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was running errands for the local
grocer and established homely repu-
tation which clung to him even in the
days of his dazzling prosperity-"the
lads honest as the day and busy as a
bee"
At Is his fathers death placed the
responsibility of caring for his mother
and sisters upon his willing young
shoulders. He worked in haberdash-
er's shop in Newburyport until, in
1912, clerkship was offered to him
in a Georgetown store. Some records
state that his uncle gave him this op-
portunity to locate in the National
Capital; others say that a prominent
citizen of Georgetown who was inter-
ested in all ambitious and deserving
young men employed him in his drug
store.
In the words of Scott's minstrel, "I
cannot tell how the truth may be; say
the tale as twas said to me-" but on one
fact all authorities seem to agree-that
the store which was George Peabody s
sesame" to fame and fortune stood
at the busy intersection of two i'm
portant thoroughfares, Wisconsin ave-
nue. tthen known as High street, and
NJ street (then known as Bridge
I Street).
CEORGETOWN in those days, be-
sides being the port of. entry to
Washington, D. c., was world port of
great prominence, celebrated trad
ing center for foreign markets. The
town itself, beautifully situated on
the Potomac, its bluffs surmounted by
artistic villas. had that sharp contrast
in its commersial portion which no
doubt makes for deper appreciation, u
but which must have looked drab and
drear enough to the young adventurer
walking up ancient Bridge street,
shabby travelling bag in hand. How
was he to know that opportunity was
flinging open the gates of the world
before his eager young eyes?
Rumor has it that Georgetown was
named in 1751, when it was laid out,
for the reigning King George of
England. In 1866 . descendant OF
Evening star., 1936-03-07

evaluation Of the finished piece that
comes from the doer's hands, and that
all elements contributing to the per-
sonality are similarly irrelevant, be
they sex or an indisposed liver. For
this Is nat It has always been so. and
1t must continue to be SO, unless the
presence of women il an art field is
to be taken as lowering to the stand
ard which has immemorially existed,
and one feels. somehow. that such ag-
gressive feminists as Miss Lawrence
would be loath to admit that.
What. then, can be said for such a
| work as this? Why, that it is mish-
mash. And. If these be hard words,
then let us look upon the evidence.
Let us note that Miss Lawrence has
used for her basis of consideration just
two conditions, just two-and first of
these is that the person whose work
is being examined must be woman
and the second Is that she must have
written some sort of book. Where
fore, this extra ordinary basis Of sister,
hood brings together in a single VOL
ume George Eliot and Edna Ferber,
Charlotte Bronte and Dorothy Parker,
Margaret Aver Barnes and Villa
Gather % and Olive Schreiner and
Katherine Mansfield. 1t Is too much.
The doctrine of sisters under their
skins" surely never had more heroic
application. One is inescapably in
some awe Of spirit before such hearty
dogmatism. yet one must, although
timidly, point out that when writer
is being measured it is not what lies
under the skin that has Importance,
but what, signed and acknowledged,
lies between the covers of the book.
But the hardy Miss Lawrence seems
to have acquired an idea, and appar-
emily nothing as tiresome as solid facts
Is to deter her.
And so she has worked 1t out, to the
length almost Of 400 pages of fine
print, uttering, occasionally, critical
remarks of genuine worth. It's base
has, it would seem, been adequately
treated here. The reader is advised
to suit himself. (Or herself? Miss
Evening star., 1936-03-07
By Marie de L. Kennedy.

By Marie de L. Kennedy.
IRON cerk in q little store on
l. Wisconsin avenue, Georgetown,
to the rank of Americas phil
Il anthropist without peer" is the
life story of George Peabody, to whose
memory the Peabody memorial room
in the new Georgetown branch of the
Washington Public Library Is ded-
icated.
This literary shrine; wherein "the
eyes of memory will not sleep and Wig
lis with the past are kept" was envis-
oned and developed by prominent
Washington educators and civic bene-
factors, chief among whom are DR..
George F. Bowerman, Theodore w.
Noyes and Henry S. Matthews. The
page Of American biography unrolled
by their gesture to a glorious past is
one of unparalleled inspiration. 1t
glows with human interest and with
guidance to the youth Of today and
countless tomorrows.
In the quaint New England town.
ship Of South Danvers, Mass.-re-
named Peabody in his honor-on
February Is, 1895, George Peabody
was born. His parents were poor, SO
his education was necessarily limited
to the simple training afforded by the
district school. At II years of age he
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words of one syllable.
Revival Is Coming. BY Roger w. Bab-
son. New York: Fleming H. Revell
Co. The title Is not ironical.
Our Silver Debacle. BY Ray B. West
erfield. New York: The Ronald
Press Co. A professor of political
economy Of Yale writes .about
money in technical manner.
Thinking My Way Out Of He'll. BY
Harvey Ellis Eakin. Baltimore:
The Harmony Co. Mental healing
advocated by q man who tells what
it has done for him.
The Soul Of George Washington. BY
Joseph Burlington. Philadelphia:
|, Dorrauca u Co. Study Of the
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Lawrence makes the pronouns con-
fusing)
BEFORE THE BRAVE. BY Kenneth
Patchen. New York: Random
House.
A GGRESSIVELY announced as a
. - book of left wing poems. the
volume seems to describe itself. 1t
contains occasional lines of real merit
The rest is of the school which H. L.
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again is free. Hence her present
volume, which, somehow, Is q disap-
pointment.
Not that Nathalia has lost her poets
gifts. She is poet in the tiniest syllable
that she sets down. She Is always
that. But. somehow, in this volume
she Is not particularly interesting. Her
verses gallop easily along and some
times they say something and some-
times they fail and sometimes one
Evening star., 1936-03-07

wonders II they had anything to say
in the first place. There are few
exquisite things in the collection. But
as whole it is brightly dull. is at
tractively boring-one can think Of no
other word combinations that ex-
press it.
tiniest part Of the material. He has
made fascinating tale Of it.
BUTCHER BIRD. BY Reuben Davis.
Boston: Little, Brown g. Co.
THIS Is a novel of Negro share CROP
pers. It contains all the proper
ties-revivals, singing of spirituals.
fighting, casual love making, a good
slow-minded boy and . no-good sassy
wench.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
leader Turns
ON TOWNSEND
By ROBERT G. NIXON

By ROBERT g. NIXON
The Towsend old age pension
movement has been taken over by
mercenaries interested in money
instead of ideals, Charles M.
Hawks, one of the original Towns
end leaders, told a Congressional
investigating committee today.
Hawks, father Of Capt. Frank
Hawks, famous speed pilot, was
Massachusetts, State manager for
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd,
until last Friday.
Although a leader in the pen
sion movement since its inception
two years ago, Hawks said he re-
signed because I think more of
my country and my family than
to violate a Federal law" He
added:
II am disappointed in the
movement because Of disclosures
that have been made by this in
vestigatiOn.
81 believe most emphaticalIy
in the. pension plan, but the
movement has fallen into hands
of people who are interested in
making money instead Of the
pension ideal"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
RED RIDER BILL
IS BLOCKED

Declaring that he does not be,
lieve in Communism, Senator Ken
meth Mcclellan CD of Tennessee
today killed the Wheeler bill to re-
peal the "red rider, which pro-
hibits the teaching of Communism
in the public schools.
The bill was called up in the
Senate on the consent calendar.
Senator Mcclellan Immediately
ordered it to go over.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler CD
Of Montana, author of the bill, and
Senator David I. Walsh CD Of
Massachusetts,, chairman of the
Senate Education and Labor Com,
mittee, which favorably reported
the measure, jumped to their feet
in an effort to save the bill. which
probably will die in this session.
In response to their protests,
Senator Mcclellan said:
II don't believe in COmmu-
niSm. 1 don't believe in its be-
ing taught in our schools, and
/ will object to this bill"
Senator Wheeler replied that
the National Education AsSocia-
ton was in favor of the measure.
Senator Walsh, despite cries of
regular order" which would have
cut off the debate Immediately,
received the unanimous consent to
speak for one minute. He said
that under the provisions of the
bill, it was necessary for every
teacher to sign a monthly state
ment that they had not taught or
advocated Communism before they
could get their pay checks,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01

Lost day and a night on top
of q rugged and uninhabited
mountain near Staunton. Va, a
9-year-old Washington boy, son Of
a Department Of Agriculture scien-
fist, was back safe with his parents
today.
'T'm hungry and thirsty. I
ran into a rattlesnake near a
spring and couldn't get q drink
Of water"
That was the way William
Brandes, son of DR.. E. w. Brandes,
chief of the sugar plant division
of the Bureau Of Plant Industry,
Department of Agriculture, of 3404
Fulton st. N. W., greeted one Of
more than 100 Searchers when
found this morning on top of Mt.
Elliott.
william disappeared from a
camp established at the foot of
the mountain by his father yes
terday morning. Throughout the
day CCC workers, State Police and
volunteers searched with blood
hounds. Last night the hunt was
continued.
At daybreak this morning Fred
Hook, son of Staunton fire
warden, found William sitting be-
side a log where he said he had
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
{ EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL
T0ACT
Organization Aroused
BY Charge Patronage
Rules Job-FiIIine

E. Claude Babcock, president Of
the American Federation Of Gov
eminent Employees for approx
mate1y five years, either will be
"summarily recalled" or asked to
resign his post because OF his
recent attack on the Administra-
ton, it was intimated today.
Aroused over his action, which
they claim has compromised the
organization, national officers Of
the federation in, washington have
called a special meeting Of the
executive council for Saturday
when, it was authoritatively stated,
he will be asked to resign or will
be recalled.
Another alternative was out
lined, by which the council may
suspend Mr.. Babcock from the
presidency until the next conven-
ton of the federation in Detroit in
September, when the combined
membership may vote on his &C
ton.
The special meeting Of the
executive council was called by
Cecil E. Custer, national treasurer;
g. Carroll Dimond, Michael Schae.
fer and Ira Y. Balm, all national
vice presidents. Six other national
vice presidents in the field will
attend the meeting.
In his attack on the Admins
tration, Babcock stated that Jobs
have been dispensed on patron
age basis, with no regard to the
merit system.
Several units of the A. r. q. E.,
including the Civil Service, Agri.
cultural Adjustment Administra-
ton and Internal Revenue lodges.
already have publicly denounced
Babcock's action.
The federation president made
his attack in a pamphlet released
to the Republican National Com.
mittee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
AFGE May Gust Babcod for Blast at Roosevelt
LinerFailS
TOBreak
Record
BxH. 7. MONTGOMERY

ABOARD S. s. QUEEN MARY,
New York, June l Q.N.SO.-Wel-
coined uproariously by the drone
Of half a dozen circling airplanes
and the shrill whistles of scores Of
seemingly lilliputian seacraft, the
vast hulk Of the liner Queen Mary
steamed into New York Harbor to-
day at the end Of her maiden
voyage from England.
Without the. blue ribbon Of the
North Atlantic fluttering from her
mast, but having given strong
indications that she may wreSt
the speed trophy from the French
liner Normandie before many
more trips, the Queen Mary glided
past Ambrose Lightship, outside
New York Bay, at 1855 a. M,
E. S. r.. after q run Of four days.
II hours, If minutes from Cher
.bcurg. ~ - -
Editors Note. Cunard.white
Star Line officers ABOARD the ship
gave the official time of arrival
at Ambrose Lightship as 8:03 a m,
and the total time for the trip
from Cherbourg as four days, IL
hours, "a minutes.)
Slowed by Fog
With half a dozen airplanes
wheeling and dipping above her,
scores of small craft darting and
fussing about, and seemingly every
whistle in the harbor tied down to
shrek her welcome, the majestic
bulk came up to quarantine at
Is minutes after passing the light
ship.
Slowed by dank fogs over
the Grand Banks, the new sea
queen last night had made an
other bid for a speed record.
Eleven hours of running at slow
speed, however, and increasing
congestion along the coastal sea
lanes forced her skipper to slow
down her four mammoth pro
pellerS again and she pulled up to
CONTINUED on Page 4, Col. g.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
Westchester Votes
Favor Gov. Landon

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, June /
U.S0.-Westchester county Re-
publicans favor Gov. ALT M. Ian
don, Of Kansas, as the party's
nominee for President, it was re-
vealed today VIII e n Charles H.
Griffiths, chairman Of the county
Republican committee, announced
the results of a recent question
naire. The QUESTIONABLE, sent
to the district leaders, revealed
that 418 favor Landon for the
nomination, SO favor United States
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg,
of Michigan, while % favor
United States Senator William E.
Borah, of Idaho.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
LAY K|DNAPIN
TO ACTRESS

NEW YORK, June / Q.N.S0.
The Ann Harding Harry Bannis-
ter child custody drama, after
playing brief stands in America
and Canada, headed for an Eng
lish engagement today as Ban
mister announced he was ready
to sail to charge the blonde film
actress with kidnapping.
On another England-bound liner
was a warrant charging her with
abduction. 1t was sworn out by
Bannister in Quebec, where Miss
Harding, clutching curly-haired
Jane, eluded him by a last-min-
ute change in sailing plans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
HIGH COURT
KILLS N. Y.
WAGELAW
State Tribunal Rule
+, Upheld; 4 Justices
/ Fail to Agree
International News Service

In q decision of far-reaching
consequence, the Supreme Court
today held unconstitutional the
New York minimum wage law
for women.
I The high court affirmed a de-
ciSiot1 Of the New York Court
Of Appeals which held the law
in conflict with the due process
clause to the fourteenth amend
ment Of the Federal Constitution.
Tie decision Was rk stc dts
SeT1sl6 ysage Chief Justice
s;1ugE1eS aud 5tisttcss Card6Zo,
iii andsis and Stone.
Other States having minimum
wage laws include Utah, Colo
RADIO, Massachusetts,, South Da-
kota, Minnesota, California,
Oregon, Washington and Wiscon-
Sixteen States have minimum
wage: laws Of various types. Seven
OF, them Ohio Eltinais Connec-
,Mcuts ssachusettS. New Hanp-
shire, New Jersey and Rhode Is
land, joined in q brief stating that
their laws are similar to the New
York law.
First Recent Ruling
/ The decision was the first on
local minimum wage laws since
April 8, 1928 when the High Court
held invalid the minimum wage
law enacted BY Congress for the
District of Columbia in a, 5 to 8
decision and with Justice Bran
deis not participating.
The case before the Court arose
when Joseph Tipaldo; Brooklyn
laundry man, was indicted for
forging records to conceal failure
to pay women workers the mini
mum wages prescribed by the
Industrial Commissioner of New
York. ga
The majority opinion of the
Court was delivered by Justice
Butler. Voting with him to strike
down the New York law were JUS
tees Van Deyanter, McReynolds,
Sutherland and Roberts.
Chief Justice Hughes wrote the
dissenting opinion, declaring that
the legislation is reasonable.
The majority opinion said that
the New York law could not be
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01

Representative Marion A. Zion
check was in police custody shortly
after noon today, en- route to Gal
linger Hospital to undergo mental
observation.
He was held when he appeared
at the Naval Medical Center.
Twenty-fourth and E Streets
Northwest, while police through
out the city were searching for
him following a broadcast over the
police short wave radio to pick
him up.
Headquarters was notified when
he appeared at the medical center
and two detectives, armed with .
commitment, were sent immediate
" to the hospital. The commit
ment charged:
"UnsOund Mind"
''This man has been driving
his automobile in a reckless
manner over the streets Of the
District of Columbia and has
been annoying prominent off
ciaIsS and citizens of the said
District and is believed to be
Of unsOund mind"
Decision to send him away for
mental observation followed a
morning of hair-raising automo.
bile driving, demands upon Les
lie C. Garrett for warrants charg-
ing the Vice President of the
United States with conspiring to
keep his bride from him, charging
Mrs. Benjamin Scott Young. his
landlady, with stealing a $50 bar
from the apartment he leased
from Mrs. Young, and two visits
to the White House, on the first
of which he left a brief case con-
tanning empty beer bottles and a
can of moth balls as a "preSent"
for President Roosevelt.
While the gentleman fro
Washington was in the office of
Karl A. Kindeleberger, Assistant
United States Attorney, demanding
the warrants, District officials met
and decided to obtain a warrant
on which he can be arrested and
held for mental observation.
At this conference were Commits.
Soner George E. Allen, acting presi-
dent of the Board of District Com
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. p
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
Stern Widow S Estate
Estimated $4,N5, 5lo

NEW YORK, June Mrs.
Madeleine S. Stern, widow Of Ben.
jamin Stern. former president
of Stern Brothers, left an estate
appraised at $4,505,5 gross and
$3,773,515 net, of which she re-
ceived $2,941, 769 under the will Of
her husband. who died in March,
1888. Mrs. Stern died September
% of that year.
Mrs. Stern made Is charitable
requests totaling $425 900, direct
ing that 100000 be distributed
by her executors among instittI-
tions other than those named in
her will.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
Remington Strike
Disorder Renewed

TONAWANDA, N. Y, June I.
Violence broke out anew at the
strike-locked plant Of Remington
Rand, Inc, yesterday after a
busload of some so strikebreakers
gained entrance to the factory
through a ruSe.
There were no arrests and no
one was injured, although strike
leaders called out reserves. Police
said they feared there would be
q battle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
British Accuse Italians
OF Cruelty TO Filters

LONDON, June / Q.N.S..-The
laborite London Daily Herald to-
day carried report that a crack
pilot of Britain's imperial airwayS
and members of his crew, said to
have been provided with permits
to fly over Italian territory, were
'brutally treated" when they
landed in Libya.
The paper said the British for
eign office was investigating the
report,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
Suicide UnCoVers
StrangIed Woman

NEW YORK, June / CU.S)
In the routine investigation of a
gas suicide in a furnished room in
Greenwich Village yesterday, po-
lice opened a closet door and
found the nearly nude body of a
strangled woman. The woman,
unidentified, had been strangled
and her body covered with cloth
ing before the occupant of the
room, Clay Thompson, Al, an un-
employed seaman, committed Sui
eide. Thompson'S body was found
on the bed, tube from a gas jet
In his mouth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
ID. C. Boy, 8, Is Found
AStray on Mountain

slept part Of the night. His face
was scratched and a pair of tennis
shoes he was wearing were in
ShredS.
William, with his mother, Mrs.
Grace BrandeS, and two other
children accompanied DR.. Brandes
and two other Department Of
Agriculture scientists on a plant
research trip to Mt. Elliott Satur-
day. Yesterday morning he set out
alone on a trail near the camp
"juSt to lock around"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
Gas Kills Woman

YONKERs, N. Y, June 1.
Mrs. Antonio Huna. II, was
sitting in her kitchen last
night waiting for q pot of coffee
to boil. She dozed and the coffee
boiled over and extinguished the
gas flame. When her son got home
two hours later she was dead from
asphyXiation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
Fatal Plane Found
In Boston Harbor

BOSTON. June Coast Guard
and Army officials yesterday To-
Gated the Army airplane in which
Robert Tancher, "a, Boston me
chanic-pilot, plunged to death In
Boston Harbor Saturday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
Paddock Picks Six

Paddock the Washington
Times Handicapped opened
up the Charles Town meeting
with a bang last Saturday
when he picked six winners
out of eight races including
the Daily Double" If you
want the best information on
horses follow Paddock in The
Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
ESCAPADES
END WITH 2
HOSPITAL
ARREST
CONGRESSMAN in Wild
Tour of City Chases
Pedestrians

Representative Marion A. Zion.
check, Of Washington, was ad.
United to GaIlinger Hospital for
mental observation at 1855
b. m. today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01

WASHINGTON FORECAST
Generally fair and warmer tonight; tOmor-
row cloudy, showers by night.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-20

Four bedroom furnished house
for rent. Suitable for two fami-
lies. Will take out furniture for
desirables. Call 1852 Smelling Ave.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-20
ATHLETICS
Phyllis WheatIey Notes

The Annual Airplane exhibit is
scheduled for April 18th. Any boy
may enter as many entrants as he
desires. The winner will be
judged from the standpoint of neat
ness, sturdiness, perfect design,
with 10 additional points going to
those who construct their planes at
the Phyllis Wheatley airplane
class held on Tues. and Thurs. from
6 to 8. Donald Sessions is in
charge of the contest. All models
must be in April 9Th. The trophy,
donated by the Boys Council, is
displayed in the lobby of the
House.
Mr.. Joe Harpole is drawing up
the playofr in the Annual Pool
Tournament to be held at Wheatley
March 1928. Only those under is
will be permitted to enter. A
beautiful medal will be awarded
the winner.
The North Side Church League
champions, Border M. E., are u.s.
ing the gym for practices. This
team goes to the playoffs at the
Central Y. M. C. A., April 2. 1t
viii be the first time Negro team
ever reached the finals in this
League, and, to our knowledge,
the first time a Negro team ever
used the Y's floor, which ought to
make the ily-whites turn over in
their graves.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-20

Interracial Sunday, a meeting
was scheduled at Halle @ House.
The principal speaker was sup
posed to be a professor from Carl
ton College. Another meeting was
scheduled for a white church at
st. Paul Park for singers and their
speaker. It showed. All engage
ments were broken. DR.. Paul John
son of Hamline spoke at Halle Q.
Among his guests were the snow
bound st. Paul Park speaker and
Parker Jordan. The meeting over,
the approach was made. The
spirit Of the master prevailed.
Possibly one of the best trained
men in the field of boys work in
this community is Harpole of Hal
lie Q. To him was assigned the
task of choosing the group of boys
to open the project. George Man.
ming, scoutmaster of Troop So, was
in charge.
It took all of the people men
toned and many others, besides
the maker of the snow storm, to
bring about this and other accom-
plishments of brotherhood.