Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1935, Page 30

PROJECTS RUSHED INTO0-HOUR WEEK P. W. A. Employes Volun- teer to Finish Applications Before Deadline. Reports that some Public Works Ad- ninistration employes worked 100 hours during the past week to stay within the deadline fixed by President Roosevelt on public works™ projects were met last night with the official assertion that those who worked over- time did so voluntarily. The President had fixed Thursday 85 the deadline when the last appli- cation® for the projects must be put through, and: the P. W. A. employes, according to one official, handled some 10,700 of them in about three days. Although some observers said the employes worked as many as 100 hours during the past week to finish the job, Michael W. Straus, administrative as- sistant to Secretary Ickes, would not put the figure that high. He said, however, there wasn't a night when there were not at least 100 employes on the job—many of them working straight through. When Secretary Ickes asked for vol- unteers to get the applications over to ‘Works Progress Administrator Harry L. Hopkins, and Frank Walker, head of the Works Allotment Board, prac- tically all employes signified their willingness to work overtime, accord- ing to Straus. Secretary Ickes yesterday communi- cated with the heads of the offices, thanking them and their employes for their parts in completing the work. Officially he recognized the “unusual effort” and complimented his co-work- ers “upon the program of work they were able to present within the pre- &cribed time.” CURLEY’S APPOINTMENT IRKS COL. HOWE’S WIFE #He Is Occupying Himself Pay- ing Off Political Debts,” She Charges. By the Associated Press. FALL RIVER, Mass,, September 14. ~—A declaration that Gov. James M. Curley was a “great disappointment” to her “because he is occupying him- self paying off political debts” was made in an interview today by Mrs. Louis McHenry Howe, wife of Presi- dent Roosevelt's adviser. Referring to the appointment of Edmund J. Cote, Republican member of the Governor's council, as chair- man of the Finance Commission of Fall River, Mrs. Howe, who recently returned from Washington, said the commissior: should not be used as a political icot ball. Cote's appointment she described s the result of “a political deal.” Of the Governor she said: “He was one of my pet swans. I expected him to be as fine a Gov- ‘ernor as Massachusetts ever had, but he is a great disappointment because he is occupying himself paying off Dpolitical debts.” PLANE SCHEDULES CUT Plans of Pan-American Line to Go Into Effect Soon. MIAMI, Fla, September 14 (#).— Pan-American Airways was almost ready today to shrink the map of the Americas some more. ] | trict Commissioner Douglass, of their assignments. New White House Aides The Navy Department announces the assignment of two new Naval aides to the White House. Photo shows, left to right: Lieuts. Robert N. Downes and Charles J. Zondorak shortly after they received the news —Wide World Photo. About Busses Now ‘that street car service on the Chevy Chase Lake line has passed into the limbo of the past—stopping at midnight last night—g smooth-faced youngster who has made a hobby of | stieet cars and street car men prob- ably will go down in some sort of | history as “the greatest living author- ity on the history of the Chevy Chase Lake car barns.” Told Position of Cars. | or night any one visiting the barns | and office of the Capitol Transit Co. at the end of the line could find, during the past 18 months, this oracle of transportation as it affected his favorite line. It is his proud boast, | any given time. | memory the length of time each em- | ploye has been with the company and i he calls all the men at the barn by their first names. This young man, who not only knows what has happened, but what is in the offing, is Robert A. Truax, 20, of 2329 Legation street. Around the car barns he is known as “Bob.” in the barns early this morning young Truax knew, for instance, that that time. lacking one day, marked the end | of 43 years of continuous operation | of the line. Knows Passenger List. | { | Youth, Pursuing Pet Hobby, Knew Intricacies of Car Line| Could Tell to Minute W here Chevy Chase Cars Were, and Will Know Same When the last car was put away | He knows, also, that the passenger | every man who ever served on the list on that first car included Dis-| First V. E. Chenea, general traffic man- | Assistant Postmaster General Hazen, ager, who arrived today from New York, said new schedules bringing | Buenos Aires “two or three” days closer to Miami would be put into effect “within the next 60 days.” Correspondingly less time will be re- quired to travel to and from Rio de Janeiro and other points along the airways, Chenea said. Boundary (Continued From First Page.) | Potomac River and under jurisdiction | of the United States. | The property claimed by the Gov- ernment includes what was once known as Alexander’s Island, near the south end of the Highway Bridge. The Government has introduced old maps to show that a narrow stream sepa- rated Alexander'’s Island from the mainland, but Virginia has told the commission that the stream was just Jow marshland and that Alexander’s Island really was part of the Virginia mainland. If an agreement should be reached for an exchange of land between the airport owners and the Federal Gov- .ernment the pact would have to be submitted to the commission for ap- proval. If the commission accepted it, the next step would be submit the agreement to Congress and probably also to the Virginia Legislature for ratification. ‘The Alexandria agreement, giving the city water front rights it had sought for years, also will he sub- mitted to Congress and the Virginia Legislature. Maryland has no interest in the boundary controversy and there- fore will not have to pass on the + compacts. TalmadgeGrowing ‘Own Groceries in Garden of Mansion 12 Hens Supply Eggs and Cow Milk for Family. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., September 14— Gov. Eugene Talmadge, critic of the Federal agricultural program, is grow- ing his own groceries. At the Executive Mansion in fash- fonable Ansley Park he has a garden which produces part of the food he needs. Virtually all the rest comes from farms owned by the GoVvernor and his wife. Both the Governor and Mrs. Tal- madge pride themselves*on being prac- tical farmers who haven't let city resi- dence disturb their manner of living. One of the first things the Gov- ernor did when he took over the man- sion here was to build a barn and in- stall a chicken yard. Twelve hens supply most of the eggs the mansion uses, and & cow gives five gallons of milk a day. The garden space at the mansion is Gen. A. J. Warner, president of the company; Spencer Watkins, G. E. Disney, W. A. L. Graham, P. H. C. Brennan, M. W. Offutt, J. J. Malone | and H. L. Wyman. The conductor on the first run was C. O. Schubert end the motorman, William Thrift. The old line in the beginning was known as the Rock Creek Railway and began its operation in to what was then the wilderness of the Chevy Chase Lake section September 16, 1892. system from what was then Eight- eenth and Boundary streets it was an overhead trolley | of the line. (now ! Charles E. Truax. i After Today. Eighteenth and U streets) where it connected with the old Metropolitan line. NEW SLVER STAR HOMECPENSTODAY Spring Valley Residence Completely Furnished—Has 10 Main Rooms. ‘The sixth Silver Star Home of 1935 will be opened to the public today at 3601 Forty-ninth street, Spring Valley, under auspices of The Star. English in architectural style and much larger than other Silver Star homes this year, the home was built by W. C. and A. N. Miller, developers of the Spring Valley-Wesley Heights section. It will be open to the public each day for 30 days from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. The house is set well back from the street on a large corner lot that is heavily wooded. It is of brick con- struction and contains 10 main rooms, three baths, two lavatories, a recre- ation room, servant'’s room and two- car garage. The home has been com- pletely furnished. by the Biggs An- tique Co., 1217 Connecticut avenue. The Wesley Heights Shop designed the draperies. The Star's committee of housing experts, which examines carefully alt applications for the Silver Star award, gave the Spring ¥alley home unani- mous indorsement. This committee is headed by James S. Taylor of the Federal Housing Administration. By automobile, the home may be reached by driving out Massachusetts avenue across Nebraska avenue to Up- ton street, thence left on Upton street to Fordham road and then left to Quebec street. Signs leading directly to the home will be posted at the intersection of Fordham and Quebec. | FORMS OWN COMPANY HOLLYWOOD, September 14 (#).— Weary of waiting for the movie pro- ; PHE SUNDAY STAR; WASHINGTON, D. . SEPTEMBER i5, 1935—PART “ONE. Golden Wedding LOCAL COUPLE CELEBRATES FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. MR. AND MRS. J. H. HOLLIS, Of 301 Eleventh street southwest, who have been residents of Wash« ington for the past 44 years, cele- brated their golden wedding an- niversary Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Holliy were married at Charlottes- ville, Va., on Friday the 13th in 1885, the birth date of the bride. Mrs. Hollis, now 70, was 20 at the time. Mr. Hollis, 74, has been as- sociated with carpentering during his residence here and is still ac- tive in that fleld. They have seven children, all living in Wash- ington, and 10 grandchildren. Harris-Ewing Photo. JAILED IN RADIO ATTACK LOS ANGELES, September 14 (#).— The heroine’s screeches and the fran- | tic cries of the hero enmneshed in the villain's trap were too much for Wil- ducers to star him in the roles he |liam Welch's sensitive eardrums. wanted, Bela Lugosi, the horror-role | Police said Welch fired a revolver specialist, announced the formation of | at his neighbor’s home, harboring the his own producing company today. His first picture, he said, will be | | offending radio set. Welch was in jail today, charged fastest run ever made on the line was | career of the famous hypnotist and although the bullet merely shattered the first one ever made on it. That time was 30 minutes, which has nev&r | been equaled. The running time now is 38 minutes. Truax Fills in Gaps. | Young Truax, although he has | never drawn one cent from the Capi- | Almost at any time during the day | tal Transit Co. for his work, and would not accept it, he says, if of- | fered, is looked upon by employes of | the line as one of the importany men in its- operation. It is Truax who | makes out the schedules for the men. | The company officials furnish the | and the boast of workers on the line, | station with the starting and arriving | that he could tell. almost to the rail | time on the line. length, just where any car was at| gap by stating the exact time the He could tell from | cars will arrive at given points. | Truax fills in the | With the inauguration of the bus service this morning Truax will have | seen another of his brain children come | | to life. Every bus driver on the line | | will run‘on strict schedule, not only | between starting and arriving points, | | but at intermediary stops as well. As | | in the case of the street cars, the of- ficials furnished only the starting and | | arriving time, Truax filled in the | gaps. | Has Made Street Cars Hebby. Truax, who graduated from Mc- Kinley High School last year and who will enter a law school this Fall, has made a hobby of street cars and street carmen. He has pictures of line. He has pictures of every type of street car ever used and he has historical data seldom collected on a | commercial eriterprise. | Contrary to popular belief, the | building now used as a station at the | Chevy Chase Lake end of the line | was not built for the purpose by the ! promoters who built the line. It was at one time a dwelling, later be- : ing used as a store before it was | turned into a station, Truax says. | At one time the power for the line was furnished from the old power house which still stands at the end Young Truax is the son of Mr. and “SCARE” SHOT FATAL Bride of Month Thought t Frighten Erring Husband. Mrs. Edith Redding, 23, bride of a month, was charged today with slay- ing her husband, Jimmic Redding, 28, who, she said, “had been seeing an- other woman and I asked him to let her alone.” “I did not mean to kill him,” she said. “I just shot to scare him.” Refers Proposal to Postal Authorities /itlanta Capitalist Sees Flaws in Offer of J. P. Reinach. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, September 14.— The | fancy price tag on a mail order duke- dom is not the only flaw William Candler has to pick with J. P. Reinach’s proposition to found “the nobility of the United States.” “He says nothing about duchesses and countesses,” commented the Atlanta capitalist, who rejected an offer to become & charter member of the nobility and turned the pro- posal over to postal inspectors for in- vestigation. “As he does not say whether I would be limited to one title, I won- der if I could be the Duke de Bilt- more and Count de Coca-Cola at the same time,” added the Candler who operates the Biltmore Hotel here and is an heir to a soft drink fortune. The scheme was outlined in a mimeographed circular received from ‘Washington and signed by Reinach. Current quotations for titles ranged from $1,000,000 for a dukedom to $200,000 for a barony. The title of marquis would come at $700,000, and the fee for a count would be $500,000. ‘The date for the “ennobling and granting of titles” was set for 9 p.m,, September 24, at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington. Officials of the hotel sald no such ceremony had been booked there. Reinach boarded a plane in Wash- ington today for a week end in Niagara Falls, saying he would ex- fairly small, but the Governor said today: “We now have a nice crop of Winter greens and turnips growing, adding that in the Summer and Spring “we have a regular Spring garden.” plain the plan after the eighteenth. ‘The Constitution says “no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States,” but makes no mention of such actions by individuals. - DALLAS, Tex.. September 14 (®).— | woitor R Sharp, University of Wis Mail Order ‘Noble'| o U. 8. Urged to Co-operate With, | the Foreign Affairs Committee of the | New York Young Republican Club | WORLD HAVOC FEARED but Not Be Entangled in Europe. NEW YORK, September 14 (#).— consin professor of government, told today that forces operating in Europe would, if unchecked, lead to “another catastrophe on a large scale.” He proposed that the United States enter the fleld of international co- | operation and said: “The part of | educators and politicians is to dis- abuse the public mind of the idea that international co-operation is the equhinlent of international entangle- ment.” 'Save /3 Of Your Coal Bill | | —and add to your com- || fort with automatic heat || control, uniform ,tem- perature and ease of fur- || nace operation by install- ing a STURTEVANT COAL BLOWER 370 Installed With 2 Controls | One Year's Service Guarantee | & SHAR 734 10th St. NW. Natl 1964 | The House Without Installatiom Is || oua'e’fm. magician, 'a window. He will tell you, also, that the | “Cagliostro,” based on the fabulous with assault with a deadly weapon, | TALMADGE HOLDS STATE DELEGATION Control of Group Passes to Geor- gia Governor, Long Foe of Roosevelt. By the Associated Press. passed into the hands of Gov. Eugene Talmadge, Roosevelt critic, Mrs. Susie Tiiman Moore of Tif- ton, long prominent in party affairs in the State, was chosen unanimously as Democratic national committee- woman today by the Rules Committee of the State Democratic Executive Committee. She remans a vice chair- man of the State Committee, con- trolled by Talmadge. Welcomed to her new office by Gov. ‘Talmadge, Georgia’s national commit- Mrs. Moore replied briefly: “1 know the Governor and I love my State. In serving as a national committeewoman I shall ask for wis- dom. I am grateful for this honor and will serve to the best of my ablity.” Mrs. Moore, who supported Presi- dent Rooseyelt in 1932 by organizing 13 South Georgia counties and serving as president of the Tifton County Roosevelt Club, declined to comment on what position she would take in the event Gov. Talmadge enters the presidential preferential primary in 1936 as an opponent of Mr. Roosevelt. . London has a new dancing craze. Kelly Petillo drove his Champion- equipped Gilmore Speedway Special to victory in the annual' 500 Mile Indianapolis Race, setting & new vecord of 106.34 m.p.h. If Perfect Performance is Important, Spark Plugs are Vitally Important. The only thing that matters to you as a 4park plug user is to know which spark plug gives your car the best performance. On this score Champion Spark Plugs stand un- qualifiedly alone as proved by twelve con- secutive years of supremacy in racing throughout the world. 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F OR D MOTOR PARTS to finish WOMAN RULES SHIP Reaches Kamchatka After Long * Voyage From Odessa. PETROPAVLOVSK, Kamchatks, U. 8. 8. R, September 14 () .—Anna Shetenina, asserted by the BSoviet Union to be the oniy steamship wom- an captain on the high seas, sailed the Soviet steamer Chevicha into Petropavlovsk harbor (;36" with’ & cargo of freight from Odessa. In the crew were 30 men and sev- eral women. It was the captain’s first long voyage, the vessel requiring 58 days to make it. The skipper said every one obeyed orders without question. She was given command of the Chevicha when it was purchased from Germany & few months ago. 4 Your Ford dealer always lubricates your Ford in ac- cordance with factory speci fications. He has the modern equipment and skilled me- chanics necessary to do good work. Typical of the modern, scien- tific equipment used by Ford service stations is the ora- tory Test Set, which quickly and accurately checks engine and At less cost than an old-fash- ioned overhaul, you can your present Ford engine for a factory-recondi- tioned cylinder assembly. Many other units are also in- cluded in this service. comMmpPp electrical performance. ANY