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The Washington times., 1936-09-17
TRAFFIC COURT
CONVICTIONS
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Arthur E. Dinger, 9OS Sheridan
st. N. W., S..
John w. Voumer, 1900 Farragut
st. N. W., IS.
Beverly D. Allgood, 800 Decatur
st. N. W., SIS.
John D. Coffman, 1920 Twenty
third st. N. W., IS.
Ada Simmons, 1475 Columbia
Rd. N. w., S..
Permits of two nonresident
motorists were revoked today as
the result of speeding convictions
in Police Court. Driving priv
leges of seven others were suS-
pendid for 80 days and IL motor
lists were punished with 15-day
permit suspensions.
Those whose permits were re-
voked are:
Roland E. Betz, Baltimore, Md,
so miles.
Albert White, Leesburg, Va, So
miles.
Motorists whose permits were
suspended for 80 days are:
Glenwood Bailey, ITO Summer,
field Rd.. Chevy Chase, Nd, 4S
miles.
Roy w. Henderson, Marshall,
Md, so miles.
Joseph Myerson, 1910 Davidson
Dr., Chevy Chase. Md, 48 miles.
Wallace w. Oles, Baltimore,
Md, ~ miles.
John j. Pearson, Kensington,
Md. A miles.
Vincent Pramonte, University,
Va, 48 miles.
John z. Schonhoff, Baltimore,
Nd, 48 miles.
Fifteen-day suspensions were
meted out against:
Ann M. Bailey, Alexandria, Va,
40 miles.
Fred H. Coleman, Vienna, Va,
SO miles.
Charles R. Connolly, ia shep-
herd St., Chevy Chase, Md, 80
miles.
Reginald F. Davis. 2O8 Rhode
Island Ave-, Brentwood, Md, So
miles.
David w. Handley, Oxon Hill,
Md, 38 miles.
Dewitte Marbley, Takoma Park,
Md, 40 miles.
George H. Marley, st. Pleasant,
Md, 40 miles.
Joseph Sachs, Baltimore, Md,
The Washington times., 1936-09-17
Apple Growers Get
Demonstration Series

COLLEGE PARK, Nd, Sept. II.
In an effort to improve the grade
and pack Of apples grown in Mary
land, a series of demonstrations
will be given in the western part
Of the State this month by S. B.
Shaw, chief of the Maryland
State Department of Markets, and
w. C. Beaver and Albert F. Vier-
heller of University of Maryland
extension service.
Demonstrations are scheduled
for Mount Olive Fruit Company,
New Windsor, the morning of Sep
TENDER 81; Glaize Orchard, Fred
erick, that afternoon; Garden
hour Brothers, Smithsburg, the
morning of September %, and R..
S. Dillon, Hancock, that afternoon.
The Washington times., 1936-09-17
SAFETY DRIVE
TO BE PUSHED
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8. Cross streets only at cross
ings.
4. Walk, not run, across the
streets.
5. Obey signals.
6. Obey school-boy patrols and
police.
7. Where there are no sidewalks
walk on the left side Of the road.
8. Be doubly alert when the
streets are slippery.
Attending today's meeting, be-
side Major Brown, were DR.. Rob
ert Haycock, first assistant super
intendent of schools; DR.. G. c.
Wilkinson, assistant superintend-
ent of schools; Seldom Ely, chair
man of the street safety committee
of the public-school system; In
spectorS L. I. H. Edwards. Benja-
min Lamb and James Beckett and
Capt. Milton D. Smith, all of the
police department, and Richard
M. Ham, AAA director of safety.
The Washington times., 1936-09-17
Todax's Foreian Short-Wave Radio Schedule

Musical Program. DJD, 25.4 m,
lit meg.
LONDO Mo p. M.-"Penny
Coloured." A gentle satire. GSF.
1913 m, 1914 meg; Csc, 31.3 m.
9.58 meg.
VANCOUVER-11:3O P. My
the Sea-Orchestra, direction Of
Percy Harvey, with Soloists, male
quartet and THE Smile Sleuth."
CJRO, Winnipeg, 4S.7 M, els
meg; CJRX, 25.6 m. 11.72 meg.
TOKYO Midnight-"Over.
seas Program" JVH, Nazaki, 20.S
M, i4.6 meg.
The Washington times., 1936-09-17

PARIS-2:45 P. M.-Concert
with Miss Simone Delbert, pianist.
TPA-3, 25.2 M. 11.88 meg.
LONDON-6 P. M.-"Gipsy MI
SIC" GSP, 1876 M. 1881 meg;
esd, 25.5 M. Ills meg; Csc,
31.3 M, 9.58 meg.
BERLIN-6:15 p. M.-Marches
Of the New Time. DJD, 25.4 NJ,
11.33 meg.
MADRID-7 p. M.-Children's
Program. EAQ, 3O.5 m. 9.87 meg.
CARACAS-S:45 P. M.-Melod-
les. YV2RC, SIT m. So meg.
BERLIN -9:15 p. M.-Variety
The Washington times., 1936-09-17
Maryland Police
TOChOOSe Times
Pistol Team
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who directs pistol shooting activ-
tiles for the Metropolitan police,
a strong team is being selected
here for The Times shoot.
Busy Picking Team
Capt. H. B. Nicholas, superin-
tendent of Virginia State police,
is also busy selecting his team for
the event. He is handicapped by
the fact that the two best shots
in the department are now in
hospitals as the result of traffic
accidents this summer, but prom
Uses that his men, who include a
number of former service men.
will be we'll toward the front
when the final tabulation of
scores is made.
In addition to The Times trophy,
which becomes the permanent
possession of the winning team,
the six team members will be
presented with individual medals,
while medals will also be pre-
sented the winners of the various
classes Of shooting.
Standard Course
The matches will be shot over
the standard American course of
IS and Is yards, with the 81"
target. There will be slow and
rapid fire. with regulation service
guns and ammunition.
In addition to the shoot for The
Times trophy, the various precinct
teams will also shoot that day for
an inter-department trophy.
At the Maryland event next
week, teams from New York city,
Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. Balti-
more, Cumberland, HagerStown,
Lower Marion Township, Pa, and
state police from New Jersey,
Delaware, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania have entered.
The Washington times., 1936-09-17
TODAY'S RADIO FEATURES

EARL GOODWIN, Times Radio News,
heard daily, except Sunday, s.9;1B
A NJ, WMAL.
7:OO-Rudy Vallee, WRC.
Band Wagon, WJsV.
S:0O-Steel Day PrOgram-Great Lakes
Exposition, WMAL.
Major BOwes' Amateurs, WJsV.
s:OO-Bing CrOsby's Music Hall, WMAL.
CONCERT
S:OO-Harvard Tercentenary - Boston
Symphony Orch, WMAL.
6:45-Dinner Concert, VOL.
S;3O-WOL Concert, VOL.
SPORTS
2-4-Tony Wskeman's spOrtspage,
VOL.
The Washington times., 1936-09-17
CONSTITUTION
QUIZ REPLIES
BY BLOOM

Representative Sol Bloom, direc-
tor-general Of the United States
Con It it ution Sesquicentennial
Commission, today called atten-
ton to 10 more questions concern.
ing the establishment of our coun-
try which arise frequently and are
hardly ever answered correctly.
Representative Bloom will make
q radio address this evening at
9:45 on the Constitution, and is
preparing for an elaborate ma
tional celebration Of the 150th an
niversary of the drafting Of the
Constitution next year.
WRITTEN BY BLOOM
The answers to the following
questions were written by Repre-
sentative Bloom after months Of
investigation.
1-Q-How were the deputies to
the Constitutional Convention
chosen?
A-They were elected by the leg
iSlatures of the different States.
2Q-Were there any restric-
tons as to the number of deputies
a State might send?
A-No.
3-Q-Where and when did the
deputies to the Constitutional Con-
Vention assemble?
AIN Philadelphia in the State
House where the Declaration Of
Independence was signed. The
meeting was called for May IA,
17B7, but a quorum was not pres
ent until May Is.
AVERAGE AGE A
-Q-What was the average
age Of the deputies to the Consti-
tuttonal Convention?
About A.
5-Q.-Who were the oldest and
youngest members of the Consti-
tutional Convention?
A.-Benjamin Franklin, of Penn
Sylvania. was 81: Jonathan Day
ton, Of New Jersey, was e.,
6-Q.-Who was called the
"Father of the Constitutions"
A.-James Madison, of Virginia,
because in point of erudition and
actual contributions to the forma.
ton of the Constitution he was
preeminent.
7-Q.-Was Thomas Jefferson a
member of the Constitutional Con-
vention?
A.-No. jefferson was American
Minister to France at the time of
the Constitutional Convention.
JefferSOn'S Contribution
8-Q-What did Thomas Jeffer-
son have to do with framing the
Constitution?
A.-Although absent from the
Constitutional Convention and
during the period of ratification,
jefferson rendered no inconsider-
able service to the cause of Con-
stitutional Government, for it was
partly through his inSiStence that
the Bill OF Rights, consisting OF
the first 10 Amendments, was
adopted.
9-Q.-Did some of the deputies
to the Constitutional Convention
refuse to sign the Constitution?
A.-Only 80 signed. Fourteen
deputies had departed for their
homes and three-Randolph and
Mason, of Virginia, and Gerry, of
Observation-Disclosures to sign.
One of the signatures is that of
an absent deputy, John Dickin-
son, of Delaware, added at his re-
quest by George Read, who also
was from Delaware.
10-Q.-The vote of how many
States was necessary to ratify the
Constitution?
Anime.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-09-17
1900 at Festival

More than $500 persons at
tended the mock wedding and
popularity contest given by the
Colored INSTRUMENTATION
Ushers' Union of washington
and vicinity last night at Grit
fifth Stadium. Fifty-five persons,
representing Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian and Congregational
churches participated in the con-
test. Several hundred were en-
gagged as attendants in the we'd
dingS,
The Washington times., 1936-09-17
Monroe ST. Loses
Bus Change Move

Formal denial of the request
of residents of Monroe Street
Northeast for reopening of their
move for rerouting Of Capital
Transit Company buses on their
thoroughfare was entered yester-
day by the. Public Utilities Com
mission. The Commission, which
twice before has heard the Mon
roe Street plea, declared the legal
time for filing new evidence, has
expired.
The Washington times., 1936-09-17

VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-09-17

TALKS
INSTRUMENTATION Day Talk, Atty. Gen.
Cummings, WRC.
S;3O-Republican Natl Comm, WhCs
6;45-Walter Bastian, WRC.
s:OO-FuItOn Lewis, jr., angler and
Hunter" VOL.
9:45-Rep. Sol Bloom, wMAL.
DANCE MUSIC
1O:3O-Fletcher Henderson's Or, WRo.
Jay Freeman's Orch, WJsV.
AL DonOhue's Orch, WMALs
II :OO-Phil Harris Orch, WJSV.
Martel's Orch, WRC.
II :45-Sammy watkins Orch, WJsV.
1900 -Washington Dance Parade VOL
The Washington times., 1936-09-17

40 miles.
Leroy S. Scott, Baltimore, Nd,
40 miles.
James C. Skelly, Takoma Park,
Md, 80 miles.
Leroy Smith, Clarendon, Va, IS
miles.
Waitman B. linn, Baltimore,
Md, 40 miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-30
By Julette S. Graf

ZERO, petulant and pleasure loving. is re-
IN puted to have fiddled while Rome burned
Either he took some strange sadistic delight IN
the spectacle. or he was man of extreme non
chalance But whatever his motive for the blase
gesture was it seems to have succeeded IN IN
fluencing our present attitude of extreme sophis-
tication. Everywhere about us we observe blaz-
ing admonitions to keep cool no matter what
So. we are inclined to raise the question as to
whether not beginning to eclipse our
ancient forbears in the matter of indifference to
naughtiness.
Nowadays young girls bathing suit may
split shrink and it seldom occurs to her TO
blush or faint; neither is she extremely emoar-
rassed, nor is her highly cultivated poise un-
dermined She probably asks an equally indf-
ferent companion for a stick of chewing gum
with which she proceeds to placate her chagrin
over the annoying occurrence. Her plight is re-
garded as amusing, rather than shocking
In our present generation the feminine form
is either taken for granted or viewed with an
eye for its sculptural beauty. We have evolved
from the bounds of Victoria and taken league
with the more stimulating Greeks and Romans
Therefore, it is amusing to contemplate the
speculative construction that may be placed upon
our behavior by archaeologists of the future.
\A/HAT wickedness IS and whether or not it
wv has been responsible for the fall of great
historians throughout the ages and most of them
agree that ambition and luxury most certainly
did play part in effacing the glory of Rome,
Greece Babylon and other ancient civilizations.
However, every age has its own particular set
of values and it becomes difficult to decide
whether our early predecessors could possibly
have indulged in more barbaric blood spilling,
intrigue or moral laxity than that with which
we are surrounded in our own era.
Religion does not hesitate to remind us that
we are due for fall. Most sects warn their fol-
lowers that they should become more sensitive
to the viciousness about them so that they recog-
nize and detour it. Still other creeds believe that
the world will end shortly. They point out the
similarity of our modern forms of diversion to
those enjoyed by the ancients as additional proof
that we are sufficiently wicked to be effaced any
day.
1t is amazing to note how many comparisons
may be drawn between our modes of enjoyment
and those of the reputedly sinful Romans And
yet sophisticates not exactly convinced that
a crumbng of our civilization is imminent
Surely the Ancients were not fonder of
sports than we are. Nor were they en-
thusiastic supporters of contests than our foot
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-30

neighborhood of Pompeii and noisily - fast -
confusedly swept the many streams OF LIE TO-
ward the fatal show
But for the horsemen this description might
very easily fit the eager hustle preceding one OF
our football or baseball games. And. although
we would hesitate to apply the term fatal to one
of our modern contests we are obliged to admit
that anyone attending steeple chase or speed
way competition anticipates fatality or two
Death has also resulted from f1ukes on the foot
ball field and in the prize ring and it is regret
ia BILE but true that these unfortunate events pro-
vide spice for the thrill seekers of our day We
must travel to Mexico or Spain for bit of
licensed blood and sand whereas the ancients
exercised no inhibitons upon the subject. They
frankly applauded what we, in abashed furtive-
ness, refuse to admit concerning our lust for
brutal excitement.
IN the event of our relegation to the ranks of
| future greatness posterity will have an amaz-
ing record of lighter diversions to unravel from
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-30

the annals of our Manhattan catacombs. I'M
agine the reactions they will set down in their
histories regarding our moral standards! NO
doubt the ancents will be adjudged tame beside
our ruthless reckless record. Our politicians
scientists, courtesans and clowns will provide
spicy material for coming scholars to digest
The wives of the Romans were not more
quickly cast aside than are the unsuitable ones
of our generation; nor was the hemlock poured
more freely by spiteful or ambitious damsels
then than 1t is now. There is little change in
human passion or motive throughout the CEN
turies Even fashion pursues an endless cycle as
may be observed in the return of the ancient
tunic today.
What will posterity think of our mode of
capital punishment? And what about the lady
sheriff, who in the line of her duty, must spring
the trap to execute felon? And why our toler-
ance of these methods?
Several years ago. Professor Maiuri, with the
assistance of a crew of excavators, discovered
the room of lady of fashion of Pompeii This
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-30

mosaic pavement there were large bronze
braziers with fire and spices which gave to the
heated temperature an agreeable and intoxi- :
eating fragrance
From the Tep,ddriun, he passed into the Cas-
ddrium, where there were stoves and here
greater heat was emitted by similar interstices
and tubes between the walls communicating by
means of various clay and leaden tubes with
great ovens and boilers placed in neighboring
premises. In the midst of this salon there was
a basin of marble called Alueus or Bdptste'imm
where one might take hot bath.
After such different kinds of baths many
passed into other rooms destined to various uses
(The women had salon for Identification stint
lar to our own modern beauty parlors, and the
men had similar conveniences) Of course there
were chambers where one could spend time in
pleasant dalliance in comfortable surroundings"
THE description from Luigi Fischetti's book on
Roman life sounds attractive enough to start
a vogue for social baths of our own. AS matter
of fact there is scarcely fashionable adult to-
day who will not admit that he she enjoys
an occasional visit to bathing establishment
for the purpose of taking an electric cabinet
or steam bath and a restorative massage
Another point we share in common with the
Greeks and Romans Is our admiration for beauty
We are continually in search of fresh new beauty
upon which to bestow some sort of golden
apple and our young women vie constantly 70,
tributes to their pulchritude
And as for Bacchus! That extremely naughty
god seems to be patron saint of modern night
club proprietors There is really little to be said
upon the subject of our more sophisticated forms
of diversion. We are all certain that the charm
ing show girls of our current presentations would
put the Bacchanalian beauties of Tiberius' time
to shame.
Summing the matter up, seem to have our
Caesars, oracles false gods, and our
luxuries today in quite the fashion of the an
cients Therefore, we are pretty we'll able to sur
mise what posterity will raise its eyebrows ane
say about US!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-30
BacChus Described AS Patron
Saint Of Modern Night Clubs

hall and fight fans. Chapter Xiv of that superb
niece of fiction tbased upon fact) Bulwer Lily
toms The Last DauS of Pompeii, describes the
gala crowds approaching the amphitheater for
the CORY games:
DESPITE the earliness of the hour. the gates
If the CITY were already opened. Horseman upon
horseman. vehicle after vehicle poured rapidly
in; and the voices of numerous pedestrian groups
clad in holiday attire rose high in joyous and
excited merriment; the streets were crowded
with citizens and strangers from the popuious
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-30

ftVOfCe SOuftS! ASKS the tutHOI.
woman whose residence No. Via Abon-
donza Pompeii. set her dressing table in order,
arranged rings and jeweled bracelets in their
case and left her room probably to ascertain the
commotion outside where an avalanche of ashes
and lava from Vesuvius was overwhelming
proud Pompeii."
IN 1880, THE jewels rings, bracelets, earrings
l and necklaces were discovered intact and still
glittering and sparkling in their ageless beauty.
The Jewels alone would run into hundreds of
thousands of dollars"
This woman was undoubtedly an ambitious
beauty of the time who had won her costly ran
some even as some of our clever god-digging
charmers of today Although she is a person of
obscure merit our modern LADY of the evening
may mean more to as-yet unborn historians than
will some more justly entitled member of society.
Archaeologists will have much to ponder upon
when they stumble over one of our modern per-
manent waving machines, to say nothing of
milady's dainty hip-rolling pins.
Returning to the customs of the Romans it is
interesting to analyze their whim for frequenting
the colossal and magnificent public bathing es-
tablishments. description of the Stabian Baths
may possibly throw some light upon this end
essly discussed subject:
"The Romans bathed several times day as a
sanitary custom. Perhaps for the pleasure of
being warm in winter and cool in summer this
habit degenerated into luxury. After having
dsrobed if person wished cold bath in the
open air, he threw himself in the Nattatio and
swan about, or else he passed into the Frigiddr-
iun,, an ample salon with circular or rectangu-
lar basin, with step on the inside that one
could remain sitting in the bath
IIF he preferred a warm bath he passed from
the Spohatorun, to the Tepidariun,, another
salon, so called because it had an atmosphere
warmed by the heat and vapors which were
made to circulate in interstices of bricks between
the walls floor and ceiling. In the middle of the
Evening star., 1936-06-27
AUSTRIAN PUTSCH
REPORTS DENIED
GOSSips Say beware June
g." Hinting Return
of Otto.
Ey the Associated Press.

VIENNA, June 27.-Both mon
archist and government officials scoff-
ed today at reports from Paris that
political putsch was imminent in
Austria.
However. for weeks, gossip bearers
have been saying beware of June
28," the day before SITS. Peter and
Paul day which rumor has fixed as
an appropriate occasion for the re-
turn Of the Catholic Archduke Otto.
Gathering headway for an OBJ
scure monarchiSt movement in Yugo-
slavia was reported at Belgrade.
Farmers in the former kingdom of
Montenegro seek the enthronement
Of Prince Michael
Another reason for interest in the
affairs of Central Europe is the fact
that tomorrow is the seventeenth an
niyersary Of the signing of the Treaty
of Versailles, ending the World War.
While gossip of an Austrian putsch
circulated in Europe, anti-semitic agi-
tation was heard in Rumania.
From Bucharest came the report
that the Fascist Iron Guard" organ
ization was threatening "a gloomy
Sunday for Jews"
AS a precaution, Rumanian authori-
ties brought an additional lnfantrS
regiment into the capital from a
provincial garrison.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
D. C. MAN INDICTED
IN TRAFFIC DEATH
"Felonioas Staying" of F. H. A.
Official Charged by Lou
doun Jury.
Rr the Associated Press.

Br the Associated Press.
LEESBURG, Va, June 27.-A
Loudoun county grand jury yesterday
indicted Walter Parish, 2S-year-old
Washington colored man, on a charge
of "feloniously Staying" Lieut.. Col.
Charles A. Bowen, AZ, of York, Pa,
an official of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration.
Col. Bowen died in a Loudoun
county hospital Thursday afternoon
from head injuries received when his
sedan collided head-on with a truck
driven by Parish.
Parish was brought before the
grand jury after ordered held by the
Coroners inquest.
The indictment charged Parish with
operating his vehicle on the left side
Of the highway. .....
The principal witness was L. c.
Probert Of Washington, vice president
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway,
who said the truck passed his car Just
before crashing into Bowen's machine.
Parish's case will be set after he
obtains counsel.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
SEARCH FOR SLAYER
OF WOMAN is ENDED
Painter, Now Dead of Alcoholism,
Reported Killer of Mrs.
Mcconnell.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 81
The hunt for the slayer Of attractive
Mrs Eula Mae Mcconnell, mother of
twin baby girls, ended yesterday at
the grave Of a delirium tremens
victim
Sheriff Frank Burns named James
Jonas, 53-year- -old painter who died
in delirium produced by alcohol, as
the killer Of the 23-year-old house
wife.
Mrs. Mcconnell died May l, a day
after she was savagely beaten in her
apartment in fashionable residential
section.
The sheriff said the crazed Jonas
died strapped to hospital cot a week
after the crime.
The solution resulted largely from
statements of two women acquaint-
ances Of Jonas, Burns said.
One of them. Mrs Bertha Clayton.
said the painter confessed the crime
10 her and said he was going TO hell"
for it, but that she had kept the
secret through fear.
The other, Mrs. c. L. Rose, told of
seeing Jonas near the Mcconnell
home the afternoon Of the attack.
but at the time attributed his nervous
condition to drunkenness.
As Jonas lay unconscious on his
deathbed, County Detective Roy
Clinton said he murmured THAT
poor little woman-I'm sorry she's
dead"