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The Washington times., 1933-11-24
To GIVE HEALTH TALK

DR.. Gertrude v. SheckellS.
president Of the National Health
Institute, will talk on Better
Health Food" tomorrow evening
at 8:15 at the League for the
Larger Life, 1414 Sixteenth st.
N, w.
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
BARTSCH Will SPEAK

DR.. Paul Bartsch will address
the National Aquarium Society at
a meeting tonight in the National
Museum.
Evening star., 1933-03-20
CHEVY CHASE GIRL .
IS SCHOOL ORATOR.
Selection Is First in Private
Institutions in Star Region
of Contest.

Miss Anne de Walden Cooke, 18-year-
old daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
de Walden Cooke of 6906 Connecticut
avenue, Chevy Chase, Md, is the first
school spokesman to be determined in
the private and parochial schools dis
trict of The Stars National Oratorical
Contest area. She will represent the
Holy Cross Academy.
A senior at Holy Cross, Miss Cooke
will compete in the contest with an
Grafton on THE Implied Powers Of the
Constitution" She Is in the unique pO-
sition Of being chosen her schools ora
torical champion although she never
has actually delivered her speech. Miss
Cooke was selected on the basis Of the
excellence of her manuscript and she
now is In training for the inter-school
phase Of the contest, when she will
have to speak.
Miss Cooke has lived here for two
years, having come from Portland, Me-,
where she attended the Wainf1eet
Latin School. Prior to that she studied
four years at q French Grammar
school while she lived with her family
In Paris. Her favorite sports are swim
ming ana nOrSepdCk Ilo1!ie. VuAe oe
Holy Cross, Miss Cooke lives with her
aunt, Mrs. John j. Madlgan, at the
Broadmoor.
II successful in the next step Of the
contest-the inter-school group phase.
Miss Cooke will enter the private and
parochial school finals. If victorious
there she would enter The Star fnaS
for the right to represent this news,
papers entire region in the national
finals in May. And as spokesman for
this area in the national finals, she
would win the 21a month tour OF Europe
next Summer.
Evening star., 1933-03-20

home Of his son, R. D. Kinney, 1912
Beecher street.
A native of Redwood. Ohio Rev.
Kinney served as a clergyman for 81
years before he retired. He came to
Washington with his family in 1918
taking a position as clerk in the Vet
erans' Bureau and preaching occasional
sermons as a supply pastor. He was
to have retired from Government serv-
ice this year.
In his last words, Rev. Kinney told
the Sunday school class:
There are three things I have
learned not to do and I have been
thankful ever since.
II have never learned to swear and
don't know how.
Il have never learned to use to-
bacco and I am thankful I do not
use it.
II have never learned to use liquor
in any form and I do not even know
the taste Of 1t.
IF I live to be an old man. I will
still be happy I did not learn to dc
those things"
Except for a slight attack a week
ago. Rev. Kinney had been in excellent
health up to the time of his death
working daily at the Veterans Bureau
In addition to his wife and son, Rev
Kinney Is survived by another SON
Edwin j. Kinney of Washington: three
daughters, Miss Mary Kinney and Mrs
Ethel Geran, both of Washington, and
Mrs. M. P. Ayers of Thrifton, Va.
Funeral services will be held at
the Rhode Island Avenue M. P. Church
at 2:30 pm. tomorrow, and burial will
be in Redwood.
Evening star., 1933-03-20
DISTINGUISHED NAMES LISTED
IN CITY DIRECTORY JUST ISSUED
1t Contains One T1erbert Hoover, 48 "George Wash
ingtons" and 10 'Robert E. Lees.''

Washington still has its Herbert Hoo
yer, according to the 1888 Boyd City
Directory, issued today by R. L. Polk
q Co.
This particular Herbert Hoover has
never occupied the White House. He
Is a machinist and lives at 812 Rhode
Island avenue and his name Is one Of
the many famous ones listed in the new
directory.
There are, for instance, 48 George
Washingtons, 10 Robert E. Lees, 8 John
L. Sullivans, Woodrow wilson's,
Daniel Boones, 2 Jesse Jameses, 2 John
Bulls, Henry Fords, Virginia Dare.
l Stonewall jackson, U. S. Grant, l
Julius Caesar, Charles Dickens. l
Robin Hood, l Mary Christmas, Jack
Horner, l Casey Jones, Harold Lloyd.
Mary Pickford end Jack Frost
The new directory eone1l 21esAA
Evening star., 1933-03-20
FIREMEN DELAYED,
BUS STOP SCORED
Elimination Of Zone Beside Fire
Plug Will Be Sought After
Tie-Up Blocks Apparatus.

Police and fire officials today prepared
to take up with the Public Utilities
Commission the abolition of a bus stop
in front Of fire plug on the east side
Of Eleventh street just north of Penn
sylvania avenue.
When firemen responded to an alarm
at the corner this morning three buSSeS
barred the way to the plug, and caused
delay in attaching a hose line. Although
the fire was slight in extent-behind
the prescription counter of a Whelan
drug store at the corner-flre officials
said the delay might have been more
serious had the blaze been greater.
According to the Public Utilities Com
mission, the Washington. Marlboro &
Annapolis Bus Lines, was given per-
mission to use the stand on December
81, 1881, with the understanding the
drivers should not leave their buses,
should be ready to shift them at any
time in case Of fire, and should not
remain on the stand longer than 10
minutes.
Both Maj. Ernest w. Brown, super
intendent of police, and William A. Van
Duzer, director Of the Department of
Vehicles and Trafic, said they knew
nothing of the agreement by which
the busses are allowed to stand in front
Of fire plug.
1T is in direct contradiction Of a
police traffic regulation, Chief Brown,
pointed out. 1t will be remembered
that Brown, then head of the Police
Traffic Bureau, strongly opposed the
proposal which would let buses and
taxicabs park in front of fire plugs
when it was brought up more than q
year ago.
Evening star., 1933-03-20
Senator Has No Candidates
in Mind, but Wants
Best Available.
CONFERENCE is EXPECTED
SOON WITH PRESIDENT
Believes That Greater Response
bility Should Be Conferred
on City Heads.
Senator William H. King Of Utah,

Senator William H. King Of Utah,
new Democratic chairman Of the Dis
trict Committee, today declared himself
in favor of a policy Of selecting persons
definitely identified with Washington
for local appointment, particularly IN
the naming of District Commissioners.
Senator King said he had no candi-
dates in mind for Commissioner and
that his only desire is to urge that the
best available individuals be chosen.
He added, however, that he felt they
should be identified with the District Of
Columbia, rather than from outside.
He indicated that he expected to call
at the White House In the near future
for conference with the President
Senator King introduced in the Sen
ate today bill, reviving movement
he sponsored a number Of years ago to
broaden the general powers Of the Com
missioners in a way that would enable
them to handle some of the miscella-
neous municipal problems that have to
be brought to Congress for action at
present. The bill was referred to his
committee for consideration
The new Senate chairman has be-
lieved for long time that greater re-
sponsibility should be conferred on the
Commissioners to handle regulatory
matters
Senator King also said today that he
intends to confer with the other men,
bers Of his committee regarding a plan
to designate definite day for weekly
committee meetings, at which, he said,
he wanted the residents of Washington
to feel free to present their views of
local problems.
Evening star., 1933-03-20
SECRECY PROBED
IN BANK SHORTAGE
Methods of Hiding ,600,.
600 Deficit Studied at
Park Savings.

How an apparent shortage Of 81 500,
900 in the funds Of the Park Savings
Bank was concealed from bank exam
iners is being given special attention
by Federal Investigators, it was reported
today.
The huge deficit, as indicated by pre-
liminary study Of the banks records
was discovered without difficulty by ex-
pert accountants of the United States
Bureau of Investigation shortly after
they were assigned to inquire into the
affairs of Robert S. Stunz, vice presi-
dent who ended his life last Tuesday
Ledgers kept under the supervision OF
Stunz are said to be garbled making
determination Of the exact shortage a
painstaking task. 1t is reported that
the tangled records were hidden from
bank examiners and fictitious state
ments exhibited in their place. StunZ
1t is understood, was able to anticipate
with a remarkable degree of accuracy
the appearance Of an examiner.
The bank expects to be Unidentified
to the extent of 5000, 1000, but Stunz is
reported to have confessed q shortage
considerably greater than that just be-
fore shooting himself. Stunz was bond
ed for S150,000 and the bank carried a
s50.000 life insurance policy on him.
The policy was taken out some years
ago. It is believed the suicide will not
affect payment Of the insurance to the
bank
Federal accountants will be at work
on the banks records for two or three
weeks, it was learned today. United
States Attorney Rover Is keeping In
touch with the inquiry, "as q matter of
course"
Evening star., 1933-03-20
PUBLIC BUILDINGS GROUP
GETS KEYES AS MEMBER
New Hampshire Republican Is
Named by Garner to
Smoot Post.

Senator Henry w. Keyes, Republican,
Of New Hampshire, was named today
by Vice President Garner to fill one
of the vacancies on the Public Build
ings Commission, which allots space
in Federal structures in Washington
and assists in preparation Of plans for
new buildings. He succeeds former
Senator Smoot, Republican, of Utah,
who left the Senate March T.
Former Senator Swanson, Democrat,
of Virginia, also was a member of the
Public Buildings Commission, but no
one has been named to succeed him
since he left the Senate to become Sec
retary Of the Navy in the Roosevelt
cabinet. The Public Buildings Com
mission will have a new chairman, to
be designated later. While the Repub-
licans were in control former Senator
Smoot was chairman.
Evening star., 1933-03-20
NEW PAPER, THE SUN,
TO BE PUBLISHED HERE
Morning Picture Tabloid Will Start
in Washington Next
Thursday.

A new morning paper. the Sun, will
begin publication in Washington Thurs
day. In form the paper will be a pic
ture tabloid, selling for cents every
day in the week except Sunday.
Edward r. Hazenah. publisher Of the
new paper. in announcing the forth
coming publication, said today:
THE Sun will not be sensational
scandal sheet. The first page will be
all pictures. There will be two pages
Of pictures inside and large number
Of additional pictures scattered through
out the paper.
Hazenah was formerly with the
Army-Navy Journal and the Brooklyn
Eagle. On the staff of the new paper
are Peter Daily, Paul Mallon, Richard
r. Baker, I'd, and Robert Spurgeon, on
the editorial staff; Joe Holman, sports
editor, and Chester Howe, in the ad-
vertising department. Dennis Hart
man will be business manager.
The paper will be printed and pub
lished at 3342 M street.
Evening star., 1933-03-20

TODAY was to have been the
golden wedding anniversary OF
Rev. Nicholas j. Kinney had he
L lived "a hours longer.
He died yesterday on the
rostrum of the Rhode Island Avenue
Methodist Protestant Church, shortly
after he had declared his faith as a
lifelong churchman. and deposited II
pennies In the Sunday schools birthday
bank.
Rev. Kinney had addressed the adult
class, telling the lessons life taught
him, from the viewpoint Of his II years.
His birthday was last week, and he
dropped the symbolic coins into the
bank, returning to his seat while the
class sang:
Happy Birthday to You. ."
The chorus still was ringing through
the class room when Rev. Kinney
slumped forward in his seat. He was
quickly carried into the church, already
filling with early arrivals for the morn
ing service.
The former pastor died few minutes
later of heart attack. The service was
turned into a brief memorial for Rev.
Kinney before the congregation was
dismissed.
Rev. Kinney had celebrated his
77th birthday anniversary Tuesday at
his home, 226 S street northeast, and
plans were going forward for surprise
jubilee on his wedding anniversary to-
day.
In fact, at about the time he was
stricken, the pastor Of the church was
announcing the celebration from the
pulpit. 1t was to have been held at the
Evening star., 1933-03-20
Meeting TO DISCUSS
TAXICAB SITUATION
Interfederation Conference Also
Will Take Up Proposed
Utility Mergers Tonight.

The street railway merger, taxicah
control, the merger of the gas COM
panies here, the making Of the District
into a bird and game sanctuary and
Federal acquisition Of Mount Vernon
will be discussed at the monthly meet
ing of the Interfederation Conference
at the United States Chamber of Com
merce tonight.
One of the principal matters to come
up is resolution proposed at the Feb
ruary meeting by Col. A. B. Barber
which follows
THAT the conference go on record as
favoring the granting to the Public
Utilities Commission authority to do the
things necessary for clearing up the
taxicab situation, and, if in their judg-
ment such action will prove beneficial
to order the installation of taximeters. u
There is also proposed for discussion
an amendment to the conference con-
stitution which would bind the confer
ence to take mo action on any matter
pertaining solely or almost entirely to
the jurisdiction represented by men,
ber body that is contrary to the express
position of such member body"
The amendment is proposed by James
G. Yaden, president Of the Federation
Of Citizens Associations.
Evening star., 1933-03-20

A SMALL crowd was waiting, de-
~ spite the weather, when the
~ twentieth annual amaryllis
1 \ show of the Agriculture De-
partment opened today in the
green houses at Fourteenth street and
Constitution avenue.
This afternoon some Of the women
prominent in the cabinet circle of the
new administration are attending the
show, some of them for the first time.
Mrs. Roosevelt is expected to bring
group of her friends early this week.
The show will remain open daily from
9 am. until pm. until next Mon
day at 9 pm.
There are larger number of the
unusual white amaryllis blooms which
are the particular achievement of the
Federal flower specialists in the show
this year. There also are more than
40 plants that are blooming this year
for the first time with varied coloring
and petal formation as a result Of
cross Information.
The show contains more than 1900
plants, with at least two stalks to each
bulb and with two to seven flowers
on each stalk. Some of these blooms
are of size never produced on culti-
waited plants.
Diplomats from the Latin American
countries who have viewed the show said
it is the most amazing exhibition of
the Knights Star Lily blooms ever
seen outside Of the native habitat of
these plants in South America"
Evening star., 1933-03-20
.RHEEM BANKRUPTCY
DECISION AFFIRMED
Court Of Appeals Says Evidence
Is Sufficient to Show Act
of insolvency.

The Court Of Appeals today upheld
a decision Of the District Supreme
Court In which Edmund D. Rheem,
former head of Swartzell, Rheem &
Hensey Co., was adjudicated bank
rupt.
The bankruptcy proceedings against
Rheem, who Is serving sentence at
Lorton Reformatory in connection with
the failure Of his firm, were brought by
Carrie o. Allnut, Cora E. Higgins and
Della E. Hoops through Attorney E.
Hilton Jackson.
The evidence at the trial showed
that Rheem had withdrawn his entire
bank balance Of more than $4,000 and
paid it out to some Of his creditors
whom he desired to prefer, while at
the same time he was liable for mil
lions Of dollars on account Of the
wrongful release Of security without
payment Of bonds which he had sold
for other customers, according to the
Court Of Appeals decision.
In these circumstances" the opinion
said, "the evidence was sufficient, In
our opinion, to show an act Of bank
ruptcy, and, since Rheem was insolvent
when he made these payments, the or
der Of adjudication was properly n-
tered
Evening star., 1933-03-20

names, 1884 more than the 1892 VOL
ume and 2l,504 more than the one is
sued In 1881.
Those Washingtonians who don't
work for the Government earn their
livelihood in 735 types of commercial,
industrial and professional establish
ments, the volume reveals. The various
enterprises represented range, alpha
bettcally, from abstract Of title" to
yeast"
The roster Of the Seventy third Con-
gress Is listed and the names of such
officials Of the new administration as
had been publicly announced up to and
including Inauguration day also are
included
The book contains all the usual
features, including, q history of Wash
ipgtop and . staastaeel survey OF the
O6kfct
Evening star., 1933-03-20
Police Department
Bulletin Suspended
AS Economy Move
Publication May Not Be
Resumed Because of
Teletype and Radio.

Publication of the Police Department
Bulletin was suspended for q month
March is as an economy move, it was
learned today.
II at the end Of the months time,
Inspector L. I. H. Edwards said this
morning. 1t was found that no incon-
venience Is felt because of its absence,
publication will not be resumed. He
said the teletype and radio to q great
extent obviate the necessity Of Q writ
ten bulletin.
The bulletin costs $1,000 q year to
publish and $500 was spent yearly for
mailing charges. In addition the
presses recently broke and would have
cost 81 800 to repair, Inspector Edwards
said
Inspector Edwards said the police bull
letin was being published when he
first came on the force 80 years ago,
and he does not know the date Of rs
drst issue. ..-....-.---.--
Evening star., 1933-03-20
EXPECTS PROMPT
RELIEF FOR FARMS
Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Places Confidence in
Roosevelt.

Farmers are expecting prompt action
by Congress in approving the admins
tration's agricultural adjustment pro-
gram, according to J. E. Mcdonald
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture,
who arrived in Washington today.
I'VE have reached the point where
we must have action" said Mcdonald
This Is no time to quibble over de-
tails. The President and Secretary OF
Agriculture should be given plenary
powers to do the Job.
Texas, the largest producer Of farm
products of any State in the Union,
and which grows one-third of the ma
tion'S cotton crop. is almost unanimous
in having explicit faith in the ability
of President Roosevelt and Secretary
Wallace to handle the agricultural sit
uation satisfactorily.
Farmers do not interfere with bank
ing and other legislation concerning
business men and it is nothing but fair
that solution Of the farm problem
should be left in the hands of farmers.
AL they want is cost of production
plus reasonable profit, and I believe
l1lhI ID Cllc Cllltl duu OF Clle aO1QlQlS-
tration's agricultural adjustment bill.
Restoring to the American farmer the
same purchasing power that he enjoyed
IN the pre-war period. from 1909 to
1914, as provided in the bill, will prove
the most fundamental step yet taken to
restore general prosperity, and we will
again see smoke issuing from the
smokestacks of all our factories. Farm
ers need the products made in the
cities and towns, but farming below
the cost Of production for many years
has done away with his buying power,
and it must be restored.
1T Is fallacy to think we are de-
pendent upon foreign markets for the
prosperity of American agriculture.
Ihere never has been a year when
America exported more than Is per cent
OF her total farm products. We should
quit looking to foreign markets. When
We look more to our home markets we
will be better off,"
Evening star., 1933-03-20
SCHOOL TEACHER RAISES POINT
ON FILING INCOME TAX RETURNS
Carroll W. Hughes Contends He Need Only Pay on
Salary Derived From Federal Funds.

District teachers are the only ones in
any Of the American public school sys-
TENS who are assessed an income tax.
Should Hughes point be sustained by
the Board Of Tax Appeals or the courts,
it would apparently carry with 1t ex-
emptions for the larger part of the
salaries of most District employees.
Their salaries, made payable in Federal
Of taxes collected by the municipality
from its residents and in part from
contributions by the Federal Govern
ment toward the municipalities support.
Hughes, who is also an Instructor IN
the night school at Central High
School, Lives st 1894 Z street.
Evening star., 1933-03-20
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
ECONOMY MEASURE
Law Calling for Veterans
and U. S. Salary Cuts
to Be Speeded.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt, at l:30 O'Clock
this afternoon, signed into law the
economy bill empowering him to slash
veterans compensations and Govern
ment salaries.
With this weapon, he intends to lop
of about $500, ,O0O,ooo from Federal ex-
penses.
He had his aides already busy pre-
pairing the new schedule of salaries and
veterans allowances and expected to
put these into effect before the next
pay day comes along on April l.
A minimum saving Of $280,000 900
through reduced veterans compensa-
tions and $l00, 900 in lowered SAL
aries is contemplated in the admins
tration moves to get the budget bal
anced within year. Another hun
dred million or more in saving Is ex-
pected from reorganization and aboli-
ton Of Government agencies.
Second Act Signed.
This is the second of the emergency
measures to be signed by the President
A third one-the beer bills expected
quickly at the White House.
Orders by the President himself are
required to make most Of the reduc-
tions.
However, in preparation for the bills
enactment, the Veterans Administra-
ton last week ordered its field stations
to discontinue awards in veterans cases.
It also suspended all admissions to
veterans homes and hospitals except
th0se of emer0ency nature,
Under the bill, the President has
the power to f1x new regulations and
new limits Of eligibility for pensions,
compensation, etc. This clause will re
move thousands from the rolls and Will
prevent the addition Of thousands more.
Except for men permanently disabled,
hospital and domiciliary care will be
limited to those whose ailments were
actually caused by war service.
G. A. r. Pensions Cut.
Pensions for Civil War or previous
service will be cut 10 per cent flat.
Only those emergency officers who saw
service and were injured during the
actual World War period will be allowed
further retirement pay.
All provisions Of existing law under
which ailments are presumed to be OF
war origin If developed within so many
years after the war are now out.
In addition the President Is author
lied, after investigation Of the cost Of
living, to cut all Federal salaries, ex-
cept those fixed by the Constitution, by
as much as IS per cent.
Evening star., 1933-03-20

Contending that a District school
teacher need pay Federal income tax
only on that part of his salary which
comes from Federal funds, Carroll w.
Hughes, teacher at the Powell Junior
High School. has filed his 1882 income
tax return on that basis-represepting
approximately "a per cent of his total
salary.
Hughes is relying on the exemption
granted in the case of professors at the
University of Maryland. who were
given exemption for that part Of their
salaries which came from State sources.
His attorneys, John 3. Dwyer and John
z. McQahey. have advised hun that
Evening star., 1933-03-20
SAFE ROBBERS GET .S93
Cook Waste Paper Office Looted
Over Week End.

Safe robbers obtained $93 from the
office OF the Cook Waste Paper Co., SO
Pierce street northeast, over the week
end, according to report to police this
morning.
The thieves apparently mastered the
combination, for the safe bore no evi-
dence Of having been forced open. The
robbery was discovered when the estab-
lishment was opened for business.
Evening star., 1933-03-20
BUTLER SCARES THIEVES
Burglars at Home of Comdr. Bas-
tedo Flee When He Shouts.

Burglars who attempted to break
into the home Of Comdr. P. H. Bastedo.
3065 w street, early this morning, were
frightened away by the butler, Leon
Leutrat.
Mrs. Helen Bastedo reported to po-
lice that two youths jimmied window
in a rear bed room occupied by her
butler. In the process Of opening the
window they made considerable noise
and Leutrat was awakened.
Hands up," he shouted, although
he had no gun.
In their haste to get away the burg
lars jumped into q nearby tree from
the balcony breaking OF one Of the
branches.