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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09
GANDH| D|SCLA|MS
PLAN FOR j. S. TRIP
Anxious Countryman Writes
Rich America Would
Not Understand. :.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOMBAY, India, July 9.-Mahatma
Gandhi, answering a letter from a
countryman in America, said in the
newspaper Young India today that ne
had no intention of going to the United
States to plead the cause OF Indian
freedom.
THE proposal to visit America has
been with me for the last five years or
longer" he said, but I lacked the
inner urge or courage to 60. The very
allurements some writer's have held out
have but confirmed by original decision,
based on nothing better than tntui-
ton
Says Dollar Holds Sway.
His correspondent has advised him
not to go, saying:
This country is very peculiar coun-
try in many respects and Americans as
a rule are so materialiStically inclined
they can hardly see anything in terms
other than dollars and cents. Your
visit to this country would be absolutely
misunderstood and the wonderful hold
you have today on some imaginative
Americans would be lost in way"
In reply to the writer's expressed hope
that he would not wear European
clothes on his forthcoming trip to Lon
don, the mahatma reiterated his deci-
klOIl 10 wear OILY d AOAll CAOIA.
If 1 go to England, I shall go as a
representative-noth more and moth
ing less. I must therefore appear not
as the English would have me. but as
my representative character demands.
MY loin cloth is an organic evolution OF
my life. It came naturally, without
effort and without premeditation.
Scores Sham and Falsity.
my duty, as I conceive it, will then
be. If succeed in reaching London, to
add nothing more to the loin cloth than
the weather peremptorily demands. l
should be guilty of diScourtesy to the
English if deceived them by appearing
not as am, but as may think or my
friends may think they would have me
to be.
IF I am to win their hearts as I
want to, I can do so only by being 100
per cent truthful. Truth is like the sun.
1t will melt the icy mountain OF suspi-
cion and distrust."
The Mahatma. in an editorial IN
Young India, headed rs 1t Crumbling?"
accused the British government of fail
ure to observe the Delhi truce.
Cites Many Complaints.
Complaints are pouring in from
many parts that local officials are break
ing the Delhi pact to pieces" he wrote,
land it almost looks as If the govern
ment was at war with the Congress
and that every congressman almost was
suspect"
He quoted communications from Sec
retarteS of the Congress in various parts
of the country complaining at what they
termed forcible dispersal of their meet
ings, even after the Delhi settlement.
Impatient congressman who read this
catalogue of complaints may well ask
How long are we to wait and bear
this?'" he continued. MY answer is
the same-you must as long as the
working committee thinks necessary.
We must continue to fulfill our part of
the agreement. The greater our pa
tience-another word for suffering-the
greater will be our strength"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09
FRENCH AIR SQUADRON
OFF ON EUROPEAN TOUR
Famous Aviators Pilot Long-Range
Planes on Months Cruise to
Advance Aviation.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July "a squadron Of six
long-range air cruisers left Paris for
Brussels today on months tour of
Europe and the Near East to advance
the interests of aviation.
Each machine was piloted by a ia
nous French airman and the squadron
was commanded by Gen. De Goys
Among the pilots was Maj. Dieudonne
Coste. Mechanical experts from motor
and airplane factories completed the
personnel.
The itinerary allows time for lengthy
halts and speed or distance records will
not be sought. The equipment consists
of airplanes of two different makes and
three types of motors of 500 and 600
horsepower each.
From Brussels the squadron will fly
to Amsterdam. Copenhagen, Oslo,
Stockholm. Helsingfors, Riga, Kovno,
Warsaw, Sofia, Istanbul, Athens, Brin-
dist, Rome, Zurich, Lyons and back to
Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09

Altemus, Albert G., 5l23 Georgia Ave. NV.
Atlantic Radio CO., 2Ol6 l4th St. NV.
Atlantic Radio Co., 708 ST. NE.
Brooks, Leo C., 1916 Connecticut Ave. NV.
Catlins', Inc, 1924 New York Ave. NV.
Chdakel Sales Co, 500 Seventh St. S.W.
Colony Radio Service, 1885 Georgia Ave. NV.
Daly.Hopper Co., 1902 Eleventh St. NV.
Dismer, H. F., 1924 Fourteenth St. NV.
CardnerSteuart Motors, Inc, $40 St. NE.
Georges Radio Service, 2l4l Pennsylvania Ave. NV
Goodman, N, Co, 1914 New York Ave. NV:
House & Hermann, Seventh and Eye SITS. NV.
Jerman, B. D., & Co., 28l9 M St. NV.
Jordan Arthur, Piano Co.. Thirteenth and Sts NV.
Kitt Homer L., CO., 1880 St. NV.
Miller G. ", & Co., 242l Pennsylvania Ave. NV.
National Majestic Radio Co.. 72O Twelfth St. NV.
Nee, p J, Co, Seventh and H SITS. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09
GOMEZ WINS FIGHT
States Ratify Changes Asked by
Venezuelan President.

CARACAS, Venezuela, July 9 (P.-
The Legislatures of all 20 states in
Venezuela have ratified amendments to
the national constitution, which meet
the conditions imposed by Gen. Juan
Vicente Gomez.
Gen. Gomez, who was elected Presi-
dent of Venezuela last month. informed
the Congress he would be unable to ac-
cept the. pest unless the constitution
were amended to place the army under
the Chief Executive and to restore the
presidential powers Of appointment, of
calling Congress into special session, of
declaring war and of suspending con-
stituticnal guarantees when such action
was deemed advisable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09

airy brilliance and patriotic fervor the
115th anniversary Of the declaration Of
its independence Of Spain.
The celebrations began In Buenos
Aires last night with q banquet given
by President Uriburu to high govern
ment officials and army and navy
chiefs. Today'S events include q tie
Deum" in the cathedral, a military pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09
Authorised Majestic Refrigerator Dealers

Rieley, julius H., $50 Pennsylvania Ave. Sc:
Service Hardware Co., 1859 Georgia Ave. NV.
Shea, ". F., 37l1 New Hampshire Ave. NV;
Silent Automatic Corp 1920 New York Ave. NV
Star Radio Co., 400 Eleventh ST. NV.
Star Radio Co., 1850 F St. NV.
Star Radio Co., 32l8 Fourteenth St. NV.
Thompson Brothers, 1920 Good Hope I'd: BE.
Union Hardware Co., 6l3 Seventh St. NV.
Washington Radio Shop, 300 Georgia Ave. NV.
Maryland
Rverdale Park Co., Riverdale, Nd :, -,
Rockville Paint and Hardware Co.. Rockville, MO-
Virginia
Del Ray Auto Supply Co., Alexandria, Va
budding, Mrs. C. NJ, Herndon, Va.
Hinken & Son, Alexandra, Va.
Neale, ]. B., & Co.. Clarendon, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09

rade and . gala performance at the
Colon Theater
Another feature was an aviation show
by about rs military and commercial
planes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09

Overwhelmingly new gasoline tax
has raised the retail price Of gasoline
to 27l2 cents q gallon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09
ARGENTINA CELEBRATES

115th Anniversary Of Independ-
ence Marked by Events.
BUENOS AIRES, July 9 R.-Ar-
eentina celebrated today with CUSTOM
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
People Shun Dentist
During Depression,
Saws Goodman

Deploring the fact that there
are now 1000 young graduate
dentists in this country who
have not been able to begin
practicing because of the de-
preston, DR.. Nye Goodman, of
Los Angeles, told the District Of
Columbia Dental Society last
night that only about 20 per
cent of the population seek
dental treatment.
Most of the remaining 80 per
cent need dental attention, he
declared, blaming the depreS-
sion for the general lack Of at
tention.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
To JUDGE
DEATH DRIVER

Robert Robinson. 26, colored,
of TIA @ st. N. W., today was
held for action of the Grand
Jury at a coroner'S inquest at the
District Morgue.
An automobile driven by Rob.
inson yesterday killed James
Judd, 81, of 81 Rhode Island Ave.
N. E., while the latter was cross
ing the street at Third Street
near c Street Southwest. Judd
was dragged more than 100 feet
before the automobile could be
halted and was pronounced dead
upon arrival at Providence Hos
pital.
Robinson was arrested after the
accident and charged with driv.
ing with defective brakes.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
GUT
+ To ABSOLUTE
MINIMUM
Antiquated Equipment in Some
Structures Regarded As
Absolute Menace to Lives

Efforts of school officials to
make school buildings in Wash
ington safe, according to recon-
mendations of the District health
officer and the fire marshal, have
been handicapped because Con-
gress has not appropriated suf-
ficient money with which to do
the necessary work.
AS a result some schools more
than 10 years old are equipped
with old-style ladder fire escapes
instead of the modern step type.
Paltry Improvement
Congress. however, awakened to
the situation in passing the 1882
appropriation bill and specified
that out of the $492,OOO appro.
priation. $4,000 was to be ex-
pended toward modernizing fire
escapes. This sum, however, is
but drop in the bucket COM
pared with what is needed.
School officials pointed out to-
day that when the recommends
tions of the fire marshal and
health officer, made to the Com
as the result of a sur.
vey. were first received in 1928,
Continued on Page IS, Col. p
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
OUSTED JUROR
WINS COURT
DELAY
HI. Johnson, us. Pensioner,
Whose Service Voided Body'S
Acts, Faced With Contempt

Henry L. Johnson, Government
pensioner, whose service on the
July term Grand Jury made the
acts of that body voidabia. today
appeared in District Supreme
Court in response to a rule to
show cause why he should not be
held in contempt of court, and
was granted a delay of one week.
Justice James Nj. Proctor issued
the rule against Johnson for the
latter's failure to answer properly
a question of whether he was a
Government pensioner
Continuance Granted
Justice Proctor granted the
continuance at the request Of S.
McCormaS Hawken, attorney for
Johnson, who stated he had not
had time to properly prepare his
case.
Mr.. Hawken, after appearing in
court, said:
"A decision in the present
case will be important and far.
reaching. 1t will affect the
rights of thousands of Span
iSh-American War veterans and
several million World War vet.
Grams to serve on criminal
jurieS in Federal courts.
Questions the Right
johnson was granted his
pension as a Spanish-American
War veteran under act of Con-
gress May 1, 1926, for services
rendered his country 30 years
ago, as q result of which serv-
ice he is cripple. There is
no reservation in the act af-
fecting or controlling his &C.
tiOn or activities and he can
not be deprived of his pension
except by another act of Con-
greSS.
johnson is under no Obliga-
tiOn to the Government and it
is my opinion he has the right
to serve as a Grand Juror"
Mr.. Hawken said there was
nothing in the District code or
the common law to prevent John.
son serving on the Grand Jury.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
SHELBY To QUIT
JOB NOV. |
Times Staff Photo

Inspector william" S. Shelby,
long one of the most colorful
figures on the police force, was
expected to be notified today OF
his retirement from the depart
ment by the Board of Police and
Fire Surgeons, which yesterday
examined him.
Inspector Shelby Is expected to
leave his desk November /.
On advice of DIR. John S. Reed,
SheIby's personal physician and a
member Of the board of surgeons,
the inspector appeared before the
board yesterday for physical ex'
animation.
The question of q successor to
Inspector Shelby centerS about
Inspector Frank S. w. Burke
and Capt. L. 1. HI. Edwards. II
Edwards is selected, 1t will prob
ably result in the elevation OF
acting Capt Edward j. Kelly to a
full captaincy.
Retirement of Capt. Waiter
Emerson is also expected the first
of the month, which probably
will see appointment Of Lieut.
Joseph c. Morgan to captaincy
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
SEEK
NEW CENTER
KATHERINE

A recreational center for col
ored people In Northeast Wash
ington was urged last night at
the opening fall meeting of the
Northeast Boundary Civic Asso-
citation at the Burrville School.
The association named a COM
mittee representing the Capital
View and Deanwood civic bodies
to cali upon Col. U. s. Grant, 3d.,
director Of Public Buildings and
Grounds, and urge the develop
Sment of such a project.
The association also urged that
the commissioners take under
consideration the development of
Forty.ninth Street as a 90-foot
boulevard from Central Avenue
to Sheriff Road. Other recon-
mendationS included the develop
ment of a boy scout band and
the surfacing of several streets
in the community.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Insurance Company
Asks S5O,OOO in Suit

Walter g. Campbell, director of
regulatory work of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, is named de-
fendant in a $4,000 damage suit
brought against him by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany on behalf of Oscar M.
Harkness. an employe, who was
injured by Campbell's automo-
bile.
The life insurance company,
through its surety, the Travellers
Insurance Company, has already
paid 81 ,602, and will have to pay
out more under the Workmen's
Compensation Act, it sets out.
HarkneSs, the petition says, has
been in Sanitarium since June,
1880, and will be incapacitated
for an indefinite period.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Wife of Er-Arnly
SerqeGvlt Falls Dead

Mrs. Katie Knox, SIS, wife OF
James Knox, retired Army ser
geant, was found dead today in
a room in the house at 1905 I
st. N. w., where she and her hus-
band made their home.
Residents of the house reported
to the police that Mrs. Knox had
been drinking heavily during the
last month. She suffered a heart
attack, they said, last night. Early
today, police were told, she again
started to drink.
She left the room occupied by
her husband and herself, wan
dered to an adjoining chamber
and fell dead.
Roomers who heard her fall
summoned physicians from the
Emergency Hospital, who pro-
nounced Mrs. Knox dead. The
coroner and polcie are investi'
eating.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
WORK D|SPU TE
SUSPENDS 30

About fifty plumbers and steam
filters employed on the new Com
merce Building, Fourteenth and E
Sts. N. W., and the new House
Office Building south of the Capt.
tol, have been withdrawn from
the job by their union pending a
settlement of work dispute.
The exterior of the Commerce
Building is finished, and the
House Office Building is about
helf finished. It was admitted
by the Consolidated Engineering
Co., of Baltimore, general contrac-
tors for both buildings, that the
progress of other workmen on the
two jobs is being delayed by the
dispute and withdrawal. The
quarrel is expected to be settled
shortly.
The question hinges on whether
the stone workers or the plumbers
should install certain combined
stone and pipe fittings in the
buildings.
The Lloyd E. Mitchell Co., Bal
timore, has the plumbing contract
for the House Office Building,
while the Lofts Plumbing and
Heating Co. of Atlanta has the
plumbing work at the new Com
merce Building.
The stone workers went ahead
and installed the combined stone
and-pipe fittings, and the plum
berS were withdrawn from the
jobs in protest. claiming the work
belonged to the plumbers. The
Steamfitters, affiliated with the
plumbers, also were withdrawn.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
President Receives
Good Will EnUOyS

President Hoover yesterday re.
ceived the goodwill ambassadors
of the Chamber of Commerce Of
Kansas City" who came here by
airplane.
The delegation was headed by
Conrad H. Mann, president OF
the chamber, and also member
of Mr.. Hoover's unemployment
relief commission. Others were
Roy Godsey, commissioner OF
aeronautics of the chamber; DR..
j. D. Brock and Col. Ruby D.
Garrett. It was Brooks 696th
consecutive flight and President
Hoover wrote his signature in
Brooks log,
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
2 Fined for Thefts
From Honor Racks

Two men were fined $5 each
by Judge j. P. Mcmahon, today
in Police Court, after they had
been convicted of stealing news
papers from the "honor system"
racks. A third. James Minor,
2814 Georgia Ave. N. w., who
was accused by Patrolman T. B.
Morrow, Of the Second precinct,
with taking papers from the
rack at Georgia Avenue and
Howard Place, failed to appear
for trial and forfeited $40 col
lateral he had placed for his re-
lease.
Those fined were Richard P.
Forester, 2416 Georgia Ave. N.
w., and Herbert Thomas, 1923
Kenyon st. N. w., for taking
papers at Georgia Avenue and
Howard Place.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Il TELL JURORS
Of BEAT|NGS
BY POLICE
Department of Justice Finds
10 Instances of Brutality;
Letter Carrier Complains

Stories of brutal treatment by
police to II prisoners were recited
by witnesses today before the Dis
trict Grand Jury.
AS the jury continued its in
vestigation of so-called ironclad
cases it was revealed that the De-
partment of Justice in its report
to the District Commissioners re-
lated there 10 additional instances
in which it was not deemed ad-
visable to seek court action.
tectives Accused
Three headquarters detectives
and several policemen are named
as defendants in the cases heard
by the jury today.
An unusual tenSenesS prevailed
in the courthouse as several
prisoners were brought in from
penal institutions to testify. One
of these prisoners, William Sui
Ivan, recently made an escape
from the Lorton Reformatory. He
was closely guarded when brought
to the courthouse today.
Joseph w. Birch is understood
to be the complaining witness in
the case involving the headquar-
ters men.
In one of the other cases there
are said to have been nine vic.
Tins of police beatingS. These in
cluded several cOlored women.
The nine, it is understood, were
arrested in connection with q
series of small thefts and were
slapped or beaten while being
questioned.
Mail Carrier Complains
The ether case heard today
was that of Frederick Smith, q
letter carrier, and director of play
at the Lovejoy School. He was
arrested when he tried to stop
a fight near the school and
charges that police beat him.
Just when the Department
will present its report to the
commissioners mas uOC Dccu OC'
termined. 1t may be turned
over to them as soon as the
grand jury completes it's work.
Report Full of Dynamite
The report contains so much
dynamite" it is understood, that
Federal officials may delay its
transmission to the local au-
thorities until trials incident to
indictments which may be re-
turned in the 20 cases, have
been held.
The grand jury is expected to
finish it's investigation tomorrow.
If any indictments are found, it
is probable that they will not be
returned until Tuesday, the reg
ular indictment day"
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
British to Attend
Dust Blast P1rLeU
Times staff Photo

A British delegation, as well as
representatives of manufacturing
industries, insurance com panies,
engineers, fire chiefs and firemen
from over this country, will attend
the National Dust Explosion Con-
ference of the Department of Ag-
riculture here next week.
A dust explosion in a miniature
factory on the Arlington Farm of
the department will be a final
feature Of the conference Tues
day.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Fall DOIUn Stairs
Hurts D. C.. Teacher

Prof. Rene Samson, head of the
department Of modern languages
in the District public schools, is
at Emergency Hospital today with
possible fracture Of several ribs.
The school official was injured
last night when he fell down sew
eral steps while attending a con-
cert at Constitution Hall. It was
said at the hospital today that
his condition Is good"
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Bell Class Observes
'FOrtieth Anniversary

The fortieth anniversary Of
the Bell Sunday School Class,
Of Calvary Baptist Church, was
celebrated last night at the
church, special honor being paid
to the founder, Miss Anna J.
Bell.
Tributes were paid to Miss
Bell by DR.. w. A. Wilbur, pro
vost of George Washington Uni,
4yersity: Rev. w. S. Abernathy.
pastor Of the church; DR.. Ray
mond Pearson, president of Mary
land University, and w. w. Ever
EFT, general manager Of Wood
ward & Lothrop.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Hungarian Artist
Here From Coast

Rudolphe Kiss, Hungarian por.
trait painter, is at the Hotel May
flower. He arrived yesterday from
California where he made a por-
trait Of Mrs. william Gibbs Nc
Adoo.
Mr.. Kiss first gained promi-
nence when, as a prodigy in 1908
at the age Of IA, he had pictures
at expositions In Berlin, Vienna
and Paris.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Santa Claus Lane
Opens November q

The Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association decided last
night again to turn upper Four
Ateenth Street into a brilliantly
lighted Santa Claus lane dur
ing December.
Permission to decorate the
street that month has been given
by the District Commissioners.
The lane will extend on Four
teenth Street from Fairmont
Street to Meridian Place. It will
} be open from November q to
January /.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
DR.. Smith to Speak
At ASburu Meetin0

DR.. E. c. Smith, pastor of Met
ropolitan Baptist Church, will be
the speaker on tonight's program
at the ninety.fifth anniversary
celebration Of Asbury M. E.
Church now in progress.
The sermon last night was de-
livered by the Rev. J. S. Carroll,
pastor Of Mt. Zion M. E. Church
of Georgetown. The exercises will
close Sunday when DR.. E. F. How.
ard, pastor of Israel, C. M. E
Church, will preach.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Social Group to Hear
Speech bv Leonard

Oscar Leonard, of the Jewish
Welfare Society, will address the
Washington Council of Social
Workers at the opening fall meet
ing tomorrow at noon at Phyllis
Wheatley Y. w. C. A.
He will discuss the present
unemployment situation. Major
Campbell C. johnson, executive
secretary of the Twelfth Street
Branch Y. M. c. A., and president
of the council, will preside.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
COnUicted of Fraud,
ShQDirO Asks Retri1L

Argument on Jacob B. Sha
piro's motion for new trial was
heard by Justice Jesse C. Adkins
in District Supreme Court today
Justice Adkins took the case
under adviSement.
Shapiro, wealthy real estate
operator, was convicted of using
the mails to defraud.
His case also was referred to
the probation officer by Justice
Adkins, to be investigated while
he is deciding on whether a new
trial shall be ordered.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Aged WOn1Qn's Death
Pronounced O. Suicide

A certificate of suicide in the
case of Mrs. Mary Elflein, "a. who
died yesterday, will be issued by
DR.. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy cor
oner. he said today.
Mrs. Elflein was found dead in
her bedroom in the home of her
daughter and son-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Huntington, $500 block
Forty'second st. N. W., by a col
ored maid, Ethel Poindexter. An
. empty bottle that had contained
poison was found near the body.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
POIicen1a71's Trial
Put ODer 3 Weeks

The trial of Policeman A. D
McKinnon on charges Of dis
obedience growing out of alleged
embezzlement of the police funds.
today was continued for two
weeks by the Police Trial Board,
because of the absence of Nc
Kinnon'S counsel,
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
RUMMAGE SALE

A rummage sale for the benefit
of the Alpha Beta Sorority will
be held Saturday afternoon at
1915 Seventh st. N. w. Miss
Corrine Watson is president Of
the organization.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
DINNERS AID CHURCH

The Sodality of the Holy Name
Church will give chicken dinners
tonight and tomorrow at Holy
Name School, West Virginia Ave
nue. and Neal Street Northeast, for
the benefit of the church.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
JEWISH CENTER DANCE

The first annual dance of the
Las Amigas Club will be held
at the Jewish Community Center
Sunday evening. Music will be
furnished by the Dagmoir Or
cheStra.