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The Washington times., 1937-02-01
HOUSE SPEEDS
AUDITORIUM
MEASURE
Robinson Resolution
Up to Committee
This Week

The way was cleared for con-
struction of an auditorium in
Washington today as the House
prepared to jump all hurdles for
speedy action on the Robinson
resolution.
Passed without dissenting vote
in the Senate on Saturday, the
Robinson resolution to set UP
commission to draw plans for tie
Federal auditorium was to come
up in the House today, where it
Immediately will be referred to the
House Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds.
Lanham Pledges Speed
Representative Fritz Lanham
Cd, of Texas, chairman of this
committee, has already promised
speedy action on the measure. He
is expected to bring the resolution
to his committee this week.
BY the end of the week, sponsors
of the auditorium proposal expect
| the commission will begin opera
ton so that it may report back
to Congress as soon as possible.
The commission, under terms OF
the resolution, will be composed
of the Secretary of the Interior,
who last week appeared before
the Senate Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds to indorSe
the measure, and the chairmen OF
the Senate and House Commit
tees on Buildings and Grounds.
President Interested
An early report by the audi
torium commission Is expected in
view of President RooSevelt's in
tereSt in it. Immediately after
the inaugural, the President an
nounced his support of this pro-
posal, as a result of which Sen
ator Joseph T. Robinson, majority
floor leader, introduced his reSo-
luton.
Among the problems the COM
mission must solve will be the
question of how the cost of the
auditorium shall be borne-the
proportionate contribution of thu
Federal and District governments.
Representative Lanham has al
ready expressed himself in favor
of placing the entire cost OF con-
struction on the Federal Govern
ment, believing, he says, that the
building should BE- entirely under
Federal supervision.
The Washington times., 1937-02-01
Want a Free Pet?
WhyNOt Take
One of These?

Two good dogs, suited for chill
dren's pets, may be adopted today
One pet is a female brindle ter
rier, 4 years old. She is brown in
color, devoted to children and a
good watchdog. She may be
adopted from Mrs. E. L. Ross, 3501
Valley Ave, Mount Rainier, Md.
The other dog to be given away
is a 6-month-old female puppy,
She is a medium-sized dog, with
short hair and tan in color. The
owners work and the pet cannot
be given the necessary attention,
Notify Mrs. L. w. jenkins, 2007
North Uhle ST., Park Lane, Va.
walnut 845s), if you would like
this dog.
Notify the pet editor Of The
Times if you would like homes for
pets YOU must give away.
The Washington times., 1937-02-01
Ever Fight Indians ?
Indoors. of Course

of the city's finest newspaper. but
of the worlds greatest literature
as well.
We say "given away" because
that is just about what it amounts
to. One look at any of the hand
somely bound and printed clas-
sizes in this new series, and you'll
say. "A book like that can't be
sold for as little as 80 cents" Yet
that is just what The Washington
Times is doing.
Yes, for 80 cents plus set of
seven ConSecutively numbered
coupons clipped from the DAILY
WASHINGTON TIMES, and Sun
days HERALD, The Last of the
MohicanS" is yours.
And for 20 such sets of coupons
at the same price for each book,
the entire series of 20 world IA
nous classics can be yours! With
out question, The Washington
Times is offering you now an op-
Continued on Page 23, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1937-02-01
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED

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1887 Enclose set OF coupons To-
l0c for postage and packing
Address H w, Washington, D. c.
The Washington times., 1937-02-01
Lighthouse Chief
Retires After 40
Years. Service

After more than 40 years in Gov
ernment service, Lewis M. Hopkins
today will retire as superintendent
of the fifth lighthouse district.
Hopkins will be succeeded by
Capt. Norman C. Manyon, now
serving as superintendent OF the
fourth lighthouse district with
headquarters in Philadelphia.
Widely known in marine circles,
Hopkins has been in charge OF the
fifth lighthouse district. covering
waters of the Chesapeake Bay and
the Atlantic seaboard from Hat
teras to the Delaware River, since
March /, 1880.
He entered the Lighthouse Serv-
ice in 1911, transferring from the
Coast and Geodetic Survey. His
first duties were as chief engineer
on the lighthouse tender Anemone.
In the same year he was promoted
to assistant superintendent in the
third and fifth districts.
The Washington times., 1937-02-01

Remember the days when you
we're kid?
Chances are that like most Of
us, you spent the rainy days in
doors, fighting indians or making
friends with them, rescuing captive
maidens from the clutches of the
willy redskin-all by remote con-
troll, of course, and with the aid
of one James Fenimore Cooper.
Such an old-time favorite both
with old and young is Cooper S
Last of the Mohicans" that it
rates as classic.
If you don't own the volume now,
here is your chance! Another op-
portunity to profit, afforded by
The washington Times.
Set of Twenty
Cooper's masterpiece leads off the
set of 20 magnificent volumes be-
ing given away by The Washington
Times beginning this week, as part
of it's campaign to make every
Washingtonian a reader, not only
The Washington times., 1937-02-01
AIR CRASH TIP
W|NSPRIzE

First prize for the winning
newstip of the week in The Wash
ington Times weekly contest went
to the first person to call the
editorial room on the crash of an
Army bomber on the slope Of
Mount Bilger in the Blue Ridge
Mountains.
Second prize went for the tip
on the accident on Military Road
in which an auto-trailer Of the
Arlington Fairfax Railway jumped
the tracks.
Awards also went for the tip
on the fire in the United States
District Courthouse at Sixth and
Indiana Avenues N. w; the first
report on an accident in which
a street car collided with truck
at Third and G. Streets North.
west: the report on two ambu'
lances being ordered to Front
Royal, Va. for men injured in a
plane crash and the tip on
suicide at Waldorf. Md.
The Washington times., 1937-02-01
Ken Murray
Says:

That old Democratic fire
eater, Senator Carter Glass, GER
tainly minced no words in Op-
posing the seed loan bill for
farmers, when he said, Il am for
the horse and buggy days if 1t
means respect for the COnstitu-
ton" Apparently the Vir-
ginia Senator is one of the few
Democrats who believe we can
save the Constitution and the
country at the same time.
At any rate, l guess we'll have
to put the Senator in the states
mans class. because a mere pol
itician is a man who knows how
to make his opinions behave.
Personally, 1 don't know
whether our fOrefathers used a
special kind of parchment for
the Constitution. but that old
document certainly seems to
withstand a lot of pulling and
tugging from all sides.
Seems to me the AdminiStra.
tiOn is in such complete control
that they really have chance
to get in some constructive legiS-
IatiOn if they'll only stop fight
ing each other :. It's impossible
for even a Democratic donkey to
kick and pull at the same time.
p. S.-We may all be back in
those horse and buggy days if
somebody doesn't soon end that
automobile strike.
(copyrisht, 1881. by McNaught
Syndicate. Inc.) -
The Washington times., 1937-02-01
NOW
Change Is On
In Society
OPEN REVOLT
BY HELEN ESSARY

Don't say I didn't warn you,
but Washington society will be
reorganized by the time another
The Washington times., 1937-02-01
EQUAL
TO THAT OF
YEAR AGO
Young Girl, Three Men
Die Of Hurts; Several
Are Injured Here

-Four weekend traffic fatalities
brought the 1887 total to IA, on
par with the February /, 1896,
record.
The dead are:
William j. Kanode As, of
Fort EustiS, Va.
Madeline Suesen, Is, of Ian
ham. Md.
Frederick j. Dedeaux. "a, Of
529 Gresham Pl N. w.
An unidentified colored man
who died of broken neck at
Freedmens Hospital.
Driver Is Arrested
Kanode was run down at Thir.
teenth and M Streets Northwest.
In serious condition at Emergency
Hospital was a companion of Ka-
node, James Walsh, 46, of 3l2
Third st. N w. Walsh suffered a
crushed leg and other injuries.
Clarence R. Day, %, of the 100
block of Seventeenth St. N. W..
who. police records state, was the
driver of the car which struck the
two men, is being held for action
of coroner's jury.
Miss SueSen died in Casualty
Hospital Saturday night after her
skull had been fractured when the
car she was in collided with
another machine near her home.
Her sister, Louise, 18, was in the
hospital with severe head wounds
and shock.
Gingi Frisco, 20, and Kenneth
Shoemaker, 18, escorts of the
girls, suffered cuts and bruises.
and we're released. Both are Hy.
attsville residents.
Cycle Hits Pole
Dedeaux, the third victim, died
at Casualty Hospital of fractured
skull suffered according to police.
when the motorcycle he was rid
ing struck a telephone pole at Ian.
ham, Md.
The unidentified colored man
was hit, police reported, at Sixth
and P Streets Northwest, by an
auto driven by Francis x. Krog-
mann, %, of the 1900 block Twen-
tieth St. N. w.
Krogmann told police that his
fender brushed the man and he
insisted that the pedestrian &C.
company him to the hospital. In
the Freedmen's emergency room,
the man tainted and failed to re-
turn to consciousness.
Rudolphe de Zapp, P WashnG
ton neWSapermah is N Emer.
gency Hospital with severe in,
iurieS suffered when ne was struck
by an auto at the intersection Of
DeSales Street md Connecticut
Avenue NorthweS
Others Injured
Others injured over the week
end were
Louis Detterer, 81, Of the 1000
block o st. N. w., broken legs and
head cuts in an accident near
Cottage City, Md.
Edward Cox, 2E, of Huntington,
Nd. at Casualty Hospital after a
crash at North Beach.
The Washington times., 1937-02-01
TRAFFIC COURT
CONVICTIONS
First Offense, Speeding

First Offense. Speeding
George L. Clark, Maryland, SO.
Calvin B. Brodis, 1928 Duncan
st. N. E, $40.
William H. Spates. jr.. 539
Eleventh st. S. E, S..
Everett E. Polk, 331 Seven
teenth st. S. E.. $5.
L. E. Clifton, 428 Elm st. N. w,
S.
Paul S. Kullman, New York,
$50
Robert L. Fitz, no address
given. S5.
Fred T. Chorpening, Shoreham
Hotel, S.
The Washington times., 1937-02-01

Season hufrleS
On to the Po-
tomac.
This social
town is begin
ming to loon
itself squarely
in the eye and
is considering
changes as i'm
portant to its
p ar t y giving
life as Mr..
Roosevelt'S Sug-
gestionS for re-
organization of
Government.
C~ao1I Ia1Jt ci0.
The Washington times., 1937-02-01
Contractors to Meet

The regular meeting of the Elec-
trical Contractors Association of
Washington will be held tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock in the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company.
Nogales international., 1937-07-24
STATE TAX
RATETOBE
AROUND zoe

PHOENIX, July 23-The state tax
rate for the present year probably
VIII not be under 70 cents on the
500 OF assessed valuation. depend-
ing upon the requirements of the
social security set-up as reflected
by the. special legislative session
convening this week, ACCORDING to
unofficial estimates by state tax
officials, but the rates will be cor
respondingly lower in most, if not
all, of the counties.
The predicted 7O-cent rate is an
estimate only, officials pointed out,
and is subject to what the Iegisla-
ture will do at the special session"
and what other special expenses
may have to be placed in the states
fiscal year financial set-up.
The 70-cent estimate is based on
the belief of officials they will have
to raise $2,65O,OOO from property
taxation and that valuations will
reach $685., 100000 as against $685.
100000 last year.
To Raise $7,OOO,OOO
The 2O-cent increase in rate was
attributed to larger appropria-
tions, a slight increase in school
costs, decreased sales tax revenues
due to money being returned in
part to the counties, special appro-
priations, the probability of addi-
tional money being. needed for old
age pensions and the special ses-
sion"
Officials estimated they would
receive 100000 more in income tax
es this year, but said they probably
would have to provide $4,000 900 for
the states operation this year as
against $5,376,OOO last year.
Nogales international., 1937-07-24
The Mousetrap Quotation

eff a man wrote better book,
preach better sermon, or make a
better mouse trap than his neigh
Dor, though he build his house in
the woods, the world will make a
beaten path to his door," The au-
thorshlp has been attributed to
different persons, with Ralph Wal
do Emerson and Ebert Hubbard
most frequently mentioned. A
search narrows to these two, and
reveals for a certainty that Hub
bard supplied the mouse trap, but
there isn't any doubt that the sense
of the quotation goes back 10 the
writings of Emerson.--CleVeland
Plain Dealer.
Nogales international., 1937-07-24
Cumulose Soil-Building Material

Parent soil materials are said to
he "cumulose" when they are
formed on the edges of ponds and
lakes, and in swamps, by the con-
tinued addition of new vegetable
matter which, by reason of its ac-
emulation under water or where
it is very wet, undergoes only par
tial decomposition. Such deposits
of peat or muck may range from a
few acres to hundreds, or even 10
thousands of acres in extent. Sucn
soils in different parts of the co'ln-
try are used extensively for the
growing of celery, onions and oth-
er truck cr,ps, and in some OF ths
mid-western states they are Useo,
on large scale, for the growing or
alfalfa, potatoes, and mint, grows
for it's Oil.
Nogales international., 1937-07-24
First Successful Airplane

The first successful airplane was
produced by Professor Langley,
secretary of Smithsonian institu-
ton, who designed and constructed
a motor-driven airplane which flew
in 1896, but that model did not
carry a man, says the New York
World Telegram. The Wright broth
ers made four successful fights
on December II, 1903. In one OF
these the machine rose by it's own
power and was in the air SO sec
onds and Travelled distance OF
852 feet. This was the first sue
cessful fight of human being from
the ground in a mechanically Oper-
ated airplane.
Nogales international., 1937-07-24
Colosseum on Appian Way

The Colosseum on the Appian
Way, was built in S21 &. c. 1t
was the queen of all ancient roads
and early was threaded daily with
traffic for all the known eastern
world. Its sides were tlanked with
the tOmbs of the ScipioS, Claudius,
Milo Livy, Seneca and other illus
triOus Romans. Scipio Africanus In
POI B. G. entered Rome by this
road. Cicero was welcomed here
with honOrs on his return from ex-
lie in B. C. 81, the Apostle Paul
entered Rome over its pavement
and Titus after he had destroyed
the city of Jerusalem was received
with triumph along the Via Appia.
This road was $50 miles long,
marked with the earliest milestoneS
Nogales international., 1937-07-24
Ohio's First Capital

ChillicOthe was OhiO'S first cap
ital, from 1903 to 1908; then zaneS-
vile, until 1910. In 1871 Chilli
cothe again became the capital un-
til Columbus was laid out and deN-
ignated the capital The first as
sembly convened in Columbus De-
cember 2, 1916
Nogales international., 1937-07-24
Records Columbus Birth Date

Calvi, Corsica, has for centuries
maintained on one of its houses
a tablet stating that Columbus was
born there in 1441. Yet historians
know that the date and place Of
the nativity of this great man never
we're revealed and recOrded.-COl-
lier'S Weekly
Nogales international., 1937-07-24
Tentative Official Budget
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY STATE ARIZONA FISCAL
BEGINNING JULY AND ENDING JUNE BOTH,

wthP Of the oil
viii OF office
Board il the Arizona" "Whe ndwh
Taxpay be in hvs" o.
G
OF theB o Supervise ssanaC County, Arizona
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

Issue Put
To SOLOns

Congress had notice today that
If it expects to stop the financing
Of group health movements among
Federal employees by the funds OF
Government corporations like the
Hole, it will have to legislate
against them.
There were growing indications
at the Capital that it will be
asked to do so.
Following the receipt Of a long.
awaited reply from Chairman
John H. Fahey Of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board defend
ing the use of HOLC money to
finance Washington's first Fed.
eral experiment IN this field, Sena.
tor Pat McCarran of Nevada, a
member Of both the Appropria-
tions and District committees Of
the Senate, announced he would
bring the subject before the Ap.
preparations Committee for a de.
termination of policy.
Chairman Fahey of the ~HLBB
replying for the Hole, declared
the use of Hole funds in its group
health venture, now under fire
by the American and District
Medical Associations, to be justi-
fled on the same basis as the main
tenance of emergency rooms and
visiting nurse service for its en-
ployes.
He called attention to the fact
that the Hole does not operate
on appropriated funds, but is a
corporation whose original capital
was provided by the RFC.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
ROSS ARRIVES
FOR PAGEANT

Hugh Ross, famous conductor,
who directs the Schola Cantorium
in New York, arrived here ycster-
day and made preparations for
rehearsals of the $50 vocalists and
instrumentaliSts who will present
Bethlehem" a Christmas pag-
cant, at the National Theater
December 20. .....
Sponsored by a group of Wash
ington churches, the pageant will
be the first to be presented in cos
tune and in professional man.
ner. .
Twenty-Five members of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra have
been loaned for the pageant,
which is in general charge of
Walter Nash, Washington organ
ist and composer.
Dorothy Seegar, star of Blossom
Time" and "Rose Marie" will
portray Mary" in the pageant.
Edwin Steffe, well-known local
vocalist, will take the part of
Joseph" Lita Graham, New York
authority on costumes and light
ing, will direct that phase of the
work. Evelyn Davis will have
charge of the dancers.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
TAX RATE.
URGED
FOR FLOOD FUND
Prince Georges Board
Approves Plan

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Dec.
S.-The first major step toward
the elimination of floods in the
vicinity of Bladensburg was taken
by the Prince Georges county
board of commissioners yesterday.
The board voted for the plan
recently proposed by the county
chamber of commerce to raise
funds for the purchase of lands
along the Anacostia and its tribu-
taries, through an increase in
the Maryland Park and Planning
Commission tax rate from its
present 3 cents to 10 cents.
DELEGATION ON HAND
The question was brought be-
fore the board by a delegation Of
members of the county chamber
Of commerce and the Bladensburg
flood control committee headed
by Fred W. Cast, Of Edmunston,
and w. F. Mulligan, of Berwyn.
Cast told the board the Federal
government would appropriate
funds for flood relief only if the
State would guarantee necessary
lands. He asked the board to pro-
vide for the purchase Of the land
Though the Park and Planning
Commission assessments.
Ogle Marbury, attorney for the
commissioners. pointed out that
uLder the law, the Planning Com
mission tax can be raised only at
the request Of the members Of the
Park and Planning Commission.
The motion passed yesterday, pro-
posed by Commissioner Vinton D.
CCckey and seconded by Perry
Boswell, would ask the Park and
Planning Commission to recon-
mend the tax.
SINKING FUND PLAN
The seven-cent tax increase
would raise approximately $4,000
a year, which would be placed in a
sinking fund to pay off the debt
at the end of the eight years.
Cast explained to Commits.
sioners that none of the funds
raised by county taxation would
be used for actual flood-control
purposes, but only to purchase the
needed land. The money to con
struct the dikes and dredge the
channels would be appropriated
by the Federal Government.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
Radio Features Today

EARL GODWTN's LISTENERS ARE M
vITED TO ATTEND THE "KEEPING
Up WITH THE TIMES" BROAD.
CASTS AT THE N.B.C. STUDIOS IN
THE TRANs-LUX BUILDING. FOUR.
TENTH STREET AND NEW YORK
AVENUE, ANY DAY EXCEPT sun
DAY, AT 0 A. M...........W NJ. WMAL
MUSICAL AND VARIETY
7:OO-POETIC MELODIEs-Jack Full.
ton sings 80 Many Memories"
"Wheu the Organ Played at Twi-
light" and "Oh, Promise Me-"
rs requested by listeners WJSV
s:OO-MUsIC OF ROMANCE-Eddy
Duchln's orchestra, in line with
new policy Of honoring n song
of respective country each week,
salutes Mexico with "Estrellita."
WMAL
s:3O-EDDIE CANTOR-Deanna Dur.
bin, Pinky TOmlln, Jimmy Wall.
ington and Jacques Renard's or.
chestra. ...., ..,... WJSV
s;3O-SERENADE-Wayns "WaItE"
Kings orchestra. ..... 80. .WRC
9:OO-TOWN HALL-Fred Allen intro
duceA a One-man male trio when
he presents Candy, novelty solo
ist, as one Of the guest acts.
FPed'S postponed interview with
Harry Saz, sound effect expert. is
also scheduled. ...... .WRC
1O:OO-YOUR HOLLYWOOD PARADE
New air show from Hollywood
makes It's debut. Headed by Dick
Powell. singing emeee: the list Of
stars Includes Gary Cooper. guest I;
Leo FOrhatein musicaI direcfor,
Rosemary Lane. and Dorothy
Wade. 12-yeaF-oId vioIinist. Bette
Davis, Olivia De HaviIland, Basil
hathbone, Eric BIore and Patric
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
CRIME BREEDING
ISLA|D TO JAILS

County jails are the breeding
spots of the majority of Americas
criminals, contended DR.. Joseph
Fulling Fishman, penologist, be.
fore the Institute of Criminal Sci
ence last night at Wardman Park
Hotel.
There are over 5000 county
jails in the United States, said
DR.. Fishman. "These are the
first way-stop for the country's
embryo criminals. Without ex-
ception, they are filthy, vermin-
infested places. where the guilty
and the innocent, the young and
the old, the healthy and the dis
eased, are thrown in together"
He asserted an innocent man
often is forced to spend year in
such environment before the courts
are through with him. Such an
experience, said DR.. Fishman, pro-
videS "a perfect crime training
school for the beginner"
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
SperO to Lecture
To Treasury Staff

Sterling Spero well-known labor
author and lecturer, will address
employees of the Treasury Depart
ment tomorrow on "The History
ard Purposes of Federal Employees
Unions" at 8 p. M, 532 Seven
teenth st. N. w.
The lecture is sponsored by the
Treasury Department, Local No.
II, of the United Federal Workers
of America, CIO affiliate, which
has made rapid progress since its
organization here last June.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
2 Missionaries
To Tell Of Lepers

Two missionaries who have
spent years among the lepers OF
Africa and the Philippines, will
describe their experiences at a
meeting at Mt. Vernon Place
Methodist Church on Friday.
Mrs. E. K. Higdon, Philippine
missionary for 20 years, will speak
at II a. m. DR.. w. j. K. Clothier,
Of the Presbyterian Colony at SAX.
bayeme, West Africa, will tell of
his bush hospital so miles from
civilization where voodoo and
African magic still set up barriers
against white mans medicine"
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
DR.. Hanan Death
PrObed by Police

SILVER SPRING, Dec. 8.-Po-
lice today were investigating the
death Of DR.. j. j. Hanan, former
local dentist who has been in a
Baltimore sanitarium two years.
DR.. Hanan, who was returned
home Saturday, was residing at
the home of his father-in-law, John
Lane. This morning he went to
the basement to fix the furnace,
and later was found dead on the
floor, suffering head injuries.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

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SCHENECTADY, 500 P. M
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Concert by the Faculty of the
Arts Museum. CB960, 312 m,
$50 meg.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
Sunderland Guest
At Artillery Fete

Maj. Gen. Archibald H. Sunder-
land, chief of the United States
Coast Artillery, will be the guest
of honor at the sixth annual ban
quet of the Washington branch
of the United states Coast Artil.
lery Association and the ninth an.
nual banquet of the Coast Artillery
Club, which will be held jointly at
the Army and Navy Country Club
at 7:15 o'clock tonight.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

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