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BETTY HELENA
AFTER CLINGING to their overturned rowboat dur
ing the height of a storm at Ocean View, Va., for a half
hour, Monday, Betty Gerber, 4600 block of Ninth St.
N. W., and Helena Kenney, 500 block of Sheridan St. N.
W., were rescued by occupants of a motor launch. Near
ing shore, the launch was overturned by the heavy seas
and the young women were swept ashore. Times Staff
Photo.
POLICE GIVE KIN
AIKEN DATA
Relatives of Wilfred E. Aiken,
33, teller at the Perpetual Build
ing Association, who disappeared
Friday after leaving a suicide
note, have been given “all avail
able information” on his where
abouts which tends to indicate
that he went to a seamen’s
institute in Jacksonville, Fla.,
Capt. B. F. Thompson, assistant
chief of detectives, said today.
Mrs. Blanche Brawley, 23,
beauty parlor employe, 3500 block
Thirteenth St. N. W., who was
questioned several hours in con
nection with the disappearance,
was released late yesterday in
custody of an attorney.
Detectives say they learned the
missing man communicated with
Mrs. Brawley, that the message
revealed his whereabouts and that
he had not drowned himself, as
his note indicated.
Relatives of Aiken, including
his wife, all denied knowing
■where he was, police say.
Stop Sign Violators
Alexandria Targets
Moving to cut down the large
number of accidents at intersec
tions of side streets and the
three main boulevards through
Alexandria, police are continuing
Itheir drive on stop-sign violators.
According to Capt. John Arnold,
nearly half of the accidents which
have been reported in the city
have been at intersections of U. S.
Routes 5 and 1 and on less used
Streets which have made neces
sary the stop signs.
Five motorists forfeited $5 each
Police Court this morning.
Justice Department Probes
Profiteering In Bread
Following immediately on the
heels of a demand by Senator Wil
liam H. King (D.) of Utah, chair
man of the Senate District Com
mittee, for prosecution of bakers
and dairymen for unjustifiable
price increases, the Department
of Justice today prepared to mo
bilize its forces for a nationwide
investigation of alleged bread
profiteering.
The Justice Department investi
gation has grown out of com
plaints against unreasonable
bread and milk prices received by
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
and George N. Peek, adminis
trator of the agricultural adjust
ment act.
In a memorandum which he
left at the White House, Senator
Car Polisher Steals
Tubes From His
Benefactor
Another Good Samaritan has
discovered kindness is not ap
preciated.
He is Col. Charles S. Hamil
ton, 4900 block of Holbrook
Lane N. W., who gave a colored
man a job polishing his car
and In return had two tire tubes
and two wire wheels stolen.
Colonel Hamilton told police
today the man appeared to be
between 30 and 40 years old and
had a slight limp.
See Colonel Bungle In colore in the
special eight-page section with Satur
day'* Times.
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D. C. TO BENEFIT
BT PARK PLAN
The District of Columbia will
benefit enormously from consoli
dation of the Office of Public
Buildings and Parks with the In
terior Department, Horace M. Al
bright, national director of the
National Parks Service, today pre
dicted.
The greatest advantage citizens
here will derive from creation of
the new Buildings, Parks and
Monuments Commission, he said,
will be nationalization of Govern
ment parks here, which should
draw to Washington many more
visitors than in the past.
Distribution of films, booklets,
and other information describing
the natural beauty of District
parks will do much, he believes,
to create greater national interest
in the Capital.
Another advantage of the new
organization will be its represen
tation on the President’s Cabinet
by the Secretary of Interior. This
should play an important part in
securing for the District much
needed funds, Mr. Albright be
lieves.
Bass Soon to Bite,
Game Warden Says
During the first week the Vir
ginia hunting and fishing licenses
have been on sale. Elliott Hoff
man, clerk of courts in Alexan
dria, has sold 81 State licenses
and 93 county licenses.
Game Warden W. Harry John
son. who has resumed his patrol
of the Potomac River tributaries
after a short illness, predicts the
bass will be biting after the river
clears.
King denounced the advance in
milk and bread prices and de
clared he would seek prosecution
by the Department of Justice.
It is expected that Attorney
General Cummings will issue an
order to all United States district
attorneys to watch the situation
and prepare to summon grand
juries for special investigations if
necessary.
Secretary Wallace claimed an
initial victory on receipt of infor
mation that the lowa Bakers
Association has abandoned a pro
posed immediate boost in prices.
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Office Address. 1317-21 HStN. W. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1933
D. C. STILL HOPES TO USE GAS TAX SURPLUS
HAMILTON BANK
TO PAY OFF
TO 75,000
Depositors in 8 Restricted
Institutions Will Receive
Blanks in Few Days
Approximately 75,000 depositors
of the eight restricted local banks
joining in the formation of the
new Hamilton National Bank will
receive detailed instruction in the
next few days how to get half of
their money which has been
“frozen” since the bank holiday.
The forms, which are to be
mailed out promptly by the con
servators of the affected banks,
are being prepared and approval
by the legal department of the
Treasury is expected today.
Opening Due August 1
The depositors, it is said, are
to be required to “prove their
claims” at the “old” banks. The
money is to be released, how
ever, through the new Hamilton.
The opening date of the new
Hamilton is still tentatively set
for August 1.
A vast amount of detail work,
it was pointed out, still remains
to be done under the supervision
of the conservators with regard
to the deposits.
In addition to complete checks
on each account the officials
must dispose of the problems of
“setoffs,” balancing of credits
and debits of the numerous de
positors.
$11,000,000 To Be Paid
The new bank, too, must have
on hand the opening day com
plete duplicate records for each
of the depositors of the member
banks.
Headquarters of the new bank
are to be in the present Federal-
American National Bank and
Trust Company. Eight branches
are to be maintained.
The 50 per cent of deposits to
be released is estimated at
$11,000,000.
WARN TENANTS
TO EYE LEASES
A warning to property renters
to read their leases carefully be
fore signing was issued today by
Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick,
chairman of the Public Utilities
Commission, in connection with
the rent investigation being con
ducted by the commission.
General Patrick said a large
number of the complaints re
ceived in the rent probe deal
with the provisions of leases. He
warned renters to search their
leases for “trick” clauses.
The commission today drafted
instructions to James Ring, in
charge of the investigation, as
to the policy to be pursued in
adjusting complaints and other
rental matters.
Page of "Uncle Joe, 9
Ripley Takes Bride
Word has reached here of the
marriage last night in Chicago
of H. A. Ripley, 35. son of Mrs.
George Ripley, 3300 block Six
teenth St. N. W., to Miss Leone
M. Johannes.
Mr. Ripley, who was born in
Washington, is a writer for the
Chicago Tribune. He was edu
cated in Washington, and was
page for “Uncle Joe” Cannon
during the latter’s term in Con
gress. His bride, who was his sec
retary, is the daughter of Peter
L. Johannes, of Eau Claire, Wis.
Kight of romlr*. plrtnron nnrt
magar.lno features with Satnrday's
Times.
WAWOKWES
WORKMEN AVER
VIOLATION OF
WAGE LAW
Construction of School May
Lag if Building Contractor
Is Proved Guilty
Possibility that work on the
new colored vocational school at
Twenty-fourth and H Streets
Northeast may be stopped as a
result of reports that carpenters
on the job are being underpaid
was admitted by District officials
today.
Carpenters on the school have
charged that they are being paid
less than the $1 “prevailing wage”
as provided under the Bacon-
Davis law and that when one of
their number complained he was
dismissed.
Two Affidavits Filed
Al Klincenberg, in charge of the
construction, has denied the
accusation, maintaining that all
carpenters on the job are being
paid full wages.
Two affidavits from former em
ployes on the bujiding have been
filed with Corporation Counsel
William W. Bride, charging that
they were employed as carpenters
at only 50 cents an hour and that
they were dismissed when they re
fused to sign cards rating them as
“carpenters’ helpers.”
John Thomas, Berwyn, Md„ an
other former employe on the job,
said carpenters on the work are
being paid at the rate of 60 cents
an hour, at the same time being
forced to sign statements that
they are receiving $1 an hour.
The men are afraid to complain,
he said, for fear of dismissal.
Thomas said he was fired when
he complained.
Niehols’ Office Used
Thomas also charged that the
men are paid in the office of
Roland Nichols, inspector from
the office of the municipal archi
tect and that Nichols has two
brothers working on the job.
Nichols admitted his office was
used and that his brothers work
for the Catalano Construction Co.,
Baltimore, which is building the
school.
He denied that his brothers’
employment had any effect on
his attitude. Director of Construc
tion Harold W. Baker has an
nounced he will investigate this
angle of the case and said he may
require that either Nichols or his
brothers quit.
INJURYTOEYES
BASIS OF SUIT
Julia C. McLaughlin, 1000 block
N St. N. W., asked the District
Supreme Court today to grant
her $20,000 damages against the
Metropolitan Beauty Shops, Inc.,
claiming her eyes were injured
after she had retained the de
fendant to dye her eyebrows and
lashes.
The plaintiff informed the
court she hired one of the de
fendant's agents to dye herbrows
and lashes May 11 in a beauty
shop in the 500 block Tenth
St. N. W. The dying substance,
she said, was allowed to run into
her eyes.
She stated she spent SI,OOO for
medical treatments after the in
cident.
HUSBAND HUNTED
Mrs. Flossie Jackson, colored,
400 block of O St. N. W.. today
asked police to locate her hus
band, Treatus Jackson, 23 years
old, who has been missing since
July 2.
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THE BIG police dog—personal pet of Mrs. Roosevelt— is undergoing treatment by
Dr. Mason Weadon, surgeon at the Washington Animal Hospital, who operated on
him Independence Day. Three large cysts were removed. Times Staff Photo.
ROOSEVELT PET
UNDER KNIFE
Major, No. 1 dog at the White
House, and Mrs. Roosevelt’s per
sonal pet, is recuperating at the
Washington Animal Hospital from
an emergency operation per
formed July 4.
Three large cysts were removed
by Dr. Mason Weadon, surgeon
at the hospital, one was in the
middle of the back and the others
in the pelvic region. Major was
unconscious from a general anes
thetic during the operation.
The large three-year-old Ger
man shepherd broke into print
early this spring when he showed
his resentment at the presence of
Prime Minister Bennett of Cana
da, and Senator Hattie Caraway
at the White House by snapping
at them. Now he wears a muz
zle when out of his kennel.
Dr. Weadon said his patient
is one of the most docile animals
he has had in the hospital. To
day, he submitted to a dressing
of the wounds without showing
any signs of uneasiness. He will
be able to leave the hospital in
about a week.
LOW MERCURY
IN SEASON'
Comfortable July days, such as
Washington has been treated to
this week, don’t usually come this
way, but the Weather Bureau says
today’s temperature is “season
able.”
With a temperature reading of
82 degrees at 1 p. m. the weather
forecasters have it that the mer
cury will mount less than three
degrees before the day is over.
And added to that is the fact
that the humidity is low, adding
much to the comfort of the situa
tion.
BAND ATWALTERREED
The United States Marine Band
will give a concert tomorrow night
at 6:30 o’clock at the Army Med
ical Center, Walter Reed General
Hospital. The program will in
clude eight compositions.
Telephone District 5260
Do Not Be Bashful,
Farley Aide Tells
Postmasters
J. Austin Latimer, secretary
to Postmaster General Farley,
has a couple of choice bits of
advice for postmasters.
One is not to be bashful in
conversation.
In urging “just and court
eous” treatment to inferiors,
he says to study them all be
cause “no two persons are
alike.”
This is the gist of his re
marks in an address in Aiken,
C. C., today.
GILETJffI
PLATE STOLEN
A silver goblet from which Gen.
Uriah Forrest, Revolutionary
War hero, once quaffed what
ever were the favorite beverages
of his day, was included among
valuable silverware stolen from
the home of his great-great-grand
daughter, Miss Georgia F. Green,
of the 3100 block Q St. N. W.,
while her family was away over
the week-end of the Fourth.
The goblet, and two other
antique articles, were once the
propei-y of General Forrest while
a quantity of plate silver left by
Miss Green’s grandfather, Wil
liam Devereaux, and family
jewelry were also among the loot.
The total loss was set at
$1,755.
Miss Green is an employe of the
District corporation counsel’s of
fice. She said the burglars
entered by breaking a window.
Accountants Scan
Dairymen's Books
A corps of accountants today
began examination of the books
of the Maryland and Virginia
Milk Producers’ Association as
part of the Senate milk investiga
tion.
By agreement between the
dairymen and Elwood H. Seal,
special counsel for the Senate
committee which is conducting
the investigation, the books will be
opened to the accountants so
that no subpoenas will be neces
sary. |
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NEWS OF SUBURBS
REVENUE AIDES
ON THIN IGF
Twenty employes in the Wash
ington office of J. Enos Ray, new
Collector of Internal Revenue, are
wondering how long their jobs
will last.
The 20 employes, the entire per
sonnel of the local office, are
almost all non-Civil Service, with
the result that they may be dis
missed at any given moment.
Ray has been besieged by men
and women seeking jobs and,
according to a recent announce
ment by Senator Millard E.
Tydings (D.) of Maryland, the
new eollector will have com
plete charge of the distribution
of patronage.
There have been rumors that
Ray will make as few personnel
changes as possible, but nobody
is sure of his plans.
Thus far. he has made a few
appointments and also some dis
missals in line with the Govern
ment economy program.
SIOO, CLOTHES taken
Dennis Mosby, 1700 block of T
.St. N. W., today reported to po
lice that someone had entered
his apartment with a duplicate
key and had taken SIOO in cash
and three suits of clothes.
Prescription Liquor Price
Due for Rise July 15
Prices for prescription liquor
will jump July 15 because of the
mild but steady increase in de
mand for it since May 15 when
regulations permitting physicians
■ to prescribe from a pint to a
case for a patient went into es
. feet.
Dr. George H. McCann, of
; ficial of the Peoples Drug Stores,
said the coming price rise will
result in a cost of $2 a pint to
the consumer, whereas the aver
age cost now is $1.50. The price
per case to retailers beginning
July 15 will average $35.
Fortune Hopes Fall
Hope of some druggists that
they would reap a fortune under
I the new regulations so far have
DOUGLAS ORDER
CALLED WE
POSTPONING
Budget Director Withholds
Okay Till Public Works
Board Makes Study
District officials still were hope
ful today of getting ultimate ap
proval of Lewis W. Douglas, di
rector of the Bureau of the Bud
get, to their request for the right
to use $1,500,000 gasoline tax sur
plus funds for highway work.
The fund is provided in the
1934 District appropriation act,
which provides that the fund may
be used with Douglas’ approval.
Two items, $575,000 for the Cal
vert Street Bridge and $40,000
for work on Constitution Avenue,
ore specifically mentioned in the
act.
Douglas said that he might re
verse himself later, but added
that the public works program
was under consideration now and
that he “wanted to see where we
are going.”
D. C. Heads in Favor
The District Commissioners
some time ago sent recommenda
tions to Douglas seeking authori
zation for these two projects and
other work to be done under the
act. In refusing to permit the
work Douglas wrote:
“I must advise you that I feel
I must be guided very largely
by the opinion of the Public
Works Administration. Until
that administration has studied
the national situation and
formulated its plan, and par
ticularly until we have more
light upon the whole of the ex
penditures which are to be
made within the District of Co
lumbia, I do not feel that I can
properly pass upon your recom
mendations.”
THINK IT POSTPONEMENT
District heads interpret this to
be a postponement rather than a
refusal of the work and holding
plans in abeyance temporarily to
await further action by Douglas.
The refusal of the Budget Bu
reau head to approve the gasoline
surplus expenditures came to the
attention of the District officials
some days ago, but they withheld
it from publication “for fear of
offending” the Bureau of the
Budget.
Educator Warns
Os Physical Culture
Physical culture practices for
middle-aged persons are frequent
ly dangerous. Dr. Charles L.
Mackert, director of physical edu
cation of Maryland University,
declared yesterday in an address
before the Optimist Club.
He also urged parents to inves
tigate the physical education
given their children in the public
schools.
been dashed, although there is »
larger demand for prescription
liquor than previously.
It is expected, though, that
when cooler weather sets in se
rious drinkers will buy in larger
quantities.
When the new regulations be
came effective there were on
hand 4,500,000 gallons of pre-war
bonded whisky. Whether this
supply is sufficient to last until
the new year when repeal is ex
pected is problematical.
Bootleg Price Down
Meanwhile, the price of boot
leg liquor has fallen as a result
of the liberalized regulations. Gin
has taken a drop of 25 cents a
pint, the average price now being
75 cents.
The average price for bootleg
alcohol here is now $1 compared
with the $1.25 charged two
months ago.
Artists, Here’s a Job!
U.S. Wants Model
Os Plate of Liver
Unemployed sculptors, model
makers and other artisans
anxious to make a few odd
dollars have an opportunity of
fered them by the Public Health
Service.
Bids will be opened at the
New Public Health Service
building at Nineteenth Street
and Constitution Avenue to
morrow at 2 p. m., for a plaster
model of “two slices of cooked
liver on a plate.”
See Colonel Bungle in colore in the
eneclal elght-page section with Satur
day’s Times.