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The Bismarck tribune., 1937-10-12
Bismarck Halls Postmaster General
G>Men Wipe Out
Al Brady's Gang
Notorious Gangster and Pa
Slain, Two Others Wounded
in Pitched Battle

Bangor, Me-, Oct. l2.-F}-Govern-
ment agents wiped out the notorious
Indiana gunman-gangster, Al Brady,
and one Of his mobsmen Tuesday In .
sensational five-minute gunfight on
Bangors busiest downtown street.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-10-12

The Weather
Cloudiness tonight and
Wed; slightly warmer
Wed. afternoon.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
SCHOOL LUNCH
FUND INCREASES

The Christmas spirit is invad-
ing headquarters Of the Citizens
Committee on the Feeding of
Needy Children, and numerous
money gifts were reported yes
terday.
At the same time Mrs. John
Boyle, jr., chairman of the COM
mittee which now feeds 5000 hun
cry children in the city's schools,
emphasized that the lunches are
available to all who would other
wise go hungry.
There is no discrimination be-
cause Of race, creed or color.
Mrs. Boyle appealed for more
Christmas and New Year dona-
tionS.
Checks yesterday were received
from the Casey Committee of the
Knights of Columbus, $50, and the
Hi-Ho Girls Club, Inc, $25. Leo
Rocca, automobile dealer, pledged
SO for every certified used car
he sells from now until enough
money is in hand to complete the
feeding program.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
DGpper Thug
RObs Taxi
DriUer

BETHESDA, Md, Dec. II.
Francis M. Taylor, 36, of 10l4
Massachusetts, Ave. N. W., Wash
ington, notified Montgome cry
county police last night that he
was held up and robbed Of his
taxicab and $3.50 by a passenger
near Congressional Country Club.
According to Taylor a soft
spoken man faultlessly attired in
a dinner jacket, black overcoat
and a neat white scarf hailed him
in Washington and asked to be
taken to the Congressional Club.
On the way out the bandit pro-
duced a pistol and ordered him
to drive from the River Road to
the little used Persimmon Tree
Road. After taking the money
from Taylor's wallet the holdup
man forced him to leave the cab
and then drove away.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
Boys Park Wagon,
Defy MOtOrist

HAGERsTOWN, Md, Dec. II.
Parking meters here created new
problem for police today, when
they were forced to settle an argu-
ment between an irate motoriSt
who wanted a parking space, and
two youngsters, both under ten,
who parked their. express wagon
at a curb under a meter. Police
said the youngsters told the motor
ist the space was theirs, since they
had put a penny in the meter for
IL parking minutes.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
DURHAM FINED
AS WILD DRIVER

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. II.
Seven motorists, including Rich
ard C. Durham, Of Washington,
assistant secretary Of the Demo.
cratic national committee, payed
fines totaling $95 in Alexandria
Police Court yesterday on charges
Of reckless driving. The cases were
heard by Judge James R. Dun
can.
Durham was arrested December
9 by Corporal Gilmore after two
mile chase, which ended on the
Richmond Highway. He was fined
IS and costs.
Other defendants. were fined as
follows: Luther E. Bridgewater,
"a, of Rockville, Md, $40; Regi-
nald Ward, 81, of the HOO block
Leslie Ave-, Alexandria, IS; John
Gilbert, 81, 1900 block Of ] st.
N. E., SIS: A. M. RemshelB SO, of
Alexandria, $5; Wyndel A. Smith,
35, of Arlington, Va, $40, and
Clarence McLane, 20, of Alexan-
dria. $25.
McLane, who was also charged
with colliding, had his permit re-
voked for 60 days.
Emanuel Williams, IS, colored,
was held in $1,000 bond for action
OF the grand jury in connection
with the theft of 500 in cash
and an overcoat valued at $32,
which were taken from a store in
the 1000 block Of Princess st.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17

} ROME, 7:35 p. M.-Concert,
"Rome's Midnight Voice." 2RO,
31.1 M, 9.63 meg.
LONDON, 8:O5 P. Morgan Re
cital by Arnold Gol6sborough.
GSD, 25.5 M, Ills meg; Csc,
31.3 M, 9.5S meg; GSB, 3l.5 m,
9.51 meg.
BERLIN, 8:45 P. M.-The Ma
tional Socialist Welfare OrganiZa-
ton, a report. DJD, 25.4 m, 11.77
meg.
LONDON, 9:2O p. M.-"Circus in
Prospect" GSD, 25.5 m, Its
meg; Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58 meg;
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
Bargaining Vote
Taken at Hotel

Service workers Of the Willard
Hotel will vote today to deter
mine whether they desire to be
represented by the Hotel and
Restaurant Employees Inter
tional Alliance. Local 80, for col
lective bargaining. The election is
being held under auspices Of the
National Labor Relations Board.
Those voting include all en-
ployes not connected with the
preparing or serving of food and
drink. Results of the ballot will
be announced at a meeting next
week between hotel representa-
tiveS and workers.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
Today's Foreign Short-Wave Radio Schedule

'GSB, Bis M, 9:51 meg.
LONDON, 1O:35 P. M.-"Sprites
and COLLINS" GSD, 25.5 m, Ills
meg; Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58 meg;
GSB, Bis M, 9.51 meg.
PITTSBURGH, 1880 P. M
DIX Club. W8XK, 48.8 M, 6.14
meg.
TOKYO, 1858 A. M.-Japanese
Bamboo Flute Solos. JZK, 1877
M, 1915 meg.
SYDNEY, Australia, lis A. M.
Talk on Australia. VK2ME,
3l.28 M, $50 meg.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17

BERLIN, 6 P. Man Artist on
the Throne" DJD. 25.4 m, lit
meg.
PARIS, Sis P. M.-Concert Re
layed from Radio Paris. TPA4,
25.6 m, 11.72 meg.
LONDON, $3.50 p. MA Talk by
Gilbert Murray, LID, D. Lift,
F. B. A., GSD, 25.5 M, It's meg; !;
Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58 meg; GSB, BIS
M, 9.51 meg.
BOSTON, 1880 p. M.-About
W1XAL, 1876
M, 6.04 meg.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
Workman Falls
Against Pipe, Dies

Painting while at work at the
Railway Express Agency, Second
and I Streets Northeast, early to-
day, William F. Smith, SO, of lit
Fourth st. N. E., fell and struck
his head on a pipe. A Casualty
Hospital ambulance was sum-
moned and the physician pro-
nounced him dead. Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald ordered the
body removed to the District
Morgue for an investigation.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
TENNIS COURTS.
FOR D. C. PART.
OF. WPA PLAN
500 Of $50 Relief Jobs.
Used in Program

Tennis enthusiasts will have
16 new courts next spring by vir-
tue of Harry Hopkins edict that
$4,000 persons will combat the
repression" by enlistment on
Works Progress Administration
pay rolls.
C. Marshall Finnan, director Of
National Capital Parks, decided
this today after a conference with
otto Cass. WPA deputy admins
TRAITOR for the District Of Columbia.
$50 JOBS ASSIGNED
Hopkins allotted the District $50
new relief jobs a week ago. Cass
said he put $50 persons to work
last Monday and will hire ESQ
more next Monday for the tennis
courts.
Finnan said the courts will be
placed on the site now occupied by
the reservoir on Sixteenth Street.
ct Kennedy Street Northwest.
According to CaSs, the reser-
voir will be demolished and the ex-
cavation filled in. He estimated
the WPA workers could smooth
out the plot and construct the
courts within few months.
Cass demurred on the total cost
of the tennis project. He pointed
out, however, that the workers Will
be paid an average wage Of $47.5O
a month. He added that WPA
workers here receive from $46.20
to $3.50 per montl
Cass promised -A-ly employ
ment for the 800 pei IONS remain
ing of the $50 Hopkins said could
be added to the WPA here.
There has been allotted to the
District 4 million dollars" CasS
said, "and this amount will be
spent on highways, sewers and
National Capital Parks improve
mentS."
Although WPA workers will be
paid off December "a instead Of
the end of the month, CaSs ex-
planned, it is likely that no addi-
tional financial help from WPA
can be expected before Januery l.
He made clear that the highway,
sewer and park projects will not be
launched until after the new year.
When Hopkins published his an
nouncement that 350,000 workers
would be added to WPA, District
authorities expressed concern over
the fact that District WPA workers
now on Federal WPA rolls might
swamp District WPA headquarters
with demands for reinstatement
on local work relief rolls.
D. c. TO SUPPLY JOBS
In answer, Cass said such
workers, if dismissed from the
Federal pay roll after January l,
would be assured jobs on the Dis
trict WPA list as far as possible.
He said he and Commissioner
George E. Allen would "go to bat"
with Hopkins for an increase in
the District WPA allotment II
there were not enough jobs for
District applicants, whether new
or Federal.
Those on the local Federal WPA
rolls have been engaged chiefly
at Boiling Field and Berwyn.
Although no definite decision has
been reached yet on the status
of these projects, Cass said there
are indications that both may be
transferred from the national WPA
plan to the District schedule.
Such transfers CasS intimated,
would simplify the problem Of
absorbing WPA applicants.
Hiring of ESQ persons last Mon
day, Cass said, brought the Dis
trict WPA worker total to about
5000. A year ago there were $500
such workers.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17

Washington's firefighters be-
sides putting out fires, answer
hundreds Of false alarms and
SOS's.
Reporters covering "gas cases"
or drowningS invariably find the
Fire Rescue Squad on the job.
And no matter how many persons
they work over, the men are just
as much concerned about the next
case. They never give up until
the person is either restored to
consciousness or the doctor says
its all over. And then they try
again just for luck.
Once when a horse pulling
Q trash wagon fell into an
The Washington times., 1937-12-17

excavation the fire laddies worked
for hours with derrick and pulleyS
until they got Dobbin out.
Loose shutters, pots boiling over
and other little touches that
make a home home all come to
the firemen's attention. Once they
worked for hours in several feet
of water looking for a child who
was playing at a neighbor's 10
blocks away. Nobody said any
thing when Junior showed up,
but there were plenty Of itching
palms.
However-it's all IN the days
work.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
D, C. COMMITTEE
PONDERS ACTION
ON TRAFFIC HERE
Drive for Reform Is
Pushed by Schultz

The movement for traffic re-
form in the District to combat the
death toll which has now reached
SO spread in Congress today.
On the initiative Of Rep. Will
liam T. Schultz d. Indiana, the
majority of the members of the
House District Committee are con-
Sidering the subject. 1t is evil
dent that this problem will be one
of the first to be attacked legiS-
latively at the regular session con-
Vening in January.
PLANS GIVEN d. C. HEADS
In the meantime the members
closely allied with Mr.. Schultz are
sending out feelers on the pro-
posals and making suggestions for
the District Commissioners to fol-
low. The District heads will be
given a reasonable time to put into
effect regulations prohibiting all
parking in congested areas, all
night parking in outlying sections
and pedestrian control.
If the city officials do not take
this matter in hand, the members
of the committee intend to force
these regulations upon the city by
act Of Congress.
While not adhering to all the
suggestions made by the members
of his committee, Chairman Vim
cent Palmisano said today that
he favored in principle the efforts
Of his committee members. He
baked at the suggestion for elm
ination of all-night parking, how
ever, on the ground that there
was not sufficient parking space
for all the automobiles in Wash
ington unless they used the
streets.
REP. SACHS BALKS
Representative Leon Sachs (D)
Pa, also demurred at these drastic
proposals of his colleagues. He
said he would oppose a ban on all
parking in the downtown areas
because he did not think it was
fair to make the poor of the city
pay the toll of parking lot opera
tors.
Representative Palmisano said
he would go along with the COM
mittee members to the extent of
prohibiting office workers using
the city streets to park all day
long while they were working.
Representative Schultz, who
instituted the present survey, has
called upon the police department
to find out if there are not suf'
ficient vacant lots in the city that
can be turned into lots for the use
Of Washington residents.
At present the scene of activity
has been shifted to the District
building, while Congress is wait
ing to see what the city officials
will do about the matter before
it takes a hand and forces them to
act.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
No. IL Precinct
To Hold Shoot

The pistol club at No. IL police
precinct will stage a shotgun
turkey shoot at 10 a. m. Sunday
at the Capital Airport, River Road
between Bladensburg and Kent-
worth,
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
Treasury Workers
Lunch Tomorrow

Four hundred employees Of the
TreaSurer's office, Treasury De
partment, will attend a luncheon
in the Treasury Building at / p.
m. tomorrow. The meeting is the
holiday get-together Of the group.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17

SPORTS

10 O:OO-MADIsON SQUARE GARDEN
Sam Taub, veteran boxing COM
mentatOr, assisted by Bill Stern,
describes 1O-rOund heavyweight
bout between Buddy Baer, brother
OF Make, and Eddie Hogan, Of
Boston. If the fight ls not ready
to go on exactly at 10, dlalers will
be given description Of the clos
Ing rounds of the fight between
Glenn Lee and Harry BaIsOma,
middleweights WMAL
MUSICAL AND VARIETY
74S-ART GODFREY - Johnny saIb,
premier swing Organist, will be q
permanent feature of Arts coast.
tO-cOasG snow. ..............W WOL
s:OO-MUSIC HALL - Erin OBrien
Moore. who attracted much at
Legion" and "ZOIa," tops Ted
Hammerstein's list. Lee Sullivan,
tenor, and Alice Marion, con-
traltO, will also be heard .WJSV
s:3O-MUsIC FROM HOLLYWOOD
Featuring the songs Of Alice Faye
and the sparkling tempOs OF Hal
kemp's orchestra. ....... WJSV
9:O0-WALTZ TIME - Frank Mum.
tenor; Manhattan Chorus, Abe
Lyman's orchestra. .WRC
9:OO-HOLLYWOOD HOTEL - John
Barrymore. Elaine Barrie and
John Howard will be guests of
LOuella Parsons when she pre-
sents another of her famous
Jpreviews;" JuS; Bulldog Drummond's
pearance Of John and Elaine came
after Miss Parsons had convinced
the cOlOrful Mrs. Barrymore that
radio fans would be delighted to
have her play opposite her hUs-
band In the mystery drama, even
though she does not appear in the
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
SOS's Add Variety
To Firemen'S Lives
4aIl the Fire Denartment!"

"Call the Fire Department"
Is your pet kitty up tree-your child down weor has
the fellow next door turned the gas Then-ca the Fire
The Washington times., 1937-12-17

picture, Anne JamisOn, now max
Ing q concert tour, will he "piped
in" during the revue which pre-
cedes the preview ........ WJSV
10 :OO-THE SONG sHOP-Kitty Carlisle's
songs will be Body and Soul"
from "Three's A Crowd" and the
familiar ballad, Garry Me Back
to Old Virginny," in which she
will be accompanied by the "a
voice Elee club. Reed Kennedy
sings "OId Man River" Gus
Haenschens orchestra. WJSV
1O:3O-THE FEDERAL SHOW WINDOW
Entertainment will he provided
by the Department of Agriculture.
VOL
KAYE's ORCHESTRA-
Replaces Paul Whlteman's band
at ChicagO's Drake Hotel. VOL
CONCERT
7n5-MARGARET DAUM-sololst with
Howard BarlOw's concert or
cinestra. Miss Daum's selections
include "Je Dis" by Bizet; Luder's
message of the ViOlets," Benz
berE's "Chant Hindu" and POF-
ter's In the Still of the Night"
WJSV
S:OO-LUCILLE MANNERS Sings
Strickland's my Already" Pa
dilla's Who'll Buy My ViOlets,"
and HarrisOn's "In the Cleaning" !"
The Washington times., 1937-12-17
ATTENTION.!

Earl GOdwin's news pro-
gram, sponsored by a ma
tiOnally-kn0wn firm, is now
heard Mondays through Fri
days, at $3.50 a. m.
The Washington times., 1937-12-17

This is the season for gaiety and
good fellowship-and whiskey
mellow in taste and distin.
guished in flavor! AS my con.
tribution to the general jollity,
l offer you excellent whiskeys-
whiskeys most pleasing to the
palate and most satisfying. Here
is a rare union of mildness and
full-bodied bouquet. Drink a
toast, Sirs, to the happiest Of
holiday times!
The Washington times., 1937-12-17

Here'sa magnificent, full
proof whiSkey, robust
and pleasant to taste. 1t
gives you 2 extra high
balls to the pint, because
you use less. For those
who prefer it, there's an
equally fine 100 Proof
Straight Bourbon.
Evening star., 1937-03-16


l. Sibilant sound.
2. Encourage.
3. Sinister look.
f. Facilitates.
5. Thrive.
6. Ardent affections.
7. Sight organs.
8. Prevent.
9. Tastefully fine.
10. Morning service.
II. One of the ruling class.
II. Loaned.
13. Loiters.
l9. Dry.
81. Magnitudes.
"a. Sounds.
25. Reside.
g. Disjoin.
27. State of being miserly.
%. Common nut.
30. Mountain crest.
81. Melted together.
33. Axiom.
a. Eagerly.
81 Discontinue.
80. State of being eaten away.
40. Idle takers.
AZ. Encircled with belt.
As. Profoundness.
46. Yielded.
At. Cultivate soil.
48. Two-toed sloth.
40. Regulation.
so. Digits.
81. Sea eagle.
So. Ruminant.
54. Fasten.
Evening star., 1937-03-16

Twizzler Answer.
Here is the way the kangaroos
line up:
D
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eA-exA
ooS
Makes World Tour.
In an American plane the president
OF C0echoslovakia's largest industrial
organization, the Bata Co., Is making
world tour to inspect the concerns
branches.
Evening star., 1937-03-16

!. Healthy.
S. First-year man at West Point.
10. Public walk.
IA. Wild goat.
Is. Kingly.
Is. Extent.
II. Oo2e.
l8. Devouring excessively
20. Strains.
%. Ground grains.
%. InlmerseS.
"a. Spoil.
25. judicial inquest.
28. Small body of water.
90 Idiot.
30. Improvement.
"a. Pale brown color.
35. Climbing vines.
36 Unit
81. Anxieties.
80. LARS.
80. Irritate.
d. Work unit
40. Broad smile.
43. Raved.
a. Dialect.
As. A box.
At. Harmonizers.
49. Tried again, being unsuited.
So. UnfitneSs.
55. Rent.
Sc. Final
81. One who lubricates.
So. Unaspirated consonant.
SO. Luxuriant.
so. Requires.
81. French river.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-04

States Appraisers Stores, recently de-
molished; the Canton Sugar Refinery;
the Shot Tower, the Monocacy Aque-
duct, the old covered bridge over the
Gunpowder river and the stone bridge
at Key Mar also have received extend
ed attention as examples of Mary
land building covering span of years
from 1894 to the unknown date when
the Gunpowder bridge was swung
across the historic stream.
Out of the research which has been
conducted in connection with the sur
vey fact has emerged that lays a
treasured ghost haunting more han
ninety per cent Of all the old brick
buildings in Maryland. Persistent leg
end insists that virtually all such
structures were erected of English
brick. Minute scrutiny of the early
ships manifests, however, has dis
closed only three importations of
brick into the Colony, totaling only
5000 bricks, about enough to erect
one chimney. Only one of these impor-
tations was from England, making it
patiently impossible for any building
in the State to have been constructed
of English brick.
Many mentions are made, however,
of brick molds, both English and
Dutch, in the cargoes. 1t thus becomes
obvious that the early structures ira
ditionally built of "bricks brought over
from England" were actually con-
structed of good American clay,
pressed into bricks of the English
mold.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-04
AVHTON

Miss Adell Garlitz, daughter of Mrs.
Freeman Garlitz, is very ill in Alles
gany Hospital, Cumberland, from
having tooth extracted one day last
week. She lost so much blood that
she is now taking blood transfusions.
Miss Mary Merrill and Glen burst,
of Frostburg, spent Sunday evening
at the Jesse Merrill home.
Ellis Robson, of Mt. Savage, spent
Friday and Saturday here with his
parents.
Mildred Fike spent the weekend
here with her parents.
Billy Merrill spent Saturday and
Sunday with Delwood Merrill, at Mer-
rill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ireland and
son Jack, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Dixon
and son Mason, of Plum Point, Calvert
county, Md; Miss Helen Miller, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Edwards and chill
dren Reta and Cecil. Mrs. Donald
Simpson, of Grantsville; Lawrence
Hayes and Mr.. and Mrs. George Fike,
Of Frostburg; and Asa Wilhelm were
supper guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ohio Fike Sunday evening.
Squire Brown is still on the sick
list.
Helen Brodcric spent Monday night
in Frostburg with her sister, Mrs.
Anna Pressman.
Miss Helena Stark spent Thursday
night with Rose Fike.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robson and
daughters spent Sunday with Orville
Stark and family.
Miss Kate Bannatyne visited the
Avilton school one day last week.
Harold Fike accompanied George
Fike, his brother, on a business trip
to Janette Pa, last Friday.
By the grounding sign, we will
have six weeks of winter weather for
sure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-04
The Changing Face of MARYLAND

willed by Capt. John Hall, of Gran
berry, in 1877, to his daughter, So
phia, for when the place was named.
The original designation probably was
"Sophia's Dowry." The house was
erected by Aquilla Hall, who married
the daughter of the original Sophia
and whose name was first on the fam
our Bush Declaration of independence,
dated March %, ITS.
Robert Morris, Of Philadelphia, "fi-
nancier of the Revolution" who mar
ried Aquila Halls sister-in-law, and
other famous Revolutionary figures,
made Sophia's Dairy frequent stop
ping place after the Continental Con-
gress moved to Baltimore from Phila-
delphia when that city was threatened
by the British, and it later became the
home of Captain John Adams Webster,
who distinguished himself at North
Point in 1914.
The surveys detailed chronicle of
nineteenth century residential build
ing is confined entirely to Baltimore.
1t presents cross section, from the
humble store and dwelling to the ele-
gance of one Of the finest houses on
West Monument street near the Wash
ington Monument. Drawings and pho
tographs are preserved of the ambi-
ticus but ill-starred Waterloo Row
on North Calvert street, designed by
Robert Mills (architect of the monu-
ment) and completed in 1915, the
year of Napoleon's final defeat.
Though one of these houses, Num-
Der GIG, later was occupied by Will
liam Pinkney, then Minister to Eng
land, and subsequently became the
home CT his grandson, the late United
States Senator William Pinkney
White, the row remained long unten-
anted; being considered too far from
the business district 70 be desirable
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-04

devised natural pastel in the spring
time.
Today the house is a ruin. Scrub
pines have grown so closely around it
that, in 1925, when the paneling was
removed, swath had to be cut through
and the paneling hauled for one mile
over the jagged stumps to the county
road. Measurements and drawings of
the house made in that year have
been donated to the survey by Wyatt
& Noting, Baltimore architects.
Architectural and historic values
are combined in the Rumsey House,
which carries the survey record for
ward to 1920 and 176S, the latter be-
ing the year of its "modernization."
Still standing and in good condition,
this ancient brick house is the sole
surviving building of the vanished
town of Joppa, the county seat of
Baltimore county from 1712 to 1903.
&E%
Several curious architectural de-
vices set it apart from most other
Maryland houses of its period, one
being the placing of the stone-walled
cellar under the porch and the other
being the cut ends of joists visible
above the heads of the first story
windows. To account for these eccen-
tricities Mr.. Scarf adduces the the
DRY that the cellar originally was un-
der the kitchen in a SEPARATE building
and that the main house had sloping
pent roof, or Germantown hood, be-
tween the windows of the first and