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The Washington times., 1938-12-13
Yule Business Nedrs
Peak Reached in EOS

combined efforts to accommodate
the busy shoppers.
Rubbing elbows today might
be seen Mrs. John J. Dempsey
wife of the Representative from
New Mexico Mrs. D. Worth Clark.
wife of the Senator from Idaho:
Mrs. Stanley Reed, wife of the
Supreme Court Justice; Mrs.
Arthur Vandenberg, wife of the
Senator from Michigan; and Mrs.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of the
United States Mint.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer said today that because OF
numerous complaints over the 20
minute limlt parking meters in
The vicinity of banks in the down
town section the zones around
these meters will be painted red
10 distinguish them from the
usual hour-limit meters.
The Washington times., 1938-12-13

Washington's Christmas shop
ping today drew nearer to the
hustle and hustle creScendo-
bringing back memories of the
salad days of the late 20's to the
downtown streets and stores.
Merchants anticipate the sea
sons business will be the greatest
since the depression began. And
the policeman on duty in the
downtown area will tell you he's
seen nothing like it before.
Major Ernest w. Brown, super
intendent of police. surveyed the
situation with a critical eye and
ordered an additional detail of As
policemen into the congested area
to aid in handling the traffic.
In the stores, extra forces Of
clerks augmented the regular staff
Of employees, and it took their
The Washington times., 1938-12-13

MAY FREE PAIR

Early freedom for two men SEN
fenced to long jail terms for a
$1,000 theft last summer today ap-
peared a probability.
The convicted men, Carmen
Quantrille. and Henry T. Milton,
both 35. learned of their new hope
yesterday with announcement by
police that two other men have
confessed the crime.
District Attorney David A. Pine
began an investigation. The
United States Court of Appeals is
considering appeal of the men
from their conviction and the ap-
pellate tribunal was asked to with
hold a verdict pending the inquiry.
The Washington times., 1938-12-13

alumni publications; Isaac Penny
packer, of Philadelphia; Wallace
Chadwick, of Chester, Pa; Sam
uel r. Harrell, Of Indianapolis;
Luther Martin, of New York:
Marcellus Wright, of Richmond;
Henry N. Woolman. of Philadel-
The Washington times., 1938-12-13

president Of the University;
Thomas I. Parkinson, of New York,
a trustee; Ralph Morgan, presi-
dent of the General Alumni So
ciety; M. Wistar Wood, secretary
of the General Alumni Society;
Horace NJ. Lippincott. editor of
The Washington times., 1938-12-13

'phia, donor of the Valley Forge
property to the University, and
Rusty" Callow, coach of Penn
sylvania crews.
George Of Snyder of Washington
is chairman of the committee on
ARRANGEMENTS,
The Washington times., 1938-12-13
Walter Hagen, Golf
Star, Visits Capital

Walter Hagen, golfer. spent a
few hours in Washington yester.
day with AL Houghton, profes-
sional, before continuing his jour
lney to Miami, Fla.
The Washington times., 1938-12-13

Washngtons Christmas shop. efforts
ping TODAY drew nearer to the the busy shoppers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-02

Well, for one thing, this war in China
viii put am end to the stories of Chimes.
pldier- fighting with frecrackers; even
ae Japanese won't believe it when they
"i-h The present struggle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-02

The nations bench, as a whole. is
adorned by many able and conscientious
Judges. but occasionally, "a hay-eater j.
clothed with the judicial robes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-02

4 Yale professor says the weather
causes loss Of half billion dollars
; ear- Bat think Of the raw material for
70 alton il yields.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-02

4 Memphis man knocked a woman
down when she tried to kiss him She was
probably one Of those whose "best friends
wouldn't Tell her"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-02

some women have so little to do that
the winning Of a bridge game is a victory
ol heroic proportions
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-02
sssSess
COLOR IN KEY WEST
BY MISS MARY BETH O'STEEN
Freshman. State College
For Women. Tallahassee
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

mere seems 70 - color every
where IN hey west. Even pc
IoIc we approach the island CITY
llSeH we are fascinated by the
pc"u'lIui. J'"'t-IlAe coiors Oh inc
SURROUNDING "atefS-oeep violet
palcheS lNe oark amethyst blue
.o-tt' 'ilo co'or % inc morning
N'o'y 7 near oiue-ds oIoe as
oli'f "oplcdl waters san o'--c'l't
..N' P'It'c' summer SKY IhSn
''' "lU' o'sii'S 70 'uIh green
. 0io'''' 81 ,S"' az ""iii"I '''t. 100.
r'e'V - IdUV IN inc waters around
ny " eS'--Jao' co-oi-oIe"I ana
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-02

Raul Cuasta 81. resident Of Key
West, was arrested Monday while
attempting to smugglc ashore 500
packs Of American cigarettes
from the Steamer Cuba at Ha-
vana A dock worker. Alfredo
RAMIREZ who was carrying the
suitcase with the cigarettes. was
arrested bat was later released
whom the pohc 1eound that be-
was not interested IN the SNUG
cling CueSIa was held under
500 ball and IS now in the Ha-
Vaua jail
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-02

Editorial comment. If IT'S really
fishing that President Coolidge
wants. he hould follow the cX-
ample Of Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen
and come to Key West one Jerk
Of the lime and he would have
moro than he could carry home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-02

Registration book va ID ia
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-02

ADVERTISING RATES
The Washington times., 1938-05-31
NeW Ventures

So also with the bright new
financing ventures being dis
closed as foretold in SEC regis
trations. Figures from the Com
mercial and Financial Chron-
icle show new capital issues
Excluding refunding) have been
far off from similar periods dur
ing the last two years. In the
first four months this year only
1923 400, 900 was offered COM
pared with $468, 100000 in the
same period last year and $273,-
100000 the year before.
The political business influ-
ence to be expected from here is
well disclosed in the Presidents
strategy on the tax bill. Again
Gas in the anti-monopoly mes
sage he took constructive pro-
business action. He let the bill
become law. But he talked so
ferociouSly against it that he
even frightened the stock mar
ket into a new decline while he
took the constructive step.
Until the coming election is
over and the necessity for whip
ping up mass antagonism is
over, it appears certain this dual
strategy will continue.
One thread of thought seems
to run behind all these varying
facts and figures:
Mr.. Roosevelt cannot make a
profits system work without
profits. Reform. pump printing,
political talk-all may be ad-
visable and necessary, but all
the reforming, printing and talk
in the world is not going to help
the poor man or anyone else
permanently under a profits
system, unless someone first
provides profits, or the prospects
of some.
The Washington times., 1938-05-31
Pair Given Life
In Agents Death

ELIZABETH CITY, N. c.. May
81 QN.SO.-Two rum runners
were sentenced to Atlanta. Ga,
Federal prison for life today for
the murder of j. w. Jackson, jr.,
Federal alcohol tax unit, March 8.
The two men, Bernard Erwin Roy,
ais and Joe Thomas West, pleaded
guilty to charges of having shot
Jackson as the latter attempted
to halt their auto, in which they
were carrying illicit whisky to Nor,
folk, Va. Federal Judge l. M.
Meekins imposed the sentences.
The Washington times., 1938-05-31
Dear Washington By Helen Eonv

two pet servant stories of her
recording secretary general.
Mrs. William Kennedy Her
rim, jr.
A Tale of miss Dixie"
MRS. HERRIN comes from
WI Mississippi. where she is
known by all shades of citizens
as Miss Dixie" When she re-
turned from a recent lecture
tour she was thus interviewed
by her cook. Eliza:
Miss Dixie, how come you
is able to talk out in meetin'
SO much?"
why, Eliza, it's very simple.
I just stand up and think a
little"
Stand up and think little!
Goodness, Miss Dixie! When I
stands up my brain sets right
down."
TT was also Eliza who having
l. been loaned out during a
summer holiday to a friend
returned to Miss Dixie" with
a classic remark. Miss Dixie,
I gather. is famous for her good
meals. The friend is famous
for her elegant table. excess of
serving plates, finger bowls.
doilies, candles and general put
tin on of dawgD When Eliza
was welcomed home by Mrs.
Herrin she exclaimed:
Il sure am glad to get back
here again. E. Oh yeSsum, that
other madam was a nice lady
all right. =. Oh yessum, she
was good to me. But to
tell you the truth, Miss Dixie,
her dining room table almost
got me down. They was
just too much shakin' of the
dishes for the fewness of the
food"
The Washington times., 1938-05-31
The Building Slump

Building dullness tells the
story of the boom that did not
occur as result of the housing
bills passed early this session.
1t is a case of printing that has
not primed. Under the new
laws, during the first four
months of this year, construc-
ton was IS per cent less than
the first four months of last
year.
Although there was an in
crease in March in residential
and nonresidential construction,
there was a small decline in
April when there should have
been a large seasonal increase.
Current building is running
4 per cent ahead of this time
last year, but only because there
was a bad drop at this time last
year. Most of it is the publicly
financed kind.
The good news about inven-
tory decline is based largely on
an adjusted Commerce Depart
ment index of department store
stocks. 1t shows these stocks de-
clined from a peak of Is last
August to SO this April. Last
April this index stood at 76.
However, as sales are down Is
per cent, the stocks are really S
per cent higher on this current
buying level than on the old one.
The Washington times., 1938-05-31

They will make their way to
Point Barrow, Alaska. on the
Arctic Ocean coast, and will erect
a stone monument near the spot
where Rogers and Wiley Post lost
their lives in a plane crash on
August ID, 1885.
The inscription will read:
will Rogers and Wiley Post
ended life's flight here-August
Is, 1885"
The three who will leave here
tomorrow are DR.. Homer Flint
Kellams, Delaware, Okla, min
lister; DR.. Roy R. Curtis, minister,
of Hillsboro, Tex, and Edward
Martin, Of Hillsboro. At Seattle,
they will pick UP Wilmer F.. Sims,
of Claremore, Okla, a friend Of
Will Rogers.
The Washington times., 1938-05-31
1O4,967 in Year
Enter California

LOS ANGELES, May 81 G.N.S0
Exactly 104, 967 persons moved into
and adopted California as their
home State in 1887, it was an
nounced today. OF this number,
according to figures released by the
State public health department,
1882 we're migratory workers
and their families.
The Washington times., 1938-05-31

Undoubtedly the prettiest
women in the country live in
Washington. Look at the lovely
faces and figures the beauty
contest of The Times and
Herald have discovered. Can
Hollywood exhibit any more be-
quilting creatures?
These beauties who we're blush
ing unseen until washington
Lovelies, the Winchell Sweep
The Washington times., 1938-05-31
WPA INFLUENCE
IN TURNING VOTE
eyed BY CHIEFS
Both Parties Watch
Results in States
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY


WPA politics in the States held
the concentrated interest of ma
tional leaders of both political
parties today as Congress rushed
toward early adjournment. More
than ever now the members want
to get back home. They're worried.
What price WPA support?"
|. is the question they want an
swered-fast.
In the face of the rising storm
over the use of Federal funds to
influence local elections. John L.
Lewis and the CLIO, the issue in
half a dozen recent contests. were
all but lost in the dust cloud
which swirled about the New
Deals political program.
The Washington times., 1938-05-31

gest that magazine and book
publishers substitute their photo
graphs for those of the real
authors of best sellers. You
know how disappointing it Is
after having read a limpid love
story to discover its writer a grim
and shop-worn female.
Indeed I wish the picture edi-
tor would run view of Golden
Mirror maiden at the top of
this column instead of-WelI
never mind.
Let's get under way with
other vagrant thoughts and
things as they should be. The
question is-wouldn't Mr.. Ickes
and his charming young bride
have had more privacy and fewer
pages of publicity and wire
The Washington times., 1938-05-31
DEMOCRATS KICKING

Nor did the big wind appear to
be coming from the G o P wind
makers. After all, Republicans
have been denouncing the New
Deal and many of it's works for
five years. And nothing happens
except bigger pluralities for the
New Deal. But when Democrats
open up on their own program,
it's news. And that is what is hap
pening.
Most significant of all, there
were indications today that Big
Jim Farley may take a hand in
the intra-party row now develop
ing on Capitol Hill, with efforts
to restrict the use of relief funds
and penalize political activities of
WPA field workers as the storm
center. The political genius who
organized" Franklin Roose e t
into the White House is known
to be boiling over the activities of
Harry Hopkins, big chief Of the
WPA, in attempting to swing
State elections in favor of New
Deal candidates. And at the Capt.
toll New Deal Senator who until
now has never strayed from the
reservation-Carl Hatch of New
Mexico-is the leading the fight
to do something about it.
BARKLEY DEMANDS WPA AID
Topping it off. Democratic
Leader Alben Barley, of Ken
lucky, opposed for reelection this
year by Gov. Harry Happy"
Chandler and the State machine,
insists that since his opponent is
using the State pay roll against
him, he ought to have-and with
out question has it so far-the
militant support of the WPA and
whatever other influences the Ma
tional Administration in Washing
ton can bring to bear in his behalf.
There wouldn't be the row there
is about the situation, or at least
the storm wouldn't have reached
its present intensity, if it weren't
for two things:
First. Hopkins remark about
Iowa, where he said he would sup
port Representative Otha D.
Wearin, of Hastings, against his
opponent, Senator Gillette, if he
were voting in that State Wearin
being an enthusiastic New Dealer.
LEADERS TEST WIND
Second, the impending passage
of new notwithstanding bill, put
ting another billion and a half or
Whereabouts in Hopkins hands for
spending in the States during the
next seven months.
These two circumstances have
famed the winds of criticism into
storm which threatened either
to result in restrictive language in
the spending bill designed to halt
Hopkins and his aides, or to be-
come major issue in the fall cam
paign-or both.
The Washington times., 1938-05-31

employment figure is obtained
by counting the men at work on
a certain day. Rail loadings
are up solely because Southwest
wheat is starting to move.
Sales are down after an early
Easter and bad shopping
weather.
The Washington times., 1938-05-31

S t a k e S and
the G o ! d e n
Mirror found
t h e m, ar e
more genuine
ly pretty than
many of the
better known
women whom
we are led to
believe ire
SiStible.
Their bright
e eS should
be used by
smart adver-
tiSerS. I Sug-
The Washington times., 1938-05-31

The trouble disclosed by these
figures IS simple and well under
stood. The industrial decline
continues to be general, but is
led by motors and the total alb
sence of railroad equipment
buying, which in turn has
caused decline in steel produc-
ton. Pay rolls are down more
than employment because part
time work is spreading. (The
The Washington times., 1938-05-31
Rogers Memorial
Journey to Start

LONG BEACH. Cal, May 81 QNS).-In 35-foot motor
boat three will begin 2O00me journey tomorrow to
tribute to the memory Of the late Will Rogers:
The Washington times., 1938-05-31
The Business Chart

The way things have been go
ing since the depression started
last August is clearly shown by
the monthly business chart. 1t
discloses industrial production
has fallen only 5 points in the
last five months, an average Of
a point a month. From August
to December, an equal period, it
fell 81 points, or an average OF
512 points month.
Each of the following figures
is seasonally adjusted, except
factory employment and pay
rolls, and all are based on 1928
Is averages as 100. They are
official Government figures, ex-
cept for the current month.
The Washington times., 1938-05-31
PROPHETS PUZZLED
BYTRADETRENDS
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
By PAUL MALLoN

AWOrId Syndicate All
n o strictly prOhibied)
ID ARELY before has there been such conflict the
~ prophets of highest standing who read the business
R.I..-
The Washington times., 1938-05-31

photos if they had slipped
around the corner to a marriage
pilot in Elkton than by calling
the attention of the entire world
to their wedding with a spectac-
ular dash across the ocean to
that little spot in Ireland? The
moral is. if you would be diScov-
cred, travel incognito.
X X
Annapolis Is Mecca
TUNE week at Annapolis is the
d essence of romance and
drama. Beauty and the savlors
of our nation by sea hold the
stage in thrilling peace time
maneuvers. Everybody who can
manage to get down to the
Naval Academy goes. Naturally.
Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr.,
new president general of the
D. A. r.. who lives in Annap-
oils, where her late husband
taught at the Naval Academy,
will have nice part in the June
Week ceremonies. On WedneS-
day afternoon she will award
the D. A. RS annual prize, a
pair of binoculars, to the mid
shipman excelling in seaman
ship.
Mrs. Robert, by the way. is a
president general after my own
heart. She looks like her Of
flee. She is tall and statuesque
and wears smart clothes. Hap
PLY, she doesn't plan to make
the world over in a single ad-
ministration. Size will keep on
with the good works already
started" Sort of finish up un-
finished business.
Also Mrs. Robert has a sense
of humor if she does know her
patriotic stars and bars. At the
charming luncheon given in her
honor by another Marylander,
Mrs. William Stanley, at Laurel,
Mrs. Robert retold delightfully."-
The Washington times., 1938-05-31

AuUulC 1OL AhIs AtOOSC NClCs
A conscientious effort to
collect their studied outlooks
shows the following variety Of
response Gall the more signifi-
cant because up to now there
has been a unanimity of opinion
for certain upturn in the falD:
No. /. THE spend-lend pro-
gram announced in the middle
Of April will begin to take effect
in mid-July. Business is likely
to start about then to take hold
on its own initiative without
getting the things it has been de-
manding from government.
Current yammering of poll
ticians has retarded recovery,
probably will continue to do so
until after the November cleo
tons.
No. 2. Last summer all the
newspapers, all the trade journ-
ais, all the business men, were
unanimous in predicting an up
turn in the fail. A downturn
developed instead. All winter,
the same seerS predicted spring
recovery. Now they are forecast
ing fall again. l see no evidence
of an upturn. If it comes in the
fall, it will probably not be a
~ curve, but a w as it was in
1884"
No. 3. Business is going into
the dull season-May, June,
July-and is sliding off a little
more than Seasonally.
There are a few encouraging
signs such as the decline in in
ventories, new financing; but
nothing to indicate definitely
that a broad upturn is at hand"
No. 4. CA leading New Deal
financier and the only non
economist in the group THE
smart thing to do now is to buy
buy anything-and hang on
to it,"
The Washington times., 1938-05-31

two pet servant stories of her
recording secretary general.
Mrs. William Kennedy Her
rim, jr.
The Washington times., 1938-05-31

Lovely Sterling Silver candlesticks
in patrician design. pa" high.
Weighted bases. Special Anniyer-
sary feature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-18

ing part: Betty Duarte, Juanita Reynolds, Laura Skinner, Wallace Bush. George Crowder and Frank lin Fisher. One hundred and twen- ty questions, covering time periods varying from African background to the present day and including Afri- can, West Indian and American Negro history, were asked.
 Dr. James M. Lee conducted the quiz. The scorekeepers were Cyn- thia Mott, Mrs. Leila T. Alexander and Matthew Mott. Prizes were won by Laura Skinner with 12 points out of a possible 20 and George Crowdar with 13 points out of 20.
 Mrs. Myrtle Davis, chairlady of the program committee, presented re- port on the mothers and daughters banquet held last Thursday eve- ming. The committee in charge of this affair included: Cynthia Mott, Mrs. Marybelle Hardy, Victoria Jones, Margaret Copeland. Dorothy Savage, Della Johnson, Mrs. M. H. Ward, and Mrs. Leila T. Alexander.
 The walters were David Holmes, Levi Leach, Julius Harrison and James Spann. Program numbers were offered by Juanite Reynolds, Annie Harrison, Laura Skinner, Gym thia Mott, Margaret Copeland, Dor othy Savage. Josephine Craig, and Mrs. Margaret Foust.
 Mrs. John Mott spoke on behalf of the mothers and Mrs. M. H. Ward responded. Seventy-five attended the banquet. --.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-18
BRASS EMPLOYES VOTE TOMORROW
Representation in Collec= tive Bargaining to Be
 Definitely Decided

American Brass Co. employees will vote tomorrow on whether they wish to be represented in collective bar gaining by the Metal Workers as- sociation of Waterbury, the Water bury Brass Workers union, oI neither of these groups.
 Balloting will take place in both north and south plants. Voting will begin at 6:30 a. m. and end at 4:3O p. III. Eligible are all employees ex- cept clerks and office help, watch men, foremen and supervisors.
 Both the association, which is al, independent union, and the Brass Workers union. which is a CIO af- filiate, will have observers at the polls. The election is in charge o1 the National Labor Relations Board NLRB representatives, company officials and union leaders will meet tonight to make final plans for the balloting tomorrow.
 The Brass Workers union will sponsor an open air mass meeting tonight in Duggan square, Brook lyn. Speeches will be given in Eng fish, Italian and Lithuanian. The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock. Company employees may vote foi either union or may vote no choice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-18
Italian Federation

Popular radio and stage stars will lend their talents at the sec ond annual minstrel and dance sponsored by the Italian-American Federation of Societies and Clubs on Friday evening. The curtain will rise at 8 o'clock sharp in Buckingham hall that night and such popular entertainers as Doris, Lucille and Helen Dl Mo- dugno, betetr known as the Three D's, aided and abetted by that ac- compl1shed guitarist Fred Bredic, Johnnie Grappone, our icty's Bobby Breen, will show their wares for your approval. For your further pleasure Miss Grace Rossi and Bob Arcari will render vocal selections, and performing in a modern dance Interpretation will be Lillian Mccoy and Umberto Johnson.
 And to fill your cup of joy to the full Betty Dupre, noted radio vocalist, will lend her voice in song as will Lucia Matarazzo, Rita Pernatozzi, Angeline Masi, Adri- ami Tammaro. Margaret Bene- vento, Olga Ciarlella, Elain Bar bieri, Lillian Cacciano and Vir- ginia Tuele.
 Peter DiLeo is chairman of the committee and Nicholas zappone, secretary.
 The final meeting of all con- nected with the minstrel will be held tomorrow night.