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The Washington times., 1937-06-11
Want An Alligator?

Who wants an alligatorI
Anyone willing to provide a
home for one or more such pets
can get one, or four, alligators
from MAYORS Seafood Restaurant,
951 Water st. s w.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
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Evening star., 1937-04-23
HEALTH CRUSADE
BOOSTED ON AIR
Bishop Freeman and Others
Urge Support of Hos
pitaI Fund.

Stimulus to the united hospitals
Crusade for Health" was giver yes
terday in radio statements by four
prominent Washingtonians. The
speakers were Bishop James E. Free
man, Rev. Arthur A. OJeary, presi-
dent of Georgetown University; DR..
Cloyd H. Marvin, president of George
Washington University, and DR.. Will
liam Gerry Morgan.
The drive was launched April is by
the nine united hospitals, Childrens,
Columbia, Emergency, Episcopal, Gar
field, Georgetown, George Washing
ton, Homeopathic and Providence.
They are seeking $4,000 by May l.
Bishop Freeman urged support of
the campaign and commented, This
special appeal must be met, else We
shall leave the hospitals in position
where they are unable to carry on
their indispensable work"
Lauding the physicians for giving
unsparingly of their time and talents
to the needy sick" Rev. OIeary
stated, "the hospitals have cheerfully,
even If at financial burden, cared
for countless patients in a way which
mitigated their sufferings and main
tanned their self-respect. The public
is now asked to join in bearing
burden which, with all their generous
good will, the hospitals can no longer
carry"
DR.. Marvin said, denial of needed
hospital care to a large number of
1ndlviduals-which inevitably will fol-
low If the crusade falls short of its
objective-cannot have serious con-
sequences for the community"
The responsibility of the city to see
that "the sinews of war on disease"
are provided for the hospitals to eff
clently wage that war for an otherwise
unprotected public" was stressed by
DR. Morgan.
Ross Garrett, director Of the Central
Admitting Bureau for Hospitals, in
troduced the speakers.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
MATTRESSES ASSURED
OF FUTURE POSITIONS

The Supreme Courts minimum wage
decision will not mean replacement
OF woman workers by men, labor Off
cials assured more than 300 local
mattresses at mass meeting Wednes-
day night at 429 Eleventh street.
This view was expressed by Mary
Anderson Of the Labor Departments
Woman's Bureau and Mrs. Agnes
King, president of the Womens Trade
Union League.
Anna Neary, American Federation
OF Labor agent, stressed the impor-
tance Of organizing Washington wait
resses.
Edward Flore, international presi-
dent of the Hotel and Restaurant
Workers Alliance, also spoke. Mrs.
Mabel Norman, chairman of the wait
reSSeS' branch of the Hotel and Res
taurant Workers Alliance, Local No.
78l, presided at the session.
Evening star., 1937-04-23

automobile which she allegedly was
driving struck street car, fatally
injuring passenger in her machine,
according to police.
An assistant corporation counsel
permitted Mrs Peals release pending
the outcome Of her companions in
juries. After he died, she was ordered
held by coroner's jury on manslaugh-
ter charges, but police have been I'M
able to locate her.
Col. Lawrence G. Crawford, chair
man of the Board of Trades Traffic
Committee, called attention to this case
at meeting of his group yesterday,
and said he had written a letter to
Seal asking for complete information
on the case. He said he hadn't re-
ceived an answer.
The inquiry ordered by the Com
missioner also Is expected to cover
cases in which court papers allegedly
have been refused against Influential"
persons.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
HAZEN ASKSPR0BE
| OF TRAFFIC CASES
Wants Reports of 'Laxity"
Investigated-PeaI Case
Is Cited.

Commissioner Melvin G. Hazen has
requested Corporation Counsel FL
wood Seal to make an investigation of
reported "laxity" in Police Court
prosecution Of several recent traffic
cases coming under the assistant cor
poration counsel's office at the court.
The Commissioner said he had
heard reports that "favoritism" had
been shown in certain traffic cases,
and that he had ordered a study of
the records.
One Of the cases under scrutiny, it
was learned, Is that of Mrs. Betty
Peal, who was released after being
charged with reckless driving, The
Evening star., 1937-04-23
BLADENSBURG CITIZENS
OPPOSE TAX MEASURE

Opposition to the Collins tax bill
proposing new sources of revenue for
the District was voiced by the Bla-
densburg Road Citizens Association
Wednesday night.
Specific mention was made Of
proposed increase in the gasoline tax
and the proposal to tax motor vehi-
cles by weight, although the group
opposed the bill in its entirety.
Members said they would approve
no tax increase plan unless specific
mention was made as to what the
funds would be spent for.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
Mosquito Splits
In Wound to Kill
You, After Biting
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, April 23.-Mos-
quitoes, DR.. Robert L. Benson Of
Portland, Greg, said today, add
insult to injury when they bite, by
splitting into the wound.
1t is this saliva which makes
a mosquito bite swell and itch, he
told the American College of Ply
sicians, because human beings are
allergic to the insect protein Sc
creted in the saliva.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
District r. 0. A. to Meet.

The District Department of the Re-
serve Officers Association will meet at
8 o'clock tonight in the Old Interior
Department auditorium, Maj. Roy E.
Hughes, president, will preside at the
session.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
i. 5. EXPORTS
SHOW GAIN

BUENOS AIRES, March 8
U.NSO.-Argentina's export trade
balance for January reached the
phenomenal figure of 1880, 739
pesos ($57 100000 at the official
rate of exchange) compared with
103, ,289 ,094 pesos c$34, ,400,00o) in
December and 40,602,103 pesos
$13,500, ,000) in January last year.
The imports in January amount
ed to 106,974,456 pesos against
104,326,439 pesos in December and
102,807,317 pesos in January 1886.
The outstanding feature of the
trade figures, from the American
point of view, was the remarkable
squirt in imports of United States
origin which rose from 15,050, ,820
pesos in January 1886 to 20,659,-
134 pesos last month. or an in
crease of 1875 per cent.
For the same period the imports
from all sources increased 144
per cent. On the other hand the
imports from the United Kingdom
had a setback from January last
year when the figure was 23,563,-
s25 pesos to 81, ,537 ,839 pesos.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
NEW TRINITY
RITES HELD

Special rites were held last
night, celebrating the opening of
the new Takoma Park Trinity
Episcopal Church. With the Rt.
Rev. James E. Freeman, D. D.,
Bishop of Washington, officiating,
nearly 20 of the city's clergymen
participated in the formal exer-
ciSeS.
Assisting Bishop Freeman were:
Rev. Reno S. Harp, jr., rector Of
the new church; Canon Anson
Phelps Stokes, of Washington
Cathedral the Rev. ZeBarney
Phillips, rector of the Church of
the Epiphany, and the Rev.
Charles T. Warner, rector of ST..
Adams Church.
The new church at Piney
Branch Road and Dahla Street
Northwest, replaces a former edi-
flee condemned nearly two years
ago. Since then, the 400 mem
berS of the congregation have
worshiped in an adjoining parish
hall.
The new church is of early
English gothic design and built Of
granite. Philip Hubert Frohman,
architect of Washington Cathe-
dral, designed it.
A 60-foot tower, housing the
bell that hung in the old church,
is a gift of Mrs. Katherine
Vassar johnson.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
PUBLIC WORKS
FOR IDLE, AIM
OFH0USE IS
International News Service

Demand that the Government
continue a works program, as "one
measure of attacking unemploy-
ment that is necessary and un-
avoidable," was made today by Is
House members. They said ap-
proximately 1166 other members
were in accord with them. A joint
statement said:
"Due to conditions never be-
fore faced in human history,
millions of our people are still
unemployed. 1t must be q prin-
ciple Of American Government
that all citizens who are able
and willing to work shall have
work.
"America today needs many
kinds of work done which private
industry cannot do. If private
industry cannot give jobs to all
our people, jobs for our unem-
pIOyed can and must be provided
on Government works projects"
The statement recommended
that the proposed works program
ban waste and made-work," add
ing:
Every project should be
planned so it will create q dol.
lars worth of wealth and per-
manent social value for every
dollar spent"
It suggested that Government
projects include soil conservation,
of new land, low-cost
housing and cheap power projects.
The following members signed the
statement:
Luecke, Of Michigan; Maverick,
Texas; Fries, Illinois; McFarlane,
Texas; Voorhis, California; Allen,
Pennsylvania Hill, Washington;
Pierce, Oregon; IZac, California;
O'Connell, Montana; Coffee, Wash
ington; Murdock, Arizona; Gar
rett, Texas; Golden, California;
O'Day, New York Eckert, Pennsyl-
vania, all Democrats.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
Can't Compete

"WeH, that Is the kind OF an
outfit your peasant finds him.
self up against sDheI he hits the
viIlages.
"He has spent all his life
gro,Oing ,DheGt, potatoes and
pigs. That doesn't make q man
a brick mason. 1t doesn't teach
him hoU to tailor a suit OF
clothes.
"He can't compete because he
hasn't been fitted for to1Dn life,
and the JelD hardly kno1DS any
other kind. He is a pretty poor
deUu himself, but he manages
to keep going. The only t0Gy
the peasant can go is dol01G.
That makes him mad.
$50 what does he do? He
slaughters the Jews, lOOts the
stores, and tears things up. But
killing a Jewish shoemaker
doesn't make q shoemaker Of
his murderer.
Beating up a tailor won't
make a buShelman of the fel-
low that does the beating. Loot
ing a merchants store doesn't
turn the lOOters into mer-
chants"
"My dear fellow" said the
Polish journalist, "yOu don't
understand"
Back of this casual luncheon
conversation lies dark tragedy.
In Poland, over three millior
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
POLISH JEWS
MISTREATED
Continued from Page II

Continued from Page II
don't like to worE and tDher
the JetD ioeS 1Dork and gets
somewhere you get sore. You
1DGnt to beat him. Kill him.
Tuke nDay his business. Run
him out of the country. Get
him out of your sight.
"Sdy, let me ask you a queS-
tion! HoD much land does the
Average Polish peasant hGUe?"
"Around fine acres"
Give acres! How do you ex-
pect a family to live on that in
this climate? You can't get but
one crop . year If you stand on
your head. This isn't the trOp-
les. You need food here, clothes
and shelter.
THE answer is that the peas
ant is in a bad way. So he
grumbleS. He begins to mutter
about dividing up the great eS-
tateS so that he can have more
land. Then to keep him from
getting mean about it you en-.
courage him to leave the land
and go to the villages.
"When he gets there what does
he find? He finds Jews. They
were never permitted to own land
and so they are not farmers,
And, besides, even if they had
been allowed to buy a piece Of
soil they'd have been saps to
do it.
"Any day they might have
been driven out of the country
and you can't take a chunk Of
soil along in your pocket. So
they stuck in the villages. They
became shOemakerS, carpenters,
brick-maSOnS, carriers, butchers,
tradesmen. Anything to make a
living.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
Tragedy of JeWs

The German Jews numbered
among their members distin-
guished figures like EinStein,
whose enforced exile called the at
tention Of the world to the plight
of German Jewry. The Polish
Jews have no such figures. Yet
their tragedy is without parallel in
the modern world.
No such threat has been made
to them since that time in 1648-
nearly three hundred years ago
when 100000 Jews were slaught-
cred by CoSSackS.
Thousands of families are con-
stantly at or near the brink of
starvation. You don't need sta
tiStics to verify this fact. Just
look at the people. Gaunt, hag-
gard, shrunken, pigeon-cheSted,
undersized. and ill-clothed.
Because Of their poverty, lack OF
food, and poor shelter in q fire.
quently bitter climate Polish Jews
Succumb in great numbers to the
ravages of tuberculosis. In one
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
AUTO SCHOOL
T00PEN HERE
NEXT MONTH

Washington's would-be auto
drivers are to be given an oppor-
tunity to learn the basic principles
as well as the fine points of oper-
ating an automobile-free Of
charge-at a motor vehicle oper-
ators' school to be inaugurated
early next month under the spon-
sorship of the Department of We
hicles and Traffic, it was an.
nounced today by Traffic Direc-
tor William A. Van Duzer.
The school will be open to both
men and women who are Is years
Of age or over. For the benefit
of those persons who are employed
during the day, it will be con-
Quoted during the evening.
Instructions as to how to OBJ
tain drivers permits, how to reg.
lister cars bought in the District
or States, and how to secure titles
will be given, Director Van Duzer
pointed out today.
Persons seeking operators per.
mits will be awarded them after
attending classes at the school
for an hour and half, for a
period of four weeks-provided
they pass regulation examina-
tions and q test in the drivers
seat.
Capt. Milton D. Smith, Of the
traffic division; Elwood Seal, cor
poration counsel, and Judge Ed
ward M. Curran, Of Police Court,
will instruct classes in the en-
forcement of traffic regulations,
and DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald
will give the coroner's view point
on fatalities.
Mr.. Van Duzer explained today
that anyone desiring to enter the
school may enroll by writing to
his office at 451 Pennsylvania
Ave. N. W., in care Of the Direc-
tor of Vehicles and Traffic. No
tice will then be sent to the ap-
plicant, he said, stating the time
and place where the first class
will be held.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
SURETE Sits
VANISHING0F
V0SPER
BY DAVID P. sENTNER

LONDON. March 8 GN.SO.
Officials of the French Surete
Generate today took up threads
of the investigation into the dis
appearance at sea Of Frank Vos-
per. 36-year-old playwright,actor
Facts in the case, as revealed
In a reenactment of the tragedy
by the only witnesses-Muriel
oxford, o.. and Peter Willes, 25,
Vosper's intimate friend-were
taken to Harve today by William
Pengelly, former attorney for
VoSper.
Pengelly's London law offices
were rearranged to represent the
luxurious stateroom aboard the
French liner Paris. from which
Vosper, feeling he was an in.
truder," topped out of a gay
champagne farewell party into
the black Atlantic.
Jest Is Recalled
WilleS, it transpired was the
one who cried out jestingly:
'If you don't marry me, I'll
jump overheard"
This remark led many to be.
lieve jealousy drove Vosper to
his death. 1t was the theory of
Captain Geranderie, the Paris
master, who told police:
Jealousy over Miss Oxford,
and excessive drinking caused
Mr.. VOsper to fall into the sea-"
Shown a copy of this statement,
Miss oxford stoutly reiterated that
there had been no quarrel.
Ernest Hemingway, the Aneri-
can author who occupied a state
room across from Miss Oxford's,
also blamed jealousy for Vosper's
death.
Both Miss oxford and Willes
affirmed she and Vosper had met
only casually prior to the party.
Filtration Denied
Denying he ever had had flirta-
tion with Miss oxford, Willes said:
81 can't believe he committed
suicide. He wasn't that type, and
he seemed far too keen on his
work.
"AS this was the first time he
had been in Miss Oxford's cabin,
he could not possibly have
known the window gave onto the
sea. He might have thought it
led to cOmpanionway and, be.
ing an extremely sensitive man,
he might have tried to make his
way back to his own cabin with
out disturbing Miss Oxford and
me-"
The Washington times., 1937-03-08

Jews-about 10 per cent Of the
population and one-fifth Of world
Jewry-are facing determination.
BY comparison the plight Of the
German Jew is trivial.
In Germany they were never
more than / per cent Of the popu-
lation and only q few more than
100000 remain.
There are towns in Poland TO-
day with a population 80 per cent
Jewish. In large cities like War
saw, Wilno, Krakow and Lodz the
figure is between 30 and 40 per
cent. The German Jews were
relatively prosperous. The Polish
Jews have always been poor.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08

town the rate Of tuberculosis
among Jewish children reached
the staggering figure of 80 per
cent.
Other thousands of families sup
port themselves at a standard Of
living so low that no American can
even imagine it because we have
nothing in this country that COM
pareS with it even remotedly.
Ito BE COntinued)
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
ADVERTISEMENT
Stomach Gas
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The Washington times., 1937-03-08
Egypt Presents Bid
For Seat in League

CAIRO, Egypt, March s.-Hav'
ing received invitations from %
members Egypt has formally ap-
piled for admittance to the League
of Nations. In her application she
expressed her sincere desire to par
ticipate in international coopera-
tion.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
Higgins. Banker, Dies

NEW YORK, March 8 GN.SO.
Richard H. Higgins, Ct, a director
of the Manufacturers Trust Com
pany, was dead here today follow
ing a brief illness. He will be buried
in Louisville, KY, his birthplace.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
Community Chest
Will EleCt Board

An election of members of
the board of trustees will be
held at a meeting Of Commu-
nifty Chest members in the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce Building
at 4 D, m, today.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-03

1t takes 5000 cross ties for every
mile of railroad track.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-03
STATE LABORATORY SAVES
NORTH CAROLINA MONEY

DR.. Carl V. Reynolds, state health
officer said in Raleigh Monday that
the new three-story laboratory of
hygiene building to be constructed
here would enable the board of
health Ito furnish many more vac
cines than it is now able to produce
on account of the lack of space and
equipment"
The council of state has authorized
the health board to issue 100000
worth of revenue bonds for the
structure.
DR. Reynolds said the laboratory
now saves North Carolinians $2,000,-
900 a year at a cost of only $115,000.
DR.. Reynolds said he expected the
building would be ready for occu-
pancy within the next year."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-03

The city of Leningrad in Russia is
built on 10 islands.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-03
FAIR PAY FOR FAIR WORK
SAYS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

In a special message, President
Roosevelt asked Congress last Mon
day to enact a flexible labor law
that would guarantee to labor "a fair
days pay for fair days work" and
Immediately steps were taken in the
Senate and the House to comply
with the request from the White
House.
The President in his message
made no specific recommendations
but said, in setting a general goal
for Congress:
"Our problem is to work out in
practice those labor standards which
will permit the maximum but pru-
dent employment of our human re-
sources to bring within the reach of
the average man and woman max
imum of goods and of services con-
ducive to the fulfillment of the
promise of American life"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-03
FINLAND TO PAY
Only Nation Out of Is Owing United
States That Experts to Pay

The United States received word
from Finland this week that it
would pay it's semi-annual war debt
installment of $163,143 June Is.
1t thereby recorded its intention
to preserve it's reputation as the only
one of 13 war debtors to fulfill it's
obligations promptly.
The State department sent routine
notes to diplomatic representatives
of the IL defaulting nations remind
ing them of the jayment date. A
total of 81, $50, 1885, 1868 in current and
unpaid installments will be due
June Is.
This government has received no
indication that any of the II default
ers will make a payment or begin
negotiations for re-funding Of their
obligations.
In recent months there have been
expressions of hope in Great Britain
and France, the principal debtors,
that some settlement might be nego-
tiated.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-03
Bus Driver Dies at.
Wheel in Virginia

A dying bus driver, stayed at his
wheel a mile Saturday to find a
stopping place for his Is New York
Miami passengers.
The driver, Hal R. Burris, "a, OF
Washington, saying he "fe1t dizzy
had the porter sit beside him before
pulling up to an inn near Fairfax
Va. He asked that a physician be
called, but died before one could
arrive.
Fairfax county Coroner c. A. Ran
som said carbon monoxide fumes
may have leaked into the bus, but
officials of the Pan-American Bus
company said Burris died from heart
failure. An inquest is to be held.
Burris is survived by his wife
The body is to be sent to Albemarle
S. c., for burial.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-03
Mrs. Wallis Warfield
Denied Royal Title

Anger and refusal to accept the
defeat as final marked the Duke of
Windsor's reception this week of
news that his bride-to-be, Wallis
Warfield, cannot become Her Royal
Highness, close associate of the
couple disclosed. It was said the
Duke would not believe London dis
patches telling of the decree of his
brother, King George vi.
The Kings decision-or that Of
the British government pub
lished in an announcement in the
official court organ. The London Ga
zette It said:
''The King has been pleased by
letters patent under the great seal of
the realm bearing the date May 81,
1887, to declare that the Duke of
Windsor shall, Notwithstanding his
instrument of abdication executed
on the tenth day of December, 1886,
and His Majesty's declaration of the
abdication act, 1886, whereby effect
was given to said instrument, be en-
titled to hold and enjoy for himself
only the title, or attribute of Royal
Highness, so, however, that his wife
and descendants, if any, shall not
hold the said title, style or attrib-
ute"
The Gazette announced that let
tiers patent issued by Queen Victoria
70 years ago declared that the title
Royal Highness' should be used
only by near relatives of the sover-
eign who we're in line of succession
to the throne.
This ruling meant that the former
King Edward VIII was without right
to be styled Royal Highness'' from
. December 10, 1886, until last Mon
day, since he had stepped out of the
! line of succession.