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The Washington times., 1937-11-18
Rep. JenCkes Assails
D. G. VOteleSs Status
Asks That Women
Join In Battle
For Ballot
By VIRGINIA ELLIS JENCKEs

By VIRGINIA ELLIS JENCKES
Member of Congress from the Sixth
Congressional District of Indiana
The citizens of the United States
have abolished slavery, but they
have not abolished taxation with
out representation.
In every State in the nation, ex-
cept the District of Columbia,
American men and women have
been given the right to vote.
HIGH TAX HIT
Men and women in the nations
Capital are not permitted to vote
on any question pertaining to the
welfare of their home town. Yet
they have to pay exhorbitant
taxes.
About one-half million good
American citizens, whose homes
are in the District of Columbia,
must pay taxes. but are not per
mitted to vote.
In the early days of our republic
the City of Washington was not
considered a political division of
the nation. The Federal Govern
ment paid all the expenses, and
the Federal Government directed
all the civic affairs of the small
community of Negro slaves and
white Government workers, who
were voting residents of other
States of the young and strug.
Cling republic.
CITY DEVELOPS
Then Washington expanded
Washington developed into a city
subject to all the civic require
ments of a faSt-growing commu
nifty.
Then the Government demanded
that the citizens Of Washington
carry a large part of the cost Of
local government. The citizens
were agreeable, and the cost has
grown to an unfair and unreaSon
able basis.
I am surprised that the citizen!
of the District of Columbia have
not gone on a "sit-down" strikl
against taxation without repre-
Sentation. A movement of. tina
kind would arouse the nation tt
a realization of the enormity O.
the civic outrage that is beinl
perpetrated against the citizens o.
the District Of Columbia.
The citizens Of the District O.
Columbia should have one o.
more Senators and Representa-
tives in the Congress.
1t is unfair to the citizens II
every senatorial and congressional
district to have their own elected
Senator or Representative, devot'
time and attention to the affair
Of the District of Columbia, wheI
the District of Columbia shoulC
have its own elected Senators anC
Representatives in the Congress.
The Washington times., 1937-11-18
BUSINESS HELP
PROGRAM SPED
BY CONGRESS
Probes Discouraged
During Session
By WILLIAM s. NEAL

GN.SJ The campaign in Con-
gress to aid revival of business
gained momentum today as the
Roosevelt special session program
was still begged in both branches.
Further modification Of business
tax laws was considered by the
House tax subcommittee as plans
were devised for an economy fight
in an effort to balance the
budget.
PROBES DISCOURAGED
Leaders apparently frowned
upon Investigations and other
moves which might frighten busi-
ness and bring about a further
recession, while liberal members
impatiently withheld their fire.
The Senate was still throttled
by the anti-lynching filibuster,
while the House, with no business
on hand, turne dto partisan de-
bate.
The attitude of Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau, as indi
Gated by Senate leaders who con-
ferred with him, encouraged those
members who are fighting for
measures to aid business. He in
dicated opposition to new taxes
which would hamper production,
and favored strict economy.
FARM PROGRAM PUSHED
The farm program made some
progress in both Senate and House
Agriculture committees, while the
fate of the wage-hour bill appar-
emily depended upon the result of
Cne 1lgnL 10 1orce a House vote by
the petition method.
Chairman Vinson CD of Ken
lucky, of the House tax subcommit-
tee, was jubilant over the extensive
revision of the capital gains and
loss tax worked out by his subcom-
mittee.
Treasury officials will submit
estimates on the loss of revenue
resulting from the proposed slid
ing scale Of exemptions from the
undistributed profits tax. Repre-
sentative Treadway tR). of Massa-
chuSettS, claimed the Administra-
ton was accepting Republican
views in modifying the profits tax.
The Washington times., 1937-11-18
SNOW IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Nov. 1s dN.sO.
Chicago was treated to its first
real wintry blasts today as a light
blanket of snow covered the city's
streets.
The Washington times., 1937-11-18
TREASURY CONDITION

G.N.S0 Treasury balance No
vember 16: $2,642,013,474 in
ternal revenue, SIS, ,359, 1881; GUS
toms receipts, ST., 1892, ,67a.67.
The Washington times., 1937-11-18
vANDENBURG SMILES

Meanwhile, Senator Vandenburg
(RD. of Michigan, silently smiled
with amazement at friction across
the aisle.
Thus far, two Southern orators
of the old school have held forth,
oStenSibly on the evils Of the anti.
lynching bill but actually on every
thought crossing their mind. They
were Senators Tom Connolly, CD
Of Texas, anti-lynching opposition
leader and Josiah Bailey CD of
North Carolina, who still held the
floor today, and who believes a
hollow white bone the best fishing
bait obtainable.
BAILEY RAKES NEW DEAL
Senator Bailey also believes,
and so related to his colleagues
in some 10000 words, that every.
thing he has been able to think
Of about the administration in
several hours OF filibustering, is
wrong. He admoniShed his
friends to turn away from the
anti-lynching bill, revise taxes to
help business, get the government
out Of the power business, and put
the kibosh firmly upon sit-down
strikes and some activities Of the
national labor relations board.
The Washington times., 1937-11-18
Today In
Congress

SENATE
Meets at noon.
Resumes anti-lynching bill de.
bate.
Agriculture mittee con.
tinues farm bill study.
HOUSE
Meets at noon.
Hears Representative Allen T.
Treadway on taxes.
Agriculture Committee continues
farm program study.
Ways and Means Committee re.
sumes tax hearing.
The Washington times., 1937-11-18
MAJORITY SPLIT,
LYNCH BILL HIT
BY FILIBUSTER
COP Senators Smile
At DiSCord
By EDWARD B. LOCKETT

BY EDWARD b. LOChE1I
U.N.S) Chuckling Republicans
today watched the Senate anti.
lynching filibuster develop into q
speech-making melee showing a
Democratic lineup shot with dis
cord.
The Republican majority held
it's collective tongue, as Democrats
raked laws and policies of their
own Administration.
Southern Democrats pounded
away to Stave off a vote on the
Wagner-Van Nuys anti-lynching
bill, and their filibuster appeared
to be gaining strength. But this
success came at the cost Of an
airing of individual grievances of
Southern conservatives. dealing
with everything under the broad
canopy Of President Roosevelt's
New Deal.
The Washington times., 1937-11-18

(Ds Luxe 'ditio" price per OoIame 50 es"s')
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-07

Reports from Burbank said arm
cd guards, ready to enforce mill
tary orders to shoot cameras out
of the hands of photographers"
were patrolling a private airfield
TO keep prying eyes from the plane
There's no mystery to the ship"
Younger said. ITS a supercharged
cabin type, which means that air
under pressure is pumped into
it continuously to maintain sea
level pressure in the cabin regard
less of altitude.
The engines. of which there are
two. are Supercharged. They also
provide power for the cabin super
chargers. Later when the system
is developed separate engines will
be provided for the cabin unit.
THE ship carries emergency bot
ties of oxygen for release in event
the superchargerS should fail or
in event the cabin pressure should
be lowered from holes in the hull
that couldn't be plugged"
The plane is designed to fly at
10000 feet where greater speed is
possible than at ordinary levels.
In planning the ship" younger
continued, we simulated every con-
dition that might be found at 30,-
900 feet
GLASS necessary to stand the
terrific difference between interior
and exterior pressure-a pressure
of about ton and a half per
square inch-is e inch thick. II
is laminated airplane glass.
The plane is no heavier than
an ordinary ship OF the same type.
1t does not look like any wild hal
lucination of a prophet. 1t strongly
resembles Amelia Earhart's Lock-
heed-Electra.
The door is % by 88 inches. 1t
weights 10 pounds. 1t can with
stand the unbelievable pressure of
eight tons per square inch"
Younger is professor of aeronau-
teal engineering and aerodynamics
at the University of California. He
said plans for the plane were start
ed on a drawing board in Berkeley,
Cal, in 1885.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-07
Frenchman Solves
Identity Mystery

AVIGNON, France. tUP)-MauriCc
Menard. known in Franco as "thc
man without a country" finally has
solved the 2l-ycar-old mystery of
his identity.
Menard apparently war or
phan. was too young when captllr-
ed by Germans, to remember his
fun name, his identity OF national
itv. He remembers vaguely the dis
appearance of his mother and his
life in German concentration
camp for foreign children. From
there. he was transferred to Swift
zerland. He could remember his last
name but not his first. so people
called him Louis,
When he grew up. nc became \
sub officer in a Swiss infantry regi-
ment. The mystery of his true iden-
tity haunted him and he decided to
return to France He Wa arrested
for French authorities said that If
he considered himself French he had
no right to escape military service.
He wa colIrtmartlaled and aCault-
l'D ~ u'ctl tActi cllp t.i'i, '>,1icD
INTO service.
After lengthy investigation. h"
finally got III touch with the French
consul at Liverpool who was able
to send him his birth certificate
and clear up the mystery of his
identity. He was chriStcned Maur-
ice Menard son of Francois. n
gardener. and Berthe Menard. They
lived in Spofforth. England. until
1914 when they crossed to France
that his father might Join the army
and go to the front. Apparently he
and his mother moved to a small
French village which was captured
by the Germans and upon her
death he was placed in the chill
dren's camp.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-07
Navy to Retire
Sc Ships During
Next 70 Months

SAN DIEGO. Calf. During
tho next 20 months the United
States Navy will place at least 66
ships on the retired list" is was
learned in naval circles here.
The majority Of these vessels will
be destroyers and submarines which
now are based at San Diego and
which will be replaced by newer
fighting craft.
BY the end of the 1888 fiscal year
80 San Diego-owned destroyers will
have been decommiSsioned, along
with three submarines.
Thirteen other destroyers will lose
their places on Navy lists before
July. 1888.
Before July of this year the
San Diego destroyers Buchanan
Crowninshield, Evans, Hale, Lea,
Philip. Roper, Twiggs, Aaron, Ward,
Wickes. Chandler, Dahlgren, Litch-
field, Overton. Preble, Tracy, Ho-
vey. Long and Southard will be gone.
Othere listed for early decom-
missioning include the Borie,
Brooms. Dallas, MacLeish, McCor-
mick. Perry, Pruitt. Sicard, Simp-
son. Trever. TruXton, WaSmuth,
md Zane.
Ten submarines are listed for the
naval junk heap They are the
Bonita. Bass, Barracuda, based in
San Diego. and the S-18, E-2l. S-22,
S-23. $50, S-31, S-32, S-33, S-34
and S-35.
Four minelayers also are to go
along with the destroyers-Blake-
ley. Bernadou, Breckenridge, Cole,
Dupont. Ellis. Greer, Tarbell, Up
shur and Yarnall which are based
outside of San Diego.
Newer, speedier and more mod
ern fighting craft, already built or
under construction. are scheduled
to take the places of the over-age
vessels in fleet anchorages on the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts, it was
said, bringing the Navy up to near
full-strength.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-07
WRITER SUED
FOR DIVORCE
SECOND TIME

LOS ANGELES May g. UP)-Jo-
seph L. Mankiewicz, high-salaried
writer producer of motion pictures,
today was sued for divorce by Mrs.
Elizabeth Mankiewicz for the sec
ond time in six months.
Mrs. Mankiewicz filed her first
suit last November but dropped the
litigation when they were recon-
ciled Feb. %.
In her present complaint she
charged her husband left her two
days after the reconciliation and
was gone four days without explana-
ton. The latest separation took
place last Friday She said
Mrs. Mankiewicz is the former
Elizabeth Young. film actress, She
sought custody Of their 10-month-
old son. Eric.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-07
Ride in ROWbOat
Ends With Death

LOS ANGELES. MAY s. UP
An early morning ride in a rowbost
on the pond of gravel pit ended
with the drowning of one man
and the narrow escape from death
of three others.
The drowning victim was Robert
Wanek 25, employe of the gravel
company owning the pit. He and
three others had gone to the pit
about 2 am. to take ride in the
small boat moored in the artificial
pond.
Wanek toppled overheard when
he attempted to stand up in the
boat.
The others, Miss Terry Morgan,
%. Jess Upton, 26, and F.. j. Tip
ton. managed to cling to the over
turned boat and gradually worked
it towards the bank.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-07

CLEVELAND, May 6. UP)-Mrs.
Rose Stamac. hospitalized with
burns, told police a man had thrown
whiskey on her clothing and touch
ed a match to it.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-07

MURPHYSBTRO, III. U.p For
the past several years Bcb Clipner
has had a family of martins living
in a bird house in his yard. Each
spring the same family returns,
and always on the same day.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-07

NOTHING RADICAL T.
ABOUT IT'S DESIGN

ALAMEDA Cal May g. UHThe sraosphcre Mystery plane
being completed for the United the Iokeed plant in
Burbank apane a Supercarged cabin and without
radical departures design John younger the
crafts designer told the Alameda Rotary, last night
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-07
yIsI HALF AGAIN MORE :,n ,.'''
-, WITH THIS EASY RECIPE:
srpAWBERRY JELLY

cups @ lbs.) strawberry !a
2 tablespoons lemon !ulee
s cups tS13 lbs sugar
! bottle Certo
To prepare juice, crush 81 ms unpt
ourhly or grind about . e aGei,S civ
t,,llv ripe berries. Place IN 'ent o,,t
cloth & or bag and squeeze .,,;oe Gos
;,,ice. Squeeze and strain n9o!s,,re ,uire
i,oro / medium lemon. Measute
,rUYr snSar and juice into large saq@Tl boil
susA' san and mix. Bring to a Don pon
p~or p~r hottest fire and at tiv ON
o oSd Certo, stirring constanttiSii t:;i
TSen T%e bring to a full rolling oo,s
and boil hard 4 minute heiIG.e l,.,,'
tom % FIRE. skim. pour qulINlS q,.
p.raesn ,,o at once. Makes aoIH' H
70 glasses (6 fluid ounces eaep''
An measurements arc 'oUo'
The Washington times., 1937-03-19

Get out your woods or silks
these kittens are done in no time!
And what a lovely wall panel you
will have. Pattern 1925 contains
a transfer pattern of a picture IA
x 20 inches; a color chart and key;
The Washington times., 1937-03-19
Fox

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Send 10 cents in stamps or coin
(cOin preferred) for this pattern
to The Washington Times, Needle
craft Dept, 81 Eighth Avenue,
New York, N.
The Washington times., 1937-03-17
Britain to Set Income
For Duke and WaIlV

LONDON, March II dNs).
A group of Britain's elder states
men were to be appointed today
to decide what should be paid to
former King Edward VIII for his
services to the British Empire
during his 25 years as the worlds
most popular Prince of Wales and
monarch.
Chancellor of the Excheuuer
Neville Chamberlain will move ap-
pointment of a select committee
composed of Prime Minister Stan
ley Baldwin, Chamberlain, Home
Minister Sir John Simon, leaders
of all parties and former chancel-
lors of the exchequer.
The question of what Edwards
past services were worth will be
debated in secret in accordance
with the governments desire to
prevent the nation from being re-
minded of the fact that Edward
gave up his throne for love of an
American woman.
The Washington times., 1937-03-17
u. 5. AIR
PLAN URGED
By ROBERT A. MCGILL
international News Service

A broad Federal program to ex'
pand aviation, increase national
defense and eliminate the hazards
of flying was recommended to
Congress today by the Senate Air
Safety Committee.
The committee, headed by Sen
ator Copeland CD of New YORK,
urged drastic reorganization OF the
aviation division of the Depart
ment of Commerce and increased
Government subsidies to enable
the United States to maintain its
No. / position in world aviation.
Twenty Months of Study
The chief recommendations, the
result of 20 months of study, were:
/. Construction of a dirigible
for the Army and Navy.
2. Recreation of the office OF
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for commercial aviation, and to
serve under him, a chief of divi-
sion of ground facilities, and chief
Of division of flight activities.
3. Immediate expenditure OF
$14,545, 900 for air safety equip
(Continued on Page s, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-03-17
7 AIRP0RTS
URGED FOR
CAPITAL
Present Flying Field
AssaiIed as Unsafe
In Senate Report

Washington presents a "sorry
spectacle" without an adequate
airport, it was stated today in a
report made to the Senate by
Senator Royal S. Copeland CD
on behalf of the Commerce Com
mittee.
A recommendation that two
airports be built for the Nations
Capital also was included in the
report on the Safety in Air" in
vestigation, which has been con-
Quoted by the committee as the
result of the death of former Sen
ator Bronson Cutting of New Mex.
leo, who with four others were
killed in a wreck near Macon
Mo-, May 8, 1885.
z Called Unsafe
In a special section of the re.
port reserved for the discussion of
major airports the committee
said:
"TOday's airport in our Ma
tiOnal Capital is not only some
what unsafe, but also is no
credit to our country. Croydon,
outside of London; LIE BOurget,
outside Of Paris; and Temple
h0f, outside Of Berlin, are
among the finest fields in the
world. America has such air
ports in a few places, as for eX-
ample, Oakland, Calf.
"The Capital of our country
should have a safe and adequate
airport, suitable to the needs
of a Nations Capital. The death
Of some official high in the
service of our Government
should not be necessary to ar.
rive at q solution.
"This is a subject that has
frequently been under discus
sion by various governmental
agencies for q number of years.
The situation remains a sorry
spectacle. Your committee rec
OmmendS that the matter Of
providing the city of Washing
ton with q safe and creditable
airport and also a proper aux
iliary airport be provided for
without further undue delay"
NO ACTION YET
A District Airport Commission
is now in the throes of securing
an airport for washington, In.
veStigation was started last sum
Continued on Page 8, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1937-03-17
W0NEN'S CLUB
PICKETS PLANT

Marking its first public demon
stration since its organization
about a month ago, a group of
the Washington League of Women
Shoppers were to begin picketing
the plant of the National Pants
Company at 40 First st. S. E., at
noon today.
Officials of the group, whose
president is Mrs. Elizabeth
Wheeler Colman, daughter of
Senator Wheeler, said that the
organization had investigated the
recent labor trouble arising at the
plant and had reached the con-
clusion that the workers were
justified in picketing it.
Mrs. Charles Wood Collier, eX.
ecutive secretary. said the demon
stration would mark the groups
first definite stand taken in any
labor dispute. The demonstration,
she explained. will be made in
cooperation with the workers.
The Washington times., 1937-03-17
PAY RAISE
VOTED FOR
TREASURY
Senate Approves Bill
For $50 Annual Rise
In | ,267 Salaries

The Senate today approved an
amendment to the Postoffice-
Treasury appropriation bill which
gives a $50 annual raise for 1857
custodial employees in the Treas
uhy Department.
This amendment is similar to
one successfully advanced during
the House consideration of the bill
by Representative William P. Con-
merry, jr., who won a $775,240 in
crease in the appropriation to take
care of the custodial employees in
the PoStoffice Department.
Fight to Raise Pay
Representative Connerys amend
ment was the first "break" in the
determined effort being waged this
session to raise the salaries of the
loWer-paid Government employees.
In the original bill, the House
Appropriations Committee had in
cluded 100000 to provide raises
for deserving cases. .....-.
Representative Connery pointed
out that this was not enough
money to meet the situation and
forced the House to accept the
larger figure.
Treasury Workers
At the Senate hearings on the
same bill, Luther c. Steward,
president of the Federation of
Federal Employees, testified that
this did not include similar en-
ployeS in the Treasury Depart
ment whose pay comes under the
same appropriation bill.
AS a result of Mr.. Stewards
testimony, the committee raised
the amount by $4,000 so the $50
annual raise could be given to the
custodial employees Of both de-
partmentS,
The Washington times., 1937-03-17

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March IT.
At the request of Mrs. John l..
Lewis, wife of the C. I. o. leader,
the historic home being rented by
the Lewis's at 212 South Fairfax
ST., will be stricken from the list
Of homes advertised yesterday for
the Alexandria Association tour
April IT, it was learned today.
The Lewis home was advertised
for the tour without final consent
of Mrs. Lewis, who last night re-
queSted the Alexandria Association
The Washington times., 1937-03-17
Dope Quiz Starts
AT Portsmouth
Naval Prison

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., March
II Q.N.S0.-A full naval board
of inquiry was to convene at
Portsmouth Naval Prison today
following demand of Senator
Bridges (RO of New Hampshire
that reports of alleged immoral
ity and narcotics peddling be in.
veStigated.
st welcome the fullest investi-
gation," said Col. Robert Denig,
Marine commander of the prison,
in predicting none of the reports
would be subStantiated.
The Washington times., 1937-03-17
Cab Driver Jailed;
Drinking Is Charged

UPPER MARLBORO, Md,
March 17.-Charged with driving
while under the influence of liquor,
Joseph H. Posey. taxicab driver,
1900 block Rhode Island Ave. N. E..
was in jail today in default Of
$1,000 bond pending a hearing
Friday.
Posey was arrested last night on
the Marlboro Pike, between Marl-
boro and Forestville, by Policeman
Edward D. Merson.
The Washington times., 1937-03-17
loss IS SCI.
AT $4,000.
BY0WNERS
Many Delays Prevent
Saving Building; New
Club Is Planned

Famed by a brisk wind, fire
today destroyed the club house
and locker rooms of the Rock
Greek Park golf course, causing
damage estimated at more than
$4,000.
Firemen said that a telephone
alarm, giving wrong directions
caused a 10 minute delay in the
arrival of apparatus and this de-
lay was probably responsible for
the complete destruction of the
buildings.
Difficulty also was experienced
in getting water to the blaze as
the building is located atop a hill,
and it was necessary to lay quar-
ter Of q mile of hose from Rock
Greek to the clubhouse.
Pumper Fails
Further difficulty was expert
enced when a pulnper broke down,
and while another was being
rushed to the blaze the firen1en
fought with chemicals in a des-
perate battle to save the blazing
structure.
Golf clubs, clothing and other
articles owned by golfers and
stored in the lockers were de-
Stroyed, at an undetermined loss.
All equipment was insured how
ever, D. H. Graham, manager Of
the golf course said.
The fire is believed caused by
Q faulty heating system in the
clubhouse. A watchman first saw
the flames and telephoned in the
alarm, but fire apparatus was sent
to Fifteenth and Underwood
Streets instead Of the entrance to
the park at Sixteenth and Under.
wood Streets.
New Club Planned
Meanwhile q second call had
been telephoned in, but before
the apparatus could reach the
scene the clubhouse was a mass
of flames.
Plans for construction of a
new clubhouse will be started at
once, and it is hoped the build
ing will be ready for use this
summer, Graham said.
The Washington times., 1937-03-17
Student, Is, Is Held
For Shot Al Teacher

MUSKOGEE, Okla, March II
U.N.S0. Ramona Porter, a 16-
year-old high school girl, was held
today for shooting at her English
instructor, whom she accused Of
"giving me low grades"
Although the shots from Ra-
mona's small-caliber pistor failed
to hit her teacher, Miss Charlotte
Kennedy, two others suffered slight
bullet wounds. They were Betty
Peckenpaugh, a junior student,
and j. Litten, school janitor.