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The Washington times., 1937-06-21

Last October an Alexandria
sheet metal worker, Raymond w.
Cragnell, was given the job Of
installing air-conditioning ap-
paratus in the ancient Arlington
county courthouse, which for
years had served as the original
Alexandria hall of justice. While
working in the attic of the build
ing he ran across some quaint and
interesting legal papers wedged
between the rafters which date
back as far as 1876.
The documents are yellow with
age and moth eaten, but their
meaning and legibility still re-
main clear. Ore of the instru-
ments, a twe.page inventory Of
goods and chattels belonging to
one Capt. Samuel Harrison and
his wife, Barbara, living in Alex
andria, is a probate statement Of
their belongings. Included in the
minute list of property are two
items, dried meat at a value OF
5 shillingS and 6 pence, and a
Negro slave and his infant, value
10 pounds.
The total value of the goods Of
the Harrisons is estimated at the
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
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Ken Murray
Says:

Back in 1875 AID, the King
of England gave Sir John de
COurcy and his descendants the
exclusive right to keep their hats
on in the presence Of the Brit
ish monarch. Today, I see by
the papers, Sir Michael de
COurcy still hangs on to the
privilege. Well, that is pretty
soft for Mike.
Take, for instance, when he
is invited up to supper at Buck.
ingham Palace. He does not
have to hand his lid to the hat
check bandit at the door. He
sails right into the dining
room with his blooming bowler
on his head.
When the queen says, LET
me take your hat, Sir Michael"
he can say, mot on your life.
Your Majesty. / lost a kelly
that way in q cafeteria last
week." He can stand on his
ground firmly. And there isn't
a thing King George or Queen
Elizabeth can do about Il.
And figuring he gets invited
up to the palace about once .
month, you can see this marvel.
Gus privilege Is worth at least,
S1.2O q year. Yes, Sir-pretty
soft for Mike.
(copyright, 1887 by McNansAs
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
SUIT HITS D. {.
COURT RULE

The Municipal Court will be
required to change its rules re-
garding the service of summons if
a suit filed in United States ST.
preme Court today is successful.
1t is charged in the suit, which
asks the court to grant a writ Of
prohibition to restrain the lower
court from taking jurisdiction of
the suit Of Spear Paper and Irvine
Company against Frazee-Potomac
Laundry, that the latter courts
method Of issuing summons in
civil suits is contrary to the rules
it has prescribed for itself.
Attorneys Richard A. Hartman
and John G. Epaminonda, reprs-
senting the laundry company. in.
form the. District Court that on
May II, last a summons was is
sued against their client, return.
able June 8. The summons was
not served until May 10 =
Rules Of the District Court 81.
low a defendant 200 clear days in
which to answer a suit and 1t is
alleged by the petitioner that the
Municipal Court rules require the
latter tribunal to follow the prac-
tice Of the District Court.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
CYCL|ST LAUDS
DC. BEAUTY

Averaging better than 200 miles
per day. 1S-year-old Edward l..
Griffin, jr., a Hearst news carrier
from Atlanta, Ga, cycled his way
into the Capital yesterday and,
after giving the city a quick "once-
over" declared it to be the
prettiest he's ever visited.
Young Griffin, who rates third
among the amateur cyclists in
Georgia, rode to the Capital over
a 700-mile route on a racing bike
which has no brakes.
Making the trip in three and a
half days, Griffin stopped over at
Burlington, N. c., for a day with
his grandmother and expects to
spend about month in Washing
ton with an uncle, D. B. Smith, of
1921 South Carolina Ave. s. e.
One flat tire and a pretty
severe" sunburn were described as
being the most troublesome things
accompanying his trip.
Griffin said that during the
past two summers he has visited
Florida and other Southern States
on his cycle.
Last summer he won a trip to
California with 81 other news car.
riers in . circulation contest.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
OPPOSE
HOUSE BILL
LEVIES
Hearings Will Start
Wednesday If City
Heads Are Ready

A sales tax to carry the burden
Of additional revenue necessary to
meet the estimated $500, 600 def.
cit facing washington in the fiscal
year beginning July is being dis
cussed by Senate members.
Although no definite plans have
been made to attach this proposal
to the tax bill passed by the House
last week, it is known that serious
objections have been raised
against several provisions in the
bill, and the sales tax is being con-
sidered as a substitute.
Public hearings on the measure
before the Senate District Com
mittee are expected to start
wednesday or Thursday. The date
depends upon how swiftly the Dis
trict Commissioners prepare their
statement on the bill, and the
ability of Senator william H. King
CD Of Utah to attend hearings.
Senator King has been III for a
month, but is expected to return
to his duties at the Capitol today.
Income Tax Favored
Several Senators on the District
Committee favor an income tax.
However, the House emphatically
voted against this proposition.
Senators, therefore, not wishing to
delay the tax measure are mark"
ing time until the matter has been
thrashed out in the committee.
Senator Arthur (R) OF Kansas
ranking minority member Of the
committee favors an income tax
and also believes that sales tax
would be, more desirable than the
20-cent increase in the realty tax
rate in the House bill.
He said today that he had not
made up his mind whether to in"
sist on the income tax or the sales
tax. He said he had opposed the
sales tax, but that the Kansas
legislature had one in his State,
and he thought it was preferable
to an increase in the realestat0
tax.
The inheritance tax, the business
privilege tax and the chain-store
tax, all included in the House bill.
are being looked upon with dis
favor by a group of Senate mem.
berS.
The question that will be fore.
most in the minds of the commit
tee when it meets this week will
be to decide upon a substitute for
these taxes which will be agree.
able to the House, so the measure
may be approved by Congress be-
fore the District is left without
funds.
King Plans Study
Although he stated he planned
to study the entire tax program
more thorough before making any
definite statement, Senator King
declared, to all intents and pur"
poses, that he is opposed to the
business privilege tax, saying:
II don't like to see q tax
based on gross receipts. It Il
very dangerous and, to my m1nd'
would be inequitable."
AUSTIN AGREES
At the same time, Senator War
rem R. Austin (RJ of Vermont. q
member of the committee, ex'
Continued on Page Is, Col. ~
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D. {. TO ACCEPT
ALIEN PUPILS

Parents of nonresident pupils,
who wish to enroll their children
in the District public schools may
do so. with the understanding
that registrations will go on file
in the principals offices pending
final decision by the District
Court of Appeals on the ruling
made last fall by Justice Jennings
Bailey, which permits students
from nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia to attend Washington
schools, DR.. Frank Ballou, super
intendent, announced today.
If. the superintendent said, the
court rules in favor Of the schools,
nonresident pupils demanding en-
parents will be notified Suffi-
GENTLY in advance for them to
make other arrangements. Should
the courts rule against the schools,
trance to certain specific schools
will be granted admission provid.
ing the quota is not already filled.
otherwise they will be assigned to
other schools.
While only a comparatively
small number of nonresident pu.
pills took advantage Of Justice
Bailey'S ruling last semester,
school officials are prepared for a
large influx next fall, it was
learned,
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
WINS
T|CKET-F|XING
CHARGES
Policeman in Tears at
News; Hearing
Continues

Exonerated on charges Of "ticket
fixing" Wexford E. Winfield,
washington policeman, burst into
tears following the ruling Of the
Police Trial Board today.
winfield, against whom four
major specifications were listed,
was overcome when the board de-
livered its vindication.
Previously, Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Edward M. Welliver
had asked that two specifications
against Winfield be dropped be-
cause:
"As long as we're going to
have parking tickets, we're going
to have parking tickets fixed"
Charles E. Ford, counsel for
Winfield, Immediately demanded
his client be found not guilty and
that his departmental record be
permitted to stand unmarried.
Hearing Resumed
Inspector. Edward J. Kelly, trial
board chairman, granted this re-
quest and resumed hearings on
two other specifications, which
concerned Winfield's alleged fail
ure to properly record all tickets,
and his issuance without author
ity Of Major Ernest w. Browns
personal courtesy cards.
Describing the trial, which has
been in progress for almost a
month, as "a most expensive one, F"
welliver told the board his re-
quests for dismissal grew out Of
a conference Saturday with Cor
poration Counsel Elwood Seal.
4 Officials pointed to the tran
Scribed testimony, which covers
almost 1000 pages, at so cents a
page, and said that this, with time
spent in investigation Of the
charges, easily might cost taXpay-
erS more than $1,000.
Welliver told the board members
the testimony Of Inspector B. A..
Lamb and Lieut.. Walter Thomas
at the last session had Knocked
the bottom out Of my case"
Acted Under Orders
Both witnesses, one-time SUI
perior officers of the defendant,
testified that Winfield acted under
instructions in cancelling tickets
when, in his discretion, circum-
stances surrounding their issuance
did not justify prosecution.
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Building Yields Aged
LEGAL Documents

bottom of the notation as 1S1 lbs,
is shillings, and is dated Nov. 2,
1896.
Another paper rescued by Crag-
nell is a writ of attachment to a
sheriff by the name of William
Dulaney in Alexandria to levy on
the estate of one Captain Robert
Gibson for a debt owed to James
Bastian amounting to $4.12l2.
The writ was signed as witnessed
before William Cranch, chief judge
of the Circuit Court of the District
of Columbia on Jan. Is, 1912.
Cragnell said he found other
documents in the courthouse attic
including some sealed instruments
unblemished by the passing years.
Some of the latter, however, he
has lost or mislaid.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
Wandering Cow Finds Haven

Did you lose a red COW? g..
If so get in touch with Francis
Wahler, 1906 Wheeler Rd. S. E.
Waller reported to the Eleventh
Precinct police today that the COW
sauntered onto his field yesterday
and remained overnight. He is
holding "bossy'' until the owner
puts in an appearance.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
Capital Auditorium
To Be Studied Today

Plans for WaShington's pro-
posed auditorium will be consid-
cred by the National Capital
Auditorium Advisory Committee,
headed by C. Marshall Finnan,
.superintendent of National Capt.
tai Parks, at meeting today in
the Federal warehouse.
The plans were prepared by
Louis A. Simon, supervising archi-
tect of the Procurement Division,
EseaSury Department.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
DAVY REVEALS
W0MILL|0N
INVESTED
House Group Hears
Anti-Nuisance Ban
Arguments

Testimony that the operation
of the proposed abattoir in the
Benning Road section will lose
for Washington a new two-mil-
lion-dollar real estate develop
ment was given today as the
House District Committee opened
hearings on the proposal to ban
nuisance industries from the
city.
This testimony was given by
Myron Davy, vice president and
general manager of the National
Insured Home Corporation, who
told the committee that his or
ganization has bought q large
block of property adjoining the
abattoir site, and he anticipates
construction of about 800 to
1000 homes to sell for about
$4,000 apiece. The added that
his company proposes about two
million dollars on the develop.
ment, one-half Of which will go
for local labor. He also de-
clared:
However, IL the proposed
abattOir is allowed to operate,
we will have to withdraw from
this project, except for the
construction Of perhaps Is Of
the houses"
FILA Involved
He explained that the Federal
Housing Administration has prom
Used to give his company a loan to
finance the project, but that the
FILA has notified him that unless
the operation Of the abbattoir is
prevented, that agency does not
feel that the site will be suitable
for home building, and therefore
will not approve the loan. .
He also told the committee that
his company had taken title to the
property before any permits were
granted for the abbattoir last
year.
An attempt to disspell the con-
tention that the nuisance industry
prevention bill is aimed solely at
the Adolph Gobel Company pro-
ject in the Benning Road area
was made before the committee by
Thomas S. Settle, secretary of the
National Capital Planning and
Parks Commission.
He pointed out that the section
of the bill in which his commits
sion is vitality interested Is that
which will bring the zoning laws
up. to date"
Would Change coming
He declared that the coming law
changes proposed in the pending
bill would bring the local laws into
line with those in effect in Airing
ton county, Alexandria, Baltimore
and Pittsburgh, all of which seek
to prevent the operation of slaugh.
terhouSes. He related that the
Continental Congress chose "this
fresh new area" as the seat of the
national capital and dedicated it
primarily to governmental activity.
He and C. Marshall Finnan. SUI
perintendent of the National Cap
ital Park Service, pointed out that
the Federal Government has made
large expenditures in the purchase
and improvement of property in
the area of the proposed abbatoir
at large expenditure. Finnan de-
clared that 1,451 acres of park
area adjacent to the Benning Road
section Of Northeast Washington
had been purchased at a cost of
100000 with view to the de-
velopment Of parks in that area.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21

Many other cheerful groups
were talking about life and other
things as I reluctantly started
homeward. I saw Senator Robert
M, La Toilette, Wisconsin, the
radical; Senator James H. Hughes
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as Get Medals

Roosevelt High School, the only
senior one in the Ditrict to hold
its graduation exercises in the
open air, will give honor medals
to As of it's 1862 graduates. Mrs.
May Bradshaw, principal, an
nounced today.
The exercises, to be held at 4::30
p. m. tomorrow, viii be presided
over by George Maurer, member
of the Board of Education.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21

"A WRIT OF ATTACHMENT (top) dated January Is,
1872 and inventory Of the goods Of Capt Samuel HaT
and wife drawn up in 1885, among the ancient rec
ords found by Raymond w. Cagne in the and rafers
of the old Arlington County Courthouse while he was in
salng air conditioning apparatus Photos copyright Wash
ington Times Ali rights reserved. - -
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Magazine Section

Claire took a deep breath and counted tenia
"Cufy Deo~!' she said savagey.
Mr. West nodded in approval and smiled
at the fury in her eyes. And if risk my life
you'll promise to have cocktails with me?
Solemn, sacred promse?"
''Oh, yes, yes! Anything!'
He promptly 1icked his necktie over his
shoulder and executed jaCkknife dive that
flung his legs out of the water to the hips. The
toes of streaming sport shoes pointed at the
sky; and then there was nothing but bubbles
riding away on the current.
1t was frightening length of time before
she saw ell-hated smiling face bob out of
the water
Got everything!" he announced with a
grin. Want to play any more?"
''Oh, give them to me! must -"
No You dropped 'em once. People who
drop things, drop things. That's logic. Well
20 ashore and have cocktails"
She beat the water to froth in a vain effort
to overtake him but he did not SO much as turn
his head until he stood on the beach. AS she
approached at stumbling run he held hel4
handbag out at arms length like peace offer
ing.
She seized it, turned it inside out. A small
wad of bills that had been lodged in corner
fell to the sand.
People," said Cuffy oracularly, as he
stopped for the bills. who drop things -
She grasped his arm. "Is this all you found?
You said -
rs this faith?" he demanded Turn your
bag inside again and receive the spoils of the
sea- Item one - he fumbled in side pocket
of his dripping sport jacket - "lipstick!" He
held it up proudly. Item two: change purse.
Which, to establish my honesty. we will open
and -
Her cry of dismay came too late. She had
time only to cup her hand as he turned the
change purse inside out and emptied into her
palm four unset stones in soggy tissue paper
and number of yellow pawn tickets.
AS her eyes raised to his impudent grin she
felt she could kill him for having blundered
upon her embarrassing secret. But at the mo- !
ment. he was holding open the purse for the
return of the last of Aunt Henrietta's jewels.
"Now," he announced as he dropped the |
purse into her handbag, that we've got the |
swag out of sight we can go for our cocktails.
toast to our engagement! To our happy mar !
riage and our fourteen -
Il do want to thank you!" Claire broke IN |
hastily Il can't tell you how much getting
these back means to met
ut nothing, protested Mr.. West, wringing
out his necktie "A mere nothing I'm wearing
no wilt collar"
Claire took deep breath. But she said,
and there was the tone of the turning worm in
her voice, IF you think I'm going to 60 on call
ing you Cuffy Dear. and if you for one little
moment think that I'm going to drink toasts to
our marriage and fourteen -"
Mr. West brushed little seaweed from his
shoulder and gazed sadly and wisely at the far
horizon. "Of course" he said, IF Wetherbys
are welchers!" He looked her in the eyes. Are
they?"
White faced and trembling, Claire fell in
step beside him. Her shoes were filled with sand
and she was limping with each sloshy
step when they reached the break
water and approached group
-. , , =; ;; r 4: :'':'; !: : :.
of three people who we're
on the point. of
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Evening star., 1937-07-18

the pier, the Cocktail Terrace, the figures of
PHYLLIS Smythe and her mother promenadlng
on the breakwater - and since you can't have
a good cry in public she fumbled in her hand
bag for her powder puff. She dabbed at her
piquant nose and gared at brimming, violet
ewes that glared back at her from the mirror
of her handbag Why. she demanded, were you
such fool? Why didn't you realize that those
long years of loneliness would make you pain
fully shy, and that everyone would think you
were frightfully aloof. stand -offish. and leave
you strictly alone? To be ignored by everyone
except Phyllis Smythe, the Belle of the Bay
view and to be snubbed by her - that's what
you've pawned half your fortune for!
Angrily. fumblingly, she tried to return both
powder puff and mirror to the bag at the same
time, and it - with the remaining half of Aunt
Henrietta's jewels - slipped from her fingers
and splashed in the bay.
At another hour there would have been
someone within call in bathing suit, but now
there was only Phyllis and her mother prone
nading in chiffons and picture hats. and an
automobile speeding along the road paralleling
the breakwater So without waste of time she
followed her fortune into the sun-dappled
water
Down, down! She felt herself caught by
vicious current and swept away from the pier.
more than twenty feet away. she found when
she returned to the surface. She tried to hold
her position against the current while she re-
gained her breath.
voice spoke to her. 1t came from the direc-
ton of the pier but above the range of her
vision because her dashing white felt hat,
which was clingiRg to her head like a barnacle.
dropped wetly in front of her eyes. 1t was
mans voice Its tone was blandly con-
versational 1t said:
This looks like good, clean
fun doesn't it?'
And the next
Evening star., 1937-07-18

instant there was geyser of splash in front
of her. Water was streaming from sandy hair
over round face. a snub nose and grin.
For years and years." said the impudent
voice. I've wanted to do it. I'm ashamed to
think of the number of times I've had yen
to jump in the water and haven't done it just
because I've happened to have all my clothes
on. Everyone I've ever known has been the
same way always taking of something.
Maybe shoes, maybe hat. I've always been like
that A timid soul. Until you released me.
You're what need"
Her voice was tremulous with anger and
despair: You blundering idiot! Go away and
let me alone!'
With final effort that took all her strength,
she reached one of the piles of the pier, Clung
to it breathlessly.
Its impossible" she was told, that one
whom Cuffy West admires so greatly would
speak to him without saying 'Cuffy Dear So
III know you don't mean for me to go away
until you say 'Cuffy Dear. "
Anything to get rid of him! Quickly! "All
right" she said, "al right, then! Now she
spoke between her teeth - will you please
take your silly face where I'll never see it again.
Cu6y Deor!"
"A man," he told her. always knows the
name of his fiancee. We must be conventional
Observe the proprietes.
my name" she almost sobbed, lis Claire
Wetherby! And now will you 60 away? Please!
Oh! =" With a moan Of helpless rage she
pushed herself away from the pier and for the
third time tried to swim below the surface
against the force of the current.
She was foundering weakly twenty feet
beyond the end of the pier when very formal
voice said: MAY offer my ARM"
"Ill drown first!' she spluttered and
clutched his shoulder.
When she was again holding to the safety
of the pier she turned to her rescuer with the
resignation of despair.
Il dropped my handbag. 1t was open -
everything fell out! Will you - ?"
But she observed that MIR. West, with bored.
deaf expression, seemed to be devoting
all his attention to Strengthening
his neCktie. process that
was complicated by
the Circum-
Evening star., 1937-07-18

4 10 ONE was near enough to see the ex-
~ preston of terror on her face but
several people saw her dive into the
water It's not news at a summer
resort tc see girl dive from a pier nor is it
startling to see girl in a white pique sports
dress and dashing white felt hat; but it is un
usual to see girl in white pique sports dress
and dashing white felt hat dive from pier.
The spectators we're not more surprised than
the girl. Only moment before she had been
quite confident that nothing on earth could
felt as she stood alone at the end of the other
wise deserted pier. listening to the sound of
laughing voices from the Cocktail Terrace of
the Bayview Hotel
Laughter and laughing voices, one of them
her own - that, she remembered. was the way
she had pictured her vacation. When Aunt
Henrietta's estate had at last been settled,
when she had sat alone in the big house before
it had been handed over to the creditors of the
estate, she had hoped, in her folly to have one
fling at life and laughter. One Big Fling before
the grim business of learning how to make her
living There'd never been much laughter in
the big house in the long years of helping Aunt
Henrietta in her illness. And there'd been darn
little of it in the ten days of her Great Fling at
Life! Ten days of watching others have
good time, other young people dance
and firt. hearing themlaugh!
She became aware that
everything was get
ting blurred