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The Washington times., 1937-04-12

Who remembers Ichabod Crane?
Katrine van Tronp? The Legend
of Sleepy Hollow? Rip Van
Wrinkle?
Included in the 20 volumes of
the Worlds Greatest Literature Of
fered readers of The Washington
Times, Washington Irving'S
Sketch Book" easily ranks as not
only an outstanding classic in
American literary values but
among the best books of all time.
Offered as eleventh in the
series, and starting as the second
half of the interesting and hand
somely bound library, the Sketch
Book" will be available for read
ers Of The Times on Saturday.
Seven consecutive coupons a:e
clipped from The Times, one every
day for six days, and the seventh
or No. from the Sunday Wash
ington Herald. These coupons,
with 80 cents, entitle the holder
to any one of the books released
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
NJ urals, Motherhood
Ann WriSht's Career

ling from the smirks on all three
faces they liked it.
The sailors cap was tilted at
just the right angle and his
homely mug was most engaging.
He was, in fact, the personifica-
ton of all gobs. Explaining that
paint dries quickly, Mrs. Wright
went on with her work while she
answered questions about herself
Born and raised in Annapolis,
where her father was stationed,
she decided to become a painter
at the age of four. Her parents
encouraged her, so by the time she
was enrolled as student in the
Maryland Institute of Fine Arts
she knew what it was all about.
But it wasn't until 10 years ago
that she decided muralS were her
meter. Since then she has been
looking for enough walls to paint.
A bare one makes her fingers itch.
Talents Well Known
Her talents are we'll known in
Naval circles, and when there is
painting to be done Mrs. Wright
Is called in. She did the scenes for
the Navy Relief Ball at the Raleigh
last Thanksgiving and had enough
energy left over to design the cos
tunes. She longs to do night
clubs-they're just in her line.
Wiping her brush on her Smock,
which already was stiff with blue,
yellow, red and green paint. Mrs.
Wright explained:
'It's hard to keep this sort of
thing DIP when you're in the
Navy. You move around so
much. love to paint but I've
no more business instinct than
a jack.rabbit."
The Wrights, she explained.
have been East a year. They were
formerly at Long Beach, Calf.
They are living in Alexandria, Va.
and expect to be here for another
year.
She apologized for the paint on
her little flat shoes but it couldn't
be helped. Yes, she loved clothes,
and sometimes she designed them
Her ambitions? To have miles and
miles Of walls to paint.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12

Lining in the Nations Capt.
tai, Which is rapidly becoming
one of the foremost cultural
Centers of the Uorld, are nu-
merouS society women tOho,
rather than contine their &C
tiUitieS to social functions alone,
haze gone in for the arts in a
serious lDGy.
A fen haze turned profess
Sior,Gl, but most of them haze
studied sculpture, painting and
ceramics, or Dritter books and
tostered musical centerS for
their own pleasure and that of
their families and friends.
Personality stories on these
women and their tDork tDil1 be
printed in a series By The
Washington Times.
Just give her walls to paint and
she'll be happy.
Young, slender and piquant,
Mrs. Ann Smith Wright. daughter
If Admiral Sinclair Smith and
wife of Lieut.. Joseph M. Wright, U.
S. NJ, appears to have solved that
eternal question: Can a woman
make a success of marriage,
motherhood and a career all at the
same time?"
Mrs. Wright thinks so. She
doesn't null over it or discuss it..
She just does it.
She spends the morning hours
with her two sons, aged four years
and eighteen months, and the af-
JernoonS decorating walls with
When there aren't any
walls she paints screens and other
things, but she prefers walls. The
more the merrier.
Interviewed at Work
When interviewed she was stand.
ing on a bench in the basement
Of the Soldiers, Sailors and Ma
rines Club at Eleventh and L
N. w., putting the finishing
touches to a brave soldier lad who
was mounted on a merry-go-round
Steed and holding hands with the
red-head behind him and the
blonde on the horse ahead. Judg'
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
TRAFFIC COURT
CONVICTIONS
Reckless Driving

Reckless Driving
Clyde w. Skyles, 101 I st. N. W.,
SIS or 80 days.
Second OffenSe Speeding
Myron L. Shorter. 1919 Thir.
teenth st. N. W., SIS.
John H. B. Hedinger, 4440 Mich
OILS Ave. S. E., $40.
Tyler F. Moffett, jr., Virginia,
$40.
First Offense Speeding
Atlas j. Carson, 800 Quintana
Pl. N. W., $40.
Paul A. Richmond, New Jersey,
SO.
George B. Hatley, Maryland,
$40.
irving S. Karp, New York, $40.
Milton E. Ritzenberg, 1925
Walbridge st. N. W., S..
Odell w. Taylor, 400 Third
st. N. W., IS.
James C. Sheppard, SO L st.
N. w., IS.
Continued on Page 10, Col. q
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
Ken N az
Says:

Well, according to the best
statistics, prosperity has snapped
back like a misplaced cartilage.
Everything is on the up-beat,
from swine to swing music.
We're even in danger of infls-
ton. Today the ROtarianS are
charging members Is cents in
stead of a dime for calling each
other mister"
The more progressive States
are putting up additional bill
boards to advertise the beauty
of their scenery.
And copper is selling SO high.
the crooks who counterfeit pen.
mics are actually cheating them.
selves.
In fact, things are so def
nitely deliriOus, we are warned
to remember 1929. As if I'd ever
forget it! If 1929 ever comes
back, the butlerIl tell 'em l just
stepped over to Tahiti for lunch.
Copyright. 1886, Mcknight
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
NOW
Generous Act
Beyond Belief
HOTEL STORY
BY HELEN ESSARY

A friend who's been trailing"
to Harrisburg tells me this
Not long ago Mrs. Roosevelt and
The Washington times., 1937-04-12

Maryland Fencers Win
Maryland University's fencing
team last night won the Middle
Atlantic intercollegiate champion
ship over Hopkins and st. Johns.
The Old Liners piled up 10 points,
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
VALUE FIGURE
QUESTIONED
BY CLAYTON
Petition for Higher
Fare to Follow
First Survey

The long-delayed combined pub
lie hearing of valuation of the
Capital Transit Company and its
petition for a higher rate of fare
got under way before the Public
Utilities Commission today-and
almost broke up shortly before it
started.
Last October the street car COM
pany filed with the commission a
petition for higher fare. The com.
mission decided to conduct valu.
alton proceeding of the compsny's
properties before considering the
higher fare and, after setting sew.
eral tentative dates and ordering
several postponments, the hearing
got under way today.
Company is Heard
Reversing the usual order Of
procedure, the commission per-
mitted the company's witnesses on
the value of the company proper.
ties to take the stand. First wit
ness was William B. Bennett, as
siStant to the president of Capital
Transit Company.
Bennett placed a valuation as
of December 81, 1935-more than
a year ago-on the company'S
property in the District at $685.
011,758. He valued the properties
of the company in both the Dis
trict and Maryland at $54,206, 1852,
including the Glen Echo Park
property, which the company
owns.
William NICK. Clayton, repre-
senting the Federation Of Citizens
Associations. questioning Bennett,
revealed that the statistics did not
include a value for the Washing.
ton Rapid Transit Company,
which the street car company &C
quired last year.
Rejects Statistics
Clayton then objected to the re-
ceipt of the statistics and testl-
mony by Bennett until the esti-
mates Of value were brought up
to date. He said receipt of the
statistics as prepared by Bennett
would niece sSitate calling Of
another hearing to eliminate GER
tain items, such as stretches Of
car track abandoned through the
street car rerouting program. and
the inclusion of a value for the
Washington Rapid Transit Com
pany.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Human D. Folsom, representing
the commission, informed the P.
U. C. that the date of December
81, 1885, had been mutually
agreed upon by both commission
and company statisticians as the
date of a value. Upon receiving
this information. the commission
overruled Clayton's motion.
New Rates Asked
After the valuation phase Of
the hearing is completed, accord.
ing to plans of the commission,
the hearing Immediately will turn
to the petition of the company
for higher fare.
The fare sought by the COM
pany is three tokens for IS cents
instead of the present rate Of
four tokens for 80 cents. In the
original petition. the company
also sought the establishment of a
$1.25 street car and bus weekly
pass istead of the then existing
ST street car pass, but this phase
of the petition already has been
accomplished by the company.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
Ickes, Hopkins Bury Ak

Secretary of Interior Harold l..
Ickes and WPA Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins. who differ
sharply over relief and recovery
spending policies. today will start
a business and pleasure trip to-
gether into the Florida Everglades.
They will inspect the southern tip
of the State, designated by Con-
gress to become Everglades Ma
tional Park.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
EVimS'S Sketch Book
Offered to Readers

Hup to date. Ten have been eagerly
taken up by thousands of readers
of The Tins and Sunday Herald.
The last issued was Ben Hur, /"
by Gen. Lew Wallace. Any one
of the ten may be arranged for
by calling District 1000 and ask.
ing for home delivery. Carrier
boys will deliver to home sub
scribers of these newspapers at no
extra cost and by arrangement.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12

M RS. Morgen-
THAI, her Spe-
cial frie d
among Cabinet
wives, stopped
at the Pennsyl-
vania ap ital
for the night.
They were on
their way by
m o t or, M r S.
Roosevelt driv-
ing, to Cornell
U nive rsity.
They had made
no reservations
for a room but
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
TIP ON SUICIDE
.WINSAWARD

First award in the weekly Wash
ington Times newstip contest was
awarded today to the alert tipster
who phoned the information on
the suicide of a former Prince
Georges County sheriff.
A secondary award was made
to the person who reported the
court action taken in a Wood
stock (Va.) divorce case.
Other prizes were awarded to
persons reporting the veterans
picketing the Veterans Bureau;
a car driven off Key Bridge; the
sudden death of prominent Gov
eminent officials wife and a
gambling raid in the 1900 block
of M St. N. w.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED

Fmore Coops
William Makepeace
Volume No
Cris" Hawthornes Scarlet Letter No shake.
of Ready
yorder volume
Washington, D. G.
La gaceta., 1937-06-21
PIDAN Los REcIBos

Suplicamos a nuestros lecto-
res tengan la bondad de pedhF
los recibos de page a los repar
tidores.
Hacisndolo NOS cvitan incon
veniente a ~nosotros y q los re-
partidores.
La gaceta., 1937-06-21
Era una mananla clara del

Era una manana clara del
mes de marzo-habia comenza-
do la ltima ofensiva en- Fran
cia, y TODD ell mundo estaba pen
diente de las noticias del fren-
te occidental, cuando, planta-
do como de costumbre en- ell an
den, con la mirada fila en- Ana,
vi que esta me hacia con la ma
no sena de que fuese Y me man.
daba entrar en- Ell departamento
reservado para ell servicio. Ell
tren iba aquel dia abarrotado
de viajeros. Subj lleno de mie-
do, y espere a que Ana desc la
salida. Salt6 al estribo-la por-
tezuela Sc cerr6 detras de ella
estrepitosamente-, vino hacia
mi, y me di6 una palmadita en-
81 hOunhgO. dfciendo:
La gaceta., 1937-06-21

--iHola, amiguito! Pues no
aotros somos va buenos ami
gos, iverdad?
Todo confuse, me aparte un
POGO y balbucee, sintiendo que
la sangre Sc me agolpaba en- la
vista:
Isl; hace va la mar de ITEM
pc que viajamos juntos...
Ana sc rio y tom6 asiento
1unto a mi. A hurtadiilas, lie mi
re las pfernas, cuya esbeltez res
Ipetaban las bandas militares
que las cenfan, y la cara en- que
baMaban, sin sosegar un punto,
los oJos negros, hacienda con-
traste con la boca fuerte y sere-
ma, que parecia estar esperanto
algo. Una gran cadena de reloi
se crUzaba 81 pecho. y al cuelio
La gaceta., 1937-06-21

de los verbos irregulares. iQue
sc 70 cuantas rinas me costa
ron estas distraccionesl A me-
diodfa, despues de acabarse
las classes, corrfa a la estaci6n
y me asomaba a la puerta de.
la sala de viajeros de tercera,
para echar una mirada a Ana,
que sentada a la mesa con u
nos cuantos revisores viejos, sc
servia la sopa de una pequena
cacerola de laton. Me sentia
feliz con solo verla. Y 81 por a.
case contestaba a las gracias
que lie decia al pasar algain SOL
dado o Sc reia con ellos, Ell CO.
raz6n Sc me ensomlbrecfa.
Ana cambi6 ell horario de mi
vida. Ahora, los pocos momen-
.tos EN- que Ia veia eran los uni
La gaceta., 1937-06-21

extrafa sensation de flotar en-
ell aire...-, y 81 entornaba los
ojos Y ola su VOC y vefa su boca,
sacrificaba a la imagen querida
al modo secreto v tristemente
lascivo de los muchachos. Al
hacero, no crefa pecar nj acu-
dfa a mi ning1n p~ensamiento,
malo nj bueno; en- aqueEos mi
nutos de extasis, la cara de Ana
Sc alzaba ante mi mas plasticva
que nunca, y este era 10 que yo
apetecia...
Tras aquello, me adormecia,
enervado Y dichoso. Mi madre,
que no tard6 en- apercibirse de
estos suenos frecuentes v extern
poraneos, estaba muy preocu-
pada. pues los achacaba al ham
.hre.
La gaceta., 1937-06-21

ITunney es la que sustentan la
mayoria de los periodistas y
expertos.
Hablando aver sobre ell re :.
sultado monetarios del bout,
Mike Jacobs expres6 la Green
cia de que no bajara de $50
mil pesos.
Joe Jacobs, director del ale
man Max Schmeling, dijo que
ell excampe6n volvera a los Es-
tados Unidos a pelear por Ell
campaonato, sierfdo falsas las
noticias sobre que Sc lie haya
prohibido ell hacerlo. Yo no
creo que Braddock quiere pc
lear con Schmeling, porque va
lie hugo dos wees; pero 81 Luis
triunfa ell match de revancha
con ell aleman Sc efectuara en-
New York 0 Chicago.
Mike Jacobs ha ofrecido a
Schmeling Ell 80 por ciento de
10 que Sc recaude, dependien :
do este del resultado del COM
bate del martes.
Entretanto es probable que
al germano Sc lie contrate para
IN bout con ell ingles Tom :
my Farr.
Los hombres de negocios de
Chicago estiman que Sc gasta-
ran en- la ciudad en- pocos dias
como resultado de la pelea, de
$4,000,000 a $5,0O0,OO0.
La gaceta., 1937-06-21

cos del dia que tenfan para mi
un sentido; ell resto de las horas
eran una constante espera. Pre-
textando estudiar las leccio-
mes, me encerraba en- ell cuarto,
v tendido en- la CANA me ponia
a pensar en- ella, Me pasaba asi
las horas muertas, sin pensan
en- otra cosa. Els incredible ell
tempo de que Sc dispone Guam
do Sc anna.
No tenfa esperanza de poder
hablarle nunca; me bastaba la
dicha de verla diariamente.
TGmIbado en- la CANA, con su
imagen delante, sentia que un
vago desvanecimiento, como Ell
que me habia pintado Augusta,
me ganaba-ganas de llorar v
de reir u mism0 tempo y una
La gaceta., 1937-06-21

Ell verdadero triunfador en-
la pelea lde sera ell TIC Samuel,
porque cogera las contribucio-
mes, game quien game o pierda
quien pierda. Mike Jacobs mo
saldra descontento y ojos irlan-
deses brillaran en- la esquina de
Braddock.
La gaceta., 1937-06-21

lados, ell aire barria las ultimas
nubes de la noche. Los obreros,
tendidos en- los asientos, dor
milan. Sus ropas olfan a aceite Y
a sudor. Muchas wees, I'm ac-
oeso de tos interrumpia su sue
no, Y sus caras eEan CRISES CO.
mo la maiana Y como la saliva
que Sc les escapaba por las CO.
misuras de la boca. Yo, entire
tanto, acechaba por las rendi-
jas y veia a Ana sentada bajo
Ell palido resplandor del gas,
canturreando.
Pronto su voz empez6 a sor
prenderme durante las horas
de las classes, y vi su rostro a.
parecerseme sin saber como en-
ell encerado donde ell professor
estaba escribiendo las rafces
La gaceta., 1937-06-21

Las opiniones de Joe Gould
vel periodista Paul MicEeIsor

Chicago, JUNO 21.-Joe
Gould, animado por la venta
de tickets Sc mostr6 aver mas
communicative que de costum :
bre y dijo que James J. Brad
dock no solo conservara la CO.
roma, sino que a~costara o Jose
Luis en- cuatro 0 "i..co asaltos.
'Lraddock copgoS picr los
defectos y puntos debiles de Jo-
: Iuis, 10 mis1ao que su estilo
y Iahilidad. LIZ vic pelsar f an
'e a Schmeh 4 v Bob Pastor.
co1oce otroS j. sares
d@biles del negro, Y ell martes
los destacara."
MAJ schmeling bats muy
duramente a Luis. Pocos boxea
dores Sc recuperan de golpizas
esa. Ell pdblico y Luis sa-
ben que Braddock tiene dina
mita err su mano derecha, que
con csc pufio puede pegar mas
fuerte que Schmeling. Cada
vez que Joe mire ell martes ha
cia la derecha de Braddock
La gaceta., 1937-06-21
RADIOTELECRAMA

via Nacksy Radio q buaues en- alta mar. q Europa, al
Onsnts y q Ia principalss ein6adss do los Estados Unidos.
La gaceta., 1937-06-21

creera que es la de Schmeling
y buscara protection"
Paul Nicholson, eb con@ide
escritor deportivo, opina que
James j. Braddock nunca rue y
jamas sera I'm gran boxeador
mas por varias raz0ney creo
que retendra ell martes su cor@-
ma, acoStando a Jose Luis Mi
diendo con la vara de clase en-
ell ring, no hay comparaci6n
entire los dos. Luis es j6ven y
Braddock es viejo, pero despues
de verlo en- acci6n Sc aprecia
que Ell campe6n es la Cenicien-
~ del cuadrilatero.
En- primer Iugar debe ser res
petado TODD hombre que llega 4
la cdspide. Todo boXzus
llega a campe6n, AMI Dlo
tiene que pasar por No. duras
lpruebas.
En- segundo lugar, La victoria
'es de gran fmportancia para
Braddock perque es, pobre y
hambriento. Luis es rico v CO.
La gaceta., 1937-06-21
eos excampeones Tunney Dempsey estan ep
desacuerdo sobre el gsultado de la pelea
del venidefo martes
Tunney opina que Jose Luis vencera
yJack abriga ell criterio opuesto

Chicago, JUNO 21.-Dos ex
campeones del peso complete,
que hace amos estuvieron fen-
tie a frente, en- ell ring, hoy Sc
muestran en- desacuerdo sobre
ell resultado de la pelea del We
nidero martes entire ell cam
peon James j. Braddock y ell
negro Jose Luis, DE Detroit y
Chicago.
Gene Tunney, experto entire
los expertos, estima que Jose
Luis vencera a Braddock; y
Dempsey, exemption y arbi :
tro, asegura que ell irlandes Sc
quedara con la corona y los
$400,O 900 ofrecidos.
Despues de jugar al golf"
en- Lake Forrest, Tunney, inte-
rrogado por los periodistas, ma
nifest6: Yo creo que Luis debe
ganar, facilmente, porque tie
ne en- su favor juventud y pu-
nos ~formidables. Braddock es
va GAIA muerta. Lleva dos a.
nos fuera del ring" y en- su
mejor forma nunca fue I'm
gran pugilista.
Hara ell c&mpe6n buen uso
de todos sus recursos, porque
es habil v tiene experiencia,
pero dude de que pueda resis-
tir los Is asaltos frente a Luis.
Ell "dinamitero' puede haber
descendido algo dentro del pa
sado ano, y es dudoso que ha-
va recuperado Ia confianza que
tenia antes de ser derribado
por Schmeling. Tiene Luis las
armas para veneer a Braddocl
pero tendra que hacer un com
pleto uso de elias. va ha pro
bado que puede levantarse de
la Iona, bajo alta preston, y es
to, como ustedes saben, desa-
nina al contrario.
La opinion expresada por
La gaceta., 1937-06-21
OEPOR TES
JOSE LUIS LUCIO NAL EN-
LAS PRACTICAS DE AYER

Kenosha, Wisconsin, JUNO
21.-Jose Luis boxe6 aver dos
asaltos con Tiger H~airston, de
Wheeling, West Va, luciendo
NAL ell campe6n, luego de ha-
Der resbalado en- ell segundo.
Mike Jacobs tuvo que orde-
mar Sc pusiera termino a la ex
hibici6n, cuando Hairston pa
recfa tenerlo "groggy' contra
las sogas.
Durante sus cuatro semanas
de entrenamiento en- esta ciu-
dad, Luis puso a dormir tres
veces a sus companeros de e :
jercicios y los derrib6 19. A :
cost6 a Leonard Dixon, de Ri
ladelfia; Luis Wolf, de Wau
kegan, ILL.,, y George Williams.
de Chicago. Los ayudantes que
cayeron mayor nimero de We
ces son Seal Harris v Lloyd
Clements, Is wees entire los
dos.
Luis Sc meti6 en- la concha
y rehus6 hacer predicciones I:
70 no digo en- que ~asalto, pc
no sera entire Ell primero y el
15o, Y cuanto mas pronto me-
jor.
La gaceta., 1937-06-21
TELEGRAMAS

A mas de 10000 loralidadss do los Esta,
5000 del Canad&.

Via Commercial Cables o Europa y al Orier
America Gables q las AntilIas v Centre y
Estas dos cQmpafias est&n asociadas con Ia
graph, ~pidi6ndose enviaf cableyramas dssde
Gina de- In Postal Telegraph.
La gaceta., 1937-06-21
La Gaceta Folletfn No. 140
e CHASER
Los QUE TEMAMOS
D0CE AMOS

pre- hacfa Ell viaje cantando. va
conocia sus cantares favoritos
-aquel que empezaba: 'kDs
que me sirve tener un jardin.. 2
o aquel otro: "Me tiendo en- ell
campo ante Ell enemigo...", con
el verso final de Ana Maria RI
mando con compania, en- que ell
soldado pedia a la muchacha
que Sc echase novio, y que ella
sofia repetir, dandole una ento-
naci6n melanc6lica muy parti-
cular...
Fuera. sobre Dos campos he
La gaceta., 1937-06-21
NOTlICIAs DE PELOTA
LIGA AMERICANA

Yves Terrell obtuvo aver su
tercera victoria consecutive CO.
mo pitcher del Washington. Ell
dia Sc dedic6 a Denny Huff
man, Ell catcher del San Luis, a
Evening star., 1937-05-23

FoR years one of the best
"newspapermen" in New York
was a woman.
She got the assignments given
only to the star reporters. She
covered" the Stillman divorce
suit, which for months held
place on the front pages. She
reported the Hall-Mills case, still
regarded as one of the biggest
murder stories of the century.
And, just before she retired from
active newspaper work, she "cov-
cred" the Lindbergh Kidnapping.
Her name is Ishbel Ross. The
"Ishbel' is Scotch - for she was
born in Sutherlandshire, Scot
land. She started newspaper work
in Toronto in 1917 and two
years later got a job on the New
York Herald Tribune.
She is married to another good
reporter - Bruce Rae. They
"covered" the Hall-Mills murder
trial, and many other big stories,
together.
Four years ago she resigned,
and turned to fiction. She has
written three novels, two other
books and manymagazine articles.
In an early issue she tells the
vivid story of Elsa Maxwell, the
queen of revelry, who stages par
ties that make the Gay Nine
ties look pallid. Don't miss:
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
Evening star., 1937-05-23
Pre-Views

W. asked Baird Hall to tell us
something about himself, and
we're going to give his answer Iii
his own words:
81 was born in 1908, aired on
A leash in New York City for
while, then sent TO the Choate
School and Harvard to learn to
mix with other children.
wn 1925 | went to Europe to
get an education, returning, very
cultured, to New York and the
advertising business in 1929, the
wear Father went broke.
"Bv 1885 | had made enough
money writing advertisements to
retire - for a few minutes. So |
bought farm in Connecticut,
and now | sit in an abandoned
cowstall writing deathless prose.
One of these cowstall products.
which you'll like lot, appears in
an early issue. It's called:
THE MANS A MENACE