davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
Hooray for Good Old U. S. A.!
Luise Rainier Is Now An American

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 10 GN.sO.-It was Citizen
Rainier today. And was she-Luise Rainer, the
actress of that!
The gifted STAR who has twice won the Motion
Picture Academy award. became an American citi-
zen yesterday in Federal Court here, taking the
oath of allegiance before Judge jeremiah Meter
She was so happy about it today that she even
dashed off this purported poem:
"ThiS country means so much to me
81 must a citizen of it be:
"The Uote to cast, the tar to pay,
"She is one SDeH old U. S. A.
"Hoor1y! Hoor1y!"
Miss Rainer, wife of Clifford OdetS the Ameri-
can playwright, admitted it was her first venture
into the realm of poetry-and probably her last.
"Ah am so happy" she said. II was so
happy when got my citizenship papers that I
registered a great joy without acting"
German-born, Miss Rainier came to America three
years ago. Because of her marriage to Odets she
was not required to wait the usual five years be-
fore becoming naturalzed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
PATRONAGE HIT
Women Push DriUe
For Merit System

Extension of the merit system
TO all Government employees and
reorganization Of the Civil Service
Commission with larger appropria
lions for its increased work will
continue to be prime detectives
Of the National League Of Women
Voters, the national board an
nounced today as it closed a series
Of sessions.
Margaret M. Wells, president
PREDICTED the next Congress will
have a more sympathetic attitude
toward merit due to emphasis on
good administration Of national
policies shown in the recent cleo
tons.
Patronage has proved a po-
litical two-edged sword that
sometimes cuts in unexpected
directions" she said, land those
who depend on it find them
selves its victims when votes are
counted"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
MUSEUM NEEDS.
n E " BUILDING,
SAYS U. S. BOARD
Commission Objects to
Library Plans

Declaring that construction OF
wings would not solve the prob
lem, members of the Park and
Planning and Fine Arts Commits
sions, meeting jointly yesterday,
decided that a new building was
needed to house the National
Museums excess treasures.
They voted to ask the Smith
sonian Institution, parent Of the
National Museum, to make a sur
vey of space needs. Congress al
ready has authorized an enlarge
ment Of the museum.
EXCESS OF BULK
Fear of an excess Of bulk was
responsible for the commissions
returning to the Treasury pro
curement division plans for the
group of War Department build
ingsy to be erected in the North
west" reStangle..
Drawings submitted yesterday
convinced the commissions that
the group would dwarf the Lin
coin Memorial, located to the
south, if the architectural plans
are not modified.
The commissions also objected
to plans for the new central Ii
brary submitted by the municipal
architects office. They were sent
back for further study.
GALLATIN STATUE
Proposal by the procurement
division for a statue of Albert
Gallatin, an early Secretary of
the Treasury at the north en-
trance Of the Treasury Building,
was approved.
Meeting separately in the morn
ing, the planning commission
voted to authorize purchase of
land bounded by Seventh, Ninth,
G. and H Streets Southwest as the
site for the new Jefferson Junior
High School.
Plans for the school, which will
be the most modern educational
plant in the city, were also ap-
proved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
WPA Directors
Get Hints or Job
From FIRST LOdog

State directors of the WPA were
told yesterday by Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt that while the objec-
tive Of literacy was important in
the educational work of that or
ganization, ''the meaning Of
democracy" was more so.
The First Lady insisted all
should be taught the responsible
ity of becoming active members of
a democratic state.
She emphasized that commun-
ism and fascism could be fought
more effectively by educative
processes than by the organiza-
ton of "anti" groups, and that
the reasons ''for" democracy
should be given much greater
prominence than complaints
against" other forms of govern
ment.
The State directors meeting was
held in the Hotel Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
ARMY DREDGES
AWAIT SIGNAL
OF EXECUTIVE
Financing by PWA and
WPA Near 10 Millions

Construction of Washington
new airport will get under way
officially this afternoon, with
President Roosevelt attending.
The ceremonies will start at
about 3 o'clock when the Chief
Executive arrives at Gravelly
Point and gives the signal that
will set one Of the Army dredges
to work making the fill for the
new landing field.
WITH FLAGS FLYING
The presidential party will
watch the operations from a spot
Just off the Mount Vernon Memo
rial Highway, and the location of
the runways, hangers, administra-
ton building and other develop
ments that are to be made will
be marked out with flags.
eliminating years of battle for
q safe and modern airport for the
Capital, the Gravelly Point site
was selected several weeks ago by
the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
FINANCED BY PWA, WPA
The Public Works AdminiStra-
ton made a grant of $1,000, 900
for the project, and yesterday the
Works Progress Administration
announced that it had appro-
priated $3,586,561 for its part OF
the work.
Engineers estimated that the
field will be completed within
two years, and that the airport
will be one of the finest in the
world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
DOG FUND
Rockville Court to Air
Alleged Theft

ROCKVILLE, Md, Nov. 10.
With SO separate counts of en-
bezzlement against him, James R..
King, a former assistant in the
office of clerk of police court, will
be arraigned in circuit court here
today.
King is charged with having
embezzled $98 from the county
dog fund. He was suspended by
the board of county commissioners
about a year ago after an audit
Of his accounts.
Also to be arraigned today is
Edward w. Jackson, colored, of
Washington, who is charged with
assaulting and robbing Miss Helen
Kiendl, New York debutante, last
April. Miss Kiendl, daughter of a
prominent New York attorney, teS-
titled at the preliminary hearing
Of the case that she had played
hockey" from the Sarah Lawrence
School at Bronxville, N. Y, and
was driving near Four Corners,
Md, when the alleged robbery took
place,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
q INDICTMENTS
OF PHILADELPHIA
MAYOR QUASHED
Special Jury Reported
Bills in Vice Probe

PHILADELP HIA, Nov. 10
Q.N.S0.-Twentyone indictments
returned against Mayor S. Davis
Wilson, charging misbehavior in
office, today were quashed by
Judge Harry s. McDevitt in Quar-
ter Sessions Court.
The bills, returned as a result
Of a special grand jury investi-
cation of vice and crime in Phila-
delphia, included an indictment
charging the mayor failed to sup
press gambling and bookmak lg
establishments in the city.
A second bill charged misbe-
havior in office in reputedly dis
Suading, hindering and prevent
ing" police witnesses from testify
ing before the Ruth legislative
commission in it's investigation of
criminal justice administration in
Pennsylvania.
In the 10 remaining bills, the
mayor was accused of removing
unlawfully 18 commissioned police
men and detectives and Deputy
Chief William SIMMER of the fire
bureau,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
President Work Airport Today With Ceremony at the Point
Two Trapped
BY CaVe-I
Feared Dead

SHENANDOAH, Pa,
NoU. I9.-Rescue squads
Dere digging today in
the hope of s0Uing the
iUes of tUo miners GDhO
were trapped last night
80 feet beneath the
ground When a coal
mine shaft collapsed.
The trapped men are
William BuckandUdge
and Michael CheOinsky.
Miners held out little
hope that they OOuld
be found aliUe. A third
man working in the
shaft escaped Uhen the
tin1bering gdUe IOGy
and sounded an alarm.
A creW of 30 men IOds
assembled and stdrted
removing the tons Of
dirt and tWisted tin1bers
that blocked the ndrr0uO
shaft.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
WiII Threatens
Haunt of A1Og
Who Contest 1t

TROY, N. Y, Nov. 10 Q.N.SO
Anyone who contests the will Of
the late Seymour van Santvooro
may be haunted.
Van Santvoord, widely known
at 1ney, prepared a last will ano
testament which reads:
Being of sound and diSpoSing
mind and memory-at least I
so believe, and shall be prepared
to return in spirit from a higher
sphere to controvert any posi-
bic assertion to the contrary
] do make, publish and declare
this instrument to be my last
will and testament"
Van Santvoord, who died Sun
day, left his estate Of more than
$4,000 to his widow and son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
MARTHA BARLEY
RYAN
pat Ryan Wed Her
He's 'Out'.-Acn1e.

Ryan, who made newspaper head
lines last year by clipping with
pretty red-haired Martha Barley,
of North Carolina, who is out
but his parents are in.
TUNNELS OUT
Jay Carlisle, 1r., is kicked right
out of the register-maybe be-
cause of his marriage to Marcelle
Edwards Manville, blonde show
girl ex-wife Of Tommy Man
vile, jr.
And the names of Gene Tun-
ney, the Shakespearean eX-boXer,
and his society wife, the former
Polly Lauder, are out like a light.
Addie Moffett (Mrs. DAVID
Brooks is still out of the sacred
tome. Could it be because she
took to night-club singing?
But her sister, Peggy, is listed
with her bridegroom, George At
will, jr.
AND THE GOULDS
The register, however, has not
forgiven the Kingdom Goulds and
their names are among the miss
ing.
The in-again-out-again Whitney
Bourne is in again this year!
Some wiseacres predicted that the
beautiful Miss Bourne would be
former Mary Duke Biddle.
among those missing in this edi.
ton. But Miss Bourne has been
restored to good standing, al.
though she was out of the Reg.
lister when she first went in for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
Family Faces
Exile for
Debt

CHICAGO, Nov. 10. - Rather
than spend an indefinite term in
jail for non-payment of a $35, 200
debt, Raymond E. Prochnow plans
to live the rest of his life out
side his native Illinois.
AS soon as the State supreme
court ruled he must go back to
the cell in which he had already
spent nearly three years, Proch-
dited for the contempt of court
sentence imposed when he failed
to repay the money.
FAMILY TO JOIN HIM
The 41-year-old Chicago broker,
who had been living in East st.
Louis until the court order was
issued, faced virtually a life jail
now fled across the border into
Missouri.
Legal authorities had informed
him that he could not be extra
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
IN DEBT TO ESTATE
7 Spies in France
Get Iona Sentences

PARIS, Nov. 10 Q.N.SO-Two
men, alleged agents of a foreign
power, charged with obtaining
French government secrets, today
began serving long term prison
sentences. The two, Ernest Saint
Voirin, and Donate Breguely. were
sentenced by the military tribunal
to eight years apiece, and 20 years
local Punishment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
Gene TunneySOut
And So Is
Pat Ryan

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Come
what may, the code of the 400 is
immutable. Never the twain shall
meet, they say, and if fellow
marries out of it or if a gal sings
for a living, out they bounce.
The guide is the Social Reg
lister, Bible of the 400, and the
new one is out today with many
notable omissions.
Like that of Basil pat" Ryan,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Barry
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19

professional acting.
When a person in the Register
marrieS out of society, the mar
riage is usually recorded. But
sometimes there's a resultant gar
in the next edition, with both
names missing. But that didn't
happen in the instance of DR.
Josiah C. Trent and his wife, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19

Chief bone of contention be-
tween the couple was custody of
their three-year-old dau ghter,
Susan Cary. But that has been
amicably settled.
While Saunders is confined to
the University of Virginia Hospi-
tai, Miss Wray has taken the child
and will keep her at the Farming
ton Club, a short distance from
here, so that he may see her each
daV
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19

Later Miss Wray will take the
baby to New York and keep her
until February, when she will be
given to the father for three
months. Thereafter, each parent
will have custody of the child for
periods of three months each, with
the additional provision that
either parent may see her at any
time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
Polish Club to Dance

The November social Of the
Polish National Alliance and
Polish Club of Washington is
planned for tonight at Stansbury
Hall, $500 Georgia Ave. Friends
of the club and members are in
vited to the dance, beginning at 8
p. M, with Theodore Duchlinski'S
orchestra providing music.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
Safety in the Air

With only one fatal accident for
each 100000 miles Of flying re-
corded the last IL months, airline
safety has increased 300 per cent
since 1880, according to the Civil
Authority.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
RAYMOND E. PROCHNOW
"The Forgotten Man"

term in Illinois unless the sen
tence is rescinded or he satisfies
the debt judgment.
AS a result, his wife and two
children have begun to close up
his northwest side home, prepar
ing to join him in Missouri.
I'VE will never come back as
long as the contempt order is in
force" she said.
IN DEBT TO ESTATE
Prochnow is indebted to the es
tate of the late William Garrett
from whom he borrowed a batch
of securities to bolster his broker.
age business during the depreS.
sion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19

"FOR RICHER OR FOR POORER" Is
the story Of girl and man-a girl
with high ideals, eager to sacrifice for
the man who's asked her to marry him.
She meets a milliOnaire-but unhappily
married. A new world; glamOrOus, in
tOxicating, Opens-what happens? Begin
this new TheIma Strabel serial next sun
day in The American Weekly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
City Has 1888 Trees

KEENE, N. H., Nov. 10 G.N.S)
Keene, known as the Elm City Of
New Hampshire" had 1888 shade
trees, according to census taken
four years ago. OF these 1000
were removed by the hurricane.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
Film Star to Share ChildS Custody
With Saunders for 3-MOntE1 Periods

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov. Differentiation is out,
far as Fay Wray the and her author husband
Monk Saunders concerned But the dove of
has settled his wings their troubles.
Evening star., 1938-11-17

a prominent business man here
many years ago.
DR.. Mitchell was graduated with
the degree Of doctor of pharmacy
from the old Columbian University,
now George Washington University.
Subsequently he was in the drug
business here for many years, until
retiring in 1920. Later he dealt in
real estate for a few years. He was
member Of the Board of Directors
Of National University.
DR.. Mitchell was a descendant of
prominent early Virginia settlers,
one Of his ancestors having been
given a land grant by the King Of
England. His grandfather, Capt.
Charles Ashton of Virginia, raised
and equipped a company OF soldiers
to fight against England in the War
Of 1912.
DR.. Mitchell is survived by his
widow, the former Miss Julia Bar
Der, a member of a prominent
Massachusetts, family.
Funeral services will be held at
the home at am. tomorrow, fol-
lowed by a mass at $50 am. in
st. Thomas the Apostle Catholic
Church. Burial will be in the family
lot in Congressional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-11-17

Of the Navy. The Medical Depart
ment head was presented with 4
silver table centerpiece from the
petty officers Of the Naval Medical
Corps. Comdr. Joseph j. Kavaney,
aide to Admiral Rossiter. accom-
panied him.
Among those attending were Chief
Pharmacists Roy Aikman, Frederick
o. Ball, William E. G. Bartle, Joseph
H. Bell, Allen r. Bigelow, Matthew
Birtwistle, Benjamin w. Claggett,
Corliss p. Dean, Chester s. Fay,
George A. Fox, Joseph j. Glawson,
Willie r. Joiner, Oscar D. Keeling,
Evening star., 1938-11-17
Arlington Rotorions
Sponsor Benefit Movie

The Rotary Club of Arlington
County will sponsor a benefit NOV
ing picture at the Wilson Theater
on Wilson boulevard at 10 am
Saturday.
Instead of money, a package OF
food will be the admission price,
according to Edward T. Fenwick,
chairman of the Arrangements Com
mittee. The food collected will be
distributed to the needy through
regular agencies, he said.
Evening star., 1938-11-17
Funeral Rites Today
For Herw l. HolIer

Hervy L. Haller, Sc. a native Of
washington, who died Tuesday in
Mount Alto Hospital after q brief
illness, will be buried this afternoon
IN Oak Hill Cemetery with members
Of the George c. Whiting Lodge
participating in Masonic rites. The
Rev. DR.. Irving w. Ketchum was to
conduct, funeral services ut 2 pm.
In the Peck Memorial Church, Twen.
ty-eighth and M streets NV.
Mr.. Haller was employer the last
three years in the Office of the Com
missioner Of Deposits and Accounts
Of the Treasury Department. Un-
married. he is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Lola H. McLarren, wife Of Maj.
E. w. McLarren, U. S. A.
Evening star., 1938-11-17

northwest ana
southwest Sec
tions of WASH
ington, died yes
t er ay of 4
heart attack at
his home, 2817
Ordway street
NV.
A native Of
this city, DR..
Mitchell was q
son Of the late
Charles Wesley
Mitchell and the
late Mrs. Sally
Ashton Mitchell.
His father was
Evening star., 1938-11-17
PIT. A. Federation to Meet
Dr. Ruehen G. Steinmeyer. ass

DR.. Rueben G. Steinmeyer, asso-
ciate professor Of political science at
the University Of Maryland, will
speak on Educating for Citizen
ship" at q meeting Of the Prince
Georges Federation of PARENT
Teacher Associations At 3 pm. to-
morrow at the Seat Pleasant (Md)
School.
Evening star., 1938-11-17

Thomas Z. Kent, Leroy M. Mccall
lum, John A. McCormack, Walter w.
Mckee. Neil H. Mclean, Thomas J.
Murphy, Daniel J. O'Brien. Clarence
J. Owen, Caleb C. Petrey, Norman
L. Saunders, Abraham T. Schwartz,
Alfred T. Simons, George w. Todd,
jr., and william c. Van Norden, and
Pharmacists Paul 8. Gault and
James A. Pfeiffer.
Evening star., 1938-11-17
Rear Admiral Rossiter
Gets Testimonial Dinner

A testimonial dinner was rendered
last night to Rear Admiral Perceval
S. Rossiter, retiring surgeon general
of the Navy. 1t was given by the
chief pharmacists and pharmacists
Evening star., 1938-11-17
Heart Attack Is Fatal
.ToDr. ". K. Mitchell,
Retired Druggist
Funeral Rites Set
tentatively for
Tnmnvraw
] 0nnoTToW

DR.. William Keene Mitchell, "A,
retired druggist, who formerly
owned several drug stores in the
Evening star., 1938-12-26
| Judge Marks
| 87st Birthday
Today
BY the Associated Press.


BIG STONE GAP, Va, Dec. 26.-
Judge H. A. w. Skeen, whose men,
ories of service on the bench span
nearly half century back to the
stirring days when he had to call
on a citizen-police home guard
to help preserve the peace, will OBJ
serve his 81st birthday anniversary
today in quiet anticipation OF his
retirement on January l.
Judge Skeen's career as a jurist
Included presiding over the first
trial of Edith Maxwell, charged
with the Staying of her miner
blacksmith father in one of the most
celebrated cases in Virginia annals.
Before becoming judge, he taught
school, practiced law and served as
Mayor of Big Stone Gap when It
had some of the aspects of a frontier
town.
"Of all the Jobs I've had" he told
friends. II think the most important
was that of the teacher. The teacher
can perhaps do something to mold
the lives of young folk and deter
them from crime; the Judge can
merely listen to misdeeds and see
that the law is applied"
Away from the courtroom or
chambers, Judge Skeen reads his
tory, literature, the news and the
Congressional Record. An attor-
ney has described him as one of
the closest students of the Congress
sional Record in the country.
Evening star., 1938-12-26
Frank Hogan S Mother
Is Dead in Capital s.,
AT Age Of 81
Motive of Charleston, S. C.,
Had Lived Here More
Than 40 Years

Mrs. Mary Hogan, "a, mother
OF Frank Hogan. president of the
American Bar Association, died YES
terday In her Shoreham Hotel
apartment after a years illness.
At the bedside when she died
were her son. her nephew, Senator
James F. Byrnes Of South Carolina.
and other members of the family.
A native of Charleston, S. c.. Mrs.
Hogan was the widow of Maurice
E. Hogan, who died in BROOKLYN
many years ago. She had lived in
Washington more than 40 years
and formerly made her home with
the late Mrs. Elizabeth E. Byrnes.
her sisted and mother of Senator
Byrnes, at Stoneleigh Court, Mrs.
Byrnes died in 1882.
Besides her son, she is survived
by a granddaughter, Mrs. John w.
Guider, "a Kalorama Circle NV.
and three great-grandchildren.
Private funeral services will be
held at $50 am. tomorrow in Gaw-
ler's funeral home, 1855 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, followed by
requiem mass at 10 am. in st.
Thomas Catholic Church, 1861
Woodley road NV. Burial will be
In Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-12-26

poets, he observed: II am sure an
upturn in business is coming Be-
lieving in this, the railroads are
bound to get their full share of any
prosperity that will come. I have
no misgivings at all about the roads
that are already solvent.
Improvements in operations like
wise are bound to come. Competi-
ton will drive us to it. A few years
ago never would have dreamed of
loading freight in Chicago in one
day and delivering it at Memphis
527 miles away the next morning
in time to be distributed for business.
Necessity brought about the
streamlined train, and I think the
future has more innovations in store
than railroad transportation ever
has accomplished in the past. The
rivalry existing among the makers
of Diesel engines and the manufac-
turers of steam locomotives is so
great that I am sure we are going to
get something in both of them that
we have no ideas about at the pres
ent time"
Mr.. Beven's opinion of the eco
nomic outlook was
I think we are going to have a
kind of business under which we can
live with some degree of comfort
and happiness. firmly believe the
coming year is going to show con-
tinuation of the rise since the low
point last May. I don't expect it to
reach any great height. Indeed, it
might not be good thing for the
aceleration to be too fast. Balance
and equilibrium are important in
all phases of life, and have the same
value in business as anywhere else"