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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21
u. 5. AID ASKED
ON NEW DAM

CUMBERLAND, Nd, April 81.
Civic leaders Of Cumberland, Sec
ond largest city in Maryland, to-
day appealed to Arthur E. Hunger
ford, director Of the National
Emergency Council for Maryland,
for Federal aid in constructing
the proposed Savage River dam.
Construction Of this dam would
eliminate danger of another flood
such as recently caused enormous
damage in the city, it was pointed
out. Business men also asserted
that the industrial growth Of the
city will be halted unless the ad-
ditional water supply which would
be created by the dam is assured.
The recent special session Of the
legislature authorized AllePany
county to issue 5000, 900 bonds as
the county's share of the cost of
the dam, while city officials have
said they could issue long-term
bonds for their share without ma.
terially raising the tax rate.
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5CANDIDATES
UN0PP0SED IN
RIVERDALE

RIVERDALE, Md, April al
With the deadline for the filing Of
candidates passed at midnight last
night, and with but a single ap-
plicant for each of the five offices
to be filled on May 4, Riverdale'
faces one Of the quietest local cleo
lions in years.
The complete slate, according TO
j. Albert Becker, chairman OF the
election board, follows: For mayor,
William c. Wedding, at present
councilman Of the Fourth ward;
for treasurer, H. C. Weeks; for
councilmen, r. w. Venemann, in
cumbent, First ward; Nathan g..
McKnew, Second ward, and Ed
ward B. Dunford, Fourth ward.
Elections for the Third and Fifth
wards are not scheduled until
1887.
Apathy in the forthcoming cleo
ton is attributed to the lack Of
the perennial road-improvehent
issue, which in recent years has
caused several close and bitter fac
tional battles. Mayor Carson, who
is retiring in June after serving
four terms, has been strong pro-
ponent Of street improvements
and is said to have declined re
nomination only after enactment
of q bill authorizing the paving OF
two streets facing the railroad and
electric car lines.
During Carson's administration
four principal streets have been
paved and petitions are on file for
the improvement Of two others
under Federal grants.
Eighteen new voters were added
to the rolls on the first Of the
three registration dates, April 10,
j other registration dates are April
% and 80.
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RAIL CROSSING
BIDS ASKED

ROCKVILLE, Md, April 81
Bids will be asked today on the
Rockville grade crossing, where
IA school, children were killed last
year when the bus in which they
were riding was struck by a Bsl+'-
more and Ohio train.
The State Roads Commission
announced it would call for bids
after Harry D. Williar, jr.. deputy
State works progress administra'
tor, said there was sufficient re-
lief labor on the rolls to under
take the work.
The elimination project calls for
a bridge over the tracks, a short
distance from the present cross
ing, at an estimated cost Of 1882.
600 exclusive Of right Of way.
Nathan L. Smith, chief engineer
of the roads commission, said the
long delay in getting the project
started was due to time spent In
reaching an agreement with the
railroad, getting approval Of thu
plans and obtaining rights of way
Now that all this has been &C
complished, work on the project
will start as soon as the bids are
approved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21
VA. LOAN MEN
TO MEET

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 81.
A large delegation of loan opera
tors from Maryland is expected to
attend the Virginia Association of
Personal Finance Companies quar-
terly meeting Thursday afternoon
and evening.
Opening with luncheon at
1890 and concluding with a din
ner at 1880, the business sessions
will continue throughout the af-
ternoon. Those in charge of the
business program include Dewey
Jones, w. H. GiShop, jr., and H. O.
Durham.
Principal speaker will be M. E.
BriStow, State Commissioner of
Insurance and Banking, on the
operation of the small loan bust
ness in Virginia.
Guest speaker at the luncheon
will be Maurice D. Rosenberg,
member Of the house of delegates
from Alexandria. The evening
dinner will be addressed by j.
Randall Cation, also of Alexandria
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RATCHET DEATH
TRIAL NEAR

CHESTERTOWN, Md, April 81.
Mrs. Thelma Buxton, wife Of a
Washington College professor,
must stand trial for the ''hatchet
murder" of her mother-in-law.
Mrs. Buxton, who, authorities
say, admitted hacking her hus-
bands mother to pieces with a
hatchet last year, has been con-
fined in the Spring Grove State
Hospital for observation, her at
torneys entering an insanity plea.
Yesterday the report Of her con-
dition was submitted to the cir
cult court by DR.. George H. Pres
ton, commissioner of mental n.y.
giene.. While the details were not
revealed, States Attorney Stephen
R. Collins said it indicated she was
in a proper condition to stand
trial.
With the spring session of court
opening today it was expected
Mrs. Buxton will go to trial next
Monday. A conference between
the judges and defense counsel
will be held today.
AS the grand jury was sum-
moned yesterday, Associate Justice
j. Owen Knots told the jurors he
believed that beer parlorS and
dancing places" are responsible
for much of the crime in the
county, and he directed the jury
to look into this phase Of affairs,
and also to investigate the illegal
use If slot machines.
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TWO IN CRASH.
UNCONSCIOUS

Two victims of the collision
Saturday night of a taxicab and
sedan on the Mount Vernon
Memorial Boulevard. opposite
WJSV's transmitting station. re-
manned unconscious in Washing
ton and Alexandria hospitals to-
day while a third victim is re-
ported recovering in the United
States Naval Hospital in Wash
ington.
Four others, including the two
drivers, died in the crash. United
States park police said no in
quests would be held and they
blamed the crash on too much
speed and the charge that the
taxi was on the wrong side of
the four-lane boulevard.
Miss Dorothy E. Vie, 10, of
1921 Sixteenth st. N. w., is Suf-
fering from a skull fracture and
fractures of the jaw and nose
and other injuries and is I'M
conscious in Emergency Hospital.
Miss Mary Shuler. 10. of Hamil-
ton, Ohio, a student at the Fair
mont School, is reported some
what improved" but still uncon-
SciouS as result of a skull frac-
ture. She is in the Alexandria
Hospital. Ensign Herman j.
Mecklenburg, %, on furlough
from the battleship Omaha. suf-
fered scalp lacoreationS and is
reported rapidly recovering at
the Naval Hospital. He is en-
gagged to Miss Vie.
Those killed were Walter j.
Mooney, %, of 1929 Jenifer st.
N. W., Miss Shuler's escort and
driver of the sedan; Mrs. Irene
C. johnson, 81, of 3708 New
Hampshire Ave. N. W.; Mrs.
Alaine Keyworth, 43, of So
Quincy Pi. N. w., and Fred j.
Kammerer, 80, Of 1910 Ingraham
st. N. w., the taxi driver. The
others were taxi passengers:
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9TH IN FAMILY
DIES IN YEAR

CULPEPER, Va, April 21.-The
death Of Mrs. Martha johnson at
her home on the Sperryville Pike
yesterday after an illness of about
three weeks marked the seventh
death in the family within the
last year.
Mrs. johnson was before her
marriage Miss Martha Bowen, life
long resident of Culpeper, Va.
The first death was Mrs. Vashti
johnson, sister of the deceased.
Death of Mrs. Savilla Bowen, a
slster-in-law, was followed by the
death of her husband, James H
johnson, then her brother, Eu-
gene Bowen died, followed by the
death of another sister, Mrs. An
ME Fineham. A nephew, George
Bernard Fineham died only few
weeks ago.
Mrs. johnson had no children,
and is survived by only one
brother, John F. Bowen, Of Cul.
pepper, Va.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21
DOUBLE POLICE,
SAYSC0UNTY
GRAND JURY

UPPER MARLBORO, Md.
April 21.-Before its adjourn
ment, subject to recall, yesterday
afternoon, the Prince Georges
county grand jury submitted a
report favoring doubling the
county police force, consisting
now Of is men.
1--WE believe the number Of
policemen should be doubled in
order to give the best service.
BY comparison with Mont
gOmery county, they are greatly
undermined. MOntg o merry
county has a force Of 81 off
GERS compared with Is for
Prince Georges. This county
has q population of approx
mately $4,000, while MOntgOm-
cry cOunty's is about 10000.
Considering that Prince
Georges county has so many
rOadhOuses frequented by many
law.breaking characters from
Washington, it is humanity inn
possible for our policemen to
supervise properly and keep
orderly these places.
prince Georges county police
are distributed as follows: One
sergeant and six men at HyattS-
vile and the same number at
Upper Marlboro. These men
are on duty "a hours a day all
the year round with no days
off except in cases of illness or
injury.
Surely such a small num-
Der cannot possibly give ade-
auate protection to our citi-
zenS, maintain order, and ap-
prehend law breakers"
The grand jury made the fol
lowing recommendations to the
county commissioners:
l. Increased com p nsatiOn
for police officers.
2. Increase in u m Der OF
police officers.
3. Detail at least one officer
in plain clothes and unlettered
auto.
4. Increase the number Of
patrOImen on the Baltimore
Boulevard between HyattSville
and Murkirk to diminish the
great number of serious acci-
dents on this stretch Of road.
5. Consider the feasibility of
furnishing machine guns and
high-pOwered rifles for use in
conflict with dangerous GRIM
inalS.
6. Close all places dispensing
liquors in the county at IL
midnight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21
Oman 10 Address
Cosmopolitan Club

Speaking on Modern Trends OF
Criminology," w. H. Drone Lester,
Of the Department of Justice, will
address a meeting of the Cosmo
politan Club Thursday at 1890
p. m. at the Carlton Hotel. Plans
for the three-day convention of
the International Cosmopolitan
clubs here June 20. 80 and July /
are being laid by c. Emery CALI
her, president Of the local club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21

The pride and JOY Of the Drum
mond household these days is
the U. s. s. Texas.
Safely ensconced in something
akin to a throne. the U. S. S.
Texas takes its place in the Drum
mond at 936 Quincy st. N. W., as
one of the wonders of the world,
And there's no doubt about its
beauty and craftsmanship.
It has been three years in con-
structicn under the able hands of
Joseph T. Drummond and now
stands six feet long. weighs more
than 100 pounds, is mace almost
entirely Of steel and. one of these
fine mornings, you'll see it run
ming under its own power in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21
ATTACK CASE
UP FRIDAY

ROCKVILLE, Md, April 81.
Malcolm B. Turner. 81, of the
100 block Riggs Pl. N. w.,
charged with assault on 20
year-old washington girl. will be
arraigned in police court here
Friday for a preliminary hear.
ing.
Arrested by washington police,
Turner was turned over to Mont
gomery county authorities yes
terday following a preliminary
hearing in District Police Court.
He is now held in the county
Jail here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21

LONDON-6 p. MA recital Of
French Canadian songs by Gus
tave Ferrari, tenor, esd, 25.5 m,
ITS meg, Csc, 31.3 M, 9.5S meg.
or GSA, 49.5 M, sos meg.
BOSTON, p. M.-Musical pro-
gram. Mixed quartet. IXAL, 1915
M, 6.04 meg.
LONDON-7:1O p. M.-Danc e
music. The Grosvenor House
Dance Band, directed by Sidney
Upton. esd, ass M, Ills meg.
Csc, 31.3 m, 9.5S meg. or GSA,
49.5 m. sos meg.
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Today's Foreign Short-Wave Schedule

MADRD-S:15 r. M. Guitar
recital. EAQ, sos m. 9.S7 meg.
BERLIN-S:3O p. M.-German
Masters of Song: RoSl SeegerS.
DUO, 1913 m, 500 meg.
SCHENECTADY-S:3O p. M
Spanish musical program. W2XAF.
31.4 M, 9.55 meg.
CARACAS-S:45 p. M. - Vene.
zuelan song contest. YV2RC, SIT
m. So meg.
LOND N-9:5O P. M.-Talk:
Speed" by Max Beerbohm. esd.
ass M, Its meg, or Csc, 31.3
M, 9.58 meg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21
Mrs. CIapper Named
Health Group Head

Mrs. Raymond Clapper yester'
day was named chairman of the
Montgomery County Mental Hy-
giene Committee to succeed Miss
Dorothy A. Everson. executive sec
rotary of the County Welfare
Board.
Yesterdays meeting Of the group
marked the first anniversary OF
its founding. Monthly clinics are
held with a pSychiatriSt and pSy-
chologiSt available. Mrs. Doug
las Whitelock was elected super
visor of the clinics.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21
Warship Model Pride
Of DrulmnlOIld Home

Reflection Pool. Says Mr.. Drum
mond. fondling the 14-inch guns:
1--WE made 1t entirely to scale,
One-eighth of an inch to foot.
/ really have worked hard and
long at 1t but it's worth it. 1
think I've made everything over
at least twice-jUst so I'd be
sure it was perfect.
The Texas, as it stands in Mr..
Drummond's basement, has every
thing that Uncle Sans battleship
has-an airplane made entirely
by Mr.. DrummondO, motorbolts,
turrets, ten 14-inch guns. two 5.
inch rapid fire guns, IL 5-jnch
guns on the sides, four anti-air'
craft guns. eight powerful search
lightS-what else can you want?
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Temperature Reaches
1O9, But Boy Receivers

HAMPSTEAD, L. l., April 81.
DR.. M. Newton Jasper, speaking
at a staff meeting of Meadow
brook Hospital here, of which he
is an otolaryngologist, told of a
six-year-old boy who had returned
home from Brunswick Hospital in
Amityville, L. l., entirely well after
an illness in which temperature
rose to 109 degrees.
f. The boy, it was learned, was
Louis w. Schneider, jr., of Mer.
rick, L. l., son of Sergt. Louis w.
Schneider, of the Nassau county
police department. The boy was
taken to Brunswick Hospital on
March II suffering of mastoiditis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21
Alexandria Retailers to Elect

ALEXA. DRIA, Va, April II.
Officers and four directors of the
Alexandria Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION will be elected at its an
nual meeting in the George Mason
Hotel tonight at o. ock. A report
on activities during the past year
and discussion of plans for the
coming year are on the program.
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roDAYs RADIO FEATURES

Earl Goodwin, Times Radio News,
heard daily except Sunday, 9-0;1S Q. m.
WMAL.
s;OO-Benay Venuta. wJsV. Treasure
Chest, WMAL.
7;S0-The Budget Boys, WMAL.
S:15-BOb Hurleish Presents, VOL.
0:00-VOx POp-vOice of the People,
WRC.
0:15-"Our Constitution, VOL.
1O:OO-Eddle DOwling's Revue, WRC.
TALKS
1O:0O-Mrs. ROosevelt-E m 81 g n cy
Peace Cam p o. gn George
Lansbury; and Kirby Page,
WMAI
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Radio Features

, 10:45-Natl. Republiean Club Meeting.
address By Theodore Roosevelt,
WMAL. Sen. Bennett Champ
Clark, WRC. Senator RObeRe
Wagner, WJSV.
DRAMA
6:45-Renfrew Of the Mounted, WJsVs
5:OO-AmOs M Andy. WRC.
8:O0-CFime Clues. WMAL.
S:45-True Detective Stories, VOL.
e 1O:OO-NOrthern Dramatic Co., VOL.
DANCE MUSIC
11:30-BTlI Hayes Orch, VOL. Bernie
CummiH's Orch, WJSV.
12:08-Meredith Wilson's Orch, WRO.
12:15-FFank Dailey's Orch, WJSV.
12:3O-GeOrge Olsen's Orch, WRC.
12:30-Xavier Cugat's Orch, WJSV.
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CogsweII to Talk

Theodore Cogswell, register Of
wills for the District, will be guest
speaker at the regular meeting of
the Civitan Club in the Lafayette
Hotel today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21
BATTL ESHlP TEXAS-A "E4ONEY OF A MODEL
Three Years Work on This Hobby

PATIENCE SKILL AND DEVOTION to q hobby are re-
vealed in Joseph Dmmonds scale model Of the battle
ship Texas which been under construction in the base
of his home 936 Quincy st. n W. for three years
Not only is the miniature astonhingy complete in detail
but it is powered by steam engine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-21

Because she is getting too large
for an apartment home and be-
cause she has to be alone during
the greater part of the day, fe-
male part Spitz and part bulldog
is being given away today.
The dog, all black in color, is
only seven months old. She is
quite friendl. and playful and
gets along well with children.
# you .'iSh to have this dog,
notify Mrs. Lester c. Thomas, 1909
Rhode Island Ave. n. W., apart
ment /. (Phone, North 8SS5-W0
Call after $3.50 o'clock today.
Communicate with the pet editor
of The Times If you wish to place
your pet into another home
through this column.
Evening star., 1936-09-06

program for the drifting youth of its
streets and alleys.
St. Louis has produced a shining
example of such services. Forty-six
neighborhood club houses in needy
districts have been developed out of
old residences, store buildings and
other quarters, and are maintained
by the South Side Y INCA. Each
has its own sponsor and program. and
more than 100 business and pro-
fessional men give night week to
volunteer leadership
In Chicago 250,00O boys and girls
have been enlisted in the vast Catho-
lie Youth Organization program with
the result that the City's juvenile
delinquency has been cut fifty per
cent.
In another Industrial city a group
of fine men are taking under their
wing the boys who get into trouble
with the police or courts, and the
problem children" of the school.
The result is that in five years only
four boys have been sent to the re-
formatory; the previous average was
twenty-five a year The crime prob
lem in that town is being solved.
Any wideawake city in America
can carry through such program.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
Clowns Never laugh
Continued from
Continued from pogs fwo

mime groped ineptly about the stage.
For the next dozen years his time
was divided between Europe and
America, with intervening journeys to
Australia, the Orient. and around the
world.
In India he received a cablegram
from Charles Dillingham; offering him
part in Watch Your Step" He re-
turned to New York. went from this
role to the "Follies" and stayed nine
years.
Then D. w. Griffith engaged him
for a film called sally of the Saw
dust" After year with Paramount.
he returned to the stage. But the lure
ofthe films and California had touched
him.
He had saved his money for years
-. quarter of million. 1t was large
sum with which to face the evening
of life. He placed the money in large
New York bank and decided to play
with films"
The bank PRESIDENT was my pal.
He gave me lot Of inside tips; every
thing was jake. | was sorry that l
hadn't met him sooner"
The bank failed Fields lost every
thing but his courage and tenacity
He wanted to enter films, and begin
life over again.
He offered to write, direct and act
in a comedy for nothing - to get a
Evening star., 1936-09-06

chance for another start in films.
His offer was not accepted for six
months.
Mack Sennett at last took him on.
He wrote. directed and acted in four
comedies. All were successful. One
paid for itself in three days. His share
was FIVE thousand dollars.
The future looked bright - until he
took dive in a swimming pool, and
dislocated his neck. Holding his head
in both hands, he was helped from the
water. 81 continued to hold my head
until l reached the hospital"
His head braced. he lay quietly,
without moving "A nice gentleman
entered the room and handed me a
paper. How kind. thought"
1t was notice of hundred thou
sand dollar heart balm suit. Flat
tered. still held my head"
Science mended his neck, and the
great comedian returned to the laugh
ing wars again.
The rest is a magical story. No man
in the film world exceeds him in popu-
larity.
He long helped the man who chased
him from home.
Each year he played Ohio in the
"Follies," he visited the station agent.
The faith he had in strolling player
eventually paid the mortgage on his
home.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
September 8, 1886

AS we drive over our cities we are
appalled, at conditions. We see youth
roaming the streets, and we see
abandoned buildings nailed up. Why
not get the two together? Such a
program would dry up the breeding
spots of most of Americas criminals.
There is a small percentage of the
incorrigible, but the great mass of
criminals are only ordinary people
who have gone wrong.
When you have seen the corruption
of gangdom as have seen it, you
know it is one thing or the other The
cleanup of gangdom and crime or the
deadly infection of the entire citizen
ship.
It's a case of more clubs, more
guidance, more Friends of Youth
or more prisons, more rifle squads,
more scaffolds and more electric
chairs.
It's a nation of happy citizens
dwelling in security, or jungle in
tested with criminal bands.
And the breaking point is not many
years off.
for one would rather be surgeon
in an operating room removing the
infection than the hangman on the
scaffold springing the trap.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
THIS WEEK
The Only Way to Beat Crime
Continued from pose five

upon tumultuous basketball game.
and the place of prayer made into
place OF play. But when one realized
that kids were being brought in out of
streets and alleys and given chance
to become decent, law-abiding men
and women, the place seemed more
sacred than ever
In my own city of Chicago is a
worthy Of-the-Street Club, where
underprivileged boys and girls get
chance for character-building recrea-
ton. A foundation supported by
leading business and professional
men, maintains club buildings in con-
gested sections. enrolling 1000 lads as
members. The Chicago Boys Clubs,
built up by former probation officer
who was induced to work with boys
before they got into crime instead of
after, maintain five club buildings
throughout Chicago and reach thou
sands of boys.
Worthy as it all is, it is sporadic
and inadequate. Knowing Chicago
intimately, l would say that if 1000
volunteer groups would make use of
the resources at hand for working
with our youth. they would beat
crime down to the irreducible mini
mum of crimes of passion and not of
profit.
And what could be done here could
be duplicated in New York. Cleve-
land. New Orleans, Pittsburgh, De-
troit, Boston, Cincinnati, St. Louis,
Philadelphia. or any other of our
large cities.
Iwould like to see each city charted
into areas small enough for a unit of
Friends of Youth" to serve. Chicago
could be divided into 1000 sections
and each section could be turned over
to group charged with working out
the problem of underprivileged youth.
A survey would need to be made to
find and define the neediest units.
Scattered haphazard over my city.
and over every large American center.
are community houses. settlements.
institutional churches and clubs.
There is some coordination of activity
among them; but they have been
located without plan, and are woe
fully inadequate to meet the city
wide problem.
could point out hundred sec
tions in Chicago - and any author
ity can do so in any other large city -
where the need is desperate and where
potential facilities exist in the form of
vacated church buildings. abandoned
factories or unoccupied store rooms
An energetic group. determined to
succeed, could enter almost any of
these neighborhoods and launch its
Evening star., 1936-03-06
Two Marriages Advocated.

The Bishop Of Salisbury, Dr.. st.
Clair George Donaldson, who advo-
Gated two kinds Of marriage, was
found dead in his bed ut the bishops
palace, Salisbury. England. He was
"a, Q bachelor, and one Of the church's
greatest authorities ON divorce. He
believed that there had been q relax
ing Of the marriage tie for the last
70 years, and advocated civil mar
riage ceremonies for those who might
later seek divorce, ana church cere-
monies for those who sought . life
long tie.
Evening star., 1936-03-06

Industrial Centers Improved.
Industrial oentess Of England are
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