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Evening star., 1932-02-21
BUDGET STUDY NEARS
END IN GOTHAM PROBE
Seabury and Aids Nearly Finished
With Analysis to Reduce Cost
for Taxpayers.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 20-Samuel
Seabury and his assistants have virtu-
ally completed an analysis Of the $685.
366, 297 city budget for presentation at
future hearings of the Hofstadter Leg
islative Committee. Seabury, the COM
mittee's chief counsel, hopes to show
how substantial savings can be effected
to the benefit Of tax and rent payers Of
the city. it was disclosed today.
He said he regarded the budget evi-
dence he will present as one of the
most important constructive features
resulting from the investigation. It
was indicated that he would make sug-
gestions for elimination of waste through
the amalgamation of overlapping de-
partments and through the complete
elimination of some departments and
offices which have outgrown their USE
fulness.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
Post Office Contract Let.

Contract for construction Of the new
court house and post Office at Cumber-
land, Nd, was let yesterday by the
Treasury Department to John Grant q
Son of Cleveland, Ohio.
This firm was the lowest bidder out
of SO who figured on the job. His oner
was $283, 800, and he is given 400 cal
endar days from the date OF notice TO
proceed, to complete the work.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
MAN "LOOKING FOR FIGHT"
FINDS ONE, GOES TO JAIL
Traffic Policeman Takes a Hand
and Prisoner Is Treated at
Hospital

Chester Smith, 43, of the 5000 block
of N street, visited friends in Rosslyn
last night, and upon leaving is said to
have told them, I'm going to Wash
ington and I'm going to lick the first
cop I see.''
Later in the evening, Smith was
taken to Georgetown Hospital for
treatment and then lodged IN cell
at the seventh precinct. He had met
Policeman L. D. Phelps Of the Traffic
Bureau
Phelps said he was directing traffic
at Thirty-ffth and M streets when
Smith came up and pointing to two
colored men, announced his intention
of seeking" one of them. When he
did that, Phelps took hand, and
when his prisoner grew obstreperous,
used the butt of his gun.
Smith was charged with assault and
disorderly conduct.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
GRANGE SESSION SET

Wiaston-S.!em. NJ c., was selected
TO-DAY by the National Grange for its
1897 conventio November 9 to IT.
This annount ,ment was made upon
receipt of the Inal vote from the
Grange Executive Committee. Two
other North Carolina cities, Charlotte
and Raleigh sought the convention
L ]. Taber, rational master, said the
competition was the keenest in its
history.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
HARRIS is IMPROVING
Senator to Be Operated on When
Strength Is Gained.

Definite improvement in the condition
of Senator Harris, Georgia, who is in
Georgetown Hospital, was reported yes
terday.
He was pronounced virtually recov-
cred from intestinal influenza, although
still suffering from kidney condition
which will necessitate an operation.
His temperature yesterday was down al
most to normal and he was able to
take nouriShment.
The operation is to be performed as
soon as he has recovered his strength
sufficiently, probably in the next few
days.
Evening star., 1932-02-21

Miss Olive M. Espenschied, daughter
of Mrs. Flora K. Espenschied of 1878
Stuyvesant place, Chevy Chase. was
graduated last week from the College
of Architecture of Cornell University
Miss Espenschied was member of the
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority at Cornell
The young architect, who obtained
her early education in Washington
schools, submitted a proposed design
for a club house for the Chevy Chase
Woman's Club as her thesis prior to
graduation.
Miss Espenchied,s mother Is herself
a graduate Of Cornell University, with
the class Of 1904. and Is now president
Of the Women's Club Of the Cornell Club
of Washington.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
NEW BRIDGE GETS LIGHTS

Temporary lights have been erected
on the Arlington Memorial Bridge and
will be given a thorough tryout this
week.
The Arlington Memorial Bridge Com
mission obtained the lights from the
District government and they will be
used for the present. Designs for the
permanent lights are being worked out
by the architects of the bridge, McKim.
Mead & White Of New York, in con-
junction with the Fine Arts Commis-
sion.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
GET LIFE IN SLAYING

LA GRANDE, Greg, February 20 tH).
John Owen, 20, and Keith Cross
white, 10. both of Springfield, Mo. were
sentenced today to life imprisonment
for the killing Of State policeman.
They shot and wounded Amos Helms,
State police officer, last October 10,
when he approached their automobile
to question them regarding an Idaho
robbery. Helms died December 80
from the wounds.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
PARLEY ON ARMS
IS MARKING TIME
Numerous Speeches Replace
Deliberations Owing TO
French Crisis.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 90
In the three weeks since 1t began, the
International Disarmament Conference
has heard 236 900 words of speeches
and has felt the disagreeable reaction
to outside affairs.
The fall Of the French government
deprived that countrys delegation Of
official standing and prevented the con-
ference from taking any executive
action.
The situation Is similar to that which
disturbed the London Naval Confer
ence at the time of the downfall Of
the Tardieu government. The Execu-
tive Committees of the present confer
ence now must mark time until the
French political crisis is settled.
Meantime the general sessions have
continued with speeches by delegates
from the smaller countries. Monday
and Tuesday will be holidays and
Wednesday will bring three more
speeches.
The situation in the Far East has
been another disturbing factor. The
special session Of the League of Ma
tions Assembly, called for March to
discuss that issue, will distract atten-
ton from the disarmament conference,
but If the French crisis is settled BY
that time the work of the conference
can go on.
The high point this week was the
presentation of Germanys proposal
that all nations disarm to the point
forced upon Germany by the Versailles
Treaty.
This met with sharply unfavorable
reaction from France and her allies,
but was supported in some points by
the United States, Great Britain and
Italy.
Now the conference has before It
two extreme plans-the French project
for an international police force and
very little disarmament, and the Ger
man plan rejecting the international
force and providing for very consider
able disarmament. Its task is to find
middle ground.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
Will Inspect High School.

FALLS CHURCH, Va, February 20
(SpeciaD .-R. " Long of Richmond
State architect of school buildings is
to be in Fairfax next week. and in
company with Supt Woodson will in
spect the Jefferson High School, In
order to draw up plans for water and
sewer system.
Evening star., 1932-02-21

the repoSe that
is not facile,
the purity OF
tone that comes
only from the
finest control
of fingers. And
here at the be-
ginning, M r.
Iturbi exhibit
ed that ability
to play more
softly than ony
o [ II e + pldlllot.
Sometimes one
wondered if it
were only the
ghost of a tone.
These liqu i d
pia n / s S i mos
r m q into
Evening star., 1932-02-21

every piece, but were more moving
In the Largo" of Chopin's "B
Minor Sonata than at any other
time. The music flowed as one
imagines the composer would have
wished it to sound, an inevitable
progress from start to finish, un-
spoiled by the personality Of an un-
sympathetic interpreter. The son.
alta" was welded into closely knit
Evening star., 1932-02-21

mouse, SHe Hldy
be seen as a
beauteous blue
blood W h o S e
New York her
itage has left
her unfamiliar
with rumble
eat manners
and the graces
of talk over a
cocktail ira y.
And who final
ly, after start
ing out as an
unwanted hot
Sc flower,
buds into a
roaring beauty
for W h m a
uiSc0llDt com.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
FIRE AT TAXI DRIVER
Three Colored Boys Fail to Stop
Intended Victim.

Three colored boys, between IA and
IS years old, fired at Lendel H. Hols-
claw, a taxicab driver, last night when
he refused to submit to being held up.
He escaped injury, however.
Holsclaw, who lives at 1909 Twelfth
street, told eleventh precinct police the
boys hailed him at Fifteenth and D
streets northeast and asked to be driven
to Benning road and Minnesota avenue
northeast There they left the cab. and
one of them covered him with re-
volver and ordered him to hand over
his money. AS he drove of, he said,
he heard the report of the gun and a
bullet whizzed past his taxi.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
Constance Bennett in
LADY With a Past"

ONsTANCE BENNETT does
an about-face in Lady With
a Past" currently displayed
at R-K-O Keith's Theater.
Instead of being tortured by
her powers of beauty and dragged
through a series of melodramatlc
-aollences ending up in the poor
.1SAS~ L.,,,n ehn NOV
Evening star., 1932-02-21

hour and 40 hours at 50 miles per hour
The maximum range will be 2,080 miles
Studies are being made of plans for
changing the conventional construction
of the bow portion of the airship en-
velope to take care of tho strains Of
operating an airship of this type at
high speed.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
Iturbi Thrills
In Piano Recital.

III fIdnO htCICdI.
Jose ITURBI, famous Spanish
pianist, gave a concert in
Constitution Hall last night
~ that rose to heights of poetic
feeling rarely reached here
or elsewhere.
He opened simply with two Son
atinas," by D. Scarlatti. They held
Evening star., 1932-02-21

The conditions of life in most of
China today are essentially the same
as those that were prevalent in West.
ern Europe in the Middle Ages.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
FIITIIRE

Lecture, Amelia Earhart Putnam
Womans National Democratic CLUB
1926 New Hampshire avenue, pm.
Evening star., 1932-02-21

Luncheon, Izaak Walton League,
Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Tariff Commission, Raj
eigh Hotel, tomorrow, 1890 pm.
Meeting, Sons of the American Revo-
Mtion, Mayfower Hotel, IL noon to
3p.m.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

TODAY.
Rehearsal, Virginia State society,
Willard Hotel, pm.
Meeting National Federation of
State High School Athletic Associations,
Willard Hotel, pm. and 7:3O pm.
Evening star., 1932-02-21

Dance, Junior Hadassah, Willard
Hotel, 9 pm
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23

ten with the items sold at the An
derson Galleries last week it can
be stated that the owner offered to
sell them to the State of Delaware
many months ago, that the matter
of purchase was fully discussed at
a regular meeting of the Commis
sion, but that the Commission
found the price then placed on
them as prohibitive, namely $1,000
co. If it is true, as reported in the
press, that the prices paid at auc-
ton only amounted to $1,000 in
cluding the commission to the auc-
tioneer, the seller would have done
better to have accepted the offer
actually made by the Commission,
and at the same time would have
had the satisfaction Of seeing the
books restored to the ownership of
his own state In view of what
was also stated in the press name
III, that some people Were urging
that the General Assembly be ask
ed to pass a bill confscating state
papers in private hands, it is per
haps we'll to make known at this
time that the Public Archives Com
mission does not favor such a pro-
cedure. The Commission, would
however, appreciate very much il
private owners Of state papers
would inform the Commission Of
the existence Of such papers, anC
would permit the Commission t
have photostats taken Of them s.
that gaps in the state records car
be filed as much as possible. Il
conclusion may 7 repeat that tn
Commission stands always read.
to receive AZ gifts by legacy o
otherwise, state papers in privat
hands George II. Ryden, Stat
Archivist.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23
OF
STATE RECORDS
Archives Commission Inter
ested in Press News of Sale
of Valuable Documents
GET MANY OLD RECORDS

AS the official custodians of the
Delaware State records, members
Of the Public Archives Commission
have been much interested il the
recent news items in the Whining
ton press relative to the sale last
week at the Anderson Galleries,
New York, Of valuable state docu-
ments dating from the Revolution.
1t is an encouraging sign to the
Commission that DelaWareans are
taking an increasing interest in tae
recovery and preservation Of the
states old records. The very eX-
istence Of the Commission, in fact,
is due to the unselfish work Of far
seeing citizens Of the State, Who
more than a quarter century ago
saw the need Of collecting what
ever papers had escaped the ruth
less ravages Of time and OF fire.
After these many years a very val
liable collection has been assembled
In Dover. but, of course, the mem
bers Of the Commission realize per
haps more than any other citizens
Of the State that many official pap
ers. are at the present moment II
the hands Of many private individ-
uals both within ard without tht
state Of Delaware. Although tht
Commission has always welcomed
the return of state papers as gift
from their private owners, for
number of years an annual amour
Of $4,000 has been set Up j. ta'
budget for the purchase Of stat
papers Oh for securing photostati
Of papers which are On deposit i
the libraries Of historical societie
and universities. and which az
therefore not for sale. Obviously
FIVE hundred dollars does not reacl
very far when, for example, on
dealer wants $65ooO for a singl
Official letter from Caesar Rodne.
to George Washington In connee
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23
SAFETY COUNCIL
GIVES ADVICE
Council Counts the Drunken
Driver a Road Menace to
Highway Safety
..HIT-AND-RUN" DRIVERS

The Delaware Safety Council
wishes to call attention to the class
of automobile drivers known as the
Three D. class Drink, Drive and
Die. The Council counts the
drunken driver as a real menace to
highway safety. The intoxicated
driver, no matter how drunk, will
insist that he can drive his car per
fectly we'll Maybe he could if
there were no one else using the
streets but it is pretty hard for an
other driver to guess just what
drunken man is going to do when
he is behind the wheel Studies
have shown that a vast number Of
so-caIled "hit-and-run" drivers are
partly or largely under the infiu-
ence of liquor They seem uncon-
cerned and devoid of any sense Of
responsibility. Other drunken driv-
ers, involved in accidents, often
stop to argue with the traffic Of
ficer and usually bring about their
own arrest. Fire-water and gaso-
line make a mighty dangerous
combination. You may be driven
to drink, if never drink to
drive. The term unavoidable &C
cident" is an excuse not an explain
alton. This holds true especially
of traffic accidents. There may oc-
casionally be an unavoidable acci-
dent but in the vast majority Of
cases these mishaps are caused
solely by human carelessness. Fol
that very reason, many employers
of ruck, bus and taxi driver!
have come to expect safe driving
from their men They are ready
to recognize and reward long mo
accident" records but at the SAM
time they are also prone to get riC
Of the man who cannot drive with
out accidents. According to thes
employers the overwhelming ma
iority of accidents are the result o
human failure. There is a lessor
for the private driver in that sen
sible attitude The man who i
! alert and cautious has every righ
, 10 drive. The chances are ont
hundred to one that he will Meth
/, er jeopardize his own nor another
safety. The man who has accident.
| frequently has no one to blame bu'
himself. If he is wise he vii
! either change his driving habits OF
else stop driving.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23
Boy, Girl Get Marriage
License With Pennies

Rock Island, Ill.-Into the county
clerks office walked a youth and a
girl, hand in hand.
Louis ]. Catla took from his bulg-
ing pocket a jar which once had
held cold cream. It was full Of
pennies.
..We've been saving up" he said.
"Valeria and I this is Val
eria here Valeria Drummins of
Maloy, Iowa. We've been
saving to buy a marriage license
and now we've got enough. If you'll
lust count them"
"I'n take your word for i'll" in
terrupted the clerk, r. 3. Loudon,
reaching for his pen. You get
the license now and I'll count 'em
later"
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23
.MANLOSES HAND
IN GUN ACCIDENT
Archie Havens, Former Sol
der, Pulls Trigger In
stead Of Safety
HAND WAS OVER MUZZLE

The first accident of the cunning
season occurred near Port Penn
Wednesday afternoon shortly be-
fore 4 o'clock when Archie Havers.
80 years old, blew his right hand
off at the wrist when his automatic
went off while he was demonstrat-
ing how to work the safety catch.
Havens, a former soldier at Fort
dupont. and the son-in-law Of Gus
Robinson of near Port Penn, was
employed on the farm Of Edward
Webb, near Port Penn. He has
had considerable experience with
all kinds Of guns and was showing
young Mccoy Yearsley how to oP-
crate the gun when the accident
occurred. It is said that he was
standing on the step of the Webb
home and reached down to shove
the safety catch on and, instead,
pulled the trigger. The gun was
standing upright and Webb had the
right hand over the muZZle. de
was rushed to DR.. Walter w. FL
lis at Delaware City as promptly
as possible by Gilbert Moore, q
Port Penn. Dr.. Ellis tied up the
wound and had him sent to the
Delaware Hospital, Wllmlngton1of
treatment. Havers had lost con
siderable blood before he reached
DR.. Ellis and was in weak condl-
tion. William Press took Havens
to the hospital in order to save the
time in waiting for an ambulance
to reach Wilmington. His righ:
hand was blown off up to the wrist
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23

ford, grand representative; Alvin
n. Arts, Delaware Lodge, No. Il,
grand marshal; Ernest II. a..
Schechinger, Eden Lodge No. "a,
grand conductor; Samuel y. Meal
lister, Fairfax Lodge, No. s, grand
chaplain; willard Stout, Fairfax
Lodge, No. 8, grand guardian; Will
liam Kenton Of Jefferson Lodge, Mo
2, grand herald. Grand Master
Edwin Reed Of the Grand Lodge Of
New Jersey, and Past Grand Mas
ter Burke, also Of New Jersey, were
among the guests Of honor and
made short addresses "a past
grand representatives jewel was
presented to ]. Burton Wainwright
ana past grand masters jewel to
Lawrence Outten, Of Laurel, by
Grand Secretary pouty on behalf Of
the Grand Lodge Grand Herald
Andrew =. Ellis, Of Laurel, present
ed ID the Grand Lodge "a behalf ot
Charity Lodge, a photograph of re-
tiring Grand Master Outten. The
report Of the grand secretary
showed a membership Of 4,575. The
lodges in the jurisdiction Of Della
ware spent S39,411.92 for relief
work and S66, ,5O5.O2 for other pur-
poses making a total disbursement
Of S105, ,926.34. Receipts were re.
ported as S95,512.97.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23
SHOWS AT STRAND THEATRE
Three Changes of High-Class Pic
lures Given Each Week

Wednesday, Thursday Men Are
such Fools" The story Of sec
ond-fiddIe husband whose faith en-
dured to the bitter end!
Friday-Saturday ~ Guilty AS
He'll"
Monday Tuesday ~ Pack Up
Your Troubles" - Americas fore
most funmakers, Laurel and Hardy
will be seen in their latest feature
length comedy, Pack Up Your
Troubles" These popular coined
ians portray entirely new charac-
terizations. AS a couple of vag-
rants they are kidded into joining
the army, and when once in olive
drab they find themselves involved
in numerous predicaments. The
comedians take everything serious
" especially the army. They are
aware of the fact that no questions
must be asked. They must obey
every command, eagerly and en-
thusiastically. Thus, when the
kitchen chef in a jocular mood tells
them to take the garbage to the
generals house, they proceed to do
So and land in the guard house
with which they eventually be
come more familiar than their bar
racks.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23
VERY GOOD OYSTER SEASON
Oyster Growth in Maryland Best
in Last Two Decades

Reports received at the offices of
the Maryland State Conservation
Commissioner Swepson Earle, in
dicate that oyster bars in the head
of the Chesapeake Bay have the
best young growth in twenty years.
The marketable stock in the upper
portions of the bay has not been as
plentiful as it was, however, Mr..
Earle said, but the large amount of
young oysters indicates that the
supply of oysters in the upper bay
should be much more plentiful next
year, he added. Meanwhile, the
start of the dredging season in the
Chesapeake a few days ago has
caused employment in the oyster
houses to pick up somewhat, al
though the increase has been offset
to a certain extent by the ending
] of grabbing activities. Mr.. Earle
estimated that the seven Baltimore
oyster houses probably have in
/ creased their working forces by
from twenty-five to one hundred
men with the gradual increase in
impetus of the oyster season. Bas-
ed on previous years activities, it
is believed that Approximately SOC
additional men have found work in
the Baltimore area with the in
crease in activity on the oyster
bars and in the oyster houses, anc
approximately 1000 additional
throughout the bay country as
whole
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23
COAST GUARDS HONORED
Three Surfmen Honored by Promo
tion to Sixth District

Because of twenty-five years and
more of faithful service in the
Coast Guard, three surfHen were
promoted n the Sixth District last
week through Commander G. ].
Sullivan. Of Lewes. The three
surfmen honored were William T.
Burbaga, 81, connected with the
Ocean City, Nd, base; Charles
Keen, 4, Of the Indian River base,
and Virgil AcCaba. 50, Of the Beth
any Beach station. They We're
promoted to the positions of Boats
wain's Mate, first class. They will
continue 10 serve in the Coast
Guard at their respective stations.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23
Poor Corn Crop in Delaware

This years corn crop in Della
ware was one of the poorest n
point of yield and price ever ex-
perienced in the history of this
farm commodity here. The acre
age of this major local crop has
gradually been curtailed and this
trend together with the short yield
per acre makes the current price
of twenty cents per bushel nearly
prohibitive return on this former
mainstay of the local farmer. A
like short crop countrywise should
greatly reduce the available supply
and favorably affect next year 5
crop.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-23
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP
Paul Gelt Receives 500 For Best
Project in B. and 0. Competition

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
has awarded a S1OO scholarship in
the state of Delaware to Paul Gelt,
of Summit Bridge, for the most ef-
fcient completion Of his project in
vocational agriculture work. The
winner has the choice of applying
the award toward defraying ex-
penses of a college education at
any university, college or normal
school. or for a trip to the Nation
al Dairy Show, or to the Chicago
Century of Progress next year.
While completing a high school
course, young Gelt has specialized
in cultivating corn and raising live
stock. In the competition for the
scholarship were boys and girls on
farms along the Baltimore and
Ohio in Delaware. Various types
Of projects were entered such as
poultry clubs, calf clubs, pig clubs,
corn clubs, potato clubs, canning
clubs. The projects were under
the supervision of the State Uni
versity agricultural extension ser
vice. The Baltimore and Ohio has
awarded 1856 scholarships to date,
over 100 winners of which are now
enrolled as students or have grad
uated from colleges in the States Of
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New
York, Maryland, Virginia. West
Virginia, Ohio. Indiana and Illinois