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The Washington times., 1936-02-26
Bids and Proposals

Procurement Dlvision, Public Works
Branch. Washington, d. c.. Feb. 21,
1936.-Sealed bids In duplicate will b
publicly opened in this office at 10 A. NJ,
Mar. 3, 1885, for furnishing all labor and
materials and performing all work required
for moving Construction Engineers Office
from 1900 c St., N. W.. TO 18th and d
Sts.. 8. W.. Washington, d. G. Drawings
and specification, not exceeding one set,
may be obtained ct this office in the dis
cretion of the Assistant Director Of Pro-
curement, Public Works Branch. ". =.
Reynolds, Assistant Director Of Procure
ment, Public Works Branch.
The Washington times., 1936-02-26
1896 DIRECTORY OF
SPECIAL SERVICES

AdUisOry SsvOies
AMER. DETECTIVES. BONDED REPLETE.
rs years In Munsey BLDG, where our
character 10 known. District 7004.
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TOMORROW
Transatlantic

AKahA1AhAAMAAB
AUsONIA (Cunard White starr,
Halifax; Pier 81, N. r. wv. Fourteenth
ST. No mails carried on this voyage;
BLACK HAWK (Black Diamond)
from Philadelphia to Antwerp March
10. Mails close at 10 p. m. and 20
steamer. Parcel post for BsIgium.
Belgian Congo and LuxemburE.
West Indies and Latin America
COAMO puerto Rico), San Juan
March and Trujillo City 3 (Seapost) /:
Pier Is. L. r. (Maiden Eane). mails
close noon (Supp. malls D. m.);
minican Republic, Puerto Rico. Saba,
st. Croix. st. Eustatius, 81. Martin, St
Thomas and Venezuela Except CaripitO
and Ciudad Bolivar) and "Aruba; par
eel post.
cUBANo (Ksrr), Bahia March IA;
Thi5sisth .t St. Brooklyn: Ma. Mails clOSS =,
'7ahia and sergipe Only).
HAITI (colombian). Port an Prince
March ,, Kingston 3, etc.. to cristObal
Z: Pier 8, Brooklyn (Furman ST..
Mails for Haiti and Jamaica, "CanaI
Zone COLOMBIA and Panama; parcel
PAUL n. HARDWOOD tR. HaEus,,
Aruba March S; Pier 8, Constable Hook
N. J. Mails close $3.50 p. m. Mails
for AFuba; parcel post.
PETEN Omitted Fruit), Havana
March ., Kingston 4, Cristobal and
Port Limon Z; Pier .. N. r. (Rector
ST.. fMails close 10 q. M; sails
p. m. Mails for Cuba Ordinary print
ed matter), Costa Rica and Jamaica,
"Canal Zone. panama and sOther malls
for Cuba; parcel post.
FRIDAY
Transatlantic
AMERICAN MERCHANT (AmerIcan
Merchant), Plymouth March 9 and Lon
don .: Pier so, N. r. (West 18th ST..
tMails close noon (supp. mails . p. m. /:
sails p. m. Mails for Alden, Austria,
Belgium. Cape Verde Islands, British
India, Ceylon. CSechoslovakia, DanZig,
Denmark. Estonia, Finland, Great Brit
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The following table shows the
names Of ships. the lines 0per.
atlnG them, their times 0f sail
ing from New YORK. and when
their regular and supplemental
mails close. Time shown n East
eFn Standard time. Dates after
names Of ports indicate Sched-
uled dates Of arrival ~ IDdi
Gates MALI must be especially
addressed 10 This steamer. ~
Indicates supplementary malls
win be accepted on pier mp 70
10 minutes before sailing time.
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Announcements

Motor Travel 10
DRIVING Indianapolis Friday or Satur-
day. take 3. Heated sedan. Call DE.
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COII0CGI0B ID mGUO WU0NEy "
unleas paid In advance.
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RATES By MAIL
PGyabls in AdUGnee
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BusInss. otfIcs. 1877 q g. n. ".

lates delivered By Carrier 70 the District
{ Columbia ana adjacent eOmmunitioS:
Evening star., 1936-10-25
FARMERS CALLED
CHIEF GAMBLERS
Federal Experts Suggest They
Trim Losses by Betting on
Several Crops.
By the Associated Press.


Concluding, after long study. that
farmers are the gamblingest group
in the world, Federal experts sug-
gested today that they could trim
their losses by betting on several diff
ferent crops instead Of shooting the
works" on one.
Statisticians, who have been assem-
bling data on crop risks, with view
to shaping a Government crop in
surance plan. reported the average
farmer takes these chances:
Too little moisture, too much mois-
ture, floods, frost, hail, hot winds.
storms, plant diseases, insect pests,
animal pests and price changes.
These findings resulted in advice
against depending upon single crop,
such as cotton, wheat, corn. tobacco
or others.
Pest and climatic damages to diff
ferent crops even In the same locality
are unequal, the risk students said.
The farmer with several crops avoids
the risk Of being wiped out by any
single hazard, they asserted.
"Diversification Is q form Of self
insurance." explained v. N. Valgren,
agricultural economist, who has made
q study of crop risks and damages
that dates back to 1909.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
NEW TYPE SAFETY
ZONES STYM|ED
Formal Verdict on Stream
lined Ends to Be Made by
Utilities Body.

Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer yesterday called halt to his
program of placing streamlined ends
on street car loading zones, to await
a formal decision on the plan by the
Public Utilities Commission.
He bowed to the insistence Of Riley
E. Elgen, chairman of the commission,
that the program of reshaping the
zones required commission action. but
explained that what had been done so
far was in the nature of an expert
ment."
Some weeks ago loading zones on
lower Seventh street were given the
streamlined form and more recently
Van Duzer extended the treatment to
zones south along Wisconsin avenue
from the District line to M street.
When Elgen learned of that exten-
sion, he Immediately questioned who
had approved the plan and insisted
the shape of the zones. as well as their
location, was matter requiring the
approval of the joint board consisting
of the Utilities Commission and the
District Commissioners.
Legal Angles Raised.
Apparently, Elgen has won that ar
gument, for Van Duzer last week filed
a plan for general adoption of the
streamlined zones throughout the
city. Elgen forwarded the plan to the
corporation counsel for advice as to
whether the change had any effect on
legal angles, particularly as to pos
sible damage actions against the Dis
trict. The opinion had not been COM
pleted yesterday.
Elgen has not yet stated whether
he will approve or disapprove the
new plan, which was copied from the
style of zones used in Milwaukee,
which has set a record for traffic
safety.
Van Duzer said yesterday he had
conferred with Fred A. Sager, chief
engineer of the Utilities Commission.
and gained his verbal approval of pro-
ceeding with the reshaping of the
zones.
At that time Elgen was on sick
leave. Commission Vice Chairman
Richmond B. Keech, who made an
inspection trip to Milwaukee with
Van Duzer and other officials, thought
well of the streamlined loading zones,
but apparently the traffic director did
not have a formal approval from
either the District Commissioners or
the utilities body for reshaping the
zones here.
Action may be taken this week by
the utilities commission, settling the
dispute over authority.
The new style zones are longer than
the old ones, the extra length being
afforded by the streamIined ends. The
theory is that motorists spotting the
traffic buttons on the extended por-
ton will have more chance Of swerv-
ing to the right to avoid running
through the zone proper.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
PLAY TOURNAMENT
WON BY TROUPERS
East Washington Commu-
nifty Center Group Scores
in Competition.

BY winning the final competition
last night in Roosevelt High School
Auditorium, the Troupers of East
Washington Community Center bested
13 competitors to win first place in the
one-act play tournament conducted
by the Community Center Depart
ment.
The group gained the award Of the
judges with their version of The
Flattering Word" by George Kelley.
Arthur Rhodes directed and doubled
as a member of the cast, with the
other players being Geraldine Wells,
Patricia Paige, Ethel Selby and VIII
liam Milton.
Second award went to the Jewish
Community Center Theater for their
production Of Gloria Mundi." au-
thored by Patricia Brown and directed
by Morris Arkin.
''Fixins," by Paul Green, gained
third place for the Langley Lambs,
with M. Forney Reese directing. Not
Tonight" an original play by George
o. Riggs and Mannix Walker, entry
of The Players of the American As
sociation of University Women, was
fourth. Mrs. D. Carlson and Alice
Jewell were the directors.
The S100 prize money, subscribed by
Washington newspapers, was appor-
toned as follows: First prize, $50;
second prize. s25, and third and fourth
prize, s1250 each. The judges were
F. j. Carmody of The Star, Betty
Hynes, the Washington Herald; Mel
son Bell, the Washington Post; Don
Craig, the Daily News, and J. w.
Baine, the Washington Times.
Musical selections we're contributed
by the Washington Civic Orchestra,
S. Page Ford conducting.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
MORE RELIEF CASH
|SURGED FOR D. c.
Needed for Emergency Care
of Those Ineligible for W.
P. A., Street Says.

Additional District relief funds
should be appropriated, so emergency
care may be extended to employable
persons who cannot be assigned to
the w P. A. program. Welfare Di-
rector Elwood Street declared yeSter-
Gay in a report on the work OF the
Board of Public Welfare during the
last fiscal year
At the present time only those
classed as "unemployables" can be
cared for by the public assistance
division Of the board, Street said:
"A year ago the board pledged
itself to reduce as rapidly as possible
the expenditures due to relief of those
who are unemployed. or unemploy-
able or otherwise in Distress he said
This pledge was lived up to.
Transfer Of Cases.
Following the cessation of Fed
eral Emergency Relief Administration
funds in November. and with the
change from the work relief program
to the Works Progress Administration
program, thousands of cases were
transferred from work relief to the
w. P. A.
Now sufficient money was available
in spite of supplementary relief
appropriation made by Congress,
amounting to $3.50, 900. to care for all
the employable cases who could not be
transferred to w. P. A. jobs. BY the
end of the fiscal year the Public As
sistance Division was caring for only
those cases of relief in which there
was no employable person.
This reduction resulted in much
hardship. 1t is the opinion of the
Board of Public Welfare that suf-
ficient relief funds should be provided
to care for the needs, not only Of the
unemployable persons who are in dis
tress, but also of employable persons
who, for good reasons, cannot find
work and who cannot be assigned to
governmental work programs"
Urges Research STAFF.
Street also urged that sufficient ad-
ditional funds be provided under a
District appropriation for the estab-
lishment of a competent research staff
to carry on investigations of the "in-
terlocking causes of dependency,
disease, delinquency and defective
ness" and to prepare recommended
tions as to ways of lessening the tax
burden by a better co-ordinated pro-
gram.
He said the act creating the Board
of Public Welfare requires that such
studies and recommendations be made,
but insisted the board had not been
able to meet this requirement because
of inadequate funds and the increas-
ing demands for service by the welfare
agencies.
These and other welfare problems
will be discussed by board officials
Tuesday at pm. at the annual pub
lie meeting of the board, to be held
in the Government Auditorium, ad-
joining the Labor Department Build
ing.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
ROD LOCATES LIQUOR

MEMPHIS. Tenn, October "a R>.-
City police have devised q "divining
rod" to help them locate caches of
liquor.
The "doodlebug" is made Of cold
rolled steel, about feet long, with
dagger point on one end and ball
handle on the other.
When officers think they are near
buried liquor, they go about jabbing
the rod into the earth. Twice this
week they have jabbed. into trap
doors concealing the illegal spirits.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
How to Warm Heart.

MINNEAPOLIS R.-Warming the
heart with radio waves Is reported in
the journal Of Medical Progress as
relief for coronary occlusion, the
heart trouble which kills many BRAIN
workers. The heart-warming Is part
Of q planned life" treatment de.
scribed by Walter G. Swami Of Hunt
ington, w, Va.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
1885 DISTILLED LIQUOR
TWICE VOLUME OF 1914
Census Bureau Says Output of
Malts Now Less Than in Last
Pre-Prohibition Year.
BY the Associated Press.

6s tIlc hnnOClhbCu EIcbc.
The Census Bureau reported yester-
day that more than twice as much dis
titled liquor was produced in the
United States in 1895 as in 1894, de-
Scribed as the last normal pre-pro-
hibition year for which census fig
ures were available.
At the same time the bureau said
less malt liquors were produced.
Production of distilled liquors In
1885 was placed at 213,819,844 GAL
lone, compared with 103 ,045, 1922 gal
Ions in 1914. Malt liquor produc-
tion showed decline from 66,189, ,473
barrels in the first war year to 49,
013,218 last year.
The number of wage earners en-
ployed by distillers in 1885 was
more than double that in 1914, the
report said, and represented an in
crease Of 404 per cent over 1888.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
w. P. A. WORK OUTLINED
New Issue Of Magazine Includes
Article by Allen.

A new outline of the accomplish
ments and the work being performed
u-der the W.. p. A. is presented in
the second issue Of the magazine
Work. published by the District w.
p. A., issued yesterday.
The issue includes articles by Com
missioner George e. Allen, District
w. p. A. administrator; Rexford @.
Tugwell, Resettlement Administration
head; Mrs. Ellen s. Woodward. Fed
eral w. p. A. director Of women's and
professional projects; District Engineer
Commissioner Dan I. Sultan, Highway
Director H. G. Whitehurst. Welfare
Director Elwood Street, Recreation
Co-ordinator Louis r. Barrett, Traffic
Director william A. Van Duser and
James Ring, administrative assistant
to the District Alley Dwelling Au.
thority.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Engaged to English Girl.

LONDON, October "a (SpeciaD:-
The engagement was announced today
of Stuart Seaton, son Of Mr.. and MIS-
w. L. seaton of Washington Grove
Md, to Miss Peggy Mary Louoon'
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. w. L. Lou
don Of Bourumouths England.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
ENGINEERS DECLARED
AWAKE TO FUTURE
President Potter of American
Council Answers Roosevelt
Letter on Subject.

By the Associated Press.
Replying to q question raised by
President Roosevelt, DR.. Audrey A.
Potter, president Of the American En-
gineering Council, said yesterday that
engineering educators "are fully ap-
preciative of the responsibility Of the
engineer"
In q letter sent recently to the
neads of more than 100 schools and
colleges, Mr.. Roosevelt asked them
to consider whether present engineer
ing courses were balanced" SUM-
ciently to equip future generations OF
engineers to meet the social respon-
sihility" Of their profession.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
DAIRYMEN TO DISCUSS
MARKETING AGREEMENT
Loudoun County Milk Producers
Will Meet at Hamilton
spe cial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAMILTON. Va, October 24.-Lou-
doun County dairymen will gather at
the Hamilton Milling Co. plant here
October 81 for an all-day meeting.
r. D. Alpin, market administrator
for the Washington area. will explain
the provisions of the marketing agree
ment at the morning session. and
r. G. Connolly Of the extension de-
partment of v. p. l., during the
afternoon session will explain the
dairy improvement program for the
State. The Hamilton Milling Co. Will
be hosts to the crowd at lunch.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
sci, ,622 in Bounties.

Bounties totaling at least $2i,622
will be paid South Dakotans for
coyotes killed from April through Au-
gust, 1886.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

(See WORKERS Page B-5.)
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
DRIVER HUNTED
IN M|SHAP

Identity of a driver whose auto
mobile injured boy and a colored
man Monday was being sought
by police today.
Authorities declared Sylvester
Merriweather, 40. colored, was
leading Carroll Gookin.. Z. of 1113
Sixteenth st. N. w., across the
intersection of Sixteenth Street
and Rhode Island Avenue, North
west, when they were struck by
a car.
The driver offered to take the
two to a hospital, but Merri-
weather refused. Upon his arrival
home, it was found the child was
apparently unhurt but that Merri-
weather had suffered a fractured
left leg. He had failed to obtain
the drivers name and address,
police said.
In a collision which badly dam
aged two automobiles on the
Union Station Plaza today, lacera-
tons on the forehead were sus-
tanned by George Frisch, "a, of
754 Princeton st. N. W., q passen-
ger in one of the cars. He was
treated at Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16

has been acclaimed particularly
for her performances in Wag-
ner's Die Meistersinger" and
Beethoven's "Fidelio."
Being VienneSe, as Is Strauss,
Nine. Lehman brings to mis- songs
an understanding spirit and a
volatile heart. The three songs
of his included on the program
are among Strauss best, and her
Interpretation of them will give
her audience a rare opportunity
to glimpse the innermost spirit of
one of the greatest composers liv-
ing today.
An all-Brahms program will be
given tonight at 8:45 o'clock at
the Library Of Congress Auditor
ium by the Gordon String Quar-
tet, assisted by Frank Sheridan
at the piano. The three works
of Brahms to be presented are:
Quartet in C Minor, Opus 81,
No. u; Sonata in D Minor, Opus
108, for Violin and Piano." and
Quintet in F Minor, Opus "a, for
Piano and Strings"
Jacques Gordon and David
Sackson, violins, William Lincer,
viola and Naoum Benditzky, VIC
loncello, make up the Gordon
String Quartet. Admission is free,
but by ticket only, obtainable
from the music division Of the Ii
brary of Congress.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
OF LIND
INVESTIGATED

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
today was investigating the death
of Arthur A. Lind, 32-year-old
Navy Yard machinist, whose body
was found last night in his auto
mobile with the motor running
and windows stuffed with paper.
Police said death was caused
by carbon monoxide poisoning,
and that two notes were found in.
the car, which was parked in a
lonely section of Sixth Street
Northeast. One note was ad.
dressed to Lind's mother, Mrs. S.
v. Lind, of New Haven, Conn,
police said, while the other, on a
scrap of paper, read:
Naturally you can see / done
this thing myself"
Attracted by the running Of the
motor, a colored man approached
the automobile and discovered the
tragedy. He called police, and the
rescue squad tried to reSuscitate
Lind. He roomed at 316 E. Capitol
ST
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
N. F. F. f. SPURS
EXTENSION OF
MERIT PLAN

Plans for pressing for congress.
sional action extending the merit
system in Government service.
liberalizing retirement conditions
and introducing shorter work
week, were to be adopted by the
executive council Of the National
Federation of Federal Employees
today.
Meeting in its third consecu-
tive session, the council was to
hear reports of committees which
deliberated methods of action
throughout yesterdays sessions.
DR.. Walter P. Taylor of Texas
was to report on merit and claS-
sification plans, Ulrey j. Biller
of the District of Columbia was
to present a retirement platform,
and William M. Rapsher of Phila'
delphia was in charge Of work
ing hours recommendations.
Plan for Farley
After adoption of a definite
policy on the various problems,
which will be used by N. F. F. e.
officials during the coming Ses-
sion, the council was to take up
business within the organization,
including outlining the twentieth
Jubilee" convention next autumn
in Springfield, Ill.
Yesterday the N. F. F.E. council
conferred all day with members
of four large postal organizations
comprising the National Legislar
tive Council Of Federal Employe
Organizations, and unanimously
decided to press the merit issue
without compromise during the
current winter. It issued state
ment which said in part:
"The legislative council, in
conference with the N. F. F. e.
executive council, has projected
a campaign in behalf of the
merit system which will be car
ried on with the utmost vigOr to
bring about the achievement Of
our objective at the forthcoming
session of Congress.
NATION is AROUSED
"The nation is thoroughly
aroused by the appalling results
which have followed upon the
undermining of the merit sys-
tenn in the Federal service. The
time is ripe for decisive action,
and the legislative council will
leave no stone unturned in its
effort to accomplish remedial
action at this session."
It was disclosed that the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform League
and National League of Women
Voters have promised cooperation
in the drive.
N.F.F.E. council members were
guests last night of Local los Of
the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing at a Willard Hotel din.
ner. Following todayIS conference
they were to be entertained by the
District of Columbia Federation Of
Federal Employees Unions.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
6. f. Plant Decides
{. |. 0. AffiIiation

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Dec.
16.-With 9,272 of 9,675 en-
rolled employees participating,
workers at the General Electric
plant yesterday voted SOIL to
4,033 for affiliation with the
United Electrical and Radio Work
ers of America. The balloting
took place to determine whether
the workers desired to be repre-
sented by the company-formed
workers council or by the labor
organization, which is a part of
John L. Lewis C. I. o.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
Girls Entertain PIT. A.

Girls of the Amaryllis Club,
senior organization at Cardozo
High School, [ntertained the Car
dozo Parent Teacher Association
last night with a special program
in the auditorium. Officers of the
club include Annie Ruff. presi-
dent: Eugenia Valentine, vice pres
ident; Ira Diggs, secretary, and
RankinS, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
The World ofMuSic
@R@ez@ gEBH

Dawn Theme From "Willom Tell Overture" by Rossin.
suggestion for using prescribing daily music thenne
Many teachers appreciation ddU their pupils to clip and
filing card NTH composers at the top
and file them In alphabetical orderJ
Evening star., 1936-05-05
13 MARINE CORPS
PROMOTIONS SLATED
Selection Board to Meet Friday
to Act on Higher
Grades.

A Marine Corps Selection Board,
headed by Col. James ]. Meade, will
meet Friday at the Navy Department
to pick for advancement four lieu
terant colonies and nine majors
Admiral Wilma H. Standley, Act
ing Secretary of the Navy, who made
the announcement yesterday, said
the board Is to designate not more
than half q dozen lieutenant colonies,
completing 28 years commissioned
service by Jure 80, whose names are
not on any promotion list. Similarly.
the board is to designate not more
than IL majors, who will complete
81 years commissioned service, but
whose names are not on any pro-
motion list.
The board Is to be In session at
least 10 days.
Serving with Col. Meade on the
board will be Colonels William P.
Upshur, Charles r. Sanderson, Russell
B. Putnam, Frederick A. Barker, Emile
P. Moses, Clayton B. Vogel. Holland
M. Smith and Ross E. Rowell.