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The Washington times., 1936-10-23
PRANK BRINGS PROTEST

Ghosts and hobgoblins should
stick to the legitimate business
of parading, throwing confetti
and ducking apples on Halloween,
the Keystone Automobile Club as
Serts today.
In an appeal to Washington
parents and school teachers, the
association points out that each
year juvenile masqueraders cause
losses to Washington motorists
by debating tires, filching radi-
ator and gasoline tank caps and
breaking door handles.
These Halloween pranks seem
to be taken under the heading of
good clean fun by the unthink-
ink jokesters. However, the as
sociation'S appeal points out that
it certainly is not fun for the
motoriSt.
Even the least harmful of the
obnoxious pranks-Smearing auto
mobile windows with soap-the
The Washington times., 1936-10-23

One thief was surprised and
routed by woman's screams last
night after he had looted her
apartment, while other holdup
men and thieves stole money and
articles totaling about $22 from
other victims, according to police
reports.
1t was when Mrs. Marion Hay
ward Meekins, divorced wife of
Lynn w. MeekinS, commercial at
tache of the American embassy
at London, entered her apartment
at 1915 Sixteenth st. N. w., last
night that she saw IAN extremely
well-dreSSed man" step from be-
hind a door and apparently point
pistol at her.
Screaming, she turned and ran
to the first floor of the building
to call police. The officers an.
swering the call searched the
premises but the thief had escaped
The Washington times., 1936-10-23
DOT KILGALLEN
READY TO HOP
PACIFIC
By DOROTHY KILGALLEN

BY DOROTHY KILGALLEN
Copyright. 1885, by International News
Service and New York Evening JOurnaD
HONOLULU, T. H., Oct. %
GN.SO. - California, here l
GOMEZ"
At least I hope so-in a final
2,400-mile hop by the China Clip
Per from gem-like Pearl Harbor
to the Golden Gate.
We're slated to take off about
noon. And however they open
that Golden Gate at San Fran
cisco, so famous in song and story,
I hope they open it wide, for it
will mark the beginning of the
end of this hectic dash around
the world which started Sep
TENDER 80.
Father Waiting
San Francisco! They call it the
Golden City, and it beckons to
me right now with all the lure
of its gold of '49, for there waits
my dad, James L. Kilgallen, the
famous International News Serv-
ice correspondent, and a sky ship
to WhiSk me over the last lap of
my breath-taking jaunt to New
York.
I don't mean to seem migrate
full to Honolulu, truly the para
disc of the Pacific" for we've had
a great time here-au of us, Leo
Kieran, one of my rival globe
girdlerS, and some other New York
reporters who took the weStbound
trip Of the China Clipper to Ma
Mia, where Leo and joined them.
I'll never forget Honolulu-the
multicolored flower leiS which the
native girls draped around our
neckS as we came aShore-an old
Hawaiian custom, and nice one;
the view from my hotel room last
night of the outdoor dance pa
vilion in the moonlight. The native
girls singing and the sparkling
surf beeting on the white sand of
Waikiki
Likes Native Dishes
Honolulu swept us into a dizzy
round of gaiety; dinner at an
authentic Japanese tea house,
where we all took off our shoes
and sat cross-legged on the floor
and Smacked our lips over such
delicacies as raw fish, cocoanut,
frog legs and sukiyaki. Yes, that's
right, sukiyaki, and it's okay.
All the while, pretty, flowerlike
Geisha girls sang and danced in
full regalia. Then we went on
from there to many places.
But now, goodby, good luck,
Hawaii, and hello, California!
We're due to swish down upon
the waters of San Francisco Bay,
across from the city of San Fran
cisco, about noon tomorrow, an
overnight hop from this lovely
Pacific gem 2,400 miles off the
mainland.
The Washington times., 1936-10-23
RE-BR0ADCAST
VANDENBERG

A rebroadcast of Senator Ar
thur H. Vandenberg's debate"
with President Roosevelt-cut off
the air by Columbia BroadcaSting
System last Saturday night-will
be made over VOL Sunday.
Recordings of the original broad
cast were made by CHS. and will
be used for the rebroadcast. The
time will be $50 to p. m.
The original broadcast was cut
off the air, according to broad
casting officials, because Vanden-
berg used records of previous
speeches by President Roosevelt
in violation of CHS. regulations.
The Washington times., 1936-10-23
Cardozo Alumni Meet

Cardozo High School Alumni
Association will hold the first
meeting of the school year at the
Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. to-
night at $50 o'clock to organize
program and elect officers. All
former graduates are urged to
attend.
The Washington times., 1936-10-23
Missing Scranton Man
SOUGHT in New York

NEW YORK, Oct. % G.N.SO.
Missing from his Scranton pa
home nearly a month, Harry E.
Rice, %, was sought here today.
New York police we're asked to
aid in the search after 1000
circulars describing Rice we're dis.
tributed by the Scranton Lions
Club. The youths father said
stomach trouble may have af-
fected his min.
The Washington times., 1936-10-23

club declares is a nuisance as we'll
as a menace.
The association calls on the
hobgoblins to desiSt, and says if
the occasion demands hilarity the
celebration should at least not
include vandalism.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-23
HOOVER HUNTS
FAKE OMEN

An investigation was under
way today to learn the identity
of a group of men who posed as
Department of Justice agents in
Baltimore last Sunday.
The investigation was ordered
by j. Edgar Hoover, chief of the
Bureau of Investigation, follow
ing reports that a group of G.
men had been present at the
Lyric Theater at a Communist
political rally at which Earl
Browder, Communist candidate
for President, was the speaker.
The purported agents were
seen taking down the license
numbers of cars with District of
Columbia tags, and one of the
group went to the manager Of
the theater, introduced himself
as an F.. B. I. agent and received
the name of the person who had
signed the contract for the
lease.
Hoover declared that none of
his agents had been detailed to
such work and ordered the in
vestigation to determine who
had been impersonating Govern
ment agents.
VOTE AMERICAN
Frat Group to Dance
Alpha and Beta Chapters Of
Alpha Theta Epsilon Fraternity
will hold their first annual dance
tonight from 10 to l o'clock at the
Roosevelt Hotel. John Bauer and
Melvin Oliveri, of 722 K St. N. E.,
are in charge of tickets.
Evening star., 1936-08-23
JAPANESE BEGGAR, SIS;
BEGINS LIFE WITH $1,000

AsAKA. Japan R.-Presenting S.
900 in cash and applying for o postal
annuity, Shinsuke Sakamoto, q beg
gar. told post ONCE employees that at
IS he was ready to start hfe" He
has been living in . hut which cost
him less than 81 . month, located In
q cemetery. Sakamoto explained that
in all his wanderings he had saved
every penny he received.
By 1923 he had accumulated $500,
but his account book was lost in the
earthquake and flre. Later he was
given . new book. He has continued
to save steadily, until now he has
more than most salaried men Of the
same age. Ready now to make a
start in life," Sakamoto is looking for
q wife, and the post office clerks, i'm
pressed by his perseverance, have
agreed to act as go-betweens.
Evening star., 1936-08-23
"Ldbel1uS
Precum ct Plarium
Eercitationum
In Usum Pie vivire
Desideratum
Permiss Superiorum
Georgiopoli, D. c.,
Typis Samuelis S. Rind
Karpis' Father Fined.

CHICAGO, August ~ R-John
Karpavicz, so, father Of Alvin Karpis,
paid two fines totaling $6 before Judge
Frank M. Padden yesterday for failure
to have State and city licenses for an
automobile, which was uesd BY his
kidnaper son In Arkansas.
The car was given to Karpavicz, .
janitor, after the recent capture OF
his son, who was sentenced to life
Imprisonment upon his plea Of guilty
to the William Hamm, jr., kidnapping.
Evening star., 1936-08-23
MADE
RUSSIAN SYMBOL
Promised to ProIetariat Un.
der Program Of More
Abundant Life.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, August 22.-Champagne
and the more abundant life are next
on the program for the Soviet prole.
tariat.
Champagne has become "the mark
Of material well-being, the sign Of
prosperity" for the New Russia, in the
view Of A. I. Mikoyan. peoples COM
missar of the food industry.
What kind of joyful life can there
be If there Is not enough good beer
and good lquor?" he asked q recent
council summoned to consider how
the Soviets could attain "an abun-
dance Of food products"
I'VE have given ur word to the
government" Mikoyan declared, that
in 1889 we will produce 5000, 900 bot
ties Of good champagne and in 1912
not less than 100000 bottles"
Champagne is Symbol.
Champagne Is the symbol of the
new Soviet life. but better and more
foodStufIs is the substance Of the
program.
"Our task" Mikoyan said, "is to
reconstruct the food habits Of the
Soviet man. We must propagandize
new products, not surrendering before
the old custom Of living on cabbage
soup and mush."
The commissars, In their drive to
enrich Russian life. take their cue
from Dictator Joseph Stalin's recent
declaration:
Socialism can succeed only on the
basis of a high productivity Of labor.
higher than under capitalism, on the
basis Of an abundance of products and
Of articles Of consumption of all kinds,
on the basis of q prosperous and cul-
tured life for all members of society" {"
Mikoyan's council hopes to provide
but it also must find q way to interest
the Soviet population in the new foods.
To Borrow American Ideas.
It plans to borrow from American
capitalism for that, with advertising
and attractive packaging.
within . few years 1t Is our task
to reconstruct the food habits of the
toilers Of city and country" said Mi
koyan, "and give them the whole
variety of products of the modern food
industry.
I'VE must extensively develop the
use Of good Soviet advertising. Our
sales difficulties are primarily dim
culties in the organization of trade.
Study the way American manufac-
turers and merchants advertise their
products. We don't need to copy every
thing from the Americans, but we
can learn much from them in the
business Of advertising. Advertising
must be developed into a large scale,
serious business.
Watch Technique Abroad.
I'VE must watch the latest devel-
opment Of technique abroad and bold
ly introduce everything into our in
dustry.
I'VE should 50 win the confidence Of
the consumer that he will know that
If Q product bears the trade mark Of
an enterprise Of the commissariat Of
food industries, it Is q good product.
Sour food industry will not Be able
to get along without corrugated paper
which takes the place Of packing cases
and which the Americans produce in
hundreds Of thousands of tons.
We have ordered some remarkable
machines from America for the per-
fumery and cosmetic industry and
with their help we will in about . year
double the production Of perfume and
Eau de Cologne bottles"
Evening star., 1936-08-23

our family tried It and got as far as
the second line. Here is the entire
nomenclature: Introduction to the
English Reader or Selection of
Pieces in Prose and Poetry Calculated
to Improve Younger Glasses of Learn
ers in Reading and to Imbue Their
Minds with the Love of Nature. to
which are added Rules and Observa-
tions for Assisting Children to Read
with Propriety by Lindley Murray.
Georgetown, D. c. Samuel s. Rind:
Congress Street, 1890" Congress
street Is now Thirty-first street.
You Georgetown families who still
possess copies inherited from your
forebears should bring them forth to
the light OF day for entertainment and
delectation as well as an appreciation
Of what was expected Of children Of
that day and age.
Jane P. Eldridge and John r. Will
liarns appear to have been the owners
of a volume of varied mental fare
called ''The Importance of Small
Things or Plain Course of Self Ex-
animation to which Is added Signs Of
the Times by John Hersey." It also
bears this imprint, Georgetown. D.
c., Rind's Press, Congress Street 1881"
Most Unusual Volume.
The most unusual treasure in the
collection Is the last one to be &C
quired. Miss Gilbert and Mr.. Thomp-
son, who is in charge Of the library, Wis
IDLY gloat over Its acquisition as they
proudly show 1t to you.
Written In Latin, 1t was evidently
the property Of . Georgetown Univer-
sity student named Thomas 8. Lee, for
It bears this inscription: "Thcmas. 8.
Lee. George Town College, Oct. 3,
1882" Note that the way In which the
name Of the town Is written by this
pupil at its famous educational insti-
tuition Is at variance. with the English
translation Of the printers Latin rem
dering of 1t.
That Its owner passed the little vol
ume on to q friend Is evidenced by
the following: Presented to James
jenkins by Thomas Lee, Geo. Town
College"
At . still later time, We Judge, "B
G. Spratley, Portsmouth, Virginia. I"
must have treasured the quaint little
book, for his name, too, appears upon
its hy leaves.
Test out the Latin Of your school
days to see how much Of the title Of
this imprint you can read:
''Lbellus
Precum ct Plarium
Eercitationum
In Usum Pie vivire
Desideratum
Permiss Superiorum
Georgiopoli, d. c.,
Typis Samuelis s. Rind
1891"
As you review these imprints OF
Georgetown in that span Of years
from 1910 to 1881, It would seem as
If its emergence from its entity rs the
independent Colonial port Of George
Town to . place apart, and yet more
nearly one with the newer National
Capital In the District Of Columbia,
were portrayed by those printers IN
the way In which they printed its
name.
Evening star., 1936-08-23

vengeance in old Georgetown, with
doubtless as much excitement among
their owners as to whether or not it
were necessary to comply with "cruel"
regulations requiring them to be listed
and tagged, as arises in our midst
125 years later.
Page 1T declares that the owner of
"any animal Of dog kind" not entered
with the Clerk Of the Corporation for
the payment Of tax and the obtain
ing Of a license shall forfeit and pay
the sum of ten dollars to be recovered
by warrant before the Mayor Of the
Corporation" It was also further or
dered that such person be required Ito
place a collar around the neck of such
animal with his name upon it under
penalty Of one dollar" In final warn
ing the regulation states, and any
animal Of dog kind which shall be
found going at large without such col
lar shall be liable to be killed by any
person whomsoever."
It would appear that this first
ordinance was not productive Of the
desired results In lessening the num-
ber Of dogs. ut large in Georgetown
for q further one provides, whereas
the great number Of dogs kept in this
town have become nuisance and the
ordinances heretofore passed for pre-
venting this evil have been found In
adequate to the end proposed, 1t Is
ordered that upon the 1st dog Of the
male kind q tax of 81 be levied, 2d
81, and on all over 2, IS. 1st Of
female kind, 81, I'd, 81 and on all dogs
Of the female kind over and above
2, $40"
Games Of Chance Taboo.
Games of chance were very much
taboo then as now. An ordinance ito
restrain vice." on page 181, not only
declares against "the setting up, but
the keeping and maintaining of any
E.O.-A B. c., Rooley Pooley or Faro
Table, Faro Bank or other device or
game Of hazard or address Except
the game of Billiards upon licensed
Billiard Tables) for the purpose Of pub
lie gaming in any dwelling house, out
house or place occupied by any pri-
vate individual, tavern keeper or re-
taller Of spirituous liquors." Fines are
provided for those. who shall bear .
share Or part In any stake. Or wager
Evening star., 1936-08-23

HERE has just been placed on
exhibition in the Peabody room
of the Georgetown Branch Of
the Public Library a collection
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-29
BONUS EDITOR
READY FOR
QUERIES
Continued from Page u


the presses at the Government
Printing Office.
The rush to place applications
in the hands of veterans, it was
explained. has been caused by a
desire to prevent a flood of cor
respondence coming into Federal
agencies here. Individual Veter-
ans who write to Washington
about their particular cases will
delay their receipt of their bonus,
because investigation Of the case
here will hold up prompt payment
of the baby bonds"
For that reason, The Washing
ton Times is publishing a series OF
articles on the bonus, together
with questions and answers on all
phases of the question. Individual
veterans wishing inf6rma don may
write to the Bonus Editor, in care
of The Washington Tines, Wash
ington, D. c., and receive person
ally written replies. Send your
problems to the Bonus Editor.
/. after / fill out my baby
bond application, where should
l send it?"
AnSwer-If you have never Dor
rowed on your adjuSted-SerVice
certificate, and have it in your
possession, attach it securely to
your baby bond" application and
mail both to the nearest regional
office of the Veterans AdminiStra-
ton. A list of these offices will
be sent if you request it by writing
to the Bonus Editor of the Wash
ington Times.
II you have borrowe,. against
your application directly from the
Veterans Administration, you re-
ceived at the time a pink slip
marked Form 1184-C." Attach
this to your application and mail
both to the Veterans Admins
tration, Washington, D. C.
If you have borrowed from a
bank with your adjusted-service
certificate as collatere', you re-
ceive slip marked Form
1864" Attach this to your appli-
cation and mail both tt the Vet
Grams Administration, Washing
ton, D. c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-29
DELAY FEARED
IMPAIRMENT
OF BONUS

Many World War veterans In the
District, together with thousands
throughout the country, may have
to wait until September before re-
ceiving their baby bonds"
The enormity of the task Of in
speeding the approximately $780,
900 applications for the bonds that
will pour into Washington, as we'll
as the task of mailing to each
veteran the proper amount OF
money in bonds and Treasury
checks, may cause unanticipated
delays in completing the bonus
payments.
This revelation came today from
authoritative sources in the Vet
erans' Administration, where plans
are being made to hire about $500
extra workers here and in the field
to handle the necessary auditing,
filing, research and mallng. sew
eral hundred temporary employees
also will be added at the Treasury.
A delay in sending out the bonds
might affect hundreds of the 49,
900 District veterans eligible for
the bonus. Business interest, ex-
pecting an upward squirt from the
approximately $16,OOo,OOO to go to
Washington veterans, would also
suffer.
Original plans called for the
bonds to be in the hands Of the
3,5OO,OO0 eligible veterans by July
l., two weeks before the date the
bonds become legal securities. AT
present it is felt, however, that
the labor of distributing the bonds
will disrupt these hopes. Govern
ment authorities predicted that
only a few bonds will have been
mailed by July l, while many will
not be sent out until August and
September.
Cognizance of the situation has
been taken by the three national
World War veterans .organiza-
tions, which are counseling their
members to "be patient"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-29
YEOMANETTES TO GET BONUS, TOO

Lots Of folks think of the sol
diers' bonus as something apply
ing strictly to men-the soldiers,
sailors and marines who served
the proper length of time in the
World War.
The truth of the matter is that
not only men, but women-thou-
sands of women-are eligible for
the bonus,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-29

At the Veterans Administration
today officials revealed that of the
approximately $4,000 women who
enlisted for service in the various
military establishments Of the
United States during the war,
about $1,000 are now in a position
to receive baby bonds" in ex-
change for adjusted service Ger
tificateS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-29

The women include the Nays
"yeomanetteS" It the clerks and
stenographers who became regu-
lar out-and-out enlisted men, sub
ject to all the traditional disci-
pline Of Uncle Sans naval de-
tense.
Also included are nurSes-those
nurses who ranked with gobS and
doughboyS as far as obeying or
derS were concerned.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-30
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Continued From Page Two)

son both impressed our people
most favorably the deceased CIV
ing promise of growing into a use
full and enterprising citizen. He
was not robust in health, and in
experimenting the filling their ice
houses in the winter contracted a
cold that took an irresistible hold
of his vitals, with the fatal result
as before stated. To his widowed
mother his loss is irreparable. The
bond of union between them was
both strong and tender-her's that
of a fond mother; his, that of a
dutiful son, taking the burdens of
life, as far as he could, from her
shoulders, not only in business, but
in those little anticipations that
affection prompts. He, with his
mother, was a member of a Luth-
eran church in the city, attending
the Presbyterian Church here. The
remains will be inferred tomorrow
afternoon in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-30
A. r. HOLCOMBE
BERLIN, DEAD
Was Editor of the Eastern
Shore Times Which He
Developed Greatly
DIES OF PNEUMONIA

Armstead Richardson Holcombe,
owner and editor of ''The Eastern
Shore Times" Berlin, Maryland,
died of pneumonia at 7:10 o'clock
Wednesday evening in the Pen
insula General Hospital at Sal
isbury, Md. He was ffty-nine
years old. Mr.. Holcombe moved
to Berlin, Md. August l.. 1882, at
which time he acquired the owner
ship of the then Berlin Times
and the Berlin Ocean City News =
consolidating them into the pres
ent Eastern Shore Times" Mr.
Holcombe Immediately interested
himself in matters of civic and po-
litical subjects, zealously endeav-
oring to bring to that community
the experiences he had CLEANED
through years of journalism. IT
was always his belief that jour-
nalism, unswerved by political
pressure, was the greatest force
to assist in molding public judg-
ment on matters of current i'm
portance. Before coming to the
Eastern Shore of Maryland he had
an interesting newspaper career in
New York, Cleveland, New Or
leans, Missouri and other places
During 1885 he was president OF
the Del-Mar-Va Press Association
composed of newspaper publishers
and editors in Delaware and Shore
counties of Maryland and Virginia
He took a very active interest in
the Lions Club, the Ocean City
Chamber of Commerce and the
Business Mems Association of Ber-
lin. In 1880, Centenary College
bestowed the degree of Doctor OF
Laws on Mr.. Holcombe. He was
member of the New York South
ern Society, and the Coffee House
and Dutch Treat Clubs of New
York. Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Elizabeth Florence Bratney Hol-
combe, whom he married in 1914
brother, Walter P. Holcombe
vice president of the Brooklyn Ed
ison Co., Inc, and a sister, Mrs
Daniel McNeill, both of Brooklyn
Funeral services were held Satur-
day morning at IL o'clock, in the
Buckingham Presbyterian Church
Interment was private in Buck
ingham Cemetery