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breaking and one designed for
speed in getting to fires.
Ice.Breaker Type
The District fire-boat is the ice
breaking type. Although its
water pumps are capable Of purl.
ing 5000 gallons of water per min
ute, the design of its hull prevents
speed.
Modern fire-boats in use in New
York city, Captain Stulz pointed
out, are equipped with Diesel
engines, using oil for fuel. This
type OF engine, he said, starts
similar to an automobiles. The
steam engine in Washington's
boat must be continually fired to
be ready to answer an alarm.
Regarding the boilers, Captain
Stulz said:
"Our boilers have passed in
SpectiOn every year in the past.
We keep them that way, but they
have got to go some time. The
inspector will be around next
month"
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WOMAN LEAVES
BABY IN HOTEL

Abandoned in a downtown hotel
yesterday, a baby boy believed to
be about one week old was reported
to be gaining strength in an incu-
bator at Gallinger Hospital today,
although doctors said his condition
still is critical.
The baby was found by the
lousekeeper at the Hotel Inn, sos
Ninth St., N. w., after she heard
him crying early yesterday morn
ing.
Frank Murray, desk clerk, told
police a woman about 38 years of
age registered at the hotel with the
baby in her arms and left to go to
lunch. She registered as Mrs. Lee
Barnes, of Pittsburgh. A note
pinned to the blanket in which the
child was wrapped read:
"PIeaSe take care Of little
Davey Linden. I have no home.
He is of good blood"
The rest of the note was illeg-
ible,
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S Bows Rob Man

Attacked by five young boys,
John c. Smith, of Soldiers Home,
was held and robbed last night on
Ninth st. between Constitution
and Pennsylvania AYES. Mr.. Smith
told police the boys robbed him
of his bill fold containing $11 and
watch. The robbery occurred at
10 o'clock.
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Captain MiIIiken to Speak

Capt. Rhoda Milliken, comman'
der of the Police Women's Bureau
will speak on Juvenile Delin'
quency' at a meeting of the Wash
ington Police Unit No. 20, Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary 8 o'clock to
night at the Y. w. c. A., 614 E ST.
N. w,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
Johnson At New Orleans

DR.. Mordecai w. johnson, presi-
dent of Howard University, is
speaking at the ceremony inaugu-
rating DR.. William Stuart Nelson,
president Of billiard University at
New orleans, La, today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
FIRE RECORD

Twenty. four hours, from 10 a. m,
April s, to 10 a. M, April 9:
1920 P.M.-At sos D St. N. E., needless
alarm,
1920 PM our t 9 emit h and Water
Streets Southwest. cruiser
Martha.
P.M.-At SIT Thirteenth st. N. W.,
defective flue.
A:44 PM.-At 1917 H st. N. W., flue.
1891 P.M.-Box 6115, Sixth and K
Streets Northeast, needless
alarm.
ess7 P.M.-At 1914 Rosedale st. N. E.,
trash.
P.M.-At 1912 Columbia Rd. N. W.,
automobile.
i1:15 P.M.-At 1905 Sheriff Rd. N. E.,
pole.
1875 A.M.-Box 2114, Second and s
streets Northwest, false
alarm.
I:SsA.M.-Elsventh and Streets
Northwest, overheated mo-
tor.
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MISS GRACE M. HENDERsON
ANNA BELLE MYERS

Services for Mrs. Anna Belle
Myers, who died Tuesday at Elmer
gency Hospital, will be held tomor-
row afternoon at o'clock at the
Hines funeral chapel, 2901 Four
tenth st. N. w., followed by burial
in Washington Memorial Park
Cemetery. Mrs. Myers lived at
1888 Fairmont st. N. w.
She is survived by two daugh.
tiers, Cleo Myers of Jacksonville,
Fla, and Leona Myers of Charles
ton, S. c., and a son, Earl B. Fa-
bian, also of Charleston.
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IRRITATED EYELIDS?

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HOWARD BARTRAM WHINE

Burial services for Howard Bar
tram Winnie, who died Wednesday
in Sibley Hospital in his SEVENTEEN
year, will be held at the Hines
funeral home, 1901 Fourteenth ST..
N. w., at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. Interment will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Mr.. Whine, who had retired from
active business, formerly resided at
1926 Sixteenth st. N. w. Surviv-
ing him is a sister, Mrs. Attic
Nicholson, and two nieces, Pauline
and Jennie Nicholson.
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Miss Hobbs Wins
Many HOnOrS
At Md. u.

Miss Dorothy Hobbs, Silver
Spring, Md, who was recently
elected vice president Of Alpha
Omicron Pi sorority at the Uni
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LOUISE T. HEALY

REQUIEM mass for Mrs. Louise
T. Healy, who died Wednesday,
will be celebrated tomorrow morn"
ing at 9 o'clock at st. Peters
Church. Services before the mass
will be held at $3.50 at the family
residence, 1923 Sixth st. S. e. In
terment will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Mrs. Healy is survived by her
husband, Raymond; her parents,
Charles C. and Mary Alice
knowles; a sister, Margaret, and
three brothers, Raymond, Leo,
and Earl Knowles.
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MISS WALLACE
TO Be BURIED
TOMORROW

Funeral services for Miss Kate
Wallace, who died yesterday at her
home, 1903 Jocelyn st. N. w., will
be held tomorrow afternoon in
All Saints Episcopal Church,
Chevy Chase, at 2 o'clock. The
Rev. DR.. Henry Teller Cooke,
pastor, will officiate. Interment
will be in the family plot at Belts
vile, Md. Miss Wallace would
have been SO in few weeks.
She made her debut in Wash
ington society 10 years before the
outbreak Of the Civil War. Noted
for her beauty and wit, Miss Wal
lace was a member Of an old Mary
land family. Her father, William
A. Wallace, owned large planta-
ton in southern Maryland. Miss
Wallace was active in church work
for many years.
Her survivors include her sister,
Mrs. Florence Ellen MacGregor;
six nieces, three nephews, 10 great
nices, five great-grand nephews,
and one great-grand niece.
MRS. CLARA b. HARRISON
Services for Mrs. Clara B. Harri-
son, so, mother Of Kenneth s. Har-
rison, assistant chief Of the En-
forcement Division Bureau Of Gus
toms, Treasury Department, Will
be held tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the Methodist Epls-
copal Church where for many
years she taught Sunday School
class. Interment will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Surviving her is her husband,
William s. Harrison, her son, Ken
meth, a daughter, Miss Margaret
Harrison; a sister, Mrs. Anna P.
Stuart and q brother, Charles Ste
vens Of Detroit, Mich.
HENRY HOPKINS BACON
Masonic funeral services for
Henry Hopkins Bacon, Federal in.
Spector in the alcohol tax unit OF
the Internal Revenue Bureau. will
be conducted this afternoon in the
Hines funeral chapel, 29O1 Four
tenth ST., N. w. He will be buried
in Arlington National Cemetery
with military honorS. Other serV-
ices for Mr.. Bacon were conducted
last night by the Fort Stevens LIE
gion Post, American Legion OF
which Mr.. Bacon was a member.
Surviving him is his widow. Mrs.
lola L. Bacon, and a son, Harold
H. Bacon.
The former World War veteran
was q member Of the StanSbury
Lodge Of Masons, Almas Temple OF
the Mystic Shrine and the Tall
Cedars of Lebanon.
MISS GRACE M. HENDERSON
Last rites for Miss Grace M.
Henderson, who died yesterday in
her seventy-fifth year at her home.
2219 Wisconsin Ave. N. w., were
held this morning at the Hines
funeral chapel, 1901 Fourteenth
st. N. w. Burial will be in the
family plot in Lee, Mass.
Miss Henderson is survived by a
cousin, Mary B. Rogers, Of New
York.
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VALERA RustlcaRa"
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The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Health Problem

In its report on the experiment
the university's housing depart
ment said:
"In working out the plan Of
this unit, q survey Of present
conditions and of the existing
problems was essential. A health
problem was the principal one
being faced. Running water
and adequate sanitary facilities,
therefore, were viewed as prime
essentials.
"In room area, a social factor
of OvercrOwding was involved.
Three rooms appeared as a ne
cessity in order to provide pri-
vate sleeping quarters for par
ents and for children of each
sex. Space in addition to that
might be desirable as a luxury,
but is not essential.
'In like manner running hot
water and electric lights ap.
peared as luxuries. To those
unfamiliar with actual condi-
tiOns, these might seem essen
tials. They are not. A standard
of living which includes them is
to be desired, but an economic
solution Of the present problem
is Of much CREATE Importance"
In line with this reasoning, a
cooking stove was installed which
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
UnsOLUed Problems

Will the Wagner bill, to be in
troduced in the Senate in the next
few days, embody the whole pro-
gram of the President? Isn't there
some help in sight for the little
fellow" who wants to own his own
home, as we'll as for the family
which can't afford to build or buy,
and, accordingly must rent. When
are long-term interest rates COM
ing down? Can't the Federal Gov
ernment do something about that?
Can't something be done about
high construction costs and high
money rates for construction
loans? And how far will Wash
ington 60 in permitting States,
cities and local housing authori.
ties to borrow on the credit Of
the National Government in carry.
ing on their own housing pro-
grams?
In general, the local public hous-
ing authorities, or agencies, are
the creatures Of the States or
cities, or subject to such close
public control as to enable the
local governments to regulate
rents and management policies Of
housing projects carried out under
their direction. They are en-
powered as rule:
/. To purchse or obtain by
condemnation existing slum
areas and demolish Objectionable
tenementS,
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Alabama Busy

Alabama permits the creation of
housing authorities in cities Of
more than 1000 population and
authorizes the formation Of addi-
tional agencies for each $4,000
population in the larger cities.
Other States have made their
housing laws applicable to cities
of varying population. In Colo
RADIO the minimum is $4,000, in
Kentucky it is 10000, in Illinois
$4,000, in Montana 5000, in Ne
braska 100000, Wisconsin 100000.
In few States, like New York,
New Jersey, Delaware, MasSachu-
sets, Rhode Island and West Vir-
ginia, the law is applicable to the
whole State or to all incorporated
towns. In Michigan, on the other
hand, although the State law
applies to all political or admins
trative subdivisions, no provision
is made for the appointment of
housing authorities, with the re-
suit that Detroit alone is in posi-
ton to go ahead with housing
projects by virtue of the enact
ment Of a municipal housing act.
In Maryland the Maryland emer-
gency housing and park commits.
sion law gives this commission
authority over the entire State
outside of Montgomery and Prince
Georges counties, which are under
the Jurisdiction of the Maryland,
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Light But StrOna

Steel rods used to reinforce the
concrete wall panels were bolted
together to form the sides Of the
house. The roof was bolted on as
the structure was set up on a con-
crete slab. For the inner walls,
plyWood three-eIghths Of an inch
thick was used. Half-inch plywood
was used in the roof, and quarter
inch in the ceiling. The structural
strength of the house was declared
to be well in excess of all build
ing requirements.
Manufacturer of materials
which went into the experimental
house worked with Purdue to cut
costs and yet built a house which
would stand any reasonable stress.
The final cost did not include over
head or profit to the builders.
Chairman Post, of the New
York City Housing Authority, has
been quoted as saying that no
builder can build under the
building code or law a decent
building in New York city which
can rent for less than $40, $11
or $12 a room. Although Pur-
dues sample house would meet
New York building standards as
to sanitation and general con-
struction, it was built on cheaper
land than is to be found in New
York's more congested areas, and
would not be suited to cities where
space is so limited that higher
buildings are required. Even so,
housing authorities believe the
experiment possessed a definite
value as indicating that housing
costs can be brought down to a
point which would make it pos
sible to build decent dwellings
on a self-financing basis for
the lowest income groups. To
do this it would be necessary to
eliminate all frills and profit
and to stick strictly to the basic
essentials necessary to health and
cleanliness.
In connection with the con-
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States Included

2. To construct on these or
other sites new sanitary, fire
proof dwellings, financing these
operations through issuance of
their own securities.
8. To operate these properties,
retaining title to them and rent
ing houses or apartments at less
than the rents required to pay
for them on the usual CONNER.
cial basis.
States which have passed such
laws include Alabama, California,
Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Ken
lucky, Maryland, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
New Jersey, New York, North Caro-
lima, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Tennes,
see, and West Virginia. Among
these States, New York and Ohio
are far in the lead in the develop.
nnent Of their housing programs.
IN Ohio local housing authorities
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
MOUe GrOUing

In a dozen Of these States twice
that number Of housing agencies
have been set up under the author
ity so granted. Some of them are
functioning. Others are ready to
function. Additional States are
swinging into line, so that by the
time the new housing program
gets under way practically all of
those which have a housing prob
lem of major magnitude will be
ready to play their part in Gre
ating a better America.
In 35 cities so PWA projects are
nearing completion, and in others
private agencies have pioneered
in providing low-cost or low-rental
dwellings for the "other half"
And now, as they see the first
phase Of the housing program
nearing an end and the second
and larger phase delayed while
Washington bickers over details
and rival jurisdictions. the States
and cities are asking:
"Where do we 60 from here?"
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Milwaukee Pioneer

Milwaukee's socialist govern
ment became interested in Slum.
clearance long before the subject
broke into after-dinner oratory,
and is one Of the cities which cries
constantly for action and more
action. It was this local interest
in housing, among other things,
which brought Green Dale,
another of the three Greenbelt
towns of the RA, patterned after
the garden towns of England, to
Milwaukee, as demonstration of
what can be done through public
action and what the sponsors of
this program believe ought to be
done in other cities.
Cities taking an active interest
in better housing include Cleve-
land, st. Louis and New Orleans.
Cleveland particularly has been
in the forefront of the movement.
In Indiana the State planning
board recently collaborated with
Purdue University in the construc-
ton of an experimental loW-coSt
house. The story of Purdue's ex-
perimentS in low-cost is one of
earnest effort which. while hous-
ing in the view of authorities point
ing in the right direction, has not
been altogether successful as offer
ing a practical solution of this
problem. Another house of more
substantial character and preten-
tious design was completed at a
cost just under $4,000.
In transmitting a report on the
project to the State planning
board November Is, Director
Frank Watson Of the Department
of Housing Research said:
Social operations must be
performed not only with refer
ence to the illness to be cured,
but with reference to the ability
of the patient to stand the Op-
Grafton contemplated. In this
case the latter ability appears to
| be what present dwellerS in sub
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

standard houses can afford to
pay for shelter.
considerations such as these
and not concepts Of what should
constitute q minimum standard
of housing for American fam.
lilies dictate the plan Of this
house. A condition exists which
must be improved. A practical
solution, though it may not fully
measure up to those standards
which we should continue to
strive for, seems preferable to
no action at all"
Purdue's cost analysis shows
that the boxlike structure was
built at an original outlay of 1863
for each Of the two families it was
expected to house. 1t was pointed
out to the planning board that the
house could be torn down and re-
built elsewhere in day, without
loss or damage to the concrete
shell, which forms the roof and
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Low Cost Housing Construction Universal Cry of u. S.

such well.known public figures as
Frederic A. Delano, an uncle of
the President; Col. U. s. Grant,
III, and Joseph P. Tumulty. Pitts.
burgh's advisory committee in.
cludes some Of the city'S leading
industrialists, educators and social
workers. The same thing is true
in Chicago. In New York the
names of former Governor Smith,
Chairman Langdon w. Post, of
the New York City Housing Au-
thority, John D. Rockefeller, and
Nathan StrauS have been promi-
nently identified with the housing
program.
In Cincinnati, which operates
under a city-manager plan and
regards itself as one of the best
governed cities in the world, the
city manager takes an active
leadership in the drive for better
housing. There, when the city
wanted the Resettlement Admins
tration to build one of its three
Greenbelt towns in that area, the
municipality gave tangible evil
dence of its interest in the sub
ject by appropriating a million
dollars for the purchase of an ad-
joining slum area and converting
it into a municipal park.
Boston and Philadelphia have
active housing associations which
for years have labored to bring
about reforms in housing condi-
tions and to crystalline local senti-
ment for a Standardization
program.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

have been created in Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, War
rem, Toledo, and Youngstown. In
New York similar agencies exist in
Buffalo, Amsterdam, Lackawanna,
Port Jervis, Schenectady, Syra-
cuse, and Yonkers, in addition to
the New York city housing au-
thority.
Los Angeles and San Francisco
have set up their own housing au-
thorities. Under the provisions Of
the Los Angeles city charter, the
mayor appoints IS members, sub
ject to confirmation by the coun-
Gil, with power to undertake self
sustaining housing projects.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
NOtGbLes for 1t

How the subject Of housing Is
regarded in the cities is best illus
trated by the character Of the
citizenship associated with 'the
movement. In the National Cap
ital the Washington Committee
on Housing, which serves as a
PWA advisory body, is headed
by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
as honorary chairman and Clar-
ence Phelps Dodge as chairman,
and includes in it's membership
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
By T. A. HUNTLEY

~J - a. a. ~ Az &N
I'VE want housing! We
want our slums cleared. We
want our workers to live in
decent surroundings. And
we'll do our part to get
these things. But we need
your help and your guidance.
We want you to show US the
way"
If there were such a thing
as a collective voice of Amer
ica's States and cities, some
such message would reach
Washington with a roar, borne
on the winds of a public opin-
ion which is rapidly becoming
impatient with the plodding
pace of the national housing
program. They want action
and speed. And like labor,
business and private agencies,
they look to Washington for
leadership.
A little more than three years
ago the legal minds of the PWA,
perceiving with Administrator
Ickes and his housing aides that
the participation of the States ana
cities in any comprehensive ma
tional program was indispensable,
showed them how to get ready for
the housing drive to come. They
we're aided in the preparation Of
the necessary legislation. State
and local leaders were for the
most part prompt to take advan-
tage of the assistance thus prof
ferred. AS a result, 20 States, the
District of Columbia and the Ter
ritory Of Hawaii all have new
housing laws, enacted since the
spring Of 1893. under which pub
lie housing agencies may be Gre
ated to wipe out Slums, finance
and build new housing projects
and garden towns, and operate
them after they are built.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

serves also for heating the three
room house. The floor plan for
each family unit includes a COM
bination kitchen and living room,
two bedrooms and a shower bath.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
TWENTY STATES ESTABLISH LAWS
INEFFORTT0WIPE E0UT SLUMS

NJ 0O Americas cities and almost half Of the 4S
NOo ~ States are ready to go ahead '0ith housing
programs soon as they kno tUhut the Federal
et is going to do They look to Washington for leader
This is the story of their preparation for the housing drive
L;nLJ J;neS S,IcEr Nh
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-09-28
Suspect Tries Suicide; Takes
 Z Ways, Fails
Chews Veins in Wrist then Jumps from Top
 Bunk Tn Cell

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 28.- John w. Walker. 36, of Venice, golf caddy. held on suspicion of murdering Virginia Lee Barrow, 34 attempted to commit suicide last night in his cell in the jail.
 Detective Lieutenant D. R. Pat ton said Walker chewed the veins in his wrist and then jumped from the top bunk to the steel floor. His injuries are of minor na- ture.
 The woman was found dead in her apartment last Friday as the result of a blow on the head.