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The Washington times., 1936-03-23
Radio Amateur Keeps
Tab ON III lOOdS

Operator until about $3.50 Thurs.
day morning.
Upon a request from Darcy, this
operator tried to send a man into
Johnstown to obtain flood details
together with an estimate of the
damage wrought, and when this
failed he tried to establish a tele-
phone communication which was
also futile.
After losing this operator at
$50 a. m. Thursday, Darcy was
able to contact another unknown
station near Pittsburgh, then the
center of the flood area, and main
tain communication with him un.
til nearly midnight Thursday,
when after constant work at the
sending key and receiving set for
38 hours, he felt it was time to
call a halt.
Darcy was also the first anna
teur station to make contact with
Nicaragua during the earthquake
in 1881, and maintained communi-
cations with the Marine station
sending from there, Station
NN7XJ, for more than two hours
until communications were estab-
lished with a station at Quantico,
Va. Darcy picked up the first
message at that time, about 2:30
in the morning, he said.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
PLAN CATHOLIC
PARLEY HERE

The RI. Rev. Patrick j. McCor-
mick, acting rector of Catholic
University. will preside over a
meeting Of Catholic leaders to-
night at the Willard Hotel to dis.
cusS plans for the regional meet
ing of the Catholic Conference on
Industrial Problems to be held at
the Willard March 80 and 81. un-
der the sponsorship Of Michael j.
Curley, archbishop of Baltimore.
The conference will feature a
discussion on the outstanding eco
nomic problems of the day in their
relation &c the teachings of the
Encyclicals. The Reverend Nc
Cormick declares that the teach
ings of the Encyclicals show the
way to a solution of the present
economic difficulties.
Some of the topics to be dis.
cussed are Distribution of Wealth
and Income" Taxation" "Collec-
tive Bargaining and the Wagner
Labor Disputes Bill" "The Ency.
clical and Governmental Rela.
tions" and Fundamental Eco
nomic Reform"
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
6. 0. P. T0P|CK
DELEGATES

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE.
Va, March 23.-Eleven Repuo-
lican mass meetings will be held
throughout Arlington county
March 80 to select more than 100
delegates for the county cenven-
ton to be held the following
night.
Delegates attending the county
convention March 81 will in turn
select Sc delegates to attend the
District convention to be held in
Culpeper April 2. The same dele
gates selected to attend the Dis
trict convention will also be prlvi-
legged to attend the state conven'
tion in Roanoke April II, as dele
gates from Arlington county.
Delegations to the county con-
vention are based on the reSpec'
tive number of votes in the II pre-
cincts of the county, with one
delegate allowed for every Is votes
cast in the last presidential cleo.
ton. The same basis is used to
determine the number of dele
gates to the District and state
conventions, but representation
is reduced to one delegate for each
so votes, thus permitting only So
delegates to the District and state
conventions as against liz for
the county convention.
Places designated for the pre-
cinct mass meetings and the
number Of delegates for each pre-
cinct are as follows:
Arlington, Community Hall, Is
delegates: BallSton. j. T. Myers
store, II; Carne, Ruby Lee
Minar's office, 10; Clarendon Ho'
tel No. /, c. w. Clever's office,
10: East Falls Church, Ander.
sons Hall, 5; Lyon Park, Com
munity House, IL: Cherrydale, Ii.
brary, 10; Clarendon No. 2, Moose
Hall, 16; RoSSlyn, Virginia Title
Insurance Building, z; Glencarlyn,
library, 8; Virginia Highlands, j.
Lee Prices office, 10.
Meeting place for the county
convention, the night following
the precinct mass meetings, will
be in the Lyon Park Community
Hall.
In addition to the 56 delegates
to be chosen at the county con.
vention, a. like number of alter
mates will be selected.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23

SILVER SPRING, Md, March
23.-Merrill F. Darcy, amateur
radio operator. Of Silver Spring,
Md, through his amateur radio
station, W3IG, maintained one of
Washington's few means of two
way communication with the
stricken flood area Of Pennsyl-
vania and nearby Maryland for
more than 36 ours last week.
A radio repairman by trade.
although unemployed at present,
Mr.. Darcy has experimented with
amateur radio for more than 16
years, and now maintains a re.
ceiving and sending set in the
basement of his home at 706 Han
kins ST., Silver Spring.
Having nothing else to do last
Wednesday morning. Darcy tuned
in his receiving set on the anna.
teur band, and Immediately heard
the distress call of ORR, which
corresponds to ocean SOS call,
coming over the air and after
making a connection with the
sending station, was requested to
stand by for some important flood
information.
Standing in Mud
The operator of this station,
WS-GUF at New Kensington, Pa,
told Darcy he was operating
from a portable station located on
a 2O-foot bank near the Allegheny
river, and at that time was stand.
ing in about foot Of mud, and
didn't know how long he would
be able to operate as his batteries
might give out.
For six hours Darcy main
tanned constant communication
with this operator and obtained
valuable flood information which
he in turn gave to the Washing
ton Times. At $3.50 p. m. the
Army station of 3CXL in the
Munitions Building, with three
operators, volunteered to take
over the work and give him relief.
Station 3CXL in turn was able
to keep in contact with the New
Kensington operator until 1920
p. m. when apparently his power
failed and he was not heard
again.
Tried To Telephone
With the frequency cleared
then, Darcy was able to contact
another amateur station. VISIT,
at Parkersburg, Pa, about 1S
miles from Johnstown in the
heart Of the flood area, and cut
off from communication with the
outer world, and maintained con-
slant communication with this
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
$4,000 BLAZE
AT MEADE

ANNAPOLIS, March 23.-Dam-
age amounting to more than $5O,.
900 was done by a blaze which
swept the post exchange building
at Fort George c. Meade yester-
day, it was estimated today.
Famed by a 35-mile wind, the
blaze swept through the two-story
frame building and completely
destroyed it despite efforts of the
post fire company.
The fire was discovered by a
sentry, Prt. James Duffy, of
the Sixty-sixth Infantry. He
turned in an alarm and more than
100 men battled the fire under the
direction of Chief s. E. Duncan
for more than two hours.
The post exchange, barber shop,
beauty parlor, shoe store, tailor
shop, Photographic studio and
restaurant were completely de-
Stroyed.
The Odenton volunteer fire COM
pany came to the assistance Of the
Army firefighters in keeping the
blaze from spreading to other
buildings.
A detachment of CCC men
yesterday afternoon fought a
brush fire which burned over
more than 1000 acres in Anne
Arundel before it was brought
under control.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
fine POINT UP
|NAUT0CASE

The nice point Of what consti.
tutes an emergency is the subject
of debate in legal circles today,
following the decision rendered
by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in traf-
fic test case involving violation by
a motorist of an "Emergency-No
Parking" regulation.
When Charles E. Ford, local at
torney, successfully asked for a
dismissal Of q charge Of parking
in an area where an Emergency
No Parking" sign was posted,
Judge Schuldt'S decision said:
"While there is no doubt Of
the authority Of the Commits
siOners to prOmulgate regula-
tiOnS to prohibit parking, the
fact that these were predicated
upon an emergency. and the
signs specifically 50 stated, the
testimony developed that no
emergency existed in the present
case. An emergency is q present
condition, calling for immediate
action. The emergency cOntem-
plated in the regulations was in
the future"
The regulation referred to is the
law which became effective Janu.
ary /, prohibiting parking during
certain hours in certain streets to
facilitate snow removal. It was
in effect until March /.
But, says Assistant Corporation
Counsel George D. Nelson. an
nouncing that, with Acting Cor
poration Counsel Vernon West. he
will seek to carry the test case
into higher court, the regulation
nowhere refers to an emergency"
and that defendant Ford was
heard on q charge of violating
police regulations, and not with
diSobeying the sign.
Judge Schuldt's decision, there
fore, is beside the point involved.
Nelson claims.
Some 1900 cases now pending
in court depend on the ultimate
decision. Mr.. Nelson said:
"The decision Of one Judge
is mot binding upon another.
We will endeavOr to bring an
other test case before another
Judge. If the Judge dismisSeS
the case, there is nothing we
can do. But If the Judge will
quaSh the information, then we
can bring the matter into the
Court Of Appeals, and obtain .
ruling there"
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
Heavy TAX RATE INCREASE IS FEARED IN PRINCE GEORGE
STATE RELIEF
HELD ONLY
ESCAPE

q UPPER MARLBORO, March %
Members of the Prince Georges
County Board Of Commissioners
today held out faint hope of being
able to work out suitable budget
flor the coming year under the
spresent tax rate unless some &C
ton is taken at the State assem-.
bly, to provide funds for relief In
the county.
! The three-day study of county
needs made last week by the COM
,miSsioners indicated the possibility
of 20 to Is per cent increase in
the tax levy. Commissioners found
that it would be practically i'm
possible to scale down county ad-
ministrative costs.
Educational Boost
8 The chief sources Of the ex-
apected boost in costs are expected
from the increased needs of the
Board of Education which is ask
ing an increased appropriation ct
nearly 100000 and $4,000 in
crease in the road fund.
!: The two together would neceSSi-
tate a 21-point boost in the tax
rate and an added amount win be
theeded to provide for the carrying
of q larger county debt as repre-
sSented by the recent $265, 900
school bond issue.
: Commissioners said that only
q comparatively small increase in
revenue could be expected from in
creased valuation Of taxable prop
serty in the county. It is hoped that
the raise will reach the million
mark, but under the per cent tax
levy now in effect, that would pro-
vide an additional fund of only
10000.
Loss in Property Tax
The county has suffered q
severe loss in revenue in that
nearly $500, 900 worth Of taxable
property was removed from the
.county's tax lists when it was
taken over for Federal Govern
-ment projects through tax sales.
efforts are now being made in the
State Assembly to devise some
means of turning that property
back to the taxable property lists
and still have the projects under
Federal jurisdiction.
: Chief increases in the school
budget as submitted to the Com
mlissioners by Superin n tendent
Nicholas Orem last Tuesday were
$24 900 to care for the $50 in.
creased enrolment in the schools.
$22 900 to provide for the prom
ised restoration of the per cent
cut in salaries now in effect, $40.
900 for additional teachers, $10.'
900 for transportation and janitor
service and q further amount to
huuidate the deficit in the school
budget which has been carried by
the Commissioners for the past
three years,
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
DR.. W. 7. Davis Heads
Blind Library Fund

DR.. w. Thornwall Davis, cele-
brated Washington ophthalmolg.
iSt, has been appointed chairman
of the national committee raising
$500 for the National Library
for the Blind. it was announced
today by Senator Thomas P. Gore
CD of Oklahoma, president of
the library.
DR.. Davis, a senior surgeon at
the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital, and consulting opthal-
mologiSt at Garfield, Columbia,
Gallinger, Casualty and George
Washington hospitals, as well as
professor of ophthalmology at
the George Washington Medical
School, will take the place of DR..
william H. Wilmer, world fam
Gus ophthalmologiSt, who died
recently.
The fund campaign will begin
March Is following a reception at
the Mayflower Hotel Tuesday
night at which Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Miss Helen Keller
will be guests of honor and
speakers.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
PLANS
HELD U.PBY
FUND LACK

ALEXANDRIA, March 23.-Only
a few of more than 20 National
Guard armories which were plan
ned for construction throughput
Virginia this year will actually be
included in this years program. 1t
was learned here today.
Among those expected to be held
over until after this year is the
one that was planned here.
State officials Of the Works
Progress Administration said that
owing to lack of relief funds avail
able in Alexandria at the present
time the proposed building cannot
be constructed this year. Many
other Virginia cities are faced with
the same problem, according to
the information received from
State officials.
Recent communications from
State officials, however, stated
that efforts are being made to set
aside part of the War Department
appropriation for completion of
the armory building program for
the entire United States.
This legislation, 1t was stated,
has the support of a large bloc
in Congress, including the entire
Virginia delegation, and President
Roosevelt has indicated that he
would approve such q plan.
Should the plan succeed, Alex
andria'S part in the program is
expected to be completed this
year.
Pending the outcome Of the
present difficulties, the Alexan-
dria Light Infantry is busy getting
ready for the annual Armory in.
spection which is scheduled for
Monday April 6, by Lieut.. Col.
John w. Hyatt.
Despite the crowded conditions
now prevailing in the present
structure on South Royal Street,
where the local unit drills, it was
announced today that the local
company can accept 10'new enlist
mentS.
Candidates desiring to enlist are
urged to do so as soon as possible,
in order to get full advantage of
craftsmanship training which will
be conducted on week-ends this
spring at the Quantico rifle range.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
DAWSON FUNDS
ISSUE IN SUIT

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March %.
An order was issued here Satur-
day by Frederick l.. Flynn, ref
cree in bankruptcy for the
United States district court, east
ern district Of Virginia, in the
case of Emm e tt c. Dawson,
mayor of Alexandria, for Mrs.
Laura L. Dawson and Mrs. Laura
M. Heflin, wife and daughter of
Mr.. Dawson, to show cause why
they should not turn over to the
United States district court ap-
proximately $4,000 in two ac-
counts at the Citizens National
Bank, of Alexandria, now alleged
to be in their names jointly.
These accounts, it is alleged in
the order, were on October %,
1885. transferred from two joint
accounts of Emmett C. Dawson
and Mrs. Laura L. Dawson, to
Mrs. Laura L. Dawson and Mrs.
Laura M. Heflin, jointly.
Mr.. Dawson, according to q
statement given the press at the
time the bankruptcy suit was
originally filed, only followed the
bankrupt course to prevent col
lection of claims from a Wash
ington bank, now defunct. that
he considered unjust and without
due responsibility.
AS for general creditors, Mr..
Dawson asserted, the claim of
the defunct bank is the only one
that will be involved in the bank
ruptcy suit.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
COUNTY DOGS
+ QUARANT|NED

OAKLAND, Md, March ga
dog quarantine has been placed
on Garrett county for the next
three months in an effort to wipe
out the serious epidemic of rabies,
it was announced today by DR..
Mark Welsh, State veterinarian.
Under the new quarantine, all
dogs must be confined, and any
dog found running loose will be
killed by State and county Of
ficers. All dogs suspected of hay
ing rabies must be examined at
once, and if found infected, will
be killed.
A number of cases Of rabies
have been reported in the county.
and one dog was killed here last
week as it ran through the streets
frothing at the mouth.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
Pet Dog, Master
SaUe Children
From Gas

HYATTSv1LLE, Md, March %.
The sensitive nostrils of a pet dog
and the quick thinking Of his
young master saved four Hyatts-
vile children from possible death
by gas yesterday.
Jimmy Wolfkiel, after being
awakened by "Pooch," found the
house filled with gas from leak
ing refrigerator. He awakened his
four sisters, Elizabeth, IL; Mary,
7; Norma, 8, and 17-months-old
Nancy and took them out on the
porch roof.
Unable to awaken neighbors,
Jimmy threw a bottle through a
window of the house next door.
The neighbors called the county
rescue squad and the children
were rescued.
The parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James E. Wolfkiel, were visiting
friends.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
Catholic Conference
Will Study Economics

Sponsored by the Most Rever-
end Michael j. Curley, Arch
bishop Of Baltimore, the Catholic
Conference on Industrial Prob
lens will begin a regional meet
ing in Washington next Monday.
A committee of prominent Cath
olicS of Washington has been or
ganized, headed by the Rt. Rev.
Patrick j. Mccormick, acting rec
tor Of the Catholic University Of
America.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23

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The Washington times., 1936-03-23
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The Washington times., 1936-03-23
DEPARTMENTS
T0C0NFER0N
LEAVE ACT

Conjecture was rife among
Government workers today as to
what decision will be reached by
department representatives Thurs.
day when they meet at Civil
Service headquarters to iron out
a number of moot points under
the new annual leave act.
One of the chief questions
upon which attention will be
focused, it is believed, will be the
Interpretation of Section 3 of the
act, which reads:
Administrative officers may
advance 80 days sick leave with
pay beyond accrued sick leave
in cases of serious disability or
ailments and when required by
the exigencies of the situation"
Should the term serious dis
ability" be restricted to broken
limbs, or would a sprained finger
be sufficient for such action?
Does a severe cold or an infected
thumb come under the category
serious ailment"? Opinions on
what constitutes "exigencies Of
the situation" are as numerous
as the persons who express them
and cover an almost infinite ter"
ritory.
Under Section 2 of the act,
temporary employees shall be en-.
titled to one and a quarter days
sick leave for each month Of
service. But a proviso is inserted
to the effect that all such EN-.
ployes must furnish certificates
satisfactory to the heads Of the
various departments with which
they are employed. Thus the
granting of the leave is placed
almost solely with the discretion
of the department chiefs.
G. p. o. Celebration
Beginning today, officials and
employees of the Government
Printing Office will stage a weeks
celebration to mark the diamond
jubilee of the founding Of the
giant source of the tons of printed
material necessary to record and
publiciEe the thoughts and activi'
ties of the Federal Government.
The seventy-fifth anniversary
celebration will be climaxed Satur'
day night at the Wardman Park
Hotel when more than 1000 Print
ing Office people and G. P. o.
friends will dine and dance.
Founded in 1861 with a four.
story building at North Capitol
and H Streets, which is still a part
of the plant, the present printing
office occupies % acres of floor
space and is valued at $22 1000 900
the most complete and largest
printing establishment in the
world.
Labor Lodges Close
thing of precedent Is be-
lieved 70 have been established
at the Labor Department when
Isador Lubin, commissioner Of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, and
Miss Mary Anderson, chief Of the
Women'S Bureau, agreed recently
that vacancies should be filled by
promotions from within the depart
ment.
The agreement is attributed in
no small measure to the coopera-
tion of the two A. F. G. E. lodges
at Labor, No. IL and No. 228. This
cooperation had been evidenced
earlier by the mutual sponsorship,
througo President Paul Carney, of
No. 228, and COMMITTEES of Lodge
IL, of a group disqualification plan
The Washington times., 1936-03-23

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The Washington times., 1936-03-23

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The Washington times., 1936-03-23
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-10-23
Mayor La Guardia HaIts
New York Garage Strike

New York, N. Y. (AFLNS)- Inter-
vening at the request Of both sides,
Mayor La Guardia terminated a strike
of garage washers and polishers
which had spread throughout Manhat-
tan until about $500 workers had
walked out in response to the strike
call Of the Washers and Polishers'
Union, tying up some 500 garages.
Upon the suggestion of the mayor,
officials Of the Metropolitan Garage
Board Of Trade, representing the
largest association Of owners, agreed
to enter into negotiations with the
union with the mayor prepared to med
late at any point. The union aequiesc-
ed that the strike be called off pend
ing negotiations The walkout was
ordered in an attempt to increase
wages to $50 week for day men and
$50 for night men and secure an
day.