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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
SCHOOL UNIT
UNDER WAY
ON MAY |

ROCKVILLE, Md, April IL.
Another unit of Montgomery
county's $3.50 900 school expansion
program will get under way about
May /, DR.. Edwin w. Broome,
superintendent of count schools,
declared today as he announced
that bids for construction Of a
Junior high school for the eastern
suburban area will be opened on
April "a.
Bids for the new structure to be
located near the intersection OF
Forest Glen and Seminary Roads.
Montgomery Hills, Md, will be re-
turned to the county school board
offices here where they will be
opened publicly.
Commenting on the growth of
the county school population, DR..
Broome said that at the present
time there are approximately 12,'
600 ch"dren attending the county
schools, an increase Of 900 pupils
, this year over last.
OIL iously, he added, sue h
growth requires constantly in
creased school facilities and add,
tional class rooms which will
necessitate IL expenditure Of ap-
proximately 100000 annually II
ADEQUATE school facilities are to be
provided. This figure, OF course,
is based on the present rate OF
growth, he added.
DR.. Broome said he recon-
mended the purch 'Se OF larger
school sites in the future to al
low for greater expansion OF build
ings, and also because modern ed
ucational methods call for more
and more school work to be con-
Quoted out of doors.
Construction of an auditorium
unit to the present East Silver
Spring Elementary School at an
estimated cost of approximately
$40, 900, was started this week, DR..
Broome declared.
With this program only getting
started, upon a recommendation
from the county school author.
ties and members Of the Board OF
County Commissioners, the recent
session of the State legislature
authorized another bond issue OF
$4,000 to purchase a site and
construct a junior high school
building for Kensington, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
WORKERS PLAN
DANCES

With the summer season rapidly
drawing near, numerous offices OF
the Government are staging
dances and entertainments to col
lect money for athletic and recrea-
tional activities throughout the
summer. Baseball teams, tennis
and golf tournaments and moon
light steamer trips down the Po-
tomac are among events sponsored
for the entertainment Of clerks
unable to leave washington dur
ing June, July and August.
Welfare Dances
The latest Federal group to an
nounce a benefit dance is the Wei
fare Association of the Treasury
Departments Procurement Di-
vision, the unit which occupies an
entire building to itself in South
west Washington and employs
hundreds of Washingtonians in an
emergency capacity. The Pro
curement workers will frolic from
$50 p. m. Thursday until we'll past
midnight at the Washington
Hotel.
Leading the committee of at
tractive feminine clerks now serV-
ing to arrange all details for the
event is black eyed sylvia Glad
stone, who gave UP a career as q
Broadway chorus girl to become
a Government employee, all by &C.
cident. Miss Gladstone, a New
Yorker who had appeared in a
number of stage productions as
well as films produced in Long
Island studios, accepted a Secre-
tarial appointment with Procure
ment Division during a visit to
friends here last June, and has
been in washington ever since.
Foreign Service Lure
She is studying course in For
eign Service at George Washing
ton University and friends say
she may give up the stage as a
professional career.
"Col." Marguerite Collins, a
blonde Kentuckian who comes
from Whitesburg, is another Pro
curement worker who has been
chosen to serve on the dance
committee because of her pop
ularity. Miss Collins, clerk
typist in the office man
agement section, has lived in
the Capital for two years, likes to
swim and watch the races and is
an avid student of the piano. She
also is jokingly threatening her
friends with learning the piccolo
and either, upon which she says
she'll practice at lunchtime.
Pretty Ann Miller and Dorothy
Mckay represent Washington on
the dance committee. Miss Miller,
a stenographer in the Division of
Space Control, is a Federal en-
ploye of about one years expe.
rience, having accepted Treasury
appointment after graduating
from Western High School and
the Temple Secretarial School.
| She formerly was president Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
4O-H0UR WEEK
OPPOSED BY
u. 5. CLERKS
BY J. EARLE MOSER

Federal employe organizations
will not agree to a 40.hour week
for general clerks in order to Ia
ciitate passage Of the McCor-
mack five-day week bill into
actual law, their leaders have In
dicated.
The Mccormack document. at
present the outstanding topic
among clerks who would enjoy
Saturdays off, expressly stipulates
that hours of work shall not be
increased, but House Civil Serv'
ice Chairman Ramspeck-Spear-
head Of the successful drive for
restored leave-has indicated that
acceptance Of 40-hour week
would offset increased costs OF
the five-day idea and go far to.
ward helping the Mccormack bill
receive a favorable vote.
Neither the National Federation
Of Federal Employees nor the
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees is favorable to
adding an hour to working time.
however, even for strategic rea'
sons.
Their leaders point out that
many thousands of Government
folk are working more than 40
hours, now, some as many as 30
per week. Also the Mccormack
bill at present provides for ex'
empting some workers from the
five-day week, and these would
merely receive one more hour Of
toll without any benefit at all.
Employe groups are willing to
bargain" with Congress about
the matter, however. and before
anything concrete occurs 1t Is
probable that both major groups
will have had their next national
conventions, wherein representa-
tiveS from all over the country will
get chance to discuss all angles
with one another.
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To the Primary Editor, The Washington Times:
favor the pending primary election bill. ......0
oppose the pending primary election BILL .....O

into the House by Representative
Mary T. Norton CD, of New Jer-
sey, and chairman of the House
District Committee.
Little Opposition
While opinion on the merits Of
the measure differs, little oppo-
sition to the general principle Of
the proposal has been manifested.
This has proved to be the case
not only with many legislators
but with citizens of Washington.
The citizens have been given a
chance to express themselves by
means Of ballots printed daily in
The washington Times. Signed
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By MILTON A. BOSLEY, D. v. n


BY MILTON A. BOSLEY, D. v. M.
Summer is just around the cor
ner and dog owners in this vicinity
must know how their pets suffer
during this season. I therefore
strongly recommend clipping or
plucking your animal before the
very hot sun of summer may make
it miserable and irritable because
of the intense heat.
Although some. who profess to
know, claim that nature takes care
Of fur-bearing animals in regard
to heat and cold, they fail to re-
member that apartments and
houses are not the natural habitat
of the canine family. The dog, be-
fore he became domesticated, lived
in his den beneath the rocks, and
the woods and fields were his play.
ground. At that time nature did
take care of his coat just as is true
today with the wolf, fox and
coyote.
But with domestication also
came misery in hot climates or
"hot houses" where the dog was
not allowed his well needed exer-
else and was over-fed. Consequent
ly his coat became dry, his skin a
prey for disease and vermin of all
kinds, particularly fleas and lice
Clipping of long-haired breeds
or the plucking Of the terrier type
is, in my opinion, advisable.
When a dog has been clipped,
I believe it is advisable to have it
done before really hot weather ar.
riveS.
An excellent prevention against
"sun burn" after your animal has
been clipped or plucked, is to cover
him with olive oil.
Another advantage Of removing
the hair is that your animal is
more easily bathed and at the
same time cooled.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
Something Unusual

Something unusual is due for
those attracted to the gala circus
planned by several Young Democra-
tic organizations next Thursday
at the .7illard Hotel. To begin
with, Representative P. L. Casa
way, of Oklahoma is to be ring
masto: of the circus, while it will
star Frank 7ortillo, the Govern
ment Printing office employe
whose fame as clown is re-
nowned throughout the country.
One of Mr.. Portillo's Junior
Clowns" who will perform under
his tutelage is a young Resettle-
ment Administration feminine EN-.
ploye, whom he will make up and
who has bet her fellow employees
that they will not be able to recog-
nize her. Another act Of the af.
fair will see 10 Indians do a war
rance in full feathers and regalia.
Mr.. Portillo, incidentally, will
be on hand at the White House
lawn Monday. when WaShington's
children celebrate Easter Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11

themselves, even If only In the
choice Of their delegates to presi.
idential nominating cOnven.
tiOnS."
A second letter said:
There will be opposition to
the idea from some high.handed
gentlemen who have been run
ming what little politics we have
to suit themselves. But 1 doubt
they will dare to do much open
fighting. because their cause is
patiently absurd. But watch out
for dirty work on the inside"
A ballot for the convenience Of
those wishing to express them
selves on the proposed primary
Is printed near by.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
D. T.. Youth Council
Plans Easter Service

The washington Youth Council
will hold its first annual Easter
morning service tomorrow at the
Sylvan Theater.
The prelude, played by a trunl-
pet quartette: James Daw. Eudell
Savage, James Moudy and Murrell
Lank. will open the meeting at
q. m.
The Easter Meditation will be
delivered by the Rev. william S.
Abernethy. D. D., pastor Of Cal
vary Baptist Church,
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ballots and written comments
have been flooding the office Of
The Times since the series began
What They Think
One reader declare ! in a letter
Every person to whom I have
talked thinks The Times is do
ing q good job in fostering this
idea. They all believe it is about
time the vOteleSS residents here
be given a chance to express
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
Favor Primary Bill
On Capitol Hill

Sentiment is growing on Capitol
Hill in favor of proposals for leg
islation permitting residents Of
the District to vote for delegates
to the national conventions Of the
Republican and Democratic par
ties.
The interest has been aroused
by bill establishing the "pri-
mary" written by a local attorney,
John P. Mullen, and introduced
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
Girl Trip|ets Born
To Mother, a Twin

WALTHAM. Mass, April II
Herself a twin, Mrs. Jane Bur
goyne gave birth to triplets at a
hospital here yester day. The
babies are all girls. Mrs. Bur
goyne, wife of a concrete manu-
facturer, has four other children,
the eldest 8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
Detroit Gangster Starts Term

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April II
Q.N.SO ALFRED johnson, 31-year-
old Detroit gunman, started life
sentence in Ohio Penitentiary yes
terday following his conviction Of
second degree murder in connec-
ton with the Staying of Tony
Sabe, Cleveland grocer.
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Retirements at Bureau

Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing retired the following workers
during March, according to Direc-
tor Alvin w. Hall:
Walter M. Angelo, carpenter;
Benjamin C. DeFrateau, press
man; Mrs. Ann E. Duvall, examin.
er; Cophas johnson, chauffeur;
Henry j. Kittinger, packer; John
Studt, foreman: Anna M. Miller,
counter; William P. Riley, stock
distributor: George B. Lee, dis
tributor; Margaret I. Boose, pack
err and examiner. and Ernest H.
Poole, helper. Mr.. Studt had the
longest service record with "a
years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
OwnerS Urged
To Clip Dogs
InSun1mer

The Washington Times free
pet clinic is held every Tuesday
and Friday at DR.. BoSley'S Hos
pital, 81 SirtL St. N. W., from
1 until 3 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
BRIGHTW00D
ASKS CURB
ON TRUCKS
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Association Editor

The elimination from upper
Thirteenth Street, especially
through the residential section, of
all heavy traffic and diverting it
through Georgia Avenue was urged
In resolution by George r. Will
helm, adopted by the Brightwood
Citizens Association last night in
the Paul Junior High School.
It was pointed out the roadway
on Thirteenth Street was not con-
Structed to care for the heavy
trucks now in use, the vibration
Of which has caused walls to crack
and ceiling to fall in many houses.
On motion by L. j. Cantrell,
school principal, it was voted to
request supervision for the Paul
Junior High School grounds from
March through November, instead
Of only during the months of July
and August as has been done in
the past. The Commissioners were
asked to expedite the work of i'm
proving the grounds now in pro-
greSS.
At the request of the Sixteenth
Heights Citizens Association, in
dorsement was given a movement
of the Washington League for the
Hard Of Hearing to inaugurate an
educational campaign for the deaf
in the city
In response to a request for re-
moval of center trolley poles on
GA0rria Avenlle To the District
Line, for which the association
has struggled many years, intor-
nation was received from the
Public Utilities Commission that
the poles between Butternut Street
and Peabody Street already had
been placed on the list for removal
and the balance would be removed
after certain underground changes
are made in electric light condults.
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Ask Library Branch

Hr1CkS ana y. w. NOoo "CAO AoAAASA
a committee to present the re-
quest to the Public Library Board.
Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. GrubbS and
Mr.. Ashton were named repre-
sentatives to a convention for bet
ter housing for the colored to be
held at the Miner Teachers Col
lege, April 10. Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt will be guest speaker.
Meeting Calendar
The following citizens associa-
lions will meet next week:
Monday Night Congress
Heights, Congress Heights School;
Hillcrest, East ashingto n
Heights Baptist Church; Kalo-
rama, 2345 Ashmead Pl. N. w..
Perthoff M. Pettitt, assistant di-
rector of housing, will speak:
Park View, Park View School;
Piney Branch, Roosevelt High
School; Stanton Park, Peabody
School, speakers. DR.. Edgar c.
Bocok, superintendent of Gal
linger Hospital, DR.. D. L. Sick
niger. assistant to D. c. health
officer. and DR.. Charles B. Camp
bell, D. c. Medical Society;
Northeast Washington. Lu d ! o W
School.
Tuesday Night-Burleith, Cor
don Junior High School; Cathedral
Heights-Cleveland Park, st. Adams
Parish Hall, entertainment by a
movietone travelogue of Virginia;
North Randle Community, Free
Methodist Church, Minnesota Ave
nue. and S Street Southeast: East
Washington Heights. Bradbury
Heights Methodist Church: Randle
Highlands, 2407 Minnesota Ave.
S. E.: Summit Park, 3703 Bangor
st. S. E.
Wednesday Night-Chevy Chase,
z. v. Brown School; Dahlgren
Terrace, Crosby Moves School;
Sixteen h Street Highlands,
Brightwood School.
Friday Night-Glover Park. In
dustrial Home School; Takoma
Branch Library.
Saturday Night-Federation of
Citizens Associations, District
Building.
Business Men Meet
The Southeast Business Mems
Association will meet Monday
night at 314 Pennsylvania Ave. S.
e. Officers for the ensuing year
will be elected.
The Federation of Business
Mems Association will hold a card
party and dance Tuesday night
from 9 until / o'clock at the head
quarters of the Northeast Motors
Company, 9O6 BladenSburg Rd.
DR.. James j. Greeves has been
named chairman Of the general
committee on arrangements.
The Connecticut Avenue Bust
ness Mems Association will meet
Tuesday at the Mayflower Hotel
at $3.50 p. m.
The Observation-Disclosures Bust.
ness Mems Association will meet
at No. IL police station Tuesday
at $3.50 p. m. Cleo Mardfeld, presi'
dent, will preside.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-22
By William Powell

A HEAP of fun can be found in this calloused
~ old world if you know where to look for it.
cannot recall having much fun when was
a kid, but have had my good times since.
have had them In my work, for I have more
fun on the screen than I do away from the
screen.
IN the frst place, I was not cut out to be an
actor-so my family thought. 1t was in the
hands of fate that was to be lawyer had
the urge to follow my family's advice at first,
until it took couple of years for to dis
cover that lawyers have no fun. They spend
their lives sitting in stuffy Offices waiting for
fees to come to them
However to acquire a legal voice, one that
would rumble down the corridors of fame, 1
became yell leader at Central High School in
Kansas City found that this was only another
way of attracting attention to ones self by
making big noise, but it did not weld me any
closer to legal career. On the contrary, it
gave me appreciation of myself and my
potentialities as an actor.
So I plunged into the spirit of the school
plays The first was "The Rivals" and the sec
ond was Captain Jack Absolute" l the
heart throb in both The experience made
feel superior to law. It permitted me to COM
nand the attention of larger audiences, and I
began to drop hints to my family of my burn
ing desire The family response was quite dis
for legal career and that enter Kansas Uni
versity for further legal schooling I could see
no fun in that
\ WAS in love at the time and wanted to marry
| the girl. If went to college that meant she
would have to wait four years, and if
tin,ied with my law, that would mean three
years more. saw nothing cheerful in that, for
no modern girl will wait seven years for her
man. There's too much competition
decided to become an actor right away,
make big money, and marry the girl Here was
another disappointment. went back to Kansas
CITY and worked Ia months telephone clerk
for $50 month and found myself $50 in debt.
On borrowed money I left Kansas City to
capture Broadway The girl in Kansas City had
refused to wait even IA months and my heart
was broken After six months course in dra-
matte school, I got a job in "The Neer Do
Well" The world was my oyster, but the job
lasted only two weeks.
The "dog days. were upon and family
pride almost tempted me to jump into the East
River pounded the streets all winter, beating
paths from one agents door to another, and
finally won part in within the Law" which
played through two seasons.
Not until landed in pictures did find the
real pleasure In life, and have been having
fun ever since
In the first place. I have learned and done
several things that had not enjoyed before.
In Rendezvous I became quite able canoe
paddler. In "The Thin Man." had the time of
my life popping balloons ON a Christmas tree
with N air rife.
PAGE FOUR.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-22

A ND in 'Tibeed Lady, - there's the story!
u had more fun with Jean Harlow Myrna
10y, Spencer Tracy and Director Jack Conway
in that picture than had ever had before.
The picture really began with riot There
the afternoon when Myrna walked onto
Stage IS at o-Goldyn-Mayer and found the
stage empty.
AS she walked across the stage, the place
went dark Myrna stumbled against a piece of
light scenery and it toppled on her. When she
extricated herself, the lights were turned on
and she found herself facing the whole
pany, singing Happy Birthday to You" The
company was ringed around huge cake in
scribed
Happy Birthday to Mrs Hornblow."
Another prank was played on Jean in the
beauty parlor scene. Jean was anchored in her
chair by the permanent wave gadgets and her
face was burdened with mud pack Jack
Conway called lunch and the whole company
made quick exit from the stage, leaving Jean
stranded and helpless in the chair and yelling
her head off. We turned her loose ten minutes
later
At another time the four of us were In a
scene when the stage opened, a huge truck
rolled in and dumped nine-foot, 185-pound
marlin swordfsh out at our feet. jeans mother,
Mrs Bello, had caught the big fish at Catalina
Island and was so proud of her catch that she
lost time in sending it to her daughter.
NURING this same sequence another anus
- ing incident took place that proves we have
more fun in pictures than out doc" Dearborn,
my stand-in, decided to marry a very lovely
San Diego girl Edith Bresnahan Quite timor-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-22

At six o'clock, still in our screen wardrobe and
makeup we dashed over to the little Christian
Church near M-G-M studios and there Doc and
Miss Bresnahan were married, with so members
of the company in attendance, including Myrna,
Spencer, Jack Conway and the whole troupe.
The fun came after the ceremony. Neighbors
had seen Jean and enter the church. and
1t was Jean and I who were pelted with rice.
Some fun!
"A day never passed without a gag. Myrna
even fed me a rubber flapjack that almost
bounced my upper jaw into the rafters.
Then we went on location and this
of the most enjoyable vacations in my life From
the railroad station at Modesto, Myrna, Walter
Connolly myself and 40 members of the COM
pany travelled 12S miles into the heart of the
High Sierras.
We wound through mile after mile of peach
and apricot orchards, vineyards and grazing
land, through sleepy Oakdale rambling ranches,
Jimtown and Sonora, colorful mining towns.
Then we climbed into the mountains, through
thousands of acres of stately pines, eventually
reaching our location
AVER an area of ten miles, the company
~ was distributed in three mountain camps.
Miss 10y, Connolly, myself and the sound and
electrical crews were slowed away in rustic
mountain cabins at Kennedy Meadows. Cow
boys loafed on the hitching rail at the general
store as welcoming committee.
For two days splashed around in the icy