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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-20

Boulevard is not within the Dis
trict of Columbia or strictly within
the scope of this investigation, it
is so closely related, that we recon-
mend an appropriation for relight-
ing that boulevard for the safety
of the public.
Subway Study Favored
26. That if the population of the
District continues to increase in
a permanent manner during the
next three years that serious con-
sideration be given to the study
of subways in the future.
AS brought out in the course Of
this investigation, the entire prob
lem of traffic control and regula-
tionS is Ito move traffic as con-
Veniently and safely as possible. I"
For further study and analysis
of the motor-vehicle situation in
the District of Columbia especially
in relation to accidents we recon-
mend consideration of the printed
hearings conducted by this com.
mittee,
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Commission be requested to give
consideration to the parking of
motor vehicles in or near Govern.
ment buildings in the preparation
of all future construction plans,
or to provide garage facilities for
officials and employees at nomi.
nal cost.
%. That the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia prepare
and submit to Congress at its next
session plans and estimates for
(a) A fiveyear program of
street widening.
Cd A redeSign of Thomas and
Scott Circles to meet modern traf-
fic needs and the elimination of
the inside sidewalks, if found to
be practical.
Co A five-year program for
bridge construction and replace
ment to meet existing and future
traffic needs.
Circle Underpasses
Id Underpasses for street cars
under Dupont and Thomas Circles.
(e) Widening the underpaSs in
Rock Greek Valley underneath
Massachusetts Avenue viaduct.
% A fiVe-year program of traf-
fic lights and traffic-light improve
mentS and refinementS.
go The construction of pedes-
trian tunnels at Fifteenth Street
and New York Avenue, at Four
teenth Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue, and at Twelfth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue and at such
other points as they may deem
appropriate.
(h) The construction of suitable
safety islands at such locations as
they may select.
Cd The construction Of over
passes for Thirteenth Street at
Florida Avenue Northwest and for
New York Avenue at Florida Ave
nue. Northeast.
Cd The construction Of low
level highway from K Street to
Foxhall Road on the bed Of the
old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
with suitable ramp connections at
Key Bridge in order to establish a
suitable bypass for Virginia trat-
fic through Georgetown.
Canal Road Proposed
In this connection consideration
should be given to the construction
of highway on the towpath of the
canal from Georgetown to the
Maryland line to connect with a
highway to Gettysburg which
would be used as bypass for inter.
state traffic from and to the north
and west.
"a. That in the future appropri-
ations for street lighting in the
District shall be increased rather
than reduced.
Is. Although the Mt. Vernon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-20

Rod (every third year,, and that
all drivers involved in serious &C.
cidents may be called in for re-
examination when such accidents
occur.
10. That all stopping and stand
ing of vehicles, including the stop
ping of commercial vehicles, for
the purpose Of loading and I'm
loading, be banned on the flow
side of arterial streets during rush
hours.
IA. That left turns be prohibited
at all intersections in the con-
gested area and on arterial streets
where such a prohibition will not
result in serious congestion at
other points.
Inspection Favored
IS. That provision be made by
Congress for establishing facilities
for semiannual inspection by the
District of Columbia of all motor
vehicles. Appropriate legislation
on this subject is provided in
H. r. 1882 Gath COM, which has
passed the House and is now pend
ing in the Senate.
16. That the Commissioners give
careful study to the ACCESSIBILITY Of
establishing additional one-way
streets and one-way ruSh-hour
streets in order to further facili-
tate the movement of vehicular
traffic, and to the extension of the
time of ruSh-hour one-way streets
to make them one-way from Z a. m.
to IL noon and one-Way in the op-
posite direction from p. m. to
Z p. m.
II. That legislation is needed to
permit the Public Utilities Commits
sion to regulate the number Of
taxicabs By the issuance of certifi-
Gates of convenience and necessity.
18. That the Commissioners be
requested to study the ACCESSIBILITY
of changing the color of lights
displayed on the top of fire-alarm
boxes and that consideration be
given to the ACCESSIBILITY of pro
hibiting the use of red and green
Neon advertising signs at all loca-
tions where they are likely to cause
confusion with traffic lights.
Drivers Photographs
10. That for the purposes of
Identification of all drivers, the
traffic act or the regulations I'm.
der the act be amended to provide
for a small photograph to be fur
nished by all drivers and used on
all drivers permits.
20. That the Park and Planning
Commission be requested to give
consideration to the establishment
of additional Fairgrounds for chill
dren in various parts of the city.
and to a more complete use of
existing playground facilities, in
Guiding school yards to prevent
children from playing in the street.
81. That the Commissioners and
the Public Utilities Commission be
urged to consider a skip-stop syS-
tenn for street cars and buses in
order to facilitate the movement
of mass transportation.
%. That the Park and Planning
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tions and Suspensions continue its
present policy of suspending per-
mits in speeding cases, and extend
that policy to include other seri-
Gus violations.
Heavier Penalties Asked
4. That legislation is needed to
provide authority for the SuSpen-
sion of operators permits OF non
residents when they commit Of
lenses in the District which II
committed by residents OF the Dis
trict would call for revocation or
suspension. This legislation IS.
1859 has now passed both houses
of Congress and will become a
law upon approval of the Presl-
dent.
5. That legislation is needed in
creasing the penalty for first Of.
Tense reckless driving, the pres
ent maximum penalty being 500
or 80 days. This legislation Oh.
R. 11063) has already passed the
Senate and has been approved by
this committee. by the District
Committee, and is now on the
House calendar.
6. That the judges of the Traf-
fic Court extend the hours of the
court to care for the increased
cong ton, reestablishing the
might court" under the pro-
visions of the traffic act if that
becomes necessary.
Z That an amendment to the
traffic act or to the traffic regu-
lations under the act is recon-
mended 10 control and regulate
pedestrian traffic, especially at
those points where they are given
protection by traffic lights or
traffic police officers.
"Stagger" Hours Favored
8. That it is the opinion of the
committee that traffic conditions
in the area known as the Tri-
angle and the territory imme-
diately adjacent thereto would be
greatly improved if there were
further staggering of hours in
which Government employees go
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Highlights In Traffic
Surrey By House

Here are the highghts Of the recommendattons Of the
Traffic Surrey Committee OF the House District Comittee
vigorous policy certain punishment" in Of rec-
less driving speeding and other serious violations.
at least 10 cent in the Police Depart
personnel with at least 100 motorcycle policemen.
Continuation of the policy of revocation and suspension Of
permits
Suspension of permits
laws in the District.
in the penalty for first Ofense reckless driving
Reeabishmen of might court" to handle traffic if
necessary take of congestion
Regulation pedestrian traffic
lights traffic officers.
Staggered hours for Government workers to relieve traffic
congestion.
opening Tor schools to decrease traffic.
the the Department Vehicles
Traffic.
Additional examiners in the permit department re-
examination Of all permit holders three years.
Prohibition of left in cOngeSted areas
Semiannual inspection of all motor vehicles
Extension of the One.Way street program.
Regulation the number of taxicabS
Establishment of additional Fairgrounds keep children
from playing in the streets.
Provision for garage facilities in all buildings
erected in the future
consideration be given study of subway
system.
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to and quit work, and we respect
fully recommend to the President
Of the United States and the heads
OF the various executive depart
mentS of the Government that
they further extend the present
staggered-hour policy according to
definite comprehensive plans.
8. We also recommend to the
Board of Education that they
change the present opening hour
OF the schools to a later hour in
order to decrease the peak-hour
traffic and to reduce accident haz.
ards to school children.
10. That the present appropria-
ton for personnel of the engineer
ing staff in the Department of
Vehicles and Traffic should be in
creased from $3.50 a year to $13,-
760 a year for additional traffic
planning and traffic surveys, and
it is so recommended to the Ap-
preparations Committee of the
House.
Double Parking Hit
II. That an appropriation of at
least $4,000 a year is recommended
to carry on educational work of
the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic in the interest of safer
and better driving.
IL. That the present appropria-
ton for the examiners of motor
vehicle drivers in the Department
of Vehicles and Traffic, amount
ing to $500, be doubled in order
that all drivers may be re-exam-
ined at the end Of the renewal pc
Evening star., 1936-12-03

conference Of mayors. came here to
confer with w. p. A. ofncials and
probably enter a protest.
Figures made known yesterday in
dicated that relief rolls January
would be about 331a per cent smaller
than on January l, 1895. On the
latter date, there were about 5000, 900
families and single persons on the
rolls.
BY September 1, 1896, the total had
shrunk to 2,511, 900. Now oficials are
proceeding to cut this by $4,000
cases, including q slash Of 250,000 in
the number Of drought relief cases.
The Resettlement Administration,
however, plans to take over about
$4,000 Of the drought cases.
On September /, the number Of
w. P. A. administrative employees
totaled 34,934. BY the first Of the
year this is slated to be cut to 1884.
Twenty thousand non-relief foremen
and timekeepers also are being dis
missed.
Evening star., 1936-12-03
'erpetrators still were at large.

perpetrators still were at large.
This was the crime In which, on
November II. two armed bank rob-
bers seized william A. Turnbull, .
New Jersey State trooper, and took
him into Pennsylvania. The Govern
ment since has announced the men
have been identified as Merle Vanden-
bush and Harry Brunette, wanted for
three Wisconsin bank hold-ups. But
they and an unidentified girl COM
panion still are at liberty.
In Detroit Federal agents and police
still are puzzling over the disappear
ance September 5 of 20-month-old
Harry Buddy Browe.
Federal Violation Doubted.
Buddy" was taken from his car
riage by mysterious woman in blue
after she sent his two brothers to
a nearby store for candy. Federal
investigators privately have expressed
doubt that a Federal violation was
involved.
The third case broke" in Chi
cago November 13, when DR.. Arthur
Ochs told police his brother, DR.. Mil.
ton Ochs, had been kidnapped a few
days before, forced to operate on a
wounded gunman in Wisconsin and
later made the object Of a $1,000 ex-
tortion note. No arrests have been
made.
Evening star., 1936-12-03
3K|DNAP|NC CASES.
STILL OPEN |NE.B.L..
Robes Abduction Written
Off as Not Involving
U. S. Offense.
NJ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton has only three cases open on ist
books under the Federal kidnapping
act, it was disclosed today, as the
bureau wrote of the disappearance
and return Of June Robes of Tucson,
Ariz., as not involving a Federal Of
Tense.
Agents said they had found no evi-
dence that the Robles child, who van
ished in the Spring Of 1884 and was
found 10 days later chained in an
iron cage on the Arizona desert, had
been carried across State line.
The Government investigators as
serted they still were studying "other
aspects" Of the Robles case, but de-
elined to say what they were.
No Big Kidnapings in 's6.
Observing there have been no kid
napings in 1886 to attract public at
tention, like the Lindbergh and q
number of other cases in previous
years, officials said one Of the three
still on the Governments active list
was considered solved, although the
Evening star., 1936-12-03
RELIEF ROLL CUTS
PUSHED BY W.P.A.
Mayors Committee Confers
on Reductions and May
Enter Protest.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The w. p. A. proceeded today with
a plan for deep slashes in the relief
rolls, raising the hopes of those who
are seeking to bring the budget much
closer to balance.
Some quarters, however, were re-
ported to have received word of the
cuts with less enthusiasm. Headed by
Mayor F. H. La Guardia Of New York,
a committee of the United States
Evening star., 1936-12-03
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Muskrot Sizes IA TO TO-
20 Misses $5e.75
Black green dress funed with Kolnsky Beover
Black Fox. Sizes IA to 20
10 Misses sss.75 -se
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chin coIIors. Sizes ID to 20.
Juniors $69.75 Coats--------- --------$4
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II to II.
Evening star., 1936-12-03

men of the District police force after
they are distributed among the pre-
cincts by Maj. Ernest w. Brown. Pap.
pas and his wife will also give away
tickets ut the cafe. John r. Scott will
aid with the food.
Evening star., 1936-12-03
Federal Violation Doubted.
RESIGNS TREASURY POST

John G. Harlan, who has been a
member of the Treasury Department
staff since 1880, has resigned his post
as assistant to the general counsel of
the Treasury, to enter the practice of
law here.
Evening star., 1936-12-03
Resigns as Manager.

The resignation Of Mark Beeman,
Washington manager, was announced
by the Portland Cement Associa ton.
M. ]. Mcmillan, formerly assistant
manager, has been appointed to sue
ceed him.
Evening star., 1936-12-03

Japan will reform its government
administration.
Evening star., 1936-12-03
DINNERS FOR NEEDY
Cafe Proprietor to Feed Hundreds
on Christmas.

Louis Pappas, proprietor of q cafe
at 511 Ninth street, will provide hum
dreds of the city's needy with free
chicken dinners on Christmas day fol-
lowing custom of many years, it was
learned today.
Tickets will soon be issued and will
be available In large part from patrol
Evening star., 1936-12-03
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-22
Was Uncle Sam Nasty In Banning Dirigibles!
(Port Angeles Evening News)

(Port Angeles Evening NeWS)
 The United States has taken quite beating in con- nection with it's attempts to make something of the giant dirigble and after the Macon fell into the sea off the California coast it was generally admitted that the beating final and permanent
 Now however the ghost of the big sky liner is gliding through the clouds once more. The committee of scientists appointed last March by Secretary of Navy Swanson reports that Uncle Sam quit too soon The group wants to more drigbles built and be- leves that continued experimentation will show that these monster airshps really do have useful function to perform.
 Practically all of Americas experience with the huge rigid dirigble has been confined to the navy and is not an experience which the navy recalls with pleasure
 First there was the Shenandoah ripped to pieces in line squall Ohio. Then there was the Akron bigger stronger and safer than the Shenandoah-and the Akron was torn bits by storm off the Jersey coast. Last of all the Macon which was in it's turn improvement on the Akron; and the Macon, like the others, into weather that little too much for it. and fell into the
 With that dismal record, it is hardly surprising that the Navy Department feels like doing all of its flying in airpanes hereafter.
 Yet this report of the scientists is something that can't be laughed off. These had to grind: they are furthermore, men who know what they are talking about and they have had ample opportunity j to study the question from all angles.
 When they announce then, that it is their sober belief that big airshps like the Akron and Macon can be built and operated with reasonable assurances both of safety and of usefulness they must be listened to- When they say that it would pay the country to build more of these craft and experiment thoroughly until airship potenalities and limitations fully known their statement demands respect.
 After all is said and done the Germans seem to be able to these giant arshps without dropping them into the Our technical skill should be least equal to that of Germany; willingness to exper- ment with spectacular form of transportation should be fully as great
 It is hard to avoid the feeling that the big rigid dirigibe will yet play important part in mans conquest of space and time The report of this mittee of scientists compes us to consider the whole question from fresh viewpoint
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-22

Ian interesting story that in company with American Airplane Pilot Art Williams he and talked to Paul Redfern intrepid Georgia fier who has been missing on flight from Georgia to Rio de Janeiro since 1927 Redern he said being held captive and worship ped god from the skies by tribe of Guiana natives
 Hardly had MT Harrod so informed the world when Pilot Williams who has been conducting search tor the lost aviator denied the story and declared Harrod wasn't even with him when he made an aerial Sdarch over the Guiana district Williams says he contacted many Indian tribes but the information obtaHed tended to prove Redfern had landed in the area
 Aside from the general assumption that they can't both be right the world eagerly awaits the story which of course may be told. If the mystery can not be solved perhaps MT Harrod or MT Williams can tell us how they do it down in Guiana. Their pre- scription might prove of nestimable value to those seeking publicity But after all the boys have been entertaining.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-22
Daily Lessons in English
 b.9 W. l.. Gordon

Words Often Misused Do not say We placed the money at his dis position" Say. "at his disposal .
 Often Mispronounced: Clothes Pronounce klothz, not kloz
 Often Misspelled: Mediocre; ere not cer.
 Synonyms: Complete (verb ), consummate, effect, fulfill, accom- plisil, achieve.
 Word Study. Use a word three times and it is yours" Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day Today's word :: Etymologize; to search into the or igin or words. "Hcw perilous it is to etymologize at and om" = Trench
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-22
Modern Etiquette By Roberta Ice

@. After man and woman have been introduced, how soon may they begin calling each other by their first names?
 A. This depends entirely upon the rapidity of the friendship. It might be within an hour or so, it might be several years, or it might be never.
 e. When attending a dinner party, who should be the first guests to depart?
 A. The guests of honor should be the first to leave.
 Q. Is it proper to tell the week end guests when they are expect ed to leave?
 A. Yes, the hostess has this pri vilege.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-22
From The Empire 20 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 22, 1916.

Eight hundred thousand Ameri- cans had already been massacred and the Turks were reported "Still continuing their lust for murder" by Associated Press dispatches from Paris. Armenia and it's people" !" declared British Ambassador Price, have suffered more than any oth- CT country from massacres. It's people are being slaughtered; that is the only phrase to be used
 Alaska's trade with the outside world increased $12,000,000 during the past year, according to figures made public by the Department of Commerce and Labor.
 Two dances celebrated the birth day of Washington: one, sponsor ed by the Eastern Star in the Arc tic Brotherhood hall and the other given by the Loyal Order of Moose in their local lodge.
 A new garage for use by the Money -Connor Company was of ficially scheduled for opening with in the week
 s. Guyot, representing Fisher Bros. of Seattle, returned from the south end of the district on the Jefferson
 B. M. Behrends, Juneau banker and merchant, returned on the Jef- ferson from an extended trip to Pacific Coast cities He told The Empire that business conditions generally were picking up and that a general feeling of optimism per- yaded the entire business world
 Pupils of the parochial school in Juneau entertained at a program honoring the birthday of George Washington.
 J. P. Morgan contributed $20,000 to fund to aid the wives and children of Canadian soldiers.
 Weather: Maximum, 40; mini mum B; cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-22
No Rec For Pessimism!
( Seward (IaJeWay)

There were no personally conducted tours to Alaska 100 years when the first steamship to cut the waters of the Pacific getting under way for that historic voyage
 This summer however there will be more tours than for advance reports forete of banner year for the Territory on land and on sea!
 Two passenger steamers each week for Seward! Increased train arrivals and departures! Dock exten sionl Road construction Gold mine operatons Fish ing Big parties! Home building! Lowell creek inn provement! Homer And besides all this the regular seasonal activities!
 II there are any pessimstS in town this summer, in the face of this program nothing will cheer them up
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-22

Increase in fur prices bodes well for Alaska fur farmers and trappers. At recent Tacoma sale prices were reported 35 to 40 per cent a month ago. A Hudson Bay Company auction in London showed prices up from five to 30 per cent the highest level since 1929 limit the possibilities of the Terri torys fur industry Its future in that great trinity fur, fish and gold-is assured