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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
Behind The
Lines
Wilson Post

Sergeant Hersey Watson is
directing a membership campaign
for William Wilson Post, Ameri-
can Legion, which it is expected
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
/. ny ELMER C. WALLER
UNITED Preas Financial Editor

New York, Feb. s-(UP)-United
States Steel common stock led the
stock market higher today. 1t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
LATE REALTY NOTES
Quit Claim De

Quit Claim Deeds
Thomas e. Snyder to Mary Q.
Goldsmith, real estate on the
north side Of Fern circle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
HONOLULU BECOMES GREAT DAM
AGAINST TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS
ACROSS PACIFIC FROM FAR EAST
Treasury Department Believed To Have
ThrottIed Smuggling Rings Without
Public'S knowledge
BY wendell BURCH
Limited Press STAFF C0rreanOndenI

Honolulu, Feb. 8-(UP)-Down murky Tin Can Alley;
through drab resorts and the grapevine word has
gone out that the price of opium is rising Last October
smoking opium selling for $305 tnlead and brass
containers about the size of small tobacco cans holding six
and twothirds ounces 2,917 grains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08

Argentina expects Q prosperous
1887 as q result Of bumper crops Of
wheat, oats and ltnseed, which lave
Just been harvested. s
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

THE ICHTHY0SAURUs"-W Winner of the first prize
of $5 and additional prize Of $2 Irving Hand of 1875
Klingle st. n W., who made it, alert to the possbi
ties Of this unusual picture and chose the right angle to
develop to the utmost the extraordinary formation of the
tree trunk on the Virginia-Wes Virginia border.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

ERE you are! This
III weeks uOiuners in
the uOeekly Washington
Times Amateur Photo
Contest!
Every Saturday The
Tim es publishes the
thinning pictures. EUery
photograph printed
lDins 81, and the one
chosen as best IOiE1s an
additional IS.
So here's a chance
for you amateurs to
have some fun and get
paid for it! Remember
your entries must be ac-
cOn1panied by a self
addressed stamped en-
Uelope, and EACH and
EVERY print must be
marked clearly on the
back with YOUR name
and ADDRESS-nOt the
name of the subject.
Send FINS Fl E D
prints only. DON'T send
negatives. GL OSS
prints are best, and If
they are to reproduced
-DeH they should be
CLEAR and SHARP.
Why not try your
hand? Send your en-
tries to the Amateur
Photo Contest Editor, in
care of The Washington
Times.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
KNIGHTS TEMPlAR
GO TO GETTYSBURG
Will Participate Sunday in
Ascension Day Fes-
tival.

Knights Templar OF the District
and their wives will motor to Gettys-
burg, Pa, Sunday to participate in
the Ascension day festival to be con-
Quoted by the Gettysburg Com
mandery. Arthur c. Shaw, grand
commander of the local order, and
his staff of officers will lead the group.
The six communicates Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, Washington, No. l.;
Columbia, No. 2; Potomac. No. 3; De
Molay, No. 4; Orient, No. S, and
Brightwood, No. 8, will be well repre-
sented.
The festival will be conducted in
the Gettysburg National Cemetery,
where Abraham Lincoln made his
famous address William O. Thomp-
son, grand commander for the State
Of Pennsylvania. and his stan will
head the Pennsylvania Communicates.
Rev. Wyatt Brown, D. D., grand
prelate Of the Grand Commandery Of
Pennsylvania and Bishop of Harris
burg, will deliver the address.
The Washington delegation will
proceed by motor caravan and will as
semble in Bethesda, just north OF the
traffic light, Sunday at s:45 am.
Grand Capt. Gen. Fred Huber is in
charge OF arrangements.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
WIDOW OF CIVIL
WAR HERO DIES
Mai. S. Redmond Smith Won
Medal for Bravery With
Union Forces.

Mrs. Sarah Ware Smith, widow of
Maj. S. Redmond Smith, Union Army
hero, died yesterday after long ILL.,
ness at her residence, 1852 Argonne
place. She would have been SO to-
morrow. Her husband was awarded a
medal by Congress for bravery in the
Civil War.
Mrs. Smith, for the last nine years
Washington resident, came here
from Wilmington, Del. Her father
the late Charles Alexander Ware, is
said to have been Mayor of AleXan-
dria. Va, during the Civil War. Maj
Smith. who died about Is years ago
practiced law in Wilmington and
Miami, Fla, at one time being Mayor
Of the latter city.
Funeral services will be held at )
pm. Sunday at the residence Burial
will be in Wilmington Monday.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
D. c. GIRL WILL REIGN
AS SWEET BRIER QUEEN
Ry the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, Va, April 30.-Cor-
onation OF the Queen Of the May at
Sweet Briar and at Randolph-M Macon
Woman's Colleges tomorrow is ex-
pected to attract several thousand
visitors from all parts Of the East.
The festivals are so arranged that
spectators may attend each without
conflict.
Miss Molly Gruber Of Washington
will be crowned queen at the Sweet
Briar College May day, after a horse
show on the grounds of the historic
estate. In the afternoon Miss Mary
James Lands of Covington will be
honored in a similar fashion in the
dell at Randolph-Macon, in Lynch
burg. The exercises will be carried
out according to the theme Of Marie
Antoinette and Louise XVI. panto-
mime and light love episode will fea-
ture the program.
The fete of May begins at Sweet
Briar tonight with the May day dance.
Miss Gruber, escorted by her father,
Col. Edmund L. Gruber Of Washing
ton, will lead the court figure at the
bali. She will be assisted by Miss
Elinor Ward Of Cleveland, the maid
of honor, escorted by John Mack
Morgan Of Wilmington, Del.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
MEETINGS TONIGHT
BACK COURT PLAN
National Lawyers Guild to
Launch Intensive Campaign
Supporting Proposal.

An aggressive public campaign In
support Of President Roosevelts Su-
preme Court reorganization plan will
be launched tonight by the National
Lawyers Guild at meetings in Is
cities.
Speaking over Nation wide hook
up of the National Broadcasting Co.
from New York from 9:l5 to 10
O'Clock will be Roscoe Steffen, pro-
fessor of law at Yale University Law
School; George Henry Payne. Federal
Communications commissioner; John
P. Devaney president of the guild and
former chief justice of the Supreme
Court of Minnesota; Frank P. Walsh.
one of the founders of the guild, and
Senator Green of Rhode Island.
Cities in which the meetings will be
held are New York, Cleveland, De-
troit, Houston, Iowa City, Los Angeles,
Madison, Miami, Pittsburgh, Portland,
Seattle, st. Louis and Tulsa.
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina
will speak at Miami, Gov. Phillip La
Toilette Of Wisconsin, member of the
Executive Board of the Guild, will
speak at Madison, Wis; Judge Will
liam Denman of the Circuit Court of
Appeals for the ninth judicial dis
trict, at Los Angeles; former Judge
Patrick O'Brien Of Michigan at De-
troit; Raymond B. Stevens, former
vice chairman of the Federal Tariff
Commission, at Cleveland; Repre-
sentative Connery of Massachusetts at
Pittsburgh; Judge Ferdinand Pecora
Of the New York Supreme Court and
Irving Brant, editor of the st. Louis
Star-Times, at st. Louis, and former
Chief Justice John Miley of the Su-
preme Court of Oklahoma at Tulsa.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
LATEST SCHOOL
RIDER PROTESTED
BYP.-T. CONGRESS
Resolutions Hit Bar to
Teachers Performing CIer.
iCal Work Out of Class.
RESTORATION ASKED
FOR GARDENS ITEM
Oath Annual Convention of Dis.
trict Organization Is Brought
to Close.

Washington's Congress of Parents
and Teachers will ask the Senate
Appropria Committee for removal
of the rider to the District appropria-
tions bill forbidding teachers to per-
form clerical work other than that
necessary and incidental to class room
teaching assignments.
Resolutions adopted by the group,
whose tWentyfourth annual conven-
ton closed yesterday in the Depart
mental Auditorium, call for restora-
ton Of the garden item in the school
appropriation, opposition to the race
track bill and repeal of the red rider.
The delegates acted on about 80 mo-
tions.
Members favored passage of the
pending Juvenile Court bill, but
opposed daylight-saving time for the
District, abandonment of the Receiv-
ing Home and sale of Warlike toys
by District stores. They also de-
manded strict enforcement of the rule
prohibiting granting of liquor license
within 400 feet of a school or church.
Mrs. Fry Reelected
Mrs. Walter B. Fry was reelected
| president Of the congress. with Mrs.
H. N. Stull first vice president; Mrs.
C D. Lowe, third vice president; Mrs.
P. C. Elicit, fifth vice president, and
| Miss Myrtle Moore. seventh vice presi-
dent. The new officers were installed
by Mrs. F. M. Hosmer. representing
the National Congress of Parents and
| Tea chers.
| A panel discussion of the Com
munity Contribution to Child Develop
ment" revealed a consensus favoring
more cooperation between home and
school Panel speakers. led by Mrs.
Hosmer, included Miss Catherine Wat
kins, DR.. D. L. Seckinger, DR.. Paul
Everhardt, Assistant Supt of Schools
Robert L. Haycock, Miss Louise Nc.
CURE, DR.. L. l., Jarvis and Mrs A. c.
| Watkins.
Honor-roll certificates we're pre-
sented 3s associations by Mrs. George
A. Lingebach, followed by presenta-
ton of IL National Parent-Teacher
honor scrolls by Mrs. c. C. Hines.
DR.. Lindeman Speaks,
The morning session heard Dr.
Eduard Lindeman, professor of social
philosophy at the New York School
Of Social Work and director of the
recreation projects of the Works
Progress Administration, lash out at
secondary education.
Elementary schools made 4 mis-
take in teaching a child a lot Of
what" when he wants to know
why" DR.. Linedman said. But the
high schools do much more damage
by teaching youth to start thinking
about jobs, rather than about life.
giving them a completely selfish in
depreciation of life. Secondary edu.
cation is the weak link in the chain,
and we will have to revamp our en-
tire system Of high school If we are
to improve"
The speaker also declared that
teaching gets progressively worse
from the elementary schools on up,
reaching its worst point in the COL
leges, where many professors are
much more interested in research and
in having the class parrot their text
books back at them in examinations
than in getting real response from
the pupil himself.
Music was furnished both session,
by the Mothersingers Chorus.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
ENGLISH SOCIAL WORKER
ADDRESSES GROUP HERE
MISC Janet McGrindell Speaks to
Friendship House Board and
staff Members,

Miss Janet McGrindell, English So
ciar service worker, is speaking this
afternoon at a luncheon at Friendship
House, 1924 Virginia avenue southeast.
The board and staff members of local
settlement houses are to attend.
Miss McGrindell, who plans to 90
to the Orient from this country. has
been visiting settlements and social
service houses in several OF the large
cities in the East and Middle West.
During her several days visit here she
is the guest Of DR.. and Mrs. Ernest
Griffith.
For four years Miss McGrindell has
been associated with the British Ma
tional Council of Social Service and
was advisory officer on employment for
the northern section of England. For
her services to the city of Liverpool
she was given an honorary degree by
the University OF Liverpool and a
years leave of absence to travel.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
MANY CEREMONIES
TO MARK MAY DAY
War Memorial Service to Be
Linked to Child Health
Rites.

May day. proclaimed. by President
Roosevelt as Child Health day, will be
celebrated throughout the city tomor-
row by hundreds of adults and chill
dren alike.
Principal among the programs will
be a District World War memorial
service, and series OF events
sponsored by the United May Day
Committee.
Gen. James A. Drain, past national
commander of the American Legion
will deliver the main address at the
memorial service, which will be staged
at pm. at the District World War
Memorial in West Potomac Park.
The service is sponsored by the
American Legion, American Legion
Auxiliary, Des 40 Hommes ct Che
vaux, Des Chapeaux ct 40 Femmes
and the American Legion Auxiliary
Juniors.
Lineburx Will Speak.
Frank B. Noyes, who as chairman
OF the 1881 Memorial Commission is
credited with establishing the me-
mortal to the war dead, will be in
troduced. The Marine Band will
offer a concert under direction OF
Capt. Taylor Branson. Horace Line.
burg, American Legion department
commander, will deliver the address
Of welcome, with response being
given by Mary E. Killeen, president
OF the Legion Auxiliary.
Mollie E. Averill will speak on "Na.
tional Child Health Day" "Ameri.
canism" will be the subject OF talk
by Ferdinand G. Fraser. Col. Julius
I. Peyser will talk on appreciation.
Other participants in the program
will include Bess London Faine, Ellen
Louise Warren and r. j. Chaillet.
At the Barnard School observance
Of Child Health day was begun thi
morning with examination of approx.
mately so pre-school children by doc
tors, dentists and optometrists. Vari-
GUS forms Of entertainment, includ,
ing dances, health talks and pageant
were scheduled for presentation dur.
ing the day.
Fairgrounds Programs.
The Fairgrounds Department will
supervise special programs on 46 play
grounds tomorrow. These will include
athletic efficiency tests, with pres
entation of awards; field day pro-
grams, health pageants, singing ant
dances for the pre-school group, foil
dances and costumed events and /,
demonstration of the Japanese gam,
of battledore and shuttlecock at th'
Happy Hollow Playground.
In the meantime the dental healtl
demonstration being arranged TO
sixth division schools by the Distric
Health Department is attracting Wild
attention, according to reports. 4
dental health examination will be helt
at 8 am. Monday at Ludlow School.
An outdoor rally under auspices O
the United May Day Committee viii
be held at 1870 pm. tomorrow ir
Franklin Square. There will be al
indoor meeting at pm. at tn
Workmen's Circle Hall. 1909 -Four
teenth street.
Included In the list Of speakers VII
Evening star., 1937-04-30
NAVY YARD BEGINS
LAY-0FFS Of 500
Mostly Machlnists Losing
Jobs in S|ackening
of Work Load.

The Washington Navy Yard today
began the lay-of of 300 employees,
mostly machinists, due to the slacken-
ing of the work load here. All 300 will
be off the pay roll by tomorrow morn
ing.
Naval officials blamed the lay-off,
the largest single group discharge
since the 80 new warship building pro-
gram set up under the Public Works
Administration funds in 1888, on the
fact that building Of new ships has
decreased.
Further Lay-Offs Anticipated.
Some of the workers lost their Jobs
at o'clock this morning; others are
leaving at I pm. today. while addi-
tional workers will be through at mid
night. The discharges read "at the
close of work today"
While the Washington Navy Yard is
still on 24-hour shift, in relays Of
eight hours, further lay-offs are an
ticipated in the next year and half
to two years, naval of1cials warned
today, as work at the local yard
slackens further.
At the present time. the officials
pointed out, the Washington Navy
Yard is far above its normal number
OF employees, stepped up to meet the
ship building program. There are
5000 civilian workers at the WASH
lngton Navy Yard now, including the
300, who are losing their jobs.
More Lay-Offs in August.
Probably another 300 workers of the
Washington Navy Yard will have to
be laid off later in the year, Navy De-
partment officials today revealed, be-
ginning about August and continuing
| until early Fall. The exact number
has not yet been determined, but au-
thorities said that 1t will perhaps equal
the present lay-off. Altogether there
are some Alto machinists at the yard.
The lay-off program here is part of
the reduction in force in various navy
yards throughout the country, whereby
5000 workers will be dropped, due to
| lack of jobs There are $4,000 in the
Navy's mechanical forces in all navy
yards.
More Funds Needed.
At the naval gun factory at the
local yard they are manufacturing
guns for the new submarines, destroy
ers and cruisers. AS these vessels are
completed-and they are in varying
stages of Observation-Disclosures lay
offs are in prospect here.
While labor leaders have made ef-
forts to stave of the lay-offs, naval
officials made it clear that only by
the appropriation of additional funds
by Congress for new ships can these
workers be absorbed at the navy yards
Evening star., 1937-04-30
Bell Tolls and II. o. L. C.. Buvs
'Ex-Hearen' of Father Diuine

the H. o. L. c.. which made a loan
of $4,000 on the building in October.
1885. The loan was made to Ernest
Boswell and his wife, two of the lead
ers of the heaven" Payments were
l3 or IA months in arrears H o. L. C.
representatives said.
Rev. P. J. Jernagin, colored pastor
OF the Northeast Baptist Church, who
lives next door, said the cult members
had let the payments lapse in the be-
lief Father Divine would take care Of
them. Later they moved to 534 Har-
ward street, leaving the Claggett street
place to foreclosure.
Rev. Mr.. Jernagin, with other
neighbors, had complained of the
cults activities.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

be Senator Frazier, Representative
Coffee, Rev j. w. Jernagin, George
Murphy of the Afro-American news
paper, w. S. Risdon of the Union
Label League. Franklin Frazier Of
the Teachers Union and David LASER,
president of the Workers Alliance Of
America
Playlets to Be Given.
A series of playlets will be present.
ed at the evening meeting by the
New Theater League. which will de-
pict scenes from labor history Of the
past and present.
A May day rally Of Girl Scouts Of
Northeast Washington will be held on
the National Training School grounds
on Bladensburg road at pm. tomor-
row. Games and other sports will be
played Later picnic supper will be
held, to be followed by a campfire
program, in which each troop will par
ticipate.
The Chevy Chase School, 641O Con-
necticut avenue, will hold its annual
May day celebration tomorrow at 3
pm, in the Sylvan Theater on campus.
Miss Mary Carey of Pittsburgh will
be crowned May Queen, and a play
and ballet will follow.
Pupils of Park View School, at New
ton and Warder streets, were to give a
May day" celebration this afternoon
in the form of a play illustrating the
benefits of child participation in the
city-wide Spring cleanup campaign.
Another May day feature will be the
crowning of Miss Eunice Martin as
queen of the Filipino Center, Inc, at
ceremonies at $50 o'clock tomorrow
night at Almas Temple Hall, 1915 X
street. Miss Martin will be crowned
by Quintin Paredes, resident commits
sioner OF the Philippines. A reception
and dance will follow.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
STUDENTS TO TAKE TRIP

Eighty members Of the Georgetown
University Propeller Club and Foreign
Service School will leave here at 5
pm today for a weekend trip to
New York City as guests OF the Pro-
peller Club there
While in New York the party.
headed by Prof. Albert H. Haag, will
be taken on a tour of inspection Of
steamships, docking and loading facili-
ties and other maritime operations
John Andrews is president Of the local
club.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

Courageously attempting to capture
an escaping purse-snatcher, l1-year-
old Fred Storm, who complained last
week in Police Court that his father
had spanked him, escaped serious in
jury last night when he was knocked
from his bicycle by the thief
The boy, who has been living with
his mother, Mrs. Margaret Hoffman
1923 r street, since the spanking Incl
dent, was riding along Fifteenth street
when he saw a colored man accost
Miss Ruth Montgomery, 1925 Fiji
teenth street.
After a struggle, during which Miss
Montgomery was struck in the face
the man wrested away her purse
which contained small amount ol
money, and fled up Fifteenth street.
Overtakes Thief.
Following on his bicycle from the
scene OF the assault, which occurred
near an alley at the intersection of +
street, Fred caught up with the purse.
snatcher at Fourteenth and SWanr
streets.
There the man turned, ran over tt
the boy and hit him with his fist
knocking him to the ground
Fred was the hero of his playmate!
at the H. D. Cook School today, bu
modestly denied he showed an,
bravery.
Il was following the man because
wanted to see where he lived SO
could tell police" Fred said. 'I guess
got too close to him, because h,
rushed at me and said, Who are 70,
following?' When I said Nobody h,
hit me on the jaw and knocked m,
down. 1t didn't hurt much, though"
Freds father, Robert E. Storm, Dis.
trict engineer, was acquitted in Pc.
| lice Court last week on a charge tha
the spanking he administered his sor
constituted assault.
Violence also was resorted to in twt
other hold-ups and one attempted
hold-up last night.
| Man Hit on Head.
William Williams, 1921 Sixteenth
street, told police one of two whit,
men struck him on the head with
gun. but hurried away enpty-handet
following the attack in Lafayette Park
Williams was treated for scalp LAGER
alton at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
Do Your Lights Glare I

How are your lights? Do you know
whether they are right or wrong?
Turn them on tonight-walk so feet
ahead-turn and face them. It's
pretty good way to find out. If the
glare bats you in the eye, you have
some idea Of their effect on the thou
sands Of drivers who face you on
the highway after dark.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

Preceded by the tolling Of an old
dinner bell, the former Father Di-
vine heaven" or mission-take your
choice-at 2o33 Claggett street north
east was sold at auction yesterday
afternoon to satisfy mortgage held
by the Home Owners Loan Corp.
Three representatives of H. O. L. c..
one of whom bid the residence in for
$4,000; two newspaper men and a
score Of neighborhood children were
the only spectators at the sale.
At 4:l5 pm, Auctioneer Thornton
Owen turned to his colored chauffeur,
Howard Blackford, and directed him
to ring the bell"
The only bid was the one made by
Evening star., 1937-04-30
NAVY'S LABOR SITUATION
GIVEN STUDY BY EDISON

Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Charles Edison today began a study
of the Nays labor situation. Oh-
cfals said that while the Supreme
courts recent labor decisions may
have q bearing on the study. the out
growth is not direct result Of them.
The study, which will take several
months, will be under the direction
OF Reart Admiral Henry E. Lackey.
head Of the shore establishments d.
vision Of the Navy Department.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
New Mortgage Record.

The Federal Housing Administra-
ton said today the current squirt in
home building pushed the March
volume Of home mortgages selected
for F. H. A. insurance to new peak.
The March total of $6s,045,452 waA
1872 per cent higher than the previous
record month Of October, 1896.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
Grasshopper Drive to Start.

The Agriculture Department an
r1ounced today that 3 campaign
against grasshoppers ION national
scale" would start early in May with
$1,000, 900 provided BY Congress.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

association would have paid about
two and a half million dollars in
liability insurance premiums.
Davis estimated that premiums on
insurance for q single cab would
amount to about $400 Z year.
Evening star., 1937-07-14
Senator Robinson.

Under any circumstances the death
OF Senator Robinson would be counted
as loss to the Nation.
Under the present circumstances, In
the midst OF the historic Senate debate
over the court plan, his death comes as
an appalling, dramatic shock. He died,
as the saying goes, with his boots on"
And 1t is his death that will bring to 4
close that day In legislative time which
was to be prolonged indefinitely through
his energetic leadership.
Who can say but that it was the strain
OF his recent activities, dictated by his
answering loyalty to his party leaders.
which brought this untimely end to a
career which held such great promise of
continued value?
AS the leader OF the administration
forces in the Senate, Senator Robinson
had encountered in the past and was fac
ing now stiff opposition within and with
out the Senate. based on principle.
But no such opposition to the Senator's
leadership ever rested for 4 moment on
personal grounds, He was popular
man. respected for his qualities of cour-
age and loyalty. He went down fight-
ing. And, in any cause, that is good
way to die.