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The Washington times., 1938-06-03

be. He sort of
wishes he and
Mrs. j mes
hadn't made
t h e ir first
trip West last
summer. He'd
like to be dis
C o v erin G
America last
this year. He
said it wasn't
only the lakes
and m o I'M
tainS that he
e n joyed on
his ira VelS
but it was
The Washington times., 1938-06-03
Senate Approves
HarbOr Projects

0NS0 The Senate has ap-
proved a conference report on
the War Department civil func-
lions appropriation bill of $227,-
100000, including $112,000,000 for
river and harbor improvements.
The measure now goes to the
White House.
The Washington times., 1938-06-03
WASHINGTON
By HELEN EssARY

PSYDAISIES and Downhe- goeses blossoms pecu-
u liar to the uncertain Washington climate. 1t pos
sbe for every seat in the House of Representatives to be
filled by citizens after next NOVember election Many
Senators and Governors will step into the meght after
this falls march the polls Hundreds of the present upsy
daisies will be willing in the hnterands and the fresh
Johnnies and Susie Jumpups (fora also in Wash
ington) will be saving civilization up the Hill
The Washington times., 1938-06-03
Hatch on Inside Track

MOST ardent Senate cloak
4X4 room discussion these days
concerns the successor to be
chosen to Joe Guffey as sena-
torial campaign director for this
fall. Senator Green of Rhode
Island has been put forward by
his friends, but probably will
not get it. A chubby instruction
has been started by a group of
Democratic Senators who do
not want too strong a White
House man. New Mexico's Sen
ator Hatch seems to have the
inside track for it.
The Washington times., 1938-06-03
What to Wear

ONE big anguish Of the mo-
" ment is what to wear to the
British Embassy garden party
tomorrow. No woman can risk
a long-Skirted lowered chiffon
on the greensward in June I'M
less she was born thinking my
Country, It's Of Thee" means
The Washington times., 1938-06-03

NON ia MES ROOSE-
y WELT is popularity sup
posed to be the second most
influential person in the
Government, but some ques-
ton has arisen about how in
fluential he is with the Fed
eral Housing Administration.
FILA is maintaining a red-faced
silence and the incident has been
kept confidential as a sort of
inside joke, but there is no ques-
The Washington times., 1938-06-03
DISTRICT BILLS
C EFT APPROVAL.
OF SENATE UNIT.
Committee Reports
Zoning Measure

Several pieces of District legisla-
ton were a step nearer enactment
today.
In an eleventh-hour attempt to
clear the decks for adjournment,
the Senate District Committee late
yesterday started them on their
way with it's blessing. What
chance there was for several
others was blasted as the commit
tee passed them over.
THOSE REPORTED
Those reported favorably to
the Senate were:
l. The new coming bill, Great
ing a coming advisory council
and board of coming adjustment
to speed coming changes with
out materially charging the
Zoning Commissions existing
authority.
2. A bill following uniform
legislation in the States to regu-
late the sale and distribution
Of narcotics in Washington.
3. A bill revising the pro
cedure for recording deeds of
trust and mortgages in the Dis
trict, urged by District Commits
Sioners for the last four years.
4. A measure extending Ore
gon Avenue.
FIREMEN LOSE
District firemen, a dozen strong
backed up by Representative Vir.
GINA Jenckes CD of Indiana
who came over to the Senate side
to lobby for them, saw their hope
of shorter hours and higher pay
apparently go glimmering for this
session of Congress. Senator King
chairman of the committee, re
ceSsed it shortly after S o'clock
with the announcement that he
would appoint subcommittee to
hear the firemen's plea.
With only week to go before
the date tentatively set for ad,
journment of Congress, they were
not optimistic over the outlook
for their pet measure-loolcing
forward perforce to another fight
next year.
Protests against bills designed
to regulate the practice of den
tistry and engineering in Wash
ington led the committee to defer
action on these measures and
continue the subcommittee to
which they were referred.
TAX EXEMPTION
Senator J. Hamilton Lewis asked
Senator King to name Subcom
mittee to study the Lewis bill to
exempt all residence real estate
in Washington from taxation.
where would we get the
revenue?" Senator King de-
manded.
Name the subcommittee and
I'll show them!" Senator Lewis
retorted.
Senator King agreed.
A fast one-round, no-deciSion
battle was fought in the commit
tee over the new boxing bill. Cath
olic University wants it. Column
bus University is neutral. The
others were not represented. The
bill in its present form would al
low colleges and universities in
the District to withdraw from the
Jurisdiction of the Boxing Com
mission if they desired, making
it unnecessary for them to divide
the gate" with the commission
and allowing them to run their
own boxing contests in their own
way
The Washington times., 1938-06-03

ton but what
Jimmy h a S
been turned
down on all
FILA modern
ization loan
application.
AS the story
goes, the Sec
retarial son Of
the President
went to a
/ a rg local
bank seeking
$4,000 to build
t W o m ore
rooms On his
The Washington times., 1938-06-03
A Roosevelt
Is Refused
FHALoon
NeUs Behind
The NeUS
By PAUL MALLoN

(world Copyright, 1898, by King Fea-
lures syndicate. Inc. All Rights Re-
served. Reproduction in Full or
in Part Strictly Prohibited)
The Washington times., 1938-06-03

MI. JESSE jules, NFO
chairman, protests that the him
terlandS aren't g. bad place to
The Washington times., 1938-05-14

Forbes Watson. Other folks
mainly clerks, stared in rapture.
The scene ended with Miss Gish
and Mr.. Bruce posing for q pic
ture. Only it had to be done all
over again because the photog-
rapher-not a newspaper man
was so nervous he forgot to put
on his flashlight bulb.
JUSTICE NEXT
From the Procurement Division
Miss Gish, Mr.. Watson and Miss
Maxine Davis, a magazine writer.
went to the Department of Justice
to see the paintings done under
Mr.. Bruce's direction, by modern
artists.
The girl who won all hearts
when she played in The Birth Of
a Nation" Broken Blossoms"
and orphans of the Storm" is
a modest little lady who, in her
quiet way, disclosed that she
knows quite a bit about art. She
knows, for instance, whether q
painting is done on canvas and
then hung-or just painted di-
rectly on the stone. And she has
an excellent eye for color.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
LANGDON TRIAL
OPENS MONDAY

Memories of the jazz-mad days
of the prohibition era will be re-
vived Monday, when former Police
man Robert F. Langdon goes on
trial for the murder Of Beulah
Limerick seven years ago.
The trial will be held in U. s.
District Court with Justice Daniel
W. O'Donoghue presiding. Assist
ant United States attorney will
be the prosecutor, and J. Russell
Kelly was appointed by the court
to be defense attorney, after Lang
don had pleaded he had no funds
to retain counsel.
Langdon, who was "the cop on
the beat the girl feared" was
questioned about the killing and
released, but was dismissed from
the force.
About two years ago evidence
was unearthed that led to the case
being reopened, and several months
ago Langdon was indicted for the
murder and brought here to stand
trial.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14

lobby yesterday afternoon.
And when the artistic, looking
like an exquisite figurine in a
saucy peach straw hat and veil
and peach print dress, smiled and
asked-oh so Sweetly-if they
could direct her to Edward Bruce,
chief Of the section Of paintings
and sculpture, blissful smiles over
spread their features-but nary a
word could they say.
GUARD TO RESCUE
An alert guard relieved their
embarrassment - and probably
saved them from choking to
death-by plotting Miss Gish into
the elevator and up to the fourth
floor where Mr.. Bruce awaited
her.
From then on it practically
rained celebrities. Miss Gish's
leading man. Burgess Meredith,
appeared, followed by Pare Lo-
who wrote THE Plow and
the River" Allen Whiting, bril-
liant young editor of The Maya
zine of Art, came up to shake
hands, as did Nan Watson, a
painter, and her famous husband,
The Washington times., 1938-05-14

easiest and weakest excuse she could
It is so much easier in this world when all the
breaks are against us to stop fighting and say,
II am through"
Yesterday the little girl was identified by her
sister as Pearl Louise Braden, of Coraopolis, Pa
Just suppose this girl, instead of taking her
life had left note to the other girls in her posi-
tion advising them of her mistakes, but also say
ing: II am going on fighting. have had my
troubles but, girls, there is always a way out,
there is always a helping hand in time Of need,
and, above all, there is always God to turn to.
Don't follow in my footsteps. Stay in your homes
with the ones who love you. I am starting to
work all over again, but send you warning
that it never pays to go against your mother,
when she loves you and fights for you"
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
D. C. ART FAIR
TO OPEN MAY 26

The Capitals first Outdoor Art
Fair, to be held May 26 and 81,
will have among its many exhibits
a collection from the Children'S
Art Gallery, 1t was learned today.
The Children's Gallery, a Dis
trict WPA project, allied with the
Federal Art Project, made applica-
tion yesterday for a booth at the
fair.
Exhibits, including pictures Of
children by adults and others of
and by children will be exhibited
under the direction of Phillip Bell,
director.
The pictures exhibited will not
be offered for sale, but are being
shown merely to acquaint the pub
lie with the Governments recent
efforts to revive interest in arts.
A continuous display of the
work to be shown by the Children'S
Gallery may be seen at any time
at the school and Ninth Street
and independence Avenue South
west. The art school is operated
in conjunction with the gallery.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
Farmer Held
In Death
Of Wife

Lorenzo B. Collins, SO, of Oden.
ton, Md, was taken into custody
for investigation today following
the death Of his wife in Casualty
Hospital last night.
He was arrested by Chief of
Police John H. Saurs of Ferndale,
Md, and is held without bond at
the Ferndale police station.
His wife, Mrs. Lola F. Collins,
"a, was brought to the hospital
May 10 and treated for an injured
back. At that time it was said she
had suffered the injuries in a fall
downstairs.
Police said they had received in
formation she was beaten during a
party on May 6. States Attorney
Roscoe Rowe has requested that
an autopsy be performed.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
.36 HRS. TO TELL
If SPLIT SKULL
WILL SAVE BOY
Surgeon Wedges Bone
To Guard Brain

A two-and-a-half-year-old boy
lay wan but smiling on his bed
at Children's Hospital today to
recover from a brain operation
unprecedented in local medical
annals.
Alden Vorrath, the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Vorrath. GOT
Taylor st. N. E., was operated
on by DR.. Herbert Schoenfeld, as
sistant professor Of surgery at
George Washington Hospital, to
stave off a cloud Of mental use
lessness threatened by failure Of
his Uranium to expand normally.
SIX MONTHS TO DECIDE
Physicians at Children's Hos
pital said today that a further 36-
hour period must elapse before the
boy has finally passed the dan
ger period. Ultimate success Of
the operation may not be known
for six months, they continued.
DR.. Schoenfeld utilized new
technique in splitting open the
boys skull. Metal wedges were
inserted to allow the brain room
to expand. Then the dura. mem.
branous brain sac, was pierced.
The skull OF the boy was split
across the top Of the head, from
ear to ear. Operations compar-
able, but not identical have never
been successful, a study of medi-
cal records revealed
PARENTS HOPEFUL
Specific ailment of the lad is
microcephaly - abnormal small
ness of the skull. Several times
he had been treated at hospitals
but the trouble continued.
The boy manifested the same
brightness of other lads of his age
and DR.. Schoenfeld obtained the
parents consent to operate in the
hope the lads mental facilities
would not be cramped to useless
ness, the usual result of the afflic-
ton.
Mr.. Vorrath walked tremulously
into the boys room after the oper-
alton yesterday and heard his son
say cheerily:
Daddy"
Today, the Vorraths held high
hopes for the recovery Of their
boy.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
ROsslyn Jobs
Office to Close

The recently reopened Rosslyn,
Va, office of the Virginia State
Employment Service and Unem-
ployment Compensation CommiS-
sion will be closed again shortly,
Arlington county Manager Frank
C. Hanrahan was notified yester-
day. Hanrahan persuaded the
service to reopen the Rosslyn Of
flee several months ago after it
was closed, but later decisions will
result in all of the county'S re-
qlirements being handled through
the Alexandria office.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
LAWYERS URGED
TO BACK JUDGES

An appeal to all lawyers of high
character" to support the defense
less judges of the country was
issued here last night by DR..
William Mather Lewis, president
of Lafayette College, Eastern, Pa,
in an address to members of the
American Law Institute at its
annual dinner in the Mayflower
Hotel.
Declaring justices and judges,
unlike other Government Serv-
ants" have neither constituents
nor political support, pr. Lewis as
serted the jurists therefore are
target for those whd be eyes are
forever on the ballot box"
Requesting his fellow attorneys
to support the country's jurists, DR..
Lewis said:
"It would appear to 3 layman
that one of the outstanding func-
tions of an organization COM
posed of lawyers of high char
acter is to support this defense
less arm of the Government to
the end that justice shall pre-
vail and the dignity and effec-
tiveness of the courts be safe
guarded.
Narrow specialization has
blinded America to the broader
implication of life and produced
"half-naked' laws, crude litera-
ture and infantile art"
The Washington times., 1938-05-14

ers. After pointing out that
every employed workman is "a
national asset" and after en-
phasizing that what America
needs more than anything else
Is jobs" I made this state
ment::
More jobs would be and
could be created if the Federal
Government cooperated with
employers, big and little; If
owners of business had more
faith in the fairness of Wash
ington. Have you any idea of
The Washington times., 1938-05-14

girls in gray"-or red, or any
other color-who think about
this woman's end. and try to
point out to them how sadly
she missed the real meaning of
life.
In the first place, the poor
child thought that by taking
her own life she might prove
q warning to other girls that
try the gay but tragic life she
did. But what she didn't real"
ize was that by quitting she
was giving the world the
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
Engineers Startled

ENGINEERS of the nation were startled to
~ realize that in 1929. while retail sales of all
manner of goods amounted to 5000, 900 ,000 13
Southern States accounted for only $3.50 100000
Of that total; even though these States are in
habited by PTS per cent Of the people of the
country.
The technical men saw that here was obviously
q vast section of the nation which could no longer
continue in such impoverishment; that here lay
stupendous possibilities Of developing consumer
power and new markets for almost every con-
ceivable product.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14

. CeIIng over hOuTS OF laDOr, ana WleT6IOre Pre-
duce measure of prosperity.
Actually, if passed by the Congress. it will estab
liSh an even greater monopoly or Capitalization
of power in the hands of the Federal Govern
ment at the very moment Government is de-
claring monopoles and Capitalization must be
destroyed.
It illustrates to what extent the New Deal high
command seems unaware Of the fact that the
chronological trend away from Capitalization has
already begun. 1t shows the confusion of official
minds as to what course the New Deal is trying
to sail.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14

Of Mr.. Roosevelt. Yet, it is a
proposal which goes in exactly
the opposite economic direc-
ton to that which Mr.. Roose-
velt outlined in his anti-mo-
nopoly message to Congress.
Mr.. Roosevelt observed that
concentration of onom i C
power is a dangerous thing to
Q democracy. That "bignesS,"
per sc, Is bad.
It has been sold to the pub
lie as a measure which will
place a floor under wages and
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
Saws Boake Carter

Yet, the wage.andholr bill would go far
toward perpetuating the very evil which the
President SO often denounceS. It would freeze
the impoverishment, in its relation to the ma
tional averages, of the South more effectively
than all the private monopolies Mr.. Roosevelt
could conjure up in his best New Deal Nightmares.
Tariff BetWeen States
TTNHE best dispassionate summary, boiled into
language plain as any pikestaff, Of the main
evil lying buried deep in the wage-and-hour
measure, is contained in the Texas Weekly with
these words:
The bill would empower Federal bureau
to determine the conditions under which
goods of any kind might be produced in
ANY State, and to enforce those conditions
by preventing the shipment Of such goods
outside the borders Of ANY State in the
event the conditions are not complied with
Ito suit the dictates of the Federal officers
empowered to enforce the law).
It becomes clear that 13 States would fall
under complete domination Of the forces which
have kept the South from being socially and In
dustrially developed for 100 years. It would be
as the Texas Weekly aptly and truly describes it,
extension of the protective tariff system to in
terstate commerce"
The Federal Government would be in
stronger position than ever to dictate the stand.
ard of living of 10 States of the Union.
Organized minorities are supporting it-Such
as the AFL and the C1O. Their support is
mainly political.
But the tragedy is that all these groups, plus
the President himself apparently for political
reasons also more than anything else), will try
to ram on to the statute books bill which will
keep the United States in just that very state
that Mr. Roosevelt denounces as so bad, half
rich and half-poor."
Copyright Ledger Syndcate)
(Bodke Carter'S opinions are his otDn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtntesJ
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
D. G.. Girl Named
To Y. VIC. A. Post

Miss Shirley Dagger, of Wash
ington. has been elected vice
president of the Young Women'S
Christian Association d william
and Mary College, Williamsburg,
Va, it was announced yesterday.
She Is the daughter of John M.
Dagger, 5000 Cathedral Ave.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
BROKERS' ALIBI.
IN Wife DEATH.
HELD "A|R7|GHT'
lawyer Says New
Evidence Found
BY CARROLL PEEKE

An alright" alibi has been es-
tablished for ]. Clifton Abdell, Al
year-old broker who is held in
Norfolk, Va, charged with the
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" muir
der Of his wife, Mrs. Audrey
Sharpe Abdell.
Ivor A. Page, defense attorney,
came here today from Norfolk,
and after several hours Of investi-
CATION declared he had unearthed
evidence to prove it would have
been physically impossible for Alb
dell to have killed his wife.
Mrs. Abdell was found late
Wednesday afternoon in the gas
filled kitchen Of their home, the
victim of q terrible beating. She
was last seen alive at 9 o'clock
that morning.
FOUND BY SONS
The body was found shortly
after 4 o'clock when her two sons,
Clifton, IS, and Robert, 13, came
home from school and were un-
able to get in the house. They
called neighbors who summoned
police.
Authorities say the murder took
place between 9 q. m. and 4 p. m,
and Page declared he has found a
number of witnesses who saw Alb
dell in Washington between those
hours.
Abdell was asleep in his room
in the Harrington Hotel about
midnight that night when Wash
ington police went there and noti-
fled him his wife had been mur-
dered. He returned to Norfolk at
once and was arrested and
charged with the Staying.
Today, however, it was learned
sensational new developments are
expected which may vindicate the
accused man.
Page said that Abdell admits
writing the suicide notes" which
were found in the house, purport
edly written by Mrs. Abdell and
telling her sons she was "going
on a long trip and not coming
back"
SAYS LETTERS OLD
The letters, which instructed the
boys to always love and obey your
father" were written more than a
year ago, when Mrs. Abdell con-
templated leaving home, according
to the accused mans story to his
attorney.
Abdell also admitted writing a
letter found later, addressed to
the boys, and telling them that if
anything happened at home to
wire him collect at the Harrington
Hotel. Abdell explained ne always
left similar instructions when he
took a trip away from home.
The broker waived preliminary
hearing when arraigned on the
murder charge yesterday and is
held without bond for action Of
the grand jury early next month.
Lieut.. Leon Nowitzky, chief of
the Norfolk detective bureau who
is in charge of the investigation,
is expected to come to Washing
ton today or tomorrow to check
on Abdell's alibi story.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
Taxation Not the AnsuUer

Taxation Not the Answer
HERE ARE high points from the union work
AA ers reply:
'rMr. Forbes statement that, were the present
high rates of taxation modified, there would be
q resultant increase in wages and work forces.
is, unfortunately, without precedent that will
make me believe it could possibly occur under
the present system of free competition.
During the years from 1921 to 1929 business
experienced, as testing ground for laissezfaire
practices, the most ideal conditions they could
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
!"

THE wage-andhour issue has an angle to it
= that seems to have been missed so far
It Is proposal that has the militant support
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
";L ";Lo44eck 4: MHpg
BY S2I~or- OmsA
Waitinq
for
Service

While
waiting for a
meal to be
served, it is
permissible to
eat a piece
of bread or
roll. Don't
however,,
appear so
hungry that
you must
"fill in"
on bread,
celery or
nuts.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
Lillian Gish on Tour
OF Government Art
By ELIZABETH oLDF1ELD

Three Procurement Division clerks almost choked on their
respective sandwiches when Lillian Gsh Dresdenke of
the current show at the National Theater walked
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
B. G.. Forbes SAyS---

devise, with perfect freedom in making the
rules -.
Despite these ideal conditions the American
worker shared but little in the parade of profit
The per capita income in 1929 was $675 Nine
teen million families had incomes less than
$25OO; 900 less than $4,000; $4,000 900 less
than $1,000.
High taxation is not altogether President
Roosevelt's baby. He is merely capitulating to
direct necessity. He is at least concerned with
the welfare of those social derelicts whose in
creasing numbers are direct result of business
practices"
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
My Say

GtTNHE little girl in gray"-what pathetic note
the poor child left
want to write this column to all the little
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
What Men of Wealth Do

NEXT LET us consider the views of man of
4" wealth. H. Gordon Selfridge, who first made
fortune as Chicago merchant and has dupli-
Gated his success in London:
The reduction in the number of rich men is
OF vital concern to the community and the
nation. The essence of all enterprise must entail
certain amount Of risk. This is especially true
in big business houses which, as their desire for
expansion grows, use more money The man of
limited means cannot afford to take chances
1t is left therefore, to the man of wealth to play
the biggest part in the future development of
his countryS business
Nor must we forget that the rich, besides
financing industry and so enabling wages to be
paid and progress to be made, are very largely
responsible for the development of the arts.
1nsuring employment to many people.
mo democratic nation can do without rich
men indefinitely, for without their assistance in
finance, their ability to take risks, its commerce
and industry would suffer and its numbers of
unemployed consequently increase"
Copyright 1898 by B. C. Forbes)
The Washington times., 1938-05-14

4 MEMBER of the educational committee of
labor lodge, D. R. Fields, publishes lengthy
criticism of a recent column addressed to work