Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1935, Page 3

12 POLICE ADDED AT WHITE HOUSE Roosevelt Signs Measure Increasing Force to 60 Members. The White House police force, which eame into existence when President Lincoln appointed two plainclothes- men to guard the Executive Mansio; has been increased in number to 5 privates and 5 officers as the result of & bill just signed by the President adding 12 privates Rebuilding of the Executive Office along with greatly increased White House activities, made it nece provide a larger number of policemen to guard the President’s home, and grounds. the White House last Fall borrowed seven privates from the Washington police force. These men are still on duty and will be the first selected for appointment to the White House force, which is looked upon as the cream of police work in Washington. The re- maining five to be appointed under the increase will be selected from THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 1y 0 | office | To meet this necessity | members of the Washington police and | the United States Park Police of this city For the past five years the House force has come under super- vision of the United States Secret Service, but the actual command has been under Capt. Clarence Dalrymple, who is one of the oldest employes of the White House and who rates as the senior member of the White House police. This officer came to the White House force from the Washington Po- Jice Department in 1898. At that time the force comprised on: officers President Increased the force to 45 and during the World War President Wilson in- creased it to 58. This number was re- duced to 33 by President Harding and £mnece then it has been gradually creased until its present strength. The second in command of this or- ganization 1s 1 Ernest who has been & member of the White House police for 33 years. HELEN AULT TO WED, White 30 men and | \URESLUaaw feaw “ischer Studin, WE are ready. Make friends new | Theodore Roosevelt later | in- | Seamon, | SURPRISING FRIENDS Gordon K. Zimmerman to Claim Radio Singer as Bride at Epiphany Church. Friends here were surprised to learn of the impending marriage today of Miss Helen Ault mer Broadway plaver, and Gordon Zimmerman. 24. who resigned as a newspaper reporter recently to take a place with the Soil Erosion Bureau The ceremony was to be performed late this afternoon at Church. iss Ault, daughter of B. P. Aul 1920 H street, plaved for several yea in “Honeymoon Lane” and “Three’s & Crowd.” More recently, she won second prize in an audition by the Columbia Broad- casting System and has been singing to radio audiences. The couple succeeded in keeping their wedding plans secret until shortly before the ceremony. SERVICES FORI H. JONES TO BE HELD TOMORROW, Long-time Resident of Linden Will Be Buried at Wood- side Church. &necial Dispatch to The Star. LINDEN, Md, May 29.—Funeral kervices for Ira H. Jones, lifelong resident of Montgomery County, lowing a week’s illness, will be held tomorrow at 2 oclock at ton. Burial will take place in Grace Church Cemetery at Woodside. Mr. Jones, born in Glenmont. Md., October 12, 1881, was the son of the late Samuel H. Jones, once sheriff of Montgomery County. tioneer and for the past 12 years was associated with a Washington lumber firm. He had been a resident of this community for 25 years. Besides his widow, Mrs. Lawrence Jones, daughter, Miss Mary Louise Jones, Josephine Seize Farm Animals. Railiffs recently seized for tithes 246 ewes, six pigs, seven cows, three heif- ers and an elevator on the farm of 8. Crump at Bilsington, England. E 17, AT 11 AM o shorage. 6. . O tru Gus Eichverg. wilclionee DAVIS. nw WILL FE -RESPONSIBLE ONLY debts _contracted by it MONTIA 1 BRIDGES, FOR T OT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR vt contracted by any other than myself RGE H. HOFFECKER. 1123 Ch s WANT RET L F D= Atlantic Ciiv. m.m.u]; : = EMITH & TRANSFER & STORAGE CO. 5_You at._n.w._Phone North .J343 RATS AND MICF "GET_A Jsure catch: 20c and 50c. “STEP 500% WANT TO HAUL_ FULL OR PART_LOAD | to or from New York. Richmond. Boston. Pittsburgh and all way points special rates, | IN NATIONAL DELIVERY 4SS rn u»can “mOvihE .xm n.sms BRIDGE lnd munnn lOc up D Also invalla n r sale. UNITED STATES STORAG! 418 10th st. n.W. MEtropolitan 15844, GLENWOOD CEMETERY. To prevent accident and wvoid_conges- tion. the gates of the Glenwood Cemetery will be closed to nII vehieular traflic on Thursday Muy 50 HOARD OF TRUSTEES, E._WISE,_Secretary, MEETING_ OF Cement Finishers, Local udvanced 10 d: 29 instead of Thursday JAMES BUCKLEY. Sec 'DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART loads 'to and from Balto. 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Six chapels, twelve parlors, se\emven cars. hearses and ambulances. twenty-five undertal Our Roof Work ——i= Just_a bit different Best of materials. capable mechanis persona) supervicion. assuring absoly reliabilits Coi us for 8 good J who died Monday at Garfield Hospital fol- | the Birch | funeral home. 3034 M street, Washing- | he is survived by a | | "doubledly break my neck.” THE PLASTERERS "AND | | | | radio singer and for- | Epiphany No. 1—F. Rodney Titcomb. who Wash., to negotiate with the kidnapers of 9 to have been named by r-old George Weyerhaeuse is reported a Weyerhaeuser Lumber Co. and a relative. Nos. had £200.000 ready No. to pay 2 and 3—Recent photos of the kidnaped boy. No. 4—Terse ad in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, by which the parents of the child told the ki for ransom. 5—Miss Lucile Berg. the boy's teacher, who said he was one of the most intelligent boys she had ever | taught and predicted he would endear himself to his kidnapers. No. 6—Recent fire in this abandoned house, overlooking the garden of the We belief that the kidnapers may have used it as a lookout post while planning the abduction. shown in background. the r family at Tacoma, an executive of the ‘Weverhae 1. Titcomb apers they erhacuser home, led to the Weyerhaeuser home This Changing World Ousting of Flandin Expected After Nine Months in Office—Forced to Ask Wide | He was an auc- | | BY CONSTANTINE BROW NOTHER head of a gov N’nmP“t A 6-foot-2 Premier of France, | Pierre-Etienne Flandin. He | has been in office for nearly eternity in French politics. S e ‘There is nothing wrong with Flan- too long and his collaborators want the job. The financial situation of France has become so threatening is on his way out. This is the nine months and that is almost an din except that he has been in office that the premier is compelled to ask - | for extensive arbitrary powers to han- | dle it in his own way. This offers a Iper[N‘t chance to his political op- ponents to stab him in the back and take the job away from him. S A few weeks ago Flandin was in a | motor-car accident in which he broke his arm. Philosophically. he told re- porters this week: “In the motor-car accident I merely broke my arm.” In trying to save the franc I shall un-| A safe premonition in the present political situation of France. That Laval is going to replace him seems a foregone conclusion, He has covered himself with glory by bringing about the Franco- Soviet alliance and the Franco- Italian co-operation, The French newspapers, with very | | few exceptions, have been singing his | | praise since last Winter. The stage is set for his coming into office. | Whether he will be able to save the | franc without cutting drastically the enormous government expenditure, which by far exceeds the treasury's income, is another matter. * o x % Unless the French Chamber shows more political wisdom than customary, French governments will succeed each | other with machinegun rapidity. There has been a nervous ten- sion in France for the last few months. On the one hand the international political situation and the war menace have rendered the French people more excitable than usual, To this has been added a serious economic depression and an appreciable increase | | Powers by Crisis. of living; as the last straw comes now the prospect of a devaluation of the franc, which will mean a serious loss to the investors—espe= cially the smail fry. A repetition of the scenes of Febru- ary 6, 1934, is expected unless the French Chamber plays the political game honestly, o Observers say that under these cir- cumstances France may have to appeal to a “one-man government” who would assume full responsibility and send the Chambers on a long holiday. It almost happened when Doumergue was called to office in February, 1934. tion without taking any too drastic | steps because France is intrinsically strong. But as soon as the danger appeared to be over the pelitical boys started playing the old game again and Doumergue was kicked out with- out ceremony. * X Xk X Should any trouble result from the antics of the French politicians it is | more than likely that France should s | intrust her fate, temporarily at least, | trated at important strategic points, | gives her a distinct advantage over | | Two names are mentioned, Marshal all her neighbors, who are far behind to one of her distinguished soldiers. Petain and Gen. Weygand. It is not | probable that Petain will accept such | a task; he is 80 years old and though physically strong and mentally alert | he would hesitate to tackle a difficult | job so late in life. Gen. Weygand, who retired only a fw months ago from the position of inspector general of the French Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at A.Kahn Jnc. Arthur J. Sundlunp® Pres. He saved the situa- | army, is the man li the unthankful task of restoring order in France. He has the full confidence of the French people, who see in him the future com- mander-in-chief in case of war and can rely on the army to obey him blandly, He has tried his hand as an admin- istrator when he was French high commissioner in Syria. Weygand cannot be compared with any of the existing dictators. He has not got the spectacular forcefulness | of Mussolini nor the gift of gab and | ruthlessness of Hitler. A polite, meek-looking French cav- alry officer of Belgian parentage, he reminds one of the bishop-soldier: the Middle Ages who wore a steel ar- mor under the purple robe, ERE has ely to assume Mussolini stolen a march on the rest of Europe by mobilizing under | | the cover of the war threat in Abys- | sinia close to 1000000 men. And this is a very important factor in the general situation in Europe. Since long before the World War it has been axiomatic that the loss of a few days—even a few hours— in mobilization was equivalent to a serious defeat in the field. The actual moment of the outbreak of the 1914-1918 war was largely de- termined by the rivgl struggle of the general staffs to avoid losing this advantage, i Now Italy has in fact mobilized. | By doing this she is prepared to over- run Ethiopia swiftly and break Se- lassie’s resistance in a short time while the bulk of her army, concen- in their military prrparmam, TWO CONCERTS TONIGHT Two concerts will be presented to- night by the Elks' Boys’ Band at the | Anacostia Lodge, No. 21, F. A. A, M., | carnival on the grounds ndJoImng the | Anacostia Bank. The first concert will be between 7:15 and 8 p.m. begin at 9 and last until 10 pm. The band will be under the direction of James Kidwell. The carnival, which opened Monday night, will continue 10 days. | Look for Correct Answers to the Jumble Problems In Tomorrow’s Star Thursday, Max 30th and the second will | D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1935. ., LOBBY CURB BLL |D. C. DVORCE BILL | Black Bill Requires All In- POTASH INDUSTRY Chemistry and Soils Bureau Worker President of New Organization: Dr. J. W. Turrentine, for many years in charge of potash researches of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Agriculture Department, has been ap- pointed president of the American Potash Institute, Inc., organized by American producers and importers of potash salts and soon to be established here, In view of the growing importance of potash in the agriculture of North | America and in order to lend assist- ance in this country's fertilizer re- search gram, the institute has been organized o carry on scientific | and agricultural investigations to pro- mote the efficient and profitable use of potash in crop production. Scientific Work Necessary. It is recognized, the institute savs, that an increasing and effective use of fertilizers, including potash, can | only be bused on facts resulting from scientific work. It will be the institute's policy to co-operate, as opportunity affords, with State and Federal institutions in carrying on research and experimental work in the United States, Canada and Cuba, and with the agricultural work sponsored by the National Fer- tilizer Association and other scientific ! and trade organizations. i Dr. Turrentine is well known in America and Europe for his numerous researches, writings and addresses on | potash and other fertilizer subjects and his activities in connection with the American potash industry. He has been connected with the Agri- | culture Department since 1911, when the initial potash survey of the United States was inaugurated. Callister Vice President. G. J. Callister, for 24 years con- nected with the educational work of the potash industry, will be vice pres- | ident and secretary of the institute. | Both he and Dr. Turrentine are mem- I bers of the American Chemical So- | ciety as well as a number of other | scientific groups. Dr. Turrentine and Callister will | sever their outside connections when | the institute is established. Branch offices of the institute will | be established in Atlanta, Ga.; 1ayette, Ind.; San Jose, Calif,, and | Hamilton, ommu PLAN EXAMINATIONS Girls Seek Schclmslnps in Local Academy. Girls who are finishing the eighth | grade of elementary schools this year | are eligible to take part in the scholar- | ship examinations of the Immaculate | Conception ~ Academy, 1554 Eight | street northwest. The examinations will be held at the academy at 9 am. Saturday.| | Registration will take place immed- | iately before the questions are dis- | tributed. R R LR To Consult With Us About STORAGE MOVING Before Planning Definitely for the Future! “Let Storage Help You” UNITED *STATES STORAGE COMPANY Fireproof Warghouse 418 10th St. N.W. MEt. 1843 B8R R R R | April ‘TURRENTINE HEADS | sharp decline from the 9,900 deaths in 1S SENTTO HOUSE fluencing Legislation to Register. Approved by the Senate yesterday, the Black bill to require registration of paid lobbyists, is on its way to the | House for consideration. Sponsored by Senator Black, Demo- crat, of Alabama, the measure would | require all persons who seek to influ- ence legislation or Government cou- tracts Lo file statements showing who employs them, and their compensation und expenses. Those who work for | or against legislation would have to register with the clerk of the House and the secretary of the Senate. Those who practice in the Government de- partments would have to register with the Federal Trade Commission. Lobbying without having registered would be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not to exceed $5.000, or imprisonment for not more than a year, or both. In order to avoid possible opposi- tion to the bill by the direct use of the word “lobbyist.”” the measure was revised in committee s0 as to refer to “persons engaged In influencing legislation or Government contracts.” Before the bill passed Senator Borsh, Republican, of Idaho, wanted 10 know if it would apply to “such | enilemen as those who appeared bere | | & few duys myo, those who were on the pay 1ol of N. R. A, who sppeared hiere for the purpose of seeking an ex- | lension of N. R. Ay’ Black said it would apply 1o any one receiving pay for the purpose of in- fluencing legislation or «umrm!\ He added that he would not “be pained" if it applied to those Borah had re- ferred to. Borah said he “would be pained” if it did not apply to them. APRIL TRAFFIC | DEATHS IN U. S. TOTAL 2,360 By the Assoclated Press CHICAGO, May 29.—The National Safety Council yesterday estimated that 2360 persons lost their lives last in motor vehicle accidents in the United States—a substantial de- crease from the 2,540 deaths in April, 1934, Automobile fatalitites in the first four months of 1935 were 9540, & a (onl‘\pundlng period last year, but far above the 7913 loss for the first third of 1933, Most of the April improvement was in small towns and rural regions. with the death rate rising in cities. Urban communities of over tion had an increase of 7 per cent New York retained the distinction of having the lowest death rate of the big cities, although it had a relatively unfavorablie April record of 81 deaths, against 52 in April 1934, 11/]|/| MAY 30th . . MEMORIAL DAY (|||} 30th . . MEMORIAL DAY Memorial FAIRIALR LR RN Since 1855 FLaW % v o LS " '_', 'l o5 £ 3 "; ” - L "> exquisite Roses, Daisies, Poppies, CEMETERY VASES. | terday | the 500,000 popula- | CR N X WERS Dupont Circle MEMORIAL DAY FLOWERS and PLANTS Artificial REATHS Individually and specially made of the really very “CALART” $9_$3.50_ ALL SIZES. RN RN R R rrrrrrrch ONWAYTO HI]USE. Measure Adding Six Causes | to Law Approved by Senate. ‘The bill to broaden the divorce law of the District is on its way to the House for action, approved by the | Senate late yesterday along with four other District measures. While existing law permits an absolute divorce only on the ground of adultery, the pending bill would add the following other causes: Cruelty, desertion for two years, sep- aration for five consecutive years with- | out cohabitation, habiturl drunkenness for one yeur, final conviction of a | felony involving moral turpitude, and incurable insanity for five years, The bill contains a residence require- ment of one year if the cause of the divorce occurred in the District, and two years if the cause occurred else- where. King Depiores Divorce Growth, ‘The measure was prepared by com- mittees of the District Bar Association | and the Woman's Bar Association Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, Dis- trict Committes chairman, said he would not prevent action on the bill, but deplored the growing number of | divorces in the United States. Two of the other bills passed yes- sull require louse action, namely: To compensate Lyman C. Druke for injuries received while in the service of the District Employ- | ment Commiltee several years ago snd an suthorization for the Boy | Scouts of America to use park proper- ty in connection with their national gathering here in August. Asylum’s Name Changed. The Senate passed two other Dis- | | trict measures that the House pre- viously had approved. One changes name of the German Orphan Asylum to the German Orphan Home. The other would renew and make | perpetual the incorporation of E. F. Droop & Sons Co. The House bill to provide pensions for the needy blind was postponed in accordance with the understand- ing reached in committee that this n}]rfi.\\n'b would be considered after the completed. Aids Animal Friends. Victoria Cross, the mnovelist, is ac- tively aiding the Society of Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals in Menton, France. », INC. | 1407 IT St. N.W. NAt. 4905-06-07 LAWYERS’ BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON S. ADAMS G Nover. 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