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BRICK BUNGALCW-S75 Cash
NEAR N. CAPITOL AND JEFFERSON SITS.
Owner forced to sell new broom brick
hunsaloH. occupied three months; ultra =
mode n IN every way; near schools stores,
express bus line; large lot. Call OWNER,
Randolph 5o59 after 5 pm.
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oLDSMoBILE 1887 4-door touring sedan.
driven about l,40O miles, just like new
throughout and new-car guaranteed. dark
blue finish and has the large buiit-in
trunk; $50. Pohsnka Service, 1926 2Oth
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80 o00-NEAR l4th AND CLIFTON SITS.
p~.-four- room brick, hot water
neat, E-car garase close TO schools.
tneatefS, stores and transportation
Arrange to inspect
~ 5on-Rooming house in Mt Pleasant
west OF 9Th and north OF CoMmbis
70: SEMI DETACHED, II light rooms
4 baths, hot-Water heat. FIRE escape >
story brick garage, with maids quar-
ters above. Suitable for housekeeping
apartments or roominR house
SHANNON & LUCHS Co
fh0h II 81 N W NaIInnal oaas
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Sl4, 4,950-EDGEMOOR.
lSt-FLOOR BED ROOM

Brick: center hsll: 4 bed rooms and 2
pa hs. nicelS lsndScsp ped lot
w. G. AND A. N. MILLER,
lll9 l7th St NV DIST 4s64.
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American Shores Secure
Cresp

or are accustomed to give only casual
attention to your work.
Nor has the man with a college
diploma and the energy of human
dynamo any chance if he plays around
with Communists or would prefer
Fascist rule to our democratic gov
ernment. To that extent the Navy Is
really in politics.
When you receive your Summons
from the waiting list you are given
another check-up. All right. II you
haven't slipped you take the oath-go
to the training station and get your
ditty box and seabag as a seaman,
third class. If, under the spell of the
recruiting posters, you think that this
sitting process simply entities you to
a lesurely good time travelling from
port to port, rude awakening is in
store for you.
Now, back to the top with the quiet
man in the quiet office. This Wiscon-
sin youth, who was not born with a
silver spoon in his mouth, is another
product of the handpicking process
which continued through the years
after his graduation from Annapolis
All commissioned officers must be
Annapolis men; they serve until re-
tirement for age. They are the brain
and ruling power of the Navy, But,
in our democracy, the youth who is
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accepted in the enlisted force may also
qualify for Annapolis. One day he
may be chief of operations Of the
Navy.
That is, unless he wishes to become
a specialist and his talent marks him
as one General command is one
thing and being an expert in engineer
ing, aviation, submarines or ship
building is quite another Then there
are courses in more naval schools and
great technical civil colleges and in
industrial plants in order to have the
theory and knowledge gained to apply
in practice on the job.
Then, one day he may be one OF
the experts of construction and repair,
down the hall from the chief Of opera
tions. This brings us to the ships and
the machinery which the human ma
chine mans. We are now building
ships which will cost more than half
billion dollars; some in private ship
yards, some in navy yards. Cruisers
and aircraft carriers take three years
and submarine destroyers two years
to build
The present problem is the design
and building Of the two new battle
ships. 1t will take four years to build
them. More likely it will be five before
they are turned up and ready for
action. If We started one after a war
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OF batteries and forts bristling with
artillery. Only the most cunning
treachery would have made 1t pos
sible to seize the stronghold. Arnold
had arranged for all that, even. to
the extent of having one of the links
OF the great chain removed on the
pretext OF getting it repaired.
1t appeared desirable at all stages
that the Point be retained as
military site Gen. Huntington had
reported to Gen. Henry Knox, then
in command of the region, that it
was exposed to a coup de main and
ought. therefore, to be always in
complete condition Of defense. He
was much impressed, however, with
the depository feature of this American
Gibraltar.
With little more expense than
that of maintaining garrison Of
500 or 600 men," he said, 'it may
be made q safe deposit where every
military article may be kept in good
order, and with small additional ex-
pense an academy might be insti-
tuted there for instruction In all
branches of the military art"
Reservation Set Up in 1890.
The newly formed Federal Govern
ment in 1890 bought 2,100 acres in
the neighborhood of the post for a
reservation. More has been acquired
since. Because Of the presence OF
many foreign military engineers at
the Point, school for young officers
in engineering was established dur
ing the Revolution. Washington had
favored such an institution even be-
fore the recommendation made by
Gen. Worthington.
AS an educational institution on
its present plane, however, West
Point did not develop until 1917
when it was taken in charge by
Col. Sylvanus Thayer, popularity known
as "The Father of West Point" The
formal founding of the academy dates
to 1902.
Storage of silver in the East would
not be new. Silver mining once was
conducted in the Atlantic States on
limited scale. Such communities
as Silvermine, Conn.,, recall that Bit
of history.
The East IS q heavy consumer o1
the bar metal because of its many
factories, and thus Government
supply so near at hand would be
convenient. The vault at West Point
would be fairly accessible to the
United States Treasury, and the mints
of Washington and Philadelphia and
the Federal Reserve Bank branches
and the United States Assay Once
In New York CITY,.
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West Point as u. S. Silver '"Chest''
Advantageous to Eastern Mints

West Point may become a Federal
treasure chest If Congress sanctions
the plan of locating there a vault
for surplus silver bars, similar to
the structure at Fort Knox, KY, used
for Federal gold. Harry H. Wood
ring, Secretary of War, last week
approved the acquisition by the
Treasury Department of 4-acre
plot on the Military Academy reser-
vation not far from the old north
gate OF the reservation and about
200 yards from the Storm King High
way.
According to plans, the building
would be one-story concrete struc-
ture, $50 by $50 feet, or approx
mately twice the size of the Kentucky
repository. 1t is designed to receive
10 tons OF silver bars, worth $780,
100000 at current prices.
Point Well Defended.
The Point" would be suited by
tradition and nature for steward
ship of the Nations silver. That
"Glbraltar Of the Highlands" was a
strong defense long before it reached
academic renoWn. Situated so miles
north of New York City and about
$50 feet above the Hudson River, it
Is spread over q plain. The reserva-
ton for the most part is inclosed in
an encircling elbow projected into the
stream, which is only 1,400 feet wide
IN that region. Its advantages as 9
citadel were recognized before the
Revolution.
From its heights batteries easily
could disable the sailing war vessels
OF the day. The rounding through
the tortuous re-entering passage un.
der canvas was difficult enough ir
itself without any interference. Wher
the patriot army laid an enormou.
iron chain, foated on logs and pom.
toons, to block the channel, Wes1
Point passed as impregnable.
Point Key Site In War.
West Point was held by Washing.
ton as key position. If it had beer
captured by the British, New England
would have been cut off from tn,
Colonies to the southwest, such a.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and par
Of New York. 1t served also as .
repository of war supplies-gunpowder
cannon, ammunition and other stores
The inventories and similar doc
uments taken from Maj. Andre whe1
he was returning from the tryst O
treason with Benedict Arnold are re
vealing along both lines. The Poin
had been fortified from plans O
French engineers and the Polisl
Thaddeus Kosciuzko, who was princi
pally responsible for actual construc
| ton Of the works. There were group
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81 D. c. Groups Fight
Daylight Time Bill

Opposition to the daylight say.
ing bill gained momentum today
as foes of the measure, backed by
80 District groups, completed or.
ganization and laid plans for an
intensive campaign.
Following a luncheon meeting
and election of officers by the Dis.
trict of Columbia Standard Time
Association, reported to have a
total membership of approximately
5000, delegation of three officers
Of the association late yesterday
paid a visit to the District commits.
sionerS and entered tests
against the Sacks bill.
Mrs. Leslie B. Wright, secretary
of the association and one of the
delegates, today announced that
both Commissioners Hazen and
Sultan assured the committee they
were personally in favor of retain
ing standard time, but had been
under the impression that most OF
the people of the District were in
favor of Daylight Saving time
The commissioners denied, accord,
ing to Mrs. Wright, that they
officially had recommended the
proposed change.
Mrs. Wright, who lives at 1920
Thirtieth st. N. W., and is also
president of the Housewives
League Opposed to Daylight Saw
Continued on Page 20, Col. p
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STORY
ARGUED AT
LENGTH
Attorneys Aide Tells
OF Statements Made
"Under Duress"

The Government received its
first setback in the trail of Will
liam T. Tomlinson, Washington at
torney and Paul Pratt, colored, on
a robbery charge, when 1t was
forced to withdraw Pratt's alleged
confession, made at the time Of
his arrest.
Although Judge Dickinson F.
Let's made no formal complaint
against entering this testimony,
it is believed that he would have,
had not the withdrawal taken
place. Arguments over the admis-
stability of the statement Pratt
made, allegedly under dureSS, con-
Sumed more than an hour Of yes
terday's afternoon session with
Justice Let's finally excluding the
jury from the room and placing
Pratt on the stand to testify re-
garding conditions under which
the statement was made.
Denies Failing Out"
Detective Sergeant Paul Am.
brose denied def-nse attorney
Francis j. Kelly's charge that
Pratt signed the statement in
order that his mothr, sweetheart,
ard younger brother bereleased
from police custody.
Charles Bass, colored also ar.
rested at the same time as Pratt,
for the attack and robbery Of
Sam Siratonis, 3003 Fourteenth
Street N. W., last August, was
also called to the stand and
asked if he and Pratt had not
had a falling out" in jail. He
denied this, and added:
pratt wanted me to stick out
the case with him, but I told him
/ would plead guilty."
Pratt has already testified and
pleaded guilty. 1t was his testi.
mony that implicated Tomlinson.
Character Witness
Defense counsel called two char
acter witnesses to the stand to
testify in Tomlinson's behalf. They
are H. Winship Wheatley, for.
mer president of the District Bar
Association and Robert H. Nc
Neill, also an attorney. Both said
that Tomlinson'S reputation had
always been of high character in
solar as they knew.
Government attorneys rested
their case shortly before noon.
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Ken Murray
SAYS:

You must have read It In the
papers just like did. F. d. r.
asked for a little economy and
Congress jeered. Six months
ago we were calling our Repre-
sentativeS rubber stamps. Rub
Der sta pSheck! They're
black-ink eraSers. And a lot Of
us taxpayers are about fed up.
The congressional pork barrel
is a great thing. but why can't
the boys get along on fish a
couple of days a week? The
rest of us do.
A bunch of those Represent
ativeS who think they're re-
pairing their political fences
are only fixing themselves to
get the gate. Don't they under
stand that the Government has
already taken the taxpayers
shirt? Slap a few mere levieS
on us and we'll feel like Lady
GOdvia taking her famous
horseback ride with bodied
hair.
As AL Smith remarked, no.
body shoots Santa Clause. But
amt it about time somebody
put knockout drops in his tea?
Copyright. 1887. by Mcknight
Syndicate, Inc)
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D. f. DAYLIGHT
BILL DELAYED
IN HOUSE
Absence Of a Quorum
Holds Up Action;
No Action Taken

Failure of a quorum to attend
today'S session of the House Dis
trict Committee prevented action
on the daylight saving time pro-
poSal and on the report agreed
to last week by the special sub
committee which investigated
charges by John HolZworth, re-
Gently dismissed as attorney for
Thomas Jordan.
Representative Leon Sacks Cd
of Pennsylvania, author of the
daylight saving proposal and
chairman of the subcommittee
which held hearings on it, was not
in the city, and the report of his
subcommittee was not filed.
The Sacks subcommittee yester-
day agreed to several amendments
for the daylight savings proposal
and then voted to report the meas
ure back to the committee with
out recommendation.
The subcommittee considering
the Holzworth charges last week
adopted report recommending
that the District committee take
no further action in connection
with the opposition in view of the
fact that the Department of JUS
tice is making an investigation of
the entire matter.
Members of this subcommittee,
however, expect to confer in the
near future with Attorney General
Cummings to discuss the case with
him and turn over the subcommit.
tee data to the Department of JUS
tice here.
Since a quorum was not present
today the full committee could
take no action on this report.
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'MOby Dick Sea Saga.
Offered to Readers

"Moby Dick" fiercest of all
fighting whales, is the villain in
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sea ever written. The book itself
is the story of whaling captain
who lost his leg in a battle to cap
ture this monster and vowed ven.
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Captain Ahab'S grim fight to
snare Moby Dick, the combat
woven in a tale of the sea wildly
portraying the sailors home,
makes the book the best vacation
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The Times today publishes cou-
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D BOARD
T0BE DELETED

At the conclusion Of today's
hearing on the 1888 District supply
bill before the District Subcommit.
tee of the Senate Appropriations
Committee it was learned that the
proposed bonding commission prob
ably would be eliminated from the
bill.
A group of bondsmen appeared
to testify against the House pro.
posal to provide funds to set up a
bonding commission. These men
did not testify after Senator Elmer
Thomas CD of Oklahoma, chair
man of the subcommittee, ruled it
unnecessary because of a recon-
mendation from Corporation Coun.
sci Elwood Seal that it be stricken
out.
Senator Thomas said he did not
think this was the time to start
any new practices in the District.
He said the subcommittee had
adopted the practice of calling to
the attention of all witnesses that
the city is facing a huge deficit
and they should not seek ad-
ditional appropriations.
It was brought to the attention
of the subcommittee today that
the owner of the building in which
the Recorder of Deeds is located
has served notice that he intends
to raise the rent from $4,000 to
$4,000 per year. The Subcom-
mittee is debating whether to
raise the appropriation to meet
this rent or provide a new building.
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LEWIS TO GET
0FF|CEHERE

John L. Lewis, who rose from
the dingy depths of a coal mine to
be one of the most powerful labor
leaders in history. soon will have a
private office with plenty of room
to blow off steam whenever he
desires.
Lewis Is head of the United
Mine workers OF America as well
as leader of the C. I. O., the thorn
in the side of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. Recently the Mine
Workers took over the once Staid
University Club at Fifteenth and 1
Streets Northwest, as national
headquarters.
Today the mine workers filed
plans in the office of Building
Inspector John w. Oehmann to
construct an addition and make
repairs at a cost of $4,000.
Porter and Locke are the archi-
tects and Davis, Wick and Rosen-
garten Co., Inc, the contractors.
Plans revealed that Lewis Of
flee in the building will be one
of the largest in the city. It will
be a part of the lounge of the
old club, has ornately paneled
walls and a fireplace. The office
will be a ceiling and a half in
height, 18 feet, and will be %
feet by % feet in length and
width.
The architects stated Sus-
pended ceiling will be installed,
doing away with the old mez-
canine floor of the former club,
new elevators will be installed
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Legion Will View
WARS End" Film

Officials Of the American Le-
gion, Department of the District
of Columbia, have been invited to
attend preview of the picture
WARS End" at the Little Theater
Thursday night.
The picture is made up of Off
cial pictures taken during the
World War as well as from the
archives of Col. Thomas j. Dick
son. senior chaplain of the First
Division,
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Lohmeyer Honored

Theodore Lohmeyer, manager of
the York Theater, was elected
second vice president of the Park.
view Business Mems Association
at the monthly meeting held at
the City Bank Building, $500 Geor-
gia Ave. 1t was decided to hold
a dance on June 16 at StanSbury
Hall, $500 Georgia Ave.
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ST. Theresa Students
To Get Legion Medals

Residents of Southeast Wash
ington will join tomorrow night
in a mass meeting at st. Theresa'S
School, Thirteenth and v Streets
Southeast, at which medals will
be presented by Kenna-Main Post
No. 81 of the American Legion to
two youthful winners of the LIE.
gions Americanism essay contest
among the members of the grad.
uating class.
Winners Of first and second
places are Mary A. Thompson and
Catherine Hayden, respectively.
Following the awards, pupils of
the school will participate in
debate on "Americanism versus
Communism.
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Somebody has flattered me by
sending me catalog of star sap
phireS.
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The late beginning of The Sea-
son has delayed its ending. The
bright stars of the social firma.
ment are still trotting around de.
terminedly during the last days
of the spring siege Of the Capital
on the Potomac.
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TOmIinSOn Case Confession Withdrawn
Elsie Cobb Wilson, Decorator,
Says Physical Strength Needed
of Marine Chief
Does Expert Work
From Photos

Lifting in the Nations Capital
Which is rapidly becoming one
OF the foremost cultural centers
OF the tDorld, are numerous So
ctety Donle1, 1ullo, rather than
contipe their activities to social
functions alone, haze gone in
for arts in serious 1DGy,
A te1D haze turned profess
Sional, but most of them haze
studied sculpture, painting ana
ceramics, or tOritten books and
toStered musical centerS for
their DUN pleasure and that OF
their families and friends.
Personality stories on these
tDomen and their ,Dork tDiu be
printed in a series by The Wash
ington Times.
It takes the physical strength
of a prizefighter to become a
successful interior decorator, &C.
cording to Elsie Cobb Wilson who,
since 1911, has been doing"
houses for the great and near
great.
That, she added, combined with
the temperamertal enthusiasm of
the artist and the research work
of a writer. A little architecture
also comes in handy. because all
rooms should be decorated from
a geometric design.
But the little matter Of physical
strength is one of the most i'm
portant, Miss Wilson, who in pri-
Vate life is the wife of Major Gen.
eral Louis Mccarthy Little of the
U. S. Marine Corps says, adding:
TN fact I insist upon physi-
cal strength as q vital asset. 1t
means that one must be ready
at all times for long firing trips,
even to strange countries"
ILLUSTRATES MEANING
Pulling heavy book, almost as
large as herself from the shelves
of her office at 1708 H st. N. w.
she continued:
"And here's another reason
you must be strong"
Once, Miss Wilson, who is very
pretty with beautiful silvery hair,
blue eyes and a charming nose,
said she decorated a house in
Kenya Colony, Africa, from snap
shots of the scenery and lay of
the land. The owner. who showed
them to her, was in England at
the time.
She has done houses in China,
Japan and Haiti and once after
she had finished job in Birming-
ham, Ala, she had to rush off to
Maine on an assignment.
Offered Free Cruise
Another time a steamship COM
pany, for whom she had decorated
four ships, offered her a free trip
abroad, but:
81 just couldn't go. I was too
busy. So the young lady who
had worked with me went. I'M
derstand she had a wonderful
time"
But offers like that are few and
far between. More often than not.
after Miss Wilson has drawn a
plan of the room, including the
furniture and Grapes, and Colored
them, the customer changes her
mind and it all has to be done over.
This witty vivacious woman,
who is considered one Of the great
est living decorators, started out
to be a portrait painter. She at
tended an art school in New York
and decided short ly thereafter
that interior decorating was her
forte. So to the disappointment of
her teachers, who felt she had
genuine talent, she switched to
that branch of art.
HOW SHE STARTED
Followed two years study abroad
and then:
81 borrowed $4,000 at 6 per
Continued on Page %, Col. 81
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