Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1935, Page 6

MRS. ROOSEVELT'S ‘ONUB' REMARK HIT Miss liams Says Perkins Defense Is “Headline Seeking.” By the Associated Press. BERKELEY, Calif, March 26— Secretary of Labor Perkins is still a “mere politician” to Miss Martha Ijams regardless of what Mrs. Frank- lin D. Roosevelt and Gordon Sproul, president of the University of Cali- fornia, have to say about it. Miss Ijams, prominent alumna of the university, declined to be a hostess &t a banquet honoring Miss Perkins last Saturday because she didn’t ap- prove of having a “mere politician” be the first woman ever to address a charter day celebration at Berkeley. Defines “Snub.” Mrs. Roosevelt commented on the incident yesterday, questioning if Miss Tjams intended to snub the cabinet member, and remarking “a snub is the effort of a person who feels supenor to make some one else feel inferior.” “She is presumptuous &s usual in her assumption as to what I intended or did not intend relative to Miss Perkins,” replied Miss Ijams. “Mrs. Roosevelt would do well to remember the people didn't elect her President. A little more retirement would be well on her part Headline Seeking Charged. “The obvious fact to sensible people 48 that Mrs. Roosevelt is of the ob- wvious type of cheap headline seeker. 1 have yet to hear of her sayving any- thing on any subject in which she was manifestly versed. “I wasn't interested in the Perkins woman. I was interested in what the university was doing. I don't know her or care anything about her.” FAVORS HEART BALM BAN. By the Associated Press. All in a matter of minutes, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt yesterday de- nied that Secretary Frances Perkins recently had been “snubbed”; ‘ndorsed New York's new anti-heart balm law; read some poetry from a Denver scissors sharpener, and remarked on the rising relief roll birthrate. At a crowded press conference Mrs, Roosevelt first denied, or rather dissi- pated by definition, the idea that Miss Perkins was “snubbed” by Miss Martha Tjem’s refusal to welcome her last week as Charter day speaker for the University of California. “A snub” defined the President’s wife, “is the effort of a person who feels superior to make some one else feel inferior. find some one who can be made to feel inferior.” Doubts Snub Intended. She made clear she didn't think the Labor Secretary fell within the category of the “snubable.” She doubted, too, whether Miss Ijams, whot thought a woman scientist or educator should have been selected instead of Miss Perkins, intended a snub—she was merely presenting her point of view. To her conference she read this letter from W. Harvey Jones, 2636 West Forty-third evenue, Denver, Colo.: “Dear lady: Would you please use your influence to have the inclosed scrap published where it may do some | good? I am an old man (75) and make my living sharpening knives on the street * * = Then he added a line about Presi- dent Roosevelt understanding “the needs of the country,” and the “in- closed scrap,” which was a poem entitled “Don't Rock the Boat.” Excerpts: “If when starting out for a cruise at sea A rule for safety you'd ask of me My answer, first of all would be, Refrain from rocking the boat. “In the boat of state on a stormy sea With breakers ahead and breakers alee If the way to the harbor you fail to see, Be patient; don't rock the boat.” Weekly Traffic Report Below is the number of traffic violations reported by the traffic safety observers from March 17 to March 23, inclusiv ‘Weaving recklessly........... 10 Driving in a reckless manner. ‘Too fast for safety Failing to give right-of-way Failing to obey stop sign. Failing to obey traffic signal HEIES ....veconaivesess veeo 34 ‘Turned left from wron¢ lane.. 5 Turned right from wrong lane 3 Driving through safety zone.. 4 Drove (passed) on wrong side of street. Pulled from curb without sig- naling Passed street car in vlolntlon of regulation.. Improper lights. Parked abreast Parked too near fire plug. Parked t00 near COrner....... Total tievcirnenneansnaa 136 ‘The following shows the traffic accidents occurring in the Dis- trict of Columbia during the period- of March 17 to March 23, inclusive, as compared with the same period of 1934: 1935. 0 92 Property damage omy 75 102 FUR N } cold storage at the SE- CURITY STORAGE COM- PANY unless you specify {the cheaper fumlgated storage. Forty years’ ex- perience with cold storage for furs and fabries exclu- sively convinces us it PRE- | SERVES the life and luster | TECTS from insects. Cold || | storage is more than worth Fur -coats from $2 up for the season. Cloth coats from from $3 up for the season. Rug storage and clean- ing also. The SECURITY | STORAGE COMPANY, at| 1140 Fifteenth street, qlf safe depository for 45 years|| for silverware, works of art, || Jhousehold goods. i To do so, he has to| THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTO Story of “David Copperfield” IEATHIEA NG Sta to Appear Prepared for Movies 5| Years Before He Got Call. Ruth Sedgwick Is Author of Article in Sunday Star Magazine. How 10-year-old Freddie Bartholo- mew, child star of “David Copper- field,” was preparing for the movies for five years before he got the call to Hollywood, is told in the best story yet written of the new boy-actor, by Ruth Sedgwick in an article in next Sunday's issue of This Week, The Star’s colorgravure magazine, Miss Sedgwick reveals that over ten thousand English and American boys were tried out by Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer before they decided to rest the fate of this $1,000,000 motion picture on Freddie's slight shoulders. Freddie himself writes a little piece on what he thinks of the lot of the boys of today compared to what the boys of David Copperfield’s genera- tion had to put up with. He's glad, he says, that he didn't live in those harsher times. More prominent writers join the long list of -authors who have been keeping This Week up to the high level set by the first issue, in which Sinclair Lewis opened his latest book. P. G. Wodehouse, world-famous funnyman, continues his hilarious yarn about Lord Havershot and the little blighter Teddy Flower, boy idol of America’s womanhood. Honore W. Morrow, noted writer of historical novels, contributes a story which shows that sometimes the as- tute Daniel Webster's heart drove him faster than his head. And Octavus Roy Cohen, master of the short short story, writes one of his best, “Radio Car 67"—in which two good cops, who are also good haters, learn something about jealousy, and how it can boom- " GARNETT TO SPEAK Head of Bar Association Also to | Pay Tribute to Filipinos. United States District Auorney; Leslie C. Garnett and H. Winship | Wheatley, president of the Bar As-| | sociation of the District of Columbia, | | will be the speakers at the banquet | to be given at the National Press | Building at 7 p.m. Thursday in honor of eight Filipinos recently admitted to the District bar. can Cuisine 3150 after 3aturday Luncheon. DANCING Through Diuner and Supper S Three_Times Nightly in th Gay Russian Gypsy Manner, NO COVER Week nights and Sundays Saturday Cover, after 10 ». m., $1.10. OPEN SUNDAY TEL. NA. 4141 in “This Week” § £ erang with a terrific wallop. There are short stories by Channing Pollock, Allene Corliss and Elizabeth Troy, and a fascinating scientific article by Har- lan T. Stetson, revealing some newly discovered facts about the “direction- finders” that enable pigeons to find their way home from distances of thousands of miles. GALESHITNATION Hugh Wmds Sweep Six States and Duststorms Continue. By the Associated Press. Snow, rain, dust, hail and torna- does imposed a crazy quilt pattern on the Nation's weather map today. Death rode tornadoes that ripped through: communities in North Caro- lina, Illinois and Kentucky, and gales that swept Idaho, Washington and Oregon yesterday; dust storms con- tinued in the plains States, and more of the billowing copper-hued clouds were expected today, while Oklahoma checked its losses from week end floods. Snow blankets 15 feet thick covered many sections of the high Sierra re- gion in the West. A United Airlines plane, carrying six passengers and & crew of three, made an emergency landing at Cascade, Idaho, after be- ing forced 140 miles off its course by wind and snow. Many persons, ma- Sound Economy! SPRING 1935 SU ITS ——AND— TOPCOAT The Favored Hues Unusual Patterns—Authentic Styles Long-Wearing, Smart-Looking Fabrics FROM *30 TAILORED TO ASSURE AN UNEXCELLED FIT Sidney West 14th & G Sts. EUGENE C. GOTT, President Trade It In on This Small Down Payment Delivers this range —Balance in small monthly payments. 39th Anniversary Now Going ¢ Regularly . . . Old Stove Allowance . LZook for the b en you Siv Modern 1935 $74.50 $15.00 ‘50 (Main Floor, Electrical Arcade) - THE HECHT C On! ”n D. €, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1935. rooned by snow atop Mount Baker near Bellingham, Wash., reaghed the city last night-after a road had been opened ‘Temperatures in’' Alaska downward to 36 degrees be- low lt hlrblnn More than a score of persons were injured in the three States struck by tornadoes. Nelo Ormsby was killed at Rockingham, N. C.; Thurman El- kins at Fayetteville, N. C., and Sam Abell .at Metropolis, Tl Forty-five buildings were wrecked at Metropolis. Trees, felled by the wind, caused the deaths of Fritz Johnson at Stay- ton, Oreg., and Wilbur Lyons, Koos- kia, Idaho, Housing to Be Discussed. ‘The rent and housing situation in the District will be discussed at a meeting of the Department of Agri- culture Branch, Federal Union, No. 2, tomorrow at 8 p.m. at 710 Fourteenth street. Ballots also will be counted in the group’s annual election. Employes | “JOHN DOE” DEATH PROBE COMPLETED Coroner’s Jury Fails to Hold Government Clerk Accused by Colored Man. A ‘toroner’s jury yesterday finished its investigation into the death of “John Doe, No. 14,” who was run over by an unknown person in the 400 block of Maryland avenue southwest in the sma!l hours of March 10, with no verdict. Bernard Felter, Government clerk, 5517 Seventh street, who appeared on | the scene after the accident, was not | held. He had been accused by Frank Tate, colored, 125 C street southwest, who said he had taken the number of Th Qy DIRECT SERVICE 0 TENNESSEE TEXAS ARIZONA CALIFORNIA The “Southemner"* leaves Washington daily at 2:12 p. m. Most Luxuri- ©ous Plane Service in Ame erical —Stewardess — DOUGLAS planes to F1. Worth—CONDOR SLEEPER PLANES, Ft. Worth 1o Los Angeles — ONLY $13 1STH STREET, N. Sleeper Planes in the World | W., WASHINGTON, D. C. FOR RESERVATIONS AND INFORMATION PHON NATIONAL 0442 or Leading Motels, Travel Bureaus, Postal Telegraph or Western Union Offices New i1 20c A DAY IN* THE ELE CLOCK BUYS IT 1935 —_— the car, had watched it depart and then return when a crowd gathered. The body, claimed by Mrs. Emma Stehlin of the 400 block of N street southwest as that of her husband, Frank P. Stehlin, who disappeared eight years ago, was buried yesterday in Potter's Field. Police of St. Louls insist the man is living in that city, and that his story of his life cor- roborates hers. Mrs. Stehlin became convinced the accident victim was her husband when she saw a picture of him in a newspaper. ‘The victim of the accident never regained consciousness. He was struck with such force that one shoe was hurled 300 feet. U. S. Refrigerators Used. American refrigerators are being introduced into French Indo-China. REINHARDT TO MARRY i; Y Will First Ask Reno if Latvian Divorce Is Legal. HOLLYWOOD, :Calif., March 326 () —Max Reinhardt, stage and screen producer, said yesterday he planned to marry Helene Thimig, German actress, if the Reno, Nev., courts next month grant him declara- tory rellef in his Latvian divorce from Elsa Heims, also & German actress. The Reno court will be asked to rule on the validity of the decree issued in 1931 in Riga, Latvia. Reinhardt’s bride-to-be is his as- sistant director. 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