
WOODBURY., Oregon, to visit his sis
ter. He is a brother of Norman
Faulkner.
X X n
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. wilkinson,
Mrs. Fred English and Mrs. Levi
Austin drove to Yakima Monday
afternoon.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-12-04

Here's Carl Carlson, 38-year-Oll Audubon county Iowa farmer, who made the national national corn husking championship a family affair by winning the title his younger brOhter Elmer won a year ago but did not defend. Carlson picked 21.O39 bushels in 80 minutes before crowd of
 125,OOO at Newark, 0. AP Photo.
 When It Comes To Husking Corn He Stands As The Peer of All.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-12-04
Valdez Chamber of Commerce Talked
 Subject Of A Tax On the Production
Martin Harrais Proposal to AbOl- ish Territorial Tax of 1 to IA Per Cent on Gold and Substi- tute $1.O0 Per Ounce.

The principal discussion at the meeting of the Valdez Chamber of Commerce November 10th was the proposal of U. s. Commission CT Martin Harrais to place a tax of one dollar an ounce on all gold produced by either lode or placer properties in the Terri tory. In a resolution introduced last week MT. Harrais pointed out that the moneys collected could be administered by the Territorial Board of Road Con- missioners and the Territorial Highway Engineer, to build air ports, trails and roads ito all promising mines"
 The matter was placed under consideration by the members and discussion deferred until this week, committee being appoint ed to investigate it's effect upon mining.
 The committee consisted of J w. Gilson and C. w. Poy. MT Gilson, in appearing before the members, said he could not re- port favorably on its adoption. He believed it impractical; that it would be ruinous to the min ing industry to pay the tax, and read an article on the subject from the Alaska Weekly, on the double taxation imposed. As gold mining is non-competitive and the government the sole con- sumner, making the double tax
 (Continued on Page Four)