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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
T.B. INCREASING
AMONG COLORED

A renewed fight against tuber-
culosis in the District, especially
among Washington's colored pop
ulation, was advocated by officials
of the District tuberculosis Asso-
citation yesterday.
DR.. Albert E. Russell, in charge
of the recent tuberculosis survey
by the Public Health Service,
pointed out that while the disease
was decreasing among white per-
sons here, it is increasing among
Negroes. He added that 60 per
cent of the colored women who
died of tuberculosis here in 1886
had been employed as domestics
DR.. Russell urged improved re-
porting of cases by physicians,
elimination of slum dwellings, ex-
pansion of the public health nurs-
ing personnel, establishment of a
tuberculosis annex at Freedmen'S
Hospital and to provide a clinic for
Howard University medical stu
dents. He also advocated reopen
ing of the Upshur Street Hospital
and employment of a full time
tuberculosis director in the Health
Department.
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Descendants of Franklin
Ind. c. Are Proud of Kin

Two Observation-Disclosures
of Benjamin Franklin are in
Washington today.
They are sisters, Miss Sarah
Tilghman Emory and Miss Vic
toria de Montholon Emory, Of
1918 Seventeenth st. N. w.
Franklin was perhaps the most
illustrious member of the family,
but not the only famous one.
Father of the Emory sisters was
Brig. Gen. William Emory, who
was a boy when the British ran
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sacked Washington in 1912, and
who fought in the Mexican and
Civil wars. In the Civil War two
horses were shot from under him
the same day.
Prouder still are the sisters Of
the record of their brother. Rear
Admiral William Emory, now de-
ceased. AS a young naval lieu
tenant, he commanded one Of the
rescue ships that battered through
Arctic ice floes to reach the ex.
plorer Greedy.
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Speaking of houses, and who isn't wanting to
do over the old manse or rearrange the new
apartment, the Alexandria home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry W. Blair will be one of the special show
places in the towns annual historical Pilgrimage
on April 16. The house, at 1913 South Fairfax
Street, is a splendid example, intellectually,
OF the Greek revival which Thomas Jefferson in
troduced to the young Republic after his grand
tour Of Europe. It is also splendid example of
what an intelligent person like Emily Newell
Blair can do in furnishing an old place both
comfortably and with correct regard for the
period of its birth.
1he rooms of the house are in fine proportion.
Antiquarians rave over the delicate iron railing
beside the stoop and the curly maple spindles of
the stairs.
WHEN Maurice Constant who has Just finished
" showing his photographs at the Mayflower
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. new idea. Hoover tried to put it through when
he was in. and the bill was proposed by Senator
Vandenberg. OF course, the wording was
little different, but the same object was there,
and that is to cut down the terrific expenses
Of overlapping departments of the Government.
If the citizens of this country could have gone
around as I have and seen for themselves how
one bureau could handle the work of two or three
others and cut down expenses, they would real
lie the tremendous Importance of this bill You
wouldn't be hearing the constant cry IF we give
the President this power he'll be a dictator"
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given endless credit, but as
soon as things get a little
mixed up or confused, every
one starts crying and blam-
ing even their best friends.
They say an army marches
on its stomach, and 1 say a
country is kept happy and
contented through a full
pocketbook.
Now, take this bill that
passed the Senate, called the
Presidents Government reor-
RaniZatiou bill. This is not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
Private Enterprise Best

Private Enterprise Best
FINALLY, it is encouraging to find the New
Dealers offering to let business men do the
spending, instead Of trying to do it themselves
The. theory Of lending is an admission that
private enterprise is BEST and that if the bust
ness pump must be primed it is better to let
business men do the pumping. using borrowed
funds.
When all is said however the lending schemes
are not good. In the last analysis, they are
just "pumppriming" in another form. That
being true. we should realize that at most they
can be but temporary stimulant. Unless bust
ness conditions are made sound, the pumps will
quit working as soon as the printing ceases.
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ing programs. In this con-
nection, too, we may note with
some satisfaction the compare
lively small amount Of inter
est in printing paper currency
as a means of creating pur-
chasing power"
Thus far in the Roosevelt
depression of 1898, the main
proposal has been for lending,
not spending. One Of the few
measures passed has been the
Federal Housing AdminiStra-
ton Act of 1888. which pro
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Apt Characterization
OTHER characterizations of Washingtonians by
" Mr.. Constant were equally apt. Senator CUT
fey: "The man who never says die" Senator Nor
ris: "A patriarch of old" Secretary Hull: "a man
that is not a mask" Secretary Morgenthau:
Intensely eager and sensitive" Secretary
Roper: "A schoolmaster type" Postmaster Gen
eral Farley: Dynamic, restless" Attorney Gen
eral Cummings: Sympathetic and keenly inter-
ested in people" John L. Lewis: HAS forceful-
ness that comes from great sincerity and will
ingness to fight for an ideal"
Mr.. Constant will exhibit at the New York
World Fair
SIMPLY have to write note now and then
about fashionS-or style as Elizabeth Halves
describes the better Of the two divisions in her
new book, Fashions Spinach" (Style, she says
is what you have if you're lucky. Fashion is
what dreSSmakers and manufacturers inflict on
you IN order to make you spend money! In
Washington it is fast becoming the "Style" to
wear hats that are actually becoming. Fading
away is that insanity that says hats cannot be
expected to look well; Ehey must be smart.
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an admission Of the defeat of the spending
program, it is good.
The RFC has proved to be a sounder and
more constructive organization than the PWA
and WPA, Loans are made by it with some re-
straint, since the borrowers have to present
some evidence that they can repay the loans
Thus less money is likely to be handed out.
The loans are largely put on an economic
basis, so that a smaller part of the money
handed out is likely to be lost.
RFC lending does not require that the banks
be loaded up with Government bonds, as is the
case when the Government spends, and borrows
to get the wherewitha.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
Blood Donor GAMMA

Continued improvement was re-
ported today in the condition of
Sergt. M. C. Mason, District fire
man, who collapsed Tuesday after
he had given pint of blood, in an
effort to save the life of Mrs.
Blanche Gertrude Lands, victim
of the Lovers Lane" murder last
week.
Doctors said, however, his con.
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dition still Is serious. His all
ment was diagnosed as heart at
tack, and doctors said that while
it was not brought on by the blood
TRANSMISSION, the loss of blood made
his condition more serious.
Sergeant Mason is a friend of
James Beckett, the fireman father
Of Mrs. Lands, and was one of
the first to volunteer his blood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
NUMBERS GAME
hackers BARE
OPINION OF LAW
Times Gets Ideas
Of Operators

With the passage of q drastic
GntinumberS game lG,D, police
and the District Attorneys Of
flee claim they haze a powerful
tDe1pon to smash one of the
city'S most lucrGtive and Dide.
spread TGckets.
Will the new law be success.
tul?
Seeking an GnSWer to this
question, The Times has inter.
UieWed numbers game rack.
eteerS-tOriterS, collectors and
brokers. This Is the first of q
series revealing hon the new
Ian Is viewed from within the
racket.
Sure, that new law will have
plenty Of effect" said the
broker; "but don't think we are
fools enough to let it stop US
as long as people want to give
us their money.
We'll go over the line. Every
thing will be done by telephone
until we figure out all the
angles. What this law will do
is cut out the penny play.
That'll be too hot to handle
for awhile at least.
WELL GET OURS
But the customers who play
4 quarter or more a day will
soon learn to telephone their
bets to us across the line. Then
there won't be any slips, see.
Oh. we'll figure to get ours
don't worry.
"The way I figure it now,
about $4,000 is bet every day
on the numbers. About IS per
cent of that finds it's way finally
to about seven of us brokers.
But for every dollar we take in
we cut off 80 cents to pay the
writers and collectors, see.
We'll, after the new law goes
in we will figure to get every
piece of every dollar that comes
to us. That's a big item. because
while we won't get as many bets
we will get almost as much
money to handle, the way I
figure it. It'll work out about
the same for us.
"Of course the writer's will
have to go out of business until
some new angles are figured for
them. So will the little fellows
who are backing $100-a-day
books.
BIG ONES" PROFIT
But there will be about
$4,000 a day played on the
numbers, the way I figure it.
The big fellows will get all Of
it and that's pretty close to
what we get now after the cuts
are taken off the top.
"You got to figure, too, that
Continued on Page al. Col. 81
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Limit to 'tHOn1e Charity"

IT'S only natural for men in high positions to
= take care Of their relatives and place them in
Government jobs if they can. Frankly, have al
ways believed that charity begins at home, but,
after all, there's limit to this and, if few
departments have to fold up, these people can
find work elsewhere. When person is willing to
work at one thing he is generally willing to try
his hand at anything that comes along, instead of
loafing. AS have always said most people, If
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
THURSDAY, MAR. 81
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

given half chance, are only too happy to have
real work to do.
Another heavy expense to the Government
which feel should be held to a minimum is the
printing of speeches of the legislative body at
the Governments expense and sending them
home by the hundreds of thousands free Of
charge. Now, I'm all for these men getting their
work printed and sent back home within reason,
for it's only fair that their constituents should
know what they are doing, but when there is
extreme wastefulneSs, that's a serious drain on
the Government
don't pretend to know enough about the mat
ter to say that the bill is perfect by long shot,
but know from my own personal experience
great improvement could be had If the matter is
handled wisely and well.
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mits there isn't as much drink
ing among men as there used
to be. Certainly not in Palm
Beach where he has just been
visiting.
Women frolicking in Florida
and other places still need"
their Old Fashioneds and Mar
TINS. Or think they do. But
the men are bravely limping
along on orange juice and
sparkling water. They say al
cohol has become "too effem-
SSaaknSS
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vides for easy loans to private builders. Now
comes the scheme sponsored by Senator Glass
to authorize and encourage the RFC to make
loans to business men and others.
It seems possible this tendency may develop
into movement to lend ourselves out of de-
preston"
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Plan Represents Progress
IN some respects, this modification Of the old
New Deal formula represents progress. Surely
we may be glad if the lesson Of the futility Of
the billions of dollars spent by the New Dealers
has been learned. The failure Of the huge pump
printing program of Government spending should
be obvious now.
To the extent that the lending program is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
World Of Finance By Leeu1 Haney

found in these dark days of business depres-
sion is the absence Of vast Government spend
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My Say

DALM BEACH, Fiat has always seemed so
strange to me that as long as everything is
going right, the men who are responsible are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
Dear Washington

AVA as ''Buzde," has an amusing idea about the
recession in drinking" "Buzze" adj
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
By Helen Essary

Hotel studied the faces of Washington celebrities
as he was about to take their pictures, some Of
his victims studied him: Particularly did Charles
Nicholson, who has been directing good New
Deal publicity for years. "EIe searched me while
I searched him." says Mr.. Constant. "E1is was
a tolerant scrutiny. He is keen psychologist
and man of great understanding
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
PoUer for Comptroller

TNALK about the President having power! The
= Comptroller General is the man that really
has more power than anybody else that can
think of in these United States-he okays every
single nickel that the Senate and the House vote
on and, as understand it, without his consent
not one nickel can be spent. This may be good
thing, but it certainly gives man tremendous
power.
I thoroughly believe in freedom for our Su-
preme Court, in freedom for our legislative body
to vote as it fit and in freedom for our Presi
dent to suggest and recommend what he thinks
is best for the country. If these three powerful
factors would only pull together in the interests
of the people, and not keep harping on the Repub
lcan party, or the Democratic party, we would
be much better off.
After all, the United States is one great family
and it is the fundamental duty of the men in the
high offices to see that the people are protected
guarded and cared for, regardless of party feeling
or petty politics.
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DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS AssoCI-
ALTON yesterday held session at Univer-
sity Women's Club and heard as principal
speaker DR.. Albert E. Russell, of the United
States Public Health Service. Above, left
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PLANS TO Shift
RECE|V|NGHOME.
ARE OvERRULED
Old Police Court
Held Unsafe

Plans of District officials for
establishment Of the old Second
Police Precinct and removal of
the Women's Bureau and Chill
dren's Receiving Home to the old
Police Court building were knocked
into a cooked hat today.
Fire Marshal Clavin G. LAUDER
hurled a well.aimed monkey
wrench into the machinery. He
said, after a careful study of the
old court structure and the plans
for revamping it, that he would
not approve the building, on
grounds of fire hazards.
BUILDING "UNSAFE"
He said the building would not
pass the fire department require
ments, as insufficient safety would
be provided for persons forced to
sleep in the structure, OF other
wise remain overnight in deten-
ton.
After receiving the fire mar
shal's report, Commissioner Mel
vim c. Hazen remarked:
We'll, just don't know what
we can do. Certainly the District
does not want to violate its own
regulations. 1t means that the
entire Setup probably may have
to stay just as it is"
WILL ASK HOME
Hazen said he will recommend
an item in the 1910 District budget
for construction of a new Child
ren's Receiving Home. He also
recalled a proposal to move the
home to buildings of the old Tuner-
culosis Hospital at Thirteenth and
Upshur Streets Northwest, adding
"but the residents of that neigh
borhood will raise cain if we do it. ;"
The 1889 appropriation bill pro-
vided funds for renting the pres
ent receiving home at Eighth
Street and Potomac Avenue South
east until December. The bill
Continued on Page Al, Col. A.
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Washington Time,

news tips phOned to The Times Tip Editor at
Republic 1894. There will be given SIS weekly
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one In Tips to The Washington Tmes-Win {
SKIPPY

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
Evening star., 1938-10-19
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS

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M Ma ff!a &! p! 7Iaq{erd; Bs}timoTfe; nT
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Arthur Ri ~ caek, tns Rex a "a 4 MMcc.rtn.y. n &
IA Helen l. eTonin Il: % s14 &; 9Th st. st. sR .ad
Abraham ran Bjveisenhsft IS 1900 Kansas
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Charles ss; 1s; PSth % Nesdn ef os st. SCI the Rev.
JACK Aser, So ts6" 4ss Kenyon st. n.v and
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and May Boardmani m hfF'ne59a q f9Sa Ianier aq1e
1opis pi; eV e sardnstEi The Rev Peter Marshall
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PATRICK Murphy. N'' VIC e''
Leslie sna H 6,, McGIanahan, "a, a1l st. ne.
NV; the Rev: II. VI. Bursan. gan Ai''Son st.
Robert e E, Wood; q, 345 14th st. NV.
an11b,S and Marguerite ps lite Holland. 22. Phiia-
Edward M. Hall. 5 jr s 20. 1918 81 DVanaB VAN Buren
St. NV. and Bruce C Gouldman. %. ii
Inefiay Imneefninedy st. ne. the Rev. Charles N.
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the Rev. Francis J. Kelly
john L. Dean 46. and Elizabeth Hall, 3s.
both both OF ll35 Girard st. NV; the Rev.
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st. s.w., and Lovenia High 90 6o5 L
st. sw. the Rev. Michael NJ J. ONeil.
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HERBERT Curling. 43, 2115 ST. NV. and
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the Rey. John R. Edwards. o. ''"''
George c. Mccormick, 20. 1885 6H st.
nv. and Lillian A. Childs. 1s, 1881
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George r: Thomas. 43 as Decatur st, ne.
and Mildred McNiel 81 Cameron, N, C.;
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Evening star., 1938-10-19
TRAFFIC CLAIMS
18TH CHILD DEATH
Herbert Anderson, II, Dies
in Hospital From Hurts
on SATURDAY..

Traflc accidents in Washington
claimed their 18th child victim this
year with the death in Providence
Hospital last night of 11-year-old Her
bert Anderson Of 918 M street Sc.
The boy was injured Saturday when
struck by a truck while crossing Vir-
ginia avenue at Eighth street Sc
The truck. police reported. was oper-
ated by Otto Roosevelt Hawkins, 40,
colored, OF 629 K street Sc. An in
quest will be held at time to be set
later.
Fifteen Fewer Deaths Listed.
While traffic fatalities so far in 1898
are Is less than those at the same time
last year. there are three times as
many deaths this year among chill
dren under 16 years. The death toll
is SO. as compared with "a at this time
last year.
Benjamin p Finigan, 81, Of 1902
Meridian place NV. suffered a COM
pound fracture of the left leg and cuts
about the face and scalp last night
when struck by an automobile as he
stepped from street car loading plat
form at Twelfth street and Pennsyl-.
vania avenue NV.
Mr.. Finigan was admitted to Emer-
gency Hospital. The car. police said,
was operated by Dewey c. Morris, 81,
of 1909 Massachusetts avenue NE.
Car Strikes Light Pole.
Two persons were cut and bruised
about the face and body early today
when an automobile in which they
were riding struck an electric light
pole in the 5000 block of Canal road
NV. The two. Charles H. Wars. COL
ored, Al, of 1881 Eleventh street NV,
and Anna Davis, colored, of 1886 Irv-
ing street NV. were treated at Gar
field Hospital.
William B. Mehler, So, of 5000
Fourteenth street NV, was hit by an
automobile last night at Fourteenth
and Randolph streets NV. He was
treated at Garfield Hospital for cuts
over an eye.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
MRS. AGNES B. HUDGINS
is BURIED IN ARLINGTON
Her Husband Was Pilot of First
Passenger Vessel Through
Panama Canal.

Mrs. Agnes B: Hudgins, "a, whose
husband, the late Capt. Arthur Todd
Hudgins, an ocean steamship captain,
had the distinction of plotting the first
passenger vessel through the Panama
Canal, died Monday in local nursing
home after an illness of about two
weeks.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon In the Fort Myer Chapel.
Burial was in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Mrs. Hudgins had been resident
OF this city about 10 years and re-
Gently had lived at the home of her
nephew, Robey Wentworth Harmed,
AIT Garfield street NV, an ento-
mologist in the Bureau of Entomol-
ogy and Plant Quarantine, Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Mrs Hudgins, who before her mar
rage was Miss Robey, was native Of
Charles County, Md, and had lived at
various ports from which her hus-
bands ships sailed or where they
landed during the many years he
followed the sea. Capt. Hudgins, who
died about Is years ago, was a cap
tain in the Army Engineer Corps dur
ing the World War and had supervi-
sion of construction of docks at St.
Nazaire, France, for the landing Of
American troops. After the war he
was marine superintendent for the
u. S. Lines.
Besides her nephew here, she leaves
a sister, Mrs. Helen Marned PelloWe,
State College, Miss; a number OF
other nephews, nieces, grandnephews
and grandnieces.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
BIRTHS REPORTED

James and. Florence Wheeler, boy.
Alien H and m Blanche Foster. Foster" boy. SSS.
John and OLGA Ryon. boy.
John and Jean Raymer, boy.
John and Viola Poore boy.
Robert and Margaret Duvall. boy.
James and Alice Hiehtman. boy.
Edwards and Lucy Hinson boy.
Angus and June Echard. boy.
Philip and Laura Boss. girl
Humbert and Helen Fontana girl.
Edward and Edna Bowen. boy.
Joseph and Katherine Hubbard. boy.
John and Mary Yznaga; boy,
Odeth and Clara Compiler. boy.
Arthur and Margaret Candy. jr.. girl.
William and Ethel Rampey. girl.
Charles and Margaret Ball, girl.
Louis and Rita Burch, srl
Thomas and Frances Gavigan. girl.
Paul and Eta PLATA. girl.
Edward and Blanche Gordon, girl.
Francis and Jeanette HURT girl.
Thomas snd FTanees Walker: girl.
John and Minnie Bowen girl
AatEilI A11hur srd snd Ava Alya Sheridan. girl.
Robert and velmah Kelso. sirI. III
J. Francis and Mildred Reilly. boy.
Sylvester and Catherine WEIGH. jr.. boy.
Charles and Mary Boteler, boy,
Claire and Fannie Hamilton boy.
Arthur and Mary Davis, boy,
Charles and Ruth Martin. boy.
= AVIS aIIu Ellcl MCMdnOD, DOv.
Paul and Josephine Sullivan. boy.
Russell and Lois jenkins. girl.
William and Mildred King, eirl.
Eppa and Marguerite Robertson. boy.
joseph and Dora Ferrier. boy,
Charles and Marian Held, boy.
George and Helen Hunter boy.
Earl and Ihelma Clark. jr.. girl.
ernest and Pollyanra Brooks. girl.
Howard and Ethel Hitafier. girl.
Geor9e cssries ana Georgia org ArsersIssSel.
Alfred and Agnes Mereel. girl.
Een}amln and Lucille Veach. girl.
Earl and Lula Herbert, girl.
Jasper and Isabelle Small girl,
Edward and Audrey Mess girl.
aarold and Cecilia Cartwright cir,
Splros and Augelesoue Harris. Girl
Leon and Anita Rosenbers, sirl
Artnur and Beulah Fowrisht. girl.
g: and Louise Murray. boy.
William and Mabel George, boy.
william and Mary Thompson, bov.
James. and Sarah Washington boy
Arnold and Georgia Brown. boy,
Nelson and Audrey Burke. girl.