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Evening star., 1933-12-31
1872 CONVENTIONS
HELD HERE IN 1888
Trade Board Unit Estimates
Visitors Spent Total of
$4,000, 900 in D. C..

Despite keen competition from Chi
cago and its worlds fair, Washington
during 1888 entertained 1872 national
conventions, a total closely approach
ing the record figure for the George
Washington bicentennial year Of 1882
Summarizing its activities for the
year now ending, the Greater National
Capital Committee Of the Washington
Board of Trade finds occasion for q
good deal of optimistic reflection
speaking in general terms of the Wash
ington travel industry in 1888"
Year Is Reviewed.
Curtis Hodges. executive director Of
the committee, which was set up by the
Board of Trade a few years ago to
promote Washington as a convention
tourist and residential city, points to
1888 as very satisfactory" from this
standpoint.
Undoubtedly" he says. "organized
effort has had much to do with bringing
the increased number of conventions
to Washington. 1t is true that GER
tain number Of national conventions
would be held in Washington regard
less of organized effort, but without the
systematic work that has been done in
the last year. the amount that would
nave III lllC llUl 4lOIIl
this source might have been from
$4,000 900 to s60000 900 less"
Discussing the volume of sightseeing
visitors to the Capital. Hodges points
out that estimates up TO December l
indicate the decrease in the number
of tourists for 1893 will be less than
per cent as compared with 1882. He
reports:
I'VE find that during the months Of
September, October and November,
there was a decided increase in the
number Of sightseeing visitors here as
compared with the corresponding
months Of 1882. The Smithsonian In
stitution figures for those months in
dicate an increase Of 6 per cent. Fig
ureS from our own travel information
bureau at the Union Station indicate
an even larger gain for those months. "
The increase in the number Of visit
ors to Washington in the last few
months, the committee director points
out, cannot be attributed entirely to
increased governmental activities. Fig
ures assembled by the committee,
Hodges says, make it apparent that a
greater number Of people come to
Washington to see the city rather than
to transact business.
Travel Money Figures.
1--WE believe" Hodges estimates, that
at the end of December. very close 10
$40 900, 900 Of outside money will have
been expended in Washington b.
visitors during the calendar year Of
1888. The sole task of the Greater
National Capital Committee during the
last year was to keep this aggregate
amount of travel money up to the
highest possible point and It Is to this
task that we shall dedicate our efforts
during the next year"
The committee has done extensive
work during the year in publicizing
Washington through the media Of the
press, radio and magazines, and has
had widely distributed a moving picture
of the points of major interest in the
city. Visitors and prospective visitors
to the Capital are provided with an
itinerary" prepared by the commit
tee.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS
CAUSE MEETING SHIFTS
Eight Sessions Postponed While
Three Association Will Omit
January Gatherings.

Because Of the holiday season eight
citizens associations whose regular
meetings would have come this week
have postponed their regular January
meetings and three others have omitted
them entirely.
Those that have been postponed are:
Kenilworth, Michigan Park, Cathe-
dral Heights, Manor Park To January g..
the Citizens Association of Takoma
D. c., to January 3; the North Cleve-
land Park group to January 9; the
Progressive Citizens Of Georgetown to
January IS, and the Forest Hills group
to an indefinite date, the time Of which
will be announced to members later
Associations emitting their January
meetings are:
Sixteenth Street Highlands, Du Pont
Circle and Columbia Park Citizens As
sociations. These groups will meet again
at their regular meeting dates in Feb
ruary.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
LINCOLN PARK YEARBOOK
TO BE READY FEBRUARY |
Citizens Publication to Include
Roster Of Members as Well as
Unit'a Constitution.

An annual yearbook Of the Lincoln
Park Citizens Association will be ready
for distribution by February 1, G. w
Gwinn, chairman Of the Publicity Com
mittee, announced yesterday.
The committee in charge Of the pub
ication consists Of the following: c. w
Gwinn, William Barse, L. r. Tindal
Joseph M. Carrell, A. D. Calvert, B. F
Camel, G. L. Schaffer, J. F. Kern, w. A
Carlin, Joseph L. Gammell and George
F. Cranston.
Approximately one half of the book
will be devoted to a roster of present
stitution Of the group and list Of its
meeting dates. The remainder will be
given over to advertising by merchants
of the southeast area,
Evening star., 1933-12-31
With D. C. Civic Organizations
Membership In Associations Seen as Active Good
Citizenship Possible for Citizens of
VOteLess District.
ber of the neighborhood association

ber of the neighborhood association
and taking part in its work.
To emphasize the importance Of
the citizen joining his own neigh
borhood association is not intended,
in the slightest degree, to detract
from the Importance of our splendid
trade bodies. The Board of Trade
and the Chamber of Commerce are
each doing a great work for the
community and their ranks should
always be filled to maximum
strength. The Merchants and Man.
ufacturers' Association is some times
grouped with these other organiza-
tions as a civic body, but it rays
claim to no such distinction. The
desire of the M. and M. is to be
known as our active body devoted
to the interest of business and bdsi-
ness men. 1t aims to keep out Of
cided business angle involved.
But when all is said and done,
1t is from the neighborhood associa-
ton we obtain the best cross section
of community opinion. The value of
such opinion, however, is dependent
largely upon the strength of men,
berShip. These neighborhood Or
ganizationS are open to all reputable
members of the community and
therefore potentially represent the en-
tire community. The citizens who
thus fail to join their neighborhood
group are assuming a tremendous re-
sponsibility for any failure to truly
register the neighborhood opinion.
In voting communities the fellows
who fail to vote are the ones re-
sponsible for any bad conditions
which may prevail.
Why not new civic consciousness
and larger enrolment of the vote
less citizens of the Capital COM
munity for 1884? Many Of US have
been Letting George do it" far too
long and should now be getting on
the job ourselves.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
DRIVE TO REDUCE
GAS AND ELECTRIC
RATES IS PLANNED
Improved Transportation to
Montgomery County Also
Being Sought.
BY a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan correspondent OF The STAR
BETHESDA, Nd, December 30
Preparations to open an intensive cam
paign for lower gas and electric rates
and improved transportation in Mont
gomery County at the outset Of the new
year have been made by the Public
Utilities Committee of the Montgomery
County Civic Federation, Chairman J..
Harry WEIGH declared here today.
The subcommittee, headed by Capt.
L. L. Dye. mayor of Garrett Park, has
been named by Welch to confer with
officials of the newly-formed Capital
Transit Co. regarding improved bus
and street car service between Wash
ington and points in the county.
Damascus Fight Planned.
In addition another group headed by
D. W. Martin of Damascus has been
appointed to open fight for reduced
gas and electric rates in the Damas-
Gus district, while a third committee
has been set up to appeal to heads of
the Potomac Electric Power Co. to
properly notify home owners of their
intentions before cutting off electric
light service for non-payment Of bills.
R. F. Fleming of Battery Park Is
chairman of the latter group.
The committee. Welch said, also in
TENDS to continue its efforts for a per-
manent equalization of the gas rates
charged in Montgomery County and the
District Of Columbia by the Washing.
ton Gas Light Co and its subsidiaries.
Temporary Order Obtained.
Through the efforts of the committee
a temporary order directing the gas
light company to reduce its Montgom-
cry County rate to the same scale
charged in the District of Columbia
was obtained some time ago from the
Maryland Public Service Commission.
A hearing on the committees appeal
for permanent reduction in Mont
gomery rates Is TO be held by the
Maryland Public Service Commission
as soon as it is able to clear its
docket sufficiently to take up its case
The committee has elected Samuel
c. Stonebraker of Bethesda vice chair
man and Roy Corterman of section
8 Chevy Chase secretary
Evening star., 1933-12-31
CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE
4TH PRECINCTS RETURN
Commissioners Invited to Parade
and Ceremony Planned by -
Southwest Association. ,-,.-

A celebration Of the return of the
fourth precinct to the southwest area
will be held tomorrow at am at the
new precinct house at 492 z street
southwest by members Of the South
west Citizens Association.
The program at the station will be
preceded by parade of the Boys In
dependent Band on Fifth, Sixth, Sew
enth, and F streets southwest, in the
immediate vicinity of the station.
j. M. Schaffer, president, Of the
Southwest Citizens Association, win in
troduce the speakers and Capt Jere-
miah Sullivan will act as master of
ceremonies. -
Among those invited to attend the
occasion are Commissioners Melvin, G,
Hazen and George E. Allen. Maj. E.
w. Brown will address the group.
After the celebration at the police
station, those who desire may ride on
special buses to Buzzards Point to In
spect the power house there.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
Flood Relief
Through c. w. A. Funds.


CEVERAL citizens associations are
y rejoicing over the prospect of
the construction of sewers to
relieve their sections from serious
flood conditions during heavy rains.
The projects are made possible
through the grant of civil works
funds. The beneficiary associations
are the Brookland. with a storm
water sewer in the Michigan avenue
valley; the Columbia Park and Pet
worth associations, relieving the de-
plorable conditions In the vicinity
of Fifth and Ingraham streets and
some parts of Petworth. and the
Northeast Boundary Association for
relief along Watts Run.
All of these sewers have been
sought for a long time, but it has
been impossible to obtain the re-
quired appropriations.
Evening star., 1933-12-31

COllSS1Ouo Va ailA
responsive to the
fundamental obli-
cations resting
upon every men,
Der of the COM
munity. the State
and the Nation.
Simple obedience
to the law or the
mere keeping out
of the hands of
the police is not
enough to consti-
tute one q good
citizen. There is
another side, a
positive, a con-
Structive S d e,
representing the
real obligations
Evening star., 1933-12-31
BY JESSE C. SUTER.
MERE are still some folks so

THERE are still some folks so
old-fashioned as to make
good resolutions as the old
year ends and the new begins.
Organized civic Washington
should be the gamer by some Of
these resolutions through a greater
manifestation of good citizenship.
But what is good citizenship?
Reduced to its lowest terms, good
citizenship requires that the indi-
vidual citizen, as a unit. be fully
Evening star., 1933-12-31
Friday, January 5.

Chillum Heights Citizens Association,
pm, Keene School. Program-Action
on procuring improved bus transporta-
don; discussion Of proposal for ade-
quate sewerage In Chillum Heights.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
Saturday, January 6.

Federation of Citizens Associations,
pm, District Building. Program
Discussion of old age pension bill pend
ing in Congress; discussion of school
appropriations made for the District
by Congress- discussion Of any legisla-
tion affecting the District that may be
taken UP by Congress.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
Tuesday, January 2.

Columbia Heights Citizens ASsocia-
ton, pm, Fourth Presbyterian
Church Assembly Hall. Program
Liquor control discussion with reference
TO saloons; discussion of taxation; ad-
dress by Representative Virginia E.
,IenckeS
Evening star., 1933-12-31
Civic Calendar
Taxes, Liquor Control
and Building on
Weeks Program
Monday, January /.

Association of Oldest Inhabitants
New Year meeting, 1920 am. Old
Union Engine House. Program-Read-
ing by John Clagett Proctor on
CHRONICLES of the Year"
Southwest Citizens Association, 8
am, 4o2 E street southwest. Program
Dedication of new fourth precinct sta
tion house; parade at 8:45 am. by
Boys Independent Band; bus ride to-,
and inspection Of, power house at Buz-
yards Point
Evening star., 1933-12-31
Wednesday, January 3.

Friendship Heights Citizens Associa-
ton, 8 pm, Janney School. Program
Discussion of liquor control: discussion
OF projected woodrow Wilson High
School.
Evening star., 1933-12-31

Burroughs Citizens Association, 8
pm, Burroughs School. Program-Dis-
cussion of proposal to eliminate Army
officers from board Of District Commis-
sioners; discussion of location for pro-
posed community swimming pool.
Evening star., 1933-12-31

Washington Highlands Citizens As
sociation, 8 pm, 1906 First street
southeast. Program-Discussion and
action on liquor control; discussion Of
the proposed Anacostia Junior High
School.
Evening star., 1933-12-31

Citizens Association of Takoma. D.
c., 8 pm. Takoma Public Library.
Program-Discussion and action on
liquor control bill.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
Relief for Needy and Jobless
High Light of 1888 IL, District
Progress in Shaking Off Depression Re
ported Here-Change in City Gouern-
ment Leads to Reorganization Plan.

- TRENUOUS and determined eff
= forts on the part of municipal
authorities, aided by Federal sup
port, to provide employment or
Evening star., 1933-12-31

Central Citizens Association, pm,
Blake School. Program-Lquor con-
troll discussion; discussion Of tax as
sessment on property along North Capt.
tol street.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
Safety Plan Drawn Up.

In this connection flve-point plant
for pedestrian safety was evolved call
ing for indemnifcation for accidents,
a negligent homicide law, medical ex-
animation board in place Of the
coroner's jury system and other
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-04
". Y. Stocks

NEW YORK. May 4. - Automo-
bile shares led the stock market
into new high ground for the year
today. The turnover ran around
100000 shares.
General Motors spurted nearly 2
points to a new high for the year.
Packard made a new top for the
year as did Yellow Truck Issues
and Continental Motors.
Rubber issues made new highs
for the year at gains ranging up
to more than a point. Automobile
equipments also were in demand
at rising prices. Buying of the
automobile and allied issues was
based on anticipation of an increase
in prices shortly.
Oils moved up sharply for a time
in the late afternoon. Standard
of New Jersey gained more than 2
points as did Houston. Others were
up fractions to ? points.
Railroads made CONSTANT gains
throughout the session. Atchison
was whirled up more than ? points
to a new high for the year. Union
Pacific also made q new 1888 high
for a gain of more than 3 points,
New tops for the year also were
made by Pennsylvania. Rock Is
land. Chesapeake and Ohio and
New Haven.
United States Steel touched ASH
in the early trading and then came
Ok
points. Steel shares generally were
in demand with Republic at a new
top for the year. youngstown
Sheet g. Tube came out in long
strings near the close.
Du Pont jumped to a new high
for the year on a gain Of more
than 3 points. The company is the
largest stakeholder in General Mo-
tors corporation. Chemical shares
were strong with Column
bia Carbon at a new high for the
year. Allied Chemical shot up to
PAS near the close where it was
points above the previous close.
Sales totaled 100000 shares,
against 4640,000 shares yesterday.
Curb exchange sales totaled 463 900
shares. against 485, 900 yesterday.
Dow-Jones preliminary averages
were: industrial 1918 up 1.51; rail-
road 1851, up 1T; utility 26.46, up
O36.
Aggregate market value OF 10
leading issues was sc, 399 ,313,
against s6.184,2 27,831 yesterday,
rise of S214, 6S6 ,482.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-04
BILL OFFERS
TAX RELIEF
FOR COUNTY
BY THOMAS B. MALARKEY
United Press Staff Correspondent
fc-oo;ai - THE p,.aeeA

especial TO Inc PreSS)
SACRAMENTO, May Anime
diate and effective tax relief to
real property Of Imperial county is
provided for in the legislatures
proposal to levy a two per cent
consumers sales tax.
The estimated SIS, 100000 bien-
NAL yield from this tax will be
used exclusively for payment of
the counties fixed school charges.
These are $50 for each elementary
pupil and $50 for each high school
student.
This county last year levied gen.
eral tax rates for elementary school
purposes of SOIL per 500 valua-
ton and S0.38 for sigh shcool pur-
poses.
To carry out this proposal it will
be necessary to amend the consti-
tuition to do away with the match
ing requirements and to make GER
tain that the funds transferred to
the counties are actually expended
in lieu of the county tax.
The diversion of sales tax revenue
to relieve the counties school char
ges was made by the committee
of IA" an inter-house group which
presented a budget balancing and
real property relief program in an
effort to reach a satisfactory COM
promise in the solution of the
states financial tangle.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-04
NURSE NEEDED
FOR PICTURE

Following the matinee showing
of King Kong at the United
Artists theatre yesterday. after no.
ticing the condition o. the nerves
of some of the lady patrons. Jimmy
Andrus, manager, decided there
had better be someone on hand
well-versed in administering first
adjust in case. and the ser
vices of a trained nurse were Sc
cured for the showings Of liking
Kong last night, tonight. ara
Friday night, However, the nurse
was not called upon last night.
liking Kong is not recommend
ed for persons suffering from any
nervous disorders, nor Tor very
young children. according to the
statement made by the United Ar
fists management today. The pic
ture is too intensely real TO permit
one to remember that it is a fam
tasy at all time during the show
ing, and the result Of seeing some
OF the terrific combats between
Kong and other prehistoric ami
mails, in the case of a nervous in
dividual who takes his or her mo-
ton pictures too seriously, certain
ly would do such 2 person no good,
Andrus believes.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-04
RIAL VALLEY PRESS Ell CENTRIC CALIFORNIA THURSDAY

behind him to actually carry out
threats. OF this type was Ownie
Madden of New York, recently re-
turned to Sing Sing, who exacted
one cent for every bottle of milk
sold in New York City and one
and one-half cents for every bum
die of laundry delivered there. In
Chicago SIG legitimate business
lines are subjected to some form OF
extortion. An example of the gang
ster's hold on Chicago was shown
when Ralph Sheldon was recently
arrested in Los Angeles for kid
MAPPING. He was an ex-member of
the Capone gang and, although he
had been arrested in Chicago 1875
times, he was never finger print
ed. photographed nor convicted.
In conclusion Matthews stated,
THE district attorneys office of
Los Angeles wishes at this time to
publicly express to the people of
this community our appreciation of
the cooperation we have received
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-04
HARRIGAN SAYS GRASSHOPPERS
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE

According to the monthly report
Of B. A. Harrigan, county agricul-
tural commissioner, severe infes-
tation of grasshoppers covering
several thousand acres in the north
end of the valley has caused con-
siderable damage. Hay growers and
stock men pasturing cattle are suf-
fering the heavier loss.
Through use of several tons of
poison bran bait. good control has
been realized. AS yet very little
damage has been done to melons or
cantaloupes by the hoppers, how
ever. growers are taking the neces-
sary precautions to prevent possible
damage by distributing the poison
around and through the fields near
infested areas. The use of special
~ constructed traps has given fair
results as did spraying fence rows
and ditch banks with oil.
Melon and tomato shipments
have been retarded by the cold
nights and wind. Heavier shipments
should start between May 10 to IS.
No serious damage from rain has
been reported TO either melons or
tomatoes. Alfalfa hay and grain
growers probably received the most
damage from the rain.
The following goods were inspec-
ted and passed into Imperial coun-
ty during the month of April:
One hundred eighty-seven rose
bushes, 209 ornamentals, 383 bulbs,
80 water plants. $50 lilies, 81 lily of
the valley. % shrubs, bougain-
yillea, honeysuckle, lilac, s Pc
tuna. 100 pepper plants, 100 egg
plants, $4,000 strawberry plants, 10
youngberry plants, 20 fig cuttings,
500 onion sets.
Seven sacks cantaloupe seed, Z
sacks honeydew seed, "a sacks al
falfa seed, 81 sacks sudan grass
seed, Z elm trees. 6 cypress trees, l
willow tree, 2 bottle trees, go Casu-
arina Stricta, 4 sycamore trees, 3
maple trees, 2 pecan trees, 2 wal
nut trees, 2 apple trees, 2 fig trees,
+ SO apricot trees, 2 plum trees, S
pear trees, 10 citrus trees, 16 grape
fruit trees. 209 lime trees, II tan
gerine trees, Is lemon trees 352
orange trees.
Three shipments OF household
! goods. 1l6 bales of cotton. o6 truck
loads oranges, Z truck lads lemons,
as truck loads mixed fruit and veg
etables, 4 car loads bananas.
Quarantine restrictions included:
386 boxes oranges infested with
scale, 20 boxes lemons infested with
scale, / shipment household goods,
container infested with raw cotton
seed hulls, burned.
Outgoing shipments included:
l79 car loads carrots, % car loads
grapefruit, car loads lettuce, "a
car loads peas, / car load cabbage,
80 car loads asparagus.
Weed and pest control work con-
sisted of 70 ranches visited in in
terest of weed control, 81 ranches
visited in interest of pest control.
Apiary inspection included 10 ap-
iaries Oil colonies) of bees inspec-
ted; is colonies infested with Am
erican Foul Brood destroyed by
burning
Weights and measures work con-
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-04
How She Lost IL
Pounds of Fat
For Less Than $1.0O

"Will say in regards to Kruschen:
/ took il to reduce. l lost IL pounds
after using one bottle and feel fine.
Just bought one more bottle today
and expect TO lose Is more pounds.
/ now weigh I48 and feel fine" Mrs.
Harry Robinson Akron, Ohio. Jan.
6, 1881
Once a day take Kruschen Salts
one-half teaspoonful in 2 glass OF
hot water first thing every morning.
Besides losing ugly fat SAFELY
you1l gain in health and physical
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., gas and
acidity will cease to nother-you' il
feel younger-more active-ful Of
ambition - clear skin sparkling
eyes.
A jar that lasts weeks costs but
a trifle at Clements Drug Store,
Valley Drug Co. Shirer Drug Co., o.
any drugstore in the world-but c.
mand and get Kruschen and if one
bottle doesn't joyfully please you
money back. tadvJ
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-04

four years that Buron Fits has
been in office $4,000 convictions
have been obtained out of 10000
felony charges.
The speaker explained that
blackmail usually contains threat
of exposure which will affect a per-
sons reputation, while eXtortion in
wolves a threat of physical violence.
Only one case in 100 of kidnapping
or eXtortion involves actual dam
ger because in the other cases the
person threatening is incapable of
carrying out the threat. Many
threatening letters are traced to
"cranks," practical jok-
ers. members of a family. or the
threatened person himself. These
many angles, Matthews stated,
make it more complicated to find
the Senders.
The most dangerous extortioner
is the man who exacts payment
from a business. He is usually an
ex-gangster with a vicious gang
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-04
L. A. Stocks

LOS ANGELES, May 4. U.6 -
Oils and financial issues rose frac-
tons to more than 2 points in brisk
trading on the Los Angeles stock
exchange today.
Union Oil. showing consistently
firm activity the past week, again
led the board with sales of 5000 at
1875, up x. Standard Oil traded
1900 shares at 1885,, up Us.
Transamerica sold 1900 at SIS, up
Il. Pacific Finances turnover Of
1900 was made at So. up Is.
Southern Pacific rose Is on sales
of 300 at %. Southern California
Edison common sold 400 ct 207s
UP Il.