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The Washington times., 1936-01-06
PAGEANT TO BE
PRESENTEDAT
FORT NYER
5OORiders to axe Part
In Benefit Show Win
ming of the West

With more than 500 riders
participating, a brilliant hiStori-
cal pageant, THE Winning Of the
west" will be presented in the
drill hall at Fort Myer, Va,
Washington's military post across
the Potomac, next Friday and
Saturday.
washington debutanteS and
society women will join with the
wives and daughters Of officers
at the post in taking the femi-
nine parts In the pageant, while
officers and men of the Third
Cavalry and Sixteenth Field
Artillery will take the other roles
in the 10 numbers on the pro-
gram.
With plans completed for the
pageant, the most ambitious ever
attempted, dress rehearsal will be
held tomorrow night. Then all
will be in readiness for the
opening show, a matinee Friday
afternoon. There will be four per-
formances, two Friday and two
Saturday.
To Aid Welfare Fund
The affair is being given for
the benefit Of the Post Recrea-
ton and Welfare fund. The pub
lie will be welcomed. Tickets
may be purchased at the drill
hall, or reservations m a d e
through the fort telephone, West
1000.
The program will open with q
Grand Pageant, directed by Capt.
David E. Erskine. History will be
traced from the time De Soto and
his men landed in quest of the
tabled Fountain of Youth, down
through the winning Of the Vest,
with Indian warfare and riding
stunts by the cavalrymcn, cow
boys and cowgirls.
Musical Drill
Troop E Of the Third Cavalry
will present its famous musical
drill, which won plaudits al the
Madison Square Horse Show,
CARRIED as vaqueros of old Spanish
California, while Battery c Of the
Sixteenth will appear as artillery
men Of the Mexican War period.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
FIRE NEWSTIP
WINS PRIZE

First prize for the winning t
in The Washington Times News
tip Contest for the week ending
January 4 went to the person who
called in on the three-alarm fire
in which three persons were
burned to death in an apartment
house at Eleventh and M Streets,
northwest.
Second prize went for the tip
on the 7-year-old boy killed while
coasting down a hill. His sled
struck q street car,
Other prizes went for tips on
the man killed when struck by a
truck while walking across Key
Bridge; the flood in BladenSburg;
Jackie" Brooks, S, in Children's
Hospital, and the tip on the man
killed by an express train at Belts
vile, Md.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06

If Uncle Sam has his way, the
legendary perfect SO" will no
longer cover the multitude OF
feminine forms ranging from the
Garboesque to the May Westian'
For the Government, or that
part of it represented by the Blu
reau of Standards, has decided
that if a woman claims to be a
perfect SO" or a perfect 3S" or
a perfect" any other size, she
must mean exactly that. No
longer is she to be allowed the
prerogative of her sex in pointing
out that her perfection runs
small" or runs large"
To this end, the bureau is send
ing out missionaries to dress
manufacturers and dress retailers
for expressions on just what is
meant by a perfect 49," Even
though the answers may show a
wide range Of opinion, neither the
svelte woman nor the more boylSn
type can continue under q COM
mon category.
To End Confusion
According to the consumers di-
vision of the MIRA, the bureaus
purpose is to eliminate the con-
fusion which results from a di-
versity of methods and measure
mentS and to provide uniform
basis for guaranteeing correct
sizes in women'S wear.
A survey Of supposedly stand
ard size SO dresses showed q
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
ooh, the little piano is covered

"Oh, the HttlG piano IS coOered
1Uith dust.
As sturdy and StGunch it
stands"
With apologies to Eugene
Field and his little toy soldier,
that is exactly what Mr.. Caesar
Marisi's "piano"-organ grinder
to you-doeS. It stands sand
in the garage at that.
Mr.. Marisi, according to Dis
trict officials who ought to know
is Washington'S one and only
remaining organ grinder.
Each year-including 1886
Mr.. Marisi has obtained a license
permitting him to play eyes, We
The Washington times., 1936-01-06

The latest publication Of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey Of the
Department Of Commerce will in
terest those young men and
women who believe that the man
in the moon puts on his nightly
performance for their own special
benefit.
For those persons it might be
interesting to know that tonight
and in the night Of February z
the moon will light the paths OF
romance for them a longer period
than at any other time in the
year. The moon on those days
will be in the heavens for Is hours
and 81 minutes.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
Ken Murray
SAYS:

Mrs. TaImadgO regrets she
cannot lunch today, Madam"
That's the reply Mrs. ROOse.
welt received from the Georgia
governors wife, whom she had
invited to dine at the White
House. Just goes to show how
conditions have improved. >.
Two years ago not even . gov
errors wife would have turned
down a free meal.
That makes two refuSalS in
a row, including the AL Smith
incident. OF course, you can't
blame them. They might have
thought it was going to cost
$50, like that other Democratic
dinner.
OF course, the big surprise Is
to learn that they even have
formal dinners in Washington
any more. thought the poll
ticians had grown accustomed
to the New Deal cafeteria style
where everybody helps himself.
copyright, 1885, by the McNaught
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
M r. MariSi'S piano
In GaraSe---TO Stay!

Have No Bananas" or other
pieces of his choice, for the ed1
fication Of rope-skipping young
SterS.
But that's all over.
At the Marisi home, 2148 F st.
N. w., Mr.. Marisi's wife announced
that not only would Mr.. Marisi
not "play the piano" any more
but:
"The piano is in the garage
and is going to stay there. My
husband is through with the
piano.
Just why Mr.. Marisi would not
use his piano" any more was not
disclosed,
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
Allen Back. Maps I'd. e.. Relief Fund Fight
Moon to DO EXtraDuty
Tonight and Feb.2

Entitled Tide Tables. Atlantic
Ocean, 1885," the publication
gives all information on predicted
times and heights Of the tide for
the entire world, and also all pre-
dicted times of moonrise and
moonset and sunrise and sunset.
On June 81, the sun will rise at
4:42 a. m. and set at 1887 p. m,
for the longest day in the year.
For several days around June 81,
there Is not much difference in
the time Of sunup and shutdown.
On several days in July and
August the tide, according to the
publication. will rise to 3 feet 8
inches, the high for the year.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
Fire Officials Elected

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan. 6.
DR.. j. P. Perry has been elected
president of the ClearSpring Vol.
unteer Fire Company. The cleo
ton was held at ClearSpring.
Other officers are c. F. Corbett,
vice president; H. A. Kelley, Sec
rotary; j. c. Downs, treasurer.
Standing committee, Albert Bell,
Robert Roach, George C. Boward,
Jacob Ankeney and Charles Cor
bett. H. A. Kelley was elected
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
HOWdja Like Trailing
Down Perfect So?

variation from SO to As inches in
bust measurement, the waist
from 90 to 81 inches and the hip
from 81 to AZ inches.
Sculptor Frank Vittor, Of Pitts
burgh, called Henrietta Leaver,
10, of McKeesport, Pa, "the near
est type of true American woman
hood" after she had won the
title Of Miss America Of 1885 at
Atlantic City last year.
Same AS Mae West
A"perfect &c." according to cr1-
tics, Miss Leaver with her slender
beauty wears the same dress size
(. the more voluptuous Mae West,
whose lush figure recently insti-
tuted a vogue for curves.
Dress designers lieve that con-
siderable stretch Of imagination,
to say nothing of fabric, is neceS-
sary if both women are to be in
cluded under the same perfect"
measurement. Even Miss West
isn't quite sure, as she indicated
to Andrew Kelley, Times dramatic
critic, last week:
'WhiIe 1885 was not alto
gether a bust with me, I'm hop
ing for a perfect 49,"
The Washington times., 1936-01-06

Aztec Medicine Led in 1852
A treatise written in 1852 shows
that Aztec medicine Of that day
was most advanced and quite free
from superstition.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
Capt. John j. London
Has a Birthday

When Capt. John j. John
Jack" London escorted Miss Gene
We've Scully, of Chicago, before
a minister in that city nearly six
Evening star., 1936-12-11
POPE AIDS |NMASS
AFTER DEEP SLEEP
Pontiff Has Most Tranquil
Night Since Being Stricken
With Paralysis.
b. the Associated Press.

ID tAG AooVSAatCo
VATICAN CITY, December Ii
From his bed, Pope Plus XI assisted
at mass today in q chapel adjoining
his sick room, after what was de-
scribed as his most tranquil night
since he was stricken with paralysis
of the legs.
The pontiff was given dose Of
digitalis shortly before dawn.
This was the only medicine he took
during the night, attendants said.
Vatican officials said the Pope was
holding his own against the paralysis
which has confined him to bed for the
last week.
He went to sleep last night after
reciting his rosary and expressing
gratitude the British throne had not
fallen and a divorce would not be.
come Queen.
The Pope's rest, reliable reports
said, was deep but fitful, his swollen
legs causing him pain at frequent
intervals when he stirred in his slun-
Der.
Although he might be lifted into
an armchair today to strengthen his
blood circulation and to relieve his
restless spirit, it was considered alb
solutely out of the question that the
79-year-old pontiff would be allowed
actually to get up.
A reliable Vatican source yesterday
said he suffered a relapse and ex-
pressed the belief the Pope might never
be able to walk again. Other well-in-
formed persons said the Pope's all
ment was staSis-stagnation of the
blood-and would keep him at least
partly bed-ridden for some time.
Evening star., 1936-12-11
Jury COMPLETING
GRAFT INQUIRY
Keystone Club Attorney May
Present Last Testimony
Today.

Investigation Of police graft charges
by the Prince Georges County. Md,
grand jury was expected to be COM
pleted today, according to indications
at the close of yesterdays session in
Upper Marlboro, although the panels
report probably will not be made be-
fore Wednesday.
After hearing eight more Washing
ton motorists yesterday, the jury was
planning to sum up the evidence to-
day prior to release of its findings
next week.
Sixteen witnesses have gone before
the group. Scheduled for appearance
today. probably as the last witness,
was Walter Newrath, Keystone Auto
mobile Club attorney and auditor, who
was to tell of his findings obtained
from analyzing documentary evidence.
Although the group may finish the
police inquiry today, the jurymen
must consider five other cases. not
SOiAAiCStCO Witil tAlC INV CulOICcIllCilL
investigation. before they disband,
States Attorney Alan Bowie said last
night.
Since Circuit Court Judge Joseph
c. Mattingly probably will not be in
the Upper Marlboro court house on
Monday or Tuesday. and since the
panel will not meet tomorrow, the
jurymen we're scheduled to recess this
afternoon until Wednesday. when the
judge returns from two-day hearing
in Charles County.
Whether other Capital autoists
would testify today was not known
this morning. Washington police
have been asked to contact several
witnesses, but since the individuals
are not Maryland residents they can
not be forced to appear by summons.
Two Washingtonians have been un-
able to appear because of illness or
work, while one District driver has
refused to testify without revealing
his reason for such action.
The Is motorists who have COM
planned Of alleged police irregularities
in two days of jury session presented
evidence in IL cases. Bowie and
Special Prosecutor Ogle Marbury have
based their information OH about IS
afidavits by Washington motorists
and on records impounded by the
grand jury at its first session last
October.
Evening star., 1936-12-11
ONE DEAD, 36HURT
IN CHESTER RIOTS
Fire Engines Run Down
Crowds in ShipbuiIding
Strike.
b the Associated Press.

CHESTER. Pa, December IL
Strikers and workers at the Sun
Shipbuilding g. Drydock Co. clashed
in two riots at the gate of the plant
today. and one man was killed and
about So injured, one so seriously
he was not expected to live.
Chester police hurled tear gas bombs
to break up the first disturbance after
several thousand strikers and SYM
pathizers had gathered about the main
entrance. In the melee. police said,
about 800 broke through the picket
lines to enter the plant.
About 10 minutes later another riot
started and some one turned in a
false firm alarm from q box at the
main gate. All Of Chester's fire ap-
paratus responded, scattering the
crowd gathered about the plant.
Some Of the injured asserted they
had been run down by the fire ap-
paratus.
John Young. So, Of Chester was
picked up unconscious and died a few
minutes after being taken to a hos
pital. Physicians said they could not
determine Immediately If he had died
from heart attack or from an in
jury received during the disturbances.
While strikers and others began to
gather up the injured, more workers
dashed through the picket lines to
enter the plant.
Several OF the injured were badly
battered by clubs, fists, rocks and
bricks. Some Of the fire trucks were
used as ambulances to take the in
jured to doctors and hospitals.
Windows and automobiles in the
vicinity Of the plant were damaged
by flying sticks and stones.
Evening star., 1936-12-11

director of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation. Here is a partial list: A
large, bronze figure of man swinging
. club (not Of the golf Variety: q
large, carved ashtray, with reclining
nude: small cowboy on horseback,
an Indian ditto, clock, a large vase
OF flowers, a bowl filled with several
varieties of cacti, tall, silver-plated
movie camera mounted over an ash
tray; several framed inspirational
pieces, including 1.-THE Penalty OF
leadership" and "The Test; two
tall, bronze desk lamps side by side;
desk pad. an envelope holder, gold
paper cutter, glass ashtray. a silver
OK, a small. wooden. long horned
steer; a telephone. several books. in
cluding the Congressional Record and
a dictionary. which are supported By
large book ends of toadstool motif; a
small dog paperweight. a calendar, a
tall. slim, golden bullet, desk pen set,
an unusual ornament comprised of an
arched fish supporting a tiny cup on
its nose, an empty Indian bowl and
large, green cigarette box sur.
mounted by two carved Scotties.
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ILLUSIONS.
A MEXICAN youth may be cynical
but doesn't believe in DESTROYING
illusions OF others. The daughter OF
a friend who clerks at one Of the
large department stores saw an attrac.
tive child Of about standing in the
aisle alone. Inquiry revealed he was
waiting for his mother, and the girl,
just to be nice, asked him what he
wanted Santa to bring him. The
reply was "a bicycle"
At that point the mother arrived
and called to her offspring to come
along and look at the bicycle she was
going to get for him.
Shhh," said the little boy. fndi.
eating the clerk, "she still believes in
Santa Claus"
REWARD.
Clock-todtchtng bosses are no
bargain, 30 far as some Federal
employees are concerned.
Thus philosophers one snappy
secretary: Eyes, I're got good lob
and the hours are easy-S::30 to
4-but the man ,DcrA for al,oays
closes his desk right at quitting
time, so there's no use for me to
stay dround-dnd 1t Just makes pou
feel right untmportdnt."
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NOT HISTORY.
ONE OF those fellows who is forever
afoot in the night, and conse-
quently sees many strange things.
reports to us that he suffered last
week the greatest shock Of his career
and has almost decided to retire from
the night owl profession.
After certain costume ball he de.
cided to stop In for q bit Of post
party celebration with some friends
who were determined to keep the fuzz
Tying until dawn. He had dressed up
only mildly for the ball himself-as .
major general or something-and con-
had forgotten all about the
costume business until he entered his
friends apartment and saw, stretched
out on the sofa, none other than
Evening star., 1936-12-11
CHILDREN ON RADIO.
IN yULET|DE PLEA.
Needy Young Tell Of Dreams
In Interview by Capt.
&c. Morgan.

The plaintive voices Of small boys
and girls whose Christmas happiness
rests with charitable citizens came over
the air last night to impress Washing
ton with the need for generous support
of the sixteenth annual Metropolitan
Police Christmas party.
In a broadcast from the fifth pre-
cinct station over Station WMAL from
els until $50 pm. Capt. Joseph G..
Morgan, chairman Of the police party,
spoke to youngsters Of the sort the
campaign seeks to help. Before the
microphone they told him of their
fondest dreams-dreams which cannot
come true unless those who heard
hearken and provide.
The broadcast was the third Of a
series being put on by the National
Broadcasting Co. in connection with
the Christmas toy campaign, in which
they are cooperating with The Star,
Warner Bros, the police and the
Parent Teacher Association.
Siren Opens Program.
The shrek of a siren, heralding the
emergency of forgotten children.
opened the program in true police
style. Officer j. v. Osterman, traffic
division. provided this sound effect
with the siren on his motor cycle,
parked in an alley outside the window
of Capt. Morgan's Office.
Then came the bass voice of 200
pound Watson Salkeld. precint detec-
tive, warning in the ominous tone
common to police radio dispatchers:
"Calling all cars! Calling all cars
There's an emergency in every neigh
borhood. Some child Is in danger of
being forgotten on Christmas. ~
Gordon Hittenmark, Your Time
keeper" of Station WRC, explained
the purpose of the broadcast and an
nounced the apprehension Of Christ
mas Gloom" wanted for heartbreak.
ing and stealing children's happiness
Hittenmark then turned the micro
phone over to Bill Bell Of The Star
staff, who interviewed Jack O'Connell
veteran policeman in charge of dis
tributing gifts collected through the
police. O'Connell told of the misery
and suffering he sees on his visits to
the homes of the poor, explained that
food and clothing were the most
necessary kinds of gifts and dis
cussed actual examples of the un-
happy circumstances which the
Christmas campaign seeks to alleviate
Tells How Listeners Can Aid.
Capt. Morgan. interview by Hitten-
mark, told radio listeners how they
can be Of assistance in the drive tc
erase wretchedness en- Christmas day.
The high light of the broadcast
was the captains talk with half a
dozen youngsters who had come to
him with their pleas to Santa Claus.
Concluding the program, The
Rangers" stringed instrument quartet
of boys from the fifth precinct Boys
Club, played Home on the Range"
Capt. Morgan announced today that
policemen had been detailed in each
precinct to solicit and collect contri-
buttons Of money. food. clothing and
toys. He asked that donors give only
to these uniformed officers. The men
are Arthur c. Poulsen, first precinct:
George r. Browning, second; Arthur
S. Miskell, third: Edward L. Shelton,
fourth; Bryan r. White, fifth; John
r. Jenkins, sixth; Harry H. Reed,
seventh; Charles w. Peters, eighth;
Joseph Junghans, ninth; Frank l..
Ash, tenth; Raymond L. Eubank,
eleventh. and John w. Gresham.
twelfth.
Evening star., 1936-12-11

tSOlllAIA0Cu 14Oul ct = dGC1
delegations in co-ordinating views on
United States Secretary Of State Cor
dell Hull's neutrality pact.
2. Brazil and Argentina were re-
liably reported to have reached an
agreement by which revised. modi-
fed Inter-American security pact
would be unopposed.
3. A central American proposal for
an Inter-American Court was reported
to have met hard shedding at the
hands of an unsympathetic commit
tee with prospects it would not go
further.
Authoritative quarters predicted q
draft embodying the major provisions
Of the original United States plan
might be sent to committee tomorrow.
The conferees were spurred by Sec
retary Hull's insistence on a proposal
acceptable to all and submitted at the
earliest possible moment for the doubls
purpose Of assuring the American re-
publics against embodiment in war
and. by unanimity, Of setting an ex-
ample to the rest of the world.
Although the delegates still were
meeting after another day-long ses-
sion, they were reliably understood to
have agreed on all essentials, having
only details of procedure to perfect.
The most important change, au-
thoritative sources said, was in this
language setting up a permanent in.
ter-American consultative COMMITTEES,
modified to provide for a system Of
consultation in case Of emergency OF
aggression.
The revision was said to have been
at the insistence Of Argentine Foreign
Minister Carlos Saavedra Lamas, per.
manent chairman of the conference.
who demanded there be no rival In
this hemisphere to the League of Ma.
tions.
The Brazilian security pact. deliber.
ately withheld until Argentine obs
jections were met, was revamped and,
it was understood. will not be opposed.
Members of the United States dele
CATION, encouraged by the progress on
the Hull pact and the strides in the
neutrality discussions, were hopeful
the conference now would slip into
high gear.
Such was the general optimism, the
Steering Committee was slated to meet
Saturday to consider an adjournment
date, with December % regarded Q
possibility.
Evening star., 1936-12-11

II marched in the parade and he
took another girl to the foot ball
game" she said. But I didn't lose
out at last, because that young man
now Is my husband"
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WHAT?
J. E. H. might not appreciate
this one, but it is 4 fact that as
Capitol garbage collectors wheel
through the alleys on their daily
rounds they shout, Watch out.
here come the G-men"
SYSTEM.
THE comely cigarette girl at large
hotel here knows how to handle
the night club Romeos who poster
her for her telephone number.
She gives them a number, all
right. but when they call 1t they find
themselves connected with the Society
for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |!
COLLECTOR.
GOVERNMENT officials frequently
keep reminders of their hobbies
in their Offices, but it is doubtful that
any Federal officials desk could COM
pete with the ornaments on the glass
topped work bench Of J. Edgar Hoover,
Evening star., 1936-12-11

Continued From First Pase.)
rants for his arrest from South Caro-
lima authorities.
Schwartzman will be given removal
hearing next week before United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage
and it Is planned to have him taken
back to Milwaukee, where the indict-
ments against him were returned No
vember 20.
Scwartzman, an optician by trade,
once was sentenced for fraud to two
years in Sing Sing Prison, New York,
and four years ago was arrested by
Pennsylvania State police on q war
rant charging false pretenses. At that
time he used the alias of "Dr. Bush" :"
Each pseudo-doctor who attended
Mrs. Emmanuel gave her name to his
colleagues in the racket, the inspector
said. These colleagues allegedly then
would get in touch with Mrs. EN-
manuel and tell her that the previous
specialist was q fraud.
Scwartzman Is the twenty.fifth per-
son arrested in the postal inspectors
drive against the "glimmer racket"
since last June.