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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27
ROCK CREEK PARK IS DAMAGED;
TRA|NSTOD. {. 12H0URSLA

a thoroughbred, was carried I'M
der Key Bridge shortly before noon.
Roads in the metropolitan area
still closed by the high waters
were:
Crane Highway at Marlboro.
LandOver Road south Of Largo.
Highbridge Road at Bowie.
Lanham Road at Springfield.
The Richmond highway was
closed to traffic at Fredericksburg,
where the Rappahannock was still
out of its banks.
40 Evacuated At RiverdaIe
More than 40 persons were evac-
uated from their flooded homes by
the RiVerdale Rescue Squad dur
ing the night.
At Boiling Field and the Ana
costa Naval Air Station, planes
were removed to higher ground
and preparations made to evacu-
ate the stations if necessary.
With the river rising, Chain
Bridge was still open, but engi-
neers stood by. ready to close the
ancient structure. The river had
mounted to the canal banks and
was expected to overflow at any
time.
Speedway Isolated
The Speedway and Hams Point
were cut off from traffic, as were
roads in Rock Creek Park. Pre-
liminary surveys showed consider
able damage had been done in the
park, where the creek was raging
out of its banks, swollen by a f.
inch rainfall in the last "a hours
and with a prospect of further
rain today.
A number Of yachts and motor
boats were damaged at their moor
ingS, and harbor police were kept
busy assisting the stranded craft.
Trains IL Hours Late
Trains arriving in Washington
from the West and South were
more than IL hours late.
In Southern Maryland, 10 per-
sons were evacuated from St.
Georges Island, where the St.
Mary'S River flows into the Po-
tomac. The island was inundated.
Police estimated that about 500
persons had been forced to flee
from their homes in Prince
Georges County, while scores Of
others fled from the Potomac in
Montgomery County and on the
Virginia side of the river.
At Seaside (Chesapeaku Beach, =,
amusement park near Washing
ton, most of the half-mile pier was
swept away by the flood.
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TOURISTS JAM
WINCHESTER

WINCHESTER, Va, April ~.
Reports this morning indicated
that Remington, Fauquier county,
was the hardest-hit community in
this section. Residents there are
without electric power and the en-
tire town is under 20 inches Of
water, with Easements and stores
flooded.
At Riverton the south branch
Of the Shenandoah began to re-
cede at z a. m. after reaching 81
feet. Shenandoah Caverns re-
ported the river had receded five
feet during the past three hours.
Highways to Front Royal will not
be open until late tonight.
Firemen began pumping water
from cellers at Winchester. High.
way traffic has been opened to all
points from this section.
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Continued from Page II
Cross work in Montgomery county
and w. r. Beattie in Prince
Georges county.
Miss Catherine Farrell, a disas-
ter worker, was sent from national
headquarters to direct the relief
work at Orange and Culpeper. Va.
At the White House President
Roosevelt was kept advised Of the
developments of the flood, with
all new bulletins going directly to
the Executive offices.
Digging Crew Tolls
At noon today Government
workers and trucks began the
work of removing the subsoil
placed upon the recently land
scaped portion of the area along
the Rock Greek Parkway in the
vicinity of Twenty-seventh and M
Streets Northwest.
In last years flood a large
amount of subsoil was washed
away and the National Park Off
Gals are making a determined eff.
fort to save the work Of the past
few months. Already the water
has broken through the levee in
several places and is within several
inches of the top in most others.
A frame dwelling, whose original
location is unknown, was tossed
up on Roosevelt Island.
AS the river began to rise into
buildings along the banks above
Georgetown, boats and other prop
erty were removed from the Wash
ington Canoe Club, the Potomac
Boat Club. and Dempsey's Boat
house. Water stood feet deep
on the lower floors.
Chicken coops, many trees and
other debris, and the bodies of
animals were swept with the cur
rent at dizzy speeds. A horse, de-
clared by eye-witnesseS to look like
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MANY FLEEING
WHEELING
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40 feet during the day, possibly
higher.
Even the low-lying river front
streets of Wheeling proper began
to disappear in the yellow flood
waters, as rain continued to
drench the valley.
At 9th and Market Streets
the thoroughfareS were submerged
and the flood waters were lap
ping at the foundations Of
houses.
On the island, Police Lieut..
Alonzo Hixenbaugh said the
State fair grounds were entirely
under water and the flood was
sweeping the high school sta
dunn.
When the clothing Of Mrs. Nellie
Matheney caught fire from an
open CRATE in her island residence,
a police car had to creep through
water hub deep to answer the
emergency call.
Woman Badly Burned
Mrs. Matheney was removed to
hospital, her left side and hands
badly burned, but doctors said
she will recover.
Wheeling Island lies in the mid
die of the Ohio River. between
the city of Wheeling and the Ohio
boundary, and is inhabited by
10000 persons. It's surface is level
and so low that a 45-foot river
stage covers most of it.
Island jewellers, especially those
on the south side, where floods
strike first, labored through the
night removing their furniture
and other belongings from homes
certain to be flooded.
Lieutenant Hixenbaugh said
those who failed to find refuge in
homes Of relatives or friends were
given lodging in the auditorium
and schools, which are on high
enough ground to offer compare
tive safety.
Until an hour ago the river had
been rising nine-tenths of a foot
an hour all night, Hixenbaugh as
serted. The rise diminished to
eight-tenths of a foot when the
rain ceased momentarily this
morning. But the skies remained
heavily overcast with more rain
feared.
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4O-FO07 CREST
REACHED IN
VA. CITY

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, April
27.-As the waters of the Kappa
hammock receded today. Fredericks-
burg was still cut off from the
world, with highways flooded and
three bridges carried away by the
flood.
All electric lights were eX-
tinguished last night as the high
water flood the power plant, and
to prevent looting, Mayor w. Mar
shall King called out the National
Guard company to patrol the town.
A 40-foot flood creSt-one Of the
highest in hiStory-waS reached,
and the lawest sections TO Main
Street were flooded. This morning,
however, the water had dropped
about four feet in the flooded Sec
lions.
Several Hundred Flee
Several hundred persons fled
their homes in the lower sections
of the town and from farms along
the river, and it was reported that
at least rs homes had been mum
dated. The Red Cross and Saliva
ton Army were modified to pro-
vide food and shelter for the
refugees.
The worst danger to Fredericks-
burg and the vicinity was not from
flood but from fire, with 10000
gallons of gasoline and oil floating
on the surface Of the swollen
river.
The gasoline and oil came from
thre learge storage tanks at the
Standard Oil Company plant
which were overturned by the
raging waters. In addition, a num-
Der of barrels Of highest aviation
gasoline were sent spinning down
the river, and warnings were sent
out to persons not to attempt to
use this gasoline for any purpose.
Fire Warnings Broadcast
Gasoline fumes were heavy over
the city and surrounding territory,
and fire warnings were broadcast
by radio. Radio communication
was cut off, however, when the
power plant was flooded.
First estimates were that dam
age might exceed 100000. In adj
dition to the Standard Oil plant,
the Gulf Oil plant was damaged.
Business establishments and a
number Of homes also were dam
aged.
Colonial Beach Hit
Colonial Beach, summer resort
on the Potomac, was badly dam
aged by the flood, but the crest
was reported past and the waters
Teceding.
Water driven by a wind that
reached gale-like proportions
poured over the bulkhead along
the river front, and several hun
,dred feet of the bulkhead was
washed away.
All stores, houses and amuse-
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ment concessions along the river
were damaged.
Man Falls Dead
One death attributed to the
flood was reported in Shenandoah
county. Hubert Ritenour, Sc, en-
ploye of the TomSbrook Lime
Company, fell dead while helping
a friend move his belongings to
higher ground.
The Rivanna River near Char
lottesville was within its banks to-
day after overlooking yesterday
and hating rail traffic on the
Southern and Chesapeake and
Ohio lines.
Rails were washed away by the
flood, and passengers on IS trains
between Charlottesville and Or
ange were forced to spend the
night in the cars while emergency
crews repaired the waShoutS.
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River Yields Auto Seat Covers
In Hunt for Missing Four

ORANGE, Va, April 81. Two
automobile seat covers, found
floating in the Robinson River,
were identified by Culpeper resi-
dents today as part Of the car in
which four young Culpeper resi-
dents were believed to have
plunged into the raging river Sun
day night.
Searchers Build Raft
The covers were found while 100
firemen, policemen and volunteer
workers continued their search for
the missing party. The automo-
bile is believed to have run through
a washed-out section of the road
and plunged into the river.
After hours of probing with
graphing irons, the searchers to.
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washington and to the valley OF
Virginia via the Martinsburg cut
off were still open but to the west
all roads were cut off.
At Hancock, where the bridge
over the Potomac was swept away
last spring, the river was at flood
stage and the center span Of the
temporary bridge was swept away
last night. Early this morning
the river was reported rising about
10 inches an hour.
In Cumberland three streets
were flooded to a depth of ID
inches and considerable damage
was done, but the waters were 60
ing down fast this morning. Cum
berland was one of the worst-hit
towns in the 1886 flood.
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Action. drama. .thrilI-packed sus-
pense in ARTISTS Model Slain"
Michael O'MaHey's new IOVel starting
Monday May g. In The Washington
Times.
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Says Boake Carter

as 1t Is by small children women derive their
greatest satisfaction and fulfillment
father, on the contrary, acts as a companion
and does not demand the devotion that a mother
does Hence, in the later years Of child's life
beyond the age Of 10 or IL, let us say-nor-
mally fathers relationship to his children is
far healthier than mothers love.
A father makes just as many sacrifices over
period Of 18 years as does a mother. But, his
temperament being different than woman's
he accepts the children as his own, forgets out
ward expressions of love and devotion in the pre-
occupation Of making a living for the children.
Father Will Forget Children
The only point I believe Pittsburghs Judge
Musmanno overlooks is his apparent failure to
recognizeea fundamental of human nature-a
man will invariably sacrifice his children for an
other woman.
woman loves only those children that are
her own Most children are seldom happy under
the rule of a stepmother. No woman likes to see
the products Of another woman under her nose
all day long around the house. And therein lies
the one great danger Of giving children, through
judicial edict, to the father His love may be
very great for the children given him-but if
another woman enters his life, it will be the
children who will suffer in the end
(The opinions expressed herein are those of
Mr.. Carter and do not necessarily reflect the
opinion OF The Washington TimeS).
Copyright 1887. Ledger syndicate)
The Washington times., 1937-11-18
HOLDS UP
MURALS CUSTER

Commissioner Allen today tenn
porarily cooked the goose OF
Health Officer Ruhland's proposal
to have murals depicting Mother
Goose characters painted out on
the walls of the District Tuber'
culosis Sanitorium at Glenn Dale,
Md.
81 confess I don't know any.
thing about art," Allen said,
"but I have seen newspaper re-
productions of these muralS and
they look all right to me.
"I certainly am not going to
stand by and see such excellent
work ruined until competent art
critics pas on the merits of the
painting.
Allen held up the order Of DR..
Rutland to have the murals
painted out until committee Of
art critics passes upon the murals.
Allen has Jurisdiction over the
Health Department and also is
the local WPA administrator. The
murals are the work of a WPA
artist.
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Adm. Train Gets
Division Command

Rear Admiral Charles R. Train
has been assigned to duty in com.
mand of the Battleship Division,
No. 2, Battle Forces. Succeeding
him as president of the Navy Elk.
amining Board will be Rear Ad.
miral ]. w. GreenSlade.
Other Naval assignments in.
clude that of Rear Admiral
Charles A. Blakely, transferred as
commander of the Carrier Di.
vision No, 2 to command Of the
aircraft scout force with the addi-
tional duty of commanding Patrol
Wing No. /. Admiral Blakely sue
ceeds Rear Admiral E. j. King in
the new assignment.
The Washington times., 1937-11-18
CHESTS DRIVE
OVER HALFWAY

With many division units re-
porting collections in excess Of
their quotas, officials Of the tenth
annual Community Chest drive to.
day were expecting to better their
quarter-of-million-dollar record of
yesterday, which brought their
total pledges to well over the half.
way mark. ...
Pledges reported to date bring
the total to $1,114,575.22, or Sab
per cent of the goal Of $2,059 900.
A feat never before attempted
by the Chest was put over last
night, when a Chest radio broad
cast was conducted from a trans
port plane flying over Washington.
The chief speaker was Mayor.
elect Maurice j. Tobin, of Boston,
who cancelled several personal en-.
gagements in New York "to have
some little part" in advancing the
interests of the drive for humanity
"As I ride over this beautiful
Capital City," he said, with its
myriad lights blinking cheer
fully at me, I am impressed
with the gorgeousness of the
sight and the tire endous
amount Of light in this city.
However, I know there are
Shadows-many shadows-and I
hope that I can be of some as
sistance ir bringing a little light
to bear on those shadows by
backing up the great tenth ami
versary campaign of the Com
munity Chest.
"Out Of several years expert
ence in raising funds for charit-
able and philanthropic work."
he continued, "- know of the
dire needs of the unfortunate
and underprivileged men, women
and little children of a great
city, and I am sure that you
good people of Washington and
its suburbs will set a great ex-
ample in this campaign that will
be beacon for the rest of the
nation"
The Washington times., 1937-11-18
Guard to Hold
Field Day Sunday

The District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard rifle range at Camp
SimmS, Anacostia, will be busy
place Sunday, with various units
Of the Guard taking part in a field
day for the benefit of the units
recreational fund.
A turkey shoot, beginning at 10
a. M, and a football game at 2:30
between the Seamen Gunners and
the National Guard 260th Coast
Artillery are highlights of the day,
and there will be a dance in the
officers mess hall at p. m. The
public is invited.
The Washington times., 1937-11-18
Film Short to Aid
Christmas Seals

A film short, depicting an old
time town crier representing the
figure on the 1887 Christmas seals
of the National tuberculosis Asso-
citation, will be shown in Washing
ton theaters when the seal drive
opens next week.
DR.. Philip P. Jacobs, of the
tuberculosis association staff, en-
acts the role of the town crier
in the film, which conveys a
message of good cheer along with
a story of how the seals will aid
in combating the white plague.
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the job Of earning living for his family deprives
him Of the personal touch with his children.
That does not mean per Sc, that he is less inter-
ested than their mother in his children. It
simply means that he is more concerned in
making an adequate living for them.
Mothers LoUe Selfish
mothers love may be the object of adula-
ton down through the ages but basically it is
a selfish love- Women want people to depend
upon them, especially their children. Women
like to pour out their love and make that love
vehicle of demonstrativeness of their emotions.
When that emotion is accepted without question,
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like. prophesy she will have the talent to remain
herself in a town that likes to iron out PERSONAL
ties. The Spanish Revolution interfered with
Representative Barton's plan to have book pub
lished in Madrid, where there is an incredible
press that prints in nine languages at once.
They'll "SurUiOe" Here
It's theory of mine that the people who sur
Vive the changing Washington picture are those
who have the aforementioned Barton talent of
not putting on side. Ralph Snowden Hill, whose
ancestors helped build Georgetown, has this sort
Of genius. It's one Of the reasons for the endur-
ance Of his friendships. When he sends out cards
for cocktail party the Towns Best flock in at
moments notice
Another of my favorite Washingtonians, Mrs.
Harry Baxter, has the same engaging quality Of
frankness. Mrs. Baxter's late father was Secre-
tary of War Harry A. Dern. At Ralph Hills
party she was surrounded by friends.
washington diplomacy walks cautiously and
says little nowadays. International lines are being
sharply drawn. Certain Ambassadors and Minis
ters cannot go to certain Embassies and Lega-
tions, Some diplomats avoid 1.-THE Soviet" Others
are not permitted to enter the doorway of the
Spanish Embassy. For others, the Japanese, the
German and the Italian strongholds are taboo.
If this aloofness persists, some foreign emissaries
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In his decision he dwelt on the
fact that a mothers love is
celebrated by song, poetry,
verse, music and oratory, yet a
fathers love, not so widely
heralded, is just as intense.
Here is a question of human
interest. The women will not
agree with the Pittsburgh
Judge and the men will.
The chief reason, I think,
why people say that fathers do.
not care for their children as
,,n,,oH. ns ..no&I1nr, &C. haoa,1sn
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G. Scheel, 1921 o st. s. E., and
Isabelle Boone's IS fashion coun
sellor service was won by Mary
James, 1913 V st. S. E.
A basket of fresh fruits and
vegetables from James Smith Sons
went to Mrs. Rose King, 1444 H
st. S. W.
OTHER WINNERS LISTED
Other prize winners included:
Mrs. H. w. Brown, 215 Four
teenth st. s. E., cake; Ida Clarke
1885 Eleventh st. N. w., rolls;
Miss Virginia Schleich, Arlington
Va, gingerbread; Mrs. Carrie Red
miles, 1917 Taylor st. N. E., bis.
cults; Mrs. w. E. Doherty, 3414
Twentieth st. N. E., popovers;
Thomas B. Phibbs, 400 block
Fifteenth st. N. E., Hip-O-Lite
cake.
Cases Of DR.. Pepper, the soft
drink, were won by E. Pearl
ShickIe, 1880 Seventeenth st.
N. W.; Mrs. c. Gilbert, Arlington,
Va: Mrs. Strunk, 1880 Brentwood
Rd. N. E.; Mrs. H. L. Ryan, 1901
Cleveland Ave. N. W.; Mrs. Cath.
crime Smiley, 1914 Eleventh st.
N. W.; Mrs. Edna Buckhead, Seat
Pleasant, Md, and Billie June
Tannehill, 4219 Eighth st. N. w
Gift packages of Oakite, a
cleanser, were won by Mrs
Blanche Mel, Second st. N. E.;
Mrs. H. Richardson. Cottage City,
Md; Mrs. William McGarvey, 232
Randolph Pl. N. E., Mrs. Frank
Smith, Arlington, Va: Mrs. B.
Berry, 928 K st. N. W.: Mrs. Stan.
ley Nash, 846 Delafield Pl. N. W.;
Mrs. B. w. Meyers, 2131 P st. N
W.; Elizabeth Estep, 1345 Irving
st. N. W.; Mrs. Vincent j. Kirby
Continued on Page 26, Col. y
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ished and perfect performance.
Dramatic critics are filling
their columns with glowing
praise Of her incompatible
gifts, so I will not attempt to
discuss her as an actress, but
as a truly great mother and
woman.
I have had the pleasure and
privilege of knowing Ethel for
many years, and the longer I
know her the deeper my respect
and admiration for her have
rrVaNIryVA
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You Ought To Know That
Mrs. Bruce Barton, wife of
the new Representative from
New York, is being urged by
two publishers to do "a Wash
ington Column" What, I>ask
you, is q house, a garden, a
church pew or a movie lot now
adayS without a columnist?
Mrs. Barton, by the way, is
going to be popular here. She
is good-looking, with a fresh
intelligent point of view, and
is easy to know and easier to
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School.
The third session will open at
1880 p. m. Attracted by the chance
to learn new and delicious reci.
pes from Mrs. Frances Troy North,
cross and to participate in the
prizes offered daily, hundreds of
women struggled to get seats yes.
terday. They were taken care OF
by placing extra chairs in all avail,
able places.
CLOSES TOMORROW
Sessions also will be held at 7:3O
p. m. tonight and at 1880 and 1880
p. m. tomorrow. Tomorrow nights
session will close the schools dem.
onstration and the grand prizes
will be distributed, including gas
range, an electric refrigerator, a
diamond ring, a vacuum cleaner,
electric roasters and mixers, dinner
and tea sets.
Special prizes and a new pro-
gram have been arranged for to-
day. Entertainment features of
yesterdays meeting were presented
under direction of Frank Buck"
O'Neill, Times sports writer.
PRIZE WINNERS
A turkey roaster given by the
Peoples Hardware Stores was
won by Mrs. Catherine Hutton, of
Arlington, Va, and a turkey
awarded by Charles H. Javins &
Sons went to Mrs. Charles Metka,
213 Fifteenth st. S. E.
Mrs. Edward Murphy, Of Alex
andria, Va, and Mrs. Rose Schutt,
of 452 K st. N. W., won cakes
donated by the Holmes Bakery
and a ham sent by A. T. Schroth
& Sons was awarded Mrs. M. P
Fox, 2548 Seventeenth st. N. w.
A dozen cans Of Kemp's tomato
juice were carried off by Mrs. C
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e9But' y

Is a fathers love equal to mothers love?
Judge Michael Angelo Musmanno, of Pitts
burgh, thinks so and accordingly awarded Gus
,Eody Of a sixyear-old boy to an aunt until such
time as the father acquires home of his own
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Senator Lodges Plaint

3
To pleasanter thoughts. That smart. handsome
lad young Henry Cabot Lodge, protests that when
he was Washington correspondent he knew
what was going on in the Capital Now that he's
in the Senate, nobody ever tells him anything
His lovely wife will not come to Washington un-
til the first of the year. Senator Lodge will live
with his mother and rush up to Boston for
weekendS.
Mrs. Cornelia Mayo is inaugurating pleasant
morning hospitality on Sunday. She says: "Stop
on your way from church or golf and have glass
Of sherry before you're off to luncheon" Mrs.
Mayo has taken house that is modernistic and
unapologetic in the midst of old Georgetown.
Mrs Byron Price and Mrs. Raymond Clapper
are knee deep in plans for the Gridiron Widows
Stunt Party at the White House on December IL.
With committee meetings day and night, earnest
chewing of pencils, pounding of typewriters and
consultations with Mrs. c. Gould Lincoln, wife
of the President Of the Gridiron Club-deathlesS
ideas are born.
Mrs Clapper, home from Russia and other dis
turbed European countries, is thanking heaven
she is an American. Mrs. Price, who has been
living in New York recently, declares that George
Cohan's "I'd Rather Be Right" is just provincial
New York trying to be funny at the expense of
Washington. All Of the Jokes are reminiscent of
talk she heard here months ago.
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My Say

The First Lady of the Stage, Ethel Barrymore,
opened her splendid new show here in Washing
ton Monday night and as usual, she gave a fin