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Evening star., 1933-12-10
WILLARD STRAIGHT
ASSOCIATION MEETS
Mayor of Dallas, Tex, Is Honor
Guest at "Last Man"
Dinner.

Members of the Willard Straight A..
E. F. Association held their annual last
man" dinner at the Mayfower Hotel
last night, and had as their guest of
honor Col. Henry D. Lindsey, mayor
OF Dallas. Tex, first national COM
mander Of the American Legion and
honorary president of the organiza-
ton.
Col Richard Waldo Of New York was
elected president to succeed Lieut.. Col.
George E. Ijams, assistant administra-
tor of the Veterans Administration.
John G. Flanagan Of Jersey City. N. j.,
was named secretary to succeed Ben Y.
Martin of Washington.
The association is composed of mem
bers of the command of Maj. willard
Straight, which as one of the first
American Army units to go over seas,
landed at Liverpool on Christmas day,
1917. The survivors organized the last
man" association and since its incep-
ton seven had died. Next year the
dinner will be held in New York.
Thirty-five members were present last
night Mai George D. Triplett headed
a delegation from New York. James
H. Condor and Louis Jatfe led group
from Philadelphia. Other well known
members present included Lieut. Ed
ward Egan, president of the Chamber
of Commerce. Syracuse. N. Y; James
w. Dwyer, st. Louis; Capt. Robert s.
Cauvin, New York: David D. Karrick,
Mai. Edward S. Battelheim, jr., and
Mai. James c. Ryder Washington.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
11REPORTEDDEAD
IN COAST STORM
Third Disturbance Strikes
Pacific Northwest, Con.
tinuing Six Days.
By the Associated Press.

SEATTLE, December 9.-The third of
a series of terrific Winter storms ham
mered the Pacifis Northwest Coast to-
day, causing a direct and indirect death
toll estimated at H.
The worst flood conditions in 20
years almost isolated Grays Harbor, and
rowboats piled the streets. The Skill
kumchuck River overran its banks,
threatening Bucoda. Villagers pre-
pared to leave
Today, the sixth day of storms that
howled down from Alaska, found storm
warnings posted on Puget Sound and
the Strait Of Juan De Fuca. Two fish,
ing beats had been pounded to wreck
age off Van Couver Island One body
was recovered nearby.
The fishing boat Della Reita, with
Reginald Holland and his sister Mar
garet aboard, was reported safe today
at Savary Island in the Gulf Of
Georgia after running before the storm
from Sampbell River. British Columbia
Patrols found a pair of blue serge
trousers and a gray blanket on the
beach near where the trolling boat
EO-l629 was beaten to pieces in the
surf Of Vancouver Island.
High winds and dashing rain were
believed responsible for many injuries
and at least one automobile accident
fatality last night. Mrs. Emma Jordan,
So, Seattle, was killed in the wreck of
her husbands car during a rainstorm
Aberdeen was lashed by a 4O-mile
wind and 4.35 inches of rain fell In the
"a hours ending today.
Slides, torn out bridges and floods
closed most highways to both Aberdeen
and Hoquiam. Tacoma and Seattle
Easements were flooded.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
D. c. CLEANERS MAY
FACE LAW BARRIER
Especial Service" Charges
Subject of N. R. A. Notice,
Despite Approval Claim.

Charges for special service" by
Washington cleaners will be regarded
as violations Of the law by the Ma
tional Recovery Administration In spite
Of claims that such charges have been
given approval by the local board
charged with enforcing the cleaning
and dyeing trade code.
Notification of the alleged violations
was sent to the local enforcement unit
by the National Recovery Administra-
tton, 1t was announced yesterday, after
circulars bearing the so-called Especial
service" charges had been sent to local
cleaners.
Meanwhile, minimum charges for vir.
tually all classes Of cleaning and press->
ing have been approved by the national
code authority, but no action will or
can be taken by that group on the
nlgher rates unless they are submitted
formally for approval.
Minimum Cleaning Charges.
The minimum charges for cleaning
follow:
Mems suits, 95 cents; trousers, so
cents; white flannel trousers, rs cents.
wash suits, 95 cents, topcoats or over
coats, 95 cents; hats, rs cents; gloves.
rs cents; ties, 10 cents; women's silk
or wool plain dresses, IS cents; silk or
wool dresses moderately styled with
flares, tucks or frills, s125; evening
gowns and velvet dresses, s1.50; coat
suits, 95 cents; three-piece coat suits,
SIPS; plain coats, s5 cents; velvet
coats, s1.25, and short gloves, Is cents.
The pressing prices are: Mems suits
so cents; topcoats or overcoats, so
cents; coats or trousers, 25 cents; girls
dresses up to size II, Is cents; girls
coats, 25 cents; women's clothing half
the rate for cleaning.
The special service" charges range
up to 120 and are based upon the
same principle as that used by laun-
dries for one-day service. Iaundries
have for years had two classes OF
charges, one rate for ordinary service
requiring three or four days, and q
higher rate for work done overnight.
Effect of Approval.
1t was pointed out by N. r. A. head
quarters yesterday that If an agree
ment has been made by Washington
cleaners to assess the special service"
charges without approval of the ma
tional code authority such action may
be in violation of the antitrust laws.
The antitrust laws have been sus-
pended only in so far as they affect
business controlled by a code, and
oA!tiA 0uSh oPCCidi pAACco are plOuBuL
under code authority an agreement to
use them probably will constitute an
illegal combination.
Tomorrow a hearing will be held
here TO which 160 alleged violators of
the code have been summoned They
are from all parts of the country and
their alleged violations in the main are
charges Of ignoring the minimum
prices set by the code authority.
Action also may be taken on the
special prices here in case complaint
is made at the hearing.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
Ne,o C.of c. Head Maps Plan
For Program of activities
Miller Stresses Districts
Immediate Needs of
Legislation.
Calls for Support of d. C.
Commercial and Civic
Organizations.

Ascending to the presidency Of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce
through the death of Martin A. Leese a
week ago Friday. William c. Miller Is
busily engaged in mapping plans for
the trade body's immediate program Of
activities while at the same time rep
resenting the National Association of
Real Estate Boards, of which he also
Is president. at preliminary hearings at
the N. r. A.
Mr.. Miller, who has long been an ac-
tive member Of the Chamber of Com
merce, today stressed the Importance
Of planning now for immediate leg
islative needs of the city and its peo-
pie. with Congress due to convene the
first OF the year.
Calls for Support.
Pointing out that the only voice of
the voteless citizens of the District is
through the organized trade and civic
associations. Mr.. Miller called for con-
sistent support of these groups in the
interest OF the welfare and prosperity
OF the National Capital
When the National Legislature, which
is also Washington's board of alder
men, meets next month. he said, there
Will be number Of important matters
with which the citizens of the Capital
will have to go before Senate and
House District committees.
1t Is particularly important, he said,
that the people of Washington be pre-
pared to meet with the legislators on a
united front with problems affecting
the city's welfare. He pointed out that
the District Commissioners are ready
and willing to cooperate with the
Capitals civic groups IN order that
such unanimity Of viewpoint might be
realized.
Important Matters.
Major matters to come up on Capitol
Hill In which the chamber is interested
include the fiscal relations issue. re-
garded as particularly significant at
this time owing to studies being made
by Senate and House committees and
by the District government. Bills on
national representation. taxicab indem-
nifty insurance, financial responsibility
for motorists and employees compensa-
ton insurance rates, previously intro
duced and supported by the trade body,
will be followed up a: the coming ses-
sion.
New legislation designed to substitute
Evening star., 1933-12-10
u. s. GIVES UP ROLE
OF MOVIE DICTATOR
Grants Concessions to Indus.
try on All Major Points
Protested.
Continued From First Page.)

the President and Gen. johnson, was
backed by an overwhelming majority OF
the industry, including non-signers Of
the original code proposal as well as
the signers.
They also protested against the Pres
ident's action in eXempting writer's,
authors and dramatists from the pro-
vision in the code aimed at the exorbi-
tant bidding up of salaries, which was
suspended pending a 90-day study.
This was modified, in the interpreta-
tions announced today, to bring back
under the provision such writer's, au-
thors and dramatists as are employed
for stated periods.
Conferences Cordial"
Concessions were granted to the in
dustry by the Government on all major
points of the protest. and, under the
final agreement, it was specified that
signers Of the code were free to with
draw their consent to operate under its
terms unless the notifications were
maintained. The movie mems salts
faction with the agreement was ex-
pressed by Mr.. Hays, who said:
THE result of the conferences Is evil
denced by Gen. Johnson's memoran-
dunn. These conferences were cordial
and the conclusion Is very satisfactory"
The memorandum administrative
policy in the administration of the
motion picture industry code follows:
"The administrator construes num-
bered paragraphs l, 2 and 3 Of the
executive order Of the President on
the motion picture industry code as
not creating any right Of appeal from
the determination of the code authority
under Article II, section 4; Article II,
section 10 (a): Article v, division d.
part 8, and Article vi, or from the
Article vi, or in any sense creating the
administrator as a court of review Of
the action of these boards or the code
authority in individual cases. These
paragraphs refer to the right of the
administrator to inquire into the gen.
eral course of conduct of the nechan-
ism of the code.
"The administrator will exercise his
discretion under paragraphs or OF
the conditions incorporated in the ex-
ecutive order in accordance with the
recommendation of at least a majority
of the voting members Of the entire
code authority and the successor of
any person removed under the condi-
ton in said paragraph 2 shall be ap-
pointed in the manner provided tn
Article II, section 2, subdivision r Of
the code.
"The provisions of section Of the
executive order are interpreted to in
clude only such writer's, authors, and
drsmatists as are not employed for
stated periods by producers All writer's,
authors and dramatists employed by
producers for stated periods shall be
Evening star., 1933-12-10
DRAMA TO BE GIVEN

CLOSED Lips" drama in three acts,
will be presented by the Rock Creek
Players on Tuesday evening at 8:15
o'clock in the parish auditorium, at
Rock Greek Church road and Webster
street.
The direction is by J. Fred Parsons,
and the cast includes Douglas Pickens,
Albert Armstrong, Mary Beall. Jack
Kirby, Betty Evans, Elizabeth Parsons,
Charles McCaddon. Lillia Blackstone,
j. B. Wilson and Virginia Richards.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
Gin Given Indy Collection.

ST. LOUIS (P.-Six small bottles of
gin, bearing Holland label and dated
1887 were added to the collection of
Lindbergh trophies at the Jefferson
Memorial.
The gin was among the gifts to Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh during his recent
visit to Holland.
Attendants at the memorial said no
extra guards would be added.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
LECTURES TO BE GIVEN
Expanding Universe" Subject Of
DR.. Lemaitre, Belgian.

The first Of three lectures on his the
CRY Of the expanding universe" will be
given by the Able Georges Lemaitre in
Mcmahon Hall, Catholic University, De-
cember IA at pm The lectures are
open to the student body and the
public.
The first talk will treat of the Time
Scale" On January he will speak on
Structure of Space" and January IL
on "Cosmic Rays" DIR. Lemaitre,
famed Belgian scientist-priest, is at
Catholic University as visiting pro-
lessor.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
$50 for Turkey Is Charity.

LA JUNTA, Colo. R.-Russell
Whaley, New York buyer, bid and bid
for charity. After boosting the amount
to So q pound. he bought the champion.
turkey at the La Juna turkey show. The
bird weighed 20 pounds. Whaley wrote
q check for $50 and Paul j. Hershey.
who owned the gobhler. announced he
would donate the money TO the Saliva
ton Army.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
INNATE OF HOME DIES
Jacob Mayer, SO, Had Fractured
Hip Getting Out of Bed.

Jacob Mayer, SO, died in Walter Reed
Hospital yesterday. Mayer, native of
Germany, has been for many years an
inmate of the Soldiers Home here.
On Friday he sustained q fractured
hip when getting out Of bed at the Sol
diers' Home Hospital He had been
for treatment
Evening star., 1933-12-10
MRS. FERGUSON SILENT
Governor Refuses Comment on
Mob's Burning of Body.

AUSTIN, Tex, December 8 (R.-Gov.
Miriam A. Ferguson has not made any
comment with reference to the action
of a mob in Hardin County, which
burned the body of David Gregory, COL
ored, after he had been fatally shot by
an officer while resisting arrest. Greg
ory was charged with assaulting and
killing q white woman.
Gov. Ferguson was asked through
her secretary, j. H. Davis, jr., for an
expression, but remained silent.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
PIT. A. Group to Meet.

BALLSTON, Va, December tSpe-
ciaD The Executive Committee of the
Parent-Teacher Association of WASH
ington-Lee High School will meet at the
school Thursday evening
Evening star., 1933-12-10
included under Section Of the said
executive order.
1T is recognized that, based on the
foregoing construction of the exercise of
the administrators authority conferred
upon him in the said executive order.
the signatory producers and distribu-
tors have given their consent to the
code as approved.
HUGH s. JOHNSON,
Administrator"
Imposition Not Yet Necessary.

In a statement explaining the pur-
pose Of the conference, Gen. johnson
said that the N. r. A. never intended
to create board of review which would
pass on all the many decisions. but
that it was felt necessary to watch the
work OF the code authority and correct
errors.
The administrator explained that all
prior codes had bene formulated by the
various industries and subscribed to by
them. 1t had not yet been necessary,
he said, to impose a code on any In
dustry, "and We do not intend to do SO
If it can be avoided" The memo
randum satisfied doubts of the motion
picture producers as to the admins
tration's policy, he added.
Gen. johnson recalled after the con-
ference that he had turned over the
motion picture code for Col. Robert
w. Lea's scrutiny because of charges
that Deputy Administrator Sol A. Ros-
enblat had been biased" in its prep
aration. Gen. johnson asserted that
careful examination of the code by Col.
Lea had convinced the administration
that all such charges were unfounded.
the rights of the President to veto
action of the code authority to pro-
tect the interests of all elements in the
industry should be more explicitly
stated. This was the reason the execu-
tive order of the President reserved
the right to disapprove any action Of
the code authority or any board ap-
pointed by it.
Evening star., 1933-12-10

President and General Manager
The New Colonial Hotel
The Arlington Hotel
The Plaza Hotel
Evening star., 1933-12-07

exercises some degree of control that
might be easily converted into an in
strumentality Of coercion. Some Of the
civil liberties university people who
have been contending since the war
that their freedom Of expression is
cramped would then know what 1t is
to remain silent under pressure"
I'VE have no respect" says the Gary
st-Tribune, "for that type Of news
paper which attempts by half-state-
ment, innuendo or falsehood to attack
public men, but 1t is far better to
let q few newspapers follow out such
a policy rather than destroy freedom
OF expression. Government in q denioc-
racy would be impossible without free
press, even though at times q part of
the press does not perform its duty
fairly" The Oakland Tribune advises:
Censorship Of the press to the extent
that constructive criticism and partisan
comment Is prohibited must either lead
to violent protest, or that quiet sub
mission to dictatorship which holds in
itself the seeds Of revolt. Hitler, CEN
sortng the news In Germany today,
stores trouble for himself against that
time when the people shall learn they
have been deliberately cheatd of in
formation"
ANY encroachment upon the freedom
OF the press is an encroachment upon
the freedom Of the people," concludes
the Chicago Tribune.
Evening star., 1933-12-07

The taxicab has been definitely estab-
lished a. an institution In America
only few years less than that. It
has not only supplied conveyance for
those In special hurry. or with sonne-
what exacting taste In transport. but
It has become veritably the common
carrier for . multitude. II has become
q rival to the street car and the bus,
the latter itself Q competitor Of the
street car until 1t became an adjunct
under indentical management with the
tracked service.
The taximeter. which Mr.. Meade In
troduced In 1905, along with the taxi
cab, has been to some extent discarded
in favor Of the zone system. Condi-
tions as to the rate and system Of
payment on the cabs are not altogether
satisfactory to public or to drivers.
There is decided room for improvement
In that quarter. But the street car
systems are fighting the taxicabs with
. new device, Just introduced In wash-
ington in conjunction with the merger
Of the lines. That is the weekly pass,
the holder Of which can ride as often
as he desires In the course Of the week
for which he buys his ticket. Hereto
fore the street car held the advantage
for the long haul, while the taxicab
held 1t for the short haul on the zone
system. especially for groups Of riders.
Now the street car, with its weekly
pass, can compete with the cab on
the short haul, for to the holder Of
pass it will. SO to speak, cost nothing
to ride i've or six blocks, Q distance for
which cabs have heretofore been taken
BY those In hurry or those who have
begun to lose the lmack and the wish
to use natures means Of locomotion,
the legs.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
From First Taxicabs to Now.

To one who nowadays stands on the
curb waiting to get out to a street car
platform or to cross the street 1t seems
as though there were nothing else In
motion on the thcroughfare but taxi
cabs, and so many Of them that q
venture into the open space Is des-
perately perilous. Such one, ponder
ing the personal problem Of safe loco
motion, has hard time remembering
the days when there were no taxcabs,
the most menacing public vehicle being
the herdic cab, the hanson, or the
two-horse chariot that has now come
to be styled, In somewhat affectionate
recollection, the "night-liner."
Announcement has just been made
Of the death at Mount Kisco. N. r, Of
Richard Worsam Meade, who in 1905
startled New York City by importing,
as. the head Of . transportation COM
pany, the flrst gasoline taxicab and
putting 1t into service. It was French
contraption, with It's clicking taxtmeter,
and 1t caused . profound sensation.
Shortly afterward Mr.. Meade brought
over from France the drst gasoline
busses and put them to work TO dis
place the ancient and honorable horse
drawn busses Of the Fifth Avenue line.
That was tMenty-Aght yeaxl go,
Evening star., 1933-12-07
Utility Certificate for Farms
q the San Francisco Chronicle.

FTom the San Francisco Chronicle.
It has been q familiar complaint by
certain spokesmen for farmer groups,
The Railroad Commission guarantees
the utilities q return on their invest
ment, but the farmer Is not guaranteed
q return!"
OF course, the utilities are not guar
anteed" anything, but rates are estab-
uSned that permit the utilities to earn
stated return on their prudent in
vestment-n they can. But let the de-
tail pass. The return Is allowed after
complete supervision of the financial
and economic set-up. Before q utility
can even start 1t must obtain q certifi-
cate OF public convenience and neces-
sfty" and before 1t can expand to serve
new territory 1t must secure a like
permit.
On the other hand the soil has al
ways been open to entry. It has been
the natural habitat Of rugged tndi-
v1dualism. In fact, there IS popular
school OF economics pred1cated upon
the idea that free land would cure all
our economic troubles.
But now It appears that the farmer
may fnd himself public utility, vested
with public interest and entitled to
earn 9 fair return upon the basis Of
certificate Of public convenience and
necessity"
In his Chicago address before the
Association Of Land Grant Colleges and
Universities, Secretary Of Agriculture
Wallace outlined just that proposal In
changing our pattern Of basic crop
production" by acreage allotments.
But will the farmer Like the idea Of
being q public utility, subject to regu-
lation, and what will become Of the
back-to-the- land movement?
Evening star., 1933-12-07


have not aspired to break records for
the sake Of breaking them. They have
not attempted to thrill ths mob by thea
trical gymnastics. They have dis
ciplined themselves, governed their
ambitions, guarded their enthusiasms.
controlled their thought and their utter
ance. They have been conservative.
And that Is the reason for the universal
confidence which people have In them.
However, there has been no difninu-
ton Of appreciation for their courage.
Yesterdays feat required bravery Of the
authentic type, and no one questions
the fact. But neither does any one
doubt that their victories are attained
by the exercise Of reason. Thus It Is
that Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh are re-
spected as well as admired. It has been
their purpose to supplement the grow
ing body Of accurate knowledge Of the
practical science Of air travel, and the
public understands that they do great
things because they know how to do
them. They are not famous simply be-
cause they take chances.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
The Lindberghs Again.

Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh, flying from Africa to South
America, had an unseen audience Of
millions, but among the multitude that
watched" their crossing Of the South
Atlantic there were but few who doubt
ed their ability to complete the trip.
The time has passed when their ad-
mirers tremble for them as they set
forth on some difficult journey. They
have performed so many seeming mira
cles that the public no longer has any
doubt of their capacity.
But when readers of the news OF their
exploits review their career it becomes
apparent that the present sense Of
confidence Is a development based on
q psychological trait in their character
as q team. Before Col. Lindbergh's
celebrated flight from New York to
Paris, May 20 and 81, 1927, he was
called a flying fool" The epithet,
perhaps, was inaccurate, and yet it
had to be lived down. The point is that
no one today would dare to apply such
q title to him. In more than six years
OF travel by plane he has earned the
sobriquet Of the worlds most scientific
aeronaut.
Other men and women have done
spectacular stunts In the clouds, but
the Lindberghs have made q different
contribution to the progress Of avia-
ton. It has been their choice to DEM
onstrate the efficiency Of common sense
in flying. They have practiced caution
and patience Their method has been
that Of careful planning and rigid ad-
herence to rational procedure. They