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Evening star., 1932-03-01
GASOLINE TAX RAISED
New York Increase to Three Cents
Goes Into Effect.

Goes Into EHect.
ALBANY, N. Y, March l CP.-The
cost of motoring in New York State
took a rise today as the new gasoline
tax Of cents, instead of 2, went into
effect. At the same time the stock
transfer tax advanced to cents, dou-
BILE the old rate
The increases, approved by the Legis-
lature, were adopted in the hope of as
sisting the State through its financial
troubles.
Evening star., 1932-03-01
WEATHER.

%. 3. Weather Bureau ForecastJ
Fair and colder with temperature about
"a degrees tonight; tomorrow cloudy;
rain tomorrow night or Thursday. Tenn
peratures: Highest, SO, at AIS pm. yes
terday; lowest, 80, at 7 am. today. Full
report on page B-7.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
City's Clamors Giving u. S.
The "Jitters"

State apartment of health, told
delegates to the American Pub
lie Health Association meeting
at the Willard Hotel today.
The principal sources of health
impairing noises are traffic,
brakes and policemen's whistles;
radios, home, street and store; col
lections and deliveries of ashes,
garbage, milk and ice, and vocal
disturbances such as newSboys,
peddlers, dogs, cats and noisy
parties.
The committee recommended
government control through the
creation of noise abatement COM
missions"
improvement in the sanitary
conditions of the seafood industry
and stricter regulation by State
and municipal authorities were
advocated by the committee on
fish and shellfiSh.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
AID.
WRECK|NG CREW
Times Staff Photo

Two Indian elephants-exactly
seven tons of them-today tug
ged, snorted and trumpted in
pulling down a wall at the site
of the evicted bonus army on
Pennsylvania Avenue.
Eva" only 33 years old, how
ever, did most of the work, as
her teammate, Danny" 80,
played the part of a prima donna.
The elephants, owned by Otis
L. Smith. are playing at the
Earle Theater and weren't par
ticularly fond of this "back-to-
nature" job.
However, after several tugs at
heavy cable, the wall finally
collapsed amid curtain of dust
while news cameras clicked away.
Danny showed his disgust by
breaking loose from Miss Jean
Smith, trainer, and caused sew
eral scores of spectators to
scamper to safety.
The work is being done by the
George w. Rhine Company, wreck
erS.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
"A HALLOWEEN
BANDS TOPLAY

The deadline for entries in the
Halloween parade has been ex-
tended until Friday, the arrange
ments committee, Archie K.
Shipe, chairman, announced to-
day. Entries were to have closed
today.
Sixty units, including IA bands
and commercial floats. will be in
the procession, according to Gen.
Anton Stephan, grand marshal.
The procession of witches, COB
Inns and other Halloween spirits,
with the numerous fantastically
decorated floats, will start from
the Peace Monument at 1880 p.
m, and proceed up Pennsylvania
Avenue to Fifteenth Street,
thence to Constitution Avenue,
past the judges stand.
Dancing and fun making on
the roped-off section of Constitu.
ton Avenue will follow.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
BANKS GUARDED.
ON FAKECALL

A mysterious telephone call to
police headquarters that the Ma
tional Bank of Washington was
being held up sent every avail
able police car to the scene and
threw downtown Washington into
a state of excitement, shortly
after noon today.
When police arrived, however,
bank officials knew of no at
tempted holdup.
Capt. B. w. Thompson, of the
Detective Bureau, Immediately
dispatched policemen to cover all
downtown banks on the theory
that the call may have been a
ruse to attract policemen to the
Indiana Avenue institution.
ThrongS gathered in front of
all banks in the vicinity with the
arrival of police reserves. Traffic
was momentarily paralyzed and
police had difficulty in keeping
the crowds back so that the
banks might carry on business.
just as the crowds were leaving
the bank entrance, further excite
ment was created when a colored
youth ran down Indiana Avenue,
lodging through traffic. while his
pursuerS shouted:
"StOp him! Stop him!"
The crowd took up the chase
and when the boy reached Penn
Sylvania Avenue, he was iInmedi-
ately halted by a traffic police
man on duty at the intersection,
The policeman took the youth
to a police box and waited for
one of his pursuers to arrive. It
was later learned the boy had
jumped from a window of the
House of Detention and was we'll
on his way to freedom when the
chase started.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
z ARMED THUGS
ROB GROCER Of
CAR AND S15
Four HoIdups, SO BurgIaries
Mark 24-Hour Period of
Crime in D. c.

Two young white men
armed with pistols held up
and robbed Charles E. Smith,
manager of Sanitary
Grocery Store at Second and
G. Streets Southeast early to-
day.
The pair, covering Smith with
a pistol, forced him to the rear of
the store, and, threatening him
with death if he made an outcry,
took his automobile keys from his
pocket and SIS from the cash
register. The thugs made their
escape in Smiths automobile.
Pull Out Gun
Smith had just opened the
store when the bandits entered
and asked first for a package of
cigarettes. The manager turned
his back to get the cigarettes and
when he faced the two men again
one OF them placed a pistol at his
head and ordered him to keep
quiet.
Four holdups and 80 burglaries
took place in the District for the
24-hour period ending at 8 a. m.
today. Loot obtained was valued
at $4,000.
John A. Fentress, 1900 block
Wyoming Ave. N. w., a taxicab
driver, said white man struck
him over the head with a blunt
instrument at New Hampshire
Avenue and Shepherd Street
Northwest. and took $4.75 from
his pocket.
Yeggs Scared Off
Henry H. Scheidle, another
taxicab driver. 900 block L st
S. E., said two white men at.
tempted to rob him in the TOO
block Ninth st. S. E., but were
frightened away before they took
anything. He said one of the
men struck him over the head.
Louis Douglas, 400 block K ST..
CONTINUED on Page II, Col. p
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
D. c. POLICE ASK
DATA ON IDLE .
MARCHERS
Departments in Other Cities
Urged to Cooperate in
Learning of Plans

The District Police Depart
ment has requested other de-
partments t hroug g h o u the
country to furnish it with in
formation regarding the posi-
bility of masSed marchers on
the Capital this winter, Major
Ernest w. Brown, superinten-
dent of police, said today.
Inspector Frank S. w. Burke,
assistant superintendent in charge
of the detective bureau, has asked
police officials of the country to
cooperate with the local depart
ment by assisting it in gathering
information, Brown said.
No Plans Yet
Government departments, such
as the Department of Justice and
the Secret Service, are also carry
ing on investigations throughout
the country. but Brown said he
had received no information from
them.
Brown was asked what policy
the department would purue in
the event that the 10000 searnen,
who are said to be ready to march
on the Capital, arrived. He said
he has made no definite plans re-
garding march of seamen or
any other delegation.
Permits Required
Present District laws do not per-
NIT the Police Department to in
terfere with delegations as long as
they are orderly. Brown said.
Delegations could be forced to
procure permits to allow them to
march, Brown said, but as long as
they were orderly, he did not be-
lieve he could refuse them en-
trance to the District for the pur
pose of presenting petitions to
Congress.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
900 ARMY COTS
ASKED FOR IDLE

Acting on requests by the Cos
pei Mission and the Salvation
Army, the District Commissioners
today asked the chief of staff of
the Third Corps Area. United
States Army, to furnish the in
stitutions with 500 cots and
blankets to care for homeless un-
employed during the winter.
Both organizations agreed to
execute a bond for the value of
the goods to insure their safe re-
turn. The Gospel Mission re-
quested 300 beds and blankets to
use in its new building which
will be completed in so days.
Four years ago the organiza-
tions made similar requests for
the use of Army bedding for
destitute. The requests we're
granted.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
INVESTIGATORS
SAID To LACK
EVIDENCE "
Grand Jury Action, If Any,
to Await Next Month;
9 Police Involved

Investigation of alleged
graft by members of the Dis
trict police department in con-
nection with the operation of
a liquor ring continued today
with no prospect that the al
legations would come out into
the light within 80 days, if
then.
Special agents of the prohibi-
ton unit of the Department of
Justice are at work on the case
but are understood to be stymied
by lack of checks or other docu-
mentary proof of the alleged
graft.
Lawyers Deny Retention
SO far, all attorneys who usu-
ally represent members of the
police department before the
police trial board or in criminal
actions, have denied they have
been retained as counsel by the
accused men.
Leading bondsmen also have
declared they had not been asked
to stand by in event warrants
were returned.
Officially it was not believed
that the matter now in the hands
of the Investigators would be pre-
sented to grand jury before
the lapse of a month, if then.
United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover says the investigation has
been brought to his attention
but that he has not as yet been
asked to take action. If it is
taken before him in all likelihood
it will be presented Immediately
to the Grand Jury.
Protection Plan Charged
The graft is alleged to have
been passed out by members of
the bootleg ring to police, num-
bering nine, who are said to have
promised protection and then
WEIGHED on the deal.
Charges involving the police
men are said to be centered
about the operations of the Zin-
berg group. more than a score
of whom were convicted or
pleaded guilty.
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of police, has pledged
Whole-hearted cooperation to the
federal Investigators.
Late yesterday, chief Brown
communicated with Howard T.
Jones, assistant prohibition direc-
tor, offering the assistance and
facilities of the department in
the furtherance of the investiga-
ton.
, While officials have been re-
ticent to discuss the investigation,
it is understood approximately
100000 is involved.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
Traffic Light Needs
Cited bY Van Duzer

The need for control lights at
certain intersections was brought
out last night by William A. Van
Duzer, director of vehicles and
traffic, at meeting of the North
Capitol Citizens Association in
Mckinley High School.
With former Inspector Ernest
w. Brown as superintendent of
police, the traffic laws probably
Will be enforced to the limit, he
declared,
The Washington times., 1932-10-25

the old American pattern ana was
often called genius. The other is
the story of the life and times of a
writer who looked with grave, care
full, displeased eyes at titans and
financiers and geniuses and wrote
books about them which sprawled
all over the place, just as the men
of industry did, but, were not so
happy or interesting; man who
fought against everything Carnegie
stood for, and in the end, by a quirk
of fortune, became prosperous and
semi Communist almost in the same
day. The two biographies suit their
subjects. Burton j. Hendricks Car
negie" is like his other biographies,
so many Of them Pulitzer Prize win
ners, laudatory, full of pleasant
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
GET-TOGETHER DANCE

The first get-together dance of
the Americanization School AsSo-
citation will be held tonight at
the Elks Club. 900 block of H
st. N. w. Students from the
school and members of the asso-
citation from more than 80 diff
ferent countries are expected to
attend.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
Alexandria Council
To Scan Zone Permits

The meeting Of the Alexandria
council tonight will be devoted to
rezoning and applications for
building permits. Most of the ap-
plications are for repairs and
minor additions totaling less than
$4,000. The next meeting of coun-
Gil, scheduled for election night,
will be postponed until November
IN
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
Biologists to Hear
Fisheries ErDert

The Biological Society of Wash
ington will meet Saturday night
in the new assembly hall of the
Cosmos Club.
Among speakers will be M. M.
Ellis, of the Bureau of Fisheries,
who will talk on changes in Mis-
sissippi river conditions.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
IOWG State Society
To Fete Grid Team

The Iowa State Society will
open it's winter program with a
dance and supper Friday night
at the Roosevelt Hotel in honor
of the Iowa State University foot
ball team coming here to play
George Washington University.
Miss Gertrude Louis, Roosevelt
Hotel, is chairman Of the dance
committee.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
CHURCH MOVIES TONIGHT

Motion pictures of the recent
Dublin Eucharistic Congress will
be shown tonight for the benefit
of st. Martins Church in Gath
ersburg, Md. at st. Stephens
auditorium. Twenty-fourth Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue North
west,
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
SEWERS WANTED

An appeal was made today by
the local chapter of the American
Red Cross for additional sewers
to make garments for the Dis
trict'S unemployed. Garments
may be made at the chapter
house. 100 block E st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
Seasons First Snow
Falls In Capital;
Gold Air Aloft'

A furry of snow Shortly after
II a. m. today, the first of the
season, was attributed by
Weathef Bnreau scientists to
cold afr aIoft."
The prognoSticators said a
surface temperature of ST, at
II a. M, was sufficient to melt
much more snow than the few
flakes that fell.
Clouds and probable rain to-
night. followed by a rising tenn
perature tomorrow, was today's
forecast.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
CHURCH PLANS BAZAAR

Plans for the annual bazaar of
the All Saints Episcopal Church
Chevy Chase, will be made at a
meeting of the rector's aid of
that institution today.
The Washington times., 1932-10-25

U11an noises, such as street
radios, garbage collection and
wild parties, must be curtailed
or American health will suffer,
DR.. c. r. Cox, of the New York
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
Housewife Hopes
Public Will Put
Chest Drive Over
ne all go Communist.
BY MRS. A. S. MCBRIDE,
Housewife,
1907 Fourth ST. N. w,

81 sincerely hope that the
campaign soon to be started by
the Community Chest will be
so successful that it will meet
the needs of all those now
suffering from unemployment
and poverty.
"The Chest has a noble pur.
pose for existing. Only with the
cooperation of the people of
Washington can this purpose
expand and bear fruit. Upon
the public rests the response
biIity for its success or failure"
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
True to Type
TITAN AND ENEMY
AS SUBJECTS
OF BOOKS
: Bv GILBERT SELDES-

TIERE are two biographies: The Life of Andrew
III Carnegie and Forgotten Frontiers" (Dreiser and
the Land of the Free) One is the story of titan of
industry friend of financers once the richest in
America Morgan said SOY, an immigrant who followed
The Washington times., 1932-10-25
FINED 500, COSTS

A fine of 500 and cost was i'm
posed on Mike Despnes, of Balti-
more, by Judge Snow in the Alex
andria police court today. Despnes
pleaded guilty to transporting
Eight quarts"
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Distribution Of Relief Funds

The President prefers that the pro-
posed $500 900 900 for direct relief Of
distress, to be made available under
terms of the Wagner Garner relief bills
by loans to the States from the Recon
struction Finance Corporation, be made
available according to the need of the
States rather than on the basis of pop-
ulstion. There are indications that the
conferees on the bill may seek to make
this proposed change
When that matter was discussed in
Senate debate during consideration of
the Wagner bill it was stated that the
distribution of this sum on the basis of
population was the only method found
feasible and practical although the
merits of distribution according to need
were considered Some of the States
have been stricken more seriously by
the depression than others, yet, on the
population basis, they would receive less
assistance from the Federal Govern
ment than another State which has
been more fortunate in taking care OF
its own problem. One difficulty Of dis
tribution according to need, however
is the fact that the determination oi
such need would necessitate the setting
UP of some sort of Federal fact-findinl
agency to weigh the relative degree oI
need among the States, and to appor.
tion the money on the basis Of the
facts revealed. That, of course, woulc
Evening star., 1932-06-28

ing parent into a hope Of recovery of
his stolen child? Was 1t form OF
megalomania or desire for exploitation
That question will perhaps be answered
in the course of this trial.
Meanwhile, Col. Lindbergh is required
to tell veritably to the world. as he sits
in the witness chair at Pennington, the
poignantly sad story of his sufferings OF
mind. his alternating hope and despair
his grasping at every possibility of sue
ceSsful search, his eventual disillusion-
ment and the disclosure through the
confession of his volunteer agent that
the whole business was a hoax. The
tragedy of March l is in this epiloe
brought vividly again to mind.
The mystery of the stealing OF the
Lindbergh baby remains unsolved. VIII
it ever be solved? A few weeks age
it was apparently on the point of an
swer through the suicide of an un-
happy girl In the course of series
of uuestionings That prospect quickly
passed. Now, seemingly, there is nc
progress toward solution. Every avenue
of research appears to be closed. Some
where, of course. are people who know
just what happened on the night OF
March /. Perhaps the force of con-
science may drive them ultimately to
disclosure. There is no thought that
from this present trial of Curtis will
come any new fact that may lead to
solution
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Depression in Background
AS Hoover Asks Endorsement

is distressing, but nothing better is as
sured or even promised by the renom-
ination of the same old ticket" That
paper advises There is a promise OF
the same old successes, the same old
failures, the same old triumphS and
trials and evasions and heart breaks"
The Roanoke Times (Democrat1c)
AYERS: Hoover and Curtis it Is then.
The Democrats in Congress joined the
Republicans in cheering the announce
ment that the President had been re-
nominated at Chicago. And no
wonder!"
"The Republican prohibition plank,
on which Mr.. Hoover seeks reelection,
contends the Asbury Park Evening Press
independent Democratic), lis the rank
est and most obvious piece of political
dishonesty ever thrust upon the Amer1-
can public. And it is the only effort
that will give the 1882 Republican ccn-
vention place in history" The Scran-
ton Times (Democratic) asserts" Public
opinion. even in rock-ribbed Republican
PENNSYLVANIA, is strong in the belief
that Mr.. Hoover and his party have
failed, that they have nnuffed the oppor-
tunity given them by the American peo-
pie" The Charleston Evening Post
CDemocratic) says: IF the ticket is beat
en- there will be no cause for wailing
and enashing of teeth. The Republican
party let itself in for Hoover four years
ago, and it must go through with him,
whether to defeat in November or for
four wears more of him in the White
House"
Slowly but surely" records the Har-
risburg Telegraph Republican,, there
has developed in the public mind the
belief that President Hoover is the one
man who has displayed comprehensive
understanding of the needs Of the
emergency" The Pasadena Star News
independent Republican, lauds "the
silent. patient long-suffering man in
the White House, wearing himself out
in service Of his country" The Spokane
Spokesman Review Republican, at
tests that "a fair minded Nation sees
that Hoover never has lost faith, never
relinquished his soul for the applause of
the moment, never yielded to demagogy
or tricky opportunism." The Lexington
Leader independent Republican, ar
CUES that "he has furnished the only
leadership which the country has had,
or the world, for that matter"
THE party goes before the country
this year" in the opinion of the Spring.
field (Mass.) Union Republican,, with
a ticket tried and tested in the severe
ordeal of responsibility in a time OF
great and unprecedented national diff
culties and stress" The indianapolis
News independent Republican, declares
that the country was steadied in its
position and constantly encouraged by
the example of the President" The
Charleston (W Va) Daily Mail (inde-
pendent Republican,. commenting on
the campaign, holds that "the country
will applaud the Presidents determina-
ton to take only a. limited and q digni-
fled part"
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Lindbergh as a Witness.

Yesterday at Pennington, N. j.. was
presented one Of The most pitiful spec
tacles ever witnessed in this country
Charles Augustus Lindbergh. greatly
beloved by the American people. took
the stand as a witness in the case of
the State Of New Jersey against John
Hughes Curtis, charged with preventing
and hindering the apprehension of the
person or persons who committed the
kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby on
March l. Through question after ques-
tion he told the story, first of the steal
ing Of his child, then. after futile eff
fort at ransom in which he was be-
trayed into paying a large sum without
effect, of the meeting with Curtis
through the introduction of a friend
and the unfolding of a plan by which
led to no end as it proved to have been
based apparently upon the imaginings
or pretensions of the self-appointed in
termediary
IltIt Will Dt n utltilSt III ltllS IdSt.
of course. Just what line it will take is
unknown. Although he was called yes
terday for the prosecution, Lindbergh
has been likewise summoned as a wit
ness for the defendant. If he is thus
called to the stand there will be a con-
dition practically without precedent
But the story that Lindbergh will tell
as Curtis witness, if he SO appears, can
not differ in any way from that which
he is now telling in support of the in
dictment OF Lindberghs truthfulness
and straightforwardness there can be
no question.
This case has aroused public indig-
nation almost equal TO that of the crime
itself. Following as it did the fraud Of
! pretended ransom, which was in itself a
monstrous injustice, it climaxed an ex-
ploitation of the tragedy that Veritably
stunned the people Of this country. To
what end could this pretense have been
conceived? To what adyantage-save
personal profit-could any person have
sought to beguile and delude the suffer-
Evening star., 1932-06-28

require considerable time One of the
good points of the relief bills is that
they make the money available without
delay.
Solution of the problem might lie, IN
part, in determining whether all the
States. or how many States. will take
advantage of the maximum loan avail
able. II a good many States do not
borrow to the full extent Of the law, a
surplus would be given to the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation. Amend
ment might be made of the law, per-
hitting the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation to dispose of this surplus
on the basis Of need in the States. But
If each State borrows to the maximum,
it is obvious that no other method OF
distribution than on the basis Of popu-
lation can be found readily acceptable.