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The Washington times., 1937-10-14

We had been going hot and
heavy for half an hour. The traf-
fic director was due to leave to
keep another appointment. He
pulled a gray SLOUGH hat down
over his eyes.
"I'll tell you what I've found"
he said. IF people know what
you want them to do, 95 percent
Of them will do it. But you've
got to give them definite direc-
tons. And that's what we're try
ing to do"
The Washington times., 1937-10-14
CORONER OFFICE
CHANGE URGED

Striving toward increased eff
cheney and modernization, the Dis.
trict Commissioners at the com.
ing special session of Congress will
seek to have the present coroner's
office replaced by a medical ex-
aminer and staff.
Corporation Counsel Elwood H.
Seal is drafting a bill to accom-
plish this change. He declared
the coroner's jury system has
been found Anticipated.
The bill will propose the coroner
and all powers of his office be
placed in the hands of a medical
examiner in investigation Of VIC
lent and sudden deaths, and that
two assistants be placed on the
examiners staff.
Other bills being prepared by
the city's legal staff for introduc-
ton at the coming session include:
A bill Ito establish a municipal
civil service system separate from
the Federal system; a bill to in
crease powers of the Commits
sioners by placing the Board of
Education and possibly other
agencies under their jurisdiction:
a bill requiring registration of all
corporations doing business in the
city, and bill placing cost of
maintenance of former soldier
"floaters" at St. Elizabeths Hos
pital on the Federal Government.
The Washington times., 1937-10-14

make? These new steel-and-con
crete skeletons cost far less than
a garage. The cost of operation
and maintenance is less. The
consequent cost to the motorist
is less. And there you are-or
might be!-as Mr.. Van Duzer
sees it.
Have as many decks as you can
pay for and get customers for, and
you'll contribute to the solution
of the parking problem. The new
parking skeletons are not orna'
mental, but they are darned
useful.
AND PARKING METERS
Parking meters?
Swell! In every city where
they have been tried they are
popular. The people like them.
The merchants like them. The
automobile CLUBS like them.
Here in Washington the AAA
is against meters. don't know
why they should be-"
ANY other new ideas?"
We'll, neon signs would help"
Neon signs for traffic?"
"Yes-on one-w ay streets.
Easier to see at night. The ar
row points one way in the morn
ing and the other way at night"
What about them? Are you
going to try them?"
Eyes, on Twelfth Street from
E to Vermont. We're going to
try them out. I think they'll
help, don't you?"
A hundred and seventeen thou
and Government workers in Wash
ington. Until their hours were
staggered all went to work at the
same time-9 o'clock. And all quit
at 4:30. Even since the expert
ment with staggered hours began
some months ago, $4,000 of them
still go to work at 9 o'clock, within
closely circumscribed area con.
tanning the departmental build
ings.
SEE DIFFERENCE
You can notice the differ
ence," says the traffic director,
but the idea could be extended.
In Pittsburgh and other indus
trial cities staggering of the
traffic load occurs automatic.
ally, First, you have the mill
workers. Then the office work.
erS. Next the shoppers. Finally
the bankerS!"
The Washington times., 1937-10-14
MOTHER LEAVES
BABY AT CLINIC

CHICAGO, Oct. IA (I.N.S).-Po-
lice today sought a young woman
registered as Mrs. Mary Rizzo,
10, who abandoned her baby boy
at the jefferson Park Hospital six
days after its birth.
The woman entered the hos
pital on October 8. Paid the neces.
Sary fees in advance and shortly
after gave birth to the baby. Yes
terday she left her room after
telling the nurse she wished to
make telephone call. She failed
to return. 1t was believed she
slipped out a back entrance.
The Washington times., 1937-10-14

OnNN
The Washington times., 1937-10-14
|. Q. Questions

This is a sport quiz. Score 10
for correct answers or five for
half the question.
/. Give the last names of two
of the -Four Horsemen" of Notre
Dame
2. In golf a hole that has been
shot in one less than par is called
). The Wightman Cup is a
trophy for
4. A golf team from
University was sent to England
this year.
5. Norman Shelby was the real
name of - --.
6. Did the Oxford Cambridge
track team defeat the Yale-Har-
ward team this year?
7. Match these:
(a) Ryder Cup 9 baseball
CD Davis Cup basketball
8. Co Stanley Cup = swimming
Cd Helene Madison q tennis
9. (e) Steve Donoghue } golf
60 Mel OFT q hockey
10. (g) Bob Pastor i racing
Chi Clair Bee i boxing
ANSWERS on Page 49,
The Washington times., 1937-10-14
LINcUIsTs WANTED

TOKYO. Oct. IA Q.N.S).-Help
Wanted-Japanese having knowl-
edge Of spoken and written Chi
nese. War ministry officials ur-
gently request reservists organiza-
lions for applicants as interpreters
to aid the war department. Men
Of good physical condition will be
sent to China for service with the
japanese army.
The Washington times., 1937-10-14
Small ,TotUn Boy
Makes Good

Traffic Director william A.
Van DuZer came from a small
town in Ohio. 1t has a popu.
latiOn of 1000. Now he has as
only one Of his jobs the prob
lem Of protecting pedestrians
at Thirteenth and F Streets,
where at the peak of the
shopping period 1,400 persons
cross the intersection in a
single hOur-mOre than the
whole population of his home
town.
He thought of the cOmpari-
son in the COurS of the in
terview appearing today.
The Washington times., 1937-10-14
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY


Between F. ard G Streets on
Fourteenth, downtown, there are
80 street cars every is minutes
morning and evening.
Forty-eight of these are south
bound, and II of these turn left
into F Street.
During the rush periods there
are IS street cars on F Street
every quarter of an hour.
And at Thirteenth and F at the
peak of the shopping load in the
earlv afternoon 5000 pedestrians
cross the street in an hour.
TAKES 1T IN STRIDE
Yet Traffic Director Van Duzer
takes it all in his stride, getting
a bit grayer year by year, but
otherwise showing few signs OF
wear and tear. A man OF a dlt'
ferent temperament would go nuts
in a job like his.
He can even explain to you
calmly why you can't make left
hard turn on p Street, once you
turn in at Fourteenth, until you
finally manage to make it at
Ninth-five long blocks away.
I'LL tell you why that is" he
said cheerfully enough. There
are 5000 pedestrians who cross
the street at Thirteenth and F
every hour in the middle OF the
day. It is almost as bad at some
of the other intersections. 1t is
pretty bad all day long. And
you know how they cross! They
stroll. They don't hurry.
"Three per cent of the total
number of persons using the
same streets in the middle OF
the day are motorists. Ninety
seven per cent are pedestrians.
The no-left.turn rule is intended
to protect the pedestrians. It's
Just a question whether you
want to inconvenience 81 per
cent of the people for the bene-
fit of 3 per cent. don't think
I do.
CAN'T BE HELPED
"It is true that it increases
vehicular congestion to send
automobiles around the block,
but that can't be helped"
"What about downtown park.
ing? Why don't you abolish all
parking on congested downtown
streets?"
Get the merchants to agree
to that and I'll agree to it!
They've done it in the Chicago
Loop. The merchants objected
there. Strenuously. Fought it as
hard as they could. Now that
it's done they like it,
Mr.. Van Duzer will get out a
pencil at this point and show you
that a cafe proprietor on one OF
these streets only loses couple OF
dollars worth of business from
customers who can't park in front
of his place of business-and
doesn't make much profit out Of
that. Compared with this loss he
gains in the greater freedom with
which other customers may come
and go if there are no cars
jammed together in a solid line
along the curb.
Would parking centers help?
These big, open-to-the-wind struc-
lures consisting of concrete floors
on steel beams, with ramps run.
ming up and down their skeletons?
THERE'S AN IDEA
And how! The traffic director
doesn't use that particular eX-
preston, but that's exactly what
he means and almost says.
There, now, is an ideal
Not garages. Not parking lots.
What he means are the neW-type
parking structures such as one of
Washington's largest department
stores recently erected for the
benefit of its customers-where you
turn your car over to an attendant
and walk away. and he shoots it
up the ramp and around a corner
and up another ramp or two to the
second or third floor.
Run 'em up in the air as far
as you wish-or as far as the law
will let you - eight stories, 10
stories-what difference does it
The Washington times., 1937-10-14
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The Washington times., 1937-10-14

Saves His FaIthless Queen from the
Pitiless witch Doctors. Why the Afri.
can King Didn't Behead His Erring
Wife. But Asked the British Judge to
Punish Her. An Illustrated Feature
in The American Weekly. the Magazine
Distributed with Sundays Washington
Herald Times,
The Washington times., 1937-10-14
SORORITIES MEET

NEW YORK, Oct. IA G.N.S).
Headed by Miss Harriet Tuft, Of
Berkeley, Cal, national chairman,
delegates arrived here yester-
day for the three-day session of
the National Pan-Hellenic Con-
greSS, opening
The Washington times., 1937-10-14
Van Duzer Explains
F St. Left Turn Ban

YThis is the second insall1ent of interUiew WHh
Director of Vehicles and Traffic William A. Van Duzer,
in hich he suggests remedies for WaShngtons growing
traffic problem)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
Kick in Pants for
Power Company
Predicted by linn

We've been waiting a long time
to give Nev-Cal kick in the pants
and believe me on the 10th it's go
ing to be a hard one" ID. L. Doc"
zinn, auction philosopher told a
Calipatria audience Saturday night,
when he was discussing REA and
PWA contracts to be submitted on
Wednesday to district voters.
I'm still trying to figure out how
the power company can operate its
system on a seven per cent profit
basis, make a cut of 20 per cent
and still stay in business. There's
something in the WoOdpile,' Zinn
said Il wonder, too, how a COM
pany that has always complained,
both to the railroad commission and
to the people, about the high cost
Of production and transportation of
its commodity, can stand up and
tell us now that it can lick us in
competition-with us growing our
own electricity in our own back
yard. Folks, that's ridiculous. Some
body's trying to kid u.s."
Mark Rose, Elmer Heald and Earl
Northrop also spoke. Ray Johnson
appeared as an advocate of the
Nev-Cal company. w. f. Young
presided
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
PLAN ATTACKED IN
CONGRESS REPORT

WASHINGTON, June IA WPThe Judiciary Committee
Roevelts utterly
reorganization emphaicaly that
parallel will American people,
the most controversial constu
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
FIVE KILLED
IN AIRPLANES

PASADENA. Calf. June ID. (U,H
Two airplanes crashed into resi-
dental sections Sunday killing the
five occupants. One fell into a
vacant lot at Pasadena and the
other crashed to a sidewalk at
Glendale, missing a housewife by
only five feet.
Pilot Frank BanniSter, 30, for
mer Marine flier, and his two pas
sengers, Edward Patrick, % and
Fred Lobb, 90, all of Pasadena,
plunged 500 feet into the vacant
lot when a wing was torn off their
Stunting plane over a fashionable
section of Pasadena. Bannister
maneuvered the crippled plane to
prevent striking house.
From a tailspin at 300 feet an
other plane crashed at Glendale,
killing Jack B. Neuert, 25, tran
sport pilot, and Joseph Taylor, %,
both of Los Angeles, the tail of
the plane fell beside the Ben Small
residence and a piece Of metal
struck Mrs. Small, who was sitting
in the front room.
Witnesses said Taylor jumped
out as the plane skinned over the
roof and was decapitated when he
struck the chimney.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
GIRL KILLED
IN ACCIDENT
AT CARNIVAL

SACRAMENTO, Cal, June IA.
UP)-Official action banning fur
ther permits for travelling carnival
appeared possible outgrowth. to-
day of the death of 23-year- old
Margaret Hill, fatally injured
when she was hurled from an
octopus" ride at a carnival here.
B. L. Terry, 27-year- old sales
man whom Miss Hill was to have
married this month, told police
centrifugal force sent the girl
hurting over the side of the whip
ping amusement car. Her skull was
fractured and she died en- route
to a hospital.
District Attorney Otis D. Bab-
cock said he would conduct an
inquiry into the accident. the third
at the show in two weeks. A small
girl previously was injured when
car broke loose from restraining
chains and struck her to the
ground. a Rio Linda school stu
dent was injured in an accident
similar to that which killed Miss
Hill.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
RELIEF
CASES AIDED

Total county, state and federal
welfare expenditures of $S2,274 in
Imperial county supported 1859
charity and relief cases during
March, 1887, according to a recently
completed survey by California
Taxpayers association. Joint state
and county aid to needy aged
amounted to s6,045 for 218 cases,
to needy blind s493 for Is cases,
and sl,S85 for 191 orphans.
County aid of 1864 was given to
Il unemployable indigents in ad-
dition to aid given charity cases
supported in institutions. the study
disclosed. The States SERA ex-
penditureS totalled $62,66S for the
1907 cases in the county. while
the Federal government. through
WPA, cared for lis unemployed,
spending S5,4l9.
Total welfare expenditures in
California for all types of relief
reached S12,845,015 and assisted
329, ,130 indigents and unemployed,
according to the report. Joint state
and county aid to needy blind, aged
and orphans totalled $2,750,958 for
l00,234 cases. County relief to 1882
indigents amounted to s1,033,864.
The State spent s2,299, ,238 in SERA
relief to 7l,243 unemployed. while
Federal WPA projects cost $780,
955 and gave relief employment to
1881 during the month"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14

Announced plans to scrap the
film of the picture, Saratoga" up
on which the famous platinum
blonde was at work when stricken
with her fatal illness last week,
brought a deluge of protesting let
ters from fans, Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer studio revealed.
To permit fans to sec Miss Har-
low in her last role. Rita Johnson,
New York actress, would finish the
remaining scenes. When shown on
the screen, the picture would halt
at the point that the cameras reach
ed when Miss Harlow was forced
to leave the movie lot last We'd
nesday.
The voice of Lionel Barrymore,
veteran movie actor, would an
nounce from the screen that anoth-
er actress would be seen in Miss
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
Mother Goes on
Trial in Staying
OF Her Daughter

RIVERHEAD. N. Y, June ID U.H
Mrs. Helen Tiernan, % year old
mother who killed her seven year
old daughter to make room in her
home for a lover, goes on trial to-
day on a charge of first degree
murder.
District Attorney L. Barron Hill
was prepared to demand the death
penalty.
The body of the girl, Helen. was
found in the woods at Long Island
a month ago. She was slashed and
burned to death. Her brother jun
my 5, was left to die, but he crawl
ed out of the fire and has survived
the attack.
Mrs. Tiernan confessed to the
Staying. The children, she said, in
terfered with her romance with
George Christodolus, a restaurant
worker.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14

tional issue OF many years to the
senate in a formal report that de-
nounced the administration judi
ciary bill as tending to:
l. Obscure the real purposes" of
the administration.
2. Undermine the American con-
stitutional system.
3. Punish the supreme court by
forcibly and unconstitutionally SUBJ
jecting it to the will of the execu-
tive department.
a. Break down constitutional safe
guards against automatic domin-
ance."
The report was approped by 10
of the 10 members of the COM
mittee.
In language that only OCCASION
ally indicated the intensity of the
conflict the majority report set up
the argument advanced by the ad-
ministration in support of the DILL
and then sought to demolish 1t
point by point
1t went, too, beyond that province
to remind the supreme court gent
ly that it must take account of
the advancing strides of civiliza-
tion;" that if the time comes, the
nation by constitutional amend
men may fix definite terms for
judges Or get compulsory retire
ment age.
But most emphatically, the COM
mittee majority insisted that the
issue tossed into congress last Feoru-
airy by the president must be met
and rejected in a manner that
would protect an independent jul
dietary as long "as this government
stands"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
CRISIS NEAR
IN GERMANY,
VATICAN ROW

BERLIN. June Ia. U.P)-Bad feel
ing between the German govern
ment and the Vatican approached
crisis today after a demand by
Cardinal Faulhabr. Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Munich, that priests
arrested at Munich be released and
that arrests of priests, and bans
against priests occupying their pull
pits, be stopped.
The Cardinals demand was an
nounced from pulpitS of all Catho-
lie churches at Munich yesterday.
Cardinal Faulhaber sent letter
to Hans Kerrl, Nazi minister for
church affairs. demanding the re-
lease of Father Rupert Mayr, priest
world war hero and 10 other priests
arrested at Munich; guarantees
that no more preachers would be
forbidden to occupy their pulpits
and that no more arrests be made.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
HARLOW'S LAST FILM MAY BE
USED, ANOTHER FINISHING ROLE

Harlow's role. The picture would
then continue with Miss Johnson
Half a million dollars had been
spent on the picture, starring Miss
Harlow and Clark Gable. Upon
Miss Harlow's death Monday, it
had been announced that the pic
ture might be made over, but the
original unfinished film would be
destroyed. The explanation was that
the film, as completed SO far, was
designed for two strong personali-
ties-MisS Harlow and Gable"
The studio development came as
the stars family decided to place
her body in a private mauSoleum
room purchased by William Pow
ell, dapper actor, and her constant
companion.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
DOCTOR BANS
POPE'S AUTO RIDES

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, June
IA. U.P)-Because of the excessive
heat the Pope's physician, DR.. Am
inta Milani. ordered the holy IA
ther today to cease his automobiie
drives in the Villa Gardens and
take the air on the terrace adJoin-
ing his private apartment instead.
The Pope's condition was described
as satisfactory but the heat wor-
ried his doctors.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
EAGLES NAME .
STATE OFFICERS

WATSONV1LLE, CALI, June IA.
U.P)-Delegates to the oath annual
state convention of the fraternal
order of Eagles were returning to
their homes today after electing
state officers and selecting San
Diego as their 1888 convention city.
William Hornblower, San Fran
cisco, state assemblyman, was elect
ed state president.
Other officers elected were Ed
ward Smith, Oakland, vice presi-
dent; Roy Driggas, Porterville,
chaplain; William Haegerty, San
Francisco, secretary; George Vice,
Sacramento treasurer; A. M.
Thomas, Vallejo, conductor; George
Alderman. Antioch, inner guard,
and A. B. Coyle, Stockton, outer
guard.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
FILM STARS TO
WE'D WEDNESDAY

HOLLYWOOD, June ID. UP)-
Jeannette Macdonald and Gene
Raymond, off the screen sweet
hearts, will be wed Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
WORLD FAMED
AUTHOR I'LL

LONDON, June IA. W,P - Sir
James Barrie II, world famous au-
thor and dramatist, was gravely i'll
today at a nursing home, SO seri-
Gus was his condition that rela-
tiveS and friends had taken turns
watching at his bedside.
Lord Horder, physician in ordi-
nary to the king, issued the first
bulletin today, after a visit to the
nursing home;
Sir James Barrie is suffering
from an attack of bronchial pneu-
monia Although there was a little
improvement this morning Sir
James condition gives rise TO con-
siderable anxiety"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
JOKE TO SHOOT
REALLY SERIOUS

LOS ANGELES, June IA. Wpl--
Nancy and Joseph Parks, brother
and sister. drove here from CaStaic.
Calf. 10 visit relatives, Stopping
at their home, the youth and his
Ia year old sister walked to the
front porch. "Scram," yelled some
one inside, "or I'll shoot. 1t was
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14

PROTEST FILM
ON DRESSING

HOLLYWOOD. June IA. WP)-
The Barrymore family was report
ed to be negotiating today for the
suppression of one reel movie
starring Elaine Jacobs Barrie Bar
rymore. entitled: How to Undress
Before Your Husband"
Those who have previeWed the
show said it did justice to its title.
The objection was to the use
of the Barrymore name, it was
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
ENATE COMMITTEE DEMANDS DEFEAT OF COURT REFORM

a good Joke. the two thought. So
they yelled: "Okay so ahead,
shoot. Then someone shot sew
eral times. Police took care of the
girls wounded thumb and helped
Attorney George P. Tinkle, who
was living in the house, explain
that he thought he had heard bur-
glars
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-14
RECKLESSNESS
BRINGS SUICIDE

SAN DIEGO, June IA. Wp-
Frank Mesa, 33, became angry last
night when his wife and two sons
who contended he drove recklessly,
refused to ride with him. They had
walked several hundred yards to-
ward home when Mesa finally got
out of his car, stood in the head
lights beam and shot himself to
death with a rifle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-23
Autos and Trucks For Sale
Legal Notices
LloUOR PERMIT'

NOTICE OF APPRECIATION
 This Is to give notice that !. John Lewandosk of n. +. D. No. ?, Bris- tol. Conn. have filed an application Control Comniission for . Restaur- ant Permit for the sale Of alcoholic liquor on the premises, 33J-335 Wall nut St., waterbury, Conn. The bus mess is owned by John Lewandosky of R. F. p. No. ?. Bristol. Conn. and dosky of R. K. D. No. ?, Bristol, Conn, as permitteel
 JOHN LEWANDoSKY. Dated April 15, 1887. 4-l6-35
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-23

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-23
LIQUOR PERMIT

~ NOTICE OE AFFLAOAT1VN
 This is to give notice that T, Christopher9 C. Harmon of Sb Luke Street. Waterbury, Conn. have filed with the LIquor Control Commission of alcoholic liquor on the premises, 452 Baldwin Street, Waterbury, Conn. The buaibess is owned by Christopher c. Harmon of s5 Luke be conducted by Christopher c. Har- mon of S5 Luke Street, Waterbury. Conn.,, as permitted. e M
 CHRISTOPHER c. HARMON. Dated April 2s. 1887. 4-2s-so-3t STATE or CONNECTICUT, DIS TRICT OF WATERBURY,, ss. PROBATE COURT. April ssnd. ESTATE or ROSARIO DELL' alias RosARIA sIMIELE. late of the. the town Ssn.o of f.g Waterbury. in said dis 'r;rt' The uccsatso court of Probate for the Dis trIct of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the. date hereof for the creditors of said es- tate Co exhibit their claims for sek- tlement. Those who neglect to pre- sent their accounts, properly ate tested, within said time. will be de- barred a recovery. All persons in. debted to said estate are requested 10 mnke immediate payment to
 DoMENICo DELL 0Rco.
 vRrDrR1cK W. gAIoMRH.s lI VI 4-2S-St Ills Attorney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-23
Real Estate For Sale
Real Estate Agents
Houses For Sale

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