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The Washington times., 1938-08-03
WILD RIDE JAILS
HIM Third Time

A wild drive for 10 blocks UP
Seventh Street last night, during
which he is charged with narrowly
missing three pedestrians and
forcing a police scout car to pull
out Of his way, ended in Traffic
Court today for George R. Swan
son. 80, of 1903 Rhode Island
Ave. N. w.
Swanson, arrested by Policeman
l. A. Hartnett, of the traffic divi-
sion, was charged with third-of-
tense driving while drunk. He
pleaded not guilty before Judge
Walter J. Casey and asked jury
trial. Bond was set at $500.
Policeman Hartnett said he first
saw Swanson speeding up Seventh
Street Southwest, on the wrong
side, and was forced to pull his
scout car to the curb to avoid
collision. Swanson continued up
Seventh Street, according to Hart
nett, narrowly missing two other
cars at G Street Southwest, pass
ing red light at Maryland Avenue
Southwest and almost striking
three pedestrians at Market Space.
Hartnett overlook Swanson at Sew
enth and E Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
UNSCRAMBLED
MOUers Say One Time
Dread Is NOU joy

You can pack up your worries
along with your furniture If you
move these days. because even that
hideous picture which Aunt Emma
sent won't be broken in transit.
At least that's what the dele
gates to the Independent Movers
and Warehousemen's Association,
in convention at Wardman Park
Hotel, will have you believe. The
delegates represent long-distance
moving concerns and are seeking
to educate the public as to the
ease and speed Of present-day
movers.
Robert w. Wilson, president, de-
clared a family moving a distance
Of $50 miles has nothing to worry
about and doesn't have to crate
a thing. The movers will report
at 7 a. m. Twelve hours later the
family can enter its new home,
finding even the pictures on the
wall and hte radio connected.
One delegate interrupted the
discourse to boast that he once
moved fully stocked ice box 400
miles without breaking even an
egg.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
Women PIunges
IS Stories 10 Death

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 U.N.SO.
A woman tentatively identified as
Julia Doud. about 30, of Atlantic
City. N. j., jumped or fell to her
death today from the twenty
seventh floor Of a midtown hotel.
Her body landed on the roof of an
adjoining, 12-Story hotel.
Police said the leap was made
from a hallway window, where a
pile Of cigarette stubs indicated
she had stood for some time be-
fore she leaped or fell.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
DIXIE WILL BARE
ALL SECRETS OF
GANG, HOPE SAYS
Just to Help Another
Lawyer, She Explains
BY EDNA FERGUSON

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-When
Dixie Davis takes the stand at the
trial of Jimmy Hines he will pour
out every secret he ever learned
as the mouthpiece of the under.
world, Hope Dare. his red-headed
sweetheart, declares.
HE will oppose the whole rot
ten system" she said.
During part of our talk, we rode
in the subway because Hope was
in q hurry to get downtown.
The vivacious showgirl, reported
to have been used as q lure to
make Davis talk, made a striking
picture as we mingled in the rush
hour crowds. No one recognized
her, however.
Goes UnrecOgnized
She was dressed entirely in
black except for a touch of white
at the neck of her black crepe
dress. She wore a large droop-
ing black picture hat, black open
work lace gloves and black shoes.
Against the black ensemble her
red hair famed brilliantly. Her
long pointed nails were devoid OF
polish.
One moment the girl appeared
fearful for her lovers safety be-
cause of his Squeal, and the next
expressed confidence that District
Attorney Dewey's detectives would
keep him from harm.
She had rather naive explana-
ton of why Davis, a disbarred
lawyer, had decided to plead guilty
and turn States evidence.
After ALL" she said, Dixie is
q lawyer and it is natural he
would want to help Mr.. Dewey,
another lawyer"
She Indignantly denied that free
dom to visit her while he was sup
posed to be visiting his doctor
made Dixie "sing."
That's silly. It's an insult to
Mr., Dewey's intelligence. He's
smart enough to get people to
talk -..ithout calling in a show
GIRL" she said.
She did not attempt to deny,
however, that she entertained
Dixie on his visits from the TombS
to her apartment at SO E. Sixty
fourth st.
But 1t wasn't anywhere near
as often as some said" she in
sisted. 1T wasn't anywhere
near often enough. But I will
be with him always some day."
The pretty showgirl was bitter
when she discussed her lovers
wife, Martha Davis.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
H|T-RUN CARS
VICTIM LUCKY

SiX-year-old Leonard Anderson,
colored, of 422 Clay st. N. E., es-
capped serious injury yesterday
when struck by a hit-and-run
driver.
Leonard was crossing Forty-sec-
ond Street at Benning Road North
east when the car ran him down.
At Children's Hospital he was
treated for cuts on the head.
Chester Poahutsky, 4, of 5O4
Fourth st. S. E., was bruised and
cut about the face when he ran
from between parked cars at Sec
ond Street and South Carolina
Avenue Southeast into the path
of a moving auto.
Two-year-old Hugh M. Martin,
232 F st. N. W., was uninjured
yesterday when struck by an auto
as he ran from between cars
parked near his home.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
BLIND GIRL, BARRED BY DOG
QUARANTINE, PLEADS TO KING
British Ministry of
Agriculture Is
AdQn1dnt

LONDON, Aug. 8 UN.S0.-Ha-
eel Hurst, 22-year-old blind girl of
Oneonta, N. Y, appealed to King
George VI to permit her to land
in England with her seeing eye''
dog, Babe.
Amid q wave of sympathy
aroused among the English, James
A. Wallace, of London, wrote Miss
Hurst offering to undergo an
operation to give her. his right and
only eye. She declined. Miss
Hurst also turned down an offer
of an English guiding dog, saying
she could not be parted from
Babe"
TEXT OF HER MESSAGE
Remaining aboard the liner
American Merchant because she
could not leave the ship without
her canine guide, Miss Hurst sent
this message by telegraph to
Buckingham Palace:
II am making my last plea to
your majesty. Permit me and
my seeing eye dog to enter
your country. My dog is my
eyes. I know you can help me-"
Last night Miss Hurst also sent
a message appealing for aid to
President Roosevelt in Washing
ton. She also telegraphed United
States Ambassador Joseph P. Ken
nedy and British Minister of
Agriculture w. S. Morrison.
MINISTRY ADAMANT
She sought reversal of the
agricultural ministry's ruling that
she can bring the dog ashore only
if it is Immediately quarantined
for six months.
II hope" she said, "that Pres
ident Roosevelt will be able to
get this decision reversed before
the ship sails back for New York
on Friday"
In refusing to waive tn e
animal quarantine law for Miss
Hurst, the agriculture ministry
announced:
"Kings and princes have been
refused this sort of exemption.
Not even the President of the
United States would be allowed
to do this"
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
B. & @. Sale 10 Net
Road $1,5OO,OOO

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is
in line to receive $1,5O0,O0O
through sale of the right-of-way
of the old South Penn Railroad,
which is the route for a proposed
Harrisburg Pittsburgh super high
way. Secretary Ickes last week
announced a Joint PWA-RFC
financing program to build the
highway. The B. & o. secured the
South Penn line in 1904 through a
subsidiary which bought them at
Ia Federal court sale.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
SPLA|N DIES
News Writer Taken
To Utica for Burial

The body of Maurice Splain, rs,
veteran newspaper correspondent,
and retired United States mar
shall, who died Monday in the
Washington sanitarium, has been
taken to Utica, N. Y, for burial.
The deceased nephew, James F.
Splain, assistant counsel to the
Comptroller of the Currency, &C
companied the body.
Mr.. Splain died after an illness
of two weeks. He made his home
at 800 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park
Md.
A close friend of President Will
son, Mr.. Splain wrote for the Phila-
delphia Record and the Pittsburgh
Post until he was appointed United
States marshal for the District
when Wilson became President
He held that position eight years
In late years Mr.. Splain interested
himself in translating French
poetry into English.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
Mrs. Lois FreelQnd
Hurled 5StOrieS
After Stumble

Victim of a freak accident in
her New York city apartment,
Mrs. Lois Webb Freeland, "a, for
mer Washington society girl, will
be buried in Rock Greek Park
Cemetery following private rites at
the home Of her parents, DR.. and
Mrs. T. D. Webb, of 1926 Haw-
thorne st. N. w.
Mrs. Freeland died Monday in a
New York hospital after she
plunged five floors through an
open window of her apartment.
TRIPPED OVER STOOL
She tripped over a foot stool in
the kitchen and fell through the
window.
She was the wife of Theodore
Freeland, a former local resident,
who now is employed in New York
Her marriage on June /, 1897
here was one of the outstanding
social events of the season.
Popular in Washington society
Mrs. Freeland was educated at
Western High School and the
Cathedral School for Girls.
BROTHER A GRID STAR
Besides her parents, Mrs. Free
land is survived by a brother
Thomas D. Webb, jr., a well
known amateur golfter and a for
mer football star at the University
of Maryland.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03

WaShington's most famous
stage star, who has been visiting
her father, Frank Brown, near
Leonardtown. Md, revealed she
will cut her vacation short tomor-
row to return to Broadway and
appear in the Merchant of Venice
until fall.
"JUST FOR FUN"
"1'm going to play Shakes
peare just for the fun of it."
said Miss Hayes, who in private
life is Mrs. Charles Macarthur
and mother of Mary Macarthur.
But in October I expect to ap-
pear again in Victoria Regina"
Proudly Miss Hayes host. Er-
nest T. Jarboe, broke in with:
"She bats her own hook and
takes off her own fish. She
caught the first perch, too."
I'm afraid I was a bit of
sissy about batting my hook at
first" Miss Hayes said laugh
ingly. This is the first time I
ever went fishing like this al
though I have been deep sea
fishing. But the bloodworms
made me a bit squeamish.
However, I don't mind it now"
STARTED CAREER HERE
Miss Hayes was away fishing
when a reporter and photographer
arrived at her fathers home anC
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
Fairgrounds
Reopened Here

Three school Fairgrounds
which had been closed for
the summer were reOpened
today as havenS for children
who have been playing on
crowded streets.
WPA supervisors reported
at the Truesdale School, 5221
Ninth. st. N. w.; Oyster
School, 27O9 Calvert st.
N. w., and at Fort Stanton
Park in AnacOStia to help the
youngsters organize games.
One or two other play
grounds are expected to be
reOpened during the day,
Lewis r. Barrett, cOOrdinatOr
Of recreation, announced.
Mrs. Mary Steele, wOmen's
director Of the WPA, said 1S
workers have been instructed
for the task and are ready
for assignments.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
D. c. FqmilY Gets Nature Lesson:
Bear After Candy Means Business

When he entered Yellowstone Park on his vaca-
tion last month, DR.. Frank E. Gibson, 927 I st.
NJ w., was amused by the signs "Do Not Feed The
Bears to which no one paid any attention.
He left the park a wiser and frightened ply
scian and he hopes other park visitors will benefit
from his experience.
TAKE PICTURE
1--WE came to large BEAR" Dr. Gibson relates
"and stopped to allow my son to take picture.
We threw candy on the road but the bear devoured
it so quickly my son hardly had time to snap his
camera.
'"The bear then jumped up on the car and
put his head and shoulders through the window
looking for more candy. was at the wheel and
my wife and two sisterSinlaw were in the back
We had the fright of our lives.
HUGE BEAR
'"The bear did not pull his paws out Of the
car until I started up. The bear weighed well
over 400 pounds, but when felt the touch Of his
body on mine it felt like thousand"
DR.. Gibson said he hoped his experience might
help warn other tourists to take the signs literally.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03

High School. Judges were Lyle
O'Rourke, president of the Junior
Board of Commerce, and news
paper drama critics.
Miss Parker will go to Atlantic
City to vie for the title of Miss
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
Co|ored Physicians
To Honor Dr.. Curtis

Dr.. A. M. Curtis, recently retired
from the faculty of the Howard
University Medical School after
more than IS years of service, and
at one time superintendent of
Freedmen's Hospital, will be hon
ored by members of the colored
medical profession during the 44th
annual convention of the colored
National Medical Association at
Hampton, Va, August IS to 10.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03

but didn't. She
missed the boat.
Miss Wash
ington" is 18-
year-old, dark
haired Dorothy
Parker, a senior
at Roosevelt
High School, who
won the judges
oeClSlon over q
field of 16 other
beautiful girls in
t n e a mn u a !
beauty contest
aboard the boat.
The girl who
missed the boat
is Betty Jean
Smalley, of 615
Whittier ST., N.
w. She is en-
ployed as a watt
ress and missed
the hoqt. Uhen
she worked over.
time last night.
Miss SInalley was
heart . broke n
over the cruel
twist of fate, but
smiled through
her tears and
c o n g r a tulaCed
the winner.
Miss Parker Is
the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Albert Parker, of
122 28 Shepherd
St., N. w. She is
5 feet 4 inches
tall and weighs
112 pounds. She
osS sSeS a
wealth of talent,
t 90, as S h e
proved to h e
judges when the
field narrowed
down to five and
a talent exhibit
ton was ordered.
She sang How'd
You Like to Love
Me?" and went
through q tap
routine.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03

@SU@US~ HGGS G0SSG1AS
they were forced to rent a row
boat to meet her.
Miss Hayes launched her spec
tacular stage career in Washing
ton at the age of six. Her first
role was with a Washington stock
company producing the play
Poor Relations"
Miss Hayes is just five feet tall
and weighs only 100 pounds.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03

America" during the national
beauty contest Labor Day week.
Immediately after the boat
docked, Miss Parker and the two
runners-up were feted at a sup
per party at the Powhatan Hotel
roof.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
F0reWeU tn FisI1inq:
FGreJUeU tn Fishing:
STAR CUTS VACATION
TO PLAY THE BARD
Helen Hayes Has Been Relaxing al
Fathers Home on the Bau

Perched precarousX the stern bobbng ouboard motor
boat mile offshore in Chesapeake Bay Helen Hayes dmn-
tive darling of Broadway talked of Shakespeare boodwoms
and fish at an mpromptu press conference today.
The Washington times., 1938-08-03
Storm of Protest Foloops Delay in Aid to Crash Victim
CANDIDATE FOR MISS AMERICA":
ROOSEVELT HIGH SENIOR WINS
CROWN OF MISS WASHINGTON

When the washington docked
first to Miss of
The Washington times., 1938-08-03

Runner-up was Miss Nadine
Petrey, 18, winner of The Wash
ington Times and The Washing
ton Herald Golden Mirror Contest.
Third place went to Toni Manns,
youg brunette. who will be grad
uated next February from Central
The Washington times., 1938-08-03

SUPER-GREEDY YELLOWSTONE BEAR
Picture Taken by Frank E. Gibson, Jr.,
Son of Prominent Local Physician,
ShoIVs One of the Hyper-Hungry
Yellowstone Bears That All But Mobbed
the GibsOns
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STRAND

Current attractions to be seen for
the last times today at Warner
Bros. Strand theater include the
movie quiz picture Letter Of Intro
duction," starring Charlie Mccarthy.
Edgar Bergen, Adolph Menjou and
Andrea Leeds: also Warner Baxter
In It'll Give a Million"
Two Of the $250,000 movie quiz
contest pictures are in the offing for
theatersoers attending the new show
opening tomorrow at the Strand for
two day engagement.
Edith Fellows and Leo Carrillo will
be seen In the eo-starTing leads Of
this heart-warming story which Is
rated as excellent entertainment for
the whole family. Both stars pro-
vide performances matching In emo
tional intensity anything they have
ever before offered the screen.
Carrillo's dialect Characterization
need no introduction to the the
atergoers Of this vicinity. In this Aim
he appears as an explosive kind
hearted italian owner Of q small
grocery store on the east side Of New
New York. Miss Fellows deserts her
previous types Of roles, she is no
longer q spoiled brat but a crippled
child buffeted by misfortune.
Other favorites who add to, the
wholesome entertainment Of this
picture are Mary Gorcon. Tommy
Bond, Frank Sheridan and Arthur
Loft.
Co-featuring this program is Joe
Z. Browns latest and best comedy.
"'The Gladiator" Man-Mountaiii
Dean. comic mainstay Of the wres-
! thing ring, Is featured with Joe.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
In The Local TheaterS


Super thrills, super-action and
super-men ran riot on the screen Of
the Warner Bros. State theater over
the weekend during the screening
Of the breath taking technicolor Aim
Valley Of the Giants" starring
Wayne Morris and Claire Trevor
with Frank McHugh, Alan Hale,
Donald Crisp, Charles Bickford and
host OF other favorites.
Thousands Of theater- goers have
viewed this offering since its OPEN
ing performance Friday, and there
are still hundreds who would like to
see 1t, therefore Manager Julia
Smith has secured an additional
three-day booking for this great
picture. Instead Of concluding its
engagement this evening as pre-
viously scheduled, the concluding
performances will be held Thursday
evening.
Here is one OF the most thrilling
pictures Of the year, one which you
just cant miss. Everyone Is talk
ing about 1t, and no doubt you've
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been available before. Their signifl-
canoe In diversity has been present.
ed before. DR.. Howard w. Odums
Southern Regions of the United
States" has in much greater space
covered the same conditions. The
south has boosted of its high per-
centage of native stock and been be-
hind the Boosting intentionally
aware that In region blessed with
resources those native Americans
have been the poorest in the nation.
If there actually is such a thing
as an American in a country COM
posed of New Englanders, wester-
ners, Manhattanites, southerners,
bankers, politicians, New Dealers
and anti-New Dealers, the report
drafted under the direction OF
Lowell Mellett, executive director OF
the National Emergency Council,
should stir national interest in this
one region which may drag the ma
tional advance or help propel it.
Certainly If there really are men
Of commerce in this so-called COM
mercial land, the possibilities Of q
market within our own tariff walls
which the south might be In our
tariff walled world-should arouse
them. But 1t is not at all certain
that there are Americans in Amer
lea or business men in its business
civilization.
We delude ourselves with the
illusion. Of our nationalism and our
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19

was also charged with selling liquor
without a permit.
In city court this morning, Mas
and 10 other men charged with FREE
quenting gambling house received
continuances to Thursday.
Defendants
The men arrested on frequenting
charges gave their names and adj
dresses as follows: Frank Fehow, 80
John Suarez, "a; and Jose Cara, SO
all Of ITS South Main street; Jose
Alvarez, SO, of 1876 Union street; Jo-
seph Peresvives, 35, of Scovill street,
Philip Wives, As, of so jefferson
street, Jose Alves, %, of 633 South
Main street; Manuel Perez, 40, of
AZ Sheffield street; Jose Salez "a,
Of ITS South Main street: Vincent
Romero, 81, Of 1919 South Main
street.
Also, Domenic Barquero, 81, of
1859 Thomaston avenue; Manuel
SAM, %, of 1875 Thomaston ave-
nue.; John Fernandez, SO, of SO
Scovill street; Joseph Verez, 49,,
of 934 Baldwin street; Vincent Ca
cinova, IS, of 1915 Thomaston
avenue and Louis Marquin, 40, of
lac Oak street.
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Vice Squad Visits Taverns, Pool Rooms
'35 Places Inspected
InSurprise Campaign
For Law Violations
II Men Arrested in Alleged Gambling House on South
Main Street-POIice Check Beer ParIOrs for
Evidence of Hard Liquor Being Sold

In whirlwind tour Of the city
Saturday night and ea:-y Sunday,
members Of the police vice squad
visited more than 20 taverns and
Is pool rooms seeking evidence Of
violations Of the law. Arrests re-
suited in only one instc~ce ~ rcn
being taken into custody in an al
legged gambling house at IT'S aoa IL
Main street.
Seek Liquor
Lieutenant Patrick Moylan, Lieu
tenant Ernest Pakul and Patrol
man Joseph Cavanaugh were the
members Of the visiting party. They
entered taverns in every section Of
the city, checking reports that
strong liquor was being sold in the
places in question: they also visited
pool rooms to check reports that
gambling games were underway.
The vice squad members also
toured the city after the deadline
for the closing of liquor establish
ments, ] a. m. Sunday.
John Mas, IS, Of ITS South Main
street was arrested as the alleged
operator Of the gambling house. He
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practically. Actually In Wall Street
and Washington, Wichita and Way
cross, we are not only citizens pri-
marily of our own neighborhood
we are also all emotionalists, and
we are never so emotional, north
and south, as when we consider
either the magnolias or the migra-
tons of mills and men to and from
the south.
Indeed, 1.-THE south" is q word for
an emotion rather than a region
In that lies the chief fault of this
report to the President on the ma
tons No. economic problem: 1t
presents the facts. With only the
most casual and conventional look
backward at history and with no
consideration for sectional prejudice
and personality, 1t reports the sta
tistics. But statistics are not people
and even in 1888 the facts are by no
means all that are involved:
POVERTY AND
MORE POVERTY
Economic Problem No. / is not a
mathematical problem.
1t never has been.
I believe that the trainers Of this
report were misled by a conven-
tional idea when they suggest that
the relative poverty of the south be-
ban with the Civil War.
I know without being a historian
that the historians we're misled-or
misled us--by the melodrama OF re-
construction in the south. 1t was a
wild and lurid business but the
greatest damage to the south was
accomplished in Washington where
the Yankees Can inexact term took
the federal power as their loot OF
the war.
The south acquiesced because 1t
had to and also because after the
first fury, 1t was permitted tperhaps
1t was q necessity them to reinsti-
tute slavery. In more ways than one
the south still clings to slavery and
that clinging is a fault within more
destructive then exterior exploita-