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Evening star., 1932-12-22

brated all over the United States on
that date by alumnae Of the Virginia
college and observed this year by alum
nae groups in 70 other cities and towns
in all sections of the country. Miss
Theda Sherman Of 1924 Newark street
northwest Is chairman Of the committee
in charge of arrangements for the
luncheon Speakers on this occasion
will be Mrs. Vivienne Barkalow Breck-
enridge of Denver. Colo, alumnae sec
retary, and Miss Margaret Banister of
Washington, assistant in the Office Of
the president at Sweet Briar. In addi-
ton to. the Sweet Briar alumnae living
In Washington. number OF the pres
ent students Of the college who are at
home for the Christmas holidays are
expected at the luncheon.
Mrs. Rembert Marshall Of Atlanta,
Ga. is at the Carlton for few days
accompanied by her father. Mr.. Sanders
McDaniels, also Of Atlanta.
Miss Martha Snow is with Mrs. Jennie
Snow Of Middleboro, Mass, at Hotel
Everglades in Miami. Fla, for a visit.
Miss Annie Sweeney of Brooklyn, N
Y, Is at the Carlton for several DAYS,
accompanied by her brother, Mr.. ]. L.
Sweeney.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

The New Zealand government is sub
sidlzing aviation clubs by the payment
Of $110 for each pilot trained each year.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

was frustrated by the government over
the week end. The youngster was un-
hurt.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Miss Vara c. Heath of Haverhill,
Mass, is at the Dodge for an indefinite
stay.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Wesley Heights will have as their guests
Christmas week the latter's sister and
daughter, Mrs. Reuben j. Martin and
Miss Celia Martin OF Richmond, Va.
The Sunday afternoon musicale tea
at the Castle Club of Rossdhu will be
omitted Christmas day and program
is being arranged Tor Sunday. jan
uary !.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Carriers in Cedar box. Carriers and
Leather Keyholder, Garter and Arm
band Sets, Boxed Suspenders. Garter
and Hdkf. Set, Garter and Cigarette
Humidor, Garter and Ash Tray, Silk
Ties, Knitted Ties.
Street
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Belt and Buckle Set, Suspender
and Garter Set, Boxed Fancy Sus-
penders. Silk Ties, Garter and Nov
city Set, Garter, Belt Buckle and
Tie-Holder Set.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Earle w. Wallick Of
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
SUSPECT HELD
IN TRAGEDY
On TRACKS
Floyd FoItz, Shenandoah, Is
Found Dead From Blows;
Fiancee duplicates Several

LURAY, Va, July 25.-Ac-
cording to county officers,
Floyd Foltz, %, of Shenan-
doah, whose body was found
Friday morning lying across
the railroad tracks, was slain,
and Arthur Lay, 33, who is
now held in the Harrisonburg
jail, will be charged with the
crime, Sheriff G. R. Fawley
said today.
A coroner's jury first held that
Foltz had come to an accidental
death, but a further check re-
vealed that he had been struck a
severe blow at the back Of the
head, five ribs were fractured so
that the lungs were punctured,
and pieces of broken glass were
found in his face.
Foltz's fiancee and her cousin
were arrested yesterday as ma
terial witnesses and released
after they said that Foltz became
angry and a quarrel arose when
another man offered to take
Foltz's sweetheart on a journey.
Lay then appeared and is said
by the girl to have struck Foltz
with a bottle. She said she last
saw Foltz running, but later saw
four men standing over a body.
Sheriff Fawley believes the men
took the body a mile and a half
to put it across the tracks in
such a way that FoltZ might ap-
pear to have been hit by a train.
Foltz's death is the fourth
similar tragedy in Shenandoah
in six weeks.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
smoke SCREEN.
CAR WRECKED .
Staff Photo

The bootlegger who is believed
to have subjected Policeman Ralph
Brown, of Hyattsville, Md, to a
poisoned gas smoke screen wrecked
his car at First Street and Grace
Church road, Silver Spring, last
night when he failed to make a
turn.
With District license, this
Cadillac car has eluded the county
police for months by it's excessive,
speed. No clue was left as to
where the driver went after the
accident, but police are checking
hospitals and physicians offices
to see if he got medical treatment.
Twenty-six cases of whiskey,
according to Policeman Lawrence
Dixon, were in the machine. -.,
Another car was caught by
Policeman Charles Barnes. This
machine, driven by John Lewis, :
who gave his address as It'll T
st. N. W., was carrying 18 cases
of liquor, it is alleged, and Lewis :
is charged with possession of
liquor. The capture was near
Silver Spring after a chase Of
more than a mile.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
'KELVY HEADS
PH|LATEL|STS

Col. M. N. McKelvy, of 1916
New Hampshire Ave. N. w., is the
new president of the Society Of
Philatelic Americans. Approx
mately 100 attended the first ses-
sion of a three-day convention at
the Mayflower Hotel today.
A new issues of Scent stamps,
bearing the likeness of Lincoln,
went on sale from a branch post
office at the hotel. The stamps
will be on general sale through
out the nation tomorrow, which
marks the 157th anniversary of
the establishment of the postal
system.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
S114|SAVERAGE
TAX TH|SYEA

The per capita tax bill of every
man, woman and child in the
country will average STA this
year, assuming that the Depart
ment of Commerce has accurately
:. estimated the outlook for govern
mental costs.
Figures promulgated by the de-
partment last night said this per
capita sum would be necessary to
sdefray expenses of Federal, State
and local governments.
About $31 of this sum contri-
buted on basis of STA for each
American will go toward the up
keep of Uncle Sans far-flung ac-
tivitieS. The remainder will go
to the States, counties and mu-
inequalities.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
LEGION PARADE
DETAILS SET

City Manager Wallace Law,
renee, Police Capt. John Arnold
and Charles w. King, chief OF
staff of the American Legion,
will meet today to arrange the
route for the American Legion
parade in Alexandria next Mon
day afternoon.
The parade route will follow
that of February % as near as
possible. Brig. Gen. Paul B. Ma
lone will be grand marshal of
the parade, which will consist
of Regular Army, Navy and
Marine units, members of the
Citizens Training Camps at
nearby posts and the Legion
naires from Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, North Carolina,
West Virginia and the District
of Columbia.
The Legion convention will
open with a midnight show Sun
day night at the Richmond
Theater.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
CHARLES DAVIS
HONORED


; Charles B. Davis, chief mes
senger of the War Department,
who was retired July /, was
presented a gold watch today
by the personnel of the depart,
ment to commemorate his more
than 81 years of service.
Davis held the record for all
time for continuous service in
the War Department. He was
the last active link in that de-
partment between the civil war
era and the present day. Davis
became a messenger at the age
Of nine in the department. On
April IA, 1868, Andrew johnson
was then President.
The ceremony was held in the
toffice of chief clerk of the chief
of staff, in the presence of Sec
retary of War Hurley, Chief of
Staff General Douglas MacAr-
thur and other heads of the War
Department.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
HOOVER. RICHES
EVAPORATE

President Hoover's personal
fortune has shrunk from $4,000
900 to approximately 100000
since 1914, when he retired FROM
active participation in business,
according to an article appear
ing in the current number of
the periodical, Fortune.
The article says:
"UnfOr un a tie investments
and generous contributions to
relief work caused the shrink
age"
In addition to his salary as
President, Mr.. Hoover's income
is about $4,000 annually. Since
accepting a voluntary reduction
of $4,000 from his salary, Mr..
Hoover receives $4,000 annually
for guiding the destinies of the
United States.
Among the heaviest losses sus-
tanned by the President, the ar
ticle declares, was 100000 on a
Washington newspaper purchased
with a group of friends in 1920.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
NOTABLES SEE
TUCKER RITES

LEXIN GTON, Va, July 25.
Notables from all over the coun-
try gathered here to attend the
funeral services late today of
Henry st. George Tucker, veteran
member Of the House from Vir-
ginia.
Honarary pallbearers include
Governor Pollard, Newton D.
Baker, John w. Davis, Senator
Carter Glass and others. Senator
Glass heads a delegation of seven
members of the Senate appointed
by Vice President Curtis to at
tend the services.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted by DR.. James L. Murray,
pastor of the Lexington Presby-
terian Church, of which Repre-
sentative Tucker had been a
member for many years. Bishop
Henry ST.. George Tucker, Of
Richmond. q cousin, will assist.
Death came to the 79.year-old
statesman, who had represented
the tenth Virginia district in the
House for many years. after a
critical illness of 10 days. He
was stricken with influenza early
in the last session of Congress
and never fully recovered.
His death will bring back into
Old Dominion Congressional poll
tics former Representative John
w. Fishburne of Charlottesville.
Fishburne retired from political
life when his district was COM
bined with that of Representa-
tive fuckers by the state assem-
bly,. He has announced, however,
that he will enter the contest for
T11cker'S seat
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
AUTO CRASHES
KILL ONE,
|NJURE !
Four in One Family Victims
Of One Smash-up; Motor
bike Rider Thrown

One man was killed and
seven persons were injured in
automobile accidents in nearby
Maryland yesterday.
The fatality victim was Charles
Christensen, IS, a painter, Of
Hyattsville, Md.
List Of Injured
The injured:
Edgar T. Grigsby, 1854 B St.
S. E.; his wife, Grace; their
daughter, Grace, 16; their son,
Edgar, II, and Leah Diamond, 13,
of 1875 B st. N. E.; Vernon
Stores, 18, of 218 Charming St.
N. E.. and Mary Bell, colored, Of
Baltimore.
Christensen, struck by an au-
tomobile said to have been driven
by Robert Matsudarra, %, of Ed
monston, Md, near his home in
Hyattsville, was rushed to Emerg-
ency Hospital where he died.
Family In Crash
The Grisby family and the Dia-
mond girl we're injured when
their autopobile turned over on
the Marlboro Pike near Upper
Marlboro. The group was en-
route to Chesapeake Beach. Le-
Roy WEIGH, 3211 Bunker Hill Rd.
N. E., brother-in-law Of Grigsby,
returned the group to their
homes.
Vernon Stores, suffering . pos
sible skull fracture, was thrown
from his motorcycle on the Marl-
boro Pike. Motorists took him
to Casualty Hospital. Mary
Bruce was injured in a collision
near Capitol Heights.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
SEIZE
IS AND LIQUOR

Fourteen colored men and two
women were arrested early yes
terday in a raid in North Chevy
Chase by Montgomery County
Police of the Bethesda sub-stat1on.
The police say they found a
quantity of liquor in the house.
The liquor was being poured out
as the police arrived, but was re-
covered. James Butler was
charged with illegal possession
and attempt to sell, while the
others had a disorderly conduct
charge placed against them.
One man found outside the
house, Roy H. Diggs, was identi-
fled by Policeman w. Frank
Soper, as the driver of an auto
mobile which the policeman had
chased two weeks ago, only to see
the man jump out, wrecking the
car.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
Curtis Off Today
For Olympic Games

Vice President Charles Curtis
will leave the Capital today for
Los Angeles, Calf, where he will
open the Olympic games. When
he leaves the Pacific Coast he will
go directly to his home in Topeka.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
ROCKVILLE COURT CLOSES

Because Judge Charles w.
woodward is on his vacation,
there will be no more cases heard
in the police court at Rockville
until August /.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
NJ 'CORM|CKW|LL
FILED HERE

Personal property, valued at
100000, was left by Mrs. Kath-
arine Medill Mccormick, who
died at Versailles, France, last
April II, according to her will
filed in District Supreme Court
today for probate.
Mrs. Mccormick was the
mother of the late Senator Joseph
Medill Mccormick.
To Ruth Hanna Simms, Mrs.
Mccormick willed her wardrobe.
furs, laces and other wearing ap-
parel. Her jewelry was left to
her granddaughters, Katharine
and Ruth Mccormick. To her
son, Robert r. Mccormick, was
left his fathers portrait and GER
tain silverWare.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
Memorial Services
For Dead Firenaen

Memorial services for the mem
bers of the Cumberland Valley
and Virginia State Firemen's
Associations who have died dur
ing the past year will be held
in Christ Church, Alexandria,
August 10, at 5 p. m.
Rev. B. F. Blubugh, of Myers
vile, Md, will deliver the me-
mortal address. A special musi-
cal program is being arranged
under the direction of Mrs.
George E. Pickett, director Of
music at Christ Church.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
VIRGINIA TREES
HIT BY PEST

Farmers in Fauquier and Fair
fax counties, Va, are calling
upon their farm agents and the
Department of Agriculture to
combat a worm which is attack
ing the black walnut trees in
Northern Virginia.
The pest is a large brown worm
about two inches long and is un-
like any heretofore familiar to
the orchardist. 1t is especially
noticeable around Springfield,
Fairfax county.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
ID. of A. to Be Feted
In Clarendon FridQy

Members of Daughters of Amer
ica, District No. l, will be feted
Friday by Ballston Council No.
20 at BallSton.
This is the first meeting of the
year of the District which COM
prises IL counNls in northern
Virginia. Mrs. Bessie Kenyon,
newly elected deputy will preside.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
Cucumber Weighing
Over Two Pounds,
Henault Prize
AUTO OVERTURNs IN CRASH

Thomas Henault, of Upper
Marlboro, clerk of police court
for Prince Georges county, ap-
pears to be the grower of the
largest unofficial cucumber in
that vicinity.
Speaking with a group OF
friends, Mr.. Henault said:
Something funny happened
to me this morning. I was in
the garden when i tripped over
something. I looked down and
there was a large cucumber. 1t
weighed two and one-haf
pounds. It was one that I
had forgotten to pick.
The Washington times., 1932-07-25
L0IUn Fete TOMORROW
For County Hospital

Patrons and friends of the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital will gather at the Sandy
Spring (MdO High School TO-
morrow for it's annual supper and
lawn fete.
Preparations have been made
for 1,40O, while numerous booths
will offer candies, novelties, cake.
flowers and soft drinks for sale.
A baseball game will precede the
supper, a dance following.
Evening star., 1932-12-28
Through the Canal.

The celebrated frigate Constitution,
familiarly known as Old Ironsides, yes
terday passed from the Atlantic to the
Pacific through the Panama Canal.
Leaving Washington December 8, in
tow of minesweeper, the ancient and
historic vessel is on her way to Cali
fornia ports, there to be exhibited. The
incident has certain significance for
its exemplification of the progress Of
the Nation to which both the ship and
the canal belong
The Constitution is relic Of fleet
OF six forty-four- units Of the newly
organized naval forces ordered by Con-
gress in 1894. She was designed to aid
In the protection Of American shipping
against the Algerian pirates Of that
period She was Commodore Preble's
flagship during the wars with the
Barbary States, and took part in three
Of the five bombardments Of Tripoli,
1905. Her hour Of glory, however, came
In 1912, when she ran into and fought
. battle with the British frigate Guer-
riere. The contest lasted only a few
minutes, and the Guerrero was beaten,
captured and blown up. With regard
to this victory, it was said Of her COM
mander, Capt. Hull. that "he had lifted
the despised American Navy and Ma
ton to an equality with the proudest
In the world" Later in the same year,
under Capt. Lambert, the Constitution
fought the Java through "one Of the
Nereest naval battles" on record. She
Evening star., 1932-12-28
Peering into the Future.

From the Rockford Register-Republic-
It may cost $4,000 to equip and
open a speakeasy in New York, but II
can be done in Chicago for around
$500, according to statistics CLEANED
from no less authoritative sources than
Federal prohibition agents.
The best-paying liquor emporlums are
not expensive, bedecked night clubs, but
the humble blind pig masqueradlng as
8 restaurant, soft drink parlor or pri-
vate fiat, investigation has convinced
these dry operatives.
Seventy-five dollars month rent, an
imitation mahogany bar made OF pine.
a few tables and chairs; two cases OF
Canadian Bourbon for S65. five gallons
Of alcohol for $25, barrel OF beer at
SIS. some protection" for the ward boss
and cops-and presto, another speak
easy Is born, the Government men ex-
plain.
Right now they are trying to visual
lie the effect which modification OF the
Volstead act will have on these Illicit
eases" If beer and light wine are
legalized. Legal competition. they be-
lieve. will cut heavily into the prevail
ing system, although few feel that the
speak" as such, will disappear entirely
Americans have learned to get such a
vicarious thrill out of back and side
door entrances that they will be long
time growing accustomed to the front
door Of legaliZed access to their now
forbidden beverages, Government agents
contend.
Evening star., 1932-12-28
Debt Issue Reveals
Economic IlliteracO
To the Editor Of The Star

AZ INC Eultor OF Inc star.
Frank Vanderlip several years ago
caused quite a sensation by stating
that we were a Nation CT economic
lillterates. Have the years disclosed any
| improvement?
was brought about by a general utter
disregard OF economic law
Our policies as a creditor Nation too,
seem to show lack of economic un-
derstanding-res ulting in debased for
/ eign currencies, stagnation in domestic
and international trade and g general
beWilderment on the part of all men.
Henry Ford advocates a "back-to-
the-land" movement How enticing
having in mind the average net income
available for each farmer in 1892 is
estimated at only S2ll this includes
food retained by the farmer for con-
sumption in his ow-- home) His net
income is 37.8 per cent smaller than
the wages he paid r.s hired help. and
the latter We're far below this years
factory wage level. Twenty-Five per cent
OF our population-3l 260, 900 persons
are engaged in agriculture and addi-
tional millions employed in producing
raw materials. These millions COM
prise the group where buying must in
+
employment in our mills and plants
and consequently many million more
buyers for our manufactured goods and
related services. The average price OF
farm products has declined COS psi
cent from the 1929 peak, whereas the
average price OF the goods the farmer
must, but cannot, buy is down only
81 per cent.
Back to the landl" Yes-but chiefly
in our realization that it is from the
land recovery in our general economic
wellbeing must originate.
Increase in the purchasing power OF
the farmer can only be restored by
either still further reduction in the
prices Of the goods and services he
buys. or by an increase in the price
of his products. Any decrease in prices
of goods would undoubtedly neceSsitate
still further defation in labor costs
temporarily at least diminishing such
labor's purchasing power. To increase
price of farmers products he must have
a worldwide market How can he, and
also the producers of raw ma
terial, secure that market If We con-
tinue to adopt the policy Of debtor
and not a creditor Nation by pro-
hibiting the foreign customers of the
farmers and raw material producers
from selling here. Buyers must be
sellers
Foreign debts are normally largely
settled by an exchange Of goods and
services We, however, in our wisdom
and fright, insist on payment in gold,
thereby taking the lubricant out of
foreign trade, or by payment in Ameri-
can dollars purchased by our debtors
with deprecated currencies, decreasing
their purchasing power.
II we are not prepared to allow our
debtors to settle their liabilities to us
in q normal way. then let us reduce,
or even cancel, them, and put those
customers once again in the market not
only for our raw materials and agricul-
tural products, but also our manutac-
tured goods. Foreign trade In normal
times may represent only 10 per cent
of our total trade Git could be larger
if we went after it property. but 10
per cent more often than not Is the
difference between profit and loss.
HENRY DICKSON.
Evening star., 1932-12-28
Relieve Distress Through
Municipal improvements
To the Editor Of Tne Star:

To the Editor Of Tne Star:
Absurd it Is for the District OF Co.
lumbia, or any other political division,
to be paying relief money to any except
those lncapacitated for work. The Dis
trict, like other municipalities and
States, has plenty Of work to be done.
and that Of value to some one. Public
authorities should set about making
needed improvements, etc, In sufficient
extent to employ every available worker
at something more than living wage.
The cost Of improvements should be
collected from the beneficiaries of those
improvements.
The difficulty Of making public i'm
provements elf-liquidating, in practice
as well as in theory, lies In the lack Of
adequate arrangement to determine who
gets the benefit In every case. The Bor-
land law did constitute a step in the
right direction, but, If memory serves,
assessors found no basis for the assess
ment Of triangular lots, and court rulings
emasculated the law.
The fundamental error Of the Bor-
land law was in making frontage in
stead Of rent the basis of assessment for
the cost Of improvements to streets.
Every one agrees that streets make land
valuable, but land Is valuable only be-
session of it. Users of streets pay for
them In rent eXacted by landowners, and
1t is indefensible for street users to pay
in addition gasoline taxes, various
license and property taxes. If all street
costs were assessed against land accord
ing to rent, actual and potential, rent
bills might be raised somewhat, but the
whole payment Of street users in rent
would be applied to the street fund,
whereas with the present system Of null
tiple taxation part of the users pay
ment goes into the pockets of land spec
ulators, who perform no valuable serv-
ice. The same reasoning applies to the
whole operation Of government as well
as to streets.
As mentioned above, all able workers
can be employed in public service to
some one. Whene@er the District Gov
ernment or any Of the various State
governments chooses to assess taxes ex-
oluslvely on the rental value of the bare
land it will be found that any money
expended for valuable public service Of
any kind will come right back to the
treasury from the increased rental of
all land and in proportion to service
rendered. The absurdity of the present
spectacle OF idle workers and work to be
done is apparent. w. C. DUNCAN.
Monrovia, Md.
Evening star., 1932-12-28
John.


John was thirteen. He had been in
school abroad When his parents re-
turned to the United States he was
sent to "a famous New England pre-
paratory school," At the end OF the
first week he wrote: You and dad
will understand Come up at once, !
beg OF you. don't quite know how
to write about It, But I'm sure you
will understand"
The parents had no choice but to 60
They walked up and down with John
in the cool Autumn twilight. And
John told his story. disconnected, and
in a voice so charged with emotion
that he could scarcely control it."
1.-The boys here are impossible" was
the lads complaint. "They play jazz
records all the time, so fellow can't
read or think. All they do is to read
cheap magazines and listen to vacant
music. The fellows don't like
me any better than I like them. : : :
They say I'm 'queerr I've heard them.
Each one has dozen suits and all
they talk about or care about Is money
and cars. : They hate pictures and
books, unless they've never heard OF
them. Oh, they are decent and good
natured. It isn't that. They don't