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The Washington times., 1938-01-21

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1880.
News Tip Award: G. H. (PAL),
You a Meter Reader?
D. C. Government seeks a water
meter reader AS there is no
eligible list, the appointees will
have to come from some equivalent
Civil Service register unless the
post is filled via reinstatement. =.
And did Harry B. Mitchell mar
rowly avert apoplexy when Sen
ator Bu!ow "straddled" the post
master issue the other night at
the mass meeting! Gil Hyatt,
National Federation Of Post Office
Clerks, Estimates Post Office
couldn't operate six months with
out Civil Service Agriculture
Welfare Association has opened q
lunch counter, South Building
basement, for overtime workers
Hours, 4:45 to 9:15 p. m.
Interesting Career
Harrison e. Meyer, that ener-
getic leader of NFFE Civil Service
members, has enjoyed a varied
The Washington times., 1938-12-22
HYGIENE BOARD
EXAMINES 1900

ARLINGTON, Va, Dec. 22.-The
new Arlington Social Hygiene
Board today reported that 1O5 We
nereal disease patients are being
treated in clinics operated by the
county health department under
direction of the board.
More than 1900 food handlers,
BARRIERS and beauticians in Airing
ton have been examined in the
social hygiene clinics since they
were established this fall. A total
OF 679 treatments were given.
The clinics are conducted every
Tuesday night and Friday after.
noon in the Arlington courthouse.
DR.. Paul w. Bowden, assistant
health officer; DR.. Henry BaStien
and DR.. A. M. Palmer are in charge.
The Washington times., 1938-12-22
Public Library Lists
Holidays for YuIe

Due to the Christmas holidays,
the Public Library will r m a n
closed Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day, it was announced today by
the librarian, Dr. George F. Bow
erman. The institution will also
shut it's doors from December 81
to January 2, inclusive, for the
New Year HOLIDAYS.
The Washington times., 1938-12-22
Dr.. Atkins Honored
By Dental Society

DR.. Norris H. Atkins has been
appointed to head the health
committee of the Robert T. Free
man Dental Society, it was an
nounced today by DR.. c. T. Fere-
bee, president of the group. DR..
Atkins will be assisted by Drs. C.
S. Golden, H. A. Fisher, H. c. Ed
wards, w. T. Grady, w. L. Wash
ington, E. j. Scott, jr., M. r. Dean
and r. c. McMurdock.
The Washington times., 1938-12-22
ADVERTISER EMIT
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(scabies) apply Siticide, q liquid
preparation which penetrates be-
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every Itch mite with which it comes
In contact. At your druggists, or
sent direct for 6Oc Siticide Co,
Commerce, Ga.
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
HEAR
REV, PHILLIPS

Education is a strange, dis
torted thing today" In remarkable
contrast with the ideals Of be-
havior that prevailed rs years ago,
the Rev. z. Barney Phillips said
last night as he exhorted the Co.
lumbia Com mandery No. 2,
Knights Templars, to return to
the sociological standards that
prevailed at the end Of the Civil
War.
DR.. Phillips addressed the COM
mandery at Epiphany Church at
the celebration of the seventy-fifth
anniversary Of the organization,
and declared that the ideals of be-
havior, culture and patriotism,
brought about by the internecine
strife of the Civil War, most truly
represented the spirit of America.
There were ideals of woman
hood then" the cleric said,
"and manhood, with no NANTES
tation of veneer. We had those
men to whom it was no dis
honor to speak patriotically of
their country. These are the
saddest reflections in an age of
technocracy." -
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
Union Recognized
By 3 D. G.. Hotels

Two months of negotiation has
resulted in recognition of the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees ALI
ance, Local No. 80. as the bargain
ing agency for 300 service en-
ployes of the Annapolis, Hamilton
and Hay-Adams hotels, it was an
nounced today by James McNa-
mara, business agent and organ
izer Of the local.
The agreement, it was said, pro-
vides for an 8-hour day and regu-
lateS wages of all hotel employees,
except those engaged in prepara-
ton and service of food. Among
those affected is Esther Spears,
Hamilton Hotel maid, who serves
William Green, president of the
AFT,
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Civil Service Unit
Opens D. Office

Establishment of Washington
office Of the National Civil Service
Reform League in the Barr Build.
ing was announced yesterday by
Robert L. Johnson, president Of
the league. Walter H. Young will
be the leagues representative here.
Commenting on the move, John
son said:
"The personnel problem in
the Federal service is so urgent
and we have reached such a
critical period in its adminiStra-
ton that the need for closer CO.
operation among the various
agencies interested in the exten-
sion and improvement of the
merit system has become i'm
peratiVe."
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
Tuskegee Records
8Lynchings in 81

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Jan. 10
G,N.S).-With eight lynchings
during 1887, the number remained
the same as last year, the annual
report Of the Tuskegee Institute
department Of records and re.
search said. However, in COM
parison with figures Of 1885 and
1884, there was a decided de-
crease. Twenty persons were
lynched in 1885 and IS in 1884.
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warrant serious discussion
earlier. The leaders did not
start to work to kill it off until
a few days back and have not
exerted themselves very much
since.
They have the votes to pre-
vent it's adoption by a two
thirds majority. That much is
certain.
DrMOCRATIC whip-cracker
~ Pat Boland has been saying
he has made no poll on the
question of taking the resolution
up, which means only that his
polls have indicated the vote on
considering it may be close.
Many House members feel 1t
would be politically wise. in
view of popular demand, for
them to vo first to take the
resolution up and then to vote
against adoption on the ground
that they consider it an un-
feasible scheme.
However it is slain, burial is
assured because far more than
one.third Of Congress will resist
any conceivable pressure for q
plan which they feel the people
would not support if they under
stood that it would (among
other things: Exhibit interna-
tionally the distrust of Ameri-
cans in their leadership; cause
q delay in war declarations in
volving dEnger to the interna-
tional, financial and economic
safety Of the nation, and might
actually facilitate war if the
people became unduly excited
over an incident like the Panay.
RNOVIE-GOERs and editors
W1 have been writing in since
exhibition of the Panay pictures
inquiring if these were censored.
The movies showed no actual
bombs falling on the ship, no
japanese planes opping
bombs, no clear American Flag
on the Panay canvass, ETC., etc.
all of which appears to have
been less than they expected.
This deficiency may be due to
advance over-Selling of the eX-
citement-value Of the pictures,
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PERCY GRANGER.
FOR.
LYRIC DISPLAY.
Appears as SoIoist With
National Symphony
BY WILLIAM NEWMAN

One of the most interesting of
.pianists is Percy Granger, who
appeared yesterday as soloist with
the National Symphony under DR..
Kinder. Granger added to the
program the Tschaikowsky B flat
minor concerto, to renew its i'm.
posing Sonorities and its vital
Slavic rhythmS in a stunning ex
hibitjon of pianistic display.
Granger is no sentimentaliSt,
for which he is entitled to a Spe-
cial and private cheer. For the
usual exaggerations of feeling
which the piece invites, he substi-
tuted some fine examples Of lyric
poetry as contrasted to its many
moments Of sheer drama. So it
happened that he was received
with extravagant approval and
forced to interrupt a symphonic
program with an encore. This
was his own Tribute to Foster" I"
still new in color though he wrote
it 20 years ago.
BALLET IS NOVELTY
The novelty of the afternoon
was q ballet which Deems Taylor
composed in 1928 for Lorenzo de
Azertis' play "CaSanove," pub
lished separately last year. This
made hit as 1t deserved. Taylor
begins with q novel figure Of pure
rhythm. AS it develops. it takes
on more color, harmonic and or.
chestral, and presently adds a
gorgeous, if brief, melody, to
make a stunning climax.
DR.. Kinder irterpolated Ravel's
Enchanted Garden" in memory
Of the composer who died just be-
fore the close Of the year. This
followed a performance Of the
entr'act music from Schubert's S
''Rosamunde," remarkable for its
delicacy in rhythmic suggestion
and in pure melodic line.
BACH PRESENTED
Even in the sturdy Brandenburg
concerto Of Bach, the third Of the
series, there were moments when
the conductors passion for the
pianissimo asserted itself to pro
duce effects of unexpected poetry
For the most part, however. this
was virile Bach, with a biting
string tone in its accents and
a daring range in its scheme Of
dramatic contrasts.
The Washington times., 1938-01-10

w dSIllLlSIOu.
A trustworthy authority who
attended the private exhibition
of the films before a group of Of
ficials here, is willing to swear
the generally circulated version
was complete.
What appears to have hap
pened is that officials we're led
to expect the pictures would be
more exciting than they turned
out to be.
TOE KENNEDY will not re-
- main in London long, not
more than two years at any rate.
His next move will probably be
to a Cabinet chair. One thing
is certain. 1t will not be to Mr..
Morgenthau's chair unless the
Treasury Secretary changes his
present mind and decides to go
abroad automatically. However,
that may not be as improbable
in the future as it has been IN
the recent past.
Kennedy is leaving Washing
ton as a unique example OF a
New Dealer who came out big
ger than he went in. Authori-
ties in the know here attribute
his success to his combination OF
clear-thinking capacity and his
efficient maritime publicity as
sociate, Harry Stringer. who Is
now recognized among the tops
in the publiciSt trade here.
If you owned the United
States and wanted to hire q
man to run it. Kennedy would
certainly be in your last list Of
eligibles, but you will not find
his name mentioned in the cur
rent 1910 lists. Presidents are
not elected that way.
OENATE LEADER BARKLEY
~ told the Senate he expects 1t
to adjourn in May, but make no
bets on it. Best information
now indicates late June or mid
July.
THE ARMY ENGINEERS fl
i nally came clean on the cen
sorship of their report against
the little TWAS legislation. Coz
reSpondence now made public by
Chief of Staff Schley shows the
Engineers passed on to the Bud
get Bureau last summer Gas re-
quired by Executive order) a re-
port which had been requested
from them by Congress. The
Budget told them they could give
Congress only such portions as
were consistent with the Presi-
dents policy at that time. They
found none of it was consistent
and pigeonholed the whole re-
port.
This executive censorship over
reports to Congress by Govern
ment Bureaus has been altered
somewhat by a new Executive
order, but the old practice still
works, namely: They do not
dare to submit anything the
President would not like.
MORRIS ERNST, liberal at
N4 torney. reported to an Ad.
ministration friend the other
day that he was sure he would
be able to break the Hague ma
chine in Jersey City perma-
nently. The friend smiled at
that one, but laughed outright
when Ernst complained:
"You know that Hague actu-
ally sent me a Christmas card"
The Washington times., 1938-01-10

the House vote today.
Peace societies have been re-
sponsible for most of it, but
not all. The House Post Office
lately has looked like the
Christmas rush season was still
on. A check-up indicates the
mail is about so to l in favor
of a proposal which the Ad-
ministration considers little
short of ridiculous. Apparently
the average citizen cannot un-
derstand why it is not feasible
to tie the Presidents hands in
international diplomacy by
The Washington times., 1938-01-10

ing of Government money" into
the hands of consumers. The
greatest achievement Of the New
Deal, he continued, was the recog
milton of Federal responsibility
for the welfare Of the individual
citizen"
ABUNDANCE SCARES
Declaring reduction of Govern,
ment spending and threats Of
still further cuts has brought on
a new depression, Mr.. Fairchild
said:
Abundance is all around us,
clamoring to be used. But the
idea has scared the life out Of
us, and We have attempted to
create an artificial economy Of
scarcity, to go with our old
economic principles, based on
scarcity"
Others participating in the
panel included Albert w. Atwood
economist and journalist; KEN
per Simpson, former economic ad
ciser to the SEC, and Davic
Cushman Coyle, construction
engineer,
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
They Have Urge"
For Distance Calls

YAKIMA, Wash, Jan. 10 G.N.
S0.-The urge to telephone must
have struck Gerry Walton and his
aunt Mrs. Paul Walton, who made
two record long-distance calls in
one day.
Walton called his mother in
Hanover, Germany, and his aunt
called Falkenau, Czechoslovakia.
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
Try a Gun, Next!
It Might Work

BURLINGTON, Ia, Jan. 10.
Frank Weber, ~, stabbed himself
with three knives, a pair of scis-
sors and struck himself on his
chest with a hatchet when de-
spondent over finances. Finding
himself still alive, he placed a
necktie and luggage strap around
his neck and attempted to hang
himself on door. Neighbors saw
him and called police. He will re-
cover.
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
Maternity Parley
To Open Jan. II

A national two-day conference
on better care for mothers and
babies will open here January II
under the auspices Of the Chill
.dren's Bureau Of the Labor Depart
ment. Forty-six organizations will
participate and hear addresses by
noted health experts.
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
Coalition Forces
To Meet Jan. Y

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan. 10.
The organization meeting of the
executive committee of 80 of the
conservative coalition at Stevens
Point, will be held January %,
James J. Kerwin, Democratic
spokesman for the coalition, said.
On the same date. the LaFollette
Farmer-Labor. Progressive Fedora
ton will hold it's committee meet
ing in Madison.
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
FORUM TO BEGIN

A series Of 10 Sunday afternoon
lecture discussions will be inaugu
rated January 80 by the Modern
Forum, newly organized discussion
center. Tickets for the series are
on sale for So at the Washington
Hotel
The Washington times., 1938-01-10

changing the
c o n S t / t u
tional meth
cd of war
declarations.
The Ad-
m / nistration
was caught
I | a t footed
by the unex-
pected popu-
lar surge for
q two-y e a r.
old / d e a
W hich was
not Suffici-
e n tly well
-
The Washington times., 1938-01-10

at the Town Hall meeting.
Commenting on the present
economic condition, the ex-Yale
professor said:
This is a very real depres-
sion. serious depression. The
evidence is all around us.
understand the word 'depres-
sion is not in favor in certain
quarters in Washington, but
the present situation is de-
scribed as a recession But
since the middle of August the
business index has fallen as far
as it did two years from 1929
to 1881"
EXPLAINS PROBLEM
Declaring the present condition
was not a question of the total
volume of money or purchasing
power, but one Of distribution OF
purchasing power, Mr.. Fairchild
said collective ownership Of the
means Of production was the
remedy.
The only important contribu
ton to recovery made by the
present Administration, the econ
omist declared, was the "outpour
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
WAR REFERENDUM
DOOMEDTODEFEAT
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
By PAUL MALL0N

~ WY ReprodEctiCn Full or n strictly Prohibted
TTOT heavy backstage footwok has been developing
II over the Ludlow war referendum in preparation for
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
FairChild Sees Slump
AS Real Depression

blamed the immediate of the present depres
sion last night by Henry Pratt Farchd economist
The Washington times., 1938-01-10

rather than to scissors work in
Washington.
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to keep an open mind.
Her meeting with her brother,
five years after they had sepa-
rated, was rather dramatic. They
had seen and recognized one an
other at dance hall. And with
her brother, on that night, had
been Fellowes.
Her brother seemed to have
plenty Of money, but he gave her
no explanations. He said he was
working-"electrical work.. was
his only description-and he did
not encourage her to ask ques-
lions. He, too, had left their
mother, or at least she had left
him when she had got work in the
kitchen of a Greek restaurant. So
that the brother and sister had be-
come two of those detached indi-
viduals. such, presumably. as one
hears beseeched in sos messages
to return to dying parent.
She wrote h5r address on a
piece Of paper for her brother
that night, but she did not hear
from him, or of him, until some
weeks later when Fellowes had
called to see her. He. had then
told her that her brother was in
Jail for burglary. She had real
lied at once, she said, that his
prosperity had not been due to any
isolated act, but that he was a
professional criminal. While he
had been in prison, she had seen
a good deal of Fellowes, and we
gathered that IAN attachment
soon existed between them. He
admitted having helped her
brother in several "jobs". but had
been quite ready to promise her
to have nothing more to do with
the life.
When, however, her brother
had come out of Jail, he and Eel
loves had become, as Enid put it,
very thick again." and as a Sc
quel to that friendship they were
both arrested and given terms of
Imprisonment. But it was not,
Enid FASTENED to explain, in the
nature of Fellowes. Her brother
had : strong character. and had
led him into it.
I'm spite of his promise to
your" put in Lord Simon.
"Well-he was out Of work, "
was Ends defense.
When he came out, however, as
he did nearly year before her
brother. who was by now regarded
as a habitual criminal, she had
been able to help him. She had
already got her job with the
Thurstons. and, by appealing to
Mrs. Thurston. and telling her the
whole truth, she had persuaded
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her to engage him as a chauffeur.
For nearly three years, she as
sured us. he had been as straight
as a die. enjoying his job, and
saving his wages.
Until. of course. your brother
reappeared?"
"That made no difference. My
brother hasn't done anything
wrong since he's been out"
IT can believe in one reformed
criminal" said Sam Williams,
"but two are hard to credit"
well, it's true. anyway" said
Enid. MY brother :"
Respectfully employed as por-
ter at the local hotel :"
Eyes. He's gone straight. And
why shouldn't he? He's got de-
cent job. Twenty-Five bob q
week. and tips, besides his keep.
Mrs. Thurston got it for him, and
she knew all about him. You ask
the Sergeant whether he hasn't
gone straight"
mo complaints so far" admitted
Beef.
Then wonder why Fel1owes
didn't mention that Miles was
your brother" ).
did you ask him? Why
should he tell you what he isn't
asked? It's not his nature. He'd
rather say too little than too
much"
The end Of her story was soon
told. She and Fellowes had de-
cided to get married, and to start
in q little hotel of their own. It
had always been her idea. And
each Of them had saved some
money. There was that will OF
Mrs. Thurston's, but of course. she
took no notice of that. Why.
Mrs. Thurston might have lived
another 30 years. And she didn't
mean to spend all that time in
domestic service. Not she.
At this point the suspicion in
my mind left the other people who
might have been involved in the
murder of Mary Thurston. and be-
came for a time centered on this
trio. It seemed to me almost too
much of a coincidence that two
men and a woman. all of them
more or less sprung from the
criminal classes, should have been
on the spot, without having been
involved.
I could not see, Of course, how
thew could have done it, for
could not yet see how anyone
could have done it, but I felt that
one or two, or all three of them,
were guilty. And I do not deny
that I was sorry.
(TO Be COntinued)
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READ TITS FRS

READ TITS FRS
Three famous dete ives. LORD SIMON,
M. Picon, and Mor..lgnor Smith. are
investigating the murder OF Mrs. Mary
Thurston. rniddle-aged wife OF re-
tired Ems lish physician. found slain In
BED DURING a weekend party at the
Thurston home near London. Those In
the NOISE when Mrs. Thurston retired
were ner husband: Townsend. the au-
thor: Williams the family lawyer;
Strickland, a sportsman. and the SER
wants. Mr.. Rider, the vicar. had been
a dinner guest Three piercing screams
preceded the discovery OF the. tragedy.
Mrs. Thurston's bedroom door was
bolted from the inside and the only
open window from which had been
tossed the murder weapon. a Chinese
knife from the Thurston halfway. was
20 feet from the ground. sergeant
Beet. the locaI constable. also In on the
scene Preliminary investigation re-
vealed Mrs Thurston mad stepson oy
4 first marriage who had bad name
and who had not been heard OF for
years. also that ner bank account sug-
eested She may have been blackmail
victim. The detectives are questioning
the Thurston cook. Stall, the butler.
is the next witness. Stall admits ne
was aware of some sort OF understand
fna between Mrs. Thurston and the
chauffeur. During an intermisslon. the
author discusses the case with Mgr:
Smith. Fellowes, the chauffeur. and
next witness. IS quizzed about Mrs.
Tharston's aifeged interest in him.
Enid the parlor-maid, and secret
fiancee Of Feliowes. is brought in.
Now GO ON WITH THE STORY:
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Governor Clyde R. Hoey's trip to
Chicago this week will take him on
his longest journey since he was in
augurated in January. Atlantic City
was his previous long-distance speak
ing point.