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Evening star., 1932-03-07
COMMUNITY PLAY SERIES
TO CONCLUDE THIS WEEK
Last of Program of Preliminary
Contests Scheduled Tomorrow
and Thursday Nights.

The last of a series of contests pre-
liminary to the finals of the one-act
play tournment under the auspices Of
the Community Center Department
March Is will be held in the East Wash
ington Community Center tomorrow
night and Thursday night, it was an
nounced today.
The program tomorrow night will be
opened with the presentation of THE
Stoker" by the Pierce Hall Players,
which was postponed from last Thurs
days preliminarieS because of illness of
one of the players. Other groups
scheduled to appear tomorrow include
the Park View Players in The Nm
Who Came Back; the Montgomery
Players in mo Sabe"; the Drama Sec
ton of the Woman's Club of Chevy
Chase in "One Little Kiss" and the
East Washington Community Players
in Fog"
Four outstanding plays are expected
to be selected at the finals March Is,
at which a committee of dramatic
critics from newspapers will act as
Judges.
Evening star., 1932-03-07
FLEET PREPARES
FOR BIGGEST GAME
Greatest War Problem Ever
Undertaken by Navy viii
Be Pacific Defense.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO. Calf. March War
ships, singly and by divisions, came to
anchor here yesterday i'll a preliminary
rendezvous for what officers declare will
be the greatest war games ever played
by the United States Navy The task
facing officers is solution of problem 13,
/, consisting Of the defense of the Pacific
Coast from a tremendous attacking
force.
The Pacific Battle Force, named the
blue, is scheduled to sail to the attack
from Lahaina Roads Hawaii. Tuesday
night. The Atlantic Scouting Force.
called the black is gathering for the
defense.
May Meet Wednesday.
In vague sometime" after Wednes-
Gay, perhaps LOCO miles at sea, the
black defenders hope to make contact
with the enemy"
Dawn today saw at anchor in San
Pedro roadstead VICE Admiral Arthur
L. Wizards cruiser flagship Augusta
and nine other light cruisers the Chi
cago, Louisville, Salt Lake City North
amptOn, Pensacola, Chester. Trenton
Richmond and Malblehead the battle
ship Arkansas. the dirigible tender Pa
toka, the aircraft carrier Lexington and
the auXiliaries Vestal, Antares. Bridges
Brazos, Salinas Rail, Ramapo Vireo.
Robin and Bobolink.
Will Have 81 Vessels.
Admiral Willard eventually will have
81 vessels under his flag At San Diego
are % destroyers and their cruiser flag
ship Raleigh, lG submarines. the air
craft carrier Langley and the tenders
Wright, Holland, Medusa, Bushnell,
Widgeon, Seagull, Sandpiper, Teal and
Whitney.
At the rendezvous at sea the defend
ing fleet will be joined by the four
Evening star., 1932-03-07
BY VICTOR HACKLER.

CHICAGO, March L49.-The story
Of this city of 100000 persons-lt'
treasures empty, its employees 1ar De-
hind in their pay, its citizens refusing
to pay taXeS-iS story that 1nVarlaplS
brings up the question:
How did Chicago ever let Itself gel
in such shape?'
The answer is that the tax and flnan-
cial muddle is product OF many years
end many problems. 1t was slow
growing malady and Chicago did not
awake to its seriousness until general
national economic conditions furnished
the impetus for sudden chaotic condi-
tions that could no longer be ignored.
Problem Too Complex.
The average ChiCagoan will blame
Crooked politicians, or 'milllonaires
who are hiding their wealth, or land
lords who refuse to pay taxes.
Actually the problem is too complex to
result from any one cause.
The system of assessing property and
collecting taxes in Cook County, which
is Chicago and score of suburbs, has
long been attacked as unworkable and
inefficient. The people lost faith in that
system.
Hayden Bell. tax attorney for the
COutlb1. SdlQ tllC wac AiAAPCS
sible . could not have been operated
by honest men"
Melvin A Traylor, president of the
First National Bank. told the State
Legislature he did not believe it hu-
manly possible for the machinery,
which included 5 assessors and 400
taxing units. to levy a proper tax. Il
do not believe 1 could do it., he said.
81 do not believe you could
100000 Storm Tax Board.
Complaints under that system grew
steadily until some 100000 property
owners stormed the offices of the
Board of Review after the quadrennial
assessment had been made in 1927.
The State Supreme Court ruled that
there were gross inequalities in the
levy and a reaSseSsment was ordered.
Because of various court actions and
political moves, it was almost year
before the reasSesSment was started and
it was April, 1890, before it was COM
pleted The 1927 taxes had been col
lected on time in 1923, but there was
no revenue from taxes in 1929.
The money to run the local govern
ments-the city, the county, the school
board, the sanitary district, the park
boards-came during this period from
the sale of tax anticipation warrants.
At first the banks and other large finan-
cial institutions were ready buyers of
this interest-bearing paper. but the
market eventually became glutted.
There is now outstanding almost S240,-
100000 in warrants and the governing
bodies have found it futile to offer more.
When the 1923 bills had finally been
mailed out, and, not many months later,
the 1929 bills followed in their wake.
the taxpayers began to strike" The
extent of the strike" is best shown by
the following: Taxes still due for 1923,
S51 TAB, ,209: for 1929. $82 ,110,689
This unusual strike" and its back
ground will be the subject of tomorrow s
article
Evening star., 1932-03-07
row IS for babies months to

tomorrow IS for babies 6 months to 1
wear old.
The youngest grandmother attending
the show tomorrow night will be Sc
lected as winner of the speciality con-
test to be held. Wednesday night prizes
will go to the most alike and least alike
twins visiting the exposition
Tonight's grand prize. which will be
given away to some patron at the show,
will be an electric refrigerator. Two
more refrigeratorS will be given away
tomorrow night and Wednesday night
while other prizes to be awarded this
week include radios. silverware dinner
ware and a 1882 automobile. in afidi-
ton to many items of foodstuffs
Exhibitors at the show are distribut-
ing samples and favorS generously to
visitors. Opening hours at the audi-
torium are to pm. and 7:3O to
1890 pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-07

Former Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
who recently retired from the United
States Supreme Court, will be honored
by the Federal Bar Association at a
reception and dinner on his ninety
first birthday anniversary tomorrow. 1t
will be held at the Shoreham Hotel.
Justice Owen D. Roberts will repre-
sent the Supreme Court, while Attor-
ney General and Mrs. Mitchell and
other cabinet members will be among
the 500 guests Solicitor General
Thomas D. Thacher will be postmaster
Judge Learned Hand of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals will
tell of the distinguished career of JUS
tice Holmes and his contributions to
legal science. Representative James NJ
Beck of Pennsylvania will describe some
of the humorous incidents of practice
before the Supreme Court during the
time Justice Holmes sat.
The District Bar Association. Wom-
ems Bar Association and local repre-
sentatives Of the American Bar Asso-
citation and the American Law Institute
are cooperating in the dinner.
Evening star., 1932-03-07
G. O. P. CLUB TO MEET

Bethesda Republican Executive
Committee to Be Announced.
BY a Stall Correspondent Of The Star
BETHESDA, Md, March THE
third meeting of the Republican Club
Of Bethesda will be held at the county
building here Saturday night, President
Charles s. Moore states.
Selection of the Executive Commit
tee and of the committees to take
charge of the work of the club in the
five precincts of the seventh election
district will be announced at that time.
Evening star., 1932-03-07
RED CROSS TO TEACH
STUDENTS FIRST-AID
Life-Saving Institute Will Be Held
at Harvard University This
Week-225 to Take Course.

The American Red Cross will hold
a first-aid and life-saving institute for
students of Howard University at the
college this week Three classes of rs
students each have been organized
Commodore w. E Longfellow, as
sistant national director of the first
aid and life-saving service of the Red
Gross, will direct the institute and will
be assisted by Linn w. Woodworth
Ira E. Law and Hidimoi Mori.
University instructors will be John
H. Burr, c. w. Davis, NJ. r. Allen and
Miss Violet Warfield. Student assist
ants will include John F. Harris and
George Morris and graduate assistants
will be Clarence M. Pendleton anc
Joseph Drew.
Evening star., 1932-03-07
Will Give Benefit Concert.

HYATTSVILLE, Md, March (Spe-
ciaD "A concert and play will be given
by the Chaninade Glee Club of Wash
ington and the Retsof Glass of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South in
the church here tomorrow night at 8
o'clock. Proceeds will go to the build
ing fund of the church.
Evening star., 1932-03-07
BABY WINNERS TO GET
CUPS AT FOOD SHOW
Contest Opening This Afternoon
Will Continue Week-0ther
Features Set.

The opening of baby popularity
contest this afternoon, scheduled TO
.un all week. marked today's program
of the United Food Stores Exposition
in the Washington Auditorium, which
opened Saturday night largest
family contest" Will feature the show
tonight
Several silver loving cups will go to
winners in the baby contest, with a
large cup for the winner in the finals
Saturday afternoon. Today infants up
to 6 months of age are eligible. while
Evening star., 1932-03-07

V-type submarines Argonaut, Bass, Bo-
nita and Narwhal.
The oceanic gameboard was described
as a triangle, of which the Hawaiian
Islands form the apex and a line run
ming from Puget Sound south to the
lower end of Lower California forms
the base.
Evening star., 1932-03-07
Building and Loan to Elect.

HYATTSVILLE. Md. March (She-
ciaD The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Hyattsville Building
Association for the election of officers
and directors and other business will
be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
Evening star., 1932-03-07

If you want quick relief from cold
GO back TO first principles and use
something you knolU does the business
don't start trying a lot Of fancy
ideaS Or remedies.
Get Hills Cascara Quinine A scien-
tific formula made to do ONE THING
WELL: to knock q cold in a jify, not
to cure a hundred different things.
Take two tablets every three hours.
Drink lots Of water between times
that's all. Soon those mean, aching
pains in head and body begin to go;
the cold breaks up. poisons leave your
system and you feel like a new person.
II il doesn't do that, your money
back Get box now for a few cents
You'll be surprised at the speed with
which it works.
HTTT'C Cascara' ouinine
A2ALA - Compound
Evening star., 1932-03-07
CHICAGO FINANCES
BRING TAX STRIKE
Complex Series of Events
Puts City in Almost Hope
less Money MuddIe.

A crushing debt hangs over the, City
of Chicago and the strangest strike IN
history has brought Americas second
How did Chicago get that way? Where
is the physician and what the preScrlp,
tion that will pull Father Dearborn
through? These are the questions ais
cussed in series of three stores OF
which this is the first.
Evening star., 1932-03-07

Prince Chalerndol of Siam has be-
come a cadet at the Royal Military Col
lege, Sanhurst, England, where his
father, the King of Siam, was a cadet
25 years ago.
Evening star., 1932-03-07
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-03
CHAPTER 19.. HELLO DICKY."

New York in the saffron of sum- set took on a medieval aspect. Cur ious that it should It does. Here was Carrcassonne on the grand scale Castles on every block Richard Cour de Lions in ready mades. Queens of Beauty with rails blunted from hanging type writers. Chivalry a thing of the past. Not much. Every spring brought forth it's crop of cham pions. One didn't need to be born in the fifteenth century to be a roubadour-
 Give found Santa asleep, her knees drawn up, cuddled together like a kitten. Strange to burst in unannounced-to have the right to invade her privacy! She was his yet he approached her timidly
 Hello, Dickyl" Then connecting with the present. Il mean Clice.'
 T brought you few flowers. He ignored her slip of the tongue
 "Flowersl You dear! Do you
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ing treated as usual that had killed things between herself and Dicky.
 To keep the ball of conversation rolling he mentioned her parents.
 Have you telephoned them?"
 Don't let's till we're settled. To- morrow I'll hunt an apartment"
 T leave them to you, Santa You should know how to handle them Dismissing problems; T can get used to it. It seems im- possible
 What does?"
 You and I. Once you were so unattainable And now I'm all yours, from the tips of my toes to the crown of my head"
 T don't deserve such luck. It takes away my breath"
 As they were pushing through the revolving door which gave en- trance to their hotel, they felt it held against them. Through the dividing panel of glass Santa glanced back at Give to see wheth- CT he was responsible At the same instant Give became aware ot what was holding it--a girl in an opera cloak, followed by her es- lcort. She was starring in blank amazement from him to Santa Then she smiled in flickering rec ognition and passed on.
 In the foyer as he joined her, Santa was smiling.
 She knew you,' he whispered Of course. She's Elise Conway She was bridesmaid at my we'd ding"
 He said nothing more till their door had shut.
 "She stared at you, Santa, as though"
 You bet she did; she saw you
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The Right Job.
Manchester Guardian )


 x It might have been conjectured that, in the pres ent state of the American labor market the trans Atlantic passion for intelligence tests a guide to vocational ability would have suffered a certain slump in popularity. The basic problem peculiar to such researches is probably that flourishes best when employment is easy to find; in times of severe depression there may be temptation 10 answer the inquiry Are you in the right job?" by the assurance T must be, since have managed to hold on to it at a' Yet it seems that tests of this kind have not diminished in popularity; on the contrary the taste for them appears to have extended, since the United States is threatened with mechanicized army of inquistors. One of the items at an exhibition of adjuncts to modern business held in New York is reported to be machine which tests personality and tiona trends; it's business is to find out whether
 those who consult it really in the right job and If not to advise them how they should proceed. It is not claimed that this remarkable instrument has been endowed with intuition first of all the patient has to supply it with list of answered questions about his preferences prejudces and tastes" which the machine considers according | to Reuter- it looks something like adding ma chine'D and then issues it's advice within ten minutes. It should have advantage over the more familiar types of confessona it ought to be eminently discreet for cog-Wheels like corpses, tell no tales and if the personal details which the pa- tient supplied afterwards returned to him to- of any leakage of private information But it seems la hard thing that man. proud man, should have This gassy essence scrutinized by bowels of steel with all his intangible apttudes and abilities cast into the scale like much butter bacon. Be- sides the instrument itself may add to the unem- ployment problem. To the inquiry Are you in the right job?" there may be some who will answer sadly "No-I used to be fortune-teler, but have been squeezed out of the profession by med- ding and miserable machine
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-03
ROOSEVELT PLURALITY GROWS.

As belated returns trcke in and increase the total vote cast in the election last month President Elect Roosevets plurality increases. The total vote has passed the 38OOO0oO mark and Roosevelts plurality is about 100000. Roosevelt received more than 58 per cent of the vost cast The Democratic plurality is considerably larger than the Hoover plurality of 1928
 However, it will probably be sometime yet be- fore there will be official tabulation of the total vote of the country. It has been estimated that it may reach 4O0000oO If it does, the Roosevelt plurality will approach 8,O0OO00 and be larger than any plurality any President ever received The larg est previous plurality that of President Hard ing 7004847
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call those a few?" She sat up. What did old Cleasby say?"
 That I probably wasn't half good enough for you. That he'd sack me if he ever heard that I'd treated you badly"
 Come here she commanded You're kidding"
 He obeyed sheepishly. She kneeled up on the bed, resting her hands on his shoulders.
 Olive, darling, he's fond of you. He said to you what anyone who's fond of you would say-that in marrying me, you've taken the most awful chance"
 He said nothing of the sort
 Everyone does who marries. T She urged against him. We've taken less of a chance than most people. But we're the only two who know that"
 I've taken no chance" he de- nied.
 She drew her fingers down his cheek.
 ''Clive, I wouldn't own it to an- other soul; you did a terrifically big thing when you married me. ,
 "Rotw
 She shook her dark head.
 If you find me not all you've hoped, please tell me I may have contracted habits, sharpness of the temper, tricks of flinging back retorts. Every time that happens tell me I want to be so perfect for you-all my habits to be yours
 You are perfect Your lips your eyes, your little white ears
 T mean" she corrected breath lessly, inside me I want the me who lives beneath my heart to be as perfect as my body"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-03
A PATH :! I@PARAD|SE) olsFSl
DAWSON

, You are" he strained her to him.
 And now" She broke from him. They decided on dinner at a restaurant and a theatre after. 1 He helped her dress, marveling that he should be privileged to share these intimacies. In the mirror she intercepted his glanc- es.
 What are you thinking?'
 I'm not thinking. I'm puzzled by my own happiness"
 "Clive, dear, are you happy? l so long to make you happy. To- night of all nights I must be beau- tiful for you" She bedecked herself with jew els. Who had given them to her? Perhaps Dicky It, would take years on his salary to replace them. So much to replace. Sc many things that he couldn't af- ford Have I married beyond my means, he thought All evening the puzzlement con- tinued, keeping pace with his hap piness. His mind painted pictures weaving back and forth. When she had been 16-the first kiss he had stolen from her. Since then, the agony he had cost him Furtively, when lights were lower- ed at tthe theatre, their hands caressed. When they went up he saw or fancied he saw himself envied, and old Cleasby had been sorry for him!
 She nestled.
 Why so silent? And yet I love you to be uncertain. Don't ever lget used to me"
 She told too much It was be-
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behind me-"
 Give lit cigarette. And thought that I had no right to be there. It'll seem like that, he grunted, till you tell your parents" "Old silly" she confronted him slim and desirable, every honey moon does. That's half the lark barging into people who hope you are not what you are supposed to be-"
 'Is it?"
 Why certainly" she flung her white arms around him. Copyright, 1931-1932, Contingsby
 DawSon)
 Santa takes a step, M0n- day, that is likely to influ- ence her happiness consider ably.
 Pave the Path to Prosperity With Printing!
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PONY" BACKS GO STRONG
 IN BIG SIX GRID GAMES

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 3.-"Pony backs haven't Iared so badly ir Big Six conference games this fal Among the shining stars were All Walker, l45, and Bill PanSze. l65 ot Oklahoma University. Pansze was especially effective against Kansas.
 At Nebraska where wer- house" plays used to be the fash ion. Chris Mathis, 147, and Car lyle Staab, l5l, were in the lime light in several games, Staab. de- spite his light weight, is full back.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-03

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-A lit- tie device by which wood beams can be joined and have six times the strength of former joints soon will restore lumber to it's old dom- inant place in construction work the Commerce Department predict ed today.
 This simple invention will mear as much to the lumber industry a! welding has meant to the stee business, and will introduce fabri' cated lumber as competitor ol steel in structural projects, A. H Oxholm. one of the officials of tht departments lumber division as serted.
 Fabricated lumber, he said, VII quickly find its way into shipbuild- ing, auditoriums, grandstands, han gars, radio towers and bridges.
 Used in Arches
 Il has already been tested suc- cessfully in building radio tower 400 feet high and in 256-foot span in an arch. It will reduce the cost Of building at least 25 per cent especially in areas where lumber is plentiful, Oxholm said
 The possibilities of i'm p T owed building practices through the use of fabricated lumber are seen by Secretary of Commerce Chapin who announced the appointment of construction committee.
 The committee. composed of four teen welI-known engineers, archi- tects, builders and contractors, will deal with new wood construction methods. Maj H. s. Benning, Di- rector of Engineering of the Ma tional Electric Light Association, is Chairman of the committee.
 Years of Research
 The announcement was m e after years of research work in all
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-03
20 YEARS AGO.
December 3, 1912
From The Empire

December 3, 1912 Fire, originating from a candle in the dry room or from an oyer heated stove in the office, de- stroyed the 100-stamp mill of the Alaska Gastineau Gold Mining 1 Company on the Perseverance prop erty Cold weather and several feet of snow hampered the work of fighting the flames. No in- surance.
 AS Sam Jurich in the evening was sitting beside the warm stove in his cabin on Nevada Creek, a large black bear pushed open the door and entered Quickly grasping a rifle, which happened to Joe loaded, he shot and killed the intruder.
 Mayor Harry A. Bishop urged residents to buy and take away coal that had been purchased by the city and that was occupying space at the Municipal Wharf. He wanted room for more fuel ship ments from Seattle to lay in more fuel supplies from Seattle without delay, inasmuch as coal short age was expected soon in the Pa cific Coast States.
 Municipal authorities were talk ing precautions to prevent the spreading of Douglass scarlet fever epidemic to this city. Additional cases of the illness at Douglas caused health officials there to forbid children under Is years old from going to show houses, skat- ing rinks or any other public places Schools at Douglas already had been closed.
 Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff was a passenger on the steamship Spo- kane from Seattle
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ty Conussby

SYNOPPSIS: After an un- fortunate marriage, on Santa's part, and years Of waiting on Gives, the two have married immediately after Santa's di- vorce, and have returned to New York;. Santa. plans to caj0le Give into using the fur niture given her at the time of her first marriage, and her private income. Gives en- ployer accepts the new mar rige with reservations. Give drowns his uEeasiness in great wave of blOssoms-fOr Santa.
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Sweeter Sugar Beets
 Means Cash to Farmers

LANSING, Mich, Dec. B. "Sweeter" sugar beets this year, with higher sugar contents, will mean more cash to meet the mort gage and pay for farm improve mentS.
 It is estimated that the Michigan sugar beet crop this year will be worth close to $8,0O0,000.
 The probable average yield is 1( tons to the acre, and return o1 S6 per ton is forecast, giving g cash return of $60 an acre. Tht 10-year average has been S5681.