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Evening star., 1933-09-24
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
GROUP ABOLISHED
Attorney General Rules
Against Conna|Iy's Claim
Body Is Legislative.

The Public Buildings Commission
was abolished by President Roosevelt's
reorganization program, Attorney Gen.
eral Cummings has ruled in a legal
| opinion made at the request of the
President, it was learned yesterday.
The commissions functions, alloca-
ton of space for Government agencies,
probably will be taken over by the
buildings branch, Office of National
the Interior Department. Arrange
ments are being made to transfer the
! personnel to the rolls of the Interior
Department by October l..
The Attorney Generals ruling sets
aside the contention Of Senator Con-
nally, Democrat, of Texas. the COM
missions chairman. that the commits
sion was a legislative rather than an
executive body, and hence was exempt
from the Presidents reorganization
order.
Functions Held Executive.
It is understood the basis of the At
torney Generals ruling is that the COM
missions powers and functions are
executive and thus come under the
| L
cited that the money for the commits
sion's operations is appropriated to the
executive branch of the Government
and this gives the President control
over the expenditure of its funds.
The Budget Bureau was interested in
an official Interpretation so it might
dispose legally of the commission S
| funds
Serving now on the Public Buildings
! Commission with Senator Connally are
Senator Keyes. Republican, of New
Hampshire; Representative Lanham,
Democrat, of Texas; Representative
Taylor, Republican, Ct Tennessee; Da-
vid Lynn, architect of the CAPITOL
James A. Wetmore, acting supervising
| architect of the Treasury, and Arno B.
National Parks, Buildings and Reserva-
| tons.
Program Complete Saturday.
The Presidents reorganization pro-
gram, in so far as it relates to the 1nte-
rior Department, will become complete
Saturday when the personnel of the
| obsolescent organizations are taken on
officially. In an executive order, is
sued since the physical merger took
place on August 10, President Roose-
| Velt required that the same status OF
/ employees be maintained until Ssptem-
| ber 80.
Meanwhile Secretary of the Interior
Ickes has written Brig. Gen. Frank T.
| Hines, veterans administrator, saying
! he believes the agency's buildings in
| the District should be turned over to
| the Interior Department for operation.
| This would include the Arlington Build
| ing, the Wilkins Building and ware
house used by the Veterans Admins
! tration. Hospitals, soldiers homes and
other buildings throughout the Nation,
i operated by the Veterans Administra-
| ton, the Secretary said, were structures
employed in the carrying on of the
Government facility and so were ex-
| empt frcm transfer to the Interior De-
partment, under President Roosevelt S
| executive order
Evening star., 1933-09-24
CAPITAL PARK BENCHES
WIN NATIONAL FAVOR
Official Receives Letters From
Many Former Visitors Here,
Asking Drawings.

The rustic benches and tables which
appear il picnic groves in Rock Greek
and Potomac Parks are very popular
with park executives over the Nation.
who want to duplicate them in their
own domains, according to Frank T..
Gartside, acting superintendent Of the
National Capital Parks, Office OF Ma
tional Parks, Buildings and Reserva-
tions.
Gartside returned yesterday from the
national convention of the American
Institute of Park Executives In Chicago.
He said he had received numerous re-
quests for drawings and specifications
Of the rustic park furniture. which he
had designed.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
SCOUTMASTERS' RALLY
SCHEDULED OCTOBER 8
Series of Exhibit Contests I:
Planned for Winter Months
by Washington Scouts.

A Scoutmasters' rally, scheduled for
October 8. is among several events
planned for the Winter months. it was
announced last night from the local
Boy Scout headquarters.
Details of various round tables and
training courses will be announced at
the rally. Plans are being drawn for
courses in the elements and principles
of scoutmastership. Many Scoutmas-
ters are expected to enroll in a first
aid course the American Red Cross will
offer.
A series of exhibit contests. one each
month from october to May. will be
held among the Scouts of troops in the
fourth division. Harry L. Watson is
in charge of the series. The contests
will include nut collection. leaf dis
play. pioneer models, aviation models.
ship models, photography, bookhindirg,
stamp collections, art, architecture,
sculpturing, knot boards. basketry,
pottery, leathercraft. metalwork, elec-
tricity, woodwork and woodcarving.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
HYATTSVILLE MAY ACT
ON ROADSIDE STANDS
Resolution Will Be Presented
Chamber of Commerce Meet
ing Tomorrow Night.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md. September %.
An important resolution bearing on
the roadside stand situation in the
metropolitan area of Prince Georges
County will be presented at the Sep
tember meeting of the Chamber Of
Commerce Of Hyattsville Monday night
at o'clock in the county police court
room here. it was announced today by
Daniel Cox Fahey, jr., president.
Mr.. Fahey said a representative Of
the Prince Georges Gas Co. will ex-
plain details of the large gas holder
which it is proposed to erect in Chillum
near the District line. Flood control
and other matters of importance also
are scheduled for discussion.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
1885 ESTIMATES
REDUCED T0L|M|T
FIXED BY BUREAU
Balanced Budget for District
Will Be Whipped Into
Shape This Week.
OFFICIALS BELIEVE $1.5O
TAX RATE WILL STAND
Figures Also Predicated on Lump
Sum of $500, ,000-New Capt.
tai Improvements Omitted.

A balanced budget for the 1885 fiscal
year, predicated on continuance of the
existing S1.50 tax rate and a Federal
contribution Of S., 700 900, will be whip
ped into shape by the Commissioners
this week and transmitted to the Bud
get Bureau. The figures will total
$26, 10000, the limit fixed by the Bud
get Bureau
Preliminary work on the financial es-
Inmates was virtually completed yester-
day by the Economy Committee. headed
budget officer. For several weeks, the
committee, meeting day and night,
struggled with the appropriation re-
quests of the various department heads,
and reduced them to the Budget Bu-
reauS tentative limitation.
The items recommended by the de-
partment heads would have called for
a SIS, 200, 900 budget. The Economy
Committee by judicious pruning, elimi-
mated about 100000 of these items to
bring the total figure down to the
amount fixed by the Budget Bureau.
Few Changes Expected.
The Commissioners must pass upon
the Economy Committees recommended
tions, but few If any changes are ex-
PcCtcO " NC uld0c pclOic lIlc cStuIldtcS
are put in form for submission to the
Budget Bureau.
District financial officers have esti-
mated the anticipated revenues from
taxes and other sources in the 1885
fiscal year will support the $50, tic, 900
budget without any increase in the ex-
isting $3.50 tax levy. However, the
budget, it is understood, will not pro-
vide for any new Capital improvements,
but will merely permit the continua-
ton of currently authorized projects.
These include completion Of the new
Calvert Street Bridge, the contagious
disease ward at Gallinger Hospital, the
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
Hope for Center Funds.
Funds for construction of the first
unit of the Municipal Center. the courts
building. will not be sought in the 1885
budget because of the still hopeful feel
ing of the Commissioners that the
Public Works Administration will
eventually approve their request for a
grant sufficient to carry out the project.
Representative Mary T. Norton, chair
man Of the House District Committee,
and Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee, are supporting the
SOIIlIIllSSldltIS III lllclI uuOFc W pIOCuIe
public works funds for the courts
building.
A s36.7l0,000 budget will be about
$4,000, 900 in excess of the amount car
ried in the 1884 appropriation act. but
the increase is made up almost entire
ly in salary items. At the direction
of the Budget Bureau. the District esti-
mates are ignoring the existing Is per
cent salary reduction and providing
for salaries on the basis of 100 per
cent. Restoration of the Is per cent
cut, it is estimated, will cost the Dis
tr!ct $3,70O,000.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
WOMAN EXPIRES AFTER
QUARTS OF GIN DOSE
Drank Liquor to Deaden Pain, Evil
dence Indicates-Death Cause
Held Natural.

Mrs. Elizabeth Chastain, Al, of the
2200 block of Pennsylvania avenue, who
drank a half gallon Of gin Tuesday in
what was described as an effort to COM
bat an attack of pleurisy. died yester-
day at Gallinger Hospital.
Deputy Coroner Christopher j. Muir
ply, who conducted an autopsy, issued
q certificate of death from natural
causes. He said death was caused by
apoplexy and a tumor on the brain.
The woman had been suffering from
q complication Of diseases and was sent
to the hospital by her physician after
drinking the liquor in an effort to
deaden pain, 1t was said.
Evening star., 1933-09-24

Before captor an6 prisoner reached
the corner, Coffman had put in his
call. "see," he grinned, as prelimi-
nary wall Of sirens rose above the
trafEc. they're already on the way!'
"I'll say they are!" marveled
Hendrickson. The sirens were coming
from all directions.
In q moment the patrol wagon from
No. / precinct rolled up-so did En-
gine Company Nos. 8. 6 and IA; so
did Truck Company No. /. with the
hook and ladder wagon, along with
the fire chief Of the seventh battalion
Say" emanded Hendrickson,
what box did you pull-that little red
one?"
It was the red one, all right, the
fire alarm Coffman was sorry. and
since he was only being helpful, the
police and firemen called 1t square.
Anyhow, johnson got his ride In the
patrol wagon.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
BOY, 8, is DRAGGED
BY LAUNDRY TRUCK
Theodore Berling Treat ted at
Georgetown Hospital for Bruises
and Brush Burns.

Theodore Berling, 8, Ais Chesapeake
street, escaped serious injury yesterday,
although he was dragged for several
blocks when he fell between the bumper
and the rear end of laundry truck
near his home. He was treated at
Georgetown Hospital for bruises and
brush burns
George H. Barnard, 26, Of the ,2500
block of University place, driver of the
truck, brought the vehicle to a stop as
soon as he heard the child scream, he
said. The boy. had been riding on the
rear end of the truck without the driver
knowing it, it was said.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
Cheverly Counsel to Speak.

CHEvERLY, Md, September % (Spe-
ciaD An address by Corporation
Counsel Robert w. Mccullough OF
Cheverly on the N. r. A. program will
feature the meeting Of the Cheverly
Citizens Association Tuesday night in
the school at 8 O'Clock. The meeting
will be conducted by +. w. Nickel,
president.
There will be a special music pro-
gram and other features.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
BOY GRIDMAN HURT
William Lancaster Injured While
Playing Foot Ball.

William Lancaster, 13, of. 2109 N
street, was in Emergency Hospital last
night with serious head injury re-
ceived yesterday when he fell and struck
his head on the concrete in an alley
while playing foot ball near his home.
X-rays were to be taken to determine
whether he has a fractured skull.
The boys condition was pronounced
undetermined late last night.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
SUPPER TO BE GIVEN
Gaithersburg Firemen's Benefit Set
for October 10.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GAITHERSBURG, September a.
Plans for an oyster-meat supper ana
bazaar, to be held for the benefit OF
the Gaithersburg- Washington Grove
Volunteer Fire Department In the Ma
sonic Hall here, October 10, were made
at a Joint meeting Of the Ladies' Auxil-
iary and the volunteer fire company
here this week.
The auxiliary, Of which Mrs. Ward
Mullican Is president, will have charge
Of the general arrangements.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
Socialists Plan Party

The Socialist party Of the District
will open its new headquarters tonight
at 709 G street. There will be an en-
tertainment program, debate, refresh
ments and dancing Rooert Shosteck
| is organizer Of the party, and Harlan
Glazier, secretarya
Evening star., 1933-09-24
CLUBS WORK DESCRIBED
Soroptimist President Tells Of
Charity Activities.

SHoffty oCt1'fIReS.
The activities of the Soroptomist
Club were outlined last night in a radio
address over Station WRC by Miss
Nora Hoffman. president Of the local
club She was introduced by Elwood
Street, director of the Community
Chest.
Although the organization is but II
years old, she said, there are active
clubs in IL countries She told of the
local clubs charitable work and paid
tribute to the work of the Community
Chest.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
POLICE SEEK SALESMAN
Muscle Shoals Real Estate Agent
Wanted on Check Charge.

A Muscle Shoals real estate salesman
was being hunted by police last night in
connection with charges Of grand lar
ceny and passing bad checks.
A lookout was broadcast for Alfred
Warren Dixon, who was said to be driv-
ing an automobile belonging to Theresa
H. Adams, 1901 Argonne place. He was
described as being between IS and 40
years old, S feet 9 inches tall and
Weighing about 200 pounds.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
DIRECTORS TO MEET
Bethesda c. of c. Group to Hold
Session Tomorrow.

BY staf1 Correspondent of The Star.
BETHESDA, Md, September 23.-
The board of directors Of the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce will hold q
meeting at the County Building here
Monday night to lay plans for the
chambers first meeting Of the Fall and
Winter schedule. which is to open with
session at the County Building Oc-
tober 2.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
FUSCO DEATH UNSOLVED
Police Continue Investigation of
Patterson Woods Mystery.

Police last night were continuing
their investigation Of the shooting CT
Salvatore Fusco, So, whose body was
found Thursday in Patterson's woods.
Fifth street near New York avenue
northeast.
They also were continuing their
search for the gun. supposedly .38-
caliber revolver. with which Fusco was
shot, though without clues.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
PLAN TO REORGANIZE
Former Members Of Reinstatement

League to Meet Tomorrow.
Former members of the Civil Serv-
ice Reinstatement League will meet at
pm. tomorrow at the Arlington Hotel
to discuss plans for reorganizing.
The league, which started out as an
affiliate of the American Federation OF
Government Employees, to aid those
workers cut of under the economy pro-
gram. was disbanded some time ago.
Evening star., 1933-12-06
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.

NEW YORK, December 6.-The fol-
lowing is today's summary Of corpora
ton news, prepared by Standard Sta
tistics, Inc, New York:
Evans Products Co.-Net income, niue
months ended September 80. $216,038,
equal to 81 cents common share, vs..
deficit $159,145.
Stone & Webster. Inc.-Subsidiary
Stone & Webster Engineering Co., OBJ
tanned contract for construction of new
Lake Charles plant for Mathieson Al
kali Works, Inc.
Distillers Corporation -Seagrams, Ltd
Company has issued 172,623 shares Of
its stock to Rossville Union Distilleries.
Inc, for 50, 10000 cash and the plant
of Rossville Co. at Lawrenceburg, Inc !;
this is first plant acquired by conf
pany in the United States and 1t Is
now producing distilled spirits under
Government permit
Atlas Tack Corp.-Company In re-
cent past obtained orders for 4,500. 900
gross Of bottle caps.
Du Pont G. - de Nemours & Co.
Company and its subsidiaries announced
vacation, plan effective January J.,
1894, for wage roll employees, under
which vacations with pay would be
granted; heretofore, any vacations
taken by wage earners were at their
own expense.
Standard OIL Co. (New jersey
Company advanced retail domestic heat
ing oil prices u cent q gallon through
out its territory and raised top contract
prices u cent gallon for bulk at re-
ffnery.
Missouri Pacific r. R.-Company
authorized expenditure OF $1.725,12o on
new rail and fastenings to be ap-
piled in 1884.
Thompson John R) Co-Neeting Of
directors for action ON quarterly divi-
dend postponed to December a, be-
cause Of lack Of quorum.
Eastern Steamship Lines Common
share earnings, 10 months ended Oc-
tober 81, $1.06 VS.. 90 cents.
American Woolen Co.-Army Quar-
termaster Corps has placed an order
with wool min Of company for $780,
600 yards of Merino shirting. valued at
over 81 100000: orders must be COM
Evening star., 1933-12-06


Richard p. Green, president Of the
Eaymerg Banking and Trust 90. Of
Rockville. was made president; =.
Bache Albert Of the came institution.
secretary, and william r. De Lashmutt.
president Of the Bank Of Damascus,
treasurer. Selection Of vice president
was deferred.
H. T. Taff Of the Takoma Park Bank.
chairman; L. 8. Cannon Of the Citizens
Bank OF Takofna PARK, and Frank B.
Severance, Of the First National Bank
CT Gaithersburg were named a Com
mittee on Articles Of Association, and
2 Code Committee. consisting Of 8.
Ira G. Whitacre, Of the Silver Spring
National Bank: Paul @. Ramsdell, Of
the Montgomery County National Bank
OF Rockville, and William r. De Lash
mutt was also chosen.
Evening star., 1933-12-06
CONFIDENCE GROWS
AT STEEL PLANTS
Ingot Output Resists Usual
Lu|I and Pennsy Places
Big Rail Order.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 6.-With in
got production still showing resistance
to seasonal forces. the purchase Of 140,-
600 tons of rails and other finished
products by the Pennsylvania Railroad
has added strength to the growing feel
ing Of confidence in the iron and steel
trade. The public works program con-
tinues to be source Of considerable
tonnage and the impending rebound
In automobile output, although appar-
when 1t comes. Rejecting the outlook,
scrap prices, although in most cases un-
changed, have q steady undertone, says
the Iron Age.
Although the steel production sche-
dule at the beginning Of the week was
reported as 28.3 per cent, compared with
26.8 per cent seven days previously,
actual operations are tagging somewhat
behind schedules, averaging 27k per
cent, compared with % per cent q week
ago The change is apparently not
significant one, since declines in some
centers were matched by gains in
others. Output at Pittsburgh rose point
to "a per cent Of capacity and the rate
in Eastern Pennsylvania also increased
q point to 10 per cent. Chicago Is OF
az PoAheo w 81 PSA SSASb OASNSHe.A.s>s
8 points to 80 per cent, and Buffalo,
13 points to % per cent. Elsewhere
operations are substantially unchanged.
I'm the South, where steel output
has remained at q Is per cent rate
since early in November, q substantial
increase will occur next week when
five additional open-hearths will be
fired.
Public works account for the lions
share of current structural steel awards,
which total 1880 tons, compared with
1850 tons in the previous week. Fed
eral construction activities are also re-
fiected in q more active demand for
steel from manufacturers Of wheelbar-
rows, picks, shovels and road scrapers.
Repeal of prohibition has resulted in
increased business IN cooperage hoops
pig iron production in November
totalled l,085 ,239 tons, compared with
l,356,361 tons In October. The daily
average in November, at 36,174 tons, de-
clined 17.3 per cent from the October
rate of 43,754 tons. Seventy-six fur
naces were in blast on December !,
as compared with 70 on November /,
q net loss of three.
Recent price advances have raised
the Iron Age composite for pig iron from
1851 to $3.50 a gross ton, and the
finished steel composite from 2.O15
cents to 2.028 cents pound. The
scrap composite is unchanged at 1892
ton"
Evening star., 1933-12-06


last year. the Edison Electric Institute
reported today. The drop from the
previous week was partly accounted for
by the Thanksgiving holiday.
Because of the holiday factor the In
stitute's comparison covered the two
weeks ended December 2, the combined
out-turn for this period being SO per
cent above that Of the corresponding
time In 1882. For the week ended No
vember 18 the gain over 1882 was Sc
per cent.
In New England the gain over 1882
in the previous weef: Middle Atlantic
up 3, against 4.6; Central industrial,
up 80, against 81; West Central, up
0.5, against l9; Southern States, on
o., against decline Of SO; Rocky
Mountain, up 30.3. against 26.6; Pacific
Coast, up a., against 80.
Evening star., 1933-12-06
EXPORTS INCREASED
BY CHEAP DOLLAR.
Wide Variety of Products
Show Marked Gain in
Foreign Sales.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 6.-Dancing
dollars are stimulating American export
trade and shipping in strange ways that
are not revealed by columns Of ofacial
Government statistics.
Tea has been exported from New York
to London. according to the local trade.
for the first time in years. One ship
ment of tea, 513 cases, was purchased
here by London buyers, who stated that
prices were from 8 to 10 cents q pound
lower along Front street than on Nine
ing lane, even after allowing costs, in
surance and freight charges for the
transatlantic voyage.
Electrical refrigerators and radios are
moving swiftly towards South Africa.
Local piano manufacturers, who in the
past have done a Sizeable business with
South America, also report shipments to
South Africa. Copper continues to move
Europeward and scrap iron towards the
Far East in increasing volume.
Apple Growers Aided.
New York apple growers, who pro-
duced quality fruit this year, according
to the State agriculture commissioner,
Charles A. Baldwin, are selling thou
sands of barrels to Europe, especially to
Germany and England. The passage by
the last Congress Of the export apple
and pear act, which permits exporting
Of only selected fruit, is believed to be
the stimulant for this demand, though
Hudson River Valley apple growers in
sist that dollar depreciation enabled
them to compete with other growers.
Dried fruits, such as appricots, apples,
pears, raisins and prunes, have been
moving in volume to Europe. Much Of
this business is handled through Pacific
rather than Atlantic ports
Cotton, as any roustabout in Southern
ports Will tell you, has been moving
more freely out Of these borders. Can
ada in the first nine months Of this
year bought from us 209, ,486 bales, VAL
ued at $9. .483, 900, against 1872, ,70a bales
valued at $7,267, 900 in the same period Of
1882. September cotton exports to Cam
ada gained rs per cent over the same
1882 month. The dominion, however,
Is buying less goods manufactured from
cotton in this country.
Tobacco Also Helped.
Tobacco is another agricultural prod
uct that is going abroad in increasing
volume, as foreign cigarette and cigar
manufacturers suddenly have realized
that under the agricultural adjustment
act the American crop will be reduced
next year and with supplies less plenti-
full prices should rise.
Scrap iron exports this year are ex-
pected to reach the record breaking
total Of 100000 tons, against the 1929
high Of 550,000 tons. Japan, Italy and
Poland, in order named, have been the
big scrap iron buyers in Atlantic Coast
markets
Similar trends are reported by some
OF the chain stores Carl D. Berry,
president, National Bellas Hess, Inc,
reports that November Is was the
largest foreign sales day in the last
year.
Machinery last month resisted the
seasonal decline largely because Of
foreign sales.
Larger volume of business between
here and South American ports recently
caused the Grace line to add steam
ships taken of year or so ago.
(Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1933-12-06
PULP FIRMS APPROVE
MERGER ON WEST COAST
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, December g.
Approval Of the merger Of the Rainier
ruIp Il Paper Co., the Sound View Pulp
Co. and the Olympic Forest Products
Co. was given yesterday at stockhold-
ers' meetings here and at Seattle and
Everett, Wash.
The merger involves plants at Shell
ton, Port Angeles and Everett, WASH,
with a combined annual capacity Of
10000 tons of bleached sulphite pulp.
Plant assets represent an investment
of approximately $10,000,000. The
Shelton plant is the property Of the
Rainier Co., the Port Angeles plant be-
longs to the Olympic Forest Products
Co., and the Sound View Pulp Co. owns
the Everett plant.
Directors elected are e. M. Mills, j.
D. Zellerbach, q. M. Dickey, H. H.
Fair, Stuart L. Rawlings, Charles r.
Blyth and !. Zellerbach.