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The Washington times., 1938-12-24

APOLLO-Sunday, Monday ana Tues
day day: Fred MacMurray and Ray
Mlland In Men with winRs."
Wednesday and Thursday: Enrol Flynn
and Bette Davis in The Sisters" FRI
with Bonita Granville. Saturday: Jane
Withors in Always in Trouble" ana
Jack Oakie and Ruth Donnelly in
"Annabel Takes q Tour" Spiders
Wah.n No. /: Disney Cartoon.
Evening star., 1938-05-08

IKE o young girl going to her first
boil. Washington went to the polls
recently and voted thot it would like 70
do so regularly. For it hos been 64
yeors since the lost Woshine etonion hos
hod on opportunity to mork one. Con-
9ress. according to reports. is impressed
BY the overwhelming mojorities in fovor
OF not'onoI representation ond local
suftroee
Evening star., 1938-09-25
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

sweety "How's every little thing in Detroit"
Mr.. Bournes round red face broke into
broad grin. why, fne )" he said heartily. 'Say,
you're getting prettier every day. We want -
He bought four packs of cigarettes and tipped
Angel dollar.
"Amazing memory, hasn't she?" He beamed
at his companions as she moved off. You
know, l haven't been here in six months"
A drunk at table nine tried to hold Angels
hand. Amos, the waiter, quickly moved up
behind her. house rule. The management
knew that no man, drunk or sober, likes to be
seen or overheard making an ass of himself.
Angel slipped away. A woman at table six
shrilly demanded brand of cigarettes that
Angel didn't have and had never heard of. A
man at the bar said he'd be damned if he d pay
twenty-five cents for package of fifteen-cent
cigarettes. Insolently he flung the pack back
at the tray. 1t missed and landed on the floor.
Before Angel could move, strong, well-cared-
for hand scooped the cigarettes off the floor
and returned them to the tray. Swine, Angel
Puff, should be kept in hog pens" Dayton said
softly. DO you agree?"
''Yes," Angel said, with singing emphasis,
and stalked off. BY the time she got out in the
foyer she felt perfectly miserable. Why had she
been so rude? He had done very thoughtful
and courteous thing and she - Dejectedly she
sat down on the silver bench.
Eileen leaned over the cloak room shelf.
Joey says" she began
Joey" Angel thought - If only had a
beau like Joey, I'd be happy like Eileen,
wouldn't think about - about -"
"Joey says" Eileen went on, "for two dol
lars down and two dollars month for eight
months we can get genuine diamond engage
ment ring. But think it would be smarter to
put that money down on bedroom suite,
don't you?"
1.-THE bedroom suite would be more prac-
tical," Angel agreed, but think it would be
nice to have an engagement ring. You only get
Evening star., 1938-09-25

about which he knew nothing, but loved to talk.
As Angel left the club, Sam, the doorman,
stopped her. ''Pete was BY" Sam said. He
asked me to say he's taking the night off. His
friend Mike is driving for him. Pete says Mike
says he'll be glad to give you lift. He's waiting
opposite Hamburger Harry's."
"Oh," Angel said, Il hate to put him out of
his way - but thanks, Sam"
That was like Pete, Angel thought, to think
of her. She walked down to Third Avenue.
There in the shadows opposite Hamburger
Harry's was Petes cab. As she came up the
driver opened the back door.
''Sure, and you'll be Miss Day, now," the
driver said. Get right in. It's glad l am for
your company"
''Why, thanks" Angel said. Its awfully
nice OF you" She settled back luxIiously.
Mike started the cab. I'm thinking of
buying this car and settin up for meself," he
volunteered.
'Honest?" Angel said. She slid forward. How
swell it would be if Pete would sell his cab and
move to the country as he wanted to! Its
swell car" she said. pete takes care of it like
it was baby. Why, I'll bet it's as good as new
handing me bit of Blarney. now?" he said.
He had a big friendly Irish voice.
"Of course not, Angel said. Are you going
to take Petes stand, too? He's got fine stand,
and a real pull with some big doormen."
That's fine thing" the driver said. Il
could take an engine apart and put it together
again blindfolded, but don't know so much
about picking fat fares"
''Oh, you're mechanic" Angel said.
Il worked in factory out in Detroit, the
happiest days of me life, " the driver said.
You'll like driving cab, though" Angel
said. And being an Independent is fine - see,
it's not like being taxi driver, you're sort of
business man.
'Is it a dancer you are?" Mike asked.
(Continved on pose 15)
Evening star., 1938-09-25

2 lous of him. Sure, he's got everything.
oney, swell cars - what good does it do him?
) you think he'd come to joint like this
feht after night, if he was happy? He's got
q erything, and he's bored and miserable We're
. lot happier, honest"
l Hes nothing to me-" Angel said.
"A guy like that doesn't even know how to
teat respectable girl,' Eileen said. why,
6ten, l went with my Joey for six months
efore even kissed him good night didn't
tant to get a bad name And Joey doesn't want
b marry girl with bad name. But guys like
Dayton - they're different. And their girls are
Different too"
III Il know" Angel said. But knowing didn't
rive the hurt away. He's just been trying to
make monkey of me, she thought, and she
wanted to cry.
The bar The white and silver room had mirror
ceiling. The bar was hollow oval of chromium
and white leather. In the center was miniature
dartifcial lake with toy swans floating on the
water.
cigarettes" Angel said Then she saw him
and he smiled and she looked quickly away.
Nonchalant, easy, perfectly tailored, he was
drawling something to his exotic, synthetic
partner. He didn't call Angel over, and she
thanked him for that in a corner of her heart.
She remembered he never sent for her, he al
ways came, himself to find her and stood above
her, drawing indolent, silly things while she
looked at the carpet.
Cigarette girl!'' 1t was Amos, one of the
waters. Table twelve"
| Angel went into the dining room. As she
passed Eric, the head waiter, she paused almost
mperceptibly.
Bourne, big auto man from Detroit" Eric
aid without looking at her.
"Burn?" Angel said, looking into her tray.
Bourne" Eric corrected, and she moved on
TO table twelve.
Good evening, Mr.. Bourne" Angel said
Evening star., 1938-09-25

married once Why not make the most of it?'
Dayton and Tamara came out from the bar.
Eileen handed Dayton his hat, and while he
fished in his pocket for change, she watched
Tamara, sultry, svelte. raven-haired Tamara,
in a flaming sheath of chiffon, idly toying with
her dazzling bracelets.
Good night" Dayton said
Good night" Eileen said. As the door
closed, Angel drew deep sigh.
II Think" Eileen said, "I'd rather have the
bedroom suite. There's something so cheap
about diamonds"
Angel made another round of the club, chirp-
ing like her usual self. Daytons departure had
definitely cleared the atmosphere. She hoped he
wouldn't come back for long time. She hoped
she'd never see him again.
At one o'clock Freddie the page, appeared in
the cloak room with sandwiches and hot coffee.
courtesy of the house.
"How's tricks?" Freddie said.
That hippopotamus in the blue suit at
table four says his friend with the bald head is
a talent scout for motion pictures" Angel
said, land if Eileen and want to meet them
after closing, why ="
Eileen groaned. why don't these guys think
up new gag? That one was pulled four times
last Saturday night"
At half past two Nick, Constantines checker,
arrived He sauntered into the club, looked
around, and came back to the cloak room.
Thinning out" he said. Lets check up and
you kids can go home"
The girls changed into their street clothes.
Pete taking you home?" Eileen said.
Unless he's got fare" Angel said.
Pete was taxi driver who lived in Angels
neighborhood He owned his own cab and kept
it in an uptown garage. Pete said it was no
trouble at all to stop for Angel and drive her
uptown. Pete fancied himself as philosopher,
and welcomed an audience. He liked to hold
forth on the sins of the city, about which he
knew great deal, and the joys of rural life,
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
Repaired D. C. Court
Starts Active Year

The first application for a Ii,
cense was made by Thomas Harper
Larkins, of 1920 S st. N. W., and
Miss Evelyn Stubrud, of GIT Nine
teenth st. N. w.
Stanley M. Harris, a World War
veteran, filed the first lawsuit. His
suit is aimed against the United
States Veterans Administration for
collection of benefits under a
policy of War Risk Insurance.
FIRST EQUITY SUIT
Nita s. Hinman, attorney, filec
the first equity suit Of the year
Miss Hinman filed her suit or
behalf OF a lunatic who has beer
committed to her custody, ano
against the Munsey Trust Com
pany for substitution of trustee Of
property belonging to her ward.
Only enc branch of the court
was in session today. The calen
dar will fall into its swing tomor
row, however, with the empanel
ling of trial and grand jurors fol
the January term.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
3 KOLDUPS HERE
net THUGS $1Ot

Holdup men struck successfully
three times early today and yes
terday, staging one daring foray
within a few hundred feet of po-
lice headquarters.
Threatening Thomas Williams,
50-year-old filling station manager
with death if he resisted, two col
ored bandits held up and robbed
a fuel depot at sol Sixth st. N. w.
The pair escaped in the car
they drove up in, Williams told
headquarters detectives.
Brandishing an automatic pistol,
two young white men walked into
a drug store at $500 Pennsylvania
Ave. N. w. last night and forced
two clerks, Arthur Musher and
Paul Knight, to step behind a
rear partition.
The robbers took $25 from
the cash register and $40 from
Musher's pockets, the two drug
clerks reported.
A lone colored man attacked and
overpowered Howard Young. man
ager of a filling station at 1105
Twenty-first st. N. W., robbing
him of $35. Young was knocked
senseless, he told police.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
BOY, 5, is HERO
IN Tree BLAZE

SILVER SPRING, Md, Jan. 3
Quick thinking on the part Of a
5.year-old boy probably saved the
life Of his 17-year-old brother and
their home from total destruction
when fire broke out in a Christmas
tree, around which five other
brothers and sisters were gathered
here yesterday.
The boy, Richard Klein, son OF
Frederick B. Klein. of 204 Gar
wood ST., was in .he living room
of his home with three brothers
and two sisters, changing the
lights on one Of the two trees
placed on each side Of the fire
place, when one burst into flames
and quickly spread, to the other.
AS the flames mounted, Richard
ran upstairs where his brother,
Herman, II, was sleeping. When
they reached the first floor the
living room was ablaze. Herman
picked up Richard and ran with
him through the flames to safety
outdoors.
Meanwhile, the other children,
Freddy, IA; Dorothy, 13; Helen,
12; Robert, 10, and Charles, 8, had
left the house.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03

United States District Court
today prepared to shake off what
appeared to be a holiday chang
over" but what is actually the
business Of cleaning up following
some very pleasant renovations
that have taken place during the
Christmas recess.
New rubber-tiled floors have
been laid in the courtrooms, re-
placing the unsightly and worn
out cork floors that have been
there for many years. The hang
over" appearance is due to the
stacks of benches and chairs that
have Uttered the corridors while
the floor-layers were working in
the rooms.
FIRST LICENSE
First marriage license issued in
1888 was handed by Mrs. Maude
Rogers Rynex, clerk of the mar
riage license bureau, to Herbert
w. Fowler, and Margaret M. Har-
rington. They made their applica-
ton several days ago.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
Lights For Bridge
TO.Be Ready Soon

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. 8.
The installation of seven $50.
candlepower lights for illumina,
ton of the new $175,000 bridge
over Potomac Yard will be com
pleted within a few days, Virginia
Public Service Company officials
said today.
Lighting will add to other safety
features of the new highway span
which replaced an obsolete iron
structure that was the scene OF
numerous traffic accidents. The
lights will cost the city SITS a
year.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
MUSICAL AND VARIETY

MUSICAL AND VARIETY
7:OO-MUsIC is MY H0BBY=-Dpdley
Bank, who plays the oboe: OsgOod
Rogers, of the American Tele.
phone and Telegraph Co; an ac'I
ney COe, pianist, will be heard
during the program. ...WMAL
7:SO-RADiO JOE-Dedlcates his first
program over WRC to the WRO
audience. The progIam was for
merly heard over WMAL on Tues
s:OO-BTRSs AND ALLEN-tiir;ac;iie viii
announce TO a waiting world her
choice for the ten outstanding
events OF the past year. 1887. So
many requests have flooded George
Burns and Oracle for this partic.
ular choice bit Of information. the
two lunairtics have acceded. Ray
Mobiles orchestra will feature "Pm
Like u Fish Out of Water" WRC|
6:OO-MORTON GOULD'S ORCHESTRA
-MutuaPs daring Young COnduC.
tOr-cOmpOser offers the first per
formance of a new composition,
ecOnd Swing SinfOnietta."
Gould won acclaim two years ago
when LeOpold Stokowskl chose to
have the Philadelphia symphony
perform his Jazz FuEue." VOL
S:OO-BUDDY CLARK ENTERTAIN
Popular music. WJSV
S:3O-PICK AND PAT-Skits by black
face comedians, interpreted with
music by Benny Kreuger's OrChes.
ira and vocalist Edward Rocker;
O:OO-FIBBER MCGEE AND MOLLY
Comedy sketch featuring Jim Jor.
dan and Betty Winkler. Music by
Ted Weems' orchestra WRC
9:3O-HOUR OF CHARM-Phil Spitalny
and his all-Eirl orchestra .WRC
CONCERT
S:3O-ALFRED WALLENSTEIN'S OR.
CHESTRA-Richard Crooks. tenor
star, returns to the program. He
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
Hahn Is Sponsor
For Shoe Exhibit

Edwin Hahn, of William Hahn
& Son, Washington shoe firm
is a member of the committee
sponsoring the Nationa. Shoe Fair,
opening today at the Stevens Hotel
in Chicago.
More than 2O0,0 900 pairs of shoes
will be on display in the 1,100 ex'
hibiS rooms during the four days
of the show, it was said. Maxey
Jarman, of Nashville, Tenn, fair
chairman, predicted that orders
for $5O,OO0,000 worth of shoes
would be placed during that time
The Washington times., 1938-01-03

m, 1853 meg.
PRAGUE, 7:55 P. M.-Variety
Program. OLR4A, 1884 M. 11.84
meg.
LONDON, 8 p. M.-The Swift
Serenade Concert Orchestra. GSD,
25.5 m., 11.75 meg: Csc, 31.3 m,
9.58 meg; GSB. 31.5 M, 9.51 meg
LONDON, 9:15 P. M.-The Band
of His Majesty's Irish Guards
GSD, 25.5 m, Ills meg; Csc,
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
DC. Housing Work
Lags Behind i. S.

dend corporation, is Cne peSt
known example of this type Of
construction in this vicinity.
Across the river in Virginia, it has
1000 apartments Of attractive de-
sign, provided at low rentals for
Washingtonians who would other.
wise be compelled to pay eXorbi-
tant rents in Washington or live
in undesirable houses on the rent
they could afford to pay.
These undesirable houses exist
in all sections of washington. The
worst slums of the city are in the
so-called fashionable Northwest" "
and other sections vie for this
dubious distinction.
There are 5000 families in
Washington with no indoor sani-
tary facilities, 1000 with no inside
running water, and of the $4,000
families paying between $40 and
$50 a month for rent, very few
have inside running water, inside
toilet, connected bath, gas, elec-
tricity, or adequate heat.
In European housing develop
ments, one and tWo-bedroom
houses rent for as little as SITS
a week.
MUCH OVERCROWDING
There are hundreds of examples
of overcroWdinp in Washington
where as many as seven persons
live in one room, at rental of 81
a week, and where six and seven
families in one house use the same
bathroom.
In the face of all this, the only
specific local housing activity is
the alley clearance work Of the
Alley Dwelling Authority. And
even this work is limited in scope,
it's rehabilitation being confined to
alleys. BY specific act of Congress,
the authority is charged with the
responsibility of ridding the city
of alley houses.
Toward this end, the Authority
has purchased property in various
alleys of the city.
Into this picture comes the pos
Sibility of Governbent subsidy Of
law.cost housing for the lowest in
come groups, with differential
rent as a primary consideration.
Should the Government embark
on a program of constructing
large developments at minimum
cost, many social and economic
evils would be overcome.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03

1913 M, 9.58 meg; GSB, 31.5 m,
I9.51 meg.
SCHENECTADY, IL p. Mn,
ternational Shortwave Club Pro
gram. W2XAF, 31.4 M, 9.53 meg.
TOKYO, 12:45 A. M.-Vocal Sc.
lections. JZJ, 25.4 m, 11.80 meg,
SYDNEY, Australia, 4:3O p. M.
Tuesday, Chimes from G. P. o.
Sydney. VK2ME, 31.28 M, 9.59
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
; DIE, z HURT
IN D. c., NEARBY
AUTO ACCIDENTS.
1888 Traffic Toll 0ff|
To Fast Start Here

With the Districts 1888 traffic
toll getting off to a running start
New Year Day, several persons
were injured seriously in local ac-
cidents yesterday and last night
and two persons fatally hurt in
nearby Maryland crashes.
Elizabeth Jackson, 16, colored,
of 616 Morton st. N. w., was the
first District traffic victim of
1887. She died late New Year
Day in Freedmen's Hospital, after
being hit by truck in the $500
block of Georgia Ave. N. w. Pc.
lic1 said Joe Price, 81, colored, who
drove the truck, would appear at
an inquest into the Jackson girls
death.
TIRE FIXER KILLED
While repairing tire on his
car parked on BladenSburg Road
Just over the District Line, Floyd
M. Beauchamp, 30, of the 1900
block of Vista st. S. E., was IA
tally hurt when another machine
crashed into his automobile.
Beauchamp was hurried to
Casualty Hospital, but was pro
nounced dead on arrival. Theo
Maggia, 1000 block of Otis Pl.
N. w., was arrested by Prince
Georges county police on a reck-
less driving charge and was re-
leased in $1,000 bail.
Dominic L. Dell-Erba, Maggia's
passenger, was brought to CaSu-
atty Hospital with lacerations and
bruises.
CHILD'S LEG BROKEN
Injured in an accident at Brent
wood, Md, Saturday night, Mis-
souri, Dade, so, of Brentwood, died
last night at Casualty Hospital.
The driver of the car in which she
was riding, Richardson Stevenson,
81, was still in the same institution
for treatment. Prince Georges
county police arrested George D.
McCorkle, operator of the machine
in collision with the Stevenson
car, on a charge of reckless driv-
ing. He was freed on $100 bond.
Seven-year-old Robert Draper,
1904 Belmont st. N. w., was in.
jured seriously when, police re-
ported, he ran from behind a
parked car into the path Of an
oncoming machine. The boy was
taken to Garfield Hospital with
a broken leg and severe lacera-
tionS.
TAXICAB IN CRASH
Collision of a taxicab and an
other machine on Central Avenue
near Largo, Md, injured six per
sons, all of whom were taken to
Casualty Hospital. The taxicab
driver. Arthur Baursfeld, 40, 1900
block Of S st. N. W., suffered
cuts and bruises.
His three passengers, all from
Annapolis, were John Parker, 20,
who suffered a broken arm; James
Small, 20, and Lillian Rhodes, 10,
cuts and bruises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Davis,
SO and 80, 900 block of Eleventh
st. S. E., received broken ribs
and fractured nose, respectively.
They were IN the other machine.
HITS Two CAR
John A. Nicholson, 20, of Fair.
land, Md, is in Providence Hos
pital suffering from severe in.
ternal injuries received when he
Sideswiped one car and crashed
into another on the Baltimore
Boulevard at Riverdale, Md, early
this morning.
Mrs. Katie Lyons, of Riverdale,
was uninjured.
TiWhfc For RridUn
The Washington times., 1938-01-03

continued from Local Page)
income groups, scared beyond
their ability to pay, and therefore
lost all value as low-cost housing.
Now, however, the United States
Housing Authority is progressing
on a policy of clearing slums and
building in their stead decent
houses that will be rented on the
premise of ability to pay"
REASON is CLEAR
The reason for this is clear. 1t
isn't merely a humanitarian i'm
pulse, although that certainly
would appear to enter into the sit
uation. The Government now
realizes that by lifting slum dwell
erS into acceptable homes, it
would make consumers out of mil
lions of people who, by virtue Of
their penury, are not able to con-
sumo the products of the vast
markets of the country.
Hundreds of thousands of peo-
pie who now use kerosene lamps
for lighting would become con-
sumerS of electricity if they lived
in homes equipped with this con-
venience, which certainly is in
keeping with accepted standards
of living in 1888. I
At the same time, businesses in
brick, lumber, concrete and in the
other materials of construction
would be stimulated. The plumb
ing business, too, would see a
brighter horizon with the installa-
tion of t.throoms for great num-
berS of families who are still using
the tin tub on the kitchen floor
and outdoor "privies.
BENEFIT TO LABOR
Labor would greatly benefit
from a program of public hous-
ing, both from the standpoint of
better housing for workers and
of employment for large numbers
Of persons in industries that such
a program would stimulate.
Employment would be not only
temporarily speeded by work on
the construction of housing de-
velopments but labor would con-
tinue to be in demand with an
increase in consumption of all
products.
The Committee for Industrial
Organization is hopeful for a Gov
ernment appropriation to sub.
sidize construction of apartments
and small homes for the laboring
class, which cannot afford decent
housing because it is too expen.
sive and which Is therefore com.
PEELED to live in substandard
homes.
Business in general has not CO.
operated up to the present time
with the Governments efforts to
stimulate large-scale, lowe t
housing From the beginning, it
was not generally expected that
business would be interested in
building for the very low income
groups because such construction
would not be financially to its
benefit.
In construction for the mod
erate-income group, there have
been attempts by private enter
prise. with the aid of the Federal
Housing Administration, which
guarantees loans up to 80 per
cent.
PLAN is SPURNED
Despl;c the fact that these have
been successful, builders generally
have not taken to this type Of con.
struction on large-scale proper
tionS.
Cnior,ial .11i11asra q limited divi.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03

will open the concert by singing
Rose of TraIee," following It
with "Do Not Go, My Love-"
JOhan strauss "MOtO PerpetuO"
will be played by the orchestra;
WRC
s:OO-PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Lucy Monroe, brilliant young lyric
soprano, will be EOlOlst with the
orchestra. Fritz Reiner conduct
ing. The orchestra opens program
by playing overture to ROssinps 9
"Wiiliam Tell" Miss Monroe will
next be heard In two selections:
MOzart's "AlleluJah," and The
Nightingale and the Rose" by
Rimsky- KOrsakOv. ........ WMAL
10 O:OO-CONTENTED HOUR-Maria Ku'
renkO. brilliant Russian soprano,
Joins the program as regular so.
lOist. The broadcast also will
mark the debut Of Marek Weber.
European maestro, as conductor
Of the orchestra. .........,..W .WRC
DRAMA
B:OO-DICK TRACY-Ned Viewer Il cast
in title role Of new dramatic Sc
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
ATTENTION.!

During the next fortnight,
many Of the morning and
afternoon serials, such as
"The COLDER "The
O'Neills," "The Story Of Mary
Marlin" and Pepper YOung's
Family" will be heard at a
new time and perhaps on a
different network. Other new
programs, such as "MargOt
of Ca s tIewOOd," featuring
Barbara Luddy, and "AttOr-
ney at Law" starring Jim
Ameche, have been added. To
avoid missing your favOrite
program, read The Times
Radio Log daily.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03

LONDON, 2 p. M.-"Take Your
Choice" a weekly entertainment
feature. GSD, 25.5 M, Ills meg;
Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58 meg; GSB, BIS
M, 9.51 meg.
BOSTON, 1880 p. M.-Modern
Radio Course. W1XAL, 1915 m,
6.04 meg.
ROME, 7:35 P. M.-Opera. one
act; 2RO's Mail Bag" 2RO, 31.1