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Evening star., 1933-09-16
ADMITS PRACTICING
WITHOUT LICENSE
Capt. Fred Wilkes Baars Released
Under $1,000 Bond Pend
ing Sentence.

Capt. Fred Wilkes Baars, 81, of the
Army Reserve Corps, pleaded guilty in
Police Court today to charge of prac-
tlclng medicine within the District
without license. He was released
under $1,000 bond in order that he
might return to take charge of a re-
forestation camp in Henrico County,
Virginia.
Judge Gus A. Schuldt set October 3
as the date for passing sentence. Capt
Baars appeared at police headquarters
yesterday afternoon and surrendered
under the charge.
Capt. Baars was said to have studied
medicine at the University of Arkansas,
later becoming an inferno in a hos
pital at Richmond. Va. He lived here
in the first block of New York avenue
northeast and is alleged to have main
tanned doctors Office at First and K
streets. The bond which he posted yes
terday afternoon was continued in Po-
lice Court today.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
MAITLAND'S EX-WIFE
ON THIRD HONEYMOON
Stepdaughter of DR.. William A.
White Weds Cab Driver
in Nevada.

Ruth Thurston Maitland Dickson,
stepdaughter of Dr. William A. White.
superintendent of St. Elizabeths hos
pital, is on her third honeymoon
this time with 3l-year Las
Vegas, Nevada, taxicab driver. accord
ing TO an Associated Press dispatch
from the Nevada city
She was married there late Thursday
to Dewey Howard. whose friends said
the couple planned to remain in Las
Vegas as long as he is employed by
the taXicab company.
Mrs. Howard, formerly the wife of
Lieut.. Lester j. Maitland, noted Army
flyer, was divorced only 16 days ago
from Cecil B. Dickson, Washington
newspaper man. She was married to
Dickson about year after her divorce
from Maitland, who was the first
aviator to negotiate the flight from
California to Hawaii
Because of occasional visits of Lieut.
Maitland to Las Vegas while she was
establishing residence for her second
divorce, friends had expected her to
remarry the flyer, and her marriage
to Howard came as surprise, it was
said. Mrs. Howard is the mother Of
Maitlands 5-year-old daughter.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
AMATEUR RADIO MAN
TO GET GOLD MEDAL
Roy C. Corderman Also Will Re-
ceive Certificate for Work
During Hurricane.

Roy c. Corderman, transmission
supervisor for the American Telephone
&, Telegraph Co. and operator of anna
teur radio station W3ZD. will receive
a gold medal and certificate for Eek
pedition of public service at a meeting
of the American Radio Relay League
in Salisbury. Md, tonight.
Mr. Corderman, whose station is at
his home at 4401 Leland street, Chevy
Chase, Md, will receive the certificate
for his work last month in keeping
communication between Washington
and Norfolk during the hurricane.
The medal is to be presented for
winning the fifth international radio
relay competition conducted by the
league. In the nine-day period of the
contest, Mr. Corderman contacted las
stations in 81 foreign countries on every
continent.
He will be among IL amateur oper-
ators to receive the public service
certificate.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
Alleged Robber
Literally Walks
Into Arms of Law
Detectives Looking Over
List of s'Wanted Men"
When Suspect Appears.

A case literally walked into the hands
of Detective Sergt. Fuller Arlington
and Howard E. Ogle yesterday as they
sat, looking over photographs Of want
ed" men in the fourth precinct station
house
One of them glanced out the window.
and in the back yard of the house
next door was man whose picture he
had just viewed.
There's a man I want" he said,
grabbing a telephone and calling head
quarters fer more plain clothesmen.
When they arrived they guarded both
doors of the house. and the wanted
man, who gave his name as James
Young. but whose fingerprints identi-
fled him as L. A. Whitehead. colored.
20, walked into the arms of Ogle.
Whitehead, police said, got out Of
Maryland penitentiary last April, and
was wanted in connection with hold
up July 3 Of Robert Smith, 18. 2l4
Fifteenth street southeast. who was
robbed of $32, after being struck with
gun.
Smith and a companion picked
Whithead out of q police lineup last
night. Police are investigating other
cases in which Whitehead may have
been involved.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
MIMEOGRAPH OPERATOR
EXAMINATION ANNOUNCED
Others for Radio Program Manager
and Botanist Scheduled by
Civil Service.

The Civil Service Commission will
hold an examination for mimeograp oh
operators. it was announced today. Tho
pay is s1260. minus the Is per cent
cut and 3la per cent retirement deduc-
ton. The closing date is September
80. Three months experience within
the past three years is required.
Other examinations scheduled are for
agricultural radio program manager at
San Francisco, for which the pay range
is S3,800-$4 900, and principal botanist
in the Department of Agriculture here,
which pays IS 800. Both are subject to
the customary deductions, and the
closing date for applications Is Octo-
ber r.
Complete information on the exami-
nations may be obtained at the COM
mission Offices, Seventh and F streets
Evening star., 1933-09-16
SCHOOL FINANCE
NEEDS STRESSED
John K. Norton of N. E. A,
Presents Report at Ed
ucati0naI Sessions.

Need for an efficient system of fnanc-
ing for education was stressed in
the report of the joint emergency COM
mission of the National Council of
State Superintendents and Commits
sionerS of Education, presented to the
council in session here this morning
by John x Norton of the National
Education Association
Mr.. Norton, in summarizing the re-
port, foreSaw an even worse condition
facing education this school year than
last, even assuming the continuation
OF the recovery program at the present
rate" He said this crisis called for
definite Federal action to help out the
States struggling with their knotty
educational problems.
Mr.. Norton said present inefficient
systems by which education is financed
are the principal reasons for the reduc-
tion of the financial support available
for schools and colleges.
Depression Major Cause.
Another major cause of difficulty in
financing education, he said. is, of
course, the depression. which since 1929
has sharply reduced revenues Of politi-
cal subdivisions, which reduction has
been reflected in sharply pinched budg-
cts for education.
The report advocated drawing up Of
sound financial programs by State and
city school heads for presentation to
city budget officials and State legisla-
lures.
The report said:
State legislatures merely to defend ap-
preparations. Have sound financial
program seeking the best educational
set-up possible"
Summarizing the report, Norton
said:
May I suggest that the current
crisis confronting education offers a
double obligation for vigorous action in
improving our methods of financing
public schools and colleges? Such ac-
ton will tend to remove one of the
causes which lies back of the break
down of educational support.
Equally important, the current emer-
gency presents a peculiarly favorable
time for securing progressive legisla-
ton for school support. The very
seriousness of the educational emer-
gency is requiring the citizens of many
States to choose between the essential
principles upon which free public edu-
SoeAoA1 11oo DCCA OCSClOpcO III ILLS COuIl-
try, or substantially rebuilding the
financial structure upon which rests
school support"
Ideal Principles Outlined.
Mr.. Nortons presentation of the re-
port was followed by Offering of an
Educational Magma Charta," by Walter
D. Cooking, commissioner of education
of Tennessee, outlining ideal principles
for an educational program for the
country. This report was indorsed by
the council.
Miss Bess Goodykoontz, assistant
commissioner of education of the In
terror Department. explained briefly the
services offered by the Office of Edu-
cation, closing the morning session.
This afternoon the educators were to
discuss How the Federal Government
Can Help in the Present Emergency"
Discussion of this subject will be
made by A. F. Harman. State superin-
tendent of education, Alabama; A. T.
Allen, North Carolina State superin-
tendent of public instruction, and N.
D. Showalter, Washington State super
intendent of public instruction.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
ROOSEVELT SEEKS
NEW PRICE INDEX
ON FEDERAL WAGES
First Direct Word From
White House on Probable
ity of Pay Increase.
NEW FIGURES PREPARED
ON LIVING COSTS HERE
Workers Insist Fixed Charges Be
Given More Consideration
by U. s.
The first direct word from the White

The first direct word from the White
House on the probability that at least
a part Of the Government pay cut will
be done away with December 81 came
yesterday when 1t was confirmed at
President Roosevelt's press conference
that the Chief Executive is satisfied
that the living cost index on which the
cut was based Is out Of date and that
new figures are being prepared.
The base figures on which, under
the new law. wages move up or down.
are those for the first six months of
1928. which are compared with any
current working period to determine
the scale.
Some of the elements entering into
the 1928 calculation are being eNmi-
mated as the result Of discussion be-
tween the President and Secretary Of
Labor Perkins, in whose department
the index is compiled, as it was pointed
out by their nature they would have
no bearing on present buying trends.
An example is women's high-buttoned
shoes. which no longer have part in
the average purchase of wearing apparel
The principal complaint levied against
the index by workers. however, have
been in connection with such fixed
charges as rent. fuel and interest. to
which it has been declared sufficient
weight has not been accorded.
The first intimation that the Presi-
dent was having the index figures
worked over came Tuesday, when Will
liam Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor. called at the White
House with the federation executive
council and discussed the pay situa-
ton.
Since then. it has been learned Off
cials believe, advancing living costs will
allow half of the Is per cent cut to
be removed on January l. which Is the
earliest possible date at which change
may be made. leaving the rest to be
knocked out on July !, if possible.
The Federal Bar Association last
night adopted resolution urging that
the index be revamped.
Dependent on Costs.
The bar groups resolution called at
tention to the fact the economy legis-
lation provided for deduction of IS per
cent in the basic pay of Government
workers, and that restoration of this
pay cut was to be dependent upon
changes in the cost of living under
semi-annual adjustments.
The associations executive council
requested as denomination of the ele-
ments, and weighing of the cost Of
living index factor. particularly with
references to living costs in the Dis
trict. 1t also asked that attention be
called to the large element of fixed
costs, including insurance, rent, inter-
est and education, which have not ma
terially declined"
The council offered the services Of
the association in the collection and
submission Of personal budgets for use
in computation of the cost of living
factor.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
VAN DUZER SEEKS SOLUTION
OF "DRUNKEN DRIVER'' PROBLEM

crete method that will stand up in
court. To help him find such system
he called for the assistance OF one OF
the country's outstanding psychologists,
DR.. w. R. Miles of Yale University.
For several hours yesterday DR.. Miles
and Van Duzer discussed the problem
and reviewed all the scientific tests
of the past without coming to any
definite conclusion.
Some thought was given to the use
of a sensitized paper which would, by
simply blowing the breath upon it, in
dicate the amount of alcohol in the
human body. This. coupled with an
other test or two, Van Duzer believes.
might show accurately the degree Of
mtoXication.
Anyhow. Van Duzer and DR.. Miles
intend to continue their efforts so that
when legal liquor returns the police
and trafic authorities of the country
will be prepa-e1 to meet the problem
of the drunken driver.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
BAR GROUP URGES
MUNICIPAL CENTER
Executive Council Asks Grant
From Public Works Ad-
miniStrati0n.

An urgent request that the Public
Works Administration make a grant to
the District government for construc-
ton of the first unit of its projected
new municipal center was made for
mally last night by the executive coun-
Gil of the Federal Bar Association,
meeting at the Interior Department.
The District Commissioners now have
before the Public Works Administration
request for a grant of s5,00O,oOO for
the first portion of the Municipal Gen.
ter, which will provide new housing for
the Municipal, Juvenile and Police
Courts.
The Federal Bar Association headed
by William A. Roberts. assistant cor
poration counsel of the District, adopted
a resolution outlining the inadequate
provisions of the accommodations in the
present buildings housing these branches
of the judicial system of the District.
The resolution stated that in SO far
as these particular courts are concerned
the District is particularly deficient
in suitable accommodations which do
not provide facilities for the proper
preparation of cases. consultation with
witnesses or accommodations for pris-
oners awaiting trial.
The association recommended that
every effort be made to start and ex-
pedite the construction of the first
unit of the Municipal Center.
Plans for the courts building in the
center have been under preparation
for some time by the Engineer Depart
ment of the District. A site for the
center already has been provided IN
the area between Third and Sixth
streets north of Pennsylvania avenue.
yudge JHads Movenent
One of the leaders in the move to
obtain Public Works Administration
funds for the new building has been
Presiding Judge Gus A. Schuldt of Po-
lice Court. Judge Schuldt, in letter
this week to Public Works Administra-
tor Ickes. said
The urgent necessity for such a
building is unquestioned, and to my
mind comes squarely within the intent.
purpose and purview CT the public
works act
May I not, therefore, prevail upon
you and your associates having charge
CT ALLEGATION of funds for public works
to give this matter thoughtful and
careful consideration to the end that
deplorable conditions may be remedied
by authorization for the erection of the
Courts Building in the new municipal
center of the District of Columbian"
Judge Schuldt wrote further that
the deplorable conditions existing in
the Police Court are notorious" He
sent similar Endorsement of a new
courts building to the Federal Bar As
soclation several days ago.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Rain tonight
and tomorrow, probably heavy rain TO-
night; little change in temperature;
strong northeast, backing to north or
northwest winds
Maryland-Rain tonight and tomor-
row, probably heavy in east portion;
little change in temperature; northeast
and north gales over east portion, whole
gale on the coast.
Virginia-Generally fair in south
west; rain tonight. probably ending to-
morrow morning in east and north por-
tlons; probably heavy rain in east por-
ton this afternoon and tonight; little
change in temperature; whole gale on
the coast, diminishing tonight, and
strong northeast, backing to north and
northwest winds, probably Of gale force
at times this afternoon and tonight
In interior Of east portion, diminishing
by tomorrow
West Virginia-Mostly cloudy, prob
ably occasional showers tonight and to-
morrow; slightly warmer tonight, cooler
tomorrow afternoon and night.
Outlook for September I8 to %.
North and Middle Atlantic States
Rain Sunday will likely continue into
Monday in New England Otherwise
generally fair, except for showers
Wednesday or Wednesday night. Tenn
perature near or slightly above normal
most OF week, except cooler Thursday
or Friday
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
little muddy today.
Report for Last "a Hours.
Evening star., 1933-09-16

With the eighteenth amendment soon
to be erased from the Constitution,
Traffic Director william A. Van Duzer
turned his attention today to the prob
lem of dealing with the automobile
driver who might overindulge after the
return of liquor.
First, Van Duzer wants to find an in
fallible method of determining when q
man is actually drunk. He also wants
a system that is simple yet scientific
which will aid the average policeman to
pick an inebriate from driver who
merely has reached state of mental
ecstasy.
The mere smelling of a mans breath
is not sufficient in view of past court
decisions, because beer, and sometimes
chewing tobacco, might give of alco-
holic aromas, according to Van Duzer.
Staggering, of course, would be . clue,
he said, but when a man is driving a
car a policeman cannot tell accurately.
What Van Duzer wants is some con-
Evening star., 1933-09-16
COMMISSIONERS REVOKE
KEENE SCHOOL CONTRACT
Failure of H. w. Cord Co., Inc, to
Complete Project in Time Limit
Calls for New Bid.

The District Commissioners yester-
day revoked the contract for construc-
ton of the eight-room Keene School
Building, held by the H. w. Cord Co.,
Inc, for failure of the concern to
complete the project within the time
limit set for the work
Orders we're issued for the firm to
begin the project last November 2.
and the school was to have been COM
pleted July 20.
New specifications will be drawn for
completion of the project. said to be
now about so per cent finished, and
a new contract will be advertised.
The school Is at Riggs and Blair
roads northeast.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
Var Veterans Join in Fight
To Set Aside n. C.. o. Disnoissdls
Assistant Adjutant General, Ho,ceuer.
indicates No amount of Pressure
You'd Bring Reversal of Order.

Backed by war veterans and local
leaders in the campaign for equal eco
nomic rights for women, a determined
effort was being made today to set
aside the War Department order dis
missing As married woman clerks in
the Adjutant Generals Office on Oc-
tober Is.
However, Brig Gen. Edgar T. Con-
ley, assistant adjutant general in
charge of personnel, indicated no
amount of pressure would make the
War Department reverse the order.
He said it was true many of the
married women affected are in the
low-salaried bracket, receiving basic
salaries of $1,000 per annum, which
with the IS per cent cut under the
economy program would be only $85
a month. He insisted, however, this
was no argument in favor of retain
ing married women in the Adjutart
Generals Office. since the law declared
they should 60 and the order for their
dismissal was strictly in accordance.
Propose to Garry Out Law.
"The purpose of this law is to have
one full-time breadWinner in a family
on the Government rolls. That is what
We are trying to accomplish in carrying
it out" Gen. Conley said
War Department officials were loath
to engage in any controversy over the
dismissal order. In the absence of Sec
retary of War Dern, who approved it
before leaving Washington with his ad-
ministration assistant. all subordinate
officers directly concerned with work.
ing out the details Of the order absented
themselves from the Office today.
Gen. Conley took under consideration
request that a reporter be given ac-
cess TO the records showing the salaries
received by the women involved in the
dismissal order.
He did this when informed that the
statement had been made that only
one of the women was receiving basic
salary as high as 50, 400.
Evening star., 1933-09-16

War Department officials, Gen. Con-
ley said. are not in favor OF applying
furloughs to meet the case.
John Arthur Shaw, acting depart
mental commander of the Disabled
American Veterans OF the World War.
and Helena Weed, pioneer member Of
the Woman's Party, are heading the
fight to have the order set aside.
Shaw declared records in the Adju-
tant Generals Office have never been
sufficiently up to date to make it pos
Sible for the disabled veteran to obtain
information to which he is entitled in
pressing claim"
This is a condition which Gen. Con-
ley admits is at fault, due, he said, to
heavy slashes in appropriations which
the Office has sustained.
Shaw declared that to dismiss these
persons at this particular time would
further handicap veterans in pressing
claims.
Women to Press Fight.
'It is a fact" he said, that had
the records of that office been complete,
the passage of the disability allowance
act would have been unnecessary, this
act having been passed originally be-
cause thousands of veterans with serv-
ice-connected disabilities were unable to
press their claims because of the in
complete records in the adjutant gen.
erals Office"
The dismissals could be avoided, he
claimed, by the furlough of the per-
sonnel Of the adjutant generals Office
not to exceed 10 days for this fiscal
year.
In this connection. Gen. Conley said
it would be unfair to furlough every
single breadwinner in the Office in order
to keep small number of two bread
winners in family.
The women facing dismissal. with
their supporters. intend to carry the
fight to the Civil Service Commission
which is regarded as the court of last
resort.
Evening star., 1933-09-16
SEEK BETTER MILK
PR|CEFOR FARMERS
Maryland Virginia Producers
Plan to Submit Market
Agreement.

The Maryland-V Virginia Milk Produc-
ers Association hopes to obtain an in
crease in wholesale prices paid to farm
ers in this area by submitting market
ing agreement to the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration, according to
John McGill, jr., secretary-treasurer of
the producers association.
He stated today, however, that per-
mission Of the Senate Milk 1nvestlgat-
ing Committee will have to be obtained
before a code can be presented.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Elwood
H. Seal. attorney for the Senate Milk
Committee, said yesterday he had
learned the producers were desirous of
getting possibly 3 or 4 cents more a
gallon for the farmers. Reports were
that the movement was intended to
give the farmers a larger part of the
present price spread rather than to
increase the price to consumers.
Plan Marketing Code.
Mr. McGill said the question has been
discussed with some of the distributors
individually, but not collectively. He
then said effort would take the form
of a marketing code, such as other cities
have presented to the Department of
Agriculture under the new farm relief
act. Although indicating code is
being prepared. McGill could not say
when it could be submitted.
Roger J. Whiteford. attorney for the
National Dairy Products Corporation,
representing two of the large milk dis
tributing firms here, said today he did
not know of any developments regard
ing a price marketing agreement. He
said that some time ago there was con-
siderable talk of drawing up a code OF
fair practices among the distributors
only, but that, so far as he knows, Moth
ing has developed in that direction.
Protest New Set-Up.
Although a new policy toward milk
marketing agreements has been adopted
by the Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration to quiet protests over some
agreements already in force, new pro-
tests were being received today from
some distributors over the new set-up.
George N. Peek, administrator of the
farm adjustment act, announced that
the administration henceforth would
marketing agreements in cities where
an emergency situation" exists.
Only the price to be paid farmers
and maximum retail prices will be
fixed and during the period the books
of distributors and dealers will be
studied to arrive at final retail price
schedules.
In the emergency" class were listed
Baltimore, Evansville, Ind; Los An
geles, San Diego and Oakland, all of
which have agreements pending.
The distributors protested that while
the price they must pay the farmers
under the new plan would be increased,
they would have no protection during
the 30-day period against "cut-throat
competition"
Evening star., 1933-09-16
FAILS TO PAY ALIMONY

Failure to pay his divorced wife ALI
mony sent Francis Leo Custard to jail
for 60 days late yesterday.
Justice Jennings Bailey in District
Supreme Court ordered Custard impriS-
oned when he was informed Custard
never had paid any alimony to his wife,
Mrs. Mary Helen Custard, although he
had been ordered in January. 1882, to
court records, Custard owes $1,000.