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The Washington times., 1936-03-14
CURTIS LEAVES
$4,000

Charles w. Curtis, former Vice
President of the United States,
who died Feruary 8, left an estate
aggregating $4,000, according to
the petition for probate of his will
filed in District Supreme Court to-
day by his brother-in-law, Edward
Everett Gam.
The bulk of Mr.. Curtis estate
is composed of personal property
estimated at $175.OO0, of which
$4,000 is in cash and the balance
in jewelry. stocks and bonds. His
real estate, a large portion of
which consisted of tribal lands in
Kansas, is appraised at $4,000.
The estate is to be divided
among two daughters, Mrs. Per-
melia C. George, Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Texas; Mrs. Leona C. Knight,
Providence, r. l.; a son. Harry
K. Curtis, Taos, N. M, and two
sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Colvin, of
Topeka, Kan, and Mrs. Dolly
Gam, of this city, and Miss Lola
M. Williams. his former secretary.
Executors are Mr.. Gam, Miss
Williams and the son.
The Washington times., 1936-03-14
$281,57O | f F I
BY REALT0R

An estate valued at $281 $40 was
left by David S. Barry, prominent
realtor who died February 10, &C
cording to the petition for probate
of his will filed in District Supreme
Court today.
The estate, of which $270000 is
in personal property, is to be held
in trust and the income paid to his
widow, Mrs. Cora Bonney Barry,
for life.
At her death the trust is to be
dissolved and the principal di-
vided among two daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Barry Brown, of Provi-
dence, R. J.; Mrs. Cora B. Baker,
of this city, and two sons, David
S. Barry, jr., and James r. Barry,
both of this city.
The Washington times., 1936-03-14
President Goes South
Next Week to Fish

part of a day in order to attend
a meeting of the trustees of the
infantile paralysis foundation he
founded.
On Saturday, the 21st, the
President is due in Winter Park.
Fla, to receive a degree from
Rollins College. Immediately
after exercises there, he will en-
train to some nearby point on
the east coast, not yet definitely
determined. to board the Po-
tomac.
Used as Base Ship
The President hopes to divide
his time about equally between
trolling and bottom fishing" for
the varied species of game fish
that abound in the mi-tropical
waters off the Florida coast.
Although his plans once aboard
ship have been kept secret, those
around him would not be sur
prised if his fishing expedition
did not eventually carry him to
several of the remoter islands
fringing the West Indies group.
The Potomac, which now car
ries sleeping accommodations for
10 in addition to the crew and
boasts of a new deck cabin capa-
BILE of accommodating Is or more
persons, will be used as a sort
of base ship and houseboat for
the cruise. When Mr.. Roosevelt
starts out in the morning after
sailfish, amberjack and the like
he will transfer to one of the
conveying destroyers.
A small office force headed by
Secretary Marvin H. Mcintyre
will base at Miami and set up
temporary Executive Offices while
the President is at sea.
The Washington times., 1936-03-14
.PA TANGLE
UP TO STATES
international News Service


Responsibility for all employ
ment under the WPA. adjustment
of all strikes and other disputes,
placement-and displacement-of
workers. were put on the shoul-
ders of State WPA administrators
today by Harry L. Hopkins, Fed
eral administrator, who has been
the target for numerous attacks
in Congress.
While Hopkins has insisted for
some time that State adminiStra-
tors were fully responsible for all
WPA operations in their States
after programs had been approved
in Washington, scores of appeals
from State rulings have been
made to washington.
That such appeals are virtually
useless he disclosed in declaring
that Victor L. Ridder, New York
city administrator, had sole re-
sponsibility for ordering a shift of
more than 10000 workers from
city parks projects there. After
Park Commissioner Robert L.
Moses had refused to decorate
such projects with WPA posters
issued from Washington.
Ridder was upheld by Hopkins
in ordering the transfers, effective
next week.
The Washington times., 1936-03-14
SnoWsIides Kill II
In Quebec Floods

QUEBEC, March IA. (IN.Sl
Quebec floods have taken toll OF
II lives in less than "a hours.
with eight children among the
victims.
The II lost their lives when
snowslides, caused by mild wea-
ther and heavy rain. demolished
three houses. Mrs. Xavier eau
chon, 60-year-old farm woman,
was the first victim, at ST..
Gathien, near Bale st. Paul.
Mrs. Henri Duclos and three
children were victims at st. Tite
Des Caps.
At Lemartine, tiny village on
the banks of the st. Francois
River, five children, the youngest
six months and the eldest eight
years, met death when ice and
snow wrecked the Elzear Buteau
home.
A railroad section hand was
killed under a snowslide near Bale
St. Paul.
The Washington times., 1936-03-14
FLORIDA CANAL
FUND FOUGHT
IN SENATE
Opponents Of Project
Says 1t is Needless,
Unecononnical
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service

A fierce legislative battle over
continuing construction of the
$16O,000,000 Florida ship canal de-
veloped in the Senate today as
Administration leaders decided to
call up the Army appropriation
bill for action next week.
The bill, appropriating $603, ,000..
900 for the Army and its non
military activities, is one of the
largest in peace-time history. One
reason for it's increase was inclu-
sion of $150,000,000 fund for
work on 148 river and harbor
projects, scattered throug' every
State of the Union.
Fund Turned Down
The row over the Florida canal
broke when the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee refused a $4,000.
900 item for continuing work there
next year. Started with a $5,000,.
900 WPA ALLEGATION last year, work
on the canal may hav- to stop
July l unless its sponsors can Sc
cure a direct Congressional appro.
priation.
Opponents of the canal charge
it has never been authorized by
Congress and that it is both
uneconomcal and unnecessary. "A
few critics charge expenditure
of Federal money on it would
be unconstitutional.
Fletcher Leads Fight
Friends of the project declare
it was authorized by Congress
when President Roosevelt was
given sweeping authority in the
$4,800,000,000 work relief bill to
initiate such projects. They in
sist the canal is needed to pro-
tect coastal shipping from Carib-
bean hurricanes and to shorten
the sea route from Eastern
ports to gulf ports.
Senator Fletcher CD of Flor.
ida, leading the fight for the
canal, will ask $20,000,0Q0
fund be authorized for it and
three other projects. The others
are $3,5O0,O00 for ConchaS Dam,
New Mexico; $2.50O,000 for Sar-
dis Reservoir, Mississippi, and
$2,000,0OO for Bluestone Reservoir.
West Virginia.
The Washington times., 1936-03-14
International News Service

Beneath the hum of daily rou-
tine at the White House there
was an undercurrent of activity
today denoting preparations were
under way for President Roose-
velt'S forthcoming fishing cruise
in southern waters.
In a week, Mr.. Roosevelt plans
to head for Florida and figura-
lively lose himself in the Gulf
Stream for ten days or two weeks.
AS a result, favored rods and reels
for deep sea fishing were being
tuned up in the Executive
Mansion and the Navy Depart
ment and Secret Service were busy
with wealth of details incident
to the expedition.
2-DestrOyer Convoy
Word came from the Norfolk
navy yard that the Presidents
new yacht, the Potomac-formerly
the Coast Guard Cutter Electra
until taken over by the Navy and
CONSTRUCTED had weathered her
shake-down run in fine shape and
would be ready for the first cruise.
Orders had been issued which will
send the two new destroyers, Mon
ahan and Dale, along with the
Potomac as convoy. Railroad
men were busy working out the
train schedule which will carry
the President to his Florida point
of embarkation.
AS the schedule stands tenta-
lively, Mr.. Roosevelt, upon leav-
ing Washington on Thursday,
will go first to Warm Springs,
Ga. He will lay over there only
The Washington times., 1936-03-14
Flood Danger Is Averted,
Rain Due for Weekend

With the mercury dropping to
the freezing point, 80 degrees, early
today, Washington was in for a
wet weekend, with rain expected
to start this afternoon or tonight
and continue tomorrow.
Meanwhile flood danger seemed
averted, with rivers which were
rising rapidly yesterday reaching
their peak during the night and
starting to drop.
Yesterday being Friday, the
Thirteenth, the Potomac reached
13 feet above normal at Will
Transport, Md, the second high
mark for the year. and then
started to drop.
Lowlands were flooded, some
roads closed to traffic and a
number of families in the low
sections of WilliamSport an d
Hancock driven from their homes
by the water.
Fears of a serious flood at
Port Deposit, Md, were set at
rest when the Susquehanna River
started to recede, dropping a foot
after sections of the town were
flooded.
The road between Port Deposit
and Conowingo was still closed to
traffic, the water being five feet
deep over it in places.
With the mercury expected to
60 into the fifties here today, it
will drop tonight. and there was
a possibility that the rain may
turn to snow.
The Washington times., 1936-03-14
Hagerstown Beer
Licenses Suspended

HAGERSTOWN, Md. March
1.-two additional beer licenses
were revoked and two indefinitely
suspended by the board of license
commissioners as the outgrowth
of wholesale indictments and con-
victions for selling to minors.
The licenses of Joseph F. Mat
thews, proprietor of the Barn" :"
and G. C. GosSard, proprietor of
the "Hole-in-the-Wall," were re-
voked, while those of Waverly C.
Clark and Lloyd B. Hagerman
were suspended indefinitely.
The Washington times., 1936-03-14
Mrs. Vanderbilt Near Death

NEW YORK, March IA G.N.S.O
Physicians attending Mrs. Cor.
nelius Vanderbilt, i'll of pneu-
monia at her Fifth Avenue home,
said today her condition was
still critical. General Wander
bilt and their son, Cornelius, jr.,
cut short a vacation aboard their
yacht off Miami to rush home
to Mrs. Vanderbilt's bedside.
The Washington times., 1936-03-14
RED CROSS AIDS
IN FEEDING
HOMELESS
Typhoid Threatens in
Many Areas; Water
HaIts Factories

Continued from Page II
New England, 10; pennsylvania, 4;
Canada, 13; New York, /; New
Jersey, 1.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Hunt Club Ready
For New Show

The Riding and Hunt Club is
all set to throw" its second show
of the season. The new date will
be Saturday, June 6; the site, the
Meadowbrook show grounds, in
Chevy Chase.
Nine classes will feature the
program. Major Frank L. Whit
taker, Fenton Fadely and Comdr.
w. Justice Lee are in charge of
arrangements. They stress the
fact that this show will be differ
ent from the last one with differ
ent fences and different courses.
The classes:
Ladies hunters, to be shown by lady
over 3i2-foot jumps; open hunters, over
4-foOt fences: hunter hacks. to be shown
as hacks and then jumped over 3h-fOOt
fences; working hunters, over 4-fOot
fences, conformation not to count; two
open jumping classes, one being inter-
national rules; sCurry class, time to
count; novelty jump, entry free. Condi-
tiOns and course to be announced at
show: novice saddle class for horses and
riders who have not won ribbon.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26

NEAR DOWNTOWN:
For those of you who prefer to
be close to downtown, here is a
charming guest house. Located
on exclusive Massachusetts, Av-
enue in one of those beautiful old
homes, one need look no further
if their quest is dignified and
pleasant atmosphere. Come in
and let me tell you about this
interesting house.
MASS. AVE. GUEST HOUSE:
This guest house is run on the
club plan and caters exclusively to
young people. The rooms are
all furnished on the bed-living
room type with new studio
couches, attractive little maple
chest, and have smart color
schemes. Each room has an in
dividual cabinet fireplace. You
will like the attractive dining
room with it's small tables and
you will enjoy the best quality
1000 GIldC is served.
HOTEL AT SHADY SIDE, MD:
When you hear about the many
attractions offered at this sum-
mer hotel, you will want to leave
on your vacation Immediately.
First this hotel is delightfully."- sit
uated on the end of a peninsula
which lies between beautiful West
River and the magnificent CheSa-
peake Bay. Here you will enjoy
the real thing of a summer vaca-
ton, free motor boat rides, bath
ing where the bathing beach has
hard surface, dancing in the
cool of the evening, row boats sup
piled for fishing and Grabbing. If
you go in for more strenuous
type of play there is a tennis
court, baseball diamond, quoits,
croquet, and swings and sandpile
for the little ones. All the mod.
ern improvements are to be found
in this hotel and the meals are
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Crews S
Start Drills

Eastern crews with an eye on
the intercollegiate championship
began preparations today to move
to Poughkeepsie and pitch their
camps for a long training grind
leading up to the annual classic
down the Hudson, June %.
Columbia and Syracuse expect
to be on the scene next week,
with other entrants following
them at intervals, now that the
Eastern season is virtually over.
The only remaining events,
aside from the Poughkeepsie and
the Olympic trials at Princeton,
N. j., July "a, will bring Harvard
and Yale against each other June
19 at New London, Conn, in their
own little duel, and next Satur,
day at Philadelphia 150-pound
crews will compete in an Ameri-
can Henley.
The powerful crews Of Califor-
MIA and Washington remain the
favoriteS in the Poughkeepsie
event. Cornell, beaten once,
closed out its season Saturday at
Ithaca, N. Y, with three-length
victory over Harvard, Syracuse
trailing two further back, but the
big Red crew apparently lacks
the class. The time was 1898 3-5
for the two miles.
Rutgers retained the Dad Vail
trophy with a close victory over
Marietta College on the Schuylkill
at Philadelphia. Penn's third
varsity was third and Manhattan
Of New York last.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Ce|tiCs Clash
With BdNston
Sunday

ALEXANDRIA. Va. May 26.
st. Mary's Celtics clash with the
Ballston A. C. here Sunday in the
first game for the Northern Vir-
ginia title.
The BallSton lads have won
seven consecutive games and easily
defeated the powerful Bureau OF
Investigation nine on Lem Owens,
Day, IA.
This is the first of a five game
series. The next contest will be
played at Ballston, Va, on June IA.
Bob Tow, big Alexandria heavy
weight boxer, will resume training
today for the Marty Gallagher
fight in Washington on June 8.
The Alexandria mittman quit
boxing five days ago because he
was too close to his peak. He will
box with Billy Edwards and Bob
Goodwin to keep in shape.
A tennis and golf tournament
for club members only will feature
at the Belle Haven Golf and Coun-
try Club on May 80.
Special swimming events for the
children of the members is also
on the schedule for the day.
On Decoration Day the annual
cruising race of the Potomac River
Sailing Association will be held.
The boats will race from Indian
Head to Quantico. Peter Pan,
owned by Grover S. Farmsworth
of the Old Dominion Boat Club,
will be entered in this race.
Jack Watt, athletic director of
Fort Hunt CCC, is reorganizing his
baseball team. Most of the play
ers with the club early in the sea-
son have been sent to camp in
New Jersey and Watt is holding
try-outs with the new boys for
varsity jobs on the team.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Last NiQht, S FiQhts

AT CHICAGO Leo Lomski. Aber.
deem. s. D.. heavyweight, decisiOned Ed
die Boyle. Cleveland (S). frankie Bat.
taglia. Winnipeg middleweight, stopped
Frankie StapanOwski, Grand Rapids,
Mich. (5).
AT WASHINGTON. u. C.-PhiI Furr.
Washington, drew with Harry Dublinsky
uO).
AT NEW YORK-Enrico Ventura, 1874.
Italy, lightweight champion of Eu-
rope, won decision over AL Roth, 1873,
New York OO).
AT BUENOS AIREs-Luis Angel FirpO
Argentine heavyweight, knocked out
Ziska Habarta. CZechOslOvakia 49,.
AT PITTSBURGH-Al Quail. middle
weight. Pittsburgh, won a decision over
Solly Kreiger. middIeweight, New York ;
10 rounds. Vic ViCkets. 167, Pittsburgh,
won a decision over Joe Kaminsky, 166.
Scranton: 8 rounds. Joe Ketchell. 179.
Cleveland. was awarded decision over
Freddie Wilson, Spokane. Wash.
AT NEWARK. n. J.-Freddie Fiducia.
1874, Newark, scored technical knockout
over Frank Zamaris, lie, Orange,
N L. (N.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Sports World
Passing Show

Bold Venture, Kentucky Derby
and PreakneSs winner, bowed
tendon in Belmont Park trial
and will be lost to turf for rest
of year.
COrundum, of BrOOkmeade Sta
be, won first money in Tenny
Purse at Belmont, one length
ahead of TatterdemaliOn.
American international polo
team defeated Raneleagh four
in London by overwhelming mar
gin of % to 6.
Australian Davis Cup players,
in fine condition. expressed Op-
timism over chances against
Americans in Zone finals begin
ming Memorial Day.
Jean BOrOtra and Marcel Ber-
nard, of France, defeated Eng
lands Davis Cup computation
of George Patrick Hughes and
Charles r. d. Tucky in French
hard court tennis champion
ships.
Three U. S. golfers. Dick Chap
man, Dennie BOardman and
Jack LarOcque, eliminated in
British amateur golf tournament
at st. Andrews, Scotland.
Gene SaraZen and Guy Paul
sen tied for lead with lis in
first round of Massachusetts, title
golf play at Fitchburg.
American women Curtis Cup
golfers concluded series of exhibit
tiOns against French stars in
Paris by winning 10 of IL
matches.
Enrice Venture, European light
weight champ. defeated Al Roth
in 1O.rOund debut in New York.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Dunbar High Nine
Halls Armstrong

Dunbar High School tosSers had
a gratifying 7-to-6 victory over
Armstrong High today, following
an important colored high school
game yesterday.
Davies hurled for Dunbar and,
after giving up five runs in the
first, had enough to stop his foes
for : triumph. He had to do some
real pinch pitching in the last in
ming when Armstrong scored one
run to almost tie the game. Three
markers in the first and two in
the sixth and seventh won for
Dunbar.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26

Hprepared under the direct super
vision of the manager. who gets
his food from an adjoining farm
The rates are very reasonable, SIS
and $18 a week with special rates
for children. Come in and let
me tell you more about it.
CLOSELY VIRGINIA:
This room is in the home Of a
private family in Lyon Village. It
would serve for either one or two
persons as the owner will furnish
it with a single or twin beds. ]
am sure it would be delightfully."-
cool in the warm weather for it is
on the front of the house and has
huge window space. Fast bus
service will carry you to town in
a very few minutes. Rental is
$35 apiece.
KALORAMA ROAD:
An unusual opportunity is Of
fered to the person desiring living
quarters just a wee bit different.
AS you know Kalorama Road is
a very exclusive section of the
city to live in, having lovely we'll
kept homes. A desirable, large
cool room, comfortably furnished
is available at once. This room
has huge closet space and is OF
an adequate size to take care of
the needs of two. Meals will be
served at $75 a month for two
LYON PARK, VA:
There's something very appeal
ing about living in the suburbs
especially when the surroundings
are as lovely as these. It is a
double room on the second floor
front that is very cool and quite
spacious. You would be able to
enjoy home privileges here, have
the use of the wide porches or the
well-furnished living room. AS
this is with a private family, you
can almost be sure of real delec
table meals. Rates are $3.50 q
week each.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Bids and Proposals

PROCUREMENT DIVISION, Public Works
Branch Washington, d. c., May -,
1936-Sealed proposals in duplicate will
he publicly opened in this office at l p. m,
June l 1885, for furnishing all labor and
materials and performing all work for the
construction of skylight in Light Court No.
l of the U. s. Federal Warehouse Exten-
sion, Washington. d. c. Attention is di-
rected to the special conditions of bidding
set forth in the specification Upon ap-
pllCatlOn. two sets of drawings and specifi.
cations will be supplied free to each gen.
eral contractor interested in submitting q
proposal The above drawings and speci-
fications MUST be returned to this office
Contractors requiring additional sets may
obtain them by purchase from this office
AT cost OF So per set. which will not be
returned. Checks offered as payment for
drawings and specifications must be made
payable to the order of the Treasurer, U. s.
W. F. REYNOLDS. Assistant Director of
Procurement, Public Works Branch.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Official Notice

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE NTRoL
BOARD, Washington, D. c., May 10,
1936.-Notice is hereby given that the
following person has applied for license
Beverage Control Act. that remonstrants
are entitled to be heard before the grant
ing of such license, and that hearing will
he had on such application for license on
June 3, 1896. at 10 A. M. il Room 2l9,
District Building; 1@35, william Govan
Tndel, TIA Republic Cafe. Retailers C,
1855 You St n. W. George W. Offutt
Agnes X. Mason, Isaac Cans. Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Mat 0pendir Season
Starts THURSDAY

Rough and tumble thrills involv-
ing some of the mats widest
workers will be furnished at Grit
fifth Stadium Thursday night when
Promoter Joe Turner inaugurates
his 1886 open-air season with a
fiVe-Star show.
Anticipating huge turnout in
view of the matches offered and
popular scale of prices introduced,
Turner not only is headlining a
pair of belligerent boys in Ernie
DuSek and Joe Cox, but is backing
them up with wrestlers every bit
as fiery.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
European Champion
Impresses in Debut

NEW YORK, May 26.-Enrico
Ventura, Europe's lightweight box
ing champion, today set down
his American debut as decided
success.
Displaying as speedy a left
hand as has been seen hereabouts
recently, the italian scored easily
over Al Roth. local boxer, in 10
rounds last night.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Agriculture Loop

Season Records
High Team Sets: Blister Rust, 1888;
Economics 1871; Plant Industry. 171O;
So-Kems. 1905.
High Team Games: Economies, 651;
So-Kems, 645; Plant Jrs., 634; Blister
Rust, 626.
High Individual Sets: Ackerman, 419;
Allison. 41O; Palmer, 393; Wright 393.
High Individual Games: Tucker
Wright, 1858; A. Matthias, 1856; Allison.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Home Run Hitters

YESTERDAYS HOMERS-Leslie, Gl.
ants; Selkirk. Yankees; Moses. Ath.
letics; s. Martin. Cardinals: Cuyler. Reds +;
p. Waner. Pirates: Lanning, Bees.
LEADERS-FOxx. Red SOx, II; Dickey,
Yankees. 8; TrOsky, Indians, 8; Lazzeri,
Yankees, 8.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Ad Alley Takes Lead

Ad-Alley took the lead in the
Washington Times Softball League
when it defeated Accounting, 6 to
5, in an overtime game.
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The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Rider Nine Loses
To MARYLAND Frosh

Roosevelt High School diamond
ers ran into a little trouble at
College Park, Md, where the Mary
land FroSh nine was met. The
Frosh triumphed, Is tot
The Riders scored impressively
in the first two innings, but failed
to stop the heavy hitting of their
opponents in the late innings.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
RENTAL HUNTING
With Barbara Holmes

If of the listed 5elow CALL
Wre phone Barbara Holmes 1917 St. N. w. District $3.50
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
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The Washington times., 1936-05-26
YOUNG MARRIED MAN

With car. not over 35. to enter special
training for executive position. Opportun-
regular staff. Will consider inexperienced
man who is willing to work hard, who is
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