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The Washington times., 1937-02-19
HALL ADDITION
FOR RIVERDALE

RIVERDALE, Md, Feb. 10.
Construction of an addition to
Riverdale Municipal Hall, to pro-
vide for an assembly hall and
larger fire department quarters,
will start next month. The mayor
and town council has asked for
bids by March /.
The addition. to be financed
through a Federal fund grant
and long.term loan, will include
widening of the present building
and a second story. The entire
lower floor, which is now divided
into fire engine house and coun-
Gil meeting room, will be turned
over to the fire department. Ad-
ditional space will be provided
in the rear for storing freight
ing and control apparatus.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
BUSINESS NJ f N
STUDY FEDERAL
RESTAURANTS
BY A. ]. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor


The Federation of Business
Mems Associations, at a meeting
last night in the Hamilton Hotel,
voted to investigate the extent to
which the Federal Government is
affecting private business in the
District by the operation of cafe
terias and restaurants in public
buildings and by group buying and
selling, including the General VEL
fare Association and other con-
ceSSions.
The matter was brought to the
attention of the group by Fairfax
oyster. of the New Center Market
Dealers Association, and other
members Of the business group,
who claimed extensive loss Of
trade because Of Government ac-
tiyities in business and the per
mitting Of group buying and sell
ing, particularly of farm products.
It also was asserted that in some
instances drygoods and wearing
apparel also had been sold in this
way.
Report Next Month
On motion of w. r. Whipp, the
matter was referred to the com
mittee on law and legislation for
investigation and report at the
March meeting.
A change in the constitution and
bylaws was adopted, conferring
honorary membership on all past
presidents who remain affiliated
with a unit organization.
Celebrating the entrance Of the
Columbia Heights Business Mems
Association to membership, a bur
lesque marriage ceremony was en-
acted, with George A. Ford of the
Columbia Heights group as the
bride, Percy Kline of Georgetown
as the groom and President Theo-
dore s. Grape as the officiating
minister.
Traffic Committee
Hugh Keiser, of Central, an.
nounced the following as members
of his committee on traffic:
Cleo Mardfeld, Brookland-Wood
ridge: Burd w. Payne, Of Colum'
bia Heights; Napoleon Van Meers
of Connecticut Avenue, and Lewis
o. Berge, of Northeast.
Door prizes were awarded Mr.
Ford, Mr.. Klein and DR.. F
Thomas Evans, Of Central.
DR.. Roy Lyman Sexton, in q
health talk, told Hoy to Keer
Fit at Fifty"
Mrs. P. T. McGerr, recently
appointed Washington Official
hostess, spoke briefly Of her work
in greeting new arrivals to thf
District,
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
STRONGER FTC
IS SOUGHT

Congress was urged yesterday by
Chairman Ewin Davis of the Fed
eral Trade Commission to put new
and sharper teeth into the trade
commission act.
Davis, testifying before the
House Interstate Commerce Com
mittee, approved the Lea bill
which gives the commission power
to ban unfair trade practices even
where competition is not directly
affected.
The new proposal, it was said,
would broaden the commissions
power to include censorship Of ad-
vertising. Davis said:
"Under the present law, no
matter how unfair trade prac-
tice may be to the public, we are
pOwerlesS to prevent 1t unless
there is injury to a competitor"
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
SALVATI0NISTS
PLAN COUNCIL

Delegates and officers from five
Salvation Army centers. in the Dis
trict will gather tomorrow in the
Temple Corps Auditorium, 606 E
Street N. W., for the opening of
the 1887 Young Peoples Councils.
1t. Comdr. Ernest 1. Pugmire,
Washington area Salvation Army
commander, will conduct the coun-
cils, opening tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock and closing Sunday
night at 8 o'clock with a public
salvation meeting in the auditor
ium of the Temple Building.
Maj. Sidney E. Cox, Territorial
Young Peoples Secretary, will as
sist at the councils. He pointed
out today that the councils are
held annually, for the purpose of
conferring with the young people
on Salvation Army spiritual and
recreational work.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
"HOw did I do it?
81 Just reasoned sensibly."

"EORTUNATELY, straight think
i ing told me that vitality and pep
was produced by energy created from
within. so was the skin beautifed
and made clear from within. found
the famous S.S.S. Tonic just the rem
edy to stimulate tagging gastric juices
and to supply the mineral elements
for restoring deficient red-blood-cells.
Hence greater energy from within.
and an added glow to my skim"
Be tops againwith mOrevitality.
more pep. "a clear skin by taking the
S.S.S. Tonic treatment. Shortly you
will be delighted with the way you will
feel. your friends will compliment
you on the way you will look.
S.S.S. Tonic is especially designed to
build sturdy health. its remarkable
value is time tried and scientifically
proven. that's why it makes you feel
like yourself again. Available at any
drug store. CS.S.S. Go.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
WEATHER FORECAST

District of Columbia - Partly
cloudy tonight and Saturday, fol
lowed by rain Saturday night;
slightly warmer tonight, minimum
temperature about 38 degrees; gen.
tie variable winds, becoming mod
crate south on Saturday.
Maryland and Virginia-Partly
cloudy tonight and Saturday, fol
lowed by rain in west portions Sat-
urday; slowly rising temperature.
Tide Table
High tide today at 2:24 a. m. and
2:57 p. m.
Low tide today at 9;OS a. m. and
9:58 p. m.
High tide tomorrow at 1888 a. m.
and 400 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow at 1918 a, m.
and 11:01 p. m.
Temperatures
4p, m. 40 4 a. m. ....35
8 D. m. ....36 8 a. m. ....35
midnight :. .35 Noon ...... 46
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Gas Company Band
In Concert Tonight

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. ia
concert by the 60-piece band of the
Washington Gas Light Co.. to be
held tonight. at o'clock in Armory
Hall, will feature today's program
of Greater Alexandria Week. The
band will be under direction of
Otto Siebeneichen, who is also
director of the Alexandria Post of
the American Legion will sponsor
q George Washington birthday
ball in Gadsby'S Tavern Monday
night as a closing feature of the
weeks celebration. The dance
will be held in the ballroom where
George Washington attended
dances and other social functions.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
PUBLIC WARNED
AGAINST BOGUS
STOCK SELLERS

Ring up the stock fraud
authorities or the nearest
branch Of the Better Busi-
ness Bureau II q glib sales
man calls on you claiming
to represent Hearst Enter
prises, Incorporated, or
Hearst Consolidated Publ
cations, Inc, and offering to
sell Class "a" stock Of
Hearst Consolidated Publ
cations, Inc. =.
The success Of the public
sale of $50,OOO,O 200 Of this
stock, paying : per cent
dividends, has led high
pressure solicitors to impose
on the public.
No salesmen are now en-
plOyed by Hearst COnsOIi-
dated Publications, Inc, or
Hearst Enterprises, IncOr-
porated, to sell, trade in or
switch any type of Securi-
ties. The investing public
is being given this warning
for its own protection.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Departures

Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January /, 1887, 1854;
excess of temperature since Feb
ruary /, 1887, 80; accumulated ex-
cess of precipitation since January
l, 1887, 4.36; excess of precipita-
ton since February /, 1887, 008.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, %; lowest, 10.
TEMPERATURES
Evening star., 1937-11-04
UTILITY OPERATOR
SEES SLUMP END
DoW.TeIIS Investment Bank
ers "DepresSion Stream"
Nearly Crossed.
- the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w.
Va, Nov. Alex Daw, veteran public
utility operator and president of the
Detroit Edison Co., today expressed
the belief "the stream of the present
depression is nearly crossed"
Addressing the annual convention
of the Investment Bankers Associa-
tion of America, the slight, energetic,
76-year-old utility chieftain enum-
Grated some of the ''perplexities" fac
ing the industry, and expressed the
hope that ION the other side of that
stream there will be less puzzling,
easier trails"
Referring to the Public Utility Hold
ing Company Act, he recalled that he
had warned against wrongful holding
company practices assearly as 1925.
and complained that the blanket re-
outrements of the act failed to dis
criminate between "the guilty and the
guiltless."
He listed as No. / perplexity'' the
demand that the electric power user
be served as cheaply as possible, while
.! am required to collect a tax of
per cent of gross bills from my
domestic and commercial users and
pay 1t to the Federal Government"
His No. 2 puzzle, he said, was the
operation of the Federal Government
power yardstick. In criticism of T. v.
A. cost accounting practices, he as
serted, II surely am perplexed when
the set-up of the shining example
which is set before me is such that no
member of your association would
permit it to go past as justifying his
approval of an offering of securities to
investors"
He mentioned as No.'3 perplexity
the claim that the publicly-owned
Ontario power project provided
cheaper power than his company in
Detroit, and asserted when differences
in wages, taxes and preferences were
taken into consideration the Ontario
advantage was quickly explained.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
WOMAN WINS FREEDOM
ON PLEA OF MATERNITY
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Nov. Mrs. Coma
Lee Pfeiffer, %, of Pinehurst, N. c.,
pleaded guilty in Federal District Court
here yesterday to a charge of stealing
five special delivery letters from mail
pouch of carrier with whom she had
been riding and cashing two money
orders found in them
Judge Luther B. Way, who said he
took into consideration the young
woman's plea that she soon would be-
come a mother. suspended imposition
Of sentence two years on condition Mrs.
Pfeiffer restore an amount not to ex-
ceed $50 within 80 days. A postal in
spector said the money taken totaled
approximately $85, but that $50 of the
amount had been repaid by the carrier,
since dismissed.
Mrs. Pfeiffer testified the idea of
taking money from letters occurred
when the carrier suggested one day
that she not return letter from her
husband; with whom she said she was
- little bit peeved," until she had held
. fiashlight to it to see if it contained
money.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
Col. Lndbergh
TORetllrn Soon,
Friend Reports
, the Associated Press.


ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4-Maj. Albert
Bond Lambert, one of Charles A.
Lindbergh's hackers preparatory to
his epochal flight to Paris 10 years
ago, said last night he had received
letter from Col. Lindbergh in which
"he expressed desire to come back
10 st. Louis-and very soon"
II can only say that Col. Lindbergh
expressed desire to come back to
et. Louis-and very soon," Maj. Lam
bert said. HE also mentioned that
he looked forward with a great deal
of pleasure to seeing his st. Louis
friends again"
Col. Lindbergh and his family have
been living in England since Decem-
ber, 1885. Reports have been pub
iished that ne planned to give up his
United States citizenship and be-
come British subject, but last month
he accepted reappointment as an
ofbcer in the Army Air Corps Reserve.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
w. T. STOCKTON RITES

Funeral services for William T.
Stockton, so, formerly assistant gen.
eral counsel of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board in charge of legal
affairs of the Home Owners Loan
Corp, were held yesterday in jack
sonville, Fla, where he died Sunday
Mr.. Stockton, graduate of
Princeton University and Rhodes
scholar at Oxford University, Eng
land, resigned from the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board in 1885 to return
to private law practice
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28
CHEVROLET NEW CAR CONDI-
TIONING

A recent automotive development
with a tremendous influence ON the
satisfaction which owners derive
from their automobiles is the new
car conditioning plant which Chevro-
let originated three years ago, and
which now is an integral part of the
manufacturing procedure at all 10
of the company's final assembly
plants.
Conditioning" is the word that
best describes the last operations
through which every Chevrolet car
and truck must go before it is ready
for delivery. 1t consists primarily
of inspection and adjustment. The
conditioning plant makes sure that
the car is serviced with water, oil
and grease, that the latter are of the
type suited to the season and the 10.
cality where the car will be driven,
and that the carburetor is adjusted
and the engine tuned for maximum
efficiency in that locality.
"Never Forget A Customer"-the
central thought in Chevrolet's slogan
sums up the company policies on
which the conditioning system is
based The distinction between con-
ditioning and the processes which
have preceded it should be clear at
the outset. In the manufacturing
plants, the workmen and inspectors
are concerned with building the pro-
duct to the specifications laid down
on the designers boards. 1t is their
responsibility to see that every part
is in it's proper place and of specified
quality.
The duty of the highly-trained con-
ditioning plant personnel is to see
that the car is actually ready to oper-
ate and is adjusted in every detail
for the owner to step in and drive
away. The men. in the conditioning
plant, preparing hundreds of cars
every day for delivery, naturally be-
come thorough and expert.
More than sixty distinct inspection
points, divided into many classical
tions, are checked on ever year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28
ASSISTANCE FOR OLD AGE BEN.
Eft CLAIMANTS

Under the simple procedure laid
down by the Social Security Board,
persons seeking payment Of claims of
500 or less under the old-age bene-
fits provisions of the Social Security
Act are not required to have their
claims notarized, Luther Becker,
Field Representative in charge Of the
Board Office at 800 Court Square
Building, in Baltimore, announced.
Neither will it be necessary for a
claimant to employ attorneys or
claims agents to assist them in filing
claims, because every assistance will
be given claimants by the Baltimore
office of the Social Security Boord.
Persons who desire to- file claims
for lump-sum payments under the
law should come in person, write or
telephone to the Baltimore Office
which is maintained to give service
to those having problems or ques-
lions about the law.
Persons should not confuse the
old-age benefits provisions of the
Social Security Act with State old
age pensions or other laws. The
old-age benefits part of the Act pro-
vides for two things: first, lifetime
monthly benefits to those who qualify
for them, and, second, lump-sum
payments to those who have engaged
in work not specifically exempted
under the Act but who do not qualify
for monthly benefits.
ITO qualify for monthly old-age
benefits a person must have worked,
after December 81, 1885, in en-
ployment not specifically excepted by
the law, for at least one day in each
of five separate calendar years, and
have received a total Of at least ST.
900 in wages, prior to reaching IS
years of age. To receive monthly
payments an eligible person must re-
tire from regular employment.
"Lump-sum payments amount to
three and half per cent of the total
wages earned in covered employment
after December 81, 1885, and prior
to age sixty-five. They are paid to
workers who become sixty-five but
who do not qualify for monthly ben
efits.
eff a wage Garner dies before
reaching IS or before he, or she, has
filed a claim for a lump-sum pay
ment, his or her estate will receive
the payment due.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28
MORE COMMON SENSE DRIVING
NEEDED

Countrywide increases in highway
accidents are causing great concern
to all agencies dealing with this pro-
blem, according to the Keystone Au-
tomobile Club of Maryland, which in
a statement declares that more
common sense driving" is vital
need of the times.
"All that has been said and all
that can be said about safe driving
won't make dent in the accident
total unless motorists individually
accept their responsibilities and drive
in accordance with common-sense
Dictates" said Robert E. Gambrill,
Regional Supervisor of the Club.
'Impulsive, irrational and ire
Sensible acts of motorists are re-
Elected in the increasing toll of high
way crashes" he continued. Drunk
en- driving is on the increase. To
many motorists are taking chances
on the highways after drinking "a
few beers or other intoxicants. They
must learn, even if it requires whole
sale revocations of licenses to drive
home the lesson, that the mixture of
gasoline and alcohol is not going to
be tolerated by the American public"
Motorists are not alone in respon-
sibility for accidents, the Club off,
cial declared, citing study made by
the Club in Pennsylvania which
showed that more drunken pedes-
TRANS than drunken motorists are
killed on the highways of that State.
In seven year period ending in
1886, 555 drunken pedestrians were
killed, compared to 30S drunken
motorists.
There has been constant in
crease" he continued, lin both
drunken pedestrian and drunken
motorist cases since 1880. While
similar data is not available in Mary
land, it is altogether probable that
the trend follows the same lines"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Ancient and Modern Necromancyy
Alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism,
Denounced" will be the subject Of
the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches Of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, May 80.
The Golden Text will be from Jer.
1920, 21-'I am with thee to save
thee and to deliver thee, saith the
Lord. And / will deliver thee out OF
the hand of the wicked, and I will
redeem thee out of the hand of the
terrible"
Among the citations comprising
the Leson-Sermon will be the follow
ing from the Bible-Rev. 19:1-
"And after these things I heard a
great voice Of much people in heaven
saying, Allehuia: Salvation and glory,
and honour, and power, unto the
Lord our Cod"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, Sciences
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures" by Mary Baker Eddy, page
564-"The Revelator speaks of Jesus
as the Lamb of God and Of the dra-
gon as warning against innocence"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28
WHAT WILL 1T MATTER
Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore. Maryland

Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore. Maryland
What will it matter if we have been
true,
To the tasks the Master gave US
to do.
Sunshine and then some rain;
What will it matter when with
Him we reign.
What will it matter, the paths that
were steep;
The heartaches that sometimes
made us weep.
What will it matter when the battle
is DER,
And we are all safe on that beauti-
full shore.
What will it matter, when the victory
is won,
And the words of the Master to
you, we'll done.
What will it matter, no more sorrow
or care,
In that land of glory, wonderous
fair.
What will it matter, home at last;
All the storms of life forever past.
The angels strike their harps of gold,
In that land where none of us ever
grow old.
What will it matter, life's day is
done;
The battle fought and the victory
won;
And we are safe on that other shore,
To be with our Lord and loved
ones for ever more.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28
WOMEN OF MARYLAND FARMS
TO COMPETE IN SPEAK
ING CONTEST
State Farm Bureau to Sponsor Sec
tion of National Competition
ON Rural Health

ton of National Competition
ON Rural Health
Maryland farm women will again
have the opportunity of competing
with farm women of other sections
of the United States in a national
farm women's speaking contest, Mrs.
r. c. F. Weagly of Washington coun-
ty has just announced. Mrs. Weagly
is home and community chairman of
the Maryland farm Bureau. No con-
test was held in this state last year,
according to Mrs. Weagly but the
organization in this state will spon-
sor competition among farm bureau
women of Maryland in 1887.
The winner of the Maryland con-
test will compete with winners of
other states in the Southeastern dis
trict, one of four regions in which
the county is divided for purposes of
the contest, according to Mrs.
Weagly's announcement. Regional
winners will compete at the time of
the annual sessions of the Associat-
ed Women Of the American Farm
Bureau Federation who will meet in
Chicago next December.
I'm line with the interests of farm
women the subject to be treated in
this years contest is Health for
Rural America" Mrs. Weagly has
announced. 1.-THE subject this year,
as has been true in past contests,
deals with a question of prime inter
est to women of the nation. We are
expecting a good entry list from
among the farm bureau women of
the state and an interesting program
in the state contest the date and
place of which will be announced
soon.''
The national farm women's speak
ing contest was originated by the
American Farm Bureau Federation
and for the past three years has been
conducted by the Associated Women
of the organization. Mrs. Randall
G. Spoerlein of Carroll county, win
ner of the Maryland contest in 1885,
was second prize winner in the ma
tional contest that year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28

rec, pints of kerosene and pints
of crank-case oil in gallons Of water
Lice don't stand a chance against this
mixture" Hamel says.
Pigsules Destroy Worms
Worms, arch enemies of the hog
pen, should be fought with pigsules
containing oil of chenopodium, tetra-
chlorethylene. and a vegetable purga
tive. Pigsules containing these recon-
mended drugs may be had from the
local merchant handling Purina feeds
pigs should be wormed when they
are about 10 weeks old. A patented
water gun and jaw spreader for ad
ministering the pigsules are kept by
the local Purina feed merchant. Worm.
Ing costs less than one pound Of pork
per pig when done in this way" Hamel
points out. land makes a whale of a
difference In the way pigs grow.
Worms rob hogs Of feed and poison
their systems. thereby cutting down
gains. and in some cases causing
death. Feeding hogs Is a profitable
business. Feeding worms isn't.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28

Moral indignation is a fine thing If
it isn't mixed up with resentment
because you can't play that way any
more. a.,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28

The countryman may learn city
ways, but you can always tell him by
his homesick look when he smells
lilacs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28
A BRILLIANT NEW SERIAL
IN THIS PIPER
Read the opening chapters Of this great Serial
in this issue of The Midland Journal

Civilization: Wasting natural re-
sources that can never be replaced so
a few people can waste money show
ing off.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28

Perhaps some people ask you fool
ish questions because they think
that they are the only kind you can
answer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28

Some peoples minds resemble
storehouses and others are more like
junk shops.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28

A dollar saved by a miser means
dollar squandered by his heirs
later on.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28

Big pullets are the money-makers Of
the flock. They lay more eggs and
bigger eggs. and they have a stamina
that carries them through without
breakdown. Knotty little pullets go
to pieces" because they lack the
strength and weight to keep up pro-
duction. From the time chicks are
taken on starting feed until they ara
ready to 60 into the laying house is
the development" period that deter
mines what kind Of layers they will
be. It requires a balanced growing
feed like Purina Growena to build
profitable pullsts IN those fourteen
weelEa -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28

Lots of men would never think of
trespassing if they diln't see no.
tice; Keep Out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28

Possibly Solomon's wisdom was
acquired by association with his nu-
merous mothers-in-laW.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-28

; 1t is far better to be homesick
than it is to be sick Of home