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The Washington times., 1937-07-28
REz0N|NG PLAN
TOAD ROAD

ARLINGTON, Va, July 28.-In,
itial action on the proposal to re-
zone six tracts along the new Lee
Boulevard approach to Memorial
Bridge to insure the county a
scenic highway was to be taken by
the County Board Of zoning Ap.
peals today.
Three of the pieces of property,
which face the boulevard at Fort
Myer Drive, are zoned for local
business. The other three, near
Arlington Bridge Road, are zoned
for industrial use.
Led by the Arlington County
Civic Federation, citizens groups
throughout the county have waged
a campaign during recent weeks
to support coming the six tracts
in the strict "a" residential clas-
sification. The property owners,
County Manager Frank c. Hanra-
han and at least two members Of
the county board, favor the less
strict "B" classification, which
will permit construction Of apart
ment houses.
In event the citizens win this
fight, however, they will be faced
with much additional campaign
ing to make the new boulevard
entirely apartment proof" More
than a dozen other tracts along
the Memorial Bridge approach
now have a "B" zone classified.
ton.
After its deliberations today, the
Zoning Appeals Board will submit
it's recommendation on the pro-
posed change to the county board
for final action at its meeting at
9 a. m. Friday. Large delegations
from the Civic Federation and
other groups plan to attend the
county board session,
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
7 Kittens, Pup
Shopping for
NeW Homes

Two beautiful kittens are offered
for adoption today. They are az
months old. One is white and tan
and the other is a tiger. These
pets may be obtained from Miss
M. L. Sherman, zoe Varnum ST..
N. w. adams 4434.)
Four other kittens may also be
adopted through Miss Sherman,
as they belong to one Of her
friends. They are about months
old and of various colorS. Homes
with yards are asked.
A homeless kitten, dubbed
orphan Annie" is in the posses
sior Of Miss Wanda Fernand, of
3005 Fourteenth st. N. W., second
floor, who is anxious to place the
pet into a good home. The kitten
may be seen any time after 6
p. nj. It is in perfect health and
exceedingly playful. It is prettily
marked in gray and white.
Another pet needing a home is
a female black pup, 3 months old,
part wirehaired and part fox ter
rier, which may be adopted from
Mrs. j. T. BURNETT, 8O4 Flower
Ave, Takoma Park, Md. (Shep-
herd 4024.)
Notify the pet editor of The
Washington Times if you have
pets that need other homes.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
Boy, "A, Stabber
0fFather, Held

A 14-year-old boy today was held
at the Receiving Home, charged
with stabbing his father in the
back during a family quarrel yes
terday, while the father was in
Gallinger Hospital recovering
from superficial wound.
The boy is Louis Reed, 1882
Douglas st. N. E. The father,
George w. Reed, Sc, faces charges
of disorderly conduct lodged
against him by Twelfth Precinct
police who investigated the affair.
According to police, Reed was
chasing his wife around the yard
of their home when the boy came
to his mothers defense, Stabbing
his father with a small knife.
Meanwhile neighbors had called
police, and the father was taken
first to Casualty Hospital, then
transferred to Gallinger, while
the boy was sent to the Receiving
Home.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
! ARE INJURED
BY AUTOS

Struck by an automobile at
Tenth and F Streets Northwest
last night, Angelo Palma, 81, o.
GOT Eighth st. N. E., was in a
serious condition in Emergency
Hospital today, suffering concus'
sion of the brain.
Stephen Jackson, %, OF Buffalo,
N. Y, said by police to be the
driver of the car, was charged
with operating a car with defec-
tive brakes.
Raymond L. Mitchell. 80, OF
$50 Madison st. N. W., suffered
two broken ribs last night when
his automobile struck a tree and
overturned at Suitland Road and
Alabama Avenue Southeast. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28

BIRTHS
Leon and Anne DOhlstadt, twin
girls.
George and Mary Holt, boy.
Stanley and Mary Reed, girl.
Leonard and Marguerite Herbert,
Andrew and Grace. Launan. boy.
Richard and Mary Curry, boy.
Arthur and Hannah Claxton, girl.
Carl and Marion GrOOskurth, girl.
Ralph and Margaret BurlesOn, girl.
Archie and Christine WOrsham,
boy.
DEATHS
Hannah UrdOng. 80, Emergency
Hospital.
Benjamin. F. Cole. 81 Emergency
Hospital.
James n, Dawson. rs, Soldiers
Frank w. Bowling, 70, Emergency
Mary E. Storey, IS, sibIey Hospital.
Caroline Cheyney So, 2S15 Myrtle
II. Icui; :. Everett IS. sss Psnn.yI-
Richard Potter. SO. Georgetown Hos
Mary shartleff. 81. 1910 NrlntwOOd
Anna L. German. So, Georgetown
Henry F. KsOgan. Sc. 11O1 Monroe
Jason B. COukin, 50. Potomac
River.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
MARRIAGES

Michael j. O'Brien, 20, Of Brent
wood. Nd, and Nellie j. Sullivan, "a
Of 1925 Seventeenth st. N. ".
Camp Hi, Pa, and Rose II. sfr1ksr,
81, Of 419 Quincy st. N. W.
Leo P. PaytOn, 3S, Of 6S14 Ninth
So. n. W., and Mary e. Anderson, ~
Of walter Reed Hospital:
Va. and mildred I. Gates. Sc. Of
Sam cOnicoff. s., of New York
city, and Clara Gergar. 20, Of III
Tuckerman St. N. W..
John G. Graham, q; Of 1928 POtS-
Of gao II st. n. w.
Henry w. HartlOve, 22, Of Balti-
more, Nd, and Gilmore, Darlington,
ID, Of Baltimore, Md.
Hsrrisburg, Pa. and ESteiia s. Mich.
Olas, FL. Of Harrisburg, Pa.
Robert Sims, r.. 2e, Of 1907 Fiji
teenth st. N. W., and Elsie Turner,
20. of 42O6 Fourteenth st. N. w.
N. W., and Viola Blandin, 81, Of 1925
Robert Clemmens, 20. Of eli L st.
n. w.; and Bertha Pledger, -, Of 617
william Thomas. ss. Of $50 Pick.
simms is Of Ssciss james jam I Fl. n: W. !.
Sylvester w. Bergman, 20, OF eos
Morgan st. N. W., and Marie Owens,
Leroy Day. e, Of 62s X st. N. w.,
and Alberta Washington, 10. Of ISL
r st. 8. W.
William W. Newman, IS, of ,6O4 ID
st. N. W., and Yvetto NJ. Myrick, 26,
Of 1910 Eighth st N. w.
julius e. James, 2S, Of Middle
town. Ohio. and Reva Green, 20, of
026 Harvard st. N. w.
Daniel Schweatt. SIS, Of 1854 Sixth
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
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The Washington times., 1937-07-28

Jones Nineteenth Street corpora
ton.
She's a typist with general
files section, likes to sing and
makes dramatics her leading in.
tereSt. Back in March, when The
Times distributed 200 opening
game passes to FederaliteS, Miss
Messenger was winner.
FED RALISMS s. Michael
Schaefer, Navy Department, left
Monday for an extended vacation
destination unannounced
The survey of prisons, WPA prof.
ect at Justice, will not be resumed
"A new lodge at Detroit has been
added to the A F. G. E. Among
Columbus U. legal graduates is
Mary Agnes O'Connell, Congress
sional Library Interior has al
loted $4,000 to National Parks
for fish hatchery at Glacier Ma
tional Park, but custodial workers
are forced to fight for raises grant
ed them by Congress recently ..
Interstate Motor Carriers Lodge,
No. 349, A. F. G. E., has become
Transportation Lodge" as there
is a U. F. w. local at Interstate
also Interior opened an ex-
hibition of drawings and water
colors in its new art gallery yes
terday.
Are YOU the victim of discrim.
nation? Being deprived of just
pay increase or being overturned?
Getting the runaround? Let us
attempt confidential Aerrection,
District 1000, branch 210.
While Enid Mitchell, Of REA,
sings sweetly each evening at the
Metronome Room, competition for
her successor will take place to-
morrow from 8 to 10 p. M, in the
Wardman Park cool spot, when
talented employees from several
agencies will compete for a weeks
engagement at $50. Those listed:
Interstate: G. B. Slebos. Bryant
Collins, Toni Eyle, Edwin H. Cage;
PWA: Mathilda c. Heuser, Harry
and Tom Dawson, Guy Edward
CASTOR, M. H. Smith, Bill Sander
son; Navy: Don Buckley and Jack
McCalley; State: Agnes Utley,
Virginia Nelson, Louella Liven-
good; G. A. o.: Evelyn Guthman;
White House: Frank Sanderson;
Tariff Commission: Ruth K. Close;
Railroad Retirement: John Fro
mer.
Victor in the addition will not
only start as special Metronome
artist Monday, but will be eligible
for an all-expense trip to New
York city if winner in the grand
finals. Scott Hart, Bernie Har-
riSon and Don Craig, scribes, will
judge between set-ups.
Here's a treat for the music
fan, and it isn't necessary to be
a lover of good music" either.
Because it proved so popular in
previous presentation, the Agri-
culture Departments chorus will
again appear in "A Gay Nineties
Picnic" this evening at the Agri-
culture Auditorium, South Build
ing, beginning at $3.50.
Robert Frederick Freund will
direct the program of % separate
old-time favorites, including such
standouts as Sidewalks of New
York, I'm the Good Old Summer.
time" 1.-THE Bowery," TIA Ra Ra
Boom de Aye" Sweet Adeline,"
Come Home. Father" After the
Ball is Over" Aud Lang Syne,"
In the Evening by the Moon.
light" Silver Threads Among
the Gold" and THE Man on the
Flying Trapeze."
Artists to appear will include
Norma Hanson, Joel Winkjer, John
Wilson, Alice BurruS, Walter Redit,
Ethel Gribble, Roy Gray, Ralph
Marston, Ruth Coberly, Doris Men
ter, Prudence Jackson, Hilda Mel
son, and Victor Neal, who will be
accompanies. Mrs. Agnes Lamond
designed the costumes.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
Pepco to Stage Outing

So that every employee will have
a chance to attend, the Potomac
Electric Power Company will de-
vote two days to its third annual
outing at Bay Ridge, Md, on Tues
day, August 10, and Thursday, AL
gust IL.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28

70 m o t in g,
m a k ing a +
rangements and
contracting tai
emit within the
department for
Interiors n e W
Recreation AS
ISOLATION. Gen
eral activities
com m i t tee is
headed by S. w.
CroSthwait, Of
flee of Indian
Affairs, while
Edward j. Kelly
heads the ath-
-.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
Senate Votes Plea
For Hole Figures

The Senate yesterday approved
a resolution by Senator James J.
Davis (RJ, Pa, asking the Home
Owners Loan Corporation for in
formation on its Pennsylvania
activities for the last three years.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28


from National Capital Parks.
Ian Forbes, National Park Ser
vice, is chairman of the social COM
mittee, which has already begun
to- function and will no doubt be
the first to present an association
sponsored affair.
Forbes, big, genial, is appropri-
ately active in the recreation
group, as he is recreation econ
omist for NPS. A Pittsburgh ma
tive, graduate of the University Of
Pittsburgh, he came to Washing
ton on January /, 1886, after hav-
ing served as recreational direc-
tor for IVA at Norris Dam, Tenn.
Living at 2138 California st. N. w.,
he has three children and prefers
tennis and fishing for his own
recreational activities.
Since yesterday, Civil Service
has been hearing from women,
kicked into the street since 1882,
who ask reinstatement under re-
peal of Section 213 why can't
organizations forget their petty
rivalrieS and combine to push for
Executive order as suggested by
local scribe, aholishing red tape
and achieving quick reinState-
ments? Civil Service Commits
sions archaic rules again proving
unnecessary obstacle >. those get
ting the run-around invited to con-
tact this column, District 1000,
branch 210.
JOTTINGS- the current
economy program, employees at Sc
curities and Exchange face a do
nation of $365 900, $1,000 for each
working day, to Uncle Sam as I'M
paid overtime E. Hill bloc is
determined to wreck additional
$1,5O0,000 for NLRB, tagged on
third deficiency bill =. Mrs. Beu-
lah M. Searles and Thomas Hamp-
ton represent Office Of Indian At
fairs on Interior Recreation AsSo-
cations social committee
division Of field service at Social
Security is being wiped out, per-
sonnet of the Baltimore records
unit and Washington claims di-
vision likewise being merged
biggest hope at Social Security is
to "get away from here with a
good assignment in the field" E..
some, however, think Washing
ton career is tops Interior
will block raise for custodial work
ers granted by Congress if they
haven't completed years service,
One year ago today: George
Hall, AAA, and the former Lettie
9Usherwood were newlywedS.
Bit by bit, Social Security Board
is doing a right-aboutface on the
six employees, whose union charges
were fired for union and racial
discrimination" After a hearing
before Joseph L. Fay, Baltimore
chief of operations for S. S. B.,
Harvey HICKMAN and David
Schutzberger yesterday were or
dered reinstated, thus joining 1rv-
ing Gordon and Ralph Balm, who
were rehired early this month.
The two other discrimination"
cases, Bernard Schultz and Will
liam Sumpf, will have their plight
reviewed shortly by N. L. r. B.
Lares and penates of E. Claude
Babcock and company are in proc
ess of shifting from National Press
Club to McGill Building, 908 G
st. N. W., recently vacated by
Bureau of Mines. reason for the
move is that United Civil Service
Employees can keep a better watch
on Civil Service Commission do
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
Sylvan Theater Program

Summer festival programs will
be given in the National Sylvan
Theater in the Washington Monu.
ment Grounds Tuesday and Thurs
day nights Of next week, August
3 and 5. under auspices of the
Community Center Department
and the Office of National Capital
Parks.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
BY ]. EARLE MOsER

While workers in other agencies
have been protesting against pro,
motion bans and failure to fill va
cancies, Resettlement Administra-
tons personnel has been taking it
on the chin via outright dismissal.
Due to reduced funds and a gen.
eral consolidation of the largest
single emergency agency set up by
the New Deal. dismissal notices
have been distributed hither and
yon among the Washington staff
as we'll as in the field. Since the
end of May the D. C. totals for RIA
have sunk by more than 400, drop
ping from 2,116 to an even 100.
Field reductions have been even
more drastic.
During the current month, Off
Gals say, 270 notices were handed
tc employees and by Monday $500
will have been sent to the field.
All of the notices carry two weeks
notice of discharge and dismiSSeeS
receive pay for all accrued leave.
Many at RA have saved their leave
carefully due to the uncertainties
of working for the agency, and as
a result some workers will not be
fully separated" until as late as
September Is.
While the recent cuts are the
last major operations planned, fir.
ingS will be continued here and
there, officials say. Where we
can do without person We'll let
him 60" it is said. Since going
under Agriculture the RIA has en-
dured a gradual settling down"
process, according to chiefs.
Committee chairmen and mem
bers of committees are to bear the
hrunt of the work in organizing,
The Washington times., 1937-07-28

tender in any
popularity con-
test over at
RFC.
Miss MeSSin-
ger is a Cul-
p e p er, V a.,
girl, educated
in the District
a t w e s t ern
High SC h ool
and S tr a y e r
Business Col
e G e, and is
rounding gu t
h er fou r t h
year of service
fnr I q G G q
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
RESETTLEMENT'S STAFF SLICED
27O IN JULY, 400 SINCE MAY

ings. tomorrow's meeting of the
washington group has been post
poned.
Social Security Union folk to-
morrow celebrate admission into
the C. I. O.. Jacob Baker due
to speak possibly an Ssh Of
fetal. fun begins at 8 p. m,
Potomac Park Apartments, Twen-
ty-first and C SITS. N. w.
Jeanette Messenger. 1925 Sew
enteenth st. N. W., pretty and
youthful, would be a strong con-
The Washington times., 1937-07-28

William p: Connery, jS.. 4e, HOmeO-
pathio Hospital.
John Powell, 4S sibIey Hospital.
Mary Bahrmeelter, 81, A7O1 Forty.
ninth st. N. w.
Glenn c. McCracken, ~, Walter
Reed General Hospital.
James A. Julian, 20, Walter Reed
General Hospital.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS
WEDDING announcements, 50 as uD: 24-hr
aerylee 90odhart's 1914 b Ma 9l72
FLORISTS
50 20 up BLACKISTONE, mo. 90 IN up
Funeral Designs vS'~V
14O7 q &c. N. W. NAT. 1905
GUIDE BROS. CO., Funeral Designs
1919 2 ST N. w. NAH. 4259
BEAUTIFUL FUNERAL SPRAYS
50 and Up. Delivered. y. y. LEAPLEY
Florist. eos g g. n. ".
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES

Sc. N. W., and Lee r. Bunch, 80. IL
1903 Oregon Ave. N. W.
gia Ave. N. W., and Mamie III. Fran.
els, 16, Of 2515 Georgia Ave. n. W.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28

Committee chairmen and mem
bers of committees are to bear the
brunt of the work in organizing,
Smyrna times., 1937-05-06
span PROJECT
AT WILMINGTON
Temporary Road to Carry
Causeway Traffic During
Construction
ESTIMATED COST s225,OOO

An $4,000 temporary hard sur
face highway will be built over a
section of the marsh along the
South Wilmington causeway dur
ing construction of a $255 900 con-
crete span on the straight route to
eliminate railroad grade crossings.
This was decided by the State
Highway Commission at Dover,
said w. w. Mack, chief engineer,
when the commission read results
of three-day traffic survey made
on the causeway last week. The
survey showed that an average of
$4,000 vehicles use the causeway
daily. Some days there are 10000.
This traffic is too big to divert in
any way without serious loss to
business and a thousand other diff
ficulties. Since there is no other
direct route across the marshes to
the southern gateway of the city,
the only answer is to build road
around the construction operations,
Mr.. Mack said, and the road will
have to be hard surfaced to stand
up under the heavy traffic. The
bridge, to be paid for entirely with
federal funds from a division of the
Bureau of Roads, will be one of the
largest of its kind. 1t will be 79
feet long and will have four lanes
for traffic The commission has
authorized advertising for bids on
the whole project, of which the
temporary road will be part. Mr..
Mack said he expects construction
to start June 1, and the bridge to
be ready toward the end of the
winter. One of the commissioners
Newton L. Grubb of Grubb's
Road, Brandywine Hundred at
tended his last meeting as a mem
Der after 16 years service. He was
appointed in 1921 by former Gov.
William D. Denney and was reap
pointed eight years ago by former
Gov. C. Douglass Buck. That
term has just ended. Mr.. Grubb,
who is 73, is a Democrat and has
lived all his life in the house built
by his great-grandfather, John
Grubb, in 1777.
Smyrna times., 1937-05-06
TENTH JUBILEE
ROTARY CLUB
Anniversary of Smyrna RO-
tary Club To Be Held
This Evening
ALSO LADIES NIGHT

The Smyrna Rotary Club will
observe their tenth anniversary
and Ladies Night Thursday even
ing, May 9Th, in the High School
Cafeteria. The Dover and Middle
town Clubs are invited to join the
Smyrna Club on their anniversary.
A special program of entertain
ment will be provided. The John
Bassett Moore High School Or
chestra under the direction of Prof.
John McFadden presented forty
five minutes of music for the club
last Thursday evening. Victor En-
mis-, clarinetist, Betty Jones, from
bonist and Marie FAIRIES, cornetist,
played solo numbers with Roberta
Ennis and Miss Mary Hynson plan
lists as accompanies. Warner w.
Price congratulated the young stu
dents in their rapid progress in
music under the direction of Prof.
McFadden. Visiting Rotarians: J.
A. Frear, Jr., H. H. Hanson, j. H.
Wheatly, and ]. w. McFadden of
Dover Club.
Smyrna times., 1937-05-06
FLARE AT ROXY THEATRE
Reel of Films Caught Fire and
Closed Late Friday Performance

During the performance at the
Roxy Theatre on Friday evening,
reel of film caught fire in the
projection room, causing some ex-
citement, but the theatre was
emptied without panic or injur-
les. The fire was extinguished be-
fore the two engines arrived on the
scene. Harry Aumack, the Roxy
manager, showed enterprise by
having repairs made and the the
atre ready for Saturdays perform
ance. How the fire occurred is a
mystery. Maddux D. Ebright who
was alone in the booth at the time,
discovered the blaze and though he
lost his coat and hat hanging near
the blaze, he reached for a fire ex-
tinguisher and was using it when
help arrived. The damage to
equipment, covered by insurance,
was slight.
Smyrna times., 1937-05-06
McMULLEN CALLS A
SPECIAL SESSION OF ASSEMBLY

McMul1en's Office was attended by
II of the IL senators and 81 of the
35 Representatives and lasted less
than an hour. 1t was agreed to
restrict the business of the special
session to two bills outlined in the
Governors call. The bill, involving
about S450,00O for each of the next
two fiscal years, to be transferred
from franchise tax receipts will
have to be changed because the ap-
preparations to these agencies are
set up in the general appropria-
tions bill and so must come out of
the general fund. At the regular
session, the legislature enacted a
bill providing that the money come
from the school fund. The
will not alter the amount
to come from the school fund but
will provide that it go through the
general fund. The main purpose
of the special session will be to
straighten out the confusion over
the school bill. During Tuesdays
conference, Governor McMullen ex-
planned that the bill carried appro-
priations OF 1854, 900 to operate
the schools for the two fiscal years,
July l.
Smyrna times., 1937-05-06

Gov. Richard c. McMullen Tues
day issued proclamation calling
the State Legislature to convene
May 18 in a special session to en-
act the forgotten seven-million-
dollar school appropriations bill.
The proclamation was signed by
the Governor Tuesday night after
a conference of members of the
Legislature in his Office at Dover
Monday morning. The Governors
plan, which he is confident will be
carried out, is for a one-day ses-
sion at no expense to the state.
Two purposes for the special ses-
sion are given in the proclamation:
To enact legislation providing for
an appropriation for school budget
for the years beginning respective
ly July /, 1887, and July 1, 1888.
To enact legislation which will pro-
vide for the diversion or transfer
of future franchise tax receipts to
general fund, to meet the appro-
priation required of the state for
the University of Delaware, the
State College for Colored Students.
and the State Tax Department for
the biennium beginning July 1,
1887. The conference in Governor
Smyrna times., 1937-05-06
SMYRNA 10Th
CENTURY CLUB
DIR. Woodbridge Morris of the
State Board of Health Talks
on maternal Mortality"
PROGRAM TOMORROW

The regular business meeting of
the Twentieth Century Club was
held last Friday. Following the
business meeting the annual busi-
ness meeting was conducted. Of
ficers and chairmen Of standing
committees reports were read CIV
ing a splendid account of the club
work for the past year. DR.. Wood
bridge Morris, a member of the
State Board of Health with offices
in Dover, gave an excellent ad-
dress on Maternal Mortality"
The fashion show which was held
on April 23rd was big success.
The models in a unique way dis
played clothes which were the up
to-date in fashion. Sport suits,
shoes, hose, bags, hats, misses
gowns, matron's gowns, evening
frocks were modelled by Mrs. Her
vey P. Hall, Mrs. Medford Sparks,
Mrs. e. Kennard Price, Mrs. Theo-
dore Hynson, Mrs. w. c. Deakyne,
Mrs. Davis Bell, Mrs. Grover King,
Mrs. Glenn King, and Mrs. William
Woods. Music week will be OBJ
served by the club in special mu-
sical program which will be held
on Friday, May 7th.