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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16
BIRDS Haze Exciting Adventure off Rockbound Coast
Maine Resorts
Popular With
CAPABILITIES
BIZ Flora Macdonald

queror Of both poles,
Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd, U. S. N. (retired), loses
his way in a fog off the coast
of Maine, there is much
cause for concern by men,
bers of his family.
And that is just what hap
pened last week when, with
his son, Richard Byrd Sd, he
was cruising among the many
small islands and rocks along
the coast and became lost in a
fog. Admiral Byrd waited
several hours for the fog to
lift, but it became all the
more dense. Finally, the
naval explorer and his son
located rock of considerable
size, anchored the boat and
climbed upon the rock, where
they remained huddled until
the fog lifted the following
day.
Battling Experience
Mrs. Byrd and their three
other children, who are sum-
mering at West fremont,
Me-, feared for the safety of
the father and son until they
returned. So it was that the
man who conquered both the
North and South poles, and
all but lost his life in a lonely
hut in the Antarctic, but
knew all the time where he
was. had an experience which
baffled his skill as a navl-
gator.
Admiral Byrd's brother. Sena-
tor Harry Flood Byrd, spent the
weekend with his wife and their
sons at their home in Berryville,
where Mrs. Byrd has been estab-
lished since early in June. The
three boys are Harry. jr., Bever-
ley and Richard Evelyn. Senator
and Mrs. Byrd's daughter, Mrs.
H. r. Kern, makes her home
with her husband in Winchester,
where still another of the famous
Byrd brothers, Tom, lives and
operates the family apple or
chards.
Maine is a favorite vacation
haunt for scores of Capital resi-
dents. Mrs. Jacob Leander
Loose, who makes her home
while in Washington at the
Shoreham, has been having a
series of house parties at her
home at Bass Rocks.
YOUNG CROWD
Mrs. Henry Rowland and her
daughter, Diane, whose island
home off the coast of Maine is
adjacent to that OF Gene Tunney
and his wife, continually have a
young crowd with them during
the summer months.
The Assistant Financial Coun-
Selor of the Rumanian Legation
and Nine. Dimitriu are the
guests this month of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. j. Mack at their home
which is not far from the Cana
dian border. The F. Hamil-
ton Mccormick GoodhartS were
hosts at a luncheon in the Kebo
Valley Golf Club the latter part
OF the week for a group of their
friends in Bar Harbor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16
PETER CARTER
Says

II atherine Conner, the beautiful titan
IN haired Kentuckian, who is National
Democratic Commtteewoman from that State just refused
measure up-to friends budup last week The friend
Col Frank Morse Katherine phoned him to ask the
of his dentist she chad to have work done on
her teeth Immediately Frank offered to make the appoint
for Katherine explaining that at this last minute he
doubted that she could get any of the dentists time Frank
was rght-the dentist literally swamped with work
However Frank finally secured appointment for Katherine
and also Informed the dentist that he could his tired
the oveliest looking in this town. This last
intrigued the dentist that he promptly informed his assist
and others to stay around and this vision Of
loneliness They dd-and Katherine arrived looking smart
paint and completely disguised by huge black glasses
Not did she these glasses and what she really
looked like in the office including the dentist
And-dd Frank Morse receive elegant bawng
out his friend, the dentist. Well say he did.
Evening star., 1937-01-20

Nights picture. The
Monument and the Cap
itOl dome mirrored in the
still water of the reflect
ing pool in a view from
the Lincoln Memorial.
CA. p. Photo.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
HOMES BASIC
NEEDS LISTED

Several basic requirements Of a
livable home should be kept con.
stantly in mind by prospective pur.
chasers or home builders.
If any one or more of these
fundamentals is diSregarded in the
preliminary planning, the results
will produce discomfort and lessen
the resale value of a property.
Listed broadly, the following ele-
ments should be avoided in the
planning of new home:
Sleeping quarters with insuffi-
cient privacy; dark or poorly venti-
lated rooms; bathrooms not read
lily accessible, or accessible only
through a major room; kitchen
ill arranged for food storage, food
preparation and dish washing; in
sufficient provision for hanging
clothes or for storage Of linens,
blankets and brooms.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
New Times Model
Small Home Open
For Visits TODAY
BY JANET ELLISON

Would you like to comfortable, uptodae but low
priced home2
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
IS YOUR HOUSE
"ORIENTATED"?

The direction in which a home
faces, more technically described
as the "orientation" of a home,
and the exposure and ventilation
are important details in home
planning.
Through the services of a COM
petent architect the most desirable
method of placing the house on
the lot may be decided upon. A
maximum of proper exposure, with
respect to sunlight and prevailing
winds, is desirable.
Natural air circulation through
out the interior is another impor-
tant feature. Wherever possible.
rooms should have cross ventila-
ton: When locating the home it
is also advisable to take into con-
sideration the relation of adjacent
homes or buildings.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
Caution Advised
On Loose Wiring

Electric wiring, dangling, frayed,
or left lying on floors may prove
dangerous. It is particularly haz-
ardouS in rooms frequented by
children or elderly persons who
are thereby exposed to electric
shocks or tripping.
In the majority of cases the
introduction Of sufficient outlets
for the use of lamps, radios, ETC.,
may overcome this danger. Elec-
trio wiring should be inspected
carefully.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
REGENCY STYLE ROOMS

Strikingly unusual wall colors
for regency rooms include sea-
green. Chinese pink, salmon, Law.
ender and light blue. Fellows,
deep or pale, are also good. All
these colorS may be topped with
a white ceiling, or, better yet, the
walls may be painted white and
TIE ceilings done in any one of
these colors, with woodwork a
darker tone of the same color, or
in white, if you prefer.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06

1C'S possible To-Day. Ihere is IlCCIe
reason why the average family
cannot find a charming residence
within the range of a medium-sized
pocketbook.
Proof of this contention is to be
found in the new Washington
Times Model Small Home, offered
by Paul D. Crandall at 1725 Evart
st. N. E.. in the pretty community
of Woodbridge.
ON VIEW TODAY
Placed on view today for the
first time, the dwelling has been
furnished by Hilda Miller and is
open for your inspection today, to-
morrow and every day thereafter.
Why not drive out and see it.?
You will be surprised when you
learn for yourself just how much
you can buy for $3.50, which is
an amazingly low price for such a
modern house.
You'll soon understand why
seven other houses constructed
in the vicinity by Crandall have
been sold within the past few
weeks. They have been snapped
up" just like that, three of them
on the day the first advertise
ment appeared in The Washing
ton Times.
HAS SIX ROOMS
The new Washington Times
model small home includes a
large living room with a real fire
place; a dining room; an out-of-
the ordinary, completely equipped
kitchen: two bedrooms; a modern
bath: big basement and a fin
The Washington times., 1937-11-06

lsheo attic all ready to be con-
verted into bedrooms, playroom
OF a den.
The spacious lot is we'll land
scaped and the entire community
is wooded. The dwelling is close
to schools, stores and churches
and is in mighty handy location
for the husband who works down
town.
Better drive out today to see
the new Washington Times model
snail home. 1t will repay you.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
Bothroom!
It's Floor Requires
Much Care
Bet you didn't know this:

Bet you didn't know this:
The heaviest load per square
foot Of the entire house is usually
carried by the bathroom floor, the
reason for this being the weight
of the materials used in the room
concrete, tile and fixtures.
Unfortunately, this is one part
of the building in which the floor
beams are usually weakened by
careless cutting for the installa-
tion of pipes.
It is possible to avoid this error
by proper framing for the pipes,
and this extra support should be
provided to avoid settlement
cracks in the tile, between the tile
and the built-in tub and on the
ceiling below.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
SYNTHETIC SUNSHINE

If a floor is painted chrome
yellow of a medium tone and
the walls either white or cream,
a cozy, sunshiny effect is pro-
duced through reflection. Yellow
transparent gauze curtains add to
the effect of sunShine-particu-
larly when the room is at the
northeast corner of the house.
The window shades may be made
to contrast or harmonic with
your scheme of decoration by
painting them. Flat wall paint,
thinned with turpentine is used
for this purpose. Allow one side
to dry thoroughly before turning
over to paint the other side.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
Building Paper Important

distinct advantage in the perform
ance of the paper.
Building paper is built in per-
manently and is practically i'm
possible to repair. Care should be
taken that the proper type is used
IN tne first place, making repairs
unnecessary.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
CONSIDER TOTAL EFFECT

Visualize the community picture
when painting your house. If it
is up on a hilltop, separated from
neighboring dwellings and unsoft-
ened by shrubbery and trees, a
rich, dark tone is usually effective
to make it seem part of its set
ting.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
Feminine TOUCH.
CHANGES CELLAR.
TO HOBBY ROOM f..
Space May Be Utilized
For Many Purposes

1t is a generally accepted fact
that the basement of house is
the personal domain Of the men,
but even this section is not i'm
mune to the charmed touch of a
woman.
The feminine Merlin, whose
magic wand transforms any do
mestic scene, has now taken the
task of invading her husbands
retreat; she has taken over the
job of "elevating the basement"
Although the game room has
been the most frequent use to
which basement space has been
put, its possibilities hardly stop
there. Various kinds Of hobby
rooms are both practical and
economical.
GARDENING POSSIBLE
Masculine members of the house
hold may like to tinker in car.
pentry or explore the mysteries of
chemistry or Short-wave trans
mission. Or perhaps the woman
of the household is an assiduous
dirt gardener; then the room in
the basement Is certainly the
space to indulge her hobby.
A flower room is as practical for
the real dirt gardener as a play
room for the children, and can be
as appealing. For her working
hours there are dirt bins, pots,
small tools and plenty of cupboardS
and drawers for labels, sprayers
and such equipment; for the care
of the cut flowers there are the
sink, cupboardS for vases and
waste basket for dead blooms.
A children's playroom can be
made a place of enchantment for
the youngsters and provide much
relief for the grown.ups. BY Civ
ing the children a place directly
connected with the out-of-doors.
they can come and go as they will
without disturbing anyone.
PING-PONG TABLE
II it is equipped with closets for
outside clothing and rainy day
togs, they can also use it as their
private entrance and save much
wear and tear on the rest of the
house.
There should be plenty of
shelves for games and books, a
ping-pong table, perhaps, and a
space for their own radio. A
masonry floor and blackboard
walls will give them an almost in
destructible room, as well as
place to study and play school,"
as most young students love to do.
Such other uses Of the basement
as gymnasium, home theater for
movies, radio, or for dressing
rooms and showers if the house is
accessible to a swimming hole,
come to mind as additional uses
for the basement part of the
home.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
PLACED EVERYWHERE

1t should be applied over the
sheathing boards, under the roof
ing, under the floors, and for
flashing around windows unless
copper is used for this last pur-
pose.
BY preventing Wind, drafts,
moisture, and dust from entering
the dwelling. a home is more
easily heated and kept clean.
HARD TO REPAIR
A sufficiently strong building
paper will not. require the use of
battens to hold it in place against
damage by the wind, and this is q
The Washington times., 1937-11-06

Building paper, although one
of the cheapest, is one of the most
important materials used in the
construction of homes.
The function of building paper
is to seal all the joints, cracks,
and crevices and to protect the
lumber and flooring which have
been used.
Evening star., 1937-04-21
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
In recess
Judiciary Committee hears op-
ponents of Roosevelt court bill.
La Toilette Committee continues in
quiry into labor conditions in Harlan
County, KY, coal fields.
House:
Considers minor bills.
Ways and Means Committee con-
siders new railroad retirement pension
tax system.
Rivers and Harbors Committee con-
tinues hearings on Florida ship canal.
Labor Committee considers making
Civilian Conservation Corps permanent
agency.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
VIII take up routine business.
Judiciary Committee continues
hearings on Presidents court bill.
Education and labor subcommittee
continues civil liberties hearings.
House:
Considers agriculture appropriation
bill.
Labor Committee meets 1890 am.
Naval Affairs Committee meets
1890 am
Subcommittee on Deficiency of the
Appropriations Committee resumes
hearings 10 am.
Special subcommittee of District
Committee resumes hearings on Col
Inns tax bills 10 am.
Evening star., 1937-04-21
BY tie Associated Press,

AASsoSAe'INd
NEW CASTLE, KY, April al
Henry H. Denhardt, portly World and
Spanish War veteran and former
Kentucky Lieutenant Governor, went
to trial charged with murder of his
flancee today after being refused a
change of venue and continuance.
Ihe Commonwealth contends Den
hardt shot and killed Mrs. Verna Carr
Taylor. daughter of socially promi-
nent Henry County family Denhardt
on entering court yesterday told news
paper men: i have a clear conscience,
sleep we'll and am confident of ac-
quittal."
The move to try the case in some
other county was made on the grounds
that passion and prejudice" had been
aroused to such an extent here that
Denhardt could not get a fair trial.
Circuit Judge Charles C. Marshall
overruled that late yesterday. Today
he turned down in short order the con-
tinuance plea.
John Marshall Berry of defense
counsel stated that J. B. Hundley, q
La Grange barber, one of those who
found the comely widows body along
side the highway after Denhardt had
gone to a farm house to summon
mechanic to repair his automobile, and
R. L. Sherberg of Chicago, Cook
County chemist, were ill and could not
come to court today. Common
wealth's Attorney H. B. Kinsolving, jr,
agreed to admit an affidavit as to
Hundley, but took exception to the
claim about Sherberg.
Judge Marshall read the motion and
affidavit and said he found no grounds
for continuance. Berry jumped up
with: Just minute, your honor. We
want to make arguments in the case"
well, don't want to hear them"
the judge quickly replied and over
ruled the motion.
A driving rain beat down on the
ancient Court House and its Jail
cells barred with stone columns in
stead of iron and held down the crowd
today Denhardt has been free on
$4,000 bond since his indictment.
Evening star., 1937-04-21

Creech that he would see that Tackett
was sent to jail for eight or ten years
on his return to Kentucky for his tes-
timony against the mine owners.
Both Tackett and Deputy Marshal
Robert Bonham took the stand to
deny that Tackett had said anything
to Creech before the SWarthy mine
superintendent walked up to them and
made the alleged threat. Bonham
signed the warrent issued yesterday
for CreechS arrest.
The arrest was effected in dramatic
fashion after Creech had made a brief
and nervous appearance on the stand
to testify as to his knowledge and
possession OF firearms
Denies Having Thompson Gun.
Accused on two occasions of threat
ening miners with Thompson sub
machine guns, Creech enumerated a
list of nearly dozen guns he owns,
but denied having a Thompson He
said he is a first lieutenant in the Re-
serves and admitted to being an ex-
pert in firearms.
AS he completed this testimony
Creech was told by Chairman La Fol-
lette that his subpoena was being re-
voked and his further appearance
before the committee was not de-
sired. Obviously aware that some
thing was afoot, Creech conferred
with R. E. Lawson, general manager
of the Cornett-LeWiS Coal Co. of Har-
Ian, and then the two started down
the corridor of the Senate Office
Building.
Close behind followed Sergt Walter
Beck and Marshal Bonham, with about
a dozen reporters in close pursuit. At
the corridors end Creech and Lawson
conferred further and then descended
one fight, finally walking around to
a front entrance.
Even bigger than the husky Creech,
Beck grabbed the mine official by the
belt as soon as they stepped off Fed
eral property. After reading the war
rant, Creech peacefully accompanied
the officers.
During the afternoons testimony
the committee heard William Turn
blazer, Lawrence Dwyer, A. T. Pace
and Carl Williams, U. NJ w. officers,
recount numerous incidents of violence
by the Harlan deputies, one of the
instances being the beating of Will
hams in a hotel lobby by Deputy
George Lee.
Evening star., 1937-04-21
GABLE IS CALLED
BACK BY DEFENSE
Judge Approves Request OF
Attorney-Star Denies
Paternity Charge. .
By the Associated Press.

| By tne associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 21-Clark
| Gable, a composed mo" man from tn.
film colony, afforded the scores Of
women who couldn't get into Federal
Court yesterday break today.
The screen lover was recalled by
the defense after his successful debut
as Government witness in a crowded
| court room yesterday, where he voiced
his biggest no" when asked if he was
the father of an admittedly illegiti-
mate daughter
May We ask that Mr.. Gable be
brought back to the court ROOM"
petitioned Defense Attorney Morris
Lavine. I'VE may want to call him
as our own witness"
Ihe courts approval was warmly
seconded by those who waited outside.
| Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, plump
English woman; Jack L. Smith, a de-
tective, and Frank keenan, of Winni-
peg, Canada, have been indicted for
use of the mails to defraud and for
conspiracy.
The Government charged that Mrs.
Norton wrote letters to Gable inform
ing him his real name was Frank
Billings" and that he was the father
OF Gwendoline, born in 1928
Huge crowds composed almost en-
tirely of women, stormed the court
room and the corridors yesterday walt
ing for him to appear. They defed
| the efforts of a heavy Gordon of
marshals who were prepared for
! Crouble-buI not that much
Gable detailed the places where he
lived as boy and young man. He
itemized his movements from 1922 10
1924, when, Mrs. Norton contends,
she was having the illicit romance
with Frank Billings"
Then he quietly said no" TO some
two dozen questions.
| He was asked if he ever had COM
municated with Mrs. Norton, or her
! representatives; if he took her letters
seriously; if he ever paid her any
money; if he ever had seen Gwen
doline.
Are you the father of Gwendoline,"
asked Assistant United States Attor-
ney John Powell.
NO" said Gable
James Fidler movie commentator,
! identified letters Mrs Norton wrote to
him, as well as other people, telling
| her story.
The most significant one equaled
18 pages when copied on typewriter.
1t said Prank Billings" discovered
in England that she was the mistress,
not the wife, of the man supposed
to be her husband
Frank drew me into his cottage
and told me, I've as much right TO
you as he, the letter related and she
learned what love was for the first
time"
Years later she saw a movie Of
Clark Gable, in which Gable embraced
and kissed Actress Joan Crawford.
He took me in his arms and had
that same look in his lower lip and
when l saw that picture I was sure
he was one and the same as Frank
Billings" the letter declared.
Somewhat bitterly, the letter de-
scribed how Billings" presumably be-
came CLARK Gable" 1t declared the
village grocer, near where they lived,
was named Clark, and that he had q
store called The Gables"
Through the reading of the letters
Gable sat looking straight ahead.
faint smile playing about his lips. He
never looked at Mrs. Norton. She
rocked to and fro in her chair, hand
kerchlef over her eyes, apparently
weeping continually.
Evening star., 1937-04-21
La Toilette
Continued From First Page.)

this morning, but Judge Mcmahon
recessed court before Creechs case
was called
% Arrested for Vagrancy.
On one occasion, it was testified,
% U. M w. organizers were arrested
for vagrancy and held without bond
over a week end. The cases were
dismissed on the Monday morning
following.
The practice of shadowing union
men reached the point where James
Westmoreland, head of a u M. w.
local, was trailed to the public bath
and kept under close surveillance
while there.
Witnesses today included Westmore-
land, now an employe of the Virginia
State Highway Department; Dale P.
Stapleton, U. NJ w. official from Lex
ington. and w. Milton Hall, an or
ganizer In a drive financed by a
$500 U. M. w fund in 1885.
United States Coal & Coke is a
subsidiary of United States Steel Corp.
lellS OF SnadOW1ng.
Another witness, Tom White, stocky
ex-English miner, who dropped all
his" and said he had been part of
the American labor movement since
membership in the knights of Labor
40 years ago, told of visiting Harlan
as U. M. w. representative and
being followed so closely by two depu-
ties that they stepped on his heels.
Later, White said, he was among
the group of % organizers arrested by
Sheriff Theodore Middleton and a
squad OF deputies. White said no war
rants were shown at the time of ar
rest but after the week end in jail he
was charged with being nuisance.
The case finally was dismissed on
agreement that he would stay out oil
Harlan, he said
Perjury Friday Charged.
The perjury was alleged to have oc-
CURED last Friday afternoon when
Creech testified that R. c. Tackett, an
other witness, had said outside the
nearing room that he, Tackett, was
drunk when he testified against the
Harlan operators. According to Creech
Tackett's remark preceded threat by