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Evening star., 1937-02-01
CITY HEADS REVISE
SNOWPARK|NGBAN
Draft New Regulation With
Definite Mention of
Removal.

A third attempt was made by the
Board of Commissioners today to i'm
pose an effective snow parking ban
for Washington motorists
The new regulation. approved at a
special board meeting, was designed
to get around the decision rendered
last week by Judge Edward NJ. Curran
in Police Court. which declared the
former law invalid. Once before the
Commissioners had been thwarted in
their efforts to prohibit night parking.
The new regulation affects the same
So streets designated in the recently
invalidated provision. 1t makes def
mite mention of snow-removal work
for the first time.
Parking would be prohibited on
these So streets and avenues from 2
to 8 am. including Sundays and
legal holidays. the regulation states.
for the period from December IS of
every year to March IS of the follow
ing year.
Commercial vehicles would be ex-
SAdtSo bIlC NLlilC
loading and unloading. Taxicabs may
occupy space on cab stands on these
streets when the licensed driver is
behind the wheel, provided they do
not actually interfere with snow re-
moval work"
Another exemption is provided in
the regulation which would permit
any vehicle to park on the streets
during the restricted hours when
there is licensed driver behind the
wheel.
Such cabs and other vehicles shall
be moved from said streets upon the
of snow removal machinery
or workmen," the regulation states.
Believing that the new regulation
meets the objections raised by Judge
Curran, Corporation Counsel Elwood
H. Seal announced the District would
abandon its plan to appeal from the
decision of the Police Court to the
United States Court of Appeals. The
District also will discontinue the
prosecution of charges under the regu-
lation which the Police Court de-
clared invalid.
Evening star., 1937-02-01
GREATER POTOMAC
FLOOD THAN IN 1886
IS HELD POSSIBLE
Lieut.. Matteson Is Sup.
ported in Belief by GeoIog.
ical Survey Expert.
ARMY ENGINEERS AWAIT
WEATHER BUREAU DATA
Report Will Be Basis for Perfect.
ing Permanent Plans for
Flood Control.

The possibility that Washington
could experience a far greater fiooo
than last March, when the raging Po-
tomac waters churned over the floor
of Chain Bridge, was seen today by
First Lieut.. William j. Matteson, dis
trict engineer for the War Department
for the Washington area, who is
studying conditions in the Potomac
River watershed. This has no con-
nection, however, with the presen
flood situation.
The Army Engineers are now await
ing the answer TO this question, to be
supplied by the Weather Bureau:
What are the worst rain, hail anG
snowfall conditions that reasonably
might be expected at one time in the
Potomac River basin?"
Weather Bureau experts are making
study Of these records, so as to in
form the Army Engineers of the maxi
mum volume OF water that could rea-
sonably be anticipated in the Uppe
Potomac River and its tributarier
The engineers also want to know fror
the Weather Bureau what the run-c
conditions are, sending water dov
into the river.
Horton Backs Matteson.
A. H. Horton, engineer of the NJ
die Atlantic district of the water
sources branch of the Geological ST
vey, Interior Department, suppo
Lieut.. MatteSon's contention IT,
Washington could have a far grea
flood than came in March, 1886.
Upon the Weather Bureau inform.
ton the Army Engineers will pre-
cate permanent plans for food co
troll in the Potomac River Valley.
A series Of public hearings was he
recently at different communities
the Potomac River watershed and l..
Washington and the Army Engineer
are now studying this data. Lieut..
Matteson declared that his report will
be ready in April or May. The re-
port will be forwarded to the divi-
sion engineer, Col Earl I. Brown.
Corps of Engineers, United States
Army, whose headquarters are at Rich
mond, Va. Col. Brown will study the
report, make his comments and trans
nit it to the Board of Rivers and
Harbors in the office of the chief of
Army Engineers here.
Situation Summed Up.
Lieut.. Matteson pointed out today
that in the March, 1886, flood there
was not much rain east OF Harpers
Ferry, w. Va; there was not an un-
usual volume of water in the north
branch OF the Potomac River: that
there was comparatively little -ain in
the Shenandoah River basin, and
that the weather in Washington was
fair. BY rearrangement of the
rainfall, many thousands of addi-
tional tons of water would have been
swept down upon Washington, the
Army Engineers believe.
Lieut.. MatteSon pointed out today
that conditions in the headwaters of
the Potomac. which reaches into part
of Pennsylvania. are physically SINH
lar to those of the Ohio River.
Evening star., 1937-02-01
RANDOLPH SEEKS
JAIL LbETTERMENT
Representative Expresses
Sympathy and Cooperation
to End 0vercroWding.

Representative Randolph, Democrat.
of West Virginia disclosed today he
would work tirelessly at the present
session of Congress to improve physical
accommodations at the oyercrowded
District Jail, as we'll as the working
conditions of the guards.
A member Of both the District and
Civil Service Committees, Randolph
has taken an active interest in the
Jail and the welfare of its employees.
Randolph revealed his plans in a
letter to Carl B. Hyatt of the District
Public Welfare Association. The COM
munication, in part, read:
There has been considerable
thought given lately to conditions ex-
isting at the District Jail with re-
spect to the overcrowding of inmates,
sanitary conditions and the need for
more adequate quarters. I am in full
sympathy with this situation, and will
cooperate In every way to bring
about a solution of the problem.
However, I want to take this oppor-
tunity to bring to your attention an
other aspect of the case, which con-
Germs me deeply and which can and
should be remedied.
Long Hours, Low Pay.
II refer to the living conditions of
the employees of the District Jail.
Il am advised that the working
hours at this institution are unusual
ly long, while the salaries received
are a great deal less than those re-
ceived for similar services in the Fed
eral Government.
II would like to cite as an example
that the salary of guard at the Dis
trict Jail starts at only $1,260 a year,
while a similar guard at Federal
prison begins at $3.50. In spite of
this great difference in compensation,
/ believe that I am correct in stating
that the District Jail guard works
longer and harder each day than the
Federal guard.
In Other Positions.
Il have merely stated this case as
an example, but the difference ap-
pears in the other positions as we'll.
Il realize that much of the trouble
is due to the lack of necessary funds
and the difference in classification of
civil service positions which exists
between the District and Federal gov
ernments, and 1t shall be my purpose
as member of the House Civil Service
Committee to see if Congress cannot
work out some solution looking to-
ward a reclassification of these Dis
trict appointment and, if necessary,
special examinations by the Civil
Service Commission. for these posi-
tions."
Evening star., 1937-02-01
C0RC0RAN PRINCIPAL,
MRS. STAFFORD, DIES

Mrs. Jeannie Maude Stafford. So.
of 1902 Porter street, principal of the
Corcoran School. Twenty-eighth anc
M streets. died yesterday at her home
A resident of Washington for 30
years, Mrs. Stafford came here origin
ally in the employ of the War De-
partment. At the end of the World
War. she went into teaching and re.
mained active in educational service
until her death.
She was born in Knoxville, Tenn,
in 1884, the daughter of James A.
and Laura Tarwater. She was q
member of the Metropolitan M. z.
Church here.
Surviving are: Mrs. Vera L. knight
Of Knoxville, her daughter; Mrs. w.
z. Thornton Of Knoxville, her sister.
and A. B. Tarwater of Plainview, Tex;
H. r. Tarwater of Lubbock, Tex, and
Ben d. Tarwater of Washington,
brothers.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow In Knoxville at Bookwalse
Church followed by burial In Book
waller Cemetery
Evening star., 1937-02-01
READY
FOR BAL TONIGHT
Arts Club Fete Will Start
at 10-Famed StyIist
Will Attend.

The Arts Clubs Bal Boheme will
be held at the Mayfower Hotel to-
night at 10 o'clock.
Decorations were completed yester-
day, the floor committee had received
its final instructions and last re-
hearsal for presentation of French
Pastry" was staged last night General
Chairman Harold Allen Long after a
check with Designer Hugo linden
announced everything is in readi-
ness"
Set Is Versailles Garden.
Tonight the east corridor at the
hotel will be completely cut off from
public view and will be "set" as the
gardens of Versailles, to be used as
promenade for the hundreds OF bal
guests. The presidential dining room
at the Mayflower will be reserved
entirely for bal guests also, with
tables reserved for supper in many
cases, and a delectable French supper
in readiness from IL midnight to !
pm. Bal Boheme tickets, obtainable
at the entrance to the hall, will in
clude the supper also.
An extra attraction at the bal to-
night will be the presence among the
judges of costumes of NJ Antoine,
famous French stylist and artist, who
will attend the bal as an honored
guest of the Arts Club and will assist
the committee in their selection of
the three prize winners in the grand
march. The prizes will be valuable
works of art by well-known Wash
ington artists, Mathilde Mueden Leis-
enring, Clara Saunders and Hugo
linden and will be awarded tonight
Immediately after announcement of
the winning costumes. Part of the
bal proceedings will be broadcast.
linden Directs Production.
Long announces that the task OF
producing" this seasons bal has been
in the hands of linden, Mrs. Maud
Howell Smith, casting director; Mrs.
Elizabeth Gatlin Pritchard, rehearsal
director; Walter Studdiford, Miss
Marjorie Davis, Miss Margaret Tolson,
Miss Villa Semple, Music Committee;
Mrs. Ralph Richards, costume chair
man, assisted by Mrs. Charles Bit
finger, Mrs. Edwin H. Etz, Mrs. Ed
ward o. Hulburt, Mrs. James E. Mil
Ter, Mrs. Charles H. Stratton, Miss
Clara Saunders, Miss Margaret Boil
ing, and Richard Dear. The wigs have
been designed and made by Mrs. E.
M. Lucas. Miss Christine Stewart has
executed the costumes of the debu-
tantes.
Artists who have assisted linden In
the construction and painting of the
decorations are Frank Niepold, c. H.
Stratton, Robert LIE Fevre. Miss Patty
Hodgkins, Miss Marie Walcott and
Miss Keen.
Assistants to Mrs. Pritchard for
French pastry" include George Herl,
Winfred Lee, Frank Stewart, Herman
Riess and Francis Crane.
Last-minute purchasers of bal
tickets will find them today at the
Willard, the Shoreham, the Arts Club
and tonight at the Mayflower only.
Evening star., 1937-02-01
MRS. MIRRON CLARK
DIES AT AGE OF 76

Mrs. Mirron H. Clark, rs, mother of
Miss Charlotte H. Clark, supervisor of
school work for the Public Library of
the District of Columbia, died today
after a long illness at her home in
the Wyoming Apartments.
Mrs Clark, a resident of Washing
ton about IL years, was the widow of
Robert w. Clark, at one time treasurer
of the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha Railroad. Besides her
daughter here, she leaves another
daughter, Mrs. S. c. Phipps, Hudson,
Wis. Mrs. Clark came to Washing
ton from Hudson after the death of
her husband,
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Mark Twain's Pun.

Some years ago Mark Twain and
Rudyard Kipling happened both to be
ill at the same time and many sympa-
thetic messages were flashed by cable
across the Atlantic. from America with
inquiries concerning Kipling and from
England for Mark Twain. After they
had both recovered Mark Twain gave
forth this pun: England and America.
which have been brought nigh to each
other In Kipling. will not be divide ed in
Twain"
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Mrs. Grafton Burke to Speak.

Mrs. Grafton Burb will address a
meeting Of the Washington Diocesan
Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal
Church tomorrow at 1870 pm. at the
st. Paul's Church, Rock Creek Parish.
Evening star., 1937-02-01
French Dramatist Dies.

PARIS, February l R.-Pierre
Valdagne, French dramatist. died to-
day after long illnsSs. He was In his
eighty.third year.
Evening star., 1937-02-01
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Army Band in the Audi.
torium at pm. today. Capt. Thomas
F. Darcy, leader.
PROGRAM.
prince Ador," selection from the
ballet NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rybner
"A Little Love, q Little Kiss"
Melodie Silesu
That's Life, Guess" fox trot,
De Rose
"Siciliano," from Second So
nata" Bach
I'm South America" intermezzo.
Missud
The Fez," march PAMELA
n The Star Spangled Banner.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-20
Mr.. W. GOODWIN
IS COMPLIMENTED
BY LOCAL PAPER
Considered One OF AccOmack's
Most Promising Attorneys,
Tho Yet Young In Law

"The News" of Onancock, has the
following to say of Wrendo M. God
win, ESQ.,, successful candidate for
nomination to the Virginia General
Assembly in the primaries held last
week:
The successful candidate is consid-
cred one of the county's promising at
torneys though he has been practicing
a little over year. He attended Biloxi
ON High School graduated from Har-
grave Military Academy at Chatham,
Va, and later attended University OF
Richmond for his academic work. He
followed this by wide business exper-
fence on the Shore and elsewhere.
Mr.. Goodwin was engaged in the
mercantile business at Pocomoke City,
Md, a number of years ago and later
was Secretary of the Chamber OF
Commerce of that town for over a
year. He resigned from that position
to return to his home at Bloxom where
for the past nine years he has been
engaged in the produce business:
In 1882 Mr.. Goodwin took up the
study of law privately under the guild
ance of one of the Accomack attorneys
and was a member of the Law Review
class in the University of Virginia in
the summer of 1885. In June, 1896,
Mr.. Goodwin took the State Bar Exami-
nation and was one out of a small
number of successful candidates to
pass the Bar Examination. 4
Mr.. Goodwin has many friends in Po-
comoke who will congratulate him on
the success of his candidacy.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-20
Greenbackviue

Mrs. Louise Adkins of Atlantic
City, N. j., spent part of this week
at her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Boss and chill
dren of Washington, D. c., spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Dalton
Merrill.
Misses Pearl McKeawn and Mile
Craig of Dover, Del, were callers IN
the home of Mrs. Louise Adkins, Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Green of Philadelphia,
Pa, spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Mason.
Mr.. Norman Dennis of Philadelphia
Pa, spent the first of the week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Graydon Tull.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland Sharpley
spent last Sunday with Mrs. Earl
Watson at Chincoteague, Va.
Mr.. Lewis Gordon of Chester, Pa,
spent the first of this week with his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. l.. w. Gordon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Merritt spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Johnson near Pocomoke City.
Miss Mae Gordon Of Hyattsville, Md.
is spending a few days with her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. L. w. Gordon.
Mr.. w. s. Hammond Of Philadel-
phia is spending this week with Mrs.
Hammond.
Miss Ray Howard spent last week
with Miss Emma Miles at Mona, Va.
Mrs. Bessie Bell is spending some
time at Painter, Va, with relatives.
Mrs. Lizzie Starr is spending a
week with her daughter, Mrs. Ralph
Phillips and Mr.. Phillips at the Hotel
Parksley, at Parksley, Va.
Miss Mary Frances Sturgis of Phil
adelphia, is spending her vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ruben
Sturgis.
The Rev. and Mrs. L. w. Gordon,
Misses Mae Gordon, Mary Frances
Sturgis and Mr.. Lewis Gordon spent
Monday with Misses Dorothy and
Sylvia Gordon at the Breakwater
dOCSl, dC ASWSSS Lei.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Jones and
daughter, Norma of Girdletree, Nd,
spent Saturday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. C. S. Jones.
Mrs. Felter Marshall and children,
of Capeville, Va, spent part of this
week with Mrs. Betty Marshall.
Mrs. Louise Adkins spent Tuesday
with her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Blox-
ON, Chincoteague, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Crowley of Del
mar, Del, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Banks
of Hebron, Nd, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Laura Crowley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wilkerson and
children, Betty Lou and Patsy, Mrs.
Frank Johnson and daughters, Irene
and Margaret and Mrs. Bessie Bunt-
ing visited in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. II. Merrill, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Kelley and
children of Chester, Pa, spent few
days the first of this week with Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Sharpley en-
tertained friends from Philadelphia,
over the weekend.
Miss Verna Skeeter, we are very
sorry to say is i'll at her home here.
Hope to see her out soon.
Mr.. John A. Selby is improving his
store and home with a new coat Of
paint.
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Lays Jealousy Haro7
MRS.ROOSEvELT
TALKS TONIGHT

CHEVY CHASE, Md. June IS
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
discuss Youth Problems" as
commencement speaker at gradu
alton exercises for the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, to
night at 8:15 p. m, in the au
ditorium of the Leland Junior
High School.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be intro
duced by Miss Elizabeth Wilson,
q member Of the graduating
class and daughter of the Under.
secretary Of Agriculture and
Mrs. M. L. Wilson.
This is the second time Mrs,
Roosevelt has addressed Mont.
gomery county audience since
coming to the White House more
than four years ago. The first
time was in 1884, when she
spoke at the pageant at the Con
gresSional Country Club, which
was sponsored by the Women s
Democratic Clubs Of Montgom-
cry county.
The commencement program,
arranged by members of the grad
uating class, includes musical num-
bers by the school orchestra, under
the direction of Kenneth w. FriS-
bic, and by the Senior Glee Club;
the announcement Of the annual
scholarship awards and the pres
entation of diplomas by Mrs. Dan.
lei C. WalSer Of the Montgomery
County Board of Education.
A special high school assembly
will be held in the new gymnasium
tomorrow morning at $50 a. m.
when monogramS for athletic
achievement will be awarded, as
well as the A. A. r. Citizenship
Medal and the American Legion
Medal. Parents, and friends of the
students are invited to attend. Due
to limited seating capacity, admis-
sion to the graduating exercises
will be by card only.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15

I think, began to haunt him. He
knew the real Jean. Knew her
better than anyone else in the
world. Except her mother. Knew
that she had accepted their
strange marriage, that she wanted
his companionship, wanted the
partnership If work and mind
which they had, more than any
thing else. He knew that. Yet he
couldn't quite believe it.
MOrbidly Jealous
He kept thinking of the glitter
ing glamour girl of the screen,
the heroine of passionate love af-
fairs, the girl who represented all
that the modern world has come
to think Of as sex.
p And a morbid jealousy which
he couldn't control began to take
possession of him.
Jean Harlow never looked at
another man after she fell in love
with Paul Bern. She never thought
Of another man after she married
him. But Paul began to be driven
mad by his own thoughts, by his
own belief that she couldn't mean
it, that she was Jean Harlow, that
all men desired her, and that she
would never be content with their
partnership.
Say Jealous Scene
I myself once saw him make q
jealous scene at a party when
Jean was laughing and talking
with a group in which were sew
eral younger men-aS group as
innocent and as public as it could
well have been. And it hurt me
to see, and then I felt a fear in
my heart.
The injustice his suicide did her
was patent to us all-who knew.
But Jean never once faltered,
never once broke her silence. She
kept her Secret-and his.
AMI long later she said to me,
"You see, right does protect itself.
People did understand. They
didn't blame me-"
And to our amazement it was
true.
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me over and over again that she
did not know. She had nothing
but praise for Paul Bern. He was
the finest man she had ever
known. They had never had a
quarrel. They had been happy.
He had done her no wrong, ever.
There had been no last nights
comedy.
Defied Advisers
Loyalty, doggedly, she fought for
Paul Bern. Not for herself, be-
cause every bit Of advice she was
given was exactly the opposite.
Everything that everyone told her,
was exactly the opposite. But she
would not even attempt to save
herself at the expense of the man
who had left her to face this thing.
Reporters hammered at her door.
Police questioned her. Studio ex-
ecutiveS, trying in every way to
save her, told and advised and
ordered her to explain the note.
But Jean Harlow, white and
SteadfaSt, her hands sometimes
shaking a little, maintained the
silence that protected Paul Bern.
Even her mother weakened. She
said to me when we were alone
for a moment. II wish she would
tell you. I wish I could tell you"
She was afraid for Jean. She
wanted Jean to be understood.
And much as she had loved Paul
Bern, she must have felt as many
of us did, that he had done an
unbelievable, cowardly, cruel thing
in leaving Jean to face that note
and that horror.
Couldn't Believe
I think it was that night, that
I conceived for Jean Harlow as
great an admiration as have ever
had for any woman in my life,
and which I still have, and which
followed her into that crypt where
they laid her the other day.
For I knew. something of the
background of this thing and I
was able to put together some
thing of what that note had
meant. Paul Bern had loved Bar
bara La Mari when she was my
dearest friend, and I knew that
Jean could have been his wife in
name only. I knew, too, some
thing of the jealousy that-utter-
ly unjustified-had begun to eat
into him when Jean Harlow was
actually his wife.
The Jean Harlow of the screen,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
CONTROLLERS
TO MEET

The National Capital Group of
Controllers, comprising the con.
trollerS and assistant controllers
Of Washington department and
speciality stores, will hold their
final meeting Of the year tomor-
row at the Manor Club. There
will be q golf tournament in the
afternoon, after which dinner will
be served at 7 o'clock, and then
the regular business session will
be held.
This meeting is being held Just
prior to the departure of several
delegates for Chicago to attend
the session Of the National Retail
Dry Goods Association, at which
time the Washington group is COM
peting again for the Alfred Henry
trophy which is awarded each year
to the group contributing the
greatest amount Of service to the
association.
At the evening session Adolph
Weyl, controller. Lansburgh &
Bro, will speak on District Of Co
lumbia tax legislation. There will
also be the installation Of officers.
The present officers are Harold
G. Malone, controller, The Hecht
Company, chairman; j. Frank
Brown, controller, s. Kann Sons
Company, vice chairman, and A.
Coonin, controller, VIM. Hahn &
Co., secretary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
Y School Graduates
q at D. c. Exercises

Twenty-three graduates Of the
Washington Preparatory School
of the Y. M. C. A. received diplo-
mas last night at commencement
exercises held in the Central ''Y"
Building at 1876 G st. N. w.
In his commencement address,
DR.. Walton c. John, senior special
list in higher education Of the U.
s. Bureau of Education, described
all school work as an aid to sue
cess and happiness.