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Evening star., 1936-02-05
CITIZENS OPPOSE
VANDENBERG PLAN
Columbia Heights Group Is
Against Congress Seat
for City Head.

Opposing by resolution the proposal
OF Senator Vandenberg Of Michigan,
that one of the District Commissioners
be given q seat without vote in Con-
eress the Columbia Heights Citizens
Association last night evidenced its
sentiment for a concerted drive by all
civic organizations to secure national
representation for the District.
In disappearing the Vandenbere
measure, it was contended that the
residents of washington should voice
their demands in Congress through
elected representatives rather than
through q person In whose selection
they mad no part.
1t was charged that "too much
politics" has been instrumental in
keeping from the States the necessary
constitutional amendment. Citing a
recent case wherein member of Con-
sress appeared before the Alcohol
Beverage Control Board in behalf of a
icensee faced with a permit revocation.
one member condemned participation
by Congressmen in local administrative
functions.
"Have to Keep Howling.'
1--WE will have to keep on bowling
until we get what we want" it was
declared from the floor, while Presi-
dent Margaret H. Worrell suggested a
united march on Capitol Hill by all CT
the city's citizens groups.
The association voted approval Of a
measure sponsored by Chairman Nor
ton of the House District COMMITTEES
providing for the legalization Of horse
racing in Washington. The present
diversion of revenue to Maryland was
advanced as the principal argument in
support Of the bill.
1t was voted to petition the House
Appropriations Committee to restore
the estimates originally submitted by
DR.. George C. Rutland. health officer
of the District. The resolution COLI
tended that lin other cities of like
size the per capita expenditure for
public health runs from 50 to $3.50,
while in the Nations Capital, the Dr.
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said. lima GONNA dojus' what I said.
lima GONNA walk home!" With that
he wheeled, pirouetted and slithered
OF up the Twelfth street hill, Ken
sington bound.
n
BROADCAST.
LIES up! He's downi I think he's
knocked out. No. he's trying to
get up."
These excited words from her hus-
band slipping his breakfast fruit juice
In another room caused a suburban
housewife to fear suddenly for his
sanity.
"What," she cried, rushing into the
room, els the matter with you?"
Nothing" he replied. I'm merely
broadcasting the progress of that pc
destrian across the street"
She looked out on the icy street and
saw it was precisely as he had said.
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MEET MISS BRINkER

| ~ ALL the solutions of the
n transportation problem with
which Washington grappled
~ on yesterday mornings ice
the most original was worked out by q
Cleveland Park girl who works in the
Navy Department.
She just put on her skates-ice, Of
course-and flashed down Connecti-
cut avenue, over the Taft Bridge, and
zip, right up to the door of her office.
One of ouI operatives. with long
nose for news and keen eye for
blonds ice-skating to work, sought to
interview her. Driving alongside, he
asked her name, excusing his brash-
ness with the explanation of his pro-
fession.
mo you DON'T" she replied. I'm
not going to have my name In the
paper. Nobody's going tc pick me up.
I brought my skates"
With that sally, she tossed her head
and swung into a long, easy stride
that left the motorized population be-
hind, skidding and slithering down.
town as best it might.
We thought you ought to know
about her.
n II y X
MENTOR.
One Washington tari driuer must
hare studied architecture before ne
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prisoner began to tell q piteous tale.
He was. he said, once o trooper In
one Of the companies on that very
post.
The oficer was touched. He took
his prisoner to his home and with
his own hands cooked a good dinner
for him.
"Now." said the o. D., touched by
the gratitude and feeling, no end
magnanimous, promise me you will
60 away from here and never come
back and I'll let you 60"
The prisoner promised. He was
released.
He then went over to the post ex-
change and broke in, swiped ls over
coats and departed.
PIED PIPER.
OPERATIVE Is lives in a valley,
and both sides Of the egg-shaped
declivity were speckled with slipping
pedestrians yesterday morning.
An idea wormed its way into No.
1875 head.
He ripped open a bag of salt as
he started out and. crying out to
the skidding multitude, bade them
follow him in Indian file.
AS he stepped he strewed a thin
pathway, of salt ahead of him. 1t pro-
vided the foot grip necessary to nego-
tiate the hill.
Behind him. slowly but smiling,
came a train consisting of his wife
three men, one woman and two school,
boys.
X II
QUIET LIFE.
Overheard outside Constitution
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capita expenditure amounts to only
98 cents"
Liquor Sale Plan Endorsed.
The Columbia Heights group in
dorsed the plan submitted by the Laws
and Legislation Committee OF the Bur-
roughs Citizens Association to restrict
the sale of liquor to establishments
maintained exclusively for that pur-
pose and to limit such places of buSi-
ness to $50.
Other action taken at last night S
meeting included request that the
former appropriation for street light
ing be restored, and that the lights be
left on until later in the mornings on
cloudy days in the interest Of safety;
a proposal that the proposed new
bridge over the Anacostia River be
named in honor of John Philip Sousa,
and reiteration OF stands previously
taken in favor of a publicly operated
hydroelectric plant at Great Falls and
20-second amber signal for pedestrian
traffic.
Evening star., 1936-02-05
SKIN BLEMISHES
Famous Treatment Relieves

You don't wait long for relief when
you use mildly medicated Cuticura
Soap and Ointment Stubborn itch
ing and irritation Of pimples. eczema
and rashes respond to its soothing
yet highly effective action.
Just bathe affected parts freely
with the Soap, dry gently and anoinf
with the Ointment. Over a halt
century of success. Ointment CSC
Soap 25c, all druggists. Sample FREE
by writing "Cuticura," Dept. B4, NAL
den, Mass.
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Washington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things.

took to plotting a hack. A local
newspaper Won,an iDds directing
the driver to her apartment the
other eDening.
"It's that Elizabethan place right
across the street." she told him.
The driper looked at the apart
ment. Huh" he said, cts Queen
Anne"
Il
HAND-BITER.
A young second lieutenant at one
of the nearby Army posts was
serving a turn as officer of the day
not long ago when a watchful guard
happened to catch fellow robbing
the ice box on the back porch of an
oficer's house There had been
about 20 such thefts within the pre-
ceding two months, and all guard
Evening star., 1936-02-05
Earplugs Aid Weavers' Work.

Weavers in a shop where the noise
level was 96 decibels were equipped
with earplues which reduced 1t to
81 decibles and increased their eff
cheney 3 per cent.
Evening star., 1936-02-05

mere asoaiting their calls following
q concert:
Gee, I'm tired of this aIl-niDht
and most-ot -the-night driving. MY
: folks never does stay at home
evenin's."
well. buddy. you oughtta get
yourself JOB oDer in Georgetown.
Them folks oper there peper goes
out nights-they Just sits home
and reads booksl"
II Il X
STUBBORN.
THE wind was screaming aroun,
the corner where e street en-
counters Twelfth. Suddenly. as /
borne on the wings of q blast, two in
ebriates skated out onto the side
walk, holding to each other. They Sill
to stop at the curb.
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One of them pointed his finger at
the other.
Look here" he mumbled. 'Yourrr
GONNA do JUS wot I said. Yourrre
GONNA getinataM and go ri'onouthome
to Kensington." With that he waved
q hand wildly and beckoned taxi.
The other fellow pushed of from his
friend and stood wavering in front Of
him. He shook his finger likewise.
lima GONNA do no such thin" he
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details were cautioned to look out
for strange men sinking around
dark alleys.
The soldier who finally caught this
marauder was highly pleased with
himself and lost no time in rushing
the fellow around and turning him
over to the 0. D. That officer, TAX
ing the man in his car. started for
the guard house. On the way, the
Evening star., 1936-02-05
BARRINGER, ]. A.
Sl4 10th 81, NV,

BARRINGER, J. A.
514 10th st. NV.
BATEMAN, ]. L., d SON
2z12 Rhode Island Ave. NE.
BOND ELECTRICAL CO.
4Sos Georgia Ave. NV.
FORD, GEO. A.. ELECTRIC CO.
3616 I4th st. NV.
GEORGETOWN ELECTRIC co.
1905 wisconsin Ave. NV.
HECHT COMPANY
7th and r Sts. NV.
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HUB FURNITURE C0MPAN
7th and D sts. NV.
LANSBURGH d BRO.
42O 7th Sc. NV.
JULIUS LANSBURGH
FURNITURE co.
S09 r st. NV.
MONARCH RADIO SHOP
1878 @ st. NV.
MYERs d FLOURN0Y
5lA II st. NE.
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or at the Following Dealers:

ses sssS SsASSSass4
NATIONAL FURNITURE co.
7th and H Sts. NV.
PINKETT. GARDNER d.
1913 U 81. NV.
sCHNEIDER's SONS. C.
1870 g St. NV.
TRIBLE,s
1877 Good Hope I'd. Sc.
WOODWARD q LoTHRoP
11th ana y Sts. NV.
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" X n II
QUIET LIFE.

Overheard outside Constitution
Hall, phere a group OF chaufeurs
Evening star., 1936-02-05
LIQUOR Sale Plan Endorsed.

capita expenditure amounts to only
98 cents"
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BRACKET, C. w.
2os Carroll Ave-, Takoma Park, Md.
RRoSIUs BROS. d GoRMLEY, INC.
Rockville, Md.
DONALDSON, DewILToN H..
Laurel, Md.
HOUSE d HERMANN
Silver Spring, Md.
MARYLAND ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO.
los Maryland Ave. HyattssiIle, Md.
NIELSEN CO, THE
LeesburS, Va.
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PAGE POWER CO.
Luray, Va.
SHENANDOAH ELECTRIC
APPLIANCE CO.
Winchester, Va.
WARNER ELECTRICAL SUPPLY
1129 King st., Alexandra, Va.
WARNER ELECTRICAL SUPPLY
81 e. Wilson Blvd, Clarendon, Va.
WARREN FURNITURE CO.
Front Royal, Va.
WOODFIELD ELECTRIC CO.
GaithersbUrg, Md
Evening star., 1936-02-05

One Washington tari driuer must
hare studied architecture before he
Evening star., 1936-02-05

~ ALL the solutions of the
4 transportation problem with
I J. which Washington srappled
Evening star., 1936-01-03

DR.. West said no teacher should have
hanging over him the possibility Of
punishment unless the law clearly de-
fines what he is prohibited from doing.
"One can well say that Congress
could not have intended to prohibit
the mere outlining of the government
Of Russia, since such a prohibition
would be stupid and unreasonable.
One who assumes, however, that Con-
gress Is always both intelligent and
reasonable has high faith in the va
carries Of the elective system.
"Of course, there are some people
who will tell us just exactly what the
law means and just what it prohibits.
I am afraid, however, that they would
merely tell us that it prohibits those
things that they conceive to be dan
gerous. I sympathize with my
colleagues in the high schools, who are
compelled to obey law which may be
entirely clear to Congressman, but
seems quite ambiguous to me.
Teachers Embarrassment.
SCIIdAlly oyAAPotAh6S VIVA q
teacher of history or government who
Is constantly in danger that some en-
tifely innocent statement will be mis-
interpreted by one Of his pupils, and
carried home. perhaps in garbled form
and out of its context, to parent
who will bring on an investigation
However innocent the teacher might
be, the resulting investigation wodlc
be embarrassing. If this provision
remains on the statute books such
incidents are almost certain tc
occur. -"
II cannot be convinced that pupils
can be imbued with the true spirit
of American institutions by establish
ing a system of terrorism among
their teachers"
Dr. West concluded his address with
an imaginary conversation between
little Mary and her teacher.
Mary" says the teacher, "charac-
terize the American Constitution.
Its horse and buggy constitu-
tion," says Mary.
Mary. why are you denied knowl-
edge Of what is going on in Moscow"
Because" says Mary. there are
enough goings-on in Washington"
Evening star., 1936-01-03
Marriage Licenses.

Mildred Williams e; 1910 Buchanan
Eaf St r rev Wiseman AGasm Sl0n a4 f4os st. and
Catherine e. Smith. 49, 1908 K ST.; Rev.
Theodore or 1n' z, Edx ards. 25, 125 9Th St Sc.
and Marguerite E. Hall, 10. 1905 PENN
sylvanla ave Sc: Rev. D. L. Ennis.
ssF 5 4e 81 2os 2Sth tsh ST St
Rev. @. o. Bullock.
Raddie D. Bethea, 81. and Fannie M.
Thompson 80, both of 1914 B st. set
HAYWOOD vT D. Mitchen. %. ea1 4th st.. and
MsSie King. ~. 46s G pl.; Rev. W. D.
wiiiIRisrnnK william Kola, "a. 71s 7th st.. and Jeans
nette schub. 21. New York City; Rev.
zofun piccone. 25. $50 @ st.. and Marie
saccayino, 20. Ill st. ne; Rev. N. M.
baeJ ss st1Sthr SSS 81 & Bs.psni ana rHa1 ~
A. j. Mccartney.
George v Brown. 81. 11e 18th st; ne,
Rev. a1 Seav5G ". Mccos. SSs' 10 nv O'H ''' 'e
Carl Stephens, 24. 914 P st; and Neya P.
wsm AIsn a paskiy lsR on r. 81 snd e5ss'm: sasS n
snoddy. .21. both of New Canton. Va:
Rev A F Poore 90 co. ua6,.o, =.
and Edith Chidalcel 81. 716 @ st. sw.;
Rev. NJ. r. YoelSon.
Warren R; Bradford, 50, Vienna: Va. an END
Rev. +. W, Johnson:
Is, both. OF Philadelphia. Pa; Rev.
James N NJ Hodges, p. Oakley. N.,Ia No. an s3a
Rev. l. J. Kelly.
Young, 10, 251S deOrsia ave-; Rev.
william B. Feeldenheiner. Portland. oreg+
snd Roberto W. v smith. Pomona. cslifl
Louis Banks. 56. 1918 Rhode Island ave.
and Bernice johnson. 1s. 1447 W St.:
Rev. x. W. Roy.
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Lost ''Gold Notes" Wanted
One-sided Money Which Strayed in Fire
Has Only Nuisance Value.

value were Endorsed at the point Of
delivery, and thereupon became a
receipt and record for the Treasury,
to which they were returned.
In the routine procedure of settling
accounts they found their way to the
files of the General Accounting Once,
and, with tons Of other documents,
were stored on the seventh floor Of
the new Post ONCE Building, where
the Accounting Office had filing space.
G. c. Emerson, special assistant to
the treasurer, said today that a check
Is being made in an effort to de-
termine how many of the certificates
have gone astray. The job is compli-
Gated, however, by the damage and
destruction wrought In the Account
ing Office files. Pointing out that the
paper has no value, he asked that
those having any turn it in at the
Treasury.
It's Really Not Real.
And officials take occasion also to
point out that no real money ever
finds its way into files as did these
certificates.
When currency becomes passe, it is
cut in half, and these halves are in
Evening star., 1936-01-03
JOSEPH M. CURRAN
SUCCUMBS AT 81
Former Naval Observatory Super.
intendent Was in Govern.
rnent Service 80 Years.

Joseph M. Curran, 81, formerly in
the Government service for approx
mately so years and at one time SUI
perintendent at the Naval Observa-
tory. died yesterday at his home, 4419
Thirty-ninth street, after short ILL
ness. 49,,
Mr.. Curran retired about Is years
ago after having held several positions
of importance in the Government
service. He was a member of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians.
He is survived by three sons, Den
mis- and Charles Curran, both of this
city. and James Curran Of Landover,
Md; four daughters. Mrs. William
Christian, Mrs. Pat Sullivan, Miss
Della Curran and Miss Margaret Cur
ran, all of this city; IS grandchildren
and 13 great-grandchildren.
Although a native Of nearby Mary
land, Mr.. Curran had been a resident
of this city since childhood.
Funeral services will be held at 8
am, tomorrow in st. AIMS Catholic
Church. following brief services ct
the residence. Burial will be in Holy
Rood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
.UNSOLVED MURDER
QUEST IS REVIVED
Arizona Police Reopen Case
of AdoIph Ruth, Slain
Seeking Gold Mine.

The unsolved murder OF the late
Adolph Ruth, 66, retired Government
clerk, who was killed while seeking
a lost Spanish gold mine in Arizona
five years ago, was revived for Wash
ington police today.
A letter from Detective Dan Jones
Of Phoenix. AriZ., inquiring as to the
whereabouts Of a son, DR.. Erwin c..
Ruth, who led a searching party into
the Superstition Mountain Range,
near Phoenix, during the Summer OF
1881, several weeks after his father
had been reported missing, may mean
that new evidence has been discovered,
according to Detective Capt. Bernard
w. Thompson.
DR.. Ruth, who Is now editing q
trade paper In Baltimore, was not
expected home until tomorrow, but
Capt. Thompson, by thumbing through
old records, located another son, Earl
A. Ruth, clerk in the Internal Reve-
hue Bureau, and the murdered mans
widow. Mrs Clara Ruth. who lives at
1921 Thirty-seventh street with her
daughter. Mrs. Stella r. Hawkins. Earl
Ruth,s home is at 1880 NJ street.
Adolph Ruth went to Phoenix in
the Spring of 1891 with a map be-
lieved to show the location of the
famous Lost Dutchman Mine. When
he did not return after several weeks,
his son, Dr. Ruth, led an unsuccess-
ful searching party into the noun
tains. Later, however, q deputy
sheriff found his body.
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been in the General Accounting Office
files where the fire centered, but pos
SCISSORS might as well realize now that
they have only souvenir-or waste
paper value, though to Treasury off,
cials they have nuisance value" as
long as they're floating around loose.
There have been reports of people
attempting to cash in on their supposed
windfall and, in one instance, a
youngster showed up at the Office Of
the Treasurer, presented his find and
said he'd like to have the $4,000. It
seemed that he didn't care so much
for the money himself, but his father
was interested" AL he got was
thanks, however.
Used as Receipts.
The notes" on regular currency
paper. but printed on one side only,
are mementoes of the early days Of
the Federal Reserve system, when
they were used as transfer certificates
for the movement Of gold from Wash
ington to Federal Reserve Banks.
When one of the Reserve system
members received a shipment of gold
from the settlement fund here certifl-
Gates having a corresponding face
Evening star., 1936-01-03
NJ STREET BLAZE
CAUSE UNKNOWN
Officials Blame Defective
Wiring or Combustion
in Trash Heap.

Defective wiring or spontaneous
combustion in q trash heap were
blamed by Investigators today as the
likely causes of the three-slarm fire
that took three lives at an Eleventh
and M streets rooming house early
yesterday.
Definite traces Of the origin Of the
blaze were wiped out by the intense
heat, Fire Marshal Calvin @. LAUDER
pointed out in report of the investi-
CATION conducted by his Office.
In explaining the probable source of
the fire, LAUDER said short circuit In
the wiring between the wall separating
the Courembis Restaurant and the
hallway of the rooming house could
have started the fire, which swept up
frame stairway and trapped more
than a dozen persons, most Of whom
were rescued by police and flrenlen.
May Have Started in Trash.
However, the marshal declared, the
flames might have originated in a pile
of trash which had been placed In the
hallway to be taken away.
Certificates Of accidental death were
issued by Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald In the cases Of the three per-
sons who were killed-Mrs. Florence
Bevans, 80, and her 13-year-old son,
Charles, and Raymond Glines, 2s.
The heroism Of Second Precinct Po-
hcemen John w. Hanrahan and Jacob
Rinker, who caught two women as
they leaped from second-story win
dows, is expected to bring them special
citations from the District Cornmis-
sioners.
Both officers were on sick leave to-
day. Rinker was overcome by smoke
and required treatment at Emergency
Hospital. while Hanrahan also suf-
fered from the fumes and was cut by
broken glass.
Funeral services for two Of the VIC
TINS, Mrs. Bevans and ner son, have
been tentatively set for 2 pm. Sunday
at Grantsville, Md. Arrangements for
the burial of Glines are pending.
Glines, who was employed as steam
filter at the Government powder plant
at Indian Head, Md, is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Minnie Mercer, I'LL
Eleventh street.
Two Others In Hospital.
Meanwhile, two victims of another
rooming house fire at So New York
avenue northeast Wednesday, were
still confined to hospitals.
John Snyder, 81, is in Sibley Hos
pital suffering from severe shock and
spine injury. His condition was
said to be serious. X-rays are to be
taken to determine whether his back
Is broken.
Stafford Fooks, II, was reported
recovering In Casualty Hospital from
burns on the arms. 1ess and body
Evening star., 1936-01-03
GRAND Jury HEARS.
WOMAN'S STORY.
OF HART BOND CASE.
Former Accountant Says
Mrs. Lucille Fuller Can
Shed No Light.
CHATS WITH NEWSMEN
ON MYSTERIOUS THEFT
Suspected Bellboy or Couple in
Hotel of Taking $1,000
in Securities.

Mrs. Lucille Fuller, long sought wit
ness in the alleged theft of $1,000 in
bonds from the local hotel room of
Henry o. Hart, former accountant for
G. Bryan Pitts. went before the Dis
trict grand jury today for questioning
in connection with the case.
The bonds disappeared in February.
1884. Mrs. Fuller was located and
served with a subpoena in Miami, Fla,
yesterday.
Hart accompanied Mrs. Fuller to
the court house and waited outside
the closed door of the grand jury room
while she was being questioned.
"Knows Nothing About Case"
"Mrs. Fuller is here as Govern
ment witness and my friend" Hart
told reporters. she knows nothing
whatsoever about this case and does
not care to discuss it."
While Mrs. Fuller was in the grand
Jury room, Hart chatted with news
paper men. He said he thought the
bonds were stolen either by bellboy
at the hotel or by a man and woman
who accidentally entered his room
while he was i'll in bed.
He disclosed that payment on the
bonds was stopped Immediately after
they disappeared. and that the Amer
ican Security & Trust Co, trustee un-
der the bond issue, refunded him their
value some time before they turned up
in Baltimore last October.
Paid 100000 by Pitts.
Discussing the collapse Of the F. H.
Smith Co., which brought heavy losses
to thousands Of investors and sent its
head, Pitts, to prison for a 14-year
term, Hart said Pitts paid him 100000
for work he did in having his income
tax assessment reduced.
Hart denied the bonds were given
to him as compensation for his services
to the Smith Co.
'I bought those bonds and paid for
them" he said. Il had never been
employed by the Smith Co. at that
time. and until Smith asked me to
| handle his income tax case, had never
heard of the Smith Co."
The bellboy, whom he viewed as a
possible suspect, has left the employ
of the hotel, Hart said. He never
knew the name of the man and wom-
an he suspected, explaining they blum
dered into his room one evening in
company with an Army officer ana a
naval officer, who were intoxicated.
| Hart said he did not know the officers.
Heard of Attempted Sale.
The accountant said he heard moth
ing about the whereabouts of the
bonds from the time they disappeared
until they were recovered in Baltimore.
Later, however, he heard that a
Washington broker attempted to have
them cashed here, describing them as
the bonds which were stolen from
Hart" he said.
Assistant United States Attorney
Charles B. Murray said Mrs. Fuller
probably would be the last witness in
the case. Since the term Of the pres
ent grand jury expires Monday. 1t
must reach decision in the use by
then or the entire matter will have to
be presented to another panel.