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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
REVISION URGED
IN BAIL SYSTEM

Sweeping revision of the Dis
trict's bail-bond system is urged
in a report submitted to District
Court Justice Jesse C.. Adkins.
After a six months inquiry q
committee Of District Court, Police
Court and prosecuting officials
late yesterday submitted their rec
concentrations, paramount among
which is that ceiling" be set for
the amount of bond a bondsman
may underwrite.
Bondsmen should be limited TO
underwriting five times the
amount of their assets, the report
urged. Records instantly avail.
able in all courts to show the
amount outstanding, also were
recommended.
Another part of the report sug-
gested bondsmen should not be al
lowed to accept collateral from
prisoners for whom they act as
surety. This is understood to have
been done in the case Of those
who they fear may Jump" their
bonds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
Sunday Dry Law
Just a Myth in
Prince Georges

This is the first of series of
articles Reviewing the break
dotDn of lGD enforcement in
Prince Georges county and the
hopes of ciDic leaders there for
q NeW Deal nert year Which
Mould close the tUide-open gGnub.
ling houses, notorious roadside
"hot spots" and clearinghouse
for numberS.gGnteS rGcketeers.
Merrily the bells of the New
Year will ring out in Prince
Georges county next week as
thousands of jewellers pour
across the District Line to cele-
nrate in taverns and roadhouses
where the Sunday dry law is a
myth and pleasure knows no
check rein.
In Washington, the hotels and
night clubs must stop serving
drinks promptly on the stroke Of
midnight.
Forgotten will be the report of
the county's November grand
jury calling for stricter law en-
forcement and golden will be the
harvest reaped from gambling de-
vices and the illicit sale of liquor.
Not in many years has the
county's willingness to wink at
laws involving moral turpitude
been so pronounced as it is this
year, but the happiness of road
side "hot spot" proprietors and of
gambling house operators is
cIouded with fear.
NEW OFFICERS
An entire new slate of county
officials was elected in the last
election and the hard working re-
spectacle voters who can't afford
to gamble and don't like to see
their children exposed to unreg-
ulated merry making are talking
about a New Deal"
And as yet no reasSuring word
has come to the road houses and
taverns where revenues are bolster
ed by receipts from gambling de-
vices and after-hours sales of
liquor that the voters conviction
are unfounded.
Keystone of the expected new
deal is 3O-year-old H. Winship
Wheatley, jr., of Hyattsville. newly
elected States attorney.
He told the voters in his cam
paign that If they elected him he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
Friend Faces Probe
In Fatal StabbinQ

Winslow G. Ware, 26. of the
100 block Of L st. N. w., will
appear before a coroner'S jury this
week in connection with the death
of his friend, Abe C. Hughes, 80,
who was stabbed early Sunday
morning in an alteration at the
Hughes home. Ware, who was cut
and bitten in the fight, was identi'
fled by Hughes as his aSSailant
at Emergency Hospital before the
latter died, detectives said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
TheQterS to Aid
Needy Families

About 1875 Northeast Washing
ton underprivileged families will
receive Christmas baskets of food
from the Atlas and Princess the
aters on Christmas Eve, Charles
H. Oliver, general director, an
nounced today.
The baskets, containing food.
stuffs, will be distributed by the
alter officials and members of the
Ninth precinct police force.
Neighborhood children who wish
to contribute may bring cans Of
food to the theater and will be adj
mitted free, Mr.. Oliver said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
Slum Clearance Loon Made to D. G.
%~*
Work Will Be Started in Near Future
G~.G

any similar projects in the coun-
try.
Under terms of the contract be-
tween ADA and USHA, the Dis
trict Government is to contribute
10 per cent Of the total cost. In
addition, the Commissioners must
pledge cooperation through de,
molition or replacement of slunl
dwellings equal in number to the
new quarters which are to be con
Structed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

would enforce the law-and the
majority of the voters were con-
WINGED he meant all the laws.
But young Wheatley doesn't
take office until January 3 and
until then at least joy will be I'M
restrained in the county.
Young Wheatley may have
lace on his pants, but this is a
free State" a tavern keeper
philosophical last week. Il don't
look for much change; the peo-
pie won't stand for it"
TOLERANCE STRAINED
Spokesman for the county's or
ganized citizenry, however, declare
that the tolerance of the good
people of Prince Georges has been
strained to the breaking point.
Drive along any road" said
one civic leader, land you'll see
what we mean. Look at the tav-
ernS adjoining schools. Stop at
some of those roadhouseS and
see what is going on"
Two days Of driving along the
county roads proved that strict en-.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

who befriended me in those
early experimental days of New
York columning are too infre-
quent and I am truly ashamed
that I have not spent more
time with Barney Gallant and
Meyer Horowitz, Benito Col
lada and Jimmy Kelly, Jimmy
Reilly and Jack Delaney. Nor
do they hesitate to remind me
of my inexcusable aloofnesS.
Barney, indeed, friend and be-
fr.iender in other days of Noel
Coward and Eugene O'Neill,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20


has just telephoned in mild rebuke adding that
had spent an hour in his place should have
seen the look of bewilderment on the faces of
several British members, who had strayed from
the main Anthony Eden party as they watched a
fretful blonde pour a large bottle of expensive
perfume over an inoffensive ivy plant. 1t was
her gesture of annoyance with her escort
breads Swapping of Work Ties
INITIATES in the gentle but fruitful partition
of cheese beoregs at the Golden Horn are
Will Hays Mrs. o. O. Mcintyre, and the E. D.
Cobentzes AT Twenty One, Louis Bromfield
settles down for a brief conversational huddle
with Damon Runyon, and barleaner wonders
which of the two he envies df he envieS them at
alb, the former newspaperman who turned sue
cessful novelist or the newspaperman who re-
NAMED tied to his profession because, as he has
so often told me, he breads the swapping of the
chains which would leave him at complete ease
and make him the LATEST man on earth. Some
how, though kept myself active among Man
hattans night spots. did not once encounter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

The District Commissioners
undertook today to complete de-
tails of the participation of the
local government in the $4,000, 900
program for slum clearance to be
launched shortly by the Alley
Dwelling Authority.
Approved December by Presi'
dent Roosevelt. a loan of $6,00O,,
600 by the United States Housing
Authority to the Alley Dwelling
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

ing so important, nothing so
vital to the growth and pros
perity Of a country as to give
people decent living quarters
where they can have their chill
dren amid a little peace and
safety.
There is no earthly excuse
for a country like ours having
even one block Of city slums,
much less whole miles Of them,
which we have now.
All right-thinking, d cen t
Aiki - a - ~ 0iUovn hole O
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

Authority was completed formally
yesterday, and 100000 advanced
for preliminary work.
AS contemplated by John
Ihlder, director of The ADA. the
local program would embrace
four distinct developments. A
number of sites are under con-
sideration and architects draw
lngs, it was learned. indicate rem
tails will be as low or lower than
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

'of "one-armed bandits" has been
displaced by new electrical devices.
They operate on the same prin-
ciple as the "one-armed bandits
but all are equipped with a pin
ball device so they can be classified
as games of skill"
RESPOND QUICKLY
County police respond quickly to
the road houses if the manager
summons them to quiet unruly
guests, but otherwise the eStab-
lishments are left alone. No at.
tempt is made to discover what
goes on in the back rooms.
On Bladensburg Road just
across from the District line
"Jimmy's place." one of the larg'
est gambling houses in the East
continues operation unmoleSted
Police say that every time they go
to "Jimmy's place" there is no in
dication of gambling. So far as
they know, the police aver, Jim
my's place" is merely a restau,
rant.
In the small cross roads stores,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

spent an hour answering CUES
lions put to him by puzzled
businessmen.
Tops among his answers was
that any employer could and
should promptly fire any EN-
ploye who persisted in work
ing overtime.
What a fantastic sort of
existence we are playing with,
where a man conscientious
enough to stick on the job
even when the whistles blown,
AR conscientious enough not to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

Another splendid plan that is now being worked
out and is going to be put before Congress when
it opens is Senator Pittman'S new spy law.
This law will end Americas generosity toward
foreign spies and protect our military plants from
sabotage in case of war. Certainly now we have
no adequate means Of dealing with spies in this
country.
It has been shown time after time there are
plenty Of them going and coming over as they
choose, but the minute investigation is started
the ones higher up escape to Europe and the
taxpayers money is used to lock up few of the
underlings who have been ordered to take the
rap"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

regulation in Washington have
proved a boon to taverns on every
arterial highway in Prince Georges
Only a few of the establish.
mentS force their customers to de-
part at the 2 a. m. closing hour
if the crowd is large enough to
justify keeping the establishment
open. Drinks are sold after hours
and on Sundays. There are pri-
vate rooms for groups who wish to
gamble. There are private rooms
for ultra-private tete-a-tetes.
mo QUESTIONS"
Adjoining many of the tavernS
are tourist cabins where the Wis
itors can spend the night and mo
questions asked"
On the Silver Hill Road a large
old-fashioned country house has
been turned into a clearing house
for numbers game runners from
Washington.
Slot machine devices are in OPP
Grafton in virtually every public
place in the county. The old type
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
Look at GreenbeLt

4 LBUM OF MANHATTAN: These nights per-
"A haps because dwell amidst them. my visits
to places in the Village operated by gentlemen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
Says Boake Garter

displacing labor with machinery. The greatest
contributor to unemployment in the United
States in the last six years have been the parlor-
pink embryo economists with which Mr. Roose-
welt has surrounded himself.
To pay for their experimentmania the taxes
of the nation have been lacked higher and
higher. The higher they go the less is collected
in direct taxation. So the politicians have beeA
driven more and more to resort to that most
pernicious of all taxation-hidden taxes Fur
thermore they have been forced to borrow and
borrow, and then borrow again.
To keep down the costs of operation so as to
permit customers to continue consuming at
rate which will sustain payrolls. business and
industry continually appeals to the engineers to
produce more labor-saving machinery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

work by the clock. is to be fired for his indus
triouSneSS!
The gravest crime that can be laid against
the door of the Roosevelt administration Is
that it has done more to destroy ambition, the
desire to create and produce, in pride OF achieve
ment, than any other administration In the
history of the United States.
The very fact that many employees would
work longer than A hours per week to draw
down the time and a half pay rate indicates
that nine-tenths of the chatter about the popu'
lar desire for shorter working hours is oaioney.
Furthermore. there are many thousands OF
other employees who think primarily not OF the
amount of money they will make if they stay
overtime but who work because they are crafts
men who take pride in completing a job for
its reflection on their capabilities and their
efficiency.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
H1But'

nENvER, colo.-Elmer Andrews the wage
~ and-hour administrator, landed in Denver
the other day and, instead Of making speech,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
My Say

ONE Of the most cheerful pieces Of news in the
" papers few days ago told of the billion dol
lars released for housing purposes. There is moth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

TOT OPy AUW EGSW
THERE certainly SHOULD be teeth in this spy
u law, so that, instead of getting off with Just
couple Of years in JAIL these wretches who are
trying to destroy our country could be adequately
punished
With the disgraceful tenements done away with
in our cities and Clean comfortable houses for our
poor people to live in; with our laws so strict in
regard to the spy situation that any man or won-
an would think twice before they tried meddling
in our affairs, this country is certainly trying to
keep America for Americans. Taking care Of QUE
own people, protecting them and guarding them
is the one and only sure way Of keeping our
beautiful country going onward and upward hand
in hand, in peace and security.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

chance, love their homes. They are proud of
them. They keep them in good order and they
will fight to the last ditch for them.
If you don't let people have their ivable houses
and don't let them have freedom in their religious
beliefs, you will soon have country with die
tator, and the poor human beings will end up by
being nothing but cannon fodder.
t
Look at Greenbelt
A GREAT EXAMPLE of what proper housing
"A will do is Greenbelt. They are expecting 200
babies out there in the next few months Here
people live decently, where their children will
be safe and protected. They, undoubtedly, would
have few children if they had to go back to their
former cramped, wretched quarters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20

Anthony Eden; only his wife, one evening at the
Stork Club.
NNO Ell RIO, where Sheila Barretts bitter mimic
l. ries are pepper and-vnegar enticement. and
here the pulchritudinous Wini Shaw makes an i'm
pressive entrance. AS is the night-club custom,
the band strikes up a melody associated with
some outstanding patron; in this case. 1.-THE Lady
in Red. But the Shaw girl, unpeeling her eve
ming wrap. emerges in a skinhugging gown Of
purest white. On Broadway, spry walker is
lady I have so rarely seen in my New York
rounds, yet so often back in Waterbury where
then she dwelt in q lakeside manse six miles out
of the city and came ariding into Main Street
thrice weekly-Fritz Scheff.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
Must Abide by NelO LGuO

MUST A6E0G 0y NGW L0W
CUPERnGPOSED upon the everincreasing tax
~ structure we now have this wage and work
ing hour law, under whose operation the Gov
eminent actually urges private employers to fire
workmen for being too conscientious about their
jobs.
That will mean that many employers will re"
double their search for labor-saving machinery
wherein the necessity of costs Of spying on en-
ployeS who might work overtime may be elimi-
nated-not to mention the confusion and the
hard feelings created between men and manage
ment.
Banks, insurance companies. newspapers radio
stations and telephone companies must abide by
the new law, the wsgehour administration has
ruled.
Copyright Ledger Syndcate)
CBodke Carriers opinions are his DUN and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TinaeSJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
Passes Up Military Career

OUTSIDE La Cava, Mike Cleary portly exWest
" Pointer scheduled for the rigors of Army life,
who tossed aside military career to become
composer of provocative ballads And in Leon
and Eddies, poet who preferred cakes and
caviar to plain bread and butter and a garrett
Arthur Lppmann, creator of Rabelaisian lyrics at
fancy prices, which he retails to the holder
MINISTRIES of town. I roamed the town in quest
of thrill and nothing happened, which is usually
the case when you seek instead of waiting for the
unexpected. To the Plaza's Persian Room to
drink in Eddy Duchin's liquid melodies. To FL
Morocco for brief dose Of ultracSwank and low
down prankS of affable John Perona. To the
sert Room where nimble-footed aesthetic OF dance
Paul Draper, executes his intricate-step poems to
the music of Emil Coleman's orchestra, and
finally to the Versailles there to retire to little
room upstairs for a fruitless session at two
handed pinochle; a complete waste OF time but
love it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
WaSe-HOur LasU Cuts Jobs

IT Is grim irony to listen to the Washington
= politicians go around denouncing industry for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-20
Voice of New York By Louis Sobol

Anthony Eden; only his wife, one eve
Stork Club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05

LEY MEMORIAL n. z.
CHURCH. SOUTH
o. c. Howell. Pastor

u T. Howell, Pastor
Corner Division and Georgia SITS
Church school, 9ss5 .. m. Al
bert 4 Carey, sape1Htendent.
Morning worship. II O'Clock.
Sermon subject Are Bought
With a Price
The Lords Supper viii be adj
ministered at the morning service.
Young Peoples Department has
its morning session n me church
school annex at $50 D. m, with
Thomas Curry as president.
Intermediates meet in the main
auditorium at $50 D. m, with
Mrs. O. c. Howell as leader
Evening worship at 7:3O o'clock
Sermon subject: sHow does God
Speak To Us Today"
Prayer service, Wednesday eve
ming, 7:30 o'clock
Special music by choir under
Mrs. ]. Roland Adams will be a
feature Of both morning and eve
ming services
Missionary society meets every
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
IL the church school annex.
with Mrs. COrrinne Curry as presi-
dent.
Choir practice after prayer
service. Mrs j. Roland Adams.
pianist
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05
THE MERCIFUL' TO
BE SUNDAY TOPIC

At Fleming Street Methodist
church Sunday evening the sub
iect will be The Merciful". This
sermon viii be based upon enc
Of the Beatitudes as, found in ths
Great Sermon on the Mount, sale
Rev Shuler Peele. pastor. and
win discuss such questions as
What IS mercifulness?":: ~Who
are the merciful?'' What do they
doZZ". and what is the promise
concerning the merciful?" II is
the desire of the pastor that this
will be a helpful and timely ser
mon
AT the Sunday morning wor-
ship the pastor viii discuss The
Holy Communion" after which
the congregation, visitors and
friends will be invited to join
with the membership in the Holy
Communion service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Yancy Tillman Shehane, Pastor
Eaton Street, between Duval and
Simonton Streets
Sunday School, 1000 a. m.
T. L. Kelly, superintendent.
Morning worship at IL o'clock
Sermon subject: The Awful
Tragedy of Sim.
Evening worship at 7:3O o'clock
Sermon subject: The Crucifix
ion" with Bible pictures shown.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday.
7:30 p. m
Choir rehearsal, Thursday, .7:30
p. m.
Junior choir practice, Friday
7;30 p. m
Visitors in our city are given
special invitation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH

John c. Gekeler, Pastor
White and Washington SITS.
Sunday school at 10 a m. VIM
B. Norman, superintendent.
Morning worship at IL O'Clock.
Sermon: Christian Mathemat-
icS''.
Evening worship. 7:3O o'clock.
Sermon: The Sin Bearer"
William White viii sing at the
evening service
Bible study, Wednesday, 7:30
p. m Topic: justification"
Please read Romans 1:18-3:2O.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05
B'NAI ZION CONGREGATION

Rabbi Joseph Male, Pastor
Joe Pearlman, President of Con-
gregation
Hebrew Sunday School, IL g.
m, and every day in week, ex-
cept Friday, at p m
Regular services every Friday
evening, 8 O'Clock, and Saturday
morning, z o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Told Stonel

Joe A. ToIle, Pastor
Corner Eaton and Simonton SITS.
Correct the example you are
setting others
Church school, Gas a. m Ger
aid Saunders, superintendent
Morning worship. IL O'Clock.
Subject: The Galilean Accent"
Epworth League, $50 p. m
Evening worship, 7:30 O'Clock
Subject: rs the Young Man
Safe?" This is the beginning Of
Boy Scout Week and the Scouts
of Key West win be the special
guests Of this church. Uncle Dan
Beard. the organizer Of the Boy
Scouts of America. viii also at
tend with the Scouts.
Prayer service. Wednesday. 7:3C
p. m
Choir rehearsal Friday, 7;45
p. m
1T IS wen with the young man.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05

Between 1928 and 1888. naval
construction in this country was
practically at 3 standStil, but
Japan steadily pushed her pro
gram along and proceeded 70 con-
strucf new warshipS. Consequent
ly. today. according 70 naval ex-
perts, Japan has nearly as much
modern naval tonnage as the
United States. The figures On
under age" ships shows that the
United States has lis vessels. or
969, $50 tons. and Japan has III
vessels, or 70S,l58 tons Included
in the tonnage are seven Amer
can and two japanese capital
ships which viii become -Over
age" by 1912.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05
SCOUT FOUNDER At
SERVICES SUNDAY

Uncle Dan Bed ne urEz~
81 Boy Scouts nf 49, z@
members Of Trnor 8 and LruG~
81 MIl BE- speCsl EueE EE -Ee
serves SD1zy euezE ~
o'clock. a. FErsf Nezaocl- So
church-
Rev Joe A. Tollz 81 49, IS EE
S1h5ecf IN the eweE-E Is ne
TOung Mar Szte7
Par@x a. m sE ~ Er--
e e zr1enc ms serxl1e
sunday Uu-uDE 80 L19
VII discus TIE EzEeEn A.
cent. using as rs reE- ~
Speech Be.-ayez1 TneE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05

One has only TO review the po-
sition of the United States IN
world affairs since the end of the
World War in 1918 TO understand
the tremendous import of the
special defense program about TO
be undertaken by the Covert
ment. Many readers will recall
the disarmament conference in
192l-'22, which set up a naval IA
ito between Great Britain, the
United States. Japan, France and
Italy in regard to battleships and
aircraft carriers The established
ratios. five for the United States
and Great Britain, three for ia
pan and two for France and Italy
seemed a move TO definitely lin
it competition in naval rearma-
ment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05
ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Rev. John Fl. and Beulah Clark
Stroud, in charge of services
Morning worship, IL o'clock.
Sunday school, $3.50 p m. Class
es for all ages
Evangelistic service, 7:30 p. m.
Weekly Prayer Meetings
Tuesday, tbs p. m
Friday, 7:15 p. m