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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-24

ready, utterly silly billy. EASY
Living" revertS to Mack Sennett
100 per cent in an Automat restau-
rant, where a food singing and
dish breaking sequence ends with
everybody plastered with pie, or
something equally as soft.
am sorry to report that Edward
Arnold Zone of my favorites) is
completely miScast in this hokum
frolic. Ed can be Diamond Jim
Brady, Cardinal Richilieu or Jim
Fiske for me any time. I like him
in character roles, but as the 1887
Fatty Arbuckle falling down stairs
or giving away fur coats. give me
Laurel and Hardy, and a fair
warning.
CHAMPIONSHIP SHORTS
Jean Arthur looks pretty and
manages to dodge the flying
meringue, like many another capa-
able actress is not at her best in
such film extravagances. Ray
Midland and Luis Alberni are the
other important actors in an un-
evenly paced feature, directed by
Mitchell Lessen.
More meritorious, and winning
more laughs, is the Walt Disney
Academy Award revue, supplement.
tary attraction. This is a collec-
ton Of five cartoon comedies that
won annual Sold medals since
1882. They include Three Orphan
Kittens" 1.-THE Country Cousin"
Flowers and Trees" Three Little
Pigs" and 1.-THE Tortoise and the
Hare All bell ringers. You are
ready for the morgue keeper if
you can't find laugh in this re-
issue from the fun library.
News of the Day, with Dorothy
Killgallen doing a narrative on
the woman's angle, completes a
frothy program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-24

some. popular tunes going way
back to "'Alexander's Rag!Time
Band' and recalling many OF the
most popular since. Carter and
Holmes fall around and tell some
stories. ..E
The Foster Girls ensemble add
a very important bit to the whole
stage production with several of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-24
"EASY LIVING" AT PALACE -
Edward Arnold Jean Arthur
Are Co-Storred in FroIic
Loaded With Laughs
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Easy Living is bowlful of nonsense, highly seasoned
with keystone comedy favoring stirred with big slap
stick
Paramount produced this the theory that the sum-
patron likes to laugh laded out big portions OF farce
comedy not always as funny authors and actors intended
The picture at Loews Palace Theater begins with Wall
Street magnate throwing $4,000 sable coat out of the
rindnu as nrntest AGAINST his wife extravagance
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Shark-skin Suit

Betty F'urness started a new
fashion fad today when she ap-
peared at the West Side Tennis
Club wearing her new blue shark
skin bathing suit with short
sleeves. The Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer actress purchased it dur
ing her recent visit to New York.
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Lots of Mail

w. C. Fields, Paramount star, is
still going over the fan mail that
accumulated for him during his
recent illness. It's all been filed
for him in alphabetical order, and
so far he's only read through
the Rs.
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Real Partv

A studio party shown in Sophie
Lang Goes West" in which Ger
trude Michael headlines for Para
mount, is the real thing. Shots
were taken at a recent Paramount
convention in Hollywood.
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WILD FARCE STORY

WILD FARCE STORY
The fur coat floats down, lands
on Jean Arthur who is riding on
top of a Fifth Avenue bus. Jean
naturally thinks Santa Claus has
dropped something out of his
sleigh, and when Ed Arnold shows
up and offers to buy her hat to
match it, can be forgiven for think
ing this is her lucky day.
Thereafter the fun is rough and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-24

the most effective dance numbers
yet. They are applauded again
and again. r..
The Capitol orchestra this week
plays a Viennese number of haunt
ing melody, which was composed
by a Washington man, Robert
Greenwell. This is its initial rendi'
ton. News releases and short sub.
jects round out a diversified and
satisfactory program. II. K
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"SARATOGA" AT CAPITOL
Jean Harlow and. Clark Gable
Co-Storred In An Exciting
Racing Tale, Saratoga

Saratoga" broke the ame opening day record for the
Capitol Theater yesterday There will be five shows today
See Movie Clock. So. .-' -
The Washington times., 1937-01-27

900 BLOCK LONGFELLOW ST.
Six rooms and bath. electricity. good
condition. will take small cash payment.
Price. $3.50. Call Mr. Guiffre. MET.
p. ELIOT MIDDLETON
Investment Bldg MET. 1927
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Wanted-Room and Board

THREE employed adults desire connect'
ing rooms and bath. with board, in quiet,
refined home with no other roOmers; please
give particulars and rate. Box E-53. Times
Herald
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Rentals


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Apartments Furnished "a
THE RAVENEL. 18TH ST. N. W, 1910
L room, kitchen, bath. $50: 3 rooms,
kitchen. bath, S10O month. DEC. 1850.
wOODRIDGE-Three rooms, refrigerator
oil heat, electricity; continuous hot va
ter. Adults only. Potomac 0202.
Cd ST. s. E., 500 rooms. kitchen and
bath. Frigidaire; adults, $11 week.
4TH ST. n. E., 1961-Tvo nicely furn.
housekeeping rooms, gas, elec., phone,
Frigidaire, 81 week: adults.
1929 18th ST. N w.-Front basement
apt, suitable 2 or 3; adults only.
400 18TH ST. S. E.-Nr. Navy Yard;
three Groom apartments. Rent reas.
ENTIRE first floor of beautifully furn.
home, bult-in heated garage, elec., gas,
Frig.; adults; $50. Telephone SHep. 2O73.
LOVELY FRONT BEDRooM-Early Amer
lean maple furniture. kitchenette, Frig-
idaire, maid service, private home, con-
venient to bath, S45. Also. beautiful studio
apt, S25. 1919 Riggs Pl. N. W. Pot. 1883.
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FOR SALE COLORED

Near IbJH OITttT
six rooms and bath. brick. bargain At
Is 600. Will take small cash payment.
Call Mr. Guiffre, MET. 1927.
Investment Bldg. MET 1927
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Real Estate
Houses for Sale
A CHARMING s-ROOM BUNGALOW
= III rrN.N MD

CHEVY CHASE. MD.
S7SSN-Located in the Leland section
Netween Connecticut Ave. and Wisconsin
insulated over ceilings: attic. maids rm.,
laundry and large basement: open fire
place 2-car garage; lot, 60116O. piGs- s
NATIONAL 1900 EVENING PHONE,
CALL MR. MASSER. GEORGIA 6168.
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0. PRETTY BUNGALOW

Located on a nice big corner lot in Ia
koma Park. has five nice. bright rooms,
bath and EIassed-n sleeping porch on one
floor and a large finished upstairs: hot
water heat, garage and all done over like
brand new A very complete and modern
home in every detail, and at price we'll
within your means. Phone
R NJ. HOOKER. Metropolitan 1888
Evenings & to g. call Adams 9S6S
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Rentals
Apartments Furnished

1000 ST. \. W. and 2136 K ST. N. W.
Beautiful room and kitchenette, southern
exposure. open fireplace. studio couch or
he'd gas lights free, newly decorated,
near near G. w, $50 to SO weekly. Resident
manager wanted.
F ST. y, E., 515-Two room apt. cleo,
h.wh.. sink. Apply 10 a. mo p. m.
FATRMONT ST. y. W. 1346-Near 14tb
St car line and shops: 2 rooms, fur
nishcd for Housekeeping $40 week.
GA AVE n. W. 3O17-First-floor bed
room, kit. semi-bath: $35 mo.
II ST y W. 2l21. Apt. 4Ol-Conservative
Young man. share apt. with another, twin
beds. priv bath. phone. elevator. refs. re-
Quired reasonable.
MASS AVE. y, E.. 32O-One or two room
apartments for Ink. reasonable.
MORSE ST. n. 2. 1881 room. kit.
porch: adults: S32. Atlantic 3276.
5T16N \ CAPITOL ST. AT BLAIR RD.-
rms. kit. bath, foyer. sun parlor. heat.
gas elcc.. Frrid. inc, $3.50, after pm.
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Rentals
Apartments Furnished

Apartments Furnished "a
NEAR LINCOLN PARK rm. kit. bath.
dandy for working couple, free telephone,
radio, S2S. 1866 B St. S. E.
o ST. N. w, 9O5-2 rooms. kit. and bath:
adults; S45. North 1895.
OTIS PL. N. W., 1OO5-3 furn. Ink. rms,
bath, heat gas, cleo, $40 week; adults.
1907 OTIS PL. n. WI or 2 rms. and
kit, elec., gas, Frigidaire. c.h.w. 2nd Fl.
Good heat. Adults. Reasonable. co. 07ss-T.
ONE desirable apartment consisting of liv-
ing room. bedroom. ,kitchenette, dinette.
bath and large front balcony; beautiful oak
floors all newly decorated.
THE CAVALIER
$500 14th St. N. W.
FRED R. FOSTER. Mgr.
POTOMAC, VA.-Attractively furnished Q
rooms and bath, AL Raymond Avenue
$50 month. Call Alex. 3I51.
SOUTH CAROLINA AVE. Sc, 1121-Two
Ink rooms, next bath, gas, electricity
furnished, 81; adults.
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PACKS
WESTERN HIGH

Coincident with publication Of
pictures in The Times Of girls
named as "prettiest" in the grad
uating classes Of Central, McKin-
ley (Tech) and woodrow Wilson
High Schools, today comes word
from DR.. Elmer Newton, principal,
that Western High School is grad.
uating not one. but two girls
whose leading asset is pulchritude.
DR.. Newton said that Western
was full of pretty girls, but that
the student year book, the West
erner, had conducted poll among
the graduates to find the two
"prettiest."
The two girls selected are Betty
Brown, II, daughter of Major and
Mrs. Robert w. Brown, Of 4910
Rock Spring Road, Arlington, Va,
and Charlotte Churchman, niece
of Steve Cochran, former manager
of the National Theater, of 226
Willow Avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
Both girls are taking academic
courses at Western and plan to
enter art schools in the fall. They
graduate with their class June %.
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Ken Murray
Says:

Well, next Sunday will be
Fathers Day. They pick out
June IA every year as Flag Day
to honor Old Glory, and the fol.
lowing Sunday to honor the
Old Man-running second as
usual.
I'll say this, thOugh-Father'S
Day must give a big lift to the
SuSpender and necktie trade.
But on July l, when the pOstman
always rings twice or three times,
pappy will discover that Fa-
theirs Day was still at his ex-
penSe.
In families that haven't any
charge accounts, they'll cele-
brate Fathers Day-fOr one day
OnIy-by addressing father as
pOpSy-wOpSy instead of "Hey,
you"
But this year, though, with
two out of every three fathers
in q picket line, don't know
why an appropriate gift isn't .
blackjack or a marlin spike.
Just an after.thOught, but on
Fathers Day wonder what
happens to Papa DiOnne. There's
a fellow that's drawn two poker
handsome a royal flush and
not even q pair in the other
but on Fathers Day, Still think
he's the hea man.
Copyright, 1887, by McNaught
Syndicate. Inc.l
The Washington times., 1937-06-16
SPEED IS URGED
ON MARRIAGE
CLAUSE BILL
Rep.O'Day Asks House
Group for a Special
Rule on Repeal

The House Rules Committee to-
day, was urged by Representative
Caroline O'Day CD Of New York,
to act favorably on a rule for
special consideration of the bill to
repeal the married persons
clause" Of the economy act.
Several weeks ago the COM
Inittee heard Representative Rob
ert Ramspeck (D) Of Georgia,
chairman Of the House Civil
Service Committee and Emanuel
Celler Cd of New York; author
Of the repeal bill, argue in favor
Of granting the rule.
The. committee is Withholding
action pending a check-up of mem
bers of the House to determine
whether the bill will receive House
approval.
The New York Congresswoman
today presented to the committee
findings of the Government
workers council developed through
replies to queStionnaires which it
circulated to 1900 persons who
had been dismissed because Of the
married persons clause. Mrs.
ODay said:
"The replies showed that al
most all Of these dismissed en-
plOyes were in the lower brack-
ets-frOm $1,000 to .$1,SOO. Two
thirds Of those who replied had
been In the service 10 years or
more. t' '-
"OnIy Sc owned their own
homes, 4O7 were buying their
homes, IL had lost their homes,
IS expected to lose their homes
and five had to sell their homes"
She also told the committee the
only unanimous vote registered at
the last convention of the National
Federation of Women's Clubs, rep
some 5000, 900, was on a
proposal to repeal this clause. She
added that the Republicans pro-
posed the repeal in their platform
and that it is "the last veStige of
the economy act still in effect"
The Washington times., 1937-06-16
RATS PLAY TAG
WITH ALARM

hAGSs
Joseph johnson, trouble shooter
for the Districts fire alarm Sys
tenn, never spoke a truer word in
his life when he solved the mys
terry Of Fire Alarm Box No. 1898
a few days ago. -
For several months the fire
alarm office had been mystified by
the opening and closing of an
alarm circuit in the American Uni.
versity Park sector.
A party of trouble shooters Wis
tied the neighborhood and exam.
ined wires and circuits carefully,
but could find no solution to the
mystery.
johnson was dispatched for
another check-up. He began exam.
lining boxes as well as wires. In
box No. 1899, at Indian Lane and
lockwood Parkway Northwest, he
found the answer.
AS he removed the telescope, "
or back of the box, a mother rat
and a litter of young ones, who
had made a nest there, fell out.
When johnson turned to kill
the rodents, the mother rat sour
ried close to her young. The young
sterS took hold of her back and,
with her offspring clinging to her,
the mother escaped into under
brush.
The Washington times., 1937-06-16
3 District Permits
Are Revoked, 21
Suspended

Licenses of three drivers, con
victed Of speeding, were revoked
by the Board of Revelations, Sus
pensions and Reservations today,
Permits of three were suspended
and 18 others were suspended fol
80 and As days.
The board also revoked the op
Grating privileges of one nonresi
dent driver, SuSpen d e d three
others and meted out 30-day Sus.
pensions to two others.
Local drivers whose licenses
were revoked and the speed they
were charged with were:
Nathaniel Broadie, 5013 Ayers
st. S. E., 40 miles, third offense.
Harry Graham, 116 Buchanan
st. N. w., 55 miles.
John w. Hazard. 3l01 P st.
N. w., 60 miles.
Licenses Suspended
Albert J. Bladen, TAT Twelfth st.
S. E., so miles.
David Kaplan, 1884 Seventh st.
N. w., SO miles, second offenSe.
George Lewis, 207 Reeves Ct. N.
w., reckless driving.
As Day Suspensions
Morton Eisman, 37O1 Thirteenth
st. N. w., A miles, second offense.
Andrew F. Perry, 1910 Dent Pl.
N. w., so miles, second offenSe.
30 Day Suspensions
Thomas E. Adams, 37OO Massa-
chusetts Ave. N. W., so miles.
William S. Avery, 249 -Four.
teenth Pl. N. E., 38 miles, second
offense.
Alfonso v. Bautista, TIA Penn
sylvania Ave. N. w., so miles.
Charles l.. Brice, jr., 528 Twenty
sixth St. N. w., 36 miles, second Of
fense.
George R. Harrison, $3.50 J St.
N. E., so miles.
Lewis Heiss, 4s4 : st. S. W., IS
miles.
Karlwest Hickman, jr., 300
Wisconsin Ave. N. W., second Of.
fense, so miles.
Obreint Hill, 1912 Fourth ST..
N. W.. SO miles, second offense.
Frank B. Holly, 1928 Hyatt Pl.
N. w., so miles.
Inez E. Lee. 800 East Capitol
St., so miles.
Glen N. Mangum, 211 Eleventh
st. S. E., 46 miles. second offense.
Frank Miller, 1924 Fourth st.
S. E., so miles.
Louis H. Perry. 1916 Twenty
Continued ON Page 26, Col. 81
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Vacation Jobs Subject
To Security Tax

Students and teachers taking
vacation jobs during the summer
which are not specifically ex-
cepted by the Social Security Act
will be earning funds that count
toward their old-age benefits, and
must be registered with the board
and receive an account number
to enable the board to keep their
record, it was announced today
by Ralph B. Harris, manager Of
the Washington field office.
Explaining the status of this
class of worker, Mr.. Harris said:
Both students and teachers
who engage in covered employ.
ment during the sum mer
months must obtain Social Sc
curity account numbers. Appli.
cations for such numbers may
be obtained from the nearest
post office or from a Social Sc
curity Board office. The infOr.
nation required on the applica-
tiOn is necessary to insure q
proper wage record.
"The wage record Is kept
throughout the life of the in
dividual worker until he reaches
the age of IS and retireS to re-
Ceive monthly benefits. The
work need not be continuous, as
the wage received during each
period Of employment from each
The Washington times., 1937-06-16

Vaction: According to one die
tionary, in brief, is stated inter-
val for rest; especially one Of con-
siderable length; holiday.
Whether or not Joseph Finkel-
stein, II, was aware of the defini-
ton when he left his home in
Brooklyn, N. Y, Monday, is not
material. Late yesterday he arrievd
in Washington, on his stripped
down" bicycle, SO hours and %
minutes after leaving New York,
according to his time, and wanted
to know if he held any records.
The boy was surprised when the
reporter could not tell him
whether he had broken any
records. but the reporter was more
surprised when the boy told him
that he rode down for a vacation.
Today Joseph is riding to Wey-
er's Cave, Va, to visit relatives.
He will stay for two days and then
pedal back to Brooklyn, where he
rides a bicycle for an ice cream
company.
He didn't have time to stop and
say Hello" to President Roosevelt,
which he said he wanted to do. In
fact, he wouldn't even sit down for
a minute. When he did, he said,
he got cramps in his legs. ,,
The Washington times., 1937-06-16
NAkED AS
+ FAIREST

Charlotte Churchman
(left) and Betty Brown,
who we're elected by the
students as two prettiest
girls among Western High
School graduates.
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REPORT
BRUSHES
INTRUDER
Disguised White Man
Fought Off With
Guns and Dogs

ARLINGTON, Va. June 1e.
A mysterious midnight prowler,
described as using minstrel paint
to hide his identity as a white
man, has residents of an isolated
section of Arlington county on
South Glebe Road alarmed over
his maniacal activities.
More than a score of residents
Of the neighborhood have armed
themselves in anticipation of the
prowler's next attempted visit to
their homes.
J. w. Arundale, 3145 South
Glebe Road, exchanged shots with
the man on the prowler's second
visit to his home. On the first
visit he was frightened away by
Arundale's bulldog.
BlOOdhOunds Used
Another resident, Craven Young,
came upon the prowler outside the
home Of Young's brother, Paul,
and chased him a half mile to o
shallow stream in a nearby
wooded area. Bloodhounds lost
the track at the stream.
Albert A. Huff, a neighbor Of
Young, has two scores to settle
with the mysterious diSrupter Of
sleep. Twice last. month the
prowler broke into Huff's home,
while he was away working. Huff
is a National Park Service fore
man at the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing.
Huff said his wife awoke during
the first venture to see the man
bending over her bed. She
screamed and the man fled. He
had cut a screen from a rear
window to get into the house.
The second time, Huff's son, Louis,
heard a noise in the kitchen when
he returned home late at night
and saw the man run out into q
rear garden. Louis and his father
searched the grounds to come
upon the prowler near their
garage. Huff's pistol jammed
twice when he attempted to shoot
at the mystery figure as it fled
away.
White Man Suspected
Huff and several others to see
the intruder have noticed that
his hands and neck are white, and
that his face is apparently paint
ed with cork or minstrel paint.
One resident of the neighbor-
hood, Mrs. Louise Evans Grogan,
who had one encounter with the
prowler, moved from the section
yesterday. She awoke late one
night to hear someone pulling on
the front door. She called police
and guarded the door with a re-
volver for the next hour.
Other residents have heard the
man at windows and doors out.
side their homes, before their
screams or dogs scared him away.
Police found two sets of foot.
prints, one Of a barefoot man,
after the prowler's first visit to
Arundale's home a month ago.
The Washington times., 1937-06-16
Prince Georges Sets
Electricians Tests

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, June
16.-Applicants for master electri-
clans licenses will be given exam.
nations at the county court
house here Saturday by the new.
ly-appointed board of electrical
examiners and supervisors, it was
announced today by Robert w.
Connick, president of the board.
All applications must be filed
with the board not later than
Saturday, Connick said, and must
be accompanied by a SIS fee and
an approved bond of 1000. John
H. Webb, Of Hyattsville, has been
elected secretary-treasurer Of the
board.
The Washington times., 1937-06-16

employer determines the amount
Of the monthly benefit to be
paid at retirement.
''The yOuthfulness Of the
worker does not enter into the
question, nor does it matter that
the job be only q temporary one.
Unless the employment is spe-
officially excepted the worker
must have an account number
and his employer Is liable for
payment of the taxes levied in
that act. Once the card is Sc
cured, it may be used through
out the workers life."
The Washington times., 1937-06-16
DISCREPANCY
REVEALED AT
RATE PARLEY
Cites Data
Used Recently in !
EvaIuationCase

A gap Of nearly million dol
lars was revealed today between
the Capital Transit Company's
own estimate of the value of its
local land holdings and the figures
compiled by H. D. Scantlin, a
member of the District Board Of
Assessors, who appeared as the
first witness in the Public Utilities
Commission hearing on the transit
company's petition for the right to
boost its token fare to four for IS
cents.
Scantlin, under examination by
Assistant Corporation Cou nsel
Hinman D. Folsom, submitted his
estimates on the company's hold
ings in the form Of data used a
few weeks ago in the valuation
case, with some few additions
which brought the valuation up
to April 80. 1887.
The transit company bases its
request for increased fare partially
on the value of its land holdings
which it contends is $2,81O,310 Gas
opposed to Scantlin'S figure Of ST.
975, ,489) and on which investment
it is not getting a "fair return"
Experts Of the transit company
estimate that the requested in
crease in fare will reduce the
number Of street car and bus
riders during a year by 2,802,073,
which represents 1.79 per cent Of
the total number Of riders.
Revenue Boost Seen
However, the experts indicate
that the revenue of the company
will be boosted by $334,00O.
While the rates Of other utilities
in the District are fixed on the
basis of a fair return on a speci-
fled rate base, this consideration
does not enter into the Capital
Transit case.
During testimony yesterday, ex-
perts Of the company estimated
the value, of the company'S hold
ings at $45. .204, 800, and even If
this amount were cut by 40 per
cent, the increase in rates asked
would not provide so-called fair"
return.
Recognizing that people will not
pay a large enough fare to provide
a return based on "fair" value,
the officials of the company have
indicated that it is their desire to
obtain enough revenue so as to
bolster their financial structure
and permit them to borrow money
for additional equipment. @
/ Both the Public Utilities Com.
mission and civic representatives
agree that the company is entitled
to more revenue, but they are re.
luctant to grant fare increases on
two scores, one that a fare increase
might through the law of dimin.
ishing returns reduce the revenue
of the company and the other that
an increased fare would be unfair
to the street car and bus rider.
Suggest Experiment
william NICK. Clayton, chair
man of the public utilities commit
tee Of the Federation of Citizens
Associations, yesterday told the
PUG that the proposal of the fed
Grafton for q straight five cent fare
was not with any idea Of hurting
the company.
The Washington times., 1937-06-16
Mother.Daughter DaY

Annual mother-daughter day is
being observed today by the sen.
ior class at Margaret M. Washing.
ton Vocational School. Speakers
include Mrs. Myrtle Phillips, asso-
ciate professor in the school of
education at Howard University
and Mrs. Flake Pinkett, director
of the Northwest Settlement
House. The class exercises of the
senior class will be held Friday
and the commencement exercises
June % at the John F. Cook
School.