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The Washington times., 1938-03-05
GROUP TO FIGHT
FOR UNDERPASS

A subcommittee of the Washing
ton Board of Trade will urge Sen
ate and House conferees to retain
in the 1889 District budget funds
for the construction of a new
Pennsylvania Avenue bridge and
an underpaSs at Dupont Circle.
This decision was reached at a
meeting of the bridges and streets
and avenues committees of the
trade group yesterday at the Har-
rington Hotel. Members of the
subcommittee are George V. Ora
ham, chairman of the streets and
avenues committee: George C.
Shinn, chairman of the bridges
committee, and DR.. Llewellyn Jor-
dan and Washington 1. Cleveland.
The proposal to substitute a
medical examiner for the position
of coroner was Endorsed in princi-
pie by the law and legislation COM
mittee.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
TOM SURVIVES
F|END'S POISON

Tom is recovering today, while
the vigilante committee organized
in the southeast section of the
city to search for the fiend who
has been poisoning pets redcubled
it's efforts.
Tom is a Maltese cat, owned by
E. B. zander, 1924 Alabama Ave.
S. E., and beloved of all children
in the neighborhood, especially
tWo-year-old Frances Zander.
The poisoner loaded food with
strychnine and Tom ate it and
almost died. Prompt work by a
veterinary saved his life.
The poisoner has been working
in the Anacostia area several
months and has made frequent
forays into the northwest section,
causing the death of scores of
pets,
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
Air Service
WdshingtOn-NOrfOLk
Flights Begin April I

Announcement of Inauguration
dates for three new routes of the
Pennsylvania central Airlines was
made by C. Bedell Monro, presi.
dent.
The PittSburgh-Buffalo route
will open on March Is; Pittsburgh
Baltimore on March "a, and Wash
ington-Norfolk on April l.
First trial flight over the Pitts
burgh-Buffalo route was made on
March l. Other test runs will be
made almost daily until the ten
required by the Department OF
Commerce have been completed.
The Pittsburgh Baltimore flight
will give the Maryland metropolis
its first direct outlet to the West,
while Norfolk will get first sched-
uled air service by the new route
to the Capital.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05

often said before, why in
Heavens name don't the Sen
ate and the House repeal some
of the silly taxes and let bus
iness get started again? The
stock market is all wound up
in red tape and, while this is
far beyond my understanding,
I can only gather from what
I read in the newspapers" as
my dear friend Will Rogers
used to say. that things would
take a decided upward swing
If mir 1aw.nnakinr hodieS
The Washington times., 1938-03-05

the party needed some alb
sentee voters. For you who
live in the voteless District,
an absentee voter is one away
from the State at the time
ballot boxes are open and who
may vote by mail.
These Republicans saw the
advantages of the cemetery
population in the present state
of their party. Although the
night was dark, they plodded
cheerfully around among the
graves. One Republican held
The Washington times., 1938-03-05

Their eventful funeral march"
will be followed by CHS. with
short-wave apparatus from an
automobile and N.B.C. will have
a microphone set up at Fifteenth
and New York Avenue Northwest,
to give listeners a graphic descrip-
tion.
The parade marks the official
opening of National Used Car
Exchange Week here by order of
the District Commissioners. First
customer of the week was Henry
]. Schade, of 1400 H st. N. w.
He walked into the Cherner
Motor Company. 1718 Florida
Ave. N. w. at one minute past
midnight and came out the
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

the taxation; it has to be done by our body of
Representatives. / would have bet my last dollar
and I haven't many left-that that was the
first thing they would tackle when they came
back this last time.
AS far as can see, the big business men have
been willing to go ahead and everybody seems to
be waiting on our highly esteemed House and Sen
ate to right things Two or three big corporations
have recently passed dividends. Now there may
be chance that "big business" is trying to freeze
the President out of the White House. but, having
known many of these men, can't believe they
would destroy themselves to get even" with some
one they disliked After all, we have all got to
pull together.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
PARKING METER
TANGLE DELAYS
D. C. FUND BILL
Final Action Expected
In Senate Monday

District appropriations for 1899,
stalled in the Senate over the
weekend, appeared headed for
final action there Monday before
gong to conference with the
House over such controversial
Items as underpaSses, the Penn.
sylvania Avenue Bridge, a pro-
posed National Guard Armory
and other public projects on
which the two legislative bodies
have reached conflicting con.
IClusjonS.
Parking meters halted the an.
MA. appropriation bill in a head.
long flight toward passage at $40
last evening.
In the 40 minutes it was before
the Senate only $4,000 was added
to the $48, 8,156,328 total repre-
sented by the bill as reported to
the Senate, plus projects covered
by committee amendments. Thera
were several changes as Senators
switched items about or knocked
out Objectionable provisions while
inserting others more to their lik.
ing.
Senate changes in the bill in.
cluded the following, in addition
to approving ell of the remaining
committee amendments except
that dealing with parking meters:
Added $4,000 to the sum avail.
able for the custodial force of the
public schools, on motion Of
Senator Copeland CD of New
York. Senator Thomas explained
the committee already had pro-
vided money enough to insure
them a IS monthly increase in
pay, but Senator Copeland thought
they should have a little more, and
the Senate approved.
Approved an appropriation of
$15O,000 to buy previously
settled site on East Capitol Street
for new National Guard Armory.
Voted 100000 for new reser.
voir in the Soldiers Home
Grounds, to be charged against
the Districts water fund.
Charged the $765,000 street.
lighting appropriation to the gen.
eraI fund.
HOSPITAL ACTION
Knocked out a House provision
for six new fulltime physicians at
Gallinger Hospital, to be appointed
without reference to Civil Service
requirements, and stipulated that
SIS 900 of the hospitals total ap-
preparation for personal services
should be used to employ adGi.
tional nurses instead of additional
physicians.
Put the family limit for home
care of dependent children, cut
by the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee from $75 to $50, back to
the original $75 per month.
Approved an appropriation o.
$500, 900 for a new Pennsylvania
Avenue bridge over the AnacoStia
River.
OK'd the Senate Appropriations
Committees substitution Of a new
Massachusetts, Avenue bridge over
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
for the House project calling for
a grade separation structure where
K Street crosses the Parkway.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05

IT'S story about Republican virtue And
l. they tell it at the Democratic National Com
mittee (see Mrs. May Thompson Evans, assis-
tant director of the women's division). So, OF
course, it must be true.
Two wshful Republicans were wandering
ebout graveyard taking down the names on
tombstones. It was soon to be election day and
The Washington times., 1938-03-05

approximated $4,000, ,0O0, 900,
$500, 100000 of which lin
Guiding the special outlay Of
$1,673, ,000,0 900 for soldiers
bonus) was Federal.
Washington Spenders have
paid scant heed to pleadings
that they become less extrava-
CANT but, through proper or
ganization, more effective in
fluence can be brought to bear
upon nearer-home governing
bodies.
The three themes most often
The Washington times., 1938-03-05

owner of a modernized 1886 used
car.
The publicity climax will come
Monday night at 8 p. IN. when the
"jalopies" will be burned at New
York and West Virginia Avenues
Northeast. Elder Lightfoot Sol
omon Michaux, Washington's
famous colored cleric, will de-
liver a funeral oration as the
"death-trap" autos go up in
smoke. Major Ernest w. Brown,
chief of police, will head the
parade, accompanied by large
police escort. George Keniepp,
manager of the local keystone
Automobile Club. is parade chair
man.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
People Largely to Blame

OF course, frankly blame the people of the
" United States for not writing to their Con-
gressmen and Senators. When you come right
back to the point. of the whole thing, it's the
people who put these men in and you can bet they
are going to do what their constituents want them
to do. President Roosevelt can't sit up in the
White House and scribble few lines and take off
The Washington times., 1938-03-05

the lantern high. The other wrote the names
down. At one tombstone they stopped. All. here
was fellow with four names-"Joseph Johnson
Henry Blackburn"
cts good for two votes anytime" said the
fellow with the pad and pencil.
What" shouted the fellow with the lantern,
outraged. Put that name down twice and I'll
bust tire lantern. Man alive, don't you know
this is an honorable job we're workin on!'
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
Hard Times May Come

44U'W H''Ss 1NWv Cutie
IT'S New Deal shuttle of the cards. Poor
people must be taken care of and fed; business
must be allowed to expand and. while have no
fear for this country in the end if they don't get
move on themselves up there on Capitol Hill, we
may go through very hard time, with dictator
in the White House. and then we will really know
what fear and want actually are.
When you consider that this country is not as
highly taxed as any other country, that when
they catch spies they at least have fair trial
they are not stood up against a wall and shot
down by the dozen-and that our freedom of the
press still exists don't think we have done so
badly, when you look at the rest of the world.
Again say let's put our own house in order,
have it fully protected attend to our own bus
iness, and do away with this cry, FEAR FEAR,
FEAR!"
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
My Say
PALM BEACH.

7 SEE that Bernard Baruch has been talking
frankly to the Senate investigating committee
about the different taxes which have mentioned
repeatedly in these articles of mine.
Now, there's no use saying that this country is
going to the dogs because it isn't. The American
people are too fine and splendid and in the end
will stick together and pull it out But, as have
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
Indiana Society Party

QEFCRE the ink has dried on the check that
- paid for that $500 McNutt welcome home
party ct the Mayflower comes the big news OF
another Hoosier jamboree "in no way political"
The Indiana Society, of which Republican
Douglas Whitlock is president. will give this Sec
ond party at the Wardman Park Hotel next
Friday evening
Every 1ndianan you've ever heard Democrat
or Republican. from Booth Harrington to carole
The Washington times., 1938-03-05

A permanent bureau has been established in
the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce to assist the
countrywide organization in securing adoption
of the recommendations.
Explained one authority: "The experience Of
the last five years convinced us that we can't
do much about the efficiency and cost of the
National Government. But when it comes to
local government-the government of our city
and county, to which We pay the largest share
of our taxes-we feel that we can do something.
We feel, too, that this decision of ours and the
methods we are using are important because our
conditions and needs are broadly typical of those
in most cities"
Interested parties in other cities can obtain
details from the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
Special Effort to MoUe Stock

THE largest department store in point of volume
south of the Mason and Dixon Line, Rich's
of Atlanta, began 1888 with 40 per cent less in
ventory than it had on hand IL months earlier
This concern was established three years after
Sherman wiped out Atlanta. Away before the
end of last year the management-headed by
Walter H. Rich, Frank Nicely Tecently elected
chairman of the Federal Reserve BanD and
Richard H. Rich, grandson of the founder
concluded that special effort must be made to
move stock because of looming slackening Of
activity and the prospect of lower prices. This
policy proved most profitable In many lines
fresh supplies became available for CASH at
advantageous prices.
Walter H. Rich, quzzed about the outlook
told me: 1--WE expect that volume for the first
half of this year will be about the same as last
year. Our February turnover has broken about
even. We have managed to keep our net ratio"
Copyright. 1885 by C. Forbes)
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
Lecture-Exhibit
On Ballet Planned

Lisa Gardiner, director of Wash
ington National Ballet. will present
a demonstration lecture on the
dance, at 8 p. m. today in Sidwell
Friends School gymnasium, 1901
Wisconsin Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
In World of Finance ByB c. Forbes

I OCAL and State government costs the people
- of this country more than even the gigantic
amount the Federal Government spends. In
1886 total expenditures by all governing bodies
The Washington times., 1938-03-05

brought UP by citizens in conversation during
my rather extensive recent travels are: National
politics; increasing taxation; business conditions.
Briefly, dissatisfaction is voiced over all three
However the South has been faring relatively
well economically. The Federal Government has
distributed large sums to tillers of the soil and
trade has kept up better than in most other areas
The South is also coming along induStrlally.
Atlanta Cited as Example
A TLANTA is doing something which should
"A interest cities all over the continent It has
carefully planned movement to bring about
more efficient and more economical county and
municipal government.
Through joint action by the City Of Atlanta.
the County of Fulton and the Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce, Dr. Thomas H. Reed, of the Ma
tional Municipal League, was engaged to make
q thorough examination of county and city
governmental conditions and to make recon-
mendations for their improvement. This survey
required six months. 1t is now completed.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
Women Who Don't Drink

Women Who Don't Drink
ADD to Washington Women Who Don't
"A Drink: Mrs. Cordel Hull Senator Hattie
Caraway, Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone and Repre-
sentative Edith Nourse Rogers.
Mrs. Larz Anderson is planning to go a-wander-
ing in her new trailer as soon as the final ar
rangements are completed for the transfer of
her house at Massachusetts, Avenue to the Sons
of the Cincinnati.
The recent vote of the Metropolitan Club on
the proposed innovation of admitting women to
the clubhouse after o'clock counts up to al
most four to one in favor of the ladies.
Why Ishbel Wed Ridgley
ONE of the young secretaries at the big red
" brick Queen Anne Museum of the British
embassy has explained why Miss 1shben MacDon-
aid, once mistress at 10 Downing Street, has
married the village handy-man Miss Macdonald,
says the secretary as the daughter of the prime
minister, Ramsay Macdonald, had long associa.
ton with statesmen. Shed heard them promise
with great gestures to make the world better
place in which to live-and the promise had
ended mostly as it had begun-in oratory.
But here in Mr.. Ridgley, the handy-man of
Old Plough Inn. was fellow who went concretely
about the business of improving the world Miss
Macdonald had once been engaged to peer of
the realm. But Mr.. Ridgey's virtues were more
tangible. He could be counted on to dig ditch
put in new fuse If the lights went out paint
the house, put up shelves. wash the car. or answer
the door bell. Here, wisely reasoned the sensible
Scotch lasSie. was a man any woman could pin
her faith on!
The Washington times., 1938-03-05

would get together and get down to real work
instead of arguing and fuSsing over relatively un-
important bills.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
'JalOpies' Are Paraded
Before Meeting End
s ".JalOpie Parade" day.

Today is "Jalopie Parade" day,
The venerable vehicles will be pulled away from Wash
Circle 80 p the tune of several local bands.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
Dear Washington
By Helen Essary

Lombard, everybody who ever wrote poem or
sang song or preached sermon or saved his
money in the bank. will come and perform"
Obviously this coalition gathering is intended
to show that Paul McNutt is White Hope, not
only of Democrats but of every voter at every poll
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
Phone In Tips to The WASH

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
Evening star., 1938-05-01
DOCTORS TO VOTE
ON MEDICAL CARE
Ballot Cards Are Sent to
125,000 for Opinions on
SociaIized Work.
By the Associated pregs.

6y tne ASSOcleted Iress.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 30.-Ballot
cards for voting in a physicians
referendum on socialized medicine
have been mailed to $4,000 United
States doctors by Modern Medicine,
national medical journal published
here. The ballot will attempt to elicit
doctors own opinions on the vital
questions involved in the operation
Of any plan Of socialized medicine.
The questions on which the doctors
are being asked to vote are as follows:
l. Do you believe that reorganiza-
ton Of medical service is necessary to
make adequate medical care available
to all classes Of the United States
population?
2. Do you know Of any case in
your community where an individual
or family, claiming inability to pay,
has been refused whatever medical
care a physician himself could pro-
vide?
3. Do you think that the cost Of
providing adequate medical care for
tAN AiANN4SdAy 1AAuASCAlt dIAu 4OWs
income group families with incomes
below $500 year, should be met
with public funds Qocal and or State
and/o FederaD?
4. Do you approve Of the present
policy Of the American Medical As
ISOLATION in studying all plans for
the wider distribution of a high
standard Of medical care with view
toward helping each community to
solve the problem and administer q
program for itself?
Results Of the poll are expected to
be ready in time for the meeting
Of the American Medical Association
in San Francisco in June.
The magazine said q Nation wide
health survey, recently completed
under the auspices OF the United
Evening star., 1938-05-01
MARCONI MEMORIAL
SITE TO BE STUDIED
Fine Arts Commission Also Will
Weigh Thomas Circle Underpass
At Meeting.

Location Of a projected memorial
to the famous Italian inventor, the
late Guglielmo Marconi, will be taken
up by the Fine Arts Commission when
1t meets Saturday.
This was announced yesterday by
H. p. Caemmerer, executive secretary
Of the commission. Congress has au-
thorized the construction Of the me-
mortal. and its promoters have in
formed the commission they propose
to raise 100000 for the project.
The Thomas Circle underpass,
muras for the new Interior Depart
ment Building. to be submitted by the
section Of painting and sculpture, Pro-
curement Division Of the Treasury De-
partment, and other matters of local
interest, will come before the COM
mission for consideration, Mr.. Caem-
merer asserted.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
CLEANUP DRIVE
SPEED IS URGED
Last Coupon for Children
Trying for Ball Passes
Is Printed Today.

Washington children who want to
earn free admission to Grifnth Sta
dium for the American League game
on Cleanup Day" must hurry, j. w.
Brabner-Smith. chairman Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Junior Board
Of Commerce, which Is sponsoring the
city-wide cleanup campaign, an
nounced yesterday.
In today's Star, the children who
are eligible for one Of the 1000 free
tickets given by the Washington Base
ball Club will find the last baseball
coupon to be printed during the cam
paign.
II their cleanup work Is not yet
finished, or even started for that mat
ter, they should clip this coupon and
save it for later use.
-School children IL years and older
are eligible. The free tickets are linn
tied to one child in a family. District
playground directors and the District
Playground Department, under Miss
Sibyl Baker. are acting as certifying
agents for the coupons.
50 Teams Organized.
Fifty playground teams are now be-
ing organized to clean up as many un-
slightly lots, and children on these
teams will have q chance to win base
ball tickets II they are among the first
1000.
More than 1000 of the Junior Board
volunteer Firemen Cleanup Squad"
badges already have been given mem
bers Of the Boys Clubs, Boy Scouts
and to other Washington youngsters
who have been engaged in the clean
up activity In connection with the
campaign, officials said.
Every boy who does any work Of
cleaning up vacant lots. back yards or
alleys is entitled 10 a badge" Robert
Lee O'Brien, jr, chairman Of the
Cleanup Campaign Committee, said.
I'VE would be pleased If every boy in
town was q member of the cleanup
squad. Instead Of being firemen to
put out fires. they are preventing
fires"
The buttons, donated by a group of
fire insurance executives. may be OBJ
onAASA op 0AAy VI ~ LIlC
Offices of the Junior Board in The
Star Building.
Instructions Are Repeated.
For the benefit of late-comers in the
campaign, The Star carries herewith
instructions for turning the coupon
accompanying this article into base
ball ticket.
Fill in your name and age and state
the location and nature Of the clean
up work you have done.
If the work was at your home, have
your father or mother sign the center
line designated Signature of Over
seer"
II you were on q neighborhood
cleanup squad. your team captain
should sign on that line. II you helped
clean up q public playground, the
playground director should sign as
your overseer.
All coupons are being cleared
through the Fairgrounds. Therefore
all Boy and Girl Scouts, members OF
the Metropolitan Police Boys Club,
the Boys Club Of Washington, Set
tlement Houses, the Twelfth Street
Y. M. @. A. ad other groups may, II
Evening star., 1938-05-01
BIDS FOR 8 VESSELS

The Navy Department will open bids
on June "a for the construction Of
eight vessels, Secretary Swanson an
npunced yesterday. The new con-
struction will consist Of four destroy
ers, three submarines, and . fleet tug.
Congress made funds available for
the building Of these ships In the 1889
Appropriation Act. The Vinson-Tram-
NELL bill Of March ~, 1884, authorized
the destroyers and submarines, while
the Naval Auxiliary Act Of last July
30. directed the building Of the neet
tug.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
URBAN LEAGUE TO AID
COL0RED BEING FORMED
Organization Will Devote Itself
to Economic and Social
Problems of Race.

Efforts are being made here to es-
tablish q branch Of the Urban League
to devote itself to the economic and
social problems Of the colored resi-
dents Of Washington, 1t was announced
yesterday.
The league has a branches in 30
cities, with the main objective being
the development Of Job opportunities
for Negroes.
Heading the local committee is Dr.
Garnet c. Wilkinson, assistant super
intendent Of schools in charge OF the
colored division. Other committee on
GERS are Belford v. Lawson. Mrs. v.
g. Williams. Maj. Campbell c. John
son. Mrs. Muriel Alexander, John r.
Pinkett and Edward p. Lovett.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
MILK TOO HIGH IN D. c.,
A. A. A. COUNSEL HOLDS
Prices Above Boston, Philadelphia,
New York and Baltimore,
Montgomery Writes.

The price of milk and cream in
Washington is too high, Donald
Montgomery, consumers counsel Of
the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration, said yesterday in a letter
to Mrs. John Boyle, jr., chairman Of
the Washington Consumers Council.
He pointed out. however, that the re-
tail price per quart Of milk here prob
ably will remain at II cents.
store and delivered prices paid
here for association (the Maryland
and Virginia Milk Producers Associa-
tion) milk are higher than prices paid
In Boston. New York. Philadelphia and
Baltimore Mr.. Montgomery wrote.
Retail cream prices are even fur
ther above retail prices in these other
cities
1T Is reported that the quality Of
milk delivered in the District Is ex-
ceptionally good, but I haven't heard
responsible allegations that the quail
ity Of milk delivered in these other
cities Is In any way detrimental to
health or nutrition Of customers"